HISTORY OF FRANCE BY M. GUIZOT VOLUME IV. CONTENTS: XXVIII. FRANCIS I. AND CHARLES V. 9 XXIX. FRANCIS I. AND THE RENAISSANCE. 137 XXX. FRANCIS I. AND THE REFORMATION. 179 XXXI. HENRY II. (1547-1559.) 230 XXXII. FRANCIS II. JULY 10, 1559--DECEMBER 5, 1560 269 XXXIII. CHARLES IX. AND THE RELIGIOUS WARS. (1560-1574.) 296 XXXIV. HENRY III. AND THE RELIGIOUS WARS. (1574-1589.) 388 LIST OF STEEL ENGRAVINGS: THE CASTLE OF CHAIIIBORD. FRONTISPIECE. FRANCIS I 137 GALLERY HENRY II 230 DIANA DE POITIERS 243 MARY STUART 270 HENRY OF LORRAINE (DUKE OF GUISE) 332 LIST OF WOOD-CUT ILLUSTRATIONS: Cardinal Ximenes 14 All Night a-horseback 19 Bayard Knighting Francis I 19 Leo X. 21 Anthony Duprat 24 Charles V. 39 Francis I. surprises Henry VIII 44 The Field of the Cloth of Gold 45 The Constable de Bourbon 53 The Death of Bayard 76 Capture of Francis I. 91 Louise of Savoy and Marguerite de Valois 102 Francis I. 115 The Duke of Orleans and Charles V 128 Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise 130 St. Thomas Aquinas and Abelard 140 Clement Marot 162 Francis I. waits for Robert Estienne 168 Rabelais 171 The First Protestants 178 William Farel 181 The Castle of Pau 183 Burning of Reformers at Meaux 188 Erasmus 194 Berquin released by John de la Barre 198 Heretic Iconoclasts 201 Massacre of the Vaudians 218 Calvin 222 Henry II. 235 Anne de Montmorency 235 Guise at Metz 244 Francis II. and Mary Stuart love making. 251 Catherine de’ Medici (in her young days) 255 Joust between Henri II. and Count de Montgomery 268 Archers of the Body-guard 268 Francis II. 269 Death of La Renaudie 283 After-dinner Diversions 284 Mary Stuart 284 Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condo 285 Coligny at the Death-bed of Francis II. 295 Francis de Lorraine, Duke of Aumale and of Guise 302 Massacre of Protestants 305 The Duke of Guise waylaid 315 Conde at the Ford 328 Parley before the Battle of Moncontour 337 Admiral Gaspard de Coligny 346 Charles IX. and Catherine de’ Medici 354 Henry de Guise and the Corpse of Coligny 369 The Queen of Navarre and the Huguenot 372 Chancellor Michael de l’Hospital 376 The St. Bartholomew 383 Henry III. 388 Indolence of Henry III. 390 Henry le Balafre 400 The Castle of Blois 428 Henry III. and the Murder of Guise 437 Henry of Navarre and the Scotch Guard 448 A POPULAR HISTORY OF FRANCE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. CHAPTER XXVIII.----FRANCIS I. AND CHARLES V.