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A49604	A funeral oration or sermon upon the most high, most potent Lord, Francis Henry De Montmorancy ... prounc'd at Paris, in the church of the Profess'd House of the Company of Jesus, the 21 st. of April, 1695, by Father De la Rue, of the same society ; from the french original.; Oraison funèbre de très-haut et très-puissant Seigneur François Henry de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg et de Piney. English	La Rue, Charles de, 1643-1725.	1695 (1695)	Wing L455; ESTC R6889	22,402	33

which he bestows upon whom he pleases and which no Man can deserve St. Paul instructing the Faithful in their Duty toward Great Men proposes to 'em among other Motives of Respect the Authority which they have receiv'd from God to protect the Good and suppress and punish the Wicked For says he they bear not the Sword in vain And upon this establishing the Right not only of Kings but of all Persons advanc'd in Dignity he requires that those Honours and Tributes should be pay'd 'em that are their due Tribute to whom Tribute Honour to whom Honour is due But besides these Tributes settl'd by Humane Laws the Apostle in favour of Great Personages imposes upon Us another far differently Precious Tribute Entreaties Prayers and Petitions And the Reason which he gives is Because that under their Authority we live secure in Peace and Piety Now if there be any one in the Degrees inferiour to Sovereigns to whom this Tribute is due from all among us that are True Frenchmen and True Christians is it not to this Famous and Warlike Champion from whom the Kingdom and the Church have receiv'd such successful Services And to search for the Foundations of his Merit in the Deserts of his Ancestors is there any Descent among those whose Names and Renown we Honour of which it may be more justly said in the words of St. Paul They have not borne the Sword in vain And how long since my Lords The Crown has not been more ancient upon the Head of our Kings then the Nobility of the Blood of these Hero's The Faith of Jesus Christ ascended the Throne with Clovis but it enter'd into the Court with a Montmorancy Whence that singular Title of First Christian Baron which is Hereditary to 'em and which equally denotes as well their Antiquity their Nobility as their Descent Let us leave these Times of Obscurity Are Seven hunder'd Years I will not say of Distinction but of Constant Advancement enough to merit our Esteem We no sooner behold their Name issuing forth from the Darkness of Antiquity but immediately we see it cloath'd with the Lustre of the Highest Dignities and more-especially Military Employments The Name of Constable never began to appear in the World at least in our Histories till they wore it Ever since those Transcending Dignities have been as it were perpetuated to their Family Seven Constables Seven Marshals Four Admirals Great Officers of the Crown Governors of Provinces Generals of Armies almost without number and at all times Never was the Kingdom or our Religion in any Glorious or Dangerous Condition but Providence still careful of our Affairs has supply'd us out of this Noble Family most extraordinary Succours either of Wisdom or Valour Consequently how greatly is the Church and State oblig'd to pay with a zealous Fervency this Tribute of their Prayers to all those that bear this Name seeing we have prov'd that for so long a time they have not borne the Sword in vain But Oh the Depth of God's Designs and Judgments That this Grandeur so Ancient so stedfastly fix'd upon such Solid and such Just Foundations supported by so many Arms Allianc'd to all the Thrones of Christendom should be now upon the Brink of being Extinguish'd That the Principal Pillars of this so Potent Family should now be Tottering Alas and under those Fatal Strokes the sole Remembrance of which makes us Tremble That their Honours and their Merits should be so near Extinction shall I say their Glory with their Merits One only Child born in Tears an Orphan before he came into the World scarce able to make his Way into the Seats of Day-light in the Midst of the Ruins of his Family is destin'd to re advance the Fortune of his House and to recall to the Elder that Honour and Grandeur which for Two hunder'd Years together the Younger have acquir'd And this same Infant so dear to Providence is the Great General for whom we Pray Let us pass over the First Years of his Life and the First Exercises of his Valour 'T was not He alone that needed this Indulgence 't is due to the Misfortune of those Times He was envelop'd in 'em less by his own Choice then by the Condition of his Fortune What Illustrious Exploits which we dare not remember and which we cannot forget What Use did he make afterwards of that lucky Habit Shall we enumerate the Particulars of Thirty Years Labours if I may not rather call 'em Successes Nor think my Lords that I go about to degrade any one of our Hero's by Comparisons always rash and odious There are so many Ways that lead to Honour and so many different Traces of Merit and Valour that they may severally serve for Objects of Publick Admiration without defacing or resembling each other But it is enough to say in Praise of Monsieur de Luxemburgh That there have been few of our Great Generals his Contemporaries who have prov'd more Formidable to their Enemies better Belov'd of the Soldiers or more Daring and Resolute in Enterprizes The Qualities of a Perfect Soldier which Solomon paints forth in his Book of Wisdom Terrible Kings shall fear me I shall be able to lead a multitude and stout in Battel But when to the end I may display what is included in these Three Qualities I have made it manifest that there were few who were oppos'd by more Puissant Enemies and who kept himself still more then Superior few that govern'd more numerous Armies and govern'd 'em with more Ease few that sustain'd more doubtful and hazardous Enterprizes and sustain'd 'em with more Resolution and Undauntedness what Rank will you allow him among those our Generals which you most esteem Now 't is this Superiority this Facility of Genius this Resolution and Undauntedness that form the Character of Him we now lament 'T is no new thing for France to see all her Neighbours become her Enemies The Novelty is this to see all her Enemies united against her by one and the same Tye not only a Tye of Passions and Interests but a stronger Tye 't is the Ascendant of of one Captain over all the Members of the League In all other Leagues this Union being wanting till now France had always in the Union of her Chieftain and the Union of her Forces a Puissance easily superiour to the Number and Efforts of her most Potent Enemies But they have at length found out a Genius proper to re-unite all their Hatred against us To give more Force to the Instrument of their Passions they have helpt him to dethrone Vertue it self To make an Enemy sufficient to find us Work they have set up a Master over themselves And who is this my Lords The same upon whom some look'd as the Hereditary Guardian of their Liberty who was by others call'd in to defend their new Laws against the false Terrors of Arbitrary Power and whom others fear'd as the Natural Enemy of their Religion That same Holland so

we fought for thy Cause Save Him who sav'd all Israel But whence the Source my Lords of those two Wonders his Superiority over our Enemies and his Easiness in governing our Armies It was at the Bottom of his Heart from that Resolution from that Undauntedness which produc'd that high Reputation so formidable to the One and so obliging to the Other in bello Fortis It would be a dishonour to him to say that Fear never appear'd in his Countenance But let us say that Trouble and Disorder never shew'd themselves there He never beheld Danger but with Contempt He beheld at Lleurus the danger of Forcing the Passage of the Sambre in view of the Enemy and of going to shut up himself to fight 'em between the River and Them He forc'd the Passage fought 'em and vanquish'd At Leuse he saw the Danger of meeting with Eighteen Battalions all the Enemies Cavalry consisting of Seventy two Squadrons But he fac'd and defeated ' em But that we may the better understand him it behoves us to look into the two last Battels of which the One was the Reflexion and as it were the Image of the Other At Nerwinde he repay'd the Blow which they endeavour'd in vain to have given him at Steenkirk They would have surpriz'd him he was resolv'd to surprize in his turn But with what Success however with what Efforts Assail'd at Steenkirk in the midst of a Camp without defence he kept his Ground there as if he had been in a fortify'd Place without any other Advantage over the Enemy then the Resolution of his Heart the Confidence of his Men and the Valour of those Princes who then secur'd his Victory by their Example and honour'd it with their Blood At Nerwinde he was the Aggressor but he assail'd a Camp defended by Art and Nature surrounded with Batteries and secur'd by Entrenchments Call to mind my Lords the Butchery of that Day wherein the Resistance of the Enemy almost Equal to our Valour made appear in all its Lustre that invincible Obstinacy which fix'd our General to the pursuit of his Designs and promis'd him the Success when every thing seem'd Desperate There it was if ever that he stood in need of it For let us talk no more of those easie Victories those General Routs that in a Day change the Fortune of Kingdoms Tho' we had not for our Enemies the Bravest People in the World yet they have been exercising themselves so long time against Us that 't would be a wonder if they should not have learnt by this to make a stout Defence It ought to be for our Honour that They who surmount us blush not at their Defeat and that all Europe gives this Testimony of our Nation that they know how to triumph over Valour it self We saw the Proofs of it then in our Army seconded by the Choice of three warlike Nations faithful Subjects to a King who deserves to reign over no other then such Subjects We saw our Army attacking so many Nations in Confederacy against us in the midst of their Lines and Entrenchments with as much Courage as if it had been in the Plain Field a Battel chang'd into a Siege Officers and Soldiers not in the least discourag'd returning four or five times to the Assault the Small and Great Shot rendred ineffectual by the downright Hacking and Hewing of the Sword the General Present every where giving Orders and putting 'em in Execution himself in the midst of the Medley as if it had been in the midst of his Friends the Enemies forc'd on every side happy in their Flight that two Rivers hindred the Victors Pursuit Then we saw the Truth of those Expressions that are lookt upon as fabulous The Field cover'd with Heaps of the Slain Rivers chang'd into Blood and Stopp'd in their Course We saw renew'd in those famous Fields the Descriptions which the Prophet Ezekiel makes of those Bloody Defeats of the Enemies of God There says he The Princes of the North trembling and asham'd of their Might and confounded in their Strength There the Prince surrounded with the Sepulchers of his Souldiers in the Place it self where he expected to triumph All run through adds he in the same Place all run through and slain by the Sword Lord one Battel more one Year more Lord might have compleated the Work and recall'd that Peace which has been so long Banish'd And why may we not say while we are sighing o're his Tomb what the Prophet Elisha said to that Warlike Prince who had withstood all the Efforts of Syria Smite the Earth said he to the King He smote it with his Javelin but stopping too soon Oh! cry'd the Prophet full of Sorrow Hadst thou smitten five times thou hadst smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it That Generous Arm now Dust and Ashes struck the Earth four times The Blows of his Four Battels were heard into all the Parts of Europe One Victory more Lord a Fifth Victory had compleated our Conquest restor'd Peace to the World and rear'd up thy Religion upon the Ruins of its Enemies Si percussisses quinquies Thou hast refus'd to hear our Prayers and our Tears perhaps by reason of our Sins perhaps by reason of the Sins of this Great Warriour who fighting at the same time for his Prince and his God study'd less to please his God then he apply'd himself to please his Prince and minded more the Frail Laurels of a Victorious General then the Crowns of Eternity But seeing that God has depriv'd him the Honour of putting an end to the War and reserv'd it for the Valour of another Arm in that my Lords we must acknowledge the Goodness of God toward him for having shorten'd his Victories that he might call him off to the Care of his Conscience and give him Time to provide for his Salvation But how much the greater Obligation therefore upon Us to redouble the Fervency of our Prayers for a Christian perhaps no otherwise a Transgressor then for having had a greater care of our Temporal Advantages then for the Interests of his Soul and whom perhaps the Praises which were daily given to his Valour might have caus'd him to forget the Duties of Christian Dependance and who perhaps had not fallen into the Frailties natural to every mortal Man but because he employ'd all his Strength and Courage in the Service of the Kingdom which he should have made use of to vanquish his Passions and to keep up at Court the Honour of the Service of God against all wordly Respects Let us Pray then my Lords our Prayers are owing to Him since he has done so much for Us. But let us Hope withal we may so since God has done so much for Him This is the Subject of my Second Part. If the Life of this Great Captain to whom we are now paying our last Mournful Duties were only Illustrious by those Particulars which I have hitherto made use of to make you sensible of his