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CONDE PUTS DOWN THE FRONDE 45
Archbishop of Paris, came in full state to en-
treat the Queen-Regent to appease the people.
But Anne of Austria maintained that this was a
revolt and that the King must enforce order, upon
which the Archbishop himself joined the insurgents
and even became one of their leaders. At last the
Queen-Regent, frightened by the triumphs of
Cromwell in England, gave in, and Broussel was
released. To her intense chagrin, persons of the
highest aristocracy had joined the Fronde ; amongst
them the Duchesse de Longueville, the Grand
Conde’s own sister, the Duchesse de Bouillon,
and others—all more or less vain women seeking
notoriety. They endeavoured to gain Conde over
to their side, but he resisted proudly, answering,
when asked to join the Frondeurs : “ I belong
to a race that cannot identify itself with the
enemies of the Crown.” Anne of Austria thought
it wiser to leave Paris, and in great haste departed
to Saint-Germain-en-Lay—an exodus which the
Grande Mademoiselle has described in all its
picturesqueness. On account of the suddenness of
the departure no time had been given for the neces-
sary preparations, and the young King and the
Princesses de Conde, Charlotte de Montmorency,
and Claire-Clemence, had to sleep on straw—an
incident which Louis XIV never forgot.
Conde, however, blockaded Paris, overthrew
the Fronde, and on the evening of August 18,
1649 the young King with the Queen-Regent,
Conde, and Mazarin entered Paris and reached
Archbishop of Paris, came in full state to en-
treat the Queen-Regent to appease the people.
But Anne of Austria maintained that this was a
revolt and that the King must enforce order, upon
which the Archbishop himself joined the insurgents
and even became one of their leaders. At last the
Queen-Regent, frightened by the triumphs of
Cromwell in England, gave in, and Broussel was
released. To her intense chagrin, persons of the
highest aristocracy had joined the Fronde ; amongst
them the Duchesse de Longueville, the Grand
Conde’s own sister, the Duchesse de Bouillon,
and others—all more or less vain women seeking
notoriety. They endeavoured to gain Conde over
to their side, but he resisted proudly, answering,
when asked to join the Frondeurs : “ I belong
to a race that cannot identify itself with the
enemies of the Crown.” Anne of Austria thought
it wiser to leave Paris, and in great haste departed
to Saint-Germain-en-Lay—an exodus which the
Grande Mademoiselle has described in all its
picturesqueness. On account of the suddenness of
the departure no time had been given for the neces-
sary preparations, and the young King and the
Princesses de Conde, Charlotte de Montmorency,
and Claire-Clemence, had to sleep on straw—an
incident which Louis XIV never forgot.
Conde, however, blockaded Paris, overthrew
the Fronde, and on the evening of August 18,
1649 the young King with the Queen-Regent,
Conde, and Mazarin entered Paris and reached