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Chapter XXXV: French

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Dame par mort grandement atristée,
Mere & tutrice au lang qui la quittée,
Dame & Seigneurs faits enfants Orphelins,
Par les Aspics & par les Crocodiles,
Seront surpris forts bourgs, Chasteaux & Villes,
Dieu tout puissant les garde des malins.

English.

A Lady by death greatly afflicted,
Mother and Tutor to the Blood that hath left her,
Ladies and Lords made Orphans,
By Asps and by Crocodiles,
Shall strong holds, Castles and Towns be surprised,
God Almighty keep them from the wicked.

ANNOT.

That great Lady afflicted by death, and Mother and Tutor to the Blood that left her was _Mary_ of _Medicis_, Wife to _Henry_ the IV. who after the death of her Husband was much troubled in her regency by her own Son _Lewis_ the XIII. and several great Lords of his party whence did follow the Battle of _Pont de Cé_.

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