Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious And Celebrated Women, of All ... 3
Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious And Celebrated Women, of All ... 3
Mary Hays
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Francis leaving no issue, the crown de- scended to Charles his brother. On the death of the king, the constable Mont- morenci, whom distrust had till now with-held CATHERINE OF MEDICIS. 183 from the court, hastened his return, accompanied by six hundred horse. The Guises excused their conduct by throwing the blame on the memory of Francis, their too-credulous and indulgent so- vereign ; while the queen-mother, by an address the most flattering and masterly, conciliated the constable, and won hi...m to her purposes. Se- duced by her blandishments, he agreed to become the mediator between the princes of Bourbon and of Lorraine : by tliis measure the regency was secured to Catherine, and Montmorenci, inde- pendently of either of the factious, firmly attach- ed to her son. Solicitous to lengthen the mino- rity of the king, and to preserve her own power, Catherine sowed divisions among the principal nobility : negligent of the public tranquillity, and attentive only to her own interest, she opposed with Italian subtilty one party to another.
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