CHAPTER XLIV.

THE TE DEUM FOR THE VICTORY OF LENS. The commotion which had been observed by Henrietta Maria, and for which she had vainly sought to discover a reason, was occasioned by the battle of Lens, announced by the prince's messenger, the Duc de Châtillon, who had taken such a noble part in the engagement; he was, besides, commissioned to hang twenty-five flags taken from the Lorraine party, as well as from the Spaniards, upon the arches of Nôtre Dame. This news was decisive; it destroyed, in favour of the court, the stru…