[151] Letter of October 31st to the Queen of Poland (Archives of Chantilly).
[152] Cf. De La Vallière à Montespan, by Jean Lemoine and André Lichtenberger.
[153] Letter dated December 28, 1663, to the Queen of Poland (Archives of Chantilly).
[154] See the Molière of the Grands Écrivains, v., iv.
[155] See the contemporary engravings. Some reproductions will be found in the beautiful work of M. de Nolhac, La Création de Versailles.
[156] See the Youth of La Grande Mademoiselle.
[157] From the 7th to the 11th of May, the first two days and the last two not counted.
[158] Number of February 3, 1663, apropos of a ball given at the Louvre by the King on January 31st.
[159] For this portion, see the Gazette of May 17th, the letters from Loret of the 10th and 17th, various Relations du temps, the Molière of the Grands Écrivains, etc.
[160] Louise de La Vallière, by J. Lair.