[1616] C. S. P. For., No. 570, February 6, No. 572, February 28; ibid., Eng., No. 1,336, March 8, No. 1,338, March 8, No. 1,357, March 23, No. 1,342, March 15 (1574).
[1617] On March 9, 1573, Sir Thomas Smith wrote to Walsingham: “Pirates of all nations infest our seas and under the flag of the prince of Orange or the count of Montgomery, pillage the English and foreigners impartially.” (Cf. Walsingham, 392. C. S. P. Ven., No. 575, March 24, 1574.)
[1618] Montgomery to Burghley, from Carentan, March 23, 1574 (C. S. P. For., 1351; cf. C. S. P. Ven., No. 576, March 26; Delisle, Les deux sièges de Valognes en 1562 et 1574, St. Lô, 1890).
[1619] C. S. P. For., No. 1,352. Commission from the King to the sieur de Torcy, etc., dated Bois de Vincennes, March 11, 1574. Montgomery’s reply is subjoined, dated March 22; ibid., Ven., No. 577, April 2, 1574. Montgomery must have been in error as to the date of his arrival at Coutances, which he puts on March 11. It must have been earlier. Torcy’s commission bears this date. On May 29 the chief of the Huguenots, or rather, Montgomery, wrote to Lord Burghley from Carentan, justifying the taking up arms, and stating what need there is of the favor and protection of the Queen (ibid., For., No. 1,429, May 24, 1574).
[1620] Weill, 128, 129.
[1621] Mém. du duc de Bouillon, 89. The scheme was to deprive the duke of Anjou of the command before La Rochelle and put the duke of Alençon and Henry of Navarre in command both by land and by sea. It failed, though Charles IX seems to have been willing, because Anjou flatly refused to resign (see letter in Appendix XXXIII).
[1622] Forneron, Histoire des ducs de Guise, II, 276. On the whole question see De Crue, Le parti des Politiques au lendemain de la St. Barthélemy, Paris, 1892; Weill, 133 ff.
[1623] Weill, 88, 89. The actual author was Beza.
[1624] Weill, 132; citing La Huguerye, II, 84.
[1625] Weill, 95-97.