Francis & MargueriteThe Poet's Sweetheart. |
Marguerite of Valois was the young, beautiful and erudite daughter of Catherine de Medici. She was the sister to the French King and Consort of Henry IV., of Navarre with whom she had not lived on terms of marital intimacy, the marriage being one of convenience. Henry IV., was attached to another, the Baroness de Sauve. When Francis Bacon appeared at the French Court a divorce was about to be arranged. - Alfred Dodd: The Personal Poems of Francis Bacon, 1930. I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in thy eyes. - Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing 5.2.95-7. |
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