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The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 41, cont. (p.123) |
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others, in dying. Cotton the great Court Je- suite hath so importuned the Q. to give some modifications to the late interlocuto- ry arrest against the Jesuits, that in his pre- sence, the C. Soisons, who had been present in the Court at the time of the arrest, and Ser- vin the Kings Advocate, who urged it, and the Premier president, were sent for: They came so well provided with their books, out of which they assigned to the Q. so many, so evident places of seditious doctrine, that the Q. was well satisfied, that it was fit by all means to provide a- gainst the teaching of the like doctrine in France. The D. of Espernon is come to Paris, with (they say) 600 horse in his train; all which company, came with him into the Court: which is an insolency remarkable here. They say that scarce any of the Princes appear in the streets, but with very great trains. No one enemy could wast the trea- sures of France so much, as so many friends do: for the Q. dares scarce deny any, that so she may have the better leave to make haste [CW: to] |
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