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
hys promise This enterprise hadde bin of long practised and for the executioÌ„ of it the parties to the practise imparted it with the Lorde de Bricquemau de Guercy Liuetenant to the Lorde Admirall ouer hys men of Armes and Gouernour at the present of Charyte for the King vnder the Princes to the Lorde de Borry Baron of Reury des Essartz with others Lords and Captaynes in those quarters Who vnderstanding the enterprise at large with the meanes to execuâ—e it iudged with it as a thing verie conuenient to be pursued This Vrsyn Pallus in the meane while reuealed it to the Lord de la Charstre gonernour of the towne of Bourges and countrey of Berry and also to Capteine Martyn keeper of the greate towre of Burges who aduysed him to enterteine the enterprise and assure to them of Charite day place and meane to effect it who lykewyse applyed him selfe to their instructions In the meane while the sayde Gouernour of Charstres omitting no preparatiue fitte to welcome them deuysed gynnes of fyer and traynes of powder within the ditches of the place asseigned He bestowed also two grates the one at the entry of the little Forte and the other at the dore or false porte by whiche they enter into the greate towre bringyng lastly into the towne diuerse horsemen and footmen Italians for their better suretie and defence The daye and howre speciall for this purpose was asseigned by the sayd Pallus on S. Thomas night the one and twenteth of December at two of the clocke at after midnight whiche they of Charite fayled not to obserue in poynt And bycause they were dispersed in diuerse places the place of generall méeting was at Baugy a Castell taken before by the barron of Reury about six leagues from Bourges There met about a M. or twelue C. harquebusheares on foote of the troupes of the Lorde Borry and Loruaye with thrée cornets of horsemen guided by the Lorde Bricquemau all which in very good poynt obserued both the houre and place asseigned called la Grange Francois halfe a leage from Bourges where lykewyse mette them the sayde Vrsin Pallus assuring them still of the facilytie of the enterprise and that he bring them to the great tower without daunger whereunto to couer all cause of doute hée offered to bée their first leader They of the religion vnder the fayth of his worde made march first and formost with him the Lorde de Lespau accompanied with twelue aswell Captaines as souldiers and entred by a wicket towarde the fort of the false port where they pitched ladders to enter within the false port which was fyue foote aboue ground After him entred the baron Reury with fiue and twenty men and then the Lord de Sarts with fifty souldiers to sustaine the first but as his troupe entred the cordes of the grate were cut when they also within applyed their seuerall engynes to vse and put fyre to the traines and at the instant the artillery bestowed in flanks thundred vppon them that were to enter as also Captaine Martyn with his number of armed men charged such as were vnhappely entred who seing them selues and enterpryse betrayed deuised and labored for their safety aswell as they could some lept from the wall downe some gat out of the grate the same being somewhat hyer because Buysiere stewarde to the late Lord d'Autricour was inclosed vnder it being notwithstanding taken froÌ„ thence by his company who not able otherwyse to effect their enterpryse were constrayned to retyre They killed of theÌ„ of the Religion twelue or fourtene aswel captaines as souldiers and almost as many kept prisoners within the towne besydes such as were hurt the Lord de Lespau the baron of Reurye de Lessarts des Milles with certain other were taken within the grosse towre After this they of Bourges fearing y courses y they of the religion made euen to their gates aduertised the king of their necessity who succored them spedely with sixe cornets of horsmen which had bene before at the siege of S. Iean d'Angely they arryued at Bourges vppon the ende of December The Princes being come to Montauban as is sayd executed the cause of their comming adioyning to their army the forces of the two Vicounts and Montgomerye In this time the king sent back to Poyctyers the Duke d'Aumall with three cannons and one culuerine guyded by the Lord de Gouas and his regiment of footemen And so bestowing his campin garrisons to wynter lycensing afore the ItaliaÌ„s to go home his Maiestie came to the Towne of Angiers wherein hath bin since as is sayd certain conference for peace ⸫ The prince of Conde disarmeth him selfe The third cyuill warre Garisons put in the towns surrendred Those of the religion shut out of towns Meanes to disarme theÌ„ of the religion Letters of the king coÌ„trary to the Edicte of peace Counsell of the duke of Alba. Amanzay Hercules houshold seruant to the prince Request to offer an oth to the King. Generall musters The Prince and the Admiral watched Noyers Tanley Countie Rochefoucaut Rochell â—ssemblie â—f the Caâ—â—olikes â—ssemblie â—â— the â—rince Tallard taken 〈…〉 uke of 〈…〉 njou bro 〈…〉 er to the 〈…〉 ing Duke de Roauuoâ—â— prisoner The Lord d'Acier â—he Lord â—e Mouâ—ans â—euies of â—en in LaÌ„â—uedoc â—euiâ—e of â—e â—d'A 〈…〉 r in his Corner Kyngs edict Another edict of the King. Marz taken and the towre Sainct Christophle Number of of the L. Daeiers armie Angoulesme besieged Angoulesme taken The Quene of Nauarre his sonne Regiment of â—aâ—â—â—yn Letters of the Q of Nauarre The Princes Camp. Baudine hurt Ouerthrew of the L. of Mouuans P. Gourde Pons besieged The castle of Pons taken 〈…〉 ebeau 〈…〉 endred The castell of Mirebeau taken The meeting of the two armies Abbay S. florent taken The Abbay recouered A sale of the principall goods of the Churche The Queene of Nauarre returnes to Rochel The othe of the Prince of Nauarre l'Endureau reuoltes Brissac slaine Conte Pompadon slain The Lorde Boccard dead Charyte besieged and taken The Duke de deux Poâ—s dead Description of the dukes camp Description of the princes army Succours from the Pope The Quene mother encourageth the souldiours The Lord Strossi taken Strosies men slaine The death of the Lord â—f Moruil The siege of Nyort The Lord pluucau succours it 〈…〉 aâ—â—le 〈…〉 ig The Protestants requ to the king for peace whome troubles â—t to be â—uted Office of true subiects Luzig rendred Lords and Captaynes â—ithin Poyâ—yers Poict besieged Battery against Poye Battery against Poye Three assaultes gyueÌ„ to the subburbes of Roâ—l Assault of Italians The Lord de Mouy hurt S. Iean de Angeli besieged Imprinted at London by Henry Bynneman dwelling in Knight Ryder streat at the signe of the Mâ—rmayde For Lucas Harrison and George Byshop
A discourse of the Ciuile warres late troubles in Fraunce drawn into Englishe by Geffray Fenton and deuided into three bookes Wherof The first beginneth from the breach of peace in March. 1568. coÌ„tinueth till the death of the Prince of Conde The second from his death till the battell at Mongontour which was the first of October 1569. The third conteineth varietie of matters chauncing in sundry places since that tyme. Seene and allowed MON HEVR VIENDRA Imprinted at London by Henry Bynneman for Lucas Harrison and George Bishop To the right honourable my singuler good Lord Sir Henry Sidney knight of the order the Q. Maiesties deputy gouernour in her realme of Ireland Lord PresideÌ„t of her highnesse CouÌ„trey and Marches of Wales in Englande NOtwithstaÌ„dyng right honorable my present insufficiencie to write things woorthy any generall view and much lesse to stand afore your peculiar graue iudgement yet in respect of your naturall affabilitie inclinable to honest indeuours I am bolde vnder this argument to exhibite a simple effect of my seruiceable mynde so long tyme vowed to you yours as partly encouraged by the honourable regard of your vertuous Lady and wyfe to my first dedication and partly induced by your name of singuler merite to all sortes but most of all by an auncient setled desire leading me as it were in an aspiring imaginacion to bring forth somewhat worthy your honorable view protectioÌ„ wherin hauing as yet nothing of mine own to present your honor withal it may like you in the meane while to receiue this short report of the third and late French troubles the same as they were lately writteÌ„ by a diligent eye witnes assisting all their actuall procedings vntill Ianuary last so not vnmeetâ— to be reuealed to our countrey no lesse for the qualitie or freshenesse of the matter which is very graue in it selfe than for the truth and indifferencie of the author who certeinly in either part procedes with great modesty obseruing with al such singuler integritie as both the good sorte may settle and confirme the rest suffice satisfie without cause of offence vnlesse temperance and truth be offences to such whose tastes can abide no better dispositions thaÌ„ their own And this as it is a most commendable order in writing so hath it no smal grace in an history and as carefully to be imitated of all sortes as the contrary is contemnable in any besides if there be any dignitie next after the sacred word of God to wise writings on earth a true history may iustly chalenge a first place being in dede no small parcel of the same sacred word it selfe If we also discend into Philosophy History is her chiefest part in what degree so euer wise men wil place her which Plato forgets not to affirme in reckening such cities and people very happy whose princes and soueraigne gouernours be Philosophers as though no parte of Philosophy did more liuely and generally instruct a vertuous lyfe thaÌ„ histories who as with a certaine harmonie swetenesse to draw men to good by aliâ—â—ing examples of good meÌ„ so of the contrary expressing terrible successes of the wycked with their tragicall endes do euen hale vs from the cuill to the better the same happening most wheÌ„ writers be vpright speakers of the truth sincere hable iudges of the same likewise moderate praisers but free reprehenders without affectation accordyng to the indifferent desertes of the parties which so much the more becomes the histories of our tyme to be thus seasoned when we our selues be professours of that heauenly and deuine Philosophye which in teaching vs the chiefe and hygh truthe willes vs also to bee lesse negligent of our own estimation than in swaruing from that which is honest and true eyther to bleamish the one or slaunder the other in our christian pietie and that with such a notable blot for euer as liuing men obiecting our faultes as witnesses eyther of malice or falshode may also coÌ„mende them to a perpetuall posteritie Such therefore is the excellent Maiestie of a true historie as nothing in humayne things is to bee preferred before it and such the necessitie of it both in priuate and publicke as well in all states and pollicies as also conducible to Religion directing withall euerie degree in his duetie and true vse of the same And lastly it is the liuely Image of time and seasons whiche vnder God most absolutely doth gouerne and esolue oure transitorie endeuours and actions A most true looking glasse for the soueraigne to beholde continually and a sound studie for the subiect to bee had still in vse Wherein right honorable if I haue indutifully abused your wisdom and graue experieÌ„ce and by to much speach and circuÌ„stance slipt into Phormyos faulte when he red to Hannibal de re militari It may like you to measure with my vehemencie to the cause my respectiue desire to your honour who albeit is not I know without your deepe sight and excellent iudgement in the tunges yet it may please you to suffer this small treatise by your mediation to becommunicated to others to a publik benefit of many and speciall deface of slaunderers who in this coÌ„spiring tyme do labour to confound both deuine and humayne things leauing nothing vnstayned which they may bring within the compasse of their carping natures And lykewyse for my parte albeit I am bolde to vse this breefe discourse to sollicite rather in my vnfayned faith and disposition to your honour than in any worthynesse in the trauayle yet if youre honoure vouchsafe too receyue me and my meaning vvith that vertue vvhiche surely is peculiar in you I shall not onely bee encouraged too greater things hereafter but also others of woorthie skill in dede wil labour to honour you for this example wherin I most humbly and faithfully commend vnto you my hart deuotion as also if I had any other thyng more deare or precious I present it with an vnfained will to be commaunded as it best pleaseth your honour whom God long preserue to your prince country and frendes At London the xxiiij of May. 1570. Your honors humbly to commaund Geffray Fenton THE TABLE A AEsse vpon Vienne fol. 89 The Lord of Acier fo 13 deuideth his horsmeÌ„ fo 14 the numbre of his armye fo 19 the order of the same fol. 19 his sicknes fol. 137 The Duke of Alba a Spanyard Fol. 5 Ales at Seuennes fol. 15 The Lord Admirall sicke fol. 137. he sendeth Monsieur de la Noue Monsieur de la Loue to Montgontour fol. 153 Monsieur de Amazey slain hewen in peeces fol. 6 The Lord de Andelot fol. 11. his death fol. 74 Angoulesme beseeged fol. 20 and taken fol. 20. and sommoned fol. 77 The Duke of Angiou the kings brother fol. 12. seeke the rest in the name of Monsieur The Armye of the Duke of Sweburg or Deux Ponts fol. 87 Argence fo 62 The Assembly of Catholikes
knew the Prince of Condé and also the L. d'Argence both which promised him to saue his lyfe or to leaue theirs in the aduenture whervpon as an Archer being descended on foote to helpe to shifte the Prince from vnder his horsse and had set him vppon his feete one named Montesquion thought to be the Capteyne of the garde to the Kings brother knowing the Prince shot him thorough the head with a Pistolet the blow entring behynd and came foorth vnder his eye The Lord Steward a Scot and Chastelier Poitant after they were taken were also stabbed with daggers and murdered the sayde Chastellier by one named Cosseâ—us besydes whom were slayne in this encounter about .ij. hundreth men xi prisoners amongst others the bastard of Nauarre the Lorde de la Noue whose horse was killed at the firste charge the L. of Teligni de la Balbe de Soubize de la Loue. On y catholikes syde were slayne the Counte de la Mirande the L. de Monsalletz the Barons of Ingrande and Prunay with many other After this charge one part of the horsmen drew to S. IeaÌ„ d'Angely togither with the Admiral d'Andelot the CouÌ„te de la Rochefoucaut and d Acier with great numbers of horsmeÌ„ the rest tooke the way to Coygnac In this encouÌ„ter the Prince had no other footmeÌ„ than the L. Pluueaux regimeÌ„t heretofore mentioned all the reste of his footmen was retired by his coÌ„maundemeÌ„t to Iarnac as being not of mynd to fight y daye there was made at Iarnac a Bridge of boates to passe the Riuer Charente in tymes of need ouer which the footmen séeing the ouerthrow passed to the other syde the riuer and then brake it in pieces for feare of pursutes so retired to Coygnac where were the Princes of Nauarre and Anguyen The Artillerie led from Coygnac was brought thither again hauing made no great way The sayd Princes of Nauarre and Anguyen now Prince of Conde departed from Cognac the next morning with such horsemen as were retired to them they arriued the same day at Sainctes in Sainctonge leauing their footmen at Cognac to maynteyne head against the Catholikes who the morrowe after being the .xv. of Marche presented themselues in battaill before Cognac with horssemen and footemen making countenaunce to besiege it There was a great skirmishe on the syde of the parke by meane of a sallie made vpon them by the L. de Baudine in whiche encounter were lefte deade in the place about two hundreth bodyes and great numbers hurte whiche made the Catholykes retire the same daye returning to Jarnac In the meane whyle the Admirall vnderstanding the Princes were retired to Sainctes went thyther to them and with the horsemen of their traine he brought them to S. Iean d'Angely and from thence to Thome-Charante whether the Quéene of Nauarre came to communicate with them of their generall affaires And now albeit the vnwoorthynesâ—e of the Princes death dyd so amaze the Gentlemen and Souldiours of the armie as they séemed to wauer in varietie of doubtes yet the Admirall no lesse wyse than wel aduised knit them againe with newe persuasions of courage by all his possible meanes And sure thys death was sufficient inough to coole and qualifie such as had no other regard than to the losse of such a Gouernour of warre but considering more neare the actions of this Prince and of how long tyme he hadde bin giuen to the sincere seruice of his God King and CouÌ„trey they assured them selues more than afore They are persuaded that there nothing happened to him whiche he did not eyther foresee or foretell according to the poesie written in the enseigne of the companie of his meÌ„ of armes in these words PRO CHRISTO ET PATRIA DVLCE PERICVLVM And besides the said Prince was wont afore his death to say in his familiar talk y he attended his sepulchre in the fields in a day of battaill The end of the first Booke The second Booke of the last troubles and ciuill warres of Fraunce THE Prince of Condé thus taken away his death no small losse to them of the Religion the Kings Brother knowing the Princes of Nauarre and d'Anguyen were passed the riuer of Botoune determined to followe them and in that purpose departed from Janac came to Dampierre where he passed the Riuer he lodged his armie within half a leage of S. Iean d'Angeli of purpose to execute a certeyn enterprise within the sayd towne by meane of the Capteyn of the Castell In the meane while the Princes armie passed Charante as well at Thonye Charante as at Tallibourgh kéeping the boates alwayes on their syde The Quéene of Nauarre hauing imparted certeyn special admonitions aswel to the Prince hir sonne as other great lords personages of estate returned to Rochel The Kings brother vnderstanding the sayd armie was passed ouer Charante and also that his enterprise vpon the towne of S. Iean d'Angeli was so discouered as hée could not coÌ„mit it to safe execution returned from whence he came that is to larnac Chasteau-neuf and places about Angoulesme attending his opportunitie to effect an attempt which he had conspired vpon that towne and that by meane of the Capteyne of the Parke which was also discouered as hereafter shal follow The Princes being now on the other syde the riuer Charente began to surueye their forces viewing first their horsmen and then their footmen in order as hereafter shal be shewed All the horsemen were sent for in one day into two places The Prince of Nauarre and the L. Admirall mustred the battaile and the d Andelot with the Counte Rochefoucaut the vantgarde There were viewed and enhabled about .iiij. thousand horsmen wel mouÌ„ted and armed with valiant dispositioÌ„ to follow the cause to a good end It was openly red there to al y horsmeÌ„ y the prince of Nauar declared himselfe chief of the armie with promise not to leaue the Campe till a good and happie peace and muche lesse to spare his lyfe and goods in that behalfe This being published the horsemen likewise protested by othe not to departe the armie without his leaue nor forbeare life or liuing in the assistance of the quarell PEndureau Capteyn of a hundred light horsemen after the last conflict reuolted and tooke part with the Counte du Lude Gouernour of Poytou Hee was gréeuous after his reuolte to the protestantes in a number of heauie euils as in pilling and robbing them without respecte and also vnder shadowe of hys white Cassakyns wherwith he yet disguised his people He tooke the Castell of Mont-agu in base Poytou yéelding to the garrison no other mercie than by the edge of the sworde He made many incursions into Poytou anoyed theÌ„ with such generall perill that the Princes to ouercome him his troupes dispatched thither the Lorde de la Rocheenard with xii Cornettes of horsemen the regiments of footmen of the L. la Mousson Saint Magrin Montamma
whose strength trauel was to smal purpose bicause y enimie had a special safetie in his singular swiftnesse as knowing well the straites and compasse of that Countrey The Princes being at Sainctes got intelligeÌ„ce of the enterprise which the Kings brother ment to execute within Angoulesme and therevppon knowing also that he was vpon his way thither dispatched to intercept that purpose the Counte MoÌ„tgomery with ten Cornettes of horsemen ouer besydes the regimen of footemen of the Lord Montbrun and Mirabel sent thither alreadie The Montgomery the better to execute his charge in the beginning of Aprill sommoned the sayd ten Cornets of horsemen to bée before him at Pons the monday being the .iiii. of Aprill in the euening At his comming he found only .vj. Cornets with whoÌ„ he departed after some expectation for the other which were not yet come he trauailed all y night and the next morning was receyued within the Towne of Angoulesme without any let or impedimeÌ„t by the way the other .iiii. cornets coÌ„ming somwhat late to Pons hasted on the way after their companie albeit as they were néer Chasteau-neuf neyther fearing nor forseeing any peril they were charged by a great troupe of horsmen layd of purpose in ambush to intercept them and so pursued as the chase came to â—oygnac froÌ„ whence they returned and founde safetie in the swiftnesse of their horsses At this encounter the L. de Chaumont Capteyn of one of the sayd Cornets with certeyne other common soldiours were taken prisoners and about .xxx. or xl slayne The Counte Montgomery was no sooner within Angoulesme than he began to deuise prouide for the safetie of y town wherin for his first pollicie he surueyed the wardes and warders of the towne And bicause that those whiche afore made the view and searche of the towne passed not by the Parke whiche is a new building ioyned to the towne whiche cut of all aduertisement of any thing done there the place it self also not vnapt to receiue coÌ„panies foysted in by night without knowledge to them of the Towne The saide Montgomery made pierce the walles and open the gates of that syde towards the parke so that alwayes after the searchers of the Towne passed and visyted the gardes of the same He remoued also the Capteyne of the sayd Parke to auoyde treason with order that euery nyght the warders of that place should bée changed The Duke de Roauuois being led prisoner as you haue heard to Rochel and there continuyng tyll the moneth of Januarie was deliuered vppon hys promyse to paye within thrée monethes after twentie thousande Frankes to raunsom or in defaulte of eyther the tyme or summe to returne prisoner to Rochell He fayled and therefore was sommoned to make good his woorde which he refused cléering himselfe by the death of the prince of Conde to whom as he had gyuen hys fayth so his death acquited his promise The Kings brother kept still about Angoulesme albeit vnderstanding of the precise direction of the Montgomery gaue ouer his further attempt and departed froÌ„thence the .xij. of Aprill taking his way to Perigueux and passing by Aubeterre he tooke the castle by coÌ„position for whose gard the L. of the place dyd enterteyne about a hundred meÌ„ who enduring only certeyn shot of the caÌ„non yelded themselues their lyues saued wherein notwithstanding they were abused for that diuerse were killed the L of the place arested as prisoner from Aubeterre he drue to Macedan a town of Perigueux afore the which as the Lord de Montluc attend him with his forces so the armie being arriued they begaÌ„ to batter with such furie as a breach was spéedily enforced There were within the town vij or .viij. score populair soul diours who dispayring eyther to fil vp the breache or to kéepe it longer in respecte chiefly of their small numbers abandoned the town and closed themselues within the Castell being sufficiently strong The catholikes being within the Towne bent their batterie against the Castell where they had no sooner battered a breach than thei cryed to the assaulte They within susteyned y first assault like wise .ij. others in the necke of it repulsing at last the catholiks wherof a great nuÌ„ber left their dead bodyes in pawn theÌ„ the Kings brother vnder their word of assurance came to parle with theÌ„ wherin he so preuayled as thei yelded reseruing only their liues which notwithstanding were violently taken froÌ„ theÌ„ al without exception contrarie to his fayth and word of honor he lost at these assaults a greate companie of souldiours with sundry lordes and captaines of choyce amongest which was the Conte Brissac striken with a harque bush shot in the left chéeke he was a galland gentleman and of great hope amongst the people of .xxv. yeares of age when he dyed and of greate callyng and function in Fraunce For first he was knight of the order capteyne of fifty men at armes of the kings allowance Colonel generall ouer the Frenche footemen in the Kings Campe and gouerned also in this iourney a Regimen of .xl. enseignes of footemen his brother succéeded hym in moste of his charges sauing the estate of Colonell general which was giuen to the Lorde of Strossi there dyed at that siege the Conte Pompadon with many other to the number of .v. or .vi. hundred Mucedan being taken in this moneth of Aprill the kings brother toke way agayne to Angoulmois and the Lorde of Montluc returned to his gouernement and charge The princes horsemeÌ„ being thus viewed and mustered they would also suruey their footmen in which busines the d Andelot was chiefly vsed and therfore immediately dispatched to the end he might peruse the garrisons in euery town of their obedience he began his first trauell in this charge vpon the ende of Aprill folowing the garrisons and mustring them in his owne presence In the beginning of May be returned to Saincts feling himself somwhat sick the same growing so vpon him as he dyed the saterday the .vii. of the same 1569. to the lamentable gréef displesure of the whole army as being noted a moste wyse and valiant gentleman called commonly the knight without feare his office of general Colonel of the French footmen was giuen to the Lord d'Acyer his coÌ„pany of men of armes since his death hath beÌ„ gouerned by the lord of Beauuais his lieutenant It was thought he was poysoned and the Physitions that viewed his body were of the same opinion Immediatly after in the same moneth and at the same place dyed the Lorde of Boccarde hauyng lyne long sick he was of no lesse counsell in matters of consultation than of courage in the execution his estate of the great Master of the artillerie was giuen to the Lorde Ianlis his son in law with his cornet of horsmen And now to ouerslip nothing that was executed in this laste Apryll there is in the mountaynes of Daup 〈…〉 a Castell nere to Bâ—yanson wherein the
King keepes an ordinarie dead pay of certeyn numbres of souldiers A capteyn called Colombyn borne in Grenoble vnderstaÌ„ding by certein of the borough of Oysans that most part of the sayd dead pay men were issued oute of their charge toke the sayd Castel and finding no resistance other than the very capteyne of the place who yelded beyng hurt with a shot he made him selfe lorde of it where neglecting one first and most necessarie pollicie in a victor hee rather laboured to deface the images than to furnishe the place with coÌ„uenient prouision which being not vnmarked of certein euil neigh bors purlewing vpoÌ„ the castle they forthw t enuironed him with a siege so cut off his vittell wherof they knew the castel had but slender store Their siege continuyng about xv days enforced him at last to render the place vpon composition and onely reseruation of lyfe whiche notwithstanding was not kept for that all his souldiors were cut in peeces and he only led on lyue to Grenoble After the generall view and muster of the princes footemen the Lorde de Pilles returned now from Gâ—scoygâ—e was sent to sease vpon the yle of Medoc a rich yle lying betwéene Rochell and Bordeaux conteyning in length aboute .xvj. or .xvij. leagues and .iiij. or .v. leagues in breadth he prouided necessary boates to passe the ryuer of Gironde and embarkyng him selfe with .ij. thousand footemen discended into the sayd ylâ— and tooke hauen without any let he made himselfe maister of the yle vpon the sodayne and vnlooked for fynding great foyson of riches where with he his souldiours loaded themselues plentifully By meane of this I le he besieged Bourg a town in Bordelois but being speedily called back by the Princes he raised his siege and came agayne to the Campe At this siege died of a shot in his shoulder the Lord Valpheuiere lieutenant to the late Lorde d'Andelot of his Regiment of footemen whose regimen was traÌ„slated to the Lord of Rouray gentleman of Fraunce This was vpon the ende of May. The kings brother being now returned into the contrey of Angoulmois and after he had somwhat releued his armie on that syde to Villebois sent to sommon the town of Angoulesme by a trompet wherin hae was refused so tooke way towards Berry to ioyne his force with the Duke d'Aumall beeing in the sayd contrey the Conte Mont-gomerey charged vpon the tayle of his campe and discomfited certen of them The Lady Marquise of Rottelyn vnderstaÌ„ding of the death of the prince of Conde her sonne in law put her vpon the way to come to Rochell wher was the widowprincesse her daughter she passed to Sainct Iean d'Angely and so to Thony vpon Boutonne wher the said Princesse met her and so returned into FraÌ„ce without her daughter whome she purposed to haue with her But the Princesse excused her vppon hir children which were then at Rochell whether she also returned it was thought the Lady Marquise came to entreate a peace whiche was not so bycause hir occasion was only as is asoresayd this was in the ende of May. 1569. In the first kindlyng of these warres the Princes hauing true intelligence of diuers numbres of straungers entred the Realme for the strengthe of the Catholikes determined also to fortifie their armie by the like meane And therfore knowing that the Prince Wolfgange Duke de deux Pons had erected great numbres of men of armes as well on foote as on horseback the better to defende his owne countreys sente to hym with requeste to yelde them succoures in their so vrgent and extreme necessitie bothe with his armie presently in point and also such other powers as hee might possibly leute whervnto the said duke condescended with promyse to releeue them with all his forces which albeit at that tyme were not fully assembled yet he forgat not within short tyme after to put an armie in redinesse to come into France wherof the duke d'Aumale lying in Lorayne béeing enformed by special Intelligicers dispatched forthwith a Gentleman of his by whome hée aduertised the Duke of the common brute that passed of the diligence he vsed in the leuyes of men of warre in Almayne and al to assist the conspiracies of such as arme themselues ageynst the crowne of France with displayed warre ageynst the King which for his parte as he neyther had nor woulde beleue so lookyng neerer into his magnificence and partes of a Prince hée iudged hym of no inclination to fauoure rebelles ageynst theyr soueraigne maiestie consideryng withall the ancient respect of amitte so long continued betwéene the house of the electors of the countie Palatines of Rhine the scepter of France Albeit his maiestie desiring to vnderstand an absolute truth gaue him special charge to dispatche this speciall Messanger hee also hauyng authoritie of his Maiestie to withstande the entrie of any stranger â—o releue the enterprise of the sayd rebellâ—s which hée hoped to accomplishe or else to leaue his lyfe in the charge The Duke forbare to answer spéedily vntyll his armye were fully in poynte albeeit after that hée hadde receyued hys Reistres he beganne to marche towardes the Conte of Burgogne and as he lay vppon the frontiers of Fraunce tarying for his Launceknyghtes hée aunswered the d'Aumales letter which he sent forthwith to the Kyng In the beginning hee layde afore hym how in the yeeres afore many Reistermaisters passyng thorowe his Duchy without leaue gréeued so his countrey that the continuall complaints of his people forced hym to drawe into companyes of armed men as well on horsbacke as on foote to withstande further offence to his people And that nowe in respecte his cousyns and dearely beloued Princes of Nauarre and Conde haue lamentably imparsed with hym the vniuste quarell vrged vppon them as well to enforce their lyues and goods as to depriue the exercise of their Religion contrary to the kings faith and playne protestation of his Edicts and that not onely they but all the Nobilitie and others professing the same Religion haue and doo endure myserable oppressions as estraunged from theyr owne houses thruste oute of their charges and offices theyr possessions and welthes consisked into the Kings handes lastly that there be raised huge companies of men of warre aided with sundry sortes of straungers to cut them in pieces as in other times of open hostilitie in these respectes together with their earnest motion and request for succours and lastly vpon an vpright view and consideration of their present calamitie he coulde nor ought do no lesse than ayde them And for their partes the better to auouche their integrities in refusing all attempts aspiring preiudicially to the crown of France as the d'Aumalles letters did sinisterly suggest the sayd Princes haue protested by letters which he kepeth sealed wyth their owne handes that if at his being in Fraunce he see or know any inclination in them to conspire in any sorte against the crowne that he would not only draw
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