[66] Memoirs of Duke of Berwick, tom. ii., pp. 164-169.

[67] Letters of Madame des Ursins to Madame de Maintenon, tom. ii., 7th Aug., 1713; 3rd Sept., 1713; 16th June, 1714.

[68] Mémoires de Saint Philippe, tom. iii., p. 91, and Duclos, tom. i., p. 100.

[69] Mémoires de Saint Simon, tom. xviii., p. 104.

[70] Lettres, tom. iii., p. 448, year 1714.

[71] Mémoire de Duclos, tom, i., p. 230.


CHAPTER IV.

THE PRINCESSES ELIGIBLE TO BECOME PHILIP’S CONSORT.