Memoirs of Louis Xiv And His Court And of the Regency — Complete
Memoirs of Louis Xiv And His Court And of the Regency — Complete
Saint-Simon Louis De Rouvroy Duc De
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Since she had quitted the Court the King gave her twelve thousand Louisof gold each year. This year he sent word to her that he could only giveher eight. Madame de Montespan testified not the least surprise. Shereplied, that she was only sorry for the poor, to whom indeed she gavewith profusion. A short time after the King had made this reduction, that is, on the 8th of January, Madame la Duchesse de Bourgogne gavebirth to a son. The joy was great, but the King prohibited all thoseexpenses whic...h had been made at the birth of the first-born of Madame deBourgogne, and which had amounted to a large sum. The want of moneyindeed made itself felt so much at this time, that the King was obligedto seek for resources as a private person might have done. A miningspeculator, named Rodes, having pretended that he had discovered manyveins of gold in the Pyrenees, assistance was given him in order that hemight bring these treasures to light. He declared that with eighteen hundred workmen he would furnish a million(francs' worth of gold) each week.
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