. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. Lady am Qeniteman riding to Court—Sixteenth Cent 25 290 HISTORY OF Louis XIV. CHAPTER XXXI. LOUIS XIV.—THE WARS OF THE FRONDE. Each party joined to do theix best,To damn the public interest,And herded only in consultsTo put by one anothers bolts. HtTDIBRAS. 1. Louis XIII. on his death-bed had appointed byftdf* his will a council of regency, at the head of which werelo4o. p]aced tne qUeen, Anne of Austria, and the duke ofOrleans. To insure its execution, he made the queen and theduke swear to its obser
. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. Lady am Qeniteman riding to Court—Sixteenth Cent 25 290 HISTORY OF Louis XIV. CHAPTER XXXI. LOUIS XIV.—THE WARS OF THE FRONDE. Each party joined to do theix best,To damn the public interest,And herded only in consultsTo put by one anothers bolts. HtTDIBRAS. 1. Louis XIII. on his death-bed had appointed byftdf* his will a council of regency, at the head of which werelo4o. p]aced tne qUeen, Anne of Austria, and the duke ofOrleans. To insure its execution, he made the queen and theduke swear to its observance, after which he ordered it to beregistered by the parliament. But all his precautions wereunavailing; the grave had scarcely been closed over him,when his will was openly and shamelessly violated. Thequeen, being aided by the duke of Orleans, obtained an arretof parliament, giving to her the nomination of the council,and the right of appointment to all the great offices of Having thus obtained all the real authority of the kingdom. louis xiv. 291 sue chose as her principal adviser and minister, cardinal Ma-zarin, a native of Italy, whose
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