and infinite murders and abused so long the milde pacience of the protestantes as thinking vppon no bridle to gouerne his furie he woulde not stick to lay haÌ„ds of the princes of the blood whereof she commended a present and lamentable experience in his conspiracie agaynst the Prince her brother whom his crueltie hath enforced to séeke succours amongst his parentes and allies so that for her part she and her son resembling the Prince so neere and dearely in proximitie of bloud coulde do no lesse than offer him that which the direct law of frendship and coÌ„sanguinitie did demaund and therefore as shee didde assuredly stay and repose hir selfe vpon the goodnesse natural affectioÌ„ of his maiestie enclined rather to norish preserue than teare rent them vp by the rootes so she besought him with al humilitie to tolerate in the best part their depar ture from their houses of entent to serue God the kyng their adherents in bloud and to impugne to the vttermost of theyr lyues and power the violente malice of such as publikely haue entred into conspiracie agaynst them and lastely to beléeue that for these thrée causes onely they had put their weapons betwéene their hands least they shoulde bée vtterly extermined from the view and face of the earth according to their sinister resolutioÌ„s like as also y sayd Cardinall deuysed to rauysh her son from betwéen her armes peruerting the power authoritie of his maiestie into vnnatural violeÌ„ce as though the simple commandement of his maiestie could not sufficiently gouerne her her son his maiesties most humble obedient seruants so finally if his maiestie wold waigh in indiffereÌ„t balance y faith of them and infidelitie of the sayd Cardinal measuring y one other by a direct straight lyne his maiestie shold fynde more truthe in their effects than in the wordes of the other In her letters to the Quéene she stoode vppon thrée poyntes that moued her to leaue her houses and offer her lyfe goodes and all her possible meanes to aduaunce the cause of Religion The fyrst was in respecte of the seruice of GOD seeing the Cardinall and his confederates studied to roote vp from the earth suche as made profession of the true Religion secondly to doo seruice to the souerayntie of the King and with mayne lyfe and goodes to helpe that the Edicte of pacification may be obserued and that Fraunce the mother couÌ„trey and nursse of so many sorts of people become not barreyn and so suffer her children to die Thirdly that bloud and coÌ„sanguinitie did call her to offer succoure and ayde to her brother harryed and pursued ageynst the Kyngs will by the malice of suche as possesse aboute his person such place as no waye is due to them neyther can shée better paynte out the Cardinall than by hys owne colours that is to say as well by a number of tragicall and lameÌ„table murders whose complaint doo sorowfully sounde in euery religious eare as also to see so many desolate soules hoping by the edict of pacification to enioy a plausible quiet and rest in their houses miserably dispersed to their aduenture and cruelly excluded from their soyle of naturall and auncient aboade The same Cardinall also and his wicked adherentes puffed vp with a generall pacience that euery one hath vsed to their barbarous tirannie attempted ageinst the Princes of the bloude with intent in common likelihod to roote vp the mayne grafte stock after they had wickedly defaced and spoyled y tender braunches And bycause the zeale of their Religion did in no sorte induce them as they haue affirmed she solicited the Queene to a remeÌ„braunce of the conspiracie done the laste tyme shee was sicke from the whiche the Cardinall of Bourbon her brother was not exempted albeit he was a Catholike So that it is only the bloude of Fraunce whiche gripes them so at hart wherof what better experience and example can be aduouched thaÌ„ their vngodly pursuite against the Prince of Conde and his little children to whose succours according to the dutifull office of bloude and kynred she would neuer fayle desiring notwithstanding aboue all things a good peace and so well assured as the Cardinall of Lorayne nor his adherents could eyther dissolue or corrupte it She declared in her letters to the kings brother how iustly she was enticed to her iourney to Bergerac with hope to pursue the ful voyage for the seruice of their Maiesties with requeste that it would please him in good earnest to put his hand to the worke and helpe to defend the poore countrey of FrauÌ„ce against the pollicies of such as séeke to aspire to confounde it with a thirste and desire as it semes to buylde their greatnesse and authoritie vppon the decayed and ruinouse stones of such as like firme pillers do and haue susteyned it By her letters to y Cardinal of Bourbon her brother that it was nowe more than tyme if there were any at all to gather stomacke to hym and laye afore their Maiesties the lamentable state and desolation of Fraunce whereunto he was bound aboue the reste in respect of the honour he bare to bee a Prince of the bloud Shée sommoned him also to remember the shame and outrage thundred vppon the persone of his proper Brother Systers and Nephews and all by a Cardinall of Lorraine who also abused him as one of his suffragans If all these could not moue him topitifull consideration of their case at least let him remember Vespra Siciliana pretended by hys coadherentes the laste tyme the Queene was sicke And lastly notwithstanding the separation of Religion shee coniured him by the proper office of friendship and dutie of nature and bloud concurring togyther to consider their present pursute against the Prince his brother All these letters were written and dated at Bergerac the xvâ— of September 1568. After the siege of Angoulesme the sayd Quéene with the yong Ladye her daughter retired to Rochel leauing the Prince her sonne in the Campe whiche afterwardes was called The Campe of the Princes bycause the sayd Princes of Nauarre and Conde commaunded togither in the Armie Whyles these things were thus ordered the Duke of Aniou brother to the King and Chief ouer the Catholykes forbare neyther diligence nor meanes to aduaunce his force and erect his Camp at O 〈…〉 and other places there about wherewith he diffended towardes Poytiâ—â— where vnderstanding of the comming of the Lord 〈…〉 er â—aâ—ching with the succoures he brought determined to fight with â—â—â— and â—o â—â—â—der him to ioyne with the Prince of Conde and for that purpose departed from Poytiers with .iiij. thousand horsemen .iiij. enseignes of footmen and entred with great iourneys the towne of Perigueux in like sort the Lord d'Acier marched euery day passing the ryuers of Leyllâ— and Vâ—serâ— in the sayd countrey and so the xxv of October being neer the town of Perigueux and lodged in a village called S. Chastie
fo 10 The Assembly of the Prince of Condey fol. 10 Aubeterre a towne fo 30 Aubeterre a castle takeÌ„ fo â—1 The Duke of Aumal wryteth to the duke of Swebrug â—8 The duke of Aumal is in â—â—raâ—e fol. 33 The Prince of Autaigne and his sonne fo 87 â–ª the departure of the said Prince from Fay la Vineuse fol 145 Auuergne and â—oâ—thonnois exempt from preaching 5 B BAis vpon Pais fol. 15 Baron of Adrets fo 53 the furniture for his retourne fol 101 Bassac a village fol 58 Battaile of Mongontour 154 The lord of Baudine hurt 28 Beauuoir vpon Matta 56 Bearne a countrey of the Q. of Nauarre taken 127. won againe 127 Bertis a village in Perigueux 31 Bergerac a toune â—1 taken 50 la 〈…〉 a câ—ptaine 45. killed at â—â—rebâ—au 46 the arâ—e of Brissac slaine 73 the Lord of Boâ—â—uel takeÌ„ 227 the Lord of Bouccard 31. his death 75 la Boutonne a riuer in Santonge 66 Bourbonnois and Auuergne without preaching 5 Boursaut discomfited 51 Branthomme a toun taken 96 Bricquemau the voâ—ger cheefe captaine of the fotemen 87 Bâ—ilâ—aâ— a Gaâ—con captaine 92 a Bridge built againe by the kings brother ouer Char 58 a Bâ—udge of boates on Char 63 Bâ—â—des of Frenche men of the Princes depart froÌ„ Poitou Touâ—am and withdrue theÌ„ selues to la Charite 26 C CAluerat a captaine slayne 125 Cariage of Guise and Brissac taken 36 the Campe of those of the religion called the campe of the Princes 27 Captaines beeing within Poytiers 117 many Captaines slaine wythin Poitiers 134 Cardinall of Lorraine and his a herents 105 Catholikes licenced to weare armor 4 ChaÌ„pigny besiegd taken 43 Chabanay a castle taken 96 Chasteleâ—ault a toune 32 Chastelerault taken 98. after besieged 140 Chastelier Portaâ—t slaine 62 Castles taken nigh to Poit 118 la Charite besieged takeÌ„ 84 la Charite besieged by the lord of Sansac 99 Chauuigny vppon Vienne 33. the taking thereof 34 Chasteau Leuesque in Perigueux 96 La Chapelle a castle taken 96 the noÌ„bring of Catholikes 7 Charge or onset on the Earl of Brissacs footemen 40 onset of the Admiral at larnac 62 of the Prince of Condey 62. on the captain Chaumont other 70. on the lord of Mowy nigh to Mongont 154 Chasteau-neuf on Charante taken 57 the Lord Changy slaine 134 Saint Chastie in Perigueux 28 Challus a toun of Limosin 86 Chinon a toun in Tourain 47 S. Christopher a steple takeÌ„ 19 Capieres hewne in pecces 5 La Coche a captaine 16. is discoÌ„fited 33. hewn in peces 49 Coignae in Santonge 57 Colombine a captaine 75 Councel of the duke de Alba 5 Courses vnto the gates of Poitiers 119 the third Ciuill warre 2 D the Dauphinois are valiaunt men 36 Daunoux came to rescue Poitiers 122 the Lord Desternay 88 the Deuise of the cornet of the Lord of Acier 14 Dominico Dalbe his iudgement 145. put to death 152 Dordonne a riuer 19 Duke of Swebrug or Deux ponts 78 assembleth warriors 79. writeth to the king 79 maketh his protestatioÌ„s and offers 83. entreth into France and taketh la Charite 84. Passeth the Riuer of Vienne 86. dieth 86. the description of his armie 7 E EDicte of the king 17. touching offices 18 Eisâ—elles a castle taken 75 Enterprise on the castle of Lusignan 53. on S. Iohns d'Angely 67. on Angoulesm 69 Entrichâ—t a captain killed 155 Espondillan captaine 14 Encontre before Lodun 4â— at â—arnac 61 an Enterprise on Bourges in Berry F FAy la Vineuse a toun â–ª 144 the earle of S. Fiour 88 S. Flowrant an Abbey 50 Fort of Mouuans 15 S. Poy taken 46 G GarnisoÌ„ in the towns yelded 2 Gascour a captaine slaine 136 Gran Villars cheefe captaine of the footemen 87 Guerin Gansgorffe chiefe captaine of the footemen 87 the Duke of Guise arriueth at Port. 117. theÌ„ departeth 103 the Lord of Guron 100 H HAns of There 's 87 Hans Boucke 87 Henry de Estaine 87 Hercules the Princes seruaunt hewne in peeces 6 Hewing to peces of the Lord of Cipieres and his train 5 of the Lord of Amanzey 6 of the Lord of Rapin and others 6 I IAnlis death 49 Iarnac besieged 56. takeÌ„ 56 at Iazenaâ—l an encounter 35. the numbre of the dead 36 the Earle of Ioyeuse 44 Iudgements executed against those of the religion 210 K The King commeth to Amboise 125 gathereth force 126 The King Queene mother and Cardinal come to Nyort 168 The Kings comming to Angiers 188 L LAnceknights discomfited at Montgontour 160 Lendurean a captaine reuolteth 68 Letters of the king repugnat to the Edict of peace 4 Letters of the Marshall of Mommorency 116 Letters of the Queene of Nauarre to the king 20 to the Queene mother 24. to my Lord the kings brother 26. to the cardinal of Bourbon 26 to the Queene of England 38 Letters of the Admirall 116 Leylle a ryuer 28 Lille Bouchard vpon Vienne 44 Lodowicke and Henry earles of Nassaw brethren 87 Lodune a toune 45. somned to yelde 45. an encounter before the same 46. la Loue marshall of the campe 89 The Earl of Lude besieged in the castle of Mirebeau 45. then taketh it 46. besieged at Nyort 46 Lusignan 53. taken 99. yelded vp againe 168 M Mansfield earl an Alman 87 Marshall of Montmorencye writeth to the admirall 116 Marquis of Mezieres 20 The Lady Marquesse of Rottelin 77 a Messenger sent to the prince of Condey for peace 41 the Lord of Martigues 12 Mazillac a toune taken 18 Medoc an Isle taken 76 Melle a toune in Poitou taken 57 Mellusigne 100 Menigours a village 35 la Merie a captaine slaine 93 Mestrall a captain 101 Millan in Roargues 16 Mirebeau in Poictiers yelded 37. then besieged and taken 45 Mongontoue in Poitou 153. a battaile before the toune 157 Monsieur the Kings brother chefe of the Catholikes 27 gathereth power at Orleans and Toures 28. departeth from Poitiers 28 commeth to Chastelleraut 32. draweth towardes Chynon 47. receyueth Rutters for hys aid 54. presenteth himselfe in battaile before Coignae 58. passeth ouer the Riuer Charante 59. dischargeth part of his armie 98. besiegeth Chasteleraut 140. thaÌ„ raiseth his siege 142. gathereth new power at Chynon 152. theÌ„ departeth 152 determineth to giue assault to Montgontour 157. he encourageth his men 158 general Muster of the Catholikes 8 Monluc a knight entreth into Perigueux 86. will succour Poitiers 125 Montauban 2 Montesquieu a Gascon 62 Montgomery an Earle 12. set vppon atla Motte 52. sent into Angoulesme 69. setteth the sayd towne in order 70. is sent into Gascony 85 gathereth togither the forces of the Vicounts 127. discor fiteth the lord of Tarides 128 The Lorde of Moruilliers death 94 La Motte captaine a Gascon The lord of Mouuans 14. his fort 15. he passeth the Rhos ne 16 his discomfiture 29 the lord of Mouy 88. hurte at the comming forthe of Nyort 167 his death 167 Mucidan taken 72 Mustring of the Princes horsmen 67. of the fotemen 74 Montbrun and Mirabel lords
sortes of diseases in diuerse souldiours on both sydes and after dyed in lamentable numbers towardes the euening the Kings Lieuetenaunt retired to Chynon albeit certeyne Captaynes of the Princes armie charging vpon their tayle discomfited aboute vij or .viij. score Suyzers and thrée enseignes of footemen sodeynly set vpon as they were refreshing them selues in the village The Princes returned to Touars and the Admirall to Monstrueit-beley to winter there leauyng the Lorde d'Yuoy brother to the Lorde de Ianlis as gouerner within the towne of Loudun and for the garde of the same the regimens of the L. of Mont-brun Mirabel with .ij. cornets of horsemen the Lorde Ianlis not long after dyed of a disease in Almayne The Lord de la Coche who as is sayd was led prisoner to Metz was this .v. of January 1569. murdered by certein garrison soldiours of the towne who taking him out of prison and bynding him with Mychallon his ensigne bearer tolde him they were commaunded from the King to leade them to the Court and so exchange them for other prisoners within the princes Campe albeit they wer no sooner cut of the town than they were stabbed with daggers and so murdered Néere vnto Saulmur is an abbey called Sainct Florent wherin were two hundred footemen as a garrison to the Catholikes who with their abbay were besieged in this moneth of January by the vauntgarde of the Princes and they after they had beateÌ„ a breach entred by force-putting al that were beseeged to the mercy of the sworde immediatly after the garrison of Saulmur recouering the sayde Abbay vsed the like execution of all that they found Whiles the princes soiorned at Towars they dispatched into Gascoyne the Lorde de Pilles aswell to leuie newe force as other matters of speciall charge At his first arriuall he toke Bergerac and Saintfoy and hauing spéedily erected certaine forces of horsmen and footmen he bestowed his footmen and drew towards Perigueux with his horsemen and passing along the place where the Lords of Mouuans and Pierregourde were discomfited hée fyred many villages and killed as many peisauntes as hée mette as a reuenge of the bloud of so manye Souldioures whiche they hadde ouercome and slayne in the same ouerthrow The Kinges armye wintred at Chynon Saulmur Poyctiers and other places thereabout the princes armie in the beginning of February departed from Towars and Monstrueu-beley discending lower intoo the countrey to fynde vittells the vauntgarde drew to Partenay and the battell to Niort harbouring in the places thereabout The thirde day of this moneth the Lord de Boursaut captayne of a hundred lyghts horsmen and his company were sodeinly set vpon within a village néere to Towars by the Counte Brissac accompanyed with vij or .viij. hundred horsmen presently issued out of Saulmur There were many of them taken and many killed and the rest as the Lord de Boursaut and others saued themselues by help of the dark night In the beginning of February y quene of Nauarre came to â—â—orâ— where shee founde the Princes wyth dyuerse other greate Lordes with whome shee entred into Counsell for the affaires and disposition of the warre There was agreed a sale of temporal goods of the Churchmen toward the mayntenaunce of the generall cause for y purpose wer drspatched preseÌ„t letters vnder the names and authoritie of the sayd Quéene Princes of Nauarre and Gonde the Lorde Admirall Dandelot Rochefoucaut with wordes of ample power giuen to their procurors and commissaries to promise and binde them for warrant requisite in suche case These comissions were published in towns holden vnder their obedience with present sale and alyenation made accordingly the same raysing great summes of money Whilest the said Quéene Princes and other stats remained in consultation with in Nyort certeine horsmen of the Lord of Verac captaine of a hundreth light horsemen making often incursion vppon the next enimies toke the Lord of Cassac lieutenant of the men at armes to the Duke of Guyse as he was bayting in an Inne whome they ledde to Niort and so to Rochell The Counte Mountgomerey lodgyng in a village called la Motte was charged vpon the sodeyn by the Counte Brissac and enforced to retyre within the Castel of the same place seruyng somewhat to hys defence so that he receyued no other losse than his yonger brother whiche was led to the Castell of Luzignan this was the xij of February The Princes now determyned to perfourme their enterprise vppon the castell of Luzignan and to take it the same mouyng as it séemed eyther by a practyse of Montgomories brother or else by some secrete intelligence they hadde with the Gouernours Lieutenaunte of the same place where they were in good order and vppon the sodayne the .xx. of February very early in the mornyng dyuers of their Captaynes and souldiours entring within albeit being discouered their further attempt was intercepted and they returned without any thing doing The Counte of Tande gouernour for the King in Prouence in the begynning of Nouember the yeare before put himselfe vppon his waye with thrée thousand footemen and certeine horsemen of that country marching intoo Fraunce as hée was coÌ„maunded and passing by Dauphiné the baron of Adretz who also had leuyed a Regyment of footemen conteyning .xvij. enseignes ioyned with him too passe also in company into Fraunce In theyr waye they came by the siege of Sanserre whiche the Counte Mertiuengo an Italyan and gouernoure of Gyran had long continued where as they spente long tyme wythout aduauncyng the ende and purpose of the siege so procuryng the siege to bée raysed the Counte â—ande drew to Poyctou to the Kyngs Campe where hée arriued aboute the ende of Februarye and the baron of Adretz marched into â—orayn to the Duke d'Aumale sent thither as you haue heard to withstande the entrie of straungers into Fraunce The Kynges brother hauing receyued these newe succours and made shewe to his men of armes of two hundred thousande frankes which the house of Parys had lent the Kyng vpon the temporal goodes of the Church men he gathered ageyn hys Campe and drewe towardes Angoulmoys Immediatly after in the same moneth arryued two thousande and fyue hundred Reistres vnder the conduct of the Counties Reyngraffe and Bassompier who béeing much harried in theyr long and paynful iorney to come into France refreshed themselues certayne tyme aboute Poyctiers afore they ioyned wyth the Kyngs Campe whoe approched still to Angoulesme and taryed them And bycause hée woulde haue the libertie of the Ryuer of Charente to passe and repasse at his pleasure he dispatched the Lorde de la Riuiere a Gentleman of Poyctou for to sease vppon the Towne and also the Castell of larnacke The Princes nowe béeing truely enfourmed what waye the Kynges Campe tooke departed from Nyort and vppon the begynning of March aryued at Sainct lean d'Angely marchyng from thence with theyr battayle to Sainctes The Admirall with the vauntegarde lodged at Coygnac and
away his succours but conuert thē to the enemy and cōtrary side the rather to reuenge their disloyaltie which makes him iudge of the Princes side beleue y they are not only far frō the slaundrous impositions of their enemies but also of vnfained desire rather to rest quietly in their houses than follow so harde and doubtful a warre wherunto they haue ben drawen of force as to defend the violēt oppression of their malicious enemies he alledged besides that when his Cosine the duke Casmir erected his army in Almaign in the like cause he was also vntruly informed as of purpose to draw him from succouring the Prince of Conde that it was against the maiestie royall that the said Prince did conspire which notwithstanding was founde otherwayes as appeareth by his maiesties edictes of peace both first and last approuing always the actions of the sayd Prince as done for the seruice of his maiestie And to take away all suspiciō he declared that besides that his meanyng was to succour the sayde Princes of Nauarre and Conde his enterprise in comming into Fraunce stretched also to relieue the little ones of the Religion dispersed into their seuerall miseries to whome of very duety being a Christian Prince he coulde do no lesse than offer and lende his hande to leade them to Jesus Christ And to the ende his maiestie may vnfainedly resolue in the integritie of his purpose and that he vndertakes not this iourney to spoile his subiectes or make pray of their welthes or for any other perticular profit he protested that if his maiestie would graunt them a safe vse of their religion with a frée exercise of the same without limitation and distinction of persones and places together with assuraunce of their goodes honours charges and estates hée would not onely returne and dismisse his army but also defray the whole charges of the same and the sayde Reistremaisters in their passage amountyng in all to aboue a hundred thousande crownes protesting for ende that if in refusing hys iuste and reasonable offers the Quarell doo aggrauate by his comming into Fraunce to wype hys handes in innocencie of all imputations hereafter and the fault to be layd vpon the authors and chiefe Councellers of the warre beyng about his maiestie The Duke hauing now receiued his Launceknightes entered into Fraunce and passyng by Bourgonguē came to Charyte béeyng coasted sundrye tymes both behinde and before by the armies of of the dukes d'Aumall and Nemors without attempting any thing vpon hym he arriued without let before Charyte the xvj of May which he battred so vehemētly that he enforced forthwith a breach in the meane while the lord of Mouy passing ouer Loere a little aboue the sayd towne with thrée hundred harquebusiers won the suburbes towardes the bridge the same so occupying and amazing thé that were besieged that the Duke entred the breache and put the whole garrison to the sword this towne was taken in good tyme because that if it had lingred neuer so little the Duke d'Aumalle being very nere with succours had endaungered the enterprise The towne was no sooner taken than he was discouered not farre of with xviij hundred horsemen who comming to short to withstand the dukes entrie returned in hope to hinder hym to ioyne with the princes army by meanes that hee mette and assembled wyth the kyngs brothers power who knitte together for this purpose in the countrey of Berry In the ende of May the Princes informed of the approche of the Duke de deux Pons and the taking of Charyte began to marche to ioyne with his army and leauing the Lord de la Noue to gouerne in the countreys of Poyctou and Sainctonge toke their way by Angoulmois directly to Perigueux and as they passed thorow that countrey the Lord of Chaumontes lyght horsemen with certaine companies of footemen tooke the towne of Noutron belonging to the Quéene of Nauarre wherin were killed aboute foure skore men that defended it this was the seuenth of June 1569. The morrow after the sayd Princes dispatched the Counte Montgomery into Gasoyne to commaunde ouer the army of the Uicounts who otherwayes would not agree as not acknowledging one aboue an other he tooke his way by Solliac where hee passed the riuer of Dordone and so beneath Cadenat he passed also ouer Lot and came to Montauban without any let They of the town of Perigueux fearing the comming of the princes army desired the lord Montluc to send them succours to whome he dispatched immediatly the Knight Montluc his sonne with xij ensignes of footemen with the which he entred the towne the iiij of June In this meane while the Princes army kepte the way drawing to Lymosyn the duke de deux Pons hasted by great iorneys to ioyne with them passyng the riuer of Viene two leagues aboue Lymoges The Catholikes had sent thither two C. shot to defend y passage who were all cut in pieces by the lord de Mouy the ix of this moneth on which day the princes army arriued at Chalus a town in Lymosyn departing the next day to ioyne with the army of the Duke de deux Pons in a village within two leagues of Chalus belonging to the Lord d'Escars gouernor of the said countrey The lord Admirall accompanied with two hundred horsemen went where the duke was to salute him the duke enduring certaine fittes of an ague not many days afore and not cured as yet died the xj of this month 1569. in a village thre leagues from Lymoges afore his death he called before him the chief and principals of his army with whome he communicated in many pointes but chiefly in persuasion and request to pursue the purpose of their comming into France leauing for their generall leader in his place the Counte Wolrard de Mansfeld afore his lieuetenāt generall his body was caried to the town of Angoulesme to be there buried In the army of the said late duke were xxviij cornets of horsemen conteining viij thousand and fiue hundreth Reistres whereof were Colonels Hans Boucq Reignold Grac Henry d'Estam and Hans de There 's sixe thousand Launceknights wel armed on foote and for the most part Pikemen deuided into xxvij ensignes wherof were Colonels the Lord de Grauillar and the Lord Guieryn Gansgorff baron of Grelezee besides ij M. horsmen and ten ensignes of footemen of Frenchmen wherof was Colonell touching the footemen one of the sonnes of the Lord de Bricquemau There were also in y sayd army diuers personages of high estate as the prince of Orange his sonne the Counties Lodouike Hēry de Nassau his brethern the Lord de Moruilliers the Marques of of Renel the Lordes of Mouy and Esters ney besides many others there were also xix pieces of artillerie and they either maine péeces or field pieces with others somewhat lesse wherofhe left two of the greatest at Charyte There were in the Princes army about thirtene thousand harquebusiers besydes Pikes wherof
Pluueau with his Regiment of footemen and his companie of light horsmen entred the Towne in despite of the Lord du Lude who notwithstanding those succoures began his batterie the next morning on the side of the toure de la Pigalle and folowed it forth with with an assault which was so valyantly repulsed that he seeing the breache filled vp wyth suche spéede remoued his batterie and forced a breach in an other place albeit he durst not make it good with an assault but vnderstanding of supplies of succor at hand raised his seege the .xxij. of the moneth of June He hadde foure Cannons and two meane péeces Comming againe to Poyctiers he left within S. Mesent the Lord de Anuouy maister of the campe of the Regiment of the late Counte Brissac with suche companies as he had with the sayd Regiment with two Canons two field péeces and certain other munitions leading the rest to Poyctiers At this siege the Lord de Pluueau was lightly hurte wyth a shotte and soone healed againe Of the du Ludes side were slayne the Captaines Flogeat Gorbon a Gentleman of Sainctonge Fresouet la Marche the Captaine Colonel of the sayd Regiment the master of the mines and Morlou guider of the Artillerie cariage with a great numbre of footemen The Lord of Teligni was sēt for to go to the reskue of Nyort with four cornets of Reistres with certeine other cornets of Frenchmen and the regiment of fotemen of the Lord Bricqueman the yonger Notwithstanding afore he came there the siege was raised whereuppon they went to the sayd S. Mesent to intercept the artillerie which in the end they abandoned as héereafter shall be noted The Princes armie being in the coūtrey of Perigueux was still pursued but farre off by the catholikes keping on the left hand The Princes entred by composition within the town of Brantbome they toke also two Castles in the sayde Countrey the one belonging to the Byshop of Perigueux and therfore commonly called the Bishops castle the other called la Chapelle in which wer killed about two hundred and thrée score men wyth like numbre of the popular sorte withdrawne thither and thereabout Upon the beginning of July the Princes army departed from the countrey of Perigueux drawing to Confluence or Confolance a little towne vppon Vienne Neare vnto the which is a Castle called Chabauey then in question betwéen the vidame of Chartres the Lord de Montluc within the Castle was a companie of footemen whose captaine refused to open the gates to the vit tailers of the Princes armie therfore the vauntgarde came and beséeged them and the same day battred and tooke the castle by assault putting the soldiours to the sword The captaine onely was taken who promised for his ransom twentie thousande frankes and withall to cause to bee sent home M Peter Viret minister of the Gospell taken prisonner in the territories of the Queene of Nanarre The castle after it was taken the sixth of July was burnt to the grounde Within two dayes after the Lord de Mouy entred by composition the towne of S. Genais in Poictou one chéefe couenant in the composition was that the Towne promised to pay ten thousand Franks so that their goodes were not put to the pillage or spoile wherein they were duely delt withall as they also paid truly their money You haue heard how the kings brother pursued the Princes campe into Perigueux who now séeing as it séemed into their seuerall purposes turned away and passing by Lymosin and Berry came into Touraine Being at Loches he licenced a great number of his horsmen to recreate themseiues abrode vntill the first of October by which occasion his campe so diminished as he had not about him of the Frenche nation aboue a thousand or .xij. C. horssemen and very fewe footmen almost all the Captains went to relieue and encrease their companies The Princes being aduertised that the towne of Chastelleraut conteyned not aboue thrée score soldiours in garde dispatched thither the Lord dé la Loue wyth his regiment of horssemen and a company of Harquebushers on horssebacke At hys first commyng he sommoned the towne which without muche resistance was rendred vnto him reseruing onely that their goodes should not be sacked nor any the inhabitants hurt vppon which agréement the gates were opened the Lord de la Loue entred at one gate and the Lord Villiers Knight of the order and gouernor of the towne issued out of an other Uppon the end of thys moneth the Lord de Sansac with .iiij. or .v. M. footemen certein horsmen of the Catholikes beséeged the Towne of Charyte he battered it so vehemently that wythin small time he made a breach and sodainly marched to the assault frō whence he was repulsed with the losse of .v. C. men the rest retiring from the assault to the artillery wherof one of smal experience let fal his match within a calk of cânon pouder which in a moment flusht vp suche a generall flame fire that it burned a great nūbre of the said soldiers blew one on y other side the riuer of Loere vpon the grauel and so burned him to death in euery mās sight They that defended the towne made great resistance gréeued many of the Catholikes by their sallies which they made out of the towne wherupon the Lord de Sansac not able to force thē was cōstrayned to raise his séege hearing withal that the Princes had prouided to succor thē with iij. or iiu M. horssemen which notwithstanding was rather incerteine than a true report After the taking of the castle of Chabaney the princes army toke way to Luzignan a strong castle and as it is said builde◠long since by Mellusigne the gard of this Castle were two hundreth souldiors vnder the Lord de Guron captaine and kéeper of the same who being sommoned to render it refused by reason whereof it was beseged the fourtenth day of the said moneth when the battery began very furiously with sixe Cannons on that side to the Parke they within being sore shaken with the Cannons and almost four score of their soldiours slaine a breache being beaten open and flat and the regiments of footemen in order of battel ready to offer the assault began to faynt in hart demaunding parley and immediatly rendred the place vnder this composition that the said Lord Guron wyth the Lord de Cluseaux should depart with bag and baggage the souldiours with theyr liues and only sword and dagger within the castle were found foure Cannons two field péeces with great store of munition and as some say huge summes of money They established there as gouernor the Lord de Myrambeau a gentlemā of the Country of Sainctonge with .vj. hundreth harque busheares to garde it The Baron of Adretz who had bin at the d'Aumals camp and seen his ensignes but euill folowed in respect of his slender numbers of men in his regiment tooke way to Dauphine very slenderly