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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37300	The memoires of Monsieur Deageant containing the most secret transactions and affairs of France, from the death of Henry IV till the beginning of the ministry of the Cardinal de Richelieu : to which is added a particular relation of the Arch-Bishop of Embrun's voyage into England, and of his negociation for the advancement of the Roman Catholick religion here : together with the Duke of Buckingham's letters to the said Arch-Bishop about the progress of that affair, which happened the last years of King James I, his reign / faithfully translated out of the French original.; Mémoires de M. Deageant. English	Deageant, Guichard, d. 1645.; Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628.	1690 (1690)	Wing D490; ESTC R5548	101,034	282

from the Court importing that he was summoned thither only to be taken Prisoner M. Deageant who did not forsake him seeing him extreamly pensive and perceiving that the Zealots of the Faction that a little before appeared with a sad dejected Countenance because they could not engage M. de Lesdiguieres in the Rebellion began to prick up their Ears to speak haughtily and openly to scoff at him judged that some evil Genius had obstructed his Negociation But to find out the truth of the matter he accosted M. de Lesdiguieres declaring that he was very sorry to see him so much oppressed with Melancholy and that he concealed the cause from him fearing lest he should distrust his Conduct nevertheless he solemnly protested to him that he had never failed to demonstrate the sincerity of the Affection that he had professed to him and that if any had perswaded him to the contrary and had wrought an ill Impression on his mind with respect to the King he could easily resolve his Doubts and remove all Scruples and Suspicions entreating him moreover to consider that the great number of envious Persons that could not endure to see him so far advanced in his Majesty's Esteem and Favor would leave no stone unturned to cause him to fall from thence and to involve him in the mischiess that usually attend popular Tumults and Insurrections But on whatsoever side M. Deageant turned himself it was impossible to extort any thing from him but that he laboured under certain Distempers of old Age that irritated his Spirits and caus'd him to be thus disturbed M. Deageant had some time ago gained a Minister of the Province of Languedoc who was one of the chief Agents in the Affairs and Conspiracies of the Protestants and very much esteemed by M. de Lesdiguieres he had also secretly procur'd his Conversion and obtained a Brief from Rome the Tenor of which was That although he were received into the Bosom of the Church yet he was permitted to continue the exercise of his Ministerial Function amongst the Protestants for the space of three years provided he delivered nothing in his Sermons contrary to the true Catholick Faith and did not administer the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper This Brief was granted that the Minister might remain in his Employment and might discover the Plots that were contrived in the Kingdom in which Office he performed very remarkable Services M. Deageant had divers Letters from those that manag'd the Transactions at the Court that they had no better nor more certain Intelligence concerning the Proceedings of the Protestants than that which he had given them and which he had received partly from M. de Lesdiguieres but more from this Minister and several others with whom he kept a Corresponcence therefore he sent for him and exhorted him to enquire as well amongst the most active of the Party as of M. de Lesdiguieres himself in what condition he was and what was the occasion of his being more pensive than ordinarily he used to be It was not long e're he understood all the Circumstances of the Intrigue and the end to which it tended and having informed M. Deageant thereof they resolved that to oblige M. de Lesdiguieres to declare his thoughts freely and to put him in mind of satisfying the King's desire he should feign that he came on purpose to represent to him that forasmuch as their Assembly of Loudren was inclin'd to War and in regard that their Churches not being in a capacity according to his opinion to maintain it nor any Foreigners able to assist them nothing could be expected but Ruin and Desolation he ought on the account of the Intrest that he had in the cause and of his affection to the welfare of their Churches to employ his Credit with the King and his Authority with the Assembly by some good Expedients to prevent the dismal Effects of so pernicious a Counsel M. de Lesdiguieres without giving him time to finish his discourse reply'd That he was disposed to go to the Court for this very purpose but that some particulars had been related to him that had caused him to change his Resolution that no Propositions of an Accommodation ought any longer to be considered but that they ought in good earnest to prepare to defend themselves with their Armes since it was for the cause of their Religion The Minister urged him to explain his meaning and having at length discovered that he had certainly taken the above mentioned Artifices for an undoubted truth he undeceived him by revealing the truth of the matter according to the account that was given him by one of the Authors being the same person from whom M. de Lesdiguires had received an Intimation thereof and that had caused him to be thus perplexed After this Conference M. Deageant being instructed by the Minister who acquainted him with what had passed presented himself before M. de Lesdiguieres whom he found with a more clear and serene Countenance than on the preceeding days he manag'd him after such a manner that at last he confessed that the occasion of his trouble was the news that he had heard concerning the Assembly of the Catholick Gentlemen and the resolutions that he was told were taken therein but that he was very lately informed by a Minister one of his particular Friends that this Device was invented by some of the Reformed Religion on purpose to hinder his Journy however he affirmed that he was ready to depart were it not that altho this Assembly were not gathered together upon an ill design nevertheless he feared lest any mis-carriage should happen in his absence if the jealousies raised on both sides were not dispersed To this end M. Deageant took such care that the greatest part of the Catholick Gentlemen that had been in this Convention appeared before M. de Lesdiguieres at Grenoble and there gave him so much light into the matter joyned with reiterated protestations of their Innocency that he was satisfy'd There remained then another difficulty as to his departure which was very much importuned by the Court but he desired that M. Deageant who was ordered to accompany him in his Journey should reside still in the Country because he judged that his presence and mediation would be very necessary to keep every one within the bounds of his duty he chiefly insisted on this fearing lest upon the continuance of the above said Assembly some disturbance or combustion should arise As he was at Lyons going out of his Chamber to proceed in his Journey his Servants and Baggage being sent before a Gentleman that the late M. de Nemours had dispatched to him in post delivered a Letter of Credence to him on his behalf demanded audience of him in private and told him that having not long ago attended his Master in the Louvre he then saw him in the little Closset into which he durst not enter but finding that of the Books open he went