443;
at the blood council, ii. 447, 448, 449;
obtains the office and property of Lomenie, including Versailles,
and then causes him to be put to death, ii. 485, 527, 638.

Re-union of Romanists and Protestants, hopes of, long
entertained, i. 159.

Rhinegrave, the, ii. 71, 298, 334.

Ribault, Jean leads the first expedition to colonize Florida, ii. 199;
returns to Florida in command of the third expedition, ii. 200;
flayed and quartered by the Spaniards, ib.

Riviere, M. de la, first Protestant pastor of Paris, i. 295;
he is treacherously murdered, at Angers, by M. de Montsoreau, ii. 512.

Roanne, la, the common prison of Lyons, ii. 515;
butchery of Huguenots in, ii. 516.

Roche Abeille, La, Huguenot victory at, ii. 319.

Rochefort, De, orator for the noblesse in the States General of
Orleans, i. 457.

Rochefoucauld, Count de la, escapes into Germany, hearing of the
proscriptive plans of the court, i. 442;
ii. 349, 428, 439, 451;
he is murdered on St. Bartholomew's Day, ii. 470.

Rochelle, La, the city of, secured for the Prince of Conde by the skill
of Francois de la Noue, ii. 226, seq.;
the alleged payment to Catharine de' Medici, in order to be free from
a garrison, ib., note;
execution of Protestants at, in 1552, ii. 227, 272;
refuses, in 1568, to receive a garrison, ii. 250;
its government and privileges, ii. 270-273;
iconoclasm at, ii. 272;
places for Protestant worship in, accorded by Charles IX., ib.;
Constable Montmorency's roughness, ii. 273;
becomes a city of refuge, ii. 280;
strengthens its works, ii. 342;
the tidings of the massacre at Bordeaux determine it to refuse to
admit the emissaries of Charles IX., ii. 524;
in Protestant hands, ii. 573;
a great number of refugees in, ii. 576;
refuses to receive Biron, who is sent as royal governor, ii. 578;
first skirmish before, ii. 579;
mission of La Noue to, ib.;
he is badly received, ii. 580;
the Rochellois reject the royal proposals, ii. 581;
they make advances to La Noue, ib.;
description of La Rochelle, ii. 582, 583;
resoluteness of the Rochellois, ii. 583;
their military strength, ii. 584;
they fight and pray, ii. 585;
bravery of the women, ii. 586;
determination of the inhabitants, ii. 587;
La Noue retires, ib.;
the promised aid f