yields up the fruit of his conquests, 130, 131; Voltaire’s lines to, 131; change of public feeling toward, 132; his interest in the theatre of Madame de Pompadour, 138; becomes bored by dramatic spectacles, 145; transfers performances from Versailles to château of Bellevue, 145, 146; his conscience uneasy, 158; equestrian statue of, 159, 160; public attacks on, 165, 166; his Jubilee, 169, 171, 172; his religious tendencies, 166, 173; retains Madame de Pompadour only through compassion, 174; wounded by Damiens, 180–182; public sympathy for, 182; receives Madame de Pompadour graciously, 187; his attitude towards Jansenism, 196; his spirit of compromise, 197; summons Christopher de Beaumont to the archbishopric of Paris, 196; sends de Beaumont to Conflans, 197; recalls de Beaumont, 199; his enmity to Parliament, 198, 200; his indecision, 203, 204; his attitude toward Austria, 205; accepts resignation of Abbé Bernis, 210, 211; gives up cities possessed in Germany, 212; his words concerning famous men of letters of France, 214; revokes the privileges of editors of the Encyclopedia, 216, 217; anonymous letter to, 217, 218; called a Herod by the people, 219, 220; his words at the funeral of Madame de Pompadour, 231; fond of the society of his daughters, 255, 256; selects a second wife for the Dauphin, 258; at the death-bed of his wife, 273. Louis XIV., 13, 101; his attitude towards Jansenism, 195. Louis XVI., 265. Louis XVIII., 265. Louise, Madame, 247, 255. Luynes, Duchess de, 127, 128; Marie Leczinska’s letters to, 241, 242; Marie Leczinska’s friendship for, 241, 242. Luynes, Duke de, his gift to Marie Leczinska, 241, 242. Machault, M. de, his attitude towards Madame de Pompadour, 183; his interview with Madame de Pompadour, 184, 185. Mailly, Countess de, 1, 46; her birth and marriage, 47; description of, by Le Roy, 47; becomes mistress of Louis XV., 47, 48; loses affection of the King, 53; introduces her sister, Pauline Félicité, to the King, 54; her grief at death of her sister, 58; dismissed from court, 60 _et seq._; pitied by every one, 64; pensioned by the King, 67; her last years, 93; her last days and death, 170–172. _Mariage fait et rompu, Le_, performed at Versailles, 139. Maria Theresa, 204; her display of admiration for Louis XV., 205. Marie Anne Victoire, Infanta, affianced to Louis XIV., 14, 15; sent back to Spain on account of her youth, 18, 20, 21; marries Joseph Emanuel, 21. Marie Antoinette, 2.