[301] Exactly, according to the official figures, 284,940 francs.

[302] The coat called a brevet, because it could only be worn with a brevet from the King, was changed every year. It was thus very out of fashion at the end of twelve years. Lauzun had worn a wig at Pignerol, to protect his head against the dampness of his dungeon.

[303] Écrits inédits, Saint-Simon.

[304] Saint-Simon, Mémoires. Saint-Simon takes his details from an eye-witness.

[305] Saint-Simon, Écrits inédits.

[306] Sévigné.

[307] Mémoires de la Cour de France, by Mme. de La Fayette.

[308] Sévigné, January 6, 1689.

[309] Letter of M. d'Amfreville, general-officer of the marine to Seignelay, in the Histoire de Louvois, by Camille Rousset.

[310] Saint-Simon, Écrits inédits.