THE
TESTAMENT
OF
M.
John
Baptist
Colbert
,
CONCERNING
GOVERNMENT
.
CHAP.
I.
Containing
a
brief
Account
of
the
Reign
of
Lewis
the
Great
,
from
his
coming
to
the
Crown
,
'till
the
Year
1649.
in
which
the
War
of
Paris
began
.
DID
not
your
Majesty
know
so
much
better
than
I
do
,
that
what
is
most
necessary
to
make
a
Kingdom
flourish
,
is
a
perfect
Harmony
and
Agreement
between
all
its
Members
;
I
would
presume
to
shew
here
what
Care
a
Prince
ought
to
take
,
that
there
be
no
Discord
or
Division
among
'em
:
But
since
this
depends
upon
a
right
Establishment
of
Subordination
,
your
Majesty
is
better
able
than
any
Man
,
to
order
that
as
it
ought
to
be
,
who
so
well
understand
to
act
the
Part
of
a
King
,
that
't
is
enough
to
distinguish
by
your
Air
and
Mien
,
that
you
was
born
to
Command
.
We
see
then
what
it
is
that
gives
Beginning
to
a
Kingdom
's
Prosperity
,
and
what
it
is
continues
it
:
For
if
he
that
is
the
Soveraign
doth
not
know
,
or
is
not
able
to
do
,
what
he
ought
,
he
must
then
have
a
Minister
under
him
.
And
because
the
same
Respect
which
People
have
for
his
Master
,
is
not
usually
paid
to
him
;
thence
arise
those
Canvasings
and
Contests
,
that
frequently
turn
to
Rebellions
,
and
sometimes
cause
the
total
Ruin
of
a
Kingdom
.
The
Reign
of
the
King
your
deceased
Father
,
was
full
of
such
Accidents
:
The
Royal
Family
was
so
divided
,
that
the
Mother
was
against
the
Son
,
and
the
Son
against
the
Mother
;
the
Brother
likewise
sought
to
destroy
his
Brother
and
his
King
.
The
other
Princes
of
the
Blood
stood
not
much
better
affected
.
All
which
proceeded
from
his
Majesty's
giving
so
much
Power
to
his
Prime
Minister
,
that
the
Princes
thought
it
was
he
that
did
all
,
as
they
had
great
reason
to
believe
;
otherwise
the
Queen-Mother
had
not
been
so
abandon'd
,
as
to
die
at
Cologne
in
such
distress
,
that
she
had
not
the
one
half
of
what
she
wanted
,
to
relieve
her
Necessities
.
Your
Majesty's
Minority
was
expos'd
to
the
same
Inconveniencies
,
because
you
were
not
then
able
to
direct
your
Affairs
:
The
Queen
your
Mother
,
when
the
King
died
,
found
them
embroil'd
,
and
in
so
great
confusion
,
that
it
was
not
possible
for
a
Woman
to
reduce
'em
into
order
.
Your
Father
,
when
he
died
,
left
no
Prime
Minister
;
Cardinal
Richelieu
,
who
with
a
great
deal
of
Reputation
discharg'd
the
Duties
of
that
Place
,
had
left
it
vacant
four
or
five
Years
:
A
thousand
People
expected
to
succeed
him
in
it
;
and
tho'
all
France
did
agree
,
That
among
so
many
,
there
was
hardly
one
to
be
found
worthy
of
the
Ministry
:
Yet
so
great
a
number
of
Competitors
striving
to
obtain
it
,
occasion'd
by
your
Father's
limiting
the
Queen
his
Widow's
Power
,
who
should
have
been
Regent
;
made
the
Spaniards
think
our
Disorders
might
turn
to
their
Advantage
;
they
then
besieg'd
Rocroy
,
which
they
believ'd
they
should
quickly
carry
,
and
enter
into
the
heart
of
the
Kingdom
.
But
God
confounded
their
Pride
,
by
the
loss
of
a
Battel
given
them
by
Louis
de
Bourbon
Prince
of
Condé
,
(
then
call'd
Duke
of
Anguien
;
)
wherein
they
were
so
totally
defeated
,
that
they
have
never
since
been
able
to
recover
their
loss
.
But
without
robbing
that
Prince
of
any
part
of
his
Glory
,
we
may
say
,
That
this
success
was
owing
to
none
but
God
;
for
had
he
not
taken
your
Majesty
into
his
Protection
,
the
Enemy
might
have
advanced
to
the
head
of
a
narrow
Way
,
through
which
the
General
must
have
past
in
their
presence
.
They
might
also
have
fallen
upon
him
,
when
by
the
inconvenience
of
the
Ways
he
was
oblig'd
to
divide
his
Army
.
But
beside
all
these
Difficulties
,
there
was
an
apparent
danger
in
giving
Battel
;
for
had
it
been
lost
,
the
Enemy
might
have
march'd
to
the
very
Gates
of
Paris
.
But
't
is
sometimes
God's
Will
,
that
neither
Party
shall
think
of
doing
that
which
they
should
do
;
and
then
he
leads
those
step
by
step
,
whom
he
hath
resolv'd
to
protect
.
The
happy
success
of
this
Battel
of
Rocroy
,
was
follow'd
with
a
Joy
that
was
the
more
sincere
,
because
your
Subjects
had
a
tender
Love
for
your
Majesty
,
and
the
Queen
your
Mother
.
The
Persecution
she
had
suffer'd
,
as
well
as
Mary
de
Medicis
,
during
Cardinal
Richelieu's
Ministry
,
procur'd
your
Mother
a
great
deal
of
pity
;
and
as
Pity
is
usually
accompany'd
with
Esteem
,
the
more
unhappy
she
had
been
,
the
more
People
resolv'd
to
follow
her
Fortune
.
However
,
it
ought
to
be
observ'd
,
it
was
otherwise
with
Mary
de
Medicis
;
for
all
People
saw
her
departure
out
of
the
Kingdom
with
dry
eyes
;
no
body
was
concern'd
,
but
her
own
particular
Servants
and
Domesticks
.
Upon
which
may
be
made
this
very
good
Reflection
,
That
Princes
soon
lose
the
Love
of
their
best
Subjects
by
their
ill
Government
.
She
had
shewn
too
much
Favour
to
Mareschal
d'Ancre
,
and
his
Wife
,
both
of
her
own
Country
,
to
be
pity'd
by
the
People
.
And
as
in
France
,
as
well
as
in
other
Places
,
they
do
not
love
to
obey
Strangers
,
the
Grandees
murmur'd
at
it
,
and
left
the
Court
,
because
the
Queen
little
regarged
their
Complaints
.
The
King
your
Father
also
grew
jealous
of
their
Power
,
which
caus'd
the
Assassination
of
the
Mareschal
,
and
the
tragical
end
of
his
Wife
.
However
,
it
was
very
ill
digested
;
and
God
be
thanked
we
have
not
seen
your
Majesty's
Reign
stain'd
with
any
thing
like
it
.
A
King
never
doth
well
to
dip
his
Hands
in
the
Blood
of
his
Subjects
:
When
they
deserve
Punishment
,
they
ought
to
be
legally
prosecuted
in
a
Court
of
Justice
;
which
perhaps
sometimes
cannot
be
safely
done
,
when
a
Subject
becomes
so
great
,
that
his
Master
hath
just
cause
to
be
afraid
of
him
.
Wallestein
was
such
a
one
;
and
therefore
the
Emperour
Ferdinand
III.
was
excusable
,
for
commanding
he
should
be
kill'd
.
Henry
III.
had
the
same
reason
to
rid
himself
of
the
Duke
of
Guise
,
when
he
was
upon
the
point
of
usurping
his
Kingdom
,
and
shutting
him
up
in
a
Monastery
.
But
,
except
in
such
cases
,
a
Criminal
is
to
be
put
into
the
hands
of
Justice
;
not
only
for
the
Prince's
own
sake
,
but
because
it
is
necessary
the
People
should
know
that
the
Person
is
guilty
.
Henry
IV.
took
this
course
with
Mareschal
Biron
;
for
tho'
he
fear'd
,
that
if
Biron
perceiv'd
his
Designs
were
discover'd
,
he
might
raise
Troubles
in
the
Kingdom
;
yet
that
did
not
hinder
the
King
from
having
a
greater
regard
to
what
he
ought
to
do
for
his
own
sake
,
than
for
what
might
thappen
.
The
Queen
your
Mother
,
SIR
,
had
done
well
,
had
she
taken
example
by
that
which
befel
Mary
de
Medicis
;
she
had
not
then
brought
the
State
,
as
she
did
,
within
so
near
being
lost
,
by
the
choice
she
made
of
Cardinal
Mazarin
to
succeed
Cardinal
Richelieu
.
His
being
a
Stranger
,
made
all
your
Subjects
forget
the
Obedience
that
was
due
to
their
Soveraign
.
It
was
to
no
purpose
to
tell
them
,
He
had
already
done
great
Services
to
the
Crown
,
and
was
still
able
to
do
greater
,
because
he
understood
foreign
Affairs
better
than
any
other
Person
;
which
indeed
is
absolutely
necessary
for
a
Publick
Minister
.
But
they
fancy'd
these
Reasons
not
so
good
as
their
own
;
nor
could
they
be
beaten
out
of
their
Opinion
,
That
he
being
born
a
Subject
of
the
King
of
Spain
,
was
never
to
be
trusted
.
And
accusing
the
Queen-Mother
of
being
more
a
Spaniard
than
a
French-Woman
,
they
seem'd
to
repent
the
Pity
they
had
had
for
her
;
which
appear'd
in
their
confessing
Cardinal
Richelieu
had
reason
to
persecute
her
;
tho'
all
the
Sufferings
she
had
endur'd
,
had
no
other
foundation
,
than
a
pretended
private
Intelligence
she
kept
with
the
King
of
Spain
her
Brother
.
But
so
People
might
satisfie
their
Passion
,
they
car'd
not
at
what
Price
they
did
it
.
I
have
reason
to
call
all
that
Passion
,
which
was
done
a
little
after
the
Death
of
the
King
your
Father
;
since
it
is
certain
,
that
your
Subjects
do
not
alway
call
Reason
to
their
Aid
:
If
they
had
,
they
would
have
seen
that
the
Queen
your
Mother
was
not
so
much
to
be
blam'd
as
they
thought
,
seeing
she
had
preferr'd
,
before
others
,
a
Man
that
was
able
to
keep
up
the
Reputation
the
Crown
had
gotten
in
foreign
Countries
,
and
knew
what
course
was
to
be
taken
to
meet
there
with
success
.
'T
is
that
which
all
the
World
doth
not
know
,
tho'
it
be
a
thing
of
very
great
Consequence
.
My
Brother
,
whom
your
Majesty
Honour'd
with
making
him
Secretary
of
State
for
Foreign
Affairs
,
took
the
liberty
many
times
to
represent
it
to
your
Majesty
;
but
the
Marquess
Louvoy
,
who
hath
Maxims
very
contrary
to
those
Great
Men's
,
who
have
preceeded
him
in
the
Administration
of
the
Kingdom
,
destroy'd
in
a
moment
all
that
he
strove
to
do
.
But
I
know
not
whether
the
Marquess
will
always
have
Reason
on
his
side
,
because
he
makes
use
of
the
Strength
only
of
your
own
Subjects
;
which
Cardinal
Richelieu
,
who
knows
as
much
as
he
,
did
not
do
,
when
he
carried
the
War
into
Germany
,
made
Catalonia
and
Portugal
revolt
:
and
led
the
way
to
the
low'ring
of
the
House
of
Austria
.
Indeed
,
tho'
your
Kingdom
be
very
powerful
,
and
your
Majesty
hath
a
third
part
at
least
increas'd
its
Strength
by
your
Conquests
;
yet
't
is
contrary
to
good
Sense
to
exhaust
all
its
Forces
.
Your
Majesty
will
be
better
able
to
maintain
the
War
,
by
arming
other
Princes
in
your
Favour
:
But
to
do
that
,
you
must
treat
them
like
Soveraigns
,
as
they
are
,
and
not
pretend
,
as
Monsieur
Louvoy
doth
,
because
they
are
your
Majesty's
Inferiours
,
they
ought
to
look
upon
themselves
as
Slaves
.
Your
Majesty
perhaps
knows
not
what
Answer
he
made
to
the
Elector
Palatine's
Envoy
,
who
complaining
at
the
beginning
of
the
Holland
War
,
That
his
Master
was
no
better
treated
,
than
those
who
were
actually
in
Arms
against
you
;
the
Marquess
told
him
,
That
it
did
not
become
such
a
petty
Prince
as
his
Master
,
to
make
so
great
a
Noise
about
so
small
a
Matter
:
That
your
Majesty
was
not
bound
to
give
an
account
to
any
Man
of
your
Actions
:
And
,
That
the
Elector's
standing
so
much
on
his
Points
,
was
the
way
to
lose
the
Honour
of
your
Friendship
.
Such
great
Words
,
SIR
,
may
imprint
on
Mens
Minds
,
a
magnificent
Idaea
of
your
Power
:
But
ought
your
Majesty
to
be
contented
with
it
?
Would
it
not
turn
more
to
your
Advantage
,
that
your
Justice
should
be
extoll'd
,
rather
than
proclaim
the
Condition
you
are
in
at
present
to
oppress
your
Neighbours
.
That
has
never
been
the
way
to
enlarge
Empires
:
The
Romans
,
who
boasted
themselves
Masters
of
all
the
World
,
had
more
regard
for
their
Allies
,
than
your
Minister
hath
for
yours
.
To
subject
them
,
requires
more
address
:
'T
is
better
Policy
to
weaken
'em
by
War
,
of
which
let
'em
suffer
the
Inconveniences
,
but
reap
none
of
the
Advantages
.
Conquests
are
not
ordinarily
made
for
them
,
tho'
they
are
the
Baits
wherewith
they
are
usually
tempted
and
drawn
in
.
They
may
be
wean'd
from
their
part
in
them
,
under
specious
Pretences
:
As
in
the
last
War
,
when
your
Majesty
made
the
Neighbour-Princes
restore
the
Places
they
had
taken
from
the
King
of
Sweden
;
and
which
the
Emperour
did
not
oppose
,
because
it
was
his
Interest
,
that
those
Princes
should
not
increase
their
Power
;
and
which
was
all
the
Reward
he
gave
them
,
for
taking
his
part
.
I
know
not
whether
that
which
I
have
now
said
be
a
Digression
;
because
it
hath
carried
me
from
my
Subject
:
But
I
could
not
find
a
sitter
place
for
it
than
here
;
and
the
reflexions
to
be
made
upon
it
,
are
of
as
great
consequence
as
those
I
have
yet
to
make
,
on
the
choice
the
Queen
your
Mother
made
of
Cardinal
Mazarin
.
To
excuse
her
preferring
him
before
others
,
three
Reasons
were
given
.
The
First
was
,
because
he
was
acquainted
with
Foreign
Affairs
;
the
Second
was
,
That
not
being
a
Native
of
France
,
he
had
no
kindred
or
Relations
to
enrich
;
the
Third
was
,
That
more
People
would
have
been
displeas'd
and
dissatisfy'd
,
had
he
been
a
French
Man
.
But
these
Reasons
are
so
weak
,
that
I
believe
they
do
not
much
sway
your
Majesty
;
as
for
the
First
,
if
Cardinal
Mazarin
knew
Affairs
abroad
,
he
was
ignorant
of
those
at
home
,
which
were
as
necessary
to
be
known
as
those
that
were
Foreign
;
and
indeed
,
the
Inconvenience
is
visible
,
seeing
that
which
comes
nearest
the
Heart
,
is
of
much
greater
consequence
,
than
that
which
lyes
remote
from
it
.
Beside
,
the
knowledge
of
Foreign
Affairs
,
is
not
so
very
difficult
to
be
acquired
;
the
Situation
and
the
State
of
Countries
is
the
greatest
part
of
it
,
and
by
that
a
Man
ought
to
regulate
himself
.
The
Second
Reason
is
not
better
,
but
the
contrary
;
for
there
are
a
hundred
things
to
be
objected
against
it
:
A
Stranger
hath
as
great
a
desire
as
any
other
Person
,
to
enrich
his
Kindred
,
in
what
place
soever
they
be
:
Beside
,
he
can
send
for
them
,
when
he
finds
himself
well
setled
.
Three
of
his
Nephews
,
and
seven
Neices
,
who
came
quickly
into
France
,
are
an
undeniable
Testimony
of
this
Truth
;
and
a
Minister
could
hardly
have
been
taken
out
of
any
other
Family
,
wherein
there
was
to
be
found
a
greater
number
of
Kindred
and
Relations
:
But
a
greater
Inconvenience
in
the
Choice
,
was
,
that
he
being
a
Foreigner
,
and
not
certain
how
long
he
should
keep
his
Post
,
would
be
every
Day
transmitting
into
his
own
Country
,
that
which
might
plentifully
maintain
him
,
in
case
he
fell
into
disgrace
.
Beside
,
it
was
not
to
be
supposed
,
that
a
Stranger
could
be
so
well
affected
to
France
,
as
one
that
sucked
in
the
Love
of
his
Country
with
his
Mothers
Milk
;
to
which
I
will
add
,
that
seeing
he
was
not
Married
,
nor
in
a
condition
ever
to
be
so
,
he
could
not
look
upon
France
,
as
a
Country
,
wherein
he
himself
,
or
his
Posterity
,
could
ever
hope
to
be
setled
.
The
Third
Reason
is
much
weaker
than
the
other
Two
;
which
was
,
that
when
in
so
great
a
Kingdom
as
your
Majesty's
,
People
of
very
great
Quality
and
Merit
,
see
the
Ministry
put
into
the
Hands
of
a
Stranger
;
Who
is
he
,
that
hath
so
ill
an
Opinion
of
himself
,
as
to
believe
he
doth
not
better
deserve
it
,
than
a
Man
to
whom
no
body
is
related
?
Whose
Manners
and
good
Qualities
are
not
known
;
and
to
whom
,
were
People
never
so
much
convinc'd
of
his
Merit
,
they
would
not
be
so
just
as
to
give
him
his
due
?
For
my
own
part
,
I
believe
the
Queen
your
Mother
had
some
other
Reasons
(
than
those
alledged
)
for
her
Choice
.
Perhaps
it
was
,
because
other
Pretenders
did
not
make
use
of
her
Interest
to
obtain
the
Place
,
and
consequently
,
foreseeing
they
would
not
thank
her
,
she
,
for
that
Reason
,
made
the
Choice
she
did
.
But
whatever
it
was
,
her
Majesty
quickly
saw
so
many
new
Troubles
break
out
,
that
tho'
she
had
been
us'd
to
the
like
,
in
the
Reign
of
the
deceased
King
,
yet
she
was
very
much
surpris'd
:
Their
beginning
seem'd
not
so
much
to
be
fear'd
,
because
among
all
the
Malecontents
that
openly
declared
themselves
,
there
was
neither
a
Duke
of
Orleans
,
or
a
Prince
of
the
Blood
,
as
there
was
in
the
time
of
Cardinal
Richelieu's
Ministry
:
But
it
was
in
this
,
Men
were
most
deceived
;
for
Popular
Commotions
are
more
difficult
to
be
appeas'd
,
than
those
wherein
some
great
Person
is
ingag'd
;
for
he
by
some
particular
Favour
seasonably
bestow'd
on
him
,
is
usually
bought
off
from
doing
farther
Mischief
;
whereas
,
many
Arts
are
to
be
used
to
calm
a
mutinous
Multitude
,
and
especially
when
they
have
taken
a
fancy
to
Command
.
The
Revolt
(
of
which
I
shall
hereafter
speak
to
your
Majesty
)
was
of
this
kind
;
for
the
Parliament
of
Paris
was
concern'd
in
it
,
though
they
decreed
the
Queen
your
Mother
,
should
have
the
Tuition
of
your
Majesty
,
with
a
more
ample
Power
,
than
that
which
the
deceased
King
by
his
Declaration
left
her
;
yet
this
being
done
by
the
solicitation
of
her
chief
Almoner
the
Bishop
of
Beauvais
,
who
had
a
great
many
Friends
,
and
to
whom
she
had
given
hopes
to
be
first
Minister
,
as
soon
as
he
saw
himself
deceived
,
and
not
able
to
undoe
what
he
had
done
,
he
did
all
he
could
to
stir
up
Enemies
against
her
.
Her
Majesty
,
who
had
a
great
Soul
,
and
worthy
of
her
high
Birth
,
thought
this
was
but
a
Wave
which
would
break
of
it self
,
and
whereof
she
was
not
so
much
as
to
seem
to
take
any
notice
;
nevertheless
,
still
aiming
at
your
Majesty's
Grandeur
,
she
gave
Orders
to
the
Duke
d'
Anguien
,
who
after
the
Battel
of
Rocroy
,
had
given
the
Garrison
of
Landrecis
great
Liberty
,
by
demolishing
certain
Castles
that
straighten'd
it
,
to
lay
Seige
to
Thyonville
.
Mareschal
de
Guebriant
who
was
on
the
other
side
of
the
Rhine
,
endeavoured
to
amuse
the
Enemy
,
that
they
might
not
relieve
the
Place
;
nevertheless
Mello
,
who
had
gotten
together
the
scattered
Troops
of
the
Spanish
Army
,
joyning
with
General
Bek
,
resolved
the
Place
should
not
be
taken
without
Blows
:
But
your
Majesty's
Fortune
supported
by
the
Duke
d'
Anguien's
Valour
,
frustrated
all
their
Endeavours
,
so
that
this
Conquest
which
made
such
a
Noise
abroad
,
began
to
make
your
Reign
so
Illustrious
,
that
your
Allyes
,
who
fear'd
the
Death
of
the
deceased
King
,
would
make
a
change
in
your
Affairs
,
did
now
again
begin
to
take
Courage
.
It
was
by
your
means
,
that
the
Swedes
did
not
only
keep
their
Conquests
in
Germany
,
but
enlarged
them
.
The
Dutchess
of
Savoy
likewise
,
by
your
Assistance
,
retook
Trin
,
and
Pontdesture
,
which
were
in
the
Possession
of
the
Spaniards
.
But
that
which
gave
them
more
Trouble
,
was
the
Duke
of
Braganza's
putting
the
Crown
of
Portugal
upon
his
own
Head
,
by
the
Aid
your
deceased
Father
had
given
him
;
and
still
kept
it
in
spite
of
all
Spain
,
by
the
succours
he
receiv'd
from
you
:
The
Spaniards
had
no
better
Success
in
Catalonia
,
where
Monsieur
La
Mothe
frustrated
all
their
Designs
;
so
that
that
Province
revolted
at
the
same
time
Portugal
did
,
and
maintained
it self
against
all
the
Power
of
Spain
.
Your
Majesty
likewise
beat
them
at
Sea
,
where
the
Duke
de
Bressé
,
who
commanded
your
Fleet
,
set
upon
them
in
the
Port
of
Cartagena
.
These
Miracles
were
done
in
the
first
Year
of
your
Minority
,
and
lost
none
of
their
Lustre
;
but
by
the
raising
of
the
Siege
of
Alexandria
,
which
Prince
Thomas
had
a
little
too
imprudently
undertaken
;
and
by
a
Tumult
rais'd
in
Rovergne
,
which
was
quickly
quash'd
.
That
which
is
yet
more
wonderful
,
is
,
That
your
Realm
,
which
was
not
very
quiet
,
did
not
promise
such
favourable
Events
;
and
that
you
were
also
obliged
to
cause
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
to
be
seised
,
who
conspired
against
your
Prime
Minister
:
You
at
first
resolved
to
have
Exemplary
Justice
executed
upon
him
,
and
therefore
ordered
your
Court
of
Parliament
to
prosecute
him
:
but
you
being
the
best
of
Men
,
caused
all
proceedings
against
him
to
cease
,
and
you
were
contented
he
should
expiate
his
Crime
,
only
by
imprisonment
.
The
following
Year
,
1664.
was
not
altogether
so
prosperous
,
at
least
the
beginning
of
it
:
For
Mareschal
Guebriant's
Army
was
defeated
at
Teuteling
,
by
their
fault
,
under
whose
Command
it
remained
after
his
Death
.
That
General
,
who
towards
the
end
of
the
preceeding
Year
,
had
besieged
Rotuiel
,
was
there
hurt
with
a
Faucon
Shot
,
whereof
he
died
:
Which
may
put
your
Majesty
in
mind
of
how
great
consequence
it
is
to
you
,
to
have
an
experienc'd
General
;
as
such
a
one
is
hard
to
be
found
,
so
your
Majesty
ought
not
only
to
set
a
high
Value
upon
him
;
but
likewise
oblige
others
to
follow
your
Example
.
For
is
it
not
a
strange
thing
to
see
with
what
Haughtiness
Monsieur
Louvoy
treats
your
Commanders
,
even
from
the
highest
to
the
lowest
;
't
is
with
so
much
Pride
,
that
it
disgusts
all
Men
of
any
Courage
;
and
they
would
certainly
desert
your
Majesty
,
if
their
Love
for
you
did
not
prevail
over
their
Resentments
.
I
very
well
know
,
when
he
gives
your
Majesty
an
Account
of
things
,
he
very
much
Mis-represents
them
:
He
makes
you
believe
,
that
unless
your
Commanders
be
kept
Humble
,
they
will
not
Obey
you
,
and
you
shall
never
be
served
by
them
as
you
ought
to
be
:
But
he
is
much
in
the
wrong
;
For
all
your
Subjects
love
you
so
well
,
that
they
all
blindly
obey
you
.
The
Marquess
,
with
this
Pretence
,
cloaks
all
his
exorbitant
Ambition
;
he
is
very
well
pleased
to
mingle
his
own
Interest
with
your
Majesty's
,
which
might
be
of
dangerous
consequence
to
a
King
,
not
so
Wise
and
Virtuous
as
you
are
.
It
would
be
an
Insensible
Usurpation
upon
his
Authority
,
and
there
needed
nothing
more
to
plain
the
way
to
his
Throne
.
Your
Majesty
perhaps
doth
not
know
,
that
to
get
Preferment
,
't
is
much
better
to
be
his
Creature
,
than
to
have
Merit
;
so
that
he
hath
a
greater
Court
than
yours
;
and
all
the
difference
between
them
is
,
that
to
meet
with
Success
in
the
one
,
Men
must
Cringe
,
and
make
low
Bows
;
but
in
the
other
,
it
is
enough
to
be
a
Brave
and
an
Honest
Man
.
The
great
Affairs
,
which
your
Majesty
had
then
upon
your
Hands
,
did
not
hinder
you
from
giving
Refuge
to
a
Princess
persecuted
by
Fortune
:
The
English
,
who
made
War
against
their
King
,
and
by
their
evil
Designs
against
him
,
made
it
evident
,
they
would
carry
on
their
Attempts
to
the
utmost
extremity
,
your
Majesty
mollified
his
Misforune
,
by
giving
a
Retreat
to
the
Queen
his
Wife
;
which
will
not
be
one
of
the
least
remarkable
Passages
in
your
History
;
since
pity
doth
not
always
reign
in
the
Hearts
of
Kings
,
they
oftner
giving
ear
to
what
Policy
suggests
,
than
to
the
Dictates
of
their
Duty
.
But
I
can
,
without
deceiving
my self
,
say
,
that
this
Policy
is
none
of
the
best
,
since
the
same
Fate
may
befal
all
Soveraigns
;
and
it
were
better
they
would
with
their
Arms
punish
Rebellion
:
Then
perhaps
it
would
not
be
so
frequent
as
it
is
in
all
Kingdoms
.
But
this
is
to
advise
what
is
impossible
,
it
being
now
the
general
practice
,
rather
quite
to
undoe
,
than
help
an
unhappy
Man
.
For
an
Action
so
acceptable
,
God
soon
rewarded
your
Majesty
,
you
made
your self
Master
of
Gravelins
,
notwithstanding
all
the
Spaniards
(
under
the
Command
of
General
Picolomini
)
could
do
to
hinder
it
,
your
Army
kept
them
from
succouring
Germany
.
You
sent
thither
the
Duke
d'
Anguien
,
who
there
gain'd
the
Famous
Battel
of
Friburg
,
your
Troops
fighting
three
Days
together
to
get
a
compleat
Victory
.
The
fruit
of
your
Labours
was
the
taking
of
Phillipsbourg
,
and
all
the
places
upon
the
Rhine
near
it
.
Beside
,
you
reconfirm'd
your
Allyes
,
who
were
in
great
Consternation
,
for
what
had
happened
at
Teuteling
.
The
House
of
Austria
had
it's
Revenge
in
Catalonia
,
where
Mareschal
de
la
Motthe
was
beaten
,
in
endeavouring
to
relieve
Lerida
,
which
was
taken
,
and
he
forc'd
to
raise
the
siege
of
Terragonne
,
which
he
had
invested
to
make
a
diversion
.
Balaguier
was
also
reduced
,
and
so
had
been
the
whole
Province
,
if
the
Spaniards
Affairs
had
gone
well
in
Portugal
:
But
having
lost
a
great
Battel
there
,
they
were
forc'd
to
carry
some
Troops
thither
,
which
did
so
weaken
them
,
that
they
could
do
nothing
more
all
that
Campaign
.
That
of
Italy
likewise
,
was
not
very
prosperous
,
after
several
Ingagements
,
wherein
the
Spaniards
,
as
well
as
your
Majesty
,
met
sometimes
with
good
,
and
sometimes
with
ill
Fortune
.
Your
Army
was
forced
to
quit
the
Siege
of
Finall
;
but
you
succeeded
better
in
the
prosecution
of
your
Rights
at
Rome
,
where
some
endeavoured
to
affront
you
in
the
Person
of
your
Ambassadour
:
The
Protection
which
you
gave
to
the
Duke
of
Parma
,
from
whom
the
Pope
for
his
convenience
had
taken
the
Dutchy
of
Castro
,
weighed
much
with
many
in
that
Country
;
so
that
by
your
Medition
,
Peace
was
made
with
many
Princes
,
who
had
taken
Part
in
that
Quarrel
.
So
many
great
things
were
not
able
to
satisfie
your
Mind
:
you
cut
out
work
for
the
Emperour
,
who
endeavoured
to
do
the
like
to
your
Allyes
;
and
seeing
he
made
the
Danes
Arm
against
the
Swedes
,
you
were
not
only
quit
with
him
,
in
stirring
up
the
Prince
of
Transilvania
against
him
;
but
you
sent
an
Ambassador
to
the
two
Crowns
to
hinder
their
differences
from
proceeding
any
further
:
And
since
it
was
not
your
humour
to
give
Counsel
to
others
,
which
you
would
not
follow
your self
,
you
consented
to
treat
of
a
general
Peace
at
Munster
,
where
some
were
come
together
,
with
a
resolution
to
put
an
end
to
so
great
a
work
.
Your
mediation
was
received
by
the
Northern
Crowns
,
in
spite
of
all
the
Traverses
made
by
the
House
of
Austria
,
to
render
it
suspected
,
and
your
Ministers
finding
so
great
a
Progress
made
towards
the
ending
of
their
Differences
,
their
Endeavours
succeeded
so
well
,
that
a
Peace
was
concluded
.
The
Sweeds
being
delivered
from
their
Troubles
,
caused
by
this
War
;
you
ordered
Vicount
Turenne
whom
you
had
sent
the
Year
before
into
Germany
,
to
take
upon
him
the
Command
of
Mareschal
Guebrient's
Army
,
and
to
act
in
concert
with
them
;
but
tho'
he
was
a
great
Captain
,
he
was
defeated
at
Mariendall
,
it
being
impossible
for
him
to
avoid
it
.
Here
begun
the
Campagne
of
1645.
wherein
you
had
quickly
your
Revenge
,
almost
in
all
places
where
you
had
Souldiers
:
You
took
Roses
in
Catalonia
,
having
sent
thither
Count
Harcourt
,
in
the
place
of
Mareschal
la
Motthe
,
whom
you
caus'd
to
be
seized
,
not
only
for
the
Faults
he
was
guilty
of
the
former
Campagne
;
but
because
to
excuse
himself
,
he
endeavour'd
to
blemish
the
Reputation
of
your
chief
Minister
,
whom
he
accus'd
to
be
the
cause
of
his
ill
Success
,
pretending
he
had
let
him
want
all
things
:
But
't
is
not
reasonable
,
that
any
Person
should
justifie
himself
at
another
Man's
cost
;
at
least
,
when
things
are
not
as
clear
as
the
Day
.
The
Spaniards
endeavoured
to
relieve
Roses
;
but
Count
Harcourt
having
opposed
their
Passage
,
while
the
Count
du
Plessis
Praslin
was
before
it
;
they
tryed
to
put
in
Relief
by
Sea
,
but
met
with
the
same
Difficulties
,
because
your
Fleet
was
there
:
Your
Majesty
(
who
takes
pleasure
in
rewarding
Men
of
Merit
)
sent
a
Mareschal's
Staff
to
Count
du
Plessis
.
The
taking
of
this
Town
,
was
follow'd
with
the
defeat
of
the
Spaniards
in
the
plain
of
Livrons
,
and
the
re-taking
of
Balaguier
;
so
that
after
so
many
happy
Successes
,
all
that
had
gone
ill
in
the
former
Campagne
,
was
quite
forgot
.
The
Duke
d'
Anguien
,
whom
you
sent
again
this
Year
into
Germany
,
quickly
reveng'd
Vicount
Turenne
,
by
defeating
the
Enemy
at
Norlingue
;
while
the
Duke
of
Orleans
in
Flanders
,
took
the
Fort
of
Mardyke
,
Link
,
and
Bourbourg
.
Your
Majesty
multiplied
your
Conquests
,
with
adding
those
of
St.
Venant
,
Lilliers
,
Armentiers
and
Bethunes
.
You
caus'd
the
Fort
of
la
Motthe
to
be
demolish'd
,
out
of
which
the
Lorrain
Troops
were
driven
with
great
difficulty
,
and
which
served
them
for
a
place
of
Retreat
,
after
committing
a
thousand
Robberies
.
Prince
Thomas
had
again
signaliz'd
the
Glory
of
your
Arms
in
Italy
,
if
he
could
have
kept
Vigevane
and
its
Cittadel
,
which
he
had
taken
:
But
it
was
impossible
for
him
to
resist
the
great
Efforts
the
Enemy
made
to
retake
'em
.
The
Emperour
,
on
his
side
,
sent
so
strong
an
Army
to
the
Rhine
,
that
he
re-took
all
the
Places
he
had
lost
,
Phillipsbourg
only
excepted
.
Perhaps
it
had
not
been
done
,
if
the
Duke
d'
Anguien
had
been
at
the
Head
of
your
Majesty's
Troops
;
but
he
was
fallen
Sick
,
and
return'd
to
Paris
.
Vicount
Turenne
in
the
mean
time
took
Treves
,
and
your
Maiesty
restored
it
again
to
its
lawful
Prince
,
whom
,
after
a
long
Imprisonment
,
you
set
at
Liberty
:
You
have
always
been
a
Sanctuary
to
the
Unfortunate
,
witness
the
Barbarines
,
to
whom
you
gave
protection
,
though
all
Europe
thought
them
unworthy
of
it
,
for
the
War
they
had
kindled
in
Italy
,
which
was
but
just
then
extinguish'd
:
But
it
was
enough
when
they
were
persecuted
to
have
the
Honour
of
your
Protection
;
of
which
the
Duke
of
Monaco
being
confident
,
threw
himself
into
your
Majesty's
Arms
,
and
quitted
the
Spaniards
Party
,
which
till
then
he
had
followed
.
The
Year
1646
,
was
full
of
great
Events
;
your
Majesty
took
a
second
time
the
Fort
of
Mardyke
,
which
the
Enemy
had
re-taken
towards
the
end
of
the
Campagne
;
your
Majesty
likewise
took
Furnes
and
Dunquerque
,
which
gave
so
great
an
Allarm
to
all
Flanders
,
that
they
thought
themselves
irrecoverably
lost
.
Vicount
Turenne
enter'd
into
the
very
Heart
of
Germany
,
which
made
the
Emperour
perceive
,
it
was
better
to
make
a
Peace
,
than
to
hearken
to
the
Spaniards
,
who
endeavoured
to
perswade
him
,
that
your
Majesty
,
during
your
Minority
,
was
not
able
to
bear
the
Burden
of
so
many
weighty
Affairs
,
you
had
then
upon
your
Hands
.
Nevertheless
,
your
Minister
engag'd
you
in
an
Enterprize
,
for
which
he
ought
never
to
be
forgiven
;
since
it
was
in
no
wise
to
your
Majesty's
Advantage
,
and
that
the
publique
Interest
was
less
consider'd
in
it
,
than
his
own
.
He
had
married
one
of
his
Relations
to
a
Nephew
of
the
Barbarin's
,
and
this
Allyance
disposing
him
to
do
all
he
could
for
them
,
he
carry'd
the
War
to
the
Borders
of
Tuscany
,
and
caused
Orbitelle
to
be
besieged
:
His
design
in
this
,
was
to
mortifie
the
great
Duke
,
the
Barbarin's
capital
Enemy
;
but
this
Enterprize
having
allarm'd
all
Italy
,
it
gave
such
Succours
to
the
Spaniards
,
as
raised
the
Siege
,
tho'
your
Fleet
had
repulsed
the
Enemy's
.
The
Success
which
your
Arms
had
at
Piombino
and
Portolongonne
,
did
drowne
the
Memory
of
this
Loss
;
but
the
Joy
for
that
Success
was
damp'd
,
by
the
raising
of
the
Siege
of
Lerida
,
wherein
Count
Harcourt
had
spent
seven
Months
to
no
purpose
.
The
Protection
which
your
Majesty
gave
to
the
Barbarines
,
was
so
great
an
Advantage
to
them
;
that
their
Goods
which
had
been
seiz'd
by
the
Pope's
Order
,
were
restored
to
them
.
The
Cardinal
Desté
was
also
sensible
of
the
Honour
you
did
him
,
in
embracing
his
Interest
;
for
without
it
,
the
Admiral
of
Castile
,
would
never
have
done
him
reason
,
who
took
a
pleasure
to
insult
him
in
the
middle
of
the
City
of
Rome
.
You
were
indeed
at
that
time
,
the
Protector
of
the
Oppressed
,
which
you
made
appear
to
the
Venetians
,
in
whose
favour
you
sent
an
Ambassador
to
the
great
Turk
,
to
dis-swade
him
from
the
War
he
was
about
to
make
upon
them
:
The
Respect
which
the
Grand
Signior
had
for
your
Majesty
,
made
him
promise
all
things
;
but
Interest
will
prevail
over
Promises
,
when
one
hath
to
do
with
Barbarians
;
the
Turk
quickly
forgot
this
,
when
he
saw
that
Republique
was
not
in
Case
to
defend
it self
.
The
Year
1647.
was
remarkable
,
for
your
Majesty
's
then
having
the
Small-Pox
,
by
which
you
were
in
great
Danger
:
But
we
were
soon
rid
of
our
Fear
,
when
we
saw
the
greatness
of
your
Courage
;
for
you
ask'd
Pardon
for
one
of
your
Officers
,
whom
the
Queen
had
commanded
not
to
come
near
you
,
she
suspecting
you
were
infected
by
him
.
What
a
loss
had
it
been
for
France
,
and
how
great
a
happiness
for
Spain
,
if
your
Sickness
had
been
Mortal
,
as
't
was
feared
?
The
Spaniards
whom
,
as
young
as
you
were
,
you
daily
made
to
feel
the
weight
of
your
Arm
,
were
so
astonisht
,
that
they
sent
into
Flanders
the
Arch-Duke
Leopold
,
hoping
that
the
greatness
of
his
Birth
,
would
incite
him
to
out-do
those
that
had
preceeded
him
in
the
Government
of
those
Provinces
,
and
make
better
Head
against
your
Majesty
:
He
came
into
the
Country
with
a
good
Army
,
and
re-took
Amentiers
,
Landrecis
,
and
Dixmude
:
But
you
took
from
him
la
Bassée
,
and
Lens
,
where
you
lost
Mareschal
Gassion
,
who
was
there
Mortally
wounded
.
Your
Majesty
,
who
had
been
the
last
Year
on
the
Frontiers
,
came
thither
again
this
Year
,
and
inspired
Courage
into
your
Souldiers
,
by
giving
'em
great
marks
of
your
Liberality
.
But
the
Arch-Duke
hindering
you
from
making
any
further
Conquests
in
that
Country
;
your
Majesty
was
very
well
pleased
with
the
great
Success
your
Arms
had
in
Germany
.
The
Duke
of
Bavaria
was
forced
to
accept
of
a
Neutrality
,
as
the
Duke
of
Saxony
had
done
some
time
before
;
so
that
the
Emperour
had
at
that
Instant
concluded
a
Peace
,
had
not
the
Spaniards
disswaded
him
from
it
;
their
Reasons
were
,
the
appearance
of
some
Sparks
of
the
Civil-War
,
which
soon
after
broke
out
;
but
the
Mischief
they
wish'd
us
,
fell
more
upon
them
,
than
upon
us
;
and
the
Revolt
which
hap'ned
at
Naples
,
put
them
into
strange
Confusion
.
Your
Majesty
supported
that
Commotion
,
with
all
your
Forces
;
and
equip'd
a
brave
Fleet
to
carry
Succors
thither
:
But
the
Duke
of
Guise
,
who
had
thrown
himself
into
the
Place
,
acting
there
independently
from
your
Majesty
;
Cardinal
Mazarin
who
did
not
love
him
,
took
occasion
to
recall
the
Fleet
,
without
furnishing
him
with
the
Necessaries
he
wanted
:
The
Cardinal
was
inexcusable
,
since
it
was
a
capital
Crime
not
to
lay
hold
of
so
fair
an
Opportunity
;
if
your
Majesty
had
not
been
in
full
Minority
,
you
had
been
better
served
.
Notwithstanding
,
the
Duke
of
Guise
maintain'd
things
with
a
great
deal
of
good
Fortune
and
Courage
,
while
the
Duke
d'
Anguien
,
who
had
now
after
his
Father's
Death
taken
the
Name
of
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
saw
the
Laurels
he
had
gather'd
in
Flanders
and
Germany
,
wither
by
his
ill
Success
before
Lerida
,
which
he
had
besieged
.
I
wish
I
could
pass
over
in
silence
the
Year
1648.
a
Year
!
Fatal
to
our
Monarchy
!
and
wherein
,
the
greatest
part
of
your
Subjects
began
to
fail
in
their
Obedience
to
your
Majesty
;
you
know
the
pretence
they
had
for
it
,
were
the
many
Taxes
wherewith
they
were
burdened
;
but
the
real
Cause
was
,
the
Ambition
of
the
Parliament
,
which
pretended
to
enlarge
its
Authority
;
they
began
to
examine
all
that
your
Majesty
did
in
your
Cabinet
,
and
tho'
you
commanded
them
not
to
assemble
about
any
other
Business
,
than
to
judge
and
determine
the
differences
and
Law-Suits
depending
between
your
Subjects
;
yet
they
regarded
not
your
Commands
;
but
condemned
your
Edicts
,
whereof
the
necessity
of
your
Affairs
required
the
publication
.
This
put
the
Kingdom
into
so
ill
a
Condition
,
that
the
Arch-Duke
took
Furnes
,
Ettere
and
Lens
:
The
Prince
of
Condé
,
whom
your
Majesty
sent
against
him
,
having
taken
Ypres
the
beginning
of
the
Campagne
,
retook
Ettere
,
and
at
Lens
gave
the
Arch-Duke
Battel
and
beat
him
:
This
Success
encourag'd
your
Majesty
to
try
to
suppress
the
Sedition
;
you
caused
the
chief
Rebels
to
be
seized
at
their
going
out
from
the
Te
Deum
sung
at
Notredame
,
for
the
Victory
;
but
instead
of
having
,
by
this
brisk
Action
,
the
Success
you
had
reason
t'
expect
;
it
heightened
the
Rebellion
to
such
a
degree
,
that
you
had
cause
to
be
surpriz'd
at
it
:
The
Parisians
took
Arms
in
Favour
of
the
Prisoners
,
and
having
made
Barricadoes
in
all
the
Streets
within
an
Hundred
Paces
of
your
Pallace
,
they
oblig'd
you
to
release
them
.
I
draw
a
Curtain
over
the
remembrance
of
an
Action
so
displeasing
to
you
,
and
so
shameful
in
them
;
if
the
Queen
could
have
prevailed
,
she
wou'd
never
have
consented
to
it
;
for
she
maintain'd
it
would
be
such
a
Blow
to
your
Authority
,
as
would
be
of
dangerous
consequence
.
I
think
she
was
in
the
right
,
and
indeed
this
Condescention
,
served
only
to
increase
the
Boldness
of
the
Mutineers
;
so
that
they
were
not
long
without
making
new
Demands
:
However
,
this
did
not
hinder
the
Emperour
from
concluding
a
Peace
with
your
Majesty
,
who
by
having
gain'd
the
Battel
of
Sommerhausen
,
reduced
him
to
such
a
condition
,
that
he
and
those
that
had
taken
up
Arms
in
his
Favour
,
had
been
lost
without
it
.
You
took
care
of
the
Interest
of
your
Allyes
,
whom
the
Spaniards
,
by
their
Intriegues
,
endeavoured
to
separate
from
you
;
but
what
is
more
remarkable
,
you
shewed
your self
the
Protector
of
the
Catholick
Religion
,
though
all
your
Allyes
are
Protestants
,
and
which
might
very
well
have
embroyled
you
with
them
.
But
the
Emperour
minded
only
his
own
Interests
,
and
quite
forgot
those
of
Religion
,
which
he
had
many
times
,
during
the
War
,
made
a
shew
of
maintaining
;
but
there
is
great
difference
between
Words
and
Deeds
,
which
teacheth
us
,
that
if
we
will
not
be
deceiv'd
,
it
is
much
better
to
trust
to
the
one
,
than
to
the
other
.
This
Treaty
,
wherein
your
Majesty
shew'd
your self
more
firm
to
the
Interest
of
your
Allyes
,
than
to
your
own
;
procur'd
you
the
Friendship
of
all
the
Princes
of
the
Empire
,
who
begun
to
look
upon
you
as
their
Protector
:
They
did
no
longer
fear
the
Emperour's
bereaving
them
of
their
Liberty
,
or
that
for
the
future
,
there
would
be
any
more
Princes
,
who
like
Charles
V.
would
endeavour
to
subject
them
.
What
mischief
hath
Monsieur
Louvoy
done
,
to
trouble
a
Harmony
so
necessary
to
both
Parties
?
from
which
the
Emperour
could
never
hope
for
any
good
?
It
may
also
be
said
,
that
this
Minister's
Imprudence
hath
been
very
great
;
seeing
notwithstanding
,
the
just
Fears
all
the
Empire
ought
to
have
,
of
his
Imperial
Majesty's
Power
,
yet
he
hath
so
very
ill
treated
all
its
Members
,
that
they
are
now
again
ready
to
unite
against
your
Majesty
;
many
Politicians
wonder
at
it
,
and
say
,
that
seeing
they
have
more
Reason
to
fear
the
Emperour
,
than
your
Majesty
,
they
will
take
the
wrong
side
,
if
they
joyn
again
with
the
Emperour
:
But
to
be
of
their
Opinion
,
it
ought
to
be
known
,
what
this
Minister
of
yours
requires
of
them
;
he
never
speaks
to
them
,
but
with
a
Cudgel
in
his
Hand
,
and
since
Soveraigns
are
not
used
to
be
so
treated
,
they
think
if
Chains
are
to
be
avoided
,
they
are
those
which
are
presented
with
so
much
rudeness
.
Your
Majesty
carry'd
the
War
into
Italy
,
notwithstanding
you
had
so
much
to
do
in
the
Heart
of
your
own
Kingdom
:
But
the
Spaniards
having
taken
the
Duke
of
Guise
Prisoner
,
and
pacified
the
troubles
of
Naples
,
they
made
the
Duke
of
Modena
rise
from
Cremona
which
he
had
besieged
after
his
taking
part
with
your
Majesty
:
But
the
Spaniards
fail'd
in
the
Design
they
had
upon
Marseilles
,
where
they
intended
to
burn
your
Majesty's
Ships
,
wich
were
in
that
Port
,
and
to
seize
upon
the
Town
,
where
many
of
the
Inhabitants
held
Intelligence
with
them
.
Your
Majesty
,
to
whom
this
was
of
extream
great
Consequence
,
caus'd
those
that
were
most
guilty
to
be
punisht
,
and
pardon'd
others
,
that
by
your
Goodness
,
they
might
be
induced
not
to
fail
for
the
future
,
in
the
Obedience
they
ow'd
you
:
But
the
continual
Attempts
of
the
Parliament
,
being
of
very
ill
Example
to
those
that
were
dis-affected
;
in
many
Places
,
People
lost
all
respect
due
to
your
Majesty
;
so
that
the
Hollanders
,
whom
your
Majesty
,
according
to
the
Example
of
the
King
your
Father
,
and
of
Henry
IV.
of
glorious
Memory
,
had
assisted
against
the
Spaniards
,
made
Peace
with
them
.
Your
Majesty
,
notwithstanding
all
this
,
maintain'd
the
War
in
Catalonia
,
with
a
great
deal
of
Reputation
;
you
rais'd
the
Siege
of
Flix
,
which
the
Enemy
had
invested
,
and
made
your self
Master
of
Tortose
,
in
sight
of
the
Enemy's
Army
Commanded
by
Mello
,
who
went
out
of
Flanders
thither
;
and
had
it
not
been
for
the
Rebellion
of
your
Subjects
,
to
how
great
a
pitch
had
your
Glory
been
rais'd
?
It
was
very
much
increas'd
by
the
Victory
your
Navy
had
in
the
Mediterranean
,
tho'
it
was
much
Inferiour
to
that
of
the
Enemys
;
for
it
consisted
not
of
above
twenty
nine
Vessels
,
when
they
had
Forty
Two
.
Notwithstanding
,
this
Inequality
did
not
hinder
you
from
sinking
Three
,
and
had
not
Night
came
on
,
they
had
reason
to
fear
the
loss
of
more
.
So
many
Affairs
,
and
of
so
great
consequence
,
were
enough
to
take
up
your
thoughts
,
and
seeing
they
always
tended
to
the
good
of
your
State
,
you
minded
what
pass'd
in
Poland
,
where
the
Glory
of
your
Name
frustrated
all
the
Spaniards
Endeavours
,
to
have
a
King
elected
that
should
be
a
Friend
to
their
Interest
:
But
they
were
baffled
in
their
Design
;
for
Casimire
Brother
to
the
deceased
,
was
preferr'd
before
the
Person
the
Spaniards
propos'd
,
for
which
he
was
wholly
obliged
to
your
Majesty
.
CHAP.
II.
Containing
what
pass'd
from
the
Paris
War
,
to
the
Peace
of
the
Pyrenées
.
THE
Parliaments
Attempts
daily
encreasing
,
notwithstanding
the
continual
care
your
Majesty
took
to
suppress
them
;
it
would
have
been
weakness
to
have
longer
dissembled
your
Resentments
,
which
made
you
resolve
to
punish
the
Offenders
.
You
left
the
City
of
Paris
ingag'd
in
the
Rebellion
,
and
retir'd
to
St.
Germains
in
Laye
;
you
caused
Paris
to
be
block'd
up
by
your
Flanders
Army
,
commanded
by
the
Prince
of
Condé
.
This
punishment
ought
to
have
made
the
Mutineers
return
to
their
Duty
;
but
their
Boldness
equal'd
their
Disobedience
,
and
after
they
had
stirr'd
up
other
Cities
of
your
Kingdom
to
take
their
part
,
they
rely'd
on
their
own
Strength
to
relist
your
Majesty
.
Scarce
one
(
even
the
Coadjutor
himself
,
forgetting
his
Character
)
but
rais'd
a
Regiment
against
you
:
The
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
who
had
escap'd
out
of
Prison
,
was
likewise
one
of
your
Majesty's
mortal
Enemies
;
the
Prince
of
Conti
,
Brother
to
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
also
took
Arms
against
your
Majesty
;
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
,
his
Sister
,
with
the
Duke
her
Husband
,
fell
in
with
the
Parliament
,
and
she
,
by
her
Beauty
,
drew
in
the
Prince
of
Marsillae
,
who
had
more
mind
to
her
,
than
to
signalize
his
Disobedience
;
but
this
Passion
,
LOVE
,
which
blinds
Men
to
that
degree
,
that
they
know
not
themselves
,
made
him
forget
that
respect
he
always
had
for
your
Majesty
,
and
in
which
he
was
better
instructed
than
others
,
because
he
had
an
infinite
deal
of
Wit.
This
was
not
the
only
mischief
which
Love
did
your
Majesty
;
the
Jealousie
which
this
Prince
of
Marsillac
had
against
the
Husband
of
the
Dutchess
,
together
with
the
fear
he
had
his
Passion
might
be
discover'd
,
would
not
let
him
rest
,
till
he
got
into
Normandy
,
where
he
made
that
Province
revolt
,
being
Governour
of
it
.
We
see
what
Springs
Love
sets
a
going
,
which
we
often
attribute
to
Ambition
,
for
want
of
searching
things
to
the
bottom
;
but
it
is
a
dangerous
Passion
,
and
very
much
to
be
condemned
,
when
a
Mistress
makes
us
fail
in
our
Duty
to
our
Soveraign
,
to
whom
we
are
so
closely
ty'd
,
that
we
cannot
be
unfaithful
to
him
,
without
being
so
to
GOD.
The
Bloccade
of
Paris
had
not
the
Effect
your
Majesty
expected
;
and
tho'
that
great
City
suffer'd
extremely
,
yet
the
Parliament
continued
so
great
an
Aversion
to
your
publique
Minister
,
that
they
were
so
Bold
,
as
to
require
his
being
sent
out
of
the
Kingdom
,
before
they
would
lay
down
their
Arms.
This
insolent
Proposition
was
accompanied
with
others
of
the
same
nature
;
but
since
the
Resolution
of
these
Mutineers
,
did
not
answer
the
Hopes
they
had
of
giving
Law
to
your
Majesty
,
they
had
Recourse
to
the
Enemies
of
the
Kingdom
,
to
procure
Bread
,
which
they
very
much
wanted
;
for
your
Majesty
had
shut
up
the
City
so
close
,
that
it
was
at
an
excessive
Price
;
and
without
speedy
Relief
,
they
were
ready
to
fall
into
extreme
Necessity
.
Your
Majesty
cannot
reflect
upon
these
terrible
Marks
of
Rebellion
,
without
being
sensibly
toucht
with
them
;
and
seeing
it
was
of
great
Consequence
to
you
,
not
to
suffer
your
Enemies
in
that
unhappy
Conjuncture
,
to
enter
into
the
Heart
of
your
Kingdom
;
you
did
that
,
which
brought
the
Parliament
again
to
themselves
;
you
sent
a
Herald
at
Arms
to
make
some
Proposals
to
them
,
whereupon
the
Parliament
being
assembled
,
they
thought
in
some
manner
to
repair
what
had
been
done
,
in
sending
back
the
Herald
without
hearing
him
;
but
at
the
same
time
assured
your
Majesty
,
they
had
refused
him
Audience
,
out
of
the
profound
Respect
they
had
for
you
,
because
they
could
not
pretend
to
receive
such
a
Person
,
as
was
never
us'd
to
be
sent
,
but
to
Soveraigns
.
This
returning
to
their
Duty
,
gave
your
Majesty
occasion
to
exhort
them
to
do
better
for
the
future
,
than
they
had
done
at
present
;
and
the
Conjuncture
requiring
,
that
you
should
seem
not
to
resent
the
bold
Attempts
,
they
had
made
on
your
Authority
,
you
granted
a
general
Amnesty
to
the
Parliament
,
and
to
those
that
had
follow'd
their
Party
.
Your
Enemies
did
not
fail
to
take
Advantage
of
these
Disorders
,
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
whom
the
King
your
Father
had
driven
out
of
his
Country
,
for
having
often
fail'd
of
performing
the
many
Promises
he
had
made
him
;
entred
again
into
it
,
and
made
himself
Master
of
many
Towns
;
he
was
likewise
almost
assured
of
retaking
Nancy
,
from
which
Marquess
de
la
Ferté's
Avarice
had
diverted
all
manner
of
Provisions
:
But
when
he
saw
that
it
might
cost
him
his
Head
,
he
quickly
came
and
caus'd
all
the
Harvest
of
Corn
and
Fruit
thereabout
,
to
be
carry'd
into
it
,
and
thereby
made
some
amends
for
the
Fault
he
had
committed
;
upon
which
your
Majesty
,
and
all
other
Monarchs
may
make
this
Reflection
;
That
when
a
Subject
prefers
his
own
private
Interest
before
his
Prince's
,
he
is
not
only
unworthy
of
any
Favour
;
but
is
likewise
responsible
for
all
the
Evils
the
People
suffer
:
For
't
is
plain
,
that
what
they
do
suffer
is
from
such
Men
in
Authority
,
who
care
not
how
they
Ruin
'em
,
to
Inrich
themselves
:
However
,
your
present
Circumstances
did
not
then
permit
your
Majesty
,
to
take
such
Order
in
that
Case
,
as
at
another
time
you
might
have
done
.
Beside
,
this
Marquess
behaved
himself
so
Prudently
on
other
Occasions
,
that
his
Wisdom
and
Courage
,
in
some
measure
,
excus'd
his
Covetousness
.
The
Parliament
did
not
cease
to
pursue
their
Designs
,
tho'
your
Majesty
had
had
the
Goodness
to
pardon
them
;
yet
they
were
not
altogether
so
bad
as
the
Parliament
of
England
,
who
were
so
wicked
as
to
cut
off
their
King's
Head
.
Your
Majesty
was
never
seen
to
be
so
angry
,
as
when
you
heard
that
News
;
but
the
great
Affairs
wherein
you
were
then
engag'd
,
hinder'd
you
from
punishing
so
foul
a
Crime
:
You
had
enough
to
do
to
oppose
the
Archduke
,
who
retook
Ypres
and
St.
Venant
,
while
Count
Harcourt
was
besieging
Cambray
;
but
that
Enterprize
did
not
succeed
.
Tho'
he
was
oblig'd
to
quit
it
,
yet
he
attack'd
Condé
,
and
took
it
by
Composition
.
Maubeuge
open'd
her
Gates
to
him
;
so
that
the
Enemy
would
not
have
had
much
cause
to
brag
,
if
they
had
not
prevail'd
in
Catalonia
.
This
Province
being
so
remote
,
that
your
Majesty
could
not
send
any
Troops
thither
without
a
great
deal
of
charge
;
and
no
Recruits
going
to
supply
the
place
of
those
that
perish'd
there
the
Year
before
,
the
Enemy
took
Constantin
,
de
Salo
,
and
de
Sirges
;
but
Count
Marein
brake
their
Measures
as
to
Barcelona
,
which
they
thought
to
have
taken
.
In
Italy
also
your
Affairs
receiv'd
a
considerable
check
:
The
Duke
of
Modena
,
who
fear'd
the
War
of
Paris
,
would
put
it
out
of
your
power
to
give
him
the
Succours
he
wanted
,
quitted
your
Party
;
whence
follow'd
the
loss
of
many
considerable
Posts
,
which
had
cost
a
great
deal
of
trouble
,
and
many
Men.
But
it
was
of
much
greater
importance
to
your
Majesty
,
to
settle
a
Calm
in
your
Kingdom
,
than
to
preserve
your
Conquests
which
were
so
far
off
:
Therefore
,
after
you
had
reduc'd
Paris
to
its
Obedience
,
and
sufficiently
provided
for
the
Frontier
of
Piccardy
,
which
the
Enemy
threatned
,
all
your
aim
was
to
make
Provence
and
Guyenne
submit
;
where
there
were
as
great
Commotions
,
as
in
the
Capital
City
of
your
Kingdom
.
This
was
happily
effected
by
your
Majesty
;
and
having
also
the
good
Fortune
to
divert
a
Storm
that
was
gathering
on
the
Frontier
of
Germany
,
where
Viscount
Turenne
,
instigated
by
his
Brother
,
endeavour'd
to
debauch
the
Troops
he
Commanded
,
your
Kingdom
would
have
recover'd
its
former
Lustre
,
if
the
Prince
of
Condé
had
not
set
so
high
a
Price
on
the
Services
he
had
done
your
Majesty
,
that
it
was
almost
impossible
to
satisfie
him
.
His
Ambition
could
not
,
without
murmuring
,
bear
his
being
denied
some
Favours
;
tho'
he
had
obtain'd
many
from
your
Majesty
for
his
Relations
that
had
born
Arms
against
you
;
who
for
that
Reason
,
rather
deserv'd
to
be
punish'd
than
rewarded
.
It
was
Prudence
however
in
your
Majesty
to
conceal
your
Displeasure
for
his
Affronts
;
and
there
was
danger
in
opposing
the
Prince
;
because
the
great
Things
he
had
done
,
had
got
him
much
Credit
in
the
Army
.
The
intelligence
which
he
also
kept
with
the
Frondeurs
,
who
all
,
and
every
where
,
declared
themselves
against
your
Majesty
,
made
you
Prudently
dissemble
the
Distaste
you
had
against
him
:
but
your
Minister
having
found
an
Italian
trick
,
to
sow
dissention
among
his
Party
,
which
would
not
have
been
pardonable
,
were
it
not
to
secure
the
Liberty
of
your
State
;
you
resolv'd
to
cause
the
Prince
to
be
Arrested
,
which
was
executed
with
a
great
deal
of
Dexterity
▪
Your
Minister
in
the
mean
time
was
so
afraid
you
would
miss
your
Blow
,
that
he
kept
himself
Booted
to
be
gone
the
very
Moment
it
had
fail'd
:
But
Success
having
answer'd
his
Hope
,
he
again
took
Courage
;
so
that
there
was
no
question
of
preventing
the
ill
Consequences
of
so
bold
a
stroke
;
your
Majesty
provided
against
'em
,
by
doing
two
things
which
were
absolutely
necessary
:
The
one
was
to
let
the
People
know
the
true
Reasons
you
had
to
arrest
him
.
The
other
was
to
march
in
Person
where
it
appear'd
he
had
most
Friends
,
and
consequently
where
there
was
most
likelihood
of
any
Commotion
.
What
an
excellent
thing
,
SIR
,
is
Prudence
!
Your
Majesty
had
already
been
accus'd
of
not
acknowledging
the
great
Services
a
Subject
had
done
you
:
Your
Minister
likewise
pass'd
for
a
very
ingrateful
Person
,
in
the
Opinion
of
the
People
.
He
knew
,
had
it
not
been
for
the
Prince
,
he
could
hardly
have
secur'd
himself
against
the
Hatred
of
the
Parisians
and
the
Parliament
.
But
when
the
People
knew
the
Prince's
Services
had
been
rewarded
,
with
the
Place
of
Great
Master
of
your
Majesty's
Houshold
,
with
the
Governments
of
Burgundy
,
Berry
,
and
Guyenne
;
with
a
Grant
of
the
Demesnes
of
Clermont
,
Stenay
,
and
Jammets
;
of
Pont
de
l'Arche
,
and
of
Diep
,
which
he
had
gotten
for
the
Duke
of
Longueville
;
of
Danvilliers
,
and
the
Government
of
Champagne
,
for
the
Prince
of
Conti
;
and
a
great
number
of
other
Favours
,
as
well
for
himself
,
as
for
his
Creatures
.
There
was
not
a
Man
but
chang'd
his
Opinion
,
and
loudly
declar'd
,
That
if
there
were
an
ingrateful
Man
in
the
World
,
it
was
the
Prince
of
Condé
.
The
Voyage
you
first
made
into
Normandy
,
and
after
into
Burgundy
and
Guyenne
,
pacify'd
those
Princes
,
where
the
Prince's
Creatures
,
(
supported
by
the
Prince
of
Conti
,
and
the
Duke
of
Longueville
,
whom
you
likewise
caused
to
be
Arrested
)
endeavour'd
to
animate
the
People
against
your
Majesty
.
You
did
not
think
sit
to
go
your self
into
Berry
,
where
the
Danger
did
not
appear
so
great
;
because
that
Province
was
shut
up
in
the
middle
of
your
Kingdom
,
and
could
receive
no
assistance
from
the
Spaniards
,
who
watch'd
an
Opportunity
to
take
advantage
of
so
many
Accidonts
that
seem'd
favourable
to
them
.
You
sent
thither
the
Count
St.
Agnan
,
who
kept
the
Province
in
Obedience
,
but
had
not
Strength
onough
to
drive
the
Marquess
Persan
out
of
Montrond
,
a
strong
Place
that
belong'd
to
the
Prince
of
Condé
.
How
well
had
your
Majesty
been
pleas'd
,
could
you
so
easily
have
setled
things
in
other
places
,
which
you
had
reason
to
fear
could
not
be
done
,
in
the
midst
of
so
many
Troubles
that
lay
so
heavy
on
you
,
and
under
which
another
must
have
sunk
.
Viscount
Turenne
,
who
retir'd
to
the
Arch-duke
,
after
he
had
miss'd
his
Blow
,
came
to
Stenay
,
where
his
Love
to
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
,
did
not
keep
him
from
entring
into
the
Kingdom
,
at
the
head
of
an
Army
,
which
he
had
rais'd
with
the
Money
lent
him
by
the
Archduke
,
and
with
his
Mistress's
Jewels
,
which
he
pawn'd
to
the
Jews
of
Metz.
He
thought
,
during
this
time
of
Disorder
and
Confusion
,
he
should
be
able
to
get
again
into
Sedan
,
which
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
his
Brother
had
given
to
the
deceas'd
King
,
to
spare
his
Life
in
great
danger
,
for
his
having
enter'd
into
the
Treaty
of
Madrid
.
He
came
near
the
Place
,
thinking
the
Memory
of
his
Ancestors
would
have
procur'd
him
Friends
;
but
every
one
kept
to
his
Duty
;
and
seeing
the
Town
was
well
provided
,
and
a
brave
Man
,
with
a
good
Garrison
,
commanded
in
it
,
he
was
oblig'd
to
turn
his
Arms
another
way
.
If
a
Man
may
make
any
Reflections
upon
his
Attempt
,
it
seems
to
me
not
well
design'd
;
or
at
least
that
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Town
would
have
done
very
ill
,
had
they
preferr'd
the
Government
of
his
Family
before
your
Majesty's
;
for
those
People
are
unhappy
,
who
are
Rul'd
by
petty
Princes
;
they
having
not
Forces
enough
of
their
own
to
secure
their
Fortune
,
are
under
a
continual
Obligation
of
being
assisted
by
foreign
Troops
;
where
their
Subjects
are
often
expos'd
to
the
Calamities
of
War
,
and
are
sometimes
a
Prey
to
one
,
and
sometimes
to
another
.
Which
are
not
to
be
fear'd
,
when
People
are
under
the
Government
of
a
Great
King
,
who
when
any
Storm
ariseth
,
can
quickly
allay
it
.
It
was
not
only
your
Frontier
of
Champagne
which
was
threaten'd
,
but
likewise
that
of
Piccardy
:
The
Spaniards
appear'd
there
with
an
Army
;
and
having
made
themselves
Masters
of
Catelet
and
la
Chapelle
,
they
attempted
Guise
;
but
not
thinking
it
fit
to
lose
Time
about
it
,
they
resolv'd
to
join
with
the
Arch-duke
and
Viscount
Turenne
,
who
were
enter'd
into
Champagne
.
Viscount
Turenne
,
who
knew
what
was
best
to
be
done
,
advanc'd
so
far
as
Ferté
Milon
,
with
an
intention
to
deliver
the
Prince
of
Condé
out
of
Vincennes
:
But
your
Majesty
having
broke
his
Measures
,
by
causing
the
Prince
to
be
carry'd
to
Marcoussis
,
and
from
thence
to
Havre
de
Grace
,
the
Viscount
was
oblig'd
to
return
,
and
join
the
Arch-duke
,
who
had
taken
Rhetel
,
and
some
other
Places
.
Champagne
,
which
groan'd
under
the
Tyranny
of
the
Spaniards
,
who
put
all
to
Fire
and
Sword
,
took
Arms
,
and
augmented
the
Army
of
Marquess
du
Plessis
,
whom
your
Majesty
had
sent
to
guard
that
Frontier
.
He
thought
with
these
Succours
to
have
been
able
to
retake
Rhetel
;
and
having
invested
it
,
the
Arch-duke
endeavour'd
to
raise
the
Siege
.
This
prov'd
of
great
Advantage
to
your
Majesty
,
to
whom
the
Defeat
of
your
Army
would
have
been
of
very
dangerous
Consequence
.
Nevertheless
,
since
it
was
impossible
for
you
any
longer
to
see
your
Enemies
in
the
heart
of
your
Kingdom
,
you
sent
Cardinal
Mazarin
to
the
Mareschal
;
that
upon
his
own
knowledge
of
your
Strength
,
he
might
give
order
either
to
fight
or
retreat
.
The
Cardinal
,
who
was
naturally
very
fearful
where
there
was
danger
,
was
at
first
of
Opinion
not
to
run
any
hazard
;
but
the
Mareschal
du
Plessis
,
who
convinc'd
the
Cardinal
of
what
ill
Consequence
it
would
be
,
to
give
the
Enemy
any
signs
of
their
Weakness
,
it
was
resolv'd
in
a
Council
of
War
,
wherein
this
Minister
was
present
,
to
fight
.
The
Mareschal
du
Plessis
having
rais'd
the
Siege
,
march'd
directly
toward
the
Enemy
,
who
was
now
become
more
numerous
by
the
Duke
of
Lorrain's
Troops
.
The
Fight
was
sharp
and
obstinate
on
both
sides
;
but
God
gave
your
Majesty
so
compleat
a
Victory
,
that
Viscount
Turenne
was
forc'd
to
fly
only
with
sixteen
Persons
,
being
abandon'd
by
all
his
Troops
;
for
the
Arch-duke
went
off
one
of
the
first
,
and
left
him
to
shift
for
himself
.
He
was
very
near
being
taken
in
so
long
a
retreat
as
he
had
to
make
,
and
wherein
he
was
so
hotly
pursu'd
;
but
having
defended
his
Life
and
Liberty
,
at
their
cost
who
attack'd
him
,
he
sav'd
himself
in
Barleduke
,
into
which
when
he
enter'd
,
People
thought
him
very
much
wounded
,
being
cover'd
all
over
with
Blood
;
but
it
prov'd
only
the
Blood
which
he
had
drawn
of
your
faithful
Subjects
.
Your
Majesty
heard
of
this
Victory
with
unspeakable
Joy
;
and
sent
to
Marquess
d'
Aumont
,
d'
Hoquincourt
,
and
de
la
Ferté
,
each
a
Mareschal's
Staff
,
who
had
very
particularly
signaliz'd
themselves
in
that
Battel
.
It
was
to
excite
others
to
follow
their
Example
;
for
there
is
nothing
more
animates
your
Nobility
,
than
the
Honours
you
bestow
on
them
;
and
the
French
are
of
that
Temper
,
that
they
will
sacrifice
a
thousand
Lives
(
if
they
had
so
many
)
in
the
Service
of
their
King
,
if
he
give
'em
but
a
good
Word
,
or
the
least
Preferment
.
'T
is
for
this
also
,
that
your
Majesty
is
belov'd
by
your
Subjects
;
you
that
have
the
Secret
,
even
in
refusing
to
grant
Requests
,
to
oblige
those
whom
you
deny
,
by
your
manner
of
denying
them
:
For
a
Prince
ought
to
have
the
Gift
of
not
only
making
himself
to
be
fear'd
,
but
that
also
of
making
himself
belov'd
.
For
Fear
without
Love
degenerates
into
Distrust
;
which
makes
People
suspect
,
that
he
who
ought
to
be
both
Father
and
Master
,
will
turn
Tyrant
.
And
this
Suspicion
is
so
dangerous
,
that
there
is
nothing
which
a
King
should
not
do
,
to
keep
it
out
of
his
Subjects
Minds
.
If
the
Prince
of
Condé's
Party
,
which
he
had
in
France
,
did
your
Majesty
so
much
harm
upon
the
Frontiers
of
Picardy
and
Champagne
,
it
did
you
a
great
deal
more
in
Italy
;
where
it
was
impossible
for
you
to
succour
Piombino
and
Porto
Longonne
,
which
fell
again
into
the
Spaniards
hands
.
Your
Majesty
,
to
whom
the
Preservation
of
Catalonia
was
of
great
importance
,
sent
thither
the
Duke
of
Mercoeur
,
who
seiz'd
Count
Marcin
,
the
Prince
of
Condé's
Creature
,
and
who
did
all
he
could
to
debauch
the
Troops
you
had
in
that
Country
.
This
foresight
sav'd
Barcelona
,
where
the
Enemy
kept
intelligence
,
having
a
great
mind
to
recover
that
Place
.
But
the
Duke
of
Mercoeur
being
no
great
Captain
,
and
the
state
of
your
Affairs
not
permitting
you
to
send
him
any
considerable
Succours
,
all
languish'd
in
that
Country
,
and
your
Reputation
began
to
decline
in
those
Parts
.
However
,
the
Choice
of
this
General
was
not
to
be
imputed
to
your
Majesty
;
it
was
a
Court-Intrigue
that
oblig'd
you
to
prefer
him
,
before
many
other
Commanders
of
much
greater
Experience
.
But
there
being
a
Reconciliation
made
between
your
Minister
,
and
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
whose
eldest
Son
Mercoeur
was
;
he
was
to
have
a
share
of
those
Favours
,
which
,
when
the
Accommodation
was
made
,
were
agreed
on
.
Beside
,
the
Cardinal
design'd
to
marry
one
of
his
Nieces
to
him
,
and
therefore
thought
it
much
better
to
prefer
him
than
another
:
Your
Majesty
was
then
too
young
to
perceive
what
prejudice
you
receiv'd
by
it
,
and
how
dangerous
it
is
for
a
Minister
to
prefer
his
own
Interest
before
his
Masters
.
But
,
God
be
thanked
,
it
was
not
long
ere
our
Eyes
were
open'd
in
so
nice
a
point
;
and
no
Prince
ever
knew
better
than
you
,
to
give
to
all
Persons
those
Employments
which
are
sit
for
them
.
This
was
not
the
only
Fault
which
Cardinal
Mazarin
did
.
The
desire
he
had
to
be
the
sole
powerful
Man
in
the
Kingdom
,
made
him
seek
how
to
amuse
those
he
made
use
of
,
to
destroy
the
Prince
of
Condé
.
The
Bishop
of
Langres
,
Favourite
of
Monsieur
the
Duke
of
Orleans
your
Uncle
,
without
whose
privity
the
Prince
was
arrested
,
from
that
time
never
forgave
the
Cardinal
;
so
that
joining
himself
with
others
who
envy'd
the
Fortune
of
that
Minister
,
they
all
strove
to
ruine
him
.
The
Parliament
,
who
sought
by
all
means
to
augment
their
Authority
,
and
being
perswaded
,
that
during
your
Minority
was
the
properest
time
to
effect
it
,
divers
Counsels
were
held
,
wherein
they
resolv'd
to
demand
the
Enlargement
of
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
and
his
Brothers
,
with
the
Banishment
of
Cardinal
Mazarin
.
Your
Majesty
oppos'd
it
,
with
a
Resolution
becoming
your
great
Courage
;
but
Monsieur
the
Duke
of
Orleans
heading
those
who
design'd
the
Destruction
of
this
Minister
,
and
all
the
States
of
the
Kingdom
joining
with
'em
,
you
were
oblig'd
to
grant
what
they
desir'd
,
in
point
of
Policy
,
tho'
it
was
very
much
against
your
Will.
Cardinal
Mazarin
seeing
himself
forced
to
depart
the
Realm
,
thought
to
make
the
Prince
of
Condé's
inlargment
a
piece
of
Merit
to
himself
;
he
went
to
Havre
de
Grace
,
and
deliver'd
to
him
a
Letter
under
the
Privy
Signet
,
antidated
before
another
which
was
sent
to
set
him
at
Liberty
:
The
Prince
who
had
been
informed
by
Perraut
.
Overseer
of
his
Household
,
(
who
had
leave
to
see
him
,
under
pretence
of
his
Mothers
Will
)
what
endeavours
had
been
us'd
to
get
him
out
of
Prison
,
own'd
the
Cardinal's
Civility
,
which
he
shew'd
in
coming
himself
to
bring
him
such
good
News
;
yet
it
was
impossible
not
to
suspect
all
the
Protestations
he
made
him
of
his
Friendship
,
and
those
humble
Submissions
he
used
in
desiring
the
Prince's
.
The
Prince
of
Condé
did
not
break
out
into
any
Passion
against
him
,
were
it
that
he
thought
him
not
worth
his
Anger
,
or
that
the
Joy
he
had
for
being
at
Liberty
,
calmed
his
Resentments
.
Cardinal
Mazarin
retir'd
to
the
Elector
of
Collen
,
and
the
Prince
came
back
to
Paris
,
where
he
was
received
in
Triumph
,
tho'
they
had
made
Bonfires
throughout
the
whole
Town
when
he
was
Arrested
.
But
such
hath
always
been
the
Peoples
Inconstancy
,
that
no
body
knows
how
so
to
fix
'em
,
as
to
secure
their
esteem
;
but
as
soon
as
a
Man
steps
out
of
the
way
,
be
it
to
the
Right
or
Left
,
they
presently
return
to
their
old
Inclination
.
The
Prince
was
ador'd
by
the
People
,
when
he
fought
with
so
much
Reputation
against
the
Enemies
of
your
Kingdom
;
but
lost
their
Favour
when
he
took
Arms
against
them
:
tho'
he
only
obey'd
your
Majesty's
Orders
in
punishing
their
Treason
,
which
was
so
great
,
that
they
deserved
to
be
treated
by
him
,
as
the
most
cruel
of
your
Enemies
.
The
Parliament
past
divers
Sentences
against
your
Minister
,
without
at
all
consulting
your
Majesty
:
They
caus'd
his
Library
to
be
sold
by
Out-cry
,
they
set
a
Price
upon
his
Head
,
and
did
many
other
things
of
like
Nature
:
which
your
Majesty
very
prudently
Dissembled
,
because
it
had
beeen
a
gross
Fault
to
have
oppos'd
a
Torrent
,
which
was
become
so
violent
.
Your
Majesty
forgave
Viscount
Turenne
,
who
having
acknowledged
his
Fault
,
came
to
ask
Pardon
for
it
:
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Prince
of
Condé
grew
very
Powerful
;
but
your
Minister
was
Faulty
in
not
performing
his
Promise
,
to
those
who
had
taken
part
with
him
,
in
Arresting
the
Prince
.
Which
was
not
warning
sufficient
to
the
Prince
,
to
keep
him
from
doing
the
like
.
For
he
began
to
despise
,
and
disoblige
his
Friends
.
Viscount
Turenne
was
one
of
the
first
of
those
who
were
so
treated
by
him
;
for
having
desir'd
the
Prince
to
give
good
Winter-Quarters
to
some
Troops
which
he
look'd
upon
as
his
own
,
tho'
your
Majesty
pay'd
'em
,
the
Prince
took
no
notice
of
his
Request
:
The
Viscovnt
also
knew
,
the
Prince
us'd
to
rally
him
for
his
Love
to
his
Sister
,
and
made
it
a
common
talk
among
those
who
were
most
in
his
Favour
;
which
touch'd
the
Viscount
so
much
to
the
Quick
,
that
he
came
to
the
Queen
,
your
Mother
,
and
promis'd
her
,
that
nothing
in
the
World
should
make
him
fall
into
the
same
fault
he
had
committed
;
and
that
for
the
future
,
he
would
do
all
he
could
,
to
blot
out
the
Memory
of
it
;
assuring
her
Majesty
,
she
might
rely
upon
his
Fidelity
.
He
said
as
much
to
your
Majesty
,
and
oblig'd
his
Brother
the
Duke
of
Bouillon
to
make
you
the
same
Protestations
:
This
Example
teacheth
us
how
dangerous
Railery
is
,
and
how
much
it
provokes
Men
of
great
Courage
.
But
this
is
a
needless
Reflexion
to
be
made
to
your
Majesty
,
who
never
speaks
ill
of
any
body
,
and
when
you
speak
of
your
greatest
Enemies
,
't
is
only
of
those
Qualities
you
know
commendable
in
them
;
neither
will
your
Majesty
suffer
any
to
speak
evil
of
others
in
your
presence
,
wherein
your
Majesty
is
much
in
the
Right
,
seeing
there
is
little
difference
,
between
evil
speaking
and
approving
it
.
The
Prince
did
very
ill
in
another
thing
;
He
had
assured
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
the
Dutchess
of
Cheveruse
,
and
the
Coad
jutor
,
that
for
the
future
his
Interest
and
theirs
should
be
the
same
,
and
that
the
Prince
of
Conti
should
Marry
the
Dutchess's
Daughter
.
This
Promise
being
made
when
he
was
in
Prison
,
was
not
thought
Valid
by
the
Dutchess
,
because
it
looked
as
if
it
had
been
forced
;
she
therefore
came
to
the
Prince
,
and
releas'd
him
of
it
:
But
he
told
her
,
tho'
he
was
not
oblig'd
,
yet
because
she
treated
him
in
so
civil
a
manner
,
the
thing
should
be
done
.
Tho'
he
was
now
doubly
oblig'd
,
yet
such
was
his
Humour
,
that
he
would
not
be
beholding
to
any
body
.
He
quickly
forgot
his
Obligation
,
nor
was
he
so
Civil
,
as
to
do
any
thing
to
discharge
himself
of
it
.
In
the
mean
time
,
your
Majesty
,
who
did
not
like
your
Minister's
being
forc'd
from
you
,
tryed
all
ways
to
have
him
return
handsomly
,
without
causing
any
new
Troubles
in
your
Kingdom
:
But
the
aversion
which
every
one
had
against
him
,
and
the
Arrests
that
had
past
to
exclude
all
Foreigners
from
the
Ministry
,
would
have
made
it
very
difficult
,
had
it
not
been
for
the
Prince's
ill
Conduct
,
which
daily
increas'd
,
being
press'd
by
the
Prince
of
Conti
,
passionately
in
Love
with
Mademoiselle
Chevereuse
,
to
consent
to
his
Marriage
,
he
told
him
he
would
not
,
and
that
he
would
not
have
him
take
the
Coadjutor's
,
the
Marquess
of
Laicques
,
and
Caumartin's
leavings
.
These
Three
often
visited
her
,
and
there
needed
no
more
to
make
the
Prince
of
Conti
believe
that
what
the
Prince
of
Condé
had
said
was
true
:
He
presently
quitted
her
,
in
spite
of
his
Love
,
and
seriously
told
all
the
World
,
how
much
he
was
oblig'd
to
his
Brother
,
who
had
drawn
him
from
a
Precepice
,
from
whence
he
was
falling
headlong
.
This
Discourse
was
carried
to
Madam
Chevereuse
,
and
to
those
who
were
concern'd
in
it
,
and
wrought
more
for
the
return
of
your
Minister
,
than
all
that
your
Majesty
could
have
done
.
So
true
is
it
,
that
Chance
produceth
many
unforeseen
Accidents
,
which
prevail
over
all
humane
Reason
and
Prudence
.
The
Dutchess
of
Chevereuse
,
whose
Cabal
was
very
strong
,
offer'd
your
Majesty
to
employ
her
Friends
to
facilitate
your
Minister's
return
.
And
now
your
Majesty
being
in
your
Fourteenth
Year
,
you
were
declared
of
full
Age
,
you
went
to
the
Parliament
to
have
the
Declaration
register'd
,
and
at
the
same
time
carried
thither
two
Edicts
,
which
serv'd
for
marks
to
Posterity
of
your
Piety
towards
God
,
and
of
your
Love
to
your
People
.
The
first
,
was
against
those
that
blasphem'd
God's
holy
Name
.
The
other
was
against
Duels
,
which
you
swore
on
the
holy
Bible
to
see
exactly
executed
,
that
you
might
never
be
importun'd
concerning
it
;
and
resolv'd
never
to
retract
what
you
had
sworn
.
In
this
you
did
not
like
many
others
,
who
in
a
few
days
forget
their
Promises
:
For
,
ten
or
twelve
Years
after
,
some
considerable
Persons
of
your
Nobility
,
having
fought
,
contrary
to
this
Edict
;
you
had
made
them
an
Example
,
had
they
not
gone
out
of
the
Kingdom
;
but
that
which
is
more
remarkable
is
,
that
the
Pope
interceded
with
you
for
them
,
and
offer'd
to
absolve
you
from
your
Oath
;
but
the
tenderness
of
your
Conscience
would
not
suffer
you
to
grant
what
he
desir'd
.
You
thought
that
when
once
People
believ'd
your
Pardon
might
be
obtain'd
by
Mediation
,
those
disorders
would
never
cease
,
to
which
your
Majesty
was
fully
resolv'd
to
put
an
end
.
Beside
,
you
would
not
let
it
be
said
,
that
Recommendation
had
a
greater
Power
over
you
,
than
Justice
.
Your
Majesty
could
not
endure
your
People
shou'd
give
Law
to
you
,
concerning
your
Mininister
Cardinal
Mazarin's
return
.
You
retir'd
a
second
time
from
Paris
.
The
Duke
of
Orleans
your
Uncle
would
not
follow
you
,
neither
would
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
who
a
few
Days
after
,
possest
with
a
Panick
Fear
he
should
be
Arrested
,
left
the
City
;
and
being
gone
to
his
House
at
St.
Maur
,
you
did
all
you
could
to
cure
him
of
this
Suspicion
;
but
because
when
a
Man
knows
himself
guilty
,
he
never
thinks
himself
secure
from
Punishment
;
he
went
into
the
Country
and
retir'd
to
Montrond
.
The
Prince
of
Conti
,
the
Prince
Marsillac
,
and
some
others
,
at
the
same
time
took
up
their
Quarters
in
Guyenne
:
The
Duke
of
Rochefoucaut
having
stir'd
up
some
Troubles
in
Poitou
,
you
had
those
two
Provinces
to
reduce
,
as
well
as
the
City
of
Paris
,
which
openly
declar'd
against
your
Majesty
.
The
Pretence
of
all
these
Revolts
was
,
that
you
would
have
Cardinal
Mazarin
return
,
against
your
Word
given
to
the
contrary
.
But
seeing
most
of
the
Heads
of
this
Party
had
promis'd
you
to
consent
to
his
Return
,
for
Favours
done
them
;
you
could
not
believe
that
was
the
true
Reason
:
You
plainly
saw
,
that
Ambition
had
a
greater
share
in
their
Disobedience
,
than
the
Hatred
they
had
for
the
Cardinal
.
It
was
easie
for
the
Spaniards
,
at
this
time
,
to
do
their
Business
:
They
re-took
most
of
the
Places
you
had
conquer'd
since
you
ascended
the
Throne
:
But
your
Majesty
thought
the
safety
of
your
Kingdom
to
be
of
greater
Consequence
to
you
,
than
any
thing
else
:
You
ran
to
the
Place
where
there
was
most
Danger
,
you
went
into
Poitou
,
after
you
had
in
Person
reduc'd
Berri
,
where
the
Prince
of
Condé
had
rais'd
some
Troubles
.
You
declar'd
him
a
Rebel
,
and
a
Disturber
of
the
publick
Peace
,
with
all
his
Adherents
.
But
this
made
none
of
'em
return
to
their
Duty
,
and
your
Authority
was
so
little
regarded
,
that
in
two
Months
time
,
the
Parliament
wou'd
not
register
your
Declaration
;
tho'
their
Interest
were
different
from
the
Prince
of
Condé's
,
and
with
whom
they
did
not
act
in
concert
.
The
strongest
Cabal
which
took
part
with
your
Majesty
,
was
that
of
the
Duke
of
Vendosm
and
the
Coadjutor
:
But
you
were
necessitated
to
buy
both
;
which
was
by
giving
one
the
place
of
Admiral
of
France
;
and
by
promising
the
other
you
would
nominate
him
for
a
Cardinal's
Cap
,
at
the
next
promotion
that
should
happen
.
You
thought
these
Favours
nothing
in
comparison
of
the
Services
these
Men
cou'd
do
you
in
so
nice
a
Conjuncture
;
especially
in
relation
to
Paris
,
which
had
not
yet
declared
for
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
and
where
they
had
many
Friends
.
Your
Presence
in
Poitou
quickly
suppress'd
the
Rebellion
there
;
the
capital
City
of
that
Province
open'd
its
Gates
to
you
,
and
the
Cardinal
being
come
thither
to
you
with
some
Troops
which
he
had
rais'd
in
Germany
,
you
forced
the
Rebels
to
quit
the
Siege
of
Coynac
;
you
drove
them
also
out
of
some
Posts
they
had
possest
;
but
could
not
reduce
'em
in
Bourdeaux
;
for
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
who
was
come
thither
,
had
infus'd
new
Courage
into
those
,
who
before
seem'd
dispos'd
to
submit
to
your
Majesty
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Paris
(
which
went
nearer
,
your
Heart
than
any
thing
else
)
seeing
Cardinal
Mazarin
return
,
publickly
declar'd
for
the
Prince
of
Condé
.
Monsieur
the
Duke
of
Orleans
likewise
acted
against
your
Majesty
,
tho'
he
had
many
times
said
,
he
was
not
to
be
suspected
for
his
not
being
at
Court
.
But
how
cou'd
he
clear
himself
from
Suspicion
,
who
had
hearken'd
to
evil
Counsel
all
his
Life
,
and
alway
had
near
him
the
Bishop
of
Langres
,
who
was
enrag'd
to
miss
the
Cardinal's
Cap
,
which
had
been
so
often
promis'd
him
.
Beside
,
Mademoisolle
de
Montpensier
,
who
had
a
great
desire
to
be
Marry'd
,
feeding
her self
with
the
hope
the
Prince
of
Condé
gave
her
,
she
should
have
his
Son
;
spoke
for
him
to
her
Father
,
without
making
any
Reflection
,
that
she
was
old
enough
to
be
the
Mother
of
him
she
had
a
mind
to
make
her
Husband
.
Among
so
many
declared
Enemies
there
were
some
secret
ones
,
whom
your
Majesty
did
not
distrust
;
but
on
the
contrary
,
had
reason
to
think
them
your
most
Faithful
Subjects
.
The
Duke
of
Beaufort
for
a
time
was
one
of
this
Number
,
notwithstanding
all
you
had
done
for
him
and
his
Family
.
But
weary
of
wearing
the
Foxes
Skin
,
he
put
on
the
Lions
,
and
took
the
Field
against
your
Majesty
.
The
Coadjutor
did
not
declare
himself
so
openly
,
but
vex'd
to
see
that
by
Cardinal
Mazarin's
Return
,
he
was
never
like
to
come
into
his
place
;
did
,
underhand
,
all
he
could
to
ruin
him
,
tho'
he
was
sure
it
would
very
much
displease
your
Majesty
.
The
Jealousie
which
arose
between
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
and
the
Duke
of
Nemours
,
who
were
both
joyntly
to
command
an
Army
;
gave
your
Majesty
an
Opportunity
to
draw
near
to
them
,
that
you
might
take
some
Advantage
of
their
division
:
But
the
Prince
of
Condé
prevented
you
,
by
passing
incognito
through
all
the
Provinces
beyond
the
Loire
;
and
by
putting
himself
at
the
Head
of
the
Army
,
where
his
Presence
was
necessary
to
settle
a
right
understanding
between
the
two
Princes
;
of
whose
disagreement
,
the
only
cause
was
their
Ambition
to
command
singly
and
exclusively
to
one
another
.
Your
Majesty
did
all
you
could
to
have
taken
the
Prince
in
so
long
a
March
,
and
where
there
were
so
many
Rivers
to
pass
;
you
set
guards
upon
all
the
Fords
,
and
sent
out
many
Parties
into
the
field
,
which
was
all
you
could
do
.
But
since
all
the
care
in
the
World
is
to
no
purpose
,
where
Men
will
be
false
and
treacherous
;
Bussy
Rabutin
let
him
pass
,
so
that
he
came
safe
to
his
Army
,
which
was
then
near
Chatillon
upon
Loin
.
Your
Majesty
,
who
knew
not
at
first
in
what
manner
he
had
escap'd
,
thought
to
repair
this
Blow
by
a
Battel
,
wherein
you
hop'd
to
have
the
better
.
The
two
Armies
join'd
near
Bleneau
,
where
the
Avantguard
of
yours
,
commanded
by
Mareschal
Hoquincourt
,
was
so
ill
treated
,
that
if
Viscount
Turenne
had
not
come
to
his
Relief
,
your
Majesty
,
who
was
at
Gergeau
,
had
been
in
danger
of
being
taken
:
But
his
Experience
having
placed
you
Beyond
a
narrow
Pass
,
he
defended
it
with
so
much
Courage
till
Night
came
on
,
that
the
Prince
,
who
promis'd
himself
an
entire
Victory
,
could
he
have
pass'd
the
Defile
;
was
oblig'd
to
be
contented
with
that
advantage
he
had
gotten
.
Your
Majesty
was
happy
,
that
the
Prince
had
then
so
great
a
desire
to
go
to
Paris
,
where
he
thought
this
new
beam
of
Glory
,
would
procure
him
a
Reception
with
some
kind
of
Triumph
.
'T
is
certain
that
Ambiton
was
not
the
sole
cause
of
this
Voyage
;
and
that
Love
had
a
great
part
in
it
:
For
he
had
given
up
his
Heart
to
the
Dutchess
of
Chatillon
,
and
the
desire
he
had
to
see
her
,
made
him
lose
the
Advantage
he
might
have
drawn
from
this
Victory
.
This
was
a
Fault
which
many
great
Princes
commit
,
and
't
is
a
Miracle
if
they
conquer
their
Passion
.
The
Prince
of
Condé
is
not
the
only
Person
that
hath
been
faulty
in
this
kind
,
and
your
Majesty
knows
,
that
there
is
a
Prince
beside
him
,
whose
Reputation
is
much
greater
than
his
,
that
is
fallen
into
the
same
Fault
.
A
Man
may
be
in
Love
,
and
yet
do
his
Duty
;
for
tho'
it
be
dificult
,
yet
't
is
but
to
remember
,
that
every
one
hath
his
Eyes
upon
what
he
doth
,
and
nothing
can
stop
their
observation
.
A
Prince
,
who
hath
care
of
his
Honour
,
will
never
suffer
such
hold
to
be
taken
of
him
;
he
will
rather
conquer
himself
for
a
time
,
than
give
the
least
Stain
to
his
Reputation
:
Beside
,
an
Opportunity
once
lost
,
is
not
easily
retriev'd
;
whence
we
are
to
conclude
,
that
when
a
thing
can
be
done
,
it
never
ought
to
be
put
off
till
to
Morrow
.
The
Prince
of
Condé's
Absence
,
gave
your
Majesty
an
Opportunity
to
recruit
your
Army
with
ease
;
so
that
in
some
time
after
,
it
was
again
in
a
Condition
to
be
fear'd
.
The
Duke
of
Orleans
,
who
had
wholly
declar'd
himself
against
your
Majesty
,
fearing
to
be
run
down
,
sent
to
his
Brother-in-Law
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
for
his
Assistance
;
and
the
Spaniards
,
who
every
Year
hir'd
his
Troops
,
consented
to
it
.
He
enter'd
France
,
and
march'd
toward
Estampes
,
which
Viscount
Turenne
had
besieg'd
.
The
Place
of
it self
was
not
considerable
,
but
being
defended
by
a
good
Garrison
,
it
held
out
longer
than
People
thought
it
wou'd
;
so
that
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
might
have
come
time
enough
to
have
reliev'd
it
,
which
much
troubled
your
Majesty
;
but
according
to
his
ordinary
Practice
,
being
more
us'd
to
Plunder
than
to
Fight
,
he
made
such
little
Marches
,
that
the
Place
was
taken
before
he
came
to
it
.
Viscount
Turenne
in
perfect
spite
march'd
against
him
,
and
forc'd
him
to
repass
the
Seine
;
he
encamp'd
at
Villaneue
St.
Georges
,
where
without
great
disadvantage
,
he
could
not
be
forc'd
to
fight
,
he
pillag'd
all
Brie
▪
as
well
as
the
plain
Country
about
Paris
,
for
which
he
had
the
Curses
of
the
Parisiens
,
who
flatter'd
themselves
,
he
was
come
to
relieve
,
and
not
to
Plunder
'em
:
But
all
their
Complaints
were
to
no
purpose
;
your
Majesty
,
who
was
as
much
concern'd
as
they
,
seeing
they
cou'd
not
be
ruin'd
without
your
being
sensible
of
it
;
endeavour'd
to
gain
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
that
he
might
cease
pillaging
the
Country
:
there
was
some
appearance
of
prevailing
with
him
,
your
Majesty
having
wherewith
to
tempt
him
;
for
you
were
possest
of
his
Country
which
you
offer'd
to
restore
upon
reasonable
Conditions
:
But
he
lov'd
ready
Money
,
better
than
Offers
so
advantagious
to
him
;
your
Majesty
having
granted
him
a
Pass
,
he
went
out
of
the
Kingdom
to
their
great
astonishment
who
called
him
in
:
Your
Majesty
was
likewise
much
surpris'd
,
not
believing
a
Prince
of
his
Birth
,
cou'd
act
in
such
a
manner
,
upon
so
base
an
Account
:
But
Kindness
to
his
Children
,
which
he
had
by
the
Princess
de
Cantecroix
,
made
him
think
of
nothing
but
getting
Money
,
seeing
he
cou'd
not
settle
the
Country
of
Lorrain
upon
'em
,
for
two
Reasons
;
the
one
was
,
because
it
was
his
Wife's
Inheritance
;
the
other
was
,
he
had
those
Children
not
by
his
Wife
,
and
therefore
being
incapable
of
succeeding
him
,
he
resolv'd
to
give
them
Portions
in
Money
for
their
Maintenance
.
The
King
of
England
,
the
unfortunate
Son
of
a
more
unhappy
Father
,
who
was
come
to
seek
Refuge
and
Relief
from
your
Majesty
,
serv'd
you
perfectly
well
in
this
Treaty
,
which
troubled
you
very
much
,
till
it
was
ended
:
For
if
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
wou'd
,
he
might
have
put
Viscount
Turenne
hard
to
it
,
whom
you
thought
for
some
time
in
great
danger
,
because
he
was
come
too
near
his
Camp
;
but
he
happily
got
out
of
the
Briars
by
his
admirable
Conduct
,
which
gain'd
him
a
great
deal
of
Reputation
,
as
well
with
the
Enemy
as
among
his
own
Souldiers
.
Your
Majesty
having
made
a
good
end
of
so
difficult
an
Affair
,
gave
no
leisure
to
the
Rebels
,
and
by
your
Presence
so
encourag'd
your
Army
,
that
the
Prince
of
Condé
saw
himself
,
and
his
Troops
ready
to
fall
into
your
Hands
:
For
you
pursued
him
so
hotly
,
that
he
was
forced
to
possess
himself
of
the
Bridge
of
St.
Cloud
,
by
which
he
thought
to
avoid
a
Battel
,
but
your
Majesty
having
laid
a
Bridge
over
the
Seine
,
he
saw
himself
ready
to
be
attaqu'd
in
Front
and
Rear
,
he
then
got
under
the
Walls
of
Paris
,
and
march'd
round
it
to
get
to
Charenton
;
Viscount
Turenne
who
observ'd
it
,
follow'd
him
so
close
,
that
he
begun
to
charge
his
Reer
near
Port
du
Temple
and
Port
St.
Martin
;
which
oblig'd
him
to
hasten
his
March
,
and
being
come
to
the
height
of
the
Fauxbourg
St.
Antoin
,
he
made
use
of
some
Retrenchments
which
Chance
afforded
him
,
they
having
been
made
to
secure
the
Citizens
against
the
Thievery
of
the
Duke
of
Lorrain's
Troops
.
There
he
lodg'd
his
Foot
,
in
better
Order
than
the
shortness
of
the
time
seem'd
to
permit
,
and
drew
in
his
Cavalry
;
he
sent
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
into
the
City
,
to
perswade
the
Citizens
to
let
in
and
secure
his
Baggage
,
and
declare
for
the
Prince
:
But
the
Fear
the
Parisiens
had
to
be
pillag'd
,
made
them
shut
and
place
Guards
at
their
Gates
.
The
Prince
of
Condé
,
when
he
saw
this
,
rang'd
all
his
Baggage
along
the
Ditch
,
and
caus'd
Holes
to
be
made
through
the
Houses
,
where
he
saw
your
Forces
advance
.
Your
Majesty
was
posted
at
Menill
to
see
this
Attack
,
which
would
have
rejoyc'd
your
great
Heart
,
had
it
been
to
fight
with
your
Enemies
,
and
not
against
your
Subjects
:
The
Onset
was
furious
,
and
your
Troops
having
forc'd
the
Retrenchments
,
Vicount
Turenne
brought
up
his
Canon
to
a
Place
call'd
the
Throne
;
because
one
had
been
there
erected
,
to
receive
your
Majesty
,
when
after
your
Marriage
you
made
your
entrance
into
the
City
.
The
Prince
of
Condé
did
all
he
cou'd
to
sustain
your
Peoples
Efforts
,
who
encourag'd
by
your
Presence
did
Wonders
,
and
God
,
who
would
not
suffer
the
Rebellion
to
continue
,
gave
your
Majesty
an
entire
Victory
;
so
that
the
Prince
of
Condé
had
been
utterly
lost
,
if
Paris
had
not
open'd
its
Gates
to
him
,
where
he
sav'd
his
remaining
Troops
.
Mademoiselle
Montpensier
did
the
Prince
this
Service
,
and
caus'd
the
Canon
to
be
discharg'd
upon
your
Majesty
,
and
your
Minister
,
who
was
very
near
you
.
This
Victory
astonish'd
the
Parisiens
,
and
those
who
were
of
the
Prince
of
Condé's
Party
;
your
Majesty
having
some
faithful
Subjects
in
this
great
City
,
who
made
People
sensible
how
much
they
had
fail'd
in
their
Duty
to
your
Majesty
,
so
that
they
were
a
long
time
in
suspence
,
before
they
agree'd
to
give
the
Prince
that
Assistance
,
he
so
much
wanted
.
This
occasion'd
an
Assembly
,
which
met
two
Days
after
at
the
Town-House
,
where
were
a
great
many
Persons
,
who
,
in
some
manner
,
represented
the
States
general
,
of
whom
a
Convocation
had
been
demanded
of
your
Majesty
,
and
which
you
had
promis'd
,
to
free
your self
of
their
Importunities
:
But
as
you
had
there
your
Creatures
,
as
well
as
the
Prince
had
his
,
while
they
were
disputing
what
Resolutions
to
take
,
the
Mutineers
broke
open
the
Doors
,
and
kill'd
some
of
the
Deputies
,
an
only
Son
of
a
Councellor
of
the
great
Chamber
,
a
considerable
quality
in
that
time
,
was
with
some
others
slain
.
This
Murder
having
caus'd
great
Confusion
,
those
of
your
Majesty's
Party
,
put
Paper
in
their
Hats
to
be
known
by
one
another
;
the
other
Party
wore
Straw
in
theirs
,
which
Mark
,
some
of
the
greatest
Lords
in
your
Court
,
were
forc'd
to
wear
,
as
well
as
others
in
Paris
:
They
that
put
Straw
in
their
Hats
,
quickly
became
the
stronger
Party
,
and
falling
upon
those
that
wore
Paper
,
the
Mareschal
de
L'
Hopitall
Governour
of
the
City
,
had
much
ado
to
save
himself
.
Many
were
of
Opinion
,
that
it
was
the
Prince
of
Condé
who
stir'd
up
this
Tumult
,
and
wou'd
have
charg'd
it
on
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
to
render
him
the
more
Odious
,
but
whether
the
truth
were
discover'd
,
or
People
begun
to
be
weary
of
disobeying
their
Master
,
every
one
thought
of
making
Peace
with
your
Majesty
;
the
Duke
of
Orleans
made
Propositions
to
you
,
and
so
did
the
Parliament
;
but
you
found
them
so
high
,
and
so
void
of
that
respect
which
was
due
to
you
;
that
instead
of
hearing
them
,
you
were
so
angry
with
the
Parliament
,
that
you
remov'd
it
to
Ponthoise
.
This
Action
accompany'd
with
many
other
of
the
like
Nature
,
quite
astonish'd
the
Mutineers
;
the
Prince
of
Condé
nevertheless
endeavour'd
to
warm
his
Party
again
,
who
were
ready
to
leave
him
:
But
the
Parliament
being
upon
the
point
of
turning
their
backs
upon
him
,
as
well
as
your
Uncle
the
Duke
of
Orleans
;
he
threw
himself
into
the
Arms
of
the
Spaniards
.
Your
Majesty
made
a
prudent
use
of
this
Conjuncture
,
and
to
unite
all
Parties
,
you
feign'd
to
send
Cardinal
Mazarin
away
a
second
time
,
whom
many
made
the
pretence
of
their
Rebellion
;
so
that
no
longer
having
a
Cloak
to
cover
it
,
they
all
resolv'd
to
return
to
their
Duty
,
provided
your
Majesty
would
grant
them
a
general
Act
of
Oblivion
;
you
did
not
think
sit
to
refuse
it
,
Appanage
,
your
Majesty
had
now
no
more
to
do
,
but
to
return
to
the
Capital
City
of
your
Kingdom
.
You
were
humbly
importun'd
to
do
it
by
your
Parliament
,
and
in
the
Name
of
the
Clergy
by
the
Coadjutor
;
who
according
to
the
promise
given
him
,
had
been
made
a
Cardinal
,
and
who
came
expresly
to
wait
upon
you
at
Compiegne
;
your
Majesty
call'd
a
Council
there
to
be
advis'd
,
whether
you
should
not
cause
him
to
be
Arrested
,
to
punish
him
for
his
breach
of
Faith
,
in
not
performing
the
Promises
he
had
made
you
:
But
it
was
thought
sit
,
first
to
make
a
firm
settlement
of
your
Authority
,
and
when
that
was
done
,
you
would
be
much
better
able
to
do
what
you
thought
good
.
'T
is
indeed
Prudence
to
let
things
ripen
,
and
to
do
a
thing
out
of
season
,
is
to
spoil
all
.
Some
blame
the
Prince
,
who
might
have
had
your
Majesty's
Pardon
,
had
he
sought
it
in
a
decent
manner
:
because
he
took
a
fancy
to
follow
the
Duke
of
Lorrain's
example
,
who
pillag'd
and
plunder'd
Friends
and
Enemies
without
any
distinction
;
but
it
is
not
to
be
believ'd
,
that
a
Prince
of
his
Birth
and
great
Mind
,
cou'd
have
any
Thoughts
unworthy
of
the
one
or
the
other
;
yet
he
ransack'd
the
Frontier
of
Campagne
as
he
went
off
,
and
after
he
had
taken
Rhetel
and
St.
Menehout
,
he
retir'd
to
Namur
.
He
had
there
some
Conference
with
a
Minister
of
the
Arch-Duke's
,
who
before
he
wou'd
let
the
Prince
come
to
Bruxells
,
would
know
whether
he
would
give
him
the
Hand
.
This
Proposition
made
the
Prince
sensible
,
to
what
Displeasures
he
had
expos'd
himself
by
his
Disobedience
;
but
his
great
Courage
not
suffering
him
to
hesitate
what
answer
to
make
;
he
sent
the
Arch-Duke
word
,
that
the
Honour
he
had
to
be
the
first
Prince
of
the
Blood
of
France
,
had
too
well
taught
him
,
what
was
his
Right
for
him
,
ever
to
part
with
it
:
He
therefore
pretended
to
take
place
of
the
Arch-Duke
were
he
not
in
the
Low-Countries
,
where
he
represented
his
Catholick
Majesty
,
in
that
Quality
he
would
give
him
the
upper
Hand
when
he
went
to
visit
him
;
but
when
the
Arch-Duke
in
his
turn
came
to
see
him
,
he
expected
the
same
.
The
Arch-Duke
was
not
pleas'd
with
so
haughty
an
Answer
,
and
believing
that
after
what
the
Prince
had
done
,
there
was
no
more
returning
for
him
into
France
;
he
insisted
upon
the
Prince's
giving
him
place
every
where
,
to
which
the
Prince
wou'd
never
consent
:
The
thing
at
last
went
so
far
,
that
he
caus'd
the
Arch-Duke
to
be
told
,
that
unless
he
accepted
the
Offer
he
made
him
,
he
would
in
eight
Days
be
gone
;
and
that
he
was
not
yet
so
to
seek
,
but
he
knew
very
well
where
to
go
.
the
Arch-Duke
was
then
forc'd
to
let
him
have
his
Will
;
but
seeing
it
was
much
against
the
Arch-Duke's
,
it
shew'd
the
Prince
what
Inconveniences
attend
a
Man's
forsaking
his
own
Country
,
and
going
into
a
Foreign
Court
,
especially
,
when
a
Man
is
look'd
upon
as
a
Rebel
,
and
is
oblig'd
to
buy
his
Protection
,
whatever
the
Price
be
,
he
must
pay
for
it
.
He
had
the
same
dispute
with
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
who
liv'd
for
the
most
part
at
Bruxells
;
and
many
times
,
't
was
thought
,
they
wou'd
come
to
Blows
;
but
't
was
hinder'd
by
their
Friends
,
without
undertaking
to
decide
the
Difference
about
eithers
Pretentions
;
for
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
wou'd
not
endure
any
Competition
,
and
the
Prince
of
Condé
cou'd
not
hear
of
giving
place
,
without
falling
into
great
Passion
;
but
that
which
gave
him
the
greatest
Distaste
in
that
Court
,
was
,
that
Prince
Francis
,
the
Duke's
Brother
,
did
likewise
dispute
Precedency
with
him
;
which
caus'd
such
Heats
,
as
were
not
like
to
end
without
Fighting
:
That
which
most
anger'd
the
Prince
of
Condé
was
,
that
the
Arch-Duke
wou'd
not
regulate
the
business
,
tho'
the
Prince
pray'd
him
to
do
it
,
confiding
in
the
Justice
of
his
Cause
.
The
Arch-Duke
had
a
mind
to
mortify
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
and
would
not
disoblige
Prince
Francis
,
whom
he
resolv'd
to
keep
still
with
him
;
especially
at
that
time
when
he
fear'd
he
wou'd
be
gone
into
France
,
where
many
endeavours
were
us'd
to
gain
him
.
See
what
unexpected
Displeasures
Men
meet
with
,
when
they
put
themselves
into
the
Service
of
a
Foreign
Prince
;
but
't
is
otherwise
,
when
a
Man
stays
in
his
own
Country
,
where
the
Place
due
to
his
Quality
,
is
not
only
regulated
;
but
it
is
also
the
Sovereign's
Interest
,
to
do
nothing
to
the
prejudice
of
a
Prince
of
his
Blood
.
'T
is
but
just
a
Man
should
do
Pennance
for
his
Faults
,
because
it
brings
him
again
to
himself
,
and
there
is
nothing
which
makes
us
wiser
,
than
those
Mortifications
which
we
did
not
expect
;
they
that
have
the
Wind
still
with
them
,
run
the
hazard
of
never
knowing
themselves
.
The
Prince
having
quitted
his
party
,
your
Majesty
thought
rather
of
pacifying
your
Kingdom
,
than
of
driving
the
Enemy
from
the
Frontiers
,
which
you
flatter'd
your self
might
be
easily
done
,
when
it
was
at
Peace
within
it self
:
The
Province
of
Guyenne
was
still
in
Arms
for
the
Prince
of
Condé
;
the
Prince
of
Conti
was
in
Bourdeaux
,
where
,
as
a
Prince
of
the
Blood
,
he
was
so
considerable
,
as
to
draw
many
to
take
part
with
him
in
his
Disobedience
;
the
Count
d'Ognon
was
in
Brouage
,
where
ill
Example
made
him
play
the
Tyrant
.
Great
Forces
were
requir'd
to
reduce
those
People
,
because
of
their
Intelligence
with
the
Spaniards
,
from
whom
they
receiv'd
Assistance
:
But
your
Majesty
considering
it
wou'd
be
easier
to
gain
them
by
fair
means
,
you
made
the
one
Mareschal
of
France
,
upon
Condition
,
he
deliver'd
up
the
Place
he
kept
into
your
Majesty's
Hands
;
and
granted
the
other
very
considerable
Terms
,
if
he
wou'd
quit
his
Brother's
Party
.
Your
Majesty
who
had
found
a
way
to
make
Cardinal
Mazarin
return
,
and
to
settle
Peace
in
Paris
,
where
you
had
again
fixt
the
Parliament
in
its
usual
Seat
.
And
having
now
no
more
Domestick
Troubles
to
fear
,
you
did
not
only
raise
Forces
to
secure
your
Frontiers
;
but
to
raise
your
Reputation
very
much
lessen'd
abroad
.
You
had
lost
all
you
had
in
Catalonia
,
your
Affairs
in
Italy
,
were
also
in
an
ill
Condition
,
those
in
Flanders
not
in
a
much
better
Case
,
and
of
so
many
Conquests
,
which
I
have
already
mention'd
,
no
more
remain'd
to
your
Majesty
,
but
Arras
in
Campagn
;
the
Enemy
kept
St.
Menehout
,
Mouzon
and
Rhetel
;
upon
the
Frontier
of
Picardie
,
Le
Catelet
and
Capelle
;
in
Bourgundy
,
Bellegard
,
wherein
were
the
remains
of
the
Prince
of
Condé's
Faction
.
Here
was
work
enough
for
a
young
Prince
,
who
had
not
yet
the
experience
of
Riper
Years
;
but
your
Majesty
having
prudently
begun
with
that
which
seem'd
to
be
of
greatest
Consequence
;
you
besieg'd
Bellegard
and
became
Master
of
it
,
having
thereby
cut
off
the
Head
of
the
Rebellion
.
You
hardly
knew
what
to
do
next
,
so
much
were
you
press'd
on
all
sides
:
The
Prince
of
Condé
was
enter'd
into
Picardy
where
he
had
taken
Roye
;
the
Arch-Duke
threaten'd
Campagn
,
these
two
Places
were
of
like
Importance
to
you
;
but
you
cou'd
not
remedy
all
at
once
,
the
Forces
of
your
Kingdom
were
exhausted
;
so
that
your
Majesty
was
oblig'd
to
do
things
by
degrees
,
one
after
another
.
You
march'd
to
the
Relief
of
Picardy
,
made
the
Enemy
quit
Roy
;
and
afterwards
,
besieg'd
Rhetel
,
which
being
taken
,
you
made
your self
Master
of
Mouzon
:
In
the
mean
time
the
Enemy
possess'd
themselves
of
Rocroy
;
for
which
you
were
reveng'd
,
by
reducing
St.
Menehout
to
your
Obedience
.
Your
Arms
in
Catalonia
began
to
be
dreaded
;
you
took
there
several
strong
Places
,
and
you
had
taken
the
Town
of
Gironne
,
had
it
not
been
for
a
Miracle
wrought
by
Heav'n
,
in
favour
of
your
Enemies
:
They
plac'd
on
the
Rampart
a
little
Cabinet
,
wherein
were
the
Reliques
of
a
holy
Bishop
of
that
City
;
and
presently
there
appear'd
such
an
infinite
number
of
Flies
,
which
fell
upon
your
Army
,
that
all
your
Cavalry
was
astonish'd
at
it
.
The
Horses
,
not
being
able
to
abide
it
,
broke
their
Bridles
,
and
run
cross
the
Fields
,
they
roll'd
themselves
in
the
Mire
to
get
rid
of
the
Flies
,
and
many
perish'd
;
so
that
seeing
the
Enemy
was
ready
to
make
use
of
the
Advantage
they
had
by
so
favourable
an
Accident
,
it
was
thought
fit
to
raise
the
Siege
.
In
Italy
,
you
carry'd
the
War
into
Milanez
,
where
the
Count
de
Grancé
,
whom
you
had
made
a
Mareschal
of
France
,
took
Carpignan
,
and
beat
the
Marquess
Caracene
,
whom
the
King
of
Spain
sent
against
him
.
You
were
now
oblig'd
to
acknowledge
the
Government
of
England
,
tho'
at
the
same
time
,
your
Kindness
and
Justice
,
led
you
to
protect
him
who
was
the
lawful
Prince
thereof
:
But
the
Spaniards
,
who
sought
to
make
an
Advantage
of
your
Aversion
to
Cromwell's
Usurpation
and
were
treating
with
him
to
your
Prejudice
;
you
had
recourse
to
the
only
means
left
you
,
to
secure
your self
against
the
Mischief
they
intended
you
.
You
offer'd
him
your
Mediation
to
accomodate
the
differences
amicably
,
which
were
then
between
England
and
Holland
,
of
which
you
were
very
willing
to
see
an
End
,
because
they
might
have
proved
very
much
to
your
Enemies
Advantage
.
This
was
a
great
deal
for
a
State
which
had
been
so
Sick
,
to
be
free
from
Convulsions
which
had
like
to
have
brought
it
to
its
Grave
:
But
as
in
long
Sicknesses
there
are
often
Relapses
,
Count
Harcourt
,
whom
your
Majesty
had
made
use
of
to
reduce
the
Rebels
to
their
Duty
,
became
one
himself
.
He
found
a
way
to
get
into
Brisac
,
where
the
Garrison
being
at
his
Devotion
,
he
design'd
to
erect
a
Kind
of
Soveraignty
in
Alsatia
,
if
he
had
been
strong
enough
to
support
the
Burthen
.
The
Spaniards
did
all
they
cou'd
to
oblige
him
to
put
the
Place
into
their
Hands
;
but
not
offering
enough
to
tempt
him
,
he
refus'd
them
,
and
thought
of
agreeing
with
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
who
had
enough
to
pay
him
well
;
for
there
was
not
a
Prince
,
who
had
so
much
ready
Money
as
he
;
but
being
an
Idolater
of
it
,
he
could
not
resolve
to
part
with
so
much
as
Count
Harcourt
demanded
;
so
that
the
Business
hanging
long
in
Suspence
,
it
came
at
last
to
nothing
,
because
the
Spaniards
,
who
distrusted
him
,
caus'd
him
soon
after
to
be
arrested
.
Your
Majesty
,
to
whom
this
Business
appear'd
to
be
of
great
importance
,
as
indeed
it
was
;
sent
often
to
and
again
to
make
him
return
to
his
Duty
:
But
seeing
he
cou'd
not
come
to
any
Resolution
,
you
besieg'd
Beffort
to
cut
off
all
Relief
which
he
might
hope
to
have
from
that
side
;
you
made
your self
Master
of
it
in
the
midst
of
Winter
;
for
it
is
fit
the
French
should
learn
to
make
War
in
any
Season
,
they
who
under
your
Majesty
ought
to
despise
Heat
and
Cold
,
and
to
habituate
themselves
to
either
:
This
Conquest
joyn'd
to
the
very
good
Terms
you
offer'd
Count
Harcourt
,
prevail'd
with
him
to
accept
'em
:
You
gave
him
the
Government
of
Anjou
,
you
let
him
enjoy
all
his
Estate
,
and
his
Place
of
Grand
Ecuyerr
;
he
being
to
deliver
up
all
he
held
in
Alsatia
.
This
Business
being
thus
over
,
and
so
well
for
your
Majesty
;
you
next
thought
of
re-taking
Rocroy
,
where
the
Garrison
spoil'd
all
the
Country
round
about
it
,
under
the
Command
of
a
Governour
who
was
not
a
sleep
,
and
had
learnt
his
Trade
under
the
Prince
of
Condé
;
I
mean
Montall
,
whom
your
Majesty
hath
so
succesfully
employ'd
,
and
who
did
you
great
Service
in
the
last
War
.
But
you
believ'd
the
taking
of
Stenay
was
of
much
greater
Advantage
;
and
therefore
you
march'd
your
Army
thither
under
the
command
of
Mareschal
Fabert
:
This
General
was
much
to
be
valued
for
his
great
Fidelity
to
your
Majesty
,
because
he
was
almost
the
only
Man
,
among
those
who
were
Governours
of
Places
,
who
refus'd
the
Prince
of
Condé's
Offers
,
who
did
all
he
cou'd
to
debauch
him
out
of
your
Service
:
But
he
resolv'd
not
to
follow
the
Example
of
others
,
and
kept
Sedan
,
which
your
Majesty
put
into
his
Hands
.
The
Prince
to
whom
Stenay
belong'd
,
desir'd
Forces
from
the
Arch-Duke
to
relieve
it
.
The
Arch-Duke
promis'd
him
,
and
indeed
did
all
he
cou'd
to
oblige
Prince
Francis
to
lend
him
his
Troops
:
But
because
this
Place
had
been
dismembred
from
Lorrain
,
he
would
not
but
upon
Condition
it
should
be
re-united
;
to
which
the
Prince
would
not
yield
,
and
this
Business
having
encreas'd
the
mis-understanding
that
was
between
'em
,
the
Arch-Duke
had
much
ado
to
keep
'em
from
coming
to
down
right
Blows
.
Your
Majesty
came
in
Person
to
the
Siege
,
after
you
had
been
at
Reins
,
where
the
Ceremonies
of
your
Consecration
had
been
perform'd
:
Your
Majesty
was
very
liberal
to
your
Souldiers
,
who
all
admir'd
the
Inclination
they
saw
you
had
to
War
.
While
your
Forces
were
before
Stenay
,
the
Prince
of
Condé
prevail'd
with
the
Spaniards
to
besiege
Arras
;
supposing
,
that
because
this
Place
was
of
much
greater
consequence
to
you
,
than
the
other
,
you
wou'd
raise
the
Siege
of
Stenay
to
relieve
it
.
But
they
were
deceiv'd
in
their
expectation
,
it
only
made
your
Majesty
the
more
diligent
to
take
it
,
and
you
were
no
sooner
possest
of
it
,
but
you
made
hast
to
relieve
Arras
.
The
taking
of
Arras
was
of
such
importance
to
the
Spaniards
,
that
they
neglected
nothing
to
make
themselves
sure
of
it
:
Their
Lines
were
the
best
that
ever
was
seen
,
and
at
equal
distances
they
had
rais'd
Redoubts
,
by
which
they
were
the
more
secur'd
;
and
not
content
with
all
this
Precaution
,
they
had
made
Holes
in
the
Ground
within
,
to
stop
the
Cavalry
:
But
the
Siege
began
with
an
ill
Omen
;
for
the
Chevalier
Crequi
who
had
not
yet
any
great
Reputation
for
a
Souldier
;
but
hath
since
so
well
behav'd
himself
,
that
your
Majesty
,
after
making
him
a
Mareschal
of
France
,
hath
given
him
the
Command
of
your
best
Armies
;
threw
himself
into
the
Place
,
at
the
Head
of
Five
Hundred
Horse
.
This
Relief
did
Montjeu
great
Service
,
who
commanded
within
,
and
who
to
spare
his
Purse
,
had
but
an
indifferent
Garrison
:
for
in
those
Days
,
your
Majesty
,
not
being
able
your self
to
order
your
own
Affairs
,
the
Governors
of
Places
appropriated
to
themselves
the
Contributions
without
rendring
any
Accompt
to
your
Majesty
,
with
which
they
undertook
to
defend
the
Place
wherein
they
commanded
;
which
was
very
inconvenient
,
for
instead
of
maintaining
a
good
Garrison
,
they
thought
of
nothing
but
heaping
up
Treasure
;
this
your
Majesty
cou'd
not
remedy
;
but
by
changing
this
Custom
,
and
putting
things
into
the
State
they
are
at
present
.
And
indeed
,
as
now
your
Safety
is
greater
than
it
was
before
;
so
you
have
taken
away
a
Company
of
petty
Tyrants
,
who
as
soon
as
they
were
put
into
the
command
of
any
place
,
thought
themselves
as
great
as
your
Majesty
.
Montjeu
,
who
was
a
brave
Man
,
held
out
near
two
Months
,
without
letting
the
Enemy
get
much
Ground
upon
him
:
in
the
mean
time
,
your
Army
under
the
Command
of
Vicount
Turenne
appear'd
in
view
of
their
Lines
,
and
begun
to
intrench
,
because
he
fear'd
they
would
come
out
and
fight
him
,
and
that
they
being
stronger
than
he
,
he
might
receive
some
Affront
.
It
was
the
Prince
of
Condé's
Advice
,
that
they
should
go
out
of
their
Lines
,
and
fight
Turenne
,
because
,
said
he
,
they
expect
the
coming
of
Mareschal
Hoquincourt
,
with
the
Troops
he
commands
,
and
then
they
will
know
how
to
talk
with
us
.
But
the
Arch-Duke
maintain'd
,
that
they
cou'd
not
go
out
of
their
Lines
,
without
quitting
some
Out-works
which
they
had
taken
,
and
if
they
did
not
quit
'em
,
the
Garrison
would
again
beat
them
out
of
'em
,
which
was
still
the
same
thing
;
and
therefore
they
were
better
continue
their
Attaques
,
and
endeauour
to
take
the
Town
before
Hoquincourt
should
arrive
.
The
Arch-Duke's
opinion
was
follow'd
,
because
amongst
the
Officers
that
were
in
a
Council
of
War
,
there
was
none
but
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
who
durst
contradict
him
.
This
gave
Vicount
Turenne
time
,
to
put
his
Army
into
a
condition
not
to
be
insulted
,
and
to
expect
the
coming
of
Mareschal
Hoquincourt
;
who
as
soon
as
he
came
,
attack'd
the
Abby
of
St.
Eloi
,
and
carried
it
.
He
lodged
there
with
his
Army
round
about
him
,
and
acting
in
concert
with
Vicount
Turenne
who
was
on
the
other
side
of
the
Lines
,
they
cut
off
the
Enemies
Provisions
,
and
hinder'd
all
Convoys
from
coming
into
their
Camp
.
Montjeu
seeing
himself
so
near
being
reliev'd
,
felt
his
courage
encrease
;
and
having
repuls'd
the
Besiegers
in
two
Assaults
they
made
upon
one
of
his
Outworks
;
they
were
in
such
consternation
,
that
Viscount
Turenne
thought
it
a
fit
time
to
set
upon
them
in
that
disorder
.
The
Prince
of
Condé
who
foresaw
they
could
make
no
resistance
,
said
to
the
Archduke
,
That
since
he
would
not
believe
him
at
first
,
he
hoped
he
would
now
;
and
seeing
there
was
no
more
time
to
be
lost
,
the
only
way
they
were
to
take
in
their
present
condition
,
was
to
raise
the
Siege
and
fall
upon
Hoquincourt
,
to
whom
Turenne
could
give
no
assistance
.
The
Archduke
seem'd
well
enough
inclin'd
to
it
,
and
fell
into
particular
discourse
of
their
Retreat
;
but
having
consulted
Count
Fuensaldagne
,
who
past
for
a
great
Souldier
among
his
Country-men
,
was
by
him
wholly
disswaded
from
it
.
St.
Louis's
day
being
come
,
which
Viscount
Turenne
had
chosen
to
make
his
Attack
,
he
gave
the
Signal
agreed
on
with
Mareschal
Hoquincourt
;
so
that
both
having
marched
,
Viscount
Turenne
forced
the
Lines
in
that
part
,
which
was
guarded
by
Fernando
Solis
.
But
Mareschal
Hoquincourt
miss'd
his
way
,
which
gave
the
Archduke
time
to
think
of
Retreating
;
but
Viscount
Turenne
following
his
blow
,
beat
the
Lorrainers
in
their
Quarter
,
which
was
next
to
Solis
.
The
Prince
of
Condé
seeing
the
disorder
,
advanced
to
a
little
Rivulet
,
which
separated
his
Quarter
from
the
rest
;
and
there
making
head
against
Vicount
Turenne
,
and
Mareschal
Hoquincourt
,
who
had
now
joyn'd
him
,
he
gave
the
Archduke
and
the
Troops
he
had
brought
out
of
France
,
time
to
retreat
in
good
order
;
his
infantry
never
the
less
suffer'd
very
much
in
their
Retreat
with
the
Prince
,
who
was
the
last
man
,
and
which
he
managed
with
so
much
prudence
,
that
the
Spaniards
admired
him
;
among
whom
he
got
very
great
credit
for
so
brave
an
action
.
The
Enemy's
Cannon
and
Baggage
fell
into
Your
Majesties
hands
.
You
went
to
the
Cathedral
Church
of
the
City
,
and
there
gave
God
thanks
for
the
Victory
he
had
given
you
;
for
you
still
attributed
all
things
to
him
like
a
good
Christian
,
believing
that
your
good
conduct
,
or
the
force
of
your
Arms
could
do
nothing
without
his
aid
.
The
taking
of
Quesnoi
was
the
fruit
of
this
Victory
,
and
therewith
ended
this
prosperous
Campagne
.
Your
Conquests
were
likewise
increased
in
Catalonia
,
by
the
taking
of
Villafranca
and
Puicerda
;
from
whence
the
Enemies
continually
made
Inroads
into
Rousillon
;
but
you
did
not
make
the
same
Progress
in
Italy
,
tho'
you
spared
nothing
on
that
side
,
to
signalize
the
Glory
of
your
Arms.
For
the
Duke
of
Guise
who
had
engaged
you
in
great
Expences
,
under
pretence
of
his
maintaining
correspondence
with
Naples
,
and
that
he
should
no
sooner
appear
but
that
whole
Kingdom
would
rise
;
yet
came
back
without
taking
any
thing
but
Castellamar
,
which
he
was
forced
to
quit
.
This
Enterprize
however
gave
Your
Majesty
Reputation
,
tho'
the
Spaniards
endeavour'd
in
that
Country
,
to
make
people
believe
you
were
a
Prince
that
could
not
easily
get
out
of
that
confusion
,
into
which
the
Civil
Wars
had
cast
you
;
tho'
you
now
scarce
feel
the
effects
of
it
,
having
put
all
things
into
so
good
order
every
where
;
for
it
is
not
only
on
the
Frontiers
that
you
have
establish'd
your
power
;
but
you
have
likewise
done
it
in
the
heart
of
your
Kingdom
,
where
there
remain'd
but
two
things
to
be
done
,
and
which
appear'd
very
pressing
and
absolutely
necessary
.
The
one
was
,
so
to
settle
again
the
Power
and
Authority
of
your
Minister
,
that
he
might
meet
with
no
more
such
Strokes
as
had
like
to
have
tumbled
him
quite
down
.
The
other
was
,
to
punish
those
,
who
under
pretence
of
being
your
Friends
betray'd
you
.
You
did
the
first
,
by
marrying
his
Eminencies
Nieces
,
to
such
great
Lords
,
that
the
chief
Persons
in
your
Court
,
were
engag'd
to
preserve
him
;
one
of
his
Nieces
was
married
to
the
Duke
of
Mercoeur
,
and
another
to
the
Prince
of
Conti.
This
begot
a
great
desire
in
the
greatest
and
most
Eminent
Men
about
you
,
to
court
the
other
,
who
were
not
yet
old
enough
to
be
Married
,
and
who
might
pretend
to
any
thing
,
after
their
other
two
Sisters
had
gotten
Husbands
of
such
Quality
.
As
to
the
Punishment
of
those
who
had
deceiv'd
you
,
you
made
that
Exemplary
in
the
Person
of
Cardinal
de
Rets
;
whom
you
caus'd
to
be
Arrested
;
but
because
the
regard
you
had
to
his
Character
,
would
not
permit
you
to
punish
him
according
to
what
your
Justice
requir'd
,
you
therefore
only
resolv'd
to
take
from
him
his
Arch-Bishoprick
,
which
gave
him
by
the
Dignity
of
it
,
so
much
Power
over
the
Clergy
,
as
to
be
able
to
engage
them
in
Factions
prejudicial
to
your
Service
;
you
propos'd
to
him
a
Resignation
of
his
Bishoprick
into
the
Hands
of
the
Pope
,
and
that
then
he
should
have
his
Liberty
.
Monsieur
Bellievre
first
President
of
the
Parliament
,
who
was
sent
to
him
to
let
him
know
your
Majesty's
Pleasure
,
was
his
Friend
,
but
none
to
your
Minister
;
so
that
instead
of
counselling
him
to
accept
of
the
Proposition
;
he
advis'd
him
to
the
contrary
;
saying
,
he
spoke
to
him
as
a
Friend
,
and
not
as
one
sent
from
the
Court.
Now
seeing
this
Magistrate
had
the
Reputation
of
being
one
of
the
Honestest
Men
in
France
,
and
a
Judge
of
as
great
integrity
,
as
hath
been
a
long
time
in
Parliament
.
It
will
not
be
impertinent
to
give
your
Majesty
a
Character
of
the
Man
;
't
is
very
true
,
that
he
was
an
Honest
Man
,
and
incapable
of
doing
a
base
thing
;
however
,
I
can
say
,
your
Majesty
did
your self
no
good
when
you
prefer'd
him
;
if
he
were
a
Vertuous
Man
,
his
Vertue
was
very
Austere
,
and
would
never
consider
the
necessitie
of
your
State
:
He
affected
the
Name
of
being
a
Man
for
the
Publick
Good
,
which
kept
him
without
any
other
consideration
from
acting
conjunctly
with
your
Majesty
,
for
the
Good
of
your
Affairs
:
He
was
also
of
so
high
a
Spirit
,
that
if
Cardinal
Mazarin
had
sent
for
him
,
unless
it
were
in
your
Majesty's
Name
,
he
would
not
come
;
and
then
if
your self
were
not
upon
the
Place
to
tell
him
what
your
Pleasure
was
,
he
would
not
stay
;
yea
,
such
was
his
Pride
,
that
he
could
not
endure
his
Eminence
should
think
,
there
was
any
difference
between
them
.
But
your
Majesty
should
never
put
such
froward
untractable
Men
,
at
the
Head
of
your
Parliaments
,
which
have
already
done
enough
to
convince
you
,
that
you
ought
never
to
let
them
have
a
President
,
that
will
joyn
with
them
to
usurp
upon
your
Authority
.
Nothing
is
of
greater
Consequence
to
your
Kingdom
;
and
when
there
wants
such
a
Head
,
you
ought
to
prefer
a
Subject
who
will
be
a
Curb
to
them
.
Your
Parliament
hath
already
Power
enough
not
to
covet
more
,
and
that
which
I
have
before
said
of
them
,
relating
to
the
War
of
Paris
,
is
a
sufficient
Reason
for
you
to
set
Bounds
to
their
Power
:
But
the
Inclination
you
always
had
to
reward
your
Servants
,
joyn'd
with
the
necessity
wherein
you
then
were
,
made
you
take
the
first
comer
,
who
offer'd
to
repair
his
ill
Fortune
,
who
before
had
the
Place
,
and
whose
extream
Poverty
you
could
not
see
without
blushing
,
being
not
then
in
a
Condition
to
help
him
;
so
that
you
permitted
this
Magistrate
to
treat
with
his
Predecessor
,
which
nothing
but
the
Misery
of
the
times
could
excuse
:
For
I
can
assure
your
Majesty
,
it
may
occasion
many
Inconveniences
,
as
your self
will
confess
,
when
you
consider
,
that
they
who
arrive
to
Places
of
Honour
,
for
which
they
think
they
have
no
Obligation
to
their
Master
,
are
never
so
submissive
to
him
,
as
they
are
,
who
for
the
Places
they
hold
,
depend
solely
on
him
.
The
Cardinal
de
Rets
took
his
Friend's
Advice
,
because
there
is
nothing
so
grievous
to
a
Man
,
as
the
loss
of
his
Liberty
,
he
thought
to
procure
his
,
by
feigning
to
hearken
to
what
was
proposed
:
He
sent
your
Majesty
word
,
he
was
ready
to
sign
a
blank
Resignation
,
but
when
that
was
done
,
since
the
Price
offer'd
for
it
,
was
what
depended
only
upon
the
Cardinal
,
whom
he
could
not
trust
;
he
would
be
glad
to
know
before
hand
,
what
assurance
you
would
give
him
he
should
have
his
Liberty
.
Your
Majesty
,
who
acted
with
great
sincerity
,
but
would
not
be
trick'd
;
gave
him
to
understand
,
that
you
left
it
to
his
choice
,
to
take
such
Measures
as
he
best
lik'd
;
and
that
you
would
be
contented
,
provided
you
might
be
secure
:
So
that
now
the
matter
being
left
to
him
to
resolve
,
he
agreed
with
your
Majesty
,
that
if
you
would
let
him
out
of
Vincennes
,
he
would
remain
under
the
Guard
of
Mareschal
Meilleray
,
who
had
marry'd
one
of
his
Relations
,
till
the
Pope
had
accepted
his
Resignation
.
He
was
conducted
to
Nantes
,
where
the
Mareschal
was
,
whose
Vigilance
he
design'd
to
deceive
,
because
he
well
knew
,
that
the
Pope
,
with
whom
he
dealt
underhand
,
to
make
him
refuse
that
which
the
Cardinal
seem'd
to
desire
,
would
not
fail
to
declare
himself
against
your
Majesty
.
The
Mareschal
,
who
was
a
good
honest
Man
,
and
did
not
think
the
Cardinal
a
double
Dealer
,
commanded
that
he
should
not
be
kept
too
close
,
but
some
Liberty
should
be
allow'd
him
,
so
that
the
Guards
let
him
go
daily
out
upon
a
Bastion
,
and
did
not
keep
the
Door
by
which
he
went
to
it
;
but
he
,
who
thought
of
nothing
but
escaping
,
got
a
Rope
made
of
Silk
,
of
the
heighth
of
the
Bastion
,
and
his
Physician
,
who
was
with
him
,
holding
it
,
he
let
himself
down
by
it
,
and
got
away
upon
a
Horse
,
purposely
brought
thither
.
Some
thought
his
Design
was
to
go
to
Paris
,
there
to
foment
new
Disorders
;
but
his
Horse
falling
on
the
Pavement
of
Nantes
,
which
is
very
bad
,
he
fled
to
Machcoul
,
a
Castle
which
belong'd
to
the
Duke
of
Rets
,
his
Brother
.
Mareschal
Meilleray
prepar'd
to
go
thither
and
besiege
it
;
which
made
the
Cardinal
go
thence
to
Bellisle
.
The
Mareschal
would
likewise
have
follow'd
him
,
if
your
Majesty
would
have
given
him
leave
;
but
one
Reason
of
State
why
you
would
not
permit
him
,
was
,
because
you
fear'd
that
the
Mareschal
,
who
was
very
powerful
in
that
Province
,
would
not
keep
it
for
you
;
and
that
after
your
Endeavours
to
put
things
into
good
Order
,
you
your self
might
be
the
occasion
of
new
Disorders
.
But
seeing
it
had
been
a
kind
of
braving
your
Majesty
,
to
have
stay'd
in
your
Kingdom
,
after
he
had
been
so
unhappy
to
incur
your
Indignation
,
he
went
into
Spain
,
and
from
thence
to
Rome
,
from
whence
,
your
Majesty
would
not
suffer
him
to
return
,
till
he
had
given
you
the
Satisfaction
you
expected
.
Indeed
,
it
concerns
the
Majesty
of
a
great
King
,
not
to
suffer
a
Subject
to
beard
him
,
but
to
reduce
him
to
his
Duty
;
otherwise
it
would
be
an
Example
to
others
of
dangerous
consequence
.
Your
Majesty
knowing
that
the
Spaniards
had
not
well
recover'd
their
Rout
at
Arras
,
hasten'd
to
take
the
Field
;
where
after
having
taken
Landrecis
,
Condé
and
St.
Guillain
,
the
Arch-Duke
was
so
allarm'd
,
that
he
thought
every
Moment
you
would
attack
him
in
Bruxells
,
the
fear
of
it
made
him
employ
ten
thousand
Peasants
,
to
make
a
kind
of
Fortification
about
it
,
and
't
is
for
your
Majesty's
Reputation
Posterity
should
know
it
;
because
it
cannot
but
take
notice
,
that
after
the
Arch-Duke
had
made
you
tremble
in
your
Capital
City
of
Paris
,
you
should
do
the
like
by
him
in
so
short
a
time
,
and
that
you
must
be
a
great
King
to
do
such
Miracles
:
But
what
I
can
say
,
is
,
That
you
forget
nothing
which
is
for
the
publick
good
of
your
Kingdom
,
and
that
then
you
knew
as
well
how
to
Treat
,
as
to
make
War
.
It
plainly
appear'd
in
the
Treaty
you
made
with
Prince
Francis
,
whose
Design
you
discover'd
,
by
his
letting
the
Lord
Inchequin
who
manag'd
all
his
Affairs
,
fall
into
your
Hands
at
the
Rout
of
Arras
:
For
instead
of
thinking
he
was
taken
Prisoner
by
chance
,
you
concluded
it
to
be
a
premeditated
Contrivance
,
which
made
you
stand
so
stiff
upon
the
Propositions
that
Lord
then
made
.
Who
still
pretended
all
that
he
said
was
from
himself
,
without
having
any
Order
from
the
Prince
his
Master
:
But
even
from
his
Feign'd
Story
,
your
Majesty
rightly
judg'd
necessity
oblig'd
him
to
treat
with
you
,
which
shew'd
you
a
prudent
,
and
well
advis'd
Prince
,
seeing
to
conclude
only
from
appearances
,
is
the
way
to
be
deceiv'd
in
all
a
Man
doth
.
It
were
to
be
wish'd
,
your
Majesty
had
been
able
to
be
present
in
all
your
Armies
,
as
well
as
in
that
of
Flanders
;
you
then
had
seen
with
your
own
Eyes
,
in
what
manner
things
went
;
you
might
then
have
weigh'd
all
Enterprizes
,
before
you
gave
your
consent
to
their
being
put
in
execution
;
but
seeing
your
knowledge
of
Places
,
and
your
Enemies
Forces
were
but
imperfect
,
you
met
with
a
check
in
Italy
,
of
which
only
Cardinal
Mazarin's
easiness
can
be
accus'd
.
He
was
so
fast
tyed
to
his
own
Country
,
notwithstanding
all
the
Wealth
and
Honours
he
had
heap'd
in
France
,
which
ought
to
have
made
him
forget
it
;
that
he
endeavour'd
to
get
a
Husband
there
,
for
the
Sister
of
the
Princess
of
Conti
,
and
the
Dutchess
of
Mercoeur
,
but
of
all
those
that
presented
themselves
,
he
lik'd
none
so
well
as
the
Duke
of
Modena
.
This
Allyance
the
Cardinal
represented
so
considerable
to
your
Majesty
,
as
if
he
had
no
other
end
,
than
drawing
in
this
Prince
to
espouse
your
Interest
;
so
that
he
prevail'd
with
you
,
to
give
the
Duke
the
command
of
your
Army
in
that
Country
,
jointly
with
Prince
Thomas
;
and
these
two
Generals
being
joyn'd
,
broke
the
Marquess
of
Caracene's
Measures
,
who
design'd
to
surprize
Regio
;
which
so
rais'd
their
Courage
,
that
they
thought
themselves
in
a
condition
to
besiege
Pavie
:
But
they
were
forc'd
to
quit
the
Siege
,
which
had
very
much
lessen'd
your
Majesty's
Glory
,
if
that
which
happen'd
elsewhere
had
not
repair'd
your
Reputation
;
for
beside
that
which
you
did
in
Flanders
,
your
Army
in
Catalonia
did
not
only
preserve
its
Conquests
;
but
enlarg'd
'em
:
For
it
seis'd
upon
Cap-daquiers
,
and
being
enter'd
into
the
Campourda
,
put
all
under
Contribution
home
to
Gironne
.
The
Fault
whereof
your
Minister
was
guilty
in
Italy
,
was
not
the
only
one
of
which
his
Ministry
may
be
accus'd
;
he
was
very
fond
of
a
Maxime
,
which
no
body
but
himself
approv'd
,
and
which
your
Majesty
suffer'd
,
because
you
had
so
much
confidence
in
him
;
he
employ'd
in
all
your
Affairs
two
Persons
instead
of
one
,
which
was
always
the
Ground
of
perpetual
jealousie
between
'em
,
and
which
must
necessarily
produce
very
ill
Effects
:
For
two
Men
with
equal
Power
and
Authority
,
look
upon
one
another
as
two
Enemies
,
tho'
they
seem
not
to
do
it
,
and
they
will
never
let
slip
an
Opportunity
of
doing
one
another
an
ill
turn
;
they
are
never
better
pleas'd
,
than
when
one
of
them
doth
a
Fault
;
and
they
commonly
suborn
People
to
procure
each
other's
Ruine
.
To
redress
this
,
is
very
difficult
;
but
't
is
absolutely
necessary
for
the
good
of
your
Kingdom
.
Your
Majesty
is
far
from
liking
this
Maxim
;
you
know
,
that
the
most
perfect
Government
is
,
that
which
comes
nearest
to
GOD's
;
and
therefore
you
give
absolute
Power
,
to
those
that
act
under
your
Orders
:
'T
is
enough
,
that
they
render
you
an
Account
of
what
they
do
;
but
you
do
not
put
Persons
in
equal
Ballance
one
with
another
,
if
you
did
,
you
should
be
sure
to
be
but
ill
served
;
for
if
they
that
have
Commission
to
do
a
thing
,
do
it
not
with
all
the
Authority
of
their
Master
,
they
are
always
ill
obey'd
:
Beside
,
if
two
Persons
have
Power
to
command
the
same
thing
,
one
usually
crosseth
what
the
other
undertakes
;
their
differing
in
Opinion
,
produceth
this
Effect
,
as
well
as
the
Jealousie
which
is
between
'em
;
so
that
we
ought
to
conclude
a
State
is
ill
govern'd
,
where
there
are
so
many
Masters
.
We
likewise
see
,
that
Monarchical
Government
is
counted
the
most
perfect
,
and
that
the
best
Policy'd
Republicks
are
those
,
where
there
is
the
least
Confusion
.
Whatever
was
the
matter
,
this
Disorder
reign'd
in
your
Revenue
,
and
in
your
Armies
;
you
know
that
in
Italy
there
were
two
Generals
;
in
Flanders
likewise
,
Cardinal
Mazarin
was
pleas'd
this
Year
,
to
joyn
two
Men
together
,
whose
Humours
and
Inclinations
,
were
quite
contrary
to
one
another's
;
I
mean
,
Viscount
Turenne
and
Mareschal
de
la
Ferté
,
who
could
never
agree
,
and
who
also
had
lately
quarrel'd
.
The
Mareschal
took
out
of
the
Viscounts
Hands
a
Prisoner
,
under
pretence
of
exchanging
him
for
one
of
his
Men
taken
by
the
Enemy
;
but
in
truth
it
was
to
hang
him
,
in
revenge
for
a
Lorrainer
in
your
Majesty's
Service
,
whom
they
had
put
to
Death
.
The
Mareschal
had
reason
to
do
it
,
and
no
body
can
say
the
contrary
;
for
otherwise
,
no
Lorrainer
would
take
Arms
to
serve
you
;
but
your
Majesty
will
confess
,
that
Viscount
Turenne
had
just
cause
to
complain
of
the
Mareschal's
abusing
his
Credulity
,
and
tho'
it
concern'd
your
Service
,
yet
there
is
no
Pleasure
in
being
made
an
Instrument
to
the
bringing
a
Poor
Man
to
the
Gallows
.
These
two
Generals
,
whose
Army
consisted
of
Thirty
Thousand
Men
,
resolving
to
imploy
it
in
some
glorious
Enterprize
,
thought
none
greater
than
the
besieging
of
Valenciennes
,
each
took
his
Quarter
opposite
to
one
another
:
Your
Majesty
instead
of
expecting
every
Moment
to
receive
News
of
the
Town
's
being
taken
,
heard
that
Don
John
of
Austria
in
the
Arch-Duke's
room
,
was
marching
with
the
Prince
of
Condé
to
relieve
it
.
Viscount
Turenne
,
who
always
us'd
to
be
cautious
and
stand
upon
his
Guard
,
was
now
in
so
good
a
Posture
,
that
Don
John
to
succeed
in
his
Design
,
thought
the
best
way
,
was
to
fall
upon
Mareschal
de
la
Fertè's
Quarter
.
Turenne
,
who
spent
a
great
deal
upon
Spyes
,
acquainted
the
Mareschal
with
it
,
and
offer'd
to
send
some
Troops
to
help
him
to
repulse
the
Enemy
;
but
his
Jealousie
would
not
let
him
accept
the
Offer
,
so
that
Don
John
,
tho'
he
did
not
find
him
unprovided
,
yet
he
fell
upon
him
with
so
much
Advantage
,
that
he
defeated
the
Mareschal
,
and
took
him
Prisoner
:
Don
John
would
have
gon
on
,
and
attack'd
Viscount
Turenne's
Quarter
;
but
he
was
ready
to
receive
him
in
so
good
Order
,
that
he
saw
he
had
to
do
with
another
guess
Man
than
the
Mareschal
:
Turenne
retreated
to
Quesnoy
,
where
he
stay'd
to
expect
those
that
fled
,
and
kept
so
good
a
Countenance
,
that
Don
John
durst
not
offer
him
Battel
;
but
thought
it
better
to
take
the
Town
of
Condé
,
which
Turenne
could
not
relieve
;
but
to
repair
that
loss
,
he
made
himself
Master
of
Capelle
,
which
your
Majesty
had
no
opportunity
to
re-take
,
since
you
lost
it
.
Another
,
not
so
couragious
as
your
Majesty
,
would
have
been
very
much
troubled
with
the
ill
Success
of
this
Siege
,
and
would
have
vented
his
anger
upon
the
Prisoner
;
but
you
did
not
only
appear
unmov'd
in
this
reverse
of
Fortune
;
but
took
it
upon
your self
to
justifie
the
Mareschal's
Conduct
,
whose
Ransome
you
also
pay'd
;
for
you
are
always
bountiful
to
them
that
serve
you
,
and
the
greater
their
Misfortunes
are
,
the
more
consideration
you
have
for
'em
.
You
were
not
so
ill
treated
by
Fortune
in
Italy
this
Year
,
as
you
were
the
last
:
Your
Army
,
commanded
by
the
Dukes
of
Mercoeur
and
Modena
,
took
there
the
Town
of
Valence
,
in
sight
of
the
Spanish
Troops
,
who
durst
not
come
to
a
Battel
.
In
Catalonia
you
likewise
maintain'd
the
Honour
which
your
Arms
had
there
acquir'd
,
so
that
the
Lustre
of
your
Crown
,
obscur'd
that
of
Spain
,
and
every
one
strove
to
be
your
Allye
.
Indeed
,
you
forgot
nothing
to
make
your self
considerable
,
and
the
Swiss
,
your
antient
Allyes
,
falling
out
among
themselves
,
you
,
by
your
Mediation
,
happily
ended
their
Differences
:
For
your
Majesty
knows
,
that
nothing
is
to
pass
in
Europe
,
without
your
taking
notice
of
it
;
and
that
such
great
Princes
as
you
,
ought
so
to
interpose
their
Authority
,
that
no
body
may
take
Arms
,
without
their
consent
.
You
receiv'd
into
your
Dominions
the
Queen
of
Sweeden
,
who
had
resign'd
her
Crown
to
her
Cousin-German
;
she
was
extremely
pleas'd
with
the
Reception
you
gave
her
;
but
you
were
not
so
with
her
Proceedings
;
for
in
one
of
your
Royal
Houses
,
she
caus'd
one
of
her
principal
Officers
to
be
assassinated
,
who
it
seems
had
displeas'd
her
;
they
who
pretend
to
penetrate
into
secrets
,
believe
there
was
some
Mystery
between
them
;
and
that
the
Gentleman's
Indiscretion
,
was
the
cause
of
his
Misfortune
:
Discourses
so
much
to
the
Dishonour
of
this
Princess
,
with
the
little
satisfaction
you
had
in
what
had
happen'd
,
put
her
upon
parting
sooner
than
she
intended
;
she
went
to
Rome
,
the
place
she
had
chosen
for
her
Retreat
,
and
there
having
abjur'd
her
Religion
,
she
found
,
that
there
are
a
thousand
Disgusts
in
a
private
Life
,
which
People
,
who
never
tasted
any
before
,
would
never
have
expected
.
Your
Majesty
,
about
this
time
,
was
ingag'd
in
so
nice
a
Business
,
that
you
never
met
with
the
like
,
since
you
ascended
the
Throne
.
I
mean
that
of
the
Jansenists
,
a
Sect
so
much
the
more
dangerous
,
because
it
cover'd
it self
with
the
Cloak
of
Piety
:
It
was
condemn'd
at
Rome
,
and
then
you
thought
you
were
not
to
tolerate
it
in
your
Dominions
;
so
that
you
would
not
permit
those
to
stay
,
who
would
not
subscribe
to
the
Pope's
Decree
:
But
their
Faction
being
strong
,
tho'
they
were
out
of
your
Kingdom
,
they
kept
intelligence
with
some
in
it
;
all
Paris
was
full
of
their
Books
,
and
People
ran
so
eagerly
to
read
'em
,
that
they
said
,
Rome
was
mistaken
in
condemning
'em
:
Their
manner
of
Living
,
wrought
much
upon
the
People
in
their
Favour
;
for
they
did
nothing
,
in
appearance
,
but
what
tended
to
Perfection
;
and
all
that
could
be
objected
against
their
Doctrine
,
was
,
that
they
made
the
Gates
of
Paradise
too
narrow
:
It
was
indeed
dangerous
to
hear
'em
;
for
their
Words
were
perfect
Honey
to
purify'd
Souls
,
and
those
were
hardly
able
to
return
from
their
Errours
,
whom
they
had
once
thrown
into
Despair
:
But
your
Majesty
believing
you
were
not
concern'd
to
enter
into
a
thorough
examination
of
such
matters
,
kept
close
to
the
Pope's
Decree
,
and
order'd
the
Sorbonne
to
confute
their
Writings
,
which
were
Publick
:
They
took
great
Pains
to
do
it
;
but
some
Doctors
refusing
to
submit
to
the
Opinion
of
others
,
conformable
to
what
had
been
decreed
at
Rome
,
they
were
expell'd
the
Colledge
,
which
was
approved
by
your
Majesty
,
because
't
was
the
only
way
to
suppress
the
Schism
,
which
was
ready
to
break
out
.
Indeed
,
a
Wise
and
Prudent
King
,
ought
to
cut
off
the
Current
of
all
Innovations
,
especially
in
matters
of
Religion
,
whereof
the
Consequences
are
always
greater
than
in
other
things
;
unless
it
be
done
,
there
can
be
no
safety
either
for
Kingdoms
,
or
Consciences
;
and
it
would
be
in
the
Power
of
every
false
Zealot
,
to
make
a
Religion
according
to
his
own
Mode
;
he
would
not
fail
of
having
Disciples
,
provided
he
carry'd
things
to
extremity
;
for
the
Mind
of
Man
,
is
of
that
Temper
,
that
at
first
sight
,
he
finds
himself
taken
with
great
Respect
,
for
those
things
,
which
he
thinks
most
perfect
,
without
considering
that
when
they
are
carry'd
to
so
high
a
Pitch
,
they
are
far
above
the
reach
of
Humane
Frailty
,
to
which
there
ought
still
some
regard
to
be
had
.
Your
Majesty
,
soon
after
,
undertook
the
Siege
of
Cambray
;
and
tho'
it
were
with
your
usual
Prudence
,
and
therefore
might
hope
for
good
Success
;
yet
your
Conduct
was
forc'd
to
give
place
to
Fortune
;
the
Enterprize
wholly
depended
upon
Diligence
,
and
Your
Majesty
made
account
your
Lines
should
be
perfected
,
before
the
Enemy
,
who
was
a
pretty
way
off
,
should
have
notice
of
it
;
but
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
who
unluckily
took
a
review
of
his
Troops
,
the
Day
after
yours
,
encamp'd
before
the
Place
,
and
being
on
Horseback
,
when
the
News
was
brought
him
,
he
presently
March'd
,
and
so
well
took
his
time
,
that
he
pass'd
through
your
Army
,
without
being
known
;
after
which
you
were
oblig'd
to
raise
the
Siege
;
but
resolving
to
repair
this
Affront
by
some
considerable
enterprize
,
you
besieg'd
Montmedi
.
The
Enemy's
Army
full
of
Pride
for
that
which
had
happen'd
to
you
at
Cambray
,
flatter'd
themselves
,
they
could
give
you
the
like
Check
before
Montmedi
.
The
Prince
of
Condé
,
who
was
their
Hero
,
was
pray'd
to
undertake
the
care
of
it
;
but
Viscount
Turenne
who
observ'd
him
,
having
march'd
Night
and
Day
,
with
a
Party
of
the
Troops
which
he
commanded
,
and
Mareschal
la
Ferté
,
whom
you
had
charg'd
with
this
Expedition
,
being
in
a
good
Posture
,
tho'
his
Lines
were
not
yet
finish'd
:
The
Prince
of
Condé
durst
not
undertake
the
Attack
;
so
that
you
reduc'd
this
strong
Place
under
your
Obedience
.
Viscount
Turenne
went
and
rejoyn'd
his
Army
,
after
the
departure
of
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
who
,
as
great
a
Captain
as
he
was
,
could
not
hinder
Turenne
from
taking
St.
Venant
.
When
the
Prince
of
Condé
saw
that
;
he
with
Don
John
of
Austria
,
went
and
besieg'd
Ardres
,
hoping
,
that
Viscount
Turenne
,
would
either
quit
his
Enterprize
,
or
let
him
finish
his
,
without
giving
him
any
Trouble
:
The
Prince
thought
he
should
sooner
do
his
Work
than
Turenne
;
because
St.
Venant
was
defended
by
a
good
Garrison
,
and
that
there
was
scarce
any
body
in
Ardres
:
But
Viscount
Turenne
,
who
knew
that
one
of
the
best
Qualities
in
a
General
,
was
not
to
lose
a
Moment
of
time
,
us'd
such
Diligence
,
that
he
oblig'd
the
Enemy
to
Capitulate
two
days
sooner
than
the
Prince
of
Condé
imagin'd
;
and
presently
march'd
against
the
Prince
;
who
having
notice
of
it
,
was
half
Mad
;
for
had
he
given
the
Prince
but
four
Hours
time
more
,
he
had
made
himself
Master
of
Ardres
:
being
just
ready
to
spring
a
Mine
,
which
had
done
all
that
he
could
desire
,
and
then
there
was
no
appearance
the
Governour
could
have
held
out
longer
;
but
he
knowing
he
was
so
near
being
reliev'd
,
refus'd
to
hearken
to
any
Capitulation
.
The
Prince
,
not
being
so
strong
as
Turenne
,
resolv'd
to
raise
the
Siege
,
which
was
no
little
Honour
to
the
Viscount
,
whose
Diligence
had
made
the
Prince
fail
both
of
relieving
Montmedi
,
and
of
taking
Ardres
.
Not
to
lose
any
time
,
is
so
necessary
a
Quality
in
a
General
,
that
without
it
,
no
Man
can
ever
hope
to
be
a
good
Captain
:
For
in
War
,
some
times
All
depends
upon
an
Instant
,
and
he
that
knows
not
how
to
make
use
of
it
,
doth
not
deserve
any
great
Esteem
.
Turenne
did
not
yet
end
his
Campagne
,
he
likewise
took
La
Motthe
au
Bois
,
and
many
other
Forts
upon
the
Canal
of
Bourbourg
,
after
which
he
made
himself
Master
of
Mardik
.
That
which
pass'd
in
Catalonia
,
would
not
deserve
to
be
told
,
were
it
not
convenient
it
should
be
known
,
that
the
Reason
why
your
Majesty
made
no
more
Conquests
there
,
was
,
because
you
thought
it
enough
,
to
keep
those
you
had
already
.
The
Country
which
is
divided
from
Rousillon
and
Cerdaigne
,
by
a
Chain
of
Mountains
of
a
prodigious
Heighth
,
and
whose
Avenues
are
so
narrow
,
that
two
Men
can
hardly
pass
in
Front
,
seems
to
be
made
for
another
Soveraign
,
and
it
would
be
to
force
Nature
,
to
unite
them
under
one
Government
;
so
that
your
Majesty
,
contenting
your self
with
the
Bounds
,
which
God
seem'd
to
have
set
between
your
Kingdom
,
and
that
of
the
King
of
Spain
,
you
resolv'd
not
to
enter
into
his
,
but
only
to
let
him
see
,
you
had
Troops
sufficient
to
guard
your
own
;
so
that
all
which
afterward
pass'd
,
was
only
some
light
Skirmishes
,
(
which
caus'd
little
alteration
)
till
a
Peace
was
concluded
.
The
Prince
of
Conti
,
who
commanded
in
this
Country
the
last
Year
,
seeing
there
was
now
little
Honour
to
be
gotten
by
him
there
,
pray'd
your
Majesty's
leave
,
to
go
and
supply
the
Place
of
Prince
Thomas
,
who
was
dead
:
You
granted
his
Request
;
but
it
had
been
much
better
for
his
Reputation
,
to
have
stay'd
in
Rousillon
,
than
to
go
into
Italy
,
and
be
forc'd
to
raise
the
Siege
of
Alexandria
de
la
Paille
,
which
he
had
joyntly
undertaken
with
the
Duke
of
Modena
.
If
your
Majesty
would
know
,
why
you
met
with
more
ill
turns
of
Fortune
in
that
Country
,
than
in
any
other
;
't
is
easie
to
give
your
Majesty
a
Reason
for
it
.
The
Spaniards
look
upon
the
Milanez
of
very
great
Consequence
to
them
,
the
loss
of
which
,
would
certainly
draw
after
it
other
Places
they
possess
in
that
Country
;
so
that
whenever
they
are
attack'd
,
they
use
all
imaginable
means
to
relieve
them
:
Beside
,
the
Princes
of
Italy
do
not
ordinarily
Pray
for
you
,
when
your
Armies
come
amongst
'em
:
They
are
very
well
pleas'd
with
your
Protection
,
but
do
not
care
for
your
Neighbourhood
.
It
is
enough
for
your
Majesty
to
have
a
Door
open
to
help
'em
in
time
of
need
,
and
if
you
suffer
no
body
,
especially
Spain
,
to
meddle
with
'em
,
you
shall
still
be
in
great
Reputation
among
'em
:
All
then
,
which
I
think
you
ought
to
do
in
that
Country
,
is
to
continue
the
Allyance
which
you
have
with
the
Duke
of
Savoy
;
with
whom
,
a
good
Correspondence
is
not
only
necessary
for
the
keeping
of
Cazall
;
but
likewise
of
Pignerol
:
That
of
other
Princes
is
of
no
use
to
you
,
but
may
prove
prejudicial
,
by
making
others
believe
,
you
have
great
Designs
upon
their
Liberty
;
and
therefore
may
put
them
upon
entring
into
a
Confederacy
against
you
.
I
know
,
that
at
this
time
your
Majesty
is
in
so
great
Reputation
,
that
a
League
of
the
Princes
of
Italy
against
you
,
would
turn
to
their
Confusion
,
if
it
were
not
supported
by
the
Forces
of
all
Europe
.
But
your
Majesty
must
take
heed
,
the
Italian
Princes
do
not
serve
for
Trumpets
to
other
Potentates
,
who
are
Jealous
enough
of
your
Majesty
,
and
would
readily
joyn
to
interrupt
your
Prosperity
.
Beside
,
you
must
do
all
you
can
,
to
avoid
allarming
the
Swiss
,
of
whom
you
have
more
need
than
you
Imagin
;
for
should
they
recall
the
Troops
they
lend
you
,
it
would
deprive
you
of
a
Strength
you
cannot
spare
:
To
which
I
may
add
,
that
in
such
a
Revolution
,
the
Duke
of
Savoy
may
leave
you
,
and
then
by
his
Defection
,
your
Frontiers
,
which
are
not
fortify'd
on
that
side
,
will
suffer
very
much
.
I
know
very
well
,
that
when
a
Prince
resolves
to
make
War
,
he
ought
not
only
to
think
,
by
what
means
he
may
succeed
;
but
also
,
what
is
like
to
be
the
Sequel
and
End
of
it
.
I
consequently
know
,
that
the
Princes
of
Italy
,
are
too
well
advis'd
,
to
declare
themselves
against
your
Majesty
,
from
whom
only
they
can
hope
for
help
,
when
they
are
oppress'd
,
and
against
whom
they
cannot
arm
any
other
Potentates
;
but
those
of
whom
they
ought
to
be
extreamly
jealous
:
To
which
Branch
soever
of
the
House
of
Austria
they
address
themselves
,
they
have
reason
to
fear
it
;
for
that
of
Germany
,
pretends
they
are
Feudataries
of
the
Empire
,
of
which
the
Emperour
holds
the
Reins
,
and
consequently
ought
to
command
them
.
That
of
Spain
,
hath
upon
'em
the
right
of
Convenience
,
which
is
as
good
a
Title
as
any
other
;
so
that
to
which
side
soever
they
turn
,
they
will
find
it
much
safer
for
'em
to
maintain
Friendship
with
your
Majesty
,
than
to
address
elsewhere
;
but
then
your
Majesty
ought
to
perform
your
Part
,
because
,
when
People
see
themselves
neglected
,
their
Resentment
of
it
will
not
alway
permit
them
to
Reflect
on
what
they
should
do
;
and
the
Desire
of
being
reveng'd
,
is
sometimes
so
deeply
rooted
in
their
Hearts
,
that
they
will
buy
Vengeance
at
any
Rate
.
Amidst
so
many
important
Affairs
,
which
your
Majesty
had
on
all
sides
,
your
Mind
was
never
the
less
set
,
upon
all
that
might
procure
the
ease
and
quiet
of
your
Subjects
;
there
was
not
a
Year
pass'd
,
wherein
you
did
not
publish
some
good
Laws
;
among
which
,
I
cannot
forget
that
excellent
Edict
,
which
did
forbid
all
Pages
and
Footmen
to
wear
Swords
.
You
commanded
that
it
should
be
so
exactly
observ'd
,
that
those
Disorders
which
before
daily
happen'd
,
begun
to
cease
;
your
People
were
also
very
much
oblig'd
to
your
Majesty
,
for
delivering
them
from
the
troublesom
Importunitys
of
Beggars
,
of
whom
Idleness
,
for
the
most
part
,
made
so
great
a
Multitude
,
(
who
would
rather
beg
than
work
;
)
that
no
body
in
any
place
could
be
quiet
for
'em
,
the
Streets
were
full
of
'em
,
as
well
as
the
Churches
,
where
People
could
not
say
their
Prayers
,
without
being
every
Moment
interrupted
by
'em
.
You
commanded
,
that
they
should
be
shut
up
in
the
Hospital
General
;
your
Edict
concerning
it
,
made
the
Deaf
to
hear
,
the
Dumb
to
speak
,
and
the
Lame
to
walk
;
this
Law
wrought
more
Miracles
,
than
ever
were
seen
done
at
one
time
under
the
Gospel
;
it
was
an
intolerable
Abuse
,
to
see
so
many
Idle
People
lying
in
all
Passages
upon
Bundles
of
Straw
,
with
Limbs
,
to
appearance
,
Distorted
and
out
of
Joynt
,
to
move
Compassion
;
yet
,
when
they
were
to
be
shut
up
,
were
all
Sound
and
Streight
,
and
could
work
as
well
as
others
.
The
League
,
which
your
Majesty
made
with
the
English
,
procur'd
you
the
Year
following
the
Service
of
their
Ships
,
to
besiege
Dunkirk
,
which
you
invested
both
by
Sea
and
Land
:
Don
John
of
Austria
and
the
Prince
of
Condé
came
to
relieve
it
;
their
Army
had
in
it
a
new
Rebell
,
upon
whom
your
Majesty
had
heap'd
many
Favours
;
but
he
cover'd
his
Ingratitude
and
Breach
of
Faith
,
with
pretending
he
had
cause
to
complain
against
your
Minister
;
it
was
Mareschal
Hoquincourt
;
he
endeavour'd
to
make
the
Town
of
Peronne
,
whereof
he
was
Governour
,
to
declare
for
that
Party
,
into
which
he
had
thrown
himself
;
but
the
Fidelity
of
his
Son
,
and
of
the
Inhabitants
,
kept
the
Place
for
your
Majesty
.
The
Importance
of
Dunkirk
,
oblig'd
the
Eenmy
to
hazard
all
,
rather
than
suffer
it
to
be
lost
;
so
that
being
come
to
view
the
Lines
,
Viscount
Turenne
went
out
,
and
gave
them
Battel
:
Your
Troops
answer'd
the
hope
you
had
conceiv'd
of
their
Courage
,
and
having
beaten
the
Enemy's
Army
,
the
Town
Render'd
it self
to
your
General
;
you
came
your self
thither
,
to
put
it
into
the
Hands
of
the
English
,
who
,
according
to
the
Treaty
made
with
them
,
were
to
have
it
;
which
you
were
necessitated
to
do
,
to
keep
them
from
joyning
with
your
Enemies
;
but
it
was
a
vexation
to
you
,
to
see
so
fine
and
considerable
a
Town
,
fall
into
any
other
Hands
but
your
own
:
You
contented
your self
with
requiring
a
Condition
to
be
made
good
,
which
was
very
advantageous
to
the
Catholicks
,
they
being
thereby
allow'd
to
enjoy
their
Liberty
of
Conscience
,
contrary
to
the
practice
of
the
English
in
their
own
Country
;
but
the
necessity
which
oblig'd
you
to
give
them
the
Possession
of
the
Town
,
oblig'd
them
likewise
to
yield
to
so
just
a
Demand
.
The
Defeat
of
the
Enemy
before
Dunkirk
,
open'd
to
you
a
Door
to
greater
Conquests
;
Gravelin
,
Bergues
,
Furnes
,
Dixmude
,
Menim
,
Oudenard
,
Ypres
,
and
some
other
Places
,
fell
under
your
Dominion
;
for
which
Success
,
your
Peoples
Joy
had
been
much
greater
,
had
it
not
been
lessen'd
by
the
fear
of
losing
you
;
for
it
was
about
this
time
,
you
were
so
sick
at
Calais
,
that
it
was
believ'd
you
could
not
recover
.
Great
was
the
Grief
of
your
Court
and
Army
,
every
one
was
in
such
a
Consternation
as
cannot
be
exprest
;
you
only
appear'd
every
Day
the
same
,
endeavouring
to
Comfort
the
Queen
your
Mother
,
and
the
Cardinal
,
who
stood
despairing
at
your
Bed's
side
.
You
were
at
last
given
over
by
all
your
Physicians
,
so
that
the
last
Remedy
thought
of
,
was
to
give
you
a
Vomit
,
which
▪
tho
not
then
in
use
,
was
ordered
by
a
Man
,
expresly
sent
for
from
Abbeville
,
upon
the
Reputation
he
had
,
for
having
done
many
great
Cures
:
You
were
thought
to
be
so
near
lost
,
that
there
were
two
or
three
of
your
Courtiers
,
who
complemented
Monsieur
your
Brother
,
upon
his
being
in
so
fair
a
way
to
succeed
you
:
Indeed
the
Curtains
of
your
Bed
were
drawn
,
and
it
was
believ'd
,
you
were
so
near
dead
,
that
your
Almoners
were
ready
to
begin
the
De
Profundis
:
But
at
that
very
Instant
,
you
gave
some
Signs
of
Life
;
so
that
People
seeing
they
were
mistaken
,
they
gave
you
the
Vomit
,
which
you
would
not
take
,
till
you
had
ask'd
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
whether
he
thought
it
wou'd
cure
You.
He
told
you
,
he
hop'd
it
might
;
which
so
encourag'd
you
,
that
you
drank
it
all
at
a
Draught
,
and
without
making
any
Face
:
You
had
that
day
a
hopeful
Crisis
,
and
People
begun
to
perceive
some
Change
,
which
made
the
Man
,
in
whose
Hands
you
were
,
give
you
another
Dose
,
which
perfected
the
Cure
.
Your
Majesty's
Youth
contributed
very
much
to
it
,
as
it
doth
in
all
kinds
of
Diseases
,
you
so
perfectly
recover'd
your
Health
,
that
a
Month
after
,
it
could
not
be
perceiv'd
that
you
had
been
Sick
.
The
Loss
which
your
People
fear'd
of
your
Majesty's
sacred
Person
,
made
the
Queen
your
Mother
,
Earnestly
desire
to
Marry
you
.
The
Queen's
Inclination
,
as
well
as
your
own
,
was
to
the
Infanta
of
Spain
,
which
Allyance
had
produc'd
a
general
Peace
,
and
also
given
your
Majesty
a
Princess
of
exemplary
Vertue
,
whose
Beauty
was
not
to
be
despis'd
.
But
the
Spaniards
,
who
fear'd
this
Match
might
one
day
bring
them
under
your
Dominion
,
because
she
was
the
presumptive
Heir
of
their
Kingdom
,
shew'd
shuch
an
horrible
Aversion
to
it
,
that
you
were
oblig'd
to
cast
your
Eyes
on
the
Princess
of
Savoy
.
Your
Majesty
went
to
Lions
to
see
her
,
and
conclude
the
Business
.
The
Dutchess
of
Savoy
came
with
her
Daughter
to
meet
you
,
and
you
were
so
well
pleas'd
with
the
young
Princess
,
that
the
Dutchess
her
Mother
was
over-joy'd
,
thinking
she
could
never
expect
a
greater
Happiness
:
All
your
Courtiers
likewise
believing
it
was
a
done
business
,
begun
to
look
on
the
Princess
,
as
she
that
was
to
be
their
Queen
.
But
the
Spaniards
,
foreseeing
that
if
this
happen'd
,
all
Flanders
would
fall
under
your
Majesty's
Power
,
and
after
that
you
would
force
them
to
restore
Navarre
,
which
they
ujustly
kept
from
you
,
they
sent
Pimentel
to
Lions
,
with
Power
to
break
this
Marriage
,
and
propose
that
of
the
Infanta
.
Your
Majesty
acquainted
the
young
Princess
with
this
Proposal
,
and
withal
told
her
,
that
the
Inclination
you
had
for
her
,
made
you
less
sensible
of
this
News
,
than
you
should
have
been
at
another
time
.
But
these
Words
,
how
sincere
soever
they
were
,
not
being
able
to
comfort
her
,
she
return'd
to
Turin
,
very
much
afflicted
for
missing
such
a
Fortune
.
Monsieur
de
Lionne
having
personally
conferr'd
with
Pimentel
,
made
a
rough
Draught
of
the
Treaty
of
Peace
,
of
which
Cardinal
Mazarin
would
have
all
the
Honour
:
He
went
to
the
Frontier
of
Spain
,
where
his
Catholick
Majesty
on
his
Part
,
sent
Don
Lewis
de
Haro
,
his
prime
Minister
;
their
Conferences
were
held
in
the
Island
of
Phosants
,
upon
the
River
Bidassoa
,
which
separates
your
Majesty's
Dominions
from
the
King
of
Spain's
;
and
there
having
agreed
all
that
de
Lionne
and
Pimentel
had
left
to
be
done
;
your
Majesty
sent
Mareschal
de
Grammont
to
Madrid
,
to
demand
the
Infanta
of
her
Father
;
which
Ceremony
being
over
,
with
all
others
that
were
to
precede
the
Marriage
,
you
came
to
Bayonne
,
with
a
Magnificent
and
Splendid
Court
,
after
having
punisht
the
Inhabitants
of
Marscilles
,
who
took
a
very
ill
time
to
rebel
,
when
you
were
so
near
having
a
Peace
;
your
Majesty
there
espous'd
the
Infanta
,
and
pardon'd
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
to
whom
you
restor'd
all
the
Places
and
Governments
which
he
had
before
his
Rebellion
.
The
greatest
part
of
your
Conquests
you
still
kept
by
this
Treaty
;
but
you
were
to
restore
all
Lorrain
,
excepting
only
a
High-Way
,
which
was
to
remain
to
you
in
Soveraignty
,
to
go
into
Alsatia
;
and
the
Dutchy
of
Bar
;
which
was
still
to
continue
under
your
Majesty's
Subjection
.
As
to
the
Spaniards
Fear
,
whereof
I
have
already
spoken
,
your
Majesty
,
in
that
Particular
,
gave
them
all
the
Satisfaction
they
could
desire
;
you
renounc'd
your
Succession
to
Spain
,
in
express
Terms
,
and
with
all
the
Clauses
that
Crown
requir'd
;
so
that
having
given
your
Subjects
Peace
,
after
so
long
a
War
,
you
thought
of
nothing
but
of
letting
them
enjoy
it
,
and
of
enjoying
it
your self
.
CHAP.
III.
Containing
what
past
since
the
Treaty
of
the
Pyrenes
,
to
the
Treaty
of
Aix
la
Chapelle
.
BEfore
your
Majesty
came
back
to
Paris
,
you
stay'd
a
while
at
Fountainbleau
,
to
give
the
Inhabitants
of
that
great
City
,
time
to
prepare
for
your
Reception
.
The
Entry
they
made
for
you
,
was
so
Stately
and
Magnificent
,
that
in
the
Memory
of
Man
,
never
was
any
thing
seen
like
it
:
Your
Majesty
stopp'd
,
when
you
came
into
the
Suburb
of
St.
Antoin
,
where
was
erected
so
glorious
a
Throne
,
that
it
was
fit
only
for
you
,
and
the
Queen
your
Wife
;
you
there
receiv'd
the
Compliments
of
the
Supream
Courts
,
and
of
the
whole
Body
of
the
City
;
after
which
you
went
to
the
Louvre
,
preceded
by
your
Nobility
,
and
in
the
midst
of
so
great
a
Concourse
of
People
,
that
it
look'd
as
if
all
France
had
come
together
to
admire
your
Majesty
.
Amidst
so
many
things
,
wherewith
your
Majesty
could
not
chuse
but
be
very
well
pleas'd
,
you
apply'd
your self
,
as
you
us'd
to
do
,
to
the
Government
of
your
Kingdom
,
and
taking
care
of
your
Allyes
,
as
well
as
of
your
own
People
;
you
pacified
a
great
Difference
which
had
happen'd
between
the
two
Northern
Crowns
,
and
which
had
produc'd
a
cruel
War
.
All
Europe
was
likewise
ready
to
be
engag'd
in
it
;
so
true
is
it
,
that
a
little
Spark
will
kindle
a
great
Fire
:
But
you
,
by
your
Prudence
having
quench'd
the
Flame
,
found
your self
daily
in
a
better
Condition
to
enjoy
the
Repose
,
which
by
your
Vertue
you
had
acquir'd
.
I
had
not
yet
the
Honour
to
be
known
by
your
Majesty
,
tho'
upon
the
Death
of
Monsieur
Roy
,
chief
under
Secretary
to
Monsieur
Tellier
,
Secretary
of
State
for
the
War
,
I
was
by
him
put
into
Monsieur
Roy's
Place
,
to
keep
it
for
Monsieur
Villacerf
,
a
Relation
of
his
and
mind
,
who
was
not
then
of
Age
to
execute
it
;
after
which
,
I
enter'd
into
the
Service
of
Cardinal
Mazarin
;
when
I
was
with
him
,
I
had
the
Honour
to
speak
to
your
Majesty
;
but
it
being
only
as
you
were
passing
by
,
and
to
answer
some
Questions
you
ask'd
me
,
it
might
perhaps
have
been
a
long
time
before
I
had
been
known
to
you
,
if
the
Cardinal
,
who
found
himself
daily
dying
,
had
not
recommended
me
to
your
Majesty
,
as
a
Man
,
who
very
well
understood
your
Revenue
,
and
was
able
to
discover
their
Frauds
who
had
the
Administration
of
it
.
Two
Things
made
him
say
this
Good
of
me
to
your
Majesty
;
the
one
was
,
The
Abuses
which
were
really
committed
by
those
who
manag'd
your
Revenue
.
The
other
was
,
The
good
Order
into
which
I
had
brought
his
own
Affairs
,
which
he
had
trusted
to
my
Care
.
I
know
not
whether
I
may
not
put
two
other
Things
into
the
Account
;
the
one
was
,
The
Hatred
he
bore
to
Monsieur
Fouquet
,
Superintendant
of
the
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Finances
signifie
all
Taxes
and
Dutys
whatever
paid
to
the
King
to
make
up
his
Revenue
.
Finances
,
with
whom
he
had
some
Words
a
few
Days
before
,
and
who
was
a
very
proud
Man
,
because
he
had
been
the
Parliaments
Attorney
General
.
The
other
was
,
because
the
Cardinal
saw
himself
on
the
Bri●●
of
his
Grave
,
which
made
him
think
of
quitting
the
World
,
and
all
its
Grandeurs
.
Whatever
it
were
,
it
was
your
Majesty's
Pleasure
to
have
some
private
Conference
with
me
,
wherein
I
was
so
Happy
,
to
give
your
Majesty
Satisfaction
:
Your
Majesty
then
commanded
me
to
draw
you
up
some
large
Memoirs
of
that
,
wherewith
I
had
the
Honour
to
entertain
you
;
which
I
did
the
next
Day
,
and
with
which
your
Majesty
seem'd
very
well
pleas'd
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
who
complain'd
he
had
been
sacrifis'd
in
the
late
Treaty
,
came
to
Paris
,
where
he
us'd
all
possible
Endeavours
,
to
have
the
Treaty
alter'd
,
in
those
Articles
which
concern'd
him
:
But
after
all
that
he
had
done
in
your
Father's
Life
time
,
and
in
your
Reign
;
for
which
he
had
his
Country
taken
from
him
;
there
was
little
appearance
he
would
succeed
.
Indeed
your
Majesty
judg'd
with
a
great
deal
of
Reason
,
by
what
had
past
;
it
was
not
safe
to
take
his
Word
for
the
future
;
so
that
you
rejected
all
he
propos'd
,
and
signify'd
to
him
,
he
must
rest
satisfy'd
with
what
had
been
done
.
When
he
saw
this
,
he
apply'd
himself
to
the
Cardinal
's
weak
side
,
and
propos'd
to
him
a
Marriage
of
one
of
his
Neices
,
either
with
himself
,
or
with
Prince
Charles
,
his
Nephew
,
feigning
he
was
not
yet
fully
resolv'd
,
whether
he
should
Marry
again
or
no
;
for
the
Dutchess
of
Nicolle
was
then
Dead
,
and
his
Marriage
now
would
be
much
firmer
,
and
more
legitimate
,
than
that
was
,
which
during
her
Life
,
he
had
made
with
the
Princess
de
Cantecroix
.
The
Proposition
was
so
much
to
your
Minister's
Advantage
,
that
it
made
him
forget
your
Majesty's
Interest
;
wherein
he
was
very
much
to
be
blam'd
,
because
he
,
upon
whom
a
Prince
relys
in
all
his
Affairs
,
ought
to
prefer
them
,
before
all
that
can
be
propos'd
,
for
his
own
particular
Benefit
.
I
have
lately
in
my
own
Case
,
put
this
Rule
in
practice
;
for
a
very
good
Match
being
offer'd
to
me
for
my
eldest
Son
,
it
did
not
move
,
or
at
all
tempt
me
,
because
it
consisted
not
with
your
Majesty's
Service
.
The
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
knowing
that
by
his
Address
,
he
had
put
his
Business
into
a
fair
way
,
feigns
himself
in
Love
;
because
he
found
the
Cardinal
had
more
mind
his
Niece
should
Marry
him
,
than
his
Nephew
;
for
he
thought
thereby
to
gain
time
,
and
to
put
in
practice
some
new
Invention
:
To
this
piece
of
Dissimulation
,
he
adds
another
,
to
deferr
the
propos'd
Marriage
:
He
pretended
he
was
Sick
;
but
this
feigned
Sickness
,
did
not
hinder
him
from
pursuing
the
Success
of
his
Business
;
he
engag'd
the
Duke
of
Guise
in
it
,
deceiving
him
first
;
so
that
he
very
faithfully
promoted
the
Duke
of
Lorrain's
Interest
.
The
Duke
of
Guise
,
who
indeed
was
a
Prince
of
great
Sincerity
,
and
whose
great
and
generous
Soul
would
never
have
suffer'd
him
to
be
instrumental
in
deceiving
any
body
;
this
Duke
,
I
say
,
believing
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
to
be
a
Man
of
his
Word
,
acted
for
him
with
as
much
Zeal
,
as
he
could
expect
from
so
noble
a
Prince
;
and
the
Cardinal
knowing
him
to
be
a
Man
,
upon
whose
Honour
and
Faith
he
might
rely
,
put
so
much
Confidence
in
him
,
that
he
sign'd
a
Treaty
in
your
Majesty's
Name
,
much
more
to
the
Duke
of
Lorrain's
Advantage
,
than
that
which
past
in
the
Isle
of
Phesants
.
The
Cardinal
now
expected
his
Niece
should
be
Dutchess
of
Lorrain
,
either
by
being
marry'd
to
the
Duke
himself
,
or
to
his
Nephew
Prince
Charles
:
But
the
Duke
,
who
glory'd
in
never
performing
any
thing
he
promis'd
,
and
having
obtain'd
all
that
he
could
desire
,
disclaims
what
was
promis'd
by
the
Duke
of
Guise
,
which
was
,
that
he
should
Marry
the
Cardinal's
Niece
presently
after
the
Signing
of
the
Treaty
.
It
may
,
perhaps
,
be
thought
Strange
,
that
this
Cardinal
,
who
was
so
very
cunning
,
did
not
cause
the
Treaty
to
be
ratify'd
by
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
before
the
performance
of
that
which
the
Duke
of
Guise
promis'd
in
his
behalf
.
But
the
Reason
was
,
because
your
Minister
would
not
have
your
Majesty
know
,
what
was
the
Price
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
was
to
pay
for
this
new
Treaty
,
which
was
so
much
in
his
Favour
:
So
that
for
being
too
Crafty
,
the
Cardinal
was
deceiv'd
;
which
teacheth
us
,
that
there
is
no
trusting
Men
of
a
certain
Character
,
and
that
too
much
Cunning
sometimes
doth
Men
more
Harm
,
than
less
would
do
.
There
was
Reason
to
think
,
that
the
Cardinal
,
who
was
an
Italian
,
and
consequently
loving
Revenge
,
as
all
that
Nation
do
,
would
never
pardon
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
;
and
in
the
Post
the
Cardinal
was
,
it
was
almost
impossible
,
but
he
should
meet
with
a
very
fit
Opportunity
of
being
reveng'd
.
But
having
now
taken
his
Bed
,
he
was
to
think
of
Things
of
much
greater
Consequence
;
which
was
,
to
render
an
Account
to
God
.
It
was
his
Custom
,
to
make
every
one
pay
him
,
and
he
to
pay
no
body
:
The
Account
he
was
to
make
up
with
Heaven
so
much
perplexed
him
,
that
he
fell
into
great
Convulsions
;
but
believing
,
in
the
Condition
he
was
,
he
should
hazard
nothing
if
he
told
the
Truth
,
he
confess'd
he
had
robb'd
your
Majesty
,
and
your
People
.
Mr.
Joly
,
Curate
of
St.
Nicholas
in
the
Fields
,
who
was
his
Confessor
,
told
him
he
could
not
give
him
Absolution
,
unless
he
made
Restitution
;
which
,
as
Rich
as
he
was
,
was
more
than
he
could
do
;
and
beside
,
he
lov'd
his
Wealth
so
well
,
that
he
could
not
find
in
his
Heart
to
part
with
it
.
He
had
run
a
Risque
of
dying
,
without
being
absolv'd
,
if
your
Majesty
had
not
had
the
Goodness
to
make
a
Gift
to
him
of
all
he
had
taken
from
you
.
Mr.
Joly
satisfy'd
himself
with
the
Declaration
your
Majesty
made
to
that
purpose
,
which
so
quieted
the
Cardinal's
Conscience
,
that
he
dy'd
much
more
peaceably
than
he
would
have
done
without
it
.
Your
Majesty
,
that
very
Night
,
came
into
your
Closet
;
where
you
ask'd
me
,
whether
the
Cardinal
had
not
hid
some
Effects
,
and
the
Place
where
I
thought
they
might
be
:
I
told
your
Majesty
all
I
knew
,
and
you
seis'd
upon
what
was
of
great
value
;
but
yet
left
a
great
deal
to
his
Niece
Hortensia
,
whom
he
made
his
Heir
,
upon
Condition
,
that
her
Husband
should
bear
the
Name
and
Arms
of
Mazarin
,
which
gave
great
distast
to
all
the
Princes
of
the
Blood
;
but
your
Majesty
,
who
was
alway
very
kind
to
him
,
continued
it
after
his
Death
;
for
you
would
let
no
body
touch
any
thing
of
that
which
he
left
to
his
Niece
.
All
France
,
now
fix'd
their
Eyes
upon
your
Majesty
,
to
observe
how
you
would
behave
your self
,
being
,
upon
the
Cardinal's
Death
,
left
to
your
own
Conduct
:
For
tho'
by
what
you
had
done
before
,
it
appear'd
by
a
thousand
Things
,
you
wou'd
one
Day
be
a
Great
King
;
yet
the
ill
Education
you
had
had
,
with
your
having
been
alway
,
if
I
may
so
say
,
under
the
Ferule
of
that
Minister
,
made
People
doubt
,
whether
you
had
been
guided
by
your
own
Discretion
,
or
by
his
Dictates
.
Beside
,
as
the
Vivacity
of
our
Nation
,
doth
not
incline
us
to
have
any
great
esteem
for
that
which
looks
Heavy
and
Dull
;
there
were
a
great
many
who
found
fault
with
your
looking
so
Grave
and
Serious
in
all
your
Actions
;
they
could
not
believe
that
a
Prince
of
your
Age
,
could
be
so
Wise
;
especially
in
a
Court
where
there
were
so
many
weak
Heads
,
who
without
making
the
least
Reflexion
,
said
all
that
they
thought
.
But
I
made
a
contrary
Judgment
of
your
Majesty
,
by
the
first
Conference
I
had
the
Honour
to
have
with
you
;
you
weigh'd
all
things
so
well
,
that
I
was
perswaded
,
the
Advantages
of
a
good
natural
Disposition
,
very
much
prevail
over
an
ill
Education
.
It
was
not
long
e're
all
your
Subjects
were
of
my
Opinion
;
especially
when
they
saw
you
knew
so
well
how
to
Act
the
King
.
You
obliged
them
to
pay
as
much
Respect
to
you
,
as
they
had
taken
Liberty
,
under
your
Minister
Cardinal
Mazarin
;
the
just
Answers
,
and
so
much
to
the
purpose
,
which
you
gave
to
those
Ambassadors
that
resided
in
your
Court
,
begot
a
great
Opinion
of
your
Wisdom
;
so
that
in
a
little
time
,
Foreigners
,
as
well
as
the
French
,
were
undeceiv'd
,
in
some
Discourses
that
had
past
to
your
Prejudice
.
The
least
appearances
are
enough
to
make
People
speak
ill
of
a
Prince
upon
the
Throne
;
but
a
Multitude
of
Events
,
and
considerable
Actions
full
of
prudent
Conduct
,
are
requir'd
to
give
him
Reputation
;
which
teacheth
Princes
,
that
they
ought
always
to
do
Good
,
when
Occasion
requires
it
.
Every
one
hath
his
Eyes
upon
'em
to
give
them
their
due
,
according
to
their
Actions
,
whether
Good
or
Bad.
But
your
Majesty
had
nothing
to
fear
upon
that
Account
:
I
can
bear
Witness
to
Posterity
,
that
you
did
an
Action
,
worthy
of
immortal
Glory
.
As
I
have
already
said
,
you
were
educated
among
Women
,
and
you
fell
in
Love
with
the
Eldest
of
Cardinal
Mazarin's
four
Nieces
,
then
at
Court
;
you
lov'd
her
so
desperately
,
that
they
,
who
had
not
the
Honour
to
know
you
,
believ'd
your
Passion
would
make
you
forget
your
Duty
to
your self
.
This
Niece
,
fomented
your
Passion
cunningly
enough
;
and
every
day
,
more
and
more
to
enflame
you
,
us'd
those
Arts
,
which
crafty
Women
practise
,
who
are
proud
of
their
Conquests
.
But
your
Majesty
,
instead
of
running
into
the
Snares
she
laid
for
you
,
consented
she
should
be
Marry'd
;
and
saw
her
part
,
notwithstanding
all
her
tender
Reproches
,
and
tho'
your
own
Heart
told
you
,
you
were
cruel
to
your self
,
in
resolving
not
to
enjoy
,
(
in
the
Condition
you
then
were
,
)
the
sweetest
of
all
the
Pleasures
of
this
Life
.
This
Victory
over
your self
,
was
follow'd
by
another
relating
to
the
same
Person
:
The
Pleasures
which
she
had
tasted
at
Court
,
and
perhaps
also
,
the
Remembrance
of
your
Majesty
,
which
she
could
not
blot
out
of
her
Mind
,
having
made
her
not
live
so
very
well
with
her
Husband
,
she
quickly
return'd
into
France
.
Many
believ'd
,
that
she
had
great
Hopes
,
that
the
Fire
which
had
been
so
quick
and
ardent
,
would
be
easily
rekindled
:
She
was
therefore
returning
to
Court
,
with
full
Sailes
;
but
your
Majesty
,
having
Notice
of
it
,
sent
a
Courrier
to
tell
her
,
she
must
retire
into
a
Monastery
.
I
know
very
well
,
Sir
,
I
have
antedated
the
time
when
this
past
;
and
to
do
things
in
order
,
I
should
not
have
spoken
of
this
,
in
this
Place
;
but
the
connexion
which
is
between
this
Circumstance
,
and
the
other
I
have
mention'd
,
would
not
suffer
me
any
longer
to
forbear
speaking
of
it
;
I
do
not
undertake
to
write
your
History
in
due
Method
therefore
this
Transposition
may
be
pardon'd
.
Your
Majesty
,
having
no
confidence
in
the
inconstant
and
unquiet
Humour
of
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
and
fearing
he
might
enter
into
Cabals
,
which
might
be
to
your
prejudice
;
you
design'd
to
Marry
his
Nephew
,
Prince
Charles
,
who
was
right
Heir
to
the
Dukedom
of
Lorrain
and
Bar
,
to
some
Person
in
France
:
His
Father
,
who
stay'd
in
Paris
,
was
ravish'd
that
your
Majesty
had
so
good
Intentions
for
his
Son
,
whose
Uncle
,
without
you
,
could
never
be
brought
to
do
him
right
.
He
propos'd
to
you
his
Son
's
Marrying
Mademoiselle
Montpensier
,
and
your
Majesty
consented
to
it
,
because
it
was
indifferent
to
you
,
what
Lady
he
chose
,
provided
he
put
it
out
of
the
Duke
of
Lorrain's
Power
,
to
do
you
any
mischief
.
Mademoiselle
,
who
had
willingly
hearkend
to
the
Proposal
that
had
been
made
her
of
the
Duke
d'
Anguien
,
who
was
then
but
a
Boy
;
was
much
more
pleas'd
with
this
of
a
Handsom
Prince
,
and
of
an
Age
more
suitable
to
hers
.
She
grew
so
much
in
Love
with
him
,
that
she
became
jealous
of
her
Sister
,
whom
the
Prince
of
Lorrain
could
have
better
lik'd
,
had
she
not
been
design'd
by
your
Majesty
for
another
;
you
had
indeed
promis'd
her
to
the
Duke
of
Tuscany
,
eldest
Son
to
the
Duke
of
Florence
;
who
not
long
after
Marryed
her
.
She
,
and
the
Prince
of
Lorrain
,
tho'
both
knew
they
were
not
born
for
one
another
,
could
not
refrain
from
being
often
together
;
and
the
Prince
,
growing
daily
more
and
more
enamour'd
of
her
,
gave
her
a
Picture
which
he
had
from
Mademoiselle
Montpensier
.
The
Vanity
which
all
Women
have
to
boast
of
their
Conquests
,
especially
when
they
think
they
can
vex
a
Rival
,
made
her
discover
what
the
Prince
had
given
her
,
tho'
it
concern'd
her
very
much
,
to
have
kept
the
thing
secret
.
Your
Majesty
did
not
like
it
,
and
she
being
to
go
so
speedily
into
Italy
to
be
married
,
it
was
not
fit
her
Husband
should
suspect
her
guilty
of
any
amorous
Intriegue
;
but
all
those
Reflections
did
not
hinder
her
from
making
this
false
step
.
So
true
is
it
,
that
Youth
,
Prudence
,
and
Love
,
very
seldom
keep
Company
.
Mademoiselle
Montpensier
no
sooner
knew
this
,
but
she
broke
with
Prince
Charles
;
his
Father
,
who
was
extreamly
troubled
that
his
Son
should
miss
in
all
respects
so
considerable
a
Match
,
did
what
he
could
to
bring
the
Business
about
again
;
but
Mademoiselle
,
whose
high
Spirit
,
was
answerable
to
the
greatness
of
her
Birth
,
despis'd
all
the
Promises
which
were
made
to
appease
her
.
Your
Majesty
would
not
force
her
,
tho'
you
thought
this
Marriage
necessary
for
the
good
of
your
State
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Prince
Charles
having
lost
so
good
a
Fortune
by
his
own
Fault
;
some
body
propos'd
to
him
the
Dutchess
of
Longueville
,
newly
become
a
Widow
,
and
who
was
very
Rich:
Were
it
that
the
Prince
could
not
forget
the
Dutchess
of
Tuscany
,
or
that
the
Widow
had
some
Defects
,
he
did
so
little
relish
the
Proposition
,
that
he
could
not
make
one
Step
towards
her
.
The
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
who
could
not
part
with
his
Dukedom
,
was
much
troubled
,
that
his
Nephew
should
marry
Mademoiselle
Montpensier
;
tho'
it
appear'd
't
was
a
thing
to
which
he
had
given
his
consent
:
But
knowing
his
aversion
to
the
Dutchess
of
Nemours
,
he
press'd
him
to
marry
her
,
purposely
to
clear
himself
from
the
Suspicion
your
Majesty
had
,
of
his
playing
a
Thousand
Tricks
to
hinder
the
other
Match
with
Madam
Montpensier
:
But
the
more
Pains
he
took
to
bring
him
to
it
,
the
further
was
Prince
Charles
from
it
;
yet
he
felt
in
himself
an
Inclination
for
Mademoiselle
Nemours
the
Dutchess's
deceas'd
Husband's
Niece
,
who
had
somewhat
more
than
her
Aunt
to
engage
the
Prince
;
so
that
at
last
he
became
so
entirely
hers
,
that
he
quite
forgot
the
Dutchess
of
Tuscany
.
Your
Majesty
,
being
told
of
it
by
the
Prince's
Father
,
who
at
first
did
not
approve
of
this
Match
,
because
he
valued
Wealth
more
than
Beauty
;
your
Majesty
made
him
consent
to
it
,
and
there
was
no
Qestion
of
your
making
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
do
the
same
:
But
the
little
disposition
he
had
to
give
him
his
Estate
,
made
him
make
a
thousand
Excuses
;
which
your
Majesty
finding
very
frivolous
,
and
without
any
Foundation
,
you
told
the
Duke
,
if
he
did
not
take
a
Resolution
conformable
to
your
Will
,
and
to
Reason
;
the
thing
should
be
done
,
without
consulting
him
any
further
.
This
Declaration
was
like
a
Clap
of
Thunder
to
him
,
and
believing
it
was
impossible
to
prevail
with
your
Majesty
to
altar
your
Resolution
;
he
offer'd
to
declare
you
Heir
to
all
his
Dominions
,
if
you
would
grant
him
the
Honour
of
your
Protection
against
his
Nephew
.
His
Design
in
making
this
Proposition
was
to
deceive
your
Majesty
,
and
having
cunningly
insinuated
,
that
his
Nephews
Right
and
Title
to
the
Dukedoms
of
Lorrain
and
Bar
,
was
not
so
firmly
establish'd
,
but
that
he
could
dispute
it
with
him
;
and
quoting
some
Precedents
,
to
prove
the
Salique-Law
was
still
in
force
in
his
two
Dutchies
;
your
Majesty
treated
with
him
,
and
left
the
Prosecution
of
the
Marriage
with
Mademoiselle
Nemours
,
which
wanted
nothing
but
Consummation
,
all
the
Ceremonies
having
been
perform'd
by
Proxy
.
See
how
Interest
sometimes
works
upon
great
Souls
,
as
well
as
upon
those
of
meaner
Quality
;
which
yet
is
not
so
pardonable
in
them
,
because
they
ought
to
have
more
care
of
their
Reputation
,
than
of
their
Fortune
,
which
is
already
great
enough
,
not
to
purchase
new
Establishments
,
with
the
loss
of
their
Honour
.
In
controversies
of
Things
dubious
,
let
justice
still
carry
the
Cause
,
and
let
no
man
think
to
maintain
a
Title
by
force
,
which
cannot
support
it self
.
That
of
which
I
am
now
speaking
,
was
of
this
Nature
,
and
it
were
to
be
wish'd
,
your
Majesty
had
seriously
consider'd
it
:
You
would
then
have
seen
,
that
this
was
only
a
Bait
thrown
out
,
the
better
to
deceive
you
,
and
also
that
this
Treaty
contain'd
some
things
in
it
,
which
render'd
the
Execution
of
it
impossible
,
as
I
shall
hereafter
plainly
shew
your
Majesty
.
This
Business
,
of
which
I
have
spoken
all
in
a
Breath
,
because
I
was
ingag'd
in
it
,
by
mentioning
your
Majesty's
Design
to
marry
Mademoiselle
Montpensier
to
Prince
Charles
,
ought
not
(
to
do
things
in
order
)
have
been
plac'd
here
;
but
the
Excuse
I
made
before
,
must
serve
me
again
,
without
making
any
other
.
Your
Majesty
,
having
declar'd
in
all
the
Conferences
I
had
with
you
,
the
great
Desire
you
had
to
do
something
effectually
toward
the
Reformation
of
your
Kingdom
;
call'd
for
those
Memoirs
that
had
been
drawn
up
in
Cardinal
Richelieu's
time
concerning
it
:
The
suddain
Death
of
that
Minister
having
prevented
the
doing
of
it
himself
:
You
found
,
in
those
Papers
,
many
things
,
against
which
you
had
reason
to
object
;
because
the
time
which
had
past
since
that
Cardinal's
Death
,
had
chang'd
the
State
of
Affairs
;
and
that
which
was
good
under
his
Ministry
,
was
not
so
now
:
But
your
Majesty
made
choice
of
the
Good
,
and
left
the
Bad
;
wherein
you
shew'd
so
much
Judgment
,
that
I
can
never
enough
commend
you
.
You
resolv'd
to
make
the
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Farmers
of
the
King's
Revenue
.
Partisans
render
again
what
they
had
swallow'd
;
for
,
abusing
your
Minority
,
they
had
fill'd
their
own
Coffers
,
by
emptying
yours
.
You
intended
to
begin
with
their
Master
,
who
was
,
as
you
thought
,
most
faulty
;
I
mean
the
Superintendant
of
the
Finances
,
whose
Abuses
I
had
discover'd
to
your
Majesty
,
and
who
was
himself
so
conscious
,
that
to
avoid
the
Punishment
he
deserv'd
,
he
thought
of
saving
himself
by
a
greater
Crime
.
To
that
purpose
,
he
had
bought
Belle
Isle
of
the
Family
of
de
Rets
,
where
he
intended
to
stand
upon
his
Guard
against
your
Majesty
,
having
by
Pensions
,
made
several
Governours
of
Provinces
,
and
Frontier
Places
,
of
his
Party
;
of
which
a
Draught
was
found
amongst
his
Papers
,
when
he
was
seiz'd
;
so
that
if
Justice
had
been
done
upon
him
,
he
should
have
been
brought
to
a
Scaffold
.
The
Place
which
he
had
in
Parliament
,
made
your
Majesty
think
it
dangerous
to
prosecute
him
,
till
he
had
quitted
it
.
You
perswaded
him
to
part
with
it
,
under
pretence
,
that
all
the
Affairs
of
State
,
being
since
the
Death
of
the
Cardinal
in
his
Hands
,
his
Place
in
Parliament
would
be
now
of
little
worth
to
him
.
Fouquet
ran
into
the
Trap
,
and
having
sold
his
Place
to
one
of
his
Friends
,
you
went
into
Britany
,
and
there
had
him
arrested
.
At
the
same
time
you
seiz'd
upon
Belle
Isle
:
The
thing
was
executed
in
the
same
manner
your
projected
it
,
and
having
appointed
Commissioners
to
try
him
,
you
caus'd
him
to
be
prosecuted
.
Monsieur
Tellier
was
his
capital
Enemy
;
but
his
trimming
Politicks
would
not
let
him
act
against
him
.
He
begun
to
be
jealous
of
your
Majesty's
shewing
me
so
much
Favour
,
and
as
he
would
not
have
been
displeas'd
if
you
had
not
put
so
much
confidence
in
my
Services
;
so
he
would
,
if
he
could
,
have
made
the
Prosecution
of
Monsieur
Fouquet
pass
for
Injustice
.
See
how
they
,
who
desire
to
pass
for
Wise
Men
in
Publick
;
yet
cannot
dissemble
,
when
they
think
their
own
Interest
is
at
stake
;
so
that
to
judge
of
Things
rightly
,
a
Man
must
not
do
it
rashly
by
appearances
:
A
Prudent
Man
ought
to
stay
till
such
Accidents
happen
,
as
use
to
move
Peoples
Passions
;
for
't
is
then
we
are
to
make
a
Judgment
of
Mens
Wisdom
,
and
not
where
that
which
passeth
doth
not
concern
'em
;
for
then
't
is
no
wonder
if
they
appear
insensible
.
Your
Majesty
erected
a
Court
of
Justice
,
to
enquire
how
the
Farmers
of
your
Revenue
had
behav'd
themselves
;
which
drew
upon
me
the
publick
hatred
,
because
the
number
of
those
who
had
robb'd
your
Majesty
,
was
so
great
,
that
half
Paris
was
concern'd
in
it
,
either
by
themselves
,
or
by
their
Friends
and
Relations
.
Indeed
,
the
prodigious
Wealth
of
those
Blood-suckers
of
your
People
,
was
so
great
,
that
they
were
ally'd
to
most
of
the
Considerable
Military
,
or
Gown-men
:
They
had
also
brought
the
Sale
of
all
Places
to
so
excessive
a
Price
,
that
no
body
but
themselves
were
able
to
buy
:
Fieubet
offer'd
for
the
Attorney-General's
Place
,
sixteen
hundred
thousand
Francks
.
That
of
a
Chief
Judge
,
was
not
less
worth
.
That
of
a
Master
of
Requests
,
was
valued
at
a
Hundred
and
ten
thousand
Crowns
.
A
simple
Councellor
of
Parliament's
Place
,
at
two
Hundred
and
I
know
not
how
many
thousand
Livers
.
I
very
plainly
foresaw
what
effect
this
would
have
against
me
;
and
that
it
would
be
said
also
,
there
was
no
Faith
in
your
Majesty
,
who
after
People
had
serv'd
you
with
their
Purses
,
you
paid
your
Debts
with
excessive
Taxes
,
and
sent
such
People
to
Hospitals
,
who
before
had
liv'd
as
handsomly
as
any
in
Paris
;
tho'
the
baseness
of
their
Original
,
was
an
infallible
Proof
that
they
had
gotten
their
Wealth
by
Rapine
;
and
consequently
,
there
was
no
Injustice
in
obliging
them
to
disgorge
it
:
But
there
was
a
great
deal
of
difference
between
what
was
done
during
your
Minority
,
and
what
you
did
your self
:
The
one
requires
,
that
a
Prince
should
make
good
his
Word
,
otherwise
he
would
find
none
to
serve
him
in
his
necessity
,
whence
would
happen
greater
Inconveniences
,
than
any
humane
Prudence
would
be
able
to
remedy
:
So
that
a
Prince
would
be
very
ill
advis'd
,
who
should
by
his
ill
Conduct
deprive
himself
of
that
Assistance
,
which
sooner
or
later
he
shall
be
sure
to
want
:
For
tho'
he
may
Reign
but
a
little
time
,
yet
those
Things
may
fall
out
,
wich
he
could
not
foresee
,
let
his
Management
be
never
so
frugal
:
They
may
sometimes
be
of
such
consequence
,
that
the
funds
which
he
hath
provided
,
are
not
sufficient
to
help
him
.
There
ought
to
be
no
greater
a
Provision
of
Ready
Money
,
than
what
is
proportion'd
to
the
running
Cash
of
a
Kingdom
;
otherwise
,
a
Prince
would
bring
his
own
Revenue
to
nothing
,
by
rendring
his
People
unable
to
assist
him
with
their
Purses
,
the
Prince
himself
having
all
the
ready
Money
in
his
own
Hands
.
A
Consequence
so
dangerous
obligeth
a
Prince
to
keep
his
Word
;
but
yet
he
ought
not
to
let
his
Farmers
get
so
excessively
,
as
to
ruine
his
People
and
himself
too
:
for
't
is
manifest
,
if
he
doth
not
manage
his
Affairs
like
a
good
Father
of
a
Family
,
he
will
be
oblig'd
to
lay
Tax
upon
Tax
.
The
Farmers
on
their
side
,
must
not
think
to
grow
vastly
Rich
in
a
short
time
:
because
then
it
will
be
no
Injustice
to
Fleece
'em
,
whereas
,
when
their
Gain
is
moderate
,
they
are
suffer'd
to
enjoy
the
Fruit
of
their
Labour
.
After
these
Remarks
,
I
return
to
what
I
just
touch'd
upon
before
,
when
I
said
,
there
was
great
difference
,
between
what
a
Prince
doth
himself
,
and
that
which
during
his
Minority
is
done
by
his
Minister
;
for
if
his
Minister
hath
mismanag'd
,
and
not
taken
care
of
his
Affairs
,
he
is
not
bound
to
approve
of
those
Faults
he
committed
;
for
a
Prince
ought
not
to
be
in
a
worse
Condition
than
a
Private
Man
,
who
can
help
himself
against
that
which
his
Guardian
hath
done
prejudicial
to
his
Interest
.
Beside
,
the
People
having
usually
an
irreconcilable
Hatred
against
those
that
Farm
the
publick
Revenue
,
't
is
a
Pleasure
to
them
to
see
'em
lose
some
of
their
Grease
:
To
this
I
add
,
that
the
time
of
a
Prince's
Minority
being
commonly
troublesom
,
and
his
Coffers
charged
with
a
great
many
Debts
;
he
cannot
take
an
easier
course
to
pay
them
,
or
that
which
will
make
less
noise
;
because
it
toucheth
none
but
some
particular
Persons
,
and
the
generality
is
so
far
from
being
discontended
,
that
they
rejoice
at
it
;
because
they
had
rather
the
Prince
should
have
their
Substance
,
than
those
wretches
,
who
in
Fattening
themselves
with
it
,
often
do
the
People
a
thousand
Injuries
.
By
this
way
of
prosecuting
the
Partisans
,
your
Majesty
paid
a
vast
number
of
Debts
;
and
in
the
mean
time
,
God
blessed
your
Marriage
with
a
Son
,
who
inherits
his
Father's
Vertues
,
your
Majesty
hath
taken
such
care
of
his
Education
,
that
joyn'd
with
his
natural
disposition
,
it
must
be
a
wonder
if
he
prove
a
Prince
less
perfect
than
your self
.
About
this
time
,
you
marry'd
Monsieur
your
Brother
,
to
a
Princess
of
England
;
he
took
the
Title
of
Duke
of
Orleans
,
after
the
Death
of
Monsieur
your
Uncle
,
who
left
no
Male
Issue
.
This
Allyance
maintain'd
a
good
Correspondence
between
your
Majesty
and
the
English
,
who
after
the
Death
of
Cromwell
,
in
the
Year
1658.
found
his
Son
Richard
so
unfit
to
succeed
him
,
that
they
set
their
Lawful
King
again
upon
the
Throne
.
About
that
time
fell
out
an
Accident
in
that
Country
,
which
had
like
to
have
ingag'd
your
Majesty
in
a
new
War
:
Your
Ambassador
having
sent
his
Coaches
to
meet
the
Sweedish
Embassador
,
who
was
to
make
his
Publick
Entry
,
the
Spanish
Embassador
,
that
his
Coach
might
go
before
yours
,
hir'd
Men
to
cut
the
Traces
of
your
Embassador's
Coach
,
so
that
the
Spaniard
had
what
he
desir'd
:
But
his
Triumph
lasted
not
long
;
for
your
Majesty
being
justly
incens'd
against
what
he
had
done
,
demanded
Satisfaction
of
the
King
of
Spain
,
who
seem'd
a
while
Deaf
before
he
would
yield
to
what
you
requir'd
:
But
your
Majesty
having
commanded
your
Embassador
at
Madrid
,
to
tell
the
King
of
Spain
,
unless
he
gave
you
the
Satisfaction
you
expected
,
there
must
be
a
Rupture
between
the
two
Crowns
.
The
fear
the
King
of
Spain
had
of
your
Majesty's
Arms
,
made
him
not
only
disclaim
what
his
Embassador
had
done
;
but
also
declare
it
was
not
his
Intention
to
dispute
precedency
with
your
Majesty
.
This
Declaration
was
made
by
the
Marquess
de
la
Fuentes
,
his
Catholick
Majesty's
Minister
,
residing
in
your
Court
,
in
Presence
of
other
Embassadors
and
Ministers
who
were
also
there
;
and
their
Masters
were
by
them
certify'd
,
this
Difference
was
ended
to
your
Majesty's
Satisfaction
.
After
this
,
you
supprest
the
Place
of
Collonel-General
of
the
French
Infantry
,
vacant
by
the
Death
of
the
Duke
d'
Epernon
,
who
had
carry'd
the
Authority
of
this
Place
so
high
,
that
he
seem'd
to
have
almost
a
mind
to
contest
it
with
your
Majesty
,
pretending
to
dispose
of
all
Commands
in
the
Infantry
,
without
excepting
so
much
as
the
Companies
of
your
Guards
;
which
was
of
such
Consequence
,
that
it
might
have
been
the
Cause
of
many
Inconveniences
.
You
made
many
excellent
Regulations
among
the
Souldiery
;
so
that
they
became
subject
to
Discipline
,
which
before
they
were
not
;
for
such
Disorder
reign'd
among
'em
,
that
there
was
as
many
Masters
as
Captains
;
especially
in
the
old
Corps
,
where
they
were
so
far
from
acknowledging
the
Authority
of
Collonels
,
that
they
would
hardly
submit
to
that
of
a
General
.
You
likewise
positively
Commanded
that
all
the
Souldiers
should
have
what
they
wanted
;
and
whereas
before
they
went
almost
naked
,
and
in
the
same
Company
one
was
Cloath'd
in
Grey
,
another
in
Blue
,
Red
,
or
any
other
Colour
;
you
Order'd
they
should
have
Shoes
and
Stockings
,
and
that
every
Companies
Cloaths
should
be
all
of
one
Colour
.
This
other
Princes
lik'd
so
well
,
and
thought
so
necessary
,
that
they
have
all
since
follow'd
your
Example
;
and
your
Majesty
may
boast
,
that
all
the
Souldiers
in
Europe
,
owe
to
you
the
Conveniences
they
now
enjoy
.
But
you
have
not
done
any
thing
so
much
to
their
Advantage
,
as
the
taking
away
from
their
Captains
the
Power
of
trying
them
for
their
Crimes
;
because
the
impunity
which
they
hop'd
for
,
encourag'd
them
to
commit
many
Disorders
.
Certainly
,
there
is
nothing
more
unjust
,
than
to
leave
the
Punishment
of
an
Offence
,
to
them
whose
Interest
it
is
to
save
the
Offender
:
and
't
is
well
known
,
that
a
Captain
,
who
must
give
money
for
a
Souldier
,
in
the
room
of
one
that
is
Cashier'd
or
Hang'd
,
is
seldom
so
great
a
Lover
of
Justice
,
as
to
buy
it
at
his
own
Cost
.
This
Reformation
among
your
Partisans
and
Souldiers
,
preceded
all
others
;
because
you
look'd
upon
it
,
to
be
the
Foundation
of
all
sure
and
solid
Government
;
rationally
concluding
,
that
when
you
were
Powerful
in
both
,
all
the
rest
,
without
meeting
with
any
difficuly
,
would
do
well
of
it self
.
For
certainly
,
a
Prince
that
hath
Money
and
a
good
Army
,
is
not
only
sure
of
his
own
Peoples
Respect
,
but
of
his
Neighbours
also
.
'T
is
that
which
gives
him
Reputation
,
and
without
which
a
Kingdom
cannot
Flourish
.
So
likewise
a
Prince
who
takes
care
of
his
Affairs
,
will
make
it
his
chief
Business
to
gain
Reputation
;
wherein
he
will
find
more
Advantage
,
than
in
making
himself
fear'd
by
unjust
Enterprizes
,
tho'
they
should
meet
with
Success
:
For
the
one
draws
upon
him
the
Enmity
of
all
other
Princes
,
when
the
other
procures
him
their
Respect
and
Esteem
:
When
a
Kingdom
hath
many
Enemies
,
it
sooner
or
later
receives
some
deadly
Blow
,
all
striving
against
it
:
Whereas
,
when
its
Power
is
founded
upon
Right
and
Reason
,
it
hath
always
faithful
Allyes
,
who
will
never
fail
to
assist
it
in
time
of
need
.
A
Prince
therefore
,
who
is
well
advis'd
,
ought
not
to
undertake
any
War
that
is
unjust
;
for
if
nothing
but
Ambition
puts
Arms
into
his
Hands
,
his
old
Friends
presently
become
his
Enemies
;
for
which
they
are
not
to
be
blam'd
,
since
their
safety
is
no
greater
than
others
.
Yet
this
Truth
,
as
Evident
as
it
is
,
and
from
which
Princes
should
never
depart
,
is
not
always
the
rule
of
their
Actions
:
A
corrupt
Minister
often
endeavours
to
insinuate
other
Maxims
,
and
instead
of
taking
good
Heed
,
they
mistake
the
Shadow
for
the
Substance
:
I
am
troubled
that
this
may
be
said
of
your
Majesty
;
but
because
you
are
to
fear
Flatterers
more
than
declared
Enemies
,
I
am
resolv'd
to
be
none
of
the
first
Number
;
but
will
in
due
time
make
it
appear
,
that
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
abusing
the
Credit
he
hath
with
you
,
hath
advis'd
you
to
do
that
which
is
directly
contrary
to
your
Interest
,
and
hath
stirr'd
up
a
world
of
Enemies
against
you
:
For
tho'
the
prosperous
Condition
wherein
you
now
are
,
keeps
them
yet
silent
;
nevertheless
,
to
make
good
what
I
have
said
,
there
needs
no
other
Proof
,
than
the
Answer
which
the
Baron
Delval
made
to
your
Minister
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
when
shewing
him
the
Arsenal
at
Douay
;
he
said
,
if
ever
your
Majesty
had
a
War
,
this
would
make
a
brave
Noise
.
I
believe
it
answer'd
the
Baron
,
and
I
am
sure
,
such
a
Noise
,
as
will
awaken
all
Europe
.
I
think
there
is
no
need
of
explaining
this
Answer
to
your
Majesty
,
it
sufficiently
expounds
it self
;
and
nothing
could
more
ingeniously
reproach
your
Majesty
,
for
the
many
Enemies
your
Minister
hath
rais'd
against
you
.
I
know
his
Enterprizes
have
been
prosperous
,
which
keeps
him
still
in
your
Favour
;
but
upon
serious
Reflection
,
your
Majesty
will
find
,
it
had
been
a
thousand
times
better
for
you
,
you
had
never
been
so
Powerful
,
and
that
you
had
been
much
happier
had
you
been
quiet
:
For
now
your
Mind
must
be
still
taken
up
with
the
Intriegues
,
which
you
know
are
daily
hatching
against
you
in
Princes
Courts
,
heretofore
full
of
Affection
toward
you
;
but
as
things
now
stand
,
instead
of
concurring
with
you
for
your
Safety
,
there
is
not
one
but
is
now
to
be
suspected
by
you
.
If
your
Majesty
be
not
sensible
enough
of
these
Truths
,
that
you
may
be
fully
convinc'd
of
'em
,
I
beseech
you
to
call
to
Mind
that
which
happen'd
in
the
Year
1662.
and
compare
it
with
what
hath
past
since
;
and
you
may
thereby
judge
,
what
Power
,
Justice
supported
by
a
good
Reputation
,
had
over
those
,
who
were
not
accustom'd
to
bow
:
And
I
believe
,
if
the
like
should
fall
out
now
,
Satisfaction
would
not
be
so
speedily
given
you
;
the
hope
of
being
assisted
by
your
Enemies
,
would
encourage
People
to
affront
and
oppose
you
,
and
your
Majesty
would
be
oblig'd
by
actual
Arms
,
to
obtain
that
Satisfaction
,
which
in
those
Days
cost
you
but
a
Threat
to
make
use
of
'em
.
I
might
likewise
mention
what
happen'd
to
your
Embassador
at
Rome
,
to
whom
the
Corses
of
the
Pope's
Guard
shew'd
so
little
Respect
,
that
to
Revenge
some
of
their
Comrades
,
who
had
been
ill
treated
by
your
Embassador's
People
,
they
affronted
him
in
his
very
Palace
.
The
Dutchess
of
Crequi
his
Wife
,
was
likewise
in
danger
of
her
Life
;
for
in
her
Return
out
of
the
Countrey
to
the
City
,
they
shot
at
her
,
as
they
had
at
her
Husband
,
so
that
she
had
a
Page
kill'd
,
and
some
of
her
Servants
wounded
:
The
Tumult
,
at
last
grew
so
great
,
that
they
both
left
Rome
,
and
went
to
St.
Quirico
;
of
which
,
when
your
Majesty
had
notice
,
you
sent
your
Complaint
to
the
Pope
,
who
,
encourag'd
by
some
Cardinals
that
were
no
Friends
to
your
Majesty
,
seem'd
to
approve
what
the
Corses
had
done
;
but
you
firmly
and
positively
resolving
to
have
Reparation
for
the
Affront
,
Ambition
having
no
part
in
the
Quarrel
;
the
Pope's
Quality
did
not
hinder
you
from
requiring
Satisfaction
;
and
tho'
his
Holiness
did
not
think
you
would
have
push'd
things
on
so
far
,
yet
because
you
demanded
nothing
but
what
was
just
,
it
was
agree'd
,
that
the
Corses
,
who
always
us'd
to
guard
the
Pope
,
should
not
only
be
cashier'd
,
but
a
Pyramid
should
be
erected
,
whereon
should
be
inscrib'd
in
golden
Letters
,
what
Satisfaction
had
been
given
you
:
His
Holiness
also
consented
,
that
Cardinal
Chigi
should
come
into
France
,
and
pray
your
Majesty
to
accept
this
Reparation
,
and
to
forget
what
had
past
.
Behold
an
Effect
and
Proof
of
what
I
have
been
saying
;
and
as
I
have
already
observ'd
,
I
very
much
doubt
,
should
the
like
happen
now
,
whether
your
Majesty
would
meet
with
the
like
Satisfaction
.
I
have
already
given
you
Reasons
for
it
,
to
which
I
will
only
add
,
that
Reputation
is
as
necessary
for
a
Prince
among
his
own
Subjects
,
as
his
Neighbours
;
for
Power
is
not
founded
upon
Force
and
Injustice
;
his
Subjects
may
Fear
him
,
but
they
will
never
Love
him
,
and
by
Fear
without
Love
,
he
will
never
compass
his
Ends
:
The
one
without
the
other
commonly
does
more
Harm
than
Good
;
Fear
continues
no
longer
,
than
People
see
the
Prince
in
a
Condition
,
to
make
all
bow
and
submit
to
his
Pleasure
;
but
as
soon
as
his
Fortune
changes
,
they
presently
despise
him
.
On
the
contrary
,
tho'
Fortune
changes
,
Love
doth
not
;
and
the
more
unfortunate
a
Prince
is
,
the
greater
Endeavours
are
us'd
to
restore
him
to
the
Prosperity
he
hath
lost
.
Your
Majesty
,
who
so
Gloriously
supported
your
Interest
in
Foreign
Countries
,
did
that
upon
your
Frontier
,
which
was
of
very
great
Advantage
to
you
;
you
bought
the
Town
of
Dunkirk
of
the
English
,
for
Two
Millions
and
Two
Hundred
Thousand
Livers
,
which
you
gave
for
it
,
and
thereby
safe-guarded
your
Kingdom
.
The
Treaty
which
you
made
with
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
so
much
displeas'd
his
Nephew
,
that
leaving
a
Ball
,
where
he
danc'd
with
your
Majesty
,
he
got
out
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
went
to
Rome
,
where
he
thought
the
Pope
would
espouse
his
Interest
.
But
his
Holiness
desiring
to
be
excus'd
,
he
went
to
Vienna
,
where
the
Emperour
gave
him
a
Retreat
;
at
which
you
were
not
troubled
,
because
you
had
nothing
to
do
with
him
to
make
good
your
Title
.
But
it
appear'd
his
Presence
was
necessary
to
the
Treaty
,
because
of
the
express
Terms
in
it
,
that
it
should
be
ratify'd
by
him
,
and
all
the
Princes
of
the
Family
.
You
went
to
the
Parliament
to
have
it
register'd
;
but
your
Majesty
fearing
you
might
meet
with
opposition
,
because
there
was
a
Clause
in
the
Treaty
that
all
of
the
Family
were
to
be
acknowledged
Princes
of
the
Blood
,
and
capable
of
succeeding
to
the
Crown
,
in
case
the
House
of
Bourbon
should
come
to
fail
,
you
went
thither
with
your
Regiment
of
Guards
,
which
consisted
of
Three
Thousand
Men.
The
Respect
which
was
paid
to
your
Presence
,
was
the
Reason
why
your
Majesty
was
not
told
that
this
Treaty
wanted
other
Solemnities
to
make
it
valid
;
for
it
was
not
the
Parliament's
Business
to
examine
it
,
but
the
States
of
the
Kingdom
,
to
whom
it
belong'd
to
chuse
a
Master
when
they
had
none
:
And
it
was
this
Clause
I
meant
,
when
I
said
it
was
an
invincible
Obstacle
to
your
Designs
.
For
beside
this
Difficulty
,
there
were
many
others
,
among
which
the
most
considerable
was
,
that
which
concern'd
other
Foreign
Princes
,
now
naturaliz'd
and
setled
in
your
Kingdom
,
who
would
receive
Wrong
by
it
;
paticulatly
the
House
of
Longueville
,
which
pretends
the
States
of
the
Kingdom
heretofore
declar'd
,
that
for
a
Reward
of
the
Services
done
by
the
Count
de
Dunois
to
the
Crown
,
it
should
belong
to
that
Family
,
whenever
the
Throne
became
Vacant
.
The
Dukes
and
Peers
,
who
likewise
would
not
give
Place
to
any
of
these
Lorrain
Princes
,
were
also
a
great
Obstacle
to
this
Affair
.
Nevertheless
,
your
Majesty
flattering
your self
,
that
you
should
effect
this
Business
by
your
Power
,
press'd
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
according
to
this
Treaty
,
to
put
into
your
Hands
the
Town
of
Marsall
;
and
because
he
doubted
what
Resolutito
take
,
you
threatned
by
Force
of
Arms
to
make
him
do
it
.
But
notwithstanding
all
your
Threats
,
he
continued
irresolute
,
and
you
went
towards
Lorrain
,
with
so
great
a
number
of
your
Nobility
,
that
never
were
so
many
seen
together
at
one
time
:
You
found
the
secret
of
making
People
pay
that
Respect
which
was
due
to
your
Majesty
,
by
the
Favours
you
so
seasonably
bestow'd
,
and
which
engag'd
a
great
Number
of
Gentlemen
to
wait
on
you
,
who
in
the
time
of
your
Minority
,
would
not
have
taken
the
Pains
to
have
gone
out
of
their
Doors
.
Your
Court
shin'd
brighter
than
ever
it
had
done
,
and
the
more
,
for
the
many
Blue
Ribbands
you
made
,
which
were
no
little
Ornament
about
your
Person
.
Soon
after
this
,
you
also
created
a
great
many
Dukes
and
Peers
,
wherein
you
shew'd
a
great
deal
of
Policy
;
for
most
of
the
Grandees
,
who
had
no
mind
to
this
Dignity
,
kept
close
to
your
Majesty
,
to
avoid
the
like
Reward
.
The
Prince
of
Condé
,
who
at
his
Return
thought
to
find
you
the
same
you
were
in
Cardinal
Mazarin's
time
,
was
much
surpriz'd
to
see
you
so
different
from
what
he
thought
you
.
He
look'd
so
little
in
your
Majesty's
Presence
,
and
you
took
so
little
notice
of
him
,
that
scarce
any
body
would
believe
when
they
saw
him
,
this
was
the
Famous
Rebel
that
had
been
so
much
talkt
of
.
But
you
took
Pleasure
to
mortifie
him
at
his
first
coming
,
to
make
him
leave
his
Proud
Humour
,
of
expecting
to
be
every
where
Lord
and
Master
.
If
you
made
the
Prince
of
Condé
tremble
,
I
need
not
say
his
Example
taught
others
not
to
depart
from
that
Duty
,
which
by
their
Birth
they
were
oblig'd
to
pay
your
Majesty
.
All
Persons
appear'd
in
your
Presence
with
a
Respect
that
added
Lustre
to
your
Royalty
;
and
gave
it
quite
another
Figure
than
it
had
in
the
time
of
which
I
have
already
spoken
.
The
Desire
every
one
had
to
please
you
,
made
People
apply
themselves
to
that
which
before
they
scorn'd
to
do
.
All
the
young
Gentlemen
of
good
Families
,
listed
themselves
either
in
your
Company
of
Musqueteers
,
which
your
Majesty
had
again
set
on
foot
,
or
in
your
Regiment
of
Guards
;
and
seeing
you
took
delight
in
all
that
look'd
like
War
,
which
your
greatest
Enemies
cannot
deny
,
you
spent
a
great
part
of
your
time
in
disciplining
this
Company
;
so
that
If
I
may
make
a
Comparison
,
which
perhaps
some
will
not
like
,
I
will
presume
to
say
,
never
did
any
Spanish
Jennet
better
perform
the
Exercises
of
Manage
under
a
skilful
Rider
,
than
this
Company
did
every
thing
that
was
commanded
by
your
Majesty
.
Of
this
I
can
yet
say
more
,
which
others
observ'd
as
well
as
my self
,
and
by
which
a
Man
might
judge
,
what
you
one
Day
would
be
able
to
do
;
seeing
you
did
it
in
your
Youth
.
What
could
those
Seven
or
Eight
Hours
together
signifie
,
which
your
Majesty
stay'd
in
the
Court
of
the
Louvre
exercising
that
Company
in
the
depth
of
Winter
?
But
the
Application
wherewith
you
would
in
time
to
come
do
your
Duty
,
and
that
you
would
despise
both
Heat
and
Cold
,
when
you
design'd
to
get
Glory
.
But
yet
it
cannot
be
said
,
this
was
a
domineering
Humour
in
your
Majesty
,
because
you
took
the
like
care
of
all
that
concern'd
your
Royalty
.
I
have
already
said
,
your
Majesty
commanded
me
to
bring
you
Cardinal
Richelieu's
Memoirs
;
the
esteem
you
had
for
the
Memory
of
that
great
Man
,
and
your
own
sincere
Piety
,
without
Ostentation
,
inclin'd
you
to
perfect
what
he
had
so
happily
begun
;
which
was
the
extirpation
of
all
the
Hereticks
in
your
Kingdom
.
But
your
Majesty
knowing
that
it
is
very
dangerous
to
pass
from
one
Extreme
to
another
,
you
have
by
little
and
little
so
prepar'd
things
to
ripen
,
that
in
Twenty
Years
time
the
Work
may
come
to
Perfection
.
Your
Majesty's
Presence
brought
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
to
a
fix'd
Resolution
,
he
having
agreed
to
the
Terms
upon
which
he
was
to
deliver
the
Town
of
Marsall
to
your
Majesty
.
You
came
back
from
Metz
in
so
little
time
,
that
the
Post
could
not
make
more
haste
;
you
having
order'd
the
best
running
Horses
in
your
Stables
to
be
laid
on
the
Way
:
Every
one
took
the
Liberty
of
enquiring
why
your
Majesty
made
such
Haste
,
and
as
there
are
always
some
that
guess
right
,
what
you
intended
to
keep
secret
,
was
presently
talk'd
of
all
the
Town
over
.
Which
ought
to
teach
Princes
not
to
undertake
any
thing
which
they
would
not
have
People
know
.
For
they
cannot
with
all
their
Power
keep
Mens
Curiosity
from
prying
narrowly
into
all
their
Actions
.
Your
Majesty
being
pleas'd
with
my
Services
,
I
took
the
Liberty
to
lay
before
you
all
that
Cardinal
Richelieu
had
design'd
for
the
Glory
of
your
Realm
.
There
was
nothing
of
so
great
importance
in
his
Papers
,
as
Trade
and
Navigation
;
but
neither
could
be
maintain'd
without
making
your self
strong
at
Sea
,
which
was
properly
your
Majesty's
Work
:
To
me
you
committed
the
care
of
this
,
as
well
as
of
your
Buildings
,
wherein
there
were
great
Disorders
;
I
acquitted
my self
in
both
to
the
best
of
my
Power
.
In
the
mean
time
your
Majesty
having
thought
sit
to
attempt
something
on
the
Coast
of
Gigeri
,
the
Success
whereof
promis'd
great
Advantage
to
the
Trade
of
the
Levant
,
and
to
your
Majesty's
Reputation
in
that
Country
;
you
caus'd
some
Troops
to
pass
into
Provence
,
where
Vessels
lay
ready
to
receive
'em
.
They
were
safely
Transported
,
and
Landed
almost
without
any
Opposition
made
by
the
Barbarians
:
But
the
chief
Commanders
,
on
whom
you
rely'd
,
having
taken
ill
Measures
,
the
Business
miscarry'd
,
tho'
well
design'd
,
and
better
digested
:
For
't
is
not
enough
for
a
thing
to
be
so
well
order'd
in
Council
,
as
that
none
can
object
against
it
,
unless
it
be
likewise
well
executed
.
So
that
a
Prince
cannot
take
too
much
care
,
to
make
a
good
choice
of
those
he
employs
,
seeing
his
Reputation
depends
upon
it
;
especially
when
his
Enterprises
lie
so
far
off
,
that
he
is
not
able
to
remedy
the
Faults
that
are
there
committed
.
Some
would
make
me
believe
,
that
Monsieur
Tellier
was
not
well
pleas'd
with
that
free
access
I
had
to
your
Majesty's
Person
,
nor
with
my
being
trusted
with
what
concern'd
the
War
:
He
would
have
had
your
Majesty
chuse
more
experienc'd
Officers
,
in
whose
Hands
the
B●●●ness
would
have
prosper'd
better
;
but
tho'
I
have
heard
such
Reports
,
I
will
do
him
right
,
and
I
had
rather
attribute
that
which
happen'd
at
Gigeri
to
Fate
,
which
sometimes
ruines
the
best
laid
Designs
;
rather
than
wrong
Monsieur
Tellier's
Reputation
.
To
make
that
Misfortune
yet
greater
,
the
Vessel
upon
which
the
Chief
Officers
of
the
Regiment
were
embarqu'd
,
was
so
Leaky
that
it
sunk
,
which
extreamly
troubled
your
Majesty
.
My
Enemies
,
who
must
be
many
after
that
which
I
have
said
,
would
have
imputed
the
Misfortune
to
my
Fault
,
pretending
that
I
having
the
Oversight
of
the
Marine
Affairs
ought
to
have
taken
care
the
Vessel
had
been
good
;
but
it
having
been
visited
by
experienc'd
Shipwrights
before
it
was
put
to
Sea
,
your
Majesty
,
who
doth
Right
to
all
the
World
,
was
not
at
all
displeas'd
with
me
.
The
Fault
was
that
the
Ship
had
not
for
a
long
time
been
in
Service
,
which
doth
Vessels
more
harm
,
than
if
they
were
continually
at
Sea
.
This
ill
News
,
because
it
came
after
that
which
is
better
,
did
not
make
that
impression
,
which
otherwise
it
might
have
done
upon
your
Majesty's
Mind
.
You
were
pleas'd
with
the
good
News
you
receiv'd
out
of
Hungary
,
where
your
Arms
had
acquir'd
you
no
little
Glory
,
and
where
without
them
the
Emperour
,
who
had
already
receiv'd
a
Check
,
had
been
totally
defeated
:
For
when
the
right
Wing
of
his
Army
had
been
beaten
by
the
Turks
,
which
gave
them
hopes
of
an
entire
Victory
,
your
Troops
,
which
were
in
the
Left
,
charg'd
so
bravely
,
that
they
trod
down
all
that
oppos'd
'em
,
and
having
,
by
their
making
a
Stand
,
renew'd
the
Fight
,
they
beat
the
Turks
;
shewing
so
much
resolution
and
Courage
,
that
the
Emperour
,
instead
of
returning
them
Thanks
,
grew
Jealous
of
'em
;
and
instead
of
resolving
to
improve
the
Victory
,
which
had
caus'd
a
great
Consternation
among
the
Turks
,
he
made
a
precipitate
Peace
;
as
if
he
had
been
afraid
your
Trops
would
have
taken
his
Crown
from
him
.
These
two
particular
Events
,
of
good
and
bad
Fortune
,
hinder'd
your
Majesty
from
mounting
to
that
high
pitch
of
Glory
where
you
now
are
.
The
excellent
Order
which
you
setled
ev'ry
where
throughout
your
Kingdom
,
which
was
still
sensible
of
the
Abuses
which
in
Cardinal
Mazarin's
Time
had
crept
into
it
,
are
an
evident
Proof
that
you
were
a
great
King
.
You
reform'd
the
Order
of
St.
Michel
,
which
before
that
of
the
St.
Esprit
was
the
Reward
wherewith
Kings
your
Predecessors
honour'd
the
greatest
Men
in
their
Kingdom
;
but
was
so
little
estem'd
after
the
Institution
of
the
other
,
that
all
Sorts
of
People
were
indifferently
receiv'd
into
it
;
and
at
last
became
like
the
Order
of
the
Star
,
which
in
time
was
so
despis'd
,
that
one
of
your
Predecessors
,
to
make
it
more
Vile
and
Despicable
,
bestow'd
it
upon
the
Archers
of
the
City
Watch.
Your
Majesty
prudently
resolv'd
to
reform
this
Abuse
,
especially
because
the
Order
of
St.
Michel
is
joyn'd
to
that
of
the
St.
Esprit
,
and
that
the
Knights
of
this
last
Order
,
could
not
be
receiv'd
into
it
,
unless
they
had
been
before
of
the
first
.
However
,
I
must
say
that
your
Majesty
did
not
so
throughly
purge
it
of
the
mean
Persons
that
were
in
it
;
but
that
some
still
remain
.
For
it
is
the
inevitable
Misfortune
of
all
Princes
,
that
when
they
rely
wholly
upon
others
,
it
would
be
a
wonder
if
Favour
or
Faction
should
not
prevail
against
Justice
.
Therefore
if
Princes
would
have
things
done
according
to
their
own
directions
,
they
ought
to
overlook
those
they
depute
to
see
their
Pleasure
perform'd
.
For
if
they
trust
wholly
to
their
Fidelity
,
't
is
the
way
to
have
their
work
but
half
done
.
Your
Majesty
for
the
good
of
your
Kingdom
Incorporated
likewise
a
Company
for
the
Trade
of
the
Indies
;
and
indeed
a
Kingdom
cannot
flourish
so
long
as
that
Trade
is
driven
by
Strangers
.
It
should
be
taken
out
of
the
hands
of
the
English
and
Dutch
,
who
were
suffer'd
by
your
Predecessors
to
be
the
sole
Masters
of
that
Commerce
.
This
Establishment
very
much
displeas'd
those
two
Nations
,
who
were
so
jealous
of
one
another
,
that
after
some
coldness
they
were
ready
to
quarrel
.
'T
is
Interest
that
sets
all
People
together
by
the
Ears
.
After
some
flashes
of
Lightning
followed
Thunder
,
and
after
a
Breach
,
the
English
and
Dutch
came
to
an
open
War
.
Your
Majesty
offer'd
to
both
your
Mediation
,
that
things
might
go
no
further
;
but
the
English
,
who
pretend
to
the
dominion
of
the
Sea
,
and
to
impose
Conditions
upon
all
others
,
stood
so
stiff
upon
their
Points
,
that
your
Majesty
thought
your self
oblig'd
to
take
the
part
of
your
Ancient
Friends
,
against
the
Old
Enemies
of
your
Crown
.
Your
Majesty
put
out
a
Fleet
at
Sea
in
favour
of
the
Hollanders
,
and
equipp'd
another
at
the
same
time
against
the
Algerines
.
The
Duke
of
Beaufort
,
who
commanded
it
,
having
receiv'd
your
Orders
,
fought
the
Algerines
with
such
success
,
that
he
beat
them
twice
in
three
Months
;
he
took
several
of
their
Ships
,
among
which
was
the
Admiral
:
This
Advantage
wrought
a
good
Effect
among
those
Barbarous
People
;
who
endeavour'd
to
lessen
your
Reputation
,
by
what
had
happen'd
at
Gigeri
.
But
that
which
increas'd
their
Terrour
,
was
your
setting
out
new
Ships
on
the
Ocean
,
and
in
the
Mediterranean
,
which
made
all
Europe
think
,
that
in
a
little
time
you
would
be
in
a
Condition
,
not
only
to
dispute
the
Empire
of
the
Sea
with
the
English
,
but
with
any
other
Nation
whatever
.
Beside
,
these
Ships
,
which
considerably
increas'd
your
Fleet
,
you
had
Magazines
full
of
Stores
,
Materials
and
Workmen
;
you
wanted
no
Seamen
or
Pilots
,
so
that
it
was
thought
you
intended
to
dispute
that
Dominion
,
which
belongs
only
to
him
that
is
strongest
.
I
do
not
pretend
to
magnifie
my self
by
what
I
have
said
;
tho'
I
have
done
the
best
I
could
in
it
.
To
speak
the
truth
,
I
must
confess
this
Design
was
not
mine
,
I
did
but
finish
what
Cardinal
Richelieu
first
began
.
I
know
it
was
he
that
put
the
King
your
Father
upon
augmenting
his
Power
at
Sea
;
or
I
should
rather
say
,
to
make
himself
known
there
:
For
before
him
,
all
his
Predecessors
,
even
Henry
the
4th
.
himself
,
had
not
one
single
Ship
.
But
this
Project
was
but
lamely
carried
on
,
under
the
ministry
of
that
great
Man
;
so
that
it
may
be
truly
said
,
the
Glory
of
it
was
reserv'd
for
your
Majesty
.
About
this
time
your
Majesty
did
two
things
,
very
much
for
the
good
of
your self
and
People
;
and
which
the
deceased
King
your
Father
attempted
in
vain
.
You
reduc'd
Persons
of
Quality
,
and
those
of
the
Long
Robe
,
to
perfect
Obedience
.
You
did
the
one
under
the
pretence
of
Justice
;
the
other
by
your
absolute
Power
:
Many
Gentlemen
,
by
the
licentiousness
of
the
times
,
had
usurp'd
so
much
Authority
,
that
they
were
in
their
Provinces
like
so
many
petty
Tyrants
,
and
made
all
tremble
under
'em
.
The
Judges
in
those
Provinces
,
who
were
bound
by
the
Duty
of
their
Places
to
oppose
such
Innovations
,
did
not
dare
to
do
it
,
in
a
time
when
they
fear'd
to
be
run
down
.
Beside
,
they
were
unwilling
to
concern
themselves
;
for
People
commonly
prefer
their
private
Interest
,
before
the
publick
good
.
They
were
afraid
to
contest
with
those
petty
Kings
of
the
Country
,
so
that
they
stirr'd
no
more
,
than
as
if
all
that
past
had
been
indifferent
to
'em
.
But
your
Majesty
who
thought
your self
oblig'd
not
to
suffer
such
Abuses
,
because
none
but
you
could
pretend
to
Supremacy
;
being
bound
to
protect
your
Subjects
,
and
secure
them
from
Violence
;
your
Majesty
,
I
say
,
not
being
any
longer
able
to
suffer
what
was
derogatory
to
your
Authority
,
and
so
contrary
to
the
Peace
of
your
People
,
you
Establisht
the
Grands-jours
,
that
is
a
certain
number
of
Justices
in
every
Province
,
where
they
were
to
take
Cognizance
of
those
that
were
guilty
of
vexation
.
Many
were
Imprison'd
,
others
ran
away
,
and
some
having
been
punish'd
by
demolishing
their
Castles
,
or
by
the
loss
of
their
Heads
,
you
got
the
love
of
all
your
People
,
who
found
themselves
freed
from
Slavery
by
your
Justice
.
Behold
how
a
wise
and
a
judicious
King
,
doth
at
one
and
the
same
time
his
own
and
his
Subjects
business
.
Your
Majesty
did
not
tell
them
,
that
what
you
did
was
as
much
for
your
own
sake
as
for
theirs
;
but
on
the
contrary
,
it
was
necessary
they
should
believe
all
you
aim'd
at
,
was
only
to
deliver
'em
from
Oppression
.
Otherwise
,
as
they
would
have
thought
you
had
not
merited
much
from
them
,
so
certainly
this
was
the
way
to
meet
with
no
opposition
from
the
common
People
;
for
could
the
Gentry
have
perswaded
them
you
had
other
designs
,
it
was
to
be
fear'd
they
might
have
mutually
assisted
each
other
;
which
perhaps
might
have
given
your
Majesty
trouble
.
When
a
King
would
lessen
the
Power
of
his
Nobility
,
he
must
irritate
the
common
People
against
them
;
which
is
not
difficult
,
because
Noblemen
are
naturally
inclin'd
to
domineer
,
't
is
easy
therefore
to
make
the
Multitude
Jealous
of
'em
.
Now
seeing
the
Nobility
can
be
so
easily
humbled
,
they
should
renounce
all
kind
of
Cabals
,
especially
such
wherein
the
People
are
engag'd
:
For
the
Nobility
ought
to
believe
,
they
have
no
Enemy
greater
than
the
Common-People
,
what
Countenance
soever
they
carry
toward
'em
:
Tho'
the
People
may
in
appearance
shew
them
Respect
,
yet
they
are
in
continual
fear
of
their
Lording
it
over
'em
,
from
which
they
still
seek
to
be
freed
.
Undeniable
Truth
makes
it
evident
,
that
their
Interests
are
directly
repugnant
to
one
another's
,
which
plainly
proves
,
that
the
Nobility
cannot
hope
for
any
Advantage
,
but
from
a
perfect
Union
with
their
Prince
;
whose
Interest
likewise
't
is
to
use
them
well
:
They
ought
alway
so
to
agree
,
that
't
is
not
possible
to
divide
'em
.
The
Foundation
of
this
Union
ought
to
be
perfect
Obedience
on
the
Subjects
part
,
and
a
just
Retribution
on
the
Soveraign's
;
they
ought
to
do
their
Duty
,
and
he
must
do
his
.
The
other
thing
which
your
Majesty
did
for
your
own
and
your
Peoples
Good
,
was
to
take
away
the
Abuse
crept
into
the
Sale
of
Places
of
Judicature
;
grown
to
that
heighth
I
have
already
mention'd
;
which
was
the
Reason
why
those
that
had
Places
were
so
Proud
;
and
why
many
,
made
necessitous
by
paying
Interest
for
the
Money
they
borrow'd
to
buy
their
Offices
,
did
not
scruple
the
selling
of
Justice
.
This
was
a
nice
Business
,
because
what
Regulation
soever
your
Majesty
made
,
they
were
,
to
speak
properly
,
both
Judges
and
Parties
;
for
they
were
to
register
the
Edict
:
But
if
a
Man
were
to
judge
what
would
be
done
now
,
by
what
had
pass'd
heretofore
;
there
was
no
likelihood
the
thing
would
succeed
;
because
this
would
be
a
considerable
Prejudice
to
them
,
by
lessening
the
value
of
their
Places
;
when
some
Years
before
they
rebell'd
only
for
retrenching
their
Wages
.
But
your
Majesty
going
to
the
Parliament
,
accompanied
with
Four
Thousand
Men
,
as
soon
as
you
presented
to
them
the
Edict
,
they
not
only
Register'd
it
,
but
also
gave
your
Majesty
Thanks
for
the
care
you
took
to
reform
the
Abuses
which
were
crept
into
your
Kingdom
.
I
do
not
pretend
to
perswade
your
Majesty
,
that
these
Thanks
were
given
you
willingly
;
for
I
believe
they
were
a
little
forc'd
,
and
that
the
Four
Thousand
Men
you
had
with
you
,
did
more
contribute
to
the
Parliaments
Gratitude
,
than
any
esteem
they
had
for
your
Government
.
However
,
this
serves
to
let
all
Princes
know
,
that
there
are
proper
Seasons
to
cause
their
Will
and
Pleasure
to
be
obey'd
;
and
that
at
other
Times
't
is
dangerous
to
require
it
.
They
must
therefore
undertake
no
more
,
than
they
have
Strength
to
perform
;
for
their
being
born
Soveraigns
,
is
not
enough
to
enable
them
to
command
absolutely
,
they
are
more
than
others
subject
to
the
Vicissitude
of
Times
;
and
Fortune
hath
as
much
Power
over
them
,
as
over
the
meanest
of
all
their
People
.
A
Prince
ought
likewise
to
be
very
Prudent
,
because
the
Failings
of
a
private
Man
,
can
at
most
but
prejudice
himself
and
his
Family
;
but
when
a
Prince
doth
ill
,
he
sometimes
involves
his
whole
Realm
in
such
fatal
Consequences
,
as
can
never
be
remedy'd
.
The
Jansenists
endeavour'd
again
to
stir
up
new
Troubles
in
the
Church
;
which
oblig'd
the
Pope
to
condemn
their
Doctrine
a
Second
Time
.
Your
Majesty
follow'd
his
Example
,
and
shew'd
the
more
Circumspection
in
this
Affair
,
because
you
saw
the
Consequences
of
it
might
be
considerable
.
Some
Persons
of
the
best
Quality
in
your
Court
,
had
suffer'd
themselves
to
be
seduc'd
,
as
well
as
some
Religious
Societies
,
whose
Heads
were
so
full
of
it
,
that
you
were
forc'd
to
employ
your
Royal
Authority
,
to
bring
'em
again
to
their
right
Senses
.
They
suffer'd
very
much
,
before
they
could
resolve
to
acknowledge
their
Errour
;
So
true
is
it
,
that
People
are
very
obstinate
in
Matters
of
Religion
,
and
there
is
nothing
more
dangerous
,
than
Contests
about
it
,
under
pretence
of
Devotion
.
The
Clergy
by
your
Command
assembled
at
Ponthoise
,
as
well
to
remedy
this
Abuse
,
as
to
take
necessary
Resolutions
concerning
other
Matters
of
great
Importance
then
before
'em
.
They
were
extreamly
pleas'd
with
the
Piety
wherewith
you
enter'd
into
their
Interests
;
which
likewise
procur'd
you
the
Esteem
of
your
People
,
because
there
is
nothing
gives
a
Prince
more
,
than
his
rendring
to
God
that
which
is
his
due
.
Many
things
contributed
to
celebrate
your
Name
both
at
home
and
abroad
.
One
single
Ship
of
yours
fought
with
so
much
Resolution
against
Thirty
Three
Turkish
Galleys
,
that
they
left
the
Vessel
,
not
being
able
to
take
it
.
The
Succours
which
you
sent
to
the
Hollanders
against
the
Bishop
of
Munster
,
who
had
attack'd
'em
,
kept
'em
from
receiving
an
Affront
:
For
tho'
their
State
in
it self
was
more
Powerful
than
his
,
yet
after
the
Peace
they
made
with
Spain
,
they
took
more
care
to
maintain
their
Trade
,
than
the
Reputation
they
had
gotten
by
their
Arms
;
and
there
fore
they
were
in
a
much
different
and
weaker
Condition
than
they
had
formerly
been
.
People
are
very
much
deceiv'd
,
that
think
their
Strength
consists
in
Riches
;
they
are
indeed
needful
to
make
a
State
Powerful
;
but
't
is
an
Army
that
●s
more
necessary
,
and
without
which
it
cannot
subsist
.
A
Country
ought
to
have
Souldiers
enough
to
defend
its
Frontiers
,
and
likewise
to
keep
its
Neighbours
in
Awe
:
For
if
they
see
a
Country
so
weak
,
that
they
may
without
Fear
invade
it
;
't
is
Folly
to
trust
to
their
Promises
or
Treaties
.
If
People
will
live
in
Peace
,
they
must
take
care
not
to
be
despis'd
;
the
Richer
and
more
Flourishing
any
People
are
,
the
more
jealous
they
ought
to
be
of
their
Safety
:
For
there
are
so
many
who
will
envy
their
Prosperity
,
that
some
of
their
Neighbours
will
endeavour
to
rob
'em
of
what
they
have
.
It
was
about
this
time
,
that
your
Majesty
began
to
employ
Marquess
Louvoy
,
to
whom
you
had
granted
the
Reversion
of
his
Father's
Place
.
He
was
so
rough-hewn
,
and
so
little
inclin'd
to
Business
,
that
Monsieur
Tellier
desir'd
your
Majesty
,
not
to
trouble
your self
any
more
,
with
one
that
was
never
like
to
come
to
Good
:
He
was
so
given
to
his
Pleasures
,
that
his
Father
look'd
upon
him
as
a
Son
more
like
to
spend
the
Estate
he
had
gotten
,
than
to
add
any
thing
to
it
by
his
Industry
.
But
your
Majesty
,
having
a
very
great
Kindness
for
Monsieur
Tellier's
Family
,
told
him
he
must
have
a
little
Patience
,
what
was
not
done
in
One
Day
,
might
be
effected
in
Two
;
and
therefore
you
did
not
despair
but
some
good
might
be
done
with
his
Son
;
that
Youth
was
to
be
indulg'd
and
reclaim'd
by
Kindness
,
and
not
by
Threats
.
Your
Majesty
took
Pains
to
frame
and
fashion
him
;
and
,
as
it
must
be
confest
,
notwithstanding
what
I
have
already
said
,
and
shall
say
hereafter
,
the
Man
hath
many
good
Qualities
;
so
it
ought
to
teach
us
,
that
time
is
to
be
given
to
Men
,
as
to
Fruits
to
ripen
:
Whoever
hastens
things
too
fast
,
rather
spoils
than
brings
'em
to
Maturity
.
There
are
some
,
whose
Parts
advance
so
slowly
,
that
it
would
turn
their
Brains
to
endeavour
to
make
'em
understand
any
thing
before
their
time
;
they
must
be
brought
to
it
by
Degrees
,
without
using
the
least
Violence
.
Beside
,
't
is
not
to
be
thought
Men
can
be
presently
made
fit
for
business
,
especially
Youth
,
that
cannot
endure
Pains
,
and
loves
nothing
but
Pleasure
.
Application
to
Business
comes
not
till
the
Judgment
be
form'd
,
and
't
is
then
we
insensibly
habituate
our selves
to
it
,
and
afterwards
think
it
little
or
no
trouble
.
'T
is
Business
makes
Men
;
as
the
common
saying
is
,
Forging
makes
a
Smith
.
Monsieur
Louvoy
did
not
at
first
much
love
taking
Pains
;
yet
had
the
same
Faults
,
which
those
have
that
grow
Proud
of
their
Services
,
he
grew
jealous
of
all
those
to
whom
your
Majesty
was
pleas'd
to
shew
any
Kindness
,
more
particularly
of
me
,
who
had
the
Honour
to
discourse
often
with
your
Majesty
,
as
superintendant
of
your
Finances
and
Buildings
:
For
your
Majesty
,
who
is
great
in
all
Things
,
did
then
build
at
Versailles
and
at
the
Louvre
,
of
which
I
was
to
give
you
an
Account
every
Week
,
and
sometimes
every
Day
,
because
you
often
chang'd
somewhat
in
your
Design
,
which
I
was
to
see
done
.
But
because
Monsieur
Louvoy's
Employment
did
not
require
his
conferring
with
your
Majesty
so
often
in
times
of
Peace
,
as
when
you
were
engag'd
in
an
actual
War
;
he
did
all
he
could
by
the
Counsel
of
his
Father
,
to
perswade
your
Majesty
to
begin
a
War
:
he
took
an
Opportunity
to
do
it
upon
the
King
of
Spain's
Death
,
which
happen'd
much
about
this
time
.
He
told
your
Majesty
that
some
Provinces
in
the
Low-Countries
were
fallen
to
the
Queen
your
Wife
,
according
to
the
Custom
of
those
Places
,
which
made
her
Heir
to
her
Brother
Don
Balthazar
,
who
,
had
he
liv'd
,
was
to
have
succeeded
his
Father
,
before
his
Catholick
Majesty
now
Dead
.
This
was
the
Gilded
Pill
the
Marquess
offer'd
to
your
Majesty
,
and
knowing
you
would
not
swallow
it
,
unless
he
cover'd
the
Poison
it
contain'd
,
with
the
Shadow
and
Colour
of
Justice
:
He
therefore
did
not
speak
of
it
,
as
a
dependence
upon
the
Succession
of
the
King
your
Father-in-Law
,
which
you
had
so
solemnly
renounc'd
by
the
Pyronean
Treaty
;
but
he
disguis'd
the
Business
under
the
Name
of
Don
Balthazar
,
making
your
Majesty
believe
it
had
no
relation
at
all
to
your
Renunciation
.
Which
was
an
Artifice
very
gross
,
for
Prince
Balthazar
had
no
Right
to
succeed
his
Father
,
till
his
Father
was
Dead
;
nor
had
the
Queen
your
Wife
any
Right
to
succeed
Prince
Balthazar
,
but
what
was
meerly
imaginary
;
because
he
died
before
his
Father
.
That
Law
also
with
which
Monsieur
Louvoy
kept
such
a
stir
,
in
Favour
of
Daughters
succeeding
before
the
Children
of
a
Second
Bed
,
signified
nothing
to
the
purpose
:
For
had
Prince
Balthazar
surviv'd
his
Father
,
you
had
so
formally
renounc'd
all
claim
to
that
whereto
the
Queen
your
Wife
could
pretend
any
Right
,
that
you
could
have
no
Colour
of
Title
to
it
,
unless
you
would
declare
your self
a
Perjur'd
Person
to
all
the
World
.
But
this
suppos'd
Succession
to
Don
Balthazar
;
your
Martial
Humour
,
and
the
desire
of
perpetuating
your
Name
,
put
you
upon
what
was
not
so
much
to
be
blam'd
,
because
it
seem'd
necessary
to
be
done
for
your
Justification
,
before
you
began
a
War
.
You
caus'd
the
Lawyers
to
consult
what
Title
you
had
to
the
Succession
which
you
claim'd
in
Right
of
your
Queen
:
The
Person
you
sent
to
these
Lawyers
,
was
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
who
was
too
much
concern'd
,
to
bring
any
Opinion
against
what
he
had
maintain'd
to
your
Majesty
;
those
Advocates
therefore
,
whom
the
Marquess
had
feed
,
maintain'd
by
long
,
but
very
weak
Arguments
,
that
your
Majesty's
Renunciation
was
absolutely
null
,
and
not
at
all
binding
;
because
it
was
contrary
to
the
constitutions
of
your
Kingdom
;
which
are
,
that
the
King
may
make
void
what
he
hath
done
,
and
relieve
himself
against
it
,
as
if
it
had
been
done
in
perfect
Minority
.
They
chiefly
insisted
upon
the
pretended
Prejudice
they
said
you
had
done
to
the
Dauphin
your
Son
,
by
the
Renunciation
;
and
enlarg'd
themselves
upon
this
further
Argument
,
that
neither
Divine
or
Humane
Laws
did
permit
,
any
Fathers
to
dispose
(
according
to
their
own
Fancy
)
of
their
Sons
Inheritance
;
concluding
,
that
this
alone
nullified
all
that
you
had
done
,
and
consequently
you
had
Reason
to
pursue
your
own
and
your
Son
's
Right
by
force
of
Arms.
But
there
were
many
things
to
be
objected
against
all
this
.
The
first
was
,
That
it
would
be
dangerous
to
set
the
Crown
upon
such
a
Foot
,
that
there
could
be
no
security
in
treating
or
contracting
with
it
:
For
if
't
is
sufficient
to
say
your
Majesty
is
always
a
Minor
,
what
Trust
or
Confidence
can
any
body
put
in
your
Promises
?
Or
when
a
War
is
once
begun
,
what
way
can
be
found
to
end
it
?
This
Argument
is
so
full
of
Reason
,
and
may
be
carried
so
high
,
as
to
confound
all
those
who
maintain
such
pernicious
Maxims
.
Your
Majesty
is
too
knowing
,
to
want
any
Instruction
in
a
Matter
so
clear
and
indisputable
;
I
will
not
therefore
trouble
you
with
Reasons
,
but
shew
that
they
by
whom
you
are
so
ill
advis'd
,
give
just
Occasion
to
the
whole
World
,
to
accuse
you
of
intolerable
Ambition
;
which
is
so
ill
a
Character
,
that
it
turns
your
ancient
Friends
into
Enemies
,
and
indispensibly
stirs
up
all
Princes
against
you
:
For
who
can
ever
think
himself
secure
against
your
Injustice
?
Or
who
will
trust
a
Prince
,
whose
Word
is
not
to
be
taken
in
Peace
or
War
?
People
are
not
safe
in
either
;
in
the
one
,
they
are
in
perpetual
Distrust
,
and
in
the
other
in
continual
Perplexity
,
not
knowing
what
to
fear
.
While
these
things
were
transacting
,
the
Queen
your
Mother
dyed
;
who
,
had
she
liv'd
,
would
have
been
very
much
troubled
,
to
see
a
Peace
broken
,
upon
which
she
had
set
her
Heart
.
You
oblig'd
the
Bishop
of
Munster
to
make
Peace
with
the
Hollanders
;
but
you
found
it
more
difficult
to
bring
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
to
any
compliance
with
your
Majesty
,
tho
one
would
have
thought
by
the
Mortifications
you
had
given
him
,
he
would
have
been
more
flexible
.
This
Duke
,
who
was
a
Riddle
to
all
Mankind
,
came
after
the
Business
of
Marsall
to
Paris
;
where
he
seem'd
to
have
so
little
Sence
of
the
ill
condition
of
his
Affairs
,
that
he
would
have
marry'd
a
mean
Citizen's
Daughter
,
that
was
one
of
Mademoiselle
Montpensier's
Domestick
Servants
;
and
the
Business
was
so
far
advanc'd
,
as
to
come
to
a
Contract
of
Marriage
:
But
your
Majesty
was
requested
,
by
his
Friends
,
to
interpose
your
Royal
Authority
to
hinder
the
Match
.
The
Duke's
Relations
had
again
recourse
to
your
Majesty
in
another
Business
of
the
same
Nature
,
but
somewhat
less
Shameful
;
because
the
Woman
he
courted
was
the
Daughter
of
a
Gentleman
.
Your
Majesty
being
extremely
angry
,
that
the
Duke
would
so
dishonour
himself
,
commanded
the
Maid's
Father
not
to
suffer
his
Daughter
to
marry
him
.
The
Duke
at
last
seeing
your
Majesty
would
not
let
him
marry
so
Dishonourably
in
your
Dominons
,
went
to
seek
a
Mistress
in
his
own
;
where
he
marry'd
the
Daughter
of
Count
Appremont
;
she
was
hardly
Thirteen
Years
of
Age
,
and
he
above
Threescore
.
Having
gratify'd
his
Love
,
his
next
Business
was
to
satisfie
his
Ambition
,
which
would
not
suffer
him
to
live
quiet
a
Moment
.
He
begun
to
make
Levies
,
under
pretence
that
the
Elector
Palatin
committed
hostilities
upon
his
Frontiers
.
Your
Majesty
,
by
your
Authority
,
appeasing
that
Disorder
,
he
had
no
other
Pretence
to
continue
in
Arms
;
yet
his
Falshood
still
readily
furnish'd
him
with
another
;
as
oft
as
your
Majesty
gave
him
Reasons
,
why
he
ought
to
prefer
your
Frienship
before
all
other
Considerations
.
Your
Envoy
often
discours'd
him
upon
that
Subject
,
and
told
him
that
since
he
had
so
often
abus'd
your
Majesty's
Patience
,
it
was
to
be
feard
you
would
deal
with
him
as
he
had
deserv'd
.
But
he
seem'd
to
be
,
or
indeed
was
insensible
,
or
did
not
remember
what
had
past
:
For
he
could
not
resolve
to
do
what
your
Majesty
requir'd
of
him
;
tho'
he
knew
there
was
not
any
Body
in
all
Europe
that
could
take
his
Part
,
and
save
him
from
being
ruin'd
,
if
your
Majesty
should
once
fall
upon
him
.
While
this
Business
was
in
agitation
,
Louvoy
doubled
his
Endeavours
,
to
perswade
your
Majesty
to
undertake
the
War
of
Flanders
;
whereof
he
pretended
the
Success
must
be
Infallible
,
because
the
English
and
Hollanders
were
engag'd
in
a
War
,
wherein
your
Majesty
had
taken
part
with
the
Dutch
,
more
out
of
Pollicy
,
than
any
real
Intention
to
assist
your
ancient
Allyes
.
For
if
you
resolv'd
to
conquer
the
Low
Countreys
,
it
was
not
likely
this
Allyance
would
continue
long
,
because
the
Dutch
were
highly
concern'd
,
not
to
suffer
a
Potent
King
to
become
their
Neighbour
:
So
that
what
you
had
done
in
taking
their
part
,
was
only
to
keep
up
the
Quarrel
the
longer
between
them
and
the
English
,
and
that
it
should
not
end
,
unless
you
were
call'd
in
to
the
making
up
a
Peace
;
for
your
Design
was
to
know
what
pass'd
,
that
you
might
not
take
false
Measures
.
Indeed
your
Conduct
was
suitable
to
your
Interest
,
and
the
Succours
you
lent
the
Dutch
,
were
neither
proportionable
to
your
Forces
,
nor
to
the
Promise
you
made
them
,
of
doing
your
utmost
to
enable
'em
to
beat
their
Enemies
.
You
declar'd
your self
for
'em
;
but
they
beginning
to
suspect
the
great
Preparations
you
made
,
thought
it
better
to
make
a
Peace
with
the
English
,
than
to
prosecute
the
Advantage
they
had
,
and
which
gave
them
a
prospect
of
greater
,
after
that
fatal
Disaster
which
befel
the
English
,
by
the
burning
of
Three
Parts
of
the
City
of
London
;
which
cast
the
Inhabitants
into
so
great
a
Consternation
,
that
the
Dutch
if
they
pleas'd
might
have
done
their
Business
.
Nevertheless
,
you
did
yours
;
for
you
drove
the
English
out
of
the
Island
of
St.
Christopher's
,
and
took
from
them
the
Fort
they
had
built
;
but
resolving
no
longer
to
delay
the
War
of
Flanders
,
you
went
thither
in
Person
,
at
the
Head
of
a
brave
Army
.
The
Spaniards
were
sufficiently
frighted
,
and
not
without
Cause
;
for
your
Majesty
had
taken
care
(
ever
since
the
Peace
of
the
Pyrenées
)
to
keep
your
Troops
in
as
good
Martial
Discipline
,
as
if
they
had
been
continually
in
the
Field
.
You
caus'd
them
to
be
frequently
muster'd
,
you
cashier'd
all
that
were
unfit
for
service
,
and
discharg'd
those
who
had
Listed
themselves
in
your
Guards
,
on
purpose
to
be
free'd
from
paying
Taxes
;
this
Reform
went
so
high
as
Officers
,
many
of
whom
were
never
in
Service
,
and
were
much
fitter
for
a
Court
,
than
to
look
an
Enemy
in
the
Face
.
Turenne
commanded
this
Army
under
your
Majesty
,
and
the
Confidence
you
repos'd
in
him
,
made
you
prefer
him
before
all
others
to
teach
you
the
Art
of
War
,
wherein
you
look'd
upon
him
as
the
most
experienc'd
in
all
your
Kingdom
.
Therefore
to
reward
his
Services
,
and
to
let
all
the
World
see
how
great
an
esteem
you
had
of
his
Conduct
and
Courage
;
you
declar'd
him
Camp
Mareschal
General
of
your
Armies
,
a
little
before
the
Peace
between
the
Two
Crowns
;
a
Title
that
set
him
above
all
the
Mareschals
of
France
,
and
which
in
some
manner
reviv'd
the
Place
of
Constable
,
which
was
supprest
after
the
Death
of
the
Duke
de
Lediguieres
,
who
was
the
last
that
enjoy'd
it
.
The
Confidence
which
you
had
in
this
great
Man
,
displeas'd
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
whose
Ambition
was
already
grown
to
that
heighth
,
as
not
to
be
willing
your
Majesty
should
consult
with
any
body
but
himself
:
But
he
had
many
bitter
Pills
to
swallow
.
Your
Majesty
sometimes
stay'd
till
Noon
shut
up
with
Turenne
,
while
Louvoy
waited
in
your
Antichamber
.
This
begot
in
him
that
Hatred
which
he
always
had
for
Turenne
,
and
which
hath
been
often
prejudicial
to
your
Majesty's
Affairs
,
as
I
shall
make
appear
in
the
sequel
of
this
Discourse
.
Upon
which
be
pleas'd
to
permit
me
to
make
a
Reflexion
,
which
your
Majesty
will
find
very
Just
,
viz.
That
there
is
nothing
so
dangerous
,
as
the
giving
too
much
Credit
to
Men
puft
up
with
Pride
and
vain
Glory
.
The
Reason
is
,
because
such
Men
still
envy
the
Reputation
others
deserve
for
their
good
Counsel
,
and
disparage
every
thing
which
proceeds
not
from
themselves
;
wishing
nothing
should
prosper
,
rather
than
the
Glory
of
it
should
be
attributed
to
another
.
So
that
a
Prince
cannot
be
too
reserv'd
and
cautions
in
the
choice
of
a
Minister
;
for
tho'
he
should
find
in
him
all
the
Qualities
requisite
for
so
great
an
Employment
;
yet
if
he
hath
not
that
of
preferring
the
Publick
,
before
his
own
Private
Interest
,
't
is
vain
to
expect
any
good
from
him
.
To
perform
the
Duty
of
a
Publick
Minister
,
a
Man
ought
to
be
Proof
both
against
Love
and
Hatred
,
and
do
nothing
but
for
the
Publick
Good
.
What
is
done
for
other
ends
,
may
prejudice
his
Master
,
whose
Service
requires
,
that
his
Minister
should
not
be
subject
to
any
Passion
.
The
Spaniards
,
upon
your
Majesty's
approach
,
blew
up
the
Fortifications
they
had
made
in
a
new
Place
,
which
they
called
Charleroy
.
So
that
in
less
than
Eight
Days
,
they
demolish'd
all
that
which
with
Prodigious
Labour
they
had
been
building
a
Year
,
at
the
Expence
of
more
than
Three
Millions
.
Your
Majesty
resolving
to
continue
the
Fortifications
they
had
begun
,
to
keep
a
Pass
upon
the
Sambre
,
where
this
Place
is
scituated
,
made
your
Army
work
so
hard
,
that
in
Three
Weeks
the
Place
was
made
defenfible
.
After
this
you
went
on
,
and
in
so
short
a
time
as
is
almost
incredible
,
you
took
the
Towns
of
Aoth
,
Tournay
,
Douay
,
and
the
Forts
round
about
it
.
Oudenard
and
Alost
likewise
submitted
to
your
Arms
,
while
the
Mareschal
d'
Aumont
took
in
Armentieres
,
Bergues
,
Furnes
,
Dixmude
and
Courtray
.
The
English
and
Dutch
hasten'd
to
clap
up
a
Peace
;
but
your
Majesty
,
keeping
on
your
Way
,
besieg'd
Lisle
,
wherein
were
Four
Thousand
Men
,
all
regular
Troops
,
and
Ten
times
as
many
Burghers
,
able
to
bear
Arms
;
which
made
the
Spaniards
believe
you
could
not
take
the
Town
,
having
call'd
to
their
Relief
Count
Marcin
,
who
commanded
their
Army
:
He
drew
near
the
Place
to
fall
upon
you
,
and
thought
you
so
weaken'd
as
to
be
easily
beaten
;
but
your
Majesty
,
having
in
a
little
time
taken
the
Town
,
so
totally
defeated
Marcin
,
that
he
was
forc'd
to
save
himself
on
Foot
through
a
Marish
.
This
Victory
promis'd
you
more
;
the
Season
not
being
yet
far
advanc'd
:
But
your
Majesty
was
so
set
upon
returning
to
Paris
,
that
you
contented
your self
with
what
you
had
done
.
There
is
a
Time
when
a
Man
will
prefer
his
Pleasure
before
his
Business
;
which
however
much
lessens
his
Reputation
:
For
the
least
failing
in
the
Life
of
a
great
Man
,
is
a
Stain
which
clouds
the
Glory
and
Lustre
of
his
Actions
.
But
who
in
this
World
is
free
from
Faults
?
Especially
when
they
proceed
from
a
Passion
to
which
Heroes
are
usually
more
inclin'd
than
other
Men.
Your
Majesty's
Success
augmented
your
Minister's
Reputation
,
who
became
so
proud
of
your
Favour
,
that
he
did
all
he
could
to
ruine
me
▪
But
your
Majesty
was
just
to
me
,
notwithstanding
all
his
Endeavours
;
and
in
truth
your
Majesty
was
bound
to
protect
me
,
since
it
was
for
you
alone
I
expos'd
my self
to
the
Hatred
of
the
People
.
I
had
advis'd
you
some
Years
before
to
suppress
a
a
part
of
the
Rents
of
the
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The
Town-House
like
the
Guild-Hall
of
London
.
Hotel
de
Ville
;
which
were
establish'd
on
so
small
a
Consideration
,
that
the
very
Arrears
they
demanded
,
exceeded
the
Principal
they
were
bought
for
:
So
that
one
might
properly
say
,
there
was
Money
due
to
your
Majesty
,
instead
of
your
being
in
Debt
.
But
seeing
it
would
have
made
those
People
desperate
who
were
concern'd
therein
,
had
your
Majesty
supprest
that
Fund
,
which
you
might
have
done
with
very
great
Justice
,
you
resolv'd
I
should
only
fright
them
to
retrench
those
Rents
,
that
they
might
not
be
so
chargeable
to
your
Majesty
for
the
future
.
But
People
will
be
blind
,
where
their
Interest
is
concern'd
,
for
I
was
like
to
be
torn
to
Pieces
by
the
Multitude
,
particularly
being
one
Day
with
the
Chancellor
,
some
of
'em
were
so
bold
to
threaten
me
.
I
pretended
I
was
willing
to
hear
what
they
had
to
say
,
that
I
might
know
their
Names
,
and
your
Majesty
might
cause
'em
to
be
imprison'd
,
which
I
thought
would
keep
'em
in
Awe
.
However
,
they
continu'd
to
insult
me
every
Day
;
so
that
my
Deputies
,
who
were
more
terrify'd
than
I
,
did
all
they
could
to
perswade
me
to
meddle
no
more
in
the
Business
.
The
Zeal
I
had
to
serve
your
Majesty
,
made
me
take
little
notice
of
my
Servants
Fear
,
which
was
so
great
,
that
one
of
them
,
who
was
a
very
industrious
Fellow
,
but
guilty
of
beeing
a
little
too
much
given
to
Wine
,
which
was
his
greatest
Fault
,
started
one
Night
out
of
his
Sleep
,
fancying
some
of
the
Hotel
Ville
Men
were
come
to
cut
his
Throat
.
The
Fumes
of
the
Wine
had
so
clouded
his
Brain
,
that
he
did
not
perceive
his
Fear
proceeded
only
from
a
Dream
;
so
that
he
put
all
my
House
into
an
Uproar
,
which
frighted
my
Wife
and
Children
;
I
awak'd
with
the
Noise
he
made
,
and
had
I
believ'd
my
Wife
and
Servants
,
I
had
run
out
of
the
House
to
save
my self
:
But
thinking
it
fit
to
know
first
what
was
the
Matter
,
I
quickly
perceiv'd
it
was
but
a
Drunkard's
Vision
,
so
that
my
House
was
quiet
again
.
Next
Morning
I
turn'd
him
away
,
because
I
resolv'd
not
to
keep
him
after
he
had
caus'd
such
a
disturbance
in
my
Family
;
especially
,
after
I
had
so
often
told
him
,
if
he
did
not
mend
,
I
would
not
keep
him
any
longer
.
But
there
are
some
things
to
which
People
are
so
addicted
,
that
they
cannot
leave
'em
if
they
would
,
especially
when
they
are
become
habitual
.
Drinking
is
one
of
those
Habits
,
which
the
older
a
Man
grows
,
the
more
subject
he
is
to
it
;
the
Reason
is
,
because
the
Natural
Heat
decaying
,
he
fancies
that
Wine
gives
him
new
Strength
,
whereas
the
excess
of
it
takes
away
that
which
he
hath
yet
left
:
The
cause
is
not
the
same
in
Mens
Inclinations
to
Women
,
which
for
a
natural
reason
cannot
be
so
great
when
Men
grow
Old
,
as
when
they
are
but
Five
and
Twenty
.
Of
all
the
Passions
wherewith
Men
are
Troubled
,
I
know
none
so
dangerous
as
this
;
beside
,
how
little
doth
it
sute
with
those
,
who
find
themselves
totally
disabled
by
Age.
Whence
we
ought
to
conclude
,
that
we
must
endeavour
from
our
very
Infancy
to
conquer
this
Inclination
,
especially
,
when
we
consider
it
renders
a
Man
unsit
for
every
thing
,
and
consequently
is
to
be
trusted
in
nothing
.
Your
Majesty
doubting
that
your
Neighbours
would
grow
jealous
of
your
Conquests
,
made
a
League
offensive
and
defensive
with
Portugal
;
which
by
the
Succours
you
lent
,
kept
it self
from
falling
again
under
the
Dominion
of
the
Spaniards
;
of
which
they
often
complain'd
during
the
Peace
;
because
your
Majesty
was
oblig'd
by
one
of
the
Articles
of
the
Pyrenean
Treaty
,
not
to
give
Portugal
the
least
Assistance
.
But
't
is
in
vain
to
Promise
some
things
,
which
Men
when
they
promise
know
they
can
never
perform
;
and
which
are
always
to
be
reckon'd
in
the
Number
of
those
Things
,
which
are
directly
contrary
to
the
Interest
of
a
Crown
.
So
that
Whatever
Allyances
are
made
between
neighbouring
States
,
their
Promises
last
no
longer
,
than
they
are
for
the
Common
and
Publick
Good
.
There
is
litle
ground
therefore
to
depend
upon
'em
,
and
they
that
do
,
deceive
themselves
.
The
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
who
had
always
mischievous
Designs
against
your
Majesty
,
was
by
your
Precaution
render'd
utterly
unable
to
put
'em
in
execution
.
You
made
him
(
much
against
his
Will
)
lend
you
his
Troops
to
assist
you
in
your
Conquests
.
This
made
him
endeavour
to
stir
up
the
Spaniards
and
Dutch
against
you
,
who
envy'd
your
Prosperity
,
and
enter'd
into
a
Treaty
with
the
Kings
of
England
and
Sweeden
,
to
compel
you
to
make
a
Peace
;
into
which
the
Duke
resolv'd
to
enter
,
to
be
in
a
Condition
to
make
you
fear
him
:
He
demanded
his
Troops
again
,
to
come
and
take
Winter
Quarters
with
him
,
under
pretence
of
defending
his
own
Dominions
,
that
were
environ'd
on
both
sides
by
the
Spaniards
;
and
that
he
might
dispose
of
his
Troops
as
he
pleas'd
;
but
you
were
as
cunning
as
he
,
and
would
not
let
them
go
out
of
Flanders
;
which
made
him
try
to
debauch
'em
.
Your
Majesty
seem'd
to
take
no
notice
of
it
,
because
you
had
Business
of
greater
concern
on
your
Hands
;
therefore
narrowly
watching
those
Troops
,
to
hinder
'em
from
deserting
,
you
went
in
the
sharpest
Season
of
Winter
into
the
County
of
Burgundy
,
being
well
assur'd
of
conquering
it
,
because
the
Prince
of
Condé
had
before-hand
treated
with
the
Marquess
of
Hienne
,
who
was
Governour
there
.
A
thing
not
to
be
blam'd
,
it
being
Wisdom
and
Prudence
in
a
Soveraign
,
to
spare
the
Blood
of
his
Subjects
as
much
as
't
is
possible
;
and
therefore
when
it
costs
him
nothing
but
Money
to
get
the
Keys
of
a
Town
,
he
is
much
better
advis'd
than
they
,
who
venture
many
a
Thousand
Mens
Lives
for
it
,
and
yet
often
receive
a
Baffle
,
and
go
without
it
:
For
let
a
Prince's
Forces
be
what
they
will
,
Success
doth
not
always
answer
his
Expectation
;
so
that
't
is
a
certain
conclusion
,
that
when
a
Man
hath
found
out
a
sure
way
to
do
his
Business
,
he
must
not
scruple
to
put
it
in
practice
.
I
except
Poysoning
and
Assassination
;
two
things
which
are
so
base
,
and
ought
to
be
so
far
from
the
Thoughts
of
a
Prince
;
that
there
can
be
nothing
more
shameful
and
dishonourable
to
him
.
The
War
which
you
maintain'd
,
did
not
hinder
you
from
taking
care
to
see
Justice
done
to
your
Subjects
:
You
oblig'd
your
Parliaments
to
follow
the
Code
Civil
and
Criminal
,
you
employ'd
some
about
it
before
your
departure
for
Flanders
,
it
being
a
Work
that
would
very
much
shorten
Proceedings
in
Law-Suits
.
Some
Judges
,
who
did
not
find
their
Account
in
it
,
and
who
believ'd
it
would
be
in
this
,
as
it
us'd
to
be
in
other
Cases
,
where
Penalties
are
threaten'd
,
but
seldom
exacted
;
they
took
their
Liberty
to
do
as
their
Fancy
led
'em
;
but
your
Majesty
being
inform'd
of
it
,
suspended
them
from
their
Offices
;
which
Punishment
so
scared
others
,
that
they
learnt
to
be
Honest
and
Wise
at
other
Mens
Cost
.
CHAP.
IV.
Containing
that
which
past
after
the
Treaty
of
Aix
la
Chapelle
till
the
Holland
War
.
YOur
Majesty
now
thought
it
a
fit
time
to
make
Peace
,
that
those
Potentates
who
envy'd
your
Prosperity
might
not
become
your
Enemies
.
The
Spaniards
having
consented
by
the
Treaty
of
Aix
la
Chapelle
,
that
you
should
keep
your
Conquests
,
restoring
to
them
the
County
of
Burgundy
;
you
became
more
Powerful
in
Flanders
than
ever
you
had
been
.
You
caus'd
so
many
Places
to
be
fortify'd
,
that
your
Neighbours
wonder'd
how
a
Kingdom
of
no
larger
extent
than
yours
,
could
do
so
many
things
at
once
:
For
tho'
these
Fortifications
cost
a
prodigious
Summ
;
yet
you
went
on
with
your
Buildings
both
at
the
Louvre
and
Versailles
.
Beside
,
you
bought
so
great
a
Quantity
of
Rich
Furniture
,
Antiquities
,
Jewels
,
and
gerally
all
Things
which
express
the
Magnificence
of
a
Prince
,
that
it
may
be
said
,
your
Predecessors
were
but
little
men
compared
to
you
:
You
caus'd
a
Coat
to
be
made
,
which
you
wore
at
the
ception
of
Embassadors
,
the
Diamonds
upon
it
,
and
on
your
Hat
,
were
valued
at
more
than
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Sixteen
Millions
of
Livres
computed
,
At
12
Livres
to
the
Pound
Sterling
,
amounts
to
One
Million
Three
Hundred
Thirty
Three
Thousand
Three
Hundred
Thirty
Three
Pounds
Six
Shillings
and
Eight
Pence
.
Sixteen
Millions
,
and
the
Gallery
before
the
ascent
to
your
Throne
,
through
which
People
were
to
pass
,
was
so
full
of
Rarities
and
Vassas
of
Massy
Silver
,
that
it
might
well
be
thought
you
had
made
a
Collection
of
all
that
was
in
the
Indies
,
to
shew
your
Grandeur
.
The
Matter
or
Substance
of
which
these
Things
were
made
,
was
not
so
much
to
be
consider'd
,
as
the
Workmanship
;
every
thing
was
so
curiously
wrought
,
and
by
such
admirable
Artificers
,
that
the
Fashion
cost
more
,
than
the
Matter
whereof
it
was
made
.
People
will
wonder
that
your
Majesty
in
this
,
differ'd
so
much
from
your
Father
,
who
car'd
so
little
for
Things
of
this
kind
,
that
Strangers
who
went
to
see
his
Royal
Houses
,
wonder'd
that
such
a
Prince
as
he
,
should
have
no
better
Furniture
;
but
you
did
not
all
this
out
of
a
vain
Expensive
Humour
;
but
that
you
knew
what
People
would
think
of
it
:
For
all
that
is
Splendid
and
Great
begets
Admiration
;
of
which
Princes
have
sometimes
as
much
need
as
of
Power
:
For
there
is
nothing
makes
'em
more
respected
,
which
they
seldom
fail
of
,
who
know
how
to
set
a
Value
on
themselves
.
Your
Majesty
likewise
gave
Order
,
that
your
Tables
should
be
furnish'd
suitable
to
the
State
of
so
great
a
King
.
You
had
choice
and
plenty
of
all
Things
,
and
yet
your
Expences
were
less
than
they
were
before
,
because
you
would
not
suffer
your
Servants
to
cheat
you
,
as
they
us'd
to
do
.
You
did
not
think
it
beneath
you
,
to
see
that
your
Liveries
should
be
new
,
and
chang'd
every
Year
,
to
prevent
their
Abuses
,
who
made
them
serve
beyond
the
limited
time
,
to
put
the
Money
into
their
own
Pockets
.
So
that
all
your
People
begun
to
have
so
great
a
Respect
for
your
Reign
,
that
it
was
now
no
more
a
Question
,
whether
your
Majesty
should
go
your self
to
the
Palace
to
see
Edicts
register'd
.
You
thought
it
enough
to
send
them
by
any
body
next
at
hand
;
a
Thing
which
will
astonish
Posterity
,
considering
what
I
have
here
before
said
:
But
it
was
your
Reputation
that
did
all
this
,
and
you
made
your self
obey'd
,
without
using
the
least
Rigour
.
When
Things
are
once
setled
upon
a
good
Foot
,
they
will
then
go
well
of
themselves
,
without
requiring
much
Pain
about
'em
:
Which
ought
to
teach
all
People
whoever
they
be
,
to
put
their
Affairs
into
good
Order
and
Method
;
without
which
they
can
never
go
well
.
This
likewise
must
be
done
at
first
,
and
as
soon
as
Men
have
any
employment
;
for
if
they
stay
till
they
find
their
Business
goes
ill
,
then
the
case
will
be
the
same
,
as
it
is
with
neglected
Buildings
that
are
falling
into
decay
;
for
by
not
putting
in
one
single
Stone
in
time
,
they
perhaps
come
to
be
so
past
all
Repair
,
that
of
necessity
they
must
be
pull'd
down
and
new
built
,
to
the
great
Charge
and
Prejudice
of
the
Owner
.
How
much
therefore
is
every
Man
concern'd
to
be
a
good
Husband
?
Your
Majesty
,
having
concluded
the
Peace
,
made
Three
Mareschals
of
France
,
the
Marquess
Bellefonds
,
de
Crequi
,
and
Humieres
.
The
French
Gentry
,
who
were
always
pleas'd
with
being
in
Arms
,
having
now
nothing
to
do
on
the
Frontiers
,
asked
your
Majesty
leave
to
go
to
the
Relief
of
Candy
,
which
had
a
long
time
been
besieg'd
by
the
Turks
:
Your
Majesty
gave
them
leave
,
and
appointed
the
Duke
of
Feuillade
to
be
their
Commander
in
chief
.
But
because
the
Venetians
did
not
do
their
part
in
assisting
the
French
to
raise
the
Siege
,
they
were
never
the
better
for
those
Succours
.
The
Venetian
General
fell
out
with
the
Duke
of
Feuillade
,
who
so
despis'd
the
General
,
that
he
often
affronted
him
to
his
Face
.
The
French
return'd
without
doing
any
thing
that
was
considerable
,
so
that
the
Turks
hop'd
to
be
Masters
of
the
Town
in
a
short
time
.
Notwithstanding
the
Discouragements
given
by
the
Duke
of
Feuillade
,
the
Relief
of
the
Place
was
of
such
importance
to
all
Christendom
,
and
so
much
desir'd
by
your
Majesty
,
that
you
sent
the
Duke
of
Navailles
with
some
regular
Troops
,
convoy'd
by
a
Squadron
of
your
Fleet
,
commanded
by
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
.
The
Duke
of
Navailles
landed
his
Troops
,
notwithstanding
the
continual
Fire
the
Turks
made
with
their
Canon
.
As
soon
as
he
had
rested
his
Forces
,
and
sent
out
to
view
the
Turkish
Camp
,
they
made
so
brisk
a
Salley
,
that
all
gave
way
before
'em
:
But
a
Turkish
Magazine
of
Powder
by
chance
taking
Fire
,
and
the
French
thinking
it
a
Mine
sprung
on
purpose
,
they
were
so
frighted
,
that
they
retreated
.
The
Turks
perceiving
their
Fear
,
charg'd
them
,
and
cut
off
some
of
their
Heads
,
which
so
increas'd
the
Confusion
of
the
rest
,
that
several
Persons
of
note
were
kill'd
;
of
whom
the
only
Son
of
Mareschal
de
Faber
was
one
,
because
he
was
never
seen
after
the
Fight
,
nor
found
among
the
Dead
,
nor
was
the
Duke
of
Beaufort
ever
heard
of
,
who
very
imprudently
went
a
Shore
,
against
the
Duty
of
an
Admiral
,
which
is
to
fight
at
Sea
only
,
and
never
to
quit
his
Ship
,
unless
it
be
when
't
is
ready
to
sink
.
This
Expedition
having
had
no
better
Success
than
Feuillade's
,
you
gave
Navailles
but
an
ill
reception
,
which
made
those
that
were
present
in
the
Action
,
lay
all
the
Fault
of
what
had
happen'd
upon
him
;
tho'
it
did
not
appear
there
was
any
Reason
to
blame
the
Duke
,
since
't
is
impossible
for
a
General
to
foresee
such
an
Accident
as
this
was
,
or
to
rally
Troops
seis'd
with
a
pannick
Fear
.
But
it
being
difficult
to
justifie
a
Man's
self
at
Court
,
especially
when
a
Minister
is
at
his
Back
,
or
he
is
not
well
with
the
Ladies
,
Navailles
was
ordered
to
retire
.
The
Place
held
out
but
a
little
while
longer
;
but
it
was
so
shatter'd
and
beaten
with
the
Canon
,
that
the
Turks
were
forc'd
to
rebuild
it
.
There
hath
not
been
known
a
more
memorable
Siege
,
wherein
ever
pass'd
more
warm
or
braver
Actions
:
None
can
compare
with
it
for
the
length
of
the
Siege
,
or
for
the
Number
of
Men
kill'd
on
either
Side
:
For
it
lasted
many
Years
,
the
Besiegers
lost
before
it
a
Hundred
and
Twenty
Thousand
Men
,
and
the
Besieg'd
near
Thirty
Eight
Thousand
.
The
Grand
Signior
was
not
at
all
pleas'd
with
the
succours
your
Majesty
lent
the
Venetians
,
and
therefore
sent
a
Chiaous
to
expostulate
the
Business
,
and
to
renew
the
Treaty
of
Commerce
that
had
still
been
between
the
Two
Nations
:
but
your
Majesty
had
too
much
Courage
to
follow
the
Example
of
some
of
your
Predecessors
,
who
suffer'd
Sultans
,
sometimes
to
send
them
rough
Complements
;
for
you
silenc'd
the
Chiaous
,
as
soon
as
ever
he
begun
to
talk
higher
than
became
him
.
Notwithstanding
the
Peace
which
your
Majesty
setled
in
Europe
,
by
the
last
Treaty
concluded
at
Aix
la
Chapelle
;
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
daily
went
on
arming
,
because
he
thought
those
Potentates
who
were
against
it
,
yet
would
not
suffer
him
to
be
quite
ruin'd
.
That
which
encourag'd
him
,
was
the
Dutch
,
who
were
become
Rich
and
Powerful
,
did
no
longer
keep
any
Measures
or
comply
with
your
Majesty
.
Van
Benningen
often
spoke
of
the
Strength
of
the
united
Provinces
,
intimating
,
that
they
could
not
suffer
your
Majesty
to
disturb
the
Peace
of
their
Neighbours
:
His
boldness
came
to
that
height
,
that
he
caus'd
a
Medal
to
be
stamp'd
,
alluding
to
the
Miracle
of
Josuah's
stopping
the
Course
of
the
Sun
;
thereby
designing
to
pique
your
Majesty
,
who
had
taken
the
Sun
for
your
Device
,
and
knew
that
Van
Beningen's
Name
was
Josuab
:
It
was
plain
,
that
he
meant
he
had
stop'd
your
Course
,
by
the
Treaty
he
had
oblig'd
you
to
make
.
In
the
Medal
(
which
was
very
well
done
)
was
his
own
Picture
,
about
it
were
these
Latin
Words
,
in
conspectu
meo
stetit
Sol.
From
whence
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
concluded
,
he
might
venture
to
provoke
you
.
But
your
Majesty
having
receiv'd
notice
of
what
the
Duke
did
,
you
sent
to
tell
him
that
if
he
were
not
Wiser
,
he
would
find
himself
deceiv'd
;
and
if
he
forc'd
you
once
more
to
seize
upon
his
Country
,
he
should
never
come
into
it
again
:
You
therefore
requir'd
him
presently
to
disarm
,
and
that
you
allow'd
him
but
Six
Weeks
time
for
the
doing
it
.
This
Message
sent
in
such
plain
and
imperative
Terms
,
astonish'd
the
Duke
.
Nevertheless
,
endeavouring
to
cover
his
ill
Intentions
under
a
specious
pretence
,
he
told
your
Majesty
he
was
not
yet
secure
against
the
Elector
Palatin
,
who
from
time
to
time
made
Incursions
upon
his
Frontiers
,
and
therefore
pray'd
you
to
accomodate
the
Business
.
Your
Majesty
knew
very
well
it
was
but
a
feign'd
Excuse
;
however
,
because
what
he
demanded
seem'd
but
Just
,
your
Majesty
sent
an
Act
of
Guarranty
both
to
him
,
and
to
the
Elector
Palatin
;
whereby
you
promis'd
to
aid
either
,
in
case
any
one
of
them
should
presume
to
break
the
Treaty
made
between
'em
.
The
Elector
Palatine
acquiesc'd
presently
;
so
that
the
Duke
,
having
now
nothing
more
to
pretend
,
was
forc'd
to
obey
you
.
Your
Majesty
,
seeing
no
appearance
of
any
Broyls
on
that
fide
,
desir'd
nothing
more
,
than
to
be
reveng'd
on
the
Dutch
,
whose
Insolence
you
could
not
digest
.
The
Marquess
Louvoy
,
that
wish'd
for
nothing
but
War
,
press'd
you
to
it
,
by
representing
to
you
the
Ingratitude
of
those
People
,
who
had
so
particular
an
Obligation
to
you
;
not
mentioning
what
they
ow'd
to
Lewis
XIII
.
and
to
Henry
IV.
your
Father
and
Grandfather
,
without
whose
Assistance
they
had
never
been
able
to
make
Head
against
the
House
of
Austria
:
But
had
they
had
no
more
to
do
,
than
to
shew
they
were
Ungrateful
,
it
had
not
been
difficult
;
for
whatever
Obligation
one
State
may
have
to
another
,
yet
no
People
are
bound
to
put
a
Rope
about
their
Necks
.
They
therefore
had
done
nothing
,
but
what
might
by
honest
Policy
be
justify'd
,
when
they
hinder'd
you
from
conquering
the
rest
of
Flanders
.
But
the
Case
was
not
the
same
as
to
those
other
Causes
of
Complaint
you
had
against
them
,
and
for
which
no
body
can
excuse
'em
.
Whatever
was
the
Cause
,
your
Majesty
positively
resolv'd
to
make
the
Dutch
repent
,
as
soon
as
you
could
find
an
Opportunity
.
You
commanded
me
to
fill
your
Coffers
,
which
by
your
late
prodigious
Expence
;
were
quite
drain'd
,
tho'
your
Revenues
had
been
considerably
augmented
,
and
many
extraordinary
Courses
had
been
taken
,
that
rais'd
a
great
deal
of
Money
.
But
I
must
confess
,
I
did
your
Majesty
but
ill
Service
,
in
the
Business
of
enquiring
who
were
Gentlemen
,
and
who
were
not
;
and
if
ever
the
like
Inquisition
be
made
in
your
Reign
,
or
any
of
your
Successors
,
care
ought
to
be
taken
to
follow
my
Example
:
For
Affairs
of
such
a
Nature
must
not
be
put
into
the
Hands
of
Partizans
,
whose
only
Business
being
to
get
Money
,
persecute
true
Gentlemen
who
have
none
to
give
'em
,
and
substitute
Plowmen
in
their
Places
,
if
they
have
ready
Money
to
buy
the
Priviledge
they
have
to
declare
whom
they
please
Noble
.
This
is
an
Abuse
not
to
be
suffer'd
,
and
which
will
lose
your
Majesty
the
Love
of
your
Gentry
,
when
they
have
just
Reason
to
complain
,
that
the
Persecution
they
suffer
,
is
not
to
discover
who
are
Ignoble
and
no
Gentlemen
;
but
to
pick
the
Pockets
of
those
who
really
are
so
.
It
is
much
better
such
an
Inquisition
should
be
made
by
your
Attorney-general
and
his
Substitutes
,
and
that
you
should
appoint
Receivers
,
into
whose
Hands
the
Fines
of
such
as
are
found
and
condemn'd
to
be
no
Gentlemen
should
be
paid
,
and
by
them
brought
into
your
Majesty's
Treasury
.
If
this
Course
were
taken
,
your
Majesty
,
can
never
be
reproached
,
with
delivering
up
Widows
and
Orphans
to
Blood-Suckers
;
but
all
you
do
will
appear
Just
;
then
you
will
find
a
great
many
Gentlemen
of
a
new
Impression
,
who
owe
their
Gentility
to
their
Money
.
So
that
after
having
bought
a
Quality
which
doth
not
belong
to
'em
,
't
is
but
reasonable
to
make
'em
pay
something
more
for
their
Usurpation
,
because
your
Majesty
is
oblig'd
to
punish
all
those
,
who
make
use
of
Ill
means
to
obtain
their
Ends.
The
Command
your
Majesty
gave
me
to
fill
your
Coffers
,
made
me
think
of
an
Edict
which
appear'd
profitable
to
the
Publick
,
and
really
is
so
,
if
it
be
seriously
consider'd
.
It
was
to
establish
a
Controul
upon
all
Acts
and
Proceedings
in
Law
Courts
,
to
prevent
the
Tricks
and
Cheats
heretofore
practis'd
in
them
by
Antedates
:
And
tho
perhaps
it
might
not
keep
Sergeants
from
playing
the
Knave
,
because
by
this
Controul
they
might
render
their
Declarations
and
Falsifications
more
Authentick
;
yet
all
imaginable
Care
was
taken
against
it
,
by
obliging
them
to
get
Witnesses
to
testifie
all
they
did
;
which
I
think
was
a
certain
Remedy
against
any
ill
that
could
happen
by
Antedates
.
Your
Majesty
finding
it
very
Reasonable
and
Just
,
establish'd
this
Controul
throughout
the
Kingdom
,
tho'
in
many
Places
it
met
with
opposition
;
whether
from
Judges
that
did
not
like
it
,
for
Reasons
I
do
not
understand
,
or
that
it
displeas'd
some
particular
Persons
,
whose
Genius
did
not
reach
so
far
,
as
to
understand
of
what
consequence
things
are
to
them
:
But
your
Majesty
was
forc'd
to
do
them
good
against
their
Wills
.
That
which
I
thought
very
strange
,
was
,
that
the
Parliament
of
Thoulouse
were
in
this
guilty
of
a
Fault
;
for
which
,
tho'
your
Majesty
pardon'd
the
whole
Body
;
yet
you
thought
fit
to
punish
the
Particular
Member
who
was
most
culpable
;
that
the
Punishment
of
one
might
serve
for
Example
to
the
rest
;
there
would
otherwise
be
still
Danger
of
relapsing
into
the
like
Offence
.
The
Matter
of
Fact
was
this
;
That
Parliament
had
given
Judgment
that
a
Horse
should
be
restor'd
,
which
had
been
sold
for
the
Payment
of
a
Fine
,
Order'd
by
the
Edict
to
be
levy'd
on
such
as
offended
against
it
.
Now
this
was
a
very
insolent
Sentence
,
because
it
did
indeed
nullifie
the
Validity
of
your
Majesty's
Edict
,
or
at
least
so
little
regarded
it
,
that
it
was
in
a
manner
to
say
,
no
body
should
submit
to
it
unless
he
pleas'd
.
But
seeing
in
such
Cases
,
nothing
ought
to
be
done
imprudently
,
lest
your
Majesty's
Authority
be
made
use
of
to
no
purpose
;
I
caus'd
the
first
President
to
be
told
,
who
had
not
medled
in
the
Business
,
that
if
the
Sentence
they
had
pass'd
were
not
revok'd
,
they
must
expect
to
be
all
Fin'd
;
which
it
was
his
Interest
,
as
President
,
to
prevent
,
and
on
whom
the
Fault
would
be
laid
,
tho'
he
were
Innocent
.
I
wrote
likewise
to
your
Attorney
General
,
and
to
your
Advocates
,
without
whose
Knowledge
the
Sentence
had
pass'd
,
that
they
should
take
better
heed
another
time
to
do
their
Duty
;
and
having
a
little
reprov'd
'em
,
the
first
President
assembled
the
Parliament
in
his
own
House
,
where
the
Farmer-general
of
your
Majesty's
Demeans
was
by
my
Order
present
:
He
desir'd
to
speak
,
and
the
Assembly
having
given
him
leave
,
he
told
them
,
That
no
Reparation
could
be
made
for
the
Fault
they
had
committed
,
but
by
a
Revocation
of
the
Sentence
that
had
been
given
.
I
was
indeed
desirous
to
spare
your
Majesty
the
trouble
of
punishing
them
:
Beside
,
when
a
Minister
can
save
the
Appearances
,
and
not
bring
his
Master's
Authority
into
dispute
,
't
is
Prudence
in
him
so
to
do
.
The
Parliament
would
fain
have
shifted
off
this
Affront
,
by
proposing
many
Expedients
,
whereby
they
thought
to
have
saved
their
Credit
.
But
the
Farmer
stuck
close
to
his
Proposition
,
so
that
the
Parliament
,
to
avoid
the
punishment
due
to
them
,
revok'd
the
Sentence
they
had
past
.
I
did
not
acquaint
your
Majesty
with
this
Business
till
it
was
ended
,
because
when
I
took
upon
me
the
Administration
of
your
Revenue
,
you
declar'd
you
would
trust
to
my
Fidelity
in
all
things
relating
to
my
Function
.
And
indeed
,
whoever
you
chuse
to
execute
that
Office
,
his
Authority
must
be
absolute
▪
otherwise
,
he
can
never
discharge
the
Duty
of
his
Place
.
Your
Majesty
in
Affairs
of
this
Nature
,
should
consult
none
but
such
as
are
of
your
Council
;
for
if
you
call
in
Judges
of
Courts
to
advise
you
,
I
dare
say
you
will
be
sufficiently
abused
.
Lawyers
understand
nothing
of
the
Business
,
but
will
be
sure
to
perplex
it
;
they
will
start
a
Thousand
Difficulties
about
the
Point
of
a
Needle
,
which
by
all
means
is
to
be
avoided
,
because
in
the
Finances
,
all
the
Secret
is
Expedition
.
To
prove
it
,
I
will
mind
your
Majesty
of
that
which
I
suppose
you
cannot
but
remember
:
You
made
Monsieur
de
la
Reinie
Governour
of
Paris
,
and
that
this
great
Capital
City
of
your
Kingdom
,
(
which
for
its
Beauty
,
Grandeur
and
Wealth
,
deserves
to
be
the
Metropolis
of
the
whole
World
)
might
be
better
govern'd
than
formerly
it
had
been
;
I
say
,
Monsieur
Reinie
,
who
by
his
Place
,
was
to
have
the
Particular
Inspection
and
Oversight
of
all
that
past
in
it
;
would
have
oppos'd
my
requiring
Security
for
a
Duty
belonging
to
your
Majesty
,
which
was
to
be
paid
for
Scoops
to
clear
Boats
of
Water
:
He
fancy'd
,
because
it
concern'd
the
Fish-Women
,
and
other
such
clamarous
People
,
it
would
raise
a
Tumult
.
His
Fear
was
not
to
be
blam'd
,
because
he
meant
well
;
but
he
was
mistaken
,
for
no
body
stirr'd
,
and
your
Majesty
had
the
Duty
quietly
paid
.
I
could
quote
many
Examples
of
this
nature
whereby
your
Majesty
would
see
,
that
such
Peoples
Understanding
reacheth
no
farther
than
their
Trade
;
and
the
reason
is
,
because
their
Imaginations
are
false
,
they
fancy
Bugbears
in
every
thing
,
and
fight
with
their
own
Shadows
;
they
think
that
in
your
Finances
,
't
is
as
in
a
Law-Suit
,
a
Man
ought
to
be
always
upon
his
Guard
,
against
the
Subtelties
of
a
litigious
Petty-fogger
.
They
deceive
themselves
more
than
others
,
and
rather
than
they
will
depart
from
their
Maxims
,
they
will
consent
the
Government
should
be
turn'd
upside
down
.
Your
Majesty
approved
of
all
I
did
,
relating
to
the
Parliament
of
Thoulouse
.
You
sent
a
Letter
under
the
Privy
Seal
to
displace
the
President
of
the
Bench
,
who
past
the
first
Sentence
;
and
gave
a
Pension
of
Two
Thousand
Livers
,
to
the
Premier
President
who
past
the
Second
:
For
Reward
and
Punishmeut
ought
to
go
an
even
Pace
,
to
encourage
those
that
do
Well
,
and
to
terrify
those
that
do
Ill
;
otherwise
there
would
be
no
such
thing
as
Emulation
or
Restraint
,
both
absolutely
necessary
to
make
a
State
flourish
.
Yours
hath
flourish'd
so
much
,
that
the
very
sound
of
your
Name
kept
the
Prince
of
Lorrain
from
being
elected
King
of
Poland
,
which
otherwise
he
might
have
been
.
That
Nation
chose
a
Soveraign
contrary
to
their
usual
Custom
,
and
against
the
Constitution
of
the
Kingdom
,
which
they
resolved
rather
not
to
observe
,
than
discontent
your
Majesty
,
who
would
have
been
displeased
,
if
the
choice
had
fallen
upon
that
Prince
.
About
this
time
,
your
Majesty
appear'd
very
Pensive
,
and
I
taking
the
Liberty
to
ask
why
you
were
so
;
you
did
me
the
Honour
to
open
your
Heart
,
and
tell
me
there
was
something
a
brewing
against
the
Peace
of
your
Kingdom
;
and
that
there
was
a
Man
whom
you
did
not
yet
know
,
but
whose
Description
had
been
sent
you
out
of
England
,
that
went
into
all
Courts
,
where
under
pretence
of
preserving
the
reformed
Religion
,
he
stirr'd
up
all
Princes
against
you
.
That
out
of
England
he
was
gone
to
the
Northern
Kings
,
to
perswade
them
to
enter
into
the
triple
League
.
That
this
deserv'd
Exemplary
Punishment
;
but
you
knew
not
how
to
take
this
Fellow
and
make
an
Example
of
him
,
because
you
thought
no
Prince
would
deliver
him
up
,
and
therefore
you
resolv'd
to
surprize
and
take
him
by
force
;
which
appear'd
impossible
,
every
one
being
jealous
of
his
Liberty
,
it
would
expose
those
whom
you
employ'd
in
it
to
too
much
danger
.
Beside
,
you
said
,
you
knew
not
whom
to
trust
,
in
an
Affair
of
such
Consequence
that
ought
to
be
kept
Secret
,
and
which
you
had
communicated
to
no
body
but
my self
.
I
ask'd
your
Majesty
,
whether
the
Man
of
whom
you
spoke
were
a
French-Man
;
you
told
me
he
was
,
and
it
was
that
which
made
you
so
very
angry
.
I
could
not
blame
your
Resentment
;
but
said
,
my
Opinion
was
,
that
your
Majesty
could
do
well
to
acquaint
Monsieur
Turenne
with
the
Business
,
who
knew
better
than
any
body
,
who
were
Men
of
Courage
and
Resolution
;
and
that
he
could
chuse
such
,
as
would
undertake
to
seize
this
Man
,
and
bring
him
into
France
,
or
if
that
could
not
be
done
,
they
should
kill
him
.
Your
Majesty
said
,
you
would
not
have
him
kill'd
,
because
before
you
punish'd
him
,
you
would
willingly
know
his
Confederates
,
believing
he
had
many
;
but
that
in
every
thing
else
,
you
would
follow
my
Counsel
,
which
you
approv'd
of
,
because
you
were
confident
that
Monsieur
Turenne
would
be
faithful
to
you
,
tho'
he
were
a
Hugonot
,
for
he
was
not
converted
till
about
two
or
three
Months
after
.
I
took
the
Liberty
to
pray
your
Majesty
,
you
would
say
nothing
of
the
Business
to
the
Marquess
de
Louvoy
;
because
I
knew
his
Spleen
against
Monsieur
Turenne
might
perhaps
prevent
the
Design
's
taking
Effect
;
which
was
enough
to
let
your
Majesty
know
,
I
did
not
think
Monsieur
Louvoy
so
well
affected
to
your
Service
,
but
that
for
his
own
Private
Ends
,
he
might
forget
the
Publick
Interest
.
Your
Majesty
,
understanding
what
I
meant
,
promis'd
not
to
say
a
Word
to
any
body
;
but
yet
reprov'd
me
for
judging
so
ill
of
my
Neighbour
.
Your
Majesty
kept
your
Royal
Word
,
and
said
nothing
of
what
had
past
to
any
but
Monsieur
Turenne
;
who
appointed
Five
Officers
to
undertake
the
Business
.
And
seeing
your
Majesty
knew
where
the
Man
in
question
was
,
and
what
he
had
been
doing
,
the
Officers
went
into
Swisserland
,
where
he
had
newly
arriv'd
;
they
seiz'd
him
as
he
was
travelling
from
one
Place
to
another
,
and
brought
him
into
France
;
having
very
prudently
avoided
the
danger
they
were
in
if
they
had
been
taken
.
You
put
him
into
the
Hands
of
Justice
,
to
be
immediately
prosecuted
.
This
miserable
Wretch
was
a
Cittizen
of
Rochel
and
a
Hugonot
,
and
tho'
he
was
taken
as
it
were
in
the
Fact
,
and
by
the
Proofs
against
him
must
conclude
,
that
what
he
had
been
doing
was
discover'd
;
yet
he
would
not
confess
a
Syllable
,
nor
answer
to
any
thing
that
was
ask'd
him
;
so
that
he
was
Tried
and
Condemn'd
.
When
he
saw
that
he
was
to
dye
a
shameful
Death
,
God
so
forsook
him
,
that
he
resolv'd
to
kill
himself
;
and
finding
some
Pieces
of
Glass
in
the
Dungeon
where
he
was
,
he
with
the
Glass
made
a
shift
to
cut
off
his
Privy
Parts
,
hoping
to
Bleed
to
Death
,
and
avoid
the
Punishment
which
he
was
condemn'd
to
suffer
.
His
Keeper
coming
into
the
Room
,
and
seeing
him
look
very
Pale
,
suspected
what
he
had
done
,
and
found
the
Glass
he
had
hid
.
Upon
Notice
given
to
your
Judge
of
it
,
he
was
broke
upon
the
Wheel
within
Two
Hours
after
.
This
was
the
end
of
this
Miserable
Man
,
who
indeavour'd
in
those
Courts
to
which
he
went
,
to
cover
his
Crime
with
Zeal
for
Religion
;
and
tho'
People
do
not
think
they
can
be
deceived
in
the
Profession
they
make
of
it
,
because
they
verily
believe
't
is
the
certain
way
to
Salvation
,
especially
when
they
have
been
educated
in
it
;
yet
it
is
certain
,
their
Religion
,
doth
oblige
them
to
be
obedient
to
their
Soveraign
,
and
not
to
instigate
other
Princes
to
make
War
against
him
;
because
both
Divine
and
Humane
Laws
condemn
it
.
So
that
we
see
Religion
is
commonly
made
a
Cloak
to
cover
Mens
Crimes
,
as
it
was
in
this
Case
;
wherein
all
that
was
done
,
did
plainly
proceed
from
a
false
Zeal
,
seeing
it
was
follow'd
by
a
desperate
Action
,
wherein
there
appear'd
so
little
of
God
,
that
he
who
attempted
it
,
must
necessarily
be
forsaken
by
him
.
I
have
been
a
little
the
larger
upon
this
Subject
,
the
Circumstances
whereof
are
perhaps
of
no
such
great
Concern
to
your
Majesty
,
as
to
deserve
so
particular
a
Relation
.
But
I
am
glad
of
this
Occasion
to
mind
your
Majesty
of
all
that
past
;
that
I
might
at
the
same
time
tell
you
,
the
Persons
employ'd
by
Viscount
Turenne
,
did
you
a
piece
of
Service
great
enough
,
to
have
been
better
consider'd
by
Monsieur
Louvoy
.
But
he
being
angry
that
this
Business
was
done
without
acquainting
him
with
it
,
he
became
so
much
the
Officers
mortal
Enemy
,
that
he
caus'd
them
to
be
cashier'd
one
Year
after
another
,
under
divers
pretences
,
and
at
last
treated
Briquemaut
a
Collonel
of
Horse
so
ill
,
that
to
avoid
his
Persecution
,
he
quitted
his
Country
,
and
went
to
seek
an
Employment
under
the
Marquess
of
Brandenburg
.
It
is
impossible
that
your
Majesty
should
know
every
thing
that
is
done
in
your
Kingdom
,
having
so
many
weighty
Affairs
to
look
after
,
and
therefore
ought
not
to
be
troubled
with
things
of
little
Moment
.
Nevertheless
,
your
Majesty
being
often
abus'd
,
I
desire
you
should
know
it
,
because
it
concerns
your
Service
.
While
this
pass'd
,
your
Majesty
being
convinc'd
,
that
since
it
was
the
Duke
of
Lorrain's
Interest
to
live
in
Amity
with
you
,
he
would
avoid
all
occasions
of
giving
you
Distast
;
and
that
he
could
no
longer
retain
the
Suspicion
he
had
,
that
you
would
take
his
Country
from
him
;
yet
instead
of
dealing
sincerely
with
you
,
he
grew
jealous
of
your
endeavouring
to
get
his
Nephew
out
of
the
Emperour's
Hands
,
believing
still
it
was
to
keep
him
in
awe
.
His
Trouble
was
so
great
,
that
tho'
the
thing
did
not
succeed
;
yet
without
considering
what
would
follow
,
he
begun
to
fortifie
Chaté
,
and
Epinal
,
contrary
to
the
Treaty
he
had
made
with
your
Majesty
.
He
was
likewise
so
bold
,
as
to
take
away
the
Posts
upon
which
were
plac'd
your
Majesty's
Arms
,
for
a
Testimony
of
your
Jurisdiction
there
,
which
he
would
by
no
means
allow
.
Beside
,
your
Majesty
knew
that
he
rais'd
Forces
in
Germany
,
and
that
he
still
kept
up
those
Regiments
which
he
pretended
to
disband
.
Your
Majesty
,
being
no
longer
able
to
bear
this
,
sent
the
Marquess
Fourilles
into
his
Country
,
where
he
miss'd
but
a
Quarter
of
an
Hour
of
taking
the
Duke
;
who
,
as
soon
as
your
Troops
appear'd
,
had
notice
given
him
time
enough
to
get
on
Horseback
,
and
being
conscious
of
what
he
had
done
,
sav'd
himself
in
the
Mountains
of
Voges
,
where
not
thinking
himself
secure
,
to
avoid
your
Displeasure
,
he
went
wandring
up
and
down
,
sometimes
not
daring
to
tell
who
he
was
.
A
strange
condition
for
a
Prince
to
be
brought
to
,
who
might
have
liv'd
at
his
own
ease
,
if
he
had
been
Wiser
;
which
shews
us
,
what
difference
there
is
between
the
Fortune
of
a
Wise
Man
and
a
Fool
's
.
Your
Majesty
then
took
Possession
of
his
Country
,
which
made
little
resistance
,
and
having
demolish'd
the
Places
you
suspected
,
you
acquainted
the
Dyet
of
Ratisbone
,
with
those
just
Reasons
you
had
for
what
you
did
;
because
you
thought
he
would
endeavour
to
make
the
Empire
jealous
of
you
,
and
consequently
take
Arms
against
you
.
You
proceeded
in
this
manner
to
prevent
his
evil
Design
,
and
that
Europe
might
not
attribute
that
to
your
Ambition
,
which
was
but
the
Effect
of
your
Justice
.
Thus
all
Wise
and
Prudent
Princes
use
to
do
;
for
should
they
be
silent
,
and
not
justifie
themselves
,
the
World
would
say
,
they
knew
themselves
to
be
Faulty
,
or
that
they
presum'd
upon
their
Power
,
and
would
not
vouchsafe
to
give
any
Account
of
those
Actions
,
which
might
be
justly
suspected
;
especially
,
when
they
carry
Two
Faces
,
and
Ambition
so
plainly
discovers
it self
,
that
People
must
be
blind
not
to
see
it
.
The
Duke
,
after
having
been
some
time
a
Fugitive
,
retir'd
to
Collen
,
where
he
stay'd
brewing
new
Mischief
against
your
Majesty
;
and
,
in
perfect
spite
to
you
,
counsell'd
the
Town
to
receive
a
Dutch
Garrison
.
He
likewise
treated
with
the
Spaniards
,
to
let
them
have
some
Regiments
he
had
still
on
Foot
,
giving
the
command
of
them
to
Prince
Vaudemont
his
Son
,
by
the
Princess
of
Cantecroix
,
to
whom
he
would
willingly
have
given
Lorrain
,
and
disinherited
his
Nephew
.
Your
Majesty
,
who
had
now
more
mind
than
ever
,
to
make
War
with
the
Hollanders
,
seeing
the
Duke
not
satisfied
with
what
he
had
done
,
but
still
endeavouring
to
league
the
Princes
of
the
Empire
against
you
;
you
sent
Ministers
thither
to
counter
and
oppose
all
his
Designs
;
and
knowing
that
nothing
could
be
a
greater
advantage
to
you
,
than
the
breaking
of
the
Triple
League
,
which
still
continu'd
;
you
drew
near
to
England
,
upon
pretence
of
visiting
the
Places
which
belong'd
to
you
on
the
Sea-Coast
,
and
when
you
were
there
,
Madam
the
Dutchess
of
Orleans
,
being
now
not
far
from
England
,
was
so
desirous
to
see
the
King
her
Brother
,
that
she
ask'd
your
Majesty's
Leave
to
go
thither
.
You
could
not
refuse
her
,
all
Things
being
before
concerted
between
you
;
particularly
,
that
when
she
was
with
her
Brother
,
she
should
endeavour
to
draw
him
off
from
the
Triple
League
,
and
perswade
him
to
espouse
your
Interest
.
She
carry'd
with
her
a
very
pretty
Woman
called
Madam
Kerouel
,
who
had
done
all
she
could
to
make
your
Majesty
in
Love
with
her
;
but
her
Stars
being
averse
to
your
liking
her
so
well
as
she
wish'd
,
she
descended
to
content
her self
with
the
Conquest
of
the
King
of
England
,
whose
Weak
Side
was
the
Fair
Sex
.
The
Dutchess
of
Orleans
,
who
knew
his
Constitution
,
had
Madam
Kerouel
gloriously
drest
,
and
to
make
her
Shine
the
more
,
presented
her
with
fine
Jewels
.
The
Dutchess
took
her
time
,
when
her
Brother
was
in
a
good
Humour
,
to
make
her
Propositions
.
Madam
Kerouel
,
by
her
Mistress's
Order
,
very
dextrously
slides
into
the
Room
,
and
promis'd
the
King
,
she
would
come
back
to
him
,
as
soon
as
your
Sister-in-Law
was
return'd
into
France
,
if
he
would
grant
what
her
Mistress
desir'd
.
Thus
did
this
Prince
sacrifice
the
Dutch
to
his
new
Passion
,
renounc'd
the
Triple
League
,
and
took
new
Measures
with
your
Majesty
,
to
humble
that
Commonwealth
.
The
Marquess
de
Vitry
,
whom
at
the
same
time
you
sent
into
Sweden
,
in
the
Quality
of
your
Embassador
extraordinary
,
prevail'd
also
with
his
Swedish
Majesty
to
quit
the
Triple
League
,
he
being
as
much
in
Love
with
your
Money
,
as
the
King
of
England
was
with
Madam
Kerouel
.
Every
thing
contributed
to
your
good
Fortune
and
Satisfaction
.
The
Elector
of
Collen
,
who
had
a
good
while
been
your
Friend
,
endeavour'd
to
make
the
Dutch
recall
the
Garrison
they
had
in
the
Capital
City
of
his
Electorate
,
which
was
very
difficult
;
because
the
Inhabitants
pretended
to
a
greater
Power
there
than
the
Elector
;
which
is
the
Reason
they
are
still
jealous
of
him
.
But
while
this
was
a
doing
,
your
Sister-in-Law
the
Dutchess
of
Orleans
dyed
in
an
Hour's
time
,
after
she
had
drunk
a
glass
of
Succory-water
.
This
sudden
Accident
,
considering
her
Constitution
,
which
in
all
appearance
was
very
good
,
together
with
her
Youth
,
made
many
suspect
she
did
not
dye
a
natural
Death
;
she
her self
saying
before
she
dyed
,
that
she
was
poyson'd
.
This
was
thought
Probable
,
because
your
Brother
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
kept
a
sort
of
People
about
him
,
who
made
it
their
Business
to
make
him
jealous
of
her
.
Your
Majesty
did
all
you
could
to
find
out
the
Truth
of
the
Matter
:
For
as
you
were
concern'd
to
punish
so
foul
a
Crime
,
if
it
had
been
prov'd
,
so
you
had
Reason
to
fear
it
might
have
made
a
Breach
between
your
Majesty
and
the
King
of
England
.
Beside
,
it
was
necessary
to
search
this
Business
to
the
Bottom
,
to
discover
from
whence
this
Poyson
came
,
whereof
the
Consequences
were
very
dangerous
.
Especially
,
when
many
begun
to
talk
of
the
like
Accidents
in
Paris
,
where
People
every
Day
dyed
suddenly
,
which
could
not
be
imputed
to
any
Natural
Cause
.
Your
Majesty
caus'd
the
Dutchess's
Body
to
be
open'd
by
your
Surgeons
,
your
Physicians
were
likewise
sent
for
,
to
declare
their
Opinions
in
the
Presence
of
the
English
Embassador
,
whom
you
had
also
desir'd
to
be
there
.
But
tho'
they
narrowly
inspected
all
her
Entrails
,
they
said
,
they
saw
nothing
upon
which
to
ground
a
Suspicion
of
her
being
poyson'd
;
but
it
will
be
very
difficult
,
to
make
Posterity
believe
the
Truth
of
their
Report
.
Whatever
was
the
Cause
of
her
Death
,
yet
the
King
of
England
was
satisfied
with
what
your
Majesty
did
to
make
a
Discovery
of
the
Truth
,
and
continued
his
Resolutions
to
humble
the
Hollanders
.
Your
Brother
the
Duke
of
Orleans
being
now
a
Widdower
,
your
Majesty
thought
of
marrying
him
again
into
Germany
,
to
secure
to
your self
the
Friendship
of
some
Prince
of
the
Empire
.
The
Elector
Palatin
had
a
Daughter
very
fit
for
your
Purpose
,
and
your
Majesty
making
her
your
Choice
,
you
negotiated
the
Match
with
her
Father
.
There
was
but
one
Obstacle
against
it
,
which
was
difference
of
Religion
;
but
the
Rub
being
quickly
remov'd
,
both
sides
agree'd
upon
the
Marriage
Terms
.
The
Bishop
of
Munster
likewise
promis'd
to
joyn
with
your
Majesty
in
abasing
the
Dutch
;
while
you
set
upon
them
on
your
side
,
he
design'd
to
attack
them
on
his
;
so
that
they
should
hardly
be
able
to
defend
themselves
against
both
.
But
in
such
a
Case
,
I
do
not
comprehend
the
Policy
of
a
little
Prince
,
who
is
so
blind
to
believe
,
he
shall
share
with
a
greater
in
the
Spoils
of
an
Enemy
,
whose
wealth
is
so
great
,
that
every
Body
envies
,
and
is
still
contriving
to
get
it
.
They
must
come
to
an
Account
sooner
or
later
,
where
he
that
is
strongest
will
be
sure
to
give
Law
to
the
weaker
.
I
find
this
still
practis'd
,
tho'
't
is
dangerous
for
a
weak
Prince
,
to
interest
one
that
is
very
Powerful
in
his
Affairs
.
When
the
Princes
to
whom
appertain'd
the
Succession
of
the
States
of
Juliers
and
Cleves
,
call'd
in
to
their
Assistance
the
House
of
Austria
,
the
Emperour
seiz'd
upon
the
Succession
,
and
could
never
be
brought
to
restore
it
,
but
by
down
right
Blows
.
For
an
Example
of
another
kind
,
let
what
past
in
the
War
I
am
now
about
to
speak
of
be
remember'd
;
Would
the
Emperour
ever
part
with
Phillipsbourg
,
tho'
he
promis'd
before
he
took
it
,
that
as
soon
as
he
was
Master
of
it
,
he
would
restore
it
to
the
right
Owner
,
who
is
the
Bishop
of
Spire
?
'T
is
great
weakness
in
any
Prince
,
to
depend
upon
one
that
is
greater
than
himself
.
France
is
not
freer
than
others
,
from
Injustice
of
this
kind
;
so
that
Princes
,
who
are
not
very
Potent
,
ought
to
have
a
Care
how
they
trust
themselves
with
those
that
can
talk
to
them
like
Masters
,
and
that
make
their
own
Interest
the
only
Rule
of
their
Actions
.
The
Dutch
,
when
they
saw
themselves
threaten'd
on
all
sides
,
were
in
such
a
Consternation
that
may
better
be
imagin'd
than
describ'd
.
There
was
likewise
such
a
Division
and
Confusion
among
'em
,
that
the
Consequences
of
it
were
more
to
be
fear'd
,
than
the
Danger
wherewith
they
were
threaten'd
from
abroad
.
They
had
not
yet
conferr'd
any
Authority
upon
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
because
applying
themselves
wholly
to
Trade
,
they
thought
of
nothing
but
making
it
flourish
in
all
Parts
of
the
World
;
so
that
their
Power
and
Strength
was
reduc'd
only
to
that
which
they
had
at
Sea
,
taking
little
or
no
Care
to
keep
up
any
Forces
at
Land
.
John
de
Wit
,
Pensionary
of
Holland
,
was
at
the
Head
of
the
Common-Wealth
,
a
Man
very
well
vers'd
in
the
Government
of
it
.
But
tho'
he
had
many
good
Qualities
,
which
his
greatest
Enemies
cannot
deny
him
;
yet
he
was
guilty
of
that
Fault
whereof
I
have
already
spoken
;
which
was
,
to
prefer
his
own
Private
Interest
before
the
Publick
.
He
resolutely
oppos'd
the
Prince
of
Orange's
being
invested
with
any
Power
or
Authority
,
because
his
Father
had
been
ill
treated
by
the
Prince's
Father
,
who
kept
him
for
some
time
in
Prison
.
But
seeing
no
State
can
long
subsist
without
credit
and
Reputation
,
and
that
which
this
Commonwealth
had
,
consisted
only
in
their
Riches
and
Strength
at
Sea
;
some
of
the
Wisest
Heads
propos'd
restoring
to
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
the
same
Power
and
Authority
which
his
Predecessors
formerly
had
in
the
Government
.
The
Reason
they
gave
for
it
was
,
That
they
ought
to
have
a
Soveraign
,
whose
Name
carry'd
some
Stroke
in
Foreign
Countries
,
where
de
Wit
was
known
but
to
some
particular
Persons
,
who
look'd
upon
him
as
a
very
good
Merchant
,
but
no
great
States-Man
.
That
the
Prince
of
Orange
was
an
otherguess
Man
,
whose
Ancestors
brave
Actions
spoke
for
him
;
that
he
was
near
of
Kin
to
most
of
the
Princes
of
Germany
,
which
would
facilitate
making
Allyances
with
them
.
That
he
was
Nephew
to
the
King
of
England
,
which
deserv'd
their
Consideration
in
the
present
Juncture
;
the
Prince
being
thereby
capable
of
warding
off
England's
Blows
,
and
of
managing
their
Interests
.
These
Reasons
at
last
prevailing
with
the
Major
Part
,
supported
by
the
Prince
,
and
by
all
those
that
were
Friends
to
his
Family
;
he
was
declared
Stadholder
;
that
is
to
say
,
Captain
General
and
Governour
of
the
Country
.
de
Wit
,
who
openly
oppos'd
it
,
because
the
Common-wealth
,
upon
the
Death
of
William
II.
had
past
a
Decree
,
that
those
Places
and
Powers
which
that
Prince
enjoy'd
,
and
which
consisted
in
being
Stadholder
and
great
Admiral
,
should
never
more
for
the
Future
be
conferr'd
upon
one
single
Person
.
De
Wit
,
I
say
,
seeing
himself
like
to
be
discarded
,
us'd
his
Endeavours
to
have
this
Decree
executed
,
and
to
cross
the
Prince
all
he
could
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
,
on
his
Part
,
made
it
his
Business
to
destroy
de
Wit
's
Cabals
,
whom
he
hated
the
more
for
being
so
Insolent
,
as
to
think
himself
the
Prince's
Equal
;
and
he
had
Reason
,
for
there
is
nothing
more
provoking
to
a
Person
of
great
Birth
,
than
to
meet
with
a
Minister
,
who
so
much
forgets
himself
,
as
not
to
pay
his
Superior
the
Respect
that
is
due
to
him
.
'T
is
what
is
unpardonable
,
and
in
any
Government
but
a
Republick
,
he
that
is
Supream
ought
to
take
notice
of
it
,
and
in
a
prudent
Manner
punish
it
;
if
he
do
not
,
the
evil
Consequences
of
it
may
fall
on
himself
;
for
if
a
Person
of
Quality
be
Injur'd
or
Affronted
,
and
his
Prince
will
not
take
cognizance
of
it
,
nor
resent
it
;
he
himself
becomes
the
Object
of
the
injur'd
Person
's
Hatred
;
who
because
he
hath
not
Right
done
him
,
may
perhaps
stir
up
great
Troubles
,
which
a
little
thing
will
do
,
and
the
least
neglect
sometimes
hath
very
ill
consequences
.
A
Prince
,
nevertheless
,
is
oblig'd
to
take
his
Minister's
part
against
all
the
World
,
otherwise
no
body
would
care
to
serve
him
,
especially
in
such
a
Post
,
wherein
't
is
impossible
for
a
Man
not
to
create
Enemies
.
But
then
a
Prince
ought
to
weigh
things
,
and
do
according
to
what
Justice
requires
of
him
;
he
ought
to
make
a
right
Judgment
of
what
his
Minister
doth
,
and
to
discern
whether
he
acts
out
of
Zeal
for
his
Service
;
or
abounding
in
his
own
Sense
,
doth
things
out
of
mere
Humour
and
Caprice
.
CHAP.
V.
Containing
that
which
past
from
the
War
of
Holland
,
to
the
Treaty
of
Nimmeguen
.
THese
Reflexions
I
have
last
made
,
having
interrupted
the
Course
of
the
Relation
I
was
giving
your
Majesty
of
your
great
Actions
,
I
now
begin
again
where
I
left
off
.
After
you
had
,
as
I
have
already
said
,
declar'd
War
against
the
Dutch
,
you
quickly
invaded
their
Country
.
They
had
recalled
their
Troops
from
Collen
,
into
which
,
in
their
Room
,
enter'd
Three
Thousand
Men
of
the
Circle
of
Westphalia
.
Your
Army
was
in
all
Respects
very
Formidable
;
so
Brave
and
Numerous
a
one
had
not
been
seen
a
long
time
;
and
to
shew
your
Power
,
the
Prince
of
Condé
was
at
the
Head
of
another
almost
as
great
,
besides
a
flying
Camp
which
was
commanded
by
the
Count
Chamilly
.
The
Duke
of
Lorrain
had
no
mind
to
stay
for
you
in
Collen
,
he
went
out
of
it
the
last
Year
,
for
you
had
sent
some
Troops
to
Winter
in
that
Country
,
into
whose
Hands
he
was
afraid
to
fall
.
He
retir'd
to
Francfort
,
where
he
begun
to
make
new
Levies
,
believing
that
this
War
made
so
near
the
Empire
,
would
create
you
so
many
Enemies
,
that
he
should
quickly
meet
with
an
Opportunity
to
shew
his
ill
Will
to
your
Majesty
.
But
nothing
could
stand
before
you
;
in
less
than
a
Month
,
yout
took
Forty
fortify'd
Towns
,
one
of
which
could
heretofore
have
held
out
a
whole
Year
,
against
a
considerable
Army
.
But
your
Conquests
,
I
say
,
rais'd
you
new
Enemies
;
the
Emperour
sent
an
Army
against
you
,
to
which
the
Marquess
Brandenburg
joyn'd
his
Troops
.
They
pretended
to
make
the
Princes
of
the
Empire
repent
their
so
far
taking
your
part
,
as
to
let
you
have
Winter
Quarters
in
their
Country
,
but
all
they
could
do
,
was
but
to
augment
your
Majesty's
Glory
,
since
instead
of
repulsing
you
,
Viscount
Turenne
drove
them
into
the
Country
of
Mark
,
where
he
quarter'd
all
the
Winter
.
A
little
before
this
great
Action
,
your
Troops
past
the
Rhine
by
Swimming
,
which
caus'd
such
a
Consternation
among
your
Enemies
,
that
you
were
within
a
little
of
being
Master
of
Amsterdam
.
But
a
Burgh-Master
of
the
Town
,
by
giving
Counsel
to
open
the
Sluces
,
and
let
in
the
Sea
,
rather
than
submit
to
any
other
Soveraign
,
saved
the
City
.
Nevertheless
,
being
reduc'd
to
extremity
,
they
sent
your
Majesty
Propositions
of
Peace
,
which
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
who
had
been
Wounded
in
passing
the
Rhine
,
advis'd
you
to
accept
.
All
your
Generals
were
of
the
same
Opinion
,
and
their
reason
for
it
was
;
because
the
Emperour
and
the
Elector
of
Brandenburgh
having
already
declar'd
themselves
against
you
,
there
was
no
doubt
,
but
the
whole
Empire
,
allarm'd
by
your
Conquests
,
would
likewise
follow
their
Example
.
But
Marquess
Louvoy
,
who
pretended
that
he
alone
knew
more
than
all
these
great
Men
put
together
,
perswaded
your
Majesty
that
the
Dutch
were
brought
so
low
,
that
they
could
never
rise
again
;
and
therefore
you
should
accept
of
no
other
Composition
,
than
their
acknowledging
themselves
to
be
your
Subjects
:
To
which
they
must
certainly
yield
,
because
they
were
not
able
to
bear
the
payment
of
what
the
Princes
(
who
declared
for
them
)
demanded
for
the
Succours
they
lent
them
.
He
perswaded
your
Majesty
to
strike
while
the
Iron
was
hot
,
and
not
to
take
other
measures
by
making
Peace
;
and
if
your
Majesty
did
let
slip
this
Opportunity
,
you
could
never
while
you
liv'd
expect
the
like
.
To
make
good
what
he
said
,
he
pretended
he
had
Intelligence
from
several
Persons
in
the
Country
:
And
your
Majesty
confiding
in
him
,
because
all
the
secret
Dispatches
went
through
his
Hands
,
sent
back
the
Dutch
Embassadours
,
who
were
come
into
your
Camp
to
offer
you
very
good
Conditions
.
And
tho'
they
came
again
a
few
Days
after
with
much
better
.
Terms
,
yet
your
Minister
,
who
was
not
for
Peace
,
because
his
private
Gain
was
so
great
by
continuing
the
War
,
kept
things
from
coming
to
any
Conclusion
.
The
Inhabitants
of
the
Hague
in
the
mean
time
Massacred
John
de
Witt
,
who
had
sent
those
Embassadours
to
you
,
but
they
were
recal'd
soon
after
his
Death
.
This
should
teach
Men
never
to
refuse
good
Terms
in
hopes
of
better
;
and
that
it
is
not
prudence
to
make
an
Enemy
desperate
.
Beside
,
Affairs
sometimes
change
their
face
in
an
instant
,
and
therefore
we
ought
not
to
let
things
cool
,
but
come
to
a
Conclusion
while
they
are
warm
.
Which
should
have
been
done
in
this
case
,
because
your
Majesty
had
declared
you
begun
this
War
only
to
humble
the
Hollanders
.
You
sufficiently
humbled
them
,
in
forcing
them
to
offer
you
so
much
as
they
did
;
and
in
not
pretending
to
more
,
you
had
made
it
appear
,
that
Correction
,
not
Conquest
,
was
your
design
.
But
proceeding
so
far
as
you
did
,
procured
you
new
Enemies
,
so
that
you
see
how
much
you
were
obliged
to
Monsieur
Louvoy
.
I
am
confident
that
the
great
Hatred
he
bore
me
,
was
one
reason
why
he
gave
your
Majesty
such
ill
Counsel
.
He
foreseeing
the
continuance
of
the
War
would
be
prodigiously
Expensive
,
and
consequently
that
in
a
little
time
I
should
not
be
able
to
find
Money
enough
,
to
defray
the
vast
Charge
your
Majesty
would
be
put
to
,
to
maintain
it
;
I
should
then
be
disgraced
,
and
lose
the
Honour
of
your
Favour
.
But
this
was
not
the
only
fault
Monsieur
Louvoy
committed
this
Campaign
,
it
was
he
that
was
the
cause
why
the
City
of
Amsterdam
did
not
open
its
Gates
to
your
Majesty
.
For
after
you
had
put
a
Garrison
into
Vtrecht
,
the
Marquess
of
Rochefort
was
sent
to
Command
there
.
This
General
of
a
new
impression
,
was
guilty
of
so
great
a
fault
in
not
seizing
upon
Mayden
,
that
your
Majesty's
goodness
is
to
be
admir'd
,
you
did
not
punish
him
with
the
loss
of
his
Head
.
You
know
the
reasons
why
Monsieur
Louvoy
protected
this
General
;
they
were
the
same
with
those
that
made
him
so
bold
,
as
to
desire
your
Majesty
to
make
Madam
Fresnoy
a
Lady
of
the
Bed-Chamber
,
to
the
Queen
.
She
was
Wife
to
one
of
the
Marquess's
Deputies
,
and
he
the
Son
of
an
Apothecary
,
by
the
Daughter
of
a
little
Deputy
in
the
Post-Office
.
When
all
the
World
knows
,
that
Persons
of
the
greatest
Quality
,
even
Dutchesses
,
would
have
thought
it
a
great
Honour
to
have
had
the
place
.
I
wonder
he
was
not
asham'd
to
recommend
a
Woman
of
no
better
Reputation
to
a
place
so
near
a
Wise
and
Virtuous
Princess
,
such
things
are
never
to
be
pardon'd
,
but
give
me
an
occasion
to
admire
your
Majesty's
goodness
.
Your
Majesty's
refusing
,
by
Monsieur
Louvoy's
perswasion
,
to
accept
of
a
Peace
;
put
all
Europe
into
Combustion
.
The
Spaniards
,
who
were
more
concerned
than
the
Emperour
or
the
Electour
of
Brandenbourgh
,
to
keep
you
from
Conquering
Holland
;
took
the
Field
to
favour
the
Prince
of
Orange's
Designs
.
They
joyn'd
with
him
,
and
had
you
not
been
so
cautious
as
to
gain
Count
Marsin
,
who
Commanded
the
Spaniards
,
they
had
defeated
the
Duke
of
Duras
,
who
Commanded
your
Flying
Camp
after
Monsieur
Chamilli's
Death
.
But
Marsin
purposely
kept
the
Spaniards
so
long
from
passing
the
River
Roer
,
that
he
gave
the
Duke
time
enough
to
save
himself
.
A
Naval
Combat
accompanied
these
great
Events
,
to
your
Majesty's
Glory
;
for
your
Ships
which
joyn'd
the
English
Fleet
came
so
seasonably
in
to
their
Assistance
,
that
otherwise
the
English
had
been
beaten
.
The
Dutch
who
did
not
think
your
Majesty
was
so
much
to
be
fear'd
at
Sea
as
by
Land
,
were
surpriz'd
with
this
Action
,
which
gave
them
another
Idea
of
your
Power
,
and
was
one
of
the
reasons
why
they
made
such
Applications
to
your
Majesty
for
a
Peace
.
They
saw
they
were
like
to
speed
no
better
with
you
at
Sea
than
at
Land
,
and
therefore
desir'd
an
Accommodation
,
rather
than
expect
uncertainties
that
might
deceive
them
.
The
end
of
this
Campaign
prov'd
more
successful
to
your
Majesty
,
than
the
beginning
.
The
Enemy
besieg'd
Charleroy
,
when
Montall
the
Governour
of
it
was
gone
to
Tongres
,
which
he
thought
they
design'd
to
attaque
:
But
he
got
again
into
Charleroy
with
a
Squadron
of
Horse
,
and
made
the
Enemy
raise
the
Siege
.
All
these
happy
Successes
made
some
envy
your
Majesty
,
whom
you
had
no
design
to
molest
.
Many
took
part
with
the
Enemy
against
you
,
but
the
Duke
of
Bavaria
resolv'd
to
stand
Neuter
,
and
would
not
declare
against
you
;
but
employ'd
the
Money
which
your
Majesty
gave
him
,
to
Levy
new
Troops
.
The
Duke
of
Hanover
promis'd
you
to
do
the
same
,
but
as
I
shall
presently
shew
,
he
was
(
much
against
his
will
)
kept
from
making
good
his
word
.
Your
Majesty
having
thus
order'd
your
Affairs
in
that
Country
;
as
soon
as
the
Spring
came
on
,
you
laid
Siege
to
Mastricht
,
which
you
took
in
thirteen
Days
after
opening
the
Trenches
;
tho'
the
Enemy
look'd
upon
it
as
a
Rock
that
would
break
all
your
Designs
.
From
thence
you
went
into
Lorrain
,
to
hinder
the
Duke
of
that
Name
,
who
joyn'd
with
your
Enemies
,
from
drawing
that
Country
into
his
Party
.
You
caus'd
the
Capital
City
to
be
fortify'd
,
which
was
not
then
Tenable
,
and
after
you
your self
had
seen
the
Works
begun
,
you
went
into
Alsatia
to
give
such
Orders
,
as
in
the
present
juncture
you
thought
necessary
.
Your
Majesty
took
in
some
places
there
,
which
properly
belong'd
to
the
Inhabitants
themselves
,
according
to
certain
Priviledges
obtain'd
from
their
Emperours
;
and
tho'
after
the
Treaty
of
Munster
,
you
did
not
think
fit
to
meddle
with
them
;
yet
your
safety
now
obliging
you
to
take
another
Course
,
you
presently
caused
them
to
be
demolish'd
.
It
concern'd
your
Majesty
to
do
it
;
for
the
Emperour
had
a
second
time
sent
an
Army
into
the
Field
,
to
oppose
your
Designs
.
Viscount
Turenne
fac'd
'em
,
and
twice
offer'd
'em
Battel
;
but
Montecuculi
,
who
Commanded
the
Emperour's
Army
,
declined
Fighting
,
and
Encamp'd
so
strongly
,
that
Turenne
could
not
force
him
to
an
Engagement
.
They
lay
observing
one
another
,
both
endeavouring
to
gain
the
Bishop
of
Wirtsburg
,
who
had
not
yet
declar'd
himself
.
The
Bridge
which
he
had
upon
the
Mein
was
not
to
be
surpris'd
,
because
it
was
so
near
the
Capital
City
,
and
was
of
considerable
advantage
to
both
Parties
.
Monsieur
Turenne
thinking
himself
sure
of
the
Bishop
,
because
he
had
promis'd
him
to
let
no
body
pass
,
which
was
all
that
Monsieur
Turenne
desir'd
;
he
provided
Magazines
at
Waxtheim
,
in
case
he
should
be
oblig'd
to
stay
there
any
time
;
but
when
he
thought
himself
safe
,
relying
on
the
Promise
which
had
been
made
him
,
the
Bishop
treated
with
Montecuculi
,
who
pass'd
the
Bridge
,
took
Waxtheim
and
all
your
Provisions
.
It
requir'd
extraordinary
Conduct
and
Prudence
in
General
Turenne
,
to
get
out
of
the
Straits
,
whereinto
this
breach
of
Faith
had
brought
him
.
Nevertheless
,
like
a
great
Captain
,
long
experienc'd
in
the
Trade
of
War
,
he
Posted
himself
very
advantageously
,
and
made
a
new
collection
of
Provisions
,
hoping
to
break
Montecuculi's
Measures
.
But
the
five
Villages
,
wherein
were
his
new
Magazins
,
being
all
at
a
time
set
on
fire
,
and
burnt
,
he
was
now
in
a
worse
condition
than
before
,
by
the
Bishop
of
Wirtsburg's
Treachery
.
I
cannot
conceal
from
your
Majesty
,
what
was
said
in
your
Army
upon
this
strange
Accident
.
I
dare
not
say
,
I
believe
what
I
have
to
tell
you
;
it
is
so
terrible
and
surprising
,
that
you
your self
cannot
but
tremble
with
indignation
to
hear
it
.
But
tho'
perhaps
I
should
do
well
not
to
speak
of
it
,
yet
how
can
I
keep
from
your
Majesty
,
that
which
you
are
so
much
concern'd
to
know
?
All
your
Army
believ'd
,
those
Villains
,
who
burnt
your
Magazins
in
the
five
Villages
,
were
employ'd
by
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
because
his
hatred
to
Turenne
encreas'd
daily
.
That
which
caus'd
the
suspicion
,
was
this
Great
Man's
saying
at
that
very
time
;
the
Enemies
which
your
Majesty
had
out
of
your
Kingdom
were
not
so
much
to
be
feared
,
as
those
you
had
in
it
.
Your
Majesty
seized
upon
the
City
of
Treves
,
whose
Elector
had
boldly
enough
declared
against
you
,
by
delivering
up
to
your
Enemies
Coblents
and
Hermestein
.
Montcouculi
past
the
Rhine
at
the
first
of
those
places
,
and
having
joyn'd
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
they
laid
Siege
to
Bonne
:
A
place
,
tho'
not
very
considerable
,
yet
they
were
three
weeks
before
they
could
make
themselves
Masters
of
it
.
Your
Majesty
knows
the
Reason
,
why
you
suffered
the
Place
to
be
taken
,
without
striking
a
blow
to
relieve
it
;
and
if
credit
may
be
given
to
the
Officers
of
your
Army
,
and
to
some
others
,
who
have
the
Honour
to
be
near
your
Majesty
;
this
was
another
trick
of
Monsieur
Louvoy's
,
to
keep
Viscount
Turenne's
Reputation
from
growing
too
great
.
The
Campagn
ended
with
making
the
Bishop
of
Wirtsburg
repent
his
breach
of
Faith
,
Turenne
ruining
a
very
fine
Castle
of
his
,
having
first
burnt
all
the
Moveables
and
Furniture
,
without
suffering
the
Souldiers
to
plunder
or
take
any
thing
,
that
the
Bishop
might
not
under-hand
buy
his
Goods
again
of
them
;
who
generally
sell
what
they
get
,
for
the
tenth
part
of
its
value
,
and
then
the
Bishop
would
have
been
no
great
loser
;
for
in
truth
he
could
not
be
punished
enough
,
because
when
such
Men
as
he
break
their
words
,
they
deserve
to
be
very
severely
dealt
with
.
But
it
must
likewise
be
confest
,
that
Monsieur
Turenne
on
his
part
was
too
credulous
,
to
believe
a
Person
that
in
respect
of
his
Birth
was
not
to
be
trusted
,
and
who
might
be
presumed
to
be
rather
your
Majesties
Enemy
,
than
your
Friend
.
Not
long
after
this
,
the
Elector
Palatin
turn'd
his
back
upon
you
,
under
pretence
that
he
suffered
as
much
by
your
Troops
,
as
if
he
had
been
your
declared
Enemy
:
Which
was
not
in
your
Majesties
Power
to
redress
,
because
the
Imperialists
were
privately
trucking
to
have
Phillipsburg
deliver'd
to
them
.
So
that
there
was
a
necessity
of
drawing
your
Forces
near
to
cover
it
.
The
taking
of
Bonne
,
and
the
Prince
of
Orange's
taking
of
Narden
,
through
the
Cowardise
of
the
Governour
,
for
which
he
was
exemplarily
punish'd
;
were
two
Misfortunes
that
contributed
very
much
to
the
Elector
Palatine's
deserting
you
:
For
you
were
forced
to
abandon
Vtrecht
,
and
the
Duke
of
Luxemburg
,
who
Commanded
on
that
side
,
in
the
place
of
Marquess
Rochefort
,
whose
incapacity
obliged
you
to
quit
that
Frontier
,
had
much
ado
to
save
himself
and
his
Army
.
But
having
done
it
,
contrary
to
the
Opinion
of
many
,
who
concluded
he
must
needs
suffer
very
much
,
in
so
long
a
March
as
he
had
to
make
,
he
took
care
to
guard
that
which
is
called
French-Flanders
,
upon
which
the
Spaniards
seemed
to
have
a
design
.
While
this
past
,
the
King
of
Sweden's
Mediation
was
accepted
by
all
Parties
,
to
end
this
great
difference
.
There
was
a
Congress
at
Collen
,
where
they
met
from
all
parts
;
but
the
Preliminaries
,
as
is
usual
in
such
Cases
,
being
very
long
;
there
was
no
appearance
things
would
be
soon
Accommodated
.
In
the
mean
time
,
your
Fleet
still
joyn'd
with
the
English
,
beat
the
Dutch
three
several
times
this
Campagn
,
and
was
so
far
from
losing
the
Reputation
you
had
got
the
Year
before
,
that
your
Fleet
very
much
increas'd
it
,
by
the
Courage
and
Resolution
it
shew'd
in
those
three
Naval
Combats
:
There
was
nothing
decisive
on
either
side
,
and
because
your
Conquests
gave
cause
of
jealousie
to
your
Allies
,
the
English
begun
to
think
of
leaving
you
.
But
your
Majesty
did
all
that
was
Humanly
possible
to
be
done
,
to
preserve
their
Allyance
.
You
provided
a
Wife
for
the
Duke
of
York
,
presumptive
Heir
to
the
Crown
of
England
.
This
Prince
had
so
many
Mistresses
in
five
or
six
Months
time
,
that
one
would
have
thought
he
would
have
Marry'd
all
the
World
.
The
first
he
had
,
was
Mademoiselle
d'Elboeuff
,
upon
which
account
,
he
sent
my
Lord
Peterborough
to
Paris
,
who
conferr'd
with
me
about
it
.
According
to
the
Orders
I
receiv'd
from
your
Majesty
;
I
was
very
desirous
that
the
business
should
take
effect
;
because
I
had
a
great
value
for
that
Princess
:
But
my
Lord
Sunderland
,
the
then
English
Embassador
,
and
my
Lord
Peterborough
,
falling
out
,
the
mis-understanding
between
them
,
broke
off
the
Match
.
After
Madam
d'Elboeuf
,
the
Princess
Mary
Anne
of
Wirtemberg
came
upon
the
Stage
;
and
the
Business
was
carry'd
on
so
far
,
that
your
Majesty
Signed
a
Contract
with
Commissioners
,
deputed
by
the
Duke
of
York
for
that
purpose
.
I
had
Orders
to
write
to
Madam
the
Dutchess
of
Wirtemberg
,
to
come
and
be
present
at
her
Daughter's
Marriage
;
but
when
every
body
thought
the
business
sure
,
it
quite
broke
off
,
upon
some
Ill
Things
reported
of
the
Lady
;
her
Enemies
pretended
she
had
certain
defects
which
I
never
perceiv'd
.
Whatever
it
were
that
was
said
of
the
Princess
,
a
mean
Person
whom
she
had
disobliged
,
was
thought
to
be
the
Author
of
it
.
So
true
is
it
,
that
a
very
little
Enemy
may
sometimes
do
a
great
deal
of
Mischief
,
against
which
the
best
fence
and
remedy
,
is
never
prepensly
and
with
set
purpose
,
to
do
to
any
body
the
least
harm
.
A
Rule
seldom
observed
by
Princes
and
Great
Men
,
who
take
such
a
liberty
of
saying
what
they
please
,
that
many
times
they
let
fall
words
,
which
they
would
give
a
great
deal
to
recall
.
But
when
an
Injury
is
once
done
,
it
can
never
be
undone
,
and
wounds
given
by
the
Tongue
are
incurable
.
'T
is
an
Offence
which
Brave
Men
will
resent
the
longest
day
of
their
Life
,
and
will
certainly
be
revenged
,
unless
God
turn
their
Hearts
.
But
thanks
be
to
God
,
this
is
a
Vice
whereof
your
Majesty
is
not
guilty
;
for
as
you
say
little
,
so
you
always
speak
to
the
purpose
,
and
without
ever
reflecting
upon
your
Neighbour
.
To
your
Honour
be
it
spoken
,
I
can
also
say
,
that
you
know
not
what
't
is
to
be
Angry
.
I
have
lived
at
Court
full
Forty
Years
,
and
Five
and
Twenty
of
them
,
I
have
had
the
Honour
to
be
near
your
Majesty
,
in
which
time
I
can
safely
Swear
,
I
never
saw
you
but
once
a
little
mov'd
.
It
was
when
Monsieur
Werthamont
,
who
,
tho'
a
severe
Sentence
had
past
upon
him
for
several
Crimes
,
was
yet
so
bold
,
as
to
come
into
your
Presence
.
I
observed
your
Majesty
grew
Red
with
Anger
,
and
the
Tone
of
your
Voice
when
you
told
him
he
should
come
no
more
to
Court
,
was
not
like
that
wherewith
you
used
to
give
your
Commands
at
other
times
.
The
Marriage
of
the
Princess
Mary
Anne
failing
,
for
the
Reason
I
have
hinted
.
That
of
Mademoiselle
Crequi
,
who
hath
since
married
the
Duke
of
Tremouille
,
came
next
to
be
talk'd
of
.
It
was
said
her
Father
was
very
Rich
,
and
had
made
his
Fortune
while
he
was
Embassadour
at
Rome
;
where
others
use
to
undo
themselves
.
But
the
Duke
and
Dutchess
of
Crequi
being
resolv'd
not
to
give
so
much
,
as
a
Match
of
such
advantage
for
their
Daughter
requir'd
,
they
lost
by
their
Covetousness
,
that
which
others
would
have
bought
with
their
Blood
.
The
Duke
of
York
at
last
pitch'd
upon
the
Princess
of
Modena
;
to
whom
Monsieur
the
Cardinal
her
Uncle
had
left
a
Hundred
Thousand
Franks
,
which
I
had
in
my
Hands
.
This
Marriage
was
without
any
difficulty
concluded
,
to
the
Satisfaction
of
both
Parties
.
From
what
I
have
said
,
the
Lesson
which
a
Prince
ought
to
learn
,
is
,
that
he
should
still
so
well
manage
his
Affairs
,
as
never
through
weakness
to
do
any
thing
unworthy
of
his
Birth
.
For
tho'
Mademoiselle
Crequi
were
a
Woman
of
Quality
,
yet
she
was
not
a
Person
suitable
and
considerable
enough
for
a
Prince
,
who
was
so
near
stepping
into
the
Throne
of
England
.
But
yet
I
know
,
without
looking
very
far
back
into
the
History
of
that
Nation
,
Henry
the
8th
.
Marry'd
two
Wives
,
who
were
not
of
a
better
Family
,
perhaps
of
not
so
good
:
But
there
is
a
great
deal
of
difference
between
what
Love
doth
,
and
that
which
is
done
with
design
,
and
after
mature
deliberation
.
The
two
Cases
are
quite
different
,
and
tho'
there
may
be
faults
in
both
,
yet
whoever
doth
an
imprudent
thing
deliberately
and
wilfully
,
is
more
to
be
blam'd
,
than
he
,
who
in
what
he
doth
is
not
Master
of
himself
.
Seeing
I
am
now
discoursing
of
Marriage
;
I
will
not
leave
the
Subject
,
till
I
have
given
your
Majesty
an
account
of
somewhat
whereof
I
lately
boasted
.
I
told
your
Majesty
that
I
did
refuse
a
considerable
Match
offer'd
me
for
my
Son
.
It
was
Mademoiselle
Bournonville
,
now
the
Dutchess
of
Noailles
.
The
Proposition
was
made
to
me
by
her
Father
,
who
sent
me
word
it
should
be
upon
such
advantageous
Terms
for
my
Son
,
as
should
likewise
satisfie
me
.
Civility
oblig'd
me
not
absolutely
to
refuse
what
he
propos'd
,
and
therefore
I
thank'd
him
for
the
Honour
he
did
me
;
but
when
we
came
to
treat
further
concerning
it
,
he
requir'd
that
I
should
endeavour
to
prevail
with
your
Majesty
,
to
restore
him
to
the
Government
of
Paris
,
which
your
Majesty
had
taken
from
him
,
because
he
was
so
great
a
Friend
to
Monsieur
Fouquet
,
and
had
also
behav'd
himself
so
ill
,
that
tho'
he
had
for
several
Months
liv'd
in
a
House
near
the
very
Gates
of
Paris
,
without
ever
coming
to
pay
his
Respects
to
your
Majesty
,
when
he
was
in
very
good
Health
,
and
daily
made
Merry
with
his
Friends
that
came
to
visit
him
;
yet
he
made
your
Majesty
believe
he
was
troubled
with
Vapours
,
which
would
not
suffer
him
to
go
any
where
out
of
his
House
.
But
the
Feasts
he
made
,
and
the
pleasant
Life
he
led
,
giving
his
pretence
the
Lye
,
and
your
Majesty
being
inform'd
of
it
,
thought
fit
to
use
him
as
you
did
.
I
thank'd
him
for
the
Honour
he
intended
my
Son
,
but
I
thought
it
better
to
lose
the
advantage
of
such
an
Allyance
,
rather
than
to
run
the
hazard
of
Your
Majesty's
Displeasure
.
Tho'
your
Majesty
had
to
do
with
so
many
Enemies
,
yet
you
took
care
to
secure
the
Peace
of
Italy
,
which
was
upon
the
point
of
being
disturb'd
,
by
the
difference
which
happen'd
between
the
Duke
of
Savoy
,
and
the
Republick
of
Genoa
.
But
by
interposing
your
Authority
,
your
Majesty
prevail'd
with
both
Parties
,
to
accept
of
your
Mediation
,
and
you
brought
both
to
an
Agreement
.
You
had
the
same
work
to
do
over
again
in
Poland
,
upon
the
Death
of
the
new
King
there
without
Children
,
who
had
Marry'd
the
Empeperour's
Sister
;
before
she
was
Marry'd
,
the
Prince
of
Lorrain
was
in
Love
with
her
,
and
it
was
said
if
she
might
have
had
her
will
,
she
would
have
preferr'd
him
(
tho'
he
had
lost
his
Country
)
before
the
King
and
Crown
of
Poland
.
Whatever
was
the
matter
,
she
made
so
great
a
Party
for
him
in
the
Kingdom
,
that
every
body
thought
he
would
have
been
chosen
King
.
The
Poles
were
so
little
satisfy'd
with
the
Deceas'd
King
,
that
they
were
inclin'd
to
revive
the
Law
which
was
against
chusing
a
King
of
their
own
Nation
.
Your
Majesty
seem'd
to
approve
the
reviving
of
this
Law
,
by
your
endeavours
to
have
the
Eldest
Son
of
the
Duke
of
Newburg
preferr'd
,
before
the
Prince
of
Lorrain
.
In
the
last
Election
you
were
for
the
Old
Duke
of
Newburg
the
Father
,
with
whom
then
stood
Competitors
,
the
Prince
of
Lorrain
,
and
the
Prince
of
Condé
.
But
because
the
Poles
then
objected
against
the
Duke
,
as
being
too
Old
,
and
his
Age
now
being
greater
than
it
was
then
,
your
Majesty
to
please
them
,
now
propos'd
the
Son
in
stead
of
the
Father
,
and
spent
a
great
deal
of
Money
to
get
him
Elected
;
which
,
if
not
,
might
at
that
time
have
been
prejudicial
to
your
Affairs
.
But
tho'
the
Prince
of
Newburg
was
not
chosen
;
yet
by
the
Address
of
your
Embassadour
,
the
Prince
of
Lorrain
was
likewise
put
by
,
and
a
Native
of
Poland
preferr'd
before
all
the
Princes
propos'd
.
For
John
Sobiescki
,
great
Marshal
of
Poland
,
was
made
King
,
which
very
much
displeas'd
your
Enemies
,
they
imagining
he
would
be
a
Friend
to
your
Majesty
,
because
he
had
Marry'd
a
French-Woman
,
who
was
the
Daughter
of
Marquess
d'Arquyen
,
Captain
of
the
Hundred
Swisses
,
of
your
Brother's
Guard
.
You
had
need
of
this
Aid
,
against
the
Designs
of
the
House
of
Austria
,
who
fancy'd
you
would
never
come
off
with
Honour
,
in
the
War
you
had
begun
.
The
Emperour
possess'd
with
this
Opinion
,
did
two
things
which
were
mightily
cry'd
down
by
all
People
,
not
transported
with
Passion
against
you
.
One
was
the
seizing
upon
Prince
William
of
Furstenburg
in
Collen
,
who
was
Abbé
of
Stravelo
,
and
the
Elector
of
Collen's
Plenipotentiary
;
under
which
Character
he
could
not
be
seized
,
without
violating
the
Law
of
Nations
.
The
other
was
the
taking
away
by
force
,
Fifty
Thousand
Crowns
wich
your
Majesty
had
in
the
City
,
and
which
for
the
same
reason
ought
to
have
been
Sacred
.
But
because
the
House
of
Austria
had
a
mind
to
obstruct
the
Peace
,
and
could
find
no
better
Obstacle
;
it
past
over
all
other
Considerations
.
Prince
William
was
first
carry'd
to
Bonne
,
where
he
had
Ten
Hours
Conference
with
Marquess
de
Grana
,
Governour
of
the
Town
.
Who
reproach'd
him
with
being
born
a
German
,
yet
had
in
several
Occasions
,
which
he
particularly
named
,
betray'd
his
Country
.
Which
Prince
William
deny'd
,
but
own'd
he
had
serv'd
your
Majesty
,
after
he
had
many
times
endeavour'd
to
deserve
the
Emperour's
Favour
,
but
could
never
obtain
it
.
From
Bonne
he
was
Conducted
to
Newstat
,
where
the
Emperour
resolv'd
to
have
him
put
to
Death
in
Prison
,
after
a
private
Sentence
past
against
him
,
where
only
a
few
Persons
were
present
,
who
Condemn'd
him
to
be
Beheaded
.
But
your
Majesty
,
who
beside
all
your
other
good
Qualities
,
hath
that
of
diving
into
the
most
secret
Councils
of
your
Enemies
,
found
a
way
to
ingage
the
Pope's
Nuncio
,
to
represent
to
the
Emperour
,
that
he
ought
not
in
such
a
manner
to
put
a
Church-Man
to
Death
.
The
scruple
being
easily
put
into
the
Emperour's
Head
,
he
stopp'd
the
Execution
,
and
caus'd
him
to
be
remov'd
to
another
Prison
.
Your
Majesty
complain'd
to
the
Court
of
Vienna
,
of
the
Violence
offer'd
to
the
Person
of
Prince
William
;
and
at
the
same
time
demanded
Restistution
of
the
Fifty
Thousand
Crowns
that
had
been
taken
from
you
.
But
receiving
no
satisfactory
Answer
to
either
,
you
recall'd
your
Embassadours
who
were
still
at
Collen
:
The
other
Princes
did
the
like
,
seeing
after
what
had
been
done
,
there
was
no
more
safety
for
them
,
than
for
Prince
William
.
But
since
they
that
are
strongest
,
are
still
thought
to
have
most
reason
on
their
side
;
your
Enemies
listed
so
many
Troops
,
that
few
were
of
Opinion
,
your
Majesty
would
ever
be
able
to
make
Head
against
'em
.
The
Bishop
of
Munster
was
of
that
mind
,
and
therefore
quitted
your
Party
.
The
Elector
of
Collen
would
have
done
the
like
,
if
the
Bishop
of
Strasburg
had
not
disswaded
him
.
But
when
People
thought
you
could
not
but
sink
under
the
weight
of
so
many
Enemies
,
you
attack'd
Franch-Conté
,
to
which
you
had
offer'd
a
Neutrality
.
The
Swiss
who
had
concern'd
themselves
in
the
Negotiation
,
were
angry
with
the
Spaniards
for
refusing
what
you
offer'd
;
and
therefore
guarded
their
Frontiers
,
to
keep
the
Spaniards
from
being
assisted
by
their
Allies
.
Your
Majesty
went
into
Franche-Conté
in
Person
,
and
there
did
that
which
was
never
before
known
to
be
done
at
the
taking
of
any
place
.
You
caused
Canons
to
be
hoisted
up
,
and
planted
upon
Mountains
so
very
high
and
steep
,
that
a
Man
could
hardly
clamber
up
;
by
which
you
became
Master
of
Besanson
,
that
your
Enemies
thought
impregnable
.
The
Conquest
of
this
Province
,
gave
your
Majesty
new
strength
,
of
which
you
had
need
enough
in
the
condition
you
were
in
.
For
the
King
of
England
was
in
a
manner
forced
to
a
Peace
with
the
Dutch
,
by
his
own
Subjects
,
who
were
more
jealous
of
your
Conquests
than
others
.
But
the
King
of
England
still
left
his
Troops
in
your
Majesty's
Service
.
They
were
some
Regiments
,
of
which
the
most
considerable
,
was
called
the
Royal
Regiment
,
Commanded
by
the
Duke
of
Monmouth
.
Some
of
the
Officers
were
very
insolent
,
so
that
one
of
them
gave
ill
Language
to
one
of
Monsieur
Louvoy's
Grooms
,
who
to
go
the
nearer
way
crost
their
Camp
.
Your
Minister
,
who
expected
Respect
should
be
paid
to
his
very
Liveries
,
put
this
Officer
under
a
Guard
,
whereupon
the
others
Mutiny'd
.
But
seeing
the
Marquess
had
not
the
same
Power
over
the
English
,
that
he
had
over
your
Troops
,
he
was
obliged
to
release
the
Officer
;
this
was
some
Mortification
to
Monsieur
Louvoy's
excessive
Pride
.
A
Minister
,
or
any
Person
,
of
greater
or
less
Quality
,
might
well
be
ashamed
to
take
a
Servant's
part
against
a
Gentleman
,
unless
the
ill
usage
of
the
Servant
;
were
intended
for
an
Affront
to
the
Master
.
One
of
your
Majesty's
Captains
was
of
a
more
phlegmatick
Temper
,
who
seeing
his
Coachman
that
used
to
drive
him
,
lustily
cudgel'd
;
when
next
day
the
Person
that
beat
him
came
to
excuse
himself
,
by
saying
he
knew
not
whose
Man
he
was
,
the
Captain
told
him
he
was
obliged
to
him
,
and
should
be
more
,
if
all
the
Men
he
kept
,
had
but
so
good
a
hand
as
he
,
for
then
People
would
be
more
afraid
of
his
Men
than
they
were
.
The
Franche-Counté
being
thus
reduced
,
your
Majesty
resolved
to
have
it
better
Fortified
.
Marquess
Louvoy
pitched
upon
an
Engineer
called
Combes
,
a
Man
of
good
Skill
and
Experience
,
having
given
Proofs
of
his
Ability
in
Holland
,
where
he
had
been
imploy'd
in
Fortifying
several
places
.
But
the
Marquess
reserved
Besanson
to
be
Fortified
by
Monsieur
Vauban
,
which
so
dissatisfied
Combes
,
that
he
took
the
liberty
to
tell
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
he
had
been
a
chief
Engineer
in
Holland
,
and
therefore
't
was
an
Affront
to
him
,
to
have
another
put
over
his
Head
.
But
the
Marquess
,
whose
Temper
is
to
be
obey'd
without
reply
,
sent
him
to
the
Bastile
;
where
he
was
so
cruelly
treated
,
that
he
was
shut
up
in
a
Chamber
three
days
without
a
Bed
.
The
Man
,
who
thought
he
had
not
deserved
such
ill
usage
,
took
it
so
to
Heart
,
that
he
fell
Sick
,
and
Monsieur
Louvoy
about
eleven
days
after
,
going
to
see
him
,
ask'd
whether
he
would
be
wiser
for
the
future
?
Combes
said
he
had
something
else
to
think
of
now
,
which
was
,
to
give
God
an
Account
of
his
Actions
,
being
in
a
little
time
to
leave
the
World
.
Tho'
your
Minister
presently
gave
him
his
Liberty
,
yet
in
three
days
after
he
dyed
.
Which
ought
to
Teach
Men
never
to
make
too
severe
an
use
of
their
Authority
,
especially
to
Men
of
Courage
;
who
seldom
refuse
to
obey
,
but
where
they
think
their
Honour
concern'd
.
And
in
such
Cases
,
if
they
be
faulty
,
they
ought
in
a
friendly
manner
to
be
advis'd
,
and
not
Corrected
with
too
much
Rigour
.
Your
Majesty's
great
Success
,
made
your
Minister
so
very
bold
,
that
he
every
day
begg'd
new
Favours
of
you
.
He
obtain'd
an
Order
from
your
Majesty
,
that
I
should
yearly
furnish
him
with
Forty
Millions
,
to
defray
the
Charge
of
the
War
,
and
to
Account
for
it
to
none
but
your self
.
The
Account
was
given
in
a
single
sheet
of
Paper
,
which
one
would
think
,
not
big
enough
to
contain
the
several
Items
of
such
a
Summ.
I
do
not
believe
't
is
by
this
alone
,
he
hath
got
that
prodigious
Estate
,
which
some
say
,
is
greater
than
many
Soveraigns
have
.
All
the
Regulations
he
hath
made
during
this
War
,
which
under
specious
pretences
have
render'd
your
Officers
poor
;
were
I
believe
intended
more
for
his
own
Profit
,
than
your
Majesty's
,
you
gratified
him
so
many
ways
out
of
your
Officer's
Pay
,
that
in
perfect
distast
,
many
of
them
quitted
your
Service
.
Yet
this
did
no
more
satisfie
his
Avarice
,
than
did
your
Majesty's
granting
him
the
Foreign
Posts
,
which
amounted
to
a
vast
Summ
by
his
Exorbitant
Taxing
of
Letters
,
whereof
the
least
paid
as
much
again
as
it
used
to
do
in
Monsieur
Noveau's
Time
.
He
begg'd
a
Patent
to
have
the
sole
power
of
Licensing
People
to
keep
Hackney
,
Stage
,
and
Hired
Horses
,
upon
which
he
laid
an
Imposition
.
Not
content
with
this
,
he
obtain'd
a
Priviledge
for
those
that
kept
such
Horses
,
to
be
free
from
Quartering
of
Souldiers
,
for
which
Exemption
,
some
gave
him
a
Hundred
Crowns
;
not
that
they
got
so
much
by
their
Horses
,
but
because
Quartering
of
Souldiers
was
so
great
a
burthen
to
them
,
that
whatever
they
paid
to
be
freed
from
it
,
yet
they
thought
they
had
a
good
Bargain
.
The
Marquess
became
at
last
so
great
a
Favourite
,
that
he
did
whatever
he
pleas'd
,
without
any
body
's
daring
to
contradict
him
:
Every
one
strove
to
shew
him
Respect
,
and
all
Favours
passing
through
his
Hands
,
it
was
a
shame
to
see
what
base
and
servile
Bows
and
Cringes
were
made
to
him
by
the
greatest
Persons
in
your
Kingdom
.
For
my
own
part
,
I
was
too
Stiff
to
worship
him
.
Finding
the
Forty
Millions
which
your
Majesty
order'd
me
to
pay
him
,
such
an
infinite
Charge
to
your
People
,
and
that
a
greater
Burden
was
yet
to
be
laid
upon
'em
to
answer
other
Expences
,
I
began
to
examine
how
so
vast
a
Summ
could
be
laid
out
.
As
soon
as
I
cast
my
Eye
upon
the
Accompt
,
I
discover'd
a
considerable
Cheat
,
of
no
less
than
Fifteen
or
Sixteen
Hundred
Thousand
Crowns
a
Year
.
I
must
speak
likewise
of
the
Abuses
practis'd
in
the
Years
1673.
and
1674.
concerning
the
Routes
oppointed
for
the
marching
of
Souldiers
from
Place
to
Place
.
To
be
but
one
of
your
Minister's
Lacquies
,
was
Merit
enough
to
have
had
Five
or
Six
of
them
.
Several
Officers
were
likewise
setled
in
Paris
,
to
dispatch
,
as
't
was
pretended
,
your
Majesty
's
own
Affairs
;
where
nothing
could
be
done
without
ready
Money
;
so
that
if
these
Abuses
had
continued
any
long
time
,
Forty
Millions
would
not
have
been
sufficient
to
answer
the
Charge
of
these
Disorders
.
Your
Majesty
heard
what
I
had
to
say
concerning
these
Abuses
,
and
thought
fit
to
name
Commissioners
to
inquire
into
'em
.
They
who
were
the
greatest
Criminals
saved
themselves
,
and
those
that
were
seiz'd
,
not
being
able
to
speak
so
pertinently
as
others
,
were
,
upon
payment
of
their
Fines
,
let
out
of
Prison
.
This
was
a
Business
bad
enough
,
to
have
stopt
the
Carier
of
your
Ministers
good
Fortune
;
but
your
Majesty
drawing
from
it
Supplies
to
support
the
War
,
which
was
so
much
his
care
;
he
had
Opportunities
to
be
heard
in
his
own
Justification
,
and
saved
himself
,
by
laying
the
Blame
of
all
that
had
been
done
upon
your
Officers
:
So
that
there
are
lucky
Conjunctures
,
when
things
shall
be
forgotten
,
which
at
another
time
would
be
punisht
with
severity
.
It
is
also
observable
,
that
Men
in
great
favour
shall
pass
for
innocent
,
when
others
who
are
less
culpable
shall
be
ruin'd
and
undone
.
But
this
is
an
Evil
that
hath
long
reign'd
in
the
World
,
and
looks
as
if
it
would
continue
much
longer
,
before
any
Remedy
be
provided
against
it
.
The
Elector
Palatin
and
the
Bishop
of
Munster
forsaking
your
Party
,
oblig'd
your
Majesty
to
quit
all
your
Conquests
in
Holland
,
excepting
Graves
and
Maestricht
.
You
drew
out
all
your
Garrisons
,
and
made
up
a
good
Body
of
an
Army
,
which
was
what
the
Prince
of
Condé
had
some
time
before
advis'd
your
Majesty
to
do
;
but
Monsieur
Louvoy
continually
oppos'd
it
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Viscount
Turenne
,
when
he
had
shut
up
all
the
Passes
of
the
County
of
Montbelliard
,
by
which
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
design'd
to
succour
the
County
of
Burgundy
;
having
no
more
to
do
on
that
side
,
marched
back
again
into
Germany
,
where
he
took
Germesseim
,
and
caus'd
it
to
be
demolish'd
;
thereby
taking
away
the
hope
which
the
Elector
Palatine
had
,
that
this
Place
should
streighten
and
keep
the
Garrison
of
Phillipsbourg
from
desolating
his
Country
.
He
then
went
towards
the
Rhine
and
past
it
,
to
fight
the
Imperial
Army
,
to
which
were
now
joyn'd
the
Duke
of
Lorrain's
and
the
Bishop
of
Munster's
Troops
:
He
found
them
so
advantageously
posted
,
that
he
must
run
a
great
Risque
in
endeavouring
to
force
them
;
but
considering
it
would
be
an
affront
to
him
,
to
come
so
far
and
then
retreat
,
and
also
if
he
staid
longer
,
the
Enemy
would
be
stronger
than
he
,
by
the
Duke
of
Bournonvill's
coming
up
to
them
:
Considering
,
I
say
,
what
Resolution
soever
he
took
,
he
had
a
great
many
Difficulties
to
grapple
with
,
he
resolv'd
to
do
that
wherein
there
was
most
Honour
,
which
was
to
fight
.
However
,
it
must
be
confest
,
we
have
a
great
deal
of
reason
to
say
,
that
in
Battels
God
only
is
the
Giver
of
Victory
,
seeing
without
him
,
it
was
impossible
,
in
this
Action
,
for
your
General
to
have
come
off
with
Honour
.
He
was
in
the
first
place
oblig'd
to
force
the
little
Village
of
St.
Seim
,
into
which
the
Enemy
had
put
their
Infantry
:
There
was
no
coming
to
it
,
but
through
Defiles
guarded
by
their
Dragoons
;
but
he
overcame
all
those
Difficulties
with
so
much
ease
,
that
had
his
Troops
been
the
best
that
ever
were
in
Europe
,
yet
they
could
never
have
done
what
they
did
,
unless
God
had
fought
for
him
.
They
routed
the
Dragoons
and
took
the
Village
;
they
afterward
advanc'd
against
the
Horse
thro'
narrow
Lanes
,
beat
'em
,
and
put
'em
into
so
great
a
Fright
,
that
they
never
thought
themselves
safe
,
till
they
had
past
the
Necker
.
This
Victory
cost
your
Majesty
dear
;
for
you
lost
in
the
Fight
a
great
many
good
Officers
,
that
might
have
done
you
great
Service
:
You
had
so
much
to
do
,
and
in
so
many
Places
at
once
,
that
to
direct
and
order
what
was
fit
to
be
done
,
required
such
a
Head
as
yours
.
Count
Souches
,
who
commanded
the
greatest
part
of
the
Imperial
Forces
,
enter'd
into
Flanders
,
and
joyn'd
with
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
whose
Army
consisted
of
Threescore
Thousand
Men
,
and
that
part
which
remain'd
in
Germany
grew
strong
in
a
little
time
,
by
the
Forces
which
came
to
it
from
all
sides
;
so
that
they
were
scarce
sensible
of
their
late
loss
.
Your
Majesty
was
oblig'd
to
provide
for
the
Safety
of
Rousillon
,
where
the
Spaniards
made
a
shew
of
undertaking
somewhat
.
But
that
which
most
troubled
you
,
was
,
that
the
Hollanders
,
who
being
now
Masters
at
Sea
,
by
the
King
of
England's
deserting
you
,
threaten'd
the
Coasts
of
Normandy
and
Britany
;
where
the
Alarm
was
so
great
,
that
one
would
have
thought
all
had
been
lost
:
But
after
roaming
to
and
fro
they
attempted
to
surprize
Belle
Isle
,
where
they
receiv'd
a
Repulse
;
which
oblig'd
them
to
retire
,
and
then
landing
upon
the
Island
of
Noirmoustier
,
they
pillag'd
it
,
and
exacted
a
Summ
of
Money
from
some
of
the
best
Houses
,
which
they
threatn'd
to
burn
if
it
were
not
pay'd
them
.
This
Invasion
,
which
look'd
as
if
it
would
have
swallow'd
up
your
whole
Kingdom
,
ending
thus
in
doing
so
little
,
they
went
to
seek
for
better
Fortune
in
America
,
imagining
that
when
you
had
so
much
to
do
at
home
,
you
could
take
care
of
nothing
there
.
But
they
having
besieg'd
St.
Thomas
,
met
with
so
great
resistance
,
that
it
holding
out
till
the
Season
was
too
far
spent
to
keep
the
Sea
,
they
were
forc'd
to
raise
the
Siege
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Viscount
Turenne
,
after
the
Battel
of
St.
Seim
,
came
back
on
this
side
of
the
Rhine
to
joyn
a
part
of
his
Army
he
had
left
there
to
make
the
more
haste
:
but
understanding
the
Enemy
was
to
be
re-inforc'd
,
he
re-pass'd
the
River
to
fight
them
a
Second
time
,
before
they
should
grow
too
strong
for
him
:
But
they
retreated
over
the
Mein
,
under
the
Canon
of
Francfort
,
the
General
following
them
so
close
,
that
he
charged
their
Rear
in
passing
the
River
,
and
cut
off
near
Eight
Hundred
of
their
Men
:
But
not
being
able
to
force
them
out
of
that
Place
,
he
return'd
back
to
destroy
the
Elector
Palatin's
Country
,
which
very
much
provok'd
the
Elector
;
especially
the
burning
some
Villages
,
tho'
without
the
General
's
Order
;
it
being
in
truth
done
by
the
Souldiers
,
that
resolv'd
to
be
reveng'd
upon
the
Country
,
for
barbarously
murdering
some
of
their
Comrades
.
The
Elector
,
in
his
Passion
,
sent
by
a
Trumpet
a
formal
Challenge
to
Viscount
Turenne
;
but
he
was
too
prudent
a
Man
to
accept
it
;
but
made
him
this
answer
,
That
having
the
Honour
to
command
your
Majesty's
Army
,
he
could
do
nothing
without
your
Orders
;
as
to
the
Elector's
complaints
against
him
,
they
were
without
ground
,
for
had
the
Elector's
Subjects
not
dealt
so
cruelly
with
your
Majesty's
Souldiers
,
they
had
never
thought
of
burning
their
Houses
.
That
he
did
not
refuse
the
Honour
the
Elector
did
him
,
in
offering
to
sight
with
him
,
provided
each
of
them
were
at
the
Head
of
an
Army
,
and
then
he
hop'd
he
might
do
your
Majesty
some
Service
.
The
Imperialists
having
staid
long
enough
under
the
Canon
of
Francfort
,
to
reinforce
themselves
with
the
Recruits
which
were
sent
them
from
several
Princes
of
the
Empire
:
Viscount
Turenne
found
their
Army
stronger
than
his
own
,
so
that
he
entrench'd
himself
between
Landau
and
Weissemberg
.
When
the
Imperialists
saw
him
retreat
,
they
took
their
turn
to
follow
him
,
and
came
to
Mentz
where
they
pretended
to
pass
the
Rhine
:
but
the
Elestor
of
that
Name
,
with
whom
your
Majesty
had
taken
measures
,
would
not
do
as
the
Bishop
of
Wirtsburg
did
,
but
pray'd
'em
to
seek
a
Passage
somewhere
else
.
The
Prince
of
Orange's
Army
remain'd
all
this
while
encamp'd
,
and
your
Majesty
wonder'd
at
it
,
not
being
able
to
guess
why
he
attempted
nothing
,
with
so
considerable
a
Force
.
The
Prince
of
Condé
observ'd
him
,
but
being
much
the
weaker
,
he
thought
fit
to
entrench
himself
,
and
not
to
fight
,
but
when
he
saw
an
opportunity
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
seeing
all
your
Troops
imploy'd
,
either
to
make
Head
against
him
,
or
to
observe
the
Imperialists
,
whose
Army
would
in
a
little
time
be
Sixty
Thousand
Men
,
by
the
joyning
of
Marquess
Brandenburg
,
who
was
already
on
his
March
;
gave
Order
for
the
besieging
of
Graves
,
by
Rabenhaut
an
Officer
who
had
gotten
some
Reputation
against
the
Bishop
of
Munster
,
when
that
Prelate
was
of
your
Party
.
Count
Chamilli
,
younger
Brother
to
him
of
whom
I
have
made
mention
,
commanded
in
the
place
,
and
defended
it
so
well
,
that
Rabenhaut
had
time
enough
to
catch
cold
before
it
.
The
Garrison
made
frequent
Sallies
,
so
that
at
three
Months
end
,
he
was
not
much
farther
advanc'd
,
than
he
was
the
first
Day
;
tho'
he
had
promis'd
to
give
a
good
account
of
the
Town
in
three
Weeks
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Prince
of
Orange
seem'd
to
design
entring
into
France
,
which
he
thought
easier
to
do
,
than
to
begin
a
Siege
in
sight
of
your
Army
,
which
would
not
have
suffer'd
it
without
coming
to
Blows
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
in
order
to
his
Design
began
to
march
,
and
the
Prince
of
Condé
follow'd
him
,
and
fell
on
his
Rear
so
rudely
,
that
he
kill'd
above
Three
Thousand
Men
,
made
as
many
Prisoners
,
and
took
his
Baggage
and
some
of
his
Canon
,
before
he
could
recover
himself
,
or
well
know
what
was
to
be
done
:
The
Country
which
was
full
of
Hedges
and
broken
Ground
,
made
by
Torrents
of
Rain
,
offer'd
the
Prince
of
Orange
an
advantage
,
which
he
could
not
have
met
with
in
an
open
Plain
:
He
threw
his
Infantry
into
these
Posts
,
which
hindred
your
Majesty
from
advancing
:
But
the
Prince
of
Condé
was
so
eager
in
pressing
still
forward
,
that
he
did
things
,
which
another
would
have
thought
impossible
.
He
had
a
great
many
Men
kill'd
,
and
had
himself
Three
Horses
shot
under
him
;
so
much
did
he
hazard
his
Person
,
by
his
Example
to
give
warmth
to
the
Action
:
But
by
the
great
resistance
made
by
the
Enemy
he
was
still
repuls'd
,
till
night
came
on
,
and
parted
the
Combatants
,
both
attributing
to
themselves
the
Victory
.
But
there
was
no
colour
for
the
Enemy
to
pretend
to
it
,
because
that
which
makes
a
Victory
,
is
to
remain
Master
of
the
Field
,
to
have
the
pillaging
of
the
Enemy
,
taking
Prisoners
,
and
several
other
things
not
necessary
to
be
specified
.
All
this
fell
out
on
your
Majesty's
side
,
but
nothing
of
it
on
theirs
;
unless
perhaps
the
Enemy
might
boast
,
that
the
Prince
of
Condé
lost
as
many
Men
as
they
,
and
it
may
be
a
greater
number
of
Officers
.
But
it
must
be
confest
,
that
the
end
of
this
Battel
did
not
answer
the
beginning
,
which
could
not
be
more
to
any
General
's
Glory
:
But
the
desire
he
had
to
get
all
,
made
him
lose
more
than
he
imagin'd
,
and
till
that
very
Day
,
it
could
not
be
decided
,
which
of
the
Two
,
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
or
Viscount
Turenne
,
knew
most
,
in
the
Trade
of
War
.
Many
were
prepossest
in
the
Prince's
Favour
,
and
thought
the
Prize
due
to
him
,
but
others
now
began
to
be
of
another
Mind
,
and
gave
it
to
his
Rival
.
This
Battel
however
spoiled
the
Prince
of
Orange's
Design
;
who
now
thought
no
more
of
entring
into
France
.
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
who
did
not
love
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
was
very
much
pleas'd
with
what
had
happen'd
;
because
it
gave
him
an
Opportunity
,
of
doing
the
Prince
ill
offices
to
your
Majesty
:
So
that
since
this
Campaign
,
he
hath
not
been
any
more
imploy'd
,
and
I
believe
never
would
have
been
again
at
the
Head
of
an
Army
,
if
Viscount
Turenne
had
not
been
kill'd
the
following
Campaign
;
there
being
then
a
kind
of
necessity
,
that
a
General
of
Reputation
should
succeed
in
his
Place
.
As
Monsieur
Louvoy
knew
how
to
do
a
great
deal
of
Mischief
to
his
Enemies
,
so
he
was
able
to
deliver
his
Friends
out
of
Danger
,
and
those
that
were
so
happy
to
have
his
Protection
;
as
appears
by
what
he
did
for
Monsieur
Bret
,
Lieunant
General
of
your
Army
in
Catalonia
,
where
his
Vanity
and
Imprudence
made
him
commit
a
Fault
,
which
deserv'd
exemplary
Punishment
.
Your
Majesty
,
some
time
ago
sent
him
into
that
Country
,
and
left
him
there
some
preceding
Years
,
with
the
chief
command
of
your
Army
,
because
then
there
appear'd
no
considerable
Enemy
.
But
the
Spaniards
having
sent
thither
the
Duke
of
St.
Germain
,
a
General
of
Reputation
,
with
a
part
of
their
old
Troops
;
your
Majesty
thought
fit
to
send
against
him
Count
Schomberg
,
not
inferior
to
him
,
and
who
had
often
engag'd
him
,
when
they
were
both
in
Portugal
.
This
was
some
mortification
to
a
Man
so
Vain
as
Monsieur
Bret
,
who
was
now
but
a
Lieutenant
General
;
which
not
being
able
to
bear
,
he
did
so
rash
a
thing
of
his
own
Head
,
that
none
but
Marquess
Louvoy
could
have
sav'd
him
.
The
Enemy
,
after
having
taken
Bellegard
,
which
gave
them
entrance
into
Rousillon
,
came
and
encamp'd
within
Canon
shot
of
your
Army
,
which
so
displeas'd
Monsieur
Bret
,
that
he
gave
them
Battel
while
his
General
was
yet
in
Bed
,
and
without
expecting
any
Orders
from
him
:
But
he
was
beaten
to
the
purpose
,
and
if
Count
Schomberg
,
who
wonder'd
at
his
Boldness
,
had
not
by
his
good
Conduct
repair'd
his
Fault
,
your
Majesty's
Army
had
been
totally
defeated
.
Your
Cavalry
,
which
without
viewing
the
Ground
,
he
had
engaged
among
Pits
and
Places
broken
with
currents
of
Water
,
were
many
of
them
cut
off
,
and
Rabliere
,
who
commanded
them
,
was
taken
Prisoner
,
with
other
Officers
of
note
:
Those
that
came
off
,
were
in
no
condition
to
have
made
any
considerable
resistance
all
that
Campaign
,
if
that
which
happen'd
elsewhere
had
not
oblig'd
the
Enemy
to
return
again
into
Catalonia
.
Messina
,
the
Capital
City
of
the
Kingdom
of
Sicily
,
having
a
long
time
complain'd
of
the
Extortion
and
Tyranny
of
their
Viceroys
,
and
having
often
inform'd
the
Council
of
Spain
thereof
,
without
receiving
any
redress
;
they
resolv'd
one
day
to
try
,
whether
they
could
shake
of
their
Yoke
,
and
after
having
made
themselves
Masters
of
the
Haven
,
and
one
of
the
principal
Forts
of
the
Town
,
they
all
cryed
Liberty
.
That
Word
tickl'd
the
Ears
of
the
Multitude
,
who
,
against
reason
,
often
think
they
shall
better
their
Condition
by
changing
their
Master
;
and
made
above
Sixty
thousand
Men
take
Arms.
The
better
sort
of
Citizens
,
considering
it
was
impossible
to
resist
their
Soveraign
any
long
time
,
unless
they
were
supported
by
a
Power
able
to
assist
them
;
consulted
what
was
best
for
them
to
do
;
whether
to
address
themselves
to
your
Majesty
,
or
to
have
recourse
to
the
Turk
.
They
were
not
long
deliberating
on
the
choice
they
were
to
make
,
those
that
had
a
little
care
of
their
Religion
,
declar'd
,
that
in
all
respects
,
their
best
and
most
justifiable
way
would
be
,
to
implore
your
Majesty's
help
,
and
send
Deputies
to
request
your
Protection
.
The
Offers
their
Deputies
made
you
,
were
,
that
they
would
deliver
themselves
up
to
your
Majesty
,
upon
Condition
you
would
treat
them
better
than
the
Spaniards
had
done
:
Whereupon
you
assembled
your
Council
,
who
finding
it
would
be
of
great
advantage
to
you
,
to
lay
hold
of
this
opportunity
to
cut
out
work
for
the
Spaniards
on
that
side
;
the
Deputies
had
assurance
given
them
,
that
your
Majesty
would
assist
them
with
all
your
Forces
:
But
it
was
not
thought
fit
you
should
accept
of
the
Soveraignty
which
they
offer'd
you
,
but
that
it
would
be
better
to
endeavour
to
turn
their
Government
into
a
Common-Wealth
.
You
sent
back
the
Deputies
with
fair
promises
,
which
at
the
same
time
you
effectually
perform'd
,
by
giving
order
to
the
Marquess
Valavoir
to
take
some
of
your
Men
of
War
,
and
Convoy
to
Messina
some
Vessels
loaden
with
Provisions
,
of
which
they
had
great
need
,
and
which
came
very
seasonably
to
them
;
for
they
began
to
be
in
extream
want
.
The
rebelling
of
Subjects
against
their
Soveraign
,
is
a
business
which
should
be
well
considered
before
it
be
attempted
,
't
is
always
attended
with
such
ill
consequences
,
that
were
they
not
bound
by
their
birth
and
allegiance
to
be
faithful
to
him
,
yet
their
own
interest
should
oblige
them
to
it
.
But
as
Subjects
owe
their
Soveraign
perfect
obedience
,
so
the
Soveraign
on
his
part
,
ought
not
to
use
his
Subjects
like
Slaves
,
nor
lay
heavier
burdens
on
them
than
necessity
of
State
requires
.
Otherwise
they
will
quite
sink
under
their
load
,
or
else
like
a
resty
Horse
will
kick
against
the
Spur
,
as
it
happens
when
we
endeavour
to
break
and
tame
a
young
Horse
,
all
at
once
,
without
using
him
by
degrees
to
insensible
correction
.
The
revolt
of
Messina
,
render'd
the
Enemy's
Victory
in
Rousillon
of
little
or
no
advantage
to
them
;
for
being
obliged
to
leave
that
Province
,
and
go
where
there
was
most
danger
,
their
absence
gave
Your
Majesty
an
opportunity
to
drive
them
next
year
quite
out
of
the
Country
,
by
retaking
the
Castle
of
Bellegard
.
The
disgrace
which
your
Troops
receiv'd
in
Catalonia
,
was
so
largely
recompenced
by
the
prosperous
success
of
your
Arms
,
the
next
Campaign
in
Germany
and
Flanders
;
that
your
Majesty
had
all
the
reason
in
the
world
to
be
well
pleas'd
.
Your
Army
had
twice
triumph'd
under
Viscount
Turenne
,
and
tho
in
the
Battel
of
Seneff
the
Prince
of
Condé
lost
many
brave
men
,
yet
it
produc'd
a
very
good
effect
.
One
thing
I
forgot
to
speak
of
till
now
,
which
was
of
great
advantage
to
you
,
the
Baggage
of
Count
Monteri
,
Governour
of
the
Spanish
Flanders
,
was
taken
in
that
Battel
,
and
some
Papers
found
which
discover'd
a
Conspiracy
that
was
hatching
in
your
Kingdom
,
to
deliver
up
certain
places
upon
the
Coast
of
Normandy
;
they
at
least
made
mention
of
some
such
thing
,
but
for
my
own
part
,
I
cannot
believe
there
was
really
any
such
Conspiracy
,
the
person
suppos'd
to
be
chief
in
it
,
and
all
his
Accomplices
,
were
people
of
so
little
credit
,
that
I
rather
think
it
was
a
trick
to
get
Money
from
the
Spaniards
by
one
not
worth
a
Groat
,
and
who
was
up
to
the
ears
in
debt
.
The
principal
Conspirator
was
the
Chevalier
de
Rhoan
,
who
was
a
very
handsom
well
made
man
,
but
so
extreamly
debauch'd
,
that
he
lost
the
good
opinion
your
Majesty
once
had
of
him
;
he
us'd
all
his
Relations
,
and
his
own
Mother
so
ill
,
that
she
not
long
ago
complain'd
to
your
Majesty
that
he
had
robbed
her
,
and
many
times
after
that
so
abused
her
,
that
she
was
about
to
pray
your
Majesty
to
do
her
the
favour
,
to
send
him
to
the
Bastille
.
To
compleat
his
imprudence
,
he
parted
with
his
place
of
chief
Huntsman
of
France
,
by
which
he
subsisted
;
so
that
not
knowing
how
to
live
,
he
did
that
of
which
I
am
now
speaking
.
The
business
concern'd
your
Majesty
too
much
to
be
neglected
;
for
had
he
design'd
nothing
but
the
getting
a
little
Money
,
yet
he
deserv'd
to
be
punish'd
,
that
it
might
not
be
an
ill
example
to
your
Subjects
.
Whatever
it
was
he
intended
,
your
Majesty
order'd
he
should
be
seis'd
,
and
sent
to
the
Bastille
;
and
the
Major
of
your
Guards
went
to
Rouan
to
take
one
of
his
Confederates
called
Lautremont
.
The
Major
surpriz'd
him
in
his
Bed
,
and
though
he
should
have
immediately
brought
him
away
bound
Hand
and
Foot
,
yet
because
he
had
some
acquaintance
with
him
,
he
gave
him
leave
to
go
into
his
Closet
,
where
he
had
two
Pistols
ready
Charged
,
one
he
fired
upon
the
Major
,
but
miss'd
him
;
one
of
your
Guards
that
went
with
him
,
shot
Lautremont
with
a
Musquetoon
through
the
Body
;
which
displeas'd
Your
Majesty
,
because
he
being
kill'd
,
you
could
not
come
to
the
knowledge
of
several
things
,
which
you
hoped
he
might
have
confest
;
for
it
was
he
that
was
trusted
with
the
management
of
the
whole
Intrigue
,
and
who
had
sent
into
Flanders
a
School-master
that
was
a
Stranger
,
and
had
a
Lodging
in
the
Suburbs
of
St.
Antoine
;
this
Fellow
would
have
run
away
,
but
you
gave
Order
that
he
,
the
Marchioness
de
Villars
,
and
the
Chevalier
de
Preaux
,
should
all
three
be
seised
.
If
the
Chevalier
de
Rhoan
had
known
what
pass'd
,
he
certainly
would
not
have
confest
any
thing
;
for
no
body
but
he
that
was
kill'd
at
Rouen
,
knew
that
he
was
in
the
Conspiracy
.
When
the
School-master
was
examin'd
,
he
said
,
what
he
had
done
was
by
Lautremont's
direction
.
The
Marchioness
de
Villars
,
and
the
Chevalier
de
Preaux
likewise
said
,
they
knew
nothing
.
But
he
that
Interrogated
the
Chevalier
de
Rhoan
,
by
promising
him
Your
Majesties
Pardon
,
made
him
confess
that
none
but
he
knew
any
thing
of
the
business
;
which
promise
being
made
without
any
order
from
Your
Majesty
,
you
did
not
think
your self
oblig'd
by
it
;
so
that
the
Chevalier
de
Rhoan
was
condemn'd
to
have
his
Head
cut
off
.
He
beginning
to
think
matters
did
not
go
well
with
him
,
because
for
some
days
he
was
not
suffer'd
to
have
a
Knife
at
Table
,
which
was
formerly
allow'd
him
,
he
pray'd
that
Father
Bourdalouë
the
Jesuit
might
come
and
confess
him
.
In
two
and
twenty
years
he
never
received
the
Sacrament
,
but
now
on
the
sudden
became
so
alter'd
,
that
no
body
would
have
thought
him
the
same
man
.
He
was
very
penitent
,
humble
,
and
with
great
resignation
submitted
himself
to
God's
will
;
so
that
when
the
Executioner
came
to
bind
him
,
and
ask'd
whether
he
should
take
off
a
Ribband
from
his
Coat
to
do
it
?
he
said
no
,
take
a
Rope
,
for
so
great
a
sinner
as
he
was
,
could
not
be
too
rigorously
used
.
He
shew'd
so
many
signs
of
Humiliation
,
that
he
drew
tears
from
the
eyes
of
divers
Spectators
.
Being
come
out
of
the
Bastille
to
the
place
of
Execution
just
before
it
,
he
stood
still
,
and
shew'd
so
much
courage
,
that
many
pitied
his
sad
condition
.
Before
he
mounted
the
Scaffold
,
he
asked
Father
Bourdaloué
,
whether
any
body
had
taken
care
to
comfort
his
Mother
;
he
beg'd
her
pardon
in
a
very
passionate
Letter
he
had
written
to
her
;
he
spoke
a
few
words
to
the
Marchioness
de
Villars
,
and
to
the
Chevalier
de
Preaux
,
who
were
to
suffer
with
him
.
Then
stretching
out
his
neck
to
the
Executioner
,
he
cut
off
his
head
at
one
blow
.
His
body
was
carry'd
in
a
mourning
Coach
to
St.
Paul's
,
where
it
remain'd
till
it
was
remov'd
from
thence
to
the
Abby
of
Souars
,
where
he
desired
to
be
buried
.
The
Marchioness
de
Villars
,
and
the
Chevalier
de
Preaux
,
were
likewise
executed
;
and
after
them
the
Schoolmaster
,
who
was
hanged
;
a
warning
to
all
that
waste
and
spend
their
Estates
,
never
thinking
what
shall
become
of
them
;
and
when
God
hath
forsaken
them
,
make
no
scruple
of
committing
any
kind
of
Wickedness
.
Let
Libertines
also
learn
,
who
live
as
if
there
were
no
God
,
that
there
will
come
a
time
when
he
will
suffer
them
to
fall
into
the
Hands
of
Justice
,
and
they
shall
then
know
,
tho'
too
late
,
how
much
mistaken
they
have
been
,
in
not
serving
him
,
whose
Grace
given
to
them
as
it
was
to
this
Person
of
whom
I
have
now
spoken
,
can
only
make
them
Happy
.
I
now
return
again
to
tell
your
Majesty
what
pass'd
in
Flanders
,
where
the
Prince
of
Orange
having
besieg'd
Oudenard
,
the
Prince
of
Condé
march'd
to
relieve
it
:
But
the
Imperialists
not
coming
to
assist
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
as
they
were
to
have
done
,
he
was
forc'd
to
raise
the
Siege
,
and
leave
Count
Souches
,
with
whom
he
was
so
much
displeas'd
,
that
he
complain'd
of
him
to
the
Emperour
;
charging
him
with
being
the
Cause
,
that
the
Affairs
of
the
Campaign
had
no
better
Success
.
The
Emperour
,
to
content
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
would
not
for
some
time
see
General
Souches
;
but
he
,
after
a
while
,
finding
an
Opportunity
to
justifie
himself
,
was
again
restor'd
to
the
Emperour's
Favour
.
The
Siege
of
Graves
lasted
till
now
,
and
there
was
no
likelyhood
that
it
should
end
,
having
still
some
Out-Works
which
were
not
taken
.
Beside
,
the
ill
Weather
was
now
coming
on
;
so
that
there
was
little
hope
of
reducing
a
Garrison
,
which
without
receiving
any
Relief
,
had
been
the
Death
of
so
many
Men
:
For
Rabenhaut
had
the
ill
luck
still
to
be
beaten
,
in
all
the
Salleys
made
by
Count
Chamilli
.
But
for
a
greater
Mortification
to
him
,
one
of
your
Majesty's
Colonels
of
Seventy
Years
of
Age
,
came
purposely
from
Maestricht
,
and
carry'd
away
the
best
part
of
the
Fruit
he
hop'd
to
reap
by
taking
the
Town
.
When
your
Majesty
withdrew
your
Forces
from
Holland
,
you
demanded
a
great
Summ
of
Money
of
them
,
and
the
Towns
which
could
pay
down
but
part
of
what
you
requir'd
,
gave
you
Hostages
to
be
security
for
the
rest
.
These
Hostages
were
in
Graves
as
in
a
Place
of
Safety
,
and
Rabenhaut
who
had
besieg'd
it
,
made
account
,
that
by
taking
it
,
he
should
save
Holland
a
very
considerable
Summ
for
which
they
were
still
accountable
:
He
had
good
ground
to
believe
he
should
not
be
deceiv'd
in
his
Expectation
,
because
Ruremond
and
Venlo
which
belong'd
to
the
Spaniards
,
hinder'd
your
Majesty
from
relieving
the
Place
.
But
Melin
Mestre
de
Camp
of
the
Cavalry
,
came
,
as
I
have
already
said
,
with
a
party
from
Maestricht
,
past
through
Rabenhaut's
Guards
,
enter'd
the
Town
,
took
away
the
Hostages
,
and
went
back
to
his
own
Garrison
,
by
the
same
way
he
came
.
General
Rabenhaut
hereby
lost
so
much
of
his
Reputation
,
that
the
Prince
of
Orange
had
not
that
esteem
for
him
he
had
before
;
and
he
concluded
he
must
not
rely
upon
him
for
the
taking
the
Town
.
The
Prince
therefore
,
with
some
Troops
he
had
drawn
together
out
of
Flanders
,
went
to
Graves
himself
,
and
became
Master
of
the
Place
.
Graves
being
fallen
into
the
Hands
of
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
the
Campaign
ended
on
that
Side
;
but
continued
still
with
a
great
deal
of
Heat
in
Germany
.
The
great
Force
which
the
Enemy
power'd
into
Alsatia
,
did
a
little
astonish
your
Minister
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
who
being
afraid
the
Province
could
not
be
sav'd
,
advis'd
your
Majesty
to
give
Viscount
Turenne
Order
to
leave
it
,
and
go
to
some
other
Place
,
where
his
Presence
was
more
necessary
.
This
was
a
Pill
which
your
Majesty
could
not
well
swallow
;
and
to
lose
a
whole
Country
at
once
,
which
had
cost
you
so
much
Blood
to
conquer
,
was
very
hard
to
be
digested
.
But
Marquess
Louvoy
representing
to
you
the
necessity
of
it
,
and
that
otherwise
you
would
lose
Lorrain
,
whither
the
Duke
of
that
Name
was
marching
,
with
great
hopes
to
enter
again
into
it
;
you
consented
that
General
Turenne
should
be
recall'd
;
but
he
knowing
things
were
not
in
so
ill
a
Condition
as
they
were
thought
to
be
,
sent
Monsieur
Louvoy
word
,
that
some
body
must
have
given
your
Majesty
ill
Counsel
,
in
advising
you
to
take
such
a
Resolution
.
That
he
being
on
the
Place
,
saw
better
than
others
,
how
things
were
,
and
therefore
prayed
him
to
deliver
a
Letter
to
you
,
which
he
had
done
himself
the
Honour
to
write
,
wherein
he
had
given
your
Majesty
such
Reasons
for
changing
your
Resolution
,
that
he
hop'd
you
would
do
it
as
soon
as
you
had
read
his
Letter
.
Marquess
Louvoy
thought
it
great
vanity
in
this
General
,
to
believe
he
knew
more
than
he
,
and
without
shewing
his
Letter
to
your
Majesty
,
sent
him
new
Orders
,
expresly
the
same
with
the
first
.
This
great
Man
suspecting
that
your
Majesty
was
not
privy
to
these
repeated
Orders
,
and
that
if
his
Letter
had
been
deliver'd
,
you
would
have
done
him
the
Honour
to
have
answer'd
it
;
he
resolv'd
,
before
he
would
do
what
was
commanded
him
by
the
second
Orders
,
to
write
again
to
your
Majesty
;
and
sent
the
Letter
to
Cardinal
Bouillon
his
Nephew
,
to
be
by
him
safely
deliver'd
.
The
Confidence
which
your
Majesty
had
in
the
Wisdom
and
Prudence
of
this
General
,
as
soon
as
you
had
cast
your
Eyes
on
his
Letter
,
made
you
conclude
that
Monsieur
Louvoy
had
not
given
you
good
Counsel
,
and
that
you
were
best
to
follow
your
General
's
Advice
,
and
not
your
Minister's
:
You
therefore
wrote
a
Letter
with
your
own
Hand
to
Viscount
Turenne
,
wherein
you
told
him
,
that
you
referr'd
your self
wholly
to
his
Judgment
,
and
that
he
should
use
his
own
Discretion
,
to
do
what
he
thought
best
.
This
was
Vexation
enough
to
your
Minister
,
whose
Custom
it
was
to
be
Absolute
;
but
believing
he
knew
more
than
any
Man
,
concluded
if
things
fell
out
ill
,
as
he
had
predicted
,
Viscount
Turenne
must
then
lose
the
good
Opinion
your
Majesty
had
of
him
,
and
consequently
you
would
for
the
future
confide
wholy
in
the
Marquess
:
But
he
reckon'd
without
his
Host
,
and
found
that
the
General
preserved
both
Savern
and
Hagenau
,
which
the
Enemy
besieged
one
after
another
.
He
likewise
broke
the
Design
they
had
upon
Brisac
,
which
they
had
begun
to
shut
up
so
close
,
that
it
being
in
great
want
,
they
hoped
they
should
quickly
have
it
without
blows
.
Tho'
these
Actions
were
very
considerable
,
yet
they
were
the
least
wherewith
the
General
ended
this
prosperous
Campaigne
;
for
feigning
to
go
and
take
Winter
Quarters
in
Lorrain
,
he
Marched
through
by-ways
,
and
fell
unexpectedly
upon
the
Enemy
,
who
had
separated
,
the
better
to
subsist
;
and
went
on
beating
them
one
after
another
,
till
they
made
a
stand
at
Turquem
;
but
he
likewise
drove
them
from
thence
,
and
forced
them
to
pass
the
Rhine
.
He
took
from
the
Inhabitants
of
Strasbourg
what
Effects
they
had
abroad
,
because
they
let
the
Enemy
pass
over
their
Bridge
,
contrary
to
the
Promise
they
made
him
.
Your
Majesty
who
doth
not
use
to
let
any
Service
of
this
Nature
remain
unrewarded
,
sent
the
General
the
very
next
day
after
he
came
to
Paris
,
a
Hundred
Thousand
Crowns
in
Louysd'ors
,
and
gave
him
many
other
marks
of
your
Favour
.
You
sent
Marquess
Louvoy
to
him
,
to
ask
his
Pardon
for
many
things
,
for
which
the
General
had
just
cause
of
Complaint
against
him
.
Monsieur
Turenne
upon
this
occasion
Treated
him
,
as
we
see
a
great
Mastiff
uses
to
do
a
little
Cur
;
he
heard
his
Complement
,
without
shewing
him
any
respect
,
or
sign
of
Anger
,
and
sent
him
away
with
an
Answer
,
which
't
is
supposed
did
not
please
him
.
The
Prince
of
Condé
came
to
see
Monsieur
Turenne
,
and
to
know
of
him
what
past
at
this
Enterview
.
Viscount
Turenne
having
given
an
Account
of
it
to
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
who
had
no
reason
to
love
your
Minister
;
the
Prince
pray'd
Monsieur
Turenne
,
that
they
might
go
both
together
to
undeceive
your
Majesty
,
in
many
things
which
possest
you
with
so
good
an
Opinion
of
him
.
Viscount
Turenne
promis'd
the
Prince
he
would
,
but
Monsieur
Tellier
▪
having
notice
of
it
,
came
to
the
Prince
of
Condé
and
beseech'd
him
to
pardon
his
Son
,
who
should
for
the
future
pay
him
all
the
Respect
he
could
desire
;
so
that
pacifying
the
Prince
by
fair
Promises
,
he
prevented
his
Son's
Ruine
;
which
had
been
inevitable
,
if
these
two
Great
Men
had
resolved
it
.
For
it
was
an
easie
thing
to
have
demonstrated
to
your
Majesty
,
that
many
things
wherein
Monsieur
Louvoy
made
you
believe
he
had
done
you
great
Service
,
would
upon
Examination
have
appear'd
,
to
deserve
quite
another
Name
.
As
for
Example
,
I
may
put
into
that
number
,
the
change
Monsieur
Louvoy
perswaded
your
Majesty
to
make
,
in
the
Hospitals
which
were
Erected
for
such
as
had
the
Leprosie
;
and
to
convert
the
Revenue
which
belonged
to
those
Houses
,
into
Rewards
for
such
as
Served
you
in
your
Wars
.
I
presume
to
tell
your
Majesty
,
when
you
have
seriously
consider'd
it
,
you
must
be
convinced
,
your
Power
doth
not
extend
so
far
in
things
of
this
Nature
:
These
Foundations
are
Works
of
Piety
which
you
are
oblig'd
to
maintain
:
I
know
very
well
it
hath
been
pretended
,
these
Hospitals
are
of
no
use
,
because
't
is
now
said
the
Leprosie
,
for
which
these
Houses
were
intended
,
is
the
effect
of
meer
Debauchery
,
and
not
an
incurable
Disease
,
as
People
heretofore
believed
.
But
be
it
,
or
be
it
not
so
,
yet
your
Majesty
is
not
Authorized
to
seize
the
Revenue
,
and
give
it
to
whom
you
please
.
If
you
can
dispose
of
it
,
the
most
you
can
do
is
,
to
Assign
it
to
some
other
Hospitals
,
or
so
to
convert
it
,
that
it
may
answer
the
Founder's
Intention
;
for
to
give
it
to
People
,
who
make
use
of
it
to
gratifie
their
Passions
,
is
what
Casuists
do
not
allow
.
I
doubt
,
whether
you
can
legally
unite
it
,
to
the
Hotel
Royal
des
Invalides
,
which
you
have
caused
to
be
built
so
Magnificently
,
and
have
laid
out
so
much
Cost
and
Charge
upon
it
,
that
it
seems
to
be
intended
rather
for
a
Palace
,
than
an
Hospital
for
Maimed
Souldiers
.
Your
Majesty
is
oblig'd
to
provide
Maintenance
for
them
out
of
your
own
Revenue
,
and
not
out
of
what
properly
belongs
to
others
;
it
would
be
in
some
sort
a
shame
to
do
it
,
seeing
you
would
lose
the
Glory
of
such
a
Noble
Establishment
,
could
it
be
said
you
had
built
it
at
another's
Cost
,
and
not
at
your
own
.
The
Year
1675
,
was
no
sooner
begun
,
but
your
Majesty
thought
of
securing
a
Communication
with
Maestricht
,
which
the
Enemy
had
cut
off
towards
the
end
of
the
last
Campaign
,
by
taking
Huy
and
Dinant
:
Which
was
done
by
the
Imperialists
,
when
they
separated
from
the
Prince
of
Orange's
Army
;
and
which
made
him
desire
to
re-take
Maestricht
.
To
this
end
he
prevail'd
with
the
Emperour
,
to
send
Cardinal
Baden
to
Leige
,
a
Canon
of
that
Church
,
who
under
pretence
of
Residence
,
endeavour'd
to
make
the
Town
declare
for
the
Emperour
;
which
would
have
very
much
favour'd
the
intended
Siege
of
Maestricht
.
His
Eminence
found
the
Town
very
well
disposed
to
do
what
he
desired
,
and
I
must
tell
your
Majesty
,
that
Marquess
Louvoy
was
the
cause
of
it
:
He
had
upon
several
occasions
discontented
the
Citizens
of
Leige
,
who
were
formerly
well
enough
affected
to
him
,
he
had
often
caused
the
Houses
which
they
had
out
of
the
Town
to
be
pillag'd
,
which
was
done
in
spite
,
because
one
day
passing
by
the
Town
,
one
of
the
Canons
railed
at
him
,
and
spoke
so
loud
that
Mounsieur
Louvoy
heard
him
.
But
the
Count
d'Estrades
,
who
took
care
of
your
Majesty's
Affairs
,
prevented
the
Cardinal
of
Baden
,
by
Treating
with
the
Governor
of
the
Citadel
,
who
deliver'd
it
up
into
his
Hands
.
The
good
Success
of
this
Negotiation
,
having
put
it
out
of
the
Leigeois
Power
,
to
do
the
Mischief
they
intended
;
Cardinal
Raden
,
who
had
nothing
more
to
do
in
the
Town
,
desired
a
Passport
from
the
Count
d'Estrades
,
for
his
safe
return
into
Germany
;
but
making
use
of
it
to
carry
away
Arms
with
him
,
the
Governour
made
that
a
pretence
to
stop
the
Cardinal
and
his
Train
.
All
Europe
accus'd
your
Majesty
of
breach
of
Faith
,
in
making
your self
Master
in
this
manner
of
the
Citadel
of
Leige
;
but
how
easily
can
you
clear
your self
,
and
shew
what
reason
you
had
to
do
it
:
For
his
Eminence
had
done
the
same
thing
,
if
you
had
not
prevented
him
,
as
appear'd
by
his
Papers
that
were
seiz'd
,
of
which
some
were
kept
,
that
made
mention
of
all
the
Cardinal
had
been
brewing
.
This
so
silenc'd
all
those
that
endeavour'd
to
blast
your
Majesty's
Reputation
,
that
there
was
not
a
word
more
said
of
the
matter
.
This
great
Affair
being
ended
in
the
manner
I
have
mention'd
;
Your
Majesty
besieged
Dinant
;
when
you
had
taken
it
,
you
cleared
all
the
Meuse
from
that
Town
to
Maestricht
,
by
taking
the
Town
and
Castle
of
Huy
.
From
thence
you
went
and
besieged
Limbourg
;
the
Prince
of
Orange
made
a
shew
as
if
he
would
Relieve
it
,
but
not
doing
it
,
you
became
Master
of
it
,
and
Viscount
Turenne
return'd
again
into
Germany
,
to
make
Head
against
Montecuculi
,
who
the
Emperour
had
sent
into
that
Country
.
Viscount
Turenne
had
not
now
so
great
Forces
to
deal
with
,
as
he
had
the
Year
before
,
for
you
had
contrived
a
diversion
in
the
North
,
by
the
King
of
Sweden's
declaring
War
against
the
Marquess
of
Brandenbourg
.
The
Duke
of
Hanover
was
to
second
the
Swede
with
an
Army
of
Fifteen
Thousand
Men
,
to
keep
those
in
awe
who
had
a
mind
to
assist
the
Elector
:
But
Constable
Wrangell
,
who
Commanded
the
Swedish
Army
,
being
gain'd
by
his
Master's
Enemies
,
did
not
Execute
the
Orders
which
were
given
him
;
so
that
the
Duke
of
Hanover
durst
not
declare
himself
.
Nevertheless
,
this
made
the
Elector
of
Brandenbourg
recal
his
Troops
from
the
Imperial
Army
,
whereupon
,
the
Marquess
de
Vaubrun
,
one
of
your
Lieutenant
Generals
,
took
Dachsteim
in
the
absence
of
Viscount
Turenne
.
Monsieur
Louvoy
believing
,
that
by
the
King
of
Sweden's
declaring
War
,
he
had
made
amends
for
the
Fault
he
committed
,
in
disswading
your
Majesty
from
making
a
Peace
,
so
much
to
your
Advantage
;
thought
of
nothing
but
continuing
the
War
now
kindled
in
so
many
different
places
.
The
Messineses
being
in
very
great
distress
,
and
beginning
to
cry
Miserere
,
you
sent
Vallavoir
,
with
a
second
Convoy
of
Corn
,
which
he
had
the
good
luck
to
conduct
safely
to
'em
,
tho'
the
Spanyards
way-laid
him
in
his
passage
,
with
Forces
much
superiour
to
his
.
I
know
not
what
made
your
Majesty
change
your
Modest
Resolution
concerning
the
Messineses
:
You
accepted
the
Soveraignty
which
at
first
you
refus'd
,
and
sent
thither
,
in
the
Quality
of
your
Vice-roy
,
the
Duke
de
Vivonne
,
General
of
your
Gallies
,
Brother
to
Madam
Montespan
:
Who
because
he
was
her
Brother
,
Monsieur
Louvoy
prevail'd
to
have
him
preferr'd
to
that
Command
,
tho'
there
were
many
other
Competitors
much
sitter
for
it
.
He
was
indeed
very
successful
at
his
first
coming
to
Messina
;
for
he
enter'd
the
Haven
in
spite
of
the
Spanyards
,
and
took
from
them
a
Vessel
of
fifty
Guns
.
He
reduced
some
Forts
which
the
Spanyards
still
kept
,
and
taking
the
Field
,
he
drove
'em
out
of
all
the
Posts
they
had
within
four
Leagues
round
the
Town
.
That
done
,
he
went
abroad
again
,
made
a
Descent
upon
Calabria
,
and
brought
thence
a
considerable
Booty
.
But
when
there
was
most
need
of
his
doing
somewhat
to
the
purpose
,
he
slept
upon
his
good
Fortune
,
which
occasion'd
many
Plots
and
Conspiracies
against
him
;
however
,
't
was
his
good
Luck
,
to
be
deliver'd
from
'em
all
.
Viscount
Turenne
being
come
to
his
Army
,
found
it
in
a
very
good
Condition
,
by
what
Marquess
Vaubrun
had
done
,
for
since
the
taking
of
Dachsteim
,
they
had
plenty
of
all
Provisions
;
and
being
eager
to
Signalize
themselves
,
he
pass'd
the
Rhine
,
and
offer'd
Montecueuli
Battel
,
which
he
refused
.
He
could
not
force
him
to
fight
,
because
he
was
so
Advantageously
Posted
,
but
having
tryed
all
ways
,
he
at
last
reduced
him
to
so
great
a
scarcity
of
Victuals
and
Forage
,
that
Montecuculi
must
have
certainly
been
forced
to
decamp
first
,
and
then
Turenne
would
have
fall'n
upon
him
;
but
advancing
to
the
top
of
a
Hill
,
to
take
a
view
of
the
Imperial
Army
,
he
was
unfortunately
kill'd
with
a
Canon
Bullet
.
This
sad
Accident
chang'd
all
things
in
an
instant
;
so
true
it
is
,
that
an
Army
without
a
General
,
is
like
a
Body
without
a
Soul
.
Montecuculi
,
who
was
making
the
best
of
his
way
,
when
he
knew
in
what
a
Consternation
your
Forces
were
by
the
Death
of
Monsieur
Turenne
,
returns
again
to
charge
'em
.
The
Lieutenant
Generals
who
Commanded
,
thought
of
nothing
but
repassing
the
Rhine
.
While
they
were
consulting
what
course
to
take
;
a
Souldier
said
a
very
pleasant
thing
.
General
Turenne
,
crys
the
Fellow
aloud
,
us'd
to
Ride
upon
a
Pied
Horse
,
take
the
Bridle
,
and
but
lay
it
on
his
neck
,
he
will
know
better
than
our
Commanders
where
we
should
go
.
But
Count
de
Lorge
conducted
the
Army
safe
over
the
Rhine
,
after
having
given
the
Enemy
Battel
;
who
thought
to
have
made
a
much
better
hand
of
it
.
The
Merit
of
this
great
Man
,
made
your
Majesty
very
sensible
of
his
loss
,
which
will
every
day
appear
greater
,
by
the
want
you
will
find
of
him
.
But
it
was
otherwise
with
Mounsieur
Louvoy
,
who
when
all
France
mourn'd
for
his
Death
,
he
and
his
rejoyc'd
.
I
certainly
know
what
I
tell
your
Majesty
is
true
,
and
if
he
could
have
hinder'd
his
being
so
Honourably
Buried
,
he
would
have
done
it
.
His
Funeral
Pomp
was
very
great
,
and
I
know
no
body
but
your
Minister
that
spoke
against
it
.
The
Memory
of
those
Great
Things
he
had
done
,
is
so
deeply
Ingraved
in
the
Hearts
of
your
Subjects
,
that
it
is
hard
to
say
,
whether
he
was
most
Esteem'd
or
Beloved
.
He
did
not
only
deserve
to
be
commended
for
those
his
Military
Accomplishments
,
which
are
the
Glory
of
a
Hero
;
but
for
all
other
Moral
and
Christian
Vertues
so
,
rarely
to
be
found
in
one
Person
.
The
Duke
of
Lorrain
was
upon
the
Moselle
,
with
his
own
Troops
,
and
those
of
Lunenbourg
,
Munster
,
and
some
of
the
other
Confederates
,
and
having
heard
of
this
Accident
,
laid
Siege
to
Treves
;
where
Vignori
an
old
Souldier
Commanded
.
Of
whose
Experience
the
Prince
of
Condé
(
under
whom
he
had
Served
all
his
Life
)
assured
your
Majesty
.
He
was
not
at
all
discourag'd
at
the
Siege
,
knowing
Mareschal
Crequi
was
marching
to
his
Relief
;
but
while
he
was
giving
Orders
on
Horseback
,
his
Horse
frighted
with
a
clap
of
Thunder
,
threw
him
headlong
from
a
Bastion
,
of
which
he
dyed
in
a
few
days
.
This
fatal
Accident
made
the
Mareschal
hasten
his
March
;
fearing
that
Vignori's
Death
might
so
dishearten
his
Souldiers
,
as
to
deliver
up
the
Town
.
But
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
sav'd
Monsieur
Crequi
the
labour
of
advancing
further
,
and
met
him
at
Consarbrik
,
where
the
Sarre
and
Moselle
join
.
The
Duke
past
the
River
,
where
the
Mareschal
,
if
he
pleas'd
,
might
have
taken
the
advantage
of
charging
part
of
his
Army
,
before
the
rest
could
have
got
over
:
But
neglecting
it
,
I
know
not
for
what
Reason
,
nor
perhaps
he
himself
,
he
was
so
soundly
beaten
,
that
all
his
Troops
,
ran
some
one
way
,
and
some
another
,
and
he
narrowly
escaping
,
with
four
more
,
got
into
Treves
;
where
,
in
perfect
despair
,
he
resolv'd
to
bury
himself
in
defence
of
the
Place
,
tho'
it
was
of
no
great
importance
.
Indeed
,
the
resistance
he
made
,
was
so
much
greater
than
the
Enemy
expected
,
that
they
offer'd
him
very
good
Terms
;
but
resolving
not
so
much
as
to
talk
of
yielding
,
a
Captain
of
Foot
called
Boisjourdan
,
told
the
Garrison
they
had
nothing
to
do
with
the
Mareschal's
desperation
;
that
tho'
he
had
a
mind
to
perish
,
yet
they
were
not
bound
to
follow
his
Example
.
Some
were
of
his
Opinion
,
and
told
the
Mareschal
,
the
Place
was
not
in
a
Condition
to
hold
out
any
longer
;
but
his
Passion
not
permitting
them
to
say
any
more
.
Boisjourdan
Treated
with
the
Enemy
,
and
let
'em
into
the
Town
.
Mareschal
Crequi
saved
himself
in
the
Church
,
where
he
resolved
with
some
Officers
,
who
did
not
approve
of
what
Boisjourdan
had
done
,
to
stand
it
out
;
but
seeing
the
Enemy
preparing
to
force
'em
,
they
told
the
Mareschal
,
your
Majesty
and
all
France
,
would
blame
his
desperate
Resolution
,
and
at
last
perswaded
him
to
yield
at
discretion
.
Your
Majesty
in
truth
was
not
pleas'd
with
what
he
had
done
,
and
would
have
been
less
satisfy'd
if
his
desperation
had
carry'd
him
further
:
But
knowing
what
was
done
by
Boisjourdan
,
was
an
ill
Example
not
to
be
endur'd
,
you
caused
him
to
be
seized
,
and
he
and
some
of
his
Companions
were
Condemn'd
by
a
Council
of
War
to
be
Beheaded
.
The
Sentence
was
Executed
at
Metz
in
the
presence
of
the
Garrison
:
No
body
pitying
him
,
because
no
Souldier
can
be
a
Man
of
Honour
,
who
is
guilty
of
Disobedience
.
Your
Majesty
after
these
ill
Successes
,
had
reason
to
fear
the
Enemy
would
enter
into
France
;
but
your
Prudence
prevented
it
,
by
raising
a
Jealousie
between
the
Princes
of
the
House
of
Brunswick
and
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
;
the
Princes
,
maugre
all
the
Duke
could
say
,
resolv'd
to
return
to
their
Country
.
'T
is
the
Fate
of
Confederates
never
to
agree
,
what
one
will
,
the
other
will
not
,
and
it
would
be
a
Miracle
to
see
them
hold
together
,
while
they
have
different
Interests
;
which
is
the
Reason
their
Designs
so
seldom
prosper
.
After
the
Death
of
Monsieur
Turenne
,
your
Majesty
fearing
the
Enemy
would
prevail
in
Alsatia
,
you
sent
thither
the
Duke
de
Duras
,
whom
three
days
after
his
Uncle's
Death
,
you
had
made
a
Mareschal
of
France
.
You
conferr'd
the
same
Honour
on
some
other
Officers
,
and
Monsieur
Louvoy
so
far
prevail'd
with
you
,
as
to
let
Marquess
Rochefort
be
one
of
that
number
,
tho'
he
had
done
nothing
more
than
he
had
before
to
deserve
it
.
The
others
were
the
Count
d'
Estrades
,
the
Duke
of
Navailles
,
whom
you
had
recalled
from
his
Banishment
,
Count
de
Schomberg
,
the
Duke
de
Vivonne
,
the
Duke
de
la
Feuillade
,
and
the
Duke
of
Luxembourg
.
But
because
the
Duke
de
Duras
had
not
so
much
Experience
as
his
Uncle
,
you
gave
the
Command
to
the
Prince
of
Condé
,
whose
Reputation
only
was
of
great
advantage
to
your
Majesty
,
in
the
present
conjuncture
.
The
Enemy
having
past
the
Rhine
at
the
Bridge
of
Strasbourg
,
(
the
second
time
this
Town
had
falsify'd
their
Promise
to
you
)
believed
they
should
presently
take
Hagenau
;
but
the
Prince
of
Condé
having
oblig'd
them
to
raise
the
Siege
,
they
attacqued
Saverne
,
which
they
thought
to
carry
with
more
ease
.
But
their
Success
there
was
the
same
they
had
at
Hagenau
,
so
that
this
Campaign
,
which
at
first
threatned
your
Majesty
with
a
turn
of
Fortune
,
ended
so
little
to
your
disadvantage
,
that
your
Majesty
had
no
cause
to
fear
on
that
side
.
The
Sweeds
came
not
off
so
well
.
They
were
at
last
advanc'd
into
the
Elector
of
Brandenbourg's
Country
,
where
they
took
some
Posts
of
no
great
consequence
;
but
they
went
on
so
slowly
,
that
they
seem'd
to
act
in
concert
with
the
Elector
;
he
taking
as
little
care
to
oppose
them
.
But
the
Elector
knowing
that
the
King
of
Sweden
being
press'd
by
your
Majesty
,
would
at
last
act
more
vigorously
against
him
,
made
haste
out
of
Holland
,
where
he
then
was
,
to
defend
his
own
Country
;
and
had
the
good
Fortune
as
soon
as
he
arriv'd
,
to
rout
the
Swedes
at
a
Pass
called
Felbeling
.
They
lost
there
the
greatest
part
of
their
Cannon
and
Baggage
,
a
blow
they
could
not
recover
,
during
that
Campaigne
.
The
King
of
Denmark
,
who
with
the
Princes
of
the
Family
of
Brunswick
,
took
part
with
the
Elector
,
had
now
an
opportunity
to
do
his
own
business
.
They
all
at
one
time
fell
upon
the
Swede
,
in
the
Dutchy
of
Bremen
,
in
the
Isle
of
Rugen
,
and
some
other
of
his
Frontiers
.
And
finding
little
resistance
any
where
,
the
King
of
Denmark
besieged
and
took
Wismar
,
a
considerable
Port
upon
the
Baltick
Sea
.
Your
Majesty
having
now
more
Reason
than
ever
,
to
be
sensible
of
the
ill
Service
Monsieur
Louvoy
had
done
you
,
in
perswading
you
not
to
make
Peace
;
accepted
of
the
King
of
England's
Mediation
,
which
he
offer'd
to
all
the
Princes
engaged
in
the
War
,
in
order
to
make
an
end
of
it
.
They
all
consented
as
you
did
,
and
sent
their
Plenepotentiaries
to
Nimeghen
,
where
yours
arriv'd
first
.
The
Spanyard
till
now
appear'd
most
averse
to
the
Peace
;
but
the
Business
of
Messina
had
brought
down
his
Pride
,
and
he
fear'd
that
you
would
become
Master
of
the
whole
Kingdom
of
Sicily
,
as
you
already
were
of
the
Capital
City
,
and
of
Augusta
,
where
the
Duke
of
Vivonne
had
plac'd
a
Garrison
.
This
last
Town
was
not
considerable
for
its
strength
,
but
being
a
Retreat
for
your
Shipping
,
was
of
great
advantage
to
your
Majesty
.
The
Dutch
on
the
other
side
were
grown
weary
of
the
War
,
which
was
a
very
great
Charge
to
'em
,
by
the
Subsidies
they
had
paid
to
those
Princes
who
came
to
their
assistance
.
Beside
,
they
began
to
think
they
were
not
so
much
concern'd
in
the
War
,
your
Majesty
having
quitted
their
Country
,
and
there
was
now
no
more
to
be
consider'd
,
but
the
Interests
of
the
Emperour
,
with
those
of
the
Princes
of
the
Empire
.
But
those
being
so
different
,
promoted
the
Peace
;
since
it
is
certain
they
had
less
reason
to
distrust
your
Majesty
,
than
their
own
Party
.
For
as
the
Emperour's
Power
which
he
insensibly
increas'd
,
gave
great
cause
of
Jealousie
to
all
the
Princes
;
so
the
Emperour
on
his
part
,
could
not
be
well
pleas'd
,
to
see
them
maintain
a
good
Correspondence
one
with
another
,
and
often
confer
together
concerning
their
Interests
,
without
calling
him
to
their
Councils
.
Things
being
in
this
condition
at
the
beginning
of
the
Year
1676
,
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
who
had
still
a
Spleen
against
me
,
about
the
business
of
the
Routes
,
endeavour'd
to
be
even
with
me
in
an
Affair
relating
to
the
Finances
,
wherein
he
suspected
I
had
been
tampering
.
But
I
made
it
appear
to
your
Majesty
as
clear
as
the
day
,
that
I
was
no
way
concern'd
in
it
,
and
that
if
any
thing
had
been
done
which
could
not
be
justified
,
Damarets
my
Nephew
was
to
be
called
to
an
Account
for
it
;
who
had
had
the
ordering
of
the
whole
business
.
I
told
your
Majesty
at
the
same
time
,
I
would
not
be
answerable
for
him
,
knowing
him
to
be
a
dangerous
Person
where
there
was
any
thing
to
be
got
.
I
never
trusted
him
he
was
so
Covetous
,
yet
I
was
one
of
the
first
he
endeavour'd
to
deceive
.
Your
Majesty
was
much
more
kind
to
him
than
he
deserved
;
you
gave
him
a
Hundred
Thousand
Crowns
,
in
the
first
business
he
undertook
for
you
;
but
there
are
some
People
so
insatiable
,
that
should
your
Majesty
give
'em
half
your
Kingdom
,
they
would
not
be
contented
.
However
,
you
were
so
gracious
to
him
,
as
to
pass
all
by
for
my
sake
,
which
is
not
the
only
thing
for
which
I
am
indebted
to
your
Majesty
.
Tho'
I
can
say
without
boasting
,
I
never
had
recourse
to
your
Favour
to
be
pardon'd
for
defrauding
or
robbing
your
Majesty
.
I
have
always
endeavour'd
to
walk
uprightly
,
and
I
desie
any
Person
to
accuse
me
of
the
contrary
.
The
Heir
of
one
Named
Friois
,
by
Nation
a
Swiss
,
who
had
got
a
very
considerable
Estate
in
your
Kingdom
,
could
testifie
what
I
say
,
were
he
call'd
to
it
.
Friois
dyed
very
Old
,
and
was
never
Married
.
The
Person
of
whom
I
speak
,
as
Heir
to
him
,
claimed
what
he
left
;
but
was
oppos'd
by
one
that
Farmed
your
Majesty's
Demesnes
,
who
pretended
a
Title
to
it
in
your
Majesty's
Right
,
because
Friois
was
a
Bastard
:
So
that
according
to
the
Law
of
your
Kingdom
,
all
he
had
got
belong'd
to
him
that
had
got
the
King's
Title
.
This
Contest
,
put
them
upon
making
Friends
.
He
pretended
Heir
to
the
Swisse
,
thinking
he
could
find
no
body
that
could
do
him
more
Service
than
my self
,
offer'd
me
Two
Hundred
Thousand
Francks
,
if
I
would
stand
by
him
.
I
told
him
,
no
Sum
,
were
it
never
so
great
,
could
tempt
me
to
do
any
thing
that
was
unjust
;
so
that
seeing
he
could
do
nothing
with
me
,
he
address'd
himself
to
some
very
near
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
who
for
that
Summ
(
divided
among
'em
,
)
did
his
business
.
Villacerf
and
Pouange
had
Twenty
Thousand
Crowns
apiece
;
Stouppa
,
and
a
certain
Man
whose
Name
I
have
forgot
had
the
rest
.
The
Farmer
of
your
Majesty's
Demesnes
made
his
Complaint
to
me
,
and
pray'd
me
to
inform
your
Majesty
what
wrong
had
been
done
him
;
but
I
found
your
Majesty
so
prepossest
,
that
it
was
impossible
for
me
to
do
any
thing
for
him
.
I
know
many
other
Cases
,
wherein
there
hath
been
the
like
prevarication
;
and
your
Majesty
may
be
assur'd
,
that
during
the
War
,
there
hath
been
a
base
unworthy
Trade
of
Selling
vacant
Places
,
even
so
low
as
Ensigns
.
This
hath
made
one
Alexander
the
Son
of
a
pittiful
Scrivener
so
Rich
,
that
he
thinks
himself
a
Companion
for
Persons
of
the
best
Quality
.
'T
is
by
the
like
abuse
,
Charpentier
and
Bynot
his
Brother-in-Law
,
are
become
so
wealthy
;
tho'
one
but
the
Son
of
a
little
Townsman
of
Compeigne
,
and
the
other
the
Son
of
a
Sergeant
of
Tonnere
.
Your
Majesty
may
make
bold
with
these
Mens
Purses
when
you
have
occasion
for
Mony
,
and
need
not
fear
any
body
will
find
fault
with
it
.
The
one
will
throw
up
whole
Companies
he
hath
sold
,
and
the
others
will
disgorge
the
Blood
of
entire
Corporations
,
wherewith
they
have
fatted
themselves
.
The
poor
Village
of
Courtisoux
in
Champaign
,
whose
Wealth
consists
only
in
Cheeses
,
hath
for
several
Years
given
Charpentier
three
thousand
Livers
,
per
an
.
to
free
them
from
Quartering
Souldiers
:
But
when
they
could
no
longer
pay
him
so
great
a
Summ
,
and
desired
an
Abatement
;
he
forgot
their
Presents
,
and
order'd
Souldiers
in
their
passage
,
to
Quarter
upon
'em
.
I
might
fill
this
Paper
with
the
like
Abuses
,
yet
should
never
have
done
.
Your
Majesty
knows
it
was
not
long
since
I
shew'd
how
you
were
cheated
,
in
what
was
appointed
to
defray
the
extraordinary
Expence
of
the
War
.
Where
you
were
made
to
pay
one
Regiment
twice
,
by
a
secret
Compact
between
the
Commissary
and
the
Treasurer
.
I
know
very
well
this
cannot
be
directly
charg'd
upon
Monsieur
Louvoy
;
but
as
he
is
bound
to
Answer
for
those
that
are
employ'd
by
him
,
so
't
is
he
,
and
not
I
,
that
is
to
supervise
them
.
My
place
finds
me
work
enough
,
and
I
desire
no
new
Imployment
.
'T
is
your
Majesty
is
concern'd
,
and
your
People
,
upon
whom
the
burden
of
all
these
disorders
falls
;
because
't
is
from
them
you
expect
Mony
,
when
your
Exchequer
is
empty
.
I
do
not
pretend
to
give
you
a
particular
Account
of
these
Frauds
,
't
is
impossible
for
me
to
do
it
,
without
depriving
my self
every
Night
of
four
or
five
Hours
sleep
,
which
are
absolutely
necessary
for
my
Repose
,
after
I
am
quite
wearied
with
more
Business
than
I
am
able
to
bear
.
Your
Majesty
I
hope
will
reflect
on
what
I
have
said
when
you
think
fit
,
in
the
mean
time
,
I
return
again
to
the
prosecution
of
your
History
.
The
Spoil
which
the
Garrison
of
Phillipsbourg
made
in
the
Elector
Palatin's
Country
,
oblig'd
the
Emperour
(
to
be
rid
of
his
continual
importunities
,
)
to
keep
that
place
block'd
up
all
the
Winter
;
and
promis'd
him
to
take
the
Thorn
quite
out
of
his
Foot
,
by
besieging
it
in
the
Spring
,
which
no
body
durst
undertake
while
Monsieur
Turenne
was
alive
.
The
Count
de
Lorges
importun'd
your
Majesty
to
bestow
the
same
favour
on
him
,
that
you
had
upon
his
Brother
,
and
so
many
others
whom
you
have
Honoured
as
I
have
already
said
,
with
a
Mareschal's
Staff
of
France
.
He
brought
to
your
Account
the
Service
he
did
your
Majesty
,
in
conducting
your
Army
over
the
Rhine
after
his
Uncle's
Death
,
and
the
long
time
he
had
serv'd
your
Majesty
.
You
had
no
great
mind
to
grant
his
Request
,
not
but
that
you
thought
him
a
Man
Brave
enough
,
and
that
he
very
well
understood
his
Trade
:
But
having
a
small
Estate
,
you
thought
he
would
be
unable
to
support
the
Dignity
of
his
Title
.
Monsieur
Louvoy
who
look'd
upon
him
as
the
Nephew
of
a
Man
he
never
lov'd
,
did
him
ill
Offices
,
believing
he
would
never
be
his
Friend
.
When
I
perceiv'd
it
,
and
that
your
unwillingness
to
grant
Count
de
Lorge's
Request
,
was
only
for
the
Reason
I
have
now
mention'd
;
I
told
your
Majesty
,
if
the
Count
would
make
Love
to
Fremont's
Daughter
,
and
had
but
her
Father
's
good
Word
,
I
would
undertake
he
should
certainly
get
her
.
Now
to
do
him
effectual
Service
,
I
threatned
Fremont
under-hand
,
to
have
him
question'd
concerning
some
Affairs
,
and
how
he
came
to
be
counted
the
Richest
Man
in
all
Paris
.
This
frighted
him
,
and
knowing
he
had
need
of
Protection
,
he
hearken'd
to
the
Proposition
made
by
Count
de
Lorge
;
upon
condition
he
was
first
made
a
Mareschal
of
France
.
I
acquainted
your
Majesty
with
what
was
like
to
happen
in
Count
Lorge's
Favour
,
so
that
you
being
perswaded
this
Marriage
would
much
better
his
Condition
,
you
gave
him
the
Staff
he
so
earnestly
desired
.
He
then
Married
Mademoiselle
de
Fremont
,
who
brought
him
so
great
a
Portion
,
that
he
bought
with
ready
Mony
,
the
Captain
's
Place
of
your
Majesty's
Guards
.
He
also
Treated
for
the
County
of
Quintin
,
which
is
one
of
the
most
considerable
Estates
in
all
Brittany
;
the
Yearly
Rent
whereof
amounts
to
Fifty
Thousand
Livers
.
And
as
Fortune
,
when
Men
begin
to
be
Happy
,
heaps
upon
'em
her
Favours
;
so
it
fell
out
in
this
case
,
for
he
of
whom
this
Land
was
bought
,
who
was
to
have
his
Debts
discharg'd
,
and
a
great
Pension
paid
him
during
his
Life
,
died
in
a
short
time
after
,
so
that
Mareschal
de
Lorge
had
a
very
good
bargain
.
What
I
had
contributed
to
his
good
Fortune
,
made
Monsieur
Louvoy
keep
him
out
of
Imployment
this
Campaign
,
tho'
he
had
behaved
himself
much
better
than
Mareschal
Rochefort
,
who
did
not
Execute
his
Orders
,
to
put
Men
and
Provisions
into
Phillipsbourg
.
Your
Majesty
knows
what
a
Fault
he
committed
in
endeavouring
it
,
and
that
he
dyed
with
grief
for
having
fail'd
in
the
attempt
;
which
was
more
for
want
of
Courage
than
Conduct
.
This
should
teach
us
never
to
be
exalted
too
high
,
lest
our
Heads
turn
,
and
our
Fall
be
the
greater
.
A
Man
may
get
that
Reputation
in
an
inferior
Post
,
which
perhaps
he
would
lose
in
a
higher
.
Prudence
prompts
us
to
measure
our
Ambition
,
by
the
knowledge
we
have
of
our selves
;
otherwise
to
our
own
ruin
we
may
find
there
was
Truth
hid
in
the
Fable
of
Phaeton
.
Your
Majesty
open'd
this
Campaign
with
the
taking
of
Condé
,
which
was
follow'd
by
that
of
Bouchain
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
drew
near
your
Army
in
order
to
their
relief
,
but
did
not
think
it
safe
to
attack
you
,
with
an
Army
so
much
inferiour
to
yours
.
After
the
taking
these
two
Places
,
you
return'd
to
Versailles
,
leaving
the
greatest
part
of
your
Army
under
the
Command
of
Mareschal
Schomberg
.
The
rest
you
sent
to
the
Duke
of
Luxemburg
,
who
Commanded
in
Germany
.
The
Prince
of
Lorrain
was
there
at
the
Head
of
the
Emperour's
Army
,
and
at
last
besieged
Phillisbourg
;
which
made
so
good
a
defence
,
that
the
Duke
of
Luxembourg
had
as
much
time
as
he
could
wish
,
for
the
relieving
it
.
The
Prince
of
Orange
sat
down
before
Maestricht
,
where
the
Commander
in
chief
(
as
the
Governour
of
Phillipsbourg
had
done
)
so
well
perform'd
his
Duty
,
that
Mareschal
Schomberg
gave
Mareschal
Humieres
,
time
enough
to
form
the
Siege
of
Aires
.
For
which
he
lent
him
part
of
his
Troops
,
but
recalling
them
again
when
the
Siege
was
ended
,
he
Marched
directly
towards
Maestricht
,
so
that
there
had
been
a
bloody
Battel
,
if
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
who
had
lost
six
weeks
time
,
and
six
or
seven
thousand
Men
at
this
Siege
,
had
not
thought
fit
to
quit
it
.
This
prosperous
Success
of
your
Majesty's
Arms
,
made
the
Dutch
sick
of
the
War
;
but
that
which
troubled
them
more
,
was
,
the
misfortune
that
befel
them
the
beginning
of
this
Year
at
Messina
.
They
had
sent
into
those
Seas
the
Famous
de
Ruyter
,
who
from
being
at
first
but
a
common
Sailer
,
was
now
preferr'd
to
the
chief
Command
of
their
Fleet.
Never
was
a
Man
more
fam'd
upon
the
two
Seas
,
he
came
off
so
bravely
in
all
Engagements
,
that
his
very
Name
was
enough
to
make
his
Party
Victorious
;
but
your
Fleet
got
the
better
of
him
.
About
three
Months
after
,
not
thinking
himself
sufficiently
beaten
,
he
try'd
a
second
Engagement
,
and
was
worse
handled
than
at
first
,
for
he
was
not
only
beaten
,
but
received
a
wound
,
of
which
in
ten
days
after
he
dyed
at
Syracuse
.
After
these
two
Victories
,
your
Majesty
could
desire
nothing
more
to
compleat
your
Glory
,
and
continue
your
Protection
to
the
Messineses
,
than
to
have
had
the
like
happy
end
of
all
your
Enterprises
in
Germany
.
But
the
Duke
of
Luxembourg
met
with
so
many
difficulties
there
,
that
having
tryed
a
hundred
ways
in
vain
to
relieve
Phillipsbourg
;
he
quite
abandon'd
the
design
.
So
that
after
a
Siege
of
more
than
three
Months
,
the
Prince
of
Lorrain
,
who
had
never
yet
commanded
in
chief
,
had
the
pleasure
of
reducing
so
strong
a
place
.
But
he
was
like
to
have
met
his
Death
in
the
midst
of
his
Triumph
,
for
the
Bridge
by
which
he
was
to
enter
into
the
Town
,
as
he
was
passing
over
it
,
fell
under
him
:
Which
,
Report
says
,
was
contriv'd
by
some
of
the
Greatest
Persons
in
the
Emperor's
Court
,
who
seeing
him
in
so
much
Favour
,
had
resolv'd
to
destroy
him
.
The
Swedes
continued
the
War
,
but
unfortunately
lost
Elsembourg
,
Lanscron
,
Christianstat
,
and
some
other
places
.
And
tho'
they
had
an
advantage
over
Major
General
Duncan
,
and
a
Victory
at
Lunden
,
yet
were
they
never
the
better
for
it
.
Fortune
was
constant
to
none
but
your
Majesty
.
The
City
of
Valenciennes
fell
into
your
Hands
the
next
Campaign
,
tho'
it
was
one
of
the
strongest
in
all
Flanders
,
and
defended
by
a
good
Garrison
.
If
you
would
have
taken
the
advantage
,
you
might
have
put
all
to
the
Sword
;
but
your
Clemency
became
an
Advocate
for
those
poor
unhappy
People
,
and
you
freely
gave
'em
both
their
Lives
and
Goods
,
when
they
did
not
expect
to
have
saved
either
.
After
this
,
you
attack'd
Cambray
and
St.
Omer
at
a
time
;
which
oblig'd
you
to
divide
your
Forces
,
so
that
the
Prince
of
Orange
thought
now
or
never
was
his
time
to
do
somewhat
.
He
advanc'd
as
far
as
Cassel
,
where
he
was
defeated
by
Monsieur
your
Brother
:
After
which
Cambray
and
St.
Omer
did
not
long
hold
out
;
your
Majesty
having
done
all
this
before
the
time
other
Generals
use
to
take
the
Field
,
your
Reputation
(
which
was
already
very
great
throughout
all
Europe
)
was
now
exalted
to
so
high
a
degree
of
Glory
,
that
you
were
look'd
upon
as
the
greatest
Man
in
the
Universe
The
Prince
of
Lorrain
,
whose
great
and
generous
Soul
did
rather
emulate
than
envy
your
brave
Exploits
;
redoubled
his
Courage
,
and
came
to
your
Frontiers
at
the
Head
of
a
gallant
Army
.
Having
taken
Mouzon
,
a
Place
of
no
defence
,
he
sent
a
Detachment
over
the
Meuse
,
which
put
the
Province
of
Champagne
into
a
Fright
,
but
did
them
no
great
harm
:
For
this
Detachment
durst
not
go
far
from
their
Army
,
nor
their
Army
follow
the
Detachment
,
Mareschal
Crequi
being
advanc'd
in
order
to
observe
'em
.
But
't
is
not
so
easy
a
thing
to
enter
into
an
Enemy's
Country
,
for
a
General
must
consider
,
whether
he
can
go
out
again
when
he
pleases
;
especially
when
he
hath
no
Places
near
to
retreat
to
,
nor
Neighbours
from
whom
he
can
expect
any
assistance
.
However
,
the
Prince
of
Lorrain
▪
did
not
despair
of
entring
again
into
his
own
Country
,
to
which
he
now
pretended
a
greater
right
than
before
,
by
the
Death
of
his
Uncle
,
which
happen'd
a
little
after
the
taking
of
Treves
.
But
since
this
depended
upon
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
who
had
promis'd
to
march
into
France
;
he
waited
for
the
Effects
of
that
Promise
,
to
regulate
accordingly
his
own
Attempts
.
The
Prince
of
Orange's
hope
was
grounded
upon
your
Majesty's
way
of
prosecuting
the
War
:
You
had
not
many
Troops
,
but
made
use
of
them
with
that
Judgment
and
Prudence
,
that
tho'
the
Enemy's
forces
were
more
numerous
than
yours
,
yet
every
Year
you
added
some
Town
to
your
Conquests
,
which
you
did
by
keeping
your
Troops
together
all
the
Winter
;
whereas
the
Enemy
was
oblig'd
to
separate
theirs
,
and
quarter
them
in
places
so
remote
from
one
another
,
that
they
could
not
come
together
,
when
you
open'd
the
Campaign
.
Taking
this
course
,
you
did
your
Business
early
in
the
Spring
,
and
then
sending
a
Detachment
into
Germany
,
you
acted
the
defensive
Part
in
Flanders
all
the
rest
of
the
Campaign
.
It
was
upon
this
account
,
the
Prince
of
Orange
resolv'd
so
late
in
the
Year
to
attempt
the
Siege
of
Charleroy
.
I
have
already
told
your
Majesty
why
he
had
such
a
mind
to
this
Place
:
But
he
had
now
another
Reason
,
he
pretended
if
he
took
it
,
he
could
march
into
France
when
he
would
,
tho'
he
was
much
mistaken
in
his
account
;
for
upon
notice
that
Mareschal
Schomberg
was
marching
directly
to
him
,
and
that
your
Majesty
was
preparing
to
follow
,
he
stay'd
for
it
her
,
but
rais'd
the
Siege
.
Upon
this
Check
given
to
the
Prince
of
Orange
,
the
Prince
of
Lorrain
saw
he
could
no
longer
depend
upon
him
,
but
frustrated
of
his
hopes
,
he
quitted
Mouzon
,
and
march'd
back
again
up
the
Rhine
:
Mareschal
Crequi
followed
him
,
and
after
divers
Encampments
on
both
sides
,
they
came
so
near
together
at
Kokesberg
,
that
there
pass'd
a
very
hot
Skirmish
between
'em
.
The
Emperour's
Cuirassiers
handled
your
Majesty's
light
Horse
very
rudely
;
but
your
Guards
de
Maison
had
the
same
advantage
over
them
;
so
that
both
Armies
fled
before
,
and
pursu'd
the
Enemy
in
half
an
Hour's
time
.
The
Prince
of
Lorrain
judging
by
this
little
Tryal
,
that
it
was
better
to
go
into
Winter-Quarters
,
than
to
stay
longer
in
the
Field
,
retreated
farther
back
into
Germany
.
Mareschal
Crequi
made
a
feignt
,
as
if
he
would
have
done
the
like
;
but
marching
back
again
,
he
attack'd
and
took
Fribourg
,
before
the
Prince
could
come
to
relieve
it
.
You
beat
the
Enemy
in
Catalonia
,
and
ravag'd
that
Country
every
Year
.
The
Spaniards
lost
there
the
Battel
of
Pouille
:
Nor
could
they
do
any
thing
at
Messina
,
tho'
they
distributed
a
great
deal
of
Money
,
in
hopes
to
have
'em
cut
the
Throats
of
your
Garrison
.
Your
finish'd
this
prosperous
Campaign
,
with
the
taking
of
St.
Guillain
,
which
so
abated
the
Courage
of
the
Hollanders
,
that
tho
the
Prince
of
Orange
had
marry'd
the
Duke
of
York's
Daughter
,
and
promis'd
by
that
Match
to
make
England
declare
for
them
,
yet
the
Dutch
had
more
mind
than
ever
,
to
make
Peace
.
Monsieur
Louvoy
had
serv'd
your
Majesty
so
well
in
all
your
Enterprizes
,
and
was
become
so
great
a
Favourite
,
that
I
was
no
longer
able
to
stand
against
him
.
When
Chancellor
Seguier
died
,
I
was
a
Competitor
with
Monsieur
Louvoy's
Father
for
that
Place
,
which
he
did
all
he
could
to
obtain
for
him
,
I
got
my self
to
be
made
an
Advocate
,
A
Qualification
requir'd
in
the
Person
that
hath
that
Office
;
but
your
Majesty
to
reconcile
us
,
gave
it
to
Monsieur
d'
Alligre
Councellor
of
State
,
tho'
his
great
Age
and
Infirmities
render'd
him
incapable
to
execute
it
;
so
that
his
Son
officiated
for
him
:
But
he
was
of
so
odd
a
Humour
,
that
no
body
car'd
to
have
any
thing
to
do
with
him
.
D'
Alligre
dying
,
Monsieur
Tellier
and
I
renew'd
our
Contest
,
which
lasted
not
long
on
my
Part
;
for
your
Majesty
commanded
me
to
quit
my
Pretensions
,
and
gave
that
honourable
Office
to
Monsieur
Tellier
.
The
Prince
of
Orange's
Marriage
wrought
a
real
Change
in
England
;
it
begot
such
contentious
debates
,
that
the
King
of
England
was
in
a
manner
forc'd
to
sign
a
League
against
your
Majesty
:
He
re-demanded
his
Troops
,
which
(
not
being
able
to
refuse
)
you
sent
back
to
him
.
But
by
so
long
a
way
about
,
that
Monsieur
Louvoy
had
time
to
debauch
the
greatest
part
of
'em
.
For
instead
of
suffering
them
to
imbarque
at
Calais
,
or
some
Port
near
their
Country
,
he
chose
one
that
was
farthest
off
;
pretending
that
his
Britanick
Majesty
had
no
just
cause
to
complain
,
because
no
particular
place
was
nam'd
▪
in
your
Treaty
with
him
.
Which
may
serve
for
a
Lesson
to
all
publick
Ministers
,
when
they
treat
with
a
foreign
Prince
:
For
if
the
least
thing
be
omitted
in
their
Negotiation
,
they
may
be
sure
it
will
be
made
use
of
against
their
Master
;
and
when
a
Fault
is
once
done
,
't
is
too
late
to
think
of
mending
it
.
This
Change
in
your
Majesty's
Affairs
,
oblig'd
you
to
quit
Messina
;
where
there
was
no
longer
any
safety
for
your
Troops
:
For
if
the
English
joyned
their
Forces
with
the
Dutch
,
it
was
impossible
to
resist
them
.
This
was
what
I
long
ago
foresaw
,
and
I
took
the
liberty
to
tell
your
Majesty
,
that
you
would
be
necessitated
to
augment
your
Fleet
,
by
building
more
Ships
:
but
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
who
would
,
if
he
could
,
have
destroy'd
the
Marine
Establishment
,
always
oppos'd
it
;
pretending
two
Reasons
for
it
.
The
First
,
That
no
cause
of
Jealousie
was
to
be
given
to
England
.
The
other
,
That
your
Kingdom
was
not
able
to
support
so
great
a
Charge
.
He
made
use
of
the
same
Pretence
,
to
dissuade
your
Majesty
from
the
making
a
Harbour
upon
the
Coast
of
Normandy
,
which
you
will
want
,
in
case
you
ever
have
a
War
with
England
:
For
if
your
Ships
at
any
time
should
receive
much
Damage
,
where
shall
they
find
a
Retreat
?
'T
is
a
long
way
out
of
the
Channel
to
Brest
and
Rochefort
,
which
ought
to
be
seriously
consider'd
by
your
Majesty
.
'T
is
not
long
ago
I
gave
you
my
Opinion
concerning
such
a
Port.
The
Bay
of
Colville
,
seems
a
Place
to
have
been
expresly
design'd
by
Nature
for
it
.
I
thought
your
Majesty
,
when
you
had
heard
my
Reasons
was
so
well
satisfied
,
that
you
would
presently
have
given
order
to
begin
the
Work
.
But
I
since
understood
that
Monsieur
Louvoy
put
by
the
Business
,
tho'
so
absolutely
necessary
for
the
good
of
your
Kingdom
,
insinuating
that
the
Place
I
have
mention'd
,
was
not
so
sit
as
I
represented
it
:
And
that
the
Reason
why
I
did
so
much
commend
it
,
was
,
because
I
was
willing
to
oblige
the
House
of
Matignon
,
to
which
my
Son
was
ally'd
;
whose
Lands
lying
near
the
Place
,
and
they
having
the
King's
Lieutenancy
in
that
Country
,
it
would
both
increase
their
revenue
,
and
augment
their
Credit
.
What
Poyson
there
is
in
Malice
,
and
what
dangerous
Effects
it
doth
produce
,
I
leave
your
Majesty
to
judge
.
But
it
seems
very
difficult
for
a
great
King
,
who
sees
with
other
Mens
Eyes
,
to
defend
himself
against
the
Artifice
of
those
that
would
deceive
him
;
especially
,
when
they
have
done
him
such
Services
,
as
may
incline
them
to
think
their
Intention
is
good
.
I
know
but
one
way
for
a
Prince
to
secure
himself
in
such
cases
,
which
is
to
trust
no
body
;
but
strictly
to
examine
things
himself
,
and
rather
be
upon
the
Place
to
see
what
is
done
,
than
be
deceiv'd
by
being
too
credulous
;
for
in
trusting
a
third
Person
,
there
are
many
Inconveniences
.
There
are
few
Princes
but
must
rely
upon
a
Minister
in
most
of
their
Affairs
;
and
tho'
it
is
not
so
in
your
Majesty's
Court
,
where
there
are
two
or
three
Persons
,
who
will
not
bend
and
submit
to
Monsieur
Louvoy's
Authority
;
yet
for
certain
,
there
is
a
secret
Jealousie
still
retain'd
in
the
Heart
which
commonly
works
the
very
Effects
that
are
fear'd
.
Your
Majesty's
Prudence
,
which
never
forsakes
you
in
the
reverse
of
Fortune
,
seem'd
to
increase
:
you
were
not
at
all
daunted
with
the
Change
of
his
Britanick
Majesty
;
but
on
the
contrary
rather
made
it
serviceable
to
you
,
in
bringing
the
Dutch
to
a
Peace
.
You
put
such
Jealousies
into
their
Heads
,
that
they
wrote
to
their
Embassadors
,
they
should
endeavour
to
remove
all
Difficulties
that
would
obviate
a
Peace
.
Your
Majesty
knowing
that
the
way
to
make
them
more
desirous
of
it
,
was
to
terrifie
them
by
some
new
Conquest
;
you
besieg'd
the
City
of
Gand
,
which
made
little
resistance
.
You
knew
so
well
how
to
blind
your
Enemies
,
by
pretending
to
attack
some
other
Place
,
that
the
Town
was
in
a
manner
taken
,
before
they
perceiv'd
your
Design
.
You
afterward
made
your self
Master
of
Ypres
,
and
of
Fort
Lewen
;
which
by
its
advantageous
Scituation
,
was
thought
impregnable
:
But
was
surpriz'd
one
clear
Night
by
the
Garrison
of
Maestricht
,
and
taken
by
Scalado
.
Such
prosperous
proceedings
should
in
all
appearance
,
have
made
the
Spaniards
as
desirous
of
a
Peace
,
as
the
Dutch
;
But
they
knowing
that
what
had
pass'd
in
England
,
had
already
made
your
Majesty
quit
Messina
,
and
inferring
from
thence
,
the
League
they
had
made
with
that
Crown
,
would
do
Miracles
in
their
Favour
;
they
endeavour'd
to
keep
the
Dutch
from
making
a
Peace
;
but
your
Maiesty
remov'd
all
those
Obstacles
,
by
a
piece
of
Policy
which
Posterity
will
admire
.
You
concluded
a
separate
Peace
with
Holland
:
But
before
the
Prince
of
Orange
was
inform'd
of
it
,
he
concluded
,
if
he
fell
upon
your
Army
,
which
then
block'd
up
Mons
,
and
could
give
it
a
Blow
,
he
should
hinder
the
conclusion
of
the
Treaty
;
he
very
furiously
charg'd
your
Troops
;
The
Duke
of
Luxembourg
,
who
had
heard
the
Peace
was
concluded
,
and
imagin'd
the
Prince
of
Orange
likewise
knew
it
,
relying
upon
it
,
was
not
in
such
a
Posture
of
Defence
,
as
he
should
have
been
,
so
that
he
and
the
Intendant
had
like
to
have
been
taken
.
The
Spaniards
and
the
Emperour
were
,
after
this
,
so
happy
as
to
come
to
an
accomodation
with
your
Majesty
;
but
the
Northern
Princes
were
unwilling
to
restore
to
the
King
of
Sweden
,
what
they
had
taken
from
him
.
Your
Majesty
oblig'd
them
to
it
by
the
Treaty
you
had
sign'd
;
in
consideration
of
which
,
you
restor'd
Maestricht
to
the
Hollanders
,
and
several
Places
to
the
Spaniards
,
from
whom
you
had
lately
taken
Puicerda
.
Prince
Charles
of
Lorrain
,
who
was
this
Year
come
again
into
Germany
,
where
he
made
no
better
a
Campaign
than
he
did
the
Year
before
;
because
Mareschal
Crequi
not
only
prevented
his
design
of
retaking
Fribourg
;
but
beat
a
party
of
his
Troops
in
the
Plain
of
Rhinfield
,
took
Sekinghem
,
Offembourg
,
the
Fort
of
Kell
,
burnt
the
Bridge
of
Strasbourg
,
and
did
so
many
other
Exploits
in
that
Country
,
as
made
him
pass
for
another
Turenne
.
The
Prince
of
Lorrdin
I
say
,
was
comprehended
in
the
Emperour's
Treaty
,
by
which
your
Majesty
was
oblig'd
to
restore
to
him
his
Country
;
but
under
such
hard
conditions
,
that
rather
than
submit
to
them
,
he
chose
to
retire
to
his
Imperial
Majesty
,
whose
Sister
he
had
married
the
beginning
of
that
Winter
.
CHAP.
VI.
Containing
that
which
past
after
the
Treaty
of
Nimeghen
,
till
the
Year
1684.
YOVR
Majesty
having
now
nothing
more
on
your
Hands
,
than
the
War
of
the
North
,
for
which
the
Emperour
was
to
give
you
passage
:
You
order'd
your
Army
to
march
on
that
side
.
Mareschal
Crequi
,
who
commanded
,
knowing
the
Truce
which
your
Majesty
had
made
with
your
Enemies
was
expir'd
;
drew
near
to
the
Weser
,
where
Spaen
,
General
of
the
Marquess
of
Brandenbourg's
Troops
,
resolv'd
to
oppose
his
Passage
.
But
your
Army
,
which
had
pass'd
the
Rhine
in
the
Face
of
your
Enemies
,
pass'd
this
River
also
in
spite
of
Spaen
.
The
Elector
and
his
Allies
,
then
saw
they
were
not
able
to
deal
with
your
Forces
;
and
it
being
in
your
Power
to
make
what
Treaty
you
pleas'd
,
you
restor'd
those
Places
to
the
King
of
Sweden
he
had
lost
,
among
which
were
some
of
greater
consequence
than
those
I
have
mention'd
.
Your
Majesty
,
having
in
this
manner
given
Peace
to
Europe
,
the
King
of
Spain
sent
the
Marquess
de
les
Balbaces
to
your
Majesty
,
to
demand
Mademoiselle
your
Brother's
Daughter
in
marriage
.
This
Princess
,
who
would
have
been
much
better
pleas'd
to
marry
Monseigneur
the
Dauphin
,
wept
bitterly
when
she
heard
the
News
:
But
your
Majesty
,
without
any
delay
,
nam'd
the
Chancellor
,
the
Duke
de
Villeroy
,
Monsieur
Pompone
and
my self
,
to
treat
this
Affair
with
the
Embassador
;
but
no
body
could
pacifie
the
Princess
.
Your
Majesty
,
thinking
there
could
no
where
be
found
so
good
a
match
for
her
,
without
consulting
whether
she
lik'd
it
or
not
,
sign'd
the
Treaty
of
Marriage
.
She
was
now
to
leave
France
and
your
Majesty
,
which
she
did
with
such
a
torrent
of
Tears
,
that
made
all
the
Court
pity
her
:
She
never
ceas'd
weeping
all
the
way
,
tho'
Prince
Harcourt
and
his
Lady
,
who
had
the
care
of
conducting
her
,
told
her
,
what
prejudice
it
might
be
to
her
in
the
Court
of
Spain
;
where
were
those
,
who
without
any
occasion
,
would
be
ready
enough
to
do
her
ill
Offices
.
But
her
Affliction
was
so
great
,
that
she
was
incapable
of
Counsel
,
and
she
seem'd
to
have
a
secret
Sence
and
Forefight
of
that
which
afterward
happen'd
to
her
.
I
had
pray'd
your
Majesty
to
give
this
Employment
to
the
Prince
and
Princess
Harcourt
,
who
stood
in
need
of
your
Majesty's
Favour
;
for
his
Father
was
very
unkind
to
him
,
and
led
so
strange
a
Life
,
that
I
thought
sit
to
speak
of
it
to
your
Majesty
;
he
kept
a
Woman
,
and
as
some
say
,
caus'd
her
Uncle
to
be
drown'd
,
because
he
was
against
their
living
so
scandalously
together
.
Your
Majesty
,
who
will
suffer
no
such
Disorders
,
commanded
me
to
send
and
Exempt
of
your
Guards
to
Harcourt
,
to
bring
away
the
Woman
to
Prison
,
who
was
supected
to
be
accessary
to
the
drowning
of
her
Uncle
;
but
he
had
sent
her
into
England
;
so
that
the
Exempt
came
back
without
her
.
This
was
a
Lesson
,
one
would
have
thought
,
might
have
made
the
Son
wiser
.
But
Examples
are
sometimes
to
very
little
purpose
,
unless
we
have
dispositions
in
our selves
to
make
good
use
of
them
.
This
Prince
,
tho'
he
Married
a
very
handsome
discreet
vertuous
Woman
,
yet
car'd
very
little
for
her
,
and
manag'd
all
his
other
affairs
so
imprudently
,
that
by
his
own
fault
,
he
lost
a
very
great
fortune
.
The
Family
of
Guise
was
extinct
by
the
death
of
the
last
Duke
of
that
name
,
who
was
the
Son
of
a
daughter
of
Monsieur
the
Duke
of
Orleans
,
your
Majesty's
Uncle
.
Madam
Guise
,
Heiress
to
the
deceased
Duke
,
was
an
old
Princess
never
marry'd
,
and
being
a
very
good
Woman
,
had
a
mind
to
revive
her
Family
.
She
cast
her
Eyes
upon
Prince
Harcourt
;
a
Friend
of
hers
,
but
who
was
more
a
Friend
to
the
Prince
,
having
given
her
a
very
good
Character
of
him
:
So
that
she
sold
him
the
Dutchy
of
Guise
,
whereof
the
yearly
Rent
amounted
to
Forty
Thousand
Crowns
,
beside
other
Lands
:
He
not
being
Master
of
Money
enough
to
pay
for
it
,
she
acquitted
him
of
a
Million
.
But
instead
of
giving
his
Friend
Thanks
,
who
had
done
him
so
great
a
Kindness
;
he
began
to
speak
ill
of
him
to
the
Princess
,
who
judging
by
his
horrible
Ingratitude
,
what
an
unworthy
Man
he
was
,
undid
all
all
she
had
done
,
having
by
contract
reserv'd
to
her self
,
a
Power
of
Revocation
.
Thus
we
see
,
what
great
Fortune
Men
sometimes
lose
by
their
own
Folly
.
But
to
your
Majesty's
Praise
be
it
spoken
,
you
gave
the
Duke
of
Main
better
Counsel
,
when
you
preach'd
Gratitude
to
him
,
on
the
like
Occasion
,
when
Madam
Montpensier
gave
him
the
Principality
of
Dombes
,
and
the
County
of
Deu:
Two
as
considerabe
Estates
as
any
in
France
;
whereof
,
one
alone
cost
Seven
Hundred
Thousand
Crowns
.
Certainly
,
there
can
be
no
Fault
in
Man
,
greater
than
Ingratitude
;
and
if
it
be
so
great
in
a
Private
Man
,
't
is
much
more
in
a
Prince
,
who
ought
to
have
a
generous
Soul
,
and
a
Disposition
always
to
do
Good
.
Your
Majesty
,
whose
Power
was
become
considerably
greater
,
by
the
advantageous
Peace
you
had
made
:
began
a
war
in
your
own
Dominions
,
which
necessity
had
for
a
while
kept
back
,
the
Circumstances
of
your
Affairs
requiring
you
not
to
disturb
the
Hugonots
,
of
whom
you
long
ago
resolv'd
to
purge
your
Kingdom
;
but
you
went
on
with
this
Work
,
first
by
taking
away
the
Chambers
of
the
Edict
,
establish'd
in
the
Parliaments
of
Tholouse
,
Bourdeaux
,
and
Grenoble
.
Your
Reputation
was
great
enough
now
to
venture
upon
many
things
,
which
you
durst
not
attempt
before
.
You
caus'd
Mass
to
be
said
in
Geneva
,
which
had
never
been
done
since
the
Year
1535
,
when
the
Priests
were
driven
out
of
that
Town
.
There
are
certain
times
more
proper
than
others
,
to
give
success
to
what
one
undertakes
;
and
it
is
in
chusing
such
times
,
that
a
Prince
shews
his
admirable
Prudence
.
A
Prince
cannot
expect
absolute
Submission
to
his
Will
and
Pleasure
,
till
he
hath
magnified
his
Name
,
by
some
great
Actions
;
and
he
ought
to
know
,
that
sometimes
his
Reputation
will
do
him
more
Service
,
than
his
Power
.
The
Neutrality
which
the
Duke
of
Bavaria
observ'd
during
the
War
,
cost
your
Majesty
a
great
deal
of
ready
Money
.
Beside
,
you
promis'd
the
Dutchess
his
Wife
,
that
Monseigneur
the
Dauphin
should
marry
their
Daughter
:
But
seeing
a
Prince
should
always
take
care
before-hand
what
he
promiseth
,
because
he
must
never
break
his
word
;
you
sent
to
enquire
whether
this
were
like
to
be
a
sit
Match
,
and
whether
this
Princess's
Person
and
good
Qualities
did
deserve
so
good
a
Husband
.
But
finding
nothing
to
discourage
you
from
desiring
this
Allyance
,
a
good
Education
,
a
great
deal
of
Wit
,
and
in
appearance
,
great
respect
for
your
Majesty
and
the
Dauphin
;
who
tho'
he
were
not
above
Nineteen
Years
of
Age
,
yet
you
resolv'd
no
longer
to
defer
marrying
him
;
you
sent
my
Brother
who
had
been
one
of
your
Plenipotentiaries
at
Nimeguen
,
to
the
Court
of
Bavaria
,
to
conclude
this
Match
;
and
you
were
so
impatient
to
hear
whether
some
Obstacles
were
remov'd
,
which
he
met
with
,
because
her
Father
and
Mother
were
dead
,
that
you
ordered
him
to
dispatch
Courier
upon
Courier
,
to
bring
your
Majesty
Intelligence
how
things
went
.
He
who
was
first
sent
to
give
you
notice
the
Contract
was
sign'd
,
went
,
as
was
usual
,
to
Monsieur
Pompone
,
Secretary
of
State
for
Foreign
Affairs
,
which
Place
you
bestow'd
on
him
,
when
he
least
dreamt
of
it
,
and
for
which
he
was
oblig'd
to
Monsieur
Tellier
,
who
fearing
you
would
have
given
it
to
Cardinal
Donzi
,
or
to
the
President
de
Mêmes
,
who
both
stood
for
it
;
and
that
their
Merit
would
have
eclips'd
his
Son's
,
who
was
not
yet
in
his
full
Lustre
.
He
therefore
imploy'd
his
Credit
with
your
Majesty
,
in
Favour
of
Monsieur
Pompone
;
since
which
,
Monsieur
Louvoy
hath
been
still
designing
to
unite
this
Secretaryship
to
his
,
pretending
to
your
Majesty
he
ought
to
do
the
Business
of
both
,
and
that
the
Secrets
of
the
War
,
and
of
Foreign
Affairs
,
ought
to
be
in
the
Hands
of
one
Person
.
Your
Majesty
had
the
Goodness
to
communicate
to
me
,
what
had
past
.
Whereupon
I
took
the
Liberty
to
say
,
that
it
did
not
become
Monsieur
Louvoy
to
be
so
Ambitious
:
That
it
appear'd
by
what
he
desir'd
,
he
had
an
itch
of
commanding
others
,
which
perhaps
another
Monarch
wou'd
not
like
.
That
by
his
Carriage
he
gave
People
occasion
to
think
,
nothing
cou'd
satisfie
him
,
till
you
had
put
your
Crown
upon
his
Head
;
and
that
if
I
were
in
your
Place
,
I
would
give
him
such
an
Answer
,
as
should
teach
him
to
know
himself
so
well
,
as
never
for
the
Future
to
make
the
like
Request
.
In
this
Condition
were
things
,
when
my
Brother
sent
me
a
Duplicate
of
the
Letter
he
had
written
to
your
Majesty
;
but
which
Monsieur
Pompone
had
not
yet
deliver'd
,
because
he
was
in
the
Country
looking
after
his
Building
.
I
complemented
your
Majesty
,
thinking
I
should
tell
you
nothing
but
what
you
already
knew
;
your
Majesty
answer'd
,
Monsieur
Pompone
had
given
you
no
notice
of
any
thing
,
and
that
you
wonder'd
at
it
.
When
Monsieur
Pompone
return'd
,
and
would
have
excus'd
his
Fault
,
your
Majesty
told
him
he
might
go
home
again
,
since
he
had
so
much
Business
of
his
own
,
and
that
you
would
put
another
in
his
Place
,
that
should
take
more
care
to
do
his
Duty
:
And
at
the
same
time
sent
for
me
,
and
told
me
that
you
wou'd
give
Monsieur
Pompone's
Place
to
my
Brother
.
I
thank'd
your
Majesty
,
and
dispatch'd
a
Courier
to
Munick
,
to
acquaint
my
Brother
with
the
good
News
.
I
know
very
well
,
what
a
Story
some
made
of
this
Business
It
was
said
,
I
held
Intelligence
with
my
Brother
,
and
that
I
receiv'd
a
Letter
from
him
,
before
Monsieur
Pompone
had
any
,
and
that
we
play'd
him
this
Trick
to
get
his
Place
.
But
I
appeal
to
your
Majesty
,
who
better
knows
than
any
Person
whatever
,
the
Truth
of
all
that
pass'd
in
this
Affair
.
This
Favour
which
your
Majesty
did
me
,
was
a
new
Subject
of
Jealousie
for
Monsieur
Louvoy
.
But
not
daring
publickly
to
shew
his
Malice
till
he
had
a
fit
Opportunity
;
he
soon
met
with
one
,
at
least
he
thought
it
such
,
seeing
he
did
not
fail
to
speak
against
me
to
your
Majesty
;
you
daily
went
on
with
the
Works
at
Versailles
,
or
to
say
Truth
,
you
were
re-building
it
new
from
the
Ground
:
For
you
had
twice
pull'd
it
down
,
to
build
it
according
to
a
new
Model
that
had
been
given
you
.
But
tho'
it
be
not
usual
to
see
a
Floor
fall
in
a
new
built
House
,
there
did
one
sink
,
which
alarm'd
the
whole
Court
,
every
one
being
sufficiently
frighted
.
Monsieur
Louvoy
made
a
greater
Noise
about
it
than
any
body
else
,
and
I
knew
he
indeavour'd
to
perswade
your
Majesty
,
that
I
was
not
so
Honest
as
I
should
he
,
in
my
Overseer's
Place
of
your
Buildings
.
That
I
and
the
Workmen
agreed
together
,
or
else
it
was
impossible
your
Majesty
could
be
so
ill
serv'd
.
As
you
did
me
the
Justice
not
to
believe
it
,
so
you
had
the
Goodness
not
to
tell
me
what
he
had
said
;
but
being
inform'd
of
the
Discourse
he
had
with
your
Majesty
,
I
was
quickly
even
with
him
,
in
telling
you
;
that
if
to
prove
a
Man
a
Knave
,
who
had
the
oversight
of
others
,
there
needed
no
more
,
than
to
shew
that
those
who
were
employ'd
by
him
,
did
not
do
their
work
well
.
Monsieur
Louvoy
was
more
faulty
than
I
,
for
he
had
ordered
many
Fortifications
to
be
erected
,
which
were
no
sooner
finish'd
,
but
under
specious
Pretences
were
pull'd
down
again
;
and
that
in
many
of
your
Garrison
Towns
,
it
was
observ'd
,
things
were
done
and
undone
,
without
seeing
any
necessity
for
it
.
That
your
Majesty
knew
that
I
had
done
nothing
but
by
your
Command
,
and
that
I
never
in
my
Life
propos'd
of
my self
,
the
pulling
down
any
Building
.
That
Builders
and
Workmen
had
play'd
the
Knaves
,
could
not
be
deny'd
,
but
I
made
them
,
at
their
own
Charge
,
build
up
again
,
not
only
what
had
fallen
down
,
but
that
also
which
should
be
found
defective
.
And
it
were
to
be
wish'd
,
the
like
would
be
done
for
your
Majesty
in
all
Places
where
Faults
may
be
found
:
Particularly
at
Tournay
,
where
the
Engineers
have
done
nothing
well
.
They
made
a
Ditch
much
wider
than
it
should
have
been
,
but
he
that
set
them
to
Work
,
never
found
fault
with
them
,
till
your
Majesty
spoke
your self
of
it
:
But
instead
of
doing
what
was
necessary
,
and
mending
the
first
Fault
,
they
committed
a
Second
much
worse
,
by
making
a
Fausebray
in
the
Ditch
,
which
render'd
the
whole
Fortification
so
defective
,
that
unless
all
were
new
done
,
the
Place
would
never
be
worth
any
thing
.
My
Brother
,
to
whom
you
gave
the
Government
of
it
,
and
who
understands
these
things
better
than
I
do
,
can
testifie
what
I
have
told
your
Majesty
:
By
which
you
may
conclude
,
that
If
I
am
Faulty
,
your
Minister
is
much
more
than
I
am
,
who
believes
he
knows
much
more
than
Monsieur
Vauban
,
and
all
the
Engineers
in
Europe
.
All
that
was
to
precede
the
Dauphin's
Marriage
being
now
agreed
on
,
your
Majesty
sent
the
Duke
de
Crequi
,
First
Gentleman
of
your
Bed-Chamber
to
Munick
,
to
carry
the
Marriage
Presents
to
the
Princess
of
Bavaria
.
They
shew'd
your
Majesty's
magnificence
,
and
dazl'd
the
Eyes
of
all
her
Brother's
Court.
To
whom
the
Dauphin
sent
his
Procuration
,
who
as
his
Proxy
espoused
the
Princess
.
She
parted
to
come
for
France
,
and
being
arriv'd
at
Schelestat
,
she
there
found
the
Duke
and
Dutchess
of
Richelieu
,
to
whom
your
Majesty
had
given
the
Government
of
her
Househould
.
She
receiv'd
their
Respects
in
so
proud
and
haughty
a
Manner
,
that
the
Dutchess
of
Richelieu
wrote
me
that
very
Day
,
if
she
had
known
what
she
had
now
seen
,
she
would
have
pray'd
your
Majesty
she
might
still
have
waited
on
the
Queen
your
Wife
,
as
she
did
before
.
All
the
Court
,
and
especially
your
Majesty
,
had
so
great
an
Opinion
of
this
Princess
,
that
I
durst
not
tell
you
what
had
been
written
to
me
:
I
thought
it
best
to
stay
till
you
your self
had
seen
her
,
which
would
be
suddenly
,
because
you
had
fix'd
a
Day
to
go
and
receive
her
in
Champagne
.
You
and
your
Queen
went
near
Fifty
Leagues
to
meet
her
;
but
I
know
not
whether
your
Majesty
thought
your self
paid
for
your
Pains
,
since
it
was
impossible
for
you
not
to
observe
this
Princess's
Pride
,
of
which
the
Dutchess
of
Richelieu
had
given
me
Notice
.
For
my
own
Part
,
I
saw
it
but
too
well
;
when
I
had
the
Honour
to
pay
my
Respects
to
her
,
she
scarce
vouchsaf'd
to
hear
what
I
said
,
and
I
should
certainly
have
been
more
troubled
,
if
I
had
known
she
had
treated
Monsieur
Louvoy
any
better
.
But
I
my self
was
a
Witness
,
with
what
coldness
she
receiv'd
him
and
all
other
Persons
of
Quality
.
Your
Majesty
,
whose
Prudence
is
to
be
admir'd
in
all
things
,
some
Days
after
begun
to
praise
the
Queen
your
Wife
,
and
said
in
her
presence
,
she
had
so
gain'd
the
Love
of
all
the
French
,
by
her
Courtesie
and
and
sweet
Disposition
,
that
they
lov'd
her
better
than
they
did
you
.
The
Dauphiness
,
who
had
Wit
,
knew
well
enough
that
this
discourse
was
intended
for
her
.
But
it
being
very
difficult
to
reform
those
Faults
which
are
natural
to
us
,
she
could
never
bring
her self
to
that
affable
and
gracious
Air
,
which
gains
the
Hearts
of
the
French
Nation
;
and
which
they
value
a
thousand
times
more
than
they
do
any
other
thing
.
This
Marriage
follow'd
that
of
Mademoiselle
de
Blois
,
a
very
beautiful
Princess
,
in
whose
Praise
I
should
be
large
,
were
it
not
that
some
would
say
,
I
thereby
design'd
to
recommend
my
own
Wife
,
who
had
the
Care
of
her
Education
.
She
marry'd
the
Prince
of
Conti
,
the
Son
of
him
of
whom
I
have
already
spoken
,
who
died
about
the
Year
1666.
and
was
Governour
of
Languedoc
;
which
Government
your
Majesty
afterward
bestow'd
upon
the
Duke
de
Vernevil
,
who
was
very
old
,
so
that
this
young
Prince
hoping
after
the
Duke's
Death
,
you
would
gratifie
him
with
it
,
behav'd
himself
very
dutifully
to
your
Majesty
,
but
did
not
treat
the
Princess
his
Wife
so
well
.
I
took
the
Liberty
,
by
your
Majesty's
Order
,
to
tell
him
of
it
.
You
said
,
he
ought
to
set
a
greater
Value
upon
so
beautiful
a
Princess
,
and
whose
Wit
was
equal
to
her
Beauty
.
But
the
ill
Company
he
kept
,
made
him
deaf
to
all
I
represented
,
which
so
much
displeas'd
your
Majesty
,
that
when
the
Duke
of
Vernevil
died
,
you
gave
his
Government
to
the
Duke
of
Main
.
This
shews
us
,
that
in
a
Court
virtuously
govern'd
,
men
must
be
virtuous
if
they
expect
Rewards
.
No
Man
should
value
himself
upon
the
greatness
of
his
Birth
,
nor
upon
the
Protection
he
naturally
ought
to
have
.
A
Monarch
regards
neither
,
who
as
your
Majesty
regulates
all
his
Actions
according
to
Merit
and
Justice
.
In
such
a
Court
as
yours
,
a
Person
of
great
Birth
,
who
doth
not
do
his
Duty
,
is
less
regarded
than
another
;
because
he
hath
been
better
taught
.
Your
Majesty
will
know
all
that
he
doth
,
and
of
what
he
is
capable
,
which
is
the
Reason
why
your
Majesty
makes
so
little
Account
of
some
Persons
,
who
by
the
Rank
they
hold
in
the
Kingdom
,
one
would
think
should
make
a
better
Figure
,
than
at
present
they
do
.
But
't
is
a
difficult
thing
to
be
both
Young
and
Wise
:
When
the
Prince
I
now
speak
of
,
shall
come
to
riper
Years
,
I
will
undertake
,
that
your
Majesty
will
be
better
pleas'd
with
him
.
No
young
Person
is
free
from
Faults
,
and
the
deceas'd
Prince
of
Conti
,
who
died
like
a
Saint
,
was
guilty
of
more
than
his
Son
.
There
is
no
remedy
against
the
Follies
of
Youth
;
I
can
give
your
Majesty
a
Proof
of
it
in
my
own
Family
:
be
pleas'd
to
cast
your
eyes
upon
my
Son
,
I
have
been
many
times
forc'd
to
treat
him
very
ill
,
without
being
able
to
do
any
good
upon
him
;
nothing
but
time
wrought
his
change
,
so
that
he
would
have
put
me
out
of
all
patience
,
if
I
had
not
had
enough
to
wait
till
his
understanding
grew
riper
.
It
was
in
this
year
,
that
Monsieur
Fouquet
died
at
Pignerol
,
whom
you
condemn'd
to
perpetual
imprisonment
,
instead
of
the
Banishment
to
which
he
was
sentenced
.
He
bore
his
disgrace
with
a
constancy
,
which
could
never
be
expected
from
a
man
who
in
the
midst
of
the
troublesome
affairs
of
his
place
,
mingled
all
the
pleasures
,
I
should
rather
say
,
all
the
Debaucheries
of
Youth
;
but
God
gave
him
the
Grace
to
recollect
himself
,
and
die
a
good
Christian
.
Whence
we
ought
to
conclude
,
that
God
knows
better
than
we
what
is
fit
for
us
;
and
that
we
are
not
sensible
of
our
own
wants
,
when
we
murmur
against
Providence
;
since
we
oftner
lose
our selves
in
prosperity
than
in
adversity
;
but
nature
is
so
corrupt
,
that
we
would
have
the
way
to
Heaven
strew'd
with
flowers
,
instead
of
the
thorns
we
meet
in
it
.
The
Peace
was
already
become
a
burden
to
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
tho'
it
were
so
lately
made
,
that
people
scarcely
had
had
time
to
reap
the
fruits
of
it
.
He
advis'd
Your
Majesty
to
make
your self
Master
of
Strasbourg
and
Casal
;
but
seeing
he
knew
that
to
attempt
it
,
would
again
Arm
all
Europe
,
he
sent
persons
he
could
trust
to
both
those
places
with
Bills
of
Exchange
for
very
great
Sums
,
in
hopes
to
succeed
in
their
Negotiation
.
While
this
was
transacting
,
Your
Majesty
resolv'd
to
send
your
Fleet
against
the
Corsairs
of
Tripoli
,
under
the
Command
of
du
Quêne
,
who
was
another
de
Ruiter
.
Eight
of
their
Ships
not
being
able
to
recover
the
Port
from
whence
they
came
,
retreated
to
Chio
,
where
they
thought
themselves
safe
,
because
that
Island
was
under
the
protection
of
the
Grand
Seignior
,
with
whom
they
believ'd
Your
Majesty
would
never
willingly
have
any
Quarrel
.
But
du
Quêne
knowing
that
by
the
Treaty
of
Commerce
,
which
you
had
made
with
the
Turk
,
he
was
not
to
give
any
Retreat
to
those
Pyrates
,
he
fell
upon
'em
and
beat
'em
to
pieces
with
his
Cannon
.
This
boldness
of
du
Quêne
occasion'd
great
trouble
to
your
Embassador
at
the
Port
,
where
he
was
very
ill
treated
,
and
had
been
us'd
much
worse
,
had
he
not
pacified
the
Grand
Seignior
,
with
very
considerable
Presents
.
You
had
no
mind
to
consent
to
it
,
yet
knew
there
was
a
necessity
for
it
,
when
you
consider'd
your
Dominions
were
too
far
distant
from
his
,
to
make
him
sensible
of
your
Power
.
Besides
,
if
you
had
not
prevented
what
he
threatned
,
you
might
have
lost
the
advantage
you
made
of
the
Levant
Trade
;
so
that
a
Prince
is
as
much
obliged
as
a
private
man
,
to
have
a
regard
to
his
interests
,
which
are
often
of
such
consideration
,
that
he
is
in
prudence
bound
to
dissemble
many
things
.
The
secret
Negotiation
concerning
Strasbourg
and
Casal
,
had
all
the
success
Monsieur
Louvoy
could
wish
.
These
two
considerable
places
deliver'd
themselves
into
Your
Majesties
hands
,
without
striking
a
blow
.
But
though
they
made
so
great
an
addition
to
your
Power
,
that
it
seem'd
you
now
made
all
Europe
tremble
,
yet
I
know
not
whether
I
may
Congratulate
Your
Majesty
upon
it
,
seeing
it
hath
done
that
which
I
predicted
,
when
I
told
Your
Majesty
what
answer
the
Envoy
of
Spain
gave
your
Minister
,
when
he
shew'd
him
your
Magazine
at
Douay
.
This
bold
stroke
hath
awaken'd
all
those
that
are
jealous
of
your
glory
,
and
they
will
be
glad
of
an
opportunity
,
to
do
you
all
the
mischief
they
can
.
Du
Quêne
,
after
the
Exploit
he
did
at
Chio
,
became
so
terrible
to
the
Turks
of
Tripoli
,
that
he
forc'd
them
to
beg
peace
of
Your
Majesty
.
The
year
following
he
chastis'd
the
Algerines
,
and
Bombarded
their
Town
,
to
shew
all
the
Barbarous
people
on
that
Coast
,
how
great
was
your
Power
.
The
King
of
Morocco
and
Fez
sent
Embassadours
to
desire
your
Amity
,
the
Treaty
you
made
with
him
was
of
great
advantage
to
your
people
,
who
begun
to
drive
a
Trade
in
the
Levant
,
of
which
all
other
Nations
became
jealous
.
This
among
all
Polititians
,
past
for
an
effect
of
that
prudence
,
which
I
have
always
observed
in
Your
Majesty
;
but
they
never
yet
understood
,
what
made
you
give
credit
to
those
flatterers
,
who
begun
to
embroil
you
with
the
Pope
.
The
difference
begun
about
so
small
a
matter
,
that
to
speak
freely
,
't
is
not
worth
a
man's
pains
to
mention
it
.
Madam
the
Duchess
of
Orleans
your
Aunt
,
whose
Marriage
was
contested
by
Cardinal
Richelieu
while
he
liv'd
,
and
never
approv'd
till
your
Majesties
reign
;
made
a
Vow
if
she
could
get
off
from
that
affair
with
honour
,
to
build
a
Religious
House
in
this
Kingdom
;
and
to
perform
it
,
founded
one
at
Charonne
.
She
brought
young
Ladies
from
her
own
Country
,
who
by
virtue
of
a
Bull
from
the
Pope
,
setled
themselves
there
,
and
chose
among
themselves
an
Abbess
every
three
years
.
The
first
and
last
Abbess
was
still
the
same
person
,
who
being
much
belov'd
by
the
Duchess
,
they
to
please
her
,
at
every
three
years
end
,
Elected
the
same
again
till
she
died
.
She
died
in
the
year
1673
,
and
my
Wife
who
sometimes
went
to
this
Covent
,
never
seeing
but
the
same
Abbess
,
desired
me
to
pray
Your
Majesty
to
bestow
the
place
upon
one
of
our
Relations
.
Your
Majesty
,
without
examining
any
more
than
I
did
,
whether
the
nomination
belong'd
to
you
,
granted
my
request
;
but
she
for
whom
I
had
made
suit
,
met
with
opposition
when
she
came
to
be
received
by
the
Nuns
,
who
pretended
it
was
their
right
to
chuse
a
Superior
.
Vanity
which
reigns
more
in
Covents
than
abroad
in
the
world
,
suggested
to
them
,
that
it
was
against
their
interest
to
suffer
any
but
one
of
their
own
House
to
be
Abbess
,
seeing
all
of
them
one
after
another
,
might
come
to
be
preferr'd
to
that
Dignity
.
But
she
whom
Your
Majesty
had
nam'd
,
being
at
last
thought
by
them
a
very
fit
person
,
having
many
good
Qualities
,
not
so
easily
found
in
another
,
they
all
agreed
to
receive
her
,
still
saving
to
themselves
their
right
of
Election
.
This
good
Woman
had
lived
but
three
years
Abbess
,
when
Monsieur
Louvoy
beg'd
her
place
of
Your
Majesty
,
for
a
person
that
was
recommended
to
him
:
You
gave
him
a
grant
of
it
,
but
she
being
of
a
quite
different
temper
from
her
that
died
,
so
frighted
the
Nuns
,
that
there
was
a
necessity
of
using
Your
Majesties
and
the
Archbishop's
of
Paris
authority
,
to
get
her
Install'd
.
The
Pope
in
the
mean
time
did
not
only
refuse
his
Bulls
,
but
sent
a
Brief
to
the
Nuns
to
chuse
another
Superior
;
which
so
piqu'd
the
Archbishop
,
that
he
councell'd
Your
Majesty
to
condemn
and
cancel
the
Bull.
The
Parliament
which
is
ever
ready
to
extend
their
Authority
beyond
all
legal
limits
,
past
such
a
Vote
as
the
Archbishop
desir'd
.
The
Pope
thunder'd
against
this
Vote
,
and
things
grew
to
that
heat
,
that
the
Parlia-past
another
Vote
,
by
which
the
Nuns
were
sentenc'd
to
quit
their
Covent
,
which
was
executed
with
strange
rigour
.
The
Parliaments
pretence
in
passing
this
Arrest
,
was
that
the
Covent
ow'd
almost
as
much
as
it
was
worth
,
and
therefore
it
was
fit
to
keep
it
from
undoing
a
great
many
people
,
by
running
deeper
in
debt
.
The
same
thing
almost
happen'd
at
the
Abby
of
Longchamp
,
where
the
Duke
de
Feuillade
would
have
made
one
of
his
Sisters
Abbess
,
against
the
will
of
the
Pope
;
but
Your
Majesty
having
seen
the
Records
of
the
Abby
,
by
which
it
appear'd
that
the
Kings
your
Predecessors
had
granted
the
Nuns
the
right
of
Electing
their
Superior
;
you
suffer'd
'em
to
enjoy
it
,
without
any
further
disturbance
.
The
Pope
was
much
displeas'd
with
what
had
past
at
Charonne
;
at
another
time
,
less
matter
would
have
provok'd
him
to
raise
troubles
in
your
Kingdom
;
but
Your
Majesties
Reputation
was
now
arriv'd
to
that
heighth
,
that
his
Holiness
fearing
the
event
of
things
,
dissembled
his
resentment
,
resolving
nevertheless
to
shew
it
to
the
purpose
at
a
more
seasonable
opportunity
.
He
was
very
angry
with
the
Archbishop
of
Paris
,
who
instead
of
pacifying
him
,
incens'd
him
more
by
that
which
at
Rome
was
look'd
on
as
a
direful
encroachment
on
the
Authority
of
the
Holy
See
;
tho'
call'd
by
another
name
at
Paris
,
and
other
parts
of
the
Kingdom
.
The
Pope's
Nuncio
being
fallen
sick
in
the
Fauxbourg
St.
Germain
,
where
he
dwelt
,
instead
of
sending
for
the
Parish
Priest
to
give
him
the
Sacrament
,
sent
for
a
Monk
to
confess
him
,
and
give
him
the
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in
the
Church
of
Rome
for
the
Sacrament
,
which
is
given
to
People
at
the
point
of
death
.
Viaticum
.
The
Archbishop
prosecuted
the
Monk
and
his
Covent
for
coming
without
his
leave
to
the
Nuncio
,
who
dying
't
was
thought
the
Archbishop
would
not
permit
him
to
be
bury'd
in
Holy
ground
,
so
great
was
his
fault
for
not
applying
himself
to
his
Pastor
;
but
he
was
at
last
Interr'd
in
the
place
he
himself
had
appointed
,
upon
condition
he
should
first
be
carry'd
to
his
own
Parish
Church
.
In
1677.
there
arose
another
difference
between
his
Holiness
and
Your
Majesty
,
to
the
Vacant
Benefices
in
the
Diocesses
of
Alet
and
Pamiers
;
to
which
you
claim'd
a
right
by
virtue
of
the
Regale
;
which
being
oppos'd
by
those
two
Bishops
,
you
made
use
of
the
Civil
Power
to
make
good
your
Nomination
.
These
Bishops
,
who
liv'd
very
Pious
Lives
,
and
were
an
Example
to
all
the
Clergy
,
laid
open
their
Case
to
your
Council
,
who
took
no
notice
of
it
;
but
so
far
approv'd
of
what
Your
Majesty
had
done
,
that
the
Bishops
were
forced
to
write
to
the
Pope
.
His
Holiness
having
referr'd
the
consideration
of
the
business
to
a
Consistory
,
dispatch'd
a
Brief
to
Your
Majesty
,
whereby
he
exhorted
you
to
desist
from
an
attempt
wherein
you
were
engag'd
by
evil
Counsel
;
but
the
Archbishop
who
did
not
love
the
Court
of
Rome
,
for
not
being
dispos'd
to
give
him
a
Cardinal's
Cap
,
so
far
perswaded
Your
Majesty
you
were
in
the
right
,
that
you
answer'd
the
Pope
according
to
his
advice
.
The
Pope
sent
you
another
Brief
,
wherein
he
answer'd
the
Reasons
you
gave
him
;
but
the
Archbishop
of
Paris
,
who
would
have
been
glad
of
a
Schism
to
have
made
himself
greater
than
he
was
,
perswaded
Your
Majesty
to
seize
the
Temporalties
of
the
Bishop
of
Pamiers
,
that
necessity
might
force
him
to
a
Submission
.
But
this
Bishop
who
led
a
much
better
Life
than
the
Archbishop
,
with
a
true
Apostolick
Zeal
,
resolutely
maintain'd
the
Rights
of
the
Church
;
which
so
vex'd
the
Archbishop
,
that
he
prevail'd
with
Your
Majesty
to
have
him
arrested
,
after
which
he
thought
he
should
meet
with
no
opposition
,
and
that
when
the
Shepherd
could
no
longer
watch
over
his
Flock
,
he
might
do
what
he
pleas'd
.
But
he
was
much
mistaken
;
for
those
Clergy-men
who
were
of
the
Bishops
Sentiments
,
and
all
of
the
Chapter
,
made
use
of
their
Authority
to
maintain
the
right
for
which
their
Bishop
was
imprison'd
.
The
Archbishop
of
Paris
declar'd
War
against
'em
;
and
having
dispers'd
'em
by
Exile
or
Imprisonment
,
the
Pope
,
who
had
sent
Your
Majesty
divers
other
Briefs
,
to
which
Answers
were
return'd
not
a
jot
more
satisfactory
than
to
the
first
,
undertook
the
Bishop
of
Tholouse
,
whom
the
Archbishop
had
perswaded
to
act
as
Metropolitan
,
and
cancel
several
Decrees
made
by
the
Grand
Vicars
that
took
part
with
their
Bishop
.
The
Archbishop
at
last
prosecuted
the
business
with
so
much
heat
,
that
after
he
had
procured
a
Sentence
against
one
of
the
Grand
Vicars
,
to
have
his
Head
cut
off
,
he
set
upon
the
Pope
,
and
advis'd
your
Majesty
to
have
his
Briefs
examin'd
,
wherein
he
pretended
were
Expressions
that
struck
at
your
Royal
Authority
,
and
which
were
against
the
Liberty
of
the
Gallican
Church
.
If
your
Majesty
would
have
taken
my
advice
in
this
affair
,
as
well
as
in
that
of
your
Finances
;
I
would
freely
have
told
you
my
opinion
.
Which
is
,
that
your
Majesty
will
never
get
any
thing
by
falling
out
with
his
Holiness
.
But
as
this
business
was
above
my
reach
,
so
you
consulted
none
but
Men
of
the
Mystery
,
and
parties
concern'd
;
most
of
them
gave
advice
,
from
which
posterity
will
think
they
can
never
clear
themselves
.
your
Majesty
by
their
advice
in
1681
,
called
together
an
Assembly
of
Prelates
,
to
examine
the
Popes
Briefs
;
they
met
the
first
time
at
the
Archbishop's
of
Paris
,
to
the
number
of
seven
Archbishops
,
and
thirty
Bishops
,
they
chose
for
their
Presidents
the
Archbishops
of
Paris
and
Rheims
,
both
of
them
very
able
men
;
but
upon
this
occasion
,
there
was
not
so
much
need
of
Science
as
Sentiments
of
Religion
.
The
others
who
made
up
this
Assembly
,
were
most
of
them
of
the
same
mould
,
and
so
devoted
to
your
Majesty's
Will
and
Pleasure
,
that
if
you
had
commanded
them
to
preach
the
Alcoran
instead
of
the
Gospel
,
they
would
certainly
have
done
it
;
that
which
was
to
be
debated
was
no
sooner
propos'd
,
but
down
went
the
Pope
,
and
all
of
the
Bishop
of
Pamiers
Party
.
This
Assembly
stretch'd
the
Regale
much
further
than
was
intended
by
your
Majesty
;
and
to
their
greater
shame
,
writ
a
Letter
to
you
in
so
particular
and
odd
a
Stile
,
that
one
would
hardly
believe
it
came
from
Men
of
Parts
;
as
there
were
some
among
them
.
But
their
Complaisance
and
their
Passion
went
so
far
,
that
after
examining
the
Briefs
,
they
fell
to
disputing
the
Pope's
Authority
;
which
they
so
curtail'd
and
circumscrib'd
,
that
the
Vltra
Montanes
look'd
upon
their
decision
to
be
the
foundation
of
a
Heresie
.
Nevertheless
the
Parliament
,
(
which
for
a
long
time
hath
done
nothing
but
what
your
Majesty
commands
them
)
Register'd
it
as
a
fundamental
piece
,
among
the
Archives
of
the
Crown
:
it
was
also
Inroll'd
in
the
Records
of
the
Sorbonne
,
and
the
University
,
whereof
some
members
of
a
contrary
opinion
,
desiring
the
matter
might
be
a-again
debated
,
were
expell'd
by
Letters
under
the
Privy
Signet
.
This
new
way
of
proceeding
,
hath
yet
done
your
Majesty
little
good
or
harm
,
your
Authority
being
now
so
great
,
that
the
Pope
dares
not
contend
with
you
;
but
the
more
powerful
a
Kingdom
is
,
the
more
subject
it
is
to
Revolutions
;
so
that
't
is
to
be
fear'd
one
may
soon
happen
.
The
Pope
who
hath
hitherto
defended
himself
only
with
the
Pen
,
when
he
sees
an
opportunity
may
hereafter
make
use
of
the
Sword
.
Indeed
gentler
courses
might
have
been
taken
,
to
maintain
your
Majesty's
Rights
;
and
if
the
Archbishop
of
Paris
,
to
shew
his
Authority
to
all
France
,
had
resolv'd
to
persecute
those
Bishops
whose
Pious
and
Exemplary
Lives
were
a
secret
reproach
to
his
own
,
(
in
no
wise
conformable
to
his
Character
)
he
should
at
least
have
forborn
to
persecute
his
Head
;
whom
he
ought
to
obey
.
But
he
thought
to
repair
all
,
by
advising
your
Majesty
to
extirpate
Heresie
;
as
if
Calvin's
were
more
dangerous
than
that
he
endeavour'd
to
introduce
:
Certainly
if
his
designs
had
succeeded
,
he
would
have
open'd
a
door
to
far
greater
mischiefs
than
can
be
fear'd
from
a
Sect
which
may
be
easily
supprest
;
because
the
Principles
are
known
upon
which
it
is
founded
.
But
the
Case
is
far
different
,
when
the
Head
of
the
Church
is
renounc'd
;
as
it
happen'd
in
England
,
where
there
are
many
Religions
instead
of
one
,
an
example
against
which
nothing
can
be
alledg'd
.
However
the
Clergy
obtain'd
a
Signal
Victory
over
the
Hugenots
;
considering
the
great
number
of
Conversions
that
were
made
.
But
I
know
not
what
Posterity
will
say
of
the
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Judges
or
Officers
of
Justice
sent
by
the
King
into
the
Provinces
.
Intendants
employing
your
Dragoons
,
which
I
presume
was
a
Maxim
not
approv'd
by
your
Majesty
,
but
broach'd
by
violent
and
cruel
Men
;
for
till
then
,
you
made
use
of
no
other
but
fair
and
gentle
means
to
convert
your
People
;
wherein
you
shew'd
more
than
ordinary
Prudence
.
For
example
,
you
would
not
suffer
a
Hugenot
to
enjoy
any
Place
or
Office
,
either
in
your
Court
,
or
in
the
Civil
Government
,
and
you
at
last
so
reduc'd
them
by
several
Edicts
that
they
were
either
forc'd
to
live
idly
,
or
obliged
to
follow
some
Trade
or
turn
Soldiers
.
This
converted
some
,
who
rather
than
quit
their
Places
would
go
to
Mass
:
Yet
these
were
but
few
in
respect
of
the
vast
numbers
that
were
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A
gentle
word
for
Persecuted
,
but
't
is
the
Author's
,
and
must
be
faithfully
render'd
.
He
makes
some
amends
for
it
at
the
end
of
the
Paragraph
.
persuaded
by
the
Dragoons
.
'T
is
said
,
that
in
the
single
Province
of
Poitou
,
they
converted
above
35000
,
to
which
the
promised
Pensions
contributed
very
much
,
and
were
only
given
to
those
who
were
most
likely
to
draw
others
to
follow
their
Example
:
But
yet
some
stood
it
out
,
and
would
not
submit
to
the
Mission
.
The
Intendants
perceiving
it
was
your
Majesty's
Design
,
totally
to
extirpate
the
Religion
,
made
use
of
Fire
and
Sword
;
and
if
we
may
believe
the
Complaints
of
very
many
,
there
was
a
great
Number
that
suffer'd
such
cruel
Torments
,
and
yet
continued
obstinate
,
that
if
they
had
been
in
the
right
way
,
they
might
have
very
well
deserv'd
the
Name
of
Martyrs
.
While
this
pass'd
,
Louvoy
made
another
sort
of
War
,
in
the
Dominions
of
the
King
of
Spain
,
which
suffer'd
a
thousand
times
more
than
when
your
Majesty
was
in
actual
Hostility
against
him
.
The
itch
which
your
Minister
had
to
be
alway
necessary
to
your
Majesty
,
made
him
follow
the
same
course
he
took
to
be
Master
of
Strasbourg
and
Casal
.
He
chose
a
fit
time
,
for
the
Emperour
being
engaged
in
a
War
with
the
Turk
,
Monsieur
Louvoy
observ'd
no
rules
of
Justice
,
no
not
of
Civility
or
good
Manners
:
He
set
asoot
several
specious
Pretences
to
enter
into
Flanders
,
and
because
People
would
not
submit
to
what
he
requir'd
,
he
first
demanded
Contributions
,
as
if
they
had
been
in
actual
War
:
After
this
Hostility
,
his
next
way
was
,
to
require
the
like
Summs
from
those
that
were
his
Friends
,
which
if
they
did
not
pay
,
he
threatned
to
burn
their
Houses
.
The
poor
Flemings
,
to
prevent
this
ill
treatment
,
pay'd
the
Summ
your
Minister
demanded
;
but
when
this
was
done
,
he
began
to
undermine
their
Houses
,
on
purpose
to
draw
from
them
the
last
Penny
they
had
,
being
made
to
believe
,
that
otherwise
their
Houses
should
be
pulled
down
.
When
he
saw
they
had
nothing
left
,
their
Houses
were
demolish'd
,
and
the
combustible
Materials
burnt
,
that
they
might
be
of
no
farther
use
to
the
poor
miserable
People
.
I
am
perswaded
your
Majesty
never
knew
this
,
and
all
that
have
the
Honour
to
be
near
you
,
believe
you
so
far
from
approving
such
cruelties
,
that
you
would
rather
have
had
them
exemplarily
punish'd
.
I
will
not
say
the
same
was
done
beyond
the
Meuse
,
where
your
Army
,
commanded
by
Mareschal
Crequi
,
seiz'd
upon
many
Posts
dependences
on
the
Dutchy
of
Luxembourg
,
and
block'd
up
that
strong
place
.
I
do
not
think
it
was
done
without
your
Majesty's
Order
,
because
Monsieur
Louvoy
made
you
believe
,
the
Spaniards
still
did
you
great
Wrong
.
Your
Minister
,
some
Years
since
,
imploy'd
one
of
Metz
to
spoyl
a
great
deal
of
Paper
,
and
tho'
at
first
he
dislik'd
him
,
yet
this
Man
at
last
became
his
great
Favourite
,
by
telling
him
he
knew
a
way
how
to
put
your
Majesty
in
Possession
of
all
on
this
side
the
Rhine
,
without
striking
a
Stroke
.
His
means
were
altogether
imaginary
;
for
he
maintain'd
,
that
whatever
heretofore
held
of
the
Lands
your
Majesty
now
possess'd
,
must
still
hold
of
the
same
:
So
that
Monsieur
Louvoy
approving
his
Reasons
,
made
use
of
them
,
and
sent
one
of
the
Serjeants
of
your
Parliament
of
Metz
,
to
summon
the
King
of
Spain
to
come
at
a
Day
prefix'd
to
do
Homage
and
Fealty
to
your
Majesty
,
for
many
things
he
held
of
you
:
But
his
Catholick
Majesty
,
thought
this
new
way
of
proceeding
very
unreasonable
,
and
indeed
it
was
more
against
Your
Majesty's
Interest
than
for
it
;
because
the
Emperour
might
as
well
pretend
,
that
you
ow'd
him
Homage
and
Fealty
for
your
own
Kingdom
,
which
was
heretofore
a
Dependent
on
the
Roman
Empire
:
The
King
of
Spain
laugh'd
at
this
ridiculous
Summons
,
and
protested
against
whatever
should
be
done
to
his
Prejudice
.
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
who
expected
as
much
,
procur'd
a
Sentence
to
pass
,
by
which
,
for
not
appearing
and
answering
according
to
the
Summons
,
your
Majesty
was
to
take
possession
of
what
you
demanded
;
which
was
very
easy
,
your
Majesty
having
the
Power
in
your
own
Hands
.
Monsieur
Louvoy
by
eating
got
an
Appetite
;
and
by
this
Sentence
,
procur'd
you
more
than
you
could
have
expected
from
a
Ten
Years
War
.
The
Complaints
the
King
of
Spain
made
hereupon
,
begot
several
Conferences
at
Courtray
,
between
your
Majesty's
and
the
King
of
Spain's
Deputies
:
but
seeing
your
Majesty
would
abate
nothing
of
your
Pretensions
,
they
separated
without
doing
any
thing
:
And
the
King
of
Spain
resolving
,
that
what
you
took
should
be
by
force
,
rather
than
by
Treaty
;
you
became
Master
of
all
the
Country
from
Sedan
,
home
to
the
Gates
of
Luxembourg
,
which
you
block'd
up
so
close
,
that
the
Spaniards
could
put
nothing
into
it
.
Some
time
after
,
your
Majesty
rais'd
the
Blockade
,
as
you
sayd
,
because
the
Turks
were
ready
to
enter
into
Austria
,
and
you
would
not
favour
their
designs
by
giving
the
Emperour
any
diversion
.
For
my
own
part
,
I
believe
what
you
said
to
be
true
,
and
I
know
your
Majesty
hath
too
much
Sincerity
to
say
one
thing
,
and
mean
another
.
The
Spanish
Embassador
hath
published
to
the
contrary
;
but
what
I
have
to
say
is
,
that
if
you
will
preserve
the
Glory
you
have
acquir'd
by
your
Moderation
;
you
must
do
nothing
to
contradict
what
you
have
said
:
Your
Reputation
is
in
your
own
Hands
;
for
as
it
will
be
your
Glory
to
keep
your
Word
,
so
it
will
be
your
shame
to
give
your self
the
Lye
.
You
ought
therefore
,
to
reject
the
evil
Consels
that
may
be
given
you
,
which
are
the
bane
of
Princes
;
tho'
the
Poyson
that
is
in
'em
,
be
hid
under
fair
and
specious
Pretences
.
I
fear
all
those
Camps
,
which
Monsieur
Louvoy
hath
marked
out
on
the
Frontiers
of
Germany
,
tend
to
some
new
Design
:
But
your
Majesty
,
who
is
so
great
a
Lover
of
Justice
,
must
consider
,
that
you
can
never
gain
Glory
by
Conquests
that
are
unjust
;
yet
if
you
could
,
be
your
Power
never
so
great
in
this
World
;
there
is
another
,
where
Kings
as
well
as
private
Men
,
must
give
an
Account
of
their
Actions
.
The
Algerins
,
whom
you
had
chastiz'd
the
last
Year
,
were
become
never
the
wiser
for
it
:
So
that
you
were
forc'd
to
send
du
Quêne
a
Second
time
,
who
made
them
sensible
,
that
it
was
better
to
implore
your
Majesty's
Pardon
,
than
to
expose
themselves
to
a
new
Punishment
.
He
threw
in
a
great
Number
of
Bombs
,
which
totally
ruin'd
the
Town
they
had
endeavour'd
to
repair
.
But
the
Contests
and
Divisions
which
were
among
'em
;
some
being
for
Mezzomorto
,
and
others
for
Balucbachi
,
the
one
for
Peace
,
the
other
for
War
,
kept
them
from
following
the
best
Advice
;
which
was
,
to
give
your
Majesty
Satisfaction
.
I
doubt
their
Constancy
will
not
be
Proof
against
your
Thunder
;
for
I
know
your
Majesty
is
not
us'd
to
be
baffled
in
what
you
undertake
,
and
I
presume
you
will
send
your
Fleet
thither
ten
times
,
rather
than
not
bring
those
Pirates
to
reason
.
I
shall
here
conclude
what
I
have
seen
done
by
your
Majesty
,
which
would
have
been
to
your
immortal
Glory
,
if
the
confidence
you
have
repos'd
in
Monsieur
Louvoy
,
had
not
led
you
to
undertake
some
things
,
more
out
of
Ambition
than
Justice
;
your
Majesty
knows
best
,
whether
I
speak
Truth
or
no
,
and
can't
be
deceiv'd
after
my
relating
so
many
Circumstances
.
To
make
your
Reign
perfectly
Glorious
,
you
have
nothing
more
to
do
,
than
to
regulate
your
Future
Actions
by
your
own
understanding
;
which
is
so
free
from
Falshood
and
Injustice
;
and
which
will
demonstrate
to
the
World
,
you
have
had
no
part
in
any
of
those
things
,
I
have
now
told
your
Majesty
.
I
hope
you
will
take
in
good
part
,
the
Liberty
wherewith
I
have
address'd
,
my self
to
you
,
for
the
good
of
your
Kingdom
,
at
least
I
think
so
:
But
if
I
am
mistaken
,
I
willingly
submit
my self
to
your
Majesty's
Judgement
,
and
to
that
of
all
Honest
Men.
CHAP.
VII
.
Which
shews
,
that
those
particular
Favours
which
your
Majesty
hath
receiv'd
from
God
,
oblige
you
to
render
to
him
that
which
is
his
due
;
and
that
no
Kingdom
can
prosper
,
without
the
fear
of
God
.
IF
I
have
been
so
unhappy
to
have
displeas'd
your
Majesty
,
by
relating
many
things
with
more
Freedom
than
I
should
have
taken
;
yet
I
cannot
be
guilty
of
the
same
Fault
in
what
I
am
now
about
to
say
,
since
I
am
certain
,
that
in
matters
of
Piety
,
and
wherein
the
Service
of
God
is
concern'd
,
your
Majesty
thinks
no
Man
can
speak
too
boldly
,
nor
can
any
thing
be
said
,
that
can
better
please
you
.
Many
Churches
rebuilt
at
your
Charge
,
others
to
which
you
have
added
more
Maintenance
to
supply
their
wants
,
Blasphemers
severely
punish'd
,
the
Poor
relieved
,
and
many
things
of
the
like
kind
,
which
for
brevity's
sake
,
and
not
to
be
thought
a
Flatterer
,
I
do
not
mention
;
are
all
convincing
Testimonies
,
that
the
Glory
of
God
is
your
Majesty's
chief
care
:
Though
in
this
you
have
done
no
more
than
what
all
the
World
is
bound
to
do
;
yet
I
say
,
't
is
your
Majesty's
Duty
more
than
another
Man's
;
not
only
because
as
you
are
a
Soveraign
you
are
oblig'd
to
give
good
Example
to
your
Subjects
;
but
because
you
cannot
omit
the
doing
of
it
,
without
being
very
ingrateful
to
God
.
If
your
Majesty
will
but
cast
your
Eyes
,
on
the
Favours
you
have
receiv'd
from
him
,
you
will
see
many
things
which
require
an
Eternal
Acknowledgement
.
I
do
not
speak
of
such
things
as
are
common
to
you
with
all
men
;
but
reflect
if
you
please
on
those
Blessings
,
which
God's
Providence
hath
in
so
particular
a
manner
pour'd
out
upon
your
Majesty
.
How
are
you
bound
to
thank
him
for
your
Miraculous
Birth
?
his
giving
you
Being
to
fill
the
noblest
Throne
upon
Earth
,
is
one
of
the
least
of
his
Favours
;
and
to
draw
you
doubly
,
I
may
say
,
out
of
nothing
as
he
did
,
after
the
Queen
your
Mother
had
been
Barren
three
and
twenty
Years
,
is
a
Blessing
that
cannot
be
forgot
without
double
Ingratitude
.
If
you
follow
step
by
step
what
God
hath
done
for
you
,
you
will
find
his
Protection
over
your
Person
hath
been
very
singular
:
Remember
that
almost
universal
Rebellion
of
your
Kingdom
,
that
Confederation
of
the
Parliaments
against
your
Authority
,
the
insolence
of
your
People
,
and
how
easily
you
quell'd
these
Monsters
.
You
will
then
confess
,
this
was
not
the
Work
of
Man
,
but
the
Hand
of
God
.
If
after
this
,
you
call
to
mind
the
Fidelity
of
your
Commanders
and
Souldiers
,
even
to
the
prejudice
of
their
Ancient
Rights
;
and
that
Victory
still
wedded
to
your
side
,
forc'd
the
Spaniards
to
yield
to
the
Peace
of
the
Pyrenees
,
notwithstanding
their
great
aversion
to
it
:
You
will
see
that
this
likewise
,
was
a
Favour
of
Divine
Providence
,
which
never
forsook
you
.
How
can
you
chuse
but
be
thankful
,
for
the
Miracle
it
wrought
in
recovering
you
from
that
terrible
Sickness
,
which
I
have
already
mention'd
?
I
know
God
made
use
of
Natural
Causes
,
to
which
impious
Men
attribute
all
that
is
extraordinary
;
but
,
by
their
leave
,
there
was
something
more
in
that
recovery
;
for
you
were
not
only
given
over
by
your
Physicians
,
who
I
confess
are
many
times
mistaken
;
but
you
were
more
than
half
dead
,
as
those
that
were
present
did
verily
think
,
and
can
testifie
I
spoke
Truth
,
when
I
said
your
Curtains
were
drawn
.
If
your
Majesty
please
,
let
us
follow
the
course
of
your
Life
,
and
see
whether
that
which
happen'd
after
this
,
be
Natural
.
Do
you
in
good
earnest
believe
,
that
so
regular
and
mature
a
Judgment
,
as
appear'd
in
you
presently
after
the
Cardinal's
Death
,
notwithstanding
the
ill
Education
he
gave
you
,
was
only
the
Gift
of
Nature
?
'T
is
to
God
alone
you
are
indebted
for
it
,
and
to
whom
you
are
to
return
thanks
.
'T
was
not
in
your
Power
to
make
your self
wise
,
especially
in
a
Court
where
you
were
suffer'd
to
do
what
you
would
,
and
where
none
but
Women
,
had
the
care
of
your
Education
.
What
shall
I
now
say
of
the
Wars
wherein
you
have
been
engag'd
by
evil
Counsel
,
and
if
I
may
dare
say
so
,
by
your
own
Ambition
?
And
yet
,
how
happily
are
you
come
off
!
All
these
Miracles
are
from
Heaven
,
God
having
sent
you
into
the
World
,
that
you
might
Glorifie
him
by
your
Actions
,
and
hath
more
particularly
engaged
you
to
praise
him
,
by
many
Obligations
heap'd
upon
one
another
:
If
you
do
not
do
that
which
God
expects
from
you
,
what
will
all
the
World
say
,
that
know
the
Chararacter
of
a
good
Man
is
to
be
Grateful
?
As
it
is
your
Majesty's
Obligation
,
so
't
is
your
Interest
to
be
thankful
:
For
if
a
Prince
take
no
care
to
give
to
God
that
which
is
his
due
;
how
can
he
expect
his
People
should
do
their
Duty
to
him
,
whose
greatest
Glory
is
to
be
the
living
Image
of
God
upon
Earth
.
If
he
thinks
to
be
obey'd
,
because
as
a
Master
he
commands
others
,
and
believes
his
Subjects
must
Love
or
fear
him
,
because
Reward
and
Punishment
are
in
his
Hands
,
he
is
much
mistaken
:
For
the
Power
of
a
Prince
be
it
never
so
great
;
would
quickly
be
brought
to
nothing
;
if
those
that
obey
him
,
did
not
do
it
for
God's
sake
,
who
is
greater
than
he
?
'T
is
Religion
that
first
made
Subjects
fear
their
King
,
and
still
continues
that
Fear
:
As
a
Tree
which
doth
not
continually
receive
Nourishment
from
the
Earth
,
grows
dry
and
withers
by
degrees
;
so
take
away
Religion
in
a
Kingdom
,
the
Respect
and
Fear
of
a
Soveraign
,
which
Subjects
suck
in
with
their
Milk
,
insensibly
decays
,
till
it
be
quite
Dead
;
whence
follow
a
thousand
Mischiefs
,
greater
than
can
be
Imagin'd
or
express'd
;
and
then
,
neither
Hope
of
Reward
,
or
Fear
of
Punishment
,
can
prevail
with
Subjects
to
do
their
Duty
.
A
Wretch
,
that
doth
not
believe
in
God
,
thinks
there
is
much
more
to
be
got
by
Disobedience
and
Rebellion
,
than
ever
he
could
expect
from
his
Prince
;
and
what
Effect
can
the
fear
of
Punishment
have
upon
him
,
who
believes
there
is
no
other
World
beside
this
,
and
that
one
quarter
of
an
Hour
will
put
an
End
to
all
his
Pain
.
Not
to
give
God
his
due
,
is
to
open
a
Door
to
all
manner
of
Wickedness
;
and
a
Prince
thereby
exposes
himself
to
the
Hazard
of
being
driven
out
of
his
Kingdom
.
Look
but
upon
the
Ottoman
Empire
,
which
is
much
more
subject
to
revolutions
than
any
other
Kingdoms
,
because
the
greatest
part
of
its
Subjects
think
the
Religion
they
profess
to
be
meer
humane
Invention
;
and
when
a
Man
once
comes
to
that
Belief
,
't
is
a
very
hard
matter
to
conquer
his
Prejudice
,
and
raise
him
up
to
the
Knowledge
of
the
true
God
.
Besides
,
such
an
Opinion
blinds
and
makes
Men
so
brutish
,
as
to
attribute
all
things
to
Nature
,
and
't
is
extremely
difficult
for
'em
to
find
the
way
out
of
their
error
.
Let
us
come
a
little
nearer
,
and
see
what
hath
been
done
in
England
,
the
want
of
Religion
in
that
Kingdom
,
was
the
cause
of
all
that
happen'd
there
,
since
the
time
of
Henry
the
8th
.
the
introducing
of
so
many
Sects
,
brought
the
People
at
last
to
dip
their
hands
in
their
King's
blood
.
Come
we
now
to
your
own
Kingdom
,
where
we
may
observe
the
same
disorders
in
the
reign
of
three
or
four
Kings
one
after
another
.
If
you
would
know
the
reason
,
read
but
their
History
.
One
was
a
Blasphemer
,
instead
of
punishing
that
sin
in
his
Subjects
.
Another
was
an
Atheist
,
and
so
of
the
rest
.
So
that
their
Subjects
who
had
very
little
more
Religion
than
they
,
attempted
to
dethrone
'em
.
These
Confusions
lasted
till
the
Reign
of
the
Deceased
King
your
Father
.
The
Vicious
Lives
of
the
Clergy
cannot
be
remember'd
without
horror
.
A
Bishop
never
visited
his
Diocess
,
but
to
receive
the
Rents
due
from
his
Tenants
;
if
he
stay'd
there
,
't
was
to
enjoy
a
Mistress
,
whose
company
pleas'd
him
;
and
when
he
was
weary
of
her
,
he
return'd
to
Paris
to
find
another
,
upon
whom
he
spent
that
which
he
should
have
given
to
the
Poor
;
with
the
rest
he
kept
Horses
and
Hounds
,
an
abuse
so
general
amongst
'em
,
that
he
was
accounted
covetous
who
did
not
live
at
this
rate
.
I
have
also
heard
my
Deceased
Father
say
that
when
he
was
young
,
Bishopricks
were
bestow'd
usually
to
gratifie
Favourites
(
who
had
procur'd
'em
)
with
part
of
their
Revenues
;
they
knew
how
much
they
were
to
give
,
and
the
rest
was
for
themselves
.
The
same
thing
was
practic'd
with
relation
to
Abbies
,
and
I
may
say
all
the
Benefices
in
France
.
The
Monks
who
liv'd
at
their
ease
,
spent
their
overplus
very
scandalously
,
but
lik'd
the
Trade
so
well
,
that
in
spite
of
all
reproof
,
they
would
not
leave
it
.
Cardinal
Richelieu
,
who
knew
that
the
first
and
most
important
care
of
a
Minister
of
State
,
is
to
establish
Religious
Worship
,
especially
among
those
whose
good
or
evil
example
is
of
great
consequence
in
a
Kingdom
,
apply'd
himself
entirely
to
it
.
God
blest
his
Endeavours
,
and
't
is
to
him
we
are
indebted
for
our
present
better
change
.
Your
Majesty
hath
likewise
done
your
part
,
in
not
bestowing
favours
but
upon
those
who
for
their
good
behaviour
and
learning
are
worthy
of
'em
;
for
your
Majesty
well
knows
that
they
who
are
to
be
set
over
others
,
should
be
able
to
teach
and
instruct
them
;
seeing
want
of
good
Precepts
may
be
the
cause
of
as
much
mischief
,
as
ill
example
.
By
the
particular
knowledge
I
have
,
I
am
a
daily
witness
,
that
in
the
distribution
of
Benefices
and
other
favours
,
your
Majesty
will
be
inform'd
,
not
only
of
the
good
lives
and
conversation
of
those
persons
that
are
propos'd
to
you
;
but
also
of
their
other
requisite
qualifications
.
Now
after
this
knowledge
I
have
nothing
more
to
say
,
than
to
exhort
your
Majesty
to
continue
the
Conduct
you
have
shewn
,
since
your
coming
to
the
Crown
;
for
nothing
so
much
prevails
with
Subjects
,
as
the
good
example
of
their
Soveraign
.
Your
Majesty's
present
Exemplary
life
will
be
a
Spur
to
those
who
are
so
lazy
,
as
not
to
keep
pace
with
your
Majesty
,
in
the
good
way
you
are
going
.
Endeavour
above
all
things
to
keep
from
your
heart
,
Slanderers
and
Hypocrites
;
whereof
the
number
is
much
greater
than
you
imagine
The
first
like
love
,
insinuate
themselves
by
degrees
into
Mens
minds
,
but
kill
as
soon
as
they
take
possession
,
a
Detractor
gets
into
the
heart
of
a
Prince
,
by
pretending
his
interests
are
dearer
to
him
than
his
own
;
and
when
he
hath
infus'd
his
poyson
,
he
will
never
let
him
rest
till
he
hath
made
him
suspect
the
fidelity
of
his
best
servants
.
Hypocrites
are
yet
more
dangerous
,
because
under
colour
of
Devotion
they
infect
you
with
mischievous
Maxims
,
whose
venom
't
is
impossible
for
you
to
discover
.
There
are
other
Vices
which
tho
your
Majesty
ought
not
to
suffer
;
yet
they
are
not
so
prejudicial
to
your
Government
.
A
Man
that
minds
nothing
but
pleasing
his
senses
,
hurts
no
body
but
himself
;
a
Drunkard
is
in
the
same
case
,
and
so
are
others
of
the
like
nature
;
so
that
the
service
of
God
a
part
,
the
Commonwealth
is
not
concern'd
.
If
it
suffer
any
thing
,
't
is
because
God
who
is
just
,
doth
not
usually
bless
those
places
where
such
disorders
are
permitted
;
and
I
attribute
all
the
Misery
of
Flanders
to
their
Idolatry
;
I
cannot
without
indignation
see
them
pay
so
much
veneration
and
respect
to
an
Image
of
the
Virgin
Mary
,
or
of
some
other
Saint
,
and
yet
have
no
regard
at
all
,
to
the
Holy
Sacrament
that
is
upon
their
Altars
.
'T
is
the
Monks
that
are
the
cause
of
this
abuse
,
which
they
had
heretofore
establish'd
in
France
;
but
that
it
doth
not
reign
there
,
so
much
as
in
former
times
,
we
are
to
thank
the
Hereticks
.
It
was
one
of
their
complaints
against
the
Roman
Church
,
and
the
people
who
in
those
days
liv'd
in
very
great
ignorance
;
now
they
are
illuminated
,
know
they
were
in
the
right
;
the
Monks
themselves
never
doubted
it
,
and
the
thing
is
too
clear
of
it self
,
to
be
any
longer
a
block
of
offence
.
Nothing
but
interest
hath
prompted
'em
to
make
such
a
change
in
Religion
;
and
to
load
us
with
Indulgences
and
Fraternities
.
They
at
first
wrought
upon
the
minds
of
weak
Women
,
to
establish
their
Maxims
,
and
then
infus'd
them
into
their
Men
;
who
as
I
have
said
were
so
ignorant
,
as
not
to
perceive
the
snares
that
were
laid
for
them
.
If
these
Monks
had
kept
close
to
the
first
rules
of
their
institution
,
this
abuse
could
never
have
crept
in
;
it
came
in
first
by
Confessions
,
which
by
degrees
they
have
now
apply'd
to
themselves
,
through
the
secular
Priests
neglecting
their
duty
,
the
care
also
they
take
,
to
get
Customers
to
their
Churches
,
by
things
which
attract
the
eyes
more
than
the
heart
;
hath
drawn
people
from
their
Parish-Churches
,
to
which
by
the
Canons
they
are
oblig'd
to
go
under
pain
of
mortal
sin
:
So
that
we
see
'em
deserted
and
empty
,
while
the
Churches
of
Covents
,
have
not
room
enough
to
contain
those
whom
curiosity
or
dangerous
zeal
hath
allured
thither
;
but
God
be
thanked
,
we
begin
to
know
better
,
what
is
our
duty
;
't
is
your
Majesty's
part
to
remedy
other
abuses
,
God
having
put
power
into
your
hands
,
to
root
out
the
Tares
which
grow
amongst
the
good
Corn.
The
means
are
easie
,
and
the
putting
it
in
practice
absolutely
necessary
,
both
for
the
good
of
your
Subjects
,
and
the
security
of
your
State
;
for
the
good
of
your
Subjects
you
should
not
suffer
Monks
to
meddle
with
what
they
have
nothing
to
do
;
entring
into
the
Secrets
▪
of
Families
,
where
they
often
make
strange
work
:
And
for
the
security
of
your
State
,
how
can
you
expect
it
?
where
they
that
are
bound
by
an
Oath
of
Fidelity
to
the
Pope
;
must
prefer
his
Interests
before
yours
;
which
will
occasion
greater
inconveniencies
▪
than
you
can
imagin
;
this
will
appear
to
be
a
manifest
truth
,
if
you
call
to
mind
what
past
in
the
Reigns
of
Hen.
3.
and
Hen.
4.
of
which
I
need
say
so
no
more
;
since
Your
Majesty
knows
what
then
happen'd
,
better
than
I
do
.
The
surest
way
to
prevent
these
two
inconveniences
;
is
first
to
destroy
these
Monasteries
,
or
at
least
not
to
suffer
such
a
multitude
of
'em
:
but
since
this
will
be
a
difficult
thing
for
Your
Majesty
to
do
,
though
your
power
be
so
great
,
yet
I
think
it
may
be
compass'd
,
if
Your
Majesty
please
,
first
to
establish
again
among
'em
the
ancient
Discipline
of
their
Founders
,
wherein
they
are
very
remiss
.
2dly
,
If
you
forbid
them
taking
Confession
;
whereby
they
insinuate
themselves
into
Women
,
out
of
whom
they
wire-draw
the
Secrets
of
all
Families
.
3ly
.
If
you
suffer
none
to
take
upon
'em
the
habit
,
till
they
shall
be
of
such
an
age
as
you
shall
prescribe
;
that
they
may
know
what
it
is
to
enter
into
Religion
.
If
this
were
done
,
their
number
would
quickly
be
known
,
and
there
would
not
be
so
many
among
'em
,
who
bite
their
Nails
for
having
done
that
which
they
did
not
well
consider
before
hand
.
4ly
,
If
you
reform
the
Ornaments
of
their
Churches
,
and
reduce
'em
to
the
Usage
of
Cathedrals
,
and
of
St.
Peter's
at
Rome
it self
,
which
should
serve
for
a
Pattern
to
others
;
where
there
stands
upon
the
High
Altar
,
nothing
but
a
Cross
,
and
a
few
Candlesticks
,
instead
of
all
the
Trinkets
we
see
in
the
Covents
.
5ly
,
If
Your
Majesty
forbid
the
shameful
Traffick
of
Fraternities
,
driven
in
Service-time
,
which
distracts
People
Devotion
;
also
that
the
Blind
of
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of
Hospital
in
Paris
,
where
the
Blind
are
allow'd
to
beg
at
their
Church-doors
,
and
at
the
corners
of
Streets
.
Quinze
Vingt
,
may
be
kept
out
of
the
Church
,
that
those
who
are
at
their
Prayers
,
may
not
be
interrupted
.
These
two
last
abuses
reign
as
much
in
Parishes
,
as
in
Covents
,
which
Your
Majesty
should
reform
.
6thly
,
If
you
forbid
Monks
and
Friars
talking
with
Women
at
Church-doors
,
or
in
any
other
place
within
the
limits
of
their
Monasteries
:
For
what
can
they
have
to
say
to
'em
?
doth
any
body
think
they
entertain
'em
with
Devotion
?
whether
't
is
that
I
am
more
corrupt
,
or
that
I
take
more
notice
of
things
than
others
do
;
but
it
hath
been
always
my
observation
,
that
Old
Women
are
still
excluded
from
their
conversation
;
they
are
never
to
be
spoken
with
,
when
young
and
pretty
Women
are
by
;
do
they
think
to
perswade
us
,
they
have
charms
to
keep
themselves
from
burning
,
when
they
approach
so
near
to
the
fire
?
Your
Majesty
ought
to
remove
this
scandal
,
but
if
you
cannot
by
the
means
I
have
proposed
,
there
are
others
which
you
may
have
recourse
to
in
case
of
necessity
.
Care
must
be
taken
,
that
Parish-Churches
,
in
which
there
are
many
things
that
want
Reformation
,
should
give
so
good
example
,
that
people
might
of
their
own
accord
return
again
to
'em
without
any
compulsion
.
I
have
observ'd
that
Parish-Priests
are
very
negligent
in
their
duty
;
't
is
a
shame
to
see
how
at
Funerals
they
look
to
the
right
and
the
left
,
and
behave
themselves
so
,
that
no
body
can
think
't
was
zeal
for
God's
service
,
engag'd
them
in
their
profession
,
but
that
they
enter'd
into
Orders
only
to
get
a
livelihood
,
they
make
Devotion
a
meer
Trade
.
A
Shoomaker
when
he
is
making
Shoos
,
minds
more
what
he
is
about
,
than
they
do
.
'T
is
Your
Majesty's
concern
to
remedy
so
great
an
abuse
;
but
't
is
not
to
be
done
,
unless
you
resolve
to
augment
the
number
of
Parishes
in
your
City
of
Paris
.
A
Priest
who
hath
no
mind
to
give
good
example
,
is
hid
in
the
multitude
of
his
Parishioners
,
of
whom
the
hundredth
part
do
not
know
him
;
which
would
not
happen
in
Parishes
of
moderate
extent
.
What
necessity
is
there
for
their
being
so
large
?
Or
that
Priests
should
have
five
and
twenty
thousand
Livres
yearly
Rent
?
Divide
one
Parish
into
six
,
that
will
not
only
make
the
Priests
but
the
People
more
vertuous
;
they
may
then
have
their
eyes
upon
every
particular
person
,
and
hinder
the
scandal
they
now
encourage
for
want
of
due
care
and
reproof
.
Beside
,
this
is
the
only
way
to
abate
the
Pride
of
the
Monks
,
who
think
we
cannot
be
without
'em
,
for
the
administration
of
the
Sacraments
,
and
really
the
extent
of
some
Parishes
is
so
great
,
that
the
Church
cannot
contain
the
thirtieth
part
of
the
Inhabitants
,
so
that
they
,
who
cannot
get
places
,
go
some
where
else
,
or
stay
at
home
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Covents
are
throng'd
with
Customers
,
which
is
contrary
to
their
first
Institution
.
When
there
are
more
Parishes
in
Paris
,
and
in
other
places
where
't
is
necessary
:
and
when
Archbishops
and
Bishops
suffer
none
but
Secular
Priests
to
come
into
their
Pulpits
,
Your
Majesty
will
quickly
see
People
leave
running
after
Monks
and
Friars
,
and
the
Worship
of
God
return
to
its
first
purity
.
I
say
nothing
of
the
Laws
which
Your
Majesty
should
make
against
Monasteries
growing
so
excessively
rich
;
you
have
done
it
already
,
especially
in
relation
to
Nunneries
,
which
you
have
order'd
for
the
future
,
to
take
no
Money
of
those
who
desire
the
Habit.
'T
is
much
more
necessary
for
the
Support
of
Your
Majesty's
Government
,
that
Lay-families
should
be
richer
than
Religious
Houses
.
This
will
produce
another
good
effect
,
that
none
will
be
received
into
them
,
but
good
Subjects
;
of
which
they
take
little
care
,
provided
People
bring
Money
with
'em
.
But
this
Law
is
so
ill
executed
,
that
it
signifies
no
more
,
than
if
Your
Majesty
had
never
made
it
,
the
only
effect
we
see
of
it
is
,
that
whereas
there
were
Contracts
for
the
receiving
of
a
Nun
,
there
are
none
made
now
;
yet
People
pay
never
the
less
Money
for
it
,
which
is
contrary
to
Your
Majesty's
intention
,
and
for
which
you
ought
to
provide
a
remedy
.
God
requires
it
of
you
,
the
Religious
of
both
Sexes
being
become
so
covetous
,
that
they
receive
all
who
have
Money
to
give
'em
,
preferably
to
those
who
have
none
,
tho
never
so
unfit
;
the
way
to
rectifie
this
abuse
,
is
to
bring
an
Information
against
those
who
have
transgress'd
your
Law
,
and
punish
them
so
severely
,
that
they
may
serve
as
an
example
to
others
.
For
to
what
purpose
are
Laws
if
they
be
not
executed
?
It
were
better
as
I
have
already
said
,
they
had
never
been
made
.
'T
is
exposing
Your
Majesty
's
Authority
to
an
affront
,
which
could
never
happen
if
things
had
remain'd
as
they
were
before
the
Law
was
made
.
I
do
not
mean
that
Your
Majesty
should
punish
this
fault
as
if
it
were
a
crime
of
State
;
't
is
enough
to
make
'em
restore
the
Money
they
have
receiv'd
with
Interest
,
it
will
not
be
difficult
to
prove
the
taking
of
Money
,
tho'
it
were
done
in
private
,
't
will
be
divulg'd
as
soon
as
Your
Majesty's
intention
is
known
;
Fathers
and
Mothers
who
have
Daughters
to
provide
for
,
will
be
the
first
who
will
reveal
the
Secret
;
seeing
't
is
Your
Majesty's
Pleasure
they
shall
be
reliev'd
,
whether
they
will
or
no
;
but
they
should
have
no
part
of
what
is
restor'd
,
the
Givers
being
as
faulty
as
the
Receivers
,
and
equally
transgressing
the
Law
.
So
that
Your
Majesty
will
grow
rich
at
their
cost
,
and
no
body
blame
you
,
since
the
World
will
see
that
Your
Majesty
designs
nothing
but
the
Service
of
God
and
the
good
of
your
Subjects
.
CHAP.
VIII
.
Of
Obedience
to
the
Pope
.
THIS
Chapter
cannot
be
better
plac'd
than
here
,
it
having
such
a
relation
to
that
which
precedes
it
.
That
it
may
be
truly
said
,
when
People
refuse
Obedience
to
the
Pope
,
they
are
not
far
from
forgetting
that
which
they
owe
to
God
;
and
when
we
are
not
sensible
of
that
submission
and
respect
,
we
ought
to
have
for
those
whom
he
hath
as
his
Ministers
set
over
us
,
the
fear
which
we
have
of
God
himself
will
quickly
vanish
.
The
reason
is
plain
,
because
we
forget
that
command
he
hath
given
us
,
to
honour
those
who
are
the
living
Images
of
his
Divinity
.
There
is
no
Prince
be
he
never
so
little
,
that
will
suffer
those
to
whom
he
commits
his
Authority
,
to
be
despis'd
,
and
there
is
nothing
more
common
,
than
to
pay
them
the
respect
they
require
from
us
.
This
is
not
only
observ'd
to
the
Governour
of
a
Province
,
but
even
to
the
meanest
Judge
;
and
proceeds
from
the
Character
,
wherewith
the
Prince
hath
honour'd
them
,
in
which
't
is
his
Interest
to
support
them
?
how
can
it
then
be
believ'd
that
God
is
less
jealous
of
that
Authority
which
he
hath
intrusted
in
the
hands
of
his
Ministers
,
and
upon
which
depends
the
safety
of
Religion
.
I
know
very
well
that
the
Kings
of
the
Earth
are
the
Lord
's
Anointed
,
and
for
that
reason
are
exalted
above
all
other
Men
;
but
yet
they
must
know
their
Rights
are
distinct
and
different
from
those
of
the
Church
;
and
as
the
Church
never
allows
Subjects
,
upon
any
account
,
to
be
disobedient
to
their
Prince
;
so
a
Prince
ought
not
to
permit
his
People
to
refuse
paying
Obedience
and
respect
to
the
Church
.
If
the
Church
had
continued
in
the
state
it
was
in
,
in
the
time
of
the
Apostles
,
and
had
not
joyn'd
the
Sword
to
the
Mitre
;
things
would
have
been
in
another
condition
than
now
they
are
;
but
since
what
hath
been
done
,
hath
been
by
God's
permission
,
we
ought
to
submit
to
what
he
hath
ordain'd
,
and
not
give
a
new
occasion
of
scandal
.
I
know
that
Churchmen
have
gone
beyond
the
bounds
of
their
Duty
,
and
that
Bishops
and
Popes
have
had
their
faults
;
yet
by
whatever
they
have
done
,
they
cannot
lose
their
Character
,
and
since
it
is
to
this
Character
our
respect
is
due
,
they
cannot
by
any
of
their
actions
lose
,
or
be
depriv'd
of
it
.
The
case
is
the
same
with
Crown'd
Heads
,
who
tho'
they
do
not
their
Duty
,
yet
Subjects
cannot
dispence
with
the
obedience
they
owe
them
.
Would
to
God
,
Sir
,
your
Ministers
had
well
consider'd
this
Truth
,
they
would
not
then
have
exalted
the
Authority
of
your
Crown
,
so
far
above
that
of
the
Mitre
.
I
very
much
doubt
,
whether
Equity
hath
been
the
rule
of
their
Actions
.
Had
I
been
Learned
and
able
enough
to
have
decided
this
great
Controversie
which
you
have
had
with
Rome
concerning
the
Regale
,
and
some
others
that
have
follow'd
it
,
I
would
have
determin'd
the
question
positively
without
a
perhaps
,
and
speaking
doubtfully
;
but
I
confess
my self
too
ignorant
,
to
give
a
definitive
Judgment
,
in
things
above
my
reach
.
Now
if
any
ask
,
since
I
confess
my
incapacity
,
why
then
do
I
condemn
rather
than
approve
what
hath
been
done
:
I
pray
Your
Majesty
to
consider
,
that
you
have
had
not
only
Rome
against
you
in
this
business
,
but
many
Bishops
and
Doctors
of
your
own
Kingdom
;
who
have
been
always
thought
examples
of
Piety
and
Vertue
,
and
have
liv'd
very
exemplarily
.
We
see
also
they
have
chosen
to
suffer
Exile
and
Imprisonment
,
rather
than
submit
to
that
which
they
believe
is
unjust
,
to
say
that
what
they
have
done
,
is
because
they
are
opinionative
and
obstinate
,
is
to
impose
only
upon
the
simple
;
for
wise
men
are
of
another
mind
.
Is
it
likely
they
could
premeditately
design
to
displease
their
Master
,
especially
you
that
are
the
greatest
King
upon
Earth
,
and
so
much
respected
and
esteem'd
by
all
your
Subjects
?
It
is
much
more
reasonable
to
think
,
that
Your
Majesty
seeing
these
things
,
with
those
persons
eyes
,
on
whom
you
relye
;
the
desire
they
have
to
make
themselves
necessary
,
hath
put
'em
upon
doing
what
they
cannot
justifie
before
an
Impartial
Tribunal
:
They
do
not
consider
that
they
expose
Your
Majesty
to
new
Enemies
,
whose
number
they
need
not
increase
,
since
you
have
already
made
your self
too
many
by
your
Conquests
,
would
they
but
reflect
upon
what
some
persons
at
least
as
wise
as
themselves
,
who
have
grown
old
in
Embassies
,
have
represented
to
the
Kings
your
Predecessors
;
they
would
proceed
a
little
more
warily
;
he
deceives
himself
,
who
weighs
what
he
undertakes
,
only
by
the
power
of
him
for
whom
he
acts
;
if
Justice
do
not
hold
the
Ballance
,
it
were
a
thousand
times
better
,
nothing
had
ever
been
attempted
.
I
would
fain
have
these
Great
Politicians
tell
me
,
with
what
Lawrels
they
have
Crown'd
Your
Majesty
,
by
the
Banishment
and
Imprisonment
of
so
many
Pious
and
Learned
Persons
;
whom
the
Pope
in
his
Bulls
hath
not
only
declared
to
be
such
,
but
hath
likewise
exhorted
them
to
suffer
for
the
love
of
Truth
.
I
wish
they
would
also
tell
me
,
what
Victory
they
expect
by
those
Orders
of
Council
,
which
might
I
dare
say
so
,
do
without
any
regard
had
to
the
Bulls
of
his
Holiness
,
so
insolently
command
the
Literal
execution
of
all
that
,
which
they
in
the
fits
of
their
Frenzy
have
decreed
.
There
are
milder
ways
,
and
more
befitting
a
Most
Christian
King
,
to
determine
those
Differences
which
may
happen
between
Your
Majesty
and
Rome
.
It
doth
not
become
a
Son
to
rebell
against
his
Father
,
who
is
to
be
disarmed
by
Kindness
and
Submission
,
rather
than
by
holding
a
Cudgel
over
him
.
Tho
it
be
glorious
for
a
Man
to
have
the
better
of
his
Enemies
,
yet
it
is
shameful
,
to
desire
like
a
Master
to
command
those
to
whom
he
owes
obedience
and
respect
.
So
that
should
Your
Majesty
take
Rome
,
and
conquer
all
the
Ecclesiastical
State
;
yet
you
are
prudent
enough
to
know
,
you
would
get
the
same
reputation
by
it
,
that
Charles
the
Fifth
had
in
the
like
occasion
,
faithful
and
impartial
Historians
have
represented
him
to
be
a
Prince
that
had
no
Religion
,
and
who
never
kept
his
word
;
and
tho
they
that
flatter
him
most
,
have
been
forc'd
to
cast
a
Veil
over
his
taking
of
Rome
;
yet
the
foulness
of
that
action
appears
plainly
through
it
.
I
know
very
well
there
will
be
a
gloss
set
upon
what
Your
Majesty
doth
,
to
secure
your
Glory
;
but
you
will
not
find
that
all
Pens
are
to
be
bought
and
kept
in
your
Pay
,
there
will
be
some
left
that
may
go
to
the
bottom
of
this
business
,
and
give
the
World
a
true
account
of
it
.
Slander
is
generally
better
receiv'd
than
Truth
,
and
if
it
be
true
,
as
we
must
agree
it
is
,
that
the
greatest
Kings
cannot
hinder
People
from
taking
the
liberty
to
examine
their
actions
;
how
many
will
say
that
a
Prince
had
better
see
with
his
own
eyes
,
than
trust
to
other
Mens
.
Besides
,
when
a
Man
is
about
to
do
a
thing
,
he
ought
to
consider
what
may
be
the
end
and
the
consequences
of
it
.
I
would
ask
the
Archbishop
of
Paris
,
and
all
others
,
on
whose
advice
Your
Majesty
relyes
in
Ecclesiastical
Matters
;
what
is
to
be
got
by
Quarreling
with
the
Pope
?
certainly
nothing
;
for
if
Religion
be
not
totally
destroy'd
by
it
,
all
your
Attempts
against
his
Holyness
,
will
recoil
back
upon
you
:
The
Reason
is
,
because
Europe
cannot
continue
in
the
same
State
it
is
now
,
and
the
Pope's
Authority
being
so
great
as
it
is
,
as
well
in
Temporal
as
in
Spiritual
Cases
,
he
becomes
an
Enemy
to
you
,
no
only
in
his
own
Person
,
but
in
that
of
his
Successors
;
and
a
dangerous
Enemy
who
hath
Thunder
in
his
Hands
;
which
will
do
more
Mischief
than
your
Majesty's
great
Guns
,
tho'
perhaps
it
may
not
make
so
great
a
Noise
.
The
People
are
generally
very
credulous
on
such
Occasions
,
and
your
Majesty
is
too
clear
sighted
,
not
to
foresee
the
ill
consequences
of
it
.
Rome's
Fulminations
have
caus'd
the
overthrow
of
very
great
Kingdoms
;
and
your
own
have
felt
such
furious
Shocks
,
as
hath
requir'd
more
than
a
Day
to
recover
it
.
History
is
full
of
such
Events
,
and
tho'
your
Majesty's
Glory
and
Power
,
secure
you
at
present
from
fearing
the
like
;
yet
you
ought
to
look
on
your
Heirs
,
who
tho'
they
inherit
the
one
,
may
not
have
the
good
Fortune
to
acquire
the
other
.
CHAP.
IX
.
Of
the
Love
which
a
Prince
ought
to
have
for
his
Subjects
,
and
of
Taxes
.
NOthing
doth
better
prove
a
Prince's
Love
to
his
People
,
than
his
reflecting
,
why
they
have
made
themselves
his
Subjects
,
and
given
him
power
over
them
.
Every
thing
hath
a
Beginning
,
and
seeing
we
own
Pharamond
to
be
our
first
King
,
it
is
evident
we
had
none
before
him
,
or
at
least
have
no
Knowledge
left
of
any
;
when
the
Gauls
were
under
the
Dominion
of
the
Romans
,
much
is
said
of
some
famous
Captains
among
the
Gauls
;
but
that
was
all
the
Title
they
had
,
that
of
King
being
never
given
to
them
.
We
do
not
read
they
commanded
any
where
but
in
the
Army
,
and
when
their
Enemies
retir'd
,
they
return'd
to
a
private
Life
.
If
they
were
esteem'd
and
respected
above
others
,
it
was
for
their
Valour
,
and
not
for
any
Authority
that
still
remain'd
in
their
hands
;
since
they
had
none
but
when
they
were
in
Arms.
The
great
struggles
the
Gauls
had
to
preserve
their
Liberty
,
which
they
had
taken
so
much
pains
to
obtain
;
made
them
think
of
chusing
a
Master
;
but
such
a
Master
who
had
only
the
Name
,
and
was
so
far
from
making
himself
a
Tyrant
,
that
he
concurr'd
with
them
,
to
keep
'em
again
from
falling
into
Slavery
.
Without
doubt
,
had
they
thought
that
he
on
whom
their
Choice
was
fall'n
,
would
treat
them
as
their
Old
Masters
the
Romans
had
done
,
they
would
certainly
have
soon
set
Bounds
to
his
Authority
.
The
Establishment
of
Royalty
was
at
first
properly
no
more
,
than
the
election
of
a
Soveraign
,
who
was
to
be
universally
obey'd
,
for
the
Publick
Good
;
and
who
was
to
have
the
same
Affection
for
his
Subjects
,
that
a
Father
of
a
Family
hath
for
his
Children
and
Servants
.
And
tho'
in
later
times
,
there
have
been
great
changes
in
Monarchies
,
we
ought
to
return
to
their
true
original
Constitution
.
No
body
can
be
in
Love
with
arbitrary
Power
,
and
had
it
not
been
introduc'd
among
the
Turks
,
their
Emperours
might
have
sat
more
securely
on
their
Thrones
.
A
Prince
should
endeavour
to
reign
in
the
Hearts
of
his
People
by
Love
,
rather
than
subject
them
to
his
Will
by
Power
.
Many
Kings
have
pretended
to
a
despotick
Power
,
of
doing
what
they
pleas'd
;
but
that
gave
occasion
of
calling
together
the
States
,
or
such
Assemblies
as
in
some
places
are
term'd
a
Parliament
or
Diet.
But
call
'em
by
what
Names
you
please
,
they
are
still
but
the
same
thing
,
seeing
they
represent
the
whole
Body
of
the
Kingdom
,
composed
of
the
Clergy
,
of
the
Nobility
,
and
of
that
which
is
called
here
in
France
the
Third
State
.
Such
,
for
Example
,
are
the
Parliaments
in
England
;
but
our
Parliaments
in
France
,
are
Courts
only
establish'd
to
administer
justice
to
your
Majesty's
People
.
In
your
Minority
the
Parliament
of
Paris
,
pretended
to
meddle
with
Affairs
of
State
,
which
was
an
Usurpation
upon
your
Majesty's
Authority
,
for
which
you
had
just
Reason
to
punish
them
.
Good
Princes
have
always
been
the
Protectors
of
these
Assemblies
of
the
States
in
this
Kingdom
,
and
of
Parliaments
and
Diets
;
not
being
concern'd
whether
they
were
assembl'd
or
no
,
because
they
never
intended
to
do
any
thing
,
but
what
was
for
the
Good
of
their
People
.
And
to
speak
properly
,
these
States
and
Parliaments
,
are
the
People's
Guardians
;
but
those
Princes
that
have
a
Design
to
take
away
their
Subjects
Liberties
,
and
to
introduce
Arbitrary
Government
,
are
always
afraid
of
Parliaments
,
because
they
are
a
Rock
,
on
which
usually
their
Desires
and
Hopes
split
.
I
will
not
say
't
is
fit
these
Assemblies
should
meet
as
often
as
they
do
in
England
;
because
by
the
length
of
their
Debates
,
Opportunities
are
many
times
lost
,
that
can
never
be
recover'd
.
Nor
doth
it
become
Subjects
to
have
the
Wardship
of
their
King
:
If
it
were
to
be
permitted
,
it
ought
to
be
at
most
but
in
very
important
occasions
,
and
where
it
seems
necessary
that
all
the
Orders
of
the
Kingdom
give
their
Consent
;
in
all
other
things
,
the
Prince
with
his
Council
may
be
a
sufficient
Judge
,
it
being
to
be
presum'd
he
will
do
nothing
but
for
the
good
of
his
People
.
If
it
were
proper
in
this
place
to
ask
,
whether
a
Prince's
Council
ought
to
be
agreeable
to
his
Subjects
;
and
consequently
,
whether
your
Majesty's
Subjects
had
reason
to
press
you
to
banish
Cardinal
Mazarin
,
it
would
be
a
very
ticklish
nice
Question
:
For
as
it
is
the
Peoples
Interest
and
Concern
,
that
no
body
should
give
Evil
Counsel
to
your
Majesty
;
so
on
the
other
hand
,
many
Inconveniencies
might
happen
,
if
a
Prince
should
have
no
Council
,
but
such
a
one
as
his
People
like
;
for
that
were
to
reduce
Monarchs
to
the
Condition
of
being
Soveraigns
only
in
shew
.
But
since
what
we
treat
of
here
is
quite
another
thing
,
I
will
only
say
,
that
the
Consequence
which
results
from
the
Establishment
of
the
States
,
cannot
possibly
be
deny'd
;
which
is
,
that
a
King
ought
to
have
a
very
tender
Affection
for
his
People
,
which
he
is
oblig'd
never
to
depart
from
.
The
Reason
is
,
because
there
had
been
no
need
of
such
an
Establishment
,
if
they
should
have
had
Power
to
do
what
they
thought
good
.
But
seeing
such
Assemblies
were
created
,
to
be
as
I
may
say
,
Guardians
and
Protectors
of
the
People
,
and
have
right
to
interpose
their
Mediation
with
the
Prince
,
that
nothing
may
pass
to
their
Prejudice
:
It
is
an
infallible
Proof
,
that
Princes
ought
to
be
Fathers
to
,
and
not
Tirants
over
their
Subjects
.
Otherwise
the
Convocation
of
the
States
,
and
Meeting
of
Parliaments
,
must
have
been
created
to
favour
the
one
,
and
to
take
away
the
Rights
of
the
other
.
Now
whoever
saw
an
Assembly
of
the
States
accus'd
for
assuming
to
themselves
an
Authority
that
was
not
due
to
them
?
But
that
Suspicion
falls
often
upon
the
Princes
,
and
many
of
'em
are
not
able
to
defend
themselves
from
it
.
If
it
plainly
appear
by
what
hath
been
said
,
that
Kings
have
an
Obligation
to
their
People
;
that
which
remains
to
be
said
,
will
no
less
clearly
prove
it
,
if
we
examine
what
are
the
Obligations
of
the
one
,
and
of
the
other
.
We
shall
see
,
that
if
Subjects
be
bound
to
obey
their
Prince
,
the
Prince
is
oblig'd
to
love
and
protect
his
Subjects
.
A
Prince
,
to
speak
properly
,
is
in
his
Dominions
,
that
which
the
Heart
is
to
all
the
Parts
and
Members
of
the
Body
.
If
the
Heart
be
sick
,
the
whole
Body
presently
resents
it
;
if
any
part
of
the
Body
be
ill
,
the
Heart
at
the
same
time
suffers
.
Therefore
to
be
in
perfect
Health
,
there
must
be
between
the
Heart
and
all
parts
of
the
Body
a
constant
Union
and
Agreement
;
and
they
must
in
their
several
Functions
mutually
help
each
other
.
Between
a
King
and
his
Kingdom
the
Case
is
the
same
:
There
must
be
a
perfect
Harmony
and
Agreement
between
him
and
his
People
.
As
the
Heart
gives
Motion
to
all
parts
of
the
Body
,
so
doth
the
Prince
to
all
the
Actions
of
his
People
:
And
as
the
Heart
receives
Succour
from
all
the
parts
of
the
Body
,
to
keep
it
in
a
vigorous
and
healthful
state
,
that
the
whole
Body
may
enjoy
the
same
;
so
ought
a
King
to
receive
Aid
from
his
People
,
to
support
his
Power
and
Authority
,
that
he
may
preserve
their
Peace
and
Welfare
.
If
this
be
an
indisputable
Truth
,
which
no
Man
can
doubt
,
then
this
Agreement
between
a
King
and
his
Subjects
depends
solely
upon
himself
;
for
if
he
be
just
,
his
People
will
certainly
be
obedient
.
Now
to
be
just
,
is
to
do
every
individual
Subject
right
,
and
not
to
suffer
the
Strong
to
oppress
the
Weak
.
Your
Majesty
seems
to
have
sufficiently
provided
against
it
by
the
good
Laws
you
have
made
,
and
by
sending
Magistrates
into
the
Provinces
,
to
see
them
put
in
Execution
.
But
the
Question
is
,
whether
this
is
sufficient
,
and
whether
there
be
not
greater
Outrages
committed
in
your
Majesty's
Name
,
and
under
your
Authority
,
than
were
to
be
feared
from
the
Great
Men
of
your
Kingdom
:
For
't
is
you
,
Sir
,
that
are
stronger
than
the
strongest
;
and
if
the
Power
of
others
be
suppress'd
to
make
your
Majesty
's
the
greater
,
yet
you
ought
not
to
do
any
thing
that
is
unjust
.
The
Covetousness
of
the
Partisans
is
so
intolerable
,
that
provided
they
can
fill
their
own
Coffers
,
they
care
not
what
Reproach
they
bring
upon
your
Majesty
.
Your
Council
sometimes
goes
too
fast
,
in
making
Orders
to
authorize
their
Extortions
.
Your
Council's
chief
Care
is
to
please
you
in
all
things
they
think
are
for
your
Advantage
,
without
ever
examining
what
are
the
Rights
of
your
People
.
I
have
observ'd
in
some
Cases
their
blind-fold
Complyances
,
which
I
may
boldly
call
criminal
;
since
they
violate
Justice
,
which
your
Council
ought
to
defend
.
Your
Majesty
knows
I
have
often
oppos'd
such
Orders
;
for
as
I
will
always
be
for
that
which
I
believe
is
Just
;
so
I
will
never
consent
to
that
which
I
think
is
not
so
.
Your
Majesty
may
remember
when
the
Duty
of
[
*
](A34772-e35930-b)
*
There
being
a
Duty
laid
on
Wine
resembling
our
Excise
,
what
is
made
and
consum'd
(
like
Beer
and
Ale
brew'd
)
in
Private
Families
is
exempt
from
all
Duty
.
But
by
this
Tax
there
is
only
an
allowance
of
so
much
Wine
to
every
Family
proportionable
to
their
Number
,
and
if
they
exceed
that
Allowance
the
Officer
returns
Trop
bu
,
and
they
pay
Excise
for
the
Overplus
.
Trop
bu
came
to
be
debated
,
I
did
as
much
oppose
it
as
possibly
I
could
,
and
could
I
have
prevail'd
it
had
never
been
ordain'd
;
I
knew
the
injustice
of
it
,
notwithstanding
all
the
fine
Colours
some
endeavour'd
to
put
upon
it
;
but
at
last
it
made
such
a
Noise
,
that
your
Majesty
thought
fit
to
revoke
this
new
Tax
.
There
are
some
of
this
nature
which
still
remain
;
but
here
are
such
Complaints
and
Outcries
again
'em
,
that
they
cannot
last
long
.
One
of
this
kind
,
is
the
making
People
in
some
places
,
pay
two
several
Taxes
which
are
incompatible
,
as
in
Cities
and
Towns
whose
Payments
by
Composition
,
are
limited
to
a
certain
Summ
,
to
require
the
Payment
of
the
[
†
](A34772-e35980-b)
†
A
Tax
much
like
our
Toll
,
which
is
taken
at
the
Gates
of
Paris
,
and
of
other
Cities
,
for
all
sorts
of
Provision
and
Merchandize
that
enters
therein
.
Droit
d'entrée
,
and
the
Taille
too
.
Tho'
your
Majesty
doth
not
enter
into
a
strict
examination
of
this
Matter
,
yet
you
are
made
responsible
for
it
,
as
well
as
my self
.
Some
think
this
is
done
by
your
Majesty's
express
Order
,
and
by
my
Advice
:
But
the
Governers
of
Provinces
have
more
hand
in
it
than
any
body
;
the
desire
they
have
to
make
their
Court
to
your
Majesty
by
increasing
your
Revenue
;
is
the
reason
of
their
being
Instruments
to
vex
the
People
.
They
become
so
,
because
the
Council
out
of
which
they
are
taken
,
and
whose
Members
are
design'd
to
succeed
them
,
think
it
is
to
do
themselves
wrong
not
to
follow
their
Orders
.
All
Causes
which
concern
your
Majesty's
Rights
,
come
ordinarily
before
the
[
*
](A34772-e36070-b)
*
The
King's
Officers
,
who
makes
the
Assessments
of
all
Taxes
and
Aids
within
their
several
Provinces
,
and
judge
and
regulate
a●l
Differences
relating
thereto
.
Elus
,
and
then
what
Justice
can
your
People
expect
,
when
they
plead
before
Judges
,
who
are
in
Truth
Parties
?
For
there
is
not
an
Elu
in
France
,
that
is
not
a
Pensioner
to
the
Partisans
;
which
is
an
Abuse
your
Majesty
is
bound
to
reform
,
and
you
know
I
have
often
spoke
to
you
of
it
.
The
Case
as
to
the
Intendants
is
somewhat
more
nice
,
because
it
is
necessary
for
the
good
of
your
Kingdom
,
that
in
those
Posts
there
should
be
none
,
but
such
as
are
zealous
Promoters
of
your
Majesty's
Interest
:
For
otherwise
your
Affairs
would
soon
be
in
an
ill
Condition
.
That
which
ought
to
be
observ'd
by
them
is
,
that
they
should
not
by
flattery
aggravate
things
;
and
't
is
your
Majesty's
and
your
Council's
part
,
not
to
countenance
their
being
Favourites
.
Their
so
passionately
desiring
to
heap
up
Riches
,
is
that
which
begets
the
good
understanding
and
secret
correspondance
,
which
is
always
between
them
and
the
Partisans
;
therefore
to
rectifie
this
abuse
,
your
Majesty
ought
not
only
to
chuse
Persons
capable
of
the
Imployment
;
but
likewise
those
that
are
able
to
maintain
themselves
in
it
,
without
doing
any
thing
that
is
base
or
unworthy
:
For
as
a
King
hath
the
Glory
of
all
the
good
that
is
done
in
his
Kingdom
;
so
he
ought
to
bear
the
Shame
of
all
that
is
ill
done
.
Now
seeing
all
these
things
contribute
either
to
the
Love
or
Hatred
which
People
have
for
their
Prince
;
he
ought
to
be
careful
,
that
his
Subjects
be
as
little
charged
as
possible
,
with
new
Impositions
;
and
he
should
also
be
very
circumspect
in
his
Examination
and
Choice
of
those
Persons
,
with
whom
he
trusts
his
Authority
.
CHAP.
X.
Of
all
the
Kingdom
in
general
.
WHen
I
attentively
consider
the
Kingdom
,
and
in
what
manner
it
is
compos'd
and
settl'd
;
I
find
in
it
Six
different
Estates
of
People
;
which
all
,
except
one
,
contribute
to
its
Grandeur
;
but
that
one
is
so
far
from
it
,
that
it
is
rather
like
to
prove
its
utter
ruin
.
The
1.
is
the
Clergy
.
The
2.
the
Nobility
,
and
Gentry
.
The
3.
is
that
which
we
call
the
Third
State
,
in
which
are
compris'd
all
those
that
are
concern'd
in
the
administration
of
Justice
.
The
4.
the
Men
of
Business
.
The
5.
the
Merchants
,
or
Tradesmen
.
The
6.
Husbandmen
and
Labourers
.
The
Clergy
can
never
be
thought
an
unprofitable
Member
of
the
Kingdom
,
since
their
business
is
to
maintain
Religion
,
which
,
if
taken
away
or
neglected
,
I
have
already
shew'd
what
irremediable
Mischief
will
follow
.
The
Nobility
likewise
is
a
Body
,
that
doth
not
only
give
Lustre
to
the
Monarchie
,
but
is
the
firmest
Support
of
it
.
He
considers
things
but
superficially
,
that
thinks
the
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The
Lawyers
.
Gens
de
justice
,
that
is
,
all
concern'd
in
the
administration
of
Justice
,
to
be
more
useful
and
necessary
than
the
Clergy
and
Nobility
;
whereas
,
they
are
so
far
from
being
necessary
in
the
State
,
that
they
are
rather
the
ruine
of
it
.
The
multiplicity
of
Royal
and
subaltern
Courts
of
Justice
,
the
Bailywicks
,
Presidial
Courts
,
and
the
Parliaments
,
are
so
many
Blood-suckers
.
They
gnaw
and
grate
your
Subjects
,
and
I
will
maintain
,
they
cost
your
People
every
Year
,
above
Two
Hundred
Millions
.
I
will
think
what
course
may
be
taken
to
remedy
so
great
a
Mischief
;
but
I
cannot
pass
by
other
Leeches
,
no
less
decryed
than
these
I
have
mention'd
,
tho'
somewhat
more
serviceable
,
and
useful
to
the
Publick
.
I
mean
the
Gens
d'Affaires
,
that
is
,
the
Bankers
,
whom
the
People
think
to
be
the
Instruments
of
all
their
Misery
.
And
indeed
,
in
so
thinking
,
they
are
not
altogether
deceiv'd
.
I
confess
this
Abuse
may
be
more
easily
reform'd
than
the
other
;
but
cannot
be
totally
supprest
.
I
will
say
more
of
it
,
but
must
first
speak
of
those
things
wich
ought
to
precede
it
.
The
Tradesmen
,
as
well
as
Husbandmen
and
Labourers
,
are
included
in
that
which
is
call'd
the
Third
Estate
;
but
indeed
they
should
be
separated
,
and
have
a
Place
by
themselves
;
since
't
is
not
just
,
that
they
,
who
take
so
much
Pains
to
preserve
the
Kingdom
,
should
be
mingled
with
a
company
of
Pettifoggers
,
whose
business
it
is
to
destroy
it
.
I
know
your
Majesty
is
too
Prudent
,
not
to
protect
,
and
in
all
things
concur
with
them
,
to
make
Trade
and
Tillage
flourish
▪
Were
I
not
oblig'd
to
observe
order
in
my
Discourse
,
I
would
here
more
largely
shew
,
what
Advantages
your
Majesty
may
procure
them
:
But
seeing
I
must
not
go
before
those
,
of
whom
I
have
first
spoken
,
I
return
again
to
the
Clergy
,
who
take
Place
of
all
the
other
Orders
of
the
Kingdom
.
CHAP.
XI
.
Of
the
Clergy
.
PIety
is
so
absolutely
necessary
to
an
Ecclesiastick
,
that
your
Majesty
hath
all
the
Reason
in
the
World
,
not
to
bestow
Benefices
,
but
on
such
as
appear
to
be
good
and
virtuous
Men.
But
seeing
People
know
how
to
dissemble
,
when
't
is
for
their
Interest
and
Advantage
;
we
should
not
always
judge
by
Appearances
,
but
strictly
examin
and
enquire
into
their
Lives
and
Conversations
.
The
Universities
and
Seminaries
establish'd
for
this
purpose
,
are
of
very
great
Use
and
Benefit
;
for
tho'
many
come
to
them
with
dissolute
and
worldly
Minds
;
yet
they
are
in
a
fair
way
to
be
reform'd
by
good
Example
,
which
they
have
daily
before
their
Eyes
.
But
I
think
there
should
be
a
certain
time
limited
for
Peoples
staying
in
those
Seminaries
,
to
which
all
Persons
of
Quality
,
as
well
as
others
should
be
subject
,
and
none
by
any
Priviledge
exempted
:
For
't
is
not
by
long
living
in
Universities
,
but
by
coming
abroad
and
conversing
in
the
World
,
that
many
things
are
learn'd
,
necessary
for
a
Clergy
Man
to
know
,
and
which
he
can
never
so
well
learn
any
where
else
.
Pluralities
are
now
grown
common
;
But
still
condemn'd
by
tender
Consciences
.
Those
that
are
scrupulous
,
question
whether
the
going
from
one
Church
to
another
,
ought
to
be
suffer'd
:
Because
as
a
Lay
Man
is
forbidden
to
change
his
Wife
,
or
to
have
more
than
one
at
a
time
;
so
a
Clergy
Man
ought
not
to
have
two
Livings
,
or
to
commute
that
which
hath
been
given
to
him
.
The
Covetousness
of
Church-men
,
and
of
other
Persons
of
Consideration
,
join'd
with
that
necessity
which
hath
often
oblig'd
your
Majesty
and
your
Predecessors
to
reward
their
good
Services
;
first
introduc'd
this
abuse
of
Pluralities
.
But
your
Majesty
will
do
well
,
to
consider
what
ill
Consequences
attend
it
,
against
which
,
a
timely
Remedy
must
be
provided
.
Ecclesiasticks
well
born
,
and
bred
high
,
are
seldom
sit
Persons
to
edifie
the
People
;
for
having
liv'd
in
very
great
abundance
,
and
kept
the
great
Men
company
,
they
must
needs
retain
some
of
their
Vices
.
Their
Tables
and
their
Stables
,
consume
the
Patrimony
of
the
Poor
,
and
if
in
the
midst
of
their
Plenty
,
they
chance
to
cast
their
Eyes
on
a
poor
Wretch
,
they
command
he
should
be
taken
out
of
their
sight
,
instead
of
taking
pity
on
him
.
Were
Church-mens
Possessions
proportion'd
to
their
Character
,
they
would
live
more
frugally
,
and
give
less
Scandal
.
Great
Riches
often
ruin
Men
;
and
,
if
what
the
Gospel
says
be
true
,
that
whatever
a
Clergy-man's
Revenue
be
,
yet
he
ought
to
take
no
more
of
it
to
his
own
use
,
than
necessity
requires
;
how
dangerous
then
must
it
be
to
have
a
Hundred
or
Fourscore
Thousand
Livers
Yearly
Rent
,
which
we
see
many
Church
men
do
enjoy
.
Did
they
bear
any
part
of
the
Burthen
of
the
State
,
your
Majesty
would
be
oblig'd
,
God's
Portion
set
apart
,
to
reward
their
good
services
;
but
as
they
are
in
that
respect
unprofitable
Members
of
the
Kingdom
,
so
being
priviledg'd
by
their
Character
,
they
load
others
with
paying
Tythes
,
and
other
Duties
:
While
with
great
care
they
free
themselves
from
the
Burthen
which
in
justice
they
ought
to
bear
.
Your
Majesty
in
so
large
a
Kingdom
as
yours
,
hath
need
of
a
great
number
of
good
Servants
,
and
you
would
have
wherewith
all
to
reward
'em
,
if
you
divided
among
many
,
what
you
sometimes
give
but
to
one
,
and
yet
not
content
him
.
You
should
above
all
things
consider
,
that
the
Service
of
God
,
and
the
Salvation
of
an
infinite
number
of
Souls
,
are
brought
into
danger
.
Riches
are
a
Rock
upon
which
many
a
Man
hath
been
wreck'd
,
and
rich
Churchmen
for
the
most
part
,
make
an
ill
use
of
their
wealth
,
and
become
a
Scandal
to
their
Diocess
;
whereas
if
a
Bishop
had
but
a
competent
Revenue
,
he
would
employ
it
in
things
profitable
,
and
tending
to
Edification
.
To
put
things
into
this
State
,
there
is
no
necessity
to
take
away
the
Revenue
belonging
to
Bishopricks
and
Abbies
;
but
to
oblige
those
that
are
worth
more
than
Ten
thousand
Livers
Rent
,
to
maintain
a
Vicar
or
School-master
in
Parishes
which
have
none
,
but
where
one
is
very
necessary
.
For
when
People
are
poor
,
and
not
able
to
bear
a
new
Charge
,
without
being
over-burthen'd
,
their
Children
will
want
instruction
;
and
Ten
thousand
Livres
a
year
,
are
more
than
a
sufficient
maintenance
for
a
Bishop
or
an
Abbot
;
the
Service
of
God
doth
not
require
their
having
such
rich
and
sumptuous
Equipages
,
nor
such
Magnificent
and
Dainty
Tables
.
In
the
time
of
the
Primitive
Church
,
Luxury
did
not
raign
so
much
among
'em
,
and
then
there
were
more
Saints
than
Bishops
or
Court-Abbots
.
Another
good
effect
that
would
be
wrought
by
lessning
the
Revenue
of
the
Clergy
,
is
,
that
Persons
of
Quality
,
who
enter
into
Orders
upon
no
other
score
,
but
to
have
part
of
the
Wealth
that
belongs
to
the
Church
;
would
not
take
upon
them
the
Priesthood
,
unless
they
were
truly
call'd
to
it
.
So
that
for
the
future
,
there
would
be
none
in
the
Church
,
but
Men
of
great
Zeal
and
Piety
,
whose
Example
only
would
be
sufficient
to
invite
others
to
the
same
life
;
for
nothing
more
prevails
on
Men
,
than
to
see
what
good
Lives
those
lead
,
who
are
their
Superiours
.
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XII
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La
Noblesse
properly
signifies
the
Ancient
Gentry
,
who
all
call
themselves
Noble
in
France
.
Of
the
Nobility
,
or
Gentry
.
THE
Gentry
were
heretofore
very
considerable
in
France
,
and
Your
Majesty's
Enemies
so
dreaded
their
Valour
,
that
when
they
were
known
to
be
in
your
Armies
,
the
Enemy
was
still
unwilling
to
come
to
a
Battle
;
but
of
late
the
Gentry
have
lost
much
of
their
Lustre
,
and
are
fallen
into
so
great
Poverty
,
that
't
is
hard
to
know
who
are
truly
Noble
.
There
are
some
Politicians
who
pretend
this
to
be
for
Your
Majesty's
advantage
,
because
if
the
Nobility
were
as
flourishing
as
in
times
past
,
Your
Majesty's
Power
would
not
be
so
firm
and
stable
,
as
now
it
is
.
But
such
Maxims
look
more
like
the
Politicks
of
Machiavil
,
than
those
of
a
great
King
.
A
Kingdom
built
on
the
love
of
the
People
,
is
of
much
longer
duration
,
than
that
which
is
founded
on
Tyranny
.
The
times
are
not
always
the
same
in
a
state
,
and
when
they
come
to
change
,
't
is
to
be
fear'd
,
that
they
who
have
been
ill
u'd
,
will
shew
their
discontent
,
by
some
signal
disobedience
.
I
have
observ'd
divers
Subjects
of
Complaints
among
the
Gentry
;
the
first
is
,
That
they
are
drain'd
and
consum'd
by
the
War
,
and
their
Services
very
ill
rewarded
.
The
second
is
,
That
the
Intendants
uphold
their
Vassals
against
them
,
by
protecting
them
often
very
unjustly
.
The
third
is
,
That
under
specious
pretences
,
they
are
made
a
prey
to
the
Covetousness
of
the
Partisans
,
who
design
their
ruin
.
The
fourth
is
,
That
the
rank
which
they
have
always
held
in
the
Monarchy
,
is
now
very
little
regarded
,
and
that
Your
Majesty
respects
them
no
more
,
than
if
they
were
born
of
the
lees
of
the
People
.
As
to
their
first
complaint
,
I
think
it
not
well-grounded
;
for
Your
Majesty
as
powerful
as
you
are
,
is
not
able
to
reward
all
the
World
.
Gentlemen
ought
to
consider
the
Creation
you
have
made
of
the
Companies
of
Cadets
,
and
the
Establishment
of
the
House
of
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A
Monastery
for
Women
of
Quality
out
of
which
they
may
Marry
,
or
go
again
into
the
World
.
St.
Cir
;
which
is
in
some
sort
a
reward
for
their
Services
;
since
it
frees
them
from
the
Charge
of
their
Children
,
who
are
maintain'd
at
your
Majesty's
Expence
,
and
put
into
a
condition
to
be
several
ways
preferr'd
,
by
an
Education
suitable
to
their
Birth
.
If
they
pretend
these
Rewards
are
not
distributed
according
to
Merit
,
and
that
Monsieur
Louvoy
disposes
of
them
upon
all
occasions
,
as
he
thinks
fit
;
this
is
what
your
Majesty
cannot
help
,
because
't
is
impossible
that
you
can
take
notice
of
all
things
,
or
know
the
merit
of
every
Officer
,
in
the
several
Armies
you
have
so
far
distant
from
you
.
Your
Majesty
must
in
this
particular
trust
him
who
hath
the
Charge
of
the
War
,
and
if
he
impose
upon
you
,
't
is
he
only
can
be
blam'd
.
The
second
complaint
indeed
seems
more
just
and
reasonable
;
for
as
a
Gentleman
is
not
suffer'd
to
oppress
his
Vassal
,
so
the
Vassal
ought
not
to
fail
of
paying
all
due
respect
to
his
Lord
.
But
because
the
one
more
rarely
happens
than
the
other
,
the
Lord
is
most
commonly
suspected
to
be
the
wrong
doer
;
and
he
who
hath
the
power
in
his
hands
,
is
more
like
to
be
guilty
of
vexation
,
than
he
that
hath
none
.
So
that
the
Gentleman
is
generally
the
person
condemn'd
;
which
cannot
be
always
justified
,
since
there
is
nothing
so
insolent
as
a
Peasant
that
knows
he
hath
some
body
to
back
and
protect
him
.
'T
is
difficult
in
such
Cases
to
determine
on
which
side
the
right
lyes
,
for
if
a
Gentleman
should
be
believ'd
on
his
word
,
we
should
often
run
the
hazard
of
being
deceiv'd
;
and
if
credit
should
be
given
to
a
Peasant
,
we
cannot
be
assur'd
he
speaks
truth
.
All
that
I
know
to
be
done
in
such
a
Case
is
,
that
every
Intendant
should
make
it
his
endeavour
to
search
out
the
truth
if
possible
,
before
he
order
any
Information
or
Process
;
for
such
an
order
gives
great
distaste
to
an
innocent
person
,
especially
when
he
is
prosecuted
by
one
that
is
his
inferiour
,
and
owes
him
respect
.
But
that
this
expedient
may
not
delay
the
speedy
doing
of
Justice
,
let
the
false
accuser
be
exemplarily
punish'd
,
and
on
the
other
hand
,
let
not
the
person
accused
be
so
far
indulg'd
,
as
to
be
permitted
to
oppress
any
body
,
that
hath
just
Cause
of
complaint
.
For
the
third
,
I
confess
there
is
very
good
Ground
,
and
against
which
nothing
can
be
alledged
.
I
have
heretofore
told
Your
Majesty
,
that
the
manner
of
inquiring
who
are
noble
,
and
who
not
,
is
very
vexatious
and
chargeable
to
Gentlemen
.
To
prevent
the
like
trouble
for
the
future
,
't
would
be
a
better
expedient
how
to
know
them
,
to
make
one
general
exact
search
;
but
not
by
the
Partisans
:
And
when
such
a
search
is
made
,
let
there
be
a
Catalogue
or
List
Registred
of
all
that
are
Noble
in
every
Province
,
and
let
them
and
their
Descendants
,
be
for
ever
after
free
from
all
other
searches
.
To
hinder
Plebeians
from
pretending
to
be
of
a
good
Family
that
may
be
extinct
,
let
every
one
be
oblig'd
to
give
in
a
Note
of
all
that
are
Baptized
or
Buried
in
his
Family
:
If
this
course
be
taken
,
no
body
will
be
able
to
make
himself
a
Gentleman
that
is
none
;
and
for
those
that
shall
for
the
future
be
made
Noble
,
let
them
be
oblig'd
to
have
their
Patents
Registred
.
If
Your
Majesty
think
fit
to
make
such
an
order
,
and
oblige
every
one
to
the
strict
observation
of
it
,
you
will
not
only
get
the
love
of
your
Nobility
,
but
do
an
act
of
Justice
.
For
to
say
truth
,
a
Gentleman
who
hath
been
at
a
great
deal
of
trouble
and
charge
to
get
out
of
the
hands
of
the
Partisans
,
must
think
it
very
strange
,
to
see
himself
in
a
little
time
plagu'd
again
,
in
the
same
manner
,
and
under
the
same
pretence
he
was
before
.
Others
likewise
give
Gentlemen
a
great
deal
of
trouble
concerning
the
Tenure
of
their
Lands
,
and
tho'
they
know
that
upon
former
Inquisitions
,
they
have
made
out
their
Titles
,
yet
require
them
to
do
it
again
.
There
ought
to
be
some
standing
rule
establish'd
,
once
for
all
,
to
settle
the
repose
of
the
most
considerable
Order
of
Men
in
your
Kingdom
.
Your
Majesty
is
more
concern'd
to
do
it
than
you
imagin
;
they
are
the
chief
support
of
your
Crown
,
and
did
they
not
give
good
example
to
others
,
by
their
zeal
in
your
Service
,
all
would
quickly
be
turn'd
Topsie-turvy
.
Though
your
Majesty
hath
done
a
great
deal
for
the
Gentry
,
as
I
have
already
shew'd
,
yet
you
are
obliged
to
do
more
;
which
might
be
easily
done
,
if
you
would
oblige
the
Nunneries
to
receive
young
Women
that
desire
to
enter
into
Religion
,
without
a
Portion
.
It
would
ease
their
Parents
of
a
burden
,
and
be
an
advantage
to
Your
Majesty
;
for
that
Money
which
is
now
given
with
Daughters
,
might
be
bestow'd
on
the
Sons
;
and
consequently
enable
them
to
serve
in
your
Armies
,
which
would
be
a
great
help
to
the
Gentry
,
and
silence
many
of
their
Complaints
.
It
must
be
confest
,
they
are
not
much
the
better
for
the
Establishment
of
St.
Cir.
That
is
but
as
a
drop
of
water
to
one
that
is
thirsty
,
and
the
House
is
not
able
to
entertain
the
hundredth
part
of
the
Women
,
that
would
seek
a
retreat
there
.
How
many
Maids
for
want
of
such
a
refuge
,
lead
sad
languishing
lives
,
and
yet
are
happier
and
wiser
,
than
others
,
who
are
oblig'd
by
Poverty
to
marry
very
mean
Men
,
and
work
for
their
Living
.
However
such
a
retreat
as
this
,
is
much
better
than
what
is
given
to
most
of
the
Maids
of
St.
Cir.
Where
tho
the
House
be
under
the
care
of
very
great
Persons
,
yet
one
who
hath
a
heart
as
great
as
her
Birth
,
is
often
forc'd
,
against
her
Will
,
to
Marry
[
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*
A
Word
of
Ignominy
and
Reproach
in
France
.
a
Tax
or
Toll
gatherer
.
Those
who
have
other
Sentiments
,
are
not
truly
noble
,
but
only
so
in
shew
and
appearance
.
To
prove
what
I
say
,
I
need
only
tell
,
what
lately
happen'd
in
the
House
of
a
great
Lady
,
where
a
Young
Woman
very
well
born
,
by
the
baseness
of
her
Parents
,
who
Sacrifis'd
her
to
their
Private
Advantage
,
was
forc'd
to
marry
one
of
their
Domesticks
,
she
died
with
Grief
:
And
the
Man
that
married
her
,
now
courts
another
,
who
,
may
she
have
her
Will
,
will
never
have
him
;
but
because
some
in
very
great
Power
are
for
him
,
he
will
certainly
marry
her
in
spite
of
all
she
and
her
Guardian
can
do
to
the
contrary
.
Your
Majesty
is
much
dishonour'd
by
interposing
your
Authority
in
such
cases
;
for
these
things
are
commonly
done
by
Letters
under
the
Privy
Signet
,
by
Vertue
of
which
,
Daughters
are
taken
from
their
Parents
,
and
forc'd
to
enter
into
Religion
;
where
they
are
necessitated
to
be
disobedient
,
being
oblig'd
to
do
that
,
which
by
the
Laws
of
God
and
Man
,
they
are
forbidden
to
do
.
How
many
Women
that
are
Heiresses
to
good
Estates
,
are
sacrific'd
in
this
manner
,
and
they
that
do
it
,
never
consider
how
your
Majesty
loses
the
hearts
of
the
Gentry
,
whom
it
concerns
.
The
Countess
of
Tallard
,
and
the
Marchioness
of
Thiange
,
were
married
against
the
Will
of
their
Parents
,
and
tho'
to
Persons
of
Quality
,
yet
what
Satisfaction
is
that
to
a
Father
or
Mother
,
who
perhaps
had
taken
other
Measures
,
and
thought
themselves
secure
under
your
Majesty's
Reign
from
any
such
Violence
?
The
Gentry
stand
in
need
of
another
Help
,
which
they
can
expect
from
none
but
your
Majesty
:
They
are
up
to
the
Ears
in
Debt
,
out
of
which
,
if
you
do
not
take
some
course
to
deliver
them
,
they
will
be
all
undone
;
it
is
not
very
difficult
,
and
't
will
be
an
act
of
Justice
in
your
Majesty
;
for
you
will
restore
that
repose
to
them
,
which
they
have
lost
on
your
Account
;
it
being
a
certain
Truth
,
that
they
have
been
ruin'd
in
your
Service
.
Moreover
,
you
will
infinitely
oblige
their
Creditors
,
by
saving
them
the
trouble
and
Charge
of
a
multitude
of
Suits
,
which
the
Malice
of
Judges
,
and
the
Knavery
of
Lawyers
will
make
endless
.
Your
Majesty
needs
do
no
more
,
than
order
all
Debtors
to
sell
to
their
Creditors
,
such
a
Portion
of
Land
,
as
is
worth
the
Money
they
owe
them
;
which
Land
shall
be
valued
at
a
reasonable
Price
,
not
at
the
rate
it
goes
now
,
but
as
it
went
Twenty
five
Years
ago
:
For
Gentlemen
would
be
quite
undone
,
should
their
Estates
be
valued
at
no
higher
Rate
,
than
the
present
Rents
;
the
misery
of
the
Times
,
which
cannot
always
continue
,
having
made
Land
less
worth
by
a
third
Part
,
than
formerly
it
was
.
'T
is
manifest
,
that
when
better
Order
is
taken
,
Lands
will
return
again
to
their
former
Value
.
But
that
Creditors
may
not
complain
,
your
Majesty
will
do
well
,
to
reduce
all
Land
to
five
and
twenty
Years
purchase
;
and
all
Money
to
Four
per
Cent.
Interest
,
and
then
let
the
Creditors
take
their
Choice
,
whether
they
will
have
their
Principal
and
Interest
at
that
Rate
,
or
take
the
Land
that
is
offered
them
.
Julius
Caesar
did
almost
the
same
thing
;
for
when
he
saw
the
Romans
so
much
in
debt
,
that
they
were
not
able
to
clear
themselves
,
he
order'd
they
should
pay
their
Creditors
in
the
manner
I
have
propos'd
,
and
that
their
Creditors
should
be
satisfied
with
it
.
If
your
Majesty
would
do
this
,
you
would
find
a
great
Advantage
by
it
:
For
Gentlemen
would
not
only
be
in
a
better
condition
to
serve
you
;
but
when
your
Majesty
wanted
Money
,
you
might
,
if
you
pleas'd
,
have
all
in
the
Kingdom
,
at
Five
per
Cent.
Interest
;
for
every
one
would
rather
lend
his
Money
to
your
Majesty
,
than
to
any
body
else
.
Were
so
good
an
Order
once
establish'd
,
it
would
be
observ'd
for
the
Future
:
Were
that
done
which
was
intended
Twelve
Years
ago
,
but
not
put
in
execution
,
because
there
were
such
contests
about
it
in
Parliament
;
there
should
be
Registers
appointed
to
record
all
Obligations
and
Contracts
;
then
no
body
could
be
deceiv'd
or
cheated
;
for
by
looking
over
the
Register
,
every
Man's
Debts
might
be
known
,
and
a
Man
might
presently
see
whether
he
that
desir'd
to
borrow
Money
could
give
good
Security
for
it
.
The
Parliament
had
no
mind
this
should
be
done
,
because
it
would
have
cut
off
the
Hydra's
Head
of
all
Process
and
Law
Suits
;
by
which
they
grew
Rich.
Their
Pretence
against
such
a
Register
was
,
that
all
the
Grandees
of
the
Court
,
as
well
as
others
,
would
be
ruin'd
by
it
:
for
owing
more
than
they
had
wherewith
to
pay
,
they
would
not
be
able
to
borrow
Sixpence
,
when
their
Debts
came
to
be
discover'd
.
So
that
prevailing
(
by
this
Pretence
)
with
many
considerable
Persons
to
be
of
their
Mind
,
they
so
caball'd
together
,
that
your
Majesty
revok'd
the
Edict
you
had
made
concerning
it
.
But
this
was
too
weak
a
Reason
,
to
hinder
the
doing
of
so
much
good
.
It
is
absolutely
necessary
to
oblige
People
to
deal
faithfully
and
honestly
one
with
another
,
and
they
that
lend
Money
,
ought
to
have
good
Security
for
it
.
Private
Men's
Credit
must
likewise
be
kept
up
,
otherwise
,
when
they
have
occasion
for
Money
,
tho'
they
have
an
Estate
,
they
will
not
be
able
to
borrow
,
because
they
are
thought
to
owe
more
than
really
they
do
:
and
it
must
appear
plainly
to
Lenders
,
that
they
have
good
Security
.
When
such
a
Register
is
establish'd
,
it
will
not
be
in
Peoples
Power
to
cheat
one
another
,
as
they
now
daily
do
.
There
is
another
Benefit
which
your
People
will
have
by
it
;
against
which
there
can
be
no
Objection
,
which
is
,
when
Men
want
Money
,
they
now
apply
themselves
to
Usurers
,
by
whom
they
are
soon
and
certainly
undone
:
But
when
Registers
are
settl'd
,
they
will
have
no
occasion
to
deal
with
them
;
for
whoever
hath
an
Estate
in
Goods
or
Land
,
may
have
what
Money
he
wants
at
reasonable
Interest
,
and
then
they
that
have
nothing
,
will
not
be
able
to
deceive
any
body
.
CHAP.
XIII
.
Of
Lawyers
,
or
those
concern'd
in
the
administration
of
Justice
.
IT
may
be
thought
strange
,
I
should
maintain
,
that
they
who
are
employ'd
in
the
administration
of
Justice
,
are
a
Sort
of
People
that
ought
to
be
destroy'd
:
As
if
I
thereby
design'd
to
introduce
Libertinism
and
Violence
,
two
Things
intolerable
in
a
Kingdom
.
But
tho'
I
maintain
that
the
rooting
out
of
these
People
,
is
the
way
to
reform
all
Abuses
,
and
make
the
Kingdom
flourish
;
yet
let
it
not
be
thought
,
I
any
more
intend
Justice
should
be
banish'd
,
than
the
Fear
of
God
and
the
King
.
There
are
ways
of
doing
Justice
,
without
making
it
so
chargeable
to
the
People
,
and
it
may
be
done
with
ease
,
by
putting
what
I
am
about
to
say
,
in
practice
.
That
which
makes
those
who
administer
Justice
,
so
burthensome
to
the
People
;
is
the
Sale
of
their
Offices
and
Places
,
introduc'd
by
the
Kings
your
Majesty's
Predecessors
,
and
by
Taxes
from
time
to
time
laid
upon
them
,
which
they
must
have
out
of
those
that
unhappily
fall
into
their
Clutches
;
but
fearing
it
would
make
too
great
a
Noise
,
should
they
flea
them
all
at
once
,
they
prolong
suits
,
and
fleece
them
by
Degrees
,
that
their
Robberies
may
not
be
perceiv'd
.
They
will
have
the
last
drop
of
their
Clients
Blood
,
a
Misery
to
which
all
they
that
go
to
Law
are
expos'd
;
a
Man
must
leave
his
Business
at
home
,
to
run
about
solliciting
,
and
sometimes
lye
in
Town
many
Years
,
to
lose
his
Quiet
and
waste
his
Estate
,
and
in
truth
,
to
lead
as
wretched
a
Life
as
the
Galley
Slaves
.
Would
there
be
any
need
of
this
,
if
Justice
were
honestly
and
duly
administred
?
Of
what
nature
soever
any
Cause
be
,
is
there
a
necessity
of
disguising
it
with
so
many
Forms
of
Proceedings
?
If
Truth
be
uniform
and
naked
,
why
is
it
represented
in
so
many
Colours
?
To
remedy
this
,
let
all
the
present
Forms
of
Prosecuting
Law
Suits
be
abolish'd
;
and
for
the
future
,
let
Causes
be
determin'd
as
they
are
in
Turky
,
or
by
Consuls
upon
the
Place
,
without
having
any
thing
to
do
with
green
Bags
,
and
Bundles
of
old
Papers
.
But
it
being
impossible
to
make
Men
leave
a
Knavish
Trade
,
by
which
they
get
their
Living
,
there
is
no
way
to
reform
so
great
an
Abuse
,
but
to
cut
it
up
by
the
Roots
.
This
may
be
easily
done
,
if
your
Majesty
will
but
suppress
the
[
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*
Is
the
Sixtieth
part
of
the
Price
of
any
Office
in
the
Law
or
the
Finances
,
which
is
annually
paid
▪
to
the
King
by
all
Officers
,
that
they
may
have
leave
to
sell
or
to
dispose
of
their
Places
during
that
Year
,
and
when
an
Officer
dies
without
paying
la
Paulette
his
Heirs
lose
the
Benefit
of
his
place
.
It
takes
its
Name
from
Charles
Paulet
,
who
invented
it
about
the
Year
1600
▪
and
was
authoriz'd
by
an
Arrest
of
the
Privy
Council
the
12th
of
Dec.
1604.
Paulette
,
which
tho'
it
brings
a
great
Revenue
to
your
Majesty
,
by
annual
Payments
and
Loanes
,
yet
not
comparable
to
the
Benefit
which
the
taking
of
it
quite
away
will
be
,
not
only
to
the
Publick
,
but
to
your
Majesty
in
particular
.
I
have
already
said
,
that
they
who
are
concern'd
in
the
administration
of
Justice
,
cost
your
People
Two
Hundred
Millions
Yearly
;
which
will
be
easily
made
out
,
if
we
consider
what
a
vast
number
of
Blood-Suckers
are
to
be
maintain'd
,
and
what
great
Charges
People
are
put
to
in
going
to
Law
.
A
poor
Country-man
that
is
Plaintif
or
Defendant
,
doth
not
only
lose
his
Money
,
but
what
is
dearer
to
him
his
Time
.
How
can
he
get
his
Living
,
when
he
is
forc'd
to
run
solliciting
from
House
to
House
,
the
Doors
being
often
shut
against
him
,
if
he
has
not
a
Silver
Key
to
open
'em
.
The
Benefit
all
People
would
find
,
by
having
Justice
administer'd
in
another
manner
than
now
it
is
;
is
so
visible
,
that
I
need
not
say
much
to
prove
it
.
'T
is
evident
that
your
Majesty
and
the
whole
Kingdom
,
will
reap
very
great
advantage
by
it
.
Your
People
would
be
much
eas'd
,
their
Purses
less
drain'd
,
and
they
would
be
better
able
to
supply
your
Majesty's
Wants
;
and
when
this
Generation
of
Leeches
has
nothing
to
do
,
they
will
be
forc'd
to
follow
some
other
Trade
,
more
beneficial
to
Monarchy
.
Some
would
turn
Souldiers
,
especially
those
that
are
Rich
,
and
would
vie
with
People
of
Quality
:
others
would
become
Merchants
or
Bankers
,
which
would
be
of
equal
Advantage
to
your
Majesty
▪
For
the
more
Souldiers
you
have
,
the
more
Formidable
you
will
be
to
your
Enemies
;
and
the
more
Merchants
you
have
,
the
more
will
your
Kingdom
flourish
.
These
two
Professions
and
Tillage
,
are
enough
to
compleat
its
prosperity
,
but
I
will
add
one
thing
more
,
which
shall
be
mention'd
hereafter
;
and
when
I
have
given
my
Reasons
for
it
,
let
Peoples
Prejudice
against
it
be
never
so
great
,
yet
I
hope
they
will
be
of
my
mind
.
But
I
must
first
finish
this
Chapter
,
which
would
be
very
imperfect
,
if
I
did
not
shew
in
what
manner
I
would
have
Justice
administer'd
,
when
the
present
practice
in
the
Administration
of
it
,
and
all
Offices
and
Places
be
longing
to
it
,
are
quite
laid
aside
and
supprest
.
In
the
Jurisdiction
of
every
Bayliwick
,
I
would
have
your
Majesty
make
choice
of
Three
understanding
Persons
;
and
make
them
Judges
of
all
Differences
that
should
arise
there
;
these
Three
should
be
chosen
out
of
the
Clergy
,
the
Gentry
,
and
the
Third
State
.
Every
one
should
plead
his
own
Cause
,
and
he
that
was
not
able
to
do
it
himself
,
should
get
a
Friend
to
plead
for
him
.
All
Papers
and
Writings
relating
to
the
Cause
,
should
be
brought
in
,
and
laid
on
the
Table
.
No
Process
should
be
issued
,
nor
any
Money
paid
for
hearing
the
Cause
.
The
Party
condemn'd
should
not
only
pay
Costs
,
but
likewise
a
Fine
.
There
may
lie
an
Appeal
to
your
Majesty
,
and
for
that
,
there
should
be
a
certain
number
of
Judges
establish'd
in
Paris
,
whereof
,
some
should
take
Cognizance
of
the
Appeals
of
one
Province
,
and
some
of
another
,
but
no
longer
than
for
one
Year
only
,
and
at
the
end
of
that
time
they
should
change
their
Offices
one
with
another
.
Their
Salaries
like
those
given
to
the
Judges
of
Provinces
,
should
be
paid
by
the
People
,
for
which
there
should
be
a
Tax
laid
upon
them
▪
like
that
which
is
levied
for
your
Majesty
.
If
this
were
done
,
there
would
be
an
end
of
all
Process
,
and
your
People
will
eternally
bless
your
Majesty
,
for
having
restor'd
to
them
Peace
and
Plenty
,
by
so
excellent
a
Regulation
.
CHAP.
XIV
.
Of
the
Men
of
Business
,
such
Bankers
or
others
who
farm
the
King's
Revenue
.
IN
so
great
a
Kingdom
as
your
Majesty's
,
where
its
Bounds
have
been
so
much
enlarg'd
by
your
Conquests
,
there
ought
to
be
a
constant
Fund
of
ready
Money
,
that
in
Case
your
Enemies
should
have
a
mind
to
be
reveng'd
for
their
Losses
;
your
Majesty
may
be
in
a
condition
to
oppose
and
repulse
'em
.
It
is
impossible
you
can
do
it
at
your
own
Charge
,
tho'
your
Revenue
be
great
,
for
if
you
should
make
it
your
Business
to
gather
and
hoard
up
Money
,
your
People
would
presently
be
sensible
of
it
:
The
Money
which
is
necessary
to
maintain
Trade
in
a
Nation
,
must
be
in
a
continual
circulation
,
to
make
a
Kingdom
flourish
.
When
War
was
declar'd
by
a
Herald
;
a
Prince
had
some
time
to
prepare
for
it
,
by
filling
his
Coffers
beforehand
.
But
since
nothing
is
so
much
practis'd
by
Princes
,
as
surprising
one
another
,
there
is
a
necessity
of
having
ready
Money
,
which
must
be
supply'd
by
Bankers
,
whose
Credit
keeps
all
Trade
in
continual
Motion
.
It
is
therefore
your
Majesty's
Interest
,
not
only
to
make
use
of
,
but
likewise
to
protect
them
.
They
must
not
however
be
suffer'd
to
suck
your
Peoples
Blood
,
but
should
be
severely
punish'd
,
when
they
are
found
guilty
of
Extortion
:
'T
is
just
they
should
get
something
,
but
they
must
not
be
permitted
to
rob
your
Subjects
,
and
go
unpunish'd
.
To
encourage
them
by
an
Honest
Gain
,
I
think
it
sufficient
to
allow
them
a
sixth
Part
for
Management
,
and
10.
per
Cent.
upon
extraordinary
Occasions
;
for
those
Branches
of
your
Revenue
which
are
farm'd
out
,
I
think
there
can
be
no
better
establishment
than
the
present
;
I
would
not
have
'em
let
at
a
Rent
certain
,
as
in
Loans
,
and
no
account
to
be
given
of
the
Overplus
.
That
would
be
to
revive
the
Ministry
of
Monsieur
Fouquet
,
and
open
a
Door
to
all
the
Abuses
that
were
committed
in
his
time
.
A
Farmer
that
looks
forward
,
and
considers
what
may
happen
hereafter
,
must
not
by
bold
Frauds
make
too
much
haste
to
be
Rich
,
and
hazard
the
undoing
of
himself
,
and
his
Children
after
him
.
There
may
a
time
come
,
when
he
shall
be
call'd
to
a
strict
Account
,
and
be
forc'd
to
disgorge
all
he
hath
swallow'd
,
and
rot
in
a
Goal
:
He
were
much
better
for
his
own
Peace
,
be
contented
with
reasonable
Gain
.
In
farming
out
your
Majesty's
Revenue
,
it
is
necessary
that
the
Person
on
whom
you
rely
to
do
it
,
should
never
depend
on
the
Fidelity
of
the
Commissioners
:
For
,
let
him
be
never
so
cautious
,
they
will
,
if
possible
,
deceive
him
in
their
Accounts
;
they
will
dextrously
charge
too
much
or
too
little
as
they
see
their
Advantage
;
and
sometimes
between
the
Intendant
of
the
Finances
,
who
hath
Power
to
let
them
;
and
the
Farmers
that
rent
them
;
there
may
be
so
Good
an
understanding
,
as
to
divide
the
Cake
,
and
defraud
your
Majesty
.
To
prevent
this
,
there
should
always
be
join'd
with
the
Farmers
,
an
honest
Man
who
may
be
confided
in
;
he
will
be
a
continual
Spie
upon
the
rest
,
and
be
so
distrusted
by
them
,
that
they
will
be
afraid
,
tho'
they
have
never
so
much
mind
,
to
do
your
Majesty
Wrong
.
It
being
impossible
for
a
Comptroller
General
,
to
know
of
himself
,
all
the
ways
and
means
which
may
be
us'd
to
raise
Money
;
he
ought
to
deal
faithfully
with
those
,
that
give
him
information
how
it
may
be
done
.
I
always
,
without
respect
of
Persons
,
gave
Rewards
to
those
that
brought
me
any
good
Memorials
,
or
Proposals
to
that
purpose
.
'T
is
the
way
to
sharpen
Mens
Wits
,
and
to
discontent
such
Men
,
may
be
very
prejudicial
to
your
Majesty's
Affairs
.
Their
Papers
must
be
examin'd
,
to
see
what
is
good
,
and
what
is
bad
in
their
Proposals
.
I
would
fain
know
what
a
Minister
of
State
could
do
,
if
he
were
not
sometimes
assisted
by
other
Mens
advice
,
he
will
find
it
so
much
trouble
to
look
over
and
rectifie
those
Memorials
that
are
brought
him
,
that
he
will
hardly
have
time
to
sleep
quietly
.
There
are
sometimes
hard
Bargains
,
where
a
Company
loses
considerably
,
notwithstanding
the
Allowance
that
is
made
'em
:
As
when
Commodities
are
assign'd
to
'em
for
Payment
,
which
they
cannot
sell
or
put
off
.
The
Case
is
then
the
same
,
as
if
nothing
had
been
given
them
.
A
Minister
of
State
,
ought
on
such
Occasions
to
do
them
Justice
,
and
not
let
'em
suffer
:
For
if
your
Majesty
will
have
Money
,
you
must
protect
,
and
not
Persecute
those
that
are
to
furnish
you
with
it
;
for
if
they
are
to
advance
it
,
't
is
requisite
People
should
believe
they
are
Men
of
Substance
,
and
in
a
good
Condition
;
when
once
they
think
the
contrary
,
they
will
be
wary
how
they
part
with
their
Money
,
to
those
that
are
upon
the
brink
of
Ruin
.
I
remember
a
Conjuncture
of
this
nature
,
since
I
have
been
in
the
Post
to
which
your
Majesty
was
pleased
to
prefer
me
;
but
I
presently
apply'd
a
Remedy
:
It
was
in
the
Year
1670.
when
People
kept
their
Purses
sast
tied
,
and
there
was
little
or
no
Money
stirring
.
The
Bankers
came
daily
,
and
told
me
,
their
Credit
was
quite
lost
,
that
People
thought
them
engag'd
in
ill
Bargains
,
and
would
trust
'em
no
longer
.
I
then
did
two
things
which
succeeded
very
well
;
first
I
appointed
Persons
to
enquire
what
Losses
they
had
sustain'd
,
with
a
Promise
that
when
I
knew
what
really
they
were
,
I
would
make
'em
Satisfaction
:
Next
I
sent
for
the
Principle
Agents
of
the
Bank
,
and
after
having
had
your
Majesty's
Consent
,
I
distributed
Three
Millions
among
'em
,
which
they
presently
employ'd
in
Trade
.
They
that
knew
not
whence
the
Money
came
,
concluded
presently
,
that
these
Men
would
never
run
the
Risque
of
so
great
a
Summ
,
but
upon
very
good
grounds
,
they
immediately
follow'd
their
Example
,
and
People
universally
began
again
to
open
their
Purses
.
In
a
time
of
scarcity
,
especially
of
Wine
,
the
like
inconvenience
may
happen
,
because
they
that
farm
the
Duties
upon
it
,
would
be
undone
,
if
there
were
not
some
allowance
made
them
,
proportionable
to
their
loss
.
Now
not
knowing
how
it
will
go
with
them
,
till
your
Majesty's
pleasure
be
declar'd
how
much
they
shall
be
abated
;
every
one
keeps
his
Money
in
his
hands
,
and
all
the
Banks
are
shut
up
at
once
,
they
likewise
who
are
Sub-farmers
will
pay
nothing
,
because
they
also
expect
an
abatement
;
pretending
they
are
not
able
to
pay
,
when
sometimes
they
have
a
great
deal
of
Money
in
their
hands
,
which
they
will
not
part
with
,
tho'
you
should
Quarter
Souldiers
upon
them
,
or
send
them
to
Prison
.
To
avoid
this
,
which
in
time
will
be
extremely
prejudicial
to
your
Majesty's
Affairs
;
your
Minister
must
appoint
Commissioners
to
make
him
a
true
report
of
the
state
of
Affairs
,
but
they
must
never
be
chosen
out
of
the
general
Farmers
;
because
that
would
be
to
put
Your
Majesty's
Concerns
,
into
the
hands
of
suspected
Persons
,
not
to
be
trusted
.
Who
under
borrow'd
names
,
are
often
partners
with
the
Sub-farmers
;
and
will
be
sure
to
aggravate
their
losses
,
pretending
them
to
be
much
greater
than
in
truth
they
are
.
And
when
they
are
not
concern'd
,
will
not
trouble
themselves
,
let
what
will
happen
.
Your
Majesty
must
forbear
as
much
as
possibly
you
can
,
and
the
state
of
your
Affairs
will
permit
,
the
imposing
of
any
new
Taxes
;
but
there
is
one
that
hath
not
yet
been
laid
,
which
I
think
very
just
and
necessary
,
and
will
be
so
far
from
doing
hurt
,
that
it
will
certainly
do
a
great
deal
of
good
.
All
France
is
of
late
years
,
so
over
run
with
Luxury
,
and
Vanity
reigns
every
where
to
that
degree
;
that
't
is
impossible
to
know
a
Peasant
from
a
Gentleman
,
a
Citizen
from
a
Magistrate
,
or
the
Rabble
from
Citizens
.
Their
Families
in
the
mean
time
suffer
,
and
't
is
an
abuse
which
Your
Majesty
is
oblig'd
to
suppress
,
not
only
that
Mens
several
conditions
may
be
distinguish'd
,
but
also
to
keep
them
from
being
miserable
.
A
bare
Law
in
this
Case
,
will
be
but
an
uncertain
remedy
;
because
we
daily
see
Laws
last
but
a
little
time
,
and
are
frequently
broken
as
soon
as
made
.
Your
Majesty
must
therefore
lay
a
Tax
upon
all
those
that
wear
Clothes
beyond
their
Quality
,
and
you
must
by
an
Edict
declare
,
who
may
wear
Gold
and
Silver
,
who
Silk
,
and
so
downwards
;
and
that
they
who
ought
not
to
wear
Gold
or
Silver
,
and
yet
presume
to
do
it
,
shall
pay
so
much
;
and
they
that
wear
Silk
,
or
any
other
forbidden
Stuff
,
so
much
.
This
imposition
will
make
all
People
live
within
compass
,
according
to
their
condition
,
or
will
be
a
very
considerable
Income
to
Your
Majesty
;
for
if
you
oblige
those
to
pay
a
Crown
or
two
,
that
contrary
to
the
Law
wear
Gold
or
Silver
,
and
those
to
pay
a
little
less
that
wear
Silk
,
Lace
,
or
whatever
else
shall
be
prohibited
;
how
many
that
by
the
Law
ought
not
to
wear
such
or
such
things
,
will
rather
pay
their
Money
,
than
(
as
is
usually
said
)
not
go
like
other
folks
;
and
yet
no
body
can
complain
against
such
a
Tax
,
because
it
will
be
voluntary
,
no
person
being
bound
to
pay
it
,
but
he
that
will
.
CHAP.
XV.
Of
Tradesmen
and
Commerce
.
THERE
is
nothing
so
necessary
to
make
a
Kingdom
flourish
as
Trade
;
and
for
a
Demonstrative
proof
of
it
,
we
need
but
observe
the
difference
between
a
Town
situated
upon
a
good
River
,
and
an
Inland
Town
.
The
one
is
rich
and
plentiful
,
the
other
poor
and
miserable
.
But
Towns
near
the
Sea-side
,
have
yet
an
advantage
,
which
others
have
not
,
because
they
abound
more
in
all
things
,
than
those
upon
Rivers
,
or
in
any
other
places
;
so
that
whoever
hath
a
mind
to
follow
any
imployment
,
may
if
he
please
live
very
comfortably
.
Now
if
so
many
advantages
attend
Trade
,
which
no
body
can
deny
,
it
should
be
an
incitement
to
Your
Majesty
,
to
promote
and
protect
it
.
Many
have
formerly
,
and
still
blame
me
,
for
perswading
Your
Majesty
to
encourage
and
countenance
Manufactures
,
exclaiming
against
me
,
that
nothing
we
can
do
,
will
be
comparable
to
that
we
have
from
foreign
parts
.
But
they
are
much
mistaken
,
for
tho'
I
confess
we
did
not
in
our
first
attempts
,
bring
things
to
that
perfection
we
desir'd
;
yet
it
must
be
granted
,
that
in
what
we
have
done
since
,
we
have
excell'd
all
others
.
I
will
instance
only
in
the
Glasses
made
at
Paris
.
We
never
had
from
Venice
any
so
great
,
as
are
now
made
in
the
Fauxbourg
St.
Antoine
.
The
Venetian
Embassador
himself
was
surpriz'd
,
and
till
he
saw
it
with
his
own
eyes
,
would
never
believe
any
could
be
made
so
large
;
and
tho'
he
wrote
to
Venice
what
Glasses
he
had
seen
here
,
yet
they
were
so
incredulous
,
that
they
thought
it
impossible
.
'T
is
true
our
Glass
doth
not
look
so
clear
and
lively
,
as
that
which
comes
from
thence
;
but
it
may
be
easily
refin'd
.
And
the
difference
between
theirs
and
ours
,
is
not
so
great
,
that
we
should
send
thither
three
Millions
every
year
,
to
buy
Looking
Glasses
and
Coach-Glasses
.
What
can
be
objected
against
our
Tapistry
made
at
Beauvais
;
and
at
the
Gobelins
?
I
would
fain
know
whether
Your
Majesty
be
willing
,
I
know
not
how
much
Money
should
go
into
Flanders
,
to
bring
Hangings
from
thence
?
If
Your
Majesty
had
not
so
long
suffer'd
it
,
you
might
e're
this
have
been
Master
of
those
rich
Provinces
.
For
't
is
certain
that
they
have
maintain'd
their
War
with
French
Money
;
for
by
that
very
Manufacture
in
three
several
places
,
they
have
drawn
out
of
France
many
Millions
,
and
if
Your
Majesty
would
forbid
the
bringing
likewise
of
Hair
,
and
Lace
from
thence
,
they
would
soon
fall
into
great
Poverty
.
Your
Majesty
should
therefore
lay
so
great
an
Imposition
upon
these
Commodities
,
that
no
body
would
care
to
import
them
.
What
need
have
we
of
Tapistry
,
of
Hair
,
or
Flanders
Lace
?
Your
Kingdom
is
great
enough
and
full
enough
of
Ingenious
Men
,
to
furnish
all
these
things
.
The
Importation
of
them
must
be
discountenanced
,
by
Your
Majesty's
being
the
first
that
leaves
using
of
them
;
for
people
will
certainly
follow
your
example
,
since
in
imitating
you
,
they
never
consider
,
whethey
do
well
or
ill
.
The
Case
is
the
same
as
to
our
Cloth
,
and
other
Manufactures
.
We
must
do
all
we
can
,
to
stop
the
current
of
our
Monies
going
out
of
the
Kingdom
.
If
any
complain
that
our
first
attempts
do
not
succeed
,
yet
we
must
not
give
over
;
no
Prentice
does
immediately
become
a
Master
,
but
by
constant
forging
becomes
a
Smith
.
All
beginnings
are
difficult
,
and
nothing
but
time
makes
things
perfect
;
Water
in
the
Spring
is
not
so
clear
as
it
is
in
the
Stream
,
and
't
is
patience
that
brings
Men
to
the
End
they
aim
at
.
I
know
that
they
who
are
not
of
my
Opinion
,
make
this
Objection
against
it
.
If
we
resolve
not
to
have
any
Commerce
with
Foreigners
,
they
will
not
Trade
with
us
;
so
that
't
is
best
to
let
things
stand
on
the
same
foot
they
now
are
,
and
have
always
stood
;
but
they
that
talk
at
this
rate
,
ought
to
know
,
that
our
Neighbours
have
need
of
us
,
but
we
no
need
of
them
.
France
hath
generally
all
things
necessary
within
it self
,
very
few
excepted
;
but
it
is
not
so
with
other
Countries
that
confine
upon
us
;
they
have
neither
Wine
,
Salt
,
Corn
,
Hemp
,
or
Brandy
;
and
therefore
must
have
it
of
us
;
and
we
should
make
but
an
ill
use
of
that
which
God
hath
given
us
,
if
we
let
others
have
it
,
for
that
whereof
we
have
no
need
.
If
Strangers
must
have
our
Money
,
let
it
be
only
for
that
which
cannot
be
had
in
our
own
Kingdom
;
as
Spices
which
are
to
be
fetched
from
the
Indies
,
or
bought
of
the
Hollanders
;
for
any
thing
else
,
we
may
be
without
it
,
and
let
not
Luxury
tempt
us
to
do
any
thing
prejudicial
to
our
Native
Country
.
They
are
so
rigorous
in
many
great
Cities
of
your
Kingdom
,
that
they
will
not
receive
Tradesmen
among
them
;
which
is
an
abuse
Your
Majesty
ought
not
to
suffer
;
for
it
keeps
many
from
applying
themselves
to
Trade
,
who
perhaps
would
thrive
better
,
than
those
that
are
in
it
.
What
necessity
is
there
of
serving
an
Apprentioeship
to
a
Master
?
It
may
perhaps
be
necessary
for
Handicrafts-men
and
Artificers
,
because
no
body
should
venture
upon
a
Trade
which
they
do
not
understand
;
but
for
others
,
why
must
they
lose
their
time
,
or
why
must
they
be
hinder'd
from
following
a
Trade
they
have
learn'd
in
Foreign
Countries
,
or
because
they
cannot
shew
a
Certificate
that
they
serv'd
an
Apprenticeship
?
Is
it
just
or
reasonable
,
that
Your
Majesty's
Name
should
be
made
use
of
to
keep
industrious
persons
from
getting
their
Living
?
you
are
the
Common
Father
of
your
People
,
and
ought
to
take
them
all
into
your
protection
.
If
you
would
publish
an
Edict
to
abrogate
all
By-laws
in
Corporations
,
against
People's
setting
up
Trades
there
without
their
leave
,
it
would
do
no
harm
.
Your
Majesty
would
find
your
account
,
in
obliging
People
to
take
Letters
of
Licence
from
you
;
for
which
they
should
pay
a
small
Summ.
The
number
of
those
that
would
come
for
Licenses
would
be
so
great
,
that
tho'
they
had
'em
for
little
,
yet
Your
Majesty
would
find
it
very
considerable
.
Beside
,
they
would
think
themselves
oblig'd
to
you
,
because
what
they
gave
you
,
would
be
less
than
it
costs
them
in
Corporations
,
to
get
leave
to
keep
a
Shop
.
Particular
care
should
be
taken
by
Your
Majesty
to
regulate
the
Trade
of
Stationers
.
It
is
in
Country-Towns
so
subject
to
the
Inquisition
of
the
Paris
Booksellers
,
who
by
vertue
of
Priviledges
obtain'd
from
the
Chancery
,
keep
all
other
Booksellers
throughout
the
Kingdom
in
such
dependence
;
that
they
must
either
starve
,
or
run
the
hazard
of
being
undone
.
If
Your
Majesty
will
take
compassion
of
'em
,
you
must
confine
the
Priviledges
of
the
Paris
Book-sellers
to
the
City
of
Paris
,
and
permit
all
others
to
sell
without
Controll
.
Paris
alone
is
more
worth
than
all
the
rest
of
the
Kingdom
,
but
't
is
not
reasonable
,
that
more
than
two
thousand
Families
,
should
perish
for
the
sake
of
a
few
.
The
Council
is
full
of
instances
of
the
like
kind
,
and
your
People
have
reason
to
expect
,
you
should
favour
the
oppressed
.
The
Books
that
are
brought
from
Paris
are
so
very
dear
,
that
poor
People
are
not
able
to
come
up
to
their
Price
.
A
poor
Parson
whose
living
is
worth
but
a
hundred
Crowns
a
year
,
hath
as
much
need
of
Instruction
,
as
he
who
hath
two
thousand
;
and
if
it
be
expected
that
he
should
Preach
and
do
his
Duty
,
he
must
not
be
trod
under
foot
.
The
only
thing
that
can
be
objected
against
so
good
and
just
a
Regulation
,
is
,
that
Your
Majesty
may
have
reason
to
lessen
the
number
of
Booksellers
;
for
Libels
are
now
so
frequent
and
common
,
that
Bookselling
may
be
thought
a
Trade
more
pernicious
than
profitable
to
the
Government
.
When
there
are
fewer
Book-sellers
,
the
Authors
of
these
Libells
may
be
discover'd
.
It
may
also
be
necessary
to
bring
all
that
sell
Books
to
so
low
a
condition
,
as
to
force
them
to
follow
some
other
Imployments
;
for
indeed
there
is
no
need
of
so
great
a
number
,
Learning
and
Letters
will
flourish
without
it
.
But
whatever
Your
Majesty's
intention
be
,
you
may
do
as
is
done
in
Spain
,
where
Books
are
Sold
at
a
Price
certain
,
and
he
that
Prints
them
,
is
not
permitted
to
put
such
a
rate
upon
them
,
as
they
that
have
need
of
them
,
think
unreasonable
.
CHAP.
XVI
.
Of
Husbandmen
and
Tillage
.
TIllage
and
Husbandry
,
being
the
great
Wealth
of
the
Kingdom
,
your
Majesty
is
not
only
concern'd
,
to
contribute
all
you
can
,
to
the
maintaining
of
it
in
its
present
condition
;
but
if
possible
,
to
put
it
into
a
better
.
In
many
Places
of
the
Kingdom
,
a
great
deal
of
Land
lyes
Untill'd
,
because
the
People
are
very
poor
,
and
have
not
Beasts
or
Cattle
to
Manure
it
,
nor
any
other
means
to
improve
it
.
To
relieve
and
help
your
People
in
a
business
so
necessary
,
Your
Majesty
would
do
well
to
lessen
the
Taxes
,
a
Burden
under
which
they
are
ready
to
sink
;
and
lend
them
Money
to
buy
Cows
and
Sheep
.
Five
or
six
Millions
dispers'd
among
the
Provinces
,
would
make
them
all
flourish
,
and
Your
Majesty
would
be
the
first
that
would
reap
the
benefit
of
it
;
for
as
soon
as
your
People
are
in
a
better
condition
,
they
will
be
the
better
able
to
aid
and
assist
you
.
One
of
the
greatest
causes
of
the
Sterility
of
the
Earth
,
is
the
Poverty
of
those
that
should
cultivate
it
;
for
we
see
one
and
the
same
Soil
,
produce
more
or
less
,
as
it
is
well
,
or
ill
Plow'd
and
Dress'd
.
Therefore
it
will
not
be
enough
for
Your
Majesty
to
give
Husbandmen
Money
to
buy
Cattle
if
they
still
want
Horses
:
I
call
such
poor
Jades
,
as
are
hardly
able
to
draw
a
Plow
,
want
of
Horses
.
For
when
the
Earth
is
but
scratch'd
up
,
and
not
Plow'd
deep
enough
,
what
Crop
can
it
produce
?
your
Majesty
must
therefore
give
'em
Money
to
buy
better
,
and
stronger
Horses
;
and
the
rather
,
because
you
your self
will
find
the
benefit
of
it
.
Let
them
have
Mares
of
a
good
size
,
and
they
will
bring
Colts
that
will
serve
to
mount
your
Cavalry
;
and
then
there
will
be
no
more
need
of
going
into
Switzerland
,
or
Germany
,
to
buy
Horses
of
Stature
for
that
purpose
.
They
likewise
that
keep
Stallions
,
must
take
more
care
of
them
,
than
they
have
done
hitherto
.
'T
is
therefore
my
opinion
,
that
they
should
be
put
into
the
hands
of
Gentlemen
,
who
know
best
how
to
order
them
:
and
't
is
more
their
business
than
theirs
who
now
keep
them
.
But
the
Summ
which
Your
Majesty
hath
hitherto
been
pleas'd
to
lay
out
for
this
purpose
,
is
not
sufficient
for
it
.
Fourscore
and
four
Stallions
in
the
whole
Kingdom
,
are
but
enough
for
two
or
three
Provinces
,
and
there
are
others
which
are
very
proper
,
to
keep
Races
to
breed
by
.
FINIS
.