Memoirs of Henry IV, King of France and Navarre
Author | : Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont |
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Release | : 1899 |
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Author | : Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1899 |
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Author | : Queen Marguerite (consort of Henry IV, King of France) |
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Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1813 |
Genre | : France |
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Author | : Anonymous |
Publisher | : Rarebooksclub.com |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2013-09 |
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ISBN | : 9781230066745 |
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 18 edition. Excerpt: ...nor his head failed him; he dissembled his fear, gave orders with coolness, and showed himself everywhere with a cheerful countenance, and with discourses as resolute as after a victory. He made his forces nimbly draw into the field of battle, which he had chosen three days before, eight hundred paces from the lines. From this place, having considered the excellent order of the Spanish army, the little assurance of his, and the weakness of his posts, which he had not had leisure to fortify, he was a little moved, and doubted of the success of the day. Leaning on the pommel of his saddle, with his hat in his hand, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he uttered these words with a loud voice: "0 Lord, if it be to-day thou wilt punish me as my sins deserve, I offer my head to thy justice; spare not the culpable, but, Lord, for thy holy mercy's sake, take pity on the poor kingdom, and smite not the flock for the offence of the shepherd." The wonderful efficacy of these words cannot be expressed; they were in a moment carried through the whole army, and it seemed as if some virtue from Heaven had given courage to the French. The Archduke, therefore, finding them resolved and in good countenance, durst not pass further. Some other attempts he afterwards made which did not succeed, and he retired by night into the country of Artois, where he dismissed his army. At length, Hernand Teillo being slain by a musket shot, the besieged capitulated, and the King established as governor in the city the Seigneur de Vic, a man of great order and exact discipline, who by the royal command began to build a citadel there. At his departure from Amiens, the King led his army to the very gates of Arras to visit the Archduke; he remained three days in...
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Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : France |
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Author | : Martha Walker Freer |
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Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2008-06-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781436871389 |
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Author | : Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe |
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Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : France |
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Author | : Henry IV (King of France) |
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Total Pages | : 405 |
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Genre | : Courts and courtiers |
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Author | : William Henry Ireland |
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Total Pages | : 554 |
Release | : 1824 |
Genre | : France |
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Author | : Maximilien de Béthune duc de Sully |
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Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Europe |
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Author | : Martha Walker Freer |
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Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1860 |
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