[307] Sismondi, vol. xxii. pp. 398-404. Bassompierre, _Mém_. pp. 126, 127. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 653-659. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 137-142. Brienne, _Mém_. vol. i. pp. 327-329. [308] Rohan, _Mém_. book i. Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 659. [309] Bassompierre, _Mém_. p. 128. [310] Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 666. _Relation de la mort du Maréchal d'Ancre_. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 142, 143. Dreux du Radier, vol. vi. pp. 123, 124. Brienne, _Mém_. vol. i. p. 333. [311] Sismondi, vol. xxii. pp. 407, 408. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 667-672. Richelieu, _Hist, de la Mère et du Fils_, vol. i. pp. 223-230. [312] This incapacity to hold office under the French Government was, moreover, on this occasion, declared thenceforward to extend to all individuals who were natives of other countries; and an attempt was made thirty years subsequently to render it applicable to Cardinal Mazarin. [313] Bernard, book iii. [314] Sismondi, vol. xxii. pp. 410, 411. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 674, 675. [315] Marie de Rohan-Montbazon was the daughter of Hercule de Rohan, Due de Montbazon, and of his first wife, Madeleine de Lenoncourt. After the death of the Connétable de Luynes she married Claude de Lorraine, Due de Chevreuse, and became celebrated towards the close of the reign of Louis XIII, and during the minority of his successor, for her wit, her beauty, her profligacy, and her political intrigues. She died at a very advanced age in the year 1679. [316] Brienne, _Mm_. vol. i. p. 333. [317] Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 675. Sismondi, vol. xxii. pp. 430, 431. [318] D'Héricourt, vol. i. p. 529. [319] Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 678. [320] By the _Notables_ was understood a body of the most eminent individuals among the nobles, the clergy, and the law-officers; and as these were chosen by the ministers themselves, such an assembly could excite no apprehension among the Court party. [321] Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 144, 145. [322] Sismondi, vol. xxii. p. 331. END OF VOL. II