ii. p. 554),
that after Francis I.'s voyage in captivity to Spain it was
judged expedient that France should have several galleys in
the Mediterranean, and that "orders were accordingly given
for thirteen to be built at Marseilles--four for the Baron
de Saint-Blancart, as many for Andrew Doria, &c." The Baron
de Saint-Blancart here referred to was Bernard d'Ormezan,
Admiral of the seas of the Levant, Conservator of the ports
and tower of Aigues-Mortes, and General of the King's
galleys. In 1523 he defeated the naval forces of the Emperor
Charles V., and in 1525 conducted Margaret to Spain.--L.
(See Memoir of Margaret, p. xli.)
"I pray you, ladies, consider what evil is caused by a wicked woman,
and how many evils sprang from the sins of the one I have spoken of.
You will find that ever since Eve caused Adam to sin, all women have set
themselves to bring about the torment, slaughter and damnation of men.
For myself, I have had such experience of their cruelty that I expect to
die and be damned simply by reason of the despair into which one of them
has cast me.
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