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All were ashamed of a man who dressed in the extreme of foppery, with a rosary of death's heads at his girdle, and passed from wild dissipation to abject penance. ALL WERE ASHAMED OF A MAN WHO DRESSED IN THE EXTREME OF FOPPERY WITH THE ROSARY OF DEATH'S HEADS AT HIS GIRDLE AND PASSED FROM WILD DISSIPATION TO ABJECT PENANCE
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. 8. The League.--His brother, _Henry III._, who had been elected King of Poland, threw up that crown in favour of that of France. He was of a vain, false, weak character, superstitiously devout, and at the same time ferocious, so as to alienate every one.  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 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 HE WAS OF A VAIN FALSE WEAK CHARACTER SUPERSTITIOUSLY DEVOUT AND AT THE SAME TIME FEROCIOUS SO AS TO ALIENATE EVERYONE
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