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advice from Calvin or any of
her other pastors.
 This was a cruel way, truly,
in which to treat a king's
daughter, a kind woman, who
had never done anything but
serve God and help the poor.
 Queen Margaret was dead,
and King Francis, the hus-
band of Claude, was dead.
Renee's nephew was now King
of France, and he cared so lit-
tle for her that he said she