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A68068	A discou[rse] of the ciuile warres [and] late troubles in Fraunce, drawn into Englishe by Geffray Fenton, and deuided into three bookes ... Seene and allowed	Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598.; Fenton, Geoffrey, Sir, 1539?-1608. rans.	1570 (1570)	STC 11271; ESTC S100266	87,061	236

hys promise This enterprise hadde bin of long practised and for the executiō of it the parties to the practise imparted it with the Lorde de Bricquemau de Guercy Liuetenant to the Lorde Admirall ouer hys men of Armes and Gouernour at the present of Charyte for the King vnder the Princes to the Lorde de Borry Baron of Reury des Essartz with others Lords and Captaynes in those quarters Who vnderstanding the enterprise at large with the meanes to execu●e it iudged with it as a thing verie conuenient to be pursued This Vrsyn Pallus in the meane while reuealed it to the Lord de la Charstre gonernour of the towne of Bourges and countrey of Berry and also to Capteine Martyn keeper of the greate towre of Burges who aduysed him to enterteine the enterprise and assure to them of Charite day place and meane to effect it who lykewyse applyed him selfe to their instructions In the meane while the sayde Gouernour of Charstres omitting no preparatiue fitte to welcome them deuysed gynnes of fyer and traynes of powder within the ditches of the place asseigned He bestowed also two grates the one at the entry of the little Forte and the other at the dore or false porte by whiche they enter into the greate towre bringyng lastly into the towne diuerse horsemen and footmen Italians for their better suretie and defence The daye and howre speciall for this purpose was asseigned by the sayd Pallus on S. Thomas night the one and twenteth of December at two of the clocke at after midnight whiche they of Charite fayled not to obserue in poynt And bycause they were dispersed in diuerse places the place of generall méeting was at Baugy a Castell taken before by the barron of Reury about six leagues from Bourges There met about a M. or twelue C. harquebusheares on foote of the troupes of the Lorde Borry and Loruaye with thrée cornets of horsemen guided by the Lorde Bricquemau all which in very good poynt obserued both the houre and place asseigned called la Grange Francois halfe a leage from Bourges where lykewyse mette them the sayde Vrsin Pallus assuring them still of the facilytie of the enterprise and that he bring them to the great tower without daunger whereunto to couer all cause of doute hée offered to bée their first leader They of the religion vnder the fayth of his worde made march first and formost with him the Lorde de Lespau accompanied with twelue aswell Captaines as souldiers and entred by a wicket towarde the fort of the false port where they pitched ladders to enter within the false port which was fyue foote aboue ground After him entred the baron Reury with fiue and twenty men and then the Lord de Sarts with fifty souldiers to sustaine the first but as his troupe entred the cordes of the grate were cut when they also within applyed their seuerall engynes to vse and put fyre to the traines and at the instant the artillery bestowed in flanks thundred vppon them that were to enter as also Captaine Martyn with his number of armed men charged such as were vnhappely entred who seing them selues and enterpryse betrayed deuised and labored for their safety aswell as they could some lept from the wall downe some gat out of the grate the same being somewhat hyer because Buysiere stewarde to the late Lord d'Autricour was inclosed vnder it being notwithstanding taken frō thence by his company who not able otherwyse to effect their enterpryse were constrayned to retyre They killed of thē of the Religion twelue or fourtene aswel captaines as souldiers and almost as many kept prisoners within the towne besydes such as were hurt the Lord de Lespau the baron of Reurye de Lessarts des Milles with certain other were taken within the grosse towre After this they of Bourges fearing y courses y they of the religion made euen to their gates aduertised the king of their necessity who succored them spedely with sixe cornets of horsmen which had bene before at the siege of S. Iean d'Angely they arryued at Bourges vppon the ende of December The Princes being come to Montauban as is sayd executed the cause of their comming adioyning to their army the forces of the two Vicounts and Montgomerye In this time the king sent back to Poyctyers the Duke d'Aumall with three cannons and one culuerine guyded by the Lord de Gouas and his regiment of footemen And so bestowing his campin garrisons to wynter lycensing afore the Italiās to go home his Maiestie came to the Towne of Angiers wherein hath bin since as is sayd certain conference for peace ⸫ The prince of Conde disarmeth him selfe The third cyuill warre Garisons put in the towns surrendred Those of the religion shut out of towns Meanes to disarme thē of the religion Letters of the king cōtrary to the Edicte of peace Counsell of the duke of Alba. Amanzay Hercules houshold seruant to the prince Request to offer an oth to the King. Generall musters The Prince and the Admiral watched Noyers Tanley Countie Rochefoucaut Rochell ●ssemblie ●f the Ca●●olikes ●ssemblie ●● the ●rince Tallard taken 〈…〉 uke of 〈…〉 njou bro 〈…〉 er to the 〈…〉 ing Duke de Roauuo●● prisoner The Lord d'Acier ●he Lord ●e Mou●ans ●euies of ●en in Lā●uedoc ●eui●e of ●e ●d'A 〈…〉 r in his Corner Kyngs edict Another edict of the King. Marz taken and the towre Sainct Christophle Number of of the L. Daeiers armie Angoulesme besieged Angoulesme taken The Quene of Nauarre his sonne Regiment of ●a●●●yn Letters of the Q of Nauarre The Princes Camp. Baudine hurt Ouerthrew of the L. of Mouuans P. Gourde Pons besieged The castle of Pons taken 〈…〉 ebeau 〈…〉 endred The castell of Mirebeau taken The meeting of the two armies Abbay S. florent taken The Abbay recouered A sale of the principall goods of the Churche The Queene of Nauarre returnes to Rochel The othe of the Prince of Nauarre l'Endureau reuoltes Brissac slaine Conte Pompadon slain The Lorde Boccard dead Charyte besieged and taken The Duke de deux Po●s dead Description of the dukes camp Description of the princes army Succours from the Pope The Quene mother encourageth the souldiours The Lord Strossi taken Strosies men slaine The death of the Lord ●f Moruil The siege of Nyort The Lord pluucau succours it 〈…〉 a●●le 〈…〉 ig The Protestants requ to the king for peace whome troubles ●t to be ●uted Office of true subiects Luzig rendred Lords and Captaynes ●ithin Poy●yers Poict besieged Battery against Poye Battery against Poye Three assaultes gyuē to the subburbes of Ro●l Assault of Italians The Lord de Mouy hurt S. Iean de Angeli besieged Imprinted at London by Henry Bynneman dwelling in Knight Ryder streat at the signe of the M●rmayde For Lucas Harrison and George Byshop

sortes of diseases in diuerse souldiours on both sydes and after dyed in lamentable numbers towardes the euening the Kings Lieuetenaunt retired to Chynon albeit certeyne Captaynes of the Princes armie charging vpon their tayle discomfited aboute vij or .viij. score Suyzers and thrée enseignes of footemen sodeynly set vpon as they were refreshing them selues in the village The Princes returned to Touars and the Admirall to Monstrueit-beley to winter there leauyng the Lorde d'Yuoy brother to the Lorde de Ianlis as gouerner within the towne of Loudun and for the garde of the same the regimens of the L. of Mont-brun Mirabel with .ij. cornets of horsemen the Lorde Ianlis not long after dyed of a disease in Almayne The Lord de la Coche who as is sayd was led prisoner to Metz was this .v. of January 1569. murdered by certein garrison soldiours of the towne who taking him out of prison and bynding him with Mychallon his ensigne bearer tolde him they were commaunded from the King to leade them to the Court and so exchange them for other prisoners within the princes Campe albeit they wer no sooner cut of the town than they were stabbed with daggers and so murdered Néere vnto Saulmur is an abbey called Sainct Florent wherin were two hundred footemen as a garrison to the Catholikes who with their abbay were besieged in this moneth of January by the vauntgarde of the Princes and they after they had beatē a breach entred by force-putting al that were beseeged to the mercy of the sworde immediatly after the garrison of Saulmur recouering the sayde Abbay vsed the like execution of all that they found Whiles the princes soiorned at Towars they dispatched into Gascoyne the Lorde de Pilles aswell to leuie newe force as other matters of speciall charge At his first arriuall he toke Bergerac and Saintfoy and hauing spéedily erected certaine forces of horsmen and footmen he bestowed his footmen and drew towards Perigueux with his horsemen and passing along the place where the Lords of Mouuans and Pierregourde were discomfited hée fyred many villages and killed as many peisauntes as hée mette as a reuenge of the bloud of so manye Souldioures whiche they hadde ouercome and slayne in the same ouerthrow The Kinges armye wintred at Chynon Saulmur Poyctiers and other places thereabout the princes armie in the beginning of February departed from Towars and Monstrueu-beley discending lower intoo the countrey to fynde vittells the vauntgarde drew to Partenay and the battell to Niort harbouring in the places thereabout The thirde day of this moneth the Lord de Boursaut captayne of a hundred lyghts horsmen and his company were sodeinly set vpon within a village néere to Towars by the Counte Brissac accompanyed with vij or .viij. hundred horsmen presently issued out of Saulmur There were many of them taken and many killed and the rest as the Lord de Boursaut and others saued themselues by help of the dark night In the beginning of February y quene of Nauarre came to ●●or● where shee founde the Princes wyth dyuerse other greate Lordes with whome shee entred into Counsell for the affaires and disposition of the warre There was agreed a sale of temporal goods of the Churchmen toward the mayntenaunce of the generall cause for y purpose wer drspatched presēt letters vnder the names and authoritie of the sayd Quéene Princes of Nauarre and Gonde the Lorde Admirall Dandelot Rochefoucaut with wordes of ample power giuen to their procurors and commissaries to promise and binde them for warrant requisite in suche case These comissions were published in towns holden vnder their obedience with present sale and alyenation made accordingly the same raysing great summes of money Whilest the said Quéene Princes and other stats remained in consultation with in Nyort certeine horsmen of the Lord of Verac captaine of a hundreth light horsemen making often incursion vppon the next enimies toke the Lord of Cassac lieutenant of the men at armes to the Duke of Guyse as he was bayting in an Inne whome they ledde to Niort and so to Rochell The Counte Mountgomerey lodgyng in a village called la Motte was charged vpon the sodeyn by the Counte Brissac and enforced to retyre within the Castel of the same place seruyng somewhat to hys defence so that he receyued no other losse than his yonger brother whiche was led to the Castell of Luzignan this was the xij of February The Princes now determyned to perfourme their enterprise vppon the castell of Luzignan and to take it the same mouyng as it séemed eyther by a practyse of Montgomories brother or else by some secrete intelligence they hadde with the Gouernours Lieutenaunte of the same place where they were in good order and vppon the sodayne the .xx. of February very early in the mornyng dyuers of their Captaynes and souldiours entring within albeit being discouered their further attempt was intercepted and they returned without any thing doing The Counte of Tande gouernour for the King in Prouence in the begynning of Nouember the yeare before put himselfe vppon his waye with thrée thousand footemen and certeine horsemen of that country marching intoo Fraunce as hée was cōmaunded and passing by Dauphiné the baron of Adretz who also had leuyed a Regyment of footemen conteyning .xvij. enseignes ioyned with him too passe also in company into Fraunce In theyr waye they came by the siege of Sanserre whiche the Counte Mertiuengo an Italyan and gouernoure of Gyran had long continued where as they spente long tyme wythout aduauncyng the ende and purpose of the siege so procuryng the siege to bée raysed the Counte ●ande drew to Poyctou to the Kyngs Campe where hée arriued aboute the ende of Februarye and the baron of Adretz marched into ●orayn to the Duke d'Aumale sent thither as you haue heard to withstande the entrie of straungers into Fraunce The Kynges brother hauing receyued these newe succours and made shewe to his men of armes of two hundred thousande frankes which the house of Parys had lent the Kyng vpon the temporal goodes of the Church men he gathered ageyn hys Campe and drewe towardes Angoulmoys Immediatly after in the same moneth arryued two thousande and fyue hundred Reistres vnder the conduct of the Counties Reyngraffe and Bassompier who béeing much harried in theyr long and paynful iorney to come into France refreshed themselues certayne tyme aboute Poyctiers afore they ioyned wyth the Kyngs Campe whoe approched still to Angoulesme and taryed them And bycause hée woulde haue the libertie of the Ryuer of Charente to passe and repasse at his pleasure he dispatched the Lorde de la Riuiere a Gentleman of Poyctou for to sease vppon the Towne and also the Castell of larnacke The Princes nowe béeing truely enfourmed what waye the Kynges Campe tooke departed from Nyort and vppon the begynning of March aryued at Sainct lean d'Angely marchyng from thence with theyr battayle to Sainctes The Admirall with the vauntegarde lodged at Coygnac and