him to his ouerthrow This great squadron forceth into the Vines and enters fight with the English foote but the issue of Iohns new stratagem was contrary to his expectation for in â—hâ—s first charge they finde resistance The Archers planted in the Vines with aduantage galled them in the first rankes with their arrowes whilest that others lying vnseene in the rowes adioyning aime at them at their pleasures shooting forth a dangerous storme of arrowes and vpon their flanke riseth another showre which passeth through these horsemen whereas neither Lance nor Battleaxe could preuaile Hauing made this first charge with so great losâ—e they seeke to retire and to charge the enemie in some other place Battaile of Poitiers but they fall into a greater perplexitie for the horses sinck in this mirie ground and are intangled among the sâ—ubbes stakes and trees some fall some rise againe all are in confusion they lie plunging in the ditches and trenches and the English arrowes flie from all sides This troupe hauing drawne downe the rest by degrees like to a current of water which disperseth it selfe by a chanell the more men the more disorder Our Frenchmen grow amazed at this repulse The English seeing them giue back in confusion crie victorie The French defeaâ—ed by the Enâ—â—â—sh and follow their aduantage striking on all sides as they lay wallowing one vpon another King Iohn runnes to repaire this disorder He performes the dutie both of a good Captaine in gathering together his dispersed men and of a valiant Souldiour in fighting couragiously but the blow was already giuen all was lost The Duke of Athenes Constable and Ihon of Clermont Marshall were slaine at the first charge The Standard royall appeares no more by the fall of the Earle of Charnie who carryed it in this dayes fight The greatest part of the commanders and of this braue Nobilitie who sought to be in the front are vnhorsed This rampart ouerthrowne and the rest shaken broken in peeces the Prince of Wales preuailes the more easily King Iohn is farre ingaged in the conflict The English crie to the King to the King Being charged on all sides he defends himselfe admirablie and his sonne Philip being neere him surmounted the ordinary courage of the most resolute Souldiers in shielding his father from blowes This generous valour did first purchase him the name of Hardy and the course of his life did confirme it in diuers worthy actions but in the end they are both prisoners There was some controuersie not without extreame danger to his person for hauing yeelded vnto Denis of Morbec his owne subiect borne in the countrie of Arthois banished for some fact he was halled by other souldiers who pretended an interest in this prize But the Prince of Wales vnderstanding therof sent him an honorable gard of some of his most trusty seruants whilest that he made the victory absolute The head being taken all are surprized with feare all are dispersed and the slaughter is generall without resistance Edward content to haue the head sounds a retreate and forbids them to pursue the victorie Many saue themselues in Poitiers which stands vpon her garde least the enemy should â—nterwith them that fled The victorious Prince remayning vpon the place of battell sendes a troupe of Noble men Gascons King Iohn taken prisoner Prince Edwaâ—â— recâ—iues him with great â—espect to receiue the King prisoner and to conduct him to his pauilion the which they do with great respect Edward seeing him approch meetes him with great reuerence honours him comforts him entertaines him with a louing discourse and promiseth him all the good vsage a great King could expect in his aduersity A young Prince twise a conquerour hauing vanquished his enemie both by valour and courtesie leauing an honourable trophe of his humanity and wisedome to posterity Iohn setling his countenance shewed a couragious minde in his misfortune A notable example for Princes to shewe an inuincible constancie against the most dangerous losses amongst which the losâ—e of liberty holds the most mournefull rancke and is of the biâ—terest digestion Our losse was then very great and the sâ—quele very pernitions They number seuenteene hundred Gentlemen slaine in this battell The number oâ— the dead amongst the which there were fifty two Lords The chiefest of marke were Peter of Bourbon the Duke of Athenes Constable of France Iohn of Clermont Marshall of France George of Châ—â—ny great Chamberlaine Renauld of Chameil Bishop of Chalons the Lords of Pont and Fayette and of the common sort fiue or six thousand A hundred ensignes were brought away in triumph the spoyle carried away the place of battell free the dead bodies at the conquerours mercie The King was taken the cheefest part of the victory with him was led into the same prison Philip his fourth sonne afterwards Duke of Burgogne Iames of Bourbon Earle of Ponthieu The prisoners â—aken in the battell Iohn of Arthois Earle of Eu Charles of Arthois his brother Earle of Longucuille Charles Earle of Tancaruille Iohn of Melun and his sonne Archbishop of Sens the Earles of Vendosme Salbruch Nassaw Dampmartin la Roche and many other men of accompt This ouerthrow happened in the yeare 1356. the 19. day of September continued with many confusions whereof I tremble to discourse But let vs continue the order of our history Iohn falling into his enemies hands is brought to Bourdeaux and froÌ„ thence safely conducted into England to Edward who shewed himselfe as curteous to his capitall enemie being his captiue as glad of his Sonnes victory Some say he commended him more to haue receiued Iohn with humanity then to haue conquered him by his valour A lesson for great Princes A lesson for great Princes to learne that vertue doth equall valour and that he is rightly a conqueror that can vanquish himselfe He doth lodge him honourablie in the Citty of London in the Duke of Lancasters house with his son Philip vnder a sure gard The other prisoners are dispersed into diuers places according to their qualities to drawe a reasonable ransome from them the which as they payed he sent them free to their houses with much honour and at that instant he gaue liberty vpon the kings word being captiue to all such as he would answer for In this great calamity God looked vpon France with his eye of pitty willing to chastice it but not to ruine it For he reserued during the Kings captiuity royall heads to saue this estate from shipwracke being almost ruined both by the great afflictions passed as also by the imprisonment of their soueraigne head and the death of many great personages necessary instruments for the preseruation greatnesse of the State As Charles eldest son to Iohn The admirable prouideÌ„ce of God in the preseruation of this estate Daulphin and Duke of Normandy Lewis Duke of Aniou and Iohn Duke of Berry escaped in this defeat Charles was of so wise and temperate a
much eased This prouision came happily for the preseruation of France against the which Edward made then great preparatioÌ„ at the instance of the Nauarrois The truce expired he did forbid the FreÌ„ch to trafficke into England in the meane time his army laÌ„ds at Calais himself follows in persoÌ„ with a goodly traine Being landed resolued to take possession of the realme of France or by force to turne it he marcheth directly to Arras the which he takes in 3. daies Edward enters France with an army hauing assured it with a stroÌ„g garâ—ison he goes towards Champagne where passing onely he besieged Sens which yeelds without resistance and by their example Neuers All Bourgongne was strooke into such a terror as they redeemed their country froÌ„ spoile with a great summe of mony Hauing thus found means to intertaine his armie at his enimies charge enriched his souldiers with an inestimable booty he marcheth towards Paris as the head city of the whole realme the chiefe end of his desseâ—â—e the certain triumph of his conquest the goodly theater of his victories Our â—egent was nothing amased at these threats of Edward for hauing asseÌ„bled a goodly army with great expeditioÌ„ he atteÌ„ds him at Paris where the whole burthen of this was did lie He lodgeth his army in the suburbes fortifieth against approches being taught by the examples of his grandfather father not to hazard any thing resoluing only to defend himselfe within his trenches This resolutioÌ„ succeeded happily He besiegeth Paris but in vaine for Edward seeing the impossibility to draw the regent to fight notwithstaÌ„ding al his alarums raiseth his siege marcheth into Britany to refresh his army to the great conteÌ„t of the ParisieÌ„s who could not sufficiently coÌ„mend the wisdom of their regent hauing so politikly auoided this storme The regent imbraceth this occasion he furnisheth Paris with aboundance of victualls commands the souldiers to liue orderly without oppression of the inhabitants he fortifies the weakest places with all speed and doth so incourage the people as they are ready to sacrifice theÌ„selues for the preseruation of the State Edward supposing the great wast caused by the men of warre resident in this great citty would haue taken from them al means to coÌ„tinue haue bred an impatiency in the minds of this vnconstant people giuing him the better meanes to enter it he returnes with his army being strong lusty by this good refreshing of Britaine Being returned he finds things better ordered then before so as preuailing nothing but walking about the citty beholding a far off the great towers and the admirable masse of so many buildings as a briefe of the whole world he resolues to leaue the siege returne no more Thus experience teaching him what the strength of our chiefe citty was he packes all vp and goes towards Chartres meaning to besiege it But whilest he lodged there his army making a horrible spoile of the whole couÌ„try there chanced an occasioÌ„ as the worke of heauen which sodainely quailed his ambitious disseine to ruine France for behold a horrible extraordinary tempest of haile thuÌ„der and lightning falls with such violence as many horses men in the armie perished as if that God had stretched forth his hand from heauen to stay his course Edward amazed with thunder He resolues to conclude a peace with King Iohn This amazemeÌ„nt causeth Edward to vow to make a peace with King Iohn and the regent his son vpon reasonable conditions He which had thus thundred did likewise opeÌ„ the Duke of Lancasters mouth shewing how reasonable it was to limit humane attempts within restrained bouÌ„ds not to attend an infinit perpetuall prosperity in wordly affaires beeing more safe to content himself with a meane successe theÌ„ to be traÌ„sported with the violent course of humane hopes cast in the mould of indiscreet desires He likewise laied before him the impossibility of so extraordinary a desseine as to make himselfe maister of all France a notable example for Princes to behold their own infirmities and the greatnes of God to whoÌ„ they owe the homage of their enterprises being theÌ„ most happy when they are most sober â—â—â—rate without imagining an infinite power in the short weaknes of this mortal life wherevnto they are subiect like other men A peace concluded at Bretignie The Articles This lessoÌ„ mollified Edwards hart inclining to the deliuery of K. Iohn his prisoner to a general peace the which was concluded at 〈◊〉 a village nere vnto Chartres in the yeare 1360. the 8. of May vpoÌ„ these coÌ„ditioÌ„s That the country of Poitu the Fiefs of Thouars Belleuille the couÌ„tries of Gascony Agenois Peregort Limosin Cahors Tarbe Bigorre Rouergue and Angoumois in soueraignty with the homages of the two next yeares after 1360. at reasonable paâ—ments And for the consideration the said King of England and the Prince of Wales his sonne both for themselues 〈◊〉 successors should renoâ—â—â— all rights pretended to the Crowne of France the Duchie of Normandie the countries of Tourance Aniou and Maine the soueraingty and homage of Brittâ—ine and the Earldome of Flanders and within three weekes they should deliuer King Iohn at Calais at their charge the expences of the Kings house onely excepted The hostages giuen for the performance of the conditions For assurance of which agreement there should be deliuered into the King of Englands hands these hostages Lewis Duke of Aniou Iohn Duke of Berry sonnes to the King of France Philip Duke of Orleance the Kings brother Philip Duke of Bourgongne the Earles of Blois Alanson Saint Pol Hâ—â—court Porcian Valentinois Grandpre Denne and Forest the Lords of Vaudemont Coussy Pyennes Saint Venant Preaux Montmorency Careneieres Boâ—â—â— guion Estoute-ville the Daulphin of Auueigne Andregel and Craon A choâ—â—â— of well selected personages to be a sufficient caution for the money and conditions that were to be performed The Deputies that treated The Deputies for King Iohn were Iohn of Dormans Bishop of Beauuais and Chanâ—eller of France Iohn of Melun Earle of Tanearuille the Lord of 〈◊〉 Marshaâ—â— of France â— the Lords of Montmorency and Vigny Iohn Croâ—â—â—e Simon of 〈◊〉 Iohn Marâ—â—â— Lawyers and Iohn Maillard and Stephen of Paris Bourgesies of Paris For the King of England were Iohn Duke of Lancaster the Earles of Northampton Warwicke and Suffoâ—â—â— Renauâ—d of Celâ—sâ—an Gualtâ—r of Maâ—ny Knights with certaine learned men for their Councell This treatie of a generall peace signed by the two Kings was ratified by their two eldest sonnes Charles and Edward and proclaimed by Heraulds first at the wiâ—dowâ—â— of the Kings and Princes lodgings and then at the corners of the streetes in great solemnitie The hostages were deliuered to Edward the father who imbarked at 〈◊〉 and lead them into England leauing the Earle of Warwicke in France to see the execution of the peace King Iohn brought to Calis
that this charge was imposed vpon the subiects against his consent laying a good foundation of firme correspoÌ„dencâ—e with the Parisâ—â—ns he retires into Flanders to take possession of his mother Marguerits inherâ—tance and credit with that rich people but in effect it was to build vppon the hereditary hatred he had against his cousin and capitall enemy To omit nothing that might auaile him agâ—inst tâ—e Dâ—ke of Orleans being at Brussels hee sends his Ambassadors to King Charles beseeching him with all affection to consuÌ„mate the marriage betwixt Lewis his eldest sonne Duke of Guienne Daulphin of Vienne Katherine of Bourgoâ—gne his daughter Charles thought it fiâ— to content his cousin Iohn vpon this demand but his brother Lewis crossed this marriage as preiudicial to the housâ— of France beeing â—lready weakened by the vniting of Bouâ—gongne to Flandâ—rs the which would be much more â—ortified by this alliance with the Kâ—ngs sonne Iohns Aâ—bassadors after long delaieâ— returne home without any effect making theâ—r maâ—stâ—â— acquainted with the cold proceedâ—ngs of the Court the which required his preâ—eÌ„ce Iâ— the end he reâ—olues to go in perso â—o â—ollicite a matter of so great imporportance But beeing ready to march behold the King of England sends an armie into Flanders The Dukâ— of Oâ—â—eaâ—â— â—oâ—â—eth the Duke oâ— Boâ—â—gâ—ngâ—â— to bâ—siege Scluse â—hich make him yeeâ—d â—o neâ—essity to demand succours of the Kiâ—g 〈◊〉 hâ—s â—oueraigâ—e against the common enemâ— of the Sâ—ate staying himselfe in Flandâ—rs to preuent theâ—e practises of the English Lewis of Orleans pretending a truce betwâ—xt France and England causeth succors to be denied him as if they should dâ—aweâ—â—arre vpon Francâ— being already tired â—ith sâ— great and long troubles Iohn held him selâ—e mâ—ch â—ronged by this deniall to haue the better meanes to returne to Paris he compounds with the English being desirous to make it knowne that hee would oppose himselfe against the Dâ—â—e of Orleans desseines taking hold of the occasion which he himselfe offeâ—ed him to his gâ—â—at preiudice The imposition was leuied by the Dâ—ke of Oâ—leans his commande and commissionâ— were brought into Flanders At â—aris it was exacted with all rigour but Iohn commâ—nd his subiects of Flanders â—oâ— to pay â—t â—nd goe well accoâ—panied to â—aris to assist the peâ—ple who gâ—eatly dâ—sâ—oâ—tented with â—his burthen durst not yet vtter their griefe expecting the countenance of a great commander The Parisiâ—ns incensed agâ—inst Lâ—wis of Orleans 〈◊〉 Iohn of Bâ—urgâ—â—gne â—o comâ— to Paris being resolued to imploy all their means in the defence of thiâ— cauâ—e The Paâ—iâ—ions solicite Iâ—â—n of 〈◊〉 to come whiâ—h they heâ—d to be very important for their reliefe Iohn desiâ—ed nothing mâ—re so as redoubling his courage aâ— these calls he goes in haste to Paris stâ—ies at Louure in Paâ—isâ—s gâ—uing the Parisiens nâ—tice to coâ—e vnto him The King remained at Paris as he was accustomed the queene Lewis of Orleans hauing discouered the Dâ—ke of Bourgongnes â—â—tent fearing leâ—â—t being the stronger hauing tâ—e Parisiens at his deuotion â—e should force the king to marry the Daulphin Lewis made sure to his daâ—ghter they thought it best to coâ—ueâ—gh this yâ—ng prince into Germany to some place of safety And going togither from Paris they lefâ— the Daulphin with Lewis of Bauâ—ere his vncle by the mothers side who shoâ—d câ—nduct hâ—m secreâ—ly in a litter to Corbeil where a goodly troupe attended him The Bâ—â—â—gâ—ignons fâ—lloâ—ers giue him present intelligence of their departure Iohn folloâ—es so speedâ—ly as he â—ueâ—takes the Daulphin Lewis at Vâ—liuifâ—e Iohn of Bâ—â—rgoâ—gne â—eizeth on the Dâ—â—â—pâ—â—ns person coÌ„ducted in a lâ—tter by Lewâ—s of Baâ—â—ere hiâ— vncle bring him back gâ—ntly to Paris where they receiue the Dâ—ke of Bâ—uâ—gongne â—â—th great ioy and are glad of the Daulphins returne going to meete them â—n great pompe as at a ioifull triumph Iohn beeing come to Paris hath conference witâ— them of this faction and findes them at his deuotion The Prouost of Mâ—rchantâ— â—nd the Vniueâ—sity assure him of their faithfull seruice they intâ—eat him to vndertake the reformation of the State a charge which he doth willingly imbrace as a fit maske â—or his ambitious humor He then presents a petition to the King beseeching him to reâ—orme the Sâ—ate 1406. strangely corrupted by the ill gouernement of the treasure whereby tâ—e subiects were oppâ—â—â—sed with insupportable charges and sacred iustice ill adâ—inistred the ordinary â—ubâ—eâ—â— of the peoples complaints but in effect it was to araigâ—e the Duke of Orleans Tâ—â— King forbare to make any answer vntill his brothers retuâ—ne beeing Pâ—esident of thâ— counsell and greatly interessed in this complaint bâ—t these had bin words witâ—â—uâ—â—ffect if force had not followed this admonition The Bourguignon had brought grâ—at â—roupes vnder the conduct of Iohn without pitty Bishop of Lâ—ege Ciuâ—ll waâ—â—â— beâ—inâ— and tâ—e Duâ—e oâ— Cleues The Duke of Orleans had also assembled an armie from diuers parts by the Lord of Hâ—rpendanne fortified with the forces of the Dâ—ke of Lorraine and the King of Sicily beeing made reâ—dy for the voyage of Naples Thus the Iâ—le of France is full of souldâ—â—â—â— of one liuery but of contrary humors as the manner is in ciuill warres French against French and kinseman against kinseman all making profession to maintaine the good of their country in ruining it Iohn of Bourgongne in shew had the aduantage being in the capitall Citty and possessed of the peoples harts he had the King in his poâ—er and for a gage of this newe authority which men honour like the sunne rising the Daulphin of the house of France â—hom he pretended to be his sonne in lawe All these considerations made his heaâ—â— sâ—ell and his tongue to speake proudly But Lewis Duke of Orleans soundâ— forth the name of publike authority which then remained in his hands as in a sacred gard Tâ—e most passionate make a stay at the name thereof to attend the euent of â—o great a quarrell Such force hath the name of lawfull authority and order in a Sâ—ate whereon it depends as on a firme foundation These armies thus lodged about Paris the Generalls minds appeared in the deuises of their standards In that of the Duke of Orleans was written Ielâ—enuie The deâ—â—seâ— of the 〈◊〉 with a staffe â—â—ll of â—nots painted in it signifiyng that he would knock him on the fiâ—gers that should presume tâ— touch his authority In the Duke of Bourgongnes was written in Flemish Ick Houd tâ—at is to say I hold it with a ioyners plane to make smooth the knotty staffe â—o to incounter the force that threatned him yet these passions were suppressed by the only reâ—pect of authority without the which al had teÌ„ded to a violent spoile The Princes of the bloud who were not ingaged in these quarrels labouâ— to reconcile their cousâ—â—â— seeing the Kings infirmity will not suffer him to vse his absolute authoâ—iâ—â—
the Countrie in alarme Occasions are offred of dayly skirmishes and daylie the English are beaten But the long stay of this little army and this thorne of Saint Denis stirred vp the people of Paris who loth to be so restrayned prepare a great power to force Saint Denis at what price soeuer The Marshall of Rieux loath to ingage himselfe beeing in all shewe the weaker retyres honorablie to Meulan without any losse The English beat downe the defences of Saint Denis being a common retreat to all men without any more labour eyther to keepe it or to recouer it The accord of Philip Duke of Bourgongne with Charles the 7. King of France IN the ende behold an agreement made with Charles so much expected so vnprofitablie sought after and nowe freely offred by the Duke of Bourgongne The deputies of the Councell presse both French English and Bourguignon to ende al quarrells by some good composition The Cittie of Arras is allowed of by them all to treat in The Assemblie was great from the Pope and the Councell of Pisa there came the Cardinalls of Saint Croix and Cipres An assemblie to treat of a peace with twelue Bishops For the King of France there was the Duke of Bourbon the Earle of Richmont Constable of France the Earle of Vendosme the Archebishop of Rheims Chancellor of France the Lords of Harcourt Valpergue la Fayette Saint Pierre du Chastell du Bois Chastillon du Flay de Railliq de Rommet Curselles and de Cambray first President of the Parliament at Paris with many wise and learned men as Iohn Tudart Blesset Iohn Charetier Peter Cletel Adam le Queux Iohn Taise and la Motte For the King of England the Cardinalls of Yorke and Winchester the Earle of Suffolke the Bishop of Saint Dauids Iohn Ratcliffe keeper of the great seale the Lord of Hongerford Ralfe the wise the Official of Canterburie and some Doctors of diuinity For Philip Duke of Bourgongne there came the Duke of Gueldres the Earle of Nassau the Bishop of Cambray the Earle Vernambourg the Bishop 〈◊〉 Leâ—ge the Earles of Vaudemont Neuers Salines S. Pol and Ligâ—y besides the deputies oâ— many of his best Townes The pompe was great both on the deputies behalfe of the Duke of Bourgongnes who intertained theÌ„ with all the honour good cheeâ—e that might be 〈◊〉 But leauing these circumstances I make hast to the principal matter The Kâ—ngâ— of France and England began the treaty The â—undamentall question was to whom the Crowne of France belonged The English did challenge it The question for the crown of Fâ—anâ—e both for that he was 〈◊〉 from a daughter of France as also by the graunt of Charles the 6. who did instâ—â—ce Henry the 5. and his successors heires of the crowne had disinherited Charles 〈◊〉 7. whom he termed an vsurper The deputies for Charles answered that they ought 〈◊〉 to call in question the ground of the Estate which cannot stand firme without that 〈…〉 heire to whom the lawe appoints and therfore without prouing of that which was apparent of it selfe they came to offers for the ending of all controuersies That if the King of England would both disclaime the title of King of France yeeld vp the countries held by him in diuers parts of the Realme he should inioy the Dâ—chies of Guiâ—nne and Normandy doing homage for them vnto the Kings of France as his soueraigne and with those conditions which his Ancestors Kings of England had formerly inioyed theâ— They stood vpon very different tearmes their authority was limited and possession puâ—t vp the English But sometimes he refuseth that after sues He that striueth to haue all most commonly looseth all One moitie in effect had more auailed the English then all in imagination who in the ende shall finde that the soueraigne Iudge the preseruer of the lawe and of States giues and takes away Charles the English cannot agree appoints and disapoints according to his good and wise will and that there is no force nor wisedome but his Tâ—e mâ—tter was soone ended betwixt the Kings of France and England seeing right could do no good the sword must preuaile Thus the Ambassadors of England returne without any effect those of France stay to treate with the Duke of Buurgongne and his deputies amongest the which he himselfe was the chiefe as well for his owne interest as for his iudgement in affaires A man exceeding cunning who could imbrace all occasions to make his profiâ— by an other as the discourse of his life hath made manifest Bâ—t 〈◊〉 what ende serues all this morter and so great workemanship to frame a building which shall be ruined vnder his sonne and shal bury him in the ruines thereof It is a â—oolish reason which thou calledst reasâ—n hauing no ground of reason and doest not hearken to the voice of heauen O Foole all thy riches shal be taken from thee this night Man walâ—es in a shadow he toyles in vaine to 〈◊〉 â—is name immortall in the graue he hunts with infinite labour and takes nothing As for Charles he sought to retire the Bourguignon from all league and alliance with tâ—e King of England and taking from him all occasions of discontent so to ingage him 〈…〉 honours as he should resolue to follow his faction as the most profiâ—â—â—â—â— knowing that his own priuate interest was the chiefe end of his desseins Matters 〈◊〉 câ—rried in shew according to the humour of that age the dâ—sposition of the court 〈◊〉 for the honour of Charles who must aske the Duke of â—ourgongne pardon hauing 〈…〉 father to be slaine against his faith Charles sends a blank to the 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 what conditions he pleased But was it not true must not the crime be câ—nfessed by hiâ— that was culpable Charles therefore resolues to send him a bâ—anke tâ—e accâ—rd doth testâ—fie that the Bourguignon fiâ—led it with so many vnreasonable conditâ—ons as it is strange so great a monarch should stoâ—p so much to his subiect vassall but necessity â—ath no law A presidâ—nt for great men not to attempt any thing against reason least they bee constrayned to repaiâ—e it with reason and yet to know that it is an amendment of a fault to yeeld to necessity for the good of the state beeing a great thrift to loose for gaine The â—â—iginall sets downe at large all the conditions of this treaty wâ—o so please may reade 〈◊〉 Monstrellet in the history of S. Denis The summe is that the massacre 〈◊〉 〈…〉 person of Iohn Duke of Bâ—urgongne at Montereau-â—aut-yonne 〈…〉 repaired by confession and ceâ—emonies Great sommes of present money with goodly Seâ—gâ—â—uries are giuen to the Duke of Bourgongne so many assurances for him and hi◠〈◊〉 a great volume is full of these scrupulous conditions The Duke of Bourgongnes promise is more simple that he should declare himselfe a friend to Charles the 7. King of France King Charles and the
King more â—euer subiects gaue with greater ioy to their Soueraigne then the French did to hâ—m â—haâ— glorious surname of Father of his people FRANCIS the first of that name 58. King of France FRANCES THE I. KING OF FRANCE .58 1515. HAppie is that Realme saith the wise man which fals not into a childs hands This was the first comfort which reuiued the hearts of the French oppressed with mourning and heauinesse for the death of their good King Lewis the twelfth The second was that they cast their eyes vppon a worthie successor a Prince well borne iudicious and of a generous spirit liberall courteous in the prime of his age and fit for gouernment affable to the people fauorable to the Clergie pleasing to the Nobilitie who doe naturally loue their Princes good countenance and that which all subiects admire in their Soueraine of an excellent beautie Thus capable was he of the royall dignitie Francis being then two and twentie yeares old before Duke of Valois and Earle of Angoulesme tooke vppon him the gouernment of this Monarchie as sonne to Charles Earle of Angoulesme sonne to Iohn Earle of Angoulesme who was the yongest sonne of Lewis Duke of Orleans murthered by the Bourguignon at Paris in the time of Charles the sixth who was also the yongest sonne of King Charles the fiâ—t Hee was anointed at Rheims the fiue and twentith of Ianuary being attended on by the Dukes of Bourbon and Alanson the Earles of Montpensier Vendosme and Saint Paul the Prince of Roche-sur-Yon al of the house of Bourbon Then hauing made his entry into Paris a sollemne Tournie kept in Saint Anthonies street he confirmed all the ancient officers of the Crowne and to suppâ—ie those which were vacant hee creaâ—ed Charles Duke of Bourbon Constable of France being void by the death of Iohn the second Duke of Bourbon Anthonie Prat Chancellor for then Steuen Poncher Bishoppe of Paris was keeper of the seale Charles of Bourbon Earle of Vendosme Gouernour of the I le of France making the said Countie a Duchie and a Peere of France the Lord of Lautree Gouernour of Guienne Palisse Marshall of France Boisi his gouernour in his youth Lord Steward and Superintendant of his house with whome he ioyned Fleuremonde Robertet His dessâ—â—ins Secretarie of State With this title of King of France he tooke vppon him that of the Duke of Milan not onely as descending of the house of Orleans the true heire of that Duchie but also as comprehended in the inuestiture made by the Emperour according to the treatie of Cambraye And for that hee succeeded equally both to the Crowne and the desire his Predecessor had to recouer that goodly estate of Milan he therfore to worke it with more facilitie renued the peace made betwixt the deceased King and the King of England sending home Mary the widoâ—e of Lewis with a dowrie of threescoore thousand Crownes a yeare· who afterwards married with the Duke of Suffolke Hee also confirmed the alliance this Crowne had with the Senat of Venice The Archduke Charles sent a very honorable Ambassage to the King whereof the Earle of Nassau was the cheefe to doe him homage for the Counties of Flanders Arthois and other Lands which held of this Crowne and the which gaue great hope of a future peace betwixt these two Princes both being yong but marked for great matters to treat a marriage betwixt the said Charles and Renèe the Queenes sister who was after wife to the Duke of â—errare And for that the sayd Earle was greatly fauoured by the Prince Charles the King desirous to gratifie him caused him to marrie with the daughter of the Prince of Orange bred vp in his Court. Charles was yet vnder age but so carefully instructed by that wise Lord of Chieures of the house of Croye whome the deceased King Lewis had made choise of to gouerne him in his youth for that Philippe the father of Charles had by his testament intreated Lewis to accept the charge of his sonne that euen in his yonger yeares hee made him capable to vnderstand the affaires presenting vnto him all pacquets that came causing him to make report thereof vnto his Councell and to determine all things in his presence He did foresee that after the death of Ferdinand his grandfather by the mother the French might crosse him in his passage from Fâ—anders into Spaine holding it dangerous to stand in the midest betwixt the Kings of France and England vnited togither and not to fortâ—fie himselfe with this common alliance Moreouer his subiects of the low Countries would haue no warres with the Realme of France The King likewise desired to take from him all motiues to gouerne himselfe hereafter by the councell of his two grandfathers They therefore agreedâ— That the marriage proceeding betwixt the Archduke and Rene the King should giue him six hundred thousand Crownes and the Duchie of Berry for euer to her and to heires vppon condition she should renounce all rights of inheritance both from father and mother namely to the Duchies of Milan and Brittanie That after the death of the Catholike King the King should ayd the Archduke with men and shippes to goe and receiue his Realmes of Spaine The Arragonois demaunded a continuance of the truce but the King meaning to put out that clause Not to molest the Duchie of Milan during the truce their parle was fruitlesse The Emperour who ioyned his desseins to the councels of Ferdinand opposed against the amitie of the French The Suisses were as forward as before As for the Pope Francis desired to be freed from all bond to him that he mightt resolue for the best according to the course of his affaires To build vpon these foundations he now imployes his Captaines men at armes and the prouisions which his Predecessor had first prepared and makes his armie march with speed to Lions whether his Maiestie comes in Iuly An armie â—o all in the Duchie of 〈◊〉 hauing left the Regencie of the Realme to Louise of Sauyoe his mother The Duke of Bourbon Constable led the foreward accompanied with his brother Francis newly created Duke of Castelleraud the Marshals of Palisse and Triuulce Charles of Tremouille Prince of Talmont sonne to Lewis Vicont of Touars the Earle of Sancerre the Baron of Beard the Lords of Bonniuet Imbercourt and Teligni Seneshall of Rouergue Peter of Naurrre whome the King had drawen to his seruice giuing him his libertie without ransome commaunded six thousand Gascons and the Lords of Lorges grandfather to the late Mongomeries Pirault of Margiron Richbourg Iorteil little Lainet Onatilleu Hercules of Daulphine and Captaine Commarque euery one commaunding fiue hundred foote making foure thousand and eight or nine thousand Lansquenets led by Charles Duke of Guelders The King led the battaile followed by the Duke of Vendosme Lorraine and Albania the Earle of Saint Paul Claude of Lorraine Earle of Guise brother to the Duke of Lorraine the
army he retires to Paris detesting his infidelity Hebert imbracing this occasioÌ„ comes to Hugues and according to the familiarity of their ancient friendshippe he laughes at him in suâ—â—â—ing himselfe to be abuâ—ed by his approued enemy abandoning his trustie friends against al right The shame to haue failed of his word despight to haue bene deceiued â—ade Hugues soone resolue not onely to leaue Lewis but to imbrace Richards party against him with all his power It was a notable stratageme to diuide Hugues and leaue him discontented with Lewis but being assured of his friendshippe they send into Den-marke from whence the Normans â—ere descended to King Aigrold kinsman and friend to Richard for succors the which succeeded more happily then they expected Lewis is at Rouan who doth not onely command there as Soueraigne but doth seize on their goods Lewis oppreseth the Norâ—mans whome he doth any way suspect deuising occasions and holding it for a capitall crime to be any way affected vnto Richard fauoring his followers with the best matches in the Country and giuing them credit and authority in the Prouince by marriages he imposeth extraordinarie charges vpon the people 945. already surcharged with the feeding of so many horsemen To conclude he doth all a man may doe that hath no other councellor but his greatnesse and that seekes his owne ruine by his blinde couetousnesse In the meane time Aigrold armes in Denmarke The King of Denmarke comes to succour the Duke of Normandie and in the end comes into Normandie with a goodly armie the King likewise brings his forces to field Richard who had the chiefe interest is at Senlis in safety and Hugues at Paris a looker on Aigrold before hee enters into open hostility sends his Ambassadors to Lewis to let him vnderstand that the reason which had drawne him into Normandie with his armie was to mainteine the right of his cousin Richard who had not deserued to be spoyled of his estate vpon no other cause but his minority who although hee had no father yet should he not bee destitute of Kinsmen and friends And therefore hee intreated Lewis rather then to come to the doubtfull euent of armes to suffer Richard to enioy Normandie as his father and grand-father had done And this he did to haue the right on his side Lewis bold in deceiuing and a coward in danger charged with the wrong hee had done vnto a pupill seeing himselfe abandoned by Hugues whom he had discontented out of season and not trusting much the other Noblemen that followed him hee makes a very milde answer to Aigrold and after some negotiations he yeelds to a parlee with him as the chiefe mediator of Richards rights Bâ—ing in field and conferring together vpon this occasion behold an vnexpected accident falls out He which had beene the cause of the Earle of Flanders quarrell and by consequence of the murthering of William the father of Richard was there present with the King Our histories say it was Ellâ—in Earle of Montreuill A Dane an old friend of Williams knowes him hee chargeth him therewith and as they grow to choller hee kills him Then both parties fell to armes the French charge the Danes but they finde themselues too weake all are dispersed and with this vprore the Kings breake off their parlee Lewis goes to horse the which being strong headed carries him among the thickest of the Danes Behold he is now prisoner in the hands of some souldiars but as in this tumult the gard was neglected he escapes yet in the end he is taken againe Lewis taken prisoner â—t a paâ—lâ—e and and lead in triumph to Rouan Thus the murther supported by Lewis was the cause of his imprisonment and he seeking to wrong a pupill did releeue him with his owne person in exchange that he had restrained him against all right The Queene Gerberge greatly troubled for her husbands imprisonment flies to Othâ— the Emperour her brother who preuented by Hugues his other brother in law and seeing the wrong Lewis did to disquiet a young Prince in the possession of his estate refuseth to succour him so as necessitie inforceth Gerberge to vse Hugues to her great griefe to be a mediator for the deliuery of the King her husband Hugues intreated by the Queene his sister in law deales at length in this accord but vpon good termes That the King should yeeld to Duke Richard all the Duchie of Normandie and for a surplusage that of Brittanie Enlarged vpon conditions to hold them freely without retention of soueraignty or homage the which was much more then the pupill required who would willingly haue done homage to the King as to his soueraigne Lord and haue yeelded him faithfull obedience Behold the issue of Lewis his deceite being deceiued by a poore young man whom he thought to circumuent verifying by a notable example That whosoeuer seekes to take away an other mans right looseth his owne Behold Richard restored to his estate where he carrieth himselfe with such equity and moderation by the wise aduise of Bernard and Osmond his Gouernours as he wins the loue of his subiects and by their councell he takes to wife Agnes or Eumacette the Daughteâ— of Hugues the great Richard marries the daughter of Hugues the great for confirmation of the good turne hee had receiued from him in his necessity This allyance of Hugues with Richard increased Lewis his iealousie against him so as hee resolued to imploy all his forces to suppresse him He goes to the Emperour Otho his brother in law informing him that Hugues practised to depriue him of the realme and that he would speedily attempt it if hee were not preuented 951. with whome he so preuailed through this common iealousie of Princes Lewis seâ—kes to ruine Hugues his brother in lawe who impatiently do see any other to growe great by them as he leuied a great army the which ioyned with that of France and beseeged Rouan but with such vnhappy successe as the Emperour hauing lost both his Nephew and a great number of his men aduised the King to compound with Hugues his brother in lawe and to leaue Richard Normandie in peace according to their former treaties So hauing labored to reconcile these brothers in lawe he returned into Germany This counterfeit reconciliatioÌ„ was but a breathing of the peoples miseries which they suffred by the dissention of Princes but there was no firme friendship for Hugues trusted not Lewis but kept aloofe in his great Citty of Paris leauing the King at Laon being then the chiefe seat of his royall aboade Hugues by this cunning proceeding kept himselfe out of Lewis his hands who on the other side dissembled seeing that force could not preuaile he watched all oportunities to surprise his enemies amongest the which he hated none so much as Hebert Earle of Vermandois both for that which hee had done against his father and his late proceedings against himselfe He
they feared Of this great army there hardly escaped three hundred all are pact together great smal Not one CoÌ„mander escaped very few Noblemen Robert Earle of Artois cosin to the King of France General of the army Arnoul Lord of Neele Constable of France Iames of Chastilion A wonderfull defeate of the French Gouernor of FlaÌ„dâ—rs Iohn King of Maiorica Godfroy of BrabaÌ„t his Son the Lord of Viezon the Earls of Eu la Marche Damartin Aumale Auge Tancaruille many other great personages which were the offerings of these cowardly spirits They number 12000. Gentlemen slaine in this battell by this inraged multitude A notable president not to contemne an enemy which teacheth what a furious people well led may do An enemy is not to be contemned howâ— weake soeuer and especially that victories come froÌ„ heauen for here the lesser number vanquished the greater the weakethe strong This victory called of Courtray or Groeminghe was followed with an absolute reuolt of all Flanders against the French It happened in the yeare 1302. the 11. of Iuly Iohn of Namour remaining their gouernour in the absence of their imprisoned Earle Philip receiued a great check in this battell but he had more botoms to vntwist Aâ—â— the tâ—reats of Edward King of England of the Emperor Adolphe vanished only Pope Boniface the 8. shewed himselfe obstinate in his hatred against Philip. A discourse worthy to be carefully described In the hottest of these Flemish affayres Pope Boniface did excoÌ„municate Philip curse his Realme vpon this occasion A notable affront done by Pope Boniface to Philip. The Christians estate was lamentable in the East the Tartarians encreased dayly Cassan King of Tartars allyed with the King of Armenia a Christian made a great professioÌ„ of loue to the Christians and for that the Mamelus held Iudea Ierusalem he desired to drawe the Kings and Princes of Christendome to their ayde To this end he sends an Ambassage to Pope Boniface the 8. and to Philip King of France to intreat them both to imploy their authorities and meanes in so good a worke Boniface failes not to imbrace this occasioÌ„ he not onely exhorts Philip to succor the Tartar but also commands him proudly and imperiously vpon paine of excommunication This Bull was giuen to a sufficient man named Stephen an Arragonois whom he had made Bishop of Apaâ—ters a Cittie in the Countie of Foix which they commonly call Pamiers and had erected this new Bishoprick in the Archbishoprick of Tholouse without the Kings priuity or consent who acquitted himselfe of his charge so stoutly that when as Philip represented vnto him the greatnesse of his affaires so as he could not obey the Popes command he answered with a bold face That if the King would not obey the Pope hee would depriue him of his Realme The subiect the manner and the person aduanced thus against his will did so moue Philip grieued with this late losse as if the Pope would insult ouer him for this bad successe that hee imprisoned this Bishop Boniface transported with choller sends to him againe one Peter a Romane borne Archbishop of Narbonne with sharper Buls to summon him to vndertake this voyage of the East to command him not to touch the reuenues of the Clergie to reprehend him sharpely for that hee had presumed to lay hands vpon the Bishop whom he had sent to inioyne him to send him presently back in full libertie His charge extended to no other censures in case he disobeyed not in the principall The Archbishop executed his charge boldly Philip shewed him with great modestie the impossibilitie of this voyage the reasons which had moued him to leuie this tenth of the Clergie and so to intreate the Bishop hauing spoken vnto him without any respect Arrogancie of the Popes Nuncio The Archbishop replied with more arrogancie That he was ignorant of the Popes authoritie who was not onely the Father of Christian soules but also Soueraigne Lord and Prince in temporall things And therefore by that authoritie he did excommunicate him declaring him vnworthy to raigne and his realme forfaited to the Church of Rome to inuest whom he pleased Moreouer he brought another Bull directed to the Prelats and Noblemen of France by the which he did acquire and dispence all Frenchmen from their oth of obedience to Philip. And a third by the which he did cite all the Prelats and Diuines of the French Church to appeare before him at Rome disanulling all indulgences and priuiledges granted to the French by any Popes his predecessors The Earle of Artois disdaining this affront takes the Bull and casts it into fire saying That no such dishonor should euer befall the King to submit himselfe to any such conditions Philip amazed at these bold affronts referres the whole matter to his Councell who conclude to send back the Popes two Nuncios to Rome and to forbid the Prelats of France to goe or to send any money to Rome beseeching Philip to proceed in the affaires of his Realme and not to stay in so goodly a course This done Philip raiseth new great forces to returne into Flanders At his entry the Flemings were defeated at Arques neere to S. Omer in a straight passage Guy of Namur beseeging Xiriâ—xé was ouerthrowne by the Kings Nauie assisted by 16. Galleys of Genoa vnder the command of Renier Grimaldi and being taken is carried to the King being in his armie betwixt Lisle and Douay After this fortunate beginning Philip subdâ—es the Flemings many Cittie 's yeelded to the French the rest fearing the euent stood amazed the sume of their victorie being evaporated so as the first heat being colde they intreate the Earle of Sauoy to be a mediator to Philip for a truce whereby they might obtaine a peace after so many miseries Philip of Flanders Iohn of Namur brethren were great persâ—aders thereof for the naturall desire they had to free their poore father so long time a prisoner But Philip thirsting after reuenge for his losse at Courtray refuseth it He aduanceth and defeats the Flemings at Aire and at Tournay There chanced in the end that notable incounter at Mons in Penelle where they were wonderfully beaten to make them loose the â—ast of the battaile of Courtray yet Philip was in danger of his life and bought this victory dearly and the Flemings like men in dispaire assembled together from all parts although vnder-hand they did sue to Philip for peace the which in the end they obtained Philip makes peace with the Flemings at the instance of Iohn Duke of Brabant vpon these conditions That the Soueraignty remaining to the King and the Flemings enioying their liberties the Earle Guy all other prisoners should be set at libertie without ransome and the Flemings should pay eighty thousand pound sterling for the charges of the war the Castels of Lisle Douay Cassell Courtray should be deliuered into the Kings
of the Curat of S Eustace and al S. Houores street ioynes in this hardy resolution In the meane time the Vniuersity beyond the bridge doth the like Lewis of Luxemâ—ourâ— Bishop of Therouenne Chancellor for the English the Bishops of Lisieux Mâ—â—aux the Lord Willoby with others deuoted to the English aduertised of these mutinâ—e 〈◊〉 diâ—ers parts of the Citty fearing some sedition retire towards S. Anthonies gate hauing carried all their best furniture into the Bastille and fortifie the houses adioyning All being thus prepared at Paris the Constable of Richemont guided by Lisle-Adam parts 〈◊〉 Pontoise comes to S. Denis in the night where hauing rested some houres â—e marcheth early in the morning accompanied with the Earle of Dunois a bastard of the house of Orleans the Lords of Suze and Bueil with a great company of resolute souldiers approching nere the Citty Lisle-Adam with a choise troupe goes before S. Iames gate the appointed place for the Rendez-uous where he finds all in a readines so as Laillier hauing planted ladders for him at the lowest part of the wall he mounts with his troupe Beeing entred the citty the people of that quarter who were assembled for his comming begin to crye A peace a peace God saue the King and the Duke of Bourgongne Lisle-Adam beeing ioyned to the chiefe of the citty goes directly to the Gate The Constable is receiued into Paris the which was set open by the captaine of that quarter and the Constable who was before it with his troupes entred in good order Then the people redoubled their cries They all stand at a gaze being aduertised of this entry and exceeding glad to see themselues ready to recouer their ancient liberty they prepare to march where they should be commanded to expell the English All run to the Bastille The Tournelles are presently seized on and al approches vnto the Bastille are soone won Such as were within it at the first made some shewe of defence but as all things were prepared to force them they demand a parle and agree to depart with their liues and baggage They are conducted about the Towne beneath the Louure to imbarke vpon the riuer of Seine and so to passe to Rouen They could not well haue passed through the citty The people aduertised hereof run to the walles and cry out with great shoutes bayting the English like dogges Paris obeyes the King whom a little before they had feared and honoured as their masters This happened the 27. of February in the yeare 1436. Thus Paris returnes to the obedience of this Crowne hauing passed seuenteene yeares vnder the gouernement of the English which made the fatherly command of their King more pleasing vnto them and them more willing to obey him hauing tasted the imperious commande of a stranger Charles aduertised of this happy successe parts from Montpellier and returnes slowly by Auuergne The Kings entry into Paris to giue the Parisiens time to prepare for his entry the which was performed with great pompe six moneths after the reduction of the citty but with so extraordinary an affection of the people as drinking after a great thirst All the townes within the Realme had followed this example if Charles had imbraced this goodly â—ccasion all being drawne vnto their duty by a naturall instinct He was of a milde spirit plyable to all windes flying toyle but patient when he had vndertaken it We haue hitherto seene him constant inough in his afflictions Câ—aâ—les his humour although the waight of blowes so often doubled had made him senselesse so as he bare his crosses with lesse feeling as a mortified member doth the rasor or corrosiue but prosperity had so reuiued his spirits as he recouered himselfe returned to his owne disposition He wanted authority to command well and iudgement to make choyse of his seruants for he often iâ—braced and rewarded vnnecessary men and put back such as were profitable This proceeding discontented such as seruing him faithfully did see themselues contemned These discontents gaue them liberty to speake and doe things which offended the King The nature of tâ—actable humors Experience teaching that these tractable humors are as soone moued as pleased and aboue all are suspitious and cholericke for impressions creeping into these weake spirits makes them to fall into another extreamity of vnmeasured passion We haue seene the like in the life of Lewis the gentle but we shal not find the like excesse in our Charles yet shall we see that by the like indiscreet facility he disordered his owne affaires The inconueniences of Charles his facility discontented his bloud grieued many of his best seruants filled his life with languishing in the prosperity of his affaires to cast him headlong in the midest of his greatest triumphs into the gulph of a fearefull graue what we are to represent in this discourse shall be the comentary of this trueth As soone as the spring appeares the Duke of Bourgongnes army goes to field to besiege Calais it consisted for the most part of the commonalties of his estates He easily ingaged them in this warre both by his authority and the shew of profit to haue a Towne so conuenient for trafficke The Bâ—â—rguignâ—n attempts Calais in vaâ—ue This army had scarse continued in field ten dayes but they looke homeward to their houses shoppes and fieldes besides the Engliâ—â— wrought them vnder hand and sent a great supply to defend Calais This humour did so possesse this armed multitude as the Bourguignon had no power to hold them All passe away like to a violent streame and this his desseine came to nothing although he chafed in vaine like vnto the Persâ—â—n that threatned the tempest whipt the sea So all enterprises succeede not The Duke of Bourgongne being thus retired the English hath his reuenge of this affront spoiles the marches of Boulongne and Grauelins to the great losse of the Countrie The Lord of Croy sought to make head against the English being followed by a goodly troupe but he was defeated and saues himselfe with diâ—ficuâ—tie in Ardres The Flemings stirre at this losse The Lord of 〈◊〉 dâ—â—eated by 〈◊〉 and march vnder the Duke of Bourgongâ—es commande but they returne with shame for Calais was reserued for an other season We haue sayed that Charles had a sonne named Lewis borne in the midest of his greatest crosses the first yeare of his raigne in the yeare .1423 Being thirteene yeares old he married him to Marguerite Stuard the only daughter of Iames King of Scotland a Princesse of excellent vertues The Daulpâ—iâ— Lewis married to a daughter of Scotland and a gage of the faithfull seruice which Scotland did to this Crowne in her greatest dangers who suruiued not much this felicity of France Charles was desirous to returne to Montpellier where hauing called an assemblie of that Prouince he heard many complaints of the outrages his soldiars had committed running vp and downe
prisoners and artillerie deliuer vp Arques Caudebecq Tancaruille Lisle-bonne Hâ—nnefleu and Monstreuille The Conditions granâ—ed to the English at Rouen they should pay fiftie thousand Crownes presently and discharge their priuate debts in the Cittie before they departed for assurance whereof they should leaue Talbot the flower of all their men with fiue other hostages such as the King should demande So Talbot remaynes for a pledge After ten dayes all articles agreed vpon beâ—ng performed except Honnefleu all the hostages haue leaue to depart except Talbot who stayes vntill Honnefleu is deliuered But Talbot must haue more time to tast the bountie clemencie of our King and the fruits of French couâ—tesie Thus Charles enters Rouen with great pompe Câ—arles enâ—ers Rouen but the peoples ioye exceeded the statelinesâ—e of his traine Their showtes drowne the Trumpets and Clarons all crie God saue the King 1450. This poore people greedie to see their Prince after so long and cruell a seruitude weepe for ioy men and women young and olde all runne many bonfiers are made but the fire of publike deuotion burnt more cleare This was the tenth of Nouember in the yeare 1449. a notable date for so singular a deliuerance There yet remained some Townes in Normandie to conquer Charles loth to loose any opportunitie or to giue the enemie any leisure to bethinke himselfe would scarse allow of any time for the publike ioy and content of his good subiects but goes presently to field with his armie Honnefâ—eu would not obey the Duke of Somerset the which he must deliuer vp according to the treatie there were fifteene hundred English resolute to defend the place but after fifteene dayes siege they yeelded vpon honourable termes King Charles deales honourablie with Talbot their goods and liues being saued Charles for an increase of the good cheere he had made vnto Talbot during his imprisonment giues him his libertie without ransome with meanes to retire himselfe into England with great gifts but he shall make him no due requitall of this good and honourable entertainment Fougeres the subiect of this last warre and the chiefe cause of this good successe returnes to the obedience of the Crowne through the valour of the Duke of Brittanie and Belesme with the Castell of Fresâ—â—â— by that of the Duke of Alançon As all things succeeded happily for our Charles so all went crosse in England The Earle of Suffolke gouerned King Henry the 6. quietly being a young man and of a weake spirit As all the affaires of England depended vpon this Earle The estate of England so did the reproches The Duke of Somerset a Prince of the English bloud very iealous of his credit and reputation and ashamed to be blemished with these losses in France layes the chiefe fault vpon Suffolke and others that had the gouernment and so incensed the people of London against them The Londoners mutinie and kill the Lord Keeper as the Londoners transported with choller for so great a losse meaning to punish the offenders fall vpon the Bishop of Chichester Lord Keeper of the priuie Seale and kill him in a mutinie they intend the like to Suffolke â—â— by the fauour of some of his friends he had not beene put into the Tower of London to yeeld an accoumpt of his actions Henry who loued him deerely takes him forth The English Chronicle reports quite contrary and sent him into France for his better safetie But it chanced that Suffolke seeking to auoide one danger fell into another where he made his last shipwrack for being met by Somersets people being his capitall enemie he was taken and beheaded his head body were sent to London those cruell spoiles set vp to publike view in places most frequented In the meane time all England troubled for the losse of Rouen and the greatest part of the Prouince resolues to hazard all to saue the rest of their conquests in France They had yet in Normandy the Townes of Caen Vire Auranches S. Sauueur leVicont Falaize Damfront Cherebourg with the strong places of Tombelaine Briquebec New forces sent out of England into France and a great part of Guienne With this remainder the English imagin to recouer the possession of what they had lost So Henry sends speedily 4000. men vnder the command of Thomas Tiâ—el one of his most renowmed Captaines Being landed at Cherebourg without any losse of of time he besiegeth Valonges a strong place and of importance At the brute of these forces all the English garrisons assemble to augment his armie and to fortifie the siege so as being together they make about 8000. men Our armie was lodged in diuers places to refresh themselues since the siege of Honnefleu the season being wonderfull moist in the thawe of the spring when as newes came to Charles of the landing of the English and the imminent danger of the besieged the losse whereof were a foule blemish to his victorie To preuent this he presently sends the Earle of Clermont with sixteene hundred Lances whereof the Earle of Castres the Admirall of Raiz the Seneshall of Poitou and the Lords of Montgascon Couuran and Rouhault were the commanders The English armie was lodged at Fourmigny a village betwixt Carentan and Bayeux in a place of aduantage to keepe themselues free from such forces as they might doubt should be sent from the King being then in the country Matago an old English Captaine came vnto him with a thousand Archers The English being thus fortified set their backes to a Riuer being flanked with diuers Orchards and Gardines before them they make trenches to stoppe their approche and in this sort they attend the enemie The neerenesse of Charles made them to imagine our French to be more in number then they were for this troupe did not exceed sixe hundred fighting men whereof a hundred onely commanded by Geoffray of Couuran and Ioachim of Rouault charged the English vantgard hauing slaine three or foure hundred put the rest of their armie in disorder yet the Earle of Clermont seeing the danger he was in with his troupe if the enemie had discouered his aduantage hauing so great an army against his small troupe sends presently to Charles for speedy succours By good hap as the messenger came vnto the King the Constable of Richmont arriues from Brittaine who marcheth presentlie not giuing his souldiers any leisure to breath exhorting them to go couragiously to an assured victorie His comming strack the stroake and swayâ—d the victory He had 240. Lances and 800. Archers and with him Iames of Luxembourg the Cont of Laâ—all and the Lord of Loheac Marshall of France with the good fortune of Charles He aâ—riues euen when as the Earle of Clermont was farre ingaged in the fight the English had taken two Culuerins from him and in despight had passed S. Clements-forde preparing to discharge these Culuerins when as behold the Constable comes with his troupe with a victorious
there is no vice whereon God doth more often shew his iudgements then vpon pride The great wealth thou hast gathered together during thy long felicitie hath it so furiously transported thee beyond the bounds of obedience and to what end is thy great wealth but to draw thee headlong to thy ruine Philip takes his reuenge by the defeat of foure thousand Liegeois fortified within Montenac a village fiue leagues from Liege The Earle of Nassau did this exploit but the Duke would be present in person with the Earle his sonne at the taking and vtter desolation of Dinan He besiegeth it with aboue twenty thousand horse beside foote which were in great numbers takes it spoiles it and destroyes it and draggs eight hundred prisoners chained together to be drowned in the Meuze before Bouuines an expiation for the tyrannicall extorsions they had endured by the Dinanâ—ois Those of Liege did for this time escape the like fortune but it was but deferred and behold an other cause of indignation which they procure to themselues Lewis of Bourbon Bishop of Liege by resignation and admitted to the dignitie by the intercession and fauour of Duke Philip to the Pope beginnes to preferre the most confident and trustie seruants of the said Philip to all offices and dignities within the Towne The people are grieued thereat they mutine and expell the Bishop This reuolt against their spirituall and temporall Lord procures the Popes excommunication against them Philip after the destruction of Dinand turnes head against them but terrified with so sharpe a punishment they flie to the Earle of Charolois who is a meanes for their peace and pardon paying six hundred thousand Florins of the Rhin in sixe yeares and three hundred hostages for a securitie of their deeds and promises specified by the Bishops Thus this people restored to fauour with their Prince A Florin is about three shillings and seuen pence and reconciled to their Bishop were absolued of the excommunication by Onofrie a Romaine Cittizen and Bishop of Troye Whilest that Philip subdues the Liegeois Lewis imployes his whole studie to ruine the house of Brittanie Lewis supports the Liegeois against their Duke and to confirme a truce with the English who threatned France with a new descent during our diuisions and hee practiseth the Bourguignon by all meanes And to presse him to renounce his Brother Charles and the Duke of Brittanie he takes the Liegeois into his protection against their Duke in case hee shall hereafter wrong them the which he doth signifie vnto him by the Constable of S. Paul and the Cardinal Balue offering notwithstanding to renounce their alliance if he will likewise abandon his brother and the Britton This Brauado proceeds to effects He sendes them foure hundred Launces of his ordinarie vnder the conduct of the Earle of of Dammartin the Lords of Salezart Conyhem and Vignolles with sixe thousand Archers The Earle of S. Paul but without the Kings authoritie lead them some troupes speedily leuied vpon the frontiers of Picardie The first act of his Tragedie which in the end shall make him leaue his head at the Greue in Paris Philip of Bourâ—gongne dies But it was now time for Philip to leaue the troubles of this world to enioy an assured and euerlasting rest in heauen This inconstant and mutinous people supposing by the decease of their Lord to be at libertie they breake out go to field recouer all the Townes chase away the garrisons placed by the deceased Duke spoile and sack the places they take by force The Liegâ—oiâ— â—ebelll againe without any care of their ingaged hostages who were all readie to be sacrificed by Charles the new Duke of Bourgongne to require the madde insolencies of their countrimen yet he reserues the reuenge for a more famous memorie Hee partes from Louuain in armes and well accompanied and goes to besiege Saintron The Liegeois to raise the siege issue forth with thirtie thousand men some fiue hundred horse and great store of Artillerie The Duke turnes head againe chargeth them and ouer-comes them They are defeated he killes about nine thousand the approching night saues the rest Presently after this charge the Duke puft vp with this good successe speakes bigge he writes vnto the Constable like a Rodomont answerable to the speeches he had with him at Louuain That he besâ—eched the King for his sake to attempt nothing vpon the State of Brittanie aduertising him of the memorable battaile which he had wonne After the which Saintron yeelds vpon conditions and the tenth man is chosen out at the Dukes pleasure and then beheaded Tongres was no better intreated and these miserable wretches thus tithed were for the most part of those hostages which hee had freely sent home vpon condition to imploy themselues to pacifie the seditious humours of their fellowe Cittizens In the end as he turned all his forces against Liege premeditating with himselfe of a lamentable and bloudie reuenge The Liegeois submit themselues to their Duke behold three hundred of their best Cittizens come forth in their shirts bare headed and bare legged bringing the Keyes to the Duke He enters the Cittie by a great breach of twentie sadome beaten downe in the wall disarmes the inhabitants takes from them their artillerie which remained razeth all the Towers and Towne walles and chargeth them with heauier impostes then euer his father had done A worke of heauen which quencht the fire of sedition which began to flame at Gand a stirring people and second to the Liegeois in inconstancie of whome it is commonly sayd That they loue the sonne of their Prince but not the Prince himselfe So the Gantois bring vnto him on foote as farre as Bruxelles the seuentie and two banners of the occupations which he had graunted them at his entrie with all the priuileges and letters they had tumultuously wrested from him Charles sent the sayd Banners to Bologne la grasse to accompany those which his father had in like sort taken from them he disanulled their priuilege of the law whereby the people had right of 26. Sheriffes of the Towne to choose euery yeare two and twenty and the Prince but foure he condemned them in thirtie thousand Florines to himselfe and sixe thousand to his officers and followers All other Townes compounded for money and then he made his entrie armed into Gand. Thether came Ambassadours to him from Lewis labouring to drawe him to consent to the warres which he preâ—ended to make in Brittanie the which not able to obtaine the Winter was spent in sending one to another and Summer being come Lewis enters the said Duchie with an armie of fiftie thousand men and at his first arriuall he takes Chantoâ—â—â— and Ancenis and after some other militarie exploites he forceth both his brother and the Duke of Brittanie to accept such conditions as he would prescribe vnto them That they should renounce all alliances and especially that of the Duke of Bourgongne
〈◊〉 in the King if he heard thereof he caused them to be trussed vp in packes of silke with cotton These armes passing vpon moyles through Aâ—uergne The Duke of 〈◊〉 armes 〈◊〉 Doyac Gouerâ—or â—f the Country had some intelligence and aduertiseth the King thereof who dâ—clâ—reâ— them forfeited to the benefit of Doyac This buying of armes made Lewis to gâ—pe more then euer after Brittain but he defâ—r the execution to practise the Gouernors of Gand by the Lord of Cordes and treats tâ—e mâ—rrâ—age of the Daulphin his son with Marguerit the daughteâ— of Maximilian and 〈◊〉 lately deceased The late suâ—prise of Aire by de Cordes amazed the Flemings and 〈◊〉 made theÌ„ willing to seeke an agrement with the King To this end Maximiâ—â—â—n they togither send a great Ambassage to Arras managed for the Arche-duke bâ— the Lords of Bâ—rgues and Launoye â—iâ—h some Secretarâ—es and for the Comonalties bâ— the Abbots of S. Bâ—rtin and Saint Peter of Gand. â—he King appoints his Lieutenant generâ—ll in Picardie to heare theÌ„ with la Vacquâ—rie lately created first President of the 〈◊〉 of Paris and other graue peâ—sonâ—ges A peace is concluded by meanes of 〈…〉 marriage in fauor whereof they giue as a portion to the sayd Marguerit the 〈◊〉 of Arthois Bourgongne the Lands and Seigneuries of Mâ—sconois Auxerrois Châ—rolois Salins Bar Sens and Noyon to enioye them for euer A peace betwixt the King and Maximilian And in case that young 〈◊〉 Earle of Flanders should die Marguerite should succeed him in all the Lordships that belonged to her deceased mother the souerainty of Flanders remayning to the King By meanes hereof the Artesiâ—ns that haâ— beene confined returned to Arras and the Citty recouered her ancient name Thus Marguerite was conducted into France by the Lady of Rauastein the bastard dâ—â—ghter of â—hilip Duke of Bourgongne and receiued by the Duke Duchesse of Bourbon who lâ—d her to Amboise the place of the Daulphins abâ—ade where the marriage â—as solâ—emnly celebrated Eâ—ward King of England was wonderfully inceâ—sed at this maâ—riage seing himâ—elfe depriued of hâ—â— peâ—sion The Dâ—ulphins mâ—rriage with Maâ—guerite and fearing least this disgrace should bâ—eed him great contempt yea a rebellioÌ„ of his subiects seing the effects of that which he would not beleeue Moreouer he did finde the King had newly planted strong defences betwixt them two and his conquests did stretch very neere vnto him He concâ—â—â—ed so great a griefe vpon all these considerations as soone after he died partly for 〈◊〉 and partly of an Apoplexie Soonâ— after the death of Edward Lewis recâ—â—â—es letters frâ—m the Duke of Glocester Edward of England dies who by the murther of his two Nephewes tâ—e sonnes of Edward his brother had vsuâ—ped the Crowne of England and was called Richard This Richard sought the Kings friendship but Lewis abhoring so barbarous a câ—uelâ—ie would not vouchsaâ—e to answere his letters nor to heare his message But he enioyed not long this tirannous vsurpation Troubles it England Richard murthers his two Nephews vsurpes the Crowne God raised vp that Earle of Ricâ—emont whome we haue seene so long prisoner in Brittain who with some little money froÌ„ the King and 3. thousand men leuied in the Duchie of Normandy passed into Walles ioyned with his father in law the Lord Stanley with 26. thousand English with which forces he encouÌ„tred Richard fought with him and slewe him in the field then waâ— câ—owned King of England At the same time William of Marche brother to him whom tâ—ey commonly caâ—led the Boare of Ardenne to install his sonne in the Bishoprike of Lâ—ege leaues a great number of foote and horse and beseegeth Lewis brother to the Duke of Bourbon being Bishop there The Bishop craues succors froÌ„ the Arche-duke of Austria and the Prince of Orange his brother in lawe who not able to come in time anâ—â—â—est by some secret partisans of la Marche he goes forth in armes to fight with his enemy was slaine whereby la Marche entred into Leige but soone after he was surprised by the Lord of Montaigni aided with some troupes froÌ„ the Archduke sodenly beheaded 1483. Our Lewis is now well satisfied touching the affaires of Flanders there remained nothing but a reuenge of Brittaine The last act of Lewis his life But oh how doth suspition feare distrust and finally death breake off his great desseins He is now at Plessis neere Tours priuate solitarie and shewing himselfe to few He feares a decay of his estate and yet is become vnable to gouerne a great Estate The opening of a doore feares him his owne shadow amazeth him death terrifies him but the worst is his conscience troubles him Hee puts his most trustie seruants from him hee doubts his neerest kinsmen hee abhors them he suspects them suspects al the world Those whom he doubts most hee dismisseth His disposition in his declining age with a couple of his gard to guide them pensiue sad dreaming froward peeuish and cholerick euery thing displeaseth him all is vnseasonable all offends him he knowes not what is fittest for him either life or death and yet would he liue raigne He knowes that he hath many enemies and hath offended many that the greatest of the Princes loue him not that the meaner sort murmured and that the people hated him for he hath ouercharged them yea more then any of his Predecessors and hath not meanes to ease them and although he hath a will yet it is now too late Oh what a greeuous testimonie is the conscience of our misdeeds fewe enter at Plessis Consciencia mille â—â—â—tes but his houshold seruants and the Archers of his gard whereof there are fouâ—e hundred daily in gard at the gate No Nobleman lodgeth there none come there but his sonne in law Peter afterwards Duke of Bourbon by the death of Iohn his brother and few of his followers and yet he thinkes still that some one enters in to offer vâ—olence to his person or that by loue or force they will pull his scepter from him He causeth his sonne to bee straitly garded and will not suffer many to see him least hee should be made the head of a faction His daughter hath no accâ—sse to him His son in law no credit His sonne in Law returnes from the Daulphins marriage Lewis with a deuise makes the Captaine of his gard to search such as are entred with the Duke to see if they were not secretly armed He commands him to hold the Counsell then he dissolues it for in his abseÌ„ce they would make Monopoles Who did euer see a mind more distract more vnquiet and fuller of cares Hee distrusts his sonne his daughter his sonne in law and generally all those that may commaund The Castle gate is safely garded but they may leape ouer the walls they must bee planted with gadds of iron with many points and so thicke as no man might
Lord God a paire of spurres of gold All these Princes were wonderfully incensed against the Venetians by reason of the vsurpations made by them in their estates A League against the Venetians They make a League for their common defence and to offend the Venetians meaning to pull from them what they had vsurped And for that the promises which Maximilian had vainely giuen to Lodowike Sforce were the cause to hasten his ruine he was a meanes the King should set him at libertie and giue him some good pension to liue withall in France But this was a short comfort for Lodowike whose turbulent spirit would haue practised some alteration This capitulation being so profitable to all these Princes the Pope being comprehended therin 1509. it was likely it should hold But there must be stronger bands to tie it that is a reciprocall loue without the which all treaties are fruitles The end of this yeare is famous by the death of Frederike Frederike of Naples dies sometimes King of Naples the which depriued him of all his vaine hopes to recouer his Realme of Naples by the accord of theâ—e two Kings and by that of Isabel Queene of Castile a vertuous Princesse noble wise and beloâ—ed of her subiects The yeare following disposed the two Kings and the Potentates of Italie to lay aside armes Ferdinand of Arragon hauing new desseins and foreseeing that by the death of his wife Philippe his sonne in law would challenge the Crowne of Castille as hauing married the inheritrix of the said Realme desired only to preserue the realme of Naples by meanes of the capitulation lately made Our Lewis was not altogither freed from doubt for that Maximilian delayed according to his vsuall tediousnesse to ratifie the peace The Pope desired innouation but his forces were too weake without the support of some mightie Prince The last League had put the Venetians in alarum hauing thereby three mightie enemies against them To pacifie the neerest they offer vnto the Pope to restore all they had vsurped except Faense Rimini and their appurtenances The Venetiâ—anâ— reconciled to the popâ— And the Pope knowing that the Emperors warre agaiâ—st the Elector Palatin would hinder his passage into Italie ioyntly with the King for that yeare accepted the obedience the Venetians offered him in regard of the said places without making them any shew of a more mild and tractable disposition The King for the accomplishment of that which had beene treated of sent the Cardinall of Amboise to Haguenau a Towne of Alsatia newly taken from the Countie Palatin where the Emperour did sollemnly sweare and proclaime the articles agreed vpon according to the which the Cardinall payed halfe the money promised for the inuesting of Milan Nâ—w troubles in Iâ—alie During this ratification there growes new seeds of dissention in Italiâ— The Cardinall Ascanius brother to Lodowike Sforce treated with the Ambassador of Venice at Rome and had also according to the common opinion some secret intelligence with Gonsaluâ— It was in shew to inuade the Dâ—chie of Milan the which they knew to be vnfurnished of French souldiars the people inclining again to thename of Sforce and that which made them the more bold the Kâ—ng being surprised with so dangerous a sicknesse as the Pihifitians dispayâ—ing of his â—ealth the Queene prepared to send all her iewels into Brittanie if the Marshall of Gié had not placed men vppon the way to stay theÌ„ for the which the king afterwards was as wel placed as the Queene by her dislike sought to bring him in disgrace Doubtles the people should oft times suffer much if their counsels were not stayed by the prouidence of God The King recouers his health Appeased by the deâ—th of Cardinall Ascanius and the Cardinal Ascanius dies sodenly of the plague at Rome interring with him the desseins of Milan The King is freed of one danger And as God by means vnknowne of men change the great â—tormes into calme sun-shines our Lewis who till then had the greatnesse of the Arch-Duke Phillippe in iealousie fearing to mâ—ke him his enemie hee finds now that the death of Isabelle of Castile doth free him of his feare for that the Arch-Duke contemning the testament of his mother in Law deuised to take the gouernment of the Realme of Castill from Ferdinand his father in lawe the which could not be done but by their common quarels and the weakning of their forces the King remaining betwixt both free from troubles should thereby fortifie him selfe with men money and munition for the aduancing of his desseins And the Aragonois on the other side â—orced to seeke a support against his sonne in lawe desiring a peace with the King hee obtaines it by the marriage of him and Germaine sister to Gaston of Foix daughter to his Maiesties sister vppon condition That the King should giue her in dowrie that part of the Realme of Naples which belonged vnto him A peace betwixt the king and Ferdinand the King of Spaine binding himselfe to pay him within tenne yeares 7. hundred thousand ducats for the charges past and to indow his new spouse with 300000. ducats Which dowrie Germaine dying in marâ—iage without children should returne to Ferdinand but if he died first it shold returne to the crowne of France 1505. A happy coÌ„clusion both of a peace and of the yeare if it could haue intertained loue betwixt these two Princes 〈◊〉 with the 〈…〉 to 〈◊〉 But it shal be soone broken and alwayes our peace with the Spaniards hath beene full of discord Let vs now open the springs of new warres The Pope had without the Kings priuity giâ—en all the benefices that were fallen voyde in the Duchie of Milan by the death of Cardinal Ascanius and other Clergie men Moreouer in the â—reation of many Cardiâ—alls Motâ—â—es of nâ—w troublâ—â— he had refused to admit into the society the Bishop of Auchx Nephew to the Cardinall of Amboise and the Bishop of Baieux Nephew to the Lord of Tâ—emouille And moreouer hee had armed some galleys to be in a readinesse â—s some gaue out to free Genes froÌ„ the rule of the French in case the King died as â—ome feared and other did hope All these considerations together with the Kings disâ—ontent seemed to breed some diuision with the Pope yet his friendshiâ— was profiâ—able for the King in the warre he pretended against the Venetians against whom he knew the Pope to bee ill affected for the desire he had to recouer the Townes of Romagnâ— Hee therefore sent the Bishop of Cisteron his Nuntio into France to propound vnto him many offers and desseines for the execution of this common enterprise Moreouer the Pope seeing himselfe as it were forced at the Kings instance to prolong the Cardinall of Amboise his legation in France and for iealousie he had that this Cardinall aspired by al means to the popedome he could not resolue to ioyne in all points with the King
death of the Duke of Nemours for if he had liued it is likely that gouerning well his victory hee had with his helpe that giues and takes reaped the fruits worthie thereof But greatnesse comes neyther from the east nor from the west nor from the desert for it is God which gouerns he puls downe one and raiseth an other The Pope still gaped with his olde desire to haue Ferrare in his power But by the intercession of the Marquis of Mantoua the Ambassador of the King of Arragon for that Alphonso was borne of a daughter of olde Ferdinand King of Naples and the Colonnes Alphonso hauing demanded and obtayned pardon of the Pope vpon promise hereafter to do the deeds and duties of a faithfull feudatarie and vassall of the Church Iulius turnes his reuenge vpon the companies wherewith the Florentins had aided the King whome hee caused to bee spoiled by the Venetian soldiars with the consent of the Cardinall of Sion who notwitstanding had giuen them a pasport to passe safely into Tuscane And by the practises of the sayd Iulius who according to the ancient desire of all Popes sought to haue authority in this commonweale the Medicis with the helpe of the Confederats returned to Florence settled themselues by force in the dignity which their father was wont to enioye Italie being for this time freed froÌ„ the feare of the French forces the King holding nothing but Bresse Creme Legnague the Châ—sâ—elet and the Lanterne at Genes the Castells of Milan of Cremona and some other forts all these Confederats gaped after the Duchie of Milan and the Suisses on whome the Pope then partly depended opposing themselues not to suffer this estate to fall into the hands of any other Prince but of such a one as could not maintaine himselfe without their aide and succour Maximilian grandchild to Lodowike Sforce was named Duke of Milâ—â— who made his entrie in the end of December receiuing the keyes from the hands of the Cardinal of Sion Sforce restored to Milan as confirming the sayd Maximilian That he held the possession of Milan in the Suisses name An honorable act and worthy of their generosity not to yeeld the honour which belonged vnto theÌ„ to the other confederats the which notwithstanding tâ—ey should much esteeme and it may be might haue obtained it for money Nouarre returnes soone after to the obedience of Sforce Then the Genouois recouered the Chastelet of Genes forten thousand Ducats giuen to the Captaine and the Venetians beseeging Bresse Aubigni who defended it resolues to deliâ—er â—t to the Spaniards to breed a iealousie betwixt them euen as a fewe dâ—â—es before Palisse had giuen Legnague to the Emperour to nourish a discord bred betwixt the Emperour and the Venetians who beseeged it Octauian Sforce Bishop of Lode and gouernor of Milan sent foure thousand Suisses to conquer Creme for Maximilian Sforce but Benedict Cribaâ—io corrupted by gifts deliuered it to the Venetians with the consent of the Lord of Duras who kept the Castell This was of purpose to breede a diuision betwixt the Suisses and the Venetians A counsell generally concluded by the French which remayned of this ship-wrake the which in the end wrought some effects but the losse fell vpon the French for with this first disdaine of the Venetians against the Emperour by reason of Legnague behold a newe leuaine of discontent is laied by the Bishâ—p of Gurce Maximilians â—mbassador at Rome Hee made great instance that the Venetians should deliuer Vincence to the Emperour wherevnto neither soliciting intrâ—aâ—ings nor the Popes threats could induce the Venetians The Pope desyring to gratifie Maximilian that in his fauour he should approue the CouÌ„cell of Lateran against that of Pisa protested to the Ambassadors of Venice A new League where the Veâ—â—tians are excluded That he should be forced to pursue their common weâ—le both with spirituall and tempoâ—all armes So as nothing moâ—ed with this protestation the Pope the Emperour the Arragonois renue the league of Cambraye declaring the Venetians to be excluded So the Emperour by the Bishop of Gurce in the next session of ths Councell of Lateran disauowed all them that had vsed his name in the Councell of Pisa and allowed that of Lateran In the meane time the six thousand English promised by Henry King of England were arriued at Fontaraby a Towne seated vpon the Ocean frontier of the realme of Spaine towards France to asâ—aile ioyntly according to the conuentions of the two Kings of Arragon and England father in Lawe and sonne the Duchie of Gâ—ienne vpon this pretext the Arrogonois had intreated Iohn son to Alain of Albret and King of Nauarre â—but by reason of Katherin of Foix his wife heire of the sayd realme to remayne a newrer betwixt the King of France and him and that for the assurance thereof hee should deliuer certaine places into his hands promising to redeliuer them when the warre should be ended But the Nauarrois knowing well the demanders intent obtaines a promise of succors from King Lewis who to diuert the Arragonois forces treated with the Duke of Aâ—be Lieutenant generall for Ferdinand in this army But when the one partie is vigilant and politike and the other â—louthfuâ—l there soone appeeres great effects The Industry vigilancie of Ferdinand the slackenesse and too great facility of Lewis who abused with the policie and deuises of his Nephew did equally hurt the Nauarrois who suffred himselfe likewise to bee deceiued with the fradulent hopes wherewith the Arragonois entertayned him who seeing the succors of France farre off Nauarre vsurped by the Arragonois the realme vnfurnished of forces and the places not yet fortified enters into Nauarre takes Pampelune and the other Townes of the realme abandoned by Iohn being vnable to defend it and fled into Bearne And hauing no lawfull title to possesse it publisheth that hee is lawfully seized thereon by the authority of the Apostolike sea whereby the sayd realme was giuen to the first that should conquer it by reason of the alliance which Iohn had with the King of France a sworne enemy to the Church and by the Popes bull both beeing subiect to the censure as heretikes scismatikes Without doubt the Pope holds not this prerogatiue of Iesus Christ to giue kingdomes and to expose them in prey for he exhorted to yeeld and not to take from Caesar and the Apostles did not busie themselues to diuide earthly possessions Moreouer is it lawfull for the Pope to vsurpe an other mans right giue away that which is not his owne and consequently the spirituall sword against those he cannot iudge hauing declared himselfe a party After the Conquest of Nauarre the English perswaded Ferdinand to the seege of Bayâ—nâ—e who without this place made no reckoning of the rest of Guienne But he held that which he long wished for as a commodious Country and very necessary for the safetie of Spaine and could not affect the warre
the King and such as were held by Inheritance appertayned vnto her as the next heire and daughter to a sister of the sayd Peter married with the Duke of Sauoye The sute depended in the Court of Parliament at Paris Charles eyther distrusting the equity of his cause or fearing least the Regents authority should preuaile against his right so by consequence dispossesse him choosing rather to abandon his Country then to liue in want he practiseth with the Emperour by the meanes of Adrian of Croy Earle of Reux and to make the articles of his transaction the more strong hee obtaynes a promise from the Emperour to marry Eleonor his sister widow to Emanuel King of Portugall The King being past the Alpes the Constable should inuade Bourgongne with twelue thousand Germains which should bee secretly leuied by the Emperour and King of England who at the same instant should inuade Picardie whilest the Spaniards recouered Fontarabâ—e as they did Of their Conquests he onely reserued Prouence pretending to call himselfe King of Prouence as belonging vnto him sayd he by the house of Anâ—ou yeelding all the rest to the English A practise sufficient to shake France before the King being absent with his forces should returne in any time to succour it But they reckoned without their host and the gardian of this Crowne did preuent them for Argouges and Marignon gentlemen of Normandie and house-hold seruants to the Duke had aduertised the King of his pretended retreat to the Emperour but they were ignorant of the agreement made betwixt them To diuert him from this resolution the King passing by Molins did visit the Duke in his chamber who made a shewe to be sick and that cunningly I vnderstand sayd the King of some practises which the Emperour makes to withdrawe the loue you vndoubtedly beare vnto the Crowne as issued and neere allyed to the house of France I do not beleeue that you haue giuen eare to any such perswasions mooued with any dislike of mee or of my realme Some feare of distrust to loose your offices hath perchance made a breach in the loue you haue alwayes made shewe of Let not this conceyt trouble you I promise you in case you should loose your sute against my selfe and my mother to restore you to the possession of all your goods Prepare therefore to followe mee after your recouerie in the voiage of Italie The Duke being very wise dissembled his intent cunningly confessing vnto the King that in truth the Earle of Reux had sought him for the Emperour but he would giue no eare vnto him that his intention was to haue aduertised his Maiestie at the first view being loth to commit it to any mans report that the Physitians gaue him hope to be soone able to go in a litter and that he would not faile to come to Lions to receiue his Maiesties commandements But considering that he had to deale with too strong a partie and that hardly he should enioy his goods which were alreadie sequestred by a decree of the Court he retired to Chantelles in the beginning of September a house of his owne where he had the most sumptuous moueables that any Prince could haue From thence he sent the Bishop of Autun of the house of Hurauts to the King with instructions signed with his hand promising To serue his Maiestie well and loyally in all places whensoeuer it should please him during his life and without any breach vpon restitution of the possessions of Peter of Bourbon The King finding this manner of proceeding hard and insolent sent the Bastard of Sauoy Lord Steward of France and the Marshall of Chabannes with foure hundred men at armes the Captaines of his gardes and the Prouost of his house to besiege the Duke in Chantelles And vnderstanding that many Lansequenets did troupe together vpon the frontier of Bourgogne he caused the Bishop of Autun the Chancellor of Bourbonois the Lord of Cars Saint Vallier Bussy brother to Palisse Emard de Prie la Vauguion and many others to be taken prisoners who for the loue of him were content to abandon their country families and goods notwithstanding they found grace with the King But the Duke despairing of his estate resolued to hazard all and to begin a furious Tragedie in the which we shall see our Francis act the part of an vnfortunate prisoner of the warres and Charles reserued for a bloudie and tragicke end The Duke of Bourbon flies disguised He disguiseth himselfe and taking the Lord of Pomperant for his onely companion whose seruant he seemed to be After many turnings being often feared as appeares in the Originals the wayes being layed and the passages stopt or full of troupes marching into Italy he recouers the French Court and so by Ferrete crossing through Germanie he came into Italy and according to the choise which the Emperour gaue him eyther to passe into Spaine or to remaine in Italie with his armie in the end hee continued at Genes to see the end of these two great armies The Marshall and Lord Steward seized vpon Chantelles with the moueables of Carâ—at and generally of all the lands of the house of Bourbon for the King In the meane time the Marshall of Montmorency had made such speed as his twelue thousand Suisses were ioyned with the Admirall attending the Kings comming at Turin But his presence was necessarie in France there were strange practises against him He therefore sends part of his forces to the Admirall and commands him to execute the enterprise of Milan as they two had concluded Hee had eighteene hundred Launces twelue thousand French ten thousand Suisses Six thousand Lansquenets and three thousand Italians a sufficient armie for a great attempt but want of iudgement to imbrace occasions and negligence of his businesse made the Admirall loose the opportunitie to recouer Milan at the first and to bee vnfortunate in this voyage Prosper Colonne considering the Venetians league with the Emperour and the treachâ—â—â—e of the Duke of Bourbon could not beleeue that the King should continue constant in his resolution to inuade the Duchie of Milan that yeare This perswasiâ—n had made him carelesse to make necessarie prouision for this warre But now noâ—â—â—thstanding his infirmitie he imployes all his meanes and forces to keepe the French from passing the riuer of Tesin neglecting to repaire the Bastions and Rampars of the Suburbes of Milan being for the most part ruined and spoiled But the French finding the waters lowe some passed at a Foard others in Boates about sâ—me foure myles from the imperiall Campe making a Bridge for the Artillerye Colonne knowing that an incounter of the French is verye dangerous in their fiâ—st heate retired into Milan and finding the Cittizens and Souldiars wonderfully amazed seeing no meanes to keepe the Cittie in the estate it was he abandons it to prouide for the defense of Laude Without doubt the captious propositions of an enemie must be duly examined and moreouer an
had no sonner turned his backe but Anthony de Leue came and recouered Biagras the 18. of the sayd moneth and prepared to passe into Lomeline to take Vigeue and Nauare but Lautrec aduertised of this attempt sends backe Peter of Nauarre with six thousand French foote and some men at armes who chased the Spaniard into Milan setled Sforce in Biagras The Lansquenets being arriued Lautrec tooke the way to Plaisanee where the Duke of Ferrare it may be well pleased to see the Pope against whom he had beene long incensed receiue some disgrace leauing the Imperialls ioyned in League with the King and there was concluded the marriage of Hercules his eldest sonne with Renée the yongest daughter to King Lewis the 12. The Marquis of Mantoue a friend to the strongest did likewise ioyne with the confederats The Emperour then foreseeing that the inuasion of the realme of Naples by Lautrec would force him to call backe his forces which hee had in the territories of the Church he sent his Comisson to set the Pope at liberty which done after many treaties he agreed the last of October The Pope deliuered To attempt no thing against the Emperour neyther for the estate of Milan nor the Realme of Naples To pay three hundred and fiftie thousand duâ—ats that is three score thousand presently to the Lansquenets and thirtie fiue thousand to the Spaniards the like summe within fifteen dayes and the rest three moneths after The Pope to free himselfe from prison fled to those remedies which hee had before his restraint neglected hee made Cardinals for money the most of them saith the histoâ—â—e being vnworthy oâ— so great an honour Necessary it was that the Court of Rome should thus be disgraced that they might lâ—sse meâ—dle in worldly affaires looke to their spirituall duties The 10. of December was come when as the Spaniards should conduct the Pope to a place of safetie but knowing the bad affection of the Spaniards especially of Don Hugues de Moncade Viceroy of Naples by the death of Launoy and â—earing a worse condition or some other change he deceiued his gardes the night before disguised like a marchant he went secretly out of the Castâ—e saued himselfe in Oruiete but his hostages payed his ransome A rare example to bee noted in the Church since the time it came to that greatnes To see a Pope issued from one of the greatest families in Italie â—allen from so great a dignitie to loose Rome to be a prisoner and to haue all his estate possessed by the violence of Christian armes then in few moneths to be restored to his seat and by the meanes of the eldest son of the Church to recouer his estate greatnes authoritie Without doubt the Emperour suffering himselfe to bee so much prest for the Popes deliuerie shewed that the Counsell of Spaine was more gouerned by ambition then deuotion The Pope being at libertie he exhorted the Confederats to draw their Companies out of the territories of the Church that by their example the Imperials might make their retreat according to promise as in deed they did he gaue thankes to Lautrec in particular for that he had assisted him in his deliuerance adding that he was as much bound vnto the King and hâ—m as if hee had beene freed by his forces But the Moore changeth not his hewe He held saith the historie his accustomed disposition hauing not by his imprisonment left his craft and couetousnesse As the Kings of France and England required him to reioyne his armes and means with them and their allies sometimes hee fed them with hope that he would imploy himselfe for a generall peace and the good of all Christendome sometimes with excuses that wanting men money and authoritie his coniunction with them would be fâ—uitles and giue the Imperials occasion to wrong him in many respects Lautrec stayed at Bologne attendâ—ng directions from the King eyther of a full resolution of peace or to proceed in his course of armes The Emperour offred to settle Sforce in his estate and to compound with the Venetians Florentines other confederats But the Emperour and the King stâ—od vpon the point of honour which should trust other A point which plainely discouered the bitternes of their spleene The King would not be bound to draw his armiâ— out of Italie before he had recouered his children yet hee offred to put hostages iâ—to the King of Englands hands for performance of whatsoeuer hee should be bound vnto if vpon the deliuery of his children hee did not presently withdrawe his armie The Emperour was obstinate and saying that hee could not trust him who had once deceiued him The King of France and England proclaimed war against the Emperour The Ambassadors of France and England tooke their leaues of the Emperour and according to their maisters Commission proclaimed war against him The Emperour accepts it cheerefully but to stay the Ambassadors presently to send them fâ—fteene leagues from Bourges where then the Court of Spaine remayned to giue them a gard of shot halberds and not to suffer them to conferre or to write in any sâ—â—t Was not this to violate the Law of Nations The fire is now kindled they dreame of nothing but warre Lautrec proceeds in his course he takes the way to Rimini Antone and Râ—â—anate chaceth the Imperials before him into the realme of Naples where we sâ—â—ll soone see the expliots of his armes The King aduertised of the detention of the Bishop of Tarbe his Ambassador who was afterwards made Cardinal of Grandmont he coÌ„mitted Nicholas Perienot Lord of â—ranuelle the Emperours Ambassador to the Chastelet at Paris staied al marchants sâ—biects to the Emperour But this was not all The Emperour had before time at Crenado when as they treated of a peace betwixt them sayed That he would willingly end all controuersies with the King 1528. by a single combat of his person against the Kings he now deliuers the same words vnto the Herald that denounceth warre vnto him adding That the King had basely and treacherously broken his faith with him The King would not haue refused it but his Ambassador did then wrong him in concealing this speech It may be the Emperour had such an intent He was a most vaâ—iant Prince but our Francis did yeeld nothing vnto him in courage Hee had no sooner intelligence of his challenge but calling togither the twentie eight of March all the Princes all Ambassadors with the whole Court into the great hall of the Pallace at Paris King Francis challengeth the Emperour to the combat sitting in his royall seate he caused Iohn Robertet one of his Secretaries of Estate with a loud voyce to reade a Cartell signed with his owne hand That the Emperour accusing the King to haue falsified his faith had spoken vntruly and as often as he did speake it he did lie To the end therefore heeshould not deffer the deciding of their controuersies
summe Annebault sent certaine Captaines who surprised the Towne from foure hundred soldiars which kept it in the Emperours name Montcallier sent presently to offer obedience and the Castell of Carignan yeelding did furnish Turin with about three thousand sackes of meale packt vp readie to send to the Campe. Salusses Quieras and many other places of the Marquisate and of Piedmont did homage vnto the victors The King sent to refresh Annebault and his troupes both with horse and foote hee drewe them out of Turin sending two thousand French â—oote vnder the Command of Captaine René and la Godiniere and two thousand others vnder the Cheualier Birague and for gouernour he sent Burie to whome he gaue the company of men at armes which Francis of Salusse being reuolted did command But behold an act as remarkable as it is rare proceeding from a singular affection and what will not a braue Knight do for his mistres Vnexpected succorâ— froâ— Scotland Vpon the first newes of the Emperours descent into Prouence the King of Scotland did arme sixteene thousand men to come and succour the King without his request or priuitie saies the Originall and nothing stayed him from comming in time vpon the generall hope of a battaile but a contrary winde which had put him backe twise The King had assured him selfe of his newe conquests and hauing giuen order to the frontiers of his realme returned into France The King of Scotland came to meete him at la Chapelle betwixt Tarare and Saint Saphorin in Lionois and theâ—e he demanded one of his daughters in marriage The ancient alliance of the realme of France and Scotland was considerable The Father of this King had beene slaine in battaile against the English for the partie of King Lewis the twelfth and should his kind affection bee denied So the marriage betwixt him and Magdaleine of France was concluded in Blois and sollemnized the first day of the yeare following Great prosperities are oftentimes accompanied with some crosses else the vanity of our senses would easily transport vs and we would attribute that to our owne valour which belongs to the great Iudge and moderator of battells behold 〈…〉 fruits in the gouernement of the Lord of Bury at Turin Oftentimes hee is taken that thinkes to take The Emperour had adiudged Monferrat to the Marquis of 〈◊〉 against the Duke of Sauoy and Francis of Salusses who pretended it and those 〈…〉 would not accept of him Bury during these garboiles practiseth Damian 〈◊〉 Captaine in the garrison at Casal for the Emperour Damian promiseth to deliuer him a gate Bury leads thither Christopher Gouast with twelue hundred Italians wherof he was Collonel and some number of horse vnder the Lord of Tais and at the first becomes maister of the towne But the mattocks shouels and other instruments for Pyoners which VVilliam Earle of Biendras should haue prouided with the money hee had receiued to that ende to make a trench sodainly betwixt the Towne and the Castle whilest that Cont Guy should come to succour them with the artillery to batter the Castle were yet to buy Whilest they seeke for others to make trenches the Marquis of Guast had leysure to assemble his forces within Ast and to enter into the Castle by the field-gate and so into the towne Twelue hundred men were not able to withstand the furie of this vnexpected storme Bury taken prisoner He mainteins the shock and enters fight but in the end beeing forced by the enemy he is taken prisoner Tais Guast and all the rest were slaine or taken Biendras Damian and other marchants saue themselues We finde the fault when it is done It is good to obserue it to make vs wise He should haue imparted this enterprise to Cont Guy who should haue drawne his armie neere vnto Ast. The Maâ—quâ—s fearing to loose the one and not to saue the other had conteyned himselfe within his walls Guy Guiffroy Lord of Boutieres was appointed gouernor by the King in Buâ—â—es place The snow yce and slipperines of the winter stayed the courses of the garrisons in Picardy And whilest the season kept them from doing any memorable exploits the King laying open in his Court of Parliament at Paris in the presence of the Peeres of France Pursute against the Emperour in iustice and Princes of the bloud forty 〈…〉 Bishops many officers of the Crowne and other great presonagâ—s of all Estates the lawfull armes of a Lord against his vassall that hath committed a trespasâ— he sent to suÌ„mon the Emperour vpon the fronters by a Herald to come and plead what he should thinke good against the demands of his maiesties Aduocate and Proctor generall concluding that in regard of the rebellions treacheries of the said Emperour against the King his naturall Prince and Souereigne Lord by reason of the Earledomes of Flanders Arthois Charolois and other places holding of the crowne of France they should be adiudged confiscate and vnited to the Crowne And no man appearing for the Emperour the demaund of the Kings Councel was registred according to the forme tenure vsual in those cases For the execution of this sentence the Lords of Annebault Tais Termes Aussun Frenchmen More of Nouate Francis Bernardin of Vimercat Italians George Capâ—ssement and Theode Manes Albanois eyther of them commanding two hundred light horse de Bies Seneshall and Gouernour of Boullen and De Crequi Gouernor of Monstrueil Captaines of fifty men at armes hauing victualed Therouenne in viewe of the Earle of Reux who issued forth of S. Omer with six hundred horse to preuent this Stratagem the King parting from Amiens whereas Charles Duke of Vendosme then died much lamented of the King and Realme a braue Prince and well deseruing of this Crowne for his many notable seruices the king in the end of March sends VVilliam Earle of Furstemberg to field with eight thousand Lansquenets the Lords of Seâ—eâ— and Auchi who were slaine at the first approches at Hedin Heilly S. Seual Picards Bacqueuille la Salle S. Albin Normands Quincy a Champanois Haraâ—court a Lorraine either of them leading a thousand men and many other bandes of Germains and French amounting all to fiue and twenty thousand men wherof Montmorency Lord Steward was Lieutenant generall for his maiesty Hedin of consequence to the King 1537 for the preseruation of his other places in Picardie and being in his power did wonderfully annoy the enemy Heâ—in taken The towne abandoned by the garrâ—son they retyre into the Castell the which was taken without resiâ—tance but the Earle of Reuâ—â— had well furnishâ—d the Castell for the deâ—ence of a place of importance Captaine Samson an old Knight of Namurs a great soldiar commanded there with fifteene hundred men vnder the enseignes of Bouâ—eâ—s and Vaudeuille They make their approches many Captaines perswaded that the thicknes of the wall mayntained wich a great rampâ—r would neuer aâ—mâ—t any breach tâ—ey come to vndermine The
Deputies in their Maisters names they promise shall be inuiolably obserued and kept and to cause them to ratifie them and to deliuer one vnto an other authentike letters signed and sealed conteining the whole Treaty and that within one moneth after the date of those presents in regard of the most Christian King the Cardinal Archduke and Duke of Sauoy that the Cardinall should promise to procure within three moneths after the like leâ—ters of ratification from the Catholike King Archduke and Duke of Sauoy They should solemnely sweare vpon the Crosse the holy Euangelist the Cannon of the Masse and by their Honouâ—s in the presence of such as they should depute to obserue and fulfill Really and Faithfully all that was contayned in the sayd Articles and the like oath should be taken by the Catholike King of Spaine within three moneths after or when it should be required In witnesse whereof the deputies subscribed the treaty at Veruins the second of May. 1598. The King of Spaine who desired a peace at what rate soeuer found no condition in this treaty of Veruins that might disswade him from ratifiyng it although his Councel held the restitution of Towns so happily taken and so hard to recouer dishonourable and preiudiciall He prest to haue it sworne and executed witnessing the contentment he receiued in his foule for the good which Christian dome should receiue by the concord of these two Crownes The Archduke who did second his desire sent Deputies to assist at the French Kings oath Ambassadors to sweare the peace hostages for the restitution of the places They arriue the 18. of Iune the Duke of Ascot the Cont Aremberg the Admirall of Arragon and Lewis de Velasco being followed by 400. Gentlemen Spaniards Italians Bourguignons and Flemings The Cont S. Paul receiued them vpon the fronters The Constable feasted them at Amiens and pacified some quarrells growne among them for place The Marshall of Biron with a great and goodly troupe of Noblemen and Gentlemen appointed by the King receiued them a quarter of a league without S. Denis gate conducting them vnto their lodgings which were prepared in S. Anthonyes quarter The next day they went vnto the Louure with all their traine in rich and stately equippage to kisse the Kings hands who receiued the m graciously giuing an attentiue eare vnto the discourse which Richardot made vpon the merit of this action the common profit and necessity of a peace the which hee said was to be preferred before a iust warre and all hope of prospertie The King answered That he had desired peace not for that he was tired with the discommodities of war but to giue all Christendome meanes to breath The Kings answer That his armes fell out of his hands when as they represented vnto him the teares which fell from the Popes eyes for their reconciliation which might greatly aduance the quiet of the Church of God That he would neuer be blamed to be ill affected to the preseruation of the Peace as hee neuer wanted zeale nor iustice to seeke it hauing alwayes preferred it before the vndoubted assurance of all the good successe which the happinesse of his armes and the reason of his defence promised him beleeuing the aduice of them which holde that wee must neuer for the hope of any fauourable su cesse refuse a good peace and ground the expectation of the euent vppon the appaâ—ence of present things The most sollemne forme of a treaty is the oath which bindâ—s them that treat It was not sufficient that the Princes had signed it and ingaged their â—aâ—thâ—ull promises to maintaine it they would make the God of heauen the Iudge and witnesse of their intentions The King of Spaine did signe and sweare the peace the 12. of Iuly 1598. His sonne did not signe it tâ—ll the treaâ—y of Sauoy 1601 The forme of the oath ingaging their faith in the handes of his iustâ—ce for an assurance of their promises And therefore the King did sweare the obseruation of the Peace in our Ladies Church at Paris in the presence of the King of Spaines Ambasâ—adors The Archduke did sweaâ—e it in the name of the King of Spaine in the great Church at Brusselles in the presence of the Marshall of Biron Belliâ—ure and Brulart Councelleâ—s to the King and his Ambasâ—adors The Duke of Sauoy did also sweare it at Chambery in the presence of Guadagnes Lord of Boutheon Knight of both Orders The oath was ministred in this manner Wee promise vpon our faith and honour and in the word of a King and sweare vpon the Crosse the holy Euangill and the Canon of the Masse for that which concernes vs That wee will obserue and accomplish fully really and faithfully all and euery point and article contayned in the treaty of Peace reconciliation and amitie made concluded and determined at Veruins the second day of May last past c. and will cause all to bee obserued maintayned and kept inuiolably on our part without any breach or suffering it to be broken in any sort or manner whaâ—soeuer In witnesse whereof wee haue signed these presents with our owne hands c. The King would haue the sincerity of his intention knowne to all the world and Paris a witnesse of the oath he should take to obserue the peace as religiously as hee had made warre iustly The Ceremony was performed in our Ladies Church at Paris with great pompe Monsieur de Villeroy did read the articles of the Peace The King did sweare the obseruation thereof â—igned the Act and embraced the Ambassadors of the King of Spaine wâ—shing the King his Brother a long life that he might long enioy the fruites of this Peace This Ceremonie was ended with great ioy acclamations of the peoâ—le Fâ—om thence the King went to dine at the Bishops Pallace where he feasted the Ambassadors the Duke Mompensier supplying the place of Lord Sâ—eward The feast was royall and magnificent and all things were answerable to so great a Ceremonie That ancient custome of drinking to the health of Princes which came from that of the Greekes who oâ—fered to euery one of their Gods a Glasâ—e of Wine since hath beene vsed to shew our deuoted affection to great personages was not forgotten Tâ—e King dranke twise to the health of the King of Spaine This ioy was continued at nigâ—t at the Lâ—â—ure in dancing and the daies following in feasting at diuers great mens houses by the Kings command All this did not hinder the execution of the Treatie neither did the Deputies forget the interest of priuate persons The Spaniards intreated the King for the returne oâ— some that were absent especially for the Duke of Aumale The King answered them that â—f they â—â—stored vnto Antonio Perez his children and goods hee would â—iue the Duke of Aumale contentment whereby he should enioy the fruites of the Peace The Spaniards replyed that Perez who was then out of Spaine for matters câ—ncerning the
them to Alba regalis promising the Turkes to deliuer them Shuartzbourg or if he would not trust them they would shew them the meanes to take him in Zolnock whether hee should come to bring their money Scuartzbourg had intelligence thereof yet some of the Traitors inuited him by their letters to come promising to open him the gates being come the kept him and sought to surprise him so as hee was forced to send Captaine Scharpffenstein with the Cannon to force them the 22. of Iune The Traitors receiued carts loden with prouision from the Turkes and deliuered them Christian prisoners which they carried a way to Vesprin and Alba regalis with great treacherie crueltie euery one deliuering vp his Host. In the meane time Michael Marot aduertised Schuartzbourg to come himselfe to beseege Pappa for that the Traitors were at diuision among themselues killing one another Schuartzbourg goes takes one of these trecherous Captaines at a sallie causing him to bee flead aliue and his head to be set on the end of a Pike to stirke terror into the rest They also take a Bastion from them by force by the which they might let in Turkish â—uccors who did all they could to succour them the which they could not effect by reason of the great floâ—ds and the resistance of the Christians The Traitors being famâ—shed and in great want of all things grew desperate desiring rather to die then to yeeld and be executed Among others they make one sallie in the night the last of Iuly and charge Marsbourgs quarter where finding the souldiars dronke they defeated many and put the whole Campe in armes Schuartzbourg a braue and valiant Captaine going to giue order for this tumult was slaine with a shot to the great greef of all the Câ—ristianâ— Schuartzbourg slâ—iâ—e before Pappa Notwithstanding his death the seege was continued the Traitors defended themselues desperately making a sallie the next day carrying many prisoners 〈◊〉 tâ—e Towne with some Captaines and slue three hundred And being perswaded to yeeld they answered that when all their victualls were spent they would eate their prisoners yea and Michael Marot the Gouernor The Emperour giue the charge of this army to Melchior Reder who had brauely defended Vaâ—adin The Traitors seeing they could hould no longer fore-cast how they might 〈◊〉 and the 9. of August they dryed vp a poole which did enuiron Pappa of one side and for that the bottome did sinke they did cast Hardles Strawe and other baggage into it Reder aduertised hereof sends Nadaste the Count Thurin and Colonitz to sâ—rprâ—ze them The Traitors flying had alreadie gotten vnto a wood at the end of the Poole where they ouertooke them and refusing to yeeld some of them were cut in peeces And among others la Motte their Captaine with a hundred more were slaine Their Mediator with the Turkes was taken with many of the chiefe of the Treason In the meane time Marot the Gouernor whom the Traitors had put in prison being freed from his bonds gets forth with others and comes to the Campe. Reder by this meanes enters into Pappa and deliuers the other prisoners At this entry many of the Traytors were slaine some were reserued for execution and were sent to other Garrisons to serue for an example Some were Impaled others broken vpon the Wheele and scorched with a small fire and basted with Lard Diuers punishmâ—nts of Trayâ—ors some had their Bowells pulled out off their Bellies and burnt before their faces and their thighes shoulders and other parts of their Bodies scorched some had their Hearts pulled out aliue others had their throats filled with Sulpher and Pouder and so set on fire some were buried aliue vp to thechinne and ther heads broken with Bullets euery one by order of Martiall Lawe to make them apprehend by the seuerity of their deaths the foulenes of their treason Which diuersity of seuere punishments seeming to tend to cruelty was very necessary to make all Christians abhorre treason The Lords of Sillery and Alincourt by the Popes aduice and the Kings commandement went from Rome to Florence A Treatie of the Kings marriage to treat a marriage betwixt the King and the Noble Princesse Mary of Medieis the which had beene propounded before This demaund was so pleasing vnto the great Duke as he made no difficlulty Her Portion was six hundred thousand Crowns comprehending that which the Great Duke had lent the King of the which he paid himselfe with Iewells and other precious moueables The Contract was past in the Pallace of Pitty the 25. day of Aprill in the presence of Charles Anthony Putei Archbishop of Pisa and Virginiâ— Duke of Bracciano All Florence shewed great ioy thereat and the Princesse was presently declared Queene of France She dyned publikely vnder a cloth of Estate the great Duke sitting farre beneath her The Duke of Bracciano gaue her Water and Sillery the Kings Ambassador the Towell The rest of the day was spent in all kind of sports Soone after Monsieur Alincourt went to carry these good newes vnto the King with the Queenes picture which the great Duchesse sent him The King sent Frontenaâ— The Queenes Picture sent to the King to serue the Qâ—eene as her cheefe Steward who presented vnto her his Maiesties first Letter and withall he sent his Portrait to the great Duke The King resolued to effect the promises of Marriage as soone as the Duke of Sauoy had performed his touching the Restitution or the Exchange of the Marquisate of Salusses and to go to Auignon to receiue the Queene but the Duke was much perplexed what hee should doe After the Duke of Sauoyes departure the King went to passe the Lent at Fontainbleau where there was A Conference at Fontainbleau a great Conference betwixt the Bishop of Eureux and Philip de Mornay Lord of Plessis Marly Gouernour of Saumur Intendent of the house and Crowne of Nauarre in the presence of the King Princes and Officers of his Crowne Councellors of State Prelats and other Noblemen of marke It was touching a booke which Monsier du Plessis had published of the Institution of the Lords Supper and against the Masse wherein the Bishop did taxe him to haue falsified many Authorities Whervpon du Plessis presented a Petition vnto the King that his Maiesty would be pleased to appoint Commisioners to examine euery passage of Scripture cited in his booke The King yeelded to this Conference that the trueth might be made cleare against the darknesse of sâ—ander referring the care thereof to his Chancellor The Commissionars appointed for the Catholiks were Augustin Thuanus President of the Court Parliament at Paris Pithou Aduocate in the Court and Fieure Schoolemaister to the Prince of Condé in whose absence came Martin the Kings Phisition And for the other the President of Calignon Chancellor of Nauarre in whose place entred de Fresnes Gauaye President of the Chamber of Languedoe and Casaubon his Maiesties Reader