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The châteaux of Touraine (1906)

Lansdale, Maria Hornor, b. 1860 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 250

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e castle all was arranged as for a fete; seats wereerected in tiers for the accommodation of the ladies and gentle-men of the court around the open space where the executionswere to take place, while the wrought-iron balcony openingfrom the logis dii Roi was reserved for the royal family… … AMBOISE scafifold, chanting Clement Marots metrical version of theLXVIth psalm: Dieu nous soit doux et favorable,Nous benissant par sa bonte,Et de son visage adorableNous fasse Uiire la clarte. The Duke of Guise on horseback took his place close to thescaffold, the benches were filled with groups…

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