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novailles_fw-fr the_o three_o who_o all_o come_v upon_o one_o and_o the_o same_o errand_n which_o be_v to_o tell_v i_o that_o if_o i_o do_v not_o sudden_o and_o with_o the_o extreme_a diligence_n go_v to_o relieve_v the_o city_n of_o bourdeaux_n it_o will_v infallible_o be_v lose_v through_o a_o unhappy_a difference_n be_v fall_v out_o there_o betwixt_o the_o fiâ—st_a precedent_n lagabaston_n and_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr novailles_fw-fr the_o governor_n bourdeaux_n wherefore_o the_o court_n of_o parliament_n the_o jurat_n and_o the_o say_v mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr novailles_fw-fr all_o of_o they_o entreat_v i_o to_o make_v haste_n or_o otherwise_o i_o will_v come_v too_o late_o for_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr novailles_fw-fr have_v already_o send_v for_o all_o the_o train'dband_n to_o bring_v they_o into_o the_o city_n by_o the_o castle_n of_o ha_o that_o be_v in_o his_o possession_n and_o some_o of_o
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gentleman_n to_o assure_v those_o of_o bourdeaux_n of_o my_o come_n but_o monsieur_n de_fw-fr het_n will_v not_o go_v away_o till_o he_o first_o see_v i_o on_o horseback_n and_o afterward_o rid_v so_o hard_o that_o he_o fall_v sick_a and_o have_v like_a to_o have_v die_v their_o arrival_n hold_v every_o one_o in_o suspense_n both_o on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o the_o other_o we_o stay_v but_o one_o night_n at_o again_o and_o go_v forward_o and_o in_o three_o day_n more_o i_o come_v to_o bourdeaux_n where_o i_o find_v a_o patent_n the_o king_n have_v send_v i_o by_o which_o he_o make_v i_o his_o lieutenant_n in_o the_o one_o half_a of_o the_o government_n of_o guienne_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o king_n of_o navarre_n and_o the_o other_o half_a to_o remain_v to_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr bury_v without_o make_v nevertheless_o any_o distinction_n as_o then_o which_o part_n shall_v belong_v to_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr bury_v and_o which_o to_o i_o they_o believe_v that_o at_o my_o 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but_o it_o be_v great_a pity_n for_o he_o be_v a_o prudent_a honest_a gentleman_n and_o a_o good_a subject_n the_o next_o morning_n after_o my_o arrival_n i_o go_v to_o the_o palace_n and_o there_o propound_v to_o the_o court_n what_o i_o have_v retain_v from_o the_o siege_n of_o sienna_n and_o after_o what_o manner_n we_o ought_v to_o proceed_v in_o a_o great_a city_n either_o in_o war_n or_o in_o sedition_n tell_v they_o that_o shall_v we_o put_v our_o hand_n to_o blood_n the_o city_n will_v be_v total_o destroy_v wherein_o both_o party_n will_v suffer_v alike_o lay_v before_o they_o the_o example_n of_o tholouze_n where_o have_v i_o permit_v those_o who_o come_v from_o the_o mountain_n and_o comenge_n to_o enter_v the_o city_n it_o have_v not_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n to_o have_v preserve_v it_o from_o be_v sack_v which_o will_v also_o befall_v they_o if_o we_o once_o proceed_v to_o blood_n and_o give_v reins_o to_o the_o people_n fury_n especial_o those_o from_o without_o bid_v they_o remember_v what_o happen_v when_o monsieur_n de_fw-fr monens_fw-la be_v slay_v that_o the_o people_n take_v the_o authority_n upon_o they_o that_o they_o be_v therefore_o to_o begin_v with_o a_o good_a reconciliation_n and_o union_n without_o engage_v in_o any_o disorder_n or_o trouble_n after_o which_o they_o may_v proceed_v to_o punish_v the_o delinquent_n by_o the_o way_n of_o justice_n all_o the_o assembly_n approve_v of_o my_o advice_n and_o return_v i_o infinite_a thanks_o at_o my_o departure_n from_o thence_o so_o soon_o as_o i_o have_v dine_v i_o go_v to_o the_o town_n hall_n where_o i_o have_v appoint_v the_o jurat_n and_o all_o the_o council_n to_o meet_v i_o and_o make_v they_o the_o same_o remonstrance_n where_o though_o there_o be_v some_o who_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o blow_v the_o coal_n nevertheless_o i_o lay_v so_o many_o exemple_n and_o good_a reason_n before_o they_o that_o they_o all_o alter_v their_o resolution_n and_o about_o four_o of_o the_o clock_n i_o go_v to_o the_o arch_a bishopric_n where_o i_o have_v assign_v all_o the_o clergy_n to_o expect_v i_o and_o there_o make_v they_o also_o a_o remonstrance_n touch_v the_o estate_n of_o the_o church_n as_o i_o have_v do_v to_o the_o other_o two_o concern_v they_o so_o that_o that_o very_a day_n i_o appease_v the_o city_n and_o the_o next_o day_n we_o fall_v to_o consult_v of_o the_o order_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o the_o pacification_n may_v endure_v wherein_o i_o so_o bestir_v myself_o that_o in_o three_o day_n all_o tumult_n be_v convert_v into_o peace_n and_o perfect_a union_n i_o will_v be_v bold_a to_o say_v and_o call_v all_o the_o city_n of_o rourdeaux_n to_o witness_v it_o that_o have_v i_o proceed_v otherwise_o the_o city_n have_v be_v destroy_v neither_o ought_v we_o to_o have_v recourse_n to_o violence_n where_o there_o be_v any_o other_o way_n leave_v open_a especial_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v a_o division_n among_o the_o catholic_n or_o at_o least_o those_o who_o profess_v themselves_o to_o be_v such_o for_o i_o be_o not_o god_n almighty_a to_o dive_v into_o man_n heart_n oh_o that_o the_o king_n ought_v well_o to_o consider_v to_o who_o he_o entrust_v the_o government_n of_o a_o province_n and_o above_o all_o thing_n to_o make_v choice_n of_o such_o as_o have_v former_o be_v governor_n of_o place_n for_o if_o by_o a_o long_a experience_n he_o be_v not_o intelligent_a in_o such_o employment_n the_o country_n or_o city_n where_o such_o tumult_n shall_v arise_v run_v a_o manifest_a danger_n i_o have_v be_v governor_n of_o montâ—allier_n and_o alba_n and_o the_o king_n lieutenant_n first_o at_o sienna_n and_o afterward_o at_o montalsin_n where_o the_o various_a accident_n i_o have_v have_v experience_n of_o have_v teach_v i_o to_o know_v and_o to_o foresee_v the_o ruin_n or_o preservation_n of_o a_o place_n without_o which_o experience_n i_o do_v believe_v i_o have_v take_v the_o way_n of_o execution_n montluc_n i_o be_v in_o my_o own_o nature_n rather_o incline_v to_o scuffle_v than_o to_o pacific_a affair_n and_o more_o to_o fight_v and_o cut_v of_o throat_n than_o to_o make_v of_o speech_n but_o my_o discretion_n govern_v i_o upon_o this_o occasion_n neither_o ought_v a_o man_n to_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v hurry_v away_o by_o his_o own_o inclination_n or_o transport_v by_o his_o passion_n forasmuch_o as_o his_o master_n affair_n will_v suffer_v by_o it_o there_o be_v enough_o in_o the_o city_n that_o will_v have_v be_v glad_a to_o have_v cut_v out_o work_n enough_o in_o hatred_n to_o the_o chief_a precedent_n who_o be_v never_o much_o belove_v among_o they_o but_o whether_o he_o be_v hate_v with_o reason_n or_o otherwise_o i_o refer_v to_o other_o to_o determine_v mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr bourdeaux_n who_o be_v yet_o live_v know_v very_o well_o what_o intelligence_n a_o certain_a person_n bring_v i_o as_o i_o be_v walk_v with_o he_o in_o his_o garden_n i_o be_v then_o solicit_v by_o all_o the_o court_n of_o parliament_n all_o the_o gentry_n and_o the_o whole_a city_n to_o accept_v the_o charge_n the_o king_n have_v confer_v upon_o i_o which_o nevertheless_o i_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v persuade_v to_o do_v and_o have_v send_v away_o a_o dispatch_n to_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n to_o return_v their_o majesty_n my_o most_o humble_a thanks_o and_o to_o excuse_v myself_o from_o that_o employment_n for_o i_o still_o fancy_v to_o myself_o that_o that_o will_v happen_v which_o have_v since_o befall_v i_o and_o that_o this_o government_n will_v bring_v upon_o i_o the_o envy_n and_o hatred_n which_o peradventure_o i_o may_v otherwise_o avoid_v neither_o do_v i_o ever_o prophesy_v any_o thing_n of_o myself_o that_o have_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v let_v any_o one_o ask_v
the_o moncalde_a who_o be_v there_o slay_v and_o the_o marquis_n de_fw-fr guast_o with_o several_a other_o great_a person_n take_v prisoner_n the_o say_a count_n be_v so_o careful_a and_o vigilant_a that_o so_o much_o as_o a_o cat_n can_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o city_n of_o naples_n those_o within_o be_v reduce_v to_o the_o last_o extremity_n the_o viceroy_n dead_a many_o of_o the_o grandee_n prisoner_n and_o the_o rest_n revolt_v to_o the_o king_n it_o must_v therefore_o of_o necessity_n be_v confess_v that_o the_o kingdom_n have_v be_v the_o king_n in_o despite_n of_o all_o the_o world_n when_o the_o just_a spite_n and_o indignation_n of_o the_o say_v andrea_n auria_n deprive_v he_o of_o it_o when_o the_o king_n be_v take_v prisoner_n at_o the_o battle_n of_o pavia_n and_o that_o they_o carry_v he_o by_o sea_n into_o spain_n andrea_n auria_n go_v out_o to_o meet_v the_o galley_n that_o convoy_v he_o to_o fight_v they_o to_o deliver_v the_o king_n out_o of_o their_o hand_n which_o he_o have_v do_v and_o put_v it_o to_o hazard_v but_o the_o king_n send_v to_o advise_v he_o not_o to_o do_v it_o for_o if_o he_o do_v he_o be_v a_o dead_a man_n and_o they_o have_v determine_v to_o put_v he_o to_o death_n shall_v andrea_n auria_n present_v himself_o to_o fight_v they_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o the_o say_v andrea_n auria_n return_v to_o genoa_n which_o at_o that_o time_n be_v the_o king_n affair_n see_v here_o another_o great_a misfortune_n and_o a_o unfortunate_a traverse_n which_o bring_v as_o great_a a_o inconvenience_n along_o with_o it_o as_o that_o of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr bourbon_n upon_o which_o occasion_n we_o not_o only_o lose_v all_o we_o have_v get_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o naples_n but_o genoa_n also_o for_o all_o the_o loss_n as_o well_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o naples_n as_o of_o genoa_n happen_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o revolt_n of_o the_o say_v andrea_n auria_n who_o take_v offence_n at_o the_o wrong_n and_o dishonour_n have_v be_v 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