July  17.  In  a  private  interview  with  the  Prince  he  stated  that  he

could  not  be  secure  unless  the  Duke  of  Guise,  the  Constable,
and  the  Marshal  St.  Andr^  retired  from  the  Court.  On  their
part  they  represented  that  it  was  not  right  during  the  King's
minority  to  remove  from  him  such  important  personages ;
that  the  Catholics  in  Paris  had  taken  up  arms  to  oppose
the  edict  of  January,  and  that  if  his  party  would  retire  to
their  homes  they  might  live  there  as  they  liked,  whilst  a
council  (of  which  he  should  be  a  member)  might  devise
some  better  means  of  contenting  both  parties.  The  iPrince
appeared  willing  to  do  this,  but  is  constrained  by  others  to
insist  on  the  two  points.  When  the  Queen  promised  that  if
they  laid  down  their  arms  and  gave  up  the  towns  which  they
had  seized,  then  the  said  three  Lords  should  retire,  he  would
not  agree  to  this.
2.  After  the  army  had  approached  Orleans,  the  King  of
Navarre  twice  exhorted  the  Prince  to  accept  the  conditions
offered  by  the  King.  But  he  remaining  obstinate,  they  said
that  all  that  they  could  do  was  to  let  them  dwell  peacably
in  their  houses  until  a  council  settled  the  matters  in  dispute.
