Private Memoirs of Madame Du Hausset

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The amoursxof Louis XV. Were, for a long time, covered with the veil of mystery. The public talked of the parc-aux-cerfs, but were acquainted with none of its details. Louis XIV. Who, in the early part of his reign, had endeavoured to conceal his attachments, towards the close of it gave them a publicity which in one way increased the scandal; but his mistresses were all women Of quality, entitled by their birth to be received at Court. Nothing can better describe the spirit of the time, and the cha racter of the Monarch, than these words of Madame de Montespan: He does not love me, said She, but he thinks he owes it to his subjects, and to his own greatness, to have the most beautiful woman in his kingdom as his mistress.