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Proposals were sent by Guise's brother, the Cardinal of Lorraine, to the council then sitting at Trent, for vernacular services, the marriage of the clergy, and other alterations which might win back the Reformers. PROPOSALS WERE SENT BY GEZ'S BROTHER THE CARDINAL OF LORENNE TO THE COUNCIL THEN SITTING AT TRENT FOR VERNACULAR SERVICES THE MARRIAGE OF THE CLERGY AND OTHER ALTERATIONS WHICH MIGHT WIN BACK THE REFORMERS
 and asserting the power of the nobility. A conspiracy for seizing the person of the king and destroying the Guises at the castle of Amboise was detected in time to make it fruitless. The two Bourbon princes kept in the background, though Condé was universally known to have been the true head and mover in it, and he was actually brought to trial. The discovery only strengthened the hands of Guise. 4. Regency of Catherine de' Medici.--Even then, however, Francis II. was dying, and his brother, _Charles IX._, who succeeded him in 1560, was but ten years old. The regency passed to his mother, the Florentine Catherine, a wily, cat-like woman, who had always hitherto been kept in the background, and whose chief desire was to keep things quiet by playing off one party against the other. She at once released Condé, and favoured the Bourbons and the Huguenots to keep down the Guises, even permitting conferences to see whether the French Church could be reformed so as to satisfy the Calvinists. DOWN THE GEESE AND ASSERTING THE POWER OF THE NOBILITY A CONSPIRACY FOR SEIZING THE PERSON OF THE KING AND DESTROYING THE GEESE AT THE CASTLE OF ENVOISE WAS DETECTED IN TIME TO MAKE IT FRUITLESS THE TWO BOURBON PRINCES KEPT IN THE BACKGROUND THOUGH CONDE WAS UNIVERSALLY KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN THE TRUE HEAD AND MOVER IN IT AND HE WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO TRIAL THE DISCOVERY ONLY STRENGTHENED THE HANDS OF GEZ FOUR REGENCY OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI EVEN THEN HOWEVER FRANCIS THE SECOND WAS DYING AND HIS BROTHER CHARLES THE NINTH WHO SUCCEEDED HIM IN FIFTEEN SIXTY WAS BUT TEN YEARS OLD THE REGENCY PASSED TO HIS MOTHER THE FLORENTINE CATHERINE A WILY CAT LIKE WOMAN WHO HAD ALWAYS HITHERTO BEEN KEPT IN THE BACKGROUND AND WHOSE CHIEF DESIRE WAS TO KEEP THINGS QUIET BY PLAYING OFF ONE PARTY AGAINST THE OTHER SHE AT ONCE RELEASED CONDI AND FAVORED THE BON AND THE HUGUENOTS TO KEEP DOWN THE GISE EVEN PERMITTING CONFERENCES TO SEE WHETHER THE FRENCH CHURCH COULD BE REFORMED SO AS TO SATISFY THE CALVINISTS
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