[170] In the preamble of this document, Louis XIII. strove to throw the responsibility for his cousin’s long detention upon Marie de’ Medici and her adherents, although the real cause seems to have been the fears of Luynes lest Condé should attempt to dispute his ascendency over the young King. “Being informed,” said his Majesty, “of the reasons by which his detention has been excused, I have found that there was no cause save the machinations and evil designs of his enemies.” [171] Enghien is the modern spelling; in the seventeenth century it was written Anguien. [172] Lenet, “Mémoires.” [173] Madame de Motteville, “Mémoires.” [174] By a will made shortly before his death, the Duc de Montmorency, who left no children, had designated as heir to the greater part of his immense estates the little François de Montmorency-Boutteville, afterwards the celebrated Maréchal de Luxembourg, the posthumous son of the Comte de Montmorency-Boutteville, executed for duelling in 1627. But the duke’s condemnation rendered this document of no effect, and the whole of his property reverted to the Crown. Louis XIII., however, contented himself with retaining possession of Chantilly and Dammartin, for the sake of the hunting, without, however, uniting them to his demesne, and caused the rest of the property to be divided between the Princesse de Condé and her two sisters, Richelieu, we may presume, not being minded to set up another great feudal noble in the place of the deceased duke. [175] Lenet, “Mémoires.” [176] Mlle. de Montpensier, “Mémoires.” [177] According to Tallemant des Réaux, at one time, the poor woman imagined that she was made of glass, and never sat down except with infinite precautions; at another, she thought that her hands and feet had turned to ice, and was continually warming them, even in the hottest weather. [178] Duc d’Aumale, “Histoire des Princes de Condé.” [179] Letter of Henri Arnauld to Barillon, April 11, 1640, cited by Homberg and Jousselin, “la Femme du Grand Condé.” [180] Mademoiselle de Montpensier, “Mémoires.” [181] Earl Stanhope, “Life of Louis, Prince de Condé, surnamed the Great.” [182] “Archives de Chantilly,” cited by the Duc d’Aumale. [183] Mademoiselle de Montpensier, “Mémoires.” [184] “La Femme du Grand Condé.” [185] Letter of Henri Arnauld to the President Barillon, cited by MM. Homberg and Jousselin, “la Femme du Grand Condé.” [186] Letter of 30 July, 1643, published by the Duc d’Aumale. [187] According to some chroniclers, such was his emotion at parting from his inamorata, that he fell down in a swoon at her feet. [188] There were two convents of Carmelite nuns in Paris at this period, one in the Faubourg Saint-Jacques, the other in the Rue Chapon. The first, which was the parent-house of the order in France, was known as the “_Grandes Carmélites_.” [189] Published by MM. Homberg et Jousselin, “la Femme du Grand Condé.”