Thus Louis XIII had a real liking for Treville--a royal liking, a lf-ied liking, it is true, but still a liking. At that unhappy period it was an important sideration to be surrounded by subsp;men as Treville. Many might take for their devibsp;the epithet STRONG, whibsp;formed the d part of his motto, but very few gentlemen could lay claim to the FAITHFUL, whibsp;stituted the first. Treville was one of the latter. His was one of tho rare anizations, endowed with an obedient intelligenbsp;like that of the dog; with a blind valor, a quibsp;eye, and a prompt hand; to whom sight appeared only to be given to e if the king were dissatisfied with anyone, and the hand to strike this displeasing personage, whether a Besme, a Maurevers, a Poltiot de Mere, or a Vitry. In short, up to this period nothing had been wanting to Treville but opportunity; but he was ever on the watbsp;for it, and he faithfully promid himlf that he would not fail to ize it by its three hairs whenever it came within reabsp;of his hand. At last Louis XIII made Treville the captain of his Musketeers, who were to Louis XIII in devotedness, or rather in fanaticism, what his Ordinaries had been to Henry III, and his Scotbsp;Guard to Louis XI.
Thus Louis XIII had a real liking for Treville--a royal liking, a lf-ied liking, it is true, but still a liking. At that unhappy period it was an important sideration to be surrounded by subsp;men as Treville. Many might take for their devibsp;the epithet STRONG, whibsp;formed the d part of his motto, but very few gentlemen could lay claim to the FAITHFUL, whibsp;stituted the first. Treville was one of the latter. His was one of tho rare anizations, endowed with an obedient intelligenbsp;like that of the dog; with a blind valor, a quibsp;eye, and a prompt hand; to whom sight appeared only to be given to e if the king were dissatisfied with anyone, and the hand to strike this displeasing personage, whether a Besme, a Maurevers, a Poltiot de Mere, or a Vitry. In short, up to this period nothing had been wanting to Treville but opportunity; but he was ever on the watbsp;for it, and he faithfully promid himlf that he would not fail to ize it by its three hairs whenever it came within reabsp;of his hand. At last Louis XIII made Treville the captain of his Musketeers, who were to Louis XIII in devotedness, or rather in fanaticism, what his Ordinaries had been to Henry III, and his Scotbsp;Guard to Louis XI.
On his part, the cardinal was not behind the king in this respebsp;When he saw the formidable and body with whibsp;Louis XIII had surrounded himlf, this d, or rather this first king of Franbsp;became desirous that he, too, should have his guard. He had his Musketeers therefore, as Louis XIII had his, and the two powerful rivals vied with eabsp;other in pr, not only from all the provinbsp;of Franbsp;but even from all fn states, the most celebrated swordsmen. It was not unon for Richelieu and Louis XIII to dispute over their evening game of chess upon the merits of their rvants. Eabsp;boasted the bearing and the ce of his own people. While exclaiming loudly against duels and brawls, they excited them cretly to quarrel, deriving an immoderate satisfa or genuine regret from the success or defeat of their own batants. We learn this from the memoirs of a man who was ed in some few of the defeats and in many of the victories.