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Catharine de’ Medici a truly evil woman

Mistress of Italy’s renaissance history

After the death of her husband Henry II

Regent of France in a time of turmoil

Calvinism’s thought spreading like a plague

The sick teachings of true christianity

Attacking the evil Catholic church

And even challenging the monarchy

In the 1550’s the burnings began

Many Huguenots already killed by Henry

But after his death they kept on coming

Catherine had to take radical action

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A wedding drenched in blood

A cruel and brutal massacre

Thousands of Huguenots dead

Hail to the evil Catherine

In Paris they all came together

Many important Huguenot leaders

To celebrate Navarre’s wedding

But their feast became a massacre

On the day of Saint Bartholomew

Wedding guests dragged from their beds

All slaughtered unceremoniously

A heavy blow to the Huguenot party

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