The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . thrown out of the window andsplashed the pavement with his blood. Guise approachedit, turned it over with his foot, wiped the blood off thewhite hairs with his boot, gazed on the face by the lightof a torch, and said exultingly, Faith, it is he, sure enough. Then he rode off. Next morning at daybreak the church-bells at Paris began to ring the tocsin, and in every quar-ter Guises friends appeared in arms. They had been toldthat it was the kings will that all Huguenots should bemass
The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . thrown out of the window andsplashed the pavement with his blood. Guise approachedit, turned it over with his foot, wiped the blood off thewhite hairs with his boot, gazed on the face by the lightof a torch, and said exultingly, Faith, it is he, sure enough. Then he rode off. Next morning at daybreak the church-bells at Paris began to ring the tocsin, and in every quar-ter Guises friends appeared in arms. They had been toldthat it was the kings will that all Huguenots should bemassacred, and they were thirsty for blood. The rabbleof Paris eagerly joined in the devilish work, and, as theCatholics were four or five times as numerous as the Prot-estants, there was no resistance. How many poor Hugue-nots were slaughtered in cold blood in Paris and in othertowns—for the killing was contagious—it is difficult tosay, but four thousand dead bodies floated down the shocking event is called in history the Massacre of ^ because \t oQcuvred, on St, B^-rtholonaews MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW Wicked Catherine, who plotted the massacre, did notreap the reward she expected. Religious war broke outagain with more fury than ever. The great seaport of LaRochelle revolted against the king and turned out hisofficers. He besieged, but could not take it, and afterlosing some of his best captains he had to raise the siegeand sign the Edict of La Rochelle, which gave the Hugue-nots freedom to worship in their own way. Neither theduke nor the queen had made much by the floods of blood they had 194 [15C0-1574 As for King Charles, he never forgave himself. Hislooks became sombre and downcast, and his head alwaysdrooped. He refused to drink wine or to eat anythingbut the plainest food. In order to tire himself, so as toget some sleep, he used to ride on horseback for twelvehours at a time. I am not surprised myself to read thathe had vis
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