Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- History of the Court of England. VOL. I
- History of the Court of England. VOL. II
- CONTENTS
- CHAP. I An Injured Princess
- CHAP. II An Investigation, and a Tour to the North
- CHAP. III Eccentricity
- CHAP. IV Fashionable Depravity of the Fifteenth Century
- CHAP. V Artful Politics, and Fashionable Folly
- CHAP. VI The Dissolution of a Corrupt Parliament
- CHAP. VII Nobility
- CHAP. VIII A Letter
- CHAP. IX Delights of Constantinople
- CHAP. X Ambition and Disappointed Love
- CHAP. XI Treachery and Cruelty Inimical to Peace
- CHAP. XII Ill Assorted Attachment
- CHAP. XIII Penance
- CHAP. XIV A Mystery Elucidated
- CHAP. XV A Careless Husband
- CHAP. XVI Exalted Virtue
- CHAP. XVII Female Degradation
- CHAP. XVIII Prophecies
- Editorial Notes
- Textual Variants
CHAP. VIII - A Letter
from History of the Court of England. VOL. II
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- History of the Court of England. VOL. I
- History of the Court of England. VOL. II
- CONTENTS
- CHAP. I An Injured Princess
- CHAP. II An Investigation, and a Tour to the North
- CHAP. III Eccentricity
- CHAP. IV Fashionable Depravity of the Fifteenth Century
- CHAP. V Artful Politics, and Fashionable Folly
- CHAP. VI The Dissolution of a Corrupt Parliament
- CHAP. VII Nobility
- CHAP. VIII A Letter
- CHAP. IX Delights of Constantinople
- CHAP. X Ambition and Disappointed Love
- CHAP. XI Treachery and Cruelty Inimical to Peace
- CHAP. XII Ill Assorted Attachment
- CHAP. XIII Penance
- CHAP. XIV A Mystery Elucidated
- CHAP. XV A Careless Husband
- CHAP. XVI Exalted Virtue
- CHAP. XVII Female Degradation
- CHAP. XVIII Prophecies
- Editorial Notes
- Textual Variants
Summary
Our good qualities, more than our errors, expose us to persecution.
ROCHEFOUCAULTBLANCHE of Bretagne was a relation of the Princess of Savoy, and an enthusiastic admirer of her virtues. She was one of those rare examples we sometimes see, of female friendship rising superior to vain and established customs, and braving every danger for the sake of her friend. She had attempted following the princess in disguise; was detected, and, by tyrannical parents, put in close confinement; but / neither their threats, nor the absence of her cousin, could eradicate the remembrance of the heartfelt and sincere affection she bore her; and, finding it impossible for her to enjoy the endearing society of that relative, for whom she entertained the highest reverence as well as love, she conveyed to her a letter; by means of a trusty friend, who acquainted her with all the transactions which were passing at the court of Edward. This letter was an exhortation to the princess to render her cause public, and of which the following is a correct translation.
'Amiable, respected, and injured princess,
While innumerable pens are employed in addressing your royal husband, for such he certainly is, by all the laws of nations, from the time that / Warwick arrived at your court ambassador, to demand you in marriage; while every true British breast, feeling, how solemnly Edward has bound himself to you, by those ties he now refuses to ratify; those hearts are warmly interested in support of your claims, and ardent in the cause of injured innocence and suffering virtue: while the English nation, as one body, breathe the sense of your wrongs, and the lips of truth are vermilioned with your praise; while every eye is turned towards you, and every hand indignantly raised, to crush your accusers; why does the condescending forbearance of your highness withhold that public exposition, by which the foul conspirators may meet the punishment due to their iniquitous designs?
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- The Private History of the Court of Englandby Sarah Green, pp. 137 - 142Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014