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History. 
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Battle of 
Jarnac, 
A. D. 1569. 
Battle of 
Montcon- 
cour, 
A. D. 1569 
FRA 
Catholic. The Duke of An- 
g, though little more than 16 
ars of age, was appointed lieutenant-general of the 
i ; and along with him was sent to the arm 
the Tavannes, a man of great military eupedt- 
‘ence and reputation. In the mean time, the Prince of 
Condé was not idle. Having received money and am- 
munition, he marched to Soissons, in order to meet 
the reinforcements which he expected from Germany. — 
As it was of the utmost ence that the prince 
should be attacked before he was reinforced, the Catho- 
lic army rapidly advanced for this purpose, and suc- 
ceeded in overtaking them on the banks of the Charen- 
ti, at Jarnac, a small village in the province of Angou- 
mois. The Protestants were , and they were 
inferior in numbers ; yet, for upwards of seven hours, 
fought with the utmost steadiness and bravery. 
The Prince of Condé’s arm was in a scarf, in conse- 
quence of a wound received in a former action; and 
Orleans, a most bi; 
just as the battle was beginning, his leg was accidental- 
ip teckel by the horse of his brother-in-law: notwith- 
standing all this, he betrayed no symptoms of pain or 
uneasiness, but, retaining his wonted dignity and pre- 
sence of mind, he thus addressed those who immediate- 
ly surrounded him: “ Nobility of France,—know that 
the Prince of Condé, with an arm ina scarf, and a leg 
broken, fears not to give battle, since you attend him.” 
At last, after the Prince himself, Coligny, D’Andelot, 
Montgomery, and Rochefoucault, vied with each 
other in displays of skill and valour, the Protestants 
wabdoocisitaa’ te yield. The Prince alone, incapable 
of flight, covered with wounds, and exhausted with 
fatigue, was surrounded and taken prisoner,’ and after- 
wards killed in cold blood by a captain of the Duke of 
Anjou's guard. 
Protestants, defeated, were not dispirited, 
and the resources of the fertile mind of Coligny were 
called into immediate and full action on this occasion. 
He collected the scattered troops, took such measures 
for their security and ion as he deemed most pro- 
and necessary, and succeeded in reaching Poitou. 
Ficbele was joined 22 es Queen y Pha wi with 
such troops as he collect ; an oung son 
H p presented So-thid ining,  endcpesived wiekt uhi- 
versal acclamations, was declared ge , dong with 
‘his cousin the youug Prince of Cor ris J 
Coligny, who still exercised the actual command and 
direction of the forces, being strengthened by some 
German auxiliaries, again took the field, obliged the 
picmtael yt oe to retreat, and invested Poitiers. Into 
this place, young Duke of Guise, recollecting the 
lory which his father had acquired by his defence of 
Siete; Ind ‘thrown bedulself; ond ankesecdd the gar- 
rison, by his valour and conduct, to a most resolute de- 
fence. In the mean time, the Duke of Anjou advan- 
ced witha powerful army; andColigny thus threatened, 
preset 7 Fale Sean of reducing Poi- 
tiers, xd the siege. He would have also care- 
fully avoided a battle ; but as he was incapable of satis- 
phe Sap tages ee pe German auxiliaries, he was 
é necessity of fighting ‘while ’ 
with him, lest on their departure cee! 
ata er rm disadvantage. 
which led to the battle of Montconcour. — 
a of the yee er ay was 
Catholics, and the superior discipline of the Swiss, 
~— : maphoag samt: paw Sy de  beginni 
action ; but his wound was totally disregard 
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any advantage. He then, at the head of only 300 horse, 
accompanied by the young King of Navarre and the 
Prince of Condé, reached Parthenai, about six leagues 
from the field of battle. Such was the rise of the repu- 
tation of the second Duke of Guise; for to his obstinate 
and skilful defence of Poitiers, the disasters of the Pro- 
testants may justly be ascribed. 
Ass the Protestants had lost nearly 10,000 men in the 
battle of Montconcour, the court of France and the 
Catholies fondly imagined that their power was finally 
and completely broken ; what then was their surprise 
to learn; that Coligny, undaunted by so signal a defeat, 
had suddenly appeared in another quarter of the king- 
dom ; had assembled a formidable army, accomplished 
an incredible march, and was ready to besiege Paris, 
The state of the finances was such, that the king found 
it impossible to raise and support an army sufficiently 
powerful to overcome the persevering and indefatigable 
Coligny: he ‘was therefore obliged A. D. 1570, not- Treaty of 
inst the Protes- st Ger- 
them at St Ger- main en 
Laye, 
A, D. 1570. 
withstanding his violent animosity 
tants, to enter into a negociation wi 
mainen Laye. By this treaty, the edicts in their favour 
were confirmed ; a pardon was granted for all their 
“past offences ; they were dec’ capable of all offices, 
both civil and military ; they were restored to all their 
employments and dignities ; and Rochelle, La Charite, 
Montauban; and Cogniac, were ceded to them for two 
years, as places of refuge, and pledges for their security, 
The first of these cities kept the sea open for receiving 
succours from England ; the second preserved the pas- 
sage of the Loire; the third commanded the frontiers 
of Languedoc ; and the fourth opened a passage into 
Angoumois, where the Protestants possessed greater 
strength than in any other province. 
and he continued ing with the utmost gallantry History. 
till he was eee his efforts’ were ino longer of 
Both Catherine-and her son, being now convinced Intrigues 
that the destruction of the Protestants could be effected of Cathe. 
only by intrigue, resolved to exert all the powers of rine and the 
their minds to carry it on in such a manner as might King. 
most effectually deceive the proposed victims of it. 
With this view they pretended to be averse to the mea- 
sures of the Guises as unfriendly to the Protestants; and 
= roctasd with bn woe and indifference, The 
i to give his sister Margaret in marri 
oes of Riparhs, as a further prot of his rile 
= a prpoeal and oa ity to the Protestants, 
is was readily acce 3 and so deeply laid 
ps plans of Catherine ad her son, that aveti 
the Admiral Coligny, notwithstanding a letter which 
he received, pute him im mind of the faithless cha- 
racters of them , was deceived by their specious 
conduct and professions. M 
Catherine, having so often been foiled in her attempts 
to crush the Protestants, both by open and secret mea- 
sures, was resolved that her present plan should not be 
frustrated by precipitation : for two years she permit. 
ted France to enjoy the blessings of tranquillity ; and 
during the whole of this period, the conduct both of 
herself and of the king, continued such, as effectually 
Tulled the suspicions of the most timid and apprehen- 
sive Protestants. At last having succeeded in per- 
suading the admiral to come to Paris, along with the 
most considerable men of the Protestant party, in order 
to assist at the celebration of the marriage of Mar, 
ad Henry, at and the king resolved to hasten 
cal e. 
The marriage was celebrated on the 17th of August 
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