Whoever has read the story will find that she was a lady of
honour, and I think that the Cardinal, her said husband, who was one of
the best speakers and most learned, eloquent, wise, and shrewd men of
his time, must have instilled into her this science of speaking and
remonstrating so well."
Brantome also refers to the story in question in his _Vies des Hommes
illustres et grands Capitaines francais_ (vol. ii. p. 162), wherein he
says:--
"There is a tale in the stories of the Queen of Navarre, which speaks of
a lord, the favourite of a king, whom he invited with all his court to
one of his houses, where he made a trap-door in his room conducting to
the bedside of a great princess, in view of lying with her, as he did,
but, as the story relates, he obtained only scratches from her."
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