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The struggle became serious, but only a few of the lawyers in the parliament had any real principle or public spirit; all the other actors caballed out of jealousy and party spirit, making tools of "the men of the gown," whom they hated and despised, though mostly far their superiors in worth and intelligence. THE STRUGGLE BECAME SERIOUS BUT ONLY A FEW OF THE LAWYERS IN THE PARLIAMENT HAD ANY REAL PRINCIPLE OR PUBLIC SPIRIT ALL THE OTHER ACTORS CABALD IN JEALOUSY AND PARTY SPIRIT MAKING TOOLS OF THE MEN OF THE GOWN WHOM THEY HATED AND DESPISED THOUGH MOSTLY FAR THEIR SUPERIORS IN WORTH AND INTELLIGENCE
is XIV. engaged to marry Maria Theresa, a daughter of the King of Spain. 3. The Fronde.--When an heir had long been despaired of, Anne of Austria, the wife of Louis XIII., had become the mother of two sons, the eldest of whom, _Louis XIV._, was only five years old at the time of his father's death. The queen-mother became regent, and trusted entirely to Mazarin, who had become a cardinal, and pursued the policy of Richelieu. But what had been endured from a man by birth a French noble, was intolerable from a low-born Italian. "After the lion comes the fox," was the saying, and the Parliament of Paris made a last stand by refusing to register the royal edict for fresh taxes, being supported both by the burghers of Paris, and by a great number of the nobility, who were personally jealous of Mazarin. This party was called the Fronde, because in their discussions each man stood forth, launched his speech, and retreated, just as the boys did with slings (_fronde_) and stones in the streets. WHEN LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH ENGAGED TO MARRY MARIA THERESA A DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF SPAIN THREE THE FRONDE WHEN AN HEIR HAD LONG BEEN DESPAIRED OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA THE WIFE OF LOUIS THE THIRTEENTH HAD BECOME THE MOTHER OF TWO SONS THE ELDEST OF WHOM LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH WAS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH THE QUEEN MOTHER BECAME REGENT AND TRUSTED ENTIRELY TO MAZARIN WHO HAD BECOME A CARDINAL AND PURSUED THE POLICY OF RICHELIEU BUT WHAT HAD BEEN ENDURED FROM A MAN BY BIRTH A FRENCH NOBLE WAS INTOLERABLE FROM A LOW BORN ITALIAN AFTER THE LION COMES THE FOX WAS THE SAYING AND THE PARLIAMENT OF PARIS MADE A LAST STAND BY REFUSING TO REGISTER THE ROYAL EDICT FOR FRESH TAXES BEING SUPPORTED BOTH BY THE BURGHERS OF PARIS AND BY A GREAT NUMBER OF THE NOBILITY WHO WERE PERSONALLY JEALOUS OF MAZARIN THIS PARTY WAS CALLED THE FOND BECAUSE IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS EACH MAN STOOD FORTH LAUNCHED HIS SPEECH AND RETREATED JUST AS THE BOYS DID WITH SLINGS FOND AND STONES IN THE STREETS
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