Protestantism in France From Death of Francis I to Edict of Nantes - James Aitken Wylie

modification, the Edict of January, which gave to
all the Reformed in France the liberty of public
worship. The Queen-mother and Conde, however,
patched up a Pacification of a different kind. They
agreed on a treaty, of which the leading provisions
were that the nobles should have liberty to
celebrate the Reformed worship in their castles,
that the same privilege should be granted to certain
of the gentry, and that a place should be set apart in
certain only of the towns, where the Protestants
might meet for worship.
This arrangement came far short of the Edict of
January, which knew no restriction of class or
place in the matter of worship, but extended
toleration to all the subjects of the realm. This new
treaty did nothing for the pastors: it did nothing for
the great body of the people, save that it did not
hinder them from holding opinions in their own
breasts, and celebrating, it might be, their worship
at their own firesides. This peace was signed by the
king at Ambose on the 19th April, 1563; it was
published before the camp at Orleans on the 22nd,
amid the murmurs of the soldiers, who gave vent to
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