The
.xxi.
daye
of
February
1562.
in
the
campe
at
sainct
Hyllaries
besyde
S.
Mesmyn
.
BEfore
the
Quéene
mother
of
the
kinge
,
my
lordes
the
Cardinall
of
Bourbon
Duke
of
Etampes
,
prince
of
Mantua
,
the
Erle
of
Gruyeres
the
lordes
of
Martigues
,
of
Sansac
,
of
Cypierre
,
of
Losse
,
and
the
byshoppe
of
Lymoge
,
respectiuely
lordes
of
the
priuie
counsell
of
the
king
,
and
knightes
of
the
order
being
than
present
.
Was
brought
one
Iohn
de
Poltrot
,
naming
himselfe
seniour
of
merey
borne
in
the
country
of
Angoumois
in
the
lordship
of
Aubeterre
of
the
age
of
xxvi
.
yeares
or
there
about
:
who
being
commaunded
by
the
said
Quéene
to
declare
truly
the
cause
of
his
enprisonement
who
prouoked
him
to
shoote
the
dagge
wherwith
the
Duke
of
Guyse
was
hurt
on
thursday
last
:
what
his
entent
was
,
or
theirs
which
had
caused
him
to
doe
it
,
and
what
money
he
receyued
for
it
or
trusted
for
to
receyue
.
Sayd
and
confessed
kneelynge
on
hys
knees
before
the
Quéene
and
askynge
pardon
these
wordes
folowing
.
Deposition
or
confession
.
That
is
to
say
,
that
about
the
moneth
of
Iune
or
Iuly
laste
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
beyng
at
Orleans
,
and
the
lord
of
Soubize
in
his
company
whose
seruaunt
he
is
,
he
went
to
the
said
towne
of
Orleans
.
Aunswere
.
The
Lord
admirall
answereth
truly
and
before
God
,
that
he
knoweth
not
when
the
sayd
Poltrot
arriued
at
Orleans
,
nor
when
he
went
from
thence
,
and
remembreth
not
that
euer
he
saw
him
nor
heard
him
speake
in
any
maner
or
sort
,
vntyll
Ianuary
last
by
occasion
which
afterward
shal
be
declared
.
Deposition
.
In
the
which
place
the
Lord
of
Feuqueres
the
yong
gouernour
of
Roy
&
Captaine
Brion
,
came
vnto
hym
,
and
sayde
:
that
heretofore
they
had
knowen
hym
to
be
a
man
to
execute
a
matter
or
enterprise
,
and
that
yf
he
would
take
in
hande
to
do
a
good
exployte
,
which
should
tourne
to
the
seruice
of
God
,
and
the
honour
of
the
kyng
,
and
the
comfort
of
his
people
,
he
shoulde
be
greatlye
commended
and
estemed
.
And
then
the
Deponent
requiring
them
to
declare
more
,
and
to
open
vnto
him
what
enterprise
they
woulde
speake
of
assuryng
them
that
for
his
parte
,
he
woulde
be
alwayes
ready
to
do
seruyce
to
the
kynge
:
they
than
knowynge
hys
good
wyll
,
they
remitted
hym
to
the
Lorde
admyrall
,
&
tolde
hym
that
he
shoulde
gyue
him
to
vnderstande
more
at
large
the
matter
that
they
had
moued
vnto
hym
.
Aunswere
.
As
touchyng
the
Captayne
Brion
,
the
sayd
lorde
admyrall
declareth
that
he
neuer
heard
him
speake
of
the
sayde
Poltrot
,
and
it
is
not
lyke
to
be
true
,
that
if
the
sayde
Brion
had
knowen
of
any
such
practise
he
would
haue
helde
his
peace
synce
that
he
was
in
the
seruice
of
the
Duke
of
Guyse
where
he
is
now
dead
.
And
as
concernynge
Feuqueres
,
the
sayde
Lorde
Admyrall
remembreth
well
that
aboute
the
latter
ende
of
Ianuarye
laste
,
and
neuer
before
,
he
tolde
hym
,
speakynge
of
the
sayde
Poltrot
newly
comme
from
Lyons
,
that
sometyme
he
had
knowen
hym
a
man
of
seruyce
,
in
the
tyme
of
the
warre
in
Pycardye
,
whych
was
the
cause
that
the
Lorde
Admyrall
shortlye
after
the
reporte
of
the
sayde
Feuqueres
,
employed
hym
as
anone
shall
be
declared
.
And
as
for
the
reste
,
the
sayde
Lorde
Admyrall
doubteth
not
but
the
saide
Feuqueres
can
well
answere
for
his
owne
déedes
.
Deposition
.
And
agayne
,
two
or
thre
dayes
after
,
the
sayde
men
Feuqueres
and
Brion
presented
him
to
the
sayd
Lord
of
Chastillon
admyrall
beyng
lodged
at
Orleans
nigh
vnto
the
house
of
the
prince
of
Conde
.
And
the
sayde
Chastillon
was
then
in
a
low
hall
vnder
the
saide
lodging
:
&
after
the
sayde
Feuqueres
&
Brion
had
presented
him
to
the
sayde
lord
of
Chastillon
,
he
commaunded
all
that
were
in
the
hall
to
depart
,
whiche
thing
thei
did
.
And
also
the
said
Feuqueres
and
Brion
departed
,
and
he
remained
alone
with
the
saide
Lord
of
Chastillon
,
who
asked
him
by
these
or
such
like
words
,
yf
he
would
take
vpon
him
to
go
into
the
campe
of
the
kyng
,
(
which
the
sayde
lord
of
Chastillon
called
the
Duke
of
Guyse
campe
,
beyng
then
beside
Bogency
)
&
that
if
he
wold
enterprise
to
go
to
the
sayd
campe
about
the
matter
that
he
would
declare
vnto
him
,
he
shoulde
doe
God
,
the
kyng
and
the
common
wealth
great
seruice
:
and
the
sayde
deponent
askyng
hym
what
enterprise
it
was
,
he
said
vnto
him
that
yf
he
woulde
venter
to
go
to
the
sayde
campe
to
kyll
the
sayde
Duke
of
Guise
(
whiche
persecuted
the
faythfull
)
he
should
do
a
meritorius
worke
toward
God
and
man
.
The
sayde
Deponent
hearing
these
words
,
which
semed
vnto
him
more
then
he
was
able
to
doe
or
performe
,
he
sayd
vnto
the
sayd
lord
of
Chastillon
,
that
he
durst
not
take
vpon
hym
so
great
a
matter
.
The
which
answere
being
made
,
the
sayde
Lorde
of
Chastillon
pressed
hym
no
further
:
but
prayed
him
to
keepe
this
talke
secrete
,
and
not
to
vtter
it
to
any
man
.
Aunswere
.
The
contents
of
this
article
are
vtterly
false
and
imagined
:
wherevppon
the
said
Lorde
admirall
sheweth
first
that
in
all
this
confession
he
is
called
but
Lord
of
Chastillon
,
which
is
a
name
that
he
telleth
not
scorne
of
,
or
disdeineth
it
:
but
yet
that
declareth
manifestly
out
of
what
shoppe
thys
confession
comcommeth
,
seynge
he
is
not
so
called
in
no
place
of
all
thys
Realme
nor
elles
where
,
but
by
theym
that
pretend
by
suche
crafte
to
beriue
and
spoyle
hym
of
the
state
and
degree
that
appertayneth
vnto
hym
.
And
secondly
these
words
.
The
campe
of
the
kyng
whyche
the
sayde
Lorde
of
Chastillon
calleth
the
campe
of
the
Duk
of
Guyse
being
then
besyde
Bogency
,
shew
sufficiently
that
whosoeuer
wrot
or
endyted
thys
deposition
of
the
poore
Deponent
was
to
muche
in
a
passyon
or
affection
for
to
do
his
occupation
wel
,
and
went
about
no
other
thing
but
to
séeke
how
he
myght
not
leaue
out
any
thinge
that
myght
charge
the
said
lord
Admirall
,
were
it
to
the
purpose
or
not
.
Finally
when
it
is
sayde
that
the
Lord
Admirall
for
to
induce
the
sayde
Poltrot
,
alledged
vnto
him
that
he
should
doe
a
meritorious
worke
to
god
&
man
who
seeth
not
plainly
that
al
this
talke
was
forged
by
some
one
all
togyther
ignorant
of
the
true
religion
,
the
whych
the
said
lord
admiral
professeth
?
He
shuld
at
the
least
haue
considered
what
the
doctryne
of
the
Gospel
is
,
&
how
much
it
condempneth
the
wordes
to
Merito
and
meritorious
workes
,
before
he
toke
in
hand
to
conterfete
the
talke
of
a
gospeler
.
But
behold
howe
it
fareth
wyth
false
witnesses
by
the
Iust
iudgement
of
God
,
that
by
their
owne
mouthe
they
be
conuinced
.
Deposition
.
And
synce
the
sayde
Lord
of
Soubize
departynge
from
the
sayde
towne
of
Orleans
for
to
goe
to
Lyons
,
the
sayde
Deponent
accompanyed
hym
and
there
contynuallye
remayned
wyth
hym
,
vntyll
about
fiftene
dayes
after
the
battaylle
foughte
besyde
Dreux
.
Aunswere
.
The
sayde
Lord
Admyrall
knoweth
nothyng
of
all
thys
.
Deposition
.
That
the
sayde
lorde
of
Chastillon
,
wrot
to
the
sayd
Soubize
being
at
Lions
the
he
shuld
send
him
the
said
deponent
.
Aunswere
.
The
sayd
lord
Admirall
wrote
then
many
times
to
lions
to
the
lord
of
Soubize
:
but
vppon
hys
lyfe
&
his
honour
it
shall
not
be
found
that
euer
he
wrote
,
that
the
said
Poltrot
shuld
be
sent
vnto
him
whom
he
knoweth
not
whether
euer
he
saw
or
knew
before
,
&
thought
nothyng
vpon
him
.
Deposition
.
And
than
in
dede
the
said
lord
of
Soubize
dispatched
him
with
letters
to
goe
to
the
said
lord
of
Chastillon
,
&
gaue
him
a
packet
to
carye
not
telling
him
what
he
wrot
vnto
the
said
lord
of
Chastillon
.
And
being
arriued
nygh
vnto
the
towne
of
Celles
in
Berry
in
a
place
named
Villefranche
,
he
found
the
lord
of
Chastillon
there
to
whome
he
delyuered
the
sayde
packet
of
letters
.
Aunswere
.
The
lord
Admiral
remembreth
wel
that
it
is
so
:
but
so
farre
of
is
it
that
it
was
to
employ
the
said
Poltrot
about
thys
matter
now
in
question
,
that
contrary
wise
the
said
lord
of
Soubize
sent
word
that
he
shuld
send
him
againe
,
bycause
he
was
a
man
of
seruice
,
as
the
letters
shall
declare
and
specifye
.
Deposition
.
And
when
he
had
sene
the
letters
he
commaunded
him
to
go
to
tarrye
hym
at
Orleans
and
so
he
dyd
.
Aunswere
.
The
sayd
lord
Amirall
sent
him
not
to
Orleans
,
but
he
gaue
hym
leaue
to
goe
thyther
,
bycause
he
sayde
he
had
busynes
to
doe
there
.
Deposition
.
And
shortly
after
the
retourne
of
the
said
lord
of
Chastillon
vnto
Orleans
,
this
Deponent
presenting
himself
to
the
said
lord
of
Chastillon
to
know
&
vnderstand
his
pleasure
:
he
asked
him
if
he
remembred
the
talke
that
he
had
with
hym
the
somer
before
:
&
this
Deponent
answering
said
that
he
remembred
it
verye
wel
but
it
was
to
venturous
a
thinge
.
The
said
lord
of
Chastillon
saide
vnto
him
,
that
if
he
wold
execute
the
said
enterprise
he
should
do
the
most
notable
and
most
honorable
thing
for
the
seruice
of
god
&
the
comon
welth
that
euer
was
done
&
gaue
him
courage
to
put
the
same
in
execution
from
the
which
ons
againe
he
wold
haue
excused
himself
.
But
than
euen
at
that
instant
came
in
Theodore
de
Beze
,
&
another
minister
of
a
smal
stature
somwhat
bigge
,
with
a
blacke
berd
,
the
which
spake
vnto
him
many
things
demaunding
him
if
it
were
not
a
blessed
thing
to
cary
his
crosse
in
this
world
as
Christ
had
caried
it
for
vs
:
&
after
mani
discourses
&
words
,
they
said
vnto
him
that
he
shuld
be
the
most
happiest
man
in
this
world
,
if
he
wold
execute
the
enterprise
which
the
lord
Admiral
had
moued
vnto
him
bicause
he
should
ryd
a
tirant
out
of
this
world
,
for
the
which
acte
he
shuld
win
heauen
&
be
among
the
blessed
●aits
if
he
died
in
so
iust
&
good
a
quarel
.
By
the
which
persuations
the
said
deponent
graunted
vnto
them
,
&
saide
to
the
lord
of
Chastillon
,
that
he
was
ready
to
consent
to
al
the
sayings
of
the
saide
ministers
,
and
that
he
woulde
than
the
wyll
of
God
,
and
woulde
go
to
the
campe
of
the
said
Duke
of
Guyse
,
to
endeuour
to
put
the
said
enterprise
in
execution
.
For
the
which
he
was
greatly
commended
&
esteemed
as
well
of
the
sayd
Lord
of
Chastillon
,
as
of
the
sayd
Ministers
:
&
thei
told
him
that
he
was
not
alone
that
had
done
such
exployts
,
because
there
were
many
other
that
had
taken
vpon
them
the
like
charge
:
&
namely
the
saide
lord
of
Chastillon
said
vnto
him
,
that
there
were
more
then
fifty
other
gentilmen
of
good
houses
,
that
had
promised
him
to
put
in
effect
other
lyke
matters
:
and
furthwith
caused
his
steward
to
geue
him
.xx.
crowns
,
for
to
go
to
the
campe
at
Messas
,
where
then
the
said
Duke
of
Guyse
was
,
to
th
ende
he
might
thinke
&
deuise
the
meane
&
way
how
he
might
bring
his
purpose
to
pas
.
Aunswere
.
The
sayd
lorde
admirall
answereth
truly
before
god
&
man
,
that
the
foresaid
words
be
falsely
&
wickedly
inuented
.
And
furthermore
,
to
th
entent
that
all
the
world
may
know
how
he
behaued
himself
towarde
the
sayd
Duke
of
Guyse
,
he
declareth
frankly
&
frely
,
that
before
these
last
tumults
,
he
knew
some
that
were
determined
to
kyll
the
sayd
Duke
of
Guyse
because
thei
were
displeased
with
him
.
But
so
farre
of
is
it
that
he
inticed
them
thervnto
or
allowed
it
,
that
rather
contrariwise
he
did
disuade
and
tourne
them
from
their
wicked
purposes
,
as
madame
de
Guyse
her selfe
knoweth
whome
he
sufficiently
aduertised
thereof
in
tyme
and
place
where
.
True
it
is
that
after
the
murder
at
Vassy
,
after
taking
of
armur
for
to
maintain
the
authoritie
of
the
kynges
decrees
and
lawes
,
and
to
defend
the
poore
oppressed
men
agaynst
the
violence
of
the
sayd
Duke
of
Guyse
and
his
adherentes
,
he
hath
counted
&
pursued
them
as
publyke
enemyes
of
God
,
of
the
kyng
,
&
of
the
rest
&
quietnesse
of
this
realme
.
But
vppon
hys
lyfe
&
hys
honour
,
it
shall
neuer
be
founde
that
he
allowed
that
anye
man
shoulde
attempt
on
this
sort
vppon
the
person
of
the
sayde
Duke
,
vntyll
he
was
certainelye
aduertised
that
the
sayde
Duke
of
Guyse
&
the
Marshall
Sainct
Andre
had
hired
&
suborned
certain
persons
to
kil
the
prince
of
Conde
,
him
,
&
his
brother
Dandelot
:
as
the
sayde
Lorde
Admyrall
not
longe
ago
declared
amplye
vnto
the
Queene
before
Paris
,
and
synce
vnto
the
Constable
at
Orleans
.
And
seyng
thys
,
he
confesseth
that
synce
the
tyme
when
he
heard
one
say
that
yf
he
could
he
would
kyll
the
Duke
of
Guyse
,
yea
euen
in
his
campe
,
he
dyd
not
dissuade
or
withholde
hym
from
it
:
But
vppon
hys
lyfe
and
honoure
,
it
shall
neuer
be
founde
that
he
soughte
or
induced
any
man
to
do
it
,
neyther
by
words
,
money
or
promises
by
himselfe
,
nor
by
anye
other
directly
nor
indirectly
.
And
touching
the
twentye
Crownes
whereof
mencion
is
made
in
the
article
before
,
he
acknowledgeth
it
to
be
true
,
that
at
his
last
retourne
to
Orleans
about
the
end
of
Ianuary
last
,
after
that
the
saide
Feuqueres
had
tolde
him
that
he
had
knowen
the
sayde
Poltrot
for
a
man
of
seruice
,
he
determined
to
employ
and
vse
hym
for
the
vnderstandynge
of
newes
from
the
campe
of
his
sayd
enemies
:
&
for
this
cause
he
gaue
hym
.xx.
Crownes
,
hauing
no
other
words
or
talke
with
him
,
nor
ons
making
any
mencion
of
killing
or
not
killing
the
sayde
Duke
of
Guyse
.
For
namely
if
the
said
Lorde
admyrall
had
had
any
suche
enterprise
in
hand
,
he
would
in
no
wyse
haue
trusted
the
said
Poltrot
:
for
when
he
sent
him
to
the
camp
of
the
said
duke
of
Guyse
about
the
matter
foresaid
,
it
was
not
without
mistrusting
him
,
for
asmuch
as
it
séemed
vnto
him
that
he
made
the
meane
&
way
to
easie
to
enter
into
the
sayde
campe
,
as
the
saide
lord
admirall
declared
vnto
Monsieur
de
Grammont
,
who
at
that
tyme
was
present
,
&
neuerthelesse
he
letted
not
to
send
him
for
to
vnderstande
newes
of
the
sayde
campe
,
saying
these
very
wordes
that
he
should
be
rather
tryed
&
proued
than
nourysshed
&
maineteyned
.
Vpon
this
same
article
also
,
Thodore
de
Beze
declareth
most
truly
as
foloweth
for
his
dyscharge
be
fore
all
christendome
.
To
wete
that
seyng
manye
so
animated
&
moued
against
the
sayde
Duke
of
Guyse
for
the
murther
committed
at
Vassy
,
yet
he
was
neuer
of
the
mynde
or
aduise
at
that
tyme
to
procede
against
the
sayde
Duke
,
but
by
way
of
ordinarye
iustice
:
where
of
he
calleth
them
to
witnes
that
haue
séene
&
heard
him
speake
at
that
time
,
which
also
was
the
cause
why
he
was
at
Monceaux
in
the
company
of
other
appoynted
by
the
reformed
church
of
Paris
:
for
to
require
iustice
for
the
said
murder
at
the
kings
maiestie
,
&
the
quene
his
mother
&
of
the
late
king
of
Nauar
,
beseching
them
most
humbly
to
prouide
with
al
diligence
against
the
troubles
which
alredy
thretened
this
realme
,
&
are
hapned
since
indede
.
And
herevpon
,
the
answer
that
it
pleased
the
quene
to
make
him
,
was
such
,
that
thei
of
the
reformed
church
wer
contented
&
satisfied
with
it
,
for
the
hope
that
was
geuen
them
that
good
&
spedy
iustice
shuld
be
don
vpon
the
transgressers
.
But
sone
after
the
said
duke
of
Guise
&
his
complices
hauing
taken
armour
,
&
the
matter
brought
to
such
a
state
,
the
right
&
iustice
could
take
no
more
place
:
&
which
is
more
the
persons
of
the
king
&
quene
being
vsed
&
handled
as
euery
man
knoweth
,
he
confesseth
to
haue
at
the
time
aswell
publikly
in
his
sermons
,
as
by
letters
&
words
warned
&
aduertised
aswell
the
prince
of
Conde
as
th
admirall
&
al
other
lords
,
&
men
of
all
conditions
&
qualities
professing
the
gospel
,
of
their
duty
,
for
to
bring
them
to
maintein
by
al
meanes
possible
,
the
authoritie
of
the
kings
lawes
&
ordinances
,
&
thinnocen●ie
of
the
pore
oppressed
.
And
since
he
hath
alwayes
continued
,
&
yet
now
continueth
in
the
same
minde
:
exhorting
not
withstanding
euery
man
to
vse
his
armour
and
weapons
with
the
most
modestie
that
is
possible
,
&
to
seke
(
next
to
the
honour
of
god
)
peace
&
concord
aboue
al
things
,
so
that
thei
suffer
not
themselues
to
be
deceiued
.
Of
the
which
things
he
taketh
to
witnes
all
those
which
haue
hard
him
publikly
or
particularly
,
&
such
as
wyll
say
the
trouth
.
And
furthermore
as
concerning
the
Duke
of
Guyse
,
because
he
hath
taken
him
for
the
chief
authour
&
maintainour
of
these
troubles
,
he
confesseth
to
haue
manye
tymes
desyred
&
prayed
God
,
eyther
to
tourne
the
heart
of
the
sayde
Duke
of
Guyse
(
whyche
thyng
not
withstanding
he
coulde
neuer
hope
for
)
or
elles
to
deliuer
this
realme
from
him
.
Whereof
he
calleth
to
witnesse
all
those
that
haue
hard
his
sermons
&
praiers
,
and
namely
madame
de
Ferrare
knoweth
what
he
tolde
her
both
with
mouth
and
heart
,
and
what
he
hath
often
tymes
wrytten
to
her
hereof
.
But
it
shall
not
be
founde
that
euer
he
named
the
said
Duke
of
Guise
publikly
,
not
that
euer
he
spake
to
the
said
Poltrot
in
person
,
nor
by
any
other
,
nor
that
euer
he
knew
him
,
or
had
to
do
with
hym
in
any
thing
,
&
then
muche
lesse
that
he
did
counsell
him
to
do
it
.
The
sayde
Theodore
de
Beze
sayth
more
,
ouer
that
it
shall
neuer
be
found
that
euer
he
hyred
or
suborned
any
other
man
to
do
this
deede
,
wherein
he
acknowledgeth
not
withstanding
a
iust
iudgement
of
god
,
threatening
the
like
or
greater
punishment
vnto
all
the
sworne
enemies
of
his
holy
ghospell
,
and
those
that
are
the
causes
of
so
much
miserie
&
calamitie
in
this
realme
.
And
for
the
verifiing
of
his
answere
,
beside
the
forsayde
things
,
he
taketh
his
aduantage
vpon
the
very
termes
ascribed
vnto
the
sayd
Poltrot
deponent
.
For
thanks
be
to
god
,
he
is
not
so
ignorant
or
euill
instructed
in
his
charge
&
calling
,
as
to
apply
the
scripture
so
euil
in
that
which
is
there
said
,
to
cary
his
crosse
,
&
muche
lesse
to
saye
,
that
men
winne
heauen
.
And
therfore
he
sendeth
all
this
confession
into
the
forge
from
whence
it
came
,
being
readie
also
to
submitte
himselfe
generally
and
particularly
,
concerning
al
that
he
hath
done
&
sayd
in
this
present
warre
,
to
the
knowledge
&
vnderstandynge
of
all
vnsuspect
Iudges
,
as
well
in
thys
realme
as
ells
where
:
vpon
paine
to
be
punished
as
the
most
wicked
offendour
vpon
the
earth
,
yf
he
be
founde
a
lyer
,
or
culpable
in
this
aunswere
.
Deposition
.
The
which
xx
.
crownes
he
receiued
,
and
came
to
the
said
campe
at
Messas
where
he
presented
himselfe
vnto
the
sayd
Duke
of
guise
,
and
sayde
that
he
repented
him selfe
that
he
had
caryed
armoure
agaynste
the
Kynge
,
and
that
he
would
from
hence
forthe
render
hymselfe
vnto
hym
.
The
whyche
thynge
the
sayde
Duke
of
Guyse
toke
in
good
parte
,
and
sayde
that
he
was
wellcome
.
And
when
the
said
Duke
departed
from
Messas
to
goe
to
Blois
thys
Deponent
went
thyther
and
retourned
wyth
hym
.
Aunswere
.
The
said
Lord
Admirall
beleueth
it
to
be
so
,
forasmuch
as
the
said
Poltrot
told
him
the
same
thinge
,
not
at
Orleans
where
he
neuer
sawe
him
synce
he
sent
hym
to
the
saide
Campe
to
knowe
&
vnderstand
newes
:
but
in
a
place
called
Neufuille
,
as
afterwarde
shall
be
declared
.
And
the
saide
Lord
Admyrall
remembreth
well
that
the
said
Poltrot
bringing
report
of
that
he
had
sene
and
knowen
in
the
said
campe
,
said
that
he
went
to
Neung
,
to
one
whom
he
called
senior
de
Lstang
who
presented
him
to
the
said
Duke
of
Guise
.
Deposition
.
And
certaine
daies
after
,
he
returned
to
Orleans
to
the
said
lord
of
Chastillon
and
there
excused
himself
vnto
him
from
taking
in
hand
so
great
a
charge
bycause
that
the
saide
Duke
of
Guyse
vsed
not
to
goe
out
of
his
house
,
but
with
a
great
companye
.
But
the
sayde
Lord
of
Chastillon
encouraged
hym
more
then
he
dyd
before
:
&
said
he
knew
well
ynough
what
he
had
promysed
hym
and
that
he
might
not
make
ani
excuse
in
the
matter
.
And
furthermore
caused
the
sayde
Theodore
de
Beze
and
the
other
minister
whyche
before
had
spoken
to
hym
,
to
gyue
hym
dyuers
instructions
,
whyche
so
troubled
hys
mynd
,
that
he
accorded
and
consented
to
do
what
they
would
.
And
for
to
confyrme
him
in
thys
wycked
mynde
and
purpose
the
saide
Lorde
of
Chastillon
gaue
hym
with
hys
owne
handes
a
C.
crownes
of
the
sunne
in
a
paper
,
for
to
bie
him
a
horse
,
if
his
were
not
good
ynough
for
to
saue
himselfe
after
he
had
done
the
deede
.
The
whiche
.
C.
crownes
this
Deponent
receiued
,
and
came
to
the
sayde
campe
at
Messas
,
to
fynde
the
meanes
to
put
the
sayde
enterpryse
in
effecte
.
Aunswere
.
It
is
true
that
the
said
Poltrot
comming
againe
to
Orleans
to
make
hys
report
of
things
,
found
not
the
said
lord
Admyral
there
,
who
was
already
gone
on
hys
iourney
towarde
Normandye
which
thing
is
sufficient
to
proue
that
the
rest
of
the
former
article
,
is
no
lesse
false
&
inuented
.
True
it
is
that
Monsieur
Dandelot
hauinge
heard
hys
report
of
newes
at
Orleans
sent
hym
to
the
said
lord
Admirall
his
brother
then
being
ariued
at
the
village
of
Neufuille
sixe
or
seuen
leagues
from
Orleans
,
in
his
said
viage
to
Normandy
,
accompanied
with
Monsieur
de
Traues
,
bi
whom
he
sent
him
word
that
he
was
determined
to
stay
the
said
Poltrot
because
he
semed
to
make
a
doubtfull
and
an
vncertaine
reporte
of
newes
.
Yet
neuertheles
the
said
Lord
Admirall
hauyng
heard
hym
Iudged
that
would
serue
their
turne
for
to
vnderstand
certayne
newes
of
the
enemyes
campe
:
and
for
this
cause
he
delyuered
him
the
hundred
crownes
,
whereof
there
is
question
,
aswel
for
to
horse
himself
better
,
as
for
to
vse
diligence
requisite
in
such
aduertisementes
,
and
commaunded
him
to
repaire
in
his
absence
to
the
said
Monsieur
Dandelot
his
brother
:
More
,
the
said
lord
Admirall
remembreth
well
now
,
that
the
said
Poltrot
went
so
far
in
making
his
report
of
newes
that
he
said
it
was
an
easy
thing
to
kyl
the
said
Duke
of
Guyse
.
But
the
said
lord
Admirall
staid
not
vppon
that
talke
,
because
he
thought
it
a
thyng
to
vain
and
folyshe
:
and
vppon
his
lyfe
and
hys
honour
,
he
neuer
opened
his
mouthe
to
prouoke
hym
to
take
it
vpon
hym
.
Vppon
the
selfe
same
Article
Theodore
de
Beze
aunswereth
that
he
cannot
remember
that
he
euer
sawe
the
sayde
Poltrot
and
he
neuer
knew
him
nor
knoweth
hym
yet
and
muche
lesse
that
he
euer
spake
to
hym
about
suche
an
enterprise
.
Deposition
.
And
synce
,
the
sayd
Duke
of
Guyse
being
come
with
the
armie
in
thys
place
of
S.
Hylary
besyde
S.
Mesmine
,
he
folowed
him
,
hauing
bought
of
Monsieur
de
la
Mauuoisiniere
a
spanishe
Genet
at
the
saide
place
of
Messas
for
the
summe
of
a
C.
crownes
that
he
gaue
him
&
the
horse
wherevppon
he
rode
before
.
And
lodged
certaine
daies
in
the
Castell
of
Corneil
.ii.
or
.iii.
leagues
from
the
campe
at
s
.
Hilaryes
,
differring
to
execute
the
said
enterprise
vntill
he
saw
the
towne
of
Orleans
sore
laide
vnto
,
&
that
they
went
about
by
al
meanes
to
take
it
,
&
fearing
than
that
many
honest
men
being
in
the
towne
,
shuld
be
slain
&
spoiled
,
he
fully
determined
with
himself
to
kepe
his
promise
.
And
to
do
this
act
,
on
thursday
last
the
xviii
.
of
this
present
moneth
,
after
he
had
dined
in
a
ferme
halfe
a
league
from
the
house
where
the
saide
Duke
of
Guise
was
lodged
,
it
came
into
hys
mind
to
execute
that
day
the
said
enterprise
&
in
dede
the
said
Duke
passing
the
ryuer
of
Leret
for
to
go
to
Pontereau
,
he
accompanied
him
&
folowed
him
to
the
said
Pontereau
:
&
than
returned
by
the
brydge
&
village
of
Olyuet
,
where
the
Suyssers
were
lodged
,
&
there
taryed
the
coming
of
the
said
Duke
of
Guyse
at
the
passage
of
the
sayd
riuer
of
Leret
intending
whether
he
were
well
or
euill
accompanied
,
to
execute
his
enterpryse
,
as
he
dyd
.
And
hearing
a
trompet
blowen
at
the
retourne
of
the
sayde
Duke
of
Guyse
,
whan
he
woulde
enter
into
the
boote
to
passe
the
water
,
he
approched
neere
vnto
the
Ryuer
and
after
that
the
sayde
Duke
of
Guyse
was
landed
beynge
accompanyed
onelye
wyth
one
gentyllman
that
wente
before
,
and
another
that
spake
vnto
hym
rydynge
vppon
a
lyttle
Mulette
,
he
folowed
hym
behynde
,
and
whan
he
approched
nigh
vnto
hys
lodginge
,
at
the
corner
of
a
strete
where
there
were
manye
wayes
turning
this
way
&
that
way
,
he
shote
hys
dagge
at
him
charged
with
thre
pellets
,
about
vi
.
or
vii
.
pase
of
,
thinking
to
strike
him
in
the
shulder
,
bycause
he
thought
he
had
bene
armed
on
the
body
:
and
by
&
by
set
spurres
to
his
spanishe
genet
whervpon
he
rode
,
and
saued
himselfe
swiftly
,
passing
ouer
muche
wood
that
was
cut
down
,
&
rode
that
night
about
x.
leagues
in
the
countrey
,
thinking
to
conuey
himselfe
far
from
Orleans
.
But
god
would
that
the
darkenesse
of
the
night
turned
hym
out
of
his
way
,
and
came
againe
to
the
village
of
Oliuet
into
the
myddes
of
the
gard
of
Suissers
where
one
of
the
sayd
Suyssers
spake
vnto
him
these
wordes
,
Houardot
.
Vnderstandyng
those
wordes
he
knewe
it
was
the
gard
of
the
Suyssers
,
&
drewe
backe
and
rode
on
the
spurre
vntill
the
next
day
nyne
of
the
clocke
in
the
mornyng
.
And
perceyuynge
that
his
horse
was
wery
and
sore
trauailed
,
he
lodged
in
a
ferme
where
he
rested
vntyll
the
next
morrowe
,
that
he
was
taken
and
brought
as
prisoner
.
Answer
.
This
article
appertaineth
particularly
to
the
said
Poltrot
,
and
therfore
he
referreth
it
vnto
hym
,
praising
god
in
the
meane
while
for
all
hys
iuste
iudgementes
.
Deposition
.
And
vpon
that
,
which
the
said
quene
mother
examined
him
whether
any
other
were
consenting
to
the
said
enterprise
,
beside
the
lord
of
Chastillon
&
the
said
ministers
.
He
said
that
he
was
neuer
spoken
to
of
it
,
by
any
other
persons
than
by
the
said
lord
of
Chastillon
,
the
sayd
Theodore
de
Beze
and
his
fellow
:
but
yet
he
thinketh
that
he
lord
of
Roche
foucaul
knew
some
thing
of
the
matter
,
forasmuch
as
when
he
arryued
at
the
said
Ville
●ranche
,
besyde
the
toun
of
Celles
:
the
sayde
Roche
foucault
shewed
him
a
good
countenance
,
and
said
he
was
welcome
.
Aunswer
.
This
confession
is
manifestly
contrary
to
that
which
before
he
declared
against
Feuqueres
and
Capitain
Brion
,
and
yet
wrongfullye
and
without
cause
,
as
the
said
lord
Admyrall
thynketh
.
And
as
for
that
which
concerneth
the
erle
of
Rochefoucault
he
aunswereth
truely
,
that
if
he
had
knowen
any
thing
of
such
an
enterprise
he
woulde
not
denye
it
:
but
he
neuer
hearde
any
talke
of
any
suche
thing
before
it
was
done
,
and
referreth
it
also
to
the
iudgement
of
all
vpright
men
,
whether
the
contecture
of
the
saide
Deponent
bee
well
grounded
or
not
:
and
whether
it
appeareth
not
that
the
sayde
Poltrot
hath
beene
rather
procured
to
accuse
the
said
erle
of
Rochefoucault
by
som
manner
of
meane
than
to
testifye
the
truth
.
Deposition
And
as
touching
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
beyng
therevpon
demaunded
saith
he
neuer
knewe
that
he
was
priuy
to
the
sayde
enterprise
neyther
that
he
knewe
any
thyng
of
it
,
and
thynketh
in
his
conscience
that
he
neuer
knewe
of
it
.
But
contrary
wyse
the
fyrst
time
that
the
sayd
lord
of
Chastillon
spake
of
this
enterprise
,
the
said
Deponent
asked
hym
if
the
prince
of
Conde
wold
haue
him
to
do
it
,
the
said
lord
Admyrall
aunswered
,
and
said
,
that
he
needed
not
aske
any
thing
as
concerning
the
prince
of
Conde
.
Answer
.
The
sayde
lorde
Admirall
perceyneth
by
this
article
the
crafte
and
subtiltye
of
his
enemies
,
goyng
about
by
al
meanes
to
separate
hym
and
al
this
army
from
the
Prince
of
Conde
lieue
tenaunt
generall
for
the
kynge
in
the
said
army
.
But
he
is
assured
that
such
practises
by
the
grace
of
God
,
shall
returne
and
fall
vppon
their
owne
heades
.
Furthermore
he
douteth
him
not
but
will
beare
alwayes
witnes
of
the
integritye
,
honestye
,
and
innocencye
of
the
sayde
prynce
,
not
onely
in
thys
deede
,
but
also
in
all
that
is
taken
in
hande
done
,
saide
,
or
written
by
hym
in
this
warre
,
and
denieth
plainly
and
expressely
the
ende
of
the
saide
article
referring
hymselfe
to
that
he
hath
answered
before
.
Deposition
.
Likewise
he
declareth
that
Monsieur
Dandelot
neuer
spake
to
hym
of
it
,
nor
the
lord
of
Soubize
,
but
contrarye
wise
when
the
said
Deponent
declared
vnto
him
the
first
talk
that
the
lord
of
Chastillon
hadde
with
hym
,
of
which
he
hath
before
spoken
,
the
sayd
Soubize
said
vnto
him
,
that
it
oughte
not
to
be
done
by
that
meanes
,
for
yf
God
would
punish
the
saide
Duke
of
Guyse
he
wold
do
it
another
way
,
not
vsyng
such
maner
of
doyngs
.
Answer
.
The
sayd
lord
Admirall
thinketh
in
his
conscience
,
that
the
saide
Poltrot
had
neuer
suche
talke
with
the
sayde
Soubize
,
for
he
neuer
vnderstode
any
thing
therof
:
and
also
douteth
nothing
of
the
innocency
of
Monsieur
Dandelot
his
brother
nor
of
the
said
Soubize
.
Deposition
.
And
also
the
said
Deponent
hath
aduertised
and
warned
the
quene
to
beware
and
to
take
hede
to
her selfe
,
because
that
synce
the
battail
besyde
Dre●●
the
said
lord
of
Chastillon
,
with
the
capitains
and
souldiors
being
with
him
beare
her
euill
wil
,
saying
,
that
she
betra●ed
them
,
bicause
she
promised
them
before
Paris
many
thinges
which
she
hath
not
perfourmed
.
Answer
.
The
said
lord
Admirall
saieth
,
that
this
aduertisement
and
warning
can
not
procede
but
out
of
a
wicked
mind
,
which
desireth
nothyng
elles
but
the
continuance
of
the
present
miseries
and
calamities
of
this
realme
:
&
for
proofe
of
his
fidelity
&
faithfulnes
he
cannot
haue
better
witnes
than
the
quene
her self
,
with
the
seruices
that
he
hath
done
heretofore
,
protesting
before
g●d
that
by
his
grace
no
euill
entreating
made
him
euer
nor
shal
n●uer
make
him
forget
the
duty
and
obedience
that
he
oweth
vnto
their
maiesties
&
to
his
countrey
,
&
he
douteth
not
but
the
intent
&
mind
of
the
lordes
,
capitaines
,
and
other
of
his
army
is
so
likewise
.
Deposition
.
Sayeng
more
ouer
,
that
there
wer
many
persons
,
as
well
in
the
traine
of
the
court
as
folowing
this
campe
,
which
were
sent
by
the
saide
lorde
of
Chastillon
to
execute
the
lyke
enterprises
:
yet
he
neuer
hearde
them
named
,
whom
the
Lorde
of
Chastillon
would
haue
to
be
kylled
:
but
onely
in
generall
woordes
,
he
hearde
hym
say
,
that
after
the
said
duke
of
Guise
shoulde
be
kylled
,
he
woulde
cause
the
lyke
to
be
doone
to
all
those
that
successiuely
would
rule
and
leade
the
army
,
and
also
that
there
muste
bee
slayne
sixe
or
seuen
knyghtes
of
the
order
,
not
otherwyse
namyng
them
,
but
that
he
vnderstode
it
commonly
by
the
capitaynes
and
souldiors
beyng
at
Orleance
,
which
hated
greatly
the
lorde
Duke
of
Montpensier
,
and
monsieur
de
Sansa●
:
and
that
if
the
sayd
duke
of
Guyse
were
slain
together
with
the
sayde
knyghtes
of
the
order
,
to
whome
they
bare
euyll
wyll
,
they
woulde
than
come
to
the
courte
to
submytte
theym selues
to
the
grace
and
pardon
of
the
kynge
,
and
would
doo
what
he
would
commaund
them
.
Answere
.
The
sayde
lorde
admyrall
answereth
to
this
article
,
as
vnto
the
next
before
it
,
leauing
it
to
al
men
to
iudge
that
know
him
whether
it
smell
lyke
a
trouthe
,
that
in
case
he
had
taken
in
hande
suche
enterprises
he
would
haue
discouered
theym
vnto
suche
a
man
as
the
sayd
Poltrot
is
.
And
as
touchyng
that
he
sayth
,
that
he
heard
it
sayde
of
the
capitaynes
and
souldiours
,
the
sayd
lord
admirall
ought
not
to
aunswere
to
it
,
and
yet
beleueth
it
not
to
bee
true
,
specially
seynge
there
is
not
so
greate
occasion
nor
apparence
of
hatred
against
them
which
are
named
in
the
said
Article
.
Deposition
.
He
saith
moreouer
,
that
being
in
the
town
of
Bloys
with
the
said
duke
of
Guyse
,
whyle
the
Campe
was
at
Messas
,
he
found
in
the
gardens
of
the
said
town
nigh
vnto
the
king
,
who
than
playd
at
the
mallet
&
the
ball
,
a
man
of
a
mean
stature
with
a
red
berd
,
red
hose
and
a
ierkyn
of
lether
cut
,
which
had
a
dagge
ready
charged
and
spande
in
his
hande
,
whome
sometyme
he
had
seene
at
Orleance
,
in
the
saide
lord
of
Chastillons
hall
.
Answere
.
The
sayd
lorde
Admyrall
can
not
tell
what
the
sayd
Poltrot
myght
see
at
Bloys
,
and
therefore
ought
not
to
answere
to
it
:
but
he
knoweth
verye
well
,
that
he
and
all
hys
army
beare
accordyng
to
their
duetie
,
a
singuler
affection
,
obedience
and
reuerence
to
his
maiestie
,
as
his
true
and
faithfull
subiectes
and
seruants
,
and
that
they
haue
nothyng
in
this
worlde
so
deare
vnto
theym
,
as
the
prosperitie
and
wealth
of
their
prince
and
kyng
.
Deposition
.
And
furthermore
,
that
he
sawe
in
this
campe
fower
men
well
horsed
,
whose
names
he
knewe
not
,
but
he
knoweth
them
if
he
see
them
,
whych
wer
in
the
hall
at
Orleance
when
he
spake
with
the
said
lord
of
Chastillon
the
laste
tyme
,
and
the
sayde
lorde
of
Chastillon
asked
him
,
if
he
would
be
knowen
vnto
the
said
men
,
who
also
had
promised
him
to
execute
other
enterprises
.
But
this
deponent
fearyng
to
be
descried
,
prayed
the
sayd
lord
of
Chastillon
not
to
discouer
hym
vnto
them
:
And
sayde
,
that
if
they
woulde
geue
him
libertie
to
walke
about
the
campe
,
he
trusted
to
fynde
them
out
,
and
to
shewe
them
.
Answere
.
The
said
lord
Admirall
saith
that
calumnie
and
false
report
was
forged
in
the
same
shoppe
that
the
other
were
,
and
for
to
haue
certaine
&
true
knowledge
therof
,
they
shold
haue
suffred
the
said
Poltrot
to
walk
about
the
campe
with
a
good
&
sure
gard
about
hym
.
Deposition
Being
demanded
what
the
said
lord
of
Chastillon
departing
from
Orleance
to
go
into
Normandie
went
to
doo
&
worke
:
said
,
that
he
purposed
to
go
to
ioyne
with
the
Englishemen
,
and
to
bring
them
to
Orleance
:
&
that
at
his
departyng
he
promised
his
brother
monsieur
D'andriot
,
that
if
the
said
duke
of
Guise
wold
come
to
besiege
the
said
towne
of
Orleance
,
he
wold
come
with
succour
,
and
wold
seke
to
gyue
hym
battaile
.
Answere
.
The
sayd
lord
Admirall
answereth
that
his
enemies
sekyng
so
curiously
all
meanes
to
destroy
hym
,
vnder
the
colour
and
pretext
of
iustice
,
shoulde
haue
sought
out
thynges
by
some
other
of
his
counsell
,
than
by
the
sayd
Poltrot
,
or
other
suche
as
he
is
:
And
also
the
said
Poltrot
was
not
at
Orleance
whan
the
sayd
lorde
Admirall
departed
from
thence
at
the
lest
that
he
knewe
of
,
and
therfore
could
not
testifie
any
thynge
but
by
heresaye
,
what
he
had
promysed
vnto
the
sayd
monsieur
Dandelot
his
brother
.
And
furthermore
,
the
sayd
lorde
admirall
sayth
,
that
it
shall
not
be
founde
that
he
euer
dyd
it
,
and
that
he
had
rather
dye
,
than
to
thynke
ones
to
doo
any
thyng
contrary
to
the
dutie
of
a
true
and
faithfull
subiecte
and
seruant
of
his
maiestie
:
as
he
wil
shewe
it
at
all
tymes
when
nede
shall
require
.
Deposition
.
Furthermore
,
beyng
demanded
of
the
maner
of
the
deathe
of
the
late
marshal
saint
Andre
,
and
after
what
sort
he
was
killed
,
said
that
he
heard
say
at
Orleance
of
many
gentilmen
that
forasmuch
as
the
sayd
Marshall
Saint
Andre
had
first
geuen
his
faith
to
a
yonge
gentylman
of
a
highe
stature
with
a
lyttle
abern
bearde
:
and
afterwarde
the
seconde
tyme
had
geuen
his
said
faith
to
the
prince
of
Portian
,
the
said
gentylman
to
whom
he
had
fyrst
geuen
his
fayth
,
killed
hym
with
his
dagge
:
and
more
the
said
deponent
sayde
not
.
The
mynute
he
hath
signed
.
The
.xxii.
of
the
said
moneths
and
yere
,
this
present
confession
or
depositions
being
made
yesterday
by
the
said
Iohn
de
Poltrot
,
before
the
quene
and
the
lordes
of
the
counsell
,
and
knightes
of
the
order
were
red
and
repeted
agayne
to
the
saide
Poltrot
,
in
the
whiche
his
confession
after
an
othe
by
him
taken
,
he
persisted
,
saying
that
it
conteined
the
truth
:
and
in
witnesse
therof
,
signed
euery
leafe
of
the
minute
,
thus
signed
.
P.
Maluaut
.
Answere
.
If
the
said
Poltrot
,
either
for
feare
of
deth
,
or
by
any
other
subornation
or
persuasion
hath
persisted
in
his
false
&
inuented
confessions
:
The
said
lorde
admirall
,
&
they
that
by
them
be
charged
with
him
,
haue
more
reason
to
persist
in
their
answers
which
contein
the
pure
and
plaine
truth
.
And
for
as
much
as
the
verification
of
all
this
matter
dependeth
vpon
the
bryngyng
of
the
said
Poltrot
face
to
face
before
them
whom
he
hath
charged
,
the
said
lorde
admirall
with
the
other
aforenamed
,
after
hauynge
refused
the
courtes
of
parliament
,
&
all
other
iudges
which
haue
manifestly
declared
themselues
their
enemies
in
these
present
tumultes
:
most
humbly
besech
the
kings
maiestie
,
to
appoint
&
commaund
that
the
said
Poltrot
may
bee
wel
&
safly
kept
,
in
place
where
he
may
neither
be
put
in
feare
nor
suborned
,
vntill
it
shal
plese
god
to
graunt
the
long
desired
and
necessary
peace
in
this
realme
:
and
that
by
this
means
the
whole
matter
may
be
verified
and
ended
before
vpright
&
vnsuspect
iudges
:
and
in
case
that
any
of
the
said
iudges
of
the
parliament
or
any
other
will
forthewith
procede
in
iudgement
and
execution
of
the
sayde
Poltrot
,
and
by
that
meanes
take
from
the
said
lord
admiral
&
from
al
thother
the
true
meane
&
way
to
iustify
themselues
of
the
said
fals
accusations
,
they
protest
of
their
integritie
,
innocency
,
&
honest
reputation
,
and
stand
against
the
said
iudges
and
againste
all
other
to
whom
it
shal
appertayne
.
Geuen
at
Caen
in
Normandy
the
12.
day
of
Marche
.
1562.
Thus
signed
.
Chastillon
.
La
Rochefoucault
.
〈◊〉
B●ze
.