[ [204]"L'année ne se passera pas que le roi et la reine d'Angleterre ne se repentent d'avoir refusé les offres que vous leur aves faites de la part du roy."—Richelieu to Estrades, December, 1637. Estrades: Ambassades et Negotiations (1718), p. 13.

[ [205]Digby to Montagu, March 5th, 1638. Aff. Etran. Ang., t. 47.

[ [206]Ibid., March 19th, 1638.

[ [207]Montagu to Chavigny, February 14th, 1638. Aff. Etran. Ang., t. 4.

[ [208]The Duke of Chevreuse had been made a Knight of the Garter at the time of the marriage of Charles and Henrietta.

[ [209]Avenel: Lettres de Richelieu, VI, p. 122.

[ [210]Histoire de l'entrée de la reyne mere du roy très-chrestien dans la Grande Bretaigne. Par le Sr de la Serre, Historiographe de France (1639).

[ [211]Montagu to Digby, June, 1638. Aff. Etran. Ang., t. 47.

[ [212]Con gives the details, Add. MS., 15,391: Salvetti (Add. MS., 27,962) says that the King asked for the money, but did not formally authorize the contribution.

[ [213]Add. MS., 15,392, f. 75.