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    Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1
    Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1
    Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1
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    Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1

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      Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1 - Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Memoirs Of Jean Francois Paul De Gondi, Cardinal De Retz, Volume I., by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: Memoirs Of Jean Francois Paul De Gondi, Cardinal De Retz, Volume I. Being Historic Court Memoirs of the Great Events during the Minority of Louis XIV. and the Administration of Cardinal Mazarin

      Author: Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz

      Release Date: September 29, 2006 [EBook #3842]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CARDINAL DE RETZ ***

      Produced by David Widger

      MEMOIRS OF JEAN FRANCOIS PAUL de GONDI,

      CARDINAL DE RETZ

      Written by Himself

      Being Historic Court Memoirs of the Great Events during the Minority of Louis XIV. and the Administration of Cardinal Mazarin.

      CONTENTS

      BOOK I.

      BOOK II.

      BOOK III.

      BOOK IV.

      BOOK V.

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      Cardinal de Retz——Photogravure from an Old Painting

      Turenne——Photogravure from an Old Painting

      Richelieu——Engraving by Lubin

      Anne of Austria——Original Etching by Mercier

      Louis XIII——Painting in the Louvre

      Conde'——Painting in Versailles Gallery

      ORIGINAL PREFACE.

      Our Author, John Francis Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, Sovereign of

      Commercy, Prince of Euville, second Archbishop of Paris, Abbot of Saint

      Denis in France, was born at Montmirail, in Brie, in October, 1614.

      His father was Philippe Emanuel de Gondi, Comte, de Joigni, General of

      the Galleys of France and Knight of the King's Orders; and his mother was

      Frances Marguerite, daughter of the Comte de Rochepot, Knight of the

      King's Orders, and of Marie de Lannoy, sovereign of Commercy and Euville.

      Pierre de Gondi, Duc de Retz, was his brother, whose daughter was the

      Duchesse de Lesdiguieres.

      His grandfather was Albert de Gondi, Duc de Retz, Marquis de Belle Isle, a Peer of France, Marshal and General of the Galleys, Colonel of the French Horse, First Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and Great Chamberlain to the Kings Charles IX. and Henri III.

      This history was first printed in Paris in 1705, at the expense of the Duchesse de Lesdiguieres, the last of this noble family, whose estate fell after her decease to that of Villeroy.

      His preceptor was the famous Vincent de Paul, Almoner to Queen Anne of

      Austria.

      In 1627 he was made a Canon of the Cathedral of Paris by his uncle, Jean Francois de Gondi, first archbishop of that city, and was not long after created a Doctor of the Sorbonne.

      In 1643 he was appointed Coadjutor of the archbishopric of Paris, with the title of Archbishop of Corinth, during which, such was his pastoral vigilance that the most important affairs of the Church were committed to his care.

      As to his general character, if we take it from his own Memoirs, he had such presence of mind, and so dexterously improved all opportunities which fortune presented to him, that it seemed as if he had foreseen or desired them. He knew how to put a good gloss upon his failings, and oftentimes verily believed he was really the man which he affected to be only in appearance. He was a man of bright parts, but no conduct, being violent and inconstant in his intrigues of love as well as those of politics, and so indiscreet as to boast of his successful amours with certain ladies whom he ought not to have named. He affected pomp and splendour, though his profession demanded simplicity and humility. He was continually shifting parties, being a loyal subject one day and the next a rebel, one time a sworn enemy to the Prime Minister, and by and by his zealous friend; always aiming to make himself formidable or necessary. As a pastor he had engrossed the love and confidence of the people, and as a statesman he artfully played them off against their sovereign. He studied characters thoroughly, and no man painted them in truer colours more to his own purpose. Sometimes he confesses his weaknesses, and at other times betrays his self-flattery.

      It being his fate to be imprisoned by Mazarin, first at Vincennes and then at Nantes, he made his escape to Rome, and in 1656 retired to Franche Comte, where Cardinal Mazarin gave orders for his being arrested; upon which he posted to Switzerland, and thence to Constance, Strasburg, Ulm, Augsburg, Frankfort, and Cologne, to which latter place Mazarin sent men to take him dead or alive; whereupon he retired to Holland, and made a trip from one town to another till 1661, when, Cardinal Mazarin dying, our Cardinal went as far as Valenciennes on his way to Paris, but was not suffered to come further; for the King and Queen-mother would not be satisfied without his resignation of the archbishopric of Paris, to which he at last submitted upon advantageous terms for himself and an amnesty for all his adherents. But still the Court carried it so severely to the Cardinal that they would not let him go and pay his last devoirs to his father when on his dying bed. At length, however, after abundance of solicitation, he had leave to go and wait upon the King and Queen, who, on the death of Pope Alexander VII., sent him to Rome to assist

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