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FOUCQUET & HIS LADIES
He paid root sums to his paramours!
1)Madame de Sévigné was not intimidated but quite prepared to enjoy his friendships.
2)Madame de Scarron, as above, even more continues, used her husband as a Jorking
3)Mile de Freillmux was no ___ ; very popular at work and appeared in all ballets in which the king danced self – seeker, extracted much money
4)Mile de Meuneville definitely compromised as captured correspondence shows [Racine praised beauty of latter two ] 1659. Senvien died. F[ F dicatat oleh Frank C. Bell merujuk kepada Foucquet. Selepas ini F digantikan kepada ejaan penuh Foucquet.]. sole Suprintendants. Foucquet afraid of death Mazarin, as he was ungrateful for senrvice rendered, miserly in private, although genuinely anxious for glory of France.
5)March 1661 Mazarin died, “leaving the King Colbert.”
6)March. Louis Summoned Chancellor Ségway Ministers & Foucquet & hold them he was taking the reins. Foucquet he told to employ Colbert.
AMBITION OF FOUCQUET
Foucquet did not take in seriously, determined he govern __ . & France himself __. __ told Foucquet to explain whole financial situation & system, promising continued far our if Foucquet was sincere. Foucquet against all advise, pretented false account, while Colbert, appointed Intendants with special duty of watching Foucquet revealed the falsifications to Louis. __ tried to extra of sincere confession from Foucquet who he persisted; so much so that Colbert’s clerks openly prophesied his fall. Foucquet threw himself at his feet at Font
aime bleau. He murmured words of pardon but really Foucquet was already doomed.
FALL OF FOUCQUET
The possibility of private motives on his part (Mile de lavalle’wi) of no account L. & C. set about it with great diplomacy. Snag was his post as Attorn. Gen and pretended to devour him, C. led cons. to A.G, wondering why he didn’t sell it. Foucquet did, giving the £ 1,400,000 price as a gift to the king.
Aug. 1661 The court entertained at vaux strange visit, informality of L. to accept hospitality of man he had determined to ruin, & Fouquet’s madness at quiring such a clear proof of his own misappropriate of public money. __ more than ever set on ruining Fouquet.
Next step to reduce Fouquet’s Breton strongholds. King’s presence needed in Brittanys to ensure good harvest of taxed. On Fouquet’s strange advice, he visited Nantes.
ARREST OF FOUCQUET
5th sept 1661 summoned to a __ by __ at 7am. Meanwhile rouse searched. Arrested, moved from one prison to another. Object to tremendous wrath of people. Had to be protected from rage of mobs. Condemmend by society for commuting his love affairs paper. Compomising Mile De Meuneville & bringing many illustrasions names in disrepute.
FOUCQUET FRIENDS IN TROUBLE
Apart from women, of whom especially Mile de saude’ny zealously defended him, Jean Hesnault, who attached Colbert in a sonnet, widely circulated privately, Colbert was now ____.
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3. Pierre Cornille, by praising fideldy of Pellisson shared it.
3. Loet rather touchingly but more cautiously declared his desire to help Foucquet “without disrespect to King” and later tried to deny many of Fouquet’s alleged crimes.
4. Pellisson most devoted went to Bostille with Foucquet and was unselfishly writing in his efforts for his master.
5. Dr. Pecquet, his doctor inconsolable
6. most touching of all, ha Fontaine, who wrote ___ Fouquet’s behall a much better elegy on Fouquet’s fall generally.
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