[31] Mém. pour l'Hist. de France, vol. ii. p. 359.
[32] Mercure Français, 1611, p. 17.
[33] Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. p. 56.
[34] Charles de Cossé, Comte de Brissac, Governor of Paris, in the year 1594 delivered up that city to Henri IV, by whom he was on that occasion raised to the dignity of Marshal of France. In 1626 Louis XIII erected his estate into a duchy-peerage, and in the following year he died Duc de Brissac.
[35] Urbain de Laval, Marquis de Bois-Dauphin, was one of the four Marshals of France created by the Duc de Mayenne whose rank was subsequently confirmed by Henri IV. He was one of the original chiefs of the League.
[36] Matthieu, Hist. des Derniers Troubles, 1610, pp. 446-453.
[37] Bassompierre, Mém. p. 72.
[38] Sully, Mém. vol. viii. p. 30.
[39] Bassompierre, Mém. p. 72.
[40] Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. pp. 57-59.