[235] Matthieu, Hist. des Derniers Troubles, book iii. p. 577.
[236] Bassompierre, Mém. pp. 113, 114.
[237] The Maréchal d'Ancre had formed a large establishment by engaging in his service a number of impoverished French nobles, whose necessities had induced them to accept a thousand livres a year, and to submit to the insults which were heaped upon them by their low-born patron.
[238] Bassompierre. Mém. p. 114. D'Estrées, Mém. p. 413. Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. ii. p. 57.
[239] Rohan, Mém. p. 141.
[240] Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 514.
[241] Sismondi, vol. xxii. p. 371, 372. D'Estrées, Mém. p. 412. Bassompierre, Mém. p. 114. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 113, 114.
[242] Bassompierre, Mém. pp. 121, 122.
[243] Richelieu, Mém. book vii. p. 333. Fontenay-Mareuil, pp. 338-358.
[244] Richelieu, Mém. book vii. p. 326.