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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! 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
them remained at home, and the Baron of Rosny said, "If that wedding takes place the favours will be crimson." The Duke of Guise seems to have resolved on taking this opportunity of revenging himself for his father's murder, but the queen-mother was undecided until she found that her son Charles, who had been bidden to cajole and talk over the Huguenot chiefs, had been attracted by their honesty and uprightness, and was ready to throw himself into their hands, and escape from hers. An abortive attempt on Guise's part to murder the Admiral Coligny led to all the Huguenots going about armed, and making demonstrations which alarmed both the queen and the people of Paris. Guise and the Duke of Anjou were, therefore, allowed to work their will, and to rouse the bloodthirstiness of the Paris mob. At midnight 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. EM REMAINED AT HOME AND THE BARON OF HOSNEY SAID IF THAT WEDDING TAKES PLACE THE FAVORS WILL BE CRIMSON THE DUKE OF GEEZ SEEMS TO HAVE RESOLVED ON TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY OF REVENGING HIMSELF FOR HIS FATHER'S MURDER BUT THE QUEEN MOTHER WAS UNDECIDED UNTIL SHE FOUND THAT HER SON CHARLES WHO HAD BEEN BIDDEN TO CAJOLE AND TALK OVER THE HUGUENOT CHIEFS HAD BEEN ATTRACTED BY THEIR HONESTY AND UPRIGHTNESS AND WAS READY TO THROW HIMSELF INTO THEIR HANDS AND ESCAPE FROM HERS AN ABORTIVE ATTEMPT ON GHIZE'S PART TO MURDER THE ADMIRAL CULINI LED TO ALL THE HUGUENOTS GOING ABOUT ARMED AND MAKING DEMONSTRATIONS WHICH ALARMED BOTH THE QUEEN AND THE PEOPLE OF PARIS GUILSE AND THE DUKE OF ANJOU WERE THEREFORE ALLOWED TO WORK THEIR WILL AND TO ROUSE THE BLOODTHIRSTINESS OF THE PARIS MOB 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
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