If Henry of Navarre turns out a wise and politic prince, ready to match his foes with their own weapons, he may win for the Huguenots what they will never gain with their own swords.
"But mind you, they will hardly thank him for it.

My wife and your mother would be horrified were I to say that, as a Catholic, Henry of Navarre would be able to do vastly more, to heal the long open sore and to secure freedom of worship for the Huguenots, than he ever could do as a Huguenot.

Indeed, I quite agree with what he says, that as a Huguenot he can never hold the throne of France." Philip uttered an exclamation of indignation.
"You cannot think, uncle, that he will ever change his religion ?" "I know nothing about him, beyond what you and your cousin say, Philip.

There are Huguenots, and Huguenots.

There are men who would die at the stake, rather than give up one iota of their faith.
There are men who think that the Reformed faith is better and purer than the Catholic, but who nevertheless would be willing to make considerable concessions, in the interest of peace.