(2)
1 _Oraison funebre, &c._, p. 103.
2 Sainte-Marthe states that she would sit with two
secretaries, one on either side, and dictate poetry to the
one and letters to the other.
Margaret's daughter Jane was at this period at the Court of France,
living in extravagant style, as is shown by the letters in which
Margaret declares that the Princess's expenditure is insupportable. She
herself spent but little money upon personal needs, though she devoted
considerable sums to charity. In October 1548 she emerged from her
seclusion to attend the second marriage of her daughter, who now became
the wife of Anthony de Bourbon, Duke of Vendome. From Moulins, where the
ceremony took place, Margaret repaired to the Court at Fontainebleau.
Here all was changed: there was a new King, and Diana of Poitiers
occupied the position of the Duchess of Etampes. After returning to Beam
for Christmas, Margaret spent the Lent of 1549 in retreat at Tusson,
where she apparently divided her time between prayer and literary
labour.
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