Launched forth for our surprise,
Than could arise
From twenty Joves in furious might.

[12] Charles IX. had married Elizabeth of Austria, daughter of
Maximilian.

[13] Had this natural child, no other than the famous Duc d'Angouleme,
who died in 1650, been legitimate, he would have supplanted Henry III.,
Henry IV., Louis XIII., and Louis XIV. What would he have given in place
of them? The imagination gropes hopelessly about among the shadows of
such a question.

[14]

"Thus had perished one who was feared,
Sooner, too soon, would he have died, had it not been for prudence."

[15] Your unlooked-for presence in this court would overwhelm my husband
and myself with joy, did it not bring with it a great misfortune, that
is, the loss not only of a brother, but also that of a friend.

[16] We are heartbroken at being separated from you, when we should have
preferred going with you, but the same fate which decrees that you must
leave Paris without delay, retains us in this city. Go, therefore, dear
brother; go, dear friend; go without us. Our hopes and our good wishes
follow you.

[17] He who beats on the wall will never get into the castle.

[18] Textual.

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