l' Hôpital, one of the most accomplished women of her time,
and Brantôme devotes an article to her in his _Dames
Illustres_ (Lalanne, v. viii. pp. 328-37). See also Hilarion
de Coste's _Éloges et Vies des Reines, Princesses, &c_.,
Paris, 1647, vol. ii. p. 278.

The Duchess of Montpensier, also referred to above, is
Jacqueline de Longwick (now Longwy), Countess of Bar-sur-
Seine, daughter of J. Ch. de Longwick, Lord of Givry, and of
Jane, _bâtarde_ of Angoulême. In 1538 Jacqueline was
married to Louis II. de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier. She
gained great influence at the French Court, both under
Francis I. and afterwards, and De Thou says of her that she
was possessed of great wit and wisdom, far superior to the
century in which she lived. She died in August 1561, and was
the mother of Francis I., Duke of Montpensier, sometimes
called the Dauphin of Auvergne, who fought at Jarnac,
Moncontour, Arques, and Ivry, against Henry of Navarre.--L.,
B. J. and Ed.

They, being by no means enamoured of melancholy, begged that she would
tell them what it was.

"You know such a one," she replied, "as worthy a gentleman as lives, and
as bold. You are aware how many ill turns he has done me, and that, just
when I loved him most, he fell in love with others, and so caused me
more grief than I have ever suffered to be seen. Well, God has now
afforded me the means of taking revenge upon him.

"I am forthwith going to my own room, which is overhead, and immediately