this newe authority buried in Iohns tombe who died during these practises at Compiegne when as the fire began to kindle in fauour of the Bourguignon and to the apparent reuiuing of troubles in France To Iohn succeeded Charles Earle of Ponthieu the yongest sonne to our Charles the 6. He remained also the first Prince of the bloud with the prerogatiues of the fundamentall lawe A Prince that shall minister much matter to talke of his life in the course of our history guided by the singular prouideÌ„ce of God to raise vp this monarchy almost ruined The least but the happiest of all his brethren for this is that Charles the 7. who hauâ—ng corrected that furious giant of Bourgongne in the end shal expel the English and leafte a faire way to his posterity to restore this estate so neere the ruine But this shal not bee without many painefull difficulties the which the order of our history commands vs to represent in their due places Iohn of Bourgongne the murtherer of Lewis of Orleans hauing added newe troubles to the former ioynes with Isabell Queene of France Who hauing declared her selfe Regent of the Realme makes warre against her Sonne Charles the Daulphin The Quâ—ene takes vpon her the Regenâ—ie seiseth vppon Paris and there commits a cruell massacre where the Constable of Armagnaâ— and Henry of Marle Chancellor of France are â—laine But this Iohn of Bourgongne is in the end slaine by the Daulphin From the yeare 1415. to 1419. A Newe kind of misery now supplies the stage to despight Nature by the frantike drunkennesse of our confused passions A strauge coÌ„fusion the mother against the sonne An vnnaturall mother forgets her onely Sonne she bandies with his capitall enemy against her owne bloud seeking to transport the hereditary Crowne to strangers a Crowne inalienable by the lawe of Sâ—ate to the ende this Medea might fight both against nature and the Lawes of the Realme A horrible phrenâ—ie a fit of ciuill warre that is to saie of the assured ruine oâ— tâ—e State They câ—ll it ciuill being the ruine of Cittizens but very vnciuil indeede for if we shall iudge thereof by the barbarous and brutish cruelties what is therein the whole world more vnâ—iuill But alas behold the image of vnkinde confusions whereof the fâ—â—y of our warres hath made vs eye witnesses for haue we beheld lesse hauing seene the Crowne set to sale and our Kings blood shed vpon our Sâ—affold But the Hâ—stoâ—y requires audience to report things intheir order as they haue chanced accordâ—ng to the causes and motiues Charles Earle of Ponthieu had married the daughter of Lewis of Aniou King of Sicâ—lâ— Câ—arâ—es an enimy to the house of Boâ—â—gongne a capitall enemy to the â—ourgignon So this young Prince bred vp from his youth in hatred â—gâ—inst the house of Bourgongne must be the instrument to ruine him and his whole race He loued his pleasure much and sometimes he gaue himselfe vnâ—o it with too gâ—eat a scope yet he could imploy himselfe well to serious affaires and force his spirit in necessity firme in his resolutions and iâ—moueable in his desseâ—â—s wherein he happily ended his daies restoring the Realme strangely shaken by the errors and losses of his predecessors In thiâ— beginning of his new authority he was faithfully though not profiâ—ably assisted by the Constâ—ble of Armagnac one of the chiefe pâ—llers of the Orlean party almost alone since the imprisonment of the Duke of Orleans the death of the Dâ—ke of Berry the King continuing in his infirmity sometimes better sometimes woâ—se but alwayes weake both of body and minde The Bourguignon had his troupes together to the gâ—eat spoyle of the countrye who complayned still without any redresse This Prince being resolute in his course seekes all occasions of new garboiles his hatred encreaseth daily against the contrary faction The Bouâ—guignoâ—s practises seeing them aduanced in credit being out of hope to haue any interest in this new Daulphin who was wholly possessed by Armagnac an old foxe and an meconciliable enemy He hath practâ—ses in Amiens Abbeuille Peronne and all other good townes of Picardy who by reason of neigâ—bourhood are easily drawne to his party making goodâ—y protestations to maintaine them in peace and liberty vnder the Kings obedience He writes likewise to all the good townes of the Realme complayning of the death of Iohn Duke of Touraineâ— a Prince whom he assured to be wholy giuen to the good of the State and for this cause had bin poysoned by the enemies of the publike quiet But his true intent was to make such odious as were in credit about the King person 1417. although he named them not in his letters but in notâ—ng them he made a still and dangeâ—ous warre against them incouraged by his forces and perswasion â—â—o entring the Citties freely and causing his letters to be publikely read â—e moâ—ed tâ—eâ—â— hearts by the feeling of former confusions the blame whereof the Bouâ—guignon laied vpon his enemies The Kâ—â—g that is to say his Councell being incountred both by writings force sâ—ould lâ—keâ—ise oppose armes and writings agaiâ—st the Bourguignon but he sends the Lord of Canâ—y to treat with the Bourguignon which negotiation was fruâ—tlesse both â—or thâ—t the perâ—on sent vnto him was odious as also by reason of his charge which was nâ—â— pleâ—siâ—g vnto him He had an intent to put Canny to death but the respect of his maâ—ster withheld him making answer to all his instructions specified at large in the originall oâ— this historie But what auailes it to repeat many vaine words witâ—out any effect Iâ— bâ—iefe these are but accusations and excuses plaâ—nts and counterplaints All protest â—o be the Kings seruants and all ruine the Kâ—ng in troubling his realme Wâ—at plâ—â—ne Commentarie can we desire of these factions then what we haue heard and sâ—â—ne in our timeâ— The Bourguignon made a more dangeâ—ous warre then with Papers he had â—â—cret practises within the Citties to winne the inhabitants The Boâ—â—â—â—â—gnoâ— armeâ— drawâ— in the English He also drew the Engliâ—â— â—â—to armes and armed himselfe ioyning their forces togither but with dâ—uers inâ—entions yet their generall desseigne was to afflict France fiâ—hing in a troubâ—ed water making their profit of our confusions and building their affâ—ires vpoâ— the ruine of the realme The Daulphin Charles playes an other part he had scarse knowne the Couâ—t when as â—e was forced to go into Aniou to the funeralles of Lewis Dâ—ke of Aniou Kâ—ng of Sicile his fâ—ther in lawe and to assure the Duchie being in some danger by reason of the neigâ—bourhood of the Dâ—ke of Brittaâ—ne a doubtfull friend in the inâ—ertitude of â—hoâ—e confused times Being arriued behold a charge of dâ—â—ficultie for the fiâ—st fruites 〈…〉 new authoritâ—e The people were mutined at Rouen they had slaine Gaâ—court Gouâ—râ—our of the Câ—ttie the Aduocate and the Kings Proctor A mutiniâ— aâ— Rouan and besiâ—ged the Casâ—eâ—l
this new acquisition so the vrgent importunitie of his Scholemaister Lewis of Amboise Bishop of Albi and of Doctor Maillard made him to restore the Counties of Roussâ—llon and Parpignan too religiously vnto Ferdinand King of Arragon the which Lewis the XI his Father had gotten hoping by this meanes to tie the Spaniard to a perpetuall peace What should Charles do then with his Nobility and his youth he being young vigorous and of no idle complexion Now a great desseine makes him to call his eyes beyond the Aâ—pes and thrusts him to the conquest of goodly and rich Estates But let vs examine the causes and proceedings farther off We haue sayd before that René Duke of Lorraine was in Court and demanded restitution of the Duchie of Bar and the County of Prouence During his abâ—ad the Realme of of Naples being reuolted The first motiue of the voiage of Italie the Nobility and the three estates of the Realme put themselues vnder the Protection of the Churh as holding of it in fee. The Pope sends for René to inuest him in the Realme vpon some right which he pretended The Gallies of Gennes attended him the Cardinall of Saint Pierre was there to conduct him 1493. and men from all the Noble men of the Country prest him therunto where they expected him so long as the Pope was forced to make an agreement with Ferdinand being assisted by the Florentines Vpon assurance of this accord which the Pope the Ventians the King of Spaine and the Florentines had sworne and were bound to see obserued the Barons of the Realme returne home to their houses and were all taken prisoners The Prince of Salerne cheefe of the house of Saint Seuerin escapes and three of his Nephewes with him sonnes to the Prince of Basignan who retire them selues to Venice and demands of the Seigneurie what refuge they would wish them to choose to the Duke of Lorraine or to the Kings of France or of Spaine The Venetians answer That the Duke of Lorraine was a dead man vnable to support so heauie a burthen That the King of Spaine was alreadie strong at sea and the realmes of Naples and Sicile wold make him too mighty that they had liued in good correspoÌ„dency with the Kings of France who in former times had possessed the said realmes The delaies of the Lorraine being but poore made theÌ„ thus to qualifie him long for he wanted neither currage nor valour They were iealous of the Neighbourhood of a mightie Prince and did not consider that to call in a King of France to these Estates was the meanes to ruine them So they passe into France where the affaires of Brittaine held them aboue two yeares in their pursute One called Stephen de Vers a man of base sort who had serued the King well in his infancie as a grome of his chamber and now made Seneshall of Beaucaire and President of the Accoumpts of Paris with the Generall Brisonnet afterwards Cardinall ruled their master These Neapolitains gouerne them and they imbarke him in this voiage The motiues of the voiage of Naples who of himselfe was flexible The wisest disswade him as a dangerous enterprise for the French and alwayes fatall He wanted all necessarie things The King was yong and weake of complexion he hath few good Commanders and fewer wise men no money and himselfe wilfull the best was he had a gallant Nobilitie and yong but ill commanded nothing obedient and too wilfull like to their head the which notwithstanding pourchased to the King an immortall glorie Wants for this voiage The leading and returne of this army doubtlesse was the worke of heauen Before his departure Charles requires ayde and Counsell of the Venetians Aide we cannot giue you saie they for feare of the Turke yet were they in peace with him and the Turke then raigning was of small reputation As for counsell it were presumption for vs to counsell so wise a King assisted with so good Counsel notwithstanding we wil heâ—pe you rather then hurt you and you shal be very welcome In truth GOD will haue vs confesse that neither the wit nor pollicy of man can disapoint that which his eternall prouidence had decreed This succeeded otherwise then that common weale expected first they conceiued not that the King would vndertake this voiage in person Moreouer they hoped to be reuenged of this house of Arragon whome they hated exceedingly imputing it to Ferdinand as the means to drawe donwe Mahomet Othoman who conquered Constantinople and had done many outrages to the Venetians and Alphonse sonne to the said Ferdinand had stirred vp the Duke of Ferrare to make that chargeable warre against them the which had almost ruined them to haue sent a man to Venis to poison their cesternes with many other complaints which they framed against this house But the chefe motiue was for that by their meanes they could not extend their dominions as wel in Italy as in Greece Thus they thought to vse the King as a scourge to whip their enemie but not to ruine him and by their shipwracke to haue meanes to seaze vpon some Townes in Apulia lying vpon the gulfe as it happened This was one motiue to transport the Frâ—nch forces beyond the Alpes An other was that Bonne a daughter of Sauoie widowe to Iohn Galeas Duke of Milan a woman bâ—th without honor and iudgement was chiefely gouerned by a Secretarie of hers â—amed Chico bred vp in that house and by her Caruer Antonie Tasâ—ino Chico to assure the estate of the yong Duke Iohn Galeas sonne to the said Iohn had expelled all his fathers bâ—ethren vncles to the Sonne and among the rest Lodowike Sforce and Robert of Saint Seuerin sonne of a bastard Daughter of the house of Saint Seuerin Tascino who had a great interest in his Ladies bed and fauour calles them home with her consent Being returned they take Chico and against their promise to offer him any violence they put him in a pipe and dragging him through the City of Milan send him prisoner to Pauie where he died they modestly dismissed Tascino Lodowicke and Robert Lodowicke Sfoâ—ce seekes to vâ—urpe the Duchie of Milan freed from these two obstacles fortifie them selues neere the Duchesse and euen then did Lodowicke practise to vsurpe the Duchie of Milan For the first fruits of this proiect they sequester the two sonnes of Bonne and lodge them in the Castell and seize vpon the Treasor which was then held to be the greatest in Christendome They make three keyes whereof shee kept one but they had the gard of all They force her to renounce the wardship and Lodowicke was created Tutor This was not all the Castell was carefully kept and the Captaine went not without the turnepikes Lodowicke and Robert were not admitted but with one or two followers But two great Princes cannot raigne long together in one State without iealousie Lodowicke supplants Robert puts him from
Flaunders and Normandie Clodamyr King of Orleans and the estates of this realme were all the Duchie of Orleans Bourgongne Lionois Daulphiné and Prouence Thierri was King of Mets and to his realme were subiect the Country of Lorraine and all the Countries from Rheims vnto the Rhin and beyond it all Germany which was the auncient patrimony of the Kings of France Hee was receiued in this royall portion with his bretheren although hee were a bastard the which hath beene likewise practized by others in the first line And as euery one of these foure Kings called himselfe King of France so they also added the name of their principall Citty where they held their Court. Thus they called them by speciall title Kings of the Cittie where they had their residence And in truth euery one caried himselfe as King in the Countries vnder his obedience not acknowledging the elder but by mouth onely As the plurality of Masters is a plague in an estate so is it miraculous that the realme had not beene ruined by so many Kings especially amidst such monstrous confusions Horrible confusion among brethren which then reigned full of treacheries cruelties and parricides I tremble to enter into this labyrinth the which I will but passe ouer measuring the Readers sorrowe by my griefe in reading and writing these tragicall confusions But let vs obserue things by order After these foure brethren had peaceably made their diuisions and taken lawes of their owne accord in the yeare 515. according to the most approued calculation they marry their sister Clotilde to Almaric sonne to Alaric King of the Vuisigoths who had recouered a good part of Languedoc the which Clouis had taken from his father and by this marriage they yeeld vnto him the Cittie of Toulouse But this alliance was the cause of great diuisions and ruine Ambition and Couetousnes good Counsellers of state made euery one to conceiue as great a kingdome for himselfe as that of his father perswading them to attempt any thing to bee great Bourgongne was quietly returned into the possession of Gondebaults children Sigismond had the name of King as the elder and Gondemar a portion Clodomyr King of Orleans as nearest neighbour castes his eyes vpon this goodly Country although hee had no cause of pretension but onely conueniency Yet hee findes a colour to beginne this quarrell The rights pretended by his mother Clotilde issued from the house of Bourgongne and the zeale of Iustice to chastise Sigismond for that he had slaine his eldest sonne to please his second wife and her Children Clodomir takes and is taken He enters into Bourgongne with a mighty army seizeth on Sigismond his wife and children brings them to Orleans and there castes them all into a well Thus God punished the cruelty of Sigismond an vnkinde father by a cruell and disloyall hand Clodomir presumed that he had conquered all hauing slayne the King of Bourgongne But the Bourguignons incensed with this crueltie confirme Gondemar in his brothers seate and leauy an army to defend him against Clodomir The armies ioyne Clodomir puft vp with this first successe promysing vnto himselfe a second triumph thrusting himselfe rashely into his enemies troupes is slayne with a Lance and is knowne by his long haire the marke of Kings and Princes of the bloud as wee haue said The Bourguignons cut off his head pearch it on the top of a Lance and make shewe thereof to the French in derision who retire themselues after the death of their Generall But Childebert Clotaire his brethren returne into Bourgongne with a strong army force Gondemar to flie into Spaine leauing them free possession of 〈◊〉 reâ—â—me the which was their proiect rather then the reueÌ„ge of their brothers death 〈◊〉 was dâ—â—ided among the brethren as a coÌ„mon prey all the realme of Bourâ—â—â—â—â—â— is therin coÌ„â—rehended Thierri King of Metz had his part but the poore children 〈◊〉 are not only excluded Cruelty of brethren but two of them are barbarously slaine by the cruel commaundement of their vnnaturall Vncles 520. and they say that Clotaire slewe one of them with his owne hands Cruelâ—â—e of bretheren in the presence of Childebert the other was thrust into a monastery This confusion was followed by two others Thierri King of Metz making warre against them of Turinge called his brother Clotaire to his aide being repulâ—ed at the first by the force of that nationâ— aided by his brother he preuailes and the vanquished stands at the mercy of the conquering bretheren but behold they fall to quarrell for the spoile Thus the ende of a forein warre was the beginning of a ciuill dissention betwixt them Warre betwixt the bretheren They leauie forces with intent to ruine one another Childebert ioynes with his brother Thierri against Clotaire Such was the good gouernment of these bretheren as desire and ambition did counsell them They are in armes ready to murther one another As their armies stood in field ready to ioyne behold a goodly cleere day ouercast sodenly with such darkenesse that all breakes out into lightening thunder and violent stormes so as the armies were forced to leaue the place and by this aduertisement as it were from heauen An admirable reconcilement these Kings assembled to shed blould change their mindes and turne their furious hatred into brotherly concord Thus God the protector of this estate hath watched ouer it to preserue it euen when as they sought to ruine it and that men hastened to their owne destructions But from thence the vnited bretheren passe into Languedoc against Almariâ— King of the Visigoths their brother in lawe The cause of their quarrell came from their sister Clotilde maried to this Gothe as we haue said so as she which should be the vniting of their loues was the cause of their bloudy dissention She was a Christian and hee an Arrian This difference in religion was cause of the ill vsage shee receiued from her husband and his subiects These bretheren incensed by the complaint and calling of their sister enter into Almarics Country with their forces who hauing no meanes to resist seekes to saue himselfe but he is taken and brought before his brethren in lawe by whose commaundement he was slaine Thus Childebert and Thierri hauing spoyled the treasure and wasted the Country of their confederates returne into France accompained with their sister but shee died by the way inioying litle the fruite of her vnkinde impatience although shadowed with the cloake of inconsiderate zeale Thierri dies soone after leauing Theodebert his son heir both of his Realme and of his turbulent and ambitious humour A part of Bourgongne was giuen him with the title of a King the which he left to his sonne and as a chiefe legacie the hatred he did beare to his brother Clotaire King of Soissons As soone as he sees himselfe King by the decease of his father hee takes part with his Vncle Childebert King of Paris against
Guise his brother the command in warre This was properly to giue the Constable to vnderstand that without warrant hee should take his leaue the which hee did after that hee had conducted his good maister to the graue And to play their parts absolutely without controule they send the Prince of Conde into Flanders vnder colour to confirme the peace and him of Roche-sur-yon to carry the order of France to the King of Spaine then at his returne they depute him with the Cardinall of Bourbon to conduct Elizabeth to Philip her husband In the meane time the Guisians call the Cardinall of Tournon from Rome a man fitte for their humors They displace part of the ancient officers of the Kings house and place new at their deuotion they furnish Prouinces and fronter Townes with gouernours of their owne choise they obtaine a declaration from the King sitting in parliament whereby he made it knowne that touching all affaires which concerned the estate of his Crowne and house his pleasure was they should hereafter repaire to his two Vncles To conclude they do and vndoe place and displace in Parliament and priuie Councell like to a King of absolute power And the Queene mother challengeth the gâ—ft of money growing of the confirmation of offices and priuileges of Townes and commonalties the which by right cannot be exacted but when the realme falls into a collaterall line Now are they setled in this vsurped gouernment they haue officers at their pleasure But there is yet a moate in their eye Those of the religion who then were called reformed let vs hereafter call them Protestants for their common cause with the Protestants of Germanie multiplied infinitely Some Princes and many Noblemen did countenance them and were ready to take their protection To weaken them nay rather to ruine them quite the Kings letters pattents are granted the 14. of Iuly with a Commission to certaine Iudges for the triall of Anne du Bourg and foure of his companions prisoners It was to be feared their proceeding against these fiue Counsellors would preiudice the whole party They beseech the Queene by their letters who had made shew to incline to their doctrine when as she was barren to vse her aâ—thoritie in the restraint of these rigorous pursutes She passeth her word to the Prince of Condé and Admirall so as they will liue secretly and without any scandale Herevpon Anthonie King of Nauarre greatly prest by some Princes and Noblemen the Constable at the death of Henry had perswaded him to seize first on the gouernment arriues in Court being at S. Germaine in Laye Anthony King of Nauarre comes to Court and is disgraced hauing at Poitiers giuen good hope to some Ministers of the Protestant Churches to make open profession of their religion But what entertainment do they giue to this first Prince of the bloud of France his harbingers finde no lodging for him within the Castle It shall cost me my life and ten thousand more with me said the Duke of Guise to his harbinger before they take from me the place and lodging which the King hath giuen me neere vnto his person No man goes to meete him those of Guise looke that he should go to salute them and which is worse the next day he haâ—h no place in Councell After some dayes the King sayes vnto him that his Vncles hauing the charge of affaires hee desired them that would haue his fauour to obey them in all things So hauing obtained confirmation of his offices and pensions he approued by his silence the vsurpation of the house of Guise who lead the King to Rheims where he was triumphantly annointed the eighteene of September by the Cardinall of Lorraine Archbishop of that place Soone after the Coronation The Princeâ— and chiefâ— officers of the Crowne disgraced the Queene mother gets a resignation from the Constable of the office of Lord Steward in fauour of the Duke of Guise in recompence made his sonne Marshall of France The Admirall foreseeing that they would dispossesse him of the gouernement of Picardie hee first gaue the King to vnderstand that it belonged to the Prince of Condé for that his predecessors had long enioyed it 〈◊〉 resignation was willinglie accepted but not the condition It was better to pâ—â—chase a good seruant and partisan which was the Marshall of Brissac Thus the Prâ—â—ces and chiefe officers of the Crowne were disgraced but those that were 〈…〉 among the people were not mute They had a good share in the priuate discontent of these great personages foreseeing the disorders that might ensue and require a Parliament as the Soâ—etâ—â—â— cure for such diseases whereby the Queene Mother might be excluded from the Regencie and those of Guise put from the Kings person To please the King theâ— perswade him that they sought to bridle him and to make him a ward that hee should hold them enemies to his authority and guiltie of high â—â—eason that talke of a Parliament The King of Spaine crosseth them and by letters written to the King his brother in Lawe the which were read in Councell in the presence of the King of Nauarre he declares himselfe saieth hee for the good affection he did beare Tutor and Protector of him his Realme and his affaires against those that would change the gouernment of the estate as if the King were not capable of the gouernment Pleasant people which reiect so much the word of lawfull Tutâ—lage and yet they vsurpe it against the Lawes and orders of the Realme holding it onely by tyranie This other affront sent the King of Nauarre home into Bearne whence he came All this did but increase the hatred of great and small against the Guisians Many treaties are published written and printed and all tend to proue That it belonges to the Estates to prouide gouernours for Kings in their minorities that these two bretheren are incapable of the gouernment being both strangers the one a priest the other presuming to say in the life of the decreased King that the Realme belonged to the house of Lorraine as issued from Charlemagne from whome Hugh Capet had vsurped it A proposition which they haue presumed to publish in these latter times but so often confuted as it needes no further discours The King began to growe and euen nowe hee complayned that they kept him from hearing of his subiects complaints but he was so sickely as there was no hope of long life To get â—â—re footing in the gouernment of Estate they resolue to purchase many seruants in the Courts of Paliament to winne the affections of Courtiers and men of warre and by a burning zeale to the rooting out of Protestants to purchase the loue of the Clergie and people Anne du Bourg executed They publish sundrie Edicts against them they promise great recompences to them that discouer their assemblies many Townes fill their prisons they imploy aire fire and water to ruine them and yet it seemes that the more
the priuileges of the Towne In the same moneth the inhabitants of Troyes expelled the Prince of Ioinuille and recalled the Lord of Inteuille their ancient gouernour for the King In Champagne In Poâ—ctou Gasconiâ— The Townes and Prouinces contend who shall haue the honour to returne first to their due obedience from the which these popular furies had withdrawen them Sens Poitiers Agen Villeneufue Marmande and other Townes of Gasconie and in a manner all that had followed the dance of Orleans and Paris do now frame themselues to their tune And all this is done in few weekes The mâ—st factious of the partie did still feed the fire of rebellion in some Townes of Picardie Amiens and Beauuois wauered the Spaniard possessed Laon and La Fere places of importance in that Prouince and the Conâ— Chaâ—les of Mansfield had euen now besieged and taken Capelle a small Towne but strong in the Duchie of Thierasche The King being aduertised thereof went home to their Trenches to drawe them forth to fight but making no show to come forth to get that by force which he could not obtaine by reason hee besiegeth Laon defeates the succors at sundry times that come to the besieged kills aboue fifteene hundred of their men in sundry encounters and taking the Towne by composition in the end of August he ends by this act the furies of ciuill warres without hope of reuiuing and then returnes triumphing to Paris Chasteau Thierry before the siege and after the siege of Laon Amiens Beauuois and all the Townes in Picardie except Soissons and La Fere which the Duke of Mayenne and the Spaniard held did shake off the Strangers yoake and tooke the oth of fealtie to the King Cambray did likewise acknowledge him and gaue his Mâ—iâ—stie such aduantage as his enemies remained without meanes to maintaine the warre and without hope to obtaine their peace The Duke of Mayenne in the meane time entertained all his friends and intelligences at Bruxelles but the supplyes of men and money which hee drew â—rom thence were not able to stay the course of the Kings prosperities Hee therefore retyred himselfe into Bourgongne to assure such places as were yet at his deuotion Contrarywise his neerest kinsmen retyring themselues left him almost alone to treat with the Spaniard The Duke of Nemours made his accord at the Castle of Pierre-aâ—cise but being escaped the 26. of Iuly as we haue sayd death depriued â—im of the vse of his libertie as wee shall see hereafter The Duke of Guise did first testifie The Duke of Guise reconciled to the King that hee desired nothing more then the Kings seruice and drawing in the moneth of Nouember to his Maiesties seruice his bretheren with himselfe many Noblemen the Cittie of Reims and many other places it did greatly shake this monstrous building which was now ready to fall to ruine The sect of Iesuits had as chiefe pillars of the League mightily supported it vnto this day and by all meanes laboured to aduance the Spaniard in France Processe against the Iesuits renued they had spred throughout the whole realme the furious effects of the fire which they had kindled and continued in priuate confessions as lately in their Sermons to disgrace the memorie of the deceased King and the Maiestie of the King now raigning and to encrease it the principall of their Colledge and some others had lately approued countenanced and perswaded that execrable attempt of Peter Barriere The Vniuersitie of Paris grounding the renuing of theiâ— ancient Processe against the Iesuites vpon these considerations and motiues demand the rooting out of them Some great men and of the chiefe men of Iustice sue for them the Cardinall of Bourbon supports them The Duke of Neuers makes their cause his owne The respect of their learning and care and diligence to instruct and teach youth did moue them and a very vrgent cause must drawe the Court of Parliament whose authoritie notwithstanding they did contemne and reiect to pronounce and declare this great decree the which an accursed and detestable attempt by one of their owne disciples did in the end extort 1554. They procured that the cause might bee pleaded secretly for 〈◊〉 said their Aduocate to defend my Clyents I shall bee forced to speake some things offensiue to many which haue lately turned to the Kings seruice But their pleaâ—ings are to be read in Arnault against them and Versoris for them both graue and learned aduocates By the reduction of so many Prouinces Townes Comonalties and priuate Noblemen the League shall bee now confined into some corners of Bourgongne Picardie and Brittanie where the Spaniards to haue alwaies footing within the Realme entertayned the hopes of the Duke of Mayenne and Mercoeur The first began to fall from them but the other grounded vpon some vaine pretentions of the Duchie where he gouerned by reason of his wife hoped to preuaile if not of all yet at the least of a good part The Queene Dowager his Sister laboured to make his peace but hee delayed the time knowing that in his greatest extremity he should finde grace with the King The Spaniard being brought into Blauet by his meanes a fort which the situation of the country had made almost impregnable if as they had built a fort neere vnto Croisae to shut vp the entrie of the port at Brest they had also made an other right agaiâ—st it on the other banke hoped that being chased out of the other Prouinces he should yet hold this as a pawne for the money he had disbursed His Maiestie sent the Marshall D'Aumont Warre in Brittanie and Generall Norrice an English man to encounter him who fortified with a Fleete vnder the command of Captaine Frobisher they became maisters of Quimpercorentin and Morlay and then they forced the new fort at Croisae and slue but with the losse of men and of the sayd Frobisher foure hundred Souldiars to whom the gard was committed France grew quiet yet must they imploy the Souldiars and carry the warre into the Spaniards country It seemed this would free the realme but sildome doth it bring forth the effects that are expected In Luxembouâ—g Yet for a triall the King agrees with the Estates of Holland and their confederates to inuade the Duchie of Luxembourg with their common forces The Duke of Bouillon now Marshall of France and the Cont Nassau seeke to enter in October but they finde the passages stopt and the Cont Charles Mansfield before them who by the defeat of the Hollanders troupes made this attempt fruitlesse On the other side the King seekes to keepe the frontiers of Picardie safe from the Spanish forces and threatned Arthois and Henault That if they fauoured the forces of Spaine which molested Cambray and the Countries there about he would make violent watre against them The Estates of those Prouinces make no answer to these threates framing their excuse that they could draw no direct answer
what is past we must haue our eyes open to distinguish the causes from the pretexts and discouer the euill which is hidden vnder a shew of good holding alwaies for an infallible Maxime 〈◊〉 there is no â—â—st occasion to arme against his Prince nor to trouble the quiet of his Countrie We haue beene so abused as we haue taken the Maske for the Face Sâ—lanâ—â—â— For Inocencie and Falshod for Truth and vnder these false impressions we haue 〈…〉 assured Peace for a doubtfull We haue beleeued those Emperiks of State who desirous to continue our languishing and to prolong our diseases haue from that Principle of Truth that Ciuill warre ruines both Estate and religion drawne this proposition Warre ruines both State and Religion That France cannot liue in peace with two Religions The which hath dost the liues of those that haue maintayned it and the ruine of others that haue beleeued it Being then reconciled for that which is past and well aduised hereafter hauing escaped shipwrake against our owne hope let vs remaine in the port of this concord where the King doth guide vs after so many stormes and tempests wee shall be there assured The Sea doth no harme to Shippes that haue good Anchors Obedience is the Anchor which doth assure our Shippe Obedience the eye and heart of an Estate against the furie of winde and waues It is that which giues life and motion to all the members of the body and there is not a more certaine signe of the life of an Estate then Obedience It is the eye of the body which liues last and dyes first it should bee the heart which liues first and dyes last This yeare the Princesse Antoinette Daughter to the Duke of Lorraine was conducted by the Earle of Vaudemont her brother to the Duke of Iâ—illiers who had married her shee was attended with a goodly traine and came to Collen where she was honourably receiued by the Senate and after some dayes she went downe the Riuer to Duisseldorp The Nuptiall ioy was great and stately The Duke of Iuillâ—ers marries the daughter of the Duke of Lorraine although it were somewhat disturbed by the insolencie of the armies aswell of the States as of the Admirall The marriage of Sibille Sister to the Duke of Iuilliers and of the Marquis of Bourgondie brother to Andrew of Austria the Cardinall caused a peace in the Countrie of Cleues and all the Spanish pretentions went to smoake When as after the death of the Duchesse of Beaufort they saw the King falling into a new shipwrack from the which hee was lately escaped and that loue mourning yet for his first Venus lead him to another you might heare the sighes of the most modest the murmuring of the most turbulent and generally presages of some approching storme This was the onely spotte of Oyle which did pierce through the glorious actions of this Prince who superiour to all other in Courage and Valour and alwayes equall to himselfe made himselâ—e subiect to this Pâ—ssion Trueth will not suffer me to suppresse that which cannot be bid It is good to conceale that which is doubtfull in his actions that hath no other Iudge but God· but to keepe secret that which is knowne and seene of all men is a basenesse It imports to know things truly which not being written shall passe to posteritie according to their passions which shall begin and continue the tradition Ancient Historieâ— as full of simple Trueth as voide of Affectation haue not concealed the loues of Princes whose vertues they haue written Of all the foâ—lies of mâ—n there is none more excusable nor of the which fewer do excuâ—e themselues then of Loue. All fight vnder this banner If then it was necessarie for the King to loue he could not loue any thing more worthy of his loue But when as Death did see that the Louer grew blind in the thing he loued and that this blindnâ—sse had brought France into confused darknesse he separated them Vpon this consideration the Court of Parliament finding that there is nothing that doth more preserue France from falling into forepassed miseries or more assure the present and continues their prosperities hereafter then the Kings issue The Court of Parliament perswades the King to maâ—â—y therefore they beseeched his Maiestie to marry and to giue to himselfe a Sonne and a Successor to his Realme there being no armie more powerfull either by Sea or Land to assure an Empire then many Children La Guesle the Kings Atturney general made the speech He represented vnto his Maiestie how much he was bound vnto God He discouered the publick diseases of his estate shewed the remedies and in the end he let him see that the enioying of all the felicities which peace purchased by his victorious armes could promise him was weakly grounded France was not assured to see it durable the which depended on the lawfull birth of a Daulphin That although by the lawe of State a sacred and immutable Law M. de la Guesles speech vnto the King and an originary and fundamentall Law of the Crowne the succession belongs to the neerest Kinsman yet France is too full of those turbulent spirits which in the calme of Peace watch carefully for occasions of warre which in the middest of rest breath after troubles and freed from the perill of armes hold still like madde man their Hearts and tâ—eir Courages armed to mooue new contentions an other day against the Lawe and order of the Realme whereof the King himselfe had made such tryall of their bad intentions as without the vertue of Heauen infused into him his Right had beene vanquished by Force That although his Maiestie by his wisedome accompanied with a singular boâ—nâ—iâ— and charitable affection to the quiet of his Subiects hath declared his successor to the Crowne yet France hath alwayes obserued that when the Crowne did leape from one branche of a Familie vnto an other and that the Sonne did not succeed the Father it was disquieted with new factions and the fields bathed with the bloud of her Cittizens and the fire of Ciuill warre so kindled as two ages was scarse able to quench 〈◊〉 That to take away these iust feares and apprehensions of these publike calamitâ—es the succession must not change the branch for where there is no change there is no stirre and the Children succeeding in the Fathers Realme it seemes that he that raigned is rather growne yong againe then changed The King of Fâ—ance neuer dâ—es there is nothing new the Crowne continues in the same houâ—e the Fathers face is noted in that of his Sonne That the shining of the SuÌ„ne is pleasing as a calme Sea or the Earth couered with his greene tapistrie But there is nothing so goodly nor so delightfull to the Eye as the sight of Children newly borne in a family that wanted this aduantage That to attaine vnto this happines they must begin by the dissolution of the
a list He that appreheÌ„ds death hath no desire to eate yet hee set him downe rose againe presently and according to his vsuall maner went vnto a window which looked into the Court of the Basâ—ille where hearing the cries and lamentations of a woman hee thought they were for him had this sad content to see they wept for him before his death Soone after the Chancellor goes towards him who crossing through the Court the Duke of Biron espied him cryed out that he was dead You come sayd he to pronounce my sentence I am condemned vniustly tell my kins-folkes that I die an innocent The Chancellor went on without any motion coÌ„manding that they should bring him into the Chappel The prisoner seeing him come a farre of cried out The Duke of Biâ—ons words to the Chancellor Oh my Lord Chancellor is there no pardon is there no mercy The Chancellor saluted him and puâ—ts on his hat The Duke of Biron continued bare and hauing abandoned all the powers of his Soule to greefe and passion hee tooke the aduantage to speake first and to speake all that a tounge ouer greeued might vtter reproching the Chancellor that hee had not had so great a desire to saue him as to condemne him After condemnation all discours is vaine Hee added thervnto certaine words the recording whereof is prohibited and the report punnishable But Princes regard not the rayling of subiects against their Maiesty the which returnes alwaies froÌ„ whence it came The Duke of Biron knowing not whom he should challenge most for his misfortune turned towards the Chancellor and shaking him by the arme sayd You haue iudged me God will absolue me Men condemned may speak any thing hee will lay open their Iniquities which haue shut their eyes because they would not see mine innocency you my Lord shall answere for this iniustice before him whether I do sommon you within a yeare and a day I go before by the iudgement of men but those that are the cause of my death shall come after by the iudgement of God All which was deliuered with such violence as hee cryed out and stormed both against the King and his Parliament They beare with all which proceeds from choller in a condemned man of his humor and quality But this excesse to adiorne a Chancellor to Heauen being 70. yeares old was held vnworthy the great courage of a Captaine blaspheming and brauing death and yet ignorant how they pleade in an other world He was not the first in the like extremities that haue adiourned their Iudges before the Throne of God Iohn Hus sayd in dying That those which had condemned him should answer a hundred yeares after before God and him and the Bohemians who preserued the Asshes of his bones and maintained his Doctrine coyned money with this adiournement But the Duke of Birons assignation was vaine for the Chancellor appeered not but hath bin more healthful since then before He found no means to enter into discours amidest the confusioÌ„ of so many words which were like vnto a violent streame Yet he interrupted him to tell him that he had need of Gods helpe that he should recommend himselfe vnto him He presently answered that hee had thought vpon God and implored his aide to giue him patience against their iniustice but neither he nor his Iudges had thought of it in condeÌ„ning him Passion transports the rounge Passion sayd the Chancellor makes you to speake many things without any colour and against your owne Iudgement There is not any man hath better knowne your merits then my selfe and I would to God your offences had bin as much vnknowne as they haue bin dissembled The knowledge thereofwas so great and so perfect as your Iudges haue bin more troubled howe to moderate your paine then to haue you punnished they haue more labored to iustefie you then to condemne you Whilest the Chancellor was speaking the Duke of Biron turned towards Roissy Master of Requests asked him if he had also bin one of his Iudges Roissy answered My Lord I pray God to comfort you My father loued you so intirely replied the Duke of â—iroÌ„ that although you were one of them that had coÌ„demned me I would forgiue you And so returning to his discourse he addresâ— himselfe vnto the Chancellor who was saying some-thing vnto Voisin I see well sayd he what it is I am not the most wicked but I am the most vnfortunate Those which haue done worse then I would haue done are â—auored The Kings clemency is dead for me Hee doth not immitate the examples of Caesar nor Augustus or of those great Princes who not only pardoned them that would haue done ill but euen them that did ill who were euer sparing of their bloud yea of that which was least esteemed wherin can the King shew himself greater theÌ„ in pardoning Clemency is a Kingly vertue Euery one may giue death Clemency a royall vertue but it belongs onely to Soueraigns to giue life And cruell that he is doth he not knowe well that he hath pardoned me I had a bad desseigne he granted me grace I demand it againe you may easily aduertise him a â—â—st wil soone returne The Queene of England told me that if the Earle of Essâ—x would haue humbled himselfe and sued for grace shee would haue pardoned him Hee grewe obstinate and would neuer implore her mercy taking from her all meanes to shew the effects She like a generous Princesse desiryng to pardon him euen as she would that God should pardon her He was guilty I am innocent he sued for no pardon for his offence I craue it in mine Inoceney Is it possible the King should thinke no more of the seruices I haue done him doth hee not remember the conspiracy at Mantes and the danger hee had runne if I had had intelligence with the Conspirators who found nothing that did hinder the effects of their desseigne then my loyaltie nor a more ready meanes to attayne vnto it then in causing me to be slaine The Duâ—â— oâ— Birons repâ—ochâ—s There is no veine in my bodie which hath not bled for his seruice He shewes that he neuer loued me any longer then he thought himselfe to haue neede of me Hâ—th he forgotten the â—eege of Amiens where they haue seene me so often couered with fire and bullets and to be in so many dangers eyther to giue oâ— to receiue death Hee now quentcheth the torch in my bloud after that he hath vsed it My Father exposed himselfe to a thousand dangers and purchased death to â—et the Crowne vpon his head I haue receiued fiue and thirty wounds vpon my body to preserue it for him and for my reward hee takes my Head from my Shoulders Let him beware least the Iâ—stice of God fall vpon him He shall finde what profit my death will bring him it will nothing assure his affaires but impaire the reputation of his Iustice. Hee
that it would not bee taken ill at Rome knowing that he did it onely to please the King and to haue audience But he had some difficulty to decipher himself when he was to speake vnto the King for he could not vnder one habit play two contrary personages neither had hee words in his mouth nor teares in his eyes for this sorrow He that will ease an others griefe must shew that he hath a part feeling thereof Hee went after an other maner and his spirit did fit him with an other kinde of complement the which although it were free yet was it not vnpleasing Hee sayd vnto the King that such as knew what he was and in whose name hee spake would wonder at the office which he did but he had more occasion then any other for that al lamented the losse of the Body but his Maister the losse of the Soule The King sayd vnto him that hee beleeued his Sister was saued for that in the last gaspe an extreame griefe might carry her right into Heauen the Noncio replied My Lord that discours is more Metaphisicall then Phisicall and so they both entered into other talke The great Duke of Tuscany had an enterprise profitable glorious for ChristendoÌ„ The Knights of his Order presented unto him often many occasions which might fill their hands with palmes and charge the Turkes with blowes and shame The burning of the Turkes gallies at Algier hee made choise of the most difficult important in burning of the Turkes gallies at Algier that he might make all that season fruitlesse and his preparation vnprofitable The time did hasten the execution but the wisedome of the great Duke did iudge that the stay was more safe then the hazard if a Diomedes were fit to do this enterprise an Vlisses was as necessary to coÌ„duct it Policy Wisdom being better then Force An English Captain arriued happily with a Ship laden with Marchandize for a Marchant of Pisa. The great Duke informes himselfe of him in what estate the Gallies were in the Port of Algier He told him that they were eight in number ready to set sayle in the beginning of Aprill to scowre along that coast The great Duke discouered his desseigne vnto him the Captaine gaue him some reasons to make this enterprise easie and the great Duke â—eanes to execute it He laded his ship with Salt vnder the which he had hidden his Fire-workes Powder Armes and to the end that if the execution succeeded not as he hoped the King of England should not be offended he left the English Flag and tooke that of the Estates of Holland and Zeland Hee entred the Pâ—râ— of Algier making a shew that he would vnlade his Salâ— Where finding two other English Vessells he discouered his desseigne vnto the Captaine offering them part of the Honour and Profit of the execution if they would hazard themselues in the same danger They agree and prepare for it happilie taking such good oportunity to cast the fire as if the great Duke had bin as well serued by them which made the artificiall fires as by them which cast theÌ„ the Turke had saued nothing of his Gallies but the ashes which the Winde had left vpon the Port and the spoyles of this Pyâ—at had beene preuented He had another Enterprise against the Turke where in he was not hindred but by the Infidelity of those to whom he had giuen the Word Faith of a Prince to dwell safely in his Estates An other enterprise of the great Dukes in Negrepoâ—t The Iewes which liue at Liuorno did discouer it giuing intelligeÌ„ce thereof so soone as the Marriners which came from the Leâ—ant and past by the Port said that they attended the great Dukes Gallies in Negrepont The great Duke did but laugh at it Theâ—e be the affects of Fidelity and Affection which Princes may expect in nourishing those Serpents in their bosomes The Iewes bee the Turkes best spies who knowes that they are madde against Christians with an implacable furye Curst Dogges are kept tyed all day and let loose at night But these People should be straitly garded at all times And in all places they should be still kept in seruitude as their rebellion against the Trueth hath deserued The King of Spaine discontent The King of Spaine is offended that the French go to serue Prince Maurice to hinder his brother the Archduke in the taking of Ostend That he lends them money that he prohibits his Subiects to trafficke into Spaine and Flanders The King saies that he hath not therby any cause to coÌ„plaine For the first he doth not aduow them that go to serue the States For the second he reâ—tores that which they haue lent him paies in small summes the grosse which he had receiued in his necessity But the King hath two great occasions to be offended with the King of Spaine The one was that he refuseth to reuoake the impositioÌ„ of 30. in the 100. which he hath set vppon all Marchandize that goes in or comes out off Spaine Discomodities vpon the Inhibition of Trafficke Vpon this refusal he was couÌ„celled to forbid the French to Trafficke into Spaine or Flanders The MarchaÌ„ts of the Towns of Traffike made great sute to haue it taken awaye and deliuered in reason that deserued consideration if the King had not had others of greater importance the which made him to continue constant although he in his own priuate receiued more preiudice then any other by the great dimynution of his Customes But he respected not this losse in regard of a greater good hauing found that the continuance of the Trafficke which the French made into Spaine into the Archdukes Countries would be more ruinous then profitable vnto theÌ„ for the great and insupportable impositions which they lay vpon the Marchandize that went in or out off their Estates An Ambassador fâ—om the King of Cusco at Valence The King of Spaine should haue pleased many if hee would haue made shewe of this discontent vppon this Interdiction But he had other thoughts And hauing had some speech with the Ambassador of the King of Cusco at Valence many beleeued that he would againe attempt Algier for that he caused him to be conducted by a Maister of the Campe an Ingener with great store of munition and wilde fire laden in three Frigats This Inhibition did nothing alter the Peace of Veruins as they desired which cannot carry their Hands but vpon the pomells of their Swordes their Feet but vppon a breath and their eyes but vpon a place of Battaile but a wise Prince doth neuer vndertake any Warre lightly considering that the time of frindship is more sweete then that of reuenge Treason discouered The other cause of offence was that hee did withdrawe the Kings subiects from their faith and loyalties and that he alwaies entertained some Traitors in â—rance Desbarraux the Kings Ambassador in Spaine
marriage betwixt his Maiestie and the Queene Marriages broken for iust causes Duchesse of Valois being no lesse easie then that of Charlemagne with Irmengrade and Theodor a Daughter Sister to Didier King of Lombards for indisposition and sterilitie of Lewis the 7. with Elenor Duchesse of Guienne for some discontentments set downe in the Historie and couered with the pretext of Consanguinitie of Lewis the 12. with Ioane of France daughter to King Lewis the XI constrayned by force and want of consent That they should not be troubled to seeke lawfull causes of this dissolution for besides the want of issue in the which consists the secoÌ„d end of Matrimonie and the preseruation of the State they should not need to inuent the degree of consanguinitie being knowne to all men that the King and Queene are in the third degree a blemish which hath alwayes accompanied the Marriage since the sollemnisation thereof and the which was not taken away by the breefe of Pope Gregory the 13. for that the necessarie and essentiall formes were not obserued After that hee had shewed the necessitie profit of this separation he beseecheth the King to choose his second Wife in a cheefe and soueraigne Familie and which had beene heretofore honoured with the like happines and to consider that so great a Realme flourishing in Princes and many Noblemen and ancient houses cannot easily submit themselues to the commaund of those which by both sides shall not be of the bloud royall or soueraigne halfe Princes halfe simple gentlemen And if at any time wee must respect the distinction of Birthes Races it must be when as they that come are borne to coÌ„mand ouer others That they could not giue Heires to a Realme of too worthie a House· and if hee bee not equall by the Fathers side yet at the least that he come neere vnto it for men being by nature high minded do not willingly submit themselues to them whom they thinke to bee inferiour vnto their Fathers vnto whose commaund they haue beene inured The King was well pleased wâ—th this discours and aduertised Queene Marguerit thereof by L' Anglois one of the Masters of Requests of his Maiesties houshold to vnderstand her resolution touching the nullitie of their Marriage Shee who vpon the like demand during the life of the Duchesse of Beaufort had made refusall for some reasons returned him answere that shee would deliuer her mynd vnto Berthier Agent for the Clergie and Intendant of her affaires The Kings intentions were imparted vnto him and hee sent vnto her who returned with this answere vnto the King and his Councelâ— A Letter from Queene 〈◊〉 vnto the King That shee desired nothing more then the Kings contentment and the quiet of the Realme and withall shee sent a priuat letter vnto his Maiestie beseeching him To grace her with his protection vnder the shadow whereof shee would passe the remainder of her yeares The sayd Qâ—eene sent a Petition vnto the Pope Hâ—â— request â—nto the Pope conteining That her brother King Charles the 9 and the Queene her mother had married her against her will to which marriage her heart had neuer consented That the King and shee being in the third degree of consanguinitie she beseeched his Holines to declare the marriage voide The King made the like request This busines was managed very seriously by the Cardinaâ—l of Ossat and by the Lord of Sillery the Kings Ambassador at Rome who at the same time pursued the Iudgement â—or the Marquisate of Saluces They beseeched his Holines in his Maiesties name That for that which should concerne the nullity of the sayd marriage he desired no other fauour then that of Iustice. This busines was imparted by the Pope vnto the Consistory Pope Gregories dâ—spenâ—aâ—on was 〈◊〉 the maâ—râ—age and many reasons set downe to proue the nullity of the marriage All the difficulty was Pâ—pe Clement the 8. thought it some-what strange that hee should declare that marriage voyde which Pope Gregory the 13. had approued and who by his absolute authoritie had taken away all lets and hindrances All which was answered at large And although it were true that Qâ—eene Marguerite had continued long with the King Yet this coâ—abitation was alwaies forced and the same feaâ—e which was in the beginnâ—ng of the marriage had continued during the life of her Bretheren and the Queene â—er Mother and the time was to be regarded so long as the feare continued for marriages contracted by force and constraint without consent are voyde and time doth not deface the nullity if he that is forced hath not liberty to do that freely which they haue made him do by force In the end it was resolued on in the Consistory that a Commâ—ssion should be granted to certaine Prelats to take iust knowledge of the cause vpon the place The King 〈◊〉 boâ—ne the 1â— of December 1553 and baptâ—zed 〈…〉 the Cardinaâ—l of Bourbon 〈◊〉 King Henry the 2. and to iudge of the nullity of the sayd marriage His Holineâ— sent this Commission vnto the Cardinall Ioyeuze to the Bishop of Modene his Nuntio in France and to the Archbishop of Arles a learned Italian Prelate and well practised in those affaires who being assembled at Paris after that they had obserued all solemnities that were requisite and caused information to be taken of his Maiesties age hauing vewed the reqâ—isition of the three Estates of France conteyning the great interest they had therein Aâ—l being wel examined considered they declared the sayd marriage voide set the parties at liberty to marry where they pleased The King sent d'Alincourt Gouernor of Pontoise Knight of his Orders to thanke the Pope for his good iustice the Earle of Beaumont to Queene Margeret to let her vnderstaÌ„d that the Popes Delegates had giuen vp their sentence The kingâ— letter to Queene Margueâ—iâ— And seeing that God had suffred that the bond of their conâ—uÌ„ction was disolued the which his diuine Iustice had done as well for their particular quiet as for the publike good of the Realme hee desired no lesse to cherish and loue her then before resoluing to haue more care of that which did concerne him then he had had to let her vnderstand that hereafter he would not be a Brother to her only in name but shee should finde effects worthy of the trust which she had reposed in the sincerity of his aâ—fection She made answer vnto the King Queene 〈◊〉 answere That although it were easie to receiue comfort for the losse of any worldly thing yet the onely respect of the merit of so peâ—â—ect a King and so valiant did by the priuation therof cut off all consolation being the marke of the genâ—rosity of such a spirit to make her griefe immortall as hers should be if the fauor which it pâ—eased his Maiesty to do her by the assurance of countenance and protection did not banish it At the same time