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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry IV |
 | | By the death of the Duke of Anjou, in 1584, Henry of Bourbon became heir-presumptive to the crown of France. |
 | | Henry of Bourbon appealed to France, through his letters to the clergy and the nobility (1 January, 1586); he attempted to gain the support of the Protestant princes of Germany, and resolved to try the fortune of arms. |
 | | Henry IV, however, contributed towards it, owing to the influence of Père Coton, by favouring the work of the Jesuits, who, although they had been banished by a decree of the Parlement of Paris, were left undisturbed in the districts under the jurisdiction of the Parlements of Bordeaux and Toulouse. |
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