[398] Ibid., November 27, 1677.
[399] Letter from Louvois to Saint-Mars, February 14, 1667.
[400] Ibid., February 24, 1665. See also letters of February 20 and April 24, 1665.
[401] Letter of April 17, 1670. Moreover, the King from time to time granted him gratuities. See among others, in Delort, a letter of June 4, 1666.
[402] Letter from Louvois to Saint-Mars, October 1, 1668.
[403] Named Laforest. Five soldiers received money and were severely punished. Laforest was arrested, condemned to death, and executed on the spot. Despatches from Louvois to Saint-Mars, December 17, 1669, and January 1, 1670.
[404] Letters of Louvois to Saint-Mars, November 21, 1667, October 9, 1668, January 2, 1670, April 15, 1675, and July 3, 1677.
[405] Delort, Histoire de la Détention des Philosophes, vol. i. p. 33.
[406] Despatches from Louvois to Saint-Mars, March 3, September 12, 1665, October 23, 1666, and April 8, 1678.
[407] Letter from Louvois to Saint-Mars, November 22, 1667 and March 1, 1673. “There is no great inconvenience,” writes Louvois to Saint-Mars, “in M. Fouquet’s knowing that the King has made war 011 the Dutch. So do not persuade yourself that you have been deficient in any way in giving him a book which has apprised him of this.”—Letter from Louvois to Saint-Mars, July 2, 1673. “I have received your letter of the 16th of this month, which requires no answer except to say that the King approves your informing M. Fouquet of the current news, according as his Majesty has already permitted you.”—Letter of April 25, 1678.