Montmorency and Conde Prisoners 94 Riotous Conduct of the Parisians 96 Orleans Invested 98 Coligny again in Normandy 99 Huguenot Reverses 101 Assassination of Duke Francois de Guise 103 Execution of Poltrot 105 Beza and Coligny accused 106 They vindicate Themselves 106 Estimates of Guise's Character 109 Renee de France at Montargis 110 Deliberations for Peace 113 The "Noblesse" in favor of the Terms--the Ministers against them 114 The Edict of Pacification 115 Remonstrance of the English Ambassador 116 Coligny's Disappointment 116 Results of the First Civil War 118 It prevents France from becoming Huguenot 119 * * * * * Huguenot Ballads and Songs 120 CHAPTER XIV. 1563-1567. THE PEACE OF AMBOISE AND THE BAYONNE CONFERENCE 126 Charles demands Havre of the English 126 The Siege 127 How the Peace was received 128 Vexatious Delays in Normandy 129 The Norman Parliament protests and threatens 130 A Rude Rebuff 131 Commissioners to enforce the Edict 132 A Profligate Court alienated from Protestantism 132 Profanity a Test of Catholicity 134 Admiral Coligny accused of Guise's Murder 135 His Defence espoused by the Montmorencies 135 Petition of the Guises 136 The King adjourns the Decision 137 Embarrassment of Catharine 137 Charles's Majority proclaimed 138 The King and the Refractory Parisian Parliament 139 The Pope's Bull against Princely Heretics 141 Proceedings against Cardinal Chatillon 141 The Queen of Navarre cited to Rome 141