Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Regency of Anne of Austria, Vol. 2 of 2: Queen Regent of France, Mother of Louis XIV.; From Numerous Unpublished Sources, Including Mss. In the Bibliotheque Imperiale, and the Archives Du Royaume De France, Etc., Etc Ann: or mum, and m: nwon me count chapter IV. Aus'rnu mnu'rs mx rnmcz m; count, and nnsmcm noxmuux chapter V. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.