_Opera_, xii, pp.

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SECTION 2.

THE CALVINIST PARTY.

1536-1559 [Sidenote: Truce of Nice, 1538] The truce of Nice providing for a cessation of hostilities between France and the Hapsburgs for ten years, was greeted with much joy in France.

Bonfires celebrated it in Paris, and in every way the people made known their longing for peace.