THE
LIFE
OF
LEWIS
of
BOVRBON
,
LATE
Prince
of
Conde
.
Imprimatur
,
Jan.
9
1092/3.
EDMUND
BOHUN
.
ADVERTISEMENT
.
MEMOIRS
of
Emeric
Count
Teckely
,
in
Four
Books
:
Wherein
are
Related
all
the
most
considerable
Transactions
in
Hungary
and
the
Ottoman
Empire
;
from
his
Birth
,
An.
1656
,
till
after
the
Battel
of
Salankement
,
in
the
year
1691.
Translated
out
of
French
.
Printed
for
Tim.
Goodwin
at
the
Maiden-head
against
St.
Dunstan's
Church
in
Fleet-street
.
LOUIS
DE
BOURBON
PRINCE
DE
CONDE
.
THE
LIFE
OF
LEWIS
of
BOVRBON
,
LATE
Prince
of
Conde
.
Digested
into
ANNALS
.
With
many
Curious
REMARKS
on
the
Transactions
of
EVROPE
for
these
last
Sixty
Years
.
Done
out
of
French
.
LONDON
:
Printed
for
Tim.
Goodwin
at
the
Maiden-Head
against
St.
Dunstan's
Church
in
Fleetstreet
.
MDCXCIII
.
TO
The
Right
Honourable
WILLIAM
Earl
of
Devonshire
,
Lord
Steward
of
Their
MAIESTIES
Houshold
,
Lord
Lieutenant
of
the
County
of
DERBY
,
Knight
of
the
most
Noble
Order
of
the
Garter
,
and
One
of
Their
Majesties
most
Honourable
Privy
Council
,
&c.
My
Lord
,
BY
Encouraging
the
Translating
of
useful
Books
,
the
French
Nation
have
made
an
Universal
Conquest
upon
Learning
.
They
have
by
this
Method
possest
themselves
of
the
Wit
,
Wisdom
,
and
Experience
of
all
Ages
and
Climates
.
'T
is
no
Scandal
to
take
Example
by
an
Enemy
,
in
what
is
Commendable
;
and
our
imitating
them
in
this
Practise
is
one
way
of
making
Reprizals
.
I
confess
,
that
Translations
from
French
Originals
,
are
only
for
the
Advantage
of
common
English
Readers
;
but
they
being
the
Generality
,
the
Benefit
is
Publick
:
For
which
Reason
it
is
not
below
the
Dignity
of
our
Court
and
Nobility
to
Countenance
such
Endeavours
.
'T
was
upon
this
Account
that
I
presum'd
to
Offer
the
following
Translation
to
Your
Lordship's
Protection
,
in
order
to
its
Publick
Reception
.
You
are
the
English
Varus
.
Nec
gratior
ulla
est
Quam
sibi
quae
Vari
praescripsit
Pagina
Nomen
.
This
Piece
may
be
thus
Recommended
to
our
Countreymen
,
and
find
that
welcome
Entertainment
which
a
Vseful
History
deserves
.
It
likewise
gave
me
an
Opportunity
(
as
Zeal
is
always
Officious
)
of
expressing
(
in
some
measure
)
the
Respect
I
am
oblig'd
to
Entertain
for
Your
Lordship
,
as
an
Eminent
Patron
of
the
Muses
.
But
if
I
were
an
utter
Stranger
to
them
,
I
have
at
least
an
Englishman's
Right
of
Offering
my
small
Tribute
of
Acknowledgments
among
the
Crowd
of
Your
Admirers
.
'T
is
impossible
for
Sublimest
Wits
to
say
what
they
ought
upon
this
Theme
,
and
for
the
Meanest
not
to
say
something
;
since
the
ablest
Panegyrist
in
Attempting
Your
Character
can
only
speak
the
Sense
of
Nations
.
Even
Foreign
Courts
are
sufficiently
Acquainted
with
Your
Worth
;
and
if
any
are
so
little
Civiliz'd
as
to
be
Strangers
to
Your
Name
,
they
may
inform
themselves
where-ever
Good
Sense
or
Gallantry
are
in
any
Esteem
.
'T
is
both
Your
Happiness
and
Merit
to
be
Admir'd
Abroad
,
and
Belov'd
at
Home
.
Your
Lordship
appears
so
much
a
Favourite
of
Heaven
and
Nature
,
that
I
can
never
think
of
You
without
calling
to
Mind
that
Horatian
Character
of
the
Roman
Tibullus
;
I
know
not
how
the
Description
squar'd
with
Him
;
but
if
it
were
then
a
Complimen●
,
't
is
now
prov'd
a
Prophecy
.
Dii
tibi
Formam
Dii
tibi
Divitias
dederant
Artemque
fruendi
.
Quid
vovest
dulci
Nutricula
●ajus
Alumno
Quam
fap●re
&
fari
possit
quid
Sentiat
;
&
Cui
Gratia
,
Fama
,
Valetudo
,
contingat
abunde
.
Your
Advantages
of
Fortune
and
Person
might
create
Envy
in
some
,
if
Your
greater
Accomplishments
of
Mind
,
and
most
obliging
Nature
,
did
not
irresistably
command
the
Affections
of
All.
Your
Noble
Ancestry
bequeathed
You
those
Endowments
that
were
capable
of
being
bequeathed
;
and
You
have
furnish'd
Your self
with
such
as
are
not
to
be
transmitted
by
Descent
,
but
obtain'd
by
the
particular
Vertue
of
the
Successor
.
Courage
,
Constancy
,
Magnificence
,
Justice
and
Liberality
,
are
deriv'd
to
You
with
Your
Blood
,
and
,
with
relation
to
the
Publick
,
true
English
Principles
are
Yours
by
Inheritance
.
You
are
happy
in
Examples
of
Your
Ancestors
,
and
more
happy
in
Personally
maintaining
the
Honour
and
Reputation
of
so
Illustrious
a
Family
.
You
preserve
with
their
Greatness
,
their
Condescention
and
Affability
.
Generous
Actions
are
Your
delight
;
and
when
You
dispense
Your
Favours
,
Your
Judgment
as
well
as
Generosity
is
exerted
.
Want
and
Merit
are
ever
the
Objects
of
Your
Compassion
.
You
have
the
Art
of
supporting
Grandeur
without
Formality
;
even
Business
it self
by
a
peculiar
Felicity
,
sits
easie
upon
You.
You
manage
the
Hurry
of
Affairs
with
that
Tranquility
,
that
is
scarce
to
be
found
in
the
Cell
or
Cloyster
.
Your
Method
resembles
that
of
Nature
,
whose
greatest
Progresses
are
carry'd
on
with
Serenity
:
The
shallowest
Streams
are
always
the
most
noisy
;
the
deeper
the
Current
,
the
greater
the
Silence
.
Your
Retirement
again
is
never
unactive
;
and
he
that
follows
You
to
your
Retreat
,
shall
find
you
,
Tacitum
Sylvas
inter
reptare
Salubres
Curantem
Quid
sit
dignum
Sapiente
Bonoque
.
Your
Lordship
has
shown
the
world
that
a
States-man
can
be
a
Friend
,
and
a
Courtier
an
English-man
;
that
Complaisance
and
Gallantry
can
consist
with
Sincerity
and
good
Sense
.
I
will
not
pretend
to
enumerate
all
those
Qualifications
that
endear
You
to
Your
Countrey
,
being
sensible
how
imperfectly
I
have
touch'd
what
is
obvious
to
every
man's
Eye
;
my
comfort
is
,
That
the
Readers
Private
Sentiments
will
do
You
Justice
:
I
will
only
presume
to
join
with
them
in
hearty
Wishes
,
That
Your
Lordship
may
long
continue
in
your
flourishing
Prosperity
,
an
Ornament
to
the
Court
of
Great
Britain
,
an
Assistant
to
Their
Majesties
,
and
the
Nation
's
Affairs
,
belov'd
by
Your
Country
as
much
as
You
are
a
Lover
of
it
.
This
is
every
true
Englishman's
Prayer
,
and
particularly
of
My
Lord
,
Your
LORDSHIP'S
Most
Humble
and
Devoted
Servant
,
N.
TATE
.
The
PREFACE
.
THE
Life
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
has
been
inquir'd
after
so
long
since
,
that
considering
my
disability
to
answer
the
Publick
Expectations
,
for
want
of
all
the
Memoirs
that
I
stood
in
need
of
(
for
it
would
require
an
Age
to
get
'em
all
)
I
design'd
to
have
set
forth
a
Collection
of
all
the
Printed
Relations
of
the
Campaigns
,
wherein
the
Prince
had
commanded
in
chief
,
of
the
Battels
he
had
won
,
the
strong
Holds
of
which
he
had
made
himself
Master
,
and
of
such
other
Pieces
which
I
had
taken
care
to
get
together
;
to
which
purpose
no
diligence
was
omitted
,
though
some
of
'em
were
become
very
scarce
.
And
there
is
no
question
to
be
made
,
but
that
such
a
Rude
Collection
alone
would
have
been
very
grateful
.
For
People
would
have
been
glad
to
see
such
a
Prospect
of
the
Atchievements
of
so
great
a
Hero
as
the
Prince
of
Conde
;
and
the
greatest
part
of
those
Pieces
,
though
printed
long
before
,
would
have
been
Novelties
to
many
People
.
Nevertheless
,
considering
that
if
those
Pieces
were
read
successively
according
to
the
Order
of
Time
,
and
shap'd
into
a
Methodical
Form
of
History
,
they
would
please
much
better
,
I
determin'd
to
take
that
course
.
So
that
when
you
find
entire
the
greatest
part
of
those
Relations
which
have
already
appear'd
,
and
of
which
some
begin
already
to
be
quite
out
of
print
,
you
will
find
an
Abstract
of
the
Life
of
that
great
Personage
sufficiently
guarded
with
the
Circumstances
of
Relation
,
and
the
Principal
Matters
that
compleat
his
History
.
We
are
to
inform
the
Reader
farther
,
That
by
the
Assistance
of
Particular
Memoirs
which
we
receiv'd
from
several
Officers
who
had
serv'd
under
the
Prince
,
and
Letters
written
by
Persons
who
had
free
access
to
Chantilli
,
there
are
many
Circumstances
here
mentioned
which
were
never
Printed
,
nor
are
any
other
where
to
be
found
.
As
to
what
remains
,
we
must
acknowledge
,
That
we
have
made
use
of
the
Memoirs
of
Rochefoucault
,
Tavanes
,
Puysegur
;
the
History
of
Marshal
Gassion
,
the
Theatrum
Gallicum
,
M.
de
Leti
,
the
History
of
the
French
Monarchy
;
The
History
of
the
Present
Age
;
That
of
the
Wars
of
Holland
;
That
of
Sweden
by
Puffendorf
,
Labardaeus
de
Rebus
Gallicis
,
Prido
,
P.
Rapin
,
P.
Bergier
,
and
the
Principal
Funeral
Orations
that
have
been
preach'd
in
honour
of
the
Prince's
Memory
.
THE
HISTORY
OF
LEWIS
de
BOVRBON
,
Prince
of
Conde
.
First
Book
.
THE
World
has
no
such
reason
to
wonder
,
The
Design
of
the
Work
.
that
tho'
the
Prince
of
Conde
has
been
dead
for
so
many
Years
,
yet
no
Body
attempted
any
sooner
to
write
his
Life
.
He
was
a
Prince
whose
Life
was
intermix'd
with
so
many
Varieties
and
Changes
of
Fortune
,
1621.
who
signaliz'd
himself
by
so
many
great
and
glorious
Actions
,
and
whose
retiring
from
Business
had
something
so
Heroick
in
it
,
that
it
must
be
thence
concluded
,
that
such
a
History
,
delightful
in
the
General
Knowledge
of
it
,
could
not
choose
but
be
acceptable
,
when
inlarg'd
into
particulars
.
And
it
would
be
so
much
the
more
kindly
entertain'd
,
in
regard
the
Publick
is
encourag'd
to
believe
that
some
Body
will
undertake
it
.
For
my
part
I
have
neither
Memoirs
anow
,
nor
Ability
sufficient
to
Enterprise
so
great
a
Work
;
so
that
I
shall
not
adventure
to
presume
so
far
.
The
Design
which
I
propose
to
my self
,
is
only
to
collect
together
such
Relations
,
as
have
been
made
from
time
to
time
,
of
the
most
remarkable
Actions
of
this
Prince
,
and
to
tack
these
Pieces
in
such
a
manner
,
one
to
another
,
as
to
make
an
Epitome
of
his
Life
,
from
his
Birth
to
the
time
of
his
Decease
:
to
the
end
,
the
Reader
may
have
a
view
of
the
Battels
which
he
won
,
or
wherein
he
signaliz'd
his
Courage
;
the
Sieges
of
the
Towns
which
he
took
,
and
of
the
Consequence
of
those
great
Victories
,
to
which
indeed
the
Monarchy
of
France
is
beholding
for
her
Grandeur
.
The
Birth
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
Lewis
of
Bourbon
,
the
II.
of
that
Name
,
that
is
to
say
,
the
Hero
of
whom
I
am
now
to
speak
,
was
born
at
Paris
,
the
8
th
.
of
September
,
in
the
Year
,
1621.
Lewis
the
XIII
.
his
God-Father
,
gave
him
his
own
Name
,
and
while
his
Father
liv'd
,
he
bore
the
Title
of
Duke
of
Enguiens
.
This
Young
Prince
was
Grand-Son
to
Lewis
the
I.
that
famous
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
after
the
Death
of
Henry
II.
put
himself
at
the
Head
of
the
Male-contents
,
in
the
Civil-Wars
about
Religion
,
for
those
Reasons
which
are
known
to
all
the
World
;
and
Son
of
Henry
of
Bourbon
,
and
Margaret
of
Monmorenci
.
After
the
Death
of
Lewis
I.
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
was
slain
after
a
most
execrable
manner
,
by
a
Captain
of
the
Duke
of
Anjou's
Guards
,
Hen.
IV.
who
to
preserve
his
Crown
,
found
himself
constrain'd
to
renounce
his
Religion
,
was
desirous
that
the
Young
Henry
should
be
bred
up
in
the
same
Principles
which
he
had
embrac'd
himself
,
and
had
begun
both
to
practise
and
profess
.
To
which
purpose
,
he
was
put
into
the
Hands
of
those
who
were
made
choice
of
for
his
Education
.
And
such
extraordinary
Care
was
tak'n
to
infuse
into
this
Young
Prince
an
early
good
Opinion
and
Affection
for
the
Catholick
Religion
,
that
never
was
any
Prince
more
Zealous
then
He
for
the
Roman
Worship
.
Insomuch
,
that
it
may
be
said
of
him
,
that
he
was
born
for
the
Re-establishment
of
the
Catholick
Religion
,
which
the
Prince
,
his
Father
,
would
have
rooted
out
of
France
;
that
he
only
liv'd
to
defend
it
;
and
that
he
was
the
Ornament
and
Glory
of
it
.
It
may
be
readily
conjectur'd
by
this
Portraicture
,
1629.
that
Prince
Henry
of
Bourbon
was
no
less
desirous
that
his
Son
,
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
His
Studies
.
should
be
brought
up
betimes
in
the
knowledge
of
a
Religion
of
which
himself
was
in
some
measure
the
Support
and
Column
.
And
he
had
a
Passion
so
extraordinary
for
it
,
that
so
soon
as
he
arriv'd
to
be
8
Years
of
Age
,
his
Father
sent
him
to
Bourges
,
to
the
Colledge
of
Jesuits
,
where
he
was
committed
to
the
Tuition
of
two
Persons
of
that
Order
,
the
most
able
and
learned
that
could
be
found
.
Thus
the
Young
Prince
continu'd
Three
Years
in
that
House
,
going
regularly
every
day
to
his
Form
or
Classis
,
as
well
as
the
Rest
of
the
Inferiour
Schollers
.
And
in
regard
he
had
a
quick
and
piercing
Wit
,
a
retentive
Memory
,
and
a
great
number
of
Natural
Endowments
,
his
Tutors
understood
so
well
to
cultivate
his
Genius
,
that
at
Twelve
Years
of
Age
he
was
able
to
discourse
of
Religion
after
a
very
rational
manner
,
and
at
Thirteen
Years
of
Age
,
he
had
improv'd
himself
so
perfectly
in
his
course
of
Phylosophy
,
that
he
maintain'd
several
Thesis's
and
Arguments
in
publick
,
with
that
subtlety
and
solidity
that
he
became
the
wonder
of
all
that
heard
him
.
Certain
it
is
,
that
this
Great
Prince
was
a
proper
Receptacle
for
all
manner
of
Sciences
and
Learning
,
but
his
predominant
Passion
led
him
to
a
Martial
Life
.
For
that
reason
he
was
desirous
to
understand
the
Art
of
War
,
so
soon
as
he
found
himself
in
a
Condition
to
undergo
the
Fatigues
and
Hardships
that
attend
it
.
And
he
no
sooner
set
forward
in
that
Illustrious
Career
,
but
he
made
surprizing
Progresses
.
His
most
Early
Years
were
remarkable
and
signaliz'd
with
all
the
happy
Presages
that
usually
accompany
the
Infancy
of
Extraordinary
Men
;
and
the
Accomplishment
of
'em
was
so
quick
,
that
People
had
hardly
time
to
distinguish
the
Effects
from
the
Hopes
.
The
Marshalls
de
Chaunes
,
de
Chatill●n
,
&
de
la
Meilleraye
,
besieg'd
the
City
of
Arras
,
in
the
Year
,
1640.
1640.
And
having
repuls'd
the
Cardinal
Infanta
,
He
is
present
at
the
Siege
of
Arras
.
who
attempted
to
raise
the
Siege
;
they
carri'd
the
Place
two
months
after
.
The
Duke
of
Enguien
perform'd
his
first
Campaign
,
under
these
Generals
,
as
a
Volunteer
:
and
he
signaliz'd
himself
,
in
this
Siege
,
for
his
Bravery
,
all
along
,
from
the
very
first
day
that
the
Trenches
were
open'd
;
nor
was
it
a
little
that
he
contributed
to
repair
the
Ignominy
of
that
ill
Success
which
had
some
days
before
befall'n
the
French
Army
at
the
Sieges
of
Charlemont
and
Mariembourg
,
which
they
were
constrain'd
to
raise
.
He
was
Marrid
the
Year
following
,
and
espoused
Clara
Clementia
de
Maille-Breze
,
1641.
who
was
Wealthy
to
abundance
;
for
she
was
the
Daughter
of
Marshal
de
Breze
,
who
being
Cardinal
Richlie●'s
Brother-in-law
,
H●s
Marriage
.
had
been
advanc'd
to
Places
of
great
Dignity
and
Importance
.
'T
is
said
,
that
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
who
aspir'd
to
a
higher
Alliance
,
shewed
at
first
a
Reluctancy
to
match
himself
into
the
Family
of
that
Minister
,
and
that
he
stood
upon
his
Punctilioes
,
like
a
Person
of
great
Honour
and
Gallantry
.
But
in
regard
that
Cardinal
Richlieu
,
to
speak
properly
was
then
King
;
some
there
are
who
say
,
that
Lewis
XIII
.
gave
him
to
understand
,
that
't
was
his
Pleasure
to
have
the
Match
concluded
,
unless
he
had
a
mind
to
incur
his
Anger
;
and
that
the
Cardinal
,
whose
will
was
a
Law
,
had
layd
a
Contrivance
to
have
him
arrested
under
some
specious
pretence
,
if
he
should
hesitate
never
so
little
upon
the
Proposal
which
was
made
him
;
nay
,
if
he
did
not
make
the
first
steps
of
Courtship
to
the
Lady
.
However
it
were
,
the
Duke
of
Enguien
went
to
visit
the
Cardinal
,
who
at
that
time
was
at
Ruel
:
So
that
the
Match
was
concluded
at
that
Visit
;
and
the
11
th
.
of
February
the
Nuptial
Ceremonies
were
perform'd
with
Royal
Magnificen●e
.
War
,
as
I
have
already
said
,
being
the
prevailing
Passion
that
sway'd
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
He
is
present
at
the
Siege
of
Aire
.
no
sooner
the
French
took
the
Field
,
in
the
Year
,
1641.
but
he
accompani'd
Marshal
de
Meil●eray
into
Elanders
,
and
was
at
the
Siege
of
Aire
,
which
was
a
most
remarkable
Siege
,
and
where
he
signaliz'd
himself
with
no
less
Gallentry
then
in
the
Trenches
of
Arras
.
Aire
Surrender'd
upon
Composition
;
but
the
Spanish
Garrison
was
hardly
march'd
out
of
the
Town
,
before
the
Spaniards
made
themselves
Masters
of
Lil●ers
,
and
immediately
after
,
were
resolv'd
to
fall
upon
the
French
in
their
Lines
,
or
to
starve
'em
in
their
Entrenchments
,
if
they
refus'd
to
fight
.
General
Lamboy's
Army
,
which
the
Spaniards
had
brought
into
Alsatia
,
puft
up
with
the
Victory
which
they
had
won
at
La
Marfee
,
near
Sedan
,
An
occasion
wherein
the
Prince
of
Conde
signalizes
himself
.
march'd
just
before
the
Van-guard
,
in
the
very
Face
of
the
French
Army
.
Of
which
,
so
soon
as
Marshal
Gassion
had
Intelligence
,
he
Salli'd
out
of
the
Camp
,
with
a
part
of
his
Regiment
,
to
observe
the
March
of
the
Enemy
,
and
to
Charge
'em
in
the
Rear
,
if
they
pass'd
forward
.
But
he
was
so
surpriz'd
to
see
so
numerous
an
Army
making
towards
him
,
that
he
retreated
about
a
Mile
,
and
made
a
stand
,
upon
a
Rising
Ground
,
at
the
corner
of
a
little
Copse
,
where
he
stood
secure
.
But
that
which
stopt
the
Marshal
de
Gassion
,
could
not
stop
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
who
being
mounted
a
Horseback
,
in
Company
with
Marshal
de
la
Meilleray
,
and
about
three
or
fourscore
Lords
,
and
some
Volunteers
,
to
view
the
Enemy
,
advanc'd
so
far
,
that
all
of
a
suddain
they
found
themselves
environ'd
with
two
great
Squadrons
of
Horse
,
from
which
they
had
much
ado
to
free
themselves
;
but
at
length
they
did
get
rid
of
'em
,
in
such
a
manner
as
redounded
highly
to
their
Honour
:
For
after
a
short
,
but
very
hot
Conflict
for
the
time
,
they
regain'd
their
Lin●s
,
without
much
loss
;
and
particular
Commendations
were
bestow'd
upon
the
Young
Duke
,
for
the
Bravery
and
undaunted
Courage
which
he
had
shew'd
upon
that
Occasion
.
1642.
In
the
Year
1642.
Lewis
XIII
.
being
desirous
to
make
himself
Master
of
Perpignan
,
he
order'd
the
Marshalls
de
Schomb●rg
and
Meilleray
to
besiege
it
;
and
that
great
Monarch
was
present
,
in
Person
,
at
the
Siege
,
He
is
at
the
S●ege
of
Perpignan
,
and
●ommands
the
Arrierb●n
of
Langu●d●c
.
for
some
time
.
Nor
could
the
D.
of
Enguien
,
who
follow'd
the
King
,
fail
of
Employment
in
an
Enterprize
of
that
Nature
.
He
commanded
the
Gentry
and
Nobility
of
Languedoc
,
and
behav'd
himself
with
so
much
Honour
,
that
the
Town
being
constrain'd
to
yield
,
a●ter
a
Resistance
of
four
Months
,
believ'd
she
could
not
make
a
more
glorious
Surrender
then
by
delivering
the
Keys
of
her
Gates
to
the
Young
Prince
.
How
many
Lives
would
those
Marks
of
Valour
have
suffis'd
to
Honour
,
which
the
Duke
of
Enguien
gave
in
his
first
three
Campaignes
!
He
shew'd
an
Ability
to
Command
so
extraordinary
,
mo●e
especially
at
the
Siege
of
the
last
Place
,
that
Lewis
XIII
.
who
in
part
had
been
a
Witness
of
his
great
Actions
,
thought
he
could
not
do
France
a
greater
piece
of
Service
,
He
is
made
General
of
the
King
of
France
his
Army
.
then
to
put
him
at
the
Head
of
his
Armies
.
After
the
taking
of
Perpignan
,
which
was
attended
with
the
Surrender
of
Salces
,
and
the
total
Reduction
of
the
whole
Country
of
Roussillon
.
Cardinal
Richlieu
dy'd
upon
the
4
th
.
of
December
,
1642.
Death
of
Card.
Richlieu
.
All
People
imagin'd
,
that
upon
the
Death
of
that
Minister
,
the
Face
of
Affairs
would
have
strangely
alter'd
;
and
that
Lewis
the
XIII
.
who
had
been
as
it
were
a
Slave
for
twenty
Years
together
,
would
take
that
opportunity
to
break
his
Chains
.
But
through
a
strange
Fatality
,
not
easie
to
be
parallel'd
,
that
Prince
who
had
boasted
,
upon
the
News
of
the
C●rdinals
Death
,
that
now
he
should
begin
to
be
a
King
,
had
not
however
the
Courage
to
shake
off
so
base
and
ignominious
a
Yoke
;
and
notwithstanding
the
aversion
he
had
for
the
Memory
of
that
Cardinal
,
he
saw
himself
constrain'd
,
through
his
own
Cowardliness
,
not
only
to
dissemble
one
part
of
his
Sentiments
,
but
to
authorize
the
Disposal
,
which
that
Minister
had
made
by
his
last
Will
,
of
the
Principal
Employments
,
and
most
important
Preferments
in
the
Kingdom
.
In
a
word
,
the
Kindred
and
Favourites
of
Cardinal
Richlieu
enjoy'd
all
the
Advantages
which
he
had
procur'd
'em
,
altogether
as
peaceably
after
his
Death
,
as
they
did
in
his
Life-time
.
And
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
who
was
the
only
Person
of
all
his
Creatures
,
in
whom
he
most
confided
,
and
who
was
most
deeply
engag'd
in
his
Interests
,
was
made
choice
of
to
Succeed
him
in
the
Government
of
Affairs
.
Bu●
according
to
all
probability
,
there
was
some
Prospect
of
a
suddain
Change
.
For
Lewis
XIII
.
had
so
long
labour'd
under
a
decaying
and
languishing
Distemper
,
that
there
was
no
hope
of
any
Cure
,
and
then
all
People
believ'd
that
so
soon
as
the
Queen
,
or
the
Duke
of
Orleance
cam●
to
the
Regency
,
that
Richlieu's
Party
would
be
utterly
discarded
;
but
they
fla●ter'd
themselves
in
vain
.
For
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
who
fore-saw
every
thing
that
could
happen
,
and
who
moreover
had
very
powerful
Reasons
to
side
with
the
Queen
,
and
preserve
his
Authority
by
that
means
,
made
use
of
all
his
Power
over
the
King
,
to
insinuate
into
his
mind
,
that
it
behov'd
him
of
necessity
to
declare
that
Princess
Regent
.
The
King
was
no
way
dispo'd
to
follow
the
Cardinals
Advice
.
For
besides
the
little
Kindness
which
he
had
for
the
Queen
,
he
was
so
ill
satisfi'd
with
her
Conduct
,
in
regard
of
the
Tyes
which
he
believ'd
she
had
with
the
Spaniard
,
by
the
Mediation
of
the
Dutchess
of
Chevreuse
,
who
was
fled
for
Sanctuary
to
Brussels
;
and
he
was
otherwise
so
preposess'd
,
that
out
of
the
design
which
the
Dutchess
had
to
Marry
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
she
had
had
a
hand
in
the
Conspiracy
of
Chalaes
,
Grand
Master
of
his
Wardrobe
,
who
would
have
assassinated
him
,
that
tho'
he
gave
great
Credit
to
the
Cardinals
Advice
,
yet
he
would
not
give
him
any
positive
Answer
touching
that
Matter
.
And
indeed
the
King
was
at
a
great
loss
which
way
to
turn
himself
.
There
was
no
Body
could
pretend
to
the
Regency
,
if
the
Queen
were
Excluded
,
or
oblig'd
to
have
a
Partner
;
and
both
the
Queen
,
and
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
were
equally
hateful
to
him
.
But
Cardinal
Mazarin
would
not
be
so
put
off
.
For
in
regard
he
sooth'd
the
Queen
with
every
thing
that
could
flatter
her
Hopes
,
he
lost
no
time
either
in
solliciting
the
King
,
or
causing
him
to
be
importun'd
in
Favour
of
that
Princess
.
And
the
better
to
bring
about
his
Design
,
and
that
at
the
same
time
he
might
have
the
greatest
part
himself
in
the
Management
of
Affairs
,
he
took
a
Resolution
to
propound
Conditions
,
so
little
to
the
Queens
Advantage
,
that
Lewis
XIII
.
who
saw
himself
just
dropping
into
his
Grave
,
thankt
him
for
having
disingag'd
him
out
of
that
Irresolution
,
wherein
he
had
hesitated
so
long
.
For
in
short
,
altho'
he
consented
,
at
last
,
that
the
Queen
should
be
declar'd
Regent
;
yet
the
Power
which
he
gave
her
was
extreamly
limited
,
that
Princess
not
being
able
to
undertake
any
thing
of
her self
,
without
first
imparting
the
Business
to
the
Counsel
,
of
which
the
Cardinal
was
to
be
the
Chief
,
and
where
things
were
to
be
carrid
by
Plurality
of
Voices
.
But
how
disadvantageous
soever
these
Conditions
were
to
the
Queen
,
the
King
however
thought
he
had
done
enough
,
and
the
Queen
,
and
the
Cardinal
,
who
had
their
Prospects
,
and
their
Ends
,
were
highly
satisfid
that
Things
were
brought
to
that
point
.
Nevertheless
,
in
regard
the
Business
was
not
concluded
,
and
for
that
the
Kings
mind
might
alter
,
the
Cardinal
left
nothing
omitted
to
keep
the
King
steady
in
the
Resolution
he
had
taken
,
while
the
Queen
,
The
Queen
endeav●ur●
to
draw
the
Prince
of
Conde
to
her
Party
&
succeeds
.
on
her
side
,
labour'd
to
win
to
her
Party
all
the
considerable
Persons
in
the
Court
;
of
which
number
was
the
Duke
of
Enguien
:
and
it
was
a
long
time
before
she
thought
of
him
.
But
the
Duke
de
la
Roche
Foucaut
,
who
had
always
an
Antipathy
against
Cardinal
Richlieu
,
and
sought
all
Opportunities
to
be
serviceable
to
the
Queen
,
having
one
day
put
it
into
her
Head
,
that
it
would
be
of
great
Advantage
to
her
to
gain
this
Young
Prince
,
she
took
it
for
good
Advice
.
And
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
who
was
glad
of
an
opportunity
to
oppose
the
Authority
of
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
who
aspir'd
to
the
Regency
,
willingly
accepted
the
Queens
offer
.
The
Queen
promis'd
to
prefer
him
before
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
not
only
by
the
Mark
of
her
Esteem
and
Confidence
,
but
also
in
all
Employments
from
whence
it
lay
in
her
Power
to
Exclude
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
by
such
ways
as
they
two
should
agree
upon
together
,
and
which
migh●
not
provoke
that
Prince
to
a
Rupture
with
her●
On
the
other
side
,
the
Duke
of
Enguien
promis'd
to
be
inseparably
devoted
to
the
Queens
Interest
,
and
to
be
beholding
to
her
alone
for
all
the
Favours
which
he
desir'd
at
Court
.
And
now
the
Queen
thought
her self
strong
enough
,
when
she
saw
her self
assur'd
of
the
support
of
this
Young
Prince
;
and
therefore
relying
on
the
other
side
upon
the
Cardinal
,
she
waited
for
the
Kings
Death
with
a
great
deal
of
Confidence
.
1643.
About
that
time
the
Duke
of
Enguien
departed
to
Command
the
Army
in
Flanders
,
and
lay
the
Foundations
of
those
great
Things
which
he
performed
with
so
much
Honour
.
Lewis
the
XIII
.
also
dy'd
within
a
short
time
after
,
The
Death
of
Lewis
XIII
.
that
is
to
say
,
the
14
th
.
of
May
,
in
1643.
the
very
same
day
that
he
began
his
Reign
.
After
the
Death
of
this
Monarch
,
there
happen'd
one
thing
which
perhaps
never
happen'd
before
in
France
,
where
there
is
a
greater
regard
had
to
the
Kings
Pleasure
,
then
in
any
other
Monarchy
,
that
the
Parliament
of
Paris
,
The
Queen
confirm'd
Regent
,
by
a
De●laration
of
Parliament
.
which
according
to
the
Institution
of
it
,
is
the
Trustee
and
Guardian
of
all
the
Fundamental
Laws
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
which
derives
its
Jurisdiction
only
from
the
King
,
cancell'd
the
Declaration
of
Lewis
XIII
.
by
which
,
as
has
been
already
said
,
he
order'd
a
Councel
for
the
Regency
,
to
the
end
,
the
Queen
,
whom
he
thought
incapable
to
manage
the
Government
,
might
be
under
a
kind
of
Tutelage
.
For
the
Queen
,
Four
days
after
the
King's
Death
,
went
to
the
Parliament
,
and
there
did
what
she
pleas'd
her self
,
in
a
manner
so
Advantageous
to
her self
,
that
●here
could
nothing
more
be
done
;
the
whole
As●embly
testifying
that
they
desir'd
nothing
with
so
●uch
fervency
,
as
that
her
Authority
should
be
●bsolute
.
In
short
,
the
Queen
was
confirm'd
Re●ent
by
a
Declaration
of
Parliament
,
bearing
date
●he
18
th
.
of
May.
This
Digression
was
absolutely
necessary
,
as
you
●ill
find
by
what
ensues
.
Now
therefore
to
return
●o
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
while
these
things
were
●hus
transacted
in
France
,
and
that
they
were
pre●aring
to
carry
the
King's
Body
to
St.
Denis
,
the
●paniards
besieg'd
Rocroy
,
and
so
vigorously
press'd
●he
City
,
that
it
was
greatly
to
be
fear'd
it
would
●all
into
the
Enemies
hands
,
unless
it
were
speedily
●uccour'd
.
But
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
who
was
al●eady
set
forward
to
Command
the
Army
in
Flan●ers
,
resolv'd
to
relieve
the
Place
,
and
no
less
●riskly
to
attack
the
Enemy
,
who
seem'd
as
willing
●o
come
to
a
Battel
;
and
he
perform'd
what
he
●ndertook
,
as
he
had
laid
his
Design
.
This
Prince
was
then
not
above
Two
and
Twenty
Years
of
Age
,
and
one
of
his
Panegyrists
has
said
,
and
that
not
without
doing
him
Justice
,
that
he
had
form'd
●
Design
which
was
above
the
reach
of
the
Old
Experienc'd
Hoary-headed
Captains
;
but
which
Victory
however
justifi'd
.
The
Enemies
Army
●as
much
more
numerous
then
that
which
he
Com●anded
.
It
was
compos'd
of
those
Old
Bands
of
Walloons
,
Italians
and
Spaniards
,
which
never
had
●een
broken
before
;
but
all
that
could
not
make
●he
Young
Duke
desist
from
his
Enterprize
.
Don
●rancisco
de
Melos
stay'd
his
coming
,
with
a
firm
Resolution
to
engage
him
.
He
was
a
Captain
formidable
for
his
Consummate
Experience
,
and
for
●
great
many
Victories
which
he
had
won
,
and
be●ides
all
that
,
he
lay
entrench'd
among
Woods
and
●oggs
.
All
the
Forces
of
the
Kingdom
,
were
●ow
to
be
ventur'd
in
one
single
Combat
.
Upon
that
day
depended
the
good
or
bad
Fortune
of
the
Regency
.
For
in
short
,
had
the
Duke
lost
that
Battel
,
it
would
have
been
impossible
for
France
to
have
stopp'd
a
Torrent
,
which
would
certainly
have
delug'dall
Champaigne
,
Picardy
,
and
the
Neighbourhood
of
Paris
.
The
Consideration
of
so
many
Dangers
would
have
terrify'd
any
other
Person
but
the
Duke
of
Enguien
.
However
,
never
did
any
General
appear
more
Sedate
,
or
more
Undaunted
.
He
lay
the
Night
preceding
that
famous
Battel
,
as
if
he
had
not
thought
of
any
such
thing
as
fighting
,
and
slept
so
soundly
,
that
they
were
forc'd
to
wake
him
the
next
Morning
.
This
Prince
,
who
by
that
Battel
open'd
the
way
for
so
many
others
;
upon
that
Occasion
acted
not
only
like
a
Man
of
his
Birth
,
but
like
a
Common
Officer
.
He
was
in
all
places
where
danger
appear'd
.
He
receiv'd
several
Shot
in
his
Cloaths
,
and
in
his
Boots
;
he
had
a
Horse
wounded
under
him
,
with
Two
Musket
Bullets
;
and
he
underwent
all
the
Hazards
and
Fatigues
of
Combat
,
with
so
much
gaiety
,
and
a
Look
so
chearfully
unconcern'd
,
that
he
was
the
equal
wonder
as
well
of
the
Spaniards
as
the
French
.
Toward
the
end
of
Lewis
the
XIII
.
Reign
,
the
Spanish
Army
was
Master
of
the
Field
.
A
Relation
of
what
pass'd
in
the
Campaign
of
Rocroy
,
in
1643.
by
M.
de
i●
Chapelle
.
Don
Francisco
de
Melos
,
Governour
of
the
Low
Countries
,
had
re-taken
Air
,
and
La
Bassee
,
and
won
the
Battle
of
Hannecourt
.
The
Designs
which
were
laid
were
vast
;
nor
was
his
Ambition
satisfid
with
re-taking
only
those
Places
which
Spain
had
lost
.
He
foresaw
that
the
King's
Death
would
occasion
great
Troubles
in
France
,
and
the
Physitians
had
all
adjudg'd
his
Distemper
incurable
;
and
every
body
was
studying
to
make
their
best
Advantages
of
the
ensuing
Minority
.
The
French
also
,
who
were
wont
to
loose
by
their
Dissentions
all
the
Advantages
which
they
us'd
to
get
in
their
Foreign
Wars
,
were
about
to
have
furnish'd
Melos
with
a
favourable
opportunity
to
extend
his
Conquests
.
Upon
these
Considerations
he
alters
his
design
of
Besieging
Arras
,
the
Preparations
for
which
had
taken
him
up
all
the
Winter
,
and
he
resolvd
to
attacque
Rocroy
;
as
being
a
serviceable
Post
that
gave
him
an
Entrance
into
Champaigne
,
and
therefore
fit
to
make
a
Place
of
Arms
,
that
lay
convenient
for
all
his
Enterprizes
.
In
a
very
short
time
after
,
Lewis
the
XIII
.
dyed
,
and
his
Death
divided
all
the
Court
,
as
Melos
well
foresaw
.
The
Cabals
that
were
secretly
held
to
get
the
Regency
,
threatned
France
with
a
General
Revolution
.
All
the
States
of
the
Kingdom
were
unwilling
to
fall
again
under
a
Ministry
like
that
of
Cardinal
Richlie●
.
The
great
Lords
and
Peers
could
not
be
easily
induc'd
to
buckle
before
a
Minister
,
who
possess'd
a
Station
,
of
which
every
one
thought
themselves
more
worthy
then
himself
.
The
Magistrates
were
unwilling
to
depend
upon
any
Person
,
but
the
King
,
in
the
Exercise
of
their
Duties
,
and
could
not
brook
the
receiving
Laws
from
a
private
Subject
.
And
as
for
the
People
,
they
never
fail
to
charge
upon
the
Counsels
of
the
chief
Minister
,
all
the
Taxes
and
Impositions
which
have
been
layd
upon
'em
;
and
generally
all
Men
are
inclin'd
to
envy
the
Fortune
.
and
hate
the
Person
of
a
Favourite
.
Thus
the
Remembrance
of
what
was
past
became
Odious
,
and
the
future
was
to
be
fear'd
;
the
Present
was
full
of
Trouble
,
and
therefore
great
Care
was
to
be
taken
of
the
Kingdom
under
so
great
a
Change
.
All
People
wish'd
for
a
Government
more
Gentle
and
Free
,
but
no
Body
agreed
upon
the
means
to
bring
it
to
pass
.
Nevertheless
,
the
King
,
before
his
Death
,
had
nominated
and
appointed
the
Persons
that
were
to
compose
the
Council
of
the
Regency
.
He
had
also
,
at
the
same
time
,
given
the
Command
of
his
Armies
to
the
Duke
of
Enguien
;
but
to
curb
and
moderate
the
Early
Flames
and
Heats
of
Youth
,
frequently
transported
with
desire
of
Glory
,
he
gave
him
the
Marshal
de
l'
Hospital
for
his
Lieutenant
General
and
Counsellour
.
But
notwithstanding
this
same
Settlement
of
Affairs
,
and
all
the
Intreagues
at
Court
,
the
Queen
was
declar'd
Sole
Regent
with
Absolute
Power
.
There
was
some
likelyhood
at
first
,
that
she
would
have
call'd
the
Bishop
of
Beauv●is
to
the
Ministry
;
and
she
had
also
some
thoughts
of
procuring
a
Cardinals
Cap
for
him
upon
the
first
Promotion
.
But
that
Prelat
,
instead
of
managing
himself
prudently
and
cautiously
in
the
dawn
of
Favour
,
went
about
to
ruine
all
those
that
Richlieu
had
advanc'd
,
and
by
that
means
drew
upon
himself
a
great
number
of
Enemies
.
Now
while
he
was
unseasonably
endeavouring
to
overturn
all
which
that
Minister
had
done
,
Mazarin
took
his
Advantage
of
the
whole
,
and
made
his
Leagues
with
the
Persons
that
were
in
most
Credit
with
the
Queen
.
They
whom
the
Bishop
sought
to
pull
down
had
recourse
to
the
Cardinal's
Protection
.
The
Q.
therefore
fearing
least
he
should
create
her
a
great
deal
of
Trouble
,
took
distaste
at
his
Services
;
finding
the
Cardinal
,
at
length
,
much
more
fit
to
supply
the
Place
of
Chief
Minister
.
And
they
in
whom
●he
most
con●ided
,
perswaded
her
to
make
this
choice
so
that
she
resolv'd
to
send
the
Bishop
back
to
his
Diocess
,
and
openly
to
declare
her
Inclinations
to
the
Cardinal
.
At
first
she
met
with
great
Obstacles
;
the
very
Name
of
Cardinal
dreaded
the
minds
of
Men
,
recall'd
past
Mischiefs
to
their
Memory
,
and
caus'd
'em
to
fear
worse
for
the
future
.
Thus
the
Queens
Creatures
were
divided
,
every
one
took
his
side
,
and
Affairs
were
worse
embroyl'd
then
before
.
Ne●ertheless
,
the
Cardinals
Policy
,
and
good
Fortune
,
●he
Services
which
he
had
done
France
,
the
Queens
●esolution●
and
the
respect
which
all
People
had
●or
her
appeas'd
the
Male-contents
.
Nor
did
the
●lot
layd
against
him
by
the
Dutchess
of
Cheuruse
,
●nd
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
serve
to
any
other
pur●ose
then
to
Settle
and
Confirm
his
Authority
.
And
thus
Melos
was
deceiv'd
in
his
Prognosticks
,
as
●re
all
Foreigners
that
ground
great
hopes
upon
the
Divisions
of
the
French
.
For
tho'
their
Natural
Levity
sometimes
excites
'em
to
revolt
;
yet
the
in●ate
respect
and
affection
which
they
have
for
●heir
King
,
reduces
them
always
to
their
Obedience
.
In
short
,
the
Grandees
,
the
Parliament
,
and
the
People
,
submitted
to
the
Queens
Choice
,
and
all
Authority
bow'd
under
the
Ministry
of
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
tho'
he
were
a
Foreigner
,
and
that
his
Enemies
publish'd
him
to
be
Originally
a
Subject
of
Spain
,
which
was
a
Nation
that
had
no
Kindness
for
the
French
;
and
tho'
but
a
little
before
he
appear'd
under
an
Eclipse
far
distant
from
so
splendid
an
Elevation
.
The
Duke
had
carry'd
himself
imprudently
in
the
management
of
the
Enterprize
against
the
Cardinal
,
and
the
Dutchess
believing
her self
more
Crafty
,
and
more
in
the
Queens
Favour
,
scorn'd
his
Submissions
.
So
that
at
the
same
time
that
the
Duke
and
she
were
consulting
to
destroy
him
,
the
Duke
was
arrested
,
the
Dutchess
disgrac'd
,
the
rest
of
the
Cabal
dispierc'd
themselves
,
and
France
en●oy'd
a
more
pleasing
Calm
then
ever
.
While
the
Court
was
busi'd
in
these
Intreagues
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
desirous
to
relieve
Rocroy
.
the
Duke
of
Enguien
was
preparing
for
the
next
Campaign
.
Amiens
was
the
place
appointed
for
the
Rendezvouse
of
the
Army
,
where
the
Prince
●rriv'd
toward
the
end
of
April
,
1643.
and
there
●et
Gassion
with
part
of
the
Forces
:
Espenan
drew
others
together
about
L●on
.
Marshal
de
Grammen●
had
put
himself
into
Arras
at
the
beginning
of
the
Winter
,
and
had
a
considerable
Body
in
that
place
.
The
Duke
of
Enguien
stay'd
Three
Weeks
in
Amiens
in
expectation
of
the
Forces
that
were
to
meet
there
,
and
to
penetrate
the
Designs
of
the
Spaniards
:
He
had
also
sent
Gassion
to
Dourlens
,
with
Orders
to
observe
'em
more
narrowly
.
At
length
he
understood
that
Melos
had
drawn
all
his
Forces
together
about
Dovay
,
and
that
he
was
upon
his
March
toward
Landrecies
,
with
a
great
Train
of
Artillery
.
The
Duke
of
Enguien
muster'd
as
many
men
as
possibly
he
could
draw
together
near
Amiens
,
and
sent
Orders
to
those
that
were
more
remote
to
join
him
in
his
March
.
The
second
day
he
lodg'd
his
Army
near
Peronne
,
whither
La
Ferte
Seneterre
brought
him
some
Reinforcements
of
Infantry
,
and
the
Troops
that
had
Winter'd
in
Arras
,
join'd
him
at
the
same
place
.
And
now
the
Prince
began
to
be
impatient
of
coming
to
a
Battel
,
choosing
rather
to
hazard
all
,
then
to
bear
the
ignominy
of
seeing
a
Town
lost
at
the
beginning
of
his
Command
.
But
in
regard
the
Marshal
de
l'
Hospital
was
altogether
averse
to
this
Design
,
the
Duke
of
Enguien
thought
it
requisite
to
bring
that
about
by
Policy
,
which
he
was
unwilling
to
over-rule
by
his
Absolute
Authority
.
For
this
Reason
he
discover'd
himself
to
no
Body
but
Gassion
only
;
who
being
a
Man
that
made
slight
of
the
most
dangerous
Attempts
;
he
had
soon
brought
the
Business
to
the
point
which
the
Duke
desir'd
.
For
under
pretence
of
putting
Men
into
the
Place
,
he
had
insensibly
drill'd
on
the
Marshal
de
l'
Hespital
so
near
the
Enemy
,
that
it
was
not
in
his
Power
to
avoid
a
Battel
.
The
Army
march'd
forward
to
Guise
,
which
was
a
place
the
most
exposd
of
the
Frontiers
,
and
which
might
have
been
with
ease
reliev'd
by
the
Spaniards
.
But
the
French
Vanguard
was
hardly
lodg'd
in
Fansome
,
when
the
Duke
of
Enguien
was
inform'd
that
the
Spaniards
were
past
by
Landrecies
,
and
Capelle
,
and
that
they
made
long
marches
toward
the
Meuse
.
This
made
the
Prince
believe
they
had
some
design
upon
the
Garisons
in
Champaign
;
and
he
had
reason
to
fear
that
he
should
not
be
able
to
overtake
Melos
,
till
the
intrenchments
of
his
Camp
were
finish'd
,
and
perhaps
not
till
he
had
taken
some
one
of
those
places
,
which
he
knew
to
be
ill
furnish'd
with
Men
and
Amunition
.
This
foresight
caus'd
him
to
send
Gassion
before
,
with
a
Body
of
two
thousand
Horse
,
to
observe
the
designs
of
the
Spaniards
;
and
to
put
the
Dragoons
and
Fuzeliers
in
such
places
as
had
most
need
.
All
this
while
the
Duke
of
Enguien
contriv'd
his
March
with
all
speed
,
and
the
Troops
which
Es●enan
Command'd
,
met
him
at
Ieigny
:
and
there
it
was
that
he
receivd
certain
intelligence
that
Mel●s
had
invested
R●c●oy
,
and
that
he
had
began
the
same
night
to
open
his
Trenches
.
Upon
which
the
Prince
laid
all
thoughts
aside
,
but
those
of
speedily
succouring
that
Place
,
when
the
news
was
brought
him
that
Lewis
the
XIII
.
was
Dead
.
Perhaps
upon
the
same
occasion
,
any
other
then
the
Duke
of
Enguien
would
have
laid
aside
his
Design
of
relieving
Rocroy
.
His
high
Quality
,
his
Affairs
,
the
interest
of
his
Family
,
the
advice
of
his
Friends
recall'd
him
to
the
Court.
Nevertheless
,
he
preferr'd
the
General
Good
before
his
Private
Advantages
;
nor
would
his
eager
persuit
of
Honour
permit
him
to
take
a
moments
Consideration
.
Thereupon
he
conceal'd
the
news
of
the
Kings
Death
,
and
march'd
the
next
Morning
toward
Rocroy
;
making
Marshal
de
l'
H●spital
believe
that
his
March
so
near
that
place
,
was
only
to
supply
it
with
a
Reinforcement
of
Men
and
Ammunition
,
through
the
Woods
that
environ
it
.
Gassion
rejoyn'd
him
in
his
March
at
R●migni
,
and
gave
him
full
information
of
all
the
Spaniards
Proceedings
;
describ'd
all
their
Posts
,
and
shew'd
him
which
way
to
come
at
'em
.
For
Gassion
had
march'd
with
that
speed
,
that
being
arriv'd
at
the
entrance
into
the
Wood
of
Rocroy
,
in
a
very
short
time
after
they
had
posted
themselves
before
the
Place
,
he
had
put
in
a
hundred
and
fifty
men
into
it
,
and
had
observ'd
by
the
s●ituation
of
the
Places
,
that
the
whole
Success
of
the
Enterprize
consisted
in
passing
the
Lanes
,
and
presenting
the
Army
in
Battel
Array
between
the
Wood
and
the
Town
.
Rocroy
is
seated
in
the
midst
of
a
Plain
environ'd
with
Woods
so
thick
,
and
full
of
Boggs
,
that
which
way
soever
you
go
to
it
,
't
is
impossible
to
avoid
very
long
and
incommodious
Lanes
,
and
narrow
Passes
.
'T
is
true
,
that
on
that
side
next
Champagne
,
there
is
not
above
a
quarter
of
a
League
of
Wood
,
and
the
Lane
it self
,
which
is
very
narrow
of
it self
,
grows
broader
and
broader
afterwards
;
and
the
Plain
is
discover'd
by
degrees
.
But
in
regard
the
Country
is
full
of
heathy
Ground
,
and
very
Boggy
,
there
is
no
marching
but
in
small
Companies
,
till
you
come
near
Rocroy
it self
,
where
the
Ground
insensibly
rising
is
much
more
dry
then
in
the
Wood
;
and
affords
a
spacious
Field
sufficient
for
the
drawing
up
two
great
Armies
.
Melos
,
being
arriv'd
the
10
th
of
May
before
the
place
,
had
divided
his
Army
into
six
Quarters
,
made
his
Entrenchments
,
and
plac'd
the
principal
of
his
Forces
on
that
side
next
the
Lanes
and
narrow
Passes
,
contenting
himself
to
secure
the
rest
by
the
general
disposal
of
his
Men
;
to
the
end
he
might
spare
that
time
which
is
usually
employ'd
in
raising
a
Circumvallation
.
Besides
these
precautions
,
which
he
had
observ'd
in
the
Enemies
Posts
,
he
found
that
they
had
placd
a
great
Body
of
a
Guard
upon
the
Road
to
Champagne
:
And
his
Sentinels
,
and
his
Scouts
were
so
well
laid
,
that
nothing
could
enter
into
the
Plain
but
they
must
have
knowledge
of
it
.
His
Army
was
compos`d
of
Eight
thousand
Horse
,
under
the
Leading
of
the
Duke
of
Albuquerque
,
and
Eighteen
thousand
Foot
,
Commanded
by
the
Count
of
Fontaine
,
among
which
were
the
Select
Spanish
Infantry
.
The
Duke
of
Enguien
,
being
inform'd
of
all
these
things
,
call'd
together
all
the
Officers
of
his
Army
at
Rumigni
,
and
after
he
had
lay'd
before
'em
all
that
Gassion
had
inform'd
him
,
he
declar'd
that
't
was
his
resolution
to
do
all
that
could
be
done
for
the
relief
of
Rocroy
,
to
which
purpose
he
would
pass
the
narrow
Lanes
with
all
the
speed
he
could
.
That
if
the
Spaniards
undertook
to
defend
'em
,
they
must
be
oblig'd
to
leave
their
Quarters
ungarded
,
and
consequently
there
would
be
a
way
left
open
for
the
Relief
,
which
he
intended
to
put
into
the
Town
;
or
if
they
suffer'd
him
to
pass
the
Lanes
without
fighting
,
it
would
prove
otherwise
to
their
advantage
,
so
that
the
Army
having
room
and
space
enough
in
the
Plain
,
the
Spaniards
might
be
induc'd
to
come
to
a
Battle
;
or
at
least
that
the
French
might
be
able
to
take
Posts
,
and
fortifie
themselves
,
till
they
could
amply
provide
for
the
Relief
of
the
Besieged
.
At
last
,
the
Prince
told
'em
,
that
the
King
was
dead
,
and
that
at
such
a
Conjuncture
of
trouble
and
Confusion
,
it
behov'd
'em
to
hazard
all
,
rather
then
loose
the
Reputation
of
the
Armes
of
France
.
That
for
his
part
,
there
was
not
any
thing
which
he
would
not
venture
,
to
prevent
the
taking
of
Rocroy
.
Thereupon
they
all
concluded
upon
giving
Battle
,
and
the
Marshal
de
●
'
Hospital
made
a
shew
of
giving
his
consent
.
For
he
imagin'd
it
may
be
,
that
the
Spaniards
would
dispute
the
narrow
Pass
,
Th●
Battle
of
Rocroy
.
and
so
the
Enterprise
would
end
in
a
bickering
within
the
Wood
;
that
in
the
mean
time
relief
might
be
put
into
the
Town
;
and
that
the
Army
not
being
engagd
beyond
the
Pass
,
it
would
be
easie
to
make
a
retreat
,
without
coming
to
a
General
Battle
.
Upon
this
a
resolution
was
taken
to
march
directly
toward
Rocroy
:
and
the
Duke
of
Enguien
advanc'd
the
same
day
as
far
as
Bossu
,
and
dispos'd
the
Order
of
his
Battle
,
to
the
end
that
every
one
might
prepare
himself
for
an
Action
,
the
success
of
which
was
of
such
importance
to
his
Glory
and
the
safety
of
France
.
His
Army
was
compos'd
of
Fifteen
Thousand
Foot
,
and
Seven
Thousand
Horse
,
and
they
were
to
fight
upon
two
Lines
,
supported
by
a
Body
of
a
Reserve
;
the
Command
of
which
was
given
to
Sicot
.
The
Marshal
de
l'
Hospital
took
care
of
the
Le●t
Wing
,
and
La
Ferte
Seneterre
serv●d
under
him
as
Camp-Marshal
.
Espenan
commanded
all
the
Infantry
;
Gassion
was
under
the
D.
of
Enguien
,
in
the
Right
Wing
;
and
because
they
were
to
fight
in
difficult
places
,
there
was
a
Devision
of
fifty
Musqueteers
put
between
every
Interval
of
the
Squadrons
.
The
Carbines
,
the
Dukes
Guards
,
and
those
of
the
Marshal
de
L'
Hospital
,
together
with
the
remainder
of
the
Dragoons
and
Fuzeliers
were
plac'd
on
the
right
and
left
side
of
the
Wings
.
These
Orders
being
given
,
the
Duke
sent
away
the
Baggage
to
Aubenton
,
and
whatever
else
was
useless
in
a
day
design'd
to
fight
,
and
march'd
in
Battle
Array
,
to
the
entrance
of
the
Wood.
Mel●●
prest
Rocroy
so
vigorously
,
that
had
it
not
been
for
the
S●cour
which
Gassion
had
put
into
it
,
the
French
would
hardly
have
had
time
to
raise
the
Seige
.
The
Garrison
was
so
weak
and
ill
provided
,
that
the
Spaniards
made
no
attempt
but
what
succeeded
.
And
indeed
they
had
been
rightly
inform'd
of
the
bad
condition
of
the
place
,
which
made
'em
believe
that
the
Town
could
never
hold
out
till
the
arrival
of
any
Succour
,
in
regard
the
Duke
of
Enguien
was
at
such
a
distance
from
them
.
But
the
French
Army
was
reinforcd
by
degrees
with
little
Bodies
of
men
which
joynd
them
in
their
march
,
which
was
the
reason
that
the
Spaniards
could
not
discover
their
Strength
:
besides
that
Intelligence
was
hard
to
come
by
,
in
regard
the
Country
was
all
French
.
So
that
M●los
never
knew
the
true
number
of
the
Duke
of
Enguien's
Army
,
till
the
very
day
that
they
enterd
the
Pass
.
The
last
intelligence
that
he
had
of
it
was
,
that
they
were
not
above
Twelve
Thousand
men
;
but
he
understood
when
it
was
too
late
that
they
were
three
and
Twenty
Thousand
fighting
Souldiers
,
and
that
they
were
also
marching
into
the
Wood.
Melos
was
constrain●d
to
a
quick
deliberation
,
whether
he
should
defend
the
Pass
,
or
whether
he
should
stay
in
the
Plain
till
they
came
to
Attack
him
.
'T
is
true
there
was
nothing
more
easie
for
him
to
have
done
,
then
to
have
disputed
the
passage
of
the
French
Army
,
by
planting
his
Infantry
in
the
Wood
,
and
supporting
them
with
a
good
Body
of
Horse
.
It
was
also
in
his
power
,
by
a
good
management
of
the
advantages
which
he
had
of
the
Woods
and
Boggs
,
to
have
found
work
enough
for
the
French
Army
with
one
part
of
his
men
,
and
to
have
pusht
forward
the
reducing
of
the
Town
with
the
other
,
which
could
not
have
held
out
above
two
days
longer
.
This
seem'd
to
be
the
most
certain
Course
,
and
every
body
thought
that
Melos
would
have
taken
it
.
But
his
Ambition
was
not
be
to
limited
by
the
taking
of
Rocroy
.
He
imagin'd
that
the
winning
of
a
Battle
would
open
him
a
way
into
the
very
Bowels
of
France
;
and
the
Victory
which
he
had
won
at
Honnecourt
,
put
him
in
hopes
of
the
same
good
Success
before
Rocroy
.
Besides
that
in
hazarding
a
Fight
,
he
thought
he
could
venture
no
more
then
the
least
part
of
his
Army
,
and
some
Frontier
Towns
.
Whereas
by
the
defeat
of
Enguien
,
he
propos'd
to
himself
infinite
advantages
,
in
the
beginning
of
a
Regency
not
well
settl'd
.
Upon
these
considerations
Melos
,
who
according
to
the
Spanish
genius
,
let
go
the
Present
,
out
of
an
extraordinary
greediness
after
the
Future
,
resolv'd
upon
a
General
Battle
.
And
to
the
end
he
might
the
more
easily
induce
the
D.
of
Enguien
to
it
,
he
stay'd
for
him
in
the
Plain
,
and
made
not
the
least
Effort
to
dispute
the
Passage
of
the
Narrow
Lanes
.
Not
but
that
Melos
might
have
been
constrain'd
to
have
done
that
by
Force
,
which
he
did
of
his
own
accord
;
in
regard
that
while
he
stood
consulting
,
the
time
was
almost
over
for
debate
.
For
the
formost
Troops
of
the
Dukes
already
appear'd
,
and
the
French
Army
had
already
past
the
Lanes
,
before
Melos
could
draw
all
his
Quarters
together
.
Nevertheless
,
had
he
done
in
time
what
he
ought
to
have
done
to
oppose
his
passage
,
the
Duke
of
Enguien
would
have
been
hard
put
to
it
to
have
●orc'd
him
;
in
regard
there
is
nothing
so
difficult
as
to
get
clear
of
long
incumbrances
of
Woods
and
Marshes
in
the
sight
of
a
Potent
Army
drawn
up
in
a
Plain
.
However
it
were
,
we
find
that
Melos
had
prepar'd
himself
for
a
General
Battle
,
since
he
took
all
the
care
he
could
to
get
his
Forces
together
;
and
had
sent
for
Beck
,
who
was
gone
●oward
the
Palatinate
,
to
joyn
him
with
all
speed
.
The
Duke
march'd
in
Battalia
,
drawn
up
in
two
Columns
,
from
Bossis
to
the
entrance
of
the
Pass
;
while
Gassion
rod
before
with
a
Party
of
Horse
to
observe
the
Enemy
;
and
finding
the
Pass
defended
with
no
more
then
an
ou●
Gaurd
of
Fifty
Horse
,
he
repuls'd
'em
,
and
brought
the
Duke
word
how
easily
he
had
made
himself
Master
of
the
Pass
.
In
this
place
it
was
that
the
Duke
thought
it
convenient
to
speak
his
mind
more
plainly
to
the
Marshal
de
l'
Hospital
,
because
the
Marshal
saw
,
that
if
they
advancd
forward
into
the
Plain
,
it
would
be
impossible
to
avoid
a
Battle
.
Gassion
also
usd
all
his
Rhetorick
to
engage
him
to
it
,
but
still
the
Marsh●l
oppos'd
him
.
But
the
Duke
put
an
end
to
the
Dispute
,
and
told
him
in
a
Commanding
tone
,
that
he
would
take
the
event
upon
himself
.
Upon
that
the
Marsh●l
no
longer
contested
,
but
put
himself
at
the
Head
of
the
Saquadrons
which
he
was
to
Command
.
He
then
causd
the
right
Wing
to
advance
through
the
narrow
Passes
,
lodging
the
Infantry
in
the
most
difficult
places
,
to
secure
the
passage
of
the
rest
of
the
Army
.
At
the
same
time
also
he
advancd
with
a
Party
of
Horse
to
a
small
rising
ground
,
within
half
Canon
shot
of
the
Spaniards
.
So
that
if
Melos
had
then
Chargd
the
Duke
he
had
certainly
Defeated
him
.
But
immediately
the
Duke
so
well
cover'd
that
rising
ground
,
with
the
Squadrons
which
he
had
about
him
,
that
the
Spaniards
could
not
discover
what
was
done
behind
.
Melos
could
not
imagine
that
so
great
a
Body
of
Horse
,
would
have
advanc'd
so
far
without
being
seconded
by
Infantry
;
however
;
all
he
did
was
only
to
try
by
slight
Skirmishes
,
whether
he
could
open
a
way
to
see
behind
the
Rear
of
the
Squadrons
:
but
not
being
able
to
break
through
,
he
began
to
think
of
nothing
else
but
puting
his
men
into
Battalia
.
Thus
both
Generals
concurr'd
in
one
and
the
same
Design●
The
Prince
made
it
his
whole
business
to
pass
the
Woods
,
and
M●los
labour'd
only
to
unite
his
seperated
Quarters
together
.
The
place
which
the
Duke
made
choice
of
for
the
field
of
Battel
was
wide
enough
to
range
his
whole
Army
in
the
same
order
as
he
had
contriv'd
before
.
The
ground
was
there
somewhat
more
raisd
then
in
the
parts
adjoyning
,
and
extended
it self
insensibly
into
all
the
rest
of
the
Plain
.
There
was
a
great
Bogg
upon
the
lefthand
,
and
the
Wood
not
being
very
thick
in
that
part
was
no
hindrance
to
the
Squadrons
from
drawing
into
Order
.
Just
opposite
to
that
Eminency
which
the
Duke
possessd
,
there
was
another
rising
Ground
almost
resembling
it
,
where
the
Spaniards
planted
themselves
,
and
made
the
same
Front
as
the
French
,
and
between
the
two
Battels
a
hollowness
ran
along
in
the
nature
of
a
Valley
.
By
the
situation
of
this
place
't
is
easie
to
judge
,
that
neither
of
the
two
Parties
could
attack
each
other
without
ascending
.
Nevertheless
,
the
Spaniards
had
this
advantage
,
that
upon
the
declension
of
their
rising
ground
and
before
their
Left
Wing
,
there
grew
a
Cops
of
Underwood
,
which
descended
a
good
way
into
the
Valley
,
where
it
was
an
easie
thing
for
them
to
plant
Musketeers
to
gall
the
Duke
as
he
marchd
toward
'em
.
The
Two
Generals
labour'd
with
extraordinary
Diligence
to
Marshal
their
Troops
as
they
came
severally
up
,
and
instead
of
Skirmishing
,
as
is
usual
when
Two
Armies
meet
,
they
spent
their
whole
time
in
ordering
their
Men.
All
this
while
,
the
Spanish
Canon
annoy'd
the
Fr●nch
much
more
then
the
French
Canon
did
the
Spaniards
,
because
they
had
a
greater
number
,
more
advantageously
planted
,
and
better
ply'd
.
Th●refore
still
as
the
Duke
extended
the
Wings
of
his
Army
,
the
Enemy
play'd
furiously
with
their
Canon
,
that
had
it
not
been
for
their
extraordinary
Resolution
,
the
French
could
never
have
kept
the
Ground
which
they
posess'd
.
There
were
above
three
Hundred
Men
that
day
slain
and
woundded
by
the
Canon
Shot
,
among
whom
the
Marqui●s
of
Persan
,
Camp-Master
of
a
Regiment
of
Infantry
,
receiv'd
a
Shot
in
his
Thigh
.
About
Six
a
Clock
in
the
Evening
,
the
French
Army
had
pass'd
the
Defile
,
and
the
Body
of
the
Reserve
being
got
clear
of
the
Wood
,
advanc'd
to
the
Ground
which
was
assign'd
it
.
The
Duke
also
,
unwilling
to
give
the
Spaniards
any
longer
time
to
secure
their
Posts
,
prepar'd
to
begin
the
Fight
;
and
the
Order
of
March
was
given
throughout
the
whole
Army
,
when
an
unlucky
Accident
not
to
be
foreseen
had
like
to
have
put
all
into
an
extream
Confusion
,
and
given
the
Victory
to
Melos
.
La
Ferte
Seneterre
alone
commanded
the
left
Wing
in
the
Absence
of
the
Marshal
de
l'
Hospital
,
who
was
with
the
Duke
.
That
Wing
of
the
Army
was
defended
by
a
Bogg
on
the
one
side
,
so
that
the
Spaniards
could
not
attack
it
;
and
therefore
la
Ferte
had
nothing
to
do
but
to
keep
●irm
in
his
Post
,
and
expect
the
signal
of
Battel
.
The
Duke
had
never
quitted
the
right
Wing
,
where
while
the
O●ficers
were
ranging
the
Squadrons
in
their
proper
Places
,
he
made
it
his
chief
Business
to
observe
the
Countenance
of
the
Enemy
,
and
in
what
places
it
would
be
most
to
his
Advantage
to
Charge
'em
.
But
then
it
was
that
la
Ferte
,
perhaps
by
some
secret
Order
of
the
Marshal
,
or
else
out
of
Emulation
and
Envy
to
Gassion
,
to
Signalize
himself
by
some
extraordinary
Exploit
,
would
needs
be
trying
to
put
a
considerable
Reinforcement
into
the
Town
.
And
to
that
purpose
order'd
all
the
Cavalry
to
pass
the
Marsh
,
together
with
Five
Battalions
of
Foot
;
by
the
sending
away
of
which
Detachment
the
Left
Wing
became
naked
of
Horse
and
much
weaknd
by
the
want
of
a
great
Body
o●
Foot
.
But
so
soon
as
the
Duke
had
Intelligence
of
it●
he
order'd
both
Horse
and
Foot
to
make
a
halt
,
and
flew
to
the
Place
where
the
Confusion
call'd
him
.
At
the
same
time
also
,
the
Spanish
Army
mov'd
forward
,
their
Trumpets
sounding
a
Charge
,
as
if
Melos
had
design'd
to
take
his
Advantage
of
the
Disorder
.
But
the
Prince
having
supply'd
the
void
space
of
the
first
Line
.
with
some
Troops
of
the
second
,
the
Spaniards
stopt
;
which
shew'd
that
they
had
no
other
intent
then
to
gain
Ground
to
range
their
second
Line
.
There
are
certain
Critical
Minuits
in
War
,
that
flie
away
with
the
winged
swiftness
of
Lightning
,
if
a
General
has
not
a
piercing
Eye
to
watch
'em
,
and
a
presence
of
Mind
to
seize
upon
the
Opportunity
.
Fortune
never
sends
'em
again
;
nay
,
many
times
she
turns
with
Indignation
against
those
that
were
so
blind
as
not
to
lay
hold
of
her
Favours
.
The
Duke
of
Enguien
therefore
sent
to
Command
la
Ferte
back
again
,
so
that
the
Detachment
re-pass'd
the
Bogg
,
with
all
speed
,
and
before
Night
,
the
whole
Army
was
re-settl'd
in
their
appointed
Posts
.
Thus
,
this
Accident
did
but
only
delay
the
Battel
,
and
wrought
no
other
Inconvenience
,
only
that
it
gave
the
Spaniards
time
to
spread
themselves
more
at
large
,
and
put
themselves
into
somewhat
better
Order
then
they
were
before
.
The
Night
was
very
dark
,
but
the
Forest
being
near
,
the
Souldiers
kindl'd
such
a
vast
number
of
Fires
,
as
enlightn'd
all
the
Plain
,
and
both
Armies
were
surrounded
with
an
Enclosure
of
Wood
,
as
if
they
had
been
to
●ight
in
a
Box.
Their
Corps
du
Guards
were
so
near
each
other
,
that
there
was
no
distinguishing
the
French
Fires
from
the
Spanish
,
and
both
Camps
seem'd
to
be
but
one
.
So
soon
as
it
was
Day
,
the
Duke
gave
the
signal
to
March
;
and
the
Duke
himself
,
at
the
Head
of
his
Cavalry
,
charg'd
a
Thousand
Musqueteers
,
which
the
Count
of
Fontaines
had
lodg'd
in
the
Wood
;
and
tho'
they
fought
in
a
place
,
as
it
were
intrench'd
by
Nature
,
and
advantageous
for
Foot
,
the
Attack
was
so
Vigorous
,
that
they
were
all
cut
to
pieces
upon
the
Place
.
However
,
for
fear
the
Squadrons
should
be
Disorder'd
,
and
Broken
,
by
crossing
the
rest
of
the
Wood
,
where
that
Infantry
was
Defeated
,
the
Duke
,
with
the
second
Line
of
the
Cavalry
,
turn'd
to
the
Left
,
and
commanded
Gassion
to
lead
the
first
Line
about
the
Wood
upon
the
Right
.
Thereupon
,
Gassion
extended
his
Squadrons
,
marching
under
the
Covert
of
the
Wood
,
and
Charg'd
the
Enemies
Cavalry
in
Flank
,
while
the
Duke
attack'd
'em
in
Front
.
All
this
while
,
the
Duke
of
Albuquerque
,
who
commanded
the
Left
Wing
of
the
Spaniards
,
knew
nothing
as
yet
of
the
first
Action
,
nor
had
he
foreseen
that
he
might
be
Attack'd
in
two
places
at
once
.
For
he
rely'd
upon
the
Musqueteers
that
were
lodg'd
in
the
Wood
,
and
cover'd
his
first
Line
;
to
that
finding
himself
in
some
Disorder
upon
this
Attack
,
he
thought
it
proper
to
oppose
some
Squadrons
against
Gassion
,
by
whom
he
was
ready
to
be
surrounded
.
But
there
is
nothing
so
dangerous
for
a
General
,
as
to
make
great
Motions
before
a
Potent
Enemy
just
ready
to
assail
him
.
For
those
Squadrons
,
already
tottering
,
were
broken
at
the
first
Charge
,
and
all
Albuquerques's
Troops
overturn'd
one
another
.
The
Duke
seeing
'em
flie
,
commanded
Gassion
to
pursue
'em
,
and
turn'd
short
against
the
Foot
.
Marshal
de
l'
Hospital
fought
not
with
the
same
Success
,
for
having
gallopp'd
his
Horse
upon
the
Enemy
,
they
were
out
of
Breath
before
they
came
to
join
.
The
Spaniards
therefore
stood
firm
to
receive
'em
,
and
broke
the
French
upon
the
first
Encounter
.
The
Marshal
,
after
he
had
fought
with
an
extraordinary
Valour
,
had
his
Arm
broken
with
a
blow
of
a
Pistol
,
and
had
the
Misfortune
to
see
all
his
Wing
betake
themselves
to
headlong
flight
.
The
Spaniards
follow'd
their
Blow
vigorously
,
cut
some
Battallions
of
Infantry
to
pieces
,
gain'd
the
Canon
,
and
never
stay'd
till
they
came
within
sight
of
the
Reserve
,
which
put
a
stop
to
their
Victory
.
While
the
two
Wings
fought
with
such
unequal
Success
,
the
French
Infantry
march'd
against
the
Spanish
.
And
already
some
Battallions
were
engaged
.
But
Espenan
,
who
commanded
the
Foot
;
understanding
the
Misfortune
that
had
befallen
the
Left
Wing
,
and
seeing
that
all
the
Spanish
Infantry
stay'd
for
him
in
good
Order
,
and
with
a
more
then
ordinary
fierceness
in
their
Countenances
,
thought
it
convenient
not
to
be
too
rash
,
but
to
hold
the
Enemy
in
play
with
light
Skirmishes
,
till
he
saw
which
of
the
two
Cavalries
had
the
better
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Duke
of
Enguien
had
overthrown
all
the
Walloon
and
German
Foot
,
and
the
Italians
had
betaken
themselves
to
flight
,
when
he
perceiv'd
the
Rout
of
the
Marshal
.
Then
the
Prince
clearly
saw
that
the
Victory
depended
wholly
upon
the
Troops
which
he
had
with
him
;
and
therefore
giving
over
the
pursuits
of
the
Foot
,
he
march'd
behind
the
Spanish
Battallions
,
against
their
Cavalry
,
which
gave
Chase
to
the
Left
Wing
of
the
French
Army
;
and
finding
the
Enemy
Disorder'd
by
the
pursuit
,
he
easily
put
'em
to
a
total
Rout.
La
Ferte
Seneterre
,
who
was
taken
Prisoner
in
the
Rout
of
the
Left
Wing
,
where
he
fought
with
an
extraordinary
Courage
,
was
found
wounded
in
several
places
,
and
rescu'd
by
the
Duke
.
Thus
the
Right
Wing
of
the
Spaniards
enjoy'd
their
Victory
but
a
short
time
.
They
that
pursu'd
were
now
forc'd
to
flie
themselves
;
and
Gassion
meeting
'em
in
their
flight
,
put
the
greatest
part
of
'em
to
the
Sword
.
Of
all
Melos's
Army
,
there
now
remain'd
only
the
Spanish
●oot
;
and
they
were
serrid
in
one
Body
together
near
the
Canon
.
More
then
that
,
the
good
Order
which
they
kept
,
and
their
sower
Looks
,
shew'd
that
they
would
sell
their
Lives
at
a
dear
Rate
.
They
were
commanded
by
the
Count
of
Fontaines
,
who
was
one
of
the
greatest
Captains
of
his
Time
,
and
tho
he
were
forc'd
to
be
carry'd
in
a
Chair
,
because
of
his
Infirmities
,
yet
he
would
be
every
where
giving
Orders
.
But
the
Duke
understanding
that
Beck
was
Marching
with
Six
Thousand
Foot
toward
the
Entrance
of
the
Wood
,
never
stood
to
consider
whither
he
should
Charge
the
Infantry
or
not
,
tho'
he
had
but
a
small
number
of
Horse
with
him
.
The
Count
of
Fontaines
also
stood
him
with
a
brave
Resolution
,
not
suffering
his
Men
to
Fire
till
the
Fernch
were
within
Fifty
Paces
of
him
.
But
then
his
Battallion
open'd
,
and
of
an
Instant
a
Discharge
of
Sixteen
Canon
,
laden
with
Cartouches
,
saluted
the
French
Infantry
,
which
was
accompany'd
with
a
showre
of
small
Shot
,
as
thick
as
Hail
.
This
was
such
a
terrible
welcome
that
the
French
were
not
able
to
brook
it
,
so
that
if
the
Spaniards
had
had
but
Horse
to
have
follow'd
their
Blow
,
the
French
Foot
could
never
have
been
rally'd
.
But
having
no
Horse
to
disturb
'em
,
the
Duke
soon
rallyd
'em
again
,
and
brought
'em
on
to
a
second
attack
;
which
had
the
same
Success
as
the
former
:
and
in
short
,
he
charg'd
those
Veterane
Spaniards
Three
times
without
being
able
to
break
'em
.
But
then
the
Body
of
the
Reserve
came
up
,
and
several
Squadrons
returning
from
the
pursuit
of
the
Spanish
Horse
re-joyn'd
the
Prince●s
Body
.
And
then
the
Spanish
Infantry
being
surrounded
on
every
side
,
and
overlay●d
with
Multitude
,
was
constraind
to
give
way
to
Number
.
So
that
the
Officers
layd
aside
all
Thoughts
of
any
longer
defending
themselves
,
but
by
the
motion
of
their
Hats
made
a
sign
of
calling
for
Quarter
.
Upon
this
the
Prince
advancing
to
receive
their
Parole
,
and
give
them
his
,
the
Spanish
Foot
thought
that
the
Prince
had
been
going
to
make
another
Attack
upon
'em
,
and
upon
that
mistake
discharg'd
a
full
Volly
at
him
,
which
was
the
greatest
danger
he
was
in
,
during
the
whole
bloody
Work
of
the
Day
.
Which
his
men
perceiving
,
and
attributing
it
to
the
Treachery
of
the
Spaniards
,
chargd
'em
on
every
side
without
expecting
any
Orders
,
and
reveng'd
the
Risco
which
their
General
had
escapd
,
with
a
most
dreadful
Slaughter
of
the
Spaniards
.
The
French
pierc'd
into
the
midst
of
the
Spanish
Battallion
,
killing
all
that
stood
in
their
way
,
and
notwithstanding
all
that
the
Duke
could
do
,
gave
Quarter
to
none
,
but
more
especially
to
the
Switzers
,
who
are
usually
more
Merciless
then
the
French
The
Prince
flew
about
every
where
,
calling
to
the
Souldiers
to
give
Quarter
:
The
Spanish
Officers
also
,
and
likewise
the
Common
Souldiers
,
crowded
about
him
for
shelter
,
and
Don
George
de
Castelui
,
Camp-Master
,
was
taken
by
his
own
hand
.
In
short
,
all
that
could
escape
the
Fury
of
the
Souldiers
ran
in
heaps
to
beg
their
Lives
of
him
,
and
beheld
him
with
Admiration
.
So
soon
as
the
Prince
had
given
Orders
for
securing
the
Prisoners
,
he
made
it
his
Business
to
●ally
his
Men
,
and
to
put
himself
in
a
Condition
●o
fight
Beck
,
if
he
should
happen
to
worst
Gassion
,
●r
if
he
should
adventure
to
engage
him
in
the
●lain
.
But
Gassion
returning
from
the
pursuit
of
●he
Fugitives
,
told
the
Duke
,
that
Beck
made
no
haste
to
come
out
of
the
Forest
,
only
contented
himself
to
pick
up
the
shatterd
Wrecks
of
the
Defeat
.
That
he
had
done
it
in
so
great
Disorder
,
and
with
so
little
Knowledge
of
the
Advantages
he
might
have
made
of
the
narrow
Passes
of
the
Forest
,
that
any
one
might
plainly
perceive
that
the
Terrour
of
Melos's
Men
,
had
struck
his
Souldiers
with
the
same
dismay
.
In
a
word
,
after
he
had
savd
some
remnants
of
the
Spanish
Army
,
he
retreated
with
an
incredible
precipitancy
,
leaving
behind
him
two
pieces
of
Canon
.
The
Duke
finding
his
Victory
absolutely
secure
,
fell
upon
his
Knees
in
the
midst
of
the
Field
of
Battel
,
commanding
all
his
Men
to
do
the
same
,
and
gave
God
Thanks
for
his
great
Success
.
And
certainly
all
France
was
no
less
obligd
to
pay
her
Thanksgivings
to
Heaven
,
and
her
Thanks
to
Him
.
For
assuredly
it
may
be
said
that
for
many
Ages
,
France
had
never
won
a
Battel
more
Glorious
,
nor
of
greater
Importance
.
And
indeed
great
Actions
were
perform'd
on
both
Sides
.
The
Valour
of
the
Spanish
Infantry
can
never
be
sufficiently
applauded
.
For
it
is
a
thing
but
rarely
heard
of
,
that
after
the
Rout
of
an
Army
,
a
Body
of
Foot
deprivd
of
Cavalry
,
ever
had
the
Resolution
,
in
open
Field
,
not
only
to
stand
One
but
Three
Attacks
,
without
being
so
much
as
stirr'd
;
and
it
may
be
truly
said
,
that
if
the
Reserve
had
not
come
up
,
the
Prince
as
Victorious
as
he
was
over
the
rest
of
the
Army
,
could
never
have
broken
that
stout
and
Courageous
Infantry
.
One
extraordinary
Action
of
the
Regiment
of
Velandia
was
remarkable
.
In
the
first
Onset
which
the
Duke
made
on
that
Regiment
,
the
Musketeers
being
cut
in
pieces
,
and
the
Body
of
Pikes
being
surrounded
on
every
side
by
the
French
Horse
,
they
made
a
●low
retreat
,
in
a
Body
,
to
the
Gross
of
the
Spanish
Infantry
.
When
the
Left
Wing
of
the
French
was
broken
,
Word
was
brought
to
Sirot
that
he
should
save
the
Body
of
the
Reserve
,
and
make
his
escape
;
that
there
was
no
other
remedy
,
in
regard
the
Battel
was
lost
.
To
which
he
answer'd
,
without
being
mov'd
in
the
least
,
'T
is
not
yet
lost
,
because
Sirot
and
his
Companions
have
not
yet
fought
.
In
short
,
his
Courage
contributed
very
much
to
the
Victory
.
But
by
the
report
of
the
Spaniards
themselves
,
nothing
appeard
so
worthy
of
Admiration
as
the
Presence
of
Mind
,
and
Sedateness
of
the
Duke
,
in
the
hottest
Fury
of
the
Battel
:
particularly
when
the
Enemies
left
Wing
was
broken
;
for
instead
of
greedily
following
the
pursuit
,
he
presently
turnd
upon
their
Infantry
.
By
which
reserv'dness
he
kept
his
Men
from
breaking
their
Order
,
so
that
he
was
in
a
Condition
to
assail
the
Spanish
Cavalry
who
thought
themselves
Victorious
.
Gassion
won
Eternal
Honour
,
and
the
Duke
gave
him
great
Marks
of
his
Esteem
.
For
upon
the
Field
of
Battel
it self
,
he
promisd
to
procure
him
a
Marshal
of
France's
Battoon
,
which
the
King
granted
him
some
time
after
.
Of
Eighteen
Thousand
Foot
,
of
which
Melos's
Army
consisted
,
there
were
above
Eight
Thousand
slain
upon
the
Place
,
and
near
Seven
Thousand
Prisoners
.
The
Count
of
Fountaines
,
Camp-Master
General
,
was
found
dead
near
his
Chair
,
at
the
Head
of
his
Men.
The
Loss
of
him
was
a
long
time
after
bewaild
by
the
Spaniards
.
The
French
applauded
his
Courage
,
and
the
Prince
himself
said
,
That
if
he
●ould
not
have
got
the
Victory
,
he
wo●ld
●●ve
dy'd
as
he
did
.
Valandia
,
and
V●lalva
,
underwent
the
same
Fate
:
All
the
Officers
were
either
taken
or
slain
.
The
Spaniards
also
lost
Eighteen
Pieces
of
Canon
,
and
Six
Battering
Pieces
,
Two
Hundred
Colours
of
Foot
,
and
Sixty
of
Horse
.
The
Pillage
was
great
;
for
that
besides
the
Booty
of
the
Baggage
,
there
was
the
Money
of
a
whole
M●ste●
,
which
the
Army
was
to
have
receivd
after
the
taking
of
Ro●roy
.
Of
the
French
were
kill'd
in
all
about
Two
Thousand
,
but
very
few
Officers
or
Persons
of
Quality
.
The
D.
lodgd
his
Army
in
the
Enemies
Camp
,
and
after
he
had
given
Order
for
the
wounded
,
enter'd
a
Victor
into
Rocroy
.
The
next
day
,
he
understood
that
Melos
retird
out
of
the
Battel
,
upon
the
rout
of
the
right
Wing
of
his
Army
,
and
never
minded
the
rallying
of
the
Fugitives
till
he
was
got
under
the
Canon
of
Philip●ille
.
His
Cavalry
re-join'd
him
in
the
same
Place
,
but
the
Foot
were
utterly
ruind
,
and
the
following
Campaigns
made
appear
the
Vastness
of
the
Loss
,
which
Spain
could
never
yet
repair
.
So
true
it
is
,
that
a
good
Army
of
Foot
cannot
be
too
carefully
preservd
,
whether
in
War
or
Peace
;
seeing
it
is
not
in
the
power
of
the
greatest
Kings
,
in
a
long
time
to
recover
a
lost
Body
of
Old
Officers
and
Souldiers
,
accustom'd
to
fight
together
and
endure
the
Fatigues
of
War
.
The
Duke
,
after
he
had
stayd
at
Rocroy
Two
days
,
led
his
Army
to
Guise
,
the
same
way
that
he
came
.
There
he
rested
some
days
,
during
which
the
Prince
prepard
every
thing
ready
to
enter
the
Enemies
Country
.
For
in
regard
the
Magazines
had
been
only
provided
for
the
Defensive
part
,
there
was
a
necessity
of
Storing
up
Provisions
and
Ammunition
,
in
the
most
advancd
Places
of
the
Frontiers
.
Flanders
lay
open
on
every
side
;
which
way
soever
the
Duke
had
a
Design
to
Lead
his
Victorious
Army
,
there
was
nothing
to
oppose
his
Passage
.
He
might
either
attack
Mets
,
or
the
Towns
upon
the
Scheldt
,
or
the
Moselle
.
There
was
also
great
probability
that
all
these
Enterprizes●
might
prove
extreamly
Beneficial
.
But
the
winning
of
the
Sea-Towns
seemd
the
most
Advantageous
,
which
would
not
only
be
an
Assistance
to
the
Hollanders
,
but
deprive
the
Low-Countries
,
at
the
same
time
,
of
the
most
speedy
Succours
which
they
receiv'd
from
Spain
.
But
the
Duke
of
Enguien
knew
,
that
the
Hollanders
were
afraid
of
nothing
so
much
,
as
of
having
the
French
to
be
their
Neighbours
,
and
that
they
would
rather
make
a
Peace
,
and
Confederate
themselves
with
the
Spaniards
,
tho
their
Natural
Enemies
,
then
endure
that
France
should
extend
her
Conquests
over
those
Places
,
which
serve
as
Barricades
between
the
Spanish
Territories
,
and
those
of
the
Vnited
Provinces
.
Moreover
it
was
impossible
to
take
either
Gravelin
or
Dunkirk
,
without
a
Fleet
:
Nor
were
the
Kings
Fleets
in
a
Condition
to
keep
the
Sea
.
So
that
there
wanted
both
Time
,
Money
,
and
Negotiations
,
to
vanquish
the
Mistrusts
and
Jealousies
of
the
States-General
,
and
engage
em
to
lend
their
Ships
;
so
that
the
Duke
gave
over
that
Design
.
There
remain●d
Two
other
Places
,
the
Scheldt
and
the
Moselle
.
The
first
was
very
difficult
,
in
regard
the
Remains
of
the
shatter'd
Spanish
Army
were
got
thither
,
besides
that
the
French
had
no
Magazines
on
that
side
.
The
last
Design
was
of
great
Importance
toward
the
Conquest
of
Flanders
,
because
Thionville
,
and
all
the
other
places
upon
the
Moselle
opend
an
Entrance
for
the
German
Armies
into
Flanders
.
So
that
the
Duke
not
being
in
a
Condition
to
take
Sea
Towns
,
could
not
undertake
any
thing
more
Advantageous
then
the
Siege
of
Thionville
,
to
the
end
that
by
possessing
himself
of
this
Place
,
he
might
hinder
the
Enemies
Communication
between
Germany
and
Flanders
,
and
by
this
Conquest
settle
the
posture
of
his
Affairs
,
against
the
next
Campaign
,
for
greater
Enterprizes
.
It
was
easie
to
furnish
his
Army
with
Subsistance
on
that
side
next
Champaign
.
All
Preparations
necessary
for
a
great
Siege
had
been
Stord
up
there
during
the
Winter
.
The
Deceasd
King
had
caus'd
Provision
and
Ammunition
to
be
transported
thither
,
with
a
Design
to
carry
the
War
into
Fr●nche
Conte
:
and
Marshal
de
Meilleray
was
to
have
undertaken
that
Enterprize
.
But
the
Kings
Death
having
overturnd
all
those
Projects
,
and
the
Army
in
Italy
being
too
weak
to
keep
the
Field
,
Meilleray's
Forces
were
parted
into
Two
Bodies
.
One
part
pass'd
the
Alps
under
Viscount
Turenne
,
and
the
other
commanded
by
the
Marquiss
de
Gesvres
,
servd
under
the
Duke
.
Nevertheless
,
it
requir'd
time
to
fetch
out
of
Burgundy
and
Champaign
,
all
the
Ammunition
and
Train
of
Artillety
.
And
therefore
the
Duke
would
not
encline
toward
Thionville
,
for
fear
General
Beck
should
reinforce
it
with
Men.
The
Prince
therefore
Marchd
into
the
middle
of
Flanders
on
purpose
to
alarum
the
Principal
Cities
,
and
to
oblige
the
Enemy
to
strengthen
the
Garisons
,
his
Designs
being
to
return
the
same
way
he
came
,
and
to
sit
down
unexpected
before
Thionville
.
To
this
purpose
he
dispatchd
away
St.
Martin
,
Lieutenant
of
the
Artillery
,
with
Order
to
bring
Ammunition
to
the
Frontiers
of
Champaign
;
and
he
wrote
to
the
Intendant
of
that
Province
to
provide
great
quantities
of
Corn
and
Provision
for
the
Subsistance
of
the
Army
,
and
then
marchd
toward
Hanault
,
through
Landrecies
.
Emery
and
Barlemont
The
taking
of
Emery
,
Barlemont
and
Mauberge
.
Surrender'd
after
some
few
Discharges
of
the
Great
Guns
,
and
Mauberge
open'd
her
Gates
without
Resistance
.
He
mov'd
forward
as
far
as
Binch
,
which
the
Enemy
had
reinforc'd
with
some
Men
;
and
that
he
might
still
carry
on
his
Counterfeit
show
,
he
attackd
that
small
Place
,
which
Surrende●'d
the
same
day
at
Discretion
.
There
the
Prince
stay'd
Fifteen
days
without
undertaking
any
thing
,
till
the
Preparations
for
the
Siege
of
Thionville
were
all
ready
.
On
the
other
side
,
as
the
Prince
foresaw
,
the
Spaniards
were
retir'd
,
with
their
Cavalry
,
under
the
Guns
of
the
fortifi'd
Towns
,
and
the
remainder
of
their
Infantry
was
disperc'd
into
the
Cities
adjoining
to
the
French
Army
.
So
that
't
was
easie
for
the
Prince
to
get
before
'em
by
wheeling
of
a
suddain
toward
Thionville
.
He
sent
strong
Parties
from
Binch
,
to
the
Gates
of
Brussels
,
and
struck
a
Terror
into
the
Cities
that
lay
most
remote
.
But
at
length
,
word
being
brought
him
that
every
thing
was
ready
in
Champaign
for
the
Siege
,
and
that
the
Marquiss
of
Geseres
was
arrivd
with
the
Body
under
his
Command
;
the
Duke
set
forward
from
Binch
,
and
return'd
by
the
way
of
Barlemont
and
Mauberge
,
re-entring
into
the
Plain
of
Roeroy
,
through
the
same
Pass
,
thorough
which
the
Spaniards
retreated
after
the
loss
of
the
Battel
.
Upon
his
departure
,
he
sent
away
d●
Aumont
with
Twelve
Hundred
Horse
to
join
the
Marquiss
of
Gesvres
,
and
invest
Thionville
.
Sicot
was
order'd
to
convoy
the
heavy
Artillery
by
the
way
of
Toul
and
Mets
,
while
the
Infantry
,
with
some
Field-pieces
,
marchd
toward
Thionville
.
All
these
things
were
executed
according
to
the
Duke's
Orders
.
Nevertheless
d'
Aumont
,
and
de
Gesvres
did
not
arrive
before
Thionville
,
till
Two
days
before
the
Prince
.
For
,
notwithstanding
the
great
falls
of
Rain
,
and
the
Hardships
which
the
Foot
suffer'd
in
their
March
,
he
was
but
Seven
days
marching
between
Binch
and
Thionville
;
choosing
some
of
his
way
through
the
Country
of
France
,
the
more
to
conceal
his
Design
,
and
passing
the
Meuse
at
S●dan
,
he
cross'd
Luxemburgh
,
and
sate
down
the
Seventh
day
before
Thionville
.
This
Town
is
Seated
upon
the
Banks
of
the
Moselle
,
on
Luxemburgh
side
;
not
above
Four
Leagues
below
Metz.
The
Plain
where
it
is
Seated
is
very
fertile
;
and
Border'd
on
Two
sides
with
little
Hills
cover'd
with
thick
Woods
.
The
Advantage
of
the
Place
,
and
Beauty
of
the
Country
,
was
the
reason
that
great
Expence
and
Art
had
been
bestow'd
upon
the
Fortifications
of
it
.
It
had
been
all
along
in
the
Possession
of
the
House
of
Austria
,
only
when
it
was
taken
by
the
Duke
of
Guise
,
in
the
Reign
of
Henry
the
II.
till
the
First
Treaty
of
V●rvins
,
at
what
time
it
was
restor'd
to
the
Spaniards
.
The
Misfortune
that
befel
F●quieres
in
1639.
had
render'd
it
Famous
,
during
the
last
Wars
,
and
every
Body
lookt
upon
it
as
a
Conquest
of
Importance
,
but
which
would
cost
dear
.
The
Moselle
secures
it
wholly
on
the
one
side
;
so
that
on
that
side
there
is
only
one
Rampart
terminating
in
a
right
Line
.
The
remaining
Circuit
is
fortifi'd
with
Five
great
Bastions
,
lin'd
with
Free-Stone
,
and
Two
Demi-B●stions
at
the
Two
Ends
that
re-join
the
River
.
The
Mote
is
large
,
deep
and
full
of
Water
.
The
Counterscarp
is
very
broad
,
and
the
Courtins
cover'd
with
Five
Half
Moons
;
and
before
the
Gate
on
that
side
next
to
Cirque
,
stands
a
great
Horn-work
.
The
Country
round
about
it
is
so
plain
and
level
,
that
there
is
no
approaching
the
Town
without
being
expos'd
to
great
and
small
Shot
;
and
the
adjoining
Hills
command
the
Plain
in
several
Parts
,
which
makes
the
raising
a
Circumvallation
difficult
.
There
were
Eight
Hundred
Foot
in
the
Town
,
and
Store
of
Ammunition
and
Provisions
when
the
Duke
sate
down
before
it
.
So
soon
as
the
foremost
Troops
began
to
enter
the
Plain
,
he
caus'd
the
Commander
Grancy
to
pass
the
River
,
with
the
Cavalry
,
to
hinder
the
Entrance
of
any
Relief
,
before
the
Quarters
were
assign'd
.
This
Grancy
,
had
commanded
at
the
First
Siege
in
1639.
and
was
●ully
acquainted
with
the
Situation
of
the
Places
and
Passes
,
through
which
the
Spaniards
could
steal
in
Relief
.
But
many
things
happen
in
War
which
all
the
Prudence
of
a
General
,
and
his
Principle
Officers
,
cannot
prevent
.
While
Grancy
pass'd
the
River
,
the
Prince
stay'd
in
the
Plain
,
and
as
his
Forces
came
up
,
order'd
'em
to
be
posted
in
all
the
Avenues
which
were
most
to
be
suspected
;
referring
till
the
next
day
the
Appointment
of
their
several
Quarters
,
and
the
Settlement
of
the
Camp
.
The
whole
Army
also
stood
to
their
Arms
all
that
Night
,
without
hearing
the
least
News
of
the
Spaniard
.
Yet
by
break
of
day
word
was
brought
to
the
Duke
,
that
a
Reinforcement
of
near
Two
Thousand
Men
was
got
into
the
Town
,
through
the
Count
of
Gran●y's
Quarters
.
Nevertheless
,
the
Count
had
plac'd
his
Corps
du
Guard
with
all
the
Care
imaginable
;
besides
that
he
visited
all
the
Posts
himself
,
with
an
extraordinary
Vigilance
.
Nor
had
he
had
any
Alarum
all
the
Night
long
.
However
,
an
Hour
before
day
one
of
his
Parties
brought
Two
Country-Men
to
him
,
who
affirm'd
that
some
Spanish
Troops
had
p●ss'd
the
River
at
Cirque
,
and
that
they
march'd
along
the
Bank
of
the
River
,
and
got
into
Thionvil●e
;
and
they
told
their
Story
with
so
many
Circumstances
,
and
so
much
Probability
,
that
Grancy
believ'd
'em
.
At
the
same
time
therefore
he
chang'd
the
Order
of
his
Guards
,
and
leading
all
his
Forces
to
that
Place
which
the
Peasants
had
describ'd
to
him
,
he
left
but
Two
Regiments
to
Guard
the
Post
toward
Mets.
In
short
,
Two
Thousand
Men
had
pass'd
the
River
at
Cirque
,
but
they
took
another
way
,
then
that
which
the
Peasants
Information
mention'd
.
For
,
instead
of
keeping
close
to
the
River
,
they
had
taken
a
compass
round
about
the
Wood
to
enter
into
the
Plain
on
that
side
next
Metz.
And
indeed
the
Spantards
perform'd
their
Business
with
extraordinary
Diligence
and
Courage
,
so
that
by
peep
of
day
they
were
discover'd
,
marching
directly
to
the
Half-Moon
;
so
that
the
French
Guards
,
astonish'd
at
this
Alarum
,
Charg'd
the
Relief
too
late
,
and
with
some
Disorder
.
And
whether
the
Spaniards
perform'd
any
Exploit
more
remarkable
then
usual
,
or
whether
the
Guards
were
remiss
in
their
Duty
,
that
Reinforcement
enter'd
Th●onville
without
any
loss
.
The
Duke
was
not
a
little
displeas'd
at
the
News
;
he
saw
it
would
much
retard
the
taking
of
the
Place
,
and
by
Consequence
delay
those
other
Conquests
which
depended
upon
this
,
if
it
did
not
quite
put
'em
off
till
the
next
Campaign
.
A
place
like
Thionville
well
fortifi'd
and
defended
by
a
numerous
Garison
,
could
not
be
carry'd
in
a
small
time
,
nor
without
a
great
Loss
of
Men.
But
all
these
Inconveniencies
did
not
hinder
the
Prince
from
continuing
the
Siege
:
On
the
contrary
,
he
apply'd
himself
to
it
with
so
much
the
more
Diligence
,
as
the
peril
and
difficulties
were
the
greater
which
he
had
to
surmount
.
He
foarded
the
River
that
he
might
be
able
to
assign
his
Souldiers
their
Posts
on
that
side
,
and
he
order'd
Two
Bridges
of
Boats
to
be
made
both
above
and
below
the
Town
.
After
he
had
Lodg'd
his
Men
also
in
Two
little
Villages
on
that
side
next
Lorraine
,
he
appointed
the
Guards
,
and
mark'd
out
the
Place
where
he
would
have
the
Line
of
Circumvallation
drawn
along
;
which
done
,
he
re-pass'd
the
River
to
give
the
same
Orders
on
Luxemburgh
side
.
Immediately
he
divided
his
Army
into
Five
Quarters
.
The
greatest
Body
of
his
Horse
he
encamp'd
in
a
Meadow
,
along
the
River
,
on
that
side
next
Mets
;
where
Gassion
was
also
Quarter'd
to
Command
'em
.
The
Head
Quarters
were
taken
up
near
Gassion's
,
in
a
small
Village
,
almost
a
Mile
from
the
Plain
,
upon
the
Bank
of
a
Rivolet
which
crosses
it
,
and
which
falls
into
the
Moselle
at
the
Foot
of
the
Counterscarp
of
Thionville
.
There
the
Duke
Lodg'd
himself
,
with
the
Principal
Body
of
the
Infantry
,
and
extended
his
Camp
into
the
Plain
,
as
far
as
the
Foot
of
the
Mountains
;
and
the
Regiments
of
●ambuzes
,
and
the
Swisses
under
Molendin
Posted
thems●lves
upon
the
rising
Grounds
,
near
the
Woods
,
with
which
the
Hills
were
cover'd
.
There
was
one
much
higher
then
the
rest
,
which
Commands
not
only
all
the
Plain
of
Thionville
,
but
all
the
Hills
that
lie
round
about
it
.
The
Importance
of
that
place
constrain'd
the
Duke
to
settle
there
a
Powerful
Quarter
;
for
which
the
Camp
was
mark'd
out
in
the
middle
of
the
Hill
,
and
d'
Aumomt
had
the
Command
of
it
.
Dand●●●t
commanded
the
other
Quarter
.
Ges●res
undertook
with
his
little
Army
to
Guard
that
side
next
to
Cirque
,
from
the
River
to
the
rising
Grounds
.
Palluau
and
Sicot
had
the
Care
of
all
that
lay
beyond
the
River
,
in
regard
Grancy
was
fallen
Sick
,
and
had
left
the
Camp
.
So
soon
as
the
Quarters
were
dispos'd
,
the
Duke
order'd
the
Line
of
Circumvalation
to
be
cast
up
,
and
large
Forts
to
be
trac'd
out
upon
the
rising
Grounds
,
which
commanded
the
greatest
part
of
the
Plain
.
At
the
same
time
he
also
secur'd
his
Line
with
Redoubts
,
supplying
the
weakest
parts
with
sharp
pointed
Piles
of
Wood
;
and
Pallisadoes
.
All
this
while
the
Convoys
arriv'd
from
all
parts
with
Amunition
and
Provisions
;
and
for
twenty
days
together
that
the
Circumva●lation
was
finishing
,
the
Duke
caus'd
to
be
brought
from
Mets
thirty
battering
Pieces
,
and
order'd
great
provision
to
be
made
of
Planks
and
Oken
Timber
,
Sacks
of
Earth
and
Bavi●s
to
carry
on
the
Trenches
,
and
for
the
service
of
the
Artillery
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
Besieged
prepar'd
all
things
necessary
for
their
Defence
;
and
while
their
Infantry
was
imploy'd
in
raising
new
Works
,
and
repairing
the
Old
,
their
Cavalry
Sally'd
out
every
day
to
annoy
the
Besiegers
.
The
Sally
which
they
made
two
days
after
the
Division
of
the
Besiegers
Quarters
,
was
so
vigorous
that
they
came
on
so
far
as
the
Duke
of
Engui●●'s
Camp
;
and
the
Count
of
Tavans
had
his
Arm
broken
with
a
Pistol
Shot●
The
Plain
was
every
day
full
of
Skirmishes
,
and
some
of
them
happen'd
to
be
such
obstinate
Conflicts
,
that
as
many
men
were
lost
on
both
sides
as
in
many
more
remark●ble
Encounters
.
But
the
last
was
the
most
vigorous
of
all
.
For
at
the
time
that
the
Duke
was
providing
a
great
number
of
Gabions
and
Faggots
near
a
Chappel
in
the
midst
of
the
Plain
;
the
Besieg'd
,
resolving
to
see
what
he
was
doing
,
●all●'d
out
w●th
the
greatest
part
of
their
Horse
,
to
view
those
preparations
near
at
hand
,
which
they
could
not
so
well
discerne
at
a
distance
.
The
Afternoon
was
almost
spent
in
skirmishing
,
when
the
Duke
incens'd
to
see
the
Enemy
keep
the
Plain
so
long
,
commanded
Dandelot
to
drive
'em
into
the
Town
.
Dandelot
perform'd
his
Orders
with
extraordinary
Courage
,
but
with
great
precepitancy
,
for
that
he
could
not
be
follow'd
but
by
a
small
number
of
Volunteers
:
the
Skirmishers
also
gave
way
upon
the
first
Charge
that
he
made
,
and
retreated
under
the
Counterscarp
of
the
Town
,
but
then
the
Squadrons
that
were
to
s●cond
'em
advancing
,
Dandelot
found
himself
surrounded
on
every
side
,
and
he
had
been
taken
,
but
for
a
small
Guard
of
thirty
Troopers
led
by
Moussaye
,
who
rescu'd
him
out
of
the
hands
of
the
Enemy
.
However
those
Squadrons
still
prest
upon
Dandelott
and
Moussaye
,
with
so
much
vigour
,
that
they
could
never
have
made
good
their
Retreat
,
had
not
the
Duke
ran
to
the
main
Guard
,
and
brought
it
on
himself
in
all
hast
to
their
relief
.
Gerze
and
Dandelot
were
wounded
;
and
so
the
Spaniards
retir'd
after
an
obstinate
Combat
.
However
all
this
could
not
prevent
compleating
the
Circumvallation
,
nor
fortifiing
the
Camp
with
all
things
requisite
,
the
Duke
being
every
where
present
,
as
well
to
encourage
the
Workmen
,
as
to
observe
what
places
were
most
proper
to
make
his
Attacks
.
And
after
due
consideration
he
resolv'd
upon
two
;
Both
upon
the
Face
of
one
of
the
two
Bastions
,
that
lookt
toward
the
middle
of
the
Plain
,
to
the
end
that
being
near
together
,
they
might
the
more
easily
support
each
other
.
There
was
a
wide
space
left
between
the
two
openings
of
the
Trenches
,
and
that
space
lessend
,
as
the
Trenches
advanc'd
toward
the
Town
:
One
of
these
Trenches
cover'd
it self
to
the
Right
,
and
the
other
to
the
Left
,
and
the
Regiments
of
Pi●a●dy
and
Nav●rre
,
were
the
first
that
Mounted
the
Guard
.
In
the
night
time
two
Great
Shouldrings
of
Gabions
were
rais'd
,
which
cover'd
two
places
of
Arms
,
wide
enought
to
contain
each
a
hunderd
Horse
;
for
that
they
stood
in
need
of
Horse
behind
the
Trench
,
to
support
it
against
the
terrible
Sallies
of
the
Enemy
.
The
same
Night
the
Duke
order
da
long
Line
to
be
drawn
,
and
two
Redoubts
to
be
begun
,
Spacious
enough
to
lodge
a
hunderd
Men
:
and
in
all
the
returns
of
the
Lines
he
order'd
large
places
of
Arms
to
be
made
,
and
that
that
Trench
should
be
carry'd
on
with
all
speed
;
so
that
maugre
the
continual
firing
of
the
Besieged
it
was
advancd
the
fourth
Night
within
two
hundred
Paces
of
the
Counterscarp
.
In
that
part
the
Duke
resolv'd
to
have
a
Communication
between
the
two
Attacks
,
which
were
already
in
good
forwardness
.
And
instead
of
making
his
Communications
with
the
usual
Line
,
he
joyn'd
'em
together
with
a
large
Battery
of
four
and
twenty
Pieces
of
Cannon
.
The
diligence
of
the
Officers
was
so
great
,
that
the
sixth
Day
after
the
Trenches
were
open'd
,
the
Cannon
began
to
play
upon
the
Town
.
In
the
same
place
of
Communication
also
,
the
Two
Batteries
took
a
different
way
,
and
separated
at
some
distance
one
from
the
other
,
to
turn
themselves
toward
the
Face
of
the
two
Bastions
which
were
opposite
to
'em
.
On
the
right
Hand
of
the
Duke
of
Enguien's
Trench
,
stood
a
Mill
,
upon
the
Rivolet
already
mention'd
,
which
was
fortifi'd
with
a
good
Palisado
,
and
wherein
the
Besieged
had
planted
some
Musketeers
,
who
very
much
annoy'd
the
carrying
on
of
the
Trenches
,
in
regard
they
had
a
view
of
'em
behind
.
Ther
upon
,
the
Duke
resolving
to
clear
that
Post
the
same
Night
,
which
was
the
Seventh
after
the
opening
of
the
Trenches
,
order'd
it
to
be
Stormd
,
notwithstanding
the
obstinate
Resistance
of
the
Besieged
,
and
their
continual
Firing
from
the
Rampart
and
Counterscarp
.
And
before
Day
,
this
Lodgment
was
join'd
to
the
Trench
by
a
Line
,
and
the
Mill
serv'd
the
Besiegers
,
instead
of
a
Redoubt
,
against
the
Sallies
out
of
Mets-Gate
.
At
the
other
Attack
,
the
Line
was
carry'd
on
with
equal
Diligence
;
but
the
Eighth●Day
the
Besieged
made
a
furious
Sally
upon
Dandelot
,
who
was
upon
the
Guard
,
with
the
Regiment
of
Harcour●
.
And
while
all
the
Cavalry
that
belong'd
to
the
Besieged
fought
against
the
Horse
that
seconded
the
French
,
their
Infantry
powr'd
upon
the
Head
of
the
Works
,
and
forc'd
the
Out-guard
to
retreat
to
the
Battery
.
Thereupon
,
Dandelot
who
was
in
the
other
Attack
near
the
Prince
,
marchd
along
the
Counterscarp
to
Succour
the
F●ench
;
so
that
the
Besiegd
,
fearing
to
be
intercepted
,
retreated
in
great
haste
.
The
Horse-Guard
also
being
reinforcd
with
some
Cavalry
from
the
Camp
,
repell'd
the
Town-Cavalry
to
the
very
Barricados
of
the
Gate
,
and
the
Infantry
was
forc●d
back
by
Dandelot
to
the
Counterscarp
.
But
the
more
the
Duke
labour'd
to
advance
the
Works
,
the
more
the
Besieged
re-doubl'd
their
Efforts
.
For
before
the
Besiegers
were
got
to
the
Counterscarp
,
they
had
cut
in
the
Glacis
a
second
Covert-way
well
Pallisado'd
,
and
more
difficult
to
take
,
then
that
of
the
Counterscarp
;
in
regard
the
Defence
it
obtain'd
from
the
Town
was
nearer
,
and
had
a
greater
power
to
cut
off
those
that
came
to
attack
it
.
Nevertheless
,
the
Ninth
Night
,
this
new
Covert-way
was
carry'd
on
two
sides
.
But
it
cost
the
Lives
of
a
great
many
Men
,
and
it
was
impossible
it
should
be
otherwise
,
when
Men
are
to
be
Lodg'd
at
the
Foot
of
a
Glacis
of
a
Counterscarp
open
on
every
side
to
the
Enemies
Defence
.
Among
the
rest
,
Perseval
,
who
had
the
Leading
of
the
Duke's
At●ack
was
here
mortally
wounded
.
This
Lodgment
of
great
Importance
being
made
,
they
labour'd
in
the
next
place
to
Lodg
themselves
upon
the
Counterscarp
;
to
which
purpose
,
upon
the
Tenth
Night
Musketeers
were
planted
on
the
Right
and
Left
to
support
the
Enterprize
,
which
was
put
in
Execution
the
Eleventh
Day
.
They
who
understand
what
belongs
to
War
agree
,
that
there
is
nothing
more
difficult
in
Sieges
then
Lodgments
upon
Counterscarps
,
when
the
Besiegers
are
resolv'd
to
carry
it
by
the
point
of
the
Sword
,
instead
of
making
use
of
the
longer
delays
of
Sapping
and
Mining
.
That
of
Thionville
was
very
strong
,
by
reason
of
the
breadth
of
it
,
and
the
Traverses
which
the
Besieged
had
made
in
it
:
Besides
,
that
it
was
not
an
easie
thing
to
choose
out
a
Place
proper
to
make
a
Lodgement
;
for
whether
you
made
it
opposite
to
the
Face
of
the
Half-Moon
,
or
the
Bastion
,
the
Besiegers
Works
must
lie
open
to
one
of
those
two
Fortresses
.
But
notwithstanding
all
these
Difficulties
,
a
Resolution
was
taken
to
force
the
Covert-way
in
those
Parts
which
lookt
toward
the
Face
of
the
Bastion
.
For
the
Duke
was
of
Opinion
that
while
the
two
Trenches
gave
their
Onsets
both
at
a
time
,
they
that
defended
the
Counterscarp
would
give
way
,
for
fear
of
being
enclos'd
betwee●
the
two
Attacks
,
and
so
the
Lodgement
might
be
made
by
Shouldrings
,
high-raisd
,
to
cover
'em
against
the
Defenses
of
the
Bastions
,
and
the
Half-Moon
.
Upon
the
Night
appointed
for
this
Attack
,
Espenan
commanded
the
Right
,
and
Gesvres
the
Left
;
and
so
soon
as
the
Signal
was
given
,
their
Men
marchd
directly
to
the
Palisado's
;
at
what
time
the
Granadeers
,
that
were
foremost
,
fir'd
their
Granadoes
so
furiously
,
that
the
Besieged
could
not
make
much
Resistance
;
but
observing
in
their
Retreat
,
that
they
who
oppos'd
the
Marquiss
of
Gef●res
had
made
a
more
stout
Defence
,
they
join'd
with
them
,
which
occasiond
such
a
desperate
Conflict
in
that
part
,
that
the
Marquiss
lost
abundance
of
Men
before
he
could
drive
the
Besieged
from
the
Covert-way
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Espenan
,
who
met
with
no
other
Opposition
then
that
of
the
Half-Moon
and
Bastion
,
began
his
Lodgement
;
but
La
Plante
,
who
perform'd
the
Duty
of
an
Engineer
in
that
Action
,
was
wounded
,
while
he
was
tracing
out
the
Work
.
This
Accident
put
those
that
carry'd
the
Materials
into
Disorder
;
for
the
Line
was
but
half
drawn
;
no
Body
knew
where
to
throw
the
Faggots
,
nor
how
to
go
about
to
begin
the
Lodgment
.
And
indeed
,
a
good
Ingeneer
,
is
as
one
may
say
,
the
Soul
of
an
Attack
;
nor
can
they
be
too
much
valu'd
who
have
both
Courage
and
Understanding
to
acquit
themselves
well
of
such
an
Employment
.
To
this
part
therefore
the
Duke
of
Enguien
flew
,
and
set
all
the
Tayl
of
the
French
at
work
to
carry
empty
Barrels
,
Faggots
,
Sacks
of
Earth
,
while
some
of
the
Officers
trac'd
out
the
Lodgment
as
well
as
they
could
.
In
this
Lodgment
,
such
as
the
Disorder
would
permit
'em
to
make
;
Fifty
Men
secur'd
themselves
before
Day-break
,
and
afterwards
more
strongly
fortifi'd
themselves
with
Blinds
and
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*
Two
pieces
of
Wood
five
or
six
foot
long
,
set
up
an
end
upon
a
Traverse
five
or
six
foot
one
from
the
other
,
the
Spaces
being
fill'd
with
Bavins
.
Chandeleers
,
in
such
Places
where
they
saw
themselves
expos'd
.
Thus
the
Duke
became
Master
of
the
Covert-way
;
nor
could
the
besieged
any
longer
defend
their
Traverses
between
the
two
Attacks
.
The
Nights
following
,
they
did
nothing
but
extend
their
Lodgments
;
to
the
end
they
might
embrace
the
point
of
the
Half-Moon
and
the
Bastions
.
But
so
soon
as
they
had
lodgd
themselves
before
the
Face
of
the
Half-Moon
,
the
D.
gave
Orders
for
making
a
Descent
into
the
Mote
:
He
also
caus'd
a
vast
number
of
Faggots
to
be
thrown
into
it
to
fill
it
up
,
and
at
the
same
time
the
Miners
went
down
.
But
the
besieged
had
made
a
little
Lodgment
with
Barrels
of
Earth
upon
the
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†
A
way
three
foot
broad
,
at
the
foot
of
the
Rampart
,
between
the
Rampart
&
the
Moate
.
Berme
of
the
Half-Moon
,
which
sometimes
with
Bombs
,
sometimes
by
stroak
of
Hand
hindred
the
Miners
from
Lodging
themselves
.
The
Duke
therefore
seeing
that
unless
he
could
destroy
the
Lodgment
upon
the
Berme
,
with
his
Canon
,
it
would
be
impossible
to
secure
the
Miners
,
caus'd
a
Battery
to
be
rais'd
of
Four
Pieces
of
Canon
,
against
the
Face
of
the
Half-Moon
,
which
ruin'd
the
Lodgement
upon
the
Berme
in
a
short
time
.
The
Works
of
the
other
Attack
were
advanc'd
very
far
,
and
the
Lodgments
were
enlarg'd
in
such
a
manner
to
the
Right
and
Left
,
that
the
Batteries
design'd
to
ruine
the
Flanks
were
rais'd
almost
the
same
day
.
The
Lodgments
clos'd
together
at
the
head
of
the
Half-Moon
,
and
in
less
then
Eight
days
the
Counterscarp
was
secur'd
.
And
then
it
was
that
they
began
their
Descents
into
the
Moat
,
just
opposite
to
the
Faces
of
the
Bastions
;
and
the
Duke
orderd
the
Materials
to
be
got
ready
for
building
Galleries
.
This
is
a
Work
long
and
difficult
,
when
the
Moat
is
wide
and
deep
,
like
that
of
Thionville
.
Besides
,
the
Impatience
of
the
French
will
not
permit
'em
to
use
all
the
Precautions
which
the
Art
of
War
requires
for
the
sparing
the
Lives
of
Men.
Till
the
Siege
of
Hesdin
,
they
contented
themselves
with
only
filling
up
the
Moat
,
by
throwing
Faggets
into
it
at
hap-hazard
,
without
covering
themselves
either
above
or
in
the
Flanks
.
The
Marshal
de
Meil●eray
who
commanded
at
that
Siege
,
being
assisted
with
all
things
necessary
to
procure
his
good
Success
,
and
having
in
vain
attempted
all
the
usual
ways
to
Pass
the
Moat
made
use
of
a
means
till
then
unknown
in
France
.
For
Courteilles
found
out
the
Invention
of
a
Gallery
of
Bavins
,
so
ingeniously
contriv'd
,
that
it
was
fortifi'd
with
a
Covering
,
and
Parapets
like
a
Gallery
of
Earth
.
With
such
Galleries
as
these
it
was
,
that
the
Duke
of
Enguien
past
the
Moat
of
Thionville
.
For
he
order'd
a
great
number
of
Bavins
to
be
brought
to
the
Tayl
of
the
French
,
where
he
had
Men
ready
to
carry
'em
continually
to
the
Head
of
the
Works
.
So
that
as
soon
as
the
Descents
were
in
a
little
forwardness
,
he
began
his
Work
in
this
manner
.
He
order'd
Bavins
to
be
thrown
into
the
Moat
,
till
they
came
to
be
five
or
six
foot
high
above
the
Water
.
When
the
Heap
of
Bavins
was
rais'd
so
high
as
he
would
have
it
,
they
finish'd
the
Sapping
for
entrance
into
the
Moat
.
Six
Men
went
into
the
Sapping
,
and
secur'd
themselves
against
the
Face
of
the
Bastion
,
behind
the
Heaps
of
Faggots●
and
so
soon
as
they
were
secure
,
they
began
to
range
the
Bavins
,
to
the
Right
and
Left
,
in
order
to
make
the
Parapets
,
enterlacing
'em
sometimes
long
ways
,
sometimes
a
cross
,
and
sometimes
a●
the
ends
,
to
render
the
Work
more
Solid
.
Now
as
the
foremost
Workmen
dispos'd
the
Bavins
,
others
thrust
'em
together
with
Forks
;
and
the
Men
appointed
to
fetch
'em
from
the
Tayl
to
the
Head
of
the
French
,
threw
'em
without
ceasing
into
the
Moat
.
Afterwards
they
plac'd
all
the
length
of
the
Gallery
,
Blinds
and
Chandeleers
,
to
the
end
that
the
Workmen
might
not
be
seen
from
the
top
of
the
Rampart
.
They
also
carry'd
on
their
Works
by
degrees
toward
the
Wall
,
at
what
time
the
besieged
were
amaz'd
to
see
a
heap
of
Faggots
insensibly
crossing
the
breadth
of
their
Moat
,
and
yet
not
to
be
able
to
discover
the
Persons
that
advanc'd
the
Work
.
Moreover
,
while
these
Galleries
were
finishing
,
Batteries
were
rais'd
against
the
Flanks
of
the
Bastions
.
The
Canons
also
were
so
well
ply'd
,
that
the
Great
Shot
from
the
Town
,
no
longer
annoy'd
the
Works
;
besides
,
that
the
besieged
were
constrain●d
to
remove
the
greatest
of
the
Guns
to
a
Chand●leer
,
from
whence
they
might
shoot
into
the
Plain
,
and
play
upon
the
Tayl
of
the
French
.
The
Battery
rais'd
to
break
their
Lodgement
upon
the
Berme
of
the
Half-Moon
,
had
so
shaken
the
Rampart
,
that
it
was
an
easie
thing
to
make
a
Lodgment
there
without
Springing
a
Mine
.
For
which
reason
the
besieged
despair'd
of
being
able
any
longer
to
defend
the
Half-Moon
,
and
therefore
had
made
a
Mine
in
that
part
where
they
fore●aw
the
Besiegers
would
Lodge
,
and
when
they
saw
●em
preparing
for
an
Assault
,
they
gave
〈◊〉
to
it
,
but
it
Sprung
before
the
Men
Commanded
were
mounted
the
Half-Moon
.
So
that
the
Effect
was
so
fortunate
for
the
Besiegers
,
that
it
open'd
'em
a
convenient
space
to
fix
their
Lodgment
,
and
did
that
in
an
Instant
,
which
the
Labour
of
several
Men
could
not
have
done
in
a
day
.
So
soon
as
that
Post
was
secur'd
,
the
Duke
order'd
'em
to
go
on
with
other
Lodgements
upon
the
Gorge
of
the
Half-Moon
.
Which
done
,
a
Battery
was
rais'd
against
the
Curti●s
and
the
●lanks
;
and
while
the
Canon
play'd
to
ruine
all
those
Defences
,
the
Duke
order'd
a
Bridge
to
be
lay'd
like
the
rest
,
directly
to
the
middle
of
the
Curtin
.
At
the
same
time
that
the
Bridges
were
building
,
the
Duke
orderd
holes
to
be
made
with
Canon
,
which
he
planted
at
the
bottom
of
the
Covert-way
,
to
fix
the
Miners
in
the
midst
of
the
Faces
of
the
Bastions
;
and
these
holes
being
wide
enough
to
lodge
two
Men
,
he
orderd
the
Miners
to
be
wa●●ed
over
in
little
Boats
,
to
the
end
the
Mines
might
be
ready
against
the
Bridges
were
finish'd
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
Besieged
omitted
nothing
on
their
part
to
hinder
the
Progress
of
these
Works
;
for
besides
their
continual
firing
with
their
Small-sho●
from
the
Bastions
,
they
ply'd
without
ceasing
,
the
besiegers
,
with
Bombs
,
Granadoes
,
and
other
Artificial
Fire-works
,
and
from
t●me
to
time
made
such
Resolute
Sallies
,
that
had
it
not
been
for
the
continual
Vigilance
and
Diligence
of
the
Duke
,
the
Souldiers
would
have
been
wearied
out
and
repuls●d
.
In
one
of
the
Sallies
,
upon
the
Attack
on
the
Right
hand
,
the
besieged
beat
the
Guard
from
the
Batteries
upon
the
Counterscarp
,
made
themselves
Masters
of
the
Canon
,
nail'd
'em
,
and
retreat●●
without
any
loss
:
And
this
Accid●nt
〈…〉
the
Duke
to
raise
two
good
Redoubts
to
〈…〉
defend
the
Batteries
.
However
,
the
besieged
wo●●●
not
desist
;
but
attempted
one
of
the
most
ex●r●ordinary
Actions
that
were
ever
known
in
a
Siege●
For
while
they
kept
the
Guard
of
the
French
in
Play
with
a
numerous
Sally
,
some
Foot
cross'd
the
Moat
in
Boats
,
threw
themselves
upon
the
Counterscarp
,
and
enterd
into
the
Battery
through
the
Embrasures
,
kill'd
or
drave
away
the
Guards
,
naild
the
Canon
,
and
retir'd
safe
into
the
Town
.
Such
dangerous
Actions
are
not
performd
without
the
Loss
of
many
Officers
and
Souldiers
.
Among
the
rest
,
the
Marquiss
of
L●non
Court
,
Governour
of
Lorrain
,
being
come
from
Nanci
,
to
visit
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
out
of
Curiosity
would
needs
go
view
the
Works
,
but
he
was
hardly
got
to
the
First
Battery
,
but
he
was
shot
through
one
of
the
Embrazures
.
At
the
same
time
a
Canon
Bullet
fell
upon
a
Sack
of
Earth
,
against
which
Dandelo●
was
leaning
,
and
threw
all
the
Dirt
in
his
Face
,
without
doing
him
any
other
Harm
,
only
that
it
caus'd
a
swelling
,
and
pain
in
his
Eyes
.
So
soon
as
the
Galleries
were
finishd
,
and
the
Mines
had
play'd
,
the
Duke
caus'd
an
Assault
to
be
given
,
with
an
Intention
to
try
whether
they
could
make
a
Lodgement
upon
the
top
of
the
Bastion
.
The
Conflict
was
very
sharp
on
both
sides
,
but
the
Besiegers
were
repuls'd
with
Loss
.
The
Duke
therefore
perceiving
that
the
Mine
had
only
beaten
down
the
Lining
of
the
Wall
,
which
was
not
sufficient
to
Lodge
themselves
upon
the
Bastion
,
made
a
little
Lodgement
only
at
the
Foot
of
the
R●ine
which
the
Mine
had
made
.
In
the
same
place
also
he
began
another
Mine
to
fetch
down
the
Earth
of
the
Bastion
;
but
it
was
a
difficult
thing
to
carry
on
new
Mines
,
in
regard
●he
Ground
was
so
loosen'd
,
that
they
could
not
●●ke
a
Gallery
there
,
but
with
Oaken
Plants
and
Chandeleers
,
under-setting
it
by
degrees
;
for
that
when
they
shoar'd
up
the
Earth
on
the
one
side
,
it
tell
down
on
the
other
.
However
,
the
Miners
finishd
two
little
Mines
,
under
each
of
the
two
Attacks
,
and
the
Besiegers
prepar'd
for
a
considerable
Effort
.
So
that
after
an
obstinate
Combat
at
the
Attack
on
the
Right
Hand
,
notwithstanding
the
Bombs
,
Granadoes
and
Stones
that
flew
from
the
besieged
,
the
Besiegers
made
themselves
Masters
of
the
top
of
the
Breach
,
but
they
were
constrain'd
to
quit
it
a
quarter
of
an
hour
after
,
not
being
able
to
stand
the
firing
from
an
Intrenchme●t
which
the
Besieged
had
thrown
up
upon
the
Gorge
of
the
Bastion
.
Gassion
,
who
commanded
the
Guard
of
the
French
,
was
there
dangerously
wounded
in
the
Head
,
and
Lescon
,
Lieutenant
of
the
Duke●s
Guards
was
killd
.
The
Ch●va●●●●
d●
Chabot
also
,
and
several
O●ficers
of
the
King's
Guards
were
wounded
.
Nor
was
the
Onset
given
at
the
other
Attack
any
thing
more
Successful
.
For
the
two
little
Mines
not
springing
at
the
same
time
,
the
Marshal
of
Gesvres
went
on
at
the
noise
of
the
first
,
so
that
as
he
was
just
going
to
fall
on
with
several
Officers
,
they
were
overwhelmd
with
the
Ruines
of
the
second
Mine
.
The
Loss
of
so
brave
a
Commander
cool'd
the
Courage
of
those
that
were
under
him
.
Thus
the
Attack
on
the
Left
hand
was
made
with
little
Order
,
and
less
Vigour
;
and
the
Duke
saw
well
that
it
behov●d
him
to
proceed
with
more
caution
,
against
Men
that
defended
themselves
with
so
much
Stoutness
and
Resolution
.
There
was
a
necessity
therefore
to
penetrate
above
the
Intrenchment
,
and
to
level
with
the
Ground
those
Bastions
which
they
could
not
carry
by
Assault
.
La
Pomme
,
Capt●i●
of
th●
Pion●●●
undertook
this
Work
,
notwithstanding
the
co●●inual
Rains
and
difficulties
whi●h
he
met
with●●
the
Ground
.
The
River
had
so
overflowd
her
Banks
,
that
the
two
Bridges
for
the
Communi●●●tion
of
Quarters
were
carryd
away
by
the
for●●
of
the
stream
;
so
that
Pallua●'s
,
and
Sicot's
Qua●ters
were
in
great
danger
;
for
that
if
General
Beck
who
lay
at
Luxemburgh
with
his
Army
,
had
attack'd
'em
before
the
Bridges
were
repaird
,
the
Duke
could
never
have
relievd
'em
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Miners
which
the
Duke
had
set
to
the
middle
of
the
Curtin
,
found
only
so
much
Earth
behind
as
just
su●fizd
to
Lodge
themselves
;
which
shewd
that
the
better
way
was
to
ruine
it
by
a
battery
.
In
short●
Four
Great
Guns
in
three
days
made
a
considerable
breach
;
and
in
less
then
Six
days
the
Mines
under
the
Bastions
were
finishd
.
Upon
this
,
the
Duke
order'd
the
Enemy
to
be
inform'd
of
the
Condition
they
were
in
;
to
the
end
,
that
by
a
speedy
Capitulation
they
might
avoid
the
Destruction
of
their
Men
,
the
Ruine
of
their
Fort●fications
,
and
the
Misfortunes
and
Calamities
which
usually
at●end
the
Sack
of
Cities
taken
by
Assault
.
There●pon
,
the
besieged
view'd
the
Mines
,
and
seeing
themselves
assaild
on
every
side
,
without
hope
of
Relief
,
they
desird
to
Capitulate
.
The
Duke
allowd
●em
Honourable
Conditions
,
so
that
after
a
long
and
stout
Resistance
,
the
Garison
march'd
out
the
22
d.
of
August
,
and
the
30
th
.
day
after
the
opening
of
the
Trenches
.
Of
two
Thousand
eight
Hundred
Men
,
of
which
the
Garison
consisted
at
the
beginning
of
the
Si●ge
,
the
whole
number
was
reduc'd
to
twelve
Hundred
.
●he
Governour
was
slain
,
and
the
greatest
part
of
●●e
Offi●ers
that
remain'd
were
either
slain
or
●ounded
.
The
Duke
order'd
'em
to
be
conducted
〈◊〉
Luxemburgh
,
where
Beck
had
layn
during
the
●hole
time
of
the
Siege
,
with
the
Body
which
〈◊〉
commanded●
And
now
besides
that
the
French
●●fantry
was
very
much
impair'd
,
the
Season
was
〈◊〉
spent●
and
the
Mines
had
ruin'd
the
Place
to
●hat
degree
,
that
the
Fortifications
requir'd
long
●ime
to
repair
'em
.
So
that
the
Army
did
nothing
more
for
three
Weeks
together
then
only
labour
to
repair
the
Fortifications
,
and
to
level
the
Line
of
Circumvallation
.
The
heavy
Canon
were
sent
back
to
Mets
;
the
Place
was
furnish'd
with
Ammunition
and
Provisions
,
and
Maro●●es
made
Governour
of
the
Town
.
But
for
the
further
security
of
this
Conquest
,
and
to
render
himself
absolute
Master
of
the
Moselle
,
the
Prince
spent
the
rest
of
the
Campaign
in
taking
Cirk
,
and
some
Castles
between
Treves
and
Thionville
.
Cirk
is
a
small
Village
in
Lorain
,
The
taking
of
Cirk
.
seated
upon
the
Banks
of
the
Moselle
,
in
that
part
where
the
Channel
of
it
is
very
much
streightned
by
the
Hills
on
both
sides
.
It
has
no
Fortification
,
all
the
security
of
it
depending
upon
a
Castle
which
commands
the
Town
,
and
which
is
Flank'd
with
very
large
and
thick
Towers
,
and
is
accounted
the
strongest
C●stle
in
all
the
Country
;
and
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
kept
a
Garison
in
it
of
a
Hundred
Men●
The
same
Evening
the
Duke
arriv'd
before
the
Town
he
made
himself
Master
of
it
,
caus'd
a
Battery
to
be
rais'd
before
the
Castle
,
and
fix'd
his
Miners
to
the
Walls
.
Thereupon
,
the
Governour
terrifi'd
with
the
Attack
,
and
being
hopeless
of
Succour
,
was
unwilling
to
hazard
the
Loss
of
the
Men
which
he
commanded
:
So
that
after
a
defence
of
Four
and
twenty
Hours
,
he
Capitulated
and
March'd
out
upon
an
Honourabble
Composition
.
The
Duke
also
sent
to
take
in
several
other
Castles
that
lay
upon
the
River
,
which
made
no
Resistance
.
Which
done
,
he
led
back
his
Army
into
France
,
where
he
put
'em
into
Quarters
of
Refreshment
;
Esp●nan
and
Dandelot
stay'd
with
the
Army●
and
the
Prince
order'd
'em
to
March
toward
Estai●
while
he
made
an
Incursion
with
two
thousand
Horse
into
the
Heart
of
Luxemburgh
.
He
advanc'd
to
the
very
Gates
of
the
Capital
City
,
where
Beck
with
his
Cavalry
were
constrain'd
to
keep
themselves
close
,
not
daring
to
stir
out
.
After
that
,
he
March'd
into
the
Neighbourhood
of
Arlon
,
without
meeting
any
Enemy
,
in
all
which
Places
his
Men
having
got
considerable
Booty
,
he
re-joyn'd
his
Army
at
Villers
La
Montagne
.
This
done
,
he
gave
the
Command
of
the
Army
to
the
Duke
of
Angoulesme
,
The
Prince
of
C●n●e
arrives
at
Court
,
and
leads
a
numerous
Reinforcement
into
Germany
.
who
had
been
during
the
Campagne
,
with
a
small
Force
upon
the
Frontiers
of
Picardy
;
and
having
left
such
other
Orders
as
he
thought
requisite
,
he
return'd
to
Court
,
in
hopes
that
he
might
have
stay'd
there
for
some
time
,
and
take
his
Repose
;
but
he
was
no
sooner
arriv'd
,
when
the
Affairs
of
Germany
enforc'd
him
to
return
to
the
Army
.
Mercy
had
cha●'d
Marshal
de
Guebriant
on
this
side
the
Rhine
;
his
Army
being
so
enfeebl'd
,
that
without
a
speedy
and
numerous
Re-inforcement
,
he
was
no
longer
able
to
keep
the
Field
.
And
there
was
a
necessity
for
some
Person
of
equal
Quality
to
the
Duke
of
Enguien
to
lead
that
Re-inforcement
,
for
fear
they
should
Mutiny
and
Disband
of
themselves
,
in
regard
the
Souldiers
were
afraid
of
Marching
into
Germany
.
The
Count
of
Ranzau
therefore
was
made
choice
of
to
Head
that
Army
,
which
was
to
join
Marshal
de
Guebriant
;
nor
did
the
Duke
of
Enguien
stay
above
Fifteen
days
at
Paris
,
being
forc'd
to
Ride
Post
,
that
he
might
join
Ranzau
in
Lorrai●
;
where
he
found
him
near
Delme
,
which
was
the
General
Rendezvouse
,
and
marching
through
Sarebourgh
,
at
length
he
joyn'd
the
Marshal
at
Dackstem
,
near
Stras●●rgh
,
with
five
thousand
Men.
After
he
had
view'd
the
whole
Army
,
and
assur'd
the
Marshal
that
he
would
return
as
soon
as
the
season
would
permit
to
take
the
Field
,
H●
returns
to
Court
.
he
went
and
visited
the
Places
upon
●he
Rhine
,
and
by
the
way
made
himself
Master
of
Sainte
Marie
aux
Mines
,
where
he
assign'd
the
Army
their
Winter
Quarters
.
At
last
he
return'd
to
Court
,
having
in
one
Summer
gain'd
a
Famous
Batt●l
,
won
a
Town
of
great
Importance
,
and
carry'd
a
considerable
Reinforcement
into
Germany
.
The
Battel
of
Rocroy
was
attended
with
several
other
Conquests
,
but
chiefly
with
the
taking
of
T●●●nville
,
The
Advantages
of
the
taking
of
Thionville
the
reducing
of
which
place
was
of
extraordinary
Moment
.
For
it
was
a
place
that
secur'd
Mets
and
the
Pays
Messin
from
the
Incursions
of
●uxemburgh
;
it
made
the
French
Masters
of
the
Moselle
;
it
ass●rd
a
Communication
between
France
and
the
Electorate
of
Treves
,
which
it
behov'd
the
French
to
be
no
less
chary
of
,
then
of
their
own
Country
,
by
reason
of
the
Elector
,
who
with
an
extraordinary
Zeal●
and
incredible
Resolution
,
had
espous'd
the
Interests
of
France
.
And
lastly
,
it
was
a
Barricado
for
the
French
,
between
Luxemburgh
and
the
Lower
Palatinate
,
where
the
Spaniards
were
then
powerful
.
Cardinal
Mazarin
had
a
long
time
had
it
in
his
Head
to
attempt
this
Siege
,
Why
the
Siege
of
this
place
was
op●os●d
.
for
the
Reasons
alledg'd
.
He
had
caus'd
it
to
be
twice
propos'd
to
Lewis
the
XIII
.
by
Marshal
de
●
Hospital
,
who
was
much
in
his
Favour
.
But
the
Design
would
never
take
in
his
Life
time
.
However
,
the
King
was
no
sooner
Dead
but
the
Cardinal
proposd
the
same
thing
to
the
Queen
,
who
seeing
the
Success
of
the
Battel
of
Rocroy
,
surrender'd
her self
wholly
to
the
Cardinals
Counsels
,
and
withstood
the
open
Opposition
,
and
secret
Thwartings
which
lay
i●
her
way
in
reference
to
the
design
of
this
Siege
,
which
others
would
by
no
means
have
to
go
forward
,
because
most
People
believ'd
that
the
Cardinal
was
sway'd
by
a
Spirit
of
Jealousie
,
and
that
because
he
began
to
suspect
the
growing
Favour
and
Glory
of
the
Duke
of
Eng●ien
,
his
main
end
was
,
that
he
should
miscarry
before
Thionvil●●
However
it
were
,
ever
after
this
Campagne
,
the
Duke
was
look●
upon
as
a
great
Captain
,
no
less
formidable
in
Sieges
then
in
Battels
.
And
here
observe
one
thing
in
a
Young
Victorious
Prince
,
no
less
great
then
the
Victory
it self
.
The
Court
which
had
prepar'd
against
his
Arrival
those
Applauses
which
he
deserv'd
,
The
Prince
refuses
the
Encomiums
of
the
Court.
was
surpriz'd
at
his
manner
of
receiving
of
'em
,
as
if
he
had
been
insensible
of
the
Honour
which
they
did
him
.
He
rejected
their
Encomiums●
as
if
they
had
been
affronts
,
and
as
one
indocible
to
Flattery
,
he
gave
them
to
understand
that
he
was
afraid
even
of
the
shadow
of
it
.
Such
was
the
Niceness
,
or
rather
the
Solidity
of
this
Prince
.
In
like
manner
,
he
observ'd
this
for
a
Maxim
,
that
it
was
for
a
Person
of
Honour
only
●o
mind
well-doing
,
and
to
let
Glory
follow
Vertue
.
The
Queen
turns
out
some
Ministers
●●kes
Mazarine
.
While
these
things
were
transacting
in
Flanders
,
the
Queen
turns
out
of
Favour
those
who
had
had
the
greatest
share
in
the
management
of
Affairs
.
The
Bishop
of
Beauvoise
,
who
had
been
in
Credit
,
was
enforc'd
to
retire
to
his
Diocess
.
Des●uyers
and
Chavigny
were
excluded
,
and
Mazarine
taken
into
the
chief
Ministry
.
The
Queen
,
who
was
willing
to
shew
that
't
was
none
of
her
fault
that
the
War
between
France
and
Spain
was
not
brought
to
a
Conclusion
,
Nego●iations
o●
Peace
Fruitl●●s
.
by
fair
and
moderate
ways
,
gave
ear
to
the
Propositions
of
Peace
that
were
made
her
;
and
to
that
Effect
,
the
Court
appointed
two
●lenipotentiaries
,
1644.
the
Counts
l●
Av●●●●
&
de
Serviers
,
with
Orders
forthwith
to
repair
to
Munster
,
where
the
Peace
was
to
be
nego●●●●ed
.
But
certain
Broyles
that
happen'd
between
the
Swedes
and
Danes
prevented
the
good
Success
of
that
Assembly
,
which
was
the
reason
that
nothing
more
was
thought
of
but
to
make
the
best
of
the
Advantages
they
had
gaind
upon
the
Spaniards
.
Flande●s
therefore
was
to
be
the
Theatre
of
the
War●
during
the
Campaigne
of
the
next
Year
,
1644.
and
the
Command
of
the
Army
was
given
to
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
who
design●d
to
Pesiege
Gravelin
.
Now
in
regard
that
Prince
had
no
mind
that
his
Enterprize
should
be
known
,
he
divided
his
Army
into
three
Bodies
.
The
Marshal
de
Meilleray
,
as
Lieutenant
General
commandd
one
part
,
with
Orders
to
enter
Flanders
on
that
Side
next
Am●ens
;
the
Count
of
Ranzaw
commanded
another
part
,
as
Sub-Lieutenant
General
,
with
Instructions
to
enter
on
that
Side
next
to
Abbeville
.
And
as
●or
the
Duke
,
he
reserv'd
a
longer
March
for
himself
,
and
the
most
hazardous
,
that
is
to
say
,
through
Peronne
and
Bapaume
,
where
the
Marshal
Gassion
,
who
commanded
a
separate
Body
was
to
join
him
.
And
in
regard
there
were
several
Forts
that
might
obstruct
the
Siege
of
Gravelin
,
Gassion
,
after
he
had
laid
a
Bridge
over
the
River
Aa
,
pos●est
himself
of
Bajette●
.
Afterwards
,
the
Forts
of
La
Capelle
,
and
St.
Folquin
,
were
taken
in
to
facili●ate
the
great
Work
.
In
a
Word
,
Gravelin
was
besiegd
;
the
Town
was
taken
;
The
Prince
of
Conde
acts
in
Germany
,
where
he
resolves
to
relieve
Friburgh
,
or
fight
the
Enemy
●
and
the
French
made
themselves
Masters
of
Sas
de
Gand
,
and
of
all
the
Forts
that
could
impede
their
Entrance
into
Flanders
.
Now
,
at
the
same
time
,
the
Duke
of
Orleance
was
acting
in
Flanders
,
the
Duke
of
Enguien
Signaliz'd
himself
in
Germany
,
whether
he
was
gone
,
to
Succour
Friburgh
,
which
the
Bavarians
had
besieg'd
.
To
which
purpose
he
order'd
his
Forces
to
March
with
all
the
speed
imaginable
;
but
all
his
haste
prov'd
Fruitless
.
For
that
City
was
in
so
bad
a
Condition
to
hold
out
,
that
it
was
Surrender'd
before
he
arriv'd
.
However
,
this
Accident
,
which
the
Duke
did
never
expect
,
no
way
disheartend
him
;
for
since
he
could
not
relieve
the
Town
,
he
was
now
in
hopes
to
join
,
and
Fight
the
Enemy
,
and
no
less
confident
of
Victory
.
He
had
no
Design
however
to
retake
the
Place
,
nor
to
force
the
Imperialists
;
for
that
his
Forces
were
not
strong
enough
to
undertake
those
Enterprizes
:
But
he
thought
he
might
repair
himself
by
a
Battel
,
for
the
Loss
of
a
Town
which
he
had
not
time
to
rescue
.
The
Design
was
great
and
hazardous
,
and
there
was
something
more
formidable
that
presented
it self
to
his
Eyes
then
at
Rocroy
.
He
had
not
only
to
Fight
against
Men
,
but
inaccessible
Mountains
,
against
Innundations
and
Precipices
,
on
the
one
Side
;
on
the
other
,
against
an
impenetrable
Wood
,
at
the
bottom
of
which
was
a
large
Bogg
;
against
Rivers
and
Prodigious
Entrenchments
;
against
Forts
rais'd
up
and
down
in
every
Place
;
against
Timber
,
Trees
cut
down
,
and
laid
athwart
most
deep
and
dreadful
Roads
;
and
in
a
Word
,
against
one
of
the
Greatest
Captains
of
the
Age.
Nevertheless
,
not
all
these
Obstacles
together
were
sufficient
to
daunt
this
Youthful
Hero
.
Nothing
would
content
him
but
a
Battel
,
wherein
he
prov'd
Victorious
;
tho
the
Victory
was
not
so
considerable
for
the
Number
of
the
Slain
,
as
for
the
Importance
of
the
Conquests
that
ensu'd
.
For
the
Field
of
Battel
,
as
barren
as
it
was
,
in
appearance
,
was
worth
whole
Provinces
to
France
,
through
the
Conduct
of
this
General
;
so
well
he
understood
to
make
the
best
of
his
Advantages
.
Which
is
that
we
are
going
to
make
out
,
by
the
following
Relation
of
the
Campaign
of
Friburg
.
The
Battel
of
Rocroy
,
and
the
taking
of
Thionville
had
restor'd
the
Reputation
of
the
Arms
of
France
,
in
the
Low-Countries
.
The
Spanish
Infantry
was
quite
Ruin'd
;
A
Relation
of
the
Campaign
of
Friburgh
,
1644.
by
M.
La
Chapelle
.
terrour
and
dread
had
seiz'd
the
Enemies
Forces
;
the
greatest
part
of
the
Cities
of
●landers
,
were
in
no
Condition
to
hold
out
long
;
and
a
General
might
do
what
ere
he
pleasd
with
good
Success
,
and
the
Duke
of
Orleance
had
taken
upon
himself
to
manage
the
War
in
those
Parts
.
In
Germany
,
the
Service
was
not
so
easie
;
for
after
the
Duke
of
Enguien
had
led
a
Reinforcement
thither
,
the
Marshal
de
Guebriant
was
Slain
before
Rowil
,
and
the
Army
had
no
other
Chieftains
,
but
Ranzan
and
Roze
.
Ranzan
was
a
Person
of
great
Courage
and
Wit
;
he
was
also
end●'d
with
a
certain
Natural
Eloquence
,
which
was
very
perswasive
in
Councils
of
War
,
and
which
drew
others
to
be
of
his
Opinion
;
but
his
Conduct
did
not
always
answer
his
Elegant
Discourses
;
for
Wine
causd
him
to
commit
great
Errors
,
and
many
times
put
him
out
of
being
in
a
Condition
to
Command
.
He
had
Quarter'd
the
Foot
at
Tutlinghen
,
without
taking
any
Care
to
prevent
their
being
Surprizd
,
and
he
had
embroyl'd
himself
with
all
the
German
Princes
.
So
that
the
Bavarians
,
and
Lorrainers
,
fell
upon
him
before
he
had
the
least
Intelligence
of
their
March
,
and
Iohn
de
Wert
having
enforc'd
him
to
Surrender
,
with
all
his
Men
,
all
the
Officers
were
Prisoners
of
War
.
The
German
Cavalry
being
dispiers'd
into
several
Parts
,
retir'd
toward
Brisack
,
under
the
Command
of
Raze
,
and
took
up
their
Winter
Quarters
in
Lorrain
and
Alsatia
.
As
soon
as
the
News
of
this
arriv'd
at
Court
,
Turenne
,
had
Orders
to
rally
together
the
shatter'd
Remnants
of
that
Army
,
and
take
upon
him
the
Command
of
it
;
and
he
spent
all
the
Winter
in
bringing
it
into
better
Order
;
but
notwithstanding
all
his
Care
,
it
was
not
in
a
Condition
to
oppose
the
Bavarians
,
whose
Army
was
become
more
Numerous
after
Ranzan's
Defeat
.
Mercy
therefore
who
commanded
it
,
seeing
himself
Master
of
the
Field
,
invested
Friburgh
,
which
was
not
in
a
Condition
to
hold
out
a
long
Siege
.
The
Duke
of
Enguien
had
Intelligence
of
it
at
Amblemont
,
near
Mouzon
,
and
receiv'd
Orders
from
the
Court
to
joyn
the
German
Army
,
and
endeavour
the
Relief
of
the
Town
.
To
that
purpose
,
he
March'd
the
20
tith
.
of
Iuly
to
Mets
,
where
his
Forces
past
the
Moselle
,
and
left
their
heavy
Baggage
.
Which
done
,
in
thirteen
Days
he
marchd
threescore
Leagues
,
and
came
to
Brisack
,
with
Six
thousand
Foot
,
and
Four
thousand
Horse
.
By
the
way
,
the
Prince
understood
that
Friburgh
was
Surrender'd
to
the
Bavarians
,
that
Turenne
was
Encamp'd
not
far
from
em
,
and
that
Mercy
made
no
shew
of
having
any
design
to
change
his
Station
.
Upon
this
Advice
,
he
March'd
toward
T●renne
,
with
Marshal
Grammont
,
and
gave
Orders
to
Martin
to
cross
the
Rhine
,
at
Brisack
,
with
the
Army
;
which
he
did
the
13
th
.
of
August
.
The
Duke
stay●d
no
longer
in
Turenne's
Camp
then
to
observe
the
Post
where
the
Bavarians
lay
,
and
to
consider
where
to
attack
'em
.
So
that
he
returnd
to
his
Army
the
same
day
that
it
cross●d
the
Rhine
,
and
the
next
day
he
March'd
to
put
in
Execution
the
Enterprize
which
he
and
Tur●nne
had
consulted
and
contriv'd
together
.
Friburgh
is
Seated
at
the
Fort
of
the
Mountains
of
the
Black
Forest.
They
enlarge
and
open
themselves
in
this
part
of
the
Country
in
the
Form
of
a
Crescent
,
and
in
the
middle
of
this
space
you
may
discover
,
near
to
Friburg
,
a
Plain
bounded
on
the
Right
Hand
,
by
very
high
Mountains
,
and
surrounded
on
the
Left
by
a
Boggy
Wood.
This
Plain
is
watered
with
a
R●volet
,
which
glides
along
by
the
Wood
,
and
afterwards
falls
upon
the
Left
of
Friburgh
,
into
the
Hollow
of
a
Narrow
Valley●
inter●nt
with
Woods
and
Marshes
.
They
that
Travel
from
Brisack
cannot
enter
into
this
Plain
,
but
through
narrow
Lanes
and
close
Passes
,
at
the
Foot
of
a
Mountain
almost
inaccessible
,
which
commands
it
on
every
side
,
and
the
other
ways
that
lead
into
it
are
much
more
difficult
.
Mer●y
was
Posted
in
a
place
thus
Advantageous
;
and
in
regard
he
was
one
of
the
greatest
Captains
of
his
time
,
he
had
omitted
nothing
to
make
the
best
of
the
Situation
.
His
Army
consisted
of
Eight
thousand
Foot
,
and
Six
thousand
Horse
.
He
had
extended
his
Camp
all
along
the
Rivolet
;
but
besides
that
Defence
,
and
the
Advantage
of
the
Woods
and
Boggs
,
he
had
fortifi'd
it
,
toward
the
Plain
,
with
a
large
Entrenchment
.
Nor
was
there
any
way
to
get
at
him
but
by
the
road
that
leads
from
Brisack
to
Friburgh
;
and
by
consequence
,
there
was
a
necessity
of
passing
by
the
Foot
of
that
Mountain
which
defended
the
best
part
of
his
men
.
And
for
that
reason
,
this
great
General
had
employ'd
all
his
Industry
to
secure
that
part
of
his
Camp
from
being
forc'd
.
Upon
the
sloping
of
the
Mountain
toward
the
Plain
,
he
had
rais'd
a
Fort
with
Pallisadoes
,
wherein
he
had
put
Six
hundred
Men
,
together
with
his
Artillery
;
by
which
means
he
assur'd
himself
of
that
part
of
the
Mountain
which
was
most
easie
of
Access
.
From
thence
he
carry'd
on
a
Line
,
a
long
a
Wood
of
Firr-Trees
,
still
ascending
to
the
top
,
where
it
was
impossible
to
be
past
.
This
Line
was
defended
by
Redoubts
,
at
the
distance
of
two
hundred
Paces
one
from
the
other
;
and
to
give
those
that
design'd
to
molest
him
still
more
trouble
,
he
had
laid
all
the
whole
length
of
the
Line
,
a
great
Number
of
Fir-Trees
,
the
Branches
of
which
were
half
cut
,
and
inter-twisted
one
within
another
,
and
were
as
Effectual
for
the
same
use
as
Friesland
Horses
.
Great
Beams
of
Timber
with
Stakes
driven
into
'em
,
bearing
their
points
outwards
,
resembling
a
Hedg-hog
.
Between
this
Mountain
which
the
French
Army
met
with
upon
the
Right
Hand
,
and
another
that
lay
nearer
Friburgh
,
there
was
a
Hollowness
,
which
gave
entrance
into
the
Bavarian
Camp
,
but
to
come
at
it
,
there
was
a
necessity
of
going
a
great
way
about
,
and
to
pass
through
Places
which
had
never
been
view'd
.
This
part
was
naturally
fortifi'd
,
by
a
large
and
deep
Innundation
of
Water
;
and
Mercy
thought
it
sufficient
to
cut
down
a
great
number
of
Trees
,
and
lay
athwart
that
Inundation
.
In
short
,
never
was
an
Army
Encamp'd
in
a
stronger
Situation
,
and
better
Entrenchd
.
Nevertheless
,
the
Duke
of
Enguien
was
resolv'd
to
drive
Mercy
out
of
it
,
and
he
prepar'd
for
his
Attack
in
this
manner
.
He
march'd
with
all
his
Army
against
the
Line
,
at
the
top
of
the
Mountain
that
ran
along
the
Wood
of
Firr-Trees
,
leaving
the
Fort
upon
the
Left
hand
,
and
making
it
his
sole
business
to
carry
the
Redoubts
that
defended
it
;
to
the
end
,
that
having
gain'd
the
top
,
which
commanded
all
the
rest
,
he
might
make
himself
Master
of
the
Fort
,
and
so
descend
in
Battel
Array
into
the
Bavarian
Camp
.
Turenne
was
to
make
his
Onset
where
the
Trees
lay
that
defended
the
Vally
,
and
provided
that
both
Onsets
were
made
at
the
same
time
,
there
was
great
Hopes
,
that
the
Enemy
being
busied
in
two
Places
at
once
,
would
be
hard
put
to
it
to
defend
themselves
;
and
that
if
they
should
happen
to
be
forc'd
on
that
side
next
the
Water
,
the
Duke
coming
down
from
the
High
Grounds
,
and
Turenne
,
at
the
same
time
,
entring
the
Plain
,
Mercy
would
not
be
able
to
withstand
'em
.
So
soon
as
the
Forces
were
all
arriv'd
,
the
Duke
gave
Order
that
they
should
prepare
over
Night
to
fight
the
next
Morning
:
and
Turenne
having
a
great
Compass
to
fetch
,
set
forward
before
break
of
day
;
but
the
Difficulties
which
he
met
with
in
his
March
retarded
the
Onsets
which
both
Armies
should
have
made
at
the
same
time
.
The
Duke
dispos'd
of
his
Men
,
in
this
manner
.
His
Infantry
was
compos'd
of
Six
Battallions
,
each
consisting
of
Six
hundred
Men.
Espenan
,
Camp-Marshal
,
was
commanded
to
make
the
first
Assault
,
with
two
Battallions
of
the
Regiments
of
Persan
and
Enguien
.
The
Count
of
Tournon
,
put
himself
at
the
Head
of
the
Regiments
of
Conti
,
and
Mazarine
,
to
Second
Espenan
.
The
Duke
reserv'd
two
Regiments
to
himself
,
to
be
imploy'd
as
occasion
shall
require
,
and
Marshal
Grammont
,
Martin
,
L'
Eschelle
,
and
Mauvily
,
remain'd
about
his
Person
.
Palluau
Seconded
the
whole
Attack
,
with
the
Regiment
of
Horse
of
Enguien
,
and
the
Gentlemen
were
posted
at
the
Entrance
into
the
Plain
,
in
a
very
close
Place
,
to
hinder
the
Bavarians
from
flanking
the
Infantry
.
To
come
at
the
Enemy
there
was
a
necessity
of
clambring
up
a
very
steep
side
of
a
Place
,
cross
a
Vineyard
,
wherein
were
Walls
,
at
such
a
distance
,
about
four
foot
high
,
that
serv'd
the
Bavarians
,
instead
of
Entrenchments
.
However
,
the
commanded
Men
got
up
into
this
Vineyard
,
and
drave
the
Bavarians
into
their
Entrenchments
of
Firr-Trees
,
behind
which
they
fir'd
with
more
then
ordinary
fury
.
Nor
could
the
French
Infantry
force
those
Trees
,
so
entangl'd
one
within
another
,
as
they
were
,
without
loosing
a
great
many
Men
,
and
breaking
their
Body
.
The
Duke
therefore
,
who
was
advanc'd
to
〈◊〉
the
Effect
of
the
Onset
,
observ'd
that
the
fir●●
Line
of
his
Men
gave
ground
,
and
that
they
we●●
got
part
within
the
Entrenchments
of
Firr-Tree●●
and
part
without
,
neither
flying
,
nor
moving
forward
.
They
began
also
to
slide
along
the
Bavarian
Camp
,
toward
the
Right
hand
,
and
fall
upon
●em
at
the
top
of
the
Mountain
.
But
the
Prince
,
who
had
observ'd
before
that
that
same
part
was
not
to
be
forc'd
,
rightly
judg'd
that
the
Success
of
his
Enterprise
depended
more
upon
carrying
the
Enemies
Line
in
the
middle
.
For
that
reason
,
he
resolv'd
to
renew
the
Assault
with
what
remaind
of
the
first
Regiments
,
tho
he
had
no
more
then
two
with
him self
,
and
those
discourag'd
by
what
they
had
seen
then
Fellow●
suffer
.
And
indeed
,
at
first
it
seem'd
a
piece
of
Rashness
,
with
two
thousand
repuls'd
Men
,
to
attempt
the
forcing
of
three
thousand
well
Entrench'd
,
and
puft
up
with
the
Advantage
the●●
had
got
.
But
it
was
impossible
otherwise
to
disingage
and
bring
off
those
that
had
got
beyond
the
Entrenchment
of
Fir-Trees
.
For
in
abandoning
them
,
the
Duke
must
have
been
forc'd
to
have
retreated
with
Vexation
,
to
have
fail'd
in
his
Enterprise
,
and
Sacrific'd
in
vain
the
best
part
of
his
Infantry
:
Besides
that
,
all
the
Bavarian
Army
would
have
fallen
upon
Turenne
,
not
having
any
other
to
oppose
.
The
Prince
consider'd
all
these
things
in
an
Instant
;
alights
from
his
Horse
,
and
putting
himself●
at
the
Head
of
Conti's
Regiment
,
march'd
directly
against
the
Enemy
.
Tournon
,
and
Castelnau-Ma●●villiere
,
did
the
●ame
,
with
the
Regiment
of
Mazarine
;
Grammont
,
Martin
,
L'
Eschelle
,
Mauvilly
,
La
Moussaye
,
Ierze
,
the
Chevaliers
Chabot
and
Gra●mont
,
Isigny
,
Me●lles
,
La
Baulme
,
Tourville
,
Barbantane
,
Disbrotteaux
,
Asp●emont
,
Viange
,
together
wi●h
all
the
Officers
and
Volunteers
alighted
,
〈◊〉
this
Action
gave
new
Life
to
the
Souldiers
,
〈◊〉
the
Duke
being
the
first
that
pass'd
the
En●●enchment
of
Firr-Trees
,
all
the
rest
following
〈◊〉
Example
throng'd
over
the
Entrenchment
,
〈◊〉
they
that
defended
the
Line
f●ed
into
the
Wood
,
by
the
favour
of
approaching
Night
.
After
this
first
Advantage
won
,
the
Duke
moun●ed
into
a
Redoubt
which
he
found
quitted●
but
the
Condition
he
was
in
,
was
no
less
dangerous
●hen
the
Action
he
had
perform'd
.
One
part
of
his
Infantry
was
kill'd
,
the
rest
had
broken
their
Order
in
pursuit
of
the
Fugitives
.
The
Enemy
〈◊〉
held
the
Fort
where
they
had
planted
their
Artillery
,
and
Mercy
was
in
a
Posture
able
to
Charge
the
Prince
in
this
Confusion
;
but
it
may
be
the
Night
which
drew
on
a
pace
,
hinder'd
him
from
making
the
best
of
his
Advantage
.
Therefore
,
while
there
remaind
as
yet
some
glimmerings
of
day
,
the
Prince
rally'd
his
●●ot●
fortifi'd
the
Redoubts
which
he
had
won
,
and
notwithstanding
the
Di●●iculty
of
the
way
,
caus'd
his
Cavalry
to
mount
to
the
top
of
the
Hill
which
he
possess'd
:
And
after
he
had
got
all
his
Men
together
he
order'd
all
●is
Trumpets
to
sound
,
and
all
the
Kettle-Drums
to
beat
,
that
so
he
might
give
Turenne
notice
that
he
had
gain'd
the
Top
of
the
Hill
;
and
then
prepar'd
every
thing
ready
to
renew
the
Conflict
the
next
Morning
.
Ti●●nne
,
on
his
side
,
had
with
great
Vigour
attack'd
the
Trees
that
were
layd
in
the
Vally
,
between
the
Mountain●
which
the
Duke
had
carry'd
,
and
that
which
lay
near
Friburgh
.
But
Mercy
,
not
dreaming
they
could
force
his
Camp
on
that
side
next
the
Mountain
,
considering
how
it
was
fortifi'd
,
h●d
sent
away
his
Principal
Strength
to
defend
the
Vally
;
and
this
is
that
which
usually
happens
in
the
attacking
of
Lines
,
that
those
parts
which
are
deem'd
to
be
the
strongest
are
soonest
taken
.
The
Place
was
wide
enough
behind
his
Entrenchment
to
draw
up
his
Men
in
order
of
Battel
;
so
that
when
Turenne's
Men
had
driven
back
the
Infantry
which
defended
the
Entrance
into
it
,
all
the
Bavarian
Cavalry
were
ready
,
and
in
a
Capacity
to
second
their
Foot
,
without
breaking
their
Squadrons
,
which
was
the
Reason
that
Turenne
meeting
with
so
vigorout
a
Resistance
,
could
by
no
means
force
the
Bavarians
.
Sometimes
he
gain'd
some
Posts
,
then
he
lost
'em
again
;
so
that
Tur●nne's
Attack
was
nothing
but
continual
Skirmishing
,
without
being
able
to
break
into
the
Enemies
Entrenchments
;
th●
he
did
all
that
the
Courage
and
Conduct
of
a
Great
Captain
could
do
,
to
surmount
the
Disadvantages
of
Ground
and
Number
.
The
Duke
of
Enguien
had
heard
from
the
Top
of
the
Mountain
,
the
Noise
of
this
Attack
,
and
prepared
for
another
Onset
the
next
Morning
.
And
his
Design
was
to
March
over
the
High
Grounds●
to
the
Bavarian
Camp
,
on
purpose
to
make
the
Enemy
turn
one
part
of
their
F●rces
against
him●
to
●acilitate
Turenne's
Entrance
into
the
Plain●
and
every
body
prepar'd
for
this
Enterp●ise
,
as
it
they
had
been
assur'd
of
Victory
;
it
being
impossible
that
Mercy
should
sustain
Two
Onsets
,
at
the
same
time
,
one
from
a●ove
,
and
in
the
Rear
of
his
Army
,
while
the
other
assail'd
him
every
where
else
.
Nevertheless
,
Mercy
would
not
run
such
a
dangerous
Risco
,
but
got
away
as
fast
as
he
could●
To
that
purpose
he
drew
off
his
Men
from
the
Top
of
the
Mountain
next
to
●riburgh
,
and
before
day
sent
away
his
Canon
that
was
under
the
Duke●s
Arm●●
ere
the
French
Generals
had
notice
of
it
.
So
that
they
were
surpris'd
the
next
Morning
to
see
the
Bavarian
.
Entrenching
themselves
upon
the
Mountain
next
to
Friburgh
,
the
Camp
deserted
,
and
the
Fort
quitted
.
The
Duke
seeing
that
Turenne's
Men
had
spread
●hemselves
over
the
Plain
,
came
down
with
his
Army
;
but
no
sooner
had
he
a
near
view
of
the
●everal
Places
,
but
the
thundring
from
the
Bava●i●ns
new
Camp
,
gave
him
to
understand
that
they
●ad
wholly
possess'd
themselves
of
the
Mountain
●djoining
to
Friburgh
.
Thereupon
,
the
D.
not
a
little
●exed
to
have
miss'd
in
his
Enterprise
,
order'd
his
Army
to
be
drawn
up
in
Battalia
,
notwithstand●ng
it
had
Rained
hard
all
that
Night
.
But
finding
his
Men
wearyd
with
their
hard
Duty
the
day
before
,
and
the
bad
Weather
,
he
deferr'd
driving
the
Enemy
from
their
new
Entre●chments
till
the
next
day
:
So●
that
the
Army
had
all
that
day
and
the
next
night
to
rest
themselves
.
Upon
the
Right
Hand
of
Friburgh
,
coming
from
●●isack
,
lies
a
Mountain
,
which
is
not
so
extreamly
rugged
,
for
above
the
third
part
of
the
Highth
;
but
afterwards
becomes
very
steep
:
Yet
when
you
come
to
the
Top
,
there
is
a
wide
space
of
level
Ground
,
sufficient
for
the
drawing
up
Three
or
Four
Tho●sand
Men
,
in
good
Order
of
Battel
.
At
the
end
of
this
little
Plain
stood
also
certain
Ruins
of
a
Tower
,
at
the
Foot
of
which
,
the
Highest
Mountain
of
the
Black
Forest
rises
insensibly
.
But
in
regard
that
as
it
rises
,
it
runs
very
far
backward
,
the
Highest
part
of
it
commands
but
very
little
over
the
Plain
.
Mercy
had
posted
the
greatest
part
of
his
Infantry
in
the
Parts
adjoining
to
the
Tower
;
the
rest
was
Encamp'd
behind
a
Wood
approaching
to
Friburgh
.
His
Cavalry
was
planted
all
along
from
the
Wood
to
the
Walls
of
the
City
.
In
short
,
that
General
had
as
well
managd
the
Advantages
of
his
Ground
,
in
that
Place
,
as
the
former
.
He
had
also
added
for
the
Defence
of
it
all
the
Inventions
which
the
Art
of
War
,
and
the
Conveni●●cies
of
the
Wood
could
afford
him
in
so
little
time
.
The
Lines
which
he
had
cast
up
during
th●
Siege
,
serv'd
him
in
part
to
enclose
his
new
Cam●
so
that
he
had
no
need
of
●ortifying
any
more
〈◊〉
that
part
which
lookt
toward
the
Vally
,
where
〈◊〉
layd
rows
of
Trees
,
with
their
Bows
entangle●
one
within
another
,
and
his
choicest
Infantry
la●
behind
this
Entrenchment
supported
by
his
Cavalr●
the
Squadrons
of
which
possess'd
all
the
Ground
be●tween
the
Row
of
Trees
and
the
City
.
So
soon
as
it
was
Day
,
the
Duke
advanc'd
to
th●
Foot
of
the
Mountain
,
where
Mercy
lay
entrench'd
and
in
his
March
took
in
some
Redoubts
which
were
still
guarded
in
the
Vally
by
the
Enemies
Dragoons
.
Turenne's
Army
had
the
Vanguard
that
day
and
was
to
make
the
greatest
Onset
.
D'
〈◊〉
,
Lieutenant
General
,
commanded
the
Infantry●
L'
Eschel●e
march'd
at
the
Head
of
all
the
rest
,
with
a
Thousand
Musketeers
,
drawn
out
of
both
Armies
;
and
his
Bu●iness
it
was
to
attack
the
entrance
that
cover'd
the
biggest
Body
of
the
Bavarian
Foot●
next
the
ruin'd
Tower
;
which
was
the
place
most
easie
of
Access
to
get
at
'em
.
For
which
reason●
Turenne
caus'd
all
the
Canon
of
the
Weymarians
to
be
drawn
on
that
side
.
The
Dukes
Body
of
Infantry
,
commanded
by
Espenan
,
was
commanded
to
force
the
Trees
.
Between
these
two
Attacks
also
,
there
was
a
false
Assault
to
be
made
,
with
a
few
Men
only
,
to
favour
the
real
Onset
.
Marshal
Grammont
had
likewise
Orders
to
keep
himself
drawn
up
in
Battel
array
in
the
Plain
,
with
the
Cavalry
,
to
act
as
the
Success
should
direct
him
,
The
Bavarians
Camp
afforded
'em
great
Advantages
,
whither
it
were
to
defend
themselves
,
or
attack
the
Enemy
.
One
of
their
Wings
was
supported
by
the
Canon
and
Small-Shot
of
the
City●
the
other
was
posted
upon
a
Mountain
,
the
Heighth●
of
which
alone
was
sufficient
to
secure
the
Forces
●●at
po●sess'd
it
.
But
they
had
too
large
an
ex●●nt
of
Entrenchment
to
defend
,
that
the
Infantry
●●ch
weakn'd
by
the
Hardships
of
the
Siege
,
and
〈◊〉
preceding
Combats
,
was
not
sufficient
to
guard
〈◊〉
Camp
.
●
'
Eschelle
began
already
to
play
with
the
Arti●●●●
of
his
Attack
,
never
staying
for
the
Arrival
〈◊〉
the
Rear-●uard
,
or
the
Signal
of
Battel
;
tho
〈◊〉
Duke
had
commanded
that
all
the
Attacks
and
●nsets
should
be
given
together
.
Besides
that
,
●
'
Eschelle
had
Orders
not
to
March
up
to
the
Ene●y
,
till
he
heard
the
noise
of
the
Musquets
toward
●●e
Tre●s
,
and
toward
the
false
Attack
in
the
midle
.
But
an
Accident
,
not
to
be
fore-seen
,
as
fre●uently
it
happens
in
the
best
consulted
Contri●ances
of
War●
overturned
all
the
Dukes
Orders
,
●nd
sav'd
the
Bavarians
from
a
Total
Defeat
.
For
while
the
Rear-guard
was
expected
,
which
●ould
not
come
up
so
soon
,
by
reason
of
the
bad●ess
of
the
ways
;
the
Duke
attended
by
Turenne
●nd
G●a●ment
,
was
got
up
to
the
top
of
the
highest
●ountain
,
to
discover
the
Rear
of
the
Enemies
●rmy
,
and
observe
their
Order
of
Battel
.
In
his
●bsence
,
Espenan
detach'd
some
men
to
make
a
●alse
Attack
,
upon
a
small
Redoubt
that
lay
in
h●s
●ay
to
the
Enemy
.
And
tho
he
sent
but
very
few
●en
at
first
,
both
sides
were
insensibly
engag'd
in
a
●oody
●ight
,
while
the
Bavarians
seconded
those
●hat
defended
the
Fort
,
and
Espenan
reliev'd
those
●hat
attack'd
it
;
insomuch
,
that
it
came
to
a
very
〈◊〉
C●nflict
in
that
part
.
Upon
the
noise
of
which
,
●
'
Eschelle
thought
it
high
time
for
him
to
begin
his
●ssault
,
and
his
Errour
ranvers'd
all
the
Designs
of
●he
Day
.
The
Duke
beholding
the
Enemies
firing
from
the
●op
of
the
Mountain
,
rightly
judgd
that
Espenan
,
●nd
L'
Eschelle
,
had
made
a
mistake
,
and
that
his
●rders
had
not
been
obey'd
.
So
that
he
ran
into
the
very
thickest
of
the
Engagement
,
where
〈◊〉
found
L'Eschelle
slain
,
and
his
men
neither
darin●
to
fight
nor
retreat
.
●or
remedy
of
this
Disorder
he
commanded
Tournon
to
put
himself
at
the
〈◊〉
of
the
astonish'd
Souldiers
,
and
to
assu●e
●em
tha●
he
himself
would
second
'em
with
a
Powerf●●
Succour
.
Thus
the
Pre●ence
of
the
Prince
giving
new
Lif●
to
the
Souldiers
,
the
Ba●●rian
Infantry
began
〈◊〉
totter
:
two
Battallions
,
and
that
which
defende●
the
Entrenchment
,
began
to
Face
about
with
thei●
Colours
,
and
gi●e
all
the
marks
of
men
that
we●●
just
ready
to
be●●ke
themselves
to
their
Heels
.
Bu●
they
that
were
next
the
Line
fir'd
so
furio●sly
;
th●●
the
Fr●nch
Infantry
were
qui●e
dishearten'd
they
that
were
far●hest
off
began
to
retreat
,
the
〈◊〉
were
in
a
terrible
fright
,
and
the
Officers
also
began
to
give
ground
.
In
vain
the
Generals
told
'em
of
the
Disorder
which
they
beheld
in
the
Bavarian
Camp
,
they
press
'em
,
threaten
'em
,
and
drag
'em
back
to
the
Fight
.
But
when
a
panick
dread
has
once
seiz'd
upon
a
Souldier
,
he
neither
see●
nor
hears
any
longer
either
the
Example
,
or
the
Orders
of
his
General●
so
that
the
Duke
was
forc'd
to
give
over
the
Attack
,
and
draw
off
his
Men
;
and
in
this
Action
,
the
Prin●e
,
and
all
that
attended
him
were
in
very
great
danger
.
For
he
was
still
〈◊〉
Horseback
,
not
above
Thirty
Yards
distance
from
the
Enemies
Entrenchments
.
So
that
of
Twenty
Men
that
were
about
his
Person
,
there
was
not
one
that
did
not
carry
away
some
marks
of
the
danger
to
which
he
was
expos'd
.
The
Duke
himself
had
the
Pommel
of
his
Saddle
ta●en
off
with
a
Canon
Bullet
,
and
the
Scabbord
of
his
Sword
was
broken
with
a
Musket
Shot
;
Grammont
had
his
Horse
kill'd
under
him
,
and
all
the
rest
were
wounded
.
Nevertheless
,
this
Acciden●
did
no
way
dishearten
the
Prince
;
so
that
he
only
alter'd
the
design
of
this
Attack
,
and
instead
of
making
his
greatest
Onse●
upon
the
Lines
as
he
had
resolvd
in
the
Morning
,
he
order'd
the
most
furious
Onset
to
be
given
upon
the
Entrenchment
of
Trees
.
To
that
purpose
D'
Aumont
was
commanded
to
keep
the
Bavarians
in
Play
with
the
Souldiers
which
had
fought
already
,
causing
a
Diversion
thereby
in
the
same
place
where
the
first
Onset
had
ill
succeeded
.
The
Duke
and
Turenne
,
with
the
whole
Body
of
the
Infantry
,
lead
by
Mauvilli
,
suppor●ed
by
the
Gensd'armes
and
Roze's
Cavalry
,
march'd
directly
to
the
Entrenchment
of
Trees
.
Scarce
were
the
foremost
Ranks
of
this
new
At●ack
enter'd
into
the
Wood
,
but
the
Bavarians
fir'd
with
an
extraordinary
fury
;
nevertheless
,
the
French
advanc'd
in
very
good
Order
,
with
a
Resolution
to
try
whether
they
could
force
the
Ent●enchments
of
Trees
or
no.
And
the
fight
was
so
obstinate
that
after
they
had
been
driven
back
sever●l
times
,
and
several
times
had
repuls'd
the
French
,
at
length
Gasper
de
Mercy
,
Major
General
of
the
Cavalry
was
forc'd
to
make
his
Horsemen
alight
,
to
second
his
Infantry
that
began
to
give
Ground
.
Upon
that
,
the
Dispute
grew
hotter
then
before
,
and
both
Parties
fir●d
with
so
much
Fury
that
the
Noise
and
the
Smo●k
put
all
things
into
●onf●sion
,
so
that
they
could
not
distinguish
one
another
but
by
the
Flashes
of
the
Artillery
and
Small
Shot
.
All
the
surrounding
Woods
and
Forests
b●llow'd
forth
most
dreadful
Eccho's
,
and
augmented
the
Horrour
of
the
Battel
.
The
Souldiers
were
so
bloodily
eager
,
the
one
to
force
,
the
other
to
defend
the
Entrenchment
,
that
if
Night
had
not
parted
'em
,
there
had
been
one
of
the
most
deadly
Slaughters
tha●
had
been
in
our
days
.
The
French
Gend●r●eri●
perform'd
a
very
noble
Exploit
at
that
time
.
They
were
commanded
by
Boulay
,
who
led
on
the
Squadrons
to
the
very
brink
of
the
Entrenchmen●
and
ma●g●e
the
Enemies
furious
firing
,
fought
a
long
time
within
Pistol●
Shot
.
Never
was
so
desperate
a
Combat
,
where
without
grappling
Hand
to
Hand
,
so
many
fell
upon
the
spot
on
both
sides
.
The
French
in
this
Conflict
lost
Ma●villy
,
and
the
Bavarians
,
Gaspa●●●
Me●cy
,
their
General
's
Brother
.
After
this
,
the
Duke
having
brought
back
his
Army
into
the
Camp
,
layd
aside
all
other
thoughts
,
but
those
of
cutting
off
the
Bavarians
Provisions
,
to
the
end
he
might
enforce
'em
to
quit
so
Advantageous
a
Post.
To
that
purpose
,
he
gave
his
Men
four
days
time
to
refresh
themselves
,
and
the
wo●nded
,
of
which
there
was
a
great
number
,
w●re
sent
away
to
●risach
,
that
there
might
be
nothing
left
in
the
Camp
which
might
retard
the
Design
which
the
Duke
had
contriv'd
in
his
Mind
.
The
Mountains
of
the
Black
Forest
derive
their
Original
from
the
Mountains
of
Switzerland
,
and
follow
the
Course
of
the
Rhim
,
till
they
join
with
the
Hills
that
lye
upon
the
Banks
of
the
Ne●●●
.
These
Mountains
are
very
long
,
and
more
or
less
broad
,
according
to
the
Countries
where
they
●xtend
themselves
;
but
their
widest
breadth
is
from
Friburgh
to
Filinghen
about
ten
or
twelve
Le●g●es
.
There
is
no
way
of
Communication
between
these
two
Cities
,
but
through
a
Vally
,
which
is
very
narrow
,
and
very
Incommodious
for
the
marching
of
an
Army
.
Nevertheless
,
this
was
the
Part
through
which
Mercy
,
in
all
probability
,
would
make
his
Retreat
.
Which
,
nevertheless
he
would
not
presume
to
do
in
view
of
the
French
Army
;
●o
that
the
Duke
of
Enguien
was
of
Opinion
that
〈◊〉
intercepting
this
way
between
Friburgh
and
Fi●inghen
,
he
should
cut
him
off
from
his
Provision
and
For●ge
,
and
thereby
c●nstrain
him
to
a
General
Battel
,
or
to
retre●t
in
Disorder
.
With
this
Resolution
,
the
Ninth
of
August
,
the
Prince
caus'd
his
Army
to
march
toward
Langsdelingh●n
,
a
Village
●eated
in
the
most
easie
place
of
A●●ess
in
all
those
Mountains
.
This
Place
was
very
proper
to
annoy
the
Bavarians
,
or
to
fight
'em
in
their
Retreat
.
For
,
as
for
the
Duke
,
he
could
have
Provisions
from
Brisack
,
in
case
he
advanc'd
any
f●rther
among
the
Mountains
.
But
the
Road
which
gave
him
entrance
into
this
Valley
was
extremely
difficult
,
by
reason
of
the
Boggs
,
of
which
the
Woods
are
full
.
Besides
,
that
the
Front
of
the
Army
being
once
engagd
in
these
Woods
,
and
having
pass'd
the
Rivolet
that
runs
along
by
'em
,
the
Rear-guard
would
be
expos'd
to
the
Bavarians
,
without
any
possibility
of
being
reliev'd
by
their
own
Men.
The
D●ke
therefore
took
all
the
Precaution
which
the
Advantages
of
the
Ground
,
and
the
Presence
of
a
vigilant
Enemy
requir'd
.
To
this
purpose
,
in
regard
the
Horse
could
not
march
but
one
and
one
,
and
for
that
many
times
the
men
were
forc'd
to
alight
and
lead
their
Horses
,
the
Prince
order'd
a
great
body
of
Infantry
,
at
the
Tayl
of
the
Army
,
to
support
the
Rear
of
his
Cavalry
;
he
also
plac'd
little
Bodies
of
Musketeers
,
upon
the
Wings
,
to
defend
the
Passes
through
which
the
Bavarians
might
come
to
charge
'em
.
By
break
of
day
,
Turenne
set
forward
with
his
Army
,
which
compos'd
the
Vanguard
that
day
.
The
D.
took
care
to
bring
up
the
Rear
,
and
kept
himself
in
view
of
Mercy
's
Army
till
all
his
Men
were
past
;
and
after
he
had
in
this
manner
cross'd
the
Woods
and
Boggs
,
rejoin'd
his
Vanguard
at
Langsdelinghen
,
the
Bavarians
not
making
the
least
attempt
to
dispute
his
Passage
over
the
River
,
or
his
Entrance
into
the
Wood.
Mercy
observing
the
March
of
the
French
,
readily
apprehended
their
design
,
and
as
he
was
one
of
the
most
politick
Generals
in
the
World
,
he
presently
judg'd
that
his
safety
consisted
in
preventing
the
Duke
,
and
not
in
disputing
the
Incumbrances
of
the
Pass
.
Nor
indeed
had
he
more
then
just
so
much
time
to
retreat
before
the
foremost
Troops
of
the
French
Vanguard
could
overtake
him
;
and
doubtless
,
this
was
that
which
hinderd
him
from
falling
upon
their
R●●r
.
Therefore
,
so
soon
as
he
saw
the
French
upon
their
March
,
he
decampd
his
Army
,
keeping
the
top
of
th●
Mountains
,
and
ordering
his
Baggage
to
be
conducted
through
St.
Peter's
Valley
,
which
leads
toward
Filinghen
.
Upon
notice
of
Mercy
's
March
,
the
Duke
hasten'd
his
own
as
much
as
it
was
possible
.
But
he
had
Mountains
almost
inaccessible
to
cross
that
he
might
shorten
his
way
,
besides
that
his
Men
were
extreamly
tir'd
.
For
which
reason
he
was
enforcd
to
de●ach
Roze
with
all
speed
,
only
with
eight
hundred
Horse
to
amuse
the
Bavarians
,
and
disturb
'em
in
their
Retreat
,
while
the
rest
of
his
Army
pass'd
the
Defiles
.
Roze
perform'd
his
Orders
vigorously
,
and
began
to
Skirmish
with
the
Bavarians
near
St.
Peter's
Abby●
and
so
soon
as
he
had
overtaken
the
Bavarians
●
he
gave
notice
to
the
Duke
that
he
was
at
their
Heels
.
In
the
mean
while
,
the
French
Army
passd
File
after
File
through
a
very
narrow
Valley
,
at
the
end
of
which
they
were
to
ascend
to
the
top
of
a
very
high
Mountain
,
and
withal
,
so
steep
and
cover'd
with
Wood
,
that
there
was
no
going
forward
but
for
one
single
Man
at
a
time
.
Nevertheless
,
the
Duke
surmounted
all
these
difficulties
,
and
his
Vanguard
was
no
sooner
got
to
the
top
of
the
Mountain
but
he
discover'd
the
Bavarians
in
Battali●
,
and
Roze
close
at
the
Heels
of
their
Rear
.
Now
to
go
from
the
Mountain
where
the
Head
of
E●g●in's
Army
stopp'd
,
to
the
place
where
the
Bav●●●●ns
were
posted
,
there
was
a
necessity
of
passing
two
Defiles
,
in
the
midst
of
which
was
a
space
wid●
enough
to
contain
four
Squadrons
;
but
before
●ou
could
get
at
it
,
there
was
a
Descent
through
a
●ery
narrow
Hollow
way
,
and
then
an
Ascent
again
more
difficult
then
the
former
,
which
gave
an
En●rance
into
the
Plain
where
Roze
skirmis●'d
with
the
Enemies
Rereguard
.
Mercy
no
sooner
discover'd
the
foremost
Battallion
of
the
French
Vanguard
upon
the
top
of
the
Mountain
,
but
he
rightly
judg'd
that
the
whole
Army
was
behind
.
And
in
regard
that
Roze
very
much
disturb'd
the
hindmost
part
of
his
Rear
,
he
resolv'd
to
make
a
push
for
it
,
that
he
might
rid
himself
of
so
great
an
Incumbrance
,
before
the
Duke
got
any
nearer
to
him
,
and
had
Men
●now
to
second
him
;
and
that
he
might
do
his
Business
all
at
once
,
he
whell'd
about
to
the
Right
with
his
whole
Army
,
and
marchd
directly
against
Roze's
Cavalry
.
But
Roze
,
instead
of
retiring
speedily
into
the
Defile
,
rally'd
his
Squadrons
toge●her
,
and
daringly
stood
the
whole
Bavarian
Army
in
the
Plain
.
He
had
the
Enemies
Army
,
and
the
Plain
before
him
;
on
the
Right
Hand
the
Great
High
Road
to
●●ling●en
,
crowded
with
the
Bavarian
Baggage
;
upon
the
Left
a
vast
Precipi●e
,
and
behind
him
the
Defile
through
which
he
was
to
rejoyn
the
Duke
.
Presently
,
Roze
detach'd
one
of
his
Squadrons
to
cut
the
Harness
of
the
Horses
that
drew
the
Carri●ge
Waggons
,
and
with
the
rest
he
advanc'd
to
charge
the
foremost
Squadrons
of
the
Bavarian
Army
.
But
to
preserve
the
Defile
open
and
free
to
himself
,
he
left
four
Squadrons
to
guard
it
,
behind
the
Rear
of
which
he
retreated
,
after
he
had
made-three
Charg●s
upon
the
Enemy
.
Those
four
Squadrons
sustain'd
the
shock
of
the
Bavarians
,
till
the
rest
of
their
Cavalry
enter'd
Pell Mell
into
the
Defile
.
At
length
Roze
left
no
more
then
two
of
the
four
Squadrons
to
defend
the
Pass
,
who
after
an
incredible
Resistance
,
seeing
their
Fellows
out
of
danger
,
threw
themselves
into
the
Precipice
upon
the
Left
Hand
,
through
Places
that
never
had
been
pass'd
before
by
Men
nor
Horses
.
This
was
a
vigorous
Action
of
Roze
,
and
manag'd
with
all
the
Art
which
it
was
possible
to
pu●
in
practice
in
so
great
a
danger
.
But
it
was
impossible
for
him
to
have
escap'd
,
if
Mercy
had
no●
discover'd
upon
the
Neighbouring
Mountains
the
Bodies
that
drew
into
Order
by
degrees
,
and
that
the
Duke
was
advancing
to
second
Roze's
Cavalry
.
For
in
regard
he
was
afraid
of
nothing
so
much
as
of
coming
to
a
General
Battel
,
he
rather
chose
to
let
those
Squadrons
escape
,
then
enter
too
far
into
the
Defile
.
In
a
word
,
the
Duke
observing
from
the
Top
of
the
Hill
this
valiant
Action
of
Roze
,
and
what
a
Condition
he
was
in
,
had
rally'd
as
many
Men
as
he
could
get
together
about
his
Person
,
with
a
Resolution
to
bring
him
off
.
He
was
already
got
within
the
space
of
enclos'd
Ground
between
the
two
Defiles
,
at
what
time
Roz●
rejoyn'd
him
.
And
thus
the
Resolution
of
the
Duke
,
and
the
Prudence
of
Mercy
,
were
in
part
the
cause
of
that
Honour
which
Roze
acquir'd
by
his
Retreat
.
Mercy
at
the
same
instant
began
to
make
his
Retreat
likewise
,
but
withal
that
good
Order
which
could
be
expected
from
a
Great
Captain
,
who
would
never
be
constrain'd
to
a
Battel
,
and
understood
how
to
take
his
Advantages
when
opportunity
offer'd
'em
.
Nevertheless
,
he
quitted
his
Artillery
and
his
Baggage
,
and
leaving
some
Dragoons
to
dispute
the
Passage
out
of
the
Defile
,
h●●
march'd
with
that
speed
thro●●h
the
High
Road
to
Filinghen
,
that
the
French
Army
lost
sight
of
him
in
a
moment
.
While
Mercy
thought
of
nothing
else
but
to
hasten
and
secure
his
Retreat
,
the
Duke
rally'd
his
Men
together
with
a
Resolution
to
follow
him
;
but
it
prov'd
a
thing
so
difficult
to
do
,
that
before
he
could
get
his
Army
in
a
Body
together
,
the
Bavarian
had
gai●'d
above
a
League
of
Ground
before
him
.
There
is
a
Mountain
between
St.
Peter's
and
Filinghen
,
much
higher
then
any
of
the
rest
;
at
the
top
of
which
there
is
a
level
sufficient
to
contain
an
Army
drawn
up
in
Battalia
,
and
which
commands
all
the
Hills
round
about
.
The
Water
,
the
Past●●●ge
,
and
the
Fertilty
of
the
Soyl
,
which
is
every
wher●
manur'd
under
that
place
,
both
very
Commodious
and
very
Secure
to
Encamp
in
.
They
who
were
acquainted
with
the
Country
made
no
question
but
Mercy
would
have
pitch'd
his
Tents
there●
which
made
the
Duke
to
hasten
his
March
with
all
Dilligence
.
Nevertheless
,
when
the
Advanc'd
Curriers
of
the
French
Vanguard
were
got
to
the
top
of
Holg●●ve
(
for
so
the
place
is
call'd
)
they
found
that
the
Bavarians
,
after
they
had
only
broke
Ground
,
in
Order
to
Entrench
;
were
advancd
farther
,
with
more
haste
then
the
French
could
follow
'em
.
Thereupon
,
the
Duke
being
quite
out
of
hopes
to
overtake
'em
return'd
the
same
way
he
came
,
and
●ncampd
at
St.
Peter's
Abby
.
His
Men
were
so
tird
,
that
he
was
constraind
to
let
'em
rest
the
next
day
,
while
they
burnt
the
Bavarians
●
Baggage
,
and
brought
away
their
Canon
,
and
two
Morters
,
which
the
Bavarians
left
behind
'em
.
The
next
day
he
took
in
a
little
Castle
seated
upon
the
Mountai●s
,
and
which
might
prove
serviceable
to
his
Designs
,
and
sent
the
Count
of
Tournon
to
convey
the
Artillery
to
Brisack
.
Thus
the
Retreat
of
Coll.
Roze
was
the
last
remarkable
Action
perform'd
at
the
Battle
of
Friburgh
,
which
is
more
properly
to
be
call'd
a
series
of
several
bloody
Conflicts
,
then
a
pitch'd
Battel
.
On
the
one
side
was
to
be
observ'd
a
Courage
which
not
being
to
be
daunted
either
with
the
badness
of
the
Weather
,
nor
the
disadvantages
of
Ground
,
hazards
all
for
Victory
,
and
proves
Victorious
at
length
.
On
the
other
side
,
behold
a
Prudence
which
nothing
could
shake
,
that
made
the
best
of
every
thing
for
defence
,
yet
still
accompany'd
with
extraordinary
Valour
.
It
is
a
difficult
thing
to
judge
which
of
the
two
merited
most
Honour●
Whither
he
that
attackt
an
Army
entrench'd
in
places
almost
inaccessible
,
and
forc'd
●em
to
quit
their
Holds
;
or
He
that
preserv'd
a
resolute
and
undaunted
Judgement
in
a
long
Retreat
,
in
view
of
a
Restless
,
Urging
and
Victorious
Enemy
,
and
at
length
,
made
choice
of
a
Post
,
from
whence
he
could
never
be
forc'd
.
However
,
this
may
be
truly
said
,
that
a
General
who
quits
his
Artillery
and
Baggage
may
be
said
to
be
beaten
,
and
that
the
Honour
of
the
Retreat
cannot
be
thought
to
be
compleat
,
unless
he
saves
all
.
It
may
be
also
said
that
all
Mercy
's
Prudence
could
never
have
preserv●d
him
from
a
Total
Rout
,
had
it
not
been
for
the
Error
which
Espenan
and
L'
Eschelle
committed
in
the
Execution
of
the
Duke's
Orders
.
In
short
,
it
so
falls
out
for
the
most
part
that
an
Army
which
Vigorously
Attacks
an
Enemy
in
his
Trenches
,
has
generally
the
Advantage
of
him
that
defends
'em
.
After
the
Duke
of
Enguien
had
sent
away
the
Count
of
Tournon
,
he
return'd
toward
Landsdelinghen
,
where
his
Cannon
and
Baggage
stay'd
for
him
.
And
then
he
thought
of
nothing
more
then
of
what
Advantages
he
might
make
by
Mercy
's
Retreat
.
'T
was
the
opinion
of
the
Principal
Officers
that
he
should
retake
Friburgh
;
that
their
March
into
Germany
was
only
to
relieve
that
Place
,
and
consequently
it
ought
to
be
the
first
Fruits
of
their
Victory
.
That
the
Bavarians
had
not
been
able
to
level
their
Lines
,
that
they
were
already
far
remote
,
that
there
was
but
a
slender
Garrison
in
the
Place
,
ill
provided
of
all
things
,
and
terrifi'd
with
the
ill
Success
of
the
Combats
which
they
had
beheld
from
their
own
Ramparts
.
But
the
Duke
was
of
Opinion
,
that
't
was
of
greater
Consequence
to
undertake
the
Siege
of
Philipsburgh
,
The
Siege
and
Taking
of
Philipsburgh
.
the
other
Design
not
appearing
Great
enough
at
the
end
of
a
Campaign
,
which
it
behov'd
him
to
crown
with
some
Exploit
much
more
Illustrious●
Besides
,
that
by
bounding
his
Conquests
with
the
taking
of
Friburgh
,
the
Arms
of
France
would
be
no
farther
advancd
into
the
Country
,
and
would
be
also
constraind
to
repass
the
Rhine
,
to
take
up
their
Winter
Quarters
in
Alsatia
.
Not
but
that
the
Siege
of
Philipsburgh
was
extremely
difficult
;
in
regard
it
requir'd
a
long
March
to
lie
down
before
it
;
because
the
Infantry
was
much
lessend
in
number
,
and
for
that
their
Mony
was
spent
,
and
Provisions
were
to
be
brought
a
great
way
;
but
the
Duke
contemning
these
Difficulties
,
the
Siege
of
Philipsburgh
was
resolvd
upon
.
To
that
purpose
he
sent
Champlastreux
,
the
Intendant
of
his
Army
to
Brisack
,
to
bring
away
ten
battering
Pieces
,
in
Boats
,
which
would
be
also
farther
serviceable
to
lay
a
Bridge
over
the
Rhine
.
Champlastreux
,
who
was
both
Active
and
understood
his
Business
,
soon
dispatchd
away
those
Preparations
;
and
the
Prince
set
forward
from
Langsdelinghen
,
the
16
th
.
of
August
,
with
his
whole
Army
,
and
March'd
along
by
the
Rhine
,
after
he
had
sent
Tu●al
before
,
with
one
part
of
the
Weymarian
Cavalry
,
some
Musqueteers
and
some
Dragoons
.
Roze
follow●d
Tubal
with
the
remainder
of
the
Weymarians
;
the
Duke
reserving
to
himself
the
leading
of
the
Infantry
of
both
Armies
,
and
the
French
Cavalry
.
In
this
Order
he
march'd
toward
a
Castle
,
seated
five
or
six
Miles
from
Strasburgh
,
fortifi'd
with
Towers
after
the
ancient
manner
,
and
defended
with
a
good
Moat
full
of
Water
,
which
he
took
by
the
way
,
to
secure
himself
of
a
Communication
with
Strasburgh
.
From
thence
he
advanc'd
to
Kupenheim
,
which
Roze
had
taken
as
he
march'd
along●
Tuball
had
also
possess'd
himself
of
Ethinguen
,
Forsen
,
Bretten
,
Durlack
,
Baden
,
Pruessel
and
Willock
,
small
Villages
enclos'd
with
Moats
,
the
most
of
which
had
Castles
also
belong'd
to
'em
.
And
Turenne
went
on
and
invested
Philipsburgh
it
●elf
,
with
three
Thousand
.
Horse
and
seven
Hundred
Foot
,
and
the
Duke
arriv'd
before
the
Place
in
ten
days
March
from
Langsdelinghen
.
Philipsburgh
is
Seated
near
the
Rhine
,
upon
the
Confines
of
the
Dutchy
of
Wirtemberg
,
and
in
the
lower
Palatinate
,
three
Leagu●s
f●om
Spire
.
From
Brisack
to
Hermestein
there
is
not
any
strong
Hold
but
Philipsburgh
.
It
was
formerly
calld
Vdenheim
,
and
was
the
Seat
belonging
to
the
Bishops
of
Spire
;
and
the
Troubles
of
Germany
insensibly
constrain'd
the
Bishops
to
fortifie
it
.
But
when
they
had
put
it
into
a
condition
to
defend
it self
,
it
remain'd
no
longer
in
their
Hands
.
For
the
Imperialists
,
and
afterwards
the
Swedes
,
made
themselves
masters
of
it
:
the
French
also
possess'd
it
for
some
time●
but
afterwards
it
returnd
under
the
Emperors
Dominion
.
To
this
Town
belongs
a
Fort
which
commands
the
Rhine
,
and
which
Communicates
with
the
City
,
by
means
of
a
Causey
six
foot
broad
,
and
eight
hundred
foot
long
.
Over
against
Philipsburgh
,
the
River
forms
a
large
Elbow
,
and
causes
a
great
many
Boggs
round
about
half
the
Place
.
The
Forti●ication
is
only
of
Earth
,
but
the
Ramparts
are
very
thick
:
It
is
surrounded
with
large
and
deep
Moats
,
nor
is
there
any
more
then
one
way
to
a●●roach
it
;
and
the
Body
of
the
Place
is
composd
of
seven●
Bastions
almost
regular
.
The
Berm
is
so
large
that
it
serves
for
a
false
Bray
,
and
this
B●●●
is
secur'd
by
a
Quick-set
Hedge
very
thick
.
The
Moat
is
full
of
Water
,
two
hundred
foot
wide
,
and
four
fadom
deep
,
with
a
Counterscarp
well
Pallisado'd
.
On
that
side
next
the
Elbow
,
which
the
Rhine
makes
,
there
is
only
a
Bogg
cover'd
with
Wood
in
some
parts
;
on
the
other
side
the
Ground
is
somewhat
higher
,
and
intermix'd
with
Heath
,
Wood
and
Ploughd
Fields
.
When
the
Duke
invested
it
,
Bamberg
was
Governour●
the
Garrison
was
compos'd
of
two
hundred
Horse
,
and
five
hundred
Foot
;
there
were
a
hundred
pieces
of
Canon
mounted
,
and
Ammunition
sufficient
for
a
long
Siege
.
After
the
Duke
had
view'd
the
most
Advantageous
Places
to
secure
his
Circumvallation
,
he
spent
the
rest
of
the
day
in
taking
his
Posts
,
and
appointed
the
Night
for
attacking
the
Fort
upon
the
Rhine
.
The
French
Army
took
up
their
Quarters
from
K●audenheime
to
a
River
that
Waters
the
Plain
,
half-way
from
Rheinhausen
,
and
the
German
Army
was
posted
from
the
River
to
Rheinhausen
.
Night
being
come
,
the
Souldiers
prepar'd
to
Storm
the
Fort.
The
Duke
march'd
thither
through
the
Woods
,
while
Tu●ennne
approachd
it
over
small
Damms
that
are
rais'd
athwart
the
Mersh
.
But
the
Duke
could
not
get
thither
till
break
of
day
,
because
the
way
he
had
chose
was
long
and
difficult
.
Bamberg
,
not
having
Foot
sufficient
,
sent
for
into
the
Town
both
the
Men
and
every
thing
else
that
was
provided
for
the
defence
of
the
Fort
;
so
that
Turenne
finding
it
quitted
took
Possession
of
it
,
and
fortifid
it
with
all
things
necessary
against
the
Attacks
of
the
City
.
After
that
,
the
Duke
minded
nothing
but
to
secure
his
Circumvallation
.
He
caus'd
Forts
and
Redoubts
to
be
rais'd
in
all
places
where
the
Ground
was
proper
,
and
cut
down
the
Trees
in
the
Boggs
to
stop
up
the
High-ways
.
Turenne
met
not
with
so
many
Obstacles
in
the
Fortifying
his
Quarters
;
for
he
made
use
of
a
great
Flood
of
Water
that
ran
along
from
one
end
of
his
Camp
to
the
other
,
which
he
made
a
good
defence
by
adding
a
Parapet
to
it
.
So
that
the
Circumvallation
was
finish'd
in
four
days
,
and
the
Camp
enclosd
on
all
sides
from
Knaud●nheime
to
Rheinhausen
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Bridge
of
Boats
arriv'd
,
laden
with
Canon
,
Ammunition
and
Provisions
.
In
twenty
four
Hours
it
was
laid
over
against
Germesheim
and
Knaudenheime
.
Germesheim
is
a
small
City
of
the
lower
Palatinate
,
seated
upon
the
Banks
of
the
Rhine
,
fortifi'd
with
Bastions
of
Earth
and
a
drie
Moat
,
on
that
side
next
Spire
,
but
full
of
Water
on
that
side
next
Philipsburgh
.
The
taking
of
it
was
necessary
to
command
the
upper
part
of
the
Rhine
;
for
in
regard
there
could
be
no
Circ●mvallation
made
beyond
the
River
,
they
could
no●
be
assurd
of
the
River
without
taking
in
those
places
which
commanded
it
.
Therefore
,
so
soon
as
the
Bridge
was
finishd
,
the
Duke
order'd
d'
Aumont
to
pass
the
River
with
six
hundred
Foot
,
and
three
hundred
Horse
,
and
attack
Germensheim
,
which
he
did
in
two
days
after
the
Trenches
were
opend
;
and
after
that
he
marchd
toward
Spire
.
This
City
,
tho
it
stands
upon
the
Rhine
is
only
considerable
for
being
the
Seat
of
the
Imperial
Chamber
;
for
it
is
only
surrounded
with
a
Wall
,
garnishd
with
Towers
,
after
the
Ancient
manner
,
and
a
nasty
Moat
.
Thus
,
while
D'
Aumont
made
himself
sure
of
the
most
necessary
Posts
upon
the
Rhine
,
the
Duke
began
the
Attack
of
Philipsburgh
.
And
it
has
been
already
by
us
observ'd
that
there
is
but
one
way
to
approach
the
Town
,
where
the
Earth
is
Gravelly
,
all
along
to
the
very
Counterscarp
of
the
two
Bastions
of
the
Place
.
In
this
part
the
Duke
orderd
two
Attacks
to
be
rais'd
;
o●
which
Grammont
undertook
to
carry
on
the
Left
,
and
Turenne
took
Care
of
that
on
the
Right
Hand
.
Both
the
one
and
the
other
made
use
of
above
fifteen
hundred
paces
of
the
Course
of
a
little
Rivolet
that
waters
the
Plain
,
after
they
had
turn'd
the
Water
another
way
,
in
order
to
make
their
Approaches
toward
the
two
Bastions
which
they
were
to
Attack
.
The
Trench
was
open'd
the
first
of
September
,
and
the
same
Night
they
made
a
Place
of
Arms
common
to
both
Attacks
;
each
of
which
carry'd
on
their
Approaches
to
the
opposite
Bastion
.
Espenan
,
with
the
Regiment
of
Persan
,
commanded
the
Guard
,
the
first
Night
in
Grammont's
Trench
,
and
after
he
had
carry'd
on
the
Line
near
200
Paces
,
he
began
to
raise
a
great
Redoubt
,
where
he
settl'd
a
Corps
du
Guard
of
a
hundred
Gendarms
at
the
Head
of
the
Workmen
;
and
those
Horsemen
had
Orders
to
retire
,
in
the
day
time
,
behind
the
Ruines
of
an
old
Building
,
near
the
opening
of
the
Trench
.
The
Night
was
quiet
enough
;
and
the
Besieged
who
knew
not
as
yet
where
the
Pioniers
were
at
work
,
never
gave
any
Interruption
to
the
Besiegers
.
But
so
soon
as
day
appear'd
,
and
that
they
descry'd
the
Earth
cast
up
,
they
resolv'd
by
a
Salley
to
ruine
the
Work
which
had
been
carry'd
on
in
the
Night
.
To
that
purpose
they
detach'd
two
Hundred
Foot
,
and
a
Hundred
Horse
,
who
advanc'd
toward
the
Line
;
and
tho
it
were
full
of
Pioniers
Espenan
prepar'd
to
receive
'em
,
commanding
the
Gendarms
to
oppose
their
Cavalry
.
But
that
Squadron
marchd
against
the
Enemy
in
so
much
Disorder
,
that
they
were
utterly
broken
at
the
first
Charge
,
and
la
Boulay
was
there
slain
upon
the
Place
.
However
Espenan
had
put
the
Line
in
so
good
Order
,
that
the
Besieged
durst
not
attack
it
;
nor
pursue
this
their
●irst
Advantage
any
farther
;
in
so
much
that
the
Gendarmes
had
time
to
rally
and
return
to
the
Charge
;
and
this
second
time
they
so
well
acquitted
themselves
,
that
notwithstanding
all
their
firing
from
the
Bastions
,
all
that
remaind
of
those
that
sally'd
were
driven
to
their
Counterscarp
.
Thus
the
Besiegers
continued
their
Work
without
Opposition
,
but
that
their
Infantry
was
lessen'd
to
that
Degree
,
that
the
Dukes
Army
did
not
amount
to
above
three
thousand
Me●
,
and
the
tother
was
not
above
two
thousand
strong
.
With
so
few
Men
the
Prince
had
an
Incredible
deal
of
Trouble
to
guard
so
spacious
a
Circumvallation
,
and
to
furnish
Men
sufficient
to
guard
the
Trenches
,
and
other
necessary
Occasions
.
His
Infantry
consisted
of
Four
Battallions
;
of
which
that
which
was
relievd
in
the
Trenches
was
order'd
for
the
extraordinary
Guard
of
the
Camp
.
The
other
two
wrought
in
the
Approaches
,
and
the
last
provided
Faggots
to
fill
up
the
Trenches
.
Palluau
,
with
the
Regiment
of
Enguien
relievd
,
the
second
Night
,
Espenan
and
Persan
,
&
carry'd
on
the
Line
and
finishd
the
Redoubt
.
Tournon
and
Marsin
,
the
two
next
Nights
advanc'd
the
Works
much
farther
,
and
made
a
Battery
of
six
Canons
.
Turenne
had
made
n●
less
haste
on
his
side
.
The
fifth
Night
the
two
Attacks
made
a
Lodgement
upon
the
Counterscarp
;
neither
did
Bamberg
oppose
these
Works
,
but
with
his
Canon
and
Small-Shot
.
Neither
did
the
Duke
hear
any
thing
of
the
Bavarian
Army
;
only
he
had
Intelligence
that
Iohn
de
Wert
was
upon
his
March
with
a
Thousand
Horse
and
as
many
Musketeers
,
to
try
whether
he
could
put
any
Relief
into
Philipsburgh
;
and
this
advice
constraind
the
Duke
to
redouble
his
Guards
,
and
to
ride
the
Rounds
every
Night
.
So
soon
as
the
two
Attacks
had
made
their
Lodgements
upon
the
Counterscarp
,
the
Workmen
began
to
pierce
it
,
and
raise
Batteries
to
ruine
the
Defences
of
the
Place
.
As
for
the
Descent
into
the
Moat
,
it
was
not
very
difficult
,
but
it
would
be
very
troublesome
to
secure
it
.
For
in
regard
the
Water
was
almost
even
with
the
Counterscarp
,
the
Besiegers
could
not
come
at
it
under
Ground
,
and
it
requird
a
great
deal
of
time
to
make
a
Gallery
coverd
with
Oaken
Planks
.
So
that
the
D.
only
drew
a
streight
Line
which
butted
upon
the
Moat
,
and
which
was
coverd
with
Bavins
upon
Blinds
and
Chandeleers
.
Espenan
and
Palluau
,
during
the
two
Nights
that
they
kept
Guard
,
brought
their
Works
to
so
much
Perfection
as
to
be
able
to
fill
up
the
Moat
.
Tournon
also
had
already
thrown
into
it
a
great
number
of
Bavins
,
bu●
as
he
passd
along
the
piercd
Line
that
led
to
the
Work
,
he
was
slain
with
a
Musket
Bullet
.
La
Pomme
the
Engeneer
was
expert
at
making
Mines
and
passing
Moats
:
but
he
met
with
a
great
many
Difficulties
by
reason
of
the
Canon
that
playd
from
the
Town
,
which
the
Besiegers
Canon
c●uld
not
Master
,
for
that
having
so
great
a
number
as
they
had
,
no
sooner
was
one
Piece
dismounted
,
but
presently
another
was
mounted
in
the
room
;
and
beside
those
which
they
had
in
their
Flanks
with
which
they
batter'd
the
Bridge
side-ways
,
they
had
a
Row
upon
the
Face
of
the
Bastions
which
pierc'd
and
ruin'd
the
whole
Approach
.
'T
is
true
the
Flanks
were
so
small
that
they
could
not
plant
above
three
pieces
of
Canon
upon
'em
.
Which
is
a
usual
Fault
in
the
best
Fortifications
to
ha●e
the
Flanks
either
too
narrow
or
too
open●
But
the
first
of
these
defects
is
the
worst
,
in
regard
that
between
the
two
opposite
Batteries
the
greatest
number
of
Canon
always
prevails
.
In
a
word
,
the
Besiegers
having
rais'd
two
Batteries
,
each
of
four
pieces
of
Canon
,
presently
put
to
silence
the
Enemies
Canon
from
the
Flanks
.
But
the
Besieged
planted
so
many
upon
the
Faces
of
the
Bastions
,
the
Rampart
of
which
was
very
low
,
that
they
ruin'd
those
of
the
Besiegers
.
For
which
reason
,
the
Duke
was
constrain'd
to
raise
Shoulderings
to
hide
his
Batteries
,
and
cover
the
Faces
of
the
Bastions
.
By
which
means
his
Canon
got
the
Mastery
,
and
the
Besiegers
labour'd
with
more
security
to
perfect
their
Bridge
.
Then
Bamberg
found
that
it
would
not
be
in
his
Power
to
hinder
the
M●at
from
being
fill'd
up
,
and
therefore
knowing
his
Garrison
to
be
but
weak
,
he
thought
it
not
convenient
to
stay
till
the
Miners
were
set
to
work
,
in
hopes
before
that
,
to
make
a
more
Advantageous
Capitulation
.
Thereupon
,
he
beat
a
Parley
,
Hostages
were
given
on
both
sides
,
and
the
Garrison
march'd
out
the
twelfth
of
September
,
to
the
number
of
five
Hundred
Men
,
with
two
Pieces
of
Canon
.
The
Duke
put
Persan's
Regiment
into
the
Town
,
and
made
Espenan
Governour
.
The
winning
of
this
Place
,
tho
more
easie
then
the
Prince
fore●saw
or
expected
,
gave
great
Reputa●ion
to
the
Arms
of
France
;
insomuch
that
several
Cities
sent
their
Deputies●
Nor
did
〈◊〉
till
D'Aumont
summon'd
'em
,
but
sent
Commissioners
with
their
Keys
to
the
D.
who
receiv'd
'em
Honourably
;
and
after
he
had
confirm'd
their
Priviledges
,
sent
'em
back
with
Order
to
dismiss
the
Imperialists
,
and
receive
a
French
Garrison
,
which
a'
Aumont
had
Instructions
to
put
into
the
Town
.
But
the
Duke
could
not
reap
himself
the
Fruits
of
the
taking
of
Philipsburgh
,
nor
could
he
remove
from
thence
before
he
had
repair'd
the
Fortifications
.
For
the
Enemy
was
at
hand
;
his
Men
were
much
lessen'd
and
weary'd
;
his
Canon
had
made
great
Ruins
which
were
to
be
repair'd
;
nor
was
the
Prince
in
a
Condition
to
stand
Mercy
,
who
had
both
refresh'd
and
recruited
his
Army
since
his
retreat
from
Friburgh
.
So
that
all
the
Duke
could
do
was
to
settle
his
Quarters
in
the
Places
along
the
Rhine
,
in
such
a
manner
,
that
the
Enemy
could
neither
regain
what
he
had
won
,
nor
force
him
to
a
General
Battel
.
He
had
the
River
on
the
one
side
,
the
City
on
the
other
,
the
Fort
of
Rhine
before
him
,
and
the
Mersh
,
and
the
Woods
behind
him
.
His
Army
being
thus
Advantageously
Posted
,
he
detach'd
Turenne
,
to
go
and
attack
Wormes
.
This
City
is
not
Inferiour
either
in
Dignity
or
number
of
Inhabitants
to
any
of
the
Cities
of
Germany
,
being
Seated
upon
the
B●nks
of
the
Rhine
,
and
fortifid
as
much
as
the
Largeness
and
Situation
of
it
would
permit
.
Duke
Charles
of
Lorrain
kept
Garrison
there
,
and
since
the
Loss
of
his
Territories
,
he
had
hardly
any
other
Place
of
Retreat
but
that
.
Turenne
sent
away
the
Foot
,
Wormes
,
Ma●ence
,
and
several
●ther
●lg●es
taken
.
his
Canon
and
all
other
things
necessary
for
his
Design
by
Water
.
Which
done
,
he
march'd
through
the
Palatinate
,
with
two
thousand
Horse
,
and
defeated
six
hundred
M●n
,
which
General
Beck
had
sent
to
Frankendale
.
The
Inhabitants
of
Wormes
also
open'd
their
Gates
,
and
sent
away
the
Lorrainers
.
Thereupon
Turenne
continu'd
his
March
toward
Mayence
,
and
detach'd
away
Roze
to
take
in
Oppenheim
,
a
little
City
seated
in
a
Pain
,
ill
fortifi'd
,
but
defended
with
a
very
good
Castle
.
Roze
found
no
Resistance
there
;
and
Turenne
at
the
same
time
presented
himself
before
Mayence
,
and
Lodging
himself
in
the
Subburbs
,
sent
a
Trumpe●
to
those
that
commanded
in
the
City
,
with
Offers
of
Honourable
Conditions
.
M●y●nce
is
the
Seat
of
an
Archbishop
,
who
is
one
of
the
Electors
,
and
one
of
the
Principal
Cities
of
Germany
;
besides
that
,
it
is
Large
,
Populous
,
and
well
Built
,
considering
that
it
lyes
in
a
Country
where
good
Architecture
was
never
much
known
or
practis'd
.
The
Situation
renders
it
considerable
,
being
seated
just
opposite
to
the
mouth
of
the
Mein
,
which
washes
one
part
of
the
Walls
:
On
the
Land
side
it
is
defended
by
a
Citadel
,
with
four
Bastions
.
But
as
it
is
usual
in
great
Cities
,
the
Fortifications
had
been
long
neglected
,
so
that
the
Principal
defence
of
the
Town
consisted
in
the
number
of
Inhabitants
,
not
in
the
strength
of
the
Ramparts
.
At
the
lower
end
of
the
City
,
upon
the
Bank
of
the
Rhine
,
st●n●s
a
Magnificent
C●stle
,
which
is
the
Residence
of
the
Elector
.
In
the
time
that
this
City
was
under
the
Power
of
the
Swedes
,
the
King
had
caus'd
a
Fort
of
six
Bastions
call'd
Gustawburgh
,
to
be
built
in
that
part
where
the
two
Rivers
meet
.
But
the
Imperialists
having
at
length
retaken
Mayence
,
the
Fort
was
quitted
by
the
Swedes
,
and
the
Electors
let
it
run
to
ruine
.
When
Vicount
Turenne
enter'd
the
Subburbs
,
there
was
in
th●
Town
an
Imperial
Garrison
of
eight
Hundred
Men
:
Nevertheless
,
the
Elector
not
believing
he
could
remain
there
in
safety
,
was
retir'd
to
Hermestein
;
so
that
the
Chapter
,
which
has
all
the
Authority
of
the
Government
in
the
Absence
of
the
Arch-bishop
,
caus'd
all
the
Bodies
of
the
City
to
meet
together
,
and
after
several
Deliberations
,
they
resolv'd
to
send
their
Commissioners
to
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
and
to
present
the
Keys
of
the
Town
to
himself
,
to
make
their
Capitulation
the
more
Honourable
,
by
the
Quality
of
the
Person
that
receiv'd
'em
.
Turenne
sent
this
Answer
to
the
Duke
,
who
lay
still
with
his
Army
near
to
Philipsburgh
;
who
thereupon
departed
with
a
Convoy
of
four
Hundred
Horse
,
and
came
to
Mayence
in
a
day
and
a
half
.
And
while
both
sides
were
drawing
up
the
Articles
of
the
Surrender
.
Mercy
lay
posted
upon
the
Hills
between
Hailbrun
and
Neckersulm
,
leaving
the
Necker
before
him
.
Hailbrume
is
not
above
fourteen
Leagues
from
Philipsburgh
,
and
M●rcy
pretended
from
thence
to
put
a
stop
to
the
Progress
of
the
Duke
.
To
which
purpose
he
detach'd
Wolfs
,
a
famous
Collonel
among
the
Bavarians
,
with
two
hunder'd
Horse
,
and
five
Hunder'd
Dr●goons
to
put
himself
into
Mayence
;
tho
Wolfs
could
not
get
thither
above
a
quarter
of
an
hour
before
the
Duke
of
Enguien
.
So
that
the
Trumpet
which
the
Duke
sent
to
give
the
City
notice
of
his
coming
found
Wolfs
harang●ing
the
Townsmen
,
and
encouraging
them
to
stand
upon
their
own
defence
,
offering
the
Reinforcement
which
he
had
lef●
on
the
other
side
of
the
Rhine
,
as
also
the
Assistance
of
the
whole
Bavarian
Army
,
which
would
follow
him
in
a
little
time
.
But
the
Inhabitants
,
who
knew
the
Duke
was
in
their
Subburbs
,
stood
to
their
Word
which
they
had
given
to
Turenne
,
and
after
they
had
dismiss'd
Wolfs
out
of
the
City
,
sent
their
Deputies
to
the
Duke
to
conclude
their
Treaty
of
Capitulation
.
The
Chapter
also
oblig'd
themselves
to
send
out
the
Garrison
,
which
they
kept
in
Binghen
,
a
small
City
,
and
to
admit
the
French
.
The
Duke
gave
th●
Government
of
Mayence
to
the
Count
of
Courval
,
and
put
a
strong
Garrison
into
the
Town
,
with
all
things
necessary
to
repair
the
old
Fortifications
and
make
new
ones
.
Turenne
likewise
took
Creussnack
in
his
March
,
and
d'
Aumont
invested
Landau
with
twelve
hundred
Foot
,
and
fifteen
hundred
Horse
.
This
is
a
City
seated
in
a
Plain
,
four
Leagues
from
Philipsburgh
,
well
Peopl'd
,
and
having
a
Rampart
flank'd
by
two
Towers
,
after
the
antient
manner
,
with
a
Moat
defended
by
some
Half-Moons
and
a
Covert
way
.
There
were
in
the
Town
four
hundred
Lorrainers
;
and
it
was
the
only
place
which
the
Palatinates
had
preserv'd
in
the
Palatinate
,
on
this
side
the
Rhine
,
except
Frankendale
,
where
the
Spaniards
kept
a
very
strong
Garrison
.
While
●
'
Aumont
was
taking
up
his
Quarters
,
and
beginning
his
Approaches
before
Landau
,
the
Duke
rejoin'd
his
Army
close
by
Philipsburgh
,
that
he
might
be
near
the
Siege
which
d'
Aumont
had
undertaken
;
where
he
understood
that
the
Trenches
were
already
open'd
,
but
that
d'
Aumont
going
to
visit
the
Works
was
dangerously
wounded
.
Thereupon
Turenne
was
sent
to
continue
the
Siege●
who
carry'd
on
the
Trenches
with
that
speed
,
that
in
three
days
a
Battery
was
raisd
,
and
a
Lodgement
made
upon
the
Counterscarp
.
He
dyed
at
Spire
,
within
a
●●w
days
after
.
The
fifth
day
,
the
Duke
being
come
to
visit
the
Works
,
the
Lorrainers
capitulated
with
Turenne
,
and
march'd
out
of
the
Place
.
After
the
taking
of
Landau
,
Newstad
,
Manhei●
and
Magdeburgh
,
made
but
little
Resistance
.
So
that
in
one
Campaign
,
the
Duke
saw
himself
three
times
Victorious
over
the
Bavarian
Army
,
Master
of
the
Palatinate
,
and
the
Course
of
the
Rhine
,
from
Philipsburgh
to
Hermenstein
,
and
of
all
the
Country
between
the
Rhine
and
the
Moselle
.
There
are
three
things
which
have
not
been
observ'd
in
the
Campaign
of
Friburgh
,
Three
things
not
observ'd
in
the
Campaign
of
Friburgh
.
which
are
not
to
be
omitted
.
The
First
is
,
that
the
Duke
,
as
it
is
credibly
reported
,
the
more
to
encourage
his
Souldiers
to
force
the
Bavarian
Camp
,
threw
his
Ba●toon
,
the
Ensign
of
his
Generalship
,
over
the
Entrenchments
,
shewing
by
that
Action
,
that
to
prevent
his
Ba●toon
from
falling
into
the
Enemies
Hands
,
there
was
a
nece●●ity
of
gaining
that
part
where
he
had
thrown
it
,
and
that
it
was
to
be
lookt
upon
as
the
Prize
which
the
Duke
propos'd
to
himself
to
win
;
and
which
it
behov'd
all
the
Souldiers
also
to
be
no
less
eager
of
gaining
.
The
Second
thing
necessary
to
be
observ'd
is
this
,
that
the
Defeat
of
the
Bavarians
at
the
Battel
of
Friburgh
,
gave
the
French
an
easie
opportunity
to
make
such
considerable
Progresses
,
that
they
no
sooner
presented
themselves
before
a
Town
,
but
the
Garrison
surrender'd
.
So
that
the
Marquiss
d'
Aumont
having
summon'd
Gemersheim
to
open
her
Gates
,
she
did
it
immediately
.
The
Deputies
also
of
that
Place
,
accompany'd
with
the
Clergy
and
Magistra●y
,
met
the
Marquiss
,
to
assure
him
of
their
Obedient
Submission
to
the
King
of
France
,
and
besides
Landau
,
which
Marshal
Turenne
took
,
they
made
themselves
Masters
of
Magdeburgh
,
and
the
City
of
Bacara
●
The
Third
thing
worthy
to
be
observ'd
,
and
which
will
shew
the
Terrour
which
the
Duke
of
Eng●i●n's
Name
had
struck
into
the
Hearts
of
the
Enemies
of
France
was
this
,
that
when
Turenne
had
sent
Roze
to
invest
Mayence
,
and
that
Mercy
had
sent
Wolfs
with
six
hundred
Dragoons
,
and
four
hundred
Horse
,
to
Succour
the
Place
,
with
promise
of
all
other
Assistance
necessary
,
those
Offers
were
rejected
.
The
Besieged
answer'd
that
they
were
only
fair
Promises
.
That
never
the
less
the
City
was
Besieg'd
,
and
that
when
they
were
to
resist
the
still
Triumphant
Arms
of
the
King
of
France
,
they
must
make
use
of
other
Weapons
the●
Words
,
and
that
the
Duke
of
Enguien's
continud
Victories
gave
them
great
reason
to
fear
that
they
should
not
be
able
successfully
to
withstand
a
Force
that
carry'd
all
before
it
.
Which
Answer
to
surpriz'd
Coll.
Wolfs
,
that
he
immediately
retird
.
And
then
the
Chapter
of
Mayence
sent
their
Commissioners
to
the
Duke
,
to
inform
him
of
the
Resolution
they
had
taken
,
to
Surrender
the
City
into
his
Hands
,
upon
Condition
that
the
Prince
would
Sign
the
Capitulation
as
it
was
drawn
up
,
and
that
he
would
come
and
receive
their
Oathes
of
Fidelity
.
These
Offers
and
Conditions
were
accepted
the
Sixteenth
of
September
.
The
Principal
Articles
of
the
Capitulation
being
,
That
the
Administration
as
well
Ecclesiastical
as
Secular
should
remain
Free
to
the
Chapter
.
That
Iustice
should
be
administer'd
according
to
the
usual
manner
;
and
that
under
that
Clause
,
the
Officers
should
be
preserv'd
in
their
Employments
and
Priviledges
.
That
the
Chapter
having
put
themselves
under
the
King
of
France
's
Protection
,
the
Duke
should
not
Charge
'em
with
any
new
Impositions
;
and
that
he
should
put
a
Garrison
of
Five
Hundred
Men
into
the
Fort.
The
Duke
also
made
a
particular
Agreement
with
the
Governour
,
which
immediately
concernd
the
Emperor
and
the
Imperial
Garrison
that
was
in
the
Place
.
So
soon
as
the
Capitulation
was
Signd
,
the
Duke
sent
advice
of
it
to
their
Majesties
,
and
then
made
his
Entrance
into
the
City
,
where
he
was
receivd
with
that
Pomp
and
Magnificence
which
carry'd
along
with
it
the
Aire
and
Shew
of
a
Triumph
.
All
the
Corporations
of
Mayence
went
forth
to
meet
the
Prince
,
and
made
their
Compliments
to
him
in
Latin
.
And
the
Duke
,
who
understood
other
things
as
well
as
the
taking
of
Towns
,
and
winning
of
Battels
,
answerd
all
their
Complements
,
and
all
their
Speeches
in
Latin
,
in
so
Eloquent
a
manner
,
that
not
only
they
who
had
the
Advantage
to
hear
him
speak
were
charm'd
and
ravish'd
with
Admiration
,
but
the
noise
of
his
Wit
and
Learning
spread
it self
all
over
Germany
,
if
I
may
not
say
all
over
Europe
.
Some
compard
him
to
Alexander
,
others
to
Caesar.
The
First
observd
in
him
that
Impetuosity
,
that
Ardour
,
that
Activity
,
that
Heroick
Bravery
,
and
Daring
Boldness
,
which
in
Alexander
were
joyn'd
to
the
Love
of
Letters
and
Learning
;
and
the
others
believ'd
him
to
be
the
Living
Image
of
C●sar
,
not
only
in
respect
of
the
Capacity
,
Prudence
and
Conduct
of
that
Illustrious
Roman
,
but
also
in
regard
of
his
Eloquence
.
The
End
of
the
First
Book
.
THE
HISTORY
OF
LEWIS
de
BOVRBON
,
Prince
of
Conde
.
The
Second
Book
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
made
Governour
of
Champagn
and
Brie
.
THE
Duke
of
Enguien
was
become
so
considerable
at
Court
,
that
after
the
Battel
of
Friburgh
,
and
the
reducing
of
Philipsburgh
and
Mayence
,
he
was
made
Governour
of
Champaigne
and
Brie
;
and
it
was
also
farther
resolv'd
that
he
should
again
Command
in
Germany
.
1645.
The
French
took
the
Field
betimes
in
that
Country
,
and
at
the
beginning
of
the
Spring
they
made
themselves
Masters
of
three
considerable
Places
,
by
the
prudent
Conduct
and
Bravery
of
Major
General
Erlac
.
The
15
th
.
of
April
he
descended
toward
the
Rhine
,
where
Moser
,
who
commanded
the
Queen
of
Sweden's
Forces
,
joyn'd
him
with
three
Hundred
Foot
,
and
his
own
Troop
of
Horse
.
All
their
Forces
being
embodyd
into
an
Army
,
besieg'd
Lichtenaw
,
a
Castle
which
the
Germans
made
use
of
as
a
convenient
Post
,
to
seize
the
Boats
that
fell
down
from
Strasburgh
to
Philipsburgh
.
That
Place
held
out
some
Discharges
of
the
Canon
for
Honours
sake
,
and
then
surrender'd
upon
Composition
.
After
that
the
Marquiss
of
Baden
surrender'd
the
Castle
of
Stolburn
which
belongd
to
him
,
The
taking
of
Lichtenaw
,
the
Castle
of
Stolbur●
and
Kirppenheim●
tho
it
were
strongly
seated
,
and
well
provided
with
Victuals
.
This
do●e
,
General
Erlac
besieg'd
Kirppenheim
,
well
fortifid
with
Half-Moons
,
and
defended
by
a
broad
Moat
,
lin'd
both
within
and
without
.
The
Inhabitants
who
rely'd
upon
their
Fortifications
prepar'd
themselves
for
a
stout
Defence
;
but
they
were
constrai●d
to
give
way
to
the
Vigorous
Onsets
of
the
Bes●egers
,
and
surrender'd
upon
Composition
.
While
Erlac
made
these
lesser
Progresses
,
Turenne
acted
with
Success
against
the
Imperialists
.
'T
is
true
that
the
Advantages
which
he
won
at
the
beginning
of
the
Campaigne
were
attended
with
a
sad
Event
,
for
in
regard
he
thought
he
had
no
reason
to
fear
his
being
attack'd
by
those
he
had
so
vigorously
driven
before
him
,
and
that
he
thought
'em
a
great
way
off
,
he
was
all
of
a
suddain
assail'd
by
Mercy
,
who
was
one
of
the
most
experienc'd
,
most
vigilant
,
most
piercing
,
and
most
politick
Captains
that
ever
were
.
Mercy
then
surpris●d
Marshal
Turenne
near
Mariendal
,
where
the
King●s
Quarters
were
,
and
the
Marshal
was
beaten
before
he
could
joy●n
his
Men.
But
certain
it
is
,
that
if
Turenne
committed
a
fault
in
suffering
himself
to
be
surpriz'd
,
Ture●ne
beaten
at
Merienda●
.
he
made
amends
for
it
with
as
much
Honour
as
it
was
possible
.
For
by
that
presence
of
Mind
which
made
him
find
out
Remedies
in
Conjunctures
more
difficult
,
and
more
imminent
Dangers
,
he
made
a
very
Honourable
Retreat
;
still
defending
himself
with
a
Heroick
Bravery
and
Conduct
,
till
he
got
to
the
Passage
of
the
Rhine
,
and
fighting
rather
like
a
Victor
then
Vanquishd
.
But
the
loss
which
France
sustaind
by
that
Ill
Success
was
more
Advantageously
repair'd
by
the
D.
of
Enguien
,
who
was
sent
into
Germany
in
Iune
.
The
Prince's
Presence
gave
new
Confidence
to
the
French
,
who
were
something
terrifi'd
,
and
infus'd●
into
'em
that
Courage
,
that
Boldness
and
Resolution
,
as
prepar'd
'em
for
the
most
difficult
Undertakings
,
and
put
'em
into
the
greatest
Hopes
.
So
soon
as
he
arriv'd
,
he
possess'd
himself
of
several
Places
,
which
gave
a
free
Passage
over
the
Rhine
,
and
made
himself
Master
of
Wimphen
,
a
little
City
seated
upon
the
Necker
.
And
at
this
time
it
was
that
he
fought
the
Battel
of
Norling
,
The
Battel
of
Norling
.
according
to
the
following
Account
.
The
Loss
which
the
French
had
sustain'd
by
the
Battel
of
Mariendal
,
was
soon
repair'd
by
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
who
was
sent
into
Germany
,
a
little
while
after
.
The
Presence
of
the
Young
Prince
,
who
had
won
so
many
Victories
,
not
only
enlivend
the
Courage
of
the
French
,
but
so
hotly
alarum'd
the
Imperialists
,
that
at
first
they
knew
not
what
Course
to
take
;
and
the
Prince
made
the
best
of
the
Terr●ur
which
he
had
struck
into
the
Enemy
.
Immediately
he
seiz'd
upon
the
most
considerable
Places
upon
the
Rhine
,
and
cast
the
Enemy
into
a
perfect
Consternation
,
by
the
taking
of
Wimphen
and
Ro●tambu●gh
.
But
in
regard
he
design'd
a
Nobler
Expedition●
to
make
himself
Master
of
Heilbrun
,
he
thought
it
behov'd
him
to
do
all
he
could
to
weaken
the
Bavarian
Army
,
which
would
●e
still
opposing
his
Enterprises
.
So
that
without
consulting
any
farther
,
after
he
had
prepard
every
thing
ready
,
he
fell
upon
the
Enemy
,
who
lay
Encamp'd
up●n
several
Hillocks
between
Wending
and
Norling
.
Marshal
Grammont
commanded
the
Right
Wing
,
where
was
the
French
Cavalry
with
Arnaut
,
Camp-Master
General
of
the
Carbines
;
Turenne
le●
the
Left
Wing
,
where
was
all
the
German
Cavalry
.
Belten●ve
,
Marsin
,
and
the
Marquiss
of
Castel●a●
commanded
the
Foot
between
the
Wings
.
Major
General
Geis
,
and
●c●in
commanded
the
Second
Line
,
compos'd
of
two
Regiments
of
Turenne's
,
six
of
Foot
,
and
twelve
of
Horse
,
that
were
all
Hessians
,
which
were
reunited
with
the
Dukes
:
And
the
Body
of
the
Reserve
was
commanded
by
Chabot
.
The
Bavarians
,
who
as
I
have
already
said
,
were
Posted
upon
several
rising
Grounds
,
no
sooner
perceiv'd
the
Approach
of
the
D's
.
Army
,
but
they
placed
themselves
very
advantageously
under
a
Mountain
,
for
on
the
one
side
they
had
a
Village
that
stood
in
the
Plain
,
and
on
the
other
a
Castle
,
where
they
had
already
put
their
Canon
and
some
Infantry
.
Now
in
regard
that
from
the
Village
to
the
Mountain
there
was
an
easie
Ascent
for
an
Army
embattell'd
,
the
Duke
had
a
Design
in
the
first
place
to
make
himself
Master
of
that
Post
,
as
soon
as
an
opportunity
should
present
it self
.
Nevertheless
,
the
Enterprise
was
not
so
easie
;
for
there
was
a
necessity
of
passing
between
the
three
Flanks
of
the
Mountain
,
the
Castle
and
the
Village
which
he
design'd
to
take
.
But
being
resolv'd
upon
it
whatsoever
Risco
he
ran
,
he
undertook
to
make
an
Onset
with
the
Infan●ry
only
;
to
the
end
that
as
he
drave
the
Enemy
from
the
Place
he
had
an
Eye
upon
,
the
two
Wings
which
march'd
towards
their
Cavalry
might
receive
no
Annoyance
from
the
Bavarians
,
but
that
on
the
other
side
,
they
might
advance
under
the
Favour
of
their
own
Men's
Firing
.
There
was
also
another
Inconvenience
which
was
to
be
remedy'd
:
for
there
was
a
necessity
of
assay●ing
the
Village
in
Flank
;
and
it
was
to
be
fear'd
lea●t
the
Men
who
made
the
Onset
should
be
bea●en
by
those
that
stood
at
the
top
of
the
Mountain
.
of
the
Bavarians
,
so
that
they
push'd
forward
into
the
Plain
,
and
were
going
to
fall
upon
the
French
Baggage
,
when
a
German
Regiment
not
only
〈◊〉
'em
,
but
gave●
em
chase
.
The
French
also
were
in
a
kind
of
Disorder
,
i●somuch
that
't
was
greatly
to
be
fear'd
t●ey
〈◊〉
loose
the
Victory
.
The
Right
Wing
was
u●ter●y
broken
,
in
regard
they
had
made
no
Res●st●●●
,
being
vanquish'd
almost
without
striking
a
〈◊〉
.
But
Turenne
,
with
the
first
Line
of
the
L●ft
Win●
which
he
commanded
,
broke
into
the
●irst
●i●e
of
the
Enemies
Right
Wing
,
tho
much
more
n●●erous
then
his
,
which
had
been
extremely
〈◊〉
by
the
continual
firing
of
the
Bav●ri●n
In●an●ry
;
and
by
that
means
he
made
amends
in
some
sort
●or
the
Cowardice
of
the
French
Souldiers
.
The
s●co●●
Line
of
the
Enemies
put
themselves
at
the
sa●●
Instant
in
a
Condition
to
second
their
●ir●t
,
a●●
chargd
some
Squadrons
in
the
Flank
;
but
a●●●his
nothing
terrifid
Turenne
.
In
the
mean
time
,
〈◊〉
Enemies
began
to
make
their
best
of
some
little
Advantage
which
they
might
have
had
,
if
Ture●ne
h●d
been
left
to
himself
.
But
the
Duke
having
spyd
him
in
that
Condition
,
advanc'd
all
of
a
suddain
with
his
second
Line
,
and
having
rally'd
the
●irst
with
all
the
speed
imaginable
,
He
and
Turenne
charg'd
the
En●my
both
at
the
same
time
,
and
having
broken
so●e
of
their
Squadrons
,
put
all
their
Troops
in
Disorde●●
Here
the
Duke
having
perform'd
all
the
D●ties
of
a
private
Souldier
,
as
well
as
of
a
great
Captain●
was
shot
in
the
Elbow
with
a
Pistol
B●llet
,
which
however
did
not
hinder
him
from
act●ng
.
It
may
be
said
that
till
then
there
had
been
only
some
slight
Skirmishes
,
tho
there
had
already
bee●
a
great
deal
of
Blood
spilt
,
and
a
great
many
O●●icers
of
Note
Slain
on
both
Sides
.
But
because
they
found
it
necessary
to
come
to
a
General
Battel●
the
Bavarians
having
brought
down
their
Body
of
Reserve
,
and
the
Troops
which
had
broken
the
Right
Wing
,
that
Turenne
seconded
,
the
Duke
order'd
the
He●sians
to
advance
,
together
with
his
own
Infantry
and
Cavalry
,
and
march'd
himself
at
the
Head
of
'em
●●ainst
the
Enemy
.
The
Dispute
was
obstinate
and
bloody
for
two
hours
together
,
and
during
that
time
there
was
no
Quarter
given
on
either
side
.
They
●●ught
on
both
sides
with
so
much
valour
and
equality
of
Advantage
,
that
it
was
a
difficult
thing
,
while
the
heat
of
the
Combat
lasted
,
to
judge
which
way
the
Victory
would
encline
;
but
at
last
it
fell
to
the
Duke
.
One
part
of
the
Enemy
was
cut
to
pieces
,
the
other
routed
and
put
to
flight
.
The
Ba●arians
lost
four
thousand
Men
in
this
Battel
.
●Tis
true
that
it
cost
the
Duke
fifteen
hundred
,
counting
in
the
wounded
;
but
withal
he
got
fifteen
pieces
of
Canon
,
took
forty
Colours
,
and
a
great
number
of
Prisoners
,
of
which
He
was
forc●d
to
release
the
greatest
part
,
because
he
could
not
keep
'em
without
great
Inconvenience
to
his
own
Army
.
But
that
which
compleated
this
Victory
was
the
taking
of
Gleen
,
General
of
the
Imperial
Army
,
who
was
afterwards
exchang'd
for
Marshal
Grammont
;
and
the
Death
of
General
Mercy
,
one
of
the
greatest
Captains
o●
his
Age.
That
very
Mercy
,
of
whom
the
Duke
himself
and
Turenne
gave
that
Honorable
Testimony
;
that
it
was
he
alone
who
for
along
time
sustain'd
the
tottering
Imperial
Troops
;
that
he
had
never
been
surpriz'd
in
any
Irregular
Motion●
that
he
had
never
lost
a
favourable
opportuni●y
,
nor
ever
fail'd
of
preventing
the
taking
of
any
,
as
if
he
had
been
present
in
their
Councils
.
In
a
word
,
this
Loss
of
the
Bavarians
was
so
great
,
that
it
seemd
at
first
as
if
the
Prosperity
of
their
Army
had
expir'd
with
their
General
.
And
certain
it
is
,
that
that
same
Body
which
had
so
many
times
signaliz'd
themselves
,
never
after
that
mov'd
as
it
w●nt
to
do
.
day
with
his
,
and
the
D.
of
Enguien
march'd
another
way
with
his
men
,
toward
the
General
Rendevo●z
.
The
D.
of
Lorrains
Army
had
already
passd
the
Scheld
,
with
a
Resolution
to
oppose
the
Designs
of
the
D.
of
Orleance
,
and
D.
of
Enguien
,
But
so
soon
as
he
understood
that
the
three
Bodies
of
the
French
Army
were
marching
directly
toward
him
,
he
repass'd
the
River
at
Montagne
,
in
expectation
of
P●colomini
,
Beck
and
Sambry
,
that
were
to
join
him
.
But
tho
that
Army
were
five
and
twenty
thousand
strong
;
tho
it
coasted
all
along
,
in
view
,
the
March
of
the
French
Army
,
and
that
it
were
already
posted
along
the
River
under
the
Walls
of
Tournay
;
the
French
however
forbore
not
to
advance
a
little
below
the
same
place
,
and
to
seize
upon
a
Pass
over
the
Scheld
,
over
against
Trinity
Mount
.
That
Pass
gave
the
French
an
easie
opportunity
to
attack
Tournay
or
Oudenara
.
But
the
difficulty
was
how
to
pass
the
River
in
view
of
a
powerful
Army
,
which
in
all
probability
would
not
sit
still
and
look
on
.
Nevertheless
,
at
a
Council
of
War
all
the
General
Officers
concluded
,
that
there
was
necessity
for
'em
to
attempt
the
Passage
.
The
only
difficulty
they
met
with
was
to
secure
the
Convoys
;
but
the
D.
of
Eng●i●●
had
already
found
out
a
Remedy
for
that
.
For
he
had
attack'd
the
Castle
of
Lannoy
,
Lannoy
●a●en
.
seated
between
Tournay
and
L'●●●●
,
and
took
it
in
a
days
time
.
Which
being
done
,
all
their
Conveys
were
securd
,
and
they
had
no
more
to
do
but
to
put
their
Resolutions
in
Execution
.
But
upon
a
suddain
the
D.
of
Orleance
alterd
his
Design
,
and
concluded
upon
the
Siege
of
Courtray
.
First
of
all
the
two
Brigades
led
by
Gassion
and
Ranzau
,
got
before
the
Place
,
and
invested
on
both
sides
the
Ri●er
〈◊〉
,
upon
which
it
was
seated
,
till
the
D.
of
E●guien
came
up
with
his
Army
on
that
side
next
●o
Moncouron
and
Rolingue
.
But
the
little
Care
they
●ook
to
Invest
it
●etimes
,
gave
the
Enemy
leisure
to
put
a
considerable
Succour
into
the
Town
.
Delpon●●●
,
a
〈◊〉
in
great
●epute
for
holding
out
of
Towns●
got
in
with
his
own
Regiment
and
twelve
Companys
of
Foot●
however
all
this
did
but
animate
the
French
Generals
so
much
the
more
.
The
next
day
the
Trenches
were
open'd
:
but
the
Neighbourhood
of
the
Enemy
so
near
the
Trenches
,
was
the
reason
that
the
Besiegers
were
in
continual
fears
of
being
surpriz'd
.
The
Enemy
also
made
some
motions
.
And
the
Duke
of
Enguien
gave
notio●●
the
same
day
that
the
Trenches
were
open'd
,
that
the
Spanish
Army
was
advanc'd
very
near
his
Camp
,
with
a
design
to
fight
him
.
Thereupon
one
part
of
the
French
Army
drew
off
and
prepard
to
meet
the
Spaniards
,
who
were
constrain'd
to
retreat
a
long
by
the
Scheldt
,
into
their
first
Entrenchments
.
After
their
Retreate
Enguien
joyn'd
Gasson
and
Ranzau
,
to
the
end
they
might
invest
the
Town
with
more
ease
and
assurance
.
All
the
French
Forces
being
reunited
,
the
Circumvallation
was
begun●
and
finish'd
in
less
then
four
days
,
tho
it
took
up
almost
five
Leagues
in
Compass
,
in
reguard
that
both
Horse
as
well
as
Foot
were
set
to
work
.
Orleans
with
Ranza●'s
Men
took
up
his
Quarter
beyond
the
Li●
,
and
on
that
side
next
to
Flanders
,
from
one
end
of
the
City
to
the
other
;
and
he
had
his
Communication
with
the
Quarters
of
Enguien
and
Gass●on
,
by
means
of
several
bridges
la●'d
over
the
River
.
Enguien
took
up
his
Quarter
on
this
side
the
River
,
from
Orleance's
Quarter
to
Gassion's
,
on
that
side
next
Tournay
;
and
Gassion
from
Enguien's
to
Orleanc●'s
,
on
that
side
next
Audenard
and
Gand.
The
Circumvallation
as
I
have
already
said
,
was
so
vast
,
that
the
French
Armies
were
not
numerous
enough
to
guard
the
whole
extent
of
it
,
so
that
there
were
many
void
●paces
,
through
which
the
Spaniards
might
have
put
Re●ie●
into
the
Town
,
had
not
the
spaces
been
in●lo●'d
with
a
Line
,
supported
and
d●fended
with
a
great
number
of
Redoubts
.
'T
was
thought
by
the
Besiegers
that
by
this
means
they
had
removed
the
Enemy
so
far
off
,
that
it
would
be
impossible
for
him
to
come
on
.
But
Charles
the
IV.
Duke
or
Lorrain
,
in
a
sit
of
Dispair
,
usual
with
unfortunate
Heros
,
advanc'd
with
all
his
Army
,
leaving
his
Baggage
behind
him
and
posted
himself
within
Canon
Shot
of
the
French
Camp
,
making
a
shew
as
if
he
would
attack
'em
.
And
had
they
march'd
directly
against
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
as
it
was
Enguiens
advice
,
they
had
doubtless
given
him
a
total
Defeat
.
But
Orleance
did
not
relish
that
Counsel
,
whose
opinion
it
was
that
they
should
only
mind
reducing
the
Town
,
without
running
any
hazard
.
So
that
every
Quarter
entrench'd
themselves
,
and
went
on
with
the
Siege
,
tho
very
slowly
,
by
reason
that
Lor●ain's
Army
gave
fresh
Alarums
every
moment
.
In
the
mean
time
Lorrain
being
forcd
to
retreat
,
upon
the
news
which
was
brought
him
,
that
the
Hollanders
had
taken
the
Field
,
and
his
Presence
was
necessary
in
the
Neighbourhood
to
those
Quarters
where
they
were
drawn
together
,
endeavour'd
before
his
departure
to
put
some
considerable
relief
into
the
Town
.
But
the
attempt
prov'd
fruitless
,
and
cost
him
also
a
World
of
Men
,
which
extreamly
abated
the
Courage
of
the
Besieged
,
who
flatter'd
themselves
with
being
reliev'd
.
At
the
same
time
Gassion
attack'd
a
Half-Moon
and
carryd
it
.
Enguien
also
having
open'd
his
Trenches
on
that
side
where
he
lay
,
soon
after
lodg'd
himself
upon
the
Counterscarp
of
the
Half-Moon
which
he
attack'd
.
The
extream
facility
that
he
met
with
,
was
the
reason
that
he
only
made
a
brisk
Onset
without
any
Formality
.
His
Enterprize
prov'd
successful
,
and
was
so
much
the
more
applauded
,
because
it
made
him
Master
of
what
he
de●●●'d
much
sooner
then
if
he
had
gone
regularly
to
w●●k
.
However
because
the
Trench
was
pearc'd
thorough
,
and
not
supported
with
any
●●dg●ments
●
Traverses
or
places
of
Armes
,
and
for
that
the
●o●gment
which
he
had
made
upon
the
Half-Moon
was
not
well
secur'd
,
it
was
three
times
regain'd
,
and
the
French
were
driven
out
with
great
loss
.
Nevertheless
,
nothing
but
bare
necessity
restrain'd
the
Co●rage
of
the
D.
of
Enguien
.
His
desire
to
repair
his
loss
by
main
force
,
had
like
several
times
to
have
transported
him
beyond
his
Judgment
,
and
made
him
abandon
himself
wholly
to
his
Valour
.
But
this
same
Prince
,
who
as
valiant
as
he
was
,
was
no
less
Judicious
then
Brave
,
gave
ear
to
reason
,
and
pref●●●'d
the
security
of
formal
Approaches
,
before
his
boyling
Indignation
,
and
the
troublesome
delays
which
the
Maxims
of
besieging
taught
him
,
before
an
irregular
Daring
.
And
now
Lorrain
being
joynd
by
the
Marquiss
of
Caracena
,
there
happen'd
some
Skirmishes
between
the
French
and
Spaniards
●
The
Besieged
likewise
,
who
still
expected
Succour
,
made
continual
Sallies●
and
moreover
,
they
rely'd
upon
their
Garrison
which
was
very
numerous
,
and
the
strength
of
the
Fortifications
.
For
it
was
surrounded
with
a
good
Wall
flankd
with
Towers
,
with
a
Rampart
and
a
Moat
supply'd
with
water
by
the
River
.
But
Delpon●●
finding
that
he
could
not
hope
to
be
reliev'd
;
that
all
the
Half-Moons
were
taken
and
that
the
Besiegers
began
to
fill
up
the
Moate
,
&
fix
their
Miners
upon
the
28
resolv'd
to
beate
a
Parley
,
and
had
very
honourable
Articles
granted
him
.
After
the
taking
of
this
Place
the
French
Army
rested
a
while
in
their
Camp
,
and
for
sixteen
days
did
nothing
else
but
repair
the
Breaches
of
the
City
;
Level
some
part
of
their
Lines
,
and
Fortifie
the
weakest
places
with
five
or
six
Half-Moons
.
So
soon
as
the
French
had
rested
,
they
began
to
think
of
New
Conquests
.
For
the
Dutch
Army
,
to
which
the
D.
of
O●leince
had
sent
a
Reinforcement
of
six
thousand
Men
,
were
pass'd
the
Sheldt
;
and
the
French
and
Dutch
Armies
being
joyn'd
Orleance
advanc'd
toward
Berguen
St.
Winox
,
which
is
a
large
City
,
seated
upon
the
River
Colme
,
which
about
a
hundred
Paces
below
,
falls
into
the
Canal
of
Dunkirk
,
with
a
resolution
to
Attack
that
place
.
To
which
purpose
,
Orleance
with
Ranzaus
Brigade
posted
himself
along
the
Colme
,
on
that
side
next
Sanberkhen●
Enguien
fix'd
himself
from
his
left
Hand
as
far
as
the
Fort
of
Ventismul●r
;
so
that
they
had
invested
the
City
on
both
sides
the
River
.
Gassion
took
his
Post
from
the
Fort
of
Ventis●●●
,
beyond
the
Colme
,
as
far
as
the
Grand
Canal
from
Berghen
to
Dunkirk
,
and
farther
to
the
Banks
of
Colme
,
where
he
joyn'd
to
Orleance's
Camp
.
The
Place
was
no
sooner
invested
,
but
Berghen
and
Dunkirk
,
pull'd
up
all
their
Sluces
;
but
the
French
had
posted
themselves
upon
two
Rising
Grounds
,
and
opend
two
Trenches
,
one
in
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
,
the
other
in
the
D.
of
Enguien's
Quarter
.
So
that
the
Besieged
,
seeing
the
French
advance
so
furiously
with
their
Approaches
,
and
that
the
Cannon
from
Enguiens
Attack
had
already
broken
down
their
Walls
,
and
that
they
lay
naked
to
the
Shot
,
demanded
to
Capitulate
.
Which
being
concluded
,
the
Garrison
marchd
out
the
31.
of
Iuly
,
in
very
good
order
,
and
was
conducted
to
Dunkirk
.
So
soon
as
they
were
Master
of
Berguen
a
design
was
laid
for
the
besieging
of
Mardicke
.
To
which
purpose
Messengers
were
sent
into
Holland
to
sollicit
Admiral
Trump
to
lye
with
his
Men
of
War
before
the
Place
.
But
the
Marquiss
of
Caracena
,
judging
rightly
,
by
the
March
of
the
French
Troops
,
of
the
design
which
Orleance
and
Enguien
had
form'd
,
sent
away
forthwith
to
Fernando
de
Solis
●
who
was
Governour
of
Mardicke
,
two
thousand
Foot
and
a
hundred
Horse
,
with
all
other
things
necessary
for
the
defence
of
the
Place
.
The
Circumvallation
was
finish'd
in
three
Days
,
and
upon
the
8
●h
of
August
at
Night
,
Orleance
open'd
two
Trenches
,
and
Enguen
one
.
The
besieged
on
the
other
side
made
several
Sallys
;
and
that
which
was
the
least
advantageous
,
and
made
upon
Enguien
●s
Trench
,
provd
to
be
the
most
Fatal
to
the
French
,
for
the
Prince
,
upon
the
first
noise
of
the
Sally
,
flew
upon
the
Enemy
with
a
great
number
of
Volunteers
,
and
the
Horse
Guard
of
his
Attack
,
brake
through
all
that
oppos'd
him
,
and
put
all
to
the
Sword
,
hardly
one
escaping
back
.
But
the
Besieged
●●●d
so
furiously
that
their
Shot
from
the
Counterscarp
,
the
Hornwork
,
the
Half-Moons
and
the
Bastions
was
fatal
to
a
considerable
number
of
the
French
.
The
Counts
of
Flaiz
and
Rocheguyon
were
both
slain
,
with
the
Chevalier
de
Fiesque
.
The
D.
of
Nemours
was
wounded
in
the
Leg
with
a
Musquet
Bullet
,
and
the
D.
of
Eng.
scorcht
in
the
Face
with
a
Fire-post
.
Thus
the
Besieged
continu'd
their
Sallys
till
the
23
d.
But
all
their
Canon
being
dismounted
,
and
the
French
pressing
upon
'em
with
an
unresistable
Fury
,
they
thought
it
their
best
course
to
Capitulate
,
Mardicke
taken
.
which
they
did
the
24
th
.
and
by
their
Articles
they
were
all
made
Prisoners
of
War
;
to
the
number
of
two
thousand
five
hunder'd
Common
Soulders
,
two
Collonels
,
and
Forty
Captains
.
Some
days
after
the
Surrender
of
Mardicke
,
the
Duke
of
Orleance
return'd
to
Court
,
leaving
the
General
Command
of
the
Army
to
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
who
after
he
was
cur'd
of
his
Wounds
,
pursu'd
his
Conquests
with
the
same
Vigour
as
before
.
The
Post
before
Mardicke
,
was
too
inconvenient
for
the
Army
to
make
any
long
stay
in
those
parts
.
The
Prince
therefore
dislodgd
two
days
after
,
and
pass'd
the
Colme
.
But
at
the
same
time
that
Mardicke
I
am
apt
to
think
that
the
Dignity
of
this
History●
may
raise
my
mind
to
that
pitch
as
to
〈◊〉
to
hope
,
without
wounding
my
Modesty
,
that
the
Recital
will
deserve
to
be
suffer'd
among
the
Learned
,
if
it
may
not
deserve
their
Applause
.
All
people
thought
,
that
the
Campaign
in
Flanders
during
the
Year
1646.
would
have
ended
with
the
taking
of
Mardicke
.
The
Season
was
far
spent
,
our
hardships
had
been
extream
,
and
our
Victories
highly
Honourable
.
Gaston
Duke
of
Orleance
,
after
he
had
Commanded
our
Armies
was
recall'd
to
Court
;
and
all
things
laid
together
,
made
people
believe
that
the
Army
would
have
been
laid
up
in
their
Winter●Quarters
;
and
that
the
War
would
not
have
been
renew'd
again
till
the
Spring
.
Never
the
less
,
Lewis
Prince
of
Conde
,
never
accustom'd
to
end
his
Campaignes
without
the
having
perform'd
some
great
Exploit
above
the
Common
rate
of
Courage
,
did
not
find
his
Honour
yet
satisfi'd
.
And
tho
that
after
the
departure
of
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
who
left
him
General
,
he
had
in
two
days
passd
several
Rivers
,
repuls'd
the
Armies
of
Lamboy
and
Caracena
,
and
taken
the
City
of
Furnes
;
he
could
not
consent
to
retreate
,
the
Winter
being
yet
at
some
distance●
but
form'd
designs
befitting
his
Reputation
and
his
Fortune
.
For
so
long
as
the
Spaniards
,
who
knew
that
the
loss
of
a
General
Battle
would
be
the
total
Ruine
of
Flanders
,
refus'd
to
put
it
to
the
venture
,
and
that
there
was
no
other
way
to
continue
the
War
but
by
Seiges
,
the
Prince
resolv'd
to
undertake
one
more
this
Year
,
and
to
that
purpose
calld
his
Council
together
,
to
consult
which
place
he
should
fall
upon
:
and
all
opinions
were
reducd
to
two
,
either
Menene
,
or
Dunkirk
.
Menene
is
a
Town
seated
upon
the
Lis
,
between
Armentiers
and
Courtray
,
in
a
Fertil
and
Pleasant
Country
,
famous
for
the
Trade
it
drove
formerly
in
Co●●
and
●eer
,
and
which
boasts
her
Original
〈…〉
,
and
we
had
fortunately
won
〈…〉
Gassion
afterwards
thought
fit
to
〈…〉
,
and
by
his
care
it
was
put
into
a
Condition
able
to
●●stain
the
Siege
of
a
great
Army
,
when
C●●●cena
surprizd
it
rather
through
the
weakness
of
the
Garrison
,
then
for
any
defect
of
the
Place
.
They
who
were
for
regaining
it
,
alledg'd
,
That
was
absol●tely
necessary
to
joyn
those
places
which
we
held
u●on
the
Lis●
That
Menene
being
in
the
Enemies
hands
,
〈◊〉
Convoys
to
Courtray
could
never
go
sa●e
;
that
it
wo●ld
r●quire
a
whole
Army
to
bridle
that
one
City
.
On
the
other
side
,
that
if
we
had
it
in
our
own
hands
Provisio●s
might
be
●arryd
up
the
River
with
little
danger
and
expence●
that
we
should
be
in
a
condition
to
make
farther
Proposals●
without
leaving
any
thing
behind
to
give
us
annoyance
;
that
Armentieres
and
Courtray
would
facilit●te
the
conve●i●ncies
of
the
Siege
;
that
it
was
not
fitting
to
suffer
an
Enemy
in
the
midst
of
our
strong
Holds
;
and
lastly
that
it
was
for
the
Honour
of
the
Nation
to
preserve
by
our
Arms●
what
our
Arms
had
acquir'd
us
.
These
Reasons
were
plausible
and
solid
in
appearance
;
but
they
who
did
not
approve
'em
,
argu'd
after
this
manner
.
That
the
Siege
of
Menene
requir'd
the
crossing
of
several
Countries
,
and
to
undertake
a
hasty
march
to
prevent
the
Enemies
Diligence
,
and
to
be
at
leisure
to
entrench
themselves
before
the
whole
Army
could
joyn
;
which
appear'd
the
less
feasible
,
because
their
Forces
encamp'd
about
Newport
,
near
Furnes
;
they
were
always
restless
to
know
our
designs
,
and
that
they
were
ready
to
follow
us
which
way
soever
we
bent
our
march
.
Moreover
,
the
Siege
of
Courtray
accomplishd
in
view
of
the
Enemy
,
with
contin●●l
hardships
,
the
Succours
sent
away
to
the
Hollanders
,
during
a
violent
heat
,
beyond
the
Nature
of
the
Climate
,
in
a
Country
open
and
without
water
,
unless
that
of
C●nals
,
and
stinking
Mershes
,
bitter
and
noysome
;
our
q●ick
march
toward
the
Sea
Coast
,
the
taking
of
Berguen
,
the
Siege
of
Mardike
,
the
Expedition
against
Furnes
,
had
almost
render'd
the
Army
unfit
for
Service
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
Enemy
having
undertaken
no
Siege
,
keeping
themselves
the
best
part
of
the
Summer
under
the
shelter
of
their
City
,
abounding
in
all
sorts
of
conveniencies
,
and
Provisions
were
as
fresh
as
when
they
first
quitted
their
Garrisons
,
and
were
in
a
condition
rather
to
get
before
us
to
Menene
,
then
to
follow
us
:
but
tho
we
were
assur'd
of
getting
there
before
'em
,
and
putting
our
Lines
in
a
posture
of
defence
,
yet
the
River
of
Lis
running
round
the
Place
,
would
oblige
us
not
only
to
make
a
large
Circumvallation
,
but
moreover
to
divide
our
Army
into
two
parts
;
and
this
Army
would
be
so
l●ssen'd
,
as
it
happens
alw●ys
at
the
end
of
a
Campaign
where
the
Souldiers
have
suffer'd
great
Hardships
,
that
we
shall
not
have
Souldiers
anow
to
defend
our
vast
Entrenchments
,
much
less
sufficient
to
carry
on
the
Siege
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
Enemy
will
have
the
Advantage
with
all
his
Forces
to
assail
the
half
of
ours
,
and
afterwards
to
defeat
the
remainde●
,
if
their
fi●st
attempts
succeed
.
More
especially
since
the
Return
of
the
Infantry
,
which
had
repassd
the
Sea
,
would
not
admit
'em
the
least
hopes
of
any
Diversion
from
the
Hollanders
,
tho
the
Prince
had
sent
Tourville
to
'em
to
perswade
'em
,
if
he
could
,
to
sit
down
before
some
Town
,
were
it
only
to
divide
the
Spainsh
Forces
,
consequently
to
dream
of
taking
Menene
,
considering
the
Condition
they
were
in
,
was
visibly
to
hazard
for
a
Town
of
small
Importance
,
the
Honour
of
so
many
Victories
,
the
Reputation
of
the
Prince
,
and
the
Loss
of
the
Army
.
Add
to
this
,
that
after
the
Siege
of
Mardike
,
the
first
Advice
was
to
regain
Menene
,
which
tho
then
it
seem'd
good
,
nevertheless
,
the
Surrender
of
Furnes
,
which
was
as
it
were
a
Blockade
upon
Dunkirk
,
and
opend
a
way
to
that
nobler
Expedition
,
ought
to
make
'em
alter
their
Counsel●
,
and
therefore
that
of
the
two
designs
they
were
to
make
choice
of
that
which
promis'd
most
Profit
&
most
Honour
.
These
Considerations
having
made
'em
lay
aside
that
Enterprize
which
few
People
contested
after
the
taking
of
Furnes
,
they
fell
to
examine
the
Attempt
upon
Dunkirk
,
where
they
could
not
expect
to
meet
with
fewer
Difficulties
.
For
tho
the
Situation
render'd
the
Circumvallation
more
easie
,
and
that
it
were
but
a
small
March
for
the
Army
,
yet
there
were
so
many
Obstacles
to
obstruct
the
Design
,
that
it
was
morally
impossible
to
surmount
.
There
is
a
necessity
,
said
they
,
that
one
part
of
the
Army
must
Encamp
upon
some
Hills
,
and
the
other
among
standing
Pools
,
and
muddy
Grounds
.
There
was
no
Wood
in
all
the
Neighbourhood
,
nor
any
Straw
for
the
Souldiers
Hutts
;
no
conv●nience
for
Lodging
the
Cavalry
;
no
Forrage
for
their
Subsistance
.
One
part
of
the
Country
desert
and
untilld●
the
War
had
ruin'd
the
rest
:
So
that
there
was
no
likelyhood
that
the
Army
could
subsist
there
one
day
;
much
less
continue
a
Siege
.
The
trouble
of
procuring
Victuals
was
also
as
great
,
which
could
be
brought
no
way
but
by
Calais
,
or
by
Sea
.
But
the
Dunkirkers
might
easily
drown
so
much
Ground
as
to
deprive
'em
of
any
Communicat●●n
by
L●nd
,
and
the
way
by
Sea
was
no
less
hazardous
,
because
of
the
Fla●s
and
Shoals
,
and
want
of
Ports
;
and
altogether
impossible
in
stormy
weather
:
So
that
if
it
should
happen
to
be
bad
weather
,
and
that
chance
to
continue
but
a
little
,
we
must
either
famish
,
or
be
forc'd
to
raise
the
Siege
,
with
the
Ignominy
of
having
attempted
it
without
foresight
.
Moreover
,
as
it
was
a
most
difficult
thing
to
force
Dunkirk●
so
long
as
her
Port
was
open
,
so
there
was
no
probability
that
the
great
Dutch
Ships
that
had
lain
in
the
Road
ever
since
the
taking
of
Mardike
,
could
be
able
to
come
to
an
Anchor
near
the
Shoare
,
if
the
Winds
began
to
blow
so
furiously
as
they
had
done
,
more
especially
in
the
Engl.
Channel
,
where
the
Waves
are
short
,
and
the
Sea
runs
high
in
bad
weather
.
And
when
the
Dutch
are
forc'd
to
keep
out
at
Sea
,
the
Enemy
with
their
small
Vessels
,
will
run
all
hazards
to
fetch
Relief
for
the
Besieged
.
They
farther
observ'd
,
that
during
the
September
Tides
that
swell'd
high
,
't
would
be
a
hard
thing
to
hinder
the
Barks
from
Newport
or
Ostend
from
creeping
along
the
Shoar
,
and
getting
with
the
Tyde
of
Flood
himself
confirm'd
in
his
desire
to
a●tack
it
by
this
,
that
the
Enemies
Generals
would
hardly
hazard
the
event
of
a
Battel
,
so
long
as
it
appear●d
to
them
uncertain
;
for
which
reason
he
might
the
more
daringly
undertake
what
he
pleas'd
,
and
that
there
was
no
fear
of
those
whom
their
own
Interests
held
to
be
half
vanquish'd
already
.
Thus
then
the
desire
of
the
publick
Benefit
join'd
with
the
hope
of
more
then
ordinary
honour
,
having
made
him
resolve
to
fall
upon
Dunkirk
,
he
determin'd
to
vanquish
all
manner
of
Obstacles
,
and
to
overcome
Nature
her self
that
oppos'd
his
great
Design
.
Nevertheless
,
to
testifie
his
Moderation
in
an
Action
of
so
great
Importance
,
and
to
avoid
as
much
as
in
him
lay
,
the
effects
of
envy
the
inseparable
Companion
always
of
great
Atchievements
,
he
caus'd
the
Opinions
which
had
been
debated
in
Council
to
be
written
out
,
and
without
imparting
his
mind
publickly
to
any
Body
,
sent
away
La
Moussaye
to
Court
,
to
inform
Ann
of
Austria
,
who
during
the
Minority
of
Lewis
the
XIV
.
her
Son
,
successfully
govern'd
our
Empire
,
in
Expectation
of
her
Orders
,
with
a
Submission
so
much
the
more
acceptable
to
her
,
that
he
might
have
Permission
to
act
without
consulting
the
rest
of
the
great
Ministers
.
Now
in
regard
he
had
so
order'd
his
Message
that
he
made
no
question
but
that
the
Queen
would
leave
all
things
to
his
Management
,
and
that
she
would
permit
his
Prudence
to
take
the
Liberty
of
his
choice
,
he
resolv'd
while
he
stay'd
for
her
Approbation
,
to
employ
his
time
in
getting
all
things
which
he
thought
necessary
in
such
a
Readiness
,
that
when
the
Answer
came
from
Court
,
there
was
nothing
to
retard
his
going
forward
.
Four
things
chiefly
put
him
to
a
great
deal
of
Trouble
;
the
bad
condition
of
his
Men
,
that
lessen'd
every
day
,
and
which
however
he
design'd
for
new
hardships
,
greater
then
those
they
had
already
undergone
;
the
barrenness
of
the
Place
whither
he
was
to
lead
'em
;
the
difficulty
of
hindring
the
Dunkirkers
from
communicating
with
Ostend
and
Newport
,
and
the
weakness
of
Furnes
,
which
left
him
expos'd
to
the
Enemy
,
if
he
drew
off
his
Army
.
After
he
had
for
some
time
debated
with
himself
the
m●ans
to
remedy
these
Inconveniencies
,
his
Prudence
at
last
furnishd
him
with
such
as
prov'd
effectual
.
La
Ferte
Seneterre
remain'd
upon
the
Lis
with
a
volant
Camp
of
eight
hunder'd
Horse
,
and
fifteen
hunder'd
Foot
,
with
a
design
to
secure
the
French
Conquests
,
and
if
the
Enemy
made
any
Diversion
,
to
march
where
necessity
calld
him
.
The
Prince
also
gave
him
Directions
with
all
speed
to
fortifie
those
Places
which
the
French
held
in
those
Quarters
,
and
to
put
●em
into
such
a
Condition
,
that
if
he
sent
for
him
,
he
might
have
'em
well
secur'd
.
He
wrote
likewise
to
the
Vidame
of
Amiens
,
the
King's
Lieutenant
in
Picardy
,
to
draw
out
of
the
Frontier
Garrisons
as
many
Men
as
possibly
he
could
,
and
to
bring
'em
to
the
Camp
.
He
sent
Villequien
into
Boulonnois
to
rally
the
Mil●tia
of
the
Country
that
were
return'd
home
after
the
taking
of
Mardike
.
And
foreseeing
that
the
French
Infantry
which
had
follow'd
Grammont
into
Holland
,
and
which
were
to
return
into
France
in
two
of
the
States
Vessels
,
might
Land
at
Mardike
,
a
little
before
he
marchd
for
Dunkirk
,
he
designd
to
make
use
of
those
Men
,
and
order'd
that
as
soon
as
they
Landed
,
they
should
be
distributed
into
Mardike
,
Bourbourgh
and
Berghen
,
to
the
end
they
might
refresh
themselves
a
little
after
the
Inconveniencies
of
the
Sea
,
and
be
ready
so
soon
as
there
should
be
any
occasion
for
'em
at
the
Siege
.
He
order'd
also
the
Polish
Regiments
of
Priamski
and
Cabree
to
take
some
rest
in
the
Neighbourhood
to
Calais
.
Those
Foreigners
were
above
seventeen
hundred
in
all
,
and
were
newly
come
into
France
under
the
Leading
of
Sicot
.
After
he
had
taken
those
just
Measures
,
that
he
might
bring
together
when
he
pleas'd
as
many
Men
as
were
sufficient
to
fight
the
Enemy
,
should
they
resolve
to
fall
upon
him
rather
then
suffer
the
Town
to
fall
into
his
hands
,
and
to
carry
on
all
the
Labours
of
the
Siege
,
his
next
care
was
to
provide
for
their
Subsistence
.
To
which
purpose
he
dispatch'd
the
Intendant
Champestr●ux
to
Callais
,
to
make
Provision
of
Ammunition
and
Victuals
,
and
told
him
which
way
he
would
have
'em
brought
,
notwithstanding
the
Inconveniency
of
the
Season
,
and
the
deepness
of
the
Roads
;
remitting
to
him
the
performance
in
general
of
what
he
orderd
him
in
particular
.
Now
,
tho
that
the
Dutch
Admiral
,
Trump
,
a
Man
famous
for
Sea
Affairs
,
and
whose
valour
had
rais'd
his
Fortune
,
was
come
,
by
the
States
Order
,
with
ten
Men
of
War
to
an
Anchor
in
Dunkirk
Road
,
and
that
number
were
sufficient
to
block
up
the
Port
,
while
the
French
Navy
found
the
Spaniards
Employment
in
the
Mediterranean
;
nevertheless
in
regard
the
small
Vessels
of
the
Enemy
might
creep
along
the
Coast
and
slip
into
the
Place
,
the
Prince
thought
it
convenient
to
send
for
some
few
Frigates
from
the
French
Ports
.
So
that
Montigny
sent
away
twelve
from
Dieppe
;
Villequier
two
from
Bologne
,
which
were
join'd
by
one
from
Calais
,
together
with
some
Beelanders
which
they
pickt
up
upon
the
Coast.
Beelands
are
small
Vessels
,
longer
and
narrower
then
Hoys
which
they
very
much
resemble
,
and
much
in
use
among
the
Flemings
,
for
the
conveniency
of
their
Trade
;
and
all
these
small
Vessels
were
under
the
command
of
Andonville
.
There
was
nothing
more
now
to
be
done
but
to
put
Furnes
in
a
Condition
to
stop
the
Enemy
while
Dunkirk
was
taken
;
and
to
furnish
it
with
Forrage
for
the
Subsistance
of
the
Horse
,
which
the
Prince
took
care
of
in
Person
;
to
the
end
his
presence
might
make
'em
more
diligent
to
hasten
their
work
,
and
to
see
that
they
spent
no
more
time
then
what
was
necessary
in
finishing
the
Fortifications
,
and
supplying
the
Magazines
.
Furnes
is
seated
between
Newport
and
Dunkirk
,
at
some
distance
from
the
Sea
,
tho
it
may
be
conjectur'd
that
formerly
it
was
very
near
it
,
when
the
Ocean
driven
by
the
violence
of
the
North
Winds
,
overflow'd
all
the
Land
about
it
,
if
not
stopp'd
by
the
Mounds
that
lye
in
the
way
.
For
Fueren
or
Wueren
,
as
the
Flemings
now
pronounce
it
,
signifies
to
Navigate
;
and
Nae●wueren
to
arrive
in
Port
;
as
if
Furnes
had
formerly
been
a
Haven
for
Ships
,
and
that
it
had
deriv'd
the
name
of
it
from
thence
.
And
as
a
mark
of
this
,
the
Vicount
of
Furnes
holds
the
first
Rank
among
the
Castell●ns
of
Flanders
,
who
are
call'd
Riverians
,
in
regard
it
was
their
Business
to
guard
the
Coasts
.
A
great
number
of
Churches
and
considerable
Edifices
render
the
City
very
beautiful
.
There
is
the
Chamber
still
to
be
seen
where
Lewis
the
XI
.
kept
himself
close
,
when
being
Da●phin
,
he
retir'd
to
Charles
the
VII
.
and
that
the
D.
of
Burgundy
protected
him
from
the
Anger
of
his
Father
,
and
that
Chamber
is
still
adorn'd
with
the
Arms
of
France
and
Burgundy
.
The
Country
about
Furnes
is
pleasant
in
Summer
,
chiefly
that
which
extends
to
the
East
and
South
,
by
reason
of
the
Meadows
and
Woods
:
but
the
Mershes
render
it
very
noysome
at
other
Seasons
.
'T
is
true
that
this
Inconvenience
is
amply
recompenc'd
by
the
fertility
of
the
Pasturages
,
which
is
the
reason
that
in
several
places
they
neglect
all
the
care
of
good
Husbandry
;
and
by
the
great
number
of
Canals
,
which
are
infinitely
advantageous
for
Trade
.
Nevertheless
,
there
is
good
store
of
Plough'd
Land
,
which
bears
plenty
of
Corn
;
and
in
a
word
,
the
Riches
of
these
Parts
is
such
,
that
Charles
the
V.
was
wont
to
say
,
That
if
the
rest
of
Flanders
were
but
like
that
corner
of
the
World
,
it
would
be
more
worth
then
the
Indies
.
The
Foundation
of
it
is
very
ancient
;
for
we
find
in
the
year
958.
Baldwin
Count
of
Flanders
fortifi'd
it
with
out-works
of
Earth
,
against
the
Invasions
of
the
Normans
.
After
that
,
notwithstanding
it
●ad
been
several
times
ruin'd
by
Fire
,
by
Domestic●
Seditions
,
Civil
Wars
,
and
the
funy
of
the
French
Arms
,
●nder
Robert
of
Arra●
,
and
Philip
de
〈◊〉
,
yet
still
it
has
recover'd
it self
after
so
many
Disasters
,
and
was
then
in
a
flourishing
condition
,
when
the
French
took
it
.
So
that
besides
the
necessity
the
French
had
of
it
,
in
order
to
their
design
upon
D●nkirk
,
they
had
reason
to
preserve
it
,
for
the
sake
of
it self
.
So
that
the
Prince
after
he
had
consider'd
the
Situation
,
and
the
nature
of
the
Place
,
resolv'd
to
environ
it
with
several
Half-Moons
,
a
Hornwork
and
a
Counterscarp
;
having
no
other
defence
at
that
time
then
a
Wall
flankd
with
Towers
,
and
a
Moat
full
of
Water
.
To
this
purpose
he
distributed
the
Foot
into
those
places
where
he
intended
to
break
Ground
;
divided
and
appointed
the
Quarters
of
the
Regiments
;
orderd
a
Camp-Master
to
every
Quarter
to
take
care
of
the
Work
;
settl'd
the
Hours
of
Rest
;
nam'd
the
Bodies
which
were
to
relieve
one
another
,
and
methodizd
all
things
with
so
much
equality
,
that
there
might
always
be
a
good
number
of
Souldiers
at
work
all
day
long
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Cavalry
were
order'd
to
cut
Wood
,
and
every
Troop
brought
Piles
to
make
Palisadoes
and
Stakes
for
the
Use
of
the
Fortifications
.
He
had
also
before
this
commanded
the
Magistrates
of
Furnes
,
to
order
the
Peasants
through
the
whole
extent
of
their
Jurisdiction
,
to
gather
Fo●age
,
and
bring
it
into
the
City
.
He
sent
for
Boats
from
all
parts
to
facilitate
the
Transportation
of
it
;
and
appointed
an
Officer
to
receive
it
as
they
hundled
it
up
,
and
store
it
up
in
the
Magazines
.
Never
was
seen
so
much
Diligence
,
and
so
much
Order
,
both
at
the
same
time
.
The
Fortifications
were
rais'd
,
the
City
furnish'd
with
Provisions
,
the
Cavalry
,
Infantry
,
Burgesses
,
Peasants
,
Sea-men
,
every
Body
quick
,
and
without
Confusion
,
in
the
performance
of
what
was
enjoin'd
'em
.
All
this
while
,
the
Prince
was
every
where
giving
Directions
,
and
shewing
that
he
had
a
perfect
Understanding
of
Military
Oeconomy
.
Which
to
me
,
seemd
so
much
the
more
worthy
of
Applause
,
because
Valour
is
common
to
the
meanest
private
Souldier
,
whereas
Fore-sight
,
and
Knowledge
in
the
Art
of
War
,
are
the
distinguishing
Qualities
of
Great
Men.
So
that
it
appear'd
,
in
a
short
time
,
how
much
the
Pr●sence
and
Ability
of
a
General
puts
all
things
in
forwardness
.
For
in
the
space
of
14
days
,
the
Fortifications
were
fi●ishd
,
and
the
Magazines
well
filld
.
Now
these
great
Preparations
not
being
unknown
to
the
Spaniards
(
for
the
Flemmings
spurr'd
on
with
that
Aff●ction
,
which
People
reserve
a
little
while
for
the
Masters
they
have
lost
,
gave
them
continual
Intelligence
)
they
readily
c●njecturd
that
the
French
had
a
design
to
attack
Dunkirk
.
Caracena
,
who
lay
nearest
to
the
French
,
was
the
first
who
dispatch'd
away
advice
of
it
to
Castle
Rodrigo
,
Governour
of
the
Low
Countries
,
at
Brussels
.
He
sent
him
Information
of
what
he
learnt
day
by
day
,
and
by
redoubld
Couriers
,
de●ir'd
his
Counsel
and
Assistance
,
in
a
Matter
of
so
high
Importance
as
this
.
The
chief
Commanders
of
the
Flemmish
Armies
,
after
they
had
shar'd
among
'em
the
defence
of
these
Countries
,
were
at
that
time
seaprated
in
Posts
remote
from
one
another
.
Their
Generalissim●
,
Charles
of
Lorrain
,
was
drinking
Waters
at
the
Spaw
;
and
his
Men
lay
quarterd
upon
the
Frontiers
of
Holland
;
as
was
also
Beck
with
his
Body
of
Flemmings
and
Walloons
,
Picolomini
,
with
the
princip●l
strength
of
the
Country
,
was
encamp●d
upon
the
Scheldt
,
near
Dendermonde
.
Curacena
,
lay
at
Newport
,
commanding
the
Royal
Army
of
Spaniards
and
Italians
,
as
also
the
Germans
,
and
the
Liedigeois
,
which
the
Emperour
had
sent
at
the
beginning
of
the
Campaigne
;
while
Lamboy
,
General
of
those
Forces
,
constrain'd
by
Sickness
to
quit
the
Service
for
some
time
,
was
gone
for
the
Recovery
of
his
Health
to
one
of
his
Houses
in
the
County
of
Liege
.
This
Disposal
of
the
Spanish
Forces
,
seem'd
absolutely
necessary
to
Casti●rodridgo
,
for
the
security
of
the
Provinces
which
he
govern'd
;
and
upon
the
sole
conjecture
of
Appearances
,
usually
false
,
frequently
fraudulent
,
he
durst
not
disfurnish
those
Places
,
which
they
possess'd
,
for
fear
of
exposing
'em
to
the
Armies
of
the
French
or
Hollanders
.
But
tho
there
were
not
so
much
reason
to
be
afraid
of
the
Hollanders
,
for
that
they
carry'd
on
the
War
more
remissly
,
since
their
Plenipotentiaries
had
begun
a
Negotiation
of
a
Truce
,
with
the
K.
of
Spain
,
in
the
Assembly
at
Munster
,
where
the
Ministers
of
the
Christian
Princes
met
to
settle
Peace
over
Europe
;
yet
it
was
plain
,
that
tho
both
the
Armies
of
Flanders
should
have
joyn'd
,
there
was
no
likelyhood
they
would
come
to
encamp
near
Dunkirk
,
so
long
as
the
French
lay
at
Furnes
;
for
that
being
depriv'd
both
by
Sea
and
Land
of
all
Communication
with
Newport
,
it
would
have
been
their
visible
ruine
,
and
to
have
been
expos'd
an
easie
Prey
to
the
French
,
all
Flanders
being
depriv'd
of
their
Veterane
Bands
,
which
till
then
had
hinder'd
'em
from
hastning
their
Destruction
.
Thus
Castelrodridge
,
being
●●opt
by
these
Considerations
,
and
the
slow
manner
of
acting
,
customary
to
that
Nation
,
who
wait
upon
time
,
which
they
often
loose
,
in
hopes
that
either
the
Season
,
or
the
Places
,
would
either
hinder
or
ruine
the
French
,
deemd
it
su●ficient
to
keep
in
a
Readiness
what
he
thought
necessary
for
the
Relief
of
Dunkirk
,
when
the
Town
should
be
Besieg'd
.
To
the
end
therefore
that
nothing
might
be
omitted
which
he
thought
might
be
serviceable
to
him
in
this
important
necessity
,
he
resolv'd
to
try
whither
he
could
excite
the
Parliament
of
England
against
the
French
,
in
regard
they
seem'd
to
look
upon
it
as
their
Interest
not
to
let
Dunkirk
fall
into
their
Hands
.
To
this
purpose
,
after
he
had
imparted
his
Resolutions
to
the
Generals
he
dispatch'd
an
Express
to
the
Spanish
Ambassadour
at
London
,
to
the
end
he
might
be
inform'd
of
his
Designs
,
and
make
use
of
his
Credit
,
which
was
very
great
with
the
Republicans
at
that
time
,
to
obtain
a
considerable
Succour
.
This
was
the
posture
of
Affairs
on
both
sides
,
when
the
Answer
from
the
Court
was
brought
to
the
Prince
.
It
was
written
in
such
a
manner
,
that
tho
the
Ministers
started
some
difficulties
in
the
Ent●rprise
of
Dunkirk
,
't
was
easie
to
perceive
that
they
inclin'd
to
the
Design
of
Attempting
it
;
rightly
judging
,
that
if
it
succeeded
,
the
taking
of
that
place
would
prove
a
great
Honour
to
the
Queens
Regency
.
Thereupon
they
referr'd
it
again
to
the
Prince
,
to
consider
whither
he
would
undertake
the
Enterprize
or
no.
The
design
therefore
being
resolv'd
upon
,
there
was
nothing
more
in
the
Princes
Thoughts
but
going
to
work
,
and
to
make
the
best
of
the
Season
,
Winter
drawing
on
a
pace
,
and
already
beginning
to
pinch
the
Army
.
For
the
security
therefore
of
Furnes
,
,
the
Prince
left
Bosquet
Governour
,
with
a
Gar●ison
of
1200
Foot
,
and
100
Horse
,
with
Instructions
to
send
continually
to
the
Camp
,
Corn
,
Hay
and
Straw
.
All
the
Souldiers
h●d
orders
then
to
be
ready
to
March
,
and
the
19th
.
of
September
,
the
whole
French
Army
set
forward
from
Furnes
to
Dunkirk
,
consisting
of
between
nine
and
ten
thousand
Foot
,
and
five
thousand
Horse
,
without
any
Baggage
,
or
that
Rabble
of
useless
People
,
that
usually
follow
great
Armies
.
Gassion
and
Ranzan
Marshalls
of
France
,
commanded
under
the
Prince
.
The
first
having
pass'd
through
all
the
Degrees
of
Warfare
,
had
attaind
by
his
own
Merit
to
be
chief
in
the
Princes
Favour
.
The
other
a
Native
of
Germany
,
but
long
devoted
to
France
,
found
his
Services
recompenc'd
with
the
greatest
Honour
to
which
the
French
Nobility
could
aspire
.
These
two
had
under
'em
,
for
Lieutenants
,
Villequier
&
la
Fer●e
Imbrand
,
Chastillon
,
la
Moussaye
,
Arnauld
,
Pallua●
,
Lavat
,
Chabot
,
Castelnau
and
Marsin
,
Camp●Marshals
to
the
Prince
.
Quince
,
Roane●te
,
and
Miossans
,
were
the
same
under
Gassion
.
Normantier
,
Sicot
,
and
Clanleu
,
under
Ranzau
.
They
had
under
them
very
good
Officers
,
few
Volunteers●
but
amongst
those
that
were
was
the
Duke
of
Rets
●
whose
Diligence
,
near
the
Person
of
the
Prince
,
during
the
whole
Campaigne
,
made
him
to
be
greatly
taken
notice
of
;
and
Montauzier
who
rode
Post
to
wait
upon
the
Prince
,
upon
the
first
Rumo●r
of
the
Siege
.
The
Country
between
Furnes
and
Dunkerk
,
is
intercut
with
several
Canals
,
between
the
New
River
,
and
the
Colme
,
beyond
which
,
toward
the
North
,
the
Downs
extend
themselves
,
and
the
Sea-Sands
.
The
Prince
therefore
resolv'd
to
divide
the
Army
into
three
Parts
,
as
well
to
possess
himself
of
this
Country
,
as
to
invest
Dunkirk
,
so
soon
as
he
was
got
out
of
Furnes
.
This
Disposal
render'd
his
March
more
easie
and
swift
,
and
by
this
means
,
all
the
three
Bodies
which
he
had
separated
might
arrive
before
the
Town
,
all
at
the
same
time
.
He
chose
that
side
next
the
Town
,
as
the
most
dangerous
,
by
reason
of
Newport
,
where
the
Enemy
lay
encampt
.
He
had
with
him
the
Regiments
of
Pers●n
;
Enguien
,
Conti
,
Albert
,
and
Mazar●n
,
Vattevil●e's
Regiment
of
Switzers
,
and
the
Battallions
of
English
under
Tilliot
,
Hacquins
and
Hansfers
.
His
Cavalry
consisted
of
the
Queens
Gendarmes
,
those
of
Conde
,
Enguien
,
Long●eville
,
de
l'
Hospital
,
and
Grammont
,
the
Light
Horse
of
Conde
,
and
Enguien
;
the
Royal
Regiment
;
those
of
Enguien
,
Mazarin
,
Grammont
,
Sceaux
,
Meille
,
Marsin
,
Binse
,
and
four
Troops
of
Arnauds
Carabines
.
The
most
part
of
these
Bodies
had
always
serv'd
under
him
,
and
the
Tryals
he
had
put
'em
upon
,
gave
him
such
reason
to
confide
in
'em
,
that
it
was
much
to
their
Honour
.
Gassion
took
the
Left
Hand
of
the
Prince●
along
the
River
that
runs
from
Furnes
to
Dunkirk
,
with
the
Companies
of
French
Gu●rds
,
six
Companies
of
Swiss
Guards
,
the
Regiments
of
Picardy
and
Navarr
,
one
of
Walloons
under
Borrnonville
,
one
of
Switzers
under
Guy
,
and
a
Battallion
of
English
under
Rocpy
.
For
his
Cavalry
he
had
his
own
Regiment
,
with
those
of
Coas●in
,
de
la
Fueil●ade
,
Villequier
,
Rocheguyon
,
Coeuvres
,
Bergere
,
Stref●
Tillar
,
and
Bussyalmoru
.
Ranzau
march'd
thorough
the
Country
that
lies
on
the
other
side
of
the
New
River
,
with
six
Companies
of
the
French
Guards
,
the
Regime●ts
of
Piemont
and
Orleance
,
and
the
Switzers
of
Molondin
.
His
Cavalry
consisted
of
the
Regiments
of
Orleance
,
dela
Ferte
Imbaud
,
Roquelaure
,
Beaujeau
,
Eclinvilliers
,
Noirlieu
●
with
his
own
,
together
with
the
Fusel●ers
and
Cravates
.
The
Artillery
,
commanded
by
Cosse
,
St.
Marsin
,
Chouppes
,
and
le
Borde●
,
consisted
of
fifteen
heavy
Canon
,
some
Middling
and
small
Pieces
,
some
Bombs
,
and
a
great
number
of
Granadoes
.
After
a
March
of
six
Hours
,
the
whole
Army
arriv'd
before
Dunkirk
,
not
having
met
with
any
considerable
Obstacle
.
Only
Ranzau
was
constrain'd
to
drive
the
Enemy
from
four
Redoubts
,
which
they
held
upon
the
Canal
,
that
leads
from
Dunkirk
to
Bergues
,
through
which
he
pass'd
.
Nor
would
it
have
been
an
easie
thing
to
have
forc'd
'em
in
some
hours
,
would
they
have
held
out
till
their
Canon
could
have
been
brought
up
;
which
could
not
have
been
done
so
soon
,
by
reason
of
the
deep
and
miery
ways
,
which
the
Rain
had
broken
.
But
whither
they
wanted
Resolution
,
or
whether
they
thought
to
spare
their
Souldiers
,
they
quitted
the
three
first
Redoubts
,
so
soon
as
they
saw
the
Bridges
layd
to
get
at
'em
,
and
retreated
to
the
fourth
,
which
was
defended
by
the
Canon
of
the
Town
;
and
immediately
a
hunderd
and
fifty
Horse
fall●'d
out
of
Dunkirk
,
and
put
themselves
behind
the
Fort
;
as
it
was
thought
,
with
a
design
to
dispute
it
.
But
afterwards
it
appeard
,
that
their
Intention
was
only
to
favour
the
Retreat
of
their
Foot
,
which
was
there
engag'd
.
For
Noirmonstier
,
who
was
commanded
to
take
in
the
Forts
,
and
who
had
already
possest
himself
of
the
rest
,
was
marching
to
fall
upon
the
latter
.
At
the
same
time
he
also
caus'd
the
first
Squadron
of
the
Regiment
of
Orleance
to
advance
,
and
order'd
Genlis
to
take
a
hunderd
Musketeers
of
the
French
Guards
,
and
seize
upon
certain
old
Ruines
that
lay
between
the
Fort
and
the
Town
.
But
that
struck
a
fear
into
the
Enemy
,
lest
we
should
hinder
their
return
,
and
made
'em
judge
it
was
dangerous
for
'em
to
stay
any
longer
;
so
that
they
made
away
after
a
slight
Skirmish
,
and
the
French
Van
Curriers
drave
'em
to
their
very
Counterscarp
.
Dunkirk
is
seated
among
the
Downs
,
that
rise
up
with
their
white
Heads
,
on
the
North
side
,
from
Eschelle
to
Calais
.
On
the
East
it
is
bounded
by
Furnes
and
Newport
.
Southward
,
it
looks
toward
Berguen
and
Flanders
:
Mardike
lies
to
the
West
of
it
;
and
the
Sea
washes
it
to
the
North.
The
Territory
that
belongs
to
it
is
very
small
,
and
almost
every
way
enclos'd
by
that
of
Berguen
.
The
largeness
and
strength
of
it
proceeds
from
the
convenience
of
the
Sea●
St.
Eloy
,
preaching
the
Gospel
,
built
a
Chappel
there
in
former
Ages
,
of
which
there
are
some
Remains
still
to
be
seen
near
the
Towers
of
the
City
;
from
whence
it
derives
both
Name
and
Original
.
Dunkirk
,
signifying
no
more
then
the
Church
upon
the
Downs
;
and
it
seems
that
for
that
Reason
they
have
built
the
Steeple
of
St.
Eloy
●s
Church
so
high
,
that
the
rising
of
the
Hills
does
not
hinder
it
from
being
seen
out
at
Sea
;
and
from
the
Platform
at
the
top
,
you
may
discover
in
a
serene
day
,
the
Mou●tains
of
Dover
,
and
the
Coast
of
Englan●
●
At
first
,
Dunkirk
was
only
a
poor
Hamlet
,
compos'd
of
Fishermens
Hutts
,
erected
for
the
conveniency
of
the
Haven
.
Afterwards
,
Antiquity
and
Carelessness
having
spoil'd
the
Harbour
of
Mardike
,
famous
at
that
time
,
it
became
considerable
by
the
Ruine
of
that
Port.
Baldwin
Count
of
Flanders
,
Sirnamd
the
Young
,
made
a
City
of
it
in
the
Year
nine
hundred
four
score
and
sixteen
.
Afterwards
it
was
peopled
by
the
Favour
of
Philip
of
Vermandois
,
who
endowing
it
with
several
Immunities
,
drew
great
numbers
of
Inhabitants
to
it
.
It
would
require
a
particular
History
to
relate
,
how
often
it
has
changd
Masters
;
how
often
it
fell
in
Partition
to
Robert
de
Cassel
;
how
it
past
to
Robert
de
Barr
●
who
by
the
Marriage
of
his
Daughter
,
he
fix'd
it
into
the
Family
of
St.
Pol
;
how
it
fell
afterwards
to
the
Families
of
Vendosm
and
Bourbon
;
afterwards
under
the
Dominion
of
the
Spaniards
.
It
would
be
also
no
less
Delightful
to
understand
the
various
Misfortunes
it
has
undergone
;
how
the
English
burnt
it
in
the
Year
1388.
how
it
was
surpriz'd
by
the
French
,
a
long
time
after
,
under
the
Marshal
Termes
;
what
are
the
Priviledges
of
the
Lords
of
it
?
what
are
the
Laws
it
is
govern'd
by
?
what
is
the
Trade
which
it
drives
?
what
is
the
Supream
Marine
Council
which
is
there
settl'd
?
what
is
their
Herring-fishing
,
and
the
great
v●nt
they
have
for
that
Commodity
?
and
what
the
Priviledges
wherewith
the
Emperor
Charles
the
V.
endowd
●em
.
But
in
regard
our
Design
is
only
to
write
the
Siege
of
this
place
,
without
intending
any
other
Divertisement
for
the
Reader
,
we
shall
only
give
an
account
of
the
State
of
the
City
,
at
the
time
when
the
Prince's
Army
sate
down
before
it
.
〈…〉
divided
into
two
Cities
,
the
old
and
〈…〉
The
old
is
seated
upon
the
Sea-shore
,
en
〈…〉
hick
Wall
,
after
the
ancient
man
〈…〉
a
great
many
large
Towers
,
sup
〈…〉
a
sp●cious
Rampart
,
accompany'd
with
〈…〉
with
Brick
,
above
26
foot
wide
,
and
〈…〉
Colme
Water
,
which
swells
in
that
〈…〉
Tides
are
higher
or
lower
.
On
Mardike
〈…〉
Sea
runs
up
into
the
Land
,
and
extending
〈…〉
the
Wall
of
the
old
City
,
forms
a
Ha
〈…〉
to
contain
200
great
Ships
:
however
,
〈…〉
it
is
very
narrow
and
dangerous
,
by
〈◊〉
of
the
Shelves
and
Sands
that
lye
full
in
the
〈…〉
it
.
Within
the
Canal
,
which
is
no
less
〈◊〉
then
the
Haven
,
above
a
hundred
Vessels
may
●ide
〈◊〉
safety
.
Out
of
this
Haven
sayl'd
the
〈…〉
blockd
up
the
mouths
of
our
Rivers
,
and
were
●●c●me
so
formidable
upon
all
the
Weste●●
〈…〉
France
.
Antiquity
never
knew
Men
〈…〉
pon
the
Sea
then
the
Dunkirkers
.
And
indeed
i●
i●●
thing
hardly
to
be
believ'd
,
that
this
C●●y
alo●e
should
have
almost
spoil'd
the
Trade
of
〈…〉
potent
Kingdoms
of
Europe
,
and
〈…〉
D●tch
Fleets
that
Sail
to
the
New
World
●
〈…〉
from
the
Spaniards
whole
Provinces
〈…〉
were
not
our
Merchants
Losses
as
Fa
〈…〉
Scandalous
Testimony
of
their
Fury
and
●alour
.
O●
that
side
next
to
France
,
from
the
〈…〉
against
the
Walls
of
the
old
City
,
the
H●ve●
is
defended
by
the
Fort
de
Leon
,
built
upon
the
〈◊〉
,
and
by
consequence
ill
flank'd
,
by
reaso●
〈◊〉
the
Inconvenience
of
the
Place
,
otherwise
small
,
but
strongly
Pallisad●'d
,
and
furnish'd
with
a
〈◊〉
of
great
Canon
.
On
the
other
side
of
the
Haven
,
rises
●
Causey
which
running
5
or
600
Paces
〈◊〉
the
Sea
,
covers
it
on
Flanders
side
and
juts
upon
a
small
wooden
Fort
,
planted
with
some
Canon
.
The
new
City
joyns
to
Fort
Leon
,
and
enclosing
the
rest
of
the
Harbour
;
afterwards
enlarges
and
extends
it self
about
the
Old
one
,
beyond
the
way
that
leads
to
Newport
.
It
is
environ'd
with
an
enclosure
of
12
Bastions
of
Earth
,
with
a
Moat
full
of
Water
,
and
a
Counterscarp
;
and
two
Hornworks
fill
up
the
whole
space
that
remains
between
the
hind
most
Bastion
,
and
the
Causey
that
shoots
into
the
Sea
.
Toward
the
South
,
three
large
Canals
run
out
of
Dunkirk
,
and
afford
the
advantage
and
convenience
of
transporting
in
their
Beelands
,
these
Commodities
which
they
vend
up
and
down
the
Country
.
These
Canals
fall
into
the
Haven
,
and
serve
either
to
cleanse
it
,
or
to
drown
the
Parts
adjoyning
to
the
City
,
as
they
pull
up
,
or
let
down
their
Sluces
.
The
first
leads
to
Berg●●n
,
the
second
to
Hons●otte
,
the
third
to
Furn●s
,
Newport
,
and
then
to
Bruge●
.
The
Magistrates
having
begun
this
latter
in
the
year
1640.
and
having
finish'd
it
the
next
year
,
gave
it
the
name
of
the
New
River
;
the
other
two
are
very
Ancient
.
Dunkirk
was
guarded
within
with
two
thousand
six
hundred
Foot
,
in
a
11
Regiments
;
and
without
by
the
Armies
of
Caracena
and
Lamboy
.
In
those
Regiments
,
the
number
of
Officers
equall'd
almost
that
of
the
Souldiers
.
There
were
also
in
the
Town
300
Horse
,
and
2000
Seamen
,
accustom'd
to
Sea
Fights
;
the
fury
of
which
makes
'em
contemn
all
other
dangers
;
the
Fortifications
were
well
provided
with
Artillery
;
and
as
we
have
said
already
,
there
was
nothing
wanting
in
the
City
that
might
serve
for
the
defence
of
it
.
So
soon
as
the
Army
came
before
the
City
,
the
Prince
assign'd
the
Quarters
,
and
resolv'd
to
dispose
of
his
Men
in
such
a
manner
,
that
if
the
Enemy
should
attempt
to
raise
the
Siege
,
they
could
not
be
able
either
to
succour
the
Town
,
nor
force
his
Camp
,
On
the
East
side
of
him
,
there
was
a
space
of
Ground
which
separates
the
New
River
from
the
Sea
.
This
space
of
Ground
is
cover'd
in
part
with
unequal
Hills
or
Downs
,
both
in
regard
of
their
Situa●ion
and
Heighth
,
and
perfectly
extends
it self
into
a
Plain
,
which
is
water'd
by
the
New
River
,
and
then
runs
on
as
far
as
the
Canal
of
Honscotte
.
From
this
Canal
going
to
Mardike
,
there
are
two
Mershes
,
which
are
cut
out
of
the
Canal
of
Berguin
,
and
some
other
Rivers
.
To
the
West
,
you
meet
with
a
Plain
opposite
to
the
former
,
other
Downs
,
and
then
the
Sea
Shoar
.
These
la●ter
Places
seem'd
sufficiently
defended
by
the
Canals
,
and
the
Mershes
,
which
made
the
Access
very
difficult
to
those
that
were
not
Masters
of
'em
;
as
also
by
the
Neighbourhood
of
Mardike
and
Berguen
,
which
secur'd
●em
.
The
greatest
danger
was
toward
the
East
;
for
that
the
Enemy
setting
f●rward
from
Newport
,
which
is
but
●5
Miles
from
Dunkirk
,
might
come
to
the
Camp
in
a
few
Hours
,
without
any
Molestation
,
which
oblig●d
the
Prince
to
make
sure
of
that
place
.
To
which
purpose
he
caus'd
Gassion
to
encamp
with
his
Brigade
,
from
the
Sea
Shore
to
the
middle
of
the
Downs●
the
rest
he
took
up
himself
,
and
all
the
Plain
as
far
as
the
New
River
.
There
he
lodg'd
the
Men
which
he
himself
lead
;
and
that
he
might
wholly
fill
up
the
Place
that
remain'd
void
along
th●
Ca●al
of
Furnes
,
he
joyn'd
to
his
own
Men
,
ten
Companies
of
French
Gendarmes
,
and
Beaujeu
●s
Regiment
of
Horse
,
which
were
of
Ranzau's
Brigade
.
From
the
New
River
,
drawing
toward
the
Canal
of
Berg●en
,
Ranzau
had
Order
to
Line
the
rest
of
the
Plain
,
with
the
Bodies
of
Horse
and
Foot
which
the
Prince
had
left
him
.
The
Places
which
the
French
possess'd
,
and
the
inconvenient
Situation
of
the
Country
serv'd
for
the
rest
of
the
Circumvallation
.
Only
upon
the
Downs
,
which
lye
to
the
West
;
the
Prince
plac'd
Villequier
,
with
the
Militia
of
Boulogne
,
his
own
Regiment
of
Horse
,
and
that
of
Rocheguyon
,
to
the
end
that
the
Spaniards
,
if
they
should
pass
the
C●lme
,
after
they
had
drawn
together
at
St.
Omers
to
put
in
Succour
into
the
Town
,
between
Berguen
and
Mardike
,
meeting
with
that
Obstacle
might
be
quite
out
of
hopes
.
By
Sea
,
the
Dutch
Ships
,
and
the
French
Frigates
,
blockt
up
the
Port
,
and
thus
was
Dunkirk
enclos'd
on
every
side
.
Moreover
,
a
Bridge
was
layd
over
the
Canal
of
Furnes
,
for
the
Communication
of
Quarters
;
and
two
more
over
the
Canals
of
Honscotte
and
Berguen
,
for
the
Carriages
to
come
over
that
brought
Victuals
from
Calais
to
the
Camp
.
The
next
day
the
Circumvallation
was
begun
;
at
which
the
whole
Army
wrought
.
The
Prince
undertook
to
cut
,
and
sink
a
Moat
,
six
Foot
deep
,
and
twelve
Foot
wide
,
from
the
Downs
,
next
the
Sea
,
to
the
Canal
of
Furnes
;
and
to
consolidate
the
Work
,
and
hinder
the
Sand
from
falling
into
it
;
he
order●d
the
Lines
,
which
were
to
be
Canon
Proof
,
to
be
lin'd
with
Turf
.
Then
he
mark'd
out
the
most
easie
Places
for
the
Attacks
,
and
to
secure
'em
with
Pallilado's
and
Turnpikes
;
and
about
30
or
40
Paces
beyond
the
Moat
,
he
drew
out
another
of
an
●qual
bigness
.
Now
,
in
regard
the
risings
of
the
Downs
were
un●qual
,
and
for
that
there
were
some
along
the
Lines
,
that
might
annoy
the
Army
,
he
was
constraind
to
possess
himself
of
all
those
upper
Grounds
,
to
fortifie
'em
,
and
extend
his
Works
a
great
way
,
chiefly
toward
Newport
Road
,
and
Gassion's
Quarter
.
There
was
one
of
these
Hills
,
which
being
much
higher
then
the
rest
,
commanded
the
Camp
,
from
the
top
of
which
,
the
French
were
to
be
seen
drawn
up
in
order
of
Battel
,
and
it
was
dangerous
to
let
the
Enemy
be
Masters
of
it
,
so
as
to
plant
their
Cannon
upon
it
.
The
Prince
therefore
,
to
obviate
all
Annoyances
,
resolv'd
to
possess
it
;
and
whatever
pains
it
cost
him
to
environ
it
with
two
Lines
,
which
should
joyn
to
those
of
the
Circumvallation
,
to
raise
a
Fort
at
the
top
of
it
,
and
to
plant
a
Battery
upon
it
.
The
Sea
Shore
still
remain'd
to
be
fortifid
.
But
by
reason
of
the
Flux
and
Reflux
of
the
Sea
,
there
was
no
probability
of
working
in
the
Sand
,
without
being
able
to
fix
it
;
and
besides
,
the
shortness
of
time
would
not
permit
the
casting
up
of
Mounds
.
Nevertheless
,
the
rest
of
the
works
were
insignificant
,
if
such
a
space
of
Sandy
Ground
should
be
left
unguarded
,
during
low
Water
.
The
Prince
therefore
resolv'd
to
plant
a
kind
of
Rail
,
well
fortifi'd
with
Stakes
anow
to
put
a
stop
to
the
Enemy
for
some
time
,
and
easie
to
repair
if
the
Tyde
should
carry
any
part
of
it
away
.
He
order'd
therefore
Piles
of
Wood
to
be
driven
in
by
main
force
,
the
better
to
sustain
the
fury
of
the
Waves
,
and
to
range
'em
so
close
one
to
another
,
that
there
might
be
no
room
to
go
between
'em
;
yet
still
at
such
a
distance
as
to
give
way
to
the
violence
of
the
Sea
,
and
break
the
strength
of
the
Innundation
.
Nor
did
he
employ
less
Industry
to
defend
himself
from
the
Water
,
which
the
Dunkirkers
,
had
let
into
the
Highways
,
from
the
New
River
to
Mardike
,
which
were
overflow'd
in
such
a
manner
,
that
the
Wagons
that
came
with
Victuals
from
Calais
could
not
pass
.
But
tho
,
when
the
Prince
thought
of
the
Siege
,
he
had
provided
against
this
Inconvenience
,
by
ordering
Champlastreux
to
cause
a
great
quantity
of
Ammunition
Bread
to
be
bak'd
at
Berguen
,
from
whence
it
was
brought
down
the
Canal
to
the
Camp
,
and
to
send
for
all
the
Provision
he
could
in
Boats
,
that
crept
along
the
Coasts
from
Calai●
:
Nevertheless
,
because
this
way
was
uncertain
and
troublesome
,
and
for
that
the
Army
was
still
in
fear
of
want
,
●he
thought
it
necessary
to
clear
the
High-ways
by
turning
away
the
Water
.
And
first
they
thought
to
stop
the
Sluces
with
Planks
,
rampar'd
with
Earth
,
which
would
be
easily
done
,
and
take
up
but
little
time
.
But
the
Fury
of
the
Waves
,
which
with
a
wonderful
Rapidness
,
drives
back
the
stream
of
Rivers
,
when
the
Tyde
flows
in
,
having
twice
carry'd
away
all
their
Toyl
and
Labour
,
therefore
they
determin'd
with
great
pains
to
drive
in
great
Piles
near
the
Hollowness
of
the
Sluces
,
thorough
which
the
Sea
rowl●d
in
,
and
to
forti●ie
the
Piles
with
great
Stones
,
and
throw
in
a
vast
quantity
of
Earth
,
till
at
length
the
Sluces
were
stopp'd
.
At
the
same
time
also
that
he
entrench'd
himself
against
the
Enemies
Forces
,
and
the
Obstacles
of
Nature
,
the
Prince
with
no
less
Prudence
provided
for
the
Necessities
of
the
Army
.
He
sent
away
out
of
the
Camp
all
the
Baggage
Horses
,
and
a
thousand
of
those
that
belong'd
to
the
Troopers
,
which
were
most
harass'd
to
recruit
themselves
in
the
Pasturages
about
Calais
.
The
Forage
which
the
Barrenness
of
the
Place
,
&
the
difficulty
of
Carriage
render'd
scant
,
was
very
sparingly
distributed
;
taking
the
pains
himself
to
go
twice
a
day
to
the
place
where
the
Forrage
was
Landed
,
to
see
it
equally
shar'd
.
At
the
same
time
he
commanded
Roanette
to
fetch
the
Infan●ry
that
return'd
from
Holland
,
and
sent
Rambur●'s
Regiment
to
Villequier's
Post
,
the
better
to
secure
it
;
and
for
that
purpose
,
the
Companies
of
the
Garrison
of
Lorrain
and
Havre
,
and
Grammon●'s
Regiment
took
Furnes
Road.
Those
of
Noirmonstier
and
F●bert
,
stay'd
at
Berghen
,
with
Directions
to
come
in
their
Turns
,
and
serve
in
the
Camp
,
by
mounting
the
Guards
of
the
Trenches
.
He
also
order●d
Sicot
to
bring
the
Polonians
within
the
Lines
.
In
the
place
where
he
encamp'd
,
he
retain'd
the
Battallions
of
Cabree
,
and
sent
the
Third
which
Priamiski
commanded
to
reinforce
Gassion's
Quarter
.
That
Nation
contemns
danger
,
which
their
Natural
Fierceness
is
ignorant
of
.
The
Nobility
however
are
Civil
and
Ingenious
,
but
Haughty
,
as
are
all
the
rest
of
the
Northern
People
.
Now
in
regard
the
Polanders
know
little
what
belongs
to
Sieges
,
the
most
part
of
their
Wars
being
carry'd
on
in
the
Field
,
they
came
into
the
Camp
without
any
conveniences
for
the
making
of
Hutts
.
Nor
did
the
Place
,
which
was
Barren
enough
of
it self
,
afford
'em
any
;
so
that
they
were
constrain'd
like
Beasts
,
to
dig
themselves
holes
in
the
Sand
,
to
shelter
themselves
from
the
weather
.
During
all
this
variety
of
Labour
and
Toyl
,
the
Prince
was
up
and
down
every
where
,
leaving
nothing
exempted
from
his
Care
;
yet
still
appearing
with
that
Sedateness
of
Mind
,
which
was
easie
to
be
discern'd
in
his
Countenance
.
So
that
the
Souldiers
imitating
the
Example
of
his
Chearfulness
,
and
redoubling
their
Labour
with
the
same
Alacrity
,
in
four
days
,
notwithstanding
the
continual
Rains
and
Winds
,
all
the
Fortifications
of
the
Camp
were
finishd
,
and
the
Sluces
prevented
from
doing
any
more
harm
.
The
Downs
also
that
were
fortifid
for
defence
,
lookt
like
so
many
great
Bastions
,
and
surpriz'd
the
Eyes
of
those
that
beheld
'em
.
Nay
,
even
they
that
fortifi'd
'em
could
not
but
wonder
how
such
prodigious
Works
could
be
brought
to
perfection
in
so
short
a
time
.
Surely
,
if
we
consider
●eriously
all
the
Circumstances
of
those
Works
,
which
I
have
so
faithfully
describ'd
,
and
afterwards
examine
those
which
are
to
be
found
in
the
Greek
and
Roman
Histories
,
which
we
never
read
without
astonishment
,
will
find
by
a
just
Comparison
,
that
the
Prince
has
hardly
been
out
done
.
While
they
were
working
at
the
Entrenchments
,
the
Prince
receiv'd
news
that
the
Orders
which
he
had
sent
for
securing
the
Places
which
the
French
held
upon
the
Lis
,
had
been
punctually
obey'd
.
That
La
Ferte
Seneterre
,
together
with
Rovigny
and
de
Piennes
were
departed
from
Bethune
,
with
all
their
Men
,
to
put
in
a
Convoy
of
500
measures
of
Corn
,
and
some
bundles
of
Match
into
Courtray
,
which
that
Place
stood
in
need
of
.
And
it
was
said
,
that
because
they
would
make
the
more
haste
,
and
for
that
they
understood
,
that
the
Enemy
had
thrown
Trees
cross
the
High-ways
,
they
left
the
Wagons
,
and
loaded
the
draught
Horses
which
they
unspang'd
from
the
Wains
,
beside
that
every
Horseman
was
order'd
to
carry
a
Sack
behind
him
,
and
so
crossing
the
Enemies
Country
,
in
the
Night
,
got
safe
to
Courtray
,
where
they
left
500
Men
of
the
Regiments
of
Antragnes
,
Tavanes
,
Lamberte
,
and
the
Swiss
Guards
,
and
Provision
enough
for
two
months
for
3000
Souldiers
.
Lastly
that
they
were
return'd
to
Armentiers
,
from
whence
,
they
could
send
all
ther
Men
to
the
Prince
.
At
the
heels
of
this
came
other
News
no
less
acceptable
.
Tourville
return'd
from
Holland
,
and
gave
a
better
account
of
the
Success
of
his
Negotiation
,
then
the
Inclination
of
that
Republick
seem'd
to
promise
.
Frederick
Henry
Prince
of
Orange
,
whose
Authority
till
then
had
constrain'd
the
United
Provinces
to
continue
the
War
,
then
lay
labouring
under
a
lingring
Distemper
,
which
had
much
enfeebld
the
Vigour
of
his
mind
,
and
renderd
him
less
capable
of
Business
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Deputies
of
the
States
taking
the
Government
into
their
hands
,
several
among
●em
sway'd
by
their
old
Inclinations
to
Peace
,
others
corrupted
with
the
Gold
of
Spain
,
and
deeply
concern'd
for
their
want
of
Trade
,
had
set
forward
their
Treaty
with
the
Spaniards
,
and
the
Catholick
King
granting
almost
all
their
demands
,
't
was
much
to
be
fear'd
th●t
the
Treaty
would
be
concluded
;
which
happen'd
to
be
an
●●seasonable
Conjuncture
for
the
French
,
in
regard
they
could
expect
no
succour
from
Holla●d
●
However
,
Tourville
had
so
dextrously
follow'd
his
Instructions
,
which
the
Prince
had
given
him
,
that
in
spite
of
all
these
troublesome
Obstacles
,
the
Dutch
not
only
promis'd
to
break
the
Trace
,
but
engag●d
to
make
a
great
Diversion
in
Brabant
,
and
to
undertake
the
Siege
of
Liere
or
Malines
.
Now
,
tho
the
Prince
built
no
great
hopes
upon
these
Promises
of
the
Holland●●●
●
〈◊〉
pompous
then
real●
nevertheless
,
bec●●se
he
made
no
question
but
their
Army
would
be
〈◊〉
Motion
,
were
it
only
to
make
some
show
of
fulfi●●ng
their
Promises
,
he
thought
he
should
get
advantage
e●●ugh
by
their
March
,
since
it
would
oblige
〈◊〉
Spaniards
to
divide
their
Forces
;
and
in
regard
they
that
lay
at
Newport
,
were
too
feeble
to
fight
him
alone
,
he
should
the
more
easily
accomplish
the
Siege
.
While
things
thus
pass'd
in
the
Camp
,
the
Enemies
Generals
,
no
longer
doubting
but
that
Dunkirk
was
besieg'd
,
assembl'd
at
Newport
,
which
was
the
next
place
to
the
Siege
,
and
therefore
most
Commodious
for
Conference
and
Execution
.
Picolominy
&
●●amboy
were
there
,
being
come
to
joyn
Caracena
,
who
had
never
stirr'd
since
the
taking
of
Furnes
.
Beck
was
also
expected
,
who
was
hastning
thither
with
long
Marches
.
These
Captains
being
of
several
Nations
,
and
having
various
Interests
,
pretending
to
be
Independant
one
from
the
other
(
tho
Picolominy
had
some
Authority
above
the
Rest
)
frequently
retarded
the
welfare
of
their
Party
,
through
their
private
and
particular
Passions
;
and
many
times
,
while
they
opposd
those
Counsels
which
were
not
giv'n
by
themselves
,
their
own
misunderstandings
frustra●ed
good
designs
.
At
this
time
,
the
Importance
of
the
thing
,
being
joynd
with
the
loss
of
their
Reputation
,
which
the
continual
Victories
of
the
French
had
very
much
lessend
,
oblig'd
'em
to
give
their
opinions
generously
,
and
to
bethink
themselves
of
an
entire
Union
,
and
which
way
to
force
the
French
to
raise
their
Siege
.
Nor
were
they
at
the
b●ginning
without
hopes
.
They
found
themselves
more
numerous
then
the
French
,
promising
themselves
,
as
they
desir'd
,
and
not
without
great
probability
,
that
the
Hollanders
,
by
a
quick
conclusion
of
the
Peace
,
would
leave
'em
at
liberty
to
draw
out
their
Frontier
Garrisons
,
and
oppose
the
D.
with
very
great
Forces
.
Besides
,
the
Inconveniencies
of
the
D's
.
being
encamp'd
in
such
a
place
,
and
the
badness
of
the
Season
gave
'em
hopes
that
they
might
defeat
the
French
Army
full
of
Diseases
and
tyr'd
,
and
enclos'd
between
their
Forces
and
●he
Town
;
besides
,
that
they
lay
open
toward
the
Sea
,
&
were
but
badly
entrench'd
along
the
Downs
.
For
they
could
not
imagine
that
in
so
f●w
days
it
had
been
possible
to
fortifie
the
Sea-shore
,
nor
to
raise
in
the
Sand
such
good
Defences
as
the
French
had
done
.
Nevertheless
,
not
being
willing
to
hazard
any
thing
rashly
,
and
because
Beck
was
not
yet
come
to
Newport
,
to
take
the
most
certain
measures
,
they
concluded
to
draw
out
of
all
their
Bodies
a
good
number
of
Horse
to
take
Prisoners
,
and
to
inform
themselves
the
best
they
could
of
the
state
of
the
French
Camp
.
They
also
thought
it
necessary
to
prepare
at
Newport
as
many
Frigates
as
they
could
get
ready
,
to
the
end
,
that
if
their
Negotiation
with
England
succeeded
,
they
might
assist
the
English
Men
of
War
to
force
the
Confederates
Fleet
;
or
if
they
miss'd
of
Forraign
Ayd
,
that
they
might
attempt
the
putting
in
Relief
into
Dunkirk
,
by
the
Favour
of
Wind
and
Tyde
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Prince
resolvd
to
carry
the
Place
by
main
Force
;
for
being
a
Person
of
a
deep
Fore-sight
,
he
rightly
conjectur'd
,
that
only
the
length
of
the
Siege
could
ruine
his
Design
.
Victuals
came
with
great
di●ficulty
to
the
Camp
;
the
Sea
grew
tempestuous
,
and
ran
high
;
and
the
Sea-men
being
forc'd
out
of
Calais
,
and
not
daring
to
venture
for
fear
of
losing
their
Vess●ls
,
kept
themselves
within
the
Canal
of
Mardike
,
with
so
much
obstinacy
,
that
the
Officers
of
that
Fort
,
were
constrain'd
to
let
fly
with
their
Great
Guns
upon
'em
,
and
to
sink
one
of
the
Beelands
to
terrifie
the
rest
,
and
cause
●em
to
bear
away
to
the
Camp
.
Nor
was
the
Shore
more
favourable
to
'em
then
the
Sea
;
many
of
their
Vessels
being
thrown
against
the
Sands
,
and
stav'd
to
pieces
.
Moreover
,
the
Rain
continually
falling
,
soak'd
into
the
Souldiers
Hutts
,
so
that
they
lay
half
in
the
Durt
;
the
Wind
caus'd
'em
to
catch
great
colds●
nor
had
they
●ires
sufficient
〈◊〉
dry
themselves
;
the
terrible
blasts
blew
the
small
Sand
among
their
Victuals
,
and
in
their
Eyes
;
&
amidst
all
these
hardships
,
together
with
their
Military
Duties
in
the
Gua●d
of
the
Trenches
and
Camp
;
there
was
a
necessity
of
continually
repairing
the
Breaches
,
which
the
Sea
made
in
their
Fences
,
or
in
the
Sluces●
and
emptying
the
Moats
of
the
Lines
which
the
Wind
filld
with
Sand
,
which
redoubld
their
Toyl●
Ill
Stabling
,
and
bad
food
for
the
Horses
,
reduc'd
'em
into
a
very
bad
Condition
;
and
sickness
began
to
seize
both
Men
and
Beasts
.
These
vast
Inconveniencies
nothing
dismay'd
the
Prince
,
who
had
seen
'em
all
present
in
his
thoughts
,
from
the
very
moment
that
he
form'd
the
Design
;
and
who
as
we
have
already
said
,
had
from
that
time
so
well
taken
his
Measures
that
by
his
extraordinary
Dillig●nce
and
Industry
,
his
Army
might
support
it self
longer
,
then
he
judg'd
it
necessary
to
take
the
Town
by
force
.
For
in
regard
it
was
to
be
fear'd
,
that
if
they
went
about
to
Storm
the
Town
with
those
Securities
and
Defences
usually
prepard
for
other
Souldiers
,
le●●
after
they
had
spent
a
long
time
in
raising
Works
,
the
approaching
Winter
might
render
all
their
Labour
Fruitless
,
and
an
ensuing
mortality
consume
the
Army
,
the
Prince
took
up
his
first
Resolution
,
which
was
to
make
Tryal
of
the
quickness
of
Execution
,
and
Judiciously
perswaded
himself
,
that
it
was
the
Preservation
of
the
Souldiers
,
to
hazard
a
small
number
in
Glorious
Attempts
,
for
the
Safety
of
the
rest
.
By
that
means
he
prov'd
a
good
Husband
of
time
,
the
loss
of
which
is
never
to
be
recover'd
.
He
satisfi'd
the
desire
of
the
whole
Army
,
impatient
of
their
Su●ferings
,
and
brought
to
pass
this
renowned
Enterprize
,
maugre
all
the
Opposition
of
Men
and
Nature
:
having
this
to
comfort
him
,
That
whatever
happen'd
,
his
Honour
would
retain
entire
,
not
only
because
it
did
not
depend
upon
hazard
,
against
which
he
had
fortifi'd
himself
as
much
as
it
was
possible●
but
the
rather
because
his
Virtue
had
rais'd
him
above
the
reach
of
ill
Fortune
.
With
these
thoughts
,
the
very
same
day
that
the
Entrenchments
were
finish●d
,
he
went
to
view
the
Place
,
together
with
Gassion
and
Ranzau
;
and
after
he
had
well
considerd
it
,
he
resolv'd
upon
two
Attacks
;
t●e
one
upon
the
last
Bastion
,
the
other
upon
the
Hornwork
against
it
.
He
order'd
the
first
onset
to
be
made
by
his
own
Army
,
which
he
reinforc'd
with
two
Battallions
,
which
he
took
by
turns
from
both
the
Marshals
;
leaving
the
more
easie
Attack
to
the
two
Brigades
that
were
to
relieve
'em●
They
attack'd
the
Bastion
in
the
Face
next
the
Sea
,
and
the
Hornwork
on
that
side
which
was
most
exposd
to
the
Bastion
.
In
the
Evening
the
Trenches
were
open'd
,
and
a
great
Redoubt
was
rais'd
at
the
beginning
of
each
,
and
between
the
two
Redoubts
they
rais'd
a
Battery
of
15
Great
Guns
.
This
was
done
without
any
Disorder
,
the
Besieged
never
molesting
the
Workmen
;
whether
it
were
that
they
thought
that
what
was
yet
done
,
would
do
'em
but
little
harm
;
or
whither
they
believ'd
it
more
necessary
to
employ
themselves
in
finishing
certain
Out-works
which
they
had
already
begun
,
and
to
surround
'em
with
Pallisado's
.
The
Marshals
Attack
was
the
first
place
where
any
fighting
happen'd
to
be
.
For
between
the
Pallisados
and
the
Besiegers
Trenches
,
there
was
an
indifferent
high
Hill
,
which
the
Enemy
possess'd
,
and
from
whence
they
were
to
be
driven
,
before
the
French
could
carry
on
their
Works
.
Therefore
Noirmanstier
,
being
upon
the
Guard
that
day
with
ten
Companies
of
the
French
Guards
of
Ranzau's
Briga●e
receiv'd
orders
to
make
himself
master
of
that
Down
.
Thereupon
having
drawn
out
a
Company
of
choice
Men
,
under
the
command
of
Saujon
,
Chail●y
and
Rousille
,
seconded
by
the
rest
of
the
Body
which
Courcelles
lead
,
he
fell
on
with
great
Resolution
.
The
Souldiers
were
daring
,
the
O●ficers
prudent
,
and
as
it
happens
in
the
first
Action
of
Sieges
,
every
one
strove
with
Emulation
to
signalize
himself
.
So
that
the
Attack
was
undertaken
with
so
much
Vigour
,
and
in
so
good
Order
,
that
the
Enemy
astonishd
at
the
fury
of
the
first
Onset
,
gave
ground
without
much
resistance
,
not
being
able
in
their
Confusion
to
consider
the
number
of
the
Assailants
,
nor
to
make
the
best
of
those
Advantages
,
which
the
Light
of
the
Moon
,
and
the
white
Sands
,
over
which
the
French
advanc●d
without
any
shelter
,
might
have
given
'em
.
However
,
they
did
not
suffer
the
Attackers
to
rest
long
.
For
all
of
a
suddain
,
as
soon
as
they
had
recollected
themselves
,
they
return'd
to
the
Charge
.
Three
times
they
came
on
again
,
and
were
three
times
repuls'd
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Niorm●nstier
,
tho
he
ran
up
and
down
where
ever
the
Exigency
of
Command
and
Danger
summon'd
him
,
had
broke
ground
with
so
much
speed
,
that
maugre
those
Attacks
,
he
had
finishd
a
Lodgement
upon
the
Down
which
he
had
gaind
;
and
they
had
join'd
it
by
a
Line
of
Retreat
,
a
hunderd
and
fifty
paces
in
length
,
with
the
Works
of
the
French
.
Nevertheless
,
the
Work
was
not
brought
to
full
Perfection
,
for
want
of
Bavins
,
when
about
six
a
Clock
in
the
Morning
,
the
Dunkirkers
resolvd
to
drive
the
Besiegers
out
of
their
Lodgment
.
Noirmonstier
immediately
ran
with
Courcelles
,
,
and
the
other
Captains
,
to
the
Head
of
the
Work
,
by
their
presence
and
Conduct
,
to
encourage
the
Combatants
.
At
the
same
time
the
Enemy
threw
a
great
number
of
Granados
,
the
breaking
of
which
did
the
Besiegers
the
more
mischief
,
in
regard
there
was
not
one
that
fell
in
vain
among
the
Souldiers
that
were
thick
crowded
together
.
The
Besieged
were
in
hopes
that
their
Granado's
would
have
put
the
French
in
Disorder
;
and
that
afterwards
they
might
be
repelld
with
more
ease
.
But
when
they
saw
the
Officers
resolute
and
accustom'd
to
Discipline
,
succeeded
one
another
when
any
one
was
wounded
,
and
that
fresh
Souldiers
took
the
place
of
those
that
fell
,
then
hopeless
to
see
the
small
effect
of
their
Granado's
,
they
came
to
Handiblows
with
the
Besiegers
.
This
encounter
which
lasted
3
hours
,
was
very
bloody
,
the
manner
of
Combat
augmenting
their
Fury
.
The
Fortune
of
the
Day
also
waver'd
for
a
long
time
,
the
French
not
willing
to
abandon
their
Victory
,
and
the
Spaniards
striving
with
all
their
might
to
regain
it
.
But
at
length
the
Spaniards
recoyl'd
,
and
tho
they
made
3
other
Attacks
with
the
same
obstinacy
,
they
were
still
repuls'd
,
and
the
Lodgement
made
capable
befor●
Night
to
contain
above
300
Men.
The
Besiegers
lost
a
great
number
of
Men
;
they
had
10
Serjeants
kill'd
;
Porcheux
,
a
Captain
of
the
Guards
;
Mondebise
,
a
Lieutenant
,
and
two
other
Officers
wounded
.
Nor
was
the
Enemies
Loss
less
considerable
.
On
their
side
there
dy'd
a
Volunteer
of
the
House
of
Cro●y
;
and
of
the
French
,
Barrouliere
,
an
Ensign
of
the
Guards
.
Saujon
,
Chailly
,
Rousille
,
Loignac
,
Genlis
,
Campagnole
,
and
du
Voulch
,
Officers
of
the
same
Regiment
did
signal
Service
,
chiefly
Courcelles
,
who
next
to
Noirmonstier
might
well
assume
to
himself
the
greatest
part
of
the
Honour
of
that
Action
.
On
the
other
side
,
at
the
Principal
Attack
,
where
Aubeterre
was
wounded
with
a
Musket
Shot
,
the
Approaches
were
briskly
carryd
on
.
Chatillon
,
in
a
little
time
had
advanc'd
the
Works
so
far
,
that
there
was
not
much
ground
to
be
gaind
to
come
at
the
Counterscarp
;
all
things
went
on
prosperously
,
and
the
speed
of
the
work
answer'd
the
Prince's
expectation
.
In
the
mean
time
Intelligence
came
,
that
the
Enemies
Armies
were
set
forward
out
of
Newport
to
●ight
the
Besiegers
;
and
that
the
foremost
Squadrons
of
their
Vanguard
appea●'d
between
Furnes
and
Dunkirk
.
This
Intelligence
was
grounded
upon
the
Advantageous
Rumours
which
the
Spaniards
caus●d
to
be
spread
about
,
of
great
Succours
which
they
were
preparing
,
and
of
their
assurance
to
force
the
French
Lines
;
and
all
this
to
chear
up
the
dejected
Minds
of
the
People
.
Which
Reports
,
the
V●lgar
believing
,
had
encreas'd
'em
with
great
Additions
,
according
to
Custome
,
and
the
Cavalry
that
appear'd
,
seemd
in
some
Measure
to
confirm
'em
.
However
,
the
Prince
being
inform'd
that
the
Forces
of
Flanders
were
drawing
together
about
Newport
,
and
desirous
to
know
the
truth
of
the
Rumour
of
their
March
,
that
he
might
prepare
for
all
Accidents
,
sent
out
for
News
,
and
dispatcht
away
Orders
to
La
Ferte
Seneterre
to
approach
with
his
Flying
Camp
.
The
next
day
the
French
Scouts
brought
word
,
that
the
Cavalry
which
had
alarum'd
the
Peasants
and
the
Spies
,
was
nothing
else
but
a
great
Par●y
sally●d
out
of
Newpor●
,
which
fell
upon
the
French
Foragers
,
and
that
having
taken
some
of
'em
,
they
were
retir'd
again
in
hast
.
Now
tho
this
Report
of
Relief
had
spread
it self
among
the
Besiegers
,
yet
it
wrought
no
disturbance
.
There
was
no
Alteration
made
in
the
Guard
of
the
●amp
,
which
was
still
dispos'd
in
the
same
manner
as
if
the
Enemies
Army
had
been
in
view
;
the
works
a●
the
Trenches
,
and
the
attack
of
●he
Bastion
went
o●
,
and
Arnaud
and
Marsin
were
advanc●d
almost
to
the
Foot
of
the
Counterscarp
;
but
with
some
trouble
and
danger
;
the
Difficulties
encreasing
●s
they
drew
nearer
and
nearer
to
the
Enemies
defe●ces
.
At
length
,
La
Moussay●
coming
in
his
turn
,
undertook
to
make
a
Lodgement
.
He
mounted
the
Guard
with
the
Battallion
of
Switzers
under
Molondin
,
〈…〉
ring
their
great
〈◊〉
which
〈…〉
fore
,
with
extraordinary
Fury
;
〈…〉
who
were
altogether
expos'd
by
〈…〉
workmen
,
●ighting
with
disadva●
〈…〉
had
already
receiv'd
two
mor●●l
〈…〉
most
daring
of
his
men
not
wil
〈…〉
but
prefer●ng
de●th
before
igno
〈…〉
by
him
.
The
T●mult
,
the
Night
,
the
〈…〉
Arms
,
the
Gro●ns
of
the
Wounded
,
〈…〉
Combatants
caus'd
a
hidio●s
〈…〉
the
news
of
this
disorder
wa●
carrid
〈…〉
who
immediately
flew
into
the
〈…〉
the
da●ger
,
and
by
his
Pre●ence
settl'd
all
〈…〉
order
again
;
he
caus'd
the
Men
to
〈◊〉
●o
t●e
Works
,
which
La
Moussaye
repair'd
〈…〉
on
with
the
same
Courag●
,
as
he
had
〈…〉
surviv'd
some
days
the
Honour
〈…〉
ervice
;
but
Death
depriv'd
him
of
all
〈…〉
ut
the
praises
of
Posterity
.
At
〈…〉
on
the
Marshals
side
,
the
Tumult
was
〈…〉
nor
the
Combat
no
less
furious
.
For
〈…〉
carry'd
on
the
Trenches
,
and
Chan●●●
〈◊〉
possess'd
the
place
of
a
Fortification
,
〈…〉
sieged
had
begun
near
thei●
Counter
〈…〉
mounting
the
Guard
after
them
,
had
〈…〉
P●llisadoes
,
one
of
which
lookt
toward
t●e
●ea
,
the
other
coverd
the
Hornwork
whither
the
●esi●ged
were
carrying
on
their
W●rks
.
The
〈…〉
of
Navarr
had
attack'd
the
first
,
and
the
〈…〉
Pic●r●y
the
other
.
Now
the
Spaniards
〈…〉
while
they
defend
any
strong
Hold
,
th●●
when
once
the
Garrison
is
distributed
to
the
〈…〉
most
likely
to
be
a●tack'd
,
they
never
change
〈◊〉
d●ring
the
Siege
.
When
the
Besiegers
have
〈…〉
Outwork
,
the
Men
that
defended
it
,
retreat
to
〈◊〉
Guard
of
the
next
Ent●enchment
.
Now
〈…〉
had
been
all
along
oppos'd
to
the
〈…〉
,
from
the
beginning
of
the
Sie●e
.
And
ever
since
the
opening
of
the
Trenches
,
tho
always
at
Hand●blows
with
the
Assailants
,
had
defended
their
Outworks
with
Resolution
and
Valour
.
But
now
,
tir'd
with
watching
and
hardship
,
they
quitted
their
Pallisadoes
to
the
Besiegers
almost
without
any
Contest
.
The
Besiegers
were
Masters
of
em
for
some
hours
,
and
had
finish'd
their
Lodgments
,
when
Leda
,
bringing
along
with
him
two
Companies
of
natural
Spaniards
,
which
he
took
out
of
Fort
Leon
,
and
animating
●he
Wallo●●s
with
this
Succour
,
and
his
Personal
Presence
,
made
a
S●lly
at
the
head
of
●em
,
tho
fruitless
as
to
the
Decision
of
the
main
Business
,
yet
prosperous
at
the
beginning
.
He
regain`d
the
Pallis●do
,
with
an
extraordinary
fury
,
which
led
to
the
Counterscarp
of
the
Hornwork
,
and
overthrew
all
that
oppos`d
him
.
Grave
,
Blancafort
and
Poix
,
Officers
of
the
Regiment
of
Picardy
,
were
wounded
in
sustaining
the
Assault
,
and
Breaute
was
kill`d
.
The
Death
of
the
latter
added
to
the
Mournful
Examples
of
the
Misfort●
ne
of
his
Ances●ors
,
of
which
the
French
Histories
are
full
,
and
confirm`d
the
common
opinion
,
that
the
Destiny
of
the
Wars
of
Flanders
,
is
always
fatal
to
those
of
that
Family
.
La
Vieuville
,
Camp-master
of
the
Regiment
of
Picardy
,
assisted
Mi●ssans
,
under
whom
he
mounted
the
Guard
.
He
perceiving
that
the
Souldiers
gave
ground
,
and
that
the
Commands
of
the
Officers
were
not
at
all
regarded
,
and
not
bro●king
,
while
he
liv`d
that
his
Regiment
should
receive
an
affront
,
ran
with
some
of
his
Men
where
the
Conflict
was
hottest
,
and
throwing
himself
into
the
thickest
of
the
Enemy
,
put
a
stop
to
their
Victory
by
his
daring
Boldness
.
His
Souldiers
also
,
spurr`d
on
by
his
danger
,
and
his
Example
,
returnd
to
the
Onset
with
so
much
fury
,
that
they
layd
the
Spaniards
sprawling
,
and
regain`d
the
Lodgement
which
Mi●ssans
brought
to
Perfection
,
without
any
Opposition
.
This
was
the
Posture
of
things
in
the
Attacks
of
the
Place
.
In
the
mean
time
Beck
arriv'd
at
Ne●port
,
and
joyn●d
the
rest
of
the
Armies
with
three
thousand
Foot
,
and
five
and
twenty
Cor●●●s
of
Horse
.
He
found
the
affairs
of
his
Party
in
very
great
Disorder
,
and
that
there
was
no
possi●●lity
of
succouring
Dunkirk
.
For
their
Spies
,
and
the
French
Prisoners
which
they
had
taken
had
inform'd
'em
of
the
strength
of
the
Besiegers
Lines
,
and
they
judg'd
the
work
so
compleat
,
that
they
●o●ld
not
without
extream
rashness
,
undertake
to
force
〈◊〉
.
They
knew
the
Prince
who
defended
'em
,
to
be
a
Person
accustom'd
to
Victory
,
prudent
in
Danger
,
and
that
success
attended
his
Wisdom
.
So
that
altho
their
Armies
consisted
of
above
twelve
thousand
Men
,
that
number
was
not
sufficient
to
accomplish
the
Enterprize
,
where
multitude
only
could
overlay
the
Valour
of
the
B●siegers
;
and
which
is
of
great
moment
in
ma●ters
of
War
,
the
Reputation
of
the
Prince
had
imprinted
such
a
violent
Terrour
in
the
minds
of
the
Soldiers
,
that
they
dispair'd
of
Victory
,
had
they
been
to
fight
him
in
the
open
Field
much
less
to
force
him
out
of
Entrenchments
that
were
fortif●●d
and
better
guarded
.
As
for
their
Negotiations
in
England
,
they
had
m●t
with
little
success
in
'em
.
They
could
obtain
but
a
very
inconsiderable
supply
from
the
Parliament
,
and
all
the
Credi●
of
their
Faction
,
the
Policy
and
Sollicitations
of
their
Embassadors
provd
ineffectual
.
Not
but
that
the
English
for
good
Reasons
of
State
would
have
been
glad
to
have
cross'd
the
French
in
the
Conquest
of
Dunkirk
:
but
more
pre●si●g
considerations
,
and
the
urgency
of
Affairs
at
home
restrain'd
'em
from
looking
abroad
,
and
oblig'd
'em
to
preserve
their
Men
and
Money
for
more
pressing
occasions
.
But
that
which
utterly
broke
the
design
of
the
Spaniards
was
this
,
that
the
Hollanders
,
in
expectation
of
a
Peace
,
of
which
there
were
very
plausible
Probabilities
,
were
preparing
for
some
Expedition
,
not
willing
so
soon
to
quit
the
Publick
●ause
,
nor
their
Allies
.
'T
was
certainly
reported
also
that
they
,
were
marching
in
hast
towards
Liere
or
Malines
,
and
the
report
ran
already
of
the
taking
of
one
of
those
places
.
Now
tho
the
danger
was
not
so
great
,
and
for
that
the
Hollanders
marchd
but
very
slowly
,
yet
certain
it
is
,
they
would
have
besiegd
some
place
or
other
,
could
they
have
met
with
any
that
had
been
unprovided
for
●esistance
.
So
that
the
Spaniards
were
as
much
constrain'd
to
oppose
their
Proceedings
,
as
they
were
at
the
beginning
of
the
War
;
and
were
not
only
deprivd
of
the
Succour
of
their
Frontier
Garrisons
,
but
oblig'd
to
reinforce
●em
with
part
of
their
Army
.
For
which
reasons
those
Gen●rals
were
no
sooner
met
at
Newport
,
but
they
were
forc'd
to
separate
again
;
which
renderd
all
their
Consultations
ineffectual
.
For
being
alone
they
were
not
strong
enough
to
repair
the
loss
of
Dunkirk
,
by
any
other
considerable
Conquest●
and
they
durst
not
keep
any
longer
together
for
fear
of
the
Hollanders
.
In
the
midst
of
these
Extremities
,
they
resolvd
before
they
parted
to
march
toward
Dunkirk
,
as
if
they
intended
to
relieve
it
,
and
to
fall
on
a
suddain
upon
Furnes
,
not
dispairing
to
take
it
with
the
same
speed
as
the
Prince
had
won
it
;
and
hoping
by
such
a
Conquest
not
only
in
some
measure
to
satisfie
the
expectation
of
the
People
,
but
to
incommode
the
French
by
depriving
them
of
their
Forage
.
With
this
resolution
,
the
next
day
after
Becks
Arrival
,
they
took
a
review
of
all
their
Forces
,
and
setting
forward
from
Newport
,
they
En●ampt
at
a
Village
call'd
Adinkirk
,
and
round
about
the
Abby
of
Dunes
,
between
Furnes
and
the
Sea
,
and
in
the
Road
which
the
Enemy
were
to
take
in
their
march
toward
the
French
Camp
.
Presently
the
Besiegers
●ad
some
thoughts
that
they
might
attack
their
Lines
,
they
giving
out
the
report
themselves
,
on
purpose
to
dissemble
their
design●
and
to
shew
as
if
they
really
intended
to
fight
the
French
Army
.
Now
while
the
Soldiers
were
preparing
themselves
,
and
that
in
the
midst
of
their
fears
of
so
furious
an
Assault
,
the
greatest
part
co●ceald
their
sadness
under
an
affectation
of
falsejoy
,
they
sent
out
a
party
to
view
Furnes
.
But
by
accident
,
they
who
were
sent
thither
,
whether
it
were
that
they
could
not
ride
round
the
Pl●ce
,
or
whither
they
satisfi'd
themselves
with
seeing
where
it
might
be
most
easily
attack'd
,
only
took
a
view
of
those
parts
,
that
had
been
fortifid
with
gratest
care
.
So
that
after
they
had
considerd
the
Defences
,
being
surprizd
to
see
'em
so
strong●
they
carrid
back
word
that
not
only
Furnes
co●ld
not
be
taken
by
Assault
,
but
that
altho
they
should
Besiege
it
regularly
,
they
found
it
in
such
a
co●dition
,
that
they
would
not
warrant
the
Success
of
the
Seige
.
Upon
this
news
they
lost
all
their
hopes
of
doing
any
good
;
and
Beck
,
never
staying
an●
longer
,
march'd
away
with
seven
Regiments
of
Foot
and
three
of
Horse
,
toward
Demer
and
Neth●
,
to
oppose
the
Hollanders
.
The
rest
return'd
to
encamp
near
N●wport
,
and
Dixmude
,
contenting
themselves
to
save
those
Towns
after
the
loss
of
Dunkirk
.
And
thus
all
their
great
Preparations
,
and
vain
Ostentations
vanish
d
into
Sm●ake●
On
the
other
side
,
the
Prince
,
who
upon
the
General
belief
of
their
coming
to
attack
him●
was
salli'd
out
of
his
Trenches
with
some
Cavalry
to
observe
their
Motion
,
finding
only
the
footste●●
of
their
abandon'd
Lodgments
,
return●d
to
the
Camp
,
and
sent
back
La
Ferte
Seneterre
to
the
Banks
of
the
Lis
,
who
was
come
as
far
as
Berg●●●●
to
be
at
the
Battle
.
While
things
were
in
this
Posture
,
the
Besieged
spurr'd
on
by
their
Valour
,
under
the
leading
of
a
most
excellent
Captain
,
and
in
hopes
of
being
Succour'd
,
every
where
intermixd
Stratagems
of
War
with
couragious
Actions
,
omitting
nothing
that
might
be
serviceable
for
their
Defence
:
they
were
always
either
in
Fight
,
or
hard
at
Work
.
They
disputed
their
Trenches
with
an
incredible
Obstinacy
.
When
the
Besieg'd
had
carrid
'em
,
they
presently
threw
up
others
,
and
still
oppos'd
new
Obstacles
to
the
Besiegers
Armes
,
and
stoppd
their
Victory
at
every
step
they
made
.
They
surmounted
the
Toyles
of
perpetual
Labour
and
Watching
,
and
contemnd
the
Pain
and
Torments
of
Wounds
.
On
the
Besigers
side
,
a
Defence
so
Resolute
,
infusing
despite
and
shame
into
,
the
Soldiers
,
and
Emulation
&
Ambition
into
the
Officers
,
the
French
in
stead
of
being
repulsd
were
more
incens'd
and
encouragd
by
difficulty
and
danger
.
The
Prince
also
lookt
upon
it
as
an
Honour
,
that
the
Siege
should
be
signalizd
with
numerous
and
famous
At●heivements
;
and
knowing
how
much
it
would
redou●d
to
his
Renown
,
with
a
small
Army
and
in
a
few
days
to
subdue
a
Town
sufficiently
able
to
stop
the
Carreer
of
great
Armies
for
a
long
time
,
employ'd
his
utmost
vigour
to
attack
it
,
and
us'd
all
his
ende
vo●rs
to
hasten
the
taking
of
it
.
And
thus
Danger
a●d
Fury
every
where
equally
increas'd
.
After
Moussaye
and
Miossans
were
reliev'd
,
Chabet
who
succeeded
at
the
Attack
of
the
Bastion
,
with
the
Regiment
of
Persan
,
and
300
●olanders
,
gaind
the
Top
of
the
Counters●a●p
.
The
conflict
was
very
hot
;
Molan●re
,
a
Captain
in
Persans
Re●iment
fell
upon
the
spot
.
Malortie
and
du
Fay●
,
his
Companions
and
five
Lievetenants
were
wounded
and
the
work
as
quitted
a
good
while
,
the
Pioneers
having
betaken
themselves
to
their
Heels
:
but
at
length
the
Prin●●
secured
the
Victory
by
his
Presence
,
and
〈◊〉
●odg●men●
to
be
finishd
.
The
Besieged
on
the
other
side
diggd
a
Traverse
on
the
righthand
,
which
would
have
very
much
annoy'd
the
Besiegers
,
if
Caste●●●●
,
who
reliev●d
Chab●t
,
had
not
carryd
it
of
a
suddain
.
On
the
t'other
side
at
the
Attack
of
the
Hornworks
,
〈◊〉
with
the
Regiment
of
Orleance
,
Noirmonstier's
,
and
three
hunder'd
Polanders
gain'd
those
Traverses
,
from
whence
he
drove
the
Enemy
.
Among
the
Dead
,
wa●
found
Bi●e
,
Major
of
the
Regiments
of
Orleance
●
and
three
Lieutenants
wounded
.
Now
in
regard
the
〈◊〉
was
weaker
on
that
side
,
and
for
that
the
Besieged
broke
ground
with
more
diligence
,
they
speedily●
〈◊〉
themselves
behind
three
Redoubts
which
they
environ'd
with
Palisado's
:
But
Roan●●te
,
〈◊〉
the
Guard
,
carri●d
on
three
Sappings
,
and
we●●
on
so
brikly
with
that
d●fficult
labour
,
that
the
Besieged
could
not
have
time
to
fortifie
th●mselves
in
their
new
Enterprise
.
U●●n
the
1st
.
of
Octob.
at
night
,
Noirmonstier
&
Lava●
mounted
the
two
Trenches
,
and
resolvd
together
whatever
it
cost
'em
,
to
make
themselves
Master
of
the
Counterscarp
.
To
which
purpose
Laval
Commanded
the
Regiments
of
Eng.
and
Conty
with
some
Polanders
.
He
divided
to
the
Right
and
Left
the
Officers
&
Soldiers
which
he
resolv'd
should
begin
the
attack
,
&
taking
the
m●ddle
,
with
those
which
he
had
had
ma●e
choice
of
for
himself
,
and
fell
on
pell mell
upon
three
Places
at
once
.
Presently
there
was
nothing
to
be
seen
but
Fire
and
Smoake
,
and
the
Counterscarp
of
the
Bastion
was
gain'd●
but
when
they
began
to
cover
themselves
,
Laval
himself
working
hard
among
the
Soldiers
,
as
he
was
placing
a
Barrel
,
he
was
lay'd
upon
the
Ground
with
a
Musquet
Bullet
that
took
him
in
the
Head
,
and
dy'd
some
few
days
after
of
his
Wound
.
His
loss
was
generally
lamented
by
the
whole
Army
;
and
the
Prince
in
particular
was
deeply
sorrowful
for
his
Death
.
He
was
a
Young
Gentleman
of
an
Illustrious
Family
,
ambitious
of
Honour
,
and
capable
to
have
advanc'd
and
vex'd
to
the
Soul
to
see
Dunkirk
lost
before
their
Eyes
,
that
they
might
omi●
nothing
which
was
to
be
done
,
resolv'd
notwithstanding
the
Wind
was
still
against
●em
,
to
try
what
they
could
do
by
Sea
,
and
by
the
me●ns
of
several
small
Boats
which
they
had
got
ready
,
knowing
that
the
Seamen
were
perfectly
acquainted
with
the
Coast
,
to
put
in
a
considerable
Succour
by
Water
;
whi●h
design
,
if
it
succeeded
,
they
were
in
hopes
,
that
the
bad
weather
,
and
the
Inconveniencies
of
the
Encampment
would
constrain
the
French
to
raise
the
Siege
;
or
at
least
,
that
by
ruining
their
Men
,
the
taking
of
the
City
would
cost
'em
their
Army
.
To
this
purpose
,
they
hir'd
30
Beelands
at
Newport
,
which
they
fill'd
with
their
bravest
Command●rs
and
stoutest
Souldiers
,
and
which
they
set
to
Sea
under
the
Conduct
of
their
most
experie●c'd
Pilots
.
This
Fleet
put
to
Sea
in
stormy
weather
,
every
Body
being
resolv'd
to
surmount
all
difficulties
,
partly
ambitions
of
Honour
,
partly
covetuous
of
Reward
,
and
spurr'd
on
by
all
those
other
Incitements
,
that
usually
inspire
Men
with
Contempt
of
Danger
.
However
,
the
Success
no
way
answerd
their
fruitless
promises
,
and
the
joy
of
the
Dunkirker●
,
tha●
from
the
top
of
their
Walls
beheld●
the
Beelanders
coming
,
soon
turn'd
to
sorrow
.
For
so
soon
as
the
Spaniard●
saw
that
they
were
discover'd
by
the
Hollanders
,
and
that
the
Sea-men
perceiv'd
that
Trump
was
preparing
t●
make
up
to
'em
,
whither
it
were
that
fear
depriv'd
'em
of
their
Judgement
;
or
that
they
could
not
withstand
the
Wind
and
the
Sea
,
as
afterwards
they
said
,
they
betook
themselves
to
flight
,
and
without
making
the
least
Effort
to
weather
the
Storme
,
they
made
all
the
speed
they
could
to
Newport
,
whither
A●donville
chasd
'em
with
the
French
Frigates
.
All
Men
,
well
skill'd
in
Sea
Affairs
,
unanimously
agreed
,
that
tho
many
of
the
Beelands
might
have
been
taken
or
sunk
,
yet
had
they
ventur'd
,
some
might
have
escap'd
and
got
into
the
Place
;
but
it
had
been
to
lit●le
purpose
.
For
the
Town
was
then
so
sorely
press'd
,
tha●
it
m●st
have
been
a
very
considerable
Succour
that
could
have
preservd
it
.
The
Mine
that
had
been
a
delving
under
the
Horn-work
a●l
Night
,
and
all
the
next
Morning
was
found
to
be
15
F●ot
deep
,
and
there
was
no
dou●t
but
the
effect
of
it
would
be
very
great
,
in
a
place
so
proper
as
that
was
.
By
consequence
the
Horn-work
could
hold
out
no
longer
,
and
after
the
loss
of
t●a●
Forti●ication
,
the
Dunkirkers
,
securd
only
by
the
Walls
of
their
old
City
,
and
being
incapable
of
defending
thems●lves
,
would
be
constrain'd
to
Surrender
.
And
Fort●n●
in
this
seconded
the
common
Opinion
,
and
soon
reduc'd
the
B●sieg'd
to
the
utmost
Extremity
.
For
ab●ut
two
of
the
Clock
in
the
Afternoon
the
Mine
was
spr●ng
;
and
such
was
the
violence
of
the
Powder
,
that
of
a
suddain
it
carryd
away
the
Earth
,
and
the
Wall
●hat
were
next
the
Mine
,
and
le●t
a
great
breach
in
one
of
the
sides
of
the
Hornwork
.
Some
lazie
Souldiers
,
surpriz'd
by
the
Fury
of
it
,
w●re
blown
up
into
the
Ayr
,
and
fell
down
half
dismember'd
,
overwhelm'd
with
Stones
,
and
wrapt
up
in
Dust
and
Smoak
.
Pre●ently
Clanleu
orderd
Molondine's
Swisses
to
the
Breach
,
who
finding
it
without
any
defen●e
began
a
Lodgement
.
And
they
had
already
plac'd
40
Barrels
,
when
the
Besieged
powring
out
from
behind
two
Traver●es
,
where
they
had
retir'd
till
the
Mine
was
sprung
,
●inding
there
was
nothing
more
to
be
afraid
of
then
the
ordinary
Risco's
of
War
,
fell
on
desperately
,
and
mangre
all
the
Resistance
of
the
Besiegers
,
drave
'em
from
the
top
of
the
Hornwork
where
they
had
ent●ench'd
themselves
.
The
Switzers
full
of
Indignation
retu●n●d
to
the
Charge
,
and
continud
fighting
a
long
time
with
dubious
Fortune●
At
length
they
fell
to
Handy-strokes
,
which
prov'd
a
cruel
and
desperate
Confl●ct
,
the
Besieged
having
been
accustom'd
to
Victory
,
and
〈…〉
knowing
themselves
lost
,
if
they
lost
〈…〉
.
All
the
while
,
the
Smoak
of
the
〈…〉
from
the
Trenches
and
the
Town
,
〈…〉
and
noise
,
occasion'd
by
the
Conflict
,
having
darkend
the
day
,
and
depriv'd
the
Combata●●s
of
the
knowledge
of
one
another
;
all
of
a
suddain
both
Parties
,
that
believ●d
,
being
each
in
the
same
Confusion
,
that
their
Enemy
had
the
Advantage
,
retreated
on
both
sides
,
and
left
the
Lodgement
in
the
middle
between
'em
quite
abandon'd●
and
this
great
Disorder
lasted
for
two
hours
.
But
at
length
,
the
Skie
being
clear
,
and
all
things
in
a
Calm
,
the
Besiegers
first
began
to
recover
themselves
.
Clanleu
,
then
led
'em
on
again
to
the
Breach
,
where
that
he
might
act
with
more
security
,
and
have
his
Orders
e●ecuted
without
Confusion
,
he
was
willing
they
should
rega●n
the
top
of
the
Lodgement
Barrel
after
Barrel●
and
step
by
step
.
And
thus
he
spent
the
rest
of
the
day
,
the
Enemy
not
daring
to
disturb
him
,
till
Miossans
reliev'd
him
,
and
found
the
Lodgement
almost
brought
to
Perfection●
In
this
Encounter
the
Besiegers
lost
a
Captain
;
two
Lieutenants
were
wounded
,
and
fifty●
Souldiers
either
slain
or
disabl'd
;
the
loss
of
the
besieged
being
equal●
Nor
must
we
omit
the
Death
of
Semur
,
the
more
to
be
pity●d
for
the
oddness
of
the
accident
,
and
for
that
his
Generosity
prov'd
fatal
to
him
,
while
he
lost
his
own
to
preserve
the
Life
of
his
Friend
.
Belloy
and
he
did
the
Duty
of
Serjeants
of
Battel
,
and
with
their
Pikes
in
their
hands
sustain●d
the
fury
of
the
Enemies
Sally
.
They
had
both
an
Esteem
for
each
other
,
and
there
was
no
less
Emulation
between
'em
.
Neither
of
●em
would
be
first
that
fled
from
danger
,
nor
be
the
first
that
●orsook
his
Companion
;
Honour
and
Courage
stopt
●em
in
the
midst
of
Peril
.
In
this
Noble
Contest
,
Belloy
was
struck
down
with
a
Stone
.
Semur
●
never
minding
his
own
Preservation
,
but
running
to
help
him
up
again
receivd
a
Musket
shot
in
his
Thig●●
of
which
●e
dy'd
sometime
after
.
But
Belloy
return'd
to
the
Fight
,
and
the
next
day
was
in
a
Condition
to
do
Service
.
At
the
same
time
that
they
so
warmly
engag'd
at
this
Attack
,
Arnauld
having
mounted
the
Guard
in
the
New
length
,
by
a
Line
of
Communication
,
joynd
the
two
Attacks
to
the
side
of
the
Moat
.
To
that
purpose
he
began
after
one
Sapping
,
to
pierce
it
;
he
orderd
Bavins
to
be
brought
to
fill
up
●he
Moat
,
he
planted
one
piece
of
Canon
convenient
for
Battery
,
with
a
Design
to
preserve
the
Trenches
,
which
running
on
with
less
room
,
as
they
approach'd
the
Place
,
were
the
more
easily
shot
thorough
by
the
Canon
of
the
Enemies
Defences
,
and
therefore
it
was
the
more
necessary
to
play
from
the
Trenches
to
ruine
em
.
Marsin
reliev'd
him
,
with
the
Regiment
of
Persan
,
and
a
Battallion
of
English
,
and
all
that
Night
continu'd
throwing
Faggots
to
fill
up
the
Moat
.
But
in
regard
he
found
it
to
be
very
broad
and
deep
,
and
that
the
Enemy
annoy'd
his
approaches
,
the
Mines
could
not
yet
be
set
to
the
Bastion
;
which
forc'd
him
to
facilitate
the
building
of
the
Bridge
which
led
thither
,
to
raise
a
new
Battery
.
The
same
Night
Miossans
,
with
the
French
Guards
of
Gassions
Brigade
,
made
an
end
of
Lodging
himself
upon
the
Hornwork
,
and
carry'd
on
the
Sapping
to
the
Entrenchment
,
which
the
Enemy
had
already
opposd
against
him
.
Some
Hours
before
day
Picolominy
advancd
along
the
Shoar
to
the
Besiegers
Fortification
of
Piles
and
Stakes
,
and
alarum●d
Gassion's
Quarter
.
For
he
had
been
told
that
he
might
that
way
put
men
into
Dunkirk
,
a●d
retreat
without
any
danger
,
provided
he
kept
his
design
Secret
,
and
that
he
took
the
Advantage
of
the
Night
,
and
the
fall
of
the
Tyde
.
Now
tho
he
knew
that
this
Enterprize
would
not
save
the
Place
,
yet
he
was
oblig'd
to
attempt
it
,
by
reason
of
the
Honour
which
,
would
redound
to
himself
,
either
to
have
reinforc'd
Dunkirk
with
Relief
,
or
to
have
been
the
only
Person
of
all
the
Generals
in
Flanders
,
that
durst
approach
the
Enemies
Entrenchments
.
To
this
purpose
therefore
,
setting
forward
from
Newport
with
500
of
the
best
Troopers
in
his
Army
,
he
march'd
all
Night
in
●o
good
Order
,
and
with
such
a
profound
silence
,
and
his
Guides
had
led
him
so
directly
,
that
he
had
eluded
the
watchfulness
of
the
French
Scouts
,
and
was
got
to
the
S●o●●a●e
without
being
discoverd
.
There
was
then
some
hopes
that
he
might
get
forward
with
his
Men●
But
the
Besiegers
Foot
Guard
,
that
kept
a
diligent
watch
,
with
their
Arms
in
their
hands
,
fir'd
with
that
fury
upon
him
,
that
h●
was
forc'd
to
retreat
.
S●
soon
as
the
Prince
had
notice
of
the
Enemies
approach
,
he
presently
mounted
,
and
Sallying
out
of
the
Lines
,
with
two
Regiments
of
Horse
,
march'd
with
all
the
speed
he
could
above
two
Leagues
,
but
could
not
overtake
'em
.
Picolominy
galloping
away
full
speed
,
as
judging
that
he
should
be
follow'd
,
and
that
he
could
not
avoid
being
defeated
,
if
he
gave
the
Prince
never
so
little
time
to
joyn
him
.
The
Prince
,
from
this
time
forward
,
assur'd
of
the
taking
of
Dunkirk
,
which
only
was
a
work
of
a
little
time
,
and
finding
he
should
have
enough
left
him
either
to
reduce
Dixmuyde
,
or
to
fortifie
Courtray
,
for
his
Winter
Quarters
,
if
he
could
but
oblige
Leda
to
surrender
,
without
prolonging
his
Defence
to
the
last
extremity
;
and
being
desirous
to
spare
some
few
days
for
the
refreshment
of
his
Men
,
resolv●d
to
joyn
Negotiation
with
force
,
and
to
try
if
he
could
hasten
the
end
of
the
Siege
by
a
Conference
.
For
which
purpose
,
he
wrote
to
the
Governour
of
Dunkirk
,
That
having
something
to
impant
to
him
,
in
reference
to
an
Affair
that
concern●d
hi●s●lf
,
and
which
was
of
great
Importance
,
he
dis●●d
leave
to
send
a
Person
of
Quality
to
him
,
who
should
farther
unfold
his
Mind
.
A
Drummer
was
sent
with
this
Letter
,
and
Leda
at
the
same
time
return'd
for
Answer
,
That
he
should
look
upon
such
a
Conference
as
a
very
great
Honour
;
but
that
being
oblig`d
to
give
an
Account
of
his
Actions
to
the
Council
of
Spain
,
and
the
Gener●ls
of
the
Low
Countries
,
he
did
not
judge
it
proper
,
according
to
the
Rules
of
Decency
,
to
admit
a
Person
of
Quali●y
in●●
hi●
Garrison
,
without
Permission
first
obtain`d
.
That
it
would
be
much
better
for
him
〈◊〉
send
●o
the
Camp
,
and
that
if
his
Highness
though●
it
c●●ve●ient●
th●re
should
a
Person
attend
him
the
next
day
to
receive
his
Co●mands
.
The
Prince
having
consented
to
this
Pro●osal
,
〈◊〉
de
Veere
Maj.
Gen.
of
〈◊〉
●s
Army
,
came
the
next
da●
to
the
Camp
,
about
ten
a
Clock
in
the
Morning
.
After
the
usual
Complements
,
the
Prince
coming
close
to
the
Matter
,
told
him
,
That
●●ving
always
had
a
high
Esteem
for
Courage
whereev●●
he
met
it
,
he
had
never
omitted
any
opportunity
to
indulge
it
.
That
●●was
hi●
opinion
that
V●r●●
was
to
be
cherish`d
in
an
Enemy
;
and
that
i●
wa●
but
●ust
for
a
Victor
to
be
favourable
to
the
vanquish`d
,
when
their
Act●●s
deserv`d
it
.
Therefore
th●t
the
Governou●●nd
Officers
who
had
defended
Dunkirk
,
both
deserv`d
and
m●●ht
ex●●ct
from
him
all
manner
of
civil
and
fair
Vsage
,
provided
they
did
not
deba●
themselves
of
the
means
to
receive
it
.
Tha●
it
was
sufficient
for
them
to
have
stopt
him
so
long
before
a
Place
,
which
he
might
much
●●oner
have
subdu`d
,
had
any
others
th●n
themselves
defended
it
.
That
they
had
already
acquir`d
all
the
Honour
they
could
expect
by
the
Siege●
that
they
had
given
absolute
Satisfaction
to
their
Reputation
;
and
therefore
,
that
it
was
now
high
time
for
●em
to
think
of
their
security
,
and
speedily
to
think
of
Capitulating
,
unless
they
had
a
mind
to
ruine
themselves
.
That
it
behov`d
`em
to
consider
that
the
Armies
of
Flanders
not
willing
to
hazrrd
a
Rattel
we
es●parated
;
that
the
Frigates
of
Newport
,
were
fled
after
a
vain
attempt
;
and
that
the
most
vigorou●
defence
they
could
make
hence
forward
would
only
delay
their
Destruction
for
some
few
days
.
However
that
tho
in
this
Condition
they
were
quite
out
of
Hopes
of
any
Succour
,
yet
he
would
be
so
favourable
to
their
Prowess
,
as
to
suffer
`em
to
●●rch
out
of
Dunkirk
with
Honour
.
But
if
they
stay`d
to
the
last
extremity
they
would
constrain
him
,
in
despite
of
his
own
good
Nature
,
to
make
use
of
all
the
severity
of
War
.
Veere
seem`d
to
be
surpriz●d
at
the
Prince`s
Speech
,
&
excusing
himself
for
not
returning
a
Reply
,
in
regard
he
had
no
power
to
treat
,
return`d
to
the
Town
,
with
a
promise
to
inform
Leda
,
and
to
bring
back
his
Answer
before
Night
.
〈…〉
there
were
two
Conjunctures
164●
.
〈…〉
to
〈◊〉
the
Surrender
of
the
〈…〉
it
was
that
Expe●ience
shewed
them
,
〈…〉
to
be
in●●us●ed
with
the
Nego
〈…〉
from
fea●
and
〈…〉
ha●
〈◊〉
formerly
a
〈◊〉
〈…〉
taken
at
the
Battel
where
〈…〉
y
Ma●●●al
Gu●breant
,
and
had
〈…〉
of
his
Parole
.
For
〈…〉
afra●d
of
falling
again
into
their
〈…〉
would
have
done
any
thing
,
rather
〈…〉
second
time
Prisoner
to
Fr●nce
.
〈…〉
he
was
in
Dunkirk
with
five
Re
〈…〉
Artillery
of
L●mboy's
Army
,
and
〈…〉
that
i●
he
lost
those
Men
,
and
his
〈…〉
and
Fortune
of
his
General
,
upon
〈…〉
depended
,
would
very
much
decay●
〈…〉
means
agree
to
such
a
loss
.
Nor
was
〈…〉
to
sacrifice
his
particular
Inter●st
to
the
〈…〉
.
So
that
he
return●d
with
a
resolu
〈…〉
utmost
endeavours
in
persuading
th●
〈…〉
a
Surrender
.
〈…〉
were
not
conceal'd
from
the
Prince
;
〈…〉
he
had
discover'd
the
Trouble
and
〈…〉
that
Ve●re
was
in
,
and
penetrated
the
〈…〉
to
augment
his
Fears
,
to
the
end
〈…〉
the
more
confirm
him
in
his
thoughts
of
a
〈…〉
To
this
purpose
he
made
choice
of
〈…〉
under
colour
of
waiting
upon
Veere
〈…〉
ordered
him
to
accompany
him
to
the
〈…〉
e●trance
into
the
City
.
Pall●au
had
natural
〈…〉
;
and
being
a
Person
of
a
jocund
〈…〉
Conversation
,
he
gets
ground
upon
all
〈…〉
hom
he
converses
,
his
Tongue
being
no
les●
persuasive
,
then
voluble
.
Therefore
having
discour
〈…〉
b●
the
way
,
of
the
extremity
to
which
the
〈…〉
was
reduc'd
,
the
weakness
of
their
Party
,
the
Cl●m●ncy
o●
the
Prince
,
and
●he
stedfastness
of
his
Resolution
,
as
also
of
the
Misfortune
into
which
the
Governor
of
Dunkirk
might
precipitate
himself
;
so
soon
as
he
began
to
find
him
wavering
,
he
fell
insensibly
to
talk
of
Lamboy's
men
,
and
the
hardships
of
Imprisonment
;
and
feigning
to
be
concern'd
out
of
a
Principle
of
Honour
and
Generosity
,
in
the
Misfortunes
that
threatn'd
him
,
he
manag'd
his
discourse
so
dexterously
,
that
he
never
left
him
,
till
he
judg'd
him
absolutely
resolv'd
to
sollicit
a
Surrender
.
With
such
a
rapidness
is
the
mind
of
man
transported
with
the
impressions
of
fear
;
and
so
true
it
is
,
that
Reason
serves
only
to
augment
the
belief
of
Danger
,
when
a
man
is
once
dismay'd
with
the
terror
of
it
.
Being
enter'd
the
Place
,
he
found
Leda
perusing
Letters
which
the
Spanish
Generals
had
sent
him
by
a
Frigat
from
Newport
,
which
had
stole
into
the
Harbour
in
the
night
time
,
the
Wind
and
Tide
favouring
him
.
Those
Letters
were
stuff'd
with
high
Encomiums
of
his
Prowess
,
and
with
great
Promises
encourag'd
him
to
hold
out
some
few
days
longer
.
And
he
seem'd
willing
to
prepare
himself
for
it
;
flattering
himself
with
an
Opinion
,
that
he
should
do
the
King
of
Spain
a
great
piece
of
service
;
and
with
hopes
,
that
the
Generals
would
not
fail
of
their
Promises
.
But
after
Veere
had
made
it
out
to
him
,
That
they
did
but
delude
him
,
That
there
was
nothing
to
be
expected
from
the
inability
of
Spain
;
That
all
the
Defence
he
could
make
,
would
be
to
little
purpose
;
That
it
would
but
exasperate
the
Prince
;
and
that
it
behov'd
him
to
prepare
for
a
long
Imprisonment
in
an
Enemy's
Country
,
if
he
refus'd
to
capitulate
.
These
Considerations
,
together
with
one
more
,
which
was
the
chiefest
;
and
that
was
,
that
he
might
preserve
an
Army
for
the
defence
of
his
Partyy
,
by
preserving
his
Garison
compos'd
of
a
great
number
of
Officers
,
the
loss
of
which
would
not
be
easily
repair'd
,
in
the
miserable
condition
to
which
Poverty
and
long
Wars
had
reduc'd
Military
Discipline
;
all
these
Reasons
,
I
say
,
bow'd
his
haughty
mind
,
and
made
him
resolve
upon
a
Capitulation
.
And
being
thus
determin'd
,
he
sent
back
Veere
to
capitulate
,
with
express
Orders
to
gain
as
much
time
as
he
could
,
in
expectation
of
being
succour'd
by
the
Spaniards
:
Being
desirous
to
do
that
honour
to
the
Arms
of
the
King
his
Master
,
though
he
expected
nothing
from
them
;
and
the
better
to
justify
his
surrendring
the
place
,
by
the
more
sufficient
Testimony
of
their
Disability
.
He
also
wrote
at
the
same
time
to
the
Generals
,
of
his
intended
Capitulation
,
and
inform'd
them
of
the
Reasons
which
oblig'd
him
to
it
.
Among
other
things
,
That
he
was
unwilling
,
when
it
could
not
be
any
advantage
or
honour
to
them
,
for
five
or
six
days
holding
out
longer
,
to
venture
his
being
made
a
Prisoner
of
War
in
his
old
Age
,
and
when
he
was
almost
worn
out
in
the
King's
Service
;
nevertheless
,
That
if
they
could
be
certain
to
relieve
him
within
ten
or
twelve
days
,
he
would
do
his
utmost
till
that
time
:
otherwise
that
it
would
be
but
a
fruitless
waste
of
time
and
good
Soldiers
.
But
this
last
point
of
relieving
the
Place
was
more
difficult
to
execute
,
then
promise
.
For
on
the
Marshal's
side
,
Sicot
,
with
the
Regiments
of
Orleans
and
Noirmonster
,
had
driven
the
Enemy
from
their
last
Intrenchment
upon
the
Hornwork
;
so
that
there
remain'd
no
more
then
to
carry
on
their
Approaches
to
the
side
of
the
Moat
of
the
Old
Town
.
In
the
attack
of
the
Bastion
also
,
where
Vignaut
,
Serjeant
of
Battel
,
was
kill'd
,
the
greatest
Difficulties
were
surmounted
.
Moussaye
,
who
led
the
Regiments
of
Anguien
and
Tabert
,
and
a
Battalion
of
English
,
had
finish'd
the
Bridge
of
Fagots
,
and
was
raedy
to
set
the
Miners
to
work
.
So
that
the
Promises
made
to
the
Governour
,
had
more
of
noise
then
solidity
;
more
of
show
than
truth
.
Towards
night
therefore
Veere
return'd
with
a
power
to
capitulate
;
and
immediately
the
Duke
gave
order
to
Balluaw
,
and
Arnaud
,
men
of
understanding
,
and
long
experience
in
War
,
to
treat
with
him
.
After
some
Contests
and
Disputes
,
at
length
the
Articles
of
Composition
were
agreed
,
whereby
among
other
usual
things
it
was
concluded
,
That
all
the
Marks
of
Honour
should
be
allow'd
the
Governor
and
the
Soldiers
;
That
Lamboy's
Regiments
should
march
out
with
their
Artillery
;
That
the
Spanish
Armies
should
have
three
days
time
to
succour
Dunkirk
;
which
if
they
did
not
do
by
that
time
,
the
Town
should
be
surrender'd
to
the
Prince
.
This
Capitulation
was
forthwith
sign'd
by
the
Prince
,
and
the
Governour
.
At
the
same
time
also
Hostages
were
deliver'd
by
the
Garison
,
by
Lamboy's
Regiments
,
and
the
Townsmen
:
and
so
without
any
more
ado
,
Veere
departed
for
Nieuport
,
where
he
was
in
hopes
to
meet
the
Governour
.
That
night
the
French
Officers
that
were
upon
the
Guard
,
went
on
with
their
Approaches●
In
the
Marshal's
Attack
,
Roanette
,
with
the
Swiss
Guards
,
and
Bournonvil●es
Wall●ons
carry'd
on
the
Approaches
even
with
the
superficies
of
the
Water
of
the
Moat
of
the
Old
Town
.
In
the
other
Attack
,
Chabot
,
with
the
Regiments
of
Cont●
and
Albret
,
with
a
Battalion
of
Polanders
,
retook
some
Traverses
,
whither
the
Enemy
were
return'd
.
But
Fortune
usually
crossing
Felicity
,
at
the
very
instant
that
the
assurance
of
the
Capitulation
seem'd
to
warrant
that
all
the
danger
was
over
,
and
that
the
Besiegers
were
ready
to
reap
the
Fruit
of
their
Victory
;
and
that
Chabot
,
having
given
his
last
Directions
,
was
re-passing
the
Bridge
in
order
to
retire
,
he
was
struck
in
the
Head
with
some
pieces
of
a
Granado
,
and
dy'd
of
his
Wound
in
a
few
days
after
.
This
Accident
was
the
occasion
of
no
small
grief
to
the
Prince
,
who
had
always
rank'd
him
in
the
number
of
his
most
familiar
Friends
.
As
for
his
part
,
he
shew'd
a
great
Resolution
at
his
death
;
no
way
daunted
at
the
expectation
of
it
,
and
contemning
i●
when
it
came
.
In
the
mean
time
Truces
were
made
,
and
all
the
Approaches
were
strongly
guarded
,
till
Veere
return'd
,
that
nothing
might
be
attempted
afresh
.
Two
days
after
he
return'd
no
ways
deceiv'd
in
the
success
of
his
Journey
,
from
which
there
was
nothing
to
be
hop'd
for
,
and
which
he
had
undertaken
only
to
keep
up
the
Reputation
of
his
Party
,
and
to
admonish
his
Generals
to
provide
for
all
those
Places
,
upon
which
the
Prince
is
most
likely
to
turn
his
Victorious
Arms
after
the
Surrender
of
Dunkirk
.
And
now
the
time
for
relieving
the
Town
being
just
ready
to
expire
,
in
the
evening
of
the
third
day
Veere
deliver'd
up
into
the
Prince's
hands
all
the
New
Town
;
and
Miossans
,
who
then
commanded
in
his
turn
,
enter'd
the
Place
with
two
Squadrons
of
Horse
,
and
six
hundred
Foot
taken
out
of
the
Battalions
of
French
Guards
,
and
the
Switzers
of
Gassions
Brigade
.
Which
done
,
he
march'd
to
take
possession
of
Ni●uport
Gate
of
the
Old
Town
.
'T
is
true
,
that
Governour
made
some
scruple
of
yielding
up
the
Gate
:
but
at
last
,
being
oblig'd
to
it
by
his
Capitulation
,
the
Soldiers
became
Masters
of
it
,
and
there
stood
all
the
night
under
their
Arms
,
within
a
Pikes
length
of
the
Enemy
.
The
next
day
,
being
the
11th
of
October
,
the
Garison
began
to
march
forth
about
Eight
of
the
Clock
in
the
Morning
.
The
Prince
also
,
not
so
much
out
of
ostentation
,
as
to
prevent
Disorders
,
and
to
see
Leda
,
for
whom
he
had
a
high
esteem
,
plac'd
himself
upon
the
way
through
which
they
were
to
pass
.
A
hundred
and
fifty
Horse
appear'd
first
of
all
,
be-being
follow'd
by
Lamboy's
five
Regiments
;
after
which
came
the
Baggage
,
and
then
the
Artillery
belonging
to
the
Germans
,
and
two
Pieces
of
the
City
Cannon
,
according
to
the
Articles
;
the
Spanish
Infan●ry
march'd
after
the
Great
Guns
,
and
a
hundred
and
fifty
Horse
brought
up
the
Reer
.
Leda
came
last
,
mounted
upon
a
good
Horse
,
and
accompanied
with
the
Principal
Officers
.
So
soon
as
he
perceiv'd
the
Prince
,
he
alighted
,
and
accosted
Him
with
a
profound
Respect
.
On
the
other
side
,
The
Prince
,
who
was
also
alighted
from
his
Horse
,
so
soon
as
the
Governour
came
pretty
near
him
,
receiv'd
him
very
civilly
.
After
the
first
Complements
,
and
a
great
number
of
Reciprocal
Encomiums
,
as
the
Governour
was
ready
to
retire
,
the
Prince
stopp'd
him
,
and
invited
him
to
stay
and
see
the
Garison
which
he
intended
to
put
into
Dunkirk
.
Presently
Norssmonstier
,
who
had
the
leading
of
'em
,
advanc'd
at
the
head
of
the
Battalions
of
French
Guards
of
Ranza●'s
Brigade
,
the
Regiments
of
Piemont
and
Orleans
,
Molonden's
Switzers
,
and
Cabree's
Polonians
.
These
Bodies
march'd
one
after
another
,
and
with
the
Foot
that
enter'd
the
day
before
,
made
two
thousand
four
hundred
men
,
of
the
stoutest
in
the
Army
.
While
they
march'd
along
,
and
that
the
Prince
was
discoursing
with
the
Governour
,
the
latter
comparing
to
himself
the
Fortune
of
the
Siege
of
Maestricht
with
his
present
Condition
,
and
the
great
Qualities
of
two
famous
Captains
that
had
vanquish'd
him
,
could
not
chuse
but
admire
the
Prince
.
Puissant
Armies
,
abundance
of
all
things
,
length
of
time
,
had
render'd
Frederick
Henry
of
Nassau
Victorious
.
But
here
the
Prince
,
with
a
slender
Army
,
pinch'd
for
want
of
Necessaries
,
in
a
short
time
had
by
his
Prudence
and
Courage
within
thirty
days
accomplish'd
what
the
Hollanders
were
three
Months
bringing
to
pass
.
The
Garison
being
march'd
by
,
Leda
took
his
leave
of
the
Prince
,
who
order'd
him
the
Queen
's
Gens
d'
Armes
,
commanded
by
Franquerot
,
to
conduct
him
to
Nieuport
,
and
then
made
his
Entry
into
Dunkirk
.
He
found
in
the
Magazines
a
good
quantity
of
Powder
,
Match
,
Bullets
,
Arms
,
Corn
,
Forage
,
and
other
sorts
of
Provision
and
Ammunition
.
Upon
the
Fortifications
several
Pieces
of
Brass
Cannon
,
and
a
great
number
of
Iron
Pieces
;
and
in
the
Port
,
two
great
Vessels
,
three
Flutes
,
and
thirteen
Frigats
,
or
rather
Privateers
,
which
kept
the
Western
Seas
of
France
in
a
shameful
subjection
:
it
being
easie
by
all
this
to
see
,
that
the
Besieged
had
store
of
all
things
necessary
for
their
Defence
,
and
that
Valour
only
had
tam'd
them
.
Thus
ended
the
Siege
of
Dunkirk
,
at
a
time
when
all
E●rope
had
their
Eyes
fix'd
upon
the
Prince
.
But
among
so
many
Nations
that
beheld
with
astonishment
the
Wonders
of
his
Life
,
there
was
none
but
acknowledg'd
that
his
Fortune
was
beneath
his
Virtue
,
and
his
Prowess
.
The
End
of
the
Second
Book
.
Memoirs
,
&c.
The
THIRD
BOOK
.
THE
Siege
of
Dunkirk
was
no
sooner
at
an
end
,
What
the
Prince
did
after
the
Siege
of
Dunkirk
.
but
the
Duke
took
a
Resolution
to
besiege
Menene
.
Nevertheless
,
considering
that
the
Season
was
too
far
spent
to
undertake
that
Conquest
,
he
only
sent
Gassion
with
his
Army
toward
the
Abby
of
Lenzi
,
to
see
whether
some
Attempt
might
not
be
made
upon
Dixmude
,
of
which
he
had
a
Design
to
make
himself
Master
,
to
the
end
he
might
in
those
Quarters
refresh
some
part
of
his
men
:
But
that
Enterprize
not
appearing
feasible
,
he
set
forward
and
encamp'd
at
Hondescott
,
by
reason
of
the
abundance
of
Forage
,
after
he
had
set
his
men
at
work
,
to
repair
as
well
as
they
could
the
Breaches
of
Dunkirk
,
and
strengthen'd
that
Place
with
Men
and
Ammunition
sufficient
,
and
put
in
two
Convoys
into
Courtray
;
one
of
which
he
conducted
himself
through
a
Thousand
Dangers
.
After
which
,
having
receiv'd
Orders
to
lay
up
his
Men
in
their
Winter
Quarters
,
he
distributed
his
Forces
according
to
his
Orders
;
leading
himself
into
Champaign
that
part
of
the
Army
which
he
commanded
in
Person
,
before
he
join'd
the
Duke
of
Orleans
.
The
Government
of
Dunkirk
was
join'd
to
that
of
Berguen
,
as
well
for
that
Dunkirk
belongs
to
the
Castellame
of
Berguen
,
as
because
that
time
out
of
mind
,
they
who
commanded
in
the
las●
place
,
were
always
Masters
of
the
Sluce
that
lies
at
the
Gates
of
Dunkirk
,
and
is
that
through
which
they
let
in
the
Sea
,
to
drown
all
the
Countrey
when
they
please
.
And
these
two
Governments
were
conferred
upon
Marshal
Ranzau
,
which
equally
surpriz'd
all
people
;
in
regard
that
no
body
question'd
but
that
the
Court
would
have
cast
their
eyes
upon
Mareschal
de
Gassion
,
who
had
so
highly
signaliz'd
himself
in
the
Siege
of
that
place
,
and
who
had
moreover
those
Personal
Qualities
which
Ranzau
wanted
.
But
this
was
not
the
only
vexation
that
mortified
Gassion
after
the
Siege
of
Dunkirk
;
for
out
of
a
Capricio
of
his
unlucky
star
,
he
would
needs
embroil
himself
with
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
who
had
a
great
value
for
him
,
and
had
procur'd
him
a
Marshal's
Battoon
,
in
despite
of
Cardinal
Mazarine
,
who
had
no
kindness
for
him
.
This
hapned
a
little
before
the
Armies
separated
,
and
upon
this
occasion
.
Gassion
had
taken
with
his
own
hand
,
during
the
Siege
,
Gassion
quarrels
with
the
Prince
.
an
Officer
,
one
of
Lamboy's
Battel-Marshals
,
whom
the
Duke
had
promis'd
to
restore
to
his
Collonel
;
and
the
thing
had
been
done
as
the
Duke
desir'd
;
but
it
was
Gassion's
Fate
to
embroil
himself
at
that
very
instant
,
with
a
Prince
who
till
then
had
been
his
Protector
,
and
upon
whose
Affection
depended
his
Good
or
Bad
Fortune
.
For
in
regard
the
Prisoner
had
his
Liberty
upon
his
Parole
,
the
Captain
of
the
Guards
could
not
meet
with
him
time
enough
to
present
him
to
his
Collonel
so
soon
as
he
desi●'d
.
Upon
which
,
the
Collonel
meeting
Gassion
presently
a●ter
,
gave
him
some
hard
words
,
and
Gassion
,
without
question
,
gave
him
as
good
as
he
brought
.
But
however
it
were
,
the
Officer
complain'd
to
the
Duke
,
That
Gassion
took
no
notice
of
his
Orders
,
and
●e●used
to
release
his
Prisoner
.
It
may
be
easily
imagin'd
,
how
this
wrought
with
the
Duke
of
Engnien
,
who
was
naturally
proud
and
haughty
;
nor
could
he
the●efore
●estrain
his
Choler
;
so
that
the
Marshal
coming
presently
after
to
wait
upon
him
at
his
Lodgi●g
,
he
●iercely
told
him
,
That
he
would
make
him
obey
his
Orders
as
well
as
the
meanest
Soldier
in
the
Army
.
The
Marshal
,
who
expected
nothing
less
,
was
strangely
surpriz'd
:
However
,
he
did
not
appear
to
be
much
concern'd
,
in
hopes
he
might
have
been
permitted
immediately
to
have
justify'd
himself
,
as
it
had
been
easie
for
him
to
do
.
But
the
Duke
would
no●
suffer
him
to
clear
his
Innocency
:
He
turn'd
his
back
upon
him
with
an
●●gry
scorn
,
and
would
not
hearken
to
any
of
his
Ex●●ses
:
So
that
the
Marshal
was
fain
to
depart
the
Chamber
,
after
a
profound
Reverence
,
not
being
able
to
obtain
leave
to
speak
so
much
●s
one
word
for
himself
.
No
question
but
the
Duke
was
afterwards
better
inform'd
of
what
had
passed
between
the
Marshal
and
the
Collonel
.
But
however
it
were
,
the
Prince
found
that
he
had
treated
too
imperiously
a
Marshal
of
France
,
and
a
Person
signally
accomplish'd
;
and
ou●
of
a
Generosity
,
the
more
worthy
of
praise
,
because
it
was
voluntary
,
he
would
needs
give
the
Marshal
a
Visit
some
days
after
,
to
make
amends
for
the
Heats
of
his
Passion
.
He
talked
to
him
at
first
conc●●ning
●
Convoy
,
and
some
other
Affairs
,
yet
all
the
while
affected
an
obliging
Discourse
,
wherein
he
inte●nix'd
some
hints
which
were
in
a
manner
some
sort
of
Excuses
.
But
the
Marshal
vext
to
the
Soul
,
and
therefore
making
no
Answer
to
the
Dukes
familiar
Civilities
but
with
some
certain
cold
Complements
,
the
Duke
resuming
his
former
Haughtiness
,
told
him
,
That
he
in
vain
pretended
to
set
up
for
a
great
Captain
,
and
one
that
the
Kingdom
stood
in
need
of●
and
that
he
would
have
him
to
know
,
that
he
look'd
upon
him
to
be
no
better
than
a
hairbrain'd
Corporal
,
and
one
whose
Service
he
could
easily
be
without
.
After
which
,
he
flung
out
of
door
,
not
without
letting
fall
some
Threatning
Expressions
as
he
went
.
From
which
time
forward
,
the
Duke
ceased
to
be
his
Friend
,
and
sate
heavy
upon
his
skirts
.
The
D.
of
Breze
slain
.
In
the
Month
of
May
,
the
Duke
of
Breze
,
Admiral
of
France
,
and
Governor
of
Brouage
,
and
other
places
,
had
laid
Siege
to
Orbitello
,
which
he
attack'd
by
Sea
and
Land
:
But
a
Month
after
the
Siege
was
laid
,
the
Spanish
Fleet
,
commanded
by
Pementel
,
much
stronger
then
the
French
,
appear'd
with
a
design
to
succour
the
Besieged
;
at
what
time
both
Fleets
met
,
and
there
hapned
an
Engagement
which
lasted
three
days
;
wherein
,
to
say
truth
,
the
French
had
the
Advantage
,
but
the
Admiral
was
slain
with
a
Cannon
Shot
.
Great
Solicitations
for
the
D.
of
Breze's
Employments
for
the
D.
of
Enguien
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
us'd
all
his
endeavous
to
obtain
the
Duke
of
Breze's
Employments
for
his
Son
the
Duke
of
Enguien
;
and
his
Demand
was
but
reasonable
;
for
the
Duke
of
Enguien
being
Brother-in-Law
to
the
Duke
of
Breze
,
pretended
to
them
of
course
:
But
his
Merit
did
an
injury
to
his
Claim
;
so
many
famous
Atchievements
,
and
the
Reputation
he
had
acquir'd
,
to
be
one
of
the
greatest
Captains
of
his
Time
,
render'd
him
suspected
to
the
Court
,
or
rather
to
Cardinal
Mazarine
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
,
his
Father
,
the
most
Politick
Courtier
in
the
Kingdom
,
le●t
nothing
omitted
either
with
the
Queen
or
his
Eminency
,
to
bring
about
his
Design
.
However
,
Cardinal
Mazarine
having
some
reason
to
dread
the
Consequences
that
might
attend
this
Refusal
,
he
thought
it
requisite
to
assure
himself
of
some
Persons
in
the
Army
that
had
both
Wit
and
Courage
,
who
in
case
of
necessity
might
be
able
to
sustain
the
King's
Authority
among
the
Soldiers
,
against
the
Credit
of
the
Incensed
Prince
.
To
which
purpose
he
cast
his
eye
upon
Marshal
de
Gassion
,
whom
he
caus'd
to
be
buzz'd
in
the
ear
with
a
thousand
false
stories
to
engage
him
to
his
Party
.
Nor
was
this
all
;
he
caused
the
Abbot
de
la
Riviere
,
one
of
the
Duke
of
Orleans's
Favourites
,
a
man
fit
for
any
mischief
,
to
act
his
part
;
who
to
augment
the
Duke●s
Hatred
of
Gassion
,
protested
to
him
with
an
Oath
,
that
Gassion
had
taken
upon
him
,
without
any
scruple
,
the
Execution
of
an
Order
against
his
Person
;
and
that
he
had
boasted
how
sedulously
he
would
see
it
perform'd
.
Now
tho
the
Duke
of
Enguien
very
much
contemn'd
the
Abbot
de
la
Raviera
,
The
Prince
leagues
himself
with
the
D.
of
Or●leance
.
yet
he
gave
credit
to
his
words
;
and
finding
himself
in
such
a
conjuncture
wherein
he
was
absolutely
necessary
for
his
purpose
,
because
he
had
an
ascendant
over
his
Master
,
and
knew
all
the
Secrets
of
the
Court
,
he
made
a
shew
of
having
so
great
a
veneration
for
his
Counsels
,
that
the
Abbot
promis'd
him
to
be
intirely
devoted
to
his
Interests
.
Now
the
Duke
of
Enguien
at
that
time
had
fasten'd
a
most
strict
Tye
of
Friendship
with
the
Duke
of
Orleance
.
But
such
a
Union
could
never
last
long
,
without
the
Cement
and
Communication
of
a
Favourite
;
so
that
't
was
necessary
for
the
Duke
,
notwithstanding
his
scorn
of
the
Abbot
,
to
enter
into
a
Correspondency
with
him
,
and
to
shew
him
some
outward
Marks
of
his
Good
Will
and
Esteem
,
of
which
he
thought
him
otherwise
altogether
unworthy
.
However
,
the
Abbot
betray'd
him
,
for
that
Cardina●
Mazarine
sooth'd
him
up
with
the
hopes
of
a
Cardinal's
Cap.
Thus
the
Prince
was
●ain
to
be
treacherous
to
his
own
sentiments
,
and
to
set
all
Engines
imaginable
at
work
,
but
all
in
vain
;
for
it
was
impossible
for
him
to
obtain
the
Duke
of
Breze's
Employments
.
About
the
same
time
also
his
Father
the
Prince
of
Conde
died
;
The
Pr.
of
Conde
,
the
Father
,
dies
.
that
is
to
say
,
upon
the
26
th
.
of
December
.
But
the
Cardinal
,
The
Pr.
of
Conde
has
the
Command
of
the
Army
.
who
mistrusted
the
Union
of
the
Duke
o●
Orleance
and
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
found
the
way
quickly
to
part
them
asunder
again
:
He
caus'd
the
Duke
of
Orleance
to
be
call'd
home
,
and
left
the
Prince
of
Conde
with
the
Army
(
for
now
we
must
no
longer
call
him
the
Duke
of
Enguien
)
;
and
because
the
Prince
should
have
no
reason
to
complain
of
him
,
he
caus'd
the
sole
Command
of
the
Army
to
be
conferr'd
upon
him
.
The
Prince
saw
well
enough
,
that
the
Cardinal
play'd
him
soul
play
;
but
in
regard
there
was
no
remedy
,
and
for
that
he
preferr'd
Honour
before
Riches
,
he
forgot
the
refusal
of
the
Employments
he
desir'd
,
and
gladly
accepted
the
Command
of
the
Army
.
Nevertheless
,
after
the
Death
of
the
Prince
his
Father
,
The
Pr●
succeeds
in
his
Father's
Employments
.
he
took
possession
of
the
High
Stewardship
of
the
King's
Houshold
,
as
also
of
the
Governments
of
Burgundy
,
Bresse
,
Berry
,
and
some
other
places
;
which
he
gave
the
Court
to
understand
that
he
desir'd
.
How
much
disgusted
soever
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
against
the
Cardinal
and
the
Court
,
yet
certain
it
was
,
that
his
Generosity
,
and
the
Respect
which
he
bare
to
the
Queen
,
had
oblig'd
him
to
dissemble
it
;
but
his
presence
still
alarum'd
both
the
Queen
and
the
Cardinal
:
'T
was
concluded
therefore
,
that
he
should
be
removed
from
the
Court
;
who
taking
advantage
of
the
conjuncture
of
Affairs
in
Catalonia
,
which
were
in
some
disorder
,
by
reason
that
the
Valour
of
the
Count
of
Harcour●
had
met
with
a
Rub
,
he
was
sent
into
that
Countrey
under
the
Character
of
a
Viceroy
,
and
departed
in
April
,
1647.
1647.
The
Pr.
of
Conde
goes
to
command
the
Army
in
Catalonia
.
The
City
of
Bar●elona
was
so
overjoy'd
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
come
to
Command
the
King's
Army
in
that
Province
,
that
the
Magistrates
made
a
Present
of
a
Chain
of
Gold
to
the
person
that
brought
them
the
News
.
As
for
the
Prince
himself
,
he
was
no
sooner
arriv'd
in
Catalonia
,
but
he
laid
Siege
to
Lerida
●
He
besieges
Lerida
,
and
raises
the
Siege
.
but
he
could
not
carry
the
place
,
which
the
year
before
had
stopt
the
Count
of
Harcourt
:
He
gave
Assault
upon
Assault
;
but
foreseeing
that
Enterprize
would
cost
him
too
much●
Time
,
and
too
many
Men
,
he
quitted
it
.
In
short
,
the
Garison
of
L●rida
was
extremely
strong
;
and
the
Spaniards
had
an
Army
of
Twelve
thousand
men
not
far
from
the
place
;
and
the
Forces
which
he
commanded
were
nothing
near
so
numerous
.
Moreover
Lerida
had
for
some
time
put
a
stop
to
that
Rapidness
with
which
he
was
wont
to
cary
all
that
stood
before
him
.
But
this
was
only
a
disadvantage
in
appearance
,
and
the
raising
of
the
Siege
was
not
only
honourable
but
beneficial
to
France
.
He
made
it
manifest
at
that
time
,
that
his
Head
and
his
Heart
acted
by
Concert
;
for
by
that
means
he
preserv'd
an
Army
,
with
which
he
made
considerable
Expeditions
the
same
year
;
for
the
6th
.
of
October
he
laid
Siege
to
the
City
and
Castle
of
Ager
,
He
besieges
and
takes
the
City
and
Castle
of
Ager
.
upon
the
Frontiers
of
Aragon
;
immediately
he
caus'd
the
Trench
to
be
carried
on
,
and
ad●anc'd
his
Approaches
so
far
in
three
nights
,
that
a
part
of
his
men
lodg'd
themselves
upon
the
side
of
the
Moat
of
the
Castle
,
where
he
rais'd
two
Batteries
,
in
the
mean
time
he
fortified
all
the
Fords
of
the
Rivers
,
and
Passages
of
the
Mountains
,
to
hinder
the
Spanish
Army
from
relieving
the
place
.
The
9
th
.
the
Cannon
having
made
a
convenient
Breach
,
he
gave
so
vigorous
,
an
Assault
,
that
the
City
and
Castle
were
both
taken
.
This
Conquest
was
very
considerable
;
for
besides
that
the
Scituation
of
the
City
and
Castle
were
very
advantageous
,
it
secur'd
Ballaguier
,
and
facilitated
an
Entrance
into
Aragon
.
But
this
was
not
all●
while
the
French
were
busied
in
this
Siege
,
the
Spaniards
attack'd
Constantia
;
but
they
could
not
make
themselves
Masters
of
it
,
notwithstanding
the
vigorous
Onsets
which
they
made
:
The
Prince
enforc'd
them
twice
to
raise
the
Siege
of
that
place
,
and
constrain'd
their
Army
to
shelter
themselves
under
the
Walls
of
Lerida
,
after
he
had
defeated
above
Fifteen
hundred
of
their
Men
,
and
taken
a
good
part
of
their
Baggage
and
Cannon
.
At
this
time
France
made
a
Peace
with
the
Empire
;
but
it
was
absolutely
impossible
to
agree
with
Spain
,
notwithstanding
all
the
endeavours
of
the
Duke
of
Longuevill●
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Plenipotentiaries
which
the
Court
sent
to
Munster
;
and
the
Continuation
of
the
War●
expos'd
the
Kingdom
to
excessive
Expences
;
so
that
for
supplying
the
Charges
,
the
Court
was
constrain'd
to
set
forth
several
Edicts
for
the
raising
of
Money
.
The
Original
of
the
Troubles
in
France
.
And
those
were
the
Edicts
which
were
carried
to
the
Parliament
,
who
oppos'd
their
Verification
,
and
which
were
the
first
occasion
of
the
people●s
Discontents
,
the
cause
of
the
Alienation
of
their
Affections
;
and
were
the
grounds
of
the
first
Motions
of
that
Civil
War
which
all
the
world
has
heard
of●
and
which
had
like
to
have
ruin'd
France
,
during
the
Minority
of
Lewis
XIV
.
1648.
We
shall
not
here
give
a
particular
Account
of
it
;
we
shall
only
tell
you
,
That
those
Edicts
which
were
suggested
by
Mazarine
,
being
laid
to
heart
by
the
Sovereign
Courts
,
the
Third
Estate
,
and
the
people
,
the
Chamber
of
Accounts
of
the
Court
of
Aids
,
united
together
,
to
try
whether
they
could
by
their
Unanimity
prevent
Cardinal
Mazarine
from
overwhelming
the
Kingdom
.
This
Union
,
by
which
the
Sovereign
Courts
went
about
to
enable
themselves
to
balance
the
Royal
Authority
,
or
rather
the
Power
of
the
Cardinal
,
could
not
but
be
ungrateful
to
the
Court
,
which
was
govern'd
by
that
Minister
;
and
therefore
by
a
Declaration
of
the
King
's
,
those
Societies
were
●orbid
to
assemble
,
but
apart
by
themselves
;
and
the
King
himself
deliver'd
the
Declaration
;
and
the
Awe
which
the
King's
Presence
imprinted
in
the
Parliament
,
procured
the
Verification
of
the
Declaration
.
But
this
did
no
way
hinder
the
Parliament
from
reserving
to
themselves
the
Power
of
Examining
it
.
In
short
,
the
next
day
there
hapned
a
great
Dispute
among
the
Members
of
the
Parliament●
Some
there
were
who
maintain'd
,
That
in
regard
the
Declaration
prohibited
their
Meetings
,
they
were
blindly
to
obey
it
,
because
it
was
the
King
〈…〉
Others
upheld
the
contrary
,
That
the
〈…〉
not
hinder
their
meeting
in
such
a
〈…〉
ey
had
done
,
in
regard
they
only
met
〈…〉
good
of
the
State
.
To
which
they
added
,
〈…〉
ook
his
advantage
of
the
King
's
Mi●o●i●●
,
and
made
it
his
business
,
while
the
Sun
〈◊〉
to
enrich
himself
at
the
Expence
of
the
Kingd●●●●
This
division
of
Opinions
exasperated
their
〈◊〉
and
every
one
supported
his
Party
with
so
〈◊〉
heat
,
that
from
that
dispute
it
was
,
that
the
Ni●●
n●●es
of
Mazarinians
and
Frondeurs
or
Slingers
,
〈◊〉
their
O●iginal
.
They
that
would
have
the
D●cla●ation
l●terally
obey'd
,
were
call'd
Mazarinians
;
and
they
that
were
of
a
contrary
judgment
,
were
call'd
Fro●deu●s
.
In
the
midst
of
these
Transactions
,
the
Spaniards
,
who
were
not
ignorant
of
what
pass'd
in
France
,
were
willing
to
make
the
best
advantage
of
these
Disorders
.
〈◊〉
duke
Leopold
,
Governour
of
the
Low-Countries
,
and
Generalissimo
of
the
Spanish
Armies
in
those
Quar●ers
,
waited
only
for
the
Spring
to
take
the
Field
;
and
knowing
that
the
French
had
taken
up
their
Winter-Quarters
far
from
Cou●tray
,
he
lay'd
a
design
to
besiege
that
place
.
Beck
,
and
the
Governour
of
Oudenard
,
undertook
that
Expedition●
But
Pal●●●
having
forc'd
their
Lines
,
oblig'd
'em
to
〈◊〉
,
tho
they
had
already
gain'd
one
of
the
Half-Moon●
.
But
the
Court
desirous
to
oppose
a
good
General
against
the
Arch-Duke
,
cast
their
eyes
upon
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
Upon
which
he
set
forward
for
Flanders
●
and
so
soon
as
the
season
would
permit
him
to
take
the
Field
,
he
resolv'd
to
●ay
Siege
to
Ypres
.
The
Pr.
of
Conde
besieges
Ypres
.
It
was
a
hold
Attempt
,
in
regard
that
Town
being
in
the
midst
of
Flanders
,
might
easily
be
reliev'd
;
besides
,
that
the
Spanish
Army
was
very
numerous
.
But
●ll
these
Considerations
could
not
stop
him
:
His
〈◊〉
and
his
good●
Fortune
made
him
look
upon
all
Enterprizes
to
be
easie
.
The
Forces
also
that
lay
toward
the
Sea
,
had
Orders
to
join
him
,
under
the
Command
of
Marshal
Ranzau
.
Moreover
,
he
detach'd
Four
Regiments
of
Infantry
,
who
laid
a
Bridge
over
the
River
of
Ypres
;
and
the
17
th
.
of
May
the
Place
was
invested
.
Now
in
regard
the
City
of
Ypre
is
of
a
large
Extent
,
he
resolv'd
that
it
should
be
attack'd
in
four
parts
.
Grammont
posted
himself
next
to
Armentiers
and
Varnetin
;
the
Roads
and
Avenues
from
Aire
and
St.
Omers
,
were
stopp'd
up
by
Ranzau
;
those
from
Dixmude
and
Bruges
by
Palluau
;
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
took
his
Post
upon
the
Avenues
from
Menene
.
The
Circumvallation
was
three
large
Leagues
in
compass
.
Now
while
the
French
were
busied
in
making
their
Entrenchments
,
the
Arch-Duke
attempted
to
force
their
Lines
:
But
in
regard
the
Circumvallation
was
finish'd
,
and
for
that
the
Besiegers
had
almost
made
three
Lodgments
,
he
was
forc'd
to
retire
.
The
Spaniards
take
Courtray
,
while
Ypre
is
besieging
.
The
Spanish
General
therefore
,
vex●d
that
he
had
fail'd
of
his
Enterprize
with
an
Army
so
considerable
,
and
being
desirous
besides
to
repair
the
Loss
which
they
were
like
to
make
,
immediately
laid
siege
to
Courtray
,
and
took
it
by
Assault
.
After
that
,
he
besieg'd
the
Castle
,
where
there
was
a
Dam
or
Water-stop
made
of
Piles
,
which
join'd
to
the
Ramparts
of
the
City
;
and
having
drain'd
the
Moat
,
they
presently
fell
on
;
and
the
Soldiers
that
kept
the
Citadel
being
only
raw
Recruits
,
refusing
to
make
any
great
Resistance
,
were
all
made
Prisoners
of
War
,
together
with
all
the
Officers
.
Ypre
surrender'd
presently
a●ter
,
Ypre
taken
.
not
having
held
out
above
thirteen
days
.
The
Queen
had
promis'd
to
give
the
Government
of
Ypre
to
Chatillon
;
and
a
King's
Lieutenant
was
already
made
choice
of
,
to
Command
in
the
absence
of
the
Governor
.
But
when
the
Prince
least
expected
any
such
thing
,
a
Courrier
brought
him
a
Letter
from
the
Queen
,
wherein
she
signify'd
her
trouble
that
she
could
not
g●ant
the
Government
of
the
place
to
the
person
for
whom
he
had
solicited
,
and
to
whom
she
had
promis'd
it
;
because
she
was
oblig'd
to
give
it
to
Pal●uau
,
in
regard
that
Courtray
had
not
been
lost
by
his
fault
.
This
News
surpriz'd
the
Prince
;
so
that
there
being
no
body
in
the
room
when
he
receiv'd
the
Letter
,
but
Grammont
and
another
Officer
,
he
fell
into
a
most
terrible
Fury
,
and
inveigh'd
with
an
extraordinary
Passion
against
Mazarine
;
but
Prudence
made
him
conceal
some
part
of
his
Resentment
.
The
Arch-Duke
not
satisfy'd
with
the
taking
of
Courtray
,
The
Spaniards
take
Furnes
.
resolv'd
to
attack
Le
Catelet
,
and
to
invest
Peronne
;
but
these
two
Enterprizes
fail'd
;
however
having
laid
siege
to
Furnes
,
he
carry'd
the
Town
,
and
also
the
Castle
of
Eterre
.
Three
weeks
after
the
Spaniards
had
taken
Furnes
,
The
Pr.
retakes
it
.
and
that
the
Forces
which
lay
round
that
place
were
drawn
off
,
the
Prince
of
Conde
resolv'd
to
retake
it
;
and
to
that
purpose
he
order'd
Marshal
Ranza●
to
besiege
it
.
The
season
was
so
far
spent
,
that
he
made
some
scruple
to
undertake
it
;
but
receiving
a
second
Order
,
he
obey'd
it
;
upon
which
,
the
Place
was
immediately
Invested
.
Thither
also
the
Prince
advanc'd
from
Le
Catelet
;
and
going
to
the
Trenches
so
soon
as
he
arriv'd
,
he
receiv'd
a
Musket-Shot
in
his
Thigh
,
and
had
it
not
been
for
the
folding
of
his
Buff-Coat
,
which
was
made
at
the
end
of
the
slit
behind
,
his
Thigh
had
been
broken
,
and
he
had
been
in
great
danger
.
The
same
day
the
Town
surrender'd
,
and
all
the
Officers
and
Soldiers
were
made
Hostages
of
War
,
to
be
exchang'd
for
the
Prisoners
which
the
Spaniards
had
taken
during
the
last
Campaign
.
The
Prince
,
whose
Wound
was
not
very
con●iderable
,
return'd
,
and
carry'd
back
the
men
which
he
brought
along
with
him
;
and
some
time
after
was
fought
the
Battel
of
Lens
,
famous
for
every
thing
for
which
a
Victory
could
be
valu'd
.
Lens
is
a
City
in
Antois
,
which
Gassion
had
tak'n
in
the
last
Campaign
,
and
was
the
last
Expedition
which
that
great
Captain
made
;
for
that
having
been
wounded
at
that
Siege
with
a
Musket-Bullet
in
the
Head●
he
dy'd
of
his
Wound
the
next
day
.
The
Battle
of
Lens
.
The
Spaniards
lay
before
that
Place
,
and
pusht
on
the
Siege
with
extraordinary
Vigor
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
to
whom
nothing
appear'd
difficult
,
resolv'd
to
force
their
Lines
,
and
venture
a
Battel
to
relieve
the
Place
;
however
,
he
would
not
rashly
engage
himself
.
He
stay'd
therefore
till
General
Herlack
join'd
him
with
the
Forces
under
his
Command
;
but
so
soon
as
that
Reinforcement
arriv'd
,
he
was
forthwith
for
fighting
the
Enemy
.
Now
in
regard
the
Place
was
able
to
have
held
out
for
some
time
,
he
flatter'd
himself
that
he
should
come
time
enough
to
succour
it
;
but
the
day
before
he
set
forward
,
the
Town
surrender'd
.
This
unexpected
News
caus'd
him
to
alter
his
Measures
;
so
that
he
took
some
time
to
consider
what
Enterprize
to
undertake
.
But
at
length
perceiving
that
the
Spaniards
were
posted
much
more
advantageously
then
he
himself
by
his
own
observation
had
thougt
'em
to
be
;
and
besides
,
that
there
was
no
Water
where
he
lay
with
his
Men
,
nor
any
Forage
but
in
the
parts
that
lay
next
the
Enemy
,
he
resolv'd
to
quit
his
Statio●
.
Therefore
,
that
he
might
retreat
in
good
order
,
and
in
a
condition
to
defend
himself
,
if
the
Enemy
should
attack
him
,
he
had
a
Body
of
a
Reserve
which
he
made
his
Van-guard
,
and
immediately
commanded
to
march
.
He
drew
up
all
his
Cavalry
in
two
Lines
,
and
order'd
the
second
to
follow
the
Reserve
.
The
Infantry
was
plac'd
behind
this
second
Line
,
having
all
the
Artillery
of
the
Army
before
it
.
The
Spaniards
perceiv'd
this
Retreat
;
but
at
first
they
never
stirr'd
to
attack
either
the
Reserve
,
or
the
second
Line
,
or
the
Artilery
;
which
made
the
Prince
believe
they
would
not
stir
at
all
.
However
,
after
these
Forces
were
advanc'd
at
a
good
distance
off
,
some
Regiments
of
Croa●es
and
Lorrainers
,
that
comp●●'d
the
Left-Wing
of
the
Arch-Duke's
A●my
,
bega●
to
fall
upon
the
first
Line
of
the
French
with
an
extraordinary
Fury
;
and
the
Troops
of
that
Line
sustain'd
the
first
shocks
of
the
Enem●
with
much
Bravery
;
but
at
length
the
Spaniards
briskly
broke
into
their
Body
;
so
that
finding
themselves
unable
to
fight
with
any
Order
,
they
had
been
entirely
defeated
,
i●
Cha●ellon
with
the
Gendarmerie
which
he
commanded
,
had
not
hasten'd
to
their
Succor
.
He
presently
and
all
of
a
sudden
thunder'd
in
among
those
great
Squadrons
of
Croates
and
Lorrainers
;
and
without
giving
them
time
to
recollect
themselves
,
drave
'em
so
vigorously
before
him
,
that
if
those
Troops
,
as
victorious
as
they
thought
themselves
,
had
not
been
seconded
by
all
the
Arch-Duke's
Cavalry
,
they
had
been
cut
in
pieces
;
so
that
it
may
be
said
,
That
the
French
G●ndarmerie
wrested
the
Victory
out
of
the
Spaniards
hands
.
But
it
being
impossible
that
they
should
withstand
all
the
Enemies
Cavalry
,
they
were
at
length
forc'd
to
give
way
.
And
they
were
no
soon●●
broken
,
but
eight
Squadrons
,
which
were
advantageously
posted
to
second
'em
,
forsook
their
Ground
,
and
betook
themselves
to
a
shameful
Flight
.
The
Prince
,
who
was
not
accustom'd
to
see
the
me●
that
fought
under
him
recoil
before
the
Enemy
,
was
extremely
surpriz'd
at
the
Cowardise
of
his
Ho●se
.
But
in
regard
there
was
no
remedy
,
and
that
there
were
now
but
two
things
to
be
done
,
either
to
rou●
the
Spanish
Army
,
or
make
an
Honourable
●etreat
,
he
advanc'd
,
without
losing
time
,
to
the
Body
which
Grammont
commanded
;
and
calling
the
principal
Officers
of
the
Army
together
,
to
consult
what
course
to
take
,
it
was
resolv'd
that
they
would
fight
the
Enemy
,
and
whatever
hazard
they
ran
,
not
to
quit
their
Resolution
.
This
being
concluded
,
the
Prince
told
'em
,
with
a
sedate
Co●ntenance
.
That
there
was
no
way
but
either
to
Vanquish
,
or
Dye
,
and
then
began
to
encourage
his
men
.
Never
General
shew'd
so
great
a
Resolution
as
did
the
Prince
at
that
time
;
yet
through
the
midst
of
this
Heroick
Resolution
,
and
Undaunted
Bravery
,
you
might
discern
a
Sedateness
of
Mind
,
and
a
Contempt
of
Danger
,
which
is
the
Character
of
a
Hero
.
He
never
appear'd
less
concern'd
,
tho
perhaps
he
had
never
been
more
provok'd
.
He
gave
out
all
his
Orders
,
and
had
so
well
rang'd
his
men
for
the
Combat
,
that
he
openly
declar'd
,
He
would
get
the
day
,
were
he
but
never
so
little
seconded
.
This
Great
Prince
,
who
never
appear'd
so
great
,
as
when
the
Greatest
Dangers
threaten'd
him
,
took
upon
himself
the
Command
of
the
Right
Wing●
The
First
Line
of
which
Wing
,
consisting
of
Nine
Squadrons
,
was
commanded
by
Villequier
,
Lieutenant-General
.
The
Second
,
compos'd
of
Eight
,
by
Normoutier
;
and
Beaujeu
had
Orders
to
lead
on
the
Cavalry
.
The
Left
Wing
was
led
by
Grammont
●
and
the
First
Line
of
that
Wing
,
consisting
of
Nine
Squadrons
,
was
commanded
by
Seneterre
,
Lieutenant-General
;
the
Second
,
compos'd
only
of
Seven
,
was
led
on
by
du
Plessis
Belliere
;
and
St.
Maigrin
perform'd
the
Duty
of
Camp
Marshal
to
the
First
of
these
Lines
.
As
for
the
Main
Battel
,
which
consisted
of
Ten
Battalions
,
it
was
commanded
by
Chatillon
;
and
Five
Squadrons
,
which
made
the
Body
of
the
Reserve
,
were
under
Herlack's
Orders
;
and
Coss●
had
the
Charge
of
the
Artillery
.
All
things
being
thus
dispos'd
,
the
Prince
rode
through
all
the
Lines
,
encouraging
the
Soldiers
to
Fight
;
he
put
'em
in
mind
of
their
Victories
at
Rocr●y
and
Norlinguen
.
He
told
'em
,
He
would
be
the
first
that
would
engage
in
the
greatest
Dangers
;
and
that
they
needed
no
more
then
follow
his
Example
:
And
after
he
had
laid
before
'em
the
Honour
which
the
French
Nation
would
acquire
if
they
won
the
day
,
he
prepar'd
to
give
the
Signal
of
Battel
;
but
a
certain
Movement
of
the
Spaniards
stopt
him
.
For
he
perceiv'd
that
the
Spanish
Cavalry
open'd
,
instead
of
Advancing
;
and
believing
there
was
some
Mystery
in
it
,
he
kept
his
Ground
,
that
he
might
discover
the
meaning
of
that
Movement
;
of
which
he
was
soon
inform'd
by
his
sight
;
for
he
saw
the
void
spaces
between
the
Horse
fill'd
up
with
Foot●
which
made
him
easily
conjecture
,
that
it
was
the
Main
Battel
,
which
he
understood
the
Duke
had
design'd
to
Command
,
believing
the
Victory
sure
.
The
Design
of
the
Spanish
Army
was
no
sooner
known
,
but
the
Prince
took
his
Measures
accordingly
:
He
ordered
Cosse
to
march
with
the
Cannon
,
and
play
upon
the
Enemy
;
and
at
the
same
time
that
the
Artillery
play'd
,
the
Squadrons
and
Battalions
advanc'd
with
such
an
undaunted
Courage
as
astonish'd
the
Enemy
.
The
Count
de
la
Sala
,
who
was
at
the
Head
of
the
First
Line
of
the
Spanish
Left
Wing
,
advanc'd
with
a
singular
Bravery
,
and
gave
the
Enemy
a
dreadful
Volley
of
Pistol
Shot
.
The
French
never
fir'd
at
all
,
but
so
soon
as
de
la
Sala
had
made
his
last
discharge
,
they
fell
on
with
their
Swords
upon
the
Squadron
which
was
before
'em
,
with
so
much
Resolution
,
being
seconded
by
some
other
Troops
of
the
same
Wing●
that
they
quite
disorder'd
the
first
Line
of
the
Enemies
Army
.
Which
the
Arch-Duke
beholding
,
order'd
the
second
Line
to
advance
,
and
then
both
Lines
being
join'd
,
the
Combat
began
to
be
very
bloody
.
But
the
Spanish
Troops
being
superior
to
the
Prince's
,
Villequier
and
Moussay
were
beaten
and
taken
Prisoners
.
But
then
Noirmoutier
advancing
in
the
nick
of
time
,
drave
the
two
Spanish
Lines
be●ore
him
with
such
an
undaunted
Force
,
that
he
soon
depriv'd
'em
of
the
Honour
which
they
had
like
to
have
got
,
and
which
seem'd
to
portend
'em
the
Victory
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
Prince
,
who
was
every
where
,
having
rally'd
the
Troops
that
gave
way
,
sent
'em
again
to
fight
afresh
.
And
those
Troops
,
tho
half
terrify'd
,
flew
upon
the
Enemies
Lines
with
so
much
Fury
and
Courage
,
that
the
Spanish
Cavalry
began
to
totter
.
But
being
vigorously
seconded
by
their
Reserve
,
the
two
Lines
that
were
almost
broken
,
took
Courage
,
and
re●urn'd
once
more
to
the
Charge
.
At
what
time
Herlack
appear'd
at
the
Head
of
the
Dutch
Squadrons
,
and
fell
upon
the
Lorainers
with
such
an
impetuous
Violence
,
that
not
being
able
to
withstand
the
shock
,
they
betook
themselves
to
their
Heels
,
and
carry'd
all
the
rest
along
with
them
.
Grammont
,
who
commanded
the
Left
Wing
of
the
French
,
and
Bucquoy
who
led
the
Right
Wing
of
●he
Spaniards
,
had
not
yet
struck
a
Blow
.
But
then
they
began
to
engage
,
and
fought
with
equal
advantage
for
some
time
;
but
at
length
Fortune
declar'd
in
favour
of
Grammont
.
At
the
same
time
Beck
and
Chatillon
led
the
two
Main
Bodies
of
the
Foot
;
and
tho
the
Victory
was
a
great
while
very
dubious
,
yet
the
Prince
relying
upon
the
Measures
he
had
taken
,
and
the
Stoutness
of
his
Men
,
made
no
question
of
winning
the
Battel
.
However
,
in
regard
Beck's
Regiments
were
supported
by
a
strong
Body
of
Horse
,
they
made
the
French
give
ground
.
But
the
Gendarmerie
,
no
less
active
at
the
end
then
at
the
beginning
,
seconded
the
Foot
so
well
,
that
they
rally'd
again
,
resum'd
fresh
Courage
,
and
then
both
sides
fought
with
more
obstinacy
then
before
,
for
three
hours
together
,
at
what
time
the
Prince
obtain'd
the
Victory
.
The
Spanish
Army
was
so
numerous
,
and
had
so
advantageo●sly
posted
themselves
,
that
the
French
were
somewhat
out
of
heart
at
the
beginning
of
the
Battel
;
but
being
encourag'd
by
the
Presence
of
their
General
,
there
was
no
Obstacle
,
no
Hardship
which
they
did
not
surmount
,
no
Danger
which
they
did
not
willingly
meet
to
purchase
the
Honour
of
the
D●y●
The
Prince
himself
outbrav'd
the
Enemies
fi●in●
like
the
meanest
Soldier
,
and
expos'd
himself
so
frequently
,
The
Pr.
wounded
.
th●t
he
was
at
length
hit
with
a
Musquet
●●●let
upon
the
Reines
;
but
the
Bullet
meeting
with
the
resistance
of
his
Buff●coat
,
he
was
discharg'd
〈…〉
small
Contusion
only
.
Of
the
French
Army
not
●bo●e
si●
hundred
were
slain
,
and
twelve
hundred
t●ken
Prisoners
,
and
wounded
:
whereas
the
Spa●i●rd●
,
besides
the
loss
of
their
Cannon
and
Baggage
,
had
above
eight
thousand
kill'd
,
and
above
fifteen
hund●ed
taken
Prisoners
,
among
whom
was
General
Beck
,
the
Prince
of
Ligny
,
and
the
Count
of
St.
Amour
,
General
of
the
Artillery
.
The
Duke
of
Chatillon
,
who
had
signaliz'd
himself
in
the
Battel
,
was
made
choice
of
by
the
Prince
to
carry
the
Tidings
of
so
great
a
Victory
to
Court
;
where
so
considerable
a
Success
was
look'd
upon
as
a
Testimony
of
Celestial
Favour
,
for
which
all
the
People
shew'd
a
more
then
ordinary
Joy
:
And
for
which
Te
D●●m
was
sung
in
the
Chur●h
of
Nostre
Dame
in
Paris
●
where
their
Majesties
were
present
,
as
well
as
〈◊〉
Sovereign
Societies
,
and
the
Corporations
of
the
City
.
And
to
the
end
,
that
from
this
Success
they
might
not
only
reap
considerable
Advantages
over
the
Enemy
without
,
but
over
those
whom
the
King's
Council
look'd
upon
as
Enemies
within
the
Kingdom
;
the
C●uncil●
were
of
Opinion
,
That
it
behov'd
'em
to
mak●
use
of
this
favourable
Opportunity
,
which
〈◊〉
C●r●mony
of
Te
Deum
presented
them
,
to
seize
upon
some
of
the
Principal
Members
of
the
Parliament
,
who
had
started
those
Paradoxes
which
no
way
pleas'd
the
Court
,
and
were
follow'd
by
the
whole
Cabal
of
●he
Slingers
.
So
that
upon
the
very
day
that
Te
Deum
was
sung
,
several
Companies
of
the
Regiment
of
Guards
being
posted
in
several
Quarters
of
the
City
.
M.
de
Broussel
was
seiz'd
,
Monsieur
de
Broussel
seiz'd
.
against
whom
the
Court
had
a
particular
Peek
,
as
being
the
Head
of
the
Slingers
.
He
was
a
Councellor
of
the
Great
Chamber
;
a
Person
of
ancient
Integrity
,
but
of
no
great
Capacity
.
He
had
been
all
along
a
great
hater
of
Favourites
,
and
was
much
reverenc'd
by
the
People
,
who
call'd
him
their
Father
.
Now
although
he
run
a
great
hazard
that
seiz'd
him
,
by
reason
of
the
singular
affection
which
the
People
bore
him●
yet
M.
de
Cominges
undertook
to
do
it
,
and
perform'd
what
he
undertook
.
He
seiz'd
him
while
the
Companies
of
Guards
were
drawn
up
in
a
row
in
the
Streets
;
so
that
M.
de
Broussel
,
together
with
M.
de
Blancmesvi●
,
Nephew
to
the
Bishop
of
Beauvaise
,
was
carried
with
a
good
Guard
to
Bois
de
Vincennes
.
Orders
were
also
left
with
Mr.
Laisne
,
Councellor
also
of
the
Great
Chamber
,
to
retire
into
Province
,
and
M.
Loizel
was
banish'd
into
Montes
.
The
noise
of
the
seizing
of
de
Broussel
was
no
sooner
nois'd
about
Paris
,
but
the
People
betook
themselves
to
their
Arms
,
the
Chains
were
drawn
cross
the
Streets
,
the
Barricado's
were
set
up
in
all
the
Corners
of
the
public
Places
,
and
the
Shops
were
shut
up
.
The
Queen
thereupon
gave
orders
to
reduce
the
People
,
and
suppress
the
Sedition
;
but
't
was
impossible
to
be
done
,
so
that
the
Court
was
constrain'd
to
give
the
Prisoners
their
liberty
.
So
soon
as
de
Broussel
appear'd
among
the
People
,
he
was
saluted
with
Volleys
of
small
Shot
,
and
accompany'd
with
loud
Acclamations
to
the
Palace
,
where
he
,
and
M.
Blancmesvil
,
receiv'd
the
Complements
of
the
Parliament●
and
from
thence
he
was
conducted
,
as
it
were
in
triumph
,
by
the
same
people
to
his
Lodging
.
Now
in
regard
the
Antipathy
which
the
Slingers
,
and
the
People
had
against
the
Cardinal
,
were
the
cause
of
this
Uproar
,
and
for
that
they
believ'd
,
that
the
good
of
the
Kingdom
requir'd
,
that
Mazarin
should
no
longer
continue
in
the
weighty
Employment
of
Chief
Minister
,
but
rather
that
he
should
be
banish'd
;
the
Parliament
who
found
themselves
encourag'd
by
what
had
happen'd
,
persisted
with
redoubl'd
vigour
in
their
first
Sentiments
,
and
renew●d
their
strength
against
the
Court.
And
several
Persons
of
Quality
,
some
out
of
Interest●
some
desirous
of
Change
,
most
violently
engag'd
to
ruine
the
Cardinal
.
The
principal
Reasons
which
that
Party
alledg'd
were
,
Reasons
for
the
Cardinal's
Ruine
.
That
it
was
a
thing
unheard
of
,
and
ignominio●s
to
a
flourishing
Kingdom
,
That
a
Foreigner
,
and
a
born
Subject
to
the
King
of
Spain
,
should
be
the
prime
Minister
of
France
;
and
that
this
Minister
should
also
have
so
absolute
a
Power
,
as
to
be
the
Umoire
of
War
and
Peace●
That
the
conferring
of
Honours
,
Employments
,
and
all
Favours
,
should
be
at
the
sole
disposal
of
his
will
and
pleasure
;
not
to
be
bestow'd
as
the
Rewards
of
Merit
,
good
Service
,
high
Quality
,
but
but
to
gratify
particular
devotion
to
his
Interest
:
That
his
Ambition
had
carried
the
Arms
of
France
into
Tuscany
,
at
a
vast
Expence
,
and
without
any
Advantage
to
the
Nation●
only
to
make
himself
formidable
in
Italy
,
and
to
purchase
Principalities
for
his
Kindred
:
That
for
his
own
Interests
he
had
refus'd
to
admit
of
the
Trea●y
of
Peace
concluded
at
Munster
,
which
he
had
eluded
by
the
Sedulity
of
Servien
●
his
Creature
:
That
out
of
Jealousie
he
design'd
the
Ruin
of
Marshal
Gassion
a
little
before
his
death
:
That
he
only
understood
Foreign
Affairs
;
and
that
by
his
Italian
Politicks
he
had
effac'd
that
Confidence
and
good
Opinion
which
the
Consederates
of
France
had
of
the
Confidence
and
Sincerity
of
the
French
Nation
,
which
Cardinal
Richlieu
had
establish'd
,
during
his
Ministry
.
That
as
for
the
Domestic
Affairs
of
the
Kingdom
,
he
was
uncapable
of
managing
'em
,
in
regard●
the
State
was
become
full
of
Division
and
Upro●r●
during
his
Government
:
That
he
rul'd
the
Kingdom
by
Foreign
Maxims
,
no
way
agreeable
to
the
French
Nation
:
That
he
had
introduc'd
such
palpable
Jugling
,
and
Tricking
Quirks
of
State
,
that
he
had
expos'd
an
Illustrious
Court
to
the
Contempt
and
Railleries
of
all
other
Nations
.
In
a
word
,
That
he
was
unable
to
bear
so
great
a
Burthen
,
and
that
●e
had
lost
his
Credit
among
the
People
.
The
Answer
of
Cardinal
Mazarin's
Party
.
To
this
Mazarin's
Party
made
answer
,
That
't
was
no
such
strange
thing
for
Foreigners
to
have
the
Government
of
the
State
;
witness
the
Cardinal
of
Lorrain
,
and
the
Cardinal
of
Brague
,
the
Duke
of
Neve●s
●
Marshal
de
●ets
,
and
Marshal
de
Ancre
:
that
Mazarin
had
been
nominated
to
the
Cardinalship
by
France
,
after
he
had
done
her
considerable
Services
.
That
Cardinal
Richlieu
,
who
understood
Men
,
had
appointed
him
his
successor
in
the
Ministry
:
That
the
deceas'd
King
,
who
had
a
perfect
knowledge
of
the
good
Qualities
of
all
that
were
about
him
,
made
him
President
of
his
Council
after
the
death
of
Richlieu
;
That
the
Queen
Regent
had
suffer'd
him
to
continue
in
the
same
Dignity
,
merely
through
the
necessity
of
Affairs
,
and
in
obedience
to
the
King
's
last
Will
and
Testament
:
That
all
these
things
were
approv'd
by
all
the
Wise
men
of
the
Realm
,
and
by
all
the
Princes
in
league
with
France
:
That
having
by
his
Services
answer'd
her
Majesty's
Expectations
,
she
could
not
lay
him
aside
without
doing
the
Kingdom
an
Injustice
;
and
without
being
ingrateful
to
a
Servant
so
beneficial
,
and
so
faithful
.
That
he
was
so
far
from
favouring
only
those
who
were
devoted
to
the
Interests
of
the
Court
;
That
the
common
Complaint
was●
That
in
conferring
of
Honours
and
Employments
,
he
had
too
particular
a
regard
to
the
Servants
of
the
Duke
o●
Orleans
,
and
Monsieur
the
Prince
.
That
all
Affairs
were
propos'd
to
the
Council
,
who
took
such
Resolutions
as
they
thought
most
convenient
.
That
the
Accusation
against
him
for
opposing
the
Conclusion
of
the
Peace
,
was
without
any
ground
;
neither
was
it
a
thing
probable
,
in
regard
,
that
besides
the
general
Interest●
his
Eminency's
particular
Interest
oblig'd
him
to
Crown
his
Ministry
,
which
so
many
Successes
had
render'd
glorious
,
with
a
Treaty
that
would
have
eterniz'd
him
in
the
Affection
of
the
People
:
That
it
was
certain
,
the
Spaniards
had
always
cross'd
that
Treaty
,
as
the
Duke
of
Longueville
,
and
the
Princes
themselves
could
testify
.
That
the
Expedition
against
Orbitello
,
and
Porto
Longone
,
were
the
most
advantagious
that
France
could
have
undertak'n
,
and
most
proper
to
bring
the
Enemy
to
a
speedy
Peace
;
in
regard
those
Places
would
have
kept
in
subjection
those
Territories
which
the
Spaniards
possess'd
in
Italy
●
That
the
Independency
which
the
Duke
of
Guise
affected
at
Naples
,
was
not
the
Reason
that
the
Cardinal
afforded
him
powerful
Assistance
.
That
Gassion
would
have
set
himself
up
in
Flanders
,
with
little
dependance
upon
the
Court.
That
the
Prince
never
complain'd
of
his
not
assisting
him
either
at
Catologna
,
or
any
other
of
his
Campaigns
,
as
much
as
lay
in
his
power
.
That
he
was
constrain'd
to
have
recourse
to
those
Edicts
to
raise
Mo●ey
for
the
Expences
of
the
War
;
nevertheless
that
the
Taxes
were
abated
.
That
Time
had
sufficiently
evinc'd
,
That
his
transporting
Money
into
●taly
was
a
meer
Fabulous
Story
,
invented
on
purpose
to
disgrace
him
.
To
this
they
added
,
That
for
twenty
years
together
he
had
manag'd
with
honour
the
Interests
of
the
Princes
of
Europe
.
That
if
the
good
Intelligence
between
France
and
the
Vnited
Provinces
began
to
flag●
't
was
because
some
particular
Persons
had
been
suborn'd
and
corrupted
by
the
Gold
of
Spain
.
That
in
the
Administration
of
State
,
he
had
follow'd
all
the
Maxims
of
Cardinal
Richlieu
,
only
that
he
had
●onish'd
the
Cruelty
of
Punishments
.
That
if
he
had
been
oblig'd
to
promise
more
then
he
had
perform'd
,
't
was
because
the
number
of
those
that
serv'd
in
France
was
very
great
,
and
the
number
of
Pretenders
much
greater
.
That
the
State
had
never
kn●wn
more
Prosperity
,
then
during
his
Ministry
;
and
that
i●
in
great
Executions
the
honour
of
the
Performance
were
due
to
the
Generals
,
the
Contri●ance
and
Forecast
belong'd
to
him
.
That
France
had
been
still
in
quiet
,
if
every
body
had
been
unanimous
in
their
Duty
;
if
the
People
had
not
been
drawn
from
their
Obedience
by
the
Suggestions
of
Persons
disaffected
;
or
rather
,
if
the
Parliament
,
who
ought
to
be
the
true
Model
of
Allegiance
,
had
not
pav'd
'em
a
way
to
revolt
.
That
the
Station
wherein
the
Cardinal
was
,
had
always
been
expos'd
to
the
Assaults
of
the
Hatred
and
Envy
of
all
the
States
;
and
by
consequence
't
was
no
wonder
,
if
sometimes
an
Inordinate
Ambition
were
laid
to
his
charge
,
or
if
sometimes
he
were
accus'd
of
Insufficiency
.
However
,
that
he
was
happy
in
this
,
That
Calumny
in
her
most
Venomous
Assaults
had
spar'd
his
Fidelity
,
and
never
attack'd
him
with
the
least
suspicion
of
Treachery
.
But
this
Answer
and
Apology
of
Cardinal
Mazarine
could
not
hinder
his
Enemies
from
persevering
in
their
Design
to
remove
him
from
the
Administration
of
the
Government
,
and
then
to
Ruin
him
.
And
this
Design
was
afterwards
so
well
confirm'd
,
that
it
was
decreed
in
the
Assembly
of
the
Chambers
of
the
Parliament
,
That
a
Solemn
Deputation
should
be
sent
to
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
Conty
,
to
beseech
them
to
join
with
the
Parliament
for
the
effectual
Remedy
of
the
Grievances
that
threaten'd
the
Kingdom
.
The
Court
was
at
Ruel
,
when
the
Cardinal
was
inform'd
of
what
had
pass'd
;
and
he
was
deeply
afflicted
to
see
that
he
must
be
constrain'd
to
throw
himself
into
the
Prince's
Arms
,
and
to
secure
his
Tottering
Fortune
by
his
Support
.
The
taking
of
Lens
.
The
Disorders
at
Paris
not
permitting
the
Prince
to
reap
all
those
Advantages
from
the
Victory
of
Lens
,
which
he
might
have
done
,
he
was
constrain'd
to
bound
his
Conquests
with
the
taking
of
Lens
.
And
so
soon
as
that
Place
was
taken
,
he
return'd
to
Court
;
The
Pr.
returns
to
Court
.
at
what
time
all
People
beheld
him
with
admiration
.
For
besides
that
,
he
was
endow'd
with
so
many
noble
,
so
many
excellent
and
rare
Qualities
,
besides
the
many
Signal
Victories
he
had
won
,
he
had
had
no
share
in
the
Troubles
;
insomuch
that
both
Parties
look'd
upon
him
as
their
Defender
,
and
bel●ev'd
they
might
shelter
themselves
under
his
Laurels
from
all
manner
of
troublesome
Accidents
.
And
indeed
,
had
he
harbour'd
at
that
time
those
Thoughts
in
his
Breast
,
which
his
Enemies
afterwards
imputed
to
him
,
questionless
he
would
have
made
the
best
of
Opportunities
so
favourable
.
For
in
truth
the
low
condition
of
the
Court
,
and
Publick
Admiration
equally
concurr'd
to
his
Exaltation
,
and
to
the
Execution
of
the
most
Ambitious
Designs
,
which
he
could
have
had
in
his
Head
.
So
that
in
regard
he
study'd
then
so
little
to
court
the
People
,
and
to
manage
the
Exasperations
of
those
whose
Sentiments
and
Conduct
were
most
opposite
to
the
Regency
and
the
Cardinal
,
't
is
manifest
he
had
no
such
design
as
he
was
accus'd
to
have
at
that
time
.
The
Prince
had
admitted
two
great
Men
to
be
his
Confidents
,
Chatillon
and
Grammont
the
Princes
Confidents
:
both
Persons
of
Signal
Merit
,
but
opposite
in
their
Judgments
as
to
the
Affairs
that
made
so
great
a
noise
:
These
were
the
Duke
of
Chatillon
,
and
Marshall
Grammont
.
The
first
,
whose
Person
and
Family
were
bound
in
the
strictest
Tyes
of
Alliance
with
the
Prince
,
labour'd
to
perswade
him
to
declare
for
the
Parliament
,
or
at
least
to
make
himself
Umpire
of
the
Differences
with
all
the
Neutrali●y
imaginable
:
The
other
Engag'd
by
all
manner
of
Interests
with
the
Court
,
spent
a
large
stock
of
pleasing
Eloquence
to
oblige
him
to
side
with
the
Court
.
But
the
Prince
upon
this
occasion
laid
a
Comtraint
upon
his
own
Temper
,
r●mote
from
moderate
ways
,
and
wrote
,
together
with
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
to
the
Parliament
,
exhorting
'em
to
fend
Commissioners
to
St.
Germains
●
and
to
put
an
end
to
their
Differences
in
a
Conference
.
Declaration
of
the
28
th
.
of
October
.
Which
Conference
terminated
in
an
Authentick
Declaration
of
the
King●s
,
which
g●ve
some
Respi●
to
the
Publi●k
Differences
and
for
that
the
Stra●agems
of
the
Enemies
of
the
Court
prevail'd
so
far
,
that
they
openly
d●manded
the
Ruin
of
th●
Cardinal
,
the
Cou●●
thought
it
their
best
way
to
have
recourse
●o
●he
Duke
of
Orleans
and
the
Prince
.
The
Court
has
recourse
to
the
Duke
of
Orleans
and
the
Prince
.
And
in
regard
the
Mischief
had
penetrated
so
far
that
it
was
not
t●
b●
Eradicated
but
by
strong
Medicaments
,
they
wer●
of
Opinion
at
the
same
time
,
that
the
Natural
Mod●ration
of
the
Duke
of
Orle●n●
,
and
his
peaceable
Te●per
,
would
not
be
so
proper
,
as
the
Prince's
more
Vigorous
Heat
;
besides
,
that
the
Reputation
of
so
great
a
Captain
,
the
Splendour
of
his
Victories
,
and
●he
Assistance
of
his
Army
,
would
strike
a
Terrour
into
the
Male-content●●
,
so
that
the
Court
labour'd
might
and
main
to
gain
him
.
The
Queen
made
use
of
all
the
most
powerful
and
perswasive
Motives
,
descending
even
to
Tears
,
and
the
most
melting
Expressions●
telling
him
,
She
look't
upon
him
as
her
third
Son
:
The
Cardinal
also
protested
that
he
should
be
all
his
Life
time
devoted
to
his
Will
and
Pleasure
with
an
Absolute
Submi●sion
:
The
King
likewise
tenderly
embracing
him
,
recommends
to
him
the
welfare
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
the
safety
of
his
Person
.
But
notwithstanding
all
these
Caresses
,
Marshall
Grammont
and
Le
Fellier
were
the
Persons
who
fully
determin'd
him
to
take
the
Court
Party
.
Grammont
and
Le
Tellior
perswade
the
Prince
to
take
the
Court
Party
.
They
laid
before
him
that
by
degrees
,
the
Parliament
would
invade
all
Authority
:
That
without
confining
their
Ambition
within
the
Bounds
of
the
Declaration
of
the
Conference
at
St.
Ger●ans
,
they
would
not
only
take
●ognizance
of
the
Affairs
of
War
,
but
also
dispose
of
the
Fortune
of
Ministers
of
State
,
change
'em
,
remove
'em
,
and
settle
others
in
their
rooms
a●
their
pleasure●
that
there
was
reason
enough
to
fea●
that
a●
length
they
would
Attacque
the
most
priviledg'd
Persons
in
the
Kingdom
;
that
the
Condi●ion
o●
〈…〉
liament
would
be
a
Dignity
to
be
〈◊〉
,
if
they
come
once
to
impose
Laws
upon
〈…〉
,
and
the
Condition
of
the
Princes
〈…〉
be
more
miserable
should
they
〈…〉
to
creep
to
'em
.
That
this
new
sort
〈…〉
wo●nded
the
Constitution
of
the
Monar
〈…〉
,
which
was
Absolute
and
Indepen●●●●●
〈◊〉
it
was
particularly
contrary
to
the
Con〈…〉
,
and
the
Institution
of
French
Par
〈…〉
,
T●at
if
any
Abuses
were
crept
into
the
〈◊〉
,
●hey
ought
to
be
reform'd
by
the
Assem
〈…〉
General
,
and
not
by
the
Decrees
〈…〉
whose
Suffrages
carry
things
rather
b●
〈◊〉
then
consideration
:
That
every
time
the
〈◊〉
h●d
exceeded
the
Bounds
of
their
Duty
,
they
had
been
always
severely
check'd
,
sometimes
by
〈…〉
King
,
sometimes
by
Henry
IV.
somet●●●s
by
Charl●s
IX
and
other
Kings
their
Predec●●●ors
,
upon
less
dangerous
Occasions
then
what
〈◊〉
no●
in
Dispute
:
That
Great
Empires
were
ne●er
supported
by
Cowardly
Counsels
:
That
he
〈…〉
Trial
of
his
Co●rage
and
his
Forces
in
〈◊〉
●
Weighty
Conjuncture
;
and
that
the
Just●●●
of
Sove●aigns
consisted
in
their
Power
:
That
he●
〈…〉
of
Conde
,
was
concern'd
to
support
the
Card●●●l●
because
the
Resolutions
which
had
been
tak'n
〈◊〉
●he
Person
of
his
Eminency
,
tended
to
the
D●●●ruc●ion
of
the
Royal
Family
;
and
that
if
the
〈◊〉
of
Orleans
and
himself
did
not
stand
firm
,
and
〈◊〉
oppose
an
Enterprize
of
this
Nature
,
the
〈◊〉
with
her
Children
would
be
constrain'd
to
implo●●
t●e
Aid
of
the
Princes
in
League
with
the
〈◊〉
.
Now
besides
that
the
Prince
believ'd
that
the
lit
〈…〉
the
Parliament
had
taken
to
conform
to
the
〈◊〉
,
wounded
the
Honour
of
those
that
were
〈…〉
the
Conference
,
and
undermin'd
the
Foun
〈…〉
the
Pe●ce
that
had
been
Establish'd
;
these
Discourses
made
so
deep
an
Impression
in
his
Mind
,
that
he
would
no
longer
hear
of
a
Neutrality
;
so
that
abandoning
all
his
Care
of
losing
the
Affection
of
the
Publick
,
he
had
recourse
to
those
Thoughts
which
inclin'd
him
to
the
most
violent
Extremities
.
In
short
,
The
P's
.
heat
in
the
Parliament
.
going
along
with
the
Duke
of
Orleans
to
the
Palace
,
he
carried
himself
with
so
much
Heat
and
Passion
,
as
did
him
a
great
deal
of
Injury
in
the
Hearts
of
the
People
.
He
had
no
sooner
taken
his
Place
,
but
the
President
Viole
,
who
had
great
Credit
in
the
Company
,
rose
up
,
and
took
upon
him
to
say
,
That
the
occasion
of
their
meeting
was
of
that
great
Importance
,
that
they
could
not
make
one
step
which
did
not
lead
'em
either
to
Honour
or
Infamy
;
nor
was
there
any
probability
that
they
could
enter
into
a
good
Beginning
till
they
had
first
implor'd
the
Assistance
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
and
he
was
preparing
for
the
Solemnity
of
the
Duty
.
However
in
regard
that
while
the
President
was
talking
,
he
let
fall
some
disobliging
Expressions
against
the
Cardinal
,
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
threatning
him
at
the
same
time
with
his
Looks
and
Hand
,
could
not
forbear
to
bid
him
hold
his
Tongue
;
and
then
addressing
himself
to
the
First
President
,
in
a
great
Passion
told
him
,
That
he
wonder'd
,
that
he
who
was
the
Head
of
so
Famous
an
Assembly
,
did
not
endeavour
to
suppress
the
Liberty
which
some
People
gave
themselves
,
who
under
the
pretence
of
the
Publick
Good
,
went
about
to
excite
the
People
to
Sedition
.
Adding
withall
,
That
if
the
King's
Youth
,
and
his
want
of
Experience
,
were
the
cause
of
the
Disorders
which
had
happen'd
in
the
Kingdom
,
he
would
have
him
to
know
,
That
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
who
was
there
present
,
and
himself
,
were
able
to
supply
both
the
one
and
the
other
;
and
that
the
King
would
not
want
good
Subjects
,
to
reduce
the
Male-contented
to
their
Duty
.
These
words
offended
the
whole
Assembly
:
But
in
regard
they
●ell
from
the
Lips
of
a
Prince
of
whom
they
stood
in
awe
,
every
body
was
profoundly
silent
,
contenting
themselves
to
utter
their
disgusts
in
pri●ate
.
As
for
the
first
President
,
he
was
extr●amly
zealous
for
the
Honour
of
the
Assembly
,
which
the
Prince
had
affronted
,
in
threatning
one
of
the
Members
of
it
.
However
,
he
was
not
much
troubl'd
at
what
had
happen'd
,
because
he
thought
,
that
when
so
great
a
Prince
had
declar'd
himself
,
those
of
the
Parliament
,
whose
heat
and
violence
he
did
not
approve
,
would
bethink
themselves
,
and
become
more
moderate
.
Nevertheless
he
told
the
Prince
,
That
he
could
not
forbear
complaining
of
his
reprimanding
so
severely
a
Member
of
an
Assembly
that
were
only
met
to
remedy
the
Distractions
of
the
State
,
and
not
to
kindle
new
Flames
.
That
he
was
confident
,
that
what
he
had
done
,
was
out
of
a
good
Intention
;
but
in
regard
that
Suffrages
were
to
be
permitted
,
he
took
the
liberty
to
tell
him
,
That
if
he
had
taken
another
course
,
he
would
have
done
better
.
Lastly
,
That
he
read
in
the
Countenances
of
those
who
compos'd
the
Assembly
,
a
great
Emotion
,
and
great
Discontent
:
That
if
he
saw
some
that
made
no
outward
shew
of
any
thing
,
yet
they
were
never
a
w●●t
the
less
sad
in
their
hearts
,
and
never
the
less
afflicted
.
That
they
were
in
hopes
a
Prince
,
whose
〈◊〉
Atchievements
had
equall'd
him
to
the
Greatest
Captains
in
the
World
,
would
have
join'd
with
'em
to
re-establish
the
Tranquility
of
a
Kingdom
,
whose
Frontiers
he
had
so
well
secur'd
by
his
Illustrious
Victories
.
This
same
Speech
did
not
equally
satisfy
all
people
.
The
more
ancient
and
prudent
sort
found
that
he
had
spoken
much
in
a
few
words
;
and
that
considering
the
Conjuncture
of
Affairs
,
the
first
President
could
not
have
done
much
better
then
he
did
.
But
the
younger
sort
were
not
so
reserv'd
;
for
they
began
to
murmur
one
among
another
.
So
that
the
Prince
,
who
was
not
well
pleas'd
with
the
plaints
that
were
made
of
his
proceeding
,
as
not
being
accustom'd
to
hear
Truths
told
him
,
nor
to
receive
any
opposition
to
his
Will
,
was
so
little
master
of
his
own
Inclinations
,
that
instead
of
making
amends
for
what
he
had
done
amiss
,
he
turn'd
toward
the
younger
sort
,
and
threaten'd
them
,
as
he
had
the
President
Viole
,
that
is
to
say
,
with
his
looks
and
hand
.
They
resolve
to
besiege
Paris
.
The
Court
was
overjoyd
that
the
Prince
had
so
openly
declar'd
in
their
favour
:
And
in
regard
that
after
what
had
pass'd
,
he
found
him
self-interested
by
his
own
Quarrel
,
in
the
Differences
of
the
Court
,
he
greedily
listen'd
to
all
Proposals
that
were
made
him
for
reducing
the
Parliament
.
Thereupon
,
it
was
no
hard
matter
to
persuade
him
,
that
the
best
way
would
be
to
besiege
Paris
●
and
that
a
Siege
would
not
fail
to
make
the
People
cry
out
,
and
mutiny
against
the
Assembly
:
Or
whatever
happen'd
,
that
the
Parisians
wanting
Leaders
and
Men
,
and
being
accustom'd
to
Plenty
and
Ease
,
would
make
little
or
no
Resistance
.
His
Passion
caus'd
him
to
approve
these
Reasons
for
strong
and
undeniable
;
so
that
he
undertook
to
be
Captain
of
the
Enterprize
under
the
Orders
of
the
Duke
of
Orleans
.
But
the
Duke
at
first
oppos'd
the
Design
,
till
the
Importunities
,
and
the
Persuasions
of
the
Abbot
de
la
R●v●●re
,
over-rul'd
his
Judgment
,
and
got
the
upper
hand
of
his
Calmer
Sentiments
.
1649.
Immediatly
the
Prince
,
and
Marshal
de
la
Milleray
,
propos'd
the
seizing
of
St.
Louis's
Island
,
The
King
leaves
Paris
privately
.
St.
Antony's
Gate
,
the
Arsenal
,
and
the
Bastille
,
and
to
lodge
their
Majesties
in
the
Bastille
.
But
whether
this
Proposal
were
not
sufficiently
supported
,
or
whether
they
were
afraid
of
exposing
the
person
of
the
King
the
Court
resolv'd
to
quit
Paris
,
and
really
to
besiege
the
City
.
So
that
in
the
Evening
before
Twelf-day
,
the
King
retir'd
from
Marshal
Grammont's
House
to
the
Cardinal's
Palace
;
and
the
next
Morning
,
about
Three
of
the
Clock
,
●e
departed
without
any
noise
or
bustle
for
St.
Germans
〈◊〉
●●ye
.
The
same
day
the
King
sent
a
Letter
seal'd
with
his
Privy
Signet
to
the
Provost
of
Merchants
,
and
the
Sheriffs
of
Paris
,
wherein
his
Majesty
declar'd
,
that
he
was
forc'd
to
leave
the
City
,
to
the
●nd
●e
might
not
be
expos'd
to
the
pernicious
Designs
of
some
Officers
of
Parliament
,
who
held
secret
Intelligence
with
the
Enemies
of
the
State
:
Adding
withal
,
That
he
hop'd
the
Citizens
would
continue
faithful
●o
his
Service
,
and
prove
stedfast
in
their
Du●●●●
and
that
in
a
few
days
they
should
farther
understand
his
pleasure
.
How●ver●
The
Citizens
no
sooner
understood
that
the
King
was
gone
,
but
the
Tumult
began
to
wax
very
great
in
Paris
.
They
exclaim'd
,
after
a
most
dreadful
manner
,
against
the
Cardinal
,
against
the
Prince
,
against
the
Queen
,
and
against
all
that
carry'd
away
the
King
.
For
the
Paris●ans
took
his
going
away
for
a
Force
that
had
been
put
upon
him
.
But
they
were
so
enrag'd
,
when
they
heard
that
the
same
day
the
King
was
carry'd
to
St.
Germains
,
that
it
had
been
resolv'd
in
Council
to
block
up
Paris
;
that
far
from
being
consternated
,
they
shew'd
an
extraordinary
Resolution
,
and
declar'd
themselves
prepar'd
for
all
manner
of
Events
.
But
the
Parliament
,
who
more
readily
foresaw
the
dismal
Consequences
of
a
Civil
War
,
were
not
so
resolute
as
the
People
.
And
therefore
the
first
time
they
met
,
which
was
upon
the
7th
of
Ianuary
,
they
sent
the
King
's
immediate
Servants
with
their
Submissions●
and
very
Advantageous
Offers
.
But
those
Commissioners
were
sent
back
without
being
heard
;
which
extreamly
exasperated
their
Minds
.
So
that
the
Parliament
meeting
again
upon
the
18
th
,
declar'd
Maz●●i●
an
Enemy
to
the
State
,
and
order'd
him
to
depart
the
Kingdom
in
Eight
days
,
with
full
liberty
after
that
for
all
the
King's
Subjects
to
fall
upon
him
where-ever
they
met
him
.
And
at
the
same
time
they
deliver'd
out
Commissions
for
the
raising
of
Soldiers●
and
took
all
the
Precautions
needful
upon
such
Occasions
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Prince
,
with
about
six
or
seven
thousand
men
,
which
were
the
Remains
of
the
Army
last
Summer
,
block'd
up
Paris
,
seizing
upon
Lagni
,
Corbect
,
St.
Cloud
,
St.
Denis
,
and
Charenton
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
Duke
d'
Elbocut
,
his
Three
Sons
,
the
Duke
of
Brissack
●
and
the
Marquis
de
la
Boulays
went
and
offer'd
their
Services
to
the
Parliament
;
and
after
that●
the
Prince
of
Con●i
,
the
Duke
of
Longueville
,
the
Prince
of
Marsellac
,
and
Monsieur
de
Noimouster
did
the
same
.
The
Parliament
nominated
the
Prince
of
Con●i
for
Generalissimo
,
and
the
Duke
d'
Elbocut
for
General
;
and
afterwards
join'd
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
,
and
Marshal
de
la
Mothe
,
in
equal
Commission
with
'em
.
As
for
the
Duke
of
Longueville
,
he
would
not
accept
of
any
Employment
,
because
he
could
have
none
that
was
conformable
to
his
Rank
,
or
none
but
such
as
equall'd
him
with
his
Inferiors●
so
that
he
was
only
present
at
the
Prince
of
Con●i's
Councils
to
give
his
Advice
.
When
the
Prince
understood
that
Conti
and
Longueville
had
privately
left
St.
Germans
in
the
night
,
and
were
got
into
Paris
,
he
went
from
Charenton
to
the
Court
,
where
he
thunder'd
most
terribly
against
'em
.
But
that
was
no
impediment
,
but
that
the
Parisian
Party
b●ga●
to
grow
numerous
,
having
now
got
among
'em
a
Prince
of
the
Blood
,
and
another
Prince
almost
absolute
in
his
Government
of
Normandy
.
De
la
Mothe
also
was
become
considerable
in
the
Armies
;
but
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
much
more
.
For
besides
that
he
was
deeply
known
in
the
Affairs
of
the
World
,
that
he
was
stout
,
and
understood
the
Art
of
War
to
perfection
,
he
was
endow'd
with
an
easie
,
fluent
,
natural
,
and
insinuating
Eloquence
;
he
had
a
neat
Wit
,
fertile
in
Expedients
,
and
proper
to
maintain
the
most
difficult
Affairs
,
a
cl●●r
S●nse
,
and
a
discerning
Judgment
.
And
besides●●e
was
engag'd
in
a
strict
Tye
with
Marshal
T●●e●ne
,
his
Brother
,
who
at
that
time
commanded
the
Army
in
Germany
.
Thereupon
the
Prince
,
who
look'd
upon
these
two
Brothers
to
be
his
Friends
,
and
Persons
of
great
weight
,
wrote
to
the
Duke
of
〈◊〉
●
that
he
was
afraid
,
he
took
it
for
granted
,
th●t
the
Prince
believ'd
he
had
a
hand
in
Conti
and
Long●evill's
with
drawing
from
the
Court
;
for
which
reason
he
was
desirous
to
disabuse
him
;
and
then
conj●r'd
him
to
return
to
St.
Germains
,
where
he
would
procure
him
all
manner
of
satisfaction
touching
his
particular
Interests
.
But
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
caus'd
the
Letter
to
be
read
in
Parliament
.
So
that
the
Court
finding
they
could
not
depend
upon
him
,
and
being
moreover
inform'd
of
Turenne's
disaffection
to
thei●
Cause
,
the
King
and
the
Prince
,
who
was
in
great
Reputation
among
the
German
Troops
,
wrote
to
the
several
Collonels
,
not
to
acknowledge
him
any
long●r
for
General
,
but
to
quit
him
;
which
they
did
.
The
Duke
of
Beaufort
also
,
who
had
been
wandring
about
in
the
Provin●es
upon
the
Loire
ever
since
his
Es●ape
from
Vincennes
,
got
to
Paris
in
the
time
of
the
Troubles
,
and
offer'd
his
Service
to
the
Parliament
,
wh●●lear'd
him
of
the
Accusation
of
having
conspir'd
against
Mazarin's
Life
,
receiv'd
him
as
a
Peer
of
France
,
and
made
him
one
of
their
Generals
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
King's
Forces
possess'd
all
●he
Posts
round
about
Paris
;
and
though
the
Parliament's
●●my
was
more
numerous
,
their
Generals
●●ver
stirr'd
to
open
any
Passage
,
so
that
Provisions
could
no●
get
into
the
City
,
but
with
great
difficulty
,
from
〈◊〉
,
in
regard
that
the
Prince
could
not
put
a
Garison
in
B●●ys
Conte-Robert
,
for
fear
of
dividing
his
Forces●
and
for
that
he
had
quitted
Charenton
,
which
C●n●●
had
made
himself
master
of
.
●ut
the
Prince
,
cons●●e●ing
the
Importance
of
th●●
Post
,
which
secur●d
the
P●●isia●
〈…〉
and
●or
that
he
long'd
to
begin
wi●●
some
Action
●hat
might
render
his
Forces
formidable●
He
resol●'d
to
attack
it●
though
the
Parisi●n
had
put
t●ree
thousand
Men
into
it
.
The
Pr.
attacks
Charenton
.
Advancing
there●ore
with
the
Duke
of
O●le●n●
,
and
all
the
Princes
and
Lords
of
th●
Court●
upon
the
18th
of
February
he
committed
the
A●tacking
of
the
Post
to
the
Duke
of
Chatillon
●
and
advan●'d
with
the
Cavalry
upon
a
rising
ground
〈◊〉
hinder
the
Parisians
from
succouring
the
Place
.
Ch●tillon
perform'd
the
Prince●s
Orders
with
all
the
Conduct
and
Valour
imaginab●e●
but
when
he
had
driven
the
Enemy
to
the
last
●arricado
,
he
receiv'd
a
Musqu●●
shot
quite
through
his
Body
,
of
which
he
dy'd
the
next
day
in
●he
flower
of
his
Age
,
lamented
by
both
Parties
for
his
Noble
Qualities
,
and
for
being
slai●
just
at
the
time
when
he
was
ready
to
have
obtain'd
those
Dignities
which
his
great
Servic●s
had
perfo●m'd
.
The
taking
of
Charenton
was
much
to
the
dishonour
of
the
Parliament's
Generals●
and
Forces
,
and
no
less
to
the
honour
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
For
in
short
,
The
Prince
carry'd
that
P●●●
in
view
of
the
Enemy's
Army
,
and
at
the
Gates
of
Paris
,
out
of
which
he
had
march'd
in
the
sight
o●
Ten
thousand
men
,
who
seem'd
to
have
taken
the
Field
merely
●o
be
Witnesses
and
Spectators
of
so
great
an
Action
.
This
Conflict
,
and
these
of
Bois
de
Vin●nnes
,
Lag●y
,
and
B●●y-Con●e●
Robert
,
all
to
the
disadvantage
of
the
Pa●isians
,
and
in
one
of
which
the
Young
Duke
of
Roba●
●
approving
himself
the
worthy
Inheritor
of
his
Father's
Vertue
,
lost
his
Life
,
made
'em
begn
to
think
of
Peace
.
But
the
diversity
of
Interests
was
an
Obstacle
difficult
on
surmount
.
On
the
other
side
the
Court
,
who
were
pu●t
up
with
their
Success
,
and
who
were
in
greater
hopes
by
reason
of
the
Princes
successful
Atchievements
,
would
needs
imp●se
too
Rigorous
Conditions
upon
the
Contrary
Par●y●
.
So
that
if
both
Parties
were
so
〈…〉
was
b●cause
that
a
Civil
War
〈…〉
qually
displeasing
to
both
.
For
this
Re●son
,
upon
the
20th
of
F●b●●a●y
,
the
King
sent
a
Herald
of
〈◊〉
accompany'd
wi●h
two
〈◊〉
who
coming
to
the
Gate
of
St.
H●nore
,
〈…〉
he
had
three
Pacquets
of
Letters
,
one
●or
th●
Prin●●
of
Con●●
,
the
other
for
the
Parliament
,
●nd
a
third
for
the
City
.
Of
which
the
Parliament
〈◊〉
●●f●●m'd
,
took
the
matter
into
consideration
,
〈…〉
a
Decree●
That
they
should
neither
admit
,
〈◊〉
●●ceive
the
Herald
;
but
send
the
King
's
Serv●●●●●
that
is
to
say
,
●alon
,
Meliand
and
Bignon
,
to
〈◊〉
Q●een
,
to
let
her
know
,
That
if
they
had
refus'd
〈…〉
the
Herald
,
it
was
not
for
want
of
duty
,
〈…〉
because
Heralds
were
never
sent
but
to
Sove●●ign
Princes
,
or
States
,
that
were
in
hostility
with
the
Kingdom●
but
that
neither
the
Prince
of
Conti
,
〈…〉
Parliament
,
nor
the
City
,
were
either
Sover●igns
,
〈◊〉
Enemies
,
and
therefore
they
besought
her
Maje●●y
,
that
they
might
understand
her
pleasure
●rom
〈◊〉
own
Lips
.
Those
Commissioners
were
well
〈◊〉
●y
the
Queen
,
who
told
●em
she
was
satisfy'd
with
●●●ir
Excuse
,
and
their
Submissions
;
that
when
●he
Parliament
should
return
to
their
duty●
they
should●
find
the
effects
of
her
Favour
,
and
Good●will●
a●d
that
a●●or
private
Persons
,
they
should
all
of
'em
,
〈◊〉
o●e
,
find
all
manner
of
security
,
both
for
th●i●
Persons
and
estates
,
in
their
submission
;
and
the
D●●e
,
of
Orlean●
also
,
and
the
Prince
,
gave
'em
th●
〈…〉
.
Now
th●
b●●h
Parties
most
ardently
desir'd
Peace
,
〈…〉
concluded
without
a
great
deal
of
dif
〈…〉
several
Deputations
and
various
Con●e●●●ces●
whe●e
it
was
a
hard
matter
to
content
so
〈…〉
whose
Interests
were
so
nice
and
so
differen●●
But
at
length
it
was
concluded
at
St.
German●
●
〈…〉
March
;
and
afterwa●●●
the
King
's
De
〈…〉
for
this
so
necessary
Peace
,
was
verify'd
in
●ool
Parliament
,
who
order'd
that
Thanks
should
be
return'd
to
their
Majesties
for
the
Peace
which
they
had
restor'd
to
their
Subjects
.
The
Causes
of
the
Civil
War
that
ensu'd
upon
the
Imprisonment
of
the
Princes
.
No
sooner
were
the
Flames
of
Civil
War
extinguish'd
by
this
Peace
,
but
they
were
re-kindl'd
in
a
short
time
after
,
and
spread
it self
with
more
Violence
into
the
principal
Provinces
of
the
Kingdom
,
for
the
Reasons
which
I
am
going
to
tell
ye
.
Considering
what
the
Prince
had
done
in
the
preceding
War
,
in
favour
of
the
Court
and
the
Cardinal
,
it
was
a
difficult
thing
for
them
to
make
him
those
acknowledgments
which
his
great
Services
deserv'd
;
or
that
the
Prince
should
contain
himself
within
the
bounds
of
Mod●sty
,
out
of
a
desire
of
Domination
and
Superiority
,
in
demanding
the
most
considerable
Employments
,
whether
for
himself
or
for
those
whom
he
had
a
mind
to
favo●r
.
And
in
regard
the
Cardinal
had
chiefly
reap'd
the
benefit
of
the
Prince's
Assistance
,
he
was
the
most
expos'd
to
his
Demands
,
his
Complaints
,
his
Threatnings
,
and
his
Bad
Humour
.
And
indeed
,
during
the
Parisian
War
,
there
had
been
some
Misunderstandings
between
the
Prince
and
the
Cardinal
.
For
as
there
was
at
that
time
a
strict
and
diligent
Correspondence
between
'em
,
and
for
that
for
the
most
part
Familiarity
lessens
Esteem
,
the
Respect
which
the
Prince
had
for
the
Cardinal
was
very
much
abated
;
and
the
Cardinal
who
perc●iv'd
it
,
had
look'd
upon
those
great
Virtues
which
the
Prince
had
made
so
gloriously
appear
in
the
time
of
the
Civil
Troubles
,
as
no
other
then
the
Effects
of
Fear
and
Aversion
.
Moreover
,
during
that
time
,
the
Cardinal
plotted
to
bring
the
Odium
of
the
People
upon
the
Prince
,
by
endeavouring
to
make
him
the
Author
of
all
the
Mischiefs
to
which
they
were
expos'd
.
The
Prince
also
after
the
Peace
,
thought
it
behov'd
him
to
thwart
the
Cardinal
,
and
to
shew
the
Alienation
of
his
Kindness
for
him
,
that
he
might
regain
the
Affection
of
the
people
,
and
of
a
great
〈◊〉
o●
considerable
persons
which
he
had
lost
,
for
protecting
a
person
so
generally
hated
.
Calling
to
mind
al●o
the
submissiveness
of
the
Cardinal
during
the
last
Disorders
,
he
was
persuaded●
That
if
he
should
put
him
in
fear
,
and
scorn
him
,
it
would
be
s●●●●cient
to
draw
upon
him
new
Troubles
,
and
to
oblige
him
to
sneak
a
second
time
to
him
,
and
to
have
●he
●ame
dependance
upon
him
as
before
.
He
might
also
perhaps
imagine
,
by
reason
of
the
Kindness
●hich
the
Queen
shew'd
him
at
St.
Germains
,
that
i●
wo●ld
not
be
impossible
for
him
to
make
that
Princess
sensible
of
the
Cardinal's
Defects
,
and
to
have
all
the
Authority
next
her
,
himself
,
after
he
had
laid
the
Cardinal
aside
.
On
the
other
hand
,
the
Cardinal
had
found
,
that
he
could
build
no
solid
Foundation
upon
the
Prince's
●●iendship
,
who
was
sway'd
rather
by
Capricio
,
then
by
Reason
or
his
own
Interests
,
and
that
time
did
bu●
augment
his
scornful
humour●
so
that
he
began
to
meditate
his
Ruin
.
To
which
we
may
add
,
that
Concord
and
Reputation
being
incompatible
between
two
persons
in
the
same
place
,
the
Cardinal
could
no
more
brook
a
Superior
at
Court
,
then
the
Prince
could
endure
an
Equal
.
And
that
which
contributed
considerably
to
dissolve
the
Knot
was
this
,
That
the
Cardinal
was
●●rongly
convinc'd
,
that
he
could
not
engage
the
●●ince
to
persevere
in
his
Interests
,
but
by
the
probabil●●y
of
new
Establishments
,
which
either
he
propos●d
Himself
to
him
,
or
by
his
Crea●ures
,
only
to
〈◊〉
him
,
and
with
a
●ull
rotent
afterwards
to
evade
〈◊〉
●is
Offers
and
his
Promises
.
All
which
the
〈◊〉
pe●ceiv'd
,
and
was
extremely
incens'd
.
Las●ly
,
one
of
the
principal
Causes
of
the
Cardinal●s
Disg●st
against
the
Prince
,
and
which
inspir'd
h●m
wi●h
a
Design
to
ruin
him
,
was
the
constant
oppo●●●ion
of
the
Prince
to
the
raising
of
the
Cardinal
's
Fi●●ly
;
which
I
shall
thus
make
out
.
Some
time
before
the
Troubles
,
Mazarine
,
desirous
to
support
his
Fortune
in
France
by
considerable
Alliances
,
had
cast
his
eyes
upon
the
Duke
of
Mer●eur
,
as
a
●it
person
to
Marry
his
Niece
Mancini
,
and
to
confer
upon
him
at
the
same
time
the
Employment
of
Lord
High
Admiral
.
This
Project
was
interrupted
by
the
War
,
and
reass●m'd
some
time
after
the
Peace
,
when
the
Court
was
at
Compiegne
,
and
where
there
was
nothing
talk'd
of
but
Festivals
and
Rejoicings
.
The
Queen
spoke
of
it
to
the
Prince
,
who
durst
not
oppose
it●
whether
he
slighted
the
business
,
or
did
not
foresee
the
Consequences
of
it
,
or
ra●her
because
he
was
afraid
of
the
Noise
it
would
make
,
should
he
gain-say
it
.
However
it
were
,
notwithstanding
his
silence
at
that
time
,
he
afterwards
most
vehemently
oppos'd
it
,
and
never
minded
observing
any
Decorum
with
the
Cardinal
.
For
he
spar'd
no
manner
of
Raillery
or
nipping
In●ectives
against
his
Person
.
This
cut
the
Cardinal
to
the
heart
,
and
did
not
a
little
trouble
the
Queen
.
But
that
which
absolutely
render'd
the
Prince
suspected
at
Court●
was
his
obstructing
another
Match
which
the
Cardinal
was
eager
to
make
between
one
of
his
Nieces
and
the
Duke
of
Candale
,
at
what
time
Guienne
was
in
Arms
,
through
the
Misunderstanding
between
the
D.
of
Es●ernon
his
Father
,
and
the
Parliament
of
Bourdeaux
,
which
had
join'd
,
as
also
had
that
of
Prov●nce
,
with
the
Parliament
of
Paris
,
against
Mazarine
.
Fo●
the
Prince
foreseeing
that
the
Ma●ch
could
not
be
made
without
assuring
the
Government
of
Guyen
to
Candale
,
whom
the
Parliament
and
People
would
be
sure
to
expel
,
he
made
use
of
the
Affection
of
the
Bourdelois
to
hinder
the
Marriage
,
and
openly
declar'd
for
'em
in
the
Council
,
that
he
might
encourage
'em
the
more
to
demand
another
Governor
.
The
Prince's
so
openly
declaring
for
the
Parliament
and
Revolters
of
Guyenne
put
it
positively
beyond
all
doubt
,
that
he
held
a
Correspondence
with
'em
and
consequently
that
he
was
in
Confederacy
with
all
the
Factions
.
And
that
which
augmented
the
Confusion
and
Jealousie
of
the
Court
,
was
the
Demand
which
Guyenne
made
to
have
the
Prince
to
be
Governor
of
that
Province
instead
of
the
Duke
of
Espernon
.
But
new
Troubles
arose
at
Paris
,
occasion'd
by
the
●●●ts
of
the
Town-House
,
which
caus'd
the
Prince
to
shew
his
Zeal
in
a
more
violent
manner
then
ever
,
for
the
Support
of
the
King's
Authority
,
and
a
second
time
to
contemn
all
the
Solicitations
and
Applications
of
the
Slingers
;
which
somewhat
re●●x'd
him
at
Court
,
and
caus'd
'em
to
alter
,
or
at
least
suspend
the
Resolutions
they
had
taken
against
his
Person
.
But
while
he
thus
became
serviceable
to
the
Crown
,
he
was
always
careful
not
to
suffer
the
Cardinal
to
have
any
Command
over
him
.
To
which
purpose
he
diligently
set
himself
to
destroy
whatever
might
be
〈…〉
to
his
Elevation
.
So
that
understanding
that
the
Cardinal
had
a
design
to
marry
one
of
his
Nieces
with
the
Duke
of
Richlieu
,
he
continually
〈◊〉
that
Match
,
as
he
had
disappointed
the
rest
,
and
engaged
the
young
Lord
to
marry
the
Marquess
〈…〉
's
Widow
,
and
carry'd
'em
in
his
own
Coach
to
〈◊〉
,
a
House
belonging
to
the
Duke
of
Longue●●●●
,
where
they
were
marry'd
.
This
Action
render'd
him
more
suspected
at
Court
then
if
he
had
attempted
any
thing
against
the
King's
Authority
.
And
the
Cardinal
and
his
Adherents
〈◊〉
insinuated
,
that
he
had
procur'd
that
Match
only
to
magnifie
his
own
Reputation
,
and
to
draw
the
D.
of
Richlieu
to
his
Party
,
because
he
was
〈…〉
of
Havre
,
and
they
took
an
occasion
from
thence
to
hast'n
his
Imprisonment
.
But
before
we
come
to
the
Prince's
being
imprison'd
,
〈◊〉
will
be
material
to
give
an
account
of
certain
important
Passages
which
happen'd
after
the
Peace
.
This
Peace
not
having
been
publish'd
,
the
Court
did
not
deem
it
convenient
for
the
Welfare
of
the
State
,
as
well
in
reference
to
Affairs
at
Home
as
Abroad
,
that
the
King
should
return
immediately
to
his
Capital
City
.
For
the
Ministers
did
not
think
it
safe
to
envelop
themselves
among
an
enrag'd
Populacy
,
whom
they
had
so
lately
besieg'd
;
and
in
regard
the
Campaign
drew
near
,
't
was
a
plausible
pretence
for
taking
a
Progress
towards
the
Frontiers
,
upon
some
considerable
Employment
.
Moreover
,
they
were
in
hopes
that
time
would
calm
their
minds
,
and
bury
the
Remembrance
of
things
past
.
As
for
the
Prince
,
he
thought
it
was
for
his
Interest
and
his
Honour
to
shew
himself
to
a
people
that
had
so
often
loaded
him
with
Imprecations
.
For
which
reason
he
went
to
Paris
,
and
shew'd
himself
alone
in
his
Coach
,
which
drew
upon
him
the
Respect
and
Fear
of
the
people
,
but
abated
their
Resentments
.
The
greatest
part
of
the
Parliament
,
and
the
principal
of
the
Frondeurs
Party
,
made
him
Visits
for
five
or
six
days
together
;
after
which
he
return'd
to
Court
;
where
the
Cardinal
's
great
Joy
that
he
had
open'd
the
way
to
Paris
,
was
allay'd
by
his
Jealousie
of
the
smallest
Actions
of
that
great
Prince
,
whose
Valour
had
drawn
upon
him
the
Awe
and
Veneration
of
those
very
persons
whom
his
Courage
had
offended
.
Upon
his
arrival
,
the
Cardinal
desirous
to
remove
so
dangerous
a
Competitor
,
propos'd
to
him
the
Command
of
the
Army
in
Flanders
.
But
the
Prince
refus'd
to
accept
it
;
whether
it
were
that
he
saw
the
Cardinal's
Aim
and
Intention
through
the
Proposal
,
and
that
he
took
delight
to
mortifie
him
;
or
that
it
was
more
grateful
to
him
to
rule
the
Cabinet
.
'T
is
true
that
he
had
a
design
to
have
gone
to
his
Government
of
Burgundy
,
with
an
intention
to
pacifie
the
Troubles
of
Guyen
and
Provence
,
that
were
in
Arms
through
the
Misunderstandings
between
the
Governors
and
the
Parliaments
.
But
the
Cardinal
,
and
the
Abbot
de
l●
B●viere
,
had
frustrated
his
Intermediation
,
to
whose
Authority
the
persons
concern'd
had
referr'd
〈◊〉
differences
;
for
they
were
afraid
lest
his
Um●●●●ge
should
augment
his
Reputation
and
his
Power
.
However
,
he
would
not
give
over
the
Journey
;
and
wh●n
he
departed
from
Compeigne
,
the
Cardinal
took
his
Le●ve
of
him
with
a
strong
Guard
,
as
if
he
durst
not
trust
his
Life
with
the
person
who
had
so
often
ventur'd
his
own
Life
for
his
preservation
.
At
parting
,
the
Prince
desir'd
the
Commander
de
Souvie
,
Le
Tell●●
,
and
other
the
Cardinal's
Confidents
,
and
charged
Marhille
,
his
Domestick
Servant
,
to
tell
him
,
That
he
could
be
none
of
his
Friends
if
he
thought
of
marrying
his
Niece
to
the
Duke
of
Mercoeur
.
All
this
while
the
Court
had
a
powerful
Army
on
Foot
,
commanded
by
Count
d'
Hareourt
,
who
had
Orders
to
sit
down
before
Cambray
.
For
the
Cardinal
was
in
hope
to
refix
himself
in
his
Ancient
Splendor
,
by
such
a
glorious
Conquest
as
that
,
with
which
he
●●ckl'd
his
Fancy
so
much
the
more
,
because
the
Duke
had
no
share
in
the
Design
,
nor
was
he
to
have
any
in
the
Execution
of
it
.
And
that
he
might
have
the
whole
Honour
of
it
,
he
went
from
Amiens
wh●re
the
King
was
,
to
the
Siege
.
But
Fortune
prov'd
no
way
favourable
to
him
,
his
Enterprize
〈◊〉
to
his
Confusion
;
for
Cambray
being
reliev'd
,
〈◊〉
,
was
forc'd
to
raise
his
Siege
.
During
the
Prince's
Absence
,
the
Cardinal
had
held
no
other
then
a
Correspondence
of
Decency
and
Civility
with
him
;
and
the
Prince
,
who
began
to
be
sensible
of
the
Prosperity
of
the
Court
with
some
regret
,
and
who
was
not
a
little
disturb'd
about
the
Siege
of
Cambray
,
was
no
less
glad
to
hear
it
was
rais'd
.
The
Troubles
in
Guyenne
and
Provence
,
and
the
Difficulties
which
obstructed
the
King's
Return
to
P●ri●
pleas'd
him
as
much
;
because
he
believ'd
that
the
Cardinal
minded
nothing
else
,
but
which
way
to
surmount
all
those
Obstacles
and
present
Impediments
that
obstructed
his
recovering
an
Absolute
and
Independent
Authority
.
And
therefore
he
forbore
to
●oment
his
Discontents
either
in
private
or
in
publick
,
as
if
he
were
willing
to
lay
his
Resentments
asleep
,
to
the
end
he
might
afterwards
let
'em
loose
with
more
Violence
.
Also
at
his
return
from
Burgundy
to
P●ris
,
before
he
had
seen
the
Court
,
he
most
earnestly
solicited
all
his
Friends
to
take
care
that
the
King
and
the
Cardinal
might
have
a
Reception
into
the
Metropolis
of
the
Kingdom
suitable
to
their
Dignity
.
Perhaps
he
strove
to
compleat
a
work
so
glorious
as
that
of
restoring
the
Cardinal
,
or
that
he
flatter'd
himself
that
such
a
piece
of
Service
would
never
be
forgot
by
the
Queen
.
He
●tay'd
till
the
Court
was
return'd
to
Compeigne
,
where
he
was
receiv'd
with
more
demonstrations
of
Friendship
,
then
when
he
parted
from
thence
.
After
which
,
his
Majesty
return'd
to
Paris
;
and
in
that
Entry
,
the
King
,
the
Queen
,
and
all
the
Royal
Family
,
rode
in
the
same
Coach
,
and
the
Cardinal
in
one
of
the
Boots
with
the
Prince
,
who
put
a
confidence
into
him
by
his
presence
.
And
the
incredible
Throng
of
people
who
appear'd
at
that
same
Entrance
,
and
who
abhorr'd
the
very
sight
of
the
Cardinal
,
did
only
then
let
loose
their
Joy
for
the
King's
Return
,
who
at
that
time
took
up
all
their
thoughts
,
and
defac'd
the
remembrance
of
all
their
Animosities
and
past
Misfortunes
.
When
their
Majesties
arriv'd
at
the
Palace-Royal
,
they
receiv'd
the
Submissions
of
the
D.
of
Beaufort
,
the
Coadjutor
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Heads
of
the
Frondeurs
;
and
the
Prince
compleated
so
Noble
a
day's
work
,
by
telling
the
Queen
,
That
he
lookt
upon
himself
to
be
very
happy
in
having
fulfill'd
the
Promise
that
he
made
her
,
to
bring
back
the
King
.
To
which
her
Maje●ty
reply'd
,
Sir
,
This
Service
which
you
have
done
the
Kingdome
is
so
great
,
that
the
King
and
my self
should
be
very
ungrateful
,
should
we
ever
forget
it
.
One
of
the
Prince's
Servants
who
〈…〉
this
Discourse
,
told
him
,
That
his
great
〈…〉
him
tremble
,
and
that
he
was
afraid
〈…〉
was
no
more
than
a
Reproach
.
I
〈…〉
reply'd
the
Prince
:
however
I
have
per
〈…〉
what
I
promis'd
.
When
good
Services
are
〈…〉
atred
takes
place
of
Acknowledgment
.
〈…〉
the
Prince
found
to
be
true
:
For
all
that
〈…〉
in
favour
of
the
Cardinal
,
was
one
of
〈…〉
which
his
Mortifications
had
in
〈…〉
that
spurr'd
him
on
to
ruin
him
.
〈…〉
purpose
all
things
were
to
be
so
order'd
,
〈…〉
the
Fro●deurs
,
nor
the
D.
of
Orleans
should
〈…〉
the
Prince
.
And
to
that
effect
〈…〉
the
Hatred
and
Aversion
which
they
〈…〉
had
for
him
,
and
which
was
renew'd
〈…〉
to
time
,
in
regard
the
Prince
sometimes
〈◊〉
to
●e
reconcil'd
to
'em
,
and
embrace
their
〈…〉
had
shew'd
himself
to
be
their
〈◊〉
Enemy●
〈…〉
all
the
Artifices
which
the
Cardinal
〈…〉
to
incline
the
Frondeurs
to
rejoice
at
the
〈…〉
this
was
the
chiefest
.
〈…〉
had
receiv'd
a
Note
,
which
gave
him
〈…〉
That
the
Frondeurs
had
a
Design
upon
〈…〉
and
that
they
had
resolv'd
to
Assassinate
〈…〉
over
Pon●neuf
.
This
Note
he
shew'd
〈…〉
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
and
the
Cardin●●
〈◊〉
seem'd
to
be
as
much
surpriz'd
as
the
rest
.
〈…〉
some
Consultation
what
course
to
take
〈…〉
the
truth
,
't
was
resolv'd
,
to
the
end
they
〈…〉
themselves
without
exposing
the
Perso●
〈…〉
Duke
.
That
his
Coachman
should
drive
〈…〉
over
Pontneuf
with
the
Curtains
drawn
,
〈…〉
were
in
it
;
which
was
done
,
while
〈…〉
the
mean
time
stay'd
at
a
Bathing-House
〈…〉
Event
.
So
soon
as
the
Coach
was
〈…〉
before
the
Brazen-Horse
,
the
Coach
was
〈…〉
certain
persons
unknown
,
who
fir'd
their
Blunderbusses
into
it
,
and
wounded
a
Lacquey
belonging
to
the
Count
of
Duras
,
who
rode
at
the
Tail
of
the
Coach
.
Of
which
the
Prince
having
immediate
notice
,
demanded
Justice
of
the
King
and
the
Queen
against
the
Frondeurs
.
The
Cardinal
also
seem'd
to
outdo
himself
upon
this
occasion
;
for
his
Diligence
and
his
Zeal
exceeded
the
Care
and
Sedulity
of
the
Prince's
nearest
Relations
,
and
most
Cordial
Friends
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Frondeurs
seeing
such
a
quick
and
dangerous
Accusation
taking
root
against
'em
,
believ'd
it
at
first
to
be
an
Artifice
of
the
Prince's
to
ruin
'em
.
However
,
they
were
nothing
daunted
;
and
tho
the
report
ran
,
that
the
Prince
would
prosecute
his
Revenge
with
all
manner
of
Violence
,
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
made
no
s●●uple
to
visit
Marshal
Grammon●
at
a
time
that
the
Prince
supp'd
with
him
,
and
there
spent
the
remainder
of
the
Evening
without
the
least
shew
of
being
concern'd
.
The
Coadjutor
and
he
made
use
of
all
the
ways
imaginable
to
justifie
their
Innocency
to
the
Prince
;
and
the
Marquess
of
Noirmoustier
offer'd
on
their
behalf
to
join
with
the
whole
house
of
Conde
against
the
Cardinal
.
But
the
Prince
,
who
was
no
less
exasperated
for
the
little
respect
they
had
shew'd
him
upon
other
occasi●ons
,
as
out
of
a
perswasion
not
to
be
vanquish'd
,
that
they
had
a
design
to
Assassinate
him
,
stopt
his
ears
against
all
their
Justifications
,
and
laid
aside
all
other
thoughts
,
but
of
doing
himself
Justice
with
the
Consent
of
the
Court
,
or
else
of
demanding
Justice
from
the
Parliament
.
The
first
Resolution
was
too
violent
;
neither
did
it
agree
with
the
Cardinal
's
conceal'd
Design
;
and
the
effect
of
the
other
was
too
tedious
and
dubious
.
Nevertheless
,
because
it
was
the
intention
of
the
Court
to
refer
this
business
to
the
Parliament
,
on
purpose
to
mortify
the
Prince
with
delays
,
and
the
vexation
to
see
himself
as
it
were
a
Suppliant
at
the
Feet
of
the
Judges
,
the
Cardinal
w●nted
not
specious
pretences
to
perswade
the
Prince
to
take
that
course
.
Thereupon
he
made
his
complaint
to
the
Palace
in
the
usual
forms
;
and
during
the
whole
course
of
that
Affair
,
the
Cardinal
〈◊〉
●he
pleasure
to
draw
him
into
all
those
Snares
〈◊〉
he
had
laid
for
him
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
and
the
Coadjutor
demanded
that
they
might
be
admitted
to
justifie
themselves
;
which
being
granted
,
both
Parties
quitted
all
other
ways
,
a●d
adhered
only
to
the
practice
of
the
Palace
.
But
●he
Prince
soon
understood
by
the
manner
of
the
F●●nde●rs
justifying
themselves
,
that
their
Credit
wou●d
balance
his
;
nevertheless
he
did
not
penetrate
the
Cardinal's
Dissimulation
;
and
maugre
the
Opin●o●s
and
Advice
of
his
Friends
,
he
still
believ'd
that
〈◊〉
acted
sincerely
.
In
this
posture
things
re●●●●'d
for
some
days
,
while
exasperation
and
im●●●e●ment
augmented
on
both
sides
.
The
Prince's
F●●ends
and
the
Frondeurs
Friends
accompany'd
their
Chi●●tains
every
day
to
the
Palace
;
and
all
things
were
carry'd
with
more
Moderation
then
could
be
expected
between
two
Parties
,
whose
Leaders
were
so
unequal
.
Moreover
,
the
Cardinal
,
in
hopes
to
recover
his
full
Liberty
by
depriving
the
Prince
of
his
Freedom
,
thought
it
high
time
to
agree
with
the
●rondeurs
,
and
that
he
might
securely
offer
'em
the
protection
of
the
Court
,
without
any
fear
of
afford●ng
'em
an
opportunity
to
reconcile
themselves
to
the
Prince
.
So
that
things
could
never
be
better
dispos'd
of
,
to
incline
the
Frondeurs
to
be
so
far
from
opposing
●●e
Prince's
Ruin
,
as
rather
to
be
glad
and
rejoice
at
●●s
Imprisonment
.
There
remain'd
now
nothing
more
but
to
set
the
Duke
of
Orleans
at
variance
with
the
Prince
;
which
the
Cardinal
found
a
means
to
do
,
upon
the
Marriage
of
the
Duke
of
Richlieu
with
Madam
du
Pons
.
He
aggravated
to
the
Duke
,
that
the
Prince
had
said
nothing
to
him
of
the
Marri●ge
;
and
after
he
had
sow'd
the
seeds
of
Exasperation
in
his
mind
,
he
consulted
with
Madam
de
Chevreuse
against
the
Prince's
Liberty
.
And
to
the
end
the
Abbot
de
●a
Riviere
,
who
was
so
much
concern'd
to
oppose
the
Ruin
of
the
Prince
,
as
being
in
hopes
of
a
Cardinal's
Cap
,
by
the
means
of
his
Reputation
,
and
the
Rennnciation
of
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
might
not
break
the
Measures
they
had
taken
,
Madam
de
Chevreuse
cunningly
complain'd
to
the
Duke
of
Orleans
how
little
security
there
would
be
for
the
future
in
taking
particular
Measures
with
him
;
that
whatever
he
said
,
was
told
again
to
the
Prince
and
Madam
Longueville
,
by
the
Abbot
de
la
Riviere
,
who
being
by
them
secur'd
from
meeting
any
opposition
at
Rome
in
his
pretensions
to
a
Cardinal's
Cap
,
makes
them
acquainted
with
all
his
Master's
Conduct
and
Privacies
.
She
perswaded
him
also
,
That
the
Abbot
,
in
whose
Councils
he
had
had
a
blind
Confidence
,
was
privy
to
the
whole
Negotiation
of
the
Duke
of
Richlieu
,
and
Madam
du
Pons
;
and
that
all
things
were
carried
on
between
them
so
exactly
by
Concert
,
that
the
Princess
her
Mother
had
never
so
zealously
assisted
Madamoiselle
de
Saugeon
in
her
design
to
turn
Carmelite
,
but
to
remove
her
from
the
Presence
and
Confidence
of
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
and
to
hinder
her
from
observing
the
Abbot
de
la
Riviere's
Carriage
,
and
his
blind
dependance
upon
the
House
of
Conde
.
In
short●
Madam
de
Chevreuse
understood
so
well
how
to
incense
the
Duke
both
against
the
Prince
and
the
Abbot●
that
she
soften'd
him
for
all
the
impressions
that
she
had
a
desire
to
imprint
in
his
mind
.
One
Project
also
of
Madam
de
Chevreuse's
which
contributed
very
much
to
bring
their
Design
about
,
was
an
act
of
Passion
which
the
Prince
committed
.
For
a
little
before
,
he
went
to
visit
the
Dutchess
of
Orleans
with
a
Lady
which
he
would
needs
carry
into
the
Presence
along
with
him
,
notwithstanding
that
the
Officer
of
the
Duke's
Guards
told
him
,
He
had
Orders
that
no
body
should
enter
but
himself
.
Which
the
Prince
never
regarded
,
but
went
forward
;
upon
which
the
Officer
stepping
before
the
Lady
,
to
prevent
he●
Entrance
,
the
Prince
took
his
Ba●●oon
of
Co●●●nd
,
and
broke
it
abo●t
the
Officer's
Sh●ulders
.
Moreover
,
the
Cardinal
renew'd
an
old
Proposal
to
〈◊〉
Duke
of
Roan
,
to
engage
the
Prince
to
lay
claim
to
the
Dignity
of
Constable
,
which
he
would
never
li●●●●
to
,
for
fear
of
creating
a
Jealousie
in
the
Duke
of
Orleance
.
And
tho
the
Prince
rejected
the
Propo●●tion
a
second
time
,
out
of
the
same
consideration
,
●●t
the
Cardinal
made
that
dextrous
use
of
the
pri●a●e
Co●ferences
which
the
Prince
had
with
the
D●ke
of
Roban
upon
that
subject
,
that
they
afforded
all
〈◊〉
probabilities
of
a
private
Negotiation
between
th●
Duke
of
Roan
,
and
the
Prince
,
without
imparting
it
●o
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
and
contrary
to
his
opini●●
and
pretensions
to
the
Constable's
Sword
.
So
that
the
Duke
having
receiv'd
all
these
Impressions
,
a●d
pe●ceiving
both
want
of
Sincerity
and
Respect
in
the
Pri●ce's
proceedings
,
without
any
more
to
do
consent●d
to
his
being
Arrested
.
The
Prince's
Friends
had
several
times
given
him
wanting
of
a
Design
which
they
suspected
to
be
〈◊〉
,
to
lay
him
up
in
Prison
;
and
from
that
t●●e
he
had
always
some
one
or
other
with
him
of
t●e
Royal
Palace
;
tho
he
gave
no
credit
to
their
Ad●ice
,
and
sometimes
laught
and
flouted
at
those
that
gave
it
him●
In
the
mean
time
the
Cardinal
procu●'d
the
thing
to
be
resolv'd
on
in
Council
,
1650.
and
a
day
to
be
appointed
fo●
the
Execution
of
the
Order
,
which
was
the
〈◊〉
of
Ianuary
.
The
Deten●●on
of
the
Princes
.
Several
persons
gave
the
Prince
advice
of
it
the
same
day
;
but
he
took
no
notice
of
〈◊〉
.
And
that
which
is
more
to
be
wonder'd
at
is
this
,
th●●
whereas
for
about
Two
Months
together
he
had
accustom'd
himself
to
be
attended
by
some
of
his
most
faithful
Friends
when
he
went
to
the
Palace
Royal
,
he
never
went
alone
but
that
day
he
was
arrested
.
The
Duke
of
Longueville
was
at
Chaillo●
,
apart
from
the
Dutchess
his
Wife
.
To
draw
him
therefore
into
the
snare
,
the
Cardinal
sent
●im
word
,
that
the
Council
was
consulting
about
the
apprehending
of
Couturier
,
and
some
others
,
who
were
accus'd
for
having
attempted
the
Prince's
Life
;
and
that
his
presence
was
necessary
to
prevent
Sedition
and
Tumult
.
Immediately
the
D.
of
Longueville
made
haste
to
Paris
,
and
went
to
the
Palace-Royal
upon
the
19
th
of
Iunuary
in
the
Evening
.
The
Prince
also
,
according
to
his
custom
,
came
that
Evening
to
attend
upon
the
Queen
;
at
what
time
the
Abbot
de
la
Riviere
told
him
,
That
the
Duke
of
Orleans
would
not
be
at
the
Council
.
Upon
which
the
Prince
thought
at
first
;
that
they
would
abandon
his
Cause
;
which
made
him
leave
the
Queen
sooner
than
he
would
h●ve
don●
,
and
go
to
the
Council-Chamber
,
whither
at
the
same
time
came
the
Prince
of
Conty
and
the
Duke
of
Longueville
.
As
for
the
Cardinal
,
he
was
retir'd
into
his
Chamber
,
and
had
carry'd
the
Abbot
alo●g
with
him
,
lest
he
should
perceive
something
,
and
spoil
a
Design
that
was
just
upon
the
point
of
Execution
.
So
that
there
was
only
the
Chancellor
,
the
Count
of
Servien
,
Le
Tellier
,
and
some
others
with
the
Princes
,
when
de
Guitault
,
Captain
of
the
Queen's
Guards
,
with
great
respect
approach'd
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
in
the
Queen's
Name
whispe●'d
him
in
the
ear
,
That
he
must
go
to
Prison
.
De
Comminge
,
Captain
of
the
same
Guards
,
told
the
Prince
of
Conty
as
much
;
and
de
Croissy
,
one
of
the
Ensigns
of
the
same
Body
,
put
the
same
Compliment
upon
the
Duke
of
Longueville
.
The
Prince
a●
first
took
it
for
a
piece
of
Sport
,
and
thought
the
Queen
had
done
it
in
a
kind
of
Frolick
.
But
understanding
all
was
in
good
earnest
,
Is
this
then
the
Recompence
(
said
he
)
of
〈◊〉
Fidelity
and
Services
?
And
then
addressing
himself
to
the
Chancellor
,
he
desir'd
him
to
go
in
his
Name
to
the
Queen
,
and
beg
of
her
to
hear
him
but
for
one
Minute
;
a●d
he
pray'd
the
Count
de
Servien
to
●●sire
the
same
Favour
of
the
Cardinal
.
As
for
the
Cha●c●llor
,
he
return'd
,
without
being
able
to
ob●●in
hi●●equest
;
and
as
for
the
Count
of
Servien
,
●e
brought
no
answer
back
,
believing
it
enough
to
have
given
the
Cardinal
notice
that
the
business
was
done●
And
then
it
was
that
Mazarine
imparted
the
business
to
the
Abbot
de
la
Riviere
,
who
was
strangely
surpriz'd
at
it
,
and
could
not
forbear
telling
him
,
That
certainly
the
Duke
of
Orleans
would
never
suf●er
such
an
Injury
to
be
done
the
Princes
.
To
which
the
Cardinal
answer'd
,
That
there
had
been
nothing
done
without
his
Consent
.
Thereupon
the
Abbot
retir'd
to
spea●
with
his
Highness
;
but
he
was
repuls'd
in
such
a
manner
,
that
he
look'd
upon
his
For●u●●
to
●e
at
an
end
.
〈◊〉
,
who
was
gone
to
fetch
his
Guard
,
retur●'d
with
Twenty
Soldiers
well
Arm'd
,
who
looking
a
squint
upon
the
Princes
,
seem'd
to
threaten
'em
with
something
else
more
fatal
then
Imprisonments
,
and
carr●'d
away
the
Prisoners
down
a
back-pair
of
Stairs
into
the
Garden
,
where
Guitalt
putting
'em
all
thre●
into
one
Coach
,
conducted
'em
to
Richlieu
●s
Gate
,
where
the
Count
o●
Miossans
,
afterwards
for
this
piece
of
good
service
made
a
Marshal
,
by
the
name
of
Marshal
d'
Albret
,
waited
with
the
Gendarmes
to
carry
'em
to
Vincennes
.
And
that
which
is
here
to
be
observ'd
,
is
this
,
That
Mazarine
orde●'d
this
business
so
cunningly
,
that
the
Prince
believ'd
that
all
the
Preparations
which
were
made
to
seize
his
Person
,
concern'd
only
the
Frondeurs
,
and
out
of
that
perswasion
gave
himself
the
Orders
for
his
being
more
safely
conducted
to
Prison
.
For
the
same
day
the
Prince
was
arrested
,
the
Cardinal
sent
him
word
in
the
Morning
,
That
he
had
something
to
impart
to
him
of
great
Consequence
.
Thereupon
the
Prince
went
to
the
Palace-Royal
,
where
the
Cardinal
told
him
,
That
he
had
been
inform'd
in
good
part
,
that
Decoutures
had
been
in
Paris
about
Four
and
twenty
hours
,
conceal'd
in
●
House
near
Mo●matre
Gate
;
and
that
the
Conviction
of
the
Murder
intended
being
infallible
,
if
they
could
but
light
upon
him●
he
would
do
well
to
give
an
Order
to
apprehend
him
;
but
that
in
the
executing
of
this
Design
two
things
were
to
be
fear'd
;
that
is
to
say
,
lest
the
People
and
the
Coadjutor's
Friends
should
make
a
Tumult
;
for
that
the
Coadjutor
well
knowing
his
Ruin
to
be
unavoidable
if
Decoutures
were
taken
,
would
be
certain
to
procure
his
escape
.
And
therefore
to
avoid
both
the
one
and
the
other
of
these
Inconveniences
,
he
tho●ght
it
convenient
that
he
should
be
sent
away
out
of
Paris
,
till
the
Parliament
should
order
him
to
be
remanded
to
the
common
Goal
of
the
City
:
That
the
best
way
was
to
carry
him
through
Richlieu
Gate
;
and
there●ore
that
he
would
command
the
Gensdarms
to
stay
behind
l'
Hostel
de
Vendosme
,
in
a
readiness
to
march
when
they
should
be
commanded
.
The
Prince
approv'd
these
Proposals
;
and
blinded
by
his
desire
of
Revenge
,
suffer'd
himself
to
be
surpriz'd
by
the
Artifices
of
the
Cardinal
,
and
took
care
for
his
own
being
safely
carry'd
to
Prison
,
which
he
had
like
to
have
discover'd
the
day
be●ore
,
entring
into
the
Cardinal's
Chamber
,
where
Lyonne
,
Mazarine's
Secretary
,
was
writing
out
the
Orders
beforehand
.
Upon
the
Road
to
Vineennes
the
Coach
broke
,
so
that
the
Prisoners
were
forc'd
to
stay
three
or
four
hours
by
the
way
,
with
only
a
Guard
of
Four●een
Gensdarmes
,
yet
no
body
dur●t
adventure
to
rescue
them
.
The
Parisians
rejoice
at
the
Imprisonment
of
the
Pr.
The
remembrance
of
the
War
,
and
the
present
disorders
of
Paris
,
were
the
reason
that
the
blow
was
easily
born
with
.
The
People
approv'd
what
had
been
done
against
the
Prince
,
and
shew'd
themselves
extreamly
joyful
at
the
News
:
So
that
the
〈◊〉
of
Longueville
,
who
was
retir'd
to
a
private
house
in
●aris
,
in
expectation
of
things
necessary
for
her
〈◊〉
into
Normandy
,
to
which
she
had
been
ad●●●●
by
her
Friends
,
beheld
the
Bonfires
and
other
marks
of
publick
rejoycing
for
the
Imprisonments
of
her
Brothers
,
and
her
Husband
.
And
what
was
more
singular
was
this
,
That
Persons
of
the
highest
Quality
and
Degree
,
who
afterwards
demanded
,
and
with
an
unshak'n
Zeal
and
Constancy
prosec●ted
their
Releasment
,
then
publickly
declar'd
that
their
Imprisonment
was
Legal
.
But
that
which
soon
after
made
it
appear
to
be
〈◊〉
,
wa●
a
letter
sent
to
the
Parliament
,
The
Princes
Innocency
.
three
days
a●ter
the
Princes
were
seiz'd
,
wherein
such
●light
and
〈◊〉
●rimes
were
laid
to
their
charge
,
that
the
greatest
of
those
,
who
by
reason
of
some
remaining
〈◊〉
of
the
year
preceding
,
thought
'em
guilty●
were
convinc'd
of
their
Innocency
.
The
first
days
of
their
Imprisonment
the
Princes
in●rig●'d
against
the
Cruelty
of
their
Enemies
.
The
King●s
B●●ad
which
was
granted
to
the
most
wretch●d
was
deny'd
to
Princes
of
the
Blood
.
Their
Employments●
and
their
Governments
,
were
dispos'd
o●●
their
Pensions
were
stopp'd
;
nay
,
they
lay'd
their
Hands
upon
●he
Assignations
given
the
Prince
for
the
●●imbursement
of
fifty
thousand
Crowns
lent
to
the
Queen
but
six
months
before
.
Perraut
also
being
imprison'd
the
same
day
as
his
Master
,
they
seiz'd
upon
all
his
Papers
,
turn'd
his
Servants
out
of
three
Houses
;
and
commanded
the
Princess
Dowager
,
and
the
P●incess
her
Daughter-in-law
,
to
retire
out
of
Paris
●
They
order'd
also
President
Ferrand
,
who
was
nominated
by
the
Prince
for
the
Administration
of
his
Affairs●
and
the
Intendants
employ'd
by
the
two
others
,
〈◊〉
defray
their
Expences
.
Upon
refusal
of
the
first
Decree
of
Council
,
the
President
Ferrand
,
who
resolutely
resisted
,
was
threaten'd
with
imprisonment
.
His
Moveables
were
put
to
sale
.
No
less
then
eight
Silver
Candlesticks
mark'd
with
the
Prince's
Arms
,
were
sold
by
an
Outcry
.
And
his
Sword
,
the
support
of
the
State
,
the
glory
of
the
Regency
,
the
Terrour
of
all
Europe
,
was
within
a
hairs
breadth
of
being
cry'd
in
the
publick
Market-place
by
a
pitiful
Catchpole
;
that
Sword
which
had
defeated
the
most
considerable
Forces
of
Spain
,
and
had
sacrific'd
to
the
Security
and
Welfare
of
the
King
,
three
famous
Generals
,
gain'd
whole
Provinces
to
the
Crown
;
that
had
vanquish'd
the
Bavarians
;
the
Support
and
Hopes
on
which
the
Empire
rely'd
,
and
which
had
defended
the
Cardinal
himself
from
the
Fury
and
Animosity
of
the
French
.
These
three
Princes
suffer'd
their
Misfortunes
with
variety
of
Humours
.
The
Duke
of
Longuevil●e
was
sad
and
pensive
,
and
spoke
not
a
word
.
The
Prince
of
Conti
wept
,
and
never
stirr'd
out
of
his
Bed
;
while
the
Prince
sung
,
swore
,
went
to
Mass
a
Mornings
,
read
and
play'd
to
pass
away
his
time
.
'T
is
said
,
that
the
Prince
,
hearing
the
Prince
of
Conti
desire
some-body
to
bring
him
a
Book
,
entitl'd
,
The
Imitation
of
Christ
,
should
presently
use
this
Expression
to
the
Prince
of
Conti's
Friend
,
And
I
,
Sir
,
said
he
,
desire
you
to
bring
me
the
Imitation
of
Monsieur
Beaufort
;
that
I
may
make
my
escape
out
of
this
place
,
as
he
did
about
two
years
ago●
and
see
my
heels
well
at
liberty
.
These
Rigorous
Proceedings
against
the
Princes
were
attended
with
several
others
.
The
guard
of
'em
was
committed
to
the
care
of
De
Barr
,
a
Man
of
great
Severity
,
and
whose
hard
Usage
much
augmented
the
Discontents
of
the
Prisoners
.
Now
in
regard
this
man
was
made
choice
of
by
the
Cardinal
to
be
the
Minister
of
his
Passions
,
neither
the
Respect
due
to
the
Birth
of
the
Princes
,
their
Services
done
the
Kingdom
,
nor
the
honour
to
be
entrusted
with
those
Illustrious
Sufferers
,
made
any
impression
upon
his
crabbed
Disposition
.
And
not
contented
with
four
Bodies
of
Guards
,
and
five
strong
Gates
,
he
crowded
their
Antichambers
with
Soldiers
:
He
also
plac'd
Sold●●●s
in
their
very
Chambers
to
observe
their
Coun●●●●●ces
;
and
many
times
they
were
observ'd
in
their
Beds
:
And
that
which
was
most
irksome
of
all
,
we
the
Clownishness
of
their
Jaylor's
Discoourses
.
He
had
not
common
Civility
for
'em
,
as
Princes
,
but
〈◊〉
be
always
prating
in
their
ears
that
which
was
offensive
.
They
were
refus'd
the
Attendance
of
their
own
Servants
.
Only
the
Complaints
of
the
Princess
of
Conde
causing
'em
to
fear
the
effects
of
some
pity
,
they
were
forc'd
to
grant
'em
what
the
King
was
pleas'd
to
extend
toward
'em
.
This
put
their
Friends
in
hope
,
that
they
might
be
able
to
settle
a
Correspondence
with
'em
.
Thereupon
,
they
ventur'd
a
Letter
,
which
was
deliver'd
'em
:
And
at
length
they
made
use
of
such
dextrous
means
to
hear
from
'em
,
and
to
send
'em
News
of
what
concern'd
'em
,
that
D●
Barr
himself
,
perceiving
,
perhaps
,
some
turn
of
the
Tide
,
lent
them
his
Assistance
,
when
he
was
sure
no
notice
could
be
taken
of
him
.
For
five
months
that
this
lucky
Stratagem
lasted
,
neither
they
,
nor
those
that
adher'd
to
their
Interests
,
had
any
reason
to
conceive
any
great
hopes
of
their
Releasement
.
The
Success
of
Normandy
and
Burgundy
,
that
swell'd
the
Pride
of
their
Enemies
,
abated
the
Courage
of
their
Friends
and
Servants
.
Besides
that
,
their
Meetings
always
prov'd
fruitless
,
by
reason
of
the
Union
and
Vigilance
of
the
Cardinal
,
and
Coadju●or
of
Paris
.
In
May
the
Coadjutor
disappointed
the
Petition
of
the
Princess
Dowager
of
Conde
,
that
she
might
have
liberty
to
prosecute
the
Releasement
of
her
Sons
.
She
was
in
hopes
that
the
Cardinal's
absence
would
afford
her
favourable
Opportunities
;
and
that
the
good
Nature
of
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
which
had
so
long
with
f●ood
the
Imprisonment
of
the
Princes
,
would
at
length
produce
a
Union
powerful
to
vanquish
the
Obstinacy
of
the
Court
,
and
the
Malice
of
those
that
persecuted
her
House
.
But
all
her
Attendance
prov'd
in
vain
.
They
were
so
far
from
doing
her
right
upon
her
Petition
,
that
they
would
not
so
much
as
lend
an
ear
to
her
Complaints
;
they
rejected
her
Supplications
,
and
had
no
regard
to
her
Tears
.
She
might
humble
her self
,
if
she
pleas'd
,
even
to
the
conjuring
her
Enemies
by
all
the
considerations
of
Mercy
and
Compassion
;
her
Requests
were
still
evaded●
and
upon
the
return
of
the
Court
,
which
remov'd
a
great
way
off
on
purpose
,
she
obtain'd
no
more
then
the
liberty
to
abide
at
Vallery
,
which
she
chose
of
her
own
accord
before
Chatillon
upon
Loin
.
All
this
bad
Usage
cast
the
Princess
into
a
melancholy
Discontent
,
and
Languishment
,
of
which
she
dy'd
the
2d
of
December
.
The
Cardinal
,
on
the
other
side
,
was
fully
satisfy'd
.
All
things
went
well
in
Burgundy
and
Normandy
,
and
the
hopes
that
he
had
of
the
like
success
in
Guyenne
;
and
particularly
at
Bourdeaux
,
puft
up
his
Heart
,
and
render'd
him
inexorable
.
Now
for
the
right
understanding
of
all
these
particulars
,
it
will
be
requisite
to
give
a
brief
Relation
of
what
pass'd
in
those
Provinces
during
the
imprisonment
of
the
Princes
.
The
Count
of
Tavanes
,
who
was
one
of
those
who
laid
most
to
heart
the
Interests
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
The
Count
of
Tavane's
zeal
for
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
understanding
that
he
was
arrested
,
together
with
the
Prince
of
Conti
,
and
the
D.
of
Longuevil●e
,
and
that
they
were
carry'd
to
Vincennes
,
hasten'd
to
the
Marquess
of
Moussaye
Goyon
,
Governour
of
Stenay
,
and
inform'd
him
of
what
he
had
heard
.
Now
in
regard
the
Marquess
was
none
of
the
most
resolute
men
in
the
world
,
he
appear'd
to
be
strangely
alarum'd
and
surpriz'd
,
and
with
a
world
of
confusion
,
askt
the
Count
what
was
to
be
done
.
It
behoves
ye
,
briskly
reply'd
the
Count
of
Tavanes
,
to
repair
with
all
speed
to
your
Government
;
and
if
you
have
nothing
to
do
any
where
else
,
you
will
find
business
enough
there
,
and
you
will
see
me
there
〈◊〉
very
speedily
.
Afterwards
the
Count
went
to
Conde
House
,
where
he
found
the
Princess
Dowager
all
in
Tears
,
with
a
great
number
of
people
,
all
in
consternation
,
not
knowing
what
Resolution
to
take
.
There
was
also
in
the
Garden
a
good
number
of
the
Prince's
Officers●
who
had
resolv'd
among
themselves
to
go
forthwith
to
Val
de
Grace
,
there
to
seize
upon
the
Ca●dinal's
Neices
,
and
bring
'em
away
to
some
one
of
the
Princes
Houses
,
as
a
gage
for
the
Prince's
Life
,
which
they
believ'd
in
danger
,
by
reason
of
his
great
Merit
,
and
high
Birth
.
But
at
the
very
instant
,
news
came
that
the
Cardinal
,
apprehensive
of
some
such
Designs
,
had
sent
for
●em
away
from
thence
before
the
Princes
were
arrested
.
So
that
all
the
Officers
were
forc'd
to
return
to
their
several
Homes
,
not
being
●ble
to
resolve
upon
any
considerable
Service
which
they
could
do
the
Prince
:
only
the
next
day
they
reti●●d
,
some
to
Bellegard
,
and
some
to
Stonay
.
Tavanes
,
What
happen'd
in
Burgundy
after
the
Imprisonment
of
the
Princes
.
seeing
this
,
departed
,
and
rode
all
night
to
get
to
Milly
in
Gastinois
,
which
was
his
own
Estate
.
From
thence
he
retir'd
into
Burgundy
,
in
hopes
that
many
things
might
there
be
done
for
the
Prince
.
But
there
was
no
body
willing
to
stir
in
those
parts
,
and
they
that
were
the
Prince's
Friends
,
were
rather
against
him
,
then
for
him
.
Howeve●
,
he
spar'd
not
to
visit
'em
all
a●
〈◊〉
,
and
to
whisper
'em
in
the
ear
,
but
all
to
no
purpos●●●
then
going
to
the
Castle
of
the
City
which
belong'd
to
the
Prince
,
the
Commanders
which
th●
Prince
had
plac'd
there
,
of
which
two
were
his
Domestic
Servants
,
coldly
excus'd
themselves
for
●ut
being
able
to
do
any
thing
for
want
of
men
.
Upon
which
Tavanes
offer'd
to
bring
'em
sixty
Musquet●ers
,
which
they
promis'd
to
admit
.
But
two
days
after
,
when
the
Musqueteers
were
come
,
and
the
Count
sent
word
to
the
Governour
to
open
the
Back
〈◊〉
the
Garison
made
answer
,
That
they
could
not
receive
'em
,
in
regard
they
had
promis'd
the
City
to
let
no
body
in
.
This
piece
of
Infidelity
,
together
with
the
Advice
which
the
Count
had
given
him
,
that
there
was
a
Design
to
arrest
him
a●
Dijon
,
for●'d
him
to
retire
in
haste
to
Bellogarde
,
which
he
found
in
such
a
forelorn
Condition
,
as
ea●ily
might
satisfy
the
Judgment
of
any
man
,
that
the
Prince
,
to
whom
it
belong'd
,
was
no
way
guilty
of
the
Crimes
which
were
laid
to
his
charge
,
for
acting
against
the
Service
and
Authority
of
the
King
.
There
was
very
little
Ammunition
,
very
few
Cannon
,
and
those
dismounted
;
and
without
Carriages
;
insomuch
,
that
Tavanes
,
seeing
the
bad
condition
of
the
Place
,
resolv'd
to
go
to
Stenay
,
where
Marshal
Turenne
was
already
retir'd
for
the
Service
of
the
Prince
.
And
in
regard
he
had
sent
two
single
Companies
,
that
belong'd
to
the
Prince
,
and
two
other
Companies
of
the
Regiment
of
Meille
,
to
quarter
near
his
House
,
du
Palli●
,
two
little
Leagues
from
Langres
,
he
went
thither
to
join
'em
.
He
was
no
sooner
arriv'd
at
that
House
,
but
he
had
advice
from
Bellegard
,
that
the
Horse
Regiments
of
Conde
and
Enguien
were
marching
thither
with
the
Prince's
Guards
;
and
that
the
Chief
Commander
had
written
to
him
,
that
he
might
receive
his
Orders
.
Whereupon
,
he
sent
away
Guitault
de
Pechepeirou
,
to
press
'em
to
meet
him
at
Pallie
,
from
whence
they
might
march
directly
for
S●ena●
,
and
join
Turenne
.
Guitant
being
arriv'd
at
Bellegard
,
wrote
back
word
to
the
Count
,
that
all
the
Officers
told
him
,
'T
was
requisite
to
let
their
Horses
rest
for
some
few
days
,
and
that
many
of
the
Troops
had
deserted
.
But
the
Count
was
in
hast
to
carry
these
Troops
to
Turenne
,
and
therefore
he
sent
with
all
speed
for
those
Regiments
to
come
up
to
him
,
and
to
let
'em
understand
,
That
the
greatest
Service
they
could
do
the
Prince
,
was
to
quicken
their
March
that
they
might
the
sooner
be
at
Stonay
.
So
soon
as
he
had
put
himself
at
the
head
of
these
Troops
,
he
set
forward
.
But
in
his
March
he
met
,
soon
after
his
Uncle
,
the
Mar●●es●
of
Tav●nes
,
who
was
the
King's
Lieutenant
of
〈◊〉
●●ovince
;
who
having
drawn
together
the
Gen●●y
,
the
Archers
with
their
Provost
,
some
well
〈◊〉
Troops
of
Horse
,
and
a
Regiment
of
Foo●●
adventur'd
to
oppose
his
Nephew's
Passage
,
a●d
to
prevent
his
joyning
Turenne
.
The
Count
resolv'd
forthwith
to
Charge
this
●ody●
that
made
a
shew
of
Disputing
the
Passage
●ith
him
;
and
falling
upon
'em
,
cut
all
the
Cavalry
〈◊〉
pi●ces
,
and
having
taken
all
the
Regiment
of
●oo●●risoners
,
made
them
take
an
Oath
to
serve
the
〈◊〉
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
against
Mazarin
.
This
Defeat
of
the
King's
Lieutenant
of
Burgundy
,
〈◊〉
a
terror
into
the
whole
Province
,
and
particular●●
into
Dijon
,
where
they
were
so
hotly
alarum'd
,
that
they
forcd
the
very
Capuchius
to
take
Arms.
Whic●
caus'd
Tavanes
to
alter
his
design
,
and
engag'd
h●●
to
turn
all
his
Horse
and
Foot
against
that
City
,
which
he
was
in
hopes
to
take
,
and
make
the
Inhabita●●s
declare
themselves
,
if
they
that
were
in
the
C●stl●
which
belong'd
to
the
Prince
,
would
but
〈◊〉
their
Gates
to
Him
.
But
the
Commander
of
〈◊〉
Castle
refus'd
to
hearken
to
his
Proposals
,
so
that
the
Count
after
he
had
Encamp'd
two
Days
before
●he
C●ty
,
was
constrain'd
to
retreat
to
Bellegard
,
in
h●pes
that
the
Countries
would
not
fail
to
assist
with
〈◊〉
Arms
,
and
whatever
else
he
stood
in
need
of●
Th●se
movements
of
the
Count
of
Tavanes
,
otherwise
unsuccessful
,
produc'd
good
Effects
:
For
they
constrain'd
the
King
,
the
Queen
,
the
Cardinal
,
and
all
the
Court
,
to
take
a
Journy
into
Burgundy
,
and
that
Progress
gave
an
opportunity
to
Bourdeaux
,
Montr●●d
,
and
Normandy
,
to
declare
for
the
Prince
,
more
especially
while
the
King's
Forces
were
bu●ied
in
the
〈◊〉
of
B●llegarde
.
Tha●
Place
,
Bellegarde
taken
.
as
has
been
said
already
,
was
in
the
most
pitiful
condition
in
the
world
to
hold
out
,
and
therefore
made
little
Resistance
.
The
Soldiers
also
that
were
in
it
revolted
upon
sight
of
the
King's
Army
;
so
that
nothing
could
be
expected
from
'em
.
And
Tavanes
was
constrain'd
to
surrender
the
Place
much
sooner
then
he
would
have
done●
to
the
end
he
might
preserve
for
the
Prince's
service
a
good
Number
of
Stout
men
,
who
were
retir'd
thither
.
Tavanes's
Soldiers
,
after
the
surrender
of
Bellegarde
,
were
discharg'd
,
and
the
O●●●cers
,
with
all
the
men
of
Courage
that
were
there
,
gave
their
Paroles
before
they
March'd
out
,
to
meet
some
at
Montrond
,
some
at
Bourdeaux
,
and
others
at
Stenay
,
for
the
service
of
the
Prince
;
which
they
did
with
all
Fidelity
and
Exactness
.
As
for
Tavanes
,
he
chose
to
go
to
Paris
,
and
joyn
the
Duke
of
Nemours
,
there
to
try
all
manner
of
ways
to
get
the
Prince's
out
of
Prison
.
Now
while
the
Court
was
busily
employed
in
Burgundy
,
the
Dutchess
of
Long●eville
left
no
stone
unturn'd
in
Normandy
to
engage
the
Parliament
of
that
Province
,
What
passed
in
Normandy
during
the
Imprisonment
of
the
Princes
.
together
with
the
Friends
and
Places
that
belong'd
to
the
Du●e
her
Husband
,
to
take
the
Princes
side
,
and
to
assure
her self
also
of
H●●re
de
Grace
.
But
all
the
benefit
of
her
Intreagues
,
and
her
active
stirring
in
those
parts
,
was
only
this
,
that
she
constrain'd
the
Court
to
quit
Burgundy
sooner
then
they
would
have
done
,
and
to
march
with
all
their
Forces
into
Normandy
.
In
short●
they●
were
no
sooner
arriv'd
there
,
but
the
Princess
was
oblig'd
to
take
Shipping
and
flye
into
Holland
,
and
from
thence
to
come
to
Stenay
●
where
she
treated
with
the
Spaniards
about
setting
the
Princes
at
Liberty●
Turenne
,
who
was
retir'd
upon
their
being
first
Imprison'd
,
and
who
was
vehemently
incens'd
against
the
Cou●●
,
by
reason
of
the
Principality
of
Sedan
,
which
they
had
taken
from
his
Family
some
Years
before
,
by
constraining
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
his
Brother
,
then
a
Prisoner
in
the
Bastille
,
to
throw
himself
at
the
King●s
Mercy
:
This
Turenne
,
I
say
,
commanded
all
the
〈…〉
the
Spaniards
lent
in
this
conjuncture
.
〈…〉
we
relate
what
Turenne
did
at
the
head
of
〈…〉
,
le●
us
see
what
passed
in
Guyenne
.
〈◊〉
●●kes
of
Bouillon
,
and
Rochefo●cault
,
the
〈…〉
St.
Simon
,
and
the
Duke
de
la
Force
,
were
〈…〉
Persons
that
Acted
in
G●yenne
;
and
〈…〉
highly
signaliz'd
himself
in
the
War
〈…〉
kindl●d
in
that
Province
;
and
he
is
to
be
〈◊〉
as
the
chief
of
all
those
who
there
〈◊〉
themselves
,
and
took
Arms
in
favour
of
the
〈◊〉
.
He
it
was
,
that
so
judicially
advis'd
the
〈◊〉
of
Conde
to
retire
with
her
young
Son
,
the
〈…〉
,
into
the
Province
of
Guyenne
.
For
〈◊〉
that
the
Person
of
the
Duke
was
expos'd
to
〈…〉
of
the
Court
,
he
might
happ'n
to
be
〈…〉
Instrument
in
obtaining
his
Father's
Liberty
.
●nd
therefore
,
after
some
delay
,
the
Princess
〈…〉
,
and
got
through
the
Mountains
of
Au●●●●
,
to
T●renne
;
notwithstanding
the
dreadful
〈◊〉
that
Persons
of
her
Sex
,
and
the
young
〈◊〉
Age
,
were
forc'd
to
undergo
.
The
Prince●
an●●he
young
Duke
stay'd
with
T●renne
eight
〈◊〉
during
which
time
Brive-la-G●●llande
was
ta●●●●nd
the
Troop
of
Gen●darmes
of
Prince
Thomas
,
〈◊〉
of
a
Hundred
men
.
This
stop
at
Turenne
,
〈◊〉
was
necessary
to
settle
the
tottering
and
〈◊〉
Minds
of
the
Bourdelois
,
to
the
end
she
〈◊〉
be
there
in
safety
,
gave
time
to
General
de
la
〈◊〉
,
natural
Brother
to
the
Duke
of
Espernoon
,
and
〈◊〉
co●manded
the
King's
Forces
in
that
Province
,
〈…〉
in
the
Princesses
way
,
on
purpose
to
〈◊〉
her
passage
.
But
She
stopping
at
a
House
of
〈…〉
of
Bouillon's
,
call●d
Rochfort
,
the
Duke
of
〈…〉
and
he
march'd
against
de
la
Vale●●e
〈…〉
the
Forces
they
had
rais'd
,
and
six
hundred
〈◊〉
men
,
their
Friends
.
They
overtook
him
a●
〈◊〉
in
Per●gord
.
But
he
gave
ground
,
not
dar●●g
to
fight
,
and
retreated
through
the
Woods
to
Bergerac
,
with
the
loss
of
all
his
Baggage
.
After
which
,
the
Princess
set
forward
for
Bourdeaux
,
without
meeting
any
opposition
in
her
passage
.
There
remain'd
nothing
more
behind
,
but
to
surmount
the
Difficulties
which
they
met
with
in
the
City
,
which
was
divided
into
several
Cabals
.
The
Duke
of
Espernon's
Creatures
,
and
they
that
follow'd
the
new
Sentiments
,
of
which
the
D.
of
St.
Simon
had
also
gotten
a
smack
,
after
he
had
receiv●d
some
Letters
from
the
Court
,
and
had
heard
of
the
taking
of
B●llegarde
,
join'd
themselves
with
those
that
serv'd
the
Court
,
and
among
the
rest
with
de
la
Vie
,
Advocate-General
in
the
Parliament
of
Bourdeaux
,
a
Man
both
subtle
and
Ambitious
.
They
us'd
all
their
Endeavours
to
cause
the
Gates
to
be
shut
against
the
Princess
.
Nevertheless
,
so
soon
as
it
was
known
that
she
was
arriv'd
at
Lormond
,
near
the
City
,
with
the
Young
Duke
her
Son
,
all
people
gave
public
Testimonies
of
their
Joy
.
They
throng'd
out
of
the
City
in
heaps
;
they
strew'd
the
High-way
with
Flowers
;
and
the
Barge
that
carry'd
'em
,
was
attended
by
all
the
Boats
in
the
River
;
the
Ships
in
the
Port
discharg'd
all
their
Guns
,
and
they
enter'd
into
Bourdeaux
,
notwithstanding
all
the
underhand
Efforts
of
their
Enemies
to
have
hinder'd
'em
.
'T
is
true
,
that
neither
the
Parliament
,
nor
the
Jurats
went
to
visit
'em
in
a
Body
;
but
there
was
hardly
any
,
who
in
private
did
not
give
'em
assurances
of
their
faithful
Service
.
In
the
mean
while
,
the
Court's
Cabal
,
and
Espernon's
together
,
hinder'd
the
Duke
of
B●●illon
,
and
the
Duke
of
Rochefoucault
,
from
being
let
into
the
City
for
the
first
three
or
four
days
;
so
that
they
were
forced
to
lie
in
the
Suburbs
of
the
Cha●●reu●
;
where
all
people
went
to
see
'em
,
and
offer'd
to
bring
'em
in
by
force
.
But
they
refus'd
their
Civility
,
contenting
themselves
to
be
admitted
two
days
after
the
Princess
,
and
that
in
the
Evening
too
,
to
prevent
any
Tumult
.
The
King
at
that
time
had
no
other
Forces
〈…〉
,
but
those
under
La
Valette
,
which
〈…〉
The
Dukes
of
Bouillon
and
Rouche
〈…〉
〈◊〉
consisted
in
five
or
six
hundred
Gen
〈…〉
friends
,
a●d
some
Foot
,
which
they
〈…〉
pon
their
own
Lands
.
Now
in
regard
〈…〉
disciplin'd
Soldiers
,
't
was
impossible
to
〈…〉
oge●her
,
so
that
they
all
began
to
think
of
〈◊〉
home
.
For
this
Reason
,
't
was
thought
〈…〉
●
That
they
should
try
,
before
the
Gentle●●●
〈◊〉
,
whether
they
could
meet
Valette
,
and
〈◊〉
that
Resolution
away
the
Dukes
march'd
di●●●●●●
fo●
Liburne
.
But
he
having
intelligence
of
it
,
〈◊〉
,
a●d
avoided
f●ghting
a
second
time
,
in
〈◊〉
the
●●●ntry
would
be
speedily
retu●ning
home
;
〈…〉
if
he
forbore
fighting●
he
should
be
certainly
〈◊〉
o●●he
Field
.
At
the
same
time
Marshal
de
la
Meilleray
had
Orders
●o
ma●ch
toward
Bourdeaux
,
through
the
Country
between
the
two
Seas
,
and
the
King
advanc'd
to●●●d
L●b●u●ne
.
Of
which
,
when
Bouillon
and
Rochefo●caul●
had
notice●
they
hasten'd
their
Levies
,
notwithst●nding
the
Obstacles
they
met
with
,
both
for
w●nt
of
Money
,
and
the
great
number
of
persons
〈◊〉
in
the
Parliament
and
City
,
that
under●and
cros●d
their
Designs
.
And
things
were
come
to
that
〈◊〉
,
which
had
like
to
have
caus'd
great
Disor●●●●
.
F●●
a
Spanish
Officer
being
come
to
wait
upon
the
Princess
of
Conde
from
the
King
of
Spain
,
and
having
brought
along
with
him
20000
Crowns
for
the
●eli●f
of
her
present
Necessities
,
the
Parliament
,
who
●ill
then
had
suffer'd
her
to
reside
in
the
City
with
her
S●n
,
the
Duke
of
Eng●ien
,
and
had
never
openly
decl●●'d
for
her
,
as
the
people
had
done
,
believd
that
〈◊〉
opposing
the
Spanish
Envoy's
being
receiv'd
into
Bo●●de●●x
●
would
suffice
,
by
that
single
Act
,
to
justi●y
all
their
past
Conduct
;
seeing
that
by
depriving
the
Prince's
Party
of
that
Relief
which
they
expected
●rom
Spain
,
his
Friends
would
be
reduc'd
to
a
necessity
of
receiving
such
Laws
as
the
Court
would
impose
upon
'em
.
The
Parliament
therefore
being
assembled
,
order'd
that
the
Spaniard
should
depart
Bourdeaux
forthwith
;
but
the
people
understandi●g
what
would
be
the
Consequences
of
that
Decree
,
betook
themselves
to
their
Arms●
invested
the
Palace
,
and
threaten'd
to
fire
it
,
if
they
did
not
repeal
their
Order
.
At
first
they
thought
to
have
easily
dispers'd
the
Tumult
,
upon
the
appearance
of
the
Jurats
that
were
sent
for
;
but
the
Disorder
increasing
upon
the
delay
of
the
Repeal
,
the
Parliament
sent
notice
to
the
Dukes
of
Bouillon
and
Rochefoucau●●
of
the
Mutiny
,
and
desi●'d
them
to
appease
it
;
nor
were
they
sorry
that
the
Parliament
stood
in
need
of
'em
upon
this
Occasion
.
But
in
regard
it
was
of
great
importance
toward
laying
the
foundations
of
their
Party
,
that
the
people
should
get
the
Decree
recall'd
,
before
they
left
the
Palace
;
and
afraid
besides
,
lest
if
they
should
go
about
to
regulate
the
Disorder
,
they
should
be
taken
for
the
Ringleaders
of
it
,
they
forbore
for
some
time
to
answer
the
Expectations
of
the
Parliament
.
But
perceiving
at
length
that
things
began
to
grow
to
that
degree
of
heat
,
that
without
losing
any
more
time
,
they
flew
to
the
Palace
with
their
Guards
,
and
thrusting
themselves
in
among
the
Enrag'd
Multitude
,
to
the
great
danger
of
their
persons
,
they
stopp'd
their
Fury
,
and
undertook
to
mediate
between
Them
and
the
Parliament
.
Thus
the
Spanish
Envoy
had
all
the
liberty
he
could
desire
.
Afterwards
the
Generals
thought
it
requisite
to
make
a
general
M●ster
of
the
Inhabitants
,
that
they
might
be
able
to
know
their
strength●
and
prepare
'em
by
degrees
to
sustain
a
Siege
.
They
drew
'em
up
themselves
in
order
of
Battel
,
tho
they
had
receiv'd
Advices
from
several
hands
,
that
there
was
a
design
on
foo●
to
Assassinate
'em
.
Nevertheless
among
the
continual
Volleys
that
were
discharg'd
,
by
no
less
then
Twelve
thousand
men
,
no
unlucky
Accident
happen'd
.
After
this
they
began
to
raise
some
Outworks
about
the
City
;
but
in
regard
that
Mony
came
but
slowly
from
Spain
,
they
could
not
bring
any
of
their
Works
to
perfection
.
And
certain
it
is
,
that
during
all
this
War
,
they
never
receiv'd
of
the
Spaniards
above
Two
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
livres
;
the
rest
having
been
taken
up
upon
the
Credit
of
the
Princess
,
the
Dukes
,
or
M.
Laisne
.
However
,
in
a
little
time
they
made
a
shift
to
raise
Three
thousand
Foot
,
and
Seven
or
eight
hundred
Horse
;
with
which
they
took
Castellan
,
within
four
Leagues
of
Bourdeaux
,
and
would
have
extended
themselves
farther
,
but
that
they
heard
of
Meilleray's
approach
,
and
that
Espernoon
was
joyn'd
with
Vale●●●
.
Upon
this
advice
,
Bouillon
and
Rochefoucault
dispatch'd
away
Sillery
into
Spain
to
hasten
away
the
promis'd
Relief
:
However
,
they
left
a
Garison
in
Castelnau
,
and
retreated
with
the
rest
of
their
Forces
to
Blanquefort
,
within
two
Leagues
of
Bourdeaux
.
And
there
it
was
that
the
Duke
of
Espernon
came
to
fall
upon
'em
in
their
Quarters
,
at
what
time
Bouillon
and
Rochefoucault
were
return'd
to
Bourdeaux
,
leaving
Chambon
to
Command
the
Forces
in
their
Absence
,
which
were
much
inferior
to
Espernon's
.
Nevertheless
,
tho'
they
could
not
defend
the
Entrance
into
their
Quarters
,
the
Marshes
and
Canals
which
environ'd
one
part
of
'em
,
gave
'em
the
opportunity
,
without
being
broken
,
to
save
both
their
Men
and
their
Baggage
.
Upon
the
noise
of
this
Combat
,
Bouillon
and
Rochefoucault
,
set
forward
out
of
Bourdeaux
with
a
good
number
of
the
Citizens
,
and
having
joyn'd
their
own
men
,
advanc'd
toward
Espernon
with
a
resolution
to
Fight
him
,
but
the
same
Canal
,
already
mentioned
,
prevented
their
coming
to
blows
:
Only
some
skirmishes
happen'd
,
wherein
Espernon
lost
a
great
many
Officers
and
Soldiers
;
of
the
Bourdelois
very
few
were
kill'd
,
and
Mr.
Guitault
,
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Chamberlain
was
Wounded
.
After
which
time
Meilleray
and
Espernon
being
join'd
kept
Bourdeaux
block'd
up
,
tho
at
some
distance
;
and
they
retook
the
Island
of
St.
George
,
about
four
Leagues
above
the
City
in
the
Garon
,
where
the
two
Dukes
had
begun
some
Fortifications
.
It
had
been
defended
for
two
or
three
Days
with
vigour
enough
,
because
they
got
in
a
fresh
Regiment
every
day
,
and
Valette
being
there
Wounded
,
dy'd
of
his
Wounds
within
a
few
days
.
But
at
length
the
Boat
that
brought
'em
Reliefs
and
carry'd
back
those
that
were
reliev'd
,
being
sunk
by
a
Battery
which
Meilleray
had
rais'd
upon
the
Rivers
side
;
it
struck
such
a
Terrour
as
well
into
the
Officers
as
Soldiers
,
that
they
surrender'd
all
Prisoners
of
War
.
So
that
the
Bourdelois
lost
the
Island
and
Twelve
hunder'd
of
their
best
men
at
one
time
.
This
ill
success
,
and
the
Arrival
of
the
King
at
Liburn
,
who
also
caus'd
the
Castle
of
Vaire
to
be
attack'd
,
lying
about
two
Leagues
from
Paris
,
caus'd
a
great
consternation
in
the
City
.
Upon
this
the
Parliament
and
the
Citizens
perceiving
the
City
ready
to
be
Besieg'd
by
the
King
,
and
finding
themselves
in
want
of
all
things
necessary
for
their
Defence
,
and
no
Succors
coming
from
Spain
made
a
Decree
to
desire
a
Peace
upon
what
conditions
the
King
pleas'd
to
impose
upon
'em
,
at
what
time
News
was
brought
'em
,
that
Vaire
was
tak'n
,
and
that
the
Governor
,
named
Richon
,
who
surrender'd
at
discretion
was
Hang'd
.
This
severity
by
which
the
Cardinal
thought
to
have
stricken
a
terror
and
discord
among
the
Bourdelois
,
wrought
a
quite
contrary
effect
.
Bouillon
and
Rochefoucault
understood
so
well
to
make
their
best
advantage
of
it
,
that
by
this
means
he
resettl'd
the
minds
of
those
that
waver'd
and
were
astonishd
before
,
causing
the
Governor
of
the
Island
of
St.
George
,
who
surrender'd
at
Dicretion
,
to
be
Hang'd
.
And
to
the
end
that
the
Parliament
and
People
might
be
concern'd
with
the
Generals
,
which
was
no
less
requisite
then
bold
and
daring
;
they
caus'd
the
Commander
to
be
Try'd
by
a
Council
of
War
,
where
the
Princess
and
the
Duke
of
Enguien
Presided
;
and
which
was
compos'd
not
only
of
the
Military
Officers
,
but
of
two
Commissioners
from
the
Parliament
,
and
Thirty
six
Captains
of
the
City
.
Who
all
unanimously
Condemn'd
the
poor
Commander
,
who
was
a
Gentleman
,
and
guilty
of
no
other
Crime
then
of
being
Unfortunate
.
The
People
also
,
who
were
enrag'd
above
measure
,
would
hardly
give
him
time
to
be
Executed
,
but
would
have
torn
him
Limb
from
Limb
,
and
cut
him
to
Peices
.
This
Action
astonishd
the
Court
,
gave
new
vigour
to
the
Bourdelois
,
and
made
such
an
alteration
in
the
City
,
that
they
resolv'd
to
abide
a
Siege
,
and
to
defend
themselves
Couragiously
;
the
Citizens
relying
upon
their
own
strength
,
and
the
Promises
of
the
Spaniards
,
who
put
'em
in
hopes
of
a
powerful
and
speedy
Succor
.
In
the
mean
while
they
hasten'd
the
Raising
of
a
Fort
of
Four
Bastions
at
Bastide
,
which
lyes
over-against
Bourdeaux
on
the
other
side
of
the
River
.
They
also
carry'd
on
with
great
heat
and
diligence
the
other
Fortifications
of
the
City
.
But
in
regard
that
several
of
the
Citizens
had
Houses
in
the
Suburbs
of
St.
Surin
,
they
would
not
permit
'em
to
be
burnt
or
pull'd
down
;
tho
it
were
made
out
,
That
that
Suburb
would
be
the
first
that
would
be
attack'd
,
and
that
it
was
large
enough
to
lodge
all
the
King's
Infantry
.
All
they
could
obtain
was
only
to
intercept
the
Avenues
,
and
to
lay
the
Houses
open
;
For
it
was
impossible
to
defend
so
large
a
place
as
that
with
only
the
Inhabitants
and
a
few
men
,
that
did
not
amount
to
above
Seven
or
eight
hundred
Foot
,
and
three
hundred
Horse
.
Nevertheless
the
Place
requir'd
a
numerous
Guard
,
the
access
being
open
to
it
on
every
side
,
and
the
City
Gate
which
was
next
it
in
a
very
bad
condition
having
nothing
to
defend
it
,
and
for
that
the
Enemy
might
approach
it
under
Covert
.
So
that
they
could
have
wish'd
they
could
have
●●cur'd
that
Gate
with
a
Half
Moon
;
but
in
regard
they
wanted
every
thing
that
was
necessary
,
they
made
ri●e
of
a
small
Muckhill
that
lay
before
the
Gate
,
and
which
being
cut
sloping
like
a
Half
Moon
,
without
Parapet
or
Moat
,
was
one
of
the
greatest
defences
of
●he
City
.
The
Siege
of
Bourdeaux
.
The
King
st●ying
at
Bourg
,
Mazarin
cam●
to
the
Royal
Camp
,
which
consisted
of
about
8000
Foot
,
and
Three
thousand
Horse
.
And
it
was
resolv'd
that
the
Suburb
of
St.
Surin
should
be
attack'd
,
which
was
a
work
so
much
the
more
easie
,
for
that
having
the
Avenues
only
Guarded
,
the
Houses
might
be
gain'd
without
any
danger
;
by
which
means
they
might
enter
into
the
City
,
cut
off
those
that
defended
the
Barricado's
and
the
Church
,
and
prevent
their
retreat
into
the
City
.
Moreover
they
thought
,
that
because
the
Half-Moon
was
not
tenable
,
they
might
lodge
themselves
betimes
at
the
Gate
of
Dijos
.
Meilleray
therefore
caus'd
the
Houses
and
Barricado's
to
be
attack'd
both
at
the
same
time
,
and
Pall●au
had
Orders
to
enter
through
the
Palais
Galien
,
and
to
slip
between
the
Suburbs
and
the
City
directly
to
the
Half-Moon
:
But
Meilleray
falling
on
before
Palluau
arriv'd
,
he
found
hotter
work
then
he
expected
.
For
the
Skirmish
began
so
soon
as
the
King's
Troops
approach'd
;
and
the
Citizens
had
plac'd
their
small
shot
in
the
Hedges
and
Vineyards
which
cover'd
the
Suburbs
,
which
put
a
stop
to
the
King's
men
with
great
loss
of
the
Assaylants●
Bouillon
was
in
St.
Surin's
Church
yard
,
with
what
Citizens
he
could
get
out
along
with
him
to
relieve
the
Posts
,
and
Rochefoucault
was
at
the
Barricade
,
where
the
King's
men
made
their
Principal
Attack
and
carry'd
it
.
Both
sides
fir'd
with
extream
fury
;
so
that
of
the
Citizens
abou●
sixscore
were
slain
,
and
about
seven
or
eight
hundred
on
the
King's
side
:
Nevertheless
the
Suburb
was
taken
.
Af●●●
which
they
resolv'd
to
open
their
Trenches
,
〈…〉
the
Half-Moon
,
and
to
make
an
Attack
throug●
the
W●lks
belonging
to
the
Archbishoprick
;
〈◊〉
in
●egard
the
Hal●-Moon
had
no
Moat
,
the
Citi●●●●
wo●ld
not
undertake
to
guard
it
,
but
contented
th●●sel●es
●ith
shooting
from
behind
their
Walls
.
The
Besiegers
therefore
attack'd
it
three
times
with
t●●ir
b●sts
men
,
but
were
repuls'd
by
Rochefoucault
,
wh●
had
brought
thither
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Gu●●ds
and
his
own
,
at
the
same
time
that
the
Citi●●n●
d●●ert●d
it
.
The
Besieg'd
also
made
three
or
●o●r
Sallies
,
in
every
one
of
which
they
clear'd
the
T●●nches●
and
burnt
the
Enemies
Lodgments
;
inso●●●h
,
that
in
Thirteen
days
after
the
Trenches
were
〈◊〉
,
they
were
no
f●rther
advanc'd
then
at
first
.
But
i●●egard
the
Bourdelois
had
not
Infantry
enough
to
believe
the
Guards
of
the
Gates
attack'd
;
and
for
that
those
who
were
neither
kill'd
nor
wounded
were
〈◊〉
for
service
,
by
reason
of
their
being
weari'd
with
thir●●en
days
hard
service
together
,
Bouillon
and
Rochef●●ca●lt
found
a
way
to
relieve
'em
by
causing
the
●avalry
to
serve
a
foot
;
and
they
stay'd
there
themselves
the
four
or
five
last
days
without
stirring
〈◊〉
their
Po●●s
to
encourage
the
Soldiers
by
their
E●●mple
.
Before
I
go
any
farther
,
The
Progress
of
Turenne's
Army
.
't
is
requisite
for
the
keep●●g
i●
memory
the
just
and
distinct
Ideas
of
so
many
〈◊〉
Accidents
,
to
let
you
know
,
That
the
Remot●ness
of
the
Court
and
the
King's
Army
now
bu●●●●●●ploy'd
in
Guyenne
,
gave
Turenne
leisure
to
make
great
Progresses
.
He
therefore
,
taking
advantage
o●
the
op●ortunity
,
took
in
Ca●elet
,
La
Chapelle
,
Chat●●●
,
Por●ien
,
and
Rhetel
,
and
made
a
shew
of
marching
toward
Paris
,
to
release
the
Princes
who
were
at
●incennes
.
The
news
of
his
March
struck
a
Terror
into
the
Capital
City
,
and
made
'em
think
of
a
secu●e●
P●ison
wherein
to
confi●e
the
Princes
.
Thereupon
they
all
agreed
,
That
it
was
absolutely
necessary
that
they
should
be
remov'd
from
Vincennes
:
But
the
difficulty
was
to
agree
upon
the
place
,
where
they
might
be
more
in
safety
.
Madam
Chevreuse
,
and
the
Keeper
of
the
Seals
,
could
not
determine
the
point
;
for
there
was
more
in
it
then
only
to
remove
the
Princes
from
Vincennes●
Tellier
,
Secretary
of
State
,
and
others
of
the
Cardinal's
Friends
propos'd
Havre
,
according
as
Mazarine
had
design'd
.
The
Coadjutor
thought
they
were
safe
enough
where
they
were●
or
if
they
must
be
remov'd
,
no
better
place
then
the
Bastile
.
Beaufort
was
of
the
same
opinion
,
and
stifly
maintain'd
,
That
to
put
'em
in
any
other
place
,
would
be
to
deliver
'em
up
to
the
Cardinal
,
and
give
him
an
opportunity
to
make
use
of
'em
when
he
pleas'd
,
against
his
Royal
Highness
himself
.
That
rather
then
suffer
it
,
he
would
expose
himself
to
the
greatest
dangers
.
That
he
made
no
question
but
that
he
should
be
upheld
by
the
people
;
and
that
with
their
support
he
would
undertake
any
thing
.
The
Duke
of
Orl●ance
was
a
long
time
before
he
could
resolve
what
to
do
,
but
at
length
his
fears
augmenting
upon
the
news
of
Turenne's
March
,
he
began
to
think
it
high
time
to
resolve
upon
something
.
However
,
the
diversity
of
opinions
,
and
particularly
Beaufort's
Threatnings
,
put
him
to
a
stand
;
besides
,
that
the
Castles
of
Pontoise
,
and
St.
Germans
en
Laye
,
were
propos'd
to
him
.
But
being
beset
with
difficulties
on
every
side
,
he
bethought
himself
of
Marcoussy
,
enclos'd
between
two
Rivers
,
surrounded
with
Moats
full
of
water
,
and
strong
enough
to
oppose
as
well
the
Enemies
of
the
State
,
as
the
Prince's
Friends
.
The
principal
Friends
which
the
Prince
had
at
Paris
,
were
the
Duke
of
Nemours
,
and
the
Count
of
Tavanes
;
the
first
was
his
Rival
;
for
they
both
lov'd
Madam
de
Chatillon
;
which
made
it
a
wonder
at
first
that
the
Duke
should
be
so
much
concern'd
for
the
Prince
.
In
short
,
after
the
Princes
were
ca●ry'd
to
〈◊〉
,
the
Dutchess
of
Chatillon
had
link'd
her
se●●
with
the
Princess
Dowager
of
Conde
,
and
had
so
〈…〉
her
business
,
that
she
had
brought
over
〈◊〉
to
the
Prince's
Interest
,
for
whom
in
truth
she
had
〈◊〉
so
great
a
kindness
,
as
for
the
Duke
,
but
lov'd
him
however
,
well
knowing
he
had
a
great
〈◊〉
for
her
.
'T
is
true
,
that
it
might
be
very
probable
,
that
〈…〉
not
believe
that
the
Dutchess
of
Chatillon
ac●ed
for
the
Prince
out
of
any
principle
of
Love
.
And
perhaps
it
might
be
likewise
true
,
that
the
Dutchess
did
not
solely
act
by
that
principle
,
but
th●t
the
Ob●●gations
for
which
she
was
indebted
to
the
Prince●
th●
Community
of
●nterests
,
and
the
〈◊〉
she
had
to
be
ally'd
to
the
first
Prince
of
the
〈◊〉
,
might
be
stronger
Motives
to
induce
her
to
engage
〈◊〉
to
take
the
Prince's
side
.
For
the
under●●●n●ing
of
which
't
is
necessary
you
should
know
,
That
the
Dutchess
of
Chatillon
,
Daughter
of
〈…〉
,
who
lost
his
●ead
for
fighting
a
Duel
co●tra●y
to
the
Edicts
of
Lewi●
XIII
.
was
marry'd
to
G●spar
Duke
of
Chatillon
by
the
●ntermediation
and
C●●dit
of
the
Prince
,
tho
he
were
himself
in
Love
with
he●
before
.
But
because
Gaspar
de
Coligny
,
afterward●
Duke
of
Cha●ill●n
,
upon
the
D●ath
of
his
Father
and
his
eldest
Brothe●
,
was
in
Love
with
Madam
de
B●uttevi●e
,
Coligny
besought
the
Duke
to
quit
his
pretension
,
alledging
●hat
he
had
a
Design
to
〈◊〉
her
.
The
Prince
,
who
was
both
a
Friend
and
K●nsman
of
Coligny's
,
and
one
who
had
no
other
then
a
●are
design
of
Courtship
upon
the
Lady
,
besides
that
his
Passion
was
but
newly
kindl'd
,
made
up
scruple
to
resign
his
Amours
,
and
promis'd
him
that
he
would
not
only
banish
'em
from
his
thoughts
,
but
〈◊〉
him
against
the
Marshal
,
his
Father
,
and
his
Kindred
,
that
oppos'd
the
Match
.
In
short
,
notwithstanding
all
the
Decrees
of
Parliament
,
and
all
Obstacles
that
the
Marshal
laid
in
his
way
,
the
Prince
assisted
Coligny
so
well
,
that
he
caus'd
him
to
carry
away
Madam
de
Boutteville
by
Force
,
and
lent
him
Twenty
thousand
Franks
for
his
Subsistence
.
Coligni
carry'd
his
Mistress
to
Chesteau-Thierry
,
where
the
Marriage
being
consummated
,
the
new-marry'd
Couple
retir'd
to
Stenay
,
a
place
of
Security
,
which
the
Prince
to
whom
it
belong'd
,
had
lent
'em
for
their
Residence
.
Coligni's
not
being
of
Age
when
he
married
rendring
the
Marriage
void
,
yet
being
of
Age
upon
his
return
to
Paris
,
there
was
a
Contract
of
Marriage
drawn
up
at
Conde-House
before
the
Lady's
Relations
,
and
then
they
were
marry'd
again
at
Nostre-Dame
by
the
Coadjutor
.
Some
time
after
,
Madam
de
Chatillon
,
not
finding
her self
well
,
went
to
the
Waters
of
Bourbon
,
where
the
Duke
of
Nemours
met
her
and
fell
in
Love
with
her
.
After
which
they
lov'd
each
other
with
an
extraordinary
Passion
,
insomuch
tha●
Nemours
could
refuse
nothing
that
Madam
de
Chatillon
demanded
of
him
.
But
to
return
to
the
Series
of
our
History
,
Nemours
whom
Love
had
engag'd
on
the
Prince's
side
,
and
●avanes
who
was
return'd
incognito
to
Paris
after
the
Surrender
of
Bellegarde
,
made
it
their
business
to
make
Friends●
and
upon
the
report
of
the
Prince's
being
to
be
remov'd
from
Vincennes
,
had
got
together
all
the
Friends
that
possibly
they
could
,
with
Instructions
to
be
ready
to
mount
along
with
'em
upon
the
first
call
.
But
when
the
Princes
were
remov'd
from
Vincennes
to
Marcoussy
,
they
were
attended
by
such
a
numerous
Guard
,
that
Nemours
and
Tavanes
did
not
think
it
convenient
to
appear
,
and
so
dismiss'd
all
those
persons
that
were
come
to
join
'em
.
The
Prince
during
his
Imprisonment
at
Vincennes
,
had
written
a
long
and
elegant
Discourse
to
justifie
his
Innocency
to
all
France
,
and
to
all
the
world
,
and
to
display
the
Malice
of
his
Grand
Enemy
.
The
beginning
of
this
Discourse
was
put
into
the
hands
of
a
considerable
person
by
a
Soldier
,
who
being
won
by
〈◊〉
●
was
wont
to
bring
News
how
the
Duke
did
;
and
●hen
the
Princes
were
carri'd
to
Marcoussy
,
anoth●r
Soldier
that
escap'd
in
the
hurry
,
brought
the
Remi●der
.
The
Piece
is
nervously
and
eloquently
compil'd
,
and
justifies
that
the
Illustrious
Author
knew
more
then
how
to
manage
his
Sword
.
Had
it
not
bee●
so
long
as
it
is
,
we
would
have
inserted
it
in
this
History
,
but
it
would
almost
compose
a
Tome
of
i●
self
.
'T
is
enough
to
let
you
know
,
That
the
Prince
all
along
keeps
within
the
Bounds
of
Respect
to
their
Majesties
;
and
that
without
murmuring
at
the●●
Orders
,
he
discovers
the
Malice
of
those
who
had
rais'd
so
great
a
Persecution
against
him
,
and
gives
admirable
and
home
Answers
to
all
their
false
Accusations
.
But
tha●
you
may
the
better
see
both
the
Accusations
●●d
the
principal
Answers
,
we
shall
here
insert
the
King's
Letter
to
the
Parliament
of
P●ris
,
concerning
the
Prince's
Imprisonment
;
and
another
from
a
private
person
to
the
Parliament
,
which
answers
the
King's
Letter
very
home
,
without
omitting
any
thing
essential
.
And
this
last
Letter
,
which
appear'd
some
time
before
their
Removal
,
induc'd
the
Pa●li●ment
to
seek
all
the
most
proper
ways
to
releas●
the
Princes
from
such
an
Unjust
Captivity
.
The
King's
Letter
to
the
Parliament
of
Paris
,
touching
the
Imprisonment
of
the
Princes
.
THE
Resolution
which
we
have
been
forc'd
to
take
by
the
Advice
of
the
Queen
Regent
,
our
m●s●
Honour'd
Lady
and
Mother
,
to
sec●re
our
Perso●s
from
our
Cousins
the
Princes
of
Conde
and
Conti
,
and
the
Duke
of
Longueville
,
is
of
that
Importance
for
the
Welfare
of
our
Service
,
that
altho
we
owe
to
God
alon●
the
Account
of
our
Actions
,
and
o●
the
Administration
of
our
Kingdom
,
we
thought
however
,
that
we
could
not
let
both
you
and
the
Publick
know
too
soon
,
the
Motives
that
induc'd
〈◊〉
to
it
;
to
the
end
that
all
our
Subjects
,
being
inform●●
of
the
absolute
Necessity
which
,
through
the
ill
Conduct
of
those
Princes
and
the
Duke
,
constrain'd
us
to
proceed
with
so
much
Rigor
,
to
prevent
the
irreparable
Mischiefs
that
threaten'd
this
Monarchy
,
may
all
redouble
their
Affection
,
and
concur
so
far
as
lies
in
their
power
with
us
,
in
that
aim
which
we
propose
to
our selves
,
to
establish
a
firm
Tranquility
within
our
Kingdom
,
as
having
understood
by
experience
to
bring
our
Enemies
to
reason
,
whose
opposition
to
Peace
proceeds
from
no
other
cause
,
but
only
in
hopes
that
the
Divisions
which
have
for
some
time
vex'd
this
Kingdom
,
will
at
length
turn
all
things
Topsie-turvie
,
which
by
the
Assistance
of
God
we
hope
to
prevent
.
We
promise
our selves
,
that
the
Remembrance
which
all
Christendom
will
resume
of
the
Moderation
and
Mildness
of
our
Counsels
which
we
have
follow'd
since
our
coming
to
the
Crown
(
which
has
been
such
,
that
often
what
has
proceeded
from
our
natural
Indulgence
or
Prudence
for
other
stronger
Reasons
,
has
been
imputed
to
the
weakness
of
our
Government
)
will
convince
every
body
,
That
we
had
not
had
recourse
to
this
last
Remedy
,
till
after
we
had
found
all
others
were
of
no
force
.
And
in
truth
,
when
we
were
to
deliberate
upon
the
Arresting
a
Prince
of
our
Blood
,
whom
we
have
always
tenderly
lov'd
,
and
who
is
otherwise
highly
to
be
valu'd
for
his
many
Noble
Qualities
;
a
Prince
so
often
victorious
over
his
Enemies
,
against
whom
he
has
so
frequently
signaliz'd
his
Courage
,
Certain
it
is
,
that
tho
he
soon
made
an
ill
use
of
that
Honour
which
we
gave
him
the
opportunity
to
purchase
;
and
that
his
proceedings
in
divers
Enterprizes
have
given
us
just
occasion
from
time
to
time
to
〈◊〉
his
De●igns
,
we
could
not
without
extreme
〈◊〉
determine
his
Imprisonment
;
and
we
●●uld
have
wink'd
at
all
the
Imprudences
of
his
evil
C●●●●ct
,
but
only
the
imminent
danger
that
the
Ki●gdom
was
in
to
be
torn
in
pieces●
and
unless
we
〈◊〉
palpably
discern'd
,
that
considering
the
way
which
the
said
Prince
took
,
and
wherein
he
made
large
steps
every
day
,
one
of
these
two
mischiefs
was
inevitable
,
Either
the
utter
destruction
,
or
the
Di●●olution
of
this
Monarchy
by
the
ruin
of
our
Authority
;
upon
the
preservation
of
which
principally
d●pends
the
Tranquility
and
Happiness
of
the
people
which
God
has
submitted
to
our
Obedience
.
It
is
so
n●tural
to
all
men
to
love
their
own
works
,
and
to
desire
as
much
as
in
'em
lies
,
the
kind
acceptation
and
merit
of
'em
,
that
there
is
no
body
,
wit●out
doubt
,
but
will
presume
in
regard
we
have
affor●●d
opportunities
to
our
Cousin
,
by
means
of
those
Military
Employments
wherewith
we
have
entrusted
him
,
to
ac●uire
a
high
Reputation
,
and
for
that
we
have
●eap'd
upon
his
Family
and
his
own
Person
Favours
of
all
sorts
,
no
body
,
we
dare
say
,
will
believe
,
that
unl●ss
Necessity
had
compell'd
us
,
we
would
h●●e
been
willing
to
have
lost
the
fruits
of
all
our
Favours●
and
to
have
depriv'd
our selves
of
the
Services
which
our
Cousin
might
have
done
us
,
both
by
his
Counsels
and
Performances
in
times
of
difficulty
,
such
as
are
those
of
a
long
Minority
,
had
he
not
de●iated
so
far
as
he
has
done
from
the
Path
of
his
Duty●
or
if
he
could
have
satisfy'd
his
Ambition
with
living
the
Richest
Subject
this
day
in
Christendom
.
And
c●●t●inly
,
upon
due
consideration
of
the
vast
Settlements
that
belong
to
his
Family
,
either
in
Employments
,
or
Governments
of
Provinces
or
great
Towns
,
in
Lands
,
or
Ready-Money
,
or
Church
Re●●nues
,
it
must
be
acknowledg'd
,
that
so
many
Favour●
,
nor
so
considerable
,
as
we
have
conferr'd
upon
our
said
Co●sin
,
were
never
in
so
short
a
time
bestow'd
upon
any
one
Family
;
not
to
reck'n
in
ou●●rants
to
his
Relations
and
Friends
at
his
Reques●
,
and
out
of
the
Respect
we
had
for
him
.
He
cannot
deny
,
but
that
he
holds
at
this
day
from
our
Bounty
solely
,
all
that
he
enjoys
of
Places
or
Governments
,
in
regard
all
became
vacant
upon
the
Death
of
our
Dear
Cousin
his
Father
,
and
that
it
was
in
our
full
Power
to
have
dispos'd
of
'em
to
such
other
persons
as
we
should
have
thought
sit
to
have
preferr'd
before
him
.
But
to
go
a
little
higher
,
every
body
may
call
to
mind
,
how
that
so
soon
as
the
Queen
Regent
,
our
most
Honour'd
Lady
and
Mother
,
foresaw
the
Misfortune
wherewith
Heaven
was
about
to
afflict
France
,
by
the
loss
of
the
Deceased
King
our
most
Honour'd
Lord
and
Father
;
and
that
there
was
no
longer
any
hopes
of
recovering
a
Health
so
precious
to
the
Kingdom
,
she
apply'd
her self
to
obtain
the
good
will
of
our
said
Cousins
,
giving
order
,
so
soon
as
she
was
design'd
Regent
in
the
King
's
●houghts
,
to
those
in
whom
that
Great
Prince
put
greatest
Confidence
,
to
make
it
their
business
to
perswade
him
to
confer
several
Favours
upon
that
House
.
Her
Orders
were
happily
obey'd
,
tho
the
King
thought
he
had
already
done
enough
,
having
but
a
little
before
made
the
Duke
of
Anguien
General
of
his
principal
Army
.
To
which
at
first
he
had
so
great
a
reluctancy
,
that
he
had
once
resolv'd
to
order
his
retiring
into
Burgundy
.
They
also
persuaded
him
to
confer
an
Honour
upon
our
deceased
Cousin
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
which
he
had
long
desir'd
,
which
was
to
make
him
President
of
his
Council
;
and
some
few
days
after
,
he
was
made
Grand
Master
of
France
,
tho
the
King
was
resolv'd
to
have
utterly
supprest
it
.
The
Queen
afterwards
at
the
very
beginning
of
her
Regency
,
bestow'd
upon
him
in
our
Name
,
the
Houses
of
Chantilli
and
Dampma●tin
,
which
was
the
Noblest
Present
that
ever
any
King
made
to
one
person
.
He
was
also
〈◊〉
to
purchase
the
Estate
of
our
Deceased
〈◊〉
the
Duke
of
Bellegarde
,
wherein
the
Town
of
〈…〉
comprehended
;
which
considering
the
〈…〉
o●
the
Place
it self
,
and
the
Scituation
of
〈…〉
of
our
Cousins
other
Governments
,
lay
〈◊〉
●ost
convenient
for
him
of
any
of
the
Kingdom
.
〈…〉
so
many
Favours
,
and
those
extraordinary
,
〈◊〉
granted
to
the
Father
,
were
no
less
advanta●●●●
to
the
Son
,
who
enjoy'd
the
benefit
of
'em
,
〈…〉
was
still
so
Gracious
as
to
confer
conside●●●●●
F●●our●
on
the
Person
of
the
D.
of
Enguien
.
Our
〈…〉
M●rshal
de
L'Hospital
had
the
Government
of
〈◊〉
given
him
in
Recompence
of
his
Services
,
〈…〉
was
rewarded
with
the
Government
〈…〉
To●n
and
Citadel
of
Stenay
;
yet
both
the
〈◊〉
day
●●ven
to
the
Duke
.
Upon
the
Death
of
〈…〉
,
we
bestow'd
in
one
day
upon
his
Family
〈◊〉
●●ployment
of
Grand
Master
of
France
,
the
〈…〉
of
Three
Provinces
,
Burgundy
,
Bresse
,
〈…〉
,
besides
that
of
Champaigne
which
he
had
〈◊〉
,
and
three
strong
Towns
,
the
Castle
of
Dijon
,
〈…〉
,
and
Bourges
,
besides
Bellegard
and
〈◊〉
which
he
had
in
possession
.
And
we
have
〈◊〉
to
believe
,
that
there
never
was
any
Greedi●●●●●
afte●
large
Possessions
and
soaring
Greatness
so
〈◊〉
,
but
would
have
been
fully
gorg'd
by
〈◊〉
an
E●fu●ion
of
Benefits
and
Favours
of
all
sorts
.
〈◊〉
our
said
Cousin
then
gave
us
formal
Assurances
,
That
he
would
never
desire
any
thing
more
for
the
〈◊〉
●
confessing
and
acknowledging
,
That
what●●●●
Se●vices
he
had
done
,
or
whatever
he
could
do
〈◊〉
Kingdom
,
he
could
not
in
reason
demand
any
〈◊〉
●●●n
what
had
been
done
already
for
him
.
Ne●●●●hele●●
,
in
a
little
time
after
he
set
a
foot
other
〈◊〉
Cl●ims
under
precarious
and
unjust
Pretences
;
〈◊〉
the
be●ter
to
attain
his
Ends
,
renewing
his
for●●●●
Discontents
,
because
we
had
given
to
our
most
〈◊〉
Lady
and
Mother
,
the
Disposal
of
the
place
of
Lord
High
Admiral
and
Superintendent
of
the
Maritime
Affairs
,
vacant
by
the
Death
of
our
Cousin
the
Duke
of
Breze
,
his
Brother-in-Law
;
as
if
he
had
had
a
particular
Privilege
to
make
Hereditary
in
his
Family
all
the
Offices
which
his
Kindred
had
possess'd
during
their
Lives
;
forgetting
that
he
had
positively
promis'd
to
demand
nothing
more
of
us
,
after
we
had
gratify'd
him
with
so
many
others
upon
the
Death
of
his
Father
,
who
dy'd
presently
after
the
D.
of
Breze
.
Nevertheless
we
resolv'd
upon
one
trial
more
to
give
him
satisfaction
,
in
hopes
that
Age
would
moderate
his
Excesses
,
and
temper
the
exorbitant
heat
of
his
Ambition
;
and
to
the
end
we
might
once
for
all
deprive
him
of
any
Necessity
and
Excuse
for
demanding
any
more
,
we
heap'd
up
the
Measure
to
the
top
;
and
upon
his
renew'd
Promises
never
to
make
any
farther
Demands
,
we
granted
him
a
new
Favour
which
surpass'd
all
the
rest
,
by
adding
to
the
Towns
of
Burgundy
which
he
had
already
,
and
to
Stenay
,
that
of
Clermont
,
with
a
Gift
of
all
the
Demeasnes
belonging
to
it
,
as
also
to
Stenay
and
Iamets
,
which
are
worth
near
a
Hundred
thousand
Livres
a
year
.
After
that
,
we
admitted
the
Prince
of
Conti
into
our
Councils
at
Twenty
years
of
Age
,
tho
his
Brother
and
his
Brother-in-Law
had
a
Pension
there
already
,
of
a
Hundred
thousand
Livres
,
and
Danvilliers's
Employment
,
for
which
he
was
to
give
a
Recompence
to
the
Sieur
Danevoux
,
and
had
settl'd
upon
him
in
our
Name
divers
Bodies
of
Horse
and
Foot
.
We
omit
several
other
Favours
which
we
have
conferr'd
upon
our
Cousin
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
which
alone
were
sufficient
to
satisfie
any
reasonable
mind
,
besides
considerable
Sums
of
Money
which
we
have
bestow'd
upon
him
every
year
,
and
all
the
Augmentations
of
Pensions
for
him
or
his
Family
and
Relations
,
for
whom
he
desir'd
em
.
We
speak
not
of
the
respect
which
we
always
had
for
his
Requests
●or
Pat●ents
for
Dukes
,
for
the
Promotions
of
Mares●hals
of
Fr●nce
,
and
a
world
fo
Military
Employ●e●ts
,
and
others
of
all
sorts
,
as
Abbots
,
Bishops
,
and
●over●me●ts
of
Places
bestow'd
at
his
Recommenda●●●●●pon
persons
at
his
Devotion
.
Lastly
,
we
call
God
to
witn●ss
.
That
there
is
no
sort
of
study
or
in●●●try
which
we
have
not
put
in
practice
as
well
toward
himself
,
as
with
his
most
familiar
Confidents
,
●o
●ix
his
mind
,
and
give
him
satisfaction
.
And
up●n
this
account
we
are
oblig'd
to
testifie
,
That
our
m●st
de●r
and
most
beloved
Uncle
the
Duke
of
Or●●●ce
,
p●eferring
the
Tranquility
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
the
Good
of
our
Service
,
before
any
other
par●icul●r
●nterest
or
Consideration
,
has
all
along
pers●●ded
us
to
these
Sentiments
,
and
by
that
means
highly
contributed
to
the
advantages
of
the
said
P●●●ce
,
and
the
satisfaction
of
all
his
Demands
.
But
all
in
vain
;
no
Favour
,
no
Application
,
no
Confi●ence
having
hitherto
been
able
to
limit
his
irregular
Am●i●ion
.
The
nature
of
the
several
pretensions
which
he
has
set
on
foot
from
time
to
time
,
and
from
which
he
has
e●deavour'd
to
exempt
himself
with
●ildness
and
Prudence
,
may
easily
evince
to
the
world
,
that
they
were
the
Sentiments
and
Transports
of
such
a
mind
.
Sometimes
he
has
vehemently
insisted
to
have
the
Command
of
an
Army
for
the
Conquest
of
Fr●nche
Conte
,
upon
condition
that
he
might
have
the
Sovereign
Possession
of
it
.
In
the
midst
of
the
last
Campaign
,
while
our
Army
was
advanc'd
into
Flanders
,
and
that
it
could
not
be
enfeebled
without
running
the
Risco
of
some
great
Blow
,
laying
aside
all
other
thoughts
which
way
to
annoy
the
Enemy
,
even
to
the
hazard
of
exposing
our
F●ontiers
and
Strong
Holds
to
the
Assaults
of
our
Enemies
,
he
would
needs
have
a
Detatchment
of
a
●reat
Body
of
Horse
drawn
out
to
go
to
Liege
●
to
support
the
Design
which
he
had
to
help
his
Brothe●●he
Prince
of
Conti
to
the
Coadjutorship
of
that
Bi●●oprick
,
by
that
means
to
render
more
con●iderable
the
places
which
he
holds
upon
the
Mense
,
and
in
his
Government
of
Champaigne
,
besides
another
great
Establishment
w●ich
he
projected
to
erect
on
that
side
,
as
we
shall
afterwards
make
appear
.
All
which
clearly
shews
by
many
remarkable
Circumstances
,
to
what
a
degree
he
was
possess'd
with
a
desire
of
Sovereignty
.
An
Imagination
the
more
dangerous
in
a
Mind
all
Fire
like
his
,
because
we
are
moreover
well
inform'd
,
That
among
his
intimate
Confidents
,
he
has
often
let
fall
that
pernicious
Maxim
,
That
any
thing
may
be
done
to
attain
Sovereign
Dominion
,
so
that
although
in
a
Monarchy
setl'd
upon
such
solid
Foundations
as
ours
,
chiefly
upon
that
Affection
and
unshaken
Fidelity
which
the
French
have
for
their
Privileges
and
the
Persons
of
their
Kings
,
such
a
Criminal
Thought
has
been
generally
attended
with
the
Ruin
of
those
that
profest
it
,
yet
we
should
be
defective
in
the
Duty
which
we
owe
as
well
to
our selves
,
as
to
our
faithful
Subjects
,
should
we
not
obviate
all
things
which
in
time
might
facilitate
the
execution
of
so
unjust
a
Design
.
For
tho
what
he
proposes
to
himsel●
were
no
mark
of
what
he
harbours
in
his
breast
,
yet
certain
it
is
,
that
if
we
nearly
examine
his
Conduct
ever
since
our
coming
to
the
Crown
,
no
body
can
disown
but
that
he
has
an
Intention
to
work
other
Mischiefs
in
the
Kingdom
,
which
no
less
require
the
Remedy
we
have
apply'd
,
since
he
openly
went
about
to
set
up
a
Dominion
formidable
to
us
.
That
his
Design
was
to
weaken
and
bring
down
the
Royal
Authority
;
that
by
possessing
or
securing
to
himself
the
principal
Places
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
fixing
to
himself
all
persons
that
have
any
Credit
,
all
men
of
Parts
and
signal
Endowments
,
either
by
Obligation
,
or
out
of
Fear
or
Interest
,
he
might
be
able
in
time
openly
to
withstand
and
slight
our
Will
and
Pleasure
in
all
things
that
should
no●
be
conformable
to
his
;
to
sow
War
and
Troubles
unpunish'd
in
the
Kingdom
,
according
to
his
own
Interests
and
Humours
;
to
make
use
of
all
opportunities
to
agg●andize
his
Fortune
.
And
lastly
,
to
take
things
〈◊〉
,
that
he
might
be
able
during
our
Minority
,
to
reduce
us
to
a
Condition
,
that
when
we
came
of
Age
,
we
●●ould
have
no
more
then
the
Name
and
Shadow
of
a
King
,
while
in
reality
he
had
all
the
Power
and
Authority
in
his
own
hands
.
This
,
in
truth
,
is
the
most
f●vourable
Interpretation
we
can
make
of
his
Conduct
,
especially
since
the
Command
of
our
Ar●●●s
wi●h
which
we
have
entrusted
him
,
has
furnish'd
hi●
with
opportunities
to
acquire
a
great
Reputation
,
and
a
vast
number
of
Adherents
;
and
moreover
●●ce
he
finds
himself
in
the
possession
of
so
many
considerable
Settlements
,
which
we
have
bestow'd
upon
him
one
upon
another
,
to
oblige
him
out
of
Gratit●de
,
to
have
no
other
thoughts
but
those
of
doing
〈◊〉
good
service
.
But
so
far
was
he
from
that
acknowledgment
which
we
promis'd
to
our selves
,
that
then
i●
was
that
he
began
to
pull
off
his
Vizor
,
and
to
display
the
Grandeur
of
his
Credit
,
to
the
end
that
no
body
should
apply
themselves
to
any
other
but
himsel●
to
obtain
our
Favours
,
or
avoid
the
Punish●ent
of
their
Crimes
.
Then
it
was
,
that
his
con●●●l'd
Artifices
to
get
all
the
Officers
of
our
Armies
a●
his
Devotion
,
especially
the
Foreigners
in
our
Ser●ice
(
of
which
he
took
a
particular
care
)
were
chang'd
into
open
Contrivances
to
gain
'em
,
and
●●nder
'em
dependers
upon
himself
:
Then
it
was
that
●e
made
i●
evidently
appear
,
that
the
Good
of
our
Ser●ice
was
never
his
aim
in
all
his
Military
Performances
,
in
regard
that
in
the
most
pressing
Exigenci●s
that
ever
our
Armies
were
plung'd
in
,
for
want
of
a
Chieftan
of
his
Quality
and
Authority
to
rectifie
the
Miscarriages
and
Disorders
which
our
late
Troubles
had
introduc'd
,
he
still
avoided
the
Comm●nd
of
our
Armies
,
which
formerly
he
cove●ed
and
su'd
for
with
so
much
earnestness
,
to
the
end
●e
might
apply
himself
wholly
to
the
Court
,
and
to
his
Cabals
,
believing
the
proper
time
was
come
to
reap
the
Fruits
which
he
had
propos'd
to
himself
,
when
all
the
Campaigns
were
ventur'd
upon
a
general
Battel
,
upon
this
Maxim
,
often
applauded
by
himself
,
That
the
winning
a
Battel
augmented
his
Reputation
,
and
gave
him
new
plausible
Pretences
to
exact
farther
Rewards
.
But
that
if
he
lost
it
,
and
that
our
Affairs
thereby
should
happen
to
tumble
into
Disorder
,
he
s●ould
be
the
more
valu'd
for
the
need
there
would
be
of
him
.
Then
it
was
that
he
became
liberal
of
his
Caresses
beyond
his
usual
strain
,
and
that
he
made
continual
Searches
among
all
the
Governors
of
Towns
;
and
all
those
who
had
any
Employments
of
Consequence
,
or
that
were
assur'd
of
'em
by
survivance
or
any
other
means
to
attain
'em
;
That
he
engaged
himself
to
importune
us
for
the
Interests
of
all
indifferently
,
without
considering
whether
they
were
prejudicial
to
the
State
or
no
:
That
he
cherish'd
all
Malecontents
:
That
he
flatter'd
their
Complaints
,
and
promis'd
to
assist
'em
:
That
he
endeavour'd
to
debauch
all
those
who
out
of
Gratitude
or
Affection
adher'd
to
us
and
their
Duty
;
lessening
the
value
of
our
Favours
,
by
persuading
'em
,
that
for
the
future
they
were
to
hope
for
no
more
but
by
his
means
:
Then
it
was
that
he
exacted
from
those
that
offer'd
him
their
Service
,
an
Oath
of
Fidelity
to
be
faithful
to
him
against
all
men
,
without
exception
of
Person
or
Quality
,
and
that
he
openly
persecuted
after
various
manners
,
all
those
that
would
not
enter
into
his
Dependancy
upon
him
:
Then
it
was
that
all
persons
who
surrender'd
themselves
to
his
will
,
had
Merit
and
Qualities
to
pref●r
'em
before
any
other
Competitors
;
that
they
who
stuck
to
their
Allegiance
without
any
other
aim
then
to
do
us
good
service
,
were
always
Cowards
,
and
people
of
no
worth
;
that
on
the
other
side
they
became
in
an
instant
,
great
Personag●s
,
worthy
of
all
manner
of
Employments
and
Rewards
,
so
soon
as
they
devoted
themselves
to
his
Interests
;
which
was
one
sure
way
to
ascend
from
〈◊〉
to
Wor●●
,
from
Inability
to
Accomplishment
.
Then
it
was
that
he
us'd
innumerable
Artifi●●●
〈◊〉
decoy
all
those
that
had
Employments
in
our
〈◊〉
,
or
in
the
Guards
of
our
Person
;
that
he
●●enly
protected
all
Delinquents
,
provided
they
had
recourse
to
Him
,
tho'
they
were
of
contrary
Interests
●●fore
;
That
his
House
was
a
Notorious
Sanctuary
for
all
sorts
of
Criminals
.
Then
it
was
that
he
began
to
demand
all
Vacancies
of
what
Nature
soever
;
that
upon
all
occasions
,
as
well
petty
as
considerable
,
he
took
the
Market
into
his
own
hands
,
and
threaten'd
to
quit
all
things
,
to
set
up
for
himself
,
and
put
himself
at
the
Head
of
all
those
that
would
〈◊〉
against
us
.
Lastly
,
then
it
was
,
that
to
shew
his
Power
and
his
Stedfastness
toward
those
that
●ell
in
with
his
Interests
,
he
was
not
content
with
obtaining
Favours
,
but
would
have
the
World
believe
that
he
wrested
'em
out
of
our
hands
by
Violence
.
Witness
the
Government
of
Pont-de
l'
Arthe
,
which
he
would
have
carry'd
by
a
strong
hand
,
and
at
a
day
prefix'd
,
threatning
if
it
were
not
done
,
that
he
would
kindle
a
new
Flame
in
the
Kingdom
;
but
in
regard
he
knew
full
well
that
the
demand
which
he
made
of
this
Place
was
highly
offensive
,
and
generally
disapprov'd
by
all
People
,
he
presently
gave
on●
that
he
had
not
been
so
eager
after
the
Business
,
but
because
he
●ad
engag'd
his
word
to
the
Duke
of
Long●●ville
to
procure
it
for
him
;
declaring
moreover
,
that
he
must
never
think
to
justifie
himself
,
if
after
so
many
Benefits
of
all
sorts
heap'd
upon
him
,
and
so
many
vast
Revenues
and
Offices
settl'd
upon
him
,
that
never
had
any
Prince
in
France
since
the
beginning
of
the
Monarchy
,
he
ever
pretended
to
beg
any
thing
more
either
for
himself
,
or
for
any
,
of
his
Friends
after
a
Grant
of
this
Favour
.
Upon
this
we
were
induc'd
in
that
Conjuncture
to
satisfie
his
Impetuosity
,
notwithstanding
his
manner
of
Behaviour
,
to
the
end
we
might
leave
him
no
pretence
of
raising
disturbance
.
But
though
the
Accommodation
of
this
Ma●ter
has
pass'd
through
the
hands
of
our
Dear
Unckle
the
Duke
of
Ori●ance
,
who
would
needs
be
Mediator
for
the
preservation
of
the
publick
Tranquility
,
he
found
the
next
day
that
he
had
made
little
or
no
progress
,
and
that
he
was
not
the
same
Man
,
who
the
Evening
before
had
testify'd
such
an
entire
satisfaction
in
the
Umpirage
of
our
said
Dear
Unckle
,
and
given
his
Promise
of
submission
.
For
the
next
day
he
re-assum'd
his
●ormer
coldness
,
and
shew'd
an
inclination
to
do
worse
,
on
purpose
to
extort
from
us
some
new
Advantages
:
forgetting
the
Declaration
which
he
had
solemnly
renew'd
,
never
to
claim
any
thing
more
,
after
the
Grant
of
●ont
de
L'
Arche
.
At
length
,
the
Queen
wearied
with
so
many
Relapses
,
and
desirous
once
for
all
;
if
it
were
possible
,
to
tear
up
the
Root
of
all
Misunderstanding
;
order'd
him
to
be
roundly
press'd
to
explain
himself
sincerely
and
truly
what
he
desir'd
,
to
live
quietly
,
and
within
the
bounds
of
his
duty
.
Upon
which
having
declar'd
,
That
he
was
jealous
of
some
Alliances
(
to
which
nevertheless
,
when
they
were
first
mention'd
to
him
,
he
had
not
only
given
his
Consent
,
but
had
advis'd
'em
himself
for
six
months
together
,
as
believing
'em
very
advantageous
)
and
having
besides
testify'd
his
desire
,
that
the
Queen
would
promise
him
a
sincere
and
entire
affection
;
as
also
to
have
a
respect
for
such
Persons
as
he
should
recommend
to
her
upon
all
occasions
;
and
lastly
,
to
impart
to
him
generally
her
Resolutions
upon
all
Ma●ters
whatsoever
;
The
Queen
was
so
gracious
,
in
the
first
place
,
that
she
might
leave
him
no
pretence
of
di●●aste
or
mistrust
,
as
to
promise
him
,
that
she
would
conclude
no
Alliance
but
by
concert
with
him
.
And
as
to
the
other
Points
,
she
engag'd
so
much
the
more
freely
,
because
she
did
not
remember
that
she
had
fail'd
●n
either
,
but
thought
she
had
rather
enclin'd
〈…〉
,
then
omission
.
But
by
his
proceedings
it
was
soon
●fter
known
to
what
end
he
had
exacted
〈…〉
of
unnecessary
Promises●
and
that
his
purp●●●
in
it
was
only
to
have
a
new
pretence
to
demand
more
boldly
,
and
execute
with
more
haughtiness
and
pri●e
whatever
should
come
into
his
mind
,
that
might
be
serviceable
to
his
design
of
making
himself
〈◊〉
Master
of
the
Forces
of
the
Kingdom
.
In
short
,
about
four
days
after
that
,
his
manner
of
re●●ying
the
sincere
Affection
which
the
Queen
had
promis'd
him
,
with
all
the
Solemnities
and
Securities
〈…〉
de●ire
,
was
not
barely
to
receive
into
his
Protection
all
those
that
demanded
it
against
her
,
but
to
offer
it
himself
to
several
Persons
who
had
incurr'd
〈◊〉
displeasure
,
either
a
long
time
before
,
or
by
new
O●●ences
lately
committed
.
Our
Cousin
Marshal
Scom●●rg
s●on
after
was
in
danger
of
of
his
life
.
Presently
〈◊〉
●h●●
Accident
a
Council
was
held
in
the
House
〈…〉
said
Prince
,
the
result
of
which
was
to
demand
,
〈◊〉
obtain
,
whatever
it
cost
'em
,
the
Government
of
Metz
,
and
Pais
Messin
,
for
the
Prince
of
Co●●i
,
who
was
then
in
treaty
also
for
the
Bishoprick
of
〈◊〉
.
The
Queen
,
our
thrice
honour'd
Lady
and
Mother●
is
forc'd
,
by
the
idle
Conduct
of
such
an
Extravagant
,
to
drive
him
out
of
her
presence
;
the
P●●nce
openly
undertakes
to
protect
him
,
hinders
him
fro●
reti●ing
,
comes
himself
to
the
Queen
to
constrain
her●
〈◊〉
him
again
,
and
out
of
an
unsufferable
want
of
R●spect
,
which
no
true
Frenchman
can
hear
without
an
extraordinary
Indignation
,
he
boldly
threaten'd
to
●●c●ive
the
Madman
into
his
House
,
and
bring
〈◊〉
every
day
into
the
Queen's
●●●ht
;
and
had
he
〈…〉
prudence
been
put
in
hopes
,
that
time
would
〈…〉
the
Affair
;
or
had
he
not
been
afraid
〈◊〉
injure
some
other
greater
Pretensions
which
he
〈◊〉
at
that
time
,
we
had
been
in
danger
of
seeing
ou●
thrice
honour'd
Lady
and
Mother
reduc'd
eith●●
to
suffer
this
Affront
at
his
hands
,
or
to
have
had
recourse
to
●he
utmost
Extremities
in
her
own
defence
They
who
understand
not
his
different
Partialities
,
so
prejudicial
to
the
good
of
the
S●●te
,
and
our
S●rvice
,
may
observe
'em
in
the
last
Commotions
in
Provence
and
Guyen
,
where
in
two
Affairs
of
the
same
nature
,
〈◊〉
would
needs
in
the
one
absolutely
advance
the
Authority
of
the
Governour
to
the
Oppression
of
the
Parliament●
and
in
the
other
act
quite
the
contrary
,
without
any
other
reason
for
acting
so
oppositely
,
b●t
because
one
of
the
Governours
was
his
Kinsman
,
and
for
that
he
had
no
kindness
●or
the
other
.
To
the
end
that
by
such
Examples
of
his
Authority
that
made
such
a
clatte●
in
the
World
,
every
body
coming
to
understand
the
penalty
of
his
Aversion
,
and
the
value
of
his
P●otection
,
all
People
might
observe
that
there
was
no
other
friendship
or
dependecy
but
his
to
be
sought
,
and
give
themselves
wholly
up
to
him
.
What
other
Patience
but
tha●
of
the
Queen's
could
have
endur'd
to
hear
the
said
Prince
,
in
a
Council
held
in
Our
Presence
,
threaten
to
have
the
Deputies
of
Provence
bastinado'd
even
to
the
breaking
of
their
Bones
,
because
they
had
presum'd
to
complain
in
behalf
of
their
Body
,
of
the
ill
usage
they
had
receiv'd
from
our
Cousin
the
Count
d'
Allais
,
contrary
to
the
Conditions
of
the
Pacification
granted
by
Us
to
that
Province
.
What
way
to
suffer
any
longer
the
Violence
with
which
he
began
to
stifle
the
Liberty
of
Our
Councils
,
by
his
impetuous
manner
of
acting
toward
the
Ministers
who
have
the
honor
to
be
Members
of
our
Council
,
of
which
there
was
hardly
one
who
was
more
exempt
then
another
from
private
Threats
and
publick
Affronts
even
in
Our
Presence
,
when
their
Consciences
and
their
Duty
would
not
suffer
'em
to
approve
such
Counsels
as
were
not
conformable
to
the
said
Prince's
humour
?
Nor
was
his
moderation
more
in
the
Governments
wherewith
We
had
entrusted
him
.
'T
was
not
enough
that
all
the
Money
which
so
large
a
Province
as
Burgundy
,
furnish'd
with
〈…〉
and
affection
toward
o●r
Treasury
〈◊〉
s●●llow'd
up
by
him
and
his
;
unles●
he
had
〈…〉
a
Power
which
made
all
priv●●e
persons
〈◊〉
under
his
Oppre●s●on
;
of
which
several
have
〈…〉
make
private
Complaints
,
and
laid
bef●●●
〈◊〉
that
nothing
more
remain'd
for
him
to
do
,
〈◊〉
to
●●ke
●pon
him
the
Title
of
Duke
to
advance
〈◊〉
to
be
Sovereign
of
the
Province
.
Nor
was
〈◊〉
Provi●ce
of
Champagne
more
●●●ourably
us'd
by
〈…〉
;
all
the
Towns
and
Villages
,
and
mos●
〈◊〉
of
the
C●ties
,
having
been
so
expo●'d
to
the
plundrin●
of
the
Soldiers
that
bore
his
Na●●
;
or
to
the
〈◊〉
of
thos●
that
had
wound
themselves
into
hi●
favo●●
to
obtain
di●●●dgments
,
that
several
have
been
c●●strain'd
to
qu●●
their
Habitations
,
and
retire
into
the
Countries
round
about
adjoining
.
With
what
wo●ds
〈◊〉
we
se●
forth
the
Affair
of
H●●re
;
and
the
〈◊〉
ways
which
he
made
use
of
to
make
himself
〈◊〉
of
that
Place
,
one
of
the
most
Impo●●ant
in
the
K●ngdom
for
the
s●it●ation
of
it
,
and
without
contr●d●●ti●●
the
best
for
the
strength
of
it
?
After
he
〈…〉
use
of
several
Artifice●
to
seduce
the
Youth
〈…〉
Cousin
the
Duke
of
Richli●●
,
on
purpose
to
〈◊〉
him
mar●y
cl●ndestinly
a
Woman
,
who
for
m●●●●●spects
is
●ntirely
at
his
devotion
,
not
contented
〈◊〉
●ensibly
offended
us
,
by
promoting
,
together
with
the
Prince
of
Conti
,
and
the
Dutchess
of
L●ng●ev●ll●
hi●
Sister
,
the
Match
of
a
Duke
and
Peer
,
pref●●●'d
〈◊〉
one
of
the
Principal
Offices
of
State
,
witho●●
〈◊〉
Knowledge
and
Permission
,
and
authorising
〈…〉
presence
a
Contract
prohibited
by
the
Laws
o●●he
Kingdom
,
as
if
it
had
not
been
enough
by
this
u●●●wful
means
to
have
made
himself
master
of
the
p●●son
of
a
Young
Man
,
he
caus'd
him
to
depart
upon
his
Wedding-night
,
gave
him
for
his
Counsellor
and
Conductor
the
person
of
all
his
Creatures
that
ha●
〈◊〉
employ'd
to
debaush
him
,
and
made
him
throw
●●mself
with
all
speed
into
Ha●re
,
to
the
end
he
might
make
himself
Master
of
that
Place
,
which
being
seated
at
the
Mouth
of
the
Seine
,
might
afford
him
the
means
to
master
Rouen
and
Paris
,
and
keep
under
his
subjection
all
the
Trade
of
those
two
Cities
;
enable
him
to
admit
Foreign
Assistance
,
and
introduce
their
Forces
into
the
Kingdom
,
whenever
for
his
particular
Ends
he
had
a
desire
to
trouble
the
States
.
And
for
that
he
judg'd
it
convenient
at
the
same
time
that
there
should
be
a
good
number
of
Couriers
dispatch'd
toward
the
said
Duke
of
Richlieu
,
to
let
him
understand
Our
Interest
and
his
own
at
that
Conjuncture
,
he
dispatch'd
several
at
the
same
instant
to
s●op
others
upon
the
Road
;
thereby
violating
to
the
highest
degree
imaginable
the
Respect
,
Fidelity
and
Obedience
which
he
owes
us
.
After
which
,
more
desperately
daring
,
the
Queen
having
sent
her self
a
Person
expresly
to
carry
her
Orders
to
St.
Maure
,
the
Governor
of
Ha●re
,
upon
an
Accident
of
so
high
Consequence
,
and
to
let
him
understand
how
much
he
was
oblig'd
to
preserve
the
Place
without
suffering
any
change
;
the
Prince
was
no
sooner
advertis'd
of
it
,
but
he
dispatch'd
away
another
Courier
,
and
commanded
,
that
if
any
person
should
come
thither
with
Orders
from
the
Queen
,
they
should
throw
him
into
the
Sea
,
with
a
stone
about
his
neck
;
and
this
with
so
much
presumption
,
so
much
scorn
of
Our
Authority
,
that
he
is
the
first
who
could
ever
boast
of
i●
.
Lastly
,
that
he
might
wholly
by
divers
ways
deprive
us
of
the
disposal
of
that
Place
,
he
sent
away
in
all
haste
the
Lady
her self
,
who
had
so
lately
been
beholding
to
him
for
her
Match
;
furnish'd
her
with
Money
to
enable
her
more
and
more
to
gain
upon
the
Affection
of
the
Young
Duke
,
and
conveys
by
other
means
still
more
Money
for
the
payment
of
the
Garison
,
thereby
to
gain
the
good-will
of
the
Officers
and
Soldiers
.
And
that
he
might
have
moreover
other
People
more
at
his
devotion
,
and
well
known
to
him
,
he
order'd
the
Lady
to
be
guarded
by
a
good
number
〈…〉
,
who
put
themselves
into
the
Place
;
giving
〈◊〉
tha●
there
was
a
Design
laid
to
seize
her
upon
the
〈◊〉
.
So
many
Attempts
upon
the
Royal
Power
,
of
●hich
this
last
alone
of
Havre
deserves
a
most
rig●●●●●
punishment
,
has
not
left
us
any
reason
to
●●ubt
of
the
pernicious
Designs
of
Our
said
Cousin
,
〈…〉
then
of
his
boldness
to
put
'em
in
execution
,
〈◊〉
we
not
in
time
apply'd
a
Remedy
proportionable
to
●he
violence
of
the
Distemper
.
However
,
To
the
●●d
you
may
be
likewise
inform'd
of
the
new
ways
wh●ch
〈◊〉
study'd
to
push
on
his
Design
,
and
of
the
wor●
which
he
had
cut
out
for
us
,
and
which
we
have
prevented
by
his
detention
,
we
shall
tell
you
〈◊〉
was
under
deep
Consultation
in
the
last
place
.
He
●re●ted
with
the
Ambassador
of
Mantua
for
the
purchase
of
the
Town
and
Principality
of
〈◊〉
,
not
only
without
Our
Leave
,
but
c●●●●ary
also
to
what
we
had
expresly
always
refus'd
him
to
meddle
with
.
And
because
we
had
warily
〈◊〉
some
difficulties
about
the
Price
,
the
Sieur
〈◊〉
●●clar'd
a
little
while
since
to
the
said
Embassado●
.
Th●●
his
Master
would
within
a
few
days
send
away
a
Person
expresly
to
Mantua
,
to
conclude
the
●usine●●
with
the
Duke
himself
.
Upon
some
obstruct●●●
that
●ose
about
the
Enjoyment
of
Clermon●
and
the
d●mesnes
adjoining
(
tho
easie
to
have
been
s●●m●●n●ed
,
as
appears
since
)
he
was
already
given
〈◊〉
understand
,
that
if
he
were
disturb'd
in
his
pos●●ssion
there
,
't
was
but
just
that
Sedan
should
be
given
h●m
,
and
all
the
Demesnes
belonging
to
it
,
which
we
had
given
our
Cousin
the
Duke
of
Bouil●on
u●on
the
payment
of
many
Millions
;
upon
which
,
some
of
his
Creatures
presently
set
a
foot
a
Negotiation
with
the
Si●ur
d'
Aiguebere
for
the
purchase
of
the
Go●e●nment
of
Mount
Olympus
,
which
he
made
account
to
pay
with
his
own
Mony
,
that
so
the
Govern●●●●
might
fall
in
the
hands
of
some
of
his
own
Freinds
,
to
the
end
there
might
be
no
place
in
B●rgundy
but
what
should
he
at
his
Command
except
C●al●ns
.
He
pressed
us
to
purchase
of
the
Sieure
d'
Pressis
Bezanson
●
at
our
own
charges
the
Governmen●●
of
the
City
a●d
Cit●adel
of
the
City
of
Autune
for
one
of
his
Creatures
.
He
had
also
redoubl'd
his
extraordinary
diligence
but
a
little
before●
to
marry
the
Marquiss
de
la
Moussaye
with
the
Daughter
of
the
Sieur
d'
Erlack
,
Governour
of
Brissa●
,
to
the
end
he
might
have
that
important
Place
also
at
his
Devotion
;
although
as
well
in
that
,
as
in
all
other
things
,
we
have
reason
to
commend
the
Conduct
and
Fidelity
of
the
said
Sieur
d'
Erlack
.
We
have
been
also
inform'd
from
other
parts
,
that
he
set
a
foot
some
other
matches
,
by
that
means
to
bring
under
his
devotion
the
Principal
Officers
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
the
greatest
number
of
the
most
considerable
strong
Holds
.
He
had
sent
for
up
to
Court
,
notwithstanding
all
his
Infirmities
,
our
Cousin
the
Marshal
of
Breze
●
to
the
end
they
might
joyn
together
to
demand
the
Employment
of
Chief
and
Superintendent
of
Metz
;
to
the
which
,
though
neither
the
one
not
the
other
could
have
the
least
imaginary
shadow
of
any
Claim
,
yet
the
said
Prince
had
been
already
twice
paid
,
and
the
said
Marshal
had
been
gratify'd
upon
that
consideration
,
after
his
Son's
death
with
30000
Livres
chargd
upon
the
Rights
of
Ancorage
,
which
are
the
clearest
and
most
ready
Mony
belonging
to
that
Employment
.
And
moreover
,
though
the
Marshal
had
some
Months
before
,
got
by
our
favour
and
permission
a
hunder'd
and
ten
thousand
Crowns
for
his
Resignation
of
the
Government
of
Anjou
,
and
●ha●
all
the
securities
imaginable
had
been
made
over
,
that
the
said
Sum
should
after
his
death
fall
to
the
Duke
of
Enguien
●
the
said
Prince
and
Marshal
had
a
design
to
press
us
farther
to
confer
the
survivorship
of
the
Government
of
Saumur
to
the
said
Duke
of
Enguien
.
Which
being
granted
we
know
that
the
said
Prince
to
make
himself
more
considerable
in
his
Governments
and
Employments
,
h●d
resolv'd
to
ply
us
with
his
utmost
importunit●es
,
●●at
he
might
obtain
for
his
Son
,
not
above
Six
years
of
Age
,
all
in
general
that
we
had
bestow'd
at
seve●●●
〈◊〉
upon
his
Father
and
him
.
Though
we
had
not
been
mov'd
with
the
prejudices
and
dangers
abovemention'd
,
to
which
we
might
also
add
many
〈◊〉
,
which
for
certain
Considerations
and
Circumst●nces
,
't
is
not
convenient
to
make
publick
;
it
so
happen'd
that
all
our
most
faithf●l
Servants
that
we
then
had
,
both
in
our
Council
and
without
,
laid
before
us
,
that
a
longer
Patience
would
render
the
Malady
uncurable
,
and
that
the
only
way
to
preserve
our
State
and
our
Person
,
was
to
Ar●est
our
said
Cousins●
who
holding
every
day
Clandestin
Councils
in
their
Houses
for
the
Establishment
of
that
Power
which
they
intended
to
set
up
aga●nst
ours
,
were
not
asham'd
to
reckon
among
other
means
,
besides
the
great
Offices
and
Governments
which
they
had
in
their
hands●
that
they
were
already
Masters
of
all
the
great
Rivers
of
the
Kingdom●
by
reason
of
the
several
strong
Holds
which
they
have
in
the
Kingdom
,
or
which
they
thought
they
had
at
their
devotion
in
the
Kingdom
,
upon
the
Rivers
Seine
,
Meuse
,
Saonne
,
Rosne
,
L●●●e
,
Garonne
and
Dordogne
.
In
a
word
,
that
if
possible
they
might
renew
the
Example
of
those
Ancien●
Potentates
,
who
from
private
Persons
,
have
advanc'd
themselves
to
Sovereign
Dignity●
and
to
the
end
the
Authority
which
the
said
Prince
had
already
Invaded
,
might
be
still
more
conspicuously
enlarg'd
and
supported
by
a
Lawful
Power
deriv'd
from
our selves
;
he
vigorously
contended
to
have
the
Co●stable's
Sword
bestow'd
upon
him
,
tho'
that
〈◊〉
be
suppress'd
;
which
being
join'd
to
the
Batt●on
of
Grand
Maste●
,
and
the
Office
of
High
Admiral
,
which
he
would
never
have
surceas'd
to
demand
ha●
he
been
Created
Constable
;
by
the
one
he
had
〈◊〉
all
ou●
Houshold
and
our
Domestick
Servants
und●r
his
Power●
by
the
other
the
General
Command
of
all
our
Fo●●es
in
the
Kingdom
;
and
by
the
thi●●
the
Absolute
Dominion
over
the
Sea
and
Sea-coas●●●
And
whe●
we
laid
be●ore
him
,
that
as
for
the
Co●s●able's
Sword
,
our
most
Dear
Unkle
the
Duke
of
O●leans
would
have
just
reason
to
be
offended
,
in
●●●gard
of
his
being
our
Lieutenant
General
in
all
〈◊〉
Armies
and
Provinces
,
he
requir'd
of
us
to
dispatch
the
Patents
forthwith
,
without
our
Unkle's
Knowledge
,
and
to
keep
'em
private
till
the
Duke
could
be
wrought
to
agree
to
'em
,
or
rather
till
the
Designs
which
he
was
medi●ating
gave
him
opportunity
to
maintain
his
Demands
by
open
Force
,
whatever
disorder
might
happen
.
In
the
mean
time
the
better
to
enable
himself
to
force
us
in
every
thing
,
at
the
same
time
that
he
made
use
of
these
extraordinary
Importunities
,
he
most
vehemently
demanded
under
various
pretences
,
that
the
Regiments
which
hear
his
Name
,
or
which
depend
upon
him
,
and
are
anow
to
make
a
Body
of
Army
,
might
have
leave
to
advance
toward
these
Quarters
;
never
considering
that
the
greatest
part
are
employ'd
in
our
Service
,
and
for
the
defence
of
the
Realm
,
in
parts
far
remote
.
A
Circumstance
which
we
look
upon
to
be
worthy
of
great
Consideration
,
as
also
that
of
the
Fortifications
of
S●enay
and
Clermont
,
where
Men
were
continually
at
wo●k
at
his
Charges
;
besides
the
Price
agreed
upon
about
a
month
since
,
to
Fortifie
Bellegard
for
Two
Hundred
Thousand
Franks
.
Since
it
can
never
be
presum'd
,
that
unless
he
had
Thoughts
and
Designs
altogether
Extraordinary
,
he
would
ever
Expend
his
own
Trea●ure
to
Fortifie
Places
that
are
already
in
a
good
●ondition
of
themselves
,
and
not
threaten'd
by
any
Enemy
.
We
have
out
of
a
high
respect
dissembl'd
our
Resentments
to
that
degree
,
that
all
people
will
be
soon
convinc'd
that
we
have
run
too
great
a
venture
through
our
Patience
.
'T
is
true
,
we
were
in
hopes
that
that
same
Prudence
which
our
Cousin
might
acquire
by
Age
,
would
cool
〈…〉
this
vio●●nt
Hear
;
that
so
many
Fa
〈…〉
Example
which
we
have
heap'd
upon
〈…〉
have
kept
him
,
out
of
Gratitude
,
within
〈…〉
of
his
Duty
.
But
quite
the
contrary
,
〈…〉
reduc'd
to
that
Extremity
,
either
to
〈◊〉
him
all
his
Demands
(
and
then
we
should
〈…〉
soon
despoil'd
our selves
)
o●
to
re
〈…〉
im
every
thing
(
and
then
we
should
have
〈◊〉
him
with
his
Arms
in
his
Hand
against
us
)
〈◊〉
moreover
that
the
Profusion
of
our
Favours
〈…〉
no
other
end
but
only
to
encourage
him
to
〈…〉
every
day
;
that
a
longer
forbear
〈…〉
prove
the
Infallible
Loss
of
the
Realm
,
〈…〉
means
were
not
found
to
stop
the
violent
〈◊〉
●
which
had
no
more
Mounds
to
withstand
〈…〉
prevent
a
Total
Inundation
;
And
having
〈◊〉
fo●
some
time
,
that
the
Intelligence
which
we
〈◊〉
from
all
parts
agrees
in
this
,
that
the
true
〈◊〉
o●
the
Spaniard's
Aversion
from
Peace
proceeds
〈◊〉
this
,
that
they
are
willing
first
to
see
whither
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Designs
and
Actions
tend
;
who
,
say
they
,
making
every
day
such
Progresses
as
〈◊〉
does
toward
getting
into
his
Hands
the
Principal
〈◊〉
Holds
of
the
Realm●
certainly
this
must
in
a
〈◊〉
time
either
produce
a
Civil
War
in
the
Kingdom
,
or
cause
a
Renversement
of
that
Monarchy
;
〈◊〉
●hought
it
would
be
a
defect
of
our
Duty
to
God
,
who
has
entrusted
us
with
the
Government
of
〈◊〉
●●●gdom
;
to
our selves
,
and
the
Welfare
and
〈◊〉
of
our
Subjects
,
if
we
did
not
without
delay
〈◊〉
a
remedy
to
the
Mischief
become
so
pressing
as
●
ne●lected
might
give
a
Fatal
Blow
to
the
Real●●
T●●●efore
we
resolv'd
by
Advice
of
the
Queen
Re●●●
,
our
thrice
Honour'd
Lady
and
Mother
,
to
se●●●●
the
Person
of
our
said
Cousin
the
Prince
of
Con●●●
,
as
also
of
our
Cousin
the
Prince
of
Conti
,
his
Bro●●e●'●
Con●ederate
in
all
his
Designs
,
and
who
,
since
〈…〉
to
Paris
,
has
been
continually
concurring
and
levelling
with
his
Brother
at
all
and
the
same
Ends.
As
for
the
Duke
of
Longueville
,
we
promis'd
our selves
,
that
the
great
number
of
Favours
which
we
have
Accumulated
upon
him
,
either
in
Places
,
or
in
Honours
,
or
in
Estates
,
and
which
we
have
mu●h
Augmented
since
our
last
Declarations
of
Peace
,
would
have
oblig'd
him
according
to
his
Promises
and
his
Duty
,
to
procure
with
all
his
might
,
the
Tranquility
of
the
Province
which
we
had
entrusted
to
his
Care
,
and
the
Good
of
our
Service
in
the
rest
of
the
Realm
.
But
we
have
observ'd
for
some
time
,
that
he
has
omitted
nothing
of
Extraordinary
or
Unjust
,
to
acquire
a
formidable
Reputation
in
his
Province
.
That
he
is
not
satisfied
with
possessing
divers
considerable
Fortresses
,
one
of
which
was
wrested
out
of
our
Hands
with
utmost
Violence
,
as
has
been
apparent
to
every
Body
;
nor
with
seeing
all
the
rest
,
as
well
as
the
Principal
Employments
of
the
Province
,
in
the
Hands
of
his
Creatures
;
that
he
is
not
contented
with
the
Addition
of
Bailly
of
Rouen
and
Caen
to
the
Employment
of
Governour
in
Chief
,
apparently
,
that
he
may
have
a
Legal
pretence
to
disturb
the
Function
of
our
Ordinary
Judges
,
and
by
that
means
to
usurp
a
new
Authority
as
well
in
the
Civil
as
Military
Power
.
Lastly
,
that
he
is
not
contented
to
cause
his
Emissaries
to
make
it
their
Business
to
corrupt
the
Minds
of
our
Faithful
Subjects
,
and
make
all
those
who
have
any
Affection
for
our
Service
dependent
upon
himself
;
not
scrup'ling
to
threaten
'em
with
utter
Ruine
,
if
they
refus'd
any
longer
to
Espouse
his
Ambitious
Passions
;
unless
he
were
also
a
Partaker
in
the
Counsels
and
principal
Designs
of
our
Cousins
,
the
Princes
of
Conde
and
Conti
;
unless
he
were
also
every
day
present
at
their
Deliberations
and
Debates
in
their
own
Houses
for
the
Establishment
and
Augmentation
of
their
Common
Grandeur
,
and
of
a
Power
justly
to
be
suspected
by
that
Authority
which
God
has
given
us
over
this
Kingdom
.
Besides
that
●is
Creatures
have
already
been
heard
insolently
to
v●unt
in
his
House
,
that
tho
the
last
year
he
could
no●
bring
abou●
the
Business
alone
,
they
had
at
last
all
●oge●her
done
the
Work
.
In
consequence
of
which
we
are
to
call
him
henceforward
Duke
of
Normandy
,
the●●
being
nothing
near
so
much
work
for
him
to
do
●o
●ttain
the
Soveraignty
of
the
Province
,
as
he
〈◊〉
●ndergone
to
arrive
at
that
excess
of
Power
and
S●r●●gth
which
he
had
in
the
Province
.
Seeing
indeed
that
he
began
to
Exercise
several
Acts
of
that
●●etended
Soveraignty
,
by
a
formal
Refusal
of
Obedie●ce
to
our
Orders
,
witness
his
denial
not
many
days
●ince
,
〈◊〉
admit
into
Pont
de
l'Arche
some
Troops
of
〈◊〉
d'Armes
,
and
Light
Horse
of
our
Guard
,
tho
〈…〉
him
in
possession
of
the
said
Place
but
a
few
days
before
;
and
tho
he
had
an
express
Order
〈…〉
Hand
to
Quarter
'em
there
.
Upon
so
many
Considerations
we
have
been
constrain'd
to
secure
the
Person
of
our
said
Cousin
the
Duke
of
Longueville
.
In
●●e
mean
time
,
we
are
willing
to
let
you
under●●and
that
all
these
Dangers
wherewith
our
Kingdom
was
threaten'd
,
were
so
great
and
so
inforcing
,
that
we
may
almost
be
said
to
have
been
wanting
in
the
Duty
of
a
Good
King
,
for
delaying
till
now
the
Remedies
necessary
to
prevent
'em
.
Nevertheless
our
●ove
of
Iustice
,
and
our
Fears
lest
people
should
imp●te
to
us
a
Desire
to
stop
the
Course
of
it
for
other
●●de
,
has
made
us
keep
all
things
in
suspence
,
tho
with
a
great
deal
of
danger
,
to
give
you
leisure
to
fi●●●●
the
Impeachment
which
you
have
begun
by
ou●
Order
,
and
at
the
Request
of
our
Attorney
Ge●●ral
against
those
who
shall
be
found
guilty
of
the
Sedition
rais'd
the
11
th
.
of
December
last
,
or
of
the
Attempt
upon
the
Person
of
the
said
Prince
,
which
it
is
our
pleasure
shall
be
continu'd
by
you
without
any
In●●rruption
according
to
the
Rigour
of
our
Laws
.
Bu●
understanding
that
the
said
Prince
had
sent
for
●●●eral
Gentlemen
,
his
Retainers
,
Officers
of
his
Troops
,
and
that
his
greatest
Confidents
were
privately
inform'd
that
he
was
brooding
some
great
Design
,
which
could
not
but
be
to
the
prejudice
of
our
Authority
,
and
the
Tranquility
of
our
Subjects
,
since
he
never
acquainted
us
with
it
;
having
also
receiv'd
certain
Intelligence
,
that
he
was
preparing
to
retire
into
his
Government
,
in
great
haste
,
and
without
taking
his
leave
,
so
soon
as
he
should
perceive
that
things
were
not
carry'd
to
his
liking
among
you
,
to
●he
E●d
he
might
with
more
security
hatch
those
Resolutions
which
had
been
so
long
forming
in
his
Thoughts
;
and
that
in
Confederacy
with
him
,
the
Prince
of
Conti
and
Longueville
were
to
repair
also
at
the
same
time
into
their
Governments
;
it
was
no
longer
in
our
power
to
be
remiss
;
and
we
have
been
forc'd
for
the
peace
of
our
Realm
,
to
set
aside
all
other
Considerations
,
and
to
secure
their
Persons
without
any
more
delay
.
And
because
that
their
Accomplices
,
who
labour
in
search
of
Opportunities
to
Embroil
the
Publick
,
may
endeavour
to
put
an
ill
Interpretation
upon
so
just
a
Resolution
,
and
so
necessary
for
the
Tranquility
and
Welfare
of
our
Kingdom
,
which
our
Duty
obliges
us
to
prefer
before
all
other
things
,
we
declare
that
we
have
no
intention
to
do
any
thing
contrary
to
our
Declaration
of
the
21
st.
of
October
1648.
nor
against
those
of
March
1649.
and
others
which
we
have
since
publish'd
,
since
the
Pacification
of
the
Late
Troubles
in
our
Good
City
of
Paris
,
Normandy
,
Proven●e
and
Guyenne
,
which
it
is
our
Will
and
Pleasure
shall
remain
in
their
full
Force
and
Vertue
in
all
the
particulars
which
they
contain
.
Given
at
Paris
,
Jan.
19.
1650.
A
Letter
of
a
Private
Person
to
the
Parliament
of
Paris
in
Answer
to
the
King
's
.
THE
Reason
why
God
is
never
deceiv'd
in
his
Judgments
,
and
that
he
never
protects
Injustice
,
is
because
he
is
Exempt
from
Passions
,
and
for
that
he
has
an
Understanding
which
pierces
to
the
bottom
of
hearts
,
and
discerns
the
Innocent
from
the
Guilty
.
The
on●
of
these
Qualities
secures
him
from
Error
;
and
the
other
is
the
reason
that
he
never
acts
bu●
by
a
motive
of
Justice
.
Men
are
subject
both
to
th●
one
,
and
the
other
of
these
Defects
,
con●●ary
to
those
Excellent
Perfections
,
either
for
want
of
understanding
,
or
because
their
Passions
are
too
predominant
.
So
that
the●
sometimes
believe
the
Sun
to
be
dark
,
because
their
Eyes
are
not
strong
enough
to
pierce
through
the
Cloud
that
hides
it
.
That
is
to
say
,
Som●times
the●
condemn
the
most
perfect
Vertue
,
because
th●y
are
not
able
to
discern
it
through
the
false
Appearances
of
Crimes
that
are
imputed
to
it
.
We
have
observ'd
,
That
hitherto
the
Judgments
of
this
August
A●●●mbly
ha●
been
as
far
remote
from
these
Vices
,
as
the
●●ailty
of
man
will
permit
.
And
w●
ha●e
had
reason
to
believe
,
by
recent
Examples
,
that
there
are
not
any
dark
overcastings
of
Human
Artifice
and
●unning
which
you
are
not
able
to
display
,
nor
any
Consideratio●
so
strong
among
ye
,
as
that
of
Justice
;
you
ha●e
given
us
Testimonies
,
that
the
Interests
of
Great
Men
are
but
feeble
Arms
to
vanquish
it
;
that
it
is
proof
against
all
the
Snares
that
can
be
laid
to
surprize
it
;
and
that
only
Innocence
can
be
justify'd
before
y●●
as
only
Guilt
can
draw
upon
it self
the
Sentences
of
your
Condemnation
.
Upon
this
Fo●n●●●ion
it
is
that
I
have
establish'd
my
hopes
of
justifying
the
three
Princes
whose
defence
I
have
undertak'n
.
I
know
well
it
would
be
greatly
to
their
advantage
,
that
you
were
capable
of
the
first
impressions
that
the
suspicion
of
a
Crime
,
or
the
Idea
of
Vertue
produce
in
the
Soul
of
man
.
I
know
it
were
to
be
wish'd
on
the
Princes
behalf
,
that
you
would
not
give
your
Judgments
,
till
after
you
had
consider'd
all
the
Actions
of
their
Lives
.
For
in
short●
Who
is
the●●
among
ye
,
that
can
perswade
himself
that
Monsieur
the
Prince
ever
had
any
design
to
ruine
the
State
,
if
you
will
but
take
the
pains
to
consider
how
oft
he
has
expos'd
his
Life
to
preserve
it
;
and
how
many
Victories
he
has
won
in
order
to
that
end
?
And
who
is
there
that
can
endure
that
the
least
suspicion
of
a
Crime
should
intermix
with
so
much
Glory
?
But
I
am
willing
to
despoil
'em
of
these
Advantages
,
I
am
willing
to
deprive
'em
of
these
Foreign
Lights
,
to
make
appear
the
lust●e
of
their
Innocency
.
I
do
not
desire
you
should
recal
to
mind
the
many
Famous
Victories
which
one
of
these
Princes
has
obtain'●
;
or
that
you
should
set
before
your
eyes
the
dangers
to
which
he
has
expos'd
his
Person
for
the
safety
of
the
Realm
.
Forget●
if
it
be
possible
,
these
Glorious
Actions
;
never
mind
that
it
is
a
Prince
who
is
accus'd
,
that
not
only
has
preserv'd
the
Kingdom
,
but
extended
the
Limits
of
it
.
Be
mindful
only
of
Justice
;
establish
your
Judgment
upon
the
things
themselv●s
,
and
not
upon
the
Persons
;
and
then
,
I
hope●
that
without
considering
it
is
a
Prince
who
is
accus'd
,
you
will
soon
understand
,
that
●is
an
Innocent
Person
,
that
is
to
be
made
guilty
for
the
Interest
of
some
particular
men
.
And
indeed
if
you
would
that
we
should
consider
the
Crimes
that
are
imputed
to
him
,
we
shall
find
that
all
these
Crimes
have
no
existency
,
but
in
the
Fancy
of
those
who
have
invented
'em
in
order
to
his
ruin
.
Are
not
his
Victories
the
greatest
part
of
this
Malicious
Accusation
?
He
ventur'd
,
say
they
,
every
Summer
,
a
General
Battel
upon
this
Maxim
,
which
he
has
often
declar'd
,
That
by
gaining
the
Victory
,
he
should
augment
his
Reputation
,
and
have
new
plausible
pretences
for
the
procuring
him
new
Rewards
;
and
if
he
lost
it
,
and
that
thereby
our
Affairs
should
happen
to
fall
into
confusion
,
he
should
be
the
more
valu'd
through
the
need
which
they
would
have
of
him
.
A
pernicious
way
of
reasoning
;
of
which
if
men
should
make
use
,
the
noblest
Actions
would
be
subject
to
dangerous
Interpretations
.
What
security
is
there
for
brave
Men
,
if
such
●ischievous
Comments
should
be
endur'd
.
There
is
no
Illustrious
Person
that
shall
not
be
render'd
a
Guilty
Person
;
there
is
no
Noble
Action
that
●●all
not
be
misconster'd
into
a
Crime
.
How
long
is
it
that
men
have
been
the
proper
Judges
of
Intentions
?
That
Secret
,
God
alone
has
reserv'd
to
himself
;
and
they
who
accuse
the
Prince
to
have
acted
upon
such
wicked
Maxims
,
ought
to
know
that
Kings
cannot
punish
an
Action
,
how
wicked
soever
the
motive
were
that
inclin'd
the
person
to
do
it
,
when
it
becomes
profitable
to
the
State
,
and
if
it
be
not
contrary
to
the
Law
.
I
will
grant
,
that
desire
of
Honour
caus'd
the
Prince
to
hazard
so
many
Battels
:
I
grant
that
he
sought
every
year
new
Pretences
for
new
Rewards
;
Who
ever
heard
that
the
desire
of
Honour
which
indu●es
a
Prince
to
save
a
Kingdom
was
ever
a
Crime
of
State
?
They
who
enact
Human
Laws
,
command
the
observance
of
'em
;
but
they
never
prescribe
the
motives
of
it
.
'T
is
only
the
Body
,
and
the
exterior
Action
which
is
under
the
Jurisdiction
of
Kings
.
The
Soul
,
that
is
to
say
,
the
Motives
,
cannot
be
commanded
,
but
only
by
him
that
penetrates
the
bottom
of
Consciences
;
for
what
Mortal
can
be
the
Judges
of
'em
●
But
suppose
it
were
a
Crime
of
State
to
act
by
Motives
of
Interest
,
which
are
said
to
be
the
Primum
M●bile's
of
all
this
Prince's
Actions
,
upon
what
proofs
c●n
they
ground
this
Accusation
?
He
went
about
,
say
they●
to
make
himself
the
more
considerable
by
the
lo●●
of
a
Battel
.
This
is
an
extraordinary
way
for
a
ma●
that
pretends
to
be
so
covetous
of
Glory
;
and
who
very
well
knew
on
the
other
side
,
that
the
same
●●sfortune
had
ruin'd
the
Reputation
of
several
of
our
Generals
at
the
Court
,
who
preserv'd
themselves
in
good
Credit
till
the
Disaster
befell
'em
.
But
because
he
could
never
know
whether
the
loss
of
a
Battel
could
be
advantageous
,
let
us
see
what
marks
he
gave
,
that
he
never
sought
after
Victory
,
but
only
that
he
might
have
new
Pretences
for
new
Rewards●
When
did
he
ever
send
to
Court
,
that
he
would
not
quit
the
Army
,
unless
they
sent
a
Pattent
for
such
Places
as
were
become
void
by
the
death
of
the
Incumbents
,
to
some
one
of
his
Friends
?
When
did
he
oblige
the
Queen
to
confer
the
Government
of
such
Places
,
as
the
taking
of
which
had
cost
him
so
much
hardship
,
and
sometimes
the
loss
of
his
Blood
,
to
any
other
Persons
then
those
which
she
made
choice
of
?
Rather
quite
the
contrary
,
after
the
taking
of
D●nkirk
at
the
end
of
the
Campaign
,
tho
a
Place
of
the
greatest
importance
in
Flanders
,
he
suffer'd
it
to
be
dispos'd
of
by
Cardinal
Mazarine
to
one
of
his
Creatures
,
who
by
that
means
enjoy'd
the
fruit
of
all
his
Watching
,
and
Labour
.
They
say
,
that
they
who
adher'd
to
the
Person
of
the
Prince
,
became
in
a
little
time
Great
Personages
;
and
so
soon
as
Persons
devoted
themselves
to
his
Interests
,
they
were
sure
of
being
preferr'd
to
Great
Employments
,
tho
otherwise
Persons
of
no
desert
.
I
might
answer
,
That
't
was
a
difficult
thing
to
follow
this
Prince
without
hazarding
his
Life
for
the
King's
Service
,
and
without
meriting
noble
Employments
.
But
upon
what
foundation
can
they
ground
it
,
that
this
is
the
only
way
to
attain
to
Preferment
and
Dignity
,
since
we
see
several
that
have
been
long
fix'd
to
his
Person
,
who
nevertheless
have
made
no
progresses
in
their
Fortune
;
whereas
,
there
is
no
other
assured
means
to
pass
from
Feneancy
to
Merit
,
from
Inability
to
Sufficiency
,
then
to
belong
to
Cardinal
Mazarine
.
Which
is
clearly
to
be
seen
in
the
Persons
of
de
la
Fare
,
de
L'
Estrade
,
de
Pall●●●
,
and
several
others
,
who
enjoy
the
fairest
Governments
of
France
,
for
having
done
such
signal
Services
to
the
Government
,
as
having
handed
the
Ruling
Minister
sometimes
from
his
own
Apartment
to
the
Queen's
,
or
sometimes
to
his
Coach
.
But
,
my
Lords
,
here
is
an
Accusation
that
will
admit
of
no
Reply
,
and
which
the
most
strenuous
Eloquence
would
have
much
ado
to
justify
.
He
oppos'd
the
Marriage
of
the
Cardinal's
Niece
with
the
D.
of
〈◊〉
I
must
confess
that
this
is
an
unheard
of
C●●me
,
to
hinder
the
Alliance
of
the
House
of
Mazarine
with
that
of
Vendesme
;
to
obstruct
a
Match
so
necessary
to
Fr●●●
,
that
no
Employments
could
be
too
great
for
him
that
would
accept
it
.
In
a
word
,
Did
we
not
see
that
the
D.
of
Mercoeur
had
a
right
at
that
time
to
make
those
Demands
,
the
very
thoughts
of
which
has
render'd
the
Prince
of
Conde
guilty
?
'T
is
pretended
,
that
he
desir'd
the
Office
of
High
Steward
,
Lord
High
Admiral
;
which
Demands
were
not
only
unjust
,
but
criminal
,
to
make
a
Prince
of
the
Blood
,
who
had
won
five
or
six
Battels
,
and
tak'n
forty
strong
Holds
of
great
Importance
;
but
the
same
Demand●
being
made
by
a
Prince
that
would
marry
the
Cardinal's
Niece
,
both
the
thought
of
it
ceased
to
be
criminal
,
and
the
Demands
themselves
were
lookt
upon
as
just
:
And
it
was
judg'd
,
that
the
man
who
was
able
to
perform
such
an
Illustrious
Action
,
had
a
right
to
demand
the
most
important
Places
in
the
Kingdom
.
It
has
been
often
seen
in
corrupt
Ages
,
that
not
only
Vertue
has
been
oft
without
reward
,
and
Crimes
have
gone
unpunish'd
;
but
that
the
Disorder
has
been
so
great
,
that
only
they
who
were
unworthy
Employments
were
permitted
to
demand
'em
without
offence
,
and
that
Merit
only
serv'd
to
remove
men
from
pretending
to
Elevated
Employments
.
But
this
is
what
we
never
saw
in
our
days
,
till
during
the
Ministry
of
Cardinal
Mazarine
;
for
now
all
men
must
resolve
to
disown
true
Worth
,
and
renounce
Desert
,
if
he
thinks
to
have
any
preferment
;
and
he
must
be
careful
of
pretending
to
Employments
,
for
fear
of
being
suspected
for
a
State-offender
.
With
what
black
and
sooty
Colours
do
they
besmear
the
Protection
which
he
gave
to
the
Marriage
of
the
Duke
of
Richlieu
?
And
yet
if
you
examin
all
the
Circumstances
,
you
will
find
,
that
there
was
not
the
least
shadow
of
a
Crime
in
that
Action
,
and
that
they
would
fain
make
that
the
Effect
of
a
pernicious
Design
,
which
proceeded
only
from
a
real
Friendship
,
which
Madam
De
Longueville
had
for
the
Lady
that
had
her
Advantages
by
it
.
Persons
that
know
the
whole
Story
of
that
Business
,
can
certifie
that
the
Match
was
not
carry'd
on
by
concert
in
the
whole
Family
,
as
is
pretended
,
since
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
not
acquainted
with
it
,
till
it
could
no
longer
be
conceal'd
from
him
;
and
that
the
Duke
of
Longueville
knew
nothing
of
it
,
till
the
very
instant
that
Madam
de
Longueville
,
who
had
undertaken
the
Business
,
was
ready
to
depart
for
Try
,
to
accomplish
the
Design
which
she
had
been
long
contriving
for
the
advantage
of
Madam
de
Ponse
,
and
not
at
all
for
her
own
Interest
.
All
the
Circumstances
of
the
Marriage
,
that
could
occasion
any
mistrust
at
Court
,
proceeded
only
from
the
Distrusts
of
the
Queen
and
Cardinal
Mazarine
,
in
reference
to
the
Match
.
'T
is
true
that
the
Prince
advis'd
the
Duke
of
Richlieu
to
retire
to
Havre
so
soon
as
he
was
marri'd
,
but
he
gave
him
that
Council
only
because
he
was
well
acquainted
with
the
jealous
Humour
of
a
Minister
,
who
would
not
fail
to
draw
mischievous
Conjectures
from
a
Design
that
was
really
innocent
,
but
which
might
admit
of
different
Interpretations
.
He
rightly
judg'd
that
Mazarine
would
make
use
of
those
Pretences
,
to
wrest
that
Place
from
the
Duke
of
Richlieu
,
and
to
gratifie
the
Desire
which
he
had
a
long
time
had
,
to
make
himself
Master
of
that
Place
,
there
being
no
other
way
for
him
to
do
it
.
For
,
my
Lords
,
if
you
will
understand
the
real
Crime
that
the
Prince
committed
upon
that
occasion
,
was
this
;
That
the
Prince
having
caus'd
the
Duke
of
Richlieu
to
marry
Madam
de
Pone
,
he
disappointed
Cardinal
Mazarine's
Design
for
one
of
his
Neices
,
who
by
that
Alliance
was
in
hopes
to
make
sure
of
Havre
to
himself
;
a
Place
of
great
importance
,
and
a
proper
place
of
refuge
for
him
,
if
he
should
be
forc'd
to
quit
his
Ministry
.
●Twill
be
no
difficult
thing
for
me
to
justifie
his
design
to
have
been
Constable
;
for
besides
that
,
he
had
been
put
upon
it
by
the
malice
of
Cardinal
Mazarine
,
who
had
a
desire
●o
insinuate
into
his
favour
,
by
●ffering
him
his
Service
to
bring
about
that
attempt
,
and
by
that
means
render
him
suspected
to
the
Queen
and
the
Duke
of
Orleans
.
What
could
make
this
Demand
so
Criminal
a
piece
of
Business
?
Was
he
not
accomplish'd
with
all
things
necessary
to
authorize
it
?
was
not
his
Birth
sufficiently
illustrious
?
Had
the
Dignity
been
a
Novelty
in
the
Nation
?
Had
it
not
been
enjoy'd
by
Iames
of
Bourbon
,
Charles
of
Bourbon
,
and
I●hn
of
Bourbon
?
Had
it
not
been
also
within
this
litt●e
while
,
in
the
House
of
M●ntmorency
,
over
the
Head
of
his
Father
,
and
Great
Great
Grandfather
?
had
not
the
Prince's
Arm
perform'd
great
Actions
anow
to
bea●
that
Sword
?
They
pretend
that
the
Demand
was
injurious
to
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
and
that
it
could
not
consist
with
the
Quality
of
Lieutenant-General
of
the
Armies
and
Provinces
,
which
was
confer'd
upon
the
Duke
of
Orleans
;
and
yet
have
we
not
seen
the
Constable's
Sword
in
the
hands
of
Monsieur
de
Montmorency
,
at
a
time
when
the
King
of
Navarre
,
the
Father
of
Henry
IV.
was
Lieutenant
General
of
the
Armies
and
Provinces
of
France
,
and
both
perform
their
Duties
at
the
same
Se●ges
of
Bourges
,
Rouen
,
and
other
places
against
the
Rebels
?
But
not
to
trouble
my self
to
justifie
the
whole
Scrowl
of
the
Prince's
Accusations
which
are
drawn
from
his
Pretensions
,
't
is
sufficient
to
demonstrate
that
he
did
not
desire
these
Employments
to
make
an
ill
use
of
'em
,
and
that
he
had
no
design
to
enlarge
his
Power
,
to
the
prejudice
of
the
Royal
Authority
,
tho'
he
has
given
the
Queen
cause
to
have
unjust
Mistrusts
of
his
Power
.
We
cannot
judge
of
his
Designs
but
by
his
Actions
,
nor
can
we
tell
what
he
meditated
as
to
the
future
,
but
by
the
Deeds
which
he
perform'd
.
When
did
he
make
use
of
his
Power
to
lessen
the
Queen's
?
have
we
seen
the
Provinces
where
he
had
any
Credit
in
Uproar
and
Tumult
,
like
those
of
Guienne
and
Provence
?
when
did
he
ever
foment
Divisions
?
If
he
had
any
Authority
in
the
Army
,
did
he
not
make
use
of
it
for
the
King's
Service
?
So
that
if
it
were
for
this
Princes
Honour
to
have
acquir'd
so
much
Power
in
the
Kingdom
,
it
was
very
advantagious
to
the
Queen
,
since
he
made
no
use
of
it
,
but
in
obedience
to
her●
and
never
concerning
himself
to
make
Laws
,
he
only
took
care
to
observe
'em
,
when
they
were
useful
to
the
State
.
Kings
cannot
act
themselves
through
the
whole
extent
of
their
Dominions●
There
is
a
necessity
for
'em
to
put
the
Image
of
their
Authority
into
the
hands
of
those
who
have
most
merit
,
and
whom
they
see
to
be
best
affected
toward
the
Government
.
What
reason
then
had
the
Queen
to
reproach
the
Prince
with
the
Favours
she
had
done
him
,
since
she
was
oblig'd
to
bestow
'em
upon
so
me
persons
,
and
no
body
could
receive
'em
with
more
acknowledgment
,
or
more
to
her
Advantage
?
'T
is
no
Crime
to
be
powerful
,
but
't
is
a
Crime
to
employ
that
Power
to
the
overturning
of
the
State
.
Let
'em
not
then
accuse
the
Prince
of
such
great
Crimes
,
because
he
had
great
Pretensions●
since
that
not
having
misemploy'd
his
Power
,
to
this
very
moment
,
to
the
d●sservice
of
this
Monarchy
,
but
rather
to
the
establishment
of
it
,
we
have
no
reason
to
think
that
he
intended
to
enlarge
it
on
purpose
to
destroy
it
:
besides
that
,
the
Queen
her self
had
encourag'd
him
to
aspire
to
the
highest
Employments
;
when●
desiring
his
protection
for
the
Cardinal
,
whom
a
Decree
of
your
August
Assembly
menac'd
with
approaching
Shipwrack
,
she
assur'd
him
that
she
would
put
the
Crown
,
the
Kingdom
,
all
things
into
his
hands
and
that
there
was
nothing
too
good
,
or
too
great
for
him
,
if
he
perform'd
a
Service
so
important
to
the
Realm
,
as
to
save
that
Minister
,
and
shelter
him
from
the
Thunder
which
you
were
ready
to
dart
forth
against
him
.
There
are
credible
Testimonies
,
who
heard
this
Discourse
between
the
Queen
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
who
are
able
to
justifie
how
submissively
the
Prince
receiv●d
her
Promises
of
Reward
,
assuring
the
Queen
that
her
Interests
were
so
dear
to
him
,
that
there
was
no
need
to
encourage
him
by
any
other
Motives
,
to
〈◊〉
him
to
undertake
the
Protection
of
those
who
were
so
happy
as
to
have
hers
.
Has
he
not
kept
his
Word
?
Did
he
not
perform
what
he
promis'd
?
has
he
not
preserv'd
this
Minister
maugre
all
France
,
and
supported
him
almost
against
all
the
Provinces
of
the
Kingdom
?
Nevertheless
,
after
he
had
perform'd
all
the
●ignal
Services
which
the
Queen
desir'd
from
his
Courage
,
and
from
his
Obedience
,
and
for
which
she
confess'd
her self
,
that
she
had
nothing
in
the
Kingdom
fi●
to
g●●tifie
him
,
she
uses
him
like
a
Criminal
.
While
she
her
●elf
enforces
him
to
make
his
Demands
,
she
accu●es
him
of
Traiterous
Pretensions
:
As
if
she
had
only
gone
about
to
kindle
his
Ambition
by
Promises
,
to
●he
end
she
might
have
some
Pretence
to
ruin
him
;
striving
to
perswade
those
that
are
ignorant
of
Affairs
,
that
he
could
not
aspire
to
so
many
Employments
,
but
by
Instigations
not
to
be
justify'd
,
and
in
order
to
execute
some
pernicious
De●igns
.
Is
it
not
from
such
a
motive
as
this
,
that
they
would
fain
●nfuse
into
him
a
desire
of
Sovereignty
,
to
the
end
they
may
have
an
opportunity
to
punish
his
apparent
ambition
;
and
that
they
give
out
,
his
ambition
has
no
limits
,
and
that
the
interests
of
the
Kingdom
are
not
Mo●●ds
strong
enough
to
stop
the
impetuous
motion
of
this
torrent
?
●tis
true
,
that
the
Prince
demanded
leave
of
the
Court
to
endeavour
the
Conquest
of
Franche
Con●e
;
but
I
beseech
ye
to
examine
with
what
circumstances
;
and
what
encourag'd
him
to
make
that
demand
which
seems
to
be
so
Criminal
.
They
were
treating
at
Court
with
those
of
N●ples
,
to
cast
off
their
Allegianc●
to
the
King
of
Spain
,
and
the
Si●ur
de
Fontenay
Ma●euil
●
the
King●s
Embassador
at
Rome
,
had
orders
to
manage
that
Affair
.
An
Army
was
promis'd
'em
,
provided
they
would
acknowledge
France
,
or
receive
one
of
the
Princes
of
France
for
their
King
.
They
demanded
either
the
King
himself
,
or
Monsieur
his
Brother
,
or
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
or
the
Prince
of
Conde
;
upon
which
,
the
rest
being
past
by
,
the
offer
was
made
to
the
last
,
The
Prince
who
never
neglected
any
thing
when
it
was
for
the
King's
service
,
and
enlarging
his
Dominions
,
gladly
accepted
the
Proposal
;
he
openly
oppos'd
the
desire
they
had
to
confer
the
Admiralty
upon
his
Enemies
,
who
by
means
of
that
Employment
,
out
of
●●articular
motive
of
revenge
,
might
have
obstructed
the
Execution
of
a
design
so
important
,
and
of
so
graet
advantage
to
Aggrandize
the
Kingdom
.
Observe
,
I
beseech
ye
,
that
in
all
this
there
was
nothing
done
but
by
the
approbation
and
impulse
of
the
Court
it self
.
Sometime
after
this
,
the
Prince
,
without
any
other
design
then
to
extend
the
bounds
of
this
Empire
,
in
pursuance
of
an
intention
which
had
been
made
manifest
to
him
,
propos'd
the
Conquest
of
Franche
Contè
,
as
a
thing
of
no
less
advantage
to
the
State
,
and
wherein
there
was
not
much
difficulty
.
He
offer'd
to
raise
an
Army
at
his
own
charges
,
and
as
if
he
had
foreseen
the
unjust
pretensions
which
they
might
have
of
his
Power
,
he
promises
to
resign
the
Government
of
Burgundy
and
all
the
strong
holds
that
are
in
that
Province
.
His
courage
and
his
zeal
for
the
King's
Service
causing
him
to
prefer
the
Pains
and
Hardships
to
be
undergone
in
the
Conquest
of
a
Country
,
before
the
Tranquility
which
he
enjoy'd
in
the
peaceable
Possession
of
that
Province
which
had
been
given
him
for
his
Services
,
after
the
Death
of
the
Prince
his
Father
.
Who
could
blame
so
generous
a
Design
,
so
advantageous
for
the
Kingdom
,
and
so
honourable
for
the
Prince
?
Thereupon
,
the
Proposal
which
he
made
in
Council
was
joyfully
embrac'd
:
They
declar'd
to
him
that
it
was
a
Proposal
becoming
his
Courage
;
and
at
that
time
they
call'd
it
a
Heroic
,
which
is
now
term'd
an
Ambitious
Design
.
All
those
thoughts
which
he
had
conceiv'd
for
the
enlarging
the
Kingdom
,
were
lookt
upon
●hen
wi●hout
the
least
appearance
of
being
conceiv'd
●or
his
particular
Grandeur
.
So
that
't
is
no
difficult
thing
to
find
many
heads
of
an
Accusation
against
him
,
since
his
mos●
noble
Actions
are
his
greatest
Crimes
;
and
that
all
his
design
to
aggrandize
the
Kingdom
by
his
Conquests
,
are
so
many
false
proofs
of
which
his
Enemies
made
use
of
to
destroy
him
.
Who
is
there
but
may
observe
their
pernicious
manner
of
Reasoning
to
calumniate
the
Prince
upon
several
pieces
of
advice
which
he
gave
upon
the
different
Commotions
of
Guien●e
and
Provence
?
They
tell
ye
,
that
in
these
two
Affairs
of
the
same
nature
,
he
went
about
in
one
place
absolutely
to
uphold
the
Authority
of
the
Governor
,
to
the
oppression
of
the
Parliament
;
and
that
in
the
other
he
acted
quite
contrary
,
without
any
other
reason
,
but
only
that
he
had
a
kindness
for
one
of
the
Governors
,
and
hated
the
other
.
But
they
who
set
these
things
on
foot
,
are
either
bad
,
or
very
malicious
Politicians
.
For
they
say
,
these
two
Affairs
were
both
of
the
same
nature
,
because
they
were
both
Provinces
that
had
taken
up
Arms
against
the
Authority
of
the
Parliament
.
But
they
are
to
understand
that
the
least
circumstance
in
such
Affairs
as
these
,
quite
alters
the
nature
of
the
thing
,
and
obliges
those
that
debate
upon
the
remedy
of
disorders
,
to
vary
their
Coun●●ls
,
according
to
time
and
place
,
and
the
humour
of
the
People
they
have
to
deal
with
:
So
that
he
who
should
take
the
same
Counsel
in
one
Affair
,
as
he
took
on
the
other
,
would
do
like
a
Painter
that
should
go
about
to
draw
one
man's
Face
,
from
another
man's
Picture
,
because
he
had
the
same
Parts
.
But
are
these
sorts
of
Politicks
to
be
attributed
peculiarly
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
?
Do
not
all
Histories
furnish
us
with
examples
of
different
Conducts
,
in
causing
Revolted
People
to
lay
down
their
Arms
?
Have
we
not
seen
some
Princes
make
use
of
Mildness
toward
their
Subjects
to
disarm
●em
,
and
others
to
use
violent
means
.
We
have
also
observ'd
in
Histories
the
same
Princes
employ
different
ways
,
according
to
the
various
humours
of
the
Subjects
which
they
have
to
govern
.
And
it
were
in
vain
for
Politicians
to
have
found
out
the
two
ways
of
fear
and
gentleness
to
reduce
a
mutinous
People
,
if
the
same
Conduct
were
to
be
observ'd
upon
all
occasions
,
and
if
both
the
one
and
the
other
were
not
to
be
made
use
of
according
to
the
different
circumstances
that
offer
themselves
in
the
Disorders
that
are
to
be
remedy'd
.
Why
then
should
it
be
thought
strange
,
that
the
Prince
,
after
he
had
consented
to
make
use
of
Force
of
Arms
to
abate
the
Power
of
the
Parliament
of
Provence
,
and
strike
a
terror
in
the
People
,
should
for
Reasons
,
no
less
considerable
,
give
quite
contrary
Counsel
to
remedy
the
Troubles
of
Bourdeaux
.
He
thought
at
first
,
with
those
of
the
Council
,
that
Force
was
the
most
sure
way
to
Disarm
the
People
,
and
that
only
Terror
was
the
means
to
reduce
'em
to
their
Duty
.
But
having
experimented
the
contrary
in
the
Affair
of
Provence
,
was
it
not
very
proper
to
alter
such
a
dangerous
Method
?
Is
it
to
be
thought
strange
,
that
the
Prince
who
was
accus'd
to
be
the
Author
of
all
the
violences
that
were
committed
,
should
be
tir'd
out
with
so
many
Prosecutions
?
and
that
he
should
represent
it
to
the
Court
,
that
the
disorders
in
Guyenne
would
be
more
easily
appeas'd
by
ways
of
mildness
and
moderation
?
besides
that
,
he
clearly
saw
the
design
which
Mazarin
drave
on
to
carry
things
with
a
violent
hand
,
and
he
knew
that
his
aim
was
to
draw
the
Duke
of
Espernon
into
his
Alliance
,
and
bring
about
the
Marriage
of
one
of
his
Neices
,
with
Monsieur
de
Caudale
.
Is
the
Prince
to
be
accus'd
for
having
oppos'd
such
pernicious
designs
by
the
justice
of
his
Councels
,
and
for
having
made
use
of
all
his
endeavours
to
stop
the
course
of
a
revenge
so
costly
to
the
State
,
and
so
contrary
to
the
zeal
which
Subjects
ought
to
have
for
the
repose
and
tranquility
of
the
Kingdom
?
But
my
Lords
,
if
Cardinal
Mazarin
had
been
well
advis'd
,
he
would
for
his
own
Interest
have
suppres●
this
Crime
of
which
the
Prince
is
accus'd
.
For
can
we
speak
of
the
Insurrections
in
Gui●●●●
,
without
believing
him
to
be
the
cause
of
all
those
Disorders
?
Do
we
not
well
know
that
he
has
endeavour'd
to
ruine
that
part
of
the
Kingdom
,
to
gratify
the
revenge
of
the
Duke
of
Espernon
?
And
thence
ought
we
not
to
infer
,
that
he
would
make
no
scruple
to
overturn
the
whole
Monarchy
,
for
the
satisfaction
of
his
own
particular
Interest
.
For
in
short
,
if
you
would
be
inform'd
in
few
words
all
the
Crimes
of
Monsieur
the
Prince
are
to
be
reduc'd
to
this
,
That
he
hinder'd
the
Marriage
of
the
Cardinal
's
Three
Nieces
.
He
openly
oppos'd
his
design
of
Matching
the
Eldest
to
the
Duke
of
Mercoeur
,
he
engag'd
,
as
they
pretend
,
the
Duke
of
Richlieu
to
marry
Madam
de
Pons
,
for
whom
the
Cardinal
had
design'd
the
other
;
and
by
the
Peace
of
Bourdeaux
,
he
disappointed
the
Alliance
he
would
have
made
with
the
Duke
of
Espernon
,
which
the
Duke
never
promis'd
him
,
but
in
case
he
could
bring
about
his
revenge
.
And
thus
we
see
likewise
,
that
as
soon
as
the
Prince
was
arrested
,
the
Three
Nieces
were
fetch'd
out
of
their
Convent
,
the
better
to
conceal
his
Designs
;
how
they
were
brought
back
in
Triumph
to
the
Palace-Royal
,
and
how
one
of
the
Matches
was
privately
accomplish'd
,
the
Cardinal
not
thinking
it
proper
to
publish
his
intentions
,
and
to
let
all
the
world
know
,
that
he
had
not
perswaded
the
Queen
and
the
Duke
of
Orleans
to
cause
the
Prince
to
be
arrested
,
but
because
he
obstructed
his
Designs
.
Nevertheless
,
they
would
fain
have
it
,
that
every
thing
which
the
Prince
has
done
,
tends
to
the
Ruin
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
that
he
never
had
any
other
aims
in
the
Counsels
which
he
had
given
,
but
his
own
particular
Grandeur
.
But
my
Lords
,
by
one
convincing
Argument
to
overthrow
all
that
they
have
alledg'd
against
him
,
to
make
him
appear
Guilty
,
and
his
Imprisonment
just
,
is
it
not
true
that
they
accuse
him
of
nothing
else
but
an
irregular
Ambition
;
and
that
all
his
particular
actions
which
they
charge
upon
him
without
any
proof
,
are
invented
to
no
other
design
,
then
to
convince
People
that
he
had
no
other
intention
then
to
set
himself
up
for
a
Sovereign
,
and
to
Aggrandize
his
own
,
to
the
prejudice
of
the
Royal
Authority
.
But
how
easie
a
thing
is
it
to
demonstrate
the
contrary
to
all
the
world
by
recent
Examples
?
We
cannot
judge
of
Passions
but
by
outward
Effects
:
Nor
is
there
any
but
God
alone
who
knows
the
motions
which
they
produce
in
the
Heart
.
Now
when
was
it
,
that
the
Prince
displai'd
these
marks
of
an
ambition
so
irregular
?
Rather
what
apparent
proofs
has
he
not
given
of
the
contrary
but
very
lately
?
Had
he
been
possest
with
such
a
vehement
desire
of
Sovereignty
,
would
he
not
have
declar'd
for
the
Parisian
Party
?
At
what
time
he
was
proffer'd
advantages
enough
to
have
tempted
the
most
regular
Person
in
the
world
?
They
cry
out
,
he
was
capable
of
all
Undertakings
to
Aggrandize
himself
,
and
that
he
would
never
mind
the
overturning
of
the
State
,
so
soon
as
he
thought
himself
in
a
condition
to
establish
his
Grandeur
upon
the
Ruin
of
it
;
and
yet
when
every
thing
favour'd
the
pernicious
Designs
of
which
he
is
accus'd
,
when
every
thing
contributed
to
satisfy
that
Ambition
which
was
laid
to
his
charge
,
when
he
is
to
declare
himself
head
of
a
Party
;
and
that
the
more
to
encourage
him
to
it
,
they
give
him
to
understand
that
his
Power
shall
be
unlimited
;
he
stands
off
,
he
refuses
the
Propositions
made
him
,
and
is
so
far
from
putting
himself
at
the
head
of
the
Party●
that
he
undertakes
the
Ruine
of
it
.
Is
this
his
having
a
desire
of
Grandeur
deeply
engrav'd
in
his
heart
,
never
to
make
use
of
the
Opportunities
when
they
present
themselves
?
Is
this
the
giving
marks
of
an
Ambitious
Spirit
capable
of
puting
all
the
Provinces
into
an
uproar
,
to
refuse
the
Grandeur
that
is
offer'd
him
,
provided
he
will
but
consent
to
be
declar'd
head
of
a
Party
?
Who
was
ever
accus'd
of
passionately
desiring
a
thing
,
who
refus'd
it
when
't
was
proffer'd
him
?
What
more
favourable
Opportunity
could
the
Prince
have
expected
to
display
his
Ambition
?
Had
he
been
so
violently
possess'd
with
this
Desire
,
the
Court
would
not
have
been
in
a
condition
to
have
made
use
of
this
pretence
to
Arrest
him
;
or
had
his
Ambition
over-sway'd
his
Zeal
for
the
King's
Service
and
the
Queen's
Interests
,
she
would
never
have
had
an
oppor●unity
to
have
treated
him
with
so
much
Cruelty
.
But
this
is
not
the
first
time
that
Ingratitude
has
been
the
Vice
of
the
Court
:
And
that
great
Services
have
been
repaid
with
like
Rewards
when
their
Benefactors
have
gain'd
too
much
Honour
by
their
Noble
Actions
.
Merit
is
a
Crime
in
Princes
under
the
Tyrannick
Government
of
Ministers
,
who
can
never
endure
the
Power
of
which
they
are
Jealous
:
So
that
of
necessity
they
must
be
reduc'd
to
live
in
a
drowsie
slothfulness
pernicious
to
the
State
,
or
else
resolve
to
fall
into
inevi●able
Dangers
.
These
Ministers
that
strive
to
exalt
themselves
into
Soveraigns
and
Gods
as
much
as
lyes
in
their
power
,
never
dart
their
Thunder
but
against
the
most
Lofty
Heads
;
so
that
there
is
no
way
to
avoid
their
Tyranny
but
by
an
humble
Lowliness
,
which
way
has
been
always
so
odious
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
that
he
rather
chose
to
venture
his
Person
by
doing
Important
Services
for
the
Kingdom
,
and
by
acqu●ring
Honour
,
then
by
Tricks
of
Pusillanimity
to
protect
himself
from
the
Injustice
of
those
that
now
seek
to
Revenge
themselves
upon
his
Power
.
For
my
Lords
,
he
is
Guilty
of
no
other
Crime
,
but
that
a
Polite
Historian
says
one
thing
of
Agricola
which
may
be
justly
said
of
the
Prince
,
that
Agricola
was
in
perpetual
Danger
,
because
he
had
acquir'd
too
much
Honour
,
and
for
that
his
Power
gave
unjust
Suspicions
to
the
Emperor
Domitian
,
who
could
not
endure
that
a
Subject
should
bear
so
Potent
a
Sway
in
the
Empire
.
Is
not
this
the
Prince's
Crime
?
Not
that
he
has
Attempted
any
thing
against
the
State
;
not
that
he
has
done
any
thing
contrary
to
the
Duty
which
he
owes
to
the
King's
Service
,
but
they
are
afraid
least
such
a
Thought
should
enter
the
Mind
of
a
Prince
sufficiently
powerful
to
put
it
in
Execution
when
ever
conceiv'd
.
Therefore
to
obviate
these
pretended
Disorders
,
to
cure
the
Minds
of
people
of
these
Imaginary
Apprehensions
,
and
which
one
would
think
he
had
destroy'd
by
all
the
Actions
of
his
Life
,
he
submits
himself
to
the
Loss
of
all
his
Employments
,
and
to
abandon
all
his
Places
,
and
to
despoil
himself
of
all
his
Crimes
,
by
disrobing
himself
of
all
his
Power
.
After
all
this
my
Lords
,
what
reason
can
they
have
to
detain
this
Prince
in
Prison
?
By
what
Motives
either
just
,
or
so
appearing
?
What
Disorder
can
his
Liberty
procure
to
the
State
?
O●
upon
what
Foundation
can
they
ground
their
Apprehensions
of
his
Power
?
I
shall
make
no
stop
at
so
many
other
feeble
Accusations
,
of
which
some
are
so
weak
that
they
destroy
themselves
;
such
are
those
concerning
the
Fortifying
of
certain
Places
which
they
pretend
were
threaten'd
by
no
Enemy
,
and
yet
lye
upon
the
Frontiers
,
nor
shall
I
trouble
my self
to
make
the
Innocence
of
the
Other
Princes
appear
,
in
regard
they
are
only
accus'd
of
sharing
Coun●els
with
the
Prince
of
Conde
;
or
if
any
be
particularly
laid
to
their
Charge
,
they
are
so
vain
that
they
deserve
no
Answer
.
But
my
Lords
,
so
far
am
I
from
defending
'em
,
that
I
shall
desire
to
inform
you
of
two
Crimes
which
are
not
laid
to
their
Charge
,
but
which
alone
have
render'd
'em
guilty
.
The
one
is
common
to
both
Princes
,
and
is
no
more
then
their
having
declar'd
themselves
Heads
of
the
Parisian
Party
.
Now
would
your
Lordships
know
why
this
Crime
was
pas●
over
in
silence
?
they
were
afraid
les●
that
should
make
you
return
to
your selves
,
and
bethink
your selves
,
that
being
Embark'd
in
the
same
Party
,
since
those
Princes
had
not
taken
Arms
but
i●
your
Defence
,
you
would
without
question
incur
the
same
Misfortune
.
In
a
word
,
ne're
doubt
but
that
e're
it
be
long
they
will
study
the
〈◊〉
Revenge
,
and
that
they
had
exercis'd
it
before
now
upon
the
whole
Party
,
could
they
have
done
it
with
the
same
security
.
The
Princes
having
lost
the
A●●●ction
of
the
People
,
for
being
reconcil'd
to
the
C●own
;
the
other
having
all
along
preserv'd
themsel●●●
in
their
Favour
,
for
their
hatred
of
M●zari●●
.
The
other
Crime
which
they
take
notice
of
,
con●e●n●
th●
Person
of
the
Duke
of
Longueville
.
It
has
b●●n
no
s●cret
for
a
long
tim●
,
that
the
Cardinal
has
been
s●udying
his
Ruine
,
and
that
he
had
been
very
diligent
to
bring
the
Peace
to
perfection
.
I
believe
,
my
Lords
,
you
very
well
know
what
pass'd
at
Munster
,
the
Duke
of
Longueville
us'd
his
utmost
Endeavours
to
bring
the
Peace
to
a
Conclusion
,
and
the
most
to
the
Advantage
of
France
that
could
be
expected
.
I
suppose
also
you
are
sufficiently
infor●'d
of
the
Slights
and
Artifices
that
Mazarine
made
use
of
by
the
Means
of
one
of
his
Creatures
,
to
disappoint
the
Prince's
Glorious
Design
.
'T
is
enough
for
me
to
tell
you
,
that
that
was
the
Duke
of
Lo●●●●ville's
Crime
,
and
that
the
Prince
had
so
wor●●ily
Acquitted
himself
in
that
Negotiation
,
that
it
seem'd
as
if
Heaven
had
re●erv'd
him
to
accomplish
that
Undertaking
which
he
had
so
happily
begun
.
I
know
also
,
that
he
openly
declar'd
that
he
might
begin
that
Negotiation
again
,
and
that
he
promis'd
to
him●●●f
to
make
it
more
succesful
then
it
had
been
.
Whi●●
was
enough
to
render
him
guilty
with
Mazar●●●
who
is
afraid
of
nothing
more
then
the
accomplishment
of
that
Design
;
and
therefore
't
was
sufficien●
to
make
him
resolve
the
Imprisonment
of
a
Prince
that
●●●dy'd
his
Ruine
,
because
he
labour'd
so
hard
the
Welfare
of
the
State
,
and
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
.
But
my
Lords
,
I
do
not
mind
my
justifying
the
Princes
before
persons
who
have
not
taken
upon
'●m
as
yet
to
be
their
Judges
,
and
who
ought
already
to
have
pronounc'd
the
Sentence
of
their
Liberty
.
Will
you
suffer
your selves
to
be
reproach'd
,
that
after
you
had
design'd
to
preserve
the
publick
Security
in
the
persons
of
some
few
of
the
Rabble
,
who
were
illegally
detain'd
in
Prison●
you
should
suffer
it
to
be
violated
in
the
persons
of
three
Princes
at
the
same
time
?
If
the
Laws
which
ye
have
so
long
since
establish'd
,
and
which
your selves
have
renew'd
by
a
solemn
Declaration
,
are
unjust
,
why
do
you
with
so
much
eagerness
desire
the
execution
of
'em
?
If
they
are
just
,
why
do
you
not
cause
'em
to
be
exactly
observ'd
?
For
what
reason
should
the
Laws
be
less
favourable
to
the
Princes
,
then
to
the
King
's
meaner
Subjects
?
Are
they
excepted
in
the
Declaration
,
that
no
body
shall
be
arrested
,
but
they
shall
be
immediately
brought
to
their
Trial
?
Who
can
relie
for
the
future
upon
your
Decrees
?
Moreover
,
I
beseech
you
consider
,
that
this
Affair
concerns
your selves
.
Do
you
believe
that
Cardinal
Mazarine
,
so
soon
as
opportunity
offers
,
will
be
more
favourable
to
several
of
yo●r
Assembly
,
then
to
the
Prince
?
Can
you
imagin
that
he
will
sooner
forget
the
Decree
which
you
made
against
him
,
then
the
particular
Affronts
which
he
pretends
to
have
receiv'd
from
that
Prince
?
Never
believe
his
Violence
will
stop
at
the
Imprisonment
of
the
Princes
,
but
assure
your selves
that
it
will
reach
your
August
Assembly
,
and
make
you
sensible
of
it
by
the
less'ning
of
your
Authority
,
and
by
falling
foul
upon
the
Persons
of
some
in
particular
.
Should
it
so
happen
,
as
I
make
no
doubt
of
it
,
if
you
do
not
apply
necessary
Remedies
,
and
stifle
not
the
Mischief
in
the
Birth
,
what
priviledge
will
you
have
to
assemble
?
how
can
you
without
some
sort
of
shame
,
do
that
for
the
freedom
of
some
few
persons
of
your
Assembly
,
which
you
are
unwilling
to
undertake
for
the
Liberty
of
three
Princes
,
tho'
their
Imprisonment
be
one
of
the
boldest
Actions
that
ever
were
adventur'd
?
I
beseech
you
to
con●ider
,
that
this
is
but
one
of
the
Cardinal's
Experiments
,
who
was
willing
to
begin
with
the
most
considerable
persons
in
the
Kingdom
,
to
the
end
he
may
pretend
to
a
kind
of
priviledge
to
use
in
the
same
manner
all
those
whose
Vertues
have
render'd
'em
the
Objects
of
his
Revenge
.
They
who
have
hither
escap'd
his
Tyranny
,
are
to
thank
their
good
Fortune
,
and
not
his
favourable
Intentions
.
So
that
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
the
Coadjutor
,
and
all
their
Friends
,
may
say
what
Caesar
said
to
Ptolomy
,
who
presented
him
with
Pompey's
Head
,
who
fled
for
refuge
into
his
Kingdom
,
after
the
Battel
of
Pharsalia
;
Thanks
to
my
Victory
,
they
make
to
me
those
Presents
which
they
would
have
made
to
Pompey
had
he
been
victorious
.
If
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
and
the
Coadjutor
had
not
preserv'd
the
Friendship
of
the
People
,
who
have
hitherto
shelter'd
'em
from
the
Oppressions
of
that
Minister
,
there
is
no
question
to
be
made
,
but
that
if
he
thought
he
could
have
done
it
with
the
same
security
in
Paris
,
he
had
made
the
same
sacrifice
of
their
Liberty
to
the
Prince
,
which
he
pretends
they
would
have
made
of
his
.
Let
your
August
Assembly
therefore
be
careful
to
preserve
that
Authority
which
has
sav'd
it
hitherto
from
the
Cardinal's
Revenge
;
let
'em
consider
,
that
he
will
never
forego
his
eager
Desire
to
ruin
it
,
and
by
consequence
that
it
behoves
them
to
deprive
him
of
the
power
to
do
it
.
The
only
way
is
,
to
pr●serve
that
Vigour
which
you
have
made
manifest
upon
the
last
Emergencies
,
and
not
to
release
the
least
Tittle
of
that
Strictness
,
which
has
been
so
much
to
your
Advantage
,
and
the
abatement
of
which
will
be
your
utter
Ruin
.
This
is
that
,
my
Lords
,
which
puts
us
in
hopes
that
you
will
not
fail
to
take
into
your
cognizance
the
Princes
Case
,
and
decide
a
Question
so
important
to
the
State
.
There
is
nothing
but
what
ought
to
encourage
you
to
this
Noble
Resolution
:
The
Interest
of
the
Kingdom
ought
to
induce
you
,
not
to
be
●o
long
depriv'd
of
Persons
so
necessary
for
the
support
of
it
.
The
Honour
of
your
August
Assembly
engages
ye
to
it
:
The
Laws
which
you
have
so
lately
renew'd
,
and
safety
of
your
own
Persons
,
obliges
ye
to
the
same
Resolution
.
I
shall
add
to
these
things
the
Testimonies
of
these
Princes
,
that
they
have
no
other
Confidence
but
in
you
;
and
that
if
they
could
act
for
their
Liberty
,
their
Innocence
would
not
permit
'em
to
have
recourse
to
any
other
Ways
then
those
of
Justice
.
Could
they
have
been
permitted
time
to
have
spoken
to
their
Friends
,
when
their
persons
were
secur'd
,
I
make
no
question
but
that
they
would
have
said
the
same
that
Germanicus
said
to
his
,
being
ready
to
die
the
Death
which
was
caus'd
by
Piso
,
the
most
implacable
of
his
Enemies
;
If
there
are
any
among
ye
,
who
are
concern'd
for
my
Death
,
and
who
are
desirous
to
give
me
other
Marks
of
it
,
then
some
unprofitable
Tears
;
there
is
room
for
complaining
to
the
Senate
,
and
invoking
the
Vengeance
of
the
Laws
.
'T
is
then
in
conformity
to
these
Princes
Intentions
that
I
address
my self
to
your
August
Assembly
,
to
demand
Justice
,
and
to
conjure
ye
to
employ
your
utmost
care
to
procure
their
Liberty
.
'T
is
the
only
means
to
strike
a
Terror
into
our
Enemies
,
to
destroy
the
hopes
which
they
build
upon
the
Disorders
which
this
Violent
Attempt
is
about
to
bring
upon
the
Kingdom
,
and
to
restore
Tranquility
,
Peace
and
Happiness
to
the
whole
Realm
.
The
End
of
the
First
Tome
.
MEMOIRS
OF
THE
Prince
of
Conde
.
BOOK
IV.
THE
Court
was
highly
incens'd
at
the
News
of
the
Princes
being
remov'd
to
Marcoussy
:
The
Court
is
incens'd
at
the
Princes
being
remov'd
to
Marcoussy
,
and
the
Cardinal
complains
against
the
Co●djutor
.
The
Cardinal
acuss'd
the
Coadjutor
of
Paris
of
having
advis'd
the
Duke
of
Orleance
to
remove
them
to
that
Place
,
and
hindred
their
being
conducted
to
Havre
de
Grace
,
according
to
his
Intention
.
He
believ'd
moreover
that
this
Chief
of
the
Faction
of
the
Frondeurs
,
or
Slingers
,
design'd
to
have
the
Princes
wholly
at
his
disposal
,
in
order
to
draw
great
Advantages
thereby
.
The
Queen
exclaim'd
publickly
against
it
;
and
the
Arrival
of
a
Trumpet
from
the
Arch-Duke
,
with
a
Letter
fill'd
up
with
Propositions
of
Peace
,
having
oblig'd
Monsieur
to
send
the
Baron
of
Verde●onne
to
him
,
and
afterwards
upon
his
Answer
Monsieur
D'
Avaux
,
the
Cardinal
complain'd
highly
that
the
Coadjutor
had
propos'd
a
Peace
,
without
his
participation
.
These
two
causes
of
Complaint
were
follow'd
by
a
third
,
which
appear'd
no
less
unjust
.
Bourdeaux
defended
it self
vigorously
;
and
the
News
that
came
from
the
Siege
,
spoke
the
Success
of
it
so
doubtful
,
that
nothing
seem'd
more
proper
for
the
Reputation
of
the
King's
Arms
than
to
save
that
City
by
a
Treaty
of
Accommodation
.
Therefore
Monsieur
sent
for
the
King's
Ministers
,
and
desir'd
them
to
propose
to
the
Parliament
,
in
his
Name
,
to
send
Deputies
to
Guienne
,
about
the
Treaty
.
Those
Deputies
were
sent
,
but
not
well
receiv'd
:
And
others
being
sent
again
,
the
Cardinal
gave
it
out
,
that
the
Coadjutor
had
hindred
him
by
those
Deputies
from
Chastising
the
Rebellion
of
the
Bourdelois
,
and
that
he
frustrated
all
his
Designs
.
The
Coadjutor
being
in●orm'd
of
these
Complaints
,
was
ne●led
to
find
his
Conduct
blam'd
at
Court
,
after
having
acted
with
so
much
sincerity
;
and
therefore
went
to
Madame
de
Chevreuse
,
who
,
as
we
have
already
noted
,
had
contributed
considerably
towards
the
Imprisonment
of
the
Princes
,
and
had
ever
since
liv'd
in
a
perfect
Intelligence
with
the
Cardinal
.
He
made
great
Complaints
in
his
turn
,
The
Coadjutor's
Complaints
.
and
told
her
,
that
he
could
no
longer
keep
any
Measures
,
and
that
he
would
look
out
for
new
Friends
.
Madame
de
Chevreuse
endeavour'd
to
make
him
alter
his
Resolution
,
and
to
hinder
him
from
breaking
with
the
Court
.
She
represented
to
him
that
he
ought
not
to
credit
bare
Reports
,
which
perhaps
were
spread
on
purpose
by
the
Princes
Friends
,
in
order
to
divide
the
Party
which
was
against
them
;
and
that
before
he
proceeded
any
further
,
it
would
be
proper
for
him
to
acquaint
the
Cardinal
with
his
Intentions
,
and
to
ask
some
Favours
of
him
,
thereby
to
discover
the
real
Intentions
of
his
Eminency
.
The
Coadjutor
opposd
all
this
a
long
while
,
telling
her
among
other
things
,
that
whatever
fair
Promises
the
Cardinal
might
make
to
him
,
he
would
never
resolve
to
procure
him
the
Cardinals
Cap
,
which
he
desir'd
.
In
fine
,
he
consented
at
last
that
Madame
de
Chevreuse
should
request
the
said
Cap
of
the
Cardinal
.
He
consider'd
that
in
case
the
Cardinal
should
grant
her
desire
,
he
should
only
be
oblig'd
to
her
for
it
;
and
that
if
he
should
deny
her
,
his
Refusal
would
enable
him
to
draw
her
off
from
the
Cardinal's
Interest
.
Madame
de
Chevreuse
accordingly
writ
to
the
Cardinal
,
Madame
de
Chevreuse
writes
to
the
Cardinal
in
favour
of
the
Coadjutor
.
The
Cardinal's
Answer
.
urging
all
the
Reasons
that
should
oblige
him
to
procure
a
Cardinal's
Cap
for
the
Coadjutor
.
The
Cardinal
made
an
Answer
,
which
indeed
did
not
import
a
direct
refusal
,
but
yet
contain'd
nothing
beyond
bare
Complements
,
and
some
Words
which
only
afforded
very
distant
hopes
.
During
these
Transactions
,
all
things
tended
towards
an
Accommodation
in
Guienne
.
Dispositions
towards
an
Accommodation
in
Guienne
.
The
Court
desir'd
a
Peace
,
by
reason
that
they
fear'd
the
Event
of
the
Siege
of
Bourdeaux
,
the
Resistance
of
which
was
the
more
obstinate
,
because
they
expected
Succours
from
Spain
,
and
from
the
Marshal
de
La
Force
,
who
was
upon
the
point
of
declaring
himself
.
On
the
other
hand
,
whereas
the
Parliament
of
Bourdeaux
,
being
tir'd
with
the
length
and
danger
of
the
Siege
,
likewise
wish'd
for
a
Peace
;
the
Court
Cabals
,
and
the
Duke
d●
Espernon
us'd
their
utmost
Endeavours
to
dispose
the
rest
of
the
City
to
desire
it
also
.
To
this
end
the
Parliament
sent
Deputies
to
Bourg
,
where
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
Deputies
were
arriv'd
before
to
make
Propositions
of
Peace
.
He
desir'd
the
Princess
of
Conde
,
and
the
Dukes
de
Bouillon
,
and
de
la
Rochefoucault
likewise
to
send
theirs
.
But
whereas
those
Dukes
design'd
nothing
but
the
Liberty
of
the
Princes
,
and
could
not
consent
to
a
Peace
without
that
Condition
,
they
barely
contented
themselves
with
not
opposing
a
thing
,
which
it
was
not
in
their
Power
to
hinder
;
and
so
refus'd
to
send
any
body
in
their
Name
:
They
only
desir'd
the
Deputies
to
be
mindful
of
their
Security
,
and
the
Liberty
of
the
Princess
,
and
the
Duke
d'
Enguien
,
as
well
as
of
all
the
others
who
had
been
engag'd
in
the
Interest
of
the
Princes
,
together
with
the
re-establishment
of
every
one
.
The
Treaty
of
Bourg
.
The
Deputies
went
to
Bourg
,
and
concluded
a
Peace
,
without
communicating
the
Articles
of
it
either
to
the
Princess
,
or
to
the
Dukes
de
Bouillon
,
and
de
la
Rochefoucault
.
The
Conditions
of
the
Treaty
were
,
1.
That
the
King
should
be
receiv'd
in
Bourdeaux
in
the
same
manner
as
he
us'd
to
be
receiv'd
in
the
other
Cities
of
his
Kingdom
.
2
ly
.
That
the
Forces
which
had
defended
the
Town
should
march
out
of
it
,
and
might
safely
go
to
joyn
Monsieur
de
Turenne's
Army
.
3
ly
.
That
all
the
Priviledges
belonging
to
the
City
and
Parliament
should
be
maintain'd
.
4
ly
.
That
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*
A
C●stle
so
called
.
Chateau
Trompette
should
remain
demolish'd
.
The
Princess
of
Conde
and
the
Duke
d'
Enguien
were
allow'd
to
go
to
Montrond
,
where
the
King
wou●d
keep
a
small
Garrison
for
their
Safety
,
which
Garrison
the
Princess
should
chuse
her self
.
The
Duke
de
Bouillon
retir'd
to
Turenne
,
and
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
to
his
Government
of
Poitou
.
The
Princess
,
the
Duke
d'
Enguien
,
together
with
the
Dukes
de
Bouillon
,
and
de
la
Rochefouc●ult
departed
at
the
same
time
from
Bourdeaux
for
Contras
.
The
Marshal
de
la
Meilleraye
,
who
was
going
to
Bourdeaux
,
met
the
Princess
upon
the
Water
,
and
propos'd
to
her
to
see
the
King
and
Queen
,
putting
her
in
hopes
that
perhaps
the
King
would
grant
to
the
Prayers
and
Tears
of
a
Woman
,
what
he
had
thought
himself
oblig'd
to
refuse
when
demanded
by
Force
of
Arms.
In
fine
,
notwithstanding
this
Princess's
repugnancy
to
go
to
Court
,
the
Dukes
of
Bouillon
and
de
la
Rochefoucault
prevail'd
with
her
to
follow
the
Duke
de
la
Meillerays's
Advice
,
to
the
end
that
no
body
might
Reproach
her
with
having
omitted
any
thing
for
the
Liberty
of
her
Husband
.
The
Dukes
themselves
in
the
sequel
us'd
their
Endeavours
to
the
same
end
:
The
Dukes
of
Bouillon
and
de
la
Rochefoucault
propose
powerful
Reasons
to
the
Cardinal
to
engage
him
to
put
the
Princes
at
Liberty
.
They
had
great
Conferences
with
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
in
order
to
perswade
him
to
put
the
Princes
at
Liberty
.
They
told
him
,
that
the
Princes
would
be
so
much
the
more
oblig'd
to
him
for
it
,
in
that
they
were
sensible
that
he
could
not
be
constrain'd
to
it
by
War
:
That
it
would
be
very
Glorious
for
him
to
make
all
Europe
sensible
that
it
had
been
in
his
Power
,
to
Ruine
,
and
to
Re-establish
the
Prince
of
Conde
at
pleasure
:
That
the
proceeding
of
the
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*
A
Faction
so
called
.
Frondeurs
,
evidently
shew'd
that
they
intended
to
make
themselves
Masters
of
the
Princes
,
in
order
to
ruin
them
,
to
the
end
that
they
might
afterwards
ruin
him
the
more
easily
:
or
else
to
put
them
at
Liberty
,
thereby
to
engage
them
to
joyn
with
them
for
the
Queen's
and
his
Ruin
.
That
the
War
was
at
an
end
in
Guienne
,
but
that
the
desire
of
renewing
it
in
the
whole
Kingdom
would
never
end
without
the
Princes
being
put
at
Liberty
:
That
he
ought
to
credit
them
the
more
,
by
reason
that
they
made
no
scruple
to
tell
him
so
while
they
were
in
his
Power
,
and
had
no
Security
but
his
Word
:
That
the
Cabals
were
renewing
on
all
parts
in
the
Parliament
of
Paris
,
and
in
all
the
other
Parliaments
of
the
Kingdom
to
procure
the
Liberty
of
the
Princes
,
and
to
〈◊〉
them
out
of
his
hands
:
That
they
declar'd
to
him●
that
they
would
favour
whatever
Designs
tended
to
get
them
out
of
Prison
;
and
that
all
they
could
do
for
him
was
,
to
wish
they
might
be
oblig'd
to
him
fo
it
,
preferrably
to
any
others
.
This
Discourse
shook
the
Cardinal
,
and
rais'd
some
Jealousie
in
the
Duke
of
Orleance
and
the
Frondeurs
,
when
they
heard
of
it
,
the
which
enclin'd
them
to
unite
themselves
again
with
the
Princes
Friends
,
and
to
seek
new
means
to
ruin
the
Cardinal
.
In
the
mean
time
the
King
and
Court
departed
for
Paris
,
and
the
Cardinal
passing
through
Blois
,
began
to
express
a
great
deal
of
discontent
in
relation
to
Madame
de
Chevreuse
,
who
seem'd
to
be
so
●ar
engag'd
in
the
Coadjutor's
Interest
,
that
she
had
desir'd
him
to
procure
a
Cardinal's
Cap
for
that
Prelate
.
Refusal
of
a
Cardinal's
Cap
for
the
Coadjutor
.
After
the
Court
was
arriv'd
at
Fontainbleau
,
Madame
de
Chevreuse
notwithstanding
this
,
persisted
in
representing
,
Viva
Voce
,
to
his
Eminency
,
what
she
had
propos'd
to
him
in
Writing
concerning
the
Coadjutor
;
but
she
could
not
avoid
a
Refusal
.
However
the
Cardinal
having
afterwards
reflected
upon
all
the
Reasons
that
had
been
propos'd
to
him
by
this
Dutchess
,
and
moreover
dreading
her
Active
Spirit
,
her
Credit
,
Cunning
,
and
Revenge
,
he
judg'd
it
best
to
dissemble
for
some
time
,
and
to
give
her
some
kind
of
hopes
,
until
he
had
caus'd
the
Princes
to
be
remov'd
in
a
secure
and
strong
Place
,
The
Cardinal's
Dissimulation
.
being
at
his
disposal
,
where
neither
the
Coadjutor
,
nor
even
the
Duke
of
Orleance
himself
might
be
able
to
procure
their
Liberty
.
He
therefore
caus'd
some
body
to
tell
Madame
de
Chevreuse
,
who
was
gone
to
Paris
by
the
Queen's
Order
,
that
indeed
he
foresaw
great
Inconveniencies
in
granting
her
Request
,
but
yet
that
he
was
resolv'd
to
satisfie
her
,
and
that
he
would
content
her
as
soon
as
he
cam●
to
Paris
,
in
case
she
advis'd
him
once
more
to
p●●●u●e
a
Cardinal's
Cap
for
the
Coadjutor
,
lest
he
●●ould
change
Sides
,
and
joyn
with
those
who
desired
the
Liberty
of
the
Princes
.
In
the
mean
time
he
dispos'd
all
things
for
their
immediate
removal
to
Havre
,
in
order
to
be
soon
in
a
condition
to
declare
himself
publickly
,
and
openly
to
refuse
what
was
exacted
from
him
.
To
that
end
the
Queen
told
the
Duke
of
Orleance
that
the
Princes
were
not
in
a
safe
place
,
and
propos'd
to
him
to
take
them
into
his
Custody
,
and
to
put
them
in
some
Place
of
his
own
until
the
King's
Minority
.
Monsieur
rejected
the
Proposition
;
and
resisting
the
Queen's
Intreaties
with
all
his
might
,
They
talk
about
removing
the
Princes
into
some
strong
place
.
she
added
,
that
since
he
refus'd
to
take
them
in
charge
himself
,
she
desir'd
him
at
least
to
consent
,
that
the
Princes
might
be
remov'd
in
some
place
that
were
strong
of
it self
,
in
order
to
avoid
the
extraordinary
Expences
that
were
necessary
to
Guard
them
in
so
weak
a
place
.
The
Lord
Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
,
and
Monsieur
le
Tellier
said
,
that
the
King's
Coffers
were
so
much
exhausted
,
that
all
Expences
were
to
be
avoided
,
and
that
there
were
places
in
the
Kingdom
,
in
which
the
Princes
might
be
securely
Guarded
by
the
Garrison
only
.
Several
were
propos'd
before
Havre
was
mention'd
;
but
some
Inconveniencies
or
other
being
found
in
all
of
them
,
it
was
finally
propos'd
.
Monsieur
opposed
it
violently
,
by
reason
that
he
remembred
,
Monsieur
opposes
the
Princes
being
removed
to
Havre
.
that
but
three
Months
before
,
when
the
Princes
were
to
be
remov'd
from
Vincennes
elsewhere
,
the
Coadjutor
,
and
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
refused
to
consent
to
their
being
remov'd
to
that
place
,
and
had
protested
to
oppose
it
with
all
their
might
,
in
case
it
were
attempted
.
The
Cardinal
seeing
that
Monsieur
declar'd
that
he
would
not
consent
to
their
being
carry'd
to
that
place
,
reply'd
,
that
the
Queen
,
who
was
to
give
him
notice
of
her
Designs
,
was
not
oblig'd
to
follow
his
Sentiments
.
Monsieur
had
much
ado
not
to
flye
out
to
some
Extremity
against
his
Eminency
.
The
Queen
assum'd
the
Discourse
again
immediately
,
and
press'd
Monsieur
anew
either
to
take
the
Princes
into
his
own
Custody
,
or
to
permit
them
to
be
remov'd
to
Havre
;
assuring
him
that
he
should
have
as
much
Authority
there
as
in
Marcoussy
,
Monsieur
consents
to
the
Princes
being
removed
to
Havre
.
and
that
the
Princes
should
be
guarded
by
the
same
Person
who
was
engag'd
not
to
deliver
them
,
unless
by
hers
and
his
Orders
,
and
by
a
Command
Sign'd
by
both
.
To
this
the
Queen
added
very
earnest
entreaties
;
insomuch
that
Monsieur
yielded
to
what
she
desir'd
.
Within
a
few
hours
after
this
a
Man
of
Quality
representing
to
Monsieur
the
Importance
,
and
Consequences
of
that
Removal
,
and
the
Prejudice
he
would
receive
by
it
,
he
immediately
sent
to
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
to
Command
him
not
to
dispatch
the
said
Orders
:
He
alters
his
mind
.
But
the
Cardinal
,
who
dreaded
this
change
of
Mind
,
had
order'd
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
to
remove
from
F●ntainbleau
,
and
not
to
return
till
Night
;
during
which
time
the
Orders
were
dispatch'd
to
De
Bar
;
all
things
were
disposd
for
the
departure
of
the
Princes
,
and
the
Forces
destin'd
to
Conduct
them
,
being
arriv'd
at
Marcoussy
,
put
themselves
on
their
March
with
them
towards
Havre
.
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
being
return'd
home
,
was
oblig'd
to
wait
upon
Monsieur
,
who
forbid
him
sending
any
Orders
to
De
Bar.
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
answe●'d
,
that
the
Princes
went
away
in
the
Morning
,
and
were
upon
their
March
,
whereupon
the
Duke
of
Orleance
express'd
a
great
deal
of
Anger
.
he
sent
immediately
for
the
Lord-Keeper
,
and
after
having
express'd
his
Resentment
to
him
,
he
told
him
,
that
he
could
not
approve
this
Removal
;
and
that
the
Queen
,
to
whom
he
had
not
been
able
to
refuse
it
,
should
vanquish
him
by
Reason
,
and
not
by
P●ayers
.
The
Queen
made
him
some
Reproaches
about
it
at
Night
,
and
Monsieur
being
unwilling
to
fall
out
with
her
,
the
Princes
were
conducted
to
Havre
on
the
fifteenth
of
November
,
The
Princes
are
remov'd
to
Havre
.
by
Count
d'
Harcourt
,
who
by
that
Emyloyment
so
much
below
his
Birth
and
Courage
,
blasted
the
Lawrels
of
his
most
Famous
Victories
.
The
Princes
Friends
and
Servants
were
sensibly
concern'd
at
this
Removal
,
The
measures
of
the
Princes
Friends
are
broken
.
especially
,
because
the
Measures
they
had
taken
for
their
Rescue
,
were
thereby
absolutely
defeated
.
They
had
for
a
considerable
while
cunningly
establish'd
a
Correspondence
with
their
Guards
,
and
had
omitted
nothing
to
gain
them
.
Moreover
they
had
gain'd
some
of
the
Inferiour
Officers
,
who
had
made
themselves
sure
of
a
certain
number
of
Souldiers
,
besides
four
of
the
seven
Guards
,
which
commonly
tarry'd
in
the
Anti-chamber
.
A
Corps
de
Guard
of
Fourteen
Men
was
kept
under
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Window
,
upon
a
Terrass
adjoyning
to
a
Pond
.
They
had
resolv'd
to
launch
a
Boat
made
of
Leather
into
it
,
which
the
Workman
was
to
conduct
close
to
the
said
Terrass
.
The
day
being
set
,
the
four
Guards
of
the
Anti-chamber
,
who
had
been
gain'd
,
were
to
seize
the
Arms
of
the
others
,
and
to
dispatch
them
,
in
case
of
Resistance
.
Those
of
the
Chamber
were
to
be
stab'd
at
the
same
time
with
Daggers
that
had
been
convey'd
to
the
Prince
,
who
afterwards
being
favour'd
by
the
Corps
de
Guard
of
the
Terrass
,
was
to
get
out
of
his
Window
into
the
Boat
,
and
should
have
been
drawn
out
of
the
Ditch
by
Arnauld
,
and
receiv'd
by
a
Body
of
Horse
,
commanded
by
the
Duke
of
Nemours
.
But
unfortunately
some
of
those
who
were
most
zealous
for
the
Princes
,
being
heated
with
Wine
,
or
an
inconsiderate
Zeal
,
declar'd
publickly
in
Paris
,
that
those
Illustrious
unfortunate
Princes
ought
to
be
rescu'd
out
of
Marcoussy
;
which
the
Duke
of
Orleance
being
acquainted
with
,
he
immediately
dispatch'd
new
Orders
to
de
Bar
to
double
his
Guards
,
because
there
was
some
Plot
on
foot
.
This
Man
executed
Monsieur's
Orders
,
and
made
use
of
his
Advice●
To
the
seven
former
Guards
of
the
Anti-chamber
,
he
added
three
new
ones
;
whereby
the
Prince
judging
that
the
Plot
was
discover'd
,
he
immediately
acquainted
his
Friends
therewith
,
desiring
them
at
the
same
time
not
to
put
it
in
Execu●ion
.
Some
days
after
it
,
de
Bar
,
no
longer
fearing
any
thing
,
restor'd
things
to
their
former
state
,
and
remov'd
the
three
new
Guards
.
The
Prince
gave
his
Friends
notice
of
it
;
and
as
they
were
preparing
to
execute
their
Design
,
the
Order
came
to
Marcoussy
to
carry
the
Princes
to
Havre
.
The
Cardinal
publickly
refuses
the
Cardinal's
Cap
for
the
Coadjutor
.
After
their
being
carry'd
thither
,
the
Cardinal
pull'd
off
his
Mask
,
and
judging
himself
above
any
Cabals
,
he
directly
refus'd
to
procure
the
Cardinal's
Cap
Madame
de
Chevreuse
had
so
often
requested
of
him
for
the
Coadjutor
.
This
proceeding
of
the
Cardinal
's
extreamly
exasperated
both
Madame
de
Chevreuse
and
the
Coadjutor
,
and
disposed
them
to
side
with
those
who
desired
the
Liberty
of
the
Princes
,
nay
,
moreover
to
use
their
utmost
Endeavours
with
Monsieur
to
incline
him
to
do
the
same
.
At
that
time
the
Garrison
of
Rhetel
committing
great
Devastations
in
Champayne
,
and
those
Devastations
affording
the
Cardinal's
Enemies
an
occasion
to
complain
of
his
Conduct
,
he
departed
on
the
first
of
October
to
besiege
that
place
,
which
Monsieur
de
Turenne
had
made
himself
Master
of
sometime
before
,
with
the
Army
he
commanded
,
which
was
composed
of
the
Spanish
Forces
,
those
of
Lorrain
,
and
of
such
of
the
Princes
he
had
been
abl●
to
preserve
.
He
was
received
in
all
the
Cities
of
Champayne
with
such
demonstrations
of
Honour
and
Respect
,
as
extreamly
surpriz'd
the
Princes
Friends
.
He
stay'd
some
days
at
Chalons
,
in
order
to
hasten
all
necessary
Preparations
,
while
the
Forces
assembled
,
which
were
to
form
an
Army
of
Twelve
Thousand
Men
,
to
be
Commanded
by
the
Marshal
Du
Plessis
Praslin
.
When
the
said
Army
was
assembled
about
Reims
,
Monsieur
de
Turenne
fatigu'd
it
by
such
frequent
Skirmishes
,
and
by
such
vigorous
Attacks
,
that
he
forc'd
it
to
Encamp
within
the
City
it self
,
where
it
remain'd
several
days
without
the
lea●●
Action
,
in
expectation
of
the
Cardinal
.
As
soon
as
he
was
arrived
,
it
was
resolv'd
to
March
strait
to
Rhetel
,
and
to
Besiege
it
.
This
succeeded
sooner
and
better
than
they
had
believ'd
.
The
Treachery
and
Cowardice
of
Delli
Ponti
,
Governour
of
the
said
Place
,
broke
all
Monsieur
de
Turenne's
Measures
;
for
Delli
Ponti
having
promisd
to
hold
out
a
considerable
time
,
that
Marshal
had
taken
Measures
with
the
Spaniards
to
succour
him
.
His
Design
was
to
March
strait
to
Rhetel
,
and
to
perform
one
of
these
two
things
,
that
is
,
either
to
oblige
the
Marshal
Du
Plessis
to
raise
the
Siege
,
or
to
Attack
the
separate
Quarters
of
his
Army
:
But
while
he
was
marching
at
the
Head
of
the
Spanish
Army
to
execute
that
Design
,
Delli
Ponti
surrender'd
the
Place
by
Composition
six
days
sooner
than
he
had
promised
;
which
having
obliged
him
to
advance
in
haste
,
he
was
constrained
to
Fight
with
disadvantage
,
and
lost
the
Battle
,
which
is
called
the
Battle
of
Somme
Suip
,
which
was
fought
on
the
15
th
.
of
December
near
Rhetel
.
Monsieur
de
Bouteville
,
Brother
to
Madame
de
Chatillon
,
having
fought
with
a
great
deal
of
Gallantry
under
Monsieur
de
Turenne's
Standards
,
was
taken
Prisoner
,
from
which
the
Cardinal
expected
to
draw
considerable
Advantages
,
as
it
appear'd
by
a
Letter
written
by
him
to
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
,
upon
the
Account
of
the
Battle
.
In
effect
,
his
being
taken
,
afforded
the
Cardinal
an
occasion
to
Negotiate
with
Madame
de
Chatillon
,
under
pretence
of
Treating
about
her
Brothe●'s
Liberty
;
and
such
a
Treaty
could
not
fail
of
giving
his
Enemies
new
disquiets
,
by
reason
that
it
could
not
be
concluded
unless
Madame
de
Chatillon
engag'd
to
abandon
the
Prince's
Interests
,
which
her
Love
and
Relation
to
him
rendred
so
dear
to
her
;
and
to
make
Monsieur
de
Nemours
forsake
them
also
,
she
disposing
absolutely
of
him
as
his
Mistress
.
In
the
mean
while
the
Cardinal
,
after
so
considerable
a
Victory
,
The
Effects
of
the
Victory
of
Rhetel
.
return'd
in
Triumph
to
Paris
,
and
appeared
so
puffed
up
with
it
,
that
it
renew'd
the
disgust
and
dread
of
his
Domination
in
all
People
,
and
rouz'd
the
Publick
Envy
and
Hatred
against
him
,
in
so
much
that
what
at
first
was
a
cause
of
Affliction
to
the
Princes
Party
,
prov'd
very
fatal
in
the
sequel
to
Cardinal
Mazarin
;
nay
more
,
the
principal
cause
of
the
Liberty
of
the
Princes
;
by
reason
that
the
Frondeurs
dreading
that
the
gain
of
the
Battle
of
Rhetel
would
make
the
Cardinal
too
Powerful
,
prevail'd
with
Monsieur
to
quit
the
Interests
of
the
Court
,
and
altogether
resolv'd
to
set
the
Princes
at
Liberty
,
and
to
turn
out
the
Cardinal
.
They
Treat
about
the
Liberty
of
the
Princes
.
They
had
immediately
,
in
order
thereunto
,
several
Meetings
with
the
President
Viole
,
Arnaud
,
and
some
others
,
who
had
received
an
absolute
Power
to
Treat
from
the
Princes
.
Monsieur
refer'd
the
care
of
adjusting
the
Conditions
,
upon
which
they
might
consent
to
put
them
at
Liberty
,
to
the
Coadjutor
.
The
Coadjutor
began
first
by
securing
his
own
Interests
,
and
would
have
Madame
de
Longueville
to
be
a
Security
for
them
;
whereupon
Messengers
were
immediately
dispatch'd
to
Stenay
.
She
offer'd
to
sign
even
by
the
consent
of
the
Spaniards
;
1651.
and
the
Sixteenth
of
Ianuary
the
Princes
having
sent
their
Procurations
to
the
Princess
Palatin
,
the
Treaty
of
the
Coadjutor
was
concluded
.
Conditions
of
the
Treaty
.
And
whereas
it
behov'd
him
as
well
as
Madam
de
Chevreuse
to
be
very
cautious
to
secure
themselves
against
the
remembrance
of
a
most
sensible
Outrage
committed
against
a
Prince
equally
endued
with
Wit
and
Courage
,
and
that
nothing
but
the
strongest
Tyes
could
reunite
such
divided
Interests
,
it
was
farther
required
,
that
the
Prince
of
Conty
should
Marry
Mademoiselle
de
Chevreuse
;
and
that
a
sincere
Accommodation
should
be
made
between
the
Princes
and
the
Coadjutor
,
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
and
their
Friends
,
together
with
a
general
Oblivion
of
all
that
was
past
,
and
a
Faithful
Union
for
the
future
.
Monsieur
de
Beaufort
likewise
demanded
a
considerable
Sum
of
Money
for
Madame
de
Montbazon
,
which
the
Prince
should
be
obliged
to
procure
her
from
the
Court
,
or
else
to
pay
it
her
out
of
his
own
Estate
:
And
as
to
what
related
to
his
own
Interests
,
he
did
not
forget
to
make
him
renounce
the
Admiralty
.
By
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
Treaty
it
was
propos'd
,
That
the
Duke
D'
Enguien
should
Marry
Mademoiselle
de
Vallois
,
Monsieur's
Third
Daughter
,
That
the
Prince
should
require
no
Favours
for
his
Servants
:
That
he
should
be
link'd
to
his
Royal
Highness's
Interests
,
towards
all
,
and
against
all
;
and
that
he
should
require
no
Employments
for
himself
.
All
these
Proposals
,
together
with
others
that
were
no
less
vexatious
,
were
accepted
by
the
Prince
,
who
might
say
with
Justice
,
that
by
those
different
Treaties
he
was
constrained
to
consent
to
,
he
did
not
become
free
;
but
only
chang'd
his
Chains
,
and
was
free
of
the
Cardinal
's
,
to
receive
many
others
.
All
things
being
thus
regulated
,
Monsieur
,
Monsieur
breaks
w●th
the
Car●inal
.
Madame
de
Chevreu●e
,
the
Coadjutor
,
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
all
the
Frondeurs
,
and
the
Parliament
declar'd
openly
in
several
Assemblies
for
the
Liberty
of
the
Princes
;
at
which
time
Monsieur
resolv'd
to
break
absolutely
with
the
Cardinal
.
He
met
with
a
very
favourable
Occasion
to
do
it
on
the
First
of
February
in
the
Council
,
upon
a
certain
Discourse
of
his
Eminency
against
the
Parliament
,
which
he
accus'd
of
having
Designs
against
the
King
,
like
unto
those
of
the
Parliament
of
England
.
The
dangerous
Impressions
such
Discourses
might
make
upon
the
King's
Youth
,
and
his
Royal
Highnesses
Affection
to
the
State
,
together
with
his
Knowledge
of
the
People
and
Parliament's
Loyalty
,
obliged
him
to
Answer
,
That
the
Parliament
was
compos'd
of
none
but
such
as
were
Faithful
and
Loyal
to
the
King
;
and
that
those
he
call'd
Frondeurs
,
were
not
the
less
Loyal
,
thô
Enemies
to
his
Person
.
The
Cardinal
continuing
to
speak
upon
the
same
Tone
,
and
to
exclaim
against
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
and
the
Coadjutor
,
Monsieur
went
out
of
the
Council
,
not
to
be
dis-respectful
in
the
Queen's
Presence
,
and
took
a
firm
Resolution
never
to
enter
into
the
Council
,
or
Palais
Royal
,
while
that
Minister
should
be
there
,
and
afterwards
acquainted
the
Queen
with
his
Resolution
,
in
which
he
always
persisted
.
The
Cardinal
retires
to
St.
Germans
.
The
Cardinal
perceiving
,
that
all
things
concurr'd
for
the
Liberty
of
the
Princes
,
and
that
so
many
Secret
Treaties
were
forming
among
their
Partisans
,
between
Monsieur
and
the
Faction
of
the
Fronde
,
and
that
those
very
Persons
who
desir'd
the
Princes
Liberty
,
were
at
the
same
time
very
earnest
for
his
removal
,
and
his
Ruin
.
The
Cardinal
,
I
say
,
in
consideration
of
all
these
Reasons
,
resolv'd
to
retire
to
St.
Germans
.
He
went
out
of
Paris
the
Night
between
the
sixth
and
seventh
of
February
,
between
Eleven
and
Twelve
,
through
the
Gate
of
Richelieu
,
accompany'd
only
by
three
Men.
It
is
true
,
that
Count
Harcourt
tarried
for
him
with
Two
Hundred
Horse
to
conduct
him
to
St.
Germans
.
The
Cardinal
propos'd
by
his
Retreat
to
oblige
the
Duke
of
Orleance
to
go
to
the
Palace
Royal
,
and
to
give
the
Queen
the
means
to
perswade
him
to
alter
his
Mind
,
and
change
his
Party
,
and
perhaps
in
case
of
a
Refusal
,
to
secure
him
.
And
in
case
Monsieur
should
persist
in
not
going
to
the
said
Palace
,
and
refuse
to
confer
with
the
Queen
,
and
if
those
who
had
espous'd
the
Princes
Interests
,
and
were
firmly
united
for
their
Liberty
,
should
continue
to
be
earnest
for
their
being
taken
out
of
Prison
,
his
Eminency
was
resolved
to
go
to
Havre
,
in
order
to
set
the
Princes
at
Liberty
himself
without
any
Conditions
,
thereby
to
engage
the
Prince
of
Conde
to
afford
him
his
Protection
,
and
to
engage
him
in
his
Interests
,
by
those
good
Offices
to
prevent
the
Perils
that
threatned
him
,
and
to
render
all
the
Secret
Treaties
that
had
been
made
,
vain
and
useless
,
as
well
as
the
Endeavours
of
those
who
only
pursued
his
Liberty
upon
very
disadvantageous
Terms
on
his
side
,
particularly
one
,
which
depriv'd
him
of
his
Governments
until
the
King's
Majority
.
Monsieur
still
persisted
in
not
going
to
the
Palace
Royal
,
The
Assembly
of
the
Palace
of
Orleance
.
notwithstanding
the
Cardinal
's
being
remov'd
from
thence
,
and
all
the
Promoters
of
the
Princes
Liberty
redoubled
their
Cares
and
Entreaties
in
order
to
obtain
it
.
The
last
Assembly
that
was
held
upon
that
Subject
,
was
at
the
Palace
of
Orleance
:
It
was
composed
of
Monsieur
and
Madame
de
Chevreuse
,
the
Lord-Keeper
,
the
Marshal
of
Villeroy
,
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
,
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
the
President
Viole
,
Monsieur
Arnaud
,
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
and
the
Coadjutor
.
After
some
contestations
they
finally
agreed
upon
the
Conditions
of
the
Treaty
,
and
at
the
same
time
resolv'd
that
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
the
President
Viole
,
Monsieur
Arnaud
,
and
Monsieur
de
la
Villiere
,
Secretary
of
State
,
should
go
to
Havre
,
with
a
Signet
Letter
,
Sign'd
by
the
Queen
and
Monsieur
,
to
put
the
Princes
at
Liberty
.
The
Cardinal
being
inform'd
with
the
Resolution
of
that
Assembly
,
which
was
held
immediately
after
Dinner
;
he
set
strait
forward
towards
Havre
,
The
Cardinal
goes
to
Havre
,
in
order
to
set
the
Princes
at
Liberty
.
in
order
if
possible
to
prevent
the
Deputies
,
and
travelled
all
Night
,
he
arrived
there
on
the
13
th
.
of
February
in
the
Morning
.
As
soon
as
he
entred
the
Cittadel
,
he
deliver'd
a
Letter
from
the
Queen
to
De
Bar
,
who
commanded
there
,
whereby
he
was
ordered
to
do
whatever
his
Eminency
should
desire
for
the
Liberty
of
the
Princes
.
After
this
he
waited
upon
the
Prince
,
whom
he
saluted●
telling
him
,
Sir
,
I
come
from
Her
Majesty
to
restore
you
your
Liberty
:
Forget
your
Prison
,
love
the
King
,
and
believe
me
ever
your
Servant
.
The
Prince
answered
,
That
he
thank'd
the
Queen
for
the
Justice
she
did
him
;
that
he
would
forget
what
was
past
,
and
that
he
would
still
continue
to
maintain
,
and
promote
,
as
he
had
ever
done
,
the
Interest
of
the
King
and
State
.
After
this
,
the
Cardinal
had
a
Conference
with
the
Princes
,
which
lasted
above
an
hour
.
The
only
Account
we
have
of
it
,
is
,
That
the
Cardinal
endeavour'd
at
first
to
Justifie
himself
,
telling
them
the
Reasons
that
had
induc'd
him
to
secure
them
:
And
that
in
the
next
place
he
desired
their
Friendship
,
adding
haughtily
,
that
they
were
free
to
grant
it
,
or
refuse
it
;
and
that
upon
any
Terms
they
might
go
out
of
Havre
that
very
moment
,
and
repair
where
ever
they
pleas'd
.
Apparently
the
Princes
promis'd
him
whatever
he
desir'd
.
He
din'd
with
them
about
Ten
a
Clock
,
and
after
a
short
Repast
,
he
had
a
private
Conference
with
the
Prince
,
to
whom
he
said
after
some
other
Discourse
,
that
the
Duke
of
Orleance
had
contributed
much
to
his
Imprisonment
,
at
the
Coadjutor's
Sollicitation
;
and
that
therefore
the
safest
way
for
his
Highness
,
was
to
joyn
entirely
with
the
King
and
Queen
,
in
order
to
ruin
the
Faction
of
the
Frondeurs
:
That
all
the
good
Places
that
were
in
his
Friends
Possession
,
should
be
his
,
provided
he
would
be
for
Their
Majesties
;
and
that
as
to
what
related
to
the
Government
,
his
Highness
might
Discourse
with
Monsieur
de
Lionne
about
it
,
to
whom
he
had
imparted
all
his
Secrets
.
The
Cardinal
attended
him
to
his
Coach
,
and
in
presence
of
the
Princes
of
Conty
and
Longueville
,
who
were
got
into
it
before
,
he
humbled
himself
to
embrace
his
Knees
,
and
to
beg
his
Protection
,
with
Tears
in
his
Eyes
,
against
his
Enemies
.
After
this
,
the
Princes
went
away
accompany'd
by
the
Marshal
de
Gramont
,
The
Princes
go
from
Havre
to
Paris
.
and
lay
Three
Leagues
off
,
at
a
House
called
Grosmenil
,
in
the
way
from
Havre
to
Roans
,
where
the
Deputies
afore-mentioned
arrived
a
moment
after
them
,
with
Orders
from
the
Court
:
who
could
not
come
sooner
,
by
reason
of
a
Difference
between
Monsieur
de
la
Urilliere
and
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
.
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
was
desirous
to
have
the
Commission
of
going
to
Havre
,
in
order
to
make
his
Court
to
the
Prince
,
and
to
enter
into
his
Favour
again
;
and
the
other
likewise
pretended
to
it
,
because
Normandy
was
within
his
District
.
The
Difference
was
adjudg'd
in
favour
of
the
last
.
The
Princes
departed
next
Morning
from
Grosmenil
for
Paris
,
where
they
arrived
on
the
16
th
.
at
Night
.
It
is
impossible
to
express
the
general
Joy
that
appear'd
in
that
great
City
at
their
Arrival
.
An
universal
Ioy
for
the
Liberty
and
Return
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
The
best
part
of
the
Souldiers
and
Inhabitants
wept
for
Joy
at
sight
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
all
strove
to
out-do
each
other
in
their
different
expressions
of
i●
.
He
receiv'd
proofs
of
that
Publick
Joy
even
at
Pontoise
,
where
abundance
of
Persons
of
the
greatest
Quality
met
him
.
He
was
met
by
a
great
many
more
at
St.
Dennis
,
all
the
way
was
so
throngd
with
Coaches
and
People
,
that
one
could
not
sufficiently
admire
how
such
a
general
Joy
could
be
occasion'd
by
the
Liberty
of
a
Man
,
whose
Imprisonment
but
thirteen
or
fourteen
Months
before
had
been
so
agreeable
to
every
body
.
The
Duke
of
Orleance
met
the
Princes
between
La
Chapelle
and
St.
Dennis
,
and
by
the
precipitation
wherewith
he
ran
to
embrace
the
Prince
,
he
discovered
the
reality
of
the
Complement
he
made
him
,
which
was
,
that
he
had
never
been
so
transported
with
Joy
as
he
was
at
that
moment
,
nor
had
ever
done
any
Action
with
so
much
Satisfaction
.
The
Prince
made
him
an
Answer
,
as
to
the
Autho●
of
his
Liberty
.
Monsieur
having
in
the
next
place
embrac'd
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
and
the
Duke
of
Longueville
,
presented
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
and
the
Coadjutor
,
whom
he
had
brought
along
with
him
,
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
received
them
very
kindly
;
after
which
the
Prince
got
into
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
Coach
,
together
with
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
the
Duke
of
Longueville
,
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
the
Coadjutor
,
the
Marshal
de
la
Motte
,
and
the
Prince
of
Guimene
.
They
lighted
at
the
Palais
Royal
,
amidst
all
the
Acclamations
of
the
People
.
Monsieur
presented
the
Princes
to
the
King
and
Queen
,
whom
he
had
not
visited
himself
until
the
day
before
.
There
appeared
more
Complements
and
Civilities
at
that
first
Interview
,
than
Tenderness
and
real
Reconciliation
.
They
found
the
Queen
upon
her
Bed
,
with
whom
they
tarry'd
but
little
,
after
having
return'd
her
Thanks
for
the
Justice
she
had
done
them
,
in
●estoring
them
to
their
Liberty
.
Monsieur
return'd
to
his
own
Palace
of
Luxemburg
,
and
the
Prince
went
to
make
a
Visit
to
the
Duke
of
Nemours
,
and
that
very
Evening
he
waited
upon
the
Dutchess
of
Orleance
,
and
express'd
a
great
deal
of
Obligation
to
her
.
Monsieur
presented
several
Counsellors
of
the
Parliament
to
him
,
who
happen'd
then
to
be
at
the
Palace
of
Orleance
,
whom
he
received
very
kindly
.
His
Natural
Inclination
giving
way
to
his
Joy
at
that
time
,
all
those
in
whom
he
observed
any
Joy
,
received
that
Day
some
marks
of
his
Acknowledgment
.
He
Supp'd
with
Monsieur
,
where
every
body
was
free
in
expressing
all
manner
of
Invectives
and
Railleries
against
Mazarin
,
who
finding
no
safe●y
in
Fr●nce
against
the
Thundring
Impeachments
and
Decrees
of
the
Parliament
,
was
o●
his
way
to
quit
the
Kingdom
,
and
to
repair
to
the
Elector
of
Cologne
.
The
next
day
Monsieur
accompanied
the
Prince
,
The
Prince
goes
to
the
Parliament
and
the
Prince
of
Conty
to
the
Parliament
,
where
being
entred
,
he
spoke
in
these
terms
:
Gentlemen
,
I
have
brought
my
Cousins
to
you
to
consummate
your
Work
,
according
to
what
you
had
resolved
.
I
have
acquainted
them
with
the
Affection
wherewith
you
have
all
laboured
for
their
Liberty
,
and
have
made
them
sensible
of
the
kindness
they
ought
to
have
for
your
House
.
I
hope
their
Presence
will
serve
for
a
Remedy
against
the
Disorders
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
that
joyntly
with
●s
they
will
contribute
towards
the
good
of
the
State
,
which
I
protest
to
have
been
the
only
aim
of
all
my
Actions
.
Monsieur
having
made
an
end
,
the
Prince
assumed
the
Discourse
,
as
followeth
:
Gentlemen
,
●fter
having
returned
Her
Majesty
Thanks
for
the
Iustice
she
has
done
us
in
putting
us
at
Liberty
,
I
should
think
my self
wanting
to
my self
,
if
I
did
not
publickly
acknowledge
the
extraordinary
Obligations
we
have
received
from
the
Duke
of
Orleance
's
Goodness
,
and
the
Generosi●y
he
has
express'd
on
our
behalf
.
But
tho'
this
Favour
we
have
received
from
him
be
so
great
,
that
to
acknowledge
it
,
I
must
neither
spare
my
Blood
,
or
Life
,
yet
I
should
not
have
thought
my self
fully
satisfied
with
it
,
unless
I
had
come
to
assure
this
House
that
I
shall
ne●er
want
Gratitude
for
the
Affection
you
have
expressed
towards
me
.
And
whereas
it
obliges
me
never
to
separ●te
from
your
Interests
,
I
desire
you
to
believe
that
I
can
have
no
other
,
and
that
on
all
occasions
,
I
will
endeavour
to
shew
you
,
how
much
I
am
indebted
to
you
all
in
ge●eral
,
and
to
every
one
in
particular
.
The
Prince
of
Conty
made
a
Complement
little
different
from
his
Brother
's
;
after
which
,
the
Prince
assuming
the
Discourse
again
,
told
them
,
that
the
Duke
of
Longueville
should
have
been
glad
also
to
have
express'd
his
sense
of
his
Obligements
to
them
,
but
that
they
could
not
be
ignorant
of
the
Reasons
that
hindred
him
from
so
doing
.
The
first
President
answered
:
Sir
,
The
House
cannot
sufficiently
express
their
Ioy
at
your
Return
,
and
think
themselves
happy
to
have
contributed
towards
it
.
The
Duke
of
Orleance
's
Affection
,
to
which
you
are
indebted
for
your
Liberty
,
next
to
the
Queen's
Goodness
,
makes
us
hope
that
the
Confusions
which
for
three
whole
Years
have
been
like
to
occasion
the
Ruin
of
this
Monarchy
,
and
have
so
much
diminished
the
Royal
Authority
,
will
be
dissipated
by
the
perfect
Union
that
is
to
be
expected
from
Princes
that
are
of
the
same
Blood
.
You
are
so
much
concerned
in
the
preservation
of
the
Glory
and
Greatness
thereof
,
that
in
labouring
to
revive
the
said
Authority
,
and
to
dispel
all
Clouds
of
Division
,
you
will
labour
for
your
own
Advantage
,
and
render
your selves
more
considerable
,
by
employing
your
Persons
and
Cares
to
keep
the
People
in
the
Obedience
they
owe
their
King
and
Soveraign
.
Moreover
your
Prudence
will
induce
you
not
to
hearken
to
any
Seditious
Spirits
,
who
under
pretence
of
specious
Advantages
,
perhaps
may
only
aim
at
sowing
Divisions
among
you
.
Those
evil
Counsellors
must
for
ever
be
remov'd
from
your
Persons
.
And
,
Sir
,
considering
your
Obligations
to
the
Duke
of
Orleance
;
(
in
saying
this
he
look'd
upon
the
Prince
)
nothing
should
be
capable
to
divide
your
Affections
and
Interests
.
'T
is
from
that
Union
the
State
must
expect
its
Repose
,
the
People
the
relief
of
their
Miseries
,
and
the
King
the
Support
of
his
Authority
:
and
it
is
the
only
Recompence
this
House
desires
,
for
the
Vows
they
have
made
for
your
Liberty
,
and
for
the
Affection
wherewith
they
have
always
promoted
it
.
After
this
,
some
ask'd
for
the
Declaration
of
Innocence
they
had
agreed
to
grant
for
the
Princes
.
But
whereas
it
was
not
ready
yet
,
and
that
it
requir'd
some
time
to
consult
the
Princes
about
it
,
it
was
referr'd
to
another
Day
.
Then
Monsieur
rose
;
and
the
Prince
having
answer'd
all
those
who
did
Congratulate
his
Return
,
retir'd
amidst
the
Acclamations
of
Joy
of
an
infinite
multitude
of
People
which
fill'd
up
the
Hall
,
and
strove
with
Emulation
to
give
him
signal
proofs
of
a
satisfaction
not
only
capable
to
make
him
lose
the
remembrance
of
the
Joy
they
had
express'd
at
his
Confinement
,
but
also
to
render
his
Prison
more
Glorious
than
his
Victories
.
The
manner
of
the
Prince's
Reception
at
Paris
after
his
being
put
at
Liberty
,
Addition
of
Glory
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
gave
a
new
Lustre
to
his
Glory
,
and
made
that
Hero
confess
,
that
this
Reception
was
no
less
Glorious
to
him
,
than
the
Great
and
Famous
Victories
of
Rocroy
,
Fribourg
,
Nortlingue
,
and
Lens
,
in
which
he
had
Triumph'd
over
the
most
powerful
Efforts
of
the
Enemies
of
France
.
And
indeed
this
new
kind
of
Glory
was
greatly
due
to
him
,
It
was
his
due
.
since
after
having
rendred
such
great
Services
to
the
State
,
and
discover'd
such
Eminent
Vertues
in
so
many
Sieges
and
Battels
,
he
had
been
seiz'd
and
detain'd
long
in
Prison
,
with
all
the
Injustice
imaginable
,
and
with
the
utmost
Ingratitude
from
the
Court.
For
in
fine
,
besides
the
early
marks
of
Valour
he
had
given
in
the
Trenches
of
Arras
,
and
in
the
Plains
of
Ipres
,
is
it
not
certain
that
in
all
probability
France
would
have
been
overwhelm'd
in
the
beginning
of
the
Regency
,
but
for
the
Battle
the
Prince
had
won
at
Rocroy
?
That
Kingdom
which
had
carry'd
the
Glory
of
its
Arms
so
far
,
by
the
great
Genius
of
Cardinal
Richelieu
,
seem'd
to
fall
by
degrees
from
its
Elevation
,
since
that
Minister's
Death
.
Spain
being
at
that
time
attentive
in
the
pursuit
of
its
vast
Designs
,
and
perhaps
reckoning
upon
a
Queen
,
to
whom
it
had
given
Birth
,
and
who
had
long
been
suspected
of
not
being
well
affected
to
France
:
Spain
,
I
say
,
which
at
that
time
look'd
upon
the
King
's
approaching
Minority
as
a
Source
of
Divisions
,
which
after
the
Death
of
Lewis
XIII
.
whose
Distemper
was
judg'd
incurable
by
the
Physicians
,
was
going
to
expose
so
great
a
State
as
a
Prey
to
their
Ambitious
Desires
.
Moreover
France
wanted
Famous
Experienc'd
Chiefs
,
as
well
as
well
disciplin'd
Forces
:
while
the
Enemies
had
a
Triumphant
Army
,
compos'd
of
the
best
Forces
of
Europe
,
Commanded
by
a
very
Experienc'd
General
,
who
only
tarry'd
for
a
proper
moment
to
improve
a
Conjuncture
which
open'd
a
large
Field
to
his
Hopes
;
and
while
the
Garrisons
of
the
Kingdom
being
unprovided
,
and
without
Assistance
,
trembled
at
the
approach
of
the
uncertain
Storm
which
threatned
the
whole
Frontier
.
Lewis
XIII
dying
in
that
Conjuncture
,
the
Consternation
of
his
Death
,
the
Weakness
of
a
Minority
,
a
Tumultuous
Regency
,
a
Council
expos●d
to
Intrigues
,
and
Cabals
,
Seeds
of
Division
,
Great
Malecontents
,
the
Agitation
of
the
Court
,
and
the
Exhausting
of
the
People
,
made
Spain
conceive
approaching
hopes
of
the
total
Ruin
of
France
.
The
Valour
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
at
that
time
Duke
of
Enguien
,
apply'd
a
Remedy
to
all
those
Evils
,
by
the
gain
of
a
Battle
,
on
which
the
Safety
,
or
Ruin
of
the
State
depended
.
By
this
Victory
he
effectually
sav'd
the
Realm
,
he
calm'd
it
,
he
encourag●d
it
,
and
as
it
were
,
gave
it
new
Life
;
he
became
the
Support
of
the
Monarchy
,
and
strengthen'd
the
dawning
Authority
of
the
Young
Monarch
.
That
memorable
Day
was
follow'd
with
a
Torrent
of
Prosperity
for
France
,
of
Conquests
,
Battels
gain'd
,
Cities
taken
,
&c.
All
the
Campains
that
succeeded
this
by
the
Singularity
of
the
Enterprizes
that
were
form'd
and
executed
by
the
Duke
d'
Enguien
,
equall'd
,
or
surpass'd
the
most
surprizing
things
we
meet
with
in
History
.
The
Battels
of
Fribourg
and
Nortlingue
,
so
celebrated
through
the
obstinate
Resistance
of
the
Enemies
,
and
the
Invincible
Difficulties
that
oppos'd
the
attacking
of
them
:
Those
Battles
,
which
may
very
well
be
compar'd
to
those
of
Arbella
and
Pharsalia
,
alarm'd
and
terrify'd
the
very
Hea●t
of
the
Empire
,
and
finally
,
forc'd
Germany
to
desire
a
Peace
on
such
Conditions
as
France
was
pleas'd
to
allow
it
.
The
Battle
of
Lens
yet
more
Glorious
and
Triumphant
,
placing
the
Prince
of
Conde
in
the
just
and
indisputable
possession
of
being
the
Hero
of
his
Age
,
●ais'd
at
the
same
time
the
great
and
signal
Obligations
he
had
laid
upon
the
Court
,
to
the
highest
degree
,
which
after
that
Battle
committed
a
world
of
Faults
without
him
,
and
was
only
sav'd
by
him
in
the
War
of
Paris
.
And
yet
notwithstanding
all
this
,
at
a
time
when
all
his
Designs
,
all
his
Vertues
,
and
all
his
Actions
only
tended
to
the
King's
Service
,
and
the
Grandeur
of
the
Kingdom
,
of
which
he
was
the
chief
Ornament
,
he
was
Imprison'd
,
because
his
Conduct
in
some
Occasions
had
not
appear'd
sufficiently
Respectful
towards
the
Queen
,
and
that
he
had
not
all
the
Complaisance
for
the
Cardinal
,
which
that
Minister
desi●'d
,
whom
he
had
the
misfo●tune
to
displease
by
the
impetuosity
of
his
Temper
,
which
he
could
not
Master
;
the
which
,
a●
most
,
could
only
be
look'd
upon
as
Court
Faults
,
and
not
Crimes
of
State
,
capable
of
obliterating
the
Important
Services
rendred
by
a
first
Prince
of
the
Blood
.
Therefore
it
is
no
wonder
that
after
his
being
put
at
Liberty
again
,
and
return'd
to
Paris
,
the
People
express'd
their
Joy
,
and
receiv'd
him
in
Triumph
,
as
if
he
had
been
newly
return'd
from
gaining
the
Battles
of
Rocroy
,
Fribourg
,
Nortlingue
,
and
Lens
.
But
unfortunately
his
Glory
,
which
had
appear'd
with
such
a
Lustre
in
so
many
different
manners
,
was
afterwards
tarnish'd
by
a
very
blameable
Conduct
.
For
finally
,
he
excited
a
Civil
War
,
and
took
up
Arms
against
his
Soveraign
.
Mo●eover
be
acted
with
so
much
Imprudence
in
that
War
,
and
committed
so
many
Capital
Faults
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
Glory
tarnish'd
.
that
thereby
he
fell
infinitely
short
of
those
Great
Men
,
who
by
a
wise
Conduct
,
and
well-contriv'd
Measures
archiev'd
the
highest
and
most
difficult
Ente●prizes
.
Not
but
at
the
same
time
the
Court
also
committed
very
considerable
Faults
,
and
that
both
Parties
maintain'd
themselves
more
through
the
Faults
of
each
other
,
than
by
any
good
Conduct
on
their
side●
But
that
does
not
justifie
the
Prince
,
especially
if
we
consider
that
thereby
he
ruin'd
his
own
Party
,
and
made
the
Court
Triumph
.
It
is
most
certain
that
had
the
Prince
been
endu'd
with
all
Caesar's
Qualifications
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
Qualifications
different
from
Caesar
'
s.
he
should
have
succeeded
in
all
his
Enterprizes
.
Caesar
had
a
consuminated
Prudence
;
all
his
steps
were
measur'd
,
in
so
much
that
he
never
did
any
thing
without
mature
deliberation
,
managing
his
Zeal
,
and
being
more
affected
with
the
Solid
than
the
Exterior
part
,
being
very
caut●ous
in
all
difficult
Affairs
,
and
never
wanting
a
Remedy
in
the
most
troublesome
Conjunctures
.
Few
Persons
have
ever
been
known
with
so
much
Equality
in
their
Life
,
so
much
Moderation
in
their
Fortune
,
and
so
much
Clemency
when
injur'd
.
He
gain'd
the
Affection
of
all
People
by
his
Goodness
and
Mildness
:
Those
who
were
Familiar
with
him
,
and
did
espouse
his
Interests
,
neither
dreaded
his
Anger
or
Capricio's
.
He
was
Liberal
and
Magnificent
,
towards
the
People
,
towards
his
Friends
,
and
even
towards
his
very
Enemies
.
He
compass'd
his
Ends
by
Mild
,
Insinuating
,
Cunning
,
Secret
means
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
did
not
possess
those
Qualities
.
He
was
of
an
unequal
Temper
;
he
was
Rough
,
Difficult
,
and
Haughty
,
and
an
Enemy
to
Precaution
.
He
could
not
moderate
himself
in
his
Prosperity
or
Fortune
.
He
was
Passionate
,
and
Revengeful
.
He
did
not
acknowledge
considerable
Services
;
and
when
he
did
,
there
was
no
certainty
of
the
continuation
of
his
Gratitude
.
He
was
not
very
sincere
to
his
Friends
,
not
even
to
those
tha●
were
most
Illustrious
,
and
most
necessary
to
him
.
He
made
Treaties
without
them
,
he
often
neglected
their
most
considerable
Interests
,
and
only
minded
his
own
.
Neither
was
he
very
Liberal
,
or
Magnificent
.
He
did
not
consult
or
manage
the
Temper
of
the
People
,
and
took
no
great
care
to
gain
their
Love
.
He
could
not
Dissemble
,
neither
could
he
Act
in
great
Affairs
with
Cunning
and
Secrecy
.
In
short
,
he
rely'd
too
much
upon
his
own
Valour
,
Merit
,
Reputation
,
and
Quality
,
and
neglected
other
things
that
〈◊〉
●●cessary
for
the
execution
of
great
Undertaki●●
〈◊〉
I
shall
not
mention
the
Errors
he
committed
in
this
place
;
the
Reader
will
sufficiently
observe
them
in
the
faithful
orderly
recital
I
shall
make
of
the
principal
Actions
and
Events
.
But
before
I
proceed
any
farther
,
because
I
am
now
to
treat
about
the
most
considerable
Point
of
this
History
,
and
that
by
reason
of
the
partiality
of
those
who
have
left
us
Memoirs
about
it
,
it
is
very
difficult
to
distinguish
the
real
Sentiments
of
the
Prince
whose
Life
we
are
now
writing
;
I
will
set
down
,
as
a
necessary
Foundation
,
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
came
out
of
Prison
with
Sentiments
of
Vengeance
,
not
only
against
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
Madame
de
Chevreuse
,
and
against
the
Frondeurs
,
who
had
only
promoted
his
Liberty
upon
disobliging
Considerations
,
and
very
hard
Conditions
,
but
also
against
the
Queen
,
and
against
the
King
.
I
do
not
think
any
body
can
blame
me
for
what
I
advance
,
since
the
Prince
himself
,
after
the
Civil
War
was
ended
,
and
he
receiv'd
into
Favour
again
,
condemning
his
Conduct
and
former
Sentiments
,
declar'd
with
Candor
to
some
Persons
of
Honour
and
Credit
,
That
he
was
the
most
Innocent
man
alive
,
when
put
into
Prison
,
and
the
most
Guilty
at
his
coming
out
of
it
.
Alas
!
pursu'd
he
with
grief
,
Before
that
unhappy
Prison
,
I
a●m'd
at
nothing
but
the
King's
Service
,
and
the
Grandeur
of
the
State
.
In
so
much
that
the
Valour
,
Activity
,
and
Imperious
Humour
,
together
with
all
the
extraordinary
Qualifications
the
Prince
was
endu'd
with
,
were
like
unto
those
matters
from
which
Exhalations
are
form'd
,
which
matters
serve
for
co●siderable
uses
,
but
being
once
turn'd
into
Exhalations
,
and
enclos'd
within
the
Clouds
,
being
attracted
thither
by
the
heat
of
the
Sun
,
they
seldom
get
out
of
them
again
,
unless
it
be
to
strike
the
most
elevated
Places
,
and
to
overthrow
the
〈◊〉
Sumptuous
Buildings
,
and
to
cause
terrible
Diso●●●●●
:
So
likewise
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Valour
and
Courage
,
before
his
Imprisonment
,
were
only
employ'd
for
the
Good
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
the
Glory
of
his
Soveraign
;
but
after
his
being
put
at
Liberty
,
all
those
Heroical
Qualities
were
employ'd
on
very
different
Uses
;
and
whereas
before
,
he
had
been
the
Hope
,
Support
,
and
Joy
of
the
State
,
he
became
the
Terror
of
it
all
on
a
sudden
;
he
attack'd
the
Royal
Authority
,
and
kindled
a
Civil
War
,
which
caus'd
great
Disorders
,
as
will
appear
by
the
sequel
of
this
History
.
After
the
return
of
the
Princes
to
Paris
,
their
Imprisonment
was
declar'd
unjust
by
the
Parliament
and
a
new
Decree
was
given
against
Cardinal
Mazarin
.
This
Decree
of
the
Parliament
was
terrible
;
it
condemned
that
Minister
to
a
perpetual
Banishment
,
and
commanded
all
Frenchmen
to
fall
upon
him
,
if
ever
he
appear'd
in
the
Kingdom
,
and
at
the
same
time
confiscated
all
he
had●
The
Queen
endeavours
to
dispose
the
Prince
to
consent
to
the
Cardinal's
return
.
During
these
Transactions
,
the
Queen
passionately
desir'd
the
Cardinal's
return
,
and
try'd
all
means
to
dispose
the
Prince
to
consent
to
it
.
To
that
end
she
offer'd
him
,
by
the
Princess
Palatin
,
all
manner
of
Advantages
for
himself
,
and
for
his
Friends
:
But
●e
only
answer'd
those
fine
offers
with
Complements
which
engag'd
him
to
nothing
.
But
yet
in
the
sequel
the
Queen
being
very
pressing
to
oblige
him
to
express
himself
,
he
promised
to
Treat
,
whether
it
were
that
he
had
no
mind
to
break
so
soon
with
the
Queen
,
and
had
a
mind
to
carry
until
things
were
more
favourably
dispos'd
in
his
favour
,
to
have
a
more
plausible
pretence
of
breaking
publickly
;
or
whether
he
were
really
dispos'd
to
treat
,
in
hopes
of
obtaining
for
himself
,
and
for
his
Friends
,
the
most
considerable
Employments
and
Governments
,
●nd
thereby
put
himself
in
a
condition
of
doing
whatever
he
pleas'd
.
However
he
desir'd
the
Treaty
might
be
kept
secret
,
and
so
did
the
Queen
:
The
Queen
fear'd
to
augment
the
Diffidence
of
Monsieur
,
and
of
the
Fro●de●rs
,
and
to
swerve
too
soon
,
and
without
the
least
pretence
,
from
all
the
Declarations
she
had
just
granted
the
Parliament
against
the
Cardinal's
return
.
The
Prince
on
his
side
was
afraid
his
Friends
would
be
angry
at
his
Treating
without
their
participation
;
that
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
,
and
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
would
quit
his
Interests
,
that
the
Frondeurs
,
and
the
Dutchess
of
Chevreuse
would
grow
his
irreconcileable
Enemies
,
and
that
the
Parliament
and
the
People
would
on
a
sudden
reflect
on
the
dreadful
Image
of
the
last
War
of
Paris
.
Therefore
they
us'd
all
the
Cautions
imaginable
to
Treat
secretly
.
The
Prince
went
to
the
Princess
Palatin
,
whom
the
Queen
had
chosen
to
manage
the
Treaty
.
She
was
of
the
House
of
Mantua
,
and
Sister
to
the
Queen
of
Poland
.
The
Count
of
Servient
and
Monsieur
de
Lionne
likewise
met
there
from
the
Queen
.
The
Prince
would
have
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
present
,
and
did
nothing
without
the
consent
of
the
Prince
of
Conty
his
Brother
,
and
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
his
Sister
.
The
first
Project
of
the
Treaty
which
was
propos'd
by
the
Princess
Palatin
,
was
,
That
Guienne
should
be
given
to
the
Prince
,
and
that
the
Lord
Lieutenancy
thereof
should
be
given
to
whatever
Friend
of
his
he
should
be
pleas'd
to
choose
:
That
the
Prince
of
Conty
should
have
the
Government
of
Provence
;
And
that
Gratifications
should
be
made
to
such
as
had
been
engag'd
in
the
Prince's
Interests
:
That
nothing
should
be
desir'd
of
him
but
barely
to
retire
into
his
Government
,
with
whatever
Forces
of
his
own
he
should
think
fit
for
his
own
Security
:
That
he
should
remain
there
without
contributing
to
Cardinal
Mazarin's
return
,
but
that
he
should
not
oppose
the
King's
Endeavours
in
order
thereunto
,
an●
that
whatever
happen'd
,
the
Prince
should
be
free
to
be
his
Friend
or
Enemy
,
according
as
his
Conduct
should
give
him
cause
to
love
or
hate
him
.
Those
Conditions
were
not
only
confirm'd
,
but
augmented
by
Messieurs
de
Servient
and
de
Lionne
.
For
at
the
Prince's
desire
that
the
Government
of
Blaye
might
be
added
to
the
Lord
Lieutenancy
of
Guienne
for
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
they
gave
him
all
the
hopes
of
it
he
could
desire
.
They
only
desir'd
time
to
treat
with
the
Duke
d'
Angouleme
,
about
the
Government
of
Provence
,
and
to
dispose
the
Queen
to
grant
Blaye
.
But
apparently
it
was
only
to
give
the
Cardinal
an
Account
of
what
past
,
and
to
receive
his
Orders
.
He
was
at
that
time
at
Brueil
in
the
Arch-Bishoprick
of
Cologne
;
and
the
Queen
consulted
him
as
an
Oracle
.
Dispositions
towards
an
absolute
breach
.
This
Affair
remain'd
some
time
without
being
discover'd
;
but
he
who
had
been
chosen
to
conclude
it
,
soon
occasion'd
an
entire
breach
,
and
drove
things
to
the
utmost
Extremities
.
Chavigny
induces
the
Prince
to
break
off
the
Treaty
.
Monsieur
de
Chavigny
,
who
was
lately
recall'd
,
and
plac'd
into
the
Ministry
again
,
was
a
Mortal
Enemy
to
the
Cardinal
,
and
being
at
that
time
the
Prince's
chief
Confident
,
soon
dispos'd
him
to
break
off
the
Treaty
with
the
Queen
,
against
the
Advice
of
Madame
de
Longueville
,
the
Princess
Palatin
,
and
the
Dukes
de
Bouillon
and
de
la
Roc●efoucault
.
Messieurs
de
Servient
and
de
Lionne
at
the
same
time
were
imbroil'd
on
both
sides
about
this
Negotiation
,
and
afterwards
were
both
turn'd
out
.
Imbroilures
.
The
Queen
deny'd
her
having
ever
hearken'd
to
the
Proposition
about
Blaye
,
and
accus'd
Servient
of
having
made
it
on
purpose
to
raise
the
Prince's
Demands
so
high
,
that
it
should
be
impossible
for
her
to
grant
them
.
As
for
the
Prince
,
his
Complaints
against
the
Count
of
Servient
were
,
That
he
had
treated
with
him
from
the
Queen
,
about
Conditions
that
were
unknown
to
her
,
or
that
he
had
made
so
many
vain
Propositions
to
him
to
amuse
him
under
pretence
of
a
sincere
Treaty
,
which
in
effect
was
only
a
premeditated
Design
to
Ruin
him
.
Although
the
Count
of
Servient
was
suspected
on
both
sides
,
it
did
not
lessen
the
Animosity
which
began
to
arise
between
the
Queen
and
Prince
;
it
was
almost
equally
fomented
by
all
those
who
came
near
them
.
Some
represented
to
the
Queen
that
the
Division
between
the
Prince
and
Madame
de
Chevreuse
about
the
breach
of
the
Marriage
between
the
Brother
of
the
one
,
and
the
Sister
of
the
other
,
would
certainly
reconcile
the
Frondeurs
to
the
Cardinal's
Interests
,
and
that
all
things
would
be
soon
reduc'd
to
the
state
they
were
in
when
the
Prince
was
seiz'd
.
He
on
the
other
hand
was
induc'd
to
break
with
the
Court
by
many
different
Interests
:
He
found
no
longer
any
Safety
with
the
Queen
,
who
did
nothing
without
the
Cardinal's
consent
;
and
he
dreaded
to
be
involv'd
into
his
former
disgraces
again
.
Madame
de
Longueville
was
sensible
that
the
Cardinal
had
made
an
irreconcileable
Breach
between
her
Husband
and
her
,
and
that
after
the
impressions
he
had
given
him
against
her
Conduct
,
she
could
not
go
to
him
in
Normandy
,
without
exposing
her
Life
,
or
Liberty
.
The
Duke
of
Longueville
on
the
other
hand
us'd
his
utmost
Endeavours
to
get
her
to
him
;
and
she
had
no
way
to
avoid
that
perillous
Journey
,
but
by
inducing
her
Brother
to
quit
the
Court
abruptly
,
and
to
prepare
for
a
Civil
War
.
The
Prince
of
Conty
had
no
particular
Aim
;
he
follow'd
his
Sister's
Sentiments
without
knowing
them
,
and
was
for
War
,
because
it
freed
him
from
his
Ecclesiastical
Profession
,
which
he
did
not
love
.
The
Duke
of
Nemours
was
very
sollicitous
for
War
;
not
so
much
out
of
Ambition
,
as
Jealousie
which
he
had
conceiv'd
against
the
Prince
.
He
could
not
endure
his
seeing
and
loving
Madame
de
Chatillon
.
And
whereas
he
could
not
hinder
his
seeing
of
her
,
but
by
separating
them
;
he
imagin'd
that
War
was
the
only
means
he
could
imploy
to
that
end
,
and
that
it
would
in
time
quench
the
Prince's
Passion
.
The
Dukes
de
Bouillon
and
de
la
Rochefoucault
did
not
desire
that
War
,
they
had
lately
found
by
Experience
to
what
invincible
Difficulties
they
are
expos'd
who
undertake
to
maintain
a
Civil
War
against
the
Person
of
their
King
.
They
were
sensible
of
the
Disappointments
that
attend
it
.
They
knew
the
Weakness
of
the
Spaniards
;
they
were
not
ignorant
how
vain
and
deceitful
their
Promises
were
,
and
that
it
was
not
their
Interest
to
advance
the
Prince's
or
the
Cardinal's
Affairs
,
but
only
to
foment
Disorders
among
them
,
in
order
to
take
an
Advantage
of
the
Divisions
of
France
.
The
Duke
of
Bouillon
moreover
joyn'd
his
particular
Interest
to
the
Publick's
,
and
was
in
hopes
to
oblige
the
Queen
sensibly
,
and
to
be
altogether
in
her
Favour
,
by
contributing
to
keep
the
Princes
within
the
Bounds
of
Duty
.
As
for
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucalt
,
he
durst
not
so
publickly
express
his
repugnancy
to
that
War
,
by
reason
that
his
Love
and
Passion
for
Madame
Longue●ille
obl●g'd
him
to
follow
the
Sentiments
of
that
fair
Princess
,
which
tended
to
the
kindling
of
a
Civil
War
,
which
the
Prince
,
exasperated
by
his
Misfortunes
,
and
by
ill
Treatments
,
desir'd
perhaps
with
as
much
earnestness
.
However
the
Conduct
of
the
Court
,
and
that
of
the
Prince
soon
furnish'd
Subjects
of
a
reciprocal
diffidence
,
the
sequel
of
which
prov'd
fatal
to
the
State
,
to
a
great
number
of
Illustrious
Families
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
ruin'd
the
greatest
and
most
glorious
Fortune
that
was
ever
seen
upon
the
Head
of
a
Subject
.
But
before
we
proceed
any
farther
,
it
will
be
proper
to
enlarge
upon
a
thing
I
have
only
hinted
by
the
by
,
which
is
,
that
the
Prince
hindred
the
Prince
of
Conty
his
Brother
from
Marrying
Mademoiselle
de
Chevreuse
;
Reasons
which
induced
the
Prince
of
Conde
to
break
the
Match
between
his
Brother
&
Mademoiselle
de
Chevreuse
.
by
reason
that
in
the
Conditions
of
the
Treaty
that
had
been
made
for
the
Liberty
of
the
Princes
,
that
Marriage
had
only
been
desir'd
by
the
Coadjutor
,
and
by
Madame
de
Ch●vreuse
to
secure
them
against
the
remembrance
of
the
Affront
put
upon
his
Highness
upon
the
New
Bridge
;
the
care
that
was
taken
to
sollicit
the
execution
thereof
,
only
serv'd
to
revive
in
his
Memory
the
Image
of
that
Mortal
Injury
:
In
so
much
that
the
Prince
,
who
was
sensible
besides
that
the
Coadjutor
and
Madame
de
Chevreuse
had
taken
the
Advantage
of
the
Misfortune
of
his
Prison
to
impose
whatever
Conditions
they
pleas'd
upon
him
,
could
not
resolve
to
dissemble
his
Resentment
,
and
had
rather
be
forsaken
even
by
his
best
Friends
,
than
to
stoop
to
Dissemblings
,
Caresses
,
and
Flatteries
to
conceal
it
.
He
exasperated
Madame
de
Chevreuse
and
the
Frondeurs
extreamly
by
that
proceeding
,
and
consequently
the
People
,
Several
persons
abandon
the
Prince
of
Conde
's
Party
.
and
even
disoblig'd
Messieurs
de
Bouillon
and
Turenne
to
that
degree
,
that
they
sided
with
the
Court
;
whereupon
the
Duk●
of
Bouillon
was
plac'd
at
the
Head
of
the
Council
,
and
the
Vice-count
of
Turenne
at
the
Head
of
the
Principal
Army
.
Several
other
Persons
of
No●e
quitted
the
Prince's
Party
by
their
Example
.
Even
the
Count
de
Bussy
,
who
had
serv'd
him
so
well
till
then
,
abandon'd
him
,
by
reason
that
being
come
on
purpose
from
Burgundy
to
Paris
,
to
Congratulate
his
Highness
being
put
at
Liberty
;
The
Prince
having
thank'd
him
coldly
for
the
Services
he
had
done
him
during
his
Imprisonment
,
ask'd
him
at
the
same
time
whether
he
would
not
resign
his
Place
of
Lieutenant
of
his
Chevaux
Legers
of
the
Ordnance
to
Guitault
his
Cornet
,
according
to
the
Agreement
made
about
it
three
Months
before
his
Imprisonment
.
The
Count
of
Bussy
was
strangely
surpriz'd
at
that
Question
,
which
shew'd
but
little
Gratitude
for
his
past
Services
,
and
yet
less
Value
for
him
,
and
less
Consideration
for
his
Quality
;
but
yet
he
consented
to
it
,
on
Condition
that
he
should
resign
it
into
his
Highnesses
own
hands
.
As
soon
as
he
had
surrender'd
it
,
he
quitted
him
,
as
the
Count
de
Grand
Pré
had
done
before
,
who
,
after
having
espous'd
his
Party
with
so
much
heat
,
going
to
Visit
the
Princes
after
their
being
put
at
Liberty
,
was
receiv'd
by
them
in
a
very
disobliging
manner
.
All
these
things
gave
a
great
check
to
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Affairs
,
and
in
the
sequel
weaken'd
his
Party
considerably
.
Disadvantageous
Reports
against
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
Moreover
it
happen'd
that
those
who
had
quitted
his
Interests
,
after
having
embrac'd
them
with
so
much
earnestness
,
spread
false
Reports
against
him
,
and
endeavour'd
to
make
people
suspect
his
harbouring
ill
Designs
,
thereby
the
better
to
colour
their
change
.
In
effect
,
soon
after
,
it
was
reported
that
the
Prince
treated
with
the
Enemies
of
the
King
and
State
;
in
Paris
it self
by
Madame
de
Longueville
,
●t
〈◊〉
by
the
Marquess
of
Sillery
,
and
at
Ste●ay
by
Monsieur
de
Croissy
.
It
was
likewise
rumour'd
that
he
would
not
have
desir'd
to
exchange
his
Government
of
Burgundy
for
that
of
Guienne
,
but
that
he
de●●gn'd
to
execute
some
Criminal
Enterprize
.
The
Reasons
alledg'd
for
it
were
,
that
the
Government
of
Burgundy
was
worth
Forty
Five
Thousand
Livres
more
than
that
of
Guienne
,
and
that
consequently
he
certainly
design'd
to
make
use
of
the
singular
Affection
the
People
of
Guienne
had
for
his
Person
,
in
order
to
execute
some
extraordinary
Enterprize
.
That
the
People
of
Guienne
as
well
as
the
Limosins
their
Neighbours
,
were
Warlike
,
Light
,
and
Inconstant
.
That
Poitou
,
of
which
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
was
Governour
,
was
adjoyning
to
that
Province
:
That
the
Prince
had
other
Friends
,
who
were
very
Powerful
in
other
adjacent
Provinces
:
That
he
had
only
desir'd
Provence
for
the
Prince
of
C●●ty
,
and
Auvergne
for
the
Duke
of
Nemours
,
in
order
thereby
the
better
to
execute
his
great
Designs
.
It
is
most
certain
,
that
at
that
very
time
the
Prince
had
sent
the
Marquess
de
Sillery
into
Flanders
,
under
pretence
of
dis-engaging
Madame
de
Longueville
and
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
of
the
Treaties
they
had
made
with
the
Spaniards
to
procure
his
Liberty
,
but
in
reality
with
Orders
to
take
Measure●
with
the
Count
of
Fuensaldaigne
,
to
sound
what
Assistance
the
Prince
might
receive
from
the
King
of
Spain
,
in
case
he
were
oblig'd
to
make
War
.
Fuensaldaigne
answer'd
according
to
the
usual
Custom
of
the
Spaniards
,
in
promising
in
general
a
great
deal
more
than
could
reasonably
be
desir'd
of
him
,
and
omitted
nothing
to
engage
the
Prince
to
take
up
Arms.
On
the
other
hand
the
Queen
had
made
a
new
Engagement
with
the
Coadjutor
,
who
was
strangely
animated
against
the
Prince
,
Engagements
between
the
Queen
and
the
Coadjutor
.
by
reason
that
he
had
perswaded
the
Prince
of
Conty
not
to
Marry
Mademoiselle
de
Chevreuse
,
and
that
he
had
seconded
with
all
his
might
a
Declaration
which
excluded
all
Cardinals
,
and
all
Prelates
in
general
from
the
Ministry
.
This
Engagement
between
the
Queen
and
the
Coadjutor
was
kept
secret
,
by
reason
that
the
Queen
could
expect
no
Service
from
the
Fr●ndeurs
but
by
their
Credit
with
the
People
,
the
which
they
could
preserve
no
longer
than
while
they
were
look'd
upon
as
Enemies
to
the
Cardinal
.
Plots
against
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
Both
Parties
equally
found
their
Security
in
ruining
the
Prince
:
Nay
,
some
proffer'd
the
Queen
to
kill
or
seize
him
.
She
abhorr'd
the
first
Proposition
,
and
willingly
consented
to
the
second
.
The
Coadjutor
and
Monsieur
de
Lionne
met
at
the
Count
of
Montresor
,
to
agree
about
the
means
to
execute
that
Enterprize
.
They
concluded
that
it
was
fit
to
attempt
it
,
but
resolv'd
nothing
as
to
the
time
,
or
manner
of
executing
it
.
Monsieur
de
Lionne
discover'd
this
Design
to
the
Marshal
of
Gramont
,
who
communicated
it
to
Monsieur
de
Chavigny
,
and
he
immediately
to
the
Prince
.
The
Prince
for
some
time
imagin'd
that
this
Report
was
only
spread
on
purpose
to
make
him
quit
Paris
;
and
that
it
would
be
a
weakness
below
him
to
be
alarm'd
at
it
,
especially
since
the
People
took
his
part
to
that
degree
,
that
he
was
continually
accompany'd
by
an
infinite
number
of
Officers
of
the
Army
,
by
those
of
his
own
Forces
,
by
his
Attendants
,
and
by
his
particular
Friends
.
For
these
Reasons
he
chang'd
nothing
as
to
his
Conduct
,
excepting
his
ceasing
to
go
to
the
Louvre
.
Moreover
he
accidentally
deliver'd
himself
up
one
day
into
the
King's
Power
;
he
happening
to
be
in
his
Coach
in
the
Ring
at
a
time
when
the
King
came
through
〈◊〉
returning
from
Hunting
,
follow'd
by
his
Guards
〈◊〉
Chev●ux
Legers
.
However
this
Encounter
did
〈◊〉
produce
the
Effect
the
Prince
had
reason
to
〈◊〉
;
for
the
King
continu'd
his
way
,
The
King
's
and
the
Prince's
Coach
meet
in
the
Ring
.
and
none
of
●●ose
that
were
with
him
bethought
themselves
to
●dvise
him
about
it
,
without
doubt
because
they
●ere
surpriz'd
,
as
the
French
always
are
.
The
King
●bserving
the
Prince's
Coach
to
pass
by
hastily
,
●ithout
stopping
,
as
all
Coaches
are
oblig'd
to
do
●hen
they
meet
His
Majesty's
,
only
utter'd
these
●ew
words
,
with
a
Tone
,
and
Air
,
that
may
be
●magin'd
,
I
will
teach
that
Gentleman
his
Duty
.
The
Prince
continu'd
his
way
with
speed
out
of
the
Ring
,
not
to
give
the
King
time
to
form
any
Design
against
him
.
The
Queen
and
the
Frondeurs
easily
comforted
themselves
at
the
missing
of
so
fair
an
Opportunity
,
in
hopes
of
seeing
their
Project
soon
succeed
.
In
the
mean
time
the
continual
Advices
the
Prince
receiv'd
from
all
Parts
,
began
to
perswade
him
,
that
the
Court
intended
to
secure
him
.
However
he
continu'd
some
time
longer
to
neglect
the
taking
proper
measures
to
avoid
it
,
al●hough
all
his
Friends
were
very
sollicitous
for
his
so
doing
.
In
fine
,
after
having
so
long
resisted
the
wholsom
Advice
of
his
Friends
,
he
was
at
last
alarm'd
without
a
cause
.
Talking
in
his
Bed
with
one
Monsieur
de
Vineuil
,
he
receiv'd
a
Note
from
a
Gentleman
,
who
acquainted
him
,
that
two
Companies
of
the
Guards
were
under
Arms
,
and
going
to
march
towards
the
Fauxbourg
of
St.
Germans
.
This
News
made
him
believe
they
design'd
to
Invest
the
H●stel
of
Conde
,
which
stands
in
that
Suburb
:
Insomuch
that
without
calling
to
mind
that
those
Companies
were
often
employd
to
Guard
the
Gates
,
to
cause
the
Duties
of
Entrance
to
be
paid
,
which
was
the
end
for
which
they
were
commanded
at
that
time
,
he
imagin'd
they
had
a
Design
against
his
Person
.
It
is
certain
that
in
a
Manifesto
which
appear'd
soon
after
to
justifie
his
removal
from
Paris
,
he
d●●clar'd
,
that
besides
the
movement
of
the
Regimen●
of
Guards
,
The
Prince
quits
Paris
to
retire
to
St.
Maur.
two
or
three
hundred
Persons
had
been
observ'd
moving
to
and
fro
that
Night
in
the
said
Suburb
.
All
this
then
being
preceded
by
the
Advices
of
his
particular
Friends
,
he
took
Horse
in
a
hurry
,
and
left
Paris
only
attended
by
seven
〈◊〉
eight
Men.
Being
accompany'd
by
that
inconside●rable
number
,
at
his
going
out
he
was
encountred
by
Two
Hundred
of
Mazarin's
Friends
arm'd
,
who
notwithstanding
durst
not
undertake
any
thing
against
him
,
and
let
him
pass
by
.
He
tarry'd
some
time
in
the
Road
for
News
from
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
to
whom
he
had
sent
Notice
of
what
past
.
But
a
second
pleasant
Alarm
oblig'd
him
to
quit
his
Post.
A
pleasant
Alarm
.
Hearing
the
noise
of
a
great
number
of
Horses
,
which
mov'd
towards
him
on
a
Tro●
,
he
fancy'd
it
was
a
Squadron
in
pursuit
of
him
;
and
therefore
retir'd
towards
Fleuri
near
Meudon
:
However
it
prov'd
that
they
were
only
Haglers
who
travell'd
all
Night
towards
Paris
.
As
soon
as
the
Prince
of
Conty
was
inform'd
that
his
Brother
was
retir'd
from
Paris
,
he
acquainted
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
with
it
,
who
went
to
joyn
the
Prince
;
but
the
Prince
sent
him
back
immediately
to
Paris
,
to
acquaint
the
Duke
of
Orleance
from
him
with
the
subject
of
his
removal
to
St.
Maur.
The
Princess
,
the
Prince
of
Conti
,
and
Madame
de
Longueville
arriv'd
there
almost
as
soon
as
the
Prince
:
The
Prince's
Court
at
St.
Maur.
And
in
the
first
days
that
Court
was
as
considerable
,
and
as
full
of
Persons
of
Quality
as
the
King
's
;
moreover
he
provided
all
manner
of
Divertisements
to
serve
his
Policy
,
as
Balls
,
Plays
,
Gaming
,
Hunting
,
and
good
Chear
,
which
drew
a
world
of
wavering
Persons
thither
,
which
always
offer
themselves
at
the
forming
of
Parties
,
and
commonly
betray
or
forsake
them
,
according
to
●heir
Fears
or
Hopes
.
However
it
was
judg'd
that
this
great
number
of
People
might
break
the
Mea●ures
the
Court
might
have
taken
for
the
Besieging
of
St.
Maur
,
and
that
this
Croud
,
which
on
any
o●her
occasion
would
have
been
useless
and
troublesome
,
would
be
of
use
in
this
,
and
serve
to
give
some
Reputation
to
their
Affairs
.
During
these
Transactions
the
Marshals
of
Gramont
and
of
Villeroy
continually
mov'd
to
and
fro
from
the
Queen
,
to
endeavour
to
accommodate
those
Affairs
.
The
Prince
was
long
before
he
would
admit
them
in
private
,
and
told
them
,
that
there
was
no
Safety
for
him
in
Paris
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
Complaints
.
and
that
he
would
never
find
any
there
while
Mazarin
govern'd
the
Court
,
as
he
did
by
Le
Tellier
,
Servient
,
and
Lionne
.
That
the
Cardinal
did
not
live
at
Breuil
like
an
Exile
,
but
as
an
Oracle
that
was
continually
consulted
against
him
:
That
having
suffer'd
so
hard
,
and
so
unjust
a
Prison
,
he
knew
by
Experience
that
his
Innocence
could
not
protect
him
,
or
establish
his
Safety
,
which
he
hop'd
to
find
in
a
Retreat
,
in
which
he
would
still
preserve
the
same
Sentiments
he
had
so
often
evidenc'd
for
the
benefit
of
the
State
,
and
for
the
King's
Glory
.
The
Prince
had
several
Conferences
with
the
Duke
of
Orleance
upon
the
same
Subject
,
who
was
as
much
displea●ed
as
himself
,
to
find
the
Spirit
and
Maxims
of
Cardinal
Mazarin
Reigning
at
Court
.
The
Parliament
likewise
made
several
Complaints
about
it
,
and
joyn'd
with
their
Highnesses
to
exclude
Le
Tellier
,
Servient
,
and
Lionne
both
from
the
Council
and
Ministry
of
Affairs
,
they
following
the
Cardinal's
Maxims
in
all
things
,
and
doing
nothing
without
his
Orders
:
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
upon
this
retir'd
of
his
own
accord
,
and
the
Queen
having
soon
after
consented
to
the
Exclusion
of
the
two
others
,
the
Prince
came
back
to
Paris
,
The
Prince
returns
to
Paris
.
and
waited
upon
the
King
and
Queen
,
and
no
longer
thought
of
any
thing
but
taking
Possession
of
his
New
Government
of
Guienne
.
But
before
his
departure
from
Paris
,
he
was
desirous
to
shew
the
Sumptuous
Equipage
he
had
prepar'd
for
his
Entry
into
Bourdeaux
.
Therefore
●e
appear'd
in
the
Streets
of
Paris
in
a
Magnificen●
Coach
,
accompany'd
with
the
most
Numerous
,
and
most
Glorious
Attendance
that
had
been
seen
in
France
for
a
long
while
;
after
which
he
went
to
the
Ring
with
the
same
Equipage
,
where
he
met
the
King
and
Queen
accidentally
,
and
in
Circumstances
very
different
from
those
of
the
preceding
Meeting
I
have
mention'd
.
The
King
and
Queen
were
extreamly
surpriz'd
and
disorder'd
to
find
themselves
,
as
it
were
,
alone
amidst
a
croud
of
armed
Men
,
compos'd
of
the
Prince's
Friends
and
Attendance
,
which
fill'd
up
the
Ring
.
The
Queen
was
already
very
much
displeas'd
with
the
Prince
,
for
his
having
ceas'd
to
see
the
King
of
late
,
and
his
being
continually
with
Monsieur
,
and
such
of
the
Parliament
as
were
most
animated
against
the
Cardinal
;
in
so
much
that
she
was
under
great
Apprehensions
at
that
time
.
Moreover
some
Persons
of
the
Court
talk'd
of
it
,
as
if
he
had
really
design'd
to
insult
Their
Majesties
,
which
made
an
end
of
exasperating
them
against
the
Prince
.
The
Duke
of
Orleance
having
notice
of
it
the
next
day
,
endeavour'd
to
pacifie
all
,
and
engag'd
the
Prince
with
great
difficulty
to
go
to
the
Louvre
.
Where
Their
Majesties
receiv'd
him
so
coldly
,
and
with
so
much
indifference
,
that
he
retir'd
in
a
Passion
,
and
protested
publickly
that
he
would
go
there
no
more
.
This
was
done
in
so
high
a
manner
,
that
from
that
moment
People
began
to
believe
the
Report
that
had
been
spread
,
of
the
Prince
of
Conde's
having
an
Intelligence
with
the
Enemies
of
the
State
to
wage
a
War
against
the
King
.
The
first
President
Molé
himself
,
who
was
the
Prince's
Friend
,
complain'd
of
it
in
a
full
House
,
in
so
much
that
he
seem'd
already
to
have
renounc'd
his
Friendship
;
Complaints
of
the
first
President
against
the
Prince
of
Conde
's
Conduct
.
so
much
he
was
a
lover
of
Justice
,
and
had
an
aversion
to
Disloyalty
and
Rebellion
against
his
King
.
And
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
being
at
that
time
in
the
Parliament
,
rising
to
inform
that
President
how
Injurious
that
Suspicion
was
to
the
Prince
his
Brother
,
who
,
as
he
said
,
aim'd
at
nothing
but
the
King's
Glory
,
and
the
Tranquility
of
the
State
;
he
answer'd
him
,
That
he
was
too
Young
to
speak
in
such
a
manner
before
so
August
an
Assembly
,
and
told
him
with
some
sharpness
,
that
he
ought
to
know
that
in
Parliament
the
Princes
of
the
Blood
were
no
more
than
the
bare
Counsellors
.
The
President
Molé
did
not
Complain
without
powerful
Reasons
against
the
Conduct
and
ill
Designs
of
the
Prince
.
Foundation
of
those
Complaints
.
For
besides
divers
other
things
that
were
come
to
his
knowledge
,
the
Prince
,
who
had
only
quitted
St.
Maur
to
return
to
Paris
,
because
he
believ'd
that
this
haughty
,
bold
manner
of
proceeding
would
give
a
Reputation
to
his
Affairs
,
had
at
the
same
time
sent
away
the
Princess
,
the
Duke
D'
Enguien
,
and
Madame
de
Longueville
to
Montrond
,
being
resolv'd
to
follow
soon
after
,
and
to
pass
from
thence
into
Guienne
,
where
they
were
well
dispos'd
to
receive
him
,
and
to
embrace
his
Party
.
He
had
likewise
sent
the
Count
de
Tavanes
to
his
Forces
which
serv'd
in
the
Army
in
Champagne
,
and
had
order'd
that
Count
,
who
at
the
same
time
had
not
much
cause
to
be
contented
with
him
,
to
March
those
Troops
in
a
Body
to
Stenay
as
soon
as
he
should
receive
Orders
from
him
.
He
had
provided
for
his
Garrisons
,
and
had
Two
Hundred
Thousand
Crowns
ready
Money
;
in
a
word
,
he
was
preparing
for
War
.
He
endeavour'd
to
engage
Persons
of
Quality
in
his
Party
,
and
among
the
rest
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
,
and
Marshal
Turenne
.
They
were
both
intimate
Friends
to
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
who
omitted
nothing
to
engage
them
in
the
same
Party
he
was
oblig'd
to
follow
.
The
Duke
of
Bouillon
at
that
time
appear'd
unresolv'd
;
he
was
unwilling
to
undertake
any
thing
without
consulting
his
own
Safety
and
Advantage
,
and
he
was
equally
diffident
of
the
Court
and
Prince
.
He
was
also
willing
to
see
how
things
would
go
,
before
he
would
declare
himself
.
As
for
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
,
Marshal
Turenne
refuses
to
take
the
Prince's
Party
.
he
remain'd
still
firm
to
the
Court
Party
,
and
never
alter'd
since
his
return
from
Stenay
.
He
told
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefouca●lt
,
that
he
never
prais'd
the
Prince
,
or
made
Complaints
against
him
,
to
avoid
Eclaircissements
he
was
unwilling
to
enter
into
.
That
he
had
omitted
nothing
to
contribute
to
the
Prince's
Liberty
;
but
that
at
the
same
time
it
was
his
Opinion
that
his
Engagement
to
him
was
to
end
with
his
Prison
;
and
that
therefore
he
thought
himself
free
to
make
whatever
new
Engagements
he
thought
fit
,
according
to
his
own
Inclinations
,
or
Interest
.
He
added
,
that
the
Prince
had
had
no
consideration
for
him
since
his
being
put
at
Liberty
,
and
that
far
from
consulting
,
or
imparting
his
Designs
to
him
,
he
had
not
only
done
the
contrary
,
but
besides
had
suffer'd
those
very
Troops
that
had
combated
for
him
,
which
did
belong
to
Monsieur
de
Turenne
to
perish
,
rather
than
speak
a
word
to
get
Winter
Quarters
for
them
.
It
appear'd
by
all
this
that
President
Mole
's
Zeal
had
not
been
blind
,
and
that
he
had
a
good
Foundation
for
his
Complaints
.
The
Queen
perceiving
the
first
President
to
be
in
the
state
,
and
in
the
Sentiments
she
desir'd
,
and
that
he
had
spoken
vigorously
against
the
Prince
,
endeavour'd
to
improve
that
favourable
Occasion
to
animate
the
Parliament
against
that
Prince
.
To
that
end
,
she
caused
the
Houses
t●
meet
on
the
17
th
.
of
August
,
and
sent
the
Co●●●
of
Brienne
,
Secretary
of
State
,
thither
,
to
present
them
a
Paper
in
His
Majesty's
Name
,
which
contain'd
nothing
but
Complaints
against
the
Prince
.
Moreover
the
Count
read
it
himself
in
presence
of
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
who
were
in
that
Assembly
.
These
Complaints
were
,
That
whereas
so
many
Decrees
,
which
depriv'd
that
Cardinal
of
all
manner
of
Commerce
in
France
,
the
which
had
been
confirm'd
in
such
a
manner
by
Her
Majesty
,
that
there
was
no
hope
left
for
him
ever
to
pretend
to
return
into
the
Kingdom
,
she
thought
it
very
hard
and
strange
that
notwithstanding
,
that
Minister's
Name
should
serve
for
a
pretence
to
disaffected
Persons
to
continue
their
Revol●
.
That
she
could
no
longer
dissemble
the
Prince's
Ill
Designs
,
who
himself
inclin'd
the
disaffected
to
a
Revolt
,
by
his
publick
want
of
Respect
to
the
King's
Person
,
not
having
seen
him
above
once
,
and
as
it
were
only
out
of
Ceremony
,
in
above
a
Month's
time
since
his
being
in
Paris
.
That
he
continually
spread
Libels
against
the
Government
,
in
order
to
make
the
People
Rise
,
and
to
lead
them
from
their
Allegiance
.
That
he
had
already
laid
in
Stores
,
and
fortify'd
the
Garrisons
that
were
in
his
Power
,
rais'd
Forces
in
the
Provinces
he
had
gain'd
,
and
dispos'd
all
things
so
well
towards
a
Revolt
,
that
the
Factious
only
expected
his
Orders
to
take
Arms.
That
to
that
end
he
had
a
continual
Commerce
at
Br●ssels
with
the
Spaniards
,
and
that
far
from
performing
the
chief
Condition
on
which
he
was
set
at
Liberty
,
which
was
to
remove
the
Garrison
,
the
Enemies
of
the
State
had
plac'd
in
Stenay
,
he
kept
it
still
there
by
their
Advice
,
in
order
still
to
have
that
Post
at
his
Command
during
the
War
he
design'd
to
kindle
in
the
heart
of
France
.
That
the
Forces
he
had
assembled
at
Marle
,
acknowledg'd
no
Superiour
but
his
Highness
,
and
had
no
Discipline
besides
a
cruel
License
of
Pillaging
Picardy
and
Champagne
,
as
an
Enemy's
Country
,
to
the
dishonour
and
prejudice
of
the
King's
Army
,
which
was
daily
observ'd
to
diminish
considerably
by
the
great
number
of
Deserters
,
that
License
brought
over
into
the
Prince's
.
The
Queen
concluded
,
saying
,
that
those
dismal
pressing
Extremities
deserv'd
to
be
taken
into
Consideration
by
the
House
,
in
order
to
apply
proper
Remedies
thereunto
,
by
declaring
themselves
absolutely
against
the
Authors
thereof
;
and
that
if
they
had
still
the
least
Affection
and
Kindness
for
the
King
,
they
could
never
approve
it
better
than
at
that
time
,
now
His
Majesty
was
going
to
enter
into
his
Majority
,
at
which
time
,
according
to
Law
,
they
were
to
give
him
an
Account
of
the
Government
.
After
the
Reading
of
this
Paper
,
a
general
Silence
reign'd
in
the
House
,
none
offering
to
express
their
thoughts
about
it
,
excepting
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
The
Prince
of
Conty
's
Answer
.
who
declar'd
pretty
coldly
,
That
all
this
was
only
a
vain
Artifice
of
his
Brother's
Enemies
,
and
that
he
would
find
means
to
destroy
and
confound
them●
However
at
that
time
there
was
a
great
deal
of
reason
to
fear
the
contrary
,
by
reason
of
the
then
disposition
of
the
Parliament
.
But
an
Incident
interven'd
which
soon
alter'd
the
Dispositions
of
that
August
Assembly
,
which
enabled
the
Prince
happily
to
execute
what
the
Prince
of
Conty
had
so
boldly
advanc'd
in
his
favour
against
the
Complaints
of
the
Court.
And
thus
it
happen'd
.
As
the
Parliament
was
going
to
deliberate
upon
these
Complaints
,
News
was
brought
that
the
Duke
of
Mercoeur
was
privately
retir'd
to
Cologne
to
the
Cardinal
,
Effects
of
the
Iourney
and
Mariage
of
the
Duke
of
Mercoeur
.
and
moreover
that
he
had
marry'd
his
Niece
of
Manciny
,
to
which
the
Queen
had
secretly
given
her
Consent
.
Upon
which
the
Parliament
,
who
together
with
the
Prince
had
already
sufficiently
declar'd
their
dislike
of
the
said
Match
,
express'd
a
great
deal
of
Resentment
against
it
,
and
judg'd
that
his
Highness
was
not
altogether
so
much
to
blame
as
was
imagin'd
,
in
complaining
still
against
Mazarin
after
his
retreat
out
of
France
;
and
look'd
upon
that
Match
as
an
undeniable
Proof
of
the
excessive
Power
wherewith
that
Cardinal
still
rul'd
the
Court.
Therefore
,
The
Prince
looking
upon
this
as
a
very
favourable
Conjuncture
to
clear
himself
from
the
Aspersions
that
had
been
cast
upon
him
,
Monsieur
's
Declaration
.
presented
a
Declaration
to
the
Parliament
,
written
by
the
hand
of
Monsieur
the
King's
Uncle
,
wherein
he
declar'd
,
That
the
Forces
the
Prince
had
at
Marle
,
were
kept
there
by
his
Royal
Highnesses
Approbation
;
That
it
was
by
his
Order
they
tarry'd
there
in
a
Body
,
and
moreover
that
he
had
sent
le
Sieur
Valons
,
to
Command
them
joyntly
with
his
own
,
in
the
room
of
la
Ferté
Sennetterre
,
who
was
a
perfect
Mazarin
.
That
as
to
the
Foreign
Garrison
that
was
in
Stenay
,
he
was
satisfy'd
that
the
Prince
had
us●d
his
utmost
Endeavours
to
remove
them
from
thence
,
either
by
Force
,
or
Composition
.
That
,
in
a
word
,
he
though●
himself
oblig'd
to
Testifie
for
his
Highness
,
that
he
had
ever
known
him
to
be
a
Person
of
an
Upright
,
Generous
Soul
,
entirely
devoted
to
the
King
and
State
.
And
that
therefore
he
declar'd
he
had
not
the
least
hand
in
the
precipitated
Resolution
of
the
Court
to
have
him
Impeach'd
of
High
Treason
,
for
pretended
Correspondencies
with
the
Enemies
of
the
Crown
.
The
Prince
had
no
need
of
any
further
Apology
,
after
this
Declaration
of
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
Lieutenant-General
of
the
Kingdom
,
especially
since
the
Parliament
was
sufficiently
inclin'd
to
believe
him
Innocent
.
Nevertheless
,
the
more
to
confound
his
Enemies
,
and
to
hinder
them
from
doing
of
him
any
prejudice
by
their
Accusations
,
he
added
a
kind
of
Mani●esto
to
his
Royal
Highnesses
Declaration
,
in
Answer
to
all
the
Heads
of
their
Accusations
against
him
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
Manifesto
.
He
declar'd
in
the
said
Manifesto
,
that
he
possess'd
no
other
Estate
in
France
than
what
his
Father
the
late
Prince
of
Conde
had
left
him
.
That
the
Cities
of
Stenay
and
Clermont
had
been
given
him
in
compensation
for
the
Place
of
Lord
Admiral
,
which
was
to
be
his
by
Right
of
Succession
,
after
the
Decease
of
Marshal
de
Breze
his
Father-in-law
.
That
after
having
undergone
an
Imprisonment
of
Thirteen
Months
without
a
Cause
,
his
being
put
at
Liberty
should
not
have
been
call'd
an
Act
of
Grace
,
but
a
piece
of
Justice
.
That
a
Prince
of
the
Blood
,
whose
Father
had
been
declar'd
Head
of
the
Council
by
the
late
King's
Testament
,
could
not
be
excluded
from
it
.
That
it
was
very
well
known
that
he
had
no
Strong
Holds
in
the
Kingdom
to
Second
his
pretended
Designs
of
a
Revolt
;
whereas
Mazarin
was
still
in
possession
of
them
all
by
his
Creatures
.
That
the
Court
was
to
blame
to
envy
those
few
Men
he
had
at
Marle
,
since
France
was
particularly
indebted
to
them
for
the
best
part
of
its
last
Victories
;
and
that
besides
they
were
only
assembled
there
by
his
Royal
Highnesses
Order
,
who
was
the
Absolute
Master
thereof
.
That
the
only
Reason
for
which
he
had
desir'd
the
Court
to
exchange
his
Government
of
Burgundy
for
Guienne
,
was
to
Relieve
that
poor
Province
from
the
Misery
it
was
reduc'd
to
under
the
proud
and
violent
Domination
of
the
Duke
d'
Espernon
,
whose
Excesses
were
but
too
well
known
in
the
World
.
That
if
he
had
reserv'd
any
Places
in
Burgundy
,
it
was
because
they
were
his
,
the
late
Prince
his
Father
having
bought
them
,
by
His
Majesty's
Leave
and
Approbation
;
and
that
for
that
Reason
he
had
a
Right
to
keep
them
,
especially
since
no
others
had
been
given
him
in
exchange
in
Guienne
.
That
it
was
true
,
that
he
had
abstain'd
for
some
time
from
seeing
the
King
,
and
from
assisting
at
the
Council
;
but
that
no
Man
of
Sense
could
blame
him
for
it
,
since
his
most
inveterate
Foes
,
being
most
in
Her
Majesty's
favour
,
he
had
reason
to
suspect
them
,
and
to
avoid
falling
,
for
the
second
time
,
in
the
same
Snare
.
That
since
his
coming
out
of
Prison
,
he
had
been
most
sollicitous
to
drive
the
Spanish
Garrison
out
of
Stenay
●
and
that
that
was
the
only
end
of
all
that
pretended
Commerce
with
the
Enemies
of
the
State
,
which
made
so
much
noise
;
and
that
therefore
it
was
a
shame
to
see
a
Prince
of
the
Blood
,
under
such
a
Pretence
,
pursu'd
as
being
guilty
of
High
Treason
,
and
that
at
the
Queen's
sollicitations
.
That
the
Authors
of
that
outragious
Undertaking
ought
to
be
inform'd
against
,
and
constrain'd
either
to
justifie
their
Calumny
,
or
to
be
prosecuted
according
to
Law
.
That
,
notwithstanding
,
he
submitted
his
Estate
and
Person
to
the
disposal
of
the
Parliament
,
and
to
whatever
they
should
be
pleas'd
to
determine
.
The
Prince
finding
that
this
Paper
had
made
strong
Impressions
in
his
favour
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
demands
Iustice
of
the
Parliament
against
his
Accusers
.
and
that
all
things
tended
to
his
Justification
in
the
Parliament
,
went
thither
himself
,
to
renew
his
Complaints
Viva
Voce
,
and
to
demand
reparation
for
the
enormous
Calumnies
level'd
against
his
Honour
,
pointing
at
the
same
time
at
the
Author
's
thereof
.
He
said
among
several
other
things
whereby
he
design'd
the
Coadjutor
of
Paris
,
that
nothing
could
be
more
odious
than
to
see
Persons
whose
main
business
should
tend
towards
the
maintaining
of
Peace
,
apply
themselves
unfortunately
to
the
disturbing
of
it
,
by
outragious
Falsities
,
which
an
implacable
Hatred
had
made
them
invent
.
The
Coadjutor
justly
applying
that
Discourse
to
himself
,
finding
himself
seconded
by
the
Queen's
Authority
and
Protection
,
rising
at
the
same
time
,
answer'd
,
That
all
he
had
done
was
design'd
for
the
Publick
Good
,
and
what
could
be
expected
from
a
Man
of
Honour
,
whose
Loyalty
was
untainted
;
That
his
Enemies
could
not
accuse
him
of
having
broken
his
Promises
,
and
that
few
Persons
,
at
that
time
,
were
free
from
that
defect
.
I
wonder
,
reply'd
the
Prince
,
who
possess'd
himself
more
in
that
Occasion
than
he
was
wont
to
do
,
that
any
body
should
be
so
bold
in
this
place
,
as
to
dare
to
cope
with
a
Prince
of
the
Blood
,
and
to
contest
with
him
.
I
know
,
Sir
,
reply'd
the
Coadjutor
,
what
is
owing
to
a
Prince
of
the
Blood
like
you
:
But
every
body
is
free
in
this
place
;
in
which
,
none
but
the
King
can
expect
a
perfect
Obedience
.
The
First
President
then
assuming
the
Discourse
,
told
them
,
that
the
Place
in
which
they
were
,
was
not
a
place
of
Quarrel
,
or
Con●estation
,
but
a
place
of
Majesty
:
And
seeing
besides
that
the
whole
Palace
was
fill'd
,
on
the
behalves
of
the
Prince
and
Coadjutor
,
with
armed
Men
,
ready
to
Charge
each
other
,
and
that
even
Swords
glitter'd
on
all
sides
,
he
desir'd
the
Prince
and
the
Coadjutor
to
cause
their
Men
to
retire
,
in
order
to
allow
the
Gentlemen
of
the
House
the
Liberty
of
their
Opinions
.
After
this
,
he
turn'd
towards
the
Prince
,
and
told
him
,
Your
Highness
is
to
shew
by
your
Example
the
Honour
and
Respect
that
is
due
to
this
Assembly
.
The
Prince
yielding
to
that
Advice
,
immediately
sent
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
to
Command
his
People
to
retire
out
of
the
Palace
.
Disorder
in
the
great
Hall
.
The
Coadjutor
at
the
same
time
went
out
of
the
great
Room
to
desire
his
to
retire
also
.
The
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
walk'd
seven
or
eight
steps
behind
him
,
and
was
still
within
the
Usher's
Bar
when
the
Coadjutor
appear'd
in
the
great
Hall
.
At
sight
of
this
Prelate
all
those
of
his
Party
drew
their
Swords
,
and
the
Prince's
Friends
did
the
same
.
Every
one
sided
with
the
Party
he
serv'd
,
and
in
a
moment
both
Troops
joyn'd
within
reach
of
their
Swords
,
and
yet
among
so
many
brave
Men
,
animated
by
such
different
hatreds
,
none
offer'd
to
make
a
Pass
,
or
shoot
off
a
Pistol
.
The
Coadjutor
seeing
so
great
a
Disorder
,
offer'd
to
retire
into
the
great
Room
again
:
but
coming
to
the
Door
which
goes
from
the
Hall
to
the
Usher's
Bar
,
he
found
that
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
had
seiz'd
it
.
However
he
endeavour'd
to
open
it
with
force
:
but
whereas
it
only
open'd
half
,
and
that
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
held
it
,
that
Duke
at
the
instant
the
Coadjutor
was
entring
,
push'd
it
in
such
a
manner
,
that
he
stopt
it
just
as
that
Prelate's
Head
was
pass'd
on
the
side
of
the
Bar
,
and
his
Body
still
in
the
Hall
.
That
occasion
might
have
tempted
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
to
kill
the
greatest
Enemy
of
the
Prince's
Party
,
and
to
Revenge
the
Shame
and
Affront
a
Prince
of
the
Blood
had
just
receiv'd
in
full
Parliament
.
He
contented
himself
however
with
securing
him
,
that
his
Life
might
answer
for
the
Event
of
the
Disorder
.
Thus
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
unwilling
to
commit
an
Act
of
Cruelty
,
and
the
Prince's
Attendants
,
who
at
that
time
were
near
that
Duke
,
being
unresolv'd
in
a
case
of
that
Consequence
,
gave
time
to
Monsieur
de
Champlatreux
,
Son
to
the
first
President
,
to
arrive
,
with
Order
to
dis-engage
the
Coadjutor
,
and
to
draw
him
out
of
the
greatest
peril
,
he
was
ever
expos'd
to
.
This
proceeding
of
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
towards
the
Coadjutor
,
The
Duke
of
Orleance
's
Expedient
.
prov'd
a
new
Subject
of
Hatred
and
Envy
amongst
them
and
their
Friends
,
which
without
doubt
would
have
occasion'd
great
Disorders
,
had
not
the
Duke
of
Orleance
compos'd
all
by
an
Expedient
he
invented
,
which
was
,
That
for
the
future
the
Coadjutor
should
no
longer
assist
at
the
Assemblies
of
the
Parliament
;
and
that
the
Prince
should
only
be
attended
there
by
a
small
number
of
his
ordinary
Attendance
.
During
these
Transactions
the
Queen
perceiving
that
the
Parliament
daily
declar'd
more
and
more
in
favour
of
the
Prince
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
justify'd
.
and
that
she
should
expose
her
Authority
in
vain
in
pursuing
his
Condemnation
any
further
,
on
a
sudden
relinquish'd
her
pursuit
,
and
declar'd
that
she
desir'd
nothing
so
much
as
his
Justification
:
And
some
days
after
it
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
at
her
Majesty's
Intreaty
,
obtain'd
a
Decree
from
the
Court
,
by
which
the
Accusations
,
and
Complaints
exhibited
against
him
,
were
declar'd
false
,
and
without
ground
,
as
having
been
contriv'd
on
purpose
to
animate
the
People
,
and
to
increase
Divisions
.
After
so
many
Obstacles
were
happily
remov'd
,
there
was
reason
to
expect
that
all
things
would
soon
be
reduc'd
to
a
Calm
.
But
the
Storm
soon
rose
again
about
the
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The
Barbons
,
or
people
wearing
long
Beards
.
Barbons
:
Thus
they
call'd
Monsieur
de
Châteauneuf
,
President
Mole
,
and
Monsieur
de
la
Vieville
,
by
reason
of
their
long
Beards
.
Those
three
Old
Men
,
whom
the
Prince
look'd
upon
as
the
Cardinal's
Slaves
,
had
insinuated
themselves
so
far
into
the
Queen's
favour
,
and
had
engag'd
so
far
into
the
Intrigues
of
the
Court
,
since
the
removal
of
Messieurs
de
Servient
,
Le
Tellier
,
and
Lionne
,
that
Monsieur
de
Chateauneuf
was
publickly
design'd
First
Minister
,
President
Mole
Lord-Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
,
in
Monsieur
Seguier's
room
,
from
whom
it
was
to
be
taken
,
and
Monsieur
de
la
Vicville
Super-Intendant
of
the
Exchequer
.
The
Prince
was
so
much
the
more
offended
therea●
,
because
the
first
had
,
as
it
were
,
declar'd
himself
an
Enemy
to
his
House
and
Blood
,
by
the
Sentence
of
Death
he
had
pronounc'd
at
Toulouse
against
the
Duke
of
Montmorancy
;
and
that
it
was
sufficiently
known
that
the
second
was
not
well
inclin'd
towards
him
of
late●
This
perhaps
was
the
justest
subject
of
Anger
and
Indignation
the
Prince
had
yet
met
with
:
But
whatever
Complaints
he
could
make
to
the
Court
about
it
,
A
just
cause
of
Complaint
of
the
Prince
.
they
being
perswaded
that
he
had
been
engag'd
with
the
Spaniards
to
wage
a
War
against
the
King
,
they
were
only
look'd
upon
as
affected
Complaints
,
and
Desires
,
by
which
he
only
propos'd
a
fair
pretence
to
retire
.
In
the
mean
time
the
King's
Majority
was
at
hand
:
The
King's
Majority
.
this
was
the
fourth
of
September
,
and
the
Ceremony
thereof
was
to
be
perform'd
on
the
seventh
.
This
troubled
and
disquieted
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
He
was
sensible
that
this
Majority
was
going
to
render
the
King's
Authority
Absolute
,
and
that
the
King
being
at
Age
,
there
would
be
no
longer
any
Safety
for
him
in
Paris
.
He
also
remembred
that
it
was
no
Novelty
to
see
those
kind
of
Publick
Festivals
and
Solemnities
●ully'd
by
the
most
bloody
,
and
most
daring
Actions
.
But
at
the
same
●ime
he
consider'd
that
he
could
not
absent
himself
from
so
Great
,
and
so
August
a
Ceremony
,
without
despising
too
publickly
the
Rank
he
was
to
have
in
it
,
and
without
confirming
,
and
augmenting
those
very
Suspicions
that
had
been
conceiv'd
against
him
:
Therefore
there
was
a
necessity
at
least
to
find
out
an
apparent
Pretence
to
colour
his
Absence
.
To
that
end
he
made
use
of
one
Prioly
,
a
Venetian
Gentleman
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
will
not
assist
at
the
Ceremony
of
the
King's
Majority
.
to
let
the
Queen
understand
that
he
had
Business
of
great
Moment
to
regulate
with
the
Duke
of
Longueville
,
and
that
it
concern'd
the
Publick
to
have
it
terminated
as
soon
as
could
be
.
This
Gentleman
was
secretly
a
Friend
to
the
Cardinal
,
and
a
Pensionary
to
the
Court
:
He
had
insinuated
himself
into
the
Queen's
Favour
by
his
Wit
,
and
by
several
Services
he
had
rendred
her
on
sundry
Occasions
,
as
well
as
to
the
Cardinal
.
And
therefore
it
was
not
difficult
for
him
to
perswade
Her
Majesty
to
give
her
Consent
to
the
Interview
the
Prince
desir'd
with
the
Duke
of
Longueville
,
who
only
consented
to
it
upon
the
secret
assurance
he
receiv'd
in
Writing
from
Prioly
,
that
thereby
he
would
render
an
acceptable
Service
to
His
Majesty
.
Whereupon
the
Rendezvous
was
immediately
appointed
at
Trie
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
endeavours
to
engage
the
Duke
of
Longueville
in
his
Party
.
The
Prince
of
Conde's
Design
was
not
only
to
have
an
Occasion
to
absent
himself
from
the
Ceremony
of
the
Majority
,
but
also
to
endeavour
to
draw
the
Duke
of
Longueville
in
his
Party
,
and
by
his
means
to
make
all
Normandy
rise
in
his
favour
,
thereby
to
give
his
Party
the
more
Weight
and
Reputation
,
especially
among
strangers
.
That
Duke
,
who
had
only
endeavour'd
to
avoid
that
Interview
out
of
fear
of
so
dangerous
an
Engagement
,
was
resolv'd
not
to
hearken
to
the
Prince's
Propositions
,
and
moreover
to
disuade
him
from
it
as
much
as
possible
he
could
.
And
whereas
Prioly
,
in
whom
both
did
confide
,
only
design'd
to
fortifie
the
Duke
in
his
Resolution
,
in
order
to
discover
the
better
by
his
resistance
,
the
real
Designs
,
and
all
the
Intrigues
of
the
Prince
;
the
Queen
thereby
had
the
Satisfaction
to
see
that
the
Prince's
Cunning
and
Industry
were
employ'd
to
deceive
himself
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
repair'd
to
the
Duke
of
Longueville
at
Trie
on
the
appointed
day
.
But
before
his
departure
,
he
left
a
Letter
with
the
Prince
of
Conty
for
the
King
,
wherein
he
acquainted
His
Majesty
with
the
Reasons
that
hindred
him
from
attending
him
on
the
Day
of
his
Majority
,
and
promis'd
him
an
inviolable
Loyalty
.
The
Day
the
Ceremony
was
perform'd
,
a
little
before
the
King
and
Court
set
●o●ward
towards
the
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*
The
place
where
the
Parliament
Assembles
.
Palais
,
the
Prince
of
Conty
presented
his
Brother's
Letter
to
the
King
.
The
King
receiv'd
that
Letter
with
a
cold
negligent
Air
,
without
saying
any
thing
,
and
hardly
open'd
it
half
,
without
looking
upon
the
Contents
.
While
the
Prince
endeavour'd
at
Trie
to
engage
the
Duke
of
Longueville
in
his
Party
,
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
labou●'d
at
Paris
to
draw
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
,
The
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
endeavours
to
engage
considerable
Persons
in
the
Prince's
Party
.
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
,
the
Prince
of
Tarente
,
and
the
Marquess
de
la
Force
into
the
same
Party
.
In
order
to
conclude
with
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
,
who
offer'd
to
declare
for
the
Prince
,
and
to
prevail
with
his
Brother
the
Marshal
,
and
the
others
above
nam'd
,
to
embrace
the
same
Interests
.
The
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
in
the
Prince's
Name
promis'd
him
the
following
Conditions
.
The
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
Treats
with
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
on
the
Prince's
behalf
.
1.
To
give
him
Stenay
,
with
the
demeans
thereof
,
which
he
should
enjoy
with
the
same
Rights
and
Priviledges
the
Prince
did
,
until
he
had
caus'd
Sedan
to
be
restor'd
to
him
,
or
else
had
put
him
in
possession
of
the
Recompence
the
Court
had
promis'd
him
in
exchange
for
that
place
.
2.
To
yield
his
Pretensions
to
him
upon
the
Dutchy
of
Albret
.
3.
To
cause
him
to
be
receiv'd
into
Bellegarde
with
the
Command
of
that
place
,
and
to
make
no
Treaty
without
causing
the
Article
about
the
Rank
of
his
House
to
be
compris'd
in
it
.
4.
To
furnish
him
a
Sum
of
Money
they
should
agree
upon
,
to
raise
Forces
,
in
order
to
make
War
.
The
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
propos'd
besides
to
send
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
to
Stenay
,
to
Clermont
,
and
Danvilliers
,
there
to
Command
the
Prince's
Old
Troops
,
which
were
to
retire
there
,
the
which
being
joyn'd
to
those
the
Spaniards
were
to
send
thither
from
Flanders
,
Mo●ieur
de
Turenne
should
possess
the
same
Post
,
which
Madame
de
Longueville
and
he
held
while
the
Princes
were
in
Prison
.
he
was
moreover
order'd
by
the
Prince
to
tell
him
next
,
that
he
design'd
to
leave
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
Madame
de
Longueville
,
and
Monsieur
de
Nemours
at
Bourges
and
Montrond
,
there
to
raise
Men
,
and
make
themselves
Masters
of
Berri
,
of
the
Bourbonnois
,
and
part
of
Auvergne
,
while
the
Prince
should
go
to
Bourdeaux
,
where
he
was
call'd
by
the
Parliament
,
and
by
the
People
,
and
where
the
Spaniards
wo●ld
furnish
him
with
Forces
,
Money
,
and
Ships
,
according
to
the
Treaty
the
Marquess
of
Sillery
had
made
with
the
Count
of
Fuensaldaigne
,
to
facilitate
the
Rising
of
the
Forces
he
design'd
to
raise
in
Guienne
.
That
the
Count
of
Doignon
entred
into
his
Party
,
to
which
he
joyn'd
the
Cities
of
Brouage
,
R●
,
Oleron
,
and
Rochel
:
That
the
Duke
of
Richelieu
would
raise
Men
in
Saintonge
,
and
in
the
Country
of
Aunis
;
The
Marquess
de
la
Force
in
Guienne
;
The
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
in
Poitou
and
Angoumois
;
The
Marquess
of
Montespan
in
Gascony
;
Monsieur
d'
Arpagon
in
Rouergue
;
and
that
Monsieur
de
Marsin
,
who
commanded
the
Army
in
Catalonia
,
would
be
grateful
.
So
many
fair
Prospects
fortify'd
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
in
his
Design
of
Engaging
with
the
Prince
;
for
which
he
engag'd
his
Word
to
the
Duke
de
la
Rochfoucault
,
on
the
aforesaid
Conditions
.
Monsieur
de
Longueville
refuses
to
declare
himself
.
As
for
Monsieur
de
Longueville
,
the
Prince
could
not
engage
him
so
far
,
nor
obtain
any
positive
Promise
from
him
,
whether
it
were
that
he
was
unresolv'd
,
or
unwilling
to
enter
into
a
Party
,
he
thought
his
Wife
had
form'd
,
or
finally
,
whether
he
thought
that
being
engag'd
with
the
Prince
,
he
should
be
carry'd
farther
,
than
he
was
us'd
to
go
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
goes
from
Trie
to
Chantilly
.
From
Trie
,
the
Prince
went
to
Chantilly
,
without
going
through
Pontoise
,
though
it
was
his
way
,
for
fear
of
being
watch'd
at
the
passage
;
and
indeed
his
fear
was
well
grounded
,
since
the
Count
d'
Harcourt
and
the
Dutchess
of
Eguillon
,
who
had
an
Absolute
Power
in
those
Parts
,
had
made
Proposals
to
the
Queen
to
seize
him
there
,
and
had
dispos'd
every
thing
in
order
thereunto
.
When
he
was
arriv'd
at
Chantilly
,
he
consider'd
that
the
Dangers
which
threaten'd
him
daily
increas'd
,
and
that
he
could
not
●arry
long
there
in
safety
.
Thus
,
in
order
to
secure
his
Retreat
,
The
Prince's
Retreat
.
and
to
amuse
the
Court
while
he
retir'd
to
Montrond
,
he
caus'd
cunningly
some
Propositions
or
an
Accommodation
to
be
made
to
the
Queen
.
In
the
mean
time
he
remov'd
from
Chantilly
with
some
Troops
of
Horse
;
and
having
●arry'd
one
day
at
Angerville
at
the
President
Perrault's
House
,
he
repair'd
to
Bo●rg●s
,
where
the
Applauses
of
●●e
People
and
Nobility
rais'd
his
Hopes
to
that
degree
,
that
he
imagin'd
the
whole
Kingdom
was
going
to
imitate
their
Example
,
and
decla●e
for
him
.
The
Duke
of
Orleance
,
who
till
then
had
omitted
noth●●g
to
put
a
stop
to
the
secret
Motions
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
Monsieur
dispatches
Crois●y
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
about
an
Accommodation
.
and
to
sti●le
all
his
Designs
of
a
Civil
War
,
by
an
Accommodation
he
endeavour'd
to
manage
for
him
at
the
Court
,
was
strangely
surpriz'd
at
his
sudden
departure
.
He
dispatch'd
Monsieur
de
Croissy
to
him
within
a
few
days
,
to
offer
him
Just
and
Reasonable
Conditions
for
an
Accommodation
,
from
the
Queen
,
for
the
performance
of
which
he
promis'd
to
be
Security
.
Those
Conditions
were
,
That
his
Highness
should
remain
in
full
Liberty
in
his
Government
of
Guienne
,
and
that
his
Forces
,
for
which
he
express'd
so
great
a
Concern
,
should
have
good
Winter
Quarters
,
where
they
should
be
in
safety
,
and
free
from
all
manner
of
Injuries
,
or
Violence
.
Monsieur
de
Croissy
met
the
Prince
at
Bourges
,
who
seeing
himself
so
near
Montrond
,
answer'd
Monsieur
de
Croiss●
,
that
he
could
not
handsomly
accept
Monsieur's
offers
on
the
Queen's
,
and
his
own
behalf
,
withou●
first
conferring
with
the
Prince
of
Conty
his
Brother
,
and
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
his
Sister
about
it
,
who
at
that
time
were
at
Montrond
,
together
with
the
Dukes
of
Nemours
and
de
la
Rochefoucault
.
This
Conference
only
produc'd
a
Refusal
of
the
offers
that
had
been
made
,
and
a
firm
Resolution
of
beginning
a
Civil
War
in
earnest
.
MEMOIRS
OF
THE
Prince
of
Conde
.
BOOK
V.
CRoissy's
Journey
thus
proving
ineffectual
,
the
Prince
continu'd
his
,
and
arriv'd
at
Montrond
,
where
he
was
expected
by
the
Princess
,
and
by
Madame
de
Longueville
.
The
Civil
War
,
extracted
out
of
the
Memoirs
of
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
.
He
remain'd
there
a
day
to
examine
the
place
,
which
he
found
the
finest
,
and
in
the
best
Condition
imaginable
:
That
very
day
he
drew
full
Instructions
to
Treat
with
the
King
of
Spain
,
in
which
his
most
considerable
Friends
were
compris'd
.
Monsieur
L'
Aisne
was
chosen
for
that
Negotiation
.
A●terwards
the
Prince
gave
his
Brother
and
Monsieur
de
Nemour●
Money
to
raise
Men
in
the
adjacent
Provinces
,
leaving
Vineuil
,
Intendant
of
Justice
,
with
them
to
begin
to
raise
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*
La
Taille
,
a
Duty
exacted
by
the
King
.
Contributions
upon
Berri
and
Bourbonnois
.
He
desir'd
them
to
have
a
particular
regard
for
the
City
of
Bourges
,
and
to
maintain
it
in
the
same
disposition
he
had
●e●t
it
.
The
following
day
he
departed
from
Montrond
with
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
at
whose
House
they
call'd
,
where
they
found
abundance
of
Gentry
,
who
follow'd
him
.
He
repai●'d
with
speed
to
Bourdeaux
,
where
the
Princess
,
and
the
Duke
d'
Enguien
soon
arriv'd
after
him
.
He
was
receiv'd
by
all
the
Companies
of
the
City
with
a
great
deal
of
Joy
,
and
it
were
difficult
to
decide
whether
t●ose
fiery
people
,
accustom'd
to
Revol●s
,
were
more
affected
with
the
Grandeur
of
his
Birth
and
Reputation
,
than
with
their
looking
upon
him
as
the
most
Potent
Enemy
the
Duke
d'
Espernon
had
.
He
found
the
Parliament
in
the
same
disposition
,
and
they
issu'd
out
whatever
Decrees
he
desir'd
in
his
Favour
.
Things
being
thu●
happily
begun
,
he
thought
nothing
more
proper
,
than
to
seize
all
the
King's
Revenues
in
Bourdeaux
,
and
to
employ
that
Money
in
raising
of
Men
speedily
,
supposing
that
the
Court
would
immediately
March
towards
him
,
with
whatever
Forces
they
had
,
in
order
not
to
allow
him
time
to
draw
his
in
a
Body
.
For
that
reason
,
he
distributed
his
Money
to
all
those
who
were
engag'd
with
him
,
and
press'd
them
so
much
to
make
their
Levies
,
that
his
Precipitation
serv'd
them
for
a
pretence
to
make
ill
ones
.
Within
a
few
days
after
his
Arrival
,
the
Count
du
Doignon
came
to
him
,
and
openly
declar'd
for
his
Party
;
The
Duke
of
Richelieu
,
and
the
Marquess
de
la
Force
did
the
same
,
and
the
Prince
of
Tarente
,
who
was
come
to
Taillebourg
,
sent
him
word
that
he
likewise
enter'd
into
his
Party
.
Monsieur
d'
Arpajou
was
more
difficult
to
be
wrought
,
and
he
made
use
of
the
same
Conduct
on
this
Occasion
,
for
which
he
had
already
been
rewarded
during
the
Princes
Imprisonment
;
He
demanded
Conditions
which
could
not
be
granted
,
and
treated
with
the
Court
,
when
he
found
that
the
Affairs
of
the
Prince
were
decaying
.
During
these
Transactions
,
the
Duke
de
la
Rochef●●cault
gave
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
an
Account
of
●ha●
had
past
at
the
Parliament
of
Bourdeaux
,
and
told
him
at
the
same
time
,
that
the
Conditions
he
●●d
de●●r'd
being
perform'd
,
the
execution
of
his
Promises
was
expected
.
This
Duke
,
for
a
considerable
time
,
avoided
the
giving
a
positive
Answer
,
being
desirous
,
at
once
,
to
keep
in
with
the
Court
,
which
made
him
great
Advances
,
and
not
to
break
with
the
Prince
,
of
whom
he
might
stand
in
need
.
He
likewise
saw
,
that
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
whose
Interests
he
once
thought
inseparable
from
his
,
refus'd
to
joyn
with
the
Prince
;
That
the
Prince
of
Tarente
had
embrac'd
that
Party
without
him
,
and
that
the
Marquess
de
la
Force
remain'd
united
to
Monsie●r
de
Turenne
.
He
consider'd
,
moreover
,
that
neither
being
follow'd
by
his
Brother
,
nor
by
the
others
I
have
mention'd
,
according
to
his
Engagement
with
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
there
would
not
be
so
much
safety
for
him
in
the
Party
he
was
going
to
embrace
;
and
that
the
Prince
would
express
no
more
Gratitude
for
what
Monsieur
de
Turenne
and
he
would
do
for
the
future
,
than
for
what
they
had
already
done
.
He
likewise
found
that
there
would
be
a
necessity
of
making
a
new
Treaty
with
the
Prince
,
less
advantageous
for
him
than
that
they
had
already
agreed
upon
.
In
fine
,
all
these
Reasons
joyn'd
to
the
Promises
he
receiv'd
from
the
Court
,
and
seconded
by
all
the
Industry
of
his
Dutchess
,
who
had
a
great
Influence
over
him
,
hindred
him
from
following
his
first
Design
,
and
from
declaring
for
the
Prince
:
But
then
,
in
order
to
get
off
handsomly
,
he
turn'd
Mediator
for
an
Accommodation
between
him
and
the
Court.
After
having
had
some
particular
Confer●nces
with
the
Queen
upon
that
Subject
,
he
sent
back
Gourville
,
who
h●d
been
dispatch'd
to
him
from
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
to
offer
the
Prince
whatever
he
had
demanded
for
himself
,
and
for
his
Friends
,
together
with
the
disposal
of
the
Government
of
Bla●e
,
without
requiring
any
other
Conditions
on
his
side
,
than
those
Servient
and
de
Lionne
had
demanded
in
the
first
Project
of
the
Treaty
,
which
was
made
at
Paris
,
at
his
coming
out
of
Prison
.
Moreover
,
Monsieur
de
Chateauneuf
offer'd
other
Propositions
of
Accommodation
by
the
said
Gourville
,
but
whereas
they
tended
to
hinder
the
Cardinal's
Return
,
his
Offers
could
not
equal
those
the
Queen
had
made
him
by
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
.
He
only
offer'd
to
remain
inseparably
united
to
the
Prince
after
the
Cardinal's
overthrow
,
and
to
allow
him
whatever
share
he
should
desire
in
the
Government
of
Affairs
.
The
Court
offer'd
besides
to
consent
to
an
Interview
between
him
and
the
Duke
of
Orleance
at
Richelieu
,
there
to
Examine
together
the
Conditions
of
a
sincere
Peace
,
whereunto
the
Court
seem'd
to
be
sincerely
inclin'd
.
But
it
was
the
Misfortune
of
France
,
and
his
own
,
that
he
refus'd
to
hearken
to
so
many
Advantageous
Proffers
,
being
vex●d
that
the
Queen's
offers
should
be
made
by
the
Duke
of
Bouillon's
means
,
by
reason
that
he
had
expected
that
the
said
Duke
and
his
Brother
would
be
very
considerable
to
his
Party
,
being
sensible
that
none
could
maintain
the
Posts
of
Bellegarde
and
Stenay
like
them
;
and
that
besides
the
old
Troops
he
had
left
there
to
be
Commanded
by
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
,
thereby
remain'd
useless
,
and
were
in
danger
of
being
dissipated
or
defeated
.
He
consider'd
besides
that
the
Measures
he
had
taken
with
the
Spaniards
towards
Champain
would
be
of
no
effect
,
and
that
neither
his
own
Troops
,
nor
the
Spaniards
should
be
able
to
find
out
a
Chief
to
fill
up
that
Post
,
with
that
Esteem
the
World
had
for
Monsieur
de
Turenne
.
All
these
Reasons
touch'd
the
Prince
sensibly
,
and
tho'
he
endeavour'd
to
conceal
his
Resentments
,
he
could
not
forbear
answering
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
pretty
smartly
;
That
it
was
not
Honourable
to
hearken
to
Propositions
one
had
no
mind
to
effectuate
:
That
he
should
declare
himself
according
to
his
Promise
;
That
Monsieur
de
Turenne
should
repair
at
the
Head
of
the
Forces
that
were
gone
to
Stenay
,
and
that
then
he
would
be
in
a
condition
to
hearken
to
the
offers
of
the
Court
,
and
to
make
an
Honourable
Treaty
.
Gourville
was
sent
back
with
the
said
Answer
,
and
order'd
to
acquaint
the
Duke
of
Orleance
with
the
Reasons
for
which
he
refus'd
an
Interview
at
Richelieu
.
The
chief
were
,
That
the
aim
of
the
said
Conference
was
not
to
make
a
Peace
,
but
only
to
hinder
him
from
making
War
:
That
while
the
whole
Kingdom
was
at
the
point
of
Declaring
against
the
Court
,
and
the
Spaniards
were
preparing
considerable
Succours
of
Men
,
Money
,
and
Ships
,
endeavours
were
us'd
to
engage
him
upon
a
Publick
Negotiation
,
the
very
tumour
of
which
would
hinder
his
Levies
,
and
debauch
all
those
from
him
,
which
were
going
to
embrace
his
Party
.
Besides
these
general
Reasons
,
there
were
more
particular
ones
,
which
did
not
permit
him
to
trust
his
Interests
in
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
hands
,
being
jealous
of
his
strict
Engagements
with
the
Coadjutor
of
Paris
,
his
declar'd
Enemy
,
as
well
as
that
Prelate's
with
the
Court
,
which
had
newly
promis'd
him
a
Cardinal's
Cap.
This
Incident
put
him
upon
a
very
strange
Resolution
;
for
finding
that
the
Coadjutor
,
either
out
of
Interest
,
or
Pride
,
affected
to
cross
him
continually
,
he
form'd
the
Design
of
seizing
him
in
Paris
.
Whatever
difficulty
this
Enterprize
seem'd
to
be
attended
with
,
Gourville
undertook
it
,
after
having
receiv'd
the
Princes
Order
for
it
in
Writing
;
and
the
Coadjutor
had
certainly
been
taken
one
Evening
he
went
to
the
Hostel
of
Chevreuse
had
he
come
back
in
his
own
Coach
;
but
having
discharg'd
it
,
together
with
his
Attendance
,
the
Coach
that
carry'd
him
home
again
could
not
be
distinguish'd
with
certainty
;
in
so
much
that
the
Business
was
put
off
for
some
days
,
and
afterwards
discover'd
;
those
that
are
employ'd
on
such
Occasions
,
having
seldom
Discretion
enough
to
rest
satisfy'd
with
the
knowledge
one
thinks
fit
to
give
them
,
or
Fidelity
and
Secresie
enough
to
put
it
safely
in
Execution
.
Thus
all
things
were
dispos'd
for
War
on
all
sides
.
Monsieur
de
Chateauneuf
,
who
at
that
time
was
Head
,
or
President
of
the
Council
,
had
caus'd
the
Cou●t
to
repair
to
Bourges
,
where
the
King's
Presence
instantly
restor'd
that
City
to
its
former
Obedience
:
At
the
Report
of
those
happy
beginnings
,
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
Madame
de
Longueville
,
and
Monsieur
de
Nemours
were
oblig'd
to
quit
Montrond
,
with
their
Forces
,
to
retire
into
Guienne
.
They
left
the
Chevalier
de
Riviere
expiring
;
he
dy'd
the
same
day
,
regretted
by
all
those
who
knew
him
,
for
besides
his
being
possess'd
of
all
the
Qualifications
requir'd
in
a
compleat
Gentleman
,
few
Persons
of
his
Age
have
given
so
many
proofs
of
Conduct
,
Fidelity
,
and
Generosity
,
being
free
from
all
Self-Interest
,
as
he
had
done
in
so
many
hazardous
Enterprizes
in
which
he
had
been
employ'd
.
The
Marquess
de
Pergan
remain'd
Governour
of
that
place
,
which
was
block'd
up
by
a
small
Body
lodg'd
at
St.
Amand
,
of
which
Palluau
was
Lieutenant-General
.
The
Court
was
come
as
far
as
Poitiers
,
and
Monsieur
de
Chateauneuf
insisted
to
remove
it
to
Angoulesme
,
considering
that
since
the
War
was
only
grounded
upon
the
p●etence
of
the
Cardinal's
Return
,
it
was
necessary
to
improve
his
Absence
,
and
that
it
was
sufficient
for
the
Interest
of
the
State
,
and
yet
more
for
his
own
in
particular
,
to
continue
his
said
Absence
.
He
likewise
insisted
that
the
King's
Presence
was
a
powerful
Motive
to
keep
the
people
in
awe
at
the
Birth
of
these
Disorders
;
That
in
drawing
near
the
Prince
,
who
was
neither
certain
of
Guienne
,
nor
of
the
Parliament
of
Bourdeaux
,
his
Designs
might
easily
be
dissipated
,
whereas
on
the
contrary
they
would
be
strengthen'd
by
the
absence
of
the
Court
.
But
th●se
Counsels
of
Chateauneuf
rais'd
too
much
Jealousie
in
the
Cardinal's
Friends
,
to
be
follow'd
at
Poitiers
,
without
having
first
been
examin'd
at
Cologne
:
And
whereas
they
were
forc'd
to
tarry
for
his
Orders
,
their
delays
and
diversity
caus'd
continual
Irresolutions
,
and
kept
the
Court
incertain
at
Poitiers
until
his
Return
,
which
follow'd
soon
after
.
On
the
other
hand
the
Baron
of
Batteville
was
arriv'd
in
the
River
of
Bourdeaux
with
the
Spanish
Fleet
,
composd
of
Eight
Men
of
War
,
and
some
Fire-ships
.
He
fortify'd
Talmond
,
where
there
was
a
Body
of
foot
of
1500
Men.
The
City
of
Saintes
had
surrender'd
it self
without
Resistance
,
Taillebourg
,
which
has
a
Port
upon
the
Charante
,
was
pretty
well
fortify'd
,
and
the
Prince
was
Master
of
the
River
as
far
as
Angoulesme
,
excepting
Coignac
.
The
Count
of
Ionsac
,
the
King's
Lieutenant
in
Saintonge
,
and
Governour
of
Coignac
,
was
there
in
Person
,
to
the
end
that
place
might
serve
him
to
make
his
Conditions
the
better
in
the
Party
he
should
embrace
,
being
as
yet
unresolv'd
.
In
this
irresolution
he
began
a
Commerce
of
Letters
with
the
Prince
,
and
writ
enough
to
him
,
to
make
him
believe
,
that
he
only
design'd
to
save
Appearances
,
and
that
he
wou●d
deliver
it
into
his
hands
at
the
approach
of
a
Siege
.
This
hope
,
rather
than
the
state
of
the
Prince's
Forces
,
which
at
that
time
were
very
inconsiderable
,
made
him
resolve
upon
Marching
towards
Coignac
.
He
was
sensible
that
the
success
of
his
Enterprizes
depended
upon
the
Reputation
of
his
Arms
;
but
at
the
same
time
he
likewise
knew
that
wanting
Forces
,
and
all
things
necessary
to
form
a
Siege
,
this
was
the
only
one
he
could
pretend
to
succeed
in
.
So
that
grounding
all
his
hopes
upon
that
Governour
,
he
caus'd
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
to
go
from
Bourdeaux
,
to
Assemble
whatever
Forces
he
had
on
Foot
,
which
only
amounted
in
all
to
three
Regiments
of
Foot
,
and
Three
Hundred
Horse
,
and
to
Invest
Coignac
,
where
the
Prince
of
Tarente
was
to
repair
with
what
Forces
he
had
.
The
Report
of
their
March
being
spread
in
the
Country
,
whatever
could
be
remov'd
out
of
the
Fields
,
was
carry'd
into
Coignac
,
and
abundance
of
the
Nobility
retir'd
there
also
,
to
express
their
Zeal
for
the
King's
Service
,
and
chiefly
to
Guard
themselves
what
they
had
caused
to
be
transported
there
.
This
considerable
number
of
Gentlemen
easily
kept
the
Inhabitants
in
awe
,
and
made
them
resolve
to
shut
up
their
Gates
,
in
hopes
of
being
soon
reliev'd
by
Count
d'
Harcourt
,
General
of
the
King's
Forces
,
who
was
advancing
towards
them
.
And
whereas
they
had
but
little
Confidence
in
the
Count
of
Ionsac
,
whom
they
equally
suspected
of
Weakness
,
and
of
being
gain'd
by
the
Prince
,
they
watch'd
him
so
narrowly
,
that
one
may
say
,
that
he
resolv'd
to
defend
the
place
,
because
the
Power
of
Surrendring
it
was
taken
from
him
.
This
was
the
only
thing
in
which
the
Gentry
shew'd
any
Vigour
,
for
during
Eight
days
that
the
Prince's
Men
tarry'd
before
Coignac
,
without
Arms
,
without
Ammunition
,
without
Officers
,
and
without
Discipline
,
being
at
the
same
time
fatigu'd
by
continual
Rains
,
which
broke
the
Bridge
of
Boats
they
had
made
over
the
Charante
,
for
the
Communication
of
Quarters
;
those
within
never
made
the
least
use
of
those
Disorders
,
and
kept
close
within
the
Town
with
the
Inhabitants
,
only
firing
from
behind
the
Walls
.
However
the
Prince
being
inform'd
that
the
Town
was
upon
the
point
of
Surrendring
,
departed
from
Bourdeaux
,
and
came
to
the
Camp
,
with
the
Duke
of
Nemours
.
The
day
after
his
Arrival
,
the
Count
d'
Harcourt
receiving
Intelligence
that
the
Bridge
of
Boats
was
broken
,
and
that
Major-General
Nort
was
retrench'd
in
a
Suburb
on
the
other
side
of
the
River
with
500
Men
,
without
any
possibility
of
being
succour'd
,
march'd
against
him
with
2000
Foot
,
compos'd
of
the
French
and
Suitz
Guards
,
and
with
the
King's
Gendarmes
,
Chevanx-Legers
,
and
Guards
,
and
some
Gentry
.
He
forc'd
Nort's
Quarter
without
hardly
meeting
any
resistance
,
and
thus
reliev'd
Coignac
to
the
Prince's
Face
,
who
was
lodg'd
on
the
other
side
of
the
River
.
Count
d'
Harcourt
was
satisfy'd
with
having
Reliev'd
the
place
,
and
suffer'd
the
Prince
to
retire
without
following
of
him
.
Notwithstanding
this
Success
was
not
very
considerable
in
it self
,
yet
it
increas'd
Count
d'
Harcourt's
Hopes
,
and
gave
a
Reputation
to
his
Arms.
Nay
,
moreover
he
judg'd
himself
in
a
condition
to
make
some
Progresses
,
and
knowing
that
the
Marquess
d'
Estissac
had
reduc'd
Rochel
to
its
former
Obedience
,
excepting
the
Towers
,
which
shut
the
Port
,
he
resolv'd
to
march
thither
,
relying
upon
the
good-will
of
the
Inhabitants
,
and
their
hatred
to
Count
du
Doignon
their
Governour
.
He
had
caus'd
those
Towers
to
be
fortify'd
,
and
kept
a
Gar●ison
of
Switzers
in
them
,
being
diffident
almost
of
every
body
,
and
expecting
to
find
more
Fidelity
among
that
Nation
,
than
in
his
own
.
But
the
sequel
soon
made
him
sensible
that
he
had
taken
●alse
Measures
;
for
Fear
and
Interest
,
which
are
as
powerful
over
those
People
as
over
others
,
gave
the
Switz
a
pretence
for
doing
yet
more
than
he
had
fear'd
from
the
French
.
It
is
most
certain
that
this
Diffidence
of
the
Count
du
Doignon
prov'd
the
Ruin
of
the
Prince's
Party
,
who
otherwise
would
at
first
have
march'd
with
all
his
Forces
to
Rochel
,
to
re-build
its
Ancient
Fortifications
,
there
to
fi●
the
Seat
of
the
War
,
with
all
the
Convenience
that
such
a
Situation
could
afford
him
:
Whereas
in
order
to
sooth
the
Jealous
uncertain
Temper
of
that
Man
,
he
was
forc'd
to
remain
useless
at
Tonay-Charante
,
and
to
suffer
Rochel
to
be
lost
,
without
so
much
as
daring
to
propose
the
Relief
thereof
.
I
must
confess
that
the
small
Resistance
the
Garrison
of
the
Towers
made
,
hardly
afforded
him
time
enough
to
form
the
Design
of
it
:
For
Count
d'
Harcourt
being
arriv'd
with
his
Forces
at
Rochel
,
and
assisted
by
the
Marquess
d'
Estissac
,
lately
invested
with
the
Count
du
Doignon's
Governments
,
he
found
●he
Inhabitants
dispos'd
to
afford
him
all
the
Assistance
he
could
expect
from
them
.
However
the
Towers
might
have
held
out
some
time
,
had
the
Switzers
prov'd
as
brave
and
faithful
,
as
that
Count
had
expected
.
But
instead
of
answering
his
Expectation
,
they
resolv'd
to
Redeem
themselves
by
a
piece
of
Treachery
,
and
after
a
Resistance
of
three
days
,
Count
d'
Harcourt
having
sent
them
word
,
that
he
would
allow
them
no
Quarter
unless
they
stab'd
Basse
their
Commandant
,
they
made
no
scruple
of
executing
this
horrid
Order
:
But
Basse
expecting
to
meet
more
Compassion
from
Count
d'
Harcourt
,
than
from
his
own
Men
,
flung
himself
wounded
as
he
was
from
the
top
of
the
Towers
into
the
Port
,
where
that
General
caus'd
him
to
be
dispa●ch'd
in
his
presence
,
without
being
mov'd
either
by
the
Officers
Entreaties
,
who
beg'd
his
Life
,
nor
by
so
pitiful
a
Spectacle
.
The
loss
of
that
place
prov'd
very
prejudicial
to
the
Reputation
of
the
Prince's
Arms
,
for
it
was
imputed
to
his
being
diffident
of
his
Forces
,
whereas
it
only
proceeded
from
his
regard
to
the
Jealousie
of
the
Count
du
Doignon
.
He
was
sensibly
concern'd
at
the
News
of
it
,
and
imagining
that
all
the
other
Garrisons
would
follow
that
Example
,
h●
re●i●'d
to
Bro●age
,
where
he
remain'd
altogether
〈…〉
had
made
his
Treaty
with
the
Court
,
whi●●
apparently
he
has
had
cause
to
repent
.
Co●●t
d'
Harcourt
being
encourag'd
by
these
good
Successes
,
and
strengthen'd
by
●ome
Forces
,
th●t
h●d
joyn'd
his
Army
,
resolv'd
to
march
up
to
the
Prince
,
who
was
at
Tonay-Charante
.
But
the
Prince
judging
by
the
Number
,
and
the
want
of
Discipline
of
his
Forces
,
that
he
was
much
inferiour
to
the
King's
Army
,
did
not
think
it
fit
to
expect
it
in
that
place
,
and
therefore
crossing
the
River
in
the
Night
upon
a
Bridge
of
Boats
,
he
reti●'d
to
la
Bergerie
,
which
is
not
above
half
a
League
distant
from
Tonay-Charante
.
The
Enemies
contenting
themselves
with
having
defeated
two
Squadrons
the
day
before
,
allow'd
him
all
the
time
that
was
necessary
to
blow
up
the
Tower
of
Tonay-C●arante
,
and
to
retire
to
〈◊〉
Bergerie
without
attacking
of
him
.
Count
d'
●arcourt
at
that
time
lost
a
fair
occasion
of
falling
upon
his
Rear
,
when
he
was
half
over
.
The
very
same
day
he
met
with
a
faire●
yet
,
which
he
had
not
the
wit
to
improve
;
for
the
Prince
confiding
absolutely
on
a
Major-General
,
who
was
commanded
by
him
to
burn
,
or
break
the
Bridge
of
Boats
,
on
that
assurance
,
posted
his
Men
in
divers
Quarters
,
some
being
a
League
and
a
half
distant
from
his
own
,
without
fear
of
a
surprize
,
the
River
lying
between
him
and
the
Enemy
.
But
this
Officer
only
loosen'd
the
Boats
,
and
let
them
float
down
the
stream
of
the
River
;
in
so
much
that
Count
d'
Harcourt's
Men
having
stopt
them
,
the
Bridge
was
re-built
in
an
hours
time
,
and
he
caus'd
Three
Hundred
Horse
,
and
some
Foot
to
cross
over
it
to
guard
the
head
of
the
said
Bridge
.
This
News
being
brought
to
the
Prince
at
La
Bergerie
,
he
concluded
that
Count
d'
Harcourt
would
march
into
the
middle
of
his
Quarters
,
in
order
to
destroy
them
one
after
another
,
as
in
Prudence
he
ought
to
have
done
.
This
oblig'd
him
to
dispatch
Orders
to
his
Fo●ces
to
quit
their
Quarters
,
and
to
repair
instantly
to
La
Bergerie
,
and
immediately
he
march'd
himsel●
towards
Tonay-Charante
with
the
Dukes
of
Nemours
and
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
his
Guards
,
and
whatever
Officers
and
Voluntiers
happen'd
to
be
about
him
at
that
time
,
to
discover
the
Designs
of
the
Enemies
,
in
order
to
amuse
them
,
until
those
of
his
Men
which
were
most
distant
from
him
,
were
come
up
to
him
.
He
found
the
Advice
that
had
been
given
him
to
be
true
,
and
the
Three
Hundred
Horse
were
in
Battalia
in
the
Meadow
next
to
the
River
:
But
at
the
same
time
he
found
the
Enemies
had
not
bethought
themselves
of
what
he
fear'd
,
or
had
lost
the
Opportunity
of
putting
it
in
execution
,
since
that
not
being
pass'd
while
they
could
do
it
without
hindrance
,
there
was
no
likelyhood
they
would
attempt
it
in
his
Presence
.
Some
Skirmishes
past
for
some
time
without
any
considerable
loss
on
either
side
;
and
his
Infantry
being
arriv'd
,
he
caus'd
a
long
Retrenchment
to
be
made
over
against
the
Bridge
,
leaving
the
Meadow
and
the
River
between
Count
d'
Harcourt
and
him
.
The
two
Armies
remain'd
above
three
Weeks
in
the
same
place
,
without
undertaking
any
thing
,
contenting
themselves
with
living
in
a
Fertil
Country
,
where
all
things
were
plenty
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Duke
of
Bouillon's
delays
,
and
all
his
Conduct
convinc'd
the
Prince
,
that
he
was
no
longer
to
expect
any
thing
from
him
,
or
from
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
and
for
that
Reason
he
exclaim'd
and
acted
against
them
with
all
the
Passion
imaginable
,
altho'
their
Engagements
had
been
different
.
For
it
is
most
certain
that
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
had
made
an
Agreement
with
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
and
afterwards
with
Monsieur
Laisné
,
upon
the
Conditions
heretofore
related
.
Mon●ie●r
de
Turenne
on
the
contrary
,
had
entirely
●●●ndon'd
the
Prince's
Inte●ests
from
the
very
moment
he
came
out
of
Prison
,
and
as
he
has
decla●'d
s●nce
,
was
absolutely
ignorant
of
the
Duke
of
〈◊〉
's
Engagements
.
The
Prince
being
under
the
necessity
of
sending
〈◊〉
body
without
delay
to
●ill
up
the
Post
he
〈◊〉
design'd
for
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
cast
his
Eyes
upon
the
Duke
of
Nemours
,
whose
Birth
and
great
●●●our
might
in
some
m●nner
stand
instead
of
Monsi●ur
de
Turenne's
Capacity
.
He
dispatch'd
him
●mmediately
for
Flanders
,
but
he
not
being
able
to
s●pport
the
Inconveniencies
of
the
Sea
,
was
con●●●●in'd
to
go
by
Land
,
with
a
great
deal
of
danger
,
and
loss
of
time
,
by
reason
of
the
Forces
which
brought
back
the
Cardinal
into
France
.
He
likewise
sent
the
Dake
de
la
Rochefoucault
back
to
Bo●rdeaux
,
to
dispose
the
Prince
of
Conty
to
go
to
Ag●n
to
confirm
the
Peoples
Minds
,
which
began
to
waver
upon
the
new
Progress
of
the
King
's
Arms.
He
likewise
engag'd
him
to
make
a
Proposition
to
the
Parliament
of
Bourdeaux
,
to
consent
to
the
putting
of
the
Baron
of
Batteville
and
the
Spaniards
in
possession
of
the
City
and
Castle
of
Bourg
,
which
they
offer'd
to
Fortifie
.
During
these
Transactions
,
Fontrailles
was
sent
from
the
Duke
of
Orleance
to
the
Prince
,
to
see
the
state
of
his
Affairs
,
and
to
inform
him
,
that
the
Parl●ament
of
Paris
was
ready
to
joyn
with
his
Royal
Higness
to
oppose
Cardin●l
Mazarin's
return
;
and
that
his
said
Highness
was
desirous
to
Act
joyn●ly
with
him
in
that
Affair
.
Fontrailles
likewise
propos'd
to
him
a
Reconciliation
with
the
●oadjutor
,
saying
,
that
the
Duke
of
Orleance
de●ir'd
it
earnestly
.
The
Prince
made
no
positive
Answer
to
that
Article
,
whether
it
were
that
he
could
take
no
certain
Measure
with
the
Coadjutor
,
or
whether
he
thought
that
those
he
should
take
would
not
be
approv'd
by
Madame
de
Longuevill●
and
by
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
to
whom
〈◊〉
had
made
a
Promise
never
to
be
reconcil'd
to
th●
Coadjutor
without
their
Approbation
.
Howeve●
he
told
Fontrailles
,
that
he
would
do
what
the
Duk●
of
Orleance
desird
when
those
Affairs
should
b●
somewhat
riper
,
and
when
that
Reconcilia●io●
might
be
of
use
for
the
Common
Good
of
th●
Party
.
At
this
very
time
Count
Marsin
joyn'd
the
Princ●
at
La
Bergerie
,
and
brought
along
with
him
a
Thou●sand
Foot
,
and
Three
Hundred
Horse
of
the
bes●
Forces
he
had
in
the
Army
of
Catalonia
,
which
h●
commanded
.
Many
have
blam'd
this
Action
,
and
look'd
upon
it
as
a
piece
of
Treason
:
For
my
part
,
without
taking
upon
me
to
condemn
,
or
defend
it
,
I
shall
barely
relate
,
that
Marsin
having
long
been
devoted
to
the
Prince's
Service
,
had
receiv'd
the
Government
of
Bellegarde
(
which
place
belong●d
to
him
)
from
him
,
and
that
afterwards
he
had
not
only
protected
him
in
the
Service
,
but
by
his
Credit
he
had
obtain'd
the
Vice-Roy-ship
of
Catal●nia
,
and
the
Government
of
Tortose
for
him
,
in
which
he
serv'd
the
King
with
great
Loyalty
,
and
good
Fortune
.
And
when
the
Prince
was
made
a
Prisoner
,
Marsin
,
who
was
taken
up
at
the
same
time
,
was
tax'd
with
no
other
Crime
than
being
his
Creature
.
Nay
more
,
his
Government
of
Tortose
being
given
to
Launay
Gringelinere
,
he
suffer'd
it
to
be
taken
soon
after
.
Marsin's
Confinement
lasted
as
long
as
the
Prince's
,
and
after
his
being
put
at
Liberty
,
he
remain'd
some
time
without
any
Employment
:
But
the
Affairs
of
Catalonia
being
in
an
ill
Posture
,
and
the
Court
being
at
a
loss
to
find
a
Person
capable
to
redress
them
,
Marsin
was
propos'd
for
the
second
time
by
the
Prince
,
and
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
made
the
overture
of
it
to
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
,
without
Marsin's
solliciting
in
the
least
for
〈◊〉
It
was
impossible
for
him
to
defer
his
Journey
●nto
Catalonia
,
to
expect
the
issue
of
the
doubtful
things
that
pass'd
at
the
Court
,
which
were
more
likely
to
be
decided
by
an
Accommodation
,
than
by
a
Civil
War
.
Therefore
he
set
forward
towards
his
new
Employment
,
for
which
he
was
solely
oblig'd
to
the
Prince
,
who
had
likewise
lately
given
him
the
Government
of
Stenay
,
which
was
vacant
by
the
Death
of
la
Moussaie
.
So
that
this
Action
of
Marsin
may
bear
two
very
different
Constru●tions
:
Those
who
will
consider
him
abandoning
●
Province
the
King
had
entrusted
him
with
,
will
find
him
very
disloyal
;
and
those
who
will
look
upon
him
running
after
most
pressing
,
and
almost
indispensible
Obligations
,
will
believe
him
a
very
worthy
Gentleman
.
Few
Persons
of
sense
will
dare
to
say
that
he
is
Guilty
,
or
declare
him
Innocent
.
In
fine
,
both
those
that
are
against
him
,
and
those
that
favour
him
,
will
agree
in
pitying
of
him
;
the
one
,
for
a
Fault
he
was
necessitated
to
commit
;
the
others
,
for
having
acquitted
himself
of
what
he
ow'd
,
by
a
fault
.
The
Court
was
at
that
time
at
Poitiers
,
as
I
have
said
,
and
Monsieur
de
Chateauneuf
possess'd
in
appearance
the
first
Place
in
Affairs
,
altho'
the
Cardinal
still
possess'd
it
in
Effect
.
Nevertheless
this
Old
Man's
firm
,
decisive
,
familiar
way
of
proceeding
directly
opposite
to
the
Cardinal
's
,
began
to
give
a
relish
to
his
Ministry
,
and
even
began
to
please
the
Queen
.
The
Cardinal
was
too
well
inform'd
thereof
to
suffer
him
to
gain
any
more
ground
;
and
it
is
very
probable
that
he
judg'd
his
return
absolutely
necessary
to
remedy
the
Evil
he
dreaded
in
his
own
particular
,
since
otherwise
he
little
consulted
the
Interest
of
the
State
;
in
so
much
that
thereby
he
afforded
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
and
the
Parliament
of
Paris
a
Pretence
to
declare
against
the
Court.
The
Marshal
d'
Hoquincourt
was
order'd
to
receive
Cardinal
Mazarin
upon
the
Frontiers
Luxemburg
with
2000
Horse
,
and
to
attend
〈◊〉
where
the
King
should
be
.
He
cross'd
the
Kin●●dom
without
the
least
molestation
,
and
arriv'd
Poitiers
as
much
Master
of
the
Court
as
he
had
〈◊〉
been
.
They
affected
to
give
Monsieur
de
Cha●ea●neuf
little
share
in
this
Return
,
but
still
witho●●
altering
any
thing
in
the
rest
as
to
the
ex●e●iou●
o●
giving
him
the
least
mark
of
disfavour
.
Th●
Cardinal
himself
made
some
advances
to
him
,
bu●
he
being
unwilling
to
expose
himself
,
and
con●●●dering
that
it
was
neither
safe
,
nor
honourable
fo●
a
Man
of
his
Age
and
Experience
,
to
continue
〈◊〉
the
management
of
Affairs
under
his
Enemy
,
an●
that
he
should
undoubtedly
continually
be
expos'●
to
whatever
Mortifications
he
should
be
pleas'd
t●
impose
upon
him
;
he
took
this
Pretence
to
retire
that
whereas
,
by
his
Advice
,
it
had
been
resolv'●
that
the
King
should
remove
to
Angouléme
,
tha●
Design
was
alter'd
without
having
communicated
it
to
him
;
and
at
the
same
time
the
Siege
of
An●gers
resolv'd
upon
,
contrary
to
his
Sentiments
:
I●
so
much
that
having
taken
his
Leave
of
the
King
he
retir'd
to
Tours
.
The
Court
departed
soon
after
to
go
to
Angers
,
where
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
had
made
the
People
rise
,
and
that
Province
had
declar'd
it self
for
the
Prince
,
at
the
very
time
that
the
Duke
of
Orleance
and
the
Pa●liament
of
Paris
joyn'd
with
him
against
the
Court.
All
France
seem'd
in
suspence
,
in
expectation
of
the
Event
of
that
Siege
,
which
might
have
produc'd
great
Consequences
,
had
the
Defence
of
it
prov'd
long
enough
,
or
vigorous
enough
to
stop
the
King
.
For
besides
that
,
the
Prince
thereby
might
have
secur'd
the
best
Places
,
and
best
Neighbouring
Provinces
,
it
is
most
certain
that
the
Example
of
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
and
of
the
Parliament
of
Paris
,
would
have
been
follow'd
by
the
most
considerable
part
of
the
Kingdom
.
In
effect
,
had
the
Court
been
forc'd
to
raise
that
Siege
,
it
would
have
been
reduc'd
to
great
Extreams
,
and
the
King's
Person
had
been
expos'd
to
great
dangers●
had
it
happen'd
at
the
time
the
Duke
of
Nemours
entred
France
with
the
Army
from
Flanders
and
the
Prince's
Old
Troops
,
without
meeting
any
Resistance
.
This
Army
pass'd
the
River
Seine
at
M●nte
,
where
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
who
commanded
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
Forces
,
joyn'd
the
said
Duke
of
Nemours
,
and
together
march'd
with
an
Army
of
7000
Foot
,
and
3000
Horse
,
towards
the
River
Loire
,
where
they
were
certain
of
Blois
and
Orleance
.
But
whether
Angers
were
not
in
a
Condition
to
hold
out
a
Siege
,
by
the
Division
of
the
Inhabitants
,
or
whether
the
Duke
de
Rohan
was
unwilling
to
venture
his
Life
and
Fortune
in
confiding
in
People
that
seem'd
wavering
and
astonish'd
,
he
deliver'd
up
the
place
to
the
King
without
much
Resistance
,
and
was
allow'd
to
retire
to
the
Duke
of
Orleance
at
Paris
.
Things
were
in
this
condition
when
the
Prince
remov'd
from
La
Bergerie
,
where
he
had
remain'd
three
Weeks
,
without
Count
d'
Harcourt's
,
who
was
on
the
other
side
of
the
River
at
Tonay
Charante
,
and
Master
of
the
Bridge
of
Boats
,
having
undertaken
any
thing
against
him
.
Nevertheless
as
the
Number
and
Goodness
of
his
Forces
was
very
much
inferiour
to
the
King's
Army
,
he
avoided
the
occasions
of
being
constrain'd
to
so
unequal
a
Combat
.
To
that
end
he
march'd
to
la
Bernette
,
three
Leagues
distant
from
the
King's
Army
,
in
order
to
have
more
time
to
consider
in
case
they
should
march
up
to
him
.
He
remain'd
there
some
time
without
any
considerable
Action
on
either
side
:
But
finding
that
far
from
making
any
Progress
in
that
Country
,
he
was
not
able
to
remain
there
in
sight
of
Count
d'
Harcourt
,
he
turn'd
all
his
thoughts
to
the
preservation
of
Guienne
,
and
to
Fortifie
the
Cities
that
were
in
his
Party
.
To
that
end
he
resolvd
to
march
thither
with
his
Army
,
and
believ'd
himself
capable
to
maintain
Saintonge
for
some
time
,
in
leaving
on
the
one
side
the
Count
du
Doignon
in
the
Garrisons
,
the
Spaniards
at
Talmont
,
and
the
Prince
of
Tarente
in
Saintes
and
Taillebourg
,
to
hasten
their
Fortifications
.
Having
thus
given
his
Orders
,
he
caus'd
his
Infantry
,
and
his
Baggage
to
march
to
Talmont
,
in
order
to
be
Transported
by
Sea
to
Bourdeaux
,
and
after
a
long
march
with
his
Cavalry
the
first
day
,
he
stopt
the
second
at
St.
Andras
,
within
four
Leagues
of
Bourdeaux
,
believing
himself
without
the
Enemy's
reach
.
But
Count
d'
Harcourt
,
who
had
follow'd
him
close
,
arriv'd
within
sight
of
his
Quarter
,
when
he
least
suspected
it
,
and
would
certainly
have
forc'd
it
,
had
his
foremost
Troops
entred
it
without
hesitation
;
whereas
they
plac'd
themselves
in
Battalia
over
against
St.
Andras
,
whilst
the
others
attack'd
the
Quarter
of
Baltazar
,
who
repuls'd
them
with
Vigour
,
and
came
to
joyn
the
Prince
,
who
got
on
Horse
back
at
the
very
first
noise
.
They
remain'd
some
time
in
sight
,
but
the
Night
proving
very
dark
,
there
was
no
Combat
,
and
the
Prince
retir'd
without
any
loss
,
being
more
oblig'd
to
the
Enemies
over-great
precaution
for
his
Safety
,
than
to
his
own
.
Count
d'
Harcourt
follow'd
him
no
farther
,
and
the
Prince
persisting
in
the
Design
of
going
to
Bergerac
,
in
order
to
Fortifie
it
,
pass'd
at
Libourne
,
of
which
the
Count
of
Maure
was
Governour
,
and
left
Orders
with
him
for
the
continuation
of
some
Out-works
.
The
Marshal
de
la
Force
arriv'd
at
Bergerac
just
as
he
did
,
with
his
Son
the
Marquess
of
Castelnau
,
who
commanded
there
;
and
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
who
was
come
back
from
the
Upper
Guienne
,
with
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
repair'd
thither
also
.
At
that
time
those
Factions
and
Partialities
began
to
appear
at
Bourdeaux
,
which
ruin'd
the
Prince's
Party
in
Guienne
,
divided
his
House
,
and
separated
hi●
nearest
Relations
from
his
Interests
,
the
which
finally
reduc'd
him
to
seek
a
Retreat
among
the
Spaniards
,
for
whom
he
has
often
sav'd
Flanders
.
I
will
relate
the
causes
of
so
great
a
Change
as
briefly
as
I
can
,
in
its
proper
place
,
when
I
come
to
rehearse
the
Effects
thereof
.
At
present
I
pass
to
the
recital
of
what
the
Prince
did
during
that
Interval
.
His
chief
care
was
speedily
to
repair
the
Towns
of
Guienne
,
and
particularly
to
put
Bergerac
in
a
condition
of
Defence
:
He
employ'd
some
days
about
it
with
great
Application
,
at
which
time
he
receiv'd
intelligence
that
his
Affairs
decay'd
in
Saintonge
;
That
the
Count
du
Doignon
was
shut
up
within
his
Garrisons
,
and
durst
not
peep
out
of
them
,
through
his
us●al
Jealousies
;
That
the
Prince
of
Tarente
,
on
his
side
,
had
receiv'd
some
disadvantage
in
a
Combat
near
Pons
;
That
Saintes
,
which
he
judg'd
capable
of
sustaining
a
long
Siege
,
by
the
Works
that
had
been
made
there
,
and
by
reason
of
the
Garrison
,
which
was
compos'd
of
his
best
Forces
,
had
notwitstanding
surrender'd
it self
,
without
any
considerable
Defence
;
and
that
Taillebourg
was
besieg'd
,
and
ready
to
follow
the
Example
of
Saintes
.
He
was
moreover
inform'd
,
that
the
Marquess
of
St.
Luc
assembled
a
Body
in
order
to
oppose
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
who
had
taken
Caudecôte
,
and
some
other
places
of
small
Consequence
.
This
last
Evil
was
the
only
one
he
could
any
ways
remedy
;
but
whereas
the
Marquess
was
●●ill
at
a
distance
from
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
he
did
not
think
it
proper
to
pass
into
the
Upper
Guienne
,
without
being
more
particularly
inform'd
of
what
pass'd
at
Bourdeaux
:
To
which
end
,
he
writ
to
the
Princess
,
and
to
Madame
de
Longueville
to
repair
to
Libourne
,
where
he
arriv'd
at
the
same
time
with
them
.
He
only
tarry'd
there
a
day
,
and
gave
what
Orders
he
could
to
prevent
the
Progress
of
the
Evil
,
which
Division
began
to
create
in
his
Party
,
and
in
his
Family
.
After
which
,
he
went
away
with
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
to
joyn
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
who
was
at
Staffort
,
four
Leagues
beyond
Agen
;
And
being
inform'd
by
a
Courier
near
Libourne
,
that
St.
Luc
was
marching
towards
Staffort
,
he
judg'd
his
presence
would
be
very
necessary
there
,
and
therefore
advanc'd
with
all
the
speed
imaginable
,
and
found
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
who
assembled
his
Quarters
,
being
perswaded
that
St.
Luc
would
attack
him
.
This
Marquess
being
at
Miradoux
with
the
Regiments
of
Champayne
and
Lorrain
,
his
Cavalry
being
lodg'd
apart
in
Villages
and
Farms
,
on
a
sudden
the
Prince
resolv'd
to
march
all
Night
,
to
surprize
the
Quarters
of
his
Cavalry
,
and
set
insta●tly
forward
with
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
:
and
tho'
the
Way
were
long
,
and
the
Road
bad
,
he
arriv'd
before
day
at
a
Bridge
,
where
the
Enemy
had
a
Guard
of
Twelve
or
Fifteen
Horse
.
He
caus'd
them
immediately
to
be
charg'd
,
and
those
who
made
their
escape
,
having
alarm'd
all
the
rest
,
they
got
on
Horse-back
.
Some
Squadrons
fac'd
him
near
Miradoux
,
the
which
he
charg'd
,
and
easily
broke
them
.
Six
Regiments
were
defeated
,
and
he
took
abundance
of
Equipage
,
and
many
Prisoners
;
after
which
he
retir'd
towards
Miradoux
,
a
small
City
situate
on
the
top
of
a
Hill
,
of
which
it
contains
one
half
,
and
has
no
other
Fortification
than
an
ill
Dith
,
and
a
single
Wall
,
to
which
the
Houses
are
adjoyning
.
At
break
of
Day
St.
Luc
plac'd
all
his
Forces
in
Battalia
upon
a
Level
before
the
Gate
of
the
Town
.
The
Prince
tarry'd
at
the
bottom
of
the
Hill
for
those
the
Prince
of
Conty
was
to
bring
him
,
which
arriv'd
soon
after
:
But
whereas
the
ascent
is
pretty
steep
,
and
very
long
,
and
that
the
Soil
is
fat
in
Winter
time
,
and
〈◊〉
with
Ditches
and
Furrows
,
the
Prince
judg'd
it
was
impossible
to
march
up
to
the
Enemies
in
Battalia
,
without
disording
himself
,
nay
,
without
breaking
himself
before
he
could
come
up
to
them
.
Therefore
he
only
caused
his
Infantry
to
advance
instantly
,
and
forc'd
the
Enemy's
to
retire
from
some
Posts
they
had
possess'd
themselves
of
,
by
Firing
at
them
.
Two
or
three
Squadrons
also
engag'd
,
and
the
whole
day
past
in
Skirmishes
,
St.
Lu●
not
quitting
the
high
Ground
he
was
posted
upon
,
and
the
Prince
not
thinking
it
fit
to
attack
him
in
so
Advantageous
a
Post
without
Canon
,
which
he
could
not
have
until
the
next
day
.
He
order'd
two
Pieces
to
be
sent
for
,
and
in
the
mean
time
judging
that
the
Report
of
his
Arrival
would
surprize
his
Enemies
more
than
the
Advantage
he
had
gain'd
over
them
,
he
set
some
Prisoners
at
Liberty
,
in
order
to
carry
the
News
of
it
to
St.
Luc
,
which
soon
produc'd
the
Effect
he
expected
;
for
the
Souldiers
were
terrify'd
at
it
,
and
it
caus'd
such
a
Consternation
even
among
the
Officers
,
that
they
had
hardly
patience
to
tar●y
till
Night
,
to
conceal
their
Retreat
,
and
fly
to
Ley●oure
.
The
Prince
,
who
had
●ore-seen
this
Retreat
,
plac'd
Corps
de
Guard
so
near
the
Enemy's
,
that
Notice
was
given
him
of
their
Retreat
as
soon
as
they
mov'd
;
but
it
may
be
said
,
that
his
extream
Diligence
hindred
him
from
defeating
them
absolutely
;
for
without
tarrying
until
the
Foot
was
got
into
the
Road
,
where
he
might
have
cut
them
in
pieces
with
ease
,
he
charg'd
them
upon
the
edge
of
the
Ditch
of
Miradoux
,
and
falling
with
Sword
in
Hand
upon
the
Battalion
of
Champayne
and
Lorraine
,
he
overthrew
them
into
the
Ditch
,
where
they
demanded
Quarter
,
flinging
down
their
Arms.
But
whereas
it
was
impossible
to
get
at
them
on
Horse-back
,
they
found
means
to
get
into
Miradoux
again
,
not
with
a
design
to
defend
the
place
,
but
to
save
their
Lives
.
The
Prince
of
Conty
fought
all
along
next
the
Prince
his
Brother
,
who
follow'd
the
Marquess
of
St.
Luc
and
the
Runaways
,
as
far
as
Leytoure
,
and
then
came
back
to
Invest
Miradoux
,
into
which
Major-General
Marins
,
Cominges
,
together
with
several
other
Officers
were
got
.
The
Prince
caus'd
them
to
be
summon'd
,
not
imagining
that
a
beaten
Party
,
without
Ammunition
,
o●
Provisions
,
would
undertake
to
defend
so
weak
a
Place
.
And
indeed
they
offer'd
immediately
to
surrender
it
;
but
the
Prince
,
who
was
unwilling
to
let
such
good
Infantry
escape
,
and
did
not
value
the
place
,
insisted
to
have
them
Prisoners
of
War
,
or
to
oblige
them
not
to
serve
in
six
Months
time
;
which
Conditions
appear'd
so
hard
to
them
,
that
they
resolv'd
to
Defend
the
place
themselves
,
and
to
make
amends
for
the
shame
they
had
suffer'd
the
day
before
,
instead
of
augmenting
it
by
such
a
Capitulation
.
They
found
moreover
that
the
Inhabitants
had
Provisions
,
and
consider'd
that
the
Prince
was
not
in
a
condition
to
make
Lines
:
They
believ'd
that
it
would
be
easie
to
send
them
Powder
,
Match
,
and
Lead
,
as
indeed
the
Marquess
of
St.
Luc
did
the
following
day
,
and
still
continu'd
to
refresh
them
with
all
Necssaries
,
as
long
as
the
Siege
lasted
.
During
these
Transactions
the
Prince
sent
back
the
Prince
of
Conty
to
Bourdeaux
,
and
soon
found
that
it
had
been
better
for
him
to
receive
Miradoux
on
the
Conditions
that
were
offer'd
him
,
than
to
engage
on
a
Siege
,
wanting
every
thing
,
as
he
did
,
not
so
much
as
being
certain
to
get
any
Canon
.
However
as
we
are
often
necessitated
to
continue
cal●ly
what
we
have
begun
in
a
Heat
,
he
resolv'd
to
persist
in
his
Enterprize
to
the
end
,
hoping
thereby
to
astonish
his
Enemies
.
To
that
end
he
got
two
Pieces
of
Ordnance
from
Agen
,
the
one
a
Ten
,
and
the
other
a
Twelve
Pounder
,
with
a
small
quantity
of
Balls
;
he
imagining
that
number
sufficient
to
make
a
Breach
,
and
take
the
Town
by
Storm
,
before
Count
d'
Harcourt
who
was
on
his
March
thither
,
could
come
up
to
him
.
He
made
himself
Master
of
some
Houses
pr●tty
near
the
Gates
,
where
those
two
Pieces
of
Ordnance
were
plac'd
in
a
Battery
,
and
did
a
great
deal
of
Execution
in
the
Walls
;
but
the
Balls
not
holding
out
,
he
was
forc'd
to
give
Souldiers
Money
to
gather
up
the
Balls
that
had
been
shot
,
out
of
the
Ditches
.
The
Enemies
made
a
pretty
good
Defence
,
considering
their
scarcity
of
Ammunition
,
and
they
made
two
Sallies
with
a
great
deal
of
Vigour
.
In
fine
,
the
Breach
began
to
appear
reasonable
,
and
the
Wall
being
fallen
with
Houses
that
were
adjoyning
to
it
,
had
made
a
considerable
Overture
;
but
this
Rubbish
serv'd
the
Besieged
instead
of
a
new
Retrenchment
,
by
reason
that
the
top
of
the
House
where
the
Breach
was
made
being
fallen
into
the
Cellar
,
they
set
it
on
fire
,
and
retrench'd
themselves
on
the
other
side
;
in
so
much
that
this
burning
Cellar
became
a
Ditch
,
impossible
to
be
cross'd
.
This
Obstacle
stop'd
the
Prince
,
who
was
unwilling
to
hazard
an
Attack
,
which
certainly
would
have
discourag'd
his
Men
,
and
encourag'd
his
Enemies
.
Therefore
he
resolv'd
to
make
another
Breach
in
a
place
where
the
Houses
had
no
Cellars
,
and
had
not
fir'd
above
a
day
against
it
,
when
he
was
inform'd
that
Count
d'
Harcourt
was
Marching
towards
him
,
and
would
be
the
next
day
at
Miradoux
.
Their
Forces
being
too
unequal
to
hazard
a
Combat
,
he
was
forc'd
to
raise
the
Siege
,
and
to
retire
to
Staffort
,
where
he
arriv'd
without
having
been
pursued
.
This
City
is
neither
larger
,
nor
stronger
than
Miradoux
,
but
whereas
Count
d'
Harcourt
was
on
the
other
side
of
the
Garonne
,
and
that
he
could
only
cross
it
at
Auvilars
,
the
Prince
being
Master
of
the
other
side
of
the
Country
,
separated
his
Quarters
,
supposing
it
was
sufficient
to
place
some
near
Auvilars
,
and
to
Order
Parties
to
be
continually
detach'd
on
that
side
,
to
be
in●orm'd
of
whatever
the
Enemies
should
undertake
.
But
he
did
not
consider
,
that
new
Forces
,
and
new
Officers
generally
execute
what
is
commanded
them
in
a
very
different
manner
from
those
who
have
more
Experience
:
And
this
Order
,
which
would
have
been
sufficient
to
secure
a
Camp
,
was
like
to
ruin
the
Prince
,
and
to
expose
him
to
the
shame
of
being
surpriz'd
and
defeated
;
by
reason
that
none
of
the
Parties
that
were
Commanded
follow'd
his
Orders
,
but
instead
of
getting
Intelligence
of
Count
d'
Harcourt's
Motions
,
they
fell
a
pillaging
the
Neighbouring
Villages
,
in
so
much
that
he
cross'd
the
River
,
and
march'd
in
Battalia
in
the
middle
of
the
Prince's
Quarters
,
and
came
within
a
quarter
of
a
League
of
the
place
where
he
was
,
before
any
Alarm
was
given
,
or
he
receiv'd
the
least
Notice
of
it
.
Finally
,
some
Men
that
had
been
pursu'd
having
brought
him
this
News
with
the
usual
Consternation
on
such
Occasions
,
he
mounted
on
Horse-back
,
follow'd
b●
Marsin
,
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
and
the
Marquess
of
Montespan
,
to
observe
the
Enemies
Designs
,
but
before
he
had
gone
five
hundred
Yards
,
he
saw
that
their
Squadrons
detach'd
themselves
in
order
to
attack
his
Quarters
.
In
this
Extremity
he
immediately
sent
Orders
to
his
farthest
Quarters
●o
get
on
Horse-back
,
and
to
joyn
his
Infantry
which
was
encamp'd
under
Staffort
,
the
which
he
caus'd
to
March
to
Boüe
,
there
to
cross
the
Garonne
in
Boats
,
and
to
retire
to
Agen.
He
sent
all
his
Baggage
to
St.
Mary's
,
having
left
a
Captain
and
Threescore
Musqueteers
at
Staffort
,
with
a
Piece
of
Canon
,
which
he
could
not
carry
along
with
him
.
Count
d'
Harcourt
made
no
better
use
of
this
Advantage
than
he
had
done
before
at
Ton●y-Charante
,
and
at
St.
Andras
;
for
instead
of
pursuing
the
Prince
,
and
of
falling
upon
him
in
the
disorder
of
a
Retreat
he
made
without
Horse
,
being
moreover
constrain'd
●o
cross
the
Garonne
to
secure
himself
,
he
stopt
to
Invest
that
Quarter
which
was
nearest
to
Staffort
,
call'd
Le
Pergan
,
where
three
or
four
Hundred
Horse
of
the
Prince's
and
the
General
's
Guards
were
lodg'd
,
and
thus
allow'd
him
twelve
or
thirteen
hours
,
of
which
he
employ'd
the
best
part
at
B●●●
,
in
causing
his
Men
to
cross
the
River
in
the
greatest
Disorder
imaginable
,
in
so
much
that
had
they
been
attack'd
,
they
had
certainly
been
cut
to
pieces●
Sometime
after
the
Prince's
Arrival
at
Agen
with
all
his
Infant●y
,
some
Squadrons
appear'd
on
the
other
side
of
the
River
,
which
were
advanc'd
in
order
to
take
some
Baggage
,
which
was
ready
to
cross
the
River
;
but
they
were
repuls'd
with
vigour
by
60
Horse
of
the
Regiment
of
Mon●●span
,
which
afforded
time
enough
to
some
Boats
fill'd
with
Musqueteers
to
cross
over
to
them
,
and
to
force
the
Enemies
to
retire
.
That
very
day
the
Prince
receiv'd
Intelligence
that
his
Horse
was
arriv'd
at
St.
Mary
,
without
having
fought
,
or
lost
any
part
of
his
Equipage
,
and
that
his
Guards
defended
themselves
still
in
Le
Pergan
,
where
it
was
impossible
to
succour
them
.
The
next
day
they
yielded
themselves
Prisoners
of
War
;
and
that
was
the
only
Advantage
Count
d'
Harcourt
drew
from
an
Occasion
,
in
which
his
Fortune
,
and
the
Negligence
of
the
Prince's
Men
had
offer'd
him
an
entire
Victory
.
These
ill
Successes
were
soon
follow'd
by
the
Sedition
of
Agen
,
the
which
oblig'd
the
Prince
to
turn
his
greatest
hopes
towards
Paris
,
and
to
make
it
the
Seat
of
War
,
as
I
shall
relate
in
the
sequel
.
The
War
was
maintain'd
in
Guienne
much
more
through
the
Vigilance
and
Reputation
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
than
by
the
Valour
and
Number
of
his
Forces
;
and
Count
d'
Harcourt
by
his
Conduct
and
Fortune
had
already
repair'd
all
the
disadvantage
which
the
Marquess
of
St.
Luc's
Defeat
at
Miradoux
had
occasion'd
.
The
Siege
of
Miradoux
was
rais'd
;
The
Prince
of
Conde's
Guards
,
and
three
or
four
Hundred
Horse
had
been
taken
at
le
Pergan
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
himself
with
the
rest
of
his
Forces
had
been
constrain'd
to
quit
S●affort
,
and
to
cross
the
River
Garonne
at
Boüe
,
and
to
retire
at
Agen
:
But
the
Divisions
of
that
City
soon
made
that
Prince
sensible
that
it
would
no
longer
remain
in
his
Party
,
than
while
constrain'd
to
it
by
his
Presence
,
or
a
strong
Garrison
.
And
therefore
he
resolv'd
to
throw
the
Regiment
of
Foot
,
of
Conty
into
it
,
and
to
take
possession
of
one
of
the
Gates
of
the
City
,
in
order
to
oblige
the
People
to
receive
a
Garrison
:
But
whereas
this
Design
was
not
kept
secret
,
it
was
soon
rumour'd
throughout
the
City
.
Upon
which
the
Inhabitants
immediately
betook
themselves
to
their
Arms
,
and
made
Barricadoes
;
The
Prince
of
Conde
being
inform'd
therewith
,
got
on
Horse-back
,
to
stop
the
Tumult
by
his
Presence
,
and
to
remain
Master
of
the
Gate
of
Grave
until
the
aforesaid
Regiment
had
taken
possession
of
it
:
But
the
arrival
of
the
Souldiers
increas'd
the
Disorder
,
instead
of
appeasing
it
:
They
entred
and
made
a
halt
in
the
first
Street
,
and
tho'
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
and
all
the
Officers
endeav'd
to
appease
the
Disorder
,
they
could
not
hinder
the
Streets
from
being
barricado'd
in
a
moment
.
However
the
People
still
preserv'd
their
Respect
towards
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
towards
all
the
General
Officers
,
but
at
the
same
time
the
Animosity
increas'd
in
all
places
where
his
Presence
was
wanting
.
It
was
impossible
that
things
should
remain
long
in
that
condition
;
the
Souldiers
,
as
I
have
already
related
,
had
taken
Possession
of
the
Gate
of
Grave
,
and
half
the
adjoyning
Street
;
The
People
were
in
Arms
,
all
the
Streets
were
barricado'd
,
and
Corps
●e
Guards
plac'd
every
where
;
Night
drew
on
,
which
would
have
increas'd
the
Disorder
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
found
himself
necessitated
either
to
quit
the
Town
shamefully
,
or
cause
it
to
be
p●ilag'd
and
burnt
,
either
of
which
apparently
would
have
ruin'd
his
Affairs
:
For
if
he
quitted
the
Town
,
the
King's
Forces
would
be
receivd
into
it
,
and
if
he
burnt
it
,
it
would
occasion
the
Revolt
of
the
whole
Province
against
him
.
Those
Reasons
induc'd
him
to
endeavour
an
Accommodation
,
which
in
appearance
might
save
his
Authority
,
and
serve
for
a
pretence
to
Pardon
the
Inhabitants
of
Agen.
The
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
spoke
to
some
of
the
most
considerable
Citizens
,
and
prevail'd
with
them
to
go
to
the
Town-Hall
,
there
to
Depute
some
among
them
to
the
Prince
to
beg
his
Pardon
,
and
to
intreat
him
to
come
to
their
Assembly
,
there
to
prescribe
the
means
to
preserve
Agen
in
the
Submission
and
Loyalty
they
had
sworn
to
him
.
The
Prince
accordingly
went
thither
,
and
told
them
,
that
it
had
always
been
his
Intention
to
preserve
their
Freedom
entire
;
and
that
the
only
end
for
which
he
had
sent
Souldiers
thither
,
was
to
ease
them
,
and
help
them
to
Guard
the
City
;
but
that
since
they
did
not
desire
it
,
he
was
willing
to
remove
them
,
provided
the
City
would
raise
a
Regiment
of
Foot
at
their
own
Charge
,
and
give
him
the
Names
of
the
Officers
.
These
Conditions
were
easily
agreed
to
;
the
Barricado's
were
remov'd
,
the
Souldiers
march'd
out
again
,
and
the
City
remain'd
in
appearance
as
quiet
and
full
of
Submission
,
as
it
was
before
the
Sedition
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
could
not
confide
in
those
Appearances
,
remain'd
some
time
in
Agen
,
to
put
the
City
in
its
former
state
again
;
at
which
time
he
receiv'd
the
News
,
that
the
Army
from
Flanders
,
Commanded
by
the
Duke
of
Nemours
,
and
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
Forces
,
Commanded
by
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
were
joyn'd
,
and
on
their
March
towards
the
River
Loire
.
This
Joy
was
notwithstanding
mix'd
with
some
Disquiet
:
On
the
one
hand
,
he
saw
an
Army
from
Spain
,
he
had
so
long
expected
,
in
the
middle
of
the
Kingdom
,
which
might
come
to
the
Relief
of
Montro●d
,
or
to
joyn
with
him
in
Guienne
:
But
at
the
same
time
he
was
also
inform'd
that
the
Dukes
of
Nemours
and
of
Beaufort
could
no
ways
agree
,
and
that
their
Division
was
grown
to
a
very
dangerous
pitch
.
Their
Armies
being
separate
,
it
was
impossible
for
them
to
keep
the
Field
before
the
King's
Army
,
Commanded
by
the
Marshals
of
Turenne
and
Hoquincourt
,
reinforc'd
by
the
Troops
●he
Cardinal
had
brought
along
with
him
,
besides
the
Neighbourhood
of
the
Court
.
The
Duke
of
Nemours's
Orders
were
to
cross
the
River
of
Loire
,
in
order
to
relieve
Montrond
,
and
to
March
immediately
towards
Guienne
;
whereas
the
Orders
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
daily
receiv'd
from
the
Duke
of
Orleance
were
directly
opposite
.
Monsieur
could
not
consent
that
the
Army
should
march
away
so
far
from
Paris
,
fearing
lest
the
People
,
or
the
Parliament
should
alter
their
minds
,
seeing
the
Duke
of
Nemours's
Army
march
into
Guienne
,
while
the
King
's
remain'd
in
their
Neighbourhood
.
The
Coadjutor
of
Paris
,
in
whom
Monsieur
confided
most
at
that
time
,
seconded
this
Advice
,
and
augmented
the
fear
and
Natural
I●resolutions
of
that
Prince
.
By
keeping
the
Army
on
this
side
the
River
Loire
,
he
made
it
of
no
use
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
whose
Enemy
he
was
,
and
made
himself
more
considerable
at
Court
,
by
shewing
that
being
Master
of
Monsieur's
Conduct
,
it
was
in
his
power
to
advance
or
keep
back
the
Progress
of
the
Army
;
and
thus
omitted
no
means
to
obtain
a
Cardinal's
Cap.
Chavigny
on
his
side
harbour'd
as
great
Designs
;
he
expected
to
govern
Monsieur
,
by
making
him
sen●●●le
that
●e
govern'd
the
Prince
;
and
flatter'd
him●●●●
to
become
Master
of
the
Prince's
Conduct
,
by
shewing
him
he
was
Master
of
Monsieur's
.
His
Projects
did
not
stop
there
;
from
the
very
beginning
of
the
War
he
had
taken
his
Measures
to
become
●
Negotiator
of
Peace
,
and
had
united
himself
to
the
Duke
of
Ro●an
,
believing
that
he
might
be
equally
useful
to
him
with
Monsieur
,
and
with
the
Prince
:
He
likewise
thought
he
had
taken
all
necessary
precautions
towards
the
Cardinal
by
means
of
Fabret
,
Governour
of
Sedan
;
and
whereas
he
●ut
no
Bounds
to
his
Ambition
and
his
Hopes
,
he
did
not
question
but
in
making
a
particular
Peace
,
he
should
be
chosen
with
the
Cardinal
,
to
conclude
the
General
Peace
.
He
fancy'd
moreover
that
making
use
of
the
Credit
the
Prince
of
Conde
could
give
him
among
the
Spaniards
,
he
should
have
all
the
Credit
of
the
Good
Successes
,
and
the
Cardinal
on
the
contrary
all
the
Shame
,
and
blame
of
●he
ill
Events
:
And
that
thus
he
should
enter
into
the
Ministry
of
Affairs
again
,
either
with
the
Glory
of
having
concluded
the
Peace
,
or
with
the
Advantage
of
laying
the
blame
of
it
on
Mazarin
,
in
case
it
should
not
be
effected
.
In
order
thereunto
he
writ
several
times
to
the
Prince
to
press
him
to
quit
Guienne
;
he
represented
to
him
,
how
necessary
his
Presence
was
in
the
Army
;
that
in
suffering
it
to
be
destroy'd
,
he
would
lose
his
last
Stake
;
but
that
in
making
Progresses
in
the
heart
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
in
the
King's
sight
,
he
would
not
only
immediately
retrieve
his
Affairs
in
Guienne
,
but
all
the
rest
of
his
Party
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
suffer'd
himself
easily
to
be
perswaded
by
Chavigny's
Reasons
;
but
the
principal
Motive
which
induc'd
him
to
it
,
was
his
desire
of
quitting
Guienne
at
a
time
when
the
weakness
of
his
Army
oblig'd
him
continually
to
fly
before
Count
d'
Harcourt
.
He
communicated
his
Design
to
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
and
to
Marsin
;
both
of
them
represented
to
him
equally
,
what
was
to
be
fear●d
,
and
hop'd
for
,
in
so
doing
,
without
giving
him
any
Advice
about
it
;
but
at
the
same
time
both
desir'd
earnestly
to
follow
him
.
He
chose
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
to
accompany
him
,
and
left
Marsin
with
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
relying
absolutely
upon
his
Care
for
the
maintaining
his
Party
in
Guienne
,
and
the
preserving
of
Bourdeaux
,
not
only
among
the
Divisions
that
had
been
fomented
among
the
People
,
and
in
the
Parliament
,
but
also
to
hinder
the
separate
Interests
of
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
and
of
Madame
de
Longueville
from
augmenting
their
Mis-understandings
,
and
thereby
cause
the
loss
of
that
City
,
in
which
Affairs
were
in
the
state
I
am
going
to
relate
.
The
Inhabitants
were
divided
in
two
Cabals
:
The
Rich
Citizens
compos'd
the
one
,
who
were
resolv'd
to
maintain
the
Authority
of
their
Magistrates
,
and
to
render
themselves
so
considerable
,
and
so
necessary
in
the
City
,
that
the
Prince
and
Parliament
might
look
upon
them
as
those
who
could
most
contribute
towards
their
Preservation
.
The
other
Cabal
consisted
of
the
meanest
,
and
most
seditious
part
of
the
City
,
who
having
often
assembled
themselves
without
any
Design
at
a
place
near
the
Castle
of
the
Ha
,
call'd
L'
Hormee
,
at
last
took
the
Name
of
it
themselves
.
The
Parliament
was
as
much
divided
as
the
People
;
the
Members
of
that
Body
who
were
against
the
Court
were
divided
in
two
Factions
;
The
one
was
call'd
the
Great
Fronde
,
and
the
other
the
Small
one
.
Altho'
both
of
them
agreed
in
being
for
the
Prince
,
they
were
very
much
opposite
in
all
the
rest
:
In
the
beginning
L'
Hormee
had
been
united
to
both
,
and
had
often
separated
from
it
according
to
the
divers
Motives
of
Interest
,
which
commonly
sway
those
sor●
of
People
:
But
in
the
end
the
Prince
of
Conty
and
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
being
unhappily
●allen
out
,
augmented
the
Credit
and
Insolence
of
that
Faction
to
that
degree
,
in
order
to
draw
them
on
their
side
,
that
thereby
they
advanc'd
the
loss
of
the
Party
,
in
exasperating
the
Parliament
,
and
the
rest
of
the
People
,
and
in
giving
way
to
several
Plots
,
and
other
Contrivances
of
the
Court
,
which
finally
brought
Bourdeaux
back
to
its
former
Allegiance
to
the
King
.
I
shall
only
speak
en
pas●ent
of
the
Subjects
which
occasion'd
all
these
Disorders
,
without
entring
upon
the
particulars
of
many
things
,
that
cannot
be
written
.
The
Prince
of
Conty
having
suffer'd
himself
to
be
perswaded
by
some
of
his
People
,
who
were
gain'd
by
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
to
fall
out
publickly
with
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
,
upon
pretences
,
which
good
Manners
,
and
Consanguinity
should
have
oblig'd
him
to
conceal
;
out
of
hatred
to
one
another
,
they
kindled
the
Fury
of
the
Hormee
,
and
sacrific'd
,
in
so
many
occasions
,
the
greatest
Advantage
of
the
Party
to
their
Passions
and
private
Animosities
;
that
instead
of
establishing
their
Authority
,
thereby
to
make
themselves
useful
to
the
Prince
,
as
they
both
design'd
to
do
,
they
contributed
to
the
Disorders
and
Seditions
of
the
people
,
to
that
degree
,
that
they
were
reduc'd
themselves
to
abandon
the
Prince
,
and
to
submit
to
whatever
Conditions
the
Court
was
pleas'd
to
impose
upon
them
.
The
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
being
sensible
,
by
a
long
Experience
,
that
their
mutual
Grandeur
depended
on
their
Union
,
had
made
it
his
business
to
maintain
it
among
them
,
none
being
so
cap●ble
of
doing
it
as
himself
,
ever
since
the
War
of
Paris
.
But
at
that
time
Madame
de
Longueville
imagin'd
that
it
would
be
more
for
her
Advantage
,
to
take
new
Measures
,
and
it
happen'd
that
the
means
she
made
use
of
to
that
end
,
caus'd
a
Division
between
her
and
her
Brothers
.
The
Prince
of
Conty
was
inclin●d
to
a
Peace
,
being
weary
,
and
tyr'd
with
a
War
in
which
he
had
only
engag'd
himself
to
oblige
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
,
which
he
repented
of
,
as
soon
as
ever
he
fell
out
with
her
.
He
has
alledg'd
since
,
in
order
to
his
Justification
,
that
the
P●ince
,
after
having
sign'd
a
Writing
,
by
which
he
oblig'd
himself
not
to
make
a
Treaty
without
obtaining
the
Government
of
Provence
for
him
,
had
notwithstanding
,
absolutely
neglected
his
Interests
.
But
the
real
cause
of
his
falling
off
,
was
that
Animosity
,
I
have
mention'd
,
against
his
Sister
,
the
which
transported
him
to
a
degree
of
Passion
and
Jealousie
against
her
,
that
had
been
much
more
excusable
in
a
Lover
than
a
Brother
.
On
the
other
hand
,
altho'
the
Prince
of
Conde
spoke
less
than
he
about
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville's
Conduct
,
he
was
as
much
dissatisfy'd
about
it
in
his
Heart
;
he
was
sensible
of
her
Engagements
with
the
Duke
of
Nemours
,
and
what
it
had
been
like
to
produce
against
his
real
Interests
;
and
he
fear'd
moreover
she
might
enter
into
new
ones
,
which
might
yet
prove
of
worse
Consequence
for
him
.
That
which
augmented
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville's
Trouble
at
that
time
was
,
that
she
thought
it
impossible
ever
to
be
reconcil'd
to
her
Husband
,
by
reason
of
the
ill
impressions
he
had
receiv'd
about
her
;
and
by
his
being
perswaded
that
she
had
too
great
a
share
in
that
War
.
She
had
likewise
vainly
attempted
to
be
reconcil'd
to
the
Court
by
the
Princess
Palatin's
Intermission
.
In
so
much
that
finding
her self
equally
ruin'd
on
all
sides
,
she
imagin'd
the
only
means
to
re-establish
her self
was
to
fo●m
a
Party
in
Bourdeaux
,
that
might
prove
so
powerful
,
as
to
recocer
her
Credit
with
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
or
with
the
Court.
To
that
end
she
judg'd
nothing
so
proper
,
as
to
joyn
with
L'
Hormee
,
and
to
engage
the
most
Considerable
persons
into
the
same
Party
.
On
the
contrary
,
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
to
〈◊〉
his
Vengeance
,
us●d
all
his
Endeavours
to
●●in
his
Sister●s
Credit
among
the
most
considerable
of
that
Faction
,
in
order
to
engage
them
on
his
●●●e
,
chusing
rather
to
permit
them
all
manner
of
●xcesses
,
than
to
suffer
them
to
be
engag'd
with
a
Person
he
was
so
much
exasperated
against
.
There●ore
the
Prince
of
Conde
fore-seeing
what
this
great
Opposition
of
Sentiments
was
going
to
produce
in
his
Party
,
judging
also
that
this
Animosity
and
Division
would
increase
by
his
Absence
,
left
Marsin
,
as
I
have
said
before
,
in
order
to
remedy
as
much
as
in
him
lay
those
great
Disorders
,
and
on
all
Occasions
to
hinder
the
Prince
of
Conty
and
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
from
undertaking
any
thing
which
might
prove
prejudicial
to
him
during
his
absence
.
So
that
having
regulated
with
Marsin
,
and
with
Laisne
what
related
to
the
Army
in
Guienne
,
the
Cabals
of
Bourdeaux
,
and
those
of
his
Family
,
he
sent
for
the
Prince
of
Conty
to
Agen
;
and
leaving
him
the
management
of
all
things
,
he
desir'd
him
to
follow
the
Counsels
of
Marsin
and
Laisne
.
He
also
seem'd
to
repose
a
great
deal
of
Confidence
in
the
President
Viole
,
tho'
in
reality
he
was
perswaded
that
he
left
no
body
in
Bourdeaux
,
in
whom
he
could
truly
confide
,
besides
the
two
first
I
have
nam'd
.
Having
thus
dispos'd
all
things
,
he
prepar'd
for
his
departure
from
Agen
,
in
order
to
joyn
the
Duke
of
Nemours's
Army
.
This
Journey
was
long
,
and
accompany'd
with
Difficulties
one
could
hardly
expect
to
overcome
.
Count
d'
Harcourt
was
near
Agen
,
and
there
were
too
many
Royalists
in
the
City
,
not
to
give
him
Notice
of
the
Prince's
departure
.
Even
those
of
his
own
Party
had
suspected
this
Journey
,
and
it
had
been
rumour'd
about
before
it
was
resolv'd
upon
.
He
was
to
Travel
about
Sixscore
Leagues
upon
the
same
Horses
:
Count
d'
Harcourt
might
not
only
cause
the
Prince
to
be
follow'd
by
Parties
,
but
besides
might
have
given
the
Court
a
speedy
Account
of
his
March
,
and
order'd
all
the
Cities
and
Garrisons
thereabouts
to
oppose
his
Passage
:
Moreover
the
Prince
could
not
trust
many
with
his
Design
,
and
a
small
Attendance
was
not
capable
to
secure
him
:
He
was
besides
oblig'd
to
perswade
every
body
,
that
he
was
going
to
Bourdeaux
,
and
to
hinder
the
Officers
of
the
Army
from
accompanying
him
,
under
pretence
that
might
not
discover
his
real
Intention
.
To
that
end
he
left
the
Prince
of
Conty
at
Agen
,
and
pretending
to
go
to
Bourdeaux
for
two
or
three
days
only
,
he
commanded
all
the
Officers
and
Voluntie●s
to
remain
at
Agen
with
his
Brother
.
He
departed
from
thence
on
Palm-Sunday
at
Noon
,
with
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
the
P●ince
of
Marsillac
,
Guitault
,
Chavaignac
,
Gourville
,
and
a
Valet
de
Chambre
.
The
Marquess
of
Levy
●arry'd
for
him
with
Horses
at
Languais
,
one
of
the
Duke
of
Bouillon's
Houses
,
where
Bercenes
,
Captain
of
the
Duke
de
la
R●chefoucault's
Guards
,
likewise
met
them
:
And
whereas
the
Marquess
of
Levy
had
a
Pasport
from
Count
d'
Harcourt
,
to
retire
to
his
House
in
Auvergne
with
his
Attendance
,
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
those
that
accompany'd
him
,
pass'd
with
him
,
as
if
they
had
been
those
very
Servants
whose
Names
were
incerted
in
the
said
Pasport
,
tho'
at
last
he
resolv'd
not
to
make
use
of
it
.
The
greatest
Fatigue
of
that
Journey
was
the
extraordinary
speed
he
was
oblig'd
to
make
,
marching
Day
and
Night
,
and
almost
always
upon
the
same
Horses
,
and
without
ever
staying
two
hours
in
one
and
the
same
place
,
either
to
sleep
,
or
refresh
himself
.
They
baited
at
two
or
three
Gentlemen's
Houses
,
Friends
to
the
Marquess
of
Levy
,
there
to
rest
some
few
hours
,
and
to
buy
Horses
;
but
those
Gentlemen
were
so
far
from
suspecting
the
Prince
of
Conde
to
be
what
●e
was
,
that
at
one
of
their
Meals
,
at
which
time
people
speak
their
Thoughts
with
most
freedom
,
he
was
inform'd
of
some
things
that
concern'd
his
nearest
Relations
,
which
pe●haps
till
then
he
had
been
ignorant
of
.
In
fine
,
after
having
march'd
through
the
Vice-County
of
Turenne
,
and
through
Charlies
in
Auvergne
,
he
arriv'd
on
the
Saturday
at
Night
at
Bec-d
'
Alier
,
within
two
Leagues
of
La
Charité
,
where
he
cross'd
the
River
Loire
without
any
hindrance
,
altho'
two
Troops
of
Horse
were
quarter'd
in
La
Charité
,
commanded
by
Bussy
Rabu●in
.
From
thence
he
dispatch'd
Gourville
to
P●ru
to
acquaint
his
Royal
Highness
and
Chavigny
with
his
coming
;
he
past
Easter-day
in
Cosnes
,
where
there
was
a
Guard
kept
;
and
whereas
the
Court
was
at
Gien
,
he
told
every
body
,
that
he
and
his
Companions
were
going
to
the
King
.
However
concluding
that
it
would
be
impossible
for
him
to
follow
the
Road
of
the
Court
long
without
being
discover'd
,
he
resolv'd
to
quit
it
,
to
take
the
Road
that
goes
to
Chastillon
:
He
was
in
danger
of
Repenting
his
not
having
done
it
sooner
;
for
having
met
two
Couriers
,
one
of
them
kn●w
Guitault
,
and
tho'
he
made
no
stop
to
speak
to
him
,
his
Countenance
alter'd
sufficiently
,
to
perswade
him
that
he
suspected
the
Prince
to
be
there
.
He
was
soon
after
fully
inform'd
about
it
,
for
having
met
the
Prince's
Valet
de
Chambre
●
who
lag'd
behind
,
he
stopt
him
,
and
threatning
to
kill
him
,
he
learnt
that
his
Suspicion
was
well
grounded
.
This
Accident
not
only
oblig'd
the
Prince
to
quit
the
Road
immedia●ely
,
but
also
to
leave
Bercenes
,
Captain
of
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault's
Guards
,
in
some
ruin'd
Buildings
that
stood
near
a
Bridge
,
in
order
to
kill
the
Courier
,
in
case
he
came
that
way
,
which
seem'd
to
be
his
nearest
,
to
inform
the
Court
of
the
Prince
of
Conde's
March
:
But
his
good
Fortune
made
him
take
another
way
,
whereby
he
soon
carry'd
the
News
of
what
he
had
seen
to
Gien
.
Whereupon
St.
Maure
was
commanded
with
Twenty
Horse
to
way-lay
the
Prince
between
Chastillon
and
the
Duke
of
Nemours's
Army
,
and
to
take
him
dead
or
alive
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
being
sensible
that
the
meeting
of
the
aforesaid
Courier
would
infallibly
discover
his
passage
,
march'd
with
all
speed
towards
Chastillon
:
But
whereas
we
were
necessitated
to
Travel
35
Leagues
that
day
,
without
changing
our
Horses
,
the
necessity
of
Baiting
made
us
lose
a
great
deal
of
time
,
and
afforded
St.
Maure
time
enough
to
come
up
to
us
.
Moreover
the
Prince
was
like
to
be
taken
by
another
Accident
;
for
being
arriv'd
at
the
Canal
of
Briare
,
he
met
the
Quarter-Masters
of
two
or
three
Regiments
of
Horse
,
who
were
coming
to
take
up
Quarters
there
;
and
whereas
the
whole
Body
was
coming
thither
from
different
places
,
it
was
very
difficult
to
take
a
safe
way
.
Chavaignac
,
who
was
acquainted
with
a
Gentleman
thereabouts
,
call'd
la
Bruslerie
,
resolv'd
to
go
to
him
,
and
took
Guitault
along
with
●im
,
in
order
to
get
some
Provisions
for
the
Prince
of
Conde
:
But
that
day
being
destin'd
for
Adventures
,
just
as
Chavaignac
was
going
out
of
that
House
in
search
of
the
Master
thereof
,
an
Officer
of
the
aforemention'd
Regiments
arriv'd
there
,
and
all
that
the
Mistress
of
the
House
could
do
,
dreading
a
Disorder
in
her
House
,
by
the
Encounter
of
Persons
of
different
Parties
,
was
to
send
her
Daughter
to
Guitault
to
give
him
Notice
that
an
Officer
belonging
to
the
King's
Forces
was
arriv'd
there
.
In
the
mean
while
,
the
Prince
,
who
expected
News
from
Chavaignac
,
and
from
Guitault
,
had
been
oblig'd
to
remove
from
the
place
where
they
had
left
him
,
by
the
arrival
of
these
Forces
.
He
had
sent
his
Val●t
de
Chambre
to
Chastillon
,
to
order
the
Keeper
of
the
Park
to
keep
the
Door
open
;
and
thus
he
was
only
attended
by
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
and
the
Prince
of
Marsillac
.
However
they
continu'd
their
March
still
towards
Chastillon
.
The
Prince
of
Marsillac
went
a
hundred
Paces
before
the
Prince
,
and
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
follow'd
him
at
the
same
distance
,
to
the
end
that
being
warn'd
by
either
of
them
,
he
might
have
some
Advantage
to
make
his
Escape
.
They
had
not
travel'd
long
in
this
manner
,
when
they
heard
the
firing
of
some
Pistols
on
that
side
where
the
Valet
de
Chambre
was
gone
,
and
at
the
same
time
discover'd
four
Troopers
on
their
left
hand
;
upon
which
concluding
they
were
pursu'd
,
they
resolv'd
to
Charge
those
four
Men
,
and
march'd
up
to
them
with
a
Resolution
to
suffer
themselves
to
be
kill'd
rather
than
taken
.
But
being
come
nearer
to
them
,
they
found
it
was
Chavaignac
,
who
was
in
search
of
them
with
three
Gentlemen
;
and
they
arriv'd
together
at
Chastillon
without
any
danger
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
receiv'd
Tidings
there
of
the
Army
he
was
going
to
joyn
,
and
was
inform'd
that
it
lay
towards
Lory
,
near
the
Forest
of
Orleance
,
within
Eight
Leagues
of
Chastillon
;
he
heard
moreover
that
Ten
or
Twelve
Chevaux-Legers
of
the
King's
Guard
,
together
with
some
Officers
were
at
that
time
at
Chastillon
;
whereupon
he
resolv'd
to
remove
from
thence
about
Midnight
with
speed
,
with
a
Guide
for
Lory
.
This
Guide
had
like
to
have
occasion'd
his
Ruin
;
for
after
a
long
March
,
he
found
that
he
was
but
within
a
short
League
of
Gien
,
in
so
much
that
going
about
to
quit
that
Road
,
to
tu●n
towards
Lory
,
the
Prince
pass'd
within
Thirty
Yards
of
the
place
where
St.
Maure
lay
in
wait
for
him
:
But
whether
he
did
not
know
him
,
or
durst
not
Charge
him
,
nothing
oppos'd
his
Passage
,
and
he
arriv'd
at
Lory
,
where
he
heard
certain
News
of
his
Army
,
which
was
but
two
Leagues
distant
from
them
.
Altho●
he
conceal'd
himself
with
the
same
precautions
he
had
us'd
elsewhere
,
both
he
and
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucaul●
were
discover'd
by
several
Inhabitants
of
the
place
,
of
which
many
were
the
King
's
and
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
Servants
.
But
this
prov'd
an
Advantage
instead
of
a
Prejudice
to
him
,
for
some
of
them
got
on
Horse-back
,
with
him
,
and
accompany'd
him
to
the
Army
.
He
met
the
Vanguard
at
the
entrance
of
the
Forest
of
Orleance
;
some
Troopers
coming
up
to
him
,
and
he
having
discover'd
himself
to
them
,
the
whole
Army
was
surpriz'd
with
an
excess
of
Joy
that
cannot
be
express'd
.
His
Presence
had
never
been
so
necessary
as
it
was
at
that
time
,
and
had
never
been
less
expected
.
The
Animosity
between
the
Dukes
of
Nemours
and
Beaufort
daily
increas'd
,
and
thereby
the
sole
Prop
of
the
Party
daily
perish'd
through
the
Division
of
the
Chiefs
,
at
a
time
when
the
Presence
of
the
King
,
and
his
Army
,
should
have
oblig'd
them
most
to
prefer
the
Publick
Good
to
their
particular
Quarrels
.
The
Prince
was
too
much
concern'd
to
put
an
end
to
those
Differences
,
not
to
endeavour
it
with
all
the
earnestness
imaginable
,
which
he
effected
the
more
easily
,
by
reason
that
his
Arrival
taking
the
Command
from
them
,
at
the
same
time
it
remov'd
the
main
cause
of
their
Jealousie
and
Hatred
.
Affairs
standing
in
this
Condition
,
the
Army
march'd
to
Lory
,
where
they
rested
a
day
,
three
or
four
days
more
were
employ'd
in
going
to
Montargis
,
which
surrender'd
without
any
Resistance
.
The
Army
soon
quitted
that
place
,
by
reason
that
it
was
stor'd
with
Corn
and
Wine
,
which
might
be
of
use
,
upon
occasion
;
as
also
to
sh●w
an
Example
of
Mildness
,
which
might
prove
advantageous
to
his
Party
in
the
other
Cities
.
The
Army
march'd
from
Montargis
,
and
went
to
Chateau-renard
:
Gourville
arriv'd
there
at
the
same
time
from
Paris
,
to
give
the
Prince
an
account
of
his
Friends
S●ntiments
about
his
Conduct
towards
Monsieur
,
and
towards
the
Parliament
.
Their
Advices
prov'd
very
different
,
for
some
counsel'd
him
to
remain
with
the
Army
,
by
reason
that
the
Reso●●●ions
of
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
and
of
the
Parliament
would
always
depend
on
the
Event
of
that
War
;
and
that
while
he
should
be
at
the
Head
of
a
Victorious
Army
,
the
King●s
Power
would
reside
in
his
hands
:
Whereas
in
going
to
Paris
,
he
took
away
from
his
Forces
the
Reputation
which
his
Presence
had
given
them
,
since
he
was
necessitated
to
leave
the
Command
thereof
to
the
same
Persons
,
whose
Division
and
Incapacity
had
been
like
to
produce
such
great
Disorders
.
Chavigny
on
the
contrary
assur'd
the
Prince
that
his
Presence
was
absolutely
necessary
in
Paris
;
That
the
Cabals
of
●he
Court
,
and
of
the
Cardinal
of
Rets
,
daily
increas'd
in
the
Parliament
;
and
that
finally
they
would
infallibly
engage
the
Duke
of
Orleance
on
their
side
,
unless
the
Prince
came
in
Person
to
free
him
from
his
dependency
on
them
,
and
to
put
the
Duke
of
Rohan
and
Chavigny
in
possession
of
a
place
they
could
no
longer
dispute
with
the
Cardinal
of
R●ts
without
him
.
They
all
in
general
agreed
,
preferably
to
all
other
things
,
to
undertake
some
considerable
Action
against
the
King's
Army
,
all
depending
on
a
Successful
Event
.
At
that
very
time
the
Prince
of
Conde
receiv'd
Intelligence
that
the
Marshal
of
Hoquincourt's
Brigade
lay
still
in
separate
Quarters
,
pretty
near
Chateau●Renard
,
and
that
the
next
day
it
was
to
joyn
again
with
Marshal
de
Turenne's
.
Whereupon
he
resolv'd
immediately
to
March
up
with
all
his
Army
to
Marshal
d'
Hoquincourt's
,
before
he
could
have
time
to
assemble
his
Forces
,
to
retire
towards
Marshal
de
Turenne
;
and
the
Success
answe●'d
his
Expectation
.
He
entred
first
into
two
Quarters
,
which
alarm'd
the
rest
;
b●t
that
did
not
hinder
him
from
taking
five
of
them
one
after
another
:
The
four
first
hardly
made
any
resistance
,
but
the
M●rshal
d'
Hoquincourt
having
plac'd
himself
in
Battalia
with
800
Horse
upon
the
border
of
a
Brook
,
which
could
only
be
cross'd
one
Man
of
a
Breast
upon
a
very
narrow
decay'd
Bank
,
seem'd
resolv'd
to
dispu●e
that
Passage
;
yet
no●withstanding
the
Duke
of
Nemours
had
no
sooner
past
this
Defile
with
three
or
four
Men
,
but
the
Marshal
,
who
judg'd
that
all
the
Army
was
there
,
retir'd
behind
that
Quarter
,
and
suffer'd
it
to
be
pillag'd
,
placing
himself
in
Battle
again
,
in
hop●s
of
an
Opportunity
to
Charge
them
during
the
Pl●nder
.
This
Quarter
made
no
more
Resistance
than
the
others
,
but
whereas
those
Houses
were
cover'd
with
Thatch
,
they
being
set
on
fire
,
the
Marshal
d'
Hoquincourt
soon
discover'd
by
that
Light
the
Number
of
the
Forces
that
were
past
;
and
finding
that
there
was
not
above
One
Hundred
Horse
,
he
advanc'd
to
Charge
them
with
above
800.
The
P●ince
of
Conde
observing
this
Cavalry
that
was
falling
upon
him
,
strait
form'd
a
Squadron
of
what
Men
he
had
about
him
,
and
march'd
up
to
his
E●emy
with
so
unequal
a
Number
,
that
i●
seem'd
,
as
if
Chance
had
assembled
all
the
General
Officers
of
his
Army
in
that
place
,
to
make
him
s●nsible
,
what
a
Loss
he
might
have
sustain'd
by
an
ill
Event
.
The
fi●st
Rank
,
in
which
he
fought
himself
,
was
compos'd
of
the
Dukes
of
Nemours
,
of
Beaufort
,
and
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
the
Prince
of
Marsillac
,
the
Marquess
of
Clinchant
,
who
commanded
the
Spanish
Forces
,
Count
Tavannes
,
Lieutenant-General
,
of
Guitault
,
Gaucourt
,
and
some
other
Officers
:
Both
the
Squadrons
fir'd
at
a
small
distance
,
and
yet
neither
of
them
gave
ground
;
but
two
others
having
soon
after
charg'd
the
Prince's
,
the
Duke
of
Nemours
was
shot
through
the
Body
with
a
Pistol
,
and
his
Horse
kill'd
under
him
.
The
Prince
of
Conde's
Squadron
,
not
being
able
to
sustain
two
Charges
so
close
to
one
another
,
●etird
an
Hundred
steps
in
disorder
towards
the
Quarter
that
was
on
fire
;
but
the
Prince
,
and
the
General
Oflicers
who
were
with
him
,
riding
up
to
the
said
Squadron
,
stopt
it
.
The
Enemies
contented
themselves
with
having
〈◊〉
it
give
ground
,
without
breaking
it
:
Some
Officers
and
a
few
Troopers
only
advanc'd
,
and
the
Prince
of
Marsillac
,
who
chanc'd
to
be
Twelve
or
Fifteen
Yards
behind
the
Squadron
that
gave
ground
,
turn'd
back
upon
an
Officer
,
whom
he
●●●●'d
between
the
two
Squadrons
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
,
as
I
have
declar'd
already
,
stopt
his
,
and
forc'd
it
to
turn
back
upon
his
Enemies
,
who
had
not
dar'd
to
pursue
it
,
for
fear
of
its
being
sustain'd
by
some
Infantry
.
During
this
Disorder
Thirty
Horse
had
cross'd
the
Defile
:
The
Prince
of
Conde
plac'd
himself
immediately
at
the
Head
of
them
with
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
and
attacking
Marshal
d'
Hoquincourt
in
the
Flank
,
he
caus'd
him
to
be
charg'd
in
the
Front
by
the
Squadron
where
he
had
lost
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
.
This
made
an
end
of
overthrowing
the
Enemies
,
of
which
part
threw
themselves
into
Bleneau
,
and
the
rest
were
pursu'd
three
or
four
Leagues
towards
Auxere
,
without
their
endeavouring
to
Rally
.
They
lost
all
their
Baggage
,
and
Three
Hundred
Horse
were
taken
.
This
Overthrow
might
have
been
greater
,
had
not
the
Prince
been
inform'd
that
Marshal
Turenne's
Army
was
in
sight
.
This
News
oblig'd
him
to
retire
to
his
Foot
,
who
had
quitted
their
Post
to
Plunder
,
and
having
rally'd
his
Forces
,
he
march'd
towards
Marshal
Turenne
,
who
plac'd
his
Army
in
Battle
in
a
very
large
Plain
,
within
less
than
Musquet-shot
of
a
very
large
Wood
,
through
the
midst
of
which
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
oblig'd
to
March
to
come
up
to
him
.
This
Passage
was
large
enough
of
it self
to
March
two
Squadrons
a-breast
:
But
whereas
it
was
very
Marshy
,
and
that
several
Ditches
had
been
made
to
drain
it
,
there
was
no
coming
to
the
Plain
without
making
Defiles
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
finding
it
possess'd
by
his
Enemies
,
threw
his
Infantry
to
the
Right
and
Left
into
the
Wood
which
border'd
it
,
in
order
to
keep
the
Enemy
at
a
distance
from
it
,
and
it
succeeded
according
to
his
desires
:
For
Marshal
Turenne
dreading
the
Inconveniency
of
the
Musquetry
,
quitted
his
Post
,
to
take
another
at
a
little
more
distance
,
and
upon
a
higher
Ground
than
the
Prince's
.
This
Movement
perswaded
the
Prince
that
he
was
retiring
towards
Gien
,
and
that
it
would
be
easie
to
beat
him
in
the
disorder
of
his
Retreat
,
before
he
could
reach
it
.
To
this
end
he
caus'd
his
Cavalry
to
advance
,
and
made
hast
to
make
six
Squadrons
pass
the
Defiles
,
in
order
to
enter
the
Plain
;
but
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
being
sensible
how
disadvantageous
it
would
be
for
him
to
Combat
the
Prince
in
the
Plain
,
he
having
a
Victorious
Army
,
that
was
much
stronger
than
his
,
resolv'd
to
turn
back
with
Sword
in
hand
,
upon
those
six
Squadrons
,
in
order
to
defeat
those
that
were
past
,
and
to
stop
the
remainder
of
the
Forces
,
that
were
still
on
the
other
side
of
the
Defile
.
The
Prince
guessing
at
his
Intention
,
caus'd
his
Horse
to
retire
again
;
and
thus
the
Defiles
hindring
them
from
coming
at
one
another
,
without
great
disadvantage
;
they
only
caus'd
their
Artillery
to
advance
on
both
sides
,
and
fir'd
a
very
considerable
while
at
one
another
,
but
with
a
very
different
success
;
for
besides
that
the
Marshal
of
Turenne's
having
more
Artillery
,
and
better
Guns
than
his
Enemy's
,
it
had
the
Advantage
of
a
higher
Ground
over
the
Princes
Forces
,
which
being
very
close
in
the
passage
which
separated
the
Wood
,
most
of
the
shot
did
light
upon
them
;
and
they
lost
above
sixscore
Men
,
and
several
Officers
,
among
which
was
Mare
,
Brother
to
the
Marshal
of
Grancey
.
The
remainder
of
the
day
past
in
this
manner
.
At
the
〈◊〉
of
the
Sun
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
retir'd
〈◊〉
Gien
;
the
Marshal
of
Hoquincourt
,
who
〈◊〉
joyn'd
him
since
his
Defeat
,
remain'd
in
the
〈◊〉
of
the
Army
,
and
going
with
some
Officers
〈◊〉
draw
out
the
Squadron
that
was
nearest
to
the
●●●ily
,
he
was
discover'd
by
the
Prince
,
who
sent
him
word
that
he
would
be
glad
to
see
him
,
and
●hat
he
might
advance
upon
his
Parole
.
He
did
●ha●
,
the
Prince
desir'd
,
and
advancing
with
some
Officers
,
he
met
the
Prince
,
accompany'd
by
the
Dukes
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
and
of
Beaufort
,
and
two
or
three
more
.
The
Conversation
pass'd
in
Civili●ies●
and
Railleries
on
the
Prince's
side
,
and
in
Justifications
on
the
Marshal's
for
what
had
happen'd
to
him
,
complaining
of
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
〈◊〉
in
reality
and
Justice
it
might
be
said
,
that
he
〈◊〉
perform'd
two
brave
and
very
bold
Actions
th●t
day
,
the
success
of
which
sav'd
both
him
and
th●
Court
:
For
as
soon
as
he
receiv'd
Intelligence
th●t
the
Marshal
of
Hoquincourt's
Brigade
,
which
wa●
to
joyn
him
the
next
day
,
was
attack'd
,
he
march'd
with
a
very
small
number
of
Men
to
the
place
,
where
he
was
met
in
Battalia
,
where
he
●arry'd
all
the
day
for
the
remainder
of
his
Forces
,
exposing
himself
thereby
to
an
inevitable
Defeat
,
had
the
Prince
march'd
up
directly
towards
him
,
instead
of
pursuing
the
Forces
he
had
defeated
in
the
Night
,
for
two
or
three
Leagues
:
He
also
sav'd
that
very
day
the
remainders
of
the
King's
Army
with
great
Valour
and
Conduct
,
when
he
turn'd
back
upon
the
six
Squadrons
of
the
Prince
,
that
had
past
the
Defily
,
and
by
that
Action
stopt
an
Army
,
which
without
doubt
would
have
destroy'd
h●●
utterly
,
could
it
once
have
been
plac'd
in
Order
of
Battel
in
the
same
Plain
where
he
was
.
The
King's
Army
being
retir'd
,
the
Prince
march'd
his
towards
Chatillon
,
and
that
Night
lodg'd
in
the
Quarters
upon
the
Canal
of
Briare
,
near
La
Bruslerie
.
The
next
day
he
repair'd
to
Chatillon
with
all
his
Forces
,
the
which
he
left
two
days
after
under
the
Command
of
Clinchant
and
Count
Tavannes
,
in
order
to
go
to
Paris
with
the
Dukes
of
Beaufort
and
de
la
Rochefoucault
.
That
Journey
was
of
greater
Consequence
than
it
appear'd
to
him
at
that
time
;
and
I
am
perswaded
,
that
the
only
desire
of
going
to
Paris
,
there
to
receive
the
general
Applause
which
the
Success
of
so
perillous
a
Journey
,
and
so
great
a
Victory
deserv'd
,
made
him
approve
Chavigny's
Reasons
,
who
earnestly
desir'd
to
be
countenanc'd
by
the
Prince's
presence
and
Authority
,
in
order
to
fill
up
the
place
which
the
Cardinal
of
Rets
held
in
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
favour
.
He
was
in
hopes
,
as
I
have
already
declar'd
,
to
render
himself
equally
considerable
to
those
two
Princes
,
by
perswading
each
of
them
,
that
he
was
the
real
promoter
of
their
Union
;
besides
he
fancy'd
that
it
was
the
easiest
way
to
succeed
in
his
Project
with
Fabert
.
He
therefore
press'd
the
Prince
to
come
to
Paris
,
in
order
to
oppose
the
Progress
the
Cardinal
of
Rets
made
upon
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
Mind
,
and
to
improve
the
favourable
disposition
the
Parliament
was
in
at
that
time
,
having
made
a
Decree
,
by
which
they
had
proscrib'd
,
and
put
a
Price
upon
Cardinal
Mazarin's
Head
.
Whatever
Impressions
Chavigny's
Counsels
made
upon
the
Prince
,
it
is
certain
that
he
follow'd
them
;
he
was
receiv'd
at
Paris
with
so
many
Acclamations
,
and
such
Testimonies
of
publick
Joy
,
that
he
did
not
think
he
had
any
cause
to
Repent
his
Journey
.
All
things
remain'd
for
a
while
in
this
Condition
,
but
whereas
the
Army
wanted
Forrage
about
Chatillon
and
Montargis
,
and
that
they
durst
neither
remove
it
farther
from
Paris
,
nor
bring
it
nearer
to
it
;
it
was
remov'd
to
Estampes
,
where
they
imagin'd
it
might
remain
a
considerable
while
with
safety
,
and
abundance
of
all
things
.
The
Duk●
of
Nemours
was
not
yet
cur'd
of
his
Wound
,
when
the
Prince
receiv'd
Intelligence
that
some
of
the
King's
Forces
,
Commanded
by
the
Count
of
Musse●s
,
and
the
Marquess
of
St.
Mesgrin
,
Lieuten●nt
Generals
,
were
on
their
March
from
St.
Ger●●●s
and
St.
Cloud
,
with
two
Pieces
of
Canon
,
in
〈◊〉
to
Charge
an
Hundred
Men
of
the
Regi●ent
of
Conde
,
who
had
retrench'd
themselves
upon
a
Bridge
,
and
had
broken
one
of
the
Arches
of
i●
.
Upon
this
News
the
Prince
got
immediately
●n
Horse-back
with
such
as
chanc'd
to
be
about
●im
;
but
the
Report
thereof
being
spread
through
the
City
,
all
the
Persons
of
Quality
that
were
there
went
to
meet
him
at
Boulogne
,
and
were
follow'd
by
8
or
10000
Citizens
in
Arms.
The
King's
Forces
only
fir'd
some
Canon
,
and
retir'd
without
en●ea●ouring
to
make
themselves
Masters
of
the
Bridge
;
but
the
Prince
of
Conde
being
willing
to
improve
the
good
Disposition
of
those
Citizens
,
assign'd
them
Officers
,
and
made
them
March
towa●ds
St.
Denis
,
where
he
was
inform'd
that
there
was
a
Garrison
of
200
Switzers
;
those
Forces
ar●●●'d
there
about
Night
,
and
those
within
being
●larm'd
thereat
,
soon
alarm'd
those
without
,
for
the
Prince
being
surrounded
by
Three
Hundred
Horse
,
selected
and
compos'd
of
the
bravest
,
and
mo●●
undaunted
Men
of
his
Party
,
found
himself
dese●●ed
by
them
at
the
very
first
Firing
of
the
E●emy
,
none
but
six
persons
remaining
about
him
.
The
remainder
fled
in
a
disorder
,
and
fell
in
among
the
Infantry
of
the
Citizens
,
which
was
daunted
thereat
,
and
had
certainly
follow'd
the
Example
of
the
Gentry
,
had
not
the
Prince
,
and
those
tha●
remain'd
about
him
stopt
them
,
and
made
them
●nter
St.
Denis
through
old
Breaches
,
that
were
unguarded
.
Whereupon
all
those
persons
of
Quality
who
had
abandon'd
him
,
came
back
to
him
,
every
one
alledging
some
particular
Reason
to
excuse
his
Flight
,
although
the
shame
of
it
was
common
●o
them
all
.
The
Switzers
endeavour'd
to
defend
some
Barricado's
in
the
Town
,
but
being
press'd
close
,
they
retir'd
into
the
Abby
,
where
they
surrender'd
themselves
within
two
hours
Prisoners
of
War
.
No
Acts
of
Hostility
were
committed
against
the
Inhabitants
or
Convents
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
reti●'d
back
to
Paris
,
leaving
Deslande
,
a
Captain
in
the
Regiment
of
Conde
,
with
200
Men
in
St.
Denis
,
which
was
re-taken
that
very
Night
by
the
King's
Forces
;
but
Deslande
retir'd
into
the
Church
,
where
he
held
out
three
days
.
Tho'
no
particular
Circumstance
render'd
that
Action
considerable
in
it self
,
yet
it
dispos'd
the
Citizens
to
favour
the
Prince
;
and
they
all
prais'd
him
so
much
the
rather
,
because
every
one
of
them
quoted
him
as
a
Witness
of
his
Courage
,
and
the
Dangers
he
fancy'd
he
had
been
expos'd
to
in
that
Action
.
In
the
mean
while
the
Duke
of
Rohan
and
Chavigny
resolv'd
to
prosecute
their
first
Design
,
and
to
take
the
Advantage
of
so
favourable
a
Conjuncture
,
in
order
to
make
some
Propositions
about
an
Accommodation
:
They
imagind
the
Court
would
sincerely
accomplish
whatever
Fabert
had
propos'd
to
them
,
only
with
a
Design
to
engage
them
with
the
Cardinal
,
who
was
willing
to
make
use
of
them
to
draw
in
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
into
that
Abyss
of
Negotiations
,
into
the
bottom
of
which
no
body
could
ever
dive
,
the
which
all
along
prov'd
very
favourable
to
him
,
and
fatal
to
his
Enemies
.
The
first
days
of
the
Prince's
Arrival
were
no
sooner
past
,
but
all
the
Intrigues
and
Cabals
were
renew'd
again
on
all
sides
,
and
whether
he
were
really
weary
of
maintaining
so
Penible
a
War
,
or
that
his
abode
in
Paris
inspir'd
him
with
a
desire
and
hopes
of
Peace
,
for
a
while
he
quitted
all
other
thoughts
,
to
apply
himself
to
find
out
means
to
make
as
advantageous
a
one
as
●e
had
projected
.
The
Duke
of
Rohan
and
Cha●●●●●
gave
him
great
hopes
about
it
,
in
order
to
〈◊〉
him
to
entrust
them
with
the
Care
of
that
Negotiation
,
and
to
let
them
go
by
themselves
●ith
●●ulas
to
St.
Germans
,
there
to
Treat
about
●is
and
the
Duke
of
Orleance's
Concerns
.
It
was
li●ewise
propos'd
to
send
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefou●●●●●
●hither
,
and
the
Prince
desir'd
it
for
several
Reasons
,
but
he
declin'd
it
,
imagining
,
either
that
the
Peace
was
already
concluded
between
Monsieur
and
the
Court
under-hand
by
Chavigny
,
without
the
Prince's
participation
,
or
that
it
would
not
be
concluded
at
that
time
,
not
only
because
the
Prince's
Pretensions
were
too
great
,
but
likewise
because
the
Duke
of
Rohan
and
Chavigny
would
secure
their
own
preferrably
to
all
the
rest
.
Thus
the
Duke
of
Rohan
,
Chavigny
,
and
Goulas
went
to
St.
Germans
,
with
positive
Orders
not
to
see
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
or
to
Treat
about
any
thing
with
him
.
The
Duke
of
Orleance's
Demands
consisted
chiefly
in
the
Removing
of
the
Cardinal
;
but
the
Prince
of
Conde's
had
more
Latitude
,
by
reason
that
hav●ng
engag'd
the
City
and
Parliament
of
Bordeaux
in
his
Party
,
together
with
a
great
number
of
Persons
of
Quality
,
he
had
made
particular
Treaties
with
them
,
by
which
he
was
engag'd
not
to
make
any
with
the
Cour●
,
without
comprising
their
Interests
in
it
,
in
the
manner
I
shall
relate
hereafter
.
No
body
did
in
the
least
question
the
Success
of
those
Gentlemen's
Journey
;
there
being
no
likelihood
that
a
Man
of
Chavigny's
Parts
and
Understanding
,
who
knew
the
Court
,
and
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
by
so
long
an
Experience
,
would
have
engag'd
in
so
great
a
Negotiation
,
having
manag'd
it
for
three
Months
together
,
without
being
certain
of
the
Success
.
But
every
body
was
soon
undeceiv'd
by
the
Return
of
those
Deputies
,
who
had
,
not
only
treated
with
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
contrary
to
the
express
Orders
they
had
receiv'd
about
it
;
but
moreover
,
instead
of
demanding
for
the
Prince
,
what
was
set
down
in
their
Instructions
,
had
only
insisted
chiefly
,
upon
the
establishing
of
a
necessary
Council
,
almost
in
the
form
of
that
which
the
late
King
had
order'd
upon
his
Death-Bed
;
Upon
which
Condition
they
were
to
prevail
with
the
Prince
to
consent
,
that
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
accompany'd
by
Chavigny
,
should
go
to
treat
about
a
General
Peace
,
in●tead
of
the
Prince
;
and
that
it
should
be
Lawful
for
him
to
come
back
into
France
after
the
Conclusion
thereof
.
As
those
Propositions
were
contrary
to
the
Prince's
Interests
and
Sentiments
,
he
receiv'd
them
with
great
Indignation
against
Chavigny
,
and
resolv'd
for
the
future
never
to
give
him
the
least
knowledge
of
whatever
he
should
Treat
of
in
Secret
with
the
Court.
To
that
end
he
gave
Gourville
Instructions
,
which
were
drawn
in
presence
of
the
Dutchess
of
Chastillon
,
the
Dukes
of
Nemours
and
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
which
contain'd
what
followeth
.
1.
That
they
would
hearken
to
no
Negotiation
after
that
Day
;
and
that
they
expected
a
positive
Answer
to
all
the
Articles
,
of
Yes
,
or
No
,
since
they
could
not
desist
from
any
of
them
.
That
they
desir'd
to
Act
sincerely
,
and
consequently
that
they
would
Promise
nothing
but
what
they
were
willing
to
perform
;
and
that
for
that
Reason
,
they
would
be
certain
of
what
the
Court
should
Promise
.
2.
That
they
desi'd
Cardinal
Mazarin
should
immediately
quit
the
Kingdom
,
and
repair
to
Bouillon
.
3.
That
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
should
be
impowr'd
forthwith
to
Treat
about
a
General
Peace
.
4.
That
to
that
end
Just
and
Reasonable
Conditions
should
be
agreed
upon
;
and
that
the
Prince
should
be
allow'd
to
send
into
Spain
,
in
order
to
agree
upon
a
place
for
the
Conference
.
5.
That
a
Council
should
be
made
,
compos'd
of
unsuspected
Persons
,
which
should
be
agreed
upon
.
6.
That
there
should
be
no
Superintendent
,
and
that
the
Revenue
,
Taxes
,
Impositions
,
&c.
should
be
regulated
by
a
good
Council●
7.
That
all
such
who
had
serv'd
Mons●●●●
,
or
the
Prince
,
should
be
restor'd
to
their
Estates
,
and
Places
,
Governments
,
Pensions
,
and
Assignations
,
which
should
be
assign'd
upon
good
Funds
,
and
the
like
for
Monsieur
,
and
for
the
Princes
.
8.
That
Satisfaction
should
be
given
to
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
upon
those
things
he
might
desire
for
himself
,
and
for
his
Friends
.
9.
That
the
Forces
and
Officers
that
had
follow'd
the
Princes
should
be
treated
as
they
were
before
,
and
should
possess
the
same
Ranks
they
had
before
.
10.
That
the
Court
should
grant
the
Inhabitants
of
Bordeaux
those
things
they
desir'd
before
the
War
,
and
for
which
they
had
Deputies
at
Court
.
11.
That
the
Taxes
should
be
diminish'd
in
Guienne
,
according
as
it
should
be
agreed
upon
sincerely
.
12.
That
the
Prince
of
Conty
should
have
leave
to
Treat
with
Monsieur
d'
Angoulesine
about
the
Government
of
Provence
,
and
to
give
him
the
Government
of
Champayne
in
exchange
,
or
else
to
sell
it
to
whoever
he
should
think
fit
,
to
give
him
the
Money
of
it
,
and
that
for
the
overplus
he
should
be
assisted
with
such
a
Sum
of
Money
as
should
be
agreed
upon
.
13.
That
the
Government
of
Auvergne
should
be
given
to
the
Duke
of
Nemours
.
14.
That
leave
should
be
given
to
President
Viole
to
Treat
about
a
place
of
President
a
Mortier
,
or
of
Secretary
of
State
,
upon
Promise
,
that
it
should
be
the
first
vacant
;
and
a
Sum
of
Money
in
present
to
facilitate
the
obtaining
of
it
.
15.
That
the
Court
should
grant
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
the
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*
O
●atent
during
Life
Breviate
he
desir'd
,
equal
to
that
of
Messieurs
de
Bouillon
,
and
Guienne
,
and
the
Government
of
Angoumois
and
St.
Tonge
,
or
the
Sum
of
Sixscore
Thousand
Crowns
,
and
leave
to
Purchase
the
said
Government
,
or
any
other
he
should
have
a
mind
to
.
16.
That
the
Prince
of
Tarente
should
have
a
Breviate
about
his
Rank
,
equal
to
the
Duke
of
Bouillon's
,
and
that
he
should
be
put
in
Possession
of
it
,
and
that
he
should
be
reimburs'd
for
the
Losses
he
had
sustain'd
by
the
taking
and
demolishing
of
Taillebourg
,
according
to
the
Account
he
should
deliver
about
it
.
17.
That
Messieurs
de
Marsin
and
du
Doignon
should
be
made
Marshals
of
France
.
18.
That
Monsieur
de
Montespan
should
be
made
a
Duke
.
19.
That
the
Duke
of
Rohan
should
be
restor'd
to
his
Governments
of
Anjou
and
Anger
's
,
and
that
the
Pont
de
Ce
,
together
with
the
Jurisdiction
of
Saumur
should
be
granted
him
20.
That
the
Government
of
Bergerac
and
Sainte
Foy
should
be
given
to
Monsieur
de
la
Force
,
and
the
survivance
to
his
Son
the
Marquess
of
Castelnau
.
That
the
Marquess
of
Sillery
should
be
certain
of
being
made
Knight
of
the
Order
of
the
Holy
Ghost
at
the
first
Promotion
,
or
Instalment
;
and
that
a
Breviate
should
be
given
him
for
it
,
together
with
the
Sum
of
50000●
Crowns
,
to
Purchase
a
Government
.
Upon
which
Conditions
they
would
engage
to
lay
down
their
Arms
,
and
to
consent
f●eely
to
any
Advantages
for
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
and
to
his
Return
into
France
within
the
space
of
three
Months
,
or
at
the
time
when
the
Prince
having
adjusted
the
Articles
of
a
general
Peace
with
the
Spaniards
,
should
be
at
the
place
of
Conference
with
the
Ministers
of
Spain
,
and
have
given
an
Account
of
the
Peace's
being
ready
to
be
sign'd
;
the
which
he
would
not
Sign
until
the
said
Cardinal
were
actually
return'd
:
But
that
the
Money
mention'd
by
the
Treaty
should
be
paid
before
his
Return
.
The
Cardinal
hearken'd
to
Gourville's
Propositions
,
and
seem'd
not
to
dislike
them
,
whether
it
●ere
that
he
really
was
inclin'd
to
grant
them
,
or
that
he
was
willing
the
Difficulties
should
arise
●●se
where
:
But
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
,
who
dreaded
●
Peace
should
be
concluded
on
,
without
his
having
the
Dutchy
of
Albret
,
which
the
Prince
was
〈◊〉
Possession
of
,
in
order
to
make
him
a
Recompence
in
part
for
Sedan
;
told
the
Cardinal
,
That
●●nce
he
thought
it
fit
to
favour
all
the
Prince's
Friends
,
who
were
his
sworn
Enemies
,
he
thought
it
was
yet
more
reasonable
to
do
Justice
to
his
Friends
,
who
had
assisted
him
,
and
maintain'd
him
against
the
Prince
.
That
he
found
no
fault
with
what
was
design'd
for
the
Dukes
of
Nemours
and
de
l●
Rochefoucault
,
Marsin
,
and
the
others
;
but
that
at
the
same
time
he
could
not
but
think
,
that
having
so
considerable
an
Interest
as
the
Dutchy
of
Albret
was
,
nothing
should
be
concluded
on
with●●●
obliging
the
Prince
to
satisfie
him
in
that
Point
.
Whatever
induc'd
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
to
use
these
Arguments
,
it
is
most
certain
that
they
hindred
the
Cardinal
from
proceeding
any
farther
,
and
he
sent
back
Gourville
to
the
Prince
,
in
order
to
remove
that
Difficulty
.
But
whereas
in
all
great
Affairs
delays
are
commonly
very
dangerous
,
they
were
much
more
so
in
this
,
which
was
not
only
compos'd
of
so
many
different
Interests
,
and
view'd
by
so
many
opposite
Cabals
,
which
endeavour'd
to
break
it
;
but
was
moreover
manag'd
by
the
Prince
of
Conde
on
one
side
,
and
by
Cardinal
Mazarin
on
the
other
;
who
tho'
very
opposite
in
some
things
,
yet
were
alike
in
many
others
,
particularly
in
Treating
about
all
manner
of
Affairs
without
any
limited
Pretentions
;
which
is
the
Reason
that
when
their
desires
are
granted
,
they
still
flatter
themselves
with
obtaining
more
,
perswading
themselves
to
that
degree
,
that
all
things
are
due
to
their
good
Fortune
,
that
the
Balance
can
never
be
kept
sufficiently
even
between
them
,
nor
can
ever
remain
long
enough
in
that
condition
,
to
afford
them
time
to
resolve
upon
a
Treaty
,
and
to
conclude
it
.
Other
Obstacles
were
joyn'd
to
these
:
It
was
the
Cardinal
of
Rets's
Interest
to
prevent
the
Peace
,
by
reason
that
if
it
were
made
without
his
participation
,
the
Duke
of
Orleance
and
the
Prince
being
united
with
the
Court
,
he
would
remain
expos'd
,
without
any
Protection
.
On
the
other
hand
,
Chavigny
being
disgusted
with
the
Court
,
and
with
the
Prince
after
the
ill
Success
of
his
Negotiation
,
concluded
that
it
was
better
to
break
the
Treaty
,
than
suffer
it
to
be
made
by
any
but
himself
.
I
cannot
tell
whether
the
Conformity
of
Interests
,
that
happen'd
to
meet
at
that
time
between
the
Cardinal
of
Rets
and
Chavigny
,
made
them
joyn
to
hinder
the
Prince's
Treaty
;
or
whether
either
of
them
prevail'd
with
the
Duke
of
Orleance
to
do
it
;
but
I
have
been
inform'd
since
by
a
Person
I
must
Credit
,
that
while
Gourville
was
at
St.
Germans
,
Monsieur
sent
the
Duke
d'
Anville
to
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
to
desire
him
not
to
conclude
any
thing
with
the
Prince
,
because
he
design'd
the
Court
should
be
solely
oblig'd
to
him
for
a
Peace
:
That
he
was
ready
to
go
to
the
King
,
and
thereby
to
give
an
Example
which
should
be
follow'd
by
the
Inhabitants
,
and
by
the
Parliament
of
Paris
.
It
was
very
probable
that
such
a
Proposition
should
be
hearken'd
unto
,
preferably
to
all
others
:
And
in
effect
,
whether
by
this
Reason
,
or
by
the
other
I
have
alledg'd
before
,
about
the
Prince
and
Cardinal
Mazarin's
Minds
;
or
whether
,
as
I
always
believ'd
it
,
the
Cardinal
was
never
inclinable
to
a
Peace
,
and
only
made
use
of
Negotiations
for
a
Snare
,
in
which
he
could
surprize
his
Enemies
:
In
fine
,
all
things
were
entangled
to
that
degree
,
that
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucaul●
no
longer
would
suffer
his
People
to
meddle
with
Negotiations
,
which
●●in'd
his
Party
,
and
charg'd
Gourville
to
get
a
positive
Answer
from
the
Cardinal
,
the
second
time
he
was
sent
to
St.
Germans
,
with
Orders
never
to
return
thither
again
.
In
the
mean
while
,
besides
that
the
Prince's
Inclinations
were
not
constantly
fix'd
on
a
Peace
,
he
was
continually
combated
by
the
divers
Interests
of
those
who
endeavour'd
to
disswade
him
from
it
.
Cardinal
Mazarin's
Enemies
did
not
think
themselves
reveng'd
,
while
he
remain'd
in
France
:
And
the
Cardinal
of
Rets
was
sensible
that
in
case
the
Prince
should
come
to
an
Accommodation●
it
would
ruin
his
Credit
,
and
expose
him
to
his
Enemies
:
Whereas
the
War
continuing
,
it
would
certainly
ruin
the
Prince
,
or
banish
Cardinal
Mazarin
●
by
which
means
he
remaining
alone
near
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
might
render
himself
considerable
at
Court
,
whereby
he
propos'd
very
considerable
Advantages
.
On
the
other
hand
,
the
Spaniards
offer'd
whatever
might
tempt
the
Prince
,
and
us'd
all
their
Endeavours
,
in
order
to
prolong
the
Civil
War
;
his
nearest
Relations
,
his
Friends
,
nay
,
even
his
very
Attendants
,
seconded
the
same
out
of
Self-Interest
:
In
fine
,
all
People
were
divided
in
Cabals
,
to
make
a
Peace
,
or
continue
the
War
.
No
Arguments
or
Politicks
were
omitted
to
perswade
the
Prince
to
embrace
either
of
these
Parties
,
when
the
Dutchess
of
Chatillon
rais'd
a
desire
of
Peace
in
him
by
more
agreeable
means
:
She
imagin'd
that
so
great
a
good
was
only
to
be
promoted
by
her
Beauty
,
and
mixing
some
Ambition
with
the
desire
of
making
a
new
Conquest
,
she
resolv'd
at
once
to
Triumph
over
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Heart
,
and
to
draw
from
the
Court
all
the
Advantages
of
that
Negotiation
.
Those
were
not
the
only
Reason
that
inspir'd
those
though●s
in
her
;
Vanity
and
Revenge
contributed
more
towards
it
than
any
thing
else
:
The
Emulation
which
Beauty
and
Gallantry
often
produces
among
Ladies
,
had
occasion'd
great
Jealousies
between
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
,
and
Madame
de
Chatillon
:
They
had
long
conceal'd
their
Sentiments
,
but
at
last
they
appear'd
publickly
on
both
sides
.
Madame
de
Chatillon
,
putting
no
Bounds
to
her
Victory
,
not
only
obligd
the
Duke
of
Nemours
to
break
off
all
his
Engagements
with
Madame
de
Longueville
in
a
very
disobliging
manner
,
but
at
the
same
time
resolv'd
to
take
from
her
all
the
knowledge
of
A●fairs
,
and
to
be
the
sole
disposer
of
the
Conduct
and
Interests
of
the
Prince
.
The
Duke
of
Nemours
,
who
had
great
Engagements
with
her
,
approv'd
her
Design
,
and
believd
that
since
it
was
in
his
power
to
Regulate
the
Dutchess
of
Chatillon's
Conduct
towards
the
Prince
,
she
would
inspire
him
with
whatever
Sentiments
he
pleas'd
,
and
that
thus
he
should
dispose
of
the
Prince's
Mind
,
by
the
power
he
had
over
the
Dutchess
of
Chatillon's
.
The
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
at
that
time
had
the
greatest
share
of
any
body
in
the
Prince's
favour
,
and
at
the
same
time
had
very
strict
Engagements
both
with
the
Duke
of
Nemours
,
and
with
Madame
de
Chatillon
:
He
was
very
sensible
of
the
Prince's
Irresolutions
towards
a
Peace
;
and
fearing
,
as
it
happen'd
since
,
that
the
Spanish
,
and
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville's
Cabals
would
joyn
,
in
order
to
remove
the
Prince
from
Paris
,
where
he
might
daily
Treat
without
their
Participation
;
he
imagin'd
that
the
Dutchess
of
Chatillon's
Design
would
be
able
to
remove
all
the
Obstacles
that
oppos'd
a
Peace
,
and
for
that
Reason
induc'd
the
Prince
to
engage
with
her
,
and
to
give
her
Merlou
for
her self
.
He
likewise
prevaild
with
her
to
behave
her self
so
prudently
towards
the
Prince
,
and
the
Duke
of
Nemours
,
as
to
preserve
them
both
;
and
perswaded
the
Duke
of
Nemours
to
approve
of
this
Engagement
,
which
he
ought
not
to
be
Jealous
of
,
since
he
was
acquainted
therewith
,
and
that
it
was
only
design'd
to
place
him
at
the
Helm
of
Affairs
.
This
Intrigue
being
manag'd
and
regulated
by
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefo●cault
,
gave
him
almost
an
absolute
Power
over
all
those
that
compos'd
it
.
And
thus
those
four
Persons
being
equally
advantag'd
thereby
,
it
would
certainly
have
had
at
last
the
Success
they
had
propos'd
,
had
not
Fortune
oppos'd
it
by
a
World
of
unavoidable
Accidents
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Dutchess
of
Chatillon
being
desirous
to
appear
at
Court
with
all
the
Advantages
she
deriv'd
from
her
new
Credit
:
She
went
thither
with
so
absolute
a
Power
from
the
Prince
,
that
it
was
look'd
upon
rather
as
an
Effect
of
his
Complaisance
towards
her
,
and
a
desire
of
flattering
her
Vanity
,
than
a
real
Intention
of
coming
to
an
Accommodation
.
She
came
back
to
Paris
with
great
hopes
,
but
the
Cardinal
only
reap'd
solid
Advantages
by
that
Negotiation
;
he
gain'd
Time
,
he
augmented
the
Suspicions
of
the
opposite
Cabal
,
and
amus'd
the
Prince
at
Paris
by
the
hopes
of
a
Treaty
,
while
they
took
Guienne
,
and
his
Towns
from
him
,
and
while
the
King's
Army
,
commanded
by
the
Marshals
of
Turenne
and
Hoquincourt
,
held
the
Field
,
and
his
was
retir'd
in
Estampes
.
Moreover
it
did
not
remain
long
there
,
without
receiving
a
considerable
Loss
,
which
was
this
;
The
Marshal
of
Turenne
being
inform'd
that
[
](A34619-e58080-b)*
*
The
first
Princess
of
the
Blood
,
se
call'd
.
Mademo●s●lle
passing
through
Estampes
,
had
been
desirous
to
see
the
Army
in
Battalia
,
he
caus'd
his
Forces
to
March
,
and
arriv'd
in
the
Suburb
of
Estampes
,
before
those
which
compos'd
the
Army
that
was
lodg'd
there
could
be
in
a
condition
to
defend
their
Quarter
:
It
was
forc'd
and
pillag'd
,
and
the
Marshals
of
Turenne
and
d'
Hoquincourt
retir'd
to
theirs
,
after
having
kill'd
1000
or
1200
Men
of
the
Prince●s
best
Forces
,
and
carry'd
away
abundance
of
Prisoners
.
This
Success
rais'd
the
hopes
of
the
Court
to
that
degree
,
that
they
design'd
to
Besiege
Estampes
,
and
all
the
Army
that
was
in
it
.
Whatever
Difficulty
seem'd
to
attend
that
Enterprize
,
it
was
resolv'd
upon
,
in
hopes
to
meet
with
Astonishment
in
the
Men
,
and
Division
in
the
Commanders
;
a
Town
open
in
several
parts
,
unprovided
,
and
without
probability
of
Succours
from
any
but
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
with
whom
the
Court
thought
a
Treaty
had
been
made
.
Moreover
it
is
my
Opinion
,
that
the
Event
of
the
Siege
was
not
so
much
consider'd
,
as
the
Reputation
so
great
an
Undertaking
would
afford
the
King's
Arms
:
For
tho'
at
the
same
time
the
Negotiation
was
continud
with
great
earnestness
,
and
that
the
Prince
was
then
very
desirous
of
a
Peace
,
yet
it
could
not
reasonably
be
expected
until
the
Success
of
Estampes
had
regulated
the
Propositions
thereof
.
1652.
During
these
Transactions
the
Court-Party
made
use
of
that
Conjuncture
to
gain
the
People
,
and
to
form
Cabals
in
the
Parliament
;
and
tho'
at
that
time
the
Duke
of
Orleance
seem'd
closely
united
with
the
Prince
,
he
notwithstanding
daily
had
particular
Conferences
with
the
Cardinal
of
Rets
,
who
made
it
his
chief
business
to
destroy
whatever
Resolutions
the
Prince
put
him
upon
.
The
Siege
of
Estampes
continu'd
still
,
and
tho'
the
Progresses
of
the
King's
Army
were
inconsiderable
,
yet
nevertheless
the
Reports
that
were
spread
up
and
down
the
Realm
,
were
advantageous
to
the
King
.
And
Paris
look'd
for
the
Succours
that
was
expected
from
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
as
the
only
thing
that
could
sa●e
the
Party
.
It
arriv'd
at
last
after
many
delays
,
and
no
small
Suspicions
of
an
Accommodation
between
the
King
and
him
,
however
his
Presence
dissipated
that
Opinion
for
a
while
,
and
he
was
receiv'd
with
extream
Joy
;
his
Forces
were
Encamp'd
near
Paris
,
and
the
Disorders
they
committed
were
suffered
without
complaining
.
At
first
there
happen'd
some
Disputes
between
the
Prince
and
him
about
their
Rank
;
but
he
finding
that
the
Prince
would
not
desist
,
relinquish'd
his
Pretentions
so
much
the
rather
,
because
he
had
only
insisted
upon
it
,
in
order
to
gain
time
to
make
a
secret
Treaty
with
the
Court
,
to
raise
the
Siege
of
Estampes
without
hazarding
a
Combat
.
Nevertheless
,
as
People
are
never
so
easily
surpris'd
,
as
when
they
are
projecting
to
deceive
others
,
it
happ●n'd
,
that
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
who
expected
to
derive
great
advantages
from
,
and
to
secure
himself
by
his
continual
Negotiations
with
the
Court
,
(
tho'
very
unjust
)
was
on
a
sudden
●●rpris'd
by
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
,
who
marched
up
to
him
with
all
his
Army
,
and
required
him
forthwith
to
re●ire
and
march
back
for
Flanders
.
The
Duke
of
Lorrain's
Forces
were
not
inferiour
to
the
King
's
,
and
a
Man
who
had
only
valued
his
Reputa●ion
might
easily
have
hazarded
a
Combat
.
But
whatever
Reasons
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
had
for
it
,
he
retired
with
Shame
,
and
submitted
to
what
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
was
pleas'd
to
impose
upon
him●
he
neither
acquainted
the
Duke
of
Orleance
nor
the
Prince
with
what
pass'd
,
and
the
first
thing
they
heard
was
,
that
their
Forces
w●re
marched
out
of
Estampes
,
that
the
King's
Army
was
remov'd
from
thence
,
and
that
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
was
marching
back
for
Flanders
,
pretending
to
have
fully
perform'd
the
Orders
he
had
receiv'd
from
the
Spaniards
,
and
his
Promise
to
Monsieur
.
This
n●ws
surpris'd
every
body
,
and
made
the
Prince
resolve
to
go
to
his
Army
,
fearing
the
King's
might
fall
upon
it
in
the
way
.
He
went
out
of
Paris
,
accompany'd
only
by
12
or
15
Horse
,
whereby
he
expos'd
himself
to
be
taken
by
the
Enemies
Parties
;
however
he
joyn'd
his
Army
,
and
led
it
towards
Ville
Iuive
:
Afterwards
he
marched
to
St.
Cloud
,
where
he
made
some
stay
,
during
which
the
Ha●vest
was
not
only
quite
spoil'd
,
but
almost
all
the
Country
Houses
were
burnt
.
This
began
to
disgust
the
Parisians
,
and
the
Prince
had
like
to
have
received
fatal
Marks
at
the
Battel
of
St.
Anthony
.
During
these
Transactions
,
Gaucourt
had
secret
Conferences
with
the
Cardinal
,
who
s●ill
express'd
to
him
an
earnest
desire
for
a
Peace
;
he
had
already
agreed
upon
the
main
Conditions
,
but
the
more
he
insisted
on
the
least
,
the
more
it
was
apparent
that
he
had
no
design
to
conclude
.
Those
Uncertainties
gave
new
Vigour
to
all
the
Cabals
,
and
consequently
to
the
divers
Reports
that
were
dispersed
abroad
.
Paris
never
was
in
greater
Agitation
,
and
never
was
the
Prince's
mind
more
divided
to
resolve
upon
Peace
or
War
.
The
Spaniards
endeavour'd
to
remove
him
from
Paris
to
hinder
a
a
Peace
,
and
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville's
Friends
contributed
to
that
Disign
,
in
order
to
remove
him
from
the
Dutchess
of
Chastillon
.
Moreover
,
Mademoiselle
at
once
design'd
the
same
things
with
the
Spaniards
,
and
with
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
;
for
on
the
one
hand
she
desir'd
the
Continuation
of
the
War
,
to
be
reveng'd
on
the
Queen
and
Cardinal
,
who
had
hindred
her
Marriage
with
the
King
,
and
on
the
other
,
she
was
desirous
to
get
the
Prince
from
the
Dutchess
of
Chastillon
,
and
to
have
a
greater
share
in
his
Confidence
and
Esteem
than
that
Du●chess
:
And
therefore
in
order
to
gain
him
,
by
that
which
was
most
sensible
to
him
,
she
rais'd
Forces
in
his
Name
,
and
promis'd
him
Money
to
raise
more
.
〈◊〉
Promises
being
joyn'd
to
those
the
Spani●●●●
ma●e
,
and
to
the
A●tifices
that
were
us'd
by
●he
Du●chess
of
Longueville's
Friends
,
remov'd
from
〈◊〉
Prince
all
the
thoughts
he
had
of
a
Peace
.
Tha●
which
in
my
Opinion
likewise
contributed
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
rably
to
it
,
was
not
only
the
small
Confi●●nc●
he
thought
he
could
repose
in
the
Court
,
but
●●●●ng
which
will
hardly
be
credited
from
a
Person
of
his
Quality
and
Merit
,
it
was
a
violent
desire
of
imitating
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
in
many
things
,
and
particularly
in
his
behaviour
towards
his
Soldiers
and
Officers
;
and
he
perswaded
himself
,
that
since
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
being
dispossess'd
of
his
Dominions
,
his
Circumstances
not
being
near
so
advantageous
as
his
,
had
notwithstanding
rende●'d
himself
so
considerable
by
his
Army
●nd
by
his
Money
,
his
own
Qualifications
being
in●●ni●ely
superiour
to
his
,
his
Progresses
would
pro●e
suitable
thereunto
,
and
that
in
the
mean
time
he
s●ould
lead
a
Life
altogether
conformable
to
his
own
Humour
.
This
has
been
look'd
upon
as
the
true
Motive
that
engag'd
the
Prince
among
the
Spaniards
,
and
for
which
he
renounc'd
whatever
his
Birth
and
Ser●ices
had
acquir'd
him
in
the
Kingdom
.
However
he
conceal'd
his
Sentiments
as
much
as
possible
he
could
,
and
still
express'd
the
same
desire
for
a
Peace
,
the
which
was
still
in
vain
,
in
Agitation
.
The
Court
at
that
time
was
at
St.
Denis
,
and
the
Marshal
de
la
Ferté
had
joyn'd
the
King's
Army
with
the
Forces
he
had
brought
from
Lorrain
.
The
Prince's
Army
which
was
weaker
than
the
least
of
the
two
that
were
oppos'd
to
him
,
had
till
then
kept
its
Post
at
St.
Cloud
,
in
order
to
make
use
of
the
Bridge
to
avoid
an
unequal
Combat
;
but
the
arrival
of
Marshal
de
la
Ferté
enabled
the
King's
Army
to
divide
into
two
Bodies
,
and
to
attack
St.
Cloud
on
both
sides
,
by
making
Bridges
towards
St.
Denis
;
the
Prince
resolv'd
to
remove
from
St.
Cloud
,
in
order
to
march
to
Charenton
,
and
to
Post
himself
in
that
nook
of
Land
,
which
makes
the
Conjunction
between
the
River
Marne
and
the
Seine
.
Without
doubt
he
would
not
have
done
it
had
he
followed
his
own
Inclination
,
and
it
had
been
much
safer
and
much
easier
to
leave
the
River
Seine
on
the
left
hand
,
and
to
march
by
Meudon
and
Vaugirard
,
to
Encamp
under
the
Fauxbourg
St.
Germans
,
where
perhaps
he
should
not
have
been
attack'd
for
fear
of
Engaging
the
Parisians
in
his
Defence
.
But
the
Duke
of
Orleance
would
by
no
means
consent
to
it
,
not
only
,
as
was
represented
to
him
,
out
of
fear
of
a
Combat
,
he
might
see
from
the
Windows
of
his
Palace
of
Luxemburg
,
but
also
because
some
perswaded
him
that
the
King's
Artillery
would
make
a
continual
Fire
against
it
to
force
him
to
quit
it
.
Thus
the
Opinion
of
an
imaginary
Peril
,
made
the
Duke
of
Orleance
expose
the
Prince
of
Conde
●s
Life
to
the
greatest
danger
he
had
ever
been
in
.
He
caus'd
his
Army
to
march
at
the
beginning
of
the
Night
on
the
first
of
Iuly
,
and
expecting
to
reach
Charenton
before
his
Enemies
could
come
up
to
him
,
he
march'd
through
the
[
](A34619-e58870-b)*
*
A
place
like
the
Ring
in
Hide-Park
.
Cours
of
the
Queen-Mother
,
and
round
about
the
City
,
from
the
Gate
of
St.
Honoré
to
the
Gate
of
St.
Anthony
,
in
order
to
●arch
from
thence
to
Charenton
.
He
did
not
desire
leave
to
March
through
Paris
,
for
fear
of
a
denial
,
which
at
that
time
would
have
discover'd
the
ill
Condition
of
his
Affairs
:
Besides
he
was
afraid
,
that
having
obtain'd
it
,
his
Forces
would
disperse
themselves
in
the
City
,
and
that
it
would
be
difficult
to
force
them
out
of
it
,
in
case
of
Necessity
.
The
Court
soon
receiv'd
Intelligence
of
his
March
,
and
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
follow'd
him
immediately
with
what
Forces
he
had
,
in
order
to
stop
him
,
until
Marshal
de
la
Ferté
,
who
●ollow'd
with
is
Army
,
could
come
up
to
him
.
In
the
mean
time
the
King
was
sent
to
Charonne
,
to
behold
from
that
place
,
as
from
a
Theatre
,
that
Action
,
which
,
according
to
appearances
,
was
like
to
prove
the
absolute
Overthrow
of
the
Prince
,
and
the
end
of
the
Civil
War
;
but
in
Effect
that
which
prov'd
one
of
the
boldest
,
and
most
perillous
Occasions
,
that
ever
was
seen
in
War
,
and
that
in
which
the
Prince
of
Conde's
great
Endowments
appear'd
to
the
best
Advantage
.
Fortune
it self
seem'd
to
be
reconcil'd
to
him
in
that
Occasion
,
and
would
have
a
share
in
a
Success
,
of
which
both
Parties
have
imputed
the
Glory
to
his
Valour
,
and
Conduct
:
For
he
was
attac'd
precisely
at
a
time
,
in
which
he
could
make
use
of
the
Retrenchments
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Suburb
of
St.
Anthony
had
made
,
to
secure
themselves
from
being
pillag'd
by
the
Duke
o●
Lorrain's
Forces
,
and
it
was
the
only
place
in
all
the
March
he
design'd
that
had
any
Retrenchments
,
and
in
which
he
could
avoid
being
absolutely
defea●ed
;
nay
,
even
some
Squadrons
of
his
Rear
were
charg'd
in
the
Suburb
of
St.
Martin
,
by
some
Men
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
had
detach'd
to
amuse
him
;
The
Battel
of
the
Suburb
of
St.
Anthony
.
they
retir'd
in
disorder
in
the
Retrenchment
of
the
Suburb
of
St.
Anthony
,
in
which
he
had
plac'd
himself
in
Battalia
.
He
had
but
just
so
much
time
as
was
necessary
to
that
end
,
and
to
garnish
those
Posts
through
which
he
could
be
attack'd
,
with
Foot
and
Horse
:
He
was
forc'd
to
place
the
Baggage
of
the
Army
upon
the
side
of
the
Ditch
of
St.
Anthony
,
because
the
Parisians
had
refus'd
to
receive
it
.
Moreover
some
Carriages
had
been
plunder'd
,
and
those
of
the
Court-Party
had
contriv'd
Affairs
so
,
that
the
Event
of
that
Business
should
be
seen
from
thence
,
as
from
a
Neuter
place
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
preserv'd
about
him
such
of
his
Attendants
as
happen'd
to
be
there
,
and
such
Persons
of
Quality
as
had
no
Command
,
the
number
of
which
amounted
to
about
Thirty
or
Forty
.
The
Marshal
of
Turenne
dispos'd
his
Attacks
with
all
the
Diligence
and
Confidence
of
a
Man
who
thinks
himself
certain
of
Victory
.
His
detach'd
Men
being
come
within
30
Yards
of
the
Retrenchment
,
the
Prince
came
out
upon
them
,
with
the
Squadron
I
have
mention'd
,
and
charging
them
with
Sword
in
hand
,
defeated
their
Battalion
absolutely
,
took
some
Officers
Prisoners
,
carry'd
away
their
Colours
,
and
retir'd
to
his
Retrenchment
.
On
the
other
hand
,
the
Marquess
of
St.
Mesgrin
attack'd
the
Post
that
was
defended
by
Count
de
Tavannes
,
Lieutenant-General
,
and
Languais
,
Mareschal
de
Camp
;
who
made
so
brave
a
Resistance
,
that
the
Marquess
of
St.
Mesgrin
finding
that
his
Infantry
flinch'd
,
being
hurry'd
on
by
Heat
and
Anger
,
advanc'd
with
the
King's
Troop
of
Chevaux
Legers
in
a
Street
shut
up
with
Barricado's
,
where
he
was
kill'd
,
with
the
Marquess
of
Nantouillet
,
Le
Fouilloux
,
and
some
others
,
Mancini
,
Cardinal
Mazarin's
Nephew
was
wounded
,
and
dy'd
of
his
Wounds
some
time
after
.
The
Attacks
were
continu'd
on
all
sides
with
great
Vigour
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
charg'd
the
Enemies
a
second
time
,
with
an
equal
Success
to
the
first
;
he
appear'd
every
where
,
in
the
middle
of
the
Fire
and
Combat
,
and
gave
his
Orders
with
that
calmness
of
Mind
,
which
is
so
necessary
,
and
yet
so
seldom
met
with
on
those
Occasions
.
Finally
,
the
King's
Forces
having
forc'd
the
last
Barricado
of
the
Street
call'd
du
Cours
,
which
leads
to
Vincennes
,
they
entred
in
Order
of
Battle
as
far
as
the
Market-place
of
the
Suburb
of
St.
Anthony
;
whereupon
the
Prince
ran
thither
,
charg'd
them
,
and
destroying
whatever
oppos'd
him
,
regain'd
that
Po●●
,
and
forc'd
the
Enemies
out
of
it
.
Nevertheless
they
were
Masters
of
a
second
Barricado
,
which
was
in
the
Street
that
goes
to
C●arenton
,
the
which
was
Forty
Yards
beyond
a
very
large
Square
adjoyning
to
the
said
Street
:
The
Marquess
of
●o●illes
had
made
himself
Master
of
it
,
and
in
order
to
keep
it
the
better
,
he
had
caus'd
the
Houses
to
be
pierc'd
through
,
and
had
plac'd
Musquetiers
in
all
those
before
which
they
were
oblig'd
to
pass
to
come
up
to
the
said
Barricado
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
did
design
to
go
with
some
Infantry
,
to
cause
other
Houses
to
be
pierc'd
,
to
force
them
to
retire
by
a
greater
Fire
,
which
indeed
was
the
best
way
;
but
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
who
chanc'd
not
to
be
near
the
Prince
at
the
beginning
of
the
Attack
,
being
somewhat
Jealous
at
the
Duke
of
Nemours
having
been
there
all
along
,
press'd
the
Prince
to
cause
the
said
Barricado
to
be
attack'd
by
Infantry
that
was
already
tyr'd
and
discourag'd
,
the
which
instead
of
going
up
to
the
Enemy
,
kept
close
to
the
Houses
,
and
would
not
Advance
.
At
the
same
time
a
Squadron
of
the
Forces
from
Flanders
,
that
had
been
posted
in
a
Street
,
which
butted
in
one
of
the
corners
of
the
Square
on
that
side
where
the
Houses
were
,
being
no
longer
able
to
●arry
there
,
for
fear
of
being
surrounded
as
soon
as
the
Houses
thereabouts
should
be
taken
,
came
back
into
the
Square
,
and
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
believing
that
they
were
Enemies
,
propos'd
to
the
D●kes
de
la
Rochefoucault
and
Nemours
,
who
arriv'd
there
at
that
time
,
to
Charge
them
,
and
they
being
follow'd
by
all
the
Persons
of
Quality
and
Voluntiers
,
they
march'd
up
to
them
,
and
expos'd
themselves
to
no
purpose
to
all
the
Shot
of
the
Barricado
,
and
of
the
Houses
of
the
Square
,
for
in
joyning
they
knew
themselves
to
be
all
of
the
same
Party
:
But
at
the
same
time
perceiving
some
astonishment
in
those
who
guarded
the
Barricado
,
the
Dukes
of
Nemours
,
Beaufort
,
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
and
the
Prince
of
Marsillac
charg'd
them
,
and
forc'd
them
to
quit
it
:
After
which
they
alighted
,
and
guarded
it
themselves
,
the
Infantry
that
was
Commanded
refusing
to
second
them
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
stood
firm
in
the
Street
with
those
that
had
rally'd
about
him
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Enemies
,
who
were
possess'd
of
all
the
Houses
of
the
Street
,
seeing
the
Barricado
guarded
only
by
four
Men
,
would
certainly
have
re-taken
it
,
had
not
the
Prince's
Squadron
hindred
them
;
but
there
being
no
Infantry
to
hinder
their
Firing
from
the
Windows
,
they
began
to
Fire
again
from
all
sides
,
and
saw
the
four
who
kept
the
Barricade
side-ways
from
head
to
foot
.
The
Duke
of
Nemou●s
receiv'd
Thirteen
Shot
upon
his
Armour
;
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
likewise
receiv'd
a
Musquet-shot
in
the
Face
above
the
Eyes
,
by
which
he
losing
his
sight
,
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
and
the
Prince
of
Marsillac
were
oblig'd
to
retire
with
these
two
wounded
Lords
.
The
Enemies
pursu'd
them
,
but
the
Prince
of
Conde
advanc'd
to
dis-engage
them
,
and
gave
them
time
to
get
on
Horse
back
,
in
so
much
that
they
were
again
oblig'd
to
abandon
to
the
King's
Forces
the
Post
they
had
just
taken
from
them
.
Almost
all
those
who
had
been
with
them
in
the
Square
were
kill'd
or
wounded
;
among
others
they
lost
the
Marquesses
of
Flamarin
and
de
la
Rocheguiffard
,
the
Count
of
Castres
,
the
Count
de
Boss●●
,
Desfour●eaux
,
La
Martiniere
,
La
Motte
,
Gayonne
,
Bercenes
,
Captain
of
the
Guards
to
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
de
L'
Huilliere
,
who
likewise
belong'd
to
him
,
and
many
others
,
whose
Names
cannot
be
set
down
here
.
In
fine
,
the
Number
of
the
Dead
and
Wounded
was
so
considerable
on
both
sides
,
that
both
Parties
seem'd
rather
intent
to
repair
their
Losses
,
than
to
attack
their
Enemies
.
This
kind
of
Truce
however
was
most
advantageous
to
the
King's
Forces
,
who
were
disgusted
by
so
many
Attacks
,
in
which
they
had
still
been
●eaten
and
repuls'd
;
for
during
those
Transactions
,
the
Marshal
de
la
Ferte
march'd
with
all
speed
,
and
was
preparing
to
make
a
new
Effort
with
his
fresh
and
entire
Army
,
when
the
Parisians
,
who
till
●hen
had
been
Spectators
of
so
great
an
Action
,
declar'd
in
favour
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
They
had
been
so
much
prejudic'd
by
the
Arts
of
the
Court
,
and
of
the
Cardinal
of
Rets
,
and
had
been
perswaded
,
to
that
degree
,
that
the
Prince
had
made
a
Peace
by
himself
,
without
minding
their
Interests
,
that
they
did
look
upon
the
beginning
of
that
Action
,
as
a
Play
,
that
was
acted
between
him
and
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
to
blind
them
.
The
Duke
of
Orleance
confirm'd
them
in
that
thought
,
by
his
giving
no
Orders
in
the
City
to
Succour
the
Prince
.
The
Cardinal
of
Rets
was
with
him
,
who
still
augmented
the
Trouble
and
Irre●olution
of
his
Mind
,
in
proposing
Difficulties
to
whatever
he
would
undertake
.
On
the
other
hand
,
St.
Anthony's
Gate
was
guarded
by
a
Regiment
of
the
Train-bands
,
whose
Officers
being
gain'd
by
the
Court
,
almost
equally
hindred
People
from
going
out
,
or
coming
into
the
City
.
Finally
,
all
things
were
ill
dispos'd
to
receive
the
Prince
and
his
Forces
there
,
when
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The
Duke
o●
Orleance
's
Daughter
.
Mademoiselle
making
an
Effort
upon
her
Father's
Mind
,
drew
him
out
of
the
Lethargy
in
which
he
had
been
kept
by
the
Cardinal
of
Re●s
:
She
went
to
the
Town-House
to
order
the
Citizens
to
take
Arms
;
and
at
the
same
time
commanded
the
Governour
of
the
Bastille
to
fire
his
Ordnance
upon
the
King's
Forces
,
and
coming
back
to
St.
Anthony's
Gate
,
she
not
only
dispos'd
all
the
Ci●izens
to
receive
the
Prince
and
his
Army
,
but
moreover
to
March
out
,
and
to
make
some
Skirmishes
,
while
his
Forces
were
entring
.
That
which
made
an
end
of
moving
the
People
in
the
Prince
of
Conde's
behalf
,
was
to
see
so
many
Persons
of
Quality
carry'd
back
,
both
dead
and
wounded
.
The
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
being
willing
to
improve
that
favourable
Conjuncture
for
the
Advantage
of
his
Party
,
although
his
Wound
made
both
his
Eyes
almost
come
out
of
his
Head
,
went
on
Horse-back
from
the
place
where
he
was
wounded
to
the
Fauxbourg
St.
German
,
exhorting
the
People
to
assist
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
for
the
future
to
distinguish
better
the
Intention
of
those
who
had
accus'd
him
of
having
treated
with
the
Court.
This
for
a
while
had
the
Effect
he
desir'd
,
and
Paris
was
never
better
affected
to
the
Prince
,
than
it
was
at
that
time
.
In
the
mean
time
the
noise
of
the
Canon
of
the
Bastille
,
produc'd
at
one
and
the
same
time
two
very
different
Sentiments
in
Cardinal
Mazarin's
Mind
;
for
at
first
he
believ'd
that
Paris
was
Declaring
against
the
Prince
,
and
that
he
was
going
to
Triumph
over
that
City
,
and
over
his
Enemy
:
But
finding
that
instead
thereof
,
they
fir'd
upon
the
King's
Forces
,
he
sent
Orders
to
the
Marshals
of
France
to
retire
with
the
Army
,
and
to
March
back
to
St.
Denis
.
That
Day
prov'd
one
of
the
most
Glorious
of
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Life
,
his
Valour
and
his
Conduct
never
had
a
greater
share
in
any
of
his
Victories
;
and
it
may
be
said
with
Truth
,
that
so
many
Persons
of
Quality
never
made
a
smaller
number
of
Men
fight
.
The
Colours
were
carried
to
Notre
Dame
,
and
all
the
Officers
were
put
at
Liberty
upon
their
Parole
.
Notwithstanding
this
,
the
Negotiations
were
continued
,
every
Cabal
was
desirous
to
make
the
Peace
,
or
to
hinder
the
others
from
doing
it
;
and
the
Prince
and
Cardinal
were
absolutely
resolv'd
not
to
make
it
.
Chavig●y
had
made
his
Pe●ce
〈◊〉
the
Prince
in
Appearance
,
but
it
would
be
difficult
to
tell
what
his
Sentiments
had
been
●ill
then
,
by
reason
that
his
natural
Levity
daily
inspired
him
with
such
as
were
directly
opposite
;
he
was
for
pushing
things
to
Extremity
when
ever
he
had
any
Prospect
of
destroying
●he
Cardinal
,
and
of
en●ring
into
the
Ministry
of
Affairs
again
;
and
he
was
for
begging
a
Peace
whenever
he
imagined
his
Lands
should
be
Pillag'd
and
his
Houses
p●ll'd
down
.
Nevertheless
,
at
that
time
he
chanc'd
to
be
of
Opinion
with
the
rest
,
that
it
would
be
proper
to
profit
of
the
good
Disposition
the
People
was
in
,
and
to
propose
an
Assembly
●t
the
Town●House
,
in
order
to
resolve
,
to
have
the
Duke
of
Orleance
acknowledge'd
Lieutenant
General
of
the
Crown
of
France
:
That
they
should
enter
into
an
inseparable
Union
to
procure
the
removal
of
the
Cardinal
,
and
that
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
should
be
invested
with
the
Government
of
Paris
,
in
the
room
of
the
Marshal
de
L'
Hospital
;
that
Broussel
should
be
made
Prevost
des
Merchands
,
or
Lord
Mayor
,
in
the
room
of
Le
Febure
.
But
that
Assembly
in
which
they
expected
to
find
the
safety
of
the
Party
,
prov'd
one
of
the
main
Causes
of
its
Ruine
,
by
an
Act
of
Violence
,
which
was
like
to
have
destroyed
all
those
that
chanc'd
to
be
in
●he
Town-House
,
or
Hostel
de
Ville
,
and
made
the
Prince
lose
all
the
advantages
he
had
gain'd
by
the
Battle
of
St.
Anthony
.
I
cannot
tell
who
was
the
Author
of
so
pernicious
a
Design
,
all
having
equally
disown'd
it
;
but
in
fine
,
while
the
Assembly
was
held
,
a
Croud
of
all
manner
of
Men
in
Arms
appea●'d
at
the
Town-House
Gates
,
crying
,
That
they
should
not
only
do
all
things
according
to
the
Prince's
Mind
,
but
moreover
,
that
they
should
instantly
deliver
all
those
that
were
Cardinal
Mazarin's
Friends
.
At
first
this
Noise
was
only
look'd
upon
as
an
ordinary
effect
of
the
Common
People's
Impatience
,
but
seeing
that
the
Croud
and
Tumult
increas'd
,
and
that
not
only
the
Souldiers
,
but
even
the
Officers
were
concern'd
in
the
Riot
,
the
Gates
being
set
on
fire
,
and
the
Windows
shot
at
,
all
the
Members
of
the
Assembly
thought
themselves
equally
undone
.
Many
of
them
to
avoid
the
Fire
,
expos'd
themselves
to
the
Fury
of
the
People
,
and
abundance
of
Persons
of
all
Qualities
,
and
of
all
Parties
were
kill'd
:
It
was
generally
believ'd
that
the
Prince
had
sacrific'd
his
Friends
,
in
order
not
to
be
suspected
of
having
destroy'd
his
Enemies
.
The
Duke
of
Orleance
was
not
in
the
least
suspected
of
having
any
share
in
that
Business
,
the
Odium
and
Hatred
thereof
being
wholly
cast
upon
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
As
for
my
part
,
I
am
of
Opinion
,
that
both
of
them
had
employ'd
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
in
it
,
to
frighten
such
Members
of
that
Assembly
as
were
not
on
their
side
;
tho'
at
the
same
time
I
am
perswaded
that
neither
of
them
had
the
least
Intention
of
hurting
any
body
.
However
they
soon
appeas'd
the
Disorder
,
but
they
could
not
race
out
the
Impression
it
had
made
in
the
Peoples
Mind
.
Afterwards
it
was
propos'd
to
create
a
Council
,
compos'd
of
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
the
Chancellor
of
France
,
the
Princes
,
Dukes
,
and
Peers
,
Marshals
of
France
,
and
General
Officers
of
the
Party
.
Two
Presidents
a
Mortier
were
to
assist
at
it
from
the
Parliament
,
the
Lord
Mayor
,
or
Provost
des
Merchands
,
from
the
City
,
to
Judge
definitively
,
and
without
Appeal
of
all
Military
Causes
,
and
whatever
related
to
the
Government
of
the
City
.
This
Council
augmented
the
Disorder
instead
of
diminishing
it
,
about
the
Pretentions
of
the
Rank
that
was
to
be
held
in
it
,
the
sequel
of
which
,
as
well
as
of
the
Assembly
,
prov'd
very
Fatal
;
for
the
Dukes
of
Nemours
and
of
Beaufort
being
already
at
o●ds
about
past
differences
,
or
about
some
Ladies
,
quarrel'd
about
Precedency
in
the
Council
,
and
〈◊〉
with
Pistols
;
The
Duke
of
Nemours
's
Death
.
the
Duke
of
Nemours
was
kill'd
by
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
his
Brother-in-law
.
All
those
who
knew
that
Prince
,
were
mov'd
with
Grief
and
Compassion
at
his
Death
;
even
the
Publick
had
cause
to
lament
him
;
for
besides
his
great
and
lovely
Qualifications
,
he
contributed
as
much
as
in
him
lay
to
promote
a
Peace
,
and
both
he
and
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
h●d
relinquish'd
the
Advantages
the
Prince
was
oblig'd
to
procure
them
by
the
Treaty
,
in
order
to
facilitate
the
Conclusion
thereof
.
But
the
Death
of
the
one
,
and
the
Wound
of
the
other
,
afforded
the
Spa●iards
,
and
Madame
de
Longueville's
Friends
all
the
Liberty
they
could
desire
to
draw
the
Prince
away
.
They
now
suppos'd
it
would
be
easie
●o
perswade
the
Prince
to
go
into
Flanders
;
they
dazled
him
with
hopes
,
and
Madame
de
Chatillon
seem'd
to
appear
less
Charming
to
him
,
because
he
no
longer
found
an
Illustrious
Rival
to
Combat
in
her
Heart
.
However
he
did
not
at
first
reject
the
Propositions
of
a
Peace
,
but
taking
his
measures
to
continue
the
War
,
he
offer'd
the
Duke
of
Nemours's
Employment
to
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
who
co●ld
not
accept
it
by
reason
of
his
Wound
;
for
which
Reason
he
gave
it
afterwards
to
the
Prince
of
Tarente
.
Paris
was
more
divided
at
that
time
than
ever
it
had
been
;
The
Court
daily
gain'd
Ground
in
the
Parliament
,
and
among
the
People
,
the
Murder
committed
at
the
Town-House
having
struck
every
body
with
Horror
:
The
Army
durst
not
keep
the
Field
,
and
their
abode
in
Paris
exasperated
the
People
the
more
against
the
Prince
.
In
●ine
,
his
Affairs
were
reduc'd
to
the
greatest
Extremity
,
when
the
Spaniards
,
who
were
equally
desirous
of
preventing
his
Ruin
and
his
Elevation
,
in
order
to
perpetuate
the
War
,
caus'd
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
to
March
to
Paris
for
the
second
time
,
with
a
sufficient
Body
,
to
stop
the
King's
Army
.
Nay
,
moreover
he
kept
it
invested
at
Villeneuve
St.
George
,
and
sent
word
to
Paris
,
that
the
Enemies
would
be
constrain'd
to
come
to
a
Battle
,
or
to
starve
in
their
Camp
.
This
hope
flatter'd
the
Prince
,
and
he
imagin'd
he
should
draw
great
Advantages
from
the
Event
of
that
Action
,
although
in
reality
the
Marshal
of
Turenne
never
wanted
Provisions
,
nor
the
Liberty
of
retiring
to
Melun
,
withou●
hazarding
a
Combat
.
He
did
it
accordingly
,
without
meeting
any
Opposition
,
whilst
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
was
gone
to
Paris
,
where
the
Prince
lay
sick
of
a
Fever
.
Palluau's
Forces
at
that
time
joyn'd
the
King's
Army
,
after
having
taken
Montrond
:
The
Marquess
of
Persan
had
been
block'd
up
in
it
from
the
beginning
of
the
War
,
by
Count
Palluau
with
an
inconsiderable
Army
:
But
when
the
Garrison
was
weaken'd
by
Hunger
and
Diseases
,
he
attack'd
it
by
Force
,
and
took
it
with
less
Resistance
,
than
could
be
expected
from
such
brave
Men
in
one
of
the
strongest
Places
in
the
World
,
had
nothing
been
wanting
in
it
.
The
loss
thereof
prov'd
so
much
the
more
sensible
to
the
Prince
,
by
reason
that
it
was
occasion'd
by
his
Neglect
,
since
he
might
easily
have
succour'd
Montrond
,
whilst
the
King's
Army
was
towards
Compiegne
;
whereas
his
Forces
in
ruining
the
Country
round
about
Paris
increas'd
the
Inhabitants
Hatred
against
him
.
The
Prince
was
neither
happier
,
nor
better
serv'd
in
Guienne
,
where
the
Division
between
the
Prince
of
Conty
and
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
serv'd
for
a
Pretence
to
those
who
had
a
mind
to
quit
his
Party
.
Several
Cities
,
following
the
Example
of
Ag●●
,
had
open'd
their
Gates
to
the
King's
Forces
,
and
the
Inhabitants
of
Perigueux
had
stabb'd
their
Governo●r
,
and
driven
out
the
Garrison
;
Villeneuve
●
'
Agenois
,
in
which
the
Marquess
of
Terbon
had
th●own
himself
,
was
the
only
place
that
resolv'd
to
defend
it self
,
and
it
was
done
with
so
much
Vigour
,
〈◊〉
Count
d'
Harcourt
was
forc'd
to
raise
the
Siege
.
He
did
not
tarry
long
in
Guienne
,
after
that
small
Disgrace
,
and
whether
he
was
really
diffident
of
the
Court
,
or
that
he
thought
that
making
himself
Master
of
Brisac
,
Philipsburg
,
and
Alsatia
,
he
should
lay
the
Foundation
of
a
certain
and
independent
Establishment
;
he
went
away
from
his
Army
like
a
Man
who
dreaded
his
being
made
a
Prisoner
in
it
,
and
repair'd
to
Philipsburg
with
all
the
speed
imaginable
.
During
these
Transactions
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Ilness
increas'd
,
yet
,
tho'
it
was
very
violent
,
it
prov'd
nevertheless
less
Fatal
to
him
than
to
Monsieur
de
Chavigny
,
who
having
had
a
very
rough
Esclaircissement
with
the
Prince
,
he
was
seiz'd
with
a
Fever
,
of
which
he
dyed
few
days
after
.
Hi●
Mi●fortune
did
not
end
with
his
Life
,
and
Death
,
which
should
terminate
all
Hatreds
,
seem'd
to
have
reviv'd
his
Enemy's
against
him
.
All
manner
of
Crimes
were
imputed
to
him
,
and
the
Prince
particularly
justify'd
himself
at
his
Cost
,
of
the
Jealousie
the
Spaniards
and
the
Frondeurs
conceiv'd
of
a
secret
Treaty
with
the
Court
:
He
complain'd
that
Chavigny
had
hearken'd
to
some
Propositions
of
the
Abbot
Fouquet
without
his
participation
(
altho'
he
had
order'd
him
so
to
do
in
Writing
)
and
that
he
had
promis'd
to
make
him
relinquish
some
Articles
,
which
he
could
not
do
.
The
Prince
likewise
caus'd
a
Copy
to
be
written
of
an
intercepted
Letter
from
the
aforesaid
Abbot
,
the
Original
of
which
I
have
seen
,
whereby
he
acquainted
the
Court
,
that
Goulas
would
incline
the
Duke
of
Orleance
to
abandon
the
Prince
,
unless
he
accepted
the
Conditions
of
Peace
that
were
offer'd
him
:
But
in
the
Copies
the
Prince
had
written
of
it
,
he
put
the
Name
of
Chavigny
instead
of
Goulas
;
whereby
he
accus'd
him
of
Treason
,
without
giving
any
other
Proofs
thereof
,
besides
a
falsify'd
Copy
of
that
Letter
written
by
the
said
Abbot
Fouquet
,
with
whom
the
Prince
daily
treated
,
and
gave
an
Account
thereof
to
Chavigny
.
I
can
only
impute
the
cause
of
so
unjust
,
and
so
extraordinary
a
proceeding
to
the
extream
desire
the
Prince
had
of
making
War
,
the
which
being
oppos'd
by
his
Friends
,
had
made
him
alter
his
Conduct
towards
them
,
and
place
all
his
Confidence
in
the
Spaniards
.
The
Duke
of
Bouillon
's
Death
.
The
Duke
of
Bouillon
dy'd
at
that
very
time
at
Pontoise
,
whose
Death
should
have
cur'd
Men
of
Ambition
,
and
disgusted
them
from
making
so
many
different
Projects
,
in
order
to
Rise
.
For
the
Ambition
of
that
Duke
was
accompany'd
by
all
the
extraordinary
Qualifications
that
could
render
it
prosperous
:
He
was
brave
,
and
was
a
perfect
Master
in
the
Orders
of
War
;
he
had
an
Easie
,
Natural
,
Insinuating
Eloquence
:
A
clear
Understanding
,
abounding
in
Expedients
,
and
fit
to
manage
the
most
difficult
Undertakings
;
a
sound
Judgment
,
and
an
admirable
Talent
in
distinguishing
.
He
hearken'd
mildly
to
the
Counsels
that
were
given
him
,
and
he
valu'd
other
Peoples
Reasons
so
much
,
that
he
seem'd
to
draw
his
Resolutions
from
thence
.
But
yet
those
Advantages
prov'd
almost
useless
to
him
,
through
the
obstinacy
of
his
Fortune
,
which
always
thwarted
his
Prudence
.
The
Spaniards
were
Revenging
the
Duke
of
Guise's
Enterprize
upon
the
Kingdom
of
Naples
by
a
long
and
cruel
Imprisonment
,
and
had
long
prov'd
inexorable
to
all
those
who
interceded
for
his
Liberty
.
However
they
granted
it
to
the
Prince
,
and
on
th●t
occasion
they
renounc'd
one
of
their
principal
Maxims
,
to
link
him
the
closer
to
their
Party
,
by
a
concession
that
is
so
extraordinary
among
them
.
Thus
the
Duke
of
Guise
receiv'd
his
Liberty
,
when
he
least
expected
it
,
and
he
came
out
of
Prison
,
engag'd
by
so
great
a
Favour
,
and
by
his
Parole
to
enter
into
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Interests
.
He
came
to
him
at
Paris
,
and
perhaps
believing
he
had
acquitted
himself
of
what
he
ow'd
him
,
by
some
Complements
,
and
some
Visits
,
he
went
soon
after
to
meet
the
Court
,
to
offer
the
King
what
such
great
Obligations
exacted
from
him
towards
the
Prince
.
As
soon
as
Chavigny
was
dead
,
the
Prince
began
to
take
his
Measures
to
go
away
with
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
;
and
indeed
his
Conduct
had
rendred
his
departure
so
necessary
,
that
it
was
the
only
way
he
had
left
;
for
the
Peace
was
too
generally
desir'd
at
Paris
to
remain
there
in
safety
,
with
a
design
to
oppose
it
.
The
Duke
of
Orleance
,
who
had
desir'd
it
all
along
,
and
dreaded
the
Evil
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Presence
might
draw
upon
him
,
contributed
so
much
the
rather
towards
his
Removal
,
by
reason
that
he
found
himself
thereby
free
to
make
a
particular
Treaty
.
Altho'
Affairs
stood
on
these
terms
,
the
ordinary
course
of
the
Negotiation
had
not
been
interrupted
;
for
even
at
that
time
when
Cardinal
Mazarin
was
quitting
the
Kingdom
for
the
second
time
,
to
put
a
period
to
the
pretences
of
the
Civil
War
,
or
to
shew
that
the
Prince
had
other
Interests
besides
his
Removal
,
he
sent
Langlade
,
Secretary
to
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
,
to
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
either
out
of
a
real
desire
to
Treat
,
thereby
to
facilitate
his
Return
,
or
hoping
to
draw
great
Advantages
by
his
shewing
that
he
desir'd
a
Peace
.
In
fine
,
Langlade
came
,
with
Conditions
that
were
much
fuller
than
all
the
others
,
and
almost
conformable
to
what
the
Prince
had
demanded
:
but
they
were
equally
refus'd
,
and
his
Fate
,
which
drew
him
into
Flanders
,
did
not
permit
him
to
discover
the
Precipice
until
it
was
too
late
to
retreat
.
Finally
,
he
departed
with
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
after
having
taken
vain
Measures
with
the
Duke
of
Orleance
to
hinder
the
King
from
being
receiv'd
at
Paris
:
But
his
Credit
was
not
sufficient
at
that
time
to
cope
with
the
Court
's
.
He
was
order'd
to
leave
Paris
the
very
day
the
King
was
to
arrive
there
,
and
he
obey'd
immediately
,
to
avoid
being
a
Spectator
of
the
Triumph
of
his
Enemies
,
as
well
as
of
the
Publick
Joy
.
MEMOIRS
OF
THE
Prince
of
Conde
.
BOOK
VI.
THE
King
came
back
to
Paris
on
the
29
th
.
of
October
.
1652.
A
vast
concourse
of
People
went
out
to
meet
His
Majesty
,
The
King's
Return
.
and
when
he
entred
in
the
Evening
into
his
Metropolis
,
all
the
People
gave
marks
of
an
Extraordinary
Joy
.
The
next
day
the
King
caus'd
a
General
Pardon
to
be
read
in
the
Gallery
of
the
Louvre
,
where
the
Parliament
had
been
Conven'd
by
the
King
's
Writ
,
after
which
,
the
said
Declaration
was
recorded
.
In
the
next
place
,
His
Majesty
order'd
the
Duke
of
Orleance
to
retire
to
Limours
,
Several
Persons
are
order'd
to
quit
Paris
.
and
Mademoiselle
de
Montpensier
to
Bois
le
Vicomte
.
The
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
the
Duke
of
Rohan
,
the
Duke
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
and
all
the
Prince
of
Conde
●s
,
and
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville's
Servants
,
and
all
the
near
Relations
of
those
who
were
in
the
Prince's
Service
,
were
also
order'd
to
quit
Paris
,
and
to
retire
elsewhere
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
Motion
.
who
did
not
think
himself
safe
by
the
General
Pardon
,
was
gone
towards
the
Frontiers
of
Picardy
,
there
to
receive
some
Spanish
and
Lorrain
Forces
,
in
order
to
joyn
his
Army
.
After
he
had
receiv'd
this
Reinforcement
,
the
remainder
of
the
Spanish
Forces
,
and
of
those
of
Lorrain
,
divided
themselves
to
March
on
both
sides
of
him
,
in
order
to
joyn
and
succour
him
in
case
of
Necessity
.
After
which
the
Prince
march'd
towards
Rhe●●l
●
with
a
design
to
make
himself
Master
of
it
.
He
pr●sented
himself
before
it
on
the
Thirtieth
,
and
took
it
the
same
day
without
any
Resistance
.
He
left
the
Marquess
of
Persan
there
with
some
Infantry
,
and
little
Horse
;
and
then
he
march'd
directly
to
St.
Menehoult
,
with
the
Forces
of
Virtemberg
,
with
half
those
of
Fuensaldagne
,
and
with
Three
Thousand
Horse
of
the
Duke
of
Lorrain's
,
Commanded
by
the
Prince
de
Ligne
.
He
attack'd
St.
Menehoult
on
the
first
of
November
,
and
took
it
after
fourteen
days
Siege
:
The
Sixteenth
of
the
said
Month
he
receiv'd
Notice
that
Marshal
de
Turenne
had
receiv'd
a
Reinforcement
of
3000
Men
,
and
that
he
was
at
Vitry
le
Bruslé
with
near
15000.
Whereupon
he
resolv'd
to
make
his
whole
Army
cross
the
Wood
towards
Clermont
,
and
to
Encamp
there
,
in
expectation
of
the
Succours
of
Fuensaldagne
,
which
he
stood
in
need
of
,
by
reason
that
after
the
taking
of
St.
Menehoult
,
he
had
sent
back
the
Regiments
of
Languedoc
,
of
Valois
,
and
Langeron
to
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
for
the
Reasons
I
am
going
to
relate
.
When
the
Duke
of
Orleance
was
retir'd
to
Limours
,
The
Duke
of
Orleance
's
Accommodation
.
the
King
sent
the
Duke
d'
Anville
,
and
Monsieur
Le
Tellier
to
that
exil'd
Uncle
,
to
Conclude
,
and
Sign
an
Accommodation
with
him
.
The
chief
Conditions
of
that
Accommodation
were
,
That
〈◊〉
should
call
back
his
Forces
,
which
consisted
of
Eight
Regiments
of
Horse
,
and
Three
of
Foot
;
That
he
should
give
them
to
the
King
,
but
that
His
Majesty
should
not
employ
them
against
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
The
Treaty
being
sign'd
,
Monsieur
retir'd
to
Blois
with
the
King's
leave
,
there
to
enjoy
the
Delights
of
Solitude
,
and
to
lead
a
〈◊〉
Life
with
[
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*
The
Dutchess
of
Orleance
.
Madame
,
who
had
no
mind
to
be
concern'd
with
the
Cabals
of
the
Court.
The
following
day
he
sent
Gedouin
,
Mareschal
〈◊〉
Camp
,
and
second
Lieutenant
to
his
Gendarmes
,
to
give
the
Prince
of
Conde
an
Account
of
his
Accommodation
,
and
to
invite
him
at
the
same
time
to
return
to
his
Allegiance
,
with
those
that
follow'd
his
Fortune
,
and
to
take
the
Advantage
of
the
Act
of
Grace
His
Majesty
had
granted
them
.
He
likewise
carry'd
Orders
to
bring
back
the
three
Regiments
I
have
mention'd
,
the
which
the
Prince
had
taken
along
with
him
,
and
were
at
that
time
in
his
Army
.
This
Envoy
being
arriv'd
at
the
Camp
before
St.
Menehoult
,
on
the
third
day
of
the
Siege
,
and
having
perform'd
his
Commission
to
the
utmost
of
his
Power
,
the
Prince
answer'd
him
coldly
,
That
he
thank'd
his
Royal
Highness
for
the
Advice
he
gave
him
of
his
Treaty
with
the
Court
,
that
both
he
and
his
Friends
knew
the
Treatment
he
had
receiv'd
,
notwithstanding
the
Act
of
Grace
,
and
that
they
would
make
their
Profit
of
his
Example
;
and
that
as
for
his
Royal
Highnesses
Forces
,
he
would
send
them
back
after
the
end
of
the
Siege
;
which
he
perform'd
,
as
above-said
.
Whilst
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
taking
those
Places
,
the
Spaniards
assembled
the
Forces
of
their
Garrisons
,
in
order
to
Invest
the
City
of
Bouillon
,
The
Spaniards
endeavour
to
surprize
the
Cardinal
at
Bouillon
.
and
to
surprize
the
Cardinal
there
,
who
was
raising
of
Men
in
the
Country
of
Liege
to
pass
into
Champayne
,
where
the
Nobility
were
likewise
making
of
Levies
he
was
to
joyn
to
some
Forces
of
Normandy
.
But
his
Eminency
got
happily
out
of
Bouillon
with
a
strong
Convoy
,
of
which
some
were
kill'd
;
which
oblig'd
the
Cardinal
to
retire
to
Sed●n
.
Having
assembled
there
the
Forces
he
had
rais'd
in
the
Country
of
Liege
,
and
there
abouts
,
he
march'd
from
thence
with
them
on
the
25
th
.
of
November
,
in
order
to
joyn
those
that
were
assembling
by
the
Nobility
in
Champayne
,
and
arriv'd
at
St.
Disur
at
the
beginning
of
December
,
with
Four
Thousand
Men.
The
Cardinal
and
Monsieur
de
Turenne
meet
.
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
who
had
Intelligence
of
every
thing
,
had
quitted
his
Camp
at
Baillican
,
and
taken
his
March
by
Epernay
and
Chalons
towards
Reims
,
where
he
was
to
tarry
for
the
Cardinal
,
and
to
receive
his
Forces
to
joyn
them
to
the
King's
Army
.
However
they
judg'd
that
the
King's
Army
was
strong
enough
of
it self
to
Attack
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
therefore
his
Eminency
march'd
towards
Chalons
in
Champayne
with
his
Forces
,
in
order
to
scour
the
Frontiers
,
before
his
return
to
Court
,
where
he
was
impatiently
expected
by
the
King
,
and
by
the
Queen-Mother
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
is
made
Generalissimo
of
the
Armies
of
Spain
.
Altho'
the
Prince
of
Conde
had
receiv'd
on
the
25
th
of
November
the
Quality
of
Generalissimo
of
the
King
of
Spain's
Armies
,
by
the
Hands
of
Count
Fuensaldagne
,
he
was
allow'd
no
greater
number
of
Forces
than
he
had
before
:
It
was
a
lofty
Title
which
produc'd
no
Considerable
Succours
.
His
trouble
.
Thus
the
Conjuncture
I
have
related
put
the
Prince
,
who
was
then
in
a
Post
near
Clermont
,
to
a
great
los●
.
He
expected
the
Succours
Fuensaldagne
had
promis'd
him
;
but
he
was
inform'd
that
tha●
Count
had
receiv'd
Orders
from
the
Arch-Duke
Leopold
,
to
lead
back
his
Forces
into
Flanders
.
However
it
happen'd
happily
at
that
time
that
the
Prince
of
Tarente
came
back
from
Flanders
with
5
or
6000
Men
he
had
rais'd
there
at
his
own
Charge
,
and
brought
them
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
in
order
to
acknowledge
so
great
a
Service
,
thought
himself
oblig'd
to
give
him
the
General
Command
over
his
Forces
,
the
which
he
desir'd
.
But
by
reason
that
Count
Tavannes
had
always
Commanded
them
,
The
Count
of
Tavannes
refus●s
to
yield
the
Command
to
the
Prince
of
Tarente
.
the
Prince
propos'd
his
Design
to
him
,
at
which
the
Earl
was
both
surpriz'd
and
vex'd
.
What
is
it
your
Highness
designs
then
I
should
do
●ere
?
said
he
.
Does
Honour
permit
me
to
serve
is
your
Forces
under
another
,
after
having
Commanded
them
all
for
so
long
a
time
?
The
Prince
answer'd
,
That
having
no
other
way
to
acknowledge
his
Obligations
to
his
Cousin
the
Prince
of
Tarente
,
Tavannes
ought
to
be
so
much
his
Friend
,
as
to
comply
with
the
present
state
of
his
Affairs
;
and
that
if
it
was
a
trouble
to
him
to
yield
to
that
Prince
the
Command
he
desir'd
,
he
would
prevail
with
him
to
be
contented
to
have
it
alternately
with
him
.
Your
Highness
may
dispose
of
your
Forces
as
you
think
fit
,
reply'd
Tavannes
,
and
I
must
thank
you
for
the
Medium
you
are
pleas'd
to
propose
to
me
,
but
having
always
Commanded
your
Forces
alone
,
I
cannot
resolve
to
a●mit
a
Companion
.
Therefore
I
beseech
you
to
give
me
leave
to
retire
,
to
leave
the
sole
Command
of
your
Forces
to
the
Prince
of
Tarente
.
The
Count
of
Tavannes
had
for
some
time
been
very
much
dissatisfy'd
with
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
Count
Tavannes
's
Discontents
.
whom
he
had
always
serv'd
with
a
great
deal
of
Fidelity
and
Zeal
.
He
could
not
forget
that
this
Prince
,
before
his
departure
from
Paris
,
and
while
he
was
sick
there
,
had
held
a
very
considerable
Council
,
without
having
call'd
him
to
it
;
and
that
the
best
Places
,
and
chief
Governments
of
the
Kingdom
had
been
dispos'd
of
before-hand
in
the
said
Council
,
without
so
much
as
thinking
of
him
.
It
is
true
,
that
this
Count
had
ever
look'd
upon
this
destination
of
Places
and
Governments
,
as
a
Chymerical
thing
,
by
reason
that
it
never
entred
into
his
thoughts
that
the
King's
Army
should
be
defeated
,
at
the
time
the
said
Council
was
held
,
a●
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
all
the
Grandees
of
his
Party
imagin'd
then
.
Nevertheless
it
made
him
sensible
that
the
Prince
had
but
little
remembrance
of
his
Services
,
and
that
he
had
but
little
regard
to
his
Advancement
,
and
his
Interest
.
And
therefore
he
had
been
very
much
dissatisfy'd
ever
since
.
And
being
moreover
very
much
sollicited
by
his
Friends
to
abandon
the
Prince's
Party
,
he
was
glad
to
meet
the
Occasion
I
have
related
,
and
embrac'd
it
with
Joy
.
The
Prince
,
having
heard
those
words
of
Tavannes
I
have
mention'd
,
quitted
that
Count
abruptly
,
and
told
him
with
some
Anger
;
that
he
ought
to
think
more
than
once
on
what
he
was
going
to
do
.
And
when
the
said
Count
persisting
still
in
his
Resolution
,
came
to
take
his
leave
of
his
Highness
,
Well
,
Monsieur
de
Tavannes
said
the
Prince
to
him
,
you
are
then
resolvd
not
to
suffer
a
Companion
to
Command
my
Forces
with
me
,
and
that
Pretence
makes
you
run
after
the
fair
hopes
which
call
you
back
to
the
Act
of
Grace
:
Go
then
,
and
give
Mazarin
the
Satisfaction
of
having
snatch'd
my
Right
Arm
from
me
,
to
employ
it
against
my self
.
Count
de
Tavannes
was
calld
at
Paris
,
The
Prince's
Right
Arm.
I
find
by
what
your
Highness
tells
me
,
reply'd
the
Count
,
that
you
know
me
ill
for
the
time
I
have
had
the
Honour
to
serve
you
.
Is
it
possible
,
that
having
seen
me
abandon
all
,
and
sacrifice
my
Interest
to
that
Honour
only
,
you
should
think
my
Heart
base
enough
at
present
to
suffer
my self
to
be
govern'd
by
the
Passion
of
Interest
?
I
find
by
that
,
that
I
am
only
your
Right
Arm
,
because
I
am
not
on
the
side
of
your
Heart
.
But
to
●ndeceive
your
Highness
,
who
thinks
Interest
capable
to
make
me
court
the
Friendship
of
that
Minister
,
I
Protest
,
and
engage
my
Word
to
you
,
that
I
will
neither
appear
at
Court
,
or
take
any
Employment
,
until
I
have
the
Satisfaction
of
b●holding
your
Highness
there
in
possession
of
the
〈◊〉
that
is
due
to
you
.
Count
T●vannes
having
made
this
Generous
Pro●●●●●tion
,
took
his
leave
of
the
Prince
,
Count
Tavannes
,
retires
.
and
retir'd
〈◊〉
his
Estate
of
Pailly
near
Langres
,
where
he
●●●ain'd
ever
since
without
any
Employment
〈◊〉
the
Court
,
and
without
Gratitude
from
the
Prince
.
Whereas
the
King
had
only
consented
to
Cardinal
Mazarin's
Absence
,
1653.
in
order
to
remove
all
P●●tences
of
continuing
the
Civil
War
,
The
Cardinal
returns
to
Court
.
and
to
re-establish
Peace
in
his
Kingdom
,
he
recall'd
him
as
soon
as
the
state
of
his
Affairs
did
permit
him
.
This
Minister
,
who
kept
at
no
great
distance
,
and
who
did
not
cease
to
Act
for
His
Majesty's
Interests
,
had
no
sooner
deliver'd
Picardy
from
the
Ex●●rsions
of
the
Enemies
,
but
he
return'd
to
Court
.
He
arriv'd
at
Paris
on
the
3
d.
of
February
with
as
much
Pomp
,
and
as
many
Acclamations
,
as
if
he
had
never
quitted
the
Kingdom
for
the
Reasons
above
mention'd
.
The
remembrance
of
all
that
was
past
seem'd
to
be
bury'd
,
or
that
it
was
design'd
to
brave
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Absence
.
The
King
went
to
meet
the
Cardinal
,
and
receiv'd
him
in
the
most
obliging
manner
that
could
be
.
As
soon
as
Cardinal
Mazarin
found
himself
absolutely
restor'd
,
The
Prince
of
Conty
's
Marriage
.
he
apply'd
his
Mind
to
strengthen
his
Power
by
Considerable
Alliances
:
And
being
sensible
that
the
Prince
of
Conty
had
no
inclination
to
lead
a
Church-Life
,
though
he
was
design'd
for
i●
,
he
propos'd
one
of
his
Nieces
to
him
,
Daughter
to
a
Gentleman
of
Rome
,
Beautiful
,
and
endow'd
with
all
manner
of
Vertues
.
The
Marriage
was
concluded
,
to
the
Satisfaction
of
all
those
that
were
concern'd
.
While
Paris
and
the
Court
was
employ'd
about
Marriage
and
Divertisements
,
Burgundy
and
Guienne
persisted
in
their
Revolt
;
The
Rebellion
continues
in
Burgundy
and
Guienne
.
but
that
Rebellion
did
not
last
long
.
The
City
of
Bellegarde
was
the
only
one
in
all
Burgundy
that
persis●●d
in
the
Prince's
Party
.
The
Duke
d'
Espernon
,
who
was
Governour
of
that
Province
,
besieg'd
it
,
and
made
himself
Master
of
it
,
after
a
brave
and
obstinate
Resistance
by
Count
Boutteville
,
who
Commanded
there
.
Marshal
de
la
Ferté
Senneterre
,
The
Marshal
de
la
Ferté
's
Exploits
.
Governour
of
Lorrain
,
being
inform'd
that
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Forces
were
not
far
from
him
,
attack'd
them
near
Varennes
,
and
defeated
them
absolutely
.
After
which
,
that
Marshal
Invested
the
Castle
of
Orne
in
the
Verdunois
,
the
which
surrender'd
at
the
approach
of
Canon
.
The
Reduction
of
that
Castle
was●
follow'd
by
that
of
Sorbec
.
At
first
the
Governour
refus'd
to
surrender
;
but
when
he
saw
that
the
Canon
advanc'd
,
he
offer'd
to
Capitulate
;
but
the
Marshal
de
la
Ferté
Senneterre
refus'd
to
give
him
Quarter
,
and
caus'd
him
to
be
hang'd
at
the
Gate
.
This
Example
of
Severity
terrify'd
the
Governours
of
the
other
Places
to
that
degree
,
that
they
submitted
all
without
expecting
a
Siege
.
After
this
,
the
Marshal
de
la
Ferté
went
to
joyn
Marshal
de
Turenne
,
and
they
march'd
together
towards
,
Champayne
,
in
order
to
quiet
that
Province
,
and
to
reduce
those
Towns
that
held
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Party
.
They
besieg'd
Rhetel
,
which
was
Commanded
by
the
Marquess
de
Persan
,
and
having
taken
the
Out-works
,
they
oblig'd
that
Governour
to
Surrender
.
Count
de
Brinon
,
who
Commanded
the
King's
Forces
in
Lorrain
,
besieg'd
Commercy
,
Commercy
taken
.
the
taking
of
which
seem'd
very
difficult
,
by
reason
of
the
Fortifications
the
Enemies
had
made
there
:
But
the
Governour
's
Absence
,
and
the
Vigour
wherewith
the
Siege
was
carry'd
on
,
oblig'd
the
besieg'd
to
Capitulate
.
〈◊〉
the
Reduction
of
those
Places
,
there
was
●●●son
●o
believe
that
the
Rebels
would
soon
re
〈…〉
their
Allegiance
.
And
indeed
the
Revolt
〈◊〉
no
where
considerably
but
in
Guienne
.
Success
of
the
King's
Forces
in
Guienne
.
〈◊〉
Du●e
of
Candal●
was
sent
to
Command
the
King's
A●my
there
.
He
immediately
took
the
Cas●le
o●
Poujols
,
and
then
made
himself
Master
o●
●guillon
and
Marmande
,
after
which
he
defeated
the
Forces
Marsin
sent
to
the
Mount
of
Marsan
,
●here
to
take
their
Winter
Quarters
:
Whereby
he
dissip●●ed
the
most
considerable
part
of
the
Factions
that
subsisted
still
.
Several
Cities
of
Limousin
,
and
〈◊〉
were
at
that
time
powerfully
sollicited
to
a
R●vol●
;
but
some
of
them
return'd
of
thems●lv●●●o
the
peaceable
Domination
of
their
Law●ul
Soveraign
;
and
the
others
were
constrain'd
to
it
by
force
of
Arms
,
and
absolutely
to
abandon
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Party
.
The
City
of
Bordeaux
was
the
only
one
that
persisted
in
the
Rebellion
.
L'
Hormee
persists
in
the
Rebellion
.
That
Faction
which
was
call'd
L'
Hormes
,
was
still
very
busie
,
and
was
in
hopes
of
Considerable
Succours
by
Sea
from
Engl●nd
,
and
from
Spain
.
In
order
to
hinder
them
●●om
receiving
the
Succours
they
expected
,
the
D●ke
of
Vend●me
,
High
Admiral
,
was
order'd
to
approach
with
his
Ships
,
and
to
raise
a
Naval
Army●
The
Duke
having
brought
his
Ships
near
,
c●us'd
two
Forts
to
be
built
upon
the
Garonne
,
in
order
to
make
himself
Master
of
that
River
.
He
likewise
seiz'd
several
Towns
that
stood
upon
the
Bo●ders
thereof
,
and
landed
some
Forces
to
joyn
to
those
of
the
Duke
of
Candale
.
The
Citizens
of
Bordeaux
who
were
well
affe●ted
,
look'd
with
Grief
upon
the
Continuation
of
the
Revolt
:
But
whereas
the
Number
of
the
Factious
exceeded
theirs
,
they
durst
nor
resist
them
.
Nevertheless
when
they
beheld
the
King's
Forces
,
they
form'd
the
Design
of
stifling
the
Rebellion
absolutely
.
To
that
end
they
assembled
at
the
Town-House
to
conclude
a
General
Peace
.
They
wo●e
white
Ribbons
,
and
fix'd
Standards
of
the
same
colour
on
the
top
of
their
Steeples
,
in
sign
of
Peace
,
The
Peace
of
Bordeaux
.
and
to
distinguish
themselves
from
the
Horme●s●s
,
whose
Colours
were
Red
,
in
sign
of
War●
and
to
shew
that
they
were
ally'd
to
Spain
.
All
this
oblig'd
the
Factious
to
lay
down
their
Arm●
.
All
things
being
dispos'd
thus
to
a
good
Peace
,
Notice
was
given
thereof
to
the
Duke
of
Vendôme
●
who
immediately
dispatch'd
his
Secretary
to
know
the
real
Sentiments
of
the
Bordelois
.
Monsieur
de
Marsin
endeavour'd
to
create
Jealousies
about
that
Envoy
,
to
the
end
that
he
might
receive
no
Audience
:
But
Three
Hundred
Citizens
went
out
to
meet
him
to
Conduct
him
to
the
Exchange
,
where
he
deliver'd
his
Credentials
;
and
the
same
day
two
Citizens
were
sent
to
the
Duke
of
Vendôme
with
A●ticles
of
●e●ce
.
And
whereas
those
Deputies
observ'd
that
Marsin
likewise
sent
two
Officers
to
the
Duke
,
to
make
Propositions
in
his
Name
,
which
might
hinder
the
Effect
of
the
Negotiation
,
they
acquainted
that
Prince
in
private
with
the
Intent●ons
of
those
who
had
sent
them
;
in
so
much
that
the
Trea●y
of
Peace
was
concluded
and
sign'd●
After
which
,
the
Duke
of
Vendôme
,
and
the
Duke
of
Candale
entred
into
Bordeaux
,
where
their
Presence
made
an
end
of
dissipating
all
the
Factions
.
The
Parliament
,
that
had
been
transfer'd
sometimes
to
Agen
,
and
sometimes
to
Reolle
,
because
it
favour'd
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Party
,
was
re-establish'd
in
Bordeaux
:
And
as
soon
as
the
Peace
was
Proclaim'd
,
Colonel
Bal●●zar
was
order'd
to
quit
the
City
with
his
Forces
;
the
Prince
of
Conty
retir'd
first
,
to
Cadillac
,
and
from
thence
to
Pezenas
.
The
Princess
of
Conde
went
to
her
Husband
in
Flanders
;
and
the
Dutchess
of
Longu●ville
was
order'd
to
retire
to
Montreuil-Bellay
.
The
Disorders
of
Bordeaux
being
thus
termina●●●
to
the
King's
Advantage
,
all
the
Province
of
〈◊〉
was
soon
restor'd
to
a
perfect
Tranquility
.
〈◊〉
is
reported
,
that
in
the
beginning
of
the
Troub●●s
and
Seditions
of
that
Province
,
Marsin
who
Commanded
the
Forces
there
under
the
Prince
of
C●●ty
,
sent
some
very
able
Men
to
Cromwel
,
Cromwel
refuses
to
espo●se
the
Prince
of
Conde
's
Party
.
to
●●d●●vour
to
draw
that
Protector
of
England
into
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Party
;
but
he
refus'd
to
engage
in
●t
,
or
to
send
any
Succours
,
whether
he
judg'd
th●●
his
Authority
was
not
as
yet
sufficiently
Establish'd
,
or
whether
he
were
persuaded
that
that
Se●ition
would
not
succeed
,
and
that
the
King
would
soon
be
able
to
bring
them
back
to
their
All●●iance
;
or
lastl●
,
whether
he
was
to
maintain
a
considerable
War
against
Holland
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
had
●●●●●er'd
himself
that
the
Sedition
excited
in
Guienne
would
be
greatly
seconded
,
and
that
it
would
be
very
l●sting
;
and
moreover
,
that
it
would
be
an
Exampl●
to
all
the
other
Provinces
of
the
Kingdom
,
prop●●●d
to
himself
to
make
some
Expedition
on
his
side
upon
the
Frontier
of
Picardy
;
and
in
order
to
succeed
the
better
,
he
implor'd
the
Assistance
of
the
King
of
Spain
,
who
sent
him
Forces
under
●he
Conduct
of
the
Count
of
Fuensaldagne
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
takes
Roye
.
The
Prince
intended
to
seize
the
Town
of
Han
:
but
being
doubtful
of
the
Suc●ess
,
he
turn'd
his
Arms
●owards
Roye
,
which
he
caus'd
to
be
invested
by
the
L●●ro●●ers
;
Commanded
by
the
Chevalier
of
Guise
.
The
Gentry
thereabouts
being
reti●'d
into
that
Town
,
declar'd
when
it
was
Summon'd
to
su●●●●●d
,
That
they
were
resolv'd
to
defender
them●●●ves
to
the
utmost
Extremity
.
But
,
whereas
Roye
is
not
sufficiently
fortify'd
,
nor
had
a
sufficient
●●rrison
to
resist
long
against
an
Army
of
15000
Men
,
it
su●render'd
upon
Articles
after
having
repuls'd
the
Efforts
of
the
Enemies
as
long
as
possible
they
could
.
During
these
Transactions
the
French
Army
besieg'd
Mouson
;
and
took
it
after
some
Resistance
.
The
Generals
press'd
that
Siege
with
great
vigor
,
in
order
to
succour
Rocroy
,
Rocroy
taken
by
the
French
Army
.
which
was
besieg'd
by
the
Enemies
;
but
Rocroy
was
taken
before
the
French
Forces
arriv'd
.
Mouson
taken
by
the
Spanish
Army
.
The
Marshal
du
Plessis
Pralin
,
to
make
amends
for
that
Loss
besieg'd
St.
Menehoult
,
in
the
Month
of
November
,
St.
Menehoult
taken
by
the
Marshal
Plissis
.
the
which
did
not
resist
long
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
,
tho'
sick
at
that
time
of
a
Quartan
Ague
,
us'd
his
utmost
Endeavours
to
prevent
that
Conquest
.
But
the
Vigour
wherewith
the
Siege
was
press'd
,
and
the
Attacks
given
,
oblig'd
it
to
yield
.
The
King's
Presence
,
who
was
not
far
from
thence
,
also
contributed
much
towards
the
Reduction
of
that
Place
.
1654.
In
the
mean
time
the
King
finding
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
remain'd
still
among
the
Enemies
of
France
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
impeach'd
by
the
Parliament
.
order'd
the
Parliament
of
Paris
,
which
is
the
Company
or
Body
of
the
Peets
to
impeach
him
.
That
Prince
was
accordingly
inform'd
against
,
at
the
request
of
the
King's
Attorney-General
;
and
the
Parliament
summon'd
the
said
Prince
to
appear
within
a
Fortnight
after
the
Publication
of
the
Decree
,
in
the
great
Chamber
,
there
to
answer
to
all
the
Articles
exhibited
against
him
.
But
the
Prince
no-wise
designing
to
appear
there
,
the
King
dispos'd
of
his
Governments
.
He
gave
his
Place
of
Lord
Steward
of
the
Houshold
to
Prince
Thomas
;
Commissioners
were
appointed
to
manage
his
Estates
:
and
the
King
being
come
to
the
[
](A34619-e64100-b)*
*
The
place
where
the
Parliament
sits
.
Palais
on
the
28
th
.
of
April
,
the
Contents
of
the
Informations
given
against
the
Prince
were
read
and
Judgment
pronounc'd
against
him
,
whereby
he
was
declar'd
guilty
of
High-Treason
.
The
Ceremony
of
the
King's
Coronation
was
perform'd
at
Reims
in
the
Month
of
Iune
,
and
there
the
Court
resolv'd
to
besiege
Stenay
.
The
Siege
was
form'd
about
the
beginning
of
Iuly
,
under
the
Command
of
the
Marquess
of
Fabert
,
Governour
of
Sedan
,
and
the
King
assisted
at
it
in
Person
.
The
Spaniards
imagining
that
all
the
French
Forces
were
employ'd
at
that
Siege
,
The
Sieges
of
Stenay
and
of
Arras
.
resolv'd
to
besiege
Arras
.
That
Enterprize
was
no
sooner
resolv'd
on
,
but
the
Arch-Duke
assembled
his
●o●ces
about
la
Basseé
,
feigning
to
have
a
Design
●pon
that
place
,
after
which
he
march'd
directly
to
Arras
.
The
Spaniards
who
flatter'd
themselves
with
the
taking
of
that
Town
,
soon
ended
their
Circonvalation
,
although
it
contain'd
above
fix
Leagues
Circumference
,
and
then
they
open'd
their
Trenches
:
but
whereas
,
they
open'd
them
on
that
side
which
was
strongest
,
that
oversight
cost
them
near
3500
Men
in
the
Attacks
:
and
after
above
two
Months
Siege
they
found
themselves
only
Masters
of
a
small
Half
Moon
,
and
some
inconsiderable
Works
.
Count
Mondejeu
who
commanded
in
Arras
was
over
joy'd
to
see
himself
attack'd
on
that
side
.
He
had
been
surpriz'd
,
and
had
but
a
weak
Garrison
,
he
dreaded
two
Attacks
at
once
,
which
would
have
confounded
him
,
but
the
Spaniards
soon
rid
him
of
that
fear
,
for
not
being
oblig'd
to
divide
the
small
Number
of
Men
he
had
,
he
defended
himself
with
Success
.
In
the
mean
time
Marshal
de
Turenne
approach'd
the
S●anish
Lines
with
an
Army
of
15
or
16000
Men
in
order
to
keep
them
in
awe
,
and
to
improve
all
the
occasions
that
might
incommode
their
Camp
,
until
he
had
receiv'd
greater
Forces
to
succour
the
Place
.
The
Count
of
Ligneville
being
sensible
that
the
Neighbourhood
of
that
Army
would
prove
of
ill
consequence
to
them
,
in
case
they
allow'd
the
French
time
to
retrench
themselves
,
declar'd
,
That
it
was
his
Opinion
,
to
attack
them
briskly
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
who
Commanded
the
Spanish
Army
approv'd
this
Advice
;
but
the
Count
of
Fuensald●gne
as
Plenipoten●iary
persuaded
the
Arch-Duke
not
to
abandon
the
Attacks
that
had
been
projected
,
alledging
,
That
tho'
one
should
hav●
the
Fortune
to
beat
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
it
would
be
impossible
to
continue
the
Siege
,
by
reason
that
abundance
of
Men
would
certainly
be
lost
in
an
occasion
of
that
nature
.
Those
two
Chiefs
being
Master
,
the
Prince
was
oblig'd
to
acquiesce
,
and
Monsieur
de
Turenne
had
time
enough
allow'd
him
to
retrench
himself
so
well
in
his
Camp
,
that
it
was
impossible
to
force
him
to
a
Combat
,
which
distracted
the
Prince
.
Sten●y
●ur●ender'd
it self
soon
after
,
which
enabled
th●
French
to
send
another
Army
Commanded
by
the
Marshal
de
Hoquincourt
,
who
posted
himself
on
the
opposite
side
to
Marshal
de
Turenne
,
at
the
Abby
.
of
St.
Eloy
,
having
forc'd
some
Infantry
that
was
lodg'd
there
,
to
retire
,
with
Canon
Sho●
.
The
Armies
were
so
near
one
another
,
that
the
Centries
could
speak
together
;
insomuch
that
the
Spaniards
became
as
much
besieg'd
as
Besiegers
,
whereby
they
soon
wanted
Bread
,
no
longer
enjoying
the
Liberty
of
the
Field
for
Convoys
.
Yet
notwithstanding
the
Count
of
Fuensaldagne
remain'd
still
obstinate
in
contin●ing
the
Attacks
,
in
which
they
advanc'd
but
little
,
though
they
lost
abundance
of
Men.
The
Prince
of
Conde
seeing
how
Affairs
went
on
,
was
positive
to
have
the
Siege
rais'd
,
and
to
have
the
Honour
in
their
retreat
,
to
force
Marshal
de
Hoquincourt's
Army
,
whic●
was
very
easie
to
do
,
by
reason
that
the
Spanish
Army
was
two
parts
in
three
stronger
than
his
,
but
he
could
never
prevail
with
him
to
do
it
:
and
confiding
more
in
the
Spanish
Resolution
,
than
in
the
Advice
of
the
most
Understanding
,
he
chose
to
look
upon
the
total
Ruine
of
the
Army
,
rather
than
save
it
in
so
glorious
a
manner
.
O●
the
other
hand
Marshal
de
Turenne
being
in●●●●r'd
w●●h
the
Condition
of
the
Spaniards
by
his
〈◊〉
,
●he
Loss
they
had
sustain'd
in
their
Attacks
,
●●d
the
general
Murmurings
of
the
Spanish
Army
,
●hich
had
an
ill
opinion
of
the
Siege
,
finally
resolv'd
●o
●●●cour
the
place
.
The
Enterprize
was
dangero●s
and
difficult
to
be
p●t
in
execution
;
for
the
〈◊〉
finding
themselves
in
danger
of
being
att●ck'd
,
fortified
themselves
daily
,
and
ha●
dug
g●eat
holes
to
hinder
the
Ho●se
from
passing
there
,
and
to
destroy
the
Foot
,
but
those
Inconveniences
were
provided
against
.
Th●t
which
Monsieur
de
T●renne
was
most
troubled
at
,
was
that
the
Governo●r
had
not
till
then
been
able
to
give
him
any
ac●ount
of
his
Condition
.
At
last
a
Souldier
ven●ured
out
of
the
Town
with
a
Note
,
inclosed
●ithin
a
small
Golden
Box
,
which
he
swallow'd
.
Thi●
Souldier
arrived
at
Monsieur
de
la
Ferte
〈◊〉
Quarters
,
and
having
remained
a
Day
there
without
going
to
Stool
he
took
Clysters
,
but
though
he
took
three
they
did
not
work
upon
him
;
in
the
next
place
they
gave
him
a
Draught
which
h●d
no
effect
neither
.
The
Marshal
de
la
Ferte
●rowing
very
impatient
,
was
resolved
to
have
the
Soldier
's
Belly
ript
open
,
saying
,
That
it
was
bet●er
to
lose
a
Man
than
a
Place
of
so
much
Consequence
〈◊〉
Ar●as
.
But
they
gave
him
another
Draught
●hich
proved
so
strong
that
he
was
like
to
burst
●ith
it
,
the
which
brought
out
th●
Box.
The
Go●ernour
inform'd
him
by
the
said
Note
,
That
he
did
not
fear
the
Enemy's
Power
,
although
they
●●re
upon
the
Ramparts
:
and
that
he
only
dreaded
one
thing
,
without
explaining
himself
any
farther●
This
puzzled
the
Generals
extreamly
,
yet
after
some
consideration
every
body
concluded
,
that
Monsieur
de
Mondejeu
feared
the
Arch-Duke
would
be
ruled
by
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
that
the
Succours
would
be
cut
in
pieces
,
which
indeed
was
to
be
feared
.
Neither
this
Note
,
nor
all
the
Precautions
the
Spaniards
took
could
hinder
Monsieur
de
Ture●●●
from
putting
his
Resolution
in
execution
.
The
19
th
.
of
August
he
crossed
the
River
of
Scarps
at
the
Head
of
his
Cavalry
,
and
posted
himself
between
the
Spanish
Camp
,
and
Mount
St.
Eloy●
and
the
Marshal
de
Hoquincourt
attack'd
the
Abby
so
vigorously
with
his
Infantry
,
that
it
surrender'd
the
same
day
.
The
next
day
Monsieur
de
Turenne
went
to
discover
the
Lines
which
were
on
the
side
of
Mount
St.
Eloy
,
and
finding
that
they
were
weakly
guarded
,
and
that
the
Prince
was
at
such
a
distance
from
them
,
that
it
would
be
impossible
for
him
to
come
up
time
eno●gh
to
succour
them
,
he
resolved
to
attack
them
in
that
place
.
The
22
th
.
he
went
to
view
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Quarters
,
in
order
to
keep
the
Spaniards
uncertain
of
the
place
where
he
design'd
to
attack
the
Lines
,
and
having
met
that
Prince
,
who
was
come
out
at
the
Head
of
Ten
Squadrons
,
their
passed
a
Skirmish
between
them
,
in
which
the
Duke
of
Ioyeuse
was
wounded
,
and
died
some
days
after
.
Finally
on
the
24
th
.
in
the
Morning
the
Three
French
Armies
,
the
first
of
which
was
Commanded
by
Marshal
de
Turenne
,
the
second
by
the
Marshal
de
la
Ferte
,
and
the
third
by
Marshal
de
Hoquincourt
,
began
the
Attack
with
five
Battalions
in
Front
,
at
the
Head
of
which
at
four
Yards
distance
marched
detach'd
Men
to
furnish
them
with
Fascines
or
Bavins
,
and
whatever
Instruments
,
or
Tools
they
had
occasion
for
.
The
Spaniards
suffered
the
French
to
pass
in
several
places
,
without
ever
firing
at
them
,
because
they
had
dug
holes
there
in
order
to
secure
themselves
.
But
as
soon
as
they
perceiv'd
them
upon
the
brim
of
the
first
Ditch
,
they
made
a
dreadful
Discharge
,
which
did
not
however
〈…〉
the
French
from
overcoming
whatever
●ppos'd
their
passage
.
They
began
immediately
〈…〉
the
Pallisadoes
,
and
to
fill
up
the
holes
:
〈◊〉
in
a
very
short
space
of
time
all
the
Spanish
●●●ks
,
Retrenchments
,
and
Parapets
were
utterly
.
〈◊〉
.
The
French
Forces
had
been
comman●●●
not
to
advance
any
farther
,
le●t
the
Besiegers
〈◊〉
expect
them
,
and
make
some
extraordinary
〈◊〉
.
But
no
Forces
appearing
,
the
French
ad●●●c'd
until
they
met
a
Barrier
,
which
stopt
them
.
〈◊〉
de
Bellefons
,
who
commanded
the
Forlorn
〈◊〉
,
having
removed
it
,
and
thereby
open'd
the
Pa●●age
,
all
the
Battalions
that
had
entred
the
Line
〈◊〉
without
losing
time
,
the
Spaniards
no
wise
〈◊〉
themselves
in
a
posture
of
defence
.
At
that
very
time
some
Regiments
having
open'd
the
Lines
in
another
place
push'd
the
Spaniards
,
which
were
behind
the
Breast-work
,
at
which
time
all
M●rshal
de
Turrenne's
Horse
charg'd
without
meeting
the
least
opposition
,
by
reason
that
the
Quarter
of
the
Lorrainers
had
given
ground
,
and
suffer'd
M●rshal
d'
Hoquincourt
to
enter
.
But
it
proved
otherwise
with
Marshal
de
la
Ferte's
Forces
,
they
me●
a
resistance
they
did
not
expect
,
the
Forces
which
were
coming
from
the
Arch-Duke's
and
Count
Fuensaldagne
●s
Quarter
,
in
order
to
succour
that
which
Mons.
de
Turenne
attack'd
,
meeting
them
,
and
opposing
their
passage
,
with
an
incredible
Bravery
.
All
the
Baggage
the
Spaniards
had
in
the
Camp
,
serv'd
as
a
Barrier
,
to
hinder
the
French
from
advancing
as
easily
as
they
could
have
wish'd
;
and
that
which
proved
worse
than
that
yet
,
was
a
Ravine
,
or
great
Flood
of
Water
,
which
did
cut
the
Line
of
Circumvallation
.
Monsieur
de
Turenne
endeavouring
to
cross
it
,
in
that
place
was
forced
to
expose
himself
to
the
Spanish
Shot
,
and
to
engage
with
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
fought
after
his
wonted
manner
,
that
is
,
with
a
Courage
that
cannot
be
express'd●
Marshal
de
Turenne
was
wounded
in
the
left
Side
in
that
occasion
,
but
h●
had
the
advantage
of
stopping
the
Prince's
Fury●
who
happen'd
not
to
be
well
seconded
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Marquess
of
Castelnau
having
push'd
six
Squadrons
that
oppos'd
him
,
enter'd
Arras
,
having
forc'd
a
Barriere
which
was
very
well
defended
.
He
march'd
immediately
out
of
it
again
,
with
the
remainder
of
his
Horse
on
one
side
,
and
the
Count
of
Montdejeu
sallying
out
at
another
,
they
forced
the
Prince
of
Conde
to
retire
,
after
having
left
some
Squadrons
behind
him
to
favour
his
Retreat
;
at
which
time
the
Combat
redoubled
.
The
Prince
perform'd
extraordinary
Actions
on
that
occasion
;
and
by
that
Retreat
which
has
been
admir'd
as
much
as
the
Battels
he
has
won
;
he
sav'd
the
Spanish
Army
,
which
was
never
so
much
expos'd
,
or
in
so
much
danger
of
being
totally
defeated
,
as
it
was
at
that
time
.
However
,
he
abandon'd
his
Infantry
,
his
Canon
,
The
Siege
of
Arras
rais'd
and
his
Baggage
,
but
even
in
that
he
shew'd
,
that
he
was
great
in
all
things
,
and
that
his
Prudence
equal'd
his
Valour
,
which
his
very
Enemies
acknowledg'd
.
As
this
Retreat
was
very
glorious
for
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
it
also
afforded
a
great
deal
of
Reputation
to
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
and
the
other
Generals
who
reliev'd
Arras
,
and
constrain'd
the
Spaniards
to
raise
the
Siege
.
This
happen'd
on
the
25th
of
August
.
1655.
The
taking
of
Stenay
,
and
the
raising
of
the
Siege
of
Arras
,
were
follow'd
by
the
taking
of
Quesnoy
,
Clermont
Catelet
,
Landrecy
,
Conde
,
and
St.
Guillain
,
which
were
taken
by
the
French
,
by
reason
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
so
much
exasperated
,
that
his
Advice
had
not
been
follow'd
at
Arras
,
and
even
so
mortified
,
that
he
was
unwilling
to
expose
himself
to
receive
new
Mortifications
in
the
defence
of
those
places
.
But
it
happen'd
otherwise
the
following
year
:
1656.
The
French
besieg'd
Vallenciennes
;
The
Siege
of
Vallenciennes
.
that
City
was
invested
on
the
15th
of
Iune
,
and
the
Prince
having
omitted
nothing
in
order
to
succour
it
,
he
succeeded
in
his
design
.
And
whereas
he
design'd
〈◊〉
recover
the
Honour
of
the
Spaniards
,
he
took
〈◊〉
Van-guard
of
their
Army
,
and
having
view'd
the
French
Lines
,
he
seiz'd
a
high
Ground
they
had
not
yet
possess'd
themselves
of
,
upon
which
he
lodg'd
himself
,
which
incommoded
them
exceedingly
.
However
,
this
did
not
hinder
them
from
opening
their
Trenches
,
and
from
pushing
on
the
Siege
with
a
great
deal
of
vigour
,
until
the
16th
of
Iuly
.
But
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
sent
Men
into
the
Town
every
night
,
having
order'd
the
Governor
to
open
the
Sluces
that
day
,
which
was
the
day
he
had
pitch'd
upon
to
attack
the
French
Lines
,
it
was
accordingly
perform'd
:
The
Besieged
open'd
their
Sluces
,
which
broke
at
once
all
the
Banks
the
French
had
rais'd
,
together
with
the
Bridges
they
had
made
upon
the
Esca●t
,
and
the
Country
was
overflowed
to
that
degree
,
that
it
was
impossible
for
Mareschal
de
Turenne
to
succour
Mareschal
de
la
Ferte
,
whose
Quarter
was
attack'd
by
Don
Iohn
of
Austria
,
then
Governor
of
the
Netherlands
,
and
by
the
Prince
of
Conde
;
and
whatever
resistance
that
Mareschal
could
make
,
he
could
not
hinder
his
Lines
from
being
forc'd
,
and
the
Spaniards
from
entering
into
the
Town
with
a
considerable
Relief
;
which
oblig'd
the
French
Army
to
retire
,
and
raise
the
Siege
.
The
raising
of
the
Siege
of
Vallenciennes
.
It
is
reported
,
that
Marshal
de
Turenne
gave
Marshal
de
la
Ferte
twice
notice
to
stand
upon
his
Guard
,
and
that
the
Spaniards
designed
to
relieve
the
Town
that
night
.
Moreover
,
it
is
added
,
that
he
sent
him
Men
to
fortifie
his
Lines
,
giving
him
to
understand
,
that
he
could
not
be
too
careful
,
having
to
deal
with
the
Prince
of
Conde
;
but
that
some
Jealousie
between
them
made
that
Genera●
despise
that
Advice
and
Offer
.
However
,
it
i●
most
certain
,
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
wa●
resolv'd
to
relieve
the
place
at
any
rate
,
attack'●
Marshal
de
la
Ferte's
Quarters
with
so
much
Fury●
that
he
would
have
accomplish'd
his
Enterprize●
whatever
Assistance
he
had
receiv'd
from
Marsha●
de
Turenne
.
That
Prince
no
sooner
appear'd
,
bu●
the
French
Horse
being
terrified
,
wheel'd
about●
and
abandon'd
Marshal
de
la
Ferte
,
and
instead
of
marching
up
to
the
Spaniards
,
ran
away
and
retir'd
.
The
Disorder
was
so
great
among
that
Cavalry
,
that
finding
no
Bridges
to
cross
the
Escaut
,
all
of
them
being
overflow'd
,
they
l●apt
down
from
certain
Downs
,
and
sell
pell-mell
upon
Monsieur
de
Bellefond's
Tents
.
Monsieur
de
la
Ferte
was
taken
,
and
had
been
kill'd
,
but
for
the
Captain
of
his
Guards
,
but
it
cost
that
poor
Gentleman
his
Life
,
who
throwing
himself
before
the
Marshal
received
a
shot
in
the
Head●
of
which
he
dy'd
some
days
after
:
Monsieur
de
Moret
,
Count
d'
Estrce
,
the
Lieutenant
of
the
Cardinals
Chevaux
Legers
,
the
Ensign
,
and
several
other
Officers
belonging
to
the
Gens
d'
Arms
,
and
Chevaux
Legers
were
taken●
and
above
1500
Men
and
Horses
were
drowned
.
The
Marshal
de
la
Ferte
was
carried
into
the
Town
,
and
lodg'd
in
Mons
de
Bournonville's
House
,
who
was
Governor
,
where
the
Prince
of
Conde
came
to
see
him
;
he
found
him
a
Bed
,
where
he
ran
to
embrace
him
,
after
which
he
said
these
words
to
him
:
I
could
wish
your
Comrade
had
been
taken
in
your
stead
;
not
that
I
fear
him
in
the
Field
,
I
should
dread
you
much
more
than
him
,
but
it
would
have
been
a
satisfaction
to
me
,
to
see
him
undergo
a
Disgrace
,
which
in
my
opinion
he
deserves
much
more
than
you
.
All
I
have
to
say
to
you
,
since
you
are
my
Prisoner
,
is
,
that
you
shall
be
at
Liberty
as
soon
as
possible
I
can
:
I
would
send
you
back
to
morrow
,
but
that
I
am
oblig'd
to
keep
Measures
〈◊〉
the
Spaniards
.
As
for
a
Ransome
,
I
desire
none
,
〈◊〉
any
of
your
Money
,
but
I
am
willing
to
receive
that
●hich
the
King
shall
give
for
you
.
Mons.
de
la
Ferte
●eturn'd
him
a
thousand
Thanks
,
and
some
days
after
he
was
carried
to
Rocroy
.
This
Di●grace
surpriz'd
the
Court
a
little
,
and
●nimated
Marshal
de
Turenne
,
who
preserving
the
Hopes
of
making
other
Conquests
in
the
Low
Coun●ries
,
attack'd
La
Capelle
,
which
he
took
back
from
the
Spaniards
,
with
so
much
speed
,
that
it
was
impossible
for
them
to
relieve
it
,
by
reason
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
could
not
be
every
where
.
While
the
French
besieg'd
La
Capelle
,
1657.
the
Spaniards
had
form'd
the
Siege
of
St.
Guillain
,
The
taking
of
S.
Gui●lain
and
Conde
.
but
rais'd
it
in
o●der
to
assemble
all
their
Forces
:
But
the
raising
of
that
Siege
not
having
been
able
to
hinder
the
French
from
performing
their
Enterprize
,
the
Prince
of
Conde
resolved
to
attack
St.
Guillain
anew
the
following
year
;
to
which
the
Governor
of
the
Netherlands
,
the
Marquess
of
Ceracene
,
and
the
other
Generals
having
consented
,
they
march'd
straight
to
that
place
,
and
took
it
on
the
22d
of
March
.
Soon
after
it
,
they
made
themselves
Masters
of
Conde
.
Marshal
de
Turenne
being
vex'd
at
the
Conquests
the
Spaniards
made
,
resolv'd
to
be
revenged
upon
Cambrai
,
for
the
Losses
the
Fr●nch
had
sustain'd
.
To
that
end
having
placed
himself
one
night
at
the
Head
of
a
small
Body
of
Men
,
without
imparting
his
Design
to
any
body
,
he
went
to
invest
that
place
,
in
which
there
were
no
Forces
besides
the
[
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*
Souldiers
in
ordinary
pay
,
for
the
guard
of
F●●n●●er
Towns
.
Mortepaye
,
and
fifty
Horse
,
or
thereabouts
:
Nay
,
moreover
,
that
which
happen'd
worse
for
the
King
of
Spain
,
was
,
that
the
Governor
and
his
Inhabitants
did
not
agree
.
The
Town
being
invested
on
all
sides
,
and
th●
remainder
of
the
French
Army
being
come
up
,
th●
Bridges
of
Communication
were
made
,
and
at
th●
same
time
all
necessary
things
to
work
speedil●
about
the
Lines
,
were
delivered
to
the
Army
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
soon
received
Intelligenc●
of
it
,
and
knowing
that
there
was
but
a
very
wea●
Garrison
in
Cambray
,
and
that
the
Spanish
Army
was
not
ready
to
march
to
the
relief
of
it
,
he
march'd
thither
himself
,
with
all
his
Horse
,
which
consisted
of
18
Squadrons
.
Being
oblig'd
to
pass
through
Valenciennes
,
as
soon
as
he
came
within
two
or
three
leagues
of
it
,
he
went
before
,
to
enquire
from
those
who
commanded
in
the
Town
,
whether
they
could
give
him
any
intelligence
of
the
French
Army
.
They
answer'd
,
That
they
could
not
,
but
that
within
24
hours
they
had
heard
abundance
of
Canon
shot
towards
Cambray
.
I
am
perswaded
,
answer'd
the
Prince
,
that
that
Town
is
besi●ged
,
but
I
will
endeavour
to
relieve
it
,
before
the
Enemys
have
made
an
end
of
their
Lines
.
After
which
he
desired
the
Governor
to
prepare
a
passage
for
his
Forces
:
Although
those
of
Valenciennes
were
not
used
to
suffer
Forces
to
pass
through
their
City
,
yet
they
●aid
,
that
they
were
ready
to
grant
him
a
Passage
,
if
he
desired
to
march
through
it
.
The
Prince
accepted
it
,
and
caused
his
Forces
to
march
through
that
City●
He
caused
those
to
refresh
themselves
that
pass'd
first
:
Those
being
got
a
quarter
of
a
league
out
of
Town
,
he
caused
the
others
to
march
a
little
further
,
and
those
having
refresh'd
themselves
,
he
took
those
who
had
pass'd
first
,
and
advanc'd
with
Five
hundred
Horse
upon
a
Rising
,
from
whence
he
perceived
the
Camp
,
and
the
Lines
of
the
French
:
Moreover
,
he
saw
that
they
were
at
work
.
Being
convinc'd
by
his
own
Eyes
,
that
Mons.
de
Turenne
had
besieged
Cambray
,
he
came
back
to
his
men
,
and
calling
all
the
Officers
,
he
told
them
,
That
if
they
tarried
three
days
without
relieving
the
Town
,
the
Lines
the
Enemies
were
making
with
all
the
speed
imaginable
,
would
be
〈◊〉
the
being
forc'd
:
That
the
Spanish
Army
was
〈◊〉
too
great
a
distance
to
stay
for
it
;
and
that
●●nce
there
was
no
other
Remedy
,
he
was
resolv'd
to
enter
into
that
Town
;
and
,
that
to
that
end
he
would
march
thither
between
seven
and
eight
at
night
.
He
had
no
sooner
imparted
his
Design
,
but
he
dispos'd
his
Horse
in
three
Lines
,
each
of
them
consisting
of
six
Squadrons
:
He
took
the
command
of
the
second
himself
,
and
the
hour
appointed
to
march
being
come
,
Monsieur
de
Guitaut
,
who
commanded
the
first
,
advanced
with
a
design
to
force
whatever
should
oppose
him
,
and
make
the
least
resistance
;
but
it
fell
out
luckily
for
him
,
that
he
●ell
into
the
Guard
of
the
Regiment
of
Palluau
,
who
coming
up
to
the
Prince's
Forces
,
crying
out
,
Qui
vive
?
suffered
them
to
pass
,
believing
that
they
answered
Palluau
instead
of
Guitaut
,
by
reason
of
the
termination
of
those
Names
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
followed
with
the
second
Line
,
and
found
that
the
Enemies
had
closed
again
,
yet
he
forced
his
way
,
and
passed
also
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
enters
Cambray
,
and
causes
the
siege
to
be
raised
.
The
last
Line
passed
likewise
,
and
entred
,
with
the
loss
of
some
Officers
,
after
which
they
marched
up
to
the
Pallisade
,
and
entred
the
Counterscarp
.
The
French
Horse
were
so
surprized
and
frightned
,
that
they
did
not
so
much
as
offer
to
pursue
them
:
Insomuch
,
that
Day
being
come
,
Monsie●r
de
Turenne
vex'd
at
what
had
happen'd
,
said
,
That
he
would
have
the
Army
retire
.
And
accordingly
order'd
a
Retreat
to
be
sounded
;
and
while
the
Army
was
disposing
to
march
,
he
dispatch'd
a
Coureer
to
the
Court
,
to
inform
them
,
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
entred
in
Cambray
with
eighteen
Squadrons
,
and
that
he
was
going
to
raise
the
Siege
.
This
place
was
invested
about
the
end
of
May.
1658.
The
Cardinal
finding
that
the
Siege
of
Cambray
had
not
succeeded
,
The
siege
of
Dunkirk
.
sent
Orders
to
Monsieur
de
la
Ferte
,
who
had
an
Army
towards
the
Frontiers
of
Champagne
,
to
invest
Montmidi
,
which
he
did
,
and
took
it
.
While
Montmidi
was
besieged
,
the
Spaniards
made
an
attempt
upon
Calis
,
but
were
obliged
to
retire
.
Besides
Montmidi
,
they
lost
St.
Venant
,
and
were
forced
to
raise
the
Siege
of
Ardres
.
The
French
likewise
took
Bourbourg
,
Mardik
,
La
Mothe
aux-Bois
,
and
some
other
places
.
The
French
had
also
resolved
upon
the
Siege
of
Dunkirk
the
preceding
year
,
and
in
order
thereunto
had
seized
all
the
advantagious
Posts
that
could
defend
the
Avenues
thereof
,
to
facilitate
the
taking
of
it
.
Monsieur
de
Turenne
blockt
it
up
by
Land
,
on
the
side
of
the
Canal
which
looks
towards
Mardyk
,
and
on
the
other
as
far
as
the
Downs
.
The
English
Army
,
composed
of
eighteen
or
twenty
Ships
,
invested
it
by
Sea
,
and
hindred
the
Entrance
:
The
Circumvallation
being
made
,
they
began
to
open
the
Trenches
on
the
fifth
of
Iune
.
The
●irst
days
the
Besieged
made
vigorous
Sallies
,
but
were
always
repulsed
.
The
Spaniards
being
sensible
of
the
importance
of
that
place
,
put
themselves
in
a
posture
to
relieve
it
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
was
already
advanced
,
but
Marshal
de
Turenne
,
who
omitted
nothing
for
the
success
of
his
Enterprize
,
kept
so
well
upon
his
Guard
,
that
it
was
impossible
to
surprize
him
.
The
Besieged
made
several
other
Sallies
,
in
which
abundance
of
Men
and
Officers
were
lost
on
both
sides
.
In
the
mean
time
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
while
the
Siege
went
on
,
was
informed
,
That
Don
Iohn
of
Austria
,
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
the
Marshal
de
Hoquincou●●
,
who
had
embraced
the
Spanish
Party
,
were
〈◊〉
from
Ypres
to
Newport
,
and
were
resolved
to
hazard
all
to
relieve
Dunkirk
:
And
accordingly
News
was
brought
the
next
day
,
being
the
11th
,
that
they
were
encamp'd
in
the
Downs
near
the
Abby
,
and
that
they
were
preparing
to
attack
the
Bes●egers
.
Marshal
d'
Hoquincourt
detach'd
himself
,
with
threescore
Horse
,
to
view
the
French
Lines
,
but
being
come
too
near
a
Redoubt
,
where
some
Souldiers
lay
conceal'd
,
he
was
wounded
with
five
or
six
Musquet-shot
,
of
which
he
died
within
two
hours
.
The
French
perceiving
that
the
Spaniards
were
resolv'd
to
engage
them
,
and
that
it
was
impossible
to
avoid
it
,
offer●d
them
Battel
on
the
14th
.
The
Battel
of
the
Downs
.
Their
Right-wing
,
commanded
by
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
was
oppos'd
by
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
signaliz'd
himself
in
that
Battel
,
as
he
had
done
in
others
;
he
had
a
Horse
kill'd
under
him
,
whereby
he
was
endanger'd
to
fall
into
his
Enemies
Hands
,
but
the
Captain
of
his
Guards
happening
to
be
there
,
gave
him
his
,
being
better
pleas'd
to
be
a
Prisoner
himself
,
than
to
suffer
that
great
Prince
to
be
taken
.
But
notwithstanding
all
the
Perils
the
Prince
of
Conde
expos'd
himself
to
,
and
the
great
Actions
he
did
,
the
Spaniards
lost
the
Day
,
and
the
Battel
was
no
sooner
lost
,
but
the
Governor
of
Dunkirk
being
discourag'd
,
is
desir'd
to
capitulate
,
which
he
did
within
5
or
6
days
after
it
:
It
was
on
the
23d
of
Iune
.
The
Town
was
deliver'd
to
the
English
.
The
taking
of
Dunkirk
was
follow'd
by
that
of
Bergue
,
Gravelines
,
Oudenarde
,
Ypres
,
and
several
other
places
.
Altho'
the
French
had
had
very
considerable
Advantages
over
the
Spaniards
,
1659.
yet
they
were
desirous
of
a
Peace
.
The
Queen
,
who
desir'd
it
earnestly
,
had
already
dispatch'd
Monsieur
de
Lionne
into
Spain
,
to
lay
the
Foundations
of
it
with
Don
Lewis
de
Haro
.
And
tho'
Monsieur
de
Lionne
was
incognito
at
Madrid
,
yet
that
Minister's
Negotiations
succeeded
according
to
the
Queens
Wishes
.
They
had
agreed
upon
the
general
Articles
,
and
there
was
a
suspension
of
Arms.
But
the
King
of
Spain
declaring
that
he
would
have
the
Prince
of
Conde
compris'd
in
the
Treaty
of
Peace
,
the
French
Minister
reply'd
,
That
he
had
no
Orders
to
hearken
to
any
such
Proposition
;
That
the
King
his
Master
would
be
the
sole
disposer
of
the
Favours
he
thought
fit
to
grant
that
Prince
,
without
being
impos'd
upon
in
that
point
.
Whereupon
the
Conferences
were
broke
off
.
Cardinal
Mazarin
being
sensible
that
that
Difficulty
would
not
easily
be
removed
,
communicated
it
to
the
Pope
,
who
was
Mediator
between
the
two
Crowns
,
in
order
to
his
perswading
the
King
of
Spain
,
that
he
ought
to
desist
in
what
related
to
the
Interest
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
but
could
obtain
nothing
.
Finally
,
the
Peace
was
concluded
between
France
and
Spain
,
in
the
manner
every
body
knows
.
Cardinal
Mazarin
consented
readily
,
that
the
Prince
should
be
comprised
in
the
Treaty
,
but
he
desir'd
,
that
whatever
related
to
his
being
restor'd
to
his
Dignity
and
Estate
,
should
be
left
entirely
to
the
King's
disposal
.
Nevertheless
,
after
many
Contestations
,
the
Affair
was
determin'd
in
the
manner
his
Catholick
Majesty
had
desir'd
it
,
that
is
to
the
Prince
of
Conde's
advantage
.
These
are
the
Articles
that
concern'd
him
,
as
they
are
inserted
in
the
Treaty
of
Peace
,
made
in
the
Isle
of
Faisans
,
in
the
year
1659.
between
Philip
the
Fourth
King
of
Spain
,
and
Lewis
the
Fourteenth
King
of
France
.
1.
THE
Prince
of
Conde
having
declar'd
to
Cardinal
Mazarin
Plenipotentiary
from
his
Most
Christian
Majesty
,
his
Soveraign
Lord
,
in
order
to
acquaint
His
Majesty
therewith
,
that
he
is
extreamly
troubled
to
have
held
,
for
some
years
past
,
a
Conduct
which
has
displeas'd
his
Majesty
:
that
he
could
wish
it
were
in
his
power
to
retrieve
,
tho'
with
the
best
part
of
his
Blood
,
all
the
Acts
of
Hostility
he
has
committed
both
within
and
out
of
France
,
to
which
he
protests
that
his
Misfortunes
had
engag'd
him
,
rather
than
any
ill
Intention
against
his
Service
:
And
that
if
his
Majesty
will
be
so
generous
,
as
to
make
use
of
his
Royal
Goodness
towards
him
,
forgetting
all
what
is
past
,
and
receive
him
into
favour
again
,
he
will
endeavour
to
acknowledge
it
to
the
last
moment
of
his
life
,
by
an
inviolable
Fidelity
,
and
to
retrieve
what
is
pass'd
,
by
an
absolute
submission
to
all
his
Commands
.
And
that
in
the
mean
time
,
in
Order
to
begin
,
and
to
shew
by
such
Effects
as
may
be
in
his
power
,
with
how
much
Passion
he
desires
to
〈◊〉
honour'd
again
by
his
Majesty's
Favour
and
Good-will
,
he
relinquishes
whatever
may
relate
to
his
Interest
in
the
conclusion
of
the
said
Peace
,
and
desires
nothing
but
what
may
proceed
from
the
Clemency
and
Free-will
of
the
said
Lord
King
,
his
Soveraign
Lord
,
and
besides
,
desires
it
may
please
his
Majesty
to
dispose
absolutely
,
and
according
to
his
best
liking
,
and
in
what
manner
he
shall
think
fit
,
of
all
the
Favours
his
Catholick
Majesty
shall
be
pleas'd
to
bestow
upon
him
,
and
has
already
offer'd
him
,
either
in
Territories
and
Countries
,
or
in
Towns
and
Moneys
,
the
which
he
lays
all
at
his
Majesty's
Feet
.
Moreover
,
that
he
is
ready
to
disband
all
his
Forces
,
and
to
deliver
up
to
his
Majesty
the
Cities
of
Rocroy
,
Le
Chatelet
,
and
Linchamp
,
of
which
his
said
Catholick
Majesty
has
been
pleas'd
to
remit
the
two
first
to
him
.
And
likewise
,
that
as
soon
as
he
has
obtain'd
Leave
,
he
will
send
a
person
on
purpose
to
the
said
Lord
King
,
to
assure
him
more
precisely
of
the
sincerity
of
those
Sentiments
,
and
the
reality
of
his
Submissions
,
and
to
give
his
M●jesty
such
an
Act
,
or
Writing
sign'd
by
●im
,
as
his
Majesty
shall
be
pleas'd
to
desire
,
for
an
Assurance
that
he
renounces
all
Leagues
,
Treaties
,
and
Associations
whatever
,
he
may
have
made
formerly
,
with
His
Catholick
Majesty
:
And
that
for
the
future
he
will
neither
take
or
receive
any
Establishment
,
Pension
,
or
Favour
from
any
foreign
King
or
Potentate
.
And
finally
,
that
as
to
whatever
relates
to
his
Interest
in
any
kind
whatever
,
he
submits
it
entirely
to
his
Majesty's
Pleasure
and
Disposition
,
without
the
least
Pretensions
.
His
Majesty
being
inform'd
of
the
Premisses
by
his
Plenipotentiary
,
and
mov'd
by
the
Proceeding
and
Submission
of
the
said
Prince
,
desires
and
consents
that
his
Interests
should
be
determin'd
in
this
Treaty
,
in
the
following
manner
granted
and
agreed
on
between
the
two
Lord-Kings
.
2.
First
,
That
the
said
Prince
shall
lay
down
his
Arms
,
at
farthest
,
in
the
space
of
eight
weeks
,
to
reckon
from
the
day
and
date
of
the
signing
of
this
present
Treaty
,
and
shall
effectually
disband
all
his
Forces
,
both
Horse
and
Foot
,
French
or
Foreign
,
the
which
compose
the
body
of
his
Army
in
the
Netherlands
,
and
that
in
such
a
manner
as
his
Most
Christian
Majesty
shall
think
fit
,
excepting
the
Garrisons
of
Rocroy
,
of
Chatelet
,
and
Linchamp
,
the
which
shall
be
disbanded
at
the
time
of
the
restitution
of
the
said
three
Towns
.
And
the
said
Disarming
and
Disbanding
shall
be
performed
by
the
said
Prince
,
really
and
sincerely
,
without
Transportation
,
Loan
,
or
Sale
,
true
or
pretended
,
to
any
other
Princes
or
Potentates
whatever
,
Friends
or
Foes
to
France
,
or
their
Allys
.
3.
Secondly
,
That
the
said
Prince
sending
a
person
on
purpose
to
his
Majesty
,
to
confirm
more
particularly
all
the
things
above-mentiou'd
,
shall
deliver
an
Act
signed
by
him
to
his
said
Majesty
,
whereby
he
shall
submit
to
the
execution
of
what
has
been
agreed
upon
between
the
two
Lord-Kings
,
in
relation
to
his
Person
and
Interest
,
as
well
as
for
the
Persons
and
Interests
of
those
that
have
follow'd
him
.
In
consequence
of
which
he
shall
declare
,
that
he
departs
sincerely
,
and
renounces
bona
fidae
,
to
all
Leagues
,
Intelligences
,
and
Treaties
of
Association
or
Protection
he
may
have
made
and
contracted
with
his
Catholick
Majesty
,
or
any
other
foreign
Kings
,
Potentates
,
or
Princes
,
or
any
other
persons
whatever
,
both
within
and
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
France
;
with
promise
never
to
take
or
receive
for
the
future
from
the
said
foreign
Kings
and
Potentates
,
any
Pensions
,
Establishments
,
or
Favours
obliging
him
to
have
a
dependency
on
them
,
nor
any
Engagements
to
any
King
or
Potentate
,
besides
His
Majesty
his
Soveraign
Lord
;
on
pain
,
in
case
of
Contravention
to
the
said
Writing
,
of
forfeiting
from
that
moment
the
Re-habilitation
and
Re-establishment
that
is
granted
him
by
the
present
Treaty
,
and
to
return
to
the
same
condition
he
was
in
on
the
1
st
day
of
March
of
the
present
year
.
4.
Thirdly
,
That
the
said
Prince
,
in
performance
of
what
has
been
before
agreed
upon
between
the
said
Lord-Kings
,
shall
really
,
and
in
Fact
,
deliver
into
his
Most
Christian
Majesty's
Hands
the
Cities
of
Rocroy
,
Le
Cha●elet
,
and
Linchamp
,
at
the
time
and
day
hereafter
mention'd
in
another
Article
of
this
said
Treaty
.
5.
The
Premisses
being
perform'd
as
abovesaid
,
his
most
Christian
Majesty
,
in
contemplation
of
the
Peace
,
and
in
consideration
of
his
Catholick
Majesty's
Mediation
,
making
use
of
his
Royal
Clemency
,
will
sincerely
and
heartily
receive
the
said
Prince
in
his
Favour
,
and
will
with
the
same
Sincerity
forget
whatever
he
has
done
or
undertaken
,
for
the
time
past
,
against
his
Service
,
either
within
or
out
of
the
Kingdom
;
and
will
allow
his
Return
not
only
into
France
,
but
even
at
his
Majesty's
Court.
After
which
,
his
Majesty
will
restore
the
said
Prince
,
in
Reality
and
Fact
,
to
the
free
possession
and
enjoyment
of
all
the
Estates
,
Honours
,
D●gnities
,
and
Priviledges
belonging
to
the
first
Prince
of
the
Blood
.
Provided
still
,
that
as
to
what
relates
to
the
said
Estates
,
of
whatever
Nature
they
be
,
the
said
Prince
shall
never
pretend
any
thing
for
the
time
past
,
towards
the
Restitution
of
the
Income
or
Use
of
the
said
Estates
,
whatever
persons
may
have
enjoy'd
them
by
His
Majesty's
Orders
,
nor
to
the
payment
,
or
restitution
of
his
Pensions
,
Sallaries
,
or
other
Rents
and
Revenues
he
had
upon
the
Demains
,
Farms
,
or
General
Receipts
of
the
said
Lord
King
;
nor
yet
upon
the
Account
,
or
pretence
of
what
he
might
pretend
to
be
due
to
him
by
His
Majesty
before
his
going
out
of
the
Kingdom
,
nor
for
the
Demolitions
,
Degradations
,
or
Damages
done
by
His
Majesty's
Orders
,
or
otherwise
,
in
any
manner
whatever
,
in
his
Estate
,
Cities
,
Places
,
fortify'd
,
or
not
fortify'd
,
Lordships
,
[
](A34619-e67490-b)*
*
The
Tenure
or
Honour
and
Iurisdiction
of
a
Castle-ship
.
Chastellenies
,
Lands
,
and
Houses
of
the
said
Prince
.
6.
And
as
to
what
relates
to
the
Garrisons
,
Governments
of
Provinces
,
or
Places
,
the
said
Prince
enjoy'd
and
possess'd
before
his
going
out
of
France
,
his
Most
Christian
Majesty
did
for
a
long
while
constantly
refuse
to
restore
them
to
him
,
until
his
being
mov'd
by
the
proceeding
and
Submission
of
the
said
Prince
above-mention'd
,
when
he
did
fully
resign
his
Interests
to
his
pleasure
and
disposition
without
the
least
Pretensions
,
together
with
whatever
was
offer'd
him
by
his
Catholick
Majesty
to
indemnifie
him
:
His
said
Most
Christian
Majesty
did
at
last
condescend
to
grant
him
what
followeth
,
upon
certain
Conditions
hereafter
specify'd
;
which
the
said
Lord
Kings
have
agreed
upon
,
and
thus
granted
,
viz.
That
provided
his
Catholick
Majesty
on
his
part
,
instead
of
what
he
design'd
to
give
the
said
Prince
to
Indemnifie
him
,
shall
draw
out
the
Spanish
Garrison
which
lyes
in
the
City
,
Fort
,
and
Citadel
of
Juliers
,
to
leave
the
said
place
,
and
Citadel
free
from
the
said
Garrison
to
the
Duke
of
Newburg
,
on
the
Conditions
,
and
in
the
manner
that
shall
be
specify'd
hereafter
in
one
of
the
Articles
of
the
present
Treaty
:
A●
also
provided
,
that
his
said
Catholick
Majesty
besides
the
removal
of
the
Spanish
Garrison
out
of
the
City
and
Citadel
of
Juliers
,
shall
deliver
to
his
Most
Christian
Majesty
the
City
of
Avennes
,
situate
between
the
Sambre
and
the
Meuse
,
with
the
Appurtenances
,
Dependencies
,
Annexations
,
and
Demains
thereof
in
the
manner
his
said
Catholick
Majesty
has
engag'd
above
,
by
an
Article
of
the
said
present
Treaty
(
the
which
place
of
Avennes
his
said
Majesty
likewise
design'd
among
other
things
to
give
to
the
said
Prince
.
)
In
Consideration
of
which
,
as
above-mention'd
,
that
is
,
in
Compensation
of
the
delivery
and
yielding
of
one
of
the
said
places
to
the
Most
Christian
King
,
to
be
united
,
and
for
ever
annexed
to
the
Crown
of
France
;
and
the
removal
of
the
Spanish
Garrison
out
of
the
other
,
in
favour
of
a
Prince
who
is
a
Friend
and
Ally
to
his
Most
Christian
Majesty
,
who
is
desirous
to
Oblige
him
by
vertue
of
the
said
Treaty
of
Alliance
:
His
said
most
Christian
Majesty
for
all
things
whatever
in
general
that
may
relate
to
the
Places
,
and
Governments
the
said
Prince
had
possess'd
,
or
might
reasonably
be
expected
by
those
that
belong'd
to
him
,
without
excepting
any
,
will
give
to
the
said
Prince
the
Government
of
the
Province
of
Burgundy
and
Bresse
;
under
which
are
compriz'd
the
Countries
of
Bugey
,
Gex
,
and
Veromey
:
As
also
the
particular
Governments
of
the
Castle
of
Dijon
,
and
of
the
City
of
St.
John
de
Laune
:
And
to
the
Duke
of
Enguien
his
Son
the
place
of
Lord
High
Steward
of
the
Kingdom
and
Houshold
,
together
with
Brev●ats
of
Assurance
to
the
said
Prince
,
to
preserve
it
in
case
the
said
Duke
of
Enguien
should
dye
before
him
.
7.
His
said
Majesty
shall
grant
a
full
Pardon
,
by
his
Letters
Patent
,
in
d●e
form
,
for
whatever
the
said
Prince
,
his
Relations
,
Creatures
,
Friends
,
Adherents
,
and
Servants
,
either
Church-men
,
or
Lay-men
,
have
or
may
have
done
,
or
undertaken
for
the
time
past
against
his
Service
;
in
so
much
that
it
may
never
hurt
or
prejudice
him
or
them
at
any
time
,
nor
their
Heirs
,
Successors
,
Administrators
,
or
Assigns
,
as
if
the
thing
had
never
been
.
Neither
shall
his
said
Majesty
at
any
time
make
any
Enquiry
in
relation
to
the
said
Prince
,
his
Relations
,
Creatures
,
Friends
,
Adherents
,
and
Servants
,
whether
Ecclesiasticks
,
or
Lay-men
,
about
the
Money
he
,
or
they
have
taken
out
of
the
general
or
particular
Receits
,
or
out
of
the
Audits
of
his
Farms
:
And
shall
not
oblige
them
to
make
any
Restitution
of
the
said
Money
or
Sums
,
nor
of
all
the
Levies
,
or
Gatherings
,
Contributions
,
Impositions
,
Exactions
impos'd
upon
the
people
,
or
Acts
of
Hostility
committed
in
France
,
in
any
wise
whatever
.
Which
shall
be
explain'd
more
at
large
in
the
said
Pardon
,
or
Letters
Patent
,
for
the
entire
Security
of
the
said
Prince
,
and
of
those
that
have
follow'd
him
,
in
order
that
they
may
never
be
prosecuted
,
troubled
,
or
molested
about
it
.
8.
That
as
soon
as
the
said
Prince
shall
have
perform'd
on
his
part
,
what
is
contain'd
in
the
three
Articles
,
2.3
.
&
4.
of
this
present
Treaty
,
all
Dutchies
,
Counties
,
Lands
,
Lordships
,
and
Demains
,
even
those
of
Clermont
,
Stenay
,
and
Dun
,
as
he
enjoy'd
them
before
his
going
out
of
France
,
and
that
of
Jamets
also
,
in
case
he
did
enjoy
it
,
the
which
heretofore
belong'd
to
the
said
Prince
:
Together
with
all
and
every
his
other
Estates
,
Moveables
,
or
Immoveables
,
of
any
kind
whatever
in
the
manner
abovesaid
,
shall
be
really
and
truly
return'd
to
him
,
or
to
those
the
said
Prince
,
being
in
France
,
shall
Commit
,
and
Depute
,
to
take
in
his
Name
the
Possession
of
the
said
Estates
,
&c.
and
to
serve
him
in
the
administration
or
management
of
the
same
.
As
also
that
Restitution
shall
be
made
to
him
,
or
his
said
Deputies
,
of
all
the
Titles
,
Instruments
,
and
other
Writings
left
by
him
at
the
time
of
his
going
out
〈…〉
Ki●●dom
,
in
the
Houses
belonging
to
the
said
〈◊〉
and
Lordships
,
or
elsewhere
.
And
that
the
●aid
〈◊〉
shall
●e
r●stor'd
to
the
true
and
real
Possession
and
〈◊〉
of
his
said
Dutchies
,
Counti●s
,
Lands
,
Lord●●●●
a●d
Demains
,
with
such
Rights
,
Authorities
,
〈◊〉
,
Presidial
Seats
,
Royal
Cases
,
Pre
〈…〉
,
and
conferring
of
Benefices
,
Nominations
of
〈◊〉
Favours
,
and
Preheminences
,
or
Prerogatives
,
●●ich
●e
and
his
Predecessors
did
enjoy
,
as
he
enjoy'd
〈◊〉
before
his
going
out
of
the
Kingdom
.
But
that
〈◊〉
●●●ll
leav●
Bellegarde
and
Montrond
in
the
same
Co●dition
they
are
at
present
.
For
the
performing
of
〈◊〉
,
●ll
His
Majesty's
Letters
Patent
thereunto
necess●●●
shall
be
granted
him
,
in
as
good
a
form
as
he
shall
r●●●ire
,
or
desire
,
without
his
being
lyable
to
be
disturb'd
,
●●●●●cuted
,
or
troubled
,
in
the
said
Possession
and
En●●●●ent
by
the
said
Lord
King
,
his
Heirs
,
Successors
,
〈◊〉
O●ficers
,
directly
,
or
indirectly
,
any
Donations
,
or
Gifts
,
〈◊〉
,
or
I●corporations
that
may
have
been
made
of
the
said
Dutchies
,
Counties
,
Lands
,
Lordships
,
and
De●ai●s
,
Estates
,
Honours
,
Dignities
,
and
Prerogatives
of
first
Prince
of
the
Blood
notwithstanding
,
or
what●●er
derogatory
Clauses
,
Constitutions
,
or
Ordinances
co●trary
th●reunto
.
Neither
shall
the
said
Prince
,
his
He●r●
,
and
S●ccessors
,
by
reason
of
what
he
may
have
〈◊〉
,
either
in
France
before
his
going
from
thence
,
or
〈◊〉
of
the
Kingdom
,
after
his
departure
from
thence
;
〈◊〉
●or
any
Treaties
,
Correspondencies
,
by
him
made
and
〈◊〉
with
any
Princes
,
or
persons
of
any
Condition
or
Quali●y
soever
,
be
lyable
to
be
molested
,
troubled
,
or
〈◊〉
.
But
that
all
Proceedings
,
Decrees
,
even
that
of
the
Parliament
of
Paris
,
bearing
date
the
27th
.
of
March
,
o●
the
Year
1654.
Iudgments
,
Sentences
,
and
other
Acts
,
which
are
already
past
against
the
said
Prince
,
ei●her
in
Civil
or
Criminal
Cases
(
unless
he
has
volun●arily
contested
in
a
Civil
Suit
)
shall
remain
void
,
and
of
no
Effect
,
and
shall
never
be
prosecuted
,
as
if
they
had
never
been
.
And
as
to
what
relates
to
the
Demain
of
Albret
,
which
the
said
Prince
enjoyed
before
his
going
out
of
France
,
the
which
His
Majesty
has
since
otherwise
disposed
of
,
he
will
in
lieu
thereof
give
the
said
●rince
the
Demain
of
Bourbonnois
,
on
the
same
Conditions
the
Exchange
of
the
said
two
Demains
had
already
been
adjusted
,
before
the
said
Prince's
going
out
of
the
Kingdom
.
9.
As
to
the
Relations
,
Friends
,
Creatures
,
Adherents
,
or
Domesticks
of
the
said
Prince
,
either
Ecclesiasticks
,
or
Lay-men
,
that
have
followed
his
Party
,
they
may
by
Vertue
of
the
Pardons
and
Indemnities
heretofore
mentioned
in
the
7th
.
Article
,
return
into
France
with
the
said
Prince
,
and
fix
their
abode
in
what
place
they
shall
think
fit
.
And
shall
be
restored
like
the
other
Subjects
of
the
two
Kings
to
the
peaceable
possession
and
enjoyment
of
their
Estates
,
Honours
,
and
Dignities
(
excepting
the
Places
,
Offices
,
and
Governments
they
possessed
before
their
going
out
of
the
Kingdom
)
the
said
Estates
,
Honours
,
and
Dignities
,
to
be
by
them
enjoyed●
in
the
same
manner
they
held
and
did
possess
them
.
But
still
without
pretending
to
any
Restitution
of
the
Enjoyments
thereof
for
the
time
past
,
either
from
those
on
whom
His
Majesty
shall
have
bestowed
them
,
o●
in
any
other
manner
whatever
.
As
also
they
shall
be
restored
to
their
Rights
,
Names
,
Dues
,
Actions
,
or
Pl●as
,
Successions
,
Inheritances
,
fallen
to
them
,
or
to
the
Children
,
or
Widows
of
the
deceased
,
during
their
absence
out
of
the
Kingdom
;
and
their
Goods
shall
be
returned
them
if
still
in
Being
.
And
his
Majesty
,
in
Consideration
of
the
Peace
,
declares
all
Proceedings
and
Decrees
Void
and
of
no
Effect
(
excepting
what
relates
to
their
said
Places
,
Offices
,
and
Governments
)
even
●hat
of
the
Parliament
of
Paris
,
bearing
date
the
27
th
.
of
March
,
1654.
as
well
as
all
Sentences
,
Iudgments
,
Adjudications
,
Donations
,
Incorporations
,
and
other
Acts
,
that
may
have
been
given
against
them
,
or
their
Heirs
,
for
their
having
followed
the
Party
of
the
said
Prince
;
〈◊〉
that
as
well
in
Civil
as
Criminal
Cases
(
unless
in
〈◊〉
Civil
matters
as
they
have
voluntarily
contested
)
〈◊〉
that
neither
they
,
nor
their
Heirs
shall
●ver
be
〈◊〉
to
be
prosecuted
,
disturbed
,
or
troubled
for
the
〈◊〉
.
For
the
performance
of
all
which
Premisses
His
〈◊〉
Christian
Majesty
will
cause
all
necessary
Letters
〈◊〉
to
be
expedited
,
both
for
the
said
Prince
,
his
Rela●ions
,
Friends
,
Creatures
,
Adherents
,
and
Dome
〈…〉
,
whether
Ecclesiasticks
,
or
Lay-men
,
containing
〈◊〉
Premises
in
secure
and
due
form
.
Which
Letters
〈◊〉
shall
be
delivered
to
them
,
as
soon
as
the
said
Prince
on
his
part
shall
have
performed
the
Contents
of
〈◊〉
three
Articles
,
2
,
3
,
4
of
this
present
Treaty
.
10.
In
performance
of
what
is
contained
in
the
Sixth
Article
of
this
present
Treaty
,
by
which
His
Most
Chri●●●●
Majesty
is
obliged
to
give
unto
the
said
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
to
the
said
Duke
of
Enguien
his
Son
the
Governments
,
and
the
Place
therein
specified
;
and
his
Catholick
Majesty
promises
,
and
obliges
himself
on
his
〈◊〉
,
upon
the
Faith
and
Word
of
a
King
,
to
remove
〈◊〉
of
the
City
,
Citadel
,
or
Castle
of
Juliers
,
the
Spa●●sh
Garrison
which
lyes
in
the
said
City
,
Citadel
,
or
〈◊〉
,
and
whatever
other
Forces
have
lately
been
put
〈◊〉
them
,
or
might
again
be
sent
thither
,
in
order
to
Reinforce
the
Garrison
:
Leaving
in
the
said
City
,
and
Citadel
,
all
the
Artillery
that
is
mark'd
with
the
Arms
〈◊〉
the
House
of
Cleves
,
or
Juliers
,
or
that
has
belonged
〈◊〉
them
:
And
as
for
the
remainder
of
the
said
Artillery
,
〈◊〉
,
●unition
,
and
Instruments
of
War
,
his
said
●ajesty
has
in
the
said
City
and
Castle
of
Juliers
,
it
●●●ll
●e
free
for
him
to
remove
them
:
Leaving
the
said
〈◊〉
,
C●tadel
,
or
Castle
of
Juliers
to
the
possession
of
〈◊〉
said
Duke
of
Newburg
,
or
such
as
shall
be
appointed
by
him
to
receive
it
,
in
the
same
Quality
as
he
possesses
the
State
of
Juliers
;
The
said
Duke
first
de●●●●●ing
unto
his
Catholick
Majesty
a
Writing
in
due
form
,
signed
by
his
own
Hand
,
to
the
Satisfaction
of
his
said
Catholick
Majesty
,
whereby
he
obliges
himself
not
to
Sell
,
Alienate
,
or
Engage
the
said
City
,
Citadel
,
or
Castle
,
to
any
one
,
or
any
other
Princes
,
or
private
Persons
;
And
that
he
shall
neither
put
,
or
establish
any
Garrison
there
but
of
his
own
Forces
:
As
also
to
grant
his
said
Catholick
Majesty
,
when
ever
he
shall
have
occasion
for
it
;
a
p●ssage
for
his
Forces
,
either
through
the
said
City
,
or
through
the
State
of
Juliers
;
his
said
Majesty
paying
at
his
own
Cost
and
Charges
the
Expence
of
the
passage
of
the
said
Forces
,
which
shall
be
performed
by
regulated
Days
,
and
reasonable
Marches
,
without
being
allowed
to
sojourn
,
or
remain
in
the
Country
,
the
said
Duke
on
such
Occasions
using
what●ver
precautions
may
be
necessary
for
the
Security
of
the
said
City
and
Citadel
.
And
in
case
the
said
Duke
should
be
wanting
in
the
performance
of
those
things
he
obliges
himself
to
,
as
well
not
to
alienate
,
as
not
to
put
any
Garrison
in
the
said
City
and
Citadel
,
but
of
his
own
Forces
,
or
should
refuse
a
passage
to
his
Catholick
Majesty's
Forces
,
they
paying
for
it
:
The
said
Lord
most
Christian
King
promises
upon
the
Faith
and
Word
of
a
King
,
neither
to
assist
the
said
Duke
with
Men
or
Money
,
nor
in
any
other
ways
,
either
by
himself
,
or
others
,
to
defend
the
said
Insruction
;
but
on
the
contrary
,
shall
send
his
own
Forces
,
if
necessary
,
for
the
Accomplishment
of
the
Premises
.
The
Peace
being
Concluded
,
the
Prince
of
Conde
returned
into
France
;
he
entred
it
by
the
way
of
La
Capelle
,
and
passed
through
Soissons
,
where
he
refused
to
receive
any
Harangues
,
or
Visits
from
the
Corporations
of
the
City
,
protesting
that
he
would
receive
none
until
he
had
first
had
the
Honour
of
seeing
the
King
.
He
went
from
Soissons
the
next
day
,
being
accompany'd
with
three
more
in
his
Coach
,
viz.
the
Duke
d'
Enguien
,
Messieurs
de
Houteville
,
and
Guitant
.
He
went
to
Meaux
,
and
from
thence
to
Coulomiers
at
the
Duke
of
●●●●●●ville's
,
from
whence
he
went
to
meet
the
〈◊〉
who
was
at
that
time
in
Provence
,
in
ex●●●●●●ion
of
the
Accomplishment
of
his
Marriage
〈◊〉
the
Infanta
of
Spain
,
which
was
as
it
were
,
〈◊〉
first
Fruit
of
the
Peace
.
The
King
who
had
made
a
Progress
to
Toulouse
,
〈◊〉
the
Queen
,
Monsieur
,
and
Mademoiselle
,
where
〈◊〉
Cardinal
also
repair'd
about
the
beginning
of
●●●●ary
,
1660.
arrived
on
the
12
th
.
of
the
said
M●nth
at
Arles
,
1660.
and
the
17
th
.
at
Aix
,
where
the
Prince
came
two
Days
after
.
The
King
receives
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
Cardinal
Mazarin
presented
him
to
the
King
,
who
receiv'd
him
with
great
Demonstration
of
Kindness
,
and
reiterated
Assurances
that
he
would
forget
all
that
was
pa●●
.
He
follow'd
the
Court
,
and
assisted
at
the
magnificent
Entry
their
Majesties
made
into
Paris
on
the
26
th
.
of
August
of
the
following
Year
.
The
King
had
long
been
desirous
to
acknowledge
the
Services
of
some
Persons
,
1661.
who
were
distinguish'd
by
their
Birth
,
by
honouring
them
with
the
Colar
of
the
Order
of
the
Holy
Ghost
.
The
Length
of
the
War
had
been
an
Obstacle
to
it
till
then
:
But
the
Peace
being
settled
he
put
that
Design
in
execution
,
and
made
Sixty
Knights
,
and
Eight
Commanders
.
The
Ceremony
was
perform'd
in
the
Church
of
the
Great
Augustin's
at
Paris
,
with
great
Magnificence
,
on
the
last
of
December
,
1661.
The
Order
was
con●e●r'd
first
o●
the
Prelates
:
and
after
the
Service
,
the
King
perform'd
the
Ceremony
for
the
Lay-Knights
,
beginning
with
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
continuing
with
the
Duke
d'
Enguien
,
the
Prince
of
Conti
and
the
Duke
of
Verneuil
.
Philip
the
4
th
.
King
of
Spain
died
on
the
17
th
.
of
Sept●mber
,
1665.
1667.
When
the
Negotiations
of
Peace
were
begun
,
and
the
Marriage
of
the
King
of
France
with
the
Infanta
first
talk
of
,
War
in
Flanders
.
the
Spa●iard●
oppos'd
it
at
first
,
for
fear
of
being
troubled
by
the
French
at
some
time
or
other
,
about
the
Rights
of
that
Princess
:
and
it
fell
out
accordingly
:
The
King
of
France
pretending
that
the
Dutchy
of
Brabant
and
the
Annexions
thereof
belong'd
to
the
Queen
,
by
Right
of
Devolution
after
the
Death
of
Prince
Balthazar
her
Brother
,
who
died
on
9
th
.
of
October
,
1649.
he
caus'd
the
said
Country
to
be
demanded
from
the
Queen
of
Spain
.
Those
Pretensions
were
laugh'd
at
at
Madrid
:
and
upon
that
refusal
,
which
was
expected
,
France
wag'd
War
into
the
Low
Countries
,
having
first
publish'd
a
Manifesto
,
by
which
that
Crown
endeavour'd
to
prove
,
that
in
taking
possession
of
a
Country
that
belong'd
to
the
Queen
,
they
did
not
in
the
least
Infringe
the
last
Treaty
that
had
been
made
with
Spain
.
The
King
departed
from
St.
Germains
on
the
14
th
.
of
May
,
and
entred
the
Fields
on
the
24
th
.
he
made
choice
of
Marshal
de
Turenne
for
his
Lieutenant-General
;
and
sent
Marshal
d'
Aumont
towards
Dunkirk
,
there
to
Command
a
Body
of
7
or
8000
Men.
The
Marquess
of
Crequi
,
who
had
liv'd
from
the
Court
for
five
or
six
Years
last
past
was
recall'd
,
and
sent
upon
the
Frontiers
towards
Luxemburgh
with
3
or
4000
Men.
But
the
Prince
of
Conde
had
no
Imployment
.
She
Spaniards
were
constantly
beaten
during
all
that
Campagn
,
and
lost
Bergue
,
Furnes
,
Tournay
,
Douay
,
Cou●tra●
,
and
L'
Isle
.
1668.
The
King
of
France
not
being
satisfy'd
with
his
Progresses
in
Flanders
resolv'd
to
fall
upon
the
Franche
Comte
,
and
to
make
himself
Master
of
it
.
He
did
not
stay
for
the
Spring
to
undertake
that
Conquest
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
who
had
tarried
in
his
Governments
without
Action
,
while
Monsieur
de
Turenne
had
so
many
occasions
to
distinguish
himself
in
the
Low
Countries
,
was
sent
before
〈◊〉
on
the
7
th
of
February
of
the
following
〈◊〉
.
The
King
who
had
left
Paris
to
assist
at
〈◊〉
Expedition
arriv●d
at
Dison
the
following
day
.
The
same
day
the
Prince
of
Conde
Summon'd
the
〈◊〉
to
surrender
.
Bezancon
surrenders
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
The
Inhabitants
of
that
City
〈◊〉
had
been
surpriz'd
,
and
were
not
able
to
〈◊〉
any
resistance
resolv'd
immediately
to
●ur●●●der
,
saying
,
That
they
were
willing
to
submit
to
〈◊〉
King
of
France
,
and
to
receive
him
,
but
as
in
〈◊〉
Imperial
City
.
However
,
the
Prince
having
gi●●●
them
to
understand
that
their
City
had
ceas'd
〈◊〉
an
Imperial
City
by
the
Treaty
of
Munster
,
and
that
in
case
they
obey'd
without
delay
all
〈◊〉
Priviledges
should
be
preserv'd
,
they
surrende●'d
innocently
without
any
further
Conditions
,
〈◊〉
opened
their
Gates
.
The
Duke
of
Luxemburg
enter'd
Salins
at
the
same
time
,
The
taking
of
Salins
,
Dole
,
Gray
,
and
other
places
.
and
Dole
was
in●●sted
on
the
9
th
.
The
King
and
the
Prince
of
C●nde
being
agreed
about
the
Measures
that
were
to
be
taken
in
order
to
reduce
that
City
with
as
much
ease
as
Bezancon
and
Salins
,
Count
Chamilly
,
one
of
the
Major-Generals
of
the
Army
,
was
orde●'d
to
summon
the
Inhabitants
to
surrender
,
and
〈◊〉
promise
them
that
all
their
Rights
should
be
preserv'd
,
in
case
they
would
submit
voluntarily
,
●nd
to
threaten
them
at
the
same
time
,
that
no
Quarter
should
be
given
them
if
they
made
the
le●st
Resistance
.
Monsieur
de
Chamilly
receiv'd
no
favourable
Answer
;
whereupon
it
was
resolv'd
to
take
it
by
force
;
and
three
Attacks
were
made
〈◊〉
the
13
th
.
in
which
the
Prince
expos'd
himself
extreamly
.
The
Besieged
defended
themselves
,
●nd
some
considerable
Officers
were
kill'd
in
that
occasion
.
The
King
seeing
the
Resistance
that
was
made
by
those
who
govern'd
in
the
place
,
sent
Count
Grammont
the
next
day
to
represent
to
the
Parliament
the
Nece●sity
they
lay
under
of
Surrendring
,
or
of
being
expos'd
to
the
Fury
of
an
Army
,
Commanded
by
a
King
in
Person
,
and
by
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
was
every
where
attended
with
Victory
.
He
show'd
them
not
only
that
there
was
a
great
deal
of
Rashness
in
resisting
such
powerful
Forces
commanded
by
Chiefs
,
who
till
then
had
met
with
nothing
that
could
●ppose
them
,
but
also
that
it
was
very
dangerous
,
since
the
King
was
resolv'd
upon
a
general
Assault
,
and
to
give
no
Quarter
.
He
added
to
this
that
all
the
Privileges
of
the
Citizens
of
Dole
should
be
preserv'd
:
That
in
changing
their
Government
they
should
not
be
the
less
happy
:
and
finally
,
that
they
must
determine
instantly
.
The
Parliament
was
strangely
perplex'd
,
but
having
consider'd
that
it
would
be
better
to
submit
on
the
Conditions
that
were
propos'd
to
them
,
than
to
run
the
hazard
of
seeing
a
whole
City
in
a
Flame
,
and
of
being
expos'd
to
the
Hostility
of
the
Souldiers
,
they
gave
Count
Grammont
full
Satisfaction
,
and
he
carry'd
Hostages
along
with
them
for
the
assurance
of
the
Reduction
of
that
Place
.
The
Capitulation
was
Sign'd
on
the
14
th
.
The
King
also
took
Grai
on
the
19
th
.
The
Castles
of
Iou
and
St.
Anne
also
surrender'd
themselves
;
insomuch
that
in
less
than
a
Month
the
whole
Franche
Comté
was
reduc'd
.
The
Spaniards
in
order
to
stop
the
Torrent
of
the
French
Conquests
desir'd
a
Cessation
of
Arms
,
which
was
granted
them
till
May
;
and
by
the
Treaty
of
Aix
la
Chapelle
which
was
made
the
same
Year
,
the
Franche
Comté
was
restor'd
to
the
King
of
Spain
.
Nothing
considerable
pass'd
in
relation
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
until
the
Year
1672.
1672.
when
the
King
of
France
declar'd
War
to
the
Hollanders
.
The
War
of
Holland
.
We
will
enter
upon
no
Particulars
here
;
since
no
body
can
be
ignorant
of
the
Motives
and
Pretences
of
that
War
,
in
which
the
United
Princes
were
like
〈◊〉
have
been
subdu'd
by
a
Prince
who
aim'd
at
the
U●●v●●sal
Monarchy
of
Europe
,
and
could
not
〈◊〉
fail'd
of
his
Ends
had
he
subdu'd
that
flouri●●ing
Republick
,
of
which
God
has
hitherto
de●●●●●●
himself
the
Protector
.
We
will
only
say
,
〈…〉
as
the
King
of
France
had
resolv'd
up●●
that
War
,
and
to
that
end
assembled
an
Army
of
upwards
of
a
Hundred
thousand
Men
,
he
dirided
it
into
three
Bodies
,
of
which
he
Command●●●he
Chief
in
Person
,
and
gave
the
two
others
●o
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
to
Count
Chamilly
.
The
Forces
the
King
was
to
command
had
their
Rendezvous
near
Charleroy
,
and
the
Prince
of
〈◊〉
Army
about
Sedan
●
consisting
of
40000
M●●
.
The
Prince
was
the
first
that
march'd
away
,
the
King
was
the
second
,
and
Count
Chamilly
follow'd
in
order
to
joyn
them
:
after
which
they
〈◊〉
all
three
towards
Mastricht
,
and
incampt
〈◊〉
five
or
six
Leagues
from
thence
.
Some
days
after
a
Council
of
War
was
held
,
in
which
the
Duke
of
Orleance
,
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
Monsie●r
de
Turenne
assisted
:
The
first
Advices
inclin'd
to
besiege
Mastricht
,
but
upon
considera●ion
●hat
it
was
a
dangerous
Undertaking
,
they
mar●hed
towards
the
Rhine
.
The
Body
that
was
commanded
by
the
Prince
of
Conde
march'd
first
,
the
King
's
followed
;
and
the
two
Armies
march●●
for
seven
or
eight
Days
together
without
meeting
any
Forces
,
excepting
Two
hundred
Men
in
a
Retrenchment
,
the
which
the
Prince
took
Prisoners●
the
Chevalier
de
la
Rochefoucault
,
Brother
to
the
Prince
of
Marsillue
,
was
●●●ll'd
in
that
occa●●on
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
having
marched
on
●aid
Siege
to
Wesel
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
besieges
and
takes
Wel●el
.
while
the
King
besieg'd
Orsoy
,
and
Mo●sieur
de
Turenne
Burik
.
As
soon
as
the
Prince
came
before
that
Town
,
he
caus'd
a
Battery
to
be
raised
upon
the
side
of
the
Rhine
to
cut
off
the
Communication
thereof
;
and
having
taken
some
other
Precautions
he
made
his
Lines
,
and
attack'd
the
Fort
de
la
Lippe
with
so
much
vigour
that
he
took
it
.
It
was
a
Post
of
very
great
Consequence
.
The
taking
thereof
cast
the
Besieged
into
so
great
a
Consternation
,
that
they
desir'd
a
Suspension
of
Arms
,
until
the
next
day
about
Noon
:
this
Suspension
being
granted
them
,
they
sent
two
Deputies
to
the
Prince
to
let
him
know
,
that
they
were
very
much
surprized
that
his
most
Christian
Majesty
should
attack
them
,
since
they
were
Subjects
to
the
Elector
of
Brandenburg
;
and
that
the
States
General
were
only
in
possession
of
the
Gates
,
Rampa●ts
,
and
Fortifications
,
without
exercising
any
Jurisdiction
in
the
Town
;
and
that
therefore
they
desired
their
City
might
be
declared
Neuter
:
But
that
Proposition
was
not
relished
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
continued
his
Attacks
,
and
ca●sed
the
Trenches
to
be
made
,
Fasci●es
to
be
carried
to
the
side
of
the
Ditch
,
and
finally
disposed
all
things
in
order
to
make
way
for
the
Miner
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Besieged
having
caused
some
Pieces
of
Cannon
to
be
placed
upon
their
Ramparts
,
for
the
most
par'd
dismounted
,
they
made
so
dreadful
a
Fire
that
they
kill'd
above
4000
French
.
Tha●
Defence
as
vigorous
as
it
was
did
not
hinder
the
Continuation
of
that
Siege
.
The
Prince
of
Cond●
attack'd
the
Counterscarp
;
and
as
soon
as
it
was
taken
,
and
his
Men
lodged
upon
it
,
the
Besieged
did
capitulate
.
This
place
being
of
great
Consequence
,
and
able
to
have
held
out
much
longer
than
it
did
,
the
●●vernour
was
condemn'd
to
lose
his
Head
,
but
he
having
given
sufficient
Reasons
for
his
Surrendring
it
at
the
time
he
did
,
the
Sentence
was
not
executed
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
marched
from
Wesel
to
〈◊〉
which
surrender'd
immediately
,
and
from
〈◊〉
●o
E●●rik
which
made
no
resistance
neither
.
〈◊〉
,
which
was
besieged
by
the
King
,
sur●●●dred
at
that
time
;
for
which
the
Governour
〈◊〉
his
Head
.
The
King
of
France
who
had
not
expected
those
place●
would
have
been
taken
so
easily
,
being
de●●●●●s
to
push
on
his
Conquests
,
was
stopt
by
the
〈◊〉
of
the
States
General
,
which
ran
to
the
defe●●e
of
Iss●l
,
which
is
a
River
that
covers
all
that
●●rt
of
the
Country
he
design'd
to
make
himself
Master
of
.
He
resolved
to
pass
the
said
River
;
b●t
whereas
it
was
very
deep
,
and
the
Banks
of
a
very
difficult
ascent
,
he
was
willing
to
have
the
P●ince
of
Conde's
Advice
before
he
attempted
any
thi●g
,
and
accordingly
he
writ
to
him
about
it
:
Although
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
used
to
great
E●terprizes
he
looked
upon
that
to
be
very
dang●ro●s
,
and
answered
the
King
that
it
was
impr●cticable
,
but
that
he
advised
him
to
attempt
to
cross
the
Rhine
,
where
the
Hollanders
were
not
u●●n
their
Guard
.
The
Prince
who
was
desirous
〈◊〉
facilitate
the
Conquest
of
Holland
to
the
King
,
●●ving
brib'd
a
Gentleman
of
that
Country
,
the
●●●d
Gen●leman
show'd
him
a
Foo●d
towards
Tol●●●●●
,
where
the
Water
was
so
shallow
at
the
En●r●nce
,
and
at
the
going
out
,
that
there
was
not
●b●ve
Two
hundred
Foot
to
swim
.
Count
de
G●iche
made
a
tryal
of
it
,
in
order
to
be
satisfied
of
the
truth
,
and
having
found
it
wadeable
in
tha●
place
by
the
tryal
he
made
of
it
himself
,
with
o●e
of
his
Gentlemen
,
he
acquainted
the
Prince
of
Conde
therewith
,
who
immediately
gave
an
account
of
it
to
the
King
.
That
Monarch
was
so
delighted
with
that
News
that
he
instantly
quitted
his
Camp
with
his
Houshould
;
and
having
le●t
the
Command
of
the
remainder
of
his
Army
to
Monsieur
de
Turenne
went
to
joyn
the
Prince
.
The
Dutch
receiving
some
Intelligence
of
the
King
of
France's
Design
,
sent
some
Forces
to
the
place
where
the
French
design'd
to
cross
the
Rhine
;
but
by
reason
of
some
wrong
Motions
they
could
not
possibly
foresee
,
Passages
of
●●e
Rhine
.
they
had
not
time
to
retrench
themselves
.
In
the
mean
time
as
soon
as
the
King
of
France
was
arriv'd
upon
the
Banks
of
the
Rhine
,
he
caused
some
Batteries
to
be
made
,
and
the
Army
began
to
cross
.
Abundance
of
Volunt●ers
and
Persons
of
very
great
Quality
went
over
at
the
same
time
,
viz.
The
Duke
of
Vivonne
,
the
Counts
de
Saulx
,
de
Lionne
,
de
Chauvigny
and
the
Count
of
Nogent
who
was
drown'd
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
who
would
have
a
share
in
that
Action
cross'd
immediately
in
a
Boat
with
his
Son
the
Duke
d'
Enguien
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
passes
.
His
Nephew
the
Duke
of
Longueville
swam
it
over
.
As
soon
as
those
two
Lords
where
got
over
,
they
ran
full
speed
towards
a
Barrier
where
some
Forces
had
posted
themselves
,
and
began
to
fire
upon
them
.
Those
Forces
were
surpriz'd
and
frighten'd
to
that
degree
that
they
demanded
Quarter
,
which
the
Prince
of
Conde
granted
them
:
but
the
Duke
of
Longueville
who
had
been
drinking
a
little
leapt
over
the
Barrier
:
The
Duke
of
Enguien
follow'd
him
,
and
those
Men
having
taken
up
their
Arms
again
,
the
Duke
of
Longueville
was
kill'd
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
immediately
ran
thither
to
moderate
the
indiscreet
heat
of
those
young
Lords
,
but
he
came
too
late
,
and
was
wounded
in
the
Left-hand
with
a
Musquet-shot
.
Although
his
Wound
was
very
painful
he
would
not
move
from
the
Combat
until
all
those
Men
were
kill'd
.
The
Wound
the
Prince
receiv'd
was
not
dangerous
,
but
whereas
it
was
in
that
Hand
where
he
had
the
Gout
commonly
,
it
was
so
troublesome
to
him
,
that
not
●●●ng
able
to
sleep
day
or
night
,
or
to
serve
any
lo●ger
,
he
was
obliged
to
retire
to
Arnhem
●hich
the
French
made
themselves
Masters
of
,
〈◊〉
well
as
of
several
other
places
.
Every
body
knows
what
passed
in
the
beginnings
of
that
〈◊〉
.
The
City
of
Utrecht
surrender'd
it self
like
the
●e●t
,
1673.
and
the
Marquess
of
Rochefort
went
to
take
possession
of
it
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
being
cured
of
his
Wound
repair'd
thither
on
the
1st
.
of
May
of
the
following
Year
:
Honours
done
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
at
Utrecht
.
He
was
receiv'd
there
with
all
the
Discharge
of
the
Canon
,
and
the
Ringing
of
the
Bills
:
Monsieur
Stoppa
who
was
Governour
there
presented
him
with
the
Keys
of
the
Town
in
a
Silver
Bason
at
his
arrival
there
:
having
held
them
for
sometime
in
his
Hands
he
return'd
them
to
him
,
after
which
he
was
conducted
to
the
House
that
had
been
prepared
for
him
,
by
the
Garrison
,
which
was
all
in
Arms.
Sometime
after
the
Prince
of
Conde's
arrival
at
Utrecht
he
went
to
several
places
to
try
whether
he
could
undertake
any
thing
:
But
he
found
so
good
a●
order
every
where
that
he
was
forc'd
to
go
back
without
doing
any
thing
,
having
only
cau●ed
two
Bridges
to
be
built
upon
the
Leck
at
●●llemburg
,
and
at
Wick
,
in
order
to
have
a
Comm●nication
with
the
Forces
that
were
in
the
Betau
.
He
lay
sick
a
while
,
and
being
oblig'd
to
keep
his
Chamber
several
days
,
he
constantly
had
the
most
learned
Men
in
Utrecht
about
him
,
whom
he
receiv'd
with
all
the
Civilities
imaginable
.
It
is
reported
that
he
was
desirous
to
see
Spinoza
,
and
●old
him
smiling
,
That
if
he
would
follow
him
into
France
,
he
would
put
him
in
a
way
to
live
conformably
to
the
Principles
of
his
Theology
;
that
Paris
neither
wanted
fine
Women
,
nor
Pleasures
;
although
he
look'd
upon
him
as
a
Derst
,
and
a
Man
who
had
no
Religion
,
he
was
charm'd
with
the
Conversation
he
had
with
him
●
The
best
part
of
the
Roman
Catholicks
of
the
Country
of
G●elder
were
so
pleased
to
find
themselves
under
the
Government
of
a
Catholick
King
,
that
their
joy
cannot
be
exprest
.
Being
in
great
hopes
that
their
Religion
would
become
the
uppermost
,
they
sent
Deputies
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
to
de●●●e
him
to
give
them
those
Churches
the
Protestants
possessed
in
the
open
Country
:
The
Prince
who
was
sensible
that
they
knew
not
what
they
desired
,
answer'd
with
some
Railleries
that
put
them
clear
out
of
countenance
:
After
which
he
told
them
,
That
he
had
no
orders
from
his
Majesty
as
to
what
related
to
what
they
desired
;
that
in
case
the
King
should
make
himself
Master
of
all
the
Country
they
should
have
as
many
Churches
as
they
pleas'd
;
but
that
whereas
it
was
not
certain
yet
he
advised
them
to
remain
quiet
,
and
not
so
much
as
to
accept
one
of
the
Protestant
Churches
,
although
it
were
profer'd
them
;
to
avoid
the
Mortifications
of
restoring
them
as
soon
as
the
French
Army
should
march
away
.
1674.
The
Prince
of
Conde
was
very
sensible
that
it
was
impossible
for
the
King
of
France
to
preserve
all
the
places
he
got
from
the
Hollanders
with
that
surprizing
swiftness
every
body
has
heard
of
.
The
States
General
who
expected
nothing
less
than
the
War
that
was
declared
against
them
were
surpriz'd
:
But
being
recover'd
out
of
their
fright
and
surprize
,
having
made
a
League
with
the
House
of
Austria
,
and
placed
the
present
King
of
England
at
the
Head
of
it
,
France
found
it self
oblig'd
to
abondon
all
at
once
almost
all
the
Conquests
it
had
made
,
and
began
to
fear
in
its
turn
:
That
Crown
fearing
not
to
come
off
with
Honour
and
Advantage
out
of
a
War
,
they
had
began
with
so
much
haughtiness
,
they
had
recourse
to
Intreague
.
To
that
end
in
order
to
divide
the
Hollanders
from
the
rest
of
the
Allies
,
they
made
them
advanta●●●●●
Propositions
in
case
they
would
hearken
to
●●●eace
.
They
offer'd
to
restore
them
Mastricht
and
Grave
,
which
were
the
two
only
places
they
〈◊〉
preserv'd
;
but
the
Hollanders
refus'd
to
hear●●n
to
it
,
and
chose
to
venture
the
Hazards
of
a
〈◊〉
,
rather
than
to
forsake
the
Emperor
,
the
King
of
Spain
,
and
the
other
Princes
that
were
in
League
with
them
,
and
from
whom
they
had
●●ceiv'd
an
Assistance
that
had
broken
all
the
M●asures
of
France
.
The
King
of
France
finding
t●at
there
was
no
hopes
that
way
,
endeavour'd
to
●●atter
the
Ambition
of
the
Prince
of
Orange
by
great
Promises
;
but
that
great
Prince
rejected
them
with
scorn
,
and
acquainted
the
States
General
with
the
Propositions
that
had
been
made
to
〈◊〉
,
assuring
them
that
he
would
compass
the
●●●ing
of
the
French
out
of
their
Country
,
and
that
he
would
give
them
a
considerable
Check
,
in
case
his
Sentiments
were
follow'd
,
and
his
Resolutions
executed
.
The
different
Interests
of
the
Princes
that
were
〈◊〉
League
together
hindred
things
from
being
car●●●d
on
in
the
Manner
that
great
Prince
desir'd
it
.
S●me
were
for
besieging
Grave
,
or
Mastricht
;
and
others
for
the
like
reason
desired
the
Siege
of
C●●rleroy
;
others
did
not
care
any
place
should
be
besieg'd
provided
a
stop
were
put
to
the
French
〈◊〉
and
that
it
should
be
hinder'd
from
sending
any
Succours
to
Marshal
de
Turenne
:
France
in
the
mean
time
pro●ited
by
those
Irresolutions
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
was
inrag'd
that
he
could
under●ake
nothing
,
although
he
had
an
Army
of
near
60000
Men
;
he
met
with
Oppositions
every
where
.
In
fine
,
after
many
Obstacles
that
Prince
carry'd
it
in
a
Council
of
War
,
and
the
Siege
of
Grave
was
resolv'd
upon
,
and
put
in
execution
by
Monsieur
de
Rabenhaut
.
But
the
taking
of
that
place
not
proving
so
easie
as
it
was
imagin'd
,
about
three
Months
were
spent
in
the
taking
of
it
;
the
Prince
of
Orange
at
that
time
design'd
the
Siege
of
Charleroy
.
Nevertheless
he
seem'd
to
have
a
Design
upon
some
other
place
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
who
was
not
easily
deceiv'd
,
posted
himself
at
Pieton
,
between
Charleroy
,
and
Fontaine
L'
Esveque
,
having
the
Sambre
behind
him
,
and
two
Woods
pretty
near
the
Head
of
his
Army
,
between
which
the
Prince
of
Orange
was
oblig'd
to
pass
to
come
to
a
Combat
,
which
rendred
the
Approaches
of
the
Dutch
almost
impossible
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
in
order
to
oblige
the
Prince
of
Conde
to
quit
his
Post
,
made
a
Detachment
of
7
or
8000
Men
,
which
march'd
towards
the
Meuse
:
But
the
Prince
of
Conde
suspecting
that
they
only
design'd
to
draw
him
to
some
Inconveniences●
only
sent
some
of
his
Forces
that
way
,
which
broke
the
Prince
of
Orange's
Measures
.
These
two
Princes
esteem'd
and
dreaded
each
other
reciprocally
:
but
the
one
was
better
serv'd
than
the
other
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
daily
form'd
new
Designs
,
without
being
able
of
putting
any
of
them
in
execution
;
and
the
Prince
of
Conde
propos'd
nothing
but
what
he
did
execute
at
the
same
time
.
This
last
who
took
the
advantage
of
the
Differences
that
reign'd
among
the
Allies
,
kept
still
on
the
side
of
the
Prince
of
Orange's
Army
,
and
having
observ'd
in
one
of
the
Marches
of
that
Army
,
that
the
Ground
oblig'd
him
to
separate
from
it
,
he
caus'd
his
Cavalry
to
mount
,
and
before
the
Van
could
succour
the
Rear
he
fought
with
so
much
Fortune
,
that
we
may
say
that
he
had
the
Advantage
at
first
,
but
it
prov'd
otherwise
in
the
end
;
as
will
be
seen
hereafter
.
This
Battle
we
are
going
to
relate
,
was
fought
at
Senef
on
the
11
th
.
of
August
.
T●●
S●ccess
of
that
Battle
has
been
so
variously
〈…〉
it
is
difficult
to
decide
who
had
the
〈◊〉
both
Parties
have
pretended
to
it
,
and
〈…〉
Reason
,
since
it
pass'd
very
equally
〈◊〉
both
sides
.
〈◊〉
the
Armies
were
about
Nivelle
,
The
Battle
of
Senef
.
the
Con
〈…〉
as
earnest
and
sollicitous
to
come
to
●
Combat
,
as
the
French
were
careful
to
avoid
it
,
〈◊〉
being
resolv'd
not
to
engage
with
the
Prince
〈…〉
unless
the
advantage
were
visible
on
their
〈◊〉
.
The
reason
thereof
was
imputed
in
the
〈◊〉
place
to
the
eagerness
wherewith
the
young
Pr●nce
of
Orange
desired
to
open
himself
a
Passage
〈◊〉
●r●nce
through
Victory
,
in
order
to
revenge
the
I●●u●ies
this
Country
had
receiv'd
from
the
〈◊〉
,
and
at
the
same
time
to
make
his
first
tryal
●f
a
pitch'd
Battle
against
so
Famous
and
so
Expe●●●nc'd
a
General
as
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
In
the
●●cond
place
,
it
was
reported
that
the
Prince
of
〈◊〉
who
was
an
old
General
,
thought
he
should
expo●e
his
Glory
too
much
,
by
encountring
a
●oung
Prince
of
Twenty
Three
Years
of
Age.
●●ere
was
another
reason
which
curb'd
the
Natural
eagerness
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
although
the
Army
he
Commanded
was
compos'd
of
good
O●ficers
,
and
chosen
Souldiers
,
well
disciplin'd
,
●●ready
innur'd
to
Combats
,
and
flush'd
by
the
continual
Success
that
had
attended
them
in
two
Wars
,
which
could
not
be
said
of
that
which
was
Commanded
by
the
Prince
of
Orange
.
This
Reason
was
,
that
reflecting
to
himself
that
he
had
been
very
much
out
of
Favour
at
the
Court
of
France
,
during
the
Reign
of
Lewis
the
14
th
.
he
consider'd
that
he
should
be
call'd
to
a
stricter
account
than
●●y
other
,
should
any
considerable
Misfortune
befall
his
Army
,
by
reason
that
thereby
the
Confederates
would
have
had
a
free
Passage
into
France
,
the
Frontiers
on
that
side
remaining
defenceless
:
And
it
is
most
certain
that
the
loss
of
a
Battle
on
the
side
of
the
French
,
would
have
been
attended
with
terrible
Consequences
,
and
would
have
shook
the
Grandeur
of
that
Crown
,
by
reason
of
the
Discontents
that
reign'd
in
the
Kingdom
,
and
in
which
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
suspected
to
have
a
share
.
Those
two
different
Dispositions
oblig'd
the
two
Generals
,
the
one
carefully
to
seek
,
and
the
other
to
avoid
a
Combat
.
In
fine
,
the
Prince
of
Orange
concluding
that
the
only
way
to
oblige
the
French
to
fight
,
was
to
undertake
the
Siege
of
some
considerable
Place
,
which
would
engage
them
to
the
Relief
thereof
,
decamp'd
and
march'd
towards
Senef
:
He
divides
his
Army
in
three
Bodies
;
the
German●
under
the
Command
of
Count
de
Souch●
led
the
Van
;
the
Spaniards
under
Prince
Vaudemont
were
placed
in
the
Rea●
,
and
the
Dutch
Commanded
by
Count
Waldeck
composed
the
main
Body
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
who
was
Retrench'd
pretty
near
them
,
having
observ'd
their
March
,
and
seen
as
we
have
already
observ'd
;
that
they
were
of
necessity
oblig'd
to
pass
some
Defilies
that
were
very
narrow
,
tarry'd
until
the
Van
,
and
the
ma●n
Body
were
pass'd
.
And
as
soon
as
he
perceiv'd
that
the
Rear
began
to
march
,
he
came
out
of
his
Retrenchments
and
charg'd
the
Spaniards
vigorously
,
who
made
no
great
resistance
;
Insomuch
that
almost
in
a
moment
he
kill'd
above
1500
Men
upon
the
spot
,
pillag'd
,
or
burnt
part
of
the
Equipages
,
took
Standards
,
and
several
Prisoners
of
Note
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
who
was
at
the
He●d
of
his
Forces
,
was
extreamly
surpriz'd
at
what
pas'd
in
the
Rear
,
and
running
thither
full
speed
he
found
all
his
Men
in
disorder
,
and
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
in
order
to
improve
his
Advantage
,
endeavou●'d
to
cut
off
one
part
of
the
Army
,
which
was
divided
from
the
other
by
a
Wood
:
That
Prince
had
only
time
to
possess
himself
a
Rising
beyond
Senef
,
where
he
posted
his
Horse
,
and
plac'd
three
strong
Battalions
before
them
to
guard
a
Defily
;
but
he
could
by
no
means
succour
the
Spaniards
,
who
being
broken
●ell
upon
the
Dutch
and
put
them
in
a
terrible
disorder
;
insomuch
,
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
pursuing
his
Advantage
made
an
end
of
breaking
them
with
ease
.
Had
the
Prince
of
Conde
contented
himself
with
that
Success
,
it
is
most
certain
that
the
Victory
could
not
have
been
disputed
,
but
being
incourag'd
by
the
hopes
of
obtaining
a
compleat
Victory
,
and
believing
that
the
Dutch
whom
he
look'd
upon
as
being
the
worst
Souldiers
in
the
World
,
would
never
stand
their
Ground
after
the
absolute
Defeat
of
the
Spaniards
,
he
caused
his
whole
Army
to
advance
.
This
Prince
who
had
p●●form'd
one
of
the
bravest
and
boldest
Actions
in
Nature
,
whereby
he
would
have
gain'd
an
Immortal
Glory
had
he
stopt
there
,
order'd
Chevalier
de
Tourille
,
Lieutenant-General
,
to
attack
the
Prince
of
Orange
.
Chevaliar
de
Tourille
answered
,
That
he
was
ready
to
go
where-ever
be
should
Command
,
but
that
if
he
might
be
allow'd
to
speak
his
Mind
,
The
Prince
of
Orange
was
posted
so
advantageously
,
that
he
would
certainly
lose
abundance
of
Me●
if
he
came
to
a
Battle
:
The
Prince
of
Conde
who
did
not
love
him
,
replied
in
a
disdainful
manner
,
That
he
did
not
ask
his
Advice
;
To
which
he
added
,
That
he
had
never
been
deceiv'd
in
his
Opinion
of
him
,
which
was
,
that
he
was
much
fitter
to
advise
and
reason
than
to
fight
.
These
Words
stung
this
Officer
to
the
quick
,
who
certainly
was
very
brave
:
He
march'd
away
that
very
moment
without
a
Reply
,
and
pass'd
a
Defily
in
order
to
charge
the
Prince
of
Orange's
Horse
,
which
stood
in
Battalia
,
and
executed
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Orders
,
but
he
lost
his
Life
by
it
,
as
well
as
most
the
Officers
that
follow'd
him
.
He
liv'd
but
one
Hour
after
it
,
and
a
Moment
before
he
died
,
he
declar'd
,
That
he
did
not
regret
his
Life
,
since
he
died
for
the
Service
of
his
Prince
,
but
that
he
should
have
been
very
glad
to
live
a
few
Hours
longer
to
see
what
would
become
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
's
Undertaking
,
or
rather
to
see
him
perish
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Prince
of
Orange
was
marching
to
the
Relief
of
the
Spaniards
,
and
of
the
Squadrons
he
had
detach'd
:
but
he
found
himself
immediately
hem'd
in
by
the
Run-aways
whom
he
could
never
stop
,
either
by
Words
,
Blows
,
Promises
,
or
Reproaches
.
The
Germans
being
inform'd
of
what
pass'd
came
in
time
to
reinforce
the
Dutch
,
at
which
time
the
Battle
engag'd
,
and
began
with
great
fury
on
both
sides
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
having
occasion'd
the
loss
of
many
brave
Men
was
animated
to
that
degree
that
he
exposed
himself
like
the
meanest
S●●ldiers
.
The
Dutch
made
a
very
brave
resistance
;
But
the
Prince
of
Orange
perceiving
that
he
was
in
danger
of
losing
his
Post
made
three
Battallions
advance
to
sustain
those
that
were
:
Before
he
could
post
them
,
his
Men
being
press'd
by
the
Prince
of
Conde
retir'd
to
Fay
,
a
Village
that
stood
close
by
them
,
fortify'd
with
a
Castle
and
a
Church
,
and
surrounded
with
Hedges
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
who
had
no
longer
any
regard
for
his
Men
,
without
minding
the
Losses
he
had
sustain'd
in
the
two
preceding
Actions
,
order'd
Fo●ces
to
march
that
way
,
and
having
met
the
three
Battalions
we
have
mention'd
,
that
had
not
yet
joyn'd
the
others
,
he
put
them
to
flight
.
The
next
thing
was
to
force
the
Prince
of
Orange
out
of
Fay
;
but
that
did
not
prove
easie●
that
Prince
who
gave
so
many
proofs
of
Bravery
and
Prudence
in
that
occasion
,
being
cover'd
on
o●e
side
by
a
Marsh
,
and
on
the
other
by
a
Wood
,
which
he
had
lin'd
with
Infantry
:
But
as
nothing
appear'd
impossible
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
h●
sent
the
Duke
of
Luxemburg
towards
the
Wood
,
while
he
undertook
to
force
the
Village
with
his
b●st
Forces
;
but
he
met
with
a
brave
Resistance
o●
all
sides
:
The
Duke
of
Luxemburg
was
forc'd
to
retire
with
the
loss
of
his
best
Officers
and
Souldiers
:
and
the
reason
why
the
Prince
did
not
do
the
same
was
,
that
he
was
resolv'd
to
overcome
at
any
rate
,
to
make
Attonement
for
the
loss
of
so
many
brave
Men
he
had
expos'd
without
any
necessity
.
The
remainder
of
the
Officers
seeing
the
first
Prince
of
the
Blood
expos'd
to
the
utmost
P●rils
resolv'd
to
share
them
with
him
.
Never
did
People
expose
themselves
with
more
fury
,
no●
ever
was
a
braver
Resistance
made
.
The
●●ench
being
repuls'd
every
where
made
new
Effor●s
〈◊〉
drove
two
Battallions
of
Infantry
into
a
〈◊〉
which
they
had
posted
themselves
,
and
charg'd
through
the
Squadrons
that
sustain'd
them
,
but
they
lost
so
many
Men
in
that
Action
,
that
they
had
no
reason
to
boast
of
the
Advantages
they
had
obtain
.
This
dreadful
Combat
lasted
eight
Hours
by
Day-light
,
and
two
Hours
by
the
Light
of
the
Moon
,
which
did
set
to
the
extream
Grief
of
the
two
Generals
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
(
while
this
Action
lasted
)
gave
all
necessary
Orders
with
an
admirable
Prudence
.
He
neglected
no
Advantage
he
could
improve
,
and
charg'd
the
French
several
times
at
the
Head
of
his
Squadrons
with
that
Bravery
and
Courage
he
has
demonstrated
in
so
many
occasions
:
He
oppos'd
his
own
Men
that
were
defeated
and
fe●●
upon
him
,
as
well
as
his
Enemies
who
pursu'd
their
Victory
with
great
vigour
,
and
remain'd
engag'd
for
above
six
Hours
during
the
greatest
heat
of
the
Combat
,
until
he
was
forc'd
away
by
the
Runaways
.
He
rally'd
them
several
times
,
and
charg'd
with
them
afresh
.
In
fine
,
he
expos'd
himself
,
as
well
as
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
to
more
dangers
than
the
meanest
Souldier
;
insomuch
that
Count
de
Souches
,
in
one
of
his
Letters
to
the
States-General
upon
that
Subject
,
declar'd
,
That
during
all
the
time
of
the
Combat
,
that
Prince
had
shown
the
Conduct
of
an
old
General
,
and
the
Valour
of
a
Caesar
●
His
Allies
and
Friends
,
in
giving
him
the
Praises
and
Glory
he
deserv'd
,
did
no
more
than
his
very
Enemies
allow'd
.
They
said
,
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
had
multiply'd
himself
during
the
Combat
,
and
that
he
had
met
the
Prince
of
Orange
every
where
.
But
the
greatest
Testimony
he
receiv'd
of
it
,
and
that
which
was
most
glorious
,
was
that
which
the
Prince
of
Conde
gave
himself
,
who
speaking
of
that
great
Monarch
,
said
,
That
he
had
behav'd
himself
in
every
thing
like
an
old
Captain
,
excepting
only
his
exposin●
himself
to
too
many
dangers
,
wherein
he
had
〈◊〉
like
a
young
man
.
Nevertheless
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
as
old
as
he
was●
had
committed
the
same
fault
:
For
,
as
we
have
already
noted
,
he
expos'd
himself
that
day
as
much
as
the
youngest
man
in
the
Army
,
when
he
perceiv'd
that
the
Battel
grew
bloody
,
and
that
all
was
at
stake
,
so
uncertain
the
Success
did
appear
.
The
Combat
was
obstinate
on
both
sides
,
and
the
two
Generals
expos'd
themselves
to
that
degree
,
that
it
was
evident
they
had
much
rather
dye
than
lose
the
Battel
.
The
number
of
the
two
Armies
being
pretty
equal
at
the
beginning
of
the
Battel
,
it
was
computed
,
that
the
number
of
the
Slain
proved
also
partly
equal
on
both
sides
,
and
that
about
15
or
16000
men
had
been
killed
,
but
the
French
lost
more
Officers
than
the
Confederates
.
Night
having
parted
the
two
Armies
,
rather
〈◊〉
the
Weariness
or
Weakness
of
the
Combat●●●●●s
,
the
French
retir'd
to
their
Camp
,
and
two
●●urs
after
the
Prince
of
Orange
repaird
to
that
which
he
had
design'd
for
his
Army
the
day
be●●re●
The
Confederates
pretended
the
Victory●
becau●e
they
remain'd
Masters
of
the
Field
of
Battel
;
and
the●
French
challeng'd
it
,
by
reason
that
they
took
a
greater
number
of
Prisoners
and
Standards
.
But
without
deciding
who
had
the
Honour
of
the
Day
,
we
may
say
,
that
the
Prince
of
Orange
go●
a
great
Victory
,
in
not
being
vanquish'd
by
the
Prince
of
Conde
;
and
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Glory
〈◊〉
as
great●
in
not
being
ove●come
by
the
Prince
o●
Or●nge
.
After
the
two
Armies
had
refresh'd
themselves
,
and
had
repair'd
as
much
as
they
could
the
Damages
they
had
sustain'd
in
that
bloody
Battel
,
they
●●arched
into
the
Field
again
,
and
kept
the
World
in
exp●●tation
of
a
second
Engagement
before
the
end
of
the
Campaign
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
used
his
utmost
Endeavours
,
in
order
thereunto
,
but
the
Prince
of
Conde
chose
such
advantagious
Posts
,
and
retrenched
himself
so
well
,
that
it
was
impossible
to
force
him
without
disadvantage
.
He
contented
himself
with
observing
the
motion
of
the
Enemies
,
and
with
preserving
the
Conquests
France
had
m●de
,
and
to
hinder
the
Confederate
Army
from
entring
into
France
,
which
was
the
Design
the
Confederates
had
projected
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
finding
that
it
was
impossible
The
Siege
of
Oudenarde
rais'd
.
to
come
to
any
Action
with
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
kept
upon
the
defensive
,
laid
Siege
before
Oudenarde
,
in
the
Month
of
September
,
whereby
he
obtain'd
his
End
,
which
was
to
draw
the
French
out
of
their
Retrenchments
.
Accordingly
the
Prince
of
Conde
having
received
a
Supply
of
Forces
,
which
Marshal
●
'
Humier●
was
to
bring
him
,
16●9
.
he
set
immediately
forward
to
attempt
the
relief
of
that
place●
As
soon
as
the
French
Army
appeared
,
the
Prince
of
Orange
assembled
a
Council
of
War
,
in
which
he
propos'd
to
march
out
of
the
Lines
,
in
order
to
attack
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
before
his
Forces
could
be
refresh'd
;
which
was
very
well
projected
.
The
Spaniards
were
of
the
same
opinion
,
but
Count
de
Souches
refus'd
flatly
to
consent
to
it
,
whereby
that
occasion
was
lost
;
besides
,
it
created
such
Differences
among
the
general
Officers
,
that
the
Germans
quitted
the
Trenches
the
next
day
,
and
posted
themselves
a
league
from
thence
,
whereby
the
French
got
an
opportunity
to
send
whatever
supply
they
pleas'd
into
the
Town
.
This
oblig'd
the
Prince
of
Orange
to
raise
the
Siege
:
Whereupon
a
French
Officer
telling
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
that
that
Prince
was
unhappy
;
he
reply'd
,
That
he
was
unhappy
as
he
was
brave
,
and
that
in
time
that
Gene●●l
would
prove
as
formidable
to
France
as
his
Forefathers
had
proved
to
Spain
.
The
following
Campaign
the
King
of
France
took
the
Castle
of
D●nant
,
and
besieg'd
Huy
,
which
he
took
about
the
beginning
of
Iune
,
and
the
9th
of
the
said
Month
he
invested
Limbourg
;
the
thirteenth
the
Lines
of
Circumvallation
were
begun
:
The
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
the
Duke
●
'
Enguien
arrived
in
the
Camp
the
same
day
,
with
eight
Squadrons
of
Horse
,
and
the
following
day
the
Marshal
of
Creque
repair'd
thither
also
with
3000
Horse
.
The
Trenches
were
open'd
the
same
day
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
prepared
for
the
relief
of
this
place
,
but
it
surrender'd
,
without
making
any
resistance
,
before
that
Prince
arriv'd
.
The
French
Army
had
fatigu'd
too
much
to
ac●●pt
any
thing
else
;
besides
,
the
time
of
the
Campaign
of
Germany
approaching
,
there
was
a
necessity
of
sending
Forces
to
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
who
was
in
great
want
of
it
.
To
that
end
a
Detachment
was
made
,
and
sent
to
him
;
and
there
b●ing
nothing
more
to
be
done
in
Flanders
,
the
King
retir'd
to
Versailles
,
and
left
the
command
of
〈◊〉
Army
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
The
Detachment
that
was
sent
in
Germany
turn'd
the
Scale
;
〈◊〉
wher●as
the
Prince
of
Orange
was
upon
the
de●●●sive
before
,
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
obliged
to
do
it
in
his
turn
,
and
was
put
to
a
great
loss
.
However
,
the
Confederates
attempting
nothing
,
〈◊〉
Campaign
ended
without
any
considerable
Archievements
on
either
side
.
While
the
Armies
were
without
Action
in
Flanders
,
Marshal
Turenne
's
Death
.
all
things
were
dispos●d
to
fight
briskly
in
Germany
,
and
the
Vice-Comte
of
Turenne
was
killed
at
the
Eve
of
the
Battel
he
designed
to
fight
against
●he
Imperialists
,
on
the
27th
of
Iuly
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
received
an
Order
to
command
in
Germany
,
after
the
death
of
that
General
:
He
left
Flanders
on
the
10th
of
August
,
and
left
the
command
of
the
Army
to
the
Duke
of
Luxemburg
.
The
Imperialists
had
besieged
Haguenau
on
the
20th
of
the
same
Month
:
The
Prince
of
Conde
at
that
●ime
joyned
the
Fr●nch
Army
that
was
encamped
near
S●edstadt
,
with
a
Supply
of
15000
men
,
and
being
informed
of
the
Siege
Montecuculy
had
made
,
he
marched
away
immediately
with
the
Forces
he
had
brought
along
with
him
,
and
went
towards
●enfeldon
and
Erstein
,
in
order
to
go
near
the
River
Prent●●
,
to
encamp
on
the
22th
at
Holsheim
,
reporting
,
that
he
designed
to
attack
the
Imperialists
,
or
cut
off
their
Communication
with
Strasbourg
.
Montecuculy
having
notice
of
his
march
,
went
away
the
same
day
from
Hague●a●
,
in
order
to
offer
the
Prince
Battel
,
1675
and
left
4000
men
before
the
Place
.
The
next
day
he
arrived
at
Gartnervelt
,
where
the
Forces
he
had
left
before
H●guenau
came
to
joyn
him
,
and
he
drew
so
near
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
that
there
was
nothing
but
the
River
between
the
two
Armies
;
but
there
fell
so
much
Rain
about
that
time
,
that
neither
of
the
Generals
durst
undertake
any
thing
.
The
Imperialists
only
took
some
Prisoners
,
among
whom
was
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Steward
.
They
likewise
cut
over
a
Bridge
at
Howart
near
Stratsburg
,
in
order
to
attack
the
French
Army
.
Whereas
that
City
had
favoured
the
Designs
of
Montecuculy
in
the
Siege
of
Hagu●nau
,
which
he
was
oblig'd
to
raise
,
the
Magistrates
were
no
sooner
inform'd
of
the
arrival
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
but
they
sent
Deputies
to
him
,
to
excuse
what
they
had
done
;
but
they
did
not
receive
an
Answer
suitable
to
their
Desires
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
made
answer
to
them
,
That
after
having
dispatch'd
what
was
most
in
haste
,
he
would
visit
them
,
if
the
King
would
believe
him
.
That
quick
haughty
Answer
alarm'd
that
City
,
which
was
not
unacquainted
with
the
Reputation
and
Humour
of
that
Prince
;
they
had
already
made
tryal
of
what
he
was
capable
of
doing
,
for
at
the
beginning
of
the
War
,
Ricousse
,
one
of
the
Officers
of
his
Houshold
,
had
made
an
Attempt
upon
the
Bridge
of
Stratsburg
,
upon
less
provocation
,
the
which
had
been
contriv'd
in
his
Closet
.
But
let
us
return
to
Montecuculy
.
He
was
no
sooner
come
near
the
Post
,
where
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
retrench'd
,
but
that
Prince
fir'd
two
Pieces
of
Ordinance
to
offer
him
the
Combat
.
The
Armies
were
very
equal
in
str●ngth
:
But
the
Emperors
General
dreading
the
first
fire
of
the
●●ench
,
and
the
Reputation
of
a
Prince●
who
pass'd
for
the
best
Captain
of
the
Age
he
●ived
in
would
ha●ard
nothing
,
and
retired
under
the
Canon
of
Str●t●burg
.
Nevertheless
,
he
caused
all
the
Equipage
to
be
placed
upon
the
side
of
the
Ditch
of
that
City
,
in
order
not
to
be
incommoded
thereby
,
in
case
the
Prince
of
Conde
should
attack
him
;
but
that
Prince
did
not
intend
to
attack
him
in
that
Post.
He
retired
towards
the
Mountains
,
and
from
thence
to
Chatenois
,
where
there
was
abundance
of
Forrage
.
Mont●cuculy
went
to
encamp
at
Obern●eim
,
where
he
received
a
considerable
Supply
of
Horse
and
Foot
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
having
notice
of
it
,
●earing
that
General
might
come
to
attack
him
,
●ortified
his
Camp
with
a
surprizing
diligence
,
and
having
soon
after
received
a
Reinforcement
of
2000
Horse
,
and
some
Foot
,
he
thought
himself
secure
.
He
had
had
a
mind
to
quit
the
Post
in
which
he
was
retrenched
,
but
whereas
it
shut
up
the
Passages
into
Lorrain
,
upon
which
the
Imperialists
had
some
designs
,
he
remained
in
his
Camp
,
insomuch
that
Montecuculi
thought
of
nothing
farther
,
than
to
fortifie
himself
in
Alsatia
,
where
he
made
some
small
Conquests
.
However
,
in
order
●o
raise
some
Jealousie
in
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
he
caused
Savern●
to
be
besieged
;
but
the
Prince
was
no
wise
moved
at
it
,
knowing
that
the
place
was
very
well
fortified
,
and
that
the
Governor
would
make
a
brave
Defence
.
And
indeed
,
they
were
oblig'd
to
raise
the
Siege
:
The
Marquess
of
Bade
Dourlak
,
who
commanded
the
Siege
,
after
the
raising
of
it
,
march'd
into
the
Country
of
Brisgaw
,
which
obliged
4000
Horse
the
Prince
of
Conde
had
sent
thither
,
to
make
a
Diversion
,
to
re●ire
to
the
main
Army
.
Thus
ended
the
Campaign
of
1675.
in
Germany
,
and
all
those
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
The
loss
of
Monsieur
de
Turenne
was
exceeding
sensible
to
the
King
of
France
,
for
several
Reasons
:
But
had
it
only
been
for
the
Good
of
the
Kingdom
,
he
could
never
regret
that
General
too
much
:
And
indeed
there
were
so
few
persons
capable
of
filling
up
his
place
,
that
when
the
King
had
examin'd
i●
,
he
could
hardly
fix
upon
one
among
all
the
Princes
and
Marshals
of
France
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
was
generally
the
only
man
whose
Valour
and
Merit
was
known
to
every
body
;
but
Mons.
de
Louvois
was
not
his
Friend
,
and
the
King
did
nothing
without
the
Advice
of
that
Minister
.
No
body
can
imagine
what
reason
Mons.
de
Louvoi●
had
to
complain
of
the
Prince
,
but
yet
it
is
most
certain
,
that
he
did
not
love
him
,
and
that
he
disswaded
the
King
,
as
much
as
in
him
lay
,
from
giving
him
the
Command
of
the
Army
in
Germany
.
He
acknowledged
indeed
,
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
one
of
the
greatest
Cap●ains
of
the
Age
,
and
that
no
body
could
deny
him
a
Glory
he
had
acquir'd
by
an
infinite
number
of
Battels
he
had
won
;
but
at
the
same
time
he
said
,
that
he
was
too
fiery
,
and
too
undertaking
;
that
it
was
evident
by
the
Battel
of
Senef●
,
that
he
preferred
his
own
Glory
to
the
Good
of
the
Kingdom
;
that
a
wiser
General
would
have
gain'd
an
entire
Victory
,
and
preserved
those
Forces
which
he
lost
by
his
own
Fault
,
after
the
first
Advantages
he
had
obtain'd
over
the
Enemies
;
and
that
he
durst
not
answer
,
that
that
Prince
was
as
well
affected
as
he
had
promis'd
to
be●
when
he
made
his
Peace
with
his
Ma●esty
.
Whatever
Monsieur
de
Louvois
could
say
to
oblige
the
King
not
to
give
the
Command
of
his
Army
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
that
Monarch
was
so
well
perswaded
of
his
Capacity
,
Prudence
,
and
Gallantry
,
as
well
as
of
the
Fidelity
he
had
pro●is●d
him
,
that
at
that
time
he
had
no
regard
to
h●●
Ministers
Remonstrances
.
1676.
But
the
Prince
de●●red
himself
of
that
Command
which
was
offered
him
,
by
the
Conditions
he
would
make
with
t●e
King
:
He
desired
the
Duke
d'
Engui●is
might
●●●mand
the
Army
jointly
with
him
,
promising
,
●●at
he
should
do
nothing
without
his
Order
;
and
tha●
it
was
only
to
have
the
satisfaction
to
see
his
Son
,
whom
he
lov'd
entirely
,
in
a
condition
to
acquire
Glory
.
But
the
King
,
who
had
no
great
●indness
for
the
Duke
d'
Enguiris
,
being
moreover
of
a
temper
to
bestow
his
Favours
freely
,
without
compulsion
,
would
not
hearken
to
that
Proposition
:
Insomuch
,
that
the
Marquess
of
Luovois
taking
the
advantage
of
that
Conjuncture
,
propos'd
the
Duke
of
Luxemburg
,
who
was
accepted
that
very
moment
.
As
soon
as
the
Duke
of
Luxemburg
had
receiv'd
his
Orders
,
he
went
away
for
Alsatia
,
which
was
the
Rendezvous
of
the
Army
,
which
had
never
been
so
●ine
nor
so
numerous
:
But
all
the
Officers
soon
found
,
that
the
King
had
given
him
an
Employment
he
was
not
capable
of
,
and
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
the
only
man
fit
to
discharge
that
Command
with
Honour
in
that
conjuncture
of
Affairs
.
The
Proof
of
this
soon
appear'd
,
when
the
Du●e
of
Lorrain
besieg'd
Philipsburg
:
That
Place
h●ld
out
four
months
,
and
yet
the
Duke
of
L●xemb●rg
was
not
in
a
Condition
to
relieve
it
,
tho'
at
the
head
of
an
Army
of
50000
men
.
The
King
was
v●ry
much
troubled
when
the
news
of
the
taking
of
that
place
was
brought
him
,
that
he
had
not
sent
the
Prince
of
Conde
to
command
in
Germany
;
but
there
was
no
Remedy
:
However
,
he
ask'd
him
what
should
have
been
done
to
save
that
place
;
Sir
,
answer'd
the
Prince
,
the
Duke
of
Luxemburg
should
have
hinder'd
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
from
besieging
it
;
and
since
●e
●ad
committed
that
fault
,
he
should
have
ventur'd
the
Army
,
and
have
gone
to
force
the
Enemy
in
his
Retrenchments
to
the
hazard
of
a
thousand
lives
,
if
he
had
had
as
many
.
That
was
the
only
way
.
Altho'
the
War
continued
,
and
that
with
all
the
Vigour
imaginable
,
Conferences
were
held
at
Nimnegen
,
for
a
Peace
,
the
which
was
concluded
in
the
manner
every
body
knows
.
MEMOIRS
OF
THE
Prince
of
Conde
.
BOOK
VII
.
AFter
the
Peace
of
Nimwegen
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
retires
to
Chantilly
.
the
Prince
of
Conde
resolv'd
to
desire
the
King's
Leave
to
retire
to
Chantilly
.
He
told
the
King
in
a
submissive
respectful
manner
,
That
his
Age
and
Indispositions
oblig'd
him
to
entreat
his
Majesty
to
consent
to
that
Retirement
.
The
King
having
granted
it
,
the
Prince
quitted
the
Court
,
and
repaired
to
that
House
,
there
to
lead
a
private
life
.
Divers
Reasonings
were
us'd
upon
the
Motives
1679.
that
had
induc'd
so
great
a
Prince
to
lead
a
life
so
contrary
to
his
Rank
,
in
a
Country
House
.
Divers
Reasonings
upon
that
R●treat
.
Some
imagin'd
that
his
Indispositions
had
put
him
upon
that
Resolution
,
and
that
it
had
made
him
apprehensive
,
not
only
that
his
Health
would
still
be
more
impair'd
in
the
Agitations
of
the
Court
,
but
also
that
as
it
might
hinder
him
from
making
his
Court
to
the
King
regularly
,
his
Majesty
mi●ht
impute
that
sometimes
to
a
want
of
Consideration
and
Respect
,
which
only
proceeded
from
Infirmity
.
Others
conceiving
no
other
Idea's
of
the
motives
of
that
Hero's
Retreat
,
but
such
as
were
noble
and
sublime
said
,
That
after
having
acquir'd
so
so
much
Glory
in
Motion
and
in
Action
,
he
was
willing
to
acquire
a
new
sort
of
Glory
in
Rest
and
Solitude
:
That
after
so
many
Battels
,
and
the
tumult
of
Arms
,
he
was
desirous
to
taste
those
peaceable
Virtues
,
and
that
q●iet
Glory
that
is
neither
●o
be
shar'd
with
the
Souldiers
,
nor
with
Fortune
,
in
which
all
is
charming
,
and
nothing
dazzles
,
which
is
beheld
without
being
troubled
with
the
sound
of
Trumpets
,
or
with
the
noise
of
Guns
,
nor
by
the
Cries
of
the
Wounded
,
in
which
a
Hero
,
reduc'd
to
himself
,
and
possessing
himself
,
appears
as
great
,
and
is
as
much
respected
as
when
he
commands
Armies
,
when
all
moves
at
his
nod
,
when
he
combats
and
gains
Victories
.
Others
alledg'd
,
that
the
Prince
of
Conde
receiv'd
,
from
time
to
time
,
at
Court
,
Malifications
from
the
King●
who
remembring
what
he
had
done
formerly
,
gave
him
sometimes
marks
of
a
secret
Resentment
,
and
of
an
Aversion
that
had
never
been
absolu●ely
remov'd
:
That
the
Prince
of
Conde
being
very
sensible
of
it
,
had
wisely
resolv'd
to
remove
an
Object
from
his
Majesty's
Eyes
,
which
was
not
very
agreeable
to
him
,
the
which
reviving
the
thoug●ts
of
former
Transactions
,
might
prove
prejudicial
to
the
Fortune
of
the
Duke
d'
Enguien's
his
Son
.
It
is
most
certain
,
that
after
the
Peace
of
Nimwegen
,
nay
,
ever
since
the
Prince
retir'd
to
Chantilly
,
his
Highness
receiv'd
grievous
Mortifications
.
When
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
married
to
Madamoiselle
de
Blois
,
the
King's
Daughter
by
Madam
de
la
Velliere
,
the
Prince
had
the
vexation
to
find
〈◊〉
in
the
Contract
of
Marriage
he
was
to
sign
,
1655.
〈◊〉
Title
of
High
and
Mighty
Lord
,
which
had
al●ays
been
given
him
,
was
omitted
:
And
there●●●●
when
Monsieur
Colbert
presented
the
said
Contra●●
to
him
to
sign
it
,
he
refus'd
it
,
and
went
to
●●●plain
to
the
King
about
it
,
who
having
heard
〈◊〉
,
answer'd
with
a
disobliging
tone
,
Sign
Co●sin
,
〈◊〉
.
Whereupon
the
Prince
making
a
great
bow
did
sign
.
He
was
likewise
reduc'd
to
the
hardship
of
do●●ng
his
Rank
,
upon
all
occasions
,
with
the
King
's
natural
Sons
;
for
,
in
order
to
please
him
,
and
to
make
his
Court
,
he
behaved
himself
towards
them
as
if
they
had
been
his
Equals
,
tho'
never
so
young
.
Moreover
,
when
the
Prince
of
C●●de
was
married
,
the
King
having
made
enqui●y
,
whether
the
Prince
of
Conde
had
visited
Count
〈◊〉
Vermandois
,
Brother
of
Madamoiselle
de
Blois
,
the
Prince
,
who
had
not
made
that
Visit
,
being
inform'd
therewith
,
immediately
waited
upon
him
,
to
congratulate
his
Sisters
Marriage
with
his
Nephew
;
and
whereas
the
Count
de
Vermandois
took
but
a
Folding
Chair
for
himself
,
and
caused
an
Arm-Chair
to
be
presented
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
the
Prince
durst
not
accept
it
,
and
sate
upon
a
Folding●Chair
,
like
him
.
The
King
was
extreamly
pleas'd
thereat
,
and
yet
he
told
the
Prince
,
as
soon
as
he
saw
him
,
Cousin
,
you
should
have
taken
the
Arm-Chair
;
I
expect
that
Vermandois
should
respect
you
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
gave
several
other
Instances
of
his
Care
to
please
the
King
,
by
the
Esteem
and
singular
Consideration
he
express'd
towards
his
Majesty's
natural
Sons
.
I
say
,
he
gave
other
Instances
of
it
in
the
same
Conjuncture
,
in
the
manner
I
am
going
to
relate
.
He
being
very
earnest
in
Discourse
with
some
Courtiers
,
the
Duke
d●
Maine
,
and
some
other
young
Lords
,
being
at
Play
near
them
,
and
making
a
great
deal
of
noise
,
which
interrupted
their
Conversation
,
which
was
very
serious
,
and
in
which
the
Prince
was
very
earnest
,
1679.
his
Highness
said
angrily
,
Hinder
those
Children
from
making
so
much
noise
.
The
young
Duke
●u
Maine
,
who
was
but
a
Child
at
that
time
,
having
heard
it
,
and
addressing
himself
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
spoke
these
words
full
of
Wit
and
Vivacity
:
Sir
,
I
should
esteem
my self
very
happy
,
to
be
able
to
make
as
much
noise
hereafter
as
you
have
done
by
so
many
great
Actions
,
and
so
many
glorious
Victories
as
you
have
atchiev'd
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
had
no
sooner
heard
those
words
,
but
he
reported
them
to
the
King
,
in
order
to
please
him
,
and
to
gain
his
Favour
.
In
fine
,
all
these
different
Motives
which
were
alledg'd
about
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Retreat
,
may
be
joyn'd
,
and
perhaps
might
altogether
induce
the
Prince
to
resolve
upon
the
passing
of
the
remainder
of
his
Life
at
Chantilly
,
wrap●
up
in
his
own
Merit
,
and
in
his
own
Virtue
,
although
at
that
very
time
Deliberations
were
made
in
Poland
,
to
raise
him
to
the
Throne
.
And
indeed
,
in
that
charming
Solitude
,
in
which
he
only
liv'd
upon
Milk
,
by
reason
of
the
Gout
he
was
very
much
tormented
with
,
he
preserv'd
a
Life
for
near
Twenty
years
long
,
which
perhaps
would
not
have
lasted
so
long
in
the
Tumults
of
the
Court
,
he
acquir'd
a
new
kind
of
Glory
,
which
was
very
considerable
;
and
whereas
he
only
went
to
Court
from
time
to
time
,
about
three
or
four
times
a
year
,
and
that
he
omitted
nothing
at
those
times
to
please
the
King
,
he
gain'd
his
Favour
absolutely
,
and
engag'd
him
more
and
more
to
conceive
Sentiments
of
Affection
for
the
Duke
of
Enguien
.
O●●upations
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
at
Chan●●●ly
.
As
soon
as
the
Prince
of
Conde
was
retir'd
at
Chantilly
,
he
apply'd
himself
to
adorn
and
embelish
his
Solitude
by
all
possible
means
,
in
which
he
succeeded
admirably
.
That
House
of
Chantilly
was
only
an
old
Remainder
of
the
House
of
M●ntmorency
,
and
an
old
Castle
that
had
nothing
fine
or
regular
in
it
;
but
the
Prince
made
an
enchanted
Palace
of
it
.
And
indeed
,
it
was
fit
he
should
have
a
House
not
only
sui●able
to
the
greatne●s
of
his
Birth
,
but
also
to
the
Glory
he
had
acquir'd
in
the
World
:
Therefore
he
imagin'd
a
very
fine
Project
,
which
he
executed
very
nobly
,
and
brought
it
to
such
a
degree
of
perfection
,
that
in
the
Order
and
Cimitry
of
his
abode●
on
all
sides
it
was
easie
to
discover
the
greatness
of
his
Genius
,
and
Instances
of
the
nobleness
of
his
Heart
.
Besides
the
Cimitry
and
Beauty
of
the
Building
,
the
Groves
,
Brooks
,
Arbors
,
Fountains
,
Canals
,
Walks
,
and
Water-works
that
play'd
night
and
day
,
all
shew'd
the
elevation
or
greatness
of
his
Soul
,
and
the
politeness
of
his
Mind
.
In
this
charming
Abode
he
employ'd
himself
continually
in
a
manner
that
was
worthy
of
him
:
He
consulted
all
manner
of
good
Books
,
of
which
he
was
an
admirable
good
Judge
:
He
carefully
observ'd
all
manner
of
Decencies
:
He
employ'd
and
made
those
who
came
to
visit
him
enjoy
all
manner
of
innocent
.
Pleasures
and
Divertisements
:
He
made
continual
Reflections
,
at
his
leisure
hours
,
on
all
the
Events
of
his
Life
,
and
drew
considerable
Lessons
from
thence
,
for
the
conduct
of
Life
:
And
indeed
he
corrected
,
in
his
Retirement
,
divers
Defects
that
had
tarnish'd
the
Lustre
of
his
Glory●
He
imparted
his
Knowledge
to
some
,
his
Counsels
to
others
,
and
gave
marks
of
his
Affection
to
all
.
The
most
ambitious
Courtiers
,
and
those
that
were
most
fix'd
to
the
Court
often
,
went
to
study
that
great
man
in
his
Retirement
,
and
always
came
back
with
some
Improvement
.
Chantilly
was
only
frequented
by
men
of
Sence
,
and
by
such
who
had
Wit
enough
to
delight
in
hearing
that
Prince
relate
the
divers
Events
of
his
Life
,
1680.
and
a
Thousand
other
curious
things
he
was
wont
to
say
so
agreeably
upon
all
the
Subjects
he
spoke
on
:
Insomuch
that
whereas
Chantilly
abounded
equally
in
things
usefu●
and
ag●eeable
,
those
who
were
there
,
forgot
all
other
places
with
Joy
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
passion
for
War
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
still
preserving
a
violent
Passion
for
the
Glory
that
is
acquir'd
in
War
,
lov'd
Motion
and
Action
even
in
his
Retirement
.
Being
possess'd
with
a
noble
Jealousie
,
he
could
hardly
hear
any
Discourse
of
War
,
in
the
first
year
of
his
Solitude
,
but
he
took
fire
immediately
:
But
the
Peace
not
allowing
him
to
appear
at
the
head
of
Armies
,
he
apply'd
himself
in
gathering
and
causing
those
who
made
their
court
to
him
together
,
the
sweetest
and
most
useful
Fruits
of
his
Victories
and
most
surprizing
Actions
.
Visits
from
the
Prince
of
Conde
to
the
King
.
He
went
out
of
his
Retirement
from
time
to
time
,
to
visit
the
King
at
St.
Germain
,
and
at
Versailles
,
especially
upon
all
extraordinary
occasions
.
Of
all
Courtiers
,
none
approach'd
the
Throne
with
so
much
Respect
,
or
spoke
to
His
Majesty
with
so
much
Submission
as
he
did
.
And
therefore
the
wisest
and
most
skilful
follow'd
him
in
those
Occasions
,
to
study
his
way
of
making
his
court
to
the
King
.
1681.
The
Report
of
his
Retirement
,
and
of
his
eminent
Qualifications
,
drew
abundance
of
the
People
out
of
all
the
Provinces
of
France
,
Every
body
is
earnest
to
visit
the
P.
of
Conde
at
Chantilly
.
and
from
the
most
distant
Countries
,
out
of
curiosity
to
see
the
Wonders
that
were
publish'd
about
it
;
and
they
always
found
more
than
had
been
told
them
.
The
favourable
reception
he
made
them
,
his
obliging
Behaviour
towards
them
,
his
Application
in
giving
orders
●o
divert
them
,
without
sparing
any
Cost
;
what
they
saw
him
do
,
whatever
they
heard
him
say
,
all
charm'd
them
,
and
they
decla●●d
afterwards
every
where
,
that
they
had
found
him
no
less
admirable
at
Chantilly
,
than
in
Sieges
and
Combats
.
And
therefore
whatever
care
was
taken
to
shew
Strangers
of
consideration
the
greatest
Curiosities
in
France
,
they
were
uneasie●
until
they
could
pay
their
Respects
to
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
have
some
Conversation
with
him
;
and
when
they
return'd
into
their
own
Country
,
they
never
fail'd
to
say
,
We
have
seen
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
But
of
all
the
Visits
the
Prince
of
Conde
receiv'd
at
Chantilly
,
The
King
visits
the
Prince
of
Conde
at
Chantilly
.
the
most
glorious
,
without
doubt
,
was
that
which
the
King
honour'd
him
with
,
for
which
his
Highness
express'd
all
the
Gratitude
imaginable
.
He
receiv'd
his
Majesty
with
all
the
Respects
,
all
the
Joy
,
and
all
the
Cheerfulness
that
could
be
express'd
,
and
shew'd
on
that
occasion
an
extraordinary
Magnificence
and
Liberality
,
spending
Fifty
thousand
Crowns
to
treat
the
King
and
Court
splendidly
.
This
great
Prince
having
pass'd
near
Twenty
years
in
his
Retirement
of
Chantilly
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
last
Sickness
.
in
the
manner
I
have
related
,
the
Thread
of
his
noble
Life
was
cut
,
by
an
Accident
,
which
shew'd
to
what
degree
the
King's
Life
was
dear
to
him
,
and
how
little
he
valu'd
his
own
compar'd
to
his
.
Being
inform'd
that
the
Dutchess
of
Bourbon
,
his
Grand-Daughter
,
natural
Daughter
to
the
King
,
was
seiz'd
with
the
Small
Pox
at
Fontainsbleau
,
he
left
Chantilly
,
notwithstanding
his
Indisposition
,
on
the
II.
of
Nov.
1686.
to
go
to
see
that
Princess
.
He
met
the
Duke
of
Bourbon
and
Mademoiselle
upon
the
Road
,
coming
back
from
Fontainsbleau
,
●6●6
.
by
the
King
's
express
Command
,
upon
the
first
Report
of
the
Small
Pox
:
This
young
Prince●
and
that
young
Princess
endeavour'd
to
perswade
the
Prince
of
Conde
to
turn
back
,
and
to
expect
the
News
of
what
should
happen
at
Fountainebleau
at
Paris
.
They
omitted
no
Tenderness
,
Prayers
,
or
Tears
to
perswade
him
,
but
they
could
not
prevail
,
the
Prince
continued
his
Journey
,
and
at
his
first
arrival
us'd
all
the
means
and
precautions
imaginable
to
avoid
an
Accident
like
unto
that
which
the
Small
Pox
had
caus'd
in
his
Family
in
1685.
by
the
Death
of
the
Prince
of
Conti.
And
whereas
the
King
was
coming
into
the
Dutchess
of
Bourbon's
Room
,
the
Prince
stop'd
him
at
the
Door
,
and
by
a
resistance
equally
strong
and
respectful
,
he
hinderd
his
Majesty
from
coming
into
a
place
where
the
illness
of
the
Air
might
prove
fatal
to
him
;
after
which
he
fell
into
a
Swoon
within
four
foot
of
the
place
.
As
ill
as
he
was
,
he
caused
himself
to
be
carried
several
times
in
a
day
into
her
Chamber
:
But
finally
,
the
ill
Air
,
joyn'd
to
the
Fatigue
of
that
last
Journey
,
threw
him
into
a
condition
which
soon
put
a
period
to
his
life
.
The
Prince
of
Conde's
condition
being
spread
at
Court
,
and
at
Paris
,
a
world
of
Couriers
were
dispatch'd
to
him
,
from
all
the
considerable
persons
of
the
Kingdom
.
The
King
,
who
was
at
Versailles
at
that
time
,
sent
two
or
three
,
whom
his
Highness
received
with
great
Respect
and
Gratitude
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
being
detained
at
Fontainebleau
,
by
an
illness
,
which
made
every
body
so
fearful
of
his
Life
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conty
being
confind
at
Chantilly
,
that
Prince
,
who
was
out
of
favour
at
Court
,
wrote
a
Letter
,
wherein
he
declar'd
,
That
his
Disquiets
for
his
Highness's
Illness
were
so
great
,
that
he
could
no
longer
forbear
going
to
enquire
about
it
himself
,
that
he
had
suffer'd
an
exceeding
great
Violence
for
three
weeks
together
,
by
conforming
himself
exactly
to
his
Highness's
Pleasure
,
who
had
commanded
him
not
to
go
more
out
of
Chantilly
:
That
the
Air
of
the
Small
Pox
did
not
flighten
him
,
and
that
his
Majesty
would
not
disapprove
his
quitting
his
ordinary
Abode
,
in
that
occasion
to
acquit
himself
of
part
of
his
Duty
.
The
person
to
whom
this
Letter
was
written
having
given
the
Prince
of
Conde
an
account
of
it
,
Make
answer
,
said
his
Highness
,
to
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
that
I
am
very
much
oblig'd
to
him
,
for
the
kindness
he
expresses
towards
me
;
but
if
he
loves
me
,
let
him
remain
where
he
is
:
I
shall
be
at
Paris
within
these
two
days
,
and
shall
see
him
there
.
A
Courier
arriv'd
at
the
same
time
from
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
who
had
an
account
given
him
three
or
four
times
a
day
,
about
the
Prince
his
Father's
Health
,
according
to
the
Orders
he
had
left
every
time
he
had
been
at
Fontainebleau
,
since
the
Court
had
left
it
.
The
Duke
begg'd
of
hi●
Father
,
by
the
said
Courier
,
to
give
him
leave
to
repair
to
him
.
The
Prince
had
already
sent
him
back
twice
or
thrice
from
Fontainebleau
to
Versailles
,
to
remain
near
the
King
,
on
whom
a
great
operation
had
been
made
;
and
to
observe
all
the
favourable
moments
in
which
he
might
serve
the
Prince
of
Conty
.
He
had
obey'd
,
but
could
no
longer
endure
to
be
absent
from
his
Father
.
The
Prince
being
earnestly
sollicited
to
give
his
Son
leave
to
come
to
see
him
,
he
answerd
,
That
he
did
not
question
but
his
Son
had
a
great
desire
to
be
near
him
;
that
he
should
be
very
joyful
to
see
him
also
,
but
that
both
of
them
ought
to
sacrifice
their
own
Satisfaction
to
their
Duty
;
that
he
desir'd
him
to
remain
at
Court
;
that
as
soon
as
there
should
be
any
necessity
for
his
being
near
him
,
he
would
send
for
him
,
and
that
perhaps
it
should
be
sooner
than
either
of
them
should
desire
it
.
He
sigh'd
next
and
squeez'd
the
person
he
was
speaking
to
by
the
hand
,
whereby
it
was
suspected
that
he
found
himself
worse
,
and
that
he
would
not
be
able
to
go
to
Paris
within
two
days
,
as
he
had
resolv'd
.
From
that
time
his
Distemper
encreas'd
,
and
soon
discover'd
that
he
had
not
long
to
live
.
And
whereas
Mons.
Morin
,
his
Physician
,
declar'd
freely
,
in
feeling
his
Pulse
,
that
he
found
it
very
uneven
.
But
is
there
no
danger
,
said
his
Highness
,
do
not
dissemble
it
?
Mons.
Morin
reply'd
,
that
since
he
commanded
h●m
to
speak
his
Opinion
;
he
thought
it
was
proper
to
think
on
the
Sacraments
of
the
Church
.
This
is
speaking
,
reply'd
his
Highness
.
Whereupon
that
Prince
order'd
a
Courier
to
be
dispatch'd
instantly
to
Father
Dechamps
a
Jesuit
,
who
was
his
Confessor
,
to
desire
him
earnestly
to
come
to
him
as
soon
as
he
co●ld
,
to
confess
him
,
and
to
dispose
him
for
death
.
After
which
he
call'd
for
the
Princess
,
and
for
Mons.
de
Gourville
,
and
while
they
were
gone
for
,
he
uttered
some
words
.
Mons.
de
Gourville
being
come
near
him
,
he
told
him
with
a
compos'd
Air
,
Well
Gourville
,
my
Friend
,
we
must
part
,
there
is
no
Remedy
.
He
was
going
to
say
more
,
when
he
perceiv'd
the
Princess
drown'd
in
Tears
.
He
conjur'd
her
with
a
serene
countenance
not
to
afflict
herself
and
to
send
for
the
Duke
d'
Enguien
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
to
come
to
him
.
Some
body
asked
him
,
Whether
the
Duke
of
Bourbon
,
whom
he
loved
so
tenderly
,
should
not
likewise
be
sent
for
,
since
he
was
so
very
sollicitous
to
pay
his
Respects
to
him
?
I
should
be
very
glad
to
see
him
,
answer'd
he
,
I
love
him
with
all
my
Heart
,
and
as
much
as
a
Father
can
love
a
Son
,
but
he
is
an
only
Son
,
he
must
be
preserved
,
and
must
not
be
exposed
to
an
ill
Air
,
full
of
the
Small
Pox.
After
this
he
called
for
Paper
and
a
Pen
,
and
wrote
a
whole
Page
with
his
own
Hand
,
the
which
he
caused
the
Dutchess
of
Enguien
and
Mons.
de
Gourville
,
and
order'd
it
to
be
sealed
,
and
deliver'd
a●ter
his
death
to
the
Duke
of
Enguien
.
That
Writing
related
particularly
to
the
Princess
his
Wife
.
Moreover
,
he
took
the
liberty
in
the
same
Writing
to
conjure
the
King
,
to
be
mindful
of
that
Princess
,
and
to
be
pleas'd
to
prescribe
her
the
manner
in
which
she
was
to
live
;
which
the
King
granted
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
not
only
express'd
by
his
Cares
how
much
he
was
concern'd
in
whatever
rela●ed
to
the
Interests
of
his
Relations
;
but
he
likewise
remembred
all
his
Servants
:
He
also
remembred
the
Poor
,
to
whom
he
left
considerable
Legacies
,
and
order'd
a
Church
to
be
built
to
serve
as
a
Parish
to
Chantilly
:
Although
he
had
declar'd
his
Will
above
a
Year
before
concerning
50000
Crowns
he
had
dedicated
to
charitable
Uses
,
he
was
very
careful
in
recommending
the
immediate
Execution
of
his
Orders
upon
that
Subject
.
It
was
above
Eighteen
Months
since
he
had
done
a
very
commendable
thing
,
●n
order
to
accomplish'd
his
earnest
desire
of
paying
all
the
Deb●s
of
his
Family
intirely
:
He
will'd
and
commanded
Monsieur
de
Gourville
to
examine
seriously
,
and
even
with
rigour
against
himself
,
and
with
Indulgence
for
his
Creditors
,
all
that
might
be
demanded
of
him
:
He
had
declar'd
that
it
was
his
desire
,
without
any
farther
order
from
him
,
to
have
all
great
and
little
Sums
paid
that
should
be
thought
justly
due
by
him
;
that
he
only
reserv'd
to
himself
the
Debts
of
Grace
,
to
dispose
of
them
as
he
should
think
fit
.
I
will
,
said
he
,
wrong
no
body
,
and
I
had
much
rather
lose
part
of
my
Estate
,
than
have
a
Penny
of
anothers
:
I
have
enough
upon
my
Conscience
,
without
burthening
it
,
besides
with
so
great
a
load
as
that
of
keeping
any
thing
from
another
.
While
the
Prince
of
Conde
applied
himself
in
doing
good
upon
his
Death-bed
,
and
in
expressing
Esteem
,
Gratitude
,
and
Affection
towards
divers
Persons
,
he
desired
to
write
to
the
King
:
I
will
write
to
the
King
,
said
he
:
But
not
being
able
to
do
it
with
his
own
Hand
,
by
reason
that
his
Strength
decay'd
continually
,
he
dictated
the
whole
Letter
,
Word
for
Word
,
as
followeth
:
The
Prince
of
Conde's
Letter
to
the
King
.
I
Humbly
beseech
your
Majesty
to
approve
my
Writing
to
you
for
the
last
time
of
my
Life
:
I
am
in
a
Condition
,
in
which
apparently
,
I
shall
not
continue
long
without
going
to
give
an
account
of
all
my
Actions
to
God
.
I
could
wish
with
all
my
Heart
,
that
all
those
that
relate
to
him
were
as
innocent
,
as
all
those
that
relate
towards
your
Majesty
;
I
have
nothing
to
reproach
my self
for
any
thing
I
have
done
,
when
I
first
began
to
appear
in
the
World
:
I
have
spar'd
nothing
for
your
Majesty's
Service
,
and
I
have
endeavour'd
to
fulfil
with
Pleasure
all
the
Duties
to
which
my
Birth
,
and
the
sincere
Zeal
I
had
for
your
Majesty's
Glory
oblig'd
me
.
It
is
true
,
that
about
the
middle
of
my
Life
,
I
have
held
a
Conduct
,
I
have
blam'd
my self
before
any
body
;
the
which
your
Majesty
has
been
pleas'd
to
forgive
:
I
have
afterwards
endeavour'd
to
repair
my
Fault
by
an
inviolable
Tye
to
your
Majesty
;
and
my
greatest
trouble
ever
since
has
been
my
not
being
able
to
do
things
great
enough
to
deserve
your
Majesty's
Goodness
towards
me
.
I
have
at
least
this
Satisfaction
,
that
I
have
omitted
nothing
of
all
that
was
most
dear
,
and
most
precious
to
me
,
to
show
your
Majesty
,
that
I
had
those
Sentiments
I
ought
to
have
for
your
Person
,
and
for
your
State
:
And
all
the
Favours
your
Majesty
has
heap'd
upon
me
,
may
I
yet
presume
to
beg
another
,
which
in
the
Condition
I
am
reduc'd
to
,
would
afford
me
a
very
sensible
Consolation
?
It
is
on
the
Prince
of
Conty's
behalf
.
I
have
Tutor'd
him
this
Year
,
and
I
have
the
Satisfaction
to
have
inspir'd
him
with
such
Sentiments
,
as
your
Majesty
can
desire
.
Father
La
Chaire
is
sensible
of
it
,
he
may
satisfie
your
Majesty
about
it
:
That
Prince
has
certainly
some
Merit
;
and
had
not
I
discover'd
all
the
Submission
imaginable
in
him
towards
your
Majesty
,
a
very
sincere
Desire
of
being
rul'd
and
govern'd
in
all
things
by
your
Majesty's
Will
,
I
should
not
intreat
you
most
humbly
as
I
do
,
to
restore
him
what
he
values
above
all
things
in
the
World
,
your
Favour
;
he
has
sigh'd
above
a
Year
,
and
look'd
upon
himself
in
this
Condition
as
if
he
were
in
Purgatory
:
I
beseech
your
Majesty
to
release
him
from
it
,
and
to
grant
him
a
General
Pardon
.
Perhaps
I
flatter
my self
a
little
too
much
;
But
why
should
I
despair
of
any
Favour
from
the
greatest
King
on
Earth
,
of
whom
I
die
,
as
I
always
liv'd
,
most
Humble
,
and
most
Obedient
,
and
most
Zealous
Servant
and
Subject
,
Lewis
de
Bourbon
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
having
sign'd
this
Letter
,
he
order'd
it
should
be
kept
ready
to
be
sent
at
the
time
he
should
order
.
After
which
he
apply'd
himself
to
his
Domestick
Affairs
again
,
and
to
Regulate
them
well
with
Monsieur
de
Gourville
.
His
unconcern'd
,
and
peaceable
Behaviour
,
at
a
time
when
the
Bravest
fall
into
Fainting
Fits
,
generally
occasioned
by
the
apprehension
of
an
approaching
Death
,
he
appear'd
at
that
time
,
what
he
had
been
during
all
his
Life
,
infinitely
above
other
Men.
When
he
had
made
an
end
of
speaking
with
Monsieur
de
Gourville
,
and
had
given
all
the
Orders
he
judg'd
necessary
for
the
good
of
his
Family
,
some
took
the
Liberty
to
ask
him
whether
he
had
forgot
any
thing
he
desired
to
declare
his
Will
about
.
I
believe
not
,
answered
he
;
but
if
I
have
forgot
any
thing
,
't
is
but
speaking
to
my
Son
;
I
know
his
kindness
towards
me
.
I
know
his
Heart
,
it
is
good
,
it
is
great
,
he
will
do
whatever
I
could
do
my self
,
and
more
.
The
Night
of
the
11
th
.
of
December
,
about
Eleven
,
he
put
himself
in
an
Arm-Chair
near
the
Fire
,
in
his
Night-Gown
,
and
his
Legs
upon
two
Folding-Chairs
;
and
within
two
hours
after
it
he
sent
for
a
Jesuit
,
who
was
at
that
time
at
Fontainebleau
.
He
told
him
,
that
he
found
himself
ill
,
and
that
since
he
was
going
to
Travel
towards
Eternity
,
it
was
time
to
think
earnestly
upon
it
.
The
Duke
of
Bourbon
was
mentioned
to
him
again
,
but
he
continu'd
to
answer
,
that
the
Satisfaction
of
seeing
him
ought
not
to
prevail
over
the
Danger
he
should
be
exposed
to
in
coming
to
Fontainebleau
.
The
Duke
of
Enguien
's
Arrival
.
The
Duke
of
Enguien
arriv'd
about
Six
in
the
Morning
.
He
was
seiz'd
with
a
violent
Grief
seeing
his
Father
so
near
Death
.
The
first
thing
he
told
him
was
,
That
for
his
sake
the
King
freely
pardon'd
the
Prince
of
Conty
for
all
that
was
past
;
and
that
he
was
commanded
by
His
Majesty
to
assure
him
therewith
.
This
News
was
very
agreeable
to
him
,
by
reason
that
he
had
desired
it
above
a
Year
,
with
an
earnestness
suitable
to
the
Esteem
and
Tenderness
he
for
that
Prince
.
He
likewise
express'd
a
great
deal
of
Gratitude
for
His
Majesty's
Goodness
;
and
whereas
the
Letter
he
had
written
to
him
over-night
was
not
gone
yet
,
he
unseal'd
it
,
to
add
Thanks
to
it
,
in
the
following
terms
.
MY
Son
,
Addition
of
the
Prince
of
Conde's
Letter
to
the
King
.
at
his
Arrival
has
given
me
an
Account
of
the
Favour
Your
Majesty
has
been
pleased
to
to
do
me
,
in
forgiving
the
Prince
of
Conty
.
I
am
very
Happy
to
have
so
much
Life
left
,
as
to
return
Your
Majesty
my
most
Humble
Thanks
for
it
.
I
dye
contented
,
if
you
will
do
me
the
Iustice
to
believe
,
that
no
body
ever
had
Sentiments
so
full
of
Respect
and
Devotion
towards
you
,
and
if
I
may
say
so
,
of
Tenderness
,
as
Lewis
de
Bourbon
.
As
soon
as
the
Prince
had
sign'd
what
he
had
added
to
his
Letter
,
he
thank'd
the
Duke
of
Enguien
for
his
having
taken
his
time
so
well
,
to
restore
the
Prince
of
Conty
to
the
King's
Favour
again
.
After
which
they
had
a
very
tender
Conversation
together
,
and
gave
each
other
all
the
marks
of
the
most
sincere
and
greatest
Affection
that
ever
was
between
Father
and
Son
.
When
they
had
done
,
the
Prince
desired
the
Dutchess
to
draw
near
.
He
said
the
most
moving
,
and
the
finest
things
in
the
World
to
them
both
,
about
their
Conduct
,
towards
God
,
towards
the
King
,
and
towards
their
Children
,
whom
he
named
all
one
after
another
.
In
the
next
place
he
spoke
to
them
about
the
strict
Union
that
had
always
been
between
them
,
and
of
their
reciprocal
Duties
,
conjuring
them
to
persevere
in
living
in
that
perfect
Union
which
had
been
admired
by
all
the
World
.
He
ended
this
fine
Discourse
by
directing
them
how
to
behave
themselves
towards
their
Friends
,
towards
their
Servants
,
towards
Persons
of
Quality
,
and
of
all
Conditions
.
After
which
he
embraced
them
,
and
gave
them
his
Blessing
,
for
themselves
,
and
for
their
Children
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
blesses
his
Children
.
wishing
them
all
the
Blessings
of
Heaven
and
Earth
.
The
Duke
of
Enguien
,
equally
mov'd
with
Grief
and
Gratitude
,
took
his
Father's
Hands
,
and
kiss'd
them
,
returning
him
a
Thousand
Thanks
for
all
his
kindnesses
.
The
Prince
did
not
receive
those
marks
of
kindness
from
his
Son
with
Indifference
,
●hey
affected
him
too
sensibly
:
But
considering
that
allowed
too
much
to
Nature
,
at
a
time
he
ought
to
turn
all
his
thoughts
on
Death
,
he
told
him
,
My
Son
,
you
have
no
Father
now
.
They
made
a
stop
there
,
and
for
a
while
only
spoke
with
their
Eyes
.
But
they
broke
that
silence
to
determine
with
an
equal
Satisfaction
what
Employments
should
be
given
to
the
Officers
of
his
Highnesses
Houshold
,
who
express'd
his
being
very
well
satisfied
with
them
,
and
desired
they
might
be
entertained
still
by
reason
of
their
Merit
and
Fidelity
.
After
this
he
turned
to
Monsieur
de
Gourville
,
and
said
,
By
all
the
kindness
you
have
for
me
,
do
not
conceal
from
me
,
how
long
I
have
to
live
.
Ask
the
Physitians
.
He
often
made
the
same
Question
all
the
day
long
;
and
he
was
still
answered
according
to
the
Condition
in
which
they
found
him
.
When
ever
his
Eyes
met
with
the
Duke
or
Dutchess
,
he
discovered
the
Sentiments
of
his
Heart
sufficiently
,
without
needing
to
express
them
by
words
.
However
he
could
not
forbear
telling
a
Jesuit
softly
,
who
was
near
his
Bed
,
The
Tenderness
I
observe
in
my
Son
,
and
in
his
Dutchess
towards
me
,
to●ches
me
sensibly
.
The
Dutchess
of
Bourbon
sent
every
quarter
of
an
hour
to
enquire
how
he
did
:
She
would
have
come
her self
,
had
not
the
Distemper
that
kept
her
in
Bed
hindred
her
.
For
the
most
part
he
would
see
those
that
came
from
her
,
and
made
very
obliging
Answers
for
that
Young
Princess
,
towards
whom
he
exprest
to
the
end
an
extream
Tenderness
.
About
Nine
,
seeing
the
Duke
in
a
very
great
Anguish
,
he
told
him
,
that
he
was
moved
by
his
kindness
,
that
he
was
satisfied
with
him
,
beyond
what
could
be
exprest
by
words
.
At
half
an
hour
after
Eleven
the
Prince
of
Conty
arrived
.
The
Prince
of
Conty
's
Arrival
.
The
Tendernesses
began
anew
on
all
sides
.
After
which
his
Highness
embracing
the
Duke
and
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
told
them
all
that
a
good
Father
could
say
to
his
Children
,
and
conjur'd
them
to
love
one
another
like
Brothers
.
He
added
,
that
they
would
never
be
great
Men
,
nor
great
Princes
,
nor
good
Men
,
but
proportionably
as
they
proved
,
upright
and
faithf●l
to
God
,
and
to
the
King
.
Father
Dechamps
arrived
a
quarter
after
Twelve
,
Father
Dechamps
's
Arrival
.
his
Highness
opened
his
Arms
to
Embrace
him
,
expressing
a
great
Joy
to
see
him
.
Every
body
withdrew
.
The
Prince
discoursed
with
that
Jesuit
about
all
that
he
had
resolved
within
two
Years
about
his
Duty
and
Obligations
,
and
made
his
Confession
to
him
.
About
Two
a
Clock
,
the
Duke
of
Enguien
,
the
Dutchess
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conty
being
come
near
him
again
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
desires
his
Body
may
be
carry'd
to
Valery
,
and
his
Heart
into
the
Iesuits
Church
.
he
spoke
to
them
as
he
had
done
before
,
expressing
all
the
Tenderness
in
the
World
towards
them
.
At
that
time
he
ordered
some
body
to
tell
the
Duke
,
that
it
was
his
de●ire
,
that
his
Body
should
be
carried
to
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In
the
Diocess
of
Sens.
Valery
;
but
that
nevertheless
he
left
him
absolut
Master
of
all
,
and
that
he
might
do
whatever
he
thought
fit
about
it
,
either
as
to
the
time
and
place
,
and
the
manner
of
Transporting
him
thither
:
That
in
that
as
well
as
in
all
other
things
he
abandon'd
all
to
his
disposition
,
submitting
to
his
Will
,
to
which
he
gave
a
full
Consent
from
that
moment
:
But
however
that
he
should
be
glad
his
Heart
should
be
carried
into
the
Church
of
St.
Lewis
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](A34619-e75790-b)†
†
In
the
Church
of
the
House
of
the
Iesuits
.
at
Paris
,
to
be
plac'd
there
with
his
Father's
.
The
Duke
received
his
Orders
with
the
Submission
he
ought
.
And
whereas
his
presence
as
well
as
the
Dutchesses
,
and
the
Prince
of
Conty's
moved
him
,
and
hindred
him
from
applying
all
his
thoughts
on
God
,
he
desired
them
to
withdraw
.
He
also
told
the
Physitians
after
having
thanked
them
,
that
they
might
retire
,
and
that
he
had
no
longer
any
need
of
their
Assistance
:
And
pointing
to
the
Curate
of
Fontainebleau
,
Father
Dechamps
his
Confessor
,
and
the
other
Clergy-men
that
were
present
,
These
,
added
he
,
are
at
present
my
real
Physitians
,
who
will
put
me
in
a
way
to
dye
well
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Duke
and
Dutchess
,
as
well
as
the
Prince
of
Conty
begg'd
his
leave
to
see
him
once
more
,
to
which
he
consented
,
on
Condition
they
should
retire
immediately
.
They
withdrew
immediately
,
having
seen
him
;
but
he
was
not
long
without
thinking
on
them
:
For
within
half
an
hour
he
desired
a
Jesuit
to
go
to
them
from
him
,
to
bid
them
a
last
Farewel
.
After
which
,
Monsieur
de
Marege
,
who
belongs
to
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
being
come
into
his
Chamber
,
he
received
him
in
that
obliging
manner
he
was
wont
to
receive
every
body
,
especially
those
he
loved
,
and
esteemed
,
as
he
did
that
Gentleman
.
He
told
him
,
You
have
always
served
your
Master
〈…〉
well
:
Continue
so
to
do
,
and
never
do
any●●ing
●erogatory
to
the
Honour
you
have
of
belonging
to
〈◊〉
.
He
confides
in
you
:
You
may
tell
him
from
me
,
〈…〉
present
more
sensible
of
than
ever
I
was●
Sententi●●●
words
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
●hat
●
man
must
be
Iust
and
Good
during
his
Life
,
and
that
there
is
nothing
else
solid
.
After
which
,
he
remain'd
for
some
time
silent
.
But
then
resuming
●he
Discourse
again
,
and
giving
some
new
Orders
,
a
Divine
venturing
to
tell
him
that
he
lived
like
a
Great
Man
,
and
that
he
ought
to
dye
in
the
same
manner
,
but
especially
like
a
good
Christian
,
he
took
him
by
the
Hand
,
and
said
,
You
praise
me
,
and
I
do
now
deserve
it
.
From
that
moment
he
did
nothing
singular
,
and
expir'd
so
quietly
,
that
it
was
hardly
observed
.
Thus
dyed
that
great
Prince
on
the
Eleventh
of
December
,
1686.
after
having
lived
Sixty
Five
Years
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
Death
.
Three
Months
,
and
Three
Days
.
While
the
Prince
of
Conde
lay
a
Dying
at
Fontainebleau
,
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
Letter
read
at
Court
.
the
King
caus'd
that
Great
Man's
Letter
to
be
read
at
Versailles
.
Those
who
observed
the
three
Tenses
of
his
Letter
,
how
slightly
he
pass'd
over
his
Services
at
the
beginning
,
and
at
the
end
of
his
Life
,
and
how
sincere
an
Acknowledgment
he
made
of
his
Faults
about
the
middle
,
were
extreamly
mov'd
by
his
Modesty
,
and
the
King
himself
could
not
refrain
Tears
,
saying
,
That
he
lost
a
great
Prince
;
these
were
his
own
words
:
And
when
that
part
of
the
Letter
was
read
where
the
Prince
return'd
his
Thanks
,
and
declar'd
that
he
dyed
Contented
,
and
too
Happy
,
since
he
had
so
much
Life
left
,
as
to
express
his
Gratitude
,
his
Devotion
,
and
if
he
might
say
so
,
his
Tenderness
to
the
King
,
every
body
did
him
the
Justice
to
say
,
that
he
had
Written
sincerely
.
That
very
day
the
Duke
wrote
three
Lines
to
the
King
,
to
●●quaint
him
with
the
Prince
his
Father's
Death
.
The
Duke
went
to
Versailles
on
the
15
th
.
of
December
,
The
Duke
goes
to
Versailles
.
to
pay
his
Respects
to
the
King
;
who
received
him
with
all
the
Kindness
imaginable
:
And
His
Majesty
express'd
to
him
on
the
Occasion
the
Obliging
Sentiments
he
preserved
for
him
,
and
for
his
Father
.
He
had
taken
the
Prince
of
Conty
along
with
him
,
whom
he
presented
to
the
King
,
who
made
him
sensible
by
his
Reception
,
that
he
did
not
repent
the
Pardon
he
had
granted
him
three
days
before
,
out
of
Respect
to
the
Prince
,
and
at
the
Intreaty
of
the
Duke
.
The
Duke
did
not
tarry
long
at
Versailles
,
and
return'd
soon
to
Paris
.
He
goes
back
to
Paris
.
He
received
sufficient
Testimonies
,
both
at
Court
and
in
the
City
,
that
the
Prince
his
Father's
Death
had
made
a
deep
Impression
in
the
Hearts
and
Minds
of
all
People
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
Body
is
carried
to
Valery
,
and
his
Heart
to
the
Church
of
St.
Lewis
at
Paris
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Order
that
had
been
given
for
carrying
the
Prince's
Body
to
Valery
,
were
put
in
execution
.
All
things
being
ready
,
the
Duke
went
away
before
any
body
,
on
the
21
st.
of
December
,
and
tarry'd
at
Fontainebleau
for
the
Prince
of
Conty
,
who
came
thither
from
the
King
.
The
Princ's
Body
was
carry'd
to
Valery
on
the
22
th
.
and
his
Heart
to
the
Church
of
the
Professed
House
of
the
Jes●its
at
Paris
on
the
24
th
.
being
Christmas-Eve
.
This
Ceremony
was
perform'd
with
great
Magnificence
:
And
the
Duke
,
who
appeared
in
every
thing
,
omitted
none
of
the
Duties
his
Good
Nature
,
and
Gratitude
exacted
from
him
.
1687.
After
which
,
the
most
Eloquent
Persons
in
the
Kingdom
were
employ'd
in
making
Funeral
Orations
,
in
the
Praise
and
Honour
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
Funeral
Orations
in
Honour
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
.
The
King
having
mourn'd
the
loss
of
that
great
Prince
,
and
often
declar'd
in
the
middle
of
the
Court
sighing
,
that
he
had
lost
the
greatest
Man
of
his
Kingdom
,
assembled
the
greatest
Persons
of
his
Kingdom
in
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Our
Lady's
Church
Notre
Dame
of
Paris
on
the
●●
th
.
of
March
,
there
to
pay
in
P●blick
what
was
●ue
to
the
Memory
of
that
Prince●
and
Ordered
the
Bishop
of
Meaux
to
speak
the
Funeral
Oration
.
That
Oration
is
very
fine
,
and
worthy
its
Author
,
and
the
Prince
in
honour
of
whom
it
was
spoken
.
The
26th
of
Aprill
,
Father
Bourdaloüe
,
who
about
three
Years
,
and
a
half
before
had
spoken
in
the
Church
of
the
Professors
House
of
his
Society
,
in
presence
of
the
Prince
,
the
Funeral
Elogy
of
Henry
of
Bourbon
his
Father
,
spoke
a
Funeral
Ora●ion
in
the
said
Church
,
in
Praise
of
that
great
Prince
,
whose
Memoirs
I
am
finishing
.
That
Oration
is
very
Elegant
,
and
most
Magnificent
,
especially
that
part
of
it
,
where
Father
Bourdaloüe
speaks
without
Dissimulation
,
and
at
large
upon
the
Prince
of
Conde's
behaviour
in
the
Civil
War
,
is
incomparable
.
Never
was
so
skilful
,
and
so
happy
a
boldness
known
:
And
that
kind
of
daring
in
an
Orator
,
if
I
may
use
the
Expression
seems
to
revive
in
our
Minds
that
Bravery
,
and
Heroick
Fierceness
the
Prince
of
Conde
used
to
shew
in
Battles
,
and
in
the
greatest
Perils
,
the
which
was
follow'd
with
so
much
Success
.
The
Abbot
du
Iarry
likewise
spoke
a
Funeral
Oration
in
Honour
of
the
said
Prince
in
the
Church
of
Maubuisson
,
before
the
Princess
Palatine
(
who
was
Abbess
of
that
Religious
House
)
whom
we
have
mention'd
several
times
in
the●e
Memoirs
.
There
are
Master-strokes
in
this
last
Funeral
Elogy
.
Several
other
Orations
were
made
,
in
several
Provinces
of
the
Kingdom
.
But
whereas
,
in
those
kind
of
Discourses
,
i●
is
usual
to
insist
upon
the
Vertues
of
those
for
whom
they
are
spoken
;
and
that
commonly
,
tho
nothing
it
said
in
them
but
what
really
is
,
yet
many
things
are
omitted
;
by
reason
that
those
things
are
suppress'd
which
deserve
no
Praise
;
and
that
those
things
are
disguised
which
cannot
be
conceal'd
;
and
that
by
a
false
Light
,
in
which
the
Orator's
skill
knows
how
to
place
his
Hero's
dress
with
cunning
,
he
covers
,
and
pa●●es
slightly
over
those
Parts
that
are
defective
:
It
is
necessary
to
have
recourse
to
History
,
to
be
fully
instructed
of
every
thing
;
and
that
to
a
faithful
History
,
like
unto
this
.
I
am
now
going
to
draw
the
Prince
of
Cond●'s
Picture
,
with
the
same
Fidelity
I
have
observ'd
throughout
this
Work
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
's
Picture
.
Lew
of
Bourbon
,
second
of
the
Name
,
first
Prince
of
the
Blood
;
Duke
of
Bourbon
,
of
Chateaurex
,
of
Montmorency
,
and
Bellegarte
;
Governour
of
Burgundy
and
Bresse
;
first
Peer
;
Lord
High
Steward
of
France
;
Count
of
Clermont
,
Stenay
,
Dun
,
and
Iamets
;
Knight
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
and
General
of
the
King's
Armies
,
was
Tall
,
and
well
Shap'd
,
his
Hair
Curl'd
,
lively
Eyes
,
a
Roman
close
Nose
,
his
Cheeks
Hollow
and
Lean
,
a
long
Face
,
and
a
very
Noble
and
Haughty
Physiognomy
,
his
Teeth
ill
set
,
and
uncleanly
,
a
careless
Air
,
taking
little
care
of
his
Person
.
He
was
of
a
sanguin
Constitution
,
Cholerick
,
and
Strong
,
he
lov'd
Hunting
,
Gaming
,
Joy
,
Pleasures
,
and
Divertisements
:
He
likewise
lov'd
Women
,
but
without
any
particular
Engagements
,
having
never
had
any
real
Affection
but
for
Madame
de
Chastillon
.
In
his
Youth
he
abandon'd
himself
sometimes
to
small
Debauches
,
and
at
that
time
made
very
pretty
diverting
Verses
upon
any
Subject
that
occur'd
;
they
were
Extempores
no
Poet
could
equal
.
He
had
a
great
Vivacity
,
a
clear
Wit
,
and
very
good
Judgment
,
and
express'd
himself
with
a
great
deal
of
Ease
.
He
had
much
Probity
and
Honour
in
great
Actions
:
he
was
not
Liberal
,
neither
was
he
Covetous
;
he
Laugh'd
much
,
but
disagreeably
;
he
was
very
free
,
and
very
offensive
in
Railleries
.
He
kept
no
measures
with
any
Body
.
He
was
of
a
Rough
,
uneasy
,
Impetuous
,
Passionate
Temper
,
and
thereby
he
ruin'd
all
the
advantages
Nature
and
Fortune
,
had
bestow'd
upon
him
,
frustrated
the
Extraordinary
qualifications
he
was
Endow'd
with
which
were
such
,
that
he
would
have
obsur'd
the
Glory
of
the
greatest
Men
in
past
Ages
,
had
mildness
and
Complaisance
been
Joyn'd
to
their
lively
Virtues
,
that
shin'd
in
him
,
and
to
that
Supream
Valour
,
which
rais'd
an
Admiration
in
all
the
World
.
He
had
an
admirable
Genius
for
War
,
and
particularly
for
Battles
.
He
was
Born
for
military
Expeditions
insomuch
that
he
wanted
no
Prenticeship
to
form
him
.
The
Superiority
of
his
Genius
serv'd
him
instead
of
Art
and
Experience
;
and
he
began
by
that
which
the
most
famous
Conquerors
would
have
been
proud
to
end
.
He
had
a
Martial
heat
,
which
made
him
dare
and
undertake
all
;
a
Fire
,
which
in
the
execution
render'd
all
things
possible
and
easie
to
him
,
and
a
firmness
of
Soul
,
which
no
Obstacle
could
stop
,
or
any
Peril
could
frighten
,
which
no
Resistance
could
tire
,
or
discourage
;
a
Vigilancy
,
which
could
not
be
surpriz'd
;
a
Judgment
wherewith
,
even
in
the
most
dangerous
Occasions
,
he
fore-saw
whatever
might
obstruct
or
favour
the
Event
of
things
;
a
great
quickness
in
Resolving
,
the
quickness
of
his
Action
not
allowing
●ime
to
cross
it
.
He
knew
incomparably
well
how
to
improve
those
Conjunctures
and
swift
Moments
on
which
Victory
depends
.
Nothing
could
equal
his
Activity
,
which
in
a
day
of
Battle
made
him
,
dividing
himself
,
as
it
were
,
to
appear
in
all
places
.
Supplying
all
,
Rallying
all
,
and
Maintaining
all
.
In
so
much
that
he
was
both
General
,
and
Souldier
at
once
,
and
by
his
Presence
inspir'd
his
Courage
and
Valour
into
a
whole
Army
,
even
to
the
vilest
Members
thereof
.
And
yet
he
preserv'd
a
great
Presence
of
Mind
in
the
heat
of
a
Combat
,
and
a
Calmness
he
was
never
so
certain
of
,
as
in
a
Engagement
,
and
in
the
horror
of
the
Tumult
.
In
the
Fire
,
in
the
On●et
,
in
the
first
Mo●●on
,
something
appear'd
in
him
all
on
the
sudden
,
so
clear
,
so
settled
,
so
lively
,
so
brisk
,
so
mild
,
and
so
agreeable
for
his
own
Men
,
and
so
●●erce
,
and
so
th●eatning
for
his
Enemies
,
that
no
body
could
imagine
from
whence
that
mixture
of
such
opposite
Qualities
could
proceed
.
How
great
an●
glorious
soever
his
Actions
were
,
he
never
applauded
them
:
The
Court
that
prepar'd
those
Applauses
for
him
against
his
return
,
which
he
deserv'd
,
a●mir'd
his
Modesty
in
receiving
them
:
Whenever
he
spoke
of
his
Victories
it
was
with
a
Modesty
,
which
neither
his
Complaisance
for
those
that
heark●n'd
to
him
,
no●
their
Curiosity
could
overcome
.
When
he
related
the
gain
of
a
Battle
,
People
would
have
thought
he
had
had
no
share
in
it
:
he
only
spoke
in
praise
of
those
who
had
behav'd
themselves
bravely
in
it●
to
give
them
the
Glory
of
it
,
and
to
make
them
known
at
Court
:
he
never
was
more
Eloquent
,
or
more
officious
than
when
he
did
them
that
Justice
,
and
never
more
wary
than
when
any
body
design'd
to
surprize
,
or
force
his
Modesty
,
to
make
him
speak
of
what
related
personally
to
himself
:
When
●ny
presum'd
to
praise
him
,
he
took
their
Praises
for
an
Offence
,
and
could
not
endure
Flattery
,
he
dreaded
even
the
very
Shadow
of
it
:
He
held
it
for
a
Maxim
,
that
in
great
Actio●s
one
should
have
no
other
end
than
to
do
well
,
and
so
let
Glory
follow
Vertue
.
He
was
as
suc●essful
in
Sieges
as
in
Battles
:
He
daily
invented
new
means
to
advance
the
taking
of
Towns
:
He
expos'd
his
Men
extreamly
,
but
yet
no
more
than
his
own
Person
,
and
he
was
really
persuaded
that
he
spared
his
Men
,
in
abridging
the
time
of
danger
by
the
vigour
of
his
Attacks
.
It
is
most
certain
that
as
a
General
he
seldo●
follow'd
the
common
Maxi●●
of
War●
his
impetuous
Humour
,
which
was
E●emy
to
Measure
and
Precaution
,
made
him
neglect●
Military
Discipline
,
and
inclin'd
him
to
act
Boldly
,
always
to
tempt
his
Fortune
,
and
even
to
brave
it
,
and
to
●elieve
that
in
Fighting
he
must
be
victorious
,
and
that
Victory
should
not
,
as
it
were
,
dare
to
●zeitate
,
to
declare
in
his
Favour
;
insomuch
that
no
Man
ever
was
so
like
Alexander
,
nor
less
like
Caesar
,
excepting
only
Courage
and
Valour
:
And
therefore
it
was
a
common
Saying
about
him
,
That
he
was
a
great
Prince
by
his
Birth
,
a
great
Man
by
his
Fortune
,
and
a
great
Captain
by
his
Courage
.
He
thought
he
might
Command
among
the
Ministers
,
and
behave
himself
in
the
same
manner
a●
Court
,
and
in
the
City
,
as
he
us'd
to
do
in
War
;
which
occasion'd
all
his
Misfortunes
:
For
want
of
following
the
Rules
of
true
Policy
,
and
of
acting
with
Mildness
and
Cunning
,
he
did
not
succeed
,
was
guilty
of
several
capital
Faults
,
and
run
on
to
Extreams
,
which
were
attended
with
mortal
Displeasure
.
In
his
Retirement
he
grew
sensible
of
his
Defects
and
Fau●ts
,
which
made
him
sigh
,
and
by
his
wise
Reflections
he
became
a
new
Man
:
He
became
a
great
Politician
,
Prudent
,
Mild
,
Civil
and
Obliging
:
He
made
his
Court
to
those
that
were
in
Favour
:
He
consented
with
all
the
Signs
of
Satisfaction
and
Joy
,
to
all
the
Alliances
the
King
seem'd
to
desire
:
He
was
a
Pattern
of
Application
,
of
Devotion
,
of
Submission
,
and
of
Obedience
to
that
Monarch
:
All
Courtiers
learnt
to
make
their
Court
of
him
.
In
his
private
Life
he
quitted
all
those
quick
Sallies
,
those
harsh
Words
,
stinging
Railleries
,
and
●ree
Expressions
he
had
been
us'd
to
;
he
was
altogether
Mild
and
Civil
,
his
Expressions
modest
and
edifying
.
Nay
moreover●
he
commanded
all
his
Servants
to
acquit
themselves
of
those
Duties
to
which
the
Profession
of
Christianity
oblig'd
them
,
and
order'd
all
such
to
be
turn'd
out
with
Remission
,
who
by
their
Debauches
,
or
Discourse
should
cause
the
least
Scandal●
His
Conversation
was
free
and
easie
,
and
no
body
was
perplex'd
or
constrain●d
by
the
Respect
that
was
due
to
him
,
tho'
every
body
was
very
sensible
of
it●
He
took
care
to
temper
that
Respect
in
making
himself
familiar
with
some
,
and
descending
to
others
,
being
free
with
,
and
confiding
in
these
,
and
entring
into
the
Affairs
of
those
,
accommodating
and
proportioning
himself
to
all
.
And
whereas
,
all
his
Life-time
he
had
been
a
Lover
of
Sciences
,
and
Reading
,
and
that
at
Chantilly
he
read
all
manner
of
good
Books
,
even
of
Religion
and
Controversie
;
his
Conversation
was
very
improving
.
His
great
Genius
embrac'd
every
thing
,
whether
Sacred
,
Prophane
,
Ancient
,
Modern
,
History
,
Philosophy
,
Theology
,
all
manner
of
Arts
and
Sciences
,
even
to
the
least
Secrets
of
the
Mechanicks
:
No
Books
scapd
him
,
he
was
able
to
Converse
with
,
and
Entertain
all
those
that
excell'd
either
in
Speculation
,
or
in
any
Works
.
And
moreover
,
whereas
h●
had
an
exquisite
Judgment
,
a
nice
Taste
,
a
lively
Comprehension
,
a
noble
and
just
Faculty
of
thinking
,
and
of
expressing
himself
,
and
was
able
to
judge
of
all
things
like
a
Master
;
all
People
improv'd
by
his
Conversation
,
and
rectify'd
their
Thoughts
either
by
his
penetrating
Q●estions
,
or
by
his
Judicious
Reflections
:
His
Conversation
was
Charming
,
by
reason
that
he
could
speak
to
every
body
according
to
their
own
Talents
,
and
not
to
Souldiers
about
their
Undertakings
,
to
Courtiers
about
their
Interest
,
to
Politicians
about
their
N●goci●tio●s
,
but
also
to
curious
Travellers
of
what
they
had
discover'd
in
Nature
,
in
Government
,
or
in
Commerce
;
to
the
Handicraft-man
of
his
Inventions
;
and
finally
to
the
Learned
of
all
kinds
,
of
all
the
most
wonderful
Discoveries
they
had
made
.
He
had
a
very
great
Affection
,
and
Tenderness
for
his
Family
,
particularly
for
his
Son
the
Duke
of
Enguien
:
and
it
was
chiefly
his
passionate
de●ire
of
preserving
and
advancing
his
Fortune
,
that
made
him
behave
himself
with
so
much
Prudence
in
the
last
Period
of
his
Life
,
and
that
he
managd
the
King
's
and
his
Favourite's
Temper
with
so
much
Care
.
He
has
always
had
,
and
ever
express'd
a
great
Aversion
for
Praises
,
as
we
have
observ'd
:
All
Europe
was
fill'd
with
the
Fame
of
his
Name
,
and
r●ng
with
the
Glory
of
his
Exploits
;
and
yet
it
was
hardly
mention'd
at
Chantilly
.
It
was
a
kind
of
a
Crime
to
praise
him
,
especially
in
his
Presence
:
And
indeed
none
durst
have
presum'd
to
praise
him
,
seeing
him
so
much
above
all
Praises
by
his
Modesty
.
When
any
body
desir'd
him
in
this
Retirement
to
relate
his
fine
Action
in
his
Campagns
,
they
perplex'd
him
.
There
was
a
great
deal
of
Pleasure
in
hearing
him
:
●ut
it
requi●'d
a
great
deal
of
Art
to
engage
to
speak
upon
that
Subject
,
and
unless
it
were
by
surprize
,
nothing
could
be
got
out
of
him
.
Many
have
been
surpriz'd
at
his
not
writing
the
Memoir●
of
his
Life
:
a
thing
he
would
have
done
worthily
,
and
by
which
he
would
have
laid
an
eternal
Obligation
on
Posterity
.
Whatever
Intreaties
have
been
made
to
him
about
it
,
none
ever
could
prevail
:
Nay
more
,
his
very
Son
,
whom
he
lov'd
so
●enderly
could
never
obtain
it
:
That
Refusal
must
be
imputed
either
to
his
Modesty
,
or
his
Policy
.
In
effect
,
whenever
he
was
desired
to
write
Memoirs
of
his
Life
,
he
answer'd●
All
I
have
done
is
only
fit
to
be
forgotten
:
Let
the
King's
Life
be
written
,
all
others
hence
forward
will
be
superfluous
.
At
other
times
he
said
:
I
could
not
do
it
without
speaking
advantageously
of
my self
,
and
perhaps
disadvantageously
of
others
:
and
that●s
a
thing
I
cannot
resolve
upon
,
even
in
speaking
the
Truth
.
We
shall
now
conclude
by
a
Paralel
that
was
made
in
the
Year
1674.
between
that
great
Prince
and
Marshal
de
Turenne
,
a●out
the
eminent
Qualifications
they
possess'd
in
War
.
A
Paralel
between
the
Prince
of
Conde
and
Marshal
de
Turenne
.
A
Greatness
of
Genius
shines
in
the
Prince
of
Conde
●
a
Knowledge
ever
present
,
an
impetuous
Courage
,
without
trouble
or
precipitation
.
Monsieur
de
Turenne
has
the
advantage
of
Calmness
,
Capacity
,
Experience
,
a
firm
and
secure
Valour
.
The
other
resolves
in
Council
,
is
never
at
a
loss
in
Disorders
,
taking
his
Resolution
better
than
any
Man
living
.
This
forms
a
Plan
of
War
to
himself
,
disposes
all
thing
to
his
End
,
foresees
all
Obstacles
with
more
Judgment
than
Slowness
.
The
Activity
of
the
first
goes
beyond
what
is
necessary
in
order
not
to
omit
any
thing
that
may
be
of
use
.
The
other
is
as
active
as
he
should
be
,
but
does
nothing
that
is
superfluous
,
in
order
not
to
dissipate
,
and
ruine
his
Forces
by
unnecessary
Fatigues
.
The
Prince
is
equally
fear'd
and
esteem'd
in
point
of
Command
.
Monsieur
de
Turenne
is
more
agreeable
,
and
not
less
esteem'd
,
leaving
more
Satisfaction
,
but
not
preserving
his
Authority
so
much
.
There
can
never
be
too
much
precaution
use●
against
the
Attacks
of
the
first
,
and
he
meets
with
weakness
in
the
securest
Posts
.
The
other
meets
with
Safeties
every
where
,
and
finds
out
ways
to
secure
himself
against
the
appearances
of
his
Ruine
.
In
Combats
their
ORDERS
are
almost
alike
.
The
Prince
of
Conde
knows
how
to
improve
Advantages
,
and
to
repair
Disorders
;
he
makes
the
most
of
his
Forces
:
He
abandons
himself
wholly
to
the
Action
he
is
engag'd
in
,
and
seems
resolv'd
to
overcome
,
or
not
to
out-live
his
Defeat
.
Monsieur
de
Turenne
omits
nothing
of
what
may
conduce
to
the
gain
of
a
Battle
:
when
he
is
happy
he
improves
every
thing
,
preserves
what
he
can
;
when
he
is
not
so
,
and
ever
leaves
some
resource
for
a
better
Fortune
;
whether
thro●gh
the
Equality
of
his
Temper
,
or
by
a
long
Experience
of
good
and
ill
Successes
,
he
receives
all
manner
of
Accidents
with
an
even
Temper
.
The
Prince
is
more
sensible
to
Misfortunes
than
Monsieur
de
Turenne
,
but
his
Haughtiness
is
more
exasperated
at
it
,
and
his
Vertue
excited
by
his
Misfortunes
proves
strong
enough
to
overcome
them
.
Finally
the
Prince
of
Conde
is
the
greatest
Man
in
the
World
for
a
Day
's
Action
,
and
Monsieur
de
Turenne
for
a
Campagne
:
The
one
is
●itter
to
end
Actions
gloriously
,
and
the
other
to
end
a
War
advantageously
.
The
PRINCE
makes
War
with
more
Glory
for
his
own
Reputation
,
1686.
and
Monsieur
de
Turenne
with
more
advantage
for
the
Interests
of
the
Party
,
in
which
he
is
engag'd
.
FINIS
.
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