. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. clared they had risen against the Guises, not against the king. Whenthey were condemned for treason, Castlenau scornfully exclaimed, So theGuises are kings of France, then ? They have violated our laws and liberties:if it be treason to resist them, proclaim them kings at once. Mary Stuart and the court were at the windows as usual, to enjoy thebeheadings, which for their accommodation took place close by. Castelnau saidhis last prayer and died like a man. Another, Villeno
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. clared they had risen against the Guises, not against the king. Whenthey were condemned for treason, Castlenau scornfully exclaimed, So theGuises are kings of France, then ? They have violated our laws and liberties:if it be treason to resist them, proclaim them kings at once. Mary Stuart and the court were at the windows as usual, to enjoy thebeheadings, which for their accommodation took place close by. Castelnau saidhis last prayer and died like a man. Another, Villenorgue, dipped his handsin the blood of his friends, raised them aloft, and cried, Lord, it is the blood ofThy children unjustly slain : Thou wilt avenge it! At this one of the ladiesran shrieking from the room : it was the Duchess of Guise. I have seen theblood of the innocent flowing, she wailed : I fear that cry for vengeance willfall heavy on our house. Olivier, the chancellor, took to his bed. The cardi-nal came to see him. You have damned yourself and all of us, the remorsefulman cried. Two days later he was MARY STOART. CHAPTER XXIV. WORDS AND BLOWS. Ifflll— ?I. i»«iii!iiiiii|inf IJAR from repressing the movement toward liberty,the severities at Amboise aroused a fury of re-sentment, and the numbers of the Protestantsgrew daily. From this time they began to becalled Huguenots, a name of obscure and doubtfulorigin, applied at first by their enemies in reproachor ridicule. As the stench of the unburied bodiesdrove the court from Amboise, so the savor ofthose evil deeds spread through the land, and theGuises found themselves obliged to assembly of notables was convoked at Fon-tainebleau August 21st, 1560. The Bourbonswere not present, but the Chatillons were, witheight hundred of their party. Coligny offered apetition from the Protestants of Normandy, pro-testing their loyalty and offering to pay doubletaxes if they could have their own places
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