The Regency of Marie De Médicis: a Study of French History From 1610 to 1616
The Regency of Marie De Médicis: a Study of French History From 1610 to 1616
Arthur Power Lord
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The Regent addressed the Prince, and asked for his opinion : " When a thing is already done," an- swered Conde tartly, " there is no need of giving advice." " You see," exclaimed the Count, ad- dressing his nephew, " that we are treated like slaves." The Queen grew red with anger, but * Matteo Botti, cited by Zeller in La Minorite de Louis XIII., Marie de Medicis et Sully, p. 312. Riihelitu Me- moires, p. 44. f Eistoire des Princetde Conde, Due d'Aumale, III. p. 17. 48 Regency of Marie de M6dic...is checked herself, and the Chancellor changed the subject.* The Princes immediately left Paris, but neither the Regent nor the ministers were to be daunted by a show of bad temper, and they were allowed to sulk while the capital gave itself up to rejoicing. A tournament was announced for the end of March. Never had such preparations been made. Bassompierre, the Due de Guise, Nevers, the Prince de Joinville, and Monsieur de la Chatteignerai held the lists for two days against all comers. The occasion cost them 50,000 crowns each, for equipments alone.f Immediately after the festival the Regent's anxiety overcame her prudence, and she opened negotiations with the Princes, who, the one at Valery, the other at Dreux, were showing signs of a very bad temper.
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