[31] Turenne had conquered the troops of the Prince at Étampes (May, 1652), upon the occasion of a review in honour of Mademoiselle and of the disorder which resulted. See The Youth of La Grande Mademoiselle. Some weeks later, he besieged the town.
[32] Letter to his wife, August 3, 1663.
[33] Richelieu had declared war with Spain March 26, 1635.
[34] The phrase is by Bussy-Rabutin.
[35] See the Mémoires de Louis XIV., edited by Charles Dreyss. The Mémoires of Louis XIV. were not written by himself. He dictated them to his secretaries afterward adding notes in his own handwriting and correcting the proofs. See the Introduction by M. Dreyss.
[36] Mémoires de Mademoiselle de Montpensier. Mémoires de Montglat.
[37] Montglat.
[38] Id.
[39] Letters of January 3, 1717, of September 27, 1718, and of July, 1722. Madame adds in this last: "Now, all the circumstances are known."
[40] Letter to the Queen, Anne of Austria, October 27, 1651.