CHAPTER IX.
1610 Preparations for the coronation of Marie de Medicis--Wherefore deferred--They are resumed--The Cathedral of St.Denis--Gorgeous _coup d'oeil_--The procession--Indignation of the ex-Queen Marguerite--The Comte and Comtesse de Soissons leave Paris--Magnificence of Marie de Medicis and her Court--The coronation--The Queen is affectionately received by the King on reaching the Palace--The banquet--The Court returns to the Louvre--Last advice given by the King to the Queen-Regent--Gloomy forebodings--The Queen's toilet--The Due de Vendome and the Astrologer--The King's coach--Assassination of Henri IV--The Queen and the Chancellor--The royal children are placed under the care of M.de Vitry--Examination of the royal body--The King's heart--The state bier--The royal funeral..