See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

COMTE DE See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

ROGER DE RABUTIN See also:

• COMTE DE ROGER DE RABUTIN BUSSY (1618–1693)

BUSSY (1618–1693)  , commonly known as See also:

• BUSSY, ROGER DE RABUTIN, COMTE DE (1618–1693)

BUSSY-RABUTIN, See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French memoir-writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 13th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1618 at Epiry, near See also:

• AUTUN

Autun . He represented a See also:

• FAMILY

family of distinction in See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy (see SFvIGNE, MADAME DE), and his See also:

• FATHER

father, Leonor de Rabutin, was See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• NIVERNAIS, LOUIS CHARLES BARBON MANCINI MAZARINI

Nivernais . See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger was the third son, but by the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers became the representative of the family . He entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army when he was only sixteen and fought through several See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns, succeeding his father in the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of mestre de See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp . He tells us himself that his two ambitions were to' become " honnete homme " and to distinguish himself in arms, but the See also:

• LUCK

luck was against him . In 1641 he was sent to the See also:

• BASTILLE (from Fr. bastir, now bdtir, to build)

Bastille by See also:

• RICHELIEU, ARMAND EMMANUEL SOPHIE SEPTEMANIE DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, LOUIS FRANCOIS ARMAND DU PLESSIS

Richelieu for some months as a See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment for neglect of his duties in his pursuit of gallantry . In 1643 he married a See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, Gabrielle de Toulongeon, and fora See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he See also:

• LEFT

left the army . But in 1645 he succeeded to his father's position in the Nivernais, and served under See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde in See also:

• CATALONIA (Cataluna)

Catalonia . His wife died in 1646, and he became more notorious than ever by an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to abduct Madame de Miramion, a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich widow . This affair was with some difficulty settled by a considerable See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment on Bussy's See also:

• PART

part, and he afterwards married See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise de Rouville . When Conde joined the party of the See also:

• FRONDE, THE

Fronde, Bussy joined him, but a fancied slight on the part of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince finally decided him for the royal See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . He fought with some distinction both in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war and on See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign service, and buying the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of mestre de camp in 1655, he went to serve under See also:

• TURENNE, HENRI DE LA TOUR

Turenne in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders .

He served there for several campaigns and distinguished himself at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• DUNES

Dunes and elsewhere; but he did not get on well with his general, and his quarrelsome disposition, his overweening vanity and his See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of composing libellous chansons made him eventually the enemy of most persons of position both in the army and at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . In the See also:

• YEAR

year 165.9 he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into disgrace for having taken part in an See also:

• ORGY (through French from Lat. orgia, Gr. 6pyca, in derivation connected probably with 'ipyov, work; cf. Lat. operare, to sacrifice)

orgy at Roissy near See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris during See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

Week, which caused See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal . Bussy was ordered to retire to his estates, and beguiled his enforced leisure by composing, for the amusement of his See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress, Madame de Montglas, his famous Histoire amoureuse See also:

• DES

des Gaules . This See also:

• BOOK

book, a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of sketches of the intrigues of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief ladies of the court, witty enough, but still more See also:

• ILL

ill-natured, circulated freely in See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript, and had numerous See also:

• SPURIOUS

spurious sequels . It was said that Bussy had not spared the reputation of Madame, and the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, angry at the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report, was not appeased when Bussy sent him a copy of the book to disprove the scandal . He was sent to the Bastille on the 17th of April 1665, where he remained for more than a year, and he was only liberated on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of retiring to his estates, where he lived in See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile for seventeen years . Bussy See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt the disgrace keenly, but still bitterer was the enforced See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his military career . In 1682 he was allowed to revisit the court, but the coldness of his reception there made his provincial exile seem preferable, and he returned to Burgundy, where he died on the 9th of April 1693 . The Histoire amoureuse is in its most striking passages adapted from See also:

• PETRONIUS (G. (?)1

Petronius, and, except in a few portraits, its attractions are chiefly those of the scandalous See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle . But his Memoires, published after his death, are extremely lively and characteristic, and have all the See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm of a See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• ROMANCE

romance of the adventurous type . His voluminous See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence yields in variety and See also:

• INTEREST

interest to few collections of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, except that of Madame de See also:

• SEVIGNE, MARIE DE

Sevigne, who indeed is represented in it to a great extent, and whose letters first appeared in it . The See also:

• LITERARY

literary and historical student, therefore, owes Bussy some thanks .

The best edition of the Histoire amoureuse des Gaules is that of See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul Boiteau in the Bibliotheque Elzevirienne (3 vols., Paris, 1856—1859) . The Memoires (2 vols., 1857) and Correspondance (6 vols., 1858—1859) were edited by Ludovic Lalanne . Bussy wrote other things, of which the most important, his See also:

• GENEALOGY (from the Gr. yivos, family, and Vryos, theory)

Genealogy of the Rabutin Family, remained in MS. till 1867, while his Considerations sur la guerre was first published in See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden in 1746 . He also wrote, for the use of his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, a series of See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies, in which his own See also:

• LIFE

life serves a moral purpose .