to him how dost thou do I am going to dye Sir answered the wounded Person but it will be without regret provided you assure me that the King and you are satisfied with my Services And how should we be otherwise replyed Guise it is certain that had it not been for you the King would not yet have been Master of the Town but think of being Cured and assure your self you shall be satisfied with the Recompence that the King prepares for you and that I shall look upon you as long as I live as my Brother and Companion in War Having said these words he left him with Tears in his Eyes and Saint Colombe being dead the next day Guise himself did assist at his Funeral testifying and extream regret for his loss and was always speaking of him with extream applause He likewise made inquiry after all the Soldiers who had accompanied him and took care to recompence them every one according to his Merit The Prince of Conde designing to re-animate the hopes of his Party by some considerable enterprize they being very much dejected at the taking of Rouen led his Army to Paris He imagined that it would be easie for him to take in that great Town being it was without Fortifications and full of a people that were easie to be terrified But Guise going thither in all haste dispersed their fears as his Father had done twenty years before when that Charles the Fifth had taken Chasteau-Thierry and during the eight days that the Army was at the Gates the people did not for one moment interrupt their usual employs The Shops and Colledges were opened as was Customary and the Courts of Justice as full of Advocates as in a time of profound Peace The Prince having perceived the folly of his design raised the Siege and marched towards Normandy where he hoped to receive the Money and Forces that were coming to him from England He was followed by the Kings Army which was lead by Guise and the Constable The Prince did not design to fight but his Army having lost one days March through his Major General 's fault the Constable overtook him near Dreux He caused his Army and his Artillery to pass over the little River of Eure by Moon-light and with so great a silence that the Enemies did not in the least perceive it Insomuch that when they were going to continue their March the next day they were much amazed to see the Royal Army posted in the way through which they were to pass The Constable had posted himself between two Villages having Blainville on the right and Spinal on the left and as he was very weak in Cavalry he had disposed it by little Squadrons amongst the great Battalions of Infantry which the Army was composed of Thus joining to the Village of Blainville was the Spanish Infantry under cover of the Houses and the Trees of the Village On the left side of it was Guise and la Brosse his Lieutenant at the Head of the Companies of Ordnance then were the old Troops of Piemont and after them the Marshal de Saint Andre with four Cornets of Horse Near the Marshal de Saint Andre still drawing towards the left you had the German Infantry and at last the Squadron of Daumale and Damville who compleated the Vanguard before which was placed fourteen pieces of Cannon Something farther in the Plain however still drawing towards Spinal was the great Battalion of the Suisses having on the left hand eight pieces of Cannon and the Cavallery of the Constable and of Brichanteau then the Regiments of Brittany and of Picardy Sansac made up the Body of the Army having the light Horse who reached from this Battalion to the Village of Spinal Guise would not take any Command that day that he might not be obliged to obey the Constable and said that he took care only of his Company of Ordonnance and some Volunteers that had joyned themselves to him But his Name Commanded for him in all Places where he came and we may say that it was he who led the Vanguard The Princes Army was divided into two There was in the Vanguard led by the Admiral five hundred French Horse six French Colours and six German The Body of the Army which was led by the Prince was composed of six hundred French Lances six Cornets of German Cavalry ten Ensigns of Germans twelve of French and six Troops of light Horse Dandelot having been to discover the Royal Army was not of Opinion a Battle should be hazarded and the Prince already caused his Men to March towards Treon where he hoped to Intrench himself But as he could not make this motion without laying his right Wing full open to his Enemy the Constable having caused the fourteen pieces of Canon we have mentioned to be fired upon him obliged him to come briskly to the Charge The Body of the Constables Battalia was advanced into the Plain for as there was not a sufficient space between the two Villages to contain all the Army it advanced in the Form of a demicircle and the right Wing that lay behind and was hidden by the Trees and the Houses of the Village of Blainville did hardly appear at all Thus the Prince who was below Blainville marching towards the Constable thought he saw all the Army and advanced in all haste without taking notice what he left on one side of him And the Admiral who was yet further turning about likewise at the same time they both found themselves directly opposite to the Body of the Constables Battalia In the mean time the Prince instead of falling upon the Cavalry that was not so strong as his attacqued the Battalion of Suisses immediately Mouy and Avaret having Attacqued the Front pierced it through intirely and made their way through to the very Baggage which was plundered Then the Prince took them in the Rear and Damville being advanced to them with three Companies of Gensdarmes he was so sharply repulsed by the German Horse that he was obliged to retreat to the Vanguard to rally his Men. The Admiral on his side having Attacqued the Constables Cavalry put it to the rout without much difficulty The Regiments of Brittany and Picardy were cut to pieces Sansac's Cavilry being as it were seized with a panick fear fell a running without making any resistance and several of them having galloped full speed as far as Paris brought news thither of the Kings Army being defeated and of the Hugonots having gained the Victory At length the Constable being wounded with a Pistol Bullet and having had his Horse killed under him was taken Prisoner by the German Horse Daumale had his Arm broken in endeavouring to succour him and the Enemies made themselves Masters of the Artillery Guise saw all this without quitting his Post raising himself up from time to time in his Stirrups to observe the Enemies Damville was near him and desperate with having seen his Brother Montberon killed and seeing
THE LIFE OF Francis OF LORRAIN DUKE of GUISE LONDON Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes in Russel-street in Covent-Garden 1681. The Hon ble Allexander Grantt younger of that ilk To the Right Honourable the Marquess of Worcester Lord President of Wales Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and one of His Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council c. My Lord THE extraordinary Obligations this Kingdom has to Your Lordship having filled all Places with Admiration and Acknowledgment of Your Prudent Conduct and Ministry I could no longer curb my Zeal from adding one Voice to the Universal Acclamations nor hinder it from crowding with this Offering to Your Feet It is My Lord the Life of a Prince whose Carier in some things lay parallel with Your Lordships For he was of a most Illustrious Extraction Graceful in Person and of Abilities fit both to Advise and Execute in the most ticklish Junctures yet in this he differed that he was a Promoter of the Interests of the Court and Superstitions of the Church of Rome and Your Lordship a Zealous Maintainer of the Prerogatives of the Crown and Devotions of the Church of England For to You My Lord we are principally indebted for our present Calm by Your Ministry those Allarms are dissipated that kept us continually in Apprehensions the Subjects satisfied of the Security of their Religion and Properties and the Sovereign of the Fidelity and Loyalty of His Subjects Insomuch that it is no wonder if we all strive to Celebrate so extraordinary a Patriot and that I have presumed to make a Publick Declaration of the Respect and Zeal with which I am My Lord Your Lordships Most Humble and Most Obedient Servant F. 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Kings p. 119. l. 2. for at r. it THE LIFE OF FRANCIS OF Lorrain DUKE of GUISE THE House of Lorrain is one of the most Illustrious Families of Europe whether we examine its Alliances or consider the extraordinary number of great Men that are sprung from thence Claude of Lorrain was the first of this Name who came and setled in France where he married Antoinette de Bourbon the King of Navarre and Prince of Conde's Aunt He was one of the greatest Captains of his Age and it was in favour of him that King Francis the First Erected the County of Guise into a Dutchy an honour which till then had been reserved only for Princes of the Blood Claude had several Children the Eldest of whom was Francis whose Life we write He made his first Apprentiship under his Father and was in the Army that was sent to Therouenne under the Conduct of Anthony Duke of Vendosme It was easie to judge then what he afterwards proved to be He distinguished himself from the young Persons of his Age by his Valour and the vivacity of his Wit insomuch that they already considered him as their Chief and took it for an honour to follow him in all occasions As that Army was only drawn together to put relief into Therouenne Guise went into the Town by reason it was nearer the Enemies than the Camp and was followed by Laval Saint Andre Dampierre la Chataigneraye and all the young Persons of Quality in those Troops He was daily out upon Parties and never returned without some considerable advantage In short he acquired in a little time so great a Reputation that he raised a jealousie even in the Duke of Vendosme his General He received two great wounds in his Youth the first at the Siege of Luxembourg where he had his Ancle-bone shot through with a Musquet-bullet and the Second at Boulogne which happened in this manner Francis the First had an Army before Boulogne which the English had taken a little before and though the Siege was not yet formed there were daily great Skirmishes between the French and them Guise being one day gone forth to see one that was very warmly disputed he observed that the French were hardly able to resist any longer and that they were going to be cut in pieces by a Troop of English who were coming to charge them in the Flanck Then without considering that he had scarce any body with him he galloped directly towards this last Troop routed those he first met with and put a stop to the others less by the force of his blows than the amazement they were in at so bold an action But as he valiantly opposed their Efforts to give the French time to rally He was struck with a Lance which run into his Head between his Nose and right Eye and which being broken with the violence of the blow lest all the Iron with a piece of the Wood in the wound He was no more stunned with this wound than if he had not felt it He did not so much as lose his Seat and returned to the Camp as if he came back from a match of Hunting His Life was long despaired of but at length he was cured and with that success that his Face was not in the least disfigured by this accident Which is perhaps what made the Historians of that time believe that there was something miraculous in that Cure which some attributed to the happiness others to the misfortune of France according to the different Sentiments they had of Guise Henry the Second being come to the Crown Guise in the flower of his Age saw himself raised at one clap to the highest degree of favour and shared all the Authority of the Government with the Constable of Montmorency These two Lords had very diligently applyed themselves to the King even when he was no more than Dauphin but though they seemed to be equally in favour of their Master they made their Court to him however after a very different manner The Constable was very old He had governed the Kingdom during several years under Francis the First and had been in four Battels wherein he had acquired much honour Thus seeing no one above him either for Affairs or for War he only thought of maintaining the Peace that he might enjoy in repose his Reputation and his Grandeur He applyed himself wholly to his Master but had no regard for any body else and thinking that his fidelity ought to serve him instead of all things he often dispenced himself from those little Complaisances that are requisite to be had for Soveraigns even when we render them great Services His Counsels had ever something of that severity which is ordinary to old Men and which was natural to him and they were often contrary to the humour of the Prince who
turbulent Man who made it his business to breed Quarrels and never troubled himself how to weather them Guise having sent his Army to Gesi came to Rome to pay his respects to the Pope he stayed there near a Month to wait perhaps and sollicite for the Succours that were promised him but no Body did approve of this stay And indeed though he could not have been reproached with leaving the Kings Forces useless through his negligence it was not very honourable to France to see a General that is sent to be at the head of it's Armies stay a whole Month amongst Monks and have the lowest place at a Table of Cardinals Upon which account there runs a Story of a Master of Requests of his Train who went and placed himself below him without being invited that he might prevent said he a General of the Armies of the King of France from having the lowest place at Table Some were of opinion that he stayed at Rome to secure the Pontificate to his Brother in case it should come to be vacant Whatsoever the reason was being returned to his Army he besieged Civitella and was obliged to raise the Siege after having stayed there three Weeks He was likewise vigorously repulsed at an Assault he made wherein he lost above two hundred Men. The famous Battle of Saint Quentin having brought France within an Ace of its Ruin Guise was recalled in all haste and he joyfully quitted a Country where he met with no success Never was Man received with a more general Applause The King did him the Honour to tell him that he was returned for the preservation of the Kingdom The People who usually are as easily comforted as they are afflicted forgot at the sight of him the misfortune that had occasioned his coming back and those who two days before did not think themselves secure in the midst of Paris demanded nothing more than to be led forth against the Enemy It was proposed that Guise should be made Vice-Roy but this Title being new and almost unknown in France he was nominated Lieutenant General of the Kings Armies within and without the Kingdom and the Letters were verified in all the Parliaments Though it was then the midst of Winter it was thought important for the Glory and Security of the Kingdom to make some considerable enterprize It was not thought fit to go to Saint Quentin which the Spaniards had fortified and the sight of which would only have served to abate the Courage of the Souldiers by renewing the remembrance of their defeat The resolution having thereupon been taken in the Council the Duke of Nevers with one part of the Army marched towards Campagne giving out that he was going to take Luxembourg and Arlon Guise came into Picardy under the pretext of guarding the Frontier after which he advanced as if he designed to go re-inforce the Garrisons of Ardres and of Bologne and at length the Forces of the Duke of Nemours having joyned him after great days Journeys he caused his Army to march with incredible diligence and came on the first of January before Calice where he was not expected This Town did at that time belong to the English but it was looked upon as the Spaniards because that Philip King of Spain wore then the Crown of England having married Mary the Queen at that time The place is defended on one side by the Sea and on the other by deep Marshes and by a River which almost wholly environs it Thus on the Land side you cannot approach it but by a Ditch which is guarded by the Fort of Nieulay and on the Sea side it has the Fort of Risban which absolutely Commands all the Port and which can hinder all Ships both great and small from coming in The success of this enterprize consisted in diligence Guise caused the two Forts to be Attacqued and took them both in one day after which having raised a Battery against that part of the Town which is called the Water-gate he began to Fire upon the Fortifications as if he would have made his principal Attacque on that side But the Enemies thinking they had only that part to defend were much astonished to see in an instant fifteen pieces of Canon pointed against the Castle that was only environed by a simple Wall without Ramparts The noise of the Artillery was so great that it was heard as far as Antwerp but it was not a noise to no purpose for the same Evening the Breach was great enough to amount to the Assault Guise having caused Grammont to advance with three thousand chosen Harquebusiers to hinder the Enemies from Re-trenching themselves upon the Breach he caused fifteen hundred Souldiers to pass along the Port under the Conduct of Dandelot with order to sink a Trench and afterwards a Traverse which answered to the Canal of the Ditch they broke and the Waters being emptied to the height of the Traverse Guise passed through the Water to the middle at the head of his Souldiers and notwithstanding the obstinate resistance of the Enemies he became Master of the Castle whither the English brought him the Keys of the Town the next day and received the Conditions he thought fit to impose upon them Thus was that Town taken in less than ten days which the English had held for two hundred and ten years They took it in the Reign of Philip of Valois in the year 1347. though it was not fortified at that time the Siege lasted a whole year and John of Vienna who Commanded there for the King did not deliver it up till that he saw his Souldiers half dead of Hunger and that they were no longer able to bear their Arms. But since that time the English had fortified it after such a manner as that it passed for impregnable and for this reason the French had been so long without daring to undertake to drive them from thence He afterwards took with the same Rapidity the Town of Guines and that of Hames He made himself Master of all the County of Oye and in less than a Month drove the English out of France after their having been settled there for two Ages without the French being able to force them thence The year after he besieged Thionville with the Duke of Nevers This place was taken with a great deal of pain and Guise had like to have been killed there by a Cannon Shot which took away Marshal Strozzy upon whose Shoulder he was leaning But while that his Army after the taking of Thionville spent their time in seeing the little City of Arlon on Fire which the Enemies had abandoned and in making Skirmishes near Luxemburg they received news of the defeat of Thermes whose Troops had been cut in pieces by the Count d' Aiguemont in the Neighbourhood of Gravelines This loss had like to have ruined France Some have laid the fault upon Guise who might have prevented it by joyning with Thermes as soon as the Siege was
with three Armies who vaunted that the Pillars of Hercules were not capable to put a stop to his Career In the mean time the Emperour caus'd his Souldiers to advance but they had no sooner perceived the French in the Breach and Guise at the head of them than that they gave back as if the French were coming to attacque them It was to no purpose he joyn'd Prayers to threatnings it was not in his Power to make Soldiers advance that were trembling and full of all they had seen performed during the Siege they were fain to carry the Emperour back to his Tents out-raged with grief and crying that he was abandoned and had no longer any Men about him This enterprize having had such ill success he had nothing left but the despair of being obliged to raise the Siege Famine Cold Diseases and the continual Salies of the Besieged had caused above a third part of his Army to perish The rest could not be saved otherwise than by a Retreat which he was forced to resolve of notwithstanding all the Oaths he had made of taking the Town It was then he was heard to say That Fortune abandoned him to run to his Rival who was younger than he Perhaps never was a more shameful Retreat seen The Emperour who it may be said made his escape to Thionville had before his departure the vexation of seeing those he besieged come and kill his Soldiers in the very sight of his Quarters The Duke of Alva dislodged in the Night without beat of Drum leaving all the Ammunition in the Camp and all the Tents standing Guise having caused four pieces of Canon to be brought into a little Island he pointed them against the Tents of Albert and quickly commanded him to follow the rest The Besieged did not fail to sally out after them but their Fury was quickly changed into Compassion They found in the Camp that was newly abandoned all they could have found most dreadful in a Field of Battle where a great Army had been cut to pieces a horrible multitude of diseased and wounded the Earth covered with the Dead and dying weltring upon one another in the dirt the Bodies of those they had buried lying half out of the Earth with which they were ill-covered Those who were retreated were not in a much better condition Most of them cast away their Arms as not having strength to carry them any longer and being hardly able to support themselves The Prince of Roche-sur-Yon having overtaken some Troops of Spanish Cavalry and offering to fight them their Commander turning towards him How do you think said he to him we should have Force to fight You see that we have not enough left to run away from you Guise made appear as much Humanity in this occasion as he had shewn Valour and Conduct during the Siege He gave orders for the Burial of the Dead that were in the Camp He caused the Sick to be brought into the Town and having distributed them into Hospitals he appointed Money to be given them for their return home when they were recovered He sent back to the Duke of Alva all such of his Domesticks as were Prisoners and offered him as many covered Boats as he should have occasion of for the carrying his Sick to Thionville Thus Guise stayed the Emperour three Months before a Town that did not seem to be in a posture of resisting one moment against all Forces with which it was attacqued He gave such good Orders during the whole Siege that the Enemies durst never mount to the Assault though the Place was but imperfectly fortified While that with a small number of Men he daily made Sallies which did more damage to Charles his Army than the loss of a Battle could have done He appointed a general Procession for the rendring thanks to God and to compleat that Ceremony by as he would have it an agreeable Sacrifice he caused all such of Luthers Books as were found in the Town to be publickly burnt After which he recalled the Inhabitants who had absented themselves during the Siege and re-established the usuall Policy and having as well as he could made amends to those who had suffered any damages he returned to Court The following Year the King having over-run the Low Countries with an Army of Fifty thousand men used all possible means to come to a Battle before the Emperours Army should be strengthened by the Succours that were coming to him from Germany He besieged the Castle at Renty concluding that the Emperour not being far distant would run immediately to raise the Siege He was not mistaken in that Conjecture Guise went to view the Town and had like to have been killed by a Musquet Bullet which pierced his Cloaths and the Emperour being come to encamp within a League of the Town the French resolved to take the advantage of an opportunity they had so long waited for The two Armies were separated only by a Hill which concealed them from one another Upon this Hill there was a Wood which neither Party had yet possessed themselves of notwithstanding that it was extreamly necessary to them both but it was principally to the Imperialists whose Artillery might have incommoded extreamly the French Kings Army in the Valley at the bottom of this Hill and without further trouble would have obliged him to have raised the Siege Guise making no doubt but that the Emperour would send men to take in that Post caused three hundred Harquebusiers whom he himself had chosen out to be conceal'd there and placed some Corsebiteers before the Wood on the Enemies side that he might the more easily draw them into the Ambuscade by Retreating when they should be Attacqued The Imperialists fell into the Ambuscade and were repulsed with a very great loss but the Emperour hearing the noise of the Artillery with which the Castle was continually battered resolved to make an Effort for the securing it and to hazzard all for the driving the French from their Post He drew up his Army in Battalia and sent two thousand Horse four small Field-pieces and four thousand Harquebusiers to dis-lodge those who were in the Woods Guise advanced to second them with some Troops of Horse while that the King to whom he had caused notice to be given did himself dispose and prepare his Army for the Fight Guise caused his Harquebusiers to retire and Retreated himself by little and little that he might oblige the Imperialists to traverse the Wood and draw them into a little Plain which was on the other side of the Hill and near the French King's Quarters They took this Retreat for a Flight and no longer doubted of the Victory Gonzagues sent word to the Emperour that he should cause his Army to march in all haste and that the Vanguard of the French was put to rout All the Imperial Army advanced immediately with four small pieces of Cannon which were called the Emperours Pistols because they were mounted
upon four Wheels and were easily turned on all sides The first Battalions of the Enemies already appeared out of the Woods and fired upon those of the French Army when that Guise seeing-them at length where he wished them came to the Head of his Regiment that was most advanced in the Plain and gave the Signal to the Duke of Nemours to begin the Charge This first Attacque was very furious and the French were sharpely repulsed with the loss of several Officers But Guise and Nevers having rallied their Troops and being seconded by all the Light Cavalry commanded by d' Aumalle they routed the first Battalion of the Germans And the Duke of Nevers with his Regiment falling then upon the Spanish Harquebusiers who were not able to resist him all the Enemies Army was put to rout The Count of Vulfenfourt was obliged to fly as well as the rest though he had promised to tread the French Gendarmes under Feet with two thousand Rheistres or German Horse he Commanded and who to appear the more terrible had horribly coloured their Faces with black The French gain'd in that Battle seventeen Ensignes Colours five Cornets and the four Field-Pieces that were brought into the Wood and the Emperours Pistols About two hundred men were slain on their side and two thousand on the Enemies However the Spaniards if we may believe the Count of Rocca who has written the History of Charles the Fifth imagined some time after that it was they who had gained the Victory insomuch that Don Lewis d' Avila distrusting perhaps the Testimony that the Historians give thereof caused that Battle to be painted in his Country-House where the French were seen flying from their Enemies And that Charles the Fifth through a modesty which the Author of his History does not sail to commend him for was of Opinion the Piece should be reformed and that they should draw the French making a Retreat because said he it was rather an honourable Retreat than a shameful Flight That day gave Birth to the hatred that broke out afterwards between Guise and Admiral Chastillon and which has had such fatal Consequences These two Lords had been such Friends during their Youth as that they were not able to live without one another wearing the same Colours and dressing themselves after the same manner This ardour begun to cool and Guise complained that the Admiral had given him insincere Connsels in an affair of importance The Admiral whether through Resentment or Envy reported after the Battle that Guise was not to be found where he ought to have been during the Fight They thereupon quarrelled in the Kings Chamber who commanded them to embrace and be as good Friends as formerly but these kind of Injuries are never forgotten nor are they ever pardoned In the mean time a Truce was made for five years between the Emperour and the King But Cardinal Caraffa would not suffer it to last long This turbulent and restless Man being shock'd with all that had an appearance of Peace reported every where that the King could not make an agreement having an offensive and defensive League with his Unkle He came Legate into France and made so much noise against the Truce that he made the King resolve to break it The Council were in no wise for this Rupture neither was it on that side that the Cardinal had made his Cabal He gained the fair Dutchess of Valentinois by his Gallantries and the fine presents he made her from the Pope and himself She perswaded the King to War both out of acknowledgment to the Legate and that Guise might have the Command of the Armies with whom she had contracted a great Friendship Caraffa assured him of the Conquest of the Kingdom of Naples which the Pope promised him the Investiture of and to which all those of the House of Lorrain have always had pretentions Guise being naturally ambitious suffered himself to be easily flattered with the hopes of a Crown and he was likewise drawn in by the Counsels of the Cardinal of Lorrain his Brother for whom he had ever too much deference This was a violent Man and to whom nothing appeared difficult hold to undertake all things indifferently and often abused the Authority of his Brother that he might bring his own designs to pass The King not knowing how to deny the Dutchess sent only for form sake to the Emperour and to Philip his Son who was then King of Spain to exhort them to withdraw their Troops out of the Territories of the Holy See This Proposition was received as a Declaration of War and Guise full of great hopes marched into Italy at the Head of fifteen thousand Men. He was looked upon as one of the greatest Generals of his Age and beloved as the most Civil best Bred Person of Quality at Court Thus almost all the Nobility of France attended him in this expedition some to learn their Trade under so great a Master others to acquire Glory under a Commander who being sure of his own bore no envy to that of his Souldiers It is in this occasion that it must be confessed that all the times of the Lives of great Men are not alike for it is certain that Guise did not perform in that War all that was expected from him whether he had not the Succours he ought to have had or that he was so happy as not to be able to succeed in a War that appeared manifestly unjust He immediately attacqued the City of Valenza which he took without difficulty and made but a kind of sorry answer to the Emperours Lieutenant in the Land of Milan who complained of the infraction of the Truce After the taking of Valenza the Council of War was of Opinion that advantage should be taken of the general Consternation and of the want of Men at that time in Milan It is certain that Guise might easily have conquered it But he would never be perswaded to stay notwithstanding the remonstrances that were made him whether as he said he had most express Orders to march on or that the Idea of the Conquest of the Kingdom of Naples did not permit him to think of any thing else Perhaps one of the Reasons that made him pass on so fast was the fear of being obliged to yield the Command to the Duke of Ferrara his Father in Law who in the League that was made with the Pope was nominated Generalissimo of the Kings Armies in Italy For he knew very well that this Prince having Reasons not to absent himself from his Dominions would never think of following the Army as far as Naples Whereupon he came to Bologne where he neither found the Forces nor the Ammunition they had given him hopes of He made great Complaints thereof to Caraffa who satisfied him with ill Reasons and Promises that had no effect whether he had already made his Accomodation under-hand with the Spaniard as several persons have believed or that he was a