. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. Catherine de Medicis. 232 H1ST0RF OJF Henry II. CHAPTER XXVI. HENRY II.—FRANCIS II. What trivial influences hold dominion Oer wise mens counsels, and the fate of empire! The greatest schemes that human wit can forge, Or bold ambition dares to put in practice, Depend upon our husbanding a moment, And the light lasting of a womans will ! Rowe. 1. Francis on his death-bed had given his son a1^V47 great deal of good counsel, and amongst other matters,had advised hirn to beware of the ambition of thehouse
. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. Catherine de Medicis. 232 H1ST0RF OJF Henry II. CHAPTER XXVI. HENRY II.—FRANCIS II. What trivial influences hold dominion Oer wise mens counsels, and the fate of empire! The greatest schemes that human wit can forge, Or bold ambition dares to put in practice, Depend upon our husbanding a moment, And the light lasting of a womans will ! Rowe. 1. Francis on his death-bed had given his son a1^V47 great deal of good counsel, and amongst other matters,had advised hirn to beware of the ambition of thehouse of Lorraine, and not to recal the constable de Mont-morenci, whom he had sent into banishment; the tomb hadscarcely closed over him, when Francis, duke dAumale, theson of Claude, duke of Guise, the most powerful of the Lor-raine family, was loaded with favours, and Montmorenci sum-moned to court. 2. Henry, like his father, was devotedlyattached to his favourites; the person by whom he was most A. D. HENRY II. 233 mfluenced was Diana of Poictiers, a lady neither very youngnor very handsome, yet whose arts and accomplishments
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