[86] Sully, _Mém_. vol. viii. pp. 121-124. [87] L'Etoile, vol. iv. pp. 183, 184. [88] Richelieu, _Hist, de la Mère et du Fils_, vol. i. p. 109. [89] L'Etoile, vol. iv. pp. 192, 193. [90] Charles de Lorraine, Duc d'Elboeuf, was the grandson of Réné, Marquis d'Elboeuf, the seventh son of Claude, Duc de Guise. He married Catherine Henriette, the daughter of Henri IV and _La belle Gabrielle_, and was involved in the intrigues of the Court during the ministries both of Richelieu and Mazarin. His posterity terminated in his grandson, Emmanuel-Maurice, who died in 1763, after having served the Emperor in Naples. During his sojourn in Italy the Duc Emmanuel built a superb palace at Portici; and it is worthy of remark that it was while searching for ancient marbles to decorate that edifice that the ruins of Herculaneum were discovered. The subject of the note died in 1657. [91] It may not be uninteresting to our readers to learn the honours and offices to which Sully had attained at the death of Henri IV. Here follow his titles: Maximilien de Béthune, Knight, Duc de Henrichemont and Boisbelle; Marquis de Rosny; Comte de Dourdan; Sire d'Orval, Montrond, and St. Amand; Baron d'Espineuil, Bruyères, le Châtel, Villebon, la Chapelle, Novion, Bagny, and Boutin; King's Counsel in all the royal councils; Captain-Lieutenant of two hundred ordnance men-at arms; Grand Master and Captain-General of the Artillery; Grand Overseer of the highways of France; Superintendent of Finance, and of the royal fortifications and buildings; Governor and Lieutenant-General of his Majesty in Poitou, Châteleraudois, and Loudunois; Governor of Mantes and Gergeau; and Captain of the Bastille. [92] Richelieu, _Hist. de la Mère et du Fils_, vol. i. pp. 109-113. [93] Sully, _Mém_, vol. viii. pp. 125-129. [94] Rambure, MS. _Mémoires_, vol. vi. pp. 78, 79. [95] Henri de Lorraine, Duc d'Aiguillon, peer of France, elder son of the Duc de Mayenne. [96] Sully, _Mém_, vol. viii. pp. 109-118. [97] Bonnechose, vol. i. p. 450. CHAPTER III 1611