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Article ANECDOTES OF HENRI DUC DE MONTMORENCI. ← Page 4 of 4
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Anecdotes Of Henri Duc De Montmorenci.
The scaffold was erected in an inner court of the town-house of . Thoulouse , in which the duke was confined . In passino-to it , he observed the statue of Henry the Fourth , which stood in the middle cf the area ; the statue of a monarch who had been in some measure indebted to the duke ' s father for the crown of France . He stopped some minutes , and looked at it very attentively , reflecting , perhaps , the and
en ingratitude cruelty of the king his son . His confessor , who was beside him , asked him what was the matter , and whether he wanted any thing . " No , no , my good- father , " replied the illustrious criminal , " I was merely looking at the statue of Henry the Fourth . . He was a great and a noble-minded prince . I had the honour to be his godson . Let us go on . " Then pointing to the scaflie added
fold , , " That is my only road to Heaven . " ¦ As soon as he came upon the scaffold , he saluted the commanding officer , and all the persons present , more particularly the townguards , who had orders to attend this melancholy ceremony in the dress they wore on solemn occasions . He intreated them all to hear their testimony to his sovereign , that he died his most obedient subject , and penetrated with the deepest contrition at having offended
him . He then placed himself upon the block , and having committed his soul into the hands of the Author of his being , received the fatal blow . The blood flew out upon the walls of the area ; and such is still the veneration of the people of Thoulouse for the memory of M . de Montmorenci , that a few years ago they affected , with tears in their eyes , to shew the marks of it upon the walls of the court * . ' Thusby the hands of the executionerand as a public spectacle
, , on a scaffold , perished Henri Due de Montmorenci , a nobleman highly distinguished for the splendid virtues of munificence and of courage , of no incompetent parts and understanding , a Peer and Marshal of France , Kni ght of the venerable Order of the Hol y Ghost , and the first Christian Baron of Europe : qualities and titles which wouldhave pleaded very stronglin favour of the life of him who
. y possessed them , had he not diminished their power , and destro 3 'ed their influence , by committing treason against the executive government of his country ; the greatest crime which a subject can commit ; in itself but too apt to contain all other crimes , and in its own pernicious germ to inclose the seeds of rapine , devastation , and murder ; the dissolution of all order , and the destruction of civil societv .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anecdotes Of Henri Duc De Montmorenci.
The scaffold was erected in an inner court of the town-house of . Thoulouse , in which the duke was confined . In passino-to it , he observed the statue of Henry the Fourth , which stood in the middle cf the area ; the statue of a monarch who had been in some measure indebted to the duke ' s father for the crown of France . He stopped some minutes , and looked at it very attentively , reflecting , perhaps , the and
en ingratitude cruelty of the king his son . His confessor , who was beside him , asked him what was the matter , and whether he wanted any thing . " No , no , my good- father , " replied the illustrious criminal , " I was merely looking at the statue of Henry the Fourth . . He was a great and a noble-minded prince . I had the honour to be his godson . Let us go on . " Then pointing to the scaflie added
fold , , " That is my only road to Heaven . " ¦ As soon as he came upon the scaffold , he saluted the commanding officer , and all the persons present , more particularly the townguards , who had orders to attend this melancholy ceremony in the dress they wore on solemn occasions . He intreated them all to hear their testimony to his sovereign , that he died his most obedient subject , and penetrated with the deepest contrition at having offended
him . He then placed himself upon the block , and having committed his soul into the hands of the Author of his being , received the fatal blow . The blood flew out upon the walls of the area ; and such is still the veneration of the people of Thoulouse for the memory of M . de Montmorenci , that a few years ago they affected , with tears in their eyes , to shew the marks of it upon the walls of the court * . ' Thusby the hands of the executionerand as a public spectacle
, , on a scaffold , perished Henri Due de Montmorenci , a nobleman highly distinguished for the splendid virtues of munificence and of courage , of no incompetent parts and understanding , a Peer and Marshal of France , Kni ght of the venerable Order of the Hol y Ghost , and the first Christian Baron of Europe : qualities and titles which wouldhave pleaded very stronglin favour of the life of him who
. y possessed them , had he not diminished their power , and destro 3 'ed their influence , by committing treason against the executive government of his country ; the greatest crime which a subject can commit ; in itself but too apt to contain all other crimes , and in its own pernicious germ to inclose the seeds of rapine , devastation , and murder ; the dissolution of all order , and the destruction of civil societv .