Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward (1904)
Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London : J. M. Dent & co.; New York, The Macmillan co. · leaf 238
required the king to appease thefury and rigour of his justice and adopt a policy ofmercy and pardon. This noble protest was efl^ective, andsome clemency was afterwards shown. But in 1547the fanatical king, a mass of physical and moral cor-ruption, soured and gloomy, went to his end amid… … LA FONTAINE DES INNOCENTS. CHAPTER XII RISE OF THE GUISES HUGUENOT AND CATHOLIC-MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW -THE Beware of Montmorencyand curb the power of the Guises,was the counsel of the dying Francis to his son. Henry II.,dull and heavy-witted that he was, neglected the advice, andthe Guises…
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