Man of confidence of the men in power :
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IIn fact, even if this troop is under the command of the King's captain, the nephew of Mazarin, Mancini,  who has the charge and the title of Lieutenant Captain, it is de facto d'Artagnan who is running the King's first Musketeers company. This situation will be straightened out in 1665.
Magnificently dressed with azur tabards with silver fleur-de-lis, the good common people do not miss the elite troop parading or manoeuvring in Vincennes or Neuilly.  
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