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Side 3
... took place in France , which greatly affected his future life . At this period - the latter part of the sixteenth century - almost every country in Europe was less or more agitated by religious distractions . The doctrines of the ...
... took place in France , which greatly affected his future life . At this period - the latter part of the sixteenth century - almost every country in Europe was less or more agitated by religious distractions . The doctrines of the ...
Side 5
... 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 adviser ...
... 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 adviser ...
Side 6
... took place on the 18th of August 1572 - the ceremony being performed publicly in front of the cathedral of Notre - Dame . For four days after the marriage , all Paris was occupied with festivities and amusements ; and it appears to have ...
... took place on the 18th of August 1572 - the ceremony being performed publicly in front of the cathedral of Notre - Dame . For four days after the marriage , all Paris was occupied with festivities and amusements ; and it appears to have ...
Side 8
... took with him his second son , Maximilian , for the purpose of presenting him to Henry of Navarre , in whose service , as the chief of the Reformed party , he wished him to spend his life . The boy was about eleven years of age , having ...
... took with him his second son , Maximilian , for the purpose of presenting him to Henry of Navarre , in whose service , as the chief of the Reformed party , he wished him to spend his life . The boy was about eleven years of age , having ...
Side 11
... took its rise . The idea of a general association among the Catholic nobles for the thorough extirpation of the Protestants , had been several times entertained already ; but the present seemed a more fit occasion than any that had yet ...
... took its rise . The idea of a general association among the Catholic nobles for the thorough extirpation of the Protestants , had been several times entertained already ; but the present seemed a more fit occasion than any that had yet ...
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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.