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Excerpt from Corse De Leon, Vol. 2 of 3: Or, the Brigand; A Romance
We shall pause no more, however, upon the decorations of that gay scene, inasmuch as so to do would be merely to give description with out an object; for we have no reason to assign why the reader should bear any part thereof in mind. It is principally with the great hall we have to do, but, more especially still, with the people that were in it. Shortly after ten the king himself, with his queen, the famous Catherine de Medicis, several of his children amongst whom were three destined to be kings, and two queens of mighty nations - entered the hall, and took his place towards the head of the room. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
