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A47671	The history of Father La Chaise, Jesuite, and confessor to Lewis XIV, present King of France discovering, the secret intreagues by him carried on, as well in the court of England, as in all the courts of Europe, to advance the great designs of the King his master / made English from the French original.; Histoire du père La Chaize, jésuite et confesseur du roi Louis XIV. English.	Le Noble, Eustache, 1643-1711.; Le Noble, Pierre.; Le Roux, Philibert-Joseph.	1693 (1693)	Wing L1052; ESTC R179438	143,271	350

terrible Slaughter and put the rest to the most dreadful Flight that ever was known This Glorious Victory reviv●d the Courage of the drooping Empire and every body coming again to themselves consider'd which way to make their best advantage of it So that Heaven continuing the blessing of success upon the Christian Arms they prosper'd to their own Wishes The King having beheld this Great Deliverance alter●d his Sentiments but not enduring to let his Neighbours be at rest he teiz●d the Spaniards about the County of Alost considerable for the Extent and Revenue of it which he claim'd as a Dependance upon his Conquests and upon the King of Spains refusing it he Besieg●d Luxenburgh and took it in lieu of an Equivalent All people thought that then the War would have broke out again more furiously then ever But the weakness of the Emperors Forces and the Emperors desire to prosecute his Victorys in Hungary were the reason that all their differences were put an end to and laid a sleep by a General Truce concluded in the Year 1685. While these things thus pass'd on Charles the II. King of England dy'd and left the Crown to his Brother the Duke of York who tho generally ill belov'd by the People and a declar●d Roman Catholick was nevertheless proclaim'd without any Opposition So happy a Success and perhaps so little expected spread an Universal joy among all the Jesuits who promis'd themselves no less then the entire reducing that Kingdom under their Dominion in three or four Years at most and they had already devour'd in imagination all the Noble Bishopricks and Considerable Benefices in the Realm nor indeed were their hopes so Chimerical but that they might have reason to have some assurance of it they were absolutely Masters of the new Kings Heart and Soul who was wholly govern'd by them as being to speak properly no more then their Prime Minister of State in his own Kingdom Besides they were protected by France extremely Potent and near at hand to pour in thirty thousand men into England when ever he pleas'd 'T is true this could not have been done without a prejudice to the King whose Authority would have been not a little diminish'd thereby but what car●d they provided they had got their ends Now as the whole company in general had great reason to be over joy'd at such a promising Event Father la Chaise in particular had more engaging motives of Exultation and Triumph The deceas'd King Charles had willingly listen'd to his Councils and had done several things in complacence to his advice but at the bottom he was a prudent Prince and one who otherwise loving his Pleasures and his Ease did not always do that which was desir'd of him nor was he of a humour to hazard the whole for nothing like his Brother who not having all the foresight imaginable but perswading himself in imitation of Lewis the Great that there needed no more for him to do but to attempt and Prosper blindly and erroniously deliver'd himself up to Evil Counsels Upon which Foundation la Chaise erected his project to set all Europe in a Conflagration of War the most violent that ere was known and hugg'd himself in his design which he lookt upon then as infallible Some prosperous successes as the defeat of the Duke of Monmouth and his Death render●d K. James so vain that he never thought England able to withstand him So that from that time forward he began hardly to observe any Measures wherefore in a short time the Kingdom was full of Monks of all Orders and particularly Jesuits who were become such favourites at Court that there was nothing to be there obtain'd but by application made to them And upon theirs and Father Peters ●s recommendation it was that Tyrconnel was made Deputy of Ireland where he committed extremities of Cruelty against the Protestants of whom he put a great number to Death This Tyrconnel was an Irish-man by Birth and low in Fortune he came young into England where he serv'd as a kind of Page for above ten Years at the end of which time he met with a Catholick who prefer'd him to the Duke of York in the quality of a better sort of Gentle man This was the Rise of his Fortune But to return to King James He receiv'd a Nuncio from the Pope into London which had not been known for above an Age before this was the Abbot Dada since made a Cardinal Some few days after his arrival he was consecrated Bishop of Amasia in St. James's Chapel by the titular Archbishop of Armagh and two other Bishops and in the Afternoon coming to pay his Respects to their Majesties they fell upon their Knees before him to receive his Benediction Hitherto the Nuncio had only appear'd incognito which not satisfying the King who pretended to do nothing in Hugger Mugger he resolv'd that he should make his publick Entry and chose Windsor for the Place To this purpose he orderd the Duke of Somerset first Gentleman of his Chamber to go the next day to waite upon the Prelate at his Lodgings and conduct him to his Audience The Duke would fain have shifted off the Employment by telling the King that it was absolutely contrary to all the Acts of Parliament that had been made upon that Subject but then the King casting an Angry look upon him Do said he as you are commanded I ask not your Advice Nevertheless the Duke continu'd his Excuses declaring to the King that there were several others who would obey his Orders with less Reluctancy and therefore besought his Majesty to lay his Commands upon them rather then upon him Very Good reply'd the King I shall do it but it shall cost you your Employment of First Gentleman and so turning to the Duke of Grafton who was then in the Chamber Duke of Grafton said he go to morrow and fetch Monsieur the Nuncio in my own Coaches of State and be you henceforward first Gentleman instead of the Duke of Somerset Nor did the Kings Wrath against the Duke of Somerset end there he took from him his Regiment of Dragoons and cast him quite out of his Favour The next day the Nuncio made his Entrance in the view of all the People in a Violet Habit his Rochet and * Habit of a Purple Colour resembling a Captains Gorget worn by a Pontifical Bishop above his Rochet and reaching down to the bending of his Arms. Camail All this was done at the instigation of Father Peters who was something more in England then la Chaise was in France And this latter seeing to his great satisfaction King James's weak side is reference to Peters resolv'd to make him serviceable to advance his own Grandeur That ambitious Jesuit la Chaise had been a long time aspiring to a Cardinals Cap but in regard that since the Pontificate of Innocent XI the Holy See had never had a more implacable Enemy then himself he justly question'd whether the Pope

design pleas'd the King and Father la haise was order'd to write a Letter to Con●●ance congratulating his Conversion and withall to send him a Prayer Book ●ichly bound Good God! how was Constance over joy●d when he saw himself prevented and sought to by a Great King He answer'd the Kings kindness with all the marks of Protection that he was able to afford the French and besides that he wrote to his Majesty to ●ffer him his most humble Service pro●esting withall that he should be always ●ady to undertake any thing in order ●hereunto He did the same to M. la Chaise with whom he enga●d himself ●●om that time forward to hold a most ●●timate Correspondence and to shew ●im that he intended to be as good as ●is word he insinuated the Jesuits into ●●e Kings favour by means of the Ma●●ematicks which won him to that degree that he suffer'd 'em to Convert his Subjects in his very Court and more then that he bid 'em not be out of hopes of Converting himself And upon these hopes it was that Father Couplet a Dutchman born was sent into France with two men who styl'd themselves Mandarins to hear what was become of their Ambassadors tho the King of Siam never dreamt of any such thing This was so concerted to tempt his Majesty to send an Embassy thither which no body could take an oceasion to comment upon or tax him from thence for having beg'd the Friendship and Alliance of the Indian Prince Father Couplet had long and frequent Conferences with la Chaise concerning this Enterprize and shew'd him the great advantages that would redound to the Society which could hope no less then to engross the greatest part of the Immense Wealth which lies in the Pagods of those Countries And as for his Majesty not to speak of the great Honour it would be to him to have procur'd the Conversion of a Kingdom so far distant he had all the probabilities imaginable to make himself Master of it in time if the King of Siam could be once perswaded to admit French Forces into his Country upon pretence of defending him against the Hollanders after they had once perswaded him that they were his mortal Enemies who only sought an occasion to poure themselves into his Country and compleat the Conquest of it the business of Bantam very much assisting 'em to make him give credit to their Story The Father added that this design would be so much the more easie to the King in regard the Indians being nothing near so well train'd in War as the Europians they could not make any formidable resistance unless they were first instructed and exerciz'd by the French who were perfectly skill'd in military Discipline But in regard the King was a Prince extremely Generous and who made renown the only mark of all his great designs it might be readily believ●d that he would not be sparing of Commanders and Officers This said Father Couplet is the Posture of Affairs which seem to me to be in such a very good condition as not to be neglected For in short altho there be no great likelihood of subduing this Empire so soon yet the King will have always one great advantage by this means viz. to be a perpetual Thorn in the Hollanders sides and so settle a good Trade for his own Subiects However certain it is that if the King undertakes this business he will prove more successful then I dare promise to my self M. Constance may be safely rely'd upon for he is a man who is already at our beck and a few more Ca●esses and Marks of Distinction from he King will bring him entirely to his Devotion ●●ther la Chaise being thus convinc'd himself easily overrul'd the King who appointed the Chevalier de Chaumont for ●is Ambassador and gave him six Jesuits learned in the Mathematicks to accompany him Father la Chaise wrote also to Father Verbiest at P●quin to recommend 'em to him and that Letter was made publick however there is no credit to be given to it for it was a counterfeit Peice to hide from the Eyes of the World their old Practises and designs In the mean time the Hollanders who suspected the worst engag'd Sultan Agni King of Bantam to refuse the French Ambassador all manner of Audience Relief or Harbour in his Ports and to send him Orders to depart his Roads so that he was constrain'd to continue his Voyage for Siam where he was well receiv'd and when he went away he left the foremention'd Chevalier de Fourbin whom the King desir'd to have for his Lord High Admiral and in the Presence of the Ambassador gave him a Magnificent Scimitar which is the Present which he makes to all his Generals At the same time he sent Ambassadors to our Monarch who were receiv'd with extraordinary Magnificence and who were carri●d over all the Conquer'd Countries to imprint in 'em a high Idea of France They concluded a Treaty of Alliance with his Majesty and carry'd away with 'em a great number of Officers and Souldiers of the Kings Guards for the King their Master who had but a very ill time of it For the then King of Siam coming to dye and his Successor not enduring to be a King only in shadow while the French who were Masters of all his most considerable places were the real and substantial Kings caus'd his Subjects to fall upon 'em pell mell and put em all to the Sword especially the Jesuits 'T is true some few of the French escap'd and fled to the Hollanders who were so generous as to Protect 'em tho but a little before they had been with their Men of War to attack Paramaribo with a design to have made themselves Masters of Surinam from whence however they were repuls●d and forc'd to retire with loss Thus unfortunately ended the business of Siam which had been carri●d on by the Jesuits and undertaken by the Counsel and Advice of la Chaise which cost the King above three Millions and the Lives of above two thousand Men. Now then let us return to Europe again The King of England being resolv'd to abolish the Test and Penal Laws set forth a Declaration for Liberty of Cons●ience and order'd the Archbishop of Canterbury and the rest of the Bishops to cause the said Declaration to be read in all Churches of their Diocesses at the end of Divine Service but the Bishops refusing to give obedience to the Kings Commands several of 'em who alleadg●d that it was contrary to the Laws of the Land and their own Consciences were sent to the Tower and orders given to proceed against 'em according to Law The King therefore finding he could not compass his ends this way took another course which was to send Commissioners all over England in order to perswade the people and Magistrates to admit of this new Imposition But they returning and declaring to the King the little inclination which they found in the People to so great a

if he would continue still a Neuter 1690. to put into his hands for the assurance of his Word the Citadel of Turin Verue and Verceil To which the Duke had no mind to consent because he knew it would have visibly subjected him under the power of a Master who has not the Reputation of being very tractable Constrain'd therefore to resolve one thing or other he chose the best course I mean the least evil of the two For in that Conjuncture he had no choice to make that was positively good And in the short time of his entring into the War he had experimentally found by the loss of Savoy how unfortunate a weak Prince is whose Territories serve as a Barrier between two potent Monarchs Till then all things succeeded the best that could be for the King He had been victorious at Sea against the Hollanders who were reduc'd to such an unhappy Condition that hardly a Ship had escap'd had not the Night favor'd their Retreat 'T is true that tho' in that Engagement the French Pleet had all the Advantage the Dutch won all the Honour For I believe 't was never known that Two and twenty Men of War should fight so long and so furiously against a Fleet of above Fourscore Sail while the English Fleet under the Lord Torrington lookt on all the while and did nothing In Flanders the Duke of Luxemburgh had defeated Prince Waldeck at which time the Confederates lost above 5000 Men not counting in the Prisoners of which there were a great Number But in the Conclusion what use did the French make of these Victories Did they take one Town in Flanders Did they make any Attempt upon England Nothing of all this only the Chevalier Tourville burnt two or three Fishermens Cottages and then as proud as an Ass of a new Packsaddle return'd for Brest to be Complimented for it King William taught 'em another Lesson He knew better how to make His Advantage of His Victory over K. James or rather over Tyrcennel and Lauzun For as for K. James he had packt up his Baggage so soon as he saw the Combat grow warm He 's not so improvident to thrust himself into an Army in the heat of a Fight 't is a little too much for common Nature to endure However it were King William having pass'd the Boyne in despite of His Enemies and which was worse having put 'em to the Rout made Himself Master of Drogheda Dundalk Dublin Waterford c. And had not foul weather come on too fast had taken Limerick their last Retreat But the Conquest of that City was reserv'd till the next Year for the Earl of Athlone who took it Octob. 3. 1691. and granted the Governor Mr. Boesselot very honourable Conditions This last Misfortune threw K. James into utmost Consternation so that he knew not what measures to take He often bewail'd himself to Father la Chaise whom he could not chuse but look upon as one of the principal Artificers of his Misfortune tho' he would not seem to take notice of it What shall I do and what will become of me said he to him one day transported with grief unfortunate Prince as I am Chac'd from my Kingdoms hated by my Subjects abandon'd by all the World and pity'd by No Body Oh! how dear has my Easiness cost me added he casting a wistful Look upon the Father wherein there was much to be read It has cost me my Crown my Honour and the Repose of my Life The compassionate Father who shar'd in his grief as much as his Nature would give him leave promis'd him to set all the most hidden Springs of the Jesuitical Engine at work and that the whole Society should burn their Books or restore him to his Throne Only said he 't is your Majesties business to be willing to be serv'd do but concur never so little with us and you shall see a sudden Turn of your Affairs We have more then one String to our Bow And if hitherto the Lyon's Skin has not been sufficient to cover us we must sowe the Fox's Skin to it And indeed he kept so effectually to his word that if Providence that watches over things below had not disappointed the pernicious designs of his Cabal we had seen another Revolution at least as strange as the former The Jesuits therefore were order'd to take the Field and furnish'd with good Letters of Exchange away they hurry'd into England where joining with those that still lay lurking in that Kingdom and who intreagu'd them with the principal Jacobites they hatch'd that terrible Conspiracy wherein 't was said so many Lords and Persons of all Conditions were deeply concern'd and which tended only to introduce the French into England and into London and so restore K. James to his Throne which had that been all perhaps it had been excusable in such as thought they ow'd their Allegiance to no other Soveraign but they had suborn'd a Company of Hell-born Ruffians who were to have assassinated King WILLIAM while others at the same time were to have seiz'd the Person of the QVEEN to whom perhaps they would have given no better Quarter When this Conspiracy was brought to perfection and that the Jesuits were assur'd of their People Father la Chaise gave advice to K James and told him That now it was his time to act I wou●d be willing to believe that the King at first had an utter Abhorrency of so black an Enterprize and that he had as great an Aversion as could be to engage himself in it and it is to me the greatest Astonishment imaginable that he should be capable of closing with it Nevertheless 't is too true that he did consent at last and that he persuaded the King of France to consent also notwithstanding his declar'd abomination of Parricides But perhaps they might conceal that Circumstance from him tho' it render●d the Success most probable for 't was afterwards known that they had much ado to over-rule him to grant K. James that new Succor which he demanded He told 'em There was nothing more uncertain then the Success of their Design and that he had Employment enough for his Men to guard his own Dominions But F. la Chaise and Lausun giving him to understand that it was the surest way to stop King WILLIAM and hinder the Descent with which he threaten'd France he submitted to their Importunities and after that there was nothing discours'd of in France but of the great Fleet that was setting out for K. James True it is it was considerable enough to have giv'n King WILLIAM some trouble and to have let the Confederates have known that France was not in so low a condition as many People believ'd she was Four hunder'd Transport Ships were taken up for the embarking of 20000 Men as well Horse as Foot together with all sorts of warlike Ammunition as Powder Bullets Cannon Mortars Bombs Pickaxes Ladders c. This Fleet was to have been guarded

Lady of her condition was not to be so rudely dealt with and that assuredly the least mischief that could befall her House would be this that she would dishonour the Convent by some Foppish Trick or other to prevent which the best way would be to marry her privately and send her to her Mother till the Duke could be brought to hear reason which he would undertake himself to do After which he propos'd the Marquiss of Richlieu which the Abbes at first did not think a suitable match nevertheless she submitted to his Reasons What do you find a miss in the Marquiss said he is he not descended from a Wedlock equal to that of the Duke of Mazarin It may be he is not so rich but good Cousin be pleas'd to consider that the Riches of this World are but Vanities ●nd when the eternal salvation of a ●oul is the thing in question as it is ●ow the case of Mademoiselle de Mazarin we are not in the least to insist upon Wealth Thus the business was concluded between the Father and the Abbes and the Bishop of St. Malo's was in the Plot. For that Bishop who has actually a Wife and Children living many times busies himself with other matters besides saying his Breviary and was one of the Principal Actors in that Comedy There●pon the Marquiss of Richlie● was presen●ed to the fair Lady and the marriage discours'd of at the same time 'T is true likewise at first his Mee● and his want of Wit did somewhat disrelish her but at length she rather chose to accept him than to live all her days in a Cloyster Presently she was marri●d in the Convent it self and the Prelate before mention'd perform'd the Ceremony Which done they procur'd a Man's Habit for the new Marchioness and in that dress she went into her Husbands Coach They drove directly to Cours la Rheme where they found one of the Bishops travalling Coache● ready which carry'd 'em to St De● where they took laid Horses rode Po● to Callies and thence got over int● England But some scrupulous persons that would have an Author give 'em an account of every thing he sees will ask me perhaps how Father la Chaise came to intrigue himself so far in this Affair I can say nothing as to that unless it were perchance out of his Affection for Madam de Mazarin who was his Patron and his Benefactors Neice It might be also that the fifty thousand Livres which the Marquis of Richlieu charg'd upon the Banker Grusle for his Brother M. la Chaise might contribute something toward the matter For he knew not well other wise how to raise the money which he was to pay for Captain of the Guards of the Gate which he had purchas'd of the Marquiss of St. Va●ier for four hundred thousand Livers which was a cheap penny worth considering it had been sold for five hunder'd However 't was too much for a Begger as he was to raise and if beside the fifty thousand Livres the Confessor had not made a shift to sell some Benefices in hugger mugger he had never had as now he has the Keys of the Louvre in his Custody But let us leave these trifles and proceed to Affairs of greater consequence About this time Monsieur Sebret Envoy Extraordinary to Siam return'd home and with him came Father Tachart a Jesuit Ambassador from the New Convert to his Holiness and his Most Christian Majesty He was accompani'd by eight Mandarins who attended him as his Gentlemen This Father brought to the King the Ratification of the Treaty of Alliance made with the King of Siam by virtue of which that Prince surrender'd into his hands several Places of great Importance The Chevalier Fourbin return'd also in the same Vessel whose too great favour had render'd him odious to M. Constance who was afraid of being thrown out of the Saddle by him and therefore could no longer suffer him in Place So that Fourbin was forc'd to give way to the strongest and be gone But this giving way did not satisfie the others Ambitious and Revengeful spirit He wrote therefore to Father la Chaise upon this Subject complaining highly of Fourbin calling him Braggadochio and Boutefeu who setting a high value upon himself yet having a very small Fortune was more like to spoyle then accomodate Affairs However fearing he should not be believ'd upon his word and that his Majesty should resent the ill usage of the Chevalier he engag'd Father de Fontenay Superiour of the House of Siam to write in the same stile wherein he serv'd Constance so well that the poor Chevalier tho Nepew to the Bishop of Beauvais was glad of a Fregate of twelve Guns after he had been Admiral of the Siam Seas More then this they seiz●d all his Baggage in Britagn under pretence of goods that were lyable to pay Custom nor could he get 'em again without a great deal of trouble after they had been search'd and detain'd above six month But 't was no wonder they were so kind to the Sieur Constance in regard he was the Man to whom the King was beholding for all the Power which he has in Siam This Man was a Grecian by Birth born at Cephalonia an Island belonging to the Venetians of very mean extraction tho Father Trachart will have him to be the Son of the Governour wherein he is much deceiv●d for I have been at Cephalonia my self and know his Family His name is Constance Queralcky and not Phancon as the same Father asserts or if he assum'd that name it was only the better to conceal himself Now in regard he was reduc'd so low as to beg Alms his Mother got him to be a Ship-Boy in an English Vessel where he was instructed in the Protestant Religion Afterwards he came to be a common Seaman and as such a one went to the East Indies where it was no difficult thing for a young fellow that had wit to get money with which he traded for himself and in process of time was Consul for the English By that means he became known at Court and particularly at that of the Baccalon or Prime Minister of Siam who at the end of his Consulship took him for his Secretary In that Employment he won the very heart of the Boccalon and he the Affection of the King by his Secretaries management so that offering to undertake an Ambassy at half the expence which the Moors requir'd he was sent and upon his return the Boccalon being dead he was preferr'd in his Room At that time it was that the Jesuits perceiving how useful he might be to 'em ceas'd not to haunt him till they had over rul'd him to quit the Protestant Religion which he abjur'd before Father Thomas and Father Maldonnar who immediately wrote to la Chaise joyntly with Father Verbiest and then propos'd to him the Project of settling the French in that Kingdom and by consequence the ruin of the Dutch Trade in that Country This