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There lay the golden necklace presented by Henry III. of France to a
Giustinian who had been one of the young nobles set apart for the
household of the king, when on his visit to Venice; and beside it a
curious volume of songs, all in honor of France and of the king,
entitled "Il Magno Enrico III., difensore di Santa Chiesa, di Francia e
di Polonia Re christianissimo." Here was also preserved that still more
curious allegorical drama which had been given at the grand fete at the
Ducal Palace in honor of this over-adulated monarch. It was natural that
some of these literary curiosities, of which the visit of Henry III. had
been prolific, should have remained in possession of the masters of the
palace which had been tendered for his residence. The volume, bound in
azure velvet, embroidered with golden fleurs-de-lis and seeded with
pearls, lay open at the page "Chapter in which the Most Holy Catholic
Religion is introduced conversing with the most Christian, most powerful
and most holy Henry III.


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