[103] In February, 1576, the King of Navarre also made his escape, and promptly reverted to the Protestant faith, but he took no active part in the remainder of the war. [104] It was in this engagement that the duke received the wound in the face which earned him, like his celebrated father, the name of “_le Balafré_.” [105] The young lady, of course, intended to write “Monsieur.” [106] Published by Édouard Barthélemy, “la Princesse de Condé: Charlotte Catherine de la Trémoille.” [107] “Véritable discours de la naissance et de la vie de Monseigneur le prince de Condé jusqu’à présent, à lui desdié par le sieur de Fiefbrun,” publié par Eugène Halphen (Paris, 1861). [108] Fiefbrun. [109] Édouard de Barthélemy, “la Princesse de Condé: Charlotte Catherine de la Trémoille, d’après les lettres inédites conservées dans les archives de Thouars” (Paris, 1872). [110] De Thou. [111] Fiefbrun. [112] It had had an eventful history during the Hundred Years’ War, when it was more than once taken and re-taken. In 1562, a daring Huguenot adventurer named Romegoux escaladed it, by means of poniards fixed in the interstices of the walls, and for some years used it as a base for his operations against the Catholics of the surrounding country. [113] “Veritable discours de la naissance et de la vie de Mgr. le prince de Condé.” [114] So incensed was the poor prince at these pleasantries that when his cousin summoned him to attend a Protestant conference at Bergerac, he declined to obey. [115] De Thou. [116] Édouard de Barthélemy, “La Princesse de Condé: Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille.” [117] The Marquis de Conti had gone to Strasbourg to take the nominal command of the Germans. [118] The Duc d’Aumale (“Histoire des Princes de Condé”) says that the princess remained at Saint-Jean-d’Angely, but this is incorrect. [119] Duc d’Aumale, “Histoire des Princes de Condé.” [120] “Rapport des médecins et chirurgiens sur la mort de Monseigneur le Prince de Condé,” published by Édouard Barthélemy, “La Princesse de Condé: Charlotte Catherine de la Trémoille.” [121] She was three months pregnant. [122] “Rapport des médecins et chirurgiens sur la mort de Monseigneur le Prince de Condé.” [123] “Lettres missives de Henri IV.” [124] The King of Navarre to M. de Scorbiac, 11 March, 1588. [125] He was a lad of about sixteen, a Périgourdin. [126] His name was Antoine Corbais, and he was a native of La Fère. [127] They could not, of course, arrest the man within the town, since it was in the hands of the Catholics. [128] “Lettres missives de Henri IV.” [129] Published by the Duc d’Aumale, “Histoire des Princes de Condé.” [130] Presumably, the Cardinals de Bourbon and de Guise. [131] “Bibliothèque Nationale,” Brienne Collection, published by Eugène Halphen in his introduction to Fiefbrun. [132] Memoir published by Édouard de Barthélemy, “la Princesse de Condé: Charlotte Catherine de la Trémoille.”