The King's Assurances 400 Jeanne d'Albret becomes more favorable to her Son's Marriage 403 Her Solicitude 403 She is treated with Tantalizing Insincerity 404 She is shocked at the Morals of the Court 405 Her Sudden Death 407 Coligny and the Boy-King 408 The Dispensation delayed 410 The King's Earnestness 411 Mons and Valenciennes captured 412 Catharine's Indecision 413 Queen Elizabeth inspires no Confidence 414 Rout of Genlis 415 Determines Catharine to take the Spanish Side 416 Loss of the Golden Opportunity 416 The Admiral does not lose Courage 417 Charles and Catharine at Montpipeau 418 Rumors of Elizabeth's Desertion of her Allies 419 Charles thoroughly cast down 420 Coligny partially succeeds in reassuring him 421 Elizabeth toys with Dishonorable Proposals from the Netherlands 422 Fatal Results 423 The Memoires inedits de Michel de la Huguerye 423 His View of a long Premeditation 423 Studied Misrepresentation of Jeanne d'Albret 424 CHAPTER XVIII. 1572.