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A52617	The history of the affairs of Europe in this present age, but more particularly of the republick of Venice written in Italian by Battista Nani ... ; Englished by Sir Robert Honywood, Knight.; Historia della republica Veneta. English	Nani, Battista, 1616-1678.; Honywood, Robert, Sir, 1601-1686.	1673 (1673)	Wing N151; ESTC R5493	641,123	610

touched to the quick with the Swedes Army and France feared some imminent change within it self The King had in the end of September by a great sickness at Lyons run the hazard of death whereupon the Cardinal seeing by the aversion of the two Queens and of Orleans a furious storm coming upon him thought to compose Affairs abroad hoping that if the King recovered that he should not want means to overturn all that which had been agreed He had not for all that abandoned the care of the War of Italy for the Army under the Mareshals de la Force and Schiomberg augmented to the number of six and twenty thousand Foot and three thousand Horse with Victuals for fifteen days near the expiration of the Truce marched to bring succours into the Citadel of Casal Vittorio was not displeased that it should succeed believing that with the falling of that place into the hands of the Spaniard the Peace might be made more difficult and Colaeltoes judgment and Commission were differing the Emperour desiring that he might make use of those Troops against the Swedes that by all means the Peace should be made Both therefore gave way that the French Army crossing the Po should pass securely through Piedmont although the Duke afar off with some Horse marched on its side But the French pursuing their march without dispute there arrives a Currier from Ratisbone which by the advice of the Peace put the Mareshals into great perplexity whether by advancing they should break the accord or rather halting lose the Army for hunger in the bowels of the Enemies Country They resolved at last to go on for the securing the Citadel for which the Peace of Ratisbone had not sufficiently provided hoping with their appearance to bring the Spaniards to some more reasonable agreement Nor did that thought deceive them for Sainte croix in a fright sends Mazarine to meet them offering to receive the Articles of Ratisbone and besides furnish Victuals to the Citadel for the six weeks within which Carlo was to receive investiture The French perceiving the fright the Marquess was in hoping by pressing of him to draw him to better conditions pretended that he with his Army should retire out of the Town the Castle and all Monferrat So that marching resolutely forwards they presented themselves before Casal where the Spanish Army stood within their infranchment and Colalto was come thither also who to poise things equally had formerly denied the Marquess assistance but now would not suffer that the French should totally prevail They on the other side of the Gattola a very small stream put themselves in Battel and with Troops well in order after having repulsed certain Polish Cavalry which came forth to discover marched a round pace to assault the Trenches But Mazarine taking advantage from the consternation of the Spanish Chiefs and magnifying the Forces and gallantry of enemy Troops perswaded them to consent hastily to the condition of going out of the Town Lo then he coming out of the Trenches and with his hat and his hand making a sign to the Troops to make a stand being brought to the Mareshals concludes the Agreement upon the Field in which the Armies were in a moment seen to pass from fighting to peaceable meetings and from animosities to civilities The Conditions were That the Spaniards going immediately out of Casal and the Monferrat the Posts should be consigned in token of honour to the Emperour to one of his Commissioners who for that purpose should remain in Casal with his Family only but in ought else but carrying the name was not to meddle He afterwards the term prefixed for the investiture being expired was to depart and the French Garrisons likewise were then presently to go out of the Citadel and those of the Country to go in The accord was no sooner concluded but Thoiras comes forth honoured already by the King with the Title of Mareshal of France and was received with the acclamations of all the Army Nor did the Spaniards delay to go out of it Casal remaining betwixt the two Armies after having defloured the glory of two great Captains equally desired by him that saved it and by him that lost it Hereupon grew some delays in the execution of the Treaty because the French scarce gone twenty miles cast into it fifteen hundred Foot and five hundred Horse upon pretence that the Inhabitants were not sufficient to defend it whilst the Spaniards lodging near might attempt to retake it But Sainte Croix highly offended repossesses Fontestura and some other Posts blocking the place which was quickly like to fall into its first languishing because the universal scarcity of the Country had not afforded means to furnish it but scantily with Victuals Mazarine was hereupon obliged though by the conceit that in his Negotiations he had advantaged the French he was become distrusted by the Austrians to take the business in hand again and at the end of five and twenty days he had the success to concert anew the reciprocal abandoning of the Posts But after this retreat the Spaniards remaining armed on the Frontiers of Milan the French Chiefs who had made a halt prone to suspicions or pretexts send thither five hundred Switzers as of a Nation free and indifferent They being of those that bore arms in their Army Santa Croix taking it for a relapse and breach of the Treaty advances with Gallus who Colalto being gone and dead in Coira commanded the German Troops in Italy to take again the Posts The Pope's Ministers being gone the Ambassador Soranzo who in his return home was come with the French Army as far as Casal undertook the mediation by which the going forth of the Switzers being consented the Armies at last on both sides went further off There remained in the place the Duke of Main with the Commissary of Ferdinand and the Garrison of the Monserrins to which in Carlo's poverty France supplied The Peace then of Ratisbone was in this manner executed in the Monserrat notwithstanding that at the same time France blamed it for as much as the King being recovered and returned to Paris it was so far that the contrivances framed by Queen-Mother had any force against the Cardinal that he rather found himself no less by his cunning Arts than by his so glorious Undertakings advanced to a greater height in the favour of King Lewis The favours of Princes resembling a dangerous Voyage at Sea that either brings Shipwrack or Wealth Richelieu having scaped the rocks and snares became exalted with Praises Honours and Riches The Queen being made so much the more impatient broke forth at last into an open pressing of the King that he would put him out of the Government and Court But by such Arts she confirmed him in place of ruining him because Lewis jealous of his own Authority and affections feigning as then if not to satisfie her at least not to neglect her retiring himself afterwards for some days

made a terrour to the Protestants and a horrour to the Catholicks to the great reproach of Tilli who seemed as is usual to those that are accustomed to good Fortune to grow cruel in seeing himself abandoned to a contrariety At last after reciprocal and various successes of no great moment whilst Saxe armed Tilli to assure himself of his ends demands of him an Union Passages and Quarters and the Elector not complying with him he enters into Misnia to fright him and having taken some Towns attacques Leipzich that refused to receive his Garrison The City being of a large circuit and weak Walls after two days yields But Saxe thus provoked joyns presently the Swedes with his Army of twelve thousand men Gustavus judged that to maintain credit and his conquests it behoved him to pursue some new designs and without giving the Enemy time to unite and augment his Forces to joyn Battel with him under the favour of his Reputation and Fortune Nor could the Armies being too near Tilli refuse it for to retire would put him upon disadvantage and dishonour and the King following him would have disordered him and beaten him without hazard The Armies then faced one another near Leipzich equal in valour and number commanded by two Chiefs that in actions of War had little inequality save in the dignity The Armies ranged themselves into a very long Line upon a situation almost plain a little rising ground interposing Among the Imperialists Tilli commanded in the middle Firstemburg on the right and Papenheim on the left hand Of the Swedes the King took the right Wing and Saxe with his men had the care of the left In the Reer of the one and the other stood some Troops of reserve Tilli with the skill of an experienced Captain had chosen the advantage of the Sun and Wind but the King with an Art not at all-inferior partly by protracting the time of the Battel and partly by wrying his order as he charged the Enemy got it in a great measure to himself With a soft pace then and in great order upon the 7. day of September the Troops advance to the Battel the Cannon on both sides by incessant shooting doing considerable hurt but most to the Swedes who nevertheless immoveable kept their order waiting for the sign to give on The King at last gave the command to charge and it was no sooner given but the Troops on both sides were seen to be mingled and disordered The lives of so many warlike men were now placed upon the points of their Swords courage was encreased by blows the wounded appeared in heaps and the dead bodies were piled up a great height in the Field In the heat of the Fight the Chiefs themselves were ingaged in the Battel equalizing fortune and dangers The Victory it seemed was uncertain when after about an hours doubtful conflict the right Wing of the Austrians broke and dispersed the Saxons left But the King after many Charges pierced into and disordered the left of Papenheim in such sort that finding no more resistance he had the liberty causing the Troops of reserve to march to go himself with fury to the assistance of the Saxons and charge the Imperialists with so much heat that they quit the Field And now there was no longer fighting but slaughter and running away till night coming on the Conquerors then first ceased to pursue and the conquered to fly Tilli with many wounds but very few Souldiers retires into Hall The report was that the number of the dead amounted to fifteen thousand the rest were dispersed leaving to the Swedes the Field and the glory with the Cannon and the Baggage After so signal a Victory Germany was divided as it were for a prey betwixt the King and Saxony The Saxe chose Bohemia with the Provinces adjacent leaving the rest to the King It was no ill grounded opinion that if the Army in a Body had advanced directly towards the patrimonial Countries of the Austrians it would have found no resistance for that confusion and fear subverting Councils the speed of the Enemy would not have given time for redress or defence But Leipzich being recovered while the Elector takes in Eyra and Prague with almost all the Kingdom of Bohemia the King bends towards Vpper Germany and travelling rather than fighting with a carreer of prosperity possesses himself of Franconia and of the Lower Palatinate with the Countries of the Elector of Mentz and so many other places along the Rhyne and elsewhere that it almost appeared that Fame had used less speed in publishing the success than the King in subduing the Countries He now sends to Venice Lewis Christophoro Ratshio Cavalier his Ambassador extraordinary to communicate his advantages and designs tending to the relief of the oppressed to the liberty of Germany and the humbling of the Austrians whereupon having it in his power to advance the peace and security of Italy he demanded money and assistance The Senate honouring in officious terms the prosperity of that Prince condescended not to ought else but to call to memory the much which the Republick had contributed to the liberty and honour of Italy over which not without care and charge it was no less vigilant at present The discourses of the felicity of these Armies passing to this side of the Mountains troubled with no small fears the minds of many and in particular of the Court of Rome who very unwillingly saw a King supported by great Forces and so great fortune draw near to Italy where perhaps he might find no fewer invitations than pretexts Apprehensions were increased from Nature and from Chance for the Mount Vesuvius which with its burnings had it seems formerly presaged either the inundations of people or the grievous calamities of Italy cast up flames with such violence and astonishment that the City of Naples was afraid either to be swallowed in the Earthquake or to be buried in the ashes The shaking overturned houses stopped the course of Rivers repulsed the Sea tossed and opened the Mountains In sum there were evaporated by contrary and hideous effects Waters Flames and Ashes by which some neighbouring places did not only remain covered but it was doubted lest the respiration of the air being taken away that whole people might be suffocated But Heaven being appeased by publick penitencies the groans of an innumerable multitude being every where heard such a wind arose from the contrary quarter as carried them to fall beyond the Sea as far as Cataro and other places of Albania and Dalmatia The sulphureous aliment being at last consumed in the bowels of the earth the fire extinguished But Germany amidst the fears of Italy experiencing with strange vicissitudes more sensible mischiefs the prosperity of the Emperour which a little while ago threatned the Hereticks could not now serve the Catholicks for a support or countenance because from the highest mountain of divine judgments was let loose that stone which makes the strongest of

re-united themselves and the Chiefs receiving the advice of the Kings death with express order not to hazard in that conjuncture a Battel kept it secret not to take away courage from their own nor increase confidence in the Enemy since they found themselves so far advanced that they could not retire either with safety or honour The Army then was put into order and Gassion with the right wing made choice of a place of such advantage that he could conveniently attacque the Spaniards in flank Melo with a redoubled errour not caring to stay any longer for Bech for whom he had the evening before neglected the advantage to defeat one part of the Enemy readily accepts the engagement and in the beginning had the success to rout and pursue all the left-wing with the gaining of eight Cannons taking Monsieur de la Ferté Seneterre Prisoner and the wounding of Monsieur del Hospitall This notwithstanding Anguien with an undaunted courage played still the part of a Commander and suggesting to himself if not from experience at least from his birth the memorials and provocations of glory restores the broken Troops to courage and order and leads again those that were most entire to the Fight Gassion with the natural fury of the French shocks the left-wing of the Spaniards in such a manner that the Cavalry could not withstand him The Duke of Albequerque was General of it arrived to that degree by the favour of Melo and he just unmindful of the publick danger and his own honour was the first that betook himself to flight whereupon the rest easily followed him Gassion then charges in the rear of the right wing which being victorious pursuing advantage had scarce been put to a little stop by Monsieur de Scirot who seasonably with a body of reserve was moving to encounter it But feeling on a sudden blows from behind them turned aside and at last gave way totally The Foot which consisted of the best of the Italian and Spanish Troops made resistance with the proof of great courage as long as they were able The Marquess de Fontaine their General having by the Gout the use of his Feet taken from him died upon a Chair at the head of the Battailons with a great number of Souldiers whose bodies were seen lying in ranks so unmoveably had they kept their station Many flinging away their Arms endeavoured to escape by flight and amongst those Melo after having given greater proof of courage than experience flinging away his Truncheon of command saved himself not softly Five other Squadrons closing themselves together withstood a long time the charge of Gassion resolving not to part with their lives but at the price of a great deal of blood But they abandoned and environed by the French who at last intended to bring Cannon to overcome them were forced to yield The Prisoners were six thousand which with the Cannon Baggage and a great number of Colours remained in the power of the French who found of theirs not above two thousand wanting Anguien warmed with the battel and fierce for the Victory casts himself into the Enemy Country not only recompensing with burning the mischief done in the Tirasche as hoping in that consternation of minds for some great revolt But the Flemmings observing France also by the death of the King tottering kept themselves quiet He applies therefore to more profitable Conquests besieging Thionville which through the importance of the situation in Lutzemburg having been formerly attempted after a bloody Siege was now rendred and a while after Sirch ran the same Fortune The Queen in this interim after the Husbands death comes with her two Sons from St. Germans to Paris amidst long files of the people in Arms and entring with the new King into the Parliament Orleans and Condé assisting expresses rather with tears than words shewing the Sons as pledges of her affection and the Kingdoms felicity that nothing remained to her but Widowhood and tears She referred to the Kings disposition of the manner of the Regency to which Orleans and Condé declared to have given their consent only not to defile with reluctancy and disgusts the quiet of the Kings last breath To many of the Parliament it self it seemed incapable of admission no less than new Being therefore abolished with unanimous Votes the Regency remained decreed to the Mother of the King alone with an absolute power Yet it is true that to have the two above-mentioned Princes consent to it it was before concerted that the Queen should confirm them in the charges conferred by the King and that the same Ministers should be continued in the Council As the first act of her authority to the end to avoid any intestine over-turnings the Queen recals the exiled and sets the Bastille open and to gain applause she bestows charges and gifts upon those she knew she could not wish better publishing that her desire was during her Regency to make appear all the virtue but none of the defects of the past Government To the Princes Confederates and Friends she stedfastly affirms that she would persevere in the alliances and affections of her Husband deceased As to Ministers of the Counsel it quickly appeared that she desired to bring into it persons more in her own confidence They were but few and had out-lived the persecutions of Richelieu neglected rather than preserved by reason of the opinion of their mean abilities Wherefore the others beginning to fear a fall the Chancellor to uphold himself employs as much money as he could and as much art as he knew for the gaining of those who being most conversant with the Queen should remonstrate on all occasions to her his ability in employments and the facility with which he suffered himself without reserve to be bowed to the supreme will of the Government a quality not to be despised in a new Regency Bottillier having the Keys of the Treasury as his Son managed the Pen of the secrets of State having with such eminent charges and immense riches provoked the hatred of the people and the envy of the Court judged it would be available for the preservation of the rest to renounce the superintendency which was by the Queen divided betwixt the President Bailleul her Chancellor and Monsieur d' Avo both in the reputation of sincere and dis-interessed virtue Nevertheless a while after Chavigni also under the title of sale was forced to yield up the Secretaryship of State to the Count de Brienne a person of exemplary integrity and of the Queens oldest Servants To the charge of chief Minister as difficult to be disposed of as to be undertaken because confidence and capacity were in an equal degree requisite she destines the Bishop of Bovés kept from Court by Richelieu as long as he lived But he being at first in the opinion of probity and sufficiency was no sooner arrived at Court but that in the darkness of so many affairs and interests he found a