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Embassy of the King of Arda. Political Influence Exercised by the Good Looks of Madame de Montespan. Gifts of the Envoys. What the Comte de Vegin Takes for a Horse. Madame de Montespan Entertains Them in Her Own House. Three Missionaries Recommend Her to Them. From the wilds of Africa, the King of Arda sent an embassy no less brilliant and far more singular than that of the Turks.
It was said that he had worked two or three miracles, and brought certain dead people back to life. "I will rebuild his monastery for him in marble if he will give us back poor little Vegin, and the Duc d'Anjou," said the King to me. The remark almost brought tears to my eyes, just as I was about to joke with his Majesty about the fellow and his miracles.
"Of eight children that you have brought into the world, madame, she has reared and attended perfectly to six," replied the King. "The estate of Maintenon has, at the most, recompensed the education of the Comtes de Vegin, whose childhood was so onerous. And for the remainder of my little family, what have I yet done that deserves mention?"
The little that he has read to me of this poem leads me to expect that it will be an important work. The French language will continue to perfect itself by the help of literature like this, and Boileau, cruel though he be, is going to confer a great benefit upon all those who have to do with letters." Birth of the Comte de Vegin. Madame Scarron as Governess. The King's Continued Dislike of Her.
The Comte de Vegin had been born, and the Queen was absolutely ignorant of his existence. My pregnancy with the Duc du Maine had likewise escaped her notice, owing to the large paniers which I took to wearing, and thus made the fashion. But the Court is a place where the best of friends are traitors.
So the King presented him to the Abbey of Saint Denis, the revenue of which was equally considerable, and he conferred upon him the title of Comte de Vexin, caring nothing for the remarks I made concerning the similarities of such names and distinctions. The second Comte de Vegin bid fair to be a man of reflection and of genius.
The Comte de Vegin had been born, and the Queen was absolutely ignorant of his existence. My pregnancy with the Duc du Maine had likewise escaped her notice, owing to the large paniers which I took to wearing, and thus made the fashion. But the Court is a place where the best of friends are traitors.
When we returned, all these little details greatly amused the King. He, too, wanted to go and see the castle of another Fouquet, but, as we complained of the bad roads, he ordered these to be mended along the entire route. The Second Comte de Vexin. He is made Abbe of Saint Denis. Priests or Devils? The Coronation Diadem. Royalty Jokes with the Monks. My poor little Comte de Vegin died.
So the King presented him to the Abbey of Saint Denis, the revenue of which was equally considerable, and he conferred upon him the title of Comte de Vexin, caring nothing for the remarks I made concerning the similarities of such names and distinctions. The second Comte de Vegin bid fair to be a man of reflection and of genius.
"If our religion be a true one, God himself is at the head of it, and for so supreme a Chief the sons of kings are but of small account." With an argument such as this she closed my mouth, leaving me quite amazed, and next day she smiled with delight when she presented the little Comte de Vegin dressed as a little abbe.
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