NEWS Lately come on the last day of February 1591. from divers parts of France, Savoy, and Tripoli in Soria.  
Truly translated out of the French and Italian Copies, as they were sent to right Honourable persons.   printer's device of John Wolfe ( 
LONDON Printed by john Wolf, and are to be sold at his shop, over against the great South door of S. Paul. 1591.   

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News lately come on the last day of February 1591. From divers parts of France, Savoy, and Tripoli in Soria. Truly translated out of the French and Italian copies, as they were sent to right Honourable persons.  
THE King accompanied with his own forces, and the Marshal Birons having a long time lain about Chartres, hoping in the end to reduce the City to his devotion, and perceiving it a very hard thing to obtain the same by main force, unless it were by surprise, by reason of the strength of the same both by Art and nature, though there were very few Soldiers or none in it, except the Citizens and Townsmen thereof:  
About the fourteenth of February last, he divided himself from the Marshal Byron, and feigned to give over the siege, and to go towards Dreur, having first given out that he would go to besiege that town, and went but two or three miles from Chartres. The Marshal Byron, seeming the next day to leave the siege, and to follow the King, as if he despaired to do any good there, which those of Chartres perceiving, they presently with such Soldiers as they had, resolved themselves to make a sally, and to set upon the rearward of the Marshal as he was marching towards Dreur, which accordingly they did, and issuing out of the Town most bravely charged the Marshals hinder troops, the Marshal at first seemed to make head against them, but soon after began to retire himself, and to give his enemies place, and they nothing misdoubting of any such Stratagem, followed him amain, continually skirmishing until they came about two miles from the Town. In the mean time, the King lying there about in ambush, when he saw his time, entered between the Town and the men thereof that followed the Marshal, and so courageously charged them behind, and the Marshal then turning face towards them again, that in less than an hour that they fought, they slew them all, except thirty Cuirasses which very hardly escaped.  
The King following the victory, entered presently one of the Subburbes of Chartres, the towns men seeing this, began to make a motion of peace with him, and offered to deliver him the town & fifty thousand crowns, upon condition, that he would remove his forces, and place no Garrison therein, which the King refused to do, and thereupon prepared to batter the Town in two places, having resolved not to leave it until he have gotten it. And it is verily believed that he is in it already, which if he be, we are greatly bound to give God thanks for it, for as much as those of Paris will greatly be hindered by the same, for that they had most of their victuals from those quarters thereabouts.  
The Lord Deguidieres deputy Lieutenant for the king in the province of Dalphinate hath of late so hotly pursued the Dukes of Savoy's forces that he entered his city of Ciamberie (chief parliament town of Savoy) and sacked and spoiled the same, and then laden with the rich pray thereof, left it, forasmuch as he had not forces sufficient with him to keep and munite the same, and so withdrew himself home again without any loss.  
The said Lord Deguidieres returning home from Ciamberie into Dalphinate met with the Duke of Nemours and his forces (who knowing the absence of the governor thought to have surprised some towns) and so charged him that he slew most of his cavalry and made him retire toward Lions, (whereof the Duke is governor) whither the Lord Deguidieres did so stoutly follow him, that those of Lions fearing lest he would entrench himself in their Suburb called Guillottiere, adjoining to the gate of Rodan, and is a very fair, long, and rich Suburb, set fire to the same, and have clean burnt it up: but he withdrew himself into his own government, where he hath so honourably behaved himself, that he hath in a manner reduced the whole Province to the obedience and devotion of the King, and is such a terror to his enemies, that none dare stir.  
The King of Spain had commanded certain Cornets of horsemen of Naples, to come down from thence to the Duke of Savoy, that with them he might infest and trouble those of Dalphinate, in as much as they were horses of more swiftness and speed than he hath any, but the Lord Deguidieres having met with them, hath altogether defeated them, that very few or none hath escaped him.  
Those of Geneva have lately taken a fort called the fort of Saint Catherine, not very far from Geneva, which the Duke hath not long since caused to be built only to vere them, and they have razed the same, and have gone spoiling, wasting and burning so far as Nantua, which is two days journey from Geneva.  
Those of Air in Provence, with all the country there abouts are in a mutiny and tumult against the Duke of Savoy (to whom they had voluntarily given themselves) forasmuch as he went about to build a Cirtadel in Air, which they by no means will suffer.  
The city of Marseille which with the greater part of the country of Provence (through the fair promises and instigations of the King of Spain) had accepted the Duke of Savoy to be their Protector, and in sign of that, advanced the standard of the holy League (which is a crucifix) hath of late upon the tumult of Air revolted from him, and erected the Arms of France, and doth publish that it holdeth and will hold for the king of France.  
Certain jacopin Friars of the city of Terracon, situate upon the river of Rodanum, together with some evil minded Citizens thereof, had practised to give the city to the Duke of Savoy, of whom they had received many fair and large promises: and having agreed both of the means and time, the governor of the city having had some intelligence thereof, and discovered their whole platform, one night before their treason should have been effected, caused the Iacopins and all their complices to be taken and laid in sundry prisons, and that very night sent certain of his companies out of the town there to lie in an ambush, until such time as they should hear three strokes of a Bell, which was the watchword between the jacopins and the Duke of Savoy's Lieutenant. All this being thus appointed, the Duke's forces came to the city, who so soon as they were near the gate, at which they should have been let in: the Bell was stricken three times, where presently the Ambush that was laid without the town assaulted them, and those of the city which stood prepared to receive them, opened the gates and sailied out upon them, where in less than half an hour the Duke's men being so surprised in the midst were every man slain, and their Captain so sore hurt, that he died two days after, so was the city reserved for the King, for whom it holdeth still.  
The Duke of Savoy is of late fallen into a consumption, and lieth very sick at Nizza, so that his Physicians do despair of his recovery.  
The Lord Chatillon hath of late had the Lord de la Chastres in chase, and hath so nearly pursued him that he hath driven him to Chasteauneuf, where he doth straightly besiege him, and is in hope to have him, if he may have ordinance to batter the Town.  
By letters from Aleppo, and Tripoli in Soria the twenty ninth of December, and the second of january last, it is written to divers of Venice, that in the confines of Palestina were newly start up two religious men, who under colour of a reformation in religion, and certain plausible orders which they would have observed, name themselves Prophes sent by God to illuminate the Maumetists, and to bring them out of darkness to eternal light, who had so many followers that it was wondrous to tell, and that one of them was gone with ten thousand men to help the Persians in his wars against the great Turk, and the other kept still about Palestina, and daily conquered great countries, and increased in forces and number of men, to the great terror of the Turks.   
FINIS.