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Rh however, from the care she had taken to correct it in walking, and by her shoes, was hardly perceptible. She was naturally eloquent, judicious, and agreeable, notwithstanding the rudeness of an age, to which the graces and literature were alike unknown. Her heart was generous and affectionate; she had a high idea of the duties of a queen: but her pride rendered her revengeful and obstinate. Yet Anne was sincerely pious, even to superstition; but, in all respects pertinacious in adhering to opinions she had once adopted. She wished to appear learned in the eyes of foreigners; and, to ingratiate herself with them, would often intermix phrases of their different languages, when speaking to them, as if she understood them all.

born at Valladolid, September 22, 1601, five days before her future husband, to whom she was married at Bourdeaux, November 9, 1615; but, though possessed of a great share of beauty, she failed to engage his affections. Cardinal Richelieu rendered him suspicious of her love for her native country, and for her brother, the king of Spain, to whom she always wrote privately. She had a skin of remarkably fine texture, and very fair; a quantity of light-brown hair; beautiful eyes, with a tint of green in them, which increased their vivacity and sweetness; a small mouth; hands and arms of extraordinary beauty and whiteness. Her nose was large; and she wore too much rouge. She was tall, and had a lofty, but