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A37300	The memoires of Monsieur Deageant containing the most secret transactions and affairs of France, from the death of Henry IV till the beginning of the ministry of the Cardinal de Richelieu : to which is added a particular relation of the Arch-Bishop of Embrun's voyage into England, and of his negociation for the advancement of the Roman Catholick religion here : together with the Duke of Buckingham's letters to the said Arch-Bishop about the progress of that affair, which happened the last years of King James I, his reign / faithfully translated out of the French original.; Mémoires de M. Deageant. English	Deageant, Guichard, d. 1645.; Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628.	1690 (1690)	Wing D490; ESTC R5548	101,034	282

unless the consent of Cardinal Aldobrandini could be obtained whose power equalled if not surpassed that of the House of Bourguere that he would not fail to joyn with Spain as soon as he should see this union proposed that the number of the Cardinals of his Faction being augmented with those that were the Subjects of Spain would always prevail in the Conclave and in the Consistory and therefore that they would be continually opposed and over-powered notwithstanding all that might happen to the advantage of France whereas if the King could unite these two Powers nothing could hinder him for the suture from obtaining all manner of Credit and Power in the Court of Rome even to that degree that when the Pope should dye he might cause one to be chosen of the French Nation A promise was made to him to make an attempt upon the hopes of good success and he was assured that it should be his own fault if his party were not strengthned with his Majesties Authority against that of Spain and the Family of Aldobrandini that was almost extinct A Marriage was then treated between Monsieur the Prince of Piedmont and Madam the Kings Sister Monsieur Deageant was one of those whom his Majesty thought fit to employ more particularly therein who took this opportunity to perswade the Duke of Savoy to endeavour to engage Cardinal Aldobrandini in the French Interests without declaring to him any thing that had passed between him and Cardinal Bourguere he was further urged with the hopes that by effecting this he might cause himself to be elected King of the Romans and from thence might be advanced to the Empire James I. late King of Great Britain instead of inciting the Prince Palatine his Son-in-Law disswaded him from it and was of opinion that the Duke of Savoy ought rather to be regarded One of the English Ministers of State imparted this to Monsieur Deageant that he might inform the King thereof and might induce him to prosecute this Design as being the best and most sure means to pull down the House of Austria to establish Peace amongst the Estates of Europe and to prevent the Commotions that were ready to break forth in Germany This Proposition was approved by the Duke of Savoy who wanted neither Courage nor Ambition he therefore resolved to sollicite Cardinal Aldobrandini on this account and promised much from the strict Amity and Friendship that was betwixt them but he feared least he should meet with some difficulty therein because this Cardinal as to his present Condition at Rome was able to hold the Ballance even in the Conclave and in the Consistory but that he might be over-matched by the Faction of Bourguere that would be fortified with the Spaniards as soon as they should see him inclined to France which was the same consideration that had restrained Bourguere with respect to Aldobrandini as hath been already observed A promise was thereupon made to the said Duke that all possible Efforts should be used to gain Cardinal Bourgu●re It hath been above related that M. Deageant contrived an Enterprize against Rochel with an Officer that had the charge of the Fortifications of that City this Man had given Information to the Inhabitants that for the security of the Place it was necessary to raise a Bulwark on that side next the Harbour and having received orders to take care that a good quantity of Earth should be carried thither for that purpose left a space open through which seven Men might enter in front this gap was filled up at Night with a few Turfs that might be easily trampled upon and overturned but that he might gain time to prepare all things requisite for the Execution of this Design he prolonged the finishing of this Work Another Inhabitant of Rochel that guarded the Tower of the Lantern on the same side treated in like manner with Monsieur Deageant at the same time to open a passage into the City which he had cut through the Stones and afterwards filled with Earth and was so wide that two Men might march therein in front The other Officer and he without knowing one another Intentions insisted that the King having put a strong Garrison into Fort Lewes that was near the City might re-enforce it as occasion required and might without any difficulty at the return of the tide cause a detatchment of a considerable number of Soldiers that might be sufficient to perform this Enterprize to advance by the way that they should shew without being perceived by the Sentinels Monsieur Deageant to be assured of this sent an Engineer in whom he could confide that at two several Nights entered through the above mentioned Passages and reported that the project was infallible and not long after acquainted the King and Monfieur de Luines with it Thereupon a debate arose in the Privy Council whether in case an opportunity should be offered to surprise Rochel the King should lay hold on it and it was carried in the affirmative though at that time there was a full Peace since the Rockellers as to their particular were continually Factious and in Rebellion There were none then privy to the Design but the King Monsieur de Luines the two Undertakers the Workman that was sent to view the Places and Monsieur Deageant but afterwards Monsieur de Luines perswaded the Person that managed the Affair at the Tower of the Lantern to introduce Monsieur de Auriac Quarter-Master of the Army lately deceased to see whether it could be effected forbidding him to make any mention thereof to Monsieur Deageant Monsieur de Auriac declared that he had seen every thing after the same manner as was represented but that so many Soldiers as would be requisite to take the City could not pass through that Tower unless the other Attempt were vigorously prosecuted at the same time this difficulty arose by reason of the absence of the other Officer who was in Rochel and had treated with none but Monsieur Deageant without whom Monsieur de Luines intended that these Enterprizes should be performed that the Honour of them might be attributed to him he feared also if any success should happen upon the Negotiation of Monsieur Deageant lest he should obtain further Credit and Favour with the King Thus all proceedings in this Matter being delayed no other Effect was produced but the Death of him that acted at the Tower by the Lantern who being sent into the City of Monsieur de Luines to endeavour to induce the Officer to treat with none but him and to desist from conferring any longer with Monsieur Deageant was discovered upon the advice that a certain noble Man to whom Monsieur de Luines had revealed this Design had given to the Mayor insomuch that he was Condemned and Executed Upon this account the Officer fled and having related all these Circumstances to Monsieur Deageant departed to Rome not thinking himself safe in France The Jealousy of Monsieur

abandoned the Interests of his own Family and resolved to enter into League with the King of France and even obliged the Arch-Bishop to go into Transylvania to engage Bethlehem Gabor The Project of withdrawing the Empire from the House of Austria was principally grounded on this Division for Matthias was already advanced in years and was not married therefore when he should be created Emperor either he would have no Children or if he had any he could not leave them capable to possess the Empire at his Death on this account it was very probable that it might be easily transmitted into another Family and this was the most powerful Motive to induce the Princes of Germany to unite with the King and to make a League Offensive and Defensive with him After the Arch-Bishop had concluded this Allyance in Germany he returned into France and passed through the Low-Countreys where to conceal his Negotiations with the Infanta and Nuncio of Flanders he continued to make use of the Instructions that he had received from his Holiness About the end of the year 1609. he arrived at Paris where he gave an account to the King of every thing that he had performed and delivered to him the Memorials and Certificates relating to these Transactions but the King thought fit to employ him again in the League of Italy to cause the Princes to consent to and to sign certain new Articles that his Majesty had added He might justly boast that the King was very well satisfied with his Endeavours and if the late Queen-Mother were living she would be a sufficient Witness of the Kindness and Respect that his Majesty expressed towards him He resided about two months at Court and three daies before he took his leave the King himself told him that he was resolved to cause him to be promoted to the Dignity of a Cardinal not at his Nomination but as it were upon the Pope's own Inclination that he might not be suspected by the other Princes and that he might not lose the great Credit and Reputation that he had acquired amongst them Monsieur de Villeroy confirmed this to him at his Departure and indeed being arrived at Rome he was informed by Monsieur de Breues the Ambassador of France that he had Orders to solicit it and that the Pope was willing to give his consent but the Effect was frustrated by the unfortunate and lamentable Accident of the King's Murther nevertheless his Holiness declared to him that he intended to persist in his Purpose and it was generally reported that he would be one of the five Cardinals that were to be created in the Month of August 1621 but it happened otherwise for the Procurator-General of his Order was made Cardinal in his stead and on the very same Evening after this Promotion Cardinal Melliny came to acquaint him that the Pope was obliged to change his Resolution because the Ministers of Spain having penetrated into his Intentions had insisted that if his Holiness made a French-man Cardinal without the Nomination of his King he ought also to advance a Spaniard after the same manner making great Protestations if he should act to the contrary Some time after the Arch-Bishoprick of Embrun was given to him which caused him to return into France and being arrived at the Court to take the Oath of Allegiance in the King's Presence he represented to the Queen-Regent the small Revenue that belonged to his Arch-Bishoprick which did not amount to above two thousand Crowns being abstracted from the Charges and great Salaries that were annexed to it as it appeared by the computation that the Commissioners of the Regalia had made thereof Her Majesty replyed thereupon that she thought that she had been assured that it was worth much more However remembring that Monsieur de Breues had written to her that the Kings of Hungary and Poland had importuned him to abide in their Dominions and more especially that the Count de Castres Vice-Roy of Naples had offered to him the Coadjutorship of the Arch-Bishoprick of Taranto to which appertained a Revenue of twenty thousand Crowns the Arch-Bishop whereof was his near Kinsman and died within six Months after she immediately commanded Monsieur de Villeroy to treat with Monsieur de Crequy concerning the augmenting of this Pension with a thousand Crowns that should be taken out of his Arch-Bishoprick and promised to pay the extinction in ready Money Moreover she was pleased to order the said Sieur de Villeroy to put her in mind of the Arch-Bishop in case of any Vacancy Her Majesty also further expressed her good will in sending him into Spain where he resided by her special Command at the time of the Marriages to observe the Actions of the Spaniards on the account of this Alliance and principally the Duke de Lerme with whom he was particularly acquainted as also with many other Noble-men of Spain that he had known in Italy But all these Favours that he received from the Queen suddenly ceased upon the great Revolutions that happened at Court This Journey was the cause of another that he took into Piedmont for the Duke of Savoy being informed by his Ambassador in Spain of the frequent Conferences that this Arch-Bishop held with the Duke de Lerme and how much he was esteemed by the said Duke interceded with the Marshal de Lesdiguieres to persuade him to go into Piedmont insomuch that he went thither with the King's Approbation and it may be certainly affirmed that he laid the first Foundation of the Peace that was afterwards concluded by the means of a large Letter in form of a Relation that he wrote to the Duke de Lerme containing the Reasons that might induce Spain to incline to this Treaty Notwithstanding all these Journeys and vast Expences he did not neglect his Bishoprick for he re-established therein several Rights that had been lost in the time of the Wars redeemed five Territories and divers other Demesns that had been alienated and after this manner encreased the Revenue of the said Arch-Bishoprick but all this could not be effected without a great deal of Trouble and Charge since he was forced to sue for it and to obtain almost 30 several Decrees It is no less true that he found his Archi-Episcopal House so ruined it being burnt by the Huguenots that at his arrival at Embrun he was constrained to take Lodgings for his Family in the City nevertheless he restored it to so good a Condition that the late King and most of the principal Nobility of France have lodged there and have given him very great Commendations on this Account Moreover he hath expended considerable Sums of Money in divers Journeys that he undertook at the command and in the Service of the late King and never was reimbursed to the value of one Penny When he was at Paris about the beginning of the Year 1620 the King at the persuasion of Monsieur de Luines having told him that he desired to see

de Luines and the removing of Monsieur Deageant were the only Obstacles that hindered the King from becoming absolute Master of Rochel at that time During the Employment of Monsieur Deageant no other Affairs of consequence were transacted in Italy but that of the Duke of Florence above mentioned the Marriage of the Prince of Piedmont the difference between the Dukes of Savoy and Mantua of which the King was Arbitrator and the Accommodation between the King of Spain and the Duke of Savoy And it would be needless for me to enlarge on them since there are many that are able to produce larger Memorials than I can as for the last Father Joseph can give a true account thereof since he was sent into Spain on purpose to cause the Treaty to be put in Execution that was made for the restitution of Verseil I shall only add one particular passage that happened to my Knowledge which perhaps may be thought worth the observing Cardinal Ludovisio who was afterwards promoted to the Pontificate negotiated for the Pope in the aforesaid Accommodation and Monsieur de Lesdiguiers was one of those whom the King had employed therein The Treaty being concluded Monsieur de Lesdiguiers went to take leave of the Cardinal and amongst other Complements wished him the the Mitre he smiled and made him this answer Will you promise me to become a Catholic when I shall be Pope Yes certainly replied Monsieur de Lesdiguiers who seeing him very Ancient and the last of the Cardinals could not imagine that he could attain to this Supreme Dignity however in a little time he was placed in St. Peters Chair and long after dispatched a Brief to Monsieur de Lesdiguiers to put him in mind of his promise to perform which he was already inclined as shall be hereafter observed he sent an answer to this Brief full of respect and even made use of the terms of most Holy Father and his Holiness notwithstanding the Remonstrances that the Deputies of the Reformed Religion and the Consistory of Lyons from whence he wrote exhibited to him on this occasion There were also certain Treaties in agitation concerning the Affairs of the Valtoline which were disannulled by the Venetians at the very first overture but because I knew not the succeeding Events I shall make no mention of them here And as for Spain excepting the Transactions that related to the composing of the differences between them and the Duke of Savoy there was no other matter of moment depending between the two Crowns and Peace hath been maintained in despight of the mutual Antipathies of of these two Nations one against another and the different Interests of their Kings There arose about that time a certain contest with England the Ambassador of France was come back and left le Cler his Secretary to act in his stead who proceeded so far that a resolution was taken to treat him somewhat severely he thereupon withdrew himself and having sent an express to the King of what passed he received a Command to find out some means to return which he afterwards did there was also an Ambassador from England with the King who upon notice that the other of France was in the Kingdom gave orders that he should speedily depart since contrary to the Law of Nations his Master had abused his The Duke of Savoy who kept a good Correspondence in England and treated there about the Marriage of his Son hoping that these two Kings being united together would assist him much in obtaining the Crown that had been propounded to him interposed and took much pains to reconcile them since their differences were produced on a very slight occasion The principal difficulty consisted in this Point which of them should first send his Ambassador The King alledged that since there was no composition between the two Crowns touching precedency the English having always yielded it to the French and the King of England having obliged his Majesty to recal his Agent it belonged to him to send his Ambassador first into France The King of England did not dispute about the matter of Composition but pretended that he had not treated the Agent of France after so rude a manner that he ought to have withdrawn himself that he was highly offended that his was sent back without any lawful Cause and that this offence could not be redressed but by sending a French Ambassador to excuse it after the arrival of whom he would cause his to depart At last it was agreed that the two Kings should nominate their respective Ambassadors that the English should first pass over the Sea and that as soon as he had given notice of his Arrival in France the King should order his to set forward the first being very active made so great haste that as soon as he landed in France he travelled to the Court and remained there some time before the later began his Journey An amicable Correspondence hath been since maintained between the two Crowns The King of England upon the recommendation of our King did often mitigate and abate the ordinary rigorous proceedings against the Roman Catholicks in that Country He was also very well pleased with the Propositions that were privately offer'd to him on behalf of his Majesty tending to re-unite him to the bosom of the Church insomuch that after some reiterated Conferences that were managed to that effect in the King's Presence without communicating any thing thereof in his Council lest the effect being made known should be obstructed or prevented the Arch-Bishop of Embrun made a Voyage into England as it were without any design in the habit and under the name of a Counsellor in the Parliament of Grenoble whom curiosity had induced to see England he had no sooner set his foot on Land at Dover but the Duke of Buckingham came to meet him and having saluted him whispered him thus in the Ear Sir You that call your self a Counsellor of Grenoble being the Arch-Bishop of Embrun are very welcome into these Dominions you need not change your Name nor conceal your Quality for you shall receive nothing but Honour here and especially from the King my Master who hath a very particular esteem for you Indeed the King of England treated him very honourably granted him several Favours in behalf of the Catholicks and even permitted him to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to them in the House of the Ambassadour of France where there was a great Court the doors being open There were near eighteen thousand persons that received this Sacrament without having any thing said to them in the Entry at the Door or elsewhere although there was a great concourse of the English people in the street that saw this Ceremony performed During the time that he resided there he had several Conferences with the King who being satisfied as to all the points in Controversie wrote a large Letter to the Pope by a Catholick Gentleman his Subject whom he privily

sent to him on purpose in which he acknowledged him as the Vicar General of Jesus Christ on Earth as the Universal Father of the Christians and the chief of all Catholicks assuring him that after he had taken care of those things to which he had agreed he would openly declare himself in the mean time he promised not to suffer any search to be made in his Kingdom after Priests that were sent by his Holiness or the most Christian King provided they were not Jesuits in whom he protested that he could not confide for divers Reasons principally because he accounted them as the Authors of the Gunpowder Treason by which they had designed to blow him up as he sat in the Parliament-House In his Letter amongst other things he entreated the Pope to vouchsafe that the Goods of the Church that were entred into the Patrimony of the principal Families of England should not be taken from them but on the contrary that they should be permitted to possess them because otherwise great troubles and commotions would ensue he affirm'd moreover that nothing could detain him from making a publick Profession of the Catholick Religion immediately but the desire he had to gain the King of Denmark his Brother-in-law whom he had to that end but under another pretence solicited to come over into England where he hoped to convert him that by doing this he should be able to establish peace in his Dominions which otherwise could hardly be maintained and that they two being joined together in the same design would draw after them almost all the Northern Countries The Duke of Buckingham and the Gentleman whom he sent to Rome were the only persons that were his Subjects to whom he discoursed these Intentions The Duke had promised to follow him and indeed made a considerable progress therein but the Death of King James that happened during this Negotiation prevented the effect at which his Holiness and the King were very much troubled The King of Great Britain always shewed a great aversion to the design of the Prince Palatine his Son-in-law and an extream desire to cause the Duke of Savoy to be made King of the Romans he solicited M. Deageant during his Employment at Court to endeavour to incite the King to this and to persuade him to make use of his Interest with the Electoral Princes that were his Friends as he intended to do with those that were his promising also to raise Forces to assist him in his Election and Enstalment The Affairs of the Low Countries remained in their ordinary course It is true indeed that the Spaniards in Flanders had determined to renew an old Quarrel by digging a certain Channel over Calais in those Lands that were in dispute between the two Estates but the King oppos'd it declaring that he would hinder the work by force of Arms some Conferences were holden on this account by the neighbouring Officers on both sides but they took no effect however the Spaniards desisted from their Undertaking The King of Sweden obtained leave of the King to levy certain French Troops for his Service that were employed in the War in which he was then engaged The Duke of Lorrain who was as yet only Prince of Vaudemont resided some time at Court where he received all manner of demonstrations of the King's Favour and good Will who defended him in a Quarrel that arose between him and the Count of Soissons and took a particular care of all his Affairs in somuch that when he proposed to marry the Heiress of Lorrain His Majesty afforded him his assistance tho some were of a contrary Opinion indeed no Opportunity was offered wherein he could oblige him but he did it affectionately being very much inclined to love him However Divine Justice hath permitted him to be punished for his unparallel'd ingratitude to the King almost assoon as he had arrived to the highest pitch of his power The D. of Vaudemont his Father who never was well affected to France very early implanted the seeds of those pernicious Principles in his mind that have since produced such bitter fruits in his Family and have at last been the cause of its ruin As for the Affairs of Germany when the King took on himself the Administration of the Government of his Kingdom they were sufficiently embroiled the two Parties the Catholick and the Protestant had already harassed one another in several places the Duke of Bavaria hoped to attain to the Empire being animated by the Counsel of the Jesuits who to that end had advised him to engage in his Interest the principal Officers that had served the Emperour and were lately disbanded as also to cause all necessary provisions to be made for the execution of this Design The Prince Palatine on the other side being excited by his own Ambition and by the greatest part of the Protestants and very much importuned by the Duke of Bouillon suffered himself to be decoyed with the same project of aspiring to the Empire and prosecuted it vigorously Both Parties seeing France enjoying a profound Peace and their King ready to mount on Horse-back to turn the Scales to the side that he should think fit to favour diligently sought to make an Alliance with him The King's Council was divided thereupon some thought it convenient that he should promote the Enterprise of the Duke of Bavaria nevertheless without declaring it openly Others on the contrary were of Opinion that he ought to remain Neuter and with the Forces that he had in the Field to march towards Metz that appearing formidable to both Parties he might be ready to lay hold on all advantages that should be offered which consisted amongst other things in counter-ballancing the House of Austria that apparently designed to exalt it self to the detriment of all the Potentates of Europe and in case matters should be disposed to a Peace in endeavouring to become Arbitrator thereof Moreover there happened another occasion that required the King's Presence at Metz an Information had been given of the secret Correspondence between M. d'Espernon and the Queen-Mother that was at last made manifest by her departure from Blois It was known also that the Duke of Bouillon had promised to join with that Party and that under colour of fortifying the Garrison of Metz he intended to cause Soldiers to be admitted therein to the end that in the midst of the Combustions that he saw were ready to break forth with the assistance of them and some other Inhabitants that were at his Devotion he might attempt to make himself Master of the place to annex it to the Principality of Sedan insomuch that the King to secure this City and to rescue it from the power of those that were very industrious in strengthening themselves in their Conspiracies against him was resolved to proceed to the execution of an infallible Enterprise that had been projected at that time when M. d'Espernon began first to be suspected in order to the