[29] This anecdote has already been related by Saint-Simon in an earlier volume. That it was the origin of the war of 1688 has been disproved by C. Rousset in his Histoire de Louvois.
[30] See [below] for a portrait of Le Nostre.
[31] Charles-Henri, Prince de Vaudemont, a legitimatised son of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. See I. 494-497.
[32] This accusation is untrue.
[33] For this battle, called Landen by English writers (July 29, 1693), see I. 87, and Macaulay, Hist. of England, c. XX.
[34] The Duke of Savoy.
[35] William Bentinck, Earl of Portland (1649-1709), a Dutchman by birth, was greatly trusted by William of Orange. For his conferences with Boufflers, which resulted in the Peace of Ryswick, see I. 461-462; Macaulay, c. XXII. For his embassy to France in 1698, the magnificence of which made a great impression on the French people, see II. 19-23. It is described at great length by Macaulay, c. XXIII.
[36] This account of Louis XIV’s éducation has been shewn by modern historians to be incorrect. Cp. Primi Visconti, Mémoires, 191-192. But it is true that he hated reading. “La seule vue d’un livre le fatigue” (ib.). “Il avait la lecture en horreur,” says Madame (Corr. III. 36).
[37] Relating to the years 1635-1660.
[38] Louis, Comte de Cheverny, filled the posts of ambassador to Germany and to Denmark, and of governor to the Duc de Chartres. He married a niece of Colbert.