Under Henry III., the cardinal had thrown in his lot with the League; and, after the murder of Guise, Henry III.

had, by way of precaution, ordered him to be arrested and detained him in confinement at Chinon, where he still was when Henry III.

was in his turn murdered.

On becoming king, the far-sighted Henry IV.

at once bethought him of his uncle and of what he might be able to do against him.