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It was the French king, too, who sent him that insidious, subtle daughter of Brittany, Louise de Keroualle Duchess of Portsmouth a diplomat in petticoats, who won the king's wayward affections, and spied on what he did and said, and faithfully reported all of it to Paris. She became the mother of the Duke of Lenox, and she was feared and hated by the English more than any other of his mistresses.
Charles II. had promised Mademoiselle de Keroualle a little gratitude for her good counsels; he made her Duchess of Portsmouth. Colbert had promised the king vessels, munitions, victories. He kept his word, as is well known.
The pretty Louise de Keroualle Duchess of Portsmouth, with her innocent baby face and heart as cold as any reptile's, was the French Delilah chosen to shear the locks of the British Samson.
It was the French king, too, who sent him that insidious, subtle daughter of Brittany, Louise de Keroualle Duchess of Portsmouth a diplomat in petticoats, who won the king's wayward affections, and spied on what he did and said, and faithfully reported all of it to Paris. She became the mother of the Duke of Lenox, and she was feared and hated by the English more than any other of his mistresses.
"Nobility; that is, enough to enable her to approach the king without awkwardness not too lofty, so as not to trouble herself about the dignity of her race." "Very true." "And who knows a little English." "Mon Dieu! why, some one," cried Madame, "like Mademoiselle de Keroualle, for instance!" "Oh! why, yes!" said Louis XIV.; "you have hit the mark, it is you who have found, my sister."
All that external circumstances could do to push her down into the mire was done; yet she was not pushed down, but emerged as one of those rare souls who have in their natures an uncontaminated spring of goodness and honesty. Unlike Barbara Villiers or Lucy Walters or Louise de Keroualle, she was neither a harpy nor a foe to England.
And if my true friends, such as your brother Charles, are willing to second me " The princess remained pensively silent. "Listen to me; there is the empire of the seas to be shared," said Louis XIV. "For this partition, which England submits to, could I not represent the second party as well as the Dutch?" "We have Mademoiselle de Keroualle to treat that question," replied Madame.
Madame set out for London, where she applied herself so earnestly to make her brother, Charles II., acquire a taste for the political counsels of Mademoiselle de Keroualle, that the alliance between England and France was signed, and the English vessels, ballasted by a few millions of French gold, made a terrible campaign against the fleets of the United Provinces.
All that external circumstances could do to push her down into the mire was done; yet she was not pushed down, but emerged as one of those rare souls who have in their natures an uncontaminated spring of goodness and honesty. Unlike Barbara Villiers or Lucy Walters or Louise de Keroualle, she was neither a harpy nor a foe to England.
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