How did lower classes with aspirations to high social standing greet each other in the Paris of the 1630's?
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In general, a commoner would address a gentleman as "Monsieur" and a lady as "Madame". Among nobility the practice would be the same, although the king is addressed as "sire". If a person was a servant of someone else they may use a special term of subservience. For example, in the play Le Cid (1637) by Corneille, when the page addresses his mistress he begins
Par vos commandements,... etc
"By your command". This is because the page is the servant of the person being addressed. In the same play when Don Rodrigo addresses the Count, he says,
A moi, Comte, deux mots.
To me, count, two words. In other words "come to me, lets have a word or two". Don Rodrigo is below the count in status, but the two are close friends and well known to each other, so Don Rodrigo is informal.
In plays like "La Veuve" which takes place in Paris and is dated to 1632, the servants and workers are always addressed by their occupation ("nurse", "coachman", etc) and the gentlefolk as either "Monsieur" or "Madame".
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