xviii Contents and List of Citations ^ CHAPTER XXXI — THE ASCENDENCY OF FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV I. Richelieu and his Policy of strengthening the Kingship 332. Richelieu's account of the state of France in 1624 . . 268 Testament politique (Amsterdam, 1689), c. 1 333. Edict of 1626 for the demolition of feudal castles in France 270 Isambert, Recueil general des anciennes lois francaises, XVI, 192 sp. 334. Letters patent establishing the French Academy . . .271 Ibid. 418 sq. II. Kings " by the Grace of God " 335. Extracts from Bossuet's work on kingship 273 Bossuet, Politique tiree des propres paroles de PEcriture sainte, Liv. iii, art. ii, prop, i, ii, iii (passim), and iv; Liv. iv, art. i, prop, i ; Liv. v, art. iv, prop. i. (Euvres ; ed. Lachat (1864), XXIII, 533 sqq., 558 sq., and 642 sqq. III. Colbert and his Work 336. Colbert on the financial disorders in France .... 277 Colbert, " Memoires sur les affaires de finances de France pour servir a l'histoire," in Clement, Lettres, instructions et memoires de Colbert, Vol. II, pt. i, 17 sqq. 337. Commercial policy of Colbert 279 Clement (as above, No. 336), Vol. II, pt. ii, 426 sqq. IV. Ascendency of France in 167 1 338. Sir William Temple's account of France in 167 1 . . 281 " A Survey of the constitution and interests of the Empire, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Holland, France, and Flanders, with their relation to England in the year 1671," Works of Sir William Temple (London, 1757), II, 222 sqq. V. Louis XIV and his Court 339. How Louis and his court were entertained at Chan- tilly 283 Lettres de Madame de Sevigne (April 26, 1671) ; ed. de Sacy (1861 sqq.), Vol. I, 414 sqq. 340. Saint-Simon's portrait of Louis XIV 285 " Parallele des trois premiers rois Bourbons" [written in 1746], Ecrits inedits de Saint-Simon publies par FaugZre, I, 85 sqq.
