The Line of Love by James Branch Cabell

"Therefore, like as May month flowereth and flourisheth in many gardens, so in likewise let every man of worship flourish his heart in his world; first unto God, and next unto the joy of them that he promiseth his faith unto. "

The quondam Raoul de Prison stood high in the graces of the Lady Regent of France, Anne de Beaujeu, who was, indeed, tolerably notorious for her partiality to well-built young men. Courtiers whispered more than there is any need here to rehearse. In any event, when in 1485 the daughter of Louis XI fitted out an expedition to press the Earl of Richmond's claim to the English crown, de Puysange sailed from Havre as commander of the French fleet. He fought at Bosworth, not discreditably, and a year afterward, when England had for the most part accepted Henry VII, Matthiette rejoined her husband.