Henri I. de Bourbon, Prince de Condé--His personal appearance and character--Jeanne d’Albret presents Henri of Navarre and Condé to the army--The “Admiral’s pages”--The “Journey of the Princes”--Battle of Arnay-le-Duc--Condé at La Rochelle--Henri of Navarre is betrothed to Marguerite de Valois, and Condé to Marie de Clèves--An awkward lover--Marriage of Condé--Massacre of Saint-Bartholomew--The King of Navarre and Condé are ordered to abjure their religion--Firmness of the latter, who, however, at length yields--Humiliating position of Condé--Intrigue between his wife and the Duc d’Anjou--Condé at the siege of La Rochelle--Anjou elected King of Poland--He offers the hand of his discarded mistress, Mlle. de Châteauneuf, to Nantouillet, provost of Paris--Unpleasant consequences of the provost’s refusal of this honour 92–107 CHAPTER VIII Departure of Anjou for Poland--Condé, compromised in the conspiracy of the “Politiques,” escapes to Strasbourg, where he reverts to the Protestant faith--Death of Charles IX., who is succeeded by the King of Poland--Flight of the new King from Cracow--Death of the Princesse de Condé: extravagant grief of Henry III.--Condé invades France at the head of an army of German mercenaries--The “_Paix de Monsieur_”--Condé endeavours to establish himself in the West of France--Formation of the League and renewal of the civil war--Condé refuses the hand of Mlle. de Vaudémont, Henry III.’s sister-in-law--His second Odyssey--He commands the Huguenot forces in Poitou and Saintonge--He proposes for the hand of Charlotte Catherine de la Trémoille--Letter of Mlle. de la Trémoille to the prince--He visits her at the Château of Taillebourg--Disastrous expedition of Condé against Angers--He is obliged to take refuge in Guernsey 108–124 CHAPTER IX