' . '»7 and to the elder brother of the faint, count Wale* ran de St. Paul, inviting him to come to Avig-non. The couht could not refufe, and, when he went thither, prëfented thofe fine filver lamps which are now before his altar. It was wonder* ful the great faith that was in thia faillit, and the numbers who came thither when 1 wa&'fct Avig-non; for by that city I returned from Fonc, to witnefs this. His miracles and votaries1 daily multiplied, and it was faid he would be canonis-ed; hut I never heard more' about it. * ": Since I have related the death of this holy cardinal, I will mention that of a different pen-fon, for I have not yet fpoken of the death of a king who has fiipplied impie materials for many parts of this hiftory. His actions, however, were the reverfe from thofe of the preceding per-fonage,for by them the realm of France was nearly deftroyed. You will readily guefe 1 mean* the king of Navarre. It is a truth well known, that nothing is more certain than death. I re-peat it becaufe the king of Navarre, when he died, did not think his end fo near. Had he fup-pofed it, he probably would have taken more care of himfelf. He refided iiï the city of Pam-peluna, and took it into his*head that he would raife two hundred thoufand florins by a tax on his country. His council dared not contradict him, for he was a cruel man to all who did fo. The principal inhabitants of |he great towns were fummoned, and, fearful of difobeying, they ' eame. When all were ^flçpibled in the palace? the lpiiig himfelf,'who was a fbbtlé* atid bloquent man.