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The disorders of love truly expressed in the unfortunate amours of Givry with Mademoiselle de Guise / made English from the French.; Désordres de l'amour. English
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Villedieu, Madame de, d. 1683.
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to that danger and had he believed it would have taken effect he had certainly made some rash attempt for the recovery of the Box. But being as witty as he was amorous he came to a resolution to think no more of that accident when News was brought him that a Trumpet from the Duke of Mayenne desired to speak with him and brought with him a Box very like his The Box indeed was in truth the very same he had lost and when the Trumpeter delivered it him he told him That the Holy League intended not to manage any intrigue of Gallantry that they had without scruple made use of such pieces of his Equipage as might be serviceable for Religion and the Publick Good But conceiving Love-Letters useless for advancement of those ends they had faithfully sent him back all those that belong'd to him Givry smil'd at the irony of the Complement and having told the Trumpet that the hearts of Heroes were large enough to entertain at once the thoughts of love and of War he dismist him with a present and lock'd himself up to peruse his Letters again but was extremely surpriz'd to find on a fold of the first Letter he look'd upon Verses written in an unknown Character a Copy whereof follows Although the tenderness of love Insensibly the sense improve And lovers need a quick and tender sense To raise their love above indifference Yet oft poor Lovers ravishing sweets do prove Effects of humour not of love Givry very desirous to know what to apply this Maxim to opened the Letter which was to this effect Madam de Maugiron's Letter to Givry NO Givry I shall never be pleased with you while I find you fully perswaded I am so You are diligent faithful and passionate But an entire confidence agrees not with the fineness and delicacy of my affection and perfect love expects so much duty that he is a stranger to it who thinks he has fully performed it It must be your part to render your self a little more capable of fear it shall be my care to revive your courage and settle your confidence It is not my desire you should be ignorant of your happiness but that I should by degrees convince you of it as I please and not find you convinced of it already When Givry opened this Letter he did did it rather of curiosity to see whether the Verses had been written there by chance than out of any suspicion they contained a censure of the Letter He lov'd Madam Maugiron too well to impute her affection to meer humour or fancy or to think her humour predominant over her love but comparing the sense of the Verses with that of the Letter he thought it not so altogether exempt from being subject to blame as he had formerly believ'd it He asked himself whether it savoured not more of humour than love to declare ones self unsatisfied with a person who in the same period is acknowledged constant diligent faithful and passionately in love He did not yet give sentence in favour of the Verses but the defence he made for his Mistress against them was very weak And tumbling over the rest of the Papers in the Box he found on another Letter these Verses Think not by long Discourses to express Your passions height or tenderness That love that grief the greater is Which in the heart close Pris'ner lies Givry reproach'd himself as guilty of unfaithfulness to his Mistress for passing so favourable a judgment of these Maxims as he did but notwithstanding this reproaah he searched for more of them and was glad when he found them Upon a Letter where Madam Maugiron applauded her self for the choice of her love he found written Such is love's mighty influence It spoils the judgment and corrupts the sense That often we enamour'd are Indifferently of foul and fair Happy the man who by that power mov'd Loves only what is worthy to be lov'd And is reputed wise for loving that Which the strong impulse of his fate Not his discretion did incline him to 'T is not by Choice but Chance we woe To another Letter containing many fantastical reproaches there was added When the kind fates for Lovers choose The hour each other to enjoy Who would the pretious minutes loose In fruitless railing them t' imploy The Verses on the former Letters had only perswaded Givry that Madam Maugiron's Letters were liable to censure but these last carried his reflections a little further he fancied he had discovered a Lady in love who made her advantages of all the innocent pleasures of it and reduced all the mysteries and intrigues of it under the severity of rules and exactness of Laws And representing to himself the good fortune of a man who could affect a heart of that Character he could hardly forbear envying his happiness and permitting himself that moment to be perswaded that Madam Maugiron was not the sole person in the world capable to make him happy Givry was then at Amboise where part of the Troops under his Command were quartered The Marquess de Bellegard Master of the Horse to the King in his return from the Army at Soulogne past through that Town partly to see Givry They were intimate friends and had no reserve for each other Givry acquainted him with the adventure of the Box which they sent for that they might view it together the Marquess de Bellegard had scarce cast his Eye on the Character of the Verses but he thought he knew it and told his Friend he was very much mistaken if it was not the hand of Mademoiselle de Guise Of Mademoiselle de Guise says Givry Yes replies the Master of the Horse I knew at Piemont where I was bred with my Unele a Daughter of the Baron de Vins whom he married and to whom Mademoiselle de Guise writ very often I have seen some of those Letters and dare swear the Verses you have shewed me were written by the same hand Givry was a great admirer of Mademoiselle de Guise when a Child and easily imagin'd what a height of perfection her Charms were by this time arriv'd to And what sweeter temptation for a man of one and twenty years of age than to see a great and beautiful Princess begin to him in Gallantry and encourage him to come on by advancing first towards him He asked the Marquess what he thought of the meaning of those Verses whether without vanity he might not look on them as a favour and expect a good issue What good can you expest from them answer'd the Marquess a person engaged as you are should rather fear than wish for good fortune in this kind there is nothing more trouble some nor can the pleasure be great which is deriv'd from a happiness that reaches not the heart Do you think then reply'd Givry that favourable prevention from Mademoiselle de Guise cannot reach my heart I believe you in love with Madam Maugiron answered the Marquess and were I so
Servant of the House of Guise I know not whether fare will permit you to assure them thus much but if it be in your power I conjure you to do it and particularly to tell Mademoiselle de Guise that the duty which retains me on the Kings side is no small Chain upon my affection that all I do is more liable to complaint than blame and that if she could read what is written in my heart she should discover there more respect and more zeal for her than the Troops of the League shall find contrary appearances in my Actions Though the Baron had used all his endeavours to seduce Givry and in the first transports of his affection for the League was displeas'd with him for being so firm to the royal interest he could not forbear esteeming him the more for it He embraced him with a great deal of kindness and promised to do him all the good Offices he could Givry having thank'd him took his leave and went to take possession of the Charge the King had given him of Camp-master General of the Light-horse of France The Kings Army made great progress this Campagne the King of Navarre in whom the King began to place the confidence he ought had inspir'd him with a desire to fight in the head of his Troops and the two Kings having join'd Forces at Soulogne the place of general Rendezvous led them along the Loire where they found not one Town in Rebellion but it submitted to them The King took Gergeau Gien La Chaute and made himself Master of all the Bridges above and below Ordeaus Piviers Estampes and Dourdan had the like fate And the Kings having past the Seyne at Poissybridge were met there by the Duke de Montpensier who led their Forces from Normandy and by the Sieur de Harlay-sancy who had made brave Levies in Switzerland The Kings Army being thus put into the condition he wish'd it for besieging of Paris he laid Siege to it in July 1589. Givry in former Sieges had given signal proof of his Courage and good Conduct Not a Sally had been made but he bravely repulsed he had cut of all succours and got the advantage in all Skirmishes that hapned the safety of the Army depended on his care The King of Navarr charmed by so many brave Actions and seeing Givry's Person as amiable as his name was illustrious honoured him with a particular kindness and till a more considerable Government should fall procured him that of Brie Givry was scarce in possession of it when he surpriz'd six thousand Bushels of Corn which they endeavoured to convey into Paris by the help of a counterfeit Pass Givry caus'd it to be seiz'd at Pont de Samois and was giving orders for carrying it to Corbeil where the Kings Magazin was but having cast his Eyes on the Man who had the Convoy in charge he thought he knew him an Officer of the late Duke de Guise He was not mistaken The Man being a principal Officer of the Dukes Houshold and knowing Givry Is it possible says he that you should hinder the carrying this Corn into Paris and that a Person so dear to the late Duke my Master should reduce the Princess his Wife and the Princess his Daughter to the danger of being in want How in want says Givry in great heat are those Ladies exposed to share the miseries of the people Yes doubtless says the Master of the Convoy and the Duke de Mayenne to let the besieged see they suffer no more than he does hath made so small a reserve of Corn for himself that all his House and particularly that of Madam de Guise was upon the point of being in want when I left them They shall not want it reply's Givry and you may assure Madam and Mademoiselle de Guise that they shall never receive from me any Personal displeasure With that consulting only his growing passion he made him a good Pass and gave him a Guard to bring him without danger to the first Retrenchments This Action was too publick not to be discovered The King was informed of it And those who envy'd the merit of Givry represented it as much to his disadvantage as possible it was really of great importance Upon the reducing or resistance of Paris depended absolutely the Peace or the War That Town was the seat and support of the Rebellion To take Paris from the League was to blow up the very Foundations of the League and to send in thither the least refreshment could not but appear a Crime highly punishable And some Prisoners taken at a Sally informed that if that Convoy had been staid one day longer the Citizens were resolved to open their Gates that it was not in the Duke of Mayenne's power to keep them longer from doing it and that nothing but the sight of that Corn and promises of more to be brought in the same way could have appeased the people This Circumstance so highly aggravated Givry's fault that the King was in extreme wrath against him which the credit of all his Friends could not appease so that the King of Navarr was forced to send for him to come in Person to justifie himself His excuse had been excellent had he been to clear himself before the King of Navarre from whom all faults of Love had their pardon of course But besides that the King was not of that temper Givry could not resolve to lay open his folly and made so pitiful a defence that his best Friends and Protectors were ready to condemn him The King of Navarre sent him word of it and having told him from the King That he must justifie himself better or stand convicted of Intelligence with the Enemy he let him know there was no mean to be found betwixt these extremes so that Givry was forced to make the King of Navarre a clear confession of the secret motive of his Fault This Prince who feared to find Givry more criminal was mightily pleased with the Relation and running to inform the King of the truth perswaded him the fault was pardonable in a young Man and that in case he could be more circumspect for the future this first fault deserved only a reprimand The King gave him a very severe one and it was the last from the Mouth of that poor Prince who was traiterously assassainated on the morrow On this lamentable occasion Givry exprest his real ackowledgements of those markes of esteem he had received from the King of Navarre He was the first that saluted him King of France and perswaded the Marquess de Bellegard and several others to do the like and exprest so much constancy and resolution against those who would not joyn with him that it may be truly affirm'd the new King received from him the establishment and tranquillity of the beginning of his Reign Not but that the Crown did of right belong to him but that the Law had declared him incapable upon the account of his