The Richelieu River is a river in Quebec, Canada, named after Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister of King Louis XIII of France. It was formerly named the Rivière des Iroquois (Iroquois River).
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“To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.”
—Duc De Richelieu (1585–1642)
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Ye Nymphs that reign o’er sewers and sinks,
The river Rhine, it is well known,
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