Long afterwards, when Vauban
inaugurated his new system of fortification, he came to Navarreinx, and
on seeing the ramparts raised by Margaret's husband was so favourably
impressed, that instead of levelling them to the ground he contented
himself with adding to them and making various improvements. Henry
d'Albret was also anxious to refortify Sauveterre, which the Prince of
Orange, with one of the Imperial armies, had captured in 1523, when he
half-demolished the old castle of Montreal, then the most formidable
citadel in Beam. However, as time and money were lacking, Henry had to
abandon his plans, and the ruins left by the Imperialists, the ivy-clad
keep, and mutilated bridge over the Gave soon fell into irremediable
decay.(1)
1 M. Paul Perret's _Pyrenees francaises_, vol. ii. p. 303.
IV.
_Margaret's attachment to her daughter--Refusal of Jane to
marry the Duke of Cleves--Intervention of Margaret--The
wedding at Chatelherault and the fall of the Constable de
Montmorency--Margaret and her husband at Caulerets--The
"Heptameron"--Illness and death of Francis I.
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