Frank Remonstrances; Henry receives them patiently; He is intolerant of political Opposition; His Petition for Instruction; Organization of the Huguenot Party; The Protector's Council; Provision for Religious Teachers and Education; The Consistorial Party suspicious; The Second States General of Blois; Guise made Lieutenant General; Dissimulation of Henry of Valois; Imprudence of Guise, and Fears of his Friends; The King fails to secure a Majority; The Invincible Armada; Henry selects new Counsellors; Opening of the States General; The King's renewed Expressions of Hostility to the Huguenots; The Fear of a Huguenot Successor; Renewal of the Oath proposed; Speech of Montholon, Keeper of the Seals; Speech of the Archbishop of Bourges; Speeches of Baron Sennecey and the Prevot des Marchands; The Edict of Union again sworn to (October 18, 1588); Annoyance of the Guises; The Clergy seeks to have Navarre declared incapable of succeeding; The Tiers État demands the Diminution of the Taxes; The Duke of Savoy invades the Marquisate of Saluzzo; Guise not privy to the Enterprise; The King resolves upon the Murder of Guise; Mayenne is said to have warned the King; Conference respecting Guise's Movements; The King again swears to persevere in the Union; Assassination of the Duke of Guise; And of his Brother, the Cardinal; Henry's Policy toward the Huguenots; The King's Account given to Catharine de' Medici; The Huguenots still to be persecuted; Character of the Duke of Guise; His Ambition; Illness and Death of Catharine de' Medici (January 5, 1589); Her Character
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