MARIE LESZCZYNSKA (1703-1768). 16 L.A., [circa 1760?], to Pr - Lot 347

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MARIE LESZCZYNSKA (1703-1768). 16 L.A., [circa 1760?], to Pr - Lot 347
MARIE LESZCZYNSKA (1703-1768). 16 L.A., [circa 1760?], to President Hénault; 1page in-4 each, 10 on bifeuillet with red wax seal with arms on last page (right edge a little creased, even frayed on several; qqs light mouillages). [Charles-Jean-François Hénault (1685-1770), president of the Parlement de Paris and historian, served from 1753 to 1768 as superintendent of the House of the Queen, who had a tender and trusting friendship with him, and made him her faithful confidant through regular correspondence. The present letters have been subsequently numbered in pencil from 231 to 246]. She is delighted that the President's sore throat is diminishing, but "roaming around Versailles, catching a cold [...] without being able to come and see me, this is not good, cure your cold promptly, this is penitence"... - She is caught up in her devotions; Mme de Luynes goes to Dampierre; "I am filled with joy at the Pope we have, he is a saint"... - She is saddened by an incident at Saint-Nicolas: "we'll end up having no more priests"... - "I came back very happy from Belle vüe the place is charming and the King's attentions dellicious"; she worries about the health of M. de Séchelles's health... - She worries about the state of Hénault's niece: "I wish you only holy tears, they make happy those to whom God has the grace to shed them"... - "What horrors happened yesterday, my dear President, where are we, there is no Chinese who can hold on to this, my poor solitude is troubled. Let us pray to God [...] he is the only one who can remedy it, he holds the hearts of Kings in his hands"... - "You are unbearable my dear President, I ask you for tobacco, you send me a charming tabagie, I promise you if you ever do as much I will do the infamy of sending it back to you"; she sends him a memorandum to give to the Archbishop of Paris: "it concerns Helvetius, judge if I'm interested"... - She is upset not to have found the President at Madame de Luynes's, but "a sad bill" written in another hand: "une chienne ne serets pas capable de cela, aussy j'ay bien grondée"... - "De certaines gens dans le monde m'ont dit que vous vous se plainignez de moy mon cher President, vous auriez raison, si j'avois tort, mais tous ces jours ici ont été si remplis que je n'ay pu vous ecrire"... - She wants to scold him and writes "pour vous representer ma mine de colere"... - I am not angry with Mde de Mirepoix, who does not know me for having suspected me, but you, who moreover know what happened to Mde de Duras' patent, which I gave only to procure her entrances to the Queen of Spain, with the promise that this would not become a basis for her claims on her return. It is true that the King being the master, he could order me to do so [......] you must have a very low opinion of me, learn that in everything that concerns my probity and friendship, what must not be, never is"... - If all it took to cheer you up were my letters, my dear President, I would send you some, but as in the end they could end up boring you, it would be better to come here to avoid this inconvenience when the weather will be less dreadful"; the languor from which he suffers must come from "some bad digestion, here is my prescription, go one day without eating, drink a few glasses of water of couch grass a light boullion when you go to bed, the next day eat a little, may be a little and the day after you will be well"... - Mme de Luynes found the President "very sad, it worries me [...] I'm not in the mood to talk to anyone today, I'm busy with my poor daughter whom I lost a year ago, I'm leaving for the Parish where there is a service for her"...
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