at a tournament, and thereby
caused that monarch's death--acting at the instigation of
Margaret's daughter Jane, assembled the Catholic noblemen of
Beam on August 24, 1569, and, after entertaining them with a
banquet, had them treacherously massacred. Bascle de
Lagreze's _Chateau de Pau_, Paris, 1854.
2 _Le Recueil de l'Antique pre-excellence de Gaule, &c._, by
G. Le Roville, Paris, 1551 (fol. 74).
3 Hilarion de Coste's _Vies et Eloges des Dames illustres,
&c._, vol. ii. p. 272.
Some idea of their appearance may be gained from a couple of the
miniatures adorning a curious manuscript catechism composed for Margaret
and now in the Arsenal Library at Paris.(1)
1 _Manuscrits theologiques francais_, No. 60, _Initiatoire
Instruction en la Religion chretienne, &c_. In one of these
miniatures the Saviour is represented carrying the cross,
followed by Henry of Navarre, his brother Charles d'Albret,
Margaret, and other personages, all of whom bear crosses,
whilst in the background are some pleasure-grounds with a
castle, a little waterfall, and a lake.
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