Chapter 14

[Footnote 19: Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642), governed France without interruption from 1623 to 1642.--T.] [Footnote 20: Jules Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661) succeeded Richelieu as Prime Minister, remaining in power, with two short intervals, until the day of his death. Each of the two cardinals, therefore, governed France for nineteen years.--T.] [Footnote 21: Murat was born near Cahors, the Duc Decazes near Libourne, both in Gascony.--T.] [Footnote 22: M. Decazes had been private secr…