[41] Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. pp. 83, 84.
[42] L'Etoile, vol. iv. p. 155.
[43] Mercure Français, 1610, vol. i. p. 492.
[44] Matthieu, Hist. des Derniers Troubles, book iii. p. 454.
[45] Mém. de Henri, Duc de Rohan, edit. Petitot.
[46] The Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio, born in 1579, was descended from an illustrious Bolognese family, who had formerly been the sovereigns of that state, and had produced alike great warriors, renowned poets, and celebrated prelates. He was himself a distinguished diplomatist and an able writer. Literature is indebted to his pen for the History of the Civil Wars of Flanders, sundry Memoirs, and a Narrative of Flanders. He died in 1644.
[47] Mém. de la Régence de Marie de Medicis, pp. 5-14. D'Estrées, Mém., édition Michaud, pp. 375, 376.
[48] Hist. de la Vie du Duc d'Epernon, pp. 248, 249.
[49] Mém. de la Régence, pp. 6-8. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 7, 8. D'Estrées, Mém. p. 376.
[50] M. de Souvré was the governor of Louis XIII.