[188] Henri-Charles Du Cambout, Duc de Coislin and Bishop of Metz. He was nephew of Cardinal de Coislin, and had succeeded to the dukedom on the death of his elder brother in 1710.
[189] Marquis de Dreux, son-in-law of Chamillart. “Son ignorance et sa brutalité étoient égales, et au comble” (XII. 318).
[190] Henri-Ignace de Brancas.
[191] For the Maréchal-Marquis de Brancas see XII. 240-241. He was a friend of Saint-Simon’s.
[192] See for other accounts of the Dauphin’s death Correspondance de Madame, II. 143 ff. and Mme de Maintenon d’après sa correspondance, II. 275 ff. Cp. also Massillon’s Oraison funèbre, in which he dwells on the Dauphin’s bonté or good-nature, and on his complete submission to Louis XIV, “Toujours entre les mains du roi, et toujours charmé d’y être.”
[193] Ed. Chéruel, I. 136-137; ed. Boislisle, II. 53-55.
[194] Ed. Chéruel, I. 390-391 (see also XII. 419, and XIV. 391); ed. Boislisle, III. 332-333.
[195] A journey to Paris in the year 1698. London, 1699.
[196] “No man talks with more freedom to him [Louis XIV],” says Lister.
[197] Ed. Chéruel, II. 344-345; ed. Boislisle, VII. 190-194.