[198] Ed. Chéruel, IV. 383 ff.; Boislisle, XIII. 280 ff.
[199] Ed. Chéruel, III. 379-380; ed. Boislisle, XI. 27-30.
[200] Détail de la France sous le règne de Louis XIV, the chief work of Boisguilbert or Boisguillebert, was first published at Rouen in 1695.
[201] Chamillart succeeded Pontchartrain as Controller-general in 1699.
[202] The Projet d’une Dîme royale was published anonymously at Rouen in 1707, and steps were immediately taken to suppress it. See [Appendix B].
[203] Beauvillier and Chevreuse.
[204] Nicolas Desmaretz succeeded Chamillart as Controller-general in 1708. His father married Colbert’s sister. “C’étoit un grand homme très bien fait, d’un visage et d’une physionomie agréable, qui annonçoit la sagesse et la douceur, qui étoient les deux choses du monde qu’il tenoit le moins” (II. 324).
[205] Vauban presented his book in manuscript to the king at the end of 1699. It was modified and completed in 1704.
[206] Ed. Chéruel, V. 149-154; ed. Boislisle, XIV. 323-339.
[207] Menin = a gentleman of the household.