The Life And Times of Francis the First King of France volume 2
The Life And Times of Francis the First King of France volume 2
James Bacon
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She was extremely superstitious, and carried her belief in judicial astrology (a) to a point even beyond that which was common among her sex during this period. Shortly before her death she perceived an extraordinary light in her chamber, and believing it to proceed from the fire-place she began to scold her attendants for making too largci a fire. They replied, that it was the moon^ and, on drawing her curtains, [a) She took the celebrated Cornelius Agrippa into her service as physician and as...trologer ; and that eccentric man, who disliked her extremely, made himself acquainted with her prejudices and weakness only for the purpose of tor- menting her. She consulted him as to the fate of the duke of Bourbon, when her animosity against him was the most violent, and Agrippa erected the constable's horoscope, and spitefully predicted all kinds of triumph and happiness for him. He was then dismissed, deprived of his pension, and took his revenge upon the duchess by writing a bitter satire, n which he compared her with Jezebel, and which compelled him to seek his safety in flight.
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