. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America [electronic resource] : containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. Botany. 484 ISABELLA OF FRANCE. { :. "i-fS'.' their entertmnment. Plays were represented on the occasion being Mysteries and Morahties for amusement and admo- nition, entitled The Glory of the Blessed, and the Torments of the Damned. The king of France, on their return, con- ducted them to Pontois
. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America [electronic resource] : containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. Botany. 484 ISABELLA OF FRANCE. { :. "i-fS'.' their entertmnment. Plays were represented on the occasion being Mysteries and Morahties for amusement and admo- nition, entitled The Glory of the Blessed, and the Torments of the Damned. The king of France, on their return, con- ducted them to Pontoise. A fire broke out in the chamber of the royal guests one night, and both Edward and Isabella escaped with difficulty from the flames in their night-dresses: all their clothes and property were destroyed in the confla- gration.* Through the earnest entreaties of the queea, the long- delayed pardon to the insurgent barons was published by king Edward, October 13th, 1313, without any exceptions; and the royal deed of grace expressly certifies, " that this pardon and remission is granted by the king, tlirough the prayers of his dearest companion, Isabella queen of Eng. land/" The parliament met amicably, and the barons solemnly made their submission on their knees to the sove- reign in Westminster-haU, before all the people/ Soon after, the earl of Warwick, the most active agent in the death of Gaveston, dying suddenly, it was industriously circulated by liis friends that he had been taken off by poison. The barons mistrusted the king: the only hnk that kept them and their sovereign from a fresh rupture was the queen, who at that period conducted herself so prudently as to enjoy the con- fidence of all parties. The year 1314 commenced with a temporary separation between the royal pair, on account of the renewal of the Scottish wars. Stirling, so appropriately designated by the chroniclers of that stormy period Striveling, was besieged by king Robert the Bruce,^ and the
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