Memoirs of Louis XIV, vol 1 | Page 7

Danger and
Escape.--The Dauphin's Casket.

VOLUME 9.
CHAPTER LXI
The King's Selfishness.--Defeat of the Czar.--Death of Catinat.--Last
Days of Vendome.--His Body at the Escurial.--Anecdote of Harlay and
the Jacobins.--Truce in Flanders.--Wolves.
CHAPTER LXII
Settlement of the Spanish Succession.--Renunciation of
France.--Comic Failure of the Duc de Berry.--Anecdotes of M. de
Chevreuse.--Father Daniel's History and Its Reward.
CHAPTER LXIII
The Bull Unigenitus.--My Interview with Father Tellier.--Curious
Inadvertence of Mine.--Peace.--Duc de la Rochefoucauld.--A Suicide
in Public.--Charmel.--Two Gay Sisters.

CHAPTER LXIV
The King of Spain a Widower.--Intrigues of Madame des
Ursins.--Choice of the Princes of Parma.--The King of France Kept in
the Dark.--Celebration of the Marriage.--Sudden Fall of the Princesse
des Ursins.--Her Expulsion from Spain.
CHAPTER LXV
The King of Spain Acquiesces in the Disgrace of Madame des
Ursins.--Its Origin.--Who Struck the Blow.--Her journey to
Versailles.--Treatment There.--My Interview with Her.--She Retires to
Genoa.--Then to Rome.-- Dies.
CHAPTER LXVI
Sudden Illness of the Duc de Berry--Suspicious Symptoms.--The
Duchess Prevented from Seeing Him.--His
Death.--Character.--Manners of the Duchesse de Berry.
CHAPTER LXVII
Maisons Seeks My Acquaintance.--His Mysterious Manner.--Increase
of the Intimacy.--Extraordinary News.--The Bastards Declared Princes
of the Blood.--Rage of Maisons and Noailles.--Opinion of the Court
and Country.
CHAPTER LXVIII
The King Unhappy and Ill at Ease.--Court Paid to Him.--A New
Scheme to Rule Him.--He Yields.--New Annoyance.--His
Will.--Anecdotes Concerning It.--Opinions of the Court.--M. du Maine
CHAPTER LXIX
A New Visit from Maisons.--His Violent Project.--My Objections.--He
Persists.--His Death and That of His Wife. --Death of the Duc de

Beauvilliers.--His Character.--Of the Cardinal d'Estrees.--Anecdotes.--
Death of Fenelon.

VOLUME 10.
CHAPTER LXX
Character and Position of the Duc d'Orleans--His Manners, Talents,
and Virtues.--His Weakness.--Anecdote Illustrative Thereof.-- The
"Debonnaire"--Adventure of the Grand Prieur in England.--Education
of the Duc d'Orleans.--Character of Dubois.--His Pernicious
Influence.-- The Duke's Emptiness.--His Deceit.--His Love of
Painting.--The Fairies at His Birth.--The Duke's Timidity.--An Instance
of His Mistrustfulness.
CHAPTER LXXI
The Duke Tries to Raise the Devil.--Magical Experiments.--His
Religious Opinions.--Impiety.--Reads Rabelais at Church.--The
Duchesse d'Orleans.-- Her Character.--Her Life with Her
Husband.--My Discourses with the Duke on the Future.--My Plans of
Government.--A Place at Choice Offered Me.-- I Decline the
Honour.--My Reason.--National Bankruptcy.--The Duke's Anger at My
Refusal.--A Final Decision.
CHAPTER LXXII
The King's Health Declines.--Bets about His Death.--Lord Stair.--My
New Friend.--The King's Last Hunt.--And Last Domestic and Public
Acts.-- Doctors.--Opium.--The King's Diet.--Failure of His
Strength.--His Hopes of Recovery.--Increased Danger.--Codicil to His
Will.--Interview with the Duc d'Orleans.--With the Cardinal de
Noailles.--Address to His Attendants.--The Dauphin Brought to
Him.--His Last Words.-- An Extraordinary Physician.--The Courtiers
and the Duc d'Orleans.-- Conduct of Madame de Maintenon.--The
King's Death.

CHAPTER LXXIII
Early Life of Louis XIV.--His Education.--His Enormous Vanity.--His
Ignorance.--Cause of the War with Holland.--His Mistakes and
Weakness in War.--The Ruin of France.--Origin of Versailles.--The
King's Love of Adulation, and Jealousy of People Who Came Not to
Court.--His Spies.-- His Vindictiveness.--Opening of
Letters.--Confidence Sometimes Placed in Him--A Lady in a
Predicament.
CHAPTER LXXIV
Excessive Politeness.--Influence of the Valets.--How the King Drove
Out.--Love of magnificence.--His Buildings. --Versailles.--The Supply
of Water.--The King Seeks for Quiet.--Creation of Marly.--Tremendous
Extravagance.
CHAPTER LXXV
Amours of the King.--La Valliere.--Montespan.--Scandalous
Publicity.-- Temper of Madame de Montespan.--Her Unbearable
Haughtiness.--Other Mistresses.--Madame de Maintenon.--Her
Fortunes.--Her Marriage with Scarron.--His Character and
Society.--How She Lived After His Death.-- Gets into Better
Company.--Acquaintance with Madame de Montespan.-- The King's
Children.--His Dislike of Widow Scarron.--Purchase of the Maintenon
Estate.--Further Demands.--M. du Maine on His Travels.-- Montespan's
Ill--humour.--Madame de Maintenon Supplants Her.--Her Bitter
Annoyance.--Progress of the New Intrigue.--Marriage of the King and
Madame de Maintenon.
CHAPTER LXXVI
Character of Madame de Maintenon.--Her Conversation.--Her Narrow-
mindedness.--Her Devotion.--Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.--Its
Fatal Consequences.--Saint Cyr.--Madame de Maintenon Desires Her
Marriage to be Declared.--Her Schemes.--Counterworked by

Louvois.--His Vigorous Conduct and Sudden Death.--Behaviour of the
King.--Extraordinary Death of Seron.
CHAPTER LXXVII
Daily Occupations of Madame de Maintenon.--Her Policy--How She
Governed the King's Affairs.--Connivance with the
Ministers.--Anecdote of Le Tellier.--Behaviour of the King to Madame
de Maintenon.-- His Hardness.--Selfishness.--Want of Thought for
Others.--Anecdotes.-- Resignation of the King.--Its Causes.--The
Jesuits and the Doctors.--The King and Lay Jesuits.

VOLUME 11.
CHAPTER LXXVIII
External Life of Louis XIV.--At the Army.--Etiquette of the King's
Table.--Court Manners and Customs.--The Rising of the
King.--Morning Occupations.--Secret Amours.--Going to
Mass.--Councils.--Thursdays.-- Fridays.--Ceremony of the King's
Dinner.--The King's Brother.--After Dinner.--The Drive.--Walks at
Marly and Elsewhere.--Stag--hunting.--Play- tables.--Lotteries.--Visits
to Madame de Maintenon.--Supper.--The King Retires to
Rest.--Medicine Days.--Kings Religious Observances.--Fervency in
Lent.--At Mass.--Costume.--Politeness of the King for the Court of
Saint-Germain.--Feelings of the Court at His Death.--Relief of Madame
de Maintenon.--Of the Duchesse d'Orleans.--Of the Court
Generally.--Joy of Paris and the Whole of France.--Decency of
Foreigners.--Burial of the King.
CHAPTER LXXIX
Surprise of M. d'Orleans at the King's Death.--My Interview with
Him.-- Dispute about Hats.--M. du Maine at the Parliament.--His
Reception.-- My Protest.--The King's Will.--Its Contents and
Reception.--Speech of the Duc d'Orleans.--Its Effect.--His Speech on

the Codicil.--Violent Discussion.--Curious Scene.--Interruption for
Dinner.--Return to the Parliament.--Abrogation of the Codicil.--New
Scheme of Government.-- The Regent Visits Madame de
Maintenon.--The Establishment of Saint-Cyr.--