New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-07

priceless Jewels auO feathers, OF emUrOlu-
cred closks in costly stutfs-heavy with
gold or silver embroidery-hung over the
shoulder; of slashed hose and richly chased
rapers of garments of cloth Of gold. en-
broidered with armOrial bearings III jewels
OF satin justaucorps covered with rivieres of
diamonds, emeralds, and oriental pearls of
torsades and collars wherein gold is but
the foil to priceless gems.
The ladies wear Eastern silks and gold
en- tissues with trimming of rare furs; wide
sleeves and Spanish fardingales. sparkling
colts and jeweled nets, with glitter.ng
wells. They ride in ponderOus coaches COW
cred with carving and gliding, or on horses
whose pedigrees are as undOEbted as their
own, covered with velvet housings and
silken nets woven with Jewels, their names
plated with gold and precious stones. But
these illustrious ladies consider gloves a
royal luxury, and are weak III respect OF
stockings. Foremost in every gorgeous
| mode is Francis He wears rich Genoa vel
| vets, and affects bright colors-rose ana
| sky-blue. A Spanish hat is on his head,
| turned up with white plume, fastened TO
| an agrette Of rubes, with golden sala-
mander as his device. slgnl!ylng, 4 am
nourished and die III fire
In those days a mans enemies were en-
| phatically those of his own household;
| ands the life of Francis /. or France,
was no exception to the rule. There was
| that bold and handsome Charles de Mont
| pensier, Due de Bourbon and Constable Of
| France, who first troubled his repose.
| Bourbon stood too high to be well liked by
the sovereign. Besides. there had been
| boyish difficulty between the two over
| game at maile not many years ago-tor the
| Kings age is only twenty, Bourbon's TWEEN
/ tyslx-at Mrs. ElliOt's opening scene. And
| the difficulty had ranked; the King having
| challenged Bourbon, hut not having fought
| him, which this last resented as an atfront
| TO his honor. Greater troubles, however,
| than not getting 'pinked' by the royal
| rapier, awaited the handsome young Con-
| stable; for he and the Kings sister, Mar
guerlte d AlencOn, were in love with each
Other-th0ugh she was another mans VIE;
and Louise de SavOi, the King S mother. was
in love with him. Louise had certain claims
on the inheritance of the COnstable's late
wife, Suzanne; and these claims che offered
to consolidate by marrying Bourbon-just
fourteen years her junior. He refused: and
| made her his enemy for life.
At last the court intri CUES and state plots
growing up everywhere, like mushrooms IN
a night, eliminated III his open rebellion
and the transfer of his sword and service to
the enemy of France and Francis. Charles
" of Spain Many of the first mobiles
OF the time followed the Constable among
them the COmte de SANITY aller-for whose
life his daughter, the beautiful Diane de
Breze, better known as Diane de Poitiers8
wife OF the Grand Seneschal of Normandy.
besoush hit the King on her kneesO Her beaue
ty gained what justice and ENERGY adks
would have denied; aud she bought the
grace she sought-at tho price Of which aP
history@s cogDizant.
Then came the war between Francis ana
Charles v, Rith our cousin Bourbon fight
ing under the banner OF Spain; the battle
OF Pavia. aud the famous letter of Francis
to his mother, "Tom est perdu fors Ehon-
ne,T;;" his Imprisonment and illness IN the
Alcazar at Madrid; the arrival of his sister
Marguerite his true friend, and her entrea
ties TO him to save his life and gain his lib
erty by asserting to the terms proposed by
Charles, namely, the cession of Burgundyo
the remuneration of all interest in Flanders
and the Mjlanese, the pay ment of a ransom
that would beggar the country, bis mar
rage with ElinOr. Queen Dowager of Por-
tugal, the sister of Charles, and the delive!o
ing up of his sons, the two young prlnces5
the Dauphin and the Due d'OrleanS. as
hostages till these conditions were fultiiyedo
To all CT which Francis swore assent-foS
the tine, and perjured himselt0
Aztec this we have the return SlsS OF
Charles to Francis. and the well known
aneciote Of Triboulet, the court fo"s The
debate between Francis aud tho Ducdesse
d 'Etampes, the reignlng tavoritea which
Mrs. Eliot has imagined. is on she subjec9
OF how Charles is to be received. tGancls
saws that he will COCO niece him at Iou9e
ralne, then attend him at Loches ana ASso
boise. TIE Duchess advocates ereach@rg
and the oubliettes Tie King holds Sost 81
the honor of hospitality and persgesiono
not force, in the matter OF that treats OF
Madrid. Trboulet, who has been shaking
the silver bells on his parti-colored dress
l.
ivory tablets to add something to d Hst BE
keeps of those whom he considers grea9eI
fools than himself. He calls 81 his @iournal.~
The King looks on the tablets and sees the
name of Charles W
"Ha! ha by the mase? now 9one 9as mS
Brother OF Spain figured sher@ = asks he
The day. sire, | heard he had pug b2s
foot on the French frontier
What will you do wheH ses ia.'n ale9sst
freely}y
II snalle' saI Trf6oa?eto SraSo Oae Is
name and put yours i'll cts place. stree
The visit, however. Went Oft, a. we knows
with no greater calamity than little love
making between the favorite and the
guest. part of the process of which was the
presentation of ring by Charles to the
duchess when she held the golden basin fer
him wherein to wash his hands with the
subsequent popular belief of her having be-
trayed Francis. 1t was the way these
favorites had. Bought by the greed of
gain, the love Of pleasure or the lust for
power, they were ready to sell to higher
bidder the so-called love and service they
had already bartered; and When Francis
wrote with his diamond ring Oh the win
of his closet at Chambord:
Sou7eut femme varie
Ben fol qui SIS he
he had had reason enoughqn his own life to
know how true his first line was, and how
oft repeated his second.
Henry H., the son OF Francis. husband of
Catherine de Medci and father Of Francis
H., Charles TX. and Henry III, likewise
the open and confessed lover OF his fathers
discarded fav0rite, Diane de Poitiers a
woman of thirty five when he was mere
lad and his bride only fifteen did not enjoy
his kingship very long. E.ght-and twenty
when he began his reign, he finished it A.
ID. 1913. when forty years Of age, and after
only twelve years rule. Who does net
know the manner OF his death. how, on that
bright summer day-when Elizabeth. his
daughter, and Marguerite, his sister. were
married. the one to Philip III. of Spain, the
morose husband of our own Mary Tudor
the other to the Duo de Savoie-after have
ing successfully mastered his opponents Ie
she jousts, Henry met the SO ecEsnap Monte !
gonleST, 9vhco by some mismanage2ne3toG did
noS succeed oYe StoSonS CON- SsS pest
Of gbe shocSo as w9s. the SySo bgs
5heok his fees out OF $50 stqrg0ps
The king Q6 his goldeG o.rmoTo G!s
sword handle and dagger set with jewels,
and wearing the cOlors OF Diane de Peitiers
white ard black, insisted Oh a second tilt.
They met. Montgomery held his lance
stral gt@ and firm. I9 bo5l1e tae kings vizor
and splinter entered his coe. and after lin
gering few daysen agony he died. Bug
even before he drew his last breath Catha-
rne sent an order to Ter hated rival to quia
the Louvre oa tie instaL9o o. deliver 9p the
crown jewels and 10 make over the posses