rom England miscarries, ii. 588;
great losses of the royal army before, ii. 591;
treacherous attempt upon, Dec., 1573, ii. 616;
the severe punishment for it approved by Charles IX., ii. 617;
resumes arms, at the persuasion of La Noue, in the beginning of
the fifth religious war, 1574, ii. 622.

Roche-sur-Yon, La, Prince of, his warning respecting the danger
impending over the Huguenots from the designs adopted at
Bayonne, ii. 197.

Rochetti, Louis de, an inquisitor, becomes a Protestant and is burned
alive at Toulouse i. 289.

Roma, De, a Dominican monk, his threat, i. 76;
his cruelty, i. 235.

Roman Church, how far responsible for the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's
Day, ii. 562, seq.

Romans, the Huguenots of, i. 404.

Rome, quarrels of France with, i. 279;
Protestants never more exposed to disaster than when such quarrels
exist, ib.;
the couriers going to, stripped of their dispatches on the
frontiers, i. 495;
rejoicings at, over the news of the massacre of the Protestants
in France, ii. 530.

Romorantin, the edict of, May, 1560, i. 410.

Ronsard, the poet, takes the sword against the Huguenots, ii. 68.

Roquefort, ii. 351.

Rouen, capital of Normandy, persecution at, i. 217;
rescue of a Protestant bookbinder at, i. 367;
Protestant assemblies in, i. 408;
seven thousand gather in the new market-place and sing psalms, i. 430;
besieged by the king, ii. 77;
makes a brave defence, ii. 79;
its fall, ib.;
vexatious delays in publishing the edict of Amboise at, ii. 129;
partiality of parliament, ii. 130;
its protest against the return of Protestant exiles, ii. 131;
it meets with a decided rebuff, ii. 131, 132;
riot when the edict of pacification of Longjumeau is
published at, ii. 241;
troops quartered upon the Huguenots, ii. 244;
violence at, ii. 249;
Protestants attacked at, March 4, 1571, ii. 374;
massacre of, ii. 519-521.

Roussel, Gerard, i. 74, 75, 83, 150, 151;
retires to Strasbourg, i. 84;
his excessive caution, i. 85;
his theology and fortunes, i. 97;
his death, i. 98.

Roussillon, county of, Spanish, ravaged by M. de Piles, ii. 351.

Roussillon, declaration of Aug. 4, 1564, infringing upon the edict of
pacification of Amboise, ii. 161, 162.

Roy, Etienne le, a singer ii. 429, 43