The Heptameron
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Excerpt from The Heptameron: Of Margaret, Queen of Navarre Margaret of Angouleme, Duchess of Alengon,Queen of Navarre, only sister of Francis I., is certainly the author of the collection of tales which bears her name, though the fact has been doubted by some French writers. La Croix du Maine, for instance, says: "I question whether the princess composed this book; forasmuch as it is full of bold discourses and ticklish expressions." But, against this surmise we may set the positive testimony of Bran tome. The Queen of Navarre, he says, "composed most of these novels in her litter as she travelled; for her hours of retirement were employed in affairs of importance. I have heard this account from my grandmother, who always went with her in her litter, as her lady of honour, and held her stand-ish for her; and she wrote them down as quickly and readily, or rather more so, than if they had been dictated to her." Besides, as Bayle remarks, La Croix du Maine could never have entertained a doubt on the matter if he had read Claude Gruget´s dedication of the second edition of the work to Joan d´Albret, only daughter of Queen Margaret. Had the work been supposititious, it is incredible that Gruget should have thus addressed the princess: "Such a present will not be new to you ; you will only recognise it as your mother´s heiress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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