Note 47 — Chapter II
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At a later period, after he had lost his sight from a pistol-shot received at the combat of the Porte St. Antoine during the Fronde, and had quarrelled with the Duchess, he parodied his own distich,—
“Pour ce cœur inconstant, qu’enfin Je connais mieux, J’ai fait la guerre au roi; J’en ai perdu les yeux.”