The entrance of Mazzarini. Or; Some memorials of the state of France, between the death of the Cardinall of Richelieu and the beginning of the late regency. Collected and digested out of forraign writers. By an indifferent hand.
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             The entrance of Mazzarini. Or; Some memorials of the state of France, between the death of the Cardinall of Richelieu and the beginning of the late regency. Collected and digested out of forraign writers. By an indifferent hand.
             Tanner, Thomas, 1630-1682.
          
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             1657.
          
           
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           Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661.
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           THE
           ENTRANCE
           OF
           MAZZARINI
           .
           
             OR
             ;
          
           Some
           MEMORIALS
           of
           the
           STATE
           of
           
             FRANCE
             ,
             BETWEEN
          
           the
           death
           of
           the
           CARDINALL
           of
           
             RICHELIEU
             AND
          
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           late
           
             REGENCY
             .
          
        
         
           Collected
           and
           digested
           ●ut
           of
           Forraign
           Writers
           .
           By
           an
           indifferent
           hand
           .
        
         
           
             OXFORD
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             H.
             H.
          
           Printer
           to
           the
           University
           ,
           for
           
             Thom.
             Robinson
             ,
          
           1657.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           PHILIP
           VICOUNT
           LISLE
           &c.
           One
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           COUNCIL
           .
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           the
           subject
           which
           I
           have
           chosen
           ,
           were
           habited
           in
           such
           apparell
           ,
           as
           belongs
           to
           it
           ;
           the
           world
           that
           knowes
           so
           
           well
           your
           
             Lordship's
          
           accomplishments
           ,
           would
           lesse
           blame
           me
           of
           presumption
           in
           demanding
           your
           eye
           and
           countenance
           .
           But
           I
           know
           not
           what
           inclination
           to
           your
           person
           ,
           having
           been
           the
           more
           elevated
           by
           some
           particular
           favour
           ,
           makes
           me
           promise
           to
           my selfe
           I
           know
           not
           what
           acceptation
           above
           merit
           :
           a
           thing
           wherein
           I
           should
           as
           much
           flatter
           my self
           from
           the
           
             glorious
          
           name
           of
           Sr
           
             PHILIP
             SIDNEY
             ,
          
           were
           he
           now
           living
           to
           be
           my
           Patron
           .
           But
           you
           ,
           my
           
             LORD
             ,
          
           or
           no
           other
           ,
           being
           heir
           of
           his
           perfections
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           of
           a
           higher
           
           
             QUALITY
          
           to
           adorne
           them
           ,
           I
           humbly
           present
           this
           simple
           dresse
           of
           truth
           and
           reallity
           (
           so
           far
           as
           I
           could
           attain
           to
           it
           )
           to
           be
           credited
           by
           your
           
             Lordships
          
           name
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           great
           authority
           to
           any
           intelligence
           of
           this
           nature
           (
           especially
           
             FRANCE
          
           within
           the
           sphear
           )
           and
           cloaked
           with
           your
           
             Lordships
          
           favour
           ,
           which
           however
           bounteous
           makes
           no
           largesse
           unadvisedly
           ,
           that
           so
           it
           may
           not
           fail
           to
           be
           recommended
           to
           such
           spirits
           ,
           as
           are
           more
           curious
           ,
           in
           a
           mode
           of
           readier
           entertainment
           .
           
           Wherein
           you
           shall
           oblige
           infinitely
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             
               LORD
               ,
            
          
           
             Your
             
               LORDSHIP'S
            
             most
             humble
             and
             most
             affectionate
             humble
             Servant
             THO:
             TANNER
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           INGENUOUS
           READER
           .
        
         
           IT
           needs
           not
           to
           usher
           in
           ashort
           story
           with
           a
           long
           preface
           :
           yet
           I
           count
           it
           a
           part
           of
           civilitie
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           observe
           ,
           since
           I
           bring
           a
           small
           present
           to
           the
           Publick
           to
           say
           somewhat
           in
           delivering
           of
           it
           ,
           about
           my selfe
           and
           my
           intention
           ;
           which
           happily
           may
           serve
           for
           a
           just
           apology
           to
           the
           undertaking
           of
           one
           ,
           that
           yet
           hath
           scarce
           seen
           the
           world
           beyond
           five
           lustres
           .
           I
           have
           had
           the
           happinesse
           to
           passe
           some
           time
           at
           my
           own
           pleasure
           in
           acquanting
           my selfe
           with
           the
           principall
           parts
           of
           
             EUROPE
             :
          
           
           and
           having
           had
           no
           greater
           satisfaction
           in
           any
           other
           either
           exercise
           ,
           or
           diversion
           ,
           then
           to
           gain
           a
           true
           intelligence
           of
           the
           present
           age
           ,
           wherein
           I
           live
           ,
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           what
           I
           hear
           and
           read
           ,
           I
           have
           added
           some
           study
           to
           my
           observation
           ,
           that
           so
           descending
           a
           little
           lower
           ,
           I
           might
           the
           better
           know
           the
           Causes
           ,
           and
           Connexion
           of
           things
           that
           are
           now
           upon
           the
           stage
           .
           And
           when
           I
           had
           well
           furnished
           my selfe
           with
           those
           perquisites
           ,
           that
           belonged
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           I
           found
           my
           notes
           growing
           too
           tedious
           to
           be
           almost
           ready
           for
           the
           fire
           .
           Only
           first
           I
           desired
           to
           draw
           out
           some
           of
           the
           choicer
           remarques
           ,
           and
           then
           leave
           the
           rest
           to
           the
           sentence
           .
           But
           setting
           my selfe
           to
           this
           businesse
           I
           knew
           not
           how
           to
           forme
           any
           one
           designe
           ;
           till
           at
           last
           ,
           finding
           my
           references
           to
           this
           subject
           ,
           that
           I
           now
           exhibit
           to
           the
           common
           light
           ,
           more
           exquisite
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           as
           touching
           a
           criticall
           part
           of
           History
           ,
           and
           more
           difficult
           to
           be
           collected
           then
           
           such
           as
           run
           in
           the
           ordinary
           periods
           of
           Kings
           lives
           ,
           I
           took
           up
           my
           books
           again
           ,
           being
           now
           moved
           with
           an
           emulation
           of
           deserving
           ,
           if
           I
           might
           possibly
           ,
           the
           publick
           thanks
           .
           Wherein
           if
           I
           find
           not
           my selfe
           disappointed
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           a
           second
           part
           added
           to
           compleat
           this
           argument
           ,
           by
           pursuing
           it
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           first
           years
           
             REGENCY
             ,
          
           which
           might
           suffice
           ,
           with
           the
           benefit
           of
           some
           Memoires
           lately
           published
           in
           our
           own
           language
           ,
           to
           extend
           a
           clear
           
             Horizon
          
           of
           intelligence
           to
           the
           present
           time
           and
           place
           of
           prospect
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           The
           ENTRANCE
           of
           MAZZARINI
           .
        
         
           IT
           may
           be
           thought
           admirable
           ●o
           such
           ,
           as
           being
           forrainers
           to
           the
           
             French
             ;
          
           have
           not
           beene
           somewhat
           curious
           to
           knit
           their
           ends
           of
           intelligence
           ,
           how
           the
           present
           high
           engine
           of
           that
           
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           being
           himselfe
           a
           forrainer
           ,
           and
           borne
           a
           subject
           of
           their
           Grand
           enemy
           ,
           the
           
             King
          
           of
           
             Spaine
             ,
          
           should
           arrive
           at
           that
           place
           ,
           where
           he
           now
           governs
           :
           especially
           considering
           that
           these
           two
           emulous
           Nations
           ,
           howsoever
           continually
           
           intrigued
           to
           out-bid
           one
           another
           for
           the
           amity
           of
           their
           neighbours
           ,
           are
           yet
           alike
           propellers
           of
           them
           from
           their
           politicall
           interests
           .
           They
           both
           court
           equally
           every
           
             Italian
          
           (
           and
           he
           againe
           is
           as
           great
           a
           courtier
           of
           them
           both
           )
           but
           it
           is
           to
           get
           the
           rule
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           ruled
           by
           them
           ,
           wherein
           they
           reciprocally
           understand
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           vie
           it
           out
           in
           policy
           ;
           so
           that
           all
           parties
           serving
           their
           owne
           turne
           keeps
           the
           ballance
           even
           .
           The
           
             Italians
          
           upon
           occasion
           lend
           their
           interest
           ;
           the
           opposite
           parties
           lend
           their
           strength
           which
           is
           the
           cause
           why
           the
           first
           can
           never
           want
           at
           their
           pleasure
           to
           have
           honorable
           commands
           in
           either
           armies
           :
           but
           for
           intrinsecating
           in
           their
           civill
           government
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           speak
           )
           this
           
             Mazzarini
          
           is
           the
           first
           example
           ;
           and
           that
           also
           at
           such
           a
           time
           and
           state
           of
           affaires
           ,
           which
           happened
           by
           dissention
           of
           the
           Princes
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           no
           other
           to
           advise
           
           with
           him
           or
           command
           his
           actions
           ,
           besides
           the
           daughter
           of
           
             SPAIN
             ,
          
           and
           sister
           of
           the
           present
           
             PHILIP
             ,
          
           with
           whom
           the
           warre
           was
           commenced
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           take
           some
           pleasure
           to
           goe
           a
           litle
           forth
           with
           my
           Reader
           to
           meete
           this
           
             Cardinall
             ,
          
           and
           so
           follow
           him
           with
           his
           train
           from
           his
           first
           scene
           of
           
             Italy
          
           to
           his
           second
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           where
           we
           intend
           to
           consider
           him
           in
           his
           first
           act
           of
           fortune
           :
           for
           he
           has
           beene
           as
           great
           a
           subject
           of
           strange
           concurrences
           of
           events
           in
           his
           owne
           person
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           any
           disparagement
           to
           his
           personall
           sufficiency
           ,
           since
           whom
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           to
           advance
           above
           others
           ,
           he
           commonly
           endoweth
           more
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Card.
             Mazzarini
          
           was
           a
           soldier
           ,
           a
           courtier
           ,
           put
           into
           the
           prelacy
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           Nuntio
           by
           one
           and
           twenty
           ,
           and
           in
           these
           severally
           knew
           his
           game
           so
           well
           ,
           
           that
           it
           might
           be
           soone
           seene
           he
           was
           not
           to
           throw
           for
           small
           matters
           .
           
             Savoy
          
           was
           the
           tennis-court
           ,
           which
           first
           admired
           his
           dexterity
           ,
           where
           he
           saved
           
             Casale
             ,
          
           and
           therein
           the
           whole
           
             French
          
           interest
           (
           at
           that
           time
           )
           towards
           
             Lombardy
             ,
          
           before
           his
           play
           ,
           being
           very
           serious
           ,
           was
           discovered
           ;
           and
           then
           hitting
           also
           
             Pignerol
          
           into
           their
           hazzard
           ,
           by
           his
           incomparable
           addresse
           in
           treating
           that
           
             Duke
             ,
          
           he
           went
           off
           with
           the
           great
           regret
           of
           the
           
             Spaniards
             ,
          
           and
           applause
           of
           his
           
             Frenchmen
             .
          
           The
           former
           in
           recompence
           of
           his
           services
           ,
           sought
           to
           ruine
           his
           interests
           at
           Rome
           ,
           as
           a
           traitor
           to
           both
           the
           
             Pope
          
           and
           the
           
             Catholick
             King
             .
          
           And
           it
           seemed
           the
           
             Pope
          
           had
           beene
           much
           injured
           in
           his
           quality
           of
           
             Umpire
             ,
          
           by
           the
           partiality
           of
           his
           
             Nuncio
             ,
          
           who
           therefore
           found
           it
           most
           convenient
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           
             Savoyards
          
           courtesy
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           till
           his
           interests
           might
           be
           adjusted
           .
           But
           the
           
             Card.
          
           of
           
             RICHELIEU
          
           
           had
           a
           greater
           passion
           to
           receive
           and
           remerce
           him
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           where
           he
           so
           entertained
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           his
           pretensions
           good
           to
           the
           hat
           (
           the
           usuall
           reward
           of
           those
           
             Nuncio's
             ,
          
           that
           returne
           with
           a
           
             re
             benè
             gestâ
          
           )
           by
           the
           continuall
           applications
           of
           the
           
             French
             Ministers
          
           at
           
             Rome
             ;
          
           but
           would
           never
           let
           him
           go
           thither
           to
           receive
           it
           .
           And
           now
           being
           qualified
           with
           the
           title
           of
           
             Cardinall
             ,
          
           he
           procures
           the
           
             King
          
           to
           nominate
           him
           as
           his
           
             pleny-potentiary
          
           for
           the
           
             Generall
             peace
             ,
          
           which
           was
           no
           lesse
           then
           to
           entrust
           him
           with
           the
           interests
           of
           the
           Crowne
           and
           of
           its
           confederates
           :
           and
           accordingly
           
             Richelieu
          
           now
           treats
           with
           him
           ,
           disjoining
           every
           spring
           ,
           and
           parcelling
           every
           implement
           of
           his
           breast
           to
           discover
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           the
           quality
           of
           this
           employment
           might
           allow
           time
           for
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           not
           presently
           to
           be
           entered
           on
           .
           In
           the
           interim
           ,
           this
           new
           creature
           to
           commend
           his
           Services
           
           the
           more
           dearly
           to
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           undertakes
           two
           famous
           treaties
           to
           reduce
           the
           
             Princes
          
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           from
           the
           interests
           of
           
             Spain
          
           to
           the
           contrary
           of
           
             France
             :
          
           The
           first
           was
           concluded
           and
           signed
           ;
           but
           the
           sudden
           breaking
           out
           of
           the
           
             Counts
          
           of
           
             Soissons
          
           and
           
             Bouillon
          
           hindred
           the
           effect
           ,
           and
           gave
           the
           
             Cardinall
          
           leisure
           (
           as
           some
           would
           have
           it
           )
           being
           now
           nigh
           upon
           the
           place
           ,
           to
           gaine
           also
           the
           
             Prince
          
           of
           
             Monaco
             ,
          
           whose
           accession
           afterwards
           was
           accounted
           of
           great
           consequence
           .
           The
           second
           treaty
           brought
           the
           first
           to
           an
           issue
           ,
           reuniting
           those
           
             Princes
          
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           the
           side
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           head
           of
           their
           house
           ,
           the
           then
           
             Infant-Duke
          
           of
           
             Savoy
             :
          
           an
           union
           whereunto
           the
           most
           part
           of
           the
           places
           conquered
           in
           
             Piemont
          
           and
           
             Montferrat
          
           is
           ascribed
           .
           After
           his
           returne
           from
           these
           affaires
           ,
           he
           accompanies
           the
           
             Cardinall
          
           of
           
             Richelieu
          
           in
           that
           voyage
           ;
           which
           
           brought
           
             Cincmars
          
           (
           the
           grand
           Escuyer
           ,
           and
           his
           competitor
           in
           the
           Kings
           favour
           )
           his
           designes
           to
           the
           light
           ,
           and
           his
           head
           to
           the
           block
           :
           but
           while
           the
           
             Cardinall
             Duke
          
           is
           urging
           still
           his
           jealousies
           to
           greater
           envie
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           this
           other
           
             Cardinall
          
           finds
           himselfe
           a
           better
           worke
           to
           perswade
           the
           
             Duke
          
           of
           
             Bouillon
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           Complices
           ,
           to
           deliver
           up
           his
           soveraignty
           of
           
             Sedan
          
           to
           the
           
             Kings
          
           power
           ,
           as
           a
           ransome
           for
           his
           treason
           ,
           which
           accordingly
           he
           obtained
           ,
           and
           the
           
             King
          
           seized
           .
           This
           was
           the
           gate
           by
           which
           
             Mazzarini
          
           entered
           equally
           into
           
             Richelieu's
          
           and
           the
           
             King's
          
           favour
           ,
           but
           especially
           by
           the
           
             douceur
          
           and
           gentlenesse
           of
           his
           proceeding
           ,
           which
           made
           the
           
             King
          
           desire
           his
           imployment
           ;
           being
           inwardly
           weary
           of
           
             Richelieu's
          
           excessive
           ,
           and
           now
           more
           intemperate
           rule
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           malady
           :
           so
           that
           that
           favorite
           could
           not
           comply
           better
           with
           the
           
             King's
          
           pleasure
           in
           
           any
           other
           suit
           then
           this
           of
           serving
           himselfe
           of
           
             Mazzarini
             :
          
           in
           whose
           person
           both
           might
           find
           their
           private
           ends
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           publick
           .
           The
           
             Cardinall
          
           might
           raise
           in
           him
           a
           
             Protector
          
           of
           his
           house
           and
           kindred
           against
           their
           most
           incensed
           emulators
           ;
           and
           the
           
             King
          
           find
           a
           subject
           by
           whom
           to
           ballance
           the
           
             Princes
          
           of
           the
           
             Blood
             ,
          
           when
           he
           was
           gone
           ;
           especially
           the
           
             Duke
          
           of
           
             Orleans
             ,
          
           against
           whose
           sway
           he
           devised
           all
           means
           possible
           to
           provide
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Cardinall
          
           of
           
             Richelieu
          
           had
           tooke
           his
           fortune
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           to
           farme
           ,
           putting
           his
           terme
           of
           life
           into
           the
           lease
           ,
           which
           was
           therefore
           to
           be
           circumscribed
           with
           his
           
             Master's
             :
          
           for
           had
           he
           outlived
           him
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           question
           whether
           all
           his
           admirable
           expedients
           could
           have
           served
           to
           represse
           a
           harder
           fate
           ,
           which
           being
           instigated
           by
           much
           envy
           would
           faine
           have
           stetched
           a
           long
           arme
           to
           reach
           him
           .
           And
           the
           sense
           of
           this
           ,
           
           while
           the
           
             King's
          
           health
           seemed
           to
           decay
           faster
           then
           his
           owne
           ,
           had
           cast
           the
           
             Cardinall
          
           into
           many
           pangs
           of
           contrivances
           ,
           how
           to
           make
           his
           estate
           good
           ,
           when
           his
           plea
           in
           chiefe
           was
           gone
           .
           Sometimes
           to
           reconcile
           himselfe
           with
           his
           
             grand
             enemies
             ,
          
           especially
           the
           
             Queene
          
           whom
           he
           had
           highly
           disobliged
           :
           Sometimes
           to
           get
           the
           
             King's
          
           children
           to
           his
           owne
           power
           and
           wardship
           ;
           sometimes
           to
           ruine
           or
           at
           least
           how
           to
           ballance
           the
           
             Duke
          
           of
           
             Orleans
             ;
          
           and
           sometimes
           to
           retire
           ,
           for
           which
           purpose
           he
           had
           layed
           up
           a
           vast
           summe
           of
           readie
           gold
           at
           
             Haure
             de
             Grace
             ,
          
           and
           had
           purchased
           in
           the
           
             King's
          
           name
           and
           licence
           ,
           but
           with
           his
           owne
           mony
           ,
           A
           soverainty
           on
           the
           
             Meuse
             ,
          
           with
           
             Chastean
             Reynaud
             ,
          
           and
           a
           territory
           adjacent
           ,
           whereby
           he
           doubted
           not
           but
           to
           render
           himselfe
           considerable
           both
           to
           
             France
          
           and
           the
           
             neighbour
             Princes
             ,
          
           without
           any
           feare
           of
           his
           enemies
           .
           But
           all
           this
           was
           in
           vaine
           ,
           for
           death
           
           tooke
           him
           at
           the
           best
           time
           ,
           at
           the
           bound
           of
           his
           glory
           ,
           The
           newes
           of
           the
           taking
           of
           
             Tortona
          
           in
           the
           state
           of
           
             Milan
          
           coming
           to
           
             Paris
          
           the
           same
           day
           to
           bring
           new
           Laurells
           to
           his
           hearse
           .
           But
           when
           he
           was
           about
           to
           die
           ,
           he
           may
           seeme
           to
           have
           over-reached
           his
           fortune
           ,
           and
           driven
           her
           beyond
           her
           intention
           ,
           in
           leaving
           her
           favours
           to
           his
           successors
           in
           a
           way
           scarce
           before
           observed
           :
           for
           besides
           his
           leaving
           a
           
             creature
          
           of
           his
           owne
           to
           survive
           in
           ;
           he
           bequeathed
           the
           most
           important
           charges
           of
           the
           
             Kingdome
          
           under
           the
           
             King's
          
           good
           pleasure
           (
           who
           accordingly
           allowed
           of
           his
           disposall
           in
           all
           ;
           but
           a
           few
           church
           livings
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           to
           save
           the
           prerogative
           which
           the
           
             Kings
          
           of
           
             France
          
           claime
           in
           such
           causes
           )
           to
           his
           owne
           kindred
           :
           which
           proved
           a
           great
           disappointment
           to
           his
           enemies
           ,
           for
           they
           soone
           found
           that
           they
           could
           not
           pluck
           up
           his
           residue
           without
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           
           whole
           .
           Then
           he
           recommended
           to
           the
           
             King
          
           the
           
             Officers
          
           and
           
             Ministers
          
           of
           state
           as
           he
           was
           to
           leave
           them
           ,
           particularly
           the
           
             Secretaries
          
           de
           
             Chauvigny
          
           and
           de
           
             Noyers
             ,
          
           wherein
           he
           promised
           his
           majesty
           ,
           he
           might
           continue
           to
           prosper
           as
           he
           had
           thither
           to
           .
           The
           
             King
          
           accepts
           well
           of
           his
           advice
           ,
           resolves
           to
           use
           the
           same
           instruments
           that
           he
           had
           before
           :
           but
           never
           to
           admit
           the
           like
           partager
           in
           his
           
             royall
             authority
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             Cardinall
          
           of
           
             Richelieu
          
           had
           been
           .
           For
           the
           
             Cardinall
             Mazzarini
          
           he
           forth
           with
           makes
           him
           president
           of
           his
           councell
           ,
           committing
           the
           
             Secretaries
          
           of
           state
           to
           his
           orders
           ,
           which
           in
           effect
           was
           to
           make
           him
           his
           
             prime
             Minister
             .
          
        
         
           My
           purpose
           is
           to
           digest
           some
           
             memorialls
          
           from
           this
           period
           :
           yet
           I
           cannot
           leave
           that
           great
           subject
           (
           before
           mentioned
           )
           till
           I
           have
           brought
           him
           to
           his
           funerall
           .
           Not
           that
           I
           intend
           any
           long
           digression
           
           to
           bring
           in
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           his
           interring
           :
           but
           only
           to
           note
           one
           or
           two
           circumstances
           on
           this
           occasion
           ,
           which
           have
           respect
           to
           some
           ensuing
           passages
           .
           The
           first
           was
           the
           composing
           of
           an
           ancient
           difference
           betweene
           
             Cardinalls
          
           and
           the
           
             Princes
          
           of
           the
           
             blood
          
           about
           precedencie
           ,
           which
           before
           was
           only
           regulated
           by
           the
           
             Kings
          
           favour
           .
           Now
           they
           agree
           with
           mutuall
           satisfaction
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Churches
           and
           Ecclesiasticall
           functions
           ,
           the
           
             Cardinall
          
           should
           have
           priority
           ;
           in
           other
           places
           the
           
             Princes
             ;
          
           and
           in
           other
           things
           should
           treat
           one
           another
           with
           equality
           :
           Whereupon
           the
           
             Prince
          
           of
           
             Condè
          
           and
           his
           sonne
           the
           
             Duke
          
           of
           
             Enguien
          
           come
           to
           visit
           the
           
             Cardinall
             Mazzarini
             .
          
           The
           second
           is
           this
           ;
           There
           was
           a
           chaire
           covered
           with
           velvet
           and
           somewhat
           raised
           ,
           set
           for
           the
           
             Cardinall
             Mazzarini
          
           in
           the
           church
           of
           
             Nostre-dame
          
           in
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           where
           the
           obsequies
           were
           to
           be
           solemnized
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           
           a
           hot
           dispute
           about
           the
           manner
           of
           being
           seated
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           said
           
             Cardinall
          
           and
           the
           
             Bishops
             ;
          
           these
           pretending
           that
           he
           should
           stand
           in
           the
           same
           ranke
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           among
           these
           the
           
             Arch-Bishop
          
           of
           
             Rheims
          
           and
           
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Beauvais
          
           were
           most
           earnest
           ,
           breaking
           out
           into
           high
           words
           ,
           in
           saying
           ,
           That
           with
           other
           
             Cardinalls
          
           for
           dignity
           ,
           birth
           ,
           and
           merit
           more
           regardable
           then
           he
           ,
           there
           never
           fell
           the
           like
           pretension
           .
           This
           offence
           the
           
             Cardinall
          
           was
           faine
           to
           digest
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           not
           without
           straining
           a
           dissimulation
           ▪
           but
           found
           opportunity
           afterwards
           to
           turne
           it
           on
           the
           authors
           ,
           to
           a
           greater
           jacture
           of
           their
           reputation
           .
           
             Richelieu
          
           is
           now
           covered
           ,
           the
           court
           is
           soone
           filled
           with
           such
           as
           had
           fled
           or
           retired
           :
           The
           new
           
             Ministers
          
           are
           as
           diligent
           to
           make
           new
           friends
           ,
           sueing
           for
           some
           that
           were
           proscribed
           the
           court
           (
           among
           whome
           
             Monsieur
          
           de
           
             Baradas
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Duke
          
           of
           
             St
             Simon
          
           
           who
           had
           beene
           both
           favourites
           and
           afterwards
           disgraced
           ,
           were
           graciously
           received
           by
           his
           
             Majesty
          
           )
           For
           others
           that
           were
           
             Tower'd
          
           in
           the
           
             Bastille
          
           (
           among
           whom
           were
           the
           
             Mareschaux
          
           de
           
             Vitry
          
           &
           de
           
             Bassompierre
          
           with
           the
           
             Duke
          
           of
           
             Cramail
             ,
          
           which
           last
           are
           set
           at
           libertie
           ;
           but
           to
           retire
           and
           keepe
           themselves
           confined
           at
           their
           owne
           places
           .
           )
           The
           
             Queene
          
           her selfe
           also
           by
           the
           
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Lisieux
             ,
          
           sends
           intimation
           to
           the
           
             Duke
          
           of
           
             Beaufort
             ,
          
           then
           fled
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           to
           avoid
           answering
           upon
           suspicion
           about
           the
           late
           conspiracy
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Escuyer
             ,
          
           to
           returne
           into
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           with
           his
           Father
           the
           
             Duke
          
           of
           
             Vendosme
          
           a
           while
           after
           to
           the
           court
           ;
           and
           the
           like
           to
           the
           
             Madam
          
           of
           
             Guise
             ,
          
           and
           her
           sonnes
           at
           
             Florence
             ,
          
           the
           occasion
           of
           whose
           persecutions
           is
           not
           here
           to
           be
           recounted
           .
        
         
         
           
             Lewis
             XIII
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             beginning
             of
             December
             1642.
             
          
           
             The
             first
             act
             of
             state
             wherein
             the
             
               King
            
             would
             be
             seene
             by
             himselfe
             was
             the
             sending
             for
             the
             *
             
               Parliament
            
             to
             expresse
             his
             mind
             thus
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             have
             you
             verifie
             the
             arrest
             which
             my
             Attorney
             Generall
             shall
             reade
             to
             you
             against
             my
             brother
             ,
             for
             that
             being
             so
             often
             relapsed
             into
             the
             same
             errors
             ,
             after
             I
             have
             so
             often
             pardoned
             Him
             ,
             I
             can
             no
             longer
             beare
             it
             ,
             having
             reason
             to
             doubt
             least
             He
             hatch
             some
             designe
             pernicious
             to
             my
             state
             .
             Wherefore
             I
             am
             resolved
             to
             take
             the
             meanes
             from
             Him
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             future
             to
             render
             Him
             unable
             to
             wrong
             my
             Queene
             ,
             and
             Children
             after
             my
             death
             ,
             by
             excluding
             Him
             for
             ever
             from
             the
             
               GOVERNMENT
               .
            
             
             My
             
               CHANCELLOUR
            
             will
             declare
             the
             rest
             of
             my
             intentions
             to
             you
             .
          
           
             After
             which
             the
             first
             
               president
            
             offers
             some
             remonstrances
             in
             behalfe
             of
             
               Monsieur
               ,
            
             in
             regard
             of
             his
             
               Quality
               ,
            
             which
             might
             well
             passe
             as
             a
             complement
             ,
             but
             when
             the
             matter
             came
             to
             be
             reported
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             ,
             great
             instances
             of
             
               Mademoiselle
               ,
            
             it
             was
             accordingly
             verified
             shortely
             after
             .
             The
             declaration
             is
             in
             my
             judgment
             not
             only
             pertinent
             to
             illustrate
             ,
             and
             be
             compared
             with
             other
             ensuing
             passages
             ;
             but
             as
             one
             of
             the
             foresaid
             great
             designes
             of
             the
             late
             
               Minister
               ,
            
             worthy
             to
             be
             at
             large
             inserted
             .
          
           
             
               
                 LOVIS
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 grace
                 of
                 
                   God
                   ,
                   King
                
                 of
                 
                   France
                
                 and
                 
                   Navarre
                   ;
                
                 To
                 all
                 to
                 whom
                 the
                 present
                 letters
                 shall
                 come
                 ,
                 greeting
                 .
                 When
                 we
                 consider
                 in
                 what
                 manner
                 our
                 most
                 deare
                 and
                 beloved
                 only
                 Brother
                 the
                 
                   Duke
                
                 of
                 
                   Orleans
                   ,
                
                 hath
                 behaved
                 himselfe
                 
                 towards
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 cannot
                 without
                 wonder
                 reflect
                 on
                 all
                 the
                 enterprises
                 which
                 he
                 hath
                 undertaken
                 against
                 our
                 Service
                 .
                 We
                 may
                 say
                 in
                 truth
                 that
                 ,
                 never
                 was
                 any
                 son
                 of
                 
                   France
                
                 charged
                 with
                 so
                 great
                 favours
                 by
                 the
                 
                   King
                
                 his
                 brother
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 hath
                 lesse
                 acknowledged
                 them
                 .
                 Our
                 love
                 hath
                 alwaies
                 beene
                 so
                 great
                 towards
                 his
                 
                   Person
                   ,
                
                 that
                 his
                 ingratitude
                 hath
                 not
                 beene
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 us
                 change
                 the
                 purpose
                 that
                 we
                 have
                 had
                 to
                 ingratiate
                 him
                 ;
                 insomuch
                 that
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 when
                 he
                 has
                 set
                 himselfe
                 against
                 our
                 service
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 continually
                 sought
                 to
                 reduce
                 him
                 ,
                 not
                 omitting
                 any
                 meanes
                 to
                 oblige
                 him
                 thereunto
                 .
                 But
                 all
                 these
                 good
                 offices
                 which
                 should
                 have
                 beene
                 as
                 so
                 many
                 cords
                 to
                 bind
                 him
                 to
                 us
                 the
                 more
                 streightly
                 ,
                 have
                 not
                 proved
                 strong
                 enough
                 to
                 hinder
                 him
                 from
                 joyning
                 with
                 our
                 feircest
                 enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 advancing
                 their
                 designes
                 .
                 The
                 Conspiracies
                 
                 of
                 
                   Chales
                
                 wrought
                 under
                 his
                 name
                 and
                 with
                 his
                 consent
                 in
                 the
                 yeare
                 1626
                 gave
                 us
                 the
                 first
                 experiment
                 of
                 his
                 ill
                 will
                 .
                 He
                 incited
                 our
                 
                   Cosin
                
                 the
                 
                   Duke
                
                 of
                 
                   Espernon
                
                 against
                 our
                 service
                 to
                 seize
                 himselfe
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 and
                 Citadell
                 of
                 
                   Metz
                   ,
                
                 wherein
                 we
                 used
                 such
                 bounty
                 that
                 we
                 were
                 willing
                 to
                 forget
                 that
                 failing
                 ,
                 contenting
                 our selves
                 to
                 punish
                 only
                 the
                 delinquency
                 of
                 
                   Chales
                   .
                
                 When
                 we
                 were
                 obliged
                 to
                 go
                 into
                 
                   Piemont
                
                 to
                 the
                 succour
                 of
                 our
                 
                   confederats
                   ,
                
                 where
                 the
                 onely
                 appearing
                 of
                 our
                 armes
                 secured
                 their
                 peace
                 ,
                 we
                 were
                 no
                 sooner
                 returning
                 from
                 this
                 expedition
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 severed
                 himselfe
                 from
                 us
                 ,
                 retiring
                 in
                 the
                 yeare
                 1629
                 without
                 occasion
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Duke
                   Charles
                
                 of
                 
                   Lorraine
                   .
                
                 Although
                 this
                 action
                 so
                 extravagant
                 in
                 a
                 time
                 when
                 all
                 
                   France
                
                 and
                 our
                 allies
                 expressed
                 their
                 resentments
                 for
                 the
                 happy
                 successe
                 of
                 our
                 journey
                 ,
                 gave
                 us
                 great
                 occasion
                 of
                 disgust
                 towards
                 
                 him
                 :
                 yet
                 covering
                 his
                 failings
                 ,
                 we
                 did
                 not
                 cease
                 to
                 make
                 him
                 way
                 to
                 returne
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 changing
                 the
                 chastisements
                 which
                 he
                 deserved
                 into
                 so
                 manie
                 favours
                 which
                 we
                 did
                 him
                 ,
                 augmenting
                 his
                 
                   appanages
                   ,
                
                 and
                 giving
                 him
                 the
                 government
                 of
                 
                   Orleans
                
                 and
                 
                   Amboyse
                   :
                
                 However
                 so
                 favourable
                 entertainement
                 might
                 have
                 obliged
                 him
                 to
                 reunite
                 inseparably
                 to
                 our
                 interests
                 ;
                 neverthelesse
                 a
                 while
                 after
                 he
                 departs
                 from
                 
                   Paris
                   ,
                
                 returning
                 to
                 
                   Orleans
                   ,
                
                 and
                 in
                 suite
                 to
                 
                   Lorrain
                
                 in
                 the
                 yeare
                 1631
                 ,
                 where
                 wounding
                 the
                 fundamentall
                 Lawes
                 of
                 our
                 state
                 he
                 married
                 himselfe
                 against
                 our
                 will
                 to
                 the
                 sister
                 of
                 
                   Duke
                   Charles
                   ,
                
                 which
                 marriage
                 being
                 accomplished
                 he
                 flies
                 to
                 
                   Brussells
                
                 in
                 the
                 yeare
                 1632
                 ,
                 putting
                 himselfe
                 in
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 our
                 enemies
                 ,
                 who
                 induced
                 him
                 to
                 enter
                 hostilely
                 armed
                 into
                 our
                 
                   Kingdome
                   ,
                
                 to
                 joyne
                 himselfe
                 in
                 
                   Languedoc
                
                 to
                 the
                 forces
                 of
                 a
                 faction
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 formed
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Duke
                
                 
                 of
                 
                   Monmorency
                   ,
                
                 which
                 faction
                 being
                 then
                 dispersed
                 and
                 broken
                 by
                 our
                 armes
                 ,
                 we
                 received
                 him
                 the
                 third
                 time
                 into
                 our
                 grace
                 .
                 We
                 thought
                 that
                 our
                 aforesaid
                 
                   Brother
                   ,
                
                 being
                 affected
                 with
                 so
                 many
                 tokens
                 of
                 our
                 good
                 will
                 ,
                 would
                 at
                 last
                 apply
                 himselfe
                 to
                 the
                 resolution
                 of
                 holding
                 to
                 his
                 duty
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 had
                 scarce
                 abandoned
                 
                   Languedoc
                
                 to
                 returne
                 to
                 
                   Paris
                   ,
                
                 ere
                 he
                 went
                 the
                 third
                 time
                 out
                 of
                 our
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 ligued
                 himselfe
                 anew
                 with
                 the
                 
                   King
                
                 of
                 
                   Spain
                
                 taking
                 his
                 part
                 against
                 us
                 .
                 In
                 which
                 appeared
                 his
                 ill
                 will
                 by
                 so
                 much
                 the
                 greater
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 sought
                 or
                 received
                 our
                 grace
                 at
                 
                   Besie●es
                   ,
                
                 but
                 to
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 abuse
                 it
                 the
                 more
                 easily
                 ,
                 by
                 removing
                 those
                 obstacles
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 without
                 this
                 )
                 would
                 have
                 beene
                 inevitable
                 to
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 passage
                 by
                 him
                 premeditated
                 ,
                 and
                 resolved
                 into
                 
                   Flanders
                   .
                
                 This
                 bad
                 carriage
                 did
                 not
                 hinder
                 in
                 the
                 least
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 withdrew
                 himselfe
                 from
                 
                 the
                 ill
                 treatment
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Spaniards
                   ,
                
                 resolving
                 to
                 set
                 himselfe
                 at
                 liberty
                 by
                 returning
                 to
                 our
                 person
                 ,
                 with
                 intention
                 to
                 acknowledg
                 his
                 fault
                 ,
                 we
                 should
                 againe
                 freely
                 pardon
                 him
                 the
                 fourth
                 time
                 .
                 A
                 litle
                 while
                 after
                 ,
                 having
                 notice
                 given
                 us
                 in
                 
                   France
                
                 that
                 his
                 actions
                 were
                 not
                 such
                 as
                 we
                 might
                 desire
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 followed
                 the
                 pernicious
                 counsells
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Duke
                
                 of
                 
                   Puy-Laurens
                   ,
                
                 wee
                 became
                 necessitated
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 a
                 greater
                 evill
                 ,
                 to
                 cause
                 the
                 aforesaid
                 Duke
                 to
                 be
                 arrested
                 ,
                 to
                 obliege
                 the
                 more
                 our
                 said
                 
                   Brother
                
                 to
                 unite
                 himselfe
                 the
                 more
                 strictly
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 render
                 us
                 the
                 honour
                 and
                 the
                 service
                 which
                 is
                 due
                 to
                 us
                 .
                 We
                 did
                 him
                 in
                 this
                 respect
                 all
                 the
                 good
                 offices
                 which
                 he
                 could
                 expect
                 from
                 our
                 affection
                 ,
                 even
                 to
                 honour
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 command
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 flourishing
                 and
                 numerous
                 armie
                 which
                 of
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 hath
                 beene
                 seene
                 in
                 our
                 
                   Kingdome
                   .
                
                 Instead
                 of
                 conducting
                 
                 our
                 forces
                 so
                 vigorously
                 as
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 done
                 against
                 the
                 armies
                 of
                 our
                 enemies
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 surprised
                 a
                 fortresse
                 on
                 our
                 frontier
                 of
                 
                   Picardy
                   ;
                
                 the
                 suggestion
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Count
                
                 of
                 
                   Soissons
                
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Duke
                
                 of
                 
                   Valette
                
                 had
                 so
                 much
                 power
                 over
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 plotted
                 together
                 to
                 employ
                 them
                 against
                 our selves
                 .
                 But
                 being
                 averted
                 from
                 that
                 pernicious
                 designe
                 by
                 the
                 notice
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 could
                 never
                 so
                 dispose
                 of
                 the
                 soldiery
                 ,
                 the
                 said
                 
                   Count
                
                 of
                 
                   Soissons
                
                 retires
                 to
                 
                   Sedan
                   ,
                
                 and
                 our
                 foresaid
                 
                   brother
                
                 to
                 
                   Blois
                
                 in
                 the
                 yeare
                 1636
                 ,
                 with
                 intention
                 to
                 passe
                 thence
                 into
                 
                   Cuienne
                   .
                
                 We
                 pursued
                 him
                 thence
                 to
                 
                   Orleans
                   ,
                
                 where
                 he
                 giving
                 us
                 to
                 understand
                 the
                 displeasure
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 in
                 agreeing
                 to
                 such
                 designes
                 ,
                 obtained
                 from
                 us
                 the
                 fifth
                 pardon
                 for
                 this
                 fault
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 facility
                 as
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 In
                 vertue
                 of
                 this
                 last
                 grace
                 as
                 his
                 actions
                 in
                 the
                 course
                 of
                 some
                 yeares
                 past
                 had
                 given
                 
                 us
                 to
                 believe
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 far
                 from
                 lending
                 eare
                 any
                 more
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 to
                 such
                 councells
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 before
                 harkened
                 to
                 ,
                 we
                 readily
                 condescended
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 had
                 done
                 on
                 divers
                 occasions
                 ,
                 to
                 graunt
                 him
                 all
                 effects
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 possibly
                 expect
                 from
                 our
                 goodnesse
                 .
                 The
                 opinion
                 therefore
                 which
                 we
                 had
                 conceaved
                 of
                 his
                 good
                 disposition
                 cleared
                 us
                 of
                 all
                 doubt
                 to
                 have
                 seene
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 last
                 Campagne
                 at
                 
                   Roussyllon
                   .
                
                 But
                 notwithstanding
                 some
                 promise
                 given
                 us
                 ,
                 he
                 prolonged
                 the
                 execution
                 ,
                 under
                 various
                 excuses
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 us
                 judge
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 contriving
                 some
                 ill
                 designe
                 .
                 And
                 when
                 we
                 were
                 travailing
                 to
                 discover
                 it
                 ,
                 
                   God
                
                 vouchsafed
                 us
                 the
                 favour
                 to
                 inlighten
                 us
                 about
                 the
                 detestable
                 conspiracy
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 formed
                 a
                 powerfull
                 party
                 in
                 our
                 
                   state
                   ,
                
                 and
                 established
                 a
                 treaty
                 with
                 
                   Spain
                
                 T
                 is
                 true
                 that
                 we
                 remained
                 greatly
                 amazed
                 that
                 our
                 foresaid
                 
                   Brother
                
                 
                 the
                 
                   Duke
                
                 of
                 
                   Orleans
                   ,
                
                 from
                 whom
                 we
                 might
                 have
                 expected
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 assistance
                 for
                 the
                 sustenance
                 of
                 the
                 prosperity
                 of
                 our
                 armes
                 ,
                 should
                 attempt
                 to
                 uphold
                 our
                 enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 himselfe
                 in
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 their
                 forces
                 ,
                 to
                 enter
                 on
                 our
                 
                   State
                   ,
                
                 while
                 we
                 were
                 employed
                 in
                 a
                 great
                 seige
                 .
                 We
                 were
                 then
                 most
                 intimately
                 affected
                 to
                 see
                 that
                 neither
                 the
                 innumerable
                 benefits
                 ,
                 nor
                 graces
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 had
                 on
                 divers
                 occasions
                 granted
                 him
                 with
                 such
                 bounty
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 his
                 Country
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 a
                 
                   Crowne
                   ,
                
                 in
                 the
                 interests
                 whereof
                 he
                 hath
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 part
                 by
                 his
                 birth
                 ;
                 could
                 retaine
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 duty
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 rather
                 ,
                 by
                 violating
                 all
                 these
                 sacred
                 respects
                 ,
                 pursue
                 an
                 unjust
                 passion
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 grandeur
                 of
                 our
                 enemies
                 upon
                 the
                 ruines
                 of
                 our
                 owne
                 .
                 The
                 resentment
                 notwithstanding
                 which
                 we
                 were
                 to
                 have
                 of
                 such
                 and
                 so
                 many
                 offences
                 did
                 nothing
                 hinder
                 ;
                 but
                 
                 (
                 as
                 soone
                 as
                 our
                 foresaid
                 
                   Brother
                
                 did
                 acknowledge
                 and
                 confesse
                 his
                 fault
                 ,
                 with
                 promise
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 to
                 remove
                 farre
                 from
                 his
                 Person
                 all
                 such
                 malignant
                 spirits
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 particularly
                 which
                 we
                 nominated
                 )
                 we
                 did
                 what
                 possibly
                 in
                 us
                 lay
                 ,
                 to
                 draw
                 him
                 from
                 the
                 perill
                 wherein
                 he
                 had
                 precipitated
                 himselfe
                 .
                 We
                 contented
                 our selves
                 to
                 punish
                 only
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 principall
                 authors
                 of
                 the
                 crime
                 ,
                 agreeing
                 for
                 this
                 time
                 also
                 ,
                 to
                 reject
                 any
                 memory
                 of
                 his
                 ill
                 conduct
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 as
                 Nature
                 hath
                 given
                 us
                 these
                 good
                 inclinations
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 us
                 second
                 them
                 with
                 advantageous
                 dealings
                 ;
                 so
                 we
                 judge
                 that
                 these
                 favours
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 regulated
                 with
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 our
                 
                   Crowne
                   ,
                
                 and
                 the
                 interest
                 of
                 our
                 
                   Children
                   .
                
                 These
                 motives
                 have
                 perswaded
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 of
                 necessary
                 consequence
                 to
                 take
                 from
                 our
                 foresaid
                 
                   Brother
                
                 those
                 means
                 ,
                 which
                 might
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 lead
                 him
                 to
                 disturbe
                 the
                 
                 peace
                 of
                 our
                 
                   State
                   ,
                
                 suppressing
                 his
                 companies
                 of
                 men
                 at
                 Armes
                 ,
                 and
                 Light-Horses
                 ;
                 and
                 depriving
                 him
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 present
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 
                   Auvergne
                   ,
                
                 wherewith
                 we
                 had
                 gratified
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 of
                 all
                 sort
                 of
                 administration
                 in
                 this
                 
                   State
                   ,
                
                 and
                 especially
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Regencie
                   ,
                
                 during
                 the
                 
                   minority
                
                 of
                 our
                 children
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 
                   God
                
                 should
                 call
                 us
                 to
                 himselfe
                 before
                 the
                 yeares
                 of
                 their
                 
                   majority
                   :
                
                 whereunto
                 we
                 are
                 moved
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 the
                 juster
                 reason
                 ,
                 forasmuch
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 impossible
                 to
                 apprehend
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 continuing
                 of
                 bad
                 intentions
                 of
                 a
                 person
                 that
                 (
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 our
                 prosperities
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 our
                 power
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 time
                 when
                 all
                 our
                 subjects
                 do
                 conspire
                 in
                 one
                 vote
                 for
                 the
                 goodissue
                 of
                 our
                 designes
                 )
                 hath
                 sollicited
                 the
                 
                   King
                
                 of
                 
                   Spain
                
                 to
                 furnish
                 him
                 with
                 forces
                 and
                 monies
                 to
                 make
                 warre
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 condition
                 to
                 make
                 no
                 treaty
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 without
                 remitting
                 into
                 our
                 enemies
                 
                 hands
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 fortresses
                 gained
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 acquired
                 by
                 Princes
                 our
                 confederates
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 effect
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 perillous
                 state
                 ,
                 whereinto
                 a
                 grievous
                 infirmity
                 hath
                 brought
                 us
                 ,
                 during
                 this
                 
                   Campagne
                   ,
                
                 hath
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 touched
                 his
                 Heart
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 are
                 informed
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 deposition
                 of
                 the
                 complices
                 of
                 his
                 conspiracy
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 assured
                 a
                 designe
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Spaniards
                
                 after
                 our
                 decease
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 party
                 which
                 he
                 could
                 make
                 in
                 our
                 
                   State
                   ,
                
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 fortified
                 himself
                 with
                 other
                 
                   Forreign
                
                 correspondences
                 ;
                 we
                 should
                 be
                 needs
                 insensible
                 of
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 our
                 Realm
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 more
                 dear
                 to
                 us
                 then
                 our
                 life
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 feare
                 and
                 fore-see
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 our
                 foresaid
                 
                   Brother
                   ,
                
                 should
                 have
                 one
                 day
                 in
                 his
                 hands
                 ,
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Regencie
                   ,
                
                 in
                 the
                 weaknesse
                 and
                 
                   minority
                
                 of
                 a
                 young
                 
                   King
                   ,
                
                 he
                 might
                 suffer
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 drawn
                 to
                 raise
                 troubles
                 ,
                 and
                 divisions
                 ,
                 which
                 might
                 produce
                 ruines
                 to
                 our
                 State
                 ,
                 more
                 then
                 the
                 
                 grandeurs
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 acquired
                 by
                 all
                 our
                 travels
                 .
                 Wherefore
                 
                   we
                   make
                   it
                   known
                   ,
                
                 that
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 motion
                 ,
                 especiall
                 grace
                 ,
                 full
                 power
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Royall
                   authority
                   ,
                
                 we
                 have
                 forgotten
                 ,
                 remitted
                 ,
                 and
                 pardoned
                 to
                 our
                 foresaid
                 
                   Brother
                
                 the
                 
                   Duke
                
                 of
                 
                   Orleans
                   ,
                
                 the
                 fault
                 by
                 him
                 committed
                 ,
                 in
                 making
                 a
                 faction
                 in
                 our
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 establishing
                 a
                 treaty
                 with
                 the
                 
                   King
                
                 of
                 
                   Spain
                   ,
                
                 and
                 we
                 permit
                 him
                 to
                 enjoy
                 his
                 pensions
                 and
                 appanage
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 may
                 freely
                 sojourn
                 without
                 transferring
                 himselfe
                 to
                 our
                 
                   Court
                   ,
                
                 unlesse
                 he
                 have
                 first
                 obtained
                 our
                 licenc
                 in
                 good
                 &
                 valid
                 form
                 :
                 which
                 notwithstanding
                 we
                 have
                 declared
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 declare
                 by
                 our
                 same
                 power
                 and
                 
                   Royall
                   authority
                   ,
                
                 that
                 we
                 have
                 suppressed
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 suppresse
                 his
                 companies
                 of
                 men
                 of
                 armes
                 ,
                 and
                 light
                 horses
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 deprived
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 deprive
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 government
                 of
                 
                   Auvergne
                   ;
                
                 and
                 ordained
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 ordain
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 never
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 have
                 any
                 
                   government
                
                 in
                 this
                 
                 
                   Kingdome
                   ,
                
                 nor
                 be
                 
                   Regent
                
                 during
                 the
                 
                   minority
                
                 of
                 our
                 
                   Children
                   ,
                
                 and
                 therof
                 we
                 have
                 declared
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 these
                 presents
                 do
                 declare
                 him
                 uncapable
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 considerations
                 and
                 reasons
                 above
                 specified
                 .
                 And
                 so
                 we
                 command
                 our
                 beloved
                 and
                 faithfull
                 subjects
                 ,
                 which
                 hold
                 our
                 
                   Court
                
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Parliament
                
                 of
                 
                   Paris
                   ,
                
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 
                   Courts
                
                 of
                 
                   Parliament
                   ,
                
                 that
                 they
                 cause
                 these
                 present
                 Letters
                 of
                 Declaration
                 to
                 be
                 read
                 ,
                 published
                 ,
                 and
                 registred
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 presented
                 to
                 them
                 by
                 our
                 
                   Atturney
                   Generall
                   ,
                
                 notwithstanding
                 any
                 Letters
                 ,
                 Edicts
                 ,
                 Ordinances
                 ,
                 Reglements
                 ,
                 Arrests
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 thing
                 else
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 for
                 so
                 is
                 our
                 pleasure
                 .
                 In
                 testimony
                 whereof
                 we
                 have
                 caused
                 our
                 Seale
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 to
                 these
                 presents
                 .
                 
                   Given
                
                 at
                 S.
                 
                   Germans
                
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 
                   December
                   ,
                
                 in
                 the
                 yeare
                 of
                 Grace
                 1642.
                 &
                 of
                 our
                 Reign
                 the
                 33.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Subscribed
                   LOVIS
                   .
                   And
                   below
                   
                     Par
                     le
                     Roy
                     .
                     De
                     Lomenie
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Read
                   ,
                   published
                   ,
                   and
                   registred
                   by
                   expresse
                   commandment
                   of
                   our
                   
                     Lord
                  
                   the
                   
                     King
                     .
                  
                   Heard
                   ,
                   and
                   upon
                   the
                   instance
                   of
                   his
                   
                     Atturney
                     Generall
                     ,
                  
                   to
                   be
                   executed
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   formes
                   and
                   tenor
                   .
                   At
                   
                     Paris
                  
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Parliament
                  
                   the
                   9.
                   of
                   
                     December
                  
                   1642.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             The
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
            
             is
             now
             overbal
             lanced
             ;
             but
             we
             shall
             soon
             find
             the
             scale
             in
             other
             hands
             ,
             which
             afford
             him
             more
             allowance
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             ,
             let
             us
             see
             another
             expedient
             ,
             the
             
               King
            
             takes
             to
             comply
             with
             his
             friends
             ,
             and
             raise
             his
             reputation
             of
             independency
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             direct
             letters
             to
             his
             
               Ministers
            
             abroad
             giving
             an
             account
             of
             his
             intentions
             ;
             One
             of
             which
             to
             his
             
               Ambassador
            
             at
             
               Venice
            
             was
             of
             this
             tenor
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Monsieur
                   des
                   Hameaux
                   ,
                
              
               
                 Since
                 every
                 one
                 knowes
                 the
                 great
                 and
                 signall
                 services
                 ,
                 which
                 my
                 
                   Cosin
                
                 the
                 
                   Cardinall
                   of
                   Richelieu
                
                 hath
                 
                 done
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 what
                 advantageous
                 successes
                 it
                 hath
                 pleased
                 
                   God
                
                 to
                 blesse
                 those
                 councells
                 which
                 He
                 suggested
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 so
                 no
                 one
                 can
                 doubt
                 but
                 the
                 losse
                 of
                 so
                 faithfull
                 and
                 good
                 a
                 
                   Minister
                
                 cannot
                 but
                 be
                 neerly
                 sensible
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 know
                 how
                 great
                 displeasure
                 I
                 have
                 conceived
                 here
                 by
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 dear
                 his
                 memory
                 is
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 testimonies
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 render
                 on
                 all
                 occasions
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 knowledge
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 that
                 the
                 thoughts
                 of
                 well
                 governing
                 of
                 my
                 
                   State
                   ,
                
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 my
                 affaires
                 ought
                 to
                 prevaile
                 above
                 all
                 others
                 ,
                 doth
                 oblige
                 me
                 to
                 take
                 care
                 now
                 more
                 then
                 ever
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 apply
                 my selfe
                 in
                 such
                 manner
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 great
                 advantages
                 hitherto
                 obtained
                 ,
                 'till
                 it
                 shall
                 please
                 
                   God
                
                 to
                 grant
                 us
                 a
                 peace
                 ,
                 the
                 sole
                 and
                 only
                 scope
                 of
                 my
                 enterprises
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 gaining
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 spare
                 my
                 own
                 life
                 .
                 
                 To
                 this
                 purpose
                 I
                 have
                 taken
                 resolution
                 to
                 retain
                 the
                 same
                 persons
                 in
                 my
                 councill
                 ,
                 which
                 have
                 served
                 me
                 during
                 the
                 
                   Ministry
                
                 of
                 my
                 
                   Cosin
                
                 the
                 
                   Cardinall
                
                 of
                 
                   Richelieu
                   ,
                
                 and
                 to
                 take
                 to
                 me
                 my
                 
                   Cosin
                
                 the
                 
                   Cardinall
                   Mazzarini
                   ,
                
                 who
                 hath
                 given
                 me
                 so
                 great
                 proofs
                 of
                 his
                 affection
                 and
                 fidelity
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 his
                 capacity
                 in
                 divers
                 occasions
                 wherein
                 he
                 hath
                 been
                 by
                 me
                 employed
                 ,
                 rendring
                 to
                 me
                 most
                 considerable
                 services
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 I
                 can
                 no
                 lesse
                 assure
                 my selfe
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 then
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 born
                 my
                 subject
                 .
                 My
                 principall
                 thought
                 shall
                 ever
                 be
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 good
                 union
                 and
                 correspondence
                 which
                 hath
                 been
                 between
                 
                   us
                
                 and
                 our
                 
                   confederates
                   ,
                
                 to
                 use
                 the
                 same
                 vigour
                 and
                 constancy
                 in
                 my
                 affaires
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 hitherto
                 held
                 ,
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 justice
                 and
                 reason
                 may
                 permit
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 continue
                 the
                 war
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 application
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 forces
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 since
                 my
                 enemies
                 constrained
                 me
                 to
                 make
                 
                 it
                 ,
                 till
                 such
                 time
                 as
                 
                   God
                
                 shall
                 touch
                 their
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 contribute
                 with
                 all
                 my
                 other
                 
                   confederates
                
                 somewhat
                 to
                 the
                 establishment
                 and
                 
                   generall
                   peace
                
                 of
                 
                   Christendom
                   ,
                
                 but
                 so
                 established
                 that
                 nothing
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 may
                 disturbe
                 it
                 .
                 You
                 shall
                 therefore
                 communicate
                 what
                 is
                 above
                 expressed
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Republick
                
                 of
                 
                   Venice
                   ,
                
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Ministers
                
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Princes
                
                 of
                 
                   Italy
                   ,
                
                 which
                 are
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 all
                 others
                 that
                 you
                 shall
                 think
                 fit
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 judg
                 that
                 the
                 affairs
                 of
                 this
                 
                   Kingdom
                
                 hold
                 the
                 same
                 course
                 that
                 they
                 have
                 heretofore
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 nothing
                 will
                 be
                 wanting
                 to
                 their
                 good
                 conduct
                 ,
                 assuredly
                 hoping
                 that
                 they
                 shall
                 ever
                 continue
                 happily
                 .
                 Whereupon
                 I
                 pray
                 
                   God
                
                 to
                 keep
                 you
                 
                   Monsieur
                
                 des
                 
                   Hameaux
                
                 in
                 his
                 holy
                 custody
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     Dated
                  
                   at
                   
                     Paris
                  
                   
                     the
                     6
                     of
                     
                       December
                    
                     1642.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   LOVIS
                   .
                   Bouthilier
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
           
             In
             pursuance
             of
             these
             his
             resolutions
             ,
             his
             
               Majesty
            
             forthwith
             issues
             a
             proclamation
             commanding
             all
             officers
             of
             war
             ,
             of
             whatsoever
             quality
             ,
             to
             depart
             from
             
               Paris
            
             by
             the
             beginning
             of
             
               February
               ,
            
             and
             render
             themselves
             to
             the
             actuall
             exercise
             of
             their
             charges
             ,
             with
             a
             purpose
             to
             part
             himselfe
             in
             person
             in
             the
             Month
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             to
             begin
             the
             next
             
               campagne
               .
            
             But
             the
             preparations
             for
             it
             did
             not
             answers
             the
             
               King's
            
             desire
             through
             the
             slacknesse
             of
             those
             instruments
             ,
             which
             being
             now
             out
             of
             fear
             of
             the
             late
             
               Cardinall
               ,
            
             and
             finding
             a
             more
             remisse
             hand
             (
             as
             the
             more
             remote
             is
             wont
             to
             be
             )
             carried
             over
             them
             ,
             did
             regulate
             their
             actions
             to
             their
             own
             commodities
             .
             So
             that
             now
             the
             two
             emulous
             
               Monarchies
            
             were
             counterpoised
             only
             by
             a
             reciprocall
             kind
             of
             fate
             ,
             that
             one
             could
             get
             no
             start
             upon
             the
             impediments
             of
             the
             other
             .
             For
             about
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Cardinall
               Duke
            
             of
             
             RICHELIEU
             died
             in
             
               France
               ,
            
             the
             
               Count-Duke
            
             of
             OLIVAREZ
             fell
             in
             
               Spain
               :
            
             and
             that
             
               King
            
             resolves
             in
             like
             manner
             to
             returne
             his
             
               Royall
               authority
            
             on
             his
             own
             person
             :
             and
             so
             for
             a
             few
             moneths
             kept
             his
             businesse
             in
             his
             owne
             hands
             ,
             imparting
             them
             with
             indifferency
             to
             his
             
               Ministers
               ,
            
             and
             referring
             their
             dispatch
             to
             severall
             
               Councils
               ,
            
             where
             they
             lay
             a
             long
             time
             sleeping
             ;
             and
             the
             
               King
               ,
            
             having
             lived
             22
             years
             in
             repose
             ,
             began
             now
             to
             find
             more
             unpliancy
             in
             his
             affaires
             then
             he
             expected
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             to
             discover
             some
             change
             of
             his
             resolution
             by
             inclining
             to
             a
             new
             favorite
             ,
             which
             at
             last
             riseth
             with
             great
             expectation
             in
             the
             person
             of
             
               D.
               Lewis
            
             de
             
               Haró
            
             (
             nephew
             of
             the
             
               Count
            
             of
             
               Castriglio
            
             the
             present
             
               Vice-roy
            
             of
             
               Naples
            
             )
             who
             beginning
             his
             course
             almost
             as
             soon
             ,
             (
             and
             without
             any
             opposition
             )
             as
             his
             corrivall
             inreputation
             ,
             may
             seem
             to
             have
             lost
             nothing
             in
             the
             setting
             out
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             interim
             the
             armes
             of
             both
             
             nations
             are
             not
             idle
             ,
             and
             the
             suite
             of
             those
             councils
             ,
             which
             had
             issued
             from
             their
             late
             
               Dictators
            
             (
             subjects
             both
             of
             them
             of
             extraordinary
             finesses
             )
             though
             intercised
             from
             their
             heads
             ;
             yet
             run
             out
             their
             courses
             :
             especially
             in
             the
             two
             
               Republicks
            
             of
             
               Venice
            
             and
             
               Holland
               ,
            
             which
             were
             highly
             to
             be
             courted
             at
             this
             time
             .
             Of
             the
             first
             of
             which
             we
             have
             somewhat
             ready
             to
             insert
             here
             .
          
           
             There
             had
             happened
             lately
             in
             
               Italy
            
             a
             war
             meerely
             
               Italian
               ,
            
             neither
             
               French
            
             nor
             
               Spanish
            
             having
             any
             hand
             in
             it
             ,
             nor
             knowing
             how
             to
             intermeddle
             in
             it
             ,
             though
             they
             sought
             many
             waies
             to
             inultratetheir
             practises
             about
             the
             Quarrell
             .
             A
             war
             it
             was
             not
             very
             violent
             ;
             but
             full
             of
             expedients
             in
             the
             managing
             ,
             in
             the
             treating
             ,
             and
             in
             composing
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             occasion
             was
             the
             seizing
             of
             the
             
               Dutchy
            
             of
             
               Castro
            
             (
             a
             place
             lying
             conveniently
             near
             to
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             and
             bordering
             upon
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Florence
            
             his
             dominions
             ,
             
             but
             belonging
             to
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
            
             )
             by
             the
             Nephewes
             of
             
               Urban
            
             the
             
               eight
               ,
            
             pretending
             to
             satisfy
             the
             Montists
             in
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             to
             whom
             that
             
               Prince
            
             was
             much
             indebted
             :
             the
             
               Republick
            
             of
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Florence
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Modena
               ,
            
             as
             Freinds
             and
             Neighbours
             to
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             or
             as
             jealous
             of
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticall
               State
            
             since
             the
             accruing
             of
             the
             new
             estates
             of
             
               Urbino
            
             and
             
               Ferrara
               ,
            
             or
             as
             no
             well
             wishers
             to
             the
             
               Barberini
               ,
            
             ligue
             together
             to
             aid
             and
             restore
             the
             said
             
               Duke
            
             to
             his
             sequestred
             
               Dutchy
               :
            
             the
             
               French
            
             and
             
               Spaniards
            
             hold
             themselves
             a
             while
             Spectators
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             to
             study
             their
             interests
             in
             this
             emergent
             ,
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             for
             the
             hate
             they
             bare
             the
             
               Barberini
               ,
            
             and
             for
             the
             love
             which
             they
             secretly
             hugged
             of
             the
             
               Pope's
            
             trouble
             ,
             could
             well
             have
             bin
             contented
             with
             the
             war
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             equally
             hated
             the
             progresse
             of
             the
             league
             ,
             their
             jealous
             Neighbours
             ,
             whom
             they
             desired
             
             to
             over-awe
             ,
             wherefore
             when
             the
             
               Pope
            
             was
             very
             Importunate
             by
             his
             
               Nuntio
               Panziroli
            
             at
             
               Madrid
            
             to
             get
             that
             
               King
            
             to
             Joyne
             with
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             and
             to
             declare
             himselfe
             against
             the
             league
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             supply
             him
             with
             the
             succours
             of
             900
             horse
             and
             3000
             foot
             ,
             which
             the
             
               King
            
             of
             
               Spain
            
             is
             bound
             to
             furnish
             the
             
               Pope
            
             withall
             ,
             when
             his
             estates
             are
             invaded
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             his
             Fief
             of
             
               Naples
               ,
            
             the
             
               Spaniard
            
             returned
             but
             formall
             answers
             ,
             as
             expressing
             his
             thought
             to
             be
             that
             the
             restitution
             of
             
               Castro
            
             was
             but
             reasonable
             ;
             and
             this
             no
             occasion
             for
             him
             to
             aid
             the
             
               Pope
            
             (
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             the
             League
             )
             considering
             that
             he
             was
             the
             invader
             ,
             rather
             than
             invaded
             :
             for
             the
             
               Spaniard
            
             well
             knew
             that
             by
             declaring
             for
             one
             side
             he
             should
             but
             give
             the
             
               French
            
             occasion
             to
             take
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             so
             draw
             the
             greater
             prejudice
             on
             his
             own
             estates
             ,
             giving
             them
             the
             more
             pretensions
             to
             invade
             him
             .
             So
             that
             all
             considered
             ,
             
             he
             was
             not
             unwilling
             to
             carry
             himselfe
             only
             as
             an
             arbitrator
             ,
             and
             not
             permit
             the
             
               French
            
             to
             get
             the
             start
             of
             him
             in
             the
             management
             .
             Yet
             he
             suffers
             the
             
               Switzers
               ,
            
             which
             the
             
               Pope
            
             had
             levied
             for
             the
             war
             ,
             to
             passe
             through
             the
             
               State
            
             of
             
               Milan
               ,
            
             as
             a
             counterbalance
             to
             the
             league
             ,
             and
             not
             long
             after
             he
             also
             granted
             the
             same
             liberty
             to
             other
             forces
             of
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma's
               ,
            
             as
             a
             like
             counterpoise
             to
             the
             
               Papalins
               ,
            
             which
             he
             thought
             might
             well
             consist
             with
             his
             publick
             indifferency
             :
             for
             otherwise
             he
             had
             a
             secret
             grudging
             against
             the
             League
             ;
             also
             being
             his
             neighbour
             
               Princes
               ,
            
             and
             less
             potent
             that
             had
             formed
             an
             union
             without
             his
             knowledg
             ,
             consent
             ,
             or
             comprehension
             ;
             it
             inwardly
             ▪
             displeasing
             him
             that
             the
             
               Princes
            
             of
             
               Italy
            
             should
             shew
             to
             act
             independently
             of
             his
             Crown
             ;
             a
             thought
             so
             much
             the
             harder
             to
             be
             digested
             in
             that
             it
             might
             be
             thence
             gathered
             that
             such
             resolutions
             were
             
             taken
             upon
             a
             ground
             of
             weaknesse
             and
             decay
             of
             his
             greatnesse
             ,
             while
             in
             spite
             of
             their
             bad
             fortune
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             still
             desired
             to
             treat
             and
             to
             be
             treated
             ▪
             as
             when
             they
             were
             at
             the
             highest
             ascendent
             of
             their
             felicity
             .
             And
             if
             now
             a
             war
             being
             broken
             outit
             should
             be
             again
             composed
             without
             his
             arbitration
             ,
             as
             umpire
             of
             the
             affairs
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               French
            
             out
             strip
             him
             in
             this
             negotiation
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             a
             great
             deal
             worse
             to
             like
             it
             .
             But
             I
             will
             not
             follow
             these
             comments
             any
             further
             .
          
           
             The
             
               French
            
             were
             yet
             more
             busy
             and
             more
             subtle
             to
             handle
             and
             wind
             themselves
             into
             these
             treaties
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             is
             not
             so
             easy
             to
             penetrate
             their
             true
             designes
             ,
             I
             will
             therefore
             be
             a
             little
             more
             punctuall
             and
             more
             large
             on
             this
             point
             as
             a
             part
             of
             my
             set
             purpose
             ,
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             which
             I
             have
             brought
             in
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             contrary
             to
             illustrate
             it
             :
             nor
             do
             I
             regard
             any
             other
             art
             or
             method
             then
             
             what
             directly
             serves
             the
             nature
             of
             of
             the
             things
             themselves
             which
             I
             am
             treating
             .
          
           
             Presently
             after
             the
             seizing
             of
             
               Castro
               ,
            
             the
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Fontenay
            
             is
             appointed
             
               Ambassadour
            
             to
             
               Rome
            
             to
             accomodate
             this
             difference
             ,
             with
             order
             to
             
               Cardinall
               Bichitill
            
             he
             should
             come
             ,
             to
             apply
             himselfe
             earnestly
             in
             this
             matter
             to
             the
             
               Pope
            
             and
             his
             
               Nephews
               ,
            
             which
             as
             a
             preparative
             might
             serve
             to
             farther
             negotiation
             .
             'T
             was
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             November
             1641
             when
             
               Fontenay
            
             arrived
             :
             besides
             the
             adjusting
             of
             the
             business
             of
             Parma
             ,
             being
             also
             encharged
             to
             endeavour
             the
             reception
             of
             the
             
               Bishop
               of
               Lamego
               Ambassadour
            
             from
             the
             new
             
               King
            
             of
             
               Portugall
               ,
            
             Shich
             the
             
               Pope
            
             made
             many
             excuses
             to
             defer
             ,
             as
             a
             point
             involved
             with
             other
             interests
             nothing
             perfunctory
             :
             with
             it
             highly
             concerned
             the
             obliging
             or
             disobliging
             of
             the
             two
             
               Crowns
            
             for
             the
             restitution
             of
             
               Castro
            
             and
             other
             
             goods
             to
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
               :
            
             the
             
               Ambassadour
            
             makes
             great
             instances
             with
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             alleaging
             him
             to
             be
             under
             his
             
               Majestie's
            
             protection
             ,
             with
             many
             protestations
             that
             he
             could
             not
             abandon
             him
             :
             but
             the
             
               Pope
            
             still
             insisted
             on
             the
             obedience
             and
             humiliation
             of
             
               Parma
            
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             his
             sovereigne
             ,
             in
             his
             own
             person
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             another's
             interposall
             to
             capitulate
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             being
             a
             
               Feudatary
            
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               See
               ;
            
             whereupon
             notwithstanding
             the
             
               Barberini
            
             (
             which
             had
             hitherto
             greatly
             countergrained
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             by
             their
             partiality
             to
             the
             
               French
            
             )
             thought
             it
             now
             time
             to
             manage
             some
             complyancwith
             them
             ,
             &
             if
             need
             were
             to
             come
             over
             to
             their
             party
             :
             in
             reference
             whereunto
             they
             practise
             at
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Spain
            
             by
             their
             
               Nuntio
               Facchinetti
            
             a
             conjunction
             with
             them
             to
             oppresse
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             as
             a
             Partisan
             of
             the
             
               French
               ,
            
             and
             a
             complotter
             of
             designs
             
             on
             the
             state
             of
             
               Milan
               ,
            
             not
             omitting
             at
             the
             same
             time
             to
             treat
             on
             other
             conditions
             to
             the
             same
             drift
             at
             the
             court
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             and
             according
             to
             the
             variablenesse
             of
             their
             designs
             with
             the
             answerablenesse
             of
             either
             party
             ;
             so
             they
             carried
             towards
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             of
             
               Lamego
               :
            
             but
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             finding
             (
             when
             they
             had
             once
             well
             setled
             themselves
             to
             hold
             the
             
               State
            
             of
             
               Castro
               ,
            
             wherein
             they
             expected
             no
             such
             opposition
             as
             they
             afterwards
             met
             withall
             )
             that
             the
             former
             treaties
             soon
             cooled
             ;
             they
             sought
             rather
             to
             secure
             themselves
             by
             modelling
             the
             intentions
             of
             the
             
               Duke
               ,
            
             pressing
             reiterated
             promises
             from
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             not
             call
             the
             
               French
            
             to
             his
             succour
             ,
             nor
             accept
             of
             their
             aids
             while
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             would
             support
             him
             :
             but
             whatsoever
             point
             it
             was
             that
             failed
             ,
             the
             best
             assistance
             which
             the
             
               Duke
            
             had
             afterwards
             was
             by
             the
             men
             and
             mony
             that
             came
             from
             
               France
               .
            
             The
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Fontenay's
            
             reports
             
             being
             come
             to
             his
             
               Master's
            
             court
             ,
             the
             
               King
            
             of
             
               France
            
             to
             second
             his
             
               ambassadour
            
             no
             lesse
             then
             to
             discover
             whether
             in
             the
             
               Pope
            
             there
             were
             any
             new
             inclinations
             towards
             the
             
               Spaniards
               ,
            
             dispatcheth
             the
             
               Sieur
            
             de
             
               Lyonne
            
             (
             a
             young
             gentleman
             of
             an
             exquisite
             capacity
             ,
             that
             had
             also
             bin
             bred
             up
             by
             his
             uncle
             the
             
               secretary
            
             de
             
               servient
            
             in
             affairs
             of
             great
             consequence
             )
             who
             comming
             as
             an
             intercessor
             might
             promote
             in
             person
             between
             the
             parties
             those
             affairs
             which
             his
             
               Resident
               Ambassadour
            
             could
             not
             otherwise
             treat
             but
             by
             Corriers
             and
             so
             consequently
             not
             without
             jealousies
             and
             delayes
             .
             
               De
               Lyonne
            
             presents
             himselfe
             first
             to
             the
             
               Duke
            
             at
             
               Parma
            
             while
             he
             is
             busy
             in
             Levying
             of
             his
             forces
             and
             there
             delivers
             his
             charge
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             that
             his
             
               Majesty
            
             of
             
               France
            
             continuing
             his
             wonted
             protection
             to
             the
             person
             and
             house
             of
             his
             
               Highnesse
               ,
            
             had
             expressly
             sent
             him
             to
             the
             
               Pope
            
             to
             perswade
             
             him
             to
             accord
             ,
             praying
             his
             
               Highnesse
            
             on
             his
             part
             to
             facilitate
             a
             businesse
             so
             proper
             for
             him
             and
             so
             desiderable
             to
             
               France
               ,
            
             and
             so
             exhorted
             him
             in
             his
             King's
             name
             to
             render
             to
             the
             
               Pope
            
             all
             manner
             of
             Humiliations
             ,
             which
             as
             done
             to
             a
             
               common
               Father
               ,
            
             would
             no
             waies
             derogate
             from
             the
             Honour
             of
             a
             
               Soveraign
               Prince
               ,
            
             and
             that
             his
             so
             doing
             would
             be
             very
             acceptable
             to
             his
             
               Majesty
               .
            
             The
             
               Duke
            
             offers
             any
             submissions
             not
             prejudiciall
             to
             his
             interests
             ,
             or
             admitting
             of
             such
             faults
             as
             might
             be
             of
             ill
             consequence
             to
             him
             and
             his
             house
             hereafter
             ,
             and
             with
             that
             answer
             ,
             
               De
               Lyonne
            
             hasts
             to
             
               Rome
            
             where
             he
             presently
             stop't
             the
             publication
             of
             the
             Interdictment
             intended
             by
             the
             
               Barberini
               ,
            
             by
             assuring
             them
             ,
             that
             in
             such
             case
             the
             
               Ecclesiastick's
            
             were
             resolved
             (
             Not
             observing
             the
             censures
             )
             to
             hold
             at
             their
             
               Duke's
            
             Devotion
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             he
             to
             employ
             their
             revenues
             in
             his
             war
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             a-amounted
             
             to
             a
             great
             sum
             (
             I
             will
             insist
             a
             little
             further
             here
             ,
             though
             somewhat
             below
             the
             times
             which
             I
             intended
             to
             resume
             )
             Being
             afterwards
             brought
             to
             the
             feet
             of
             his
             
               Holyness
               ,
            
             &
             there
             rendred
             the
             accustomed
             most
             humble
             reverence
             ,
             he
             presents
             to
             him
             the
             credentiall
             letter
             of
             the
             
               King
            
             of
             
               France
            
             written
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             wherein
             with
             most
             affectionate
             and
             efficacious
             instances
             ,
             he
             beseecheth
             him
             that
             qualifying
             those
             disgusts
             that
             he
             had
             conceived
             against
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             he
             would
             be
             graciously
             pleased
             to
             restore
             him
             to
             his
             former
             good
             grace
             ;
             and
             embracing
             him
             with
             paternall
             benevolence
             ,
             condescend
             to
             some
             agreement
             to
             their
             reciprocall
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             courteous
             expressions
             being
             answered
             by
             the
             
               Pope
            
             in
             words
             testifying
             a
             very
             reall
             acceptation
             ;
             
               Monsieur
            
             de
             
               Lyonne
            
             proceeds
             to
             a
             further
             discourse
             ,
             importing
             that
             it
             was
             his
             
               Majesty's
            
             earnest
             desire
             and
             
             request
             to
             his
             
               Holynesse
            
             to
             Restore
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
            
             to
             all
             his
             goods
             and
             estates
             ,
             since
             he
             had
             so
             amply
             satisfied
             his
             reputation
             in
             the
             conquest
             of
             
               Castro
               ,
            
             and
             now
             to
             forget
             things
             past
             ,
             as
             his
             
               Majesty
            
             himselfe
             had
             dealt
             with
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Lorrain
            
             in
             restoring
             him
             to
             astate
             of
             such
             advantage
             upon
             his
             humble
             submission
             only
             to
             his
             
               Majesty's
            
             clemency
             .
             To
             this
             the
             
               Pope
            
             answered
             in
             these
             precise
             tearms
             ,
             
               Castro
            
             is
             already
             the
             
               Apostolicall
               See's
               .
            
             There
             is
             nothing
             to
             be
             said
             of
             that
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             will
             treat
             of
             
               Parma
            
             and
             
               Placentia
            
             [
             which
             were
             now
             pretended
             to
             be
             forfeited
             ]
             somewhat
             may
             be
             done
             at
             the
             
               Kings
            
             intercession
             .
             About
             
               Castro
            
             we
             will
             afterwards
             do
             justice
             .
             
               Monsieur
            
             de
             
               Lyonne
            
             replies
             ,
             that
             ,
             that
             was
             not
             the
             grace
             which
             his
             
               Majesty
            
             had
             employed
             him
             to
             seek
             ,
             it
             being
             probable
             that
             the
             neighbour
             
               Princes
            
             would
             not
             suffer
             such
             disaster
             to
             befall
             the
             
               Duke
            
             
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             nor
             such
             an
             acquisition
             to
             a
             mightier
             confinant
             as
             was
             the
             
               State
               Ecclesiasticall
               ;
            
             where
             the
             
               Pope
            
             apprehending
             a
             secret
             conceipt
             shadowed
             that
             the
             
               King
            
             of
             
               France
            
             would
             aid
             the
             
               Parmesan
               ,
            
             discovered
             great
             alteration
             ,
             saying
             that
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
            
             was
             a
             rebell
             and
             excommunicated
             ,
             and
             that
             whatsoever
             
               Princes
            
             should
             assist
             him
             were
             wicked
             and
             Impious
             ,
             in
             which
             case
             he
             would
             put
             his
             trust
             in
             God
             assuring
             himselfe
             that
             he
             would
             not
             abandon
             him
             in
             his
             most
             righteous
             cause
             ;
             That
             therefore
             he
             should
             not
             speak
             any
             more
             to
             him
             about
             
               Castro
               ,
            
             as
             a
             businesse
             not
             practicable
             ,
             but
             only
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             and
             
               Placentia
               :
            
             whereat
             
               de
               Lyonne
            
             not
             troubling
             himselfe
             replyed
             ;
             That
             if
             his
             
               Holynesse
            
             would
             do
             any
             grace
             to
             the
             
               King
               ,
            
             it
             must
             be
             about
             
               Castro
               ,
            
             for
             of
             the
             other
             he
             had
             no
             commission
             to
             treat
             any
             thing
             :
             which
             more
             inflaming
             the
             
               Pope's
            
             displeasure
             ,
             he
             tooke
             his
             
             leave
             in
             time
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             reserve
             his
             further
             application
             for
             another
             audience
             ,
             which
             a
             while
             after
             he
             again
             obtaining
             with
             like
             successe
             ,
             tooke
             his
             course
             back
             to
             
               Parma
            
             to
             propound
             new
             overtures
             .
             The
             
               French
            
             having
             bin
             before
             dealing
             with
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
            
             to
             draw
             his
             assistance
             towards
             
               Lombardy
               ,
            
             were
             now
             willing
             to
             degage
             him
             from
             any
             embroilments
             on
             the
             contrary
             side
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             to
             study
             how
             to
             serve
             themselves
             upon
             occasion
             .
             The
             
               Spaniards
            
             though
             they
             longed
             to
             revenge
             the
             injuries
             of
             the
             
               Barberini
            
             were
             fain
             to
             mortify
             that
             passion
             with
             better
             councell
             ,
             holding
             it
             no
             good
             time
             to
             break
             with
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             any
             more
             then
             to
             joine
             with
             
               Parma
               .
            
             The
             
               Republick
            
             of
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             The
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Tuscany
               ,
            
             The
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Modena
            
             (
             being
             both
             allied
             in
             blood
             to
             
               Parma
            
             )
             are
             yet
             but
             making
             long
             debates
             about
             a
             league
             in
             his
             favour
             :
             Wherefore
             
               De
               Lyonne
            
             thinks
             best
             to
             propound
             
             some
             suspension
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             fearing
             least
             
               Parma
            
             should
             be
             over-powred
             ,
             which
             he
             being
             a
             
               Prince
            
             of
             great
             Courage
             ,
             and
             now
             if
             he
             followed
             not
             his
             enterprises
             likely
             to
             sink
             under
             great
             charges
             ,
             which
             the
             forces
             that
             he
             had
             gathered
             must
             needs
             put
             him
             to
             in
             his
             own
             countrey
             ,
             was
             very
             unwilling
             to
             hearken
             to
             :
             so
             that
             entring
             with
             his
             forces
             into
             the
             ecclesiasticall
             state
             he
             brought
             great
             dammages
             &
             terror
             to
             
               Rome
            
             it selfe
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             he
             was
             overperswaded
             to
             attend
             the
             issue
             of
             a
             treaty
             at
             
               Castel-Georgio
               ,
            
             wherein
             the
             
               Papalins
            
             to
             divert
             the
             present
             shock
             consented
             to
             deposite
             
               Castro
            
             in
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Modena's
            
             hands
             for
             three
             or
             four
             months
             ,
             while
             affairs
             in
             difference
             should
             be
             treated
             ,
             The
             
               Ministers
            
             of
             
               France
            
             being
             all
             this
             while
             instant
             with
             the
             
               State
            
             of
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             first
             to
             mediate
             for
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             assist
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             practising
             also
             at
             the
             same
             time
             with
             other
             
             
               Italian
               Princes
            
             on
             this
             subject
             ,
             cannot
             avoid
             jealousies
             on
             all
             sides
             interchangeable
             .
             The
             
               Venetians
            
             (
             though
             moved
             thereunto
             by
             the
             
               French
               Ministers
            
             yet
             )
             are
             very
             cautious
             how
             they
             interpose
             their
             offices
             in
             this
             affaire
             ,
             least
             they
             should
             seem
             to
             deprive
             that
             
               Crown
            
             of
             the
             Honour
             of
             mediation
             ,
             whereupon
             they
             impart
             all
             their
             negotiations
             at
             
               Rome
            
             with
             exact
             diligence
             to
             the
             
               French
               Ambassadour
               ,
            
             passing
             one
             concurrence
             and
             correspondence
             in
             their
             treaties
             :
             But
             for
             the
             matter
             of
             assistance
             ,
             however
             they
             were
             enclined
             to
             the
             joyning
             with
             their
             Neighbour
             Potentates
             to
             keep
             
               Italy
            
             still
             in
             the
             same
             Ballance
             ;
             yet
             the
             instances
             of
             the
             
               French
            
             in
             this
             regard
             they
             accounted
             no
             way
             free
             from
             suspicion
             ;
             now
             especially
             that
             the
             
               Princes
            
             of
             
               Savoy
            
             were
             turned
             to
             their
             service
             and
             away
             thereby
             opened
             to
             the
             heart
             of
             
               Lombardy
               :
            
             They
             hold
             the
             old
             proverb
             good
             ,
             
             Have
             the
             
               French
            
             for
             thy
             Friend
             ,
             but
             not
             for
             thy
             Neighbour
             .
             For
             although
             they
             had
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             ambitious
             and
             troublesome
             Confinants
             ,
             which
             by
             their
             monies
             and
             intelligence
             had
             made
             them
             many
             chargable
             and
             unseasonable
             diversions
             ;
             yet
             the
             differences
             since
             a
             whole
             age
             had
             never
             come
             to
             a
             breach
             between
             them
             ,
             besids
             that
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             count
             them
             of
             so
             desultory
             an
             humour
             as
             other
             
               Ultramontans
               .
            
             On
             another
             side
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             seeing
             the
             French
             so
             busy
             in
             their
             treaties
             from
             the
             one
             side
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             knowing
             how
             much
             they
             were
             oblieged
             to
             respect
             them
             both
             ;
             now
             they
             saw
             also
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
            
             proceed
             so
             prosperously
             in
             the
             state
             Ecclesiasticall
             without
             foot
             or
             artillery
             ,
             began
             to
             confirme
             themselves
             in
             a
             former
             suspicion
             ,
             that
             some
             mystery
             was
             under
             those
             enterprises
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
               Pope
            
             was
             indeed
             of
             some
             agreement
             with
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             the
             
             
               King
            
             of
             
               France
            
             and
             the
             
               Princes
            
             of
             the
             
               League
               ,
            
             against
             the
             
               Kingdome
            
             of
             
               Naples
               ,
            
             whose
             
               Vice-roy
            
             was
             allied
             to
             That
             
               Duke
               ;
            
             which
             apprehension
             might
             have
             bin
             the
             more
             justified
             by
             an
             overture
             of
             
               Monsieur
               De
               Lyonne
            
             (
             if
             at
             least
             it
             did
             not
             escape
             the
             inquisitivenesse
             of
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             )
             made
             to
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             about
             the
             leaving
             of
             
               Castro
            
             to
             
               Don
               Tadco
               ,
            
             and
             accepting
             of
             the
             
               Pope
            
             and
             
               King
            
             of
             
               France
            
             his
             assistance
             to
             invest
             him
             in
             the
             
               Kingdome
            
             of
             
               Naples
               :
            
             To
             which
             the
             
               Duke
            
             roundly
             answered
             ,
             Nay
             ,
             but
             rather
             let
             them
             restore
             me
             my
             
               Dutchy
               ,
            
             and
             bestow
             their
             
               Kingdome
            
             on
             
               Don
               Tadco
               .
            
             However
             this
             conceipt
             ,
             especially
             the
             League
             being
             now
             formed
             ,
             and
             his
             Neighbours
             in
             armes
             round
             about
             him
             ,
             made
             the
             
               Spaniard
            
             keep
             him
             on
             his
             guard
             ,
             to
             his
             great
             charges
             ,
             and
             leave
             those
             forces
             on
             his
             frontiers
             of
             
               Naples
            
             which
             he
             needed
             elswhere
             :
             being
             also
             (
             as
             before
             was
             intimated
             )
             not
             
             a
             litle
             troubled
             at
             such
             a
             league
             made
             with
             his
             exclusion
             .
             The
             
               Pope
            
             and
             the
             
               Barberini
            
             are
             no
             lesse
             satisfied
             of
             the
             
               French
            
             Negotiations
             as
             too
             too
             partiall
             to
             the
             interests
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             and
             otherwise
             suspected
             to
             aime
             only
             at
             embroiling
             all
             things
             .
             The
             other
             
               Princes
            
             are
             jealous
             of
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             least
             he
             should
             be
             brought
             to
             cast
             himselfe
             onely
             on
             the
             
               French
            
             assistance
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             a
             formidable
             guest
             to
             their
             doores
             ;
             whereupon
             they
             are
             willing
             rather
             to
             assist
             him
             themselves
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             enter
             on
             no
             course
             prejudiciall
             to
             their
             common
             Interests
             :
             And
             so
             at
             last
             concluding
             and
             conjoyning
             in
             one
             league
             ,
             rendred
             no
             lesse
             jealousy
             to
             the
             
               French
            
             themselves
             then
             they
             had
             done
             to
             the
             others
             ,
             least
             it
             should
             tend
             to
             contravene
             their
             designes
             now
             ready
             against
             the
             
               State
            
             of
             
               Milan
               .
            
             But
             let
             us
             now
             returne
             to
             the
             
               Court
               ,
            
             and
             thence
             take
             our
             licence
             to
             some
             other
             Quarter
             .
          
           
           
             We
             left
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
            
             a
             moneth
             since
             shadowed
             with
             a
             dismall
             ,
             and
             thick
             cloud
             :
             but
             as
             mighty
             offices
             were
             not
             wanting
             to
             dispell
             it
             :
             particularly
             of
             the
             
               Secretary
            
             de
             
               Chauvigni
               ,
            
             a
             creature
             of
             the
             late
             
               Cardinall
               ,
            
             and
             speciall
             Confident
             of
             the
             present
             .
             Whereupon
             on
             the
             12th
             of
             
               January
               ,
            
             he
             arrives
             at
             
               Paris
               ,
            
             and
             next
             morning
             presents
             himselfe
             to
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Cabinet
             ,
             at
             St
             
               Germans
               ,
            
             with
             one
             knee
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             in
             expression
             of
             reverence
             ,
             and
             humiliation
             ,
             protesting
             hereafter
             never
             to
             deviate
             from
             that
             loyaltie
             which
             on
             so
             many
             respects
             he
             owed
             to
             his
             Majesty
             :
             from
             whom
             he
             had
             this
             answer
             .
             
               That
               it
               was
               now
               high
               time
               the
               effects
               should
               agree
               in
               perfect
               harmony
               with
               his
               words
               :
               in
               which
               case
               he
               might
               expect
               the
               fruits
               of
               a
               loving
               brotherhood
               ,
               knowing
               that
               he
               could
               not
               from
               any
               other
               hand
               ,
               then
               that
               of
               his
               royall
               bounty
               ,
               hope
               for
               any
               advantage
               .
            
             
             The
             King
             had
             reason
             ,
             considering
             his
             owne
             health
             ,
             and
             the
             high
             interest
             's
             of
             the
             person
             ,
             not
             to
             leave
             him
             in
             such
             disgusts
             ,
             as
             were
             likely
             to
             fall
             heavy
             on
             his
             Infant-successor
             .
             But
             Monsieur
             to
             use
             this
             grace
             the
             more
             nobly
             ,
             disdains
             not
             a
             while
             after
             to
             visit
             the
             
               Dutchesse
            
             of
             
               Ayguillon
            
             (
             the
             neece
             of
             his
             great
             adversary
             of
             
               Richelieu
               ,
            
             to
             whose
             rigidnesse
             his
             slips
             were
             imputed
             )
             
               his
               generosity
               not
               allowing
               him
               to
               imitate
               a
               vulgar
               spleen
               ,
               which
               hates
               for
               malice
               ,
               though
               the
               obstacle
               be
               removed
               ,
               wrecking
               it selfe
               with
               aemulation
               on
               all
               that
               belong's
               to
               the
               person
               or
               his
               memory
               .
            
          
           
             The
             arms
             of
             
               France
            
             by
             confederacie
             with
             the
             
               Swedes
               ,
            
             and
             by
             joining
             the
             troops
             of
             the
             late
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Weimar
            
             to
             the
             forces
             of
             the
             
               Count
            
             of
             
               Guehriant
            
             were
             now
             high
             in
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             they
             urging
             all
             their
             power
             to
             make
             the
             
               Electour
            
             of
             
               Saxony
               ,
            
             and
             these
             the
             
               Electour
            
             of
             
               Bavaria
            
             desist
             
             from
             aiding
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             embrace
             a
             neutrality
             .
             Wherefore
             Guebriant
             to
             comply
             with
             the
             hardy
             
               Swedes
            
             (
             to
             whom
             the
             rigour
             of
             the
             winter
             did
             but
             seeme
             to
             facilitate
             their
             warfare
             ,
             in
             plaining
             the
             passes
             over
             rivers
             ,
             and
             giving
             them
             the
             nigher
             accesse
             to
             any
             ramparts
             opposite
             )
             abandons
             his
             quarters
             in
             
               Franconia
            
             to
             conduct
             his
             Army
             into
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             
               Wittemberg
               ,
            
             where
             he
             harassed
             all
             the
             Country
             betwixt
             
               Hailbrun
               ,
            
             and
             
               Ulm
               ,
            
             that
             he
             might
             thereby
             give
             deeper
             apprehensions
             to
             the
             
               Electour
            
             of
             
               Bavaria
            
             and
             hold
             his
             ,
             and
             the
             imperiall
             forces
             still
             in
             distraction
             ,
             while
             
               Generall
               Tortenson
            
             accredited
             with
             his
             late
             victory
             at
             
               Leipsick
               ,
            
             was
             overrunning
             of
             
               Moravia
               ,
            
             and
             striking
             terrour
             into
             
               Austria
               .
            
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             
               Baron
            
             of
             
               Oysonville
               ,
            
             that
             was
             left
             in
             command
             with
             the
             forces
             of
             Alsatia
             ,
             having
             somewhat
             drained
             
               Brisach
               ,
            
             and
             
               Rhin-feld
            
             with
             the
             other
             garrisons
             ,
             conducts
             them
             to
             
             
               Uberlinghens
            
             a
             place
             situated
             on
             the
             lake
             of
             
               Constance
               ,
            
             and
             without
             any
             great
             opposition
             ,
             possesseth
             himselfe
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             griefe
             of
             the
             
               Electour
            
             of
             
               Bavaria
               ,
            
             because
             it
             flanked
             on
             his
             estates
             ,
             and
             no
             lesse
             jealousy
             of
             the
             
               Switzers
               ,
            
             because
             their
             confines
             were
             terminated
             here
             .
             Whereupon
             they
             take
             alarmes
             ,
             despeede
             souldiers
             to
             their
             borders
             ,
             and
             raise
             new
             works
             for
             more
             security
             about
             the
             fort
             of
             
               Stein
               ,
            
             and
             because
             the
             like
             dangers
             were
             imminent
             on
             the
             
               County
            
             of
             
               Burgundy
               ,
            
             which
             on
             that
             side
             also
             distermined
             their
             countrey
             from
             so
             powerfull
             a
             neighbour
             ,
             they
             call
             a
             
               diet
            
             at
             
               Baden
               ,
            
             and
             thence
             (
             notwithstanding
             the
             offers
             of
             the
             
               French
               ,
            
             to
             give
             them
             a
             fair
             partage
             in
             that
             Country
             )
             they
             dispatched
             their
             Deputies
             to
             the
             Court
             to
             make
             their
             humble
             remonstrances
             for
             the
             indemnity
             of
             that
             province
             ,
             with
             protestations
             of
             being
             bounden
             to
             defend
             it
             ,
             as
             an
             
             ancient
             confederate
             of
             the
             
               Helvetian
               body
               ,
            
             in
             case
             of
             invasion
             ;
             which
             would
             oblige
             them
             most
             unwillingly
             to
             draw
             their
             sword's
             against
             those
             ,
             in
             whose
             cause
             they
             were
             ready
             to
             brandish
             them
             on
             another
             occasion
             :
             which
             offices
             had
             made
             no
             breach
             in
             the
             
               King's
            
             mind
             (
             being
             most
             determined
             to
             begin
             his
             next
             
               campagne
               ,
            
             with
             the
             attaquing
             of
             
               Salins
               ,
            
             that
             so
             intercepting
             the
             communication
             'twixt
             
               Germany
            
             and
             
               Dola
               ,
            
             the
             whole
             country
             might
             fall
             into
             his
             power
             without
             any
             further
             trouble
             )
             if
             his
             languishing
             health
             had
             not
             inclined
             him
             to
             think
             rather
             ,
             of
             the
             mean's
             of
             the
             
               generall
               peace
               ,
            
             then
             of
             incurring
             new
             enemies
             ,
             whereupon
             Neutrality
             was
             granted
             to
             that
             Province
             ,
             paying
             only
             some
             contribution
             to
             the
             
               Kings
            
             troops
             .
          
           
             The
             affairs
             of
             
               Catalonia
            
             were
             yet
             more
             importunate
             with
             the
             Court
             ,
             as
             indeed
             more
             important
             ;
             for
             having
             
             lost
             their
             old
             friend
             ,
             that
             never
             failed
             them
             in
             their
             need
             ,
             they
             began
             now
             to
             doubt
             of
             their
             wonted
             aids
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             sense
             of
             that
             apprehension
             to
             be
             handled
             more
             warily
             by
             the
             
               French
               ,
            
             who
             first
             publishing
             an
             
               Edict
            
             through
             all
             the
             
               principality
            
             to
             declare
             the
             constant
             applications
             ,
             and
             intentions
             of
             their
             crown
             to
             uphold
             the
             fortunes
             of
             those
             people
             to
             the
             uttermost
             ,
             did
             afterward
             enjoyne
             all
             those
             ,
             that
             possessed
             any
             feif
             in
             
               Catalogne
               ,
            
             to
             appeare
             at
             a
             time
             appointed
             in
             
               Barcelona
               ,
            
             to
             swear
             allegence
             to
             the
             
               King
            
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             their
             
               Viceroy
            
             the
             
               Mareschal
            
             de
             la
             Mothe
             Houdan
             court
             .
             Which
             was
             a
             greivous
             
               Edict
            
             to
             some
             of
             the
             
               Catalans
               ,
            
             that
             in
             their
             hearts
             did
             not
             wish
             ill
             to
             their
             old
             
               Master
               ,
            
             and
             to
             others
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             were
             loath
             to
             engage
             so
             publikely
             to
             the
             
               King
            
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             desiring
             rather
             ,
             as
             neutrall
             spectators
             ,
             to
             follow
             the
             aire
             only
             of
             
             that
             fortune
             which
             otherwise
             would
             overwhelme
             them
             :
             But
             no
             palliating
             will
             serve
             their
             turne
             ,
             the
             
               French
               Ministers
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Catalans
            
             that
             sided
             with
             them
             are
             resolved
             to
             know
             whom
             to
             trust
             to
             ,
             and
             by
             sequestring
             the
             estates
             of
             the
             rest
             to
             strengthen
             their
             owne
             ,
             and
             weaken
             the
             
               Spanish
               party
               .
            
             Only
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
            
             and
             especially
             the
             
               Bishops
               ,
            
             whose
             authority
             bears
             high
             in
             this
             Countrey
             ,
             were
             at
             closer
             guard
             to
             wave
             this
             stroke
             ,
             pretending
             conscience
             ,
             and
             necessity
             of
             a
             dispensation
             to
             be
             first
             obtained
             from
             their
             former
             oath
             ,
             given
             to
             the
             
               Catholicko
               King
               ,
            
             for
             which
             some
             of
             them
             encounter
             a
             speedy
             Chastisement
             .
             for
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             of
             
               Barcelona
            
             is
             hereupon
             forced
             to
             take
             his
             leave
             ,
             only
             with
             faire
             promises
             ,
             which
             afterwards
             he
             did
             not
             find
             observed
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             enjoy
             the
             revenues
             of
             his
             
               Bishoprick
            
             in
             any
             place
             by
             him
             assigned
             ,
             which
             rigor
             of
             proceeding
             against
             their
             
             
               Prelates
            
             effected
             no
             small
             passion
             in
             the
             people
             ,
             as
             was
             seene
             a
             while
             after
             more
             evidently
             in
             expelling
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             of
             
               Girona
               ,
            
             a
             person
             counted
             of
             great
             worthinesse
             in
             his
             Charge
             ;
             with
             whom
             when
             the
             
               Viceroy
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               royall
               Ministers
            
             could
             availe
             nothing
             they
             send
             the
             
               Count
            
             of
             
               Argenc'on
               ,
            
             and
             
               Don
               Joseph
               Margarita
               ,
            
             one
             of
             the
             principall
             in
             the
             late
             revolutions
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Pope's
               Collectour
               Generall
               ,
            
             who
             in
             his
             name
             was
             
               resident
            
             in
             that
             
               principality
               ,
            
             to
             receive
             the
             revenues
             of
             vacant
             
               Bishopricks
               ,
            
             as
             is
             also
             used
             in
             all
             the
             other
             
               Kingdomes
            
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             to
             acquaint
             him
             what
             matter
             of
             just
             suspicion
             they
             had
             against
             the
             
               Bishop
               ,
            
             and
             that
             they
             came
             by
             order
             from
             the
             
               Vice-Roy
            
             to
             communicate
             thus
             much
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             an
             
               Apostolicall
               Minister
               :
            
             that
             he
             might
             advise
             at
             
               Rome
            
             of
             the
             merits
             of
             their
             procedure
             ,
             the
             need
             which
             they
             had
             of
             security
             and
             the
             necessity
             ,
             which
             the
             foresaid
             
               Bishop
            
             had
             
             brought
             upon
             himselfe
             ,
             that
             so
             their
             action's
             might
             be
             character'd
             by
             their
             respect
             ,
             and
             zeale
             to
             the
             
               Holy
               See
               .
            
             The
             
               Collectour
            
             answered
             (
             thanking
             the
             
               Vice-Roy
            
             for
             this
             office
             )
             that
             he
             should
             advise
             his
             
               Holinesse
            
             punctually
             about
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             letting
             him
             know
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             the
             necessity
             by
             them
             supposed
             ,
             they
             should
             consider
             the
             regard
             and
             reuerence
             due
             to
             the
             
               Episcopall
               dignity
               ,
            
             being
             subject
             to
             no
             other
             then
             the
             
               Pope
               ;
            
             That
             therefore
             they
             should
             abstain
             from
             any
             umbrage
             of
             violence
             ,
             setting
             before
             them
             the
             dreadfull
             censures
             which
             which
             they
             might
             incurre
             thereupon
             .
             The
             
               Governour
               Margarita
            
             answered
             with
             an
             oath
             not
             to
             offend
             his
             own
             conscience
             ,
             nor
             his
             reputation
             ,
             and
             so
             with
             a
             great
             company
             takes
             his
             way
             to
             
               Blanes
               ,
            
             a
             Sea
             towne
             in
             the
             province
             of
             
               Gironne
               ,
            
             where
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             then
             sojourned
             .
             At
             first
             he
             shewed
             his
             Commissions
             to
             the
             
             
               Bishop
            
             with
             a
             studied
             discourse
             ,
             bidding
             him
             departure
             in
             discreet
             terms
             ,
             yet
             intimating
             necessity
             .
             But
             when
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             made
             answer
             smiling
             ,
             and
             called
             for
             a
             
               Notary
            
             to
             make
             a
             publick
             act
             of
             the
             violence
             done
             him
             ,
             the
             
               Governour
            
             somewhat
             altered
             ,
             commands
             him
             to
             depart
             in
             rounder
             terms
             ,
             limiting
             a
             few
             hours
             to
             the
             execution
             ,
             which
             he
             stood
             in
             a
             
               Balcone
            
             not
             farre
             off
             to
             see
             effected
             .
             But
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             goes
             immediately
             to
             celebrate
             
               Mass
               ,
            
             and
             after
             takes
             his
             leave
             of
             the
             people
             with
             such
             Eloquence
             ,
             and
             in
             term's
             so
             compassionable
             ,
             as
             drew
             his
             
               Auditors
            
             to
             flow
             in
             tears
             after
             him
             to
             the
             sea
             shore
             ,
             lamenting
             his
             departure
             ,
             and
             blaming
             the
             rigidnesse
             of
             the
             
               Governour
               ,
            
             which
             was
             also
             the
             longer
             thought
             on
             ,
             because
             his
             
               brother
            
             a
             
               Dominican
               Friar
            
             was
             appointed
             to
             receive
             the
             revenues
             of
             that
             
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             shortly
             after
             made
             
               Bishop
            
             of
             it
             by
             the
             
               King
            
             of
             
               France
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             
               Catalonians
            
             in
             another
             case
             shewed
             not
             only
             disgust
             ,
             but
             suspicion
             :
             for
             when
             the
             
               French
            
             were
             treating
             with
             them
             of
             raising
             a
             
               Fortroyall
            
             on
             a
             hill
             ,
             which
             stood
             too
             near
             to
             prejudice
             their
             
               city
            
             of
             
               Barcelona
               ,
            
             perswading
             them
             to
             demolish
             their
             imperfect
             fortifications
             ,
             which
             being
             built
             without
             art
             might
             serve
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             to
             offend
             more
             then
             to
             defend
             them
             ,
             and
             in
             pursuance
             of
             these
             councells
             brought
             an
             
               Engineer
            
             to
             designe
             the
             form
             of
             it
             :
             they
             endeavoured
             not
             only
             to
             throw
             Jealousy
             on
             this
             action
             ,
             but
             openly
             shewed
             so
             resolute
             a
             repugnancy
             ,
             as
             obliged
             the
             
               Kings
               Ministers
            
             to
             surcease
             in
             it
             .
             And
             the
             
               Magistrates
            
             of
             
               Barcelona
            
             levelled
             the
             old
             works
             ,
             leaving
             only
             an
             ancient
             tower
             which
             served
             for
             a
             
               Pharos
            
             on
             the
             Sea-side
             .
          
           
             Meanwhile
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             imploy
             such
             forces
             as
             they
             had
             under
             the
             banner
             of
             the
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Inoijosa
            
             
             about
             five
             thousand
             foot
             ,
             and
             five
             hundred
             horse
             to
             take
             up
             their
             quarters
             within
             the
             territory
             of
             the
             
               Castle
            
             of
             
               Amposta
               ,
            
             and
             that
             with
             such
             successe
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             like
             to
             recover
             all
             that
             tract
             lying
             between
             the
             
               Eber
               ,
            
             and
             
               Arragon
               .
            
             From
             thence
             he
             accosteth
             the
             a
             place
             belonging
             to
             the
             
               Jurisdiction
            
             of
             
               Barcellona
               ,
            
             but
             a
             sudden
             rising
             of
             the
             waters
             obligeth
             him
             to
             dislodge
             ,
             bringing
             great
             damage
             upon
             the
             country
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             turns
             his
             course
             to
             
               Mirave
               ,
            
             and
             enters
             that
             town
             with
             a
             thousand
             horse
             and
             an
             hundred
             foot
             ,
             planting
             his
             batteries
             against
             the
             
               Castle
            
             which
             he
             had
             brought
             almost
             to
             tearms
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Marshall
            
             de
             la
             
               Mothe
            
             on
             a
             sudden
             passeth
             the
             
               Eber
               ,
            
             and
             arrives
             with
             a
             strong
             brigade
             to
             their
             succour
             ,
             enters
             the
             place
             without
             dispute
             ,
             and
             finds
             means
             to
             cast
             in
             a
             recruit
             of
             eight
             hundred
             men
             ,
             which
             
             not
             at
             all
             delaying
             to
             sally
             out
             on
             their
             Assaylers
             ,
             while
             the
             
               Marshall
            
             invested
             them
             on
             all
             sides
             there
             ensued
             an
             hardy
             conflict
             for
             about
             three
             houres
             ,
             but
             at
             last
             the
             
               Castilians
               ,
            
             were
             fain
             to
             leave
             the
             field
             to
             their
             enemies
             ,
             with
             the
             death
             of
             some
             hundreds
             ,
             and
             prise
             of
             four
             hundred
             more
             .
             But
             the
             losse
             of
             the
             
               French
            
             was
             so
             considerable
             ,
             that
             it
             imbittered
             the
             victory
             .
             The
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Inoijosa
            
             being
             then
             at
             
               Gandesa
               ,
            
             solliciting
             Cannon
             ,
             and
             provisions
             (
             not
             suspecting
             that
             
               La
               Mothe
            
             could
             passe
             the
             river
             so
             soone
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             left
             so
             high
             and
             impetuous
             between
             them
             )
             did
             not
             come
             to
             aid
             his
             men
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             his
             forces
             .
             On
             this
             successe
             the
             
               French
            
             over-runne
             the
             country
             to
             
               Tortosa
            
             and
             then
             leaving
             
               Flix
               ,
            
             and
             
               Miravet
            
             well
             provided
             returne
             with
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             their
             prisoners
             in
             a
             way
             of
             triumph
             to
             
               Barcellona
               ,
            
             where
             the
             
               Vic●roy
            
             was
             thought
             to
             use
             a
             French
             
             liberty
             too
             much
             in
             standing
             to
             view
             them
             with
             
               Donna
               Eusalia
               ,
            
             a
             beautifull
             Lady
             ,
             and
             wife
             of
             a
             
               Catalan
               Gentleman
            
             from
             a
             balconie
             in
             his
             house
             .
          
           
             This
             fate
             of
             
               Inoijosa
            
             was
             sadly
             resented
             in
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             fearing
             lest
             the
             residue
             of
             their
             forces
             should
             scarce
             suffice
             to
             hinder
             excursions
             into
             
               Arragon
            
             and
             
               Valentia
               ,
            
             so
             that
             ,
             that
             
               King
            
             was
             fain
             to
             call
             two
             thousand
             
               Italians
            
             and
             
               Germans
            
             to
             these
             parts
             ,
             which
             had
             beene
             sent
             to
             the
             frontiers
             of
             
               Portugall
               :
            
             Nor
             was
             this
             piece
             of
             service
             ,
             though
             in
             it selfe
             of
             no
             great
             consequence
             ,
             any
             lesse
             applauded
             at
             the
             court
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             especially
             by
             the
             
               Secretary
            
             de
             
               Noyers
            
             to
             whom
             the
             
               Mareschal
            
             was
             allied
             :
             so
             that
             not
             omitting
             such
             an
             opportunity
             ,
             he
             never
             left
             recommending
             
               La
               Mothe's
            
             services
             ,
             till
             he
             got
             the
             
               King
            
             to
             grant
             him
             the
             investiture
             of
             the
             
               Dutchy
            
             of
             Cardona
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             of
             the
             fairest
             and
             amplest
             domains
             in
             
             
               Catalogne
               ,
            
             &
             had
             formerly
             been
             denied
             him
             ,
             as
             a
             bounty
             exceeding
             his
             merits
             and
             condition
             ,
             he
             being
             advanced
             from
             a
             mean
             estate
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             house
             of
             an
             ordinary
             Gentleman
             .
             The
             
               Catalans
            
             did
             inwardly
             ramaricate
             this
             largesse
             to
             a
             stranger
             ,
             when
             so
             many
             of
             their
             own
             Nobility
             were
             ruined
             by
             following
             of
             the
             party
             ,
             yet
             accommodating
             themselves
             to
             the
             time
             ,
             shewed
             outwardly
             to
             gratulate
             that
             favour
             done
             to
             their
             
               Viceroy
               ,
            
             as
             intended
             to
             themselves
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Spaniards
            
             in
             
               Flanders
            
             began
             now
             to
             be
             sensible
             of
             a
             criticall
             time
             ascending
             over
             
               France
               ,
            
             and
             of
             changes
             likely
             to
             be
             incident
             ,
             whereupon
             they
             are
             the
             earlier
             this
             year
             in
             their
             preventions
             ,
             hovering
             about
             the
             frontiers
             of
             
               Picardy
               ,
            
             with
             their
             squadrons
             ,
             to
             be
             ready
             either
             to
             foment
             ,
             or
             make
             some
             Impression
             as
             occasion
             served
             .
             The
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Enguien
            
             (
             now
             
               Prince
            
             of
             
               Condè
            
             )
             had
             
             been
             appointed
             
               Generall
            
             for
             the
             
               French
            
             in
             these
             parts
             ,
             at
             the
             issuing
             of
             the
             next
             
               Campagne
            
             the
             
               Mareschal
            
             de
             l'
             
               Hospitall
            
             being
             declared
             his
             
               Lieutenant-Generall
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Geures
               ,
               Gassion
               ,
            
             d'
             
               Aumont
               ,
            
             and
             la
             
               Ferte-seneterre
            
             his
             
               Mareschal's
            
             of
             
               Campe
               ,
            
             but
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             the
             
               Count
            
             of
             
               Guicke
            
             (
             now
             
               Marreschal
            
             de
             
               Grammont
            
             )
             is
             sent
             to
             wait
             upon
             their
             motions
             where
             we
             leave
             him
             at
             the
             present
             ,
             and
             take
             our
             tour
             back
             into
             Italy
             ,
             
               
                 (
                 A
                 stage
                 of
                 opera's
                 where
                 Fortunes
                 skie
              
               
                 Play
                 's
                 over
                 art
                 ,
                 &
                 natures
                 tapestrie
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Scene
                 has
                 oft
                 been
                 changed
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 state
              
               
                 Holds
                 equall
                 through
                 varieties
                 of
                 fate
                 .
              
               
                 All
                 
                   Italy
                
                 was
                 once
                 in
                 
                   Rome
                   ;
                
                 but
                 now
              
               
                 
                   Rome
                
                 in
                 all
                 
                   Italy
                
                 (
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 )
              
               
                 But
                 I
                 believe
                 that
                 
                   Empire
                
                 never
                 was
              
               
                 So
                 splendid
                 therein
                 one
                 prodigious
                 masse
                 ,
              
               
               
                 As
                 minted
                 now
                 in
                 many
                 curious
                 coins
                 ,
              
               
                 Admired
                 in
                 their
                 scale
                 ,
                 which
                 art
                 conjoins
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 't
                 is
                 another
                 
                   Genius
                
                 doth
                 inspire
              
               
                 New
                 
                   Rome
                   :
                
                 but
                 't
                 is
                 but
                 with
                 
                   Promethean
                
                 fire
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             
               French
            
             having
             made
             themselves
             Master's
             of
             
               Tortona
               ,
            
             employ
             their
             studies
             how
             to
             preserve
             it
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             way
             to
             further
             acquists
             .
             In
             suit
             whereof
             they
             make
             a
             Donative
             of
             the
             
               Tortonese
            
             to
             
               Prince
               Thomas
            
             of
             
               Savoy
            
             as
             a
             principality
             ,
             and
             he
             freely
             offers
             it
             to
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
               ,
            
             as
             a
             place
             fit
             for
             him
             (
             bordering
             upon
             his
             estates
             )
             to
             receive
             the
             aids
             of
             
               France
            
             upon
             occasion
             ,
             and
             shoulder
             out
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             from
             re-entring
             ,
             &
             make
             himselfe
             amends
             by
             some
             other
             acquisition
             according
             to
             the
             orders
             of
             his
             
               Majesty
            
             of
             
               France
               ;
            
             for
             it
             was
             commonly
             beleived
             that
             by
             private
             articles
             between
             that
             crown
             ,
             and
             the
             house
             of
             
               Savoy
            
             it
             
             was
             agreed
             that
             the
             
               Prince
               Thomas
            
             should
             possesse
             in
             soverainty
             whatever
             he
             should
             gain
             in
             the
             
               Milanese
               ,
            
             by
             the
             joint
             arms
             of
             the
             
               French
            
             and
             
               Saovoyrds
               ;
            
             as
             a
             way
             not
             only
             to
             encourage
             him
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             remove
             Jealousies
             from
             the
             
               Princes
            
             of
             
               Italy
            
             about
             the
             designes
             of
             that
             
               King
               ,
            
             which
             how
             farre
             it
             may
             be
             veritable
             ,
             we
             may
             guesse
             farther
             by
             the
             negotiations
             of
             the
             
               French
               Minister's
            
             at
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             and
             in
             particular
             of
             
               Monsieur
            
             de
             
               Lyonne
            
             comming
             to
             give
             account
             of
             the
             breach
             of
             the
             treaty
             at
             
               Castel-Georgio
               ,
            
             and
             of
             the
             little
             syncerity
             of
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticks
            
             in
             those
             proceedings
             :
             whereupon
             he
             tooke
             occasion
             to
             move
             them
             farther
             to
             unite
             their
             forces
             and
             councels
             with
             those
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             for
             the
             totall
             expulsion
             of
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             from
             the
             
               Dutchy
            
             of
             
               Milan
               ,
            
             with
             protestation
             that
             the
             most
             
               Christian
               Crown
               ,
            
             to
             take
             away
             all
             jealousies
             from
             the
             
               Princes
            
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             contenting
             it selfe
             with
             the
             
             only
             glory
             ,
             and
             advantage
             to
             have
             beaten
             their
             enemies
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             would
             not
             appropriate
             to
             it selfe
             one
             foot
             of
             land
             :
             but
             would
             either
             invest
             some
             
               Italian
               Prince
            
             in
             it
             to
             their
             common
             satisfaction
             ,
             or
             divide
             it
             among
             such
             
               Princes
            
             of
             the
             same
             province
             ,
             as
             should
             partake
             in
             the
             travaile
             of
             the
             enterprise
             .
             That
             it
             would
             be
             no
             hard
             matter
             for
             the
             powerfull
             arms
             of
             
               France
            
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             that
             
               Republick
            
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             to
             strike
             into
             the
             heart
             of
             that
             
               Dutchy
               ;
            
             upon
             which
             resolution
             his
             
               Majesty
            
             to
             shew
             his
             most
             disinteressed
             good
             will
             to
             the
             
               Italian
               Princes
               ,
            
             his
             complices
             herein
             ,
             would
             freely
             engage
             not
             only
             to
             take
             his
             garison
             out
             of
             
               Casale
               ,
            
             but
             also
             to
             abandon
             
               Pignerol
               ,
            
             not
             retaining
             any
             thing
             on
             that
             side
             of
             the
             mountains
             .
             And
             that
             they
             might
             the
             better
             secure
             themselves
             
             of
             his
             
               Majesties
               royall
            
             purposes
             ,
             he
             offered
             to
             leave
             the
             entire
             management
             and
             direction
             of
             this
             businesse
             to
             the
             
               Republick
               ,
            
             and
             that
             the
             
               King
            
             would
             concurre
             in
             such
             manner
             ,
             as
             best
             might
             comport
             with
             the
             liking
             of
             the
             Princes
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             whether
             by
             a
             limited
             number
             of
             soldiers
             ,
             or
             by
             sea
             forces
             ,
             or
             by
             powerfull
             diversions
             ,
             or
             by
             aids
             of
             mony
             only
             ,
             which
             agreement
             howsoever
             desirable
             to
             the
             
               King
            
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             if
             notwithstanding
             it
             should
             not
             succeed
             ,
             his
             
               Majesty
            
             was
             most
             determined
             to
             make
             this
             invasion
             by
             himselfe
             (
             that
             
               Republick
            
             only
             guarding
             its
             professed
             neutrality
             )
             and
             there
             to
             repay
             himselfd
             for
             his
             own
             travells
             as
             well
             as
             he
             could
             ,
             not
             admitting
             afterwards
             of
             any
             conjunction
             on
             the
             same
             terms
             now
             profered
             .
          
           
             These
             overtures
             of
             the
             King
             of
             
               France
            
             assayled
             the
             minds
             of
             the
             
             
               Senators
            
             with
             various
             agitations
             ,
             They
             knew
             how
             much
             themselves
             and
             all
             
               Italy
            
             had
             enjoyed
             a
             calme
             by
             the
             indifferency
             of
             their
             councells
             ,
             and
             although
             the
             
               Spaniard
            
             had
             been
             somewhat
             a
             sullen
             Neighbour
             :
             yet
             they
             could
             not
             set
             themselves
             to
             expell
             him
             ,
             without
             bringing
             a
             deluge
             of
             bloud
             and
             confusion
             over
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             since
             the
             house
             of
             
               Austria
            
             would
             hazard
             all
             to
             their
             
               patrimoniall
               States
               ,
            
             before
             they
             would
             permit
             so
             noble
             an
             estate
             to
             be
             dismembred
             from
             them
             :
             nor
             was
             it
             forgotten
             how
             deceitfull
             an
             ambition
             it
             proved
             to
             this
             
               Republick
               ,
            
             when
             they
             joined
             with
             
               Lewis
            
             the
             
               12th
            
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             to
             the
             extreame
             hazzard
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             liberty
             of
             
               Italy
               :
            
             which
             things
             might
             well
             teach
             them
             to
             adhere
             to
             their
             ancient
             
               Maxime
               ,
            
             to
             beware
             of
             hardy
             councells
             ,
             and
             hold
             themselves
             
             only
             to
             temperate
             resolutions
             :
             Besides
             that
             the
             violent
             and
             moody
             designes
             of
             the
             
               French
            
             proved
             for
             the
             most
             part
             fatall
             to
             the
             
               Italians
            
             that
             joined
             with
             them
             :
             whereof
             the
             
               Republick
            
             had
             a
             fresh
             example
             of
             this
             very
             
               Kings
               ;
            
             to
             second
             whose
             Impressions
             after
             he
             had
             taken
             the
             passe
             of
             
               Sura
               ,
            
             and
             advanced
             to
             raise
             the
             siege
             of
             
               Casale
               ,
            
             then
             distressed
             by
             the
             
               Spaniards
               ,
            
             they
             had
             entred
             with
             an
             Army
             into
             the
             
               Cremonese
            
             according
             to
             agreement
             ,
             and
             on
             a
             sudden
             found
             themselves
             abandoned
             to
             make
             their
             own
             conditions
             with
             the
             
               Spaniards
               ,
            
             the
             
               King
            
             leaving
             
               Italy
            
             in
             hast
             to
             go
             stifle
             the
             last
             insurrection
             of
             the
             
               Hugnenots
            
             in
             
               Languedoc
               .
            
             In
             fine
             they
             held
             it
             for
             their
             best
             security
             that
             the
             two
             crowns
             should
             be
             aequiballanced
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Venetians
            
             being
             thus
             resolved
             
             give
             an
             answer
             most
             expressive
             of
             their
             affectionate
             disposition
             ,
             and
             wellwilling
             towards
             the
             interests
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             of
             their
             ancient
             observance
             and
             devotion
             to
             that
             
               Crown
               ,
            
             of
             their
             common
             ends
             and
             councells
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             own
             propension
             to
             quietnesse
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             fair
             words
             ,
             which
             did
             not
             exceed
             the
             generall
             terms
             of
             obsequious
             complementing
             .
             Notwithstanding
             the
             
               Republick
            
             was
             not
             free
             of
             much
             anxiety
             about
             their
             answer
             ,
             knowing
             that
             great
             
               Monarchs
            
             will
             not
             be
             paid
             with
             empty
             words
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
               King
            
             being
             resolute
             to
             passe
             into
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             they
             might
             be
             like
             to
             incurre
             some
             hazzard
             of
             his
             amity
             ,
             if
             they
             held
             themselves
             precisely
             to
             the
             terms
             of
             their
             neutrality
             .
             But
             alterations
             being
             now
             like
             to
             happen
             in
             
               France
               ,
            
             they
             resolved
             to
             attend
             the
             issues
             which
             longer
             time
             might
             produce
             .
          
           
           
             We
             are
             to
             leave
             our
             silken
             furniture
             here
             :
             The
             Trumpet
             and
             the
             Cannon
             call
             us
             to
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             
               Apennines
            
             to
             the
             tents
             there
             pitched
             ,
             in
             spite
             of
             winter
             ,
             about
             the
             avenues
             of
             
               Tortona
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Count
            
             of
             
               Sirvela
               ,
               Governour
            
             of
             
               Milan
            
             having
             much
             lost
             his
             reputation
             at
             the
             
               Court
            
             of
             
               Madrid
            
             by
             loosing
             of
             
               Tortona
               ,
            
             dispatches
             a
             
               Gentleman
            
             of
             
               quality
            
             thither
             to
             make
             his
             excuses
             :
             and
             then
             applies
             himselfe
             with
             great
             instances
             to
             the
             
               Vice-Roy
            
             of
             
               Naples
            
             for
             recruits
             of
             men
             and
             monies
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             pressing
             the
             
               Milanese
            
             to
             do
             their
             utmost
             efforts
             on
             such
             an
             occasion
             as
             this
             was
             ,
             to
             shew
             their
             
               Loyalty
            
             to
             his
             
               Majesty
            
             of
             
               Spain
               .
               Prince
               Thomas
            
             of
             
               Savoy
               ,
            
             the
             New
             
               Generall
            
             of
             the
             
               French
            
             forces
             in
             
               Italie
            
             was
             no
             lesse
             sensible
             on
             the
             
             other
             side
             ,
             of
             the
             great
             importance
             of
             this
             
               Place
               ,
            
             to
             signalize
             his
             further
             services
             if
             he
             could
             but
             keep
             it
             till
             the
             next
             
               Campagne
               ;
            
             and
             therefore
             sollicites
             the
             
               Court
            
             of
             
               France
            
             with
             equall
             fervency
             to
             hasten
             a
             supply
             to
             him
             of
             3000
             foot
             &
             1000
             Horse
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             might
             not
             only
             hold
             the
             Town
             ,
             but
             the
             Adjacent
             Country
             in
             subjection
             :
             but
             affaires
             there
             (
             as
             before
             was
             intimated
             )
             not
             having
             yet
             found
             a
             current
             Channell
             ,
             foreslowed
             those
             recruits
             so
             long
             that
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             were
             ready
             before
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Governour
            
             of
             
               Milan
            
             provides
             first
             to
             block
             the
             towne
             at
             large
             ,
             and
             then
             drawes
             with
             all
             his
             forces
             towards
             
               Casale
            
             (
             a
             jealous
             piece
             both
             to
             
               French
            
             and
             
               Savoyard
            
             )
             to
             make
             them
             hold
             their
             strength
             there
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             send
             them
             to
             
               Tortona
               ,
            
             which
             done
             ,
             He
             sends
             a
             party
             to
             wast
             
               Montferrat
               ,
            
             
             and
             all
             the
             Country
             that
             was
             to
             lie
             in
             the
             
               Frenches
            
             way
             ,
             if
             they
             thought
             of
             relieving
             the
             Towne
             to
             be
             invested
             .
             Then
             ,
             bringing
             all
             his
             Army
             on
             the
             8
             of
             
               February
            
             before
             the
             place
             ,
             He
             planted
             his
             Batteries
             in
             such
             manner
             ,
             that
             at
             20
             shots
             with
             two
             peeces
             of
             Cannon
             ,
             and
             within
             24
             hours
             he
             opened
             a
             breach
             ,
             forcing
             the
             
               French
            
             with
             the
             best
             goods
             in
             the
             Citie
             ,
             to
             retire
             into
             the
             Castle
             and
             Convent
             of
             St
             
               Dominico
               ,
            
             which
             they
             had
             strongly
             fortified
             ;
             and
             this
             gave
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             conveniency
             to
             forme
             their
             siege
             ,
             and
             draw
             their
             Line
             (
             though
             oppos'd
             by
             vigorous
             Sallies
             )
             entrenching
             themselves
             so
             strongly
             in
             their
             Works
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             were
             accomplished
             ,
             and
             afterward
             considered
             by
             the
             
               Mareschal
            
             du
             
               Plesis
               Praslin
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Ville
            
             (
             the
             one
             Chiefe
             Commander
             for
             the
             
               French
               ,
            
             and
             the
             other
             for
             the
             
             
               Savoyards
            
             under
             the
             
               Princes
            
             Orders
             )
             they
             commended
             them
             for
             the
             most
             secure
             ,
             and
             admirable
             that
             ever
             they
             had
             seen
             .
          
           
             This
             Poyanant
             newes
             being
             come
             to
             the
             
               Prince
               ,
            
             speedily
             ramasseth
             his
             Troops
             ,
             crosseth
             the
             
               Po
               ,
            
             ravages
             the
             
               Navarresse
               ,
            
             making
             shew
             of
             an
             hardy
             Enterprise
             on
             some
             other
             place
             ;
             but
             finding
             all
             passes
             strongly
             guarded
             ,
             and
             
               don
               Vincenzo
               Gonzago
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Taracena
            
             with
             strong
             parties
             dispatched
             to
             wait
             upon
             His
             motions
             ,
             so
             that
             ,
             that
             way
             would
             be
             like
             to
             bring
             him
             into
             great
             difficulties
             ,
             He
             retir'd
             between
             the
             
               Gogno
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Sesia
            
             (
             2
             small
             Rivers
             )
             as
             a
             secure
             place
             ,
             to
             stay
             for
             2000
             Foot
             that
             were
             already
             imbarked
             at
             
               Oneglia
            
             to
             recruit
             Him
             ▪
             and
             then
             re-attempted
             many
             waies
             to
             pursue
             His
             purpose
             of
             relieving
             the
             
               Citie
               :
            
             but
             found
             all
             the
             Fords
             ,
             
             and
             Wharfes
             of
             the
             Rivers
             so
             strickly
             kept
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             fain
             to
             beat
             the
             same
             way
             back
             into
             
               Montferrat
               ;
            
             where
             coasting
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             to
             amuse
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             of
             his
             intentions
             ,
             and
             elude
             their
             diligence
             ;
             on
             a
             suddain
             He
             passes
             the
             River
             
               Tanaro
            
             without
             opposition
             ,
             and
             so
             accosting
             the
             
               City
            
             of
             
               Asti
            
             by
             a
             round
             ,
             and
             quick
             assault
             given
             on
             an
             imperfect
             
               Fort
               ,
            
             scituate
             between
             the
             town
             ,
             and
             the
             River
             ,
             he
             gained
             the
             
               City
            
             also
             ,
             and
             shortly
             after
             the
             
               Cittadell
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Governour
            
             of
             
               Milan
            
             was
             at
             hand
             (
             having
             left
             a
             body
             of
             3000
             men
             to
             prosecute
             the
             siege
             at
             
               Tortona
            
             )
             to
             have
             relieved
             this
             place
             :
             but
             being
             intercepted
             by
             the
             River
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             apply
             his
             aid
             so
             speedily
             as
             was
             requisite
             he
             sends
             the
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Caracena
            
             into
             
               Montferrat
               ,
            
             to
             revenge
             himselfe
             on
             the
             
               Savoyards
            
             by
             attempting
             
               Aicqui
               ;
            
             
             where
             the
             Citizens
             made
             resistance
             till
             they
             had
             secur'd
             the
             best
             of
             their
             goods
             in
             the
             Castle
             ,
             and
             then
             compounded
             at
             2000
             Doubles
             for
             the
             Citie
             to
             save
             it
             from
             sacking
             .
             Mean
             while
             
               Prince
               Thomas
            
             makes
             a
             Tour
             ,
             and
             sees
             himselfe
             ere
             long
             ,
             within
             the
             sight
             of
             
               Tortona
               .
            
             The
             
               Governour
               ,
            
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             found
             his
             March
             recalls
             all
             his
             forces
             to
             the
             siege
             ,
             some
             16000
             men
             effective
             ,
             besides
             a
             Nerve
             of
             Cavalry
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Caracena
            
             was
             left
             to
             guard
             the
             Posts
             of
             the
             River
             
               Scrivia
               :
               Prince
               Thomas
            
             having
             seiz'd
             some
             little
             hils
             behind
             the
             
               Spanish
            
             Trenches
             ,
             resolves
             to
             attaque
             their
             lines
             :
             but
             a
             Councell
             of
             Warre
             being
             cal'd
             (
             after
             a
             slight
             skirmish
             ,
             whereby
             their
             dammage
             sufficiently
             shewed
             the
             difficulty
             of
             their
             attempt
             ,
             and
             the
             impenetrablenesse
             of
             the
             Lines
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             impossibility
             
             of
             staying
             there
             for
             want
             of
             forrage
             )
             they
             planted
             a
             piece
             of
             Cannon
             ,
             whereby
             (
             as
             had
             bin
             done
             formerly
             at
             the
             siege
             of
             
               Turin
            
             )
             they
             conveyed
             Letters
             into
             the
             Castle
             to
             
               Monsieur
            
             de
             
               Forenville
            
             the
             
               Governour
               ,
            
             advising
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             could
             no
             longer
             hold
             out
             ,
             to
             capitulate
             ,
             and
             He
             by
             the
             same
             means
             answering
             ,
             advised
             them
             of
             his
             extremity
             ,
             having
             now
             maintained
             himselfe
             4
             Moneths
             ;
             whereupon
             ,
             the
             delivery
             of
             the
             Castle
             upon
             honourable
             Terms
             ensued
             shortly
             after
             ;
             The
             
               French
            
             going
             out
             with
             4
             Pieces
             of
             Cannon
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             brought
             in
             ,
             and
             were
             convoyed
             by
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             to
             the
             head
             of
             the
             
               Princes
            
             Army
             ,
             and
             treated
             so
             curteously
             by
             them
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             River
             
               Scrivia
               ,
            
             they
             had
             provided
             a
             refreshment
             for
             them
             of
             50
             Barrells
             of
             Wine
             ,
             with
             Bread
             ,
             and
             Cheese
             .
             The
             
             Towne
             being
             thus
             regain'd
             ,
             both
             parties
             seem'd
             to
             admit
             a
             tacit
             truce
             ,
             and
             went
             to
             refresh
             their
             souldiers
             with
             better
             Quarters
             .
             I
             must
             also
             serve
             the
             occasion
             ,
             and
             returne
             to
             the
             spiny
             subject
             that
             before
             I
             was
             handling
             .
          
           
             
               Monsieur
            
             de
             
               Lyonne
            
             finding
             himselfe
             much
             aggrieved
             at
             the
             non-suiting
             of
             the
             treaty
             of
             Castel-Georgio
             ,
             which
             had
             snap't
             the
             Line
             of
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma's
            
             progresse
             ,
             giving
             respite
             to
             the
             
               Ecclesiastiques
            
             (
             though
             the
             
               Barberini
            
             pretending
             that
             his
             Arms
             had
             not
             rested
             thereupon
             ,
             as
             was
             engaged
             ,
             tooke
             occasion
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             break
             in
             ,
             but
             to
             recriminate
             the
             more
             exquisitely
             )
             came
             to
             
               Rome
            
             with
             high
             complaints
             to
             the
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Fontenay
            
             Ambassadour
             Lieger
             there
             ,
             giving
             out
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             treat
             no
             more
             in
             the
             negotiation
             ;
             but
             notwithstanding
             intermitt's
             it
             not
             :
             Only
             
             the
             
               Marquesse
               ,
            
             casting
             this
             Manleon
             his
             other
             disgusts
             ,
             retires
             from
             
               Rome
            
             to
             
               Caprarola
               ,
            
             a
             place
             not
             far
             distant
             belonging
             to
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Parma
               .
            
             His
             other
             pretences
             were
             the
             non-admission
             of
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             of
             
               Lamego
               ,
            
             as
             had
             bin
             promised
             ,
             and
             the
             not
             confirming
             of
             an
             Election
             made
             at
             a
             Chapter
             Generall
             in
             
               Genova
            
             of
             
               Father
               Mazzarino
            
             (
             the
             Brother
             of
             the
             Cardinall
             )
             to
             be
             
               Generall
            
             of
             the
             Friar
             
               Dominicans
               ;
            
             Which
             grounds
             (
             being
             judged
             insufficient
             for
             such
             a
             dereliction
             )
             gave
             jealousy
             at
             
               Rome
            
             of
             some
             mysterious
             Object
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             
               France
               :
            
             But
             when
             the
             dispatches
             of
             
               Fontenay
            
             came
             to
             the
             
               Court
            
             with
             account
             of
             his
             departure
             out
             of
             
               Rome
            
             and
             the
             motives
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             
               King
            
             send's
             for
             the
             
               Nuntio
               ,
            
             and
             with
             much
             efficacy
             complain's
             of
             the
             
               Pope's
            
             proceedings
             in
             the
             breach
             of
             the
             Treaty
             of
             
               Castel-Georgio
            
             and
             deluding
             
             of
             his
             
               Ministers
            
             there
             ,
             annulling
             the
             Election
             of
             
               Father
               Mazzarino
               ,
            
             of
             the
             partiality
             of
             
               Cardinall
               Barberino
            
             to
             the
             
               Spaniards
               ,
            
             with
             the
             injuries
             he
             had
             done
             his
             
               Royall
               person
               ,
            
             and
             interposition
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             counted
             himselfe
             engaged
             in
             his
             reputation
             to
             use
             all
             means
             to
             bring
             that
             treaty
             to
             effect
             .
             The
             
               Nuntio
            
             set
             himselfe
             to
             excuse
             the
             Actions
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             beseeching
             the
             
               King
            
             to
             suspend
             his
             judgment
             about
             the
             reasons
             of
             his
             
               Ambassadours
            
             departure
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             confessed
             that
             yet
             he
             had
             had
             no
             notice
             ;
             but
             hoped
             in
             a
             short
             time
             to
             be
             acquainted
             of
             particulars
             ;
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             that
             he
             could
             not
             admit
             of
             any
             ill
             judgment
             about
             his
             
               Holinesse's
            
             good
             intentions
             .
             Notwithstanding
             ,
             his
             
               Majestie
            
             much
             resented
             this
             act
             of
             his
             
               Ambassadour
            
             without
             orders
             ;
             and
             as
             earnestly
             desired
             his
             return
             to
             the
             court
             ;
             so
             it
             might
             
             be
             without
             blemish
             to
             his
             reputation
             .
             The
             
               Ambassadour
            
             of
             
               Venice
            
             comming
             not
             long
             after
             to
             an
             audience
             ,
             and
             being
             advertis'd
             of
             these
             dissatisfactions
             ,
             thought
             it
             a
             fit
             time
             for
             the
             credit
             of
             his
             
               State
            
             to
             make
             proffer
             of
             their
             offices
             to
             bring
             the
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Fontenay
            
             back
             with
             honour
             ,
             which
             he
             doubted
             not
             ,
             but
             his
             
               Republick
            
             would
             endeavour
             by
             all
             the
             fair
             means
             possible
             .
             The
             
               King
            
             hearkned
             to
             this
             overture
             ,
             entreating
             him
             to
             write
             effectually
             to
             that
             purpose
             .
             The
             
               Nuntio
            
             being
             also
             advised
             hereof
             by
             the
             
               Ambassadour
               ,
            
             promised
             to
             sollicite
             at
             the
             
               Court
            
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             that
             the
             good
             offices
             of
             the
             
               Common-wealth
            
             on
             this
             behalfe
             might
             be
             accepted
             .
          
           
             But
             however
             ,
             this
             forwardnesse
             of
             their
             
               Ambassadour
               ,
            
             was
             not
             liked
             so
             well
             at
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             till
             the
             issue
             it selfe
             approved
             it
             :
             for
             at
             this
             time
             
             they
             themselves
             were
             at
             no
             good
             Terms
             at
             Rome
             ,
             in
             being
             a
             part
             of
             the
             
               league
            
             against
             the
             
               Barberini
               ,
            
             though
             still
             they
             continued
             their
             
               Ministers
               of
               state
            
             there
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Spaniards
            
             seeing
             the
             
               French
               Ambassadour
            
             gon
             from
             his
             Residence
             ,
             thought
             it
             now
             a
             time
             for
             them
             to
             interpose
             more
             vigorously
             to
             inflame
             these
             disgusts
             ,
             and
             to
             forme
             an
             union
             of
             the
             
               Princes
            
             of
             
               Italy
            
             to
             their
             
               Crown
               ,
            
             as
             the
             onely
             way
             to
             effect
             the
             depositing
             of
             
               Castro
            
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             
               League
               ,
            
             and
             exclude
             the
             
               French
            
             (
             which
             were
             now
             become
             jealous
             to
             them
             ,
             lest
             they
             should
             get
             that
             depositing
             into
             their
             own
             hands
             )
             from
             interesting
             themselves
             any
             further
             in
             this
             
               Mediation
               ,
            
             the
             honour
             whereof
             they
             desired
             to
             carry
             from
             them
             :
             to
             this
             purpose
             they
             sought
             how
             to
             bring
             themselves
             and
             the
             
               Pope
            
             within
             the
             
               League
               ,
            
             so
             modelling
             the
             designe
             
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             get
             the
             chiefe
             arbitration
             both
             of
             the
             difference
             ,
             and
             deposition
             ,
             propounding
             that
             
               Castro
            
             might
             be
             put
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Savelli
               ,
            
             the
             
               Emperours
               Ambassadour
               at
               Rome
               ,
            
             till
             the
             treatie
             might
             be
             brought
             to
             an
             issue
             :
             but
             the
             
               Pope
            
             and
             the
             ligued
             
               Princes
            
             were
             too
             sensible
             to
             be
             drawn
             by
             any
             other
             motives
             than
             those
             of
             their
             proper
             Interests
             ▪
             and
             the
             suddain
             recalling
             to
             
               Rome
            
             of
             the
             
               Marquesse
            
             of
             
               Fontenay
            
             by
             the
             intercessions
             of
             the
             offices
             of
             
               Venice
               ,
            
             set
             on
             foot
             new
             practises
             ,
             and
             put
             a
             new
             lustre
             on
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             graciousnesse
             that
             ensued
             on
             a
             kind
             of
             reconcilement
             ,
             between
             his
             
               Holinesse
               ,
            
             and
             the
             most
             
               Christian
               King
               ,
            
             which
             was
             accompanied
             with
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             
               Father
               Mazzarino
               ,
            
             in
             being
             made
             
               Master
            
             of
             the
             
               Sacred
               Palace
               ,
            
             a
             thing
             that
             sweetned
             all
             imbitterings
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             
             thought
             that
             the
             cause
             of
             this
             
               Father
               ,
            
             was
             the
             very
             motive
             (
             how
             ever
             palliated
             )
             that
             made
             the
             
               Ambassadour
            
             shew
             so
             high
             resentment
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             might
             thereby
             ingratiate
             the
             
               Cardinall
            
             his
             
               Brother
               ,
            
             a
             matter
             which
             yet
             proved
             a
             scandall
             to
             the
             
               Cardinall
            
             in
             
               France
               ,
            
             that
             the
             pretentions
             of
             his
             
               Brother
            
             should
             hazzard
             the
             interests
             of
             the
             
               State
               ,
            
             and
             the
             amity
             of
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             which
             also
             gave
             him
             displeasure
             at
             them
             both
             ,
             using
             his
             utmost
             prudence
             to
             recompose
             those
             differences
             .
          
           
             Our
             story
             begin's
             now
             to
             prey
             upon
             the
             last
             wiek
             ,
             the
             Oyle
             of
             the
             
               Kings
            
             life
             is
             '
             ee'n
             exhausted
             ,
             the
             vanishing
             Flame
             having
             long
             wavered
             about
             the
             brims
             :
             But
             his
             declining
             makes
             the
             severall
             
               Ministers
            
             gather
             as
             much
             authority
             as
             they
             could
             within
             the
             folds
             of
             their
             respective
             Robes
             ,
             whereby
             
             they
             could
             not
             misse
             of
             some
             such
             Rent
             ,
             as
             put
             
               Hortensius
            
             to
             a
             suit
             in
             Law
             ,
             when
             they
             encountred
             one
             another
             in
             passages
             too
             strait
             for
             them
             .
             The
             
               Parliament
            
             is
             jealous
             of
             the
             
               Ministers
               of
               State
               ,
            
             and
             these
             of
             the
             
               Princes
            
             of
             the
             
               Blood
               ,
            
             since
             they
             saw
             the
             
               Queen
               ,
            
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Prince
            
             of
             
               Conde
            
             close
             together
             ,
             and
             likely
             to
             bear
             before
             them
             the
             entire
             management
             of
             affaires
             ,
             which
             in
             all
             probability
             would
             ruin
             the
             Creatures
             and
             dependences
             of
             the
             late
             
               RICHELIEU
               ,
            
             that
             held
             themselves
             yet
             at
             the
             height
             of
             their
             Fortune
             in
             the
             
               King's
            
             favour
             .
             And
             these
             apprehensions
             wrought
             so
             intemperately
             with
             the
             
               Secretary
            
             de
             
               Noyers
            
             that
             at
             last
             it
             procured
             his
             dismission
             :
             For
             the
             
               King
               ,
            
             now
             imploying
             his
             best
             thought
             's
             ,
             and
             advise
             with
             his
             Councellours
             about
             the
             framing
             of
             His
             Will
             ,
             and
             leaving
             a
             sure
             estate
             
             to
             His
             Infant-Heir
             ▪
             
               Monsieur
            
             de
             
               Noyers
            
             was
             in
             many
             points
             of
             a
             different
             opinion
             from
             the
             others
             ,
             pretending
             to
             regulate
             too
             much
             with
             His
             Conceipts
             (
             whether
             by
             his
             proper
             inclination
             ,
             or
             adhering
             to
             the
             Maximes
             of
             the
             late
             
               Cardinall
               ,
            
             whose
             great
             Confident
             he
             h●d
             bin
             )
             especially
             in
             the
             great
             businesse
             of
             excluding
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
            
             from
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             nominating
             the
             Persons
             of
             the
             
               Councill
               :
            
             This
             rendered
             his
             employment
             the
             lesse
             desirable
             to
             the
             other
             
               States-Masters
               ,
            
             which
             still
             applyed
             themselves
             to
             clear
             his
             
               Majestie
            
             of
             prejudices
             conceiv'd
             against
             the
             said
             
               Duke
               ,
            
             and
             of
             the
             ill
             consequence
             that
             was
             likely
             to
             ensue
             upon
             any
             division
             of
             the
             
               Royall
            
             house
             .
             Nor
             did
             it
             a
             litle
             contribute
             to
             the
             laying
             aside
             of
             this
             Instrument
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             so
             zealous
             against
             the
             
               Protestants
               ,
            
             ever
             traversing
             the
             aids
             
             of
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             which
             the
             
               Cardinall
               Mazzarini
            
             procured
             with
             great
             Ardour
             ;
             as
             a
             most
             important
             interest
             of
             the
             
               Crown
               ;
            
             discovering
             also
             the
             like
             aversnesse
             to
             the
             
               Huguenots
               ,
            
             insomuch
             that
             it
             was
             reported
             he
             should
             one
             day
             tell
             the
             
               Mareschal
            
             de
             
               Chastillon
            
             that
             when
             he
             was
             to
             signe
             any
             thing
             in
             favour
             of
             his
             Sect
             ,
             it
             seem'd
             to
             him
             as
             if
             he
             were
             to
             gash
             his
             own
             hand
             :
             But
             above
             all
             ,
             His
             importunacy
             with
             the
             King
             was
             the
             greatest
             maturer
             of
             his
             downfall
             ,
             he
             taking
             upon
             him
             to
             use
             (
             as
             his
             
               Master
               Richelieu
            
             had
             done
             )
             and
             in
             case
             he
             found
             not
             that
             Countenance
             which
             he
             desired
             ,
             to
             demand
             retirement
             ;
             a
             thing
             which
             the
             other
             would
             do
             with
             great
             art
             ,
             knowing
             the
             necessity
             which
             the
             
               King
            
             had
             of
             his
             Services
             :
             But
             of
             
               Noyers
            
             his
             ill
             successe
             in
             this
             way
             ,
             we
             may
             see
             at
             one
             instance
             how
             he
             came
             to
             knock
             
             off
             from
             his
             attendance
             .
             He
             had
             the
             office
             of
             
               Receiver
               Generall
            
             of
             the
             rate
             of
             
               Subsistance
            
             (
             an
             Imposition
             laid
             at
             first
             ,
             with
             exemption
             of
             the
             payers
             from
             quartering
             of
             Souldiers
             ;
             but
             since
             made
             as
             the
             other
             ordinary
             
               Tallies
            
             )
             of
             which
             he
             dispos'd
             at
             his
             own
             discretion
             ,
             making
             no
             accompt
             to
             any
             other
             :
             It
             came
             to
             the
             
               King's
            
             eare
             ,
             that
             this
             
               Subsistance
               ,
            
             the
             year
             before
             ,
             was
             ill
             dispensed
             ,
             and
             onely
             to
             the
             friends
             ,
             and
             kindred
             of
             the
             Foresaid
             
               Noyers
               :
            
             whereupon
             the
             
               King
            
             take's
             occasion
             to
             ask
             him
             on
             what
             he
             had
             expended
             those
             sums
             ,
             which
             passed
             through
             his
             hands
             for
             the
             service
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             and
             of
             which
             he
             used
             to
             render
             no
             Accompt
             .
             (
             
               T
               is
               a
               certain
               Revenge
               on
               our
               own
               ill
               humour
               to
               think
               amisse
               of
               Him
               ,
               that
               we
               depend
               on
               ;
               or
               entertain
               any
               Umbrage
               that
               he
               dislikes
               us
               ,
               or
               is
               mistaken
               in
               our
               
               good
               intentions
               ,
               for
               commonly
               such
               a
               passion
               is
               apt
               to
               fennow
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               mantle
               in
               its
               sowernesse
               ,
               that
               one
               cannot
               afterward
               restore
               it
               to
               that
               Object
               .
            
             )
             Noyers
             ,
             who
             had
             either
             made
             ,
             or
             phancied
             the
             
               King's
            
             Countenance
             to
             be
             not
             so
             good
             as
             usually
             towards
             Him
             ,
             tooke
             this
             word
             for
             a
             signe
             of
             diffidence
             ,
             and
             so
             answered
             that
             he
             had
             ready
             in
             his
             Cabinet
             ,
             a
             Book
             of
             all
             Expences
             made
             by
             him
             ;
             and
             then
             let
             himselfe
             lavish
             in
             expressions
             ;
             that
             since
             his
             hard
             fortune
             did
             now
             render
             him
             suspected
             ,
             after
             a
             service
             of
             so
             many
             years
             uninteressed
             ,
             't
             were
             better
             that
             his
             
               Majesty
            
             would
             permit
             him
             to
             render
             his
             charge
             to
             some
             other
             ,
             that
             might
             be
             more
             fortunate
             ;
             since
             ,
             neither
             could
             a
             
               Prince
            
             satisfy
             himselfe
             in
             a
             
               Servant
            
             whom
             he
             distrusted
             ;
             nor
             such
             a
             
               Servant
            
             enjoy
             any
             quiet
             ,
             that
             knew
             his
             integrity
             to
             be
             doubted
             of
             .
             
             (
             T
             was
             thought
             that
             
               Noyers
            
             was
             the
             more
             bold
             in
             venting
             this
             Passion
             ,
             presuming
             that
             his
             two
             Confidents
             ,
             as
             he
             presumed
             ,
             the
             
               Cardinall
               Mazzarini
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Secretary
            
             dè
             
               Chauvigny
            
             would
             sufficiently
             secure
             Him
             from
             having
             this
             request
             easily
             granted
             ,
             but
             )
             his
             
               Majestie
            
             hereupon
             discover'd
             such
             displeasure
             ,
             that
             
               Monsieur
            
             de
             
               Chauvigny
            
             first
             withdrew
             him
             handsomely
             from
             the
             
               King's
            
             bed
             ,
             and
             then
             from
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             perswading
             him
             to
             consider
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             precipitate
             with
             himselfe
             ,
             but
             give
             way
             to
             his
             
               Majestie's
            
             anger
             for
             the
             time
             ;
             which
             some
             interpreted
             as
             the
             act
             of
             a
             true
             Friend
             ,
             but
             others
             as
             the
             Ruse
             of
             a
             
               Courtier
            
             to
             draw
             him
             from
             the
             
               King
               ,
            
             and
             so
             from
             all
             hope
             of
             accomodation
             :
             for
             some
             make
             a
             great
             question
             whether
             the
             buds
             of
             
               Noyers
            
             his
             disfavour
             ,
             were
             not
             cultivated
             by
             the
             
             two
             other
             
               Ministers
            
             of
             
               State
               ,
               Mazzarini
               ,
            
             and
             
               Chauvigni
               ,
            
             because
             they
             were
             the
             dependants
             of
             these
             two
             that
             most
             incens'd
             the
             
               King
            
             against
             Him
             ;
             and
             immediatly
             after
             his
             decession
             his
             Charge
             was
             confer'd
             by
             the
             
               Cardinall's
            
             instance
             ,
             on
             
               Monsteur
            
             de
             
               Tellier
            
             then
             in
             
               Piemont
               ,
            
             ●as
             
               Auditor
               Generall
            
             of
             the
             Army
             ;
             besides
             that
             it
             was
             many
             waies
             evident
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Cardinall's
            
             designes
             did
             not
             meet
             in
             
               Noyers
            
             of
             a
             fit
             Instrument
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             at
             severall
             times
             treated
             with
             the
             
               King
               ,
            
             of
             such
             matters
             ,
             as
             de
             
               Noyers
            
             would
             have
             possest
             him
             with
             the
             Contrary
             .
             Which
             things
             if
             reall
             (
             as
             they
             have
             a
             great
             shew
             of
             truth
             )
             one
             would
             think
             ,
             by
             de
             
               Noyers's
            
             proceedings
             ,
             that
             his
             desires
             also
             were
             no
             less
             reall
             then
             pretended
             to
             retire
             to
             his
             privacy
             :
             He
             goe's
             to
             
               Chauvigny
               ,
            
             desire
             's
             his
             opinion
             as
             his
             friend
             ,
             whether
             he
             should
             
             demand
             his
             Licence
             in
             person
             of
             the
             
               King
               ,
            
             or
             by
             another
             :
             who
             after
             many
             fair
             offices
             to
             perswade
             with
             him
             ,
             at
             last
             advise's
             him
             to
             serve
             himselfe
             of
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             
               Cardinall
               ,
            
             to
             avoid
             disgusting
             of
             the
             
               King
            
             any
             further
             .
             De
             
               Noyers
            
             meets
             the
             
               Cardinall
            
             in
             the
             
               Louvre
               ,
            
             demand's
             this
             grace
             of
             him
             publiquely
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             kind
             of
             Pompe
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             might
             take
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             a
             generous
             ,
             free
             action
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             the
             
               Cardinall
            
             does
             the
             office
             ,
             after
             some
             excuses
             ,
             with
             more
             shew
             then
             reality
             ;
             at
             his
             return
             bringing
             him
             that
             dismission
             which
             he
             desired
             ,
             and
             received
             with
             demonstrations
             of
             the
             cordiallest
             alacrity
             .
             This
             fall
             of
             
               Noyers
            
             was
             onely
             grievous
             to
             the
             
               Mareschal
            
             de
             
               Mesteraye
               ,
            
             who
             being
             much
             interessed
             in
             his
             preservation
             ,
             addresseth
             himselfe
             a
             new
             to
             the
             
               Cardinall
            
             to
             have
             this
             businesse
             put
             upon
             the
             
             file
             again
             ;
             whom
             the
             
               Cardinall
            
             answering
             ,
             that
             he
             resented
             this
             act
             of
             
               Monsieur
            
             dè
             
               Nayens
            
             as
             much
             as
             any
             other
             ,
             and
             had
             omitted
             no
             office
             to
             divert
             him
             from
             the
             course
             that
             he
             had
             taken
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Mareschal
            
             suffered
             himselfe
             to
             be
             so
             farre
             transported
             with
             his
             passion
             ,
             as
             to
             tell
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             not
             understand
             these
             finesses
             of
             
               Italie
               ,
            
             proceeding
             frankly
             and
             in
             the
             
               French
            
             fashion
             :
             The
             
               Cardinall
            
             notwithstanding
             continued
             in
             his
             excuses
             ,
             treating
             him
             with
             acts
             of
             more
             respect
             ,
             so
             that
             both
             seemed
             to
             part
             with
             satisfaction
             .
             From
             hence
             the
             
               Mareschal
            
             takes
             his
             way
             to
             dè
             
               Noyers
            
             then
             at
             
               Pontoise
               ,
            
             to
             treat
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             finds
             him
             most
             determined
             to
             acquiesce
             ,
             desiring
             the
             
               Mareschall
            
             to
             let
             his
             Majestie
             know
             ,
             that
             he
             tooke
             it
             for
             an
             infinite
             obligation
             that
             his
             
               Majestie
            
             had
             been
             pleased
             to
             dispense
             with
             his
             
             retirement
             .
             Which
             carriage
             of
             his
             was
             accounted
             more
             to
             commend
             his
             courage
             ,
             then
             his
             courtship
             ,
             considering
             especially
             that
             the
             
               King's
            
             death
             was
             by
             all
             tokens
             near
             at
             hand
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             broke
             up
             those
             clouds
             that
             then
             overshadowed
             him
             .
          
           
             
               Aprill
            
             17.
             
             The
             
               King's
            
             maladie
             being
             intermissive
             had
             hitherto
             observed
             some
             uncertain
             periods
             ,
             allowing
             him
             his
             
               lucida
               inter●●lla
            
             to
             treat
             and
             give
             orders
             about
             affairs
             ▪
             but
             now
             betraying
             worser
             symptomes
             ,
             the
             physitians
             advise
             the
             Statesmen
             of
             their
             opinion
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             to
             terminate
             ere
             long
             in
             death
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             
               Prince
            
             of
             
               Condè
               ,
            
             and
             
               Cardinall
               Mazzarini
            
             consult
             together
             how
             to
             give
             his
             
               Majestie
            
             admonition
             ,
             and
             so
             present
             themselves
             to
             him
             in
             his
             chamber
             ,
             telling
             him
             ,
             that
             
             although
             the
             Physitians
             did
             not
             despaire
             of
             his
             
               Majestie's
            
             recovery
             ;
             yet
             since
             he
             found
             his
             health
             continually
             declining
             ,
             and
             running
             some
             hazard
             of
             a
             sad
             event
             ;
             that
             the
             glorie
             of
             his
             
               Majestie
               ,
            
             the
             good
             of
             the
             
               Princes
               his
            
             children
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             whole
             
               State
            
             seemed
             to
             require
             ,
             that
             as
             his
             
               Majestie
            
             had
             hitherto
             established
             his
             greatnesse
             ,
             and
             augmented
             the
             splendor
             of
             his
             crown
             ,
             so
             now
             he
             should
             consider
             of
             leaving
             his
             affairs
             in
             such
             order
             ,
             that
             no
             emergent
             might
             alter
             them
             for
             the
             future
             .
             That
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             had
             not
             refused
             a
             suspension
             of
             arms
             ,
             before
             so
             earnestly
             desired
             by
             them
             ,
             on
             any
             other
             ground
             ,
             then
             a
             certain
             misprision
             which
             they
             had
             conceived
             of
             the
             troubles
             of
             
               France
            
             likely
             to
             ensue
             on
             the
             failing
             of
             his
             
               Majesty
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             that
             the
             true
             way
             to
             undeceive
             them
             was
             to
             make
             it
             evident
             ,
             that
             whatsoever
             
             event
             should
             happen
             his
             
               Majestie's
            
             will
             should
             stand
             for
             a
             sure
             and
             inviolable
             Law
             for
             the
             
               Government
            
             of
             his
             
               Kingdome
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               King
            
             accepted
             not
             onely
             of
             their
             discourse
             ,
             but
             affectionately
             thanked
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             desired
             to
             hear
             the
             
               Prince's
            
             judgement
             about
             the
             disposall
             of
             the
             
               Government
               .
            
             Who
             thereupon
             took
             occasion
             to
             extoll
             highly
             the
             wisdome
             and
             goodnesse
             of
             the
             
               Queene
               ,
            
             and
             after
             set
             himselfe
             to
             excuse
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
               ,
            
             ascribing
             his
             escapes
             to
             the
             over-rigid
             treatments
             of
             the
             late
             
               Cardinall
               ,
            
             shewing
             that
             these
             two
             persons
             as
             the
             chiefe
             of
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             ought
             by
             consequence
             to
             have
             the
             principall
             part
             in
             so
             important
             an
             administration
             .
          
           
             The
             
               King
            
             having
             well
             learned
             by
             his
             own
             experience
             how
             subject
             
               France
            
             is
             to
             alterations
             in
             the
             times
             of
             
               Minority
               ,
            
             was
             the
             more
             desirous
             
             to
             leave
             a
             state
             well
             setled
             ,
             wherein
             neither
             the
             
               Queen
            
             nor
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
            
             (
             whom
             he
             did
             not
             eye
             so
             well
             )
             should
             invelope
             the
             whole
             authority
             in
             their
             own
             persons
             ,
             which
             he
             devised
             to
             distribute
             among
             severall
             
               Councellours
               ,
            
             and
             to
             give
             them
             the
             
               Cardinall
               Mazzarini
            
             for
             their
             
               Principall
               ,
            
             much
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             the
             
               Government
            
             of
             
               Sweden
               ,
            
             with
             the
             
               superintendency
            
             of
             the
             
               grand
               Chancellour
               Oxenstern
               :
            
             which
             thoughts
             when
             he
             had
             discovered
             to
             the
             
               Cardinall
               ,
            
             he
             found
             not
             such
             approbation
             as
             he
             desired
             ,
             but
             rather
             met
             with
             strong
             arguments
             ,
             perswading
             him
             to
             observe
             the
             ancient
             usances
             of
             the
             
               Crown
               .
            
             But
             after
             all
             deliberations
             the
             
               King
            
             at
             last
             resolved
             to
             forme
             a
             
               Councell
               ,
            
             according
             to
             the
             tenor
             of
             a
             declaration
             which
             he
             sent
             forthwith
             to
             the
             
               Queen
               ,
            
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             
               Monsieur
               dè
               Chauvigny
               ▪
            
             
             the
             prime
             secretary
             of
             State
             ,
             that
             shee
             might
             see
             it
             ,
             and
             signifie
             her
             desire
             about
             any
             change
             in
             it
             for
             her
             better
             satisfaction
             ,
             that
             so
             being
             afterward
             approved
             by
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             it
             might
             be
             to
             passe
             as
             a
             
               Salick
            
             Law
             among
             the
             people
             ;
             which
             last
             words
             touched
             to
             the
             quick
             ,
             though
             at
             that
             time
             the
             
               Queen
            
             dissembled
             them
             with
             discretion
             ,
             and
             presently
             passed
             to
             the
             
               King's
            
             chamber
             to
             render
             thanks
             ,
             and
             to
             condole
             with
             him
             ,
             till
             both
             melted
             into
             tears
             with
             expressions
             of
             love
             and
             tenderness
             .
             Next
             morning
             the
             
               Cardinall
               Mazzarini
            
             comes
             to
             
               Paris
            
             to
             give
             account
             of
             the
             
               King's
            
             resolutions
             to
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
               ,
            
             with
             intimation
             to
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
               Princes
               ,
               Dukes
               ,
               Peeres
               ,
            
             and
             
               officers
            
             of
             the
             
               Crown
               ,
            
             to
             present
             themselves
             to
             his
             
               Majestie
            
             at
             S.
             
               Germans
               ,
            
             where
             a
             fit
             time
             being
             waited
             ,
             till
             the
             
               Kings
            
             maladie
             was
             somewhat
             
             alleviated
             ,
             they
             were
             all
             called
             into
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             where
             the
             
               Queen
            
             and
             her
             two
             Sons
             stayed
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             then
             his
             
               Majesty
               ▪
            
             speaking
             all
             the
             while
             uncovered
             ,
             made
             a
             passionate
             speech
             unto
             them
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             such
             carriages
             as
             pressed
             tears
             from
             the
             by-standers
             .
             After
             which
             the
             
               Secretarie
            
             de
             la
             
               Urilliere
            
             read
             the
             declaration
             of
             his
             
               Majestie's
            
             last
             will
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             this
             effect
             :
          
           
             That
             although
             it
             had
             pleased
             
               God
            
             to
             bestow
             admirable
             successes
             on
             him
             through
             the
             whole
             course
             of
             his
             raign
             ;
             yet
             now
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             his
             prosperities
             ,
             he
             had
             also
             put
             him
             in
             mind
             of
             his
             frailty
             by
             a
             languishing
             disease
             ,
             whereof
             howsoever
             there
             were
             good
             hope
             of
             his
             recovering
             ,
             notwithstanding
             because
             the
             judgments
             of
             men
             most
             experienced
             are
             fallible
             in
             these
             cases
             ,
             he
             thought
             himselfe
             oblieged
             to
             provide
             for
             the
             peace
             of
             his
             
               Kingdome
               ,
            
             
             when
             he
             was
             gone
             .
             That
             he
             judged
             the
             best
             way
             to
             obtain
             this
             end
             ,
             and
             to
             disappoint
             the
             projects
             of
             the
             enemies
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             to
             be
             the
             uniting
             of
             all
             the
             
               royall
            
             family
             with
             one
             Spirit
             to
             maintain
             the
             present
             state
             of
             his
             
               Crown
               ;
            
             which
             would
             be
             also
             a
             great
             tie
             to
             his
             
               confederates
            
             to
             adhere
             to
             the
             interesses
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             when
             they
             shall
             find
             it
             governed
             by
             the
             same
             maximes
             that
             had
             hitherto
             upheld
             its
             grandeur
             .
             To
             execute
             which
             designes
             he
             thought
             no
             course
             more
             expedient
             ,
             then
             that
             which
             the
             
               King
               's
            
             his
             predecessors
             had
             taken
             on
             the
             like
             occasions
             ,
             who
             judged
             that
             the
             
               regency
            
             of
             the
             
               Kingdome
               ,
            
             and
             education
             of
             the
             
               minor
               Kings
            
             could
             not
             be
             better
             placed
             ,
             then
             on
             the
             persons
             of
             their
             
               Queen
               Mothers
               ;
            
             and
             therfore
             that
             he
             did
             ordain
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             his
             death
             should
             ensue
             before
             the
             
               Dauphin
            
             should
             enter
             on
             the
             fourteenth
             year
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             or
             in
             case
             that
             
             the
             
               Dauphin
            
             should
             die
             before
             the
             
               Majority
            
             of
             his
             second
             Sonne
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Anjou
               ,
            
             his
             dearest
             spouse
             and
             consort
             the
             
               Queen
               Mother
            
             of
             his
             foresaid
             children
             should
             be
             
               Regent
               of
            
             France
             ,
             
               and
               have
               the
            
             education
             of
             them
             during
             their
             
               minority
               ,
            
             together
             with
             the
             administration
             of
             the
             government
             of
             the
             
               Kingdome
               ,
            
             during
             his
             
               nonage
            
             that
             should
             be
             
               King
               ,
            
             with
             the
             advise
             of
             her
             
               councell
            
             in
             manner
             hereafter
             following
             .
             And
             in
             case
             the
             said
             
               Queen
            
             after
             his
             death
             ,
             and
             during
             her
             
               Regency
            
             should
             be
             in
             danger
             of
             finishing
             her
             daies
             ,
             he
             ordained
             that
             she
             should
             provide
             with
             the
             advise
             of
             her
             Councell
             herein
             specified
             ,
             for
             the
             
               Regency
            
             and
             government
             for
             the
             time
             .
             And
             to
             testifie
             to
             his
             dear
             and
             beloved
             Brother
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
               ,
            
             that
             nothing
             hath
             been
             able
             to
             diminish
             the
             Love
             that
             he
             hath
             ever
             borne
             him
             ,
             he
             ordained
             him
             
               Lieutenant
               Generall
            
             
             of
             the
             non-aged
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             exercise
             the
             said
             charge
             in
             all
             the
             provinces
             in
             the
             
               Kingdome
            
             under
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             
               Queen
               Regent
            
             and
             of
             the
             Councell
             ;
             and
             this
             notwithstanding
             the
             declaration
             registred
             against
             him
             in
             the
             
               Court
            
             of
             
               Parliament
               :
            
             onely
             declaring
             that
             if
             he
             in
             any
             wise
             shall
             contravene
             this
             establishment
             ,
             he
             remain
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             deprived
             of
             this
             charge
             .
             That
             although
             from
             the
             wisdome
             ,
             piety
             and
             vertue
             of
             the
             
               Queen
            
             he
             might
             well
             promise
             himselfe
             a
             happy
             government
             of
             his
             
               state
               ▪
            
             yet
             considering
             the
             weight
             of
             such
             a
             charge
             ,
             and
             the
             impossibility
             of
             her
             taking
             cognisance
             of
             all
             affairs
             necessary
             ,
             that
             he
             thought
             fit
             to
             establish
             a
             
               councell
               of
               the
               Regency
            
             to
             assist
             her
             ,
             by
             whose
             judgments
             and
             authority
             the
             great
             and
             weighty
             affairs
             of
             
               State
            
             should
             be
             examined
             and
             resolved
             by
             
               plurality
               of
               Voices
               :
            
             to
             compose
             which
             
               Councell
               ,
            
             he
             thought
             he
             
             could
             not
             make
             better
             election
             for
             
               Ministers
            
             of
             
               State
               ,
            
             then
             of
             his
             dear
             and
             beloved
             Cosins
             ,
             the
             
               Prince
            
             of
             
               Condè
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Cardinall
               Mazzarini
               ,
            
             of
             his
             trustie
             and
             well
             beloved
             the
             
               Lord
            
             de
             
               Seguier
               Chancellour
            
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             and
             keeper
             of
             the
             seals
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
            
             de
             
               Bouttiglier
            
             Surintendant
             of
             his
             finances
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Lord
            
             de
             
               Chauvigni
            
             Secretarie
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Commandments
             .
          
           
             He
             ordained
             also
             that
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
               ,
            
             and
             in
             his
             absence
             the
             
               Prince
            
             of
             
               Condè
               ,
            
             or
             
               Cardinall
               Mazzarini
            
             should
             be
             chiefe
             of
             the
             
               Councill
               ,
            
             and
             if
             any
             place
             should
             become
             void
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Queen
            
             should
             supply
             it
             by
             advise
             of
             the
             
               Councell
            
             and
             all
             other
             important
             charges
             of
             the
             
               Kingdome
            
             to
             be
             so
             disposed
             by
             
               plurality
            
             of
             
               votes
               .
            
             Only
             for
             all
             
               Ecclesiasticall
            
             preferments
             ,
             which
             belonged
             to
             his
             nomination
             ,
             he
             left
             the
             providing
             for
             their
             supply
             to
             the
             
               Queen
            
             and
             the
             
               Cardinall
               
               Mazzarini
               ,
            
             of
             whose
             worthy
             discharging
             this
             trust
             he
             had
             good
             reason
             to
             rest
             most
             assured
             by
             the
             eminent
             proofs
             which
             he
             had
             had
             of
             the
             faithfulnesse
             and
             great
             sufficiency
             of
             the
             person
             .
             In
             fine
             :
             he
             ordained
             that
             the
             
               Queen
            
             and
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
            
             should
             swear
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             
               Princes
            
             of
             the
             
               Blood
               ,
            
             with
             the
             other
             
               Princes
               ,
            
             Dukes
             ,
             Peers
             ,
             Mareschals
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             Officers
             of
             the
             Crowne
             to
             keep
             and
             observe
             the
             Contents
             of
             the
             present
             declaration
             without
             any
             manner
             of
             Contravention
             .
             Which
             was
             accordingly
             subscribed
             and
             sworne
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             by
             the
             
               Queen
               ,
            
             and
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Orleans
               ,
               and
               sealed
               before
               the
               rest
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               next
               day
               ratified
               in
               the
            
             Parliament
             
               in
               presence
               of
               the
            
             Duke
             
               of
            
             Orleans
             ,
             the
             
               Prince
            
             of
             
               Condè
            
             and
             the
             other
             Princes
             and
             Officers
             .
             Given
             at
             
               S.
               Germans
            
             in
             the
             month
             of
             April
             .
             1643.
             and
             of
             his
             raign
             the
             33.
             
          
           
           
             Which
             declaration
             being
             read
             ,
             the
             
               King
            
             gave
             free
             liberty
             to
             all
             the
             exiles
             of
             the
             
               Court
            
             or
             
               State
               ,
            
             against
             whom
             no
             Sentence
             had
             been
             given
             ,
             to
             make
             their
             return
             ,
             and
             commanded
             corriers
             to
             be
             sent
             to
             some
             more
             remote
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             have
             timely
             notice
             ,
             and
             his
             
               Majesty
            
             had
             content
             before
             his
             death
             to
             receive
             the
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Vendosma
               ,
            
             the
             
               Mareschaux
            
             de
             
               Bassompierre
            
             and
             d'
             
               Estree
               ,
            
             and
             divers
             others
             into
             his
             grace
             .
             If
             a
             man
             might
             be
             politique
             before
             the
             proofe
             of
             events
             ,
             this
             act
             of
             State
             might
             be
             a
             subject
             of
             strange
             descantings
             :
             but
             if
             we
             can
             content
             our selves
             with
             such
             conjectures
             as
             best
             please
             us
             ,
             till
             the
             
               Regency
            
             begin
             to
             take
             place
             ,
             we
             may
             better
             guesse
             at
             the
             true
             interests
             of
             the
             parties
             concerned
             by
             this
             deed
             ,
             &
             of
             the
             true
             interest
             of
             the
             
               Crown
               .
            
             His
             
             majesty
             having
             now
             freed
             his
             thoughts
             of
             this
             care
             ,
             tooke
             pleasure
             to
             order
             a
             private
             ceremony
             in
             the
             chappell
             of
             S.
             
               Germans
               ,
            
             appointing
             the
             baptisme
             of
             the
             
               D●uphin
            
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Lovis
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Princes
            
             of
             
               Condè
            
             with
             the
             
               Cardinall
               Mazzarini
            
             (
             on
             whom
             the
             
               King
            
             would
             conferre
             this
             honour
             (
             as
             he
             himselfe
             said
             )
             to
             oblige
             him
             the
             more
             streightly
             to
             serve
             the
             
               King
            
             and
             the
             
               Crown
            
             )
             to
             present
             him
             to
             the
             font
             ,
             that
             so
             with
             the
             powerfull
             cords
             of
             interest
             he
             might
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             in
             him
             lay
             ,
             twist
             an
             artificiall
             kind
             of
             nature
             ,
             making
             him
             the
             
               Compater
               ,
            
             or
             
               Spirituall
               Father
            
             of
             that
             
               Prince
               ,
            
             in
             the
             forming
             of
             whose
             youth
             he
             might
             now
             seem
             to
             claime
             a
             priviledg
             with
             the
             
               Queen
               .
            
             To
             both
             which
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             his
             other
             officers
             and
             nobles
             having
             so
             effectually
             recommended
             
             his
             State
             and
             childrem
             ,
             what
             more
             could
             remain
             to
             such
             a
             
               Prince
               ,
            
             but
             to
             die
             in
             the
             arms
             of
             that
             
               Honour
            
             that
             had
             ever
             lived
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             deserve
             those
             characters
             ,
             in
             which
             a
             terser
             pen
             then
             mine
             ha's
             designed
             him
             ?
             And
             so
             I
             leave
             him
             in
             the
             way
             to
             his
             funerall
             pomp
             ,
             which
             a
             while
             after
             followed
             with
             great
             Solemnity
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
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