1626. Birth of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal 214 Account of this noble Family 214 1627. Her Father, Baron de Chantal, slain at the Isle of Rhé 215 Account of the De Coulanges Family 215 The Breton Race described 216 1644. Ætat. 18. Mademoiselle de Rabutin-Chantal marries Henry Marquis de Sévigné 216 Cardinal de Retz and the Fronde 217 Count de Bussy-Rabutin, Cousin of Madame de Sévigné 217 Ninon de l'Enclos 217 Marquis de Sévigné falls in a Duel with the Chevalier d'Albret 218 The Prince de Conti 219 Hôtel de Rambouillet 220 Cardinal de Retz imprisoned, and escapes 220 Disgrace and Trial of Fouquet, Minister of Finance 222 Letters of Madame de Sévigné 224 1664. Fêtes at Versailles 225 Louis XIV. takes a Part in the Tournament and Jousts 225 His Affection for Mademoiselle de la Vallière 225 Benserade, the Court Poet 226 Mademoiselle de Sévigné appears in the Ballets at Court 226 1669. Her Marriage with the Count de Grignan 227 Correspondence of the Marchioness de Sévigné addressed to her Daughter, Madame de Grignan 227 Count and Countess de Grignan repair to Provence, of which he is Lieutenant-Governor 228 Ninon de l'Enclos again the Cause of Affliction 230 Countess de la Fayette 231 Monsieur and Madame de Coulanges, Cousins of Madame de Sévigné 232 Dialogue, Supposititious, of M. de Coulanges and M. de Bussy-Rabutin 232 Celebrity for Talent of Madame de Coulanges 234 Poetry of that Lady's Husband 235 M. Corbinelli 236 Madame de Maintenon 237 D'Argenson and Corbinelli, amusing Anecdote of 237 1675. Death of Turenne 238 1676. Madame de Sévigné attacked with Rheumatism 244 1677. Ætat 51. Visited by her Daughter, who falls ill also 245