xxxvi, 1908.
[70] P. de l'Estoile, _Memoires-Journaux_, vol. ii, p. 326.
[71] Laborde, _Le Palais Mazarin_, p. 128.
[72] Thus she writes in 1701 (_Correspondence_, edited by Brunet, vol. i,
p. 58): "Our heroes take as their models Hercules, Theseus, Alexander, and
Caesar, who all had their male favorites. Those who give themselves up to
this vice, while believing in Holy Scripture, imagine that it was only a
sin when there were few people in the world, and that now the earth is
populated it may be regarded as a _divertissement_. Among the common
people, indeed, accusations of this kind are, so far as possible, avoided;
but among persons of quality it is publicly spoken of; it is considered a
fine saying that since Sodom and Gomorrah, the Lord has punished no one
for such offences."
[73] Serieux and Libert, "La Bastille et ses Prisonniers," _L'Encephale_,
September, 1911.
[74] Witry, "Notes Historiques sur l'Homosexualite en France," _Revue de
l'Hypnotisme_, January, 1909.
[75] In early Teutonic days there was little or no trace of any punishment
for homosexual practices in Germany.
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