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A62222	New memoirs and characters of the two great brothers, the Duke of Bouillon and Mareschal Tvrenne written in French by James de Langlade, Baron of Saumières ; made English.; Mémoires de la vie de Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon, avec quelques particularitez de la vie et des moeurs de Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vte. de Turenne. English	Saumières, Jacques de Langlade, baron de, ca. 1620-1680.; King, William, 1663-1712.	1693 (1693)	Wing S740; ESTC R8529	68,371	157

Ambition would have no other Bounds but what he himself should prescribe it I ordered him further to acquaint Monsieur continued Cinqmars that in this Extremity I would advise him to secure the Spaniard that in case the King should die the Party he would find in France might have some Assistance from abroad by a Treaty which should be founded upon a general Peace and by this means they might secure themselves from the Designs of their common Enemy the Cardinal I am perswaded likewise added he that the most infallible means of ruining him if the King does not die is to dispose Monsieur to take Arms For I having a Correspondence with him which I will continue and seeing the King so often tired with this Ministry that he would willingly be delivered from it I will order it so that his Royal Highness shall not declare till there is so favourable a Conjuncture that I can infallibly make the King take a final Resolution against the Cardinal and I have made a Project for a Treaty with Spain which I will shew you Here the Duke of Bouillon interrupted him and told him he was desirous to explain himself to him in relation to the Spaniards That he was just come from under their Hands and that he was resolv'd not to get into them again That he had too many Proofs of their Breach of Trust and their Weakness that besides their Divisions among themselves were so great that it was impossible for 'em to carry on any considerable Design or that in the progress they should not ruine themselves by their Misunderstandings Cinqmars though surpriz'd to the utmost degree at finding the Duke of Bouillon so averse to a Treaty with Spain and seeing that in an affair of this consequence he had advanc'd too far towards one that would not enter into the same designs yet resum'd the Discourse without seeming at all concern'd He told the Duke of Bouillon that notwithstanding all these considerations it would still be much to their advantage that Monsieur should make a Treaty with the Spaniards because it would make him more considerable and that He having so much Power over him as he had would hinder him from making any use of it unless they should afterwards find it absolutely necessary After this re-entring upon what concern'd the Duke of Bouillon he assur'd him he had made his Peace with his Royal Highness and that he had so dispos'd him as to clear up those matters that he said he had reason to complain of That the first time his Highness should see him perhaps he would tell him the same Cinqmars concluded with remarking to the Duke of Bouillon how much he ought to rely on him since he had given him such Proofs of an entire Confidence That it was as much as his Life and Fortune was worth that this should be kept secret The Duke of Bouillon answer'd That he should have no occasion to repent that he would mention it to no Person breathing He requested the same Secrecy from him as to what related to the Treaty with Spain He ask'd if De Thou had any knowledge of these matters and Cinqmars telling him that he had never spoke to him about 'em the Duke of Bouillon promis'd him that he would never mention 'em to him and added farther that as for the Command in Italy he would think of it and having weigh'd the Advantages and Inconveniencies he would take his final Resolution and for the rest they might discourse at leisure We may judge by this whole Discourse of Cinqmars that the Duke of Bouillon retir'd with matter large enough to employ his Reason and his Fear He saw very well that the Ambition of Cinqmars and his hatred to the Cardinal might make him aggravate several things but then at the same time to pass a true judgment of his own Condition and the present State of the Court he would find very great probabilities for all that had been told him That which prest him most was what to determine about the employ in Italy the King having sent for him upon this account it was not likely he would be long without speaking to him of it should he accept it he had great reason to fear the Consequence but in the present Conjuncture of their Affairs there was more danger yet in refusing it and to prevent what might be fear'd upon his refusal if he should incline to that side he must secretly and with speed retire to Sedan as the only means to prevent his being Arrested This was all that Cinqmars and the Cardinals Enemies could desire to have him retire to Sedan and indeed to view only the first prospect of the thing the Duke of Bouillon might see in it both their common Advantages and his own Security but to search into the Effects of it he there must find his undoubted ruine Besides the Dutchess of Bouillon and his Children being at Turenne were sufficient Hostages for his Conduct In short having weigh'd all these things he went the next Morning to pay his Duty to the King and to see the Cardinal being resolved to receive the Proposal that should be made him as one surpriz'd but yet as if he were very well pleas'd at it The truth is and I have heard him say so several times that he was touch'd extreamly with the Glory to see himself sought to to Command a Royal Army six Months after the Battle of Sedan This thought alone was sufficient to determine him and without doubt it contributed much to his perswasion that Fortune and his good Conduct should supply all the rest However eight or ten Days pass'd without the breaking this Design to him whether the thing was not yet fully resolv'd on or because at this time the King was more indispos'd than ordinary This Prince had naturally his health but ill He was then so weak that his Physicians began to fear his Life and to tell this secretly to their Friends But as secrets of such consequence soon become publick Discourse the Rumour was spread every where that the King could not last much longer During the Expectation of so great a Turn every one made his own Reflections upon Publick Affairs and according to them regulated the Projects of their own particular Fortunes But this Conjuncture being the most nice and perilous that ever was known Fear and Distrust were encreas'd by the Danger so that the most daring Courtiers were afraid to consult together The Queen who had been persecuted by the Cardinal so many several ways was in very great Frights She doubted not but if the King should die this Minister would take her Children from her to get the Regency into his own hands and though these Thoughts were as so many mortal Blows to her yet they were not the ut most of her Fears Monsieur the Duke of Orleans who in several important Occasions of his Life had likewise felt the bloody Effects of the Cardinal's Hatred could not doubt

it Monsieur the Count came to him under pretence of seeing what they did The Duke of Bouillon having entertained him some time with the Discourse of their Affairs had no great difficulty to discover that some other Motive brought him thither He found his Mind so possess'd with the Thoughts of an Accommodation That though he was satisfied before of his proneness to change yet he was surpriz'd at it and could not forbear telling him so Monsieur the Count told him That since he parted to go to the Rendezvouze of Lamboy's Army he had receiv'd a Letter from the Duke of Longueville his Brother-in-Law which seem'd to open a Passage to a Negotiation between the Cardinal and him and judging that in this Conjuncture they had all the Reason in the World to fear the Difficulties which Lamboy's Approach might put them to he thought it was Prudence to let himself appear more irreconcileable than ordinary that he had sent a Gentleman that he could conside in to the Duke of Longueville and that till he was return'd he would endeavour to keep Lamboy on the other side the Meuse The Duke of Bouillon answer'd him That the making such a Proposal to Lamboy must be the Ruine of all their Affairs for having press'd him to the degree we have done What Reason have we says he to put the Change upon him so soon and so grosly it must be easie for him to see there can be no other cause but a Treaty with the Court and then it can't be doubted but he will retire and leave us expos'd to unavoidable Dangers That it was the Count's business to shew himself at the Head of an Army on the other side of the Meuse That then would be a proper Time and Place to consider what Proposals to make 'em And that this March alone would add a great Reputation to their Arms. Though these Reasons seem'd to the Duke of Bouillon to have made a deep Impression upon the Mind of the Prince yet to prevent any thing that might be apprehended from the wavering Condition that he saw him in Lamboy was no sooner arriv'd but he made him pass the Meuse with his Army In the interim it being the Nature of Irresolution which proceeds from Weakness to increase in proportion to the Instances that are made for a speedy Resolve Monsieur the Count was no sooner return'd to Sedan but he was more unresolv'd than ever In this Case he thought the Dutchess of Bouillon the most proper Person in the World to second his Intentions He went to find her and having reason'd with her upon the State of Affairs he oblig'd her to write to her Husband all that Prudence or Tenderness could possibly inspire her with and to send Chadirac one of his Secretaries in whom he had a great Confidence to endeavour at least to perswade him to let Lamboy's Army lie encamp'd under Sedan The Duke de Bouillon after having receiv'd the Letter and heard all that Chadirac had to lay before him answer'd him that he knew very well the danger they were in which in reality was augmented rather by the weakness of Monsieur the Count than the Power of the Cardinal That as to what related to his own particular he saw reason to be afraid of any accommodation that should be made without a Sword in their hands that it could not lay open to him the prospect of any Hopes nor leave him so much as any reasonable pretence of making any Demand that on the other hand it was not to be doubted but the Cardinal either sooner or later would be reveng'd of him for those Advantages which he must be forc'd to let Monsieur the Count have over Him But that if they could push things forward one lucky Event in the beginning of the Campagn would make all France take Arms and overturn the Cardinal 's whole Fortune That he had advice there were great Commotions in Guyenne and that the Favour that Cinqmars Master of the Horse was in at Court had already made Parties there that in short he should find greater Security and Advantages in pursuing the War than in any Peace could be made as things stood at present That besides as he had before told the Prince Lamboy would assuredly Retreat the very first moment that he saw him change his design not being able to attribute the Cause of it to any thing but an Accommodation with the Cardinal That this was an Argument beyond reply and sufficient to show that they must have nothing to do with new Projects Our Forces continued he when together are above ten thousand Men and the Marshal de Chatillon has not more There is nothing further then to be weigh'd either we must fight him or force him to retire Lamboy agreed with me in this when I made him resolve to advance towards his Entrance into France If we gain the Battle we have all before us And after having hazarded so much as I have done to serve the Interest of Monsieur the Count Victory may then give me leave to put forward my own Pretensions But if Fortune prove adverse to us we may at least gather this Advantage from our ill Success that our Retreat to Sedan and so great a Resistance as ours will be will show how far we are Imbark'd in these Affairs and then our Friends both in the Kingdom and without will think themselves oblig'd to hinder us from falling When the Duke de Bouillon had spoke thus to Chadirac he sent him back and order'd him to tell the Count that Lamboy's Troops had pass'd the Meuse before break of day and that as soon as he had join'd them and they were Encamp'd together he would come to him to concert their final Resolution In the mean time a Party the Duke had sent out brought him word that Marshal Chatillon had Decamp'd and some of the Prisoners that were taken affirm'd that his Design was to Post himself upon the Meuse near Sedan to hinder Lamboy's Passage After the Duke of Bouillon had receiv'd this Advice and had made Lamboy pass the River he went to find Monsieur the Count to acquaint him how things went and to let him understand that now without any further delay it was necessary to march up to Marshal Chatillon Monsieur the Count agreed with him and the Duke finding him so well dispos'd us'd all his endeavours to oblige him to tarry in Sedan He offer'd to leave him absolute Master there and told him that in the Progress of the War he would find other occasions enough to signalize his Courage but that at the beginning he ought above all things to preserve his own Person That as for himself supposing he should fall in the Fight it would be a great Consolation to him to know that He was in Safety and in a Condition to preserve his Wife and Children from being expos'd to the Vengeance of their common Enemies Monsieur the Count not only refus'd to tarry in Sedan but

to moderate that Pride and Vanity which for the most part attend Mens Bounty This Vertue which is not usual in old Age was so natural to him that even in latter years he bestow'd his money more liberally than ever In short under a Prince generous and Magnificent in an Age so proper to raise great Fortunes he died with much less Estate than he had received from his own Family One day when some of his Friends were talking with him concerning Riches Rallying and making comparisons on this Subject he told them that it was true that he could never comprehend the pleasure of keeping Chests full of Gold and Silver that for himself if at the years end he had any considerable sums remaining he should be as uneasy as if upon his return from a Feast he should have greater served up to him Being in the County of Marck in Germany Count Conismar Marshal de Conyre proposed to him a way of gaining 100000. Crowns in fifteen days by means of Contributions he answered smilingly that he was much obliged to him but after having met with several such occasions before without making any advantage of them he could not bring himself to alter his Conduct at that Age. All the care that he took of his own Person was only to avoid being a Sloven the rest depended on his Attendants not requiring from them either in his Personal Service or the ordering of his House any Care or Diligence so that at Court as well as in the Army one might often come into his Chamber without finding any Domestick to whom you might apply your self He looked over his Concerns always in gross but seldom entred into Particulars and he was troubled that People took notice that this Humour of his encreased as Affairs multiplied upon him He spoke generally with a loud Voice clear and strong but when he told any Secret though of the least Consequence he thought he could never speak low enough and the Opinion which Men had conceived of his Distrustfulness was so well grounded that he seldom could be reconciled to himself for having made a Confident He was indefatigable both in Mind and Body his Health after he was 40 was never interrupted but by one Fever of 8 or 10 days continuance and by some small Fits of the Gout a little before his Death In Affairs of Consequence whether easie or difficult he still acted with the same Vigilance never presuming on or despairing of Success yet more ready always to take superfluous Praecautions than omit any that were necessary He never spared his own Labour though he did that of other Men as much as the Service in hand would permit him He had always great Designs and all his Projects of War were founded upon extraordinary Prudence and a Foresight that looked very far But when by Chance and the Necessity of things he was obliged to commit himself to Fortune he gave himself up to it with all the Gaiety and Boldness of a young Soldier Those that serv'd under him never knew of his Designs till the very moment they were to Act them He was more able than any Man in the World to ruine an Enemy's Army though much inferiour to it and to conclude a Campagne with Advantage though there was all the Reason in the World to be afraid of its Success In the beginning of the day of a great Battle there was nothing extraordinary to be remarked in him but in such proportion as the Affair proceeded and became more difficult you might see him as it were exalted and providing for every thing with a Freedom of Mind and Steadiness of Conduct which few Men are Masters of in Dangers of long Continuance However he was timerous at Court and in his Conversation and no very expert Manager of his common Concerns There was likewise a remarkable Change to be seen in his Air and Behaviour the moment that he came into an Army he charmed every Body by a way of living gay and easie He never shut himself up for Business his Doors being always open nor was there any Mark of Ostentation or Pride in his Words or Actions but when he was reduced by Peace to a Private Life that Suspension of true Glory which he always found in War left some place in his Heart for the movements of another Glory not so real which rendered his Access more difficult even to his best Friends The Power of a Favourite made some Impression on his Mind but whether retained by his own Glory or Fear of what might follow he always preferr'd his Liberty to the Dependencies which might advance his Fortune and prudently keeping such Measures as were agreeable to the Posts that Men were in He pass'd the most difficult Times without any particular Tye or Engagement He stood upon his own Bottom and spoke with the Liberty and Boldness of an honest Man when-ever he thought it necessary to his own Glory or his Master's Service After he had gained the Battle of Dules and taken Dunkirk the Cardidal Mazarine ardently desired that he might attribute the Glory of these two great Actions to himself he would have had the Viscount Turenne to write him a Letter which should in effect declare that they were owing to him alone who had thought of and projected all things in his Closet and they had done nothing but precisely executed his Orders Perhaps there never appeared in this Minister any Passion more eager than upon this Encounter He committed the Affair to the Count de Moret a Gentleman of very good Sence great Merit his Favourite and an intimate Friend of the Viscount Turenne The Court was then at Calais and the Viscount Turenne near Dunkirk The Count de Moret went two or three times to him under other Pretences but in Reality upon this Account only Moret endeavoured all he could to divert the Cardinal from a Thought which agreed so little with his Condition and Character He omitted nothing likewise which he thought might induce the Viscount de Turenne to compound for the Complaisance which he desired of him upon this Occasion he among the Difficulties of a Negotiation so well intended which did not succeed thought himself at last obliged to tell the Viscount de Turenne plainly That he had Reason to fear that an absolute Refusal would have very disadvantageous Effects upon his Fortune since upon the first Scruples which he had made the Cardinal shewed himself to be very much exasperated The Viscount Turenne who could not be moved by Hopes neither was so by Fears he always answered as he had done already That the Cardinal might put into History any thing that might flatter his Ambition and make Posterity believe that he was a great Captain but as for his own part he would never be reproached with having given him a Title to Authorize a thing so contrary to his Honour and the Truth Almost at this very time the King fell sick at Calais and was so ill that he

doing it would be to intermeddle with Cinqmars his Conduct That if the Cardinal and Cinqmars were private Persons then he should make no scruple of declaring for Cinqmars but that he could look upon neither of them in such a respect not the Cardinal by reason of his quality as first Minister nor Cinqmars as being the King 's profest Favourite De Thou promis'd the Duke of Bouillon to manage things so that Cinqmars his good inclinations towards him should not be in the least alter'd And indeed the Duke of Bouillon meeting him next day in the King's Apartment he found an opportunity to tell him that there was nothing he design'd more passionately than his Friendship but that he had pray'd Monsieur de Thou to tell him that he would never ask it till he had merited it by some considerable Service The Duke of Bouillon answer'd him with a general Complement and for the rest refer'd him to what Monsieur de Thou would say in his behalf When the Duke of Bouillon went to Nesle he sent the Dutchess his Lady and his Children to Paris to tarry for him there with a design not to go thither till the King went But seeing that he would remain some time in Picardy the Duke of Bouillon staid but ten or twelve Days hasten'd by the Season to make his Journey into Guyenne and indeed hasten'd more by his desire to quit the Court judging that as he saw things stand it was prudence in him to make no long stay there After taking leave of the King and Cardinal he went to bid Cinqmars adieu who renew'd to him all the Protestations he had already made and told him that when any thing which he ought to be inform'd of should come to his Knowledge he would apply himself to De Thou to acquaint him with it The Duke told him that if he would take this pains he could not Communicate to any Man better nor in whom he plac'd a more entire Confidence than in Monsieur de Thou They parted in this manner that is very kindly but without entring upon any thing particular Cinqmars was very well Shap'd and very Amiable He had Courage a Sprightly Wit Bold Capable of great Undertakings and patient in his pursuing them with great Art and much Application But being no more than one and twenty he wanted Experience besides he was Untractable and Presumptuous which are generally the inseparable faults of Fortune and Youth And these faults are so much the more dangerous because presumption engages them in rash Actions and refusing to be advis'd hinders their abandonning ' em So Cinqmars what Remonstrances soever his Friends could make he could never overcome the Hatred he had conceived for the Cardinal If he had only been capable of moderating it could he but have subdued it before the King there had been no Greatness to which in time he might not have pretended considering the violent Inclinations of his Master towards him and the Age and Indisposition of the Cardinal But in short it was impossible for him to manage these two Points with a Conduct that should be lasting whether 't was by the Fatality of his Destiny or because Men are not yet arriv'd to that Pitch of Wisdom to know when to stop the Career of their Fortune so as to be able to fix it But whatever Impatience Cinqmars might have for advancing his Fortune yet he could not relinquish the Pursuit of his own Pleasures and that inconquerable Aversion he had for those of the King for this Prince being inclin'd to Piety he us'd to seek his Recreations in some innocent Amuzements so that what pleased and diverted him overwhelm'd his Favourite with Melancholy and Uneasiness The Abbot de Beaumont then in the Cardinal's Service since Praeceptor to the King and Archbishop of Paris has told me That one day his Master having sent him to Cinqmars to acquaint him that the King was very much incens'd against him he found him in his Chamber with Tears in his Eyes bewailing his Destiny He said several times he had rather renounce all than endure that Life any longer which the King made him lead In short he was in such violent Passions that Beaumont was scarce able to let him understand that the King 's whole Discontent proceeded from this That upon his Return from the Chase of Blereau he seem'd so weary that he could not stay a moment in the King's Apartment who was retir'd into his Closet on purpose to call him only to him The Cardinal in the beginning took care of Cinqmars's Conduct He had in some measure promoted his Fortune for the Friendship he had with Mareschal de Fiat his Father who ow'd his Fortune to him but perhaps it might he because he knew the Place of Favourite could not be void and seeing the great Inclination the King had to Cinqmars he might think it better to follow than oppose it At the Return of the Court from Picardy Cinqmars desired of the King to make him of the Council He thought the Cardinal could have no Pretence to oppose him in this since he could not be ignorant that the King gave him an account of every thing that pass'd there though the most secret and most important When the King first made the Proposal the Cardinal was so far transported as to say That it was enough to make his Affairs despicable in foreign Countries to let it be seen that so small a Head-piece as Cinqmars should have any part in them Afterwards he sent for him and told him himself what he had said to the King to which he added some things so offensive that Cinqmars raging with Grief flew from him like one distracted Some few days after upon the Cardinal 's being inform'd that Cinqmars was in Love with the Princess Mary and that he had Thoughts of marrying Her he raillied upon it very smartly and said He could not believe this Princess would so far forget her Birth as to debase her self to so mean a Companion These Discourses being told Cinqmars rais'd his Hatred of Cardinal to the highest Pitch But these Encounters made no Noise then because the Cardinal believ'd it his Interest not to let these aspiring Thoughts of Cinqmars be seen and the Troubles he created him and Cinqmars did not think it proper for him to reveal to any Person the Discourse which he had with the Cardinal and the Treatments which he had received from him Whilst these things pass'd between the Cardinal and Cinqmars the Duke of Bouillon took his Journey into Guyenne Passing by Orleans Chance would have it that he should meet the Duke of Orleans The Duke of Bouillon would have avoided him knowing that he had often express'd the Hatred he had for him It was grounded upon this That at the time this Prince was retired to Brussels he had often endeavoured to bring the Duke of Bouillon to his Party without having ever been able to engage him in it However he receiv'd him very

where they were raising a Battery He received the blow in the midst of his Heart at the same instant that he stopt his Horse to speak to Saint Hilaire Lieutenant of the Artillery Saint Hilaire had one Arm carried away at the same time and said a thing very remarkable to two of his Sons who wept to see him in that Condition Alas Children said he you ought not to weep for me but this Great Man shewing them the Viscount Turenne which is the most irreparable Loss that France has ever suffered Perhaps there was never seen any Example of a Grief which was so great and general at the same time and I cannot think that of the Roman People after the Death of Marcellus Germanicus or Titus could be compared to the Condition France was in upon this Occasion Especially it 's impossible to express the Concern of the Soldiers It appeared for several days together after his Death to be very fresh and moving Those who commanded the Army having caused a Halt to be made to hold a Council what way they should take the Soldiers concerned to see the Delay of their Resolutions began to say aloud and with one Voice They have nothing to do but to let la Pie which was an Excellent Horse known by the whole Army and one that the Viscount Turenne generally mounted go loose and where the poor Creature stops let them encamp there In the distant Provinces where this Prince was scarce known but by his Reputation the News of his Death made a very surprizing Impression the Nobility and People for several days together could speak of nothing else but the Greatness of their Loss Many bewailed him without having ever seen him Some excited to this Grief by the Memory of his Actions others in Consideration of the Services which he might still have rendered them and all in general as being sensible of the extraordinary Misfortune by which so Great a Man came to his End At Paris and the Countries thereabouts and particularly upon the Frontiers which were the Seat of War the Passion was more touching and lively because they knew him better and were used to see him come back every Winter with a new Load of Glory In short it seemed as if his Loss had been the entire Defeat of an Army or that each private Person in the whole Kingdom had lost their best Friend or their whole Fortune Since in his Life-time there came out a Comparison between Him and Caesar I think I may Remark That as the small Agreement that there is between a Monarchy and a Republick made them tread different Paths to Glory so their Deaths bore no greater Resemblance Caesar was assassinated in the time of Peace by his own Citizens whom he had oppressed and the Viscount Turenne lost his Life in War with his Arms in his hand beloved by all the World and serving his King and Countrey without any other Interest than that of Glory and the Performance of his Duty He began to appear in the Reign of Lewis the XIII th and being upheld by his Merit and Quality he pass'd without Favour or Disgrace all the time that Cardinal Richlieu was Master of Affairs Under Cardinal Mazarine's Ministry Fortune used him variously but for the last 20 Years of his Life he had no Reason to complain of her He found a thousand Occasions of gaining such a Glory as will be immortalized by all the Histories of Europe and he esteem'd himself so much the happier in living under a King who had all the Qualities desireable in a Master and who treated him with such Confidence and Esteem that he might love him as a Friend I leave it to such as write his History to say how far he extended the King's Conquests in the last War and what his Thoughts were touching the Affairs in Germany No one knew certainly what the Motives were that made him take so long and difficult a March to seize that Post where he was slain all we can learn is that some hours before his Death he had promised himself great Advantages from this last Action of his Life and he was so far from all Presumption that when he began to think well of his own Undertakings other People might take his Hopes for an entire Certainty of a happy Success so that if those who were at the Head of the Army after his Death have deserved Rewards and Praises the Viscount Turenne being no less above them in his great Knowledge of War than by his Quality of General We have Reason to think that the Event of a Design which he had so long before premeditated would have been much more Great and more Glorious FINIS Books Printed for and Sold by Thomas Bennet at the Half-Moon in St. Paul's Church-Yard FOLIO'S A Thenae Oxonienses Or an exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the University of Oxford from 1500. to the end of 1690. 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