desired your Highness and do yet repeat my Desires by these Lines conjuring you to believe that as to my particular I will have such Sentiments of it as you may expect from c. LETTER CCLIV To the Same SIR I Am particularly obliged to your Highness for the favour you were pleased to do me in sending Count Scarnasis to give me a Visit and to assure me of your Good-will I always promised myself that I should find in you that dispotion which you testifie you have in the King's satisfaction and that you will shew him the Effects of it upon the present Occasion So I desired you to believe that you may be assured of his Majesty's Affections and of all those of his House And as to my particular I will serve you to my utmost I have particularly made known to the said Count Scarnasis my earnest Desires of the Peace not only of Italy but of all Christendom To which I will gladly contribute all that may reasonably be expected from a Person who really is c. LETTER CCLV. To Victor Amedeus Duke of Savoy SIR I Was very glad to hear News of your Highness by the Sieur d'Inchamp who assuring me of your good Health confirm'd in me the belief of your Affection to the King's Service And as an Answer to what you were pleased to write I tell you that the sincerity of the King's Intentions is such that as yet it hath had no other design in the Affairs of Italy than to deliver the Duke of Mantua from his Persecutions in a mild and loving way He has long hoped for this happiness but the Delays of Spain and the several Puttings-off which happened in all the Passages of this Affair having given him great reason to believe that the Enemies of the Duke of Mantua were pleased to speak of an Agreement and Peace with a design to do neither he is resolved to send me into Italy as the fore-runner of himself with a considerable Army and he has given me such precise Orders that I have not the liberty of changing them The first is To lose no time Which makes me desire you quickly to open the Magazines of Savoy according to the Promise you made to Mareschal Crequi that the King's Army may begin to pass the 25th of this Month. His Majesty will be obliged by it and I in particular who am and ever will be c. LETTER CCLVI. To the Princess of Piedmont MADAM YOur Highness honours me a thousand times more than I deserve in vouchsafing to send me a Visit by the Sieur Morguenay to testifie your Joy at my arrival in those Parts I want fit words to be able to express my sense of this Favour which I acknowledge I only owe to your Goodness I do not doubt but you 'll honour me with the continuation of your Good-will your Candour being so great that I look upon all your Words as infallible You will also believe I am certain that I will forget nothing which may merit so great an Honour which I esteem according to its quality having understood by the Letters which it pleas'd your Highness to write to me by the Sieur de l'Isle and afterward by Mareschal Crequi that you are pleased that I should have the honour of seeing you and that you would communicate to me some Particulars which you do not think convenient to trust in Writing Now that I may satisfie your Will and my Desire and Duty altogether I will not fail to send to you by the Mareschal de Crequi or the Sieur de l'Isle the means which I think proper to attain to this end In the mean time I desire you to be assured that no Man is more faithful to you than myself who will always give you such clear Proofs of this truth that you will have reason to confess me to be sincerely that which I am c. LETTER CCLVII To the Same from Pignerol MADAM ALl manner of Respect and Duty obliges me to seek an occasion by these Lines to give your Highness new Testimonies of the Passion which I always will have for your Service and of my Obedience and also to inform you that I am departing hence to meet the King at Lions where he commands me to wait upon him I think it also my Duty to tell you Maâ—am That I understand that his Majesty's intentions are not foreign to a Peace which may be concluded if it be desired upon reasonable Terms And if it be his Majesty desires that your Highness would send him the Approbation of the House of Savoy The Zeal that I know you have to promote this Affair will make me gladly contribute toward it according to my small ability by the performance of those things which his Majesty desires for your satisfaction and advantage I will assure the King and the Queen-mother of the tender Affection your Highness has for their Persons and of your Displeasure of all those Passages in which I beseech God to be your Comfort who often suffers Afflictions for a good end I will never have any other but to shew you by all manner of Proofs that I am and ever will be c. LETTER CCLVIII. To the Princess of Piedmont MADAM I Have receiv'd the Letter which your Highness was pleased to honour me with about the Death of the Duke of Savoy and the desire that you have of a lasting Peace in Italy I desire you to believe that the King has no less mind to it but he desires it may be firm reasonable and honourable in which the Queen-Mother and all their Majesties Servants have the like Sentiments As to my particular I would contribute my utmost to this end but those with whom we have to do are so far from it at present that they have depriv'd us of all hopes of it but let what will happen I will always honour your Highness as it is my duty and will testifie to you that I am more concern'd for your Interest than mine own having no greater passion than that to serve you and to let you know by real effects that I am as much as can be c. LETTER CCLIX To the Same MADAM I Will not omit this opportunity of assuring your Highness of the continuation of my most humble Service of which I shall always think myself happy to be able to give you proofs upon all occasions I do not write to you my unhappiness by incurring the Queen-Mother's displeasure because you may have learn'd it some other way I only beseech you to believe that that shall not hinder me from preserving the memory of your Obligations as long as I live and that I will serve you upon all occasions with all the fidelity that you may expect from a Creature wholly devoted to your Interest As to what concerns your Highness Madam you may be certain that I will honour you and will always have as great a care of your advantage as can be desired from c. LETTER
acquir'd upon this occasion in which truly he has omitted nothing which might be expected from his Prudence his Valour and Courage A Fortnight ago I took the Boldness to write to your Highness that considering the Duke of Savoy might have need of some Supply for the Expence he is obliged to I would endeavour to obtain him one of the King the first time I should have the Honour to see him now that I might keep my Promise and satisfie my Desire together I laid hold upon the Opportunity of the good News of the Success in Italy to make the Proposal to his Majesty who notwithstanding the great Affairs he has now in hand has chearfully granted him three hundred thousand Livres of which I shall give to our Embassadour good Bills of Assignment all payable within the Year I will be very diligent in this matter desiring to give your Highness a Testimony that not only upon this occasion but upon any other wherein your Interest and Satisfaction are concern'd you are more dear to me than my Life and that I am and ever will be c. LETTER CCLXX. To the Dutchess of Savoy MADAM I Cannot express to you my Resentment of the Injury the Cardinal of Savoy has done himself by running counter to his Duty and your Intentions without any Reason It is true that his Levity and Inconstancy will be blamed by the whole World But that which vexes me most is the mischievous Design that he and Prince Thomas may have for your Prejudice the King has so much tenderness to your Highness that he can never promise you any Assistance but he is better than his Word I can assure you that upon all Occasions and at all times I will forget nothing that may depend upon me not truly for your own Service but for all theirs who belong to you beseeching you to believe that tho' I have always hitherto been your Servant as much as may be I am now doubly so The King is very much assured of the Fidelity of the Duke of Savoy I will gladly be his Caution upon this or any other Article The Count of St. Morice has spoke to me about an Honour which your Highness designs to bestow upon me of which I think myself so unworthy that I dare not so much as think of it Those are Proofs of your excessive Bounty which oblige me more and more to be what I am c. LETTER CCLXXI. To the Same MADAM I Cannot sufficiently praise God for the happy Deliverance of your Highness from the Pains and Perils of Childbirth and for the new Blessing which he is pleased to add to your Family nor testifie to you my particular Joy for it I make no Answer to that which concerns the Design that your Highness is pleased to have upon this occasion relating to me because it is so much above me that I can but commend your Bounty from whence it proceeds and desire to be so happy as to be able to declare my Sence of it words being not capable to express it I will endeavour to supply that Defect by the best Services I am able to do you to let you see that no body is equally yours as is c. LETTER CCLXXII To the Same MADAM I Think it needless to declare to your Highness my Grief for the Duke of Savoy's Sickness and that your Knowledge of the Zeal and Passion I have always had for both your Persons is sufficient to make you conceive to what degree it is I will only tell you Madam that the King was sensibly affected with the News and the same Hour he heard it he dispatched this Gentleman to let you know his Concerns for it and to bring back the Conditions of his Health for which he is in much Pain I do not tell you Madam the Tenderness and Affection which it pleases his Majesty to declare to me he has for you upon account of this Sickness because besides that the Embassadour will not fail to make it known to you as also what we esteem proper for your Highness's Service in this Juncture I am sure you do not doubt but they are such as you desire I will only assure you by these Lines That if the Duke of Savoy should unfortunately dye which I hope God of his Mercy will prevent the King will omit nothing that may depend upon his Power and Authority to protect your Highness and to hinder that those who are Enemies of your Peace and have always envied your Virtue be not able to do you any Harm As to my particular Madam I beseech your Highness to believe That I will always esteem myself extreamly happy to employ the Remainder of my Life to second his Majesty's Intentions for your Advantage and to let you know by my Actions and Services that no body doth and will honour you with more Sincerity than myself nor is more truly what I always will be c. LETTER CCLXXIII To the Dutchess of Savoy MADAM AS our Affliction is unparalell'd so my Sorrow is ineffable I confess I was so surprized with this Misfortune which has happened not only to your Highness but to all Christendom that nothing but God can give me any Comfort It is from his Hand Madam that I expect your Highness will receive Consolation and from him alone so great a Distemper must have no less a Physician The King who will always look upon your Interests as his own is extreamly afflicted with this Accident You will receive whatever you may expect from his Benificence assuring you Madam that he will upon this occasion do more for your Highness than for himself As for me Madam be pleased to put me at the Head of all your most zealous Servants who always take most Care of your Concerns and who will omit nothing which they think may contribute to your Prosperity c. LETTER CCLXXIV To the Same MADAM THe more your Enemies strive to publish their mischievous Designs against your Person the more doth the Zeal which I have always had for your Highness's Service augment and I hope I shall be happy enough to find out some opportunity to give you new Proofs of it and by the same means discover to you the Designs of those who do not love your Highness and who desire to disturb your Peace are disappointed yet this matter depends upon your Highness's Conduct and the stout and good Resolutions which you shall take at your Entrance upon the Government to maintain your Authority and to prevent the Mischiefs which your Enemies would do you I pray your Highness to believe that the King will prevent it with all his Power and that as to my particular I honour you and will not omit my utmost to second his Majesty's Sentiments to your Advantage and to let you know at the same time that as your Highness has no Subject over whom you have a more absolute Power than myself so you have none who more really is and will
the Sieur Cardinal desir'd him to know from Coalta and Spinola if they had any such Orders After which Answer the said Father freely confess'd That this Proposition was only his thoughts without any relation to the Emperor or his Ministers The said Capuchin made another Overture which was That seeing we desir'd Pignerol only for Security of the Peace if we had no other design we might easily consent to restore it at the end of two years during which the Emperor should keep the Passes of the Grisons The Sieur Cardinal told him he believ'd the King would consent to this Proposition with which he would acquaint his Majesty assoon as they were agreed about it Whereupon the Capuchin immediately went to 'em but soon return'd and reported That they would not consent to it by any means As to the Fifth Point The Marquess Spinola said he had no Authority to make good any Infringements of the Treaty of Monzon To which was represented That it would neither be just nor reasonable to have two Differences at a time with Spain in Italy and to have sent a puissant Army thither yet to return without deciding either Notwithstanding which he positively reply'd he would have nothing to do to repair a Treaty that bad been made by Count Olivarez To which was answered That the Question at present was not about Repairing the Treaty but. Performing it Whereupon he promis'd in General to Perform the said Treaty of Monzon but to specifie the Infringements he would never do it To which was Answered That we would be contented without specifying 'em providing he would speedily make 'em good To which he reply'd That he could only Promise in general that the Treaty of Monzon should be perform'd and leave deciding the Infringements to another time But it was reply'd That would look like an Abuse since the Infringements were plain by the Tenour of the Treaty and to promise to perform it without repairing them would be to little or no purpose The Question is at present Not if Peace should be made because 't is preferable to War for a thousand reasons but if we should be contented with the bare Investing the Duke of Mantua without farther Security than the Emperor's and the King of Spain's Word that he should not be molested for the future Also If we should consent that the Duke of Savoy should be paid the 15000 Crowns Rent as he demands Also If it be reasonable the Duke of Mantua should be excluded a Liberty of putting what Garisons he pleases into his Towns Also If we can or ought to end the Duke of Mantua's Controversy without concluding likewise that of Valtelina and the Treaty of Monzon And if there be Security enough left tho' we should restore Pignerol as also If the King's Reputation be not concern'd in only terminating the Difference of the Duke of Mantua and leaving that of Valtelina and the Grisons to the Spaniards Faith COUNSEL From Cardinal Richelieu after that of the Queen-Mother and the Lord-Keeper ALL the Reasons mention'd before by the Lord-Keeper make it plainly appear that a Peace is to be greatly desired For my part I have always wish'd it upon the same Considerations and have omitted nothing in my power to procure it Your Majesty and His Lordship the Keeper knows That after the taking Pignerol I immediately dispatch'd an Express to make known the Inconveniencies depended upon continuing the War as also the Reasons which might be brought for a Peace by restoring Pignerol But you both know also that I had no other Answer but that His Majesty enclin'd to the noblest side and was coming to attack Savoy Nevertheless not to be against the Negotiations for Peace returning home I writ a Letter to the Princess of Piedmont on purpose that it might be communicated to the Duke of Savoy and the Prince by which I desir'd her to further this Negotiation hoping thereby to content both Princes This Letter I left with the Vicar-General of Pignerol who took upon him to carry it himself that he might have an Opportunity to encline these Princes to a good and lasting Peace Hereupon he sent twice to Turin but could not be admitted therefore Mareschal Schomberg who was acquainted with this design sent me my Letter again The Lord-Keeper's reasons also make it appear That a War cannot be undertaken without great Inconveniencies being a Scourge which God ordains to punish bad Men. But nevertheless hence it does not follow that we should purchase a Peace on dishonourable and base Conditions but that we should rather bear with the greatest Afflictions a War can produce The Aversion the People have to War is not a sufficient Motive to accept such a Peace because they are uneasie and complain as well of a necessary Evil as of one that ought to be avoided As also ignorant to know what is convenient as ready to murmur at Grievances are absolutely necessary to prevent greater He that makes Peace on dishonourable Terms would never be able to maintain it long As also would lose his Reputation for ever and expose his Country for the future to endless Wars It being certain that no body would fear to Attack that had observed the Volubility of our Tempers on this Occasion and the Advantages we had lost which were not easie to be regain'd Our Neighbours also would slight our Alliance as trifling because of our Fickleness and would rather chuse to bear with the Tyrannies of Spain than hope to be reliev'd by Us. But to return to our Particular Case In my Opinion we cannot agree to a Peace upon Three of the Conditions abovenamed viz. First That the Duke of Savoy shall have such Division of Montserrat as he desires Secondly To exclude the French out of Cazal And Thirdly To Quit the Treaty of Monzon without having the Infringements made good I say that to consent to these Conditions would be to render France the Contempt and Scorn of all Christendom and to engage us in new Wars which would have all the Grievances of this and none of the Advantages Therefore there 's nothing more to be done but to continue the War for which all necessary Preparations are now read and in the mean time to think of all imaginable means to Negotiate a more Honourable Peace than has been hitherto Propos'd So we may make War to occasion Peace and time to come prove a more favourable Instrument of effecting it than times past An Account how Cardinal Richelieu behav'd himself upon the first Discontents of the Queen-Mother At Lyons on his Return from Italy in September AS soon as ever his Eminence had knowledge of the Queen-Mother's Resolutions to discard him from her Service he omitted nothing in his Power to prevent it He humbly entreated her to consider that not one Minute of his Life but he would have sacrific'd a thousand Lives for her That he had always serv'd her not only with Fidelity but also such Success as every thing fell out
Duke of Weymar and the Landtgrave of Hesse shall be contriv'd both being join'd or asunder Fourthly That both of them in consideration of the Summs paid unto them shall command their Armies under the King's Authority viz. the Duke of Weymar as General of the Forces of the Confederacy and the Landtgrave of Hesse as General of the German Forces maintain'd at the King's Charge Fifthly That neither of them shall be allow'd to quit the King's Interest or to hearken to any Propositions of Peace or Accommodation whether general or particular without His Majesty's Approbation Sixthly That in case the Duke of Weymar should not have the said Number of Six Thousand Horse and Twelve Thousand Foot actually into the Field the Review whereof is to be made at His Majesty's Pleasure and as often as he shall think fit it shall be lawful to stop as much out of the said promis'd Summ as shall answer the Failure of the said Number It must also be requir'd since the Duke of Weymar receives His Majesty's Pay that he should oblige himself to follow and execute such Orders as shall be sent him by His Majesty to the Prejudice and Exclusion of all others that might be given him to the contrary Nevertheless if he should seem too averse to it the King will be satisfy'd with being secur'd that whatever ill Event his Affairs might have in Germany he will remain steady to His Majesty's Interest and Service upon the King's Promise that he will never make a Peace without his being included in it and to fulfil all the Articles of the Treaty that will be made with him according to his preceding Memoirs which are to be follow'd in every Point not compris'd in this After the sending of this Memoir His Majesty has thought fit still to leave the said Cardinal the Liberty to promise as far as the Four Millions of Livres in case he thinks it impossible to keep the said Duke of Weymar steady to His Majesty's Interest without it This Condition is so unreasonable and the Summ so excessive that the said Cardinal is not to oblige himself to it till the last Extremity and to avoid those Evils he may foresee will ensue in case he should not comply Done Sept. 16. 1635. Signed c. Instructions for the Cardinal de la Valette THE King being sensible that there is nothing so pressing and important at this time for his Service as the Furnishing of the Garisons of Alsatia speedily with Provisions His Majesty has already sent two Couriers to the Cardinal de la Valette and to the Marquis de la Force to that effect his Desire that no Time may be lost for the Performance of that Enterprise obliges him to dispatch this third Messenger His said Majesty therefore judges it necessary forthwith to prepare the said Provisions the Carriages for their Transportation Men to convoy the same and the Money for the Musters that are due to the Garisons of Colmar Schlestadt and Haguenau Two Thousand Rations of Wheat must be sent if possible Monsieur Gangnot who went from hence yesterday has assur'd His Majesty that he had the said Quantity in readiness and that he would order the Delivery of it to the Person appointed for the carrying thereof he will be upon the Spot to execute the Orders he has receiv'd And lest he should meet with any Obstacles in an Undertaking of that Consequence Six Thousand Livres have been put into his hands to be employ'd for the Sacking and Lading of the said Corn and other necessary Charges The greatest Impediment in this Business will be about the Carriage-Horses since we are inform'd that in this Season Waggons cannot go through those places that are still open to go to Colmar so that the said Wheat must of necessity be carry'd on the Backs of the said Horses Orders are already sent to employ all the Horses belonging to the Artillery and Provisions of the two Armies of Lorrain to borrow as many from the Duke of Weymar as he can furnish to hire Two Hundred from Colonel Gassion who has promis'd to provide them in order to carry at least Two Thousand Rations at any rate whatsoever In case of a Disappointment of those Horses which Colonel Gassion has promis'd and those that Duke Bernard is able to furnish His Majesty is willing that the Sieur de Villarseaux should employ all those that are under his Command for that Service though they were prepar'd for Carriages into the Country His Majesty reckons according to the Information he has receiv'd that 3000 Horses and 3000 Musquetiers chosen out of all the Forces will suffise for the said Convoy and that in order thereunto 1200 effective Musquetiers must be taken out of the Cardinal de la Valette's Army 500 Foreign Horses and 150 French drawn either out of divers Companies or otherwise as shall be thought most convenient Out of the Marquis de la Force's Army 800 Musquetiers 800 Foreign Horses and 100 French in the same Form as out of the Cardinal 's That 1200 Horses shall be taken from Duke Bernard and that 1000 Musquetiers and 250 French Horse shall be drawn out of the Army in Champaign which shall be taken out of the Forces given to the Sieur de Vaubecourt out of the Regiments of the Marine and Vernancourt which shall be order'd to march towards Nancy there to receive the said Cardinal de la Valette's Orders All necessary Orders are sending to the Count of to Duke Bernard and to the Marquis de la Force for the Preparation and March of the Forces that are to be drawn out of the Armies under their Command The said Cardinal must not forget to distribute to the said Troops as much Provision at their Departure as they can carry for their Journey Their March not exceeding four Days from their Rendesvouz-General to Colmar they may carry a sufficient quantity for their Journey going and take as much out of Colmar as will be necessary for their Return sending notice beforehand to the Inhabitants to provide a sufficient quantity for them which will be return'd them out of the Wheat carry'd into the said Garison A particular Care must be taken of the Beasts of Carriage and Orders given for their carrying of Oats along with them and if possible some Hay to seed them until they are past the Mountains of Alsatia which being past Manicamp assures us that they will find Provisions and Forage in abundance but it is to be fear'd that they will find nothing on this side the Mountains A Clerk of the Treasury has been sent Post with the 6 and 7 Musters due to the Garisons of Alsatia The said Cardinal is to take care to see the same deliver'd to them even to the Troops of Horse that are there in case he thinks they are in want of it for their Subsistence He is also during his Journey to endeavour to get some certain notice of the true State Haguenan is in at this time
same In the mean time the said Duke is to allow her by way of Pension 120000 Livres in French Money yearly And in order to make the said Payment effective it is agreed that the said Sum of 120000 Livres shall be taken Quarterly out of the Receipt of Bar and in case that should not suffise out of the Salt-Pits of Roziers and the Demesne of Nuncy And the said Summ is to be deposited into the hands of such a Person as shall be nominated by His Majesty to be deliver'd to the said Dutchess Nicolla of Lorrain The Contents above-written have been agreed upon between the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu for the King and the said Duke who promises to perform whatever is contain'd in the said Treaty with so much Fidelity and Steadiness that he consents besides what he leaves His Majesty by the same in order to remain inseparably united to the Crown that all the Remainder of his Territories which His Majesty does restore and is to restore after the Peace may devolve to the said Crown in case he does any wise deviate from the Tenour of this present Treaty Done at Paris March 9. 1641. Sign'd The Cardinal of Richlieu and Charles of Lorrain And Lower John le Molleur And Sign'd with the Small Seal of the Arms of the said Duke Charks of Lorrain Secret Articles pass'd between the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu and the Duke Charles of Lorrain to be of equal Force with the Treaty pass'd the same Day between them ALthough it be not said by the Treaty pass'd this Day between the Cardinal Duke of Richelleu for the King and the Duke of Lorrain that the Fortifications of the Cities of Nancy are to be ras'd before the said Cities are restor'd into the said Duke's Hands after the Peace nevertheless this present Article has been pass'd to justifie that His Majesty does not design to restore the said Cities to the said Duke until the Fortifications thereof are demolish'd and that notwithstanding the said Duke has made humble Supplication to His Majesty not to do it however he submits the Matter wholly to His Majesty to do therein as he shall think fit And whereas nothing but Time can absolutely restore the Confidence His Majesty did repose in the said Duke and which his Deportments towards him have made him lose it has been farther agreed That whenever the said Duke shall be absent from His Majesty or out of his Armies by his Order he is not to live at Luneville because it is too near Nancy and that whatever part of his Territories he shall make his Abode in he is to behave himself in such a manner that those who shall Command in the Places that are to remain in Propriety or as Pledges into His Majesty's Hands may have no Cause to conceive the least leasousies thereof It has also been agreed That the said Duke shall yearly furnish out of his Forests such Quantities of Wood as are necessary for the Fires of all the Corps du Guard of Nancy for His Majesty The Premises have been concluded between the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu for the King and the said Duke who promises to perform them with so much Fidelity that he consents besides what he yields by the Treaty pass'd this Day with His Majesty to remain for ever insepatably annex'd to the Crown that all the Remainder of his State which His Majesty does restore and is to restore unto him after the Peace shall devolve to the Crown in case he shall any wise swerve from the Tenour of these present Secret Articles Done at Paris March 29. 1641. Thus Signed The Cardinal Richelieu and Charles of Lorrain And Lower John le Molleur And Sign'd with the Small Seal of the Arms of the said Duke Charles of Lorrain The Act or Form of the Oath taken by the Duke Charles of Lorrain for the Observation of the abovesaid Treaty in His Majesty's Presence in the Chapel of the Castle of St. Germain en Laye THis present Tuesday being the 10th of April 1641. in the Presence of the most High most Excellent and most Puissant Prince Lewis by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre being in the Chapel of his Castle and Royal House of St. Germain en Laye after the solemn Performance of His Majesty's Vespers We Charles by the Grace of God Duke of Lorrain Marquis Duke of Calabria Bar Gueldres c. having Assisted at the said Vespers have Taken the Oath of the Observation of the Treaty concluded between the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu Peer of France in His Majesty's Name and Us the 29th of March last past The Tenour of which Oath is as followeth WE Charles by the Grace of God Duke of Lorrain Marquis Duke of Calabria Bar Gueldre c. do Swear and Promise by the Faith and Word of a Prince upon the holy Gospels of God and the Canons of the Mass by Us Touch'd in order thereunto that We will Observe and Perform cause to be Observ'd and Perform'd fully and really and Bona fide all and every Points and Articles granted and mention'd in the Treaty cencluded and agreed upon the same day between the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu Peer of France in the Name of the most High most Excellent and most Puissant Prince Lewis by the Grace of God King of France and of Navarre and Us without ever swerving from the same directly or indirectly or suffering the same to be swerv'd from on Our side in any manner whatever And so help Us God In Witness whereof We have sign'd these Presents with Our own Hand and have caus'd Our Seal to be fix'd to the same in the Chapel of the Castle and Royal House of St. Germain en Laye this 19th of April 1641. WHich said Oath was taken in the Presence of the most High most Excellent and most Potent Princess Anne by the Grace of God Queen of France and Navarre Royal Consort to His said Majesty as also before the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu the Duke of Longueville the Duke of Chevreuse Our Cousin Monsieur Seguier Lord Chancellor of France the Dukes d'Usez and of Vandatour of Monbason and of la Force of Chastillon Mareschal of France of Cinq Mars Master of the Horse Boutillier Super-Intendent of the Finances Phellipeaux de la Vrilliere Boutillier de Chavigny and Sublet de Noyers Secretaries of State the Bishop of Meaux First Almoner to His Majesty holding the Book of the holy Gospels and Canon of the Mass on which We held Our Hands in the Presence of Belmont Sinri Count Ligneville and Berup Colonels of Our Forces In Witness whereof We have sign'd these Presents with Our Hand and have caus'd Our Seal to be affix'd to the same on the Year and Day above-written Thus Sign'd CHARLES And Lower Le Molleur And Seal'd with the Arms of the said Duke The Act of the Ratification made in the City of Bar by the Duke Charles of Lorrain of the Treaty above-written and of the Secret
St. Menehoud the 14th of August 1639 Memorial for Monsieur du Hallier IMmediately after having seen the Dispatch of Monsieur du Hallier and the Credentials of the Sieur Vitelle from the Duke Charles this Gentleman is sent to him with all speed to acquaint him with the King's Intentions His Majesty is very willing that the Sieur de la Grange-aux-Ormes should no longer be concern'd in this Affair having only sent him to the Duke Charles because he himself had desir'd it which is justify'd by a Letter of his The King approves du Hallier's proceeding in giving a Pass to the Duke Charles to go to and tarry in safety at St. Avan His Majesty supposing his Intention to be good and that he will treat sincerely is willing that the Sieur du Hallier should give him a fresh Security the most ample and in the best Form that can be made to abide at Espinal or Remiremont in order to make his Treaty with more Convenience And whereas he is desirous a Commission should be given to adjust it to some Person of Quality on whom the King reposes a Confidence His Majesty has cast his Eyes upon the said Sieur du Hallier to that end assuring himself that he will discharge his Trust with all the Address and Prudence requir'd Such a Treaty as the King can make is sent to the said du Hallier he must endeavour to make Duke Charles agree to it without Modification and however is to insist upon it in such a manner as may not disgust him And if he finds that he cannot absolutely prevail with him to accept it by disputing the Articles he must if possible oblige the said Duke to demand the things mention'd in the Modifications in order to conclude it the sooner and that there may be the less difficulty when the said Duke shall be possess'd that those things are granted to him which he desires Instructions for the same THE Treaty may be soften'd in two Points The First in leaving him the Country of Bar not to deprive him of his Revenue Which Monsieur du Hallier is to make him sensible of as of a great and singular Favour The Second In shortning the Deposition of Nancy into the King's hands for the term of three Years after the Peace If he should require the Price of the County of Clermont as it was stipulated by the Treaty made with him before the War it must be represented to him That having put himself out of the Bounds of that Treaty by the Breach he made with the King he can no longer require the Execution of it That the War has alter'd all things and that he ought to look upon it as a great Favour that the King should return him what he is willing to restore without asking for more He must add to this That if the King should demand the Charges of the War in returning his Country to him which he might lawfully do and is generally done they would amount to more than the Price of the State it self In case the said Duke should demand a Strong Hold for the place of his Residence it must be represented to him That the King neither can nor ought in reason to hearken to such a Proposition since it would be a means to enable him anew to revolt against His Majesty in case he were minded so to do for then the King could have no Security beyond his Word which he cannot look upon as inviolable but by a long Experience considering what is past Nevertheless if he should insist very much upon having la Motte the only place to the Restitution of which His Majesty could consent Monsieur du Hallier may give him his Choice to have the said Town again after the War if he will consent by the present Treaty to leave the Country of Bar in propriety to the King In that Case the Fourth Article about the Country of Bar must remain as it is set down in the Treaty putting la Motte out of the beginning of the Fifth Article of the places that are to remain in the King's hands adding after those Words of the Seventh Article Unless the said Duke had rather tarry for the Restitution of the said Places till after the Settlement of a general Peace that which follows Which is particularly agreed upon about the Town of La Motte which His Majesty is willing to restore to the said Duke in order one day to reside safely in the same but that is only to be deliver'd to him three Years after the Conclusion of the Peace Monsieur du Hallier is not to acquaint the Duke with the Particulars of this Treaty by the Interposition of any Person but by Word of Mouth since it will be much easier for him to prevail with the said Duke personally than by the Interposition of any one whatever And though the said Duke should swear and protest not to pass certain things Monsieur du Hallier is not to desist for that it being the said Duke's Custom to return from one Extremity to another whatever Protestation he has made to the contrary It is thought necessary to chuse a Newter Place to pass this Treaty as Remiremont or Espinal or some adjacent place in the Country where Monsieur du Hallier is to take care not to go without Safety In order to satisfie all the World of the Truth of this Treaty when it is made the said Duke is to come to the King However in case he should refuse to do it so soon Monsieur du Hallier is not to break off with him for that But I am confident that he will make no difficulty about it upon the Faith of the Treaty and the Pass that is sent him together with all the Assurances Monsieur du Hallier is to give him that he will be serv'd and assisted at Court by my Lord the Cardinal If the said Duke represents the extream Necessity to which he is reduc'd Monsieur du Hallier may grant him 50000 Crowns once paid which he will receive when he comes to wait upon the King Monsieur du Hallier is to make no difficulty of promising that the Fault committed by de Ville in making his Escape contrary to his Faith will be pardon'd by the King and that he will look upon him as if it had never happen'd His Eminency writes a Letter to Monsieur du Hallier in order to his shewing it to the Duke Charles as from himself The Treaty must be deliver'd to Monsieur du Hallier counter-sign'd by the Duke's Secretary officiating at this time and seal'd with his Seal Memorial of Cardinal de Richelieu to Monsieur du Hallier From Briare the First of November 1639. THE little Trust that can be repos'd in the Duke of Lorrain makes it very difficult to make any Treaty with him without running the hazard of being deceiv'd in it This Consideration will oblige Monsieur du Hallier to take a particular Care to follow all the Expressions of the Treaty that
made by the Bearer In the mean time I Conjure you to believe I am and will be always c. This and the other Letters which follow of Cardinal Richelieu 's writ by Monsieur Chere or Monsieur Charpentier his Secretaries were sent without Signing His Eminence being lame of his right Arm. LETTER CCXI. To the Same SIR PUblick Considerations being always to be preferr'd to Private I believe you will think it requisite assoon as you have receiv'd this Letter to make a Progress about your Government and the Frontiers of Guyenne to gather such Recruits both Horse and Foot as you propos'd yourself You will also be so near Perpignan that you may presently be there upon any occasion requiring you The King's Interest Obliges me farther to Conjure you not to omit putting your first Thoughts in speedy Execution and I shall endeavour always to make known your Worth and good Service In the mean time believe me I desire you Sir your most Affectionate Servant c. LETTER CCXII. To the Same SIR I Have receiv'd the Letter you were pleas'd to write me together with the Memoir deliver'd me by this Gentleman the Bearer whereby I understand the present Condition of your Siege of Perpignan the Success whereof we must expect with patience but I hope with God's Assistance it may be such as we have had hitherto reason to believe In the mean time I give you a thousand thanks for your kind invitations to see me before I left this Country and shall always be mindful of a Recompence to my power who am your most Affectionate Friend and Servant c. LETTER CCXIII. To the Mareschals Schomberg and Melleraye GENTLEMEN THese few words are only to tell you that since Mareschal de la Motte is willing you retain still the 2000 Foot which were design'd for him I have nothing more to say but that I approve of the Agreement made between ye As also of your good Conduct from whence I expect speedily to hear of the taking Perpignan and it may be of your routing the Enemy In the mean while I desire you to believe me Gentlemen Your most Affectionate Servant c. LETTER CCXIV. To both the Same GENTLEMEN I Cannot incline to believe that the King can receive any great Advantage by the Militia altho' you propose 'em to enter Catalognia by force And in my Opinion you would but deceive yourself by trusting to 'em who will not care to march any farther when you shall talk of raising Troops for fear they be trapan'd as they were once before Therefore in my Opinion Mareschal Schomberg Monsieur Alby and Monsieur Nismes would do better to chuse out of them between 1200 and 1500 who would go freely to serve in Catalognia providing they might be promis'd to return about the end of October and which ought to be faithfully perform'd Over and above these Troops Tavannes Regiment and the 300 men of Monsieur Villeroy must be sent to Monsieur Motte You may also spare him the Regiments of Effiat Cauvisson and Montausier As to the Cavalry I believe you may easily send him the nine Troops of Guards which continues with you till the end of October Also Boisack's Regiment who may serve himself in the quality of a Field-Mareschal The Regiment of Lerans may also be dispens'd with As for Rousillon I am of Opinion you ought to leave there the Horse-regiments of Anguien and Ballon and that you dispose of the rest of the Foot as you judge convenient either to Rousillon or the Frontiers of Languedoc for if you should leave Rousillon altogether disfurnished of Men you might soon repent it for the Enemy might easily send by Sea to Roses 5 or 600 Horse which might do a great deal of mischief in a short time The King's Will is That you Blockade Salces up so closely that it shall be impossible to relieve it Which makes me think it not too much to leave two Regiments of Horse in Rousillon and two or three of Foot for this purpose as also to secure Lampourdan I have no Orders from the King to allow you to leave Rousillon till you have first laid Provisions into Perpignan to suffice 3000 Men for a Year Two or three days ago I have dispatch'd away 100000 Livres we have borrowed for that purpose In a word be assur'd Money shall never be wanting I say nothing to you of the Garrison of Perpignan because the King has ordered thither the Swiss and Champagne and you would do well to add a Regiment more In the mean time be secure of my Friendship and that I am assuredly c. A PROMISE From Cardinal Richelieu to the Duke of Bouillon MY Lord Cardinal Richelieu not being in a condition to Sign a Promise for Assurance of the Liberty of the Duke of Bouillon pursuant to a Power the King has granted him has desired me to do it for him and to sign it for his Excellency As follows I Promise to the said Sieur the Duke of Bouillon That as soon as the Town Castle and Cittadel of Sedan shall be delivered into his Majesty's Hands all imaginable care shall be taken to conduct the said Duke out of his House of Pierre-encize to go to Roussy Turenne or others of his Houses as he pleases c. LETTER CCXV To Mareschal Schomberg SIR YOu 'll know particularly by Monsieur Besay how well satisfied His Majesty is with the Capitulation of Solces He will also acquaint you how glad I am as well for that as your good Success at Perpignan All that you have now to do in my Opinion is to establish so good Orders in Rousillon that the Country may recover itself and the Troops there be refresh'd If Mareschal de la Motte have any farther need of Assistance of Horse or Foot and shall require 'em of you the King would have you send him the Regiment of Anguien and Contey putting the Italians into Perpignan in the room of those of Anguien as also the Regiment of Horse of the same but this only in case of need or as the King's Service shall require The said Monsieur de la Motte not lying far off you may hear frequently from him and Act pursuant to his Motions So trusting altogether to your Zeal and Conduct I conclude my self Sir your most Affectionate Servant c. A Report made to the King at Grenoble by Cardinal Richelieu in presence of the Mareschals of France and afterwards at Lyons to the Queen-Mother in presence of the Lord-Keeper Marillac upon account of the Negotiation of the Peace in Italy THere are five principal Difficulties found in the Negotiation of a Peace in Italy The First Regards the Emperour's restoring the Duke of Mantua to his Dominions and his security of enjoying 'em for the future The Second Concerning the Liberty that every Soveraign Prince has to put whatever Garrisons he pleases into his Towns The Third About the Right the Duke of Savoy pretends to Montferrat and the Duke of
Guastallo to Mantua The Fourth Upon restoring several Places belonging to the Garrisons with-held by the Emperour as also what His Majesty enjoys in the Territories of his Higness of Savoy The Fifth About repairing several Infringements of the Treaty of Monzon agreed between the Two Crowns of France and Spain concerning the Differences of the Garrisons with those of Valtelina All these Points have been debated several times between the Parties together with the Mediation of the Legate and his Holiness's Nuncio There have been several Contests about the Investiture of the Duke of Mantua The French immediately demanded to have it perform'd pursuant to a Treaty and that with Reason for the Duke of Mantua having claim'd it so long since by his Son sent Envoy methinks the Emperour should not think of deferring it longer the previous Ceremonies being once past On the contrary the Imperialists and Spaniards offered to perform it in three Weeks after the Treaty because they would have time sufficient for him to demand it a new Now although this Formality seem'd to be only for gaining more time yet France has agreed to it As to the Second Point The Spaniards insisted That the French should so absolutely quit Cazal that the Duke of Mantua might never admit any of 'em into it again To which was Answer'd by those that acted for the King That their Proposition was not reasonable because the Duke of Savoy had always equally entertain'd French and Spaniards when he pleas'd that all Soveraign Princes have ever had this Liberty and that if his Highness of Mantua was to be depriv'd of admitting Strangers because he was an Italian Prince in the like manner the Spaniards ought to be excluded Milan Naples and Scicily being no Natives there Also That France did not require the French should remain in Cazal but only that the Duke of Mantua should not be deny'd a Right to make use of what Garrison he pleas'd and which might extend as well to Germany and Spain as to France The Marquess of Spinola would by no means consent to this Article Affirming That tho' he should lose four Battles he would not do it For says he I can never look upon my Master's Territories to be safe as long as the French have any Footing in Italy To obviate the ill Apprehension he had upon this Article It was offer'd That the Number of the French admitted into Montferrat in case the Duke of Mantua would please to accept 'em should be limited to 12 or 1500 Men which might not be capable of giving any reasonable cause of Suspition but nevertheless the Marquess persisted in his Refusal At length the Mediators interpos'd to this Effect That altho' it were said that all the French should go out of the Duke of Mantua's Territories and they should Quit 'em accordingly yet the Duke of Savoy might easily suffer 2 or 300 to pass in small Numbers through his Country without being thought to know that they went to serve his Highness of Mantua To this Overture was Answered That over and above that it was Infamous in itself the Spaniards that should suffer it would pretend we had infring'd the Treaty that was to be made and thereupon tax His Majesty with Breach of Faith the Consideration of both which would be enough to withhold us from any such Practice As to the Third Point Two Difficulties arose First That the Duke of Savoy would have his Division in such Place as he lik'd best in Montferrat altho' that Choice belong'd only to those that Pay The Second He always insisted on the Payment of 15000 Crowns per Annum which were promis'd him the year before with Trinâ— out of the same Revenues which the Duke of Montferrat had when the Right he claims to the said Dominions fell to him Whereby he would have excluded most of the Prerogatives the Duke of Mantua now enjoys altho' they were altogether Hereditary By which means instead of 15000 Crowns a year he would have had above 50000. To this the Duke of Mantua reply'd That those 15000 Crowns were to be paid out of the Revenues he enjoy'd when he promis'd to pay ' em Nevertheless the Duke of Savoy would never quit any of his Claims and did positively aver That if it was given any other way the Duke of Mantua must never expect to live in Amity or Peace with him As to the Fourth Point The Imperialists and Spaniards have demanded That Susa Pignerol and whatever else the King holds in Italy might be restored on the same day they should give up the Passes of the Grisons It has been Answered in favour of France That all that could be expected was That the Restitution of Susa should Ballance the Passes of the Grisons because Susa was taken to get the said Passes in order to march against Spain who then Attack'd the Duke of Mantua and that it was not the same with Pignerol which was taken to avoid an irreconcileable War with Spain However Cardinal Richelieu who Acted for the King when he gave his Consent to the Restitution of Susa at the same time with the Passes did still insist That as he could not consent to the Restoring of Pignerol as having no Orders from the King who at that time knew nothing of its being taken did assure 'em that the greatest Difficulty would not be in the Restitution but the manner of its being Restor'd He said moreover to the Legate That being so far off from the King and in such an Employ as he was he ought neither to advise him to restore or not to restore Pignerol but on the contrary would wait His Majesty's Orders But nevertheless if all other Matters concurr'd to accomplish it he doubted not but that Her Highness the Dutchess might easily obtain the said Restitution by means of the Queen her Mother and that thereupon he should have Permission to acquaint His Holiness from His Majesty of the same The said Sieur Cardinal has divers times represented to those that were to Treat That his Master desir'd Pignerol only to secure the Treaty that was to be made so that the only way to incline him to surrender were to satisfie him about the same For this purpose he has always desir'd on the King's account the Princes of Italy to enter into a League for the defence of the Duke of Mantua in case he should be attack'd again Which has been all along refus'd unless that at last they seem'd a little inclin'd to hear him He has likewise requir'd the Mediation of the Pope and College of Cardinals which was also deny'd unless that in conclusion the Legate told him That if he had insisted only upon that the Peace of Italy had not been so long deferr'd Then Father Valerien a Capuchin Fryer who came from Germany on purpose to facilitate the Peace propos'd That the Emperor would oblige the Catholick League and the Colledge of Electors to the Defence of the D. of Mantua if he should be attack'd But
to believe that I ever will be c. LETTER CCLXXX To the Same MADAM I Do not doubt but your Highness in what concerns me has taken that part which you were pleased to testifie both by the Letters with which you have honoured me and by your Embassadour for which Reason I give you all the Thanks which your Goodness requires I do not send to you for what Reasons the King secured the Person of Monsieur Bouillon because you will particularly have them some other way I will only tell you that it being confidently reported to us that he thought to prevail with your Highness to favour his mischievous Designs I should think myself extreamly obliged to you if you would do me the Favour to impart the Discourse he had with you upon that Subject and how far you could penetrate into his Intentions While I expect News from your Highness I will tell you that tho' there is much Fault to be found with the Treaty of Accommodation made with your Brothers-in-law yet the Desire the King has always had to procure the Tranquility of your Son's States by teaching those Princes their Duty is the Reason that his Majesty in my Opinion will pass by that Consideration to testifie more and more that there is nothing that he will not do for your Sake As to my particular Madam I beseech your Highness to believe that I will always contribute to your Advantage all that you can expect from a Man that honours you and is with the greatest Passion c. LETTER CCLXXXI To Monsieur d' Hemery SIR I Was so surpriz'd and afflicted with the Duke of Savoy's sickness that I cannot declare it to you both by reason of the exigency of Affairs and for her Highness's sake whom I love and honour much I hope God will preserve him for Madam and the greatest evil that will happen to us upon her account will be the apprehension of bad Success If this misfortune should happen nothing is to be done but what you propose to wit to make Madam Guardian of her Children to make those who are in place trusty and faithful to her and absolutely to hinder the Cardinal of Savoy from returning to have a care of his and Prince Thomas's Cabals and to take care that Madam have a good wise and couragious Council well affected to her Interest and consequently to France from whence all her Peace must be deriv'd here you have in a few words the Plan according to which you must act I take you to be so wise and discreet that I do not doubt but that if you have judged that the Duke of Savoy's sickness will not end well you have already made some Application that way as far as in prudence you might that his Highness in his Will may appoint Madam Guardian of her Children and give an express Commandment to his Officers and Servants to acknowledge her in that Quality LETTER CCLXXXII To Monsieur d' Hemery upon the death of the Duke of Savoy SIR I Am so afflicted at the Duke of Savoy's death that it is impossible for me to express it This accident has so much the more affected me because it has surpris'd us when we thought least of it I have nothing to add to that which I wrote two days ago upon the subject of his Highness's sickness only that as I believe that Madam ought to make it her principal Aim to hinder her Brothers-in-law from entring into her States I think also she ought to relux that great and just Rigour which the Duke of Savoy had in depriving them of their Possessions Upon this ground I think she may let the Cardinal of Savoy know that she will suffer him to enjoy what belongs to him and mildly dispose him to live at Rome without pretending to return into Piedmont It is thought that Madam may restore him Masserati whom the Duke of Savoy has put in Prison and that this Man carrying him this news to Rome may dispose him of his own accord to do what Madam desires Whether it be by this way or any other it is altogether necessary to stand upon these Terms We find ourselves much troubled to nominate the Persons Madam ought to make use of you know Father Monod it is hard to pass him by in the conditions he is in it is also difficult to have any confidence in him The Marquess of St. Morice is a very good Man he is altogether joyn'd to Father Monod he was as you know Master of the Horse to Prince Thomas I fear that Father Monod endeavours to make Count Philippes perswade Madam that it signifies nothing to her whether or no the Cardinal of Savoy return into her States I do not tell you this without reason having seen some Men who have already perceiv'd that the Sentiments of some of that State tend that way and the desire of such Men can be no other but to strengthen and fortifie themselves against Madam upon all occasions when she doth not Act according to their desires and by this means to weaken her Authority You must above all things have a care of such Council by which neither Madam's nor her Childrens life will be secure Whatever Council her Highness is pleas'd to take it is reasonable she should impart it to the King and so that those who are chosen may know it was by his Majesty's Approbation We will send you by the first after what manner Henry the Second govern'd himself upon the like Occasion upon the death of the Duke of Savoy's Grand-father LETTER CCLXXXIII To Monsieur d' Hemery SIR THE Duke of Savoy having shewn the strength of his Judgment even to his death in making Madam Guardian of his Children she is oblig'd by Honour and Conscience to do her utmost to demonstrate to her State and all Christendom That she knows how to make use of that Power which his deceased Highness has bequeath'd her When she has taken the Oath of Fidelity from all the Chief Officers of her State and has well considered that there is no suspicious Person in place she can think of nothing more useful and necessary than to choose a good Council whose Reputation may add Credit to her Government And in order thereunto I think that she ought to make it her principal aim to hinder her Brothers-in-law from returning into her State or cabaling in her absence I think that in their Correction she must use Mildness and relax that just Rigour the Duke of Savoy used for their Good Upon this ground she may let them know her Resolution to suffer them to enjoy their Possessions and let them be desired at the same time not to pretend to enjoy them in any place but where they are It is thought that if Madam set at liberty the Cardinal of Savoy's Domestic which his late Highness had Imprisoned and send him to carry this News it will be a double Obligation to make him comply with Madam's desires It is a
be pleas'd to favour His Majesty's good Intentions there is great Reason to hope that he may obtain those Ends which he has always propos'd to himself for the common Good My Assurance that you will leave nothing omitted that depends upon your Prudence and Care to persuade him to obliges me to say no more but that I am c. A Memoir sent to M. de Berhune after the taking of the Cittadel of Pignerol MOnsieur Bethune will see by the Answers of Monsieurs Spinola and Colalto to the Proposals contain'd in the Rough Draught of the Peace which Monsieur the Cardinal has sent to M. Pancirollo how unreasonable the said Answer is and the little Likelihood that we can be satisfied with it in order to the procuring a solid Peace to the end that after he has consider'd it he may take his time to inform the Pope of it Which done he shall beseech His Holiness to let the Spanish Ambassador know his Sentiments upon it which according to Equity cannot be otherwise then conformable to His Majesty's to the end that the Spaniards being out of hopes of concealing any longer their Artifices from His Holiness may be constrain'd to agree in things that are just and which may as well for the present as for the future remove all Occasions of any farther Troubles The said Sieur de Bethune shall represent to His Holiness That one of the principal Reasons why the King sent his Forces into Italy having been the often re-iterated Instances of His Holiness it would be an extream Grief to him should His Holiness testifie any Coldness to favour a Design to which he was induc'd with so much the more Zeal because His Holiness approv'd the Justice of it and rightly apprehended how much the Success of it would conduce to the Liberty of Italy to establish the Dignity of the Holy See and to the Security of the Pope's Person which were the most forcible Arguments that could move His Majesty That although His Holiness is desirous to preserve the Name and Effect of Common Father that ought not to hinder him but oblige him rather to make use of his Authority to chastise those who trouble the Family and reduce 'em to their Duty instead of assisting 'em in the Execution of their wicked Intentions And this was apparently done by His Holiness's Ministers in the State of Ferrara where they reliev'd the Germans with Corn when all Italy knows that without that Relief they could not have subsisted though they made use of it only to commit with more Leisure and Convevenience the greatest Prophanations of holy Things and the most horrid Cruelties upon all sorts of Persons that are not to be imagin'd Moreover the said Corn was set at so high a Rate that we have Reason to think it was done on purpose to scare the Venetians from buying it which the Germans were willing to do considering the Extremity they were in and not wanting Money after they had plunder'd the State of Mantua and all the neighbouring Princes for which they may thank the Pope's Officers M. de Bethune is also to complain of His Holiness's granting Passage several times to the Troops in their March from Naples into Milanols and so desire him to let the French have the same Privilege when they shall have an Occasion to march through his Fortresses to aid the Venetians and the Duke of Mantua The said Sieur de Bethune shall tell him The King cannot believe though he be well assur'd of it that His Holiness or his Nephew the Legate have within this little while been very importunate with the Duke of Mantua to agree these Differences without giving any notice of it to the King As also to beg the Emperor's Pardon which would suppose that he and his Confederates had been too blame in upholding a Cause so just and of which His Holiness all along declar'd his Approbation M. de Bethune must have receiv'd a Letter which the Cardinal wrote him about Fifteen Days ago wherein he sends him word that the King would be extreamly pleas'd if His Holiness would but lay his Commands upon Bagni to reside in his Army in Italy that so he might be a Testimony of His Majesty's good Intentions and his just proceeding upon this Occasion And that he would do well to be very importunate with His Holiness in the very Terms of the Letter But if the Letter be not come to his hands and he finds the Pope is not inclin'd to what is desir'd M. de Bethune shall renew his Instances in that Particular and use such Arguments as he shall think most proper to persuade His Holiness to condescend to His Majesty's Desire considering that he knows the Prudence the Probity and Affection of the said Cardinal to His Holiness and the common Good Nevertheless avoiding to give the Pope any Occasion to believe that this proceeds from any Distrust of those whom he employs or that the King seeks after a Peace but only because the said Cardinal Bagni having been a long time vers'd in this Affair can be no Prejudice to His Holiness's Design for the publick Repose more especially seeing the Decease of Don Carlo his Brother may render the Presence of the said Cardinal most useful in those Quarters LETTER LXXXVI From Card. Richlieu to the said Sieur de Bethune I Send you the Memoir annex'd which I desire you carefully to peruse and then to acquaint His Holiness with it I promise my self that you will omit nothing that depends upon your Care and Prudence to make the Pope clearly sensible that all the Proposals of these Gentlemen tend to no other End then to compleat the Ruin of the Duke of Mantua and to deprive Italy of that little Liberty she has left her by the Words of a Peace under which they hatch the Seeds of a perpetual War if the Authority of His Holiness and the Princes of Italy who are principally concern'd therein being assisted by His Majesty's good Intentions and Puissance do not apply a speedy Remedy This is all I have to say to yee in this Letter expecting to hear from yee LETTER LXXXVII To Cardinal Lodovisio after the Taking of Pignerol I am here at the Gate of Italy with a Design to do what lies in my power under the King's Commands and Authority to settle a safe and solid Peace I have so good an Opinion of your Judgment that I make no question but that you clearly see into His Majesty's good Intentions who following the Example of his Predecessors has propos'd to himself as the principal End of his Actions to support the Honour and settle the Security of the Holy See and establish the Repose of Christendom I presume to hope from the Goodness of God who is a Witness of this Truth that he will vouchsafe his Blessing upon the Care His Majesty takes in the Defence of so just a Cause LETTER LXXXVIII To M. de Bethune I was very glad to find by the
Letter which your Son M. Bouthillier deliver'd me from your self that the Pope speaks so well of the King that His Holiness approves His Majesty's Actions and all that has been done for some Months since at his Court The Queen at Compeigne So that you may assure your self that as there is no Prince in Christendom who more sincerely honours and respects His Holiness then His Majesty so there is not any one who more passionately desires the continuance of his Favours then he does For my part 't is impossible for me to express to yee in Words my real Acknowledgment of the Testimonies which His Beatitude vouchsafes to give of my Conduct I beseech yee when Occasion offers to let him know and assure him that as I am infinitely beholding to him so there is no Person living more affectionate to him then I am who will omit nothing that lies in my power to give him certain Proofs of this Truth upon all Opportunities that present themselves And be assur'd also that I will never lose any one to let you see that I am c. LETTER LXXXIX The Draught of the King's Letter to the Provinces upon M. Schomberg 's Entring Savoy with his Army MY Cousin the Cardinal of Richlieu coming to attend me at Grenoble according to my Order has given a particular Account of what fell out in his Journey for Piedmont where he has omitted nothing that I could expect from his Fidelity Courage and Prudence as well in the Conduct of my Arms as in the Negotiations of a Peace upon several Proposals made by His Holiness by my Cousin the Cardinal Antonio his Legate and the Nuncio's employ'd to that End as also by other Persons who have propounded several Conditions so remote from Reason and with so little Security for my Cousin the Duke of Mantua's Territories or those of the rest of the Italian Princes that I could not give my Consent to 'em without greatly prejudicing my Dignity and Reputation They would prescribe the Duke of Mantua Laws altogether new and deprive him of the Liberty of making use of such Persons or Nations as he shall judge convenient for the ordinary Guard of his Strong Holds and yet they will not so much as assure him neither of the Investiture of his Dutchies but only as a thing which he may hope for after he has sent to demand it of the Emperor which he has done formerly several times by his Son which would be to expose the Success of an unjust thing to the Inconveniencies of delay'd Resolutions which are frequently subject to remarkable Changes They would also oblige me to deliver up Suza and Pignerol and other Places which I hold in Piedmont only restoring the Passes of the Grisons and yet not oblige 'em to surrender the Valtolinâ— according to the Treaties and Agreements formerly made between us the Performance of which we reserv'd to our selves with Power to cause the Breaches thereof to be made good by the Parties Besides which Conditions the Duke of Savoy demands that the Annual Rent of Fifteen Thousand Crowns in Gold which I caus'd the Duke of Mantua to grant him the Payment of for his Pretensions in Montferrat should be paid him in old Rents and Duties which he made to amount to three time more then I promis'd him to the end he might swallow up the best part of Montferrat by his excessive Dâ—mands Therefore seeing things so far remote from Reason and Peace on the part of the Authors of this War who affect Scruples and Niceties to justifie themselves in their unjust Usurpations and Enterprizes 〈◊〉 the Answers which my Cousin of Richlieu return'd 'em 〈…〉 Command having sufficiently made known to 'em 〈…〉 of my Intentions and my Desire of the publick Peace and Tranquility and that the Duke of 〈◊〉 who by a â—reaty made between him and me the last Year was oblig'd to join his Arms with mine and allow 'em a safe and free Passage through his Dominions and furnish 'em with necessary Ammunition and Provisions in their March into 〈◊〉 for the Defence of the said Duke of Mâ—nâ—un never minded the Performance of the said Obligation as he was several times requested by my said Cousin I have therefore been constrain'd to make use of the Means that God has put into my hands and to enter by Force of Arms into the Countries and Territories of Savoy in order to open a Passage into Italy for the Succour of the Duke of Mantua and to maintain the rest of the Princes my Confederates in their ancient Liberty And in regard my principal Aim is to procure 'em an assured Peace and Repose and not to usurp upon my Neighbours I shall not neglect any Means to obtain it whether by Force of Arms or by a Treaty of Peace provided it may de made as I desire upon sure and reasonable Conditions for the Repose and Liberty of Italy correspondent to the Dignity of my Crown and the Authority of my Mediation c. LETTER XC From Cardinal Richlieu to M. d'Avaux JUdging it to be altogether requisite that the Republick of Venice should satisfie the Pope in reference to his Nomination of Cardinal Cornaro to be Bishop of Padua as well for the Respect they owe His Holiness as in Consideration of the present Conjuncture of Affairs I write you these Lines to desire yee that you would contribute all your good Offices with the Lords of the Senate and to let 'em understand that the King 's pressing Importunity proceeds from his Affection for 'em and his Consideration of their Advantage I promise my self that you will leave nothing omitted that may be expected from you to surmount the Difficulties you may meet with in this Affair and accomplish it to the Satisfaction of His Holiness and His Majesty considering how great a Shater he is in what concerns His Holiness For which Reason I shall forbear to urge you any farther but conclude with affuring yee that I am c. LETTER XCI To M. de Brassac I Write you these Lines to acquaint you that it has pleas'd the King to nominate Monsieur the President Coigneux to the Dignity of a Cardinal as a Person whom he deems worthy of that Honour and to conjure yee that you will contribute what lies in you towards the Accomplishment of this Affair as well in Consideration that it is His Majesty's Desire as for the Satisfaction it will be to Monsieur provided it may be effected as soon as possble And although I know that these are Motives so prevalent in your Mind that all other Persuasives would be needless I cannot but recommend this Affair to your Sedulity with much more Affection then if it were for my self who shall be ready to testifie my Acknowledgment upon all Opportunities that shall present themselves to let you see that I am c. LETTER XCII To the same Person THough I have already written to yee in behalf of Monsieur the President Coigneilx concerning the
de Schomberg YOU will receive Dispatches from the King wherein you will find two principal things The first is That he would not have you continue the Truce And the second is that you try to relieve Casal so soon as it shall be expir'd I hope that during the Truce you will press the Performance of his Word in order to a Peace so home upon the Duke of Savoy that there will be no need of relieving Casal and that during the said Negotiation you may get all things in such a readiness for the Relief of the said Place that you will want nothing to undertake it in earnest not doubting but you will effect it I am extreamly sorry that I am constrain'd to send you word that the King has got a Quotidian Ague of which this is the fourth Fit All my Comfort in this Affliction which you may well judge to be extraordinary is that the Physicians say they never knew a Quotidian Ague accompany'd with more gentle Symptoms then this Nevertheless they believe it will hold him a long time I cannot but once more let you know my extream Affliction and what a Comfort it would be to me if we were together But we must submit to the Will of God I hope we shall be soon deliver'd from our present Troubles In the mean time I beg you to believe that I am sincerely and cordially c. LETTER CXLIX To the same THE King upon the Dispatch of this Courier to yee thought convenient that I should acquaint yee particularly that M. de Leon's and Father Joseph's Letters have persuaded you to accept the Peace which I do not believe considering your particular Knowledge of the Difference between the said Treaty and the Instructions sent to M. de Leon His Majesty does not mean that you should begin the War again by a new Rupture but that their Letters should serve you for a Pretence of not accepting the Peace if you have not done it already and for continuing the Prosecution of the War till you have farther Orders from him I cannot forbear acquainting you that I am almost out of my Wits to see that M. de Leon and Father Joseph should so strangely over-see themselves But I will write to you more at large within four Days In the mean time assure your self that I am cordially c. LETTER CL. To the same I Am infinitely oblig'd to you for the Care you take in sending to enquire after my Health It is at present out of Order by reason of a Rhumatism which is fallen upon my Reins of which I had some Grudgings when we were together at Leymure But my Pain will be much more easily endur'd then now it is could I but hear that you miss'd your Fit last Night there being no Person in the World who shares more deeply in your Preservation then I do who shall always be glad when I have any Opportunity to give you Proofs of the Truth of what I say and how I am and shall be as long as I live c. LETTER CLI To the Duke of Halwin YOU will understand by the Honour the King is pleas'd to do yee the Advantage of serving so good a Master as His Majesty seeing we receive our Recompence when 't is least thought of His Majesty of his own proper Good Will has heap'd upon you the Honour of being a Mareschal of France with so much Goodness that in truth there could be no Addition to it For my part who have a particular Esteem as you know for your Person I am more pleas'd with it then I can express which I am assur'd you will easily believe since you know that I am from Father to Son c. LETTER CLII. To the same HIS Majesty having hitherto declar'd himself highly satisfy'd with your Conduct in those Places where you are and of your Care in those things which concern the Welfare of the Province I thought it my Duty as your particular Friend to give you Notice that Hajesty did signifie to me to be somewhat displeas'd at your scrupling the Execution of the Orders sent you in his Name for the Allowance of Quarters and Subsistence in your Government for the Soldiers design'd for Italy And this I do that you may by your Prudence apply a Remedy to it Had I had any Excuse to have pleaded in your behalf when His Majesty did me the Honour to speak to me about this Business you may be sure that being so much your Friend as I am I would not have fail'd to have made use of it But having no Reasons sufficiently prevalent to oppose against those upon which he grounded his Complaints I could offer no more to him upon that Subject but that I would write to you and that I promis'd my self from your affectionate Desire and Zeal to please him and for the Advantage of your Affairs that you would for the future make such Amends for what you have done amiss as should be fully to his Satisfaction This is therefore what I beg of yee as much as in me lies to the end I may be the more capable to serve you with my Applications to His Majesty and to let you know by the Effects that I am as much as any Person can be c. LETTER CLIII To the same M. de Narbonne who is returning into his Diocess having testify'd to me his Desire for the future to live in perfect Union and good Correspondence with you and having promis'd to contribute whatever lies on his part to that Effect I write you these Lines to let you know how glad I am of it and to desire you to contribute on your side as much as it is possible to settle that good Understanding between you both which is so necessary for the King's Service so that there may appear no more Coldness in your Friendship Seeing therefore that he has given me his Word so to demean himself towards yee with all the Respect that you can in Reason desire I am willing to believe that he will not be wanting to his Promise and that you will have just Cause to be satisfy'd one of another I passionately wish it not only for the Advantage of the Affairs of your Province but which is more for your own particular Contentment which I shall always desire as much as your self as being c. LETTER CLIV. To Monsieur de Zoiras I Have receiv'd your Letter in Answer to which I have no more to say but only this That there is no Person who can hinder me from being your Friend and Servant but your self I know well you are far from any such Design never questioning but all your Actions will correspond with that Remembrance which you will ever preserve of the King's Goodness and Bounty to his Servants of which you and I may serve for Examples LETTER CLV To the same I Add this to my preceding Letters to acquaint you that the Sieur de Castellane will let you know the
them from discerning Things such as they are nor a Will that carries 'em contrary to their Knowledge find very little to urge against all this but only to what the Misfortune of Times customary to the Weakness of Minorities introduces for which there is no Remedy to be apply'd But some disaffected Persons like those envenom'd Stomachs that convert into Poison the best of Nourishments observe in the Government many Things which being rightly consider'd deserve rather to be applauded then sound fault with The first Action which they censure is the Marriage with Spain which they put in the first place as a Hidra with several Heads since as they reckon from thence proceeds the Division of France the Rupture of ancient Amities and the Scorn of Foreign Alliances with England Italy and Germany The Second is the Waste of the Treasury The Third is the Fortune of some Foreigners The Fourth and Last is the Seizing of the Prince of Conde so clearly justify'd by what we have said that it would be superfluouâ— to say any more of it here By these Heads artificially disguiz'd and publish'd they decry the Government which however being duly consider'd will appear as worthy as they would render it infamous after we have cut off all the Heads of this monstrous Hydra To make 'em approve the Alliance between France and Spain I shall not insist much upon it that 't is an ordinary thing for those two Kingdoms to unite themselves by Marriages History containing a great Number of Examples Of the most remarkable were the Marriage of Charlemaine with Galiena the Daughter of the King of Toledo Of Lâ—wis VII with Constance the Daughter of Alphonso King of Spain and Galicia Of Lewis VIII with Blanch the Daughter of the King of Castille to which Marriage we are beholding to the Birth of St. Lewis and all the Happiness we enjoy by the Regency of his Mother Of Philip the Bald with Isabel the Daughter of the King of Arragon Of Francis I. with Elenor Sister to the Emperor Charles V. Of Charles IX with Elizabeth of Austria Daughter of the Emperor Maximilian and Grand-daughter to Ferdinand King of Spain I will not urge that because the Enmities between great Personages are frequently pacify'd by Marriages that therefore this Match was useful to establish a Peace between the two Crowns I will not insist that there was nothing remaining for this Monarchy to do being assur'd of all her Neighbours but to secure her self by an Alliance with this Crown to the end that being in no danger from without she might be the more at liberty to reduce those that endeavour'd to trouble the Kingdom within I will not set forth that we have already gain'd this Advantage by Marriages that they have at least depriv'd those who have gone about to trouble the Repose of France the way to make a Benefit of Spain which was formerly wont to foment our Divisions and sow 'em also among us 'T is sufficient to stop the Mouths of those that condemn 'em to justifie 'em and cause 'em to be approv'd by all the World to declare that they were design'd and desir'd by the deceased King that they were agreed to by the Princes Lords and Officers of the Crown transacted by the Duke of Maine commended and desir'd by the Three Orders of the Kingdom imparted to the King of England by the Duke of Bouillon and to other Princes Republicks and Confederates of this Crown by the Ambassadors residing near their Persons and lastly happily accomplish'd And that instead of a bloody War of which as it was given out they were to be the Fore-runners they have been attended with a general Peace over all France which Their Majesties being desirous always to preserve among their People as they have sufficiently made it appear there is no Occasion to fear that contrary to their Words and the Edicts of the deceased Henry the Great they will attempt any thing that may infringe it 'T is to no purpose to urge the daring Humour of the Spaniard seeing that without diving into their Intentions and Designs we should do our selves an Injury to believe that we cannot keep our own and preserve our selves from those who justly ought to fear us Then again 't is an idle Terrour to fear that the Alliance of the two Crowns should occasion the Division of France For no Man will readily believe that a Man will burn his own House to do his Neighbour a Kindness Or that a Man will hate and ruin himself for the Love of another Different Beliefs do not render us different Kingdoms We are all united under one in whose Service no Catholick is so blind as to think a Spaniard better then a French Huguenot There will be found a real Division not in this World but in the other not occasion'd by the Matches between France and Spain but by the Diversity of our Religions If this Match contain'd any Article contrary to the Edicts of Pacification there might be some Reason to fear But there being no such thing quite the contrary seeing the Articles are sign'd and decreed since it is done and consummated seeing the Edicts have been renew'd no less then four times upon the Death of the late King upon the King's Majority at Bourdeaux and at Laudun though those of the Religion had greatly offendeâ— the King in joining with the Rebels what Reason is there to fear that he will give any Interruption to what the deceased King Henry the Great has establish'd for the Union and Tranquility of his Subjects What Reason have they of the pretended Reformed Religion to complain seeing their Edicts have been renew'd under this Reign and confirm'd several times their Pensions augmented and paid notwithstanding all the Exigencies of State Themselves also assisted against the most zealous and furious Catholicks as the Difference between the Rochellers and M. d' Espernon can justifie and lastly favour'd to that degree that we may say that many Enterprizes have been unpunish'd for their sakes You must not forget to insinuate how that we sent back the Spaniards that waited upon the Queen which clearly justifies our Design to make our selves Spaniards in France Moreover You must take an Occasion to signifie to 'em to our Advantage that we desire not the Advancement of Spain We offer 'em tho' discreetly to assist 'em against the Attempts of the King of Spain to set the Crowns of Hungary Bohemia the King of the Romans and the Empire upon the Head of a Child of Spain And to give 'em Proofs of our Affection and to let 'em see that we have no Designs but the Good of the Empire 't were well that you should let 'em know that we pretend to no other thing but only to concurr with 'em to set the said Crowns upon the Head of that Person whom they shall deem most acceptable to His Imperial Majesty and most useful to Christendom Seeing then this Match can create no Jealousie by
Holiness will receive thereby it will be difficult to avoid its proving fatal to the Church and Carholick Religion by the multitude of Strangers of divers Nations and Religions who are preparing to run to the Duke of Savoy's assistance as to a common Cause both out of Dread and Jealousie of the encreasing Power of Spain and for the Justice of the Cause itself as well as by the example of others The assistance of the States of the Vnited Provinces has already been implor'd who will be the readier to grant it because it is against the King of Spain their ancient Adversary whom they will be pleas'd to see imploy'd and weaken'd in his Territories in Italy The Protestant Princes of Germany seem inclined to favour the same Cause out of the same Considerations and will do it yet more powerfully when they find the War begun in earnest A vast number of Captains and Soldiers this Kingdom swarms with at present upon the disbanding of the Army will freely repair thither for Imployment besides the Forces both of Foot and Horse the King is sending towards the Frontiers to assist the said Duke from thence if it be necessary under Marshal de Lesdiguieres Command a Person whose Name and Reputation is sufficiently known a resolution His Majesty can never desist from without a blemish to his Faith and Honor which are both engag'd to protect and defend the Duke when attack'd he not refusing to submit to reasonable Conditions besides that it is the Interest of his whole Kingdom not to suffer the King of Spain to extend his Dominions so near his Frontiers all which he may prevent with ease at present without fear or danger at home where all his Subjects express their Fidelity and the Nobility invites him to it by their Obedience Nevertheless the World may easily imagin with what Trouble and Grief His Majesty finds himself reduc'd to take this resolution living as he hath hitherto done and is still desirous to live with theâ— his Father-in-law having on both sides such dear Pledges of their mutual and fraternal Affection But the consideration of the Interest of his state joyn'd with the publick and private reasons heretofore alledged oblige his Majesty to prefer them to those Tyes of Friendship not violated by his Majesty but by those who force him to take measures so contrary to his Inclination tho lawful in themselves and worthy of a most Christian King zealous of the publick Peace as well as of the Safety of his real Friends Moreover his Majesty looks upon this means as the most effectual to promote a good understanding between the Parties and to prevent their proceeding any further For his Arms shall never be imployed to disturb the Peace of Christendom but on the contrary to settle it to oppose those that would interrupt it and to maintain every one in his Right protesting before GOD and Man that this is his real Intention and that he only takes Arms by force and constraint and for his Honor to preserve the said peace and to protect his Friends as it appears by the good Offices and Endeavours heretofore used by him and still continued with Vigor in Spain and elsewhere and will be farther evinced by real Effects in this and all other occasions This the Archbishop is to represent to his Holiness and to Cardinal Borghese to make them sensible of the Consequences of such a Resolution and Breach his Majesties sincere Intention in this affair the Endeavours he has used and still continues to prevent it together with the powerful motives and reasons inducing him thereunto to the end that being mov'd by their Affection and usual Prudence in affairs of such weight and consequence either by persons sent on purpose or by other means suitable to the urgency of the danger they may endeavour to prevail with the said King to encline to a Peace which will be more honourable more useful to his affairs and without any comparison far more advantageous for the Public Good than a War the events of which are uncertain long and liable to produce Effects contrary to our expectation and projects That in case the said Duke of Savoy should refuse to submit to Reason and to what shall be thought just by their common Friends his Majesty as he has already declared will not only be against him but will joyn his Arms with the said Rings to compel the said Duke to it by force espousing no Party on this occasion but that of Justice His Majesty being of opinion that the most effectual way to compass the end he proposes was to obtain a suspension of Arms on both sides during which means might be thought on for a reconciliation he propos'd the same to the Spanish Ambassador who answer'd That he had no Power to do it but that he would write to the King his Master about it to whom his Majesty has likewise made the same Proposition by his Ambassador in ordinary residing at his Court and his Holiness would do well to second the said Suspension by his entreaty and recommendation in order to its being the sooner granted by the said King lest matters being once exasperated and one side getting some considerable advantage over the other this Remedy as all others tending to a Negotiation should prove the more difficult and the evil encrease to the prejudice of all and particularly of those who despise the means of an accommodation But it will be needless to compose the Quarrel between the King of Spain and the Duke of Savoy unless that between the Republic of Venice and the Archduke Ferdinand be made up at the same time for whereas they are link'd by the Interest and Affection of the Parties the Public would profit but little by the one without the other And therefore his Majesty designs to put an end to both at once to remove all the Evils Italy is threatned with and it behoves his Holiness to be the more active and vigilant therein because some men presume to taâ—k at random about his Holiness's Inclination in this particular as if he were pleased with this occasion to resent some things that have pass'd of late years between his Beatitude and the said Venetians a thing we know to be very opposite to his Holiness's Wisdom and Piety and which nevertheless it imports him to provide against out of his Paternal Care to repel and dissipate such Impostures and Calumnies The said Archbishop is to manage those reasons dexterously to induce him the more to the desir'd effect and not to animate him by too rough a relation of the said reports The said Archbishop is to represent the same thing to the great Duke in his passage through Florence after having saluted and assur'd him of his Majesty's Good will knowing his affection for the Welfare and Friendship of those two Crowns as a person who had a great share in their conjunction in order to his using such means as he shall think most
moreover offer'd him the Marshal d' Ancre's Daughter for his said Son which Monsieur d'Espernon refused and the said Lady died soon after At this very time Mons de Bullion came for shelter to Mons d'Espernon not thinking himself safe in his own Houses The Chancellor de Sillery and Puisieux his Son also beg'd shelter of him in Mets which was granted them but matters altering at Court before they had executed that design they also alter'd their minds After his return from Aurix and some stay at Xaintes he went from thence to Bourdeaux much about the tâ—me the War was resolv'd upon against the Princes At the beginning of the Siege of Soissons Mons de Bullion who had all-along kept a secret correspondence with the Duke de Bouillon laid the first Foundation of a third Party and made a Proposal to the Duke d'Espernon to joyn with the Marshal d'Esdiguieres Bellegrade and other Lords to prevent the ruin of the Princes which seeur'd inevitable under pretence of desiring a Peace But the Treaty went on so slowly and the Siege of Soissons was prosecuted with so much vigor that I am of opinion there was not time enough to bring it to perfection And tho the Duke d'Espernon seem'd inclinable to Bullion's Propositions and was in hopes to prevail with the Marshal de Rocquelaure the first President of Bourdeaux and and part of the Nobility and of the Parliament of Gayenne yet there was no great likelihood of bringing matters to a conclusion Bullion knows more Particulars of that affair than I do The Duke d'Espernon was informed at that time that something was treating with the King about the Mareschal d'Ancre without knowing positively what it was But the matter was soon clear'd by the news of his death the detention of the Queen-mother in the Louvre and her Journey to Blois whither she was sent two days after it Hereupon Mons d'Espernon dispatched du Plessis to the King to congratulate his Majesty upon what he had done against the Mareschal d'Ancre and at the same time charg'd the said du Plessis to wait on the Queen-mother at Blois and to make a Compliment to her upon her misfortune He also dispatched Mons de la Valette to Court with a resolution to follow him as he did within a few months and being come to Loches he sent some Soldiers to the said Sieur de la Valette to be distributed in the first Company of the Guards But Mons de Luynes having notice of it being very suspicious as fearing the Duke's having a design against his Person he represented it so hainously to the King that Mons de la Valette was oblig'd to remove the said Soldiers and send them to Mets. This was the first Proof Mons d'Espernon had of Mons de Luynes ill-will towards him and I believe it would have stopt his Journey to Court had he not received this News so near Paris that he could not possibly go back without a manifest Breach Soon after his arrival at Court he discover'd on two occasions that Mons de Luyne was not pleas'd with his presence The first was in the promotion of the Archbishop of Paris to the Cardinalship who was preser'd to the Archbishop of Tholouse notwithstanding his Nomination was Ten years after his The other was in the Dispute of the Dukes with the Lord Keeper du Vair in which tho the Cause was common and that the Duke de Montmorency was Speaker yet the fault was only laid at Mons d'Espernons Door And it is certain that the King was so exasperated against him that he gave him to understand that his presence at Court was displeasing to him so that he immediately took leave of his Majesty and left Paris within a few days During his abode at Paris several persons spoke to him from the Queen mother and others to the Archbishop of Thoulouse The Marquis de Mosni was the first who carried a Letter from Chanteloube to the said Archbishop and prest him to go to him in the Country but the Duke d'Espernon disapproved it and answer'd That he would answer to nothing till he were come to Mets. This did not hinder Madamoiselle du Tillet from coming to him nor from delivering a Letter to him from the Queen-mother together with a Diamond-Watch her Majesty sent him She prevailed with him to read the Letter and keep the Watch but he would engage to nothing while he was at Paris When he went from thence he design'd to spend some days at Fontenay to order his affairs but Guron having given him notice from the Chancellor if I am not mistaken that he was not safe there he left it immediately Soon after his arrival at Mets the Queen-mother sent Vincens to him formerly Secretary to the Mareschal d'Ancre who was ordered to make his application to the Archbishop of Thoulouse as he did He had a Letter of Credence from the Queen-mother to Mons d'Espernon full of Civility and assurances of Good-will The said Archbishop having acquainted the Duke that this man was come to him and that he was commanded to speak to him he appointed to meet him the next day at the said Archbishops house Vincens Credentials were That her Majesty not thinking her self safe at Blois where the ill treatment she received gave her just cause to fear worse according to the Intelligences she daily received about it had cast her Eyes upon Mons d'Espernon to desire Resuge in some of his Towns and that she was of opinion that Loches being the nearest to Blois iâ— would also be most proper to receive her He was about to urge several Reasons to perswade the said Duke to do the Queen this Service but he found him so well dispos'd to what her majesty desired that it was needless to say any more to him Not but afterwards he was sometimes in doubt as to the time of the execution of his Promise and put off his Journey from Mets near five months together but still he persever'd in the resolution of doing the Queen this Service to which he was the more induced by du Plessis perswasion and by his difidence of Monsiâ—ur de Luynes The Answer he made to Vincens after some slight Complaints of the Queen-mother was That he would serve her according to his desire but that in order to execute that design it was necessary for him to remove from Mets and that he could not leave that place in safety unless the Queen would allow him Fifty thousand Crowns for the payment of the Garrison He also told him that he could not hearken to that Treaty in case the Sieur de Ruccellai were acquainted with it because he looked upon him as his Enemy on the account of the Marquis de Rouillac Vincens answer'd to this That Ruccellai neither had nor should have the least knowledge of this Treaty that the Marquis de Mosni and Chanteloube were the only persons to whom the thing had been or should be
been so pleas'd but only to give him a constant Account thereof His Majesty having no Interest in the matter provided the Catholick Religion be thereby promoted he preferring that Consideration to all the Policies that can occurr upon this Account though perhaps others would not deal with so much Candour towards him But whereas his Majesty is of Opinion that this proposition of Alliance is only to gain time and to improve occasions on both sides as it appears sufficiently by all their proceedings in relation to the general affairs in which they are concern'd so his Majesty thinks fit not to trouble himself any further with it but to refer it all to the Prudences and wise Consideration of his Beatitude Who must needs be sensible by the good Offices lately done at Venice for the restauration of the Jesuits in their Demean what care his Majesty takes to promote whatever tends towards his Holiness's satisfaction who has express'd a great deal of concern in this Affair as a thing tending to the service of God the honour of which might have been rais'd had the Republick been pleas'd to adhere to his Holiness's and his Majesty's good Councils and Salutery Remonstrances And though his Majesty has some reason to be dissatisfy'd with the refusal he has incur'd at his Holinesses Intreaty he having expos'd his Name and Dignity in this Business contrary to his first intentions fore-seeing this resistance from the Seignory Nevertheless in order to do well in all things whenever any reasonable likelihood of success shall appear in the issue of the said Recommendation his Majesty will freely undertake it a new But at present his Majesty is of Opinion that it is proper to refer it to another Season when time shall have made the Venetians sensible of the fault they have committed and of the misfortunes which may arise in their State by the Banishment of the said Fathers If his Holiness should put the said Commandore upon the subject of the Enterprise of Geneva to which he has lately invited his Majesty by a person sent on purpose he is to make him sensible according as it has already been freely declar'd to his Nuncio and to Father Barnabite sent on purpose on that subject that this would be directly contrary to the design his Majesty has propos'd to himself in this Kingdom to remove the Opinion which some malicious persons publish that by the War he makes against his rebellious Subjects he aims at their Religion and not at the Faction which would make them all Unite again not only in France but those of the same Sect out of the Kingdom who hitherto have only been Spectators of this Tragedy which the said Revolters have been the cause of his Majesty having all along told and satisfy'd them that without respect to Religion he only attacks Disobedience and that if any of his Catholick Subjects should lay aside their Allegiance he would use them in the same manner for the good of the publick Peace and for the security of his Authority Had he consented to this Enterprize against Geneva these publick Causes failing he would be at a loss for the prosecution of this project which is in such forwardness And therefore when the said Nuncio and the Ministers of Savoy have press'd him upon that affair they have sound the solidity of his Reasons by his Answers besides the reasons of State which his Majesty does not alledge at this time and which have always been held in great consideration by the late King his Father when the said Duke as he has often done has propos'd the said design But possibly he has thought that his Majesty being imploy'd at home could not so easily divert him from the said design or that his Holiness would have more power to persuade him If the Duke speaks to the said Commandore about it he is to make the same answer to him and that his Majesty for these Reasons which have been known to him heretofore cannot agree to the said Enterprize and that when he has put a good order to his Affairs according to his good beginning it will then be more â—asie for him to resolve about it and to consider of means to favour his Highnesses designs who at this time would do better to joyn with his Holiness to seek out and propose good expedients to promote the advancement of his Majesty's good design in his Kingdom the rather because the security of his Neighbours and the Publick Peace partly depends on the good Condition thereof by the counterpoise every body knows his Majesty's power keeps against other Kings and States which might make attempts to the prejudice of the Common Liberty The said Commandore is also to represent that his Holiness has good informations thereof his Majesty's happy Progresses the last Year and the advantage he has gain'd by the reduction of upwards of Sixty Garrisons his being resolv'd to prosecute his Fortune a great deal farther yet unless the said Revolters submit to their Duty of their own accord on such conditions and submissions as are requir'd from Subjects to Soveraigns That he is persuaded that as God has been pleas'd hitherto to favour his Arms he will still assist him for the future since he has no other end but the maintaining of his Authority and the promoting of Religion under the favour of the Edicts as much as justice and their behaviour will permit him being now ready to march under the protection of God whom he intreats his Holiness to implore for him as he has hitherto done in order to prosecute the success of his just and pious design And the said Commandore is to take care to acquaint his said Holiness with his Majesty's Moral and Pious Life a true example for his Age to all other Kings He assures himself that God will grant the Vows and Prayers of his Holiness and of all his Majesty's good Subjects thus following the paths of Honour and Vertue which gives hopes besides that being seconded by his Holiness's good Advice he will daily fructify for the better and employ those advantages bestow'd on him by Providence to the Honour of his Holy Name and unto the benefit of the Christian Common-wealth And it is highly important for the promotion of this good Work that it be favour'd and that all the World may know that it was undertaken by the Authority of his Holiness his Predecessors having lost many favourable occasions to advance the publick good for want of so doing His Majesty expects from the Justice and Wisdom of his Beatitude that making his profit of their Faults and Omissions in what relates to him he will be more careful of it and will look upon him as the most Christian King first Son of the Church who in his private and publick Conduct aims at nothing but the Exaltation of the Holy Name of God Equity and the general Good and Peace of Christendom These things appear particularly in the Actions which are done in
Majesty's Service which were commanded by the said Duke of Wâ—ymar under His Majesty's Authority and Pay and the Places by him conquer'd As to what relates to the Forces I am willing that the said Guebriant and Oysonville should offer to all the Colonels both of Horse and Foot the same Treatment they did receive from the aforesaid Duke of Weymar and moreover a Pension of 6000 Livres apiece And to make them the more sensible that His Majesty is desirous to keep them for ever in his Service his Goodness is such that he is willing to secure them Revenues in France upon his Demesnes for ever His Majesty does not particularly prescribe to the said Count Guebriant what Revenue he is willing to give upon his Demesne to each of the said Colonels because it is fit for him and the said Baron d'Oysonville to discover their Pretensions and the Capacity of each of them there being some who deserve more than others His Majesty is of Opinion that the Counts of Nassaw and Ohems as also Colonel Scheumbee will deserve 12000 Livres a Year upon his Demesne apiece and that the rest may be allow'd some six some 8000 Livres Revenue more or less according as the said Count and Baron shall think fit upon the place After having agreed with the said Colonels about the Conditions on which they are to remain in His Majesty's Service at the time they are paid an Oath must be administer'd to them to serve His Majesty well and faithfully towards and against all As to the Sieur d'Erlach when he was here he declar'd openly to Messieurs de Bullion Chavigny and de Noyers that in case the said Duke should be taken off he would rather die than fail to keep his Government for His Majesty's Service Moreover the Answer the said Duke made to the Articles sent to the said Count Guebriant after the Negotiation made by the said Erlach with His Majesty in the said Duke's Name says in express Terms speaking of Brisac and the other Garisons kept by the said Duke what followeth In case of His Highness's Death or Imprisonment he assures His Majesty that he will order Matters so and take such Care of the aforesaid Places that his Successors or Commanders shall give His Majesty the same Satisfaction he can expect to receive and does actually receive from His Highness himself After having assur'd the said Erlach of His Majesty's Confidence in and Affection towards him it will be necessary before any Propositions are made to him to know which he had rather do either immediately to deliver the Town and Fortress of Brisac into the King's Hands receiving a fair Reward or to take a fresh Commission from His Majesty to keep the said Government for His Majesty's Service taking an Oath before the said Guebriant well and faithfully to keep the same for His said Majesty and him therein well and faithfully to serve towards and against all adding what the said Count Guebriant and Baron d'Oysenville shall think most proper to oblige him the more strictly If he consents to take a reward for it the King is willing to give him a 100000 Livers in ready money and even allows the said Guebriant to go as far as 50000 Crowns If he had rather remain in the place his Majesty will leave him the command of it on the same Conditions he made with the said Duke and moreover will allow him a Pension of 6000 Crowns a Year during the War And in order to secure him a livelihood after the Peace his Majesty allows the said Count and Baron to make him a promise in his Name of the like Summ of 18000 Livers revenue on his Demesne which he shall enter in possession of after the Conclusion of the Peace If the said Sieur d' Erlach is willing to keep the Government of the said Place reason and his own security require his receiving so considerable a number of French Men into his said Garrison that in case he should infortunately be surpriz'd by Death like the aforesaid Duke a Lieutenant that is to be settled under him and secur'd to his Majesty like himself might be able to secure the said place for his Majesty And in that case the said Count Guebriant and he are to agree about a Lieutenant in whom his Majesty may confide and if possible a Frenchman chosen by the said Count as also to put a good French Garrison into it at the same time To avoid the difficulties and disturbances that might arise about the adjusting of this second proposition in case the said Erlach be disposed to deliver the said place into the said Count Guebriant's Hands whom his Majesty in that case designs to make Governour thereof he allows the said Count and Oysonville to grant him if it cannot be done otherwise as far as 200000 Livers to be paid to him in ready Money The said Guebriant and d' Oysonville are to manage this affair with so much prudence and address as not to give him the least disgust so that whatever he resolves upon he may have reason to be satisfy'd with his Majesty's Affection towards him The said Count Guebriant is also to treat with the Governors of the other places held by the said Duke in order to their delivering of the same into his Majesty's hands receiving a reward for them proportionable to the value of the said Governments or else taking fresh Commissions from the King together with an Oath of Fidelity as abovesaid In case the said Governors are desirous to remain in their said Governments they are to allow them Pensions according as they shall think fit and to promise them revenues upon their Demean instead of the said Pensions after the Peace proportionable to their deserts As to the Garrisons that are on this side the Rhine as Thanes Pentarlier and others the said Count Guebriant is to get them immediately deliver'd into his Majesty's Hands and to put such Persons into them as he knows to be both Capable and Faithful to Command the same And in case after having made the Covenants abovesaid the Commanders of the Forces and Governors of Places should make some difficulty of taking the Oath purely and only to the King and should be desirous to add that they well keep their Garrisons for the King's Service and for the advantage of the common cause the said Count is to show them how the aforesaid Duke himself by the secret Article of which a Copy is to be annex'd to this present Instruction acknowledg'd none but the King and that reason cannot allow their doing less in this than he The said Guebriant and Oysonville are to acquaint all the Troops of the said Army that the King will take so particular care of what relates to them that he designs to give them the Duke of Longueville for their General and moreover that his Majesty will repair in Person as far as his Frontier Towns of Burgundy which are upon the Saosne to shew the particular
be concern'd to be for the future and during the Course of the War and in time of Peace inviolably link'd to the Interest of this Crown and to hold no Intelligence with those of the House of Austria and other Enemies of this State nor with any whatever that would disturb the Happiness and Prosperity of His Majesty's Affairs Also after the said Duke's having renounc'd all the Treaties he may have made any wise contrary to the Tenour of this His Majesty consents to restore him the Possession of the Dutchy of Lorrain and of the Dutchy of Bar held from the Crown for which he is immediately to pay Faith and Homage to the King As also into the Possession of all the Territories he enjoy'd for the time past excepting such as follow First The County and Town of Clermont and all their Appurtenances and Dependencies which are to remain for ever united to the Crown Secondly The Garisons Provostships and Lands of Stâ—nay and of Janets which are likewise to remain to His Majesty and his Successors Kings for ever in Propriety with all the Revenues thereof and all the Villages and Territories thereunto belonging Thirdly The City of Dun and the Suburbs thereof which is also to remain in Propriety to His Majesty and to his Successors Fourthly The City of Nancy which is to remain also in His Majesty's Hands as a Pledge only during the War and to be restor'd to the said Duke the same Year a Peace shall be concluded with the Villages within the Liberties of the said City of Nancy which are to remain in the Hands and Dispositions of His Majesty for the Convenience and Subsistence of the City of Nancy as long as it shall remain as a Pledge It is agreed that the Town of Marsal is to be demolish'd before it be deliver'd to the said Duke and that no Fortifications are ever to be made there again It is also agreed upon That Trade shall be as free between the Territories the King restores to the said Duke and those that remain to His Majesty either in Propriety or as Pledges only as if they did actually belong to him And that whatever shall be necessary for their Subsistence shall not be deny'd them by the said Duke and his Subjects at the rate the said Commodities shall go at in the said Duke's Territories Moreover That the said Duke shall give a free Passage in his Country to all the Forces His Majesty shall think fit to send that way either into Alsatia or other Parts of Germany into the Country of Luxemburg or into the Franche-Comte and shall furnish them with Provisions the King paying for the same at the common Market-price of the Country It has been farther agreed That the said Duke shall presently join the Forces he has with him at this time as well as all those he may have for the future with the King 's That they shall take an Oath well and faithfully to serve His Majesty under the said Duke's Authority towards and against all those he is at present in War with in such places and in such a manner as he shall think fit And that for the future they shall receive the same Pay in the Field as His Majesty's do on Condition however that they shall not be allow'd to take Winter-Quarters in France but only in the said Duke's Territories or Enemies Country It has also been agreed That the said Duke shall not be allow'd to lodge any of the said Troops nearer than within five Leagues of Nancy whilst the said City shall remain as a Pledge And whereas notwithstanding His Majesty's restoring the said Duke's Tervitories as abovesaid there still remain several Differences that were undecided before the War in relation to the said Territories which are still to be disputed with France it is agreed that they shall be determin'd amicably as soon as can be Moreover Whereas since His Majesty's having conquer'd Lorrain by Force of Arms a great Number of the Subjects of the said Dutchy have serv'd His Majesty after having taken the Oath of Allegiance he has exacted from them it is also agreed that the said Duke shall bear them no Ill Will for the same but on the contrary shall use them like his good and real Subjects and shall pay them the Debts and Rents the State is oblig'd to pay Which His Majesty desires so particularly that unless he had repos'd an absolute Confidence in the Faith which the said Duke has engag'd on that Subject he would never have granted what he does by this Treaty to the said Duke It is also agreed That it shall not be in the power of the said Duke to make the least Alterations in the Benefices given by His Majesty to the very Day of this present Treaty That those who have been invested with them shall remain in the peaceable Possession and Enjoyment thereof without the least Disturbance or Trouble from the said Duke or being dis-possess'd of the same And that His Majesty shall continue to have the Disposition of the Benefices of the City of Nancy as long as the said City remains for a Pledge in his hands without changing the Settlement of the said Benefices And as for the Offices of the Criminal Justice that are in the said City of Nancy they shall also remain in His Majesty's Gift to the end that such as are invested with the same may perform the Function thereof independently within the said City and the Liberties thereof His Majesty giving his Consent to the said Duke to transferr the Bayliwick of Nancy into such a place as he shall think fit there to decide all the Differences which were formerly judg'd in the said Court of Justice of Nancy excepting only such as are above specify'd It is also agreed That the said Duke shall not be allow'd to send any Person into Nancy there to reside in his Name unless it be to receive the Duties of his Demesne for which he shall be oblig'd to employ a French-man approv'd by the King It is moreover agreed That the Consiscations that have been given by His Majesty of the Estates of such as did bear Arms against him shall remain valid as to the Employment of the Revenues of the said Estates until the Day of the present Treaty provided those whose Estates have been confiscated quit the Service of His Majesty's Enemies In which Case they shall be restor'd to the Possession and Enjoyment of their Estates but without being allow'd to profecute or trouble those who have enjoy'd them by virtue of the said Gifts in any manner or upon any pretence whatever No mention is made in this Treaty of the Difference between the said Duke and the Dutchess Nicolla of Lorrain Daughter to the late Duke Henry about their Marriage by reason that the Decision thereof belongs only to the Ecclesiastical Tribunal and that His Holiness before whom the Parties have brought their Cause will do them Right according to the Justice of the
is sent to him most religiously without making any Alterations because this Prince is captious and that it is certainly known that he has not the Intentions he ought to have It is moreover known that he has given an Account of the Overtures of the Treaty he is about to the Cardinal Infant saying That he is courted to it against his Will and that far greater Offers are made him than the Conditions the King is willing to grant him The said Duke has also communicated this Treaty to all the Princes of Germany and particularly to those of Bavaria and Cologne with the same Suppositions he has sent into Flanders It will be proper to let him know that we are acquainted with all his Artifices and Levities and that such a manner of proceeding does almost break off all manner of Treaty since he has nothing on his side to give the King but his Fidelity which he does not approve Nevertheless in order to give Monsieur du Hallier means to conclude a Treaty if there be any hopes to make a good one the King has been pleas'd once more to answer the three new Demands made by Videl in the Duke Charles's Name and to give the said du Hallier means to satisfie the said Duke if he be capable of acknowledging a Courtesie which he grants him beyond what he could expect in Reason The said Duke demands the Title of Sovereign in the Treaty That a Garison may be given him immediately in Lorrain And that those Garisons the King is to keep in the places that are to remain in his possession may not be paid out of the Revenues of Lorrain It is thought that by the first of these three Demands Duke Charles intends to oblige the King to decide the Salique Law pretended in Lorrain in favour of him which His Majesty cannot do without enquiring farther into the matter especially with a Person who is not as yet reconciled with him But to shew the King's Goodness he is willing that in the Third Article of the Project of the Treaty which Monsieur du Hallier has in his hands instead of these words Thus the Duke shall be restor'd to the Possession of the Dutâ—…y of Lorrain these may be inserted That he shall be restor'd to the Possession of the Soverignty of the Dutchy of Lorrain As to the Garison he desires were the King persuaded that he had a mind to treat sincerely he would condescend to it but it is impossible to resolve on it without that Assurance 'T is the said Duke's part to give us such an one I am of opinion that such an one might be had by incerting a Clause in the Treaty by which the Duke may shew that he is willing to deprive himself of the Means of failing The said Clause ought to be as followeth As to the City of La Motte His Majesty being mov'd by the earnest Intreaty the said Duke has made to him to have the said City deliver'd into his hands in order to his being the better able to execute what he promises by the present Treaty since it will put him in a Condition not to fear those whose Ill Will he will incur by making this Engagement His said Majesty has been pleas'd to grant it the said Duke consenting freely that in case he should make an ill Use of this Advantage by violating the present Treaty which he will be the better able to execute having a safe Retreat His Majesty should make him resent the Effects of his Indignation attacking his Territories anew and preserving to Perpetuity whatever he shall take there by Force of Arms. Though this Clause seems to give some Assurance the Experience of what is past which has shewn that nothing can hinder the said Duke Charles from following his Passions when-ever he is mov'd by them makes us sensible that this Pre-caution is not sufficient to venture to put a strong Place into the hands of a Prince who may chance to do a great deal of Mischief with it during the War Nevertheless If after having seen the said Duke Monsieur du Hallier thinks that there is more Sincerity in his proceeding than before His Majesty will run that hazard to promote a Peace As to the Payment of the Garisons the King restoring the said Duke to the Possession of his Territories out of his extraordinary Goodness His Majesty has no Thoughts of reserving any thing to himself there besides the places mention'd in the said Treaty with the Liberties thereof insomuch that in case the said Duke immediately passes the Treaty coming between this and the Month of January to pay his Respects to the King he shall begin to enjoy his Territories on the very beginning of the next Year It will be Monsieur du Hallier's part to decide the Liberties of the said Towns very advantageously for the King There will be no need of mentioning the Liberties of Clermont since the County is to remain in the King's Hands as well as the Town The King desires the said du Hallier to cause a Map to be made of all the Country round about the said Places in which the Liberties of the same are to be particularly noted according as he shall think they ought to be and so send the same to His Majesty who will acquaint him with his Pleasure therein Thus Monsieur du Hallier may acquaint the Duke of Lorrain That in treating with him he will treat as with a Sovereign and that he does not doubt in case the said Duke behaves himself towards His Majesty as he ought to do that he will pay the Garisons of the Towns that are to remain in his hands In a word That he is persuaded that when he sees him if he knows how to deserve His Majesty's Favour he will be able to give him Satisfaction But that he cannot explain himself farther without having seen the Disposition he is in and known the Security he is willing to give His Majesty of his Fidelity Moreover Whenever the said du Hallier sees the Duke it will suit with his Prudence to behave himself in such a manner that in case the said Duke be not in a Condition to perform his Duty freely towards the King he may not be able to say That he has been willing to restore La Motte to him immediately Monsieur du Hallier is to let him make the Proposition about it saying that he has no Order to grant it and that he does not believe the King will do it but that he will propose it to His Majesty And if he finds all things agreed on excepting that Point he is to promise to give him an Answer in seven or eight Days time and to dispatch a Courier to St. Germain where the King will be Memorial of Cardinal de Richelieu to Monsieur du Hallier From Paris this 20 th of November THE divers Circumstances of Duke Charles's proceeding who sends to Monsieur du Hallier upon a slight Pretence being join'd
the Army will be at being in Action of which a particular Account is to be given to such Persons as His Majesty or the Grand Master of the Artillery of France shall depute in order thereunto in the said Army His said Majesty is also to allow Ammunition-Bread both to the Foot and Horse whether in the Field or in Garisons without deducting any thing for the same out of the said Musters If any of the Officers Soldiers or other particular Persons belonging to the said Army shall desire His Majesty to gratifie them with the Gift of some Lands and Houses seated in a conquer'd Country His Majesty does promise to make such Gratifications of the same to them that every one of them shall have Reason to be satisfy'd Moreover His said Majesty does promise to ratifie and confirm the Gifts of such Lands Lordships and Houses seated in the said Countries and Towns as may have been made by the late Duke of Weymar in favour of the Officers and Soldiers of the said Army and other particular Persons that were in his Service In Consideration of which the aforesaid Directors and other Colonels and Officers do promise in the Name of the whole Army to continue to serve His Majesty fâ—ithfully and constantly towards and against all what Oâ—der or Command they might receive to the contrary conformable to what His late Highness was oblig'd to do by his Treaty of the 27th of October 1635. and to march with the Army to all such Places and Enterprises as His Majesty shall desire either into France Germany Burgundy Lorrain or the Low-Countries for the Restoration of the publick Liherty and oppress'd States Orders shall be given to their Body by the said Directors or one of them according as they shall agree by the Day Weekly or otherwise Which Orders they shall first receive from His Highness of Longueville General of His Majesty's Armies as it was done by the late Duke of Weymar Lieutenant-General du Hallier and the Vice-Count of Turrinne and Count Guebriant Mareschals de Camp of His Majesty's Armies The said Directors are to be call'd into all the Councils and Resolutions to be taken for the Good and Promotion of the common Cause and Restoration of the Confederate Towns and States The conquer'd Places are forthwith to be deliver'd into His Majesty's Hands according to the late Duke of Weymar's last Will and Testament in order that His Majesty may place such Governors as he shall think fit in the Cities of Brisac and Friburg with Garisons consisting one half of French and the other half of Germans And as to the Governors of the other Places His Majesty is to chuse them out of the Body of the Army the said Governors and Garisons taking an Oath well and faithfully to serve the King to-towards and against all to preserve the Garisons for his Service and never to deliver them into any body's hands without His Majesty's Leave and express Order The present Articles have been sign'd by His Majesty's Deputies by virtue of the Power given unto them as also by the Directors of the Army in the Name of all the other Officers The said Deputies have promis'd to deliver the Ratifications of the said Treaty in two Months time reckoning from the Day of the Date hereof and the said Directors to take and oblige all the other Colonels Officers Soldiers and Troopers of the said Army to take an Oath well and faithfully to observe all that is above-written Done at Brisac this 9 th of October 1639. A Secret Article WE Count de Guebriant de Choisy and Baron d'Oysonville Deputed by His Majesty do acknowledge That notwithstanding by the Articles this Day sign'd between Us and the Directors of the Army Commanded by the late Duke of Weymar it is said that the Cities of Brisac and Friburg are to be deliver'd into His Majesty's Hands in order to his placing such Governors in the same as he shall think fit nevertheless the Truth is that we have agreed that the King shall give the the Government of the said Places to the same Persons who had the Command thereof during the Life of the late Duke of Wâ—ymar and have it still at this time the said Governors taking the Oath as it is set down in the said Articles And the more to express the Considence His Majesty reposes in the Affection and Fidelity of the Colonels and Officers of which the said Body is compos'd towards his Service we do promise That in case His Majesty shall think sit to change the Governors and Garisons of the conquer'd Places they shall both be re-implac'd at his Choice with Officers and Soldiers out of the said Army As also That His said Majesty will leave the free Exercise of the Protestant Religion in all the said Towns and Armies For all which the said Deputies do promise to procure His Majesty's Ratification in the space of two Months Done at Brisac Septemb. 29. O.S. Or Octob. 9. N.S. 1639. Sign'd de Guebriant de Choisy Baron d'Oysonville d'Erlach Hohem Nassaw Roze Flerschin Thomas Rluge F. M. Remehingen and others The Oath taken by the Officers and Soldiers of the said Army WE promise faithfully loyally and honourably to serve His most Christian Majesty towards and against his Enemies to march in all Places either in Germany France Lorrain or the Low-Countries according as we shall be commanded by His Highness of Longucville His said Majesty's General in Germany And that in case we should hear any thing against the King's Service we will give notice thereof to His said Highness and all for the Good and Promotion of the common Cause and to obtain a good and lasting Peace And whereas we do hope that His Majesty will satisfie us according to the Treaty of Brisac for our Services past and those we will do him We also expect in case of Non-performance to be discharg'd of our Promise A Treaty made between the Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu for the King and the Duke Charles of Lorrain THE real Repentance the Duke Charles of Lorrain has often caus'd Assurances to be given of to the King for the ill Proceedings he has us'd towards him these ten or twelve Years last past the Petition he is come to make in Person to him to remit and pardon whatever Despair might have urg'd him to say or do comrary to the Respect he is sensible he owes him and the Assurance he gives that for the future he will be inseparable from all the Interests of this Crown have touch'd His Majesty in so sensible a manner that he has freely given way to the Christian Sentiments and Movements of Grace God has been pleas'd to give him upon that Subject In Consideration of which as he beseeches the Divine Goodness to pardon his Offences so he heartily forgives those he may have receiv'd from the said Duke And after the said Duke has oblig'd himself as he does by the present Treaty for himself his Successors and such as may