Of Bourbon's house?—see that thou find them straight:

His mother was my kinswoman, and I

Could aptly once trace characters like those

She used to write—enough—Guienne—Auvergne

And all Provence that lies beneath his claim,—

That claim disprov'd, of right belong to me.—

The path is clear, do thou fetch me those parchments.

[Exit Gonzales.

Not dearer to my heart will be the day

When first the crown of France deck'd my son's forehead,