Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. to Which Is Annexed the Trial of Ravaillac for the Murder of Henry the Great Volume 4
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. to Which Is Annexed the Trial of Ravaillac for the Murder of Henry the Great Volume 4
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1805 edition. Excerpt: ...so much disturbed with "these thoughts; nor should I have had better rest "this night than the preceding, if I had not disf closed them all to you." His Majesty then got into my coach, which I had ordered to be made ready for him, saying to me, in the presence of a great number of persons who were in the court ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1805 edition. Excerpt: ...so much disturbed with "these thoughts; nor should I have had better rest "this night than the preceding, if I had not disf closed them all to you." His Majesty then got into my coach, which I had ordered to be made ready for him, saying to me, in the presence of a great number of persons who were in the court, M Farewell, my friend, I love you most affectionate"ly; continue to serve me always thus, and re member all the conversations we have had toge"ther; for you are as dear to me as you can, or "ought to desire." I believe I have formerly justified, by the most solid reasons, my perseverance in the opinion that all these plots, half foreign, half domestic, against his Majesty's life, were neither real, nor greatly to be feared. I confess, however, that there were some moments wherein the force of my attachment to my prince would not permit me to hear, with indifference, all that was repeated on this subject; nor could all my firmness hinder me from being terrified at what T knew to be a mere phantom. My mind was in this state all the time that Henry continued speaking to me, and after he had left me. It was pretty remarkable, that, during the whole time Henry staid with me, I listened to him with a profound silence; not uttering one word in answer to what he said. When I sat down to dinner, the agitation of my heart, and the dark suspense which clouded my mind, threw me into a dejection and faintness, which gave me a loathing to every thing that was placed before me. Certainly there was no necessity for Henry's desiring me to make reflections on what he had said to me; I gave myself up entirely to them. I carried my views as far as I was able, that I might foresee every possible danger, and trace the remotest...
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