ABSTRACT

It is unnecessary to enter into the history of the family of the Duke of Guise, the particulars of which are so well known. After the assassination of Henry the Great, the Duke of Guise still held some places of trust under his son Louis the Thirteenth; but the house of Guise was so much the object of envy and suspicion, on account of its former power, and the illustrious men it had produced, that care was taken not to raise it again too high by honours and emoluments: and at length, Cardinal Richelieu grew so dissatisfied with the Duke of Guise, that he obliged him to quit France. The Duke of Guise having often seen the Countess of Bossu at the house of the Dutchess of Chevreuse, was equally charmed by her beauty, and amused with her vivacity.