Francis's Acquirements overrated 42 His Munificent Patronage of Art 42 The Collége Royal, or "Trilingue" 43 An Age of Blood 44 Barbarous Punishment for Crime 45 And not less for Heresy 46 Belief in Judicial Astrology 47 Predictions of Nostradamus 47 Reverence for Relics 49 For the Consecrated Wafer 50 Internal Condition of the Clergy 51 Number and Wealth of the Cardinals 51 Non-residence of Prelates 52 Revenues of the Clergy 52 Vice and Hypocrisy 53 Brantôme's Account of the Clergy before the Concordat 54 Aversion to the Use of the French Language 56 Indecent Processions--"Processions Blanches" 59 The Monastic Orders held in Contempt 60 Protests against prevailing Corruption 61 The "Cathari," or Albigenses 61 Nicholas de Clemangis 63 John Gerson 64 Jean Bouchet's "Deploration of the Church" 65 * * * * * Changes in the Boundaries of France during the 16th Century 66 CHAPTER II. 1512-1525.