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M. de Mirambeau, the ambassador, whose son had been killed in the Fury, brought letters of credence to the states of the; Union and to the Prince of Orange.
M. de Mirambeau, the ambassador, whose son had been killed in the Fury, brought letters of credence to the states of the; Union and to the Prince of Orange.
Against such appliances of warfare Mirambeau could not long resist. On its capitulation Henry pushed on to Bordeaux. E. Berger, Bibl. Ecole des Chartes, 1893, pp. 35-36, shows that Mirambeau, not Mirebeau, was besieged by Henry; see also his Blanche de Castille . Useless as the march through Poitou had been, it was then repeated in the reverse way.
He therefore endeavored to repair the breach, if possible, and thus save the Union. Mirambeau, in his conferences with the estates, suggested, on his part, all that words could effect.
He delivered also a short confidential note, written in her own hand, from Catherine de Medici to the Prince, to the following effect: "My COUSIN, The King, my son, and myself, send you Monsieur de Mirambeau, to prove to you that we do not believe for we esteem you an honorable man that you would manifest ingratitude to my son, and to those who have followed him for the welfare of your country.
This opposition came from the little town and castle of Mirambeau, situated in Upper Saintonge, rather more than half-way between Saintes and Blaye. From July 21 to 30 Mirambeau stoutly held out, but Henry's army was reinforced by the chivalry of Gascony, and by a siege-train borrowed from Bordeaux and the loyal lords of the Garonne.
He delivered also a short confidential note, written in her own hand, from Catherine de Medici to the Prince, to the following effect: "My COUSIN, The King, my son, and myself, send you Monsieur de Mirambeau, to prove to you that we do not believe for we esteem you an honorable man that you would manifest ingratitude to my son, and to those who have followed him for the welfare of your country.
M. de Mirambeau, the ambassador, whose son had been killed in the Fury, brought letters of credence to the states of the Union and to the Prince of Orange.
He therefore endeavored to repair the breach, if possible, and thus save the Union. Mirambeau, in his conferences with the estates, suggested, on his part, all that words could effect.
M. de Mirambeau, the ambassador, whose son had been killed in the Fury, brought letters of credence to the states of the Union and to the Prince of Orange.
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