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enemy_n	advance_v	army_n	march_v	1,313	5	8.1705	4	true

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A62724	The entrance of Mazzarini, continued through the first years regency, of Anna Maria of Austria, Qu. Dowager of France, and mother of the present Monarch. Louis XIV. Wherein the principall causes of those revolutions, that have since happened in that kingdome, may be discovered; Entrance of Mazzarini. Part 2	Tanner, Thomas, 1630-1682.	1658 (1658)	Wing T141; ESTC R208969	42,855	166

be under shelter and have it in their power to fight or to doe otherwise as they should see reason Which being the issue of that consultation Gassion is againe dispatched to clear the way before their Army and feize himself of such Posts as he should find convenient for disposing of the maine Body which was to follow after Whereupon hee pusheth through few of the Enemies Guards and enters into a Plain of a mile and halfs extent that lyes between i● and the City without any other opposition or shew of being taken notice of although the Spaniard● might easily have prevented him if they had Marshalled there first and guarded onely two Passes which were so straight that neither hee nor the rest of the Army could have advanced through them in any order Or if they had faln on them while they were encumbred have gotten a great victory But this omission was imputed afterwards as men are ingenious to find out faults for the unfortunate and virtues for the prosperous to an over weening fancy which made them either ignorant or negligent of the French motions perswading themselves that they du●st not bide a Battel but onely assay the casting in some more reliefe and it may be therefore fear'd to draw off at any distance from the place lest the French Cavalry should find means to effectuate that design Gassion being thus advanc'd to amuse the Enemy and by accosting nearer to inure his own men to be more confident and more familiar with danger marches on with twelve Troops of Horse to goe and view the Huts of the Enemy and what extent they occupyed whereby hee soon perceiv'd that General Melo as if he sleighted this shew as a meer bravery did but slowly rouse to put his people in Battalia and therefore as a safe time dispatcheth notice to the Duke to hasten his advancement with the rest of the Army who no lesse impatient of all delayes was gone afore with a small party of Horse to pry and learn the site of the places thereabouts but immediately upon this advice inorders the Marquis of Géures to march afore diligently with the Vantguard to secure yet further the passage to the rest But it was so troublesome that afore the French Army could get well through the Spanish was come up in set Squadrons ready to charge them which made the Duke push his Van the more forward to get room obliging the Spaniards to quit a certain eminency which they had first gotten The Captains that had been met in Melo's Praetorium to advise about the Battel were diversly inclined particularly the Camp-Master General the Count of Fontaines a Souldier of fifty years experience delivered this as his sence That it would be the best way to guard their station onely til General Bek should arrive with his supplies of four thousand men more but a few houres then distant and at night to entrench themselves that so the Enemy might not venture to come on till they were ready for them without apparent hazzard But the Governour General reputing himself to have already the over-powering of his Adversary and the taking of opportunity by the forehand to be necessary to his proceedings disposed himselfe rather to prepare for the Battel The two Armies being come within Musket-shot saluted one another with loud out-cryes casting their Hats in the air and their Montiers in one anothers faces And as if the manner of managing each Army had been debated in the same Council and Fortune resolved to put them on even termes before the Combat they both deferred the decision of the quarrel till the next day beating as it were an alta by mutual agreement and that which the oldest Souldier did admire with so much quiet on both sides except that their Cannon began to parley before the evening to the greater damage of the French that were the worser furnished of Artillery that a false Allarm did not passe all night between them The Duke though he would faine anticipate Bek yet could not come up to engage because his left Wing had yet but a dangerous station among the Marshes The same respect to Bek made the Governour entertain the same resolution being herein it may be the more unhappy that he neither entirely followed his owne inclination of buckling sooner while the French were encumber'd nor yet the counsel of Fontaines to entrench himself but being still tenacious of his first conceipt lest the French should get more succours to pass into the Town he by night withdrew his Army nearer to it and brought himselfe to want such roome as before he had commodious for him The Marshal de Gassion made a better use of the darknesse to enlarge his right Wing a stratagem which hee said hee had learned from his Master Gustav●● with which hee intended to assayl tha● of the Spaniards in the Flank and 't was observed that hee did not herein fail of his judgement but rather that it was a main stroke to the Victory In the meane time the Duke of Anguien to shew how capable 〈◊〉 young spirit may be of commanding virtues rides about all nigh● with some of his ●h●ef Officers to animate his Troops with his own life and presence to acquaint them with the true reason why he did not leade them on to fight the day before not for any shadow of fear or diffidence unlesse in the untrustinesse of the ground and promising to conduct them the next day to the head of their Enemyes A thing that assured his Souldiers to him endearing his courage to their affection and their endeavours to his utmost service But when the Armyes met again the next morning that of the Spanish houted to the French with opprobrious language the tydings of their King's death which indeed the French Generals had received over night with order as 't was reported not to venture on a Battel but they so prudently dissembled it that this stratagem was deaded like a Cannon shot in Wool-packs by the incredulity of the Souldiers and so now nothing else remained but the chocque it self The French Cavalry in all six thousand were dispos'd to either Wing and interlaced with choice Musketiers to protect them and the whole Army except a Body of Reserve commanded by the Baron de Sirot of about twelve hundred Horse made a great Front and so advanced with a just and steady pace against the Spanish Army which had drawn it self up within an halfe miles distance nearer to the Town in a readiness to receive them But these in the marshalling of their Army were much disgusted by the setting of the Duke of Albuq●●●que a young Gallant privileged by his birth to bee a Grand 〈◊〉 Spain to command the Horse 〈◊〉 prejudice of the Count of 〈◊〉 quoy an approved Captain wh● was hereupon licensed to retire to his Government of Mons leaving this charge to his Competitor The left Wing of the Frenc● Army being led by the Duke himself who appeared all in Iron

had three solemne masses sung the first celibrated by a Bishop the second by an Arch-bishop and the third by the Pope's Nuntio and after that hard a patheticall oration deliver'd by the Confessor of the late Card Infanta in the praise of Louis and his most Christian vertues with the circumstances of his death which mollified the hearts and drew tears from s●me of the Auditory while he p●udently omitted and covered such passages as might have turn'd the minds of the Spaniards But let us take our ●ongie here and back again to the Court of France Where the King's Council employ their accurate deliberations about some orders to be issued for the best improvement of the victory But the Cardinal's advice which he presented in an excellent discourse on that subject to set presently on Thionuille a strong place in Luxenborg which might protect the towne of Mets and the adjacent territory assure the Mozelle with the communication betwixt France and the Elector of Triers intercept the Spaniards commerce that way from the lower Palati●●●e where they then ruled prevailed with the Qu. as a great enterprise represented hopefull and in case it should succeed full of glory to her Government as what would shew it self an ent●●e fruit of the present guidance o● affaires without reference to any provision whatsoever made in the former reigne Where upon a speedy order is dispatched to the Duke of Anguien who was then in prosecution of his victory ravaging the enemies countrey and sacking all places that were but weakly guarded to hasten towards the siege of that place but first to give the enemie a strong diversion by forcing them towards Brusselles and so leave them to suspect any other thing rather then this of Thionville and another order was dispatched at the same time to the Marquis of Gévres to go forth-with with that body that he commanded in Champagne to sit downe before it which on his part was so well executed and the City so surprised that he secured all the advenues till the Dukes arrivall The unfortunate Melo was using his utmost diligence to recruit an armie wherewithall to oppose the French progresse draining some of his more remote Garrisons whereof this was one being then 2000 strong and 80 leagues distant from the French armie to make up a strong body of Infantry which were most endammaged in the late battell but being again amused by the dubiousnesse of the enemies marching he sends command to General Beck to flank them with 6000 men and wait upon their motions who now ghessing at the true designe crossed the Meuse at Namur cutting thereby a nearer way to Thionville and so had intercepted the Dukes march but that the French had sent a flying army without baggage to clear the Coast before them while the rest followed with the grosse artillery and ammunition yet he so accosted them that before they could defend it he put in a supplie of 800 men into the garrison The siege was oppos'd vigorously by frequent shots and Sallies almost two moneths The Marquis of Gévres lost his life in it The Duke at once had all his attendants wounded when he went to oversee a battery that was raising Mons d' Espenan was lightly wounded in the head and Gasslon so grieuously that the Queen despeeded the Count of Rantzau to supply his place and the Card. presented him on that occasion with a paire of Barbes and sixe other Coach-horses with a purse of a thousand sterlings there wanted no diligence to supply that army in this service Some foot regiments were sent to recruit them out of Burgundy of which one Italian of the Card Mazzarini's three other were raised a new to augment them under the names of the Queen and the Duke of Orleans 500000 franks were sent to the Generall-Duke besides a sum●● from his father the Pr. of Con●●● for his private expences The besieged sustained the springi●● of two mines repulsed more assaults made great slaughter an● at last when they saw no hope 〈◊〉 succour capitulated hard but the Duke to make a shorter work● with them let them know wha● favour he was ready to grant to their valour caused his other Mine● to be shew'd to their Commissioners after gave them honorable articles dated the 8th of Aug. 1643. The Hollanders whose conjunction according to the late treaty was hitherto in vaine expected and when there was most need of seconding the designes of their Confederates by some diversion whether indeed they were jealous of the French successes or nillingly induc't to comport with the Prince of Orange's desires while they thought their owne interests not much ingaged began now to be drawn by a sense of som advantage and the Prince's indisposition of health which as yet served for their excuse being now well amended he imbarqued his army on certain vessells to attempt the prise of Hulst but finding the Spaniard● there too well provided he had order from the States to attempt Sass van Gant but herein also Melo prevented him being ready with a good army to wait upon him and so oblig'd him to retire to Assenden where he found leisure to think of some stratagem to defray the honour and charges of his expedition since 't was now too late to acquit himselfe of either by force of armes Whereupon he sends his whole cavalry with 3000 foot to surpris● the quarters of Don Andrea Cantel● in the houses about Antwerp an● the next morning puts a quantit● of his men in the habit of boor● comming early to the Marke● to seize themselves of a gate 〈◊〉 the city but the Spaniards haveing smelt the plot pelted the first comers with their Musket● which giving warning to the other guards and notice to the enemy of their unsuspected discovery they hastned their retrea● thoug not so fast but the Spani●ards with Cantelmo● taking the alarme overtook some of them and encouraged thereby pursued with such eagernesse that at last some of them fell on an ambush of the Hollanders where Don Giovan●● Borgia Lieut. Generall of the horse with other Officers remained Pris●ners and Don Andrea was forced to returne with losse to his owne quarters This exploit suffic'd the Hollanders for this Campagne the Lords States found themselves so much aggrieved at the charges occasioned by the barkes that were at first imployed that all the applications of the French Ambassador de la Tuillerie could scarce prevaile with them from unseasonable reclaiming of their army to winter quarters a thing which strangely disgusted the French Ministers to see how little their confederates esteemed the common cause while they loved so well their money that sometimes they would receive it in nothing else but Franks of weight which they might returne with most advantage in the species of their owne Countrey And when they had received it against the common enemy employ'd it rather to counter-balance their friends prosperity as if they more desired to gage their progresse

whereupon he hasted to recover himselfe in the Louure where the principall of the Court came to congratulate with him for the danger that he had escaped and next day the Duke was arrested in the Queens name by the Captaine of her guards and sent to the same Castle as a Prisoner and the Cardinall had the like guard allowed for his person as his predecessor had before But this perswaded him to procure the detaining of Chavigny as a necessary friend to have about him and in his stead to send Monsieur de Servient with instructions for the treaty The discovery of a plot gives great advantage and just plea to any Potentate that was the object of it to secure himselfe more and root deeper Mazzarin found occasion by this meanes to move the Queen to prevent all dissentions that might be fomented in her Council that so she might become the better fortified about her heart to resist those qualmes which might annoy her in civill broiles such as alwayes use to infest the Minority of the French Kings and such as did already discover some sad prognosticks to he●Regency Which so prevailed with her Majesty that she dismissed the Bishops of Beauvais of whom we have before made mention and of Lisieux from sitting any longer in her councils bringing in in their steads the Lord Chancellor and the Pen●tentiary of Nostredame in Paris consenting likewise to bid som● withdrawing to those that we●● suspected of disaffection or had 〈◊〉 ill character in the former reign● The Duke of Vendosuse with hi● son the Duke of Mercoeur were also set a distance from the court o● city of Paris and the former by some rumours that were spred becoming more suspicious was cited to his defence and soldien sent to arrest him but he made ●●cape first to Geneva and thence into Italy from whence how he since returned and had the Go●ernment of Provence with the of●●ce of Grand Master c. that is 〈◊〉 lieu of High Admirall and the survivall of this charge to his son the Duke of Beaufort given to con●●ent him cannot fall within mycir●●●t any more then the following Honours of the Duke of Mercoeur and his marriage to one of the Cardinau's nieces it being a great 〈◊〉 in policie towards a friendship to be a potent enemy and their amitie being commonly more de●ired that have power and will to doe us mischiefe then those that have both to do us good The stroke which imminent danger can inflict was no where else so green and tender as in Catatalonia since the enemies that the feared were more potent neighbours which had lately been the● Masters and the aide of France that they now relyed on was more on a nominall subjection then any reall dependance these not having any bridle put into their hands whereby to hinder the Catalonians at their pleasure to reconcile themselves with Spain and help to drive out them their adopted Guardians Therefore the more care was requisite to exhib● tokens of good affection to these people since it was by this only correspondence that the interest of the one could be preserved and the hearts of the other surmount their owne Despondences Nor did the Spaniards pretermit any due application of their designes to the Catalans for whilest the imminent death of the late King was under expectation the King of Spain in person which since the time of Charles the fift has been somewhat rare advanced to Saragoça to foment some revolting from his enemies and adde the more vigor to his forces that way as well as to encourage those of Arragon and Valencia who being next neigbours sometimes dangerously touched by the nearnesse of the fire had shewed themselves very forward in raising men for his Majestie's service without pleading of their priviledges as they us'd too scrupulouslyon other occasions but finding these efforts of theirs the worse seconded by how much they did their part the better began now to speak out their discontentments Yet neither the newes of that King's approaching or of this Kings death the writings scattered in Barcelon● exhorting them to returne to the open armes of their true and naturall Lord while they were now freed before any new allegeance should come to be tenderd them nor the downefall of Olivarez who served for a former pretence to their defectiō could any way alter the aversion of these people from the yoke of Castile as they shewed openly by practising the same ceremonies at the death of the French King which before they used for that of the Spanish 〈◊〉 some exceedings in the sumpt●ousnesse which was interpreted as an owning of his successor to be their Lord The French ministers were no lesse diligent to support their hopes of wonted succour and qualifie their other jealousies and because they could not dissemble their suspected unprovidednesle to issue in Campagne by reason of these accidents they endeavour●d to shew the more courage with those they had and sent a strong partie to wast the county of Rivagerça a vale sprinkled with good ●ownes within the Kingdome of ●rragon which therewithall took and pillaged the towne and castle of Estadiglia a place of 1000 houses and within 3 leagues of Monçon which it might well serve to protect in the French hands and so defend the ground which they had gained within that Kingdome But his Majesty of Spain forth● with issues orders from Saragoca to D. Filippo di Silva to goe and beset that place quitting the designe of Balaguer as too too hazzardous it being hard to get any ill disaster recruited there a little good successe at first promising fairely to accumulate in its progresse Whereupon according to appointment the Marquesse of Mortara issues out of Fraga with a body of 2500 horse towards Lerida a place whereof the French were most jealous to carry their sollicitude that way and otherwise to pay themselves by surprising some of their enemys in the quarters thereabouts which taking effect as it was designed among the rest some 50 Catalans were taken prisoners which expecting no other but the punishment of Rebells were freely dismissed by the Marquis saying that His King did not make warre against his subjects but against his Enemeies This allarme sounded high at Barcelona where the Vice-roy for want of expected supplies out of France not being ready to put himselfe into the field with forces able to wage his enemie was fain to hear his amorous pastimes objected to him while the countrey was in imminent danger and they again from him their backwardnesse at such a time to lend their assistance towards the paying of his armie whereby he got from them a summe of 50000 Crownes and then put himselfe on the way to Lerida to provide for its securitie and that of Flix which two he most feared And once when he went out with a party to cleer the Coast he fell foule on a greater number of the enemy and being by nature bold and froward was trap't in the middle