Note 570 — XI. OF MANKIND.
Henri Van Laun translation
It is said that by Philip our author intended to portray the Marquis de Sablé, a son of the finance minister Servien, who was the proprietor of Meudon, sold it to Louvois (see the chapter “Of the Court,” page 204, note 423), and seems to have been chiefly known by his love for eating and drinking, his eccentricities and his debauchery.