The Life of Marguerite D'Angoulême: Queen of Navarre, Duchesse D'Alençon and de Berry, Sister of Francis I., King of France, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1854 - France |
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... despatched Du Bellay , bishop of Bayonne , to conduct her back to court . The duchess was then sojourning at Blois , or Fontainebleau , though probably at this former palace . When the bishop arrived at St. Germain , Marguerite found ...
... despatched Du Bellay , bishop of Bayonne , to conduct her back to court . The duchess was then sojourning at Blois , or Fontainebleau , though probably at this former palace . When the bishop arrived at St. Germain , Marguerite found ...
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... despatch the remainder of the Papal forces to join the army under the duke of Urbino . The treaty was sworn to by ... despatched the remainder of his forces to the confederate army . The jealousy of the law- less and ferocious chiefs ...
... despatch the remainder of the Papal forces to join the army under the duke of Urbino . The treaty was sworn to by ... despatched the remainder of his forces to the confederate army . The jealousy of the law- less and ferocious chiefs ...
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... despatched friends to visit them . One of these ambassadors was the high treasurer , Babou de la Bourdaizière , whom the dauphin and his brother knew intimately . The duchess bids her " chers petits amis " repose all trust and ...
... despatched friends to visit them . One of these ambassadors was the high treasurer , Babou de la Bourdaizière , whom the dauphin and his brother knew intimately . The duchess bids her " chers petits amis " repose all trust and ...
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... despatched her physician , Jean Goinret , to the king , to give him a detailed account of her health and proceedings at Fontainebleau ; for the desponding tone in which his sister often wrote alarmed Francis . In a letter written before ...
... despatched her physician , Jean Goinret , to the king , to give him a detailed account of her health and proceedings at Fontainebleau ; for the desponding tone in which his sister often wrote alarmed Francis . In a letter written before ...
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... despatched into France by the mar- shal de Montmorency . Here Montmorency rose from his seat and declared that the edict had so been delivered to him , and yet remained in his possession ; then unfolding the document the marshal read it ...
... despatched into France by the mar- shal de Montmorency . Here Montmorency rose from his seat and declared that the edict had so been delivered to him , and yet remained in his possession ; then unfolding the document the marshal read it ...
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Page ix - L'Heptaméron des nouvelles de très illustre et très excellente princesse Marguerite de Valois, royne de Navarre, remis en son vray ordre...
Page 470 - De sa beauté il est blanc et vermeil, Les cheveux bruns, de grande et belle taille ; En terre il est comme au ciel le soleil. Hardi, vaillant, sage et preux en bataille, II est benin, doux, humble en sa grandeur.
Page 484 - Qu'ils ne voient terre ni cieux, Telle est de leur pleur abondance. Ma bouche se plaint en tous lieux, De mon cœur ne peut saillir mieux Que soupirs sans nulle allégeance.
Page vii - Tant au'ilz sont convertiz en plains; Seul pleurer est ma contenance. Je crie par bois et par plains, Au ciel et terre me complains; A rien fors à mon dueil ne pense. Mort, qui m'as fait...
Page 373 - ... whom to have recourse, excepting to God, seeing that my father and my mother abandon me, who both well know what I have said to them — that never can I love the Duke of Cleves, and that I will not have him. ' Therefore, I protest beforehand, if it happens that I am affianced, or married, to the said Duke of Cleves in any way or manner, it will be against my heart, and in defiance of my will ; and that he shall never become my husband, nor will I ever hold and regard him as such, and that my...
Page vi - Je n'ay plus que la triste voix De laquelle crier m'en vois, En lamentant la dure absence. Las ! de celuy pour qui vivois, Que de si bon cœur je voyois, J'ay perdu l'heureuse presence ! Seure je suis que son esprit Regne avec son chef Jesus Christ, Contemplant la divine essence.
Page 483 - Biens et honneurs en abondance « Je les tiens pour mes ennemis!
Page 513 - L'airain, le marbre et le cuivre Font tant seulement revivre Ceux qui meurent sans renom, Et desquels la sepulture Presse sous mesme closture Le corps, la vie et le nom.
Page vi - Tant de larmes jettent mes yeux Qu'ilz ne voyent terre ne cieux. Telle est de leur pleur abondance.