CHAPTER XVII.

HOW M. DE BEAUFORT AMUSED HIMSELF IN THE PRISON OF VINCENNES. The prisoner, who gave such uneasiness to the Cardinal, and whose means of escape disturbed the repose of the whole court, was wholly unconscious of the terrors which he inspired in the Palais Royal. He had found himself so strictly guarded, that he soon saw the fruitlessness of any attempt at escape. His vengeance, therefore, consisted in uttering curses on the head of Mazarin; he even tried to make some verses on him, but soon gave up the attempt. For …