. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. Henry,on his part, besieged Chartres from February 16th to April 19th, 1591 ; it fellat last, chiefly through the valor and skill of Chatillon, of whom great thingswere expected. His death within the year, at the early age of thirty, was aheavy loss to the Protestants, who believed that he would have equalled or evenexcelled his illustrious father. The name of another leader has not appeared oflate; Conde, Henrys cousin,was poisoned in 1588. Thesewars, intrigues, and hatr
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. Henry,on his part, besieged Chartres from February 16th to April 19th, 1591 ; it fellat last, chiefly through the valor and skill of Chatillon, of whom great thingswere expected. His death within the year, at the early age of thirty, was aheavy loss to the Protestants, who believed that he would have equalled or evenexcelled his illustrious father. The name of another leader has not appeared oflate; Conde, Henrys cousin,was poisoned in 1588. Thesewars, intrigues, and hatredswere fatal to many of the the season advanced,the king took Noyon, and hisofficers won other successes inthe north and south. A newpope sent a new legate, whopublished a decree command-ing the clergy to leave allplaces which recognizedBourbon, and otherwise in-vaded the liberties of thenational Church: thisaroused much wrath, andinjured the cause it wasmeant to help. The Parlia-ment of Paris accepted thebull, but those of Tours andChalons ordered it to beburned, and denounced obedi- to it as high Young Guise escaped fromconfinement at Tours, not atall to the satisfaction of Ma-yenne, who feared in his nephew a rival claimant to the throne. MARIA DE ivtfe of Henry IV. HENRYS RASHNESS AT AUMALE. In the early autumn the Prince of Anhalt brought six thousand Germans,and the Earl of Essex half as many English. With an army increased toforty thousand, the king began on October 1st the siege of Rouen, which hisfathers troops had taken from the Protestants twenty-eight years before. Herehe performed many deeds of valor, and won the admiration of Marquis Villars,who commanded the defense. This officer, who was moved to equal activity 442 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. by so chivalrous an example, declared that Henry deserved a thousand crowns,,and regretted that his religion prevented true Catholics from serving him. Butin January, 1592, Parma entered
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