Calvin had been consulted; he disapproved of the method of the plot, still more of the plot itself.

But he knew all about it.

"All turns on killing Antonius," he wrote, "Antonius" being either the Cardinal or the Duc de Guise.

{165b} The conspiracy failed at Amboise, on March 17-19, 1560.

Throckmorton was present, and describes the panic and perplexity of the Court, while he eagerly asks to be promptly and secretly recalled, as suspicion has fallen on himself.