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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

their Persecutions of the little support that France offered to them and of the general complaint that they had made thereupon even to that degree that they had sent a Relation to Rome wherein they Remonstrated how much the Proceedings of their King on their behalf during the Negociation of the Marriage with Spain differed from his Deportment towards them since the Overtures of the Marriage with France by the Fryer's Letter and by the discourse of this Gentleman I was earnestly entreated in the name of all the principal Catholicks of England to represent their miseries to the King and to make him sensible of the little relief that they received from his Generosity I thought my self obliged to relate the whole matter to the King which I took an opportunity to do very fully one morning a little after he rose and declared to him how much the Complaints of the English Catholicks contributed to cause an ill opinion amongst foreign Estates as to the point of his Majesty's Piety and Zeal how much it would obstruct the gaining of the dispensation at Rome and that it was much to be wished that his Majesty had an Agent in England that might be able particularly to give some consolation and satisfaction to the Catholicks I was patiently heard but all the answer that I could then obtain was that I should attend the next day at the same hour being come then at the time appointed the King told me that he had considered every thing that I had propounded to him and that he should be very glad to find out a proper Person to be sent for this purpose but he knew not on whom to cast his Eye after this reply and other discourses on this subject I took the liberty to acquaint him that if his Majesty thought me capable to undertake this Affair and would vouchsafe to give me a Commission I would very willingly go as a private Gentleman judging that as such I might more easily act than as one that bears a publick Character Thus it was sufficient for me that his Majesty wrote to M. de Effiat that I should go thither to take a view of that Country which was the only part of Europe that I had not as yet seen that it was by his leave and that he recommended me to him Moreover I insisted that this manner of negociating had always been very agreeable to me and that through the Grace of God I had often obtained good success therein For in several Voyages as I visited my Order I took an occasion even by the special Command of the late King to make application to diverse Princes of Christendom and dispatched many important Affairs that in appearance seemed to be transacted meerly upon my motion and amongst others the League of all the Princes of Italy with the late King and that of the Princes of Germany to cause Matthias King of Hungary to be elected King of the Romans against the open Opposition that the Spaniards made in favour of the Arch-Duke Leopold to this the King replied that he was not ignorant thereof and that he did not only consent that I should undertake this Voyage but that he very much desired it and the next day at Mass his Majesty did me the honour to acquaint me that he had commanded M. de la Villeauclerce to prepare my Dispatch and ordered me to go and take it He told me the same thing two Daies after seeing me again at Mass and urged me to depart which I did with all possible Expedition Assoon as I was arrived at Dover the Frier that had written to me came to see me having received notice of my Voyage by the Gentleman that carried his Letter and entreated me in the name of all the Catholicks to take Lodgings at London in a private House and not to reside with the Ambassador that they might have a more easy and private access to me I travelled thither under the name of a Counsellor of the Parliament of Grenoble who had been at all the Courts of the Christian Princes except that of England and soon met with the Duke of Buckingham by whom I was immediately discovered for he told me that one of the Physicians of the King of England a Native of Germany being lately come from France had reported to His Majesty that he had seen the Arch-Bishop of Embrun at Dover in a different Habit from that which he used to wear in France whom he had known long agoe having observed him at Rome when he was General of the Cordeliers at Prague and in Poland and that the King was very desirous to see me and to be informed of the design of my coming into England to this end he desired me to relye on him and freely to declare my Mind which I did being persuaded that since he was the Principal Minister of State I ought to confide in him afterwards he asked me several Questions concerning divers Negociations which the Physician had related that I had transacted in Germany and having given him a satisfactory Account thereof I perceived in him a good Disposition to hearken to whatsoever I should propound and was also confirmed in this Opinion by his Mother and by the Earl of Rutland his Father-in-Law that were almost the first Persons with whom I became acquainted at London by them and their Confessors I was instructed in all the particular Circumstances that ought to be observed in treating with the King of England and with the said Duke of Buckingham for the Consolation of the Catholicks Not long after his Grace appointed me instantly to depart to Royston where the Court then was to see the King he conducted me thither himself and introduced me into his Majesty's Presence who being in his bed indisposed with the Gout entertained me very graciously and ordered the Duke of Buckingham to hear every thing that I should say After several general Discourses that lasted above two hours relating to the Voyages and Treaties which he told me that he had heard that I had dispatched in Germany and especially that of the King of Hungary concerning which he was pleased to enquire of me very particularly at last he began of his own accord to insist on the point of the Marriage whereupon I represented to him the necessity of removing the Obstacles that were raised by the Spaniards at Rome and the measures that ought to be taken to effect it and that to obtain success therein it was expedient that the grievances of the Catholicks should be redressed on which Subject I discoursed very fully and indeed all that I said to him was so favourably accepted that I could not but acknowledg the peculiar Providence of God on this Occasion for at this first meeting I prevailed so far that Orders were given to release many Catholicks out of Prison in London and other Places that the execution of many Laws against them was suspended and that I was permitted to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation

King all the Arguments that I had produced he would entreat me assoon as I should come to London to compose a Letter containing these Reasons and to direct it to him which he would shew to his Majesty and thereby supply the defect of his Memory he recommended this matter very earnestly to my Care and assured me that till it were performed nothing would be concluded We parted after this manner and as we returned to London M. d'Effiat told me that the Duke had promised to come to Town within four or five Days and to bring the final Resolution but this time being expired and the Duke not appearing M. d'Effiat grew impatient and resolved to ride post to him I had then finished my Letter and delivered it into his Hands but he met his Grace that very day in his Journey to London and came back along with him where being arrived at Night M. d'Effia● immediately dispatcht a Messenger to give me notice that I should repair to his Lodgings the next Morning at Sun-rising and that the Duke of Buckingham would be there to determine all things I failed not to attend at the Hour appointed when M. d'Effiat acquainted me that the Duke at their first meeting had enquired of him concerning my Health and whether I had written to him that he instantly gave him my Letter and perceived by his Countenance that he was well pleased After we had waited about two Hours his Secretary came and approaching M. d'Effiat told him with a loud Voice that I might hear that the Duke had at Mid-night received an express Letter from the King by an extraordinary Courier with strict Orders that he should without delay take post to meet him and that afterwards he would return to London having delivered this Message he complemented us in his Name and took his leave at which M. d'Effiat was extreamly incensed and said that he would write to the King to give him an accouns of the perfidiousness of the English and that he ought no longer to confide in them I intreated him to forbear and to have a little patience till matters might be accommodated and retired to my own Lodgings where within a few Hours after I understood that he had already sent a Dispatch to the King thereupon doubting lest in the heat of his Passion he should have affirmed that the Negociation was quite broken off and having an opportunity to make use of the same Courier that had given notice to me of his Departure and of the Pacquet that was delivered to him by M. d'Effiat I immediately wrote a little Note to the Cardinal of Richelieu in which I assured him that the Affair was not desperate tho perhaps it might be otherwise represented to the King and that I hoped that in less than eight Days all things would be concluded to his Majesty's Satisfaction his Eminency received my Letter and I have been since informed by the late Marshal de Schomberg that it was read in a full Council and in the King's Presence Not many days passed e're the Duke of Buckingham wrote to me that he had presented my Letter to the King and that his Majesty referred himself wholly to me whether I thought fit that the Dispensation should preceed the Celebration of the Marriage or not provided that Delays were avoided I have his Letter in my custody that clearly demonstrates how far the King and he relied on me in the managing of this Affair as appears also by other Letters that I have and by the Commission that his Majesty of Great Britain gave me to write to Rome to facilitate the said Dispensation the Original of which I have in my Hands together with the Additions written by the Duke of Buckingham and dictated by the King which plainly shew his Majesty's good Inclinations to embrace the Catholick Faith Afterwards when the Duke came to London all things were concluded according to the effects that ensued These Proceedings being thus far advanced I returned into France but before my departure from London the Duke of Buckingham desired me in the King's Name to commit the principal matters to writing that related to the Spaniards and to the Union that had been proposed which I did and sent them to him Assoon as I arrived in France I gave a particular account to the King of all things that I had performed in my Voyage who was pleased to signify unto me that he was very well satisfied with the good designs of the King of Great Britain and declared that a Report was already spread abroad in France that I treated with that King about his Conversion and that several Persons had informed him thereof I replied that there were the same Suspicions in the Court of England that the King of Great Britain had earnestly enjoyned me to keep the matter secret and that therefore I was obliged to beseech his Majesty to do the like which he promised me very affectionately but all these generous Resolutions were made void by the Death of the King of England the first News whereof was brought to me at Mass by the King himself who expressed his Regret in these Words All our Hopes of England are lost and seeing me surprized he told me that their King was dead I shall only add that I received the marks of the extraordinary Kindness and Esteem that the King of Great Britain professed to me in France as well as in England for when I went to visit his Ambassadors at Paris they shewed to me one of his Letters wherein he ordered them in express terms to account me as his good and faithful Friend which was not a little serviceable in obliging them to surmount the Difficulties and Scruples that they had raised on the occasision of certain conditions mentioned in the Dispensation insomuch that I treated with them concerning this Affair very fully and effectually at the request of Father Berulle I could produce other Testimonies of the like nature but not thinking it necessary I shall finish this Relation with the last Transaction that I managed with the Duke of Buckingham during his residence at Paris wherein I persuaded him to use his endeavours to prevail with his new King to keep a good correspondence with the Pope and to that end to maintain a trusty Catholick Agent at Rome but he desired that the King should first propound it therefore I discoursed with his Majesty on this Subject who gave his consent and ordered me to impart it to Monsieur Tronson that he might put him in mind thereof on the Road as he accompanied the Queen of England which I believe that the King may remember Given at Embrun March 3. 1635. I have here inserted an Addition that I made to the above-said Relation and which was also sent to the Cardinal of Richelieu The Duke of Buckingham relating to me the particular Circumstances of the Negociation with the Spaniards during the aboad of the Prince of Wales at Madrid informed