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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

Emperour and the king to bring them to an agreement but nothing tooke effect each of thē seeming to haue right on his side meane time the differences touching religion began to increase such as would not receiue and acknowledge the traditions of the Pope were cruelly burnt They suffered the Turke to win diuers places in Europe and his Gallies as then came before Corse to ayde the Frenchmen were at the siege of Calui and Boniface among the Christians and holpe to conquer the Island and then returning homeward spoyled the coast of Toscane besieged Plombin and the I le of Elbe belonging to the Duke of Florence passing further executed an infinit of mischieses vpon the realmes of Naples Sicile and Calabre and so laden with great spoyles and numbers of Christians their prisoners they arriued in Constantinople other places without any impeachment so much so great was the hatred between the Emperour and the King that they had rather see the Turke inriched with Christians teasure then once to consent agree in one to inuade so common an enemie But returning to Siene Siene besicged and taken the Marques of Marignan came to besiege it with all his forces onely vpon the hope he had that Strossi beeing wounded and Monluc lying at the poynt of death being dead for it was thought they could not liue long Lanssac and Fourqueuau taken the Sienois being wholly destitute of counsell and French secorers would yeeld vnto him Strossi beeing somewhat recouered and hauing been certified of the death of Monluc hazarded himselfe with sixe companies of foote and two of launciers to come to Siene Where by the prudence and resolution of Serillac Nephew to Monluc he entered who by a stratageme of trompets caused an alarme in the Marquesse campe that thought verily some new armie had been come to set vppon them but hauing found Monluc liuing and in some better estate then he had been he returned againe yet not without great daunger Monluc hauing made many skirmishes vppon the enemie perceiued that in fine they would take the Towne whervpon hauing shewed the Souldiers and the Townes-men what he thought the Marques would do hee gaue order that euery man should be stinted in his victuals and that they should liue by prescript rules of war The Sienois very willing to followe his counsell and aduise did as he commanded The Marques hauing assayed by scaling the walles in the night-time to enter into the Citadell and the Fort of Camollia was valiantly repulsed with the losse of sixe hundreth of his men and by many skirmishes batteries intelligences and combats seeking to become maister of the towne being not able to effect his will determined to proceed with the first and surest resolution which was to constraine them by famin by which meanes his campe indured much miserie and euery moneth diminished more and more neuerthelesse in fine his perseuerance ouercame them so that vpon the 20. day of Aprill 1555. an honourable composition hauing been made and agreed vpon with Monsieur de Monluc his troupes and those of Siene the towne was yeelded vnto the Marques and after into the hands of the Duke of Florence Touching that which after happened to the territories of Siene I meane not at this present to intreate further thereof leauing that to the description of the warres of Italie from whence I must returne vnto Picardie Warres in Picardie Mariembourg being revictualled the Leaders that cōmanded in those quarters for the Emperour hauing erected an armie of twentie thousand foote fiue or sixe thousand Rutters and some Enfignes of olde bands of Spaniards caused a place called Giuets to bee fortified from whence they forraged the Country lying nearest vnto it and famished Mariembourg The king assembled his forces at Maubert Fontaine whereof Francis de Cleues Duke de Veuers was Lieftenant Generall hauing eight hundreth launciers as many light-horse about eight thousand footemen who once againe revictualled Mariembourg The 26. of Iulie the Rutters and the French light-horsemen met togither but the Rutters were presently constrained to reenter into their fort and the Count de Barlaimont General of the Emperors Armie refusing battaile the French men retired presently after the prince of Orange entred in to the kings country and spoiled the Castle of Faignolles After that in winter time Messieurs de Sanssac and Bourdillon the third time reuictualled Mariembourg The raigne and troublesome season togither with the want of victualls on both sides impeached the armies from meeting togither During this last voiage the king hauing gotten the writings and euidences whereby Iohn de Brosse Duke d'Estampes claymed a right and title vnto the Duchie of Bretaigne into his hands gaue the Count of Ponthieure in exchange thereof vnto the said Duke The Emperor resigneth all his estates vnto his son and his brother At the same time the Emperor a prince of great valour and courage as all Histories do witnesse hauing so long time borne a world of affaires troubles within his braines determined to discharge himselfe thereof and hauing sent for the Prince Don Philip his sonne vnto Brissels then king of England resigned vnto him his kingdomes of Spaine Naples Cicile and others whereof hee gaue him letters pattents commanding all his subiects to obey him Those letters being deliuered vpon the 25. of october 1555. were read in open counsel by the Chancelor And among many notable instructions aduises by the father giuen vnto the Prince his son he exhorted him to make peace with the King of France and to haue pittie vpon Christendome miserably tormented by so long and cruell warres He likewise left off the Empire and by letters vnto the Electors desired them to giue that dignitie vnto Ferdinand his brother to whom by right it ought to appertaine hauing by them bin chosen and elected for king of the Romanes Wars in the Isle of Corse About the same time the Geneuois assaied to win the Isle of Corse not long before taken from them by Monsieur de Termes and sent thither the Prince d'Aurie that assailed the port of S. Florent which yeelded by composition the souldiers issuing armed and their goods saued returning to Boniface to Iourdā Vrsin d'Aurie following after them thinking to win it but he was soone repulsed to his great losse About the moneth of the same yeare died the Marquesse of Marignā The death of the Marques of Marignā being out of fauor with the Emperor For hauing too long prolōged the taking of Siene consuming a whole armie about it he was solemnly buried at Millan the Duke d'Alue being assistant at his funerall King Philip following his fathers counsaile and solicited therunto by Mary Queene of England his wife inclined to peace which to effect after many meetings and conferences a truce for 5. yeares was agreed vpon between thē The Count de Lalain Truce for 5. yeares between the 2. Kings came to Blois to sweare the truce vnto

shippe ingaging their liues and honours neuer to separate themselues for any commaundement pretence excuse The originall of the league in An. 1576 or occasion whatsoeuer Behold the conception of the league which will bring foorth most prodigious effects The Huguenots had wonne their sure for till then they were often accused of rebellion as hauing shaken off the yoake of Soueraigntie beeing separated from that faire and vnexpugnable maxime that the power of the Prince proceedeth from God and that it is not lawfull to resist against it for any excuse cause pretence or reason whatsoeuer Pardon mee I beseech you mightie Princes Prelates Lords and Gentlemen that are Catholicques if I tell you that this fortresse which you builde will bee your ouerthrowe this fire you kindle will burne you these kniues you forge will bee tempered in your entralles and that thereby you will leaue neither of your selues nor your league but a most pittifull and shamefull memorie What thinke you to do O you leaguer for God for the faith and for the king The league is not for God You vndertake armes for God who desireth nothing but peace you publish rebellion hee commaundeth obedience you trouble the rest and quietnesse of a Christian king hee willeth vs to indure at the hands of a Prince although he bee a Pagan You do it for God whose name you call vppon and deny his power you doo it for God that detesteth your actions and knoweth your thoughts and you do it for that God who will confound all those that breed confusion among his people You vndertake warres for religion and nothing hindereth it more then warres you fight for holinesse Nor for religion and your weapons destroy the Churches authorise blasphemers and plant Atheisme impietie and despising of deuotion in all places You march vnder pretence of the Churches cause and you ransome and spoyle the Cleargie by tithes and impositions If it bee for the spiritualtie wherefore do you bring in the Rutters that haue ouerrunne the Priests burned the Churches robbed the relicques Nor for the Church and polluted the Altars You said it is for the king so said the Huguenots at the enterprises of Ammboise of Meaux and of S. Germaine in Laye and you will not beleeue him for the king had disauouched them If it bee for the king where are his commissions If it bee for his seruice where is his commaundement If it be for him wherefore do dou it without him If it bee for his obedience Nor for the King wherefore sweare you to obey the Head of your league Can you bee bound by one oath to two cōtrarieties This new faith promise which you giue is it not to obey a new Lord seeing you cannot serue two Maisters If it be to maintain his kingdome in the Catholicque religion cannot hee doo it without you What shame will you procure vnto him to atribute the honour of the glorie of so happie a conquest vnto your selues and not refer the triumph vnto him What blasphemie reproach do you induce into his honour and reputation both among his owne people and with straungers Will they not say The subiect ought not to bind himselfe by oath of fidelitie to any but to his soueraigne that a great king a wise king with the aduantages of his Maiestie his powers durst not enterprise that which the subiects vndertake to doo Know you not that all leuying of armes is treason without the kings authoritie that the subiects cannot make any league without the Prince that leagues are not made betweeene Subiects or equall persons and that the Courts of Parliament are the foundations of the seueritie of lawes both humane and diuine But let vs heare what your pattents of the league containe The first league made at Peronne without naming the Head For religion For the seruice of the king IN the name of the holy Trinitie Father Sonne and holy Ghost the onely true God bee honour and glorie for euer The association of Princes Lords and Catholicke Gentlemen ought to bee and shall bee made to reestablish the lawe of God in her pristinate estates to retaine and holde the holy seruice thereof according to the forme and manner of the holy Catholicque Apostolicque and Romaine Church abiuring and renouncing all errors to the contrarie Secondly to preserue king HENRY the third of that name by the grace of God and his Predecessors most Christian kings in the estates glorie authoritie dutie seruice and obedience that is due vnto him by his subiects as it is contained in the Articles which shall be presented vnto him in the Councell of estate which at his sacring and coronation he promised and swore to obserue with protestation not to do anything to the preiudice of that which shall bee ordained by the States of his Realme Thirdly to restore vnto the Prouinces of this Realme For the people and Estates thereof the auncient rights preheminences franchises and liberties such as they were in the time of King CLOVIS first Christian King and better and more profitable if they may be any wayes inuented vnder the protection afore said and if in case there happeneth any impeachment opposition or rebellion to the contrary of that which is aforesaid by any man or from what part soeuer it may bee the saide associates shall bee bound and holden therein to imploye all their goods and meanes whatsoeuer yea and their owne persons euen to the death to punish chastice and ouerrunne those that seeke to contradict hinder and resist that all the things aforesaid shall not bee really and effectually put in execution And if in case that any of the associates their subiects friends and confederates shall bee molested oppressed or pursued for the cause aforesaid by whomsoeuer it may bee the said associates shall bee bound to imploy their bodies goods and meanes to bee reuenged on them that shall haue done or caused the said oppressions and molestations bee it by way of iustice or by armes without exception of any man If it happen Against such as appose thēselues against the deuises of the league Against such as shall leaue or abandon the league that any of the associates after that they haue taken their oathes vnto the said associates would withdrawe themselues or depart out of the same vnder what pretence soeuer it shall bee which God forbidde such breakers of their consents shall bee hurt and offended both in their bodies and goods by all meanes possible as enemies to God and rebels and perturbers of publike tranquilities without reuenge to bee taken against the said associates either publikely or priuately The said associates shal sweare all readie and willing obedience and seruice vnto the Head and Geuerall that shall bee appoynted followe and giue counsell comfort and ayde as well to the entertaining and conseruation of the saide association as to the ruines and ouerthrowe of the contradictors thereof without acception or

certaine Lords and wealthie Merchants of her kingdome lent the king mony for the comforting of his forces Dauphine gotten againe for the King Francis de Bonne Lord of Diguireres chased the leaguers out of the Countie of Dauphine and became Maister of Grenoble which is the seate of the Parliament of the Prouince constraining the Lord d'Arbigni who commanded there to depart before the Duke of Sauoy or any other of the League could come time ynough to succour them In Normandie the Duke de Montpensier wonne Honfleur and inforced the Leaguers to forsake the field The Vicounte of Turenne came into Almaine to leuie a band of Rutters and hauing gathered an armie Christian Prince of Anhalt was made chiefe commaunder thereof On the other side the new Pope beeing a partaker with Spaine The Pope an ayder of the Leaguers promised to the league eight thousand footemen and fiue hundreth horse vnder the conduct of his cousin Francis Sfondrate and during these enterprises the Cheualier d'Aumale set vpon the Towne of Saint Dennis neare Paris supposing hee should winne it Hee was followed with many approoued warriours The Lord of Vic which commaunded in that place shewed good proofe of his skill and courage for although the knight and his followers were entered without losse hee ranne vpon them and charged them so roughly that the knight and the most of his people lay dead vpon the ground The Cheualier d'Aumale slaine with all his companie This knight was one of the principall Captaines of the league but in his deedes so strange and desolute that hee could no longer support himselfe otherwise hee was very hardie and valiant This was cause of great greefe among the seditious who had fewe men left that had more mischiefe in their heads then hee Many hath reported that his bodie hauing beene wrapped in a searcloth and laide in a Chappell within the great Church rested their til they migh know what the kings pleasure was to bee done therewithall Rattes and Mice found about a dead man On the morrow after as they would haue drawne foorth the corps to imbalme it the searecloth was found full of rattes and mice in such number that they had much ado to driue them away till such time they were faine to lay vpon them with hand-strokes and teare them out from the woundes The king that on his part would not bee ydle addressed himselfe to certaine enterprises to giue an alarme to the Parisians that by this occasion bee might awake and cause them to remember themselues They tooke such an alarme that they came to the gate of S. Honore where they had knowledge giuen them that the kings troupes would come and giue them battell the 20. of Ianuarie The Spaniards shifts to corrupt Paris All this vanished away without any incounter or losse of the one side or on the other The Spanish Agents tooke this occasion to put the Parisians in feare for the aduancement of their affaires for they thrust certaine Regiments of Spaniards and Neopolitans into Parris and Meaux staying till they might conuey thither a farre greater number which the Duke of Parma was gathering togither with great diligence vnder pretence to come with them to the succour of Parris The packets and letters of the succours comming from Spaine and Italy serued for a very good remedie to the leaguers thereby to content the Parisians And to comfort and incourage them the more the new Pope assisted by many Cardinals did againe excommunicate the king and his adherents And sending a monitorie bill put it in the handes of his Nuncio called Marcellin Landriano to bee carried to the Cardinall of Plaisance his Legat at Parris The succours by him promised beganne to assemble The Popes forces against France As for the king of Spaine following the particular intelligences which he had with the Duke of Mercoeur his armie by sea came into the Castle of Brittaine and seized on the part of Blauet greatly fortified since that time Monsieur de la Noue was sent to make heade against the Spaniards And while they stayed for the succours of the lowe Countries the Earle of Brissac made a voyage toward the Duke of Parma who brought mony from them to pay the Pentioners thereby to entertaine them in hope of continuation The siege and yeelding vp of Chartres to the king The King retired to Senlis tooke his way to Brie stayed about foure myles stom Prouence accompanied with the Duke of Neuers each one thinking that hee would haue besieged that Towne which is not strongly situated hee made such a shew and in such sort that the League sent thither speedily fiue or sixe hundreth foote and two hundreth horse But because hee came no nearer therevnto they verily thought hee would haue set either vppon the Towne of Troys or on Seni staying onely for the Marshal of Birons comming who had receiued at Deepe certaine barrels of powder and bullets which was sent from England They continued firme in this opinion till such time the King marched towards Montereau Heerevppon rose an other report that the King went to Tours for the redressing of certaine disorders such as the leaguers blazed abroad euen to the very slaundering of the Princes of the blood But such thoughts did greatly hurt the league For the King holding himselfe close tenne or twelue daies with the Duke of Neuers sent word to the Marshall de Biron who was come toward Mant in his returne from Normandie after he had taken Caudebec Harfleur Feschamp and other Townes in briefe when hee brought all Prouence vnder the kings obeysance Horsmas le Haure Roane Pontoise and two or three other places that hee should crosse to Beausse as though hee ment to ioyne with him But that on a suddaine hee should turne toward Chartres to recouer it before any succour should enter into it for as much as the town had no other garrison but the own Inhabitants who were also diuided many bearing good affection to the King especially the Bishop which thing the Marshall performed so suddainly that Chartres was inuironed round about and besieged the tenth of Februarie A Captaine of Orleans named la Croix attempted to come to the succour of the Towne with his Regiment of threescore Curates and two hundreth harguebuziers But hee was incontinent inclosed and ouerthrowne in such sort that of all his followers there escaped but four and himselfe which made the fift who with the rest beeing very well mounted had all their mindes bent vppon flight while their fellowes throates were a cutting The Lord de la Chastre chiefe Captaine of the siege in Berry was constrained the same time to raise his siege from before Aubigni and soone after his troupes were ouerthrown by the Lord of Chastillon who came to the king at the siege of Chartres who by his valour and notable inuention of a bridge to go right vpon the breach was the principall cause vnder God that

thousand horse among the which he had foure thousand Gentlemen of the chiefe houses in the Realme Hee had also sixe Princes two Marshals of France and many gallant Captaines The leaguers being not disposed to fight intrench thēselues in a strong place The Duke of Parma tooke then a resolution the which saued himselfe and all his armie which was not to fight at al. And following this opinions his people changed their swords and launces into pickaxes doing no other thing all the euening long and that Saturday night but to intrench and fortifie themselues within a great Marsh into the which they were all withdrawne The daies following they had diuers skirmiges made vppon them but they kept still within their trenches And soone after they besieged and battered with nine peeces the Towne of Lagne vppon Marne which was a little weake towne and kept with two or three hundreth men which for a space valiantly defended themselues but in the end they were ouerthrown by great multitude of the besiegers This place was not passing halfe a little myle from the Marsh and hard at the back of the Spanish armie by meanes whereof the chiefe of the leaguers caused a bridge of boats speedily to be made wherewith they did as it were ioyne the place And the eight of the same moneth by breake of day the most of their footemen passed away by the same causing nine peeces of Ordenance to bee shot off the riuer beeing betweene them the breach was made before the king could haue knowledge thereof by reason that the winde was turned contrarie and the blustering so great that the sound of the cannons could not bee heard in the royall armie After the taking of this the Dukes of Parma and of Maine seeing the weaknesse of the place did dismantle it And although the king to draw them vnto fight fained as though hee would assaile Parris and published a purpose to scale it beeing departed from them in the euening the tenth of this moneth with a good troupe notwithstanding they would not stirre out of the Marsh VVherfore the king by aduise of his Councell dismissed his armie and fortified the Townes which hee held about Paris chiefly those on the riuer of Seine sending a part of his troups into Touraine Normandie Champagne and Bourgongne and kept notwithstanding a sufficient armie to amaze his enemies Some haue boldly written that the king was then very ill counselled and in fauour of the Prince of Parma who in fewe daies had beene inforest to fight or to haue fled that it was not possible for so great an armie as hee had to continue long in a Marsh where they should indure much harme That Parris and the league were now in safetie That the fault came through part of the Nobilitie induced therevnto by certaine enemies to the religion and the kings prosperities who was forsaken at his need Other some also being accustomed to fish in troubled waters would not it should bee yet cleared and others pretended to serue the king as it seemed best vnto them alwaies to see one confusion rise of another The Duke of Parma commeth to Paris and taketh Corbeil By meanes of which proceedings the Dukes were incouraged to go out of the Marshes to enter triumphantly into Paris whereof the Duke of Parma named himselfe the deliuerer And to make his valour appeare the greater hee departed incontinent to besiege Corbeil about halfe a daies iourney from thence vpon the riuer of Seine Captain Rigaud commaunding ouer certaine companies of footemen behaued himselfe so valiantly that he slew a great number of the leaguers As for the Duke of Parma after the heating of his troupes of whom many were slaine he lost much of his reputation For it was there wher his armie was so weakned and during the time hee rested in that place the king got togither his troupes addressing them to new purposes which brought the league into greater incumbrances then before The king of Spaines Agents thought to fill his good Cittie of Paris so the Spaniard called it in his letters with Spanish companies and VVallons But on the one side they had nothing to eate and on the other so soone as those of Guise and other Captaines of the league moreouer the sixteen and the fortie of Paris sawe themselues somewhat at large they began to giue the Duke of Parma thankes for his good will and intreated him to go with his people to Bruxelles againe This request or secret commaundement fell out verie well for the Duke for on the one part his armie in all mens sight was seene daily to waste and himselfe did plainely behold that hee stood in the midst of an vnconstant multitude and that it was not good for him to put confidence in faithlesse peple The leauing of his forces there to glut Paris euen as Antwerp had bin was to turne all vpside downe and build a new and perilous matter for the Spaniards that the king watcht to giue them a shameful ouerthrow if they should separate themselues neuer so little Therefore hee determined to get him gone with all speed possible hauing consumed a world of money leauing the Leaguers Captaines more altered with the gold of Peru then euer they were before The Duke of Parma returned to Bruxels hauing done nothing but growne unto shame and euill report with the Leaguers Of all his forces hee had great neede for the king ceased not to runne vpon him pursuing him to the verie frontiers of Arroys and diminishing his armie euery day more and more to signifie vnto the Spaniards that France could not bee ruinated or taken but through their owne follie Now assoone as they were thus departed Corbeil and other small townes which they had taken were againe recouered by the kings troupes the which brought the Parisians into new confusions The D. of Parmas comming serued to no other end but to fil their purses and to intangle and bring all their affaires to a remedilesse end In diuers parts of the kingdome as in Brittaine Prouence and Languedoc the League stirred and did many outragious and wicked acts working desolation to the great preiudice of the kings subiects but it little aduantaged the Leaguers whose armies consisted of such people that sought no other thing but disorders Also they could neither grow nor continue but by the confusion of others which they raised by their forces bad purposes for whereas they fained that they wold haue the Spaniard to ioyne with them it was for no other thing but to draw into their hands his double Pistollets in lieu whereof they would present him a new nothing betwixt two dishes And if hee shewed himselfe discontent they would helpe to throwe him out of those places which hee had vsurped as it came to passe soone after In the beginning of this year the king continued his inclosing of the Parisians which were fallen into their wonted distresses as before The Queen of England with