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The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3)

CHAPTER VI
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L'Etoile, vol.iii.p.

370 _note_.
[332] _Mercure Francais_, 1606, p.

107.
[333] L'Etoile, vol.iii.p.

370.
[334] It had frequently been foretold to the King that he would die in a carriage, and the prophecy had made so great an impression upon his mind, that he always endeavoured to conceal it under a show of gaiety, particularly when any accident occurred by which it appeared likely to be verified.

In the year 1597, while he was travelling near Mouy, in Picardy, the coach in which he rode was tumbled down a precipice; while the danger incurred at Neuilly was scarcely less great; and the prediction was fatally accomplished in 1610 .-- _Lettres de Nicolas Pasquier_, book i.


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