<p> Valentina of Milan, sometime Dut- chesse of Orleans had great cause to passe her dayes in great heauinesse and mourning, both for the death of her husband Lewis, bro- ther to king Charles the sixt, as also for the same kings vnfortunate phrensie ( whereof we spake before in the handling of his armes ) which vsed to come on him at certain times, and when it tooke him, he knew not any of his friends, no not the queene his wife, but only this Dutchesse Valentina, whom he cal- led when he was in this extremitie his sister. Whereupon there was a rumour blowne a- brode that the Duke the father of this Valen- tina, hauing sometimes bene ouerladen with drinke, had caused some poyson, or charmed potion to be giuen laim: which report this Valentina tooke verie gricuously, yea so grie- uously indeede, that in place of all consolati- on, and ease of her mourning, she vsed for her cognizance an earthen pitcher in fashion like a water pot, on the mouth whereof was the character of this letter S. signifying perhaps these words concerning the same Dutches: Solam sape seseipsam sollicitar, suspiraréq; , that is, being alone shee accustomed to mourne and to sigh with her selfe, togither with these words subioyned. Nil mihi prae- <pb n="embmne_pae1591_fac115"/> terea: Praterea mihi nil. Which is, no- thing remaineth to me, nothing haue I more. The which emblemes with the like inscripti- ons, are to be seene described in many places in the Franciscan friers church at Bloyes, and in the same Dutches chappell, where she lieth buried in a tombe of brasse, and also in the porch or entrie on euery side of the quite of the same church.</p>

Rien ne m'est plus, plus ne m'est rien

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I have no more joy, no more comfort remains to me

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A watering can with the letter 'S' on top of it

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Rien ne m'est plus, plus ne m'est rien

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I haue no more ioy, no more comfort remaineth to me

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