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The conversation at first was on general topics, such as the heat of the weather, which happened to be remarkable, the pleasures of the chase, and the merits of the sermon which, as it was Sunday, De Rosny had been invited to hear before dinner in the royal chapel. Soon afterwards, however, some allusion being made to the late queen, James spoke of her with contempt.
In that age at least it was not safe for politicians to call each other hard names. The very next day De Rosny had a long private interview with James at Greenwich.
"I have no fear, Sire. With you and M. de St. Quentin to save him, I can have no fear. But he is in desperate case. Has M. de St. Quentin told you of his secretary Lucas, my cousin Paul de Lorraine?" "Aye," said the king, "it is a dolourous topic very painful! Eh, Rosny?" "I do not shrink from my pains, Sire," M. de Rosny answered quietly. "I hold myself much to blame in this matter.
I pray you to impart it to all my other good servants yonder, and, especially, to have thanks given therefor to God, whom I pray to have you in His holy keeping. "HENRY. "From the camp at Rosny, this 14th day of March, 1590." History is not bound to be so reserved and so modest as the king was about himself.
The English counsellors were not abashed by this rebuke, but became, on the contrary, very indignant, avowing that if anything more was demanded of them, England would entirely abandon the United Provinces. "Cecil made himself known to me in this conference," said De Rosny, "for exactly what he was.
He knew Mademoiselle de la Vire, and, hearing whither she was bound, brought her hither without let or hindrance. 'Was he a Norman? I asked, M. de Rosny nodded, smiling at me shrewdly. 'Yes, he said, 'he told me much about you. And now let me introduce you to my wife, Madame de Rosny.
The British sovereign, as secretly fascinated by the idea of a Spanish family alliance as he had ever been by the proposals of the Marquis de Rosny for the French marriages, listened with eagerness. Money was scattered as profusely among the English courtiers by Don Fernando as had been done by De Bethune four years before.
This was so like her that it did not astonish me, and I baffled her malice by leaning against the wall. "This is no ordinary honour from M. de Rosny!" she said, flouting me with her eyes. "I come on no ordinary mission, madame," I said as gravely as I could. "Mercy!" she exclaimed in a mocking tone. "I should have put on new ribbons, I suppose!"
Being re-assured as to, this point and told to hasten to the Louvre, Rosny instantly complied with the command.
This done, and the royal curiosity excited almost beyond endurance, De Rosny began to, unfold. the stupendous schemes which had been, concerted between Elizabeth and Henry at Dover, and which formed the secret object of his present embassy.
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