Henry III., in fact, expired on the 2d of August, 1589, between two and three in the morning.

The first persons Henry of Navarre encountered as he entered the Hotel de Retz were the officers of the Scottish guard, who threw themselves at his feet, saying, "Ah! sir, you are now our king and our master." [Illustration: Henry of Navarre and the Scotch Guard----448] END OF VOLUME IV..