[313] Bernard, book iii.
[314] Sismondi, vol. xxii. pp. 410, 411. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 674, 675.
[315] Marie de Rohan-Montbazon was the daughter of Hercule de Rohan, Due de Montbazon, and of his first wife, Madeleine de Lenoncourt. After the death of the Connétable de Luynes she married Claude de Lorraine, Due de Chevreuse, and became celebrated towards the close of the reign of Louis XIII, and during the minority of his successor, for her wit, her beauty, her profligacy, and her political intrigues. She died at a very advanced age in the year 1679.
[316] Brienne, Mm. vol. i. p. 333.
[317] Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 675. Sismondi, vol. xxii. pp. 430, 431.
[318] D'Héricourt, vol. i. p. 529.
[319] Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 678.
[320] By the Notables was understood a body of the most eminent individuals among the nobles, the clergy, and the law-officers; and as these were chosen by the ministers themselves, such an assembly could excite no apprehension among the Court party.
[321] Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 144, 145.
[322] Sismondi, vol. xxii. p. 331.