This is not our business, but I mention it only as the continuation of the Tragedy which you saw begin.

Nevertheless I don't know if the greater part of our deliberations is not founded on this matter." It had been decided to cause the Queen to be solemnly crowned after Easter.

She had set her heart with singular persistency upon the ceremony, and it was thought that so public a sacrament would annihilate all the wild projects attributed to Spain through the instrumentality of Conde to cast doubts on the validity of her marriage and the legitimacy of the Dauphin.

The King from the first felt and expressed a singular repugnance, a boding apprehension in regard to the coronation, but had almost yielded to the Queen's importunity.

He told her he would give his consent provided she sent Concini to Brussels to invite in her own name the Princess of Conde to be present on the occasion.