of May. During this interval a French Cavalier in the Enemies Army came over to ours and gives advice to the Duke of Enguien that General Beck was to arrive the next morning by 7 a clock with 1000 Horse and 3000 Foot to re-inforce the Enemy hereupon it was resolved to fight by break of day which no sooner appeared but the General having taken the Right wing of the Army and the Mareschal de l' Hospital the Left about a quarter of a League from Rocroy they disposed themselves to do their best The Enemies Army being composed of 25000 men viz. 17000 Foot and 8000 Horse the Infantry commanded by the Comte d' Isemberg and the Cavalry by the Duke d'Alberquerque and the Comte de Fontaines Mareschal General du Camp under Fancisco de Mello General for the King of Spain The French Army was 14000 Foot and 6000 Horse The Duke of Enguien having visited the several Divisions and encouraged the Officers to perform their Duty the Skirmish begins and 1000 Musqueteers of the Enemy are forced to give ground On the Left the Sieur de la Ferté-Seneterre charging the Enemy the Combat was so obstinate that he was Wounded in ten several places and taken prisoner though a while after rescued During this advantage the Enemy took our Cannon but the Mareschal de l' Hospital with his succours charged and recovered them again In this lively action he was wounded in the Arm with a Musquet-shot so that he was forced to leave the fight This accident gave the Enemy such advantage that once more they took our Cannon and used them against us but the Baron de Siron Mareschal de Camp of the Cavalry having a body of reserve rallies our men and stops the Enemie's success In the mean while our Right wing having routed the Cavalry attaques the Spanish Foot which she cuts in pieces In fine the Sieur Gassion coming up they are all put to the Rout. We lost there about 20 Officers and as many Wounded On the Enemies side beside a great number of Dead of lesser note the Comte de Fontaines was killed and the Comte d' Isemberg wounded to death and 6000 Prisoners among whom 200 Officers and 20 pieces of Cannon From this signal Victory which has insencibly carried this Discourse beyond its intended Bounds we will proceed to the Funerals of Lewis the Just the preparatives for which were made the 22 of July the day preceding ended the * A space of forty days during which time Prayers are continually made for the Dead Quarantaine during all which time the Queen-Mother remained shut up thereby to give place more opportunely to the sensible regrets for the loss of her Spouse Monday was appointed for the Funeral-Ceremonies at which did assist the Princes Prelates and Soveraign Courts of Justice The Kings Body was placed in the midst of a Chappel all flaming with Lights and the Solemn Service made at St. Denis in France where also the Body was deposited in the Vault of his Predecessors The 29th of July Madam the Dutchess of Enguien was happily delivered of a Son who bears the Name of Duke d'Albert The 2 of August the Duke of Beaufort youngest of the two Sons of the Duke of Vendôme was arrested and imprisoned in the Bois de Vincennes The Duke of Enguien after the Victory at Rocroy and the taking of Cirq returns to Paris with the Comte de Rantzau and on the 7th of October the King and Queen Regent were pleased to leave the Louvre to inhabit at the Palais Royal about which time also was sent to the Abbey of St. Germains desprez one of St. Placidus's Arms by the great Master of Malta which Relique was solemnly received by the Religious The Civil troubles in England continuing the Comte de Harcour was sent on the part of his most Christian Majesty to compose if possible the discontents between the King of great Britain and his Parliament but he found the Spirits of the Dissenters so little disposed that way that he returned without success About the same time a crew of Raskals at Rovergüe who took the name of * Croquans Devourers did raise a Tumult which notwithstanding was soon after supprest by the Comte de Noüaille As our Kings have alwaies had this advantage to give Laws to Strangers and not to receive them so also have they been constant Mediators of Concord among Christian Princes and particularly of the reconciliation of the Duke of Parma with his Holiness of which the Treaty was concluded at Paris and the Articles signed by the Cardinal Dongly Plenipotentiary for his Holiness and by the Cardinal Bichy Plenipotentiary on the part of his Majestie for the Duke of Parma In which Treaty he continued the Title enjoyed by our former Kings of Arbiters of Christian Princes A while after les Sieurs de Servient and d'Avaux Plenipotentiaries for his Majesty parted from France to conclude the Peace which in fine was presently effected The 21 of November Monsieur Lesoit Doctor and professor at the Sorbonne who for his singular merits had been named to the Bishoprick of Chartres was consecrated at Paris The Mareschal de Guebriant a Breton whose valour was signalized in the last King's Raign being now at the siege of Rothweil in Germany was wounded with a Faulcon-shot the 24th of November of which he died his Body being conveyed to Paris by the King 's express order his Funerals were performed with great solemnity Anno 1644. The Year 1644. was no less fertile in producing new Lawrels for France than the former But before we attempt to display these Victories it is not impertinent to observe by the by the Death of Anne de Montasie Widow of Charles of Bourbon Comte of Soissons Prince of the Blood and great Master of France who died at Paris aged 67 years she left by her Will 100000 Crowns to the Chevalier de Soissons Bastard-son to the deceased Comte de Soissons who was slain in the Battle of Sedan The Town of Gravelines was besieged by Monsieur the Duke of Orleans who invested it the 6. of June assisted by the Dukes of Guise and Nemours the Comte de Harcour Eldest son of the Duke d'Elbeuf and the Mareschals de la Meleraye de Gassion de Cossé and the Marquess d'Alegre This Siege may be placed in the number of the most difficult such was the stout resistance of the besieged which notwithstanding had no power to stop the Victories of France Here in one of our Attaques fell the Marquess de Nangis In fine the Besieged under the Conduct of Ferdinando de Solis finding himself out of all hope of Relief which Picolomini had once made a shew of giving surrendered to the Duke of Orleans the 29th of July And at the same time died Vrban 8th after he had possess'd the Holy Seat 21 years Now also past an Arrest in the Parliament of Paris prohibiting all Physitians whatsoever except those of the University of
he has rendered his Name Renowned having joyned Mars and Minerva in his own person The second son is Monsieur the Prince of Conty The Daughter Mademoiselle de Bourbon Married Monsieur the Duke of Longueville Anno 1647. In the beginning of the year 1647. though the Winter-season invited our Troops rather into Garrison yet such was the courage of the Mareschal de Gassion that nothing relenting at the extremity of the Weather he undertakes the siege of Ingelmunster the Garrison of which place was no small impediment in our Victualling Courtray This place was Attaqu'd with such fury that she was forced to yield by the end of February The Governour with his Garrison was conducted to Courtray having received no other composition than to remain Prisoners of War Also the Marquiss of Marolles Governour of Thionville a place heretofore taken by the now Prince of Condé presently after his Victory at Rocroy in the year 1643. about the same time defeated a party of the Garrison of Luxemburg by means of an Ambuscade where he killed and took Prisoners above 100 men About the end of the said Moneth of February the Mareschal de Turenne invests Tubinguen in Germany and after a Siege of seventeen or eighteen daies submits the place to the King's obedience This did contribute much to the Treaty of Neutrality not long after concluded with the Duke of Bavaria in which was comprised the Elector of Cologne Since the Arch-Duke Leopold had quitted the Conduct of the Imperial Forces to be General in the Low-Countries he had raised on the suddain a compleat Army with which he Invests Armentieres under the Government of the Sieur du Plessis-Bellievre This Siege being so surprizing made the courage of our party yield to necessity so that for want of Ammunition the place was surrendered the 31 of May. The Garrison remained all Prisoners of War except the Governour and Principal Officers At this time the King and Queen Regent were at Amiens to give their orders more effectually for securing the Frontiers of Picardy The Arch-Duke Leopold having taken Armentieres lays siege to Landrecies where the Garrison not being sufficient to secure their Outworks the Sieur Heudicourt their Governour after a courageous defence of three Weeks was forced to surrender the 18th of July The Mareschal de Gassion finding that he was unable to succour Landrecies joyned with the Mareschal de Rantzau to revenge that loss elsewhere this last in three days made himself Master of Dixmude and the Mareschal de Gassion so vigorously Assaulted la Bassée that he forced the Besieged to surrender at the end of eight daies After this the Mareschal in one day takes the Fort Nieufdan neer Newport and Sluise with several other little Forts all which he Demolish'd During this the Marquiss de Caracene sent to relieve Newport in case of a Siege obliges the Mareschal to an Engagement in which Rencounter the Enemy lost 300 men and we not above fifteen The French Army being now in sufficient condition to oppose their Enemies the King and Queen Regent leave Amiens the 27th of July and take the way of Abbeville passing thence to Dieppe they were received by the Sieur de Montigny who met them in the head of 500 Gentlemen The 9th of August they arrive at Paris The Mareschal de Rantzau considering that the Mareschal de Gassion was necessitated to remain in the midst of his Enemies to keep la Bassée makes a shew of besieging Lens and by that means having diverted the Enemy and brought off Gassion from all danger attaques the Troops of Duke Charles lately arrived from Luxemburg and defeats 800 men of which he took 200 Prisoners Presently after the Armies of these two Generals being united the 10th of September march against the Common Enemy and often Skirmish but always with advantage on our side The 23 of September our Army having past the River Lis the next day arrives before Lens The Mareschal Gassion took the plain of Doway and the Sieur de Villequier the Bridge Avandin the night following they opened their Trenches and the 26th the Cannon began to batter but the Mareschal Gassion being on his way to succour the Sieur de Villequier at the Bridge Avandin and understanding that the Enemy had taken it returns to the Trenches The 28th he hearing that the Besieged had raised a Pallisade neer the Town-gate he gives order that the Posts be immediately pluck'd up and being told it was a matter of extraordinary danger by reason of the Enemies continual firing from that quarter he goes thither himself and as he was trying to move one of the Posts receives a Musquet-shot in the side of his head with which he falls from his Horse and being taken up and carried to Arras deceased the 10th of October in the 38th year of his Age. But the Sieur de Villequier continues the siege of Lens and that with such resolution and effect that the Besieged are forced to surrender the third of the same October and the Comte de Palluau Mestre de Camp of the Cavalry took possession of the place with a French Garrison In the mean time the Enemy thinking to divert the siege of Lens besiege Dixmude which place after a courageous resistance on our part was forced to surrender The Mareschal de Turenne receiving orders from the King to march into Germany understands that Major-General Rose by secret practises had debauched several Souldiers of his Troops hereupon having first endeavoured by all means possible to reclaim him to his duty though ineffectually to prevent a greater disorder he secures his person and sends him Prisoner to Philipsburg About this time the Spaniards under the Conduct of Bonichausen Mareschal de Camp Imperial Colonel Frangipani Governour of Frankendal and Colonel Garnier form a designe to besiege Worms the Garrison consisting but of 100 men The Sieur de la Marche Governour of the place perceiving the weakness of the place and being prest by the Enemy who had already struck a terrour into the Citizens engaged to surrender in case he received no relief in two daies Hereupon he sends immediately to the Governour of Philipsburg who dispatches the Sieur de la Poquetiere a Gentleman of Touraine with 100 men who guarded with other Succours pass the Enemy enter the Town and without ever resting Sally immediately at another Gate on the opposite side charging the Enemy in that quarter so courageously that in fine they beat them off and * That is to drive a Nail or Iron-pin into the Touch-hole so that they become useless Nail'd their Cannon in such manner that the Enemy finding no hopes of gaining the place quitted the siege In Catalonia the Mareschal de Gramont by order of the Prince of Condé having pursued the Spaniards who besieged Constantine return'd and joyns with our Army the 12 of October and the 21 Monsieur the Prince of Condé having drawn together all our Troops on advice that the Spaniards under the Conduct of the
they have received from France endeavour with too much heat and precipitation a League Defensive with all the Potentates of Europe The King's Voyage into the Franche-Comte and Conquest of that Province during the Carnaval was a great action and the most glorious Enterprize that any Prince could possibly perform in less than 15 days The bare name and reputation of the Arms of this Monarch forced Spain formerly resolved never to acknowledge the King of Portugal to conclude a Peace with him and renounce the name and Arms of that Crown the 25 of February The meeting for Peace between the two Crowns of France and Spain being appointed at Aix-la-Chapelle the Treaty was concluded and signed the second of April though with a sensible regret from the French Army and Nation who desired nothing more than a continuance of War with the Spaniards But it was at the request of Clement the 9th that the King did yield to a suspention of Arms during the moneth of April and May in which he did more consider the good of Christianity than the Grandeur and Glory of his own person and Estates By this Treaty his Majesty kept his Conquests of the year past leaving to Spain that of the Franche Comte This great Monarch herein sacrifizing one of the bravest Conquests that ever shall be to the repose of his Subjects and this it was which he procured them in all his Rencounters The Alliances which soon after were concluded between the Dukes Maximilian of Bavaria Brother to the Elector and Mademoiselle de Boüillon and John Frederic de Brunswic-Lunebourg Married to the Princess Benedicta Palatine de Bavaria were of no small glory to France and Germany The Estates of Portugal now press Dom Pedro to receive the Title of King on the Abdication of his Brother Alphonso but not able to perswade him to that they extend his power equal to that of Royalty and in such condition he treats with all the Potentates of the World The King seeking all occasions to oblige his Holiness and the Holy Sea makes it his own request to demolish the Piramide heretofore erected against the Corses by the Treaty of Pisa The Marquiss de Crequy de Bellesons and d'Humieres were created Mareschals of France And on the 19th of July was performed an extraordinary magnificence at Versailles Great Honour was acquired by the Marquiss Ville in the defence of Candy the Marquiss de Saint André-Montbrun sharing with him the Glory of that Action These two gallant men have so signalized their valour in this Renowned Expedition that they have rendred their names Immortal The Nativity of the Duke of Anjou on the 5th of August occasioned much joy to the Court of France The ill Intelligence between the Queen of Spain and Dom John begun soon after the Peace the occasion that Prince's refusal to pass into Flanders he resolving to stay at Court as an obstacle to the Fortunes of Father Nitard The King judging the Letter circulary of the four Bishops sent about to all the others to unite them in resisting the Execution of the Pope's Breve which had named several Prelates to proceed against those four to be an irregular action did by his Arrest in Council and by the interposition of the Bishop Duke of Laon calm and asswage the greatest Storm which the Church of France had perhaps ever seen rais'd through the Vertues and Merits of some rare Spirits who with so much heat and obstinacy did oppose the Book of Jansenius from which approaching troubles this Illustrious Prelate found the way to dis-engage them with that sweetness and prudence wherewith he managed all things imprinting in their Hearts at the same time profound Sentiments of respect and submission for the Holy Sea By vertue of the Emperour's Mandate brought by the Marquiss de Bade the Electour Palatine on the 14th of December caused to be publish'd a Suspention of Arms and Cessation of acts of Hostility between him and the Duke of Lorain Anno 1669. The Portugals were overjoy'd at the Birth of the Infanta of Portugal which arrived the sixth of January This Princess was named by the Embassador of France after her Majesty Elizabeth-Maria Loüisa The Empress also was delivered of a Daughter the 18th following About the end of this moneth the Elector Palatine and the Duke of Lorain were obliged to disband their Forces to which his Majestie 's Arms under the command of the Mareschal de Crequy had compell'd ' em And now it was that his Holiness invited all Christian Princes to succour Candy and to which he applied his utmost as also to pacifie the Kingdom of Poland He sent also a Breve to Lisbon in confirmation of that Queens Marriage to Dom Pedro. About this time the Council of Spain resolved and took some pains to raise a Regiment of Guards to be always neer the person of his Catholick Majesty This Novelty was nothing pleasing to the Nobless and people it was also one pretence of the discontent of Dom John This Shrovetide was presented the Ballet of Flora composed of fifteen Majestick Entries Winter made the Overture with a handsome Speech the Sun who expell'd him chang'd the face of the Theater into a smiling Campagne This Glorious Planet accompanied with the Elements made the first Entry All the other parts were correspondent to this magnifique Spectacle where the beauty of the Machines the richness of the Habits and the Charms of the Ladies did not a little contribute to render this Piece into the number of the most glorious On the first of February the Ministers of the Empire Spain England Swede and the States concluded at the Hague the Treaty of triple Alliance the Swedes being to receive of his Catholick Majesty nine hundred thousand Livres In the beginning of the Spring the Duke of Beaufort and the Chevalier de Vandôme departed for Toulon there to hasten the Succours designed for Candy The Duke of Anjou was Baptized the fourth of March and named Philip by the Duke of Orleans and Madame representing the Emperour and Queen of Spain The Admiral Duke of Beaufort received from the Pope a Breve declaring him General of the Troops Ecclesiastick going for Candy to command in the absence of Dom Vincenzo Rospigliosi His Holiness having sent him the Standard of the Holy Sea The King of Portugal demanding to go into the Isle of Terceres he was convoy'd thither in the beginning of May by the Comte de Prado Dom John about this time made no unhappy Agreement He quitted Spain to Father Nitard reserving to himself the Title of perpetual Governour of the Low-Countries with the Vice-Royalty and Vicariat-General of Arragon Valancia and Catalonia with power to provide to all Offices and Benefices in the said places Prince Charles of Lorain and the Duke of Newbourg remain now the onely pretenders to the Crown of Poland Their Partisans take Arms and urge that affair to so great an extremity that they open the Eyes of the Polonois and the Prince Wiesnowiski being proposed to their election he was universally received and thus he happily ascended the Throne of his own Nation and of his Fathers the 19th of June Our Army having past from Toulon to Candy in fourteen daies that place being now extreamly prest and a fair occasion to charge the Enemy presenting it self Monsieur de Navailles sallied with the Army The Duke of Beaufort would assist with his own personal valour and courage in so brave an Enterprize The Chevalier de Vandôme shewed there his great Heart and resolution and that he was an accomplisht Souldier and Captain The Admiral having landed eighteen hundred men from Shipboard beat the Turks out of their Trenches and no doubt we had raised the Siege had not a panique fear frighted our men from so promising a Victory The Chevalier call'd to several Officers by their Names but ineffectually Fortune with much happiness and some difficulty brought off this young Mars from the Embarras of this sad Retreat But the Duke of Beaufort remain'd in the Field of Battle which he had won and which indeed he could never be made to abandon being there either slain or taken by the Ottomans Those many great Services which the Cardinal Duke of Vandôme had rendered to the King and State concluded with the pains he took to advance the Succours for Candy His Death arrived the sixth of August a loss for which the Courts of Rome and France and all Provence were not easily comforted The Dutchess of Vondôme who had been a perfect Example and Model of Vertue and Piety and the Queen of England youngest Daughter of Henry the great deceased the 8th and the 10th of September And now it was that the Prince of Tuscany finish'd his Voyage of Europe in France avowing that he had not seen a fairer Country than France nor a more admirable Heros than her King To conclude the Events of this year King Cazimir after he had seen another King Elected into his place quitted Poland and arrived in France where he was most splendidly regaled at Chantilly by Monsieur the Prince and Monsieur the Duke FINIS