[131] Cf. La Cabale des Dévots, by M. Raoul Allier.

[132] Journal d'Olivier Lefèvre d'Ormesson.

[133] Mémoires de Bussy-Rabutin.

[134] À nos Seigneurs de Parlement.—Archives of the Château of Eu. Mgr. le Duc d'Orléans has thrown open to me the Archives of Eu with a liberality for which I here heartily express my gratitude.

[135] Déclaration par le Menu du Comté d'Eu (May 8, 1660), and Inventoire général du Comté d'Eu (July 1, 1663).

[136] The Norman acre contains 81 acres and 71 centiares.

[137] Her request to the King was dated February 9, 1661 (Archives of Eu).

[138] The debts amounted exactly to 2,700,718 frs. 18 sols. (Liste des Créanciers in Archives of the Château of Eu). It will be remembered that Mademoiselle paid for Eu 2,550,000 frs.

[139] The account of the entry of Mademoiselle is in the Archives of the Château of Eu.

[140] Motteville.