King more â—euer subiects gaue with greater ioy to their Soueraigne then the French did to hâ—m â—haâ— glorious surname of Father of his people FRANCIS the first of that name 58. King of France FRANCES THE I. KING OF FRANCE .58 1515. HAppie is that Realme saith the wise man which fals not into a childs hands This was the first comfort which reuiued the hearts of the French oppressed with mourning and heauinesse for the death of their good King Lewis the twelfth The second was that they cast their eyes vppon a worthie successor a Prince well borne iudicious and of a generous spirit liberall courteous in the prime of his age and fit for gouernment affable to the people fauorable to the Clergie pleasing to the Nobilitie who doe naturally loue their Princes good countenance and that which all subiects admire in their Soueraine of an excellent beautie Thus capable was he of the royall dignitie Francis being then two and twentie yeares old before Duke of Valois and Earle of Angoulesme tooke vppon him the gouernment of this Monarchie as sonne to Charles Earle of Angoulesme sonne to Iohn Earle of Angoulesme who was the yongest sonne of Lewis Duke of Orleans murthered by the Bourguignon at Paris in the time of Charles the sixth who was also the yongest sonne of King Charles the fiâ—t Hee was anointed at Rheims the fiue and twentith of Ianuary being attended on by the Dukes of Bourbon and Alanson the Earles of Montpensier Vendosme and Saint Paul the Prince of Roche-sur-Yon al of the house of Bourbon Then hauing made his entry into Paris a sollemne Tournie kept in Saint Anthonies street he confirmed all the ancient officers of the Crowne and to suppâ—ie those which were vacant hee creaâ—ed Charles Duke of Bourbon Constable of France being void by the death of Iohn the second Duke of Bourbon Anthonie Prat Chancellor for then Steuen Poncher Bishoppe of Paris was keeper of the seale Charles of Bourbon Earle of Vendosme Gouernour of the I le of France making the said Countie a Duchie and a Peere of France the Lord of Lautree Gouernour of Guienne Palisse Marshall of France Boisi his gouernour in his youth Lord Steward and Superintendant of his house with whome he ioyned Fleuremonde Robertet His dessâ—â—ins Secretarie of State With this title of King of France he tooke vppon him that of the Duke of Milan not onely as descending of the house of Orleans the true heire of that Duchie but also as comprehended in the inuestiture made by the Emperour according to the treatie of Cambraye And for that hee succeeded equally both to the Crowne and the desire his Predecessor had to recouer that goodly estate of Milan he therfore to worke it with more facilitie renued the peace made betwixt the deceased King and the King of England sending home Mary the widoâ—e of Lewis with a dowrie of threescoore thousand Crownes a yeare· who afterwards married with the Duke of Suffolke Hee also confirmed the alliance this Crowne had with the Senat of Venice The Archduke Charles sent a very honorable Ambassage to the King whereof the Earle of Nassau was the cheefe to doe him homage for the Counties of Flanders Arthois and other Lands which held of this Crowne and the which gaue great hope of a future peace betwixt these two Princes both being yong but marked for great matters to treat a marriage betwixt the said Charles and Renèe the Queenes sister who was after wife to the Duke of â—errare And for that the sayd Earle was greatly fauoured by the Prince Charles the King desirous to gratifie him caused him to marrie with the daughter of the Prince of Orange bred vp in his Court. Charles was yet vnder age but so carefully instructed by that wise Lord of Chieures of the house of Croye whome the deceased King Lewis had made choise of to gouerne him in his youth for that Philippe the father of Charles had by his testament intreated Lewis to accept the charge of his sonne that euen in his yonger yeares hee made him capable to vnderstand the affaires presenting vnto him all pacquets that came causing him to make report thereof vnto his Councell and to determine all things in his presence He did foresee that after the death of Ferdinand his grandfather by the mother the French might crosse him in his passage from Fâ—anders into Spaine holding it dangerous to stand in the midest betwixt the Kings of France and England vnited togither and not to fortâ—fie himselfe with this common alliance Moreouer his subiects of the low Countries would haue no warres with the Realme of France The King likewise desired to take from him all motiues to gouerne himselfe hereafter by the councell of his two grandfathers They therefore agreedâ— That the marriage proceeding betwixt the Archduke and Rene the King should giue him six hundred thousand Crownes and the Duchie of Berry for euer to her and to heires vppon condition she should renounce all rights of inheritance both from father and mother namely to the Duchies of Milan and Brittanie That after the death of the Catholike King the King should ayd the Archduke with men and shippes to goe and receiue his Realmes of Spaine The Arragonois demaunded a continuance of the truce but the King meaning to put out that clause Not to molest the Duchie of Milan during the truce their parle was fruitlesse The Emperour who ioyned his desseins to the councels of Ferdinand opposed against the amitie of the French The Suisses were as forward as before As for the Pope Francis desired to be freed from all bond to him that he mightt resolue for the best according to the course of his affaires To build vpon these foundations he now imployes his Captaines men at armes and the prouisions which his Predecessor had first prepared and makes his armie march with speed to Lions whether his Maiestie comes in Iuly An armie â—o all in the Duchie of 〈◊〉 hauing left the Regencie of the Realme to Louise of Sauyoe his mother The Duke of Bourbon Constable led the foreward accompanied with his brother Francis newly created Duke of Castelleraud the Marshals of Palisse and Triuulce Charles of Tremouille Prince of Talmont sonne to Lewis Vicont of Touars the Earle of Sancerre the Baron of Beard the Lords of Bonniuet Imbercourt and Teligni Seneshall of Rouergue Peter of Naurrre whome the King had drawen to his seruice giuing him his libertie without ransome commaunded six thousand Gascons and the Lords of Lorges grandfather to the late Mongomeries Pirault of Margiron Richbourg Iorteil little Lainet Onatilleu Hercules of Daulphine and Captaine Commarque euery one commaunding fiue hundred foote making foure thousand and eight or nine thousand Lansquenets led by Charles Duke of Guelders The King led the battaile followed by the Duke of Vendosme Lorraine and Albania the Earle of Saint Paul Claude of Lorraine Earle of Guise brother to the Duke of Lorraine the
fetch the Lady Marguerite Daughter to Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria who was brother to the Emperour Maximilian the 2. being fianced or made sure vnto Prince Philip of Spaine The Archduke should conduct her into Spaine to consuÌ„mate her marriage with the sayd Prince and he his with the Infanta both at once the which he did as we shall see hereafter The Archduke before his departure had written letters of the 18. of August vnto the generall Estates of the vnited Prouinces giuing them to vnderstand that he wâ—nt to marry with the Infanta with whom he should haue the Lowe Countries in dowrie The Archdâ—ke writes to the vnited Prouinces being already receiued by most part of the Prouinces for their Lord Prince That he desired nothing more then to plant a good peace in the Lowe Countries And being now apparent that the King was resolued to diuide the said Countries from Spaine thereby to take away all causes of iealousie and distrust he desired the States to call to minde that warre must once haue an end and therefore they should conforme themselues with theÌ„ of Brabant Flanders and giue eare vnto a generall peace to receiue and acknowledge him for their Prince Lord for the effecting wherof he had giuen authority to the generall Estates of his Prouinces whereof he expected their answers There were Letters also from the Prince of Orange the Duke of Arschot Letters from the Prince of Orange to Count Maurice the Marquis of Haure to Count Maurice of the like tenor perswading him to be the instrument of a good peace and to set before his eyes the honour of his house wherevnto he could neuer do better seruice seeing that all the other Prouinces had already acknowledged and receiued the sayd Arch-duke for their Lord c. To all which letters nothing was answered neyther by the States nor by Count Maurice The Emperour seeing the Estate of the Empire in danger appointed a Diet at Raâ—â—sbone A Diet at Ratis â—one sending his brother the Arch-duke Mathias thither accompanied with a number of graue and wise men Hee propounded the iust complaint of the Emperours Maiesty for the great expences he was to make aginst the enemies of Christendome That their attempts were not lesse and their threats increased dayly contynuing theiâ— barbarous cruelty so as he had no more means to make head against him much lesse to giue him battaile That the Estates of the Empire should remember the miseries of Hongary during the raigne of Mathias vnder whom it was lost and that they should prouide least the like calamities should chance for want of succors by means wherof in steed of the holy Christian faith the Turke would settle his cruell and baâ—barouâ— superstitions And that in these following yeares the Estates should furnish him 〈◊〉 twelue thousand foote and 4000. Horse that if the worst should chance the Empire might haue means to mainteine iâ— selfe if they lost a victory or to march on with their forces if they did winne it Martin Bishop of Segobia did likewise make great complaints for the Countries of Stiria Carinthia and Carniola for the which hee demanded present succors The Estates of the Empire hauing consulted some daies decreed to giue succors vnto the Stiriens and to the otâ—er people that bordered vpon the Turke onely for the â—pace of two monthes And for the rest they resolued to giue the Emperour the supply of money which he required Those of Aix la Chapelle had beene in mutiny some yeares before and had expelled the Catholike Magistrate and changed the whole Estate of the Common-weale by reason whereof at the instance of the King of Spaine by his Ambassador the Admiral of Arragon to the Emperour importuning him much to haue it reduced to the former Estate Exâ—cution of the Emperiall sentence agaâ—nst the Towne of 〈◊〉 lying so neere vnto his Countries the Emperour had made a proclamation against them with an interdiction of all succors commanding the Arch-bishop of Treues and the Duke of Iuiliers to force those rebells by armes and to reduce them to their obedience The Inhabitants being amazed seeing also Albert the Arch-duke to enter into their Countrie with his troupes and garrison of Lâ—mbourg they resolued to submit themselues by the meanes of some Senators intreating the Arch-bâ—shop of Cologne by their deputies to mediate their Peace tâ—e wâ—ich was granted them expelliâ—g the Ministers of the Confession of Ausbourg and others of the reformed relâ—gion The whâ—ch was executed the Catholike Magâ—â—â—â—ate restâ—red as bâ—fore About this time the most Christian Kâ—ng sent backe tâ—e Lord of Euzenuall into Hâ—lland to the States to continue his charge of Ambassadâ—r He aâ—sâ—red them thâ—â— as â—â—rre as his Master might preseruing the Peace hee would faâ—oâ—r them promising to repay them the money wherewith they had assisted his Maiesty dâ—â—ing the warres 〈◊〉 â—ecouered from tâ—e Turke Some yeares before the Christians had receiued a sore blowe by the losse of Iauâ—rin which the Turke had taken euen by the disloyaltie of some Christians which had betrayed it This yeare that wound was eased and almost cured by the recouery of the sayd Iauarin the which was surprised in the night by a valiant Captaine called Adolphe Schuartzbourg accompanied with the Barons of Palâ—i and Nadâ—stz two Frenchmen one being the Seigneur of Vaubacour the other called Caâ—iac who had the charge of the Petards with the which they forced a Port. They slue the Sangâ—ac of Iaâ—arin a great number of Turkes Many of them especially women cast themselues into the Riuer so perished There were 300. Ianisaries which shâ—t themselues into a Tower in the which was Powder which they set on fire and so died There happened a strange accident in the Realme of Naples a certaine woman transported with lust The loosenes of a Lady of Naples poisoned her husbaÌ„d called Appian de â—oisy Chancellor of the realme a graue learned reuerend old man abandoning her selfe to one called Talâ—isy an idle perâ—on of no qâ—ality for that she might coÌ„tinue it with more imputiny she poisoned her â—ather Alexander â—uringel a worthy knight in his CouÌ„try for that he would not consent she should marrie with her adulterer She did also poyâ—on her sister with her two Sons And in the end being miserably married to this man she grew iealous and growing bitter one against another in words they accused one another for these murthers so as they were iustly condemned and executed The King of Spaines sicknes beginning in Madril before the resignation which he made of the Low Countries to his daughters Isabella incâ—eased â—aily â—o as about the feast of Saint Iohn Baptist finding his strength to decay and somâ—times afflicted with a feuer by the torment of a gout in his hands as he had alwaies â—ad a great deuotion to his Church of Saint Laurence and a great delight in his Couâ—t of
the Empire and namely the Prince Elector of Collen with whome they desired nothing more then to entertaine al good Alliance Amitie CorrespoÌ„dencie and good Neighbourhood maintayning themselues in that sort without diminution of their Estate vntil they might once see an end whereunto they did alwaies tend and aspire euen vnto this houre The which they haue made sufficiently knowne by their resolution to restore Rhinberg vnto the sayd Prince Elector of Collen The Towne of Rhinâ—eâ—g to hold it vnder the rights of neutralitie if it had not bin preuented by the seege which the Enemy layd before it whereby hee would haue giuen some colour to his attempts with such as thâ—ough ignorance or impatiencie haue not sounded the ground of the matter The which attempts are manifest by the surprises of Townes and places and change of Religion and Gouernment whereby he did not onely aduertiâ—e Princes and Lords but plainly teach them how he meanes to intreat them and their Subiects at his first oportunity to settle the Spanish Monarchie They had seene by experience how willingly and freely sayd the States they had the last yeere at the request of the sayd Princes and States of the Empire deliuered vp diuers places which they had wrested out of the enemies hands lying within the lymits of the Empire vppon hope that the enemies would also yeeld what they held depending of the Empire as they had promised to the sayd Princes and States which deliuerie vp by them and refusall of the enemie hath beene so preiudiciall vnto them as in the end they haue beene constrayned to beseege and force the Townes of Alpen Moeurs and Berck according to the good successe which they haue had It is also manifest how they restored the Townes of Alpen and Moeurs without restitution of one penie for the charges of the Conquest and how they had offered to do as much for the Towne of Berck with a declaration of the true meanes to entertaine the lymits of the Empire in Peace if the Enemie who sought the contrary had not hindred it Which their good and sincere intention hath beene so much the more manifested for that according to the order set downe by Prince Maurice their Captaine to expell the enemies garrisons out of the Towne of Emericke they did it restored the sayd Towne vnto the right Prince wherby your Excellencies and other Princes may see the sincerity of our actions without any farther doubt or distrust But rather that you would seeke the meanes whereby the Spaniards and their adherents may be chased out of Germanie and their pretended Monarchie preuented to the end that the members and Subiects of the Empire may be freed from so great dangers troubles for the effecting wherof said the States we haue these many years done our bâ—st indeuours mind so to continue trusting that God will moue the harts of Kings Princes Potentates Commonweals States to effect imbrace their coÌ„mon defeÌ„ce ruÌ„ning al iointly to quench this fire So beseeching their ExcelleÌ„cies to take c. These IustificatioÌ„s being conferred by the Deputies with them of the Admiral they acquainted Charles Nutzel Commissioner for the Emperour therewith who gaue them to vnderstand Propositions of the Dâ—puties of VVestphalia c. That it would please the Princes Electors to consider with what care and dilligence the Emperour had sent his commaundement and letters as well to Albert the Archduke as to Andrew the Cardinall who were not yet well aduertised how things had past That to leuie an armie onely vpon the teritories of the Empire they must take good aduice and that by a Diet or Generall Assembly of all the Estates of the Empire That the Spaniards and States had mightie armies and their souldiars had beene hardened and practised in armes for these thirtie yeares That both the King of Spaine and the said States hauing had warre with other Kings and Princes and their armies defeated they haue presently renued the warres and with greater forces That for many reasons he would not aduise them to take armes presently but to stay a time and in the meane while they should require both the one and the other againe to repaire the hurt done by them in the Emperours Countrie by some friendly composition and that in the meanetime the Emperour should call an Imperiall Diet where if it should be resolued to leuie an armie to chase as well the Spaniards as the States out off the territories of the Empire that the Emperour as the soueraigne head should consent thereunto and do any thing that was befitting his charge Contrariwise the Deputies of Westphalia of base Saxony and of the vpper part of the Rhine did shew that they could not attend to any othertime to resist the Spaniards and the Admirall who contrary to the promises made by them to restore the places taken did still rauage more and more ouer the Countries of Westphalia Cleâ—es Mark and Bergh That Albert the Archduke and Andrew the Cardinall had beene aduertised of the violence of their armies and that they must resolue to repell force by force Wherupon it was decreed by the consent of the greatest part in forme of an Imperiall Edict A decree made at the Assembly of Coâ—â—lâ—nâ— That they should giue necessarie succors to the Circle of Westphalia and to the other Estates of the Empire that were beseâ—ged According vnto this Decre Henry Iules Duke of Brunswike and of Lunebourg Postulus of Halberstat and Prince Maurice Landgraue of Hesse leuied good troupes of mâ—n with that which the States of the aboue named Circles did ad vnto them all which togither made a good bodie of an armie of Germains of ten thousand foote and three thousand horse Count of â—ippe Generall of Germaine armie whereof Simon de Lippe was Captaine Generall the Earle of Hohenloo commaunded the Duke of Brunswiks troupes and Count George Euâ—rard of Solms those of the Landgraue of Hesse And for Generall of the Artillerie they had Oliuer de Timpel Lord of Cruybeke This armie being on foote the Spaniards left their lodging about the end of Aprill in the quarters of Westphalia and Munster the which they had made very desolate and came and planted themselues along the Rhine about the Townes of Emeric and Rees And afterwards as the sayd armie approched hauing stayed to beseege the fort of Walsom right against the Towne of of Rhinberk vppon the riuers side which the Germaines did take in the end they continued almost two moneths vnprofitably in that quarter and neuer aduanced to the great discontentment of the said Princes of Brunswike and Hesse and of their Lieutenants In the end the Count of Lippe marching downe the Rhine on the same side the Admirall of Arragon retyred his Spaniards out off Emeric the 7. of May remouing his bridge which he had vpon the Rhine and placing it lower before the Towne of Rees After he had wel manned the said Towne with a
put the principall authors thereof to death as the ringleaders of rebellion Gillon entertaines this aduise he puts them to death that were the instruments of Chilperiâ—s disgrace And so with one stone giues two stroakes He take them away that might frustrate his desseine and disposeth the Frenchmens hearts to desire their ancient King And thus he makes the way for Chilperics returne by a very happie dexteritie and the â—â—ent was answerable Gillon hauing put these aforenamed to death became very odious to the French Guyemans abandons Gillon and cunningly embraceth this occasion in fauour of Chilperic He blames the French for their lightnes to haue expelled their naturall Lord and reciued a stranger farre more insupportable Chilperic called home chasticed by affliction Thus he makes them resolue to call home Chilperic who vnderstanding their desire and seeing the peece of gold the token of his returne sent by his faithfull friend returnes confidently into France he is receiued by the French and by their ayd forceth Gillon to resigne him the place and to retire himselfe to Soissons Such was the first part of Chilprics life The last was of another temper for being taught by himselfe he was so addicted to do good as he got the good will of the French of whome he was beloued honoured and obeyed all the rest of his life So as to good minds capable of reason affliction serues as a chastisement and not for a ruine for an instruction and not a destruction Hee did fight happily against Odoacre King of the Saxons subdued the Germans woon a great couÌ„try along the Rhin He added to this State the Country of Aniou hauing forced the citie of Angiers and to make absolute his happines hee had one sonne who augmented and assured his Realme They only obserue one notable error committed after his returne in taking Basine to wife being the wife of Basin King of Turinge who had courteously entertained him in his distresse violating the sacred lawes of hospitalitie suffering himselfe to be abused with the loue of a woman 585. accounted a witch for they say this woman who had forsaken her husband for him was a witch causing him to see a vision the first night of their vnlawfull marriage the which did represent the state of the succeeding kingdome by lions vnicornes leopards the which appeared fiâ—stin this visioÌ„ then by beares and wolues And lastly by cattes dogges and other small beasts the which did teare one another in sunder You must pardon these fables of antiquity bred as it seemes long after by the which she would represent the estate of the three races according to their diuerse occurrents Chilperic hauing liued thus and raigned thirtie yeares he left Clouis his sonne for successor and heire of one of the goodliest and bewtifullest pyllers of the French Monarchie as shall appeare by the following discourse CLOVIS the 1. the 5. King of France and the first Christian King CLOVIS .5 KING OF FRANCE CLOVIS succeding his father Chilperic was installed in the Royaltie by the French according to their ancient custome borne vpon a target in open assembly Hee began to reigne the yeare 485. and raigned thirtie yeares Hee had scarse atteyned to the age of fifteene yeares when as he mounted to the royall throne A yong man of great hope borne for the stablishment of this monarchie His forefathers had layed the foundation but he did build vpon these goodly beginings with so great valour wisedome and good fortune as he is to be held for one of the greatest Architects of this estate hauing had the honour to be the first King of France that receiued the Christian religion the greatest beautie of this Crowne and a priuilege so carefully planted by his successors as they haue purchased the title of most Christian as a marke of their chiefest greatnesse The progresse of the Historie will shew both his vertues and vices But at this entrie his mind being guided to so great a worke whereunto the wise prouidence of almightie God had appointed him fortifies it selfe the first fiue yeares of his raigne 485. being the time of his apprentiship before he vndertooke any thing the which hee did manage so discreetly embracing all occasions that were offered as in the end hee thought himselfe able to subdue all Gaule if God had not stayed the ambitious course of his vnmeasurable desires to shew vnto great personages that hee reserues a Soueraigne prerogatiue ouer all their enterprises We haue saâ—d before that in the dissipation of the Empire the Gaules had many vsurpers Bourguignons Goths and Frenchmen the Romaines had the least part for hardly could they keepe Soissons Compiegne Senlis and other small townes thereabouts The Bourguignons enioyed a great countrie the two Bourgongnes the Duchie and the Earledome Sauoy Lyonnois Forests Beauiolois Daulphiné and Prouence Arles being the Metropolitane Citty of the Realme The Goths possessed all Gaule Narbonnoise to the which they gaue the name and all Guyenne with the appertenances The French had the best part from the Rhin vnto Loire imbracing all the richâ— Prouinces of the Lowe countries vnto the Ocean the countries of Heyâ—ault Cambresie Picardie Normandie the Iâ—le oâ— France Maine Anâ—ou Touraine Vandomois the prouince of Orleans Beausse Hurepois GastiÌ„nois Sologne Berry and the neighbour countries although these great and large territories had particular Lords amongst the which the King was acknowledged for Soueraigne Such was the state of Gaule when as Clouis vndertooke the helme of this French monarchie To become absolute Maister of this goodly country which was set to sale to the mightiest he begins with the weakest the neerest Clouis aspireâ— to the Monarchie of all Gaule and him with whom hee had the most apparent shew of quarrell which was the Romane who held nothing of this great name but the shâ—w and pride in a weaknesse altogether contemptible Siagrius sonne to that Gyles of whom we haue spoken commanded at Soissons for the Romans Clouis had an hereditarie quarrell against him hauing sought to vsurpe his estate irreconciliable quarrels among Princes Hauing so goodly a shew to demand reason for so notable a wrong he dâ—fies him They assemble their forces Clouis calleâ— to his aide Ragnachaire the petty King of Cambray and Chararic of Amyens the first assists him the other excuseth being desirous to keepe the stakes and to be a looker on The first rooting 〈◊〉 of the Romaines and then to ioyne with the stronger Siagrius is ouercome in battell In this ouerthrow he leaâ—es his estate to Clouis and flies to Alaric King of the Goths being at Tholouse Clouis not content with Siagrius goods demands his person of Alaric and obtaines it Siagrius is sent vnto him his hands and feet bound Hauing him in his power he makes him taste the griefe of his misery reproching him that he had basely lost his gouernment deserued capitall punishâ—ent and so he cuts off his head afterwards he suppressed Chararic
shewed how farre the election of our Kings extend euen in this first race But to conceiue well the diuerse occurrents of this reigne wee must remember that Clotaire the 1. had 4. sons Cherebert king of Paris who is reckoned the 8. King of France and died without children Sigebert King of Metz slaine by Fredegonde and Gontran King of Orleans who suruiued all his brethren a good and a wise Prince and died without children Sigebert King of Metz left for heire Childebert his sonne with his wife Brâ—nehault a subtile and a wicked woman This ground being laid I will returne to the course of my historie Gontran Kâ—ng of Orleans vnckle by the father to this yong King was his nearest and most assured kinsman so as by a generall consent of all the French he was called to be Regent of the King and realme And now they talked of an assemblie Notable subtletie of a woman Fredegonde flying the light and libertie of publique assemblies â—earing not onely to be reiected from the gouernment but to be accused for the murther of her husband preuents the States from the calling of Gontran the first Prince of the bloud and the kings vnckle as they should haue done if leisure had suffered them to assemble and to speake in an vnited bodie with publike authoritie Thus shee gaines time beseeching the cheefe of the Councell to prouide for the Conuocation of the Estates and in the meane time to giue order that Gontran may come to Paris both to informe of the execrable murther and also to take vppon him the charge of her sonne and the gouernment of the common weale This discourse was far from her thoughts but shee supposed to make an euasion by this goodly shew And in the meane time shee practised to kill Gontran Shee did write vnto him in all humilitie holding him as a father to the King her sonne and the support of her widowhood Gontran foreseeing the pollicie of Fredegonde prouided so wisely that being arriued at Paris he was receiued by a generall consent Regent of the Realme He made no shew of discontent to Fredegonde who notwithstanding hauing a guiltie conscience packs vp her baggage being readie to flie vppon the least shew that Gontran would call her into question But it was not his meaning his onely proiect was to bring vp his yong nephew and to preserue him in his realme wherein hee was borne supposing this mild manner of proceeding to bee the best both for the King and the Realme Thus without any alteration he wisely dissembles all the actions of Fredegonde hee respects her as the Kings mother and imployes her in the education of her son And knowing how much the presence of the Prince workes in the subiects to haue him acknowleged for King He makes a progresse throughout the Realme leading with him this yong infant with the mother receiuing in all places the oth of fidelitie and obedience Being returned to Paris he giues him in gard to the mother and applyed himselfe wholy to the gouernment of the Realme As the affaires were managed with this good order two great difficulties crosse Gontran almost at one instant for Childebert King of of Metz iealous of his vnckles Authoritie requires to be associated in the Regencie the which he pretended to appertaine vnto him with the same right it did to Gontran and Fredegonde for the punishing of whome hee complayned much both of the foulenesse of the fact which should not remaine vnpunished and of Gontrans sufferance which was too palpable For the which Gontran prouided stopping Childeberts entrance into Paris and causing Fredegonde to retire herselfe quietly to Rouan by reason of the peoples hatred reuiued by Childeberts complaint And for that hee would not seeme to haue altogither neglected the punishing of Chilperics murther he caused information to be made against a Chamberlaine of the Kings called Cherulphe who being found guiltie he caused him to be slaine in the Temple whether hee was fled And so proceeded no farther in this search least Fredegonde should be found too farre ingaged Besides this crosse there happened a second for one named Gondeuault hauing termed himselfe a long time to bee the sonne of the great Clotaire An imaginarie King and kept in a Cloyster in the end he escaped and was openly maintained by Childebert who sought but a colour of trouble and innouation He is followed by a parte of the Nobilitie and Clergie and seizeth on many good Townes in Guienne And hauing written his letters to all the Prouinces hee carries himselfe for lawfull heire of the Realme with better right said hee then this yong child the sonne of a strumpet And by consequence a doubtfull heire to the Crowne That which was most to be feared in this newe accident 592 was the spirit and force of Childebert but Gontran preuented it with iudgement For seeing himselfe olde and without Children and knowing his Nephewes humour hee doth institute him his heir and by that meanes makes him to abandon Gondeuault So this supposed King left by Childebert was soone abandoned by all the rest and by them was deliuered into the hands of Gontran who presently put him to death And hauing assembled the Clergy of the realme hee caused the Bishoppes to bee condemned who had so rashely followed the frensie of this bold Impostor Gontran hauing with such dexterity preuented these daungerous difficulties and performed those good turnes to the King his Nephewe in his infancie he retires himselfe to Chaalons where soone after he died without Children leauing his estate to Childebert and the realme of his poore pupill who had scarse attayned the age of ten yeares to the mercy of the waues tempesâ—ts of all sorts of miseries incident vnto states Gontran was no sooner dead but the ambitious desire of Childebert A king in his cradle a Conquerour growne great by the new estates of Orleans and Bourgongne inflamed him against young Clotaire conceiuing an assured victory in his ouerweeâ—ing brayne imagining soone to suppresse a yong Childe and a woman ill beloued But the God of victories had otherwise disposed for Childebert hauing brought a mighty army to field and entred into the heart of France behold Fredegonde armed with more then a manly courage and wisdome encounters him with an other army beeing fortified more by her exhortations and the presence of the yong King whome shee shewed openly to the French then by the number of men of warre The battell was giuen and the imagined Conquerour was vanquished by a Childe and a woman beeing surprised with so happie a celeâ—itie by Fredegonde as he could hardly beleeue she had beene parted from Paris when as he sees his whole army defeated He lost in this conflict 20000. men his honour and his life for hauing recouered his Country with much ado hee died of melancholy leauing a memorable example to Princes neuer to attempt a warre to take from another without iust occasion He left two
of grace 920. the Empire being then very weake After Conrad was chosen Henry the â—ouler Duke of Saxony and after him his sonne Otho Princes adorned with great singular vertues fit for the time to preserue the West for the East did runne headlong to her ruine so as since Nicephorus who liued in the time of Charlemagne they did not esteeme them but held them as abiects in regard of those great Emperours which had liued before them namely Michel Curopalates Leo Armenien Michel the stamering Conâ—usion in the East the two Theophiles father son Basiâ—e the Macedonien Leo the Philosopher Alexander Constantine a Romaine all which had nothing of the Romaine but the name Thus this poore sicke bodie languished being torne in peeces by the infamies of these men either of no valour or altogither wicked attending the last blow by the hand of the Mahomeâ—ans whose power they fortified by their vitious liues vntill they had lodged them vpon their owne heads A notable spectacle of Gods iust iudgement who dishonours them that dishonour him In the Church and expells them from their houses that banish him from their hearts In these confusions of State the Pope of Romes power increased daily by the ruines of the Empire who thrust himselfe into credit among Christians by many occurrents Their desseins was to build a Monarchie in the Church by authoritie power Seigneuries ciuil Iurisdictions armes reuenues and treasor being growne to that greatnes as afterwards they sought to prescribe lawes to Emperours and Kings who refusing it and disputing vpon this primacie many dissentions grew among them and so were dispersed among the people This is the summe of all that shall be discoursed in the future ages in Christendome wherein we shall view the the sea of Rome the Empire and the kingdome I treat but of matters of State 929. wherevnto the subiect and the order of our desseine doth tie me to report by degrees so long and so obscure a discourse of those ages plonged in darkenesse Plantina the Popes Secretary reports a very notable accident happened at Rome in those times a yong maide loued by a learned man these are his words came with him to Athenes attyred like a boy In vita Ioannis octaus and there profited so well in knowledge and learning as being come to Rome there were fewe equall vnto her in the Scriptures neyther did any one exceede her in knowledge so as she had gotten so great reputation as after the death of Pope Leo she was created Pope by a generall consent was called Iohn the eight But it chanced that hauing crept too neere to one of her gromes shee grewe with child the which she did carefully conceale But as she went to the Basilique of S. Iohn de Lateran betwixt the Colises and S. Clement she fell in labour Pope Ioan deliuered of a Child in the open streete and was deliuered of this stolne birth in a sollemne procession in view of all the people And in detestation of so fowle a fact a piller was erected where this profane person died So without flattering the truth not the Empire alone went to wrack but also the realme and the Church being in those daies full of confusions in which they fell from one mischiefe to an other by the barbarous ignorance of all good things both in the State and Church as the wise and vnpassionate reader may obserue in the continuance of the history plainly described But let vs returne from the Empire and sea of Rome to France Wee haue sayd that when Charles the simple was first imprisoned the Queene Ogina his wife had carried her sonne Lewis into England to Aldestan the King her brother She had patiently suffred all during the furious raigne of Raoul the vsurper while the experience of diuers masters did ripen the French-mens discontents to make them wish for their lawfull Lord. After the death of Raoul Aldestan King of England hauing drawne vnto him Willam Duke of Normandie the sonne of Rhou sends a very honorable Ambassage to the States of France intreating them to restore his Nephewe Lewis to his lawfull and hereditary dignity The French wish it so as without any difficulty Lewis the sonne of Charles was called home by the Estates of France whether he was accompanied with a great troupe of English-men and Normans as the shewe of a goodly army which might seeme to force them to that which they willingly yeelded vnto LEWIS the 4. surnamed from beyond the seas 33. kâ—ng LEWES .4 KING OF FRANCE XXXIII 935. LEWIS returnes into France hauing remayned nine yeares or thereaboutes in England surnamed D'outremer or from beyond the seas by reason of his stay there He beganne to raigne in the yeare 935. and raigned 27. yeares A disloyall and vnfortunate Prince hauing made no vse of his afflictions 〈…〉 disloyaâ—â—â—rince vnworthy the bloud of Charlemagne And thus their ruine aduanced by the default of men the which God held back by his patience He fouÌ„d the Estate of his realme like vnto one that returnes to his houâ—e after a long and dangerous nauigation He was receiued with great ioye of all men Those which had beene most opposite vnto him made greatest shewes of faithfull and affectionate seruice to insinuate into his fauour Amongest the rest William Duke of Normandy but especially Hugâ—es the great Maior of the Pallace whome wee haue already noted as the sonne of Robert the chiefe of the said League Hee had imployed all his meanes for the calling home of Lewis into France and at his returne he spared nothing to confirme his authority This was the meanes to â—ay the foundation of a greater authority for his successors They must begin the newe gouernment of this Prince with a wife to haue lawfull issue The Emperours allyance was very needefull Otâ—o heâ—d the â—mperiall dignity being the sonne of Henry the fowler Duke of Saxony â—ewis marrieth one of the Emperors sisters 〈◊〉 â—ather to Hâ—gh Caâ—et marriâ—th an other He had two sisters Heâ—bergue and Auoye King Lewis marrieth the eldest and in signe of brotherly loue he motioned the marriage of the youngest with Hugues the great Lewis had two sonnes by Herbergue Lothaire who succeeded him to the Crowne of France and Charles who shal be Duke of Lorraine and contend for the Crowne but shall loose it Hugues the great was more happy then Lewis for of the yongest hee had Hugh Capet who shall take their place and ascend the royall throne to settle the French Monarchie 937. shaken much in the confusions of these Kings vnworthy to raigne or beare any rule And of the same marriage Hugues had Otho and Henry both Dukes of Bourgongne one after another Behold now vpon the Stage two great and wise personages the King and his Maior whom we may call a second King they striue to circumuent each other the which their actions will discouer but man cannot preuent that on earth
declared capable to gouerne the estate alone be freed from Tutors But oh the weakenes of mans wisedom he did not foresee that his son should be ill gouerned by his Tutors in his minority that the age of 14. should not free him from Tutors and that euen his sonne coming to mans estate should giue more scope to the ambition of his owne vncles more worthily to be called murtherers then tutors then his weakest youth had done He had a Fistula in one arme by the which those ill humors were drawne away which grewe by poison and gaue him great ease when it did run It chanced this Fistula stopt and then his maladie encreased much Charles resoluing by this sharpe alarum to go the common way of all flesh calls for his three Bretheren Lewis Iohn and Philip and hauing recommended his children and subiects vnto them he giues them particular aduise for the gouernment of the Realme leaâ—ing the custody of his sonne and the Regency of the Realme vnto them He died the 16. of September .1380 in the Castle of Beauty seated vpon the Riuer of Marne He commaunded that Oliuer of Clisson should be Constable hauing commended his fidelity and sufficiency and that they should carefully preserue the amity of Germany Thus died Charles the wise wonderfully beloued and lamented of his subiects leauing his Realme in good estate Charles dies after so horrible a desolation And although the confusions passed had wonderfully impouerished the subiects and wasted the Kings Treasor neyther was his raigne free from warre yet did he leaue the Prouinces of his Realme very wealthy and an infinite tresor in his cofers although he had built the Louure S. Germaine in Laye Montargis Creill the Celestures and some other Churches Of such power is good husbandry in this realme as in riches it yeelds not to the treasors of Peru not in â—eâ—tility to any country vnder heauen to subsist amidst so many storms and to be presently restored by good husbandry An example for Princes to imitate and not to despaire in like confusions but to hope for all that may be wished for in the restoring of an estate by paâ—ience and dexteâ—ity vertues proper to our wise Charles A Prince so much the more praise worthy hauing preserued this Estate when it seemed lost His dispositioÌ„ religious wise modest patient stirring and stayed when need required able to entertaine euery man according to his humor hauing by these vertues wonne a great reputation both within and without the Realme and honourable to his posterity as he to haue saued France from shipwracke He loued leaâ—ning and learned men Nicholas Oresme was his schoolemaister whom hee honoured with great preferments He caused the bible to be translated into French imitating S. Lewis I have seene the originall in the Kings lodging at the Louure signed by King Charles and his Brother the Duke of Berry A goodly obseruation of the auntient simplicity of those royall characters I haue likewise seene a Manuscript of the translation made by the commaundement of S. Lewis He delighted in the reading of the holy Scâ—iptuâ—e Phâ—losophy hauing likewise caused the Eâ—hicâ—s and Politicks of Aristotle with many bookes of Tully to be translated into French The fauâ—ut he shewed to learned men stirred vp many good witts who began to draw the Muses from their graues both in France and Italy The History doth paâ—ticulaâ—ly note that he did often vâ—sit his Coâ—rt of Parliament and his chamber of accompts gaue audience vnto sutors read their petâ—tions and heard theâ—r complaints and reasons imploying some dayes of the weeke euen in his greatest affaires to do those fatherly and royall workes of Iustice. He tooke greaâ— delight to aduance his houshold seruants giuing them meanes secretly and without the pâ—iuity of any to instâ—uct their sonnes and to marâ—ie their daughters A testimonâ—e of a good conscience and of a wise man This bond of loyaltie could haue no better foundation then in transpoâ—ting it from the Father to the sonne nor almes be better imploied then from the maister to the seruant Royall vertues and worthy of eternall memory But alas what shal be the successe of this bounty and wisedome The raigne oâ— his sonne Charles shâ—lbe most miserable 〈◊〉 hath done the part of a good Brother of a good master a good Father and a good 〈◊〉 but God the Soueraigne of Kings had limited the euents of his cares To â—each vs 〈◊〉 a notable example That vnlesse the Lord build the house the worke men lâ—bour but â—n vaine if the Lord keepe not the citty the watchman watcâ—eth but in vaine for an eternal maxime of â—â—uernement and state ConsideratioÌ„s worthy to be obserued by Princes Whosoeuer glories let him glory in the Lord. But vertues are noâ— herâ—dâ—â—ie Iohn not very wise begat Charles a wise and happy Prince and he begets a frantâ—ke man vnhappy both in youth and age We may on the other side oppose other considerations very disputable Profit aduised him to marry the heire of Flanders not onely to pacifie that country but also to inlarge his owne dominions adding therevnto that great and rich estate of Flanders from whence so many mischiefes haue sprong to France but his delight made him preferre the fayre before the rich Moreouer the rules of State did not permit him so to aduance his brother making him in a manner equal to himselfe in power the which must needes be the cause of many inconueniences as it after happened The cause of his brother Philip Duke of Bourgongne is ordered by the same rule for who can with reason mislike that Charles giues a portion to his brother by his fathers will and that in the rich marryage of a Prince his vassall and of a neere estate whereby his realme was dayly annoyed he preferres his brother before his capitall enemy But God had reserued the honour to himselfe Bourgongne since Robert the Grandchild of Hugh Capet had beene successiuely in the power of Princes who had alwayes done faithfull seruice to the crowne and now it shal be a scouâ—ge vnto it yet in the ende it shal be vnited vnto the crowne againe and taken from such as had abused it Experience doth teach that in matters of State the ende is not alwayes answerable to the beginning nor the successe to the desseine to the ende that Princes may depend of him who is greater then themselues who hath made them and can marre them without whom they cannot do any thing Behold the life death race raigne and manners of Charles the 5. called the wise But before we enter into the troublesome raigne of Charles the 6. The Estate of the empire Let vs obserue the estate of the Empire and of the Church We haue saide that Charles the sonne of Iohn King of Bohemia had beene chosen Emperour and called Charles the 4. Hee held the Empire 32. yeares beginning in the yeare 1350. So the raignes of Iohn and Charles
people and shuttes himselfe into his Castell They enter Bruges The Gantois following and killing them that fled enter pel mel and seized vpon the gates Arteuille hauing speedily prouided for the guard thereof the Gantois being victorers disperse themselues through out the Cittie crying against the vanquished The Cittie is wonne and proclaimed for the good Cittizens Libertie killing all such as they found to fauour the Earle searching all houses for his seruants and commanding to spare the good Cittizens The Earle foreseeing by this brute that the enemy would presently pursue him he sodenly leaues his riche attire and takes the simplest of one of his gromes and so forsakes the Castell to seeke some corner to hide his head in He was scarse gone out but his Castell was beset and easily taken and spoiled whilest that he saues himselfe in a poore womans house The Earle hides himselfe where in her sillie cottage she had onely one roome beneath and aboue a gatret to the which they mounted by a ladder The Earle creepes into this cabbin and the woman hides him in the bed-strawe where her children did lie and comming downe tooke away the ladder The Gantois hauing made search in euery corner for the Earle they came to the house where the Earle was and searching it they went vp to the place where hee laye hidden The Earle of Flandâ—rs in great peâ—plexâ—â—e He that could haue read the secrets of this poore Princes heart in this amazement should haue seene a remorse of conscience for that he had not intreated his subiects with more mildnesse Being thus freed hee creepes out of this cottage and gettes forth of the Towne being alone and on foote running from bush to bush and from ditche to ditche fearing euery one that passed when as behold lying hidden in a Ditch he discouers a houshold seruant of his owne named Robert Marshall who takes him vp on horse-backe behind him and in this order he recouers Lisle This vnexpected successe bred new desseignes in the frantick braine of this Tribune and of this furious multitude who should haue beene satisfied to haue auoyded shipwracke The error of the Gantois and returning to their houses should haue fallen to their vsuall trades and haue vsed this profitable successe to good purpose and made their peace with their lawfull Lord being sufficiently chastised But vanitie thrusts them on and the certaintie of Gods threats shewed it selfe in the following punishment to teach vs That man hath but the miseriâ— which he seekes by his owne folly A generall lesson for great and small both for men families and States Arteuille with his Gantois hauing glutted themselues with the sacke and blood of such as were any way affected to the Earle hauing spoyled his Castle and left it desolate beaten downe the gates of Bruges and filled vp the ditches From thence they goe to conquer the other citties of Flanders where he conceiued a newe Empire Presently all obey him Ypre Dam Bergues Bourlbourg Furnes Scluse Pourprigné Courtray and the lesser townes Andenard resists It is presently besieged At the brute of this sucesse all Flanders flies thither so as in few daies there were aboue a hundred thousand men assembled before the towne All Flanders reuolts and ioynes with the Gantois The Earle amazed with so violent a reuolt of all his subiects hath recourse to his son-in-law Philip Duke of Bourgongne that by his meanes hee might bee relieued from the King although he were more affected to the English then French hauing beene too much respected by our Kings A proud Prince he was in prosperity and too much deâ—ected in aduersity The Regent and the Councell refused to venture the King with this man in so dangerous a cause but two reasons moued the King thereunto and made him ouerrule both the Duke of Aniou his Vncle and his whole councell by the perswasions of the Duke of Bourgongne King Charles succoâ—s the Earâ—e oâ— Flanâ—â—â—â— contrarie to he aduice of the Regent and Councel The one was Arteuille himselfe who during the siege of Andenard not content to haue ruined the Noblemens houses of the Country had made some roades vpon the frontiers of France The other was King Charles dreamed that he was mounted vppon a flying hart which carried him gently through the ayre and a Heron vnder him which did beat downe all other birds came then flying to his fist and the Hart brought him to the place from whence he carryed him to his great content Arteuille to auoide this storme fortâ—fies the passages into Flanders especially Pont du Lis neere to Comines The french surprise this passage cunningly hauing patiently attended all night in the miery fenne vp to the ancles expecting the commoditie of the passage there As the King conceiued a delight to report this dreame 1382. as presage of some good successe so the Duke of Bourgongne labored to drawe him into Flanders The King vpon these motiues doth presently leuie an armie and goes to field Arteuille to auoide this storme fortefies the passages of Flanders especially Pont du Lis neere vnto Comines The French surprise this passage politikly hauing attended all night in the dirty maâ—â—sh vp to the ancles expecting the comoditie of the passage Their patience was the more comendable for that it was in the depth of a sharpe winter in December Comines and Veâ—rain being taken sackt and burnt the Towne of Ypre killes their gouernor who wold not suffer them to obey the King and yeeld themselues paying fortie thousand fraâ—ks for a composition By their example Cassel Bergues Bourlbourg Grauelin Furnes Dunkerke Fourprigné Tourront Vaillant Messine other neighbour Townes resolue to seaze vpon their Gouernors being Gantois and to send them bound hands and feete vnto the King as testimonie that they had yeelded vpon force Charles receiues the Townes to mercie and cuts off the heads of these vnlawful Gouernors Arteuille fearing the reuolt of other Citties The Townes of Flandâ—rs seaze vpon their Gouernors and send them to the King and that his forces which were great would fall from him resolues to preuent Charles and to force him to fight promising himselfe the like successe as he had against the Earle before Bruges With this resolution he chargeth the French army betwixt Courtray and Rosebecque vpon the Mount of gold but hee â—ound an alteration The Gantois charge ouâ— foreward like furious beasts which at the first shocke did somewhat amaze them they recoyling a little but without any disorder yet supported by the Battaile and rereward they breath and all togither charge this multitude with so great a furie as all are put to flight are cut in peeces or taken with a strange disorder They number aboue threescore thousand men slaine and an infinite number of prisoners taken after the Nobilitie had glutted their choller vpon this seditious rable The Flemings ouercome by Charles and threescore thousand slaine who had made rebellion a
realme The King followed accompanied with the Dukes of Berry Bourgongne and Bourbon his Vncles and the Dukes of Lorraine and Bar he lodgeth at Blandelle two leagues from Cassell with an intent to charge the English who presently leaue the seege of Ypre Cassel and Grauelins and retyer to Bergues where Charles presently beseegeth them The English demande a parle with the Duke of Brittain they put him in minde of the benefits he had receiued from their nation Charles makes a truce with the English and demande requitall in this occurrent The Duke of Lancaster remaines at Calais by reason of his weakenesse the English Captaines requier respit to vnderstand his pleasure In the ende the King receiues them vpon honest conditions to depart with bagge and baggage and to leaue Flanders the which they performe Being returned into England they are accused to haue sold the Earldome of Flanders to the French so as by Richards commands they are beheaded The Gantois made a dutifull answere and promised obedience and loyaltie to the King A Truce was concluded for one yeare with the English by meanes of the Duke of Lancaster for King Richard and the Duke of Berry for our King Charles Such was the issue of this sodaine voyage of Flanders being a meanes to settle a businesse of a deeper consultation and more dangerous consequence seeing it concerned not onely the heart but the whole body of the Staâ—e They sought how to suppresse the sedition which was apparently bred in Paris and by their example in many great citties of the Realme To this ende Charles vpon his returne from this voyage stayed at S Denis with his vncles the Constable Chancelour and his whole Councell they were all troubled to resolue in so important a cause for what should they do To punish the poore people â—yred with the warres threatened with losses halfe dead by the feeling of so great calamities that were to beat one lying sicke in his bed for his waywardnesse The King consults what course to take 〈◊〉 the mutineus 〈◊〉 and not to cure him of the paine which is the cause thereof It were a meanes to driue him to dâ—â—paiâ—e to apply a remedye worse then the disease And not to punish them would argue â—eaâ—e and make them grow more proud and insolent a means to animate them to all impuâ—â—ty and to lay the way open to a disordered rebellion But the last aduice preuailed beeing well verified that since the paiment of the sine the Parisiens were growne worse and more bitter hauing had conference with the 〈◊〉 audacious mutines and the right artisans of rebellion holding it a vertue to play the madde men against their naturall Lords and also had so farre abused the Kings bountie as they had presumed to sollicit the best Citties of the Realme to the like disorder It did greatly import for the good of the Kings seruice and of the State that such phrensies should be suppressed by an exemplarie punishment done vpon the chiefe authors Iohn de Marais was verie deepe ingaged in these tumults and the more dangerously for that he cast the stone and withdrewe his arme and making a shewe of seruice to the King he fed the people in these madde humours very torches of sedition vnder a colour of the Common weale for who can beleeue they would put so famous a person to death without some â—ust cause I knowe they write diuersly and euery man hath his iudgement â—râ—e yet is it not true not likely that in pardoning a whole multitude offending they would punish him in whome there were no shewe of offence If hee were not culpable at the least he was accused of that which was the subiect of a publike condemnation Charles being aduised to punish the Parisiens for the insolencies they had comitted in hâ—s pâ—cience caused his armie to lodge about the Cittie and on a certen day he sends for the Prouost of Marchants the Sheriffs who come vnto him to Saint Denis with a countenance full of humility and shewe of amendment The King gaue them to vnderstand by Peter Orgemont his Chanceller that he ment to goe to his Cittie of Paris to punish the rebells and seditions who had not respected his presence The Prouost makes answere That the whole bodie of the Cittie was wonderfully greeued for that which had beene committed by men in despaire worthy to be seuerely punished but the good Cittizens had no comunity with these rascalls and that the whole Citâ—ie was readie to do him faithfull seruice There were many about the King which made all odious that concerned the Parisiens but Charles made them no other answer but that he would be soone at Paris The King enters Paris with his army and doe what reason and the dutie of a good King required He causeth his foreward to march led by the Constable Clisson and the Marâ—shall of Sancerre who seaze vpon the gates the which they found open without any gards The King accompained with the Dukes of Berry Bourgongne and Bourbon with other Lords of his Councell and an infinit number of Noblemen and Gentlemen in great shewe terrible to the people marcheth into the Cittie Being come to Saint Denis gate he causeth the barres to bee beaten downe The Prouost of Marchants the Sheriffs with the chiefe Inhabitants of the Cittie carrying the keys beseech the King to giue them audience hee denyeth them and passeth on to the house of Saint Pol but the army is dispersed throughout all the quarters of the Citty Presently they take away all the chaines and send them to Bois de Vincennes 1385. They search all houses for armes the which are instantly carried to the Louure and the Bastile The Dukes of Berry and Bourgongne with the Prouost and his Archers go throughout the citty causing 300. of the most seditious to be apprehended The next day many heads were stroke off at the Halles amongst the rest that of Iohn de Marais Iohn de Marais a fâ—mous aduocate with many others executed whoÌ„ al men had heard of late discours so eloquently with admiratioÌ„ being held for the Oracle of France These executions were done by fits with such a shewe of grauitie as the seat of Iustice did more terrifie then the executioners arme vpon the scaffold A whole day was spent in these slowe proceedings the citty gates being kept so straitly as no man might issue forth houses and shops were shut vp with so great a silence as if all had beene dead euery man being hidden in his house or else so amazed as he durst not looke into the streets The vniuersity which then was in great credit with the King becommeth sutor for the people and beseecheth him not to include the Innocent with the culpable The King answereth coldly that he would aduise what to do willing them to retyre In the meane time a great Scaffold is made on the highest staire of the Pallace before the great image of Philip
for their deliuery changed the face of our affaires and dismaied the enemies And to conclude by a miraculous meanes gaue a happy successe both to our King and Realme and this was the 〈◊〉 A young Maiden named Ioane of Arâ— borne in a village vppon the Marches of Barre called Domremy neere to Vaucouleurs of the age of eighteene or twenty yeares issued from base parents her father was named Iames of Arc Ioane the virguâ— and her mother Isabell poore Country folkes who had brought her vp to keepe their cattell shee said with great boldnesse That she had a reuelation howe to succour the King how he might be able to chase the English from Orleans and after that to cause the King to bee crowned at Rheims and to put him fully and wholy in possession of his Realme After shee had deliuered this to her Father Mother and their neighbours she presumed to go to the Lord of Baudricourt Prouost of Vaucouleurs she boldly deliuered vnto him after an extraordinary manner all these great misteries as much wished for by all men as not hoped for especially comming from the mouth of a poore country maide whom they might with more reason beleeue to be possessed by some melancholy humour then diuinely inspired beeing the instrument of so many excellent remedies in so desperate a season After the vaine striuings of so great and famous personages At the first he mocked her and reproued her but hauing heard her with more patience and iudging by her temperate discourse and modest countenance that she spake not idlely in the ende he resolues to present her to the King for his discharge So she arriues at Chinon the 6. daye of May attyred like a man The disposition of Ioane She had a modest countenance sweet ciuill and resolute her discourse was temperate resonable and retyred her actions cold shewing great chastity Hauing spoken to the King or Noblemen with whom she was to negociate Shee presently retired to her lodging with an olde woman that guided her without vanitie affectation babling or courtly lightnesse These are the maÌ„ners which the Original attributs vnto her The matter was found ridiculous both by the King and his counsell yet must they make some triall The King takes vpon him the habit of a countriaman to be disguised this maide being brought into the Chamber goes directly to the King in this attire salutes him with so modest a countenance as if shee had beene bred vp in Court all her life They telling her that shee was mistaken shee assured them it was the King although she had neuer seene him She beginnes to deliuer vnto him this new charge which she saies she had receiued from the God of heauen so as shee turned the eyes and mindes of all men vpon her This matter being referred to counsell it was concluded they should take the aduise of diuines They answer that in desperate diseases the prouidence of God doth commonly raise vp extraordinary remedies and imployes women when as men grow faint hearted as in the afflictions of Israell he hath mightily vsed Debora and Abigail The one to teach the people the other to kill a furious tyrant and Iudith which 〈◊〉 that great tyrant in the middest of his army So as necessity which made them to seeke all sorts of remedies caused the King to try if this maide spake trueth but without the hazard of any thing This Ioane holden for a prophetisse by many is reported by Girrard called Lord of Haillin Ioane held to be an impostor or mad and sundâ—y other French writers plainely said to haue bin induced to this imposture by three Noblemen who had incited hir thereto and layed that plot onely to encourage King Charles to battaile dispayring of his state She is armed and sent to Orleans She desires of the Kâ—ng that she may be conducted to Orleans to begin the worke which she said she had in charge A sword remaining in Touraine in a place called S. Katherine of Fierebois was brought vnto her to bee armed therewith They gaue her armes and horse with a sufficient troupe to enter the Citty Lewis of Cullent Admâ—ral of France and Iames of Rieux Marshall had charge to accompany her with some victualls to the besieged and to haue a care that all should bee wisely carried without hazard She prepares her colours being armed at all points she went to take leaue of the King with a grace worthy of a great Captaine Beseeching him to trust in God in whose name she spake Thus she parts from Chinon the 12 of Aprill Now they reckoned the sixt moneth of the siege the â—esieged crie out for hunger This victualing prouided at Blois is conducted by the abâ—ue named commaunâ—â— with great care as well for feare of the English who had their seâ—â—inels 〈◊〉 plâ—ce as for the distrust they had of this new commander She marched in the foremost rank betwixt the Admirall and the Marshall very watchfully carrying the countenaâ—ce of a very resolute personage She victualls and relieues Orleans They arriue with this prouisioÌ„ safely at Orleans the English making no shew of arming although she passed before their forts in viewe of the army yet had they scarce six hundred men in this supply The power of Gods prouidence is admirable in the hearts of men making them to yeeld insensibly to what he hath decreed 1426. This first blow stirred vp the spirits of the French Orleans begins to reioyce at the sight of this maide attired like a man standing vpon the point of yeelding This first releefe was not sufficient for so great a multitude They resolued to fetch more victuals and to that end would returne to Blois But before their departure the Maiden writes this Letter following to the chiefe of the English armie and sends it by a Trumpet I haue truly set it downe out of the originall in the owne proper stile both for the reuerence of antiquitie the noble courage of this Virgin and the truth and state of the subiect King of England doe reason to the King of Heauen for his bloud royall yeeld vp to the Virgin the Keyes of all the good Citties which you haue forced Ioan sends threats to the English She is come from heauen to reclaime the bloud royall and is ready to make a peace if you be ready to doe reason Yeeld therefore and pay what you haue taken King of England I am the chiefe of this warre wheresoeuer I incounter your men in France I will chase them will they or no. If they will obey I will take them to mercie The Virgin comes from the King of heauen to driue you out of France If you will not obey she will cause so great a stirre as the like hath not beene these thousand yeares in France And beleeue certainly that the King of heauen will send her and her good men at armes more force then you can haue Go in Gods name into
great troupes of men O light and inconstant people how easâ—y is it to moue thy affections and to make thee in an instant to applaud that partie which euen now thou diddest abhorre But let vs leaue them in this good humour and see what remedy the King had for these garboyles attending the succors the Duke of Milan sent him Lewis being after the battayle retyred from Corbeil to Paris flatters the peoples humours treates popularly with them erects a priuie Counsell of six Counsellors of the Court sixe Doctors of the Vniuersitie and sixe Burgesses to gouerne his affaires according to their aduice and direction he leaues sixe hundred Lances in Paris vnder the command of the bastard of Armaignac Earle of Cominge of Maister Gilles of Saint Simon Bayliffe of Senlis la Barde Craon Charles of Mares and Charles of Melun his LieutenaÌ„t in the said towne Then he goes into Normandy to assemble al the Nobility and men of warre he could from whence he sent the Earle of Eu to haue the commande of the war and of the Cittie followed with two hundred archers well in order The Earle being arriued he sends the Lord of Rambure to the Leagâ—rs offring to bee a mediator for their discontents vnto his maiestie but it was without effect The King hauing intelligence of the confederats trafficke with the Parisiens knowing that this people doth easily change their affections with the successe and foreseeing that this baâ—te of the commonweale would soone bewitch them displeased also that the Bishop had without his knowledge treated of an accord he hastens his returne accompained with the Earles of Maine and Ponthieure and the forces of Normandie And for the first fruits of loue to his subiects hee confirmed all the priuileges they inioyed in his fathers life he abolished all new impositions and retayned none but the ancient and ordinary farmes of marchandise that is sold by great Meanes to pacifie a people that wauer then did hee punish eyther with banishment or death such as had yeelded to the reception of the heads of the League into the Cittie He doth sharpely blame the Bishop and at the Instigation of the Cardinall of Albi to haue beene a dealer in his absence for his enemies with an inconstant and il-aduised people and hauing prouided for the surety of the Cittie hee prepares to offend and defend The Bourguignoâ— likewise vseth all force great and daylie skirmishes with the Parisiens Lewis his proding at Paris Newe succors to both parties sometimes chasing and sometimes chased And therevpon comes newe supplies to the Leaguers the Dukes of Bourbon and Nemours the Earle of Armaignaâ— and the Lord of Albret notwithstanding the former treaty with about six thousand men On the other side the King receiued from Francis Sforze Duke of Milan fiue hundred men at armes and three thousand foote commanded by Galeas his eldest son with this Counsell of State A Politâ—ck aduice That to diuide this company hee should yeeld to all conditions and onely preserue his men An aduice which Lewis shall cuningly put in practise speedily Thesâ— Milanois were imployed in Bourbonois vntill newes of the peace shall come The Earle thus fortified offers battaile but the King would not hazard any thing desiring to disperse this mistie cloud without effusioÌ„ of bloud And to annoye them of Conâ—â—â—ns Charenton he sends foure thousand frank-archers about foure hundred pioners supported by the Nobility of Normandie and some at armes who plant themselues vpon riuers side right against Conflans at the English port where they make a large and a long trench vnto the Cittie with a bulwark of wood and earth whereon they plant many peeces of artillery the which at the first driues the Duke of Calâ—brâ—a out of Charenton with great losse of his men and an extreame terror to the Earle of Charolois who lodged at Conflans in a house belonging to his Father Two Cannon shot passed through his Camber being at dinner and slewe his trompetor carrying a dish to his table This amazement makes him go downe with speed he fortifies his lodging pierceth the walles and plants a Cannon for a counterbatterie But they must dislodge these frank-archers preuent the losse they receyued from the other side of the water A bridge of boats at Charenson For the effecting of this he obtaines a truce for two dayes in which time he made a bridge of boats The bridge almost finished the franke-archers leaue their trenches carrie away their artillerie and retire to the suburbes into the Carthusians cloister A part of the Bourguignons army passeth the water they enter the suburbes of Saint Marceau and skirmish but with little losse on eyther side Herevpon our Captaines resolue to assaile the enemy in diuers parts A page sent by night giues them intelligence At the breake of day some horsemen charge home to the artillery and kil a Canoniere This was in shewe the effect of the pages aduertissement All arme they make barricadoes and stand firme The artillery thunders the Kings answers them They send forth two hundred horse to discouer who see a troupe issuing forth the Cittie to learne the cause of this tumult and moreouer a great number of Lâ—nces in conceit and so they report that all are come forth in battaile but the daye breaking they proue but thistells So this alarme turnes to laughter In the meane time they treate of peace but the demands of the Confederats were excessiue The Duke of Berry demands Normandie for his portion The Earle of Charolois the Townes of Somme lately redeemed For the better effectâ—ng hereof the two commanders conclude of an enteâ—uiew An enterview of the two heads The King mounts vp the water right against the Bourguignoâ—s armie accompanied with the Lords of Montauban Admirall Nantouillet Du Lau and few others The Earles of Charolois and S. Paul come to receiue him He then offers to giue his Brother the Prouinces of â—rie and Champaigne excepting Meaux Melun and Montereâ—u the which he would not accept He graunts the Charolois his desire disauowes Moruilliers in certaine speeches wherein he saith he had exceeded his charge and for the Earles sake he promiseth to giue the office of Constable to the Earle of S. Paul These entercourses of either side proue lamentable for the King Fatall for the King for besides that the Princes doe daily suborne more of his men then he can draw from them behold Pontoise is deliuered to the Britton by Sorbier commanding there vnder the Marshall Ioâ—câ—â—m and to finish so notable a treacherie he marcheth towards Meulan to the same intent but the inhabitants being aduertised he returnes without effect There growes an other vpâ—ore in Paris the Souldiers vaunt insolently The 〈◊〉 ready to mutine that the Cittizens goods are at their free disposition that they will take the Keyes of their houses from them and for a need will pull the cheines out of their streetes Herevpon the
march vnder their ensignes one bataillon goes towards the riuer the other takes the high way from Neuf-uille to Nancy The Duke of Bourgongne attends them firmely in a place of strength and aduantage hauing before him a litle riuer betwixt two strong hedgrowes nere vnto the hospital of Magonne and at the entry of this gâ—eat hieway where one of the bataillons marched Charles had planted the greatest part of his artillery which thunders vpon the Suisses at their first approch but with smal hurt being far off This battailloÌ„ leaues the hie way mounts vp towards the wood coasting along the dukes army The Duke makes his archers to turne head appointing two wings of men at armes the one led by Iames Galiot a Neapolitaiue an honest man a valiant Captaine The other by the Lord of Lalain lieutenant of Flanders This batailon hauing gotten the aduaÌ„tage on the higher ground stands firme then like vnto a violent streame it fals vpon the Bourguignons armie and with a thundring volle of shot defeates the foote At the same instant the other batailloÌ„ chargeth Galiots squadron who behaued himselfe like a wise and valiant Captaine but the horse seeing the footemen amazed leaue all and flie after The other wing coÌ„manded by Lalain mainteines the fight Charles ouercome and slaine but vnable to withstand the violent shock of the Suisses in the end thy giue way turne towards the bridge of Bridores where was the greatest shew of their men that fled This bridge is halfe a league froÌ„ Nancy towardes Thionuâ—lle Luxembourg Campabasso had stopt the passage so as all such as tookâ— that course were either slaine drowned or taken if any recouered the woods the peasants beate them downe with leuers A chase which continued from noone vntill two houres within night Charles thinking to saue himselfe was ouerthrowne by a troupe of men that followed him discouered by them which the traytor Campobasso had left to obserue him The next day he was found among the dead lying frozen in a ditch well knowne by many of his houshold seruants He had three woundes one with a halbard aboue the eare which cut him to the teeth the second with a pike through both the thighes the third by the fondement René caused him to bee honorably buried in S. Georges Church at Nancy In this battaile there died three thousand Bourguignons and there were taken the Earle of Nassau the Marquis of Rothelin an English Earle Anthonie and Baldouin brethren bastards to the Duke whose ransomes the King did pay and many gentlemen The bootie was small but the victory of Gransson was yet fresh and as they then did sing he lost his goods at Gransson his men at Morat and his life at Nancie Behold this great Nembroth who made himselfe equall with Emperors and yeelded not to the greatest Kings before time the terror of Christendome â—eared by his subiects sought to by his neighbours who had purchased to himselfe the surname of terrible warriour dronke with ambition transported with the desire of an others estate now confounded with his owne greatnesse who with his fall ruines his house Doubtlesse the dayes of mortall man are like to grasse he fades like the flower of the field for the wind passing ouer it it is no more seene nor the place thereof knowne Shame and destruction follow pride at the heeles And who doth not iudge by the effects The causâ—s 〈◊〉 his ruâ—ne that the chieâ—e causes of his ruine were couetousnesse pride and crueltie couetousnesse in that contrary to his honour and faith hee had deliuered the Constable for the gredie desire he had to enioy Saint Quintin Han and Bohain and some mouables Pride in that God hauing raised him to greater dignitie then any of his pâ—edecessors accompanied with many goodly and singular graces yet hee thought that the habitable earth could not prescribe limits to his conquests attributing all to his owne force and not to the power of the Eternall the happie successe of his affaires to his owne iudgement Crueltie for that in the warre of Leege he had bathed himselfe in the bloud of his poore subiects glutting his wrath with that sexe age whom the rigour of warre doth vsually pardon And what shall we say of the right hands hee caused to be cut off of those poore soldiars at Nesle Of the fires wherewith he hath wasted so much couÌ„try Of the Suisseâ— haÌ„ged at Gransson after they had yelded vpon his faith giuen to the contrarie of late had hanged a gentlemaÌ„ being taken in the war He had good parts valiant painful vigâ—lant The disposition of Chaâ—les of Bourgogâ—e desirous to entertaine men of merit liberall but with discretion to the end that many might taste of his bountie He gaue aduice priuatly honoured strangers and receiued Ambassadors with state But since the battaille of Montleâ—erie presuming by his onely valour to haue forced a mightie King to leaue him the field hee conceiued so ouerweening a presumption of himselfe as neuer after would he beleeue any other Counsell but his owne attributing the issue of his enterprises to his owne iudgement industrie with so obstâ—nate a constancie in his vnmeasured desseines as in the end it was his confusion So The voice of the Eternall breaks downe the Cedars yea the Eternal bâ—ates down the Cedars of Libanus God punisheth sinne with the like sinne Galeas Duke of Milan murthered But let vs note the iudgemeÌ„t of God That before Nancy he deliuered the CoÌ„stable before Nancy he was betraied by CaÌ„pobasso And let vs obserue the like in our dayes as we shall see hereafter Eleuen dayes before this battaile Galeas Duke of Milan was murthered in a Church by Andrew of Lampogagno a Milanois who leauing a son very yong left withall many discordes for the gouerment of the Duchie amongst many Noble men one among them called Robert of S. Seuerin neere kinsman to the Duke banished from his house by the stronger factioÌ„ retired himselfe into France hoping to perswade the King to atteÌ„pt something against the state of Milan Lewis taught by former experieÌ„ce that the French haue alwaies lost easily with shame that they had gotten with much paine sweate in Italie would not harken vnto it no nor suffer any succors passe for the reliefe of the FloreÌ„tines being ancient friends allies to the French against whom Pope Sixtus Ferdinand King of Naples made warre 1477. But for that he would not seeme vtterly to abandon them he sent the Lord of Argenton vnto them with some troupes leuied in the State of Mâ—â—an as wee shall shortly see But what doth Francis Duke of Brittaine hauing lost one of the chiefe supporters of his building He sees that of three of the strongest heads of the coÌ„mon weale The practiseâ— of the Duke of Bâ—iâ—taâ—â— two are cut off Charles Duke of Guienne Charles Duke of Bourgongne he knowes ful well that the
passe them and moreouer the ditch at Plessis compassed in with great barres with â—â—ure engins of irâ—n at the corners Canoniers and foâ—tie croâ—bow-men were appointed to stand teâ—ne a day and night sentiâ—ell in the ditch with commission to shoote at any one that should approch in the night vntill the opening of the gate in the morning Doubtlesse the iustâ—ce of God would that those cages of iron and those of wood couered with plates of iron bâ—th within and without those shakles bolts manacles cheines tyed to a great bowle waightie beyond humaine force where hee had often times imprisoned many yea and of honour for very fâ—â—uolous causes should noâ— be so many toâ—tures to his conscience at the last point of his death and as he had giuen them eight foote in bredth and it may be so much in height to stretch out themselues so he now retires himselfe into a little coâ—ner of the Castle and like an other Vâ—rillus theâ—â—ere fatall to their first deuiser the Bishop of Verdun remained foureteene yeares shut vp in the first that was made To conclude no diâ—patch came to Court during this lamentable estate The King had but one or two about him men of no credit who knew well that after his death the best that could chance vnto them was to be shamefully chased away But a great confusion attends them shoâ—tly These men made no report vnto him of any thing that happened but onely that which concerned the Estate and the realme labouring to mainteine loue with all men As for his person euery day a new grome of his chamber euery day new seruants Yet knowes hee not whome to trust Strâ—nge distemperatures One onely amongst the rest gets some credit but forced It is his Phisâ—ion Iames Cottier a Bourguignon he giues him 10000. crownes monethly and what offices or what lands he will demand be it from himselfe or his friends and for a nephew of his the Bishopricke of Amiens and as a man would say his Crowne and his scepter so as he will prolong his life An odious impudent and audâ—câ—ous Physition who to continue his credit sayed vnto the King I know wel that one of thâ—se mornings you will send me away with the rest but swearing a great otheâ— you shal not liue eight dayes after A strange hart-breaking â—â—wis braued by his Phisition to be braued by a rascall â—hereas to many great Princes did yeeld him voluntary obedience But oh vanitie to thinke that the deuice of man can adde one minute to mans life Lewis had neede to haue been put in mind of this Oracle I haue said you are Gods and all the children of the Lord but you shall die like men and you that are the principall shall fall like other men At that time liued Francis borne at Paul in Calabria a deuout Hermit His disordâ—red â—â—ale without learning but of an austere life and holy reputation founder of the fâ—iars Minimeâ— The King sent for him by a Steward of his house in the company of the Prince of Tarentum sonne to the King of Naples at the first sight hee kneeles vnto him and desires 〈◊〉 to prolong his dayes In truth we haue often zeale but not according to knowâ—edâ—e But Put no confidence in the chiefe of the peopâ—e nor in any of the sonnes of man who haue no power to deliuer thee O how happie is he whome the mightie God of Iacob 〈◊〉 and whose trust is in the Eternall In the meane time Lewis deâ—lines His Inuention to make beleeue that he lâ—ued 〈◊〉 and death fâ—lâ—owes him at the heeles yet will hee not haue men to thinke so and on it s no inuention to diuert this opinion both within and without the realme Within he attyres himselfe richly contrary to his custome and shewes him selfe but onely in his Court and gallerie he makes seuere lawes to be feared sends away officers dischargeth men at armes cuts off pensions and takes some quite away To conclude hee passeth â—is time to make and marre men Without the realme he payeâ— that dutie in England which he owes in all other places where he will haue them thinke that he is sound and aliue he sends men vnder colour to buy something Into Spaine Naples and Germanie some horses in Sicile some good mules but especially of some good officer of the Countrie and payed double for them In Brittanie gray-hounds and spanieâ—ls In the kingdome of Valence little water-dogges In Denmarke and Sueden haukeâ— In Barberie little Lions of the bignes of foxes To conclude the more he feared the decay of his dignitie toward his latter end the more he sought to be feared and takes away all occasions to thinke that his end approched Feeling his end drawe neere hee seâ—t for the Daulphin his sonne whome he had not seene in many yeares causing him to be nourished apart least the colour of his presence should haue bred some faction as there had rashly risen in his yong age against Charles the 7. his father And experience hauing taught him how dangerous a sodaine alteration was he commaunded him expresly not to displace any Officer and especially to maintaine Oliuer le Daim in the offices and goods hee had gotten in his seruice Lâ—wâ—â— hiâ— admonitiâ—nâ— to the Daâ—â—â—hin his sonne as hauing assisted him well in his sicknes But as this man was hastilie too highly exalted so must he and some others of like sort be shortly supprest and Iohn Doyac gouernour of Auuergne from whome he had receiued good and notable seruices to call mâ—ister Guyot Pot and the Lord of Bouchage to Counsell to follow Philippe of Cordes for armes Not to beleeue his mother especially in the goueâ—nment of his State Who as a Sauoâ—sien hee had foâ—nâ— by experience to fauour the Bourguignon and generally to confirme all those in their dignities whome he had aduanced And to ease the people whome he had oppressed by the necessitie of the warres Few dayes after the King had spoken to the Daulphin his sonne his ordinarie infirmitie takes him sodenly lost his speech with a great debility of his forces Hauing recouered â—udging himselfe but a dead man he sent the Duke of Bourbon to the king his son so theÌ„ he called him giuing him the charge gouernmeÌ„t of his said son Then he sent the Chancellor with the seale part of the archers of his gard Captaines al his hounds hauks other things all such as came tâ— see him he sent them to Amboise Yet was he not so wel resolued for his death but he had some hope to escape namely by the means of his Hermit a multitude of reliks which were brought from Rheims from Paris from Rome the holy oyle The Diuineâ— tell Lewis that he must die the rodds of Moises Aaron the holy Crosse were it true or false such like vntill the diuines had taken counsell to let him vnderstand that he deceiued
dayes seege they obtayned of Ferdinand a truce for thirty dayes and necessary victualls for that time during the which none of the beseeged should go forth Licence for the Duke Montpensier to signifie this accord vnto the King the soldiars their liues and goods saued with the which they might retire into France by land or sea and the Vrsins with other Italian soldiars whither they would out of the Realme Impunity to the Barrons and al others that had followed the French faction and restitution of their goods and offices so as within fifteene dayes they returned to Ferdinand All this is good A dishonorable composition made by the French but there followes a very dishonorable promise That if the Earle of Montpensier bee not releeued within thirtie dayes he shall deliuer Acelle and all that he holds within the Realme of Naples into Ferdinands hands with all the artillery Thus reason yeelds where force commands The time expired all were conducted to the Castell of Stabbie vpon the sea and the Viceroy was summoned to yeeld vp all the other places which the King possessed But pretending that his authority did not extend to the Captaines which commanded in Calabria Abruzze Caiette and other places which the King himselfe and not he had giuen them in gard the Arragonois making shewe to dismisse them caused them to be conducted but more properly confined them vpon this controuersie to Blaie and Puzzol where vnder colour that shipping was not yet readie part of them by the wants they had endured and part by the indisposition of the aire beeing hot and vnholsome and part feeding intemperatly vpon Grapes and other fruit halfe ripe but with more likelehood hauing as some write seasoned their meates mixt their wines with drugs insupportable for the stomake the Earle of Montpensier died and of fiue thousand men The Earle of Montpensier dies with most of his troupes scarce fifteene hundred returned safe to their Country There is but one hazard to loose all A battaile although very disperate had beene far more honorable and lesse fatall But let vs rather note the examples and errors of other then reproue them Virgilius and Paul Vrsin by the Popes commandement who had sworne the runne of that house were shâ—t vp in the Castell del'Oeuf their men led by Iohn Iordan the â—on of Vrsin and Bartholmewe of Aluiane were stript in Abruzze by the Duke of Vrbin and these two commanders called by Ferdinand to Naples were likewise imprisoned Aluiane escaped soone after the rest died in prison Now all things smile vpon the conquerour but hee pursues the victory otherwise then wee can doo and in these garboiles euery one flies to the stronger and makes his peace as he may Ferdinand â—ends Don Frederic his Vncle and Prosper Colonne before Caiete and Fabricio Colonne into Abruzze who receyued Aquille for the Arragonois tooke the rocke of Saint Seuerin by force and caused the Captaine and his sonne to be beheaded to terrifie the rest then he went and incamped before Salerne where the Prince of Bisignan made his peace for himselfe for the Prince of Salerne for the Earle of Cappacie and some other Barons Gratian des Guerâ—es forced to giue way to this violent streame leaues Abruzze and retyre himselfe with eight hundred horse into Caiete where don Frederic doth presently inuest him Gonsalue returned into Calabria where the Lord of Aubigni after such resistance as his forces could make being gotten in to Groppoli in the end promiseth to leaue all the Prouince hauing liberty to returne into France by land The other Captaines eyther for that they had filled their bagges with the prouisions of their places or had by disorder consumed that in fewe dayes which in time of necessity might haue serued long or through feare or impatiency of the discomodities which followe a seege were forced to yeeld them at the first summon But shall Ferdinand long enioy the happy successe of his armes Behold hauing not yet tasted the sweetnes of his Conquests remayning nothing for the recouery of the Realme but Tarentum Caiete and fewe other places held by Charles of Sanguin Mont Saint Angelo where Don Iulian of Lorraine commanded who caused the neighbour Countries to feele both the greatnes of his courage and the weight of his arme 1497. death comes and cuts off both the course of his victories the threed of his life and transports his Crowne to Don Frederike his vnkle King Ferdinand dies Thus the state of Naples felt the diuers humors of fiue Kings in three yeares Ferdinand Alphonso or King Charles the eight Ferdinand the incestuous hauing married his Aunt sister to Alphonso his father and Frederike Frederike leauing the seige of Caiete comes to enioy his Nephes succession and those which had before followed the French partiâ— as the Princes of Salerne and Bisignan the Earle of Cappacie and others were the first to proclaime his name in Naples and to 〈◊〉 him to finish the remainder of the warre against our men Tarentum beseiged by the Venetians was forced to yeeld through famine who hauing held it some dayes noâ— without suspect that they would appropriate it to themselues in the end they consigned it vnto Frederike at the Popes intreate and the King of Spaines Caieâ—â— might haue held out some monethes but iudging the King would haue as little care to succour them as many other places negligent lie lost to the preiudice both of a great number of the Nobilitie and also of the Crowne they compounded with Frederike by the meanes of the Lord of Aubigni giuing them leaue to returne by sea into France with bagge and baggage And consequently all other places did quite reiect the French commaund in the state of Naples And Frederike hauing obteyned the inuestiture of the Realme from the Pope was sollemnly crowned Thus King Charles was freed from the care hee had for the recouerie thereof but the losse and infamie thrusts him on to reuenge vpon the next neighbour The Princes of Italie incâ—nse the king against the Venetians and Duke of Milan Many Poâ—eâ—rates of Italie perswade him thereunto the Duke of Ferrara knew well that the Venetians hauing taken Polesan from him sought his ruine and amidest these diuisions he was like vnto a sheepe betwixt two wolues that is to say the Venetians and Duke of Milan his sonne in law who preferring his safetie and his childrens before the loue of the Duke of Milan offered the King fiue hundred men at armes and two thousand foote The Marquis of Mantoua being discontented with the Venetians fel from them with 300. men at armes Iohn Bentiuole offered a hundred and fiftie men at armes the companies which his two sonnes led with a good number of foot The Florentines not to loose Pisa and other places and to warrant themselues from the wrongs which the Venetians practised against them promised eyght hundred men at armes and fiue thousand foote at their
on this side the Pyrenâ—e mountaines So as the English seeing that Ferdinand did vse them onely to satisfie his priuat couetousnesse tooke shipping and sayled into England To recouer this vsurped realme the King sent Francis Duke of Longneuille gouernour of â—uienne Charles Duke of Bourbon sonne to Gilbert late Viceroy of Naples Odet of Foix Vicontu of Lautrec Iohn of Chabannes Lord of Palisse Marshall of France Peter of â—errâ—â—l the Lords of Maugiron Lude Barbezicux Turene Escars Ventadour Pompadour and other valiant Captaines and Gascons which hee assembled from all parts But the army being diuided by the dissention of the Duke of Longueuille who as Gouernour of Guienne pretended the commande to belong vnto him and the Duke of â—ourbon vnwilling to yeeld vnto him by reason of his quality proued fruitlesse for the King of Nauarre Thus the realme of Nauarre was inuaded by the Spaniards who remayned master thereof The departure of the English and the enterprise of Nauarre being made frustrate 〈◊〉 affects the affaires of Milan with greater vehemencie whilest that the Castel and that of Cremona held good but the opposition of so many enemies bred many 〈◊〉 There were many hopes to drawe some one of these from this common alli 〈…〉 Bishop of Gurce had courteously giuen eare to a friend of the Cardinall of S. 〈…〉 whome the Queene of France had sent vnto him and held one of his people at 〈…〉 Court to make a motion that the King should bind him selfe to aide the 〈◊〉 against the Venetiâ—nâ— that Charles grand-child to Maximilian should 〈…〉 â—ingâ— yongest daughter to whome he should giue the Duchie of Milan 〈…〉 the King shoâ—ld yeeld vnto them the rights he pretended to the realme of Naples 1513. and that the said Duchy being recouered Cremona and Guiaradadde should be held by the Emperour Moreouer the Veneâ—â—ans were wonderfully grieued at the Popes new treaty with the Emperour which put the King in hope to draw the Venetians vnto him The Arragonois came betweene by a politike stratageme to assure his new Conquest of Nauarre he had sent two Fryers into France it is the Spaniards custome to manage affaires by the meanes of religious persons to make their negâ—tiations the more graue and to colour their policies with more subtilty to treat with the Queene touching a general peace or a priuate betwixt the two Kings The amity of the Suisses did import much But remembring that by their forces Charles the 8. had first troubled the peace of Italy Lewis his successor by meanes thereof had conquered the Estate of Milan recouered Genes and ouerthrew the Venetians that at this present the Pope and other Potentates of Italie payed them annuall pensions to bee receiued into their confederacie They grew obstinate in refusing the Kings alliance whâ—ch he sought by the Lords of Tremouille and Triuulce In the end the King being reiected by the Suisses seekes the Venetians who conclude to make a league with the King according to the capitulations made formerly betwixt them by the which Cremona Guiaradadde should remaine to theÌ„ Robertet Secrettary of the State Triuulâ—e and almost all the chiefe of the Councell approued this league But the perswasions of the Cardinall of S. Seuerin opposite to Triuulce and the Queenes authoriâ—y who desired much the greatnes of her daughter by the foresaid marriage so as sâ—e might remaine with her vntill the consummation thereof made the King and his Councell incline to the Emperours party But discouering that these were but practises of the Emperour to make the King proceed more coldly in his courses he soone gaue it ouer Whilest that armes ceased on all sides the Popes passions encreased He reuiued his desseines against Ferrare Sienne Luques Florence and Genes and as if it had beene in his power to beat all the world at one instant he thrust the King of England into warre in whose fauour he had dispatcht a Bull in the Councell of Lateran whereby the title of most Christian was giuen vnto him and the Realme of France againe abandoned to him that should conquer it But as he deuised of all these things and without doubt of many other more high secâ—â—â—s according to the capacity of his terrible spirit howe great so euer death ended the course of his present toyles the 21. day of February at night Pope Iulius dies A Prince doubtlesse of courage of admirable constancie and most worthy of glory if he had directed his intentions to aduance the Church by peace as hee sought to grow great in temporall things by policies in war Iohn Cardinall of Meâ—icâ—s succeeded â—im and was called Leo .10 The happy memory of his father his lawfull election free from bribes and Sâ—monye his faire conditions his liberality and mildnesse of spirit A new election gaue great hope of the quiet of Christendome Yet soone after his instalment he shewed plainely that he was rather successor of his predecessors hatred and couetous passions then of S. Peter According to the treaty of the aboue named Friers the Kings of France Arragon concluded a truce A truce betwixt â—rance and Arragon whereby our Lewis hauing more liberty to thinke of the warres of Milan resolued to send an army knowing well that the people of that estate oppressed with excessiue taxes leauied to pay the Suisses and with the lodging and payment made to the Spaniards desired earnestly to returne to his obedience And to make this enterprise the more easie the accord propounded before with the Venetians was againe renued so as the Venetians considering that a concord with Maximilian keeping Verona from them was not sufficient to protect them from troubles and dangers and that hardly they should get such an occasion to recouer their estate they binde themselues by Andrew Gritti Peace betwixt the king of Fâ—ance and the Venetians To ayde the King with eight hundred men at armes fifteene hundred light horse and ten thousand foot to recouer Ast Genes and the Duchie of Milan And the King to assist them vntill they had recouered all they had possessed in Lombardie and in the Marquisate of Treuise before the treaty of Cambray The King knew well it were but labour lost to seeke the Pope who desired to haue no Frenchman in Italy Yet the deuotion he had to the Romaine sea made him sue vnto Leo not to hinder him in the recouerie of the aboue named places offering not onely not to paâ—se any further but also at all times to make such peace with him as he pleased But Leâ— â—reading the steps of his Predecessor perswades the King of England to ioyne with the Arragonois in the oppression of France according to the Bull gâ—uen by Iulio he protested to continue in the League made with the Emperour with the Catholicke King and with the Suisses The King thus frustrate of a peace with the Pope A royall army in the Duâ—hie of Milan sends the Lord of Triuulce with fifteene
then to leaue that willingly which they could not hold by force That the King had expresly forbidden him not to consent to any Treaty nor to the choyse of any place for an Assembly before he had assurance of this restitution That hee held it a wrong done vnto the dignitye of so great a Prince to the honour of his commaundements to the equity of his cause and to his good fortune once to hearken vnto the difficulties they made to yeelde him vp that which was his owne That whosoeuer should treat with this preiudice deserued to be punished as the authors of Treaties that were dishonourable to their Maisters The Generall of the Fryars who could get no other resolutions at his hands returned twise into Flanders to let them vnderstand that among all the reasons of the Treaty that of Restitution was inuincible and that it was in vayne to demaund a Peace of the French if they did not restore all That this Restitution was the soule of the Treaty without the which it was a fantastike body without any naturall proportion and substance That in the ende desiring too much they should haue nothing and thinking to hold all they would loose all The Archduke doth aduertise the King of Spaine that there was no meanes to enter into the Temple of Peace but by opening of the gates of Calais Ardres Dourlans and other places taken in Warre vnto the King of France God inspired the heart of the King of Spaine against the opinion of his Councell of State to yeeld vp all his pretensions for the good of a Peace rather then to leaue the world in this perpetuall Discord and Confusion He did consult with his Councell of conscience vpon the necessity of this Restitution They answered him that he could not liue with a quiet soule nor die in the integrity of his Religion if he did not restore those places The King of Spaine followed this aduice aduertâ—sing the Archduke that he would not for that which he had gotten from an other loose the meanes to leaue a Peace to his owne Estates Vpon this resolution the Generall of the Fryars returnes into France The King of Spain reâ—olueâ— to yeâ—ld all the places and passeth his word vnto the Lâ—gate Sillery for the Restitution so as after an infinite toyle of two moneths these three made all things ready for a Treaty Sillery returnes to the King leading with him the Generall of the Fryars as wel to let him vnderstand from the Kings owne mouth what he had sayd vnto him by his commaundement as also to haue the Generall tell the King what hee had promised and propounded on the Archdukes behalfe The Legate remayned at S. Quintin aâ— Gardien of the words and intentions of two Princes Being assured of eythers faith they agree vpon a place for the assembly of the Deputies and to conclude the Treaty â—he Towne of Veruins being vnder the Kings obedience and neere vnto the â—â—oâ—ters of Arthâ—is was found the most commodious Veruins chosâ—n for the conference and was presently furnished with all things necessary to receiue the Ambassadors The King Deputed Pompone de Belieure Knight Lord of Grignon the chiefe and most auncient of his Priuy Councell and Nicholas Brulart Knight Lord of Sillery Councellour of State to his Maiesty and President in his Court of Parliment For the King of Spaine and the Archduke there came Iohn Richardot Knight President of the Kings Priuye Councell and of his Councell of State Iohn Baptista Taxis Knight Commaunder de los Santos of the Military order of S. Iames and Councellor of State and of the Councel of Waâ— Lewis Verrichen Knight AudieÌ„cer chiefe Secretary Treasorer of the Charters of the Councell of State The Cardinall Medicis Legate of the holy Sea assisted by the Bishop of Mantoua was as it were an Vmper of all difficulties in this good and holy reconciliation The Kings Deputies arriued first and those of the King of Spaine presently after where hauing saluted one another with hearts full of ioy and incredible content they promised to treat Roundly Sincerely Mildely communicating their Commissions one vnto an other and reforming those errors which they found The Precedence yeelded to the French that they might begin to treat more safely and freely After much question and many protestations made by the Deputies of the King of Spaine for the Precedence in the ende they yeelded vnto the French Kings to take what place they pleased after the Legate and the Popes Nuncio At their first sitting the Legate exhorts them to shewe the fidelity and integritie iâ— this action which their Maisters desired The Legate exhorâ—â— the Depuâ—ies whereof he assured himselfe by their experâ—ences as of those which had happily managed the greatest affayres of Europe more then any other men wishing them to consider that hauing the honour to Councell two of the greatest Princes of the world who submitted their wills vnto their Councells as the most diuine thing among men when it is purged from ambitious passions violent thoughts and preiudicate opinions they should omit nothing that might regard the contentment of their good intentions and not to doubt but that God who hath an especial care of Kings and Kingdomes would infuse the light of his sâ—irit into their most seceet thoughts and threaten them with the sincerity of his Iustice if they did not apply all their indeauours to his glory and the good of the Christian common weale Then they entred into Treaty with a mildnesse fit for men of that quality and the merit of the matter It was managed with such secrecie as nothing was knowne before that all was concluded The chiefe poynt of difficulty was for the restitution of Places Many reasons were propounded on eyther side but the Kings Deputies had great aduantages the force of reason the prosperity of affayres in the recouery of Amiens and aboue all the fauour of the time and occasion The King of Spaine would not dye but in Peace he desired his Sonne might raigne in Peace and that his deerely beloued Daughter might be married in Peace The Aâ—chduke languished with a desire to be married and fearing least the promise which he had not taking effect during the life of the King of Spaine the conditions would be made worse he pressed Richardot and Taxes not to proceed in this negotiation after the Spanish manner but to remember that they must not prolong their consultations nor protract an action the praise whereof depended vpon the conclusion So after they had balanced all matters in the treaty to reduce them to a iust proportion of reason all controuersies betwixt the two Kings were reconciled and ended During the Treaty of Veruins the Emperour Rodulphus the 2. as well for himselfe as for some Princes of the Empire An Agent sent from the Emperour to the Stâ—tes of the vnited Prouinces at the instant request of the King of Spaine sent Charles
in the Archdukes Court The Duke of Sauoy who enioyed the same benefit of the Peace M r de 〈…〉 King â—f the Duke oâ— â—irâ—â— practâ—â—es was bound to the obseruation thereof by the like forme The King sent to M r dela Guiche Gouernour of Lion that hee would willingly haue giuen him that charge but that he feared his absence might somewhat preiudice the good of his affaires and his indisposition not suffer him to performe the voyage Hee therefore commanded Guadagnes Seneshall of Lion and Knight of both orders to vndertake this charge The oth was taken in the Friars Church of Chambery on Sunday the second of August The Dâ—ke of Sâ—â—oy sweares thâ— pâ—ace where the Duke was assisted with all his Knâ—ghts of the Auanciado and to witnesse the content which hee had of this peace and reconciliation with his Maiesty he sayd vnto Guadagnes that hee held this day the happiest of all the daies of his life and that all which remayned should bee to maintayne and honour the memory thereof That it were not onely an indiscretion but a blindnesse and a madnes for him to change the felicities of Peace for the miseries of Warre The Duke gaue vnto Guadagnes to the chiefe gentlemen of his trayne Iewells Horses Chaines of gold and to all so many good words as there was not any one but did wishe him more profit by this Peace then he reaped He refused not any thing that was demanded of him in the execution of the treaty for the deliuery and ransome of prisoners but onely the liberty of the Admirall Chastillons wife Hee made answere to the Instance which Guadagnes made in the Kings name Iaâ—â—â—line Countâ—sse of Antiemâ—nt wife to the Admirall was Prisoner at 〈◊〉 and there dâ—d That the respect hee bare vnto his Maiesties comandement was so great as to please him hee would restore her goods and giue her some more liberty whilest that hee might giue his Maiesty to vnderstand the iust causes of her restraint That whatsoeuer had beene decreed at Rome for her absolution was rather in sauour of his Maiesty then for any reason for that hee was seized vpon bookes and writings that were execrable and damnable The afflictions of this Lady did mooue the harts of the chiefe Officers of this Crown of many great Noblemen of the realme her kinsmen and allies The King had commiseration of her for her misfortunes her imprisonment losses and disgraces deserued pitty The Constable the â—â—rdinall of 〈◊〉 the Duke of Ioyenze and M. Danâ—â—â—lot intreated the Legâ—t to do hâ—r â—ustice She was so transported with the good successe of the Kings affaires that although shee were among her enemies yet the fire of her desires could neyther be smothered vnder the ashes of affliction nor vnder the fume of dissimulation If she could haue done that whereof they accused her she would haue made as soden alterations on the earth as Henry King of Sueden did in the aire and as admirable as her will was absolute to desire that the King might ouercome his enemies and haue satisfaction for Nice and Salusses Vpon the hope that this Peace should giue her some content and that the Kings commendation by his Ambassador should giue some truce to her miseries shee writ a letter of the pittifull course of her misfortunes wherby appeared the excellâ—y of her spirit in these words Although saith shee the comparison bee as different as an Elephant and a Gnat yet are they both vegeratiue and sensitiue creatures My fortune and that of my house hath alwaies followed that of France and the Kings for as since his marriage I haue alwaies seene my Estate declyning euen vnto the period of a totall ruine The Councelle of Antâ—emonts letter to Peter Mathieâ—â— by the ill successe of his affaires so now when as God hath powred his blessings vpon him that hee hath reueÌ„ged him of his enemies euen by his enemies that against the conspiracies of the wicked the iudgement of the good hee doth enioy his Inheritance I will hope there shal be some change in my condition I desire it may be good but if it proue otherwise I will not alter my resolution to receiue both good and euill as from the hand of God I haue this aduantage ouer fortune that hereafter her iniuries how violent and soden soeuer shall not be strange vnto me Custome makes afflictions easie I am inured to my afflictions as a Galley-slaue to his oare Necessity â—eacheth me to suffer constantly and custome makes my suffrance eaâ—â—â— The King also gaue Guadagnes charge to let the Duke vnderstand that hee had receiued three seuerall complaints from the Citty of Geneua how that his troupes which he entertayned thereabouts vsed insupportable hostâ—lities tooke prisoners chopt and changed them that his Maiesty desired the Towne might reape the fruite and safeâ—y which the common good of the peace did promise them Comâ—laiâ—ts from the Towne of Geneua and that the Dukes troupes might be retired to the end all Iealousie and distrust might ceasse The Duke would not answer herevnto by writing least saith he he should preiudice the pretensions which he had to that Towne for aboue foure hundred yeares saying only that hee did not thinke it had beene comprised in the treaty of peace for that all other Townes and Prouinces had beene particularly named and not that of Geneua That hee could not free his neighbors from feare and distrust The Dukes pretensions but in retyring his troupes that were about the towne to refresh them in Lombardie hee should take away the cause hauing no intention to prefer War before the happines of Peace He therefore commanded Don Iuan de Mendoza a Spaniard to draw his Regiment which consisted of twelue hundred men out of the territories of Geneua to passe to Milan The King of Spaine fiâ—ding himselfe decrease daily both in strength and health desiring to fâ—â—ish that which he had resolued for the mariage of his eldest Daughter Madam Isabelle with Albert the Archduke his Nephew although he were aduanced to great Ecclesiasticall dignities Donation of the Lowe Countries to the Infanta of Spaine especially to the rich Archbishoprick of Toledo he called before him in the Citty of Madril the 6. of May Prince Philip his onely sonne being about 20. yeares old whom he had also promised in mariage to Madam Mary daughter to the Ferdinand Archduke of Austria but she died soone after accompanied with Don Gomes d'Auila Marquis de Vellada Gouernour and Lord Steward of Prince Philips house DoÌ„ Christopher de Mora Earle of Castel Roderigo great CoÌ„mander of the Alcantara Don Iuan d' Idiaques great CoÌ„mander of Leon all 3. being Councellors of State M. Nicholas Damant Knight CouÌ„cellor President Chancellor of Brabant with Lâ—lâ—o Secretary for the affaires of the Low Countries no more whereas the King made a Grant of the Lowe Countries to his Daughter the which
seeing that hee was not come thither with any bad intention not to seize vppon an other mans Countrie nor to wrong any man but for extreme necessitie a sincere afâ—ection hee carried to the Empire and the preseruation thereof He blames the States That the States and vnited Prouinces were the cause of this mischeefe who would neâ—er reconcile themselues vnto the King their Lord notwithstanding so many offers of good vsage and intercâ—ssions of the Emperour of other Kings and of the Princes of Germanie nor yet the grace and fauour which the King of Spaine hath done them hauing transported all the Low Countries to the Infanta his daughter married to Albert the Archduke That the said King and Archdukeâ— hauing made him Generall of their armie the sooner to set him to worke and to enter into their Countries which were held by their enemies did thinke that they might well allowe them so much as to passe by the fronters of the Empire to wrest out off the enemies hands the places which they held and afterwards to râ—store them to their true owners He bâ—amâ—s the Elector of Coâ—len That through the long delay of the Prince Elector of Collen after the yeelding vp of Rhinberg and the retreat of the States shippes vpon the Rhine the sayd army had stayed along the Rhine pretending to raze Schercks Sconce lying at one of the Corners of the Rhine And being come thither that â—or the treaties and negâ—tiations which were long in managing they must remaine there for â—heir maintenance to free the riuer of Rhine and to keepe the Towne of Orsoy and that for some other reasons hee was forced to take the Towne of Burich to anoy the enemie to crossâ— their desseines He excuâ—etâ— the 〈◊〉 of the Eaâ—le of 〈◊〉 That victuals and forrage being spent considering the complaints of their neighbâ—urs many things haue past amongst others that of the Earle of Broucke who for his accustomed crueltie bad inclination killing tâ—em that went to forrage hauâ—ng contemned all brotherly admonitions desiring rather to practise armes then to enteâ—taine friendship if any misfortune had happened vnto him he was sorie for it beiâ—g reâ—olued to do Iustice. That when as the neigâ—bour Countries came to complaine vnto him of iniuries and oppressions which they sayd they endured he had vpon euery point giuen them iâ—st and lawfull excuses He excusâ—â—h 〈…〉 That after he had taken the Towne of Bergh to preuent the policie of his enemies and receiued money and victuals from them of Wezel according to their agreemâ—â—t for their ransome he raised his army and went to Rees the which hauâ—ng well fâ—rnâ—shed he came to Emerick in the vew of the enemie a Towne seated vpon the Rhâ—ne neer vnto the fort of Schenck the which being strong both by Art and Nature oâ— hard accesse by reason of the waters not easie to batter and much lesse to giue assault he â—ft it and tooke his way by the high Countrie he went before Deutecom which yeelded and â—o did the Castle of Schuylâ—mbourg That after many consultations of the reason of war and of the iniurie of the Tâ—me it was found expedient for the preseruation of the armie to cause it to winter 〈◊〉 places neerest to the â—erritories of the Empire to stoppe the enemies courses and spoyle to entertaine the Kings armie during winter and to haue it alwayes readie That many by â—eason of the strangenes of the fact being ignorant of the Perill Necessitie and Profit therof haue made their complaints vnto their Princes who 〈◊〉 the discomodities of their Subiects haue also coÌ„playned vnto him 1599. who hath answered them curteously commending the good amitie of the Lords conâ—ederates vpon the Rhine and of their Countries against all inconueniences He prayâ—â—â—h the Kâ—ng of Spaine putting them in mind of the Kings great benefits to his gâ—eat hazard to preserue the Lands and Territories of the Empire from vtter subuersion to the hindrance of his owne affaires That he did thinke by his mild carriage to haue cut off all cause of complaint and did hope that hereafter there should bee no mention made to the Empeâ—our nor in the other Courts and Estates of the Empire whereof notwitstanding he heard the contrarie fearing that in this assembly by the exclamations of some mooued with spleene and hatred against the King and the Catholike religion and through indiscretion or malicetrusting too much to the enemies inconstant promises or through ingratitude or some such like cause that such false reports are againe brought in question That he had held it expedient to aduertise his Imperiall Maiestie of the Kings merits and iustifications against such friuolous complaints and to send them to the Princes and States of the Empire in writâ—ng and to that Assembly Intreating them in his Maiesties name and his owne that without iust occasion they would not take any bad impression of his Maiesties sincere intention by an vndue greefe commiseration oâ— spleene growing from some smal misdemeanors which be the ordinary frutes of warre least they fall into greater inconueniences and troubles which might breed a greater mischeefe whereof would follow a â—o late repentance But rather shewing wâ—sedome and Discretion measuring the good with the bad comparison being made of small damages and losses happened on these fronters of the Empire ioyning to those of the King from whome the Empire had receiued so many good turnes they should take all in good part That it will well appeare with what Bountie Moderation Clemencie Dilligence and with what Charge his Maiestie hath amidst so great troubles and turmoyles of warre preserued the whole Diocese of Collen and the neighbour Countries being in danger to bee lost and the Catholike religion supprest and that to the great preiudice of his â—owne affaires By the which merits and good deeds togither with the bond by the which the said Diocese and Countrie of Westphalia are tyed no man of Iudgement if hee will not bee blemished with the note of ingratitude can with reason blame his Maiesties actions nor his own touching the lodging and wintering of his army conteyned in all militarie modestie This Iustification was tedious but it was answered all the points of vpbraidings and accusations made therein examined and reiected as false and calumnious to the preiudice of the Emperours honor of the Princes and States of the Empire This Assembly was referred to Conflâ—ns We shall hereafter see what passed there We haue before shewed how that Madam Catherine the Kings only Sister The Kings sister marâ—ied to 〈◊〉 Duke of 〈◊〉 the 31. oâ— Iâ—nuary he câ—ntâ—act 〈◊〉 at 〈◊〉 the 5. oâ— August 1598. had bin promised to the Marques of Pont Prince of Lorraine and Duke of Barr. The coÌ„tracts were made in the preseÌ„ce of the Duke of Lorraine who came into France The conditions were that the sayd Lady should be entituled Duchesâ—e of Albret Countesse of Armâ—gnac and of Rhodez Vicountesse
settle concord and to disperse all the miseries which Discord doth bring forth Some haue complained that I would make leuies of Suisses or of other troopes If I did they must thinke it were to some good end by reason of all my actions past Witnesse that which I haue done for the recouerie of Amiens where I haue imployed the money of the Edicts which you would not haue passed Necessâ—â—ie the first reason and essentiall cause of the â—dict if I had not come my selfe vnto the Parliament Necessitie hath foâ—ced mee to make this Edict by the same Necessitie I haue heretofore plaied the Souldiar They haue talked at their pleasures and I haue not seemed to regarde it I am now a King and speake as a King I will bee obeyed There is not any one of you that findes mee not good when hee hath need of me And there is not any one but hath need once in the yeare and yet you are bad to mee that am so good If other Parliaments for that they haue impugned my will haue beene the cause that they of the Religion haue demanded New things I would not haue you the cause of other innouations by your refusall In the yeare 1594. and 95. when I sent vnto you a Declaration vpon the Edict for the prouision of Offices I did then promise that I would not aduance any one of the Religion to Offices in the Court of Parliament Since time hath altered the affaires wee must accomodate our selues therevnto and yet I will bee well assured of such as I shall aduance to those Charges that they shall gouerne themselues as they ought Talke not so much of the Catholike Religion To all these great cryers Catholickes and Ecclesiastickes 400. pound Staâ—lâ—ng let mee giue to one a thousand Crownes a yeare in Benefices to another foure thousand Liueries of Rent they will not speake a word more I haue the same opinion of all others that shall speake against the Edict There are some which hate the sinne for feare of punishment but the good hate it for the loue of Vertue For Gods sake let mee know that you hate sinne for the loue of Vertue or else I will chastice them that hate it for feare of paine and afterwards they will thanke mee as the Sonne doth his Father The Preachers deliuer words in their Sermons more to nourish then to destroy sedition yet no one of you sayeth any thing these faults which concerne â—ee are not regarded But I will foresee that this Thunder shall bring no Storme and that their predictions shall proue vaine I will not vse their remedies which being out of season will but increase the euill Consider that the Edict whereof I speake is the deceased Kings Edict it is also mine for it was made with mee and I do now confirme it I will say no more but aduise you to imitate the example of the obedience of the Duke of Maine Being perswaded to enter into some factions against my will hee answered that hee was too much bound vnto mee and so were all my subiects amongst the which hee would bee alwayes one that should expose his life to please mee for that I had restored France in despight of them that sought to ruine it And if hee that was the head of the League hath spoken in this manner how much more ought you whome I haue restored to the place from whence the League had expelled you yeeld vnto my request that which you would not do for threats You shall haue none of mee do that which I commaund you or rather what I intreat you you shall not do it onely for mee but for your selues and for the good of the peace This speech was pleasing vnto the Parliament the difficulties which were found in the establishment of the Edict were held tollerable by reason of the Kings will and the necessitie of his affaires Yet they continued fortie dayes after before they would resolue of it The Duchesse of Barr the Kings sister would not depart out of Paris before it was established Shee had shewed her selfe burning in zeale and affection in that matter as in all other affaires of that nature and it was not without reason that after the Kings entrie into Paris when as the Deputies of the Churches of Poitou beseeched his Maiestie for some thing depending vppon the execution of his Edicts hee sayd vnto them Adresse your selues vnto my Sister The Kingâ— Sister pursues the establishment of the Edict your Estate is now fallen vnto the Distaffe The articles of the Edict you may reade at large in the Originals The Edict was sent by the care and diligence of the Kings Atturney general vnto al the Baylewikes depending vppon Paris And yet his Maiestie had deputed in euerie Prouince certaine Commissioners for the execution thereof The exercise of the Catholike Religion was restored in Rochelle and in aboue a hundred walled Townes and a thousand Parishes and Monasteries where the sayd exercise had beene interdicted aboue fifteene yeares and in Bearn for the space of one and thirtie yeares Whilest this Edict of pacification was established in France Cardinall Andrew for and in the name of the Archduchesse the Infanta made one against the Hollanders forbidding all her subiects to trafficke with them The tenor of which Proclamation was this That since the beginning of the Ciuill warres vnto this day The Infanâ—taes Proclamaâ—iongainst the States of the vnited Prouinces many offers had beene made by her and her Councell to them of Holland and their Associats which were most reasonable to reduce them to the dutie of their obedience whereas they had rashly shaken off the yoake and refused to vnite themselues to the other Belgicke Prouinces which did acknowledge and obey her but seeing they could not preuaile by that meanes they were forced to come to armes in the which notwithstanding the King her deceased father had vsed all clemencie and mildnes hoping they would acknowledge their error and craue pardon for their reuolt receiue the grace which hath beene often offered them That for this cause he had granted them their nauigations fishing and free traâ—ficke with his obedient subiects fearing that through this occasion the neighbours shouâ—d draw the profit of all negotiations to some other parts the which the Hollanders know well that the sayd neighbours haue laboured to do with all their power But they were so far from being reclaymed by these benefits as contrariwise they grew more insoleÌ„t and are growne obstinate resoluing in their Councels to resist the Peace and to continue the War the which proceeds not from the people who of their owne dispositions loue peace and desire to liue modestly in obedience but from some new men who taking vppon them the authoritie to commaund abuse the poore people in this sort regarding onely their owne priuat profit and not the publike good whereuppon all conditions haue beene reiected by them refusing to heare any Mediators for
much honored This discontent was shewed in all the sorts the Malcontents could deuise The Images at the Kings comming to the Crowne at his entry into Madrid did speake They made the Image of Iupiter câ—rrying a globe of the World vpon his shoulders and discharging one moetie vpon King Philip with an inscription shewing that the Empire was diuided betwixt Iupiter Caeâ—sar there were found these words written in an vnknowne hand vnder Iupiters Image This is the Duke of Lerma The King coÌ„ming one day from walking â—ound vpon his table a letter sealed with this superscription To King Philip the third of that name King of Spaine being at this present seruant to the Duke of Lerma The King vnderstood al this and laughed at it saying to the Duke of Lerma See what they say of vs. There was a Tragedy made at Valladolid the speakers were the King the CoÌ„stable of Castille the Duke of Lemos and the People The argument was the Complaint and Insolencies of the Duke of Lerma The Catastrophe was the death of the Duke torne in peeces by the furie of the People A Iester going betwixt the King and the Duke of Lerma thrust the Duke in such sort as he made him stagger saying Stand fast for if thou fallest thou wilt neuer rise againe The King taking these words as spoken against him answered presently Wee will both fall then Great men which had laughed at the Bouffons speech were amazed at the Kings answere All Spaine admires his Fortune the most Happie thinke that they must be borne vnder the same planet that will be Happie But no man can say how long this happines will continue for in the end the great and vnmeasurable fauours of Princes are Preiudiciall and Ruinous to their Fauorites Courtyers burne themselues therein like Butterflies But they are wise that drinke of these fauours as the Dogges do of of the water of Nilus in passing and running least they be deuoured of the Crocodiles of Enuie and Iealousie Assemblie of the Deputies of some Princes of the Empire at Conâ—â—ans We haue sayd before that the Assembly of Collen was referred to Conflans which the Germains call Coblents the eight of March Thither came the Deputies of the fiue superiour Circles to consult of the meanes wherby they might defend and maintaine the liberties of Germanie and suppresse the insolencie of the Spaniard who attempted in hostile manner vppon all Estates This word of Circle according to the Germaine Custome and Phrase signifies properly a Canton of the Countrie but it is taken for the Allyance and League which certaine Princes and Imperiall Townes haue one with another And of these Circles there are fiue superiour that is to say of high Germanie and the fiue Inferior are those of Low Germanie and it is one of the causes for the which the Allemans are called Germains for that their Countrie doth all equally belong vnto Soueraigne Lords according to their titles one a Duke another an Earle a third a Marquis And as for the free Townes they be such as haue redeemed theÌ„selues from their Lords haue obteined the Lords Fee vnto themselues as they of Metz The Circles of Germanie who redeemed their Liberties froÌ„ Godefroy of Bullen going to the conquest of the holy Land The fiue Inferior Circles are Westphalia which is vnder the Iurisdiction of the Prince Elector of Collen Hamborough Lubeâ—k Vtrecht and East Phrise with the Countries adioyning and vnder them are comprehended the Hans Townes which be 72. in number the which haue very great Priuileges Those of the vpper Circles were such as assembled then at Conâ—â—ans the first is Mayence or Mentz Treues Collen and the Palatinat which makes one Circle The second is Brandebourg Wirtzbourg Henneberg Hohenlo and Noremberg The third is Wormes Simmer Hesse Nassau for the fourth is Munster Iuilliers Paderborne Lippe for the fift Magdebourg Brunswike Meâ—elbourg and Mulhous These haue an Allyance togither and it is lawfull for them to assemble when they please Beeing thus assembled all the Propositions formerly made vnto the Assembly at Collen by Rodowitz Commissioner for the Admiral were againe vewed and considered of with the iustifications of the States of the vnited Prouinces which were these in effect That they had receiued letters from the Princes Electors and others of Germanie conteining the complaints of the Estates of the Circle of Westphalia The Iustifications of the vnited Prouinces vpon the oppressions and outrages which the Countries of Cleues and Iuilliers of Collen and Westphalia did suffer by the men of warre of either partie whereby they were required to retire their men presently out off the territories of the Empire to restore the Townes which they held raze the Forts which they had built and to leaue the Countrie Townes and States of the Empire in their ancient Peace Rest and Quiet wherupon their answere resolution was also required For answere whereunto the sayd Estates declared that they were sorie to heare such complaints and the more for that they were put in the same ranke with the Spaniards and Admirall who had not forborne to Beseege Batter Force and Take Townes Castels Fortresses and Gentlemens houses in the Countrie of Cleues and others of the Circle of Westphalia by Murthers Burning Spoile and Rauishing of Wiues and Mayds without any respect of Estate Qualitie or Condition And yet not content therewith they had by their garrisons and threats forced some of the sayd Townes besides their Ransomes and concussions to change the Religion and Gouernment which they haue many yeares inioyed vnder the authoritie of your Excellencies and of other Princes whereas the King of Spaine had no interest nor could with any reason colour his attempts And contrariwise for their part â—ayd the States no thing had beene done but by extreame constraint and necessitie the which hath no Law for the Preseruation Maintenance and Assurance of thir vnited Prouinces and tâ—e which according to the Law of armeâ— and custome of warre may be done without any contradiction whereunto they had beene forced By reason whereof they did beseech their Excellencies and all men of Iudgement in matters of warre if considering the Admirals attempts â—eeing they had no other meanes to make head against the enemie but in preuenting him and occupying of those places which he himselfe would haue taken they haue first seized on them and put in men seeing that the Tolhuis which they had seized on was not sufficient to resist the Admirals forces who would not haue failed to come thither whereas the Inhabitants should haue beene treated with the same mildnes that he hath vsed in other places therby to haue had an entrie into their vnited Prouinces Besides they neuer had any intention to vsurpe one foot of ground belonging to the Empire nor of any Prince or neutral Lord to hold it in Proprietie as they sayd they had of late assured his Imperiall Maiestie and the Princes of
Church had power to Iudge thereof Yet she is committed to 〈◊〉 They haue recourse vnto the King who commands that the Parliament be obeyed So as by a Decree of the great Chamber and the Tournelle the Lieutenant of the shorâ— Roabe was inioyned to conduct Martha with her Sisters Iames Brossier her 〈◊〉 Romorantin forbidding her to depart out of the Towne without leaue from the Iâ—dge of the place And so the Diuell was condemned by a sentence An other Diuell possest the soule of a miserable wretch 〈…〉 King â—iscouered who made an execrable attempt against the Kings person A Capuchin of Milan called father Honorio gaue intelligence thereof and the party that was described in his letter was found apprehended at Paris The King did thanke this good religious man by expresse Letters and did witnesse by his Ambassador resident at Rome that he would preserue the remeÌ„brance of so good a turne to make it knowne vnto all his Order that he had bound him vnto him The Kings desire to settle his affaires God would not call a Prince so necessary for the Earth so soone into Heauen before he had setled his people in that rest which their long paines calamities had deserued It was the Kings onely care to settle euery thing in his order with the aduise of the Princes of his house and the Lords of his Councell They sound that the subiects could not fully enioy the benefit of the Peace nor be eased of their charges so long as the Crowne was indebted Râ—nts fees of Officers Pensions gâ—rrisons and men at armes cost the King yeerly almost sixe millions of Gold and that that which should serue to maintaine his Royall Estate was not sufficient to pay the Rents Pensions which amounted to two Millions of Gold the fees of Officers came to 18000. Crownes many other charges which were not discharged for lesse This extreame necessitie made them to seeke out mary Rights and Duties belonging vnto the Crowne the which had beene morgaged and aliened during the last troubles which suffered all that could not be amended This was most apparent in Languedos whether the King sent De Maisse one of his Councell of State and Refuge a Councellor of the Court of Parliament at Paris And although it be a hard thing to draw a multitude compounded of Mutinies Factions vnto reason yet through their perswasions the Countrie did grant vnto the King the sum of two hundred thousand Crownes to be paied in foure yeares with an increase of the Gabelle or Custome vpoÌ„ Salt vnto two Crownes which came to fifty thousand Crownes a yeare at the least more then the King receiued So as the assured succours from that part encreased the Kings treasure 150. thousand Crownes yearely But it increased much more by the continuance of the imposition of a Soulz vpon the Liure the onely remedy to supply the Kings affaires A Liure is 2. shillings the ground whereof is necessity which makes that seeme iust which is profitable to the Common-weale The Commissioners appointed to establish this Leuie of a Solz vpon the pound French Disabilitie â—auseth complaints against impositions were not receiued without opposition nor executed without murmuring vsuall in such inouations There was no towne which fouÌ„d not it selfe ouer-burthened to shew that they were not able to beare any more This body was growne so weake with this long disease as euery little thing how light soeuer did seeme to oppresse it But they complained not alone of this Imposition other Subsidies were the cause of more ordinary greeuances grouÌ„ded vpon more reason Traffick is one of the Elements of a Realme when that ceaseth the subiect feeles it presently nothing hath so much hurâ— it as the augmentation of Customes and Imposts nothing hath made it so contemptible as the couetousnesse of such as had the charge to gather it The Marchants of Lionâ— complainâ— of a new custome and no man hath more felt the discomoditie of it then the Marchants of Lions who complained chiefely for that they had erected a new Custome house in the Towne of Vienne which staied all marchandise that came out of the Leuant These complaints were so common and so often reiterated to the Gouernor of Lions as he thought it good to send some one when as the 12. Townes in Daulphiné should assemble theâ—e Estates to intreat them to take away this Custome which made the Marchants to keepe from Lions least they should come neere vnto these 〈◊〉 The â—eputy made an excellent speech vnto the States of the Prouince assembled at Grenoble as you may read at large in the Original This discourse full of reason truth had not the power to make them of Daulphiné redresse the complaints of Lions but only to beseech his Maiestie to moderate the cause His affaires would not suffer him to giue that ease which Iustice and his Maiesties clemencie desired Whilest that the Comissioners trauell throughout the Prouinces about the executioÌ„ of the Kings Edicts as well for the good of the Peace as to supply the necessity of his Exchequer Complaint of the King of Spaine he passeth the greatest heat of SuÌ„mer at Blois There the Ki. of Spaine gaue him to vnderstand by his Ambassador that hee had great reason to complaine of the French especially of the Lord La Noue who against the conditions of the Treatie of Veruins were gone to serue Count Maurice the States of the Low Countries if the publick â—aith did not maintaine these reciprocall bonds the Peace would be more iniurious then war being impossible to auoide the deceits of hostility of him who shewâ— himselfe a friend is an enemy in effect The King hauing protested that his intention was to haue the contents of the treaty truly obserued he coÌ„manded La Noue all his subiects to returne home within six weekes vpon paine of losse of life forbidding all others to go thether vpon the like penaltie The Archdukes â—end to the King The Archdukes sent the Prince of Orange to visit the King and to giue him intelligence of their arriuall into the Lowe Countries and Andrew the Cardinall hauing resigned vp his charge takes his way through France to see the King About this time the yeare granted for the Arbitrement of the Marquisate of Salusses was expired with the prolongation of three moneths yet would not the King attempt any thing but commanded his seruants onely to stand vpon their gardes whilest that he approched neerer to the Duke of Sauoy to know what he would say The brute notwithstanding of an armie which the King of Spaine had caused to imbarke in Portugall staied his voyage vntill he might see what way it would take An armie defeated at Dunkerâ—e But this great Armie which had no reputation but a farre off and was not knowne by reason of the distance proued in the end but fiue Vessels the which were
she tasted the effects of the Kings liberality by the increase of her pensions lyuing happily at Vesson nere to Aurillac in the tranquillity and silence of her fortune This change is no let but shee shal be alwaies one of the first Princesses of Europe No man can take from her that which Heauen and Nature haue giuen her It is a Theater which although it hath been beaten with lightning is still admired And to speake the truth without affectation or flatery shee her selfe hath ruined the greatnesse of her fortune in that shee would be what she is This marriage is no sooner dissolued but they treat of an other In the blessings whereof the French promise vnto themselues the increase and continuance of those of Heauen Mary of Medicis thâ— Duke of 〈◊〉 Daughter The great Duke of Tuscany did carefully keepe Mary of Medicis his Neece to increase the Honour of his house by some great alliance It was in a season when as the Soueraigne houses of Europe had no Daughters ready to marry or there was some disparity for their Age or Religion Great and important considerations which Princes should not passe ouer lightly It seemes that the eternall wisdome which concludes the Marriages of Pâ—inces in Heauen and blesseth them on earth would not marry this Princesse vnto the Emperour but reserued her for the good of a greater Empire not being pleased that France should seeke the means to continue the Crowne in the Kings Posterity any where else but at Florence one of the eyes of Italy and in the house of Medicis which goeth equally with the first in Italie The histoâ—y of which house you may read at large in the Oâ—iginall Cosmo surnamed by Pius the fiâ—t the Great of Tuscane had by Madame Eleonor of Toledo Daughter to the Viceroy of Naples Francis Ferdinand Peter Garcia Isabelle and Eleonor Francis married Ioane of Austria Daughter to the Emperour Ferdinand Of this marriage came two Daughters Eleonor Mary the first is married to the Duke of Mantoâ—a the venture and good fortune of the other is reserued to be Queene of France And the King being now set at liberty fixt all his thoughts vpon her marriage The Prince of Orange being returned out of France from his Ambassage and come to Bruxelles Foure knights oâ—â—he golden Fleece made by the Archduke the Arch-duke made him Knight of the Golden Fleece with the Duke of Arschâ—t the Marquis of Haurech and the Count Egmont The Cardinall had beene gouenor in the Lowe Countries almost a whole yeare all his exploits were reduced to the fort which he caused to be built in the Isle of Bommell called Saint Andrewes fort being inexpugnable which coÌ„monly they called the spectacle of Holland the which being finished the Arch-duke retired his army out of the Isle of Bommel and put his men into garrison All the rest of the yeare their Highnesses spent in making their entries into the Townes of the Lowe Countries The Archduâ—es army reâ—â—ers out of the Isle of Bommel trying all meanes to haue a Peace with the Hollanders Yea the Emperour laboring still to make this Peace sent vnto them for his Ambassadors Count Salenduc of Isembourg and Herman Manderschiden who let the States of the vnited Prouinces vnderstand his Emperiall Maiesties intent Wherevnto the States answere by writing That it would please his Emperiall Maiesty to remember their former answeres by the which they had sufficiently declared That they could assâ—re themselues neither of the Arch-duke nor of the Infanta seeing they are in the Spaniards power that also their power and command ouer the Lowe Countries was a manifest fraude The staâ—es answere to the Emperours deputiâ—s and although it were tâ—ue for the Country of Flanders yet doth it not followe that it shoâ—ld hold for Holland and Zelande whereas the King of Spaine hath no right Moreouer the King of Spaine seekes but to command ouer all Estates vnder the pretexâ— of Religion the which hee abuseth for pretext of his Ambition hauing no touch of Piety in his Soule And this is all which his Emperiall Maiesty may expect of the resolution of the sayd Estates being resolued to defend themselues from the tiraâ—ie of the Spaniards and their oppressions And so the Ambassadors returneâ— without doing any thing The Duke of Sauoy had sent many of his Ministers into France to treat vpon the diâ—ference for the Marquisate of Saluces without expecting the Popes sentence Aâ—â— the voiages which Iacob the President Rochette the Marquis of Lullins the Cheualier Breton and Roncas his Secretary had made brought him no other fruit then to haue obserued the State of the Court peerced a little into the Kings desseins the which is alwaies the fiâ—st of an Ambassadors instructions and noted the countenance of some spirits impatient of rest and desirous of change And although the Patriarke of Constantinople had by his perswasions drawne more from the King then the Duke of Sauoy hoped for yet could hee neuer change the resolution which the King had taken to haue the Mâ—rquisate againe He was at Lions wheras sicknesse staied him for a time The King hauing commanded the Gouernor of Lions to Lodge him and supply all his wants Roncas attended vntill he was recouered to conduct and accompany him according to the order which the Duke had giuen him But as things went on more slowly then he desired he thought that this pursute required a greater presence and action that hee himselfe must do his owne Ambassage promising more vnto himselfe by his only shadow then by all the soliciting of seruants He therefore prepared himselfe to go to the King although the chiefe of his Councell disswaded him The onely thought of this voiage made him irreconciliable to the King of Spaine although it had not past the tearmes of a simple proposition The Dukesâ— discontent but counterfet so did he make shew to be desirous to breake wholy with him he had in shew great occasions to complaine of his friendship and succors who did but entertaine his greefe and made the cure desperate It is good for a Prince to know the humor of many nations He knew the Spaniards well their manner of liuing the ruinous conditions which they lay vppon them whome they assist the length and languishing of their promises were odious vnto him He did consider the Iniustice and Inequalitie in the Portion of the Infanta his Wife who of so many Scepteâ—s and Crownes which the King her father had receiued but sixscore thousand Crownes of yeerely pension whereas the eldest had the Low Countries and the Franche Countie in marriage He could not forget that at the treatie of Veruins he had beene in a manner forgotten and that a peace was almost concluded before they thought of him Hee beleeued that if the Spaniard would the question for the Marquisate of Saluces had beene ended the which might heue beene left to him in exchange of Calais Dorlans Ardres and
them to Alba regalis promising the Turkes to deliuer them Shuartzbourg or if he would not trust them they would shew them the meanes to take him in Zolnock whether hee should come to bring their money Scuartzbourg had intelligence thereof yet some of the Traitors inuited him by their letters to come promising to open him the gates being come the kept him and sought to surprise him so as hee was forced to send Captaine Scharpffenstein with the Cannon to force them the 22. of Iune The Traitors receiued carts loden with prouision from the Turkes and deliuered them Christian prisoners which they carried a way to Vesprin and Alba regalis with great treacherie crueltie euery one deliuering vp his Host. In the meane time Michael Marot aduertised Schuartzbourg to come himselfe to beseege Pappa for that the Traitors were at diuision among themselues killing one another Schuartzbourg goes takes one of these trecherous Captaines at a sallie causing him to bee flead aliue and his head to be set on the end of a Pike to stirke terror into the rest They also take a Bastion from them by force by the which they might let in Turkish â—uccors who did all they could to succour them the which they could not effect by reason of the great floâ—ds and the resistance of the Christians The Traitors being famâ—shed and in great want of all things grew desperate desiring rather to die then to yeeld and be executed Among others they make one sallie in the night the last of Iuly and charge Marsbourgs quarter where finding the souldiars dronke they defeated many and put the whole Campe in armes Schuartzbourg a braue and valiant Captaine going to giue order for this tumult was slaine with a shot to the great greef of all the Câ—ristianâ— Schuartzbourg slâ—iâ—e before Pappa Notwithstanding his death the seege was continued the Traitors defended themselues desperately making a sallie the next day carrying many prisoners 〈◊〉 tâ—e Towne with some Captaines and slue three hundred And being perswaded to yeeld they answered that when all their victualls were spent they would eate their prisoners yea and Michael Marot the Gouernor The Emperour giue the charge of this army to Melchior Reder who had brauely defended Vaâ—adin The Traitors seeing they could hould no longer fore-cast how they might 〈◊〉 and the 9. of August they dryed vp a poole which did enuiron Pappa of one side and for that the bottome did sinke they did cast Hardles Strawe and other baggage into it Reder aduertised hereof sends Nadaste the Count Thurin and Colonitz to sâ—rprâ—ze them The Traitors flying had alreadie gotten vnto a wood at the end of the Poole where they ouertooke them and refusing to yeeld some of them were cut in peeces And among others la Motte their Captaine with a hundred more were slaine Their Mediator with the Turkes was taken with many of the chiefe of the Treason In the meane time Marot the Gouernor whom the Traitors had put in prison being freed from his bonds gets forth with others and comes to the Campe. Reder by this meanes enters into Pappa and deliuers the other prisoners At this entry many of the Traytors were slaine some were reserued for execution and were sent to other Garrisons to serue for an example Some were Impaled others broken vpon the Wheele and scorched with a small fire and basted with Lard Diuers punishmâ—nts of Trayâ—ors some had their Bowells pulled out off their Bellies and burnt before their faces and their thighes shoulders and other parts of their Bodies scorched some had their Hearts pulled out aliue others had their throats filled with Sulpher and Pouder and so set on fire some were buried aliue vp to thechinne and ther heads broken with Bullets euery one by order of Martiall Lawe to make them apprehend by the seuerity of their deaths the foulenes of their treason Which diuersity of seuere punishments seeming to tend to cruelty was very necessary to make all Christians abhorre treason The Lords of Sillery and Alincourt by the Popes aduice and the Kings commandement went from Rome to Florence A Treatie of the Kings marriage to treat a marriage betwixt the King and the Noble Princesse Mary of Medieis the which had beene propounded before This demaund was so pleasing vnto the great Duke as he made no difficlulty Her Portion was six hundred thousand Crowns comprehending that which the Great Duke had lent the King of the which he paid himselfe with Iewells and other precious moueables The Contract was past in the Pallace of Pitty the 25. day of Aprill in the presence of Charles Anthony Putei Archbishop of Pisa and Virginiâ— Duke of Bracciano All Florence shewed great ioy thereat and the Princesse was presently declared Queene of France She dyned publikely vnder a cloth of Estate the great Duke sitting farre beneath her The Duke of Bracciano gaue her Water and Sillery the Kings Ambassador the Towell The rest of the day was spent in all kind of sports Soone after Monsieur Alincourt went to carry these good newes vnto the King with the Queenes picture which the great Duchesse sent him The King sent Frontenaâ— The Queenes Picture sent to the King to serue the Qâ—eene as her cheefe Steward who presented vnto her his Maiesties first Letter and withall he sent his Portrait to the great Duke The King resolued to effect the promises of Marriage as soone as the Duke of Sauoy had performed his touching the Restitution or the Exchange of the Marquisate of Salusses and to go to Auignon to receiue the Queene but the Duke was much perplexed what hee should doe After the Duke of Sauoyes departure the King went to passe the Lent at Fontainbleau where there was A Conference at Fontainbleau a great Conference betwixt the Bishop of Eureux and Philip de Mornay Lord of Plessis Marly Gouernour of Saumur Intendent of the house and Crowne of Nauarre in the presence of the King Princes and Officers of his Crowne Councellors of State Prelats and other Noblemen of marke It was touching a booke which Monsier du Plessis had published of the Institution of the Lords Supper and against the Masse wherein the Bishop did taxe him to haue falsified many Authorities Whervpon du Plessis presented a Petition vnto the King that his Maiesty would be pleased to appoint Commisioners to examine euery passage of Scripture cited in his booke The King yeelded to this Conference that the trueth might be made cleare against the darknesse of sâ—ander referring the care thereof to his Chancellor The Commissionars appointed for the Catholiks were Augustin Thuanus President of the Court Parliament at Paris Pithou Aduocate in the Court and Fieure Schoolemaister to the Prince of Condé in whose absence came Martin the Kings Phisition And for the other the President of Calignon Chancellor of Nauarre in whose place entred de Fresnes Gauaye President of the Chamber of Languedoe and Casaubon his Maiesties Reader
them who would gladly haue saued them for there was no mercie in the Scottishmen who slue all they met for an expiation of the death of their Companions murthered in the morning in cold bloud so as they said that the Archduke lost aboue sixe thousand men and seuen or eight hundred prisoners whose liues were saued with great difficultie yea the Admirall of Arragon being led prisoner towards the Prince The Admiral of Aâ—ragon prisoner had beene in great danger of his life entring into Ostende if hee had not beene neere the Prince The States as well in the incounter in the morning as in the battell lost aboue two thousand men amongst the which were three Captaines of Horse twenty of Foot but not any Nobleman of accoÌ„pt On the Archdukes side died the Count de Saume the Seneshall of Montlimar who being prisoner and sore wounded died soone after his taking at Ostend the Barron of Pimereul Sonne to the Treasorer Chassey the Seigneour of Ottigny Sonne to the President Richardot Men of account slâ—ine on the Archdukes side Don Gaspar de Sapena a Colonell who died in Ostend Don Diego de Torres Don Gaspar de Loyaza Don Gonzalo Spinola Don Ioan de Pardo Don Garcia de Toledo Don Lopes de Capata Don Alonso de Carceno Don Louys Faccardo Sebastian Velasco Sebastian Doteloa Christouall Verdugues Matheo d' Otenil Ioannetin de Casa noua the Contador d' Alimes and many others There were taken prisoners Don Francisco de Mendoza Marquis of Guadaleste The cheeâ—e prisoners Great Admirall of Arragon and the Archdukes Lieutenant Generall Don Baptista de Villa noua who were led to Horne in Holand Don Alonso Requell to Delfe Don Gonzalo Hernandes de Spinosa to Vtrech Don Pedro de Montinegro and Don Philip de Tassis to the Hage Don Pedro de Velasco to Bergh Don Pedro de Lensina to Encusen Don Anthony de Mendoza and Don Francisco de Torres to Bergh Of the Archdukes houshold were taken the Count Carlo Rezi Don Diego De Gusman and Mortier all three being his pages and Don Pedro de Montemaior his Gentlemen Caruer his Phisition Surgian Harbinger Rider Cooke Porter and Groome of his Chamber some of his Gardes c. fortie seauen Ancients and thertie seauen appointed and reformed Sargents The Archduke lost sixe Peeces of Artillery The Prince returnes to the â—â—ege of â—â—â—â—port and with the two which they had taken in the morning a hundred and sixe Enseignes and fiue Corners comprehending the mâ—â—â—ners Standard the Colours which were lost that day were also recouered Fiue daies after this Battaile the Prince returns againe to the seege of Nieuport hauing possed the Hauen againe hee caused his Shipps to returne intrenched his Campe vnshipps his Cannon and prepared his Batteries but the same night there entred three Regiments into the Towne the which they could not preuent besides fiue Companies which were there in Garrison before so as the Prince finding it very difficult to take the Towne by assault without greater forces and a long â—eege considering the number of their men the which might greatly preiudice his affaires and little aduantage him by the taking thereof beeing in danger vpon his departure to bee taken againe hee raised his Campe and imbarked his Cannon with all the Baggage Tentes and Pauilions commanding the Shipps to returne towards Ostend The Prince beseegeth Isabellas â—ort hauing resolued to attempt the Forts of Isabella Saint Clara and Grotendorst so as the next day hauing past the Hauen of Nieuport hee went to beseege the Fort of Isabella neere to that of Albertus which hee had taken at his comming to Ostend but the one and twentith day of the month at the breake of day the Arch-dukes army beeing newe supplied The Arch-duke releeues it and raiseth the seege appeered and set downe neere vnto the Fort of Clara without any opposition so as the Arch-duke sent to refresh the sayd Forts both with Men and Munition the which the Prince could not hinder by reason of the great ditches which were in the Meadows so as the Prince finding that he was to fight with two enemies if he should assayle the Fort made his retreat contenting himselfe for that yeare with the victory of Niâ—uport so as hee was blamed of many for that hee could not make vse of so great a victory Count Maurice and the States hauing demanteled Albertus Forte as much as they thought good and raised the seege from that of Isabella they returned with their Armie into the vnited Prouinces putting them into Garrisons Count Mauricâ— returnes into Holland and the Archduke retired the Bodie of his Army out of Flanders except some Companies which hee left within the Forts repayring that of Albertus againe in the same manner as it had bin before Wackene the Arch-dukes Vice-admirall remayning commonly in the Towne of Dunkerke to reuenge the losse at the Battaile of Nieuport goes himselfe to Sea with seauen or eight Shipps of Warre and falls vpon a peece of the Fleete of Holland and Zeland which went to fish for Herrings the which although they had some Shipps for their gard dispersed heere and there yet not beeing able to defend alike some lying farre of the Vice-admirall tooke some of them The exploits of the Vice-admirall of Flanders and hauing taken out the Pilotes and Masters of the Shipps hee nayled the Mariners and Fishermen vnder the Hatches in fifteene or sixeteene of the a foresayd Shipps the which hee perced beneath in the Keeles so as they sunke to the bottome of the Sea with all those poore distressed wretches which could no way saue or helpe themselues a poore reueng and a pittifull thing to see and heare the lamentable cries of those which were so miserably drowned This Sommer the States of the Lowe Countries caused a great Galley to bee Built in the Towne of Dordreâ—ht in Hollande to stoppe the Passages and courses of them of Scluse this beeing called the blacke Galey of Dordrecht hauing ten or twelue peeces of Artillery whereof there were two Cannons in the Poope and two in the Prowe it was no sooner finished manned but she was sent from Flessingh in Zeland to drawe forth the enemies Galleies whilest she lay at an Anchor The blackâ— Galley of Dordâ—etâ—ht the Captaine hauing discouered three Galleies of Scluse which had taken a Marchants Shippe of Zelande pursued them and at the first charged one of the three so furiously as after great harme done her she was forced to retire which done the Captaine went to the other two who had seized on the ship the which he tooke from them and forced them to retire to Scluse with no lesse losse then the first And afterwards the night of the 29. day of Nouember this Captaine with his Galley and foure shalops well manned set vpon the Admiralls ship of Andwerp in the middest of the Riuer of Escault before the said Towne the which was one of
Iulliers after the decease of the Countesse of Valpurg He sommoned the Gouernor to yeeld who finding himselfe to weake abandoned the place The Gouernor complayned to his Master the Duke of Iulliers but the controuersies betwixt him Prince Maurice and the States were reserued to be determined by the Imperiall Chamber The Arch-duke beseeged Ostend Oâ—tâ—nd beseeged the which continued three yeares and eleauenth weekes it was noted for the most memorable seege that euer was in Europe whereas so many thousands of men ended their daies and which endured so many hundred thousand Cannon shot before it yeelded Ostend which hath beene the place whereas all the brauest subiects of Spaine for the Arch-dukes And al the valiant English and Hollanders for Prince Maurice and the States haue in emulation one of an other shewed their corrages and whereas many French according to their diuers affections haue â—ought Honour This Ostend is a Sea Towne in the CouÌ„ty of Flanders two Leagues from Oudenbourg three from Nieuport and foure from Bruges vpon the riuer of Iperle the which runnes into the Sea making it a good port for shipping It was walled about but in the yeare 1572. and in the yeare 1587. It was better fortefied by the States of the vnited Prouinces The particularities of this seege I omit because they are written at large and published by others Ferdinand the Archduke being at the seege of Canisia demanded succors from the Pope and the Princes of Italy The Duke of Mantoa was Lieutenant Generall The Pope sent him his Nephew Iohn Francis Aldobrandino hauing deliuered into his hands the blessed Standard with Ceremonyes The King of Spaine sent him sixe thousand Germaines and the Great Duke of Tuscany two thousand foote the time was spent in contending for command betwixt the Duke of Mantoa and Aldobrandino who beeing Marshall of the Campe would receiue no direction from the Archduke Great men for the iealousie of command loose great occasions but death ended this quarrell Aldobrandino dying three moneths after of a Qâ—otidian feauer the Troupes which he conducted continued still at the seege The Pope disposed of his Estates to Siluester Aldobrandino his Sonne his obsequies were made at Rome with great pompe Rochepot beeing Ambassador in Spaine 〈…〉 Ambaâ—â—aâ—or 〈◊〉 Spaine certaine French Gentlemen among the which his Nephew was had a quarrell with some Spaniards who did iniury them and cast their Clothes into the Water they being a swimming The Spaniards had the worst and some were hurt and slaine Their Kinsmen demanded Iustice of the King who commanded his Officers to doe it but the Ambassadors lodging was forced and the Gentlemen drawne forth to prison notwithstanding any thing that he could say or doe to maintaine the liberty of his place the which is inuiolable euen among enemies The King was so offended with this iniury as hee commanded his Ambassador to returne giuing the King of Spaine to vnderstand that hee assured himselfe that he would do him reason when hee had well considered what cause he had to complaine Wherevpon all Trafficke was forbidden betwixt these two Realmes The Pope fearing that this violence done vnto the Ambassador of France could not passe without some feeling and that this Coale might kindle the fire of Warre betwixt these two great Kings hee sent into Spaine to haue the prisoners the which were sent vnto him and the Pope deliuered them presently vnto the Lord of Betunes the Kings Ambassador at Rome and so the Peace was continued The Ambassadors of Venice were better intreated in France That great and wise Senate holding themselues bonnd by the Lawes of friendship An Ambassâ—ge from Venice to deplore the misfortune and to reioyce at the prosperity of their friends hauing beene long troubled for the afflictions of France they send a great and solemne Ambassâ—ge to congratulate the fruit of the Kings victories and the beginning of his Marriage The Ambassadors were chosen out of the Procurators of Saint Marck and of the cheife men of the State They came to Paris Donâ—t Dâ—lphin Procureurs of S. Marck Ambassadors Donat was in election to be Duke the King sent the Marquis of Rhosny to conduct them to Fontainbleau and to intreat them to bee contented with their Reception in that place whereas the Queene was seeing their Ambassage was common to both and that for the indisposition of her greatnesse it could not bee at Paris which occasion did renue the ioyes of the Court the which was in so great Tranquilitye as it seemed neuer to haue beene in trouble The Great Turke sent Bartholomew de Cueur his Physition vnto the King Bartlemew de Cueur of Marseilles a Christian Renegado sent to the King by the Turke to acquaint him with the Estate of his affayres and to intreat him to mediate a Truce in Hungary When as this man spake of the Turkes power hee did so extoll it as if hee had beene able to vanquishe all the Princes of Christendome not expecting Pope nor Emperor so as the King of France did not meddle in it Hee presented a Dagger and a Cymiter vnto the Kings Maiesty whereof the Hilts and Scabberds were of Gold garnished with Rubies and a Plume of Herons feathers The King related vnto him what hee had done in Sauoy and complayned that to the preiudice of ancient Capitulations not onely the English were distracted from the Banner of France vnder whose guide and protection they were bound to trafficke but also the Flemings Hollanders and Zelanders were comprehended vnder the Banner of England To this complaint hee added an other against the courses and violencies of the Pirats of Algier and the Coast of Barbary saying that if the Iustice of the great Turke did not cause these Pirracies to ceaâ—se he should haue no reason to beleeue his friendship It was at such a time as the Great Turkes affayres were very confused and troubled in Asia The Seriuano reuolted in Asia by the reuolt of the Seriuano and almâ—st desperate in high Hungary The King of Persia had sent Ambassadors to the Christian Princes to animate them to make War against him promising to contribute an Army of a hundred and fifty thousand horse The King of Persia sent his Ambassador to the Pope Emperor King of Spaine and threescore thousand foote offering vnto the Christians liberty of Religion and free Trafficke in his Kingdomes His Spays and Iannissaries murmured against him and the bad carriage of the Empresse his Mother who during his Delights and Dissolutions held the reyns of Gouernment did alwayes through the mallice and frailty of her Sexe support the worst Councells and Resolutions They complayned dayly of the Mother and the Sonne speaking of her as the Romaines did of Agrippina crying out that they should intreat her worse then by a simple banishment and of him as the Souldiars spake of Gallienus whom they esteemed not to be borne but for the pleasures which are in and vnder the belly
vnto God Lord come not neere mee vntill I bee fortefied I must confesse that I feare your Countenance hauing admitted such men to accuse me seeing that your Maiesty demands my Iustification the which hath retayned me not that my coÌ„science doth accuse me of any fault that is worthy of such an examination Seeing it doth import your seruice it is requisit I should satisfie your Maiesty your Realme mine Honor and free them of my Relligion from the scandal which they should receiue if my crime were not punished mine Innocency known For the attayning wherof I assure my â—elfe that your Maiesty would not depriue me of the liberty which all your subiects of the Relligion enioye and the rather for that no Iudges can be more interessed in these affaires seeing the question is of the decaye of your Realme to augment that of Spaine where-in all your subiects haue one coÌ„mon losse but those of the Relligion whereof the Chambers do consist haue a more particular the which they esteeme more deare then their liues which is the losse of their exercise They will therefore bee seuere Iudges rather then milde If they shall finde mee guiltie they will hate me more then any other from whom they did least expect it I most humbly therefore beseech your Maiestie to send my Accusers Accusations thinking the imputation which is layd vpon me heauie the time tedious vntill your Maiestie may be fully satisfied of mine Innocencie for the speedy effecting wherof I will attend at Castres the Iustification of my fault or Innocencie Iudging that the time which I should haue spent in going to your Maieâ—â—ie would haue but prolonged the affliction of my Soule remayning accused seeing that your Maieâ—â—ie was to send mee backe to the Chambers to condemne or obsolue me being the Iudges which your Edict hath giuen me That it would therefore please you to releeue my minde speedily in giuing mee the meanes to make my Innocencie knowne and that by this proofe you may rest assured of my faithfâ—ll seruice and I of your fauour the which shal bee aboue all things desired of your most Humble most Obedient and most Faithfull Subiect and Seruant Henry de la Toure The King caused the Prince of Ginuille to be coÌ„mitted to the Duke of Guise his brother Sillery examined him very carefully The Prince of Ginuilâ—â— committed his Maiestie relying vpon his wisedome and integrity He aduertised the Gouernours of Prouinces why he did it vsing these words I haue committed my Nephew the Prince of Ginuille vnto my Nephew the Duke of Guise his brother for that he had rashly and indiscreetly giuen eare to certaine propositions that were made vnto him against my seruice I will hold him in the same gard vntil that matters be made plaine But I assure my selfe it concernes him only wherein those of his house haue no share neither is there any one named or coÌ„prehended with him whereof I thought good to aduertise you The King hauing since bin satisfied of the truth he returned againe into fauour Humbert de la Tour Daulphiâ— giues Daulphiné to the fiâ—st sonnâ— oâ— Fâ—ance There came 15. or 16. Deputies out of Daulphiné to Paris This Prouince was giuen to the Crowne of France by Humbert Prince of Daulphiné vpon condition that the Kings eldest Son the presumptiue heire of the Crowne should be soueraigne thereof from his birth Hauing made great ioy for this blessing and to see that which they had not seene since King Charles the 8 they made choise of some out of the three Estates of the Country to go performe their first duties of subiection to know their Soueraigne Lord. Ierosme of Villards Archbishop of Vienne was the cheefe of this Ambassage the which he gouerned and ended happely and with honor Hauing done their duties to the King and Queene and let them vnderstand the charge which he had from the States of the Countrie with the other Deputies hee was led to S. Germans to see their new Prince who was vnder a cloth of Estate in his Cradle vpon a little bed The Archbishop of Viâ—nnes speeâ—h to the Daulphin The Count Soissons Gouernour and Lieutenant generall of Daulphiné his Gouernesse and his Nurse were by him The Archbishop of Vienne spake vnto him standing al the rest kneeled of one knee The substance of which speech was That the ioy of France had beene infinite by his birth foreseeing that her felicitie should be imperfect without it and that the blessing of Peace could not continue without his Birth who should bee the death of all pretexts of Ciuill warres but your Prouince of Daulphiné hath farre greater cause of Ioy â—or that it feeles in effect that which the rest of the Realme hath but in hope Those which haue beleeued that felicitie could not be in the infancie of a Child Children cannot beâ— tâ—rmed happy seeing it requires a continuance of years and a constant knowledge of virtue and fortune ment it not by Kings Children and aboue all of the first borne of the Crowne of France at whose first birth wee see all the fauours raigne vpon his head the which Heauen can powre vpon them whome it will make happie The same day my Lord that you saw the light the Sunn did salute you a great Prince and the Sonne of a great King you are borne our Soueraigne Lord and wee are become your faithfull vasâ—alls and most humble Subiects so as this Prouince which amidest so many afflictions hath sighed aboue a hundred yeares for the day when it should see borne that sacred bud of the Royall flowre houlds it the greatest point of glorie and felicitie not to know any power more absolute and soueraigne then yours and to obey you before that you know what it is to command This Cradle my Lord about the which the Eternall Prouidence which hath a speciall care ouer this Realme and hath appointed his Angells for your grad is the Throne wherein wee adore in your lyuing Image the inuisible Maiestie of the liuing God The rocking of this Cradle hath setled the filicitie of France which began to bee shaken by furious and dangerous attempts both without and within It is an extreme greefe vnto vs that the lawe of this Cradle will not suffer vs to heaâ—e you make vs so happie as to vnderstand you And if you vnderstand not but by the LaÌ„guage of InfaÌ„ts which be Tears you shal knowe the affection of your peoples Harts by the tears of Ioy which fall from their eyes praising God that it hath pleased him to giue them a Prince issued from the first Crowne of the world who carries in his Heart the generosity of his Father and in his eyes the sweetnes of the Mother A Prince which in greatnes of courrage and in reputation of braue and immorâ—al Actions shall exceed the glory of all the Princes of the Land and Sea as the Daulphin in lightnes and swiftnes passeth
vnknowne of any one The Sermon being done she returned presently to her house and 〈…〉 her Adulterer of her Husbands abâ—ence who fayled not to come at the 〈◊〉 she gaue him and then they went into the Husbands bed who 〈◊〉 off his Closset found them naked together and slue them the Adulterer had 〈◊〉 wounds and the Woman seuen and twenty and â—o their detestable sinne was 〈◊〉 by the view of their dead bodies the which were brought before the Iustice being â— lamentable thing and piâ—tifull to behold The Husband did easily obtaine his 〈◊〉 the which proceedes from the Kings bounty It is a iust griefe the which may 〈◊〉 transport a Husband A Pardon promised to all that were of the Duke of Biâ—ons conspiracy finding his Wife with an other as these poore 〈◊〉 wretches were The King about this time pardoned all those that had beene 〈…〉 Duke of Birons Conspiracy so as they came declared theÌ„selues within two 〈◊〉 and caused their Pardons to bee confirmed The Towne of Emden as we haue 〈◊〉 was in quarrell with the Earle of East Friseland the which increased in 〈…〉 the Inhabitants seeing the Earle to hinder their Nauigation hauing builâ— vp 〈◊〉 diuers places The trouble of Emden and by this meanes to force them to Obedience beeing thus 〈◊〉 they demand succors from the States of the Vnited Prouinces they which they eaâ—â—â—y obtaine Entring into the Earles Iurisdiction with these succors they bring aâ—l vnâ—er their command and presse the Earle in such sort as he is forced to go and purge himselfe of that which was imputed vnto him before the States at the Hage to reâ—â—â—st them to be a meanes to end their Controuersies the which they did at his request â—â—ping by this meanes a Peace would be soone made betwixt them Afterwards there was a Complaint made to the Electors of the Empire The Earle goes to purge hâ—mâ—lâ—e at the 〈◊〉 for that Emden is of the â—â—feriour Circle vnto whom the States sent to lay open their reasons of the assistance which they had sent to the Inhabitants of Embden That it was well knowne the Earle was greatly fauored by the Spaniard and that he pretended to deliuer the Towne of Embden to the Archduke Excuses made by the S ates of the 〈◊〉 Prouinces to be Maister of the Sea by that meanes and to annoy the Estates with their Allyes and Confederates That therefore they held it a part of their duties to mediate a good accord betwixt them the which they had propounded at Delfe where with the Earle in the beginning was well pleased But since â—e brake off and hath built Forts vpon the Riuer of Amise the which was neuer tollerated in any of his Predecessors â—hat they might iustly suspect him for that one of his brethren followed the Archduke who had of late sent him into Spaine That the Archduke pretended to be Earle of East Friseland as it appeareâ— by the Peace of Veruins where he giues himselfe the Title Mâ—reouer they were duly aduertised of the said Archdukes practises against them who sought al meanes to surprise them and that it had beene resolued on at Bruxelles They therefore required the sayde Electors to take in good part what they had done haâ—ing no intent to preiudice the â—ights of the Empire but to assure their Prouinces by all meanes and in like sort to helpe their Neighbours and Friends to maintaine their Liberties and Freedomes These excuses were held by some of the Deputies for vaâ—lable and by others that they were not to bee regarded notwithstanding hauing consulted vpon all the points The Duke of 〈◊〉 enterpâ—â—se vpon Geneua and considered of the reasons on either side the Treaty of Peace was continued betwixt the Earle and the Inhabitants of Embden The Discourse of the eterprises and intelligences which the Duke of Sauoy and his Father haue had to surprize the Citty of Geneua with their pretentions and their defence on the contrary side to maintaine their Liberties would make a good volume They relied vpon the the publike assurance of the Treaties of Veruâ—ns Paris and Lions in the which they held themselues to be comprehended and so assured from all the desseignes of their neighbours The Duke of Sauoy did not hold himselfe tyed by the Peace not to seeke the meanes to become Maister thereof and to raigne there as his Predecessors had done and that there was no danger to breake his Faith with People of a contrary Religion This Citty doth so much import his Estates as it deserues if not to breake the Peace at the least to straine and wreste it It is situated at the end of Lake Leman The situation of Geneuâ— which serues for a Ditch on the North part The Riuer of Rhosne passeth by the Towne on the West side and vpon the East and South is the Countrie of Sauoy the Great and Rich Playnes of the Baylewikes of Thonoâ— and Ternier and the Countries of Chablais and Fouâ—igny The Duke had great pretensions to it The Dukes pretensions as Soueraigne of the Country of Geneua and Vicar perpetuall of the Empire Hee maintayned that if the Bishop of Geneua had any absolute authority it was without preiudice to the Soueraigntie the which hath alwayes remayned to his Predecessors as Earles of Morienne or Dâ—kes of Sauoy The Citty of Geneua who to maintaine her liberty findes all propositions of seruitude troublesome and strange The defence oâ— the Geneuois hath alwayes detested the Sauoyards command sayes That the Bishops of Geneua haue beene alwayes soueraigne Princes of their Citty and that the Earles of Sauoy and Geneua haue often done homage to the Bishops of Geneua for the Barronyes of Terâ—ier Remilly Montfaucon and for the County of Geneua That the Duke of Sauoy can pretend no right as Vicar perpetuall of the Empire beeing granted by surprise and reuoked after examination of the cause by the same Emperor who vpon complaint made vnto him by a Bishop of Geneua called Ardutius declared that hee had beene surprised in that behalfe The Vicariat obtained by Veod Earle of Sauoy in the yeare 13â—6 râ—uâ—keâ— in the yeare 1383. and disanulled all that hee had giuen to the Earle of Sauoy his Cousin forbidding him to contradict this reuocation vpon paine of his indignation and a thousand Markes of pure Golde The parties differing vppon the mayne point the question could not be decided without proofe The Duke would haue no other production but his Title of Duke and Soueraigne of Geneua to maintaine the which hee beseeged the Towne and brought it to extremity as hath beene shewed elsewhere It is true that without the Kings protection this citty could not long resist the forces of the Duke of Sauoy Beeing abandoned by the King there is no defence for them but will proue weake against so mighty a Neighbour who shall bee alwayes assisted by the greatest Forces of Italy and Spaine And if they
deliberates long and resolues constantly would neuer reuoake this Imposition for that they would not loose the reputation of the constancie and firmenes of their Lawes and not to bee taxed of lighâ—nes applying themselues to the time and occasion But they must endure it and the Deputies of the two Kings and of the Archduke being resolued vpon that point there was no difficultie but that the Commerce was restored to the first libertie The Constable of Castille returning into Spaine came to the King at Fontainbleau The trafficke open with Spaâ—ne The King sent to receiue him at the entrie of Paris by the Duke of Montbasson who was well accompanied and the next day at the entrie of the forest of Fontainbleau hee found fiueteene Carosses full of Gentlemen of the Court who left them to offer them to him and to his trayne and so mounted vppon their horses which did attend them The Constable of Castile comes to the King It cannot bee spoken hoâ— royally the King receiued him Among many testimonies of honour and affection this was not ordinarie Zamet inuited him to supper being readie to washe the King accompanied onely with Bellegarde and Roguelare enters saying that hee would suppe with them The Constable offered him his napkin and would haue kneeled The Kings receiues him with all â—onâ—â— He suâ—s with the Consâ—able the which the King would not suffer saying vnto him that it was not for him to yeeld honours but to receiue them for hee was of that house being allyed to the house of Velasques to whome the dignitie of the Constable of Casâ—ille and Leon is hereditarie and is an honour in a manner equall with a Soueraigne The house oâ— Velasques the Emperour Valentinian finding no other place wherewith to honour and aduance his Brother Valence The Commerce which had beene forbidden for some monethes being restored there was nothing contayned in the Treaty of Veruins but was duly executed â—ut 〈◊〉 with concerned the priuate interest of the Earle of Saint Paul As for the General 〈◊〉 went so well as it might be sayd the two Kings had neuer had better coâ—â—eâ—pondeâ—cy and that their wills although contrary had beene like vnto wine and water which cannot be seperated As for the affaires of the Realme the King found so great respect and obedience in all places as if there remaines any passion in the hearts of his Predecessors they must bee greeued that they were neuer so well obeyed This yeare the States of the vnited Prouinces had prouided an Army of two thousand fiue hundâ—ed sayle great and small to releeue Ostend â—f it were possible or els to attemâ—ty 〈◊〉 Sluse which is the chiefe port of Flanders with this resolution the Count Maurice Landed his Army tooke the Isle of Casandt Isandike and all the sorts vpon the 〈◊〉 Land neere vnto the Towne so as they of Slâ—se dispayring of releefe seeing the Marquis Spinola repulst from Cassant Lost by the vâ—nity of Mattheo Serrano the gouernor made a signe of yeelding they deliuered vppe the Towne vpon Honorable Conditions the Capitulation was made the nineteenth of August 1604. The Arch-dukes forces returned againe to Ostend to presse the beseeged wâ—ileâ— the season of the yeare would suffer them the which was defended with great Constancy and Resolution The â—ediousnesse of this seege cost the States more then the entertainment of a great Army Ostend yeelded by composiâ—ion the 15. of September and therefore Count Maurice sent expresse commandement to the Gouernor to Capitulate and leaue that ruine which cost them so many Men and so much Money Before they entred into Capitulation they sent away their Artillery and all their stuffe by Sea After three yeares seege and more they yeelded vp the Towne vpon as Honorable conditions as if they had deliuered vp the best place in Europe The Arch-duke entred it and they that went with him were amazed to see that they hâ—d conquered nothing but a Church-yarde after so long time and so great expences and had made an other without that was better peopled It was a great Glory for the Arch-duke to haue taken this Towne after so longe a patience of three yeares In matters of Warre they consider not the time that is spent but the successe The Archduke enters it Hee lost three yeares time but the gaine of the thing desired did recompence his losse The Beseegers spent much Powlder to haue a heape of Sand they lost an incredible number of Men to get a Church-yarde It is all one the victors Glory is not impayred hauing that which hee would haue there was neuer seene the like For tâ—â—e of a Fort nor so great resolution to asaile and defend a Towne without houses yea without grounde and which promised to the Conqueror nothing but a Barren heape of dust â—t seemes that Warre hath made choise of the Lowe Countries to continue there all this age as it hath donne the best part of the precedent Oâ—â—er Prouinces haue beene ruined by Warre and especially by ciuill Warre where the Conqueror smartes and sedâ—s the losie but they increase and growe Rich by their Warre They had not beene so Rich if they had not taken Armes against their Prince who in the ende will finde it true that it is dangerous to make long Warre with any people The Lowe Countrâ—â—s 〈…〉 by warre for that the assidâ—ity and continuance of this exercise makes them warlike and Capable to vanquish them who in the beginning durst not incounter his forces After they haue once put a sword into the Peoples hands it is hard to wrest it from them The sword makes the feeble and the stronge equall and can hurt and wounde in any hard Agesiâ—laus beeing beaten and wounded by them whome hee had forced to take Armes was mockt by Antaleâ—das saying that the Thebans had payed him the hire of that which hee taught them against their wills And although the King of Spaine and the Arch-dukes powers bee far greater then that of the States yet they make Warre with greater commodity and safety then he Among many remarkable considerations of the scituation of the Country they haue the Sea free by the which they may conduct what numbers and what quantitie of munition and equipage for the Warre they please and to any place they please the which cannot bee carried by land but with exceeding great charge and by great marches So as wee may say of them as Taxiles sayd of the Romaines that their Armies are inuincible and wee neede not to maâ—uell that they haue so much Artillery Munition Carriages and Men seeing they haue so many Shippes in their ports And at their doore two great Kingdomes full of warlike Souldiars which cannot liue in Peace but Glory in the incounter of dangers to whome there is no paine that is strange nor place in accessible nor enemy redoubtable The King of Spaine hath great difficulties in this Warre Aduantages of
from Paris fol 707. The Duke of Guyse seekes to returne into fauor fol. 708. The Queene mother Imployed for a peace seauen demands of the League and the Kings answeare fol. 709 The Duke of Espernons Iustification Deputies of the Parliament with the King and his answer fol. 710.711 The defeate of the Spanish Armado in 1588. with the Duke of Medinaes excuses fol. 712. The King refuseth to go to Paris with new resolutions of the League fol. 713. The Kingâ— Couâ—cellors dissmissed the Court trobles against Espernon in Angoulesme fol. 714. Conuocation the Estates at Blois the Kings speech fol 715. The Marquisate of Salusses surprised by the Duke of Sauoy fol. 718. The Duke of Guisses dissembling fol. 719 Assembly and Petition of the Pâ—otestants ibid. Obiections against the Duke of Guise and the Kings last resolution fol. 723. The Duke of â—â—ise slaine fol. 724 Death of the Queene mother fol. 725. Nâ—ort taken by the King of Nauar. ibid. The Parâ—sians Insolencies fol. 726. The Duke of Mayennes couâ—ses the Kings letters to him fol. 727. The Estates at Blois disâ—olued with the Archbishop of Bourges others speeches fol. 728.729 A generall Councell of the vnion with their Insolencies and reuolts fol. 730. The Duke of Mayennes attempts fol. 731. Reconciliation of the the 2. Kings fol. 732. Paris beseeged fol. 733. The Death of Henry the 3. his last speech and manners fol. 736.737 The 3. parcell of the 3. race of Capets in the Royall branch of Bourbon beginning with Henry before King of Nauar and the 63. King of France THe Genealogy of the King S. Lewis fol. 740.741 The King raiseth his seege from Paris goes into Normandy and the Duke of Mayenne followes him fol. 742. Notable exploits at Arques against the League fol. 743. The King approcheth to Paris fol. 745. The seege of Dreux and disposition of the kings army fol. 748. The Battell of Yury where the Leaguers are ouer-throwne with the losse on both sides fol. 749.750 The seege of Parâ—s with their miseries fol. 752. Deputies sent to the King with his answere to them fol 753. The seege of Paris raised and the Duke of Parmas retreate fol. 754.755 Roan beseeged and succored by the Duke of Parma fol. 759. A trecherous decree of the Court Parliament of Roan fol. 760. Death of the Duke of Parma and the Marshall Biron fol. 762. A sentence of the Court Parliament against the Bull of Pope Clement the 8. fol. 765. The Kings declaration against the Leaguers fol. 767. The Kings Conuersion fol. 769. By what meanes the townes of the League returned to the Kings obedience and the Spaniards chased out fol. 771. The Kings Coronation fol. 772. The miraculous reduction of Paris to the Kings obedience fol. 773 A decrree against the League and the Duke of Mayenne fol. 775. The Duke of Guise reconciled to the King fol. 777. Processe against the Iâ—suites renewed ibid. The King hurt in the face by Iohn Chastell fol. 778. Warre proclamed against the Spaniard fol. 779. Spaniards in Pycardie great seruice done by the Constable fol. 780. Wonderfull efects of the King Armies with the wisdome and valure of the Marshall Biron fol. 782. Haâ— surprised for the King and Humieres slaine fol. 784. Cambraâ— beseeged yeelded to the Spaniard fol. 785. The Pope blesseth the King and the Dukes of Mayenne and Nemours are receiued into grace fol. 786. Calais and Ardres taken by the Spaniard and La Ferte by the King fol. 790. Amiens surprised by the Spaniard fol. 791. Beseeged againe by the King with the effects of the warre in Britanie and Champagne fol. 792. Warre in Sauoy and Maurienne taken fol. 793. The Duke of Sauoy defeated in sundry places fol. 795. Amiens yeelded and the Spaniards depart fol. 799. Crequi taken prisoner and the Fort of Saint Bartholomewe taken by L' Edigueres fol. 801. The reduction of the Duke Mercure and Britany to the King fol. 882. The most memorable things conteyned in the continuation of the generall History of France THE wisdome Iustice and piety of Pope Clemenâ— the 8. fol. 805. Three Popes in 17. monethes ibid. The Pope exhorts the two Kings to Peace ibid. Reasons that mooued the King of Spaine to a Peace fol. 806. The Prince of Spaine reiects the Councell of Peace ibid. The Infanta desirous of a Peace ibid. The Arch-duke applies his minde to Peace ibid. He sends Armes vnto the King fol. 807. The King of Spaine doubtes of a Peace ibid. A long Peace preiudiciall to a warlike nation ibid. The Kings generous resolution fol. 808. The Generall of the Friars returne in dispaire of a Peace ibid. The first negotiation of a Peace at 5. Quintiâ— fol. 809. The King of Spaine resolues to yeeld vp all places ibid. Veruins chosen for the conference ibid. The Precedence yeelded vnto the French fol. 810. An Agent from the Emperor to the states of the vnited Prouinces ibid. The Admirall of Arragon sent Ambassador to the Emperor ibid. The Duke of Sauoy desires to be comprehended in the treaty of Peace fol. 813. A Peace concluded ibid. Ambassadors to sweare the Peace and Hostageâ— for the restitution of places fol. 814. The King of Spaine signes and sweares a Peace 〈◊〉 His Sonne signed it not till the treaty of Sauoy Anno. 1601. ibid. Deputies sent froÌ„ the King to the Arch-duke to take is oth fol. 815. Charles Gontault of Biron created Duke of Biron and Peeâ—e of France 〈◊〉 A feast made at Paris by the Duke of Bâ—ron ibid. The Arch-duke sweares the Peace 〈◊〉 816. Hee giues presents to the Duke of 〈◊〉 ibid. The King is aduertised of the Duke of Birons practises 〈◊〉 The Duke of Sauoy sweares the Peace 〈◊〉 laquiline Contesse of Antremont wifâ— to the Admiral was prisoner at lurâ—e and 〈◊〉 died fol. 817. Her Letter to Peter Mathew 〈◊〉 Complaints from the towne of Geneua 〈◊〉 The Duke of Sauois pretensions 〈◊〉 Donation of the Lowe Countries to the 〈◊〉 of Spaine fol. 818. The conditions The Prince ratefies the donation ibiâ— The Infanta sends Procuration to the Arch-duke to take possession of the Low CouÌ„tâ—ies ibid. An Assemblie at Bruxelles vpon the donation made to the Infanta fol. 819. The Arch-duke leaues his Cardinalls habit ibid. The Arch-duke writes to the vnited Prouinces ibid. Letters from the Prince of Oâ—ange to Count Maurice ibid. A Diet at Ratisbone fol. 820. Execution of the Imperiall sentence against the Towne of Aix ibid. Iauarin recouered from the Turke ibid. The loosenesse of a Ladie of Naples ibid. The life and death of the King of Spaine fol. 821. Don-Carlo conspired against his Father fol. 822. The diuers reports of his death ibiâ— The sentence of the Inquisitors against D. Carlo fol. 823. The death of the Prince of Spaine ibid. The death of the Queene of Spaine ibid. Instruction of the King of Spaine to the Prince his Sonne 〈◊〉 824 The carrying of Armes forbidden in France ibid. The Clergy of France
make a petition vnto the King fol. 827. The Kings answere vnto the Clergy ibiâ— The Iesuits seeke to be restored ibid. The Kings onely Sister fianced to the Prince of Lorraine fol. 828 Troubles for the Duchy of Ferrara 〈◊〉 Duke Câ—â—sar prepares to armes fol. 829. The Popes entry into Ferrara ibid. The Arcâ—-duke Albert meetes with Marguerite of Austria ibid. They passe through the Venetians Countrie fol. 8â—0 The Duke of Mantoua meetes them ibid. The Pope and Legats receiue them ibid. The Duke of Sessa Ambassador for Spaine attended her ibid. The Queens entry into Ferrara ibid. The King of Spaines marriage ibid. Foure of one Family of the same Name and bearing the same Armes married together fol 8â—1 The Popes nuptiall gift to the Queene of Spaine ibid The Admirall of Arragons exploytes in the Duchy of Iuilliers ibid. Prince Mauâ—ice his exploites fol. 832 The Archdukes Answer to the Ambassadors ibiâ— The Earle of Broâ—ke taken by the Spaniards in his Castle and then murthered iâ—iâ— Wezell forced to furnish Money and Come fâ—l 833. The Electors write vnto the Emperor ibid. Warre in Sueden fol. 834. The Turke beeseegeth Varadin in vaine fol. 8â—5 Bâ—da attempted in vaine by the Christians ibid An Inundation at Rome ibid The Pope creatâ— 16. Cardinalls ibid. A treaty at Boulogne fol. 836. The King sicke at Monceaux iâ—id The Deputies of the Princes and States of the Empire assemble at Collen fol. 837. The Electoâ— of Mexiâ— answer to Cardinal Andâ—ew ibid. The Admiralls Letter to the Deputies at Collen fol. 838. He excuseth the murther of the Earle of Brouk and his otheâ— outrages ibid. The Kings Sister marryed to the Duke of Barfoll fâ—l 839. She refuseth to change her Religion and why ibid. The King desires his Sister should become a Catholike fâ—l 840. The Prince of Lorraine comes vnto Paris ibid. Complaints made by them of the Religion fol. 841. Exclusion from publike charges ignominious â—â—l 842. No man is held a Cittizen if he be not partaker of the honors of the Citty ibiâ— The last Edict for Religion at Nantes ibid. Contestation touching their Synode with strangers ibid. The Court of Parliament opposeth against the edict of Religion fol. 843 The Kings speech to the Court of Parliament ibiâ— A Pâ—ince giues no reason of his Edict fol. 844. Necessity the fiâ—st and essentiall cause of an Edict ibid. The Kings sister pursues the establishment of the Edict fol. 845 The Inâ—â—ntas proâ—laâ—ation against the States of the vnâ—tâ—d Prouinces ibid An answer made by the Vnited Prouinces â—â—l 847. The Archduke comes to Genoa with the Queene of Spaine fol. 848. The magnificence at the King of Spaines mâ—rriage at Valentia ibid. Knights of the Golden-Fleece fol. 849 The life and death of Monsieur de Pinaâ— Archbishop of Lions ibid. Barricadoes at Lions against the Duke of Nâ—mours fol. 850. The Duke of Ioyeuze returnes to the Capuchins fol. 851. The seâ—ond Duke of Ioyeuze drowned fol. 852. The Earle of Bouchage left his habit of Capuchin by the Popes dispensation and is Duke of Ioyeuze ibid. His mother desires his returne to be a Capuchin and the King commends his resolution ibiâ— Iesuites incapable of Spirituall dignities fol. 853. The Marquisate of Salusses in question ibid. The Duke of Sauoy seâ—kâ—s to be reconciled vnto the Kiâ—g ibid. The Pope made Iudge of the Controuersie ibid. Brauery of the French fâ—l 854 The Aâ—biteâ—ment broken The King of Spaine repayres all fol. 855. The Duke complaines oâ— the Spaniards â—bâ—d Death of 〈…〉 Marquis of Monceaux and Duchesse of Beaufort ibid. A quaâ—â—ell betwixt D. Phillippâ—n of Sauoy and Monsieur Crequi fâ—l 856. They fought twiâ—e and at the second combate D. Philâ—â—pâ—â— was slaine fol. 857. Aâ—â—igâ—ac demands D. Philâ—ppins life fol. 858. The Estate of the Kings affayres in Suisse ibid. The petty Catholike Cantons allyed to Spaine ibid. Monsieur Sillery Ambassador in Suisse fol. 859. The King sends money to the Suisses ibid. The Duke of Lerma fauorite to the King of Spaine ibid. Asseâ—bly of the Deputies of some Princes of the Empire at Conâ—â—ance fol. 860. The Iustifications of the Vnited Prouinces ibid. Propositions of the Deputies oâ— Westphalia fol. 862. A Decree made at Conâ—â—ance ibid. The Count of Lippe Generall of the Germaine Army they beseege Rees ibid. Prince Maurice assures them of Bommell by his presence fol. 863. The Admirall takes Creuecaeur ibid. The Spanish Aâ—â—ye and that of the States retire out off the limites of the Empire ibid. The Arch-dukes passage into Flanders fol. 864 Isabelle of Valois mother to Isabelle of Austria called the Queene of Peace ibid. The entry of silkes forbidden in France ibid. The King at the Queenes request reuoaked the Edict for silke fol. 865. Martha Brossier possest with a Diuell ibid. The Bishop of Anger 's discouers her to be a CouÌ„teâ—feit ibid. A decree made by the Court against her ibid. An Attempt against the King discouered ibid. Complaint made by the King of Spaine fol. 866 The Archdukes send vnto the King fol. 867. An Army defeated at Dunkerke ibid. The death of the Chancellor Chiuerny Complaints against him ibid. Pompone de Bellâ—â—re Chancellor of France ibid. The death of the Elector of Treues fol. 868. Death of the yong Princesse of Conde ibid. The Marquis of Belle I le becomes a religious Woman ibid. Execution of the Edict of Pacification ibid. The Duke of Iuilliers marries the Daughter of the Duke of Lorraine fol. 869. The Court of Parliament perswades the King to marry ibid. Monsieur de la Guesâ—les speech vnto the King ibid The King of France neuer dies fol. 870. A Letter from Queene Marguerit vnto the King ibid. Her request vnto the Pope ibid Pope â—râ—gâ—rieâ— dispensation was after the Kings marriage fol. 871. The Kings age ibid. The Kings Letter to Queene Marguerit Her answer ibid. â—oure Knights of the Golden-Fleece made by the Archduke fol. 872. The Archdukes Army retires out off the I le of Bommell ibid. The States answer to the Emperors Deputies ibid. The Duke of Sauoy resolues to goe into France iâ—id Hee seemes to bee discontented with Spaine fol. 873. The Councell of Spaine demands the Dukes children ibid. The King of Spaine offended with the Duke ibid. The King giues order for the receiuing of the Duke of Sauoye at Lyons fol. 874. The Duke of Sauoye comes to Fontainbleau fol. 875. The Duke of Mercures voyage into Hungary fâ—l 876. The Tartares demand a Peace fol. 877. They are defeated by Paâ—fi ibid. Redeâ— and â—ebâ—sse made Knights by the Emperor fol. 878 Ambassadors from the Moscouite to the Poland ibid. The great Duke of Moscouie sends presents to the Emperor ibid. Duke Charles hangs vp the Nobles of SuedlaÌ„d that serued the King And makes seauen demandes vnto the Estates of Sueden 〈◊〉 879. The Christians enterprises in Hongaâ—y 〈◊〉 the Turke A Parle of Peace betwixt the Christians Turkâ—â— and Tartares 〈◊〉 Cardinall Andrew Battory defeated and 〈◊〉 by