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A54322	A collection of some brave actions and memorable sayings of King Henry the Great. Writ in French by the Bishop of Rodez, as a supplement to the history of that King, formerly publish'd by the same author. Done into English. Licensed, June 6. 1688	Péréfixe de Beaumont, Hardouin de, b. 1605.	1688 (1688)	Wing P1465AA; ESTC R218232	15,617	73

Prince but not which was the greatest of his Vertues for he had them almost all in the highest degree As to his Courage and Warlike Vertue it would be peradventure impossible to find any Sovereign Prince nay even any Captain who ever shewed it on so many occasions It is reported of the Emperor Henry IV. that he had been in Threescore and Two Battels or eminent Combats but our Henry had signaliz'd his Heroick Valour in Four or Five pitcht Battels more than a Hundred Bloody Combats and in Two Hundred Sieges Before the Death of Henry III. had call'd him to the Crown of France he had defended himself against Seven Wars which he concluded happily in Seven Treaties of Peace and in these Wars at divers times and in divers places he has had Four or Five Armies upon him having no good assurance to trust in but his own proper Vertue to support so great a Weight From the Age of Fifteen Years at which time he first put on his Arms he bore them continually to the Age of Forty Five In all occasions he was as forward in Danger as any one of his Captains He was wounded two or three times but slightly However it was not Rashness nor only the desire of Glory that engaged him in such Hazards but Necessity It concern'd him to shew an Example to his Soldiers The Fortune of France and his own was reduc'd to that Condition that Honour oblig'd him either to conquer or die otherwise he had not exposed himself in such sort as he did For he was not ignorant that a King whose Affairs are in Peace ought to preserve himself for the Love of his Subjects to whom he ows himself more than to himself He was so generous as to cause Vitry the Captain of his Guards to receive the Man who had wounded him at the Battle of Aumale The Mareschal d'Estrees being one day with him in his Coach and his Guard marching by to their Post he shewed him the Man saying Behold there the Soldier that wounded me at the Battle of Aumale Really this was a most Heroique Action He never feared Death in whatsoever posture she presented her self to him whether in the Field or in Bed. He was often heard to say That he yielded himself with an entire Submission to the Divine Providence and that he should never have either Fear or Regret when it should please God to call him He went to a Fight with a Courage truly Martial and with a brave Resolution but without Vanity After a Victory he express'd less Joy than before the Encounter For as he express'd himself he could not rejoyce to see so many French-men his Subjects lye dead on the place and that the Gain which he made from that Action could not be without a Loss He was wondrous active He was himself personally in all his Enterprises He apply'd himself entirely to what he undertook and never went about any thing of which he had not a perfect Knowledge and had fore-seen all the means by which he might expect to be successful or obstructed He had always an attentive Eye to the Execution of what he commanded and oftentimes made himself one of the Party Thus he found few Enterprises that he did not go through and few Obstacles that he did not fore-cast in such manner that it was not without just Reason that he took for his Device a Hercules the Conquerour of Monsters with these words Invia Virtuti nulla est via He judg'd wonderfully of the Designs of his Enemies and often foreseeing what they would undertake he gave out such Orders as secur'd his Army and caused the greatest of his Captains to say That they were beholden to him for their safety and that he having a Soul more elevated saw further than any of them His Promptitude was no less than his Judgment The Duke of Parma having observ'd with what celerity he acted said of him That other Generals made War like Lyons and Wild Boars Beasts of the Earth but the King like a Flying Eagle He was continually on Horseback which was the occasion that they said of him that he wore out more Boots than Shooes and that he was less time in Bed than the Duke of Mayenne at Table He used to say That the great Feasters and the great Sleepers were not capable of any great Action And that a Soul which sleeping and eating had overwhelm'd in a Mass of Fat could not have any noble and generous Motions If he loved Feasts and good Cheer it was not for filling his Belly but only for the refreshing his Spirit and rejoycing himself He was no Bigot but truly pious and Christian He had very good Sentiments of the Majesty and infinite Goodness of God. It was his Saying That he trembled with Fear and that he became less than an Atome when he beheld himself in the Presence of such an Almighty Power who has raised all things from nothing and who could reduce them again to the same Original by withdrawing his Almighty Hand But that he felt himself transported with unutterable Joy when he contemplates that his Sovereign Goodness protects all Men under his Wings as his Children and more especially Kings to whom he communicates his Power of doing good to other Men. After his Conversion he had always a very great respect for the Holy See and shewed himself its Defender with no less Zeal than his Ancestors And also exprest a strong and lively Faith for the Reality of Christ's Body in the Eucharist Passing one Day in a Street near the Lonvre he met a Priest carrying the Holy Sacrament He cast himself immediately upon his Knees and adored with mighty respect The Duke of Sully a Hugnenot who was then with him demanded Sir Is it possible that you can believe in this after the things which I have seen The King answered Yes by the Living God I believe and he must be a Mad-man who believes not I would willingly lose a Finger that you also believed as I do He also employed all Gentle Means to draw along with him all his Subjects into the Bosom of the Church in such sort as he was the cause of bringing in of more than Threescore Thousand Souls But he would never use any Violence for this end as the Leaguers desired nay he despised those who became Converts for any temporal Interest When he prayed he kneel'd upon both Knees his Hands joyned and his Eyes lift up to Heaven his Prayers were not long but fervent Through the whole Course of his Life he never undertook any thing but first he implored the Assistance of God and committed the event into his hands It is but a few days since I was informed by a Person of great Quality who did usually accompany the King in his Huntings that he never dislodged a Deer but that he put off his Hat and made the Sign of the Cross and then set Spurs to his Horse and away after the Chase He had read

Invention highly prejudicial both to King and People Another time being in an Inn at Milly in Gastinois and having put certain people there into a Discourse of his Life there was one who said a thousand good things of him but concluded thus He loves Women too much God punishes Adulterers it is to be feared that in the end he will not let it pass having endured so long These Words sunk so deep in his Heart that he confess'd never any Preacher toucht him so sensibly Another time being extream hungry in hunting he came to an Inn on the High-way and set himself down at Table with a Company of Tradesmen where having dined they began to talk of him they knew him not for his Apparel was always plain A certain Fellow that dealt in Hogs cry'd Never speak of that the Cask will always smell of the Herring A while after the King standing at the Window saw several Lords who rode about to find him these seeing the King came up presently to the Chamber The Hog-Merchant hearing them call him Sire and your Majesty without doubt was sufficiently astonisht and wisht heartily that he had never spoke those foolish Words But the King stepping from the place where he stood stroke him gently on the Arm saying Honest Man the Cask will always smell of the Herring but this ought to be applyed to you and not to me I am I praise God a good Catholick but you keep still the old Leaven of the League In what Terms ought we to speak of his good Humour and Clemency to express them worthily One may say that he was all Heart and that he had no Gall. Of so many Conspirators that did their endeavour to embroyl the Kingdom 't is observed that he never Executed any but the Mareschal de Biron to whom before he delivered him over to Justice he offer'd his pardon three several times in case he would but acknowledge his Offence In all his Wars when he saw his Enemies give Ground and just put to the Rout did he not use to ride up to the Head of his Bataillions crying Save the French Quarter to the French. In time of Peace he always preserved his Hands clean from the Bloud of his Subjects although in his Wars he never return'd from a Fight with his Sword unstain'd in the Bloud of his Enemies Like a good Shepherd who endeavours to Cure those of his Flock that are infected rather than cut their Throats He used all patience obliging Actions and Address to recover those whom the Faction had infected He dissembled the knowledg of their ill Will and in spite of their Endeavours he hindred them from doing Evil and converted them to good A wise King said he is like an able Apothecary who of the worst of Poysons composes excellent Antidotes and of Vipers makes Treacle Above all these excellent Qualities we ought to place the unspeakable Love and Tenderness which he had for his People He affected nothing more passionately than to pleasure them and to make them live at peace and ease To this purpose was his most ordinary Discourse We may see an infinite number of his Letters to the Governours of Provinces to his Sur-intendants and to his Parliaments containing these Expressions Take Care of my People they are my Children God has given them to my Care and I am responsible and such like Words full of Ardour and a most cordial and paternal Goodness When the Duke of Savoy came to Paris the King took him one day to see 'em play at Tennis in the Fauxbourg St. Germain after the Sport was over as they were standing together at the Window that open'd to the Street the Duke seeing a mighty Concourse of people told him He could never sufficiently admire the Beauty and Opulence of France and askt his Majesty what the Revenue might be worth to him This Prince generous and ready in his Repartees answered It is worth what I please The Duke finding this Answer evasive prest him to tell him precisely what France yielded him The King replyed Yes indeed what I please for having the Heart of my People I have all that I desire And if God gives me but Life I will cause that there shall not be a Labourer in my Kingdom but he shall be able if he pleases to have a Hen in his Pot every day Adding And if they have not so at present it is because I am forced to maintain so many Soldiers to reduce all those to reason who would choak my Authority The Duke replyed not a word more but remain'd satisfy'd with the Answer Certain Troops that he sent into Germany having committed some Disorders in Champagne and plundered some of the Peasant's Houses he told the Captains that remain'd behind in Paris Depart in speed and take Orders about this business or you shall answer for it What! if they ruine my People that nourish me who shall maintain the Charges of the Government and who shall pay your Pensions Gentlemen Living God! He that takes from my People takes from me The Inhabitants of the Vally which runs along the River Loire having been great Sufferers by the overflowing of that River besought to be eased of the Taxes and to that purpose writ to the Duke of Sully Sur-intendant of the Finances who presently made their Request known to the King by Letter who answer'd in these pathetical Expressions As to that about the great Flouds God has given me my Subjects to preserve them as my Children Let my Council treat them with Charity Alms are most pleasing to God especially upon this occasion I have a Tender Conscience let them then have all the Assistance that you think I can afford them After this can we wonder if this Prince was adored by all the World The best Mark of the Goodness of a Sovereign Prince and the streight Band which ought to be always between him and his Subjects is the Care which he hath to communicate to them his own Joys and the part which they take in those Joys not only by outward appearances which are extreamly deceitful and which they afford as well to bad as good Princes but also by the inward motions and by the Sentiments of the Heart From the first entry that this true Father of the French made into Paris and when his Goodness began to be known there all the Inhabitants of that little Word were always concern'd for whatever happen'd to him and were as much affected with it as if it had happened to themselves They rejoyced at his Contentments and sorrowed at his Displeasure Both the times he was sick it seemed as if the people of that Great City had been in a Fever On the contrary he was no sooner well again but his Health became theirs and they believed that the Health of the Kingdom and that of their Prince was the same thing In like manner when God had sent him any cause of Joy he desir'd that they might partake