The History of France, from the Accession of Henry the Third, in 1574, to the Death of Henry the Fourth, in 1610: Preceded by a View of the Civil, Military and Political State of Europe, Between the Middle, and the Close of the Sixteenth Century; and Followed by a View of the State of Europe at the Accession of Louis the Thirteenth, 第 6 卷

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T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814
 

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第 198 頁 - Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave Lord Keeper led the brawls, The seals and maces danced before him.
第 227 頁 - English auxiliaries in the royal camp before Rouen, sent a cartel to Villars, the general of the league within the city, conceived in these words : " If you will fight, either on horseback or on foot, armed or in your waistcoat, I will maintain, that the quarrel of the king is more just than that of the league, that I am better than you, and that my mistress is handsomer than yours.
第 186 頁 - She was carried," says 1'Etoile, " in a magnificent open litter ; she had on a robe of black satin, variegated with white ; and she was covered with pearls and jewels of such lustre, that they dimmed the torches.
第 184 頁 - He was, besides, covered with pearls and precious stones. Sully, enumerating the principal articles which constituted elegance of dress in 1590, states them to be " scarfs, feathers, stuffs, silk stockings, gloves, belts, and castor hats ;" he, however, complains of an excess of finery, and want of cleanliness, as marking that...
第 250 頁 - The duke, upon that, went to report what had passed to the queen, who entreated the king not to leave the Louvre for the rest of the day. He gave the same reply to her which he had given to the duke. "After dinner the king threw himself on his bed to rest, but not being able...
第 6 頁 - I will shorten by the head all such as venture to foment faction. " I have leaped over the walls of cities, and I shall not be terrified by barricades. " I have made an edict, let it be observed. "My will must be executed, not interpreted.
第 183 頁 - ... have been carried to a great height in the court of Henry IV. Bassompierre assures us, that " the baptism of the royal children of France, in 1606, when all the nobility and courtiers strove to outvie each other in expense, the dress which he made up for the occasion, cost him seven thousand crowns. The cloth of gold which composed the materials of this superb suit, was embroidered, or rather totally covered with pearls. The fashion of it alone cost three hundred crowns.
第 6 頁 - there have been parties in the Parliament, and that seditious preachers have been excited. I will put good order into those people without waiting for...
第 131 頁 - August 1673, (1) publicly, in the Court of Chancery or in the Court of King's Bench, or at...

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