So when all hope had vanished of exterminating the Huguenots in open warfare, a deceitful peace was made; and their leaders were decoyed to Paris, in order to accomplish, in one foul sweep, by wholesale murder, the diabolical design.

He was far from being even moral in his social relations; still less had he the austerity of manners and habits that then characterized the Huguenots, for they were Calvinists and Presbyterians.

SOUBISE, DUC DE, French soldier; served first under Prince Maurice of Orange, and commanded the Huguenots against Louis XIII., but after some successes was compelled to take refuge in England; distinguished himself at the defence of Rochelle, but was defeated again and had to betake himself to England as before, where he died (1589-1641).

[Footnote 6: Samuel DuBose, Address delivered before the Black Oak Agricultural Society, April 28, 1858, in T.G. Thomas, The Huguenots of South Carolina (New York, 1887).

'Cousin,' said the king, 'drink we to our good friends the Huguenots.'

They wish me to recall the Edict of Nantes, and drive the Huguenots from the kingdom.

I regard the successful defence of this fortress, at this crisis, as the most fortunate event in the whole Huguenot contest, since it enabled the Huguenots to make a stand against the whole power of the monarchs.

Elizabeth herself was a zealous Protestant, protecting the cause whenever it was persecuted, encouraging Huguenots, and not disdaining the Presbyterians of Scotland.

" BIRON, BARON DE, marshal of France, born at Périgord; served bravely under Henry IV.; though a Catholic, favoured the Huguenots; narrowly escaped at the Massacre of St. Bartholomew; was killed at the siege of Épernay; carried a note-book with him everywhere, and so observant was he that it passed into proverb, "You will find it in Biron's note-book" (1524-1592).

to force the Huguenots of France back into the bosom of the Catholic Church by employment of dragoons.

She knew the Huguenots of France.

If sa Majesté, le Grand Louis, be not so mal avisé, as to chasser Messieurs les Huguenots from his royaume, I shall go to Paris, to hear le Cid, moi-même!" "A good journey to you, Monsieur Cue.

by assassination, in 1589, his struggles for the next five years were more to secure his hereditary rights as King of France than to lead the Huguenots to victory as a religious body.

of France to massacre the Huguenots, he replied, "Sire, there are many under my government devoted to your majesty, but not a single executioner.

MEYERBEER, illustrious musical composer, born at Berlin, of Jewish birth; composer of operatic music, and for over 30 years supreme in French opera; produced "Robert le Diable" in 1831, the "Huguenots" in 1833, "Le Prophète" in 1844, "L'Étoile du Nord" in 1854, the "Dinorah" in 1859 (1791-1864).

Having subdued the Huguenots, Richelieu turned his attention to the nobles,the most worthless, arrogant, and powerful of all the nobility of Europe; men who made royalty a mockery and law a name.

He began his labors in behalf of absolutism by suppressing the Huguenots.

Charles IX. published an edict in which he distinguished between heretics and rebels, and assured of his protection all Huguenots who should lay down arms.

It united them, as the massacre of St. Bartholomew united the Huguenots.