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Mazarin's Library
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tecting the palace and the little that still remained in it from the fury and violence of the people, if, by chance, they were inclined to make any disturbance in case the King left Paris, or for any other reasons which it would be difficult either to foresee or to avoid. Moreover, he said, he could not see how I could object to having the library treated like the rest of the palace, since, in any case, the said Sieur Tubeuf was legally entitled to attach it. Also, he added that, as he (Tubeuf) was a good friend of our master, it was wiser to deal with him civilly than with any rudeness or show of force.
After this I returned to the Mazarin palace and found there
