We can not forget that the pope applauded Charles IX of France and his infamous mother, Catherine de Medici, for their part in the massacre of St. Bartholomew, and ordered a medal struck in honor of the event; that following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, when 300,000 were cruelly butchered during the reign of Louis XIV, Pope Innocent XI extolled the king by special letter, as follows: "The Catholic Church shall most assuredly record in her sacred annals a work of such devotion toward her and CELEBRATE YOUR NAME WITH NEVER-DYING PRAISES ... for this most excellent undertaking ."
— from The Last Reformation by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

The pious, well-meaning pope, Innocent XII. , endeavoured vainly to bring about a good understanding.
— from Church History, Volume 3 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

Pope Innocent XI. encouraged the devotion to Notre Dame de la Croix by granting many privileges to those who went there to pray and perform some good work.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 23, April, 1876-September, 1876. A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

ORMEROD'S HISTORY OF CHESHIRE (wanting Parts II. & X.), Eight parts folio, Plates (Nine wanting), sewed, 2 l. 2 s. W. BROUGH, 22.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

—Pages ix, x. Extract.
— from The Translations of Beowulf: A Critical Bibliography by Chauncey Brewster Tinker

Witness the dragoonading methods and other inhuman persecutions to "wear out the saints of the Most High," that followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) by Louis XIV., king of France, during whose reign three hundred thousand were brutally butchered—while Pope Innocent XI. extolled the king by special letter as follows: "The Catholic church shall most assuredly record in her sacred annals a work of such devotion toward her , and CELEBRATE YOUR NAME WITH NEVER-DYING PRAISES ... for this most excellent undertaking "!!
— from The Revelation Explained An Exposition, Text by Text, of the Apocalypse of St. John by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

As not one of these earlier plays is xiv extant, there can be no certainty as to whether Shakespeare drew upon them for materials or inspiration, but, as Professor Herford says, "he seems to be cognisant of their existence."
— from The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by William Shakespeare