as she is virtuous towards me." Then, as Louise of Savoy wished to take
Margaret away, Charles turned towards the latter and said to her, "Do
not leave me."

The Duchess refused to follow her mother, and embracing her dying
husband, showed him the crucifix placed before his eyes. The Duke,
having summoned one of his gentlemen, M. de Chan-deniers, instructed him
to bid farewell on his part to all his servants, and to thank them for
their services, telling them that he had no longer strength to see them.
He asked God aloud to forgive his sins, received the extreme unction
from the Bishop of Lisieux, and raising his eyes to heaven, said
"Jesus," and expired. (1)

Whilst tending her dying husband, Margaret was also deeply concerned
as to the fate of her captive brother, for whom she always evinced the
warmest affection. Indeed, so close were the ties uniting Louise
of Savoy and her two children that they were habitually called the
"Trinity," as Clement Marot and Margaret have recorded in their poems.
(2)

1 From a MS. poem in the Bibliothèque Nationale entitled
_Les Prisons_, probably written by William Philander or
Filandrier, a canon of Rodez.

2 See _OEuvres de Clément Marot_, 1731, vol. v. p. 274; and
A. Champoîlion-Figeac's _Poésies de François Ier, &c_.,
Paris, 1847, p. 80.

In this Trinity Francis occupied the highest place; his mother called
him "her Cæsar and triumphant hero," while his sister absolutely