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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

brought to the Admiral that certein battering peeces of ordinance and a great quantity of gunpowlder were going towards the Duke of Gvvyse lying then at the seege of Burgis too assault the Citie withall and that the Mayster of that ordinance was one Thonne a Lorreiner a man not ignorant of warlike affayres who for the better safecondit of them had six troopes of horsmen and certeine antsignes of footemen assigned vnto him Uppon the intelligence herof the Admiral hauing gotten occasion of a noble exployt hied him thitherward apace accompanyed with a feawe horsmen His enemies did scarsly abyde the first brunt insomuch that the most part of them began to throw away their weapons and too take them to their legges The footemen vnharnished their horses out of the carts and leauing the Gunnes and the waggons loden with Gunpowlder followed after their fellowes that were fled afore them Thonne was takē prisoner fighting The Admiral hauing gottē so great a pray called his witts about hī how he might cary it away being vtterly destitute of drawghthorses Therfore he did as necessitie counselled him he ouercharged the peeces with powlder and put fire too them to breake them which when it tooke not place he pyled vp the barrels of powlder toogether with the Gunnes and all the carts and wagons into one place and putting fire too the powlder made a terrible thundercracke in the ayre and marred what he could with burning Assoone as Mounsyre d'Andelot was returned out of Germanie and had brought that sayd three thowsand horsmen and six thousand footemen with him the Prince of Condey hauing gathered a meetly strong armie of Frenchmen Germanes marched towards Paris The Gvvysians likewise brought foorth their power among whom were the Svvissers in whom was their chief trust met with our men at an old towne which is certeinly knowen too haue bin the dwelling place of the Druyds there ioyned battell the successe wherof was indifferent on both sids For on the Duke of Gvvyse side the Cūstable was taken prizoner and on the other side the Prince of Condey who was the chef ringleader as is shewed afore Uppon the receyuing of this losse whēas our battell began too go by the woors and many of the footemen hauing cast away their weapons partly laye slayne vppon the ground and partly yeelded themselues to their enemies the Admirall gathering his horsmen togither into the next woode and incoraging them that they should not regard their liues more then their religion their countrie and their honour renewed the battel wherin one of the marshalls of Fraunce called the marshall of S. Andrevves a man of greate authoritie in the Court and Mounsyre Brosse the Duke of Gvvyse Lieuetennant and a nomber of other Gētlemen were forthwith slayne The Cunstable who was Generall of the feeld and of very greate authoritie being taken prisoner by a valiant gentleman called VVilliam Steward of Vesine being sought for by many souldyers that would haue slayne him was notwithstanding saued by him for that he was of kin to the Admirall and for that the Prince of Cōdey was in perill and so he was conueyed safe to Orleance When things were thus grawen to a mischeef all hope of peace was past the Duke of Gvvyse incamped himself neere to Orleance and assayled it very sore on the one side during which time the Admirall leauing his brother the Andelot behynd him to defend the Citie tooke his iourney into Normandie and beseeged the Castle of Caen wherinto the Marquis of Elbevvf one of the Duke of Guysis brother had in those feawe dayes retyred him selfe who after the taking of the Citie began too treate for cōposition and deliuered vp the Castle with all the armure and furniture thereof into the Admiralls hand There was at that tyme in the Duke of Gvvysis Campe a yong man called Iohn Poltro of the howse of Merey a man of good worship who hauing imbraced the religion bin familiar many monethes with the Prince of Condeyes side did suddenly take a toy in his head at Lyons to kill the Duke of Gvvyse whome as the butcherly slaughterman of his countrey and as the author of so greate mizeries he was woont oftentymes too pray ageinst moste bitterly in all his familiar talke Therefore hauing alwayes this saying in his mowth what skills it whither a man vse manlinesse or wylinesse ageinst his enemie he determined too go intoo his Camp as a reuolter and too hunt for opportunitie too accomplish his deuyce by hooke or by crooke For were I bownd too him quoth he eyther by way of seruis or by any kind of benefyte or by any othe nothing in the world should make mee too hazard my good name But seing that no bond tyeth me too him why should I not imitate the prowesse of Sceuola in his enterpryze of killing King Porsenna When Poltro had continued a good whyle in this mynd in the Dukes Campe at length vppon occasion offred he shot him throwgh the right shoulder with a pellet of leade of which wound he dyed within feawe dayes after and when he was once deade peace did forthwith growe too effect without any stoppe so as the Edict was renewed and libertie of following the religion was permitted vppon certeine conditions throwghout all Fraunce Wheruppon all men for the moste part began too reason that as Helene was to the Troianes so the Duke of Gvvyse was too the Frenchmen the cawse of all the greate miseries that befell them forasmuch as the warres were so suddeinly whist and extingwished by his death Howbeeit within a feawe monethes after when the Admirall came too the Court by the Kings sending for him there was a newe incounter stirred vp ageinst him by a woman For the Duches of Gvvyse falling downe humbly at the Kings feete sewed with manie teares for the reuendgement of hir husbands murther whereof shee auowed the Admirall too haue bin the author and practizer The Admirall perceyuing that and smelling that that pageant was played by the motion of a higher force too the end that he which could not bee ouercomme by battell might bee intrapped by sum slightie conueyance first shewed too the King and his moother and too all the whole counsell that Poltro the author of that murther being alredy apprehended had bin arreigned and executed for it whither rightly or vnrightly it was no tyme as then to debate but howsoeuer the cace stoode as greate a cryme as it was it had bin sufficiently and more than sufficiently reuēged by the extreme punishment of the same Poltro who was rent asunder alyue wyth charyots at Paris Moreouer that they had such a condemned persone of him as not only acknowledged the deede but also glorifyed and vaunted of it assuring him selfe that that mynd was put intoo him by God so as he dowted not but that he had doone acceptable obedience to God and a singular and beneficiall good turne to his countrie in ridding such a

In that tyme the Queene Moother sent messengers oft tymes too the Admirall and also wrate with hir owne hand too the Prince of Condey that he should succour hir and hir yoong children and haue a care of the welfare of the realme The Prince being moued with theis things and moreouer perswaded by the intreatance of moste of the noblemen of Fraunce determined too put on armes and too make warre vppon the howse of Gvvyse too set the King at libertie protesting oftentymes openly that he feared not the slaunderous speeches of some men as thowgh he ment too inlarge the religion by force of armes or too make warre ageinst the king being a chyld For a general assembly of the whole realme had bin hild at Orleance wherin bothe the comons and the nobilitie had requyred the reformation of Religion and afterward an Edict was made in that greate assembly that it should bee lawfull too exercyze the same in suburbes and villages And what ryght in the kingdome of Fraunce had the Duke of Gvvyse being borne in Lorreine Or vppon what grownd should he presume too execute such crueltie vppon the kings subiects Finally there was no good too bee doone ageinst force but by force and therfore he himself did not moue warre but bi warre defend peaceable people ageinst warre made vppon them Saying it was alredy bruted ouer all Fraunce and also reported intoo Germanie that the Duke of Nemovvrs at the prouocation of the Gvvisians had with fayre woordes intyced Henrye the kings brother a little chyld who since that tyme was created king of Poole too haue conueyed him owt of the precint of the Realme which purpoze and drift the chyld bewrayed too his moother and so that discouerie of that matter was at that time in all mennes mouthes that the Gwisians despyzing the authoritie of the generall assembly and of the king executed butcherly crueltie at Vassey with extreme furie and pryde layd violent hāds vppō the king Queene moother caryed them away ageinst their willes to Melune and Paris as seemed moste for the Gwisians commoditie went intoo the borders of Germanie a little before and requested certeine princes of Almanie too bee admitted intoo the nomber of the Protestants Inuited Christopher Duke of Wirttemberg a prince of great corage and wisdome too Sauerne a towne next too Strawsborow where the Cardinall of Loreine made twoo such Sermons openly in the Churche before the sayd Prince and a greate nomber of the professers of the religion bothe Germanes and Frenchmen as he perswaded verye manie that bothe he himself and also his brethren imbraced the Religion and were desyrous too professe their names among the protestant princes When theis things were knowen the prince of Condeyes enterpryze was so well lyked in manie places of Fraunce that within feawe dayes dyuers Cities yeelded themselues too him and ioyned with him in societie of the warre Among those were Orleance Bloys Towres Burgis Roan Lyons Vien Valentia Nemowrs and Mountalbon which were the beginners of the Ciuill warre wherof the butcherly slawghter of Vassey is certeinly knowen too haue bin the cawse Now when as on the part of the protestants the cheef charge of the warres was by comon consent of all men put too the Prince of Condey soodeinly the Prince with lyke consent of all men surrendered the charge of his gouernment too the Admirall and for the singular opinion that was had of his Iustice grauitie and wisdome ordeyned him too bee his leeuetennant and deputie too rule in his sted Whyle these things were a doing the Queene moother began too treate of peace for the dooing wherof she desired the Prince of Condey too come too her tent and to graunte hir the vse of Boigencie for a few dayes which towne hath a bridge ouer the riuer of Loyre and therfore was as shee sayd most fit for cōmunication The Prince vppon single promis made vntoo him without taking of any pledges but onely trusting to the faythfulnesse of his brother the King of Nauarre and too the promises of the Queene mother went to their Cāpe Only he desired the Queene that the Cunstable the Duke of Gvvyse the marshall of S. Andrevves which were comonly called the three rooters vp of the comon weale shoulde depart out of the Campe whyle that communication lasted Which thing being doone the garrison was withdrawen out of Boigencie and the towne deliuered to the Queene Byandby shee manned it and pretending a communication to outward showe of peace reconcylement not only reteyned the Prince but also tooke the towne and fortified it with all things needfull for the warre With which trecherie the Admirall being sore moued determined not to fayle in his dewtie towards the Prince but went out of hand with his horsemen to the Campe of his aduersaries and strake such a terrour into them that the Queene cōmaunded the Prince too be deliuered immediatly And within a fewe dayes after the Admirall leading his armie too Boigencie woone the towne by force not without somme losse of his owne people recouered it agein Abowt the same tyme the Admiralls eldest sonne named Iasper being consumed with sicknesse dyed at Orleance scarce nyne yeeres old but of singular towardnesse which cawsed the Admirall too take his death very sore to hart In the meane whyle the Gvvysians seeing them selues forsakē of many Frenchmen whom the cace concerned and perceyuing that the most part fauored the Prince of Condey mynded too seeke help of forren Realmes And therfore sending money into Svvisserland and into Germanie they hyred footmen of the one horsmen of the other which thing the Admirall did oftentimes avow to be a most sure proof of treason and of their enemy like mind to the Crowne of Fraunce For whither the cace quoth he bee to bee decyded by the auncient maner of the Realme there are publike decrees in force made by act of parlament the authoritie wherof is certeinly knowen to haue bin highest euer since the settling of the kingdome of Fraunce or if the matter bee to bee committed to rightful indifferencie of chalenge who seeth not that the greater part of Fraunce is on our side and that to call in forrein forces to oppresse our owne countrymen is not the nature of a frenchman but the token of a barbarous and sauage mind and a proof of an enemylyke hart Notwithstanding lest the Admiral might disappoynt the willingnes of so many of his freends the expectation of so many cities which had ioyned in freendship with him forasmuch as he was aduertized late afore of the singular good wil of certeine Germane Princes towards the churches of Fraunce to the intent to match straungers ageinst straungers he desired his brother the Andelot to go to those Princes and to sew to them for their helpe which thing he did and within three monethes after brought three thowsand horsmen and six thowsand footemen with him into Fraunce While theis thīgs were adoing word was

as shee could with all speede and went too Rochell carying hir sonne Henry with hir to whom the inheritāce of the kingdome of Nauarre descended after hir death and one dawghter When the foresaid matters were set at a stay as is sayd alredy the Admiral toke certein peeces of ordinance out of Rochell and went to beseege the towne of Niort within feawe dayes after tooke it by composition From thence he led his armie too Angolesme This towne stādeth vpon a hygh hill cut steepe on all sides sauing one into the which Towne the aduersaries had conueyed a greate Garrison a feawe dayes since The Admirall cawsed his batterie too bee layd too that side of the Towne where it myght bee cumne vntoo and when he had assailed it certeine dayes it was yeelded vntoo him by the townesmen Anon after there was a battell fowght at Iaseneul betweene the vawardes of bothe the parties The Captein of our vaward was the Admirall who brake in vppon his enemies with such violence that they being vnable too abyde the brunt sowght too saue themselues by flyght and drewe towardes Lusignian leauing all their caryages behynde them The pray that was taken was esteemed almoste at fiftie thowsande Crownes The next day a letter of one of the Clerkes of the Counsell named Fizie wrytten too the Queene Moother was intercepted wherin he bewayled that losse adding also that since man was first made neuer anie sonne of Fraūce it is a vulgar phraze among the Frenchmen was in so great hazard of his lyfe as he had bin Not long after the Admirall going too Iarnacke a Towne neere by was driuen too fight whither he woold or no and he was euen at the verye poynte too comme intoo his ennemyes handes For his aduersaries spyes vnderstanding that he pourpozed too passe the Riuer that ronneth by the Towne which is not verye brode vppon a bridge of Boates ambushed them selues secretly on the other side of the Riuer and assoone as they perceyued the Admirall too bee there by and by the Hargabuts began too discharge at him and other some indeuered too get ouer the bridge by force As God woold there was one Hargabutter that stopped their brunte with his often shoting of of his peece but yit was he strikē through with a nomber of shot and fell downe dead Abowt twelue other being stirred vp with his noyze succeeded in his roome The Admirall himself stepping too the banke with his naked swoord for he had no leyzure too put on his corslet did cutte asunder the ropes wherwith the boates were fastened during the which tyme his aduersaries which hild the further side of the Riuer neuer left shooting at him which thing cawsed him too haue a gard abowt him from that day foorth for the defence of his persone against such suddein chaunces A twoo dayes after when the aduersaries had passed ouer the riuer of Sharent the Prince of Condey for feare of being inclozed by them althowgh he had lately hyred thre thowsand swart Rutters and had more ouer six thowsand Swissers whom he had interteyned from the beginning of the warres yit notwithstanding being a man of a noble and stowte stomacke in battell he determined too stop them of their passage howbeeit not too fight in pitched battell In the meane whyle woord came too the Admirall that his men which had taken the Towne next their enemies the day before were beset browght too vtter perill but yit stood manfully still too their defence The Admiral minding not to abandon them gathered certein horsmen quickly togither marched to them apace Whom when the enemies knew they suddeinly cast themselues in a ringe and beset him rownd abowt with greate force Wherof the Prince of Condey being certified and being much redyer in corage then fortified with strength brake into the middleward of his enemies and there being oppressed with multitude had his horse striken throwgh so that he was ouerthrowen slayne The Admirall being soore greeued with the greate losse and distrusting what might insew to the whole retyred with his brother the Andelot intoo the towne of S. Iohn d'Angeli And wheras the foyle that he had receyued in the bodie of the Prince of Condey he could haue reuenged vppon the bodies of dyuers his enemies that were of greatest power and nobilitie and haue requyted their dishonorable dealing with like for like yit determined he to hold himself within the bownds of nature and manhod and to giue the dead their dewes and in that mind did he continue as long as the warre lasted As I told you before Ioane Queene of Nauarre was the same time at Rochell who hearing of the greate losse that was receyued went with all haste intoo the Campe where hauing comforted the cheef of the whole host and incoraged the sowldiers too be myndful of their auncient prowesse shee told them that shee gaue and deliuered vntoo them hir only sonne Henry too whom the kingdome of Nauarre should descend after hir dicease to bee their Generall protesting openly that the life of hir only sonne was not deerer vnto hir then the welfare of the whole armie Henry Prince of Condey the sonne of the foresayd Levvis late deceased was ioyned with him in societie of the honorable charge Neuerthelesse the Lords and all the Capteines and vnder capteines betooke the charge of the warres and the ordering of all martiall affaires to the Admirall with one consent as to him that was knowen to be of greatest credit and authority among the protestants For besids his singular skil in martiall affaires and besids his iustice his stayednes it was wel knowen to all men that he was the first of all the nobilitie of the Realme which imbraced the trew religion and professed it openly which reformed the order of his howse according to the order of religion which durst breake with King Frauncis the second who was hild intangled with the alyance of the howse of Gvvyse concerning the demaunds of the Churches put vp supplications in their names to the Kings counsell which gaue example of godlines to the french nobilitie whom al men knew to haue bin most horribly infected with euill manners by reason of that wicked custome of the Kings court And it is further knowen that after he had once imbraced the religion he neuer gaue any cause of offence to the reformed Churches and that wheras men resorted vnto him on all sids in the name of those Churches he alwayes gaue them the wyzest counsell and tooke weapon in hand not to rebell ageinst the King as sum reported of him but at the request and intreatance of the Queene mother which thing neuerthelesse he did not vppon his owne head or to satisfie the Queenes mind but bycawse the King was not yit full twelue yeeres old he grownded himself vppon the authority of the generall counsell holden at Orleance as is sayd afore and also vppon the Kings edict that was wrotten and proclaymed at Paris