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This event threw such ridicule upon pretenders to the ducal state, that I no longer dared speak further to the King of the hopes which he had held out to me; moreover, the things which supervened left me quite convinced of the small success which would attend my efforts. Compliment from Monsieur to the New Prince de Dombes. Roman History. The Emperors Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and Verus.
On the following day, this monster sent a parliamentary officer to the French generals to inform them that during the night official news of the peace had reached him. Mission of Madame de Maintenon to Choisy. Mademoiselle Gives the Principalities of Eu and Dombes in Exchange for M. de Lauzun. He Is Set at Liberty.
An ancient anonymous annalist, a monk of Dombes, relates that a woman called Orberosia was possessed by the devil in a cavern where, even down to his own days, the little boys and girls of the village used to play at a sort of game representing the devil and the fair Orberosia. He adds that this woman became the concubine of a horrible dragon, who ravaged the country.
On the following day, this monster sent a parliamentary officer to the French generals to inform them that during the night official news of the peace had reached him. Mission of Madame de Maintenon to Choisy. Mademoiselle Gives the Principalities of Eu and Dombes in Exchange for M. de Lauzun. He Is Set at Liberty.
The Marquis de Lauzun took her at her word, and never forgave her for the cession of the principalities of Dombes and Eu to M. le Duc du Maine; he wanted them for himself. Progress of Madame de Maintenon. The Anonymous Letter.
The Prince of Dombes narrowly escaped being killed at my side by a bullet which made my horse rear. Marcilly was killed in bravely defending a post which I had charged him to intrench. He demanded succor from Rudolph Heister, who refused him, and who was deservedly killed as a punishment for his cowardice, by a cannon-ball which reached him behind his chevaux-de-frise.
Those of the northern coast went in boats to fish or to search for shell-fish. The labourers of Dombes cultivated oats, rye, and wheat. The rich Penguins of the valley of Dalles reared domestic animals, while those of the Bay of Divers cultivated their orchards.
During all the month dedicated by the Romans to their false god Mars or Mavors, the dragon ravaged the farms of Dalles and Dombes. He carried off fifty sheep, twelve pigs, and three young boys. Every family was in mourning and the island was full of lamentations.
An old man of Dombes who foretold the future by shaking grains of barley on a sieve, was thrown into a well. However, each night the monster still raided the poultry-yards and the cattle-sheds. The frightened peasants barricaded themselves in their houses.
In Burgundy Baron Biron was battling against the Viscount Tavannes; in the Lyonese and Dauphiny Marshal des Digiueres was fighting with the Dukes of Savoy and Nemours; in Provence, Epernon was resisting Savoy; in Languedoc, Constable Montmorency contended with the Duke of Joyeuse; in Brittany, the Prince of Dombes was struggling with the Duke of Mercoeur.
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