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A88437	The civil wars of France, during the bloody reign of Charls the Ninth: wherein is shewed, the sad and bloody murthers of many thousand Protestants, dying the streets and rivers with their blood for thirty daies together, whose innocent blood cries to God for vengeance. And may stand as a beacon tired to warn, and a land-mark to pilot all Protestant princes and states to a more secure harbour than peace with Papists. / Faithfully collected out of the most antient and modern authors, by a true Protestant, and friend to the Common-wealth of England.	London, William, fl. 1658.	1655 (1655)	Wing L2851; Thomason E1696_1; ESTC R209434	160,389	298

have as firm a guard for his person as he desired Further saying that in his safety consisted his own and that he would defend the Admiral as the hall of his eye having in admiration his fortitude and constancy protesting he did not believe so much valorous courage could reside within the brittle walls of mortallity Thus the King Queen Mother and the rest carried it with great signs of reality returning to the Loure committing the care and custody of the Admiral to the Duke of Anjou one of the conspiracy against him The Admiral and Protestants advised to take leave of the Court and their own ruin but they trust more to the Kings promise than their Friends advice But though the Admiral and Gentlemen about him saw not the ecclipse of the Kings treachery through the deep dissimulation of affection yet the Vidame of Charteres a cleer-sighted and wise man through his foresight of a bloody Comet advised the King of Navar the Prince of Conde and the Admiral with the Nobility Gentlemen and chief of the Protestants presently to take leave of their own ruin in time which was both too certainly and evidently hanging over their innocent thoughts assuring them that blow of the Admirals was but the prologue to a more bloody tragedy which could not but speedily ensue But the King of Navar Prince of Conde the Admiral with the rest of the Nobility and Gentry of the Protestants said That they could not but trust to the Kings solemn Oaths his sacred vows and covenants as a secure harbour from all threatning and ensuing storms besides the late marriage was an evident demonstration of the Kings intentions tying at once both affinity to the Protestant King of Navar and security for his promises CHAP. VII The Contents THe King and Queen Mother by Letters let the world know how the Admirall was hurt to their great grief They order a Guard for the Admiral but is such a one as secured the Admiral or any of his Friends from escaping their ruin The Gentlemen of the Admirals Friends lodged in the same Street where the Admirall lodged which was desired in pretence of their security also but proved their secure destruction The names of the Protestants in Paris with their several Lodgings put into a Catalogue The Nobles and Gentlemen of the Protestants meet in the Admirals Chamber and advises to remove for security from the threatnings of an ensuing storm yet resolve to rely on the Kings Oaths and Promises The King and Queen Mother assembles to take order for the manner and time of the Admirals Murther To colour this plot they order that it must be given out That the occasion was through the difference betwixt the house of Guise and Chastillon On Consultation it was resolved to spare the King of Navar and Prince of Conde if they would turn Papists The Duke of Guise and his bloody Followers force a strong report to be spread throughout all the City of their danger by the Admirall and his Adherents and so complain to the King and depart the Court in shew of discontent but privately lie in Paris to prosecute his hellish Plot and the Kings command two thousand men on Sabbath night are commanded by the King to be in arms The King sends word to the Admirall that he needs not fear for all was done by his command Some Protestant Gentlemen profer to watch all night with the Admiral but were refused the Officers of the City Assemble and are commanded by the King to destroy the Protestants The tokens to distinguish the murtherers from others to be a Napkin about their arms and a cross on their caps Divers Lords guard the King all night The bloody murtherers approach the Admiralls Lodging The Admirall is fearful yet often silenced his suspition by as often reiterating the Kings Oaths Promises Leagues Covenants and Law of Nations c. They enter his Lodging kill all they meet with The Admirall rises goes to prayer and commands his Servants to save their lives by flight They get on the tops of houses but are persued and slain They thrust the Admirall through the body beat him on the head shoot him with a Pistol and wound him the third time whereof he dies his body thrown out of the window the Duke of Guise kicks him on the face with his foot They cry out Kill Kill this is the Kings command The Alarum bell rings to a sad and generall Massacre The Admiralls head cut off and sent to the Pope All in the Admiralls lodging murthered among whom two young children of honourable birth Brave Count Rochfoucault basely murthered The Admiralls Son basely slain his Lieutenant fights gallantly for his life but is slain many brave Noblemen and Gentlemen basely murthered they give the plunder to the Soldiers crying kill this is the Kings command They spare neither young nor old but kill women and children and women with child till the very streets are covered with dead bodies nothing to be heard but sad crys and groans of the dying with cruel shouting of the Murtherers The River dyed with blood ten thousand slain this day WE concluded the last chapter with the great preparations of the King Queen Mother and Councfl ro effect their Plot and yet how they coloured all with a distembling carriage of love too and sorrow for the Admirals condition now in this chapter we shall see the saddest massacre that ever was acted by any Prince or in any Place Thus we leave the Admiral basely cowardly and bloodily wounded and knew not how to have justice The K. and Q. Mother write Letters testifying their sorrow for the Admirals hurt and yet done by the K. cōmand and so lay in his wounds expecting death as the inevitable issue of his Enemies cruelty Now we shall further see the Kings dissimulation and treachery for the very same day the Admiral was thus wounded does the King the more neatly to colour his own act of treachery with smooth pretences write Letters to Embassadours of Forein Princes and Letters also to the Governours of all his Provinces shewing How sadly he resented the Admirals hurt how ready he was to execute justice in the punishment of the a Forgetting himself Agent desiring that all the world might know how much b How much it rejoiced his aeart is no errata it did grieve him to the Soul that any such thing should happen And yet he ptesently after declares openly that he was slain by his Command for treason against his person as by other Letters we shall shew in due place The Queen Mother did also write letters to the same purpose But Christian Reader when thou perusest the whole story then wilt thou be able to judge of this deep Hypocrisie before ehe face of God and as it were against the face of Heaven But to proceed The King orders a Guard that the Protestants might not escape their Guard being their Enemies an intended for

credit with other Princes By this time the Admiral understood of the noise and though he had but ten persons in his house able to bear arms and in his own chamber but two Chirurgians one Minister and two Servitors yet was he so confident of the K. promise as he could not be made afraid trusting as he often did repeat upon the Kings good will to him testified by so many and ample proofs of assurance having like confidence that if the Parisians did but once know the Kings mind to be against this tumult they would soon cease but especially when they saw Cossin the Kings own Captain waching at the gates for his defence But alas he did little think who they were and by whose command or to what intent all was don these reasons were the Admirals Remora's to stop the passage of any belief of treason hid in the Kings heart and it is commonly found that most suffer Shipwrack on the rocks of crudelity and as one saies it is no heresie to affirm That many have been saved by their infidelity The Admiral recounted the Oath and Edict of Pacification so openly and so often sworn recorded by the King Queen Mother and the rest The late League with Queen Elizabeth of England The Articles covenanted with the Prince of Orange His faith given to the Princes of Germany The mariage of the Lady Margaret his own Sister with the King of Navar being done on no other account as the King publickly declared but to keep his faith and to declare his integrity to all he professed which solemn act was but six days old and which doubrless he would not suffer to be defiled with innocent blood Lastly it would stain the glory of the Nation with Forein Princes and States and of posterity never to be believed more besides the great shame as also honour and constancy of a Prince all which the Admiral said he could not believe would ever be forgot by the King or buried in the grave of cruelty and blood And thus he perswaded himself with the Kings faithfulness to keep his promises and oaths He breathed in no other air than that which might gently fill his Sayls with belief of the Kings integrity setting say I towards the cape of good hope but alas alas he sails by this cape to his own ruin They enter the Admirals lodging kill all they meet As soon as the Duke of Guise and bloody Noblemen drew neer the Admirals lodging Cossin knockt at the Gate which he was to keep a goodly guard for the wolf to keep the Sheep he that opened the Gate was presently stabbed as soon as they enter with a number of armed men they kill all they find within the porch which were a few of the King of Navars Harquebuzeirs only one escaped to the Admirals Chamber crying Sir the Lord calls us to him when the Admiral understood it he caused those that were in his Chamber to lift him out of his bed and casting a night-gown upon him he arose on his feet and with his Minister Mr. Merlin in short ejaculations did commend their souls to God He rises goes to prayer commands his Friends servants to shift for their lives the Admiral commands all his Friends and Servants to save their lives by flight if possible and take no more care for him For that he was willing and ready to surrender his Soul to the Lord calling for his Spirits which for a time was lent for his use saying this violent and unexpected cruelty was not only intended for his destruction alone but for the dishonour of Christ and the bloody persecution of so many poor Saints and Servants of God which at the Petition of all the Godly Protestants and the Lord good Grace he had his heart drawn out to the faithful defence of the Protestant Cause through many hazards and dangers The sincerity whereof he left to the Lord to Judge and that he had no other end Then Mr. Merlin the Minister with the rest got up to the top of the House creeping out of the Windows to the Gutters to hide themselves but alas most of them were sought out and slain in the next house yet through Gods mercy the Minister wounderfully escaped as you may at large see in the reverend Author Mr. Clark his Examples a Book worth the perusal of every Christian Presently ascends up the stairs a Germain named Benvese who maried the Cardinall of Lorrains Daughter with him also Cossin the Gascoin Attin a Piccard a Familiar and Depender on the Duke of Aumale one that not long before sought to murder de Andelot by Treason as also Hamfort an Avernois These bloody Murtherers break into the Admirals chamber and blaspheming God thrust him through knock him on the head shoot him with a Pistol wound him again and so he dies all being prepared and armed with Swords Targets and Shirts of male These break into the Admirals Chamber who being no so sooner entred but Benvese advances towards him and bending his drawn Sword at his Breast said Art thou the Admiral who with a Christian countenance full of constancy and quiet satisfaction in Gods good pleasure answered I am so called and withall said young man thou oughtest to consider my age and the weak case I am now in but do what thou wilt for thou canst shorten my life but a very little But he blaspheming God thrust him through the Breast and after strook him on the head then Attin shot him with a pistol in the breast the Admiral was not with these wounds quite dead therefore Benvese gave him the third wound upon the thigh and he presently fell for dead so lying gasping death freeing him from misery wafting him with speed to the Haven of rest and happiness where all tears are wiped from his eyes His body thrown out of the window the D. of Guise with his foot kicks him on the face Now the Duke of Guise and rest of the Noblemen staied below in the Court to hear how things went the Duke of Guise with a lowd voice cryed Hast thou done Benvese who replied I have done the Duke replied our Chevalier the Kings bestard Brother will not believe it unless he see it throw him out of the Window So Benvese with the help of the rest did lift his body to the window who yet breathing laid hold with his hand on the window but these butcherly blood-hounds and cruel Murtherers whom a hundred at once durst not in his life venture to face in the field violently thrust him out of the window into the Court the Duke of Guise presently draws nigh and because his face was bloody and dirty he kneeled down the berter to know him and with a napkin wiped his face saying now I know it is him and so kicked him on the face with his Feet whom all the Murtherers in France feared so much when he was alive They proceed crying kill this is che K.