Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 356
For the great King Henry of Eng-land and his shrewd adviser, the Lord Cardinal,by an act of double-dealing almost unparalleled inhistory, went direct from the treaties, the prom-ises, the presents, and the pretended affectionsof that stately farewell in the golden valley, tothe town of Gravelines,… … and glitter. Nor has mention been made of theother side of the picture — of the motley crowds Vol. X.—22. sacrificed to anew alliance themonarch whosehospitality he hadaccepted and re-turned. Yet such dis-loyal conduct wasesteemed skillfulstatesmanship,andnow, even as then,politics and diplo-macy,…
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