her even in her house, and gave her
with his own hand to the Queen his sister, for he knew her to be a very
well-advised and very virtuous lady, but not so shrewd, or artful, or
ready-witted in such matters as her predecessor, or married either a
second time.

"And if you wish to know to whom the story applies, it is to the Queen
of Navarre herself and Admiral de Bonnivet, as I hold it from my late
grandmother; and yet it seems to me that the said Queen should not have
concealed her name, since the other could not obtain aught from her
chastity, but went off in confusion, and since she herself had meant
to divulge the matter had it not been for the fine and sensible
remonstrance which was made to her by the said lady of honour, Madame de
Chastillon. Whoever has read the story will find that she was a lady of
honour, and I think that the Cardinal, her said husband, who was one of
the best speakers and most learned, eloquent, wise, and shrewd men of
his time, must have instilled into her this science of speaking and
remonstrating so well."

Brantome also refers to the story in question in his _Vies des Hommes
illustres et grands Capitaines francais_ (vol. ii. p. 162), wherein he
says:--

"There is a tale in the stories of the Queen of Navarre, which speaks of
a lord, the favourite of a king, whom he invited with all his court to
one of his houses, where he made a trap-door in his room conducting to
the bedside of a great princess, in view of lying with her, as he did,
but, as the story relates, he obtained only scratches from her."

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