[1123] Paulet to Cecil, October 13, 1567; C. S. P. Dom., Add.
[1124] Nég. Tosc., III, 549. On September 29, 1567, permission was given the populace of Paris to arm themselves.—Lettres patentes du Roy Charles IX pour l’establissement des capitaines de la ville de Paris et permission aux citizens d’icelle de prendre les armes. Felibien, Histoire de Paris, III, 703, 704.
[1125] La Popelinière, XII, 39; Claude Haton, I, 439; La Noue, chap. xiv; C. S. P. For., No. 1,427, September 30, 1567. Norris gives the names of the towns taken by the prince of Condé’s forces.—State Papers, Foreign, Elizabeth, Vol. XCIV No. 1,338. See Appendix XI. According to Baschet, La diplomatie vénitienne, 543 and note, the prince of Condé planned to burn Paris.
[1126] La Popelinière, Book XII, 51, 51 bis. The slaughter at the bridge was terrible. The King’s captain and the color-bearer, who managed to escape to Paris, were hanged by Charles IX.—C. S. P. For., No. 1,804, November 2, 1567.
[1127] Ibid., No. 1,763, October 14, 1567.
[1128] Claude Haton, I, 444-46.
[1129] C. S. P. Ven., No. 407, October 18, 1567.
[1130] Claude Haton, I, 439-45, and La Noue, chap. xvi, give some graphic details.
[1131] Claude Haton, I, 444, 445.
[1132] “Ordonnance du Roy, portant permission à toutes personnes, d’apporter, et faire apporter, conduire et amener à Paris, tant par eau que par terre, toutes espèces de vivres, bleds, vins et autres; sans payer pour iceux aucunes daces, subsides, ou imposition quelconques.”—Paris, R. Estienne, 1567.