Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century . about this time (13th Sept.,1650) at Paris, attended by one solitary nobleman, whoacted at once as his chamberlain, valet-de-chambre,equerry of the kitchen, and cup-bearer; nor had hechanged his linen since he commenced his Germain lent him a shirt on his arrival; but theQueen, his mother, did not possess money enough tosupply him with a second for the next day. Monsieurhaving paid him a visit, the coadjutor endeavoured toinduce him to supply the unhappy fugitive with funds ;but he was unable to wring a sou
Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century . about this time (13th Sept.,1650) at Paris, attended by one solitary nobleman, whoacted at once as his chamberlain, valet-de-chambre,equerry of the kitchen, and cup-bearer; nor had hechanged his linen since he commenced his Germain lent him a shirt on his arrival; but theQueen, his mother, did not possess money enough tosupply him with a second for the next day. Monsieurhaving paid him a visit, the coadjutor endeavoured toinduce him to supply the unhappy fugitive with funds ;but he was unable to wring a sou from him for such apurpose. A little, he said, would not suffice, as suchan offering would be unworthy both of himself andthe English Monarch; while, if he gave a large sum itwould compromise him for the future; * and thus dis-appointed and unaided, Charles, after spending a shorttime in France, where he received no assistance, andvery little civility, again retired to Jersey, where hisauthority was still * Memoires du Cardinal de Retz. f Ryders
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