homme, suivant ces chemins obliques, qui n'ait
embrouille les affaires de son maistre, et, luy, perdre beaucoup plus
qu'acquerir de reputation; et au contraire ceux, qui se sont conduits
prudemment avec la verite, avoir, pour le moins, rapporte de leur
negotiation ce fruict et l'honneur d'y avoir faict ce que les hommes, avec
le sens et jugement humain, peuvent faire." Correspondance diplomatique de
Bertrand de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon, vii. 97.

[419] Journal de Jehan de la Fosse, 79, 80; Vie de Coligny (Cologne,
1686), 321-323; Gasparis Colinii Vita, 1575, 55; Agrippa d'Aubigne, Hist.
univ., 1, 207.

[420] Journal d'un cure ligueur (Jehan de la Fosse), 81.

[421] "December (1566.) Au commencement vinrent plusieurs ambassades a
Paris, tant de la part de l'Empereur, que du Pape, que du roy d'Espagne,
lesquels manderent au roy de France, qu'il eust a faire casser l'esdict de
janvier, ou autrement qu'ils se declareroient ennemys." Ibid., 80. The
fanatical party affected to regard the Edict of Amboise, March, 1563, as a
mere re-establishment of the edict of January 17, 1562.

[422] Memoires de Castelnau, liv. vi., c. ii. Castelnau was certainly in a
favorable position for learning the truth respecting these matters; and
yet even he speaks of the "holy league," formed at Bayonne, as of
something beyond controversy. According to a treaty and renewal of
alliance between Charles the Ninth and the Roman Catholic cantons of
Switzerland, entered into Dec. 7, 1564, for Charles's lifetime, and seven
years beyond, the Swiss were to furnish him, when attacked, not less than
six nor more than sixteen thousand men for the entire war. The success of
the negotiation occasioned great rejoicing at Paris, and corresponding
annoyance in the Spanish dominions. Du Mont, Corps diplomatique, v.
129-131; Jehan de la Fosse, 70; Papiers d'etat du card. de Granvelle,
viii. 599.

[423] Mem. de Fr. de la Noue, c. xi.

[424] He did more than this, according to the belief of the times, as
expressed by Jean de Serres; for, "having been present at the Bayonne
affair," he brought him irrefragable proof of the "holy league entered
into by the kings of France and Spain for the ruin of the religion."
Comment. de statu. rel. et reip., iii. 126.

[425] Yet so much were intelligent observers deceived respecting the signs
of the times, that only a little over two months before the actual
outbreak of the second civil war (July 4, 1567), Judge Truchon