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A62724	The entrance of Mazzarini, continued through the first years regency, of Anna Maria of Austria, Qu. Dowager of France, and mother of the present Monarch. Louis XIV. Wherein the principall causes of those revolutions, that have since happened in that kingdome, may be discovered; Entrance of Mazzarini. Part 2	Tanner, Thomas, 1630-1682.	1658 (1658)	Wing T141; ESTC R208969	42,855	166

Qu. Regent to whose prudence he intended to be the first that should remit the sum of the Government without whateever limitations and tells them further that the Prince of Condè was also of the same mind Indeed they both knew how intimately the Queene might be grieved that contrary to former precedents her Regency was so restrained and hamper'd by the King deceased and therefore sought by the freeing of her interests to clear their own for the same prescript forme of Government did equallize them the First Princes of the Blood notwithstanding their prerogatives in the custome of that Kingdome with the other Councellors and it may be when accounts were cast render them much inferiour for if all results were to passe by plurality of votes t' was easy to be ghessed that the Card. Mazzarin the Secretary de Chauigny and the Chancellour Se●uier might joyne together for their common interest and sway all affaires at their owne pleasure This was a notable stroke of the Princes that looked like a generous action and was received with good applause as most agreeable to the Government of France which had ever been a pure Monarchy but there was another fate in it then they expected though at first it seemed to run luckily On the Monday following which was the 18th of May and fourth from the Kings death the Qu. brought her Royall Pupill to place him in the Throne of Justice and herselfe at his right-hand accompanied with the Duke of Orleans the Princes of Condè and Conti the Duke of Vendosme and other the principall Peeres and Officers of the Kingdome where the Yong King first broke up silence with these words Messicurs I am come to see you to testify my affections to you My Chancellor will tell you the rest But first the Queen and Princes of the blood tooke their turnes which may deserve some recitall She exprest hersel●e thus My Lords and Gentlemen The death of my Lord the late King although it has not at all surprised me by reason of his long weaknesse yet has it fild me with so much griefe that hitherto I have been uncapable of comfort or of councell and although the affaires of the Kingdome should require a continuall application to suffice to all occasions both at home and abroad my affliction has been so great that it has put me beside the thinking what J were to doe till to'ther day that your Deputies came to salute the King my Son and bring their protestations of Loyalty and Obedience to him beseeching him to come and sit on his Throne of Justice and take the place of his Ancestors which act is considered as a marke of Royalty which I were willing to doe this day to testify to this Company that on all occasions I shall be well contented to serve my selfe of your Councells praying you to give unto the King my Son and unto Me such as you shall judge in your Consciences to be most conducible to the good of the State Then the Duke of Orleans resuming the Speech addressed it to the Queen remonstrating to her The satisfaction which all the Kingdome ought to have of her actions as he had sufficiently signified to the Deputies of Parlement the last Saturday when he told them that the whole honour of the Government was due not only to her Condition as Mother of the King but also to her merit and virtue and that the REGENCY being conferred on her by the order of the late King and afterwards verified in Parlement in his presence he did not desire any other part in affaires then what should please her to impart to him not pretending to any vantage from whatsoever particular clause contained in the foresaid Declaration The Prince of Condè applauded the generosity of the Duke adding withall that it was not only profitable but also necessary to the good government of the STATE that the cheife authority should not be divided Then succeeded the Lord Chancellor and after him Monsieur Talon the King's Advocate whose formall speeches cannot be brought into our lists without breaking them At last the Chancellor rising from his Seat goes to the Royall Throne and Kneeling there expects the Kings opinion from the mouth of the Queen who excused her Selfe alledging that she had no other then the sense of the Parlement Whereupon returning to hisSeat and asking the opinion of the rest the Duke of Orleans added that the ●auses inserted in the last declaration did always seem extraordinary unto him and without example Nor had he eve● subscribed to them but for obedience not to contradict the King's will though he ever thougt they could not be put in execution and as he had for his owne particular quitted all pretensions in it so now it was his judgment that the whole authority should be committed to the Queen The Pr. of Condè and all the other Nobles Officers and Councellours concurred in this vote and so the Chancellor howsoever one may conclude against his mind pronounced the arrest following The King sitting on his Throne of justice in the presence and with the councell of the Duke of Orleans his Vncle of his cosins the Princes of Condè and of Conti and of other Princes Prelates Peeres and Officers of the Crowne hath declared doth declare the Queen his Mother Regent of France according to the will of the deceased King his most honored Lord and Father to have care of the education and nourture of his person and the absolute full and entire administration of the affaires of his Kingdom during his Minority His aforesaid Majesty doth also will and intend that the Duke of Orleans his Vncle shall be Lieutenant Generall in all the provinces of the said Kingdome under the Authority of the said Regent and that under the same Authority his foresaid Vncle shall be chiefe of his Councill and in his absence his Cosin the Prince of Condè it resting in the will of the Queen to make choice of persons of worth and experience in such as she shall think fit to debate in the said Councills without being otherwise obliged to follow the plurality of voices then she her selfe pleaseth His aforesaid Majesty ordaines that this present arrest be read published and registred in all Baily-wicks c. The Queen felt her selfe now well established and the Card. Mazzarini with the Secretary de Chavigny expecting nothing lesse then to be licenced or fall into worse disgraces were ready to demand retirement when the Queen pretending only as she expressed her selfe not to depend on her Ministers but the● on her confirmed in the Councill all that had been nominated by the King her husband and in particular though the scope of the Parlement seemed to winde another way treated the Cardinall with demonstrations of a singular estimation whereby t' was soon left to be gathered that she was no lesse jealous of saving her own power by taking caution against the only sway of the Princes of the blood then

of state made strong ●●ainst him yet at least as a Sove●●igne Prince by birth and title 〈◊〉 obtain a worthy recompense ●nd an high ranke in France with the title of Prince and Princesse 〈◊〉 himselfe and Dutchesse where●● he made much instance and ●ound the other Dukes and Peers of France no lesse averse to it Whereupon he chose rather then 〈◊〉 hearken to other recompences ●ropounded to him to retire to his ●state of Turenne in the Province of Gascony which giving jealousy 〈◊〉 the Qu. she sent again to him 〈◊〉 come and finish the affaire a●out Sedan which he pretended 〈◊〉 satisfy but insted thereof with●●ew privately into Italy where he sojourned 3 years and at last was glad to returne into France accepting the same recompence that was before proffer'd to him whic● was the Dutchy of Auuergne with a summe of money The Duke of Vendos●●e a naturall son of Henry the 4 by the Dutchesse of Beaufort having mar●ried Frances only daughter of Philip Emanuel of Lorraine Duke o●Mercoeur by whom he had two sons the eldest bearing title o● Duke of Mercoeur and the younger of Beaufort was with these hi● sons the principall of those th●● were ingratiated and freed from the imputation of Mons. le Grands conspiracie which as readily made way for him to all his forme● rights and privileges besides the Government of Bretagne whereunto because he had some pretence of property by the said marage the late Card tooke advantage to dispossess him as he had dealt with the former Duke of Guise who claiming some right to the County of Provence as descended from Renè of Aniou King of Sicilie and Count of Provence who left this estate to Lewis XI in prejudice of the Princes of the house Lorrain whereof himselfe was the next to the first that now enjoye'd the absolute right and title to that Soverainty and herewithall the Admiralty of the Levant sea he first disseizeth him of this Government and then procures from the King a Declaration to suppresse the charge of Admiral and instead thereof to erect that of Grand-Master chiefe and Sur-intendant Generall of the Navigation and commerce of France which he got to be invested in his owne person and left by his will to his Nephew the Duke of Fron●sac And because in the Duke's absence the Mareschal de la Meilleraye by the favour of Richelie● whose mother being the Marshall's fathers sister made them Cousin germains and of the Government of Brest in Bretag●● which accruing to him by the Duke of Brissac's daughter render'd it convenient to entrust the Lieutenancy of the whole province to his charge did supply insted of Governour the Duke employes his utmost interest to recover that dignity wherein Beaufo●● casting an evill eye on Meilleraye affected so much passion th●● it drew the court almost into parties This occasion'd some overtures to compremize this differe●ce with a profer to the Duke of Ven●●sme of the Governmen● of Champagne in lieu of the other and the charge of Grand Escuyer then not disposed to the Duke of Beaufort to quiet him but nothing would satisfie at that time but a restitution which dash'd all further treating and left disturbed spirits to agitate the animosities of Beaufort as it soone appeared But in the mean while an accident that befell the Secretary de Chavigny somwhat like that other which broke over Noyers if the Cardinall Mazzarini had not lent an hand at last to alleviate it may entertain our contemplation with some other variety Monsieur Bouthiller having had a faire time of offices and employments was now willing to abate somewhat in the use of his fortunes and quit the charge which he enjoyed of Sur-intendant of the finances to the Queens disposall hoping that this action might reflect the more favour upon his son the Count of Chavigny but she immediately conferred it on Mousieur le Bailleul and Mons d' Avaux to exercise it joyntly and whether indeed the Queen resenting that unpala●able forme of message which the Count brought with the Kings declaration according to which notwithstanding she had confirmed him in her Council intended to chastise him with the veirges of Royall eyes or he having priviledge to sit in Council covered did frie as we say in his own grease by the dayly kindlingof his conceipt that he was not had in answerable regard or estimation in ●ine he was so much perplexed that he could not refrain to ease his mind in the breast of his Confessor who thereupon preaching to him of the vanitie of all wordly happinesse or Court●favour concluded with an exhortation to him to think of another way of employing his devoirs for the good of Christendome by promoting of the generall peace and insted of that office of Secretary of the King's commandments to apply himself to become a Plenipotentiary of the Crowne at the Munster treaty Which done this Father Amelot of the order of the Orators informes the Countesse of Brienne what thoughts and resolutions were working in the mind of the Secretary de Chavigny who being a Lady of high descent of a present and subtle spirit applauded these his purposes advising the Father to keep him still intent upon them And a while after this she sends in hast for the Priest again and then delivers to him under the seale of secrecy this intelligence which she said she had heard herselfe in the Queens Cabinet from her owne mouth that the Qu. intended to remove the secretary de Chavigny frō his place therefore out of good affection to prevent any such unhandsome accident she had took that care to get a timely meeting with him the said father that by his meanes some notice of it might be conveighed to the Count to make his best advantage of it Nor were these tidings any sooner trilled in his eare but they found a ready credence and as soone imported his passion with the fear of such a slurre the doubt of removal from all other publick managements and loosing the emolument which they use in France with Royall priviledge of his decession so that hastening to the Cardinal he importunes the favour of him to obtaine a licence for him from the Queen to deposit his charge of Secretary and he omitted no argument to diswade him yet not prevailing would not faile to satisfie his desires but accordingly procures a liberty for him to transferre his office to the Count of Brienne re-imbursing himself of the charges that he pretended But afore this businesse was well ac●complished Chavigny had bethought himselfe better and altering his resolution employed his principall friends and in particular the Duke of Bellegarde towards the Duke of Orleans to help restore him to his former station But the Queen answered that she could not so disparage herselfe and government by admitting an imputation of feminine inconstancy that he demised his charge although to the Count of Brien●e against her will and now that he had the grant of it

through jealousy of the future then advance their owne interest with present acquisitions And these misprisions were the more augmented by their starting back from the articles already made with France alleadging that the Queen being to pay them certain summes according to the treaty which she could not doe but by authoritie of the young King it should be necessary to renew the overtures of agreement wherein though they did not shew themselves obstinate but at last complyed with the French Ambassador in confirming the last treaty yet they gave the Spaniards to observe their coldnesse and thereby to move with them the more instantly to sever themselves from the French interests and treat apart their owne conditions of peace with the King of Spain wherein they promised them the more fairely to defeat the French designes towards the Munster treaty as well as to divide their strength nor failed of being well listned to notwithstanding the great renitency of these their Allies And the Swedes in Germany that ere while had been but ill satisfied of the French addresses on their side to counter-batter the house of Austria since both had agreed to distract the Emperor's forces by the sound and eccho of their mutuall diversions so promoting one anothers pretentions to be urged in the treaty before mentioned and being more diffident of any further vigor in th●● designe to be expected from that crowne since the late Cardinall and the King in whose perso●● the totall correspondency in this affaire seemed to be involved were unseasonably taken off and a new Government to succeed whose abilitie at such a juncture they were no lesse to suspect then their affection and indeed t' was thought the Queen's conscience would have laboured hard with this doubt join'd with a passion towards her owne house if a Church●man had not stood by her chaire of state with a ready hand to assist her began now to think apart of their owne interests and what conditions to make for themselves without regard to their late Confederacy but assoone as the Cardinals letters were imparted to them by the Chancellor Oxenstiern assuring them of the constant applications of that crowne to prosecute as much as ever their common designes till the generall peace it quite restored their former confidence with resolution to persist in this issue as was before agreed Nor had they any reason or affection to manage their alliance so leiger-handedly as the Hollanders to whom the Cardinal's letters of the like importance were yet so acceptable that they sent copies of them to every good towne house throughout their states and no lesse though it may be not expressed in the same fashion were his others to the Prince of Orange the Dutchesse of Savoy the Lady Lantgrave Van Hessen the King of Portugal and the Catalonians but to wish as well as might be to the French progresse in weakning the house of Austri● while they themselves were there by enabled together with the be●nefit of their pay and the Germ● booty to exact their owne adva●●tages But as the blood comes of●ner to the heart before it ma●● an entire circulation so the cur●rent of our discourse must back● againe to Paris to consider the in●ner state of France before it ca● arrive in Italy or in Catalonia We remember what graceswe●● before granted by the late King● and how the new Governmen● did enlarge them insomuch tha● the Queens bounty did almost amount to a generall indemnity yet with obligation to come and justify themselves in Parlement which occasioned some difficulty in stating the greater cases And first the Duke of Esper●o● having fled into England in his fathers life time where the King conferred the garter on him to avoide the persecutions of the late Card. imputing the losse at Fontarabie to his account presented with his petition a protestation of nullitie to the sentence denounc'd against him without any legall processe and with out much difficulty was re-admitted to enjoy his estate with the Government of Guie●ne wherewithall the Count of Harcourt a noble cient of the Guisards had been gratifi'd in his absence and in lieu thereof is now recompenced with the charge of Gran Escuyer or Mr. of the horse a pension of 10000 Crownes a year from the King's exchequer The Duke of Guise who before his elder Brother died at Florence was destined to the church and invested with the Archbishopricke of Reims the Abbacy of S. De●●● and 500000 liures rent in bene●●ces whereof he was deprived the late Card. because engaged 〈◊〉 a promise of marriage fou●● more favour yet in the proe●● of his restitution for whereas 〈◊〉 Council were ready to grant 〈◊〉 reparation by the usuall forme 〈◊〉 abolition the Card. Mazzar●● represented to her Majesty 〈◊〉 great aversation the old Dutche● had conceived against that for●●● desiring only a simple declaratio● innocency wherein her aime 〈◊〉 at recovering the Ecclesiastic●● promotions and all in one act●● which though her Majesty grac●●ously condescended to yet it 〈◊〉 with many difficulties in the Par●lement which pleading their le●gall sentence given against 〈◊〉 Duke pronounced an arrest ob●liging him to take an abolit●o●●hich at last the Duke to avoide 〈◊〉 further tediousnesse was will●●g to accept and so had it rati●●●d in Parlement while the instan●● of the Pr. of Conde Card. Maz●●ri●i sufficed towards the Queen 〈◊〉 Council to remit also his form 〈◊〉 benefices to his dispoall Yet the ●●ke was now married to an other ●●dy at Brusselles where he retired 〈◊〉 Richelieu's displeasure dealt ●ith the Spaniards there for the ●ount of Soissons then her that be●●re he had promised though at his ●●turne into France he left her too 〈◊〉 sued afterwards for a divorce The Duke of Boüillon's case ●ust be driven somewhat higher 〈◊〉 get a true intelligence of it ●is name is Frederick Maurice de lae 〈◊〉 son of Henry de la Tour 〈◊〉 of Boüillon Prince of Sedan ●●count of Turenne c. and of ●lisabeth of Nassau daughter of William Prince of Orange and 〈◊〉 the Marshall de Turenne for his on● Brother His Ancestors were und●● the clientele of France and 〈◊〉 father premier Mareschal when 〈◊〉 died But the present Duke ha●ving made himselfe a Catholick● some time before joyn'd in leag●●●irst with the Count of Soisso●● and after that with the Marq●● of Cinq Marcs against the crowne● though he then commanded 〈◊〉 forces of France in Italy an● being in both oppressed he 〈◊〉 constrained to purchase his 〈◊〉 and liberty by putting his sove●rainty of Sedan with the adjace● domaine in the King of France 〈◊〉 power But now he hoped if 〈◊〉 to re-enter on his estates by th●● interest of the house of Orange 〈◊〉 favour of the Duke of Orlean● whom formerly he had engaged or his alliance with the Princ● 〈◊〉 Cond● which was somewhat 〈◊〉 by marriage of one of his ●●●ters to the Duke of Trimoüille 〈◊〉 Prince's Cosin Germain where●● the reason