[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.