Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward (1904)
Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London : J. M. Dent & co.; New York, The Macmillan co. · leaf 268
to witness thereturn of the duke bringing the Bearnais dead or aprisoner. Henry did indeed return, but it was after avictorious campaign. He captured the Faubourg St.Jacques, and fell upon the abbey of St. Germain des Preswhile the astonished monks were preparing to sing mass.Henry seized the… … St. Gervais. THE SIEGE OF PARIS 179 suffered them to pillage the city south of the Seine,and turned to the west to fix his capital at Tours. In1590 he won at Ivry on the Eure, about fifty milessouth of Rouen, the brilliant victory over the armiesof the League and of Spain which Macaulay has…
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