Since the last war over three thousand Huguenots had been put to violent deaths.

Was this number to be added to indefinitely?
Were they to wait until their wives and children were in the hands of the executioners, before they moved?
His party were in the majority, and the Admiral reluctantly yielded.
"Then there was a discussion as to the steps to be taken.

Some proposed the seizure of Orleans and other large towns; and that, with these in their hands, they should negotiate with the court for the dismissal of the Swiss troops; as neither toleration nor peace could be hoped for, as long as this force was at the disposal of the Cardinal of Lorraine and his brothers.
"This council, however, was overruled.

It was pointed out that, at the beginning of the last war, the Huguenots held fully a hundred towns, but nearly all were wrested from their hands before its termination.

It was finally resolved that all shall be prepared for striking a heavy blow, and that the rising shall be arranged to take place, throughout France, on the 29th of September.