. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. The Dukes of Guise. 252 HISTORY OF Henry III. and his CHAPTER XXVIII. HENRY III. The baffled prince in honours flattering bloomOf hasty greatness finds the fatal doom;His foes derision and his subjects blame;And steals to death from anguish and from shame. JOHXSOS. 1. The death of Charles without heirs gave theAi^ throne of France to Henry III., the favourite son of Catharine; he had joined in all her plots and persecu-tions, had been the commander of forces against the Hugo-nots in the field
. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. The Dukes of Guise. 252 HISTORY OF Henry III. and his CHAPTER XXVIII. HENRY III. The baffled prince in honours flattering bloomOf hasty greatness finds the fatal doom;His foes derision and his subjects blame;And steals to death from anguish and from shame. JOHXSOS. 1. The death of Charles without heirs gave theAi^ throne of France to Henry III., the favourite son of Catharine; he had joined in all her plots and persecu-tions, had been the commander of forces against the Hugo-nots in the field of battle, and their virulent persecutor in thetime of peace. But in his progress to Poland, the coolnesswith which he was treated by the princes of Germany, hadserved to show him the horror with which the massacre of was viewed by all but the slaves of Rome, andhe never after amidst his many crimes and follies showed him-self a persecutor. 2. On learning the news of his brothers HENRY III. 253 death fearing to be detained by the Polish nobles, he abandonedhis kingdom secretly; some of the nobility followed
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