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queen Moon.
A detail to be noted. Louis XIV., although they made war with him, was
greatly admired in England. "He is the kind of king they want in
France," said the English. The love of the English for their own liberty
is mingled with a certain acceptance of servitude for others. That
favourable regard of the chains which bind their neighbours sometimes
attains to enthusiasm for the despot next door.
To sum up, Anne rendered her people hureux, as the French translator
of Beeverell's book repeats three times, with graceful reiteration at
the sixth and ninth page of his dedication and the third of his preface.
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