They must be amongst the dead who have been buried, for I requested next day that they should be.

Many of our young noblemen, seeing me with them everywhere, were full of fire in this engagement, and showed a great deal of courage; amongst whom I came across Gramont, Termes, Boissy, La Curse, and the Marquis of Mirebeau, who, as luck would have it, found themselves at it without any armor but their neck-pieces and _gaillardets_ (front and back plates), and did marvels.

There were others who did not do so well, and many who did very ill.

Those who were not there ought to be sorry for it, seeing that I had need of all my good friends, and I saw you very near becoming my heiress." [_Lettres missives de Henri IV.,_ t.iv.

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