116% OM i cardinal Dubois. May 30. 
his absence: on. his ordination, a wit of the court. 
being afked where he was. gone, malignantly an- 
swered, to make his first communion at Chanteloup, . 
near Triel. It was Mafsillon who had:the weaknefs 
to consecrate him, 
‘OnEaster day, after his promotion to the cardinal- . 
fhip, his eminence, who awakened later than usual, 
began to swear against his.servants for allowing him , 
to sleep so long.on 3 day that he ought to say mafs. 
They. made haste to drefs him; and when he was 
ready, Dubois called a secretary, and forgot’to go to 
say mafs, or even to,hear it. , 
‘Of a very.irascible temper, nothing . appeased 
him but coolnefs. It was necefsary to let his anger 
be over and then to answer him. One evening that - 
his people forgot to give him a pullet to.supper, . 
which he used to eat quite alone, he got into a very 
great rage. His officer told him calmly that he had 
eaten it, but that if he chose they fhould put ano- 
ther.to the spit. His firm afsertion persuaded him 
that. he was not hungry. 
‘ When cardinal Dubois was declared prime minis- 
ter, the court loaded him with sareasms and ridicules. 
But the most severe pleasantry was that of the count 
de Nocé, who told the regent, your royal highnefs 
may do with him what you, please; but you :never, 
can make. him an honest man. He was.banifhed next 
day.- It-was in vain the countefs du Tort reproache . 
ed the duke of Orleans for that mean complaisanse: 
It was only after the death of the cardinal that he. 
wrote to his friend,—The beast is dead; I expect - 
you this.evening at the royal palace to supper. . 
