nd Master of the Knights of Malta, ii. 181.

Varillas, M, an untrustworthy historian, ii. 25, 26;
his good remarks respecting Admiral Coligny, ii. 315.

Vasari paints three pictures in the Vatican, by order of Pope Gregory
XIII. to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's
Day, ii. 533, and note.

Vassy, a town in Champagne, part of the dower of Mary, Queen of
Scots, ii. 19;
establishment of the Huguenot church at, ii. 19, 20;
arrival of the Duke of Guise, ii. 21;
massacre of, March 1, 1562, ii. 21, 22;
pamphlets respecting it, ii. 22, 23;
upon whom rests the guilt of the butchery, ii. 23-26.

Vatable, i. 43.

Vaud, Pays de, conquered by Berne, i. 197.

"Vauderie," crime of, i. 63.

Vaudrey, Anne de, bailli of Troyes, an agent in the massacre of
Troyes, ii. 507, 508.

Vaudois, execution of, at Arras, i. 63.

Vaudois, or Waldenses, of Piedmont, mission of the four "evangelical"
cantons in their behalf, i. 309;
Charles IX. intercedes in their behalf with the Duke of Savoy, ii. 390.

Vaudois, or Waldenses, of Provence, i. 230;
their industry and thrift, ib.;
their villages in the Comtat Venaissin, i. 231;
they send delegates to the Swiss and German reformers, i. 232;
their doctrines and practices, ib.;
cause the Bible to be translated by Olivetanus, i. 233;
preliminary persecutions of, i. 234;
iniquitous order of the Parliament of Aix against, i. 235;
followed by the "Arret de Merindol," i. 236;
temporarily saved by Chassanee, i. 238;
report of Du Bellay respecting their character and history, i. 240;
pardoned by Francis I., i. 241;
are again summoned by the Parliament of Aix, ib.;
they publish a new confession, i. 242;
stealthy organization of an expedition against, i. 245;
villages burned, and the inhabitants butchered, i. 246, 247;
destruction of Merindol, i. 247;
destruction of Cabrieres, i. 248;
of La Coste, i. 249;
the results, i. 250;
Francis led to give his approval to the massacre, i. 251;
an investigation ordered, ib.;
impunity of most of the culprits, i. 252.

Venaissin, Comtat. See Comtat Venaissin.

Venetian ambassadors, opinions of, i. 10.

Verbal orders respecting the massacre in the provinces, ii. 502, 514.

Verbelai, ii. 226.

Verez, De, throws himself into Geneva with a body of French