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A03893	A discourse vpon the present estate of France together with a copie of the kings letters patents, declaring his mind after his departure out of Paris : whereunto is added the copie of two letters written by the Duke of Guize / translated out of French and now newly reprinted, and corrected by E. Aggas.; Excellent et libre discours sur l'estat present de la France. English. 1588	Hurault, Michel, d. 1592.; Guise, Henri, duc de, 1550-1588.; Aggas, Edward.	1588 (1588)	STC 14004; ESTC S120854	55,651	70

each after other of mariage and of children which might haue beene enough to haue daunted him howbeit all this notwithstanding beginning to feele his owne courage he was nothing astonished but for a time disguising his drifts he was content onelie to lay anker hold and in the meane time to insinuate himselfe into the Catholike faction according to the instructions of his familie wherein fortune was his friend besides he is of great valour some of his enterprises haue good successe so that togither with the fame and memorie of his father he by by framed himselfe through the ciuill warres which his vncle the Cardinal still kindled by one meanes or other to bee chiefe of the Catholike faction carrying fauour to those townes especiallie which the massacres had continued verie seditious and troublesome and he stood stil in feare of a Protestant Prince whose citizens hee entreated with great familiaritie courtesie and popular behauiors the chiefest and most assured tokens of a mind that aspireth to tirannie The late king Charles deceased without issue and this king married but hath no children moreouer he seemeth that the Crowne wanteth heires in direct line and that the Collaterals are called whereupon he draweth neere and already sheweth tokens that hee craueth a part It was giuen out in hugger mugger that he is the very stocke of Charles the great those of Valois are of the house of Capet who vsurped the Crowne of France from his house whereby there was some likelihood that he would scarce tarrie the death of the king now raigning and his brother the remnants of the children of France before he pleaded his succession against the Collaterals but would euen preuent them Nowe was there nothing more against him then peace for leaning onelie vppon the factious Catholikes and seditious townes faction he should therby lose his credit except the controuersie were renewed against the Protestants For as it is a plaine case that as ciuill warre nourisheth diuers factions in a state euen as certaine it is that a long peace ouerthroweth them all except the kings so as his onely remedie consisted in stirring vp of coales and returning vs vnto our ciuill weapons and then to enterprise according as occasion might serue And in deede in the yeare 1578 hee made such a league as this last but then was the king in his full authoritie and Monsieur his brother aliue who retained a number of french mindes and so consequently kept him short of a manie It was straightwaie quenched and wee rid of it for a little warre against the Huguonets which soone after was appeased Thus was France quiet for two or three yeares during the which it was incredible how many matters his troublesome ambitious cōsequently couragious stomack endured suffering himselfe to be pulled downe and eate and dronke in diuers maners so to eschew all suspition of this practise which during the time of the peace and the kings ablolute authoritie he so cunninglie dissembled that many which knew not the last reasons of this obstinate patience the token of a long and prophane practise did euen contemne him In the ende Monsieur the kinges brother who was a great blocke in his waie died He bare him some displeasure vppon other occasions for as he practised somewhat about the state of Flanders so this man hauing priuate intelligence with the king of Spaine plaied him some badde partes thereabout so that if he had liued I haue heard some saie that he would haue beene on the duke of Guizes iacke in whose time at the least it had beene hard for him to haue enterprised anie thing in France This death whether it were by chance or through any practise came well on his side I saie through any practise because the araigments depositions of the lord of Salcede haue kept many in doubt of such a matter Immediatly vpon Monsieurs buriall when there was none but the king left hee thought that hee had gotten fit occasion to atchieue the practise which his father and vncle began thirtie yeares agoe which him selfe also with so great labour had nowe brought to this passe Some were of opinion that about the same time hee had practised somewhat against the kings life others that hee grounded him selfe only vpon some vaine hope and protestations sent him out of all quarters which assured him of the kings speedie death But howsoeuer it was he did not thinke it conuenient the state should be quiet at the Princes decease as knowing verie well that in France a king neuer dieth because that so soone as one is gone there is an other straightway in his place who at his entrie would ouerthrow whatsoeuer the purposes that any man could commence against him and therefore that it was requisite he should beare weapons against the heire euen before the kings death and so be armed with the late kinges name and authoritie According therefore vnto these fatherly preceptes and with his owne domesticall meanes he began to trouble this Realme againe in the yeare 1585. beginning first with the king whom because he could not by any persuasions induce to make warre vpon the king of Nauarre he thought to cōstraine by force His pretences are that the king hath no children so as the Crowne is like to fall vnto Heretiques whereby hee and all other the Catholikes of France are put in a fright especially seeing the Protestant Captaines so noting the king of Nauarre are in fauour and haue their secrete intelligences with the chiefest and those that are neerest about the kings person This hee spake of the Duke of Espernon who was lately returned out of Guienne where he had seene the king of Nauarre Finally verie fitlie vsing the feare that he had put the king in corrupting all his Councell and al that were about his person hee causeth warre to be denounced to the king of Nauarre and the Protestantes which lasteth yet to this day through the whole course whereof I imagine that he seeketh no more but some occasion once to attempt as his fact at Paris well testifieth for as he weeneth he needeth no more but that Well the warres being thus open against the king of Nauarre euen by the kinges aduise consent and authoritie yet will it not suffice These are daylie labours This Prince is stout of great valour he hath goods plentie and manie friendes There is nowe nothing to be gotten of him but stripes As for his person it is safe enough if they neither murder nor poison him as God forbid they should And for his townes twelue Realmes of France will neuer be able to take them all Yea had he lost all but his sword when soeuer God should call him to this Realme yet were that enough How many kinges haue there beene fecht both out of prisons and Monasteries to their sacring In our dayes wee haue seene Charles the seuenth who was banished into the Mountaines of Auuergne crowned Lewes the twelfth was yet in manner

the league The duke of Lorraine likewise when euery bodie shall come to reape the fruit of his labour and the interest of his charges his conclusion wil not agree with the D. of Guizes proposition The Cantons of Zuitzerland are not in my opinion entred into the league because of the alliance which they haue with our king and the bonde that knitteth them togither in their countrie Notwithstanding I doubt not but that for mony they will finde forces not generallie vnto the league but particularly to the Duke of Guize yet haue they after made some difficultie thereof Of purpose haue I shewed the intent of each partaker of the league to prooue that which I haue said that euerie one of them had some particular meaning disagreeing one from another to the end that thereby I might shewe that whatsoeuer good intelligence they had one with another it were verie easie for vs to haue a better All with one course will I seeke out what are their meanes and their forces in the which I hope to finde so many wantes in respect of that which is in our handes that we would bee ashamed to suffer our selues to bee beaten I will beginne with the weakest Of which number I take the Emperour and the Catholike princes of Germanie to bee For although vndoubtedly they bee of great power yet the Protestantes their neighbours are of such force as euerie man dooth knowe to witte the king of Denmarke the Electours Palatin of Saxonie and Brandenbourgh the Landgraue of Hessia and manie other great princes and lordes so that if they woulde the other durst not seeme to haue enterprised any thing at all I haue shewed what the forces of the Cantons of Zuitzerland are and howe the generall league may haue vse of them As for the princes of Italie the Duke of Sauoy as our nearest neighbour is the most to be feared of them all But first it is but a small matter of forces that may come from him next hee rather resteth vppon sure possibilities then vppon vncerteine ones His father in lawe is olde at his death hee hopeth to get somewhat and I doo thinke that hee will rather cast his cies vpon the states of Millaine and Naples if the succession of Spaine come to bee deuided as there is great likelihood for the daughters who are as ambitious as may bee and alreadie by their father himselfe trained vp in the handling of affaires and almost put in full possession of his kingdomes will hardly bee content to bee married for a peece of money and leaue such great riches vnto their yoong brother sicklie and as they say an Idiot so that mee thinketh this Duke hath worke enough cut out already needing not to busie himselfe much about any enterprises on this side of the Mounts which enclose him in On the other side beyond them he can doo so little though hee woulde and hee findeth himselfe in a countrey so full of disaduantage that beeing of one side kept by the Germaines on an other by the Zuitzers on the other by the Frenchmen and on all sides by the Alpes such forces as hee coulde raise out of his countrie which can bee but verie small cannot bee transported to anie place where they may performe anie thing without great losse and difficultie As for his money to make good cheere at home hee hath enough but to make a great warre not so The other Princes of Italie as the Dukes of Ferrara of Mantoue of Florence and of Vrbin which are almost the chiefest bee all added to for to encrease their rolle and to say Loe what a number here is and not for any other matter If there were anie warre in Italie betwixt two mightie Princes such as were Charles of Spaine and Francis of France they might indeede much further his affaires whome they would assist If there must be an armie made vp by sea against the Turke each one of them shall well be able to set foorth a Galley or ●waine and that is all but that they may doo much in a great warre either against vs in France or in England or in Germanie or in Flanders not so Besides that as I haue noted they will neuer be so deepe in the league but that they will feare more the encrease of Spaine then the decreasing of Rome The Duke of Parma as he is Duke of Parma may be of the number of them but in respect that hee commandeth ouer the forces of the king of Spaine in the lowe countries surely hee is a great captaine without doubt he hath gotten great reputation and credite bee it amongest the Armies which hee commandeth ouer bee it amongst the countries where he maketh warre yea a credite by inheritance the remembrance of his mothers gouernment being most agreeable amongst them But withall hee were but vnwise as well as the Duke of Sauoy if he had not certaine purposes to himselfe or if hee would sticke more to vaine possibilities then to certainties For my part I beleeue that hee is not resolued to haue laboured all this while in Flanders for an other But there is a farther point in this matter which is that as long as he shall make war there as Lieutenant to the king of Spaine he may do much harme but if once hee take the way to make himselfe lorde of it as he may easily in that which he holdeth after the good mans death seeing hee can onely perfourme it by gentle meanes and the good will of the people hee is not to be feared any more but must needes withdraw himselfe out of the league As for the Duke of Lorraine hee is a great lorde but a pettie Prince take away from before his eies the hope of possibilities which they made him conceiue in France for his sonne which only hath brought him in with the league hee will eftsoones take that side which may breede his owne quietnesse and not seeke any quarrell Hee is verie wise and therefore I beleeue that our stirrings in France proceede not from him at this time Notwithstāding there is no doubt but that hee employeth himselfe in this generall matter against vs but I thinke that in this point there resteth this benefite viz. as long as he shall hinder the growing vp of the Duke of Guize his cosin as he must needes do for his sonnes sake he doth vs more good then otherwise he could do vs harme now he hindreth him in respect of the crowne the which at length agreeing and hauing some intelligence with the Queene mother vnto the king his mother in lawe hee will rather demand for his sonne then for the other And I holde it for a most true principle that the duke of Guize our capitall aduersarie is alreadie so farre in that he must needs either be king or be vndone altogither there is no meane for him betweene these two extremities Marius Cinna Pompey Lepidus and Anthonie may be examples hereof As soone as a man hath aspired