He was indebted for the rank of King's Advocate to the Cardinal de Vendome, and acquitted himself so admirably of the duties of his office as to justify the confidence of his patron.
[288] L'Etoile, vol.iii.pp.

255-257.

Mezeray, vol.x.pp.

277-279.
Daniel, vol.vii.p.

456.
[289] Marie de Balzac d'Entragues, in pursuit of whom the King incurred the risk of assassination.
[290] Richer, _Mercure Francais,_ Paris, 1611, year 1605, pp.