The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

THE HUGUENOT WARS. 46
cess of Prince Henry of Navarre (in the sick- introd.
ness of Coligny), in defending La Rochelle,
and in holding his own in battles against
Marshal Cope and Anjou, now laid siege to
Paris. The court became alarmed and treatedTreaty of
for peace. The Huguenots were enabled, st._^
August 8, 1570, to dictate the treaty of St. en-Laye"
Germain-en-Laye, by which they were guar- ^570.
anteed full liberty of worship outside of Paris,
equality before the law, and admission to the
Universities. Thev were also to hold for two
years four towns:—La Rochelle, which kept
the sea open for assistance from England La
;
Charite, which kept the passage of the Loire;
Montauban, which commanded the frontiers
of Languedoc; and Cognac, which opened the
way into Angoumois; and if the treaty was
violated, they were not to be given up at the
expiration of the stipulated time. The terms
of this treaty were kept, which gave France a
state of quiet for two years, but only to be succeeded
by the outbreak of another storm.
The King, Charles LK. wrote the Pope
some few years prior to this that, ''A
fourth part of the kingdom is separated from
the church, which fourth part consists of
gentlemen, men of letters, chief burgesses in
cities, and such of the common people as have
seen most of the world, and are practised in
arms. So that the said separated persons have
no lack of force, having among them an infinite
number of gentlemen, and many old
soldiers of long experience in war. Neither do
they lack good council, having among them
three parts of the men of letters. Neither do
they lack money, having among them a great
part of the good wealthy families, both of the
nobility and the tier de etaty The numerical