Excerpt from History of the Reign of Henry IV., King of France and Navarre, Vol. 2 of 2: From Numerous Unpublished Sources, Including Ms. Documents in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, and the Archives Du Royaume De France, Etc;; Part I, Henry IV. And the League Cession of fanatics was made in imitation of the celebrated progresses of the Parisian democrats. It produced the effect intended, by exciting the religious frenzy of the populace; and by bestow ing the apparent sanction of the church upon the most frightful excesses. Stringent measures were at once adopted by Villars for the preserva tion of the city. A general review was made on the following day of all citizens capable of bearing arms while old persons, peasants from the neighbouring districts, and strangers were ordered to leave the city. Officers were ap pointed over the public stores of grain and an admirable system was adopted for the preservation of public peace, and for the dispersion of rioters. During the remainder of the year, nothing of importance occurred. Brilliant skirmishes were of daily occurrence; but no real progress was made by the great besieging army. The city was closely invested; but as a Spanish flotilla held the mouth of the Seine, provisions of all sorts entered the city from Havre. The head quarters of the royal army were at Darnetal. Henry expecting obstinate resistance on the part of the besieged, summoned his council of state to assemble at Darnetal. Political reasons, moreover, rendered it advisable, on the eve of a second Spanish invasion, that the cardinal de Bourbon should not be absent. 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.