. Louis the Fourteenth and the court of France in the seventeenth century. oon with-drew the attention of the Court from the fate of M. deRohan and his colleagues, and turned their thoughtsupi ^1 their own safety. the tragical death of the Princes-, Henrietta hadsucceeded m thers, all sudden, mysterious, and in- • ; in many cases they had occurred at theprecise moment in which individual vengeance wouldseem to have called them down, and yet no trace of1 play could be detected. The dead lay calm, and•parently untouched by human hands ; but it vnevertheless, impossible to doubt the agency of poi
. Louis the Fourteenth and the court of France in the seventeenth century. oon with-drew the attention of the Court from the fate of M. deRohan and his colleagues, and turned their thoughtsupi ^1 their own safety. the tragical death of the Princes-, Henrietta hadsucceeded m thers, all sudden, mysterious, and in- • ; in many cases they had occurred at theprecise moment in which individual vengeance wouldseem to have called them down, and yet no trace of1 play could be detected. The dead lay calm, and•parently untouched by human hands ; but it vnevertheless, impossible to doubt the agency of poison,and the public were the more confirmed in their sus-ion by the fact that this fearful crime had latterlymade considerable pn in the kingdom. Even during the period of civil war so treacherous a weaponhad been unknown, and by a singular fatality itsh id been withheld until a time when France \revelling in pleasure and renown, even as it had pre-viously reserved it - mysterious horrors for the palmydays vl the Roman Republic. * Memoires de Madame <!o CHAPTER III Discovery of the Criminals—The Marchioness of Brinvilliers—La Voisin and La Vigoreaux—Fiendish Association—Pub-lic Excitement—Arrest of Suspected Persons—Wit of theDuchess of Bouillon—Flight of Madame de Soissons ; HerArrival in Spain ; Distrust of the Spanish Monarch ; HerFavour with the Queen—The Marriage of Maria Louisaof Orleans and Charles II. of Spain ; Her Repugnance to theAlliance—Intimacy of Madame de Soissons and the GermanAmbassador—Death of the Queen by Poison—Evasion ofMadame de Soissons; Her Death at Brussels ; Her UtterDestitution—Trial of the Duke of Luxembourg ; His NobleDefence, and Partial Acquittal—Execution of La Vigoreaux—Diabolical End of La Voisin—Family of Louis XIV.—The Dauphin ; His Betrothal—Court Appointment of Ma-dame de Maintenon—Inveteracy of Madame de Montespan—Indignation of the King—The Old Favourite and the NewOne ; Their In
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