. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. ENRY III., before his death,named the king of Navarre hissuccessor; and that prince imme-diately assumed the title ofHenry IV. But the adherentsof Henry in the field only num-bered six thousand men, andbeing pursued by the duke ofMayenne with four times that number, he was com-pelled to retire to Dieppe. But Henry now exertedhimself to the utmost; rallied his troops, and broughtthe enemy to a decisive battle on the plains of Ivry,ne
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. ENRY III., before his death,named the king of Navarre hissuccessor; and that prince imme-diately assumed the title ofHenry IV. But the adherentsof Henry in the field only num-bered six thousand men, andbeing pursued by the duke ofMayenne with four times that number, he was com-pelled to retire to Dieppe. But Henry now exertedhimself to the utmost; rallied his troops, and broughtthe enemy to a decisive battle on the plains of Ivry,near Paris. After a close and bloody struggle, theking gained a complete victory. Paris was thenbesieged, and, being reduced to extremity, the people280) /i/rf:^f^t!„. ! PUBLIC LIBRiK DECLINE OF PROTESTANTISM IN FRANCE. 283 opened their gates to the conqueror, who then enteredthe city in triumph. Henry IV. strove to conciliatethe Catholics. Finding that he could not be secureas a Protestant, he publicly renounced that faith, andwas then acknowledged king by all. The Protestants,however, obtained an establishment of their privilegesby the edict of Nantes. Henry was fortunate in pos-sessing a wise, firm, and fearless minister in the dukeof Sully, whose conduct checked the generous impru-dence of the king, and secured a vigorous and benefi-cial administration of the government. In 1600,Henry IV. married Mary of Medicis, who in the nextyear gave him a son—afterwards Louis XIII. Somedisputes in Germany, in which the interests of Francewere compromised, caused Henry to resolve to takethe field in support of the national honour. But,while the army waited for his presence, he was assas-sinated by one Ravaillac, as he was going to visit theduke of Sully. T
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