put out of countenance by Nell Gwynne, 112; in conjunction with Barillon obtains an order which suddenly changed the face of Europe, 113; her triumphant sway in political matters, 113: generously sacrifices her political _role_ in the matter of the "bill of exclusion," 114; her correspondence with Madame de Maintenon, 115; Louis XIV. confers upon her the title of Duchess d'Aubigny, 115; her creditable behaviour during the fatal seizure of Charles II., 115; magnificence of her apartments, 116; Barillon finds her in an agony of grief, 116; the message of the mistress to the dying king's brother, 117; her political attitude during the last months of Charles's life, 119; she returns to France with a large treasure of money and jewels, 120; is the object of a rigid surveillance, 120; Louvois, Courtin, and the _lettre de cachet_, 120; passes in profound obscurity the remainder of her life, 121; so reduced as to solicit a pension, 121; the power she possessed over the mind of Charles II., 122; her beauty not comparable to that of Madame de Montespan, 123. RANCE, Armand, Jean Le Bouthillier (the reformer of La Trappe), the lover who regretted Madame de Montbazon the most sincerely, 6; the sight of her sudden death determines him to withdraw from the world, 67; the skull of the Duchess said to have been found in his cell at La Trappe, 67. RETZ, Cardinal de, chills the Duke d'Orleans into inaction during the struggle of Conde with Turenne, 10; imprisoned at Vincennes, 15; obtains the red hat from Louis XIV., 26; entering upon his old intrigues, he is arrested and imprisoned, 26. ROCHEFOUCAULD, Francis, Duke de la, blinded by a ball through his face in the fight at the Faubourg St. Antoine, 9; retires to his estates, and for a few years buries himself in obscurity, 27; is again received into favour, and obtains a thumping pension, 28. SAINT-SIMON, Duke de, his explanation of the ascendency of Madame des Ursins, 168; his elaborate portrait of the Princess, 304.