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A11934	The lyfe of the most godly, valeant and noble capteine and maintener of the trew Christian religion in Fraunce, Iasper Colignie Shatilion, sometyme greate admirall of Fraunce. Translated out of Latin by Arthur Golding; Gasparis Colinii Castilloni, magni quondam Franciae amerallii, vita. English.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.; Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598, attributed name.; Hotman, Jean, seigneur de Villers-Saint-Paul, 1552-1636, attributed name.; Hotman, François, 1524-1590, attributed name.	1576 (1576)	STC 22248; ESTC S117200	64,379	124

children from thence vntil shee had seene the fowndacion of the Hold laid When shee saw that the plage was crept euen into the Court Shee made one Mounsyre Lossie gouerner of Lyons a cruell and barbarous man and a most deadly enemy of Religion appoynting him a garrison of certein prowd and ruffianly souldyers too vex the Citizens which were giuen too religion wyth continewall wrongs and despites Afterward which way so euer the king made his progresse with that greate trayne intoo whatsoeuer Citie towne village or Manour he was browght woonderfull it is too report but yit most certeinly knowen and talked of in all mennes mowthes so greate a plage followed the kings traine continewally that for the space of three moonethes toogither he neuer lodged in any howse but the present perill of the plage draue him owt of it agein Whyle theis things were a doing the Queene mother communicated hir deuyces with hir dawghter the Queene of Spayne and with the king hir husbandes Ambassadours the Marshall Memorancie whom the king had left gouernour of Paris was certifyed that the Gvvisians wrowght secret practizes too stirre vp the comons of Paris ageinst such as professed the trew and vncorrupted religion and that the Cardinall of Lorrein woold bee there within a day or twayne with a greate trayne of armed men It had bin forbidden dyuers tymes afore by the kings Proclamations that no man should iourney with hargabusse or pistolet or haue anie abowt him When it was told the Marshall that the Cardinall and his companie were come intoo the Citie armed with such weapons by and by he went and met him with his garrison and commaunded them too lay away their weapons Which dooing of his the Cardinall and his brothers sonne the yoong Duke of Gvvyse taking in greate despyte and reproche were herd oftentymes afterward too say that that deede should cost Memorancie his lyfe When this vprore was stirred vp in the Citie where the Cardinall myght haue rayzed threescore thowsand armed men in one day too haue slayne Memorancie Memorancie thought it good too call his freends abowt him and specially the Admirall who being accompanied with three hundred horsmen or therabowts came too Paris the .22 day of Ianuarie which thing did so scare the feeble harted people giuen woonderfully too superstition and cheefly the Preests Moonks the Canons of the Cathedrall Churche that a great sort of them began too deuyze how too flee away The next day Memorancie sent for the prouostes of the Parlament and for such as bare cheef authoritie at that tyme in the Citie home too his howse Too whom in the presence of the Admirall he spake of the Cardinall of Lorreines ouerbold and seditiows enterpryzes and of the flocking toogither of certeine Citizens telling them that forasmuch as they had giuen it owt euerywhere that the Admirall leuyed men of warre and practized meanes too sacke that riche Citie whyle the king was farre of in his progresse he thowght it best too call him owt before them that he myght tell them playnely what he mynded too doo Then I knowe wellynough alredy quod the Admirall what things are spred abrode of mee by leawde and maliciowse persones as who shoulde say I sowght meanes too sacke this Citie which is knowen too bee the cheef fortresse of the Realme and the Noblest lyght of all Fraunce Theis kynd of dealings are meete for such as chalendge I wote not what kynd of ryght too the succession of the Crowne and beare the worlde in hande that certeine Dukedommes and Erldommes owght too bee restored vnto them As for mee I put yow owt of dowt I clayme not anie maner of ryght too the Kingdome nor too anie parte therof And if I did I beleeue there was neuer any Nobleman of Fraunce this fyue hundred yeeres that had so good oportunitie offered him too trubble the state Yee remember howe greate occasion of settyng the matter abroche I had at such tyme as the Duke of Gvvyse was slayne and the Cunstable my prizoner at Orleance if I had bin minded too rebell But I neuer sewed more earnestlye too the Queene Mother and too the Kings Counsell for peace than when I was in my cheefest prosperitie Who knoweth not that I sowght peace with moste earnest intreatance and sewte at such tyme as a nomber of noble Cities had alredye put themselues vnder my protection and manie mo bothe of Normandie and little Brittaine offred mee their freendshippe and societie vnrequested Who knoweth not that wheras vppon the conclusion of the peace I myghte haue serued myne owne turne by ambitiowse crauing of roomes of authoritye and honoure at the Kings hand yit I choze rather too get mee home and there too leade a priuate lyfe modestly and quietly vntoo this day But too let theis things passe and too go forward with the things that wee haue in hand being called by the Marshall Memorancie I made haste too comme vnto yow not of purpoze too make anie innouation or trubble in anie thing but rather too quenche such broyles as were lyke too bee stirred vp a late throwgh somme mennes ouerboldnesse I thinke there is none of you all but he knoweth how greate credit the professers of the purer Religion doo giue mee Surely a nomber of them being moued with theis straunge rumors and put in feare throwgh the factiows deuyces and enterpryzes of the Gvvisians resort vntoo mee dayly bringing letters intercepted concerning the flocking toogither of certeine vndercapteines which commaund their old souldyers too bee redye with their armour that they may step foorth owt of hand whensoeuer neede shall requyre What needeth manie woords Certein letters were intercepted written intoo Normandie and fathered vpon the authoritie of the Queene moother a Copie wherof I bring yow here owt of myne owne cofers and will reherce one poynt therof which is this There is no fitter vvay too restore the Crovvne of Fraunce too such as haue ryght too it by auncient inheritance and too destroy the hovvse ofspring of Valoys than by killing all the Hugonotes vvhich are the vpholders therof Therfore vvee must confiscate their goodes that the monny vvhich is made of them may yeeld vs armour and treazure And if the Hugonotes go too lavv for it the matter shal be so handled in iudgment as they shall haue smal list too make any sevvt for domages Besydes this what shall I speake of the slawghters and robberies that are committed almost day by day It is sufficiently knowen that since the proclayming of the peace aboue .500 protestants haue bin slayne in sundrie places and yit the magistrates haue not punished the murther of anie one of them They that complayne of it too the king or the Queene moother receyue nothing but words or sum emptie sheete of paper or els sum skin of parchment Who knoweth not that a greate slaughter was made alate of the protestants openly in the citie of Turon yea euen with standerd and antsignes displayed

afore by Pope Clement the seuenth who thought the noblenesse of that howse fit for the stablishment of his owne estate in Fraunce and rewarded with very great and riche benefices by the king By meanes wherof the second sonne whose name was Iasper as I said afore obteined the prerogatiue that was dew too the eldest sonne This Iasper was borne the yeere of our Lord 1517. the .xvj. day of Februarie whom for the woonderfull towardnesse of vertew and witte which he shewed being yet a chyld his moother after the decease of his father cawsed too bee brought vp in lerning from his tender yeeres putting him too schoole to Master Nicolas Berald who bare the cheef fame for lerning in those dayes through all Fraunce cawsing him moreouer too bee trayned vp in feates of armes by the skllfullest teachers and maysters of Chiualrie that shee could get Iasper being trayned vp in such instructions when he came to the .xxiiii. yeere of his age shewed woonderfull forewardnesse in the seege of Bains beseeged by King Frauncissis eldest sonne comonly called the Dolphin Bellay in the tenth booke of his Historie reporteth that about the yeere of our Lord 1543 he was striken in the throte by his enemies with a pellet of lead as he aduentured too neere the diche The same yeere when woord was browght too the King that the state of his affaires in Piemoūt was such as it was lyke that they should come too a pitched feeld with their enemies he craued leaue of him and ryding thither in poste gaue greate proofe of his prowesse in that battell which is comonly called the battell of Cerisoles as the same Bellay recordeth in the sayd tenth booke of his commentaries By reason wherof within feawe yeeres after Henrye the sonne of King Frauncis did put him in cheef authoritie For whē Annas Memorancie the Uncle of Iasper was General of the men of armes he gaue this man the charge of the Frenche footemen which office is in the comon language called the Colonell of the footemen He behaued himself in such wyze in that roome as he purchaced himself great commendacion for his Iustice Ualeantnesse and wisdome within feawe moonethes after and got the good willes of all the people of Fraunce For wheras erst it was growen intoo a moste wicked custome that the souldyers myght ronne gadding euery where vnder their antsignes and make hauocke and spoyle of all things Iasper tyed them too streyter orders of warlyke disciplyne therby too restreyne their ouer-licentiowse dealings and specially too represse the libertie of their cursed swearing and blasphemie wherthrough the seede of trew godlinesse and religion appeered alreedie in his hart And forasmuch as those lawes or orders were verye wel lyked of all good men shortly after they were proclaymed by the Kings commaundement and in his name and inrolled in the booke of the Kings lawes About the same time the same King aduaunced him too the honour which is now vtterly imbaced but at that tyme was counted a roome of greate estimation namely too bee one of the Knyghtes of the order At the same season there fell a grudge betweene Henrye King of Fraunce and Henrye King of England for the Towne of Bullen Therfore when the King of Fraunce distrusted the Inglishmen he betoke the ordering of that Countrie and almoste of the whole matter to the Shatilion Uppon the receyt of which commission he went immediatly intoo Picardie whither King Henrye had sent his hoste too beseege the Towne and by singular pollicie bwilded a forte neere the Towne which myght bee bothe a defence too the Frenchmen and a greate let too keepe the townesmen from issewing owt That forte is yet still called the Shatilion of the bwilders name and it was a greate furtherance too the winning of the Towne Therfore it was not long after ere the Inglishmen began too treate of composition the commission of the making wherof was committed wholly to the Shatilion and too his vncle Mounsyre de Rochepote When he had dispatched these matters he returned too the Court and within feawe yeeres after was made Lord Admirall of Fraunce which is counted the cheefest dignitie within the Realme bycause he hathe the cheef rule of the Sea that beateth vppon Fraunce and the charge of the Kings Nauie and of all his seamen and seamatters Also the King made him his Lieuetennant of two shyres that is too wit of Picardie and of the I le of Fraunce inhonoring him furthermore with the Capteinship of the men of armes and making him one of the Lordes of his priuie counsell The next yeere following which was the .1554 the Emperor of Germanie Charles the fifth Marie Queene of England ioyning their forces togither made sore and sharp warre vppon Henrye King of Fraunce The Shatilion was chozen by the consent of all good men as the onely man that was able to resiste so greate enemyes by his prowesse and pollicie Therefore the ordering of that moste sharp and terrible warre which concerned Picardie moste of all was committed by the Kinge to the Admirall that he shoulde rayze a power and gouerne the marches of the Lovvecountrie Through the līking together of the forces of so mightie enemies and the opinion that was had of the Emperour Charles who was renowmed ouer all the world the whole realme of Fraunce was striken in greate feare bycause the King was vtterly vnprouided both of money and of other things needeful for the mayntenāce of warre and no man dowted but that Fraunce was likely to goe presently to wrecke consideringe the greate distresse of all thinges Whereof when the Admirall had both aduertised the King and communicated it to his freendes he thought it best to salue the matter with somme truce The King and his Counsell lyking well of this his deuyse committed the handling of the matter to him and he within fewe dayes brought it to passe to the incredible ioye and gladnesse of all the Realme and to his owne singular prayse for preseruing of his countrey bicause the condicions of the truce were both honorable and very profitable to the Realme About the same time the Guyses of the howse of Lorrein which made their vaunt that the kingedome of Sicilie and Naples belonged to them of right and that it was wrongefully wrested from them by the Spaniardes made the King beleue that nowe of late yeares they had wonne the heartes of the moste part of the nobilitie of Naples partly by liberalitie partly by fayre promises and that by their meanes the King should haue easy enterance into the Realme so that if he would graunt them a part of his power it would come to passe that those kingdomes shoulde in short time be brought vnder his Dominion without any greate truble Thus through counsell of the Guyses the truce that was sworne a fewe monethes before was broken to the greate dishonour of the frenche nacion which falsehod the Admirall tooke greeuously and sore to harte oftentimes protestinge that

In that tyme the Queene Moother sent messengers oft tymes too the Admirall and also wrate with hir owne hand too the Prince of Condey that he should succour hir and hir yoong children and haue a care of the welfare of the realme The Prince being moued with theis things and moreouer perswaded by the intreatance of moste of the noblemen of Fraunce determined too put on armes and too make warre vppon the howse of Gvvyse too set the King at libertie protesting oftentymes openly that he feared not the slaunderous speeches of some men as thowgh he ment too inlarge the religion by force of armes or too make warre ageinst the king being a chyld For a general assembly of the whole realme had bin hild at Orleance wherin bothe the comons and the nobilitie had requyred the reformation of Religion and afterward an Edict was made in that greate assembly that it should bee lawfull too exercyze the same in suburbes and villages And what ryght in the kingdome of Fraunce had the Duke of Gvvyse being borne in Lorreine Or vppon what grownd should he presume too execute such crueltie vppon the kings subiects Finally there was no good too bee doone ageinst force but by force and therfore he himself did not moue warre but bi warre defend peaceable people ageinst warre made vppon them Saying it was alredy bruted ouer all Fraunce and also reported intoo Germanie that the Duke of Nemovvrs at the prouocation of the Gvvisians had with fayre woordes intyced Henrye the kings brother a little chyld who since that tyme was created king of Poole too haue conueyed him owt of the precint of the Realme which purpoze and drift the chyld bewrayed too his moother and so that discouerie of that matter was at that time in all mennes mouthes that the Gwisians despyzing the authoritie of the generall assembly and of the king executed butcherly crueltie at Vassey with extreme furie and pryde layd violent hāds vppō the king Queene moother caryed them away ageinst their willes to Melune and Paris as seemed moste for the Gwisians commoditie went intoo the borders of Germanie a little before and requested certeine princes of Almanie too bee admitted intoo the nomber of the Protestants Inuited Christopher Duke of Wirttemberg a prince of great corage and wisdome too Sauerne a towne next too Strawsborow where the Cardinall of Loreine made twoo such Sermons openly in the Churche before the sayd Prince and a greate nomber of the professers of the religion bothe Germanes and Frenchmen as he perswaded verye manie that bothe he himself and also his brethren imbraced the Religion and were desyrous too professe their names among the protestant princes When theis things were knowen the prince of Condeyes enterpryze was so well lyked in manie places of Fraunce that within feawe dayes dyuers Cities yeelded themselues too him and ioyned with him in societie of the warre Among those were Orleance Bloys Towres Burgis Roan Lyons Vien Valentia Nemowrs and Mountalbon which were the beginners of the Ciuill warre wherof the butcherly slawghter of Vassey is certeinly knowen too haue bin the cawse Now when as on the part of the protestants the cheef charge of the warres was by comon consent of all men put too the Prince of Condey soodeinly the Prince with lyke consent of all men surrendered the charge of his gouernment too the Admirall and for the singular opinion that was had of his Iustice grauitie and wisdome ordeyned him too bee his leeuetennant and deputie too rule in his sted Whyle these things were a doing the Queene moother began too treate of peace for the dooing wherof she desired the Prince of Condey too come too her tent and to graunte hir the vse of Boigencie for a few dayes which towne hath a bridge ouer the riuer of Loyre and therfore was as shee sayd most fit for cōmunication The Prince vppon single promis made vntoo him without taking of any pledges but onely trusting to the faythfulnesse of his brother the King of Nauarre and too the promises of the Queene mother went to their Cāpe Only he desired the Queene that the Cunstable the Duke of Gvvyse the marshall of S. Andrevves which were comonly called the three rooters vp of the comon weale shoulde depart out of the Campe whyle that communication lasted Which thing being doone the garrison was withdrawen out of Boigencie and the towne deliuered to the Queene Byandby shee manned it and pretending a communication to outward showe of peace reconcylement not only reteyned the Prince but also tooke the towne and fortified it with all things needfull for the warre With which trecherie the Admirall being sore moued determined not to fayle in his dewtie towards the Prince but went out of hand with his horsemen to the Campe of his aduersaries and strake such a terrour into them that the Queene cōmaunded the Prince too be deliuered immediatly And within a fewe dayes after the Admirall leading his armie too Boigencie woone the towne by force not without somme losse of his owne people recouered it agein Abowt the same tyme the Admiralls eldest sonne named Iasper being consumed with sicknesse dyed at Orleance scarce nyne yeeres old but of singular towardnesse which cawsed the Admirall too take his death very sore to hart In the meane whyle the Gvvysians seeing them selues forsakē of many Frenchmen whom the cace concerned and perceyuing that the most part fauored the Prince of Condey mynded too seeke help of forren Realmes And therfore sending money into Svvisserland and into Germanie they hyred footmen of the one horsmen of the other which thing the Admirall did oftentimes avow to be a most sure proof of treason and of their enemy like mind to the Crowne of Fraunce For whither the cace quoth he bee to bee decyded by the auncient maner of the Realme there are publike decrees in force made by act of parlament the authoritie wherof is certeinly knowen to haue bin highest euer since the settling of the kingdome of Fraunce or if the matter bee to bee committed to rightful indifferencie of chalenge who seeth not that the greater part of Fraunce is on our side and that to call in forrein forces to oppresse our owne countrymen is not the nature of a frenchman but the token of a barbarous and sauage mind and a proof of an enemylyke hart Notwithstanding lest the Admiral might disappoynt the willingnes of so many of his freends the expectation of so many cities which had ioyned in freendship with him forasmuch as he was aduertized late afore of the singular good wil of certeine Germane Princes towards the churches of Fraunce to the intent to match straungers ageinst straungers he desired his brother the Andelot to go to those Princes and to sew to them for their helpe which thing he did and within three monethes after brought three thowsand horsmen and six thowsand footemen with him into Fraunce While theis thīgs were adoing word was