[1226] Mémoires de Tavannes, ed. Michaud and Poujoulat, séries I, VIII, 288, 289; Pasquier, Book IV, letter 23; Collection Trémont, Nos. 1,367, 1,382; cf. La Popelinière, XI, 7-12; Pingaud, Les Saulx-Tavannes, p. 61.
[1227] State Papers, Foreign, Elizabeth, XCVII, No. 1,711. A printed pamphlet. See Appendix XIV.
[1228] Raynal, Histoire du Berry, IV, 79-83. The text of the act is found in Thauvessière’s Histoire du Berry, 189.
[1229] The text is given in Claude Haton, II, 1152. Cf. Vicomte de Meaux, Luttes religieuses en France, 177, 178; Capefigue, La réforme et la ligue, 360.
[1230] Feret, Clermont-en-Beauvaisis pendant les troubles de la ligue, Clermont, 1853.
[1231] State Papers, Foreign, Elizabeth, C, No. 1,863. See Appendix XV.
[1232] Hist. du Languedoc, XI, 509-10 and XII; Preuves, No. 300, p. cxiii; Cabinet historique, II, 217. This league was much more formal in its organization than any of the others. In addition to securing the authorization of the Parlement, the leaders had secured the sanction of Pius V in the March preceding. The bull was granted March 15.
[1233] Cabinet historique, II, 219.
[1234] Bordenave, Hist. de Béarn et de Navarre, 139-45. I venture to suggest the cardinal of Lorraine as a possible instigator, from Bordenave’s words: “quelques autres ... sollicitez par quelques uns des principaux du conseil de France.” Philip II threw new troops into Spanish Navarre at this time, either in consequence of Jeanne d’Albret’s energetic action or to co-operate with the league, if it were successful. Fourquevaux ascertained the fact, but was in the dark as to the reason for it (Dépêches de Fourquevaux, II, 25, November, 1568).
[1235] A letter of Coligny, July 29, 1568, shows that the Huguenot leader was aware of the formation of these provincial leagues. After complaining of the assassination of one of D’Andelot’s lieutenants, he protests against the general violence: “Ce que faict croire que ce sont des fruictz et offices des confraires du Saint-Esprit et sainctes ligues qu’ils appellent; mais si on voit que infiniz meurtres et massacres qui se sont faictz avec une effrénée licence en tous les endroictz de ce royaume depuys la paciffication il n’en ayt esté faict aucune justice ou chastiment, quelque déclaration que Vostre Majesté ayt faicte de sa volonté et intention, je n’en espère pas davantage de cestuy-cy, estant bien facile à cognoistre que ce sont choses projectées et délibérées avec les gouverneurs des provinces, et que cela ne se faict poinct sans adveu ou pour le moins sans un tacite consentement.”—Correspondance de Catherine de Médicis, III, 163, note.