, iv. (liv. xlv.) 200-202; Jean de
Serres, iii. 347.

[706] Agrippa d'Aubigne, i. 298: "Presse par les interests et murmures des
Poictevins, il sentit en cet endroit une des incommoditez qui se trouve
aux partis de plusieurs testes; sa prudence donc cedant a sa necessite,"
etc.

[707] Letter of Sept. 8, 1569, Wright, Queen Elizabeth, i. 323.

[708] Jean de Serres, iii. 348, etc.; Castelnau, liv. vii., c. 7; De Thou,
iv. 205-214; Agrippa d'Aubigne, i. 297, etc.

[709] Journal d'un cure ligueur (Jehan de la Fosse), 109.

[710] Jean de Serres, iii. 332; Agrippa d'Aubigne, i. 292; De Thou, etc.

[711] Agrippa d'Aubigne, liv. v., c. 13 (i. 293); De Thou, iv. (liv. xlv.)
204; Jehan de la Fosse, 108.

[712] That Renee was, like all the other prominent Huguenots, from the
very first opposed to a resort to the horrors of war, is certain. Agrippa
d'Aubigne goes farther than this, and asserts (i. 293) that she had become
estranged from Conde in consequence of her blaming the Huguenots for their
assumption of arms: "blasmant ceux qui portoient les armes, jusques a
estre devenus ennemis, le Prince de Conde et elle, sur cette querelle." I
can scarcely credit this account, of which I see no confirmation, unless
it be in a letter to an unknown correspondent, in the National Library
(MSS. Coll. Bethune, 8703, fol. 68), of which a translation is given in
Memorials of Renee of France (London, 1859), 263, 264. It is dated
Montargis, Aug. 20, 1569: "Praying you ... to employ yourself, as I know
you are accustomed to do, in whatsoever way shall be possible to you, in
striving to arrive at a good peace, in which endeavor I, on my part, shall
put forth all my power, if it shall please God. And if it cannot be a
general one, _at least it shall be to those who desire it, and who belong
to us_." Who, however, was the correspondent? The subscription, "Your good
cousin, Renee of France," would appear to point to Admiral Coligny or some
one of equal rank. Louis de Conde was no longer living.

[713] Letter of Villegagnon to the Duchess of Ferrara, Montereau, March 4,
1569, _apud_ Mem. de Claude Haton, ii. Appendix, 1109.

[714] It must be remembered that this was a different place from
Chatillon-sur-Loing, Admiral Coligny's residence, which was not more than
fifteen miles distant. The places are frequently confounded with each
other. The Loing is a tributary of the Seine, into which it empties below
Montereau, after flowing by Chatillon-sur-