[9] Le Vassor, vol. ii. p. 36. Richelieu, Hist, de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. p. 324. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 159, 160. Sismondi, vol. xxii. p. 450.
[10] Le Vassor, vol. ii, pp. 37, 38.
[11] Mézeray, vol. xi. p. 148.
[12] Relation du Cardinal de la Valette. Vie du Duc d'Epernon, book vii. Le Vassor, vol. ii. pp. 38, 39. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 148, 149. Richelieu, Mém. book ix. p. 490.
[13] Le Vassor, vol. ii. pp. 39, 40. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 149, 150.
[14] Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 161, 162. Le Vassor, vol. ii. p. 41.
[15] Le Vassor vol. i. p. 736. Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. pp. 252-293.
[16] Jean Jacques de Mesmes, Seigneur de Roissy, was the descendant of an ancient and illustrious family, which had produced several eminent men. He was a pupil of the learned Passerat, who resided for thirty years in his father's house. He died in 1642, senior Councillor of State.
[17] Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. p. 261.
[18] Brienne, Mém. vol. i. p. 337.