fifteene Ensignes of French Fanterie and almost two thousand horse against nineteene Ensignes of the Spanish Fanterie which lay encamped about the little towne for that the inhabitants had shutte the gates vpon them fearing to be sacked by them as their neighbours had beene The skirmish lasted almost a whole day eche partye being obstinate to the gaining of the victory which after a long hazard vncertaine combate remained to the French very few of them being either dead or hurte but many more of the Spaniards whereof in like sort diuers were brought away prisonners After all this coyle the French returned to Anchy and about Hedin where the Almanes were put in garrison the bayliwick whereof was giuen by the King to the Count Reingraue In summe towards the end of the moneth of October some companies as well of the French Fanterie as light cauallerie being cast the rest were deuided and put into garrisons to passe ouer the winter which drew on In the meane time the Emperour proceeded on to pursue a marriage betweene his son the K. of Spaine and the infant Mary new Q. of England with such earnestnes as he forgot nothing which might serue to the consummation thereof seing him selfe almost out of all hope to haue succour elsewhere or recouering of any monie at neerer hand which many of that Realme sought to hinder foreseeing an immortal warre with the French which was prepared for them by this meanes remembring well the losses and damage which they had alreadye sustained in hauing vpholden the warre against this nation from whence the Countrie of England reaped great commodities Notwithstanding so much auayled the perswasions of the Emperor with the instigation of the two Queenes Mary and Elenor and aboue all the inductions of Cardinall Pole cosin to the Q. that she being cleane rauished with this new loue and with the ambition to see her selfe wife to the Sonne of an Emperour the better to assure her estate against the reformed and other malcontents in spite of the aduise and liking of the greatest of her Realme keeping her sister Elizabeth likewise a prisonner consented to this marriage Afterwards with as much speede as was possible she affianced by Proctor which was the Earle of Aiguemont Philip K. of Spaine hoping shortlye after to perfit and consumate the ouerplus The K. knowing that all these things tended to no other end but cheefely to endamage and annoy him made a great masse of monie calling such to his aide and succour as he knew were most obedient and faithfull vnto him and as hee thought best able to aide and do him seruice Pope Iuly to the end to pacifie these great troubles of Christendome had sent the Cardinall of England to mediate a peace betweene the King and the Emperour for you must vnderstand that vpon the pursute of the warres of these two Princes Pope Iuly seeing all Europe as it were much moued with the feare of mischeefes which was likely to ensue to euery Countrye by reason of the particular quarrels of these two Monarcks with a secret remorse and gnawing of conscience for himselfe had beene the Author had sent the Cardinall of England his Legate to the King and the Emperour to aduise and by all meanes to vnite and cause them to condescend to a good peace in which he imployed himselfe so vertuously that laying aside all ambition or feare of hatred or other cōsiderations he neuer ceased to lay before them the infinite miseries wherewith the poore Christian people were afflicted togither with the vncertaintye and miserable estate whereunto the Catholicke Church by their dissentions was reduced And albeit that many accounted him to fauour the Emperour more then the King yet hee seemed to haue so well managed their hartes that the hope of a peace was alreadye common thorough out Fraunce and quarters neighbouring about yea so great that the poore borderers of the one and other Lord perswading themselues thereof so assured themselues by little and little that they reedified and began to reinhabite their cottages and small tenementes as yet besmoaked with the fire wherewith they had beene burned to ashes so farre as euery man promised vnto himselfe a happy repose if it would please God to mollifie the harts of these two great Princes But euen as all the tokens of Moses and Aaron hardened the more the obstinate courage of Pharaoh to the end afterwards to make the great wonders of the Lord to appeare so this great God not yet satisfyed and content with so small a punishment for our enormous sinnes would not permit vnto them the vnderstanding to receaue a good and assured peace for the ease and repose of all Christendome wherfore the Legate after many trottings to and fro of each side returned very sorrowfull vnto the Pope leauing in the harts of these two Princes this so inueterate an enmitie whereof the clamors could not so soone mortifie the effects The Queene was deliuered at Fontaine-bleau about nine of the clocke and three quarters past in the morning the eighteenth of March 1554. of a sonne named Hercules by Charles Cardinall of Lorraine Anne de Montmorency Constable and the Duchesse of Guyse daughter to the D. of Ferrara afterwards leauing that name he was called Francis D. of Alencon and of Aniou In the meane space and about the first of the spring there arose a certaine brute of a warre at hand betweene these Princes and much furniture and weapons were dispersed whereby they might bee polished and made readye to the seruice afterwardes to be mustered as soone as the fame was spread throughout France how the Emperour had prepared a great leauye of men of warre and all other sortes of prouisions towardes the Countries of Liege and Ardennes with intent to besiege the Towne of Mesieres hauing established Mariembourg and Auanes as store places and markets to his armye so as Bourdillon who then was at the Courte was presently sent back to fortifie strengthen this little Towne with whatsoeuer should be necessary to attend their comming On the other side the K. foreseeing the Empeperours determination and intent made all meanes to assemble his forces to the end to meet him and preuent him of this small enterprise hauing sent sufficient enough of succour into Piemont and Italye thereby to pursue and continue such good beginning as fortune in that parte had presented vnto him Besides hee dispatched Captaines and commissioners to bring him men of warre as well out of Germany as from those Cantons of Zuizers as were his confederates This was about the ende and issue of the Spring when as the Sunne raysing him selfe high to send among vs his great heates burned and consumed the fruites of the earth with so strange a drouthe that togither with the long trauayle of the warre the poore people expected nought els to the aggrauating of their miseryes then a great and mortall famine for the heape of all theyr pouertyes
be giuen of such as shall be appelants that therin they take some of your Ecclesiasticall Councellors such as shall be chosen or for default of them some other notable and sufficient personages In regard of the inquisition that it be obserued to haue the Popes inquisitor deputed vnder him thoroughout all prouinces to be men of good renowne and of entire life And that the Bishop be at the charge and not the accused vpon condition notwithstanding that the processe being ended the charges be recouered of those to whom it appertaineth These things are proper to bound in and enclose such processe within certaine limits Moreouer for that it appeareth that by the punishments of Heretiques how necessarie soeuer they be they haue not amended them vntill this present but onely it hath beene shewed thereby how detestable the thing is and further for that it is farre better to preuent a sickenesse then to giue it leasure to grow and afterwardes apply a remedie you must herein most gracious Prince follow the customes and pathes of the primitiue and auncient Church for shee was not established either by sword or fire but the diligence of Bishoppes hath alwaies resisted against Heretiques because that they alwaies insisted to preach the word of God shew good example in their life Considering then how the Church was by this meanes confirmed there is no doubt but shee would still be able to maintaine and countergarde her selfe if you woulde therein vse your power causing Bishops and Pastors in their owne persons to gouerne their Churches and likewise all inferiour ministers That they liue holily and teach the word of God or cause it to be taught by persons sit And that hereafter the charge of Churches be not giuen but to men able of themselues to teach without substituting Vicars in their roomes This is the roote whereunto the hand must be put this is the foundation vpon which the building must be framed for by this meanes there is hope that heresies will by little and little vanish away But if no account be made of following this course there is danger that heresies will encrease more and more what Edict soeuer can be made or remedies vsed to the contrarie In summe few of the Lordes of the priuie Councell remaining there which would any waies contrarie the same the Edict which I will speake of else where was engrossed in the end coÌ„cluded and after published thoroughout the whole Realm to the contentment of some and displeasure of many other In this same time Charles of Austria Emperour of the Romanes tyred with the enterprise of humane actions no lesse then pressed with his particular inconueniences resolued to put end thereunto So that as well to appease the violence of his Goutes feeblenes of stomacke megromes headach and an infinite of other diseases which day by day diminished his naturall strength as to see the inconstancie of mundane accidents and small assurance in the fairest desseins of man good fortune the compagnion of manie his actions hauing bene often times enterlaced by the encounter of some Signal desastre Iointe the presages of Vesalins his Phisition and other vpon the breuitie of his daies he determined to exchange a publique life vntill then reasonable well gouerned with a particular and solitarie which rather carryed a Religious deuotion then any mundane managing Therefore hauing from the moneth of September caused his sonne Phillip King of England to come vnto him to whome for sixe weakes together he communicated his most important affaires and the meanes which he ought to holde in the gouerment of his estates hee caused the generall estates of all his low Countries to bee assembled at Bruxelles where hee declared the indisposition of his person the good they had receiued from himselfe and the fauour which they might receiue from his sonne whome as then rising out of his chayre and kneeling barehead before and ouer against the Emperour putting his hand vpon his head he inuested in all his patrimoniall goodes hauing recommended vnto him Religion Iustice he gaue him his blessing Then the Prince rysen vp and due reuerence made vnto his Father and Queene Mary his Aunt in the ende turning vnto the people thanked God for his present aduantages besought him to assist him in all his actions to come rendred thanks vnto the Emperour for the care he had of his person from his first age vntill that day vnto the people for the acceptaunce they had made of him assuring them of so good a gouernement as they should not haue cause to repent themselues of this happe and consent Afterwardes Queene Marye dowager of Hungarie Gouernesse of the Lowe countries seeing the teares trickle downe the graye bearde of the Emperour his pale and earthly face rose vp to declare vnto the people that for thirteene yeeres together while her charge endured which shee had receyued from the Ceasareal and she had employed all the meanes which God had lente vnto her to acquitte her selfe of her duetie that if any faulte happened it was vnwitting and not of any her malice for which shee besought all them to pardon her assuring her selfe that her brother the Emperour rested contente This done the Emperour publiquely acquited all his Subiectes of their oathes made vnto him and rising out of his Throane caused his Sonne to sitte therein who presently receyued the homages and oathes of all his Vassalles Afterwardes all the first Seales of Charles were broken in pieces and in their place King Philips were brought wherewith there were presentlye sealed certayne pardons and other dispatches Thus did hee disseaze himselfe of all his goodes and estates to leade a peaceable life in a house of pleasure which hee had builded in Castilia called Iust reseruing onely to himselfe the vsufruite of Castilia and the superintendaunce of all the commaundaries Afterwardes by his gratious Letters to the Electours and Princes of Germanie he besought them to reconcile themselues together vnfoulding vnto them the small occasion which they had to quarrell one with another aduertising them of his purpose to passe into Spayne and howe he had resigned the Empire into their handes counselling and beseeching them to chuse his brother the King of the Romanes whome they knewe to bee of desarte and age Fearing least if some younge Emperour shoulde bee chosen hee woulde encrease the warres among the Christians a fitte onuerture to the Turkes to empayre Christendome especially vpon his nearest neyghbours In the ende hee recommended vnto them his Sonne beseeching them that if euer hee had done any matter of woorth for them and their Countrey they woulde acknowledge it in the behalfe of his Sonne who beeyng charged with great affayres had neede of his friendes assistaunce At the least that they woulde not bee contrary vnto him though some particularities might turne them from ayding of him Hee sent likewise Sâ—uler a doctour to his brother Ferdinando to yeelde ouer vnto him on his parte
all the charges of the Empire beseeching him to reconcile the Princes one to another in which the staye and encrease of the Empire wholly consisted the true and nearest cause of the ruyne thereof proceeding from diuision Then that hee woulde yeelde all ayde to his Sonne Philip as a neyghbour to such an enemye as the King of Fraunce was In the ende beeyng determyned to departe hee was stayed thourough the vyolence of his diseases contratyeties of windes long staye in the preparation of his Shippes and thourough a difference fallen out in some of the townes which would by no meanes receyue his sonne the father liuing and other which woulde haue his nephewe Ferdinande seconde sonne to the King of Romanes for their gouernour Ioint the male contentment of a number of Lordes and other who hauing employed all their meanes and often times their life in his seruice vnder a hope of great recompence sawe themselues by this his dimission and departure into Spaine frustrated of all their hope which they coulde not hope for at his sonnes handes who as ordinarily newe Kinges affecte newe seruauntes woulde employe his meanes but to the aduauncement of his fauourites or in recompencing their paines and seruice towardes him of whome himselfe had beene an eye witnesse About the ende of Nouember Ferdinande King of Romanes hauing assembled together the greatest parte of his men of warre wente downe the Danube as farre as Vienne to make head against the Turke who made great preparation for his descente into Hungarie to besiege agayne Vienne in Austria as I will shewe you To open vnto you the affayres and chaunges of the Realme of Englande in fewe woordes Henry the eyghte discontented in that he had no other heyre but Mary borne of Katherine aunte vnto the Emperour whome his brother Arthur had marryed at the age of foureteene yeeres and lefte her a Virgine by the aduice of the Cardinall of Yorke and many dyuines as well Frenche as Almaines and English diuorced her and hauing in full assemblie declared his daughter Marye illegitimate marryed Anne Bullen one of his wifes maydes the which Pope Clemente the seuenth so hardly coulde digest as that he condemned this diuorce as vniust and of euill example especially for that Anne was a Lutherane and he feared least the King and all his Realme woulde confourme them selues to the like religion Whereat Henrye tooke such disdayne as hee declared himselfe head of the Church thorough out all Englande with forbidding any to aduowe the Pope for head or to transporte any money to Rome or paye Peterpence a reuennewe which euerye house yearely payde according to the ordynaunce of Inas in the yeere seuen hundred and fourtie Whereupon there ensued a great alteration of Religion thorough out the whole Realme so confirmed by Edwarde his sonne as that the catholique was cleane banished out of Englande at the least in publique which caused many Englishe men to flye the Realme to seeke in some other Countrey a place of more free conscience Seeyng that the Dukes of Sommerset and Northumberlande gouerned the roaste in the yeere 1553. Notwithstanding as after the death of the Duke of Sommerset the Duke of Northumberlande seeyng howe the King was fallen sicke of a Fluxe which fell into his stomache from the moneth of Februarie had marryed his sonne Guilforde to â—anâ— daughter to the Duke of Suffolke and cousin vnto the sicke King hee wrought so much as that the young King reiecting his sisters Marye and Elizabeth declared for his heyre and Inherittice vnto the Crowne of Englande this Iane of Suffolke to the ende that by this meanes hee mought traunsferre the Royalle into his owne House and disinherite the true Heyres of their righte and legitimate Succession This Marriage and Testamentarie declaration beeyng done in the moneth of May gaue occasion to a number to thinke that this young King whome they helde for the piller of men of knowledge and gaue great hope of future vertue was poysoned and that beeing assured of the time of his death they had caused him to doe whatsoeuer they woulde haue him well were it of poyson or of a Caterre so it is that Edwarde the sixte of that name and the one and fourtie K. of England dyed the sixt day of Iuly the seuenth yeere of his Raigne and the sixteenth of his age solemly entered at Westminster not without the teares of his subiects who saide that his death was presaged by a Comet which appeared a little before his departure and by the great stormes windes tempests and thunders which had that yeere tormented London the chiefe Cittie of the Realme as the witnesses of such troubles as shortly after ensued in England for the people hating in secrete this Duke of Northumberland held for suspected the testament of King Edward as a thing made too much to the aduantage of the Duke and many Lords of the Countrie terming him too ambitious wrote vnto Mary the eldest daughter of K. Henrie the eight encouraging her to declare her selfe Queene and offring vnto her all dutie and seruice Marye who had no great meanes durst not so soone come to London to the ende that according to the custome she might remaine ten daies in the Tower before her Coronation but went into the Countrie and Dukedome of Norfolke bordering on the Sea coast from whence shee wrote to sundrie Princes and Lords of the Countrie complayning how that Iane of Suffolk had enterprised against her and that Edward was not able to dispose of the Crowne which appertained vnto her being the next daughter vnto the late Kinge Henrie she laide before them the wrong which had beene done vnto Katherine her mother and next vnto her selfe and that none of King Henrie his children were to succeede before her protesting that shee would pursue her right by the sworde and not suffer the Duke of Northumberland to vaunt how he would dispose at his pleasure of the Realme of England These letters being brought to London at the selfe same time as Iane of Suffolke against her will was proclaimed Queene within the Tower of London caused a great chaunge of dispositions among the Lordes there present and a strange alienating of their mindes touching the case of Iane whome sundrie from thence foorth left to take Maries parte The which caused the Duke of Northumberland to send certaine troupes of men at armes into the Countrie of Norfolke thinking thereby to hinder her desseins But in the meane time shee was proclaimed Queene in Suffolke by the principall personages of the land So as hauing recouered some succours from the Emperour on the coast of Flaunders albeit that the Duke had strongly armed vppon the Seas to hinder their comming shee practised with a number of the cheefe of the Duke his armie which in the ende incorporated themselues to hers In the meane time Northumberland to playe on the surer side woulde needes haue the Duke of Suffolke Father to Iane to goe as her Lieutennant
to compell the siege to be raysed a Counsell was helde and resolued to abandon Cony to martch right towardes the Marquesse But as soone as hee perceyued the Mareschall to approache he retired into Fossan to the which the Frenche still approached By meanes whereof the Marquesse fearing to bee enclosed there consequently himselfe to reduce this place to extreame necessitie he wrought so well as with the whole Infanterie he gayned Cony But from thence not knowing howe to returne he was constrayned to leade his men a trauerse the mountaines to gayne the Sea shoare and saue his people as well as hee mought The difficultie of the wayes notwithstanding was founde such as he lost many of his people and they which saued themselues so wearie and defeated as it was not possible to bee more As for his men at armes and his Cauallerie they remayned still within Fossan Therefore it was agreed that waste shoulde bee made there round about And further that Forces should be layed all a longest the passages and wayes that none of the Cauallerie mought escape During the time that it was thus enclosed many fayre feates and notable skirmishes were vndertaken and diuersly executed Namely by the Vidasme of Chartres Colonell of the Fanterie of Piemont D'Anuille de Terrides and others with so good watche kept all alongest the passages as many Troupes of this Cauallerie which was no lesse then betweene one thousande and twelue hundred horse were entrapped and defeated The Frenche in the meane space entertayned the siege before Cony and many Gentlemen and Captaynes trauayled who shoulde be marked to worke most to the damage of the besieged Among the rest woorde was sente vnto the King of the feates done by the Vidasme since the raysing of the siege Especially in the breaking vp of milles which had bene repayred by them of the Towne blocked with a nomber of Fortes which marueilously annoyed him And likewise the happie enterprises atchieued about Fossan by De Termes Gonor D'Anuille and other who gaue so small reste to their Troupes of Cauallerie especially their light horse whose coursings out were more ordinarie remarkeable as all thought they had yeilded occasions enough vnto his Maiestie to be well and sufficiently requited for so well perfourming of their duetie You shall see howe and wherefore the meanes wanted vnto their Prince rather then the will through the accidents which lesse fortunate in other places of Fraunce then in Piemont happened at the same time to counterpease the Mareschals good fortune by the disgrace of his Conestable as I will make you to perceyue if you well and dilligently marke all the notable particularities which I will deduce vpon such and so important an occurrence For it is lesse then nothing to knowe the inconuenience of the iourney of Saint Quentins That is knowne as well to fooles as wise men younge and olde men and women homebirdes and straungers friendes enemies But to applie it to ones profite to the suretie and aduauncement of the State one must vnderstande the beginning and true motiue dilligently and with affection marke the meanes as well forced as voluntarie by which this disfauour happened then note the effectes of them and in the ende consider the good and the badde which hath ensewed vnto Fraunce and the Countreyes aboute vnder the obedience of these two Princes This is called to reason of and to reade Histories as it appertayneth The which I will doe hauing represented vnto you the deportement of the Duke of Guise and his Armie in Italie From Plaisantin the Duke of Guise went to Regge a Towne which appertained to the D. of Ferrara his father in law who mette him at Pont de Leuz all in company with the Cardinall Caraffe sente thither by the Pope entered within Regge where they consulted of the dissein meanes conduct of this warre Some would haue gone into Lombardie to attempt the getting of Cremone and Pauia whilest that Brissac dyd his dutie vpon that side of Nouarre and Valence Other who considered that in so dooing they should giue leasure to the Duke of Alua to fortifie himselfe and to make a leauie of men as well within the kingdome of Naples as Tuscane without forcing for all that any one of those Townes furnished with all thinges necessarie were of opinion that they should rush vpon Tuscane to deliuer Siene out of the Florentines and Spaniardes handes The Cardinall Caraffe founde it most aduantagious to assayle the kingdome of Naples by the March of Ancone the territorie of the ancient Picentines saying that on that side of Terre de Labour hee might conquere as much of the Countrie as seemed good vnto him But the Duke of Ferrara maintained that the Duke of Guise being come for the cause of his holynesse he ought likewise to go straight on to Rome and imploy himselfe to the defence of the Pope And that afterwardes the rest should bee thought of That in the meane time hee would keepe himselfe with his forces in his owne Countries forasmuch as he trusted not the Duke of Parma his neighbour hauing entered into league with king Phillip and that he feared besides least the Florentine would make roades into his lands if hee esloigned himselfe So as according to this aduise the Duke of Guise marched with Caraffe towardes Bologne and the Duke of Ferrara leauing the Prince Alphonce his sonne for his lieutenant went to Venise to aunswere the Embassadour of Spaine who made there grieuous complaintes against him blaming the Pope and King Henrye to make warre vniustly against his Maister and to breake the truce so necessarie to Christendome beseeching the Seigneurie to make warre against the Ferrarois and to enter into league with the Catholique King Now as the Duke of Ferrara soiorned at Venise the Marquesse of Pescare seased vppon the Towne of Corregge whence sprange the first beginning of the war in the Countrie of Ferrara An occasion that the Duke leauing Venise returned into his owne lands to fortifie Modene Carpi and other places of his Seigneuries whilest that the Duke of Guise at Bologne complayned to the Popes ministers howe he sawe no such preparation of warre as had bene promised vnto the King But they contented him when they tolde him that there were tenne thousand men in the March d'Ancone And hauing passed by Imole Rauenne Faenze Cesene he came to Rimini where he viewed and mustered his Troupes which he found to amount vnto fiue thousande Swizers ouer which the Marquesse d'Albauf his brother commaunded foure thousand Grisons seauen thousand French and Gascoignes some Italians fiue hundred and fiftie men at armes and fifteene hundred light horse Ouer the Fanterie commaunded the Duke of Neuers Cipierre was Maister of the Campe. Tauannes and La Motte Gondrin were Mareschalles of the Campe. On the other side the Mareschall Brissac comming out with his Forces into the fielde caused Valle-Feniere to bee besieged a strong place scituate betweene
K. in Piemont The K. Letter in behalfe of the Vaudois Confession of the Vaudois faith The proceedings vsed in the proces of them of Merindol The war lie exploit of Minier vpon the execution of arrest The princes of Germany write to the King of Fraunce in fauour of such of his subiects as were persecuted This touch at the poynt of death leaueth neither King not subiect vnsought without any respect an especiall warning to all princes Guerin hanged at paris The voiage of the army of Henry King of Fraunce for the succour of the protestant princes of Germany against the Emperour Charles the fifth Priuiledges of Metz debated Metz Toulh Verdun Nancy c. taken by the French Priuiledges of the townes maintained The armie of Fraunce represented in the fielde and first the Fanterie The men at armes and light Caualierie Light Caualerie Harquebusiers mounted Englishmen The K. army before Metz. The K. entry into Metz and priueledges graunted to the towne The K. aprocheth to Strasbourg The K demaund to them of Strasbourg Strasbourg leuieth men fortifieth it selfe by the eâ—â—mple of Metz. The Princes deputies sent to the King The Germanes beâ—â—â—â—h the K. not to enter Germany but retire The K. answer to the Deputies The exploits of Maurices army vpon the Emperors troupes The princes gaine the straites of the mountaines The defeating of the Emperors people Sedition in Maurices Campe. The Emperour flyeth The D. of Saxe deliuered out of prison but followeth the Emperour throughout Germany Ministers and Schoolemasters restored by the Protestant princes in Germany Maurice his complaint against the Emperour The French Embassadors oration The confederate Princes answere to the French Embassadour Familie of Luxembourg Albert of Austria The Q. of Hungary causeth the K. army to returne The Imperials army in Luxembourg The K. armie aduanceth forward What place the army was first to attempt Roc de Mars besieged battred taken sacked by the French Deanuille represented besieged battred and rendred to the K. discretion· The K. entry into Verdun The Prince of Salerne quitting the Emperour commeth to the King Yuoy and his representation siege batterie and yeelding vp to the K. The Gouernour of a place his dutie Mommedy yeelded vp The first conquest of Luxembourg De Anâ—ille Yuoy The Marshall of Sedan heire to the house of La March vndertaketh the conquest of the duchie of Bouillon A wile to make ones troupes seeme greater and astonish the enemy Cimetz battered taken sacked and burned by the French The principall demaunds of Maurice The French Embassadours answere to the Commissiones for peace Peace throughout Germany and the occasions thereof The Emperour perswadeth the Protestant princes and other to succour him against the K. of Fraunce for the recouerye of Metz Thoul and Verdun The Emperours army against the K. of France for the recouery of Metz Thoul and Verdun Albert of Brandebourg why not comprehended in the peace and banished the Empire with the exploites of his malcontent armie The answere of Marquesse Albert to the B. of Bayonne and his behauiour against the K. and Emperour and their reciprocallie towards him The behauiour of Marquesse Albert of Brandebourg towards the D. of Guise gouernour of Metz and his towards the Marquesse his armie The French armie assembled with all diligeÌ„ce at S. Michael a little towne of Lorraine The imperiall army at Deuxponts scattered ouer the Country of Vaulges The Marques Alberts armie verie dissolute about Pont Camouson The last answers or resolution of the marques to the French and the behauiour of his armie Colonel Reif-berg with a regiment of the marques Alberts retireth himself to the kings seruicâ— The Marques demandeth pasport to returne The D. of Aumal appointed to accompanie the Marques Aduice counsell among the Emperors Captaines if they ought to besiege Metz at that time of the yere Vireton surprised and besieged through the secret and great diligence of the D. of Neuers Vireton rendred vp to the discretion and mercy of the D. of Neuers The Imperial armie approcheth within 7. or 8 leagues of Metz. The D. of Alua and Marquesse of Marignan came to descry Metz. The D. of Aumales aduertisemeÌ„t to the K. vpon the determination of the Marquesse of Brandebourg The D. de Aumales trumpeter staied by the Marquesse Albert. The couragious perswasions of the Marquesse to make his people to fight The D. de Aumelle and the French charged vpon fiercely The D. companies put to flight by the Marquesse The D. de Aumelle sore hurt taken Prisoner Death of Vicecount Rohan The Castle of Clermont in Argonne surprised by Chastillon Du Reux with the imperiall army would faine surprise La Fere in Picardie Hedin besieged by Du Reux Hedin yeelded to the Emperour by de Rasse Admirall de Anebaut dieth at La Fere. The D. of Grise assured within Metz. The distribution of the Imperiall army about Metz. The D of Ne-Lieutenant generall ouer all the K. forces in Loraine Chastillon being made Admirall of France bringeth all the K. army from out of Picardy toward Hedin The D. of Neuers his companies make roads to cut off victualles from the enemies The Italians of the Emperours campe repaired to the Duke of Neuers to be intertained in the kings seruice The castle of Hedin yelded vp by de Reux his son to the D. of Vendosme for the king The D. of Neuers at Vaucoâ—leuâ—s to stop such victuals as came from the French countie to the Emperors camp his courses to anoy the imperials A guile to passe amidst ones enemies without danger The Emperours battery at Metz. Mines begun to be made by the imperials before Metz to make a breach The Emperour vpon the point to retire from Metz. Retreat of the imperiall armie before Metz. * There were aboue seuen thousand men put into Abbies by the D. of Guise and releeued as ofteÌ„ hath ben reported vnto me the Translator by the most renowmed Lord C. H. L. high Admirall of England who himselfe saw all remained in the towne all the siege and serued the daie that the Duke of Aumall gaue battell to the Marques narowly escaping being of the suit of the Vidasme of Chartres in al those warres Sallies skirmimishes between the soldiers with in Metz. Marques Alberts campe Thankesgiuings to God by the French for the siege raised at Metz. A furious assault to Terroane by the Fleminges Hanuiers helde out by the French A stratageme of the Captaines Breuill Saint Romain Terroane surprised â—ppon the tearmes of composition The crueltie of the Germanes Burgonians at the taking of Terroane The principall prisoners taken within Terroane The humanitie of the Spaniards towardes the French soldiers Soliman the great Turke causeth his sonne to be slaine Religion lightlâ— a colour for anie villanie Teroene razed to the foundation by the Emperours commandement The D. of Bouillon within Hedin Lieutenant for the King Great diligence vsed by the imperials to besiege Hedin Hedin besieged
de Foix her Cosin brother in lawe to Charles the first K. of Nauarre and left her there fearing least the Earle of Armignac who had taken from her the Earledome of Comminges should take her to wife to the end he might make himselfe a peaceable Lord and went her selfe to abide with her Vnckle the Earle of Durgel in Arragon but her daughter was married vnto Iohn Duke of Berrie widower of Ioane of Armignac dying notwithstanding without issue succeeded vnto her in the Counties of Bologne Anuergne Mary of Bologne her Cosin germane who was married to the Lord de la Tour and of Montgascon father to Bertrant de la Tour and Gabrielle wife of Lewis de Bourbon first Earle of Montpensier great Grandfather to the Duke liuing Afterwards came Magdalaine wife to Laurence of Medices ancestors to Catherine of Medices Q. Mother to the K. liuing at this present day About this time the Landgraue being come into Fraunce 1533. got of the K. a masse of mony to cōtinue the amitie which he carried vnto the Princes of Germany vpon the morgage of the Countye of Montbelliard in the name of Vlrich D. of Witemberge his Cosin by the league of Suaube expelled his Duchie giuen by the same League to the Emperour who since gaue it to Ferdinand in partage vpon condition that if he were not repaied within three yeares the County should remain vnto him he had besides other monie of his liberalitie and with that hee leuied men and recouered the Countrie and placed against his Cosin in May 1534. Afterwards paide the first monye back gratified with an ouerplus vpon this Clement 7. who at the marriage of his Niece to pleasure the K. had made Cardinals Odet de Chastillon Philip de Bologne Claude de Guiry and Iohn le Venier B. of Liseux hauing runne sundry fortunes died in the end of September 1534. Paul Ferneze succeeding him who presently made Cardinalles Alexander sonne to Pierre Louis his base sonne and Ascanio sonne of Catherine his base daughter As the doctrin of Luther profited in Germany Flanders England Italy cuntries adioyning Fraunce felt it no lesse rather it seemed to increase by the greatnes of persecutions which might be seene by the hotte persecutions in the yeare 1534. for searches and informations were no sooner made of the prisonners but they were as speedily burned quicke tyed to a stake after swinged into the ayre were let fall into the fire and so by a pullise pulled vp and downe vntill a man might see them all roasted and scorched by a small fire without complayning not able to speak by reason that they had taken out their tongue and gagged Afterwards the K. to the ende that might not be a meanes of diminishing of the Princes of the Empire their amitye towards him and to turne away the wrath of God which hee feared would fall vpon his Realme for the opinion of these people made a solemne and generall procession to be made at Paris where the relique of Saint Geneuiefe patrones of the Parisians descended which happeneth but rarely In the meane time hee excused himselfe towards the Protestant Princes by his Embassadour assuring them that he made them to be punished for their sedition not for their faith to conferre whereof hee prayed them to send some of their diuines to meete with his for as hee saide Pope Leo had himselfe heretofore tolde him that he must needes acknowledge many light ceremonies and humane traditions which were fit to be changed in time afterwards Guillaume du Bellay called de Langeay his Embassadour about them being assembled 1535. at Smalcade seeing that he could not conclude a generall alliance with them for they euer excepted the Empire and the Emperour returned without doing ought after hauing exhorted them in the Kings name not to receiue Mantoue for the place of Councell which the Pope promised nor any other place without aduise of the K. of Fraunce and England who would doe nothing the one without the other Louis 12. K. of Fraunce said he by his Embassador in time past maintained that it did not appertain to Pope Iuly to publish a councell without consent of the Emperor and christian Princes and because the K. of Nauarre was of the same opinion Iuly excommunicated him and vnder this title Ferdinande K. of Spaine seased of the Kingdome of Nauarre the K. of Fraunce is at this present of the same opinion that he can alow of no councell but in a sure place not suspitious where it may be lawfull for euery man to deliuer his minde Edward Foxe B. of Hereford Embassador for the K. of England spake much more affectionately and shewed that his maister greatly affected the same doctrine which he had already in a great part established within his Realme for which the protestant Princes humbly thanked thē praying that they would no more suffer such as were of like faith as they to be persecuted After the 12. of December 1535. by a decree made at Smalcade on Christmas euen they renewed for ten yeares their alliance which expired at the end of that yeare and deliberating among the rest of prouision and munitions it was there concluded that they would all receiue the confession of Ausbourgh and be content to runne the same race among other there were the Princes of Pomerany Vlrich of Witemberg Robert of Bauiere he of Deuxponts the Citties of Ausbourg Franckeforde Campodum Hambourg and Hanobry with many more who ioyned themselues at Franckford in April 1536. and after Guillaume de Nassaw and albeit that the Landgraue did not accord with them there in respect of their claim which was made to the signory of Hesse yet he promised that if there should be any outrage for the profession of the Gospel he would not abandon them whatsoeuer ensued theron In the end of March 1538. Christian K. of Denmarck and Iohn Marquesse of Brandebourg brother to the Elector were both receued therin Now for so much as Helde who had bene sent from the Emperour to the Germane Princes to bring them to agree to such a Councell as the Pope had assigned and therein to resolue vpon all their differentes in religion c. could gaine nothing charging them euery way if they refused so reasonable conditions of Peace hee framed a League of which he saide the Emperor King Ferdinande were the authors the associates to be the Archbishops of Mayence and of Salisbourg Guillaume Louis of Bauiere George of Saxe Eric Henry of Brunswich that it was cōcluded vpon at Noremberg vpon cōdition that if any were troubled for the ancient religion succour should be ready at hand and to endure for 12 years vnder the name of the holy League as made for the glory of God and defence of the Church Afterwards 1539. the 19. of Aprill at Francforte the peace of Germany was accorded vpon such conditions the Emperour graunteth to the confederates of the confession of
seuenth Emperour of that name hee had a Sonne named Iohn who by manage was King of Bohemia and gaue succours to Philip de Valois against Edward the third King of England being present himselfe in person at the day of battaile but there remained hee for that the Englishmen had the better Among other he left Charles his eldest Sonne who afterwardes was the fourth Emperour of that name Father vnto Wenceslaus and Sigismond who both came after to be Emperours and the latter was likewise King of Hungarie and Bohemia and solicited the councell of Constance Albert of Austria of whom he spake was Emperour sonne to Raoul the Emperour who alwaies entertained good amitie with Philip le Bel King of Fraunce albeit that Boniface the eight enflamed him as much as possibly he could to make war But it is now time to look back to the French I haue tolde you how the King of Fraunce being come as farre as Strasbourge with an armye of thirtie thousand men for the succour of the Protestant Princes against the Emperour afterwards resolued of his returne vnderstanding of the Peace concluded betweene the Germanes had deuided the body of his forces into three partes to make them to march sundry waies the easier and with lesse discommoditie of victuals and especially to encounter the sooner the Q. of Hungaries army which she had to the borders of Chāpagne This Princesse knowing how the affaires of the Emperor her brother went but euen hardly by reason of those occasiōs which I haue made you to vnderstand and aboue al that this French armye would proue a crosse girde to his intents determined to retarde the same by such troupes as she could leuy throughout the lowe countries which would bee in such sorte able to preiudice the realme as the K. should be enforced to returne for succour of the same and so hauing solicited Martin Vanrosse the bastard and Marshall of Cleues she caused him to come downe into the duchie of Luxembourg with 3000. souldiers of Cleues Valois and Geldres assisted with 600. horse all which being ioyned with Count Mansfielde the gouernour of the Duchie the Bailife of Auanes the Gouernors of Cimetz other chieftanes made vp the number of 12000. Fantassins 3000. horse with which they determined to enter into Fraunce and there to doe the worst they shuld be able they tooke Satenay vpon the Meuse by a Lorraine Captaines voluntarye deliuerye therof which the Dowager of Lorraine had left there without other Garrison where suddenly they employed themselues to repaire the breaches and to restore it into his former estate building of a bulwark behinde on the side of Dun le chasteau and a platforme towards La iustice Now vpon the bruite that they ment to assaile Villefranche Bourdillon went in with seauenteene horse and the same night made his company of men at armes to enter in with as many men and prouisions as hee was able but being aduertised how they changing of their opinion were determined to returne to Mouson he lefte Chastellus his Lieutenant at Villefranche issued from one of the antient houses of Burgundie with such full authoritye as the Queene and the Admirall D'Anebaut had giuen vnto him to commaund there and with the rest of his company entred at breake of day into Mouson where Roche de Maine was with his company of men at armes and the three hundred Fantassins of the Barons of Cerny but if the cheefest sorte did not agree much more were the inhabitants perplexed through the feeblenes of the place commanded by a high mountaine neere vnto it notwithstanding any rampire which they were able to make to couer it besides that the principall of the towne had already trust vp their baggage Bourdillon notwithstanding hauing assured them of the Kings comming at hand and hauing caused his cobbarde and other more precious moueables to be brought in and swearing not to abandon them they a little assured themselues The Imperials for all that being saluted with the Cannon shotte of Villefranche and councelled not to remain there crept along the riuer as farre as the village of Brioles where they burned the Church and the forte then to Mont-faucon which they burned and so descended into the plaine to put men into the Castle of Boulandre which they took by stealth getting of victuals and prouisions which they carried to Satenay from thence all along the riuer they sacked sundry villages as farre as Grampre a little Towne vpon Aire neere Chalons and Atigni where they rested and vnderstanding how the Admirall hauing put the Legionaires of Champagne in armes and vnited the Zuizers with the French men of warre approched neere they set fire on Grampre Boulandre and other places to retire themselues to Satenay where they had intelligence that the light horse of the Kings army who aduaunced forward were already at Luxembourg an occasion that to retire themselues they all abandoned it leauing the most parte of those of Cleues and Geldres for the assurance of Yuoy if any should goe about to force it King Henry in the meane time who heard the complaintes of these miserable Subiectes the sooner to hasten the reuenge put out of his armye almost all the sicke persons and lefte the baggage vnder the conduct of the Earle of Arraine and Visdome of Chartres with their companies and some light horse and Harquebusers mounted for the conueying therof into Metz or any other place which they should think more assured afterwardes the discamping of the imperials being known the immoderate diligence vsed at the retiring of his troups the conquest of the duchy of Luxembourg was deliberated of and resolued to annex it vnto the crown as a proper succession fallē to the house of Vendosme by the death of the Constable S. Paul true Lord peaceable possessor thereof in carrying the name and armes as the authors of that councel maintained albeit that since that time Charles Duke of Burgondie had euer vsurped the same the rather for that many neighbours therabouts said that it was the very true refuge of theeues and outlawes therefore did the armye drawe right to the Castle of Roc de Mars all alongst the Mozelle betweene Treues and Theonuille seated on the steepe of a hyll strong enough for scituation and fortification with a little Towne beneath it vnder the tytle of Viscount The Castle summoned made refusall for a number of Gentlemen Ladyes and other neighbours of reputation were retired thither imagining that the King would first employe his forces against Theonuille and that at all assaies they might euer be receiued at an honourable composition after the first brunte But the King contrariwise was councelled to attempte that in respect of the victuals and prouisions which the armye so much wearyed should there finde that the sacking thereof might rather bee giuen to the Souldiers how Theonuille was too strong and well prouided to bee gotten in so shorte time which
them away parting themselues in sundrye companies within the Vallyes within S. Michel there were already the Ensignes of Captain La Prade and of La Mothe Gondrin on hundred lighthorse of captaine Pelous and one hundred Harquebusiers of Captain Lauenture and Bourdillon with his company who a little before was returned from that place whether the D. Aumalle had written vnto him As soone as the D. of Neuers was arriued at S. Michel there was a road made by his companie with certaine light horse and Harquebusiers on horseback vnder the charge of Mouy guidon of his company a valiant and resolute gentleman as farre as Malatour a little towne strong inough neere vnto Gorges and in other great villages which couered a valley strong inough full of hollowe woodes and daungerous places which they of the Countrie called La Veur into which certaine souldiers were retyred as well Spanish as Germanes of the imperiall auantgard Some were slaine and the rest carried awaie prisoners This misfortune fel vpon those as returned from the castle of Aspremont thinking to haue taken the Earle there in his bed to whom it happened so well as at that instant he was at Saint Michael neere vnto the Duke of Neuers For in stead of thinking to take they were taken carried awaie with some bootie Such roads there and abouts were continued by the Duke of Neuers for the space of three weekes himselfe beeing there sometimes in person which so sore annoied and troubled his enimies as they were inforced to forget the waie of that quarter Yea by reason of these continuall alarums the imperiall armie was oftentimes constrayned to remaine halfe a daie in battell with great trauell coldes and other necessities But if they endured much the French men were not cleane exempted because that oftenest times they were faine to mount on horsebacke at midnight induring so sharpe frosts and colde as some of them haue euer since had diuerse of theyr members benummed and other dead lost by the paine and insupportable torments which they indured hauing continually the snowe vp to their horse bellies in such equipage passed they the daie and night without food after in the daie time when they thought to repose themselues and take a litle breath in theyr lodging they were faine to keepe the watch for feare of surprisall so as as well to keepe themselues as to annoie and plague the imperials they endured theyr parte of the discommoditie of the time but much lesse as they wel witnessed which had abandoned thē the Italians aboue all who dayly went threedmeale from the Emperours campe to beseech the Duke of Neuers to receiue them into the Kings seruice who moued with pittie seeing some dead and halfe passing other hunger starued without monie vsed all liberalitie possible towardes them and caused monie to bee giuen them out of his owne coffers attending the kings paie Afterwardes he sent them to Captaine Andre de May More a man of approued hardinesse to dresse of them companies as well of foote as light cauallerie By them other spials the French were aduertised of the most great diligence and wonderful preparatiues which the Duke of Alua had made to addresse his batterie the great plaines the trenches so ample large and deepe as hath bin seene of long time the great number of artillerie and munitions the almost innumerable quantitie of baskets which hee caused continually without anie rest to bee made and filled making no account of the life of those miserable vascadors no more than of bruite beasts exposed to the mercie of the artillerie and counterbatterie of the towne They reported lykewise the great harmes and annoiances that they within did incessantly vnto them theyr resolute sallies so furious in such sort as some thought them rather ghosts and deuillish spirites than mortall creatures And others reporting how the conduct of the most part of theyr sallies was happily executed attributed all to a rashnesse and bolde hardinesse more than to wisedome or anie discreete foresight of the inconueniences lyke to happen in such sorte as one Sergeant of a band accompanyed with fiue or sixe souldiers onely with his halbard chased awaie and constrained to abandon the trenches more than three hundred men Some other in like sort durst goe and naile theyr artillerie and kill their canoniers vpon theyr peeces The which the enemies notwithstanding woulde not repute as a fact worthie either of them nor of a valyant and magnanimious heart Besides that twice or thrice a daie the cauallerie issued forth putting the imperials often inough in such disorder as some of the most hardiest Gentlemen which woulde doo anie act worthie of memorie or for the remembrance or loue of their mistresses would goe breake theyr lances and strike with theyr swoords euen within the enemies tents so farre as to cut their ropes asunder executing strange things and not heard of in our memorie Now if the French by such feates were desirous to shew themselues loyall subiectes to their king and curious of honour the Duke of Alua reposed not lesse of his part who shewed himselfe so desirous and inflamed to render into the obedience of his maister the Emperour that puisant Citie to reioyce him with the taking of so many princes great Lordes and valyant men as were there within that not sparing anie labor nor the liues of his he planted his batterie readie the twentith of Nouember beginning to shoote at the defences to wit at that of the portall of the port Champenois and of a bulwarke which is within a great tower the which is towardes the riuer called La Tour D'Enfen and surnamed La Tour de Lanques at a little Church being within the town where there was a platform in summe they razed and ruined as much as they could whatsoeuer might serue as they iudged to the defence of the towne The six twentith he began to cannon it with such an impetuositie as in the memory of anie liuing man was neuer heard the like hauing in front fortie great peeces which carrying bullets of an extraordinarie waight shot daie and night without anie intermission other than to refresh themselues In the mean time the besieged slept not but with the princes and great Lordes and generally euen to the verie least they carryed earth panniers to rampire in such diligence and carefulnesse as at any place where they imagined the breach should be made in lesse than twice foure and twentie houres they made vp the rampire the height of a perapect leauing betweene the old wall and the rampire conuenient flankers a trench farced with diuerse drogs to feast the most hotly disposed if they meant to goe to the assalt Attending which I will looke back againe into the exploits of the French armie As soone as de Reux with the Flanders armie which as yet remained about Hedin perceiued the French to approach without anie countenaunce at all made to be willing
small peeces ouer which Estre was great master and chiefe gouernour a Gentleman verie watchfull and of great spirite for the first daie of this voyage the armie made no great treate incamping that night a league of Corbie in two little villages vpon a current and small riuer beeing verie commodious for the same The next morrow it followed almost the tracke and waie of the imperiall armie to lodge at Miraumont it happened that in the waie the Duke of Neuers slipped out of the armie with his regiment taking the left hand towards the woods and forrests ouer agaynst Arras where some scoutes were discouered who saued themselues by theyr swiftnesse within the thick of those forrests which beeing well looked about there was not one enimie found that made head onely a fort within a lyttle village which a lyttle after was forced by the harguebuziers and found worse prouided than they imagined The which caused him to turne to Miraumont to take his quarter The second of September the D. of Guise with two regiments of men at armes between a thousand and twelue hundred horse as well of the light cauallerie as of the nobles and ten Ensignes of French fanterie departed from the place drawing thorough the rout of those woods towards Arras to discouer and cleere the most dangerous places subdue the forces of any which should be retired thither but he found not ought which was hard vnto him hauing discouered as far as the suburbs of Arras So returning for a testimonie of this voyage fire was set on al the villages round about with a desolation and most lementable pitie Now from Miraumont there were but two good leagues to Bapaulme a strong place barren more thorough the scituation of nature than anie workemanship but much more odious and hurtful to the French bordering vpon it than euer Terroane was to the Bourgonians so as secretly the better to know the place and tempt the resolution of those that held it the thirde of September the Constable with the most parte of the Princes accompanied with fiue thousand horse as many of the French fanterie went to view this place as neere as he was able whereof Huntsimond a knight was Gouernour much esteemed of among the Bourgonians furnished with ten or twelue Ensignes of Fantassins and three or foure hundred horse who at the first fight did not any waies shew himselfe sparing of powder and bullets besides they within shewed themselues very slacke and loath to come out to the skirmishe but as farre as the Bullets of their artillerie might play they kept a loofe of and perfourmed their dutie brauely enough almost foure houres while the skirmish lasted In these light reencounters there were hurt the Captaine Breul with a Harquebuze shotte in the thigh and yong Molimont Sonne to Molimont the Gouernor of Saint Dizier and of Nogent who afterwards dyed at Peronne during the skirmish the Admiral with a smal company went round about the place and found it pregnable the rampier being of bad stuffe and the fastening wherewith it was made but a thinne crumpled sand which is no good earth But the greatest difficultie of all was the remediles necessitie of water albeit that the Constable had caused a great number of Pyoners to seeke out Conduit heads and springs but no vaines of any lasting could be found out so the determination of the siege was broke of and put ouer vntill another time during this lingering there arriued at the Court the Cardinall of Saint George being a Legate from the Pope to treate of a peace or truce betweene these two Princes At their departure hence all the Villages Abbaies and mansion places appertaining to the enemy not so much as sparing the windmilles neere to the gates of Bapaulme being partely consumed and the rest as yet of a flame and smoking the ground and waies grew so durtie and slipperie by reason of a whole day and nights raine that the Souldiers and footmen could hardly get to their other lodging named Morlincourt within two small leagues of Peronne and the waggons and baggage sustained no lesse whereof as well the garrison of Bapaulme as the rest of the Pesantes about got good booties spoyling the most scattered and worst conuoyed sorte of them the imperiall armie in the meane time coasted them within fiue or sixe leagues hauing the riuer as a barre and separation betweene them albeit it was farre lesse then the French for first euen at the nose of the imperiall Campe the French went and burned and set fire on the Villages next vnto them in respect of the fewe alarmes which they gaue vnto the French except it were sometimes vpon their vallets and fouragers the which they rather supposed grew by the spoyled and desperate Pesants then by the men of warre and lesse hurt was done to the victualers prouisions brought into their Campe all victuals being at a competent rate in the middest of an enemies Countrie where they found nought but Granges voide of Corne and fourage all sorte of victuals being already transported and withdrawne into the strong holdes The which being come vnto the Kings knowledge and sufficiently foreseeing that his enemy hoped and attended nought els then to make him temporise about some towne or other enterprise of small consequence to drawe him on vntill the season of raynes which beginneth soone enough in the colde and occidentall Countryes to the end to ruine and weaken him as well in cutting of all his victuals as by diseases and coldes afterwards to giue him battaile vpon his aduantages concluded with his Councell to giue remedy thereto The resolution then was to reduce his enemy into two extremeties the one of which he perswaded himselfe was vnpossible for him to shunne and perhaps yeeld to them both either to hold his forces close together for the meeting of a battaile or to seperate them for the defence of so many of his places vncertaine which of them all should be first attempted by the King considering the secret of his dessein and the variable turning of his army without any apparant resolution of the place whether it would turne head vpon which perswading himselfe of the aduantage of the first and that the Emperour durst not hazard a generall combate considering he had not so many men as himselfe and that they were more then halfe tired with the long time that they had remained in the fielde hee thoroughly resolued to get by force sleight or any other meane the first place hee should attempt and to sacke it and ruine the whole countrie about in the eye of the Maister and so to returne in triumph as hauing braued and caused him to refuse the day in his owne Countrie and whereof he had vaunted himselfe to be the first challenger Charles on the other side measuring his aduantage rather by the valour then number of his people supplying otherwise the long wearisomnes of these trauailes of warre by discretion
at Giuets were certain English Scottish companies pertaining to the French they suddenly went to surprise theÌ„ and constrained them to retire into a house tenable enough but brought away fowerscore and sixe of their horses The Emperor who as theÌ„ lay at Bruxelles neer enough being aduertised of al this and how the coÌ„mon bruit of the camp went that at their departure froÌ„ Disnan they meÌ„t to besiege Namur caused as many souldiers to be lodged ther as he estemed necessary knowing it otherwise but meanely fortefied for any artificial fortification and that as a great number of men were needful for the assailing of so great townes so as great careful diligence for their defence to be requisite Seing in like sort all the coÌ„mons of the plaine countrie so moued out of hart as all was abandoned he sent his nephew the D. of Sauoy for his Leiutenant general with as many souldiers as he was recouer readily to emparke himselfe in the towne side in a place called Giuelou betweene the two riuers of Meuse Sambre wher he got together and assembled his army with extreme diligence hauing sent for succours out of al places As sone as the Prince was fortefied in this place he scattered his Cauallerie vpon the way where he thought the victuals would passe for the French as wel to weaken theÌ„ and giue them occasioÌ„ to retire as to learne know their determination causing a bruit to be sowne reported by spies and prisonners that if they aduentured to march further or to passe the riuer of Sambre to enter into Henault he would present himselfe a hed to giue theÌ„ battel But the K. as not being so far entred into his enemies countrie to returne without passing further hauing likewise left the way of Namur staied to passe ouer the riuer of Sambre to burne the countrie of Henault whereby he might make proofe of the imperiall forces froÌ„ whence such being returned as went to view the places way which the army must passe thorough hauing sent backe Bourdillon with his companie to Mesieres to cause certain Bourgingnons to retire which burned certaine villages about the K. raised his army from this place the 16. of Iuly to continue his determination knowing notwithstanding the difficulty to recouer victuals how the enemie had gotten al within their strong townes broken down al mils he thought good to aduertise the whole companies to make prouision of as much victuals as was possible euen so farre as to lade their horses with prouision the D. of Neuers remaining vpon the Meuse side as wel to make the surplus of prouisions to be distributed as to tarrie the raysure of the Castle of Disnan and of all the rest of the small fortes about whence he departed the 18. day of that month and went to finde the King at Storne a small village where the Lord of the place as he was ready to goe to dinner was surprised by the light horse The next morning at their dislodging that was set on fire and all the villages round about Now as the armie lying betweene these two riuers there was no meanes honorably to retire but by the issue of an happie combat so already and resolute for the show marched in battell straight to this riuer Their couriers notwithstanding hauing giuen as farre as the brinkes of La Sambre founde not so much as one sole man to make them resistance and passed forwards freely so as the whole cauallerie followed after then the â—â—nterie and men at armes without the losse of any one vallet were it not by some other accident Likewise the imperials not finding themselues strong enough as then contained themselues close within their fort and insteede of going out to seeke them they were shut in and fortefied with good trenches the best that was possible Notwithstanding that night there were certaine troupes of their cauallerie discouered which presently drew backe into the woodes hauing perceiued a number of French companies which were ready to accost them So the poore popular people abused with the hope which they imagined of the imperiall armie were surprised within their houses with a mightie number of cattell other moueables not without great pittie all the plaine countrie being set on fire and extreamely ruined especially one little Towne called Forces within the countie of Assebais This night they encamped on this side the riuer in a Copice where the whole armie kept close and well vnited perceiuing the imperials to be but one league and a halfe of The twentie day of the moneth the French armie beganne to make her entrie so furiously within the countries of Hanault that there was nothing but fire cries flightes and all thinges pittifull to heare but much more to see without so much as one burrow daring to make resistance All the people flying away from the reencounter of this horrible furie which continued vntill euentide that they encamped in the village of Iumets very famous for the two new forts which were there froÌ„ one of which a number of imperials hauing bene aduanced thither to cut off the victuals from the army had already giueÌ„ the slip at the bruit of the vauntcouriers These Castles were in the strongest places ruined raised In this place the K. did an act worthie of a most Christian Prince for hauing beene told him by a guidon of the D. of Neuers company how a poore woman his hostesse was deliuered of a faire sonne himselfe would needs be godfather carried it vnto the Font their caused the Cardinall of Lorraine to Baptise it by the name of Henrie bestowing certaine presents of him besides that he made it be writteÌ„ ouer the house dore to the end it might not be destroied nor ruined with the rest Thus is the house where the K. Christned the child This night the comte Roquendolphe with his pistoliers his regiment of Almanes the D. of Bouillons companie two small field peeces vndertooke to goe surprise the little Towne of Niuelle the first town of Brabant notwithstanding finding it better furnished with men of war then he supposed he returned without doing ought else then burning the suburbs and villages abouts froÌ„ whence he broght away great booties At their dislodging thence the army drew straight to Bains one of the principal townes of Hennault leauing for all the waies behinde it nothing but flames of fire smoke and all kind of calamitie whome the D. of Sauoy still followed with the imperiall army from lodging to lodging giuen at their tayle as many alarums as he was able to annoy and weaken theÌ„ being of himself grieued enough to heare and see the plaints of the miserable common people so destroyed ruined to whom he could giue no other comfort but say that they still fled before him he followed stil after to be reuenged of theÌ„ An occasioÌ„ that the same day they encamped about Bains wher they lightned far greater fires then
those as had cōmitted so base and lewd an act to haue thē punished in example so as hauing recouered the trumpetors clothes horse with recōpence for such other things as had beene taken frō him he caused him to be safely cōueied backe by one of his owne Now for that some of the imperials had caused the bruite to run how that the French did flie before thē that if they woulde but stay 24. howers the Prince shold giue thē battel they answered that they saw no cause to be so brag nor so lightly to vsurp such glory occasion of cōbat hauing already beene often enough presented vnto them if they themselues had listed Notwithstanding if the Prince had so great desire thereto as he made shew for he assured them on the K. behalfe that he would stay full 24. howers no more or if he would come find him out neer Cambray he did assure him that would tarry for him 8. daies together wher nothing should be refused him But whilst they sought out the most cōmodious places to lodge their battellons men at armes the imperials in the end retired to their first lodgings neere to Bauets An occasion that at their departure thence the French with one march got as far as Craeuecaeur neere Cambray where the enemies had determined to fortefie and repaire the Castle hauing already begun to make certaine trenches conduits to tast the water purposing there to lay their foundations which the same day being the 26. of Iuly their pioners began to raise where the first wound of the miserable Cambresius was renued who had already set vp builded some little cottages only to keepe thēselues dry imagining that a long time there would not so great misfortune befal them hauing according to their habilitie againe sowed part of their fields to haue wherwith all to nourish and keepe themselues from famine so as the richer sort glad to that they were with their best moueables retired within the strong townes were not exempt out of al these losses aduersities for whē the tennant is poore afflicted the Lord fareth neuer a whit of ought the better Now whilst that in the plain countrie they made wast of Corne alredy ripe ready to be reaped many braue salies and skirmishes dayly fel out between them of Cambray the French the Citadel stil troubling darkning the aire with shot of Cānon which lighted only among the worst sort without slaying of any person of renowne which they did only by al meanes possible seeking to hinder the losse ruine of their fruits being notwithstanding often enough repelled and driuen into their owne gates so as these bickerings continued for the space of 8. daies whilst that the French lay ther encamped The imperiall armie in the meane time was pitched and fortefied in a place called Arçon betweene Cambray Le Quesnoy Valeciennes vpon the little riuer of Montet which commeth towards the Castle of Cambresy a little lower falleth into Leascau still continuing their courses to cut off the waies which the Prince De La Roche Sur-yon well perceiuing came thither incorporating his armie with the K. which hee succoured with great quantitie of victuals whereof they stoode in great want and necessitie In this time was the marriage concluded betweene Philip of Austria and Mary of England though with much more honor to the English then to the Spanniards hauing taken from him by the contract of marriage many commodities which ordinarily are proper and incident vnto a husband yea so farre as to denie vnto him the curtesie of England which carrieth That a Queene enheritrice to England comming to be married to a Prince stranger and afterwards dying the husband shoulde enioy such goods as appertained vnto her during his life though no heires at al were issued by marriage wherein likewise may be very well noted the power of the estates and Parliament of England ouer the disposition whether liuing or testamentarie of their Prince This marriage notwithstanding though very honorable to their nation yet stucke sore in the minds of many Lords and other of the countrie as well for the displeasure which they tooke in that they were to be commaunded by a stranger as for the change of Religion and pollicie already as it were growne olde and setled in the harts of many so as with a full resolution to hinder the same and to set vp Iane of Suffolke as Queene they rose in armes vnder Henrie of Suffolke Thomas Wyat and sundrie other as well in Cornewale as the North countrie Wyat vndertooke to bring his men straight to London chiefe Citie of the Realme hoping to draw the Londoners vnto him vnder a pretext of the countries libertie hinderance of the alliance with a stranger The Q. on the other side hauing leuied a great number of men caused the Duke to flie to Warwicke from whence seeking to escape into Fraunce hee was apprehended and brought to London by the Earle of Huntington who marched against Wyat gathering men out of the Dutchie of Norfolke the Duke whereof being taken prisonner by Wyat in no case would be perswaded to combat with this partie but afterwards being released hee reuealed vnto the Q. all the enterprise of Wyat and his partners with whome stoode likewise suspected and kept as prisonner Elizabeth daughter to Henry and Anne Boulen Wyat notwithstanding being ariued at London was much astonied But the Queene though with small force hauing publikely to all men rendred the cause which moued her to take the Spanniard to her husband and how that the countrie should there by receiue much more good then by her alone or any other English Prince besides how she would loose nothing of her owne nor any waies diminish the libertie of her subiectes encouraged them so farre as Wyat cleane out of hope of entring the Cittie and seeking to retire into Kent being pursued was defeated by the Earle of Penbrooke afterwards brought to London within short space both the D. of Suffolke and himselfe had their heads cut off being not long after followed by Iane of Suffolke and her husband for not hauing refused the vnfortunate Crowne which was offred vnto them Thus began the marriage of Marie with th' effusion of her subiectes bloud as almost all the rest of her Raigne consumed in diuision and full of murther and punishments of the most notable personages of her Realme These troubles being appeased the Prince of Spaine ariued about the end of Iuly in the Ile of Wight from whence being honorably conducted by my L. Paget and other entring afterwards further in to England followed by the D. of Alua Earles of Padille Rigomes Aiguemont the Admiral of Castile and Marquis of Languillare the mariage was solemnised the 23. of Iuly at Winchester wher Masse being finished the Emperors deputies declared how in fauour of that marriage his Maiestie did giue vnto his sonne the realme of
then one hundred Archers to hasten them and to aduertise the chefe of euery occurrence In such sort as this order being thus followed ioyned thereto the speedines of the march and well disciplined obedience of the souldiers was the cause that fiue hundred wagons as well of the K. munition as voluntarie Marchants entred in without any disturbance which either the enemie or badnes of the way could yeeld vnto them fully perswading themselues throughout all the marche which was eight long leagues that they were able enough to make hed to the enemie when where and with what troupes soeuer hee would aduance though he were dubble as strong as the French Afterwards the D. hauing placed there and encouraged Du Fumel gouernour left fiftie men at armes two hundred light horse and nine olde companies of the best souldiers on foote departed thence and making his vantgard of the hindermost kept on another way to visit Rocroy where the Capitane La Lande was So the Garrisons of Gampaigne frontires of Haynaut and countries about being well prouided the imperiall armie was as soone dislodged thorough the infection and discommoditie of victuals which they there endured So as Martin Roussan being dead and many other the better sorte were sent to Giuets Whether the D. of Neuers marched with his troupes against whome the imperials skirmishing and setting on them with many salies maintained and doubled by their reciprocall succours had soone enough recorded a memorable reencounter considering the aduantage and euident fauour still turning on the French partie had not Henrie expresly forbidden his Leiutenant to fight but in great and in the field without assailing them in their fort So as being retired and dispersed into Garrisons the rest of the time passed ouer mildly vntill the midst of August whē the Emperour hauing sent the Prince of Orange with new forces to reassemble his troupes set forth an armie vnder the generall of the house of Challons the effectes whereof notwithstanding was but to keepe in the French and rayse vp the forte A Couins neere Mariembourg which was after called Philippe Ville Besides the Amirall Gaspard of Coligny gouernour of Picardie tooke such order within his frontires as he left nothing at randome Anthoine of Vendosme had surrendred that gouerment into the K. hands at such time as being married to Ioane of Albert soale heire to Henrie of Albert he went to take possession of the kingdome of Nauarre Dutchy of Albert Earledome of Foix Armignac Bigorre and Soueraintie of Bearn after the decease of his Father in law Since notwithstanding as some of the Garrisons of Picardie mingled with 15. hundred horse of the Rerebandes whome they tearme the companies of the nobles and fower hundred pioners had so happily ouerrunne the countrie round about vnder La Iaille their generall as they all returned laden with a rich nauy inestimable bootie Hausimont gouernour of Bapaume finding them betweene a woode a village and a riuer the passages whereof he caused to bee broken downe and kept without skouts without order without any feare of the enemie and without hart charged them so roundly with a few men as in lesse then nought he made them leaue together with their courage al their rich pickkerie yea and their verie liues at his deuotion The wood and the riuer notwithstanding saued a great number La Iaille hurt and more then a third part prisoners the rest died in the place The which the imperials tooke so greatly to their aduantage as they could not speak of any other more notable exploite so farre as it grew to a scoffe among them how they had taken the nobles of France without weighing thē Albeit that these troupes were not indeede furnished for the most part but of Ronturiers vnnoble euery kind of way or of some seruants which the olde or sicke Lordes widowes and orphelins had sent thither the gentlemen hauing beene all retyred to the ordinances of the K. who ought in respect of his owne honour and profit of his subiects to reforme such and like lewd abuses as are committed in the companies of bands and rerebands In summe the enemies encouraged with such a successe tooke heart of grace to venter further vpō Picardie for the defence wherof the D. of Guise retired into the town of his owne name the Admirall into his gouerment the K. himselfe aduanced as far as Villiers Cottorets the better to assure and dispose his forces where hee should see neede yet they kept much at this stay and within a little after the forces of the imperials dissolued without performing any great matter The state of Piemont IN this time notwithstanding whilst they reposed themselues vnder a good guard the French and imperials awakened but too often for the worst in Piemont vnder the Marshall de Brissac and D. of Alua Leiutenants for their Soueranes for the Marshall hauing opened the passages of La Vaudote and of the Alpes thereby to giue a more easie entrie to all occurrences as also in Lombardie and Italy by the surprisall which he had made the winter before of Yuree and the voluntarie yeelding of Bielle withall appurtinances vnto it resolued at the spring to stretch out further the bonds of his gouernment First he fortefied Santia which some call Saint Iaco a place cleane razed downe whereunto hauing giuen a square forme and a great bulwarke on euery flanke defended with two high platformes discouering the whole circuite a Culuerins length and furnishing it besides with whatsoeuer the art of that time was able to yeeld he made it very sufficient to commaund the whole plaine without any subiection closing vp the passage of Verceil Cresentin and all Lombardie so far as he brideled the commings forth and succours of Vulpian which he determined to famish if he were not able to enforce it at the second siege which he purposed to lay there Afterwards he seased vpon Crepacuore the better to open his way and keepe the passage free attending the execution of the enterprise which Saluoison one of his Captaines was to make vpon Casal a place of the greatest importance best defended of all that quarter This chefetaine hauing reasonably well profited in learning in which he was nourished and brought vp by his parents that by the desart thereof he might come to greater preferment retired himselfe from the Vniuersities for occasions sleight enough Whereby giuing himselfe to carrie the sword and to make profession of armes hee coulde not long endure to liue in France without seeing of Piemont where the exercise of armes pleased him in such sort as being first enroled in the muster Booke then thorough his owne merite honoured with the degree of Corporall which got him the halbard afterwards an ensigne of a companie of fanterie in the end was as well thought of by his Master of the campe as mounting by all the degrees of warre he grew maruelous well knowne and recommended of euerye man Rich notwithstanding in
generall against Marye for hee durst not leaue London fearing least the Londiners woulde reuoulte But the Duke of Suffolke refusing to take this charge vpon him he was constrained to goe him selfe the other remayning to serue to giue counsell to his daughter within the Tower of London The mishappe notwithstanding of this poore Lord was such as of a great number of men which hee had in his trayne hee saw himselfe as it were euen in a moment left cleane destitute of them all And as one mishappe neuer commeth alone hauing for want of men sent to London for souldiours from thence to come to his succours and for some Lordes which might serue for hostages and warrant of his lyfe they were no sooner without the Cittie but they declared themselues for Marye Whereof it ensued that the Duke who hoped to see his Sonne Kinge of England sawe himselfe left of euery manne and deliuered into the handes of Marye his enemye afterwardes conueyed to London where his tryall beeing made hee then was condemned to loose his head the iudgement being executed in the moneth of September and Marie being proclaimed Queene at London by the Lords and coūcellors of the whole Realme of England as the lawfull heire apparant therevnto and in the end the miserable princesse Iane of Suffolke with her husband sonne vnto the D. of Northumberland had their heads stroken off at London for that shee would not release as some said the right which shee pretended to the Crowne Thus ceased the trouble on that side within the Realme of England Marie being thus receiued for Queene in England they propounded vnto her certaine points to effectuate as to reestablish the auncient Chatholique Religion the goods of the Church into their former estate then that it would please her to marie with some Prince worthie of her and her Realme thereby to draw a succour vnto the Crowne Whereupon to the end that better and more ready order might bee giuen vnto the first shee was counceled to send for her coussen Raynolde Pole then a Fugitiue at Rome for Religion who comming as Legate and with full power from the Pope might better aduance such a matter then any other within the Realme Pole being sent for and forward on his way with such authoritie as was required was entreated by the Emperour Charles the fift to visit him as he passed by at Bruxelles wher he so cunningly handled any Englishman as he promised him that he would further the marriage betweene his Cossin the Queene of England and his sonne Philippe Prince of Spaine which tooke such effect as you haue seene touching the seconde point which could not be so soone brought to passe The Legate being receiued with great deuotion and magnificence into his Country was in full assembly of the three estates of the Realme begon the 12. of Nouember 1554. restored vnto all his dignities goods and honours whereof he had beene depriued by K. Henrie the eight Afterwards vpon Wensday the twentie eight of that moneth the Parliament of England being assembled and in the presence of the King and Queene hee exposed his Legation and exhorted them to returne to the holy Sea of the Pope deliuering vnto them how greatly bound they were vnto almightie God who now had enlarged towards them his diuine grace hauing bestowed vppon them two such Princes as they had further he shewed vnto them how the holy Father ment to vse his benignitie and accustomed clemencye by him his Legate greatly thanking them for that they had receiued him into his Countrie and restored him in bloud where in hee had beene so long attaint and how in respect thereof hee helde himselfe the more bound to procure that they might be restored into the heauenly Court as his principall desire was That done he retyred to giue the better cōmoditie vnto the Lordes of the Parliament to resolue themselues And straight waies the Chancellour repeating the words of the Cardinall shewed vnto them how much they were to thanke God who had raysed vp such a Prophet of their owne seede to procure their saluation In such wise as al with a common accorde concluded to consent to the vnion and obedience of the Church of Rome So as on the next morrow it was ordayned that the Cardinals motion shoulde be accorded and to present with a common consent a petition to beseech their Maiesties as the head of the realme to entreate the Legate to procure an absolute remission of all their errors passed Promising to repeale all the lawes which had beene in former times established against the authoritie of the Sea of Rome The King sent the petition to the Legate and the daye after the Parliament reassembled in the place where the Kinge and Queene with the Cardinall were set There the Chauncellour rose vpp and with such greate reuerence deliuered alowde the resolution which had beene made by the Lordes of the Parliament beseeching in the name of them all that their petition might bee accepted which was written in Latine formed and sealed by the Chancelour The petition being opened by the Legate was deliuered vnto the Chancelour to publish who read it with a lowde voice and that done put it to the question which they all passed and vpon that the King and Queene arose and presented the petition vnto the Legate who read the same Afterwards hee gaue vnto them the Buls of his Legation to reade where by might appeare the authoritie which hee had from the holy Father to be able to absolue them that done he made vnto the man Oration in English shewing how much repentance was agreeable vnto God and how the Angels in Paradise make more ioye of a sinner which returneth to repentance then of nintie and nine iust And thereupon applied certaine examples out of the word to his purpose Then hauing ended his speech he arose vp and the King and Queene kneeled downe on both knees before him inuoking God and the Saints that it would please him to pardon the penitent people in the authoritie of him whose person he there represented all the faults which they had committed in times passed that done the Legate pronounced a generall absolution Afterwardes they all followed the King Queene and Legate to the Chappell where was song Te Deum And after that the Cardinall had made his triumphant entries he restored on the first Sunday in Aduent to the Bishoppes and other Ecclesiasticall persons all the power authoritie and prerogatiue which had beene taken from them On which day the Bishoppe of Winchester hauing beene before times of the Protestant Religion made a Sermon after a solemne Masse taking for his theame Nunc tempus est de somno surgere that is to say it is now time to awake out of sleepe as if he woulde saie that vnder the Raigne of Edward King of England he had alwaies beene asleepe The Queene had in the beginning sent Embassadours to Rome with commission to kisse the feete of his
holinesse and to present vnto him the dutie of a Chatholike Queene and an obedient daughter of the holy and Apostolique Church of Rome which shee acknowledged for the head Matrice and Soueraigne of all the Churches of Christendome and mother of all the Princes making profession of the Gospell Which was so agreeable vnto the Pope and the whole Courte and people of Rome that for a publike testimonie thereof they made Bonfiers and solemne processions praising God for this conuersion Afterwards and in the yeare 1555. an other Parliament was summoned in England in which among other thinges Queene Marie wrought by all the meanes shee was able that the Abbie lands might bee restored for so much as the Pope did vrge it very hard But by reason that the Nobilitie and Gentlemen stoode seased thereof and that manie had guifts thereof from the King nothing coulde bee brought to passe as shee desired Notwithstanding the Queene preuailed so much as the tenthes were graunted to the Clergie during this assemblie they scattered and sowed about London little pamphlets very biting among which some were sufficiently enough able to moue the people to sedition against the Spanniardes with whome the Englishmen playde a thousand shrewd turnes and to turne the Queene from the loue of Phillip Great search was made but it neuer could be possibly known whence they proceeded Before this assembly was dissolued and matters dispatched the B. of Winchester being Chancelour dyed of a Dropsie Thomas Heath Archbishoppe of Yorke who before that had beene in Germanie with him of Caunterburie and professed the Protestant Religion succeeded in his place After the victualing of Mariembourg and the attempts of Deux Ginets the King being informed of the auncient clames of the houses of Blois and Mont-forte to the Dutchie of Bretaigne to appease with the selfe same hand the quarrels which were redoubled by the Lady Anne Queene of Fraunce and Dutches of Bretaigne issued out of the bloud of Mon-fort in whose right the King himselfe claimed to accorde this olde difference with Messire Iean de Brosse Duke of estampes and Earle of Ponticue heire of the house of Blois rightes hee accorded in such sorte as this Duke released vnto him for himselfe and his successors Kinges of Fraunce all rightes titles reasons and actions which hee pretended to the Dutchie of Bretaigne in right of his mother the Ladie Marle of Bretaigne issued out of the house of Blois and the King cleane acquited and transferred vnto him the Countie of Pontieure sauing certaine Ports betweene Couegnon and Hauegnon and the Seicheries of Cornoaille Whereof autenticall letters passed betweene them The Historie of Fraunce THE FOVRTH BOOKE THe narration of matters passed hath made you able to know no lesse the desire thē the necessitie which the French had of a generall peace vnder the benefite whereof they hoped to forget all at the least part of so many losses passed and of the present miseries which caused them to feare much more mischeefe to ensue you haue seene how stoute these Princes shewed themselues vpon their treaties by the aduantagious conditions which their Embassadours had charge from them to repose In the ende notwithstanding yeelding vnto the aduise of their Councell they thought good to renew againe the negotiation Iointe the feare which the Imperials had of the comming of the Turks and the desire of Marie Queene of England to haue her husband still about her hoping there by to get an inheritor vnto her Crowne to restore the Catholike Church into her Countrie not to enter league with any one to warre against another to ease her Realme of so great charges not to breede any occasions of new riots and mutinies amongst her people Of all which points shee cleane lost the hope if her husband should bee absent employing in the managing and conduct of warre Besides the peaceable nature of this Prince which made great accounte of the good Councell which his Father gaue him to procure a reconciliation with all Princes rounde about him were sufficient occasions to mooue him instantly to request the Cardinall Pole to renew againe the tearmes of peace or at the least to conclude a good truce for a release to so great mischiefes Whereupon seeing the difficultie of articulating the conditions with such aduantages as each one desired the truce was concluded for fiue yeares the fift day of Februarie 1556. ceasing al quarrels and beginning againe to enter traficque and Marchandise one with an other as well by Sea as land euery man retaining what they had gotten and taken by right of warre without being able to agree vpon their prisonners among whome the D. of Ascot a Flemming and Francis de Montmorency eldest sonne vnto the Constable were the principall with many other conditions which were proclaimed at Paris the sixteene day of Februarie And afterwards the Comte de Lallain was at Blois in April to confirme the same with the King as also the Admirall De Chastillon was at Bruxelles with the Emperor and King Philip to receiue there the oath of their part wherein it was not forgotten to motion a marriage betweene Don Carlo eldest sonne vnto Philip and Prince of Spaine with the Ladie Isabel eldest daughter vnto the King But if Fraunce and the prouinces which cōfined on the Septentrional side hoped for repose during the continuance of this truce new occasions of more fresh mischiefes presented thēselues on the other side especially towards Italy You haue seene the election of the Cardinall Theatin to the Papacie and for that the house of Caraffe out of which hee was descended and of Melphe being of the most speciall marke within the Realme of Naples haue alwaies remained deuoted vnto the Crowne of France which euer honourably entertained them the Colonois Vrsins and other families of Rome partakers of the Emperour fearing to bee made stoope and least the Pope would too much exalt the friends of the French whome he might cal into Italy for that the Church of Rome pretendeth the Realme of Naples to be of her proper Domanie and least together with the graunts made vnto the Kings of France confirmed by the Popes predecessors and other matters which the King there demaunded he should make a new ratification with intent to bee able to preuaile helde themselues in the beginning vpon their gards then as the fearefull man interpreteth all newter things simple and doubtfull to his disaduantage they suspected in such wise the actions of the Pope and his confederates as they well furnished with men armour and other munition such lodgings as they had within the Towne Whereof the Pope being aduertised as soone animated against them he leauied men and by a generall muster tooke away armes from those whome hee thought had too much he munitioned the places within Rome and well furnished the Castle of Saint Angelo with all necessaries Afterwards as a man licenseth himselfe accordingly as leasure and libertie is giuen vnto
an assembly The French Embassadors oration in the Councell of Trent The choise of Bishops and Cleargie denied to the Pope The enacting of La Pragmatique Sanction 12. Articles in Fraunce The K. letters and complaints against the Pope The K. answere to the Emperours obiection The originall and differēce of Christian religion in Fraunce How the doctrine of the Vaudois and Albigeois was dispersed thorough Europe Opinions soner changed by ease and rest then violence The English Lords of Guienne in france Normandie Poictou Anioy c. The Religion of the Vaudois dispersed thorough England VVicklife his Doctrine Lollards in England Liuonia Sermatia c. How the doctrine of the Vaudois and Wicklife was carried into Polonia Bohemia and other countries of Almaine The Bohemians and Almaines persecuted by the Popes inquisitors before Iohn Hus. Councell of Constance summoned for the refomation of the Church Iohn Hus cōdemned and burnt as an heretique at Constance notwithstanding the Emperours safe conduct Popes deposed Ierome of Prag condemned and burned at Constance as Iohn Hus. The Bohemians angrye growe more resolute by the death of Hus and Hierom. Captain Zischa leuieth men against the Priests Monkes of Bohemia Luther his beginning 1518. Generall pardons published through Christendom 1517. Luther cited to Rome What caused a stay of Luthers reformation Martin Luthers beginning profession and carriadge of life Luther himselfe confesseth it in his answer to the book which H. D. of Brunwick wrote against him 1541. as Sleyden reporteth in the 14. of his history repeating Luthers words who discouered the occasions which moued him to preach and write against pardons My name saith he began to grow famous because no man was found else that durst oppose himselfe This little glory was pleasing as then vnto me c. Selim King of Turkes dreadfull to his enemies Selims crueltie towards his father bretheren and race Pope Leo endeuoureth the Christian Princes to enter league against the Turkes How the Christians armie should be bestowed to annoy the Turke Christian Princes rather respected their perticular then the common cause Selim dieth Soliman succeedeth The palorepiscopal mantle how made and giuen by Popes (4) Made of the wool of two white Mattons set vpon the Aulter in S. Agnes Church while Agnus Dei is sung vpon that holy day and afterwards giuē to the Subdeacons of S. Peters who shere them at shering time and of the yarne which cōmeth from them among other maketh a mantle three fingers broad reaching from the shoulders to the calfe of the leg with little knobs of lead at the skirts from thence laide vpon the corps of S. Peter S Paul with certaine praiers and kept there one night with great ceremony after deliuered to him that must haue it and is only for Archbishops Luther appereth before Caietan the Popes Legat. Luther apealeth from Caietan The foundation of pardons and Indulgences Luther eager against the Court of Rome Erasmus his opinion of Luther Luther condemned by Pope Leo. Luther appealed againe from the Pope Luther publiquely burneth the cannon law and Popes Bull. Luther banished by Charls his letters pattents at Wormes The Masse first abolished in Germany Iohn Hus prophecieth of Luther The Emperour visiteth in person the K. of England Images broken downe in Germanie Luther misliketh the breaking of Images by the people Leo 10. dieth Adrian 6. succeedeth Adrian dieth Clement 7 de Medices succeedeth Letters from the Pope to the Parliament of Paris King Francis writeth in the behalfe of Iacques Faber League betweene the regent and Henrie the 8. King of England Peace concluded between the Emperor Charles and Francis y e first Suissers reformed Geneue a first retreate to French Lutherans The decree of Spire permitted euerie mā to maintaine his Religion without alteration The beginning of the league of Smalcade among the Protestants Whence the name of Protestants first sprong The opinion of the Supper being diuers among the reformed is cause of great inconueniences The King of Fraunce and England succour the Lutheranes The Protetestants demaund of the Emperour Election of the K. of Romanes Frederic of Saxe elector dieth Accord between Fredederic K. of Bohemia and the D. of Saxe Peace thoroughout Germany and Religion free The race and descent of Medices in which the translator doth desire the indifferēt Reader to consider what scandalous libels haue of late yeares by to humorous affections bene cast out in disgrace of the house of Medices onely to a base the royal race of Vallois of this look Guicciardin in his first booke c. The Q. Mother descended out of the house of Bologne by the mother side K. Frauncis aideth the Protestants Pope Clemēt dieth Paul Ferneze succeedeth Persecutions in Fraunce The Pope hath no authoritie to assigne a councell (4) According to the Romaine Emperours who named the informers quadruplatores The Emperours Interim The Protestants oppose themselues to the decree of the Emperour Councell of Trent Decree of the Councell of Trent Martin Luther dieth 1546. The Emperour writeth to the townes for succour The townes send answers Speach betweene the Emperour and Landgraue The holy league betweene Pope Emperour and other Princes The Emperors army against the Lutheranes The Emperor banisheth and condemneth the D. of Saxe Protestants defie the Emperour The Emperors deuice to draw Maurice against his Cosin Elector of Saxe The Protestants fault and error Maurice warreth against his cosin and the Protestants The Elector hurt taken broght to the Emperour Great ransomes which the Emperour had of the Germaines The Emperor would haue the Councell remoued frō Bolonia to Treat Melancthons answere Persecution of Lutherans Diet of Ausbourge The Landgraue discouered minding to haue made an escape Difference about succession in the empire Councell Maurice demaundeth a more safe-conduct The Catholiques helde that faith was not to be holden with heretiques Safe conduct from the coūcell at Basle for the Bohemians Magdebourg deliuered vp Embassage from the king of Fraunce to Maurice Maurice and Brandebourg Embassadors speech The Princes Embassadors Maurices demaunds at the councell Diuersities of opinions in the Councell of Trent The Councell of Trent deferred for 2. yeares Crescence Cardinall Legat and president for the Pope died of an apprehension The birth of H. 3. K. of France and Pologne The Baronnie of Montmotency erected into a Duchie with right of a Petre. The K. letter to the Electors Hostages of Fraunce and Germany The propositions of Maurice The resolution of peace deserred and wherefore The Vaudois of Prouence how when by whom and wherefore persecuted as Heretiques Arrest of the parlament of Aix They were about 24. as well inhabitants of Merin dolas other their neighbours Particular iudgements vpon the merite of the arrest The president La Chassane differreth the execution of the arrest and his reasons Cause of delay of the execution Catalogus gloriae mundi made by Chassane and printed at Lions Guillaume du Bellay L. of Langeay lieuetenant for the
battered vndermined taken and sacked by the Imperials Horace Farneze D. of Castres De Magny the Vicount of Martigues Moninuille Cizieux Dampierre Lusignan and others dead at Hedin The French army assembled neere Amiens and Pequigny The D. of Ascoâ— prisonner The French army in the field A new ordinance of harquebusiers mounted Bapaulme represented The dessein of Charles 5. Emperour against the French Their answere of Cambray to the King Skirmishes before Cambray Description of the towne of cambray This towne of Cambray was euer coueted of the K. of France but neuer able to be reduced to the Flower delice vntil Francis D. of Brabant Aniou and Sonne of France and onely brother to the King had by siege taken the same and so annexed by his prowes at this day to the Crowne of Fraunce The Citadell of Cambray Feeble places ought not so much as to offer to holde out against an army bringing canon Representation of the Imperials forte The order of the French army hoping to gaine the battaile neer Valenciennes An inuention of the French so to order as all their troupes in one day should fight in battaile taken from the ancient Romanes How the artillery was ordered and disposed The K. presence giueth great encouragement to the Souldiers The charge of the French Cauallerie Consultation whether the enemies were to be assailed within their own forte or no. Retraite of the French Retrait departure of the French army The Marshall S. Andre sent with part of the army to recouer the County of S. Poul Count Reingraue A marriage treated between the K. of Spaine and the infant Mary new Q. of England Cardinal Pole sent to treat a peace betweene the K. and the Emperour Birth of Mounsier The K. army assembled in diuers pleces The French entreth in 3. places within the Emperours country The army of the D. of Neuers and his exploites The difficulty of the Ardennes The fort of Linchant ruined Streame of Semois The Castle of Orcimont summoned besieged battered and yeelded vp by the flight of the Defendants Valsimont the 4 lodging of the D. of Neuers armie Streame of Vouye The Castle of Beaurin summoned Beaurin Castle yeelded Cap. Salsede commissioner generall for victuals conquered al the Castles along the riuer Mariembourg taken by the French Rocroy a small village between Maubert-fontaine and Mariembourg fortified for the safetie of the passage Their answere of Disnan to the D. Harroâ—lde and trumpeter The K. armie Bouines furiously battered and taken by assault Forts punished for holding against the K. power A chiefe of an armie ought not to be to ventrous English Scotts takeÌ„ at the ports of Giuets by the Bourguignons The Emperours armie vnder the prince of Piemont An act of a most christian K. The imperial armie followeth the French from place to place Marimont a hous of pleasure to Q. Marâ—e burned The imperials enterprises vpon the French armie Marriage of Philip of Austria Mary Q. of England Courtesie of England Iane of Suffolke and her husband with sundry other beheadded at London The K. army before Rentry and his desseines The Emperour before Renty his disseines The Emperours and K. Henries desseines before Reinty The Imperial army to giue battaile to the French The French army represented before Renty to giue battaile The D. of Guises speech to the gentlemen of his company The K. answere to the Zuizers The second combate in which the imperials were ouerthrowne Number of the dead French and Imperial The K. army dissolued Mariembourg Pope Iuly 3. deceased Pope Marcel poysoned Pope Paul 4. Iesuistes Cardinal Pole his perswasions to a peace The place appointed to treat of the Peace Captaine Saluoson The Turks scoured the coast of Tuscane D. of Sauove Isle of Corse Syene desieged by the Marques of Marignan Ciuitelle besieged by the French A Captaine punished for cowardly yeelding vp a place furnished Turkes come to the aide of the French sacke all the coast of Italy Siene besieged by the Imperials Pope Marcel more deuout then watâ—er Montalcin the retreate of the Sienois Setean taken Port of Hercule a road for the french Gallies surprised by the Marquisse Ferdinand Gonzague disapointed by the Emperour The Duke of Alua Lieutenant generall in Italy for the Emperour The Marquisse of Marignau malcoÌ„tent with the Duk of Alua retyreth to his owne home Affaires of Piemont The first exploits of the D. of Alua rigorous to astonish them of the countrie Vulpian victuaaled by the D. of Alua. Saint Iaco besieged battered lest by the Imperials The D. of Alua retireth vulpian besieged battered and assaulted yeeldeth to composition Montcaluo taken Certain captains hanged for so slightly yeelding Combat at the sharpe betweene 4. French and as many Spaniards and Italians Surprises of certain companies in Piemont Desseins of the Imperial army A notable accident The part of a Brother Appeale of the last refuge of the condemned and safegarde of innocencie Charles 5. Emperour yeeldeth vp all his estates and retireth into Spaine to liue priuately Mary Q of Hungarie Gouernesse of the Lowe Countries Grace sweetenesse the first actions of Princes Letters plaints of Mary aspiring the Crowne of England Libels against the Spanniardes in England An accorde beetweene the King and the Duke of Estampes for his clame to the Dutchie of Bretaigne Occasions which moued K. Philip Marie of England to harken to a peace Charles Cardinall of Lorraine and his vyage in into Italy Perswasions to periurie Marriage of Mareschall Montmorency eldest sonne to the Conestable The Pope the last succour to flie vnto for breach of truce and oathes The King of Spaines answere to such griefes as the K. alleadged on the Popes behalfe Particular causes of the breache of Truce by the Imperialles Iean de Lune a Fugitiue into Fraunce Plaisance rendred to Octauian D. of Parmâ—â— Point of Honour in a Cardinall The Duke of Alua beseaâ—e hâ— Rome with the Pope and cardinals so harde as he thought to famiâ—lâ—e them The meanes which the French and Italians helde to a liâ—e Rome and the Pope against the enemies attempts attending succours out of Fraunce Ostia taken by the D. of Alua. The Venetians succour not the Pope The D. of Guise matcheth to Rome with the French armie The port of Ostia rendred by composition to the Spanyardes Truce betweene the Pope and the D. of Alua. D. of Ferrara named the Defender of the Church League between the Pope the K. of Fraunce and D. of Ferrara Italie in armes upon the comming of the French The D. of Alua his disseins The first attempts of the French armie ioyned with the Mareschal Brissae Valence yeilded vp to the D. of Guise Ostia and 〈◊〉 fort there of taken 〈◊〉 Stroâ—zy Monlâ—c To vnes taken from the Spaniardes The D. of Guise taketh Counâ—â—h of what is best to be done attâ—… taking of Valence Dauid George heretique deâ—… the discourse of his life Informations proceedinges iudgementes of the