I will merely tell you that the dispensation is pure and simple." King James I.had died on the 6th of April, 1625; and so it was King Charles I., and not the Prince of Wales, whom the Duke of Chevreuse represented at Paris on the 11th of May, 1625, at the espousals of Princess Henrietta Maria.

She set out on the 2d of June for England, escorted by the Duke of Buckingham, who had been sent by the king to fetch her, and who had gladly prolonged his stay in France, smitten as he was by the young Queen Anne of Austria.

Charles I.went to Dover to meet his wife, showing himself very amiable and attentive to her.

Though she little knew how fatal they would be to her, the king of England's palaces looked bare and deserted to the new queen, accustomed as she was to French elegance; she, however, appeared contented.

"How can your Majesty reconcile yourself to a Huguenot for a husband ?" asked one of her suite, indiscreetly.