Condé. See "Fêtes Magnifiques," note

9. Ouyenne, ancient province whose capital was Bordeaux. 11. Bosiuet. See "Théorie de la Monarchie Absolue," note 28. 27.

16. duc d'Orléans. Gaston d'Orléans, brother of Louis XIII., therefore uncle of the young king Louis XIV.

17. le ooacyuteur, assistant of the bishop of Paris, Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz. He was a brilliant writer, but his Mémoires f umish ^ record of his frivolous, intriguing char-

acter. De Vignj's famous novel Cinq Mare gives an excellent picture of him as well as of Qaston d'Orléans.