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A03723	A true and plaine report of the furious outrages of Fraunce & the horrible and shameful slaughter of Chastillion the admirall, and diuers other noble and excellent men, and of the wicked and straunge murder of godlie persons, committed in many cities of Fraunce, without any respect of sorte, kinde, age, or degree. By Ernest Varamund of Freseland.; De furoribus Gallicis. English	Hotman, François, 1524-1590.; Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Languet, Hubert, 1518-1581.	1573 (1573)	STC 13847; ESTC S104242	59,763	145

settling his residence and dwelling elsewhere he shoulde freely enioy all his reuenewes VVhich matter being reported to the French King he immediatly sent messengers to the Prince of Aurēge willing him to loke for nothing by that dealing of the Emperour saying that it was but a fraud and guilefull deuise intended for this purpose only to breake vp his leuying of souldiors that he had begon in Germanie and assuring him that if he woulde credite and followe him hee would giue him ayde sufficient to recouer hys estate The Prince of Aurenge perswaded by these promises of King Charles continued his musters and determined a while to bear the charges thogh they were heauie to him while such things as were necessarie for the warre were in preparing In the meane time Lodouic in disguised apparell went to Paris to the king Forasmuch as the season of the yeare by this time seemed not commodious to leuie an armie for the winter was at hande by assent they deferred the matter till the next sommer These things thus hanging the Prince of Aurenge his capitaynes by sea did oftentymes set vpon the Spaniards and Portingals such ships as they toke they brought into the hauen of Rochell which then was in the power of the Prince of Condees part and there they openly vttered and solde their prizes to the men of the towne and other merchantes of Fraunce wherevppon the Embassadoure of Spayne made often complaintes to the Kings priuie councell And forasmuche as they thought it very auaylable to this enterprise that Elizabeth Queene of Englande might be broughte into league with them the King comitted the dealing in that matter to the Admirall For a fewe moneths before the King had with most swete alluring letters gotten him to the Court where he was most honorably entertayned and to take from him all occasion of distrust vppon his aduersaries or of otherwise suspecting of the Kings or Queene mothers affection towards him first all the Guisians of a set purpose departed the court Then the King gaue the Admirall free libertie to take with him what companie and with what furniture he would and bycause it was thoughte that he had more confidence in the Marshall Cosse than in the rest therefore the King commaunded the saide Marshall to be euer at hand with the Admirall and to assist him in the Kings name if any nede were The matter of the league with Englande the Admirall so diligently and industriously handled that within short space after by Embassadours sent and by faith giuen and receyued and othes solemnely taken on both parts it was confirmed Concerning the procurement of other leagues and amities suche as mighte seeme to further the enterprise of the low cuntrie the Admirall also trauelled in the kings ●●ame and by his commandemente and had in a manner brought all these things to an ende And of all those leauges the first and principall condition was that the libertie of Religiō shuld continue and that the king shoulde most diligently and sincerely obserue this Edict of pacification Though these things seemed to be handled secretly yet by the letters both of Biragio the vicechancellor of whom we made mentiō before and of Moruilliers whom for his hipocriticall leanenesse children commonly called the Chimera or bugge of the Court and by aduertisements of Cardinal de Peiue a man most fit either to inuent or execute any treason they were caried to the Byshop of Rome who by aduise of his Cardinals sent by and by one of their number called Alexandrine in the midst of most sharpe winter into Fraunce with these instructions to perswade the king to enter into the societie of the league of Trent whereof the first and principall article was that the confederats should ioyne their powers and make warre vpon the Turks and Heretikes meaning by the name of Heretikes all those Princes that did permitte the vse of the reformed Religion within their dominions The Cardinall Alexandrine was honourably receyued in the courte but yet dismissed without atchieuing his purpose For so was it bruted among the people and commonly beleeued throughout Fraunce albeit he himselfe secretly seemed to returne very mery cherefull to the Pope and as it is reported did sometime say that he receyued such aunswere of the King as was needfull not to be published and that the King and Queene mother had largely satisfied him Forasmuch as it was thought a matter greatly auayling to the enterprise of the lowe countrey to sende certayne ships into the Englyshe Seas that if any ayde shoulde be sent into the lowe countrey to the Duke of Alua oute of Spayne it might so be stopped Strozzi and the Baron de la Guarde were appoynted for that purpose to whome the king gaue in commandement to rigge for the certayne ships of Burdeaux and Rochell well armed and well appoynted and to prouide with all spede al things needfull for those ships The Ambassador of Spayne somewhat moued with this preparation made diuers complaints to the kings counsell on the behalfe of the king his master and yet neuer receyued any other answere but that the king thought it not likely and that he wold send Commissioners to Burdeaux and to Rochell with letters and commaundemente that there shuld be no preparation made to the sea and if any had bene made it should be enquired of VVhat instructions were secretlye and closely vnder hand giuē to these two captaines of that nauie we do not certaynly know But this no man can doubte of but that they had commission to distresse all such ships wherein any Spanishe souldiers should be transported into the lowe countrey and that all this preparation to the sea was ordayned against the Spanish king and the Duke of Alua. And moreouer that the Admiral at the same time receiued commaundement frō the king to send espials into Peru an Islaind of the new found world most plentifull of gold aboue all the other now being in the Spaniards dominion to learne if there were any good enterprise to be attempted or atchieued for the get●ing of it VVhich matter was committed to a certayne gentleman one of the Admirals trayne who went thither accompanyed with a certayne Portingall a man most skilfull of those Nauigations whome the Admirall had ioyned with him by the kings commaundement and is not yet returned Nowe it can not be expressed how manye and how great tokens of most louing mynde the king at that time shewed to the Admirall and to the Countie Rochfoucault and to Theligny and to the rest of the chiefe noblemen of the Religion First all such things as in the former warres had bene taken away in the townes fermes and castels of the Admirall d' Andelot the king caused to be sought oute and restored If there were any other whome the king vnderstoode to be beloued and esteemed of the Admirall or to haue attayned anye speciall honour in the sayde late warres those he liberally benefited and rewarded To the Admirall

speede deliuered ouer the same bookes to those of whome they had receyued that commaundement After noone the Queene mother lead out the King the Duke of Aniow Gonzague Tauaignes the Countie de Rhetz called Gondin into hir gardens called Tegliers This place bicause it was somewhat farre from resort she thoughte most fit for this their last consultation There she shewede them how those whom they had long bene in waite for were nowe sure in hold and the Admirall lay in his bed maymed of hoth his armes and coulde not stirre the king of Nauarre and Prince of Conde were fast lodged in the castle the gates wer kept shut all nighte and watches placed so as they were so snared that they coulde no way escape and the captaines thus taken it was not to be feared that any of the Religion woulde from thencefoorth stirre any more Now was a notable opportunite said she offred to dispatch the matter For all the chiefe captaines were fast closed vp in Paris and the rest in other townes were all vnarmed and vnprepared and that there were scarcely to be founde ten enimies to a thousand Catholikes that the Parisians were in armour and were able to make threescore thousande chosen fighting men and that within the space of one houre all the enimies may be slayne and the whole name and race of those wicked mē be vtterly rooted out On the other side saith she if the King do not take the aduantage of the fitnesse of this time it is no doubte but that if the Admirall recouer his health al Fraunce wil shortly be on fire with the fourth ciuill warre The Queenes opinion was allowed Howbeit it was thought best partly for his age and partly for the affinities sake that the king of Nauarres life shuld be saued As for the Prince of Conde it was doubted whether it were best to spare hym for his age or to put him to death for hatred of his fathers name But herein the opinion of Gonzague toke place that he should with feare of death and torment be drawen from the Religion So that counsell brake vp with appoyntment that the matter should be put in executiō the nexte night early afore day and that the ordering and doing of all shoulde be committed to the Duke of Guise The Admirall being en●ormed of stirre and noyse of armour and threatnings heard euery where through out the towne and preparation of many things pertaining to tumult sent word therof to the King who aunswered that there was no cause for the Admirall to feare for all was done by his commaundement and not euery where but in certaine places that there were certaine appointed by him to be in armor least the people should rise and make any stirre in the towne VVhen the Duke of Guise thoughte all things readie enough he called to him the abouesayde Marcell and charged him that he should a little after midnight assemble togither the maisters of the streetes whome they call Diziners into the towne house for he had certaine strange and speciall matters in charge frō the king which his pleasure was to haue declared vnto them They all assembled bytime Carron the new prouost of merchaunts guarded with certaine Guisians and among the rest Entragne and Pnygallart made the declaration He sayd that the kings meaning was to destroye all the Rebels which had in these late yeares borne armes against his maiestie and to roote out the race of those wicked men it was now very fitly happened that the chieftaynes and ringleaders of them were faste enclosed within the walles of the towne as in a prison and that the same night they should first begin with them and afterward for the rest assone as possibly might be throughout all partes of the Realme the King would take order and the token to set vpon them should be giuen not with a trumpet but with tocksein or ringing of the great bell of the pallace which they knewe to be accustomed onely in great cases and the marke for them to be knowne from other should be a white linnen cloth hanged aboute their left arme and a white crosse pinned vpon their cappes In the meane time the Duke of Guise made priuie thervnto the Captaines of the Kings guarde both Gascoignes Frenchmē and Switzers and bad them be readie to goe to it with good courage Shortly after the Duke of Guise and the bastard sonne of king Henrie commonlye called the Cheualier with a great band of armed men following thē went to the Admirals house which Cossin kept besieged with harquebuziers placed in order on both sides of the streate The Admiral aduertised of the stirre and the noise of the armour although he had scarcely ten persons in his house able to beare harnesse and in his chamber onely two surgions one preacher and one or two seruitors yet coulde not be made afraide trusting as he oft rehearsed vpon the Kings good will toward him approued by so many and so great meanes of assuraunce hauing also confidence that the commonaltie of Paris if they once vnderstode the King to mislike of their madde furie howe much so euer they were in outrage yet so sone as they saw Cossin warding the gate they wold be appeased He repeated also the other for keeping of the peace so ofte openly sworne by the King and his brethren and their mother and entred in publike recordes the league lately made with the Queene of Englande for the same cause the articles of treatie couenanted with the Prince of Aurenge the kings faith giuen to the Princes of Germanie some townes attempted and some taken in the lowe countrey by the Kings commaundement the mariage of the Kings sister solemnized but sixe daies before which it was not like that he wold suffer to be defiled with bloud finally the iugement of forain nations and of posteritie shame and the honor constancie of a Prince publique faith and the sacred respect of the law of nations all which it seemed monstruous and incredible that the king could assent to be stained with so outragious a cruell deede Cossin when he sawe the noblemen drawe neere knocked at the gate which as is abouesaid he was commaunded by the Duke of Aniow to kepe VVhervpon many applyed the olde prouerbe A goodly guarde to make the woolfe keper of the sheepe VVhen he was entred without in maner any difficultie he caried in with him a great companie of armed men and after those followed the great Lords Such as Cossin found at the entrie of within the porch of the house he slew with a partisan that he had in his hand VVhich when the Admirall vnderstoode he caused those that were about him to lift him out of his bed and casting on a nightgowne vpon him he rose vpright on his feete he bad his friends and seruantes to flee and make shift for them selues and to take no more care for him for he sayd that he was readie with most willing hearte to

had stayed in a wardrobe adioyning to his owne chamber and caused them to lodge there al night A little afore day hearing of the running of men and noyse of armor and cries and killings they rose in hast and immediatly de Nance whome we haue before spoken of came to them and cōmanded them in the kings name to come downe into the court and to leaue their weapons behind them and lastly to depart out of the castle VVhen de Pilles sawe himselfe thrust out among the multitude of the murthering souldiers and beheld the bodies of them that were slayne he cried out with a very lowde voyce that the king might well heare him protesting vpon the kings fidelitie and detesting his trayterous infidelitie therwith he toke off a rich cloake whiche he wore and gaue it to one of his acquaintāce saying take here this token of Pilles and hereafter remember Pilles moste vnworthyly and shamefully slayne Oh my good Monsieur de Pilles saide the other I am none of them I thanke you for your cloake but I will not receiue it with that condition and so refused to take the cloake and immediatly de Pilles was thrust through by one of the guarde with a partisan and died And this ende had this most valiante and noble gentleman And then his body was throwen into the quarrey with the rest whiche when they that passed by did behold the souldiers cryed out there they be that made assault vpon vs and would haue killed the king Leranne beeing thrust through with a sword escaped and ran into the Queene of Nauarres chamber and was by hir kept and preserued from the violence of those that pursued him Shortly after she obtayned his pardon of hir brother and committing him to hir owne Phisitions restored him both to life and health VVhile things were in doing at Paris Strozzi which as we haue aforesayd was come with all his power to Rochell sent a great number of his souldiers into the towne vnder colour of a banket to be made to his friends in the castell called la Cheine but by reasō of the iealosie watches of the townes men by whom he sawe his treason was espied he went away without his purpose But they of la Charité which as we haue before shewed were trapped by the Italian horssemen taking lesse heed to the safe keeping of their towne were a little before night surprized and within fewe dayes after put to the sweard The next day following where any that had hidden themselues in corners at Paris coulde be found out the slaughter was renewed also common labourers and porters and other of the most rascals of the people and desperate villaines to haue the spoile of their clothes stripped the dead bodies starke naked threw them into the riuer of Seane The profit of all the robberies and spoyles came all for the most part to the handes of these laborers and the souldiers and to the Kings treasure came very little or nothing The onely gaine that came to him was that which might be made of the vacations as they terme them of offices and of places of Magistrates Captaines other romes of charge wherof yet he gaue a great part freely away to diuers of the court For the Admirals office he gaue to the Marques de Villars the Chancellorship of Nauarre after the murther of Francourt he by and by gaue to Henry Memne de Malassise which had been the truchman and messenger in the treatie of the last peace the office of the maister of the Finances after the slaughter of Prunes he gaue to Villequier the office of President des aides when Plateau was slaine he gaue to de Nully the other offices he sold as his maner is to such as gaue ready money for them For it hath ben the custome now lately of certaine Kings of Fraunce such as among forein nations hath not bene heard of to put to sale all the profits rights and benefites of the crowne and to kepe an open market for money of all iudiciall offices and of all the roomes belonging to his treasure and finances according to a rate of price set vpon euerie one of them and there is not in maner one in all Fraunce that doth not opēly iustifie that he bought his office for readie money and that no man ought to maruell if he desire to fill vp the empty hole of his stock againe And therefore iustice is throughe all Fraunce vsually bought for money though there be neuer so many murders committed yet is there no processe awarded to enquire thereof till present coyne be payde to the rakehelles and scribes This butcherly slaughter of Paris thus perfourmed and foure hundred houses as is abouesayd sacked immediatly messengers were sent in post into all partes of the Realme with ofte shifting their horsses for hast to command all other Cities in the Kings name to follow the example of Paris and to cause to be killed as many as they had among them of the refourmed Religion These commaundments it is wonderfull to tell how readily and cherefully the greatest part of the Cities of Fraunce did obey and execute But the king fearing as it was likely the dishonour of false treacherie and periurie sent letters to the gouernours of his prouinces and also speedie messangers into England Germanie and Switzerland to declare in his name that there was a great commotion and seditious stirre happened at Paris which he was very sorie for that the Duke of Guise had raised the people and with armed men made assaulte vpon the band that was assigned to the Admirall for his guarde and had broken into the house and slaine the Admirall and all his companie and houshold seruants and that the king had hardly kept safe from those daungers hys owne castell of the Louure where he kept him selfe close with his mother and his brethren the true copie of which letters is hereafter inserted But the same most mightie and by the consent of all nations commonlye called the most Christian King within two dayes after came into the Parliament accompanied with a great traine of his brethren and other Princes The counsell being assembled he sitting in his throne began to speake vnto them he declared that he was certified that the Admiral with certaine of his complices had conspired hys death and had intended the like purpose against his brethren the Queene his mother the king of Nauarre and that for this cause he had commaunded his friends to slay the sayde Admiral and all his confederates and so to preuent the treason of his enimies This his testification and declaratiō the king commaunded to be written and entred in the recordes of Parliament and that it should be proclamed by the heraldes and published by Printers And he willed a boke to be set forth to this effect that the slaughter of the Admirall his adherentes was done by the Kings commaundement for so was his maiesties expresse pleasure bicause they had