ABSTRACT
Henry was ashamed of the peace of Beaulieu. He blamed his mother and allegedly avoided seeing her for two months. On 20 May 1576 he made no secret of his feelings in a letter to Pope Gregory XIII. 'It has been necessary', he explained, 'to heal the wound with a remedy offered to us by God rather than the one we would have preferred. On 8 June Henry wrote to d'Humieres deploring this development. He pointed out that Peronne was a border-town and that foreigners might take advantage of the unrest. He urged d'Humieres to make the inhabitants see reason. He argued that they did not need to fear the restoration of Protestant services in their midst or the establishment of a garrison. In July, Henry asked the authorities in Amiens to urge the people to abide by the settlement, and in August he urged the echevins of Montdidier not to join the Picard 'league and associations'.
