Poitou and Saintongne; the war flared up again and the King
assembled all his troops. His brother, the Duc d'Anjou, who later
became Henri III, distinguished himself by his deeds in various
actions, amongst others the battle of Jarnac, in which the Prince
de Condee was killed. It was during this fighting that the Duc de
Guise began to play a more important part and to display some of
the great qualities which had been expected of him. The Prince de
Montpensier, who hated him, not only as a personal enemy but as
an enemy of his family, the Bourbons, took no pleasure in his
successes nor in the friendliness shown toward him by the Duc
d'Anjou.

After the two armies had tired themselves out in a series of
minor actions, by common consent they were stood down for a time.
The Duc d'Anjou stayed at Loches to restore to order all the
places which had been attacked. The Duc de Guise stayed with him
and the Prince de Montpensier, accompanied by the Comte de
Chabannes, went back to Champigny, which was not far away.

The Duc d'Anjou frequently went to inspect places where
fortifications were being constructed. One day when he was
returning to Loches by a route which his staff did not know well,
the Duc de Guise, who claimed to know the way, went to the head
of the party to act as guide, but after a time he became lost and
arrived at the bank of a small river which he did not recognise.
The Duc d'Anjou had a few words to say to him for leading them
astray, but while they were held up there they saw a little boat
floating on the river, in which--the river not being very wide--
they could see the figures of three or four women, one of whom,
very pretty and sumptuously dressed, was watching with interest