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He that will have a sure and honourable seat, in the House of Commons, must take care how he adventures to cultivate popular qualities; otherwise he may, remember the old maxim, Breves et infaustos populi Romani amores.
Guise and de Lorraine Renewed dissensions between M. de Bellegarde and the Marquis d'Ancre They are reconciled by the Comte de Soissons Marriage of the Duc de Guise Jealousy of M. de Soissons Quarrel between the Prince de Conti and the Comte de Soissons Mission of the Duc de Guise A new rupture Intervention of the Duc de Mayenne Alarm of the Regent Sully leaves Paris Madame de Sully Retirement of M. de Thou Unpopularity of the Duc d'Epernon Marie de Medicis endeavours to reconcile the Princes The royal closet The Protestants prepare for the General Assembly The Prince de Condé retires to Guienne The Duc d'Epernon is charged to watch his movements Arrogance of Concini Concini seeks to marry his daughter to a son of the Comte de Soissons Indignation of the Prince Cunning of Concini Bouillon returns to Court He offers his services to the Regent at the General Assembly He proceeds to Saumur He desires to be appointed President of the Assembly He is rejected in favour of M. du Plessis-Mornay He attributes his defeat to Sully He resolves to conciliate the ex-Minister of Finance Meeting of the Assembly The Court determines to dissolve the meeting Prudence of Du Plessis-Mornay Death of M. de Créquy The Marquis d'Ancre succeeds to the government of Amiens His insolent disregard of the royal prerogative Indignation of the ministers The Regent resents his impertinence She refuses to receive Madame d'Ancre Intrigues of the Princesse de Conti The favourites forgiven Marie de Medicis issues several salutary edicts Court festivities The Duchesse de Lorraine arrives at Fontainebleau Death of the Duc de Mayenne Death of the Queen of Spain -The Duchesse de Lorraine claims the hand of Louis XIII for her daughter Death of the Duc d'Orléans Departure of the Duchesse de Lorraine Rival claims M. de Brèves appointed preceptor to the Duc d'Anjou The Comte de Soissons applies for the duchy of Alençon Rebuke of the Regent A hunting-party A new cabal Recall of the Maréchal de Lesdiguières Marie de Medicis purchases the Hôtel de Luxembourg.
The lower part of its course for eighteen miles is formed by the Uanapu, a large and independent river flowing from the south. The tidal flow is said by the natives to produce little or no current up this river a fact which seems to afford a little support to the view just stated. We passed the village of Breves at 3 p.m. on the 26th.
This is by far the most formidable of tide-races. Most fortunately the lower branch, known as the Canal of Breves, which is the natural area of the Para, is not subject to the visitations of this terrible phenomenon, and its tides are of a more regular description. Araujo, the pilot, was quite aware of this.
"Excursusque breves tentat." These, then, as to this sort of subjects, are the authors that best please me. As to what concerns my other reading, that mixes a little more profit with the pleasure, and whence I learn how to marshal my opinions and conditions, the books that serve me to this purpose are Plutarch, since he has been translated into French, and Seneca.
Simon Danser, the Flemish rover, taught the Algerines the fashion of "round ships," in 1606, and an Englishman seems to have rendered the same kind office to the people of Tunis, aided by a Greek renegade, Memi Reïs; where, moreover, another English pirate, "Captain Wer," was found in congenial company at the Goletta by Monsieur de Brèves, the French ambassador.
The Caesars Caius and Lucius, grandsons of Augustus, Marcellus his nephew, and Drusus the brother of Tiberius, all died: they died young, rich in promise, the darlings of the Roman People; "Breves et infaustos Populi Romani amores;" and thus, in the procession of events, Tiberius became the heir. "The Annals" open with his accession, and Tacitus has narrated the vicissitudes of his reign.
A cold correspondence Increasing influence of the Marquis d'Ancre Animosity between the Duc d'Epernon and Concini Disunion of the Princes de Guise and de Lorraine Renewed dissensions between M. de Bellegarde and the Marquis d'Ancre They are reconciled by the Comte de Soissons Marriage of the Duc de Guise Jealousy of M. de Soissons Quarrel between the Prince de Conti and the Comte de Soissons Mission of the Duc de Guise A new rupture Intervention of the Duc de Mayenne Alarm of the Regent Sully leaves Paris Madame de Sully Retirement of M. de Thou Unpopularity of the Duc d'Epernon Marie de Medicis endeavours to reconcile the Princes The royal closet The Protestants prepare for the General Assembly The Prince de Condé retires to Guienne The Duc d'Epernon is charged to watch his movements Arrogance of Concini Concini seeks to marry his daughter to a son of the Comte de Soissons Indignation of the Prince Cunning of Concini Bouillon returns to Court He offers his services to the Regent at the General Assembly He proceeds to Saumur He desires to be appointed President of the Assembly He is rejected in favour of M. du Plessis-Mornay He attributes his defeat to Sully He resolves to conciliate the ex-Minister of Finance Meeting of the Assembly The Court determines to dissolve the meeting Prudence of Du Plessis-Mornay Death of M. de Créquy The Marquis d'Ancre succeeds to the government of Amiens His insolent disregard of the royal prerogative Indignation of the ministers The Regent resents his impertinence She refuses to receive Madame d'Ancre Intrigues of the Princesse de Conti The favourites forgiven Marie de Medicis issues several salutary edicts Court festivities The Duchesse de Lorraine arrives at Fontainebleau Death of the Duc de Mayenne Death of the Queen of Spain The Duchesse de Lorraine claims the hand of Louis XIII for her daughter Death of the Duc d'Orléans Departure of the Duchesse de Lorraine Rival claims M. de Brèves appointed preceptor to the Duc d'Anjou The Comte de Soissons applies for the duchy of Alençon Rebuke of the Regent A hunting-party A new cabal Recall of the Maréchal de Lesdiguières Marie de Medicis purchases the Hôtel de Luxembourg.
We had a good wind all day, and about 7 p.m. entered the narrow river of Breves, which commences abruptly the extensive labyrinth of channels that connects the Para with the Amazons. The sudden termination of the Para at a point where it expands to so great a breadth is remarkable; the water, however, is very shallow over the greater portion of the expanse.
I noticed both on this and on the three subsequent occasions of passing this place in ascending and descending the river, that the flow of the tide from the east along the estuary, as well as up the Breves, was very strong.
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