Excerpt from A Compendious History of the Reformation in France, and of the Reformed Churches in That Kingdom, Vol. 3: From the First Beginnings of the Reformation to the Repealing of the Edict of Nantz; Part II-Containing the History of Fifteen Years, Two Months, and Four Days, From the 30th of May 1574, to the 2d of August 1589 Ri-fhis Volume contains the princi pal Events of the mofl remarkable Reign in the Hifiory of Frame, even without excepting that of Clear/es VII. We fee here one of the mofi power ful Monarchies of Europe, very near fall ing under a foreign Domination, or of being difmember'd, to fatiate the Ambi tion of feveral private Perfons, more through his Negligence who'govern'd, who took no meafures to prevent the am bitions Defigns of a Houfe, which had fworn his Ruin, and the Royal Family's, than through any other Gaufe. To ex plain this, ' we mutt obferve, that foon af ter Hear] lli's Acceflion to the Crown of France, the Kingdom was divided into three Parties. The Duke of Gui/e and all' the Princes of his Houfe. The King. 30. The King of Navarre. The. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.