--, warned by Erasmus, ii. 32; signs treaty of Cambray, 61; his children restored, 62, 63, 65; his marriage and coronation of his queen, Eleanor, 65 _sqq._; the Protestants accused to him, 70; receives envoy and letter from German Protestant princes, 71; proposes a council, 72; hears Lécoq preach, 75; has secret interview with him, 75; veers towards reform, 94; sends Du Bellay to Germany, 95; and to England, 102; alliance with Henry VIII., 103; meets him, complains of the pope, 104; treaty with Henry, 105; sends embassy to the pope, 105; threatens separation from the papacy, 106; alarm in Europe, 106; confines heads of both parties in their own houses, 124; warned by Henry of Navarre and Du Bellay, 126; receives deputation from Sorbonne, 126; insults the deputies, 127; banishes Beda, 130; sends ambassadors to conference of Bologna, 142, 146; aims at alliance with Henry VIII. and the pope, 148; consequences of his scheme, 148; sends special ambassador to Bologna, 148; proposes marriage of Henry duke of Orleans with Catherine de' Medici, 149; claims an Italian state, 149; hesitation, 154; sends the pope full powers for the contract, 155; his policy, 157; proposes a lay council, 157; a meeting with Clement arranged, 163; silences Montmorency accusing Margaret, 177; orders inquiry on the decision of the Sorbonne, 180; meets Clement VII. at Marseilles, 192; his demands, 194; at marriage of his son with Catherine de' Medici, 195; orders persecution of heretics, 197; intrigues with Protestants, 197; holds a council at Avignon, 214; his policy in Germany, 216; goes to Bar-le-Duc, 221; invites Philip of Hesse to a conference, 224; discusses affairs of Germany, 224; desires to see Melanchthon, 225; concludes treaty with Philip, 226; returns to Paris, 232; refuses to burn Roussel and others, 232; imprisons Beda, 233; vacillation, 234; sets free the preachers, 234; quotes Scripture, 247; co-operates with Bucer and Du Bellay, 247; gives audience to waywode of Wallachia, 248; receives news of Philip's victory, 254; sends Chelius to Germany, 260; receives memoirs of German doctors, 264; holds conferences in the Louvre, 265; approves Melanchthon's views, 282; sends envoy to Germany and confesses his mistakes, 283; orders French version of reformers' opinions, 284; his tactics, 285; difference between him and Henry VIII., 295; leans towards the Reformation, 296; supports demands of Savoy against Geneva, 390