Lives of the last four princesses of the royal house of Stuart

16561] FETES AT PARIS. 101
England, the Duke of York, and the King's brother,
the Duke of Anjou. Behind the King stood the car-
dinal, the lord chancellor, and the lord ambassador of
Venice, who, uninvited and incognito, came to see this
entertainment. Since that, pursues his excellency, " the
Princess-royal hath been to visit the Queen of France
at the Louvre, who caused her to sit down in a chair
with two arms, which is not done to the Duchess of
Orleans."
"The fete was most magnificent. The repast also,"
records Mademoiselle de Montpensier. "I was dressed
with my pearls, but no bouquet, on account of the
mourning I wore. Some days after this ball, the report
went that the Queen of England complained that I had
attempted to take precedence of her daughter Mary.
The Princess-royal of England, was seated at play with
Mademoiselle de Nemours, when I, at the end of the
gallery, called her, before entering, and we walked hand
in hand, which we usually did. I mentioned what I had
heard of my aunt Queen Henrietta's displeasure, to the
cardinal, and made him notice how we had arranged it,
and that surely thus there was nothing to find fault with."
But the prime minister replied, drily : ' It was re-
marked the other day at the Queen's fete, that you wished
to pass before her." At this, the insolent younger brother
of Louis XIV., broke in with : * Supposing she had
done so, would she not have been right? We shall
have enough to do with people dependent upon us for
bread, if we permit them to go before us ! What will
they not want to do next ?' "
This cruel speech, was repeated to Queen Henrietta,
and very bitterly she wept on hearing it. The generous
Anne of Austria, Queen-regent, took her son Philippe
to task. " Considering who you are, and how near you are