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var I'd the Vdama of Chartres lodged in the Fan
boure 81 Gormain across the wateTi on we 81
them Tut Lad lOitered on the way 10 90 some plVa
numbering on their own account wne e I've Gc1,y
thai the Catholics had risen against the Court re ran
down the rivers bank with handful Of men behind hun,
opposite the Tuleres, intending to cross TO hep ms
fends hut the boats all secured the other side
Te soldiers shot him from under the palace II was
Fidit rests only on worthless authority Of Bran
tOme-that Charles himself IN his frenzy snaChed Gun
FROM a and fired at him also Montgomery did
not wait further explanation. lie the Ydane and
few Others 10 their horses rode for Their hV' ana
The mob meanwhile was iull enjoyment Long pos
with the accuIsed formulas OF the priests they
believed that the enemies of God were gwen INTO helr
hands While dukes and lords were killing at the Louvre
the bands Of the sections initiated them with more ,han
success meG, women and even chiiule STRIVING nnCi,
should be the first in the pous work ci a'IlaeI Az
household had neiSh0ors 10 Know ana oenouaUo ne .
Through streetand lane and quay anc caseway the ;r
rang with yells and curses pso-shots anu hgoN W.
dOws the roadways were strewed Win HAngiea o3Ses
the doors blocked by the dead ana dying FROM
garrett closet roof stable, crouchnS creatures were
torn shrekng out, and stabbed ana hacked at; boys
practiced their hands by straSDg Dabes III tt cfuIes
and headess bodies raed along the u0ttors CaTs
struggled through the crowd caiIyins the uu ~ fi,
the Seine. which, by special Providence, was thl
Under the sanction of great cause lust ayaTice fear
malice, and AL had free Indulgence and gutted
themselves Even the distractions OF Creeu AZ
self became at last COEOunded and every man or woman
who had quarrel 10 avenge, lawsuit to settle VIE
husband grown Dconvenient, or prospective hberl
taace if obstacles could be removed found ready road
10 the object OF their desires .., p,
60 restore order party Of the town police mace tner
way to the palace Charles caught eagerly at te onts
Of Service and bade them do their utmost TO pat the
people down; bat it was all IN vain The soldiers i,'a
assist and without tiem nothing could lie done. An
that afternoon and night and the next Day and me day
after the horrbefcenes continued till the flames burned
down last for want of fuel The number who peIshGu
in Paris computed varously from 1000 ~ lQeD III
this, III all such instances the lowest estimate 10
probably the nearest TO the TRUTH
Mr. Froude continues his narrative with an account
of the subsequent massacre of Protestants IN the
provinces The bloody deeds of August "A were re
peated in Lyons Orleans Rouen, BourdeauX, Ioulon,
Meaux. and other places, including half the towns
and villages Of France. The King became drink
with frenzy and the slaughter was not stayed, unh
according to the belief Of the times a hundred thou
sand men, women and children had fallen victims to
the murderous delirum of passion With regard to
the origin of the conspiracy and It's reception by the
Catholics of that day, Mr.. Froude expresses himself
with less hesitation than is common with the most
intelligent recent historians.
HOW THE MASSACRE WAS RECEIVED.
The guilt of such enormous wlckedness may he distin-
cuished from its The guilt was the Queen Moe
had designed the political murder Of few inconvenent
persons with wicked expectation that thelr iebds IN
return might hill Guise and his Uncle whose peWer Was
troublesome her The massacre was the spontaneous
work of theological frenzy heated TO the boiling point
No imaginable army mrderers could have been pro
yided by the most accomplished cOnsnratOr 10 nave eA-
ecuted such work n such way The actors In u were
in their madness themselves The equity of history
requires that men be tried by the Standard OF Their times
The citizens Paris and Oreansmay be pardoned II they
were enlightened than the sovereign FOI ol
Chrstendom and the Most Catholic King OF SPAN Philip
when reached him. Is said 10 have for the
and only time in his fe He was happy IN being
from combination which had threatened him with the loss
of his Low Countries But deeper source OF qualification
TO him was the public evidence that his brotheTlnaw
M longer intended TO tamper with hcresy that France
was in no further danger Of following England INTO
schisM and that the seamless robe Of the taNlOr was
| not 10 be parted among his executoners
even more unbOuDdcd. Where the blood was nOWnS the
voice of humanity could utterly be sticd, aud er-
pressons OF dspeasre began early TO be heard In the
Holy City there universal Ontrouring OF thanks
The cannon vert fired at ST. Angelo, the streets were il
Illuminated, Pope Gregory with his cardinals walked III
procession from sanctuary to sanctuary to oher ther sac
ifce OF adorng gratitude. As, for act Of hostility
committed five centuries before prophet Of Israel com
manded the determination OF an ehiife ho. s % uheh
the baby not spared NJ the breast. the mother win
child the aged, and the sick were slaughtered IN ther
beds-a murdered as the hde9ns Jury was eA'enea 10
the cattle III the field and all living things were ed 10
gether in a CORY of carnage: another slaughter
Of scarce inferior horror lad again Deen ISpS."{fu ~
| the of religion, and the Vicar or CL1st Ike u
second Samuel bestowed the deed the especial
blessing Of the Almighty The Of the massacre was
painted by the Pope's ORDERS with IN inscription minor
CONNIE medal with the SIDE lns own image,
the other the destroying Angel mmosng the Husae-
nos dispatched Cardinal UrsiDi TO Paris 70 c0nglatu-
late the King; and the assassins OF Lyons on whose
hands the blood Of the innoeents was scarcely y hne
| before the holy in the cathedral as he passed
through and received his apostolic blessing sucn was
the ineneut upOn the massacre In the Catholic world
sacred vision.
! Mr. Froude gives intimatiOn of the fact that
eminent writer's both Protestant and Catholic. among
whom we need only refer TO Ssmondi and Cantu, rep
resent the of St. Bartholomew the result
of a sudden impulse of fanaticsn rather than of
premeditated conspiracy. He makes no attempt to
soften the horrors of the bloody drama except the
casual suggestion in note that the number OF vic
tins has probably been exaggerated, and that in all
cases of the kind, it would be safe to deduct nine
tenths from the received report. This estimate
would diminish the whole number to ten thousand
but even that is too high according the calculation
Of some good authorities DIR. Lingard for instance
who although Catholic historian, has high reputa
tion for accuracy and fairness, places the probable
number at fifteen hundred. The figures given in tho
text of Mr. Fronde the very largest stated by any
writer and in the absence of exact statistics must be
| regarded the product of popular exaggeration.