_Clement VII._, Pope, i. 239, 261, 266; authorizes persecution of Lutherans in France, 331; approves treaty between Charles V. and Francis I., 337, 402; thwarts Henry VIII., ii. 103; French embassy to, 105; alarmed, 106; at Bologna, 142; opposed to a general council, 143; conference with Charles V., 144; reasons for inaction, 145; a disciple of Machiavelli, 146; 'moves softly,' 146; agrees to marriage of Catherine de' Medici with Henry duke of Orleans, 149; promises an Italian state to Francis I., 149; refuses to marry Catherine to Sforza, 153; asks Francis I. for full powers for marriage contract, 153; receives them, 155; altercation with Charles, 156; joins the Italian League, 162; leaves Bologna, 164; agrees to meet Francis I., 164; announces marriage contract of Catherine to the cardinals, 185; obstacles raised to his journey to France, 186 _sqq._; makes up his mind to go, 188; opinions about the voyage, 190; arrives at Marseilles, 191; the Latin address to him, 193; his promises to Francis, 194; publishes bull against heretics, 194; officiates at marriage of Catherine de' Medici, 195; departs for Rome, 197; failing health, 197; declines to help King Ferdinand, 250; alarmed at progress of Philip of Hesse, 253; appealed to for help by duke of Savoy, 393; his attainments, and perplexity, 395; grants subsidy to the duke, 396; a grace to Geneva, 433; publishes another, 434; publishes a Jubilee, 460; commands bishop of Geneva to return, iii. 424; meets Charles V. at Bologna, iv. 22; troubled about English embassy, 23; his brief to Henry VIII., 24; gives audience to English ambassadors, 25; puts off Cranmer, 28; nominates him grand almoner, 43; English address to him, 43; proposes bigamy to Henry VIII., 44; calls upon him to take back Catherine, 87; conferences with Charles V., 117; sends bulls for inauguration of Cranmer as primate, 121; again suggests bigamy to Henry VIII., 125; goes to Bologna, 126; conferences with Charles V. about divorce of Henry VIII., 126; murmurs against, in England, 127; issues brief of excommunication against Henry, 128; annuls Cranmer's sentence, 138; cites Henry to appear at Rome, 164; revokes proceedings of English courts and excommunicates the king, 164; meeting with Francis I., 167; creates four French cardinals, 169; Henry's appeal to a council presented to him by Bonner, 170; his wrath, 171; conversation with Francis I., 172; rejects the appeal, 173; threatens Bonner, 173; accord with Francis I., 177; consents to a council, 176; holds a consistory, 181;