Their men were eager to return to their farms and families, and so strong and general was the desire for peace that the Admiral and Conde bowed to it.
They agreed to the terms and, pending their ratification, raised the siege of Chartres.

Already their force was dwindling rapidly.
Large numbers marched away to their homes, without even asking for leave; and their leaders soon ceased to be in a position to make any demands for guarantees, and the peace of Lonjumeau was therefore signed.
Its provisions gave very little more to the Huguenots than that of the preceding arrangement of the same kind, and the campaign left the parties in much the same position as they had occupied before the Huguenots took up arms..