"O God, who by Thy virtues counselled Thy peoples, give to this Thy servant the spirit of Thy wisdom! Let to all men born be in these days equity and justice: to friends succour, to enemies hinderance, to the afflicted consolation, to the lofty correction, to the rich instruction, to the needy pity, to pilgrims hospitality, to poor subjects peace and safety in the mother-land! Let him learn to command himself, moderately to govern each one according to his state, so that, O Lord, he may give to all the people an example of life pleasing to Thee!"
Before reproducing in my pamphlet, Le Roi est mort: vive le roi! this prayer preserved by Du Tillet[261], I had exclaimed:
"Let us humbly beseech Charles X. to imitate his ancestors: thirty-two sovereigns of the Third Dynasty have received the royal unction."
All my duties being fulfilled, I left Rheims, and was able to say, like Joan of Arc:
"My mission is ended."
[156] This book was written in 1839 and revised in December 1846.—T.
[157] Joseph Planta (1787-1847) was secretary to Lord Londonderry for many years. From 1827 to 1830, he was one of the joint secretaries of the Treasury and, in 1834, was made a Privy Councillor. He sat as M. P. for Hastings, almost without interruption, from 1827 to 1844.—T.
[158] Amelia Anne Marchioness of Londonderry (1772-1829), née Hobart, daughter and co-heiress of John Hobart, second Earl of Buckinghamshire, and married to the Marquess of Londonderry in 1794.—T.
[159] The Vicomte Mathieu de Montmorency, Minister of Foreign Affairs.—B.