[535] This is a collection of letters interchanged between the Marquis de L. and the Chevalier de B., in which the latter gives an account of his travels in France, Italy, Germany, and England, from September 5, 1782, to January 29, 1788. In it, Matthioly is confounded with another agent named Girolamo Magni. [536] _Mémoires de l’Académie de Berlin_, 1794 and 1795, Division of Belles-Lettres, pp. 157-163. [537] January 31, 1800.--_Trans._ [538] Pp. 814-816. [539] In this list I do not include the Hon. George Agar Ellis, whose work was translated into French and published by Barbeza, (Paris, 1830), because his book is itself only the almost literal reproduction of Delort’s. [540] We have already seen that Delort had examined, in the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, only a portion of the sections Venice and Mantua, and that of Savoy not at all. As to the despatches interchanged between the Minister of War and Saint-Mars, he had inspected the rather numerous letters in the Archives of the Empire, but not the drafts which are at the Ministry of War. [541] “We share the opinion of those who think that the Man with the Iron Mask was no other than Matthioly:”--_Histoire de Louvois_, vol. iii. p. 111, _note_. [542] Despatch from Louvois to Saint-Mars, January 30, 1675. [543] Unpublished despatch from Louvois to Saint-Mars, April 18, 1674:--Archives of the Ministry of War. [544] Letter from Louvois to Saint-Mars, July 19, 1669. We have already mentioned that the same precautions were adopted (_ante_, p. 234) even for the Protestant ministers who were confined at the Isles Sainte-Marguerite later. See Depping: _Correspondance Administrative sous Louis XIV._ [545] Buticary was set at liberty at Saint-Mars’ request. The following extract from a despatch proves that he ought not to be confounded with Caluzio, as M. Loiseleur has done: “In the correspondence of Saint-Mars,” he says (_Revue Contemporaine_, July 31, 1867, p. 202, note), “Caluzio is sometimes called Buticary. One of the two names is a surname.” Now, September 14, 1675, Louvois writes to Saint-Mars: “You have done right to give a sergeant and two soldiers to take the Sieur Caluzio to Lyons, and as to the Sieur Buticary, when the King is at Saint-Germain, I will willingly speak in his favour and endeavour to obtain his release.” [546] Delort, _Histoire de la Détention des Philosophes_, vol. i. and Roux-Fazillac. [547] Letter from Louvois to Saint-Mars, May 12, 1680. [548] Letter from Catinat to Louvois, May 3, 1679. [549] Letter from Louvois, August 16, 1680, and from Saint-Mars, September 7 of the same year. [550] _Problèmes Historiques_, Paris. Hachette. [551] _Revue Contemporaine_, July 21, 1867, pp. 194-239. [552] _Revue Contemporaine_, p. 206.