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A47710	Memorable accidents, and unheard of transactions containing an accout of several strange events: as the deposing of tyrants, lamentable shipwrecks, dismal misfortunes, stratagems of war, perilous adventures, happy deliverances, with other remarkable occurrences, and select historical events, which have happened in several countries in this last age. Translated from the French, printed at Brussels in 1691. and dedicated to his present Majesty William King of England, &c. Published in English by B.B.	B. B.; Léonard, T.	1693 (1693)	Wing L1100A; ESTC R217274	108,650	193

and that he himself had the greatest cause to complain that his Loyalty should be suspected who had given so many and so great proofs thereof The Count of Soissons finding all his endeavours were fruitless against his obstinate temper left him and the next morning early the King sent for him into the little Garden and discours'd with him a long time he making still great protestations of his Innocency beating his Breast and casting up his Eyes to Heaven in confirmation thereof At their parting there appeared Anger in the Kings Countenance and by the Dukes carriage there seemed Fire in his Words From thence the Duke went to Dinner and had a Letter delivered him with Advice to retire himself but he laugh'd at all warnings and despised any Advertisement of his fall The King had an account of his Bravado's but took little notice of them at length upon consultation with some of the Lords of the Council it was resolved that he should be apprehended and likewise the Count of Auvergne the King would not have them taken in the Court but in their own Lodgings which the Duke of Biron was somewhat apprehensive of and therefore thought he need fear nothing in the Presence-Chamber but that his danger would be most in going forth to prevent which he had provided a short Sword wherewith to make his way by the Death of any Opposer The King was informed that if he were not seized in the Presence-Chamber it would occasion Blood-shed to prevent which it was convenient to pass by some unnecessary respects the King sent for Vitry and Pralin Captains of his Guards and ordered them in what manner to execute his commands The Duke of Biron sup'd at Montignys Lodgings where he discours'd more proudly and vainly than ever of his own Merits and his many Friends in Switzerland and proceeded highly to commend the Piety Justice and Liberality of the late King of Spain Montigny sudenly interrupted him saying The greatest commendation due to that Princes memory was That he put his own Son to Death for attempting to promote troubles and disturbances in the State This put an end to the Dukes Harangue who by his Eyes seemed to hear this sharp reply with much amazement and surprize After Supper the Duke of Biron and the Count of Auvergne waited on the King in the Garden with a greater Train of Guards than they expected The King invited the Duke to play in the Queens Lodgings they plaid at Chess and the King being perplex'd went often to and again to his Closet As they entred the Door of the Chamber the Count of Auvergne whispered the Duke in the Ear We are undone The King was much unresolved but at length he pray'd God to assist him with his Holy Spirit and to infuse such Resolutions into him as might be for his Glory and the good of his people over whom he Ruled only by his Grace His Prayer ended his doubts were satisfied and he concluded absolutely to deliver the Duke into the hands of Justice The Count of Auvergne was retir'd the King sent for him and walked about the Room while the Duke minded nothing but his Game Varennes Lieutenant of his Company pretending to take up his Cloak told him in his Ear He was undone This last word astonished him so that he neglected his Game which the Queen observing told him That he had misreckon'd himself to his own loss The King answered That they had plaid enough commanding every man to retire He took the Duke of Biron into his Cabinet and charged him once for all freely to declare what Transactions he had managed with the Duke of Savoy and the Count of Fuentes Governour for the King of Spain assuring him that his Clemency should surmount his Crimes The Duke though he was conscious to himself that he deserved Death yet had not the humility to desire his Life nor a Tongue to beg pardon but answered the King more resolutely than ever That they had contrived the overthrow of an honest Man and that he had no other design than what he had already discovered I wish to God it were so said the King but I find you will not acquaint me with it Adieu Good Night As the Duke was going out of the Cabinet and had passed the Chamber-Door he met Vitry who laid his Hand upon Birons Sword and demands the delivery of it by the Kings Order From me said the Duke What to take away my Sword who have so faithfully served the King My Sword Who have ended the War and have settled Peace in France That my Sword which my Enemies could never wrest from me should be now taken away by my Friends He intreated the Duke of Montbazon to beseech the King to give him leave to deliver it into his own hands the King ordered Vitry to do as he had commanded him The Duke was forced to suffer it to be taken from him and in delivering in cast his Eyes about to seize upon another but they prevented him When he saw all the Guard placed in the Gallery he thought they would have killed him and desired to have something in his Hand that he might have the Honour to dye in defending himself and some little time to pray to God They answered That no Man should hurt him they having Order from the King only to conduct him to his Lodgings You see said he in passing by how good Catholicks are Treated He was carried to the Closet of Arms but neither slept nor lay down Praliu was sent to the Count Auvergne to demand his Sword in the Kings Name I take it said the Count it hath never killed any but Wild Boars if thou hadst informed me of this I had been a Bed and asleep two hours ago These two Noble-men were like Torches in a Field of Corn able to inflame the Kingdom The Duke of Biron grew extreamly impatient scarce speaking a Word but it was either against God or the King and discovered all the rage and fury of a Mad-man but suddenly recollecting himself Well said he I find this is but Folly for all my passion and raving will do me no Service The King returned from Fountainbleau where the Conspiracy was discovered to Paris and was received with the Shouts and Acclamations of the people for his safe return and their Deliverance from Slavery The Prisoners were led to the Bastile the Duke of Biron was melancholly and dejected the Count of Auvergne merry and pleasant the first entred the Bastile as into his Grave the second as into a Palace imagining that no place could be a Prison to him They had the liberty of the House but fearing the Dukes desperation might make him destroy himself they suffered none that came near him to wear Arms and seeing himself served with a Knife without a point he said That this was to the Greve which is a place in Paris where great persons are Executed and speaking of Death with disdain said That it

War against him and Rig'd out a Fleet that brav'd him making several descents in Denmark and plundring Elsenore The King at the time of this last action was at Cronenburg where he raised near ten thousand men for the relief of this Capital City that was then threatned by his Enemies He form'd a kind of Camp at the Burgh of Lolberg adjacent to the Town and often visited it to encourage his Souldiers One day going thither accompanied only with Sigibrit and a Waiting-Maid of hers he met on the way a Troop of Strangers who not knowing him took him for a Burgher of Copenhagen and Sigebrit for his Mistress They immediately resolved to take her from him and executed it with the less difficulty because the King seeing himself so unequally match'd fled towards his Army The Waiting-Maid did not think her self oblig'd to shew greater courage than he and Sigebrit found her self alone expos'd to the fury of these Brutal persons who cast her into the Lake of Schollars not far from thence The King arriving at the Camp tarried no longer than was requisite to cause a Troop of his Cavalry to mount their Horses He returned to the place where he had left the object of his Love and finding no body there he doubted what had befaln the Unfortunate Sigebrit he approached to the Lake and as a Lovers eyes are more piercing than those of an indifferent person he perceived afar off Sigebrit in the Water making her last efforts to disingage her self from the mire which would have quickly suffocated her but for the timely assistance she had from the King who considered not a moment whether he should hazard his life to save hers But Sigebrit was only rescued from the Lake to fall into a more threatning danger and the King by too diligent a care for the alone person for whom he was sensible of tenderness almost became the unwilling cause of her ruine He seized upon the first Coach he could find to convey Sigebrit back to Copenhagen this happened to be an open Coach which no sooner approached to one of the Gates of the City but Sigebrit was known by the Guard there Unluckily for her it fell out that this Company consisted of the Burghers of Rochild who were particularly incens'd against her for invading the principal Priviledge of their City which exempted them from all Impositions ordinary and extraordinary because the Kings of Denmark had chosen it for their Burial place The sad and lamentable condition in which this Object of pity appear'd and the report of the misfortune that preceded it was so far from moving compassion in them or softening their unrelenting hearts that they redoubled their hatred against her mix'd with Indignation Anger Fury and Sorrow for her escape which transported them to such a height that without deliberating or consulting together as if they had been inspir'd with the same motion they discharg'd all at once their Harquebusses against her But in vain do men attempt to punish the crime for which God has reserv'd to himself to execute Vengeance in another life Sigebrit receiv'd no hurt from so many persons that levell'd their pieces directly against her and all the Bullets that were shot at her did either pass through her Hair or graze upon her Clothes But the time was come that the King should feel the punishment of the many crimes that he had committed which had occasion'd the Revolt of some Provinces and he depriv'd himself of two Crowns upon a false alarm a vain report that had no certain Author He was inform'd that a Rumour was spread through the Town that his Rebellious Subjects had drawn in the Hanse Towns to their party and that having fortify'd themselves with so powerful a Confederacy they had obtain'd a promise of these jealous Republicks to send a Fleet before Copenhagen to cut off the Kings retreat This was so improbable a piece of News that the Kings Enemies had not the confidence to vouch it nevertheless it produced an effect which in vain they might have expected from their Arms and Plots The King was so strongly perswaded of the truth of it that he determin'd to prevent by a shameful flight the danger that he believ'd would otherwise inevitably overwhelm him One of the principal points of the Danish policy consisted in keeping always in the Port of Copenhagen twenty Vessels ready to Sail on all occasions and Reason and the History of the Country prove manifestly that this precaution is very beneficial to the State and hath several times sav'd it from imminent Ruine The King order'd all the valuable things that were in his Palace to be carried on Board these Ships and caused the rest of the Furniture thereof which was not worth the while to be Transported but might nevertheless accommodate a Successor to be destroyed Afterwards he went to Cronenburg and caused the Treasury to be Ransack'd in his presence of the Money there reserv'd for extraordinary Exigencies With these he Loaded the Admiral Ship of his Fleet forgetting or at least seeming not to remember that he had Sworn upon the Day of his Coronation That if ever he touch'd the Publick Treasure without the advice of the Nobility he thereby consented to his own Deposition But he was not only guilty of one kind of Sacriledge for he spoil'd the Churches of Copenhagen of their fairest Ornaments Nevertheless neglecting his Honour Oath Interest and Conscience he did not neglect his Infamous Concubine though he was but too well convinc'd that she was the fatal source of all his Miseries and it ought not to be esteem'd the least of his Misfortunes that he preserv'd an entire favour for that Monster of Unchastity for whom he had lost in all other things He knew there was not one of his Servants who did not mortally hate her and that if he entrusted them with the care of her person they would throw her into the Sea and pretend that she had dyed either through fear or by chance If he carried her along with him he could not always keep his eye upon her and every moment that he lost sight of her he run a hazard never to see her again Should he send her on Board before him she would be expos'd to the undiscreet fury of the first Mariner who beholding this fatal cause of the Civil War might be so brutal as to lose all the respect that he ow'd to the Royal Majesty of her Lover The King to avoid so many inconveniences represented to her in a few words the imminent danger that threatned her and led her into a Chamber where were several Baskets and Trunks for carriage of Provisions He perswaded her to enter into one which he judged most capable to contain her he shut her up in it so speedily that those who came to carry it away perceived nothing of the Stratagem The King himself embark'd first and order'd that Trunk to be brought into his Chamber In the mean

length he consented and profess'd he would have been glad that his Children had been Educated near the Lady de la Noue who was a Virtuous Woman but there fell out several things that obstructed their proceedings and the Girls remain'd in Guernsey till they died As for the Son he was carried from thence to London and because he was younger than his Sisters and had no correspondence with them he almost intirely lost the memory of his Extraction and was bound Prentice to a Shoomaker nevertheless when he was grown up having still some confus'd Idea's that he was descended of an Honourable Family in France and hearing of the interest that La Noue seem'd to have in these young Girls he suspected that he might be their Brother and being inform'd that La Noue was in Flanders he went thither to present himself to him He did so but he produc'd so few marks of his Birth and La Noue saw so little light in this Affair that he contented himself with Writing to Vezins that a Young-man had presented himself to him who call'd himself his Son La Noue being made a Prisoner in the Wars of Flanders six or seven years past over before he heard any more of this business and in the mean time the Young-man plying his Shoomakers Trade went at last to Geneva to Work there he had not been there long when La Noue arriv'd one of them not Dreaming of the other La Noue by chance sent to his Masters Shop for something belonging to that Trade which he wanted That Young-man carried it to him and knew La Noue by his Iron-Hand but durst not discover himself because he had not a very favourable reception the former time and was afraid to offend him La Noue did not mind him and six or seven years producing a great alteration in the face and stature of Young-men of that Age he thought upon nothing less than his Nephew nevertheless having observ'd some Gestures and Words that did not savour of a Shoomaker he ey'd him more attentively and fancy'd that he beheld in him the Air not only of him whom he had seen in the Low-Countries but also of his Brother de Vezins which oblig'd him to ask him who and whence he was The Young-man modestly answer'd that he was unable to give him a clear answer but that he was the Man that had the Honour to see him in Flanders and who there told him that he believ'd himself to be his Nephew the Son of the Lord de Vezins La Noue began to think that the Boy was truly what he call'd himself Afterwards asking him several questions concerning the manner of his being expos'd and of his Education The Young-man who had acquired more Judgment and Knowledge than when he saw him in Flanders and perhaps was better able to explain himself distinctly gave him so great satisfaction that he remained convinced that this was the true Heir of the House of Vezins He might have abandoned him and thereby taken the advantage of his Sisters Succession which was considerable but he had too Noble a Soul to prefer profit to his Duty he took the Young-man along with him and Educated him in a manner suitable to his Birth and his Father to whom he writ an account of the affair refusing to acknowledge him La Noue seized him at Law but the difficulty of the Times not permitting him to compass his design during his Life he left the Suit to Oder de la Nove his Son who carried it on and finished it with the same Generosity wherewith it was begun So the Father and the Son equally Generous established the Fortune of this near Relation whose Posterity yet enjoy the Estate of the Family of De Vezins The Life of the Lord de la Noue by L'Amirault The Raging Duke THE Duke of Biron was a great Favourite to Henry the Fourth Grandfather to the present French King but his Pride and Ambition prompting him to imagine that his Services to his Master were not rewarded according to his Merit he with several others of his Partizans entred into dangerous correspondences with the Duke of Savoy and the King of Spain to the prejudice of the Kings Affairs and likewise conspired to seize and destroy his Person King Henry had Intelligence of the whole Intrigue yet had such an entire love and favour for him that he sent for him and acquainted him with what discoveries he had made but added That if he would be so ingenuous to give him a full account of all the Transactions he should certainly find Mercy and Pardon from him The Duke being ignorant that one La Fin to whom he had declared his Resentments and made privy to the Designs he was managing had acquainted the King with the whole matter obstinately refus'd to confess any thing and denied he was any way concerned in any Conspiracy against him or his Government making many Pretestations of his Innocency beseeching the King to do him Justice against those who designed his Ruin by Slanders and false Reports which were insupportable to so clear a Soul as he had desiring leave to take his Revenge by the Sword The King led him to the Tennis-Court where the Duke proposed the Match saying That the Duke of Espernon and he would play against His Majesty and the Count of Soissons The Duke of Espernon suddenly replied My Lord you play well but you make your Matches ill At Supper he seemed discontented eating nothing nor any Man speaking to him esteeming him a Man abandoned to Misfortune yet he thought he had so much Courage that no Man durst lay hands on him The King in the mean time walked in his Chamber much disturbed how to come to a Resolution and speaking of him and the Count of Auvergne with the other Conspirators being full of Mercy and Clemency he said If they will yet return to their Duties and give me the opportunity to prevent the ill Designs of my Enemies I will still pardon them If they weep I will weep with them if they will remember the Duty that they owe me I will not forget to be kind and gracious to them they shall find me as full of Clemency as they are of Disloyalty and Ingratitude I would not make the Duke of Biron the first Example of the Severity of my Justice or that he should cause my Reign which hath hitherto been like a calm and serene Sky to be over-cast with Clouds Thunder and Lightning but yet I am resolv'd he shall either bend or break Next morning the King commanded the Count of Soissons to go to him and endeavour to mollify his Mind and draw the Truth out of him He goes to him he perswades conjures beseeches him to submit himself to the King and to fear the Indignation of a Prince as he would do the paw of a Lion The Duke of Biron answered roughly That the King had no reason to complain of him unless it were for his good Services

Grief and Passion he spoke all that a Mind over-whelmed with Sorrow could utter reproaching the Chancellor that he was more desirous to condemn than save him and raved against the King in the most horrid expressions imaginable then shaking the Chancellor by the Arm You have Judged me said he but God will Absolve me he will lay open the Iniquities of those who have shut their Eyes because they would not see mine Innocency You my Lord shall answer for this Injustice before him whither I do Summon you within a year and a day I go before by the Judgment of Men but those that are the cause of my Death shall come after by the Judgment of God All which was spoke with the utmost fury and rage with other terrible Words both against the King and Parliament but his appeal was not answered for the Chancellor lived many years after And then proceeding in his discourse I see very well that I am not the most Wicked but the most Vnfortunate those that have done worse than I ever thought are favoured the Kings Clemency is dead towards me he doth not imitate the example of Caesar nor Augustus or of other great Princes who not only pardoned those that intended ill but that acted it too they were over-sparing of Blood yea of the meanest Wherein can the King shew himself greater than in Pardoning Mercy is a Princely Virtue every one can give Death but it belongs only to Soveraigns to give Life and Cruel that he is Does he not remember that he hath already pardoned me I had a bad Design and he graciously forgave me I demand it again and so you may inform him The Queen of England told me that if the Earl of Essex would have humbled himself and asked her Pardon she would have forgiven him but he grew obdurate and would never implore her Mercy and thereby deprived her of all means to show the effects of her Goodness she like a Generous Princess desired to pardon him as she hoped that God would pardon her He was Guilty I am Innocent he Sued for no Pardon for his Offence I desire it for mine Innocence Is it possible he should forget the Services I have done him Does he not remember the Conspiracy at Mantes and his great danger if I had not prevented it There is no vein in my Body that hath not bled for his Service he shews that he never loved me any longer than he thought himself to have need of me Has he forgotten the Siege of Amiens where I was often seen covered with Fire and Bullets ready to give or receive Death My Father exposed himself to a thousand Dangers and lost his Life to set the Crown upon his Head I have received thirty five Wounds in my Body to secure the Crown to him and for my Reward he takes my Head from my Shoulders Let him beware lest the Justice of God fall upon him he will find what profit my Death will bring him it will but impair the Reputation of his Justice He will lose this day a good Servant and the King of Spain a great Enemy I am not put to Death because I Treated with him my Courage raised me up and my Courage ruins me The Chancellor desired him not to torment himself any more about his Sentence since they had done him that Justice which a Father is bound to pronounce against his Son in such a case as his At which word his rage increased What Justice says he I was never heard but once I could not deliver the fiftieth part of my Justification What Justice upon the Evidence of La Fin the most wretched and execrable Villain in the World The Chancellor to divert his discourse told him that he had brought two Divines to comfort and prepare him for Death he replied That he was already prepared and had his Soul in that Tranquillity as the Night before he had spoken with God and that his Guards had heard him laugh in his Sleep He desired the Chancellor that he might have the last consolation of dying men that is Liberty to make his Will which was granted and he gave away several things to his Servants and the Guards attending him They then desired him to kneel and hear the Sentence read Read it says he and I will be as supple as a Glove but when mention was made that he had attempted against the Kings person he fell again into a Rage so that it was concluded he should be bound and delivered instantly into the hands of the Executioner He swore he would be drawn to pieces with four Horses before he would be carried to dye at the Greve but was told That the King had done him the favour to be Executed in the Bastile By the perswasion of the Divines he began to examine his Conscience continuing therein about an hour which ought to have been done with an humble penitent and contrite Mind but he seemed more careful of the affairs of his Family than of his Soul praying to God not as a devout Christian but like a Souldier His Confession being ended he walked about often crying out of his Innocency and cursing La Fin and asking if it were not lawful for his Brethren to cause him to be Burnt He desired to see some of his Relations and Friends whom he Named but was told That there were none of them in the City whereupon he mournfully said All the World hath forsaken me in these Crimes Friendship is dangerous Friends fail and the Disease is counted Infectious to Acquaintance he is Wisest that knows no Man nor any Man him Going out of the Chappel the Executioner presented himself to him he asked Voison who he was It is said he the Executioner of the Sentence Be gone said the Duke touch me not till it be time and doubting he should be bound he added I will go freely to Death I have no hands to defend my self against it but it shall never be said that I dye bound like a Thief or a Slave and turning towards the Hang-man he swore if he came near him he would pull out his Throat He at length came to the Scaffold and kneeling upon the first step made a short Prayer with his eyes lift up to Heaven when he came up he cast a furious look upon the Executioner Voison perswaded him it was not he Nay says he You think to deceive me but I know him well enough The Executioner offered him a Cloth to put before his Eyes but he refused it saying That if he touch'd him except only to give him the stroke of Death he would strangle him He open'd his Breast to the Guards and said he should be much obliged to them if they would shoot him with a Musket What pity is it said he to dye so miserably and of so infamous a stroke He asked then Is there no pardon Well I have made my Soul ready to present it before Almighty God but I pity the Kings