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A62222	New memoirs and characters of the two great brothers, the Duke of Bouillon and Mareschal Tvrenne written in French by James de Langlade, Baron of Saumières ; made English.; Mémoires de la vie de Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon, avec quelques particularitez de la vie et des moeurs de Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vte. de Turenne. English	Saumières, Jacques de Langlade, baron de, ca. 1620-1680.; King, William, 1663-1712.	1693 (1693)	Wing S740; ESTC R8529	68,371	157

favourable to Cinqmars as to allow him some larger Proportion of the Glory The Duke of Bouillon having but a small Knowledge in the Laws of the Kingdom was perswaded that he had acted only like a Man of Honour in not revealing his Friends Secret and it was sufficient to excuse him from any Guilt of Treason That he had never given any Powers nor signed any Treaty that was made with Spain But when he heard of de Thou's Condemnation he doubted not of his own Ruine and for three days that he continued without receiving any News he did nothing but prepare himself for Death However no Sentence was pronounc'd against him either for want of Proofs or through the Instances made by the Viscount Turenne his Brother who was very Considerable and grew daily more so by his extraordinary Actions and signal Services But that which contributed more effectually than any thing to the Duke of Bouillon's Safety was That as soon as ever his Dutchess had the News of his Seizure she dispatched her Sister-in-Law Madamoiselle de Bouillon who was a Princess of great Parts and capable of Business immediately away to Court She ordered her to tell the Cardinal from Her That if he put her Husband to death she would deliver Sedan to the Spaniards and that he need not doubt it since she had already sent to 'em to come thither But when Madamoiselle de Bouillon saw de Thou executed she went back to the Cardinal to tell him she had full Power to negotiate with him and to engage in any thing for the Duke of Bouillon's Life and Liberty At last the Treaty was concluded on It was Agreed That the King should have Sedan and that he should give the Duke an Aequivalent in Lands within the Kingdom That whilst these Articles were in Execution the Duke of Bouillon should come out of Prison and the King's Troops enter into Sedan Mazarine one of Cardinal Richlieu's Creatures was sent thither to take Possession for the King and to give all necessary Securities The Dutchess of Bouillon being likewise perswaded That both her Husband's Life and Liberty depended upon the rendring up of Sedan parted with it as willingly as she would have receiv'd a considerable Favour and went to Turenne to meet the Duke of Bouillon who was retired thither THE Third BOOK THE Year before The Duke of Bouillon arriv'd at Turenne after having gain'd a Victory and making so advantagious a Peace that his Glory had spread it self throughout all Europe but now he came just out of a Prison where he had been in great danger of his Life depriv'd likewise of the Sovereignty of one of the best places in the World This unhappy State which render'd him no farther now considerable than his own Personal Merit could make him yet did not hinder the Nobility of the Neighbouring Provinces from coming in large Companies to visit him and since they expected to find his thoughts in a posture conformable to his Affairs they could not but admire to see no manner of alteration in so different a Fortune He convers'd with every one as he used to do before agreeably to their humour and the quality of their Persons But he never enter'd upon any Apology for what had pass'd nor any insinuation of the hopes he might conceive for the future As for the rest of his time he took exact Cognizance of his Revenue and the condition of his Estate he enquir'd into the management of his Servants In several places he set up Fathers to preach against the Reformed Religion which most of the Inhabitants thereabouts profest and he himself enter'd so far into the Controversy as to dispute with divers Gentlemen some of which recanted afterwards and in their private Affairs he decided several Cases and reconciled as many differences He spent everyday a set number of hours in reading and particularly in the perusal of the ancient Fathers He often hunted as well for Exercise as Diversion He made very few Visits because tho' Cardinal Richlieu look'd upon him as a Prince that was fallen beyond retrieve yet he could not but have regard to him as an Enemy that would be ready for any undertaking when a favourable opportunity should present it self either for his Revenge or the Reestablishment of his Affairs Besides he had notice that the Intendants and Governours of the Neighbouring Provinces had Orders to observe him So he look'd upon Turenne and his other Seats as the places of his Exile But by comporting himself after the manner I have spoke of it is easie to judge that he was not dejected at it and that it only encreased the esteem they had already conceived of him So true a thing it is That when Fortune has reduced Great Men to a private Life they are able to employ themselves so well as to maintain their Bravery and their Glory Five or six Months after his continuance at Turenne Cardinal Richlieu died at Paris The very moment that the Duke of Bouillon received the News he ordered Prayers to be said for him in the Places that belong'd to him either out of the pure Motive of Christian Charity or else because a Personal Hatred makes so little Impression upon Men of great Souls that they cannot carry it to the Graves of their most mortal Enemies The Duke of Bouillon did not change his Conduct upon the Death of Cardinal Richlieu but the Death of the King which happened four or five Months after made him take up new Resolutions Seeing the Queen was declared Regent and Monsieur the Duke of Orleans President of the Council the Duke of Bouillon had Reason to believe and all France thought the same That he could never expect a more favourable Conjuncture He therefore went for Paris He was very kindly receiv'd by the Queen and Monsieur the Duke of Orleans and the whole Court look'd upon him as a Person that could not fail of re-entring Sedan and becoming more considerable now than ever In the mean time he perceived by degrees that their way of Treating him began to be much cooler than at first and the Silence as to his Affairs which accompanied this Change began to let him apprehend that if they had not intirely forgot the Losses he had sustain'd and the Dangers he had run through yet at least that Remembrance of them which remain'd serv'd rather to make his Presence seem importunate than to inspire any Sentiments that might be to his Advantage There could be no Addition to the Grief he conceiv'd at seeiug himself in so different a Condition from what he might reasonably have expected but he thought it Prudence to dissemble the Knowledge he had of this Misfortune and in the mean time that he might be certain what to rely upon he judg'd it convenient to demand an Audience of the Queen and Monsieur They both promis'd him one But after having waited several days to have a time assign'd him they remitted him at last to the Abbot

above Nine or Ten years old when having stoln from his Governour and being sought for a long time he was found upon the Rampiers of Sedan laid down to sleep upon the Carriage of a Cannon being resolv'd to pass the Night there He had heard his Father the Duke of Bouillon often say That it would be a great while before he would be able to endure the Fatigues of War and the Young Prince thought this was a Proof sufficient to undeceive him He began his first Service in Holland under the Prince of Orange his Uncle and was sent thither when he was but fourteen Years old He had naturally an extraordinary Inclination to War which being very much heighten'd by the Desire of Glory He apply'd himself so earnestly to that Art that in his Childhood he seemed to be truly sensible of no other Passion He acquired a great Reputation in a little time and being in War all his Life and living till 63. he at last in all Mens Opinion seem'd fit to be compared to the greatest Generals among the Ancients He was born with a great deal of ' Spirit but was less Remarkable for a Quick and Easie Wit than for a Profound Judgment In Matters that were pressing and of Consequence he determined without Suspence and continued firm and faithful to the Side which he had taken but he was better at foreseeing the End proposed than in providing for the different Means by which it was attainable He passed his Life without any Personal Quarrel however in the beginning he did not always serve under Persons for whom he had much Esteem several likewise serv'd under him that had no greater Value for him and he was join'd in Command with others whose Humour and Manners were very inconsistent with his own and the more so by reason of the Emulation and Jealousie which they had of his Glory for besides that he gave no Credit to Reports and that he despised such things as were spoke against him He was always intent upon some great Design and troubled himself with very few things that were not a real Obstacle to it He was never tempted by the Assurance of a present Success to any Enterprize that might advance his own Glory when he thought it would interrupt the Course of a Design greater and more useful for the State though at a farther distance and naturally he was so set upon the Publick Good that to promote it he often sacrific'd his Private Fortune and sometimes hazarded his own Reputation He was so far from throwing the Blame of ill Accidents upon those Officers he employ'd that he never lost any Occasion of encouraging them when they happened to have met with ill Fortune Amongst so many Subjects for his Anger and Displeasure which he must have met withal from the Time he began to be a Commander He never offended any Body he was never heard to speak one passionate Word to his Servants and though he was naturally mild and patient yet a Vertue so rare and practised with so much Constancy could not have been the Effect of his Temper only One day when he was preparing to mark out the Lines of a Place which was to be besieged he found that he wanted some necessary Instruments and remembring that a Mareschal of France who commanded one of the Attacks had more than he used he sent one of his Guards to borrow some of him The Soldier came back very much troubled and repeated aloud several disagreeable things which the Mareschal said when he refused to lend them The Viscount Turenne turning to the Officers near him Since he is so angry says he we must e'en let them alone and do as well as we can without them After this he attack'd the Lines forced them and gained all the Glory of the Action At this last Campagne in Flanders several Courtiers came from the Army very much incens'd against him but without any reasonable Ground The Viscount Turenne who did not return till a Month after the King found that from their private Discontent they had raised One so general that there was scarce any Body in the whole Court who did not do himself the Honour of speaking ill or complaining of him Several of the Cabal and some of the first Quality spoke to him to accommodate Matters and to clear things with him All his Answer was That he would not be at that trouble It was enough for him to be assured that he had given no Person Reason to complain that he did not despair but upon some other occasion where perhaps he might be really to blame the Gentlemen of the Court would be favourable to him Afterwards they all came back upon their own accord as if nothing had passed and he acted with them as if he had heard nothing of it He was incapable of Hatred but very sensible of Friendship he was seen to shed Tears in the Steets of Pontoise upon the News he receiv'd at the Gate of the Town That the Duke of Bouillon his Brother lay there dangerously sick of the Disease whereof he died and his Tears were so much the more natural and moving because it was easily seen that he had a Mind to refrain them He spoke generally of his Brother with so much Modesty and Heartiness that discourssing with a Friend two or three days after the Duke of Bouillon's Death he said these very Words to him It is believed that I know something of War but there is nothing truer than I might still have learn'd a great deal more from the Duke my Brother and then for Business How far was his Talent beyond mine He was not always happy in the Choice of his Friends however he bewailed the Death of several of them and his natural Goodness was so great that he was never hardened by all the Blood he had seen spilt Nor could he hinder himself from having always in his Mind the Design of Promoting some Person or other notwithstanding so much Ingratitude as he had met with For several Years he had no good Success in War nay he was look'd upon as unfortunate however in those Encounters wherein he did not succeed Fame has always done Justice to his Courage and Conduct and he has often acquired more Glory than those who had gained the Advantage over him He had a very great Ambition which the Conjuncture of the Times and his own Prudence made him for the most part moderate or else conceal but if he had lived in some past Ages that have been favourable to Conquerours though he would have set no Bounds to his own Glory yet he easily would have done it to his Fortunes During the Regency in the Year 1649. Paris took Arms to drive out the Cardinal Mazarine the Viscount Turenne either by the Fatal Constellation which reigned then or through the Discontent he had conceived at that Minister in regard of his private Fortune and that of his Family took a Resolution contrary to the

where they were raising a Battery He received the blow in the midst of his Heart at the same instant that he stopt his Horse to speak to Saint Hilaire Lieutenant of the Artillery Saint Hilaire had one Arm carried away at the same time and said a thing very remarkable to two of his Sons who wept to see him in that Condition Alas Children said he you ought not to weep for me but this Great Man shewing them the Viscount Turenne which is the most irreparable Loss that France has ever suffered Perhaps there was never seen any Example of a Grief which was so great and general at the same time and I cannot think that of the Roman People after the Death of Marcellus Germanicus or Titus could be compared to the Condition France was in upon this Occasion Especially it 's impossible to express the Concern of the Soldiers It appeared for several days together after his Death to be very fresh and moving Those who commanded the Army having caused a Halt to be made to hold a Council what way they should take the Soldiers concerned to see the Delay of their Resolutions began to say aloud and with one Voice They have nothing to do but to let la Pie which was an Excellent Horse known by the whole Army and one that the Viscount Turenne generally mounted go loose and where the poor Creature stops let them encamp there In the distant Provinces where this Prince was scarce known but by his Reputation the News of his Death made a very surprizing Impression the Nobility and People for several days together could speak of nothing else but the Greatness of their Loss Many bewailed him without having ever seen him Some excited to this Grief by the Memory of his Actions others in Consideration of the Services which he might still have rendered them and all in general as being sensible of the extraordinary Misfortune by which so Great a Man came to his End At Paris and the Countries thereabouts and particularly upon the Frontiers which were the Seat of War the Passion was more touching and lively because they knew him better and were used to see him come back every Winter with a new Load of Glory In short it seemed as if his Loss had been the entire Defeat of an Army or that each private Person in the whole Kingdom had lost their best Friend or their whole Fortune Since in his Life-time there came out a Comparison between Him and Caesar I think I may Remark That as the small Agreement that there is between a Monarchy and a Republick made them tread different Paths to Glory so their Deaths bore no greater Resemblance Caesar was assassinated in the time of Peace by his own Citizens whom he had oppressed and the Viscount Turenne lost his Life in War with his Arms in his hand beloved by all the World and serving his King and Countrey without any other Interest than that of Glory and the Performance of his Duty He began to appear in the Reign of Lewis the XIII th and being upheld by his Merit and Quality he pass'd without Favour or Disgrace all the time that Cardinal Richlieu was Master of Affairs Under Cardinal Mazarine's Ministry Fortune used him variously but for the last 20 Years of his Life he had no Reason to complain of her He found a thousand Occasions of gaining such a Glory as will be immortalized by all the Histories of Europe and he esteem'd himself so much the happier in living under a King who had all the Qualities desireable in a Master and who treated him with such Confidence and Esteem that he might love him as a Friend I leave it to such as write his History to say how far he extended the King's Conquests in the last War and what his Thoughts were touching the Affairs in Germany No one knew certainly what the Motives were that made him take so long and difficult a March to seize that Post where he was slain all we can learn is that some hours before his Death he had promised himself great Advantages from this last Action of his Life and he was so far from all Presumption that when he began to think well of his own Undertakings other People might take his Hopes for an entire Certainty of a happy Success so that if those who were at the Head of the Army after his Death have deserved Rewards and Praises the Viscount Turenne being no less above them in his great Knowledge of War than by his Quality of General We have Reason to think that the Event of a Design which he had so long before premeditated would have been much more Great and more Glorious FINIS Books Printed for and Sold by Thomas Bennet at the Half-Moon in St. Paul's Church-Yard FOLIO'S A Thenae Oxonienses Or an exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the University of Oxford from 1500. to the end of 1690. 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prevail the Duke still repeating the same thing Towards the end of March Monmort going to Tholouse rode Post through Turenne He was a Gentleman of Quality and Merit devoted to Cinqmars and more his Confident than Fontrailles himself Cinqmars had charg'd him to tell the Duke That it was a thing of the greatest Importance to them that he should speak with him once more he desired him instantly to take his Measures so that in going into Italy he might meet him at Lyons when the King should pass that way in his Journey to Catalonia But on the contrary the Duke of Bouillon delayed his Departure on purpose that he might not meet him there not only that he might avoid the trouble of new Proposals but because Cinqmars had appointed a great number of Gentlemen of Auvergne his Friends to meet him there which caus'd the Duke to make his Reflections upon what Fontrailles had said That there were more secure and expeditious Methods for the ruining the Cardinal than an open War The Duke of Bouillon therefore did not part from Turenne before he judg'd by the News he receiv'd from Court that it was already remov'd from Lyons and so he could not meet it in his way The Dutchess of Bouillon bore him Company for some days and afterwards returned to Sedan with her Children When the Duke of Bouillon lay at Tarare near Lyons Monmort came thither Post the same Night Cinqmars had sent him after the Duke of Bouillon to tell him that the Cardinal lay a dying That for himself he had never been so much in the King's Favour as he was at present and so he hop'd in a little time the Duke of Bouillon would have no cause to repent his having admitted him to such a share in his Friendship Monmort added farther That Fontrailles was come back from Madrid with a Treaty Sign'd in as ample manner as Monsieur had desir'd but in the condition that the Cardinal was then there would be no need of it The Duke of Bouillon after having answer'd Cinqmars his Complements desir'd Monmort to tell him that Monsieur was very happy that he should be in no want of Spanish Succors because by a Letter that he had receiv'd from Liege he was better assur'd than ever that they were not able to spare him any that would be considerable The Cardinal was really very sick some few days after his departure from Lyons and continued so upon the Rode and was carried to Tarascon whilst the King went to the Siege of Perpignan but it was not his Illness only that oblig'd him to stay there The Power which Cinqmars had over the King was so far increas'd during this Journey that the Cardinal thought he had reason to be much afraid of it and if the publick saw plainly this advance in the King's Favour by the exteriour marks of it the Cardinal saw still better by what pass'd in the management of Affairs and the manner that the King often us'd to speak to him concerning this Favourite Cinqmars himself was so far from concealing this Happiness that he lost no opportunity of having it took notice of It seem'd to the Cardinal that the King was wholly alter'd as to him and that the Face of the Court chang'd likewise in favour of Cinqmars In short this Minister and his Creatures lay under such great uncertainties that he had it in deliberation whether instead of going to the King when his health would permit he should not wholly retreat and write him word that the occasion of his removal was because he could no longer have any security for himself near his Person Cinqmars being his declar'd Enemy and having engag'd almost the whole Court in his Cabal In the mean time the King fell sick before Perpignan and was carried to Narbonne where it was infallibly believ'd he would have died Cinqmars sent a Courier to Monsieur to acquaint him with it He was advanc'd as far as Bourbon under pretence of drinking the Waters and he had no sooner receiv'd the news of the King's Condition but that he sent the Count D' Aubijeux Post away to find the Duke of Bouillon with all Diligence D' Aubijoux carried only a single Credential and was to demand of the Duke of Bouillon the necessary Orders for the receiving of Monsieur the Queen and her two Children into Sedan D' Aubijoux had contracted a very strict Friendship with the Duke of Bouillon He was a Man of great Quality of the Family of D' Amboise and had the reputation of much Honour and Courage The Duke of Bouillon kept him three days conceal'd in the Camp not being able to determine what to do and in the Conversation they had together the Duke of Bouillon oftentimes repeated to him the same things he had already told to Monsieur when he saw him at Venice House and they spoke about Sedan the Treaty with Spain and what was to be done if the King should chance to die For indeed the more the Duke thought of it he was the less able to comprehend that the Queen and Monsieur should ever imagine that upon the King's Death they should be oblig'd to leave the Kingdom so that when he join'd these Arguments which possest his Mind to the memory of what had pass'd between Mounsieur Cinqmars and himself he could scarce doubt but this last instance about Sedan was a pure Artifice of Cinqmars The Pretext of providing a Retreat for the Queen her Children and Monsieur was very plausible and glorious for the Duke of Bouillon But he had all the reason in the World to fear lest by this Engagement he should find himself Embarqu'd with the Spaniards to maintain a Civil War against his own Inclinations In the mean time D' Aubijoux who knew with what impatience his return was expected omitted nothing that might remove the Duke's Suspicions and the Duke of Bouillon did not doubt but that if they had a design of deceiving him they would not have begun it with deceiving D' Aubijoux Besides he had been several times assur'd by D' Aubijoux that he was too much his Servant not to admonish him That if he should send him back without agreeing to any thing he might be certain Monsieur would resent it mortally and if the King as it was probable should dye at Narbonne it was easy to apprehend that in the posture things would be then it would be of no small consequence to have the Cardinal for his conceal'd Enemy and Monsieur for his profest one The Duke of Bouillon had resisted all these Considerations but at last there arriv'd an express from Court with Letters for him and several Officers in the Army which all imported That the King's Life was despaired of Then the Duke of Bouillon fix'd his resolution and gave D' Aubijoux the Letters he demanded but with this precaution that he made him swear they should not go out of his hands till after the King's Death and that if the

King should recover he would keep 'em to give him again or else burn 'em if he found any danger like to be in preserving them Whatever hast D' Aubijoux could make he found things strangely alter'd at his return The King was out of Danger and the Cardinal amidst his Fears and Uncertainties had advice of the Journey which Fontrailles had made to Madrid and waiting till he could learn more he in the mean time sent Chavigni Secretary of State to acquaint the King with it but gave him express Order to engage his Majesty upon his Conscience to keep the Secret However Cinqmars perceived some alteration in the King He spoke of it to Fontrailles who advis'd him to retire to Monsieur Fontrailles seeing he could not perswade him to take this Resolution gave the Duke of Espernon a Challenge that he might have a pretence to go from Court without increasing the suspicions that might arise against Cinqmars by his absence after this he disguis'd himself and got safe into England Cinqmars sent Monsieur advice how things stood Monsieur desired him to come to Moulin's at a day appointed and that he was resolv'd to get out of the Kingdom by the way of Franche-Comté In the mean time the Cardinal who set every thing at Work to discover the cause of Fontrailles's Journey by some means got a Copy of the Treaty with Spain though no one could ever yet learn how he came by it nor from whom The same moment he sent Chavigni to shew it to the King with Orders to assure his Majesty that this Copy was taken from the Original and that upon his Life he should have Proofs of it Cinqmars and de Thou were immediately Arrested and necessary Orders were dispatch'd with speed for the Observation of Monsieur But when he saw that he had lost the Opportunity of saving himself by the Franche-Comté he be thought himself of sending the Abbot de la Riviere who was his Favourite to the Court He gave him a Letter to the Cardinal which express'd his hearty Repentance in very passionate Terms and his Desire that his Pardon might be owing to him The King at the Cardinal's Intercession promis'd to forgive him all upon Condition That Monsieur should declare the Truth In short the Abbot de la Riviere manag'd the business so well that his Master mov'd with the Cardinal's Proceedings and the King's Goodness confess'd in general what had pass'd excus'd himself for having burnt the Original of the Spanish Treaty gave a Copy of it which he signed to certifie it and made it be counter-sign'd by the Secretary of his Dispatches When the Cardinal had got so important a Piece in his hands he sent a Dispatch to Paris to order the Chancellour to come with all speed that He with the Commissaries might frame a Process against Cinqmars and de Thou In the mean time they were sent to Lyons and because Fontrailles to give the Spaniards a greater Idea of the Party had not omitted the Duke of Bouillon's Name in the Treaty notwithstanding all his Praecautions and had assured them that he would ratifie it and deliver Sedan for a Place of Retreat a Messenger was dispatch'd with great Speed into Italy to have him Arrested The Orders were directed to the General Officers that commanded under him the Count du Plessis-Praslin Couvonges and Castelan When they had all three consulted together about the Manner how they should put them in Execution they agreed that they ought to defer it till the next day when the Duke of Bouillon would go to visit the Cittadel of Casal judging they could not without danger attempt to Arrest him at the Head of the Army so great was the Veneration they had for him and the Esteem that he had gain'd among them He had found so extravagant a Licentiousness in the Army that nothing was wanting to a Revolt but a Man to Head 'em and yet by his great Cares and the perfect Knowledge he had in the Orders of War he had reduc'd it in six Weeks time to a most exemplary Discipline without the Execution of more than two Soldiers so that perhaps never any General in so little time gained the Reputation of a Great Commander without besieging any Place or fighting any Battle or having any considerable Enemy to make Head against him The Army was then near Casal Couvonges who was Governour of it went thither betimes to set all things in order The Duke of Bouillon carried Castelan along with him and left the Count du Plessis to command in the Camp After the Duke of Bouillon had supp'd in the Cittadel he went down into the Town where his Lodgings were prepared and by the way meeting with an Officer that was just come from the Army he ask'd him what News from thence the Officer told him he knew of none but that if there were any he might be inform'd of it by the Count du Plessis who had arriv'd there long before him The Duke of Bouillon turning himself to Couvonges told him that he did not understand what the Count du Plessis meant by leaving the Army without his Order Couvonges answer'd him with much Concern that he had been at Casal but one Moment and drawing nearer gave him in his Ear so mean an Excuse for his coming that the Duke of Bouillon began to have some Suspicions and immediately after retired to his Chamber saying he would write his Dispatches Couvonges who had taken notice of the Duke of Bouillon's Surprize as the Duke had likewise done of his went immediately to the Count du Plessis to tell him what had happen'd He had conceal'd him in a Lodging near the Duke of Bouillon for they had resolv'd among themselves not to Arrest him till he should be in Bed The Chance fell to Couvonges to carry him word of it but he had already conceiv'd so much Esteem and Respect for the Duke of Bouillon that he could never bring himself to the Resolution of Arresting him in the Cittadel and it seem'd to him that by Arresting him in the Town he should only break the Laws of Hospitality in a less Degree and have fewer Difficulties in effecting a Design that could never be defended Couvonges having related to the Count du Plessis and Castelan what had pass'd between the Duke of Bouillon and himself they both judg'd that there would be danger in deferring the Execution one Moment Couvonges return'd directly to the Duke of Bouillon's Chamber and finding him walking there desired a word with him in private pretending that a Spy had brought him considerable News from the Enemy When the Duke of Bouillon had order'd those about him to retire Couvonges began with the Compliments that are usual upon such Occasions that he was extremely concern'd at the Orders he had received from the King to Arrest him as his Prisoner The Duke of Bouillon told him that if he had an Order it was Counterfeited and desired to see it Couvonges told him