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A46057	The illustrious lovers, or, Princely adventures in the courts of England and France containing sundry transactions relating to love intrigues, noble enterprises, and gallantry : being an historical account of the famous loves of Mary sometimes Queen of France, daughter to Henry the 7th, and Charles Brandon the renown'd Duke of Suffolk : discovering the glory and grandeur of both nations / written original in French, and now done into English.; Princesse d'Angleterre. English	Préchac, Jean de, 1647?-1720.	1686 (1686)	Wing I51; ESTC R14056	75,386	260

he wore always the Chain and Medal even at that time when being General of the English Army he took from the French the Towns of Mont-didier and de Roy. Brandon Duke of Suffolk as he was one of the greatest Captains of his age so was he likewise one of the wisest Councellors of his King and whether in the affairs which that Prince had at the Court of Rome and with the Emperour CHARLES the Fifth when he intended his divorce with Catherine of Spain or otherways when the business was to ruin Cardinal Woolsey or in the domestick disorders which obliged him to put to death Ann of Bolen his second Wife in all these he received from him very considerable services though on that last occasion when there was a necessity of condemning a beautiful Criminal for whom he had always entertained a great esteem the generous Suffolk was very loth to engage And the truth is after that time he never enjoyed himself more Queen Catherine dying a little before that cruel execution which would have but too much revenged her on her Rival if it had been performed in her life-time the Dutchess-Queen died shortly after to wit in the twentieth year of her marriage with the Duke of Suffolk This bereft him of all comfort for the rest of his days and being unable to abide longer at Court as well because of that loss as of the disorders of his King which encreased with age he chose rather to command the Army against the Rebels in Yorkshire where he fully crowned his Glory He had five Children by the Queen whereof the two Males dyed both in one day of the distemper which is called the English Sweating-sickness and of his three Daughters who were all married to the greatest Lords of the Kingdom the eldest named Frances married to Henry Gray Son to the Marquess of Dorset his intimate friend was the cause of his death She falling sick in one of her Countrey-houses and he loving that dear Daughter the more because she perfectly resembled his deceased Queen used so great diligence to come to her that he thereby dyed Thus the Prophesie of Merlin may be seen fulfilled in his person supposing that he had been the Grand-child of the Duke of Clarence Since that how innocent soever that daughter was of his Death yet the too great zeal that he had for her was that which destroyed him At least to judg by the event the words of that Astrologer seem pretty just The only thing that can make me doubt of it is the little care that I see in him during his life to make known his secret Quality of a Prince of York What tyranny soever may oblige a Prince to conceal himself for a time yet if he have a great and generous soul as Suffolk had it is hard for him to continue always obscure and truely royal blood soon or late becomes conspicuous in Heroes Vnless it may be said of that the possession of what he loved having fulfilled all his desires he feared either to disturb his own felicity by discovering himself or to wrong his Children who according to the custom of England would have certainly been put to death upon the least suspicion of the truth FINIS Some Books Printed and are to be Sold by W. 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that another who might not have the reasons that he had to refuse the same would upon the least attempt be fure to obtain the enjoyment thereof and in this manner the fear of losing a Kingdom fomenting his jealousie whilst during the Carrousel he carefully avoided the occasions which would have at length undeceived him as to his thoughts concerning the Queen he fell so strictly to examine all things that within a few days he discovered the inclinations that she had for the Duke of Suffolk He perceived the distinction that she put betwixt him the Marquess of Dorset and young Gray notwithstanding of the dexterity she had always to joyn these two last in the favours which she showed the other and the troublesom Duke of Longueville joyning to these things what he had heard though but confusedly at London failed not to confirm all his suspicions Thus then you see the Duke of Valois in great perplexity It is not now jealousie that torments him The fear of losing a Crown seems to have destroyed his love and his thoughts tending only to prevent the consequences wherewith Du prat had threatned him the Queen and Suffolk appeared to him every moment as two sprights coming to dethrone him But being of an open and frank soul he quickly discovered his pain to him that was the cause of it My Lord Suffolk said he drawing him aside one evening in the Kings Anti-Chamber you love the Queen and the Queen does not hate you but I would desire your love might not cost me a Crown Suffolk amazed at this discourse however dissembled his surprise He asked with a great deal of respect what the matter was and by questions wide of the purpose endeavoured to hide the emotions of his heart But the Prince who desired to sift him by his discourse resolved not to ramble and returning to his design Yes my Lord Duke of Suffolk replyed he you love the Queen and the Queen loves you and though I be no enemy to Ladies and their Gallants yet certainly I shall be one to the Queen and you if your Gallantry take the liberty that I suspect Wherefore continued he oblige me not to become so The King cannot live long and when the Queen is a Widow I promise not to oppose your desires So smart an expression such peremptory words and the discomposed air that the Duke of Valois spoke them in permitted not Suffolk longer to dissemble the Queens Honour which he saw so openly struck at but obliged him to take measures by himself So that to do the best that possibly he could in the secret disturbance he found himself in he began immediately to complain of those who raised-so injurious reports of the best and most discreet Princess in the world He would not say that he spake only so to her disadvantage because he found that her virtue disappointed the hopes which he might have conceived against it That would have shewed him to have been more acquainted than he ought to have been with the affairs of her whom he intended to justifie To praise her he thought was enough by affirming still that she was not well known and that he having the honour to have served her from the Cradle had known worthy persons in England over-shoot themselves as well as some in France mistake the meaning of her condescending behaviour And finding himself afterward sufficiently re-assured to venture on a piece of railery upon the account that the Duke himself raised his honour by his fear of losing a Crown he concluded that for the future he should take care not to give him any Umbrage and that for that effect and to give him full satisfaction he would take the first occasion to pray the King his Master to recal him To this the Duke of Valois a Prince of a close disposition and sometimes a little too credulous answered That he desired not so much but that his jealousie was pardonable that he was handsom that he had already occasioned some discourse at London and that he would take it very ill if he made it worse at Paris that he had reason to suspect after the freedom that he had used with him that he would urge matters too far but that to repeat what he had already said he gave him his promise not to cross his happiness when the fit time was come Suffolk that he might not put a new edg on the jealousie of the Duke of Valois let him speak as much as he thought fit without seeming concerned at what he said He made it his business rather to undeceive him by an indifferency which in so delicate a juncture himself ought to observe as well as he and if he affected it not so well as he desired at least he had that influence upon him as to make him sometimes doubt of what he had believed before But though he left him sufficiently satisfied yet he found no reason to be so himself for the reputation of the Queen was so dear to him that he would have rather banished himself from her Presence than have occasioned the least stain to her honour Insomuch that having no body but her to complain to of the discourse of the Duke of Valois and having measures to take in regard thereof which he judged convenient to agree upon with her he rendred her an account of all exact enough to create her much affliction notwithstanding of his care to soften what was hard and injurious in the terms But that which touched her nearest was the resolution that he had taken of returning to England that he might prevent the detraction which he saw ready to break out Her Glory was not so dear to her as the Presence of Suffolk and relying on the great stock of her virtue she cared not much to lose a little of its Odour provided she might retain him But being interrupted before they could conclude any thing and separated with great impatience to meet again the means of that became daily so difficult that they found themselves in a short time reduced to great perplexities Though the Queen entertained a grudg against the Duke of Valois yet she thought less of doing him any ill office with the King than to secure her self from the Spies that he employed about her She seemed even afraid to provoke him so circumspect did Love make her that she might enjoy the Presence of her dear Suffolk and as she went to bed every night much dejected in the apprehension that she should hear of his departure so there was easily to be observed in her some little glimpse of joy when she saw him again next morning To that continual tossing were joyned likewise other agitations that encreased her pain Then it was that she rendered full justice to the merit of Suffolk the Quality of Queen of France had not at all changed her She continually lamented that she was not his Wife and all the advantages of her Crown all the complaisance of a Husband

that adored her being unable to comfort her for the loss of a man who deserved so much to be loved did not sweeten the bitterness that was mingled with the affectionate compassion she had for him Suffolk on his part as much ashamed as afflicted at the disquiet which he occasioned to the Queen upbraided himself always with weakness for having followed her into France He wondered at himself how he could have remained there after her marriage and with indignation putting the question to himself every minute what it was that he could expect at her Court but dishonour by his Presence he would have willingly given his life for the reparation which he thought he owed her But whilst in this manner they afflicted each other without being able to speak together but by their eyes nor to complain but by some Billets which they entrusted to the faithful Kiffen their enemies not satisfied to hold them thus on the Rack thought to add terrour to it that they might oblige them to perform by fear what they perceived them not disposed to do by reason Besides the Duke of Longueville there were also the Seigneurs of Montmorency Chatillon and Chalbot who being jealous of the advantages that Suffolk had won at the Bariere from the bravest Champions of the Court conspired together to slander the Queen and him The Duke of Valois already prepossessed by some and incited by others could suspect none but him to have put that inscription on the Shield Azure which bore That the modest blush of the Roses of England was as inviolable as the Candour of the Lillies of France He perceived very well that that was a mysterious answer to what he had said to him and not daring to dispute that truth though he much doubted it he contented himself to write underneath That it belonged not to Defendants to maintain that and that none but the Conquerours of the Fortress deserved such honour In the mean while being checked by his own conscience he began to fear that the King might come to understand the reason why they disputed such a matter though the proposition being mingled with the interest of the Lillies seemed not to bear any private meaning in a Tournoy only designed to solemnize their Union with the Roses of England So that some of his Confidents having taken upon them to free him from his trouble bethought themselves of a stratagem which was that at the end of the Ball which was danced every evening after the Carrousel at the same time that the Queen did find on her Toylet a Paper containing these words If within three days the Duke of Suffolk depart not out of France he is a dead man Suffolk undressing himself found such another in his pocket but the same cause produced not in both of them the same effects for though the Queen terrified and ready to go and awaken the King who lay alone two nights before passed the night in mortal trances yet Suffolk exasperated to see matters driven to such an excess resolved before his departure to tell the Duke of Valois manfully that murtherers were not able to daunt him He was fully resolved on this when an English Monk brought him a Billet from the Queen wherein was inclosed that threatning Paper which she had received in the evening She adjured him to be upon his Guard and above all things to forbear the defence of the Forts and all other Combats But Suffolk unwilling to confirm her disquiet and suppressing the Billet which he had received to the same purpose made her answer in two words That it was a false allarm whereof he prayed her not to be affraid nor take any notice He was about a minutes time with the King to tell him the same and afterward continued his exercises in coursing and fighting that day as he was accustomed before and behaved himself no worse against Chatillon Bayard and Crequy than he had done the days before against Moüy Bonneval and several others In the mean time the disturbed Queen at what rate soever desired to speak with him The bad weather which had put a stop to the Tournoy seemed favourable enough for her design And the atacking of the Fort being by the King delayed for two days that the Defendants and Assailants might have no cause to alledg precipitation and haste if they failed in their duties invited her besides thereto as a time too precious to be lost and though all these reasons had been wanting yet the extremity of her own desire was one so prevalent that she could no longer resist it So that as she went to the Ball which was hastened because their other pleasures had ended too soon having met him again in the Kings Chamber who was not very well she bid him not dance so long as he was accustomed but that he should withdraw into a place which she showed him from whence the faithful Kiffen should guide him into a private Chamber where the young Ann of Bolen who for some days had been sick was lodged It was a nice enterprize what circumspection soever might be used and the Duke of Suffolk having imparted it to the Marquess of Dorset who of a Rival was become his intimate friend Dorset found it to be so Nevertheless they concluded together that the Queen who without doubt had given all necessary orders must not be refused and the rather that she had perhaps such important matters to speak of as she durst not commit to the uncertainty of a Billet So that notwithstanding of the reluctancy that Suffolk had against that Interview yet having taken his measures with the Marquess of Dorset who took upon him the charge of watching without he obeyed and the intrigueing Kiffen who stayed for him in the appointed place led him into the Chamber of Ann of Bolen without being observed by any Afterward the Queen wearied by so many shows but more by her own cares having left the company came to her appartment conducted by the Duke of Valois and Duke of Alencon She caused her head to be undressed before them as being very desirous of sleep which obliged them to withdraw and her Chamber-door being immediately shut Judith Kiffen who lay in her Wardrobe by a back-door dismissed the Maids that attended her Shortly after she went to bed more impatient than afraid to execute what she designed She kept her self close a-bed until an universal silence had assured her that all people had withdrawn and so soon as she heard no more noise she arose to go meet the Duke of Suffolk The passage was pretty long It behoved her first to enter a Closet pass a Gallery that adjoyned to a Chappel and from thence by an entry half ruined which heretofore served for a passage unto her appartment go to the private Chamber where the young Ann of Bolen was at that time attended only by one person in her sickness All things went at first as well as the Queen could desire She found Suffolk