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From: Funston <pix...@cl...> - 2009-08-22 07:30:25
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Am accused of ambition--I, rich and a queen--I am accused of cruelty; and the most impartial judges consider me a riddle. Do you think that I was actuated by feelings of hatred; that I breathed nothing but vengeance and fury?' She smiled. 'I was calm and cold as Reason herself. I condemned the Huguenots without pity, it is true, but without anger. If I had been Queen of England, I would have done the same to the Catholics if they had been seditious. Our country required at that time one God, one faith, one master. Luckily for me, I have described my policy in a word. When Birague announced to me the defeat at Dreux--well, I said, we must go to the Conventicle.--Hate the Huguenots, indeed! I honoured them greatly, and I did not know them. How could I hate |