. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. her. The first years ofhis reign were disturbed by thestruggles between the Protest-ant and Catholic parties inFrance. These difficulties wereapparently settled in 1569. The queen-mother, who wasa Catholic, seemed to entertainkind feelings towards the Pro-testant leaders. The ProtestantKing of Navarre was promised the hand of the kings sister Margue-rite, and marked courtesy and apparent kindness of feeling were shownby the royal household to many of the leading men of the greafProtestant party. The latter were thus rendered uns
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. her. The first years ofhis reign were disturbed by thestruggles between the Protest-ant and Catholic parties inFrance. These difficulties wereapparently settled in 1569. The queen-mother, who wasa Catholic, seemed to entertainkind feelings towards the Pro-testant leaders. The ProtestantKing of Navarre was promised the hand of the kings sister Margue-rite, and marked courtesy and apparent kindness of feeling were shownby the royal household to many of the leading men of the greafProtestant party. The latter were thus rendered unsuspicious ofdanger, and became almost wholly disarmed. ? But Catharine de Medici, full of craft and wickedness, had resolvedto destroy the Protestant power. She was fully versed in crime, andthe passion for dark deeds grew upon her with years. One day shewent to the boy-king, Charles, and disclosed a plot for the massacre ofthe Protestants of France. He listened with a feeling of horror. Hehad learned to love the Protestant statesmen, and to call their grreat. CATHARINE DE MEDICI. HISTORIC LANDS. ler, Coligny,4 father. His young heart recoiled from such a deed! his mother gave him no rest. She confided her plot to tin Cathoj - who joined hand in hand with her to accomplish the crime. Church and State united to persuadethe young king thai the .stability of the throne, the glory of his family, and the advancement of religioul truth demanded the slaughter of the Huguenots, as the Protestanj « ailed. Still he hesitated ; hut after a little while exhibited harav the oli< leaders, the Guises, for the work of death. Paris was lull of Huguenots from the principal provincial cities, who had been drawn hither by the magnificent wedding of the Protestant King «»i Navarre. The preparations for the massacre were nearly complete, but the young king still hesitated to issue tin- fatal
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