him on all sides However as he still feared it might be said to have been Interest that caus'd him to do it he refus'd all the Favours the King offer'd him which gave admiration not only to those whose Party he had newly embrac'd but also to those he had newly forsaken The Fathers of the Oratory who had contributed most to so great a Change had after this the greatest share in the Affairs of his Conscience But tho' that their Party was entirely opposite to that of the Jesuites he did not forbear following Father Mascaron whose Sermons pleas'd him above all others on the score of his Eloquence and of a most peculiar Gracefullness he had in the Pulpit Thus he spent three or four Years in the Exercises of Piety without being troubled by Motions of War from which the Kingdom was Exempted But the King who had a Grudging to the Hollanders for what they had done having found the means to disunite them from the Kings of England and Sueden prevail'd with the former to make War upon them by Sea after having promis'd him to declare against them by Land As among Sovereigns there 's never a want of a Pretext for a rupture when they please the two Kings found quickly matter to pick a Quarrel with the Republique but withall this they would perhaps have found great Difficulties in the effecting their Designs if it had not been divided in it self by the different Interests that Reign'd there Three Parties were there of one of which the Prince of Orange was the head John de With of the Other and the Other had none nor wou'd it have any as believing it to be derogating to the Dignity of the Republique to have one The First had for Object the rendring of the Prince of Orange as Potent as his Predecessours had been The Second wou'd exclude him from all sorts of Employments to Establish it self upon his Ruines and the Third was for the advancement neither of the one nor of the other because that as I have newly said the Republique after having render'd it self so Flourishing of it self had no need neither of the Prince of Orang nor of de With to maintain it self in the Splendour it was in However when the two Kings came to Declare War this third Party perceiv'd there to be a necessity to have a head for the opposing such Dangerous Enemies so as that the thing only turning between the Prince of Orange and de With all the Provinces found themselves as it were divided between the One or Other But the most part still remembring the great Actions of this Prince's Predecessours to whom as I think I have allready said was owing their Liberty they suffer'd themselves insensibly to be led into the desire of seeing him at their head and he was at length nothwithstanding all the Obstacles de With us'd to the Contrary proclaim'd Captain General of the State This Prince tho' without Experience by reason of his Green Youth was not wanting to give all the Orders necessary for a stout Defence and if his Advice had been follow'd many Places had been abandoned wherein a Number of Garrisons had been maintain'd to no Purpose But not having been Master of the Resolutions he saw himself a General without an Army for the States far from having Troups sufficient to put an Army into the field they were far from having enough to line all the Towns they pretended to keep The King meeting with so much ease in his Designs enter'd into the heart of the Country by the means of the Electour of Cologne who had also declared War against the Hollanders and the Bishop of Munster attacking them on another side the Republique was in great Perplexity The King who had made extraordinary Preparations for this War had giv'n Employment to the Prince of Condé This Prince march'd away before with an Army of thirty five thousand men and the King follow'd him at five or six Leagues Distance with as numerous Troups He wou'd not have the Viscount de Turenne to leave him for being to advance very far into the enemies Country he was very willing to have such a Person as him about him to free him out of Danger And indeed such things might have happen'd as wou'd have put him in some Danger he was going to engage himself amid Powers that ought to be extremely suspected to him joyn'd to this that he left Mastricht behind him which might give him a furious Disquiet for the enemies had put so great a Garrison into that Place that many Armies were not more considerable and things might turn after such a manner as to make the Retreat difficult To remedy this it would have been necessary to have attacqu'd that Place But the King fearing it might take him up too much time or that he might lose there a part of his Army he drew near the Rhin where he shou'd not meet with so much resistance The Spaniards who watch'd all his Paces being little less concern'd in them than the Hollanders themselves had still reason to augment their jealousy by the ill Treatments they saw themselves expos'd to for the King having not been able to make that step without passing o'er their Territories they were ravag'd whatever Care he had taken to prevent it However as he had them re-inburs'd for the forrages his Army took it wou'd not have been to them a Subject for a Rupture if his Conquests had not augmented their Distrusts they paid him nevertheless in his Passage all the Honours that are due to a Great King the Governour of the Low-Countreys sent to Compliment his Majesty and those that Commanded in the Towns caus'd their Canon to be Fir'd when he passd by them However it was not they only that had their Eyes turnâ—d upon this Expedition all Germany knowing the King to be powerfully Arm'd trembled if I may say it lest he shou'd carry his Arms beyond the Rhin where he was known to have Considerable Allyances for the King of Sueden tho' he allready offerâ—d himself to be Mediatour between the Hollanders and his Majesty was his Pensioner as well as the Electour of Cologne the Palatine the Duke of Newbourg and the Bishop of Munster and all this Procedure made it apprehended he might have quite different Aims from what appeared to the Publique Thus every One endeavour'd to precaution himself by making Leavyes But the King's first Exploits gave quite another Apprehension in four days space he took Orsoy and Rhinberg while the Prince of Condé and the Viscount de Turenne reduc'd Wesel and Burik These Conquests so startled the Enemies that they animated the King to make new Ones But not being able if a man may say so to be without the Viscount de Turenne he caus'd him to repair to him again and after having pass'd the Rhinâ— at Wesel he march'd in the Traces of the Prince of Condé who had directed his way against the Town of Rhees The Garrison knowing
oppos'd the Passage of our Forces the Army disperst of it self for want of Provisions or rather thro' the Intrigues of the Queen Mother who had gain'd the Principal Commander to draw upon Richelieu this Check and Affront This Disgrace was rewarded by the English being baulk'd of their expected Successes for they being call'd by the Hughenots of Rochel to free their Town from it's Blockade made a Descent into the Isle of Rhe But having neglected out of too much Confidence to Secure the Fort de la Pree Thoiras made such a Brave Defence as gave time to Canaples to come to his Succours with Eight hundred men and afterwards to Schomberg with a Greater Number So that the English leaving their Canon behind retir'd in some Disorder to their Ships This happy Success hasten'd the Design of the Siege of Rochel for the Execution of which the Hollanders promis'd Men and Ships tho' the Conformity of Religion seem'd rather that they should have undertaken the Defence than the Ruine of that City But other Considerations having prevail'd over this they perform'd their Promises The Rochellers despis'd at first this Enterprize as being above the Kings Forces But when they saw that the Cardinal Caus'd a Dyke to be made in the Sea to divest 'em of all hopes of Succours they joyn'd Joaks and Mockeries to Contempt imagining this Work wou'd only turn to his Confusion And indeed 't was as a Dream to many People to see 'em aim at Subduing so furious an Element But when they perceiv'd the Work advanc'd they began to change that great Confidence into a fear which did not however bereave 'em of the Courage to stand upon their Defence On the Contrary the more they saw the Danger was pressing the more things they did to remove it they call'd in the English to their Assistance Who Fitted out a brave Fleet under the Command of the Duke of Buckingham But still not finding the Occasion to wreek his Revenge on the Cardinal against whom he was infinitely enrag'd he return'd to England after having been worsted in two or three Encounters The King of England still persevering in his Good intentions for the Rochellers having given order for repairing the Fleet and putting out new Ships to Sea the Duke of Buckingham was again nominated for that Expedition But was assassinated at home upon the point of his Departure which occasion'd the King to name another in his stead This latter was not more Prosperous than the Lord of Buckingham for after having in vain attempted to give Succours to the Beseiged and been repuls'd he return'd in like manner into England abandoning the Rochellers to their own Defence At length after they had made the utmost efforts of Resistance even to eating the vilest things for want of victuals they Surrender'd the City which held out from the 10. of September 1627. to the 29 of October 1628. The taking of Rcohelle look'd upon as an Impregnable Place not only Surpriz'd Strangers but likewise most of those of the Nation who in the Broiles and Confusions the State had been in for near a Century had ever found their Sanctuary in that Town against the Royall Authority And indeed it was reckon'd as the Center of Rebellion and this is what most powerfully excited the King and his Minister to undertake it's Reduction Thus amidst the Publick Rejoycings which the Court order'd to be made for that happy Success tokens were seen in Peoples faces which bely'd Appearances But the King without otherwise minding what they harbour'd in their Bosomes receiv'd indifferently from Strangers and from the French Congratulations upon that Great Event Among those however who plaid the Plain-Dealers and spoke from the Bottom of their Hearts were the Parties concern'd in the Affairs of Italy who were under a total Despondency unless a speedy Remedy was apply'd For the Emperours Troups were not only before Cazal but also before Mantoua around which Place they had seiz'd all the Considerable Posts For this Reason When they made him the Complements upon his new Conquest they desir'd him to run in to the Succours of Italy certainly lost without his Aid The Queen Mother covertly oppos'd this Expedition to which the King seem'd of himself inclin'd But Cardinal Richelieu to whose management the taking of Rochelle was indebted Soaring to blaze his Name among Forreigners egg'd the King on in his Design Thus the Italian Expedition having been resolv'd on notwithstanding the Rigours of the Season and the obstacles thwarting it the King sell to march with his Army and the Rumour of his Coming being Spread far and near long before his appearing Upon the frontiers His Adversaries thoughts were wholly employ'd in barring him Entrance either willingly or by Force The first means seeming more easy than the second The Duke of Savoy having declar'd against the new Duke of Mantoua sent his Son to meet the King and encharg'd him with Sundry Proposals but not one of 'em being Satisfactory to the King or Cardinal to whom the King referr'd all things this Prince was oblig'd to get him back to his Father and return with new Instructions In the mean while the Pass of Susa was forc't but while the King was preparing to make the Duke of Savoy repent the Resistance he dar'd to make his Son arriv'd who in virtue of the Pow'r he had from him submitted to all the Conditions the Court of France thought fitting to impose As soon as the Spaniards knew of the Accommodation they drew their Troups from before Cazal for that otherwise the Land of Milan had remain'd Expos'd The Imperialists did the like and the King overjoy'd with having sav'd the place by the bare Rumour of his Fame sent Thoiras thither without engaging himself farther The King's journey into Italy had been the Discourse in all Courts long afore it's being undertaken for we were very willing to shew thereby to Our Allies that in the hurry of Domestick Combustions we were not wanting to take care of Forreign Affairs The news of it came to the ears of the Viscount de Turenne still in Holland as well as to the ears of many Others and being enflam'd with a desire to signalize himself in his own Countrey he thence took occasion to desire his return into France But Prince Henry Frederick wou'd in no wise grant it alleadging the War of the Hughenots not to be yet terminated and perhaps wou'd be again renew'd in a very little while that thus it was not justice to go draw his Sword against his Brothers who had ever had so much regard for their Family that it became him to follow his Fathers example who retir'd and staid at his own home as soon as he saw the Ministry benâ— upon infringing the Edicts under whose Faith those of their Communion had thought themselves in safety His Mother wrote to him to the same purpose upon this Subject and as he was all Obedience to her Monsieur the Duke of Bouillon being Dead at
Now to appease a little his Complaints the Spaniards sent him some Money with a promise of aiding him Suddainly with a potent Army And indeed they began to make many Leavies in their territories but they were no sooner Compleat but that their own Interests being dearer to them than those of another they design'd them for Flanders whose Conquest the King had laid aside tho' he seem'd to apply his thoughts a little more than formerly to th' Affairs of Italy Nevertheless as the passes were Stopp'd up these New-rais'd forces were to be shipp'd to be transported into that Countrey But the Hollanders having as much Interest as we to hinder their landing put forth at the same time to Sea under the Command of Admiral Tromp which so Startled the Spaniards tho' much stronger in Men and Shipping that they retir'd into the King of Englands Ports with whom they had made an advantageous Treaty Yet as the King of England was under no rupture with the Hollanders they hop'd still to find some favorable Occasion to beat the Spaniards But the King put forty Men of Warr out to sea under Colour of Securing his Coasts and those Ships being posted between the Spaniards and them broak all their Measures In the mean while a thick fogg arising the Spaniards by favour of the English who cover'd their Motions attempted to pass on to Dunkirk and the Hollanders not perceiving it till a little late cou'd not hinder some Ships from Entring the Port nevertheless the greatest part having been cut off before they cou'd Joyn the rest were forc'd to fly without the English making any shew of giving them Succours for the King of England against whom the Hollanders wou'd have been reduc'd to declare Warr if he persever'd thus in protecting their Enemies wou'd not proceed openly to Hostilities for fear of making his People still more Malecontent they having thro' Presbiterian Cant and Artifice been brought to degenerate much in their Loyalty to the Crown The Spaniards retir'd again into his Ports but seeing they spent and moulder'd away dayly more and more without hopes of being able to induce the English to do more for them they resolv'd to return into Spain as soon as they shou'd find the Occasion A mist again arising at two or three days End they fancy'd that as it had been favourable to them the former â—â—me it might be stâ—â—â— so this But Tromp Suspecting their Design having been more amply informâ—â— of it by some Slight Vessels which he kepâ— cruizing up and down that he might have due information set Saile immediately and after an Engagement of Nine Hours continuance obtain'd so signal a Victory that he took Sixteen Ships and sunck severall Others This good success was of great moment for us as well as for the Hollanders â—oâ— it afforded us the means of besieging and taking Arras the Capital City of Artâ—is and Shelter'd the frontiere of Italy on the side of Doullens In the mean while the King of England being jealous of this Conquest was just ready to proceed to a Declaration but Cardinal Richelieu who had as many Creatures in Other Kingdoms as in our own procur'd an Insurrection of the Scotts against him which giving him as much bus'ness as he couâ—d turn his hands to he was oblig'd to leave Others at Quiet Much about the same time was it that the Portugals being encourag'd by his Promises all so cast off the Spanish yoak and that he sent the Prince of Condé against the fortress of Saâ—sâ—s standing at the Entrance into Roussillon but as if fortune delighted in favouring him still more and more it happen'd that the Spaniards meaning at any rate to defend that Place caus'd a powerfull Army to march into Catalonia which having laid desolate that Province by an Infinite Number of Vexations erected a desire in the Catalonians to break out also into a Rebellion The beginning of their Revolt burst out against the Count de 〈◊〉 st Colombe their Viceroy to whom they imputed most of their Sufferings and to whom the City of Barcelona Especially boar a great deal of ill will by reason he had Caus'd one of it's Sherifs to be poyson'd for opposing his Intentions in the Defence of it's Priviledges The Vice-Roy seeing the fury of the People against him wou'd have escap'd into the Arsenal but not thinking himself there in Safety he design'd to have embark'd upon a Galley when he was pittiously massacred by an infinite Number of that Seditious People Cardinal Richelieu wont to frame Revolts was not wanting to foment this framed to his hand He sent to assure the Catalonians of a powerfull Protection and they having deputed some among them he recâ—iv'd 'em with so much honour and Caresses that he would not have done more to the Ambâ—ssadouâ—s of the Princes ally'd to the Crown Now having Excited so many troubles in the Dominions of our Enemies and of those who were capable of giving them Succours he the more effiâ—â—aciously set himself to the Affâ—irs of Italy The King at the very Beginning of the Campagn had taken a Progress to Grenoble from whence he had allready sent Succours and where he had seen the Dutchâ—ss of Savoy his Sister she being come so farr to implore his Protection but she had not bad all manner of Contentment for such strange Propositions were made her Royal Highness â—s those of admitting a French Garrison into Montmelian and sending her Son to Paris to be brought up with the Dauphin that she perceiv'd but too late the French had a design rather to invade her Countrey than restore the Lawfull Master to it However having had sufficient Constancy to resist these Proposals in favour of which the Court offer'd her a thousand advantageous things the King at length desisted from it and the Brother and Sister parting afterwards so so content with one another the King return'd to Paris and the Dutchess of Savoy to her own home Cardinal de la Valette dying during these Occurrences he left the Army under Viscount de Turenne's Command he having been made Lieutenant General but laid the Cardinals Death so much to heart that he could not relish the pleasure he wou'd have had at another time for his new Dignity The Dutchess of Savoy being return'd conjur'd him a-new but with Earnest desires that he wou'd not abandon her but besides it 's not lying in his pow'r to do so without order Cardinal de la Vallette's Death did not allow him to desire it not that what he had done had been out of jealousy but because it wou'd have seem'd he had refus'd to take upon him the Conduct of the Army for that it was a troublesome Province at that time as consisting not of above six thousand Men but his Prudence supplying all he put himself in a posture of disturbing the Enemies Designs they pretending to avail themselves of the Generals Death However the Court had no sooner notice of this Accident than that it nominated
Mareschal de la Meillerare who notwithstanding the Hâ—tred born his Uncle was generally acknowledg'd a man Skillfull in the trade of War For he had newly taken Aire a strong place in Aâ—â—ois and tho' the Cardinal Infant had recover'd it yet had he not the less repute The Viscount de Turenne having ever been desirous to fight in the Kings Presence was overjoy'd at his being Chosen to serve in his Army and thinking he lay under an Obligation of making his acknowledgments for it to the Cardinal of whom he had several times begg'd this favour he mention'd it so handsomely to him that this still the more redoubl'd the kindness that Minister had for him In the mean while the rumour which ran of the Kings journey prov'd true and the Viscount de Turenne his having kiss'd Majesties Hand this Prince took him aside and confirm'd to him by word of Mouth what he had Written to him several times namely that he had much regard for him and that on his account he had so soon forgot the Offence of his Brother the Duke of Bouillon The Viscount de Turenne not knowing what thanks and humilities to pay his Majesty for his Grace and Bounty and as the Duke of Bouillon had been newly nominated to go Command in Italy under the Authority of Prince Thomas so many favours at a time seem'd to incapacitate him of being ever able to acknowledge such great obligations He testify'd to the King the Sentiments he entertain'd but the King Embracing him tenderly told him that he was too well satisfy'd with him that he had it from good hands all possible Endeavours had been us'd to Embark him in the affair of the Count de Soissons but that before he knew his answer he had rightly judg'd he would do nothing contrary to his Duty The Viscount de Turenne begg'd his Majesty to believe he had never had that matter mention'd to him but if they had he wou'd not have fail'd of informing his Majesty But the King taking him up short told him that he ought to be content he was satisfy'd with his Conduct and that as so near a Relation of his had been concern'd in that occasion he had been the first to excuse him In the Interim the Army assembl'd around Perpignan and as we had not been able to hinder Provisions from being convey'd into that place from Couilloure which was continually supply'd by Sea the French resolv'd to attack Couilloure and to shut up Perpignan so close as should barr all Entrance and Conveyance into 't for the future The Mareschal de la Meilleraye directing his Maâ—â—h to Couilloure with the Viscount de Turenne attack'd it on the Land side while the Kings Fleet batter'd it from Sea The Marquis of Montarre was in the Town with a strong Garrison and had built several Forts around to hinder the Approaches The Mareschal de la Meilleraye having thereupon judg'd convenient first of all to take in those Forts sent thither the Viscount de Turenne who carry'd them by dint of Sword but before he cou'd render himself Master of the Town the Spaniards seeing Perpignan lost unless they reliev'd Couilloure they entred Cani with a Body of Horse and Reformed Officers while la Motte Houdancourt who had an eye to their Motions took the Field on his side The Spaniards who had their Design wou'd have declin'd fighting but la Motte having overtaken them at a Pass made 'em face about against their wills and after having defeated their Rear press'd 'em so close that he forc'd 'em to a second Engagement The success now was as little to their advantage as before and they lost full Eight Hundred men more However la Motte not being yet satisfy'd pursu'd 'em Night and Day into the Mountains of the Copsi and having overtaken them near Villa-franca he so compleated their Defeat that what remain'd of 'em were either slain upon the spot or taken Prisoners The King whom this Army had giv'n some Disquiet was overjoy'd to see it so happily defeated and as he had already receiv'd great Services from la Motte and that his last actions recall'd others into his mind he sent him the Staff of Mareschal of France Couilloure was quickly forc'd after so signal a Victory Yet as the Marquis de Montarre had fulfill'd the Duty of a Good Captain and of a Brave Souldier the Mareschal de la Meilleraye wou'd not refuse him the three days he still required before he surrendred rather to save his Honour than in hopes of any Succours The three days being Expired the Garrison march'd out and was found still Eighteen Hundred men strong This Conquest having much facilitated the Reduction of the rest of Roussillon the Blocade of Perpignan was converted into a Siege and the King meaning to be there in Person leâ—t Langue doc where he had staid some time and arriv'd at Pia whither came the Mareschal de la Meilleraye to give him an account of all his Actions In the mean while this Town lay under all sorts of wants except Mâ—n of whom it had a sufficient number but as they had no Provisions the French resolv'd not to Press it but to husband the Souldiers as much as they cou'd The Marquis de Flores d'Avila perceiving after what manner we design'd to have him distributed his Victualls in such small parcels that he made them last much longer than was expected and in the interim had hopes of Succours or of some Change in our Affairs for the Kings health rather impair'd than augmented and besides that of the Cardinal was in so bad a Condition as had oblig'd him to stay at Narbonne where he suffer'd inconceivable pains But what troubl'd him most was the account he had of the Cabals then on foot against him which so topsy-turvy'd the King's mind that he was contriving to rid himself of this Great Man whose exalted Genius was nevertheless the Cause of all his Prosperities Cinqmars the Mareschal d'Essiaâ—'s Son whom the Cardinal had been the means to introduce very far into the King's Favour but whose Destruction he endeavour'd for a Recompence was the most Dangerous of his Enemies This Young Man being not content with his Favour nor with the Charge of Master of Horse which he possess'd pretended himself to the Ministry and as he fancy'd the King near his end he enter'd into so particular an Engagement with the Duke of Orleans that he promis'd him not only to Kill the Cardinal but also to do all he requir'd The Duke of Orleans being naturally fearfull and dreading least after the Cardinals Death his Relations and friends might take up Arms he engag'd Cinqmars to send into Spain for Succours so as while the King endeavour'd to ruine that Crown his Brother did his utmost to uphold it The King of Spain seeing no other ressource but this to save Roussillon Entertain'd with great Caresses the Person sent him by Cinqmars and promis'd him all his Demands as well as to the
but that an unexpected Death had cropt him in the flower of his Age. As he was extremely weary'd in the foregoing Compagn he was hardly arriv'd at Paris but that he fell ill and having been oblig'd to keep his Bed People were afraid that his sickness might have Dangerous Consequences for he had a fierce feavour with Redoublings Insomuch that the Physitians did not tell their Opinions The King sent twice a day to enquire how he did as well as most of the Grandees But the Cardinal in this Occasion laying aside the jealousie he bore him by reason of the Interest of the Kingdom paid him not only diverse visits but brought him also some Medicaments which he had been told to be wonderfully effectuall against his Distemper In a word the Viscount de Turenne Escaping more happily than the World expected he return'd his visits as soon as he was in a Condition of going abroad and being dayly more and more confirmed in his health nothing any longer hindred him from repairing to the frontiere but the Marriage of Mademoiselle de Bouillon Courted by the Duke of Elbaeufi's Eldest Son This Prince was of so Illustrious a family that all the kindred agreed immediately to the Match For besides this he had a great Estate might also pretend to some considerable Settlement at Court but the Viscount de Turenne seeing farther than Others oppos'd it Clandestinely and Remonstrated to Madam de Bouillon that this Prince having us'd his first Wife Ill whom he had kick'd when with Child of which she dy'd 't was exposing her Daughter to the like treatment that he was addicted to Wine and Women Qualities not only unworthy a Person of his Rank but all so to a little Catamitism that besides he had a Son by his first Bed who by Birthright wou'd have all his Father's Estates and Offices that thus it wou'd be rendering the Children that shou'd come of her Daughter and him so Unhappy that they wou'd uot have wherewithall to uphold the Lustre of their House that it wou'd be better to think of providing for her in Germany where they had already some Allyances and where Enow other Matches might be found that she ought not to consider that she distanc'd her self from her by doing this that it were much better for her Daughter to be happy far off than unhappy at her Door that the true kindness of a mother consisted in procuring her Children's felicity and not her own and that in brief any farther thoughts of this Match were steering the quite Contrary Course Madam de Bouillon in all things rely'd very much on the Viscount de Turenne but wou'd not refer her self to him at this time for she imagin'd it wou'd be the same thing to her to have her Daughter Dead as have her marry'd so remote However this was not th' only Impediment She was Extremely Wedded to her Religion and afraid that if ever her Daughter went into Germany she might with the air of the Country have instill'd into her the Sentiments of her Ancestours that had been all Protestants Thus the Viscount de Turenne having not been able to dissuade her was oblig'd to consent as well as Others to this Marriage which was perform'd in the presence of the King and Queen-Mother and of all the Court their Majesties meaning thareby to testify to the Viscount de Turenne the Consideration they had for a Person of so near Relation This Match was quickly attended with a great â—ecundity whereas the Viscount de Turenne was not Bless'd with any Children which was the only Subject of trouble in his Marriage for he had otherwise a Wife that lov'd him infinitely and was an Example of Virtue He resign'd himself however to the Will of God and thro' this want he look'd on his Brother's Sons as if they had been his own He had also other Nephews but as they were his Sisters Sons and did not bear his Name he made some sort of difference between 'em Not but that he strove to give 'em testimonys of his kindness in all Occasions principally to the Counts de Duras de Lorge who had great need of it For they follow'd the Prince of Condé's Party wherein they were so Engag'd that they had all imaginable trouble to get out of it However the Viscount de Turenne lost no time in his endeavours to disentangle them thence and having at length effected his purposes he obtain'd the King's leave for their Kissing his Majestics hand After that he sent them to serve in Italy for as they were Young he thought it not fitting that they shou'd be expos'd to the Jealousy and Suspitions that might arise if they staid in the Neighbourhood of a Prince they esteem'd and with whom they had newly broke as a man may say against their Wills In the mean while the Campagn drew near and that having oblig'd him to leave Paris at a time when all his Family was in joy for the Match before-mention'd he repair'd to Flanders whither all the Troups directed their March We had newly made a strict Allyance with Cromwell who after the most Enormous Crime that had been ever heard of in the world had found the Secret to become formidable not only to the English but also the neighbouring Princes In virtue of this Allyance he was to give us Succours by Sea and Land and we were Engag'd to share with him the Conquests we might make These Conventions amaz'd the Spaniards this notwithstanding they omitted nothing of what might contribute to their Defence and Don Juan of Austria being newly arriv'd in the Low-Countrys shew'd himself indefatigable after the Prince of Conde's example who was on Horse-back Day and Night they had in the Winter miss'd of the City of St. Guilain which render'd us a little haughty not to say insolent but fortune prepar'd them matter of Consolation which we were far from distrusting I said before that the Marschal de la Ferté had great jealosie of the Viscount de Turenne this had been already adverse to the Kings Service in Sundry Occasions But the Cardinal out of I know not what Policy being not willing to Seperate them they had orders to march joyntly against Valenciennes one of the strongest Towns in all the Low Countrys but whose out-work were not in an overgood Condition They work'd on 'em with great Application yet if we had made right use of the Conjunction it might have been taken without Difficulty before they had put it into a Condition But the Marschal de la Ferte labouring under an Indisposition on purpose staid the forces that were under his Command for fear the Viscount de Turenne might without him accomplish that enterprize Being somewhat recover'd of his health he came before the place which the Viscount de Turenne had allready invested and where there arose between 'em new subjects of Division for after they had open'd their Trenches and push'd on their Works very far the Viscount de