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During the reign of Francis II. he was, together with his brother, the Duke of Guise, in virtual control of the government. LE CHEVALIER DE GUISE, François de Lorraine, was born in 1537; joined the order of Malta and became Grand Prior towards 1555, and about the same time was made General of the Galleys. He led an expedition from Malta to Rhodes, where he was wounded.

Upon this foundation supported by eight square stones, each a foot in height, there was laid a slab of white stone five inches thick; four other slabs of the same thickness closed the sides and ends, which, being joined at the angles by Roman cement, formed a species of stone grave or sarcophagus. This was just of depth sufficient to admit the coffin being placed within it.

1322 se trouvait-il 'did it happen' Se trouver = 'to find oneself, itself, 'to happen, 'to be'. 1326 Marseille: 'Marseilles, the greatest seaport in France and the metropolis of the south, only sixty miles from Tarascon. 1328 Beaucaire: a city on the Rhone, opposite Tarascon, to which it is joined by a long suspension bridge, cf. note to 18 11. 13 30 diable de pont: cf. note to 1 12.

She was extremely beautiful, and to this she joined a demeanor of incomparable majesty. She was endowed with a lively understanding and was a great lover of poetry and the arts." She was the daughter of James V. of Scotland by his second wife, Mary of Lorraine.