Note 217 — Chapter X
Henry Vizetelly translation
Manuscripts of the Imperial Library, Papiers Colbert, Rapport adressé par le sieur Brodart à Colbert, &c., already quoted. [The biographies of the Duke de Beaufort say it was commonly believed at the time that, according to the barbarous custom of the Turks, his dead body was beheaded by them, which would account for its not having been found on the field of battle.—See Biographie Universelle of Michaud, &c.—Trans.]