[124] So called derisively, because he was born and brought up in the poor province of Béarn, in the Pyrenees.
[125] Her majesty, we learn from the Mémoires of L'Estoile, was of a rich figure, stout, fine eyes and complexion. She used no paint, powder or other vilanie.
[126] In 1586 six poor wretches convicted of plotting the assassination of Queen Elizabeth were dragged to Tyburn, "hanged but for a moment, taken down while the susceptibility of agony was unimpaired and cut in pieces afterwards with due precautions for the protraction of the pain."—Froude's History.
[127] The new palace was situated in the parish of St. Germain l'Auxerrois, the parish church of the Louvre.
[128] The north tower was left only partially constructed, and was finished by Louis XIII.
[129] By a curious coincidence the widening of the Rue de la Ferronnerie had been ordered just before the king was assassinated.
[130] They marked the seven resting-places of the saint as he journeyed to St. Denis after his martyrdom.
[131] The Grande Galerie.
[132] In the Hôtel de Bourbon, east of the old Louvre, sometimes known as the Petit Bourbon. It was demolished to give place to the new east façade of the Louvre.
[133] The Church of Notre Dame des Victoires commemorates the victory.