l. 10. r. enclin'd to the other p. 507. l. 6. 1. Râ—ffec p. 516. l. 37. r any extraordinary Assembly p. 525. l. 39. r. be ever committed p. 526. l. 27. r. Cospian p. 529. l. 34. r. would not deny p. 532. l. 7. r. had his instructions p. 534. l. 13. p. 538. l. 33. r. d' Aguesseau p. 536. l. 19. r. this house p. 541. l. 30. r. companions p. 545. l. 17. r. started p. 554. l. 24. r. â—eimar p. 555. l. 42. dele this p. 556. l. 29. r. granted to those who had c. l. ult r. and was not p. 562. l. 35. r. he fortunately effected p. 564. l. 31. dele on before condition p. 566. l. 9. r this couticus p. 569. l. 9. r. might be distedg'd p. 570. l. 28. r. examples enow p. 572. l. 14. r. that the Cardinal p. 573. l. 15. r. Kings 31. r. did him p. 575. l. 32. r. by how much it had been p. 578. l ult r. Poyanne p. 538. l. 27. r. Maubâ—uge p 592. l. 6. r. These desays p. 601. l. penult r. indisposition p. 61â— l 30. r. he had occastonality only p. 616. l. â—8 r. seen p. 62â— l. ult r. and to go away p. 625. l. 18. r. the trial of this p 626. l. 19. r. to chance the Garrison p. 628. l. 26 r. the Baron of Anton p. 636. l. antepenult r. ought not to be suspected p. 637. l. â—4 r. but proceedid p. 641. l. 1. r. the Authors of this calumay p. 642 l. 21. r. Seniqoux p. 644 l. 11. r escap'd his pen p 646. l. 8. r. Metivi p. 647. l. 10. r. what was to be so done well c. l. 2. r. but of God The TABLE A. ABdy'd Uzerche in Limousin taken by Count Schomberg page 356 Accident by Lig htning 597 Agen Revolts 547 The Sedition there appeas'd by President du Bernet 548 Aglimant taken by Assault by the Duke de Candalle 280 Aix block'd up by the Duke of Espernon by Forts 151 The main Fort deliver'd up to Lafin 169 Surpriz'd from him by Monsieur I'Esdiguieres 171 Demolish'd 172 Alanson D. retires from Court 10 Aletz surrendred 462 Ambergris found upon the Coast of Medoc in France 236 Amiens surpriz'd by the Spaniard 198 Again besieg'd by Mareschal Byron 199 Surrendred to the King 200 Antibe taken by Assault by the Duke of Espernon 148 Archbishop of Tholouze youngest Son to the Duke of Espernon promoted to the Dignity of Cardinal 379 Arch-Duke of Austria enters upon the Government of Flanders 192 Ardres surrendred to the Arch-Duke 196 Arles surrendred to the Duke â—f Espernon 147 Arquien Governour of the Cittadel of Metz 265 266 Arras Petar'd by Mareschal Byron but in vain 201 Assassinate attempted upon the person of Monsieur de la Valette Father to the Duke of Espernon 5 Assembly of the States at Roan 197 D'Autry Intendant de la Justice 390 B. BAron de St. Surin Governour of Royan 399 Barricades of Bordeaux 543 Barricades of Paris 72 Baussonniere Nephew to le Plessis Baussonniere in danger about the Queen Mothers Escape 339 Bathes of Bannieres 487 Battel of Coutras 65 Battel of Dreux 7 Bayonne Preserv'd by the Duke of Espernon 566 Beaujeu slain before Chartres 135 Bedossan slain 194 Bellegarde D. a Favourite 29 Bethune Count sent to Treat with the Q. Mother 354 Bergerac surrender'd to the Duke de la Valette 580 Bezaudan slain in cold Blood 168 Byron's Conspiracy 216 He is sent Ambassadour into England 217 His Death 226 Birth of Henry de Foix the D. of Espernon 's eldest Son and of Bernard de Foix and de la Valette his second Son 129 Birth of Lewis Cardinal de la Valette the Duke of Espernon 's youngest Son 130 Birth of the Dolphin now King of France 595 Blumet slain before Chartres 135 Bourg reliev'd by the Duke of Espernon 129 La Boissiere slain at Aglimant 280 Bravery of a Cooper 545 Breach betwixt the Duke of Espernon and Rucellay 359 Briet 's Coach-Horses kill'd by the Duke of Espernon 's Order 500 De la Broue an excellent Rider 275 Buckingham D. 447 Bustle betwixt Arquien and Tilladet in the Cittadel of Metz 267 Bustle betwixt the Duke of Espernon and Du Vair Garde des Sceaux 310 Le Buysson a Counsellor in the Parliament of Paris 334 Bishop of Luson afterwards Cardinal de Richelieu comes to the Queen Mother to Angoulesme 3â—0 Bishop of Paris Monsieur de Retâ— created Cardinal 309 C. CAdillac founded by the Duke of Espernon 210 Caen delivered up to the King 372 Cahors surprized by the King of Navarre 22 Callis besieg'd 193 Taken by Assault 195 Calonges Governour of Montpellier his Character 410 Cambray besieg'd by the Condè de Fuentes 176 Cambresis taken by the Duke de Candalle and the Cardinal de la Valette 583 Campagnol carries Relief into Callis beyond expectation 194 His brave behaviour there 195 Cannes surrender'd to the Duke of Espernon 149 La Capelle le Catelet and Corbie taken by the Spaniards 561 Captains fourteen hang'd at Montauron by the Duke of Espernon 145 Cardinal Richelieu in disgrace 480 Restor'd to favour 482 He revenges himself upon his Enemies 484 Cardinal de la Valette made Governour of Anjou 488 His Death 604 Cardinal Richelieu made prime Minister of State 428 His ambitious designs 501 His first distaste against the Duke of Espernon 503 Another 504 He declares himself opposite to the Duke of Espernon 429 Cardinal Richelieu comes to Montauban 464 He is there visited by the Duke of Espernon 465 His expedition into Italy 472 Cardinal de Medicis sent Legate into France 197 Cardinal Aldobrandino sent Legate into France 208 Carricks of Portugal Shipwrack'd upon the Coast of Medoc â—n Guienne 441 442 Casal besieg'd by the King of Spain and the Duke of Savoy 460 The Seige rais'd 461 Caumont enters into Arms and rescues his Pather in a Skirmish near Mauvasin 6 Goes to the Siege of Rochelle and thence to Court 7 8 He puts himself into the King of Navarre 's dependence and accompâ—nies him in his Escape from St. Germaines 9 He withdraws himself from the King of Navarre 's Service 10 Caumonts second Iourney to Court where he is very well receiv'd by the King and the Queen Mother 10 11 He receives the first bounty from the King 13 He follows the Duke of Alanson in the War 14 He is sent Ambassadour into Savoy 17 Caumont Camp-Master to the Regiment of Champagâ—e at the Siege of la Fere 23 Caumont 's first Suit to the King in the behalf of his elder Brother and his high Favour 24 Caumont offers to fight the Duke of Guise but is not permitted by the King 24 25 Caumont advanc'd to the Dignity of Duke and Peer of France 26 Challenge from the Duke of Espernon to the Mareschal d' Ornano 213 The Quarrel taken up by the King 214 Challenge from the Duke of Guise to the Duke of Espernon 244 Challenge carried by Marsillac from Balagny
Assault by the Duke of Espernon 201 Frejus taken by the Duke of Espernon 150 G. GArde des Sceaux du Vair 310 Gergeau taken by the King 114 De Gourgues first President of the Parliament of Bordeaux 418 His Letter to the Duke of Espernon 419 Which begets an open Rupture betwixt them 423 His Death and Character 459 Grillon 189 190 Guines surrender'd to the Arch-Duke of Austria 196 Guise Duke retires from Court and breaks into Rebellion 29 He approaches with his Army to Paris 42 Comes to Court 81 His Death 106 Guise Duke Son to the late Duke of Guise created Governour of Provence 174 He goes into Provence with an Army against the Duke of Espernon 175 H. HAM surrendred to the Arch-Duke of Austria 196 Harangue of the Duke of Espernon in the Hostel de Ville of Paris 259 Henry the third Proclaims War with the Hugonots 49 He forbids the Duke of Guise from coming to Paris 70 Who notwithstanding comes 71 He resolves to put the Duke of Guise to Death 105 Henry the Third retires to Chartres 72 Henry the Third together with the King of Navarre escape narrowly of being both taken at Tours 110 Henry the Third slâ—in at St. Clou 116 117 Henry the â—ourth turns Roman Catholick 160 Henry the Fourth comes to the Leaguer before Amiens 200 Henry the Fourths Expedition to Sedan 245 Henry the Fourth raises a mighty Army 250 Henry the Fourths Speech to the Queen in the Duke of Espernon 's Favour 251 Henry the Fourth slain by Ravillac 253 I. JAne Albret Queen of Navarre deny'd entrance into Lietoure by Monsieur de la Valette 3 4 La Iliere Governour of Loches 341 Joyeuse rises in favour 15 He is shot in the Face at the Siege of la Fere 23 Advanc'd to the Dignity of Duke and Peer of France 26 He is slain at the Battel of Coutras 65 Isle of Maran surpriz'd by the Duke of Espernon 394 K. KAtharine of Bourbon only Sister to Henry the Fourth Married to the Duke of Bar 203 King of Navarre advances to the relief of the D. of Espernon at Angoulesme 100 King of Sweeden wins the Battel of Lipsick 490 King of Navarre makes his escape from St. Germanes 9 He joyns Forces with Henry the Third of France 110 His First aversion to the Duke of Espernon augmented at the Siege of Estampes 114 115 L. LAfin's Character 206 Laon Besieg'd 230 League take up Arms 38 Their Exploits 41 They publish a Manifesto against the Duke of Espernon and his Brother 75 Lendrecis taken by the Duke de Candalle 583 Letter from the Queen Mother to the Duke of Espernon 323 Another 329 Another 330 Another 352 Letter from the King to the Q Mother ibid. Letter from the King to the Duke of Espernon 521 Letter from the Queen to the Duke of Espernon and from the Cardinal 608 Answer to the Cardinal 's 609 Letter from Lewis the Thirteenth to the Queen Mother after her escape from Blois 354 Letter from Lewis the Thirteenth to the Duke of Espernon 622 The Answer 623 Lewis the Thirteenth resolves to arrest the Duke of Espernon 311 Lewis the Thirteenth his Expedition into Italy 461 He falls sick at Lyons 478 Recovers 480 Limoges Rescu'd by the Duke of Espernon out of the hands of the League 125 Lorme 's Treachery 334 sequ Lorrain Duke makes War upon France 471 Luines the great Favourite 308 His Quarrel to the Duke of Espernon 310 His design to 〈◊〉 him 311 Prevented by the Duke's retiring 312 M. MAdaillan calumniates the Duke of Espernon 635 Madam the Kings Sister falls sick of the Small Pox at Poictiers 292 Marcelles attempted by the Duke of Esper non but in vain 153 Mareschal Byron sent Ambassadour into England 217 And into Switzerland 218 Mareschal Byron arrives at Fountain Bleau 222 He is beheaded 223 Mareschal d' Encre takes Arms against the Prince of Condé and his Faction 300 His Death 307 Mareschal de Themines his difference with the Duke of Espernon 421 They are reconcil'd 423 Marquis de la Valette Marries Madamoiselle de Vernevil Marquis de la Force revolts in Bearne 379 Marquis de la Valette like to be slain by a Mine 401 Marsillac slain at the Siege of Privas 284 Mascaron slain before Chartres 135 Match with the Infanta of Spain concluded 282 Matelet defeated attempting to relieve Callis 195 Maubeuge taken by the Duke de Candalle 583 Mauzac surrender'd to the D. of Esp. 144 Mayenne Duke goes with a great Army against the Queen Mother 356 He is slain by a Musket-shâ—t before Montauban 395 Minieux defeated and taken Prisoner by the Duke of Espernon 133 Miraculous escape 182 Mirebeau taken by the Spaniard 562 Moissac surrendred to the Duke of Espernon 144 Moncassin wounded at Tours 110 Monserrat describ'd 409 Monsieur de la Valette defeats part of the Forcin Army at Lizere 66 Monsieur Marries the Dutchess of Montpensier 439 Monsieur retires in discontent from Court 471 He returns 472 He retires again from Court 572 Monsieur retires into Flanders 484 He invades the Kingdom 〈◊〉 France 492 Monsieur de la Valette Brother to the Duke of Espernon slain at the Siege of Roquebrune 138 Montauban reliev'd by the Duke of Espernon 144 Surrendred 464 Montauron surrendred to Mercy to the D. of Espernon 145 Montereau Faut-Yonne taken by Petarr 115 Montmelian surrendred to the King's Army 208 Montmorency D. declares in favour of the Monsieur 492 He is taken Prisoner 497 He is brought to Tholouze in order to his Trial 498 The Duke of Espernon intercedes for him but in vain 499 He is beheaded 502 Montpellier besieg'd 410 Surrendred 414 Montpensier Duke Marries Katharine de Joyeuse 203 His Death 247 Money sent by the Queen Mother to the Duke of Espernon in order to her escape from the Castle of Blois 330 N. NEgrepolisse taken by assault 403 Nevers D. presents himself with a great Army before Metz 358 359 La Noue his attempt and Character 392 Noyon surrendred to the King 135 O. OAth Administred to the Queen Mother 320 Obeliske erected by the Duke of Espernon in the Church of St. Clou to the Memory of his Master Henry the third of France 269 Obsequies of the two Kings Henry the Third and Fourth of France perform'd at one and the same time 269 Office of Colonel General of France erected in Favour of the Duke of Espernon 37 P. PAris besieg'd 116 Parliament of Bordeaux draw up an Information against the Duke of Espernon 519 Peace with the Hugonots concluded 436 Peace betwixt the King and the Queen Mother concluded at Angoulesme 358 Peace concluded with the Prince of Condé 286 Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded at Vervins 202 203 Peace concluded with Savoy 209 Pedro Medici wounded at the storming of Aglimant in Caramania 280 Perigueux Revolts but the Mutiny is appeas'd by Verthamont Intendant de la Justice 548 Peyroles deserts the Duke of Espernon 177 Philip Cospean his beginning
come up to them and that in all probability there would be sudden action yet durst no one venture positively to determine whither that preparation was directed or who was to feel the first edge of his Arms neither shall I presume to deliver these conjectures for truth nor suffer my curiosity to transgress the bounds this mighty Prince in his wisdom prescrib'd even to the most faithful Ministers of his Kingdom This brave and laudable ambition having long possess'd his generous heart he had from the first Idea of his design wisely laid up for the means to effect it that it might succeed to his glory and to that end from the time peace was first settled in his Kingdom had been gathering and had now got together a prodigious Treasure His Artillery and Ammunitions were all ready and in equipage fit to execute his vast designs France was able to furnish him with an infinite number of old Souldiers neither in the fair weather he had been so solicitous to maintain at home had he forgot to take a particular care of breeding so many brave Captains and good Souldiers in the Low-Country-Wars as were sufficient in a very short time to bring such raw men as should be rais'd into very good discipline Besides the Forces of his own Kingdom he had made a League with all the neighbouring Princes The Duke of Savoy the Republick of Venice the Duke of Florence and almost all the Princes of Italy the Prince of Orange and most of the Princes of Germany with the Hanse-Towns of the Empire were engag'd to joyn with him And the King of England had made great preparation in favour of his designs so that in all apparence what and how great soever these designs might be they were very likely to succeed Nothing then being wanting but a pretense to give colour to his action the death of the Dukes of Cléves soon supply'd him with one as good as he could desire for after his death the succession to his Dukedom being pretended to by all his Brothers-in-law who were five the Marquis of Brandebourg the Duke of Nâ—whourg the Count Palatine the Duke of Deux Ponts and the Marquis of Burgau all these Princes agreed to appeal to the King and to stand to his Arbitration but whilst they were pleading their titles in the Court of France the Emperour pretending all vacant Jurisdictions to be Fiefs of the Empire and that for want of Heirs Males he had right to seize them in trust had there establish'd the Arch-Duke Leopold his Cousin as his Deputy and Governour for and under him in order to which delegation the Arch-Duke had already by the assistance of the Austrian Forces possess'd himself of the best part of the Dutchy by the taking of Iuliers notwithstanding that the King had publickly declar'd he desir'd things might remain suspended till every man's Title was examin'd and the true Heir could be known And this was in effect all the reason could be given for this mighty preparation though an Army consisting of forty thousand French Foot ten thousand Swisse ten thousand Horse and fifty pieces of Cannon with their Equipage together with the Leavies the confederate Princes were still on all hands preparing to joyn with him giving all the world to understand that so great Forces were design'd for some other end than only for the Accommodation of a particular Quarrel all men were in suspense and in great expectation of what the event would be The Army then being in the Field and the King ready to depart from Paris his Majesty would yet first take so good order to secure the interior Peace of his Kingdom that he might not when at a great distance and in the heat of his Enterprizes be call'd back by Domestick troubles A consideration that made him determine to devolve his Royal Power to the Queen and to cause her to be declar'd Regent in his absence and knowing that how good soever her intentions were and how sincere soever her administration might be yet that the sovereign Authority he left her invested withal would require the Fidelity Courage and Prudence of some great and experienc'd Minister to support it he cast his eye upon the Duke of Espernon to confer upon him that great Trust and Honour In this resolution therefore having one day call'd for the Duke and causing him to come into his Closet where he was then with the Queen alone the Duke was not a little surpriz'd at the favourable and obliging Character his Majesty was then pleas'd to give of him to the Queen on so unexpected an occasion He told her That being upon the point to go out of the Kingdom the Government whereof he had during his absence committed to her care he had consider'd how necessary it would be for her to have a faithful Servant about her person upon all occurrences that might happen and in occasions where the modesty of her Sex would not permit her to act in her own person to be assisting to her with his Wisâ—om and Valour That having to that end severally weigh'd the abilities of all the chief Officers of his Crown he had found none in whom the qualities necessary for so great an employment were more eminent than in the person of the Duke of Espernon there present That having had a long experience of his Fidelity Wisdom and Valour he had determin'd to deprive himself of his Service though infinitely necessary to him in the prosecution of his designs and to send him back to her upon the first sally of his Arms. That she might repose an entire and perfect confidence in him as he himself also did who knew him to be a man of approv'd Fidelity and Honour That he was going to execute designs wherein he was likely to meet with many difficulties and perhaps some danger but that whatever should happen he desir'd her to rest secure in the Duke's vigilancy and care for which he would undertake both to himself and to her After which turning to the Duke he told him That he did not require from him any confirmation by new promises of those things whereof he had assur'd the Queen in his behalf That he had had so many proofs of his Vertue in the integrity of his former Actions it was not now to be suspected that he conjur'd him by the esteem and affection he had for him to justifie his expectation to serve the Queen and the Princes his Children with the same Fidelity he had serv'd him and to promise to himself for his reward all the acknowledgement he could reasonably expect from a grateful Prince and a good Master The Duke a little out of countenance at what the King had said in his favour made answer in few words That he did humbly acknowledge his obligation to his Majesty for so high a Character and for the unexpected Honour he was pleas'd to confer upon him which in the nature of it was far above all others he had
in fine condescended so far as to consent that all the Goods sav'd from the Wrack should be deposited in the hands of two sufficient Citizens of which Goods there were seven or eight thousand little rough Diamonds valued generally at forty or fifty Sous a piece some pieces of Amber-gris or rather black Amber for it was of that colour and nothing near so good as ours several Bezoar Stones and some other Merchandize of no great value and this was all that was recover'd of the rich lading of this prodigious Carrick the rest being either buried in the Sea or pilfred away by the Countrey people though all put together was but a very small part of this mighty loss Servient therefore by a gentle and insensible violence having as has been said won upon the Duke 's inflexible temper obtain'd all the satisfaction he could desire and in exactly observing his Commission acquir'd the Duke withal for his friend performing therein what is only reserved for men of extraordinary Conduct which was to reconcile so opposite Interests and yet to disoblige neither party The differences thus moderated by the prudence of Servient were soon totally hush'd up by the noise of a War with England which at this time unexpectedly broke out The Duke of Buckingham Favourite to Charles King of Great Britain as by an extraordinary priviledge of Fortune he had been before to King Iames his Father was as it was said highly press'd by some of the House of Lords of the Parliament of England to give an account of the Treasure that as they pretended had been imbezzeld during the Reign of the late King upon which occasion the Severity natural to that Nation in such Inquisitions making him justly to apprehend the issue of an Enquiry wherein perhaps it had been impossible for any man living to have satisfied their Judgments or their Malice he chose rather to withdraw himself from the inconvenience of such a Trial and to put himself into a posture of standing upon his own Guard than to run the hazard of a Sentence that he could not expect should be favourable to him from men that were envious of his Favour and Fortune and this has been said to have been one motive to this Invasion Another and which was no less prevalent with the Duke as some have deliver'd who pretended to be very privy to his thoughts was the jealousie he had of the Cardinal's greatness of whom he had been so ill satisfied in a late Embassy into this Kingdom as thenceforward to conceive either so mortal a hatred to his Person or at least so high an emulation of his Power as it is believ'd by many prompted him to undertake this War with France from whence it may be judg'd how light the causes commonly are that bring on the ruine of Nations and the desolation of Kingdoms But the better to perswade the English to approve of this expedition it being no easie matter to raise money there for any preparation of this kind without the consent of the people his pretense was to succour the Rochellers that were infinitely oppress'd and the Protestant Party which he said since the last Peace was very much weakned in France Having with this pretext palliated either his Animosity or his Ambition with a Fleet consisting of a hundred and fifty Sail upon which he had Ship'd ten thousand men he presented himself before the Isle of Ré in Iuly 1627. This Enterprize which in all probability was likely to be favour'd with an Insurrection of those of the Reform'd Religion at home who were not depress'd to that degree but that they were yet very considerable put the whole Court into a very great Alarm wherein the Cardinal who very well understood this affront to be particularly directed against him look'd upon it as his own immediate concern neither did he fail on his part of his utmost endeavour to frustrate his Adversaries Design and to maintain himself in the advantages of his Princes Favour He sent dispatches therefore to all parts of the Kingdom for the raising of new Forces and caus'd a Commission to be issued out to the Duke of Angoulesme to call together such as were already on foot with them to go to the defense of Fort-Loüis built before Rochelle upon which it was likely the English would make their first attempt and therein also to endeavour to curb Rochelle it self which yet retain'd a mutinous disposition under a dissembled shew of Obedience and Duty Le Plessis hapned in this juncture of time to be at Court whither as has been said he had been before dispatch'd by the Duke his Master to solicit his Interest about the Wrack of the Carrick This Gentleman was so generally esteem'd by all both for his Valour and his Experience in matters of War and principally by the Cardinal who had been a witness of his behaviour throughout the Queen Mother's Affairs and had in those times contracted a strict League of Friendship with him that he immediately apply'd himself to him in this urgent necessity neither did he herein forget any promises that might induce him or omit any endearments that might oblige him to render the Duke his Master favourable to his designs and himself to accept of an Employment upon this important occasion Assuring him withal that no more mention should be made of the Carrick or of any other cross Affair he had been perplex'd withal and had now depending at Court Upon this assurance Le Plessis departed from Court provided with ten Commissions for the raising of a Regiment in his own name and with all the civil Language and fair Promises could be desir'd for the Duke his Master whose assistance was exceedingly considerable by reason of the short cut by Sea betwixt Bordeaux and Rochelle Le Plessis arriv'd in Guienne in the beginning of August where he first gave the Duke an accompt of his own Affairs and afterwards acquainted him with the Commission he had receiv'd for himself who was so assisting to him in the raising of his Regiment that it was one of the first that was ready for this Service The Duke no sooner saw Le Plessis Companies compleat but that he fell to making ready the Succours were requir'd of him for the Fort of the Isle of Ré already besieg'd by the English Forces though I must confess it was contrary to his custom in other occasions exceeding slowly not that he did not heartily desire to see Rochelle reduc'd to the King's Obedience but he could have been glad that the Cardinal whom he had no reason to love might have had no share in the honour of this great Enterprize as if he had then foreseen that the addition of Reputation and Greatness he must infallibly derive from that success would one day prove fatal to him Yet in this distraction of thoughts he failâ—d not nevertheless to prefer his Duty before all other respects that regarded either his
and advancement 236 237 Pignerol in Savoy taken by Cardinal Richelieu 472 Fimentel an Italian Gamester comes to the French Court 235 Piviers open its Gates to the King 114 Plessis Baussonniere sent by the Duke of Espernon to Mareschal Byron 220 221 Plessis Baussonniere comes to the Queen Mother to Blois 343 344 His Death 489 Pompeo Targone an Italian Engineer 393 Pont de Cé assaulted and the Pass gain'd 372 Pontoise surrendred 116 Princes of the Blood discontented 272 Prince of Condé returns to Court and appears dissatisfied with the Duke of Espernon 269 He is confin'd 269 Prince of Condé offers some propositions to the Duke of Espernon 610 Which are rejected by the Duke 612 Prince of Condé made Lieutenant General in Guienne and some other adjoyning Provinces 452 Prince of Condé arrives in Guienne 590 Privas taken by Assault 462 Q. QVeen Anne of Austria arrives at Bordeaux 296 Queen Elizabeth of England sends a Complement to the Duke of Espernon by Mareschal Byron 219 Queen Mother sent to Treat an Accommodation with the Lords of the League 47 Which is concluded at Nemours 49 Queen Mother sent to Treat with the King of Navarre 54 55 Queen Mother Mary de Medici attempts to recover her Liberty 316 She addresses her self to the Duke of Bouillon 317 She escapes from Blois 349 sequ She is receiv'd by the Duke of Espernon 350 She arrives at Loches 351 Her Letter to the Duke of Espernon 352 Her Letter to the King 353 Queen Mother prepares for War and is deserted by all the Nobility excepting the Duke of Espernon 354 She departs from Angoulesme to go to court 366 Queen Mother begins a second War 370 but with ill success 372 Whereupon an Accommodation ensues 373 Queen Mother professes an open hatred to Cardinal Richelieu 471 She retires into Flanders 484 R. RAmefort deserts the Duke of Espernon 176 Ramée a common Souldier receives a strange shot before Royan of which he as strangely recovers 402 Rèbellion breaks out in several Provinces of France 577 Quieted by the Duke de la Valette 580 Reiters enter into France 54 They Article and retire 64 Three Remarkable Stories 616 617 Reply of the Duke of Espernon to the King 240 Retreat of Houdan made by Monsieur de la Valette father to the Duke of Espernon 3 Retreat made by the Cardinal de la Valette 554 Revol made Secretary of State 106 Revolt of Montauban 431 Rhosne a Gentleman of Champagne 192 Richelieu Brother to the Cardinal slain by the Marquis de Themines 362 Rochefort surpriz'd by the Rochellers 301 Rochelle surrendred to the King 457 Rohan Duke takes Armes 462 Royan describ'd 398 399 The Suburbs taken 400 And the Town by assault 402 Rucellay a Florentine 317 He arrives at Sedan 321 Rucellay Treats with the Duke of Espernon about the Queen Mothers Escape from Blois 328 Rucellay deserts the Queen Mother 361 His Gratitude and good Offices to the Duke of Espernon 377 Rupture betwixt the Duke of Espernon and Villeroy Secretary of State 42 Which grows wider 52 53 Rupture betwixt the Duke of Espernon and the Duke de Luines 309 S. SAlly at Aix 152 Two others 157 St. Affrick besieg'd by the Prince of Condé 454 But with ill success 455 St. Affrick taken and dismantled by the Duke of Espernon 486 St. Blancart created Admiral of France 139 St. Germains surrendred to the Duke of Espernon 126 St. Jean'd Angeli surrendred and preserved from being sack'd by the Duke of Espernon 388 St. Jean de Luz taken by the Spaniard 565 St. Luc's Disgrace with the reasons of it 19 20 St. Tropes taken by the Duke of Espernon 150 Retaken by Mesples 179 Savoy practices the Mareschal Byron 286 La Sauvitat taken by Assault 580 Sedition of Guienne 535 Siege of Perigueux rais'd by the Duke of Espernon 107 Sentence of Excommunication against the Duke of Espernon 515 Separation betwixt the Duke de Candalle and the Dutchess his Wife 278 Sieurs de Vaous Brothers desert the Duke of Espernon 176 Skirmish betwixt the Dukes of Espernon and Guise 179 Sobole Deputy Governour of Metz 230 His ingratitude 231 He is depos'd from his Government 232 Society of the Iesuites reestablish'd in Metz 233 Socoa taken by the Spaniard 565 Soubize invades the Country of Medoc 434 He is defeated 435 Spain and Savoy invade the Duke of Mantua 460 Spanish Forces invade Picardy 561 And Guienne 562 Spanish Army defeated by the Duke de la Valette 582 Speech of the Duke of Espernon to the King 78 Speech of the Duke of Espernon in the Council 30 Speech of the Duke of Espernon to his Officers 153 Another 173 Speech of the Duke of Espernon to the Queen upon the Death of Henry the Fourth of France 254 Speech of the Duke of Espernon to the Parliament of Paris 209 T. De Thou involv'd in the Ruine of Cinq-Mars Grand Escuyer of France 635 Tilting at Bordeaux 440 Toiras sent by the Duke de Luines to the Duke of Espernon 369 Truce betwixt Spain and the United Provinces concluded 248 V. VAlette Duke forces le Pas de Suze 461 He is in disgrace 597 Flies into England 598 He is in his Absence sentenc'd to Death 602 Varennes 621 Verneque slain in the Levant 280 Verthamont Intendant de la Justice in Guienne 473 Villandry slain at Aglimant 280 Villebois taken by the Duke of Espernon 127 Villemur reliev'd by the Duke of Espernon 143 Vincentio Ludovici sent from the Queen Mother to the Duke of Espernon 322 W. WAR with England 447 Whereupon follows a Commotion of the Hugonot Party in France 451 War with Savoy 471 Worthy Act of a mean Fellow 551 THE HISTORY Of the LIFE of the Duke of Espernon The First Book IOHN Lewis de Nogaret and de la Valette Duke of Espernon whose History I attempt to write though he were in the Progress of a long Life for the most part the Favourite of Fortune stood notwithstanding no less oblig'd to Nature for the advantages he came into the world withal by his Noble Extraction He was descended from an Illustrious Family in the Higher Gascony and so ancient that it has continued above five hundred years from Male to Male without intermission a truth I could without much difficulty prove out of the Records and Evidences in my Custody did not his Genealogy already drawn by a more skilful hand render that pains unnecessary in this place I shall therefore only undertake a Narrative of the â—rincipal Actions of his Life without troubling my Reader or my self with a superfluous Catalogue of his Ancestors The matter of which I intend to treat is of it self so ample as might find work enough for a better Pen and although birth be acknowledg'd by all to be the foundation upon which all superstructures of Fortune do ordinarily erect themselves I should not nevertheless make any mention of this Dukes had not the merit and vertue of Iohn de Valette his
of most of the Duke of Mantua's Cities and excepting Casal and Mantua it self were masters of the whole Dutchy The King justly incens'd at so great an injury offer'd to him in the person of his Ally might reasonably enough have reveng'd himself by the same way by which he had been offended but retaining it should seem a greater respect for the Duke of Savoy than he had done for him he dispatch'd an Ambassadour to him to complain That without denouncing of War and to the violation of their former Treaties he had taken Arms against a Prince whom as an Ally he was oblig'd in honour to protect advising him in the conclusion either to restore things to the condition wherein he had found them or to prepare himself to withstand the utmost power of his Arms which he was resolv'd to employ for the vindication of his own Honour and the protection of his Friends and Allies If the Duke of Savoy a Prince truly great in all things had not yet been more ambitious than he was great it had been no hard matter for him to have found out such a remedy as might easily have prevented the ensuing War but being big with the hope of taking Monferrat he was not to be perswaded to give over an Enterprize which he thought as good as certain to him He could not imagine that the King's Army tir'd out as it was with the incommodities of a tedious Siege could be in any condition of coming to trouble his designs neither did he believe that the King himself who had been expos'd to the same inconveniences his Army had suffer'd could be so soon able in his own person to undertake so troublesome a Journey which being presuppos'd nothing could have power to hinder his Affairs so that endeavouring to hold his Majesty in hand without giving his Ambassadour any positive answer or absolutely engaging his word he still continued his Usurpation The King impatient of this injury to his own person and more of the injustice done to the Duke of Mantua with a Resolution as generous in it self as the execution prov'd glorious to his Name concluded the following February to cross the Alpes and through all the difficulties of Snow and Ice to force his way to the defense of his Honour which in Italy was so highly engag'd An Expedition that the Duke of Savoy finding he could not with all his dexterity prevent he resolv'd by Arms to guard the Entry into his own Dukedom and to that end he caus'd the passage of Suze a pass nature her self had made inaccessible if any thing could be so to Valour to be strangely fortified but this strong Post the King made no difficulty to assault in which Service the Duke de la Valette Colonel of the Foot putting himself in the head of the Forlorn Hope drawn out of the Regiment of Guards first mounted the Enemies Works and shewing himself as much Superiour to his Followers in bravery as he was in Command in a few hours overcame all difficulties both of Mountains and men that oppos'd his way The Duke of Savoy after this defeat not knowing what to oppose against the King's victorious Arms since his best Forces when fortified in a Post of so great advantage had not been able to withstand them began to see his danger and to perceive he had no way left but by an Accommodation to defend himself from manifest and apparent ruine which made him sue to the King for Peace and obtain'd it upon condition the Duke should favour the passage of his Army to the relief of the Duke of Mantua so unjustly invaded An Accommodation with Savoy being thus concluded the Spaniard who despair'd of being able to make good his ground in the open Field against an Army that had with so great facility forc'd the Duke of Savoy's people in their own Trenches thought fit to accept of the same conditions and accordingly not only rose from before Casal but moreover restor'd all the places they had already taken in the Duke of Mantua's Dominions wisely choosing rather to give way to the King's Fortune than to run the hazard of a Battel the event whereof they fear'd would be fatal to them though this discretion only serv'd to defer for a time the Victories heaven had destin'd for us over that insolent and implacable Nation Doubtless had the King pleas'd to have made use of this occasion and the power he had to effect any design he would have undertaken he might at this time with great facility have given the Spanish Forces such a blow that they would not of many years after have been in any condition to have brav'd him again in Italy but his Majesty contenting himself with having rescu'd his Ally from the oppression of those two mighty Enemies would not in his own person seem to violate that Equity and Justice he had travell'd so far to defend If the Forein Princes had taken a wrong measure in the belief they had entertain'd of the length of the Siege of Rochelle the Duke of Rohan was no less mistaken in the Expedition of Italy wherein he doubted not his Majesty would meet with so many great and tedious difficulties that he hop'd himself who was the soul of his whole Party might in the mean time and in the interval of the King's absence infuse so much vigour into his declining cause as that they would be in a condition for some time at least to defend themselves He had therefore taken Arms in the Sevennes and with the assistance of the Cities of Montauban Nismes Millaut Castres Privas Vsetz and some others had got such a body of an Army together as therewith he hop'd to maintain himself in that little angle of the Kingdom and either presently to obtain some advantageous conditions or to expect a more favourable time for the reestablishment of his depressed party In the mean time he treated secretly with Spain from whence he had also obtain'd a promise of some supply of money but the King who had intelligence of his practice returning with the same celerity out of Italy into France in the most violent heats of Summer with which he had pass'd out of France into Italy in the greatest extremity of Winter presented himself before Privas one of the Rebel Cities in Iune which also at his first coming he carried by assault after which Aletz another of the same principles surrendred without any resistance The Duke of Rohan observing what a tâ—rror the taking of these two places had infus'd into his whole Faction and knowing on the other side that a Peace with Italy and England was already concluded began to apprehend at last he should be totally deserted by all his Confederates and Friends and left alone to bear the shock of his Majesties victorious Arms which made him in time seriously to apply himself to his mercy to avoid the severe effects of his Justice One of the most powerful motives that induc'd
him to relapse into his former disposition from which also he was yet but upon the mending hand At last his Servants apprehending it might by some or other be indiscreetly and unseasonably blurted out they conceiv'd it better with some preparatory arguments to sweeten the bitterness of his loss to make him acquainted with it than to detain him still in ignorance of a thing which could not always nor very long be conceal'd from him The Duke had kept about him during all the time of his last Sickness a Father Capuchin in whom he repos'd a singular Confidence This good Father therefore as he was one day talking with him having fall'n into a Discourse of the inconstancy of Humane Life and the necessity of dying and therein slip'd in some mention of the Duke de Candale's Sickness the Duke presently understood the rest and thereupon spar'd the good man the pains of any further preparation When his countenance wherein before this part of their Discourse something of chearfulness had appear'd suddenly changing into a more severe Gravity though only so as to compose it to his constancy he said Father I have ever been dispos'd to submit my self and all my concerns to the good pleasure of God and I beseech him of his goodness to give me Fortitude enough to conform my self also to it upon this occasion My Son is dead I am certain of it and if he died in the fear of God he is happier than we at least out of the reach of those persecutions Fortune is preparing for us who are left behind After which they presented him the Letters that contain'd the Relation of his Death by which the Duke being satisfied it had been very constant and Christian he said again That he praised God from the bottom of his heart that in depriving him of one of his chiefest comforts he had yet left him the hope in a short time to see his â—on in a better Life He afterwards entertain'd himself some time in pious Discourse with that Holy Man after which being again laid in bed that he yet quitted not but by intervals he was heard in that privacy a great while to weep those tears and vent those sighs which with extraordinary violence upon himself he had suppress'd whilst there was any witness by But after having paid what was due to the impulse of Nature he summon'd his wonted constancy to encounter this Accident the bitterness whereof though he could by no art banish from his remembrance yet did he ever keep himself upright from manifesting his sorrow with the least weakness There were very few persons of condition in the Kingdom who did not signifie to him by very civil Messages and kind Letters the part they shar'd with him in his grief upon this occasion amongst whom Cardinal Richelieu himself was one who made shift to find out some consolatory Complements for a man he at the same instant persecuted with the most bloody effects he could possibly inflict upon him he at the same time prosecuting the Duke de la Valette to the last extreme For the information that had been drawn up against him having been laid open in the presence of his Majesty the 25 th day of May the greater part of the Judges had concluded him worthy of Death the forfeiture of his Offices and the confiscation of his Estate yet were they not all of that opinion President Believre amongst the rest taking upon him the honest boldness to defend the innocence of the accus'd and by an Oration no less Judicious and Eloquent than hardy and equitable acquitting his own Conscience and confirming himself in the high esteem already conceiv'd of the great Worth and Integrity which for so many happy years have been eminent in his Name and Race It would not become me in this place to inlarge my self upon the words of this Sentence it having been pronounc'd by persons to whom too great a respect is due for any one to dare to complain neither in truth is it to them that the severity of it ought to be imputed for in criminal matters the Evidence are the chief Judges and consequently they at whose doors all that was extraordinary or severe in his proceeding ought of right to be laid It has since appear'd by the high and publick justification of the party accus'd and that in the face of the most August Tribunal of Justice in all Europe what has been thought of the Depositions that were preferr'd against him the Parliament of Paris having restor'd him to his Honour Life Offices and Estate which had been all taken from him by the Arrest of the Council And he has this Obligation to his Enemies not only by their means to have had an occasion wherein to vindicate his Innocency and Honour but moreover to have receiv'd the Eulogies for his brave Services which his modesty would not have permitted him to have endur'd had his Vertue never been disputed But this last good not arriving in time to serve for any consolation to the Duke of Espernon and that all his misfortunes succeeded in the neck of one another without any the least shadow of Prosperity intervening to sweeten his Affliction is not the stability of his mind and the constancy of his Courage highly to be commended and admir'd that could continue so firm in all the shocks of Fortune A Fortitude that will discover it self much better to our observation if we separately consider the various occasions he had at this time wherein to exercise that Heroick Vertue Disgrace knock'd at his Door from the first arrival of the Prince in Guienne as you may have already observ'd and his Afflictions began to unveil themselves in the ill usage he at that time receiv'd by Order from the Court very much contrary to what he had all the reason in the world to hope for and expect they were continued to him by the Command he receiv'd to withdraw himself out of his Government which seem'd to blast him with some kind of Ignominy and reproach But what an overplus of vexation must it needs be when by the ill success of Fontarabie he saw all the miscarriage of that Expedition cast upon his Son what a grief to see him prosecuted for a Criminal and himself at the same time look'd upon as a guilty man They were both of them divested of their Offices and Commands and those transferr'd into the hands of their mortal and most implacable Enemies So that the Duke de la Valette was constrain'd to give way to their Power and through infinite dangers to fly for Sanctuary into England a Kingdom at that time agitated with Mutinous Factions and Civil Discords of their own whilst the Father in a Country House expos'd to their discretion saw himself strip'd of all his Employments and his venerable old Age so highly reverenc'd and esteem'd throughout the whole Kingdom become an Object of Scorn to such as a few days before had truckled