Note 547 — Chapter I · SUMMARY.
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Francis I. had contrived, it seems, to pacify the Duc de Vendôme for the slight his daughter had received, probably by pleading the uncontrollable love of his own girl to the King of Scotland, and the pre-contract, which, under those circumstances, would have prevented a lawful marriage between that Prince and any other lady. Moreover, he had been so obliging as to provide another consort of suitable rank for the Lady Mary of Vendôme, if she would have been content to espouse him; her truant lover, the King of Scots, had offered to bestow her upon him at the altar. But she indignantly declined all matrimonial overtures, and declared her preference of a convent.