Recently I wrote a longer composition about "Chaos" in the Triperuno, in the Minchiate Francesi decks of Francois Poilly c. 1660 and in the Etteilla Tarot (1788) and in the Petit Oracle des Dames (c. 1800):

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Inside the Chaos theme it's of interest to determine cardinal Mazarin's position to the writings of Folengo. Generally it's somehow stated, that Mazarin had been a fan of Folengo, but studying the details it seems to be not so easy to fix that with security.
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I found the following material:


"Bibliothèque curieuse historique et critique: Ea-Furtado. 1759" by David Clement
http://books.google.de/books?id=VBAJAAA ... 20&f=false
Gabriel Naudé is the important man, as he writes the statement about Mazarin in 1449. And he writes Pro-Mazarin against others, who attack Mazarin, and the political situation seems to be rather explosive, when the text was written.
Mazarin is said to have had already in 1642 a library of 40.000 works, and Naudé had been his librarian. It's nt a wonder, that Naudé writes PRO-Mazarin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Naud%C3%A9

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Histoire maccaronique de Merlin Coccaie [pseud.]:
prototype de Rabelais ou est traicté les ruses de Cingar, les tours de Boccal, les adventures de Léonard, les forces de Fracasse, les enchantemens de Gelfore et Pandrague et les rencontres heureuses de Balde
http://books.google.de/books?id=2rUFAAA ... 20&f=false


same book as before, page XIII

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The Galaxy, Volume 2 (1866) by Mark Twain, Making of America Project
http://books.google.de/books?id=UCqgAAA ... go&f=false

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The Dublin University magazine, Volume 61 (1863)
http://books.google.de/books?id=h1sZAAA ... go&f=false

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The following is the original of 1649, on which ll later statements seem to be based.
Jvgement de tovt ce qvi a esté imprimé contre le cardinal Mazarin. By Gabriel Naudé (1649)


http://books.google.de/books?id=FiY_AAA ... ue&f=false

The whole is a dialog on very much pages between "S." = Sainct-Ange, Libraire, and "M." = Mascurat, Imprimeur, so between librarian and printer. I would assume, somehow between Angel and Devil, but both speaking in concordance PRO-Mazarin and Contra his attackers. As date is given "since 6th of January 1449"

A placement in the conditions of the time is given here:
Science and social status: the members of the Academie des sciences 1666-1750 (1995), by David J. Sturdy
books.google.de/books?id=xLsNxkRXiNAC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA34&dq=mascurat&source=bl&ots=pAJXfDL3Tf&sig=kP5jAzt-Qv39xmwq9Jyf-DmkB3Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_F1LT43WE8rl8QPilpy-Dg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=mascurat&f=false
Pages 34 and 35

This text (p. 34 especially) makes clear, that there is political attack (likely also with satirical styles) by so-called "Mazirinades" and satirical defense (by Mazarin's librarian Gabriel Naudé in 1649). The attack is serious, as Mazarin soon had to search for ways to escape.

Many frondeurs had been unhappy with the compromise reached in 1649 and one of their leaders, Jean François Paul de Gondi, had been trying for some time to recruit Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé to their cause. Mazarin feared that an alliance between Condé and the Fronde was imminent. On 18 January 1650 Mazarin had Condé, his brother Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti and his brother-in-law, Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville arrested. The agreements of 1649 had brought peace to Paris, but there was unrest in other parts of France where supporters and opponents of the government raised forces and disrupted tax collection and administration. The arrest of Condé provoked these areas to open revolt, as Condé's friends and allies spread out across the country recruiting forces to oppose Mazarin and liberate the princes. Condé's wife raised a revolt in Bordeaux, while his sister, and Henry de la Tour d’Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne raised troops and sought Spanish help against the government. Mazarin and Anne were strong militarily, but when the Condéans, the Fronde and the parlement allied and demanded the princes' release, their political position collapsed. In February 1651, Anne freed the princes while Mazarin, fearing the parliament's vengeance, fled the country. The Prince of Condé, although a fine general, was an incompetent politician, who soon alienated nobles, parlement, and Parisians. In the Fall of 1651, Condé openly revolted against the crown. In July 1652 his troops entered Paris, but acted with such brutality that his cause lost credibility.
Although in exile, Mazarin had not been idle and had reached agreement with Turenne, a general as talented as Condé. Turenne's forces pursued Condé's, who in 1653 fled to the Spanish Netherlands. Louis XIV, now of age to claim his throne, re-entered Paris in October 1652 and recalled Mazarin in February 1653.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Mazarin

Internationally the 30-years-war in Germany (1618-1648) and with it the Netherlandish war (1568–1648) were finished between 15th May and 24th October 1648. Short after it (30th of January 1649, the English king was beheaded) the English monarchic regime had collapsed. France in 1649 had then a contemporary example, that things could change quickly.

Under all these conditions it seems difficult to interpret the French text of the original - at least with not very good French as mine.