of the Downs which was followed by the taking of Dunkirk Bergues St. Winox Furnes and Dixmude which took the Netherlands and constrained Don John of Austria and the Prince of Conde to retire into the heart of Flanders and to put themselves under the protection of Tournay Our Army at the same time took Mont-Cassel Graveline Oudenard and was also Master of the Field Ipre was afterwards taken and upon the defeat of the Prince of Ligne Mencin and other Forts surrendered themselves The Spaniards requested of his Holiness and the State of the Empire to mediate for Peace The Journy to Lion and the interview of their Majesties and their Royal. Highnesses of Savoy could not contribute to that Agreement which was intended for a double Alliance the Queen having other thoughts at the same time to make peace with Spain and Marry the King to the Infanta The arrival of Monsieur Pimantell was the occasion of the Journey of Monsieur de Lionne to Moden and they were the two Ministers that treated with Cardinal Mazarine and Don Lewis de Haro A Cessation of all sorts of Hostility was published on both sides in Order to a solid and firm Peace And then it was that Men began to hope for the wonted Intercourse between the two Nations and that the former Commerce would be establish'd which had been interrupted for four and twenty years together Cardinal Mazarine and Don Lewis de Haro being arrived in the Island of Faisans began the Treaty the 13th of August which was at length concluded upon the seventh of November after four and twenty Conferences at such a time that Peace seemed to be more desired then expected The success of the Low Countries and those of Portugal constrain'd the Spaniards to a Conclusion the Queen-Mother giving them to understand that if they let slip this Occasion they might probably never recover the same again The disorders of Marseilles forc'd the King to take a journey into Provence The Duke of Merceur enter'd the City with his Sword in his hand at the Head of the Light-Horse to preserve it from Plunder which done his Majesty appointed the Erection of a Citadel the place and compass where he immediately assign'd In the year 1660. He continued his Progress through all Tholouse Bourdeaux and Bayonne to the very Island of Faisans where happened an Interview between the two Kings and the Reception of the Infanta The Pomp and Consummation of this great Mariage appear'd extreamly advantagious to the two Nations The Ceremonies finish'd the Court return'd to Paris which had prepar'd all things for the Magnificent Entrie which the Queen made the 26th of August The Death of the Duke of Orleans at Blois the 2d of Feb. 1661. and of Cardinal Mazarine at Vineennes the 9th of March moderated in some measure the publick rejoycings They were very much lamented by the King and their own Creatures But the Mariages of the Duke of Orleans with the Princess of England and of the Prince of Florence with Madomoiselle Dr Orleans made them forget these Losses The restraint of the Sieur Fouqnet surpriz'd not only his own but all People of business The Erection of the Chamber of Justice was very disadvantageous for them It opened the Kings Eyes and caused him to take Care of his Kingdom It established an admitable Order in his Houshold and a rare Discipline in his Armies keeping both the great and meaner Officers in their Duty and an entire dependency It has also made him so much the Master of the Fortresses and Citadels in the Kingdom that the General and particular Governors are in a most perfect Obedience The Spaniard was desirous to experiment whether his Majesties new Government were upheld with constancy and vigour To this purpose the Baron of Batteville at Londou assaulted the Count d' Estrades at the publick Entry of the extraordinary embassador of Swedeland The King complained thereof at Madrid and at Brussels and recall'd his Commissioners that were employ'd with those of Spain for the Regulation of the Limits The Marquiss of Fuentas came to make his Majesty satisfaction assuring him that his Master had sent Order to his Embassadors and Ministers not to appear at all in Competition with those of France which was made in the presence of eight Embassadors and twenty two Residents The Birth of the Dauphin of France and the Prince of Spaine the first and sixth of November were great favours to both Nations The King made several Knights the first day of the year 1662. There was great wondring that the Duke of Longueville should pretend to precede the Duke of Vendosme who preceded in Birth not only him but all Forraign Princes The Count of Soissons and the Duke of Guise refus'd the Order of Knighthood saying they would go in pairs like the Dukes of Merceur and Beaufort which was adjudged with great knowledg of the Cause in favour of the Natural Princes The first Campaign of the Portugeses astonished Spain as did also the Mariage of the King of England with the Infanta The Succors which they obtain'd from the French and English and the Signal Victories which they got by that means have contributed much to the establishment of that Crown The Limits of the Kings Conquests were for the time happily regulated at Mets. The Assault made at Rome upon the Duke of Crequi and the evil consequences which were thought would have followed from thence were terminated by the Treaty of Pisa In the year 1663. The Embassadors of the thirteen Cantons of Switzerland came to renew the fair Alliance betwixt them and France There happened some Disorder in Lorrain Marsal was invested by the Count of Guiche but the Kings Journey in eleven days and the submission of Duke Charles who redelivered the Place to the Kings obedience calm'd that Tempest In the Month of December the King created fourteen Dukes and Peers and the Duke of Anguien espoused the Princess Palatine Anna of Baviera Germany was very much alarumed in the year 1664. at the raising the Siege of Canisia and taking the Fort of Serini and Montecuculi the Emperors General was repuls'd and his Army had been lost had it not beeen for the French Troops under the Count of Fueillade who defeated the Turks upon the Raab They came to encamp before Vienna and made an irruption into Silesia However that signal Rout constrained the Infidels to make a Truce for twentynine years between the two Empires The enterprise of Gigeri contributed very much to it so that the name of France was very much redoubted in the Ottaman Court. In the year 1665. The English and Hollanders made a new War and France engaged it self to succor the United Provinces nevertheless he sent the Duke of Vernueil into England to mediate a Reconciliation But the English Treaty with the Bishop of Munster very much astonished the Hollander so that the Troops that were sent to their Releif embroiled us with the King of Great Britain The Death
and the Progress of the Kings Arms engaged those Republicans to forget the many Benefits which they had received from France and to labour their own Ruine with two much heat and passion To which purpose they sollicited all the Soveraign Princes to joyn with them in Leagues and Treaties against France The Vertue and Merit of the Bishop Duke of Laon advanced him to the Cardinal Dignity The Ministers of Spain opposed his advancement and the Nomination of the Queen of Portugal which his most Christian Majesty very stifly defended And indeed this Promotion was very honourable for France especially done to favour a Queen whose interest is much more profitable to the Kingdom The second Mariage of his Royal-Highness with the Daughter of the Elector Palatine was concluded and the Articles signed the 6th of November 1671. and the Marshall du Plessis had the charge of the Procuration for the Ceremony of the Espousals at Mets the 16th of the same Month. France and England by the succors which they gave the United Provinces made of that Rebellious People a Puissant Democracie But at last the two Kings disdaining their ingratitude joyned their Forces to chastize their Crime The forbidding of Commerce and the Injunctions laid upon their Subjects to exercise all Acts of Hostility against them was published the 7th of April and the King at the Head of an hundred and fifty thousand men caused them to tremble He presently took from them Orsoy Wesel Burie and Rhineberg Rets Emmerick and Groll The Count of Guiche passed the Rhine Swimming with two thousand Horse To which danger the Chevalier of Vendosme was the only Prince that exposed himself besides his General He so behaved himself that at his first setting foot in the Betau he gained an Ensign and a Standard which he presented to the King and flew with the Prince to the Skirmish wherein the Duke of Longueville was killed The passage over this River caused the Prince of Orange to quit the Banks of the Issel at which time Vicount Turenne caused a detachment of six hundred Men to be made by the Duke of Vendosme which has always served at the Head of his Regiment and particularly to open the Trenches of Arnheime They would have also shewed their Valour at Nimmeghen but that great General stopped their Fury and besought the King to retain them about his person The Forts of Schenk Doesburgh Zutphen and many other Ramparts of Holland were taken in so small a time that there were reckoned up near fifty in two Months Vtreck refused Relief on purpose to surrender it self to the King Creveceur Coarden Grave and Bomel were taken and the Campaign ended with the taking of Bodengrave Survanmerdam and Niverberg To requite these Losses the Prince of Orange with six thousand Spaniards sent him by Montery under the Conduct of Marcin besieged Charleroy but the Count of Montal having got into the Town made him retreat with shame not only to himself but the Spaniards In the year 1675. The Hollanders having drawn to their side the House of Austria and the most part of the Princes of Germany proposed strange Chimera's to themselves But Vicount Turenne constrained the Marquiss of Brandenburgh to fly and took from him the County of Mark with several places Whereupon Cologne was chosen for the place of Treaty The King having caused Maestricht to be Invested the Trenches were opened by Night the 18th of June And that place of such importance so well fortified so well defended was forced to surrender at the end of the Month a thing almost incredible In short the United Provinces were so roughly handled both by Sea and Land that they acknowledg it to this hour confessing that the Arms of Kings are long and ponderous and that it was ill done to draw upon them the Indignation of two great Monarchs of which their Allies are not a little sensible their Countries still suffering for it At the beginning of the Winter Vicount Turenne marched into Alsatia there to fight the Enemy The Princes of Vendosme took Post to be in the Action but the Knight of Vendosme near to Mets broke his Arm by the fall of his Horse that stumbled under him The Campaign began betimes in Burgundy 1674 Gray Wesoul and several other Losses began a second time the Conquest of that Country That which hastned his Majesties March was the surprizal of the Prince of Fustenburgh the Elector of Cologne's Plenipotentiary An attempt in time of Peace contrary to the publick Faith For the committing of which Action in regard the Emperor gave Order against the Right of Nations it will be an Eternal Reproach both to him and his The King therefore compleated the Conquest of Franche Conte by the taking the City and Citadel of Bezanson Dole Salins and all the rest of the Country which he subdued to his Obedience and is a safeguard to six Provinces of his Kingdom The Duke of Lorrain and Count Caprara in vain attempted to Relieve it For Vicount Turenne with a far lesser strength gave them a stop beyond the Rhine where that great Captain did wonders during the whole Campaign having fought and won several Battels and performed famous exploits in War The Knight of Vendosme was always near him and still so desperately engaged the Enemy that he brake and disordered the Duke of Lorrain at the Battel of Seiren All this while in Holland the Prince of Conde sustained the Forces of the Empire Spain and the Low Countries That Powerful Army thought to have carried all things before them and to have taken up their Winter Quarters in Picardie and Champaigne and there to have quaffed the good Wines of Rhetmes But the Battel of Seneff which he won from so many Enemies was the most remarkable exploit of that exquisite Captain He thought to have vanquished them at Oudenard but they shamefully quitted the Siege The Duke of Vendosme who had signaliz'd himself in Burgundy took post to be an Eye-witness of so great an Action 1675. The Embassies of Marshall d' Estrees were very honourable and very bold That of the Duke his Son was maintained with the same Vigour He knew well how to let the Pope understand that he was obliged not only to give audience to the Ministers of his most Christian Majesty but also to hear their just Complaints which is a prerogative that his Holiness cannot refuse to the first King in the World The most important Cities of the Enemy were apprehensive of being besieged at what time the King attacked Limburgh and made himself Master of that Dutchie which is one of the seventeen Provinces of the Low-Countries which was adjoyned to the Government of Marshal d' Estrades After this Conquest his Majesty delivered up the Charge of the Army to Monsieur the Prince who endeavoured all he could to Fight the Enemy But the Intentions of the Spaniards did not correspond with the Designs of the Princes of Conde and Orange Montecuculi with all the Force of the Empire promised to himself that he would pass the Rhine which he did over the Bridg of Spire But Marshal Turenne marching to meet him he repass'd it the Imperialists being very much surprised to see him so near them The French were eager to give them Battel although encamped among Rivers and Woods which caused them to follow the retreating Enemy who to secure his March planted two pieces of Cannon upon a Hill to favour his Retreat And from thence it was that the Marshal-General going to take a View of the Enemies encampment was killed with a great Shot He had designed the Chevalier of Vendosme to command the Cavalrie However the young Duke of Beaufort was the person at that time who commanded fifteen thousand Horse and was present at the retaking of Corbi That young Prince after six Campaigns has been so unfortunate that he could never find an opportunity to fight with Honour and serve the King with Renown Upon the difference between the Count d' L' Orge and the Marquiss de Vaubrun the Army desired to be Commanded by the Duke of Vendosme But the two Generals being reconciled they retreated through Wilstelt to Althnem where was fought a famous and memorable Battel Upon the Intelligence which Montecuculi received that our Baggage marched into Alsatia he pretended to send certain Troops thorow Strasburgh to Plunder it but the Marquiss de Vaubrun passed the Rhine with seven Battalions and twenty-two Squadrons And indeed he had been lost without this Stratagem He flattered himself that not having to do with any more than one Brigade it would be easie for him to be cut in pieces with a powerful Army They fought there near ten hours The Duke of Vendosme at the Head of his Battalion which appeared weak because it was not so numerous as the rest was more exposed to the Attacks yet as vigorusly sustained the force of the Enemy The Enemy understood not that there was a Prince at the head of it with the Officers of the Guards and that it was the Regiment of Vendosme which has ever been Victorious That young Mars outdid himself in a time and upon an occasion of so much danger and hazard He received a slight wound cross the Thigh which did not at all hinder his Fighting nor his winning of Honour The Prince of Conde had Orders to take Charge of that Army and leave his own to the Duke of Luxemburgh So that although Montecuculi besieged Lovern and Haguenau that great General constrained him to quit the Sieges and repass the Rhine The defeat of Marshal Crequi was the occasion of the Loss of Treves the first City which the Franks took from the Gauls The City of Conde and Bouchain were taken by the King the 4th and 12th of May 1676. The King agreed to the Mediation of England for Peace and made suitable returns for the Zeal which his Majesty of Britain had shewen for the Repose of Christendome Thereupon Pasports were agreed and sent where they were required and the Duke of Vitry and the Embassadors Colbert and d' Avaux were ordered Plenipotentiaries for France and sent for Nimeghen in Order to that Affair which was the conclusion of Peace so important and earnestly desired FINIS
of the King of Spain which happened upon the 17th of September was followed by that of the Duke of Vendosme the 22th of October The King and all the Court testified their sorrow to the Dutchess his Wife and to the Prinees of his Family To which purpose the King sent the Duke of St. Aignan clad all in Mourning the Train of his outward Garment being carried up by two of his Gentlemen in Ordinary with a square Bonnet and the Coller of the Order conducted by the Sieur Saintot the King at Arms and the Heralds who after they had presented him the Holy water he cast it three times upon the Coffin of the deceased Prince while his Majesties Musick sang the Anthem de Profundis The Count of Pressis Pralin and the Marquis Pluvant for the Duke of Orleans and Valois The Queen-Mothers of France and Portugal dyed the 20th of January and 27th of February 1664. The Peace between the Bishop of Munster and the Hollander occasioned the return of our Forces But the Hollanders puft up with their Victories affronted the Duke of Beaufort who apprehensive of their Treachery gain'd Brest in sight of the English-Fleet In the year 1667. The Grand Signor who made War in Candy for several years sent thither his Grand Vizier with a potent Army The place was assaulted with great Vigor and well defended by the Marquis Ville and the Venetians The Queen of Poland dyed the 10th of May and Alexander the VII the 22th to whom succeeded Clement the IX who has maintain'd the Grandeur and Dignity of the Church with great Zeal and Honour The Mariage between the Duke of Guise and Madamoiselle d' Alencou was Consummated the 15. The several Musters which the King made of his Forces were but a Divertisement to his Enemies but their March into Flanders astonished Castel-Rodrige who caused several places to be demolish'd His Majesty repaired Armentieres and Charle-le-Roy forced Fournay Bergue Furne Lisle Courtray Oudenarde and Alost which was retaken by assault by the Hollander and the Marshal-General making himself Master of the Place caused it to be demolished The Empress being brought to Bed of an Arch-Duke his Majesty sent the Marquis de Guiry to Congratulate their Imperial Majesties at Vienna who did not long enjoy the happiness which she promised to her self of seeing a King of the Romans The Estates and People of Portugal deposed their King Alphonsus from the Government and gave it to Don Pedro his Brother who married the Queen upon the Nullity of the first Marriage In the year 1668. The King having requested the Pope to be Godfather to his Son Monsieur the Dauphin he cast his eye upon the Cardinal of Vendosme To him therefore he sent full power and authority to perform the Ceremony wherein the Cardinal behav'd himself with great honour He gave the King to understand that it belong'd to his Holiness in his person and not to the Queen of England to name the Prince and to the Bishops to tender to his dignity and to the Holy See those respects and submissions which were due The Prince was named Lewis and the Ceremonie was performed at St. Germains the 24th of March. The Honours were carried by the Bourbons and the Train of the Prince's Royal Mantle was born by the Duke of Vendosme having his precedence immediately after the Princes of the blood The Dispensation which the Legate gave for the second Marriage of the Queen of Portugal his Niece is to be accounted one of those blowes of State lucky and unlook'd for The Duke of Beaufort and the Knight of Vendosme in his thirteenth year Embarqued with an intention to make a descent into the Spanish Tertitories But the Peace and an extraordinary Tempest put a stop to the Designs of that great Admiral however it made the boldness and fierceness of the young Prince to be admired The Conquest of Franche Conte during the Carnival was one of the greatest Actions that ever were performed it amazed all the World and caused the Spaniard to quit the Name and Arms of Portugal and their Pretentions to that Crown However the Province was restored by the Peace of Aix la Chapelle and partly at the request of Clement the IX The King having a greater regard to the good of Christendome then the Grandeur of his glory and Dominion The Birth of the Infant of Portugal happened upon the sixth of January 1669. at what time his Holiness exhorted all the Princes of Christendome to the Relief of Candie The Duke of Beaufort carried thither the Knight of Vendosme with a Detachment of Seamen One time among the rest hearing the Enemy beat their Reveillez betimes in the Morning he Commanded his Drums to beat a Charge and clear the Retrenchment at the head of the first Battalion which he did so generously that the Turks abandoned the Place But the Fire which the Christians put to their Magazines caused such a Panick-Fear as forced them to return The Duke forsaken by his own People was euvelop'd by the Infidels He could not quit the Field nor the Victory which he had gotten The Knight of Vendosme stood firm to him Fortune and War have spared that youthful Mars and the Honour of that famous and glorious Retreat which he made the 25th of June gave the world to understand he was both Soldier and Captain The great Services which the Cardinal Duke of Vendosme did the King and Kingdom terminated the 6th of August after all the pains which he had taken to forward the Forces that were design'd for Condy. The Dutchess of Vendosme his Mother was the example and Model of Vertue and Sanctity of Lise and dyed this year as also did the Queen of England the one on the 8th the other on the 10th of September Our Monarch took a Progress into Flanders 1670. to shew the Queen the Conquests lately joyned to his Dominion and confirmed by the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle His Majesty visited all the places took a View of the Fortifications and Magazins the strength and force of his Garrisons and what was wanting to keep them in a true Posture of defence Wherein such has been his great pains and care that of places mean and of no regard they are now become of great importance and capable to endure long Sieges A new Embroylment of the Duke of Lorrain constrained the King to send thither the Duke of Crequi with an Army which took Possession of Ponta Mousson the Walls whereof were rais'd of Espinal and Chate the Garrisons of which places did but plunder and destroy the Country adjoyning An Embassador was sent by one of the Kings of the Coast of Guiny who keeps his Court at Darda to admire the Grandeur of his Majesties Court and to see what advantages he could make by establishing Commerce Those barbarous people live in Idolatry and are very much to be pittied In the year 1671. The Spaniards by their Emissaries making the Duchu apprehensive of our Neighbourhood