Her daughter, Marguerite, the victim of her schemes--an unwilling actor in the drama--suffered much sorrow and privation within these walls, after her marriage with a prince who never could surmount the distaste which circumstances of such peculiar horror as attended their union had given him; and the once cheerful place--the scene of splendour for centuries--lost its glory and its happy character after the beloved family of Queen Jeanne had deserted its towers.
Everything connected with the birth of Henry IV.

is in general well-known, and has been so frequently repeated, that it is almost unnecessary to relate any circumstances attending that anxiously looked-for event,--cordially hailed by his grandfather, Henry.

The account, however, given by Favyn is so characteristic that it cannot but be read with interest _a-propos_ of the chateau where it occurred: "The Princess of Navarre, being near her term, took leave of her husband, and set out from Compeign the 15th of November.

She crossed all France to the Pyrenees, and directed her steps to Pau, where her father, the King of Navarre, then was.

She arrived in the town after eighteen days' journey.