The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . ng with her. They brokeinto the Palais Royal, and a mob of ragamufiins forcedtheir way into the splendid bedchamber where the boy-king slept, under gorgeous curtains and with tall mirrorson every side. There they saw^ him soundly sleeping onhis pillow, and they went out on tiptoe. Then the peoplewent home and slept soundly too, feeling that the cardini^l>yas gone, and tb^t the king was not, 1643-1651] 229 The sleep was followed by a sharp awakening. Mazarincame back. The parliam
The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . ng with her. They brokeinto the Palais Royal, and a mob of ragamufiins forcedtheir way into the splendid bedchamber where the boy-king slept, under gorgeous curtains and with tall mirrorson every side. There they saw^ him soundly sleeping onhis pillow, and they went out on tiptoe. Then the peoplewent home and slept soundly too, feeling that the cardini^l>yas gone, and tb^t the king was not, 1643-1651] 229 The sleep was followed by a sharp awakening. Mazarincame back. The parliament offered a reward of a hun-dred thousand crowns for his capture, dead or alive. Hecaptured his would-be captors and put them in jail. Hecame leisurely on to Paris ; the queen and her son wentto meet him and escort him to his palace ; the parliamentgave up the struggle against hi:n ; he took charge of thegovernment as before, and held ? ill he died of gout, onMarch 9th, 1661, at the age of tUy-nine. He had beeneighteen years in power, and had made so much moneythat his income was lara^er than the kino^ BABKICADES AT PORTE ST. AMTOINE liS THE CIVIL WAR OF TUE FRONDE
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