rogress was resolved upon,
it will be seen, before Lorraine's return from Trent.

[337] "I am going to meet their Majesties at Chalons," wrote the Cardinal
of Lorraine from Tou-sur-Marne, between Rheims and Chalons, April 20,
1564; "thence they are to leave for Bar, where they will, I think, remain
no more than four or five days. I hope that the voyage will be honorable
and profitable for our house.... As to our court, it was never so empty of
persons belonging to the opposite religion as it is now. The few that are
there show very great regret at this voyage, in which I can assure you
that I have not meddled at all, either to further or to retard it; only a
short time after my return from Trent, I succeeded in having Nancy changed
for Bar." Papiers d'etat du card. de Granvelle, vii. 511.

[338] Smith to Cecil, Tarascon, Oct. 21, 1564, State Paper Office,
Calendar.

[339] "Assuredly, sir," wrote the cardinal in the letter just cited, "the
queen my mistress shows, daily more and more, a strong and holy affection.
This evening I have heard, by the Cardinal of Guise, my brother, who has
reached me, many holy intentions of their Majesties, which may God give
them grace to put into good execution." Ibid., _ubi supra_. In a somewhat
similar strain Granvelle about this time wrote: "I am so strongly assured
that religion is going to take a favorable turn in France, that I know not
what to say of it. The world in that quarter is so light and variable,
that no great grounds of confidence can be assumed. But it is at any rate
something that matters are not growing worse." Letter to Bolwiller, April
9, 1564, Papiers d'etat, etc., vii. 461.

[340] Letter of Granvelle to the Emperor Ferdinand, May 8, 1564, Papiers
d'etat, vii. 613; also 622, 631.

[341] "Les reformes qui formoient presque le tiers du royaume." Garnier,
Hist. de France, xxx. 453.

[342] "On peut presumer qu'il n'y eut jamais en France plus de quinze on
seize cent mille reformes.... La France possedait a peine quinze millions
d'habitans. Ainsi les protestans n'en formaient guere que le dixieme."
Lacretelle, Histoire de France pendant les guerres de religion, ii. 169,
170. The entire passage is important.

[343] Giov. Michiel, Rel. des Amb. Ven., i. 412.

[344] Capefigue, from MS., Hist. de la reforme, de la ligue, etc., ii.
408.

[345] Jean de Serres, iii. 47, 48; De Thou, iii., liv. xxxvi. 504; Mem. de
Castelnau, l. v., c. x.; Pasquier, Lettres, iv., 22, _ap