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A68068	A discou[rse] of the ciuile warres [and] late troubles in Fraunce, drawn into Englishe by Geffray Fenton, and deuided into three bookes ... Seene and allowed	Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598.; Fenton, Geoffrey, Sir, 1539?-1608. rans.	1570 (1570)	STC 11271; ESTC S100266	87,061	236

suche armes and weapons as they then had also such as neyther had nor neuer proued the vse of any were enforced to bye and delyuer them to the officers otherwyse they shold not haue ben receiued the same being an expresse manifest way to disarme them being once naked the easier to run vpon and deuoure them as it was truly supposed themselues in this mean while their faction bare weapons and raysed greater garde than in the tyme of warre This syngular licence or libertie to beare armes amongst themselues without that the Protestantes durste eyther wear any or argue with them did so whet theyr sharpe and eyger dispositions that they attempted vppon the naked Protestantes many actual and violent wrongs the same thundering indifferently as wel vpon the troupes retyred within the townes as suche as were denyed to enter whose state was so muche the more miserable as eyther they wandred in present perill or were incerteyne of any assured place or safe staye of aboade The matter thus diuoluing from euyll to worsse the enimies of the religion séeing themselues come almost to the last and extreme limit and end of their entent began to raise and doo many disorders altogyther contrary to the Edict of peace yea and albeit the king did expresly auouche his vnfained wil and pleasure to the execution of the sayd Edict simply and purely without any modification or restraynte yet his maiestie afterward gaue out a contrary declaration enclosed in certeyn letters sent to the lords of Montare and Sainct Heram to whom he signified y it was neuer his meaning that the Edict shold take place or tolerate prechings in the countreys of Auuergne and Bourhonois nor in any lands belonging to the Quéene his mother the lords of Aniou and Allen●on his brothers the L. Cardinal of Bourbon and Duke of Montpensier the same impugning manyfestly the sayde Edict which did only reserue and exempt the Prouostie and Vicontie of Parys There rested nowe no more to the enimies of the Religion but procéede to the execution of their enterprise in deuouring the cōtrary part albeit folowing the counsel of the duke of Alba sent to the King to sease first on the chiefe and principall professers of the Religion to the ende to subdue with more ease the meaner sort vsing this phrase that the head of one Salmon was of greater value than fiue hundreth Creuises they resolued to entrap in euery Prouince the hyghest proppes and pillers of the sayd Religion executing their fyrst effect on the Lorde de Cipieres sonne to the Counte of Tande in Prouence who returning from Piedmount where he had visited with reuerence the Duke of Sauoy and lodging in Ferieux a towne in Prouence was there murdred with .xxx. gētlemen of his traine The Lord d' Amanzey lieutenant to the lord d'Andelot of his cōpanyes of ●●ē at arms standing at the gate of his house with one of his litle childrē in his hande was also murdred many other murders and bloudy slaughters were horribly thundred vpon the syde of the religion during this time as the bouchery done at Blandy vpon Hercules houshold seruant to the prince of Conde and the Lorde de Rapyn who being dispatched into Langue dock for the seruice and vnder safe conduct of the king by the court of of parlyament of ●houlous● was sent headlesse out of this world the murders also doone at Roan Amyens ●ssoudun Bourges w infinite other places wherin diuers sorts numbers of the sayde religion haue bin vnnaturally cut in pieces and yet neither iustice done nor remedie applyed how soeuer they haue bin solicited by vehement sute In this meane whyle in the moneth of July the gouerners of the prouinces wer earnest suters to the Nobilitie professours of the religion to offer an othe of fidelitie according to a forme sent by them which they sayde his maiestie had already receyued whereof the sayde states of Nobilitie and specially they of Dauphyne excused thē selues bicause sayd they if wee only shold doo it and not they of the Romishe opinion they might charge vs secretly with the crime of Infidelitie as hauyng assisted the parte of the Prince of Conde and that for that cause suche othe should be required of them and not of others the contrary wherof was fully verified by the Edict of peace the king declaring that whatsoeuer was don in the sayd warre by the prince was done for his seruice By this mean cause they excused to tender any such othe offering notwithstāding to doo it if they of the Romish side wold toyne with them so to be suters to his maiestie that it might bée so Now notwithstāding the edict in place to enterteine obserue the purpose meaning of it the gouerners of the prouinces sent cōmandement to all that were castle kepers within their charge to suruey make nūbers of all such of the Romish religiō only as were apt able to beare armes wherin they were redily obeyed with this further expresse charge that suche as had no armoure should forthwith prouide them remayning all in a perfect readinesse vppon their first sommons or warning In the next August after this view grew generall musters withoute enhabling or allowing any of the reformed Religion which made thē suspect the sequele with feare that all was raised for their ruyne and to restore and incense an other Ciuill warre séeing withal that they were handled worse and worse as charged with such intollerable exactions that in common likelihode and truthe suche time of peace was more perillous heauy hurtfull to them than the furie of an open warre whose violence they myght by meanes eyther auoyde or qualefie The Prince him selfe being thus disarmed was not without his high perill for that neyther hée nor the Lord Admiral could haue suche suretie in any of their owne houses as eyther their doings or lyues were without daunger so that being watched and warded in about their Castels and capitall places were dryuen to go from house to house with their wyues and children in their armes and finally the sayd Prince was constrayned to retire to Noyers in Burgongne and the Lorde Admirall to Tanley a house of the Lorde d'Andelot his brother There were sent also sundrie espialles to measure and iudge the heighte of the walles of Noyers ▪ and conspire meanes to take the Prince wherin least they should fayle in the effect of their enterprise there marched thither also diuers troupes of mē of warre The same albeit not so couertlie done but came to the knowledge of the Prince who after he had giuen the King knowledge of it departed from Noyers the .xxiij. daye of Auguste with the Princesse his wyfe great with childe the yong Princes his children the Lord Admirall Madame d'Andelot with their seuerall traines taking their waye into Angoulmois towardes the house of the Lorde De la Rochefoucaut And albeit all

honour and that of the rest of the sayd Marshals bretherne there should not remaine one Finally the rather to allure him to such an horrible acte they sealed their last offer with a dampnable promise of xxx thousand crownes in recompence and xxx thousand Frankes of perpettritie out of the towne of Paris besides the fauourable good wil all days of his life as wel of the Quéene mother Duke d'Aniow as Cardinal of Loraine and the whole courte Dalbe yelded so farre to their murderous enticements as he gaue his worde and promise to kil the Admirall Wherupon was deliuered him by the sayd la Riuiere certaine white pouder which was known afterwardes to be either Reagar or Arsinicke with a large pasport from the sayd kinges brother wherwith he departed and came to the lord Admirall his maister at the siege of Poictiers his long abode in the Catholikes campe together with other suspicious circumstaunces appearing at hys arriual persuaded a ielous iudgement of his dealing therupon was committed to prison his processe pursued ended sentēce lastly pronoūced in these terms Judgement pronounced the xx of September 1569. in the councell established by the princes of Nauarre and Conde present and assisted with the Prince of Orange the Counte Wolrard de Mansfelde lieuetenaunt generall of the Almaignes vnder the sayd princes the Countes Lodouike and Henry de Nassau bretherne Menard de Chomber Marshall of the Almaignes campe Hans Boucq Renard Gracco Henry Destain Hans de There 's Colonels of the Reistres Guieryn Gangolf Baron of Grelesee Colonell of a regiment of Launceknightes Theodore Wegger professor of the law and Embassadour from the Duke de Deux ponts with many other lordes knightes colonels and Reistremaisters of Almaigne the lord of Corras councellour to the king in the parliament of Tholouse and chaunceller to the Quéene of Nauarre and the army the lord of Francourt Bricquemau de Mouy de la Nouē de Renty de Soubize de Mirambeau de la Caze de Puch-perdillan de Biron de Lestrange with many other lordes gentlemen and captaines of Fraunce Seing the processe made by the cōmissaries deputed by the said princes of Nauarre Conde against Dominique Dalbe groome of the chāber to the L. Gaspard Coūte de Coligny lord of Chastillon Admiral of France the iij. examinations of the sayd Dalbe afore the Prouost generall of the camp two other afore the cōmissioners assigned for the purpose lastly the confessiōs of the said Dalbe reiterated v .iij. seueral times wherin he acknowledgeth to haue bene instantly sollicited vrged pressed by la Riuiere captain of the garde and one Laurence de Ruze secretary to the kings brother to practise procure the death of the sayd L. Admiral either by sword or poison which he promised to the said la Riuiere to effect with poison only receiuing to that end of the said la Riuiere certaine mony poison in forme of white powder which he hath shewed since to the sayd Prouost and commissioners seing also the verification and proofe of the said poyson tried by Phisicions and Apothecaries assembled at la Haye in Touraine the xiij of this moneth together with a very large pasport graunted to the sayd Dalbe the 30. of the last month by the kings brother lying then at Plessis les Tours and now for due punishment and reuenge to such a traiterous and detestable attempt so often acknowledged as wel in his priuate cōfessions as publike assembly the sayde councell hath and doth condempne the sayd Dalbe to be deliuered into the handes of the executioner of high iustice who tieng him vpon a hurdels with a halter about his necke shall drawe him thorow the stréetes and corners accustomed of this town de Fay la Vineuse with this inscription in parchment about his bodye This is Dominike Dalbe traitoure to the cause of God his Countrey and Maister trailing him first to the lodgyng gate of the sayd Lord Admirall and there with no other garmentes than his shirte ▪ the halter remaining stil about his neck holding in his hand a torch of burning wax shal demaund pardon of God the king the law the lord Admiral confessing there the wickedly disloyally traiterously he had professed promised practised to kill by poyson the sayd L. admiral his maister at the same instant in his presence the said poison which he confessed to be geuē vnto him by the said la Riuiere to be cast into the fire and burned All which being done he shall be led keping still the inscription about his body to the place of publike execution and there to be hāged and strangled on a gallowes set vp for that purpose And that also humble sute be made to the king to do iustice vpō the said la Riuiere and Laurence with their complices and with all if his maiestie be of minde to verifie more ample their sayd conspiracie with the sayd Dalbe the same not withstāding resembling a sufficient truth against them by his voluntary confession to proceede against them with punishemente due to so horrible a facte and the same both to terrifie hereafter others of like villanous humor and also to remaine to all nacions as a President of the noble nature and disposition of Fraunce in abhoryng suche trayterous attemptes declaryng the said la Riuiere Lawrence with all other sectes sortes of traytours keping schoole and open shop to poyson persons of name and vertue to bee traytours villaines and men vnworthy of honor either in themselues or their posteritie to the iiij generacion Lastly it is iudged that afore the execution of iudgement the said Dalbe shal be put on the racke to the end to confesse further practises with his said confederates with other things contained in interregatories geuē to the Pronost This sentence thus pronounced the morrowe after being the xxj of September the racke was vsed accordingly where he confirmed his former confessions and so the same day the sentēce was put in execution Whilest the kinges brother kepte at Chynon in the country of Touraine whether he was retired as is said great nūbers of men of war flocked to him from many partes of the realm together with the horsmen to whom he gaue liberty for recreacion and the xx ensignes of footmen Parisiens whereof we spake before these forces assembled hee made marche hys Vauntegarde out of Chynon the sixe and twenty of thys moneth vnder the conducte of the Lorde Mont-pensier hymselfe followyng wyth the battaile lodgyng neare Lodune the Princes campe drue towardes Partney the .xxix. of this moneth whome the Catholikes followed neere to prouoke them to battail as in respect of the aduauntage and fauor of certaine townes which they held thereabout either campe was within the view of other and both of equall desire to gain Mont-gontour vsing like diligence the rather to obtaine it For which cause the admirall made his footemen aduaunce all night his horssmen being in point of battell the