Note 11 — FIRST DISCOURSE
A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson translation
P. 16:
◆Iliad, Bk. III,—
◆Paul de Caussade de Saint-Mégrin, favorite of the king, was killed on leaving the Louvre by a band of assassins led by Mayenne. He was the lover of Catherine de Clèves, Duchess de Guise. Henri IV., then king of Navarre, who had good reasons not to like favorites, says apropos of this: “I am thankful to the Duc de Guise for refusing to tolerate that a bed favorite like Saint-Mégrin should make him a cuckold. This treatment ought to be meted out to all the little court gallants who try to approach the princesses with the aim of making love to them.”
◆Françoise de Saillon, married to Jacques de Rohan. She was saved by a miracle, says Jean Bourdigné’s chronicle, in 1526.