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Such an assembly may be a great, wise, awful senate; but it is not, to any popular purpose, a house of commons. This change from an immediate state of procuration and delegation to a course of acting as from original power, is the way in which all the popular magistracies in the world have been perverted from their purposes. It is indeed their greatest and sometimes their incurable corruption.

She was married, then, at Turin, on the 11th of September, with but little display, the King being represented by procuration, and set out on the 13th for Nice, where she was to embark on board the Spanish galleys for Barcelona.

On the 30th May the Infanta executed a procuration by which she gave absolute authority to her future husband to rule over the provinces of the Netherlands, Burgundy, and Charolois, and to receive the oaths of the estates and of public functionaries. Compare Herrera, iii. 766-770.

This being regularly attested by a notary, and a procuration affixed, he directed me to send it, with a letter of his writing, to a merchant of his acquaintance at the place; and then proposed my staying with him till an account came of the return.

"The office of the sovereign, be it monarch or an assembly, consisteth in the end for which he was entrusted with the sovereign power, namely, the procuration of the safety of the people: to which he is obliged by the law of nature, and to render an account thereof to God, the author of that law, and to none but Him.

Never was anything more honourable than the proceedings upon this procuration; for in less than seven months I received a large packet from the survivors of my trustees, the merchants, for whose account I went to sea, in which were the following, particular letters and papers enclosed:—

A Metropolitan in his oath of loyalty to the Pope was made to swear that he would treat with all honour the Roman legates in their coming and going, and would help them in their needs; and the procuration or maintenance from all countries which they not only visited, but merely passed through, was arbitrarily assessed.

Mézeray, vol. x. p. 124. Sully resolves to hasten the King's marriage Ambassadors are sent to Florence to demand the hand of Marie de Medicis The marriage articles are signed Indignation of Madame de Verneuil Revenge of her brother, the Comte d'Auvergne The Duke of Savoy visits Paris His reception His profusion His mission fails Court poets Marie de Medicis is married to the French King by procuration at Florence Hostile demonstrations of the Duke of Savoy Infatuation of the King for the favourite Her pretensions A well-timed tempest Diplomacy of Madame de Verneuil Her reception at Lyons War in Savoy Marie de Medicis lands at Marseilles Madame de Verneuil returns to Paris The Due de Bellegarde is proxy for the King at Florence He escorts the new Queen to France Portrait of Marie de Medicis Her state-galley Her voyage Her reception Henry reaches Lyons The royal interview Public rejoicings The royal marriage Henry returns to Paris The Queen's jealousy is awakened Profligate habits of the King Marie's Italian attendants embitter her mind against her husband Marie reaches Paris She holds a court Presentation of Madame de Verneuil to the Queen Indignation of Marie Disgrace of the Duchesse de Nemours Self-possession of Madame de Verneuil Marie takes possession of the Louvre She adopts the French costume Splendour of the Court Festival given by Sully A practical joke Court festivities Excessive gambling Royal play debts The Queen's favourite A petticoat intrigue Leonora Galigaï appointed Mistress of the Robes Reconciliation between the Queen and Madame de Verneuil The King gives the Marquise a suite of apartments in the Louvre Her rivalry of the Queen Indignation of Marie Domestic dissensions The Queen and the favourite are again at war Madame de Verneuil effects the marriage of Concini and Leonora Gratitude of the Queen Birth of the Dauphin Joy of the King Public rejoicings Birth of Anne of Austria Superstitions of the period Belief in astrology A royal anecdote Horoscope of the Dauphin The sovereign and the surgeon Birth of Gaston Henri, son of Madame de Verneuil Public entry of the Dauphin into Paris Exultation of Marie de Medicis.

This was so wholesome advice, and looked so friendly, that I could not but be convinced it was the best course I could take; so I accordingly prepared letters to the gentlewoman with whom I had left my money, and a procuration to the Portuguese captain, as he desired.

On the 30th May the Infanta executed a procuration by which she gave absolute authority to her future husband to rule over the provinces of the Netherlands, Burgundy, and Charolois, and to receive the oaths of the estates and of public functionaries. Compare Herrera, iii. 766-770.