Note 204 — Chapter VII
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Meanwhile M. de Condé ascertained that the King had issued on the 10th of September a proclamation of lèse-majesté against himself and his adherents; to which he replied by another, wherein he affirmed that he had taken up arms for the sole purpose of preventing a foreign invasion. He then crossed the Seine, with the intention of possessing himself of the town of Sens; a project in which he, however, failed, Bois-Dauphin and his adjutant-general, the Marquis de Praslin, having already garrisoned the place.[204]