Old Touraine; the life and history of the famous chateâux of France . eforethem, when Catherine de Medicis was wearing theextinguisher dress with its pink underskirt and deepfur sleeves in which she is portrayed in the nextchamber, known as the Chambre de the ceiling of this room are painted the dateswhen she and Cardinal dAmboise were respec-tively at Chaumont, about a century apart, and inone corner the old weights stamped with the fleur-de-lys still suggest the reforms which DAmboisecarried out in the course of his strong governmentof France. But a more especial memory of him
Old Touraine; the life and history of the famous chateâux of France . eforethem, when Catherine de Medicis was wearing theextinguisher dress with its pink underskirt and deepfur sleeves in which she is portrayed in the nextchamber, known as the Chambre de the ceiling of this room are painted the dateswhen she and Cardinal dAmboise were respec-tively at Chaumont, about a century apart, and inone corner the old weights stamped with the fleur-de-lys still suggest the reforms which DAmboisecarried out in the course of his strong governmentof France. But a more especial memory of him is in thechaoel, which is built in the form of a Greek crosswith flamboyant windows. From the gallery thatopens out into the west end from the upper storiesof the house, we could see his old red Cardinals hatstill hanging above the carved chair in which he satupon the altar steps; there is a portrait of him tooclose by, so we were told, but we found it hard to \itou\ iss-iAc). ). istiUiW! ii** iljiii ^Iie Gkateau of (oliaumontgeneral view, from the ^outh SaAt. (jhaumont 241 recognise in this cavalier countenance with itsmoustache and imperial, and a very roving eye,the stern lines of the Cardinals rugged face uponhis tomb at Rouen. We descended to the courtyard again by thegreat staircase which sweeps in bold curving stepsround the central pillar, and left the castle stillthinking of The Last Judgment that hangs inthe Chapel gallery. The river of the wrath ofGod, and the countless souls caught up to heavenor dashed into the depths, seemed the true picture ofthe Italy of Georges dAmboise, drawn by the realconscience of Italy herself, by him who alone hadseized the spirit of the time, the mighty MichaelAngelo. Vol. I.—16 QJiDelgn of cFzancid oJ. CHAPTER XIREIGN OF FRANCIS I. Pharaoh, King of Egypt, is but a noise; he hath let theappointed time pass by. I promise you the eiifects he writes of succeed unhappily. death, dearth, dissolution of ancient amities, divisionsin S
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