CHAPTER VI.

THE STRUGGLE FOR FRANCE.

Continued Struggle of the Jesuits to get into France--Resisted by the Parliament--Their Intrigues and Reliance upon Royal Power--Council at Poissy--Attended by the Jesuit General, who suppressed Discussion with Protestants--Their Reliance upon Catharine de Medicis--Her Aid in the St. Bartholomew Massacre, 99