t otherwise. And upon the said Colas asking him
what should be done with the body, St. Aignan paid no heed to this
question, because he was not master of himself; but merely said to Colas
that he might do as he thought fit, and that the body might be interred
in consecrated ground or placed in the street. After which St. Aignan
withdrew into his room and slept with his wife, who had her maids with
her. And on the morrow this same Colas declared to St. Aignan that he
had taken the said body to be buried, so as to avoid a scandal. To all
of which things St. Aignan paid no heed, but on the morrow sent to fetch
the two young men in the service of the said Dumesnil, who were at his
lodging, and had the horses removed from the said lodging, and gave
orders to one of the young men to take them back.

"On account of all which occurrences he (St. Aignan) absented himself,
&c, &c, but humbly entreating us, &c, &c. Wherefore we now give to the
Bailiffs of Chartres and Caen, or to their Lieutenants, and to each of
them severally and to all, &c, &c. Given at Chatelherault, in the month
of July, the year of Grace, one thousand five hundred and twenty-six,
and the twelfth of our reign.

"_Signed: By the King on the report of the Council_:

"De Nogent."_Visa: contentor_.

"De Nogent."

It will be seen that the foregoing petition contains various
contradictory statements. The closet, for instance, is at
first described as being near the room in which St. Aignan
and his wife slept, then it is asserted that the wife slept
in the closet, but ultimately the husband is shown joining
his wife in the bed-chamber, where she had heard nothing.
The character of the narrative is proof of its falsity, and
Margaret's account of the affair may readily be accepted as
the more correct one.--Ed.

C. (Tale IV., Page 85.)

_Les Vies des Dames galantes_ contains the following passage bearing
upon Margaret's 4th Tale. See Lalanne's edition of Brantome's Works,
vol. ix. p. 678 _et sec_.:--

"I have heard a lady of great and ancient rank relate that the late
Cardinal du Bellay, whilst a Bishop and Cardinal, married Madame de
Chastillon, and died married; and this lady said it in conversing with
Monsieur de Manne, a Provencal of the house of Seulal, and Bishop of
Frejus, who had attended the said Cardinal during fifteen years at
the Court of Rome, and had been one of his private protonotaries. The
c