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When she saw him disappear in the crowd Marie de Medicis gave free vent to the emotion which she had so long partially controlled; and as the other great nobles of the Court successively bent before her, she remained with her face buried in her handkerchief, sobbing audibly, and apparently unconscious of their homage.
Eager as he had long been for an opportunity of effecting this object, his attempts had hitherto been negatived by the ceaseless energy with which Marie de Medicis had smothered in their germ all attempts at sedition, thus rendering herself essential to the well-being and security of the kingdom; and he accordingly felt all the importance of the present crisis.
Blois, Amboise, Chenonceaux, embody still in the magnificence of their ruin the very spirit of Catherine de Medicis, of Francis, of Diana of Poitiers. To Englishmen the relics of an earlier period have naturally a greater charm. Nothing clears one's ideas about the character of the Angevin rule, the rule of Henry II. or Richard or John, so thoroughly as a stroll through Anjou.
Among the sights which they managed to see were the king, Louis XIII., and his royal mother, Marie de Medicis. That evening a mask was to be rehearsed at the palace, in which the queen and the Princess Henrietta Maria were to take part. On the plea of being strangers in Paris, the two young Englishmen managed to obtain admittance to this royal merrymaking, which they highly enjoyed.
It is very characteristic of that age of dissimulation and of reckless political gambling, that at the very moment when Henry's marriage with Marie de Medicis was already arranged, and when that princess was soon expected in Lyons, a cabal at the king's court was busy with absurd projects to marry their sovereign to the Infanta of Spain.
Blinded by vanity, Concini, who was a soldier only in name, did not fail to listen with greedy ears to this unexpected proposition; and while his seeming friends were speculating upon his ruin, and calculating that during his absence they should have time to impress upon Marie de Medicis that, by the sacrifice of her favourite, she might reconcile the disaffected Princes.
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.
In 1601 Henri IV made him Governor of Paris; in 1609, lieutenant of the King in the Three Bishoprics; and subsequently, in 1616, Marie de Medicis procured for him the bâton of Marshal of France.
Bartholomew's Day was not a royal but a popular crime. Catherine de Medicis, believing her existence and that of the king threatened by a plot directed by four or five Protestant leaders then in Paris, sent men to kill them in their houses, according to the summary fashion of the time. The massacre which followed is very well explained by M. Battifol in the following terms:
I sometimes chat with the regular customers." "But when you came to Paris what did you do at first?" "I paid my devoirs to the Cafe de Medicis." "What next?" "Next I crossed the water and came here." "Why did you take that trouble?" "What do you mean? One cannot remain all one's life in the Latin Quarter. The students make too much noise. Now I shall not move again. Waiter, a 'bock."
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