[70] See Part II for the story of this entertainment.
[71] Cf. _Mémoires sur Nicolas Foucquet,_ by Chéruel, Vol. II, pp. 179-180.
[72] _Mémoires de Brienne,_ Vol. II, p. 153.
[73] La Fontaine, letter to his wife, Ed. Marty-Laveaux, Vol. III, p. 311 _et seq._
[74] This letter was published for the first time in _Les Causeries d'un curieux,_ VOL II, p. 518.
[75] _Dictionnaire Antique._ Article on Hesnault.
[76] Letter of the 10th of September, 1661.
[78] Second Speech to the King, in _Les Œuvres diverses,_ p. 109.
[79] Cf. _Mélanges,_ by Vigneul de Marville.
[80] Such is the title of the original edition, printed in italics, without date or address, on three quarto pages.
[81] "The Anqueil is a little river which flows near Vaux." (Note by La Fontaine.)
La Cabale est contente, Oronte est malheureux.
Du grand, du grand Henri qu'il contemple la vie. (Original edition.)
[84] Edition quoted, Vol. V, pp. 43-46. One contemporary copy, preserved in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, contains a text altered by one of Foucquet's enemies.
Voilà le précipice où l'ont enfin jeté Les attraits enchanteurs de la prospérité,
Il se hait de tant vivre après un tel malheur, Et, s'il espère encor, ce n'est qu'en sa douleur, C'est là le seul plaisir qui flatte son courage, Car des autres plaisirs on lui défend l'usage. Voilà, voilà l'effet de cette ambition Qui fait de ses pareils l'unique passion.
[85] Edition cited: Vol. V, pp. 46-49. Published for the first time by La Fontaine in his collection _Poésies chrétinnes et diverses,_ 1671, Vol. Ill, p. 34.
[86] La Fontaine, Letter to Monsieur Foucquet. Edition cited: Vol. Ill, pp. 307-308. This letter was published for the first time in 1729.
[87] Cf. Le procès de Foucquet, a speech pronounced at the opening of Conférence des Avocats, Monday, 27th November, 1882, by Léon Deroy, advocate in the Court of Appeal. Paris, Alcan Lévy, 1882.
[88] Recueil des arrêtés de G. de Lamoignon, Paris, 1781. _Vie de M. le premier président,_ by Girard, p. 14. (The fleur-de-Iys was very largely employed in the decoration of the walls, floors, ceiling, etc., of the Parliaments, etc.--Ed.)
[89] Journal d'Olivier d'Ormesson, Vol. II, p. 26.
[90] _Recueil des arrêtés,_ already cited.