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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01145	A caueat for France, vpon the present euils that it now suffereth Together with the remedies necessarie for the same. Translated out of French into English by E. Aggas.	Aggas, Edward.	1588 (1588)	STC 11259; ESTC S122364	21,115	30

vpon our soules vnprofitable also for who can prosper against Gods will And what haue wee in the course of these three parts seene but a meere going backeward and funerals in liew of triumphes But you will replie In whome is the fault that we haue not peace also howe often haue wee caused it to bee motioned went not the queene into Poitou to the king of Nauarre But this prince men say is shie and will not easily bee handled truely with all such as haue not haunted him he is to bee pardoned though they thinke him not tractable for considering howe hee hath euer since his youth beene intreated they may haue good cause so to beleeue sith the most patient man in the world might haue growen out of patience the most phlegmatike into choler the easiest and most tractable to bee distrustfull backwarde and implacable But let vs iudge of his humors by his behauiours he came to the warre vpon great extremitie and that as late as hee could it is then to bee beleeued that he will not be slacke to come to peace he saw himselfe and his partaker persecuted with all rigor confiscate banished disgraded condemned executed murdered and all vnder colour of the religion which he professed all which notwithstanding hee neuer altered his manner of proceedings hee neuer molested anie for religion hee kept their promised liberties and safetie hee preserued vnder his protection such Catholikes as were not of the League yea he pardoned euen those of the league and being taken after the heate of armes hee gratified them and if he vsed a contrerigour wee could not tell what to say for wee all doo sufficientlie knowe that the first is guiltie of the second Wee must therefore confesse that hee hath a verie temperate minde besides his nature hee I say whome so manie wronges griefes and iniuries could neuer make passionate or to alter It hath also beene sufficientlie noted that so long as there was anie hope to see him ouerthrowne or that his enimies had anie aduantage of him they were still assisted with all helpe without anie spare they neuer propounded vnto him anie meete condition albeit the next daie after a victorie of his hee sendeth to the King hee bewaileth with him the shedding of so much blood as is spilt hee offereth with all his heart to doo him seruice in the stanching thereof hee returneth most of the prisoners of account either infinitelie commending his curtesie or if they conceale it of all men condemned of ingratitude Truelie he who being rashlie delt with in so manie sackings and yet was neuer seene out of course no not being caused with full bridle cannot but haue a sure heade and mouth neither is there any let but in our good helpe that he may do verie well To be briefe in his aduersitie wee haue seene him victorious in his prosperitie a conqueror of himselfe in the sorest smart of his iniuries cleane from all reuenge in the swiftest slidings of his good happe void of insolencie alwaies readie to admit the reasons of such as haue offended him particularlie and to giue ouer his most boyling passions to common benefite Let vs then beleeue that hee flieth not from peace but desireth it and that he is not so shie and malitious as men make him But indeed the Rose pricketh when we doo not take hold of it where we should and if we consider well we shall see that all that hath yet ben done and as it seemeth of set purpose hath tended onelie to driue him into dispaire To prooue this to bee so let vs see howe they haue dealt with those of the League and howe with the king of Nauarre hee a household childe they strangers not so much as of the familie though they bee of the realme The Guizians are not so soone though without cause vp in armes but the Queene all thinges set aside goeth to them yea shee seeketh after them euen to the lands ende them who had they beene couragiouslie assailed were not able anie whit to abide it Contrariwise the King of Nauarre beeing for the safetie of his owne person constrained to take armes is left alone fifteene whole monethes to drie vp the blowes hee is on all sides shotte at to make an ende of him so long as they thinke to see him either besieged or beaten they speake neuer a worde but waite the ende But when his enimies are no longer able to assaile him when they haue discharged euen their last peece in vaine when hauing long time fenced and borne off the blowes they see him sounde and safe readie to repay them then beginne they to vouchsafe to speake vnto him and that as it seemeth rather to hale the enimies out of the prease then any way to content him The Queene comming neere to the Guizians for feare of scarring them causeth all her power to depart ceaseth all hostilitie letteth scape all occasions to harme them giueth them leasure to gather together both their spirits and helpes yea both Reistres and Suitzers Contrariwise and that was the good counsaile of the good Frenchmen that assisted her at the verie time of her comming to parley with the King of Nauarre did the armie of the Lorde of Ioyeuse most force it selfe in Languedocke where it put all that it coulde force to fire and sworde as also did the armie of the Lord of Espernon in Prouence yea hardlie will she permitte after manie formalities and iournies to and fro that the Marshall Biron should staie beyond Loire The Queene to content those of the league promiseth that the Germaines that come to the Kings succour shoulde not enter and suspendeth their leauie albeit the issue of the negotiation were doubtfull Contrariwise shee requireth the king of Nauarre for a preamble first of al vnder the vncertaine hope of an vncertaine peace to suspende and stay his forreine armie But wil you see after so many ceremonies what conditions are propounded vnto him That is That all exercise of his religion cease in al the townes within his authoritie and part That himself and all his resolue with themselues vtterlie to renounce the same and neuer more to speake of it otherwise let him neuer looke for anie peace at the kings hands whereas for satisfying those of the league al exercise was taken from those of the cōtrarie religion that is so far as might be they had giuen them both their bodies and soules These are the speeches which the queene verie earnestlie commanded the lord of Touraine to impart to the king of Nauarre from the which shee neuer departed And then thinke you what likelihood there was after fortie yeares fire and fiue and twentie yeares warre that the Huguonets woulde suffer themselues to be brought backe to their A B C. yea imagine whether they whome so manie troubles namely these last had made cannon proofe who durst abide the cannon in poore milnes rather then to force their consciences were capable of this article and that a