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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. 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
her spoil the three bishoprics, Metz, Toul, and Verdun, ten cities in Elsass, Brisach, and the Sundgau, with the Savoyard town of Pignerol; but the war with Spain continued till 1659, when Louis 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. THE THREE BISHOPRICS METZ TULLES AND VALDA TEN CITIES IN ELSAIS BRISSAC AND THE SAN GAUL WITH THE SAVOYARD TOWN OF PINROL BUT THE WAR WITH SPAIN CONTINUED TILL SIXTEEN FIFTY NINE 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
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