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<P>THE AMOURS OF THE DAUPHIN WITH THE COUNTESS <HI>du Rourre.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>THE AMOURS OF THE DAUPHIN WITH THE Counte&s;s <HI>du Rourre.</HI></HEAD>
<P>MO&s;t Men give a diffe|rent account of the Dauphin's Amours, and Intrigues with the Ladies; but it is mo&s;t certain that the Counte&s;s <HI>de Rourre</HI> is the
<PB N="4" REF="4">Per&s;on who has the a&s;cendant o|ver all the re&s;t; and were Ro|mances as much in Vogue at this time, as they have been, we &s;hould have wherewith to &s;atis|fie tho&s;e who love the Amorous and witty Intrigues that Prince has hitherto been ingag'd in; and pro&s;ecuted by the mo&s;t &s;ecret and mo&s;t conceal'd means, of which we will neverthele&s;s relate &s;ome Fragments: For let Princes of his Rank be never &s;o cautious, it is impo&s;&s;ible to keep them from the knowledge of tho&s;e who are acquainted with tho&s;e about them.</P>
<P>The Dauphin has a Noble Air, tho' he is none of the Talle&s;t, he grows very bulky, his Brea&s;t is very high, and his Shoulders ve|ry broad; he is very Fair; his Eyes are blue, and he has a pretty long Face, a great Roman No&s;e,
<PB N="5" REF="4">and in all liklyhood he will grow very Fat.</P>
<P>It is very well known that he lov'd the Counte&s;s <HI>du Rourre</HI> be|fore &s;he was Married, when &s;he was Maid of Honour to the late Dauphine, and that his Flame re|viv'd after her Husband was kill'd at the Battel of <HI>Fleurus.</HI></P>
<P>The Counte&s;s is of a middle &s;ize, but very well &s;hap'd, her Eyes are blue, large and lively, her Mouth &s;mall and Red, her complexion is admirable, her Arms and Hands incomparable, but her No&s;e is &s;omewhat &s;hort, and turn'd up before, which never|thele&s;s becomes her very well.</P>
<P>She is Daughter to the Duke <HI>de la Force,</HI> her Mother was Daughter to the Marque&s;s <HI>de Courtaumer,</HI> who&s;e fir&s;t Husband was the Marque&s;s <HI>de Langet:</HI> But after having been Marry'd Five
<PB N="6" REF="5">or Six Years to him, being di&s;|&s;atisfy'd, &s;he de&s;ir'd to be parted, and in order thereunto, &s;he ac|cus'd him of Impotence.</P>
<P>A &s;olemn A&s;&s;embly was &s;um|mon'd for his Tryal, by the Chan|cery of the Arch-bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Paris;</HI> in which Phy&s;icians, Chy|rurgeons, and Matrons did a&s;&s;i&s;t; But the Marque&s;s <HI>de Langet,</HI> be|ing injur'd and abus'd by his Wife, who &s;cratch'd his Eyes, and &s;everal other parts of his Face, could not know her, whereup|on the Judges gave a Decree of &s;eparation, annull'd the Marriage, and declar'd the Marque&s;s Impo|tent, allowing her to Marry ano|ther. In con&s;equence whereof &s;he Marry'd the Duke <HI>de la Force,</HI> Brother to the late Mar&s;hal, by whom &s;he had but one Daughter, who is the Beauty we are now de&s;cribing, who Marry'd the
<PB N="7" REF="5">Count <HI>du Rourre,</HI> who&s;e Widow &s;he is at pre&s;ent.</P>
<P>Mon&s;ieur <HI>de Langet</HI> likewi&s;e Marry'd again to the Duke <HI>de Nouailles</HI> Si&s;ter, and has had &s;e|veral Children by her; which &s;hews that tho&s;e &s;orts of Tryals often prove u&s;ele&s;s, neither in|deed are they any longer in Vogue.</P>
<P>At the time of the la&s;t Jubi|lee of this pre&s;ent Year, 1694. which the Pope &s;ent for the Peace, the King order'd the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Paris</HI> and the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Meaux</HI> to go to the Dauphin, to intreat him to for&s;ake the Counte&s;s <HI>du Rourre.</HI></P>
<P>Tho&s;e Prelates accordingly re|pair'd to the Prince, and remon|&s;trated to him, that being the fir&s;t Man in the Kingdom, next to the King's Per&s;on, he ought to &s;hew by his Example that he was above all other Men. That
<PB N="8" REF="6">the Love of Women was but a Terre&s;trial Plea&s;ure, which was not to be compar'd to the de|lights of Heaven, which could not be gain'd without quitting the Creatures, to devote our &s;elves ab&s;olutely to the Creator: That this great Jubilee was a ve|ry favourable occa&s;ion; and that in forbearing to vi&s;it Madam <HI>du Rourre,</HI> he would do a very ac|ceptable thing towards God and towards the King his Father, who had order'd them to &s;peak to him about it.</P>
<P>The Dauphin, who is a very witty Prince, and who out of Policy does not &s;ay all he thinks, receiv'd this Complement with a great deal of Mildne&s;s, and after having given them a very pati|ent hearing, thank'd them for their good Advice, and addre&s;|&s;ing him&s;elf to the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Paris,</HI> told him very gravely,
<PB N="9" REF="6">that he was glad the King had pitch'd upon him to make tho&s;e Remon&s;trances to him, becau&s;e he had ever heard that he was very well skill'd in tho&s;e Mat|ters. That the Re&s;pect he had for, and owed the King his Fa|ther, would make him do what ever he de&s;ir'd: That he had an ab&s;olute Power over him; but yet that he was of Age, and that in matters relating to his Con&s;cience, he thought he might have his liberty: And that tho' he was &s;en&s;ible that none but the King his Father could pre|&s;ume to find fault with it, yet he had much ado to believe that it came directly from him, &s;ince he was &s;en&s;ible him&s;elf; but that he rather thought it proceeded from Madam <HI>de Maintenon</HI>'s Ad|vice, who might a&s;&s;ure her &s;elf he would never con&s;ent to her
<PB N="10" REF="7">promotion to the heighth &s;he a|&s;pir'd to.</P>
<P>After this the Prince, rai&s;ing his Voice a little higher; &s;aid, Since the King my Father, Gen|tlemen, takes &s;o much care of my Con&s;cience, I wonder he has not hitherto taken &s;ome to employ me; Do you think I am not weary of Hunting? His Maje&s;ty indeed has &s;ent me on the <HI>Rhine,</HI> where there was nothing con&s;i|derable to be done; I have &s;een nothing there but tyr'd For|ces, and Mi&s;ery, which has kill'd more of our Men than the Sword, or Fire: again&s;t the Prince of <HI>Baden,</HI> his Maje&s;ties God&s;on, who indeed is a great General; but who was &s;o well Retrench'd, that four Armies of a Hundred Thou&s;and Men a piece would have Peri&s;h'd &s;ooner than have forc'd his Retrenchments, as the Mar&s;hal <HI>de L'Orge</HI> told me,
<PB N="11" REF="7">while I daily heard the Glorious Actions that pa&s;s'd in <HI>Flanders;</HI> and when I had a mind to force him, all the Officers being of my mind, and very eager to &s;ig|nalize them&s;elves, Mar&s;hal <HI>de L'Orge</HI> broke all the mea&s;ures of the Voices which were of my &s;ide in the Council, &s;aying, that it could not be done without Or|ders from the Court. Con&s;ider whether this is rea&s;onable, when a Dauphin of <HI>France</HI> is at the Head of an Army, and whether he ought not to have an ab&s;olute Power to Fight, or to make the Army retire, according as he thinks fit, without the General's being an&s;werable for it, &s;ince he &s;hould obey him? But &s;ince things have been order'd thus, I can a&s;|&s;ure you, that I will make no more Campaigns without an ab&s;o|lute Power.</P>
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<P>Moreover, continued he, the King my Father's Natural Children have all been provided for be|fore their being born; the one has been made High-Admiral, the other Colonel of the <HI>Switzers.</HI> The Count <HI>de Tolo&s;e</HI> has been all along between the Kings Legs, and &s;till follows him wherever he goes, which &s;everal Officers complain of, by rea&s;on that whenever they have any Favours to beg of his Maje&s;ty, that young Prince hinders him from an&s;wering them, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">ill &s;tarting one thing or another which hinders the King from hearing their Suits; and the re&s;t have had con&s;iderable Imployments; The Duke <HI>du Maine</HI> has been almo&s;t the &s;ole po&s;&s;e&s;&s;or of all the great Places, notwith|&s;tanding the Infirmity of his Bo|dy, and his hardly being able to &s;tand. The Daughters have been provided for, and Marry'd very
<PB N="13" REF="8">advantagiou&s;ly to Princes. The late Prince of <HI>Conti</HI> Marry'd one of them; the Duke <HI>de Chartres,</HI> Son to his Royal Highne&s;s the Duke of <HI>Orleans</HI> my Uncle, has Marry'd another, and you know the re&s;t. And the Duke of <HI>Bur|gundy</HI> my Son, who is very law|fully begotten has nothing yet, no more than the Princes his Bro|thers; and I, who am Dauphin of <HI>France</HI> have &s;o much Authori|ty, that the King's Officers re&s;u&s;e to pay Madam <HI>du Rourre</HI>'s Pen|&s;ions, becau&s;e 'tis known that I have a re&s;pect for her; there is almo&s;t Three Years due to her, and when I poke to <HI>Pontchar|train</HI> about it, &s;he told me there was no Fund; he who gets up|wards of Six Millions a Month profit up on the Sale of the Corn of the Kingdom, which makes &s;o many Wretches &s;tarve, and makes the whole Kingdom fall
<PB N="14" REF="9">into decay, in&s;omuch that, if it continues, there will not remain two thirds of the People alive.</P>
<P>You will al&s;o &s;hortly &s;ee the Duke <HI>Du Maine</HI> Duke and Peer of <HI>France;</HI> the King has already given him a di&s;pen&s;ation, &s;o that no body is to examin his Life and Conver&s;ation, and expre&s;s Let|ters to hold a rank above all the other Dukes and Peers and Fo|reign Princes, immediately after the Princes of the Blood.</P>
<P>This actually came to pa&s;s as the <HI>Dauphin</HI> had &s;aid it, for on <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> being the &s;ixth of <HI>May,</HI> of the pre&s;ent year 1694. The King &s;ent for the Parliament to <HI>Ver&s;ailles,</HI> and the only thing he &s;aid to them, when they came on the <HI>Friday,</HI> was, Gentlemen, the Duke <HI>Du Maine</HI> will carry you a Letter from me to morrow, the Orders whereof you mu&s;t Exe|cute. The fir&s;t Pre&s;ident, who
<PB N="15" REF="9">was prepar'd to harangue his Maje&s;ty upon the Subject of the Mi&s;ery of the Times, and about the dearth of Corn, had no &s;oo|ner open'd his mouth to begin his Speech, but the King retir'd with|out giving any ear to it. And on <HI>Saturday</HI> being the eighth of <HI>May,</HI> the Duke <HI>Du Maine</HI> was receiv'd in the Parliament, being accom|pany'd with the Count of <HI>Tolo&s;e</HI> his Brother, to whom it is repor|ted, the King will give a con&s;i|derable Dutchy, in order to his obtaining the &s;ame advantage, and Orders are al&s;o given to pro|vide a Magnificent Equipage for him to make his fir&s;t Cam|paign.</P>
<P>The Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Paris</HI> and the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Meaux</HI> having heard all the <HI>Dauphin</HI>'s Complaints, dur&s;t pre&s;s him no farther, but took their leave of him very re&s;pect|fully, and then went back to the
<PB N="16" REF="10">King to give him an account thereof; whereupon his Maje&s;ty thought &s;it to &s;end for the <HI>Dau|phin</HI> into his Clo&s;et, and at the &s;ame time &s;ent for two Lords, who are the mo&s;t belov'd by that Prince, to &s;peak to him in their Pre&s;ence, who were the Duke of <HI>Vendome,</HI> and the Count <HI>De Sainte-Maure</HI> his Favourites.</P>
<P>When the <HI>Dauphin</HI> came into the Clo&s;et, his Maje&s;ty was &s;ea|ted in a great Chair, leaning up|on a Table, he mov'd his Hat a little, which he had on contrary to his wonted cu&s;tom, and with|out moving from his Seat, he de|&s;ir'd <HI>Mon&s;ieur de Sainte-Maure</HI> to lock the Door, and then began thus:</P>
<P><Q>I am &s;orry, my Son, at your di&s;contents, and yet I do not find our affairs to be in a po&s;ture for us to fall out, you receive
<PB N="17" REF="10">Councils which you ought not to follow; you may be &s;en&s;ible that whatever I have done hitherto, has only been for the Repo&s;e, and for the Grandeur of the King|dom, as well as for the good of the Crown, which you may hope for one day, and thus all my Toyls and Victories are more for you than for my &s;elf; you may go to Command where ever you plea&s;e, in <HI>Germany,</HI> in <HI>Flanders,</HI> in <HI>Catalonia,</HI> and in <HI>Piemont,</HI> and you &s;hall have an ab&s;olute Power when it will be fit: You &s;hall always di&s;po&s;e of &s;uch Employ|ments as you plea&s;e in favour of the Princes your Children, as well as of &s;uch Friends as you &s;hall be minded to gratifie, to which you will ever find me ready to comply. There is no man in the Kingdom in whom I repo&s;e a greater confidence than I do in you; and if hitherto you
<PB N="18" REF="11">have not had as much Money as you could de&s;ire, I have only done it to &s;hew you the &s;carcity of it, and the rea&s;on of my &s;en|ding you into <HI>Germany,</HI> was be|cau&s;e I was unwilling to expo&s;e you again&s;t a Prince who is the U&s;urper of a Crown.</Q></P>
<P>His Maje&s;ty having &s;aid many other obliging things to him, ro&s;e from his Seat, and imbrac'd him &s;o tenderly, that the <HI>Dauphin</HI> could not forbear &s;ome Tears, which produc'd the &s;ame effect on <HI>Me&s;&s;ieurs de Vendome,</HI> and <HI>de Sainte Maure:</HI> After which his Maje&s;ty having made&s;everal other Remon&s;trances to him, which it would be needle&s;s to repeat, as be|ing perhaps of very little moment, he open'd the. Door him&s;elf, and order'd the U&s;her to call in Fa|ther <HI>La Chai&s;e,</HI> Confe&s;&s;or to that Prince, as well as to his Maje|&s;ty,
<PB N="19" REF="11">who had been order'd to wait without, and related to him, in the <HI>Dauphin</HI>'s pre&s;ence, the Conver&s;ation he had had with him: The Father an&s;wer'd, Sir, I do no ways concern my &s;elf with affairs of State, in relation to his Royal Highne&s;s, I only meddle with what relates to his Con&s;cience, a method I have ever ob&s;erv'd with your Maje&s;ty. The King &s;mil'd, and was very well pleas'd with his Reply.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;ty, who has the mo&s;t penetrating Wit of any Man in his Kingdom, and has an Extra|ordinary Policy, did not think fit to pre&s;s the <HI>Dauphin</HI> any far|ther about the Jubilee, which pa&s;s'd without being gain'd by that Prince.</P>
<P>Immediately after <HI>Low Sunday,</HI> the King being at Table, told the <HI>Dauphin</HI> that he was de&s;irous to go to <HI>Choi&s;i,</HI> and ask'd him whe|ther
<PB N="20" REF="12">he would let him be his Gue&s;t for &s;ome time, becau&s;e he lik'd the place, and de&s;ir'd him to give him an Appartment there. The <HI>Dauphin</HI> expre&s;s'd a great deal of &s;eeming joy at it, and told the King he might di&s;|po&s;e of all things, and do what|ever he thought fit; however he acquainted the Counte&s;s <HI>du Rour|re</HI> immediately with it, who us'd often to go there, and actually was there at that time, who with|drew forthwith.</P>
<P>Orders were given at the &s;ame time to Furni&s;h an Apartment for his Maje&s;ty, which was done with all the Magnificence imaginable, with the riche&s;t Fur|nitures that were at <HI>Marli.</HI> Ano|ther Apartment was al&s;o furni&s;h'd a-new for the <HI>Dauphin,</HI> with cer|tain Moveables that had been made on purpo&s;e for Plea&s;ures, which did remain there.</P>
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<P>The whole Court went to <HI>Choi&s;i,</HI> and the <HI>Dauphin</HI> receiv'd the King there with great Mag|nificence, and gave him the Di|verti&s;ement of Hunting, as well as to the Ladies.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;ty, after two days &s;tay there, re&s;olv'd to return to <HI>Ver&s;ailles,</HI> at a time when all the young Princes and Prince&s;&s;es were ingag'd in the mid&s;t of Plea&s;ures and Delights, and while many others were preparing for the following days; which the Prince&s;&s;es <HI>de Conti</HI> and <HI>du Maine</HI> being unwilling to quit &s;o &s;oon, de&s;ir'd the <HI>Dauphin</HI> to joyn with them to Petition the King, that they might tarry two days lon|ger, which were <HI>Saturday</HI> and <HI>Sunday;</HI> which his Maje&s;ty gran|ted, on condition that the Prin|ce&s;&s;es <HI>de Lillebone</HI> and <HI>d' Epinoy</HI> &s;hould remain with the Prince&s;s of <HI>Conti</HI> to an&s;wer for her Con|duct
<PB N="22" REF="13">towards the <HI>Dauphin;</HI> his Maje&s;ty not being di&s;pleas'd with th'inclination he has for that Prin|ce&s;s, becau&s;e his Maje&s;ty by that means has been acquainted with many particulars relating to him, which he could never have known without the Prin|ce&s;s of <HI>Conti;</HI> but tho&s;e who are about that Prince&s;s, as well as tho&s;e who are about the <HI>Dauphin,</HI> ob&s;erve them &s;o narrowly that it is impo&s;&s;ible for them to do any thing that is unlawful together, as &s;ome ill Tongues have endeavour'd to per&s;wade the World; and it is mo&s;t cer|tain that all the Love which this Prince and that Prince&s;s expre&s;s towards one another, is nothing but Fraternal Love, and if they are &s;o narrowly watch'd, 'tis only becau&s;e that the King having at pre&s;ent laid a&s;ide all thoughts of Gallantry with the
<PB N="23" REF="13">Ladies, as well as many o|ther things, to apply him&s;elf wholly to the Devotion which Madam <HI>de Maintenon</HI> in&s;pires in him, and to the affairs of his Kingdom; he is very curi|ous to know all that pa&s;&s;es a|mong the young People of his Court, as well as in the Hou&s;es of the Grandees, to which end he employs &s;everal per&s;ons, who give him a particular account of all Tran&s;actions there, as well as among the Gentlemen of the Gown. And he &s;eems to be in|clinable to the humor of <HI>Lewis the</HI> 11th. who towards the latter end of his days lock'd him&s;elf up in a Ca&s;tle, which he caus'd to be Barr'd on all &s;ides, and &s;ent for <HI>St. Francis de Paulo</HI> out of <HI>Calabria</HI> in <HI>Italy,</HI> who was Sir|nam'd the <HI>Good Man,</HI> and was highly reputed for his Godli|ne&s;s, to &s;ecure him again&s;t all
<PB N="24" REF="14">the Vi&s;ions and Fears he had of Death and the Devil; and in recompence, his Maje&s;ty al|low'd him to Found two Con|vents of <HI>Minims,</HI> which to this day are call'd <HI>Les Bons hommes.</HI> The Fears his Maje&s;ty is al&s;o ly|able to from time to time, oblige Madam <HI>de Maintenon</HI> to be im|ploy'd for the mo&s;t time, and par|ticularly in the Night, in throwing holy water up and down, and e&s;pecially in all the Apartments and Chambers, in which his Ma|je&s;ty mo&s;t commonly re&s;orts.</P>
<P>The King being gone for <HI>Ver|&s;ailles,</HI> all tho&s;e young Prince&s;&s;es renew'd their Diverti&s;ements with the young Princes and Lords who tarry'd behind with them. The <HI>Dauphin</HI> Treated them with the &s;port of Hawk|ing and walking. After which, that Troop of Demy-gods re|pair'd to <HI>Paris,</HI> to &s;ee the New
<PB N="25" REF="14"><HI>Opera</HI> which was repre&s;ented for the &s;econd time at the Palace-Royal, the Story of which was that of <HI>Cephalus</HI> and <HI>Procris,</HI> the Mu&s;ick of which was compos'd by <HI>Mademoi&s;elle de la Guerre.</HI></P>
<P>During the&s;e Tran&s;actions, the Counte&s;s <HI>du Rourre</HI> confin'd her &s;elf into a fine Hou&s;e which the <HI>Dauphin</HI> has given her, built by the late <HI>Bapti&s;te Lully,</HI> near the Gate of <HI>St. Honore,</HI> where &s;he would receive no Vi&s;its, whether it were becau&s;e &s;he was not as yet publickly acknowledg'd Mi|&s;tre&s;s to his Royal Highne&s;s, or be|cau&s;e &s;he found her &s;elf indi&s;pos'd by a great Belly of &s;ix or &s;e|ven Months growth. And whereas an ab&s;ence of ten or twelve days was too long a Pe|nance for a Lady who had the happine&s;s to find her &s;elf en|gag'd to love a Man of the <HI>Dau|phin</HI>'s Quality, with more tender|ne&s;s
<PB N="26" REF="15">than ever &s;he had lov'd any other, it oblig'd her to write the following Letter to him.</P>
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<P><HI>DId I know you to be en|gag'd at the head of your Armies, my dear Prince, or on a Progre&s;s with his Maje&s;ty, I would comfort my &s;elf with the hopes of your return; but knowing that you are at home, &s;urrounded by a Court, in which I have a world of Enemies, and Per&s;ons who envy my happine&s;s, I cannot bear &s;o long an ab&s;ence with patience. The Tra|vels of</HI> Joyeux <HI>and of</HI> Dumont, <HI>which you have &s;ent me can no wi&s;e divert my Affliction; &s;ince nothing but your &s;elf can ea&s;e my pains and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">fferings. Therefore do not leave me long in the Dread I am in, that a new Engagement &s;hould make you forget my Pa&s;&s;ion for you. It will
<PB N="27" REF="15">be your fault, my Dear Prince, if it does not la&s;t for ever: Let that convince you of my De&s;pair, in ca&s;e I &s;hould lo&s;e the affection of a Prince whom I will love to the very la&s;t moment of my life.</HI></P>
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<P>The <HI>Dauphin</HI> who had put this Letter into his Pocket, could not forbear pulling of it out from time to time to read it over a|gain, for fear of not having un|der&s;tood the &s;en&s;e of it right at fir&s;t, or of Madam <HI>du Rourre</HI>'s being wor&s;e than &s;he &s;aid; which being ob&s;erv'd by the Prince&s;s of <HI>Conti,</HI> &s;he follow'd him &s;oftly, and at la&s;t &s;natch'd it dexterou&s;ly out of his hands, without his being able to prevent it; after which &s;he run away laughing to the Prince&s;&s;es of <HI>Lillebone</HI> and <HI>d'Epi|noy,</HI> who &s;urrounded her with o|ther Ladies. The <HI>Dauphin</HI> en|deavour'd to retake it from her,
<PB N="28" REF="16">but in vain, and whatever in&s;tan|ces he could make, the Prince&s;s refus'd to return it to him, &s;ay|ing &s;he was &s;ure it was a Letter from a Lady. Pray, &s;aid &s;he, let me &s;ee the &s;tile of it, and how &s;he de&s;cribes her Pa&s;&s;ion; She pro|nounc'd the&s;e Words with an Air &s;o charming, and &s;o full of Gal|lantry, that it would have ob|lig'd any Man, be&s;ides the <HI>Dau|phin,</HI> to yield, tho he had not been a Votary to the fair Sex; be&s;ides all the other Ladies who were pre&s;ent did &s;econd her with &s;o much Grace, &s;aying, Sir, you cannot, without unkindne&s;s, refu&s;e the reading of it to the Prince&s;s, &s;ince &s;he never conceal'd any of her Concerns from you, and that we daily hear her &s;ay, that no|thing in the World will ever make her depart from your intere&s;t; that at la&s;t he was forc'd to con|&s;ent that &s;he &s;hould read it, pro|vided
<PB N="29" REF="16">none be&s;ides her &s;elf did &s;ee it. The Prince&s;s of <HI>Lillebone</HI> told him, Sir, I give the Prince&s;s leave to read it alone, and we will with|draw as long as you plea&s;e, on condition that you &s;hall not enter into the Wood, for I will not &s;uf|fer the King's Charge to be out of my &s;ight.</P>
<P>The Prince&s;s of <HI>Conti,</HI> &s;troking her Cheek gently, an&s;wer'd, no my Dear, we will not move out of your &s;ight. After which the <HI>Dauphin,</HI> taking her by the Arm, led her to a Seat of Green Turf, where none but the Birds could hear them, and even they, would have been interrupted by the noi&s;e of the Ducks of the adjoining Ca&s;cades, and by the great num|ber of Fountains, which, &s;pouting their beautiful Cry&s;tal into the Air, fall with an agreeable noi&s;e into the Ba&s;ons again.</P>
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<P>It was in this Place the Prin|ce&s;s told the <HI>Dauphin,</HI> after &s;he had open'd and read his Letter, Ah! I thought this Letter came from the Counte&s;s <HI>du Rourre,</HI> I did &s;u&s;pect no other, the poor Lady is &s;ick, &s;he dies unle&s;s &s;he &s;ees you; nothing but a <HI>Dauphin</HI> can cure her: her Expre&s;&s;ions are very common; certainly &s;he is the mo&s;t impudent Woman I know at Court. She and <HI>Polignac</HI> are alike; they debauch'd each other out of Emulation to have Lovers; while they belong'd to the <HI>Dauphin,</HI> and while that Prince&s;s was bu&s;ie with acquain|ting the Elector of <HI>Bavaria</HI> her Brother with all the Tran&s;actions of the Court, they &s;tole away cunningly to divert them&s;elves with certain Courtiers and your &s;elf: I am &s;en&s;ible that you had an Engagement with her at that very time, and I have heard the
<PB N="31" REF="17">poor late Count <HI>du Rourre</HI> &s;ay with my own Ears <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">hat he curs'd the day he was marry'd with that wretch. That poor Gentle|man, taking his leave of the King to go to the Army, coming out of his Maje&s;ties Chamber, told a Friend of his who came to em|brace him, that he was in hopes never to return, upon the account of the di&s;contents he did receive from his Wife; and I do verily believe it was de&s;pair made him expo&s;e his Life at <HI>Fleurus,</HI> as much as his Duty to the King; and I am mi&s;taken, if I have not heard that it was a Friend of the &s;aid Lady who kill'd the poor Count behind, that his Wife might have no body to controul her.</P>
<P>Is it not very honourable to have &s;uch a Mi&s;tre&s;s! &s;ure it is a &s;hame for a Prince of your Rank to think on &s;uch Wretches, who have already been pro&s;tituted,
<PB N="32" REF="18">and to whom the fir&s;t comer is welcome.</P>
<P>I will moreover acquaint you with the weakne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Turenne</HI> had for her, for when her Huband dy'd, he re&s;olv'd to profit by it, and to apply him&s;elf to her, which he did, and fell &s;o de&s;pe|rately in Love with her, that it had like to have broke off his Match with <HI>Mademoi&s;elle de Ven|tadour,</HI> the riche&s;t Heire&s;s of the Kingdom, and even after he was marry'd to her, the Engagement he renew'd with Madam <HI>du Rour|re,</HI> made him de&s;pi&s;e his Wife; and the thing went &s;o far, that he de&s;ign'd to part with her; but the Combat of <HI>Steenkerque,</HI> in which he was kill'd, broke all the Mea&s;ures he had taken for the &s;aid Separation, in order to give him&s;elf wholly up to her, and he has given &s;ufficient proofs of the reality of his Pa&s;&s;ion for
<PB N="33" REF="18">her, and that he lov'd none but her &s;elf; for finding him&s;elf mor|tally Wounded, and given over by the Chirurgeons, he neglect|ed the care of his Affairs, and made no other u&s;e of half an hours life which he had left, but to write a very moving Letter to that Lady, which he had no &s;ooner ended, but he gave it to a Gentleman, and order'd him to deliver it into her own hands, together with a little Casket, and then expir'd in the Mar&s;hal of <HI>Luxemburg</HI>'s Tent, where that General had order'd him to be brought, in order to his being the more carefully look'd after: The &s;aid Letter was partly writ|ten in the&s;e words.</P>
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<LETTER LANG="eng">
<HEAD>LETTER.</HEAD>
<P>I <HI>Die, Madam, and nothing but the grief of quitting, and of lo|&s;ing you, rai&s;es any trouble in me, the Glory of my Death, and the undauntedne&s;s with which I have ever look'd on Perils, can com|fort me when I think that I &s;hall never &s;ee you more. My life was only agreeable to me, in hopes of pa&s;&s;ing it with you. I return you all the tokens I have receiv'd of your Love, together with your Pi|cture, which I have ever cheri&s;h'd to my death. Pray honour my Me|mory with &s;ome moments of your remembrance: And tho I dare not hope that my unhappy Fate will draw any tears from you, the Pa&s;|&s;ion I have pre&s;erv'd for you to my late&s;t breath, flatters me that you will be concern'd at the death of a Prince who only de&s;ir'd to live for you.</HI></P>
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<P>This Gentleman, who was the mo&s;t faithful of all the Prince's Followers, and who had been Page to his Father, promis'd to perform his Ma&s;ter's Orders pun|ctually, and to deliver the Let|ter and Casket into Madam <HI>du Rourre's</HI> own hands. And this poor Prince cau&s;ing the &s;aid Cas|ket to be open'd, put a Bloody Cravat into it, which had &s;erv'd to bind up his fir&s;t Wound, and then deliver'd the Key to the &s;aid Gentleman, who immediately took Po&s;t for <HI>Paris,</HI> to do his Ma&s;ter this la&s;t piece of &s;ervice, with a po&s;itive Command from him to acquaint the &s;aid Lady with his Death, before he went to the <HI>Hotel d' Auvergne,</HI> which he perform'd punctually; but whereas he could not reach <HI>Paris</HI> until Three in the Afternoon the following day, he did not meet with Madam <HI>du Rourre,</HI> but being
<PB N="36" REF="20">inform'd &s;he was gone to divert her &s;elf with the Prince&s;&s;es of <HI>Soi&s;&s;ons,</HI> who were retir'd into the Convent of <HI>Mercy,</HI> in the <HI>Faubourg St. Germain,</HI> after the death of the Prince&s;s of <HI>Carignan</HI> their Grand-mother; he repair'd thither without pulling off his Boots, all over cover'd with du&s;t. At his coming in, Madam <HI>du Rourre,</HI> &s;eeing the Casket which he held in his hands, made a great &s;hriek, and fell in a &s;woon, in which &s;he remain'd until the Prince&s;&s;es drew near her, to a&s;&s;i&s;t her; and the fir&s;t word &s;he &s;poke was, Alas! the poor Prince of <HI>Turrenne</HI> is dead; the Prince&s;&s;es telling her that &s;he frighted her &s;elf without a cau&s;e; &s;he reply'd, Alas! that Casket convinces me but too much of it; for the Prince of <HI>Turrenne</HI> has but too often &s;worn to me that I &s;hould never &s;ee it again until while he
<PB N="37" REF="20">was alive. The Gentleman having confirm'd this ill news, the Prin|ce&s;&s;es expre&s;&s;ed all the concern at it, which good natur'd Ladies u&s;e to do on &s;uch occa&s;ions, and com|forting Madam <HI>du Rourre</HI> upon her lo&s;s, de&s;ir'd her to open the Letter, which &s;he did, &s;hedding &s;ome Tears: Alas! &s;aid &s;he, I lo&s;e a Prince who lov'd no body but my &s;elf in the World.</P>
<P>This Death being indifferent to the Prince&s;&s;es of <HI>Soi&s;&s;ons,</HI> who fancy'd that in opening the Ca&s;|ket they would find &s;ome of the Favours which Lovers common|ly keep for the &s;ake of their Mi|&s;tre&s;&s;es, as we read in Romances, pre&s;s'd her earne&s;tly to open it, having a mind to divert them|&s;elves at her Co&s;t, which &s;he did not mind; and having o|pen'd it, the fir&s;t thing that of|fer'd it &s;elf to their &s;ight, was the Bloody Crevat which the
<PB N="38" REF="21">Gentleman a&s;&s;ur'd them was his Ma&s;ter's; and that after having ap|ply'd it to his fir&s;t Wound, he had &s;till done &s;everal Actions which were almo&s;t incredible, the bravery of which the Prin|ce&s;&s;es admir'd; and Madam <HI>du Rourre</HI> &s;eem'd all the while to weep bitterly; the next thing they found was her Picture, the Ca&s;e of which the Prince had caus'd to be &s;et with Diamonds; the Prince&s;&s;es having ob&s;erv'd the Workman&s;hip of it, which was incomparable, admir'd the Pi|cture, and the true Re&s;emblance of it, and &s;miling, told Madam <HI>du Rourre,</HI> &s;ome other Man will be overjoy'd to have this fine Picture; which made her &s;mile al&s;o. The Gentleman preceiving the incon&s;tancy of the Lady could no longer endure the &s;ight of her, but went out holding his Hand|kerchif before his Eyes. They
<PB N="39" REF="21">al&s;o found &s;ome Bracelets, and Lockets, and &s;everal of the Coun|te&s;s <HI>du Rourre</HI>'s Letters, which &s;he would not &s;uffer them to read: The Prince&s;&s;es kept her to Supper, and made her lie there, where they pa&s;s'd the Evening at Play. The next Day they all went to divert them&s;elves in the Coun|try, and the Prince <HI>de Turenne</HI>'s Death was &s;oon forgotten by Ma|dam <HI>du Rourre.</HI></P>
<P>This Story has been talk'd of &s;ufficiently in the World, as well at Court, as among the Citizens of <HI>Paris,</HI> where the &s;aid Lady is known for what &s;he is.</P>
<P>The Dauphin having heard this long Di&s;cour&s;e, and the Sto|ry of Madam <HI>du Rourre,</HI> with the Prince <HI>de Turenne,</HI> was go|ing to reply to the Prince&s;s of <HI>Conti,</HI> in favour of the afore&s;aid Lady: But the Prince&s;s aro&s;e as it were in anger, but yet with|out
<PB N="40" REF="22">&s;aying any thing of it to the Prince&s;&s;es <HI>de Lillebonne,</HI> and <HI>d'Epinoy,</HI> the whole A&s;&s;embly walk'd into the Hall where the Play was repre&s;ented, and where the Mu&s;ick had already play'd &s;everal times.</P>
<P>During all the Play, the Dau|phin kept clo&s;e to the Prince&s;s's Ear, who harken'd but indiffe|rently to what he &s;aid; and the Play being ended, he Conduct|ed her to her Apartment, where he own'd the Engagement he had had with Madam <HI>du Rourre,</HI> ac|quainting her with the lea&s;t Cir|cum&s;tances of it, all the Rendez|vous he had had with her, and finally the pre&s;ent &s;tate of his affairs with her, how &s;he had told him that &s;he was with Child, and how by her Flatteries, and Amorous behaviour, &s;he had in|gag'd him to acknowledge the Child to be his.</P>
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<P>The Prince&s;s who remembred every Syllable of all this, made an exact relation of it to the King, to which &s;he added many other Circum&s;tances. The King &s;ent for <HI>Joyeux, Valet de Chambre</HI> to the &s;aid Prince, who confirm'd what ever he knew of it, and lay|ing all the Intrigue at <HI>Du Mont</HI>'s Door, who was Ma&s;ter of the Hor&s;e to the &s;aid Prince, and his chief Favourite, the King &s;ent an Order to the <HI>Dauphin</HI> to di&s;mi&s;s him, the <HI>Dauphin</HI> being &s;urpriz'd thereat, and not daring to di&s;o|bey the King's Orders, an&s;wer'd, that &s;ince <HI>Du Mont</HI> was not agree|able to his Maje&s;ty, he hop'd he would not take it ami&s;s if he dis|lik'd tho&s;e he had plac'd near him, and &s;o di&s;mi&s;t them al&s;o. The King finding that this occa&s;ion'd Di&s;orders, &s;ent a Signet Letter to the Counte&s;s <HI>du Rourre</HI> to confine her into <HI>Normandy,</HI> at her Uncles
<PB N="42" REF="23">Hou&s;e the Marque&s;s <HI>de Courtau|mer.</HI> But the Lady excu&s;ing her &s;elf upon her Indi&s;po&s;ition, and the <HI>Dauphin</HI> having made a noi&s;e about it, that affair has been pro&s;e|cuted no farther: The Counte&s;s has receiv'd the Money of the Pen&s;ions which were due to her, and the Prince &s;eems at pre&s;ent to be very well reconcil'd with the King his Father; but the Counte&s;s <HI>du Rourre</HI> goes no longer to Court as &s;he us'd to do.</P>
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