Marquiss d'Aietone prepared to fight us and with designe to engage them marches towards Belpouche about three hours journey from Lesborges between Lerida and the Enemy but perceiving them to retreat towards Lerida he sends the Marquiss de la Trousse to intercept their way and follows himself upon their Rear The Enemy who thought of nothing but a safe Retreat to Lerida and now seeing themselves encompast by the Mareschal de Gramont's Forces prepare for fight and they had undoubtedly beat our party had not Monsieur the Prince seeing the hazard advanced and stopt their success but by the favour of the Night which came on apace they repast the Segre with the loss of seven or eight hundred men cut in pieces by our Forces We lost there the Sieur de Lupes St. Remy a Captain de Serre a Cornet and some Common Souldiers The 24th of October Tutavilla Governour of Terragona presenting himself again before Constantin was again beaten off by the Troops of Monsieur the Prince of Condé and the diligence of the Sieur de la Baume Governour of the place This year 1647. concludes with the Duke of Guise's entry into Naples the Neapolitans who of a long time had been opprest with the Spanish Yoak having invited him and put themselves under his protection during his abode at Rome Embarquing then the third of November attended onely with his Aumosnier and the Gentleman of his Chamber he arrived happily at Naples the fifth and was there received with incredible joy of the Inhabitants who had made a shift to defend themselves to that present against the Spanish Domination notwithstanding their many Conspiracies and had also expel'd all those whom they suspected of the Spanish Faction Here the Machinations of the other party were so great and dangerous that the Duke run many hazards From the year 1280 in which happened the Massacre of the French in Sicily under Charles of Anjou first of that Name and Brother of St. Lewis to the time of René d'Anjou Naples had been the constant Field of Battle in all the Contests between the Houses of Anjou and Aragon as is observed in the course of the French History where we may see how Charles the 2d succeeded to his Father in that Kingdom and after his death his son Robert Afterwards about the year 1344 Joan the first of that Name Daughter of Charles a Son of the said Robert succeeded to the Crown of Naples Joan ending her life by a sad and shameful death Ladislaus son to Charles of Durazo succeeded about the year 1387. and remained in possession of the Kingdom of Naples till his death Ladislaus dying Joan the 2d his Sister succeeds in the year 1417. who finding her self continually molested by those of the House of Aragon declares René d'Anjou her Heir and Successor about the year 1435. But whether it was that his own peaceful Inclinations or the Inconstancies of the Neapolitan humour stop'd his designes is uncertain this is apparent he never did any thing effectually towards the Conquest of that Kingdom to which his Birth-right did call him This gave opportunity to Ferdinand son of Alphonso to seize the Scepter notwithstanding John Duke of Calabria son of René attempted though in vain to recover the right of his Grandfathers But Charles the 8th King of France undertook this Enterprize with such a courage that all Italy lay open to his Arms and having first made his entry into Rome he was received at Naples with extraordinary magnificence in the year 1494. Charles after this retiring into France and Lewis the 12th extending his Conquests to Milain Francis the first desiring to extend them still further at such time as he Besieged Pavie divided his Army and sent half for Naples but his being taken Prisoner on the 24th of February in the year 1525 put a period to those designes From that time to the present Naples ever remained under the Dominion of the Spaniards And this last Change being so notorious we have made this short recapitulation of the several vicissitudes of that Kingdom From the time of Francis the first to Lewis 13th and Lewis 14th so happily raigning at present the power of Spain was arrived to that point that in fine it seemed all Europe should speak no other Language than Spanish but God whose Dominion extends over all Monarchies hath in a few years diminish'd the swelling extent of this which now of late begins by little and little to fall within its ancient limits But to return to the Duke of Guise after this little digression and observe some of the principal actions which at that time he performed in those parts we must know then in short This Prince on his arrival perceiving how much the people were oppress'd by the Spanish Dominion in the first place dispatches several Couriers to all those Towns which he conceived most material to contribute to the overthrow of their Authority and after he had duly disposed of all things by his rare Conduct he visits the said places severally and takes an exact view of all their Ammunitions after this he raises 26000 men which he distributes into three Bodies And at the same time Salerne falls off to the Republick Hereupon Dom John of Austria and the Duke of Tursi arrive in Naples with a Counter Force to stop the peoples Mutinies but they having joyn'd Policy and Address to the Arms they had levied the Spaniards could not possibly prevent their Choice of our Prince for Duke of the Republick and Generalissimo of all their Forces But since events of War are so uncertain and what seems most assured often wants success Fortune was so indulgent to the Spaniards that our Duke was taken Prisoner by Tutavilla at the Pass of a little River and this was the utter ruine of the Neapolitans designes Anno 1648. Let us now return to France The King and Queen Regent his Mother having been at Chartres to pay their Vows to our Lady return to Paris the 27th of March 1648. In April the Generals of our Armies prepare for a new Campagne expecting the usual Progress in adding to their former Conquests Accordingly on the 20th of August his Majesty obtained a signal Victory before Lens where the Prince of Condé Commanding in chief took Prisoner the General Bek who died soon after of his Wounds This had filled all France with joy had not an unexpected accident disturbed the Feast On the 26th Te Deum was sung in the Cathedral of Nostre Dame at Paris and on the same day the Sieurs de Broussel and de Blanc-mesnil were Arrested which caused a great disorder through all the City till by the Queens bounty in restoring their Liberty it was appeased In the moneth of January the same year the Rebels of England had the horrid Impudence to Condemn their King to the Scaffold After that forbid the having any other King for the future and changed the Government to a Republick Fairfax was declared General of
Mareschals de Turenne and la Ferté to whose care his Majesty had left his Army to continue the glorious progress of their successful undertakings Having then first taken Moncassel they invest Gravelines under the conduct of Monsieur the Mareschal de Bellefons which place after a stout defence by the Besieged who fought in despair was reduced to a Capitulation as when taken from us at such time as the Spaniards made use of our Civil Wars The Chevalier de Hautefeville Captain of the Regiment of Guards entred the 31 day of the siege with three Companies of the said Regiment and the Sieur Davignan was the next day left Governour till further order The Spaniards foreseeing they were about to lose all that they had in these parts did their utmost endeavours to secure what they could possibly but the discreet vigilancy of Monsieur the Mareschal de Turenne did always frustrate their designes They were not able to succour Oudenarde which surrendered immediately to the French valour they were glad to take covert in Armentiers and Tournay for fear of being engaged to Battle where without doubt they would have been beaten since in all our Encounters Fortune had seemed to forsake them and to confer her Victories on us The King designing to visit Lyons arrives at Dijon where receiving some discontents from his Parliament he interdicts them immediately and pursues his Journey to Lyons at which place he was received with incredible joy from all people And here it was that he received the complements of Madame Royale who came to visit him with the Princesses her Daughters Also his Royal Highness of Savoy presented himself with a very considerable Retinue extraordinary well furnish'd Two days after his said Highness parted again for Turin but with a most entire satisfaction at the sight of our excellent Prince The Deputies of the Estates of Languedoc and those of Provence had Audience but the Embassador of Savoy had a particular one as also the Envoy of the Duke of Mantua Since in the beginning of the year all things did seem to concur to render the Lawrels of our young Mars more resplendant all people began now to talk of Peace To that purpose a Cessation from acts of Hostility was publish'd on both sides to the end they might have the more liberty to treat of the future tranquillity and this daughter of Heaven which God alone gives to his people after he has Chastized 'em was equally desired by both parties Monsieur de Lyonne then is sent into Spain and the Sieur Pimentel arrived at Lyons during the King's abode there this appeared a good and hopeful beginning since both Nations began of themselves to re-assume their former Traffique so long discontinued Anno 1659. Hereupon the Cardinal Mazarin accompanied by the Duke of Crequy the Mareschals de Villeroy de Clerembaud the Grand Master of the Artillery the Sieur de Lyonne and a great number of other Lords takes the way of the Frontier where Dom Lewis d'Haro chief Minister of Spain would meet him of France to confer together for the perfecting so great a Work The Truce was already prolong'd to further order but before they begin the Conference it was agreed that Monsieur de Lyonne should have Commission to meet and complement the Minister of Spain and Dom Antonio Pimentel to perform the like civilities to him of France Monsieur de Lyonne had order to propose to the Spaniards a Marriage between their Infanta and the King of France and in regard their chief fear was that in default of Male-Children to succeed to that Crown that Kingdom might fall to the King of France their Queens being now with Childe caused that apprehension to vanish and rendered them the more attentive to this Alliance Notwithstanding proceedings were for a time broken by reason of a difficulty presented on the behalf of the Prince of Condé whom the King of Spain would have comprised in the Treaty Cardinal Mazarin therefore writ to the Pope to perswade that King to wave the Prince's Interest and not for that to defer so precious a benefit to both Nations The Spaniards during this year were in as bad a condition with the Portugals and that made them the more easily incline to wave this Article The Alliance which about this time France had contracted with England and the interview of Madam Royale and his most Christian Majesty had given them sufficient cause of jealousie They went therefore seriously to work to effect the Treaty and during the Winter the King being returned to Paris Pimentel follows him thither and renews the Propositions of Peace and Marriage to which Cardinal Mazarin and D. Lewis d'Haro conferred the finishing hand These two great Ministers being arrived in the Isle of Phesants upon the River Bidassoa with a most magnificent Train after many notable Interviews and Conferences from the one part and the other at last signe the Treaty of Peace and Contract of Marriage between the Infanta of Spain and the King of France Notwithstanding the Publication was not made immediately that being reserved to render the ensuing year more August and Famous the present concluding with all dispositions requisite to our future hopes of an eternal happiness and a lasting Tranquillity to both Kingdoms which not a year ago none dared to promise or expect The Peace then being proclaimed his Holiness and all the Potentates and Soveraigns of Europe express'd their publick joys and satisfaction in those many feux de joye which they commanded their people to make through all their Dominions Anno 1660. The Peace was Register'd in Parliament the 12th of February the Chancelier being present and with universal applause and acclamations In England General Monke was so happy this year as to contribute very much to the Restauration of his Majesty Charles the second the lawful and undoubted Heir and Successor to that Crown To put a compleat end to a War which had lasted 25 Campagnes the King resolves on a Progress thereby also to compose for ever the Factions in Provence and reduce to reason certain Pirates of Marseilles who becoming petty-Tyrants did much oppress that important City The Duke of Mercoeur entred the place Sword in Hand at the head of the King's Light-horse The prudence and moderation of this Prince secured the Town from Pillage and he observed so much order and circumspection in this affair that he soon reduced the place to great obedience After this the King himself was received there with Volleys of Cannon and the joyful cries of Vive le Roy. During this Journey he caused to be demolished the Citadel of Orenge which heretofore had been the cause of much mischief to the Catholicks of the three neighbouring Provinces and was still suspected and withal charged the Prince of Orenge that hereafter he keep a more strong and able Garrison To secure the Marsellois from all fears of their past miseries the King caused to be traced out the Platform of a Citadel and
the Ambition of the Spaniards and no less raise the Courage of the Portugals The Treaty of the King of England with the Bishop of Munster astonish'd the Hollanders and the Troops sent to their succours engaged us in a War with that Crown The Duke of Beaufort took and carried off the ships in the Port of Bougie in spite of all resistance from their Arms Fire or the Artillery of five Forts that commanded the place He burnt the Admiral of Alger and two other Vessels in the very mouth of the Harbour Those of Alger sent out twenty ships to expel him out of their Road he having onely four two of which they perceived this Prince had taken from them They were glad to use the advantage of the Night to fight him in but they were reduced to the utmost Consternation when they perceived they got nothing but blows In fine they were so terrified that they call'd back their Fleet again into their own Port. The 24th of August under Sarcelle he encountered five Vessels of Alger and the order which he gave for their destruction was so admirable that in three hours he became Master of three with the other two he continued fighting when the Powder-room taking fire the Report was heard ashore and of this accident the Pirates made use to fire the Saint Loüisa By this time the Hollanders had recruited and were got to the mouth of the Thames where they waited the motion of the English Navy On the 17th of September arrived the last hour of Philip the 4th of Spain whose decease was followed not long after by that of the Duke of Vandosme the 22 of October Their Majesties and all the Court did attest their Sorrows to the Dutchess his Widow and to the Duke of Mercoeur To that end the King sent the Duke de Saint Agnan apparell'd in a Mourning-Robe born up by two Gentlemen the Corner'd Cap and the Coller of the Order the Ceremony was conducted by the King at Arms and a Herald who having presented him with the Holy-Water he cast it three times on the Sepulchre of the deceased Prince while his Majesty's Musick sing the De Profundis The Comte de Sery performed the same Office on the part of Monseigneur the Dauphin and the Comte du Plessis-Praslin and the Marquiss de Pluvaut for the Dukes of Orleans and Valois which ended the Ceremony The first of December the Mareschals du Plessis d'Aumont and de la Ferté-Seneterre and the Marquiss de Montausier were received into the quality of Dukes and Pairs of France Anno 1666. The decease of the Queen-Mother which arrived the 20th of January was most sensibly resented by their Majesties and the whole Court Not long after insued a Rupture between France and England in pursuance of the League Defensive made by the Crown of France with the Hollanders in the year 1662. And now his Majesty by his Declaration publish'd his Intentions to relieve 'em and joyn his Forces with theirs against the English as well by Sea as Land The Queen of Portugal who had hitherto with so much glory and generosity supported that Crown deceased the 27th of February at whose death the Court of Spain took no small advantage by their many Intrigues and Cabals which they rais'd afresh in that Kingdom The Bishop of Munster who had so far terrified the Hollanders as to occasion them to invoke the aid of France for their defence about this time happily concluded a Peace this occasioned the return of our Troops Those of Holland have now therefore no more to do than to prosecute their Marine affairs and minde their Wars with England The 29th of May the Duke of Beaufort parted from Toulon with his Majestie 's Fleet on designe directly to meet a Squadron of the English and fight 'em in assistance of the Hollanders and this they happily performed at the same time when our Troops by Land defended them from the Insults of the Bishop of Munster Notwithstanding all the endeavours and Menaces of the Porte the Venetians and the Marquiss Ville appeared this year the aggressors of a War by Sea and by Land in Dalmatia and in the Isle of Candy having besieged New-Candy and almost blockt up Canea The Families of Vandosme and d'Estrée received extraordinary joy at the Birth of a Prince of Savoy they having been at no small labour and great expences to prefer the Princesses of Nemours and particularly the Queen of Portugal the ornament and support of that Crown The assistance of France and conduct of the Bishop of Laon in this affair hath defeated the Spanish designes in his intended Conquest of those Dominions which have now by this important Alliance taken fast root and re-establish'd that ancient Kingdom The Fleets of England and Holland being joyn'd the 11th of June there followed a terrible Battle and so resolute that it continued till the 14th at which time the English Ships retiring into the Thames and soon recruiting with fresh men they put out to Sea again and another great fight began the fourth of August which concluded to the equal prejudice of both parties Several of the English pursuing their Enemies into the Vlie fired there a great number of Merchants-ships They had yet another Battle neer Calais where the English having the Wind and the Tempest being great they run their Enemies on the adverse Shore In the mean time the Duke of Beaufort having taken in the Squadron which had conducted the Queen to Portugal sail'd with intentions to joyn the Hollanders at Calais but understanding they were retired for fear to be alone exposed to the Enemy he gained Brest in sight of the English Fleet they not able to prevent it though in this passage some of his ships being separated from the rest by a violent Tempest the Triumph the Mazarin and the Ruby fell among the English where valiantly fighting they were much torn and shattered and forc'd to retire into Havre except the Ruby who was so far engaged that her Captain la Roche grapled with the Admiral of England intending to perish together in fine obtained quarter After the Alliance concluded the 25th of October between the Hollanders and the King of Denmark the Elector of Brandenburg and the Princes of Brunswick certain Propositions of Accommodation were set afoot His Majesty of Great Britain protesting not to have made any act of Hostility against that Republick complain'd that they had taken 200 Vessels before ever the War broke out And in order to assure Navigation to re-establish Commerce and procure a Peace the States made known to his Majesty that it was necessary to appoint some place neutral where to treat as well with them as their Allies The affair of Breme which had so cruelly alarmed the Hanse and Imperial Towns was in fine determined the 25 of Nov. the Swedes contenting themselves with the submission of the Inhabitants The Duke of Valois was Baptized at the Palais Royal the sixth of December and
which time he had past most of the chief Offices belonging to his robe namely that of the President of Requests of the Palace Attorney-General in the Parliament which place he exercised neer 27 years first President in the said Assembly neer thirteen years and lastly Gard de Sceaux and all these with a marvelous integrity and fidelity to the King's service The next day the Chancelier of France coming to attend the King according to the orders sent him by the Sieur Mancini his Majesty by the advice of his Eminency gave him the Seals in the Queens presence with all possible demonstrations of the just esteem which he had for this so eminent and sage Head of the French Justice In the same year the King having laid siege to Valenciennes where the Mareschal de Turenne commanded in the quality of Lieutenant-General and having now reduced this important place and the Spanish Forces to their very last effort but not being able to prevent the succours he raised the siege Though immediately after his Majestie 's Army in Italy under the conduct of the Duke of Modena took Valence and at the same time his said Majesty forced la Capelle to submission in sight of the Enemy's Army consisting of more than 30000 men On the 8th of September the Princess Christina late Queen of Swedeland after she had abjured Heresie between the Pope's own hands at Rome and resigned her Kingdom to her Cozin Charles Gustavus Prince Palatine arrived at Paris where she was most magnificently received after this and that she had saluted the King at Compiegne she returned to Rome This year ended happily with a Universal Jubile which began the first Sunday of Advent and ended the second of January 1657. Anno 1657. This year begins with the loss of the Town of St. Guillain which the Spaniards recovered from us the Garrison retiring to Guise after an honourable Capitulation The season now approaching to draw into the Campagne Monsieur the Mareschal de Turenne took the way of Flanders there to command our Forces The King followed not long after making his Family immediately set forwards for Compeigne Monsieur le Mareschal de la Ferté having also directed his march towards Luxemburg with a considerable Army Monsieur the Mareschal de Turenne assisting him at a distance with his Troops he invests Montmedy the 11th of June and wrought at the Lines with such a resolution that in spight of all resistance from the Besieged they were compleated the 15th following In regard this place was of such importance to the Catholick King the Spanish Commanders did their utmost to relieve it but with no success and therefore they think of some other way Having then intelligence that the Garrison of Calais had been of late much weakened by the absence of 300 men drawn off from thence to re-inforce that at Ardres they resolve to attaque it at unawares but it resisted with so much glory that the Assailants not able to effect their designes retired with shame The Spaniards unable to relieve Montmedy the Inhabitants were forced to capitulate the 6th of August The Garrison consisting of 300 Musqueteers and 100 Horse left the place and were conducted within sight of the Walls of Arlon The King entred and viewed the Walls round on Horseback He made the Baron de St. Pé Governour to whose place not long after succeeded the Marquiss de Vandy one of his Majestie 's Generals and Camp-Master to the Carabines The Conquest of Montmedy was followed by that of St. Venant from which place the Spaniards desiring to divert our Arms made a shew to attaque Ardres where notwithstanding they were forced shamefully to raise their siege with the loss of the entire Regiment of Persan who were all cut to pieces The rest of this Campagne past in petty Skirmishes in particular the Garrison of Rocroy was soundly beaten in seeking to raise a Contribution among the neighbour Villages Dom John of Austria the Prince of Condé and several Troops with them having put themselves into Dunkirk on some designe the Mareschal de Turenne on his part prepares to attaque Mardike which he did so effectually that it was soon after surrendered to the discretion of our Commanders the Enemy having deferred to capitulate till it was too late We were no less happy in Italy The Castle of Monteri surrendered to the force of our Arms so also did the Castle of Non which was taken before the very face of the Comte de Fuensaldaigne by the Prince of Conty After this we invest Alexandria but the siege there was no sooner formed but raised again and that for the Conquest of Montecalvo and the Castle of Monts places which made us Masters of Monferrat Nothing considerable past this year in Catalonia where at that time the Duke of Candale commanded but died in his return at Lyons The Magazine of Powder in the Town-house at Bourdeaux took fire by some accident which reduced that poor Town into a deplorable condition This misfortune happened on the third of December Innocent the 10th deceasing as aforesaid Alexander the 7th succeeded in the Papacy who desiring above all things to see the two greatest Kings of Europe united in a Peace proposed it first to his most Christian Majesty and endeavoured to incline him but he received for answer that the onely obstruction lay on the part of his Enemies and that he was always most willing Anno 1658. This so generous Declaration thus happily opening the way gave no small hopes for the effecting so great a good but first his Majesty found himself obliged to force the Spaniards to reason by a further pursuit of his Victories beginning with the siege of Dunkirk which soon after being taken he put it into the hands of Milord Lockhart the English Embassador conditionally that he should permit no violence to the Religion of the Inhabitants The taking of this place though of chief concern 't was too small a Conquest for our Invincible Monarch The Battle of Dunes which we gained intirely with the addition of Bergues St. Winox Furnes and Dixmude followed this gallant Enterprize The Spaniards were seized with terrour at the sight of so many Conquests and the consternation was so great among them that at the very name of the French they took their heels before Newport with the loss of 800 Horse and 3000 Cows which our party took without any resistance Amidst so many Lawrels our invincible Monarch was assaulted by a violent Feaver which in a little time reduced him to much extremity but God who is always vigilant for the conservation of Kingdoms restored this young Mars to his people beyond all their hopes His health being thus recovered his Majesty leaves Calais to return to Paris where all the Soveraign Courts and the Burgesses went out to meet him testifying with how great joy they had received the happy news of his recovery of which they had been almost desperate In the mean time the
this for the future to contain the Nobless and Citizens in their duty His Majesty being at Aix with much joy and tenderness received the Prince of Condé at his return from the Low-Countries Their Majesties continuing their Progress through Languedoc were received most magnificently at Thoulouse and then at Bourdeaux passing from thence to Bayonne and so to St. John Luz they arrived in the Isle of Pheasants where was appointed the Interview of the two Kings and the glorious reception of Maria-Theresa d'Austria Inheretrix presumptive to the Estates of his Catholick Majesty The Pomp and Consummation of these so great and splendid Nuptials was very advantageous to the two Crowns The Ceremonies performed their Majesties take the Road of Paris and arrive happily at the Bois de Vincennes where for some daies they rest till the Queens most magnifique entry at Paris the 26th of August And now happens that horrid Earthquake at the Pyrenean-Hills which swallowing the hot Bathes there and several other places caused extraordinary terrour to the Inhabitants of all that Voisinage The decease of the Duke of Orleans at Blois the 2d of February did much abate our publick Joy and Triumphs their Majesties and all the Court being sensible of so great a loss Anno 1661. To put the Treaty of Peace in Execution and to determine the limits of our King's Conquests the Sieurs Courtin Master of Requests Talon Intendant of Artois and Parmentier Substitute to the Attorney-General were commissioned to treat with the Commissioners of Spain Vilteingh Colins and Anglanzey They had laboured much in these particulars a long while first at St. Omers then at Arras and lastly they concluded happily at Metz where they limited the Extents of Flanders Artois Hainault and Luxembourg and having worthily acquitted themselves in their Employ parted the 25th of November 1662. The Cardinal Mazarin did not long enjoy that Peace which he had procured to all France having been almost ever since indisposed The Fire which in the beginning of February happened at the Louvre and consumed the Gallery of Pictures that look'd into the Garden obliged his Eminence to forsake his Bed and retire to his own Palace where his disease continuing he was advised to change the Air which he did to Vincennes but all this was not of force to prevent his death on the 9 of March following to the great regret of the King and all his Creatures But the following Marriages of the Duke of Orleans with the Princess of England and the Prince of Florence with Mademoiselle d'Orleans caused the loss of this great Minister to be almost forgotten The Sieur Fouquet too intent on the encrease of his own Fortune was arrested at Nants the 5th of September and conveyed to Vincennes and from thence to the Bastille He was the first cause of the erection of the Chamber of Justice which has been so advantageous to those people that deal in these affairs by the detection of the wasting of the King's Revenues which they have applied to their own private uses and to the great Purchases which they have made in the Kingdom The extraordinary profusion in the Conduct of this Minister obliged the King to take some pains in the reformation of his own Estate We may say that hereupon he effected two wonderous things and by which he surprized the Polititians The admirable order and Oeconomy which he establish'd in his own house and the Military Discipline in his Armies in all which particulars he raised the Grandeur and Dignity of the Offices and yet made as well the high as low Officers themselves exactly subject to his own Authority and Power who all remain at present in their perfect duty and dependance The other thing is his having made himself so absolute a Master of all the Citadels and Fortresses of his Dominions so that the Princes and Officers of the Crown the Governours of Provinces and of particular places who heretofore made themselves of too great value and consideration are now in a perfect obedience He suppressed the Office of Super-Intendant of the Finances and certain * Officiers de l'Espargue Officers in his Exchequer and establish'd a Council and Treasury Royal where nothing can be proposed nor one single Sol paid out of his Coffers unless it hath been there first resolved and ordered But that which is most admirable is that his Majesty does himself consider and weigh all things as well of great as small concern whether far off or near necessary or superfluous His Manufactures and Buildings at the Louvre Tuilleries and other Houses Royal have found a place in that vast Spirit amidst the Citadels and other important places of his Kingdom War and affairs of State have not absolutely banish'd from his minde Pleasure and Magnificence But having first heard the serious discourses of the Mareschal de Turenne and the Sieur Colbert he is pleased to confer with our Illustrious Artisans le Brun le Nore and all those excellent Spirits who have the very genius and perfection of their several Arts. It seems about this time Spain was minded to try whether his most Christian Majesty's new form of Government would be maintained with force and vigour To this purpose the Baron de Batteville past an affront on the Comte d'Estrade at the entry of the Swede's Embassador Extraordinary at London And the Spaniards being the stronger killed some French on the 10th of October After this perswading the King of England that their Master had always acknowledged him and assisted against Cromwel they endeavoured to draw him into the quarrel of his Catholick Majesty Hereupon our King complains at Madrid and Bruxelles and calls home his Commissioners who were labouring with those of Spain about settling the Limits of Flanders In fine France came off with honour in this action and the Marquiss de Fuentes Embassador extraordinary from Spain made our King reparation and assured him that his Master had given order to all his Embassadors and Ministers to abstain and strive no more with those of France in all such Ceremonies and publick actions where they both happen to assist This was performed in the presence of eight Embassadors and 22 Residents The Nativities of the Dauphin of France and Prince of Spain the first and ninth of November was a new Blessing to both Nations Oh what disputes shall these Illustrious Competitors hereafter manage to maintain the Grandeur and Glory of their Predecessors The King resolving a new promotion of Knights of both his Orders a general Chapter was held at Fontainbleau about the end of December Here to the admiration of all men the Duke of Longueville demanded precedency of him of Vendôme scïlt the next place after the first Princes of the Blood but in regard of those Declarations which Henry the great granted for the Duke of Vendôme the 15th of April 1610 Registred in the Parliament of Paris the 30th of the same the Duke of Longueville's pretensions were utterly defeated The
of May at Marseilles with extraordinary magnificence the like through all the Kingdom till he arrived incognito at Fountainbleau where he was received by the King at the entrance into the Queen-Mothers Cabinet des Bains Afterwards he made his publick entry at Fountainbleau the 18th of July and at Paris the ninth of August and returned to Rome with the same Pomp and magnificence that at first he arrived in France Germany was at this time much Alarmed at the raising the siege of Canise and at the loss of the Fort of Serin The Primier Vizier had defeated the whole force of the Emperour's Army and had it not been for the assistance of the French Forces there commanded by the Comte de Coligny the Consternation of that action had been extream The Comte de la Fueillade signalized his valour on this occasion who arriving the 15th of August defeated more than 10000 Turks on the Raab where they lost 150 Colours and sixteen pieces of Cannon which were planted on the other side of the River and all this notwithstanding the Gross of their Army was not far distant This great success obliged the Turkish General to march towards Gran there to joyn 20000 men and thereby put himself in a condition to repair his said loss and shame and also more effectually to secure that place and Newhausel He call'd back also those Troops which had already past the Vaag to wast the Countries of Moravia and Silesia in order to his designe of extending his Conquests to the very Walls of Vienna and into the Hereditary Countries of the Emperour But this Rout obliged a Truce between the two Empires and the Enemy to decamp the 29th of September The Enterprize of Gigeri did not a little contribute to effect this so also his Majesties designe to render Africa and her Kings free and Christian and to establish in that part of the World Commerce and the Law of Nations This had been truly a most Heroick action and to the great profit of the whole World It had had no doubt a favourable success had the generous resolution of the Admiral Duke of Beaufort been followed For the victorious are always obliged to fight and conquer and they never take root in a strange Country otherwise than by continual Combats and Battles which make 'em fear'd and casts the people into so great a consternation that in fine they are glad to submit to the discretion of their Conquerours The Duke d'Ossonne continuing the War in Portugal with no better success than Dom John the Spaniards strive now to raise a more puissant Force than ever under the command of the Marquiss de Caracene About this time the English offered several acts of Hostility to the Hollanders and prepare for a War The Parliament raise two Millions and a half of pounds sterling to manage it they do much damage on the Coast of Guiny and New-Holland and their Fleet which scour'd the Seas had order to see that no English were aboard any Dutch Vessel and if they found any or if they refuse to be search'd to fight ' em The 16th of November the Queen was delivered of the Princess Mary-Anne of France who deceased the 26th of December This year the Venetians were at rest le Marquiss Ville having visited all the places of that State and left 'em in good order The Chevalier d'Hoquincourt with onely one Ship fought gloriously against 33 Turkish Gallies sunk five and much indamaged the rest The King desirous that Justice should be done in the most remote Provinces of his Kingdom establish'd a Chamber of Justice in Auvergne where the President de Novion did well answer the choice which his Majesty had made of so learned a person to preside there on Grand days Anno 1665. The Ballet of the Birth of Venus was now danced It was the Invention of the Dutchess of Orleans to whose conduct his Majesty had remitted the manage of this affair It consisted of two parts both beginning with excellent Dialogues and Speeches The first by Neptune and Thetis and the second by the Graces It contained also twelve Majestick Entries all which was augmented with a Masquerade of ten Entries The Spanish Army now consisting of 10000 Horse and 20000 Foot that King refuses the Mediation of the King of England as to a Peace with Portugal supposing the War with Holland would sufficiently employ that Prince and prevent his assisting the said Kingdom In the mean time the States of Holland license all private persons to equip out what Vessels they can to cruze about and do what mischief they can to the English whose Regiments they also casheered hoping thereby to repair the damage they sustain by the rupture of Trade The Admiralties on both sides strive who shall equip the most potent Navy and prepare for a vigorous defence The English having made Prize of 160 of their Vessels But that which surprized the whole World was that notwithstanding this they joyn'd their force against those of Alger The Bishop of Munster's taking Arms and the Intelligence he had with many Princes of Germany obliged the Estates of Westphalia to assemble and the Hollanders to stand upon their guard They also desire the Hanse-Towns at the same time not to furnish themselves with any English Merchandise in like manner as his Majesty of Great Britain had obliged them not to receive any out of Holland And the better to defend themselves they oblige Valdee and the Brunswic Troops to secure their Frontiers About this time the House of Austria laboured unsuccessfully to match one of their Princesses to the Duke of Savoy thereby to draw him off from our Alliance on which condition they offered to joyn Alexandrin to his Estates and several other advantages which the Bishop of Laon did not approve He therefore demonstrated to this Prince that solid Goods are of far greater consideration than empty appearances and that his Marriage with Mademoiselle de Nemours would settle his Estate and House which indeed ought never to be separated from the Interests of France He had before this taken much pains to conclude a three and twentieth Alliance between the Houses of Savoy and France of the Duke of Nemours and Mademoiselle de Longueville This Prince did what he could to dis-engage himself and procured the said illustrious Prelate to be Install'd Arch-Bishop of Reims And now it was that the King sent into England the Duke of Verneüil to endeavour a Reconciliation between his two neighbour-Nations and prevent a cruel War But they met the 13th of June and Victory seemed doubtful for a while till at last she declared in favour of the Duke of York the Hollanders loosing their Admiral Opdam and 17 ships At the same time the King Solemnized a great Feast at Versaille After which his Majesty did proscecute with much assiduity a former designe to unite the two Seas by the Rivers of Guyenne and Languedoc The Battle of Villa-viciosa this year did much abate
held over the Font for the King of England by the Duke of Enguien who named him Philip-Charles and by Mademoiselle for the Queen He deceased the eighth ensuing Anno 1667. The Queens happy delivery of a Princess on the second of January was a joyful Newyears-gift to all France and welcomed with the Ballet of the Muses adorn'd with many Entries and Dialogues This served for a pleasing Divertisement all the Carnival appearing always different by reason of continual new Embelishments and Scenes The Grand Seigneur having now resolved and disposed all things necessary for the important Siege of Candy sends the Grand Vizier to make the necessary preparations for the siege and to assemble in the Isle 40000 men and 15000 Pioneers he held it in a manner invested round with Batteries and Attaques in which he wrought from December to the 27th of June at which time it was besieged with great vigour and resolution and extraordinarily well defended by the Marquiss Ville and those Troops and Succours which the Venetians had sent him On the seventh of February the Pope made a promotion of four Cardinals the Duke of Vandôme the Arch-Bishop of Saltsburg the Duke of Monstrate and the Sieur Delphino and names Roberti Spinola Visconti and Caraccioli who were reserved in petto since last year The several Musters of the King's Troops and in particular that of Oüilles the Feasts and Triumphs at Versailles and those noble Divertisements of running in * Courses de Quadrilles Squadrons and such other delights surprized the Spaniards and their Embassador who became perswaded we past a whole Campagne thus And now the War between England France and Holland growing towards an end Breda is chosen for the place of Treaty at which place the several Deputies meeting conclude a Peace the 31 of July On the 20th of April the King went personally to the Palace to cause there to be verified his new Ordinance by which he reforms and regulates Judicial proceedings On the tenth of May deceased the Queen of Poland and on the 22 Pope Alexander the 7th to whom succeeded Clement the 9th both which have sustained the Grandeur and Glory of the Church with much Majesty The Marriage of the Duke of Guise with Mademoiselle d'Alençon was celebrated the 15th of May. The next day the Court departed to put the Queen in possession of her Rights late fallen to her in the Low-Countries the reasons of which are publick in Print The march of our Armies gave the Alarm to Flanders and Holland and obliged the Marquiss de Castel-Rodrigo to demolish several places that wanted sufficient Forces to defend ' em We begun at Armentiers and his Majesty having past as far as Charles-Roy caused the Fortifications to be repaired After this he forces Tournay to surrender the 24th of June and Doüay the sixth of July On Dunkirk-side the Mareschal D'Aumont with another Army takes Bergue and Furne and invests L'isle where the Siege was carried on with much vigour his Majesty being always in action and going the Rounds continually This Town was taken after a Siege of seventeen daies and nine from the first opening the Trenches The Comte de Broüay who demanded four daies was much surprised to finde the King answer with a denial and within three hours after force the place to surrender This proposition from that Governour obliged our Monarch to lie that night at Arlebec He ordered the Comte of Lislebonne to march with the Lorain Forces and joyn the Marquiss de Crequy and Bellefonds and then to meet the Enemy which they did so happily as to defeat the Prince de Ligne and the Comte de Marcin which staggered all Flanders His Majesty was ready to assist and remained about a quarter of a League from Gand sleeping in his Coach that night at the head of the Bridge over the River of Bruges to back and assist his Army in case of occasion The Town and Citadel of Courtray was also taken with Oudenarde and Alost which being retaken by the Enemy was soon after recovered again by the Mareschal de Camp General and demolish'd The Empress being delivered of an Arch-Duke their Majesties sent the Marquiss de Guitry to congratulate the Court of Vienna who notwithstanding enjoy'd not long that happiness The Estates and People of Portugal about this time forced their King to renounce the Government which they conferred on D. Pedro his Brother also Commissaries are appointed to examine the complaints of the Queen as to a Nullity of Marriage The Divertisements of Shrovetide began with a Masquerade call'd the Carnaval consisting onely of seven Entries The first overture was performed by a Speech but the Dialogue between Carnaval and Gallantry with an admirable Consort of Musick gave wonderful satisfaction to the Spectators Anno 1668. On the 21th of January Madame was Baptized at the Tuilleries and named by the Dutchess Dowager of Orleans and the Duke of Enguien Maria-Theresa The same day was the Cardinal Duke of Vandôme conducted to have Audience from their Majesties by the Sieur de Saintot Master of the Ceremonies with a very great Train The King having desired the Pope to be Godfather to Monseigneur the Dauphin the news appeared most agreable to his Holiness who therefore prefer'd this Illustrious Cardinal to those of his own Bloud and Princes extreamly dear to him conferring on him to that purpose with much joy his Power and Authority and that of the Holy Seat which in truth he managed and sustained with great Honour giving the King to understand that it belonged to his Holiness represented in his person to Name the Prince Dauphin and to the Bishops of France to pay to the Holy Seat and to his dignity all due respects and submissions In fine the Dauphin was named Lewis and the Ceremony performed at St. Germains the 24th of March. The Baptismal Honours were carried by the Bourbons and the Duke of Vandôme bore up the Train of the Prince's Mantle-Royal taking place immediately after the Princes of the Bloud The Dispensation which Monsieur the Legat granted for a second Marriage of the Queen of Portugal with that Prince was an extraordinary piece of State and good Fortune France and that Crown have as much cause to praise the Conduct of that action as the Council of Spain just occasion to appear troubled who under colour of giving to that Prince a Daughter of the House of Austria would by that means very subtilly have made themselves Masters of that Kingdom The Duke of Beaufort and the Chevalier de Vandôme in the thirteenth year of his age embarqued themselves with intentions to make a descent into Spain but the ensuing Peace and a violent Tempest concurring put a stop to the designes of our great Admiral who notwithstanding could not but admire the assurance and courage of this young Prince At the same time the Hollanders apprehending some fears from the progress of the King's Arms into their neighbourhood and forgetting all the benefits