263/460 An eminently clear, terse, and spirited summary will be found in Voltaire's Siecle de Louis XIV.] [Footnote 13: "Misionarios embotados," says Ronquillo. "Apostoli armati," says Innocent. There is, in the Mackintosh Collection, a remarkable letter on this subject from Ronquillo, dated March 26./April 5. 1686 See Venier, Relatione di Francia, 1689, quoted by Professor Ranke in his Romische Papste, book viii.] [Footnote 14: "Mi dicono che tutti questi parlamentarii no hanno voluto copia, il che assolutamente avra causate pessime impressioni."-- Adda, Nov. 9/13. |