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Jeanne of Navarre dreaded them for her son Henry, whom she kept as long as possible under training in religion, learning, and hardy habits, in the mountains of Béarn; and when Catherine tried to draw him to court by proposing a marriage between him and her youngest daughter Margaret, Jeanne left him at home, and went herself to court. JEANNE OF NAVARRE DREADED THEM FOR HER SON HENRY WHOM SHE KEPT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE UNDER TRAINING IN RELIGION LEARNING AND HARDY HABITS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF BIEN AND WHEN CATHERINE TRIED TO DRAW HIM TO COURT BY PROPOSING A MARRIAGE BETWEEN HIM AND HER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER MARGARET JEANNE LEFT HIM AT HOME AND WENT HERSELF TO COURT
ir enemies permission to hold meetings for public worship within unwalled towns and on the estates of such nobles as held with them. 6. Catherine's Policy.--Catherine made use of the suspension of arms to try to detach the Huguenot leaders, by entangling them in the pleasures of the court and lowering their sense of duty. The court was studiously brilliant. Catherine surrounded herself with a bevy of ladies, called the Queen-Mother's Squadron, whose amusements were found for the whole day. The ladies sat at their tapestry frames, while Italian poetry and romance was read or love-songs sung by the gentlemen; they had garden games and hunting-parties, with every opening for the ladies to act as sirens to any whom the queen wished to detach from the principles of honour and virtue, and bind to her service. Balls, pageants, and theatricals followed in the evening, and there was hardly a prince or noble in France who was not carried away by these seductions into darker habits of profligacy. AVE WRUNG FROM THEIR ENEMIES PERMISSION TO HOLD MEETINGS FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP WITHIN UNWALLED TOWNS AND ON THE ESTATES OF SUCH NOBLES AS HELD WITH THEM SIX CATHERINE'S POLICY CATHERINE MADE USE OF THE SUSPENSION OF ARMS TO TRY TO DETACH THE HUGUENOT LEADERS BY ENTANGLING THEM IN THE PLEASURES OF THE COURT AND LOWERING THEIR SENSE OF DUTY THE COURT WAS STUDIOUSLY BRILLIANT CATHERINE SURROUNDED HERSELF WITH A BEVY OF LADIES CALLED THE QUEEN MOTHER'S SQUADRON WHOSE AMUSEMENTS WERE FOUND FOR THE WHOLE DAY THE LADIES SAT AT THEIR TAPESTRY FRAMES WHILE ITALIAN POETRY AND ROMANCE WAS READ OR LOVE SONGS SUNG BY THE GENTLEMEN THEY HAD GARDEN GAMES AND HUNTING PARTIES WITH EVERY OPENING FOR THE LADIES TO ACT AS SIRENS TO ANY WHOM THE QUEEN WISHED TO DETACH FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF HONOR AND VIRTUE AND BIND TO HER SERVICE BALLS PAGEANTS AND THEATRICALS FOLLOWED IN THE EVENING AND THERE WAS HARDLY A PRINCE OR NOBLE IN FRANCE WHO WAS NOT CARRIED AWAY BY THESE SEDUCTIONS INTO DARKER HABITS OF PROFLIGACY
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