The memorialls of Margaret de Valoys, first wife to Henry the fourth, King of France and Navarre compiled in French by her owne most delicate and royall hand : and translated into English by Robert Codrington ...

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The memorialls of Margaret de Valoys, first wife to Henry the fourth, King of France and Navarre compiled in French by her owne most delicate and royall hand : and translated into English by Robert Codrington ...
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Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615.
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London :: Printed by R. H.,
1641.
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Marguerite, -- Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615.
France -- Court and courtiers.
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"The memorialls of Margaret de Valoys, first wife to Henry the fourth, King of France and Navarre compiled in French by her owne most delicate and royall hand : and translated into English by Robert Codrington ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a51922.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.

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The Argument of the Second Book.

THE Duke of A∣lenson his depar∣ture from Court by stealth, seconded by the King of Na∣varres, on which insued the im∣prisonment of this Lady. The peace of Sens▪ New warrs de∣nounced against the Huguenots by the bad Counsell of the Bishops. Her travailes and negotiation in∣to Flanders, and the honorable

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inducements to it. The tragicall story of Madamoiselle de Tour∣non, who overcome by despaire, dyed (poore Lady) for the want of that love, whose abundance overcharged her. Assurance ta∣ken from the Lords of Flanders for the surrendring of their towns and Countries into the Duke of Alenson his protection. The heady and unjust proceedings of his imprisonment at Court, his re∣leasement from it, and not long af∣ter, his re-deliverance from his increasing fears and persecutions by a dangerous escape by night out of this Ladyes window.

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