Excerpt from The European Wars of the Last Half of the Sixteenth CenturyIn 1588 the States - General met at the King's summons. Each side made a great effort to get delegates. The League had a larger number of delegates, and since the King could not win them over, he made an apparent submission to Guise, giving conduct of affairs to him. The King soon plotted to kill Guise in his council-chamber. Guise was advised to ¿ee the country, but obeyed the summons of the King. He was stabbed, the King placing his foot upon the dead body of Guise. The whole Guise family, including the cardinal, was also killed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.