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8. The League.  His brother, _Henry III._, who had been elected King of Poland, threw up that crown in favour of that of France. EIGHT THE LEAGUE HIS BROTHER HENRY THE THIRD WHO HAD BEEN ELECTED KING OF POLAND THREW UP THAT CROWN IN FAVOUR OF THAT OF FRANCE
ded 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." 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 Pope ordered public thanksgivings, while Queen Elizabeth put on mourning, and the Emperor Maximilian II., alone among Catholic princes, showed any horror or indignation. But the heart of the unhappy young king was broken by the guilt he had incurred. Charles IX. sank into a decline, and died in 1574, finding no comfort save in the surgeon and nurse he had saved. NDED 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 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 THE POPE ORDERED PUBLIC THANKSGIVINGS WHILE QUEEN ELIZABETH PUT ON MOURNING AND THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN THE SECOND ALONE AMONG CATHOLIC PRINCES SHOWED ANY HORROR OR INDIGNATION BUT THE HEART OF THE UNHAPPY YOUNG KING WAS BROKEN BY THE GUILT HE HAD INCURRED CHARLES THE NINTH SANK INTO A DECLINE AND DIED IN FIFTEEN SEVENTY FOUR FINDING NO COMFORT SAVE IN THE SURGEON AND NURSE HE HAD SAVED
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