But of two evils I had chosen the least,-a reprimand from the King, or a few days in the Bastille; and I had avoided the greatest, which was to allow myself to be believed an infamous libeller of our young men, in order to basely and miserably curry favour at the Court.
"The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete"
Duc de Saint-Simon
The libeller was executed that same night.
"The Life of Cesare Borgia"
Raphael Sabatini
They certainly did not look like guilty persons, and it is most probable not even the wildest libeller in Willoughby would have cared positively to charge any one of them with the dishonourable deed.
"The Willoughby Captains"
Talbot Baines Reed