soldiers, i. 197.

Vergne, La, ii. 302.

Versailles, the title how obtained by the king, ii. 485.

Vertueil, the King of Navarre dismisses his escort at, i. 435.

"Very Christian King," title of, i. 35.

Vezelay, birthplace of Theodore Beza, i. 497;
refuses to admit a garrison in 1568, ii. 250;
a place of refuge, ii. 280;
sustains a successful siege, ii. 343, 344.

Vezins, a Roman Catholic gentleman of Quercy, magnanimously saves the
life of his personal enemy, the Huguenot Regnier, ii. 480, 481.

Vialard, President, at Rouen, ii. 519.

Vieilleville, Marshal of, magnanimously refuses to take advantage of
a royal patent giving him a share of the confiscated property of
heretics, i. 282;
sent as envoy to the Huguenots, ii. 210;
remonstrance of, ii. 255;
the king's estimate of, ii. 409.

"Vierg," the designation of an officer at Autun, i. 489.

Vigor, Archbishop of Narbonne, a violent Roman Catholic
preacher, ii. 254, 375, 634.

Villars, Count de, burns books from Geneva at Pont St. Esprit, i. 428;
influences Constable Montmorency, i. 469;
appointed admiral after the death of Coligny, ii. 523, 524.

Villegagnon, Vice-admiral of Brittany, sent with a Protestant colony to
Brazil, i. 291;
founds Fort Coligny, i. 292;
becomes an enemy of the Protestants, i. 293;
and brings ruin on the expedition, i. 294;
vows eternal enmity to the Huguenots, ii. 180;
writes to Renee of France, ii. 327.

Villemadon's letter of remonstrance to Catharine de' Medici, i. 363.

Villemongys, i. 392.

Villeneuve, capture of, by the Huguenots, ii. 589.

Viole, Claude, his speech in the "mercuriale" of 1559, i. 334.

Virel, Jean, a minister at the Colloquy of Poissy, i. 509.

Viret, the reformer, intercedes for the poor non-combatants at
Lyons, ii. 102.

Visconte, affair in the house of, i. 361.

"Viscounts," the army of the, ii. 226;
they march to meet Conde, and defeat the troops collected by the
Governor of Auvergne at Cognac, or Cognat, ii. 230;
relieve Orleans, ib.;
take Blois, ib.;
list of the viscounts, ii. 230, note.

Visions of celestial hosts, ii. 334.

Vitelli, Chiappin, routs Genlis and takes him prisoner, ii. 415.

Vivarez, Montbrun's exploits in, ii. 621.

Vore de la Fosse sent to Melanchthon, i. 182;
his interviews with him, and