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From the diary of Samuel Pepys (1663-1703)

He [Mr. Eveling] tells me the King of France hath his Maistresses, but
laughs at the foolery of our King, that makes his bastards princes,
and loses his revenue upon them---and makes his mistresses his
maisters.  And the King of France did never grant Lavaliere anything
to bestow on others; and gives a little subsistence, but no more, to
his bastards.
		-- Pepys' Diary, 26 Apr. 1667

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