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A34768 The French spy, or, The memoirs of John Baptist de la Fontaine, Lord of Savoy and Fontenai, late brigadier and surveyor of the French King's army, now a prisoner in the Bastile containing many secret transactions relating both to England and France / tr. from the French original, printed at Cologn in the year 1699.; Mémoires de Jean-Baptiste de La Fontaine. English Courtilz de Sandras, Gatien, 1644-1712. 1700 (1700) Wing C6597A; ESTC R2705 273,497 404

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of_o the_o finance_n p._n 7._o fourbin_n captain_n of_o a_o frigate_n be_v take_v by_o the_o english_a p._n 173._o make_v his_o escape_n p._n 174_o the_o cardinal_n de_fw-fr fourbin_n p._n 327_o 328_o 329._o franckenstein_n elder_a brother_n to_o madam_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n a_o colonel_n of_o horse_n p._n 65._o he_o get_v his_o mother_n jewel_n into_o his_o possession_n p._n 68_o give_v they_o upon_o his_o deathbed_n to_o his_o sister_n p._n 69._o franckenstein_n the_o young_a brother_n a_o captain_n p._n 65._o his_o death_n p._n 67._o the_o cardinal_n of_o fustemburgh_n be_v violent_o carry_v away_o from_o cologn_n p._n 78._o be_v make_v coadjutor_n of_o cologn_n p._n 143._o g._n garenne_n one_o of_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 290_o 292._o gent_n lieutenant_n admiral_n of_o holland_n p._n 57_o his_o prudence_n p._n 58_o some_o french_a gentleman_n desperado_n fortify_v themselves_o in_o a_o certain_a castle_n p._n 49._o blow_v themselves_o up_o into_o the_o air._n p._n 51._o some_o gentleman_n in_o poictou_n take_v into_o custody_n p._n 283._o colonel_n gerard_n fight_v with_o the_o portuguese_n ambassador_n brother_n p._n 13._o be_v take_v and_o behead_v p._n 15._o colonel_n graham_n take_v at_o dover_n p._n 201._o granville_n a_o captain_n of_o a_o english_a man_n of_o war._n p._n 168_o h._n hamilton_n be_v repulse_v at_o the_o attacking_z of_o a_o mill._n p._n 186._o heron_n register_n of_o the_o chapter_n of_o beauvais_n p._n 330._o be_v send_v to_o the_o bastille_fw-fr ibid._n be_v discharge_v p._n 333._o the_o french_a hugonot_n fall_n be_v forseen_v by_o all_o but_o themselves_o p._n 131._o the_o catholic_n be_v encourage_v to_o insult_v they_o p._n 132_o i._n jansenist_n canon_n of_o beauvais_n banish_v p._n 327_o james_n ii_o king_n of_o england_n endeavour_n to_o establish_v the_o catholic_n religion_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o law_n p._n 149._o make_v his_o escape_n into_o france_n p._n 150._o he_o go_v for_o ireland_n p._n 155_o john_n baptist_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n see_v fontaine_n the_o intendant_n of_o tourain_n seize_v upon_o monfieur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n estate_n p._n 364_o joncas_n a_o exempt_a of_o the_o guard_n make_v deputy-lieutenant_n of_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 344_o k._n mayor_z general_z kirk_n p._n 183._o relieve_v londonderry_n p._n 187._o l._n the_o marquis_n the_o lavardin_n p._n 260._o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr laubanie_n governor_n of_o calais_n p._n 208_o mrs._n launoy_n court_v by_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n p._n 35_o she_o refuse_v a_o good_a match_n upon_o his_o account_n p._n 36_o she_o be_v marry_v to_o he_o p._n 37._o the_o say_a marriage_n declare_v null_a p._n 117._o she_o be_v marry_v to_o another_o person_n ibid._n she_o make_v a_o agreement_n with_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n p._n 118_o the_o count_n de_fw-fr lausun_n conduct_n the_o queen_n of_o england_n and_o prince_n of_o wales_n into_o france_n p._n 150_o mr._n leugny_n marry_v mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n elder_a daughter_n p._n 350._o come_v to_o paris_n to_o see_v her_o father_n p._n 351._o return_n without_o see_v he_o p._n 352_o lewis_n fourteen_o king_n of_o france_n send_v 6000_o man_n to_o assist_v the_o dutch._n p._n 58._o be_v oblige_v to_o make_v peace_n with_o the_o spaniard_n p._n 62._o declare_v war_n against_o the_o dutch._n p._n 71._o send_v his_o troop_n into_o germany_n and_o attack_n philipsburgh_n p._n 150._o receive_v mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n very_o favourable_o p._n 216_o londonderry_n besiege_v and_o in_o distress_n for_o provision_n p._n 184._o they_o defend_v themselves_o brave_o p._n 185._o death_n of_o their_o governor_n p._n 186._o be_v relieve_v p._n 187_o prince_n lewis_n great-master_n of_o the_o teutonick_n order_n present_v himself_o at_o liege_n p._n 146_o the_o marquis_n
de_fw-fr louvois_n dictate_v certain_a letter_n to_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n to_o be_v send_v into_o england_n p._n 250_o 265._o resolve_n to_o sacrifice_v he_o to_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o state_n p._n 278_o m._n mayence_n besiege_v and_o take_v by_o the_o duke_n of_o lorain_n p._n 151_o malet_n a_o protestant_a councillor_n a_o prisoner_n in_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 313_o 317_o 320_o the_o duke_n of_o mazarin_n a_o devout_a person_n p._n 240._o he_o give_v a_o dowry_n to_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n daughter_n p._n 362_o maux_n subdean_n of_o liege_n p._n 147._o my_o lord_n melfort_n p._n 157_o the_o countess_n of_o meru_n in_o disguise_n p._n 340_o minister_n a_o protestant_a minister_n defend_v londonderry_n p._n 186_o some_o minister_n of_o poictou_n propose_v ●_o rise_n in_o that_o province_n p._n 188_o monmont_n a_o french_a officer_n of_o note_n kill_v p._n 185_o my_o lord_n montjoy_n commit_v to_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 155_o the_o countess_n of_o montperoux_n p._n 336_o 337_o insolence_n of_o a_o musqueteer_n p._n 57_o be_v condemn_v to_o death_n and_o pardon_v p._n 58_o the_o bishop_n of_o munster_n quit_v the_o french_a party_n p._n 76_o n._n a_o nephew_n of_o the_o marquis_n de_fw-fr castanaga_n throw_v into_o the_o dungeon_n p._n 361_o niccoburgh_n a_o captain_n of_o a_o dutch_a man_n of_o war._n p._n 167_o norway_n full_a of_o bear_n and_o sorcerer_n p._n 9_o o._n french_a protestant_n officer_n enter_v into_o the_o service_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o orange_n p._n 202_o the_o roman_a catholic_n officer_n refuse_v that_o service_n ibid._n they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o get_v into_o ireland_n p._n 249._o be_v order_v to_o return_v into_o france_n p._n 250._o they_o come_v to_o paris_n p._n 267._o the_o prince_n of_o orange_n make_v a_o descent_n upon_o england_n p._n 149._o put_v a_o guard_n upon_o king_n james_n ibid._n his_o prodigious_a success_n p._n 150._o make_v king_n of_o england_n p._n 171._o the_o count_n de_fw-fr ossane_n in_o love_n with_o the_o princess_n of_o courland_n p._n 55._o he_o fight_v with_o and_o be_v wound_v by_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n p._n 56._o he_o leave_v that_o court_n ibid._n p._n the_o elector_n palatine_n quit_v the_o french_a party_n p._n 76_o don_n pantaleon_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fight_n with_o colonel_n gerard._n p._n 13._o escape_n out_o of_o prison_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o madam_n mohun_n p._n 14._o be_v deliver_v up_o into_o custody_n p._n 15._o be_v behead_v ibid._n picard_n a_o captain_n of_o a_o french_a frigate_n be_v take_v after_o a_o brave_a resistance_n p._n 168_o port_n lowis_n p._n 243._o the_o east-india-house_n near_o it_o p._n 243_o prancourt_n a_o swiss_n and_o a_o french_a spy_n in_o england_n deceive_v the_o french_a court_n p._n 220._o be_v imprison_v in_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 221_o the_o prince_n of_o wales_n take_v for_o a_o supposititious_a child_n even_o before_o his_o birth_n p._n 150_o some_o prisoner_n deliver_v by_o force_n p._n 45._o prisoner_n make_v at_o the_o battle_n of_o fleurus_n be_v conduct_v to_o vincennes_n p._n 313_o the_o protestant_n retire_v out_o of_o ireland_n into_o england_n p._n 154_o pusignon_n a_o french_a officer_n of_o note_n kill_v in_o ireland_n p._n 185_o q._n monsieur_fw-fr de_fw-fr quesne_n command_v the_o french_a flee●_n p._n 178_o the_o king_n grant_v he_o the_o free_a exercise_n of_o his_o religion_n ibid._n r._n ras_n a_o physician_n and_o pretend_a magician_n a_o prisoner_n in_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 314_o rasfeld_n the_o brandenburg_n general_n besiege_n locknit_v p._n 79._o obtain_v a_o victory_n ibid._n recollect_n their_o church_n restore_v to_o they_o at_o altenoe_n p._n 81_o riperda_n marry_v mrs._n caravas_n p._n 63_o rochel_n its_o fortification_n p._n 252_o rose_n a_o old_a servant_n of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n father_n p._n 121_o rose_n commander_n in_o chief_a of_o the_o french_a troop_n in_o ireland_n p._n 155_o 184_o 185_o s._n salisbury_z animosity_n of_o the_o mobb_n against_o the_o french_a p._n 176_o la_fw-fr salle_n governor_n of_o the_o citadel_n of_o liege_n p._n 149_o the_o marshal_n de_fw-fr schombergh_n general_n of_o the_o english_a force_n p._n 177._o former_o general_n in_o portugal_n p._n 177_o make_v count_n de_fw-fr mertola_fw-la p._n 180._o general_n of_o the_o french_a army_n in_o catalonia_n p._n 177._o be_v make_v marshal_n of_o france_n ibid_fw-la raise_v the_o siege_n of_o maestricht_n ibid._n he_o leave_v france_n on_o the_o account_n of_o his_o religion_n p._n 178._o retire_v to_o the_o court_n of_o brandenburg_n p._n 179._o from_o thence_o to_o holland_n ibid._n be_v make_v duke_n and_o peer_n of_o england_n p._n 180_o the_o shout_n of_o zwoll_n take_v up_o a_o priest_n whilst_o he_o be_v say_v mass_n in_o a_o private_a place_n p._n 87._o be_v threaten_v by_o the_o french_a soldier_n in_o garrison_n there_o ibid._n the_o rise_n of_o the_o mob_n about_o his_o house_n p._n 88_o he_o be_v depose_v p._n 89_o mock-sieges_n in_o the_o thuellery_n p._n 4_o soldier_n ravish_v a_o young_a wench_n and_o set_v fire_n to_o the_o house_n p._n 161_o sewell_n a_o englishman_n a_o prisoner_n in_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 290_o make_v his_o escape_n p._n 291_o stetin_n block_v up_o p._n 83._o be_v besiege_v p._n 84_o be_v force_v to_o surrender_v p._n 85_o t._n the_o earl_n of_o tyrconnel_n p._n 153_o 154_o the_o earl_n of_o torrington_n admiral_n of_o england_n p_o 168_o he_o choose_v rather_o to_o quit_v his_o place_n at_o court_n than_o to_o change_v his_o religion_n ibid._n the_o count_n de_fw-fr tourville_n vice-admiral_n of_o france_n enter_v breast_n p_o 171_o treaty_n betwixt_o france_n and_o cromwell_n p._n 12_o a_o treatise_n of_o the_o bastille_fw-fr promise_v to_o be_v publish_v p._n 361_o the_o marshal_n de_fw-fr turenne_n p._n 74._o he_o pursue_v the_o elector_n of_o brandenburg_n p._n 75._o a_o great_a general_n p._n 77_o v._n one_o english_a vessel_n fight_v and_o take_v two_o french_a frigate_n at_o once_o p._n 173_o a_o valet_fw-la du_fw-fr chambre_fw-fr of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n play_v several_a prank_n in_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 315._o he_o betray_v his_o master_n p._n 347._o get_v out_o of_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 349_o he_o pretend_v that_o his_o master_n be_v mad_a p._n 355_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr vaux_n joint_n surveyer_n with_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n p_o 228_o monsieur_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr vienne_n first_o groom_n of_o the_o king_n bedchamber_n p_o 215_o 216_o the_o marquis_n de_fw-fr ville_fw-fr governor_n of_o brussels_n p._n 97_o villeroy_n a_o lorraine_n officer_n imprison_v in_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 293._o he_o fancy_v himself_o to_o be_v torment_v by_o a_o spirit_n p_o 316_o 317_o 318_o monsieur_n voile_n controler_n of_o the_o mint_n send_v to_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 286._o he_o be_v release_v by_o mean_n of_o a_o good_a sum_n of_o money_n p._n 289_o w._n monsieur_fw-fr de_fw-fr webbenum_fw-la one_o of_o the_o state_n general_n p_o 64_o wrangel_n the_o sweedish_a general_n take_v several_a place_n from_o the_o elector_n of_o brandenburg_n p._n 78._o he_o lose_v a_o battle_n p._n 79._o his_o death_n ibid._n z._n zwoll_n mutiny_n of_o the_o roman_a catholic_n of_o that_o city_n p._n 87_o 88_o
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into_o england_n p._n 4._o be_v likely_a to_o be_v shoot_v in_o his_o coach_n p._n 10._o be_v declare_v french_a ambassador_n extraordinary_a in_o england_n p._n 11._o prevail_v with_o lambert_n and_o harrison_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o a_o good_a bribe_n p._n 12._o he_o make_v love_n to_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n lady_n p._n 20._o make_v use_n of_o a_o bawd_n to_o procure_v her_o consent_n p._n 22._o obtain_v a_o pardon_n for_o her_o brother_n ibid._n k._n charles_n ii_o refuse_v to_o admit_v he_o to_o his_o audience_n p._n 28._o be_v recall_v ibid._n his_o difference_n with_o mounseur_fw-fr colbert_n p._n 30._o his_o death_n p._n 31._o madam_n de_fw-fr bourdeaux_n retire_v into_o the_o country_n to_o avoid_v the_o courtship_n of_o the_o gallant_n p._n 4._o return_v to_o paris_n p._n 5._o her_o father_n bankrupt_a p._n 7._o the_o cardinal_n de_fw-fr bovillon_n the_o french_a king_n consent_v but_o too_o late_a to_o his_o be_v elect_v bishop_n of_o liege_n p._n 148._o elector_n of_o brandenburg_n declare_v against_o france_n p._n 74._o enter_v westphalia_n and_o the_o electorate_v of_o cologn_n ibid._n conclude_v a_o treaty_n with_o france_n to_o stand_v neuter_n p._n 75._o break_v it_o p._n 76._o be_v present_a at_o the_o conference_n betwixt_o the_o ally_n at_o the_o hague_n and_o defeat_v the_o swede_n p._n 79._o bailiff_n their_o ear_n cut_v off_o p._n 48._o some_o of_o they_o kill_v p._n 49._o c._n the_o camp_n of_o broussaille_n p._n 160._o madam_n caravas_n challenge_v riperda_n in_o disguise_n p._n 63._o be_v secure_v p._n 64._o lose_v her_o lawsuit_n against_o riperda_n ibid._n the_o baron_n of_o casenaure_n marry_v mrs._n la_o bar_n at_o angiers_n p._n 42._o bernard_n cesuet_n bailiff_n of_o loudun_n his_o daughter_n have_v a_o intrigue_n with_o his_o servant_n p._n 132._o his_o wife_n suborn_v a_o false_a witness_n p._n 135._o a_o canon_n of_o beauvais_n debauch_n a_o young_a maid_n p._n 326._o enter_v upon_o a_o design_n against_o some_o other_o canon_n p._n 327._o be_v carry_v to_o the_o prison_n of_o vincennes_n p._n 329._o be_v put_v to_o the_o rack_n p._n 331._o and_o execute_v p._n 333._o the_o canon_n of_o liege_n be_v compose_v of_o person_n of_o divers_a nation_n and_o degree_n p._n 146._o chapelier_n de_fw-fr villefort_n use_v to_o dress_v himself_o in_o woman_n apparel_n p._n 334._o get_v under_o that_o disguise_n into_o a_o monastery_n p._n 340._o be_v discover_v and_o scourge_v ibid._n be_v commit_v to_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 347_o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n p._n 352._o the_o count_n de_fw-fr chateau-renault_n command_v a_o squadron_n of_o ship_n to_o conduct_v some_o force_n into_o ireland_n p._n 153._o he_o put_v into_o bantry-bay_n p._n 158._o where_o he_o engage_v the_o english_a fleet._n ibid_fw-la the_o chirurgeon_n of_o the_o bastille_fw-fr a_o servant_n to_o the_o governor_n p._n 360._o christian_n a_o french_a protestant_n a_o french_a spy_n in_o england_n p._n 205_o 206_o 214._o treaty_n of_o peace_n at_o cologn_n p._n 78._o customhouse_n officer_n of_o peronne_n search_v mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n baggage_n p._n 98._o one_o of_o they_o kill_v his_o fellow_n officer_n p._n 99_o a_o father_n confessor_n can_v not_o prevail_v upon_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fontaine_n to_o forgive_v his_o enemy_n p._n 313._o coningsmark_n general_n of_o the_o sweedish_a army_n besieges_n altenoe_n p._n 80._o raise_v the_o siege_n p._n 81._o endeavour_n to_o relieve_v stetin_n but_o in_o vain_a p._n 83._o ravages_n about_o altenoe_n p._n 84._o a_o grave_a councillor_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n make_v love_n to_o the_o suppose_a countess_n of_o meru_n p._n 338._o the_o coast_n about_o port-lowis_n sound_v p._n 251_o 248_o 249._o the_o prince_n of_o courland_n march_v with_o his_o troop_n to_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o emperor_n p._n 51._o return_v from_o that_o expedition_n p._n 53._o