22/23 This book was attributed to the reformed party; while the libel was strengthened by the indignation felt by the Court of Rome at the circumstance of M.de Bourges having taken upon himself to absolve Henri IV without the Papal authority, on his conversion to the Roman Catholic faith. The manner of his death, however, gainsayed the calumny; although so slight had been the respect felt for his sacred office, that the ex-Queen Marguerite had no sooner taken possession of his hotel, than the following placard was found affixed to the entrance-gate: "Comme Reine, tu devais etre En ta royale maison; Comme -- --, c'est bien raison Que tu loge an logis d'un pretre." [307] Bassompierre calls him Saint-Sulliendat, _Mem_.p. 46. |