Henry IVHarper, 1901 - 335 páginas |
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... troops , had arrived . At the head of her firm and almost invincible band she rode , calm and serene , magnificently mounted , with her proud boy by her side . As the queen and her son entered the plain , an exultant shout from the ...
... troops , had arrived . At the head of her firm and almost invincible band she rode , calm and serene , magnificently mounted , with her proud boy by her side . As the queen and her son entered the plain , an exultant shout from the ...
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... troops , with trumpet tones , and waving banners , and heavy artillery , were seen winding their way along the streams of France , hastening to the scene of conflict . The heavy battalions of the Pope were mar- shaling upon all the ...
... troops , with trumpet tones , and waving banners , and heavy artillery , were seen winding their way along the streams of France , hastening to the scene of conflict . The heavy battalions of the Pope were mar- shaling upon all the ...
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... troops pursued their foes , now flying in every direc- tion . The Protestants retreated across a river , blew up the bridge , and protected themselves from farther assault . The next day the Duke of Anjou , the younger brother of ...
... troops pursued their foes , now flying in every direc- tion . The Protestants retreated across a river , blew up the bridge , and protected themselves from farther assault . The next day the Duke of Anjou , the younger brother of ...
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... troops , holding her son Henry , then fourteen years of age , by one hand , and Henry , son of the Prince de Condé , by the other , and devoted . them both to the cause . The young Henry of Navarre was then proclaimed generalissimo of ...
... troops , holding her son Henry , then fourteen years of age , by one hand , and Henry , son of the Prince de Condé , by the other , and devoted . them both to the cause . The young Henry of Navarre was then proclaimed generalissimo of ...
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... enthusiasm with which the Protestant troops were inspired by the presence of the Queen of Navarre , visit- ed the head - quarters of her own army , hoping The failure of Catharine . The second defeat : that 1568. ] 69 THE MARRIAGE .
... enthusiasm with which the Protestant troops were inspired by the presence of the Queen of Navarre , visit- ed the head - quarters of her own army , hoping The failure of Catharine . The second defeat : that 1568. ] 69 THE MARRIAGE .
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Admiral Coligni arms army assassin banner Bartholomew battle beautiful blood body Bourbon brother castle Cath Catharine and Charles cause Church Claude command court crown death declared Duke of Alençon Duke of Anjou Duke of Guise Duke of Mayenne edict enemies energetic energy escape estants Europe exclaimed feeble fight foes friends Gabrielle hands heart Henry III Henry of Navarre Henry's honor horrors horse house of Guise house of Valois hundred illustrious immediately Jeanne d'Albret King of France King of Navarre kingdom League Leaguers Lorraine Louvre magnanimity Marguerite marriage metropolis monarch mother murder night noble olics palace Paris party peace peril Pope populace Prince of Condé Prince of Navarre Prot Protestantism Protestants Queen of Navarre ranks received religion religious replied retinue royal scene sent siege soldiers soon spirit streets Sully surrendered sword thou thousand tion troops urged varre victory wounded young prince
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Página 267 - A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest ; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre. Now, God be praised, the day is ours. Mayenne hath turned his rein. D'Aumale hath cried for quarter. The Flemish count is slain. Their ranks are breaking like thin clouds before a Biscay gale ; The field is heaped with bleeding steeds, and flags,...
Página 266 - The king is come to marshal us, in all his armour drest, And he has bound a snow-white plume upon his gallant crest. He look'd upon his people, and a tear was in his eye; He look'd upon the traitors, and his glance was stern and high. Right graciously he smiled on us, as roll'd from wing to wing, Down all our line, a deafening shout, " God save our lord the king...
Página 267 - Hurrah! the foes are moving! Hark to the mingled din Of fife, and steed, and trump, and drum, and roaring culverin! The fiery Duke is pricking fast across Saint Andre's plain, With all the hireling chivalry of Guelders and Almayne.
Página 267 - Now by the lips of those ye love, fair gentlemen of France, Charge for the golden lilies now, — upon them with the lance ! A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest ; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Página 197 - ... in the name of the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost...
Página 293 - I protest and swear in the presence of Almighty God, to live and die in the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion; to protect and defend it against all its enemies, at the hazard of my blood and life, renouncing ail heresies contrary to this Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman church.
Página 74 - ... possession. They were also allowed public worship in two towns in each province of the kingdom. They were permitted to reside any where without molestation, and were declared eligible to any public office. Coligni, mourning over the untold evils and miseries of war, with alacrity accepted these conditions. " Sooner than fall back into these disturbances," said he, " I would choose to die a thousand deaths, and be dragged through the streets of Paris.
Página 158 - it assuredly behoves that church of God in whose name I speak, to endure blows, and not to strike them ; but may it please you also to remember, that it is an anvil which has worn out many hammers.
Página 35 - ... pantheist, and outraged the dogma of all Christian communions by saying that God, in three persons, was a Cerberus, a monster with three heads. 2. He had already been condemned to death by the Catholic doctors at Vienne in Dauphiny. 3. The affair was judged, not by Calvin, but by the magistrates of Geneva ; and if it is objected that his advice must have influenced their decision, it is necessary to recollect that the councils of the other reformed cantons of Switzerland approved the sentence...
Página 136 - In the mysterious government which he wields, mysterious only to our feeble vision, he " visits the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, even unto the third and fourth generation." As we see the priests of Paris and of France, during the awful tragedy of the Revolution, massacred in the prisons, shot in the streets, hung upon the lamp-posts, and driven in starvation and woe from the kingdom, we can not but remember the day of St. Bartholomew. The 24th of August, 1572, and the 2d of September,...