Family of the Marquis de Mirabeau 195 Originally Italian, and named Arrighetti 195 Valour of the Marquis Jean Antoine de Mirabeau 196 His high Character 196 Victor, Marquis de Mirabeau, a tyrannical Father 197 His literary Reputation founded on his "L'Ami des Hommes" 197 Is imprisoned for writing the "Théorie de Impôt" 197 Marries Marie Geneviève, Marchioness de Saulvebeuf, and has eleven Children 193 Instals Madame de Pailly over his Household 198 This occasions a Separation from his Marchioness 198 His Prejudice against GABRIEL HONORÉ DE MIRABEAU, his fifth Child, the Subject of this Article 199 Accuses him of an innate Depravity of Character 201 The Father makes him undergo a severe Education 202 Gabriel serves in the Regiment of the Marquis de Lambert, a strict Disciplinarian 203 The Marquis Victor de Mirabeau obtains a Lettre-de-cachet and imprisons Gabriel 204 Gabriel de Mirabeau declares his love of a military Life 205 1772. Ætat. 23. He marries Marie Emilie de Covet, Daughter of the Marquis de Marignane 207 Incurs Debts, and is confined by his Father by means of a Lettre-de-cachet 207 Is jealous of the Chevalier de Gassaud 209 His Quarrel with the Baron de Villeneuve-Moans 209 Is imprisoned by his Father in the Castle of If, near Marseilles 209 1775. Ætat. 26. Is transferred to the Fortress of Joux 210 His amour with Madame de Monnier (Sophie de Ruffey) 212 He escapes from Prison 213 Is indignant at his Father's Severity 214 1776. Ætat. 27. He flies with Madame de Monnier to Holland, and earns a Subsistence by his Pen 215 M. de Monnier prosecutes him and Madame de Monnier, and they are condemned to ignominious Punishments in their Absence 216 1777. Ætat. 28. They are arrested at Amsterdam, and Gabriel de Mirabeau is imprisoned at Vincennes 217 His Complaints of the long Persecution of him 218 His Writings during Imprisonment 219 "Essay on Lettres-de-Cachet and State Prisons" 219