pplanted La Valli[`e]re
in the base love of Louis XIV. La Valli[`e]re loved the _man_, Montespan
the _king_. She had wit to warm but not to burn, energy which passed for
feeling, a head to check her heart, and not too much principle for a
French court. Mde. de Montespan was the _prot['e]g['e]e_ of the Duke de
Lauzun, who used her as a stepping-stone to wealth; but when in favor,
she kicked down the ladder by which she had climbed to power. However,
Lauzun had his revenge; and when La Valli[`e]re took the veil, Mde. de
Montespan was banished from the court.--Lord E. L. B. Lytton, _The
Duchess de la Valli[`e]re_ (1836).

=Montfau[c,]on= (_The Lady Calista of_), attendant of Queen
Berengaria.--Sir. W. Scott, _The Talisman_ (time, Richard I.).

=Mont-Fitchet= (_Sir Conrade_), a preceptor of the Knights Templar.--Sir
W. Scott, _Ivanhoe_ (time, Richard I.).

=Montfort= (_De_), the hero and title of a tragedy, intended to depict the
passion of hate, by Joanna Baillie (1798). The object of De Montfort's
hatred is Rezenvelt, and his passion drives him on to murder.

[Asterism] De Montfort was probably the suggestive inspiration of
Byron's _Manfred_ (1817).

=Montgomery= (_Mr._), Lord Godolphin, lord high treasurer of England in
the reign of Queen Anne. The queen called herself "Mrs. Morley," and
Sarah Jennings, duchess of Marlborough, was "Mrs. Freeman."

=Monthermer= (_Guy_), a nobleman, and the pursuivant of King Henry
II.--Sir W. Scott, _The Betrothed_ (time, Henry II.).

=Montjoie=, chief herald of France.--Sir W. Scott, _Quentin Durward_
(time, Edward IV.).

=Montorio=, the hero of a novel, who persuaded his "brother's sons" to
murder their father by working on their fears, and urging on them the
doctrine of fatalism. When the deed was committed, Montorio discovered
that the young murderers were not his nephews, but his own sons.--Rev.
C. R. Maturin, _Fatal Revenge_ (1807).

=Montreal d'Albano=, called "Fra Moriale," knight of St. John of
Jerusalem, and captain of the Grand Company in the fourteenth century,
when sentenced to death by Rienzi, summoned his judge to follow him
within the month. Rienzi was killed by the fickle mob within the stated
period. (See SUMMONS TO DEATH.)

=Montreville= (_Mde. Adela_), or the Begum Mootee Mahul, called "the queen
of Sheba."--Sir W. Scott, _The Surgeon's Daughter_ (time, George II.).

=Montrose= (_The duke of_), commander-in-chief of the king's army.--Sir