The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21

i nhUe. F1lhSJTo " ulbClOAuT0B came upon LOUIE
XIV. like a clap Of thunder. Orders were a,
once given to suppress certain psrts OF her tes.
tim2ny; and a minute 70 that effect was made
ell. Having been a second time compelled tc
suppress testimony which should have gone. or
OF prisoners should continue In the regular
way he would be, unable to suppress their ties.
e s,%d9ny; a p the he f hisssed S,TeG bef court tSat az sh6 paGi
ceivcd q dreadful shock. His strongest per
but his power. AZ a monarch had been set at
naught. and that, too. by obscure and Infamous
throne itself had been sulliod. It's ali. powerful
Minister'S; LopyoIs and Colbert. to put the evil
On July l3. 100, all the secret papers were
brought into the Kings study and by hin per
Tor OF France, Ponchartrain..
Much in these papers related to Nine; de
married TO the Marquiso Of Montespan. In 1881!
she had been appointed one OF The maids OF
y well known. she became the fayorlte Of Louis
KY end the mother OF several Of his children
In La ' Vsilia aer in def sEs k K s9sc isyor ts tPsi p Ssasme o. q
matter OF public notoriety. and precisely at
this time. as La Reynie proves byeYtracts from
Paris. .,
thing happened that made Nine. de Montespan
fear any falling off in the Kings regard for her
should avert the danger. My mother applied
to certain priests. who blessed and conseerated
fIf.s'p '0T TRess p poWde Tere the se o. de Ttxea Z eae
planned. were love p%otions,, compounded ac-
STording to various formulas OF ,yitcheratt;
moles, powdered. bats blood and more ignoble
ingrsddiSnts; These, were made into iho 2 paste.
ton OF mass and thus nOnRprrated. This stun
was mixed with his food and eaten by Louis
XIV. some writer's have supposed that the
fortune tellers and others accused inn plicated
so many Of the great names Of, France in the
hope that by SO doing they might save their
membersd tina, tn; yolsin woman did not inn,
her execution. The confessions Of, Margaret
% W9RhI thsse. OF the Sep lmPPison ed 4 priest sal 9yui HaSsriy
In 1887 Nine. de Montespan met the magi-
f Esris Ls sssad ing Sy PRISM small Rr% altar ne she pfie sc
Gospels over the head Of Nine. dc Moptesnsn
be preserved TO me. that the King may leave
ali, that l shall ask Of him for. myself and my
double aud that he may leave the Duchess OF
La Falliere and forsake her. that the Queen
may be divorced and l married to the King,
ode LsssSge. the %aEician, testified that early IL
r rsSs Rs r tSsi n iacsnfat Esns IN 10 the hhs5i spsftm sas
q Nine. de Montespan's sister. Nine: de
s MNp'f tSss fTI s SSaiiR}FFsrsss ' m IfsH5 Of di :hs s k5oS
S Wss p n9F RatasT and Ta la k Ta!iisTs' sHs star aSw w !sSo 'ioT.
the efficacy OF incantations the doubt wss now
IN 1873 the favorite., driven thereto. by
t tSt,sr the i%s p pfiest eR au a6e aGssHs sso esitSf say agre shTse
The ateU ch mSs's q t The H castle sH oi VII viile was ss' near an
Montlhery. GIibourG received 80 %pistoles and
a e. r ZOO lIyr esd The 3, m Selebrsted q
the following Incarnation: 20 Ashtaroth and
to accept the saefiace Of this tShui infant. for ere wshyi eS
you will grant that the friendship Of his High
ness. the pauphin. may be continued to me. as
nesses, and that all / shall ask Of the King for
my relatives and servants may be granted"
that was sacrificed. for a c~roWnNfiteen francs
Of the present day,,and having bled the infant
black masses were duly said. by Guibourg at
intervals OF about three weeks: at all. Nine.
These details are ali set down in aaibours' q
How ala Nine. de Montespan manage to have
mixed With the KINGS ufoooddp' This QUESTION is
answered BY two confessions. one made by q
priest duiboure.' AND Z the Sse other pf BY The m M.sf fne
Lesage. La Reynie comments thereon In his
own personal notes Of the dispositions; from
through one Duchesne. who wa employed In
Nine. de Moptespan's household, and after
In 1919 sSs Mic Miie' DE- de- o FontaD Ds ese had M.d su Seeeedtydi
Nine. de, Montespan In the, good graces OF the
King and had just been made a Duchess with
MonvoisiH t%estifies; AT this lime, my meshsr
told me that Nine: de Moatespan had made up
n mntb mlh "a 10 70 Sc stop 81 bbo .bn n. and had asked
The matter concerned ths kias" The Se.
de Fontanges and the King. The execution OF
her project was con1ded to four conspirators.
the voisin woman and another named Tri;
Romani and Bertrand. % artistic prisoners"
who promised to kill the Duchess. Louis xiv,
received In person all petitions presented. and
a document which had been sprinkled with
certain powders passed under a chalice was to
would be struck dead. The Trianon woman
was to prepare the deadly document which the
ether fortune teller agreed to put into the
On May 5. 1879. the voisin woman tried to
give the prepared petition to the King. but was
not able to get near enough to him, and she re-
turned to Paris. intending to make another
attempt: On May 10 she became frightened
burned it. on May II her arrest took place.
after; When she heard Of the arrest q her
- hAhS ~ " lSlI NSI-
s%ailles; her fright and anger were great. Yet
tune teller named Filastre. who was. next to
the Voisin woman. the, most renowned in
Paris, This woman had sacrificed her
own child to the devil soon after it was born.
At the ex-favorite's request she went to Nor
mandy to consult with a celebrated dealer in
poisons named Galet. On her return she tried
to obtain admittance into Mile. de F~ontanRes's
household. hut was arrested before she could
effect her purpose. When first examined me
denied everything. but on the rack admitted
that the above was true. When Louis XIV.
heard these things he was dismayed and In
stantly stopped the proceedings OF the Lighted
Chamber Court. Louvois wrote to La Reynie:
The King has read and grieved over the
letters you have written to me-
In Judging Louis XIN.'s final treatment Of
Nine: de Montespan, the rank and station to
which he had elevated her must he considered.
His own conduct had been selfish, II not cruel,
and he had been publicly unfaithful to her.
She was the mother Of his children. legiti-
mIzed. princes and ,princesses Of France.
louvois, Colbert and Nine. dc Maintenon
united In making the ex-fayorite's fall
ms easy as possible. Notwithstanding the
Kings sgotism. ~harshness. intiexibility. and
his. mental lnferiority. he possessed com
prehension OF the obligations OF royal rank
and dignity, and in this crisis he rose to the
occasion. Nine. de Montespan was not driven
from court. She exchanged her very large
suite Of rooms on the main floor of the palace
OF Versailles for another further removed from
the central life Of the royal household. The
King continual TO give her Duhlic audianca a N "a