Madame did die of poison in 1670, shortly after returning from the mission described later. The Chevalier de Lorraine had actually been ordered out of France in 1662.
12
This particular campaign did not actually occur until 1673.
13
Jean-Paul Oliva was the actual general of the Jesuits from 1664-1681.
14
In earlier editions, the last line reads, “Of the four valiant men whose history we have related, there now no longer remained but one single body; God had resumed the souls.” Dumas made the revision in later editions.