The Duke,
having summoned one of his gentlemen, M. de Chan-deniers, instructed him
to bid farewell on his part to all his servants, and to thank them for
their services, telling them that he had no longer strength to see them.
He asked God aloud to forgive his sins, received the extreme unction
from the Bishop of Lisieux, and raising his eyes to heaven, said
"Jesus," and expired. (1)
Whilst tending her dying husband, Margaret was also deeply concerned
as to the fate of her captive brother, for whom she always evinced the
warmest affection. Indeed, so close were the ties uniting Louise
of Savoy and her two children that they were habitually called the
"Trinity," as Clement Marot and Margaret have recorded in their poems.
(2)
1 From a MS. poem in the Bibliotheque Nationale entitled
_Les Prisons_, probably written by William Philander or
Filandrier, a canon of Rodez.
2 See _OEuvres de Clement Marot_, 1731, vol. v. p. 274; and
A. Champoilion-Figeac's _Poesies de Francois Ier, &c_.,
Paris, 1847, p.
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