Excerpt from The Story of a Royal Favourite, Vol. 1 of 3 Paul Rubens, when' employed to immortalize by his glowing pencil the chief incidents in the life of the mother of Louis XIII.; and on reference to the innumerable Oopies Of the Luxembourg Gal 'lery extant in England, the portraits of the pet of pets will be seem - now, seated in grave contem plation on the steps of the altar where the nuptial benediction is bestowing on its liege lady - now. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.