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A55902	The history of France under the ministry of Cardinal Mazarine containing all the remarkable and curious passages in the government of that state, from the death of King Louis XIII, which happened in the year 1643, to the death of the cardinal, which was in the year 1664 / written in Latine by Sieur Benjamin Priolo ... ; done into English by Christopher Wase.; Ab excessu Ludovici XIII de rebus Gallicis historiarum libri XII. English	Priolo, Benjamin, 1602-1667.; Wase, Christopher, 1625?-1690.	1671 (1671)	Wing P3506A; ESTC R7055	242,261	471

but in the morning embraced and kissed Cinque-Mars and had talked very courteously to de Thou having naturally that quality and being practised to disgust his anger under fine language The King being glad when the matter was over but perplexed till it was put in execution parts from Narbo The same was done to de Bouillon at ●asailles The Prisoners are brought to Lyons where by chosen Judges that were resolved to do Richlieu's work before ever they heard the impeachment they are condemned to lose their lives De Bouillon got off by the Surrender of Sedan Cinque-Mars and de thou pay dear for their destructive friendship with the loss of their lives Whether Cinque-Mars practised de Thou to draw him into the Plot or whether de Thou was contented enough to be wrought upon doth not appear However both were upon a Scaffold beheaded with great compassion of the Standers by and lamentation of all the Country De Thou bore his condition not stoutly but with a Christian sense was long and earnest at his prayers which now might receive no comfortable return No Criminal hath been known to suffer with more pity of the Beholders D'Effiat received his Fate resolutely in the prime of his Youth by his own vertues and others vices running headlong upon Fame The King was then onward in his Journey on the way to Paris Richlieu that was ever satisfied with punishment never with repentance ordered the execution and almost looked on to see it done and as if he took content to hear their dying groans was loth to depart from Lyons certified the King by Letter that Perpignan was taken and his Enemies cut off Which was an unhandsom expression Reason indeed there is to blame for ingratitude and indiscretion D'Effiat especially who might easily have compassed by time only what he attempted with over-hastiness and by ill practices against the Laws both of God and man The two poor men are worthily condemned for being Traitors but the principal cause of their death was because they could not brook with a slavish tameness to avow the fatal baseness of their Country The one was Son to a Mareshal of France The other received a great addition to his splendor from James Augustus Thuanus our most eminent Historian of an Illustrious Family among those of the long Robe prime President of the Parliament of Paris a person renowned of great vertue and by his ancient Linage allied to many honourable Houses of France Richlieu either haunted or stung in conscience at the remembrance of so many Executions never free from discontent gives out that the tenderness to his Country imported him beyond all private affections And now more like a Sceleton than his Eminence being carried upon the shoulders of men hath houses broken down to make him room to come in at so much French blood lost at home so much shed in the field disquiets and dejects his spirit now imprisoned in a languishing body I have but one request to make the Readers of this Story that they would not suffer so many Noble men executed to pass off in oblivion as though they stole out from the Stage of the World Let Persons of Honour challenge this Priviledge that as they are distinguished from the Vulgar by their Funerals so they may receive a peculiar memorial in recording their fall I mean the Vendosmes the Ornani the Marillaes the Montmorancies upon whom I judge it best not to dilate the Cramaillaes the Bassompeirres the Vistries the Chastelneufs with innumerable others basely imprisoned At length this scarcely breathing Corps nothing benefited by the Waters of Borbogne is brought to Paris carrying about it the incentive of its own pain in a spirit more exulcerated than the body Many marks of exasperation formerly smothered then burst out Distrust of the King a desire to remove such as were not Confidents imposing upon his Masters ear by Chavigny growing daily fierce through an habitual and implanted arrogancy whilst Lewis suspected Armand Armand did no less suspect Lewis A matter of Scandal In the mean time Richlien's distemper grew upon him Many discoursed of the benefits of Liberty The greatest number past their censure who were likely to succeed in favour all called for Peace cryed out against Wars which had been commenced against the House of Austria not so much out of desire to enlarge the Empire or upon any considerable expectation as for the establishing the power of Richlieu Some few days before his last His Majesty came to Town to visit the sick Cardinal Many tears past on both sides and tokens of affection The King thought it his best course to lay aside his displeasure and not to grate the memory of a dying man with any disgustful words Therefore during the whole time of his sickness he visited him by Messengers oftner than Kings are wont and sent to him his principal Physitians were it out of care or to observe his condition The last day frequent intelligence was brought of his declining No body imagining he would be so curious to enquire what he should be sorry to hear yet His Majesty put on his Countenance an appearance of sadness when he was sure that his grudge was satisfied and conceiving he might now be safely kind constrained himself to let fall a tear and forced groans from a joyful breast Armand du Plessis Richlieu was born at Paris of a noble and untainted Extraction his Father was Francis du Plessis his Mother Susanne du Port he had a fair Estate which he wasted First an Abbot afterwards Bishop No excellent Preacher having fed upon the Chimaera's of the Sorbon unacquainted with the more polite Learning while the Marques d'Ancres was in favour Secretary to the Queen Mother Then confin'd to Avignon Recalled from thence by her means was made prime Minister of State Shortly after the poor Lady found her favours over-hastily heaped upon him for she being by his means chased out of the Kingdom an Exile having wandered thorow Holland and England without any certain abode at length in Cologne broken with afflictious changed an unhappy life for a desirable death But this by the way To return to Richlieu whole shape if Posterity shall be so curious as to enquire was comely and tall nor wanted he gravity tempered with a graceful aspect He lived 57 years was in favour 18. Having passed a middle age in respect of glory and eternal fame may be judged to have run the longest period of life For he had obtained whatever could be wished for What could Fortune heap upon one so succcssful and accomplished What was more blessed than for him continuing in Honour flourishing in Fame to secure future Events seeing that nothing in Nature is so fickle as Power that depends upon anothers pleasure After the decease of Richlieu the Cabinet-Counsel to the King were Cardinal Julius Mazarine a Roman by birth Leo Bouthillier Chavigny and Soublet Noyer both Secretaries of State This Triumvirate did not agree Some courting by

must leave the Town and plant the Seat of her perpetual Habitation in the midst of Normandy and never more think of her dear Argos she not having the patience to hold to such a strict condition thrust forward her Brothers designs which were not to have been broached till some months after that so the Rupture before plotted coming speedily to appear between the Court and Conde she might be delivered from her Noman Retirement which was her earnest desire Chavigny and Rochefoucault were highly concerned for the Ladys sufferings and put Conde into vain frights That there were private Conferences between Corinth and Lyonne which could not but be prejudicial to the Prince that the Guards were scouting about Condes Palace as though they had been upon some design And the like stories which are wont to be aggravated by false glosses The Spirit of Chavigny the Bellows of the Sedition hastned the Riot not so much to save Conde or rescue him out of danger for none there was as to carry favour with the Court raising Troubles to render himself necessary Such was the mans sense always to serve himself of Conde and never to be serviceable to Conde by any means to insinuate himself into part of the Ministry and having been laid aside and after a sort buried in obscurity and being out of imployment to aspire unto light and business Conde by night withdraws himself with his Brother Wife and Sister and the Principal of his Followers to his next Country-house two miles out of Town called Sanmaure as though he had escaped a Plot signifying by Letters to Orleans and the Parliament the causes of his withdrawing The Queen was troubled at his sudden departure and affected pretence of danger but sought prudently to stop events and obviate imminent evils Therefore she dispatches to the Prince the Mareschal● Grammont and Villeroy provocations of his passion thus she endeavours to quench the first breaking out thinking it enough for effecting the cure when she knew where and from whence came the disease The Mareschals return without being allowed so much as Conference but only in publick Conde grows more rough the more he is feared He saith he can be safe no where as long as the Spirit of Mazarine informed the State that it acted in Servient Tellier and Lyonne that Bruel was no longer the Seat of Banishment but the Sibyls Cave whither Nations did flock from all parts to consult the Oracle in the mean time the Prince adviseth the Spaniards of his having already prosperously begun his Enterprise and practises his Plots without disguise images him friends such as were present by Complements at which he was excellent such as were absent by effectual Letters Longueville among the rest strives by my application to win over not that he thought his Brother so considerable but for Normandies sake and reputation with the Spaniard as though he had been of infinite importance He had got Marsin his sworn Creature the Province of Catalaunia Dognon the Governor of Brouage he attempted but the Army had designed the Duke of Nemours to the Government if occasion 〈◊〉 Nemours was sufficient for the charge to be imposed Mareschal La Motte offered his service freely to the Prince not having ●ased out of his memory his unjust Imprisonment but without any propension to Conde whom he looked upon as one in distress liberal to promise but when delivered out of trouble forgetful Bouillon was often at ●●●maure as inquisitive and spying to find some crevise of making his own advantages Not a few others to warm themselves at the light fire and to engage to Conde in deceitful Bonds that so they might afterwards make the better bargain when they come to be sold to the Court. In the mean time money is distributed to levy Souldiers Nor did they who received it make good their promises but went home and vanquished poverty This the Prince found afterwards in Guyenne too true to his great disadvantage I was sent for to Sanmaure and came to the Prince but was coldly received because I had without acquainting him certified the Queen of Longuevilles Loyalty Nevertheless I refused not to go speedily for Rouen to Longueville the Prince himself so reauesting me that I might draw over to the Party if it were possible that inconstant and irresolute Creature and might obtain leave for his Sister to retire to Bourges into a Covent of Carmelitesses during the reign of this malignant Star but there could be no more thoughts of continuing the Nor●●● Recess now the Scene of Affairs was altered Having first leave granted me by the Queen I ●aited upon Longueville and after mutual debates ●t was resolved to give his Wife a Pass and allow her a standing Aunuity In this her Husband offered himself no violence being glad to be rid of her by which means he should be free in his Government and contented with that Monastick Retreat in Bourges which she afterwards changed for Monterotondo and at length Bourdeaux where being in high Authority she long ruled all at her beck never thinking of her Husband Afterwards wearied with so many troubles the strength of the party decaying she applied her self to her Husband alone and lived quietly embracing a course of life which was honourable glorious and exemplar challenging nothing of her high Blood besides sanctity of Conversation with Reverence for Religion modest in her Garb and sparing in her Retinue and at length acquired such a reputation of singleness and purity that a body would question whether it be more powerful either to have always lived after the strict rule of Holiness or to make good use of the opportunity of repentance and however put rified the conscience may have been to be restored to health Longueville could not determine what counsel to take To follow his Brother-in-Law the Prince through Shelves and Rocks amongst which he sfailed being a great adventure To desert him he judged more dangerous because when Conde was swallowed up Longueville was left but for the next morsel Returning I relate to the Queen that I found the Duke or Longueville constant in his Allegiance due to the King But that he could not well digest that Conde should be ruined whose misfortunes were his own therefore that he humbly besought her Majesty to moderate with her prudence his attempts which might perhaps be rash but were innocent and 〈◊〉 to Cast headlong a valiant and good-natur'd 〈◊〉 and put him upon necessities of irreverence 〈◊〉 he did not take these courses of himself but there 〈◊〉 about him ill Counsellors which ungraciously 〈◊〉 for foul weather because it was their interest 〈◊〉 maintained by troubles and storms Therefore 〈◊〉 she would proceed gently for small delays have 〈◊〉 them great advantages That the Princes jea●●●sies might be satisfied without diminution of her Majesty These and the like discourses I held which 〈◊〉 Queen graciously heard as one resolved neither 〈◊〉 commence nor to fear War The space for rai●●●ng the

the same Genius and the same Divine Assistance of his Counsel to rule as he had to obtaine his Victories Many Secrets he farther Instilled into the King opening his Majesties eyes As they were thus discoursing together many times he fainted away When all hope was quite past the King departed lest his voice ratling through weakness might lose its Majesty his grief turning to thoughts what was to come after Amongst all the tokens of extreme torment yet no pains did extort a groan or complaint The same setled look which he had when he was well accompanied him at his departure Just as if he had been to prepare for a Journey folding and laying up his Papers in thier order and locking up his Desk he did even temper his discourse with facetiousness In this time he signed his Will As to the main his mind was unaltered In particulars he made some change leaving the King his Heir but many Legatees Then he adopted Du Port the only Son of Meilleray into the Priviledges of his Blood recalling an old Custom out of use to whom he gave his Niece in Marriage and conveyed him his Name and Arms being for his Merits taken into equal dearness as if he had been his own Son He advanced his Nephew Mancini in Governments Lordships and Riches These were to share equally Of his Attendants and Menial Servants none almost was left without a Legacy Somewhat too he bequeathed to Learning He ordered the building a Colledge for the training up of Youth of the gained Provinces and Acquist of Territory to have this Motto A Monument of the Empire enlarged He earnestly intreated the King To confirm and ratifie whatsoever he had ordered being it was his last Will he had hopes of help from Equity and for that Equity from the King The King past his word to him Ask saith he what you will from Vs it will be less than your Merits He left a plentiful he might have left an immense Estate having command of the Treasury which is not to be attributed to ill practices but his careful Ministry At this time especially he recommended by particular Character John Baptista Colbert in whom as he professed he loved many qualities so especially his faithfulness and his industry and with his most piercing Judgment sincerity unknown to the most of men One whom no body ever could and who would deceive no body Having a vast quantity of Jewels he distributed them among several Conde especially in testimony of injuries forgotten he gave a Diamond of no mean price The King he left eighteen that were inestimable styled Mazarines to propagate his Name and Renown to posterity His fair Estate without any alteration of the course descended upon the designed Heirs By habitual pains he was so beaten to sufferings that when he was ready to dye he had an appearance of cheerfulness All the blood in his Veins being out of temper and his Lungs obstructed with the very dregs stopped his breath Shewing the bare Bones and his Belly swollen with a Dropsie he informed how frail a thing that is which is of greatest account in this World When his weak body was forced to yield to the power of the disease no Physick being available against fatal necessity when certain signs of death appeared the Counsel of Physicians withdrew For they say it is improper that they who ought to be Helpers of life should be Spectators of death They could not at all agree in the Nature of his Disease about which all the time that they had him under Cure they were at sore difference Some of them concealing the desperateness of his case out of policy others out of ignorance Sometimes ten sometimes twelve at the fewest there were six enough to have killed one that were in perfect health Being of a stout and invincible Spirit he applied the remnant of life which he found left him to Meditations of Death and at last March 15. which month Diviners had foretold would be fatal to him he passed from this mortal life at Vincennes On the very same day dyed that other Julius at Rome Not a few grieved to please the King the rest transported pleased themselves with the liberty of mourning The King was heartily sorry The Court was hung with Mourning and all that would be in the fashion went into Blacks Thus deceased the most potent of all Favourites that ever were in the year of his Life 59. of his Power 18. In France all that time he reigned in absolute Authority Majesty ever saved turning all things with his Look the rest being but a Company of Vassals He was observant of Religion as to the external Acts of Worship For when he drew nigh to his latter end after the Christian fashion he did solemnly receive the Eucharist to assist him in his Passage and with a devout Litany received Extreme Unction Nay farther requested that Masses might be said for him All was performed in the Temples with extraordinary diligence and God exposed upon the Altars Supplications were made before all the Saints Zealous for the See of Rome beyond measure whether out of hopes of the triple Crown to which he was a bold Pretender after the Conclusion of the Peace or out of a natural respect or out of Art Whatever it be at his earnest request the Popes Nuncio blest him and pacified God He was one of no ordinary presence his stature rather of a neat cut than tall with a high forehead one would readily judge him a mild man His access at the first gate was guarded by a sullen Porter but to such as could happily get clear through the throng and frowardness of the Sentinel in at the Wicket his Reception was courteous So great a power had he over his Countenance and Language that when he would most conceal his Intentions he seemed most open-hearted so artificially couching his words that a man would easily imagine he meant to perform more than he promised Confident he was of reconcilement so as to the admiration of all he would admit such as were lately his Enemies again to be next his person and inseparable Companions at his Business and Divertisements having already pardon for those that submitted and no punishment for the stubborn His natural abilities he improved by industry for greater Affairs he would manage himself sparing of sleep and ease but not by Assistants Being aware of the uses of money he was counted thrifty of the Publick covetous of his own But for Bravery of the Accommodations and Furniture of his own Dwelling for multitude of Lacquais and Pages above great Princes No seat of theirs is more magnificent than Mazarines House as though he alone should shew Strangers the Wealth and Power of France Nor was this distastful to the King from whom he redeemed all suspicion of pride by addrese and submission He pryed into the Secrets of Kingdoms and private Persons I know not whether ever man was more accomplished to delude the French He