THE

COURT AND REIGN

OF

FRANCIS THE FIRST,

King of France.

BY MISS PARDOE,

AUTHOR OF LOUIS XIV., ," "THE CITY OF THE SULTAN," ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

PHILADELPHIA:

LEA AND BLANCHARD.

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HARVARD COLLEGE
my 30,1943)

LIBRARY

Basten

Haid

PHILADELPHIA:

C. SHERMAN, PRINTER.

то

MY BELOVED FATHER,

THE PROTECTOR OF MY INFANCY,

THE GUIDE OF MY GIRLHOOD,

AND

THE FRIEND OF MY RIPER YEARS,

These Volumes

ARE VERY AFFECTIONATELY

INSCRIBED.