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century, thanks to the additions and supplements written by Belleforest and 

 Gabriel Chapuis. But this work was soon eclipsed by the more complete 

 Histories published almost simultaneously by the King's historiographers, 

 Bernard Girard, Sieur du Haillan, Francois de Belleforest, and Jean do 



Fig. 374. Death presiding over Battles. Miniature from the "Chevalier delibere," by Olivier 

 de la Murche. Manuscript of the Fifteenth Century (No. 173). In the Arsenal Library, Paris. 



Serres. The folios succeeded each other with amazing rapidity, yet they did 

 no more than keep pace with the curiosity of the public, who read every line 

 of these ponderous volumes. There was a sort of historical fever, which was 

 only aggravated by interminable incidents of the civil wars recorded by the 



