50.
[136] L'Etoile, vol.iii.pp.

505, 506.
[137] Sully, _Mem_.

vol.vii.pp.

180, 181.
[138] Leonora Dori, otherwise Galigai, was the daughter of the nurse of Marie de Medicis (who was the wife of a carpenter), and she was consequently the architect of her own fortunes.

By her great talent and insinuating manners, she had, however, succeeded not only in securing the affection of her royal patroness, but also in exerting an influence over her actions never attained by any other individual, despite unceasing attempts to oust her.
[139] Suzanne de la Porte, wife of Francois du Plessis, Seigneur de Richelieu, Knight of the Royal Orders, and Grand Provost of France.
[140] Concino Concini was the son of a notary, who, by his talent, had risen to be secretary of state at Florence.
[141] Dreux du Radier, _Memoires des Reines et Regentes de France_, vol.
vi.p.81.Conti, _Amours du Grand Alcandre_, Cologne edition, 1652, p.