Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Bind 13 |
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Side 3
... Duke of Guise , Marshal Saint André , and , strange to say , the king of Navarre , who deserted his cause on the occasion , Catharine now commenced a war of exter- mination of the Protestants . Battles were fought , towns besieged , and ...
... Duke of Guise , Marshal Saint André , and , strange to say , the king of Navarre , who deserted his cause on the occasion , Catharine now commenced a war of exter- mination of the Protestants . Battles were fought , towns besieged , and ...
Side 4
... Duke of Guise , who was shot by an assassin while com- manding at the siege of Orleans in February 1563. The loss of these three leaders , the last in particular , was a heavy blow to the Catholic party ; and the queen - regent was glad ...
... Duke of Guise , who was shot by an assassin while com- manding at the siege of Orleans in February 1563. The loss of these three leaders , the last in particular , was a heavy blow to the Catholic party ; and the queen - regent was glad ...
Side 6
... Duke of Anjou , and a few of the more bigoted Catholics about the court . With whom this horrible plot originated , cannot now be ascertained , but it appears probable that it was with Catharine de ' Medici . The confederates in this ...
... Duke of Anjou , and a few of the more bigoted Catholics about the court . With whom this horrible plot originated , cannot now be ascertained , but it appears probable that it was with Catharine de ' Medici . The confederates in this ...
Side 7
... Duke of Guise , with a number of attendants , rushed to his house ; the doors were broken open , and two men entering the chamber of the admiral , who had been awakened by the noise , despatched him with many wounds . His body was ...
... Duke of Guise , with a number of attendants , rushed to his house ; the doors were broken open , and two men entering the chamber of the admiral , who had been awakened by the noise , despatched him with many wounds . His body was ...
Side 9
... Duke of Sully , minister and bosom - friend of Henry IV . , was released . Henry of Navarre and his cousin , the Prince of Condé , were sleeping at the Louvre on the night of the massacre . They were awakened by a number of soldiers ...
... Duke of Sully , minister and bosom - friend of Henry IV . , was released . Henry of Navarre and his cousin , the Prince of Condé , were sleeping at the Louvre on the night of the massacre . They were awakened by a number of soldiers ...
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Admiral de Coligny Andrayne army Bécard began benevolent bite bonnie Braes busk called Catholic charmer child Confalonieri daughter dear death distress door Dr Fulton Duke Duke of Guise Duke of Orleans eggs Eustache eyes father feelings felt frae France Frank French friends girl grief hand happy head heard heart Helen Gray Henry hope Huguenots Jacobin Club Jane Jeanne Jeanne d'Albret Jessie Jessie's kind king of Navarre lady League length live looked Louis Louis XVI Madame de Chavilhac maun mind Minghini morning mother Napoleon never night noble Paris Pauline person poor prince Prince of Condé prison Protestants Prussia reptile Robin Saint-Servan Salvotti seemed serpents shew sister snake St Germain-en-Laye suffering Sully thee thou thought tion Todlaw Mains took Uncle Joshua viper whilst wife woman words Yarrow young Logie
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Side 21 - 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.
Side 3 - Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Side 22 - 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, and cloven mail. And then we thought on vengeance, and, all along our van, " Remember St. Bartholomew," was passed from man to man. But out spake gentle Henry, " No Frenchman is my foe : Down, down, with every foreigner, but let your brethren go.
Side 27 - ... grown cauld to me. When we came in by Glasgow town We were a comely sight to see : My Love was clad in the black velvet, And I mysell in cramasie. But had I wist, before I kist...
Side 3 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Side 20 - Full fifteen stane o' Spanish iron, They hae laid a' right sair on me ; Wi' locks and keys I am fast bound Into this dungeon dark and dreirie.
Side 2 - Wi ae lock o his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare. "Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sail ken where he is gane; Oer his white banes when they are bare, The wind sail blaw for evermair.
Side 31 - Lang maun she weep, lang maun she, maun she weep, Lang maun she weep with dule and sorrow, And lang maun I nae mair weil be seen Pu'ing the birks on the Braes of Yarrow.