MASQUE OF CHARLES VI » T R A N C E .
IN the a( Porii^ffrhviTig plate* is represented öJWöïLthe most
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tlie unh tppyJloBffiSCliarlLS
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Inl'jSf'^'/î^t^Miuc'f-n niÆrrie^m'im'of hor ladies of
who va-, 'a-^Jfiyï *M that age it was cus-
Ktom it \ to«, in tiTi lgc ol t\id ^ svAithjffîl
kniost .riotc)ns^a'mÿg^M^hÆ^.ij iiiihtli”!Sîrafl^^^ra'«\h(>
I was prentTri ^ ^ ;t;l^ ^ ‘^r^Kias«ÿ^^?lm\o(»i^tii,*i'dô :mr
say what he ItiiaV
favóiirigS dCterriiiwod mukepmOSan i
°''l‘n (h^!0 v ri^ 't ^ ,L'311 <d sM smll?. ocoatiôîi-«. ^ O fieH ^ ^ ^ n g ^ la ^ ô t^ ^ S
9 B K B i^hn,-^p1 ( ashns, a vviclcocl man iMmod1-'
in £tiptfi the king aiidj
^'lv..‘^ife^1'1.'? khight,'Sffl8&lr (h>‘,(iuisaÿ-j^®^iiiS!|hii™s^:^^m^Kl^^^(^dKrfrrtn^ekvos,'
a j ^ H "O tv /d 'jip in v . ^ o n . n o n w h jih tf|fc^i|ffl.i ThrK frfëÙljy iV
bodies, aild >whjpw x\ ! is ƒei£rL* o \ t ( • r n al J y a\ i th »MgL tiw ^ ^ ^ rosififfian d^jjifridfë
oirs^hieh t^^wà^^^^Bod^so as to make their^lfr^MdiairxÿiÈi^d'a^’li On
tJ^ ^ feoftàs m i s placed liidoous masks;
^ \hen tin1, ladjSlÉÉvthc.
were celebrating their nuptials in B& royal pala<
Janu a ry in t p s A r above inen|aT/ntd^tiMi^^^^mcl his*'fiv|e$l|ni^hts^
t ^ ^ ^ ^ fe ?U]'sedj ö ;th b h a ll liu v lm j hl . I •* ~ ÿ J j r / j n j * irnl-;I i|iin j
ahbnî in -the rno-t ex trav ag an t ‘•tyl^, a n d 'tj^^1rin g ^^ lra^« i/iïd ^u riïJ),u fh '> 'an d l
In th e mid st?o f ‘.the'.‘C o ji^ Io n
~^SPuke Q^Orleans^fel^liking’s brother) and tlie Comte dC 15 MQHHHH
the evening elsf where, armed, anclfethinking^ tobt ht
merriment and * frighten... |É | ladies, they set- fire to vrla T m '^miiN.^iil - mi
o^Le/masquers. The pitch and rosin immediately caiiftlTtfttift^ H p ^ ^ nil the
S^ ^ f ^ eCame *n a ^ew seco:Qdè';so many blazing fire
^e^ :,p v to their .^bed,i^'. it was impossible "j^ S ^ li^ r »themselves
fronî^ them, and the-five knights, like l|j^ g ’ masses of fire, t h ^ ^ off their
maskö, and ran from M^'h|dei of the hall to the other,
toiÿaents, and.uttering the mostierrible èfiw||£
■4t the moment when this disaster^ tqokpSKlfêj it '^%TVe.ife(]^tHK'i?^ Jflra king was
apart from his companions, running aftèr'xtke I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ VVs^of Berry;' whoi(1
when she saw what ’had- happened.^
robe, so that no' spark^puld* fall u|j|jn* him. andthe^tra^'tFii nlm^ll "The->queen
ïûost of the other ladies fled terrorjft^ a i^ ^ ^ &tant part of^
the house. One. of the knights, wi th .’more. presehcJ^“ mind than, his com;'