Daily Occupations of Madame de Maintenon.—Her Policy—How She Governed the King's Affairs.—Connivance with the Ministers.—Anecdote of Le Tellier.—Behaviour of the King to Madame de Maintenon.— His Hardness.—Selfishness.—Want of Thought for Others.—Anecdotes.— Resignation of the King.—Its Causes.—The Jesuits and the Doctors.—The King and Lay Jesuits.

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