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Title: Versailles and the court under Louis XIV
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Farmer, James Eugene, 1867-1915
Subjects: Versailles (France) -- Description France -- Court and courtiers
Publisher: New York, The Century co.
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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. laDuchesse de Bourgogne was conducted into another hall,where a superb collation had been prepared in an ingeniousmanner. At one end of the hall, in a half-circle, were fivebooths, in which were merchants, clad in the costumes of dif-ferent countries; a French pastry-cook, a seller of orangesand lemons, an Italian lemonade-seller, a seller of sweetmeats,a vendor of coffee, tea, and chocolate. They were from thekings musicians, and sung their wares, accompanied bymusic, at the sides of the booths, and had pages to serve theguests. The booths were splendidly painted and gilded,adorned with lusters and flowers, and bore the arms andcipher of Mme. la Duchesse de Bourgogne. At the back ofeach booth a large mirror reflected the whole. . . . TheDuchesse de Bourgogne left this hall, after the collation, de-lighted with all that she had seen and heard. Since the ball-room was so crowded with masks, the princess returned to thehall of comedy, where they held a smaller court ball until two 392
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The Fetes oclock, when she went to the grand ball to see the masks.She was much amused there until four in the morning. WhenMme. la Chanceliere and the Comte de Pontchartrain con-ducted her to the foot of the staircase, she thanked them muchfor the pleasure they had given her. This fete brought manycongratulations to Mme. la Chanceliere.1 TOURNAMENTS AT THE GREAT STABLES On several occasions tournaments were held in the riding-school of the Great Stables at Versailles. Dangeau, underdate of June 4th and 5th, describes the tournament of 1685 : The king and Mme. la Dauphine 2 dined at an early hour,and on leaving table, the king and Monseigneur entered acarriage. Mme. la Dauphine and many ladies followed inother carriages. In the court of the ministers, they foundall the cavaliers of the tournament drawn up in two lines; thepages and lackeys were there also. Monseigneur mounted ahorse at the head of one company; M. le Due de Bourbon wasat the head of the other. The king went to take his

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