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Thenceforward let Ambition wile whom she may into the turmoil of events, our duke will walk cannily in his well-ordered garden, or sit by the fire to touch the slender reed. D'Hericault's MEMOIR, xl. xli. Vallet, CHARLES VI., ii. 435.
He would compare his own condition with the quiet and dignified estate of the dead; and aspire to lie among his comrades on the field of Agincourt, as the Psalmist prayed to have the wings of a dove and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea. But such high thoughts came to Charles only in a flash. Rymer, x. 564. D'Hericault's MEMOIR, p. xli. Gairdner's PASTON LETTERS, i. 27, 99.
D'Hericault's MEMOIR, xlv. It was not only messengers fiery red with haste and charged with the destiny of nations, who were made welcome at the gates of Blois. If any man of accomplishment came that way, he was sure of an audience, and something for his pocket. The courtiers would have received Ben Jonson like Drummond of Hawthornden, and a good pugilist like Captain Barclay.
M. D'Héricault's volume naturally suggests such reflections as these. Of all the men of the Revolution, Robespierre has suffered most from the audacious idolatry of some writers, and the splenetic impatience of others. M. Louis Blanc and M. Ernest Hamel talk of him as an angel or a prophet, and the Ninth Thermidor is a red day indeed in their martyrology.
Vallet's "Charles VII.," iii. chap. i. But see the chronicle that bears Jaquet's name; a lean and dreary book. Monstrelet. D'Héricault's "Memoir," xl. xli.; Vallet, "Charles VII.," ii. 435. Champollion-Figeac, p. 368. Works, i. 115. D'Héricault's "Memoir," xlv. Champollion-Figeac, pp. 361, 381. Ibid., pp. 359, 361. Lecoy de la Marche, "Roi René," ii. 155, 177.
Michelet, iv. pp. 123-24. "Debate between the Heralds." Sir H. Nicholas, "Agincourt." "Debate between the Heralds." Ibid. i. 143. Ibid. i. 190. Ibid. i. 144. Rymer, x. 564; D'Héricault's "Memoir," p. xli.; Gairdner's "Paston Letters," i. 27, 99. Champollion-Figeac, p. 377. Dom Plancher, iv. 178-9. Works, i. 157-63. Vallet's "Charles VII.," i. 251. "Procès de Jeanne d'Arc," i. 133-55. Monstrelet.
D'Hericault's admirable MEMOIR, prefixed to his edition of Charles's works, vol. i. p. xi. Vallet de Viriville, CHARLES VII. ET SON EPOQUE, ii. 428, note 2. See Lecoy de la Marche, LE ROI RENE, i. 167. Vallet, CHARLES VII, ii. 85, 86, note 2. Champollion-Figeac, 193-198. Champollion-Figeac, 209.
If we do we shall be strangely pleased, for there is a genuine pathos in these simple words, and the lines go with a lilt, and sing themselves to music of their own. D'Héricault's admirable "Memoir," prefixed to his edition of Charles's works, vol. i. p. xi. Vallet de Viriville, "Charles VII. et son Époque," ii. 428, note 2. See Lecoy de la Marche, "Le Roi René," i. 167.
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