Note 173 — Chapter IX
Henry Vizetelly translation
“Several persons here wish to wager,” wrote Guy-Patin, September 26, 1669, “that M. de Beaufort is not dead. O utinam!” And in another letter, January 14, 1670: “It is said that M. de Vivonne has, by commission, the office of Vice-Admiral of France for twenty years; but there are still those who insist that M. de Beaufort is not dead, and that he is only a prisoner.”