[539] Chantonnay particularly notices this in a dispatch of April 18, 1562, K. 1,497. So also does the Tuscan ambassador (Nég. Tosc., III, 481, June, 1562). Traveling in France was dangerous (Windebank to Cecil, C. S. P. Dom., XXII, 53, April 8, 1562).
[540] C. S. P. Dom., XXII, 60, April 17, 1562. Paris wore red and yellow ribbons—the Guise colors. “Ceux de Paris disent publiquement qu’on doit renvoyer la reine en Italie et qu’ils ne veulent plus avoir de roi qui ne soit catholique. Ils en ont d’ailleurs un que Dieu leur a donné, c’est le grand ‘roi de Guise.’” Letter of Hotman in Rev. hist., XCVII, March-April, 1908, 305.
[541] D’Aubigné, Book II, chap. iv.
[542] Correspondance de Chantonnay, K. 1,497, No. 36, May 28, 1562.
[543] The importance of Lyons so near the cantons of Switzerland and Geneva is emphasized in Nég. Tosc., III, 488, July 6, 1562.
[544] Correspondance de Chantonnay, April 24, 1562, K. 1,497, No. 25. On the situation in Rouen, see Mém. de Condé, III, 302 ff.; and the diary of a citizen in Revue retrospective, V, 97. Montgomery who was in western Normandy about Vire sent the King’s letter back to him after polluting it with filth, at least so says Chantonnay, K. 1,497, No. 27, May 2, 1562.
[545] See Carel, Histoire de la ville de Caen sous Charles IX, Henri III et Henri IV, Caen, 1886.
[546] The duke of Bouillon, commandant of Caen Castle, made an attempt to restrain the populace (C. S. P. For., No. 303, §7, July 12, 1562). He posed as a neutral, but ultimately became a Huguenot.
[547] C. S. P. For., No. 101, May 27, 1562.
[548] Ibid., No. 68, May 18, 1562; cf. No. 69, §10.