. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. wi^^^^^^; PUBLIC IBRA^. KELMIOUS WAR IN FRANCE IN THEREIGN OF HENRY III. THE members of the Catholic league in the timeof Henry III., successor to Charles IX. of France,were bent on the total extirpation of the III. was the nominal head of the league; butthe massacre of St. Bartholomew was too much forhim. He was disgusted and shocked with the horri-ble cruelty of that proceedinc;, and he was so mode-23 (265) 266 R
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. wi^^^^^^; PUBLIC IBRA^. KELMIOUS WAR IN FRANCE IN THEREIGN OF HENRY III. THE members of the Catholic league in the timeof Henry III., successor to Charles IX. of France,were bent on the total extirpation of the III. was the nominal head of the league; butthe massacre of St. Bartholomew was too much forhim. He was disgusted and shocked with the horri-ble cruelty of that proceedinc;, and he was so mode-23 (265) 266 RELIGIOUS WAR IN FRANCE rate in his counsels, th<at the leaguers hated anddespised him. The real leader of the league wasHenry, duke of Guise. Elizabeth, the protestant queen of England, aboutthis time laid an indelible stain upon her glory, byordering the execution of Mary Stuart, the widow ofFrancis II., and catholic queen of Scotland; who,flying from her rebellious subjects, had sought anasylum in the dominions of her rival. Elizabethcould not pardon Mary either the superiority of hercharms or the title of queen of England, which shehad assumed. She kept her in captivity nine
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