SAVOY, Marie Louise of (daughter of Amadeus II., first wife of Philip V. of Spain), quits Italy with Madame des Ursins for Spain, 153; description of her at fourteen, 153; the _camerara-mayor_ becomes indispensable to her, 154; incidents of the journey to Spain, 156; her first interview with Philip, who is disguised as a king's messenger, 158; the marriage at Figuieras, 158; untoward incident of the supper there, 159; Spanish _versus_ French cookery, 159; her indignation at the conduct of the Spanish ladies, 159; attributes the audacity and rudeness of the Spanish dames to the King, 159; ends by making the _amende_ to Philip V., 169; the arrival at Madrid, 160; the Queen governs Philip V., and Madame des Ursins governs the Queen, 168; her education and mental characteristics, 168; a happy conformity of tastes, views, and dispositions attaches the Queen to Madame des Ursins, 169; maintains the royal authority by the spell of her gentle and steady virtues, 198; her destitution at Burgos, 199; forsaken by her Court, seeks an asylum in old Castile, 200; in childbirth, appeals touchingly to the attachment and courage of Madame des Ursins, 257; dies suddenly at the age of twenty-six, 267. SPAIN, two political systems confront each other at Madrid, 169; both reduced to impotence by Madame des Ursins, 169; Gibraltar torn away for ever from Spain by a handful of British seamen, 187; defenceless state of the country, 187; necessary to have almost an army in each province, 199; the last remnant of the army surrenders without fighting, 199; the aim of the Great Alliance, 205; solves by her own efforts the great question which had kept Europe so long in arms, 262; called upon alone to pay the costs of the pacification (Treaty of Utrecht), 267. SWIFT, Dean, covers the Duchess of Marlborough with ridicule and obloquy, 234; represents her in print as a pickpocket, 243. TESSE, Marshal de, commands in Spain, 191; a cunning courtier but mediocre general, 197. TORCY, Marquis de (Prime Minister of Louis XIV.), favours the candidature of Madame des Ursins, 145; his confidence in her, 152; a copy of Madame des Ursins' annotated letter sent him, 179. TORIES, the, ousted by the Whigs, 218; their dismissal demanded by the Queen's favourite, 219; with Harley and Bolingbroke at their head they work in the dark to regain power, 219; set up Mrs. Masham to oppose and undermine the influence of the favourite, 224; they foster the Queen's grief at the bloodshed in the Low Countries, 235; dwell upon the odious tyranny of the Duchess of Marlborough, and promise to deliver Anne from it, 236; the Whigs replaced by Bolingbroke, Harley, Earl of Jersey, and the Dukes of Ormonde and Shrewsbury, 242.