[733] “A Paris arriva toute la maison de Lorraine vestue de deuil, pour faire une solemnelle demande de justice exemplaire sur la mort du duc de Guise.”—D’Aubigné, II, 204; the request bearing date September 26, 1563, is in Mém. de Condé, IV, 667.
Coligny was so fearful of suffering violence in Paris from the bigotry of the populace or at the instigation of the Guises, that he would not enter the city.
[734] On these feuds see C. S. P. For., anno 1563, No. 748, §§1-6, 15; No. 753, §1; No. 770; No. 896, §3; No. 912, §4; No. 1,003, §3; No. 1,212; No. 1,233, §4; No. 1,249; No. 1,287: No. 1,337, §3; No. 1431; No. 1,445, §8; Proceedings of the Huguenot Society, letters of April 20, 30, May 1, 21, 27, 31.
[735] C. S. P. For., No. 1,558, December 29, 1563. “Le connétable lui même, tout en étant homme de bien catholique, était cependant carnale, et voulait avoir appui des deux cotés.”—Baschet, Journal du Concile de Trente, 240.
[736] For examples see C. S. P. For., No. 982, §§1, 2, an episode of the last week of June, 1563; ibid., Ven., No. 333; Correspondance de Catherine de Médicis, II, Introd., xxix.
[737] A law was made in August forbidding the wearing of any weapon but sword and dagger; concealment of firearms was an offense punishable by confiscation of lands and goods (Edict of Caen, August 24, L’Ambassade de St. Sulpice, 147; C. S. P. For., No. 1,394, October 1563; ibid., No. 912).
[738] C. S. P. For., No. 1,003, July 14, 1563; ibid., Ven., No. 330, June 10.
[739] Correspondance de Catherine de Médicis, II, Introd., xxxii, xxxiii (many examples).
[740] C. S. P. For., Nos. 896, §§3, 17; 912 §4.
[741] Ibid., Nos. 1,155, 1,387, 1,394, 1,431, 1,445, anno 1563.