Excerpt from Memoirs of Maximilian De Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great, Vol. 1 of 5: Containing the History of the Life and Reign of That Monarch, and His Own Administration Under HimA Book, thus filled with political Wif dom, could be fitly offered only to him, who lays out his whole time and attention, in labours of the fame tendency; and for the fervice of a more free, and therefore-a nobler People.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.