. The history of the civil wars of France . rom tumults and feditions upon which the Catholick party chieflyrelied i but knowing his own forces were not fufficient, or willing to communicatethis refblution with the other Confederates before any thing were put in execution, hefcnt for the Duke of Cuife and the Conftable, that they might unite all their forcesin the fame place. The Duke of Guife, after he retired from Court, dwelt itJainviVe, a place of hisown, upon the confines of Champagne and Picardy j and having received advice fromthe King of Navarre , being accompanied with the Cardinal hi
. The history of the civil wars of France . rom tumults and feditions upon which the Catholick party chieflyrelied i but knowing his own forces were not fufficient, or willing to communicatethis refblution with the other Confederates before any thing were put in execution, hefcnt for the Duke of Cuife and the Conftable, that they might unite all their forcesin the fame place. The Duke of Guife, after he retired from Court, dwelt itJainviVe, a place of hisown, upon the confines of Champagne and Picardy j and having received advice fromthe King of Navarre , being accompanied with the Cardinal his Brother, with a trainof many Gentlemen his dependants, and two Squadrons of Lances for Guard, wasupon the way to be at Paris at the time appointed. But the firft day of March in themorning pailing thorow a little Village in the fame confines called Vajjy, his peopleheard an unufiial noife of Bells ■, and having asked what was the reafon of it, anfwerwas made, That it was the hour wherein the Hugonots ufed to affemble at their Ser-mons,. of France. The Third Boo^. 57 mons. The Pages and Lacqueys of the Duke that went before the reft of the com-pany, moved with the novelty of the thing, and a curiofity to fee, (for then thofeCongregations began fir 11 to be kept in publick) with jefting fpeeches, and a tUmultproper to fuch kind of people , went towards the place where the Hugonots were aP-femblcd at their devotion i who underftanding that the Duke of Guife was there, oneof their chief perfccutors, and feeing a great troop come diredly towards them, fear-ing fome affront, or elfe indeed incenfed with the words of derifion and contemptwhich the rudencfs of thofe people ufed againlt them , without any further conlidera-tion, prcfently fell to gather up ftones, and began to drive back thofe that advancedfirft towards the place of their affembly. By which injury the Catholick party beingincenfed, f who came thither without intent of doing them harm) with no lefs incon-fidcration b
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