And, as for all that, I felt it not in comparison with the inevitable mishap of this expedition.

I had found for M.du Plessis all the books of which he might possibly have need, hunted up, with great diligence considering the short time, in the libraries of all our friends, and I got them into his hands, but somewhat late in the day, because it was too late in the day when he gave me the commission." The private correspondence of these two noble persons is a fine example of conjugal and Christian union, virtue, and affection.

In 1605, their only son, Philip de Mornay, a very distinguished young man, then twenty-six years of age, obtained Henry IV.'s authority to go and serve in the army of the Prince of Orange, Maurice of Nassau, at deadly war with Spain.

He was killed in it on the 23d of October, at the assault upon the town of Gueldres.

On receiving news of his death, "I have now no son," said his father; "therefore I have now no wife." His sorrowful prediction was no delusion; six mouths after her son's death Madame de Mornay succumbed, unable any longer to bear the burden she was supporting without a murmur.