[74] This letter was published for the first time in Les Causeries d'un curieux, VOL II, p. 518.
[75] Dictionnaire Antique. Article on Hesnault.
[76] Letter of the 10th of September, 1661.
[77] Letter of the 2nd October, 1661.
[78] Second Speech to the King, in Les Œuvres diverses, p. 109.
[79] Cf. Mélanges, by Vigneul de Marville.
[80] Such is the title of the original edition, printed in italics, without date or address, on three quarto pages.
[81] "The Anqueil is a little river which flows near Vaux." (Note by La Fontaine.)
[82] Variant:
La Cabale est contente, Oronte est malheureux.