, his brother-in-
law, and the Queen, his sister. (_Memoires de l'Academie des
Inscriptions_, vol. xv. p. 426.) During the League the
enemies of Henri III. and the King of Navarre revived this
practice.--(L.) It would appear also from a document in the
Harley MSS. (18,452, Bib. N'at., Paris) that Cosmo Ruggieri,
the Florentine astrologer, Catherine de' Medici's
confidential adviser, was accused in 1574 of having made a
wax figure in view of casting a spell upon Charles IX.--M.
14 John Brinon, Councillor of the King, President of the
Parliament of Rouen, Chancellor of Alencon and Berry, Lord
of Villaines (near Dreux), Remy, and Athueuil (near
Montfort-l'Amaury), belonged to an old family of judicial
functionaries. He was highly esteemed by Margaret, several
of whose letters are addressed to him, and he was present at
the signing of her marriage contract with Henry II. of
Navarre (Genin's _Lettres de Marguerite_, p. 444). He
married Pernelle Perdrier, who brought him the lordship of
Medan, near Poissy, and other important fiefs, which after
his death she presented to the King.
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