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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47644	The life of that most illustrious prince, Charles V, late Duke of Lorrain and Bar, generalissimo of the imperial armies rendred into English from the copy lately printed at Vienna, written by a person of quality, and a great officer in the imperial army.; Vie de Charles V, duc de Lorraine et de Bar et généralissime des troupes impériales. English	Labrune, Jean de.	1691 (1691)	Wing L103; ESTC R9770	178,900	340

to no purpose For the Marquis made Answer That having done nothing but by the Emperors Order which he produc'd in Writing he could neither set the Prince at Liberty nor restore the Money without a new Order from his Imperial Majesty This so enrag'd the King of France that he Commanded his Ambassadors to tell those from the King of Sweden that they had Order to return and that he was resolv'd to be Reveng'd by force of Arms for the Injury done to himself and the Elector of Cologne's Plenipotentiary Thus the French Ambassadors departed and then it was to no purpose for the rest to stay any longer But the Advantage which the King of France got by this Rupture was this that having over-perswaded the King of Sweden that the Confederates had no value for him That in scorn of his Mediation they had seiz'd upon Prince William and refus'd to release him at his Request and that it was himself indeed that had received the Affront by these Artifices he engag'd him to his Interest This Violence upon the Person of Prince William and the Injury which the King of France had receiv'd in particular made all men believe that there would be no Peace in hast in Europe and that the King of France would never consent to renew the Negotiation Nevertheless at the Request of the King of England whose Mediation was generally approv'd of by all the Princes that were interested in that War since the Swedes had declar'd for France and at the earnest Sollicitation of the Bishop of Strasburgh who openly declar'd that he preferr'd the Advantages of Peace before the Liberty of the Prince his Brother the King was prevail'd upon to let the Reasons of his Honour give way to those of his Interest And having accepted Nimeghen for the Place of Treaty he sent thither for his Plenipotentiaries the D. of Vitry M. Colbert and the Count d' Avaux Now in regard there was a Necessity for granting Passports on both sides for the Ambassadors of the Princes concern'd all Germany being up in Arms and the King of France also granted a Passport for the Duke of Lorrain's Plenipotentiaries wherein he call'd him Cousin and barely Prince of Lorrain Upon which the Duke refus'd the Passport and complain'd to the King of England That the King of France had not given him his Titles of Brother and Duke of Lorrain The King of England to remove this Obstacle propos'd to the Confederates that he might grant all the Passports himself and to facilitate the Success of this Expedient he wrote to the Emperor and caus'd a Memorial to be Presented to the States General wherein he set forth the Reasons which had oblig'd him to propound this Expedient as he had done in his Letter to the Emperor But his Imperial Majesty made Answer that the Proposal could not be accepted that things were to be done in due form and that the King of France could not alter the usual Style of Passports but must give to every one the Titles that belong'd to ' em The States General went higher for they spoke out in plain terms and which also serv'd for an Answer to the King of England that the Confederates and themselves were very much surpriz'd that the King of France should not give Prince Charles the Title of Duke of Lorrain considering that the Treaty in the Year 1662 by which he was lawfully possessed of the Dutchies of Lorrain and Bar could not be lookt upon but as null and void as being in the first place concluded with a Prince who had no Right or Power besides that in the second place it was notoriously known that the King had never perform'd that Treaty nor the Clause which Charles IV. inserted which was one of the Principal Things contain'd in it They added That the King of France had made no mention of the Treaty 1662. in that of 1663. And that having after the Death of Charles IV. granted Permission to those of his House to give him the Title of Duke of Lorrain their Wonder was so much the more that he should refuse the same Title to the new Duke and by that means put a stop to a Peace which all Europe so vehemently thirsted after The King answer'd all these Objections But in regard it was his Interest that the Peace should be concluded after he had declar'd that the Titles either given or omitted could do him no Prejudice he caus'd another Passport to be drawn wherein he gave the New Duke the Title of Brother and Duke of Lorrain Upon which the Duke wrote the following Letter to the States General High and Potent Lords THe Constancy which your High and Mightinesses have shown in the Support of my Interest till this very time in Pursuance of the Alliance into which you have done me the Honour to admit me having constrain'd the King of France to allow me those Titles which God and Nature has given me I find my self oblig'd to testifie to your High and Mightinesses my Joy and my Acknowledgment not only in regard of my particular Interests but much more by reason of the Satisfaction your Highnesses receive when they find their Designs successful Nevertheless as all your Cares have been of my Interests I desire you to believe that I shall acknowledge them to the utmost of my Power as long as I live and that if at present any Opportunity should present it self to give you Proofs of my sincerity I should be passionately desirous to lay hold of it This the sincere Protestation of c. Charles Lorrain The French Army that lay in Alsatia was to be commanded this Year 1676. by the Duke of Luxemburgh whom the King had preferr'd before the Prince of Condé by means of the Intreagues of Monsieur de Louvois who was no Friend to the Prince and the Imperial Army was to be commanded by the Duke of Lorrain For Montecuculi having got leave to retire to Vienna had resign'd his Command by Order of the Emperor Toward the beginning of the Campagne therefore the Duke of Luxemburgh departed from Schelestadt at the Head of near Fifty thousand Men and after seven or eight days March Encamp'd his Army upon fresh Intelligence that the Duke of Lorrain was coming against him with an Army not much inferiour in number to his and that he was just upon passing the Saar He could not believe at first that the Duke had any design to fight him For in regard he was rather perswaded that the Duke would Besiege Philipsburgh which had been block'd up for some time he could not imagine he would venture a Battel But being confirm'd by some Prisoners that the Imperial Army continu'd their March he advanced himself with a numerous Detachement and gave Orders for the rest of the Army to follow him The Duke had already seiz'd upon a Rising Ground from whence he poured his small Shot upon the Enemy So that the Guard which Luxemburgh had caus'd to pass beyond