Excerpt from Lustra Ludovici, or the Life of the Late Victorious King of France, Lewis the XIII: And of His Cardinall De Richelieu; Divided Into Seven Lustres Nor would '1 adventure to exphofe thusto the prefimt World, and' t'ranfmit to future Ages the Raign of, a For? Rein King had not I bin Speflqioi' of divers of his ex ploits (and had occafion alfo to make my addrefie'to his Cardinals; for the ref't I have labour'd to gather as faithfull inf'true'cions and authentic nores' as I could and thofe net uponflrloofe'truflz'o'r from light fictions 5 The Relations, which are the ingtedients of this Story, were not taken at the fpfiriek lofigefbut abov'e flaires, and mofi of them from the Counfell' Table and Courts of Parliament. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.