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To humble the power of Spain, to obtain the hand of Queen Elizabeth for the Duke d'Alencon, to establish an insidious kind of protectorate over the Protestant princes of Germany, to obtain the throne of Poland for the Duke of Anjou, and even to obtain the imperial crown for the house of Valois all these cherished projects seemed dashed to the ground by the Paris massacre and the abhorrence which it had created.
I rolled upon the floor and tore my hair; and he still laughed That must have been a curious scene. Recollect that at this epoch I was quite recherche in my costume. I had an embroidered frill and very fine ruffles of point d'Alencon. I wore rings on every finger, and my coat was of the latest style and of elegant cut.
They followed with her gladly, believing that with her glory was to be won. Let us tell what followed in the words of the Duc d'Alençon. 'We were about six hundred lances, who wished to go against the town of Jargeau, then held by the English. That night we slept in a wood, and next day came Dunois and Florence d'Illiers and some other captains.
And all the knights who had seen her said the same. Dunois and d'Aulon and the beautiful Duc d'Alençon, 'le beau Duc' as Joan called him, they all said that she was 'a thing enskied and sainted. So on they rode, six men and a maid, through a country full of English and Burgundian soldiery.
Although disabled, she refused to retire, and begged that a new assault be made, saying it must win; and adding, with the battle-light rising in her eyes, "I will take Paris now or die!" She had to be carried away by force, and this was done by Gaucourt and the Duke d'Alencon. But her spirits were at the very top notch, now. She was brimming with enthusiasm.
He remained, and Beaugency was taken. The English army came up. Sir John Falstolf had joined Talbot. Some disquietude showed itself amongst the French, so roughly handled for some time past in pitched battles. "Ah! fair constable," said Joan to Richemont, "you are not come by my orders, but you are right welcome." The Duke d'Alencon consulted Joan as to what was to be done.
Charles V. took umbrage at it, and had the Duke of Infantado, amongst others, informed that, if he wished to please the emperor, neither he nor his sons must speak to Madame d'Alencon. "But," said she, "I am not tabooed to the ladies, to whom I will speak double."
At the request of the Queen, the Bishop of Laon was afterwards presented with the hat, and is, today, my lord Cardinal d'Estrees. Mademoiselle de Valois. Mademoiselle d'Orleans. Mademoiselle d'Alencon. M. de Savoie. His Love-letters. His Marriage with Mademoiselle de Valois. M. de Guise and Mademoiselle d'Alencon. Their Marriage Ceremony. Madame de Montespan's Dog. Mademoiselle d'Orleans.
Good Effects of Queen Marguerite's Negotiations in Flanders. She Obtains Leave to Go to the King of Navarre Her Husband, but Her Journey Is Delayed. Court Intrigues and Plots. The Duc d'Alencon Again Put under Arrest. We passed nearly two months together, which appeared to us only as so many days.
It was now wearing on towards the middle of June, and on one fine morning when Mary was carefully spreading out on a mending-frame a wonderful old flounce of priceless point d'Alençon lace, preparatory to examining the numerous repairs it needed, Helmsley turned towards her abruptly with the question "When are you and Angus going to be married, my dear?"
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