[58] Register Journal of L'Etoile, p. 234. It is impossible to cite in full this all too true satire on the abominable morals of the court of France in the sixteenth century.
[59] Register Journal of L'Etoile, supplement, pp. 236, 239.
[60] Register Journal of L'Etoile, supplement, p. 239.
[61] "Driven thereto by the Cardinal of Lorraine, who blamed the conduct of the Duke of Anjou, the Queen came to the army in person in order to enlighten herself upon the mistake of not having engaged battle before the enemy's forces had effected a junction, that is, after the death of the Duke of Deux-Ponts, who was poisoned by some wine presented to him by a wine merchant of Avallon. Her Majesty wished to take the field with Marshal Tavannes."—Memoirs of Gaspard of Sault, Seigneur of Tavannes. pp. 322-323.
[62] Letters of Pius V. March 23-April 13, 1569, at Catena—Life Of Pius V, p. 85.
[63] De Thou, History of France, LXXXV, p. 129.
[64] Machiavelli, The Prince, chap. 18.
[65] Journal and Memoirs of Francis of Lorraine, Duke of Aumale and of Guise, containing the affairs of France and the negotiations with Scotland, Italy and Germany, pp. 664-665.
[66] Exodus 21, 23-25.
[67] Morning prayer of the guard, 1569.—Protestant Review, vol. I, p. 105.