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news of the Duke’s death. It was in any case a short
visit, as he was obliged to return to France for the funeral
of his father. Several entries in the Treasurer’s Accounts 1
concern his visit and the gifts made him by his sister, and
a letter from D’Oysel,2 written ‘ from Dunglas where
nothing is found but what is brought there,’ on the 14th
May, gives a curiously graphic picture of the company
waiting for the arrival of the Marquis in a country devas¬
tated by the English. An unsigned letter from London,3
possibly written by the Seigneur de Boisdauphin and
dated the 13th June of that year, announced the return
of Mayenne to France after a visit to the King at Green¬
wich on his way to take ship at Dover, a visit noted by
Edward vi. in his Journal.
Anne d’Est, Duchess of Guise 4 after 1550, wrote several
times after her marriage : the first letter was merely an
apology for previous omissions, excusing herself because of
a fever which had made her too feeble to write; another 5
asked for news on behalf of the Queen, probably Mary
Stuart, who was anxious for word, too long delayed, of
the Queen Dowager. A sentence in this letter possibly
alluded to the dismissal of Lady Fleming from Court:
‘ She has managed that the woman who was here has gone
away and left yesterday : she only thinks of her and I
assure you, Madame, because she hates her that people
tell her so many things that it is pitiful.’ The writer also
informed the Queen that she had been ill with an attack
of measles ; and as there is a letter from Catherine de’
Medici6 to Anne d’Est of the 18th April 1551, in which she
alluded to the prevalence of the disease, it is probable
that Anne wrote not long after that date. A suggestion
of difficulties at Court is given by the Duchess’s remark
1 Accounts, 1547-51, pp. 414, 416. 2 Letter XLVIII.
3 Letter XL1X. 4 Letter LXV. s Letter LXXIII.
6 Lettres de Catherine de Mtdicis, p. 39.
news of the Duke’s death. It was in any case a short
visit, as he was obliged to return to France for the funeral
of his father. Several entries in the Treasurer’s Accounts 1
concern his visit and the gifts made him by his sister, and
a letter from D’Oysel,2 written ‘ from Dunglas where
nothing is found but what is brought there,’ on the 14th
May, gives a curiously graphic picture of the company
waiting for the arrival of the Marquis in a country devas¬
tated by the English. An unsigned letter from London,3
possibly written by the Seigneur de Boisdauphin and
dated the 13th June of that year, announced the return
of Mayenne to France after a visit to the King at Green¬
wich on his way to take ship at Dover, a visit noted by
Edward vi. in his Journal.
Anne d’Est, Duchess of Guise 4 after 1550, wrote several
times after her marriage : the first letter was merely an
apology for previous omissions, excusing herself because of
a fever which had made her too feeble to write; another 5
asked for news on behalf of the Queen, probably Mary
Stuart, who was anxious for word, too long delayed, of
the Queen Dowager. A sentence in this letter possibly
alluded to the dismissal of Lady Fleming from Court:
‘ She has managed that the woman who was here has gone
away and left yesterday : she only thinks of her and I
assure you, Madame, because she hates her that people
tell her so many things that it is pitiful.’ The writer also
informed the Queen that she had been ill with an attack
of measles ; and as there is a letter from Catherine de’
Medici6 to Anne d’Est of the 18th April 1551, in which she
alluded to the prevalence of the disease, it is probable
that Anne wrote not long after that date. A suggestion
of difficulties at Court is given by the Duchess’s remark
1 Accounts, 1547-51, pp. 414, 416. 2 Letter XLVIII.
3 Letter XL1X. 4 Letter LXV. s Letter LXXIII.
6 Lettres de Catherine de Mtdicis, p. 39.
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