The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . l not be surprised to hear that, in that age ofwars and treacheries and murders, ruffians were found totry to assassinate this good king. He had scarcely gotsettled at Paris when a lad of nineteen, named John Chas-tel, attended one of his receptions and stabbed him in theface with a knife, without seriously injuring him. He con-fessed that the Jesuits, who had brought him up, hadtaught him that it was allowable to kill kings who werenot approved by the pope. Chastel was put to deat
The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . l not be surprised to hear that, in that age ofwars and treacheries and murders, ruffians were found totry to assassinate this good king. He had scarcely gotsettled at Paris when a lad of nineteen, named John Chas-tel, attended one of his receptions and stabbed him in theface with a knife, without seriously injuring him. He con-fessed that the Jesuits, who had brought him up, hadtaught him that it was allowable to kill kings who werenot approved by the pope. Chastel was put to death withhorrible torments, and the Jesuits were expelled fromParis. Of course you know that at the present day theJesuits do not teach any brutal nonsense of that kind. A number of other attempts were made on Henrys life,but he scorned to take precautions and laughed at theidea of his dying by murder. It was not till his wife,Mary of Medicis, insisted on being crowned in great statethat a curious presentiment came over him. He said tobis counsellor Sully, ^I shall 4ie in this city and shall never go out of it,. HENRY IV. OF FRANCE 1589-1610] 211 They will kill me ; my enemies have no remedy but mydeath. And for a long time he steadfastly refused to attend thecoronation, greatly to the queens chagrin. He told her, I have been told that 1 was to be killed at the firstgrand ceremony I undertook, and that I would die in acarriage. The queen still persisted and teased him so constantlythat he, who could refuse nothing to a woman, finally con-sented to go. His carriage was being driven along the street of LaFerronnerie, when a cart got in the way and forced thedriver to slack up, and to draw close to the shop of anironmonger. In the doorway stood a man who, as thecarriage slackened its speed, sprang upon the step andstruck the king twice with a knife, the last thrust enteringhis body between the fifth and sixth ribs and making adeep hole. Henry uttered a low cry ; one of the gentle-men
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