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A ghastly face-wound at the hands of the English at Boulogne got him the name of "Balafré." He wielded great influence at Court and was a chief promoter of the persecution of the Huguenots, figuring prominently in the Massacre of Vassy and the siege of Rouen. During his attack on Orleans he was shot by a Protestant named Poltrot de Méré. He was by far the ablest of the Guises.
2 20: flèches caraïbes: 'Carib arrows. The Caribs are the most war-like tribe of northern South America, the home of the famous curare poison and other arrow-poisons. casse-tête: any kind of war-club that can be wielded by one hand; transl. 2 21: est-ce que je sais! lit. 'do I know! transl. 'and what not. Engl.
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