-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 0
/
A06365.xml
1202 lines (1202 loc) · 54 KB
/
A06365.xml
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880
881
882
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963
964
965
966
967
968
969
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
977
978
979
980
981
982
983
984
985
986
987
988
989
990
991
992
993
994
995
996
997
998
999
1000
<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
<teiHeader>
<fileDesc>
<titleStmt>
<title>The French Kings declaration against the Dukes of Vendosme and Mayenne, the Marshall of Bouillon, the Marques of Coeuure, the President le Iay, and all who assist them Verified in the Court of Parlement the 13. of February, 1617. Stilo nouo.</title>
<title>Proclamations. 1617-02-13. English</title>
<author>France. Sovereign (1610-1643 : Louis XIII)</author>
</titleStmt>
<editionStmt>
<edition>
<date>1617</date>
</edition>
</editionStmt>
<extent>Approx. 39 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 23 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images.</extent>
<publicationStmt>
<publisher>Text Creation Partnership,</publisher>
<pubPlace>Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) :</pubPlace>
<date when="2008-09">2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).</date>
<idno type="DLPS">A06365</idno>
<idno type="STC">STC 16834</idno>
<idno type="STC">ESTC S108824</idno>
<idno type="EEBO-CITATION">99844478</idno>
<idno type="PROQUEST">99844478</idno>
<idno type="VID">9294</idno>
<availability>
<p>This keyboarded and encoded edition of the
work described above is co-owned by the institutions
providing financial support to the Early English Books
Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is
available for reuse, according to the terms of <ref target="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">Creative
Commons 0 1.0 Universal</ref>. The text can be copied,
modified, distributed and performed, even for
commercial purposes, all without asking permission.</p>
</availability>
</publicationStmt>
<seriesStmt>
<title>Early English books online.</title>
</seriesStmt>
<notesStmt>
<note>(EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A06365)</note>
<note>Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 9294)</note>
<note>Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1246:08)</note>
</notesStmt>
<sourceDesc>
<biblFull>
<titleStmt>
<title>The French Kings declaration against the Dukes of Vendosme and Mayenne, the Marshall of Bouillon, the Marques of Coeuure, the President le Iay, and all who assist them Verified in the Court of Parlement the 13. of February, 1617. Stilo nouo.</title>
<title>Proclamations. 1617-02-13. English</title>
<author>France. Sovereign (1610-1643 : Louis XIII)</author>
<author>Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643.</author>
<author>Vendôme, César de Bourbon, duc de, 1594-1665.</author>
<author>Mayenne, Henri de Lorraine, duc de, 1578-1621.</author>
<author>Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne, Duc de, 1555-1623.</author>
</titleStmt>
<extent>[4], 43, [1] p. </extent>
<publicationStmt>
<publisher>Printed [by William Stansby] for William Barret,</publisher>
<pubPlace>London :</pubPlace>
<date>1617.</date>
</publicationStmt>
<notesStmt>
<note>Includes "A remonstrance of the princes, to the French King. Dated the fourth of February", and other items relating to the revolt.</note>
<note>Printer's name from STC.</note>
<note>Cf. Folger catalogue, which gives signatures: A-F⁴.</note>
<note>Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.</note>
</notesStmt>
</biblFull>
</sourceDesc>
</fileDesc>
<encodingDesc>
<projectDesc>
<p>Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl,
TEI @ Oxford.
</p>
</projectDesc>
<editorialDecl>
<p>EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO.</p>
<p>EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org).</p>
<p>The EEBO-TCP project was divided into two phases. The 25,363 texts created during Phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 January 2015. Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source.</p>
<p>Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data.</p>
<p>Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so.</p>
<p>Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.</p>
<p>The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.</p>
<p>Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).</p>
<p>Keying and markup guidelines are available at the <ref target="http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/docs/.">Text Creation Partnership web site</ref>.</p>
</editorialDecl>
<listPrefixDef>
<prefixDef ident="tcp"
matchPattern="([0-9\-]+):([0-9IVX]+)"
replacementPattern="http://eebo.chadwyck.com/downloadtiff?vid=$1&page=$2"/>
<prefixDef ident="char"
matchPattern="(.+)"
replacementPattern="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/textcreationpartnership/Texts/master/tcpchars.xml#$1"/>
</listPrefixDef>
</encodingDesc>
<profileDesc>
<langUsage>
<language ident="eng">eng</language>
</langUsage>
<textClass>
<keywords scheme="http://authorities.loc.gov/">
<term>Vendôme, César de Bourbon, -- duc de, 1594-1665.</term>
<term>Mayenne, Henri de Lorraine, -- duc de, 1578-1621.</term>
<term>Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne, -- Duc de, 1555-1623.</term>
</keywords>
</textClass>
</profileDesc>
<revisionDesc>
<change>
<date>2006-06</date>
<label>TCP</label>Assigned for keying and markup</change>
<change>
<date>2006-06</date>
<label>Aptara</label>Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images</change>
<change>
<date>2007-06</date>
<label>Ali Jakobson</label>Sampled and proofread</change>
<change>
<date>2007-06</date>
<label>Ali Jakobson</label>Text and markup reviewed and edited</change>
<change>
<date>2008-02</date>
<label>pfs</label>Batch review (QC) and XML conversion</change>
</revisionDesc>
</teiHeader>
<text xml:lang="eng">
<front>
<div type="title_page">
<pb facs="tcp:9294:1"/>
<pb facs="tcp:9294:1"/>
<p>THE
FRENCH
KINGS DECLA<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>RATION
AGAINST
the Dukes of VENDOSME
<hi>and</hi> MAYENNE,
<hi>The Marſhall of</hi> Bouillon, <hi>the</hi>
Marques of <hi>Coeuure,</hi> the Preſdent
le Iay, <hi>and all who aſ<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſist
them.</hi>
</p>
<p>Verified in the COVRT of PAR<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>LEMENT
the 13. of <hi>February,</hi>
1617.</p>
<p>Stilo Nouo.</p>
<p>LONDON
Printed for WILLIAM BARRET,
1617.</p>
</div>
</front>
<body>
<div type="declaration">
<pb facs="tcp:9294:2"/>
<pb n="1" facs="tcp:9294:2"/>
<head>THE
FRENCH KINGS
DECLARATION AGAINST
the Dukes of Vendoſme, Mayen<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ne,
and the Marſhall of
Bouillon.</head>
<head type="sub">Verified in the Court of Parlement the
<date>13. of FEBRVARY 1617.</date>
Sti. Nouo.</head>
<p>
<seg rend="decorInit">L</seg>EWIS, by the
grace of God
King of <hi>France</hi>
and <hi>Nauarre,</hi>
To all Men
preſent and to
come, Gree<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ting.</p>
<p>The boun<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ty,
and clemency We haue vſed, and
the fauours and benefits We haue be<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſtowed
<pb n="2" facs="tcp:9294:3"/>
on ſome Princes, Dukes, and
Peeres of this Realme, as likewiſe on
other of our Subiects, made vs hope
with good reaſon, that they would
co<g ref="char:cmbAbbrStroke">̄</g>taine themſelues within the bounds
of that reſpect and obedience, which
they owe vnto Vs by the bond of Na<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ture,
euen they to whom We had not
only pardoned the crimes which they
had committed, but alſo augmented
Our bounty by new fauours.</p>
<p>But this notwithſtanding, it is come
to paſſe, that poſtpoſing all theſe con<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſiderations,
and forgetting their pro<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>miſes
made at the laſt Treaties of <hi>Lou<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>dun,</hi>
and <hi>Soiſſons,</hi> whither they retyred
at the very time, when We gaue or<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>der
that the perſon of Our Couſin the
Prince of <hi>Conde</hi> ſhould be ſeized on
by Arreſt, they haue in ſuch ſort decla<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>red
themſelues againſt Vs and Our
State, by new Leagues and Combi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>nations,
both within and without the
Realme, that We may truely ſay, they
haue no other deſſeigne then to pro<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>cure
<pb n="3" facs="tcp:9294:3"/>
the total ruine thereof, if We pre<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>vent
it not by a ſpeedy courſe: & their
inducement hereunto proceeds from
impunity, and from thoſe profits they
haue receiued therby heretofore, and
the hope they haue to draw fro<g ref="char:cmbAbbrStroke">̄</g> thence
in ſtead of puniſhment the ſame ad<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>uantages,
for the future.</p>
<p>Now, whereas the Dukes, <hi>
<g ref="char:V">Ʋ</g>en<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>doſme,</hi>
and <hi>Mayenne,</hi> and the Marſhall
of <hi>Bouillon,</hi> with whom the Marqueſſe
of <hi>Coeuure</hi> hath ioyned himſelfe, are
they, who contrary to all the proteſta<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tions
of loyalty, which they had made,
and cauſed to be made vnto Vs, ſince
the ſaid Treaties of <hi>Loudun</hi> and <hi>Soiſſons,</hi>
neuer to depart from Our obedience,
and from that naturall duty, wherein
they are oblieged vnto Vs: neuerthe<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>leſſe,
to Our exceeding griefe, not<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>withſtanding
the exhortations which
We haue cauſed to be vſed vnto them
by many, rather to make further triall
of the effects of Our clemencie, then
of the force, and rigour of Our Armes,
<pb n="4" facs="tcp:9294:4"/>
are anew reioyned, confederated, and
combined, or rather haue continued
in the ſame League, Faction, and Aſ<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſociation,
which to the preiudice of
Our ſeruice, they had together with
the Duke of <hi>Neuers,</hi> whom for like
faultes Wee haue declared guiltie of
Treaſon; and in committing al kinds
of Actions, which are contrary to the
duetie of Subiects and Officers of the
Crowne, moſt neerly obliged to their
King: The ſaid Duke of <hi>Mayenne,</hi> in his
particular, hauing not only barred the
Lieutenant Generall, and other Offi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>cers
of <hi>Soiſſons,</hi> who were turned out
by his commandement, during the
laſt troubles, from reentring into the
Towne, and cauſed our Letters of De<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>claration
againſt the Duke of <hi>Neuers,</hi>
to be forcibly and violently taken out
of our ſaid Officers hands, in thoſe o<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ther
Townes, where he hath authori<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tie;
with prohibition, that they ſhould
not publiſh them, as they were com<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>manded
by Vs: but which is more, to
<pb n="5" facs="tcp:9294:4"/>
cloake his euill carriage, vented pub<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>likely
a rumor of a practice againſt his
life, whereof, when he had written vn<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>to
Vs, We, to be fully informed of the
truth, cauſed our Court of Parlement
to decree, that the Offender ſhould
haue his trial at <hi>Soiſſons,</hi> and afterwards
be brought to Our ſaid Court, to re<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ceiue
ſuch puniſhment as the enormi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ty
of the crime required: the executi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>on
whereof, the ſame Duke hath hin<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>dered,
ſeeing that the offender did not
perſiſt in his accuſation, but contrari<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>wiſe,
acknowledge before all the Offi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>cers,
that hee had bin induced thereto
by ſome of his part: ſo that the ſaid
Duke, to keep men fro<g ref="char:cmbAbbrStroke">̄</g> further know<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ledge
therof, was enforced to cauſe the
Archers, whom the Court had ſent
thither for the bringing of the Offen<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>der,
to be kept by ſome of his People,
that by reaſon they had not ſeene the
Officers of the Preſidial Court there,
at their returne, they might not be a<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ble
to enforme the ſaid Court of Parle<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ment,
<pb n="6" facs="tcp:9294:5"/>
how the whole buſineſſe had
paſſed. Moreouer, the ſame Duke, and
all the reſt ioyntly, to the preiudice of
Our Inhibitions, ſo ſtrictly & ſolemn<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ly
publiſhed, haue made leuies of ſoul<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>diers,
and quartered them in thoſe
Townes, and places, the guard where<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>of
wee haue committed to their truſt;
haue likewiſe, and doe daily compell
a great number of Our poore ſubiects
to worke and toyle in the fortificati<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ons
they make there; detaine and ſeize
on Our moneyes within the Coffers
of Our receits, and, labour all they can
to debauſh and alienate from Vs, and
conſequently, from their duety, the
Captaines and Gouernours of Our
Townes and Caſtles, being ayded and
aſſiſted in theſe violences and con<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tempts,
by the aduice and counſell of
<hi>le lay,</hi> Preſident in Our Court of Par<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>lement.
Which courſes, if we ſhould
endure with patience, and diſſemble
Our notice thereof, vntill they be ioy<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ned
together in Armes, and take the
<pb n="7" facs="tcp:9294:5"/>
Field, it would not but tend to the
ruine & ſpoile of Our Subiects: wher<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>upon
they conſtraine Vs, contrary to
the benignity and mildeneſſe of Our
nature, to take order that they be pro<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ceeded
againſt, by due and lawfull
wayes, to the end, that through a iuſt
chaſtiſement, We may ſtay the conti<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>nuance,
and progreſſe of ſuch crimes;
for which otherwiſe We ſhould ſtand
anſwerable to GOD, who hath put
Iuſtice and Power in the hands of
Soueraigne Princes, that they ſhould
oppoſe themſelues againſt ſuch vio<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>lences,
and preuent the ruine of the
People, ouer whom GOD hath eſta<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>bliſhed
them: for theſe cauſes we giue
to vnderſtand, that after deliberation
taken hereupon by Our order, in this
Our Councel, where the Queene, Our
moſt honored Lady and Mother was
preſent, with ſome Princes of our
bloud, other Princes, Dukes, Peeres,
Officers of Our Crowne, and princi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>pall
<pb n="8" facs="tcp:9294:6"/>
Lords of the ſame Counſell; by
the aduice thereof, We haue pronoun<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ced
and declared, pronounce and de<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>clare
by theſe preſents, ſigned with
Our hand; The ſaid Duke of <hi>
<g ref="char:V">Ʋ</g>endoſme,</hi>
and <hi>Mayenne,</hi> the Marſhall of <hi>Bouillon,</hi>
Marqueſſe of <hi>Coeuure,</hi> and Preſident
<hi>le Iay,</hi> and all other who do, or will aſ<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſiſt
them in their diſobedience, and
who are, or will be their adherent to
them in their deſſignes, haue forfaited
all their Honors, Dignities, States, Of<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>fices,
Power, Gouernments, Charges,
Penſions, Priuiledges, and Preroga<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tiues,
which they haue receiued either
from Vs, or from the Kings Our Pre<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>deceſſors;
and that we haue, and doe
reuoke the ſame, from this preſent, de<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>claring
the ſaid Dukes, Marſhall, Mar<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>queſſe
and Preſident, and all their ad<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>herents,
to bee diſobedient, Rebels,
Perturbers of the publike Tranquilli<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tie,
and guiltie of Treaſon, and in that
qualitie, Our wil is they be proceeded
<pb n="9" facs="tcp:9294:6"/>
againſt, as wel in their perſons, as their
goods, memory and poſterity: as like<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>wiſe
all thoſe who ſhal aſſiſt or fauour
them directly, or indireclty. We giue
charge & commandement to all Go<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>uernours
and Lieutenants Generall
of our Prouinces, Captaines, Chiefes,
and Leaders of our Forces, to ſet vp<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>on
them; and to all Our Officers,
Mayors, Conſuls, and Sheriffes of Our
Townes, to ſeize on their Perſons, if
they be there, that they may put them
into Our hands, and purſue them by
all the courſes and ſeuerities of Our
Conſtitutions, made concerning like
crimes; but with this exceptio<g ref="char:cmbAbbrStroke">̄</g>, if with<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>in
fifteene dayes after the publication
of theſe preſent Letters in Our Court
of Parliament, the ſaid Dukes of <hi>
<g ref="char:V">Ʋ</g>en<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>doſme,</hi>
and <hi>Mayenne,</hi> Marſhall of <hi>Bo<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>uillon,</hi>
Marqueſſe of <hi>Coeuure,</hi> and Pre<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſident
<hi>le Iay,</hi> do not acknowledge their
fault, nor acquit themſelues effectually
and perſonally, before Vs in that which
<pb n="10" facs="tcp:9294:7"/>
is their dutie towards Vs; and if they
doe not cauſe thoſe ſtrangers to voide
our Realme, whom they haue drawne
into it; and doe not diſmiſſe all the
Forces they haue leuied, and diſſolue
the Garriſons which haue beene pla<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ced
by them or their adherents, with<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>out
any order or commiſſion from
Vs: And for ſo much as concerneth
the Gentrie and other of Our Sub<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>iects,
the exception ſerues likewiſe, if
within the ſaid time they doe not pre<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſent
themſelues at the Tribunalls of
Our Bayliwicks, and Seneſhall-ſhips,
within the iuriſdiction whereof they
hold their reſidence, to make due de<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>claration
and proteſtation to be regi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſtred
within the Secretaries Offices
thereof; and doe wholly deſiſt from
all actions and enterprizes, preiudicial
to Our authority and ſeruice, and to
Our Conſtitution, Declarations, and
Inhibitions.</p>
<p>Now, in caſe the ſaid Dukes, Mar<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſhall,
<pb n="11" facs="tcp:9294:7"/>
Marques, and Preſident, and all
other who ſhall haue aſſiſted them,
doe conforme themſelues, they ſhall
remaine exempt and diſcharged from
all penalties, contayned in this Decla<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ration,
and ſhall be receiued into Our
fauour: We will and command Our
truſty and welbeloued Counſellors,
ſuch as hold Our Courts of Parle<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ment,
Our Bayliſs, Seneſhalls, or
their Lieutenants, and all other Our
Iuſtices and Officers, to whom it ſhall
appertayne, each in his particular, that
they regiſter or cauſe to be regiſtred,
kept and obſerued theſe Our Letters,
according to their forme and tenor:
And doe in like ſort will and com<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>mand
Our Atturneys Generall of the
ſaid Courts, to make all purſuits, and
vſe al diligence for the execution here<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>of,
and for the puniſhment, and chaſti<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſing
of all thoſe who ſhall infringe the
ſame. For ſuch is Our pleaſure. In
teſtimony whereof We haue cauſed
<pb n="12" facs="tcp:9294:8"/>
Our Seale to be put to theſe preſents.
Giuen at Paris in the Moneth of Fe<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>bruary,
the yeare of our LORD 1617.
and of Our Raigne the ſeuenth.</p>
<closer>
<signed>Signed <hi>Lewis,</hi> and ſomewhat lower,
By the King.
de L'omenie.</signed>
</closer>
</div>
<div type="remonstrance">
<pb n="13" facs="tcp:9294:8"/>
<head>A
REMONSTRANCE
OF THE PRINCES,
TO THE FRENCH
KING.</head>
<head type="sub">Dated the Fourth of
FEBRVARY.</head>
<opener>
<salute>SIR,</salute>
</opener>
<p>
<seg rend="decorInit">Y</seg>Our moſt Humble
and moſt Faithfull
Subiects and Ser<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>uants,
the Dukes,
Peeres, ancient Offi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>cers
of your Crown,
and principal Lords
of your Kingdome; ſeeing the dan<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>gers
which inviron you, and the euills
which threaten your State with an in<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>evitable
<pb n="14" facs="tcp:9294:9"/>
ſubuerſion, if ſpeedy order
be not taken, and that they are denied
all acceſſe vnto your Perſon, where<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>with
they might freely, and ſecurely,
diſcouer the cauſes, and propound the
remedies thereof; doe in all humilitie
beſeech your Maieſtie to take in good
part, this their moſt humble <hi>Remon<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſtrance,</hi>
which cannot but well befit
their mouthes, ſithence it doth teſtifie
nothing but fidelitie and affection vn<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>to
your ſeruice, to the conſeruation of
your Sacred Perſon, and the good of
your States. And it is by ſo much the
more conuenient, becauſe they are
thereunto obliged, both by Diuine
and Humane Lawes, by the Oath
which they haue taken, and the dutie
which they owe vnto your Crowne.
We are not ignorant, that the euill is
diſguiſed by thoſe who doe it, and
who labour by all poſſible meanes to
couer it, as well as commit it, ſtill in<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>deuouring
to make thoſe diſtaſtfull
<pb n="15" facs="tcp:9294:9"/>
vnto your Maieſtie, who complaine
thereof. And the vnhappineſſe of
<hi>France</hi> is ſuch, that they hauing all the
power of your Eſtate in their hands,
they cauſe you to hold your faithful<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>leſt
ſeruants for Enemies. But the vio<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>lence
of their Tyrannicall carriage is
growne to that exceſſe, that it cannot
longer be indured; The complaints of
it are generall; euery one ſeeth it, and
feeles the miſerable effects; And their
Artifices can no longer hinder the
cryes, and publique griefe from ſtri<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>king
your Maieſties eares, and from
mouing your compaſſion to releeue
your People; and your iuſtice againſt
the Authours of ſo great miſeries;
which euery one knoweth, and open<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ly
deteſteth; And by a common vow
of your faithfull Subiects are deſtined
to iuſt puniſhment, according to their
demerits.</p>
<p>The inſatiable ambition, and aua<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>rice,
of the Marqueſſe of <hi>Anchre,</hi> and
<pb n="16" facs="tcp:9294:10"/>
his Wife is the only cauſe of the euils
we are ſenſible of; of the diſorders we
ſee, and of that wee feare moſt.</p>
<p>This is the vlcer which hath feſte<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>red,
yea, ſpoyled the whole body of
your State. It is of him only that men
doe complaine, and of the Miniſters
and Executors of his violent and ra<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ging
paſſions, and no other.</p>
<p>This is the complaint of the grea<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>teſt
part of your Subiects, who as yet
haue true French hearts: who ſeeing
themſelues compaſſed about with
feare and apprehenſions, and expoſed
to all manner of dangers, by the inte<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſtine
conſpiracies which ayme at the
ruine of your State, doe implore your
Iuſtice, to protect them from the op<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>preſſion
and ſeruitude, vnto which
thoſe perſons would make them ſub<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>iect;
and for to free your Crowne
from the many diſaſters, which now
increaſe to the ouerthrow of the ſame.</p>
<p>The remedy <hi>(SIR)</hi> is in your own
<pb n="17" facs="tcp:9294:10"/>
hands, and in your power, which if
you doe not make vſe of, the diſeaſe
will ſhortly grow incurable: And
therefore to ſhunne it, the cauſe muſt
be taken away, which being knowne
vnto you, there needeth now no other
thing then your word only; to giue
order that the Marqueſſe of <hi>Anchre,</hi>
with his Wife and Adherents, be cha<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſed
from your Sacred Perſon, and
from the Queene your Mother: And
to giue way vnto Iuſtice, that it may
duly puniſh them for thoſe crymes
whereof they are culpable touching
your State.</p>
<p>Euery man well knoweth what
deceit hee hath vſed, ſince the death
of the laſt King of moſt happy me<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>mory,
to draw vnto himſelfe th' entire
and abſolute Adminiſtration of your
Kingdome; to make himſelfe Maſter
of your Councels, of your Treaſure,
of your Armes, and of your Fortreſ<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſes,
to diſpoſe of your publique Offi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ces,
<pb n="18" facs="tcp:9294:11"/>
and Charges, your Fauours, and
Pardons; becauſe hee would bee the
ſole Iudge of Honours, and Dignities,
and diſpoſe of the life and death of
your Subiects. The courſes hee hath
taken to baniſh the Princes of the
Bloud from the Court, and to breed
diſcord betweene them, are not vn<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>knowne;
and likewiſe of the reſt of
the Princes, Officers of your Crowne,
and principall Lords of the King<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>dome:
The practizes and corrupti<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ons
which he hath vsed to weaken and
depresse the authoritie of your Par<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>liaments,
and violently to choke the
lawfull freedom of their <hi>Remonſtran<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ces,</hi>
impriſon your chiefe Officers, and
make a diuision through all the orders
of your Kingdome; that hee might
haue the whole diſpoſing of them,
and raigne alone within the State, as
he doth now with an inſupportable
preſumption and inſolency, ſuppoſing
that nothing can reſiſt his ambitious
<pb n="19" facs="tcp:9294:11"/>
Deſſignes, ſeeing that, through ex<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>treme
wrong and iniuſtice, hee hath
impriſoned the firſt Prince of your
Bloud; and by this audacious Action
violated the publike faith of the Trea<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tie
of <hi>Loudun;</hi>' vpon the obſeruation
of which did depend the repoſe and
tranquillity of your State, which he
had rather plunge into the calamities
of a Warre, then to haue the maske
of your Royall Authority taken from
him; whereof hee makes his benefit,
and vſeth it as an Inſtrument, for the
deſtruction of your moſt faithful Sub<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>iects.</p>
<p>Theſe things are ſo manifeſt, & his
proiects & guile ſo plainly discouer'd,
that no doubt can bee made hereof.
And the ſtrange proceedings, and vio<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>lence,
which he vſeth euery day vnder
your Maieſties name, againſt the
Duke of <hi>Neuers,</hi> vpon ſo notorious
pretexts, and forged imputations, that
euen the voice of the people ſerueth
<pb n="20" facs="tcp:9294:12"/>
for proofe enough to refute them; do
witnes ſufficiently, that the conſpiracy
is generall, againſt all the Princes and
Nobles of your Kingdome, who will
not ſtoupe to his tyranny, and can re<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſiſt
his plots, which he continually
puts in execution, thereby to ſubuert
the State.</p>
<p>For what offence is the ſame Dukes,
ſauing only, that he is a Prince of the
moſt renowned Houſes of your King<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>domes,
one that loues his Countrey,
ſeekes the peace of it, and who hath al<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>waies
teſtified his zeale vnto your ſer<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>uice,
and acknowledgeth no other
Authority lawfull then your Maieſty?</p>
<p>Hee complaineth of ſome iniurie
done him by one of his Tenants; and
that in contempt of the dignity of his
Office, he cannot freely exerciſe his
charge in his Gouernment.</p>
<p>He hath proſecuted an execution
of ſome feodal rights within his owne
poſſeſſions, by the ordinary means of
<pb n="21" facs="tcp:9294:12"/>
Iuſtice, as vnwilling to loſe that which
his Predeceſſors left him: Perceiuing
ſome ſecret enterpiſes, ready to bee
executed vpon his Houſes, he proui<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ded,
as indeed he ought, for the ſecu<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ring,
defence and keeping of them vn<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>der
your Authority, and for your ſer<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>uice.</p>
<p>Theſe lawfull and neceſſary cauſes
are wreſted to his rebuke; nay, are im<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>puted
to him as a haynous crime and
Rebellion.</p>
<p>We haue ſeen the Declaration that
hath bin publiſhed againſt him, vnder
your Maieſties name, and the reaſona<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ble
conditions vnto which hee doth
ſubmit himſelfe for his triall, and make
his innocencie appeare, which being
knowne vnto vs, we moſt humbly be<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſeech
your Maieſty to be pleaſed to
protect the ſame, and not to ſuffer it to
be oppreſſed & viole<g ref="char:cmbAbbrStroke">̄</g>ced by the Mar<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>queſſe
of <hi>Anchre,</hi> whoſe outrages and
offences we can no longer diſſemble,
<pb n="22" facs="tcp:9294:13"/>
becauſe our long patience hath not
hitherto ſerued for ought elſe, then for
to render it more audacious, and inſo<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>lent;
that we be no more vpbraided,
that our affection is ſo ſmall vnto your
Maieſty, that we are ſo ingratefull to
out Country, ſo diſloyal and vnprofi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>table
vnto our ſelues and to our Poſte<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>rity,
as to be ſilent, when we behold
the prodigious fauour of this Stran<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ger,
trampling thus inſolently on the
throate of your State, holding priſo<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ner
in his hands the firſt Prince of
your Bloud, treading vnder foot both
Lawes and Magiſtrates, emptying
your Coffers by his profuſions, conſu<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ming
your people with exceſſiue
charges, and cauſing your Subiects to
be trecherouſly murthered, without a<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ny
puniſhment at all. And for recom<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>pence
of ſuch trechery and diſloyalty,
conferring vpon them the Gouern<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ments
of your places; depoſing and
diſcharging the chief Officers of your
<pb n="23" facs="tcp:9294:13"/>
Councels and Parlements, bereauing
them of thoſe Titles & Honors, which
their Age, their Vertue, and their De<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſerts
haue purchaſed them; for to eſta<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>bliſh
in their places his creatures, who
are perſons altogether vnworthy, and
vnexperienced for the manageing of
your State, being men borne in bon<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>dage,
and therefore enemies to all ho<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>neſt
men, and moſt proper to execute
his paſſions, what detrement ſoeuer
may enſue thereby to your ſeruice,
holding nothing vnlawful which may
aduance his paſſionate deſſignes.</p>
<p>This is that which hath induced vs,
thus humbly to beſeech your Maieſty
to conſider the miſerable eſtate wher<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>into
your Kingdome is now brought,
and to apply, by your Wiſdome and
Authority, the neceſſary remedy,
which dependeth vpon your own wil,
and not to ſuffer either your name, or
your Armes to be employed to the
effuſion of your Subiects bloud, and
<pb n="24" facs="tcp:9294:14"/>
oppreſſion of your Domeſticall ſer<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>uants,
for the maintaining of Strangers
to their preiudice, but to baniſh them
for euer from you: and by the cha<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſtiſement
and due puniſhment of
the guiltie, reeſtabliſh confidence
and ſecurity in your Kingdom, re<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>paire
the publike Faith, which hath
bin broken, and ſet the Prince of <hi>Condé</hi>
at liberty. And to the end that order
may be taken by conuenient meanes,
againſt the diſorders of your State; to
cauſe the Treaty of <hi>Loudun</hi> to be ob<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſerued;
call againe vnto you, and into
your Councels, the Princes of your
Bloud, with the reſt of the Princes,
Dukes, Peeres, and the ancient Offi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>cers
of your Crowne, and Counſellers
of State, whom the deceaſed King
vſed during his Raigne, who alſo by
naturall affection, and as being parti<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>cularly
intereſſed, as ſtrictly oblieged
to the conſeruation of your State. And
then we ſhall haue the happineſſe to
<pb n="25" facs="tcp:9294:14"/>
render you in all ſecurity, euery man
according to his Ranke, Dignity, and
Place, that moſt humble ſeruice, and
faithfull obedience which wee owe
you, and which whileſt we liue we wil
yeeld you, as being</p>
<closer>
<dateline>
<date>
<hi>Soiſſons,</hi> the fourth
of February 1617.</date>
</dateline>
New Style.
Your moſt humble, moſt loyall, and
moſt obedient Subiects
and Seruants,
Signed,
<signed>
<list>
<item>
<hi>Caeſar</hi> de Vendoſme.</item>
<item>
<hi>Henry</hi> de Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne.</item>
<item>
<hi>Henry</hi> de la Tour, Duke of Bouillon.</item>
</list>
</signed>
</closer>
</div>
<div type="account">
<pb facs="tcp:9294:15"/>
<pb n="27" facs="tcp:9294:15"/>
<head>A
RELATION
OF THE VICTO<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>RIES
OBTAINED BY
the Prince of PIEMONT, from
<date>the 27. of Ianuary,</date> to the laſt of
the ſame Moneth.</head>
<p>
<seg rend="decorInit">O</seg>N the 27. of Ianuary at
night, the Prince of <hi>Pie<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>mont</hi>
departed from <hi>Maſ<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſerano,</hi>
with eight thou<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſand
Foot, and foure hundred Horſe,
hauing left the reſt there, being as
many as made vp together, the
number of a thouſand Horſe, with
a thouſand Foote: and hee went
with a purpoſe to attempt <hi>Creuacore;</hi>
where being arriued before day, hee
<pb n="28" facs="tcp:9294:16"/>
cauſed thoſe ſtations and paſſages
of the Mountaines to be taken, which
border on the Valley of <hi>Seſia,</hi> ſpecially
thoſe of <hi>Guardabuzon</hi> and <hi>Guardella,</hi>
which are the moſt commodious for
the Spaniards ſending of fuccours; and
this was performed without the recei<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>uing
of any loſſe, or hurt, from thoſe
of thé Towne and Caſtle. So ſoone
as it was day, our Men tooke a little
Hill fortified, which commaundeth
the Towne within Musket-ſhot, en<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>forcing
thoſe that held it, to flie and
retire into the Towne. The whole
day was ſpent in skirmiſhing, and they
within, being ſummoned by a Trum<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>pet,
that we might ſee whether they
would yeeld, returned Musket-ſhot
for anſwere, belike, to giue vs to vn<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>derſtand
thereby, that they ſtood in
little feare. In the euening before Sun<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſet
the Canon arriued, accompanied
by the <hi>
<g ref="char:V">Ʋ</g>aldoſtans;</hi> two Regiments of
<hi>French,</hi> and foure Companies of <hi>Cara<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>bins:</hi>
a thing almoſt incredible, that it
<pb n="29" facs="tcp:9294:16"/>
was brought in ſo ſhort a time, in re<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>gard
of the incommodious, hilly, and
difficult waies thorow which it paſſed.
All night long great diligence was v<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſed
in planting a Battery, ſo that on the
29. day in the morning it was ready,
within halfe a Musket-ſhotte of the
Towne, and we began to batter a lit<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tle
Towre that flanked two cortines,
which within few houres was beaten
to the ground, and beſides, a breach
made in the wall. Whereupon our
Men aduanced couragiouſly to the
aſſault; whoſe reſolution being ſeene
by thoſe within, did ſo affright them,
that they retired, flying to the Caſtle;
though they could not be ſo quick of
foot, but that about threeſcore were
killed in the throng, as they ruſhed
out of the gate, and as many taken pri<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſoners.</p>
<p>The Prince not willing to loſe time,
the rather becauſe he knew, that there
were arriued in the Valley of <hi>Seſia</hi> two
thouſand Foote, and three hundred
<pb n="30" facs="tcp:9294:17"/>
Horſe, ſent to the reſcue of this place;
diſpatched immediatly certaine Com<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>panies
of <hi>Cuiraſsiers</hi> and <hi>Carabins,</hi> to
ſeize on a place, by which they who
were retired (as is touched before)
might haue fled, and gone to their ſuc<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>cours,
cauſed the Canon to play on
them that withdrew themſelues to the
Caſtle, and whereas ſome part of them
made a ſtand on a little Hill, in the
mid-way from the Caſtle, which did
much annoy our Men, they were bea<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ten
thence, it being not yet noone,
when all this ſeruice was performed.
From the ſame place of the batterie,
we began, without loſing any time, to
beate the Caſtle, wherwith they with<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>in
being terrified, ſeeing themſelues
brought to ſuch a ſtreight, made a
ſigne that they would parlee, and ren<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>der
the place; and to that purpoſe, the
Sergeant Maior <hi>
<g ref="char:V">Ʋ</g>ertua,</hi> who com<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>manded
there, ſent his <hi>Ayndante</hi> to
treate, whoſe demand was to depart
with life and Armes: whereto hee was
<pb n="31" facs="tcp:9294:17"/>
anſwered, that his Highneſſe was con<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tent
to grant it, the ſaid <hi>Ayndante</hi> ha<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>uing
firſt declared, that he was autho<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>riſed
to make a compoſition, and that
they treated in their owne names, and
not in the name of the Princeſſe of
<hi>Maſſerano;</hi> to whom alſo his Highnes
was willing to ſhew fauour, comman<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ding
ſhee ſhould haue no diſpleaſure
done her, but bee permitted to goe
whither ſhee would. With this reſo<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>lution
the <hi>Ayndante</hi> returned, and in
the meane while his Highneſſe gaue
order for the appointing of thoſe ſoul<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>diers,
who ſhould haue the guard of
the Caſtle; but the Sergeant Maior,
who hauing bin made acquainted by
the <hi>Ayndante,</hi> with that which he had
concluded, ſhewed himſelfe not con<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tented
therewith, but that hee would
depart with match in cocke lighted,
though the <hi>Ayndante</hi> replied, that hee
had fully capitulated in the aforeſaid
manner, fell to ſhooting anew. Euery
one maruailed at this ſtrange courſe,
<pb n="32" facs="tcp:9294:18"/>
the newes of the Compoſition being
now ſpred through the Campe; and
his Highneſſe commanded the batte<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>rie
ſhould bee continued, which was
done throughly till dark night; during
which, our Men wonne ground by lit<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tle
and little, and made themſelues
Maſters of certaine Houſes and Barri<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>cadoes,
which they within held in the
Mountaines. His Highneſſe on the
other ſide, made foure Peeces of Ca<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>non
to be drawne in all diligence to
the toppe of a Hill that was neere,
which by breake of day were readie
planted, to gall and offend the enemie
more; hauing obſerued, that from the
place where they were before, they
could not worke that effect which was
neceſſarie for the giuing of an aſſault.
At which inſtant, they within did a<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>gaine
demand Parle; and although
his Highneſſe, in regard of the Serge<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ant
Maiors bad dealing the day be<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>fore,
had iuſt cauſe to ſtoppe his eeares,
and ſeeke to vſe him, as he deſerued,
<pb n="33" facs="tcp:9294:18"/>
as hee was likewiſe perſwaded and
counſelled by euery one, neuerthe<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>leſſe,
to ſhew that hee makes good
warre, & to preuent any diſaſtrous ac<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>cident
which might fal vpon the Prin<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ceſſe,
who was within, thought not
good to reiect the demand, whereup<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>on
they treated a new, and agreed as
followeth.</p>
</div>
<div type="articles">
<pb n="34" facs="tcp:9294:19"/>
<head>ARTICLES FOR
THE RENDRY OF THE
CASTLE OF CREVACORE, AC<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>corded
by FRA. GALEAZZO PIETRA,
Knight, Commander of the Forces which
iſſued out of the Towne, and retired vn<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>der
the Caſtle, aſſiſted by Lewis Alber<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tazzo
Ayndante, to Francis Ber<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>nardin
Vertua, Sergeant Ma<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ior;
aſwell in the name of
the Princeſſe of Maſſerano,
as of themſelues and
their Troupes.</head>
<p>
<seg rend="decorInit">F</seg>Irſt, the ſaid Knight & <hi>Ayr<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>dante,</hi>
with all their men,
yeeld themſelues to the
Prince, vpon this only con<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>dition,
that they ſhall haue their liues
and Armes, without match, powder,
or bullet, leauing all other things that
they haue, aſwel within, as without the
Caſtle, to their Highneſſes.</p>
<p>Beſides, in the name of the Princeſſe,
<pb n="35" facs="tcp:9294:19"/>
they render to his Highneſſe the Ca<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſtle
of <hi>Creuacore,</hi> to diſpoſe therof, with
all that is within the ſame, as he ſhall
thinke good.</p>
<p>And their Highneſſes by <hi>D. Anto<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>nio
Bobba,</hi> principall Eſquire and Gen<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>tleman
of the Chamber, promiſe to
giue the ſaid Knight, <hi>Ayndante</hi> and
their men, free & ſafe paſſage for their
retreate. Thus agreed in <hi>Creuacore,</hi> the
30. of Ianuary, 1617. Signed, <hi>D. Anto<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>nio
Bobba, Era. Galeazzo Pietra, Ludouico
Albertazzo, Franceſca Ferrera Fieſca,
Franceſco Bernardino <g ref="char:V">Ʋ</g>ertua.</hi>
</p>
<p>In this action muſt not be ouerpaſ<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ſed
in ſilence, the praiſe due to the
<hi>French,</hi> eſpecially to the Chiefes, who
haue ſhewed great valour and cou<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>rage.</p>
<p>Of our men, I do not beleeue there
are ten ſlaine, but ſome few were hurt,
and amongſt others, Monſieur <hi>de Li<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>mogion,</hi>
Lieutenant of the Prince <hi>Tho<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>mas</hi>
his Troupe, hurt in that foote
which was ſound, hauing loſt the o<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>ther
<pb n="36" facs="tcp:9294:20"/>
in <hi>Asti:</hi> and the Sergeant Maior
of Monſieur <hi>d'Eguebon,</hi> who is of the
Marſhall <hi>des Deſguieres</hi> his Troupes.</p>
<p>As the Enemy was ready to depart
out of the Caſtle, becauſe ſome diffi<g ref="char:EOLhyphen"/>cultie
was made about their carrying
of powder in their Flaskes, contrary to
the agreement, ſome of them threw
downe their powder, others their
Flaskes, and one of them hauing by
chance let fall a burning match, the
powder that lay on the ground was
thereby fired, and that likewiſe gaue
fire to the powder in the Flaskes, and