[178] See above, p. 44, [n. 77].
[179] Daniel-François Voysin succeeded Chamillart as Secretary of State for War in 1709. For his portrait see VI. 444-446.
[180] Henri de Lorraine, Comte de Brionne, son of the Comte d’Armagnac, grand écuyer, known as M. le Grand. He was the best dancer of his day, “un assez honnête homme, mais si court et si plat que rien n’étoit au-dessous... d’un mérite qui se servit borné aux jambons s’il fût né d’un père qui en eût vendu” (IX. 286-287).
[181] Charles-François de La Baume le Blanc, Marquis afterwards Duc de La Vallière. He was the great-nephew of Louise de La Vallière.
[182] The best-known is that by Mignard in the Louvre, painted in 1689. It represents the Dauphin with his wife and his three children.
[183] Parvulo (= en petit comité) was the name given to the gatherings of Monseigneur’s little circle of intimates.
[184] The Duc de Montausier frequently administered personal chastisement to the Dauphin, often for very minor offences.
[185] The sisters of the Congrégation des Filles de la Charité, organised by St Vincent de Paul in 1633.
[186] =pall (from pallium).