📙 Excerpt from Collection des Mémoires Relatifs à l'Histoire de France, Vol. 28: Depuis l'Avènement de Henri IV Jusqu'à la Paix de Paris Conclue en 1763(1) Ouvertement: Cette phrase est évidemment dictée par Richelieu. Le mot ouvertement est écrit de sa main: il y avoit auparavant à toute rigueur.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.