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A51475 The history of the League written in French by Monsieur Maimbourg ; translated into English by His Majesty's command by Mr. Dryden. Maimbourg, Louis, 1610-1686.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700. 1684 (1684) Wing M292; ESTC R25491 323,500 916

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easily retaken was in a manner wholly ruin'd and dissipated for want of Money of Provisions and Ammunition of a train of Artillery and other Supplies which were always promis'd them but never sent them and especially by the ill intelligence which was betwixt the Duke of Mayenne and the Marshals of Matignon and Biron the first Governour of Guyenne and the last Commander of a little Army in Poitou which was to have cover'd that of the Duke For those two faithfull Servants of the King well knowing the secret of their Master who was wholly averse from the destruction of the King of Navarre for fear himself and the whole Royal House shou'd be left at the mercy of the League which he knew wou'd never spare them artfully broke all the measures of the Duke of Mayenne Insomuch that he found himself constrain'd to return to the King without bringing along with him the King of Navarre Captive as he had boastingly promis'd him to doe and without performing any thing of that which the League expected from his Zeal to the party As for the Duke of Guise finding no Germans upon the Frontires of Champagn to combat and besides not being accompanied with any great Forces his whole expedition was terminated in taking Douzy and Raucour two small Towns belonging to the Duke of Bouillon against whom the Duke of Lorrain made War concerning which I shall say nothing because it has no relation to the History of the League On the other side the Huguenots manag'd their affairs not much better 'T is true that the Sieur of Lesdiguieres had some advantage over the League in Dau●hine that he made himself Master of certain places and amongst others of Montelimar with the Castle which he took by a regular form'd Siege and Ambrun which he surpris'd and where the rich Ornaments of the Metropolitan Church were plundred by the Souldiers according to the custome of the Huguenots which though he was a man of strict Discipline and moderate in his Nature he was no way able to oppose But besides that they wer● roughly handled in other Provinces and that all which cou'd possibly be done by the King of Navarre who had not yet drawn together all the Troops which he expected was onely to stand upon the defensive they receiv'd a great blow by the memorable defeat which was given to the Prince of Conde who was like to have perish'd in that unhappy attempt which he made upon the Castle of Anger 's That Prince who had made up a little body of an Army about the Skirts of St. Iean d' Angely which he held in stead of Peronne had successfully begun his Campaign in Poitou having driven out of that Province the Duke of Mercaeur who was come from his Government of Bretagne to the assistance of the League And as after that gallant action he had re-inforc'd his Army with Troops which swarm'd to him from the neighbouring Provinces upon the report of his Victory he undertook the Seige of Broüage in favour of the Rochellers who suppli'd him with Money and Amunition He was accompanied with a great number of brave Gentlemen and Lords of great Quality amongst others by Rene Vicount of Rohan Francis Count of Rochefoucault Montguion Lieutenant to the Prince George Clermont d' Amboise Loüis de St. Gelais and Claude de La Trimoüille who was afterwards Duke of Thouers and whose Sister he then sought in Marriage whom he espous'd not long after and there is great appearance of probability that it was rather on that account than any motive of Conscience and Religion that this young Lord far from ●ollowing the example of his Father who declar'd himself Head of the League at Poitou gave into the other extreme and turn'd Huguenot together with his Sister Charlotte Catharine de la Trimoüille to have the Honour of being Married to the Prince of Conde How strong is the Power of Ambition over minds that are dazled with the deceiptfull Splendour of wordly Greatness that it should be able to oblige a Brother and Sister issued from Loüis de Trimoüille and Iane de Montmorancy Daughter of the great Constable both of them firm Catholiques as were all their illustrious Ancestours to turn Calvinists one to be Brother in Law to a Prince of the Bloud and the other to be his Wife From this Marriage there was Born on the first of September in the Year 1588 the late Prince Henry de Bourbon who by a most happy Destiny directly opposite to that of his Mother being issued from a Father and Mother so obstinate in Calvinism became one of the most Zealous Princes for the Catholique Faith that this Nation cou'd ever boast and he who declar'd himself the greatest Enemy of Calvinism So also has he left to Posterity a most glorious remembrance of his name which shall never perish amongst all good Frenchmen for having constantly defended Religion with all his power exercising in that Holy and Divine Imployment both his Valour and his Wit which he had in perfection as he made appear on all occasions and principally in the Counsel whereof he was cheif when he died of such a death as the Acts of all the most solid vertues wherewith it was accompanied render'd precious in the sight of God I believe my self oblig'd in point of gratitude to doe justice in this little Panegyrique to the great Merit of that Prince who has formerly done me the Honour on many occasions to give me particular marks of his esteem and his affection and hope that they who take the pains to peruse this work will not blame me for this short Digression taken occasionally by writing of the Prince his Father to whose actions I now return The Nobility who were come to attend and serve him in that important Siege of Broüage had brought along with them a considerable number of Huguenot Gentlemen as also some Catholiques who were Enemies to the League And with these Recruits he had almost reduc'd the place to terms of yielding when changing his design all on the sudden like an unexperienc'd Captain he lost the fruit of his former labours and plung'd himself into extreme danger For having understood that Captain Roche-Mort one of his best Officers had surpriz'd the Castle of Anger 's in the absence of the Count de Brisac who being made Governour of it after the death of the Duke of Alanson had declar'd himself for the League he left before Broüage the Sieur de la Roche Baucour St. Meme with the Infantry to continue the Siege and march'd himself with all the Cavalry consisting of two thousand Horse to relieve that Captain who with Seventeen or Eighteen Souldiers onely held the Castle of Anger 's against the Burghers who besieg'd him But the Prince setting out somewhat of the latest and marching too slowly when the fortune of his Enterprize depended on celerity he had no sooner past the River of Loyre in Boats betwixt Saumur and Anger 's but he receiv'd advice
where he carried all things in opposition to the King But by relying too much on the power he had there and not using Arms when he had them in his hand I mean by not prosecuting his Victory to the uttermost when he had the King inclos'd in the Louvre he miss'd his opportunity and Fortune never gave it him again The late Earl of Shaftsbury who was the undoubted Head and Soul of that Party went upon the same maximes being as we may reasonably conclude fearful of hazarding his Fortunes and observing that the late Rebellion under the former King though successful in War yet ended in the Restauration of His Present Majesty his aim was to have excluded His Royal Highness by an Act of Parliament and to have forc'd such concessions from the King by pressing the chymerical dangers of a Popish Plot as wou●d not only have destroy'd the Succession but have subverted the Monarchy For he presum'd he ventur'd nothing if he cou'd have executed his design by form of Law and in a Parliamentary way In the mean time he made notorious mistakes First in imagining that his pretensions wou'd have pass'd in the House of Peers and afterwards by the King When the death of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey had fermented the people when the City had taken the alarm of a Popish Plot and the Government of it was in Fanatique hands when a Body of white Boys was already appearing in the West and many other Counties waited but the word to rise then was the time to have push'd his business But Almighty God who had otherwise dispos'd of the Event infatuated his Counsels and made him slip his opportunity which he himself observ'd too late and would have redress'd by an Insurrection which was to have begun at Wapping after the King had been murder'd at the Rye And now it will be but Justice before I conclude to say a word or two of my Author He was formerly a Jesuit He has amongst others of his works written the History of Arianism of Lutheranism of Calvinism the Holy War and the Fall of the Western Empire In all his Writings he has supported the Temporal Power of Soveraigns and especially of his Master the French King against the usurpations and incroachments of the Papacy For which reason being in disgrace at Rome he was in a manner forc'd to quit his Order and from Father Maimbourg is now become Monsieur Maimbourg The Great King his Patron has provided plentifully for him by a large Salary and indeed he has deserv'd it from him As for his style 't is rather Ciceronian copious florid and figurative than succinct He is esteemed in the French Court ●qual to their best Writers which has procur'd him the Envy of some who set up for Criticks Being a profess'd Enemy of the Calvinists he is particularly hated by them so that their testimonies against him stand suspected of prejudice This History of the League is generally allow'd to be one of his best pieces He has quoted every where his Authors in the Margin to show his Impartiality in which if I have not follow'd him 't is because the chiefest of them are unknown to us as not being hitherto translated into English His particular Commendations of Men and Families is all which I think superfluous in his Book but that too is pardonable in a man who having created himself many Enemies has need of the support of Friends This particular work was written by express order of the French King and is now translated by our Kings Command I hope the effect of it in this Nation will be to make the well-meaning men of the other Party sensible of their past errors the worst of them asham'd and prevent Posterity from the like unlawful and impious designs FINIS THE TABLE A. ABsolution given by the Archbishop of Bourges to Henry the Fourth held good and why Page 924 Acarie Master of Accounts a grand Leaguer 96 Francis Duke of Alanson puts himself at the Head of the Protestant Army against the King his Brother 10. Is Crown'd Duke of Brabant 79. His Death 85 George de Clermont d' Amboises 147. joyns the Prince of Conde in Anjou with 1500 Men that he had levied 150. Is Grand Master of the Ordnance for the King of Navarre at the Battel of Courtras 209 Arques its situation and the great Battel that was fought there 742 c. John d' Aumont Marshal of France 114. His Elogy 195. The good Counsel be gave the King but unprofitably 114. He Commands the Army Royal under the King against the Reyters 260. A grand Confident of Henry the Third's 383. Commands a Party of Henry the Fourth's Army in Campagne and at the attacquing of the Suburbs of Paris 752. At the Battel at Ivry 774 The Duke d' Aumale at the Battel of Vimory 270. Is made Governor of Paris by the Leagers 428. Besieges Sen●is 483. Loses the Battel there 486 Auneau a little City of La Beauce its scituation 279. How the Reyters were there defeated by the Duke of Guise 280 c. Don John of Austria treats secretly with the Duke of Guise at Joinville 20 Aubry Curate of St. Andrews a grand Leager his extravagance in his Sermon 825 B. THe Sieur Balagny sends Troops to the Duke of Guise 235. Besieges Senlis with the the Duke d' Aumale 484. His defeat at that Battel 486 c. The Iournal of the Barricades 357 c. Colonel Christopher de Bassom-Pierre 103 250 777 Baston a furious Leaguer that Signs the Covenant with his Blood 449 The Battel of Courtras 200 c. The Battel at Senlis 485 The Battel or Combats at Arques 742 The Battel at Ivry 770 Claude de Baufremont Baron of Sen●cey enters into the League 106. is President of the Nobles at the Estates at Paris Pag. 875 John de Beaumanoir Marquis de Laverdin Marshal de Camp to the Duke de Joyeuse 196. is beaten by the King of Navarre 197. Draws up the Duke's Army into Battalia at the Battel of Courtras 209. breaks the Light Horse 215. his honourable Retreat and his Elogy his Services recompens'd with a Marshal of France's Staff 226 Renaud de Beaune Archbishop of Bourges chief of the Deputation of the Royallists at the Conference at Suresne 879. The sum of his Harangue and of his Proofs 880 c. gives the King Absolution 928 Bellarmine a Iesuit and a Divine of Legat Cajetan's preaches at Paris during the Siege 806 President de Bellievre sent to the Duke of Guise 335. is not of advice that the King should cause the Duke to be kill'd in the Louvre 341. his Contest with the Duke of Guise about the Orders he brought him on behalf of the King 343. his banishment from Court 384 Rene Benoist Curate of St. Eustach acts and writes for the King 836 923 The Mareschal de Biron commands an Army in Poictou 144. he artfully breaks the designs of the Duke of Mayenne ib. his Valor at the Combat of