caused that monarch's death--acting at the instigation of
Margaret's daughter Jane, assembled the Catholic noblemen of
Beam on August 24, 1569, and, after entertaining them with a
banquet, had them treacherously massacred. Bascle de
Lagrèze's _Château de Pau_, Paris, 1854.

2 _Le Recueil de l'Antique pré-excellence de Gaule, &c._, by
G. Le Roville, Paris, 1551 (fol. 74).

3 Hilarion de Coste's _Vies et Éloges des Dames illustres,
&c._, vol. ii. p. 272.

Some idea of their appearance may be gained from a couple of the
miniatures adorning a curious manuscript catechism composed for Margaret
and now in the Arsenal Library at Paris.(1)

1 _Manuscrits théologiques français_, No. 60, _Initiatoire
Instruction en la Religion chrétienne, &c_. In one of these
miniatures the Saviour is represented carrying the cross,
followed by Henry of Navarre, his brother Charles d'Albret,
Margaret, and other personages, all of whom bear crosses,
whilst in the background are some pleasure-grounds with a
castle, a little waterfall, and a lake. Another miniature in
the same manuscript shows King Henry of Navarre with a
flower in his hand, which he seems to be offering to the
Queen, who stands in the background among a party of
courtiers. The King wears a surtout of cloth of gold, edged
with ermine, over a blue jerkin, and a red cap with a white
feather. Margaret is also arrayed in cloth of gold, but with
a black cap and wimple. She is standing in a garden enclosed