The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV (70 page)

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39
. Sourches III, pp. 39–40. Lafayette,
Memoirs of the Court,
p. 205.

40
. Segur,
Tapissier,
pp. 82, 82n.

41
. BA Mss 10347, fos. 372–5; ibid., fos. 535–6.

42
. Sourches I, p. 368; Bussy V, p. 528.

43
. Ibid., p. 52; Rav. VI, p. 124.

44
. Ibid., VII, pp. 145–6, 167.

45
. SS (Truc) I, p. 488; Dangeau V, p. 427; SS (Truc) I, p. 488.

46
. BN Mss Clairambault 1192, fo. 19.

47
. Beurain, pp. 42–3.

48
. Ibid., pp. 46–7.

49
. Ibid., p. 47; Sév. VI, p. 218.

50
. Rav. VI, p. 130; Sév. VI, p. 225.

51
. BN Mss Clairambault 1192, fos. 24–24v; ibid. fo. 27.

52
. Segur,
Tapissier,
pp. 104, 79.

53
. SS (Truc) II, p. 627; SS (Norton) I, pp. 43–4.

54
. BN Mss Clairambault 986, fo. 294; Sév. VI, p. 232; Segur,
Tapissier,
pp. 79, 94; Bussy V, pp. 50–1.

55
. Segur,
Tapissier,
pp. 103, 89.

56
. SS (Truc) IV, p. 322; Primi Visconti, p. 115; Choisy I, p. 78; Spanheim, p. 247.

57
. SS (Truc) IV, p. 327; Primi Visconti, p. 115.

58
. Dangeau III, p. 264.

59
. Bussy III, pp. 374, 377.

60
. Rav. VI, pp. 34, 142, 140.

61
. Bussy V, pp. 45–6, 50–1.

62
. Sév. VI, pp. 233–5.

63
. Rav. VI, p. 119.

64
. Sév. VI, pp. 233–5.

65
. Primi Visconti, p. 288; see also Voltaire I, p. 345.

66
. Sév. V, pp. 266–7.

67
. PRO SP 78/143/fo. 88v; Spanheim, p. 248; SS (Truc) III, pp. 322–6.

68
. Segur,
Tapissier,
p. 96; Sév. VI, p. 245.

69
. Feuquières,
Lettres
V, p. 75.

70
. Rav. VI, pp. 124–8; Feuquières,
Lettres
V, p. 76.

71
. Ibid., pp. 169, 131.

72
. Rav. VI, p. 190.

73
. Scott-Stevenson I, pp. 136–7; Van der Cruysse,
Lettres Françaises,
pp. 132–4; Coynart, pp. 155–6.

74
. Feuquières,
Lettres
V, pp. 165–6, 177, 77.

75
. SS (Truc) III, pp. 753–4; Sourches II, p. 211.

76
. SS (Truc) II, p. 42, ibid. III, pp. 753–4; paper given by Guy Rowlands to Society for Court Studies 17.06.02 on
The Court and Political Culture of the French Army under Louis XIV.

77
. Feuquières,
Lettres
V, pp. xxvii–viii.

78
. Lafayette,
Histoire de Madame,
pp. 139–40; Motteville III, p. 344.

79
. Saint-Maurice I, p. 278.

80
. Rav. VI, pp. 31–2, 93, 102, 98.

81
. Ibid., pp. 128–9.

82
. BN Mss Clairambault 986, fo. 301; Bussy V, pp. 70–1.

83
. BN Mss Clairambault 986, fo. 301; SS (Truc) VI, p. 578.

84
. Sév. VI, p. 225; Bussy V, pp. 49, 48.

85
. Sév. VI, pp. 231–2, 227, 229.

86
. Ibid., pp. 229–30, 244–5.

87
. Primi Visconti, p. 282.

88
. La Fare, p. 213; Sév. VI, pp. 259–60.

89
. Primi Visconti, p. 287; Sév. VI, p. 242; Bussy V, pp. 184, 187.

90
. Rav. VI, p. 137.

91
. Nass, p. 127; Feuquières,
Lettres,
V, p. 101.

92
. Rav. VI, pp. 137–8.

93
. Bussy V, pp. 46–7, 49.

94
. BA Mss 10347, fos. 263ff.

95
. Rav. VI, p. 423; Sév. VI, p. 278.

96
. Rav. VI, pp. 150–81.

97
. Ibid., p. 189.

98
. Ibid., pp. 180, 183.

99
. Sév. VI, pp. 278–9.

100
. Rav. VI, pp. 199–201.

101
. Ibid., V, pp. 479–81, ibid., VI, p. 203.

102
. Sév. VI, pp. 357–8; Bussy V, p. 103.

103
. BA Mss 10347, fo. 610.

104
. Sév. VI, p. 368; Bussy V, pp. 107–8; Rav. VII, p. 56.

105
. Sév. VI, pp. 366–7.

106
. Rav. VI, p. 144.

107
. Beurain, pp. 84–5, 53.

108
. Ibid., pp. 60–1.

109
. Ibid., p. 63.

110
. BN Mss Clairambault 986, fo. 191; Sév. VI, p. 408.

111
. Beurain, pp. 65–6.

112
. Ibid., p. 68.

113
. Ibid., pp. 71–3.

114
. Ibid., pp. 74–5.

115
. Sév. VI, p. 408; Bussy V, pp. 118–19.

116
. Ibid.

117
. Ibid., pp. 282, 287–8, 282.

118
. Segur,
Tapissier,
p. 142; Primi Visconti, p. 296; Segur,
Tapissier,
p. 145.

119
. Sév. VI, p. 433.

120
. Beurain, pp. 88–9; Segur,
Tapissier,
pp. 133–4.

121
. Ibid., p. 131.

122
. Rav. VI, p. 211; Sév. VI, pp. 433, 408.

8: Accusations Against Mme de Montespan

1
. SS (Norton) I, p. 413.

2
. SS (Truc) III, pp. 48–9; Saint-Maurice II, pp. 174–5; SS (Norton) I, p. 413.

3
. Rav. VI, p. 19.

4
. Ibid., pp. 47–8.

5
. AN 1127, fo. 138.

6
. Rav. VI, pp. 211–14; BN Mss Français 7608, fo. 288.

7
. Rav. VI, p. 225.

8
. Ibid., pp. 217–18.

9
. Ibid., p. 400; ibid., V, p. 252; ibid. VI, pp. 173, 63; AN 1127, fo. 29.

10
. AN 1127, fo. 29.

11
. AN 1127, fos. 29, 119.

12
. BN Mss Français, 7608, fo. 307.

13
. Rav. VI, pp. 215–17.

14
. Ibid., p. 232.

15
. Ibid., pp. 249–52, 255–9.

16
. Ibid.

17
. Ibid., pp. 273–6.

18
. Ibid., pp. 283–4.

19
. AN 1127, fo. 29, repeated 3 September; BN Mss Français 7608, fo. 302; see also Colbert VI, p. 414, Rav. VI, p. 306.

20
. BN Mss Français 7608, fo. 301.

21
. Rav. VI, pp. 281–2.

22
. Ibid., p. 433.

23
. PRO SP 78/140, fo. 146; Rav. VI, p. 288.

24
. Ibid., p. 287.

25
. BN Mss Français 7608, fos. 295–6.

26
. Colbert VI, p. 409; Rav. VI, p. 299; BN Mss Français 7608, fos. 297, 304.

27
. Ibid.

28
. Rav. VI, p. 305.

29
. BN Mss Clairambault 986, fo. 315.

30
. Colbert VI, p. 415; Rav. VI, p. 303.

31
. Ibid., p. 424; Colbert VI, p. 420.

32
. Rav. VI, pp. 304, 37, 140. 194–5.

33
. Ibid., V, p. 330.

34
. Ibid., pp. 271, 448–9; ibid., VI, pp. 30, 167–76.

35
. Ibid., V, pp. 265–6.

36
. Sourches I, p. 214n; see also Ormesson II, pp. 529–30.

37
. Lough,
France Observed,
p. 147; Grandet I, pp. 498–500.

38
. Rav. V, p. 485.

39
. Ibid., VI, p. 319.

40
. Ibid., p. 179.

41
. Ibid., pp. 194–8.

42
. Ibid., pp. 234–7.

43
. Colbert VI, p. 417.

44
. Rav. VI, pp. 241–5.

45
. Ibid., pp. 321, 265, 198, 425–6.

46
. Ibid., pp. 263–8.

47
. Colbert VI, p. 419.

48
. Rav. VI, pp. 288–91.

49
. Ibid., pp. 294–8.

50
. Ibid., p. 262.

51
. Ibid., p. 276.

52
. Ibid., pp. 306, 319.

53
. Ibid., pp. 319–22.

54
. Ibid., p. 321.

55
. Ibid., pp. 312–13; Colbert VI, p. 412.

56
. Ibid., p. 413.

57
. Ibid., p. 410; BN Mss Français 7608, fo. 299.

58
. Colbert VI, p. 410.

59
. Rav. VI, p. 315.

60
. BN Mss Français 7608, fos. 278–9; BN Mss Clairambault 986, fo. 331.

61
. Rav. VI, pp. 326–7.

62
. Colbert VI, p. 411.

63
. Rav. VI, pp. 368–9.

64
. BN Mss Français 7608, fos. 284–5.

65
. Rav. VI, pp. 183, 369.

9: The Chamber is Suspended

1
. Rav. VI, pp. 330–1.

2
. Ibid., pp. 327–9.

3
. Ibid., p. 334.

4
. Ibid., pp. 335–6.

5
. Ibid., p. 335.

6
. Ibid., pp. 420–1.

7
. Ibid., p. 337.

8
. Ibid., p. 429.

9
. Ibid., p. 456.

10
. Ibid., pp. 337–40.

11
. BN Mss Français 7608, fo. 237.

12
. Rav. VI, pp. 372–4.

13
. Ibid., p. 436.

14
. Ibid.

15
. Ibid., p. 381.

16
. Brunet I, p. 443; Primi Visconti, p. 304; see Maintenon,
Lettres
II, pp. 292–3.

17
. Rav. VI, pp. 421, 393.

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