CHAPTER LIV.
Duchesse de Berry Drunk .-- Operations in Spain .-- Vendome Demanded by Spain .-- His Affront by the Duchesse de Bourgogne .-- His Arrival .-- Staremberg and Stanhope .-- The Flag of Spain Leaves Madrid .-- Entry of the Archduke .-- Enthusiasm of the Spaniards--The King Returns .-- Strategy, of Staremberg .-- Affair of Brighuega .-- Battle of Villavciosa .-- Its Consequences to Vendome and to Spain.
VOLUME 8.
CHAPTER LV State of the Country .-- New Taxes .-- The King's Conscience Troubled .-- Decision of the Sorbonne .-- Debate in the Council .-- Effect of the Royal Tithe .-- Tax on Agioteurs .-- Merriment at Court .-- Death of a Son of Marechal Boufflers .-- The Jesuits..