. The romance of Monaco and its rulers . those peopleof whom it is well to rid the world. In 1529, Charles V, going to Italy to be crownedby the Pope, landed at Monaco and was magnifi-cently received. An anecdote is current of thisvisit, which Rendu and Metivier agree in callingvery ill-supported. It relates that Charles, comingout from one of Augustins banquets and lookingdown upon the enthusiastic throng beneath thePalace-balcony, suddenly called out, Hail, inhabit-ants of Monaco—I make you all nobles ! . .Notorious as he was, even in that age, for hisexcesses at table, this story is unconvi
. The romance of Monaco and its rulers . those peopleof whom it is well to rid the world. In 1529, Charles V, going to Italy to be crownedby the Pope, landed at Monaco and was magnifi-cently received. An anecdote is current of thisvisit, which Rendu and Metivier agree in callingvery ill-supported. It relates that Charles, comingout from one of Augustins banquets and lookingdown upon the enthusiastic throng beneath thePalace-balcony, suddenly called out, Hail, inhabit-ants of Monaco—I make you all nobles ! . .Notorious as he was, even in that age, for hisexcesses at table, this story is unconvincing ; forthe conferring of nobility was a solemn ceremony,entailing lengthy and meticulous arrangements ofall kinds (to say nothing of interminable documents)—and even when drunk, emperors, like happier men,remain to some extent the creatures of ^ 1 There is still to be seen at Monaco the remains of the velvetcanopy with gold crepines which was carried over the Emperoras he went in pomp to the parish-church to hear Progenies di\mv\ ayixT\s-5ic carouvs illl Imperii caesar lvmina-et or a tvlit aet • s\ae xxxi Ann Av ? D • xxxT p. i8o] CHARLES THE of Germany. Our Alphabet Picture-book i8i When Augustin died suddenly in 1532, sheerforce of habit made some believe that he had beenmurdered. Not without suspicion of poison, isthe cautious treatment given to the subject by LaGallia Christiana. But who gave the poison ? M^tivier inquires, and I must echo him. Luciens son Honore, who succeeded, was onlyfifteen years old and therefore governed through aguardian-cousin, one Etienne of the Bueil branch,who seems to have been a worthy person. Butnothing detains us during the early part of Honor^sreign ; I find, indeed, only two Cs, (if I maybe permitted to amuse myself with alliteration),and these are the Cactus-pear, and the Cistern :tis like a childs alphabet picture-book! TheCactus-pear, otherwise figuier de Barbarie^ camefrom Africa, whither young H
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