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The following is said to be a authentic extract from the register of the Bastille

1789-10-19 Subjects: History Forms: Poetry Translation Status: Integral English London

Authors of source text

René Auguste Constantin de Renneville

Contributions

Anonymous (67)
translator

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is part of
The Argus
is translation of
Contre quinte et quatorze has translation

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Notes

Article in The Argus n. 193, 19 October 1789. Story of René-Auguste Constantin de Renneville who was held captive in the Bastille for eleven years at the beginning of the 18th century. According to the article the reason for his captivity was a poem he wrote which (mildly) ridiculed king Philip V of Spain and King Louis XIV of France under the names Quinte and Quatorze. Article suggests this was an excessive punishment. The original poem and its translation are rendered alongside.