Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century . CHAPTER III Prudence of the Parliament—Seizure of the Cardinals Prop-erty—Munificence of the City to the Queen of England—AnExiled Princess—The Condemned Prisoner—Exchange ofPrisoners—Check of the Royal Forces Before Rouen—TheFirst Sortie—The First of the Corinthians—Death ofTancrede de Rohan—Battle of Charenton—Death of Chanleu—The Ball and the Baton—Defeat of the Frondeurs atCharenton and Ville-Juif—The Herald—Treaty with the Princes Turenne Declares for the Parliament—Terms of the Treaty—Venality of the Princes—The C

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Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century . CHAPTER III Prudence of the Parliament—Seizure of the Cardinals Prop-erty—Munificence of the City to the Queen of England—AnExiled Princess—The Condemned Prisoner—Exchange ofPrisoners—Check of the Royal Forces Before Rouen—TheFirst Sortie—The First of the Corinthians—Death ofTancrede de Rohan—Battle of Charenton—Death of Chanleu—The Ball and the Baton—Defeat of the Frondeurs atCharenton and Ville-Juif—The Herald—Treaty with the Princes Turenne Declares for the Parliament—Terms of the Treaty—Venality of the Princes—The Citizen-Prince. THE measures adopted by the Parliament were soprudent that its position became daily morestable. The royal army amounted only to seven oreight thousand men, while the organised militia ofParis comprised more than sixty thousand. The forcesunder the Prince de Conde had made an attempt to oc-cupy Charenton, Lagny, Corbeil, Poissy, and Pontoise ;but before they could accomplish their object, thepeasantry, in the anticipati

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