The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV (67 page)

3
. Ibid., p. 424; Gould, p. 123; Lough,
Locke’s Travels,
p. 150.

4
. King, pp. 290, 293, 299–300; Dunlop,
Versailles,
p. 28.

5
. Voltaire I, pp. 12–13; Bluche,
Louis XIV,
p. 121, Sonnino, p. 30.

6
. Ibid., pp. 42, 37, 242; Spanheim, pp. 74, 93.

7
. Wolf, p. 230.

8
. Sév. III, pp. 415–16; Voltaire I, p. 161.

9
. Clement,
Mme de Montespan,
p. 383; Norton,
SSV,
p. 262.

10
. Sévigné, ed. Duchêne II, p. 353; Felibien,
Versailles,
pp. 31, 33.

11
. Lafayette,
Memoirs of the Court,
p. 191.

12
. Lough,
op. cit.,
p. 172; Mongredien,
Vie Quotidienne,
p. 38; Norton,
SSV,
p. 264.

13
. Kroll, p. 110; Dangeau VII, p. 36n; Bussy III, p. 456.

14
. Lough,
op. cit.,
p. 268.

15
. Sonnino, p. 176.

16
. Voltaire I, p. 335.

17
. Maintenon,
Conseils
I, p. 118.

18
. Primi Visconti, p. 252; Mossiker,
Madame de Sévigné,
pp. 300–1.

19
. Patin III, p. 496; d’Antin, p. 77.

20
. Sourches I, p. 138n; Vallot, p. 108, Patin III, p. 784; Magne, pp. 2–3; SS (Norton) I, p. 82.

21
. Couton, p. 45; Kroll, p. 37.

22
. Elias, p. 94.

23
. Sonnino, p. 144.

24
. Magne, pp. 122–3, 292.

25
. Saint-Maurice I, pp. 374–5.

26
. Sourches V, pp. 248–9; SS (Truc) I, p. 390.

27
. La Bruyère, p. 222; Couton, p. 45; d’Antin, pp. 77–9.

28
. Magne, p. 327; Mossiker,
op. cit.,
pp. 301–2.

29
. Moine, pp. 136, 133.

30
. For a description see Felibien,
Les divertissements de Versailles … en l’année 1674, passim.

31
. Quoted Moine, p. 215.

32
. Norton,
SSV,
p. 261; d’Antin, p. 28.

33
. Clement,
Police,
p. 407; Sév. IV, p. 168.

34
. Ibid., V, p. 507; ibid., IV, p. 247.

35
. Primi Visconti, p. 132.

36
. Sév. II, pp. 113–14; Saint-Maurice II, p. 35.

37
. Scott-Stevenson I, p. 255; Choisy I, pp. 222–3; Scott-Stevenson I, p. 254.

38
. Voltaire I, p. 345; Couton, p. 74.

39
. Scott-Stevenson II, p. 176; Drevillon,
Lire et écrire l’avenir,
pp. 238, 236, 238.

40
. Primi Visconti, p. 60.

41
. Ibid., p. 63; Ravaisson V, pp. 342, 345–6, ibid., VI, p. 286; ibid., VII, pp. 8–10.

42
. Primi Visconti, p. 124.

43
. Ibid., p. 20.

44
. Montpensier III, p. 570; Voltaire I, p. 13; Bluche,
Vie Quotidienne,
p. 68.

45
. Voltaire I, p. 310; Bluche,
op. cit.,
p. 46; SS (Truc) I, p. 42.

46
. Levron in Hatton,
Louis XIV and Absolutism,
p. 134.

47
. Sourches II, p. 30; La Bruyère, pp. 222, 221.

48
. Ibid., p. 222; quoted Maintenon,
Lettres
III, p. 253; Primi Visconti, p. 251.

49
. Amiel, p. 44; Voltaire I, p. 337; Saint-Maurice I, p. 169.

50
. Sév. II, p. 331.

51
. Bussy II, pp. 12, 16.

52
. SS (Truc) II, p. 499; Duchêne, p. 112; Saint-Maurice I, p. 131; Mossiker,
op. cit.,
p. 307.

53
. SS Norton II, p. 320; Boiteau II, pp. 421, 416; Bussy V, p. 51.

54
. La Fare, p. 166; Voltaire I, pp. 336–7.

55
. Sourches I, p. 206; Bussy V, p. 52; Boiteau III, p. 345.

56
. Saint-Maurice I, p. 389; Primi Visconti, p. 131.

57
. Ibid., p. 302.

58
. Louis XIV,
Oeuvres
II, p. 457; Sonnino, p. 29.

59
. Norton,
SSV,
p. 247; Colbert I, p. 468; Louis XIV,
Oeuvres
II, p. 457; Primi Visconti, p. 109; Lavallée II, p. 163.

60
. Vallot, pp. 115–16; Primi Visconti, p. 113, SS (Norton) I, p. 307n; Vallot, pp. 130, 125–7.

61
. Ibid., pp. 130, 125.

62
. Ibid., pp. 110, 118.

63
. SS (Norton) I, p. 69.

64
. Sonnino, p. 30; Primi Visconti, p. 33; Choisy I, p. 25; Norton,
SSV,
p. 247.

65
. Ibid., p. 259; Berwick II, p. 216; Mossiker,
Mme de Sévigné,
p. 345.

66
. Spanheim, p. 68; Caylus, pp. 90–1; Kroll, p. 237, Norton,
SSV,
p. 247.

67
. Sonnino, pp. 200–1.

68
. Labatut, p. 112; Sonnino, p. 45; Louis XIV,
Oeuvres
II, p. 460.

69
. Dunlop,
Louis XIV,
p. 266.

70
. Primi Visconti, p. 114; Mongredien,
Vie Privée,
p. 176; Sourches II, p. 25.

71
. Levron in Hatton, p. 151; Sourches I, p. 199; ibid. IV, p. 283; SS (Norton) I, p. 33.

72
. Colbert VI, p. 468; Primi Visconti, p. 31.

73
. SS (Norton) I, p. 277.

74
. Sonnino, p. 30.

75
. SS (Norton) I, p. 283; Levron,
Daily Life at Versailles,
p. 77; Levron in Hatton,
Louis XIV and Absolutism,
p. 148.

76
. Louis XIV,
Oeuvres
II, pp. 460–1; Sonnino, p. 36; Primi Visconti, pp. 58–9.

77
. Voltaire I, p. 378.

78
. Primi Visconti, p. 260; Spanheim, p. 290.

79
. Patin III, p. 619; Sourches I, p. 56; Saint-Maurice I, pp. 506–7; Sourches II, p. 45.

80
. Sonnino, p. 208.

81
. Saint-Maurice I, p. 212; Saint-Germain,
Louis XIV Secret,
pp. 54–5.

82
. Ibid., pp. 149–50; Sourches III, p. 85; Primi Visconti, pp. 164–5.

83
. Ormesson II, p. 566.

84
. Saint-Maurice II, pp. 525, 505.

85
. Rav. IV, p. 7; Saint-Maurice II, pp. 420–1.

86
. Ormesson II, p. 552.

87
. Amiel, p. 274; Locatelli, p. 177; see also Maintenon,
Lettres
II, p. 432.

88
. Montpensier IV, p. 455; Saint-Maurice II, p. 5.

89
. Caylus, p. 138; Saint-Maurice I, p. 254; Caylus, pp. 135–6; Norton,
SSV,
p. 247; Primi Visconti, p. 57.

90
. Magne, p. 330.

91
. Primi Visconti, p. 57.

92
. Lemoine & Lichtenberger, p. 61.

93
. Sév. II, p. 439.

94
. Rav. VI, p. 33.

95
. Brunet I, p. 286; ibid. II, p. 25; Saint-Maurice I, p. 255.

96
. Caylus, pp. 135–6; Bussy II, p. 352.

97
. Primi Visconti, p. 214; Saint-Maurice II, p. 5.

98
. Magne, p. 319; Ormesson II, pp. 274–5; Primi Visconti, pp. 73–4.

99
. Couton, pp. 214–15; Saint-Maurice I, p. 212; ibid. II, p. 111.

100
. Sonnino, pp. 246–7.

101
. Scott-Stevenson I, p. 135; Fénelon, p. 153; Spanheim, p. 88.

102
. Primi Visconti, p. 273.

103
. Krailsheimer, pp. 95, 100.

104
. SS (Norton) II, p. 33.

105
. Ormesson II, pp. 147–8.

106
. Motteville III, pp. 301–2.

107
. Couton, pp. 34, 40.

108
. Guitton I, pp. 75–6; SS (Truc) III, p. 20; Guitton I, p. 81; Bussy IV, pp. 84–5, 82.

109
. Decker, p. 129.

110
. Saint-Maurice I, p. 389.

3: Sex and the Sun King

1
. Lafayette,
Histoire de Madame,
pp. 89–90; Primi Visconti, p. 39; Scott-Stevenson II, pp. 208–9; Ormesson II, p. 442; Locatelli, p. 177; Magne, p. 209; Montpensier IV, pp. 394–5.

2
. La Vallière I, pp. 70–1; Magne, p. 266; Lafayette, p. 120.

3
. Ibid., pp. 101, 111.

4
. Motteville III, p. 294.

5
. Ormesson II, p. 69; Colbert VI, p. 463; Ormesson II, p. 463.

6
. Magne, pp. 2–3; Caylus, pp. 39, 41; Lemoine & Lichtenberger, p. 165.

7
. Caylus, p. 51.

8
. Norton,
SSV,
p. 131.

9
. Primi Visconti, pp. 9–10; Montpensier IV, pp. 32–3; Choisy II, p. 34.

10
. Magne, p. 309.

11
. Primi Visconti, p. 10.

12
. Brunet I, p. 267; Caylus, p. 51; Voltaire I, p. 340; Clement,
Mme de Montespan,
p. 163; SS (Norton) I, p. 414; Norton,
SSV,
p. 134.

13
. Clement,
Mme de Montespan,
pp. 272–3; Petitfils,
Mme de Montespan,
p. 67; Primi Visconti, p. 246; Montpensier IV, p. 54.

14
. Ibid., pp. 31–2; Saint-Maurice II, pp. 412–13.

15
. Montpensier IV, p. 46.

16
. Scott-Stevenson II, p. 103; Clement,
Mme de Montespan,
pp. 272–3.

17
. Caylus, pp. 86–7; Lavallée I, pp. 361–2; Rouben, pp. 163–4.

18
. Bussy III, p. 213, ibid., IV, p. 358; Saint-Maurice II, pp. 221–2; Couton, p. 38.

19
. Caylus, pp. 85–6; La Fare, p. 152.

20
. Spanheim, p. 80; Norton,
SSV,
pp. 131–2; Scott-Stevenson II, p. 158; Montpensier IV, p. 506.