Chapter 5

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Henry IV.——11

Sully——37

Henry IV. At Ivry——26

Rosny Castle——30

"Do Not Lose Sight of My White Plume."——30

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma——32

Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne——35

Lemaitre, Mayenne, and the Archbishop of Lyons——53

Henry IV.'s Abjuration——56

The Castle of Monceaux——91

The Castle of St. Germain in the Reign Of Henry IV.—107

The Castle of Fontainbleau——124

Gabrielle D'estrees—130

Henry IV. And his Ministers——138

The Arsenal in the Reign of Henry IV.——143

Marie de Medicis——147

Concini, Leonora Galigai, and Mary De' Medici——149

Louis XIII. And Albert de Luynes——154

Murder of Marshal D'Ancre——155

Richelieu——180

Double Duel——188

"Tapping With his Finger-tips on the Window-pane."——191

Henry, Duke of Montmorency, at Castelnaudary——199

The King and the Cardinal——204

Cinq-Mars and de Thou Going to Execution——215

The Parliament of Paris Reprimanded——217

The Barefoots——221

The Abbot of St. Cyran——234

Demolishing the Fortifications——244

The Harbor of La Rochelle—-248

The King and Richelieu at La Rochelle——250

John Guiton's Oath——254

The Defile of Suza Pass——278

Richelieu and Father Joseph——280

Gustavus Adolphus——282

Death of Gustavus and his Page——290

The Palais-Cardinal——305

The Tomb of Richelieu——308

Descartes at Amsterdam——316

The King's Press——323

Peter Corneille——334

The Representation of "The Cid."——335

Corneille at the Hotel Rambouillet—-342

Louis XIV.——344

The Great Conde——348

Arrest of Broussel——352

Cardinal de Retz——352

"Ah, Wretch, if Thy Father Saw Thee!"——354

President Mole——355

The Great Mademoiselle——373

Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin——394

Death of Mazarin.——399

Fouquet——404

Colbert——405

Vaux Le Vicomte——405b

Louis XIV. Dismissing Fouquet——407

Louvois——411

William III., Prince of Orange——434

The Brothers Witt——436

Death of Turenne——443

Turenne.——444

An Exploit of John Bart's——446

Duquesne Victorious over Ruyter—446a

Marshal Luxembourg—461

Heinsius——461

Battle of St. Vincent 465a

The Battle of Neerwinden——465

"Here is the King of Spain."——475

News for William III.——481

Bivouac of Louis XIV.——503

The Grand Dauphin——505

Marshal Villars and Prince Eugene——512

Marly——525

Colonnade of the Louvre 525a

Versailles—526

Vauban——534

Misery of the Peasantry——543

The Torture of the Huguenots—552

Revocation of the Edict Of Nantes——556

Death of Roland the Camisard——569

Abbey of Port-Royal——580

Reading the Decree 581

Bossuet——591

Blaise Pascal——597

Fenelon and the Duke of Burgundy——610

La Rochefoucauld and his Fair Friends——629

La Bruyere——633

Corneille Reading to Louis XIV.——642

Racine——646

Boileau-Despreaux——650

La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere, and Racine——657

Moliere——664

Death of Moliere——669

Lebrun——674

Le Poussin and Claude Lorrain——675

Lesueur——676

Mignard 677

Perrault 678

1715 to 1789