CHAPTER VI

Bassompierre arrives at Fontainebleau and is most graciously received by Henri IV--He falls in love with Marie d’Entragues, sister of the King’s mistress--The conspiracy of the d’Entragues--The Sieur d’Entragues and the Comte d’Auvergne are arrested and conveyed to the Bastille, and Madame de Verneuil kept a prisoner in her own house--Jacqueline de Bueil temporarily replaces Madame de Verneuil in the royal affections--The King, unable to do without the latter, sets her and her father at liberty--Bassompierre becomes the lover of Marie d’Entragues--He is dangerously wounded by the Duc de Guise in a tournament, and his life is at first despaired of--He recovers--Attentions which he receives during his illness from the ladies of the Court.....pp. 64-70