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A01143	Aduise giuen by a Catholike gentleman, to the nobilitie & commons of France, to ioyne together, and take armes speedily (by commandement of the King) against theeues and robbers, which are now abroade ruining the poore people setting downe an order and policie how they should take armes, to auoide all disorder and confusion amongst them. Whereunto is adioyned, a declaration published by the Duke de Mont-pencier for the reclaiming of the cleargie and nobilitie of Normandie, vnto his Maiesties obedience, &c. With certaine newes of the ouerthrow of the Gautiers, and diuerse other rebels against the French King, by the said Duke of Mont-pencier, on the sixt, and on the twentieth daie of Aprill. 1589. Translated out of the French into English, by I. Eliote.	Eliot, John.; Montpensier, François de Bourbon, duc de. Copie d'une lettre contenant le progres des choses advenues au voyage de duc de Montpensier. English.	1589 (1589)	STC 11256; ESTC S120926	33,284	60

the King meant to deale well and fauourablie with al his subiects and to acknowledge and make account of them according to the dutie and obedience that they sh●uld shew towards him Then euerie man protested himselfe to bee most loiall and affectionate subiects of his Maiestie but I thinke some of them spake with their lippes that which their heart neuer thought as by and by ye shall vnderstand Departing from Sees we met with my Lords de Hallot and de Creuecoeur accompanied with a good and honorable troupe of the Nobilitie who were assembled before staying for our comming and had had some skirmishes meetings with the rebels vnto whom they did offer with many protestations to serue the King faithfully as long as breath was in their bodies Who were straight entertained of the Duke and the souldiers of both companies ioined together then were we aboue 300. horsemen all men of warre and a most braue and resolute troupe of Nobles Ye must imagine that there was none that with all his heart did not detest the ingratitude and sinister meaning of therebells towards his Maiesty and did not condemne them and menace their ouerthrowe From thence my Lorde the Duke determined to go to lie at Escouché which is a borough well fenced some two leagues from Argenten whether my Lord did mind to go but hauing intelligence that those of the said town through persuasion of Monsieur de Brissac and the Magistrates of the City had taken the rebels part hauing no peeces of artillerie nor anie footmen to force them went further The morow which was the wednesday being the fifth of this moneth the Duke departed from Eschouché drew towards the Citie of Falaize Out of the which Monsieur de Touschet Anger-Ville Normandiere diuerse other rebels who had saised on that Citie a little before by intelligence that they had with the lieuetenant of the said Lord of Brissac Captaine of Falaize did depart hauing a good number of horsemen with many lanciers a number of footmen to stop our passage and they marched on til they came neere a village called Pierrefite two miles distant frō Falaize where they being met withal by the Lords of Bacqueuille de L'Archant Creuecoeur who lead the coursers they had a braue charge and stood litle to the fight for my Lord the Duke leading the maine battell beginning to appeare they tooke their heeles and began to flie yet left behind thē de Touschet Angerville Normandiere their chiefest leaders who were taken prisoners and brought before the Duke who redeliuered them into the hands of those that had taken them till such time as hee shoulde call for them againe all the rest of their companie being hewen in peeces or else laide in rout not one of our side being lost and but only Monsieur de Chaumont who was hurt in the head with a cortl●s and his horse slaine with a thrust of a lance But now God be thanked he is recouered againe and feeleth no more paine From thence my Lorde came to Falaize where they made a false shew as though they would set vpō the gates for him but they neuer meant it so that being not able to force them hee came into this Citie where I can assure you he was honourablie receiued and with great shoutes of all honest men criing God saue the King and my Lord the Duke of Mont-pencier All the Towne kept that daie holie-daie the chiefest of the Citie with whome was Monsieur de Beunron accōpanying him to his lodging which was in the house of the Lorde President d'Aubigny a verie honourable personage and besides an honest man and a true true subiecte to his Maiestie Whether came vnto him my Lorde de la Veronne to salute him and to doe his reuerence vnto him whome he receiued courteouslie and honourablie and commended him highly for his good minde and loyaltie that hee had shewed to the seruice of his Maiestie in garding this Towne within his obedience There arriued on the morrow the Countie of Thorigny and a little after him Monsieur de Longaunay with a great troupe of Gentlemen who were all welcommed and embraced by my L. the Duke de Mont-pencier with greate thankes for theyr good affection towards him whereof hee did protest to aduertise his Maiestie and to requite it in particular as occasion shoulde serue Heere my Lorde seeing himselfe to be strong determined by the aduise of the Lorde de S. Circ to warre vppon the rebelles and to make them to leaue that they helde so fast in that Countrie and for that they had the greatest parte of the Townes and Cities hee resolued to carrie along some peeces of Artillerie to force them if possiblie hee might although his footmen were not manie He sent awaie before Monsieur de Hallot Bacque-ville and l'Archant to saise vppon the Citie of Falaize with the regiment of Monsieur de Tracie the companies of Monsieur de Saint Denis Maillot and of the Captaines le Radier Chauuain Daulphin Roque-ville Glaize and other voluntarie Captaines and on the Sundaie the sixteenth of this moneth my Lorde caused a generall procession to bee made and caused a Sermon to be preached with certaine praiers that they made for the safegarde of his Maiestie and the good successe of his affayres the which had beene but a little before discontinued On the mondaie the eighteenth daie my Lorde appoynted officers ouer his treasure and money and ouer his victuall and artillerie and departed himselfe with two Cannons and one bastarde Culuerine not hoping so much to force Falaize for that hee had not sufficient munition and pouder as to drawe the enemie out into the plaine fielde The same daie hee arriued at Falaize and was lodged at Saint Iohns Abbie The artillerie was planted the same night but on the morrowe beeing Twesdaie the eighteenth of the moneth finding that the batterie coulde not wel be made in that place they displaced them againe laid them lower right ouer against the house of Monsieur de la Fresnay Lieuetenant generall in the Bailiwick of Caen. So on the wednesdaie the batterie began and continued till three a clocke in the after noone By that time three towers being bat●red down lay open outwardly Vnto euery one of which towers they thought good to send a Sergeant ten souldiers to take a view thereof to see whether they might lodge there or not that on the morow they might further those that should come to the assault and breach which they meant to make betweene the two towers and to dislodge the enemie from the trenches if he had made anie and that the rest of the two companies whereof were the two Sergeants should keepe themselues in batt●ile raie in the rampier lying ouer against the ditch to safegard the other souldiers into the towers These Sergeants with their souldiers went boldly hard to the bottome of the wal of the said two towers and taking a viewe of

boūd vnto him cōditionally that our obligatiōs were limited according to his good wicked life moreouer they stop and take vp cause to be taken vp the taxes tributes due to their king yet we read in S. Mat. 22 that on a time the Pharisies and Herodians seeking to entrappe our Sauiour Iesus Christ went to find him out and vsed these speaches vnto him Maister tell vs is it lawfull to pay tribute vnto Cesar or not Shew me sayeth he the tribute money and they gaue him a peny Then he asked them whose image and superscription is this And they answered him Caesars then quoth he giue vnto Caesar those things which are Caesars vnto God those things which are Gods See then who tels them that they do not well to saise vpon the tribute of the King What are they able to answere him It is Iesus Christ himselfe that speaketh those wordes and yet he of whom hee spoke beleeued not in him Was there euer anietyrant more detestable then Nabuchodonozer who hauing forced the Citie of Ierusalem spoiled wasted and razed the houses and wals thereof burned the temple defiled the sanctuarie of God and more than all this caused an image of golde made after his owne likenes to be erected worshipped vpon paine of being burned aliue to those that would refuse the same yet God called him his seruant promised to make him a greate Prince and gouernour And the Prophet commanded the people to praie for this monster of nature and for his children that they might raigne after him as long as the worlde should stand Let vs proceede and see more particularly what the Apostles and other Saintes doe teach vs concerning the obedience that we owe vnto our Kings and Princes that she may certainly knowe if it be lawfull according to Gods lawes to warre against our King or not or if you ought not notwithstanding your mutinous preachers to keepe inuiolablie the fidelitie that is due vnto him for this is the chiefest point that you ought to know perfitly before you take armes to make choice of the best and surest side for that in arming your selues it most necessarie to choose out some side to ioyne vnto if you couet to hinder these great maisters amongest you from quartering out the estate which they would easily doe if they had no souereigne heade to answere and make account vnto Saint Peter the chiefest heade of the Church after whose example all true ecclesiasticall persons ought to rule themselues did not teach vs that wee ought to measure the faith respect that we owe vnto our king by the equiualence and measure of his loyaltie for when he sawe Nero the verie enemie of God commit a thousand execrable cruelties yet did he cōmand Christians to praie for him and in his first Epistle his second Chapter hee sayeth Submit your selues vnto all maner of ordinance of man for Gods sake whether it bee vnto the King as vnto the superiour or vnto gouernours as vnto them that aresent of him and in the same Chapter sayeth he feare God honour the King and your Superiours That which Saint Paul dooth commaunde vs also vsing these tearmes obey your Kinges although they bee wicked And writing vnto Titus in his third Chapter hee sayth thus Pet them in remembrance that they bee subiect to principalities and superior powers and that they be obedient to their gouernours And to the Romanes the 13. Chap. he saith let euery soule be subiect to the higher powers for their is no power but of god and the powers which are are ordeined of God wherfore he that resisteth the higher power resisteth the ordinance of God they which resist bring vpon themselues damnation for the prince is the minister of God for thy good but if thou dost euil feare for he beareth not the sword in vaine for he is the minister of God to take vēgeance on him that doth euil wherfore ye must be subiect not because of wrath onely but because of conscience also for for this cause ye pay tribute also because they are Gods ministers seruing for the same purpose Giue to all men therefore their due tribute to whom tribute feare to whom feare custome to whom custome honor to whō honor belongeth These are the words of S. Paul vnto whom the preacher agreeth Eccl. cap. 20. saying we must not speake ill of our king nor offend him in any thing Tertullian in the 30. 37. of his booke called the Apologie sheweth vs clearely that true christians ought neuer to think for any occasion whatsoeuer to reuolt rebell against their kings and souereigne princes He saith that the Christians that liued in his time did alwais so faithfully obey their Emperors and pray vnto God for them although they were the professed enemies of Iesus christ that they would not rebell against their maiesties although oftē times it lay in their power to do far surpassing therein the pagans other nations that were in subiection vnder the said Emperours forasmuch as saith this holy man that they did not find this to be lawful by the permissiō of God We pray vnto god saith he for the safe gard prosperitie of our souereigne princes for we know that the imperial maiesty is ordeined of God and that it ought to be loued honoured reuerenced for this cause also do we reuerence the Christian prince whose maiesty is next after Gods from whose hand he hath his authority These words of this holy personage are inough to teach vs as I thinke my deare friends that the euil life of the prince doth no whit discharge the people of their fidelity S. Amb. also did not blame the christiās that did yeeld their due obediēce to Iulian the Apostata he bad thē not although they liued vnder the most disloiall prince of the whole world that they should rebel against him but did pray thē only to do no thing against the honor of God rather to depart the territories of his empire then to suffer their cōsciences to be forced What will our doctors say to this what wil they answer to these words of these holy mē They do not say as you may perceiue that it is lawful for the subiect to attempt against the life authoritie of his prince if he be an euill l●uer but they all command to the cōtrarie that we obey our souereigne princes what soeuer they be that we pray vnto God for thē without any prescribing to our selues the limits of the honor that is due to them and to make it conditionall People of France these words of God of his seruants ought to resolue you to keepe firme footing in the loue feare and fidelity that ye owe vnto your king and moreouer you may see thereby that our Clergie-men other rebels that are leagued together are out of the Church rather then those that they condemne whilest they go cleane against al that god

to bee read and published in this Citie of Caen. And forasmuch as diuerse of the Cleargie-men and of the Nobilitie haue put in their finger and bene fauourers and adherents in these rebellious enterprises so that we should haue great cause to prosecute th●m and proceede agaynst them as against rebelles and perturbers of the peaceable gouernement of our common wealth yet considering somewhat nearer that such way of proceeding might bring some preiud●ce vnto this estate being all naturall subiects of his Maiestie wee haue better aduised that both the Cleargy men and Nobilitie might haue safe meanes to bring themselues backe vnto their naturall duetie and alleageance and that we with all lenitie might further and helpe them therein as much as possible might be WE DOE TO VVIT that by the assurance that wee haue of the mercie and clemencie of his Maiestie towards his said subiects and after that we had fully taken deliberation of this matter by the aduise of his coūsell assisting vs herein We haue declared and doe by these presents signed for the same cause with our own hand declare That we haue freely taken and receiued and doe take and receiue into the safegard of my Lord the king and into our owne protection all ecclesiasticall persons of what qualitie or condition soeuer they be hauing taken the othe according to the forme prescribed by his Maiestie or shall take the same within ten dayes after the publishing of this declaration made before the bailifes or their deputies in euery vicountie And if anie of the said ecclesiasticall persons shall refuse to take the said othe before or within ten dayes being limitted the said tearme being once expired all their goods and temporal reuenues shall be saised vpon and put in the handes of Commissioners that shall giue account thereof c. when and to whome it shall appertaine deducting alwayes their ordinarie charges and so much as shall discharge their benefices and spirituall charges Prouided further that the Bishops their Vicegerents or others that haue authoritie thervnto shall procure that some person that is capable and not suspect and such a one that hath taken the othe aforesayde shall serue and supplie their turnes in their spirituall vocation and calling And they shall moreouer enioine them to make prayers supplications for the health of his Maiesty and for the prosperitie and good successe of all his affaires as they ought to doe and are naturally bounde thereunto And as for those of the Nobilitie who haue not borne armes for his Maiesties seruice and taken the saide othe of alleageance we enioine thē in like maner within ten dayes to take the same othe administred by our owne hands or el e before the Bailifes or their deputies euery one in their owne iurisdiction at their owne choice and as they shall thinke best In doing this we haue also receyued and taken them into the safegard of his Maiestie and into our protection But as for those of the Nobilitie which are reuolted and haue taken armes against the seruice of his Maiestie and be yet prisoners if they desire to enter into reconciliation and take the sayde othe they shall haue their passeport from vs the which shall be granted them by the certificat of any Catholike Gentleman seruant to the King who shall haue taken the sayde othe And of these passeports shall bee made and kept a true register So may the sayd Gentlemen come before vs in all assurance to take the sayd othe as we shall administer it vnto them by our owne handes Vnto the which they shall be admitted in putting in good and sufficient sureties to performe and continue the seruice that they owe vnto his Maiestie not prohibiting them the vse of their armes but after the said passeports are once granted vnto them And if the said Gentlemen shall faile to doe this within the sayd ten dayes the tearme of the sayd ten dayes being out their goods shall be seised vpon and be put into the hands of my Lorde the King and remaine in the safe keeping of Commissioners which shall giue an account thereof and answere for them c. when and to whom it shall appertaine Of which othes so taken as well by the Cleargie-men as by the Nobilitie likewise of the ●easing of their goods and reuenues the said bailifs or their deputies in euery Vicountie shall frame processe in writing and send them vnto vs within three dayes after the said ten dayes be expired vpon paine to answere for them in their proper names and priuate persons And we do straitely charge and command the said bailises or other deputies in euery Vicountie of this prouince that they cause these presents to be read published and registred and that they keepe obserue and fulfill euery poynt of the contents hereof according to their forme and tenure and that for this cause they constraine all those whō these presents shal touch by all lawfull meanes and reasonable order of iustice that they assist suffer the same to be executed nō obstant all contradictions and appeales whatsoeuer and and without all preiudice of the same for the which it shal not be lawfull to defer the execution hereof cōsidering the importance of that which is aboue sayde is for the benefite and seruice of his Maiestie for the preseruation and tranquillitie of his estate Giuen at Caen the fifth of May 1589. Signed Francis Bourbon And on the other side by my Lorde L'Amoureux And sealed with the great seale of my Lorde in redde waxe The Contents of this declaration made and dated the fifth of May by my Lorde the Duke of Montpencer Gouernour and generall Lieutenant for the King in Normandie haue bene published by sound of trumpet in the chiefe most vsual places of this Citie to make cries and proclamations for our Lord the King By me Peter Beauuoir Sergeant royall of Caen accompanied with Iames Richer ordinarie Trumpetter of the said Citie and after the sound of the sayd Trumpet this ninth of May 1589. I haue set to my hand in the presence of Michael Maillard Iohn le Coq of Caen and diuerse others for the same purpose there assembled in great number Signed BEAVVOIR NEVVES OF THE Ouerthrow of the Gautiers c. SIr it grieueth me not a little that I haue heard no newes from you of long time fearing lest in this so miserable a time the which I must needs confesse is the verie father affourder of the greatest afflictions most intollerable calamities that euer were seene in our poore nourse and mother the Countrie of France you haue met with some ill rencounter which hath hindered you so long from imparting vnto mee your letters whereby I might vnderstande howe you had your health and welfare all this while the which I beseech the good Lord long to preserue vnto you and once to do me this fauour that by some good token I may shewe the great affection that I beare to

your seruice for I protest vnto you that next after the honour and feare that I beare vnto God the obedience that I owe to my prince the respect and loyaltie whereby I am bound to my Lord and maister there is nothing in the whole world that I desire so much as the cōtinuance of the mutuall amitie betwene vs two By the meanes whereof I liue content and reioyce in my heart as oft as I call it to my remembrance And although as yet I haue not manifested it vnto you yet you must thinke Sir that it hath not beene for lacke of good will but by reason of some occurrences the true guides of all humaine actions the which haue not permitted mee to execute and performe the singular affection that alwayes I haue borne vnto you But sure I had written to you ere this time had I not since mine arriuall in this Countrie of Normandie found the said Countrie so diuided by the factious and entising perswasions of many wicked ministers and pastours but why doe I call them pastours rather rauishing wolues disguised vnder sheepe skins who being wonne with summes of money and faire promises to the rebell conspiratours enemies against his Maiestie haue so long and so much broched their detestable villanie and infected this poore Countrie so that there is not one town or fortresse not so much as a village or borough cleere but hath drunke tasted of their poison wherewith they haue filled them so full that all the subiects of his Maiestie burst out into an open rebellion against him and vnder the pretext of religion and pietie that they haue at euerie worde in their mouth and of a fantasticall libertie wherein they make these poore and miserable soules beleeue they are set they haue made them so drunk berest of all common reason that there is no place in all the Countrie be it neuer so little where a man may not find some of this cursed crue of rebels in all estates and qualities for the verie Bishops themselues are the chiefe pillers of this rebel●ion in most places all the Nobilitie and most of the Countrie townes assisting them herein I except certaine townes which haue contained thēselues within the obedience of his Maiestie because those of the better sorte haue stood fast But I cannot see anie one Towne at all wherein some haue not bin found that haue swarued in some points some there are amongst the rest that haue declared themselues open enemies to his Maiestie renounced his obedience and giuen forth such villanous vnworthie and traiterous speeches of him as nothing more vile may be named or spoken The onely Towne of Caen may exempt it selfe to be one of the constantest and one of the least attainted in this disloialtie for by the good order that Monsieur de la Veronne gouernour and Captaine generall of the said towne hath taken who by his loialty towards his Prince hath wonne himselfe immortall reputation beeing assisted with Monsieur de Beuuron who came thether moued with a seruent zeale and desire that he had to emploie himselfe in the seruice of his Maiestie in such affaires and occurrences as should fall out and besides of many other honest personages as wel of the Magistracie as of the inhabitāts of the same citie it hath contained it self within the obedience of his Maiestie and in this may vaunt to haue preserued the whole Prouince wheras all other townes as Roan Lisieux Falaize Seez Bayeux and Argenten haue all shaken off the yoke of obedience set open their gates to the chiefe captains of the rebels who haue in euerie place bin receiued obeyed except in Caen aforesaide Allenzon and in some other townes towards Constantine so that I assure you if Caen had reuolted too all Normandie had done the like That which his Maiesty foreseeing aduised to send my Lord the Duke de Mont-pēcier Prince of his bloud his Gouernour and lieuetenant Generall in this Prouince and sending him with great expedition from Tours commanded M. de S. Cire one of his Counsellers and maister of Requestes of his house to accompanie and assist my sayd Lord. Who departing from Tours accompanied with the Lords of Bacqueuille de l'Archant came to Lucé where hee had intelligence that Sir Boisdaulphin la Moth-serrant and other rebels which had surprised and doe holde the Towne of Mans had purposed to meete with them by the waye Neuerthelesse although they were farre stronger and better appointed than he this generous heart of the House of Bourbon whome no feare could euer daunt determined to passe and did in deed passe hard by the nose of his enemies and came as far as Allenzon where hee founde the inhabitants of the towne sore amated for the surprising of the towne of Mans next neighbour vnto them and besides beeing inueigled to enter into this supposed vnion or to speak better rebellion reduced them wholie and confirmed them in their good meaning and obedience towards his Maiestie declaring vnto them how hee had forgiuen them and all the inhabitants of Normandie the third parte of taxes due vnto him hoping a better opportunitie and more happie season woulde come when hee might gratifie them in some greater matter There my Lorde imitating the feruent zeale of his predecessours most Catholike Princes of the royall familie of Bourbon did keepe his Easter with greate deuotion and solemnitie and was present at diuine seruice as were also all those that were of his suite and traine with greate reuerence and deuotion Hauing giuen order the twesdaie for the sayde Citie and to assure the inhabitantes thereof made prouision of forces for the Castle and leauyed two companyes of shotte on horsebacke to remaine in garrison in the same Towne to keepe it and the villages rounde about to repulse the rebelles that woulde come to forrage and constrayne the inhabitants to paie them taxes and other tributes due vnto his Maiestie My Lord hauing committed the charge thereof vnto the Lord of Rentie gouernour of the said place he departed thence and for that it was signified vnto him that those of the town of Sees were minded to ioyne with the said rebels had not in deed taken the oath according to the forme prescribed by his Maiestie as it was sent vnto them by my said Lord he purposed to passe that waies and sent word before vnto the Bishop and to the inhabitants there that they should set open the gates for him Wherevpon after a little consultation had amongst them they made him answere that they were readie to receiue him Which they did a great part of the Citizens meeting him a good way out of the town into the which my Lord entred with Monsieur de Bacqueuille L'Archant their troupes and passed through the said towne without anie stay purposing to march on straight and to enterprise nothing in this Citie but to signifie to the Bishop and other the inhabitants here the cause of his voiage and how