[261] Philibert Delamare, loc. cit.
[262] Letter dated December 24, 1670.
[263] Correspondance de Bussy-Rabutin, published by Ludovic Lalanne.
[264] M. du Honsett, Ancient Intendant of Finance. He had just purchased the office of Chancellor of Monsieur.
[265] Letter dated April 1, 1671.
[266] Letter dated January 13, 1672.
[267] Mémoires de La Fare. Cf. the Mémoires de Choisy, Segraisiana, etc.
[268] Louvois had visited Pignerol the preceding year.
[269] The authorities quoted in this and the following chapter, upon the captivity of Lauzun, are in part unpublished and drawn from the Archives of the Minister of War, in part borrowed from the Archives de la Bastille, by M. Ravaisson. See also a collection of historic documents of 1829: Histoire de la Détention des Philosophes, by J. Delort.
[270] Mme. de Montespan and Mlle. de La Vallière were designated briefly "les Dames."