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The ladies sat at their tapestry frames, while Italian poetry and romance was read or love songs sung by the gentlemen; they had garden games and hunting parties, with every opening for the ladies to act as sirens to any whom the queen wished to detach from the principles of honour and virtue, and bind to her service. THE LADIES SAT AT THEIR TAPESTRY FRAMES WHILE ITALIAN POETRY AND ROMANCE WAS READ OR LOVE SONGS SUNG BY THE GENTLEMEN THEY HAD GARDEN GAMES AND HUNTING PARTIES WITH EVERY OPENING FOR THE LADIES TO ACT AS SIRENS TO ANY WHOM THE QUEEN WISHED TO DETACH FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF HONOR AND VIRTUE AND BIND TO HER SERVICE
ontmorençy, on the one hand, was killed at Montcontour; Condé, on the other, was shot in cold blood after the fight of Jarnac. A truce followed, but was soon broken again, and in 1571 Coligny was the only man of age and standing at the head of the Huguenot party; while the Catholics had as leaders Henry, Duke of Anjou, the king's brother, and Henry, Duke of Guise, both young men of little more than twenty. The Huguenots had been beaten at all points, but were still strong enough to have wrung from their enemies permission to hold meetings for public worship within unwalled towns and on the estates of such nobles as held with them. 6. Catherine's Policy.--Catherine made use of the suspension of arms to try to detach the Huguenot leaders, by entangling them in the pleasures of the court and lowering their sense of duty. The court was studiously brilliant. Catherine surrounded herself with a bevy of ladies, called the Queen-Mother's Squadron, whose amusements were found for the whole day. LEADER FELL MONTMORENCY ON THE ONE HAND WAS KILLED AT MONCONTOUR CONDE ON THE OTHER WAS SHOT IN COLD BLOOD AFTER THE FIGHT OF JARNAC A TRUCE FOLLOWED BUT WAS SOON BROKEN AGAIN AND IN FIFTEEN SEVENTY ONE CULINY WAS THE ONLY MAN OF AGE AND STANDING AT THE HEAD OF THE HUGUENOT PARTY WHILE THE CATHOLICS HAD AS LEADERS HENRY DUKE OF ANJOU THE KING'S BROTHER AND HENRY DUKE OF GIZ BOTH YOUNG MEN OF LITTLE MORE THAN TWENTY THE HUGUENOTS HAD BEEN BEATEN AT ALL POINTS BUT WERE STILL STRONG ENOUGH TO HAVE WRUNG FROM THEIR ENEMIES PERMISSION TO HOLD MEETINGS FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP WITHIN UNWALLED TOWNS AND ON THE ESTATES OF SUCH NOBLES AS HELD WITH THEM SIX CATHERINE'S POLICY CATHERINE MADE USE OF THE SUSPENSION OF ARMS TO TRY TO DETACH THE HUGUENOT LEADERS BY ENTANGLING THEM IN THE PLEASURES OF THE COURT AND LOWERING THEIR SENSE OF DUTY THE COURT WAS STUDIOUSLY BRILLIANT CATHERINE SURROUNDED HERSELF WITH A BEVY OF LADIES CALLED THE QUEEN MOTHER'S SQUADRON WHOSE AMUSEMENTS WERE FOUND FOR THE WHOLE DAY
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