. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. happily unaware that Henrys moralswere to conform rather to the practices of other monarchs than to the require-ments of the catechism. The two dowager-queens had not a sentiment in common, and agreed likeoil and water. Each insisted that the young couple should reside with her andfollow her way of worship. The pope objected to the union, and so did manyothers. But the young king overbore all opposition. Jeanne went to Paris to pre-pare for the wedding ; there she was sei
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. happily unaware that Henrys moralswere to conform rather to the practices of other monarchs than to the require-ments of the catechism. The two dowager-queens had not a sentiment in common, and agreed likeoil and water. Each insisted that the young couple should reside with her andfollow her way of worship. The pope objected to the union, and so did manyothers. But the young king overbore all opposition. Jeanne went to Paris to pre-pare for the wedding ; there she was seized with illness, and made a most Christianend on June 8th, 1572. Several Calvinist writers ascribed her death to poison;but this charge had no better warrant than the bad repute of her enemies. Thefamilies of Valois and Guise were capable of any wickedness : Colignys elderbrother, the cardinal of Chatillon, while an envoy in England, was poisonedby his servant, and this was but one case among many. But it is probable thatthe best woman of her time came to the death she welcomed by the visitation ofGod and not of CHAMBER OF HORRORS, TIME OF THE INQUISITION. CHAPTER XXVI. ST. BARTHOLOMEW.
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