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And when he was notified that distinguished Venetians were going to meet Emperor Maximilian on his arrival in Italy, "No matter," said Louis; "let them go whither they will." The Florentines did not the less nourish their mistrustful presentiments; and one of Louis XII.'s most intelligent advisers, his finance-minister Florimond Robertet, was not slow to share them.
To the statesmen may be added Florimond Robertet, the first of a long line of bibliophiles.
Robertet received it in due course, and placed it in the courtyard of his château of Bury, near Blois. Here it remained for more than a century, when it was removed to the château of Villeroy. There it disappeared. We possess, however, a fine pen-and-ink drawing by the hand of Michelangelo, which may well have been a design for this second David.
Are the reasons of this sudden call to arms made known?" "Montmorency talks as little as he writes; go you and meet him, brother, while I prepare to welcome him with the head of his nephew," said the cardinal, giving orders that Robertet be sent to him at once. "Vieilleville!" cried the duke to the marechal, who came immediately.
"Call Monsieur de Robertet," he said to Lewiston, "for this young scamp is slyer than an old statesman; he has managed to deceive my brother, and me too; an hour ago I would have given him the sacrament without confession." "You are not a child, morbleu!" cried the duke, "and we'll treat you as a man."
"And also in Queen Catherine," replied Robertet. At this moment Madame Dayelle, the favorite bedchamber woman of Queen Mary Stuart, crossed the hall, and went toward the royal chamber. Her passage caused a general commotion. "We shall soon enter," said Madame de Fisque. "I don't think so," replied the Duchesse de Guise. "Their Majesties will come out; a grand council is to be held."
The king, the young queen, the Grand-master, and the cardinal returned to it, taking with them the vanquished Catherine, who said no word except to approve the measures proposed by the Guises. Robertet brought the required documents, showing a devotion which might be called collusion.
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