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           Butatthemomentwhenthecardinalsawhismeansalreadybearingfruit,andapplaudedhimselfforhavingputitinaction,aninhabitantofLaRochellewhohadcontrivedtopasstheroyallinesGodknowshow,suchwasthewatchfulnessofBassompierre,Schomberg,andtheDucd’Angouleme,themselveswatchedoverbythecardinalaninhabitantofLaRochelle,wesay,enteredthecity,comingfromPortsmouth,andsayingthathehadseenamagnificentfleetreadytosailwithineightdays.Stillfurther,BuckinghamannouncedtothemayorthatatlengththegreatleaguewasabouttodeclareitselfagainstFrance,andthatthekingdomwouldbeatonceinvadedbytheEnglish,Imperial,andSpanisharmies.Thisletterwasreadpubliclyinallpartsofthecity.Copieswereputupatthecornersofthestreets;andeventheywhohadbeguntoopennegotiationsinterruptedthem,beingresolvedtoawaitthesuccorsopompouslyannounced.

           ThisunexpectedcircumstancebroughtbackRichelieu’sformeranxiety,andforcedhiminspiteofhimselfoncemoretoturnhiseyestotheothersideofthesea.

           Duringthistime,exemptfromtheanxietyofitsonlyandtruechief,theroyalarmyledajoyouslife,neitherprovisionsnormoneybeingwantinginthecamp.Allthecorpsrivaledoneanotherinaudacityandgaiety.

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