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Offer of Schomberg, Saint-Géran and Marillac to take Montauban withintwelve days—Advice of Père Arnoux—Diplomacy of Bassompierre—Ahumiliating fiasco—A second attempt meets with nobetter success—Bassompierre counsels the King to raise the siege,and it is decided to follow his advice—General exasperation againstLuynes—Louis XIII begins to grow weary of his favourite—Conversationof the King with Bassompierre—The latter warnsLuynes that he “does not sufficiently cultivate the good graces ofthe King”—Reply of the Constable—Louis XIII twits Luyneswith the love of the Duc de Chevreuse for his wife—Puisieux,Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Père Arnoux, the King’s Jesuitconfessor, conspire against the Constable—Disgrace of the latter—Bassompierre,at the head of the bulk of the Royal forces, layssiege to Monheurt—A perilous situation—Bassompierre falls illof fever—He leaves the army and sets out for La Réole—He istaken seriously ill at Marmande—His three doctors—Approach ofthe enemy—Refusal of the townsfolk

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