224                  THE AUSTRIAN YELLOW.
	Francis Stephen and Maria Theresa entered their new capital, remained there four months, and then departing carried away with them the great Tuscan diamond. So much for the re­spect paid to the wills of dead princes ! Hence­forward the yellow diamond became known as the Austrian Yellow in recognition, we sup­pose, of the royal thief who carried it off from Florence. At the coronation of Francis Stephen as em­peror of Germany at Frankfort-on-the-Main, on the fourth of October, 1745, the pilfered dia­mond was used to decorate his Majesty's imper­ial diadem. Maria Theresa had been extremely anxious for her husband to be emperor, both because she was fondly attached to him, and because she wanted him to hold a title equal at least to her own as Queen of Hungary. She stood on a balcony at the ceremony and was the first to salute him with the cry of " Long live the Emperor ! " when the crown had been placed upon his head. Our readers will of course be