And perhaps in those days he was, for doubtless he was not then seeking to discover powders with which to dry up the King.[717] [Footnote 715: Perceval de Cagny, p.

151, _passim_.] [Footnote 716: Monstrelet, vol.iv, p.

240.] [Footnote 717: Cf.

1 Kings xiii, 4 (W.S.).

P.Dupuy, _Proces de Jean II, duc d'Alencon, 1458-1474_, 1658, in 4to.