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Palestine was their first point of attack: but the later Crusaders seem to have found, like the rest of the world, that the destinies of Palestine could not be separated from those of Egypt; and to Damietta, accordingly, was directed that last disastrous attempt of St. Louis, which all may read so graphically described in the pages of Joinville.
Then, too, the Orleans princes, the Duc d'Aumale and the Prince de Joinville, the surviving sons of King Louis Philippe, took their seats as deputies for the Oise and Haute-Marne Departments, thus keeping the monarchical ideal steadily before the eye of France.
Reception of the Dutch Envoys at the Louvre Ignominious Result of the Embassy Secret Influences at work Bargaining between the French and Spanish Courts Claims of Catharine de' Medici upon Portugal Letters of Henry and Catharine Secret Proposal by France to invade England States' Mission to Henry of Navarre Subsidies of Philip to Guise Treaty of Joinville Philip's Share in the League denied by Parma Philip in reality its Chief Manifesto of the League Attitude of Henry III. and of Navarre The League demands a Royal Decree Designs of France and Spain against England Secret Interview of Mendoza and Villeroy Complaints of English Persecution Edict of Nemours Excommunication of Navarre and his Reply.
The young Prince of Joinville, son of that Duke of Guise who was murdered by the order of Henry II. at Blois, was, after the death of his father, confined here for more than two years, but made his escape one summer evening in 1591, under the nose of his keepers, with a gallant audacity which has attached the memory of the exploit to his sullen-looking prison.
The story of the murders of Blois the destruction of Guise and his brother the Cardinal, and the subsequent imprisonment of the Archbishop of Lyons, the Cardinal Bourbon, and the Prince de Joinville, now, through the death of his father, become the young Duke of Guise all these events are too familiar in the realms of history, song, romance, and painting, to require more than this slight allusion here.
Almost as he spoke, Joinville perceived four of the sultan's galleys making towards his barge; and, giving himself up for lost, he took a little casket containing his jewels, and threw it into the Nile. However, it turned out that, though he could not save his liberty, there was still a chance of saving his life.
The Duke of Guise went to dine one Sunday in the little town of Vassy, near his residence of Joinville. A band of armed retainers accompanied him and pushed their way into a barn where the Huguenots were holding service. A riot ensued, in which the Duke was struck, and his followers killed no less than sixty of the worshippers.
'And what of the Count of Artois, sir knight? asked Joinville. 'I know not, replied Bisset, briefly; 'the count disappeared early, and doubtless died with the comrades of his jeopardy. 'No, interrupted the Count of Brittany, faintly, 'he was drowned while attempting to save himself by flight. At least, added he, 'so I have been told.
The admirable wisdom and moderation shown by the Tiers-Etat in the States-General of 1614, the divers efforts of the Parliament of Paris to check extravagant expenditure, the vigorous struggles of the provincial assemblies to preserve some relic of their local liberties, seemed to promise that France would continue to advance under the leadership indeed of the monarchy, yet still retaining in large measure the bright, free, independent spirit of old Gaul, the Gaul of Rabelais, Montaigne, and Joinville.
A sentinel asleep at his post would sometimes waken to find Napoleon on duty in his place. The body was conveyed to the Church of the Invalides, which adjoins the tomb. The Prince de Joinville brought the body from Saint Helena, and Louis Philippe received it.
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