He was occasionally sensible during a few minutes, and, during one of these lucid intervals, faintly expressed his gratitude to Lewis.

On the sixteenth he died.

His Queen retired that evening to the nunnery of Chaillot, where she could weep and pray undisturbed.

She left Saint Germains in joyous agitation.

A herald made his appearance before the palace gate, and, with sound of trumpet, proclaimed, in Latin, French and English, King James the Third of England and Eighth of Scotland.