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A11934	The lyfe of the most godly, valeant and noble capteine and maintener of the trew Christian religion in Fraunce, Iasper Colignie Shatilion, sometyme greate admirall of Fraunce. Translated out of Latin by Arthur Golding; Gasparis Colinii Castilloni, magni quondam Franciae amerallii, vita. English.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.; Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598, attributed name.; Hotman, Jean, seigneur de Villers-Saint-Paul, 1552-1636, attributed name.; Hotman, François, 1524-1590, attributed name.	1576 (1576)	STC 22248; ESTC S117200	64,379	124

afore by Pope Clement the seuenth who thought the noblenesse of that howse fit for the stablishment of his owne estate in Fraunce and rewarded with very great and riche benefices by the king By meanes wherof the second sonne whose name was Iasper as I said afore obteined the prerogatiue that was dew too the eldest sonne This Iasper was borne the yeere of our Lord 1517. the .xvj. day of Februarie whom for the woonderfull towardnesse of vertew and witte which he shewed being yet a chyld his moother after the decease of his father cawsed too bee brought vp in lerning from his tender yeeres putting him too schoole to Master Nicolas Berald who bare the cheef fame for lerning in those dayes through all Fraunce cawsing him moreouer too bee trayned vp in feates of armes by the skllfullest teachers and maysters of Chiualrie that shee could get Iasper being trayned vp in such instructions when he came to the .xxiiii. yeere of his age shewed woonderfull forewardnesse in the seege of Bains beseeged by King Frauncissis eldest sonne comonly called the Dolphin Bellay in the tenth booke of his Historie reporteth that about the yeere of our Lord 1543 he was striken in the throte by his enemies with a pellet of lead as he aduentured too neere the diche The same yeere when woord was browght too the King that the state of his affaires in Piemoūt was such as it was lyke that they should come too a pitched feeld with their enemies he craued leaue of him and ryding thither in poste gaue greate proofe of his prowesse in that battell which is comonly called the battell of Cerisoles as the same Bellay recordeth in the sayd tenth booke of his commentaries By reason wherof within feawe yeeres after Henrye the sonne of King Frauncis did put him in cheef authoritie For whē Annas Memorancie the Uncle of Iasper was General of the men of armes he gaue this man the charge of the Frenche footemen which office is in the comon language called the Colonell of the footemen He behaued himself in such wyze in that roome as he purchaced himself great commendacion for his Iustice Ualeantnesse and wisdome within feawe moonethes after and got the good willes of all the people of Fraunce For wheras erst it was growen intoo a moste wicked custome that the souldyers myght ronne gadding euery where vnder their antsignes and make hauocke and spoyle of all things Iasper tyed them too streyter orders of warlyke disciplyne therby too restreyne their ouer-licentiowse dealings and specially too represse the libertie of their cursed swearing and blasphemie wherthrough the seede of trew godlinesse and religion appeered alreedie in his hart And forasmuch as those lawes or orders were verye wel lyked of all good men shortly after they were proclaymed by the Kings commaundement and in his name and inrolled in the booke of the Kings lawes About the same time the same King aduaunced him too the honour which is now vtterly imbaced but at that tyme was counted a roome of greate estimation namely too bee one of the Knyghtes of the order At the same season there fell a grudge betweene Henrye King of Fraunce and Henrye King of England for the Towne of Bullen Therfore when the King of Fraunce distrusted the Inglishmen he betoke the ordering of that Countrie and almoste of the whole matter to the Shatilion Uppon the receyt of which commission he went immediatly intoo Picardie whither King Henrye had sent his hoste too beseege the Towne and by singular pollicie bwilded a forte neere the Towne which myght bee bothe a defence too the Frenchmen and a greate let too keepe the townesmen from issewing owt That forte is yet still called the Shatilion of the bwilders name and it was a greate furtherance too the winning of the Towne Therfore it was not long after ere the Inglishmen began too treate of composition the commission of the making wherof was committed wholly to the Shatilion and too his vncle Mounsyre de Rochepote When he had dispatched these matters he returned too the Court and within feawe yeeres after was made Lord Admirall of Fraunce which is counted the cheefest dignitie within the Realme bycause he hathe the cheef rule of the Sea that beateth vppon Fraunce and the charge of the Kings Nauie and of all his seamen and seamatters Also the King made him his Lieuetennant of two shyres that is too wit of Picardie and of the I le of Fraunce inhonoring him furthermore with the Capteinship of the men of armes and making him one of the Lordes of his priuie counsell The next yeere following which was the .1554 the Emperor of Germanie Charles the fifth Marie Queene of England ioyning their forces togither made sore and sharp warre vppon Henrye King of Fraunce The Shatilion was chozen by the consent of all good men as the onely man that was able to resiste so greate enemyes by his prowesse and pollicie Therefore the ordering of that moste sharp and terrible warre which concerned Picardie moste of all was committed by the Kinge to the Admirall that he shoulde rayze a power and gouerne the marches of the Lovvecountrie Through the līking together of the forces of so mightie enemies and the opinion that was had of the Emperour Charles who was renowmed ouer all the world the whole realme of Fraunce was striken in greate feare bycause the King was vtterly vnprouided both of money and of other things needeful for the mayntenāce of warre and no man dowted but that Fraunce was likely to goe presently to wrecke consideringe the greate distresse of all thinges Whereof when the Admirall had both aduertised the King and communicated it to his freendes he thought it best to salue the matter with somme truce The King and his Counsell lyking well of this his deuyse committed the handling of the matter to him and he within fewe dayes brought it to passe to the incredible ioye and gladnesse of all the Realme and to his owne singular prayse for preseruing of his countrey bicause the condicions of the truce were both honorable and very profitable to the Realme About the same time the Guyses of the howse of Lorrein which made their vaunt that the kingedome of Sicilie and Naples belonged to them of right and that it was wrongefully wrested from them by the Spaniardes made the King beleue that nowe of late yeares they had wonne the heartes of the moste part of the nobilitie of Naples partly by liberalitie partly by fayre promises and that by their meanes the King should haue easy enterance into the Realme so that if he would graunt them a part of his power it would come to passe that those kingdomes shoulde in short time be brought vnder his Dominion without any greate truble Thus through counsell of the Guyses the truce that was sworne a fewe monethes before was broken to the greate dishonour of the frenche nacion which falsehod the Admirall tooke greeuously and sore to harte oftentimes protestinge that

children from thence vntil shee had seene the fowndacion of the Hold laid When shee saw that the plage was crept euen into the Court Shee made one Mounsyre Lossie gouerner of Lyons a cruell and barbarous man and a most deadly enemy of Religion appoynting him a garrison of certein prowd and ruffianly souldyers too vex the Citizens which were giuen too religion wyth continewall wrongs and despites Afterward which way so euer the king made his progresse with that greate trayne intoo whatsoeuer Citie towne village or Manour he was browght woonderfull it is too report but yit most certeinly knowen and talked of in all mennes mowthes so greate a plage followed the kings traine continewally that for the space of three moonethes toogither he neuer lodged in any howse but the present perill of the plage draue him owt of it agein Whyle theis things were a doing the Queene mother communicated hir deuyces with hir dawghter the Queene of Spayne and with the king hir husbandes Ambassadours the Marshall Memorancie whom the king had left gouernour of Paris was certifyed that the Gvvisians wrowght secret practizes too stirre vp the comons of Paris ageinst such as professed the trew and vncorrupted religion and that the Cardinall of Lorrein woold bee there within a day or twayne with a greate trayne of armed men It had bin forbidden dyuers tymes afore by the kings Proclamations that no man should iourney with hargabusse or pistolet or haue anie abowt him When it was told the Marshall that the Cardinall and his companie were come intoo the Citie armed with such weapons by and by he went and met him with his garrison and commaunded them too lay away their weapons Which dooing of his the Cardinall and his brothers sonne the yoong Duke of Gvvyse taking in greate despyte and reproche were herd oftentymes afterward too say that that deede should cost Memorancie his lyfe When this vprore was stirred vp in the Citie where the Cardinall myght haue rayzed threescore thowsand armed men in one day too haue slayne Memorancie Memorancie thought it good too call his freends abowt him and specially the Admirall who being accompanied with three hundred horsmen or therabowts came too Paris the .22 day of Ianuarie which thing did so scare the feeble harted people giuen woonderfully too superstition and cheefly the Preests Moonks the Canons of the Cathedrall Churche that a great sort of them began too deuyze how too flee away The next day Memorancie sent for the prouostes of the Parlament and for such as bare cheef authoritie at that tyme in the Citie home too his howse Too whom in the presence of the Admirall he spake of the Cardinall of Lorreines ouerbold and seditiows enterpryzes and of the flocking toogither of certeine Citizens telling them that forasmuch as they had giuen it owt euerywhere that the Admirall leuyed men of warre and practized meanes too sacke that riche Citie whyle the king was farre of in his progresse he thowght it best too call him owt before them that he myght tell them playnely what he mynded too doo Then I knowe wellynough alredy quod the Admirall what things are spred abrode of mee by leawde and maliciowse persones as who shoulde say I sowght meanes too sacke this Citie which is knowen too bee the cheef fortresse of the Realme and the Noblest lyght of all Fraunce Theis kynd of dealings are meete for such as chalendge I wote not what kynd of ryght too the succession of the Crowne and beare the worlde in hande that certeine Dukedommes and Erldommes owght too bee restored vnto them As for mee I put yow owt of dowt I clayme not anie maner of ryght too the Kingdome nor too anie parte therof And if I did I beleeue there was neuer any Nobleman of Fraunce this fyue hundred yeeres that had so good oportunitie offered him too trubble the state Yee remember howe greate occasion of settyng the matter abroche I had at such tyme as the Duke of Gvvyse was slayne and the Cunstable my prizoner at Orleance if I had bin minded too rebell But I neuer sewed more earnestlye too the Queene Mother and too the Kings Counsell for peace than when I was in my cheefest prosperitie Who knoweth not that I sowght peace with moste earnest intreatance and sewte at such tyme as a nomber of noble Cities had alredye put themselues vnder my protection and manie mo bothe of Normandie and little Brittaine offred mee their freendshippe and societie vnrequested Who knoweth not that wheras vppon the conclusion of the peace I myghte haue serued myne owne turne by ambitiowse crauing of roomes of authoritye and honoure at the Kings hand yit I choze rather too get mee home and there too leade a priuate lyfe modestly and quietly vntoo this day But too let theis things passe and too go forward with the things that wee haue in hand being called by the Marshall Memorancie I made haste too comme vnto yow not of purpoze too make anie innouation or trubble in anie thing but rather too quenche such broyles as were lyke too bee stirred vp a late throwgh somme mennes ouerboldnesse I thinke there is none of you all but he knoweth how greate credit the professers of the purer Religion doo giue mee Surely a nomber of them being moued with theis straunge rumors and put in feare throwgh the factiows deuyces and enterpryzes of the Gvvisians resort vntoo mee dayly bringing letters intercepted concerning the flocking toogither of certeine vndercapteines which commaund their old souldyers too bee redye with their armour that they may step foorth owt of hand whensoeuer neede shall requyre What needeth manie woords Certein letters were intercepted written intoo Normandie and fathered vpon the authoritie of the Queene moother a Copie wherof I bring yow here owt of myne owne cofers and will reherce one poynt therof which is this There is no fitter vvay too restore the Crovvne of Fraunce too such as haue ryght too it by auncient inheritance and too destroy the hovvse ofspring of Valoys than by killing all the Hugonotes vvhich are the vpholders therof Therfore vvee must confiscate their goodes that the monny vvhich is made of them may yeeld vs armour and treazure And if the Hugonotes go too lavv for it the matter shal be so handled in iudgment as they shall haue smal list too make any sevvt for domages Besydes this what shall I speake of the slawghters and robberies that are committed almost day by day It is sufficiently knowen that since the proclayming of the peace aboue .500 protestants haue bin slayne in sundrie places and yit the magistrates haue not punished the murther of anie one of them They that complayne of it too the king or the Queene moother receyue nothing but words or sum emptie sheete of paper or els sum skin of parchment Who knoweth not that a greate slaughter was made alate of the protestants openly in the citie of Turon yea euen with standerd and antsignes displayed

euen in the presence of him whom the Duke Mompaunser had sent thither to make peace And yit for all this it is said that diuers of your clergimē are striken with so great feare of this my comming into the citie that they cōsult how to forsake it yit notwithstanding there is no place in al Fraunce no towne so strōg no hold no village where Preests dwell more safe and sure or where they exercyze their ceremonies and massings more freely then in mine owne manour of Shatilion Uppō the making of this oratiō the company was dismissed The next day came abowt a thirtie of the cheefe merchantmē of Paris to Memorancy and after them the Bishop of Paris with the Chauncelour of the vniuersity and a great rable of Clergimen to whom the Admiral speaking very courteously bad them be all of good cheere Also within a feawe dayes after being brought into the Parlamenthowse he confirmed with many words that he wished nothing more then the concord and quietnes of the Citizens nor vndertooke that iourney vppon any other purpose then that requyring them likewize that the Citie might be ordered peaceably and quietly When things were thus set at a stay the Admirall at his returne home was certified by his friends that one May a man of bace calling which had a ferme not farer frō the castle of Shatilion played the theefe vnder pretence of Inkeping was hyred by the Duke of Awmall the Duke of Gvvyse brother to lay wayt for him if he happened to go abrode any whither a hunting that he had paied him a hundred crownes aforehand in that respect also giuē him a very goodly great horse To the furtherāce herof came this also that the Admiral being often told of his theeuery had threatened him to cōmit him vppon felonie if he herd of those things any more hauing gotten sufficient witnesses had lately before indited him of diuers robberies in the parlamēt of Paris When Mayes trecherie was knowen bewrayed to the Admiral there was a bayt laid for him and being apprehended within feawe daies after brought forth to his arreignement at Paris he began to appeache the Admiral diuers others as though they had delt with him to haue killed the Queene mother and had promised him a great reward for so dooing Notwithstāding the Senators of the parlament of Paris finding out the slaunder and cawsing the indytement of felonie too bee followed ageinst him condemned him too death according to which sentence he was executed vppon the wheele in the cheef streete of all Paris Ere long after the Prince of Condey had a sonne borne to whom the King intended to be Godfather to giue him his name after the accustomed maner But forasmuchas he could not wel do it bycause of his religion it pleazed him to giue the honour therof to the Admiral willing him to cawse the infant to be baptized christened in his name which thing was doone with exceeding great pomp royall preparation as is wont to be in Princes Courts For at the feast a table was laid for the Admirall as if it had bin for the King himself wherat he sat alone as the King is wont to do was serued as a King which dealing all men constrewed to be a sure token of the Kings singular good will towards him Anon after tidings was brought that Ferdinando Duke of Alua was cōming with an hoste into nether Dutchland by the Spanish Kings commission cōmaundement to suppresse the vprores that were raised ther for religiōs sake Now forasmuchas he was to conuey his army by the borders of Fraunce the Admiral sitting with the Kings coūsel desired that regard might be had of Burgundy and that a garrison might be sent thither for defence of the countrie rather of Svvissers than of Frenchmē lest perhaps sum broyle might be made for religions sake And it was comōly thought at that time that the said army of Svvissers which consisted of six thowsand men were for none other purpoze than to withstand the Duke of Aluaze force if he should attempt any thing in the marches of Burgundie But anon after the Prince of Rochsurion a Prince of the Kings blud wrate to the Admirall desirīg hī to send hī priuily sum freend of his whō he might best trust and he would bewray such things vnto him as did very greatly concerne his welfare were not to be vttered to all mennes hearing And so within a feawe daies after the Prince of Rochsurion being freend to the Prince of Condey by reason of his alyance too the Kings howse bewrayed vntoo him secretly how consultatiō was had at Baion to extingwish the religion comonly called the reformed religiō to oppresse such as were the professers therof and that the hyring of the Svvissers vnder colour of fortifying the fruntiers of Fraunce ageinst the Duke of Aluaze power was for the same purpoze The same tyme the Admiral was aduertized both by letters and by woord of mowth at many mennes hands that the armie of the Svvissers was conueyed into the borders of Fraunce and into the innermore part of Burgundie Uppon knowledge wherof first the Prince of Condey afterward the Admiral himselfe went to the Court and told the King the Queene mother and the Counsell that they sawe no sufficient cause to brīg these armies of Svvissers into the Realm except it were perchaunce to oppresse them a nomber of other honorable howses which professed the religion neuerthelesse that the number of such as had professed themselues to be of the religion was greater than it was comonly taken too be whereof they had tryal in the last warres therfore that if they perceyued their enemies to attempt any innouation of things they would be euen with them and not suffer themselues to be murthered at those cutthrots hāds wherfore they prayed and besowght the Kings maiestie to be moued with compassion eyther towards so many howses of honour and worship or at leastwise towards his afflicted countrie and the forlorne people of Fraunce Being shaken of in the Court vnhonorably delt with and moreouer vnderstanding themselues to be in great daunger of their liues they tooke counsell not to faile themselues so many christiā churches specially at the request of the most part of the nobilitie gentlemen and at the earnest intreatance of an innumerable sort of their good countrymen which cōplained that they were no lōger able to abide the wrongs wherwith they were continually vexed at the Magistrats hands When they had determined vppon that poynt forasmuchas they perceyued tkat the Kings name would beare a singular sway among the cities and that therfore the Duke of Gvvyse had in the former warres indeuered to haue the King in his owne tuicion they communicated their intent to very few and tooke their iourney priuily to the court to see if they could by any meanes conuey the King away from the custodie of the Queene moother

king was gone out the Lord Iohn Ferrers the Uidame of Sharters entering intoo the Admiralles chamber and comforting hym with manie woordes added at the last that his enemyes had openly bewrayed their cowardlinesse in that they durst not assaile him otherwise than at a Lattiswindowe and that the Admiral was blissed and happie in that he had hild owt in renowme of so greate prowesse vntoo that age Too whom the Admirall answered Nay I think my self blessed in that God hath vowtsafed too powre owt his mercie vpon me For they bee rightly happie whose sinnes and wickednesse God forgiueth Not long after by the aduice of the king of Nauarre of the Prince of Condey the cheef Lords went toogither intoo a parlour vnderneathe the Admiralles chamber too see what counsell might bee taken as the matter and tyme required There the Lord Ferrers shewed wyth manie earnest woordes that the best was too get them spedily owt of Paris for it was not too bee dowted but that this was as the first pageant of some tragedie wherof the rest should followe soone after Others reasoned ageinst it saying it was ynowgh if they demaunded Iustice at the kings hand so as he should commaund an inquirie too bee made of the fact and iudgment too bee executed accordingly in which opinion Mounsyre Telignie stoode very stifly affirming that he knew the kings mind throwghly and assuredly and therfore that they owght not too think amisse of his good will. The next day certeine of the Admirals freends hauing aduertizement that there was much huffling and shuffling in the Citie and priuie conueying of armour weapon togither in manie places thought it very expedient too consult of the matter betymes and that no good was too bee looked for of such turmoyling and huddling toogither Hervppon charge was giuen to one of them that are witnesses of theis things too go too the king and too certifie him of the stirring of the people and the clattering of armour and therwithall too request him too cōmaund somme competent nomber of his gard to kepe watch at the Admiralles gate for his defence As soone as the king herd that byandby beeing sore displeazed with it as it seemed and marueling at it he began too inquire of him who had told it him and whither it were reported so too the Admiral and therwithall commaunded the Countie Rhetes to call the Quene his moother The Queene was scarce come in but the king being in a greate chafe as it should seeme sayd what a mischeef What a doo is heere This man telles mee that the people are in an vprore and redy too put on armour They bee in no vprore sayd shee nother doo they arme themselues but you know you haue giuen commaundment that euery man should keepe himself within his owne warde till the breake of day least any tumult myght perchaunce insew That is trew quoth the king but yit I gaue charge that no man should put on armour Then the other man too go throwgh with the rest of his errand desired the king too send sum part of his gard too the Admirall Too whom the Duke of Angeow who was comme thither with his moother sayd very well take Mounsyre Cossins too yow with fiftie Hargabuttes No quoth the other it is ynowgh for vs if wee may haue but six of the kings gard with vs For they shall beare as much sway with the people as a greater number of armed men Nay mary quoth the King and so said the Duke of Aniow too take Mounsyre Cossins too yow yow cannot chooze a fitter man At which woordes vttered as it should seeme with stomack inough the messenger who knew Mounsyre Cossins to be the Admirals deadly enemie was notwithstanding stryken dumb And ere he was gone farre from the chamber he fownd Mounsyre Thorrey the Marshall Memorancies brother who whispering in his eare sayd there could not a more hatefull keeper haue bin appoynted too yow Too whom the other answered yow see how skornfully the king commaunded it wee haue committed our selues too his courtesie but yit yow are witnesses of my former answer too the kings appoyntment Within a feaw howres after Mounsyre Cossins came too the Admirals lodging accompanied with 50. hargabutters and choze twoo howses next it for himself to place his warders in And anon after folowed Rambulet the knyght Herbinger who according too the Duke of Angeowes mynd which he had giuen foorth in his former talk commaunded all the noblemen and gentlemen that were Catholikes too remoue owt of that streete and too lodge sumwhere else and distributed those lodgings too the Admirals freends acquaintance Than the which deuice none could be inuented either more suttle or fitter for performance of the things that came to passe afterward Towardes the euening there happened a thing that gaue many men no small occasion of mistrust A certein lad browght a cupple of borespeares to the Admirals lodging by the commaundmēt of Thelignie whom Cossins bade backe and woold not suffer the borespeares too bee caryed in The matter was reported to the king of Nauarre who was within with the Admirall Whervpon he came downe and asked of Cossins how he durst be so bold as to do so Mounsyre Cossins answered him flatly that he did it by the kings commaundment appoyntment Neuerthelesse quoth he seing it is your pleasure let them bee caryed in The same day the king of Nauarre had sent secretly too his freends and often warned them too repaire as manie as myght bee neere vntoo the Admiralles lodging too fill all that warde Within feawe howres after there was a counsell called vnder the Admiralles chamber Where Marline renewing the former opinion was very earnest too haue the Admirall conueyed owt of Paris and that his freendes and familiars should depart with him for he sawe manie things euery howre which did greatly increace his mistrust of bad meazure Contrariwyse all the residew for the moste part were of opinion that Iustice was too bee demaunded at the Kings hande and that request was too bee made that all the Gwisians should departe owt of Paris bycawse they bare too muche sway wyth the people of the Towne Which opinion the king of Nauarre and the Prince of Condey and well neere all the rest allowed and refuzed the other so much the rather bycawse Mounsyre Telignie auowched that the king should bee wronged if any man should dout of his faithfulnesse and vpright dealing wherfore it should suffyze too demaund Iustice meeldly and quietly at his hand for the matter was yit greene and if any ouergreat stoutnesse should bee vzed it were too bee feared least the king woold bee offended at it In that Counsell was present one Bucauan a Picard and it was marked that he spake not one woord but hild his peace noted euery mannes opinion which dealing did greatly increace the suspicion that had bin conceyued of him nowe long ago For manie thowght it straunge that he