LETTER VI

Henri, Duc d'Anjou, Elected King of Poland, Leaves France.--Huguenot

Plots to Withdraw the Duc d'Alençon and the King of Navarre from

Court.--Discovered and Defeated by Marguerite's Vigilance.--She

Draws Up an Eloquent Defence, Which Her Husband Delivers before a

Committee from the Court of Parliament.--Alençon and Her Husband,

under a Close Arrest, Regain Their Liberty by the Death of Charles

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