Instant measures were taken for this purpose; and meanwhile the favourite, lulled into false security, was wholly unconscious of this new conspiracy, believing that by his late deed of blood he had awed all his adversaries into submission.
FOOTNOTES
[1] Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. pp. 248, 249.
[2] Sismondi, vol. xxii. p. 434.
[3] Mézeray, vol. xi. p. 148. Le Vassor, vol ii. p. 7. Rohan, Mém. p. 153. Bassompierre, Mém. pp. 127, 128. Brienne, Mém. vol. i. pp. 334, 335.
[4] Vie du Duc d'Epernon, book vii.
[5] Siri, Mém. Rec. vol. iv. p. 567.
[6] Bassompierre, Mém. p. 128.
[7] Rohan, Mém. book i. Vie du Duc d'Epernon, book vii.
[8] Bassompierre, Mém. p. 129.