[17] [See Note 17].

[18] [See Note 18].

[19] [See Note 19].

[20] [See Note 20].

[21] Words used by Marie de’ Medici to Louis XIII.

[22] Richelieu used these precise words in speaking of Marie de’ Medici.

[23] [See Note 21].

[24] [See Note 22].

[25] [See Note 23].