[76] Henriette, third daughter of Henry IV., was "accorded with" or promised in betrothal to Comte de Soissons a few months after her birth; the Comte was between five and six years old. Marie de Médicis did not consider the infantile betrothal binding; when she saw fit to marry her daughter she bestowed her hand upon Charles I., the King of England (1625).
[77] Ferdinand, third son of Philip III.
[78] The Cardinal-Infant had been forced to leave his camp and go to Brussels to recover his health. He died in Brussels soon after his arrival, more beloved by the French people—so it was said—than was becoming to a King of Spain. (See l'Histoire de la France sous Louis XIII. A. Bazin.)
[79] Mémoires de Michel de Marolles (Abbé de Villeloin); La Conspiration Cinq-Mars (Mlle. J. P. Basserie).
[80] Dulaure's Histoire de Paris.
[81] Mémoires, Montglat.
[82] Fontenelle's Vie de Pierre Corneille.
[83] Cinq-Mars had been promoted to the position of Grand Equerry.
[84] Motteville.
[85] Motteville.