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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00983	[The fleur de luce.]; Collection Fleur de lys.	Forget, Pierre, 1544-1610, attributed name. aut; Arnauld, Antoine, 1560-1619, attributed name. aut	1593 (1593)	STC 11088; ESTC S116011	15,272	28

THE FLOWER DE LVCE Which conteyneth the discourse of a Frenchman deteyned in Paris vppon the impieties and counterfeatings conteyned in the manifest of Spayne published in the month of Ianuary 1593. HEtherto did I alwayes hope that shortly we should so open our eyes as we should neede no farther prouocation to stirre vppe our iust displeasure against the auncient and captiall ennemies of the Flower de Luce vntill being reassembled together vnder the French bāner we should passe ouer the Pirinean mountaines for the deliuery of the poore Nauarrean slaues out of captiuity who doe stretch foorth their armes to that mightye prince to whōe God hath vouchsafed these two goodly crownes the one by discent from his father the other from his mother But sith that after so many vaine hopes one in an others neck whereinto we haue beene forced in this towne of Paris for the lulling a sleepe of our sences and the deceiuing of our extreame misery we still in the end doe see that they from whome wee expected our felicity as sometimes it hath fallen out that such as haue bene authors of great mischiefes haue also bene ministers of great remedies sith I say that in liew of acknowledging their lawfull king they haue passed the pikes and plunged themselues headlong in the horrible goulfe of Spanish bondage I can no lenger keepe this long silence for so long as we reteyne any sparke of the humor of our auncient French liberty we cannot but send forth some speeches some sighes the testimonies of our intent Before we giue vppe the ghost we must euen with our bloud write this our last testament for our posterity to the ende they may know that their auncesters were no such traytors to their Princes that voluntarily would suffer themselues to be chayned vppe vnder the locks of this cruell and most barbarous nation O Innocent posterity who in secret shall read these last lamentations of your dying mother euer-more remember that your selues are discended of the race of those who time out of minde haue made other nations of the earth to tremble who haue passed the Alpes and the Pirinean mountaines who haue sayled ouer euery sea to make their weapons to glister in the bowels of forren empires who neuer fered any thing except that the sky should fall vpon them as being assured to conquer and tame whatsoeuer vpon the face of the earth durst medle with them This onely remembrance will so inflame your mindes with spite and rage that in time you shall gather strength yea albeit all weapons should fayle you euen with your handes to stifle these serpents who hauing once wrethed you within their traines will sucke forth the very marow out of your bones Neuer thinke deere children that those shamefull couenants whereinto your parents are entered did proceede of their voluntary good will neither measure the intent of a great nation according to the notable wickednesse of a number of mutinous not frenchmen but bastards heere ingendred by Spanyardes No it is not to be thought that any so infamous or wretched cogitation could euer penetrate the harte of any man discended of a perfect french race I will not heere bring into consideration the horrible cruelties that haue dispeopled the Indians in putting to death more then remaineth vpon the rest of the face of the earth neither will I set before you the insatiable couetize that hath dried vp the minds of Peru and banished the welthiest houses in Portugall and the Low countryes all this beseemeth those that seeke to haue a stranger to their maister yet will they haue one that is tollerable France hath no skill in such a choyce France acknowledgeth none but her owne children those whome she hath suckled noursed and brought vp in her bosome ouer whome shee commandeth her king onely excepted whome God hath made to be borne the eldest of the most ancient greatest and most florishing famely in the world that hath swaied the french scepter so many yeares France giueth eare to that only child whome she cherisheth and loueth most tenderly to whome she beareth an extraordinary affection as accompting nothing difficult or dangerous that may tende to the exalting of him aboue all other Princes of the earth In him hath she shewed all her contentation her glory and maiestie are shadowed and doe wholy glister in her eldest sonne whose enterprises may for a while so long as his mother sleepeth be somewhat slacked but in the ende if she waken and that the potion which by her enemies hath bene ministred to lull her on sleepe hath lost all force when she returneth to the knowledge of her selfe and beginnes to stirre her benummed armes in how short space shall we see all these spanish forces cut in pieces all these garrisons of moores died in their owne bloud the woful countenance of France changed into ioy and mirth and all these stormes driuen away by the beautifull beames of the sonne which shall restore vnto vs the light-some day of contentation and perfect liberty our churches shall not as they seeke to perswade be desolate but contrariwise they shall bee replenished with that ancient multitude which vsually we haue seene among vs. We all together shall render praise to God for the felicity vnto vs graunted when round about vs we shall behould not the spanish insolencie full of pompe and vanity but the sweetnesse of our parents and the delightsome company of those that haue bene borne in the same towne with vs. Oh happy day most prosperous and so long desired of all good men in this poore towne who groane vnder the burden of forrein dominion with whom we may without feare bewayle our passed calamities reioyce our present felicity and still hope for a more full accomplishment thereof Albeit our goods be wasted and that we inioy but euen halfe a life euell compacted in a weake body fallen away with extreame famine yet may we at the least speake bouldier Our misery shall be at an ende and the affliction of things passed shall neuer be agmented with feare of such as are to come We shall no longer see this proud Rodomontes presidents of the counsails of the bastards of France our eares shall not be filled with their proud threates vaine bragges of their mighty armies that should driue the warres a hundred leagues from vs winne so many fieldes and cary our king into the Bastille Neuerthelesse sith this day shall be so fortunate vnto vs why doe not we endeuour to hasten it euen with the hasard of our liues must the feare of death make vs shamefully and cowardly die for hunger when otherwise we might with weapon be r●u●nged of those that draw vs into these extremities by making vs so obstinately to with-stand our countery and king and yet doth the superfluity of their expenses euidently declare vnto vs that with them this time is as easily ouerpassed as to vs it is hard and intollerable The great pentions that they daily