The hemorrhages characteristic of his disease reminded him of the torrents of blood that he had caused to flow from his country.

Broken in body and haunted by superstitious terrors the wretched man died on May 30, 1574.

[Sidenote: Henry III, 1547-89] He was succeeded by his brother, Henry III, recently elected king of Poland, a man of good parts, interested in culture and in study, a natural orator, not destitute of intelligence.

His mother's pet and spoiled child, brought up among the girls of the "flying squadron," he was in a continual state of nervous and sensual titillation that made him avid of excitement and yet unable to endure it.

A thunderstorm drove him to hide in the cellar and to tears.