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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51200	The characters or pourtraicts of the present court of France wherein is described the king, the princes, the generals and the principal ministers of state &c. / written originally in French ; made English by J.B., Gent.; Divers portraits. English	Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693.; Bulteel, John, fl. 1683.	1668 (1668)	Wing M2507; ESTC R18747	32,064	144

stand to their Sentence and come in at their Summons to answer for themselves I remember an Example during the last troubles in the person of Monsieur the Prince they had given him some cause to apprehend he might be again confined though but newly out of Prison which occasioned his retreat to S. Maur. The Parliament deputed two Counsellors to go to this Prince and invite him to come and shew the Reasons for his retiremens to the Parliament He comes accompanied with his Royal Highness the Prince of Conty the Princes of Nemours Guise and other Lords that assembled themselves There the first President addressing his Speech to the Prince boldly reprov'd him for withdrawing himself tumultuously from Paris and told him That he would make him responsable for all the disorders that should happen those actions of his being but like the Alarms to a Civil War during the Kings Minority it being well known at Court that he kept Secret Intelligence with the Kings Enemies and caused several places to be fortified amongst which Bellegarde was one To which the Prince replied with as much heat That if any disorders did happen in the Kingdom themselves would be the only causers of it to which they had already given birth That for his part he detested the designe of any such disturbance in his Soul and for the correspondence they mentioned he held with the Enemy it was false nor could they produce the least Witness against him there being as little verity also in what they alledged touching Bellegarde which they particularly objected concerning which he vow'd and protested both to his Royal Highness and the Court that there had not been one shovel full of Earth removed to any such intent Upon which the first President with as much confidence as he began resumed his Speech and told him That indeed his words were good and plausible but yet many times mens words and intentions look contrary ways as his were suspected to do and then proceeded to reprove him in these terms It is very laudable to see the Prince of Conde keep within his Palace in the Fauxburgh Saint Germaines and not vouchsafe to go over the new Bridge to wait upon the King his Lord and Master This looks like an intrenching and barricading ones self on the other side of the River against the Louvre and what will strangers say Sir when they hear of such proceedings of the Prince of Conde towards the King The Prince replied again as smartly as at the beginning That his Royal Highness had given him caution not to do it and would not undertake for the security of his person the Cardinal Mazarine ruling still in the hearts of the Court where his Enemies were yet the strongest party and threatned him with a second imprisonment But that he still must attribute all the disorders and disturbances that might happen to their negligence unless they would acquaint the King and Queen with his just Reasons and most humble Remonstrances This contest betwixt the Presidents and the Dukes and Pairs of France for Precedency hath been of late started up more then ever upon some accidents hapning in a general Procession One of these last Holydays the President de Mesmes Footmen being the more numerous took place of the Duke of Brisac's upon which there ensued a great quarrel and debate but the Duke 's were in fine constrained to yield to the number and strength of the others upon which the Duke 's preferred their complaints with a great deal of heat having demanded for Justice against them each of them made their own defence and the Duke's have newly produced their Manifesto and presented it to the King to have a decision of it It is said that his Majesty goes in person the next week to the Parliament for this end and to give order to the Chancellour to collect first the Votes of the Dukes and Pairs before those of the Presidents But others that are very clear-sighted do believe that the business will be thus accommodated That the Presidents shall have precedency in the Parliament but shall any where else give it to all Dukes and Pairs especially at Extraordinary Ceremonies and Triumphant Showes where the Sword seems to claim a Right above the long Robe Of this we expect the Issue THE Character or Pourtraict Of the QUEEN-MOTHER ANna Maria Mauritia of Austria Daughter of Philip the III. King of Spain was married to Lewis the XIII King of France and Navarre The Marshall d' Ancre made up this match and carried the King to Bourdeaux to that end whilest an Army lay amusing the Princes of the League in Champagne She was married many years before she had any children but at length she brought forth this King and Monsieur only having never had any Daughters or other Children then these two After the death of Lewis the XIII she was declared Queen Regent and made use of the counsel and administration of Cardinal Mazarine during the time of her Regency and the Kings minority The beginning of his Ministery was both peaceable and happy enough for to gain the amity and good will of the great ones he shewed the Kings favours upon them with an open hand indifferently being contented to engage them to be of his party that they should share with him in his Masters Grace and Authority He endeavoured likewise at first to strengthen himself with some considerable Alliance and to this purpose he sent for some of his Nephews and Nieces and other Relations whom he caused to be bred up at Court after the French Mode and Air upon the hopes of future Grandeur But we shall mention this Minister in a Chapter apart which shall describe both his Person and Conduct The Queen-Mother is a good and vertuous Princess of a pacifique spirit and an exemplary Piety She wants neither for resolution nor conduct in great affairs nor for good will towards the publick Interest Her great courage was apparent during the troubles of her Regency when she resolved to make use of her power against Paris and asked the Prince upon his return from the battail Will you suffer them to affront the Regal Authority meaning the business of the Barricadoes when they would absolutely have Monsieur Broussel released leased upon their popular insurrection This violence concerns you continued she To whom the Prince replied Madam behold this Sword of mine is ever at his Majesties service which you may absolutely command She shewed also a great deal of resolution in her enterprize upon the Princes whom she caused to be seized on by her Captain of the Guards but her undaunted spirit appeared most eminently after the Cardinals absence when she took the Helme of the State into her own hands and steering all affairs during that hideous tempest causing the King to be declared in his Majority after she had driven the Prince into Guyenne and confined the Cardinal de Retz who had been flattered with the hopes of being chief Minister In

inclinations a little and reform his expences to the just measure of Decency and the quality of his Illustrious Birth THE Character or Pourtraict OF THE Prince of CONTY HE is mild good natur'd and accomplished in all excellent Qualities He is very Learned in all the Sciences and hath been admired in the most celebrated Academy for his great Wit and capacity in the knowledge of the highest points of Theology but besides his Titles and excellent Qualities he is Master of a very great stock of Bounty and Vertue His life is a fit Exemplar for the best Courts and makes good the possibility of being a very great Lord and a very honest man His Lady is a most vertuous Princess who agrees admirably well with him in his Zeal and Piety and had the Cardinal brought no other benefit to France but the bestowing of so rare a person on us who is so Noble and Charitable to the World he would deserve our eternal thanks and praises since by her means Millions of our lives have been preserved during the Famine besides the many Souls she hath saved by her frequent Prayers and eminent Examples insomuch as this Prince and Princess are the true patterns of Piety amidst the Pomp and Bravery of this Age. I shall not mention the Beauty of this Woman for though she be of an excelling Shape yet that is the least of her perfections she being infinitely good and wise charitable and discreet and in a word a complete Model of Christian Perfection There is a worthy Branch of the Noble Stock who is called Monsieur le Comte who is as yet too young to shew the World the advantages he is like to derive from such a worthy Birth All that is yet observed i● his ravishing prettiness and such a Physiognomy as promises he will hereafter keep up the Fame and Reputation of his Illustrious Parents THE Character or Pourtraict Of Mademoiselle de Montpensier MAdemoiselle de Montpensier the elder is of the house Bourbon both by Father and Mother Gaston the Son of France yonger brother to Lewis the XIII was her Father and Mary de Montpensier his first wife derived her Birth from Henry Duke of Montpensier and that Henry from a third Son of the house of Bourbon whose direct line failed at the death of the Constable revived again in Charles the Second Son of that Family the third Son having begotten the Prince de la Roche Suryon and the Duke of Montpensier from whom Mary the Mother of Mademoiselle was descended The Princess being of the blood of Kings and Princes is haughty daring and of a more then feminine courage It may be truely said she is an Amazon and fitter to manage the Sword then a Distaff which she made apparent at the business of St. Anthonies where the Princes fortunes being desperate and her Father not daring to appear to save the Prince of Conde's party who were at the brink of destruction She went to the Town-hall and took the Provost of the Merchants and the Governor of Paris by the Beards using great threats to oblige them to arm and raise the Citizens for the defence of the Prince from whence she went to her Father his Royal Highness in his Palace whom she in a manner constrained to go with her to the Bastille that so his presence might support the staggering forces and all that rising of the Citizens an enterprize too rugged and daring for that foster Sex especially against a Royal Army and in presence of their Majesties was an action hardly to be excused but upon the consideration of the rashness of a woman the Kings minority and the general aversion at that time against Cardinal Mazarine For she commanded them to fire their Cannon upon the Kings Army and facilitated the Princes retreat opening the City-Gates to him which saved both him and his whole party from evident ruine She is passionate resolute and active free in discourse and endures not to be contradicted in her opinions She never cared for the Kings nor her Fathers Minsters because that obliged her to some condescention towards them She had formerly some thoughts of marrying the Arch-Duke Leopold of Austria without the Kings consent which obliged his Majesty to have a Guard attending her and to secure all the passages into Flanders lest she should throw her self into his Arms who then made War against France It is said she otherwhile refused the King of Englands courtship during his misfortunes which is a fault of youth not to be repaired I hold it somewhat difficult to believe that her great heart could submit it self to any mans commands how potent and noble soever he might be She is the richest Princess in Europe for she enjoys above eight hundred thousand Livres revenue in Lands yearly She is of a very tall and handsome proportion of a Masculine aspect a confident and free garb and pace a majestick presence and yet a pleasing and graceful conversation Her humour is somewhat impatient sprightly and forward to undertake whatever she designs and being a stranger to any kind of dissimulation speaking her minde freely without disguise not caring who listens It is thought they apprehended at Court that she would express some discontent by reason of the Marriage of her younger Sisters before her who were by another Mother or else upon some resentment written or spoken she was commanded to withdraw her self from the Court to her own Estate where she remains in a great deal of freedom and liberty and not without much hopes of being suddenly recalled to Court where some advantagious propositions are on foot for a fit match for her but with what Monarch is not so well known THE Character or Pourtraict Of the House of Vendosme THe Duke of Vendosme named Caesar of Bourbon is the natural Son of Henry the IV and the Marchioness of Estree called the beauteous Gabriele The excessive tenderness which the King his Father had for this Lady and for this Son had almost caused his legitimation by a Marriage which the King had given his promise for in favour of that Mistress which promise in writing Monsieur de Rosny tore in pieces in her presence as Monsieur de Sully mentions in his Memoires He does very much resemble that great Prince his Father is well shaped and of a good meen He is something jovial and hath wit enough but above these he is really good natured mild and extraordinary affable He was a long while absent from Court with his Family in the late Kings days but since this Mans Reign he returned again with all the honour due to his birth and quality nay his Majesty conferred the office of high Admiral upon him which is one of the highest in the Kingdom and hath bestowed the reversion upon Monsieur de Beaufort the youngest of his Sons insomuch that he is now higher at Court then ever his age and experience making him capable of that great imployment which he executes with