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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01158	An epitome of all the lives of the kings of France From Pharamond the first, to the now most Christian King Levvis the thirteenth. With a relation of the famous battailes of the two kings of England, who were the first victorious princes that conquered France. Translated out of the French coppy by R.B. Esq.	Commynes, Philippe de, ca. 1447-1511, attributed name.; Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673, attributed name.; Basset, Robert, attributed name.	1639 (1639)	STC 11273; ESTC S108602	92,155	414

sirnamed Quasi mortalis or Martialis because he was mortal in his expeditions full of martiall valour he was the first founder of the second Race of the French Kings and therefore must needes be a man of great vertue since the raisers of private families are either Saints or Divells that get honour by vertue or goe to hell for it to leave it to their Posterity Childeric 3. the 22. King of France Anno 740. CHilderic succeeded his brother Theodorick Anno Domini 740. He was the last King of the race of the Merovees Charles Martel deceased at Paris October the 22. An. Dom. 741 leaving Carloman and Pepin surnamed The short Giles Arch-bishop of Rouen and Griffon who was by another Mother Carloman and Pepin tooke upon all their Fathers possessions and entituled themselves Dukes and Princes of the French They called Hunaud to accompt who had made himselfe a proprietary Lord of Aquitaine In the meane time Griffon fastened upon Laon claiming it as his right from whence he was fetcht out and imprisoned at Ardennes After Carboman having compelled the Almans who had revolted to his obedience An. Dom. 743 went with his brother to combate Odilon or Vtilon Duke of Bavaria who was now in Rebellion and had stolen and married their sister whom they having compelled to alter his Title of King to Duke they were contented he should peaceably enjoy their Sister as his wife At their departure out of Bavaria An. Dom. 744. they went against the Saxons whom they enforced to undergoe their accustomed yoake giving their Duke Theodoric as an Hostage who upon his owne word was sent backe but the yeare following hee was againe taken in a relapse of a new revolt against the French An. Dom. 746. Carloman became a Monke of Mount Soracte in Tuscany and afterward at Mount Cassin Whereupon Pepin reduced the whole Monarchy into his sole power Afterwards hee pursued his brother Griffon who had retired himselfe into Saxony and from thence into Bavaria from whence Pepin having fisht him hee brought him into France and gave him the Dukedome of Angely in Normandy After this Pepin affecting to joyne to himselfe both the name and the Royall Authority wrought with Pope Zachary by Bouchard Bishop of Witsbourg and by Volrade his Domesticke Chaplaine so farre that the States of France assembling at Soyssons following the declaration of Pope Zachary degraded Childeric and his wife Gisale and sent them to live a Monasticke life in the Countrey of Bavaria Anno Dom. 752. Thus was the Merovaean race deprived of its honour 293. yeares after the death of Merovaeus This King and his Queene were enforced to be religious and being depos'd were sent to a Monastery for it was a usuall custome sometime to confine the right Heire to such houses or when they would be tid of their Kings they did shave their heads and made Monks of them wherein it may bee they did their soules good but compelled Religion can never be sound Jerome living in a wildernesse beheld Rome and a King in a Cave will thinke on a Crowne and therefore it may be said When a King weares the Fryers hood He is either very bad or good Charles Martell Duke and Prince of the French ONE Charles Martel is placed here amongst the Kings of France not because in his life time hee tooke upon him the Name and Title of a King but because indeed hee commanded all France after that hee had made an escape out of the imprisonment of Plectrude his Mother in law untill his death having made himselfe to bee created in an Assembly of three Estates of the Kingdome Prince and Duke of the Frenchmen more haughty and illustrious than that of Mayre of the Palace wherewith his Predecessours were contented and the Kings that reigned in his time had onely the bare Name and Title without any power at all as it hath beene already mentioned yea and after his decease his successors qualified him as a King as it appeares by his Tombe in the Church of Denis in France where his Statue is crowned and acoutred with Robes of Regality and is written about it in Latine words Charolus Martellus Rex And justly hee may be so styled because there was no King in his time but who he pleased Pepin Heristel was his Father Ansigise his Grandfather S. Arnulph his great Grandfather who being a Widower was made Bishop of Mets which S. Arnulph was directly descended in the Masculine Line of Clodion the sonne of Pharamond the first King of France This Charles was so valiant and generous that he obtained the Surname of Martel for the exceeding great strength of his arme and the memorable Victory which he obtained against the Saracens neare unto the City of Tours of whom he slew in the place to the number of 375. Thousand He reduced the whole Countrey of Languedoc otherwise called Septimany to the Monarchy of France which untill that time was not warranted Hee was very zealous in the defence of the Christian Religion yea and Rome it selfe being distressed by the siege of Luitprand King of the Lombards and brought into great extremities Pope Gregory sent by a Bishop Anastasius and Sergius a Priest the Keyes of the Sepulchre of St. Peter to Prince Martell whereby he intimated unto him that he put himselfe the Church and the City of Rome into his protection and safeguard Wherefore he sent Embassadors to the Lombards to intreate them for his sake to desist and to permit a peace to the City of Rome which tooke such effect that from that time afterward the Popes in all distresses sought to France for reliefe upon all occasions whereof they never were destitute In the end the Goths being vanquished the Saxons and Frizons subdued Languedoc conquered and Provence recovered and France enjoying the tranquillity of a happy peace Charles made a distribution of his estate to his Children and shortly after dyed the 22. of October Anno Domini 741 who was the first that was ever styled Prince of France and lyes at St. Denis in France This Charles Martell being King of France in power though not in Title did make Childeric called Daniel Clotarius the fourth Theodoric the second and Childerick the third successively Kings of France The Realme and Crowne of France being by Childerick the third offered to Charles Martell who refused the Diademe saying That it was more glorious to reigne over kings than to be a King as appeareth by this Epitaph on his Monument Ille Brabantinus Dux primus in orbe triumphat Malleus in mundo specialis Christicolarum Dux Dominusque Ducum Regum quoque Rex fore spernit Non vult regnare sed Regibus imperat ipse The Duke of Braban whom Fame doth renowne For the chiefe Champion of all Christendome Ruled both Dukes and Kings and did disdaine To be a King but over Kings did reigne He had foure sonnes Caroloman and Giles of modest milde spirit Pepin and Griffon rough and ambitious he left