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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31643	The cabinet open'd, or, The secret history of the amours of Madam de Maintenon, with the French king translated from the French copy.; Cassette ouverte. English	Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.	1690 (1690)	Wing C190; ESTC R216402	39,425	154

ADVERTISEMENT THe Memoires of Monsieur Deageant Containing the most secret Transactions and Affairs of France from the Death of Henry IV. till the beginning of the Ministry of the Cardinal de Richelieu To which is added a Particular Relation of the Arch-Bishop of Embrun's Voyage into England and of his Negociation for the advancement of the Roman Catholick Religion here together with the Duke of Buckingham's Letters to the said Arch-Bishop about the Progress of that Affair Which happen'd the last Years of King James I. his Reign Faithfully Translated out of the French Original Printed for Richard Baldwin in the Old-Baily 1690. THE Cabinet Open'd OR THE Secret History OF THE AMOURS OF Madam de Maintenon With the French KING Translated from the French Copy London Printed for Richard Baldwin in the Old-Baily 1690. THE Author's Preface TO THE READER LOve and Fortune produce effects so fantastick and surprizing that a man that accustoms himself to make reflections on all Occurrences cannot consider 'em without astonishment One sees not only the vilest and most abject creatures rais'd by this means to the highest elevation of Glory and Grandeur but one also sees the most agreeable and haughty of all the Sex thrown down from their greatness by the Caprices of these brutal passions and the Chimerique effects of the imagination to which stupid men offer incense as to a Deity Nature never wrought half the diversities in her productions as Love and Fortune have done in their Vassals and Adorers Madam de Maintenon the person whom we shall choose to be our Heroine does abundantly confirm the truth of these evident assertions one that the following relation may make to be reputed for a happy person if you place the happiness of this World in prosperity in which 't is confess'd she abounds As for the rest I am to advertise the Reader that altho' several persons having wrote upon the like subjects have deliver'd nothing but pure Romance nevertheless what I have Wrote is an unquestionable truth for the better part of the Memoires from whence this Little History is drawn came out of the Cabinet of Madam de Maintenon and were partly written with her own Hand These we recovered of a certain Gentlewoman who lived a considerable time with her and who had not served her this trick but only to avoid a greater mischief which was designed her and she avoided by her flight Therefore what we received of her we are now going to expose to the publick and this it is which has given occasion to the Title of this Book I hope the World will receive some satisfaction by it since I have given my self the trouble to put together these Memoires and digest 'em into a method If you meet with any thing that is ridiculous you are only to accuse the Original and not the Copy Farewel THE SECRET AMOURS OF Madam de Maintenon With the French KING AMongst all those Effects that Love has produced one sees nothing that surprizes him more than when it joyns the Scepter to the Crook and by its influences makes those Conditions of Life that stand at the greatest distance from one another so united and reconciled that the two Parties forget not only what they have been but also what they owe to themselves Several Examples have acquainted us with the truth of this Assertion but we have not any Instance that has demonstrated it with that clearness or is more universally known in our Age than This which we are going to relate Madam de Maintenon owes her Nativity to America Her Father who had been formerly one of those righteous Persons that we use to transport for their Civil Behaviour after he had made Satisfaction for the Slavery to which he was Condemned took a little piece of Ground and planted it with Tobacco With the Revenue of this small Territory he made an hard shift to keep Body and Soul together when Providence to let him see that he had faln into a Terrestial Paradise furnished him with a comfortable Importance and suffered a certain Vessel that was plentifully laden with all sorts of Females to arrive at the Island de la Martinique These virtuous Ladies considering the Corruption of the Age and the Fruitfulness of the new World after having sacrificed their Bodies for some time to the Goddess of Pleasure and performed all Acts of Charity to those who begg'd it at their hands departed from their respective Habitations in Low-Poictou and out of a Spirit of Submission to which they were obliged by the Orders of Justice surrendred themselves at Rochel Here the report of their Actions gathered a vast Company of People together who ran from all parts to behold them with Admiration The respect they met with was so extremely great that the Magistrates of the place not thinking any ordinary House worthy to entertain Persons of their high Character lodged them in the most Magnificent Building of the whole City as well in regard of its Height as of its Scituation and Structure Their Quarters were assigned them in the Tower de la Lanterne where they passed some time without any manner of Diversion for want of Needles After a short stay like true multiplying Daughters of Eve they embarqued for America where they arrived as we told you before Presently after their Landing they were joyned to the Tune of for better for worse according to the laudable Custom of the Country which as we are credibly informed was taking one anothers Words without any tedious Preface or Ceremony and amongst the rest Madam de Maintenon's Father and Mother were coupled together and so by this means our Illustrious Heroine came to be begotten All those Persons who have been at America are able to inform you that whether it happens through the peculiar Nature of the Climate or the Temperature of the Country their Children don't stay so long a time before they are able to help themselves as here in Europe and Experience has made it evident that their Infants do commonly make a shift to walk when they are but one year Old which would pass for an extraordinary Miracle with us on this side the Globe To reassume our Discourse our little Heroine was employed at the Age of Three years to look after some Turkies belonging to the Illustrious Madam de ... her Godmother who out of a Principle of Charity took her from her Pious Parents and kept her with her at her own Mansion In this honourable important Occupation she passed Three years more after which time was expired her above-mentioned Godmother having some occasions to make a Voyage into Europe carried the pretty Damosel along with her with a design to cultivate and refine her Person as she advanced in Age. Their Voyage as it happened was somewhat of the longest which they poor Souls never expected by reason of the ill Weather with which they were frequently distressed Nevertheless they arrived happily at Rochel where after they had refreshed