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A34619	The life of Lewis of Bourbon, late prince of Conde digested into annals, with many curious remarks on the transactions of Europe for these last sixty years / done out of French.; Histoire de Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé. English	Coste, Pierre, 1668-1747.; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.	1693 (1693)	Wing C6366; ESTC R21621	323,061	528

it three times with t●●ir b●sts men but were repuls'd by Rochefoucault wh● had brought thither the Prince of Conde's Gu●●ds and his own at the same time that the Citi●●n● d●●ert●d it The Besieg'd also made three or ●o●r Sallies in every one of which they clear'd the T●●nches● and burnt the Enemies Lodgments inso●●●h that in Thirteen days after the Trenches were 〈◊〉 they were no f●rther advanc'd then at first But i●●egard the Bourdelois had not Infantry enough to believe the Guards of the Gates attack'd and for that those who were neither kill'd nor wounded were 〈◊〉 for service by reason of their being weari'd with thir●●en days hard service together Bouillon and Rochef●●ca●lt found a way to relieve 'em by causing the ●avalry to serve a foot and they stay'd there themselves the four or five last days without stirring 〈◊〉 their Po●●s to encourage the Soldiers by their E●●mple Before I go any farther 't is requisite for the keep●●g i● memory the just and distinct Ideas of so many 〈◊〉 Accidents to let you know That the Remot●ness of the Court and the King's Army now bu●●●●●●ploy'd in Guyenne gave Turenne leisure to make great Progresses He therefore taking advantage o● the op●ortunity took in Ca●elet La Chapelle Chat●●● Por●ien and Rhetel and made a shew of marching toward Paris to release the Princes who were at ●incennes The news of his March struck a Terror into the Capital City and made 'em think of a secu●e● P●ison wherein to confi●e the Princes Thereupon they all agreed That it was absolutely necessary that they should be remov'd from Vincennes But the difficulty was to agree upon the place where they might be more in safety Madam Chevreuse and the Keeper of the Seals could not determine the point for there was more in it then only to remove the Princes from Vincennes● Tellier Secretary of State and others of the Cardinal's Friends propos'd Havre according as Mazarine had design'd The Coadjutor thought they were safe enough where they were● or if they must be remov'd no better place then the Bastile Beaufort was of the same opinion and stifly maintain'd That to put 'em in any other place would be to deliver 'em up to the Cardinal and give him an opportunity to make use of 'em when he pleas'd against his Royal Highness himself That rather then suffer it he would expose himself to the greatest dangers That he made no question but that he should be upheld by the people and that with their support he would undertake any thing The Duke of Orl●ance was a long time before he could resolve what to do but at length his fears augmenting upon the news of Turenne's March he began to think it high time to resolve upon something However the diversity of opinions and particularly Beaufort's Threatnings put him to a stand besides that the Castles of Pontoise and St. Germans en Laye were propos'd to him But being beset with difficulties on every side he bethought himself of Marcoussy enclos'd between two Rivers surrounded with Moats full of water and strong enough to oppose as well the Enemies of the State as the Prince's Friends The principal Friends which the Prince had at Paris were the Duke of Nemours and the Count of Tavanes the first was his Rival for they both lov'd Madam de Chatillon which made it a wonder at first that the Duke should be so much concern'd for the Prince In short after the Princes were ca●ry'd to 〈◊〉 the Dutchess of Chatillon had link'd her se●● with the Princess Dowager of Conde and had so 〈…〉 her business that she had brought over 〈◊〉 to the Prince's Interest for whom in truth she had 〈◊〉 so great a kindness as for the Duke but lov'd him however well knowing he had a great 〈◊〉 for her 'T is true that it might be very probable that 〈…〉 not believe that the Dutchess of Chatillon ac●ed for the Prince out of any principle of Love And perhaps it might be likewise true that the Dutchess did not solely act by that principle but th●t the Ob●●gations for which she was indebted to the Prince● th● Community of ●nterests and the 〈◊〉 she had to be ally'd to the first Prince of the 〈◊〉 might be stronger Motives to induce her to engage 〈◊〉 to take the Prince's side For the under●●●n●ing of which 't is necessary you should know That the Dutchess of Chatillon Daughter of 〈…〉 who lost his ●ead for fighting a Duel co●tra●y to the Edicts of Lewi● XIII was marry'd to G●spar Duke of Chatillon by the ●ntermediation and C●●dit of the Prince tho he were himself in Love with he● before But because Gaspar de Coligny afterward● Duke of Cha●ill●n upon the D●ath of his Father and his eldest Brothe● was in Love with Madam de B●uttevi●e Coligny besought the Duke to quit his pretension alledging ●hat he had a Design to 〈◊〉 her The Prince who was both a Friend and K●nsman of Coligny's and one who had no other then a ●are design of Courtship upon the Lady besides that his Passion was but newly kindl'd made up scruple to resign his Amours and promis'd him that he would not only banish 'em from his thoughts but 〈◊〉 him against the Marshal his Father and his Kindred that oppos'd the Match In short notwithstanding all the Decrees of Parliament and all Obstacles that the Marshal laid in his way the Prince assisted Coligny so well that he caus'd him to carry away Madam de Boutteville by Force and lent him Twenty thousand Franks for his Subsistence Coligni carry'd his Mistress to Chesteau-Thierry where the Marriage being consummated the new-marry'd Couple retir'd to Stenay a place of Security which the Prince to whom it belong'd had lent 'em for their Residence Coligni's not being of Age when he married rendring the Marriage void yet being of Age upon his return to Paris there was a Contract of Marriage drawn up at Conde-House before the Lady's Relations and then they were marry'd again at Nostre-Dame by the Coadjutor Some time after Madam de Chatillon not finding her self well went to the Waters of Bourbon where the Duke of Nemours met her and fell in Love with her After which they lov'd each other with an extraordinary Passion insomuch tha● Nemours could refuse nothing that Madam de Chatillon demanded of him But to return to the Series of our History Nemours whom Love had engag'd on the Prince's side and ●avanes who was return'd incognito to Paris after the Surrender of Bellegarde made it their business to make Friends● and upon the report of the Prince's being to be remov'd from Vincennes had got together all the Friends that possibly they could with Instructions to be ready to mount along with 'em upon the first call But when the Princes were remov'd from Vincennes to Marcoussy they were attended by such a numerous Guard that Nemours and Tavanes did not think it convenient to appear and so dismiss'd all those persons that

Noirmonstier might well assume to himself the greatest part of the Honour of that Action On the other side at the Principal Attack where Aubeterre was wounded with a Musket Shot the Approaches were briskly carryd on Chatillon in a little time had advanc'd the Works so far that there was not much ground to be gaind to come at the Counterscarp all things went on prosperously and the speed of the work answer'd the Prince's expectation In the mean time Intelligence came that the Enemies Armies were set forward out of Newport to ●ight the Besiegers and that the foremost Squadrons of their Vanguard appea●'d between Furnes and Dunkirk This Intelligence was grounded upon the Advantageous Rumours which the Spaniards caus●d to be spread about of great Succours which they were preparing and of their assurance to force the French Lines and all this to chear up the dejected Minds of the People Which Reports the V●lgar believing had encreas'd 'em with great Additions according to Custome and the Cavalry that appear'd seemd in some Measure to confirm ' em However the Prince being inform'd that the Forces of Flanders were drawing together about Newport and desirous to know the truth of the Rumour of their March that he might prepare for all Accidents sent out for News and dispatcht away Orders to La Ferte Seneterre to approach with his Flying Camp The next day the French Scouts brought word that the Cavalry which had alarum'd the Peasants and the Spies was nothing else but a great Par●y sally●d out of Newpor● which fell upon the French Foragers and that having taken some of 'em they were retir'd again in hast Now tho this Report of Relief had spread it self among the Besiegers yet it wrought no disturbance There was no Alteration made in the Guard of the ●amp which was still dispos'd in the same manner as if the Enemies Army had been in view the works a● the Trenches and the attack of ●he Bastion went o● and Arnaud and Marsin were advanc●d almost to the Foot of the Counterscarp but with some trouble and danger the Difficulties encreasing ●s they drew nearer and nearer to the Enemies defe●ces At length La Moussay● coming in his turn undertook to make a Lodgement He mounted the Guard with the Battallion of Switzers under Molondin 〈…〉 ring their great 〈◊〉 which 〈…〉 fore with extraordinary Fury 〈…〉 who were altogether expos'd by 〈…〉 workmen ●ighting with disadva● 〈…〉 had already receiv'd two mor●●l 〈…〉 most daring of his men not wil 〈…〉 but prefer●ng de●th before igno 〈…〉 by him The T●mult the Night the 〈…〉 Arms the Gro●ns of the Wounded 〈…〉 Combatants caus'd a hidio●s 〈…〉 the news of this disorder wa● carrid 〈…〉 who immediately flew into the 〈…〉 the da●ger and by his Pre●ence settl'd all 〈…〉 order again he caus'd the Men to 〈◊〉 ●o t●e Works which La Moussaye repair'd 〈…〉 on with the same Courag● as he had 〈…〉 surviv'd some days the Honour 〈…〉 ervice but Death depriv'd him of all 〈…〉 ut the praises of Posterity At 〈…〉 on the Marshals side the Tumult was 〈…〉 nor the Combat no less furious For 〈…〉 carry'd on the Trenches and Chan●●● 〈◊〉 possess'd the place of a Fortification 〈…〉 sieged had begun near thei● Counter 〈…〉 mounting the Guard after them had 〈…〉 P●llisadoes one of which lookt toward t●e ●ea the other coverd the Hornwork whither the ●esi●ged were carrying on their W●rks The 〈…〉 of Navarr had attack'd the first and the 〈…〉 Pic●r●y the other Now the Spaniards 〈…〉 while they defend any strong Hold th●● when once the Garrison is distributed to the 〈…〉 most likely to be a●tack'd they never change 〈◊〉 d●ring the Siege When the Besiegers have 〈…〉 Outwork the Men that defended it retreat to 〈◊〉 Guard of the next Ent●enchment Now 〈…〉 had been all along oppos'd to the 〈…〉 from the beginning of the Sie●e And ever since the opening of the Trenches tho always at Hand●blows with the Assailants had defended their Outworks with Resolution and Valour But now tir'd with watching and hardship they quitted their Pallisadoes to the Besiegers almost without any Contest The Besiegers were Masters of em for some hours and had finish'd their Lodgments when Leda bringing along with him two Companies of natural Spaniards which he took out of Fort Leon and animating ●he Wallo●●s with this Succour and his Personal Presence made a S●lly at the head of ●em tho fruitless as to the Decision of the main Business yet prosperous at the beginning He regain`d the Pallis●do with an extraordinary fury which led to the Counterscarp of the Hornwork and overthrew all that oppos`d him Grave Blancafort and Poix Officers of the Regiment of Picardy were wounded in sustaining the Assault and Breaute was kill`d The Death of the latter added to the Mournful Examples of the Misfort● ne of his Ances●ors of which the French Histories are full and confirm`d the common opinion that the Destiny of the Wars of Flanders is always fatal to those of that Family La Vieuville Camp-master of the Regiment of Picardy assisted Mi●ssans under whom he mounted the Guard He perceiving that the Souldiers gave ground and that the Commands of the Officers were not at all regarded and not bro●king while he liv`d that his Regiment should receive an affront ran with some of his Men where the Conflict was hottest and throwing himself into the thickest of the Enemy put a stop to their Victory by his daring Boldness His Souldiers also spurr`d on by his danger and his Example returnd to the Onset with so much fury that they layd the Spaniards sprawling and regain`d the Lodgement which Mi●ssans brought to Perfection without any Opposition This was the Posture of things in the Attacks of the Place In the mean time Beck arriv'd at Ne●port and joyn●d the rest of the Armies with three thousand Foot and five and twenty Cor●●●s of Horse He found the affairs of his Party in very great Disorder and that there was no possi●●lity of succouring Dunkirk For their Spies and the French Prisoners which they had taken had inform'd 'em of the strength of the Besiegers Lines and they judg'd the work so compleat that they ●o●ld not without extream rashness undertake to force 〈◊〉 They knew the Prince who defended 'em to be a Person accustom'd to Victory prudent in Danger and that success attended his Wisdom So that altho their Armies consisted of above twelve thousand Men that number was not sufficient to accomplish the Enterprize where multitude only could overlay the Valour of the B●siegers and which is of great moment in ma●ters of War the Reputation of the Prince had imprinted such a violent Terrour in the minds of the Soldiers that they dispair'd of Victory had they been to fight him in the open Field much less to force him out of Entrenchments that were fortif●●d and better guarded As for their Negotiations in England they had m●t with little success in ' em They could obtain

Porto Longone were the most advantagious that France could have undertak'n and most proper to bring the Enemy to a speedy Peace in regard those Places would have kept in subjection those Territories which the Spaniards possess'd in Italy ● That the Independency which the Duke of Guise affected at Naples was not the Reason that the Cardinal afforded him powerful Assistance That Gassion would have set himself up in Flanders with little dependance upon the Court. That the Prince never complain'd of his not assisting him either at Catologna or any other of his Campaigns as much as lay in his power That he was constrain'd to have recourse to those Edicts to raise Mo●ey for the Expences of the War nevertheless that the Taxes were abated That Time had sufficiently evinc'd That his transporting Money into ●taly was a meer Fabulous Story invented on purpose to disgrace him To this they added That for twenty years together he had manag'd with honour the Interests of the Princes of Europe That if the good Intelligence between France and the Vnited Provinces began to flag● 't was because some particular Persons had been suborn'd and corrupted by the Gold of Spain That in the Administration of State he had follow'd all the Maxims of Cardinal Richlieu only that he had ●onish'd the Cruelty of Punishments That if he had been oblig'd to promise more then he had perform'd 't was because the number of those that serv'd in France was very great and the number of Pretenders much greater That the State had never kn●wn more Prosperity then during his Ministry and that i● in great Executions the honour of the Performance were due to the Generals the Contri●ance and Forecast belong'd to him That France had been still in quiet if every body had been unanimous in their Duty if the People had not been drawn from their Obedience by the Suggestions of Persons disaffected or rather if the Parliament who ought to be the true Model of Allegiance had not pav'd 'em a way to revolt That the Station wherein the Cardinal was had always been expos'd to the Assaults of the Hatred and Envy of all the States and by consequence 't was no wonder if sometimes an Inordinate Ambition were laid to his charge or if sometimes he were accus'd of Insufficiency However that he was happy in this That Calumny in her most Venomous Assaults had spar'd his Fidelity and never attack'd him with the least suspicion of Treachery But this Answer and Apology of Cardinal Mazarine could not hinder his Enemies from persevering in their Design to remove him from the Administration of the Government and then to Ruin him And this Design was afterwards so well confirm'd that it was decreed in the Assembly of the Chambers of the Parliament That a Solemn Deputation should be sent to the Duke of Orleans and the Prince of Conde and Conty to beseech them to join with the Parliament for the effectual Remedy of the Grievances that threaten'd the Kingdom The Court was at Ruel when the Cardinal was inform'd of what had pass'd and he was deeply afflicted to see that he must be constrain'd to throw himself into the Prince's Arms and to secure his Tottering Fortune by his Support The Disorders at Paris not permitting the Prince to reap all those Advantages from the Victory of Lens which he might have done he was constrain'd to bound his Conquests with the taking of Lens And so soon as that Place was taken he return'd to Court at what time all People beheld him with admiration For besides that he was endow'd with so many noble so many excellent and rare Qualities besides the many Signal Victories he had won he had had no share in the Troubles insomuch that both Parties look'd upon him as their Defender and bel●ev'd they might shelter themselves under his Laurels from all manner of troublesome Accidents And indeed had he harbour'd at that time those Thoughts in his Breast which his Enemies afterwards imputed to him questionless he would have made the best of Opportunities so favourable For in truth the low condition of the Court and Publick Admiration equally concurr'd to his Exaltation and to the Execution of the most Ambitious Designs which he could have had in his Head So that in regard he study'd then so little to court the People and to manage the Exasperations of those whose Sentiments and Conduct were most opposite to the Regency and the Cardinal 't is manifest he had no such design as he was accus'd to have at that time The Prince had admitted two great Men to be his Confidents both Persons of Signal Merit but opposite in their Judgments as to the Affairs that made so great a noise These were the Duke of Chatillon and Marshall Grammont The first whose Person and Family were bound in the strictest Tyes of Alliance with the Prince labour'd to perswade him to declare for the Parliament or at least to make himself Umpire of the Differences with all the Neutrali●y imaginable The other Engag'd by all manner of Interests with the Court spent a large stock of pleasing Eloquence to oblige him to side with the Court But the Prince upon this occasion laid a Comtraint upon his own Temper r●mote from moderate ways and wrote together with the Duke of Orleance to the Parliament exhorting 'em to fend Commissioners to St. Germains ● and to put an end to their Differences in a Conference Which Conference terminated in an Authentick Declaration of the King●s which g●ve some Respi● to the Publi●k Differences and for that the Stra●agems of the Enemies of the Court prevail'd so far that they openly d●manded the Ruin of th● Cardinal the Cou●● thought it their best way to have recourse ●o ●he Duke of Orleans and the Prince And in regard the Mischief had penetrated so far that it was not t● b● Eradicated but by strong Medicaments they wer● of Opinion at the same time that the Natural Mod●ration of the Duke of Orle●n● and his peaceable Te●per would not be so proper as the Prince's more Vigorous Heat besides that the Reputation of so great a Captain the Splendour of his Victories and ●he Assistance of his Army would strike a Terrour into the Male-content●● so that the Court labour'd might and main to gain him The Queen made use of all the most powerful and perswasive Motives descending even to Tears and the most melting Expressions● telling him She look't upon him as her third Son The Cardinal also protested that he should be all his Life time devoted to his Will and Pleasure with an Absolute Submi●sion The King likewise tenderly embracing him recommends to him the welfare of the Kingdom and the safety of his Person But notwithstanding all these Caresses Marshall Grammont and Le Fellier were the Persons who fully determin'd him to take the Court Party They laid before him that by degrees the Parliament would invade all Authority That without confining their