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A37300	The memoires of Monsieur Deageant containing the most secret transactions and affairs of France, from the death of Henry IV till the beginning of the ministry of the Cardinal de Richelieu : to which is added a particular relation of the Arch-Bishop of Embrun's voyage into England, and of his negociation for the advancement of the Roman Catholick religion here : together with the Duke of Buckingham's letters to the said Arch-Bishop about the progress of that affair, which happened the last years of King James I, his reign / faithfully translated out of the French original.; Mémoires de M. Deageant. English	Deageant, Guichard, d. 1645.; Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628.	1690 (1690)	Wing D490; ESTC R5548	101,034	282

from the Court importing that he was summoned thither only to be taken Prisoner M. Deageant who did not forsake him seeing him extreamly pensive and perceiving that the Zealots of the Faction that a little before appeared with a sad dejected Countenance because they could not engage M. de Lesdiguieres in the Rebellion began to prick up their Ears to speak haughtily and openly to scoff at him judged that some evil Genius had obstructed his Negociation But to find out the truth of the matter he accosted M. de Lesdiguieres declaring that he was very sorry to see him so much oppressed with Melancholy and that he concealed the cause from him fearing lest he should distrust his Conduct nevertheless he solemnly protested to him that he had never failed to demonstrate the sincerity of the Affection that he had professed to him and that if any had perswaded him to the contrary and had wrought an ill Impression on his mind with respect to the King he could easily resolve his Doubts and remove all Scruples and Suspicions entreating him moreover to consider that the great number of envious Persons that could not endure to see him so far advanced in his Majesty's Esteem and Favor would leave no stone unturned to cause him to fall from thence and to involve him in the mischiess that usually attend popular Tumults and Insurrections But on whatsoever side M. Deageant turned himself it was impossible to extort any thing from him but that he laboured under certain Distempers of old Age that irritated his Spirits and caus'd him to be thus disturbed M. Deageant had some time ago gained a Minister of the Province of Languedoc who was one of the chief Agents in the Affairs and Conspiracies of the Protestants and very much esteemed by M. de Lesdiguieres he had also secretly procur'd his Conversion and obtained a Brief from Rome the Tenor of which was That although he were received into the Bosom of the Church yet he was permitted to continue the exercise of his Ministerial Function amongst the Protestants for the space of three years provided he delivered nothing in his Sermons contrary to the true Catholick Faith and did not administer the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper This Brief was granted that the Minister might remain in his Employment and might discover the Plots that were contrived in the Kingdom in which Office he performed very remarkable Services M. Deageant had divers Letters from those that manag'd the Transactions at the Court that they had no better nor more certain Intelligence concerning the Proceedings of the Protestants than that which he had given them and which he had received partly from M. de Lesdiguieres but more from this Minister and several others with whom he kept a Corresponcence therefore he sent for him and exhorted him to enquire as well amongst the most active of the Party as of M. de Lesdiguieres himself in what condition he was and what was the occasion of his being more pensive than ordinarily he used to be It was not long e're he understood all the Circumstances of the Intrigue and the end to which it tended and having informed M. Deageant thereof they resolved that to oblige M. de Lesdiguieres to declare his thoughts freely and to put him in mind of satisfying the King's desire he should feign that he came on purpose to represent to him that forasmuch as their Assembly of Loudren was inclin'd to War and in regard that their Churches not being in a capacity according to his opinion to maintain it nor any Foreigners able to assist them nothing could be expected but Ruin and Desolation he ought on the account of the Intrest that he had in the cause and of his affection to the welfare of their Churches to employ his Credit with the King and his Authority with the Assembly by some good Expedients to prevent the dismal Effects of so pernicious a Counsel M. de Lesdiguieres without giving him time to finish his discourse reply'd That he was disposed to go to the Court for this very purpose but that some particulars had been related to him that had caused him to change his Resolution that no Propositions of an Accommodation ought any longer to be considered but that they ought in good earnest to prepare to defend themselves with their Armes since it was for the cause of their Religion The Minister urged him to explain his meaning and having at length discovered that he had certainly taken the above mentioned Artifices for an undoubted truth he undeceived him by revealing the truth of the matter according to the account that was given him by one of the Authors being the same person from whom M. de Lesdiguires had received an Intimation thereof and that had caused him to be thus perplexed After this Conference M. Deageant being instructed by the Minister who acquainted him with what had passed presented himself before M. de Lesdiguieres whom he found with a more clear and serene Countenance than on the preceeding days he manag'd him after such a manner that at last he confessed that the occasion of his trouble was the news that he had heard concerning the Assembly of the Catholick Gentlemen and the resolutions that he was told were taken therein but that he was very lately informed by a Minister one of his particular Friends that this Device was invented by some of the Reformed Religion on purpose to hinder his Journy however he affirmed that he was ready to depart were it not that altho this Assembly were not gathered together upon an ill design nevertheless he feared lest any mis-carriage should happen in his absence if the jealousies raised on both sides were not dispersed To this end M. Deageant took such care that the greatest part of the Catholick Gentlemen that had been in this Convention appeared before M. de Lesdiguieres at Grenoble and there gave him so much light into the matter joyned with reiterated protestations of their Innocency that he was satisfy'd There remained then another difficulty as to his departure which was very much importuned by the Court but he desired that M. Deageant who was ordered to accompany him in his Journey should reside still in the Country because he judged that his presence and mediation would be very necessary to keep every one within the bounds of his duty he chiefly insisted on this fearing lest upon the continuance of the above said Assembly some disturbance or combustion should arise As he was at Lyons going out of his Chamber to proceed in his Journey his Servants and Baggage being sent before a Gentleman that the late M. de Nemours had dispatched to him in post delivered a Letter of Credence to him on his behalf demanded audience of him in private and told him that having not long ago attended his Master in the Louvre he then saw him in the little Closset into which he durst not enter but finding that of the Books open he went

intended to depart he made his Complements to the Company which were returned to him and then M. de Vair Keeper of the Seals the Chancellor de Sillery being absent spake to him to this effect Sir the King hath commanded us to send for you to acquaint you that he hath thought it very strange that your Master should be so bold as to take upon him to seize on two French Vessels at Legorn by way of reprisal since he is not ignorant that such Practices are not usual between such petty Princes as he and so potent a King as his Majesty that it was very extraordinary that after he had thus violated the respect due to his Majesty he hath not used any of the Solemnities requisite and customary in Reprisals that the King being justly offended at such Proceedings was resolved to cause him to repent it ' ere long and that upon this account his Majesty being no longer able to confide in the Duke of Florence nor consequently in his Agents required him to depart that day from Paris and in three days after out of the Kingdom The Agent replied that he knew nothing of this reprisal but that he was very certain that his Master wanted neither Respect nor Affection to the King and that if time were allowed him to dispatch a Courier to him he promised that he should bring all manner of satisfaction to his Majesty Monsieur du Vair told him that the Kings Orders must be obeyed thereupon he went on that very day to Nancy where he sojourned a great while continuing his former Practices that he had began in France Information had been given by the Syti's that the Sieur de Bournonville Brother to the Baron de Persan Governour of the Bastile had delivered certain dispatches to a man that went often and privately from Paris to Blois who was afterwards discovered and taken being charged with Letters and Memorials written by Monsieur Barbin then Prisoner in the Bastile to the Queen Mother describing the measures that she ought to take to regain her Authority with the King and to destroy those that had obtained a share in his Counsels and that might be able to oppose this design This was the cause that the Officer of the Guard was commanded to go into the Bastile under pretence to speak with another Prisoner where on a sudden according to the Orders that he had received in Writing he caused the Door of the Sieur Barbin's Chamber to be opened that he might enter and seize on his Papers and found him with other Memorials on the same Subject as the former but much larger As soon as he perceived that the Officer took them away he cryed out Alass I am undone he that hath been my only support will see in these Papers what pains I have taken to destroy him but it was to serve my Mistress These Writings being examined in the Council it appeared that Burnonville had suffered himself to be corrupted that he took care of the Letters that the Sieur Barbin sent out of the Bastile and received those that were directed to him It was also inferred from thence that the Baron de Persan and his Family were engaged in the Service of the Queen Mother however the King was satisfied with taking from him the Government of the Bastile But as for Bournonville against whom there were undoubted Proofs he thought fit to order him to be committed into the hand of justice to be brought to his Tryal before the Grand Council that his Majesty had appointed to this end as also to try the others that were discovered to be of the same Faction as well by the Papers of the Seiur Barbin as by the dispatches of the Agent of Florence above-mentioned viz. The Sieur de Marsillac Le See formerly Secretary to the Queen the two Brothers named Syti and Durand a Parisian whom Monsieur de Luines had introduced into the Kings Presence to compose the Verses of the Balls by whose appointment he received two thousand Livers as a reward According to the decree made by the Grand Council Marsillac and Le See on whose behalf Madam de Luines very much interceded were acquitted the Sieur Barbin was condemned to perpetual banishment out of the Kingdom the Younger Syti received Sentence to be Hanged and his Elder Brother and Durand to make public reparation and afterwards to be broken alive on a Wheel These two last had each of them an infamous Libel about them written with their own hands against his Majesties Sacred Person in which Durand omitted nothing that might serve to represent him as the most cruel and abominable Prince that ever lived the Elder Syti finding it too harsh had mollified it a little however he was thought worthy of the punishment to which he was adjudged but they had not time to Publish this Scandalous Pamphlet Amongst Durands Papers were found Letters that assured him of the Office of Secretary to the Queen Mother who was highly extolled therein nevertheless it was believed that she had not read them and that she never would have consented that they should after so base a manner sully the Honour of the King her Son whom all Men acknowledged as one of the most pious most just and most Excellent Princes that ever wore a Crown As for what relates to the Duke of Florence a shew was made of an intention to invade his Country and he began to be afraid of a Storm when he heard that Orders were sent to Monsieur de Lesdiguiers to be ready to command an Army of twenty thousand men in Italy that vast sums of money were provided to set out a considerable number of Ships at Marseilles and that Monsieur de Guise was already departed to go on Board as Admiral and to Act according to his Majesties Orders Insomuch that to allay this Tempest he dispatched the Chevalier Guidy with great diligence to the King to excuse himself on the account of what had passed to the prejudice of the Merchants of Provence of which he protested that he was altogether ignorant till he had received an information thereof in a Letter from his Agent laying the fault on certain Officers whom he had for that reason caused to be put in Prison The Chevalier Guidy brought the Merchants along with him to testifie to his Majesty that not only the Vessels and Merchandizes were restored to them but that they were also satisfied in full for all charges damages and interests and that they were paid for the expences of their journey to the Court The Fleet that was prepared by Monsieur de Guise served to clear the Coasts of Provence of the Pirates of Algier that intercepted their commerce and indeed this was the true reason that such a fund was appropriated for their maintenance The Incendiaries of the Court having as hath been already observed exasperated the mind of the Queen with two different passions distrust and anger made use of the Proceedings above-related

him but in the following Year having gained time to fortify themselves they compelled him to bring an Army against them at the cost of vast Expences and Inconveniences that subdued but very few Places and the rest obliged him to undertake another Journey that proved more successful than the former since he finished the War and happily overthrew this Monster of Sedition and Rebellion that had so long raged in France When M. de Lesdiguieres had obtain'd leave to return into Dauphine to suppress the Insurrections of the Protestants the King thought fit to order M. de Bullion to attend him and commanded M. Deageant who had not stirred from him for the space of about two Years to wait upon his Majesty for the future and to serve him as occasion required this redoubled the Jealousies of his Enemies who persecuted him incessantly tho to avoid their Fury he kept himself at as great a distance as he could from the King's Person and from publick Negociations without entring into any of the Councils notwithstanding the new Orders that were lately given by his Majesty that he should be re-admitted into the same Station and Priviledges that he had heretofore enjoyed At the Arrival of M. de Lesdiguieres in Dauphine every one laid down his Arms but the Rebels of Languedoc having taken the advantage of the time that was left them in making good all the Passes and Forts and seeing the King removed far from them began to lift up their Horns ravaging and plundering the Country and in divers places treated the Catholicks very severely which obliged the King to resolve to march thither in the Spring and because the Inhabitants of Bays and le Poussin who took part with the Male-contents obstructed the Communication of the Rhone which was necessary for the convenience of the Army that his Majesty intended to lead into Languedoc he commanded M. de Lesd●guieres to raise Forces to besiege these two Places and to keep the Rhone clear having appointed that one moiety of the Charges should be supplied out of the Treasury and the other raised in Dauphine but for want of Money or otherwise these Levies proceeded very slowly tho the King had given express Orders that they should be dispatched with all possible Expedition At last perceiving the Season to decline and the Progress that the Rebels had made in Gascony and Languedoc he sent M. Deageant in post to hasten the execution of his Commands and to accompany M. de Lesdiguieres with M. de Bullion M. de Lesdiguieres at that time erected a Bridg of Boats over the Rhone which was an attempt formerly esteemed exceeding difficult and almost impossible by reason of the violence of the Stream took possession of the two Places above mentioned and kept the Passages open on the side of the River And his Majesty having in this Journey reduced several Cities to their Duty went to besiege Montpelier During this Siege the particular case of M. de Lesdiguieres was considered in the Privy Council it was represented to the King that in the state wherein he was at present he could not be assur'd of his fidelity and constancy for if he should turn his coat and should hearken to the advantageous Propositions that were daily offered to him by the Protestants as it might happen he would so considerably strengthen the Factious Party that his Majesty would hardly be able to overcome them and therefore that there were but two Expedients to prevent these ill Consequences either to cut off his Head or to engage him more firmly in his Majesty's Service by giving him the Office of Constable upon condition that he should change his Religion which if he refused to do he ought immediately to be dispatched out of the way It was concluded to try the more gentle way and instructions were drawn up and directed to M. de Bullion with a Duplicate for M. Deageant tending to perswade M. de Lesdiguieres to finish his Conversion to which the Office of Constable was annexed He seemed at first to scruple it but M. Deageant having put him in mind of the promise that he had formerly made and signed it with his own hand and being fully satisfied as to the controversial points that were in dispute between the two Churches he freely offered to yield an entire obedience to all that his Majesty required of him and within a few days after made publick Profession of the Catholick Religion at Grenoble in the presence of the Arch-Bishop of Embrun and at the same time was invested with the Office of Constable and with the Order of the Holy Ghost Afterwards he went to meet the King at the Camp before Montpelier and was very serviceable in the reduceing of that Place that might have cost his Majesty a great deal more trouble I was there taken sick with a disease that lasted eighteen months the greatest Extremity of which being abated when the King prepared to return to Paris he was pleased to command me to follow him nevertheless during that time I almost continually kept my Bed and Chamber which is the cause that I can give no account of what passed afterwards since I had no knowledge of the ensuing Transactions and Occurrences There were divers Changes and Revolutions at Court and the Ministers of State often played at fast and loose endeavouring to supplant one another The Marquess de la Vieuille was the chief amongst them that in caressing me was the Author of most of the injuries and persecutions that were raised against me and I cannot tell for what reason for to my knowledge I never offended him and always retired as much as I could from the King's Presence and from the Affairs of State his ill will induced him so far that the King having ordered the Marshal d'Ornano to be put into the Bastille for disobeying the Command that his Majesty had given him to repair to his Government of St. Esprit he caused my name to be incerted in the Warrant the Courier that brought it from Compeigne where the Court then resided having declared this to the Deputy of the Sieur Almeras Post-Master General as he received his Ticket to provide Horses the Deputy informed his Master thereof and he revealed it to M. de Guise who being with the King that often laughed at his extravagant humours told him that His Majesty had given an occasion to the Marshal d'Ornano and Deageant to run mad since he had caused them to be confined in the Bastille Deageant replied the King there was no such thing intended It is certainly so said M. de Guise for here stands Almeras who told me that his Deputy received the news from the Courier that carried the Order His Majesty thereupon gave signal demonstrations of his Generosity and Justice which being made known to the Marquess de Vieuille oblig'd him to dispatch another Warrant that only mentioned the Marshal d'Ornano and to send back speedily to countermand the first That I might