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FRANCE -- (CARLE(S), LANCELOT De). Lettre de l'evesque de Riez, au roy, contenant les actions & propos de Monsieur de Guyse, depuis la blessure, iusques à son trespas. Par., J. Kerver, 1563. (36) pp. W. woodcut ti-vign. (unicorn). Late 19th c. red h. mor. extra w. raised bands & dec. gilt back. (Upper outer corner ti. skilfully rep., margins cut).
Lancelot de Carle (also Carles) (c. 1508-68), Bishop of Riez, was a French scholar, poet and diplomat. He was in London in 1536, in the service of the French Ambassador, Antoine de Castelnau. There he witnessed the trial and execution of Anne Boleyn. He is especially know for his poem that he wrote on her life and death. This work contains the letter to King of France, Charles IX, containing the actions and words of M. de Guise (=Francis, Duke of Guise), since his injury until his death. He was murdered by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot, during the siege of Orléans. - Not in Adams.€ 120
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