that it could be done and his Reflexions on it had but softned his Heart the more and rendred it more capable of feeling his loss far from preparing it to bear his misfortune he abandon'd himself to all that Despair has of most horrid But he was not long in that trouble Amboise was decreed to dye with grief in the midst of his Happiness and it was soon spread abroad in what danger that Count was Monsieur of Amboise could not bear the divers agitations of his mind a Feaver did seize him with such an extraordinary violence that from the very first day his Life was in danger The Countess of Amboise was incessantly by him bathed with tears the affliction which she shew'd him and the Cares which she took for his preservation did sensibly move him but this put him in Despair when he thought that he durst not take them for Tokens of Love yet he could not but be sensible of them He perceiv'd that Madam of Amboise was worthy of an infinite Esteem and that if he could not reach her Heart he was to dye without complaining of her he felt that he had but few days to live and he resolv'd not to mention to her those Letters which caus'd his Death for fear of shewing some Jealousie and of taking from her by that means the liberty of following her own inclination when he should be no more That strain of Generosity did cost him dear his Sentiments were not sufficiently weakned not to oppose himself to a resolution which was so contrary to them and his Deliriums did sometimes discover that which he would have conceal'd Madam of Amboise who by all means imaginable did endeavour to find out the Cause of his affliction and of his sickness perceiv'd at last that a Jealousie did torment him the Love and Esteem which she had for her Husband and that which she had for her self would not permit her to let him live or dye with such disadvantageous thoughts of her She more than once did cast her self at his feet telling him that the slight which he had shew'd her in depriving her of his Confidence was unsufferable Madam said he to her what do you seek to know Believe that that tenderness which I have for you is the Cause of that Secret you seek after You cannot understand me added he sighing and I lose all the satisfaction which I should have in deserving from you by this last Sacrifice but it is to leave you more at rest and quiet Those words did still increase Madam of Amboise's Curiosity and caus'd her to redouble her intreaties insomuch that at the last the Death of that Count being no longer uncertain and the Physicians having declar'd it to his Wife the extraordinary Sorrow which she shew'd him all the time and the manner after which she press'd him had the power to tear out of his Bosom what he had conceal'd there till then It is believed that your Sickness increases said she embracing of him doubtless your disquiet of mind contributes to it I mention not mine to you you have discover'd to me against your mind part of that which you had a mind to conceal from me I know you have unjust thoughts of me you will not give me place of justifying my self and you neglect being satisfied of a Person that you no longer love I have with the fear of losing you the assurance of having already lost your Friendship and Love but I have already told you I go not about to move you by my Sorrow I have no other concern in it but your own complain of me to give your self ease and express your thoughts to put your self more at quiet Perhaps that you may not find me guilty if you cause me to speak Well Madam said the Count of Amboise seeing that my ravings have began to betray me and have troubled you I must inform you of all and repair those evils that they have done Read these Letters said he presenting her those that he had receiv'd this is it that causes my grief I could not live and doubt whether I was belov'd by you or no I die to leave you to another that will never love you as I do but with whom you will be more happy because that you will love him more Madam of Amboise did tremble at the imprudence or malice of those who had sent the Letter of Advice to her Husband she did not guess at them and she was so taken up to see him dye for her that even at that moment the Letter from Sansac made not the least impression on her mind Monsieur of Amboise who was employ'd contrary to his Design in examining the motions of her Face did not perceive her to change colour Well Sir said she you have thoughts that I could not receive a Letter from Sansac without entertaining again such Sentiments as would be displeasing to you I wish it had been given me I had put it into your hands as I do at this present Ah! if this be true Madam said he with a Transport which shortned his days must I die What You can have forgotten Sansac said he with Eyes in which Love was not yet extinct I am asham'd said she that I must give you new assurances of it but I shall be satisfied if they do but put you out of that condition you are in No Madam said he to her I die with as much satisfaction as regret but when all is done your first Sentiments have been for Sansac I am neither unjust nor tyrannical it is much for me to have extinguish'd them one moment during my life they will rekindle after my death I murmur not at it oppose not my memory to them you knew that so long as I could I have prefer'd your happiness to mine and I see with some kind of Joy that you will be perfectly happy without making me unhappy No sooner had he ended those words but he swooned The Countess of Amboise was led out of the Chamber notwithstanding her Tears and her Out-cryes Madam of Roye who was not much less afflicted at the condition the Count was in did however endeavour to comfort her as much as she could possible Monsieur of Amboise came out of his Swoon he order'd that his Wife should be desir'd not to come into his Chamber any more that she might spare her self the trouble which the sight of him would cause her and because that the sight of her did make him leave this life with too much unwillingness he dyed the next day Madam of Roye did lead the Countess of Amboise into a Monastery where she stay'd a fortnight and after that they went into the Country That Widow's affliction did not grow moderate she thought that she should never consolate her self for the Death of her Husband She knew the full value of that Affection which he had had for her and how much his Heart and his Merits were above that of other men She was even
Compliments to her Yet considering that he might be mistaken and the presence of so many Persons retaining him he advanc'd nothing which could precisely mark that he was the Person which they expected He deserv'd no less than the Marquess of Sansac to entertain that Company an agreeable shape above the common a noble Air I know not what of fine and passionate did render him most capable of pleasing The Ladies did him all the Justice which he deserv'd but Madmoiselle of Roye was troubled to be constrain'd to doubt which of the two was her Lover She looked on both of them as if to ask which it was that she was oblig'd to love but it was with a certain difference which seem'd to mark that she would gladly have had him to be Monsieur of Sansac The Eldest of the Ladies who perceiv'd the consusion in which that young Person was thought fit to cause it to cease Madam of Roye's Women having been forc'd to retire into the Arbour also because of the Rain she sent one of them to ask the Name of Monsieur of Amboise from his people and having learnt it she had Madmoiselle of Roye inform'd of it That young Lady could not forbear looking on him with more coldness than she naturally ought to have had The briskness of the Conversation had enlivened her Face and increas'd her Beauty Monsieur of Amboise did consider her with the interest of a man for whom she was design'd and in spight of that Idea which he had conceiv'd of her he still found occasion of being surpris'd but the manner with which she receiv'd him did not afford him a relish of those Charms which the birth of a Passion usually excites in the Heart and Love did even deny him that very first satisfaction She beheld Monsieur of Sansac without reflecting on it with less Caution than before as if she had bid him Adieu with that Look and that she were become more bold when she was to devest her self of all Hopes than she had been a moment before when she thought that she might have produc'd the same in him Monsieur of Amboise had his Eyes too much fix'd upon Madmoiselle of Roye not to follow hers it may also be that the natural opposition of Sansac and he did promote his fears in fine he mistrusted part of the truth The storm still continu'd and Madam of Roye who had made an end of those businesses which had detained her came to fetch them in her Coach. She did not expect to find the Marquess of Sansac there However she was not backwards in shewing him much respect That Countess set forth to Monsieur of Amboise all the Esteem which she had for his Merit and the joy she was in to see him but those Civilities diverted him not from that disagreeable Idea which he had taken against his Will. Madam of Roye did lead them into her Apartment and the divers agitations which disjoynted that Company created in it some kind of uneasieness The Count of Amboise who naturally lov'd not Sansac did think that Marquess's Visit too long It wanted not much of Monsieur of Sanac's thinking the same of the Count of Amboise though he was not ignorant of the design that brought him but at last he was forc'd to quit the place to him The Ladies departed also and the Count of Amboise remained the last He inform'd Madmoiselle of Roye how much the advantage of being design'd for her did charm him but he told her at the same time that if he was not so happy as to touch her Heart he found himself in a condition much to be pitied Madmoiselle of Roye made answer that she had no Heart to give but only a Duty to follow The Air with which she pronounc'd those words was not proper to give Hopes to a Lover She took little care of keeping up the Conversation but she shew'd enough of Wit to finish that which her Beauty had began and to create difficulties enough to the possession of her Heart to render the Count's Passion most ardent from that very day When Madmoiselle of Roye was alone she remain'd in a profound study and though she did not yet unravel her Sentiments as to Monsieur of Amboise and Monsieur of Sansac she however fancied this last to be the most amiable For his part he had been struck with Madmoiselle of Roye's Beauty He had observ'd that his Conversation did not displease her and that she had receiv'd the Count of Amboise with some coldness insomuch that he carried none but agreeable and pleasing Ideas back with him He spoke of her at Court with such great Elogies that the Queen grew impatient to see her and he having learn'd from Madam of Roye that they should not return so soon from the Country he inform'd the Queen thereof who seem'd to be sorry Sansac who wanted but some pretence to return to Madam of Roye oblig'd himself in going to inform her of the Queen's thoughts He did see Madmoiselle of Roye a second time he fancied that he discern'd some satisfaction in her Eyes he said a thousand things to her which those dispositions in which she was towards him did make her easily to apprehend and that at the same time could not be displeasing to Madam of Roye The Count of Amboise who had right to visit them often came in the time that Monsieur of Sansac was retiring A second Visit of that Marquess did trouble him His disturbance which discover'd it self to Madmoiselle of Roye caus'd her to fancy him whimsical which made an end of losing him in her Esteem She felt in her self an indifferency for him before she knew that Sansac was the Cause of it Those Cares which the Count did render her grew uneasie and presently gave her an aversion towards him which she oppos'd in vain Any man for whom one is oblig'd to have some regard does always make himself hated when he causes not himself to be belov'd The Count of Amboise did easily perceive that Madmoiselle of Roye lov'd him not he mistrusted the Cause of it and according to the Custom of unfortunate Lovers he sought to inform himself more particularly of that knowledge of which he had not sufficiency enough yet to make him entirely miserable One day that the King was walking follow'd by the whole Court this Count perceiving that Sansac was at some distance from the Crowd drew near him to speak of Madmoiselle of Roye But though they both had equal desires neither of them could resolve to begin At last Amboise followed his design he prais'd her highly and Sansac said but little as much it might be not to be of his Rival's opinion as for fear of discovering his Love. Mean time the Count of Amboise was not in a condition of receiving any satisfaction he had been uneasie if the Marquess of Sansac had too much admired Madmoiselle of Roye and he was so likewise because he would not praise her sufficiently Few hours after his
to his new passion for the Countess and she preserved a secret spight at it which appear'd not at first but by her coldness but it was impossible for them to remain long in that condition They were mutually suspicious of one another which must have turn'd into Certainties or they must have clear'd themselves of their doubts There happen'd an Adventure which made an end of confounding them The Queen gave a Ball at Reims the night of Charles the Ninth's Coronation It being the time of Masquerading she gave the design of a Masquerade she order'd that a Troop of Gipsie men and another of Gipsie women should come separately to tell the young King 's good Fortune that afterwards each man should take his Gipsie woman and that they should dance together as rejoycing for having hit so right in speaking pleasing things to the King. The Countess of Tournon and Madmoiselle of Roye were of the Masquerade their height was pretty equal their Hairs were of a brown very approaching and their small difference could not be discern'd by the light of Flambeaus those Gipsies Dresses were order'd after a manner as made no distinction betwixt any persons that had never so little likeness long flying Gowns did cover all their Necks and descended to the ground without any distinction in height their Hairs which were loose on their shoulders were tied up with a world of Ribands and the Ladies made their Lovers partakers of those which they were to wear that Festival-day because the Queen who would entertain every thing in Gallantry had desired it should be so that those who had Mistresses might dance with them Madmoiselle of Roye found her self uneasie in that Juncture that coldness which was betwixt Sansac and her gave her some repugnancy against doing him that favour mean time it was impossible for her to afford it to another that favour appear'd to her little considerable in it self and it produc'd an occasion for her to accuse him which she would not neglect She sent him some of her Ribands and writ to him with so much spight sorrow and tenderness that this Letter had assuredly produc'd a clearing bebetwixt them had not Madam of Tournon's Artifice prevail'd The Note that she had writ having pass'd through the hands of that Woman that Madam of Tournon had gain'd she had a sight of it and found out some way of playing a new Trick to those two Lovers she kept Madmoiselle of Roye's Ribands and sent others in the name of that young Person they were of those that she her self was to wear Her intention was to deceive Sansac and to pass for Madmoiselle of Roye under the favour of the disguise to put that Mistress in the highest indignation against Sansac to prevent them as much as she could from clearing themselves and that the mistake of the Ribands might be thrown on the Woman that serv'd them should they go about to examine the matter Mean time she her self found the design but course and expected no great success from it but she had began to sow a misunderstanding amongst them all was to be hazarded that could increase it and their hearts being already prepossest with Jealousie the least appearance might add something to their general Revolt Sansac receiv'd Madam of Tournon's Ribands which were sent him as from Madmoiselle of Roye and he writ to this last with so much Love and Jealousie that Madam of Tournon unto whom that Letter was shew'd did at the same time fear and hope of Success she entreated that Woman whom she had gain'd to have Sansac inform'd that Madmoiselle of Roye would speak to him the Masquerading night and she had resolv'd to tell him under the shelter of her Mask such things as would convince him that his Rival was belov'd the Letters which they writ to one another were intercepted and Madmoiselle of Roye was only told that Sansac was most oblig'd to her for her Ribands that slight which she had so little deserv'd from him put her into an unconceivable Anger She was at first surpris'd with that strange way of proceeding tho' her mind had long since been disturb'd by the extraordinary indifferency which he had shew'd her for all things appear seemingly true to Jealousie How often did she accuse her self of lowness of Spirit for having made an Advance so ill receiv'd that which had at first appear'd so indifferent did then seem most terrible to her and her grief had prevented her from appearing at the Masquerade if she had not had a desire to see after what manner he would govern himself there The Maskers did dance each Gipsie woman with that man who bore her Colours Madmoiselle of Roye saw a person who wore hers and at first she did not know him to be the Brother of Madam of Tournon who was to dance with that Countess but she easily observ'd that it was not Sansac that danc'd with her That Marquess was not made after a manner that could be confounded with the rest he was taller than all those that were of the Masquerade so that she perceiv'd him dress'd with Madam of Tournon's Colours which she could not but know because they had dress'd together Sansac who took her for Madam of Roye deceiv'd by the Ribands which had been sent him as from her continu'd to dance with her and she so well affected the Air and Dancing of her whom she would imitate that the Marquess who had no Suspicion of the Cheat was wholly mistaken Madmoiselle of Roye felt the greatest vexation that she ever had in her life she did believe that the Countess had also sent some of her Ribands to Sansac to have the pleasure of seeing her self highly prefer'd before the other in the disposition she was she needed not so much to convince her that Sansac and Madam of Tournon were in a perfect Intelligence and the trouble of her mind did make her dance with so much disorder that no body could imagine that it was she After she had made a review of all the Persons of the Masquerade she found that it was with the Brother of Madam of Tournon that she had danc'd she did not examine whether Sansac had design'd to deceive her in putting some body in his place or whether he had only thought of shifting himself out of business but either way she thought her self treated in so ill a manner that the Love which she owed to her self was almost as much offended as was her tenderness to Sansac So soon as the Masquerading was ended she privately got towards the door and went out without being perceiv'd but by Sancerre only who had always had his Eyes upon her and who knew her by the Ribands which Madam of Tournon had intercepted and had shew'd him He follow'd her out to give her his hand and she was oblig'd to him for that Civility she told him that she should not return again so that he conducted her home He had too much interest not to
life-time for Madmoiselle of Roye I know not whether there are less obstacles against me in her Heart but I flatter my self with it and there needed not so much to render my Passion extraordinary If you had any thoughts that way permit me to consult Madmoiselle of Roye on that subject for the last time Well pray do so said the Countess I have the same Consideration for you that I ever had That Conjuncture was something nice for the Count of Amboise to act in he had twice already engag'd himself with Madmoiselle of Roye a third time ought to make him tremble but the Mareshal of Cosse's concurrence did but him on marrying Madmoiselle of Roye to take her from him he went and cast himself at that fair Creature 's feet Madmoiselle said he you behold the most amorous of all men you know that all your rigours have not hindred me from being so and what have not your Civilities done Notwithstanding that I ought to think you would never love me and yet they have given me some hopes or at least they have stood me in place 〈◊〉 some good Omen so long as you have been your own but you can no longer avoid being some bodies and fear that you tremble at it It is no Engagement that shall make my fear said Madmoiselle of Roye it can be only those Persons with whom I should be oblig'd to engage my self How Madam said he are you in a Condition of making any differences I fear lest some vexatious remembrance should render the Choice of an Husband disagreeable to you or at least indifferent all will be equal to you But added he Why should I press you to declare your self Your Bounties give me not boldness enough to make me believe that if you were capable of distinctions they might be in favour of me You have too much accustomed me to be unhappy to let me gather any hopes You offend me said she by those remembrances which you would bring into my mind yet I am willing to answer you precisely on the rest You have merited enough to invite me to speak my thoughts plainly to you and seeing that I cannot dispence my self from entring into some tie I should be sorry if it were not with you What a word was that for Monsieur of Amboise Could he make any Reflexions contrary to his Happiness He intreated Madmoiselle of Roye to prefer him to the Mareshal of Cosse and she having a great tendency to it her Marriage was a third time resolved upon It then seem'd to that Lover that he had nothing more to fear and that he was above all his misfortunes No more Rivals No more Obstacles He was going to be united for ever unto a Person whom he had long lov'd and by whom at last he believ'd to be belov'd His misfortune had lasted so long that he would no longer retard his Happiness he intreated Madam of Roye not to let the Ceremonies of the Nuptials be any longer deferr'd Madmoiselle of Roye who through Esteem for Monsieur of Amboise and through a secret spight against Sansac was resolv'd upon that Marriage made no difficulty to consent that it should suddenly be ended which was done two days after When it was concluded on Sansac's Friends had writ to him of it not as a thing which concern'd him but as News What a Clap of Thunder was this for him And what Sentiments did rekindle in his Heart He felt that Spight Time and Absence had done no more but lull'd them asleep a little and that it had not weaken'd them in the least He did not conceive that she could ever have lov'd Sancerre and so soon marry D'Amboise and that Reflexion did sensibly lead him to doubt whether she had ever loved the first of them mean time he believ'd that she had in a manner offer'd it to him by her silence he had seen Sancerre go out of her House when the entring into it had been refus'd him and though all these Circumstances being recall'd into his memory did cause him to shiver he told himself that they were no Certainties that peradventure something that he was ignorant of had given place to those Irregularities he again did afford an Esteem for Madmoiselle of Roye in his thoughts as oft as he fear'd to lose her all that which could justifie her came into his mind as formerly all that could render her guilty had presented it self there that oddness of her marrying of Amboise at that time that she should have married Sancerre if she had lov'd him did put him out of all measures and made him to believe every thing possible even not to have been betray'd He already accus'd himself for having peradventure given too soon some Jealousie to Madmoiselle of Roye of Madam of Tournon Amboise who he had always thought so far from being belov'd by Madmoiselle of Roye did not appear to him capable of having made himself Master with so much haste of an Heart which had always been refus'd him at other times he fansied that the same Inconstancy which had led her to love Sancerre might also lead her to love Amboise but that Idea appear'd so cruel to him that he would presently cast it off In fine he could unravel nothing only he found that he could not suffer that any one should be made happy by marrying of Madmoiselle of Roye He did not think that her Marriage should be preform'd with so much precipitation and he still hop'd to put some stops to it mean time he could not return to Paris as he desired to do because that the Huguenots with whom a Treaty of Peace had been concluded yet without effect had made themselves Masters of divers Cities and had Troops also not far from Tours so that it was not possible for him to leave his Government but he would not defer to let Madmoiselle of Roye know the condition in which her Marriage was going to reduce him though he was ignorant of the Dispositions in which she was for him He went to Madmoiselle of Sansac his Sister who was but two Leagues from thence he told her of that Marriage which he knew would concern her as much as him he did conjure her to go immediately thither to give a Letter to Madmoiselle of Roye which he had writ and to use all the means that could prevent her from marrying the Count of Amboise Madmoiselle of Sansac's Passion was of those that nothing can cure she was seiz'd with Wonder and with Sorrow and though she did endeavour to conceal those motions she assur'd her Brother that he might rely upon her as to the care of the business which she would bring about if any could do it and that she would omit nothing that could do him Service Upon this Assurance he return'd to Tour's and she thought of nothing but keeping her Word with him She was not long about chusing the quickest way and that which seem'd to her the most sure she thought that
in an admiration of him and she was far from distrusting that she should ever have any Sentiments of Love for any Body She even thought that she had never had any so sensible as for him She did avoid thinking on Sansac's Letter She thought she did it through indifferency but she did incessantly think on the Generosity which her Husband had had of consenting at his Death that she should marry him though she had no design of taking any advantage of it Sansac had taken up new Hopes by the Death of Monsieur of Amboise but he understood that it would be long before he durst see the Widow and he return'd to Tours when she went into the Country where she remain'd three months without receiving any Visit mean time her businesses oblig'd her to return to Paris and he return'd also at the same time so soon as he heard of it though he durst not go to her House he did seek after all solitary Walks with a design to find her there He was not long without receiving that satisfaction and without causing himself to be observ'd The Countess of Amboise found her self disturb'd the first time that she saw him She thought that the presence of a man that had offended her might be the cause of that trouble she being then with a Lady of her Relations to whom she would not give any notice of having observ'd Sansac she was oblig'd to go on her way Sansac did follow her still and in fine she went off so soon as she could possible When she was return'd home she went into her Closet where she could not forbear reading that Letter of the Marquesse's which Monsieur of Amboise had given her and which she had kept she found it full of Passion and she read it over again after which she was seiz'd with profound thoughts in which she could not distinguish her own Conceptions Some days after Monsieur of Sansac having gain'd some of her people to discover in what place she would go walk he was there before her because she came but late and when he met her he saluted her after a manner that was full of Sorrow and of Respect which gave her a greater disturbance than the first time had done she was got out of the Coach to take the Air but so soon as she had saluted the Marquess she hastily got into it again mean time she had not gone far but her Coach broke it was late she was a pretty way from Paris and she found her self in a great disorder Monsieur of Sansac who saw at distance the disorder which had happen'd to her Equipage drew near and not daring to speak to Madam of Amboise he intreated one of those Women that accompanied the Countess to offer her as from him his Coach to carry her back Madam of Amboise could not dispense her self from answering that Civility she returned him thanks and told him that some of her people were going for some body to mend her Coach and sent immediately about it He told her that he was very unhappy to be refus'd in such an occasion where it was almost impossible not to accept of that which he proposed That Madam of Amboise's Coach could not be in a condition to go before night were far advanced That he would wait the return of those which she sent and that perhaps necessity would overcome that repugnancy which she had of doing him that Favour Madam of Amboise did endeavour to answer him without rudeness but also without promising to make use of his assistance they insensibly got into a Conversation Monsieur of Sansac found out the Art of making it last in saying things to Madam of Amboise which caus'd her to give him some Answers Those persons that had been sent for to mend the Coach came and said it was impossible to bring it back to Paris that day Madam of Amboise was in a strange confusion night was began Sansac offer'd to give her his Coach and to stay there till it were return'd there had been some rudeness to leave him there alone mean time she had a great task to resolve her self to go in the same Coach with a man that had lov'd her and whom she fear'd was not yet quite indifferent to her At last necessity oblig'd her to intreat him to bring her to the first Houses while she should send for a Coach to Paris Those Houses being at a great distance she could not with decency leave him in the fields and he found too much pleasure in accompanying Madam of Amboise to avoid it one moment so that he carried her with two of her Women into the next Town What Charms for him to find himself with her He durst not tell her but indifferent things but he spoke to her did see her and did hope that that Rencontre would not be without some Consequences the very Air of Mystery which did happen accidentally in this Adventure did afford him a great deal of delight The same Reasons that created that Lover's Joy did alarm Madmoiselle Amboise's Severity she was so agitated with different thoughts that she said nothing but in disorder The Marquess who perceiv'd it did not draw any ill Omen from it neither durst he ask her the permission of seeing her any longer after he had set her where she desired to be but he hover'd about that place till she was gone from thence The next day he writ to her to ask an hours Audience before he went to Chartres where the King was sending him with a Reinforcement of four thousand men who were got into the City which the Huguenots had besieg'd That Countess was puzled about the Conduct that she should observe in that occasion she had been busied all the night with the thoughts of the Rencontre which she had made Sansac had appear'd more amorous than ever but she durst not find him as lovely mean time he was almost justified in her mind in regard of Madam of Tournon by his Letter which she had read divers times over Monsieur of Amboise far from fearing that she should marry him had in some manner enjoyned her to it at his death yet she thought that that was not sufficient to invite her to marry him but that she might see him without scruple she was to speak to him and to learn who it was had sent to Monsieur of Amboise those Letters which had caus'd so much disorder In fine she was to inform Sansac of the resolution that she had taken of remaining a Widow in those thoughts she let him know that he might see her With what Joy did he go to her House and found himself at liberty to speak to her of his Passion he thought that her Beauty was yet increas'd her Mourning and the Emotion which appear'd on her Face did add a thousand Charms He cast himself at her Feet without pronouncing one single word and even without thinking what he did Madam of Amboise did oblige him to rise with