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Side 5
... hand , took an oath of fidelity to the Pro- testant cause . In the meantime , however , the real direction of affairs remained in the hands of the great Coligny , whose responsibilities were increased by the death of his brother and ...
... hand , took an oath of fidelity to the Pro- testant cause . In the meantime , however , the real direction of affairs remained in the hands of the great Coligny , whose responsibilities were increased by the death of his brother and ...
Side 9
... hand , admitted me ; and my friend carried me to his apartment , where two inhuman priests , whom I heard talk of the Sicilian vespers , wanted to force me from him , that they might cut me in pieces , saying the order was not to spare ...
... hand , admitted me ; and my friend carried me to his apartment , where two inhuman priests , whom I heard talk of the Sicilian vespers , wanted to force me from him , that they might cut me in pieces , saying the order was not to spare ...
Side 10
... hands of the Huguenots , and repressing every Huguenot symptom in the rest of the kingdom . These measures were interrupted by the death of Charles IX . on the 30th of May 1574 , in the twenty - fifth year of his age . He was succeeded ...
... hands of the Huguenots , and repressing every Huguenot symptom in the rest of the kingdom . These measures were interrupted by the death of Charles IX . on the 30th of May 1574 , in the twenty - fifth year of his age . He was succeeded ...
Side 11
... hands , to keep them white , and wearing cosmetic paste on his face , was not a man to put down such an association , although , with the instinct of a monarch , he might dislike it . Accordingly , the League was formed ; its original ...
... hands , to keep them white , and wearing cosmetic paste on his face , was not a man to put down such an association , although , with the instinct of a monarch , he might dislike it . Accordingly , the League was formed ; its original ...
Side 12
... hand , Henry III . sank more and more in indolence and effem- inacy , so that his subjects only knew of his being still in the world by the perpetual imposition of new taxes to replenish the purses of his favourites . ' 6 The expedition ...
... hand , Henry III . sank more and more in indolence and effem- inacy , so that his subjects only knew of his being still in the world by the perpetual imposition of new taxes to replenish the purses of his favourites . ' 6 The expedition ...
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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.