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A01160 An historical collection, of the most memorable accidents, and tragicall massacres of France, vnder the raignes of Henry. 2. Francis. 2. Charles. 9. Henry. 3. Henry. 4. now liuing Conteining all the troubles therein happened, during the said kings times, vntill this present yeare, 1598. Wherein we may behold the wonderfull and straunge alterations of our age. Translated out of French into English.; Recueil des choses mémorables avenues en France sous le règne de Henri II, François II, Charles IX, Henri III, et Henri IV. English Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598.; Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621. Histoire des derniers troubles de France. English. aut 1598 (1598) STC 11275; ESTC S121331 762,973 614

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whence the said Cardinall of Bourbon were so issued because of the nearnesse of his person The Genealogie of Heary of Bourbon King of Nauarre S. Lewis Robert Lewis Iames. Iohn Lewis Iohn The king of Nauarre alleadged for his reasons the genealogie and discent of the house of Bourbon saying Saint Lewis king of France had two sonnes the eldest Phillip the third surnamed the Hardy and Robert the youngest Earle of Cleremont of this Robert of Beatrix daughter of Archambaut of Bourbon was borne Lewis Earle of Clermont and first Duke of Bourbon created by king Philip de Vallois which Lewis espoused Marie Countesse of Hainaut and had two sonnes Peter and Iames the Masculin kinde of Peter is wholly extinct there resteth none of his side but the houses of Lorraine of Sauoy by the females Of Iames de Bourbon younger sonne to Lewis and of Iane de S. Paul his wife issued Francis Charles Anthony Henry The Duchie of Bourbon 1327. Iohn de Bourbon Earle of Marche of Iohn de Burbon Catherine Count esse of Vendosme issued Lewis de Bourbon Earle of Vendosme of Lewis de Bourbon and Ieane de Laual his Wife issued Iohn de Bourbon of Iohn de Bourbon and Isabeau his wife issued Francis Earle of Vendosme of Francis Earle of Vendosme and Marie of Luxembourg Countesse of Saint Paul issued Charles de Bourbon of Charles de Bourbon and Francis d'Alencon his wife issued Anthony de Bourbon king of Nauarre the eldest son Francis Duke of Anguien Charles Cardinal of Bourbon Iohn Durke of Anguin Margaret married to the Duke de Neuers and Lewis de Bourbon Prince of Conde Of Anthony de Bourbon the eldest issued Henry de Bourbon now king of Nauarre and Catherine Princesse of Nauarre his sister Wherefore it is euidently seene that the king of Nauarre is a degree behinde the Cardinall of Bourbon for hee is in the tenth and the king in the eleuenth degree but it is seene that hee is sonne of the eldest house of Bourbon and therefore by consequent preferred to all the rights of the house royall Paul Aemil. in pud Crasso Anno. 11110 ●olidin Hist Angl. By a statute in the Court in the yeare 1341. By a statute in the yeare 1517. Filius Fratris Fratri aequiparatur ita succedit atque parter si viuerer All the Doctors concluded in fauour of the Nephew against the Vncle that saith hee is the eldest by the disease of his father whether it bee in the direct or colaterall line in successions vndeuided as Realmes Empires Duches Earledomes and that is obserued in France England Spaine Portugal Almaine and Sicile So Archambaut had the Duche of Bourbon from his vncle Hannon Artus Duchie of Normandie frō king Iohn his Vncle third son to Henry the second king of England Lewis Earle of Neuers the Earledome of Flaun●ers from his Vncle the daughter of Guy Vicount of Limoges the Duchie of Brittaine from Iohn Earle of Montfort his brother Henry d'Albert sonne of Catherin the Earledome of Foix from Iohn Viscount of Narbonne and his heires Richard sonne of Edward Prince of VVales was crowned without contradiction and Yorke Henry de Bourbon succeeded in the right that Anthony de Bourbon his father had in the house of Bourbon by the succession of his auncestors the title of eldest sonne not beeing lost nor extinct in the father but continueth and is transported to the sonne The right of eldest is perfectly ingrafted in the eldest assoone as he entereth into the world is made a man which right being in him hath continued in his posterie by the custome and common obseruation of the Realme The reason that some alleadge to prooue that this right was neuer gotten in the father is not to bee respected for although there were but onely and sometimes hope his sonne is permitted to claime it and to seeke the possession as it falleth out although the son of the eldest is a degree further then the Vncle neuerthelesse being entered into the place of his father hee ought to bee preferred further the right of preferment is not gotten by our selues onely but by the right and person of others so that as long as there testeth any thing of this elder house an other cannot take place in any sort whatsoeuer The king of Nauarre hath another reason against the which there can bee no argument that may preuaile which is that the Cardinall of Bourbon his Vncle at the contract of marriage betweene the said king of Nauarre and the Ladie Margaret of France acquitted remissed yeelded and transported vnto to the said king all and euery right name voyce and action present or to come that in any case might appertaine vnto him as beeing issued out of the house of Bourbon expresly acknowleging the king of Nauarre his Nephewe for the true son heir successor and representation in all respects of the eldest house And so to thinke by denying his own deed to attain to the vaine hope of the succession of the Realm comprehended vnder the generall declaration of the elder house of the saide deceased king of Nauarre there is no likelyhood So the king not to displease the League that occupied the principall places of his thoughts declared the Cardinall of Bourbon the first Prince of the blood although hee knewe that by iustice and the lawes not onely of this Realme but of all the best gouerned estates that euer was the king of Nauarre was onely capable of that prerogatiue and the good Prelate perceiued not that vnder that quallitie of first Prince successiue heire to the crown which the league procured vnto him it pushed forward her tyrannie with al the force shee might thereby to vsurpe the royaltie giuing to a king of sixe and thirtie years of age a succession that hath past the climaticall yeare of sixtie three To be brief it may be said of the League as Cicero said of Caezar and Pompey it presenteth vnto vs the picture of the Cardinall of Bourbon but will erect the Image of a straunger The League tooke away the Kings Councell The affaires of the League hauing had in her poope the winde the authoritie of the king and fauour of all the people floating most proudely in the maine seas without feare of winds or waues fearing that the kings great goodnesse would not long continue that the wise Councellors that were about the king would giue him aduise and withdrawe him from the shipwracke wherein they would reduce his authoritie ceased not to blow in his eares that his Councell set a darke cloud before his eyes thereby to impeach him from seeing what is the dutie of a good king hyding the truth frō him and staying at nothing but that which might content either passion or auarice The king to please them is constrained to pull his eyes out of his head to depriue himselfe of the light that he receiued by the wisdome of his Councellours
l'A And hee had no sooner begun but the Flemmings onely staying therevpon got before him which constrained the French Vangard to range themselues in order thereby to sustaine the rest of the armie where it made a braue resistance driuing certaine squadrons of horses out of ranke but the Counte hauing made a furious charge procured the ouerthrow and spoyle of the Marshall who beeing sore hurt was taken with Messieurs de Villebon Senarpont Moruilliers and Chaune and many Captains and souldiers slaine in the field The Marshals armie being composed of certaine companies of launciers three cornets of light-horses Scottish-men 14. Ensignes of French footemen and 18. Companies of Lansquenets all beeing eyther slaine or taken The number that escaped were not many that great wound renewed the former of S. Lawrence day and brake the enterprise vppon the Duche of Luxenbourg where the Duke of Guise pretended to be doing who in the moneth of Iuly tooke his course to Thierashe and so lodged at Pierrepont which he strengthened with 7. Cornets of Rutters a new Regiment of Lansquenets An army by sea of English men Flemings ouerthrowne in Brittaigne At the same time the armie at sea composed of Englishmen and Flemmings to the number of 6000. men or thereabouts hauing sayled along the coast of Britaigne in the end tooke land at Conquet which they spoyled and entering further into the countrie were ouerthrowne by Monsieur de Kersimon whereof some he slewe other he tooke prisoners and caused the rest to saue themselues by fight within their shippes where they presently hoysed sayles and put to sea Both the kings armies hard by Amiens Both the kings hauing prepared their armies no lesse puissant then at other times incamped themselues and stayed not farre from Amiens along by the Riuer of Somme where they had great numbers of strangers so that their owne subiects in comparison of them were very fewe There they made certaine courses and skirmishes but no battell of any consequence and as it seemed those two great Princes were as then come thither to make an agreement the treatie whereof was mooued and to proceed therein they chose the Abbey of Cercamp vpon the frontiers of Artois and Picardie wherefore the King of France appeased the Constable the Marshall S. Andre the Cardinall of Lorraine Moruilliers Bishop of Orleans one of the kings priuie Councell and Secretarie Aubespine The king of Spaine sent thither the Duke d'Alue the Prince of Aurange Deputies for peace Rigome de Silues Granuelle Bishop of Arras and Vigle de Zuichem President of the Councell of Estate in the lowe Countries They assembled in the moneth of October hauing sor vmpier of the differences that might fall out betweene them the Duches Dowager and the Duke of Lorraine her sonne Meane time the Constable hauing agreed for his ransome came to do his dutie vnto the King who gaue him all the entertainment that possible he might and made him lye with him as some certainly report During this meeting both the armies were dismissed the strangers sent into their countries While this treatie of peace continued Charles the Emperour and his sister Ellenor Death of the Emperour Charles the fift and Ellenor his sister of Mary Queene of England and of Cardinall Poole wife vnto King Francis died in Spaine the peace was grounded vppon the marriage of Charles Prince of Spaine with Elizabeth eldest daughter of K. Henry of Philebert Emanuel Prince of Piedemont with Margaret daughter to king Francis deceased That which prolonged the treatie was that the Q. of England demanded the restitution of Callais but about the end of Nouember she died After whom likewise died Cardinall Poole her great Councellor her death that changed the state of England wherein after that neither the Spaniards nor the Pope had more to do caused the assembly to be referred vnto the peace ensuing King Phillip hauing with great pompe celebrated the funerals of his father within the Towne of Brussels The Duke of Lorraine married with the yonger daughter of the French King stayed in Flaunders to heare what should be done by his Deputies before he passed into Spaine The K. of France to ioyne the Duke of Lorraine in alliance with him gaue him Claude his second daughter in mariage reseruing the elder for the cōclusion of peace The espousals were holden in Parris vpon the 5. of Februarie and about the 15. of the same month the Deputies changing place being furnished with large and ample instructions met at the castle of Cambresse king Phillip lying at Monts in Hanaut where the Cardinall of Lorraine went to visit him and after that the Duches Dowager Peace agreed vppon betweene two kings At this second meeting both of them seemed very vnwilling specially the Spaniards moued therevnto by newes out of Piedemont where the Frenchmen had lately receiued an ouerthrow But in the end after many arguments and conclusions they drewe vnto an agreement In the Tretie at Cercamp a marriage had beene spoken of betweene Charles Prince of Spaine and Elizabeth of France Now the Deputies perceiuing king Phillip to bee a Widdower and esteeming the alliance to bee stronger if hee espoused the Princesse which before should haue been giuen vnto his sonne they propounded that Article which to the good contentment of both the Kings was concluded and agreed vpon togither with the marriage of the Prince of Piedemont to the Ladie Margaret The King of France yeelded to the King of Spaine all that hee had taken from him both on this side and beyond the Mountaines also to the Prince of Piedemont la Bresse Sauoy and Piedemont except foure Townes to the Geneuois the Isle of Corse and Siene to the Duke of Florence retaining nothing but Callais without gaining a foote of any other land in all that long and daungerous war which had desolated so many Prouinces sacked burnt ouerthrowne so many Townes Bourges Villages and Castles been the death of so great a number of Princes Lords Gentlemen Captaines Souldiers Cittizens and Paisants caused so many rauishings and violatings of women and maids and in a word which had in a manner tormented all Europe so that in effect the king yeelded aboue two hundreth others write almost as many more places for the conquest whereof a sea of blood of his naturall subiects had been spent and shedde the treasures of the Realme consumed his lands ingaged and he indebted on all sides and which is woorse the fire beeing quenched vppon the borders not long after began within the middle of all his Realme and in euery place thereof as well is seene during the raignes of his three successors But these things are the vnsearchable and deepe iudgements of God which are not lawfull for vs to enter into but onely to worship and adore him that worketh all things with great wisedome with mercie towards his children and with most iust and fearefull vengeance against his enemies
Tombe for the Kinges of France Of person hee was a goodly Prince courteous milde The description of king Henry the second louing his seruaunts and men of valour Much addicted to his pleasures and to beleeue such as knewe how to please his humour who many times caused him to vse muche rigour which hee could not so soone discouer the ambition and auarice of certaine men that prouoked him forwarde were the principall causes of the continuance of warres which heretofore we haue noted specially after the breache of truce set lawes Iustice Offices and benefices to sale diued into and emptied the purses of French men by infinit exactions whereof ensued most great mischiefs The estate of France vnder this Prince Two great sinnes raigned in France during the time of this Prince that is Atheisme and Magicque Whereunto may be added the corruption of learning For that the knowledge thereof induced by King Francis the first chaunged into diuers wicked and curious mindes cause of all mischiefe specially in the forme and phrase of French Poets who in the raigne of Henry by their impure rimes filled with all maner of blasphemies conuerted an infinit number of soules These sinnes and others in great abundance still increased drawing vpon both litle and great within the Realme of France the straunge punishments which in the raignes of the successors to this Henry full well appeared Fiue sonnes and fiue daughters By Catherin de Medicis his wife married in Anno. 1533 he had fiue sonnes and fiue daughters The eldest Francis the second borne the 20. of Ianuary 1543. The second Lois the Duke of Orleans that died at the ende of certaine months The third Charles Maxemilian borne the 20. of Iune 1550. King after the death of his brother The 4. Edward Alexandre after King and called Henry the third born the 19. of September 1551. The fift Hercules after called Francis Duke of Alencon Aniou and Berri and Counte du Maine borne the 18. of March 1554. The eldest daughter was Elizabeth promised to Edward the sixt King of England but marryed to Phillip king of Spaine borne the 11. of Aprill 1545. The second Claude maried to Charles Duke of Lorraine bonre the 12. of Nouember 1547. The third Margaret married to Henry de Bourbon King of Nauarre borne the 14. of May 1552. The fourth and fift named Iane and Victoire borne at one burthen vpon the 24. of Iune 1556 and died presently after In this Historie you may behold the successe and estate of the successors to this Henry beeing his sonnes with the first whereof I meane to begin Heere endeth the troubles that happened in the raigne of Henry the second Francis the second M.D.LIX. The intent of King Henrie KING Henry by the counsell giuen him touching the rupture of the truce and by that which after ensued hauing somewhat discouered who and which they were that gaue him euill aduise concerning his estate was minded and fully resolued after the solemnization of the marriages to looke more particularly into such men therby to retaine some and send the rest vnto the places frō whence they came But the wrath of God lay vppon the Realme hauing striken the head pursued the members as heereafter it appeareth Francis the second yong in aduise The state of France vnder Francis the second The Nobilitie The Courtiers much more in yeares was wholly left to the gouernment of his mother and the vncles of his wife that ruled the land as you shal heare Part of the Nobilitie wearied with the troubles of so long warres desired nought but peace leauing all care of publike charges and casting their eyes vppon the surest side thereon to lay hold The Courtiers went which way the winde would blowe as touching the officers of Iustice most of them were friends or subiects vnto diuers Lords some good and vpright men yet resting in the Court of Parliament durst not almost proceed in any thing as beeing abashed at the suddaine blowe giuen vnto the chiefe and principall Court of Parliament the last Mercurialist The Ecclesiasticall persons The Ecclesiasticall persons held and accounted them for principall Pillers of the Church that were the greatest burners As touching the third estate the great charges and troubles of warres forepast had wholly bereaued them of al liuely feeling and moouing Two parties In the Court were two parts the one those that held with the Constable the other the Guisians The Princes of the blood had almost no care of the Common-wealth nor yet of their owne affaires The Queene-mother an Italian Florentine of the familie of Medicis and one that in 22. yeares wherin she had continued in France had some good time to knowe the humours both of the one and the other and behaued her selfe in such sort that shee onely ruled Those of Guise Which to attaine and desiring wholly to driue away the Constable whom shee did most suspect shee held on the other side and placed seruants about the King of Nauarre by them to know and vnderstand his minde Assoone as king Henry was deceased the Duke of Guise and the Cardinall of Lorraine led the King and his brethren with the Queenes vnto the Louure leauing the Prince of the Blood the Constable the Marshall the Admirall with diuers other knights of the Order and Lords that held with the Constable to attend vppon the dead body The beginning of the raigne of this young Prince promised much when suddainly they beheld Francis Oliuier a man of great reputation Francis Oliuier restored to be Chancellor restored againe vnto his place of Chauncellor that had been put out of the place by meanes of the Duches of Valentinois that wholly ruled the deceased king they were in further hope whē they perceiued this Duches to be wholly out of credit for that assoone as he was dead they caused her to yeeld vp the keyes of the kings closet with all his precious Iewels that then were giuen vnto the Queene Regent But this was onely a particular quarrell betweene women for in truth the Duches during king Henries life had been in all mens sight as Queen of France The Queen-mother that hated her extreamly was very glad to see her wholly dispoyled and driuen out of the Court contenting her selfe therewith not to leese the fauour of those of Guise who although they onely had their aduancement by the Duches meanes perceiuing her to bee as a rotten plancke left her to pleasure themselues another way They sent Bertrand from whom the seales were taken vnto Rome and tooke from d'Auancon the ruling of the Treasures Bertrand keeper of the Seales discharged of his office neuerthelesse hee continued still in the Court as beeing too well acquainted with their affaires and as yet it was not necessary to compell him to accept of any new partie The Marshall of S. Andre aduanced by the fauours of King Henry to whom he was a secret seruant and wholly
beeing sacked and put to the spoyle Nowhauen New-Hauen a Towne of great importance hauing beene brauely deliuered vnto the Prince by Vidame de Chartres Monsieur de Beauuoir and la Nocle his brother in lawe Vidame going into England meaning not to leaue the place vnprouided let the keeping thereof to one named Roquebrune to whom hee gaue commission to raise three hundreth men for the guard therof He presently went vnto the Cardinall of Lorraine and after to the King of Nauarre promising to deliuer New-Hauen vnto them and proceeded therewith vntill such time as he should haue executed his charge But the enterprise being discouered to Monsieur de Beaunoir he tooke speedie order for the reliefe thereof causing Roquebrune to loose his head Meane time Vidame dealt with the Queene of England to aide those of the religion vpon condition that for the securitie and safegard of her men she should haue the Towne of New-Hauen deliuered vnto her without any preiudice vnto the King or to the Realme whervpon 6000. English men were sent into Normandie whereof part were in Roane where they fought valiantly till the last man and if they had bene seconded the issue thereof would haue fallen out otherwise Some were put into Deepe the greatest part staying in New-Hauen vnder the conduct of the Earle of VVarwicke Roan being taken the Ringraue came before New-Hauen where the English men and Scots gaue him many a skirmish Many meanes were sought to corrupt Monsier de Beauuoir with promises of fiftie thousand crownes a coller of the order and a company of Lanciers But by no meanes he would consent to yeeld the Towne nor yet in any sort blemish his honour Touching Britaigne the Duke de Estampes Britaine a Gentleman of good and moderate nature behaued himselfe very indifferently with those of the religion as long as the Queene-mother seemed to hang in suspence But warres once kindled and his Nephew Sebastian de Luxembourg a cruell man if euer there were any in France being ioyned with him for assistant mutenous companiōs began to stirre in such sort that those of the Army of Triumuirat seemed to sette one vpon the other But yet those of the religion made good meanes to helpe themselues Nowe lette vs see what happened vnto the country of Guyene Guyenne during these first troubles The first of Aprill 1562. Monluc caused the towne of Fumel to bee vnwalled Threw downe certaine houses and sette them at a fine of three hundreth thousand frankes to bee payde vnto the widowe and Orphanes of Monsieur de Fumel not long before murthered by those of the Towne Those of the religion foreseeing the mischiefes that Monluc wold worke if he were not preuented desired Monsieur de Duras to stay in the Prouince where hee fonud great forces but hee excused himselfe by the commandement giuē him from the Prince to lead certaine forces to Orleans which was the means of most great miseries and cruell massacres that happened in that countrie Those of the religiō in Bourdeaux hauing let slip the means to get the Towne peaceably into their hāds while Burie Mōluc were absent that went about to erect their snares and to assure themselues they could no more attaine vnto it for that minding to assaye it once againe they found so many faint hearted people emong them that they were constrained to saue thēselues in Duras whereof the Parliament being informed caused their houses to be spoiled thrown downe threatning all such as they could lay hands vpon and among the rest two Ministers named Neufchastle and Grene. Monluc had his greatest quarrell against those of Agen Agen. who among diuers other enterprises of that Towne had surely been taken and spoyled by them had it not beene for the improuidence of Monsieur de Memy Generall for the warres for those of the religion in Guyenne and all the countrie adioyning wherein hee behaued himselfe with no great honour as beeing a man rather addicted to his studie then vnto armes which in the end made him loose his head vppon a Scaffold Burie and Monluc knowing with whom they had to deale sought diuers meanes to intrappe those of Argen and to the same end caused Captaine Charry to lye about the Towne but an Ambascado being set for him hee was put to flight leauing 45. of his men dead vpon the ground and fifteene prisoners Memy brought great forces into Agen but knowing not how to imploye them hee was forsaken by Arpaion and Marchastel who as then if hee would haue credited them could haue ouerthrowne Monluc who knowing his aduersaries weake conduction neuer ceased to giue him diuers alarmes About the end of three weekes Memies troupes hauing done no good in Agen departed and left their companies To the contrary Monluc ceased not to make diuers courses into the countrie constraining them to supply his want of victuals and munition his souldiers running to the gates of Agen and meeting with any of the religion they put a halter about his necke and if hee continued constant they put him to cruell death or else ransomed and then killed him And such as were but weake of faith after they had made them trot with them they constrained them to make the signe of the crosse to say an Aue Maria and to consesse and acknowledge the Masse to bee good yet they were not content there with but forced them to sweare and blaspheme God at the least fiue or sixe times togither which done they were accounted and holden for good and sufficient Catholikes in Monluc and Peyrot his sonnes opinions The seuenth of August those of Agen repulsed Captaine Bourg that kept a passage from them full of good prouision but hauing gotten the place their souldiers busied themselues about harkening after the sweet wines so that the next day againe du Rourg surprised and slewe sixtie of them dispearsing the rest whereof diuers passing the riuer dranke more water then the day before they had swallowed wine But the next day insuing they had their reuenge at Lerac where by certaine intelligence they slew eightie of Monlucs souldiers which notwithstanding within 4. daies after those of Agen perceiuing their towne to be weake issued out of the Towne all armed to the number of sixe hundreth men deliuering the keyes vnto the Consulles desiring them not to forget the great courtesie shewed vnto them by those of the religion when they were Maisters of the Towne Women of good account bare their children in their armes in a cradle vppon their heads or else carried them on their shoulders And in that sort hauing trauelled all night they found themselues to bee about seuen great leagues from Agen where they stayed for Duras that prouided for their securitie The next day those of Agen sought to kill and massacre such as they could intrappe Burie and Monluc presently came thither and after all the mooueables had been ceased vpon and borne away they ceased vpon the immcoueables