[1216] See the revelations of Norris to Cecil in ibid., No. 2,100, March 30, 1568. As earnest of the royal purpose the marshal Montmorency set at once about disarming the people of Paris.
[1217] Commentaires et lettres de Montluc, V, 22, 23.
[1218] Probably neither the cardinal nor Montluc knew that the other had been in secret correspondence with Philip II. Knowing Philip’s methods, it is likely that he kept them in ignorance of it. This was his way (cf. Forneron, I, 327).
[1219] Ruble, Commentaires et lettres de Montluc, IV, 328, 329, letter of March 5, 1564.
[1220] Ibid., V, 76, 77 and notes.
[1221] Ibid., V, 145.
[1222] Cited by Forneron, Histoire de Philippe II, I, 327.
[1223] The ordinance of Moulins specifically alluded to the growing popular nature of these confraternities: “Qu’on abolisse entièrement les confréries établies sous prétexte de religion parmi le petit peuple, les festins, les répas, les bâtons (bâtons de Confrérie, qui servent à porter aux confréries l’Image de quelque saint, ou la représentation de quelque mystère) et autres choses semblables, qui donnent lieu à la superstition, aux troubles, à la débauche, aux querelles, et aux monopoles” (De Thou, V, Book XXXIX, p. 183, in the article prohibiting them). But it was as impossible then as now to enforce a law in the face of a public opinion which did not sympathize with the provision. Public opinion not merely favored their formation; the very officers of the crown promoted their organization. La Popelinière, XI, 12, makes this point.
[1224] “Discorso sopra gli umori di Francia di Mr. Nazaret, 1570,” Barberini Library 3,269, fol. 63. See Appendix XIII.
[1225] D’Aubigné, III, 2.