FRANCIS. 
had begun to attend more feriowlly to his affairs, and by 
d brought ae sae into a good condition. 
e two fons an aughters. Francis was the 
founder of 7 houfe of Valois, that being his title when he 
affumed the crown: his deca the title of great was at- 
tached to his n name, but by pofterity he not been confi- 
dered as meriting this high honour. oppreffed his fub- 
jeGts by exceffive impofts, and en e i his king 
ambitious projects. Neverthelefs few Nes of his coun- 
try have been more diftinguifhe he magnificence which 
accompanied him through life deferted him not in his eae 
his funeral obfequies were performed with unufual pomp 3. 
and the proclamation which announced his death, difplayed 
his chara a as “a prince mi peace, and viétorious in 
ou a father and reftorer of learning and the liberal arts.’’ 
Lo Ur Hit. Rober meee rles 
Faaxoss II. nee, eldeit fon of eel Il. 
- king c 
n o the of | 
in 1559, and his reign was marked by violence and difor 
which laid the foundation for thofe civil contentions ie 
which France was fo lon: flicted. As his Lai rendered. 
him oe ga 2 Rega the reins of government, and as 
he was alfo o delicate conftation the duke oe bf ses 
and his Rciace ‘he cardinal o 
to govern in his n Their pee was “oe a Grthetn 
of Medicis, who ad been. declared regent. It was, hov 
ever, her determination to break with the Guifes, * anes 
fhe’ fhould find a fit opportunity, and to take the whole ad- 
miniftration.of ent into her own 
tad . 
ws] 
pe 
ct 
2 
get poffeffion of. the king’s perfon, to 
banifh or deftroy the Guifes, and to procure liberty of con- 
{cience, but it was difcovered and primes with the death 
of its actin the prince of 
revenge was t 
were executed who either took, or were fufpeCted of ae 
taken, any part init. By this unfuccefefal. attempt the power 
of the Guifes was.eftablifhed, and the Proteftant canle was 
‘more ie ioe t 
notables was 1 
aenbly of the ftates convoked at Orleans. The king of 
and the prince of Condé, who aneinnry were put 
the fentence was delayed, 
é.was indebted for his life; 
with a - diforder in his 
of Condé 
aed fo entir ely he. controul 
e pci “that £ fearcely any thing had one of his natu- 
ral tag vis amidit the cabals of the various court 
the go- 
ales we 
at -P 
town of Calabria, in the year 1416. ‘He was devoted by 5 
to 
education, + ~ hae = bihop of Senlis, “who. had 
Mor r. Hit. Hut de Franc ve 
his parents to a religious life from his birth, and entered ae- 
cordingly i into the cae convent at St. Marks. Having 
remainedthere about a year ged in various pilgrimages, 
and then adopted the hermit’s 8 life, in a folitary and feeluded: 
{pot not far from his native town 3 after this he retired to a 
aes part of the fea-coatt, where he aan means to co 
The fame of his 
of which the origina al de. 
ne “ Hermits of St ancis. 22 
‘Fr Min imi. he order were ex 1. 
rigorous, eniomning ng oO mbers a perpetual Lent, and 
great feverity of cecal Oife stue No ane was fo ftri& 
in conformin 
the pre- 
valence of his interceffions with heaven, that when a XI. 
ef France was d a dangerous diftemper, he fent 
for Francis out of Calabria, oa to obtain a cure by virtue 
of hi The f r 
sr 
part- 
oe king, his. fuc 
Francis a his monks ina par 
15075_ al 
year ie was highly applauded for hig fa 
a tot: tal es to literature: the aufterities which he prac- 
tifed upon himfelf ‘flood in ftead of every cad accomplifh- 
— n : 19 he was canonized by pope - Moreri. 
s Xavier, a Romith faint, Kd “ the Apoftle: 
of ne? are 7: was fon of . 
of Navarre, and bor 
egre Some time -— Be 
lolophy. in ‘the cg 
fion of infidels. From ee time he spans all conser 
of any eftablifhment in the iad and eee sae dili- 
gently to the ftudy of theo the 4537) he 
taken a journey into. Spain is fettle fome 
and the reft of his. companions.. He. cee ‘went to ae 
where ie obtained leave of a pope. for himfelf and ale 
of ‘pil 
wien therefore, 
ned 
which 
