Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois · George Chapman
III. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS RELATING TO BUSSY D'AMBOIS
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=1604-20.= HISTORIAE SUI TEMPORIS, J. A. De Thou. The earliest editions, published in 1604, do not mention Bussy. That of 1609, which carries on the narrative to the year 1584, only mentions (lib. LII, p. 132) his proceedings during the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. It is the edition of 1620, published at Geneva, and embracing events till 1607 that includes (lib. LXVIII, p. 330 ff.) the narrative of Bussy's murder, in printed Appendix A, and (lib. CXIII, p. 558) of Renee D'Ambois's meditated revenge (cf. Introduction, p. xxxvi). The most convenient edition of De Thou's History is that published by S. Buckley in 1733.
=1615.= LES HISTOIRES TRAGIQUES DE NOSTRE TEMPS, Francois de Rosset. The story of Bussy's love for the Countess of Montsoreau, and his murder forms the subject of the 17th Histoire, De la mort pitoyable du valeureux Lysis, the most important parts of which are printed in Appendix A.
=1621.= JOURNAL DE HENRI III, P. de L'Estoile. Paris.
=1628.= MEMOIRES ET LETTRES, Marguerite de Valois. Paris. The edition published by F. Guessard for La Societe de l'Histoire de France (1842) is the most convenient.
=1666.= DISCOURS SUR LES COURONNELS DE L'INFANTERIE DE FRANCE, Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantome. Leyden.
=1722.= DISCOURS SUR LES DUELS, Pierre de Bourdeille, etc. Leyden.
=1877.= LE MAINE, L'ANJOU ET BUSSY D'AMBOISE, Arthur Bertrand. Le Mans.
=1885.= LOUIS DE CLERMONT, SIEUR DE BUSSY D'AMBOISE, GOUVERNEUR D'ANJOU, Andre Joubert. Angers and Paris. A full and interesting study of Bussy's career based upon first-hand materials.
=1888.= BUSSY D'AMBOISE, Leon Marlet. Paris. A sketchy memoir.
