Excerpt from The Court of France in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 5<br><br>Increasing Favour of Madame de Montespan - The Crown of Agrippina - Puerility of Monsieur - Madame Scarron - Generosity of Madame de Montespan - Madame Scar ron Gouvernante - Disgust of Louis XIV. To St. Germain - Superstitious terrors-birth of the Duke of Maine The baby-abbot - The New Marquise - Portrait of Ma dame de Maintenon by La Valliere - Wretchedness of La Valliere - Harshness of Louis XIV. - Second Flight of La Valliere to a Convent - A Night with the Carmelites - Mission of M. Colbert - Ostentation of Madame de Montespan - Indignation of the Clergy - M. De Bossuet and the Favourite - The African Embassy - The Sec ond Wife of the Sovereign - The Missionaries - The Black Dwarf - Accouchement of the Queen - The New Duchess of Orleans Her Reception at the French Court Her Portrait by Her Own Hand Her Personal Habits; Her self-respect - Lauzun at Pignerol - Fouquet and Lauzun - T he Duke of Longueville.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.