the Memoir of
Margaret, pp. xxvi. and xxxv.)--Ed.

3 According to Brantome, the Lady of Flanders, the young
Prince's sister, was Queen Margaret herself, and the
gentleman who paid court to her was William Gouffier, Lord
of Bonnivet, of Crevecoeur, Thois, and Querdes, and also a
favourite of Francis I., with whom he was brought up, and by
whom he was employed in all the great enterprises of the
time. Bonnivet became Admiral of France in 1517, and two
years later he was created governor of Dauphine, and
guardian of the Dauphin's person. He negotiated the peace
and alliance with Henry VIII., and arranged all the
preliminaries of the interview known as the Field of the
Cloth of Gold (1520). In 1521, says Anselme in his _Histoire
Genealogique_, Bonnivet became governor of Guienne,
commanded the army sent to Navarre, and captured Fontarabia.
In 1524 he was despatched to Italy as lieutenant-general,
and besieged Milan, but was repeatedly repulsed, and finally
fell back on the Ticino. He was killed at Pavia (February
24, 1525), and was largely responsible for that disastrous
defeat, having urged Francis I. to give battle, contrary to
the advice of the more experienced captains. Bonnivet, as
mentioned by Queen Margaret in this story, had the
reputation of being one of the handsomest men of his time.--
L.

He made this offer, but the answer that he received from her was
contrary to his desires. However, although her reply was such as
beseemed a Princess and a woman of true virtue, she readily pardoned his
hardihood for the sake of his comeliness and breeding, and let him know
that she bore him no ill-will for what he had said. But she charged him
never to speak to her after that fashion again; and this he promised,
that he might not lose the pleasure and honour of her conversation.
Nevertheless, as time went on, his love so increased that he forgot the
promise he had made. He did not, however, risk further trial of words,
for he had learned by experience, and much against his will, what
virtuous replies she was able to make. But he reflected that if he could
take her somewhere at a disadvantage, she, being a widow, young, lusty,
and of a lively humour, would perchance take pity on him and on herself.

To compass his ends, he told his master that excellent hunting was to
be had in the neighbourhood of his h