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A20467	A most excellent exploit perfourmed by Monsieur de Diguieres, the French kinges lieutenant, vpon the Popes armie which was vnder the conduct of Earle Hercules the popes nephew With the taking of Sainct Esprite, and the mutiny in Paris. Together with a discourse of the ouerthrow of the Duke of Sauoyes army defeated by the Lord de Diguieres, in the plaine of Pont-Charra, near to Castle Bayard, in the vale of Gresiuodan the eighteenth of September, 1591. Printed at Toures by Iames Mattayer printer to the Kings Maiesty, and truely translated into English, according to the same coppy.	Aggas, Edward.	1591 (1591)	STC 6878; ESTC S116591	8,443	18

A MOST EXCELlent exploit perfourmed by Monsieur de Diguieres the French Kinges Lieutenant vpon the Popes Armie which was vnder the conduct of Earle Hercules the Popes Nephew With the taking of Sainct Esprite and the mutiny in Paris Together with A Discourse of the ouerthrow of the Duke of Sauoyes army defeated by the Lord de Diguieres in the plaine of Pont-Charra near to Castle Bayard in the vale of Gresiuodan the eighteenth of September 1591. Printed at Toures by Iames Mattayer Printer to the Kings Maiesty and truely translated into English according to the same coppy LONDON Printed by Iohn Wolfe 1591. A MOST EXCELLENT e●ploite perfourmed by Monsieur de Diguieres the French Kinges Lieutenant vppon the Popes Armie which was vnder the conduct of Earle Hercules the Popes Nephew With the taking of Sainct Esprite and the mutinye in Paris IT is commonly known because it is the generall plague of Christendom howe that vsurper of Ecclesiasticall power abuser of Kinges and misleader of souls I meane the Pope rageth as a whirlewind through Europe mustring rebels and fugitiues nursing traytors to God and their countrey and sending them out into the world to trouble the quietnes of kingdoms and ouerthrowing al onely to support himselfe Amongst others besides the businesse of his greate Sonne the Spanishe King hee hath sent a power of his owne vnder the conducte of his owne Nephewe at least the Earle Hercules furnished in all pointes to the proofe loaden with the blessings of the Pope himselfe and the spoiles of their owne Churches royally rich and resolute inough and in this pride they march down into that massacred countrey of Fraunce with great purpose of most wonderfull conclusions But Mounsieur de Diguieres being there for the king gathered a head of expert souldiers by disgarisoning the neyghbour Townes and welcommed these gallants of Italy with so hote an encounter that in lesse then two hours two thousand fiue hundred of them were ouerthrowen and almost as many taken prisoners eight hundred of which were slaine in the fury and foure hundred kept prisoners the rest more to qualify the pride of their hawty natures were first solemnly sworne by Mounsieur de Diguieres neuer more to bear Armes against the French king and then shamefully sent home disarmed sauing onely white wandes in theyr handes in scorne of theyr weapons The Generall and his company were well apaide of this seruice for whereas before they lay in Garrison and lackt money now these braue Romanists brought them a necessary exercise an honorable victory and rich spoiles for amongst them they found in chaines of golde rings iewels and armour as much as was valued at more then two hundred thousand French crowns besides three hundred great horse for seruice God send him and all his friends many more such banquets Besides Sainct Esprite sur Rue hath ben taken by som of the kinges side which doth mightely hinder those of Abeuile and Amyens from hauing succour by sea It is moreouer knowen for certainty that they in Paris are at intollerable mutiny amongst themselues the people against their gouernours and the great ones against them and so much haue the people preuailed that they haue hanged vp their chiefe Gouernour God sende all their Leaders and fauorits so good an end A discouery vppon such accidents as haue happened in the French King his Army sithence the first day of October vntill the fifte of the same moneth THe King departing on munday morning from Attigny with a thousand French three thousand Ritters and fiue hundred Harquebuziers all on horse intending to ingage fight and to know what his ennemies forces were and with what resolution they woulde indure the brauado if any should be giuen was by diuersity of informations led into so many douts that he would not altogether vnaduisedly hazard his troupes till such time as with better aduauntage and more certayne intelligence he might trye the Fortune of such an assault as might both make hys Maiesty be helde in an honourable estimate for his wisedome and his followers be animated with so resolute a zeale to the perfourmance of theyr enterprise as mighte cause a continuall report and make good their warlike indeuours Thus minding to persist in the effecting of some exployt about two of the clocke in the after noone he with these foure thousand foot and fiue hundred horse ariued at Grandpre a place distant seuen Leagues from whence he was departed where he vnderstoode that the Lorde of Amblize with the troups of horse which belonged to the Duke de Lorain and al the strangers of the Duke de Mayn were quartered about a Town called Mountfaucon bordering vppon Lorayne which was not distant aboue fiue Leagues from Graundpre which newes chaunced to the Kings great ioy After animating his troupes with such words as might best beseem so braue a General set spurs and in all hast made towards Mountfaucon where hee arriued before night But those Leaguers which were lodged in the Town eyther without intelligence of his Maiesties intended assault or any Alarum at al were departed from thence to lodge betwixte Stenay and Villefranche hauing intended the day following to giue some brauado on such companies as his Maiesty had left about Aulmont vpon which doubtles they had executed some notable stratagem had not information of the Kings aryuall apalde them in such sort as they were forst to plot grounds for their own safety desist frō their enterprise His M. being quartered near to Mountfaucon a Forte wel furnisht with munition and souldiers thought best to vndertake the trying of the Popes forces yet notwithstāding maugre the sconce the Leaguers which were therabout lay there al that night not without a general terror to the pore rebels which held the place Notwithstanding that they had two hundred horse and many fine sallyes for aduantaging themselues The next morning he determined to make for Verdun beiond the riuer Meuze wher the Popes forces lay vnder the conduct of Don Octaui● Chezis wherupon the next day his troups being in readines marcht directly to la Meuze where he found a squadron of horse which vppon his M. approch carried newes to the leaders of the Popish Army who vpon aduise were sent to guard the passage but they halfe dead for feare began to quake as soone as they perceiued what a number came swarming roūd about them thought it better to get within the wals or at leastwise to liue themselues with som companies that might bear the blowes but whilst they stood thus scanning their neckeverses without booke they betooke them to their heels and so saued themselues harmelesse This cowardise not giuing any smal occasiō of admiration to the Kings powers who to their no litle dishonor began to shout at thē was not alone an ap●aling of those which were after to encounter but so prosperous an accident to the incoraging of his M. resolute followers that they almost esteemed it as dishonor

the plaine of Pont-Charra neare to Castle Bayard in the Vale of Gresiuodan the eighteenth of September 1591. Printed at Toures by Iames Mattayer Printer to the Kinges Maiesty and truly translated into English by E. A. LONDON Printed by Iohn Wolfe 1591. A Discourse of the ouerthrowe of the Duke of Sauoyes Army defeated by the Lord de Diguieres in the plaine of Pont-Charra neare to Castle Bayard in the vale of Gresiuodan the 18. of September 1591. AFter the taking of the Towne of Luz in Prouince the Lorde de Diguieres meaning to take the benefite of the time to imploy it in the Kings seruice while his Maiesties armie lying at the siedg of Graneson was by the Duke of Sauoy restrained from tending els where determined with the small forces wherewith he had reduced the Towne of Luz into obedience to goe and besiedge Digne and to that intent hee departed from Mesine the 24. of August Vpon his arriuall neare the saide Towne which lyeth within two musquet-shot of the said Digne and vpon his deliberation to put his enterprise in execution there was certayne newes of the armie of Sauoy consisting of seuen hundred horses and seuen thousand harquebuziers a matter well knowne to all men confirmed by diuerse aduices and since found true this army I say beeing lead by the Lord Amedee Olliuaro and the Marquis of Treny had besiedged Morester which was lately fortified to couer Grenoble from the border of Sauoy Vpon this new aduise he was necessarily to change his purpose and in lieu of assailing to succour and defende yea euen to vse great diligence for that the place was not so well fortified and prouided as was to be wished as a matter enterprised and put in execution in foure dayes space whiles the saide Lord de Diguieres remained vpon the frontier to discouer the Popes armie as it passed by Montmellion to the end thereof to giue aduise vnto the King and withall to keep it from raunging and wasting the valley of Gresiuodan as vndoubtedly it would had it not beene for the bar and troupe of the said Lord de Diguieres cast in their way and finally to prouide against the siedge wherewith the said armie threatened Grenoble The 25. and 26. of the said moneth the said Lord de Diguieres hauing left some of his companies in Corbon vntill such time as the Lord of la Valette had taken order as hee thought good departed out of Prouince without licensing or disbanding of any of his troups whom he caused to take the way ●hither where necessitie required From that day vntill the twelfth of September the saide Lord de Diguieres labored to gather together his friendes so that the same day hee lay at Grenoble and the villages round about accompanyed with the Lords of Mcures Briquemant Marges Pra●ant and other Gentlemen and Captains with three hundred horse at the most and two thousand seuen hundred harquebuziers The enemie vnderstanding of the arriuall of these troupes whose numbers he knew not raysed his siedge which in truth he had not layde very neare to Morester and tooke his lodging at Pont-Charra halfe a league aboue the saide place and there he laboured to intrench and barriquade the wayes to his lodging setting a countenance as if hee would keep it and lodge some troupes in houses therabout But as for the said Lord de Diguieres troupes the footmen tooke vp their lodging at Chelais and the horsemen at Gouselay and Ransin so as the rest of that small armie was but halfe a league from the enemie The fifteenth day was spent in the discouering of the enemies lodging and the sixteenth attending the comming of the said Lord de Diguieres who staid at Grenoble sick of a rheume that held him four daies the Lord of Beliers with some harquebuziers on horsbacke pie●ced the gard of one company of horsmen strooke into their lodginges and vtterly ouerthrewe them so that there remained on the place some twentie men and there were won some twentie seuen horses of seruice with cassackes lances other furniture The said sixteenth of the said moneth the Lordes of Meures and Morges being loth to lose any time departed with some twentie of their companies to take so neare a view of the guard of the army that they entred it pesse-messe cast it vpon the armes of the said armie so that had it not bene that the narrow way being pestered with three or foure horses that were fallen stood the fliers in steade of Barriquadoes they had followed further some enemies were there slain good horses taken The said Lord de Diguieres arriuing the same day forgat not to spend the seuēteenth day about a perfect viewe of the enemies lodging wherein also hee considered of the scituation of such places as might fauor them or be any helpe to them in case he should set vpon them All which he took so certain notice of that euery thing fell out in maner as he had premeditated described on a leafe of paper The next day being the 18. the enemie set himself in battaile array obseruing the order that followeth His head was turnd toward Crenoble on the left hand stood his footemen in a round vpon also all hillocke of vines on the right hand vnder castle Bayard ranne the riuer of Lizere and betweene the riuer or the hillocke stood his horsemen in three squadrons within the medows that lie neer the Lord of Beumons house and before the said horsemen stood some 40. horse in a field on a rowe where they had a valley or downfall that debarred our men from comming at them in battaile aray This order did the enemies take because they had a farre off discouered the L. de Diguieres troupes comming toward them who being come without two musket shotte of the enemy hee caused them to make a stand in a bottome neere the riuer where they were shadowed with trees to the ende they might not be discouered In the meane time the Lord of Prabant with 1500. Harquebuziers followed the hill on the right hand in two troupes whereof the one kept the top so to displace those that stood on the side and the other marched on the lower way so to displace the footmen that fauoured the enemies horsmen And in the meane time while the Lord of Prabant eyther fauoured or made shew of anie footemen in the field where the enemies gard was set a troupe of horse which conteined not aboue twentie being led by the lord of Verasse lieutenant of the Lord of Baquemands companie marched directly to the said gard which had no minde to staie but forsooke their ground retired to the main battaile The L. de Diguieres marking this coūtenance as also that footmen had begonne to shake the enemie that stood on the hillocks caused his troups to march on into the enemies field which they had chosen which also was the same where the enemies Guard had bene set before The