The 29th of the same Month the Duke and Duchess of _Maine_ were arrested: The Duke had been the Day before to pay a Visit to the Duchess of _Orleans_ at the Royal Palace, and stay’d there Three Hours, after which he return’d to lye at _Seaux_; where next Morning a Lieutenant of the Guards came and told him, that he had Orders to carry him under a strong Guard to the Castle of _Dourlens_. The same Day at Seven in the Morning, the Marquis _D’Ancenis_, who was Captain of the Guards after the Death of his Father the Duke of _Charost_, during whose Life he had the Post in Reversion, had an Order to arrest the Duchess of _Maine_: This Officer had supp’d but the Night before with the Princess, and stayed with her very late; guess then how he must be surpriz’d when he came Home, and found the _Letter de Cachet_ or Warrant, which put him upon an Office that he would have been glad to be excused from serving; but the Order must be obeyed, and therefore he went next Day to the Princess’s Apartment, who was then in Bed, as were also her Ladies; so that the Servants were very much startled to see M. _D’Ancenis_ there again so early, and scrupled at first to awake the Duchess; but, as they imagined the Marquis was come about an Affair of great Consequence, the Ladies let him in: The Princess, being wak’d out of her Sleep by the Noise of the Door, as it open’d, ask’d, Who was there? M. _D’Ancenis_ having told her his Name, she said to him hastily, _Oh! my God! What have I done to you, that you should disturb me so soon in the Morning?_ He then told her the melancholy Commission that he was sent upon. They say, her Ladyship was much more provok’d at this Disgrace than the Duke her Husband; and she could not help dropping some Words which shew’d plain enough that she was impatient under her Misfortune. However, she was quickly dress’d, and getting into a Coach with Three of her Waiting-Women, she was conducted to the Castle of _Dijon_: All her chief Domestics were committed, some to the _Bastille_, and others to _Vincennes_. The Prince of _Dombes_ and the Count _de Eu_ were banish’d to _Eu_, where they had so much Liberty however, that this Change of Fortune had not altogether the Air of Disgrace. As for _Maidemoiselle de Maine_, the Princess of _Conty_ took her Home with her. The Cardinal _de Polignac_, who was very much attach’d to the Family of _Maine_, also shar’d their Fate; for he was banish’d to his Abbey of _Anchin_, and had but Two Hours allow’d him to set his Affairs in Order.