The Castle of Blois----428 Henry Iii. and the Murder of Guise----437 Henry of Navarre and the Scotch Guard----448 1589 to 1715 CHAPTER XXXV. HENRY IV., PROTESTANT KING. (1589-1593.) CHAPTER XXXVI. HENRY IV., CATHOLIC KING. (1593-1610.) CHAPTER XXXVII. REGENCY OF MARY DE' MEDICI. (1610-1617.) CHAPTER XXXVIII. LOUIS XIII., CARDINAL RICHELIEU, AND THE COURT. CHAPTER XXXIX. LOUIS XIII., CARDINAL RICHELIEU, AND THE PROVINCES. CHAPTER XL. LOUIS XIII., RICHELIEU--CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS. CHAPTER XLI. LOUIS XIII., CARDINAL RICHELIEU, AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS. CHAPTER XII. LOUIS XIII., RICHELIEU, AND LITERATURE. CHAPTER XLIII. LOUIS XIV., THE FRONDE--CARDINAL MAZARIN. CHAPTER XLIV. LOUIS XIV., HIS WARS AND HIS CONQUESTS. 1661-1697. CHAPTER XLV. LOUIS XIV., HIS WARS AND HIS REVERSES. (1697-1713.) CHAPTER XLVI. LOUIS XIV. AND HOME ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER XLVII. LOUIS XIV. AND RELIGION. CHAPTER XLVIII. LOUIS XIV., LITERATURE AND ART. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Henry IV.----11 Sully----37 Henry IV. At Ivry----26 Rosny Castle----30 "Do Not Lose Sight of My White Plume."----30 Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma----32 Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne----35 Lemaitre, Mayenne, and the Archbishop of Lyons----53 Henry IV.'s Abjuration----56 The Castle of Monceaux----91 The Castle of St. Germain in the Reign Of Henry IV.--107 The Castle of Fontainbleau----124 Gabrielle D'estrees--130 Henry IV. And his Ministers----138 The Arsenal in the Reign of Henry IV.----143 Marie de Medicis----147 Concini, Leonora Galigai, and Mary De' Medici----149 Louis XIII. And Albert de Luynes----154 Murder of Marshal D'Ancre----155 Richelieu----180 Double Duel----188 "Tapping With his Finger-tips on the Window-pane."----191 Henry, Duke of Montmorency, at Castelnaudary----199 The King and the Cardinal----204 Cinq-Mars and de Thou Going to Execution----215 The Parliament of Paris Reprimanded----217 The Barefoots----221 The Abbot of St. Cyran----234 Demolishing the Fortifications----244 The Harbor of La Rochelle---248 The King and Richelieu at La Rochelle----250 John Guiton's Oath----254 The Defile of Suza Pass----278 Richelieu and Father Joseph----280 Gustavus Adolphus----282 Death of Gustavus and his Page----290 The Palais-Cardinal----305 The Tomb of Richelieu----308 Descartes at Amsterdam----316 The King's Press----323 Peter Corneille----334 The Representation of "The Cid."----335 Corneille at the Hotel Rambouillet---342 Louis XIV.----344 The Great Conde----348 Arrest of Broussel----352 Cardinal de Retz----352 "Ah, Wretch, if Thy Father Saw Thee!"----354 President Mole----355 The Great Mademoiselle----373 Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin----394 Death of Mazarin.----399 Fouquet----404 Colbert----405 Vaux Le Vicomte----405b Louis XIV. Dismissing Fouquet----407 Louvois----411 William III., Prince of Orange----434 The Brothers Witt----436 Death of Turenne----443 Turenne.----444 An Exploit of John Bart's----446