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The Catholic party thought the destruction complete, the court went in state to return thanks for deliverance from a supposed plot, while Coligny's body was hung on a gibbet. THE CATHOLIC PARTY THOUGHT THE DESTRUCTION COMPLETE THE COURT WENT IN STATE TO RETURN THANKS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM A SUPPOSED PLOT WHILE CORLINI'S BODY WAS HUNG ON A GIBBET
idnight of the 24th of August, 1572, St. Bartholomew's night, the bell of the church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois began to ring, and the slaughter was begun by men distinguished by a white sleeve. The king sheltered his Huguenot surgeon and nurse in his room. The young King of Navarre and Prince of Condé were threatened into conforming to the Church, but every other Huguenot who could be found was massacred, from Coligny, who was slain kneeling in his bedroom by the followers of Guise, down to the poorest and youngest, and the streets resounded with the cry, "Kill! kill!" In every city where royal troops and Guisard partisans had been living among Huguenots, the same hideous work took place for three days, sparing neither age nor sex. How many thousands died, it is impossible to reckon, but the work was so wholesale that none were left except those in the southern cities, where the Huguenots had been too strong to be attacked, and in those castles where the seigneur was of "the religion.  AT MIDNIGHT ON THE TWENTY FOURTH OF AUGUST FIFTEEN SEVENTY TWO SAINT BARTHOLEMY'S KNIGHT THE BELL OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT GERMAIN LUXEHOIS BEGAN TO RING AND THE SLAUGHTER WAS BEGUN BY MEN DISTINGUISHED BY A WHITE SLEEVE THE KING SHELTERED HIS HUGUENOT SURGEON AND NURSE IN HIS ROOM THE YOUNG KING OF NAVARRE AND PRINCE OF CONDE WERE THREATENED INTO CONFORMING TO THE CHURCH BUT EVERY OTHER HUGUENOT WHO COULD BE FOUND WAS MASSACRED FROM CULINI WHO WAS SLAIN KNEELING IN HIS BEDROOM BY THE FOLLOWERS OF GEIS DOWN TO THE POOREST AND YOUNGEST AND THE STREETS RESOUNDED WITH THE CRY KILL KILL IN EVERY CITY WHERE ROYAL TROOPS AND GHISAR PARTISANS HAD BEEN LIVING AMONG HUGUENOTS THE SAME HIDEOUS WORK TOOK PLACE FOR THREE DAYS SPARING NEITHER AGE NOR SEX HOW MANY THOUSANDS DIED IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RECKON BUT THE WORK WAS SO WHOLESALE THAT NONE WERE LEFT EXCEPT THOSE IN THE SOUTHERN CITIES WHERE THE HUGUENOTS HAD BEEN TOO STRONG TO BE ATTACKED AND IN THOSE CASTLES WHERE THE SIGNOR WAS OF THE RELIGION
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