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The Sign of the Red Dovecot

           TheEnglish,repulsedfootbyfoot,beateninallencounters,anddefeatedinthepassageoftheIsleofLoie,wereobligedtore-embark,leavingonthefieldofbattletwothousandmen,amongwhomwerefivecolonels,threelieutenantcolonels,twohundredandfiftycaptains,twentygentlemenofrank,fourpiecesofcannon,andsixtyflags,whichweretakentoParisbyClaudedeSt.Simon,andsuspendedwithgreatpompinthearchesofNotreDame.

           TeDeumswerechantedincamp,andafterwardthroughoutFrance.

           Thecardinalwasleftfreetocarryonthesiege,withouthaving,atleastatthepresent,anythingtofearonthepartoftheEnglish.

           Butitmustbeacknowledged,thisresponsewasbutmomentary.AnenvoyoftheDukeofBuckingham,namedMontague,wastaken,andproofwasobtainedofaleaguebetweentheGermanEmpire,Spain,England,andLorraine.ThisleaguewasdirectedagainstFrance.

           Stillfurther,inBuckingham’slodging,whichhehadbeenforcedtoabandonmoreprecipitatelythanheexpected,paperswerefoundwhichconfirmedthisallianceandwhich,asthecardinalassertsinhismemoirs,stronglycompromisedMme.deChevreuseandconsequentlythequeen.

           Itwasuponthecardinalthatalltheresponsibilityfell,foroneisnotadespoticministerwithoutresponsibility.All,therefore,ofthevastresourcesofhisgeniuswereatworknightandday,engagedinlisteningtotheleastreportheardinanyofthegreatkingdomsofEurope.

           Thecardinalwasacquaintedwiththeactivity,andmoreparticularlythehatred,ofBuckingham.

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