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It was thus that Poltrot was put in a position to execute the design he had been so fond of proclaiming before he had any communication with Coligny.
II. POLTROT, the Protestant, in the 16th century assassinated Francois, the Catholic duke of Guise, in France, and the leaders of the church, instead of disclaiming responsibility for the act, publicly praised the assassin, and Theodore Beza, the colleague of Calvin, promised him a crown in heaven.
Capus and Poltrot, however, had seen him, and told me he had a horse; but there was no horse in the stables, and at first I thought that he might have gone." "What about our horses?" I interrupted. "Does anyone watch them?" "Yes, monsieur; we have old soldiers with us, and Poltrot and Bahuzet watch them, whilst Capus and the Hainaulter Cuyp watch the house all four turn and turn about.
One idea immediately occurred to Catherine and her son. Two persons felt a passionate hatred towards Coligny; they were the widow of Duke Francis of Guise, Anne d'Este, become Duchess of Nemours by a second marriage, and her son Henry de Guise, a young man of twenty-two. They were both convinced that Coligny had egged on Poltrot to murder Duke Francis, and they had sworn to exact vengeance.
The King having learned that Maurevel had made an attempt upon the Admiral's life, by firing a pistol at him through a window, in which attempt he failed, having wounded the Admiral only in the shoulder, and supposing that Maurevel had done this at the instance of M. de Guise, to revenge the death of his father, whom the Admiral had caused to be killed in the same manner by Poltrot, he was so much incensed against M. de Guise that he declared with an oath that he would make an example of him; and, indeed, the King would have put M. de Guise under an arrest, if he had not kept out of his sight the whole day.
A great battle, indecisive in result, was fought at Dreux, in which each of the commanders, Conde and Montmorency, fell into the hands of their antagonists; and then, in February 1563, Francis of Guise was assassinated by the fanatic Poltrot. About the same time died two of his brothers, D'Aumale and the Grand Prior.
Power of the house of Guise. Appointment of Francis. Thralldom of Henry II. Mary, Queen of Scots. Francis II. Troubles between the Protestants and Catholics. Admiral Coligni. Antoinette. Massacre by the Duke of Guise. The Butcher of Vassy. Remonstrance to the queen. Magnanimity of the Duke of Guise. Religious wars. Assassination of the Duke of Guise. Death of the duke. Jean Poltrot. Anecdote.
The death of Duke Francis, murdered in front of Orleans by Poltrot, did not permit the cardinal to carry out his plan.
Mézeray, Péréfixe, and Daniel say that it was the Due de Montbazon whose arm warded off the blow. François Ravaillac was a native of Angoulême, the son of a lawyer, and was about thirty-two years of age. He was a descendant through the female line of Poltrot de Méré, the assassin of the Due de Guise.
The angry populace insulted him with yells; Poltrot added, "If the persecution does not cease, vengeance will fall upon this city, and the avengers are already at hand."
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