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The Seige of La Rochelle

           ThusBassompierre,whowasatonceProtestantandCatholicProtestantbyconvictionandCatholicascommanderoftheorderoftheHolyGhost;Bassompierre,whowasaGermanbybirthandaFrenchmanatheartinshort,Bassompierre,whohadadistinguishedcommandatthesiegeofLaRochelle,said,inchargingattheheadofseveralotherProtestantnobleslikehimself,"Youwillsee,gentlemen,thatweshallbefoolsenoughtotakeLaRochelle."

           AndBassompierrewasright.ThecannonadeoftheIsleofRepresagedtohimthedragonnadesoftheCevennes;thetakingofLaRochellewastheprefacetotherevocationoftheEdictofNantes.

           Wehavehintedthatbythesideoftheseviewsofthelevelingandsimplifyingminister,whichbelongtohistory,thechroniclerisforcedtorecognizethelessermotivesoftheamorousmanandjealousrival.

           Richelieu,aseveryoneknows,hadlovedthequeen.Wasthisloveasimplepoliticalaffair,orwasitnaturallyoneofthoseprofoundpassionswhichAnneofAustriainspiredinthosewhoapproachedher?Thatwearenotabletosay;butatallevents,wehaveseen,bytheanteriordevelopmentsofthisstory,thatBuckinghamhadtheadvantageoverhim,andintwoorthreecircumstances,particularlythatofthediamondstuds,had,thankstothedevotednessofthethreeMusketeersandthecourageandconductofd’Artagnan,cruellymystifiedhim.

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