It is true," adds M.Poirson, "that Mayenne stipulated that the Infanta should take a husband, within the year, at the suggestion of the councillors and great officers of the crown, that the kingdom should be preserved in its entirety, and that its laws and customs should be maintained.

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It even appears certain that Mayenne purposed not to keep any of these promises, and to emend his infamy by a breach of faith.