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

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they_o be_v dispose_v it_o be_v well_o know_v what_o advantage_n accrue_v to_o the_o state_n upon_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o late_a constable_n de_fw-fr lesdiguieres_fw-fr which_o be_v accomplish_v with_o great_a applause_n by_o the_o say_v arch_a bishop_n who_o have_v insinuate_v himself_o into_o the_o mind_n of_o this_o noble_a lord_n continual_o solicit_v he_o to_o take_v this_o good_a resolution_n mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr puisieux_n who_o he_o acquaint_v with_o these_o particular_n have_v give_v a_o testimony_n thereof_o in_o his_o letter_n that_o he_o send_v to_o he_o which_o be_v also_o confirm_v in_o another_o write_v by_o the_o king_n on_o the_o subject_n of_o this_o conversion_n according_a to_o his_o majesty_n order_n he_o accompany_v the_o constable_n at_o the_o siege_n of_o montpelier_n and_o constant_o attend_v he_o until_o the_o month_n of_o january_n 1624._o when_o he_o receive_v a_o letter_n from_o the_o king_n import_v a_o express_a command_n that_o he_o shall_v 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intention_n to_o cardinal_n bagny_n then_o nuncio_n in_o france_n who_o return_v to_o rome_n reveal_v it_o to_o the_o say_a archbishop_n at_o avignon_n but_o at_o this_o time_n as_o heretofore_o the_o king_n be_v generous_a inclination_n to_o promote_v the_o archbishop_n prove_v ineffectual_a nevertheless_o he_o always_o persevere_v to_o serve_v his_o majesty_n with_o his_o person_n and_o small_a estate_n neither_o can_v extraordinary_a expense_n nor_o great_a danger_n divert_v he_o from_o this_o resolution_n for_o in_o the_o year_n 1630._o the_o late_a king_n have_v order_v he_o to_o take_v care_n of_o the_o passage_n of_o the_o troop_n through_o his_o diocese_n and_o to_o furnish_v they_o with_o provision_n ammunition_n and_o other_o thing_n requisite_a for_o the_o subsistence_n of_o the_o army_n that_o be_v to_o march_v into_o italy_n although_o this_o oblige_a he_o to_o disburse_v vast_a sum_n of_o money_n and_o to_o incur_v extreme_a peril_n since_o the_o plague_n rage_v everywhere_o throughout_o his_o whole_a diocese_n so_o violent_o that_o his_o almoner_n and_o gentleman_n Ê‹sher_n fall_v sick_a in_o his_o own_o house_n however_o he_o remain_v always_o near_o the_o highway_n to_o provide_v all_o thing_n necessary_a this_o may_v be_v evident_o prove_v by_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o late_a king_n and_o the_o cardinal_n of_o richelieu_n as_o also_o by_o those_o of_o the_o marshal_n de_fw-fr montmorency_n de_fw-fr schomberg_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr force_n and_o d'effiat_v moreover_o he_o perform_v other_o remarkable_a service_n when_o the_o king_n force_n take_v pignerol_n for_o the_o archbishop_n be_v inform_v that_o the_o duke_n of_o savoy_n intend_v to_o put_v a_o strong_a garrison_n into_o his_o fort_n of_o lauret_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o barcelona_n very_o near_o the_o road_n that_o lead_v to_o provence_n and_o dauphine_n through_o which_o all_o the_o provision_n and_o military_a ammunition_n be_v to_o be_v convey_v to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o 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