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A50472	The memoires of the Dutchess Mazarine written in French by her own hand, and done into English by P. Porter Esq. ; together with the reasons of her coming into England ; likewise, a letter containing a true character of her person and conversation.; Mémoires. English	Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699.; Porter, P.	1676 (1676)	Wing M1538; ESTC R19039	48,247	134

was so ill advised as to force me to entertain a Woman that I could no way approve of This his Quarrel about a trifle made me open my Eyes and to think better of what course I was to take My Friends had the goodness to represent to me the little Security I must hope for from a man of that Caprice in a place so Remote and where his Power was so absolute That after what had passed betwixt us I was a Fool to imagine I should ever be suffered to return from thence That he had sent my Jewels before for no other reason but to confine himself for ever to that his Government where he shou'd not be obliged to give any account of his Conduct as at Paris and if ever I should have need of my Friends I should be so far from them that they could do me no other good but unprofitably to wish my Condition were better These Considerations that were but too apparent and too well grounded made me take Sanctuary once more at Madam the Countesses the night before Monsieur Mazarine was to begin his Journey fearing lest he would have used Violence to have forced me along with him I was so full of Perplexity and Distraction to see my self anew reduced to this Necessity that I forgot to bring away my small Jewels which were left me for my daily use and might be worth about fifty thousand Crowns as they were the only Treasure I had left Madam the Countesse was so provident as to ask me for them as soon as she saw me by that means I had time enough to send for them away He came the next day to know what I meant Answer was made him that I meant two things the one Not to go into Alsatia the other That he should restore me my great Jewels which he sent before unto Alsatia and which were the first cause of our Breach For Alsatia he would have been contented to excuse me since he saw no great likely-hood of being able to perswade me to it But for my Jewels he would make no peremptory answer therefore as soon as he left us Madam the Princess of Baden carried me to Mons Colberts to beseech him to seize them into his own hands He believed I ought not to be refused that Favour They were forced to be brought back and they have remained ever since in his hands Now the Question was What should become of me Monsieur Mazarine left me my Choice of going to live at the Hotel de Conty or at the Abbey of Chelles the only two places in the World he knew I hated mortally and that for very just Reasons The Oppression of Spirit under which I lay would not give me leave to determine which I should chuse of those two places equally odious to me I was fain so let others chuse for me and the reasons I had against the Pallace of Conty being more prevalent the Abbey of Chelles was preferred before that of Conty Here it was in this Solitude that I had time to make Reflections upon the Duty which my Friends told me was incumbent upon me to desire a Separation of Goods in favour of my poor Children before Monsieur Mazarine had spent all which at last I resolved to do Though I was convinced in my own Sense I ought to sollicite it yet the particular Reasons I had to referre all this to Monsieur Colbert's Judgement whom I caused to be sounded upon this matter and finding him averse to it put a stop to all Some six months afterwards Monsieur Mazarine coming out of Alsatia made me a Visit as he passed that way to oblige me to discharge two young women which Madam the Countesse had given me since his departure for Alsatia I did not believe my self bound to satisfie his Desires in this particular being I knew it was for no other reason he desired it but out of his Animosity against her His Resentment of this Denial put him upon petitioning the King to have me removed from thence to some other Monastery upon I know not what pretexts But the real Truth was because the Abbesse of Chelles who was his Aunt treated me civilly and that I was well enough satisfied with my abode there He prevailed and though that Abbesse was as she had cause much offended and gave as favourable an account of my behaviour there as could be desired Yet Monsieur Le Premier came to tell me That I should oblige the King in going to the Nunnery of St. Maries of the Bastile And Madam De Toussi came with six Guards to conduct me Some time after Monsieur Mazarine going into Britany came thither to see me but was presently out of all Patience because I wore Patches for I had some on by chance that day and told me he would not speak to me untill I had taken them off No man ever made his Demands with such unreasonable haughtiness as deserved rather to be refused than granted and chiefly when he believed that Conscience was concerned and that also was the reason I would not put off my Patches to shew him it was neither of my Belief nor Intention to offend God with this kind of Dresse After Contesting a whole hour about this in vain he at last began to tell me his mind notwithstanding my patches and pressed me vvith as little success to go vvith him into Brittany I vvas then more inclinable to go to Law vvith him than to follow him I obtained leave of his Majesty to commence my Suit having been Conducted to Him by the Princess of Baden But Monsieur Colbert vvho was very unwilling to consent to it for Reasons that admitted of no Answer in any other Conjuncture put along delay to it until at last Madam De Coursel being put into the same Monastery with me I obtained by the favour of some Friends that she had at Court leave to Commence my Suit As she vvas a very beautiful person and of a very pleasant humour I had Complaisance enough for her to joyn vvith her in playing some Tricks to the Nunns The King has been told a hundred ridiculous Stories about it That we used to put Ink into the Holy-Water-Pot to smut the good old Nuns That we used to run through their Dormitory at the time of their first Sleep with a great many little Doggs yelling and yellowing and twenty other such Fooleries either altogether invented or much exaggarated As for example having desired them to let us have some water to wash our Feet The Nuns consulted amongst themselves to refuse us what was necessary and to find fault as if we had been put in there to observe their Rule It is true that we filled two great Chests that were over the Dormitory with Water and not taking notice that the floor was ill joynted the water run through and wet all the poor Nunns beds If you were at that time at Court you will easily remember that this accident was represented

That I being of a free and liberal Nature he was afraid I should give away some of them and that he had not taken them from me but with intention to return them again with the addition of others I answered him that it were to be wished his liberality had been as regular as mine that I was satisfied with them I had already and that I would not go to bed until I had them again And seeing that to what ever I could say he only replied vvith unpleasant Ralleries expressed vvith a malicious Laugh or a scorning calmness of Voice but in reallity most tart and bitter I vvent out of the Room all in Despaire and passed to my Brothers Pallace extreamly perplexed not knowing vvhat course to take Madam De Bouillon vvhom we Presently sent for having heard this my new occasion of complaint told me I vvas well enough served since I had suffered so much already without saying a Word I resolved to have gon away vvith her in that very instant if Madam De Belinzani whom vve likewise sent for had not hindred me intreating me to stay untill she had spoken to Monsieur Mazarine But he had given order that none should be admitted yet Madam De Belinzani through much obstinate pressing was suffered to come unto him but would not give her leave to speak nor could she get any other Answer but that her business could not be so urgent with him as to oblige her to come at so unreasonable an houre but that if she had any thing to say to him he was going next morning to St. Germain and he would give her a meeting at the Cross of Nanterre Madam De Belinzani being returned as ill satisfied as we at so unreasonable a Rallary it was concluded I should go to lie at Madam De Bouvillions the next day all my Relations being come thither about my concern Madam the Countess was desired to acquaint the King with it He received her very graciously And Madam the Princess of Carignan was Commanded to come and carry me with her to the Hotel of Soisson after staying there about two months I was obliged to return with Monsieur Manarine even without having my Jewels restored to me or with any other satisfaction but to be allowed to discharge some Women which he placed about me whom I did not like that was the only Favour I could obtain When I pressed to have my Jewels restored Madam the Countess was the first that told me I did very ill The Court was always against me ever since that time It is well known of what Consesequence that is in all manner of business I told the King in these Termes That I should Comfort my self to see Monsieur Mazarin so much favour'd against me if he were so in all other things and if the litle help he found in his other affairs did not make it appear that he had no other friends but my Enemies As this accord was rather a Triumph for him than a real accomodation it made him too haughty to let it be of any long continuance An hour before my going to the Pallace Mazarine I sent thither a Groom of the Chamber whom Madam the Countess had preferred to me since my coming thither with some of my things Monsieur Mazarin that knew him as well as I did having asked him what he would have or vvho he belonged to bad him be gon about his business vvithout letting him stay untill I came This poor fellow met me about two hundred paces from my House and told me what happened and though Madam the Countess vvho came to conduct me perceived that this was a Just Cause of a new breach she perswaded me to pass forward and when she had brought me to the staire-foot she took her leave of me being unwilling to see Monsieur Mazarine because he had used all his endeavours to have me removed to the Pallace of Conty as if the Hotel of Soisson where she lived had not been as convenient and as safe a place for me I begun immediately to beg that this Servant might be received again into my Retinue but all in vaine although the necessity I saw my self reduced to by the Authority of the Powers made me show submissions beyond my natural inclination But I had a man to deal vvith that knew how to make use of the conjuncture Seeing then that he payd me vvith bald Excuses and as bad Jests Iresolved to leave him the second time and to withdraw my self to my Brothers House But Monsieur Mazarine as you shall perceive by the sequel had taken a course that I should not go out when I pleased meaning to make me a Prisoner in my own house seeing me offer to go he threw himself in my way and pushed me very rudely to stop my passage But my Grief and Vexation supplying me with more than ordinary strength I thrust by him in spight of all he could do and though he called out to the Servants to shut all the Doors and the Court-Gate especially they seeing me all in Tears none durst obey I was fain to go round by the Street wherein there was a great throng of People in this sad condition alone a foot and at noon day to get to my accustomed Sanctuary This was the Effect of that Providence that made him wall up the door by which there was a Communication betwixt my Brother's Pallace and mine and through which I made my escape the time before But this pre-caution gave occasion to all men that knew of it to judge that he never intended me any better usage for the future if I return'd again to him than I had before received at his hands having ken such care to secure me for the time to-come As soon as I came to my Brothers I writ to the King to give him an account of my proceeding And Madam the Countesse carryed me with her to the Pallace of Soissons But after five or six dayes Monsieur De Louvoy came to me from the King to propose to me to retire into some Nunnery but Madam the Countesse would not consent to that but brought it about that Monsieur Mazarine should be obliged to come and agree and carry me home with him upon condition that she would be friends with him Presently after this my Brother went away for Italy partly to make it appear that he did not contribute any thing to a mis-understanding betwixt Monsieur Mazarin and me and that it should not be his fault if we did not live peaceably together But I enjoyed but an out-side appearance of that Quietness which I hoped to have For notwithstanding all my Resolutions of Patience there passed not one day for three Months that we continued together without some jarring and causes of disgust At the end of this time he took a fancy to go into Alsatia and insteed of gratifying me and obliging me with his Kindness to go as I had resolved to do along with him He

Licensed February 22th 1675. Henry Oldenburg THE MEMOIRES OF THE DUTCHESS Mazarine Written in French by her Own Hand AND Done into English by P. Porter Esq Together with the Reasons of her Coming into England Likewise A Letter containing a True Character of her Person and Conversation The Second Impression LONDON Printed and are to be Sold by William Cademan at the Popes-Head in the New-Exchange and Middle-Exchange in the Strande 1676. THE MEMOIRES OF THE Dutchess Mazarin SInce the Obligations I owe you are of that Nature that I ought to conceal nothing from you wherein I may testifie my Acknowledgements of them I am willing to gratifie you with the true Relation of my Life being you desire it Not that I am ignorant how hard it is to speak discreetly of ones self And you know how averse I am in my Nature from explaining to the World matters wherein I am so neerly concerned yet it is very Natural to defend one's self from Calumny and to make appear to those of whom we have received considerable Services that we are not so unworthy of their Favours as the traducing World would make us appear to be Nor can I spend the time of my Solitary Retreat with more Innocence But if what I am going to acquaint you with seem to favour much of the Romance impute it rather to my Destiny than to my Inclination I know the chief Glory of a Woman ought to consist in not making her self to be publickly talked of And those that know me know like-wise that I never took much pleasure in things that make too much Noise But it is not alwayes in our choise to live our own way And there is a kind of Fatality even in those things that seem to depend upon the wisest Conduct I would not trouble you with the account of my Birth if those that envied my Vncles Glory had not endeavoured to tarnish the Lustre thereof But since their Fury spared nothing that was his It is lawful for me to let you know that I am descended from one of the most illustrious Families of Rome and that my Ancestors these three hundred years have held a Rank so eminent and considerable that I might pass my dayes happily though I had never been Heiresse to a first Minister of France The Accademy of Good Wits which began in that Country at the Nuptials of one of our Family made it appear in what esteem that House was in at that time And as a farther addition of Happiness I had the advantage to be descended from a Father that was one of the most accomplished and best qualified of our Family I was but six years old when I was brought into France and a few years after Monsieur M. rejected the Marriage of my Sister afterwards married to the Constable of Collonna and conceived such a violent Passion for me that upon a time he told Madam D Eguillon that if he could but have the happiness to be marryed to me it would not grieve him to dye three Months after The success surpassed his desire he has married me and yet God be thanked he is alive still Upon the first report of his refusing my Sister the Cardinal was much offended and would often say He had rather marry me to a Serving-man But he was not the only man I had the ill Fortune to please An Italian Eunuch Musician to the Cardinal was accused for having a Kindness for me But the truth is That it was as much for my Sisters as for me He was also jeered for being in love with the beautiful Statues that were in the Pallace M. This man's Love certainly was unlucky since those poor Statues were so cruelly punished for it as well as I though they were as little in fault It was no fault of my Sisters that I was not in love with something as well as I was beloved As she had a sincere Inclination for the King she would have been glad to see me ingaged with some such Folly But being extream young and childish I could fix to nothing All that she could obtain from me to oblige her was to shew some Complasance to those of my Age that diverted me most in our little Play-games which then took up all my time and thoughts though they were often interrupted by the Kings Presence who seldom stirred from our House though he conversed amongst us with wonderful goodness He had so much of Serious and solid not to say of Majesty in all his wayes that be could not keep himself from striking through us a most a weful Respect even beyond his intentions My Sister was no way disturbed at his Presence who ever else was And you may easily conceive that his Assiduity had Charms for those who were cause he had none for others As the things which Passion makes us do seem ridiculous to those that have never known what that passion is My Sisters exposed her very often to our Rallery One time amongst the rest we Jeered her because he seeing at a a distance a Gentleman of the House who was about the King's Stature with his back to her ran to him with open arms crying Ha my poor Sire An other thing that made us Sport about that time was a Pleasantry of the Cardinals with Madam de Bouillon which was about six years old The Court was then at Lafere One day as he made sport with her about some Gallant that he said she had at last he began to chide her for being with Child The Resentment which she shewed diverted all so that it was agreed she should be still told of it They streightened her Cloaths from time to time and they made her believe that she was growing very big This continued as long as it was thought necessary to perswade her to the likelihood of her being with Child Yet she would never believe any thing of it and denyed it with a great deal of heat untill the time of her Lying-in came she found betwixt her Sheets in the morning a Child new born You cannot imagine the Astonishment and Grief she was in at this sight Such a thing said she never happened to any but to the Virgin Mary and my self for I never felt any kind of Pain The Queen came to condole with her and offered to be God-mother many came to Gossip with her as newly brought to bed And that which at first was but a Past-time within doors came to be the publick Divertisment of all the Court They pressed her hard to tell who was the Father but all they could get from her was only That it could h none but the King or the Count of Guich because no other man hut those mo had ever kissed Her For my part being three years elder than her I was infinitely proud that I knew the truth of the matter and I could never be weary of laughing to make people take notice that I knew it You will hardly believe that at those years