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He was called "the Paris Church warden and the Queen's Hairdresser," for he passed from her toilette to the decoration of the walls of churches with illuminations cut out of old service books. HE WAS CALLED THE PARISH CHURCHWARDEN AND THE QUEEN'S HAIRDRESSER FOR HE PASSED FROM HER TOILETTE TO THE DECORATION OF THE WALLS OF CHURCHES WITH ILLUMINATIONS CUT OUT OF OLD SERVICE BOOKS
re the seigneur was of "the religion." The Catholic party thought the destruction complete, the court went in state to return thanks for deliverance from a supposed plot, while Coligny's body was hung on a gibbet. The Pope ordered public thanksgivings, while Queen Elizabeth put on mourning, and the Emperor Maximilian II., alone among Catholic princes, showed any horror or indignation. But the heart of the unhappy young king was broken by the guilt he had incurred. Charles IX. sank into a decline, and died in 1574, finding no comfort save in the surgeon and nurse he had saved. 8. The League.--His brother, _Henry III._, who had been elected King of Poland, threw up that crown in favour of that of France. He was of a vain, false, weak character, superstitiously devout, and at the same time ferocious, so as to alienate every one. All were ashamed of a man who dressed in the extreme of foppery, with a rosary of death's heads at his girdle, and passed from wild dissipation to abject penance. HE SIGNOR WAS OF THE RELIGION THE CATHOLIC PARTY THOUGHT THE DESTRUCTION COMPLETE THE COURT WENT IN STATE TO RETURN THANKS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM A SUPPOSED PLOT WHILE CORLINI'S BODY WAS HUNG ON A GIBBET THE POPE ORDERED PUBLIC THANKSGIVINGS WHILE QUEEN ELIZABETH PUT ON MOURNING AND THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN THE SECOND ALONE AMONG CATHOLIC PRINCES SHOWED ANY HORROR OR INDIGNATION BUT THE HEART OF THE UNHAPPY YOUNG KING WAS BROKEN BY THE GUILT HE HAD INCURRED CHARLES THE NINTH SANK INTO A DECLINE AND DIED IN FIFTEEN SEVENTY FOUR FINDING NO COMFORT SAVE IN THE SURGEON AND NURSE HE HAD SAVED EIGHT THE LEAGUE HIS BROTHER HENRY THE THIRD WHO HAD BEEN ELECTED KING OF POLAND THREW UP THAT CROWN IN FAVOUR OF THAT OF FRANCE HE WAS OF A VAIN FALSE WEAK CHARACTER SUPERSTITIOUSLY DEVOUT AND AT THE SAME TIME FEROCIOUS SO AS TO ALIENATE EVERYONE ALL WERE ASHAMED OF A MAN WHO DRESSED IN THE EXTREME OF FOPPERY WITH THE ROSARY OF DEATH'S HEADS AT HIS GIRDLE AND PASSED FROM WILD DISSIPATION TO ABJECT PENANCE
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