. Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century. the Painting by Williamvan de CONTENTS OF VOL. IV CHAPTER ISatisfaction of the King—Louis XIV. and Mary de Man-cini—The Orgies at Roissi—Banishment of the Mar-quis de Mancini—Politic Lenity of Mazarin—Mary deMancini and Her Sister Removed from the Court—Opposition of the King—Offers to Marry Mary de Man-cini—Refusal of the Cardinal—Parting Words of Mary—Representation of the CEdipus of Comeille—Depar-ture of Mazarin for the Island of Pheasants; His Ret-inue—The Court Move to the South—The King atBlois—Mortifica


. Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century. the Painting by Williamvan de CONTENTS OF VOL. IV CHAPTER ISatisfaction of the King—Louis XIV. and Mary de Man-cini—The Orgies at Roissi—Banishment of the Mar-quis de Mancini—Politic Lenity of Mazarin—Mary deMancini and Her Sister Removed from the Court—Opposition of the King—Offers to Marry Mary de Man-cini—Refusal of the Cardinal—Parting Words of Mary—Representation of the CEdipus of Comeille—Depar-ture of Mazarin for the Island of Pheasants; His Ret-inue—The Court Move to the South—The King atBlois—Mortification of Mademoiselle—Disappointmentof Mademoiselle dOrleans—The Pheasants of Monsieur—The Meeting at St. Jean dAng^ly—Tedious Negoti-ations—The Marriage Contract—The Two Diploma-tists—Treaty of the Pyrenees—The Marshal of Gram-mont at Madrid—Charles II. Solicits an Interviewwith the Cardinal, and is refused—The Feast of theBarmecides—Restoration of the Prince de Cond^ toFavour—Death of the Duke of Orleans—Extraordi-nary Conduct of Madame—The Abb^ de Ran


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