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The great silk manufactories of southern France chiefly arose under his encouragement, and there was prosperity of every kind. THE GREAT SILK MANUFACTORIES OF SOUTHERN FRANCE CHIEFLY AROSE UNDER HIS ENCOURAGEMENT AND THERE WAS PROSPERITY OF EVERY KIND
ng graceful ways of striking death-blows. Whole districts had been laid waste, churches and abbeys destroyed, tombs rifled, and the whole population accustomed to every sort of horror and suffering; while nobody but Henry IV. himself, and the Duke of Sully, had any notion either of statesmanship or of religious toleration. 11. Henry's Plans.--Just as the reign of Louis XI. had been a period of rest and recovery from the English wars, so that of Henry IV. was one of restoration from the ravages of thirty years of intermittent civil war. The king himself not only had bright and engaging manners, but was a man of large heart and mind; and Sully did much for the welfare of the country. Roads, canals, bridges, postal communications, manufactures, extended commerce, all owed their promotion to him, and brought prosperity to the burgher class; and the king was especially endeared to the peasantry by his saying that he hoped for the time when no cottage would be without a good fowl in its pot.  GRACEFUL WAYS OF STRIKING DEATH BLOWS WHOLE DISTRICTS HAD BEEN LAID WASTE CHURCHES AND ABBEYS DESTROYED TOMBS RIFLED AND THE WHOLE POPULATION ACCUSTOMED TO EVERY SORT OF HORROR AND SUFFERING WHILE NOBODY BUT HENRY THE FOURTH HIMSELF AND THE DUKE OF SALLY HAD ANY NOTION EITHER OF STATESMANSHIP OR OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION ELEVEN HENRY'S PLANS JUST AS THE REIGN OF LOUIS THE ELEVENTH HAD BEEN A PERIOD OF REST AND RECOVERY FROM THE ENGLISH WARS SO THAT OF HENRY THE FOURTH WAS ONE OF RESTORATION FROM THE RAVAGES OF THIRTY YEARS OF INTERMITTENT CIVIL WAR THE KING HIMSELF NOT ONLY HAD BRIGHT AND ENGAGING MANNERS BUT WAS A MAN OF LARGE HEART AND MIND AND SULLY DID MUCH FOR THE WELFARE OF THE COUNTRY ROADS CANALS BRIDGES POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS MANUFACTURES EXTENDED COMMERCE ALL OWED THEIR PROMOTION TO HIM AND BROUGHT PROSPERITY TO THE BURGHER CLASS AND THE KING WAS ESPECIALLY ENDEARED TO THE PEASANTRY BY HIS SAYING THAT HE HOPED FOR THE TIME WHEN NO COTTAGE WOULD BE WITHOUT A GOOD FOWL IN ITS POT
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