An epitome of all the lives of the kings of France From Pharamond the first, to the now most Christian King Levvis the thirteenth. With a relation of the famous battailes of the two kings of England, who were the first victorious princes that conquered France. Translated out of the French coppy by R.B. Esq.
      
       
         
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             An epitome of all the lives of the kings of France From Pharamond the first, to the now most Christian King Levvis the thirteenth. With a relation of the famous battailes of the two kings of England, who were the first victorious princes that conquered France. Translated out of the French coppy by R.B. Esq.
             Commynes, Philippe de, ca. 1447-1511, attributed name.
             Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673, attributed name.
             Basset, Robert, attributed name.
          
           [14], 344, [8] p. : ports.
           
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             London :
             1639.
          
           
             Attributed by the translator to Philippe de Commynes, though the period covered continues after his death. Sometimes also attributed to Robert Basset.
             "To the generous reader" signed: R.B., i.e. Richard Brathwait? Robert Basset?.
             Probably compiled from a number of authors; see Black, M.W. Richard Brathwait, 1928, p. 145.
             With an additional title page, engraved: The epitome of all the lives of the French kings from Pharamond ye first to the now regning Lewis the 13 contaynening [sic] all there chefest actions.
             With four final contents leaves.
             Running title reads: The history of all the French kings.
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               THE
               Epitome
               OF
               All
               the
               Lives
               OF
               The
               French
               Kings
            
             
               From
               PHARAMOND
               y
               e
               first
               to
               the
               now
               Regning
               Lewis
               the
               13
            
             
               Contaynening
               all
               there
               Chefest
               actions
            
             
               LONDON
            
             
               Printed
               by
               I.
               Okes
               and
               Are
               to
               be
               sould
               by
               I.
               Becket
               at
               the
               Inner
               Templegate
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           Epitome
           OF
           All
           the
           Lives
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           .
        
         
           From
           PHARAMOND
           the
           first
           ,
           to
           the
           now
           most
           Christian
           King
           LEVVIS
           the
           thirteenth
           .
        
         
           With
           a
           Relation
           of
           the
           Famous
           Battailes
           of
           the
           two
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           first
           victorious
           Princes
           that
           Conquered
           France
           .
        
         
           
             Translated
             out
             of
             the
          
           French
           
             Coppy
             by
          
           R.
           B.
           Esq.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           :
        
         
           Printed
           by
           
             I.
             Okes
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Iames
             Becket
          
           ,
           at
           his
           shop
           within
           the
           Inner
           Temple
           Gate
           1639.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Generous
           Reader
           ,
           the
           Translator
           
             presents
             his
             Labours
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           HIstory
           hath
           been
           from
           all
           Antiquity
           as
           Noble
           as
           Notable
           ,
           and
           as
           full
           of
           Pleasure
           as
           Profit
           .
           Poetry
           I
           must
           confesse
           to
           be
           the
           elder
           Sister
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           reducer
           of
           
           Mankinde
           to
           Humanity
           and
           Civility
           :
           But
           what
           the
           Elder
           hath
           delivered
           unto
           us
           Fabulously
           ,
           the
           other
           hath
           done
           faithfully
           .
        
         
           Great
           is
           the
           Vtility
           which
           redounds
           to
           all
           men
           by
           History
           (
           of
           what
           function
           or
           quality
           soever
           :
           )
           First
           ,
           to
           Princes
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           modell
           ,
           by
           which
           to
           paterne
           their
           Lives
           and
           Actions
           :
           And
           by
           reading
           the
           Heroicall
           deeds
           of
           others
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           presidents
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           
           imitating
           their
           Vertues
           ,
           as
           avoyding
           their
           Vices
           .
           To
           States-men
           how
           to
           establish
           politicke
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           gravely
           to
           manage
           the
           Affaires
           of
           a
           flourishing
           Common-Weale
           .
           It
           instructs
           Soveraignes
           ,
           how
           to
           governe
           with
           Justice
           ,
           mixt
           with
           Lenity
           ,
           and
           Subjects
           to
           obey
           with
           duty
           ,
           tempered
           with
           loyalty
           .
        
         
           Historiographers
           have
           in
           all
           Times
           and
           Ages
           ,
           and
           amongst
           all
           Nations
           and
           
           Languages
           bin
           held
           in
           great
           reputation
           and
           reverence
           .
           Amongst
           the
           
             Hebrewes
             Philo-Judeus
          
           ,
           and
           
             Josephus
             Bengorion
          
           ,
           who
           flourisht
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Hierusalems
           last
           subversion
           ,
           and
           depopulation
           ,
           &c.
           
           Amongst
           the
           
             Grecians
             Herodotus
             ,
             Thucidides
             ,
             &c.
          
           Amongst
           the
           Romans
           or
           
             Latins
             ,
             Titus
             Livius
             ,
             Cornelius
             Tacitus
             ,
             Salust
             ,
             Iustine
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Amongst
           the
           
             French
             ,
             Philip
             Comines
          
           :
           The
           Author
           of
           the
           
           
             French
             Inventory
          
           ,
           the
           Composer
           of
           this
           Epitome
           of
           Chronicle
           ,
           &c.
           
           Of
           the
           
             Scotch
             ,
             Hector
             Boetius
             ,
             Georgius
             Buconanus
             ,
             &c.
          
           And
           of
           our
           English
           (
           to
           omit
           many
           )
           
             Holynshed
             ,
             Fabian
             ,
             Speed
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Daniel
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           But
           concerning
           the
           present
           Argument
           now
           in
           agitation
           ,
           I
           have
           reade
           of
           one
           
             Spintherus
             Tarentinus
          
           ,
           a
           man
           (
           for
           his
           knowne
           VVisedome
           )
           by
           the
           unanimous
           
           voyce
           of
           Greece
           ,
           adding
           an
           Eight
           to
           the
           Seven
           Sages
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           was
           to
           deliver
           his
           Opinion
           of
           Epaminondas
           ,
           prime
           Captaine
           of
           absolute
           power
           ,
           and
           command
           without
           limit
           ;
           after
           he
           had
           studied
           io
           honour
           him
           with
           his
           best
           Expression
           ,
           he
           uttered
           of
           him
           onely
           these
           few
           Words
           :
           
             Hee
             was
             a
             man
             who
             knew
             much
             ,
             and
             spake
             little
             .
          
           The
           like
           I
           may
           say
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           present
           VVorke
           ,
           who
           
           writ
           it
           first
           in
           the
           French
           Language
           :
           who
           though
           hee
           were
           frequent
           in
           all
           the
           
             French
             Annalls
          
           ,
           having
           read
           all
           their
           Voluminous
           remembrances
           at
           large
           ,
           yet
           was
           so
           farre
           from
           troubling
           the
           Purse
           ,
           or
           tyring
           the
           Patience
           of
           the
           Reader
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           succinctnesse
           of
           stile
           ,
           &
           contractednesse
           of
           Circumstance
           ,
           he
           hath
           strived
           to
           spare
           both
           :
           Imitating
           the
           old
           
             Adage
             ,
             Frustra
             fit
             per
             plura
             ,
             quod
             fieri
          
           
           
             potest
             per
             pauciora
          
           :
           and
           my selfe
           who
           am
           the
           unworthiest
           of
           many
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           for
           the
           Translation
           of
           this
           Worke
           ,
           have
           undertaken
           to
           make
           the
           
             French
             History
          
           ,
           which
           I
           found
           accidentally
           ,
           to
           speake
           English
           :
           where
           ,
           in
           the
           ensuing
           Booke
           thou
           shalt
           finde
           such
           mixture
           of
           Discourses
           ,
           both
           
             observeable
             ,
             delightfull
          
           ,
           and
           worthy
           to
           bee
           had
           in
           memory
           ,
           containing
           al
           the
           Kings
           that
           ever
           were
           of
           France
           ,
           which
           in
           number
           are
           
           sixty
           foure
           ,
           with
           their
           
             Conditions
             ,
             Natures
             ,
             chiefest
             Acts
             ,
          
           and
           Deaths
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           theseverall
           places
           of
           their
           Jnterment
           ,
           with
           many
           of
           their
           accute
           and
           witty
           sayings
           :
           all
           which
           ,
           noble
           and
           Courteous
           Reader
           ,
           I
           present
           unto
           thee
           ,
           with
           a
           Table
           of
           all
           the
           Kings
           names
           at
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           Book
           :
           and
           if
           thou
           pleasest
           to
           accept
           of
           my
           endeavours
           ,
           and
           but
           cast
           a
           benigne
           smile
           and
           a
           gentle
           censure
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           it
           a
           double
           
           courtesie
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           amend
           what
           hath
           beene
           done
           amisse
           .
           But
           least
           in
           commending
           the
           Brevity
           used
           in
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           might
           (
           on
           the
           contrary
           )
           erre
           in
           the
           prolixity
           of
           my
           Epistle
           ,
           I
           thus
           (
           though
           abruptly
           )
           as
           commit
           thee
           ,
           so
           commend
           thee
           to
           thy
           gentle
           Interpretation
           :
        
         
           
             Thine
             ,
             
               R.
               B.
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           An
           Epitome
           of
           all
           the
           lives
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           ,
           from
           Pharamond
           their
           first
           ,
           to
           the
           now
           Reigning
           Lewis
           the
           13.
           
        
         
           
             Pharamond
             the
             first
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             429.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THE
             French
             Nation
             inhabiting
             the
             lower
             Germany
             long
             time
             before
             the
             Reigne
             of
             the
             Valentinians
             ,
             
             Emperours
             of
             Rome
             ,
             whether
             they
             were
             Originaries
             there
             ,
             or
             Forraigners
             ,
             they
             according
             to
             the
             report
             of
             
               Aymoynus
               ,
               Ado
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Historians
             ,
             had
             for
             an
             intervall
             of
             time
             ceased
             to
             be
             governed
             by
             Kings
             ,
             being
             contented
             to
             be
             ruled
             by
             Dukes
             ,
             untill
             such
             time
             that
             they
             had
             a
             desire
             to
             returne
             to
             their
             manner
             and
             custome
             ,
             being
             incited
             thereto
             by
             the
             example
             of
             other
             Nations
             ;
             in
             so
             much
             that
             upon
             a
             mature
             deliberation
             ,
             they
             concluded
             their
             Election
             upon
             Pharamond
             for
             their
             King
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             over
             and
             above
             the
             vertues
             resplendent
             in
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             the
             last
             Sonne
             of
             their
             latest
             Duke
             Marcomire
             ,
             who
             was
             Duke
             of
             Franconia
             ,
             or
             
               East
               France
            
             ,
             whom
             Stilico
             had
             confined
             as
             an
             Exulant
             in
             Tuscany
             ,
             from
             the
             yeare
             of
             our
             Lord
             395.
             
          
           
             The
             time
             of
             his
             Election
             hath
             not
             beene
             precisely
             recorded
             by
             any
             Historians
             ;
             the
             Moderne
             Authors
             also
             agree
             not
             upon
             the
             certainty
             and
             number
             of
             the
             yeares
             of
             his
             Reigne
             :
             For
             some
             
             German
             Chronicles
             accompt
             but
             7
             ,
             others
             9
             ,
             Onuphrius
             14
             ,
             but
             almost
             all
             the
             French
             Annalists
             following
             Sigebert
             ,
             agree
             upon
             10.
             or
             12.
             yeares
             ,
             which
             they
             begin
             at
             the
             yeare
             of
             Grace
             ,
             419
             ,
             or
             420.
             
          
           
             The
             French-men
             then
             estated
             him
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             Dispargun
             ,
             which
             was
             ,
             according
             to
             Gregory
             ,
             in
             Tongry
             or
             Turingia
             ,
             on
             that
             side
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             where
             hee
             made
             his
             residence
             ,
             or
             rather
             in
             Germany
             ,
             without
             an
             intent
             of
             enlarging
             his
             command
             any
             farther
             ,
             studying
             onely
             to
             institute
             and
             found
             the
             Kingdome
             with
             good
             policy
             ,
             and
             the
             Lawes
             called
             Ripuary
             and
             Salique
             ,
             by
             reason
             the
             French
             inhabiting
             for
             the
             most
             part
             upon
             the
             River
             of
             Sals
             ,
             (
             which
             disgorgeth
             it selfe
             into
             the
             Mein
             ,
             a
             great
             and
             famous
             River
             of
             Germany
             )
             were
             called
             Salians
             ,
             and
             their
             principall
             City
             Selgestadt
             ,
             which
             peradventure
             might
             seeme
             to
             derive
             its
             nomination
             from
             Salagast
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             chiefe
             Founder
             thereof
             .
             Pharamond
             lastly
             comming
             to
             
             the
             period
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             left
             the
             succession
             to
             his
             Son
             
               Clodion
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             430.
             
             His
             Character
             of
             life
             is
             drawne
             in
             these
             Lineaments
             ;
             he
             made
             good
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             conformed
             the
             French
             to
             the
             obedience
             of
             civill
             government
             ;
             revived
             the
             Salique
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             was
             the
             Founder
             of
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             :
             his
             Name
             Waramond
             or
             Pharamond
             ,
             imported
             a
             true
             mouth
             ,
             Truth
             being
             a
             noble
             vertue
             in
             a
             Prince
             .
             The
             Church
             was
             then
             happy
             in
             those
             Lights
             of
             Religion
             ,
             
               Jerome
               ,
               Chrysostome
               ,
               Ambrose
            
             ,
             and
             Augustine
             ,
             shining
             through
             the
             Clouds
             of
             Oppression
             ,
             wherewith
             those
             times
             were
             darkned
             and
             obscured
             :
             And
             the
             Papacy
             was
             then
             but
             weake
             in
             power
             ,
             afterward
             growing
             strong
             by
             the
             Emperors
             absence
             ,
             warring
             against
             the
             Barbarians
             ,
             and
             by
             succouring
             afflicted
             Christians
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Cloion
             ,
             or
             Clodion
             ,
             the
             second
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             432.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             CLoion
             ,
             or
             Clodion
             ,
             according
             to
             
               Sidonius
               ,
               Apollinaris
            
             ,
             and
             Gregory
             of
             Tours
             ,
             succeeded
             his
             Father
             Pharamond
             in
             the
             Regall
             estate
             in
             the
             yeare
             432.
             of
             our
             Redemption
             .
             He
             was
             surnamed
             the
             Hairy
             ,
             because
             hee
             commanded
             the
             
               French
               men
            
             to
             weare
             
             long
             haire
             in
             token
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             they
             might
             be
             knowne
             and
             distinguished
             from
             Romans
             :
             or
             (
             as
             some
             Moderne
             Writers
             will
             have
             it
             )
             to
             this
             end
             ,
             that
             none
             should
             weare
             long
             haire
             ,
             but
             those
             of
             the
             Royall
             blood
             .
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Reigne
             ,
             perceiving
             the
             Romans
             to
             bee
             employed
             altogether
             against
             the
             Vandals
             in
             Africke
             ,
             and
             a
             notable
             dissention
             betweene
             Aetius
             and
             Boniface
             ,
             went
             from
             his
             Castle
             of
             Dispargun
             ,
             and
             fastened
             upon
             Cambray
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             Countrey
             which
             lyes
             betweene
             the
             Rivers
             of
             Escaut
             and
             the
             Somme
             ,
             where
             to
             this
             day
             are
             the
             Cities
             of
             
               Monts
               ,
               Valenciennes
               ,
               Cambray
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Forrest
             heretofore
             nominated
             *
             Carbonaire
             .
             Afterwards
             having
             made
             a
             great
             discomfiture
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             who
             made
             head
             against
             him
             ,
             hee
             came
             as
             farre
             as
             the
             Bourough
             of
             St.
             Helens
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             the
             Land
             of
             Artois
             .
             He
             also
             subjugated
             those
             of
             Thuringia
             ,
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             and
             other
             populations
             of
             Almaine
             ,
             as
             Funccius
             is
             of
             opinion
             .
             O
             
             ther
             's
             also
             adde
             ,
             that
             the
             City
             of
             Mayence
             was
             by
             him
             taken
             in
             :
             The
             Hunnibalt
             of
             Trithemius
             holds
             ,
             that
             he
             divided
             his
             Kingdome
             into
             two
             parts
             ,
             nominating
             that
             upon
             the
             Coast
             of
             the
             
               Rhine
               Austrasie
            
             ,
             and
             the
             part
             upon
             the
             West
             ,
             Nenstria
             or
             Westria
             .
          
           
             The
             Chronicles
             of
             Flanders
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             led
             his
             Army
             against
             those
             of
             Therovenne
             ,
             otherwise
             called
             Morinians
             ,
             whom
             he
             made
             subjects
             :
             they
             perceiving
             their
             Auxiliars
             the
             Cinabres
             and
             Ruthenians
             ,
             and
             their
             Captaine
             Generall
             Gondmar
             overthrowne
             ,
             who
             had
             a
             Daughter
             whom
             this
             Clodion
             caused
             to
             be
             married
             to
             a
             Nephew
             of
             his
             who
             was
             called
             Flandebert
             ,
             from
             whom
             they
             will
             have
             the
             Countrey
             of
             Flanders
             to
             derive
             its
             first
             Nomination
             ,
             although
             it
             is
             more
             evident
             that
             it
             was
             not
             so
             called
             before
             the
             time
             of
             Charlemaigne
             .
             He
             deceased
             in
             the
             20.
             yeare
             of
             his
             Reigne
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             450
             ,
             according
             to
             Ado
             and
             Aymoinus
             ,
             leaving
             (
             as
             
               Jaques
               Meier
            
             and
             Richard
             of
             Wassebourgh
             doe
             relate
             )
             
             Ranchaine
             ,
             or
             Ranachaire
             and
             
               Alberic
               (
               alias
               )
               Auberon
            
             ,
             his
             sonnes
             .
             Wearing
             of
             long
             haire
             (
             as
             was
             said
             )
             was
             ordained
             by
             this
             King
             to
             bee
             the
             Ornament
             of
             Princes
             ,
             whereby
             Clodamire
             slaine
             in
             Battaile
             ,
             was
             knowne
             from
             the
             vulgar
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             shaving
             off
             the
             Haire
             was
             a
             Ceremony
             used
             at
             degrading
             of
             Kings
             ;
             and
             Queene
             Clotilde
             suffered
             her
             Sonnes
             Heads
             to
             be
             cut
             off
             ,
             rather
             than
             their
             Haire
             ,
             preferring
             honour
             to
             life
             ,
             and
             accounting
             the
             disgrace
             which
             her
             Children
             should
             receive
             by
             shaving
             ,
             making
             them
             incapable
             of
             the
             Royall
             dignity
             ,
             worse
             than
             death
             ;
             for
             Life
             ,
             after
             the
             decease
             of
             honour
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             continuall
             lingring
             death
             .
             Hippone
             was
             now
             besieged
             by
             Genserick
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             Vandals
             .
          
           
             Saint
             Augustine
             being
             76.
             yeeres
             old
             ,
             having
             seene
             and
             suffered
             in
             the
             miseries
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             then
             generally
             afflicted
             by
             the
             Barbarians
             ,
             wearied
             with
             being
             a
             Spectator
             of
             those
             Tragedies
             ,
             withdrew
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             dyed
             ,
             
             leaving
             the
             Christian
             World
             a
             mourner
             for
             his
             departure
             .
          
        
         
           
             Merovaeus
             ,
             the
             third
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             Domini
             450.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             MErovaeus
             ,
             Maire
             of
             the
             Palace
             of
             Clodion
             (
             according
             to
             
               Jaques
               Meier
            
             and
             Richard
             of
             Wassebourgh
             ,
             the
             Authors
             afore-said
             ,
             which
             Merovaeus
             neverthelesse
             the
             Abbot
             of
             
             Ursperg
             thinkes
             ,
             and
             other
             French
             Historians
             are
             of
             opinion
             to
             have
             beene
             a
             Bastard-sonne
             ,
             or
             a
             neare
             Kinsman
             of
             Clodion
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             reason
             of
             his
             valour
             and
             experience
             in
             Warre
             ,
             chosen
             King
             of
             the
             
               French
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             450.
             secluding
             the
             Sonnes
             of
             Clodion
             from
             the
             inheritance
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
             Many
             are
             of
             opinion
             that
             he
             was
             the
             first
             that
             tooke
             upon
             him
             to
             March
             boldly
             all
             over
             the
             Countries
             of
             the
             Gaules
             ,
             because
             by
             force
             of
             Armes
             hee
             opened
             the
             way
             into
             those
             parts
             ,
             where
             none
             of
             his
             predecessors
             had
             had
             any
             peaceable
             habitation
             or
             abode
             .
             And
             for
             this
             cause
             hee
             being
             acknowledged
             by
             the
             Ancient
             French
             to
             be
             the
             first
             King
             to
             have
             passed
             so
             farre
             ,
             the
             Gauls
             or
             Frenchmen
             were
             called
             Merovinians
             .
             Others
             are
             of
             opinion
             that
             it
             was
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             was
             the
             first
             of
             the
             Line
             that
             reigned
             over
             the
             French
             untill
             Pepin
             ,
             it
             being
             that
             the
             sonnes
             of
             Clodion
             were
             supplanted
             ,
             who
             betooke
             themselves
             for
             assistance
             to
             their
             Mother
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Thuringia
             :
             
             where
             being
             growne
             to
             age
             ,
             by
             the
             ayde
             of
             other
             Nations
             recovered
             
               Almany
               ,
               Cambresis
               ,
               Tournay
               ,
               Henault
               ,
            
             and
             Couloine
             ,
             of
             which
             parts
             they
             tearmed
             themselves
             Kings
             ,
             and
             maintained
             it
             against
             the
             Merovinians
             ,
             untill
             the
             time
             of
             Clovis
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             Attilla
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             Hunnes
             ,
             having
             spoiled
             a
             great
             part
             of
             Europe
             ,
             laboured
             to
             joyne
             with
             the
             Visigoths
             and
             French
             to
             ruine
             the
             Romans
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             Aetius
             a
             Roman
             Gentleman
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             command
             of
             all
             the
             Roman
             forces
             of
             the
             West
             ,
             had
             this
             Warre
             in
             charge
             ,
             who
             gave
             unto
             Merovaeus
             the
             right
             wing
             of
             the
             Battaile
             against
             Attila
             who
             lost
             the
             field
             :
             This
             Battaile
             was
             fought
             in
             the
             Catalaunicke
             Plaine
             ,
             which
             some
             esteeme
             to
             have
             beene
             that
             at
             Chaalons
             in
             Champaigne
             ,
             others
             at
             Solongne
             by
             Orleans
             ,
             who
             seeme
             better
             of
             opinion
             than
             those
             who
             would
             have
             it
             neare
             Tholouse
             :
             because
             it
             is
             certaine
             that
             Attila
             never
             penetrated
             so
             farre
             into
             the
             
             Countrey
             of
             the
             Visigoths
             ,
             where
             the
             Shock
             was
             so
             bloody
             and
             cruell
             ,
             that
             there
             remained
             one
             hundred
             and
             fourescore
             thousand
             men
             slaine
             in
             the
             place
             .
             Merovaeus
             yeelded
             to
             Fate
             in
             the
             tenth
             yeare
             of
             his
             Reigne
             ,
             according
             to
             Sigebert
             and
             other
             Historians
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             459.
             
          
           
             This
             King
             was
             fortunate
             in
             his
             Warres
             ,
             for
             after
             the
             Death
             of
             Aetia
             ,
             executed
             by
             the
             Emperour
             Valentinians
             command
             ,
             being
             so
             faithfull
             a
             servant
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             said
             that
             the
             Emperour
             had
             cut
             off
             his
             right
             hand
             with
             his
             left
             :
             by
             valour
             ,
             potency
             ,
             and
             opportunity
             hee
             advanced
             the
             Monarchy
             of
             France
             ,
             growing
             more
             exact
             and
             compleate
             in
             strength
             ,
             hee
             being
             the
             third
             Stone
             in
             that
             Royall
             building
             called
             Gaule
             ,
             which
             new-begun
             Estate
             was
             raised
             to
             a
             greater
             perfection
             by
             many
             other
             Royall
             Builders
             ,
             descended
             from
             his
             Race
             ,
             and
             called
             Merovingieres
             ,
             in
             memory
             of
             this
             Merovee
             ,
             who
             ,
             as
             
               Titus
               Vespasian
            
             said
             ,
             
               Non
               perdidi
            
             
             diem
             ,
             so
             hee
             accounted
             that
             Day
             lost
             wherein
             hee
             did
             no
             good
             .
          
           
             This
             worthy
             King
             was
             much
             lamented
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             they
             gave
             him
             the
             solemne
             rites
             at
             his
             funerall
             ,
             which
             appertained
             to
             a
             King
             in
             those
             dayes
             ,
             which
             was
             teares
             and
             sorrow
             for
             forty
             dayes
             after
             .
          
           
             The
             Church
             was
             now
             much
             troubled
             by
             the
             Nestorian
             and
             Eutichean
             Heresies
             ,
             which
             weeds
             were
             by
             two
             Councells
             assembled
             at
             Ephesus
             and
             Chalcedon
             ,
             plucked
             up
             out
             of
             the
             Garden
             of
             Christendome
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             Christian
             Religion
             was
             now
             defended
             by
             Cyrillus
             and
             Theoderet
             ,
             two
             stout
             Champions
             for
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             imployed
             their
             whole
             strength
             and
             power
             for
             the
             maintenance
             thereof
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             remembrance
             of
             their
             pious
             and
             noble
             actions
             will
             continue
             in
             all
             ages
             to
             their
             eternall
             praise
             and
             commendation
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chilperic
             or
             Hilperic
             the
             fourth
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             459.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             CHilperic
             succeeded
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             memory
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             459.
             notwithstanding
             that
             he
             seemed
             borne
             fitter
             to
             lead
             an
             Army
             ,
             than
             governe
             a
             Kingdome
             in
             Justice
             and
             peace
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             insolence
             and
             
             lubricity
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             great
             and
             powerfull
             men
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             enforced
             him
             ,
             having
             already
             reigned
             three
             yeeres
             ,
             to
             flye
             into
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Thuringia
             ,
             there
             to
             expect
             the
             issue
             of
             his
             fortune
             .
             But
             before
             his
             departure
             ,
             his
             friend
             Vidomare
             ,
             (
             or
             as
             others
             report
             Guiemans
             )
             gave
             him
             his
             word
             and
             promise
             ,
             breaking
             a
             peece
             of
             Gold
             betweene
             them
             ,
             the
             King
             keeping
             the
             one
             halfe
             ,
             and
             he
             the
             other
             ,
             advising
             the
             King
             that
             hee
             should
             boldly
             returne
             when
             he
             should
             receive
             the
             other
             halfe
             from
             him
             .
          
           
             Hereupon
             the
             French
             chose
             in
             his
             place
             Gilles
             or
             Gillon
             Governour
             of
             Soissons
             under
             the
             Romans
             ,
             who
             reigned
             as
             King
             8.
             yeares
             ,
             in
             the
             end
             whereof
             Chilperic
             was
             re-appealed
             by
             Vidomare
             ,
             who
             had
             so
             dexterously
             carried
             himselfe
             ,
             that
             Gilles
             himselfe
             wrought
             his
             owne
             ruine
             &
             hatred
             which
             the
             French
             conceived
             against
             him
             .
             Chilperic
             hereupon
             endeavouring
             the
             recovery
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             gained
             a
             great
             battaile
             
             against
             his
             Enemy
             Agrippina
             ,
             which
             the
             French
             surnamed
             Coloyne
             .
             But
             in
             his
             returne
             hee
             sought
             an
             ill
             requitall
             to
             so
             good
             a
             friend
             and
             Host
             the
             King
             Basin
             of
             Thuringia
             ,
             because
             hee
             tooke
             away
             with
             him
             Basins
             Wife
             and
             Queene
             ,
             carrying
             her
             with
             him
             into
             France
             ,
             and
             of
             her
             begat
             
               Clovis
               .
               Trithemius
            
             the
             Abbot
             saith
             ,
             that
             the
             Dutchies
             and
             Counties
             were
             erected
             and
             instituted
             by
             Chilperic
             in
             France
             ,
             who
             distributed
             them
             to
             those
             of
             his
             blood
             .
             But
             it
             is
             more
             apparent
             ,
             that
             the
             French
             comming
             into
             Gaule
             ,
             retained
             onely
             the
             generall
             policy
             which
             the
             Romans
             had
             there
             planted
             ,
             with
             the
             nominations
             of
             the
             Dutchies
             and
             Counties
             ,
             which
             denominate
             no
             more
             than
             Provinces
             generall
             or
             subalterne
             .
             The
             Bretons
             of
             
               Gaule
               Armorick
            
             under
             him
             tooke
             their
             beginning
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             460.
             as
             also
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ceased
             in
             the
             West
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             477.
             
             Chilperic
             breathed
             his
             last
             in
             the
             24.
             veare
             of
             his
             Reigne
             ,
             about
             the
             yeare
             484.
             
          
           
           
             The
             first
             part
             of
             Chilphericks
             Life
             and
             Reigne
             was
             much
             disgraced
             by
             his
             vicious
             government
             ,
             and
             his
             owne
             actions
             ,
             oppressing
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             lusts
             satisfaction
             ,
             abusing
             their
             Wives
             and
             Daughters
             :
             but
             afterward
             ,
             being
             awak'd
             by
             affliction
             ,
             and
             touch'd
             with
             the
             sense
             of
             his
             former
             wrongs
             ,
             he
             changed
             his
             course
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             tooke
             pleasure
             onely
             in
             goodnesse
             ,
             by
             his
             conversion
             gaining
             the
             affection
             of
             the
             French.
             Thus
             Affliction
             doth
             instruct
             not
             destroy
             a
             minde
             capable
             of
             Reason
             ;
             for
             as
             Winter
             stormes
             kill
             not
             the
             Tree
             ,
             but
             keepe
             downe
             the
             wanton
             sappe
             ,
             which
             ascending
             in
             the
             Spring
             ,
             makes
             it
             more
             fruitfull
             :
             so
             by
             adversity
             and
             misfortune
             the
             minde
             is
             somewhat
             opprest
             ,
             but
             by
             vertue
             it
             is
             reviv'd
             ,
             and
             brings
             forth
             fruite
             of
             new
             conversion
             ,
             and
             being
             dead
             unto
             former
             vices
             ,
             lives
             onely
             to
             goodnesse
             ,
             as
             this
             King
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             last
             part
             of
             his
             life
             conquer'd
             his
             desires
             ,
             and
             tryumph'd
             in
             that
             noble
             Victory
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Clovis
               5.
            
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             Christian
             King
             of
             that
             Nation
             .
             Anno
             485.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Lovis
             ,
             or
             Lewis
             ,
             came
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             485.
             at
             the
             age
             of
             15.
             
             He
             surmounted
             through
             his
             magnanimity
             ,
             the
             glory
             of
             his
             predecessors
             :
             and
             wee
             must
             ascribe
             the
             true
             entry
             of
             the
             French
             into
             Gaule
             to
             him
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             affirmation
             of
             
             Gregory
             of
             
               Tours
               ,
               Aymoynus
               ,
               Ado
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Modernes
             .
             For
             by
             the
             overthrow
             by
             him
             given
             to
             Siagrius
             ,
             Count
             of
             Soissons
             ,
             sonne
             of
             Gilles
             the
             Roman
             ,
             he
             reduced
             the
             County
             to
             the
             subjection
             and
             Lawes
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             so
             abolished
             that
             small
             power
             and
             command
             which
             the
             Romans
             at
             that
             time
             had
             formerly
             ,
             in
             those
             parts
             of
             Gaule
             ,
             537.
             yeares
             after
             it
             had
             beene
             subjected
             to
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             by
             
               Iulius
               Caesar.
            
             After
             that
             he
             espoused
             Clotilda
             ,
             daughter
             of
             Chilperic
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             and
             being
             in
             the
             tenth
             yeare
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             he
             compelled
             the
             Thuringians
             to
             receive
             and
             acknowledge
             his
             Lawes
             .
             Hee
             obtained
             the
             day
             at
             Tolbiac
             against
             the
             Almaines
             ,
             reducing
             their
             Kingdome
             into
             a
             Province
             and
             Dukedome
             :
             at
             his
             returne
             he
             became
             a
             Christian
             in
             the
             15.
             yeare
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             and
             altered
             his
             Coate
             of
             Armes
             .
             Neare
             unto
             Dijon
             hee
             overthrew
             Gondenbault
             his
             wives
             uncle
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             25
             yeare
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             hee
             slew
             
             with
             his
             owne
             hands
             in
             a
             battaile
             Alaric
             King
             of
             the
             Visigoths
             ,
             who
             was
             an
             Arian
             ,
             and
             drove
             them
             out
             of
             Gaule
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             meanes
             hee
             submitted
             to
             his
             Kingdome
             the
             Countrey
             of
             
               Angolesme
               ,
               Bourdelois
               ,
               Perigort
               ,
               Quercy
               ,
               Rovergue
               ,
               Albi
               ,
               Auvergne
               ,
            
             and
             Tholouze
             ,
             nothing
             remaining
             unconquered
             of
             Gaule
             ,
             but
             Provence
             ,
             and
             a
             part
             of
             Languedoc
             .
             Afterwards
             being
             honoured
             with
             a
             Patriciall
             dignity
             by
             the
             Emperour
             Anastasius
             ,
             he
             removed
             himselfe
             to
             Paris
             ,
             where
             he
             established
             the
             Regall
             seat
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             .
             Others
             affirme
             ,
             that
             in
             defiance
             and
             despite
             of
             all
             his
             greatest
             friends
             and
             kinsemen
             ,
             who
             at
             that
             time
             commanded
             a
             great
             part
             of
             France
             ,
             siezing
             their
             Estates
             and
             Lordships
             ,
             prevented
             a
             disturbation
             of
             his
             estate
             like
             to
             ensue
             .
             He
             reigned
             30.
             yeares
             ,
             and
             lyes
             inhumed
             and
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             and
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             now
             called
             St.
             Genovesue
             ,
             yeelding
             his
             last
             breath
             
               Anno
               Domin
            
             .
             513.
             leaving
             foure
             Children
             ,
             Childebert
             ,
             King
             of
             
               Paris
               ,
               Clodomire
            
             of
             Orleance
             ,
             
             Clotharius
             of
             
               Soyssons
               ,
               Theodoricke
            
             a
             bastard
             ,
             sonne
             of
             his
             K.
             of
             Metts
             ,
             and
             two
             daughters
             ;
             besides
             that
             sonne
             which
             was
             slaine
             in
             the
             wars
             .
             The
             Kingdome
             that
             was
             in
             its
             infancy
             of
             growth
             was
             twice
             mangled
             and
             dismembred
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             time
             of
             this
             warre
             ,
             there
             came
             a
             messenger
             ,
             that
             brought
             the
             King
             tydings
             how
             that
             one
             of
             his
             sonnes
             was
             dead
             :
             upon
             the
             receipt
             of
             which
             newes
             he
             presently
             tooke
             the
             Crowne
             from
             off
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             fell
             into
             a
             heavy
             and
             melancholly
             passion
             ,
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             time
             he
             was
             quite
             bereaved
             of
             his
             naturall
             sence
             ;
             which
             the
             messenger
             seeing
             ,
             added
             this
             to
             his
             former
             tale
             ,
             that
             his
             sonne
             dyed
             victoriously
             ;
             hearing
             of
             which
             words
             ,
             he
             revived
             ,
             and
             tooke
             up
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             and
             set
             it
             againe
             upon
             his
             Head
             ,
             and
             so
             rested
             satisfied
             .
             When
             Richar
             Duke
             of
             Cambray
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             bad
             conditions
             and
             lewd
             life
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             King
             taken
             prisoner
             ,
             and
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             being
             betraied
             by
             the
             treachery
             
             of
             his
             Barons
             ,
             they
             imagining
             ,
             as
             Seneca
             saith
             ,
             that
             
               Prosperum
               ac
               faelix
               scoelus
               ,
               virtus
               vocatur
               :
               That
               fortunate
               Treachery
               ,
               should
               be
               esteemed
               vertuous
               piety
               :
            
             and
             being
             not
             content
             with
             certaine
             richly
             guilt
             Corcelets
             of
             Copper
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             had
             formerly
             sent
             them
             to
             procure
             the
             effecting
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Treason
             ,
             they
             complained
             unto
             him
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             but
             badly
             recompenced
             .
             He
             answered
             ,
             The
             gift
             of
             your
             lives
             is
             a
             sufficient
             reward
             for
             Traytors
             ,
             who
             deserve
             torments
             rather
             than
             preferments
             for
             betraying
             their
             Lord
             &
             Master
             .
             Your
             lives
             which
             I
             suffer
             you
             to
             enjoy
             ,
             is
             no
             small
             benefit
             and
             favour
             .
             For
             Kings
             ,
             though
             they
             seeme
             to
             allow
             Treason
             ,
             cannot
             love
             the
             Traytor
             .
             The
             Traitors
             thus
             upbraided
             with
             their
             wicked
             nesse
             ,
             and
             condemned
             by
             their
             conscience
             ,
             slunke
             away
             from
             his
             presence
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Childebert
             ,
             the
             sixt
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             514.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             CHildebert
             ,
             the
             eldest
             sonne
             of
             Clovis
             ,
             succeeded
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Paris
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             Regall
             Seate
             of
             the
             Monarchy
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             514.
             
             Upon
             his
             undertaking
             the
             government
             ,
             he
             was
             by
             his
             Brothers
             instigated
             ,
             and
             his
             Mother
             
             Clotilda
             to
             the
             revenge
             of
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Father
             and
             Mother
             ,
             who
             were
             by
             Gondebault
             murthered
             :
             whereupon
             making
             Warres
             upon
             the
             Burgundians
             ,
             their
             King
             Sigismund
             was
             taken
             in
             a
             Battaile
             ,
             and
             together
             with
             his
             Queene
             and
             Progeny
             was
             throwne
             into
             a
             Well
             at
             Orleans
             .
             After
             that
             ,
             they
             retreated
             against
             Gondemar
             ,
             brother
             to
             Sigismund
             ,
             where
             Clodomire
             was
             slaine
             in
             the
             pursuite
             .
             By
             the
             meanes
             whereof
             ,
             and
             the
             Warres
             following
             upon
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Gondemar
            
             tooke
             possession
             of
             Burgundy
             :
             Whilst
             Theodorick
             afterwards
             was
             against
             Hermonfroy
             for
             the
             estating
             himselfe
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Thuringia
             ,
             by
             the
             ayde
             and
             assistance
             of
             his
             brother
             
               Clotharius
               ;
               Childebert
            
             seized
             upon
             the
             County
             of
             Auvergne
             ,
             but
             having
             intelligence
             of
             the
             returne
             of
             his
             Brother
             Theodorick
             ,
             whom
             he
             supposed
             to
             have
             beene
             dead
             ,
             he
             went
             into
             Spaine
             ,
             against
             Almerick
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             Visigoths
             ,
             on
             a
             quarrell
             for
             the
             ill
             usage
             of
             his
             Sister
             Clotilda
             ,
             which
             
             Alarick
             hee
             slew
             neare
             to
             Toledo
             ,
             and
             tooke
             that
             City
             :
             and
             upon
             his
             returne
             he
             reduced
             Gascogny
             to
             his
             obedience
             ,
             chasing
             the
             Visigoths
             backe
             againe
             into
             Spaine
             ,
             by
             this
             meanes
             making
             the
             Frenchmen
             sole
             possessors
             of
             both
             the
             Gaules
             ,
             excepting
             one
             part
             of
             Provence
             ,
             which
             for
             a
             time
             remained
             in
             the
             hands
             and
             power
             of
             the
             Ostrogoths
             of
             
               Italy
               .
               Childebert
            
             upon
             his
             returne
             from
             Spaine
             ,
             went
             with
             Clotharius
             to
             beate
             Gondemar
             out
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             which
             was
             divided
             betweene
             them
             ,
             as
             also
             that
             of
             Orleans
             was
             ,
             after
             the
             slaughter
             of
             the
             children
             of
             their
             brother
             Clodamire
             ,
             except
             Claudius
             that
             made
             an
             escape
             .
          
           
             About
             that
             time
             Theodobald
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             Ostrogoths
             of
             Italy
             ,
             yeelded
             up
             all
             the
             possessions
             they
             had
             in
             Provence
             ,
             into
             the
             power
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             should
             joyne
             forces
             with
             him
             against
             Belisarius
             ,
             Captaine
             Generall
             of
             the
             Army
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Justinian
             in
             Italy
             ,
             in
             the
             interim
             that
             
             Childebert
             and
             Theodobert
             through
             ambition
             were
             in
             an
             ill
             course
             against
             Clotharius
             ;
             but
             these
             being
             reconciled
             by
             the
             Nobility
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             Childebert
             and
             Clotharius
             went
             into
             Spaine
             ,
             and
             surprised
             Saragoca
             .
             Afterwards
             upon
             a
             plot
             of
             Cranne
             ,
             a
             Nephew
             of
             his
             ,
             hee
             made
             Warre
             upon
             Clotharius
             ,
             who
             being
             too
             eager
             and
             earnest
             to
             scoure
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             cleare
             him
             of
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             hee
             dyed
             ,
             in
             the
             45.
             yeare
             of
             his
             Reigne
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             558
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             
               Sigebert
               &
               Aymoynus
            
             ,
             49.
             
             Hee
             lyeth
             inhumed
             at
             St.
             
               Germans
               des
               prez
            
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             was
             much
             troubled
             by
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             had
             a
             divided
             power
             ,
             and
             ruled
             as
             the
             chiefe
             King
             ;
             But
             Soveraignty
             admits
             no
             Partners
             ,
             for
             Royall
             power
             ,
             like
             an
             entire
             streame
             ,
             fed
             by
             the
             Spring
             ,
             whence
             it
             descended
             ,
             will
             not
             mingle
             with
             other
             Titles
             ,
             but
             doth
             maintaine
             an
             absolute
             and
             undenyed
             Prerogative
             .
             His
             troublesome
             Reigne
             concluded
             with
             his
             fatall
             death
             ,
             
             for
             he
             was
             slaine
             by
             a
             wilde
             Bull
             ,
             which
             he
             hunted
             ,
             the
             manner
             of
             his
             death
             being
             an
             Embleme
             of
             his
             life
             ;
             for
             in
             his
             life
             hee
             persu'd
             wilde
             imaginations
             and
             vaine
             desires
             ,
             untill
             this
             sad
             mischance
             layd
             him
             to
             rest
             in
             a
             Grave
             ,
             to
             shew
             the
             vanity
             of
             humane
             designes
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             soone
             strooke
             dead
             ,
             such
             is
             the
             glory
             of
             this
             World.
             There
             is
             no
             vertue
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             to
             love
             the
             thing
             that
             is
             to
             be
             beloved
             ;
             and
             to
             love
             that
             ,
             is
             Prudence
             ;
             and
             not
             to
             be
             moved
             or
             troubled
             for
             any
             matter
             of
             molestation
             ,
             that
             is
             Fortitude
             ;
             nor
             for
             any
             matter
             of
             Flattery
             and
             delight
             ,
             that
             is
             Temperance
             ;
             nor
             for
             pride
             ,
             that
             is
             Justice
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Clotharius
               1.
            
             the
             seventh
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             559.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             CLotharius
             ,
             the
             third
             legitimate
             Sonne
             of
             King
             Clovis
             ,
             having
             reigned
             45.
             yeares
             at
             Soissons
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             now
             called
             the
             
               Belgick
               Gaule
            
             )
             upon
             the
             decease
             of
             his
             Brother
             Childebert
             ,
             who
             dyed
             without
             issue
             Males
             ,
             was
             proclaimed
             the
             7.
             
             King
             of
             France
             :
             
             which
             his
             Sonne
             Cranne
             perceiving
             ,
             as
             being
             now
             destitute
             of
             the
             support
             of
             his
             Uncle
             Childebert
             ,
             by
             whose
             assistance
             he
             managed
             strong
             Warres
             against
             this
             his
             owne
             Father
             ,
             came
             and
             cryed
             him
             mercy
             .
             But
             hee
             made
             so
             mall
             use
             of
             his
             fathers
             Grace
             and
             goodnesse
             ,
             that
             hee
             committed
             againe
             a
             new
             Fellony
             and
             Rebellion
             against
             him
             :
             And
             when
             his
             latter
             proceedings
             began
             to
             bee
             worse
             and
             worse
             in
             successe
             than
             before
             ,
             hee
             fled
             to
             Conobre
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             others
             say
             )
             Canabo
             ,
             Prince
             and
             Count
             of
             the
             Bretons
             ,
             who
             entertained
             him
             ,
             and
             undertooke
             to
             secure
             him
             from
             his
             Father
             .
             Whereupon
             his
             Father
             Clotharius
             with
             his
             Army
             invaded
             that
             Countrey
             ,
             where
             they
             joyned
             Battaile
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Bretons
             lost
             the
             Field
             ,
             their
             Prince
             being
             slaine
             in
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             Cranne
             taken
             Prisoner
             ,
             whom
             his
             Father
             caused
             to
             be
             shut
             up
             in
             a
             house
             ,
             and
             together
             with
             his
             Wife
             and
             children
             to
             bee
             all
             burnt
             to
             death
             .
             But
             Clotharius
             being
             the
             last
             of
             the
             Sonnes
             of
             King
             Clovis
             ,
             
             dyed
             that
             same
             day
             twelve-month
             that
             he
             justly
             had
             caused
             his
             sonne
             Cranne
             and
             his
             to
             be
             burnt
             ,
             in
             the
             51
             yeares
             of
             his
             being
             a
             King.
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             563.
             leaving
             behind
             him
             foure
             sonnes
             ,
             who
             againe
             divided
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             into
             the
             former
             Tetrarchyes
             ;
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             that
             of
             Paris
             befell
             to
             the
             eldest
             ,
             named
             Cherebert
             ,
             or
             
               Charibert
               :
               Soissons
            
             to
             
               Chilperic
               ;
               Orleans
            
             with
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Burgundy
             to
             Gontran
             ;
             and
             Austrasy
             to
             Sigebert
             ,
             with
             the
             Provinces
             on
             this
             side
             the
             Rhyne
             :
             but
             before
             the
             partage
             or
             division
             aforesaid
             ,
             they
             fell
             all
             upon
             Chilperic
             ,
             in
             open
             Armes
             ,
             for
             the
             surrender
             of
             their
             Father
             Treasures
             ,
             which
             hee
             had
             already
             taken
             possession
             of
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             the
             City
             of
             Paris
             .
             Whereupon
             it
             seemes
             that
             hee
             tooke
             it
             to
             heart
             ,
             and
             ever
             after
             maliced
             his
             brothers
             ,
             especially
             Sigisbert
             ,
             who
             had
             beene
             the
             motive
             (
             as
             
               Paulus
               Diaconus
            
             saith
             )
             that
             the
             Hunns
             made
             warre
             against
             him
             .
             This
             King
             at
             the
             time
             of
             his
             death
             said
             ,
             
               Vnach
               ,
               Anach
            
             ,
             
             
               How
               great
               is
               the
               King
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               that
               hath
               made
               subject
               unto
               death
               the
               greatest
               Kings
               and
               Princes
               of
               the
               world
               !
            
             which
             speech
             discovered
             ,
             that
             his
             too
             much
             affection
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             made
             the
             approach
             of
             death
             ,
             comming
             to
             take
             off
             his
             upper
             garment
             of
             mortality
             ,
             more
             terrible
             ,
             whereas
             ,
             
               Mors
               aequo
               pulsat
               pede
               pauperum
               tabernas
               ,
               regumque
               turres
               ,
               &
               sceptra
               ligonibus
               aequat
               .
            
          
           
             
               Death
               impartially
               knocks
               at
            
             
               Poore
               Cottages
               ,
               and
               the
               Court
               gate
               ;
            
             
               And
               equally
               he
               bringeth
               downe
            
             
               Vnto
               the
               grave
               ,
               the
               King
               and
               Clowne
               .
            
          
           
             To
             satisfie
             Pope
             Eugenius
             ,
             and
             for
             feare
             of
             Excommunication
             ,
             for
             killing
             Gawler
             of
             Quetot
             his
             servant
             ,
             hearing
             divine
             Service
             in
             his
             Chappell
             ,
             hee
             exempted
             the
             Lords
             of
             Quetot
             from
             homage
             and
             service
             due
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             thereby
             to
             expiate
             his
             bloody
             offence
             .
             But
             although
             his
             life
             was
             very
             bad
             and
             vicious
             ,
             and
             blotted
             with
             many
             impieties
             ,
             yet
             in
             sicknes
             his
             soule
             recover'd
             some
             health
             ,
             by
             a
             free
             acknowledging
             his
             sinne
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
             
               That
               his
               onely
               hope
               and
               confidence
               was
               in
               Gods
               mercy
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Cherebert
               8.
            
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             564.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             AFter
             the
             decease
             of
             
               Clotharius
               ,
               Cherebert
            
             his
             sonne
             was
             King
             of
             
               Paris
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             564.
             
             Hee
             betooke
             himselfe
             to
             all
             the
             kindes
             and
             
             sorts
             of
             dishonest
             pleasures
             that
             his
             fancy
             suggested
             him
             .
             Gregory
             of
             Tours
             takes
             no
             notice
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             because
             he
             governed
             not
             long
             :
             neverthelesse
             ,
             this
             mention
             he
             makes
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             excommunicated
             by
             S.
             German
             Bishop
             of
             Paris
             ,
             for
             that
             hee
             had
             repudiated
             his
             lawfull
             wife
             Iugoberge
             that
             he
             might
             take
             another
             ,
             his
             brothers
             Chilperic
             and
             Gontran
             ,
             being
             no
             waies
             different
             in
             conditions
             .
             But
             Sigisbert
             was
             an
             honourable
             and
             a
             vertuous
             Prince
             .
             Cherebert
             dyed
             (
             according
             to
             the
             report
             of
             Sigebert
             ,
             and
             the
             Chronicles
             of
             France
             )
             in
             the
             ninth
             yeare
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             without
             issue
             or
             any
             notable
             memory
             worthy
             a
             King
             :
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             of
             great
             controversie
             betweene
             his
             brothers
             concerning
             the
             succession
             ;
             which
             in
             the
             end
             proved
             a
             warre
             ,
             which
             (
             according
             to
             
               Paulus
               Aemilius
            
             )
             was
             of
             a
             long
             continuance
             :
             neverthelesse
             ,
             although
             Gregory
             of
             Tours
             ,
             and
             Aimoynus
             have
             very
             confusedly
             spoken
             of
             that
             warre
             ,
             without
             designing
             or
             remarking
             
             the
             time
             that
             it
             begunne
             ,
             nor
             what
             time
             Cherebert
             dyed
             :
             yet
             Gregory
             allowes
             that
             there
             was
             a
             sharing
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
             According
             to
             whose
             Relations
             ,
             
               Tours
               ,
               Poitiers
            
             ,
             and
             Aniou
             ,
             fell
             to
             Sigisbert
             ;
             but
             what
             partsbefell
             to
             the
             others
             is
             not
             mentioned
             expressely
             but
             onely
             this
             ,
             that
             Chilperic
             obtained
             a
             part
             of
             Normandy
             with
             
               Rouen
               :
               Gontran
               ,
               Berry
               ,
               Perigueux
               ,
            
             and
             Gascony
             .
             But
             each
             of
             them
             kept
             his
             part
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Paris
             ,
             and
             promised
             each
             to
             other
             ,
             that
             after
             their
             departure
             thence
             ,
             no
             one
             of
             them
             after
             that
             would
             enter
             into
             it
             againe
             ,
             without
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             other
             two
             .
             This
             Cherebert
             dyed
             at
             Blaye
             ,
             neare
             
               Burdeaux
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             573.
             and
             was
             buried
             at
             St.
             Romanus
             of
             
               Blaye
               .
               Gontran
               ,
               Sigisbert
            
             ,
             and
             Chilperic
             were
             ,
             during
             their
             lives
             ,
             in
             contention
             ,
             untill
             such
             time
             as
             their
             brother
             Sigisbert
             was
             slaine
             by
             two
             Souldiers
             ,
             who
             were
             put
             upon
             that
             action
             by
             Fredegunde
             ,
             the
             wife
             of
             Chilperic
             ,
             who
             was
             besieged
             in
             Tournuy
             by
             Sigisbert
             ,
             who
             not
             long
             before
             
             was
             acknowledged
             as
             King
             at
             Paris
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             was
             enchanted
             with
             the
             cuppe
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             whereof
             hee
             dranke
             deep
             ,
             &
             thereby
             committed
             many
             violent
             acts
             :
             for
             
               nulla
               capitalior
               pestis
               ,
               quàm
               corporis
               voluptas
               hominibus
               à
               natura
               data
               est
               ;
               unlawfull
               sinfull
               pleasure
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               all
               plagues
               .
            
             And
             therefore
             Diogenes
             told
             Alexander
             ,
             that
             hee
             had
             alwaies
             pleasure
             enough
             ,
             while
             Alexander
             had
             never
             enough
             pleasure
             ;
             and
             therefore
             he
             did
             not
             desire
             the
             insatiate
             pleasures
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             a
             King
             could
             not
             enjoy
             his
             pleasures
             .
             But
             this
             pleasure
             doth
             bewitch
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             especially
             the
             sensible
             and
             rationall
             man
             ,
             onely
             the
             spirituall
             mind
             can
             flye
             a
             higher
             pitch
             ,
             &
             account
             all
             the
             delights
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             but
             like
             the
             golden
             trappings
             of
             the
             Asse
             ,
             that
             is
             made
             brave
             to
             carry
             greater
             burthens
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chilperic
             ,
             the
             ninth
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             577.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             CHilperick
             having
             reigned
             Nine
             yeares
             at
             Soissons
             ,
             and
             seeing
             himselfe
             raised
             from
             a
             meane
             to
             a
             higher
             degree
             of
             his
             fortune
             ,
             by
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Brother
             Sigisbert
             ,
             departed
             from
             Tournay
             to
             Paris
             :
             where
             having
             beene
             received
             as
             lawfull
             King
             ,
             
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             577.
             dispatched
             his
             sonne
             Merovaeus
             with
             an
             Army
             for
             the
             reducing
             of
             the
             Countries
             and
             Cities
             scituated
             upon
             the
             River
             Loire
             ;
             but
             he
             instead
             of
             that
             service
             ,
             went
             directly
             to
             Rouen
             ,
             where
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             the
             Arch-bishop
             Praetextatus
             ,
             he
             married
             Brunehault
             ,
             the
             Widow
             of
             the
             foresaid
             Sigisbert
             .
             Whereupon
             his
             father
             was
             enraged
             ,
             and
             after
             having
             dispersed
             the
             forces
             of
             the
             said
             slaine
             Sigisbert
             ,
             which
             came
             and
             assaulted
             him
             neare
             Soissons
             ,
             he
             shut
             up
             Merovaeus
             in
             a
             Monastery
             at
             Mans
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             sent
             his
             other
             sonne
             into
             Guienne
             ,
             for
             the
             recovery
             of
             whatsoever
             had
             beene
             in
             Sigisberts
             possession
             :
             from
             whence
             he
             was
             repelled
             by
             
               Patrice
               Mumole
            
             ,
             King
             Gontrans
             Lieutenant
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             Merovaeus
             ,
             who
             was
             somewhat
             nettled
             ,
             and
             had
             betaken
             himselfe
             to
             Brunehault
             ,
             is
             constrained
             to
             flye
             into
             Austrasie
             ;
             from
             whence
             being
             also
             expelled
             ,
             was
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             Praetextatus
             confined
             to
             perpetuall
             Exile
             .
             After
             this
             Chilperick
             enforced
             
             Waroch
             ,
             Count
             of
             lower
             Bretagne
             ,
             to
             acknowledge
             vassallage
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             584.
             
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             Childebert
             ,
             who
             laboured
             to
             recover
             Marsiles
             which
             his
             brother
             Gontran
             detained
             from
             him
             ,
             made
             peace
             with
             his
             Uncle
             Chilperic
             ,
             who
             on
             his
             behalfe
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             forces
             fell
             upon
             Guienne
             ,
             tooke
             
               Lymosin
               ,
               Perigueux
            
             ,
             and
             Agenois
             ;
             and
             as
             he
             was
             very
             desirous
             to
             follow
             his
             fortune
             upon
             Bourges
             ,
             he
             was
             stayed
             by
             the
             Army
             of
             Gontran
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             made
             peace
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             Chilperic
             perceiving
             too
             amorous
             passages
             of
             his
             Wife
             Fredegund
             with
             Landry
             ,
             Mayre
             of
             his
             Palace
             ,
             to
             take
             away
             the
             occasion
             of
             his
             resentment
             ,
             they
             caused
             him
             that
             night
             to
             bee
             murthered
             ,
             as
             hee
             returned
             from
             Hunting
             ,
             in
             the
             Moneth
             of
             September
             ,
             in
             the
             23.
             yeare
             of
             his
             Reigne
             ,
             leaving
             one
             sonne
             ,
             named
             Clotharius
             ,
             foure
             Moneths
             old
             .
             Whilst
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Chilperic
             was
             in
             her
             journey
             to
             be
             marryed
             to
             the
             second
             sonne
             of
             the
             Visigoths
             ,
             she
             was
             stripped
             ,
             ransacked
             ,
             and
             
             robbed
             of
             her
             treasure
             and
             jewells
             ,
             and
             sent
             backe
             againe
             .
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             586.
             
             Helyeth
             interred
             at
             
               St.
               German
               de
               prez
            
             .
          
           
             The
             occasion
             of
             his
             murther
             was
             the
             discovering
             of
             Fredegunds
             affection
             to
             Landry
             ,
             for
             thinking
             to
             give
             his
             Wife
             a
             morning-salutation
             ,
             hee
             came
             booted
             into
             her
             Chamber
             before
             hee
             went
             to
             Hunting
             ,
             and
             finding
             her
             kembing
             her
             haire
             ,
             which
             lay
             spread
             over
             her
             face
             ,
             drew
             neare
             without
             speaking
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             riding-wand
             in
             jest
             touch'd
             the
             hinder
             part
             of
             herhead
             ;
             she
             taking
             the
             King
             for
             Landry
             ,
             who
             had
             free
             accesse
             for
             secret
             visits
             ,
             said
             ;
             
               In
               my
               judgment
            
             Landry
             ,
             
               a
               good
               Knight
               should
               alwayes
               strike
               before
               ,
               and
               not
               behind
               :
            
             whereupon
             perceiving
             that
             it
             was
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             by
             those
             words
             had
             discovered
             her
             minde
             ,
             while
             the
             King
             was
             gone
             a
             Hunting
             ,
             plotting
             the
             death
             of
             Fredegund
             and
             Landry
             ,
             they
             contrived
             his
             death
             ,
             and
             by
             murtherers
             by
             them
             hired
             ,
             the
             King
             accompanied
             onely
             with
             his
             Page
             ,
             was
             killed
             as
             he
             return'd
             from
             the
             Chace
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Clotharius
               2.
            
             the
             tenth
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             586.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Clotharius
             ,
             the
             second
             of
             that
             Name
             ,
             at
             the
             age
             of
             foure
             Moneths
             ,
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             586
             ,
             succeeded
             his
             Father
             under
             the
             tuition
             of
             his
             Uncle
             Gontran
             ,
             who
             confirmed
             Landry
             Mayre
             of
             the
             Palace
             ,
             and
             constituted
             him
             his
             Lieutenant
             Generall
             of
             
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             retained
             Paris
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             dependances
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Cherebert
             ,
             the
             late
             King.
             
          
           
             Gontran
             dyed
             in
             the
             33.
             yeare
             of
             his
             Reigne
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             595
             ,
             having
             before
             instituted
             for
             his
             Heire
             by
             will
             Childebert
             ,
             King
             of
             Austrasia
             ,
             his
             Nephew
             ,
             who
             lost
             the
             Battaile
             at
             Soifsons
             against
             Fredegund
             ,
             for
             the
             Guardianship
             of
             his
             Cousin
             Clotharius
             :
             As
             also
             foure
             yeares
             after
             ,
             or
             thereabout
             ,
             Childebert
             being
             deceased
             ,
             Brunechilde
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             tuition
             of
             Theodobert
             and
             Theodoric
             her
             yong
             sonnes
             ,
             lost
             the
             battaile
             against
             her
             neare
             
               Muret.
               Fredegund
            
             in
             the
             end
             dying
             ,
             the
             two
             Kings
             of
             Austrasia
             and
             Orleans
             being
             vexed
             at
             the
             Ambushments
             of
             Clotharius
             ,
             gave
             him
             battaile
             neare
             unto
             Sens
             and
             Estampes
             ,
             and
             left
             him
             no
             more
             than
             twelve
             Counties
             of
             his
             whole
             Kingdome
             .
             Theodoric
             as
             victorious
             and
             tryumphant
             enters
             Paris
             .
             After
             that
             Theodoric
             having
             his
             hands
             full
             of
             his
             other
             brother
             ,
             
             and
             before
             that
             he
             would
             undertake
             any
             Warre
             against
             him
             ,
             accorded
             with
             this
             his
             brother
             Clotharius
             ,
             that
             hee
             would
             give
             him
             the
             Dukedome
             of
             Denthelin
             ,
             and
             other
             parts
             which
             hee
             had
             taken
             from
             him
             ,
             on
             condition
             that
             he
             would
             be
             a
             Neuter
             betweene
             them
             .
             But
             hee
             having
             intelligence
             of
             the
             death
             of
             Theodobert
             ,
             who
             was
             slaine
             neare
             Cologne
             in
             the
             17.
             yeare
             of
             his
             Reigne
             ,
             enters
             immediately
             upon
             those
             promised
             Countries
             .
             Theodoric
             being
             very
             desirous
             that
             he
             should
             let
             goe
             his
             hold
             ,
             was
             impoisoned
             by
             
               Brunehault
               .
               Clotharius
            
             remaining
             now
             sole
             peaceable
             possessor
             of
             the
             whole
             Monarchy
             of
             France
             ,
             put
             all
             the
             children
             of
             Theodoric
             to
             death
             ,
             except
             Merovaeus
             ,
             who
             was
             his
             youngest
             sonne
             .
             Afterwards
             he
             punished
             Brunehault
             according
             to
             her
             deserts
             and
             demerits
             ;
             and
             he
             instituted
             his
             sonne
             Dagobert
             King
             of
             Austrasia
             ,
             against
             whom
             this
             man
             was
             much
             incensed
             for
             the
             death
             of
             his
             brother
             Rodoald
             :
             but
             hee
             was
             reconciled
             into
             favour
             by
             the
             Marriage
             
             of
             Cometrude
             ,
             Sister
             of
             his
             last
             Wife
             .
             Clotharius
             having
             largely
             revenged
             himselfe
             upon
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             who
             had
             revolted
             and
             wounded
             Dagobert
             ,
             daring
             that
             that
             were
             without
             the
             reach
             of
             his
             Sword
             ,
             deceased
             the
             45.
             yeare
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             reigne
             37.
             
             
               An.
               D.
            
             632.
             leaving
             Dagobert
             by
             his
             first
             Wife
             ,
             and
             Aribert
             by
             the
             second
             .
          
           
             Brunehault
             before
             mention'd
             ,
             having
             caused
             many
             murders
             and
             mischiefes
             ,
             was
             by
             her
             owne
             souldiers
             yeelded
             up
             to
             Clotayre
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             chiefest
             persons
             of
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             condemned
             to
             bee
             tyed
             to
             the
             tayle
             of
             a
             wilde
             Mare
             ,
             and
             drawne
             through
             a
             stony
             rough
             Countrey
             ,
             being
             thereby
             torne
             in
             peeces
             ,
             and
             dying
             many
             deaths
             in
             one
             death
             ;
             yet
             St.
             Gregory
             in
             certaine
             Letters
             commends
             her
             piety
             and
             wisedome
             ,
             for
             many
             Temples
             were
             by
             her
             builded
             and
             endowed
             ,
             while
             in
             the
             Temple
             of
             her
             soule
             shee
             sets
             up
             Altars
             to
             murder
             and
             whoredome
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Dagobert
             the
             11.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             632.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             DAgobert
             being
             possessed
             of
             the
             Crowne
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             632.
             notwithstanding
             the
             oppositions
             of
             Brunulph
             ,
             Vncle
             and
             governour
             of
             Aribert
             ,
             he
             assigned
             him
             the
             Countries
             of
             Aquitan
             and
             Guienne
             for
             his
             maintenance
             ,
             whereunto
             he
             gave
             the
             stile
             and
             
             title
             of
             a
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             bounded
             it
             with
             the
             River
             Loire
             ,
             and
             the
             Pyrenian
             Mountaines
             .
             After
             that
             he
             laboured
             to
             polish
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             administring
             justice
             to
             every
             man.
             In
             the
             ninth
             yeare
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             third
             yeare
             after
             the
             decease
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             he
             captivated
             himselfe
             to
             vices
             ,
             and
             voluptuousnesse
             ,
             in
             such
             sort
             ,
             that
             hee
             grew
             infamous
             ,
             although
             hee
             seemed
             much
             devoted
             to
             the
             Abby
             of
             St.
             Denis
             ,
             which
             he
             caused
             to
             be
             built
             ,
             and
             enriched
             it
             with
             the
             pillaging
             of
             other
             Churches
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             interim
             ,
             King
             Aribert
             deceased
             the
             seventh
             yeare
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             leaving
             a
             sonne
             called
             Chilperic
             ,
             who
             survived
             him
             but
             few
             dayes
             ,
             of
             whose
             death
             Dagobert
             was
             strongly
             suspected
             .
             Hee
             immediately
             united
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Aquitan
             to
             the
             Monarchy
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             dismembred
             the
             Dukedome
             of
             Almania
             into
             divers
             parts
             ,
             as
             Munster
             affirmes
             .
             Hee
             released
             the
             Saxons
             of
             a
             yearely
             Tribute
             
             of
             five
             hundred
             Cowes
             ,
             which
             they
             payed
             to
             those
             of
             Austrasia
             ,
             upon
             condition
             that
             they
             should
             keepe
             the
             Sclavonians
             out
             of
             the
             Dominions
             of
             France
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             hee
             crowned
             his
             sonne
             Sigisbert
             King
             of
             Austrasia
             .
             But
             because
             that
             in
             the
             12
             yeare
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             Clovis
             ,
             or
             Lewis
             was
             borne
             by
             his
             wife
             Nentilde
             ,
             he
             confirmed
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Austracy
             upon
             Sigisbert
             ,
             and
             designed
             the
             occidentall
             part
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             called
             Neustria
             ,
             together
             with
             that
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             to
             his
             sonne
             Clovis
             .
             At
             that
             time
             Radulphe
             Duke
             ,
             and
             governour
             of
             Thuringia
             ,
             for
             King
             Dagobert
             would
             needes
             oppose
             himselfe
             against
             
               Ansigise
               Maire
            
             of
             the
             Palace
             of
             Austracy
             ,
             and
             make
             himselfe
             King
             ;
             but
             in
             vaine
             .
             Afterwards
             Dagobert
             combated
             victoriously
             the
             rebellious
             Gascognes
             ,
             and
             intending
             as
             much
             to
             the
             
               Bretons
               Iudicael
            
             did
             him
             homage
             for
             his
             Kingdome
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             he
             deceased
             with
             a
             Flux
             the
             19.
             or
             ,
             as
             others
             affirme
             ,
             the
             29
             of
             Ianuary
             ,
             
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             647.
             sixteene
             yeares
             after
             the
             decease
             of
             his
             Father
             .
             Hee
             lyes
             inhumedat
             St.
             Denis
             :
             with
             this
             King
             dyed
             the
             splendour
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Maires
             of
             the
             Palace
             beganne
             to
             take
             a
             dangerous
             and
             pernicious
             roote
             .
          
           
             The
             Character
             of
             this
             King
             may
             bee
             thus
             drawne
             :
             He
             was
             better
             furnished
             with
             vertue
             than
             his
             education
             promised
             :
             he
             strained
             the
             Kingdome
             by
             Iustice
             ,
             and
             brought
             it
             to
             moderation
             ,
             and
             obedience
             ;
             the
             state
             thereof
             beingtoo
             much
             slackned
             by
             his
             fathers
             lenity
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             had
             tun'd
             the
             government
             to
             yeeld
             a
             vertuous
             harmony
             ,
             he
             grew
             into
             the
             opinion
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             by
             his
             affection
             to
             Piety
             ,
             which
             he
             made
             to
             shine
             most
             cleare
             and
             evident
             ,
             by
             building
             and
             enriching
             many
             Temples
             ,
             especially
             St.
             Denis
             ,
             honour'd
             since
             by
             being
             the
             constant
             Sepulchre
             where
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             lye
             buried
             .
             He
             banished
             also
             the
             Iewes
             out
             of
             his
             Territories
             .
             But
             these
             resplendant
             vertues
             
             were
             darkened
             and
             disgraced
             by
             the
             foule
             sinne
             of
             Adultery
             ,
             whereby
             he
             grew
             infamous
             to
             his
             Subjects
             and
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             was
             so
             confirmed
             in
             this
             vice
             ,
             that
             Anand
             Bishop
             of
             Paris
             perswading
             his
             Conversion
             ,
             was
             therefore
             banished
             .
             But
             his
             reason
             was
             awaked
             by
             Pepius
             constant
             reprehension
             ,
             to
             whom
             banishment
             being
             threatned
             ,
             yet
             he
             persisted
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             brave
             importunity
             ,
             neglecting
             his
             owne
             danger
             ,
             obtained
             of
             the
             King
             to
             bee
             mercifull
             unto
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             forsake
             his
             sinne
             ;
             such
             was
             the
             minde
             of
             this
             vertuous
             Prince
             to
             hearken
             to
             the
             words
             of
             a
             wise
             man
             which
             were
             spoken
             in
             season
             ,
             that
             ever
             after
             he
             was
             wary
             both
             of
             his
             words
             &
             actions
             ;
             leavingan
             example
             of
             loyalty
             in
             a
             servant
             ,
             and
             of
             Reasons
             victory
             in
             a
             Prince
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Clovis
             ,
             (
             aliâs
             )
             
               Lewis
               2.
            
             the
             12.
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             645.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Clovis
             or
             Lewis
             ,
             although
             he
             were
             the
             younger
             brother
             of
             Sigisbert
             ,
             whom
             some
             hold
             to
             have
             beene
             borne
             of
             a
             Concubine
             ,
             tooke
             the
             possession
             upon
             him
             of
             the
             Kingdomes
             both
             of
             France
             and
             Burgundy
             ,
             under
             the
             government
             of
             his
             Mother
             
             Nentilde
             ,
             and
             of
             Prince
             Aega
             ,
             Mayre
             of
             the
             Palace
             ,
             who
             shortly
             after
             dyed
             :
             in
             whose
             place
             was
             substituted
             Ercembault
             ,
             kinsman
             to
             the
             late
             Dagobert
             by
             the
             mothers
             side
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             Pepin
             ,
             Mayre
             of
             the
             Palace
             of
             Austrasie
             ,
             dyed
             ,
             into
             whose
             office
             and
             place
             his
             sonne
             Grimoald
             would
             enter
             .
             But
             perceiving
             himselfe
             to
             be
             opposed
             by
             a
             certaine
             Otho
             ,
             who
             formerly
             had
             had
             the
             government
             of
             Sigebert
             in
             his
             minority
             made
             a
             quarrell
             betweene
             him
             and
             Leuther
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Almaine
             ,
             who
             slew
             him
             .
             After
             ,
             taking
             upon
             him
             the
             dignity
             of
             Mayre
             of
             the
             Palace
             ,
             hee
             matched
             his
             Sister
             Begga
             to
             the
             Duke
             Ansigise
             ,
             sonne
             of
             St.
             Arnulph
             ,
             by
             whom
             hee
             had
             
               Pepin
               Heristel
               .
               Nentilde
            
             deceased
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             651.
             as
             also
             her
             Favorite
             Flaveate
             did
             ,
             who
             was
             by
             Nation
             a
             Frenchman
             ,
             Constable
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             and
             Wilebald
             Governour
             of
             
               Burgundy
               Trans-jurane
            
             ;
             by
             the
             reason
             whereof
             Ercembault
             governed
             solely
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             until
             the
             King
             came
             to
             age
             .
             Afterwards
             in
             the
             yeare
             
             657
             ,
             Sigebert
             perswading
             himselfe
             that
             he
             should
             have
             no
             issue
             ,
             adopted
             Childebert
             ,
             sonne
             of
             Grimoald
             ,
             Mayre
             of
             his
             Palace
             as
             his
             sonne
             :
             but
             after
             having
             a
             son
             borne
             to
             him
             ,
             whom
             he
             named
             Dagobert
             ,
             at
             his
             decease
             hee
             left
             him
             to
             succeede
             under
             the
             charge
             of
             Grimoald
             ,
             who
             caused
             the
             Infant
             Dagobert
             to
             be
             transported
             into
             Scotland
             by
             Dudo
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Poictiers
             ,
             there
             to
             be
             made
             a
             Monke
             ,
             and
             caused
             his
             owne
             sonne
             Childebert
             to
             be
             crowned
             King
             of
             Austrasie
             ;
             which
             caused
             the
             King
             Clovis
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             his
             Mayre
             Ercembault
             ,
             to
             give
             him
             battaile
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             were
             both
             taken
             ,
             and
             carryed
             to
             Paris
             ,
             where
             they
             dyed
             .
             By
             reason
             whereof
             Clovis
             instituted
             his
             second
             sonne
             Childeric
             King
             of
             Austrasie
             ,
             and
             appointed
             Walfroy
             for
             Mayre
             of
             his
             Palace
             .
             After
             that
             there
             being
             a
             great
             famine
             ,
             Clovis
             tooke
             all
             the
             Plate
             and
             Treasure
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             St.
             Denis
             ,
             and
             gave
             it
             to
             the
             poore
             ,
             and
             in
             recompence
             thereof
             hee
             exempted
             that
             
             Abby
             from
             the
             subjection
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Paris
             .
             He
             departed
             this
             life
             to
             a
             better
             ,
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             665
             ,
             in
             the
             21.
             yeare
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             or
             as
             others
             ,
             23
             ,
             and
             lyeth
             at
             St.
             Denis
             ,
             expecting
             a
             glorious
             Resurrection
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             and
             many
             other
             his
             successors
             ,
             retained
             nothing
             of
             Soveraignty
             ,
             but
             the
             name
             and
             habilements
             of
             Kings
             ,
             having
             resign'd
             their
             Regall
             power
             to
             their
             Mayres
             .
             For
             after
             they
             had
             committed
             all
             their
             Authority
             to
             these
             Vice-kings
             ,
             they
             themselves
             did
             never
             appeare
             in
             publick
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             first
             day
             of
             May
             ,
             and
             then
             in
             their
             Chariots
             ,
             stuck
             with
             flowers
             ,
             and
             drawne
             with
             4.
             
             Oxen.
             No
             suiters
             were
             admited
             to
             the
             Kings
             presence
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             Chamber
             surfetted
             on
             all
             kind
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             while
             the
             Subjects
             complained
             onely
             to
             the
             Mayre
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             had
             their
             wrongs
             redressed
             ;
             for
             the
             whole
             government
             ,
             which
             belonged
             unto
             the
             Kings
             ,
             was
             now
             ordered
             by
             Mayres
             :
             yet
             this
             King
             was
             happy
             in
             his
             Consort
             and
             Queene
             
             Bandour
             ,
             of
             whose
             Piety
             and
             devotion
             to
             Religion
             ,
             the
             Abby
             of
             Shelces
             ,
             called
             St.
             Bandour
             ,
             and
             other
             religious
             buildings
             were
             lasting
             Monuments
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Clotharius
               3.
            
             the
             13.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             666.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Clotharius
             the
             third
             ,
             the
             eldest
             sonne
             of
             Clovis
             ,
             succeeded
             in
             the
             Regall
             power
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             666
             ,
             (
             his
             brother
             Childeric
             or
             Childebert
             
             and
             Theodoric
             being
             very
             young
             )
             Clotharius
             permitted
             the
             sway
             of
             government
             to
             his
             Mother
             Bathilde
             ,
             and
             his
             Mayre
             of
             Palace
             Ercembault
             ,
             or
             Ereich
             ,
             whom
             some
             are
             of
             opinion
             to
             have
             beene
             entituled
             Duke
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             death
             of
             this
             ,
             hee
             entertained
             one
             Ebroin
             in
             his
             place
             ,
             (
             or
             as
             the
             Almaine
             Chronicles
             say
             )
             Eberwin
             ,
             a
             German
             borne
             ,
             a
             man
             cruell
             ,
             malicious
             ,
             and
             wicked
             ,
             who
             was
             preferred
             unto
             him
             by
             the
             French.
             
          
           
             He
             was
             the
             first
             ,
             that
             ,
             abusing
             the
             imbecillity
             and
             Infancy
             of
             his
             Master
             ,
             raised
             the
             power
             and
             authority
             of
             his
             owne
             dignity
             to
             such
             a
             heighth
             it
             never
             had
             before
             ,
             slighting
             and
             misprizing
             the
             Majesty
             and
             greatnesse
             of
             Kings
             :
             insomuch
             that
             afterwards
             nothing
             ,
             of
             what
             importance
             soever
             ,
             must
             passe
             without
             the
             approbation
             of
             those
             Mayres
             ,
             all
             the
             Principality
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             being
             solely
             in
             their
             breasts
             and
             power
             ,
             swaying
             yea
             ,
             and
             limiting
             the
             expences
             of
             their
             Kings
             ,
             as
             they
             list
             
             themselves
             :
             making
             Warres
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             Alliances
             ,
             Ordinances
             and
             Customes
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             at
             their
             pleasure
             .
             Some
             Chronicles
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Kings
             living
             at
             their
             ease
             and
             pleasures
             ,
             shewed
             themselves
             but
             once
             a
             yeare
             in
             publicke
             upon
             the
             first
             day
             of
             May
             in
             a
             generall
             assembly
             ,
             which
             was
             held
             every
             yeare
             for
             the
             publick
             affaires
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             in
             a
             place
             called
             
               The
               Field
               of
            
             Mars
             ,
             where
             they
             rode
             in
             a
             Chariot
             drawne
             by
             foure
             Oxen
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             the
             chiefe
             of
             the
             Baronry
             ,
             as
             well
             hearing
             the
             complaints
             of
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             as
             giving
             audience
             to
             Embassadors
             of
             forraigne
             Princes
             ;
             all
             which
             they
             received
             at
             the
             second
             hand
             from
             their
             Mayres
             .
             This
             Clotharius
             was
             surprized
             by
             a
             Feaver
             ,
             where
             of
             he
             dyed
             ,
             having
             reigned
             foure
             yeares
             ,
             without
             leaving
             any
             issue
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
               670.
               
               Theodoric
            
             undertakes
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             but
             through
             the
             turmoyles
             betweene
             him
             and
             Ebroin
             Mayre
             of
             the
             Palace
             ,
             the
             subjects
             enforced
             him
             to
             a
             Monasticke
             
             life
             at
             
               St.
               Denis
            
             ,
             and
             Ebroin
             at
             Leuxeul
             in
             the
             
               Franche
               Contè
               .
               Clotharius
            
             lyes
             at
             St.
             Denis
             in
             France
             .
             The
             composition
             of
             his
             minde
             was
             cruell
             ,
             which
             the
             subjects
             felt
             in
             heavy
             taxations
             ,
             by
             him
             imposed
             ,
             saying
             that
             plenty
             and
             peace
             made
             them
             forgetfull
             of
             their
             duty
             .
             And
             of
             him
             and
             his
             successors
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             left
             nothing
             memorable
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             left
             no
             memory
             .
          
           
             Hee
             may
             be
             reckoned
             among
             those
             Kings
             that
             were
             living
             Pictures
             of
             Soveraignty
             ,
             shewed
             every
             yeare
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             so
             put
             up
             againe
             into
             his
             Chamber
             :
             but
             if
             Vertue
             be
             active
             ,
             and
             consists
             in
             doing
             good
             ,
             how
             could
             Kings
             thinke
             that
             they
             might
             rule
             by
             their
             Deputies
             ?
             You
             never
             knew
             that
             Flock
             of
             sheepe
             did
             thrive
             ,
             when
             the
             Shepheard
             committed
             them
             to
             the
             care
             of
             an
             Hireling
             ,
             or
             a
             Boy
             and
             a
             Dogge
             ,
             for
             then
             the
             poore
             sheepe
             are
             torne
             by
             Bryars
             :
             so
             are
             the
             poore
             subjects
             by
             oppressions
             ,
             when
             
               Rex
               dormit
            
             
             securus
             ,
             when
             the
             King
             sleepes
             ,
             and
             suffers
             his
             Mayres
             to
             governe
             him
             and
             his
             Realme
             .
             Therefore
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             is
             good
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             nobility
             of
             his
             Birth
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             excellency
             of
             his
             Vertue
             :
             For
             true
             Nobility
             dependeth
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             things
             are
             of
             Fortune
             .
             But
             this
             was
             the
             defect
             of
             these
             times
             that
             made
             soveraigne
             power
             have
             aweake
             aspect
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             looke
             so
             fine
             and
             cleare
             as
             it
             would
             have
             done
             ,
             for
             this
             King
             and
             many
             others
             were
             then
             but
             like
             Pictures
             in
             Arras
             :
             yet
             for
             all
             his
             cruelty
             ,
             they
             bestowed
             upon
             him
             those
             funerall
             Rites
             which
             appertained
             to
             Soveraignty
             ,
             and
             inhumed
             him
             amongst
             the
             former
             Kings
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Childeric
               2.
            
             the
             14.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             670.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Childeric
             ,
             King
             of
             Austrasy
             ,
             and
             brother
             to
             Clotharius
             ,
             being
             called
             to
             the
             Crowne
             by
             the
             Frenchmen
             ,
             tooke
             Ulfoalde
             for
             his
             Mayre
             ,
             but
             they
             found
             themselves
             as
             much
             troubled
             with
             him
             as
             they
             had
             beene
             with
             Theodoric
             and
             Ebroin
             ,
             whom
             
             they
             had
             made
             Monkes
             ,
             and
             confined
             into
             Monasteries
             .
             This
             Childeric
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             man
             of
             no
             great
             wit
             ,
             and
             dissolute
             ,
             confined
             (
             saith
             
               Sigebert
               )
               Leger
            
             Bishop
             of
             Authun
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             a
             holy
             life
             ,
             to
             the
             Monastery
             of
             Luxeul
             :
             Neverthelesse
             the
             Supplement
             of
             Idatius
             affirmes
             that
             he
             was
             so
             gracious
             with
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             in
             a
             manner
             as
             Mayre
             of
             the
             Palace
             .
             He
             caused
             a
             Gentleman
             to
             be
             ignominiously
             whipped
             ,
             who
             was
             of
             Franconia
             ,
             called
             Bodille
             ,
             by
             which
             fact
             he
             excited
             such
             a
             scandall
             against
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             a
             generall
             hatred
             of
             most
             part
             of
             the
             Nobility
             of
             his
             Realme
             ,
             that
             they
             all
             rebelled
             against
             him
             ,
             after
             the
             example
             of
             
               Ingolbert
               (
               aliâs
               )
               Wigobert
            
             ,
             and
             Amalbert
             ;
             giving
             such
             an
             occasion
             to
             Bodille
             ,
             that
             he
             sought
             all
             occasions
             of
             revenge
             for
             the
             notorious
             disgrace
             hee
             had
             received
             from
             him
             :
             who
             on
             a
             day
             espying
             him
             comming
             from
             Hunting
             ,
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             murthered
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             his
             Compliees
             ,
             who
             also
             shewed
             no
             more
             mercy
             to
             his
             Queene
             and
             
             Wife
             Blivilde
             ,
             although
             shee
             were
             great
             with
             child
             ;
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             Ulfoalde
             fled
             into
             Austrasie
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Lords
             of
             France
             ,
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             Leger
             Bishop
             of
             Authun
             ,
             tooke
             Leudesil
             ,
             the
             sonne
             of
             the
             late
             Ercembault
             ,
             for
             Mayre
             of
             the
             Palace
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             it
             seemes
             to
             Aymoynus
             and
             Ado
             )
             taking
             Theodoric
             out
             of
             the
             Monastery
             ,
             estated
             him
             in
             the
             Regall
             Throne
             .
          
           
             Childeric
             and
             his
             Wife
             were
             funebrially
             interred
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             St.
             
               German
               des
               prez
               lez
               Paris
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
               676
               ,
            
             and
             seven
             yeares
             after
             that
             by
             the
             generall
             consent
             of
             the
             Frenchmen
             hee
             was
             called
             out
             of
             Austrasie
             to
             governe
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             France
             .
             Hee
             left
             no
             issue
             ;
             Sigebert
             and
             
               Paulus
               Aemilius
            
             seeme
             to
             confound
             the
             History
             ,
             being
             of
             opinion
             that
             Childeric
             reigned
             after
             Clotharius
             12.
             yeares
             ,
             and
             Theodoric
             17.
             yeares
             after
             him
             :
             but
             others
             hold
             that
             the
             reigne
             of
             Theodoric
             continued
             19
             ,
             in
             the
             which
             they
             number
             the
             yeares
             of
             his
             being
             a
             Monke
             ,
             Childerick
             being
             
             substituted
             in
             his
             place
             .
             This
             King
             was
             another
             of
             the
             same
             stampe
             with
             the
             former
             ,
             by
             nature
             enclined
             to
             tyranny
             and
             cruelty
             ,
             disgracing
             his
             well-begun
             reigne
             with
             a
             bad
             conclusion
             :
             for
             Kings
             mounted
             on
             the
             top
             of
             Honour
             ,
             and
             beholding
             their
             subjects
             with
             contempt
             ,
             thrust
             forward
             by
             flattery
             or
             ambition
             ,
             doe
             easily
             become
             Tyrants
             .
             And
             as
             this
             Kings
             life
             did
             not
             shew
             handsome
             ,
             so
             his
             death
             plotted
             and
             effected
             by
             Bodille
             ,
             did
             instruct
             Kings
             not
             to
             dishonour
             or
             contemne
             their
             Nobility
             ,
             being
             their
             right
             Arme.
             And
             also
             it
             shewed
             ,
             that
             a
             disgracefull
             punishment
             inflicted
             on
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             doth
             touch
             the
             quicke
             of
             the
             soule
             with
             a
             deepe
             apprehension
             ,
             for
             being
             of
             a
             freer
             tender
             nature
             ,
             they
             scorne
             as
             much
             to
             receive
             an
             injury
             ,
             as
             doe
             any
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             account
             it
             Justice
             to
             revenge
             ,
             though
             they
             dye
             in
             the
             confirmation
             of
             the
             act
             :
             This
             appeares
             by
             Bodille
             ,
             who
             concealed
             her
             anger
             ,
             untill
             like
             Lightning
             it
             struck
             the
             King
             before
             it
             was
             seene
             ;
             for
             he
             must
             
             be
             silent
             ,
             full
             of
             darke
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             carry
             his
             light
             inward
             ,
             that
             will
             vindicate
             an
             injury
             ;
             and
             write
             
               Mihi
               &
               vindictae
               litavi
            
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             sacrifice
             to
             Revenge
             .
          
        
         
           
             Theodoric
             2.
             15.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             680.
             
          
           
             
               THeodoric
               (
               alias
               )
               Thierry
            
             ,
             the
             second
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             having
             beene
             called
             out
             of
             the
             Monastery
             by
             Ebroin
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             time
             that
             things
             were
             in
             a
             combustion
             
             and
             confusion
             through
             the
             death
             of
             Childeric
             ,
             went
             and
             assaulted
             Leudesie
             ,
             from
             whom
             hee
             recovered
             the
             Royall
             Finances
             .
             Afterwards
             pursuing
             him
             ,
             he
             ,
             contrary
             to
             his
             promise
             ,
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             causing
             himselfe
             to
             bee
             re-estated
             in
             that
             dignity
             of
             which
             formerly
             hee
             had
             beene
             deprived
             ,
             persecuted
             all
             those
             that
             had
             any
             way
             opposed
             him
             ,
             filling
             all
             France
             with
             murtherous
             cruelties
             :
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             he
             put
             to
             death
             Leger
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Authun
             ,
             and
             his
             brother
             Guerin
             .
             Whilst
             the
             Austrasians
             substituted
             
               Pepin
               ,
               Heristed
               ,
               Maire
            
             of
             the
             Palace
             of
             Austrasie
             ,
             in
             the
             place
             of
             Vlsoald
             ,
             and
             appoynted
             for
             his
             Coadjutor
             Martin
             ,
             his
             Cousen
             German
             ,
             sonne
             of
             Clodulphe
             ,
             second
             Sonne
             of
             S.
             Arnulph
             .
             Where
             of
             Ebroin
             being
             advertised
             ,
             went
             to
             give
             them
             battaile
             at
             a
             place
             called
             Locofic
             ,
             where
             Pepin
             was
             enforced
             to
             betake
             himselfe
             into
             Austrasie
             for
             safety
             ,
             and
             Martin
             to
             Laon
             :
             From
             whence
             Ebroin
             ,
             upon
             his
             word
             given
             him
             in
             
             way
             of
             promise
             ,
             fetcht
             him
             out
             ,
             and
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
             .
             Immediately
             hereupon
             Hermonfroy
             slew
             Ebroin
             ,
             and
             for
             refuge
             betooke
             himselfe
             to
             Pepin
             .
             By
             the
             reason
             whereof
             ,
             Theodoric
             took
             to
             bee
             Maire
             of
             the
             Palace
             one
             named
             Waraton
             ,
             a
             man
             well
             advised
             ,
             who
             having
             beene
             supplanted
             and
             undermined
             by
             his
             sonne
             Gislemare
             ,
             who
             dyed
             shortly
             after
             ,
             entered
             into
             the
             State
             ,
             although
             hee
             kept
             it
             not
             long
             ,
             but
             dying
             left
             it
             in
             the
             hands
             and
             power
             of
             Bertaire
             ,
             who
             in
             such
             a
             high
             nature
             disgusted
             the
             Lords
             and
             Nobility
             of
             France
             ,
             that
             they
             withdrew
             their
             affection
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             there
             went
             (
             namely
             
               Andr
               amne
            
             and
             Reole
             )
             to
             consult
             with
             Pepin
             for
             a
             Warre
             upon
             Theodoric
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             Bertaire
             ,
             who
             was
             neare
             Taxieres
             in
             Vermandois
             defeated
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             Bertaire
             slaine
             by
             some
             that
             pursued
             him
             .
             Whereupon
             Theodoric
             made
             a
             peace
             with
             Pepin
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             the
             office
             of
             Maire
             of
             his
             Palace
             ,
             as
             
             he
             already
             had
             that
             of
             
               Austrasie
               .
               Pepin
            
             being
             desirous
             to
             compose
             the
             matters
             of
             Austracy
             in
             order
             ,
             instituted
             Norbert
             as
             his
             Lievtenant
             in
             France
             ,
             in
             his
             absence
             .
             Afterwards
             he
             made
             his
             eldest
             sonne
             Drogon
             Duke
             of
             
               Campagne
               :
               Pepin
            
             began
             to
             governe
             in
             
               France
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             687.
             
          
           
             Theodoric
             deceased
             688.
             having
             reigned
             nineteene
             yeares
             ,
             beeing
             a
             wonderfull
             patient
             King
             ,
             and
             one
             that
             would
             not
             be
             moved
             with
             any
             small
             disaster
             that
             should
             have
             happened
             unto
             him
             ,
             either
             through
             the
             Divine
             Power
             ,
             or
             Humane
             Resistance
             .
             Hee
             left
             behinde
             him
             three
             Sonnes
             ,
             
               Clovis
               ,
               Clotharius
            
             ,
             and
             Childebert
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             being
             onely
             a
             picture
             of
             Soveraignty
             ,
             without
             any
             active
             motion
             ,
             
               Ne
               vixisse
               inutilis
               olim
               ,
               videatur
               ,
            
             left
             issue
             to
             shew
             that
             he
             had
             lived
             .
             He
             sate
             like
             a
             patient
             man
             ,
             and
             beheld
             the
             Tragedies
             playd
             by
             the
             Mayres
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             beene
             a
             game
             of
             
             Tables
             ,
             untill
             Pepin
             wonne
             the
             set
             and
             Soveraignty
             of
             France
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             was
             of
             a
             slow
             disposition
             ,
             not
             contemning
             ,
             but
             neglecting
             the
             World
             ;
             for
             if
             he
             had
             onely
             slighted
             earthly
             glory
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             violated
             Curius
             ,
             who
             when
             the
             Samnites
             brought
             him
             great
             store
             of
             Treasure
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             sitting
             by
             the
             fire
             side
             ,
             hee
             said
             ,
             
               Non
               aurum
               haberi
               praeclarum
               sibi
               videri
               dixit
               ;
               sedeis
               ,
               qui
               haberent
               aurum
               ,
               imperare
               :
            
             He
             accounted
             it
             no
             glory
             to
             have
             store
             of
             Gold
             ,
             but
             to
             governe
             those
             that
             had
             store
             of
             gold
             .
             This
             was
             a
             magnanimity
             of
             minde
             ,
             but
             a
             dejected
             minde
             in
             a
             Prince
             ,
             suffering
             a
             Subject
             to
             over-toppe
             him
             ,
             did
             not
             expresse
             the
             Courage
             of
             a
             Caesar
             ,
             or
             an
             Alexander
             ,
             that
             desir'd
             to
             bee
             Monarchs
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Clovis
               3.
            
             the
             16.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             689.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             AFter
             the
             decease
             of
             
               Theodorick
               ,
               Clovis
            
             ,
             his
             eldest
             sonne
             ,
             began
             his
             Reigne
             in
             his
             minority
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             689
             ,
             having
             Pepin
             for
             Mayre
             of
             his
             Palace
             ,
             who
             was
             surnamed
             Heristel
             ,
             sonne
             of
             Ansigise
             ,
             under
             whom
             France
             ,
             that
             heretofore
             seemed
             to
             bee
             divided
             ,
             
             and
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             dismembred
             ,
             seemed
             now
             to
             be
             as
             an
             entire
             body
             ,
             as
             formerly
             it
             had
             beene
             ,
             and
             began
             to
             recover
             its
             pristine
             lustre
             and
             honour
             ,
             which
             it
             had
             in
             a
             manner
             lost
             by
             the
             precedent
             divisions
             ,
             and
             intestine
             dissentions
             ;
             which
             also
             had
             given
             an
             occasion
             to
             the
             Aquitans
             and
             Gascognes
             to
             range
             apart
             under
             the
             government
             of
             one
             proper
             and
             peculiar
             Prince
             ,
             whom
             they
             styled
             Duke
             ;
             an
             occasion
             that
             Roderic
             of
             Toledo
             tooke
             to
             make
             mention
             of
             one
             called
             Loup
             who
             was
             about
             that
             time
             .
          
           
             Clovis
             reigned
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Contivator
             of
             Gregory
             of
             
               Tours
               ,
               Ado
            
             ,
             and
             Sigebert
             )
             onely
             foure
             yeares
             ,
             although
             Aimoynus
             ,
             through
             the
             default
             of
             Writers
             ,
             acknowledgeth
             but
             two
             yeares
             .
             And
             it
             seemes
             that
             in
             his
             time
             the
             Saxons
             and
             Swedes
             ,
             who
             upon
             the
             occasion
             of
             the
             precedent
             Warres
             by
             the
             succession
             of
             times
             ,
             had
             withdrawne
             themselves
             out
             of
             the
             obedience
             to
             the
             French
             ,
             were
             by
             
             Pepin
             summoned
             to
             their
             duty
             .
             And
             because
             they
             made
             him
             know
             that
             they
             would
             not
             performe
             any
             such
             thing
             but
             upon
             compulsion
             ,
             hee
             passed
             over
             the
             Rhine
             with
             an
             Army
             against
             them
             ,
             wherewith
             hee
             gave
             them
             such
             downe-right
             knocks
             ,
             that
             he
             beate
             them
             into
             a
             subjection
             according
             to
             his
             desire
             .
             By
             the
             meanes
             whereof
             France
             for
             some
             space
             of
             time
             continued
             in
             peace
             ,
             recovering
             by
             little
             and
             little
             its
             authority
             and
             renowne
             amongst
             other
             Nations
             and
             strangers
             .
             Wherefore
             Clovis
             had
             no
             leasure
             to
             enjoy
             a
             long
             content
             ,
             because
             hee
             dyed
             ,
             although
             young
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             is
             said
             )
             leaving
             the
             succession
             to
             his
             brother
             
               Childebert
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             692.
             
             The
             place
             of
             his
             death
             or
             interrment
             is
             not
             mentioned
             in
             any
             Authors
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             reigned
             but
             foure
             yeares
             ,
             and
             therefore
             his
             Character
             may
             bee
             drawne
             by
             the
             Embleme
             of
             the
             Sunne
             rising
             ,
             with
             a
             faire
             and
             cleare
             aspect
             ,
             but
             
             presently
             over-cast
             with
             thick
             clouds
             ,
             having
             this
             Motto
             ,
             
               Orior
               &
               morior
            
             .
          
           
             
               As
               the
               Sunne
               which
               fairely
               rose
               ,
            
             
               Is
               hid
               with
               clouds
               that
               doe
               enclose
            
             
               The
               cleare
               beames
               ,
               while
               that
               it
               doth
               shew
            
             
               A
               sorrow
               ,
               weeping
               teares
               of
               dew
               :
            
             
               So
               this
               King
               rose
               to
               a
               Crowne
               ,
            
             
               And
               setting
               soone
               in
               death
               ,
               went
               down
            
             
               Leaving
               the
               Spheare
               of
               Majesty
               :
            
             
               His
               Motto
               this
               ;
               
                 I
                 rose
                 to
                 dye
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Childebert
             2.
             the
             17.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             692.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             After
             the
             death
             of
             Clovis
             ,
             his
             brother
             Childebert
             succeeded
             him
             ,
             and
             reigned
             according
             to
             all
             Authours
             ,
             17.
             or
             18.
             yeares
             ,
             except
             Ado
             ,
             who
             alloweth
             him
             but
             13.
             
             Neverthelesse
             it
             seemeth
             that
             it
             was
             in
             his
             time
             that
             Pepin
             made
             warre
             upon
             Ratbod
             ,
             
             Duke
             of
             Frizeland
             ,
             who
             was
             as
             yet
             a
             Pagan
             and
             an
             Idolater
             ;
             so
             that
             he
             being
             overthrowne
             ,
             Pepin
             would
             not
             grant
             him
             any
             conditions
             of
             peace
             ,
             unlesse
             he
             would
             permit
             a
             Monke
             called
             
               Wilebros
               ,
               (
               aliâs
               )
               Clement
               ,
            
             a
             learned
             and
             vertuous
             man
             ,
             might
             freely
             give
             instructions
             to
             the
             Frizons
             in
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ;
             which
             for
             the
             most
             part
             was
             generally
             approved
             and
             liked
             by
             the
             people
             :
             but
             the
             Nobles
             and
             chiefe
             men
             remained
             and
             continued
             in
             their
             ancient
             errour
             together
             with
             their
             Prince
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             that
             Pepin
             was
             a
             man
             accomplished
             ,
             and
             of
             singular
             parts
             ,
             yet
             contrary
             to
             the
             Lawes
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             much
             taken
             with
             the
             fond
             love
             of
             a
             Gentlewoman
             called
             Alpaide
             ,
             that
             hee
             utterly
             loathed
             his
             wife
             Plectrude
             .
             By
             reason
             whereof
             Lambert
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Utrecht
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             some
             report
             )
             Liege
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             a
             holy
             life
             ,
             boldly
             undertooke
             to
             lay
             open
             his
             sinne
             unto
             him
             ,
             although
             he
             had
             restored
             him
             to
             his
             See
             Episcopall
             ,
             whereof
             Ebroin
             had
             deprived
             him
             .
             Whereupon
             
             Alpaide
             was
             so
             much
             enraged
             ,
             that
             shee
             instigated
             her
             brother
             Dodon
             to
             kill
             him
             :
             but
             he
             and
             his
             associates
             received
             a
             reward
             due
             for
             such
             a
             demerite
             and
             murther
             .
             Pepin
             on
             the
             other
             part
             hearing
             that
             Norbert
             his
             Lieutenant
             of
             Maireship
             of
             France
             was
             deceased
             ,
             substituted
             his
             second
             sonne
             Grimoald
             in
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             caused
             him
             to
             marry
             Theudesinde
             ,
             Daughter
             of
             Ratbod
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Frizeland
             .
          
           
             About
             five
             yeares
             after
             ,
             Drogon
             ,
             the
             sonne
             of
             Pepin
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Champagne
             ,
             dyed
             ,
             (
             as
             Ado
             noteth
             )
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             708
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             Sigebert
             ,
             699
             ,
             whose
             estates
             were
             by
             Pepin
             given
             to
             his
             sonne
             Thibault
             :
             after
             that
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Swedes
             to
             rebell
             against
             Childebert
             ,
             under
             the
             conduct
             of
             Villarius
             he
             sent
             Anepos
             Bishop
             against
             them
             with
             a
             powerfull
             Army
             ,
             which
             overthrew
             them
             ,
             saith
             
               Ado.
               Childebert
            
             deceased
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             710
             ,
             having
             reigned
             17.
             yeares
             ,
             leaving
             issue
             ,
             
               Dagobert
               ,
               Clowis
            
             ,
             and
             Daniel
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             is
             chiefly
             observable
             in
             
             this
             King
             ,
             was
             his
             dotage
             on
             Alpaide
             ,
             a
             faire
             &
             beautifull
             Gentlewoman
             ,
             whom
             he
             loved
             beyond
             all
             respect
             of
             himselfe
             ,
             letting
             his
             Fame
             bleed
             to
             death
             ,
             wounded
             with
             a
             bad
             report
             for
             his
             incontinent
             life
             .
             For
             that
             King
             that
             is
             addicted
             to
             the
             love
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             hath
             all
             his
             senses
             so
             charmed
             ,
             that
             he
             understands
             nothing
             but
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             is
             quite
             given
             over
             to
             follow
             his
             owne
             wicked
             desires
             .
             For
             ,
             
               Est
               infoelicius
               quàm
               meretrice
               nihil
            
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Whore
               may
               well
               compared
               be
            
             
               Unto
               a
               Garden
               of
               misery
               :
            
             
               He
               that
               doth
               both
               touch
               and
               taste
            
             
               Her
               fruite
               ,
               doth
               unto
               death
               make
               haste
               .
            
          
           
             And
             hee
             that
             endeavours
             to
             make
             a
             King
             see
             his
             owne
             vice
             ,
             does
             alwaies
             perish
             in
             the
             attempt
             ,
             &
             resembles
             Virgils
             poore
             Gnat
             which
             the
             shepheard
             killed
             with
             clapping
             his
             hand
             against
             his
             face
             ,
             while
             he
             strove
             to
             wake
             him
             .
             So
             Bishop
             Lambert
             ,
             that
             would
             have
             wak'd
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             by
             Alpaides
             plot
             and
             the
             Kings
             consent
             murdered
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Dagobert
               2.
            
             the
             18.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             710.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             DAgobert
             ,
             the
             eldest
             sonne
             of
             Childebert
             ,
             began
             his
             Reigne
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             710
             ,
             according
             to
             
               Trithemius
               ,
               Ado
            
             ,
             and
             Aventine
             ;
             not
             as
             Sigebert
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             716.
             
             There
             is
             not
             any
             memorable
             thing
             by
             Pepin
             done
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             found
             or
             read
             recommendable
             
             to
             posterity
             ,
             but
             onely
             the
             death
             of
             Grimoald
             ,
             Maire
             of
             the
             Palace
             of
             France
             ,
             which
             was
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             714.
             in
             April
             ,
             who
             was
             miserably
             slaine
             by
             a
             Souldier
             ,
             a
             Frizelander
             ,
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             St.
             Lambert
             ,
             belonging
             to
             the
             See
             of
             Liege
             ,
             whither
             he
             went
             to
             visite
             his
             father
             Pepin
             then
             lying
             sicke
             in
             his
             bed
             ,
             whereof
             he
             dyed
             the
             same
             yeare
             ,
             about
             the
             midst
             of
             December
             ,
             having
             executed
             both
             the
             Maireships
             with
             great
             honour
             for
             the
             space
             of
             27.
             yeares
             and
             a
             halfe
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             surrogated
             Thibault
             to
             his
             sonne
             Grimoald
             to
             be
             Maire
             .
             He
             resigned
             the
             Mayery
             of
             Austrasie
             to
             a
             naturall
             sonne
             of
             his
             called
             Charles
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             by
             his
             Concubine
             Alpaide
             ,
             already
             perceiving
             in
             him
             the
             signes
             of
             a
             great
             Generosity
             ,
             which
             enabled
             him
             for
             such
             a
             charge
             ,
             although
             hee
             were
             but
             yet
             very
             young
             .
             Which
             gave
             an
             occasion
             to
             Plectrude
             ,
             the
             lawfull
             wife
             of
             Pepin
             ,
             cunningly
             to
             surprize
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             imprison
             him
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Cologne
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             the
             Novercall
             jealousie
             shee
             
             had
             of
             him
             ,
             as
             for
             having
             meanes
             also
             to
             ruine
             the
             estate
             of
             Austrasie
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             France
             ,
             being
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             her
             younger
             sonne
             Thibault
             ,
             assuring
             herselfe
             that
             the
             managing
             of
             businesses
             would
             passe
             well
             enough
             under
             his
             name
             :
             But
             the
             Frenchmen
             not
             willing
             to
             be
             governed
             by
             a
             Woman
             ,
             being
             grieved
             also
             that
             the
             office
             of
             the
             Maire
             should
             be
             hereditary
             ,
             which
             formerly
             had
             beene
             by
             Election
             ,
             made
             an
             insurrection
             against
             Thibault
             ,
             whom
             they
             forced
             to
             flye
             into
             the
             Forrest
             Cocie
             .
             After
             that
             they
             chose
             Ranfroy
             for
             Mayre
             :
             The
             same
             yeare
             714.
             
             Dagobert
             dyed
             ,
             having
             reigned
             5.
             yeares
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             was
             disswaded
             from
             the
             love
             of
             Alpaide
             ,
             by
             Lambert
             Bishop
             of
             Vtrect
             ,
             whom
             this
             cruell
             Dame
             in
             revenge
             caused
             to
             be
             slaine
             by
             her
             brother
             Dodon
             ,
             strucke
             after
             the
             acting
             this
             Murder
             ,
             with
             a
             disease
             of
             wormes
             ,
             the
             stench
             whereof
             he
             being
             not
             able
             to
             endure
             ,
             threw
             himselfe
             headlong
             into
             the
             River
             of
             Menze
             .
             See
             here
             a
             punishment
             
             to
             affright
             the
             sinfull
             soule
             ;
             a
             King
             that
             had
             before
             lived
             in
             a
             most
             voluptuous
             manner
             ,
             that
             made
             a
             Whore
             the
             Center
             of
             all
             his
             thoughts
             ,
             thinking
             all
             happinesse
             to
             be
             contained
             within
             that
             circumference
             ,
             having
             lost
             his
             reason
             ,
             and
             being
             wholly
             governed
             by
             a
             petty-coat
             ,
             what
             a
             sad
             and
             fatall
             end
             did
             he
             meete
             withall
             !
             For
             pleasure
             comes
             with
             a
             faire
             alluring
             face
             ,
             tempting
             to
             taste
             of
             her
             Circes
             Cup
             ,
             but
             when
             shee
             turnes
             her
             backe
             ,
             she
             hath
             a
             ragged
             ugly
             shape
             ,
             which
             offends
             the
             sight
             ,
             and
             brings
             the
             mind
             to
             sad
             repentance
             .
             This
             King
             had
             highly
             sinned
             ,
             and
             now
             wormes
             began
             to
             be
             bold
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             eate
             his
             living
             flesh
             ,
             so
             that
             corruption
             did
             not
             follow
             after
             death
             ,
             but
             contrary
             to
             nature
             hee
             rotted
             and
             corrupted
             while
             he
             lived
             ,
             untill
             the
             worme
             of
             conscience
             tormented
             his
             soule
             ;
             a
             miserable
             death
             attending
             a
             bad
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Clotharius
             the
             4
             ,
             19
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             719.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             CLotharius
             the
             fourth
             ,
             sonne
             of
             Theodoric
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             fifteenth
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             was
             brother
             to
             the
             Kings
             ,
             Clovis
             the
             third
             ,
             and
             Childebert
             the
             second
             ,
             and
             Uncle
             to
             Dagobert
             the
             second
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             plots
             of
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             ,
             upon
             the
             decease
             of
             Dagobert
             ,
             
             was
             made
             King.
             For
             ,
             hee
             perceiving
             that
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             French
             had
             constituted
             King
             ,
             a
             certaine
             Daniel
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             the
             Royall
             blood
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             drawne
             out
             of
             the
             Monastery
             ,
             and
             nominated
             him
             Chilperic
             the
             second
             ;
             he
             ,
             by
             force
             of
             Armes
             having
             valiantly
             fought
             it
             out
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             and
             victoriously
             overthrowne
             them
             ,
             (
             as
             hereafter
             shall
             be
             mentioned
             )
             made
             himselfe
             Master
             of
             all
             France
             ,
             and
             from
             thenceforth
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             against
             his
             will
             was
             made
             King
             :
             But
             he
             knowing
             that
             the
             French
             ,
             that
             could
             not
             containe
             themselves
             without
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             admit
             any
             to
             the
             Title
             ,
             but
             those
             of
             the
             Royall
             blood
             ,
             knowing
             also
             himselfe
             not
             so
             descended
             ,
             he
             caused
             this
             Clotharius
             to
             be
             Crowned
             King
             ,
             as
             the
             next
             of
             blood
             ;
             not
             that
             hee
             thought
             him
             worth
             such
             a
             dignity
             as
             that
             of
             a
             Kingdome
             ,
             but
             for
             a
             gaining
             of
             authority
             by
             this
             faire
             pretext
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             transferring
             of
             the
             Crowne
             of
             France
             by
             little
             and
             little
             to
             his
             Children
             ,
             which
             afterwards
             
             came
             to
             passe
             .
             For
             under
             the
             name
             of
             
               Clotharius
               ,
               Charles
               Martel
            
             did
             what
             he
             pleased
             ,
             which
             so
             fortunately
             succeeded
             daily
             ,
             that
             by
             this
             meanes
             he
             made
             a
             scaling-Ladder
             for
             his
             sonne
             Pepin
             to
             the
             Crowne
             :
             So
             ,
             that
             Clotharius
             the
             fourth
             ,
             was
             made
             but
             an
             imaginary
             or
             titulary
             King
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             any
             thing
             worthy
             of
             memory
             ,
             because
             hee
             reigned
             not
             above
             two
             yeares
             or
             little
             longer
             :
             and
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             all
             France
             was
             in
             great
             Factions
             and
             Divisions
             ,
             by
             the
             reason
             of
             so
             many
             pretendants
             to
             the
             Office
             of
             Maire
             of
             the
             Palace
             :
             also
             that
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             had
             after
             him
             the
             entire
             government
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             command
             of
             all
             ;
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             called
             ,
             
               Prince
               of
               the
               French-men
               ,
               great
               Master
               and
               Governonr
               of
            
             France
             :
             And
             Clotharius
             had
             but
             the
             bare
             title
             of
             King
             :
             which
             is
             a
             cause
             that
             
               Paulus
               Aemilius
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Historians
             have
             not
             inserted
             him
             into
             the
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             .
             The
             
             aforesaid
             Clotharius
             deceased
             about
             the
             yeare
             719
             ,
             and
             lyeth
             inhumed
             at
             Nancy
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             ,
             having
             not
             the
             power
             of
             a
             King
             was
             like
             a
             Picture
             of
             Majesty
             ,
             for
             some
             years
             exposed
             to
             the
             publick
             view
             ,
             but
             afterwards
             death
             drew
             a
             Curtaine
             between
             him
             and
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             was
             soone
             forgotten
             ,
             whereas
             vertue
             doth
             give
             a
             second
             life
             to
             Princes
             ,
             while
             their
             name
             is
             preserved
             fresh
             in
             memory
             :
             For
             
               Sola
               virtus
               expers
               Sepulchri
            
             .
          
           
             
               Vertue
               alone
               can
               never
               dye
               ,
            
             
               But
               liveth
               still
               in
               memory
               .
            
          
           
             And
             therfore
             that
             excellent
             monument
             ,
             better
             than
             any
             Marble
             stone
             cut
             into
             forme
             by
             Carvers
             Art
             ,
             is
             the
             statue
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             not
             that
             of
             the
             body
             :
             for
             
               Statuae
               huiusmodi
               relinquendae
               ,
               quae
               virtutis
               sint
               monumenta
               magis
               ,
               quàm
               staturae
               corporis
               .
            
          
           
             
               That
               King
               doth
               need
               no
               Tombe
               cut
               out
               by
               Art
               ,
            
             
               Whose
               Fame
               doth
               live
               in
               every
               Subjects
               heart
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Daniel
             (
             alias
             )
             
               Chilperic
               20.
            
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             719.
             
          
           
             
               portrait
            
          
           
             DAniel
             ,
             whom
             some
             affirme
             to
             have
             beene
             the
             Sonne
             of
             Childebert
             ,
             and
             brother
             to
             Dagobert
             ;
             and
             others
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             onely
             of
             the
             blood
             Royall
             ,
             was
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Monastery
             to
             bee
             
             made
             King
             ;
             and
             his
             former
             name
             was
             changed
             into
             
               Chilperic
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             715.
             
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Reigne
             he
             entered
             into
             a
             confederacy
             with
             Ratbode
             Duke
             of
             Frizeland
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             escaped
             the
             imprisonment
             of
             his
             Step-mother
             Plectrude
             :
             and
             as
             hee
             made
             all
             possible
             meanes
             and
             waies
             for
             the
             recovery
             of
             his
             right
             ,
             before
             that
             hee
             could
             effect
             any
             thing
             ,
             he
             was
             by
             Ratbode
             defeated
             ,
             neare
             the
             Meuse
             ,
             before
             that
             Rainfroy
             ,
             and
             Chilperic
             could
             come
             to
             charge
             him
             .
             Neverthelesse
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             716.
             after
             ,
             as
             the
             Frenchmen
             went
             with
             a
             Convoy
             of
             an
             infinite
             treasure
             of
             monyes
             from
             the
             parts
             neare
             Cologne
             ,
             which
             Plectrude
             had
             given
             them
             .
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             set
             upon
             them
             with
             such
             a
             fury
             ,
             that
             he
             enforced
             them
             to
             forsake
             it
             neare
             unto
             Albis
             .
             By
             the
             meanes
             whereof
             ,
             taking
             heart
             for
             this
             his
             first
             fortunate
             enterprize
             ,
             he
             overthrew
             Rainfroy
             ,
             and
             
               Chilperic
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             717.
             the
             
             21
             of
             March
             ,
             neare
             unto
             Vinciate
             ,
             who
             came
             with
             an
             intent
             of
             an
             ample
             revenge
             ,
             Charles
             by
             this
             victory
             assuring
             himselfe
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             desirous
             to
             reduce
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Austracy
             ,
             entered
             by
             force
             into
             Cologne
             ,
             and
             forced
             Plectrude
             to
             surrender
             unto
             him
             all
             his
             Fathers
             Treasures
             .
             And
             for
             the
             greater
             validity
             of
             his
             cause
             ,
             puts
             one
             forward
             (
             whom
             some
             esteeme
             to
             have
             beene
             the
             Uncle
             of
             the
             last
             King
             Dagobert
             ,
             called
             Clotharius
             ,
             or
             Lotharius
             )
             forcing
             him
             to
             take
             upon
             him
             the
             title
             and
             name
             of
             King
             :
             with
             him
             afterwards
             hee
             went
             to
             encounter
             Chilperic
             ,
             and
             Rainfroy
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             meanes
             of
             Eude
             Duke
             of
             Aquitan
             ,
             or
             Gaseogne
             ,
             were
             destitute
             of
             their
             Forces
             ,
             being
             by
             him
             defeated
             ,
             and
             overthrowne
             in
             Champagne
             ,
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             for
             safety
             Chilperic
             retired
             to
             the
             said
             Duke
             with
             all
             his
             Treasures
             :
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             719.
             
             Clotharius
             ,
             the
             titulary
             King
             ,
             departed
             this
             life
             ,
             whereupon
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             
             sent
             to
             demand
             King
             Chilperic
             of
             Eude
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             bee
             sent
             unto
             him
             :
             by
             whom
             he
             was
             afterwards
             acknowledged
             as
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             entertained
             Eude
             ,
             into
             his
             amity
             and
             love
             .
             Chilperic
             also
             a
             yeare
             after
             deceased
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             720.
             having
             reigned
             five
             yeares
             and
             a
             halfe
             in
             a
             troublesome
             and
             turbulent
             Stare
             ,
             which
             was
             scarce
             settled
             in
             all
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Reigne
             :
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             ,
             with
             Clotharius
             ,
             (
             or
             Lotharius
             ,
             who
             had
             tooke
             the
             name
             and
             title
             of
             King
             )
             raising
             many
             perturbations
             in
             his
             Kingdome
             :
             But
             Death
             at
             length
             drew
             his
             dayes
             to
             a
             period
             ,
             after
             his
             great
             and
             manifold
             troubles
             ,
             and
             lyeth
             interred
             at
             Noyon
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Theodoric
             21.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno.
             720.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THeodoric
             was
             by
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             substituted
             to
             
               Chilperic
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             720.
             and
             reigned
             onely
             titulary
             ,
             as
             others
             had
             done
             before
             him
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             eighteene
             yeares
             .
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             left
             Aniou
             to
             Rainfroy
             ,
             
             upon
             condition
             ,
             that
             hee
             should
             resigne
             the
             office
             of
             Mayre
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             went
             to
             terrifie
             and
             chastise
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             who
             had
             rebelled
             :
             at
             which
             time
             Ratbod
             Duke
             of
             Frizeland
             dyed
             
               A.
               D.
            
             727.
             
             He
             brought
             the
             Almaines
             into
             such
             a
             servitude
             to
             the
             French
             ,
             that
             before
             that
             time
             they
             never
             performed
             .
             Afterwards
             ,
             having
             enforced
             Plectrude
             to
             come
             to
             an
             agreement
             ,
             he
             marched
             into
             Aquitan
             ,
             against
             Eude
             ,
             where
             in
             the
             way
             hee
             ,
             by
             a
             generall
             Parliament
             ,
             made
             himselfe
             to
             bee
             stiled
             Prince
             of
             the
             French.
             Whereupon
             Eude
             ,
             more
             enraged
             than
             vanquished
             ,
             incited
             the
             Saracens
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             by
             the
             meanes
             of
             Muguoce
             ,
             Lord
             of
             Lerdane
             his
             sonne
             in
             Law
             their
             servant
             ,
             whom
             Charles
             encountred
             before
             Tours
             ,
             and
             gave
             them
             an
             overthrow
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             said
             Eude
             ,
             who
             was
             enforced
             to
             take
             his
             part
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             insolencyes
             committed
             by
             the
             Saracens
             ,
             who
             had
             now
             come
             downe
             into
             his
             Countrey
             .
             In
             this
             expedition
             hee
             gained
             the
             sirname
             
             of
             Martel
             ,
             for
             the
             Mortality
             he
             made
             of
             his
             enemies
             .
             After
             the
             ending
             of
             this
             warre
             ,
             he
             went
             against
             the
             Burgundians
             ,
             to
             punish
             them
             for
             their
             rebellion
             ,
             and
             also
             those
             of
             Provence
             .
             After
             that
             ,
             knowing
             the
             death
             of
             Eude
             ,
             he
             reduced
             Gnienne
             and
             Aquitaine
             into
             his
             obedience
             ,
             dis-inheriting
             Gaifer
             and
             Walde
             the
             sonnes
             of
             Eude
             ;
             who
             retiring
             themselves
             into
             Gothland
             ,
             and
             
               Septimany
               (
               alias
               )
               Languedoc
            
             ,
             recovered
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             Visigoths
             ,
             a
             part
             of
             Guienne
             ,
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             that
             Martel
             was
             in
             warres
             against
             Pepin
             ,
             the
             sonne
             of
             Ratbod
             ,
             whom
             he
             overthrew
             ,
             and
             forced
             the
             Frizons
             to
             become
             Christians
             .
             After
             ,
             having
             sent
             backe
             his
             Vncle
             Childebrand
             against
             the
             Visigoths
             and
             Saracens
             ,
             who
             had
             possessed
             Avignon
             ,
             himselfe
             went
             to
             quell
             Burgundy
             ,
             now
             upon
             a
             revolt
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             aide
             of
             Luitprand
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             Lombards
             ,
             he
             went
             to
             drive
             Athin
             out
             of
             Narbon
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             all
             Languedoc
             ,
             and
             Provence
             ,
             all
             which
             he
             submitted
             to
             
             the
             Crowne
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             hee
             tooke
             away
             the
             Earledome
             of
             Marsiles
             from
             Count
             Morice
             ,
             who
             had
             delivered
             Avignon
             to
             the
             
               Saracens
               .
               Theodoric
            
             dyed
             about
             they
             yeare
             740.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             usuall
             custome
             for
             great
             Warriers
             and
             Souldiers
             in
             those
             times
             to
             get
             some
             titular
             addition
             to
             their
             name
             ;
             as
             Alexander
             was
             called
             
               Ille
               magnus
            
             ;
             so
             Martel
             was
             so
             sirnamed
             ,
             
               Quasi
               mortalis
            
             ,
             or
             Martialis
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             mortal
             in
             his
             expeditions
             ,
             &
             full
             of
             martiall
             valour
             ;
             he
             was
             the
             first
             founder
             of
             the
             second
             Race
             of
             the
             French
             Kings
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             needes
             be
             a
             man
             of
             great
             vertue
             ,
             since
             the
             raisers
             of
             private
             families
             are
             either
             Saints
             or
             Divells
             ,
             that
             get
             honour
             by
             vertue
             ,
             or
             goe
             to
             hell
             for
             it
             ,
             to
             leave
             it
             to
             their
             Posterity
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Childeric
               3.
            
             the
             22.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             740.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             CHilderic
             succeeded
             his
             brother
             
               Theodorick
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             740.
             
             He
             was
             the
             last
             King
             of
             the
             race
             of
             the
             
               Merovees
               ,
               Charles
               Martel
            
             deceased
             at
             
               Paris
               ,
               October
            
             the
             22.
             
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             741
             ,
             leaving
             Carloman
             and
             Pepin
             surnamed
             
               The
               short
               ,
               Giles
            
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Rouen
             ,
             
             (
             and
             Griffon
             ,
             who
             was
             by
             another
             Mother
             )
             Carloman
             and
             Pepin
             tooke
             upon
             all
             their
             Fathers
             possessions
             ,
             and
             entituled
             themselves
             Dukes
             and
             Princes
             of
             the
             French.
             They
             called
             Hunaud
             to
             accompt
             ,
             who
             had
             made
             himselfe
             a
             proprietary
             Lord
             of
             Aquitaine
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             Griffon
             fastened
             upon
             Laon
             ,
             claiming
             it
             as
             his
             right
             ;
             from
             whence
             he
             was
             fetcht
             out
             ,
             and
             imprisoned
             at
             Ardennes
             .
             After
             Carboman
             having
             compelled
             the
             Almans
             (
             who
             had
             revolted
             )
             to
             his
             obedience
             ,
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             743
             ,
             went
             with
             his
             brother
             to
             combate
             Odilon
             (
             or
             )
             Vtilon
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             who
             was
             now
             in
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             had
             stolen
             and
             married
             their
             sister
             :
             whom
             they
             having
             compelled
             to
             alter
             his
             Title
             of
             King
             to
             Duke
             ,
             they
             were
             contented
             he
             should
             peaceably
             enjoy
             their
             Sister
             as
             his
             wife
             .
             At
             their
             departure
             out
             of
             
               Bavaria
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             744.
             they
             went
             against
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             whom
             they
             enforced
             to
             undergoe
             their
             accustomed
             yoake
             ,
             giving
             their
             Duke
             Theodoric
             as
             an
             Hostage
             ,
             who
             
             upon
             his
             owne
             word
             was
             sent
             backe
             ;
             but
             the
             yeare
             following
             hee
             was
             againe
             taken
             in
             a
             relapse
             of
             a
             new
             revolt
             against
             the
             
               French.
               An.
               Dom.
            
             746.
             
             Carloman
             became
             a
             Monke
             of
             
               Mount
               Soracte
            
             in
             Tuscany
             ,
             and
             afterward
             at
             
               Mount
               Cassin
            
             .
             Whereupon
             Pepin
             reduced
             the
             whole
             Monarchy
             into
             his
             sole
             power
             .
             Afterwards
             hee
             pursued
             his
             brother
             Griffon
             ,
             who
             had
             retired
             himselfe
             into
             Saxony
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             into
             Bavaria
             ,
             from
             whence
             Pepin
             having
             fisht
             him
             ,
             hee
             brought
             him
             into
             France
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             the
             Dukedome
             of
             Angely
             in
             Normandy
             .
             After
             this
             Pepin
             affecting
             to
             joyne
             to
             himselfe
             both
             the
             name
             and
             the
             Royall
             Authority
             ,
             wrought
             with
             Pope
             Zachary
             by
             Bouchard
             Bishop
             of
             Witsbourg
             ,
             and
             by
             Volrade
             his
             Domesticke
             Chaplaine
             so
             farre
             ,
             that
             the
             States
             of
             France
             assembling
             at
             Soyssons
             ,
             following
             the
             declaration
             of
             Pope
             Zachary
             ,
             degraded
             Childeric
             and
             his
             wife
             Gisale
             ,
             and
             sent
             them
             to
             live
             a
             Monasticke
             life
             in
             the
             Countrey
             of
             
               Bavaria
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             752.
             
             
             Thus
             was
             the
             Merovaean
             race
             deprived
             of
             its
             honour
             293.
             yeares
             after
             the
             death
             of
             Merovaeus
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             and
             his
             Queene
             were
             enforced
             to
             be
             religious
             ,
             and
             being
             depos'd
             ,
             were
             sent
             to
             a
             Monastery
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             a
             usuall
             custome
             sometime
             to
             confine
             the
             right
             Heire
             to
             such
             houses
             ,
             or
             when
             they
             would
             be
             tid
             of
             their
             Kings
             ,
             they
             did
             shave
             their
             heads
             ,
             and
             made
             Monks
             of
             them
             ,
             wherein
             it
             may
             bee
             they
             did
             their
             soules
             good
             ;
             but
             compelled
             Religion
             can
             never
             be
             sound
             .
             Jerome
             living
             in
             a
             wildernesse
             beheld
             Rome
             ,
             and
             a
             King
             in
             a
             Cave
             will
             thinke
             on
             a
             Crowne
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
          
           
             
               When
               a
               King
               weares
               the
               Fryers
               hood
               ,
            
             
               He
               is
               either
               very
               bad
               or
               good
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Charles
               Martell
            
             ,
             Duke
             and
             Prince
             of
             the
             French.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             ONE
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             is
             placed
             here
             amongst
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             ,
             not
             because
             in
             his
             life
             time
             hee
             tooke
             upon
             him
             the
             Name
             and
             Title
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             but
             because
             indeed
             hee
             commanded
             all
             France
             (
             after
             that
             hee
             had
             made
             an
             escape
             out
             of
             the
             imprisonment
             
             of
             Plectrude
             his
             Mother
             in
             law
             )
             untill
             his
             death
             :
             having
             made
             himselfe
             to
             bee
             created
             in
             an
             Assembly
             of
             three
             Estates
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             Prince
             and
             Duke
             of
             the
             Frenchmen
             ,
             more
             haughty
             and
             illustrious
             than
             that
             of
             Mayre
             of
             the
             Palace
             ,
             wherewith
             his
             Predecessours
             were
             contented
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             that
             reigned
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             had
             onely
             the
             bare
             Name
             and
             Title
             ,
             without
             any
             power
             at
             all
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             beene
             already
             mentioned
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             after
             his
             decease
             his
             successors
             qualified
             him
             as
             a
             King
             ,
             as
             it
             appeares
             by
             his
             Tombe
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Denis
             in
             France
             ,
             where
             his
             Statue
             is
             crowned
             ,
             and
             acoutred
             with
             Robes
             of
             Regality
             ,
             and
             is
             written
             about
             it
             in
             Latine
             words
             ,
             
               Charolus
               Martellus
               Rex
            
             .
             And
             justly
             hee
             may
             be
             so
             styled
             ,
             because
             there
             was
             no
             King
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             but
             who
             he
             pleased
             .
          
           
             
               Pepin
               Heristel
            
             was
             his
             Father
             ,
             Ansigise
             his
             Grandfather
             ,
             S.
             Arnulph
             his
             great
             Grandfather
             ,
             who
             being
             a
             Widower
             was
             made
             Bishop
             of
             Mets
             ,
             which
             S.
             Arnulph
             was
             directly
             descended
             in
             the
             
             Masculine
             Line
             of
             Clodion
             ,
             the
             sonne
             of
             Pharamond
             ,
             the
             first
             King
             of
             France
             .
             This
             Charles
             was
             so
             valiant
             and
             generous
             ,
             that
             he
             obtained
             the
             Surname
             of
             Martel
             ,
             for
             the
             exceeding
             great
             strength
             of
             his
             arme
             ,
             and
             the
             memorable
             Victory
             which
             he
             obtained
             against
             the
             Saracens
             ,
             neare
             unto
             the
             City
             of
             Tours
             ,
             of
             whom
             he
             slew
             in
             the
             place
             to
             the
             number
             of
             375.
             
             Thousand
             .
             He
             reduced
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             of
             Languedoc
             ,
             otherwise
             called
             Septimany
             ,
             to
             the
             Monarchy
             of
             France
             ,
             which
             untill
             that
             time
             was
             not
             warranted
             .
             Hee
             was
             very
             zealous
             in
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             :
             yea
             ,
             and
             Rome
             it selfe
             being
             distressed
             by
             the
             siege
             of
             Luitprand
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             Lombards
             ,
             and
             brought
             into
             great
             extremities
             ,
             Pope
             Gregory
             sent
             by
             a
             Bishop
             Anastasius
             and
             Sergius
             a
             Priest
             ,
             the
             Keyes
             of
             the
             Sepulchre
             of
             St.
             Peter
             to
             Prince
             Martell
             ,
             whereby
             he
             intimated
             unto
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             put
             himselfe
             ,
             the
             Church
             and
             the
             City
             of
             Rome
             into
             his
             protection
             and
             safeguard
             .
             Wherefore
             
             he
             sent
             Embassadors
             to
             the
             Lombards
             ,
             to
             intreate
             them
             for
             his
             sake
             to
             desist
             ,
             and
             to
             permit
             a
             peace
             to
             the
             City
             of
             Rome
             :
             which
             tooke
             such
             effect
             ,
             that
             from
             that
             time
             afterward
             the
             Popes
             in
             all
             distresses
             sought
             to
             France
             for
             reliefe
             upon
             all
             occasions
             ,
             whereof
             they
             never
             were
             destitute
             .
             In
             the
             end
             the
             Goths
             being
             vanquished
             ,
             the
             Saxons
             and
             Frizons
             subdued
             ,
             Languedoc
             conquered
             ,
             and
             Provence
             recovered
             ,
             and
             France
             enjoying
             the
             tranquillity
             of
             a
             happy
             peace
             .
             Charles
             made
             a
             distribution
             of
             his
             estate
             to
             his
             Children
             ,
             and
             shortly
             after
             dyed
             the
             22.
             of
             
               October
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             741
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             first
             that
             was
             ever
             styled
             Prince
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             lyes
             at
             St.
             Denis
             in
             France
             .
          
           
             This
             
               Charles
               Martell
            
             being
             King
             of
             France
             in
             power
             ,
             though
             not
             in
             Title
             ,
             did
             make
             Childeric
             called
             
               Daniel
               ,
               Clotarius
            
             the
             fourth
             ,
             Theodoric
             the
             second
             ,
             and
             Childerick
             the
             third
             ,
             successively
             Kings
             of
             France
             .
             The
             Realme
             and
             Crowne
             of
             France
             being
             by
             Childerick
             
             the
             third
             offered
             to
             
               Charles
               Martell
            
             ,
             who
             refused
             the
             Diademe
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               That
               it
               was
               more
               glorious
               to
               reigne
               over
               kings
               ,
               than
               to
               be
               a
               King
               ,
            
             as
             appeareth
             by
             this
             Epitaph
             on
             his
             Monument
             .
          
           
             
               Ille
               Brabantinus
               Dux
               primus
               in
               orbe
               triumphat
               ,
            
             
               Malleus
               in
               mundo
               specialis
               Christicolarum
               ,
            
             
               Dux
               Dominusque
               Ducum
               ,
               Regum
               quoque
               Rex
               fore
               spernit
               .
            
             
               Non
               vult
               regnare
               ,
               sed
               Regibus
               imperat
               ipse
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Duke
               of
               Braban
               ,
               whom
               Fame
               doth
               renowne
            
             
               For
               the
               chiefe
               Champion
               of
               all
               Christendome
               ,
            
             
               Ruled
               both
               Dukes
               and
               Kings
               ,
               and
               did
               disdaine
            
             
               To
               be
               a
               King
               ,
               but
               over
               Kings
               did
               reigne
               .
            
          
           
             He
             had
             foure
             sonnes
             ,
             Caroloman
             and
             Giles
             of
             modest
             milde
             spirit
             ,
             Pepin
             and
             Griffon
             rough
             and
             ambitious
             :
             he
             left
             to
             
               Caroloman
               ,
               Austrasia
            
             ;
             to
             Giles
             ,
             being
             more
             hardy
             ,
             France
             ;
             and
             Giles
             given
             to
             devotion
             ,
             hee
             made
             Bishop
             of
             Roan
             ;
             and
             Griffon
             being
             of
             a
             turbulent
             dispotion
             ,
             had
             no
             portion
             ,
             but
             was
             enforced
             to
             depend
             on
             his
             brothers
             ,
             whereby
             the
             ambition
             of
             many
             brothers
             reigning
             together
             was
             prevented
             .
             
             Fame
             doth
             report
             that
             this
             Monarchy
             nor
             any
             forraigne
             State
             did
             ever
             yeeld
             a
             worthier
             man
             ,
             or
             any
             one
             so
             well
             accomplisht
             with
             so
             rare
             and
             goodly
             qualities
             ,
             being
             greatly
             admired
             and
             generally
             beloved
             for
             his
             pious
             and
             renowned
             actions
             .
             For
             Religion
             ,
             Wisdome
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             Valour
             ,
             modesty
             in
             prosperity
             ,
             resolution
             in
             adversity
             ,
             temperance
             in
             Authority
             ,
             diligence
             ,
             and
             good
             fortune
             ,
             made
             him
             a
             most
             compleate
             Prince
             ,
             not
             wanting
             any
             endowments
             fit
             for
             so
             high
             a
             calling
             ;
             and
             the
             example
             of
             vertuous
             perfection
             ,
             for
             Vertue
             is
             the
             highest
             perfection
             of
             Nature
             ,
             beyond
             which
             humane
             frailty
             cannot
             reach
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Pepin
             the
             short
             ,
             the
             23.
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             752.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             
               PEpin
               the
               short
            
             ,
             sonne
             of
             
               Charles
               Martell
            
             ,
             was
             crowned
             King
             of
             France
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             yeare
             752
             ,
             by
             Boniface
             Bishop
             of
             Magence
             .
             The
             Saxons
             rebelled
             the
             yeare
             following
             ,
             but
             Pepin
             made
             them
             very
             feelingly
             sensible
             of
             their
             default
             .
             An.
             
             Dom.
             754.
             
             Pepin
             having
             beene
             againe
             annointed
             and
             crowned
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             St.
             Denis
             by
             Pope
             Stephen
             ,
             successour
             to
             Zachary
             ,
             who
             came
             to
             demand
             ayde
             of
             him
             against
             Astulph
             King
             of
             the
             Lombards
             ,
             passed
             over
             the
             Alpes
             ,
             and
             two
             severall
             times
             put
             the
             King
             Astulph
             into
             such
             streights
             and
             extremities
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             constrained
             to
             surrender
             to
             the
             Pope
             duties
             belonging
             to
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             the
             Segniory
             of
             Ravenna
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             hee
             could
             claime
             in
             Romania
             :
             whereupon
             the
             Emperour
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             to
             whom
             those
             Territories
             did
             belong
             ,
             being
             much
             discontented
             ,
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             759
             overthrew
             the
             rebellious
             Saxons
             ,
             and
             compelled
             them
             to
             pay
             tribute
             at
             every
             generall
             Parliament
             of
             France
             300.
             
             Horse
             fit
             for
             service
             of
             Warre
             .
             From
             thence
             hee
             went
             against
             Waifer
             ,
             Duke
             and
             Governour
             of
             Aquitaine
             ,
             and
             enforced
             him
             to
             come
             to
             a
             composition
             ,
             which
             neverthelesse
             had
             no
             effectuall
             issue
             ,
             untill
             hee
             had
             defeated
             him
             in
             divers
             battailes
             ,
             and
             taken
             the
             greatest
             
             part
             of
             his
             principall
             Cities
             .
             Which
             Waifer
             perceiving
             ,
             and
             the
             taking
             of
             his
             Mother
             ,
             Sisters
             ,
             and
             Nieces
             ,
             was
             enforced
             to
             commit
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             fortunes
             to
             the
             hazard
             of
             a
             Battaile
             neare
             Perigord
             ,
             where
             ,
             with
             the
             day
             he
             lost
             his
             life
             also
             ,
             and
             his
             Principality
             likewise
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             Aquitaine
             received
             a
             governour
             (
             who
             in
             those
             times
             was
             styled
             Duke
             )
             from
             the
             appointment
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             was
             reunited
             to
             the
             Crowne
             of
             
               France
               .
               Pepin
            
             retreating
             with
             his
             Army
             ,
             was
             arrested
             with
             a
             fit
             of
             sicknesse
             at
             the
             suite
             of
             Death
             ,
             whereby
             he
             paid
             Nature
             what
             he
             was
             indebted
             ,
             the
             24.
             of
             September
             ,
             in
             the
             54.
             yeare
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             768
             ,
             leaving
             by
             his
             Queene
             
               Berthe
               ,
               Charles
            
             ,
             and
             Charlemaine
             ,
             to
             whom
             by
             a
             partage
             they
             made
             betweene
             them
             ,
             the
             Occidentall
             part
             of
             France
             ,
             together
             with
             Burgundy
             ,
             and
             Aquitaine
             befell
             to
             Charles
             ,
             who
             established
             his
             Seate
             at
             Noyon
             :
             and
             to
             Charlemaine
             the
             Orientall
             ,
             whereunder
             
             the
             Provinces
             on
             this
             side
             the
             Rhine
             were
             comprised
             ,
             and
             held
             his
             Court
             at
             Soyssons
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             was
             the
             first
             of
             the
             second
             Race
             ,
             under
             whose
             vertuous
             government
             the
             happinesse
             of
             France
             was
             much
             improved
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             sonnes
             Reigne
             ;
             but
             Vertue
             being
             no
             inheritance
             descending
             to
             posterity
             ,
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             by
             the
             vices
             of
             succeeding
             Kings
             declined
             ,
             shewing
             that
             Grace
             and
             Goodnesse
             are
             the
             absolute
             free
             gifts
             of
             God.
             That
             which
             assured
             him
             of
             his
             Subjects
             love
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             become
             gracious
             in
             their
             estimation
             ,
             was
             his
             honourable
             Actions
             ,
             followed
             by
             the
             love
             and
             obedience
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             for
             the
             attractive
             love
             of
             Vertue
             firmely
             obliges
             subjects
             to
             their
             Prince
             ,
             and
             doth
             by
             a
             secret
             violence
             draw
             their
             affections
             .
             His
             last
             act
             concluded
             in
             a
             Royall
             death
             ,
             being
             happy
             in
             his
             honours
             and
             hopefull
             Children
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             sonnes
             being
             afterward
             acknowledg'd
             the
             worthiest
             and
             most
             excellent
             
             Prince
             that
             ever
             reigned
             :
             And
             himselfe
             by
             his
             vertue
             and
             valour
             gaining
             his
             subjects
             love
             ,
             instructed
             Princes
             that
             the
             subjects
             love
             is
             the
             strongest
             guard
             ,
             and
             that
             Vertue
             is
             the
             best
             preserver
             of
             Majesty
             ,
             giving
             a
             good
             and
             prosperous
             successe
             unto
             all
             their
             actions
             by
             whom
             she
             is
             embraced
             and
             dayly
             followed
             ,
             never
             leaving
             them
             hopelesse
             in
             any
             danger
             which
             may
             seeme
             to
             threaten
             them
             ,
             but
             rather
             encourage
             and
             comfort
             their
             troubled
             spirits
             with
             assurance
             of
             overcomming
             and
             withstanding
             whatsoever
             may
             prove
             obnoxious
             or
             hurtfull
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             lastly
             ,
             it
             doth
             not
             onely
             enrich
             a
             man
             with
             all
             temporall
             blessings
             here
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             but
             hereafter
             advance
             him
             to
             immortall
             honour
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Charlemayne
             ,
             Emperour
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             24.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             768.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             NO
             sooner
             had
             Charles
             made
             a
             partage
             with
             his
             Brother
             Charlemayne
             ,
             but
             he
             was
             enforced
             to
             restraine
             Lupus
             Duke
             of
             Gascoigne
             ,
             and
             Hunaut
             of
             Aquitaine
             with
             including
             them
             in
             a
             Fort
             called
             Fressac
             ,
             built
             
             neare
             to
             Libourne
             .
             After
             that
             ,
             marrying
             with
             the
             daughter
             or
             sister
             of
             Didier
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             Lombards
             ,
             he
             entertained
             Trasilon
             Duke
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             into
             his
             amity
             .
             The
             yeare
             following
             ,
             Charlemaine
             deceased
             ,
             leaving
             two
             sonnes
             ,
             whom
             Charles
             permitted
             not
             to
             govern
             in
             their
             fathers
             estate
             ,
             but
             annexed
             it
             to
             his
             owne
             .
             After
             that
             hee
             made
             warre
             upon
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             yeare
             773.
             at
             the
             request
             of
             Pope
             Adrian
             ,
             hee
             tooke
             Didier
             in
             Pavia
             ,
             whom
             hee
             confined
             in
             banishment
             to
             Liege
             ,
             recovering
             all
             the
             possessions
             he
             had
             in
             Italy
             .
             And
             the
             same
             yeare
             he
             returned
             against
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             where
             hee
             founded
             a
             Fort
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Francfort
             .
             Againe
             ,
             being
             gone
             into
             Italy
             against
             Adelgise
             ,
             sonne
             of
             Didier
             ,
             who
             was
             revolted
             ,
             hee
             returned
             immediately
             against
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             whom
             he
             forced
             to
             imbrace
             Christianity
             .
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             776.
             
             The
             same
             yeare
             hee
             tooke
             from
             the
             Sarazens
             in
             
               Spaine
               ,
               Pampelonne
               ,
               Saragosa
            
             ,
             and
             made
             many
             
             Kings
             tributaries
             :
             in
             his
             returne
             from
             thence
             the
             Gascognes
             slew
             most
             of
             the
             best
             men
             of
             France
             .
             Hee
             subdued
             the
             Bretons
             of
             the
             lower
             Brittagne
             ,
             who
             had
             revolted
             :
             and
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             787.
             
             He
             tooke
             the
             fidelity
             of
             Adagise
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Benevent
             ,
             and
             of
             Trasilon
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             confiscated
             to
             his
             owne
             use
             ,
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             and
             enforced
             Theodon
             ,
             and
             his
             sonne
             to
             a
             Monasticke
             life
             .
             Hee
             overthrew
             likewise
             the
             Sclavonians
             ,
             and
             the
             Vandals
             ,
             who
             held
             the
             Countrey
             of
             
               Brandebourg
               ,
               Malgebourg
            
             ,
             and
             Pomerania
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             Huns
             ,
             and
             Avarois
             ,
             who
             at
             that
             time
             possessed
             Pannonia
             .
             Hee
             was
             saluted
             Emperor
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             801.
             upon
             Chistmas
             day
             .
             And
             having
             received
             presents
             from
             the
             King
             of
             Persia
             ,
             hee
             was
             sought
             in
             marriage
             by
             the
             Empresse
             of
             Irene
             .
             After
             that
             ,
             having
             combated
             the
             Venetians
             by
             his
             sonne
             Pepin
             ,
             and
             defeated
             the
             Normans
             ;
             and
             having
             founded
             the
             Vniversities
             of
             Paris
             ,
             
             Bologne
             and
             Pavia
             ;
             an
             intending
             to
             unite
             the
             Channell
             of
             the
             Rhine
             with
             that
             of
             Danubius
             ,
             he
             was
             intercepted
             by
             Death
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             814
             beeing
             threescore
             and
             twelve
             yeares
             of
             Age
             ,
             having
             reigned
             over
             the
             French
             sixe
             and
             forty
             yeares
             ,
             and
             of
             Italy
             three
             and
             forty
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Empire
             foureteene
             ,
             and
             lyes
             inhumed
             in
             
               Aix
               la
               Chapelle
            
             .
          
           
             This
             Charles
             got
             some
             addition
             to
             his
             name
             ,
             as
             Alexander
             the
             Great
             ,
             being
             indeed
             great
             in
             the
             gifts
             of
             body
             and
             minde
             ,
             Arts
             ,
             and
             Armes
             .
             The
             ground-worke
             whereon
             he
             raised
             noble
             Trophies
             to
             Fame
             ,
             was
             Religion
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             give
             due
             honour
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             deriving
             Morall
             perfections
             ,
             he
             grew
             an
             admired
             Prince
             ,
             naturally
             favouring
             the
             Muses
             ,
             learned
             in
             the
             Greeke
             and
             Latin
             languages
             .
             Philosophy
             ,
             the
             Mathematicks
             ,
             and
             other
             Sciences
             ,
             hee
             cal'd
             his
             pastimes
             and
             companions
             of
             his
             sword
             .
             Something
             he
             wrot
             in
             Poetry
             for
             recreation
             ,
             but
             
             he
             especially
             delighted
             in
             History
             ,
             the
             Register
             of
             noble
             Actions
             .
          
           
             The
             Acts
             of
             Charlemaine
             in
             the
             Life
             of
             his
             Brother
             Caroloman
             ,
             were
             many
             ,
             and
             most
             renowned
             ,
             and
             also
             when
             he
             was
             King
             alone
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             was
             enstalled
             Emperour
             ,
             he
             crowned
             all
             those
             actions
             by
             his
             care
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             his
             godly
             preparing
             for
             Death
             :
             for
             hee
             was
             much
             enclined
             to
             to
             the
             reading
             of
             such
             Bookes
             as
             were
             for
             the
             bettering
             of
             his
             understanding
             ,
             and
             which
             tended
             to
             the
             leading
             of
             a
             vertuous
             and
             godly
             life
             ;
             as
             may
             appeare
             by
             his
             spending
             three
             yeares
             in
             reading
             the
             Bible
             and
             St.
             Augustines
             Bookes
             before
             he
             dyed
             .
             And
             the
             Character
             of
             his
             Life
             was
             :
             That
             his
             vertue
             was
             the
             paterne
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             his
             good
             fortune
             the
             subject
             of
             their
             wishes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Lewis
               the
               Debonaire
               ,
               Emperor
               of
               Rome
               ,
               and
            
             25.
             
             
               King
               of
               France
               .
               Anno
            
             814.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             LEwis
             ,
             who
             was
             left
             the
             sole
             son
             of
             Charlemagne
             ,
             was
             consecrated
             at
             Rheimes
             by
             Pope
             
               Stephen
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             814.
             
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Empire
             ,
             he
             reduced
             the
             
               Sclavonians
               ,
               Sorabes
            
             and
             Gascoignes
             under
             his
             
             obedience
             who
             had
             revolted
             upon
             the
             death
             of
             Charlemaine
             :
             He
             held
             a
             Parliament
             at
             Aix
             ,
             where
             he
             caused
             his
             eldest
             sonne
             Prince
             Lotharius
             ,
             to
             bee
             crowned
             Emperour
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             caused
             his
             other
             sonnes
             to
             bee
             Crowned
             Kings
             ,
             giving
             unto
             Pepin
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Aquitaine
             ,
             and
             to
             Lewis
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Bavaria
             .
             By
             reason
             whereof
             ,
             his
             Nephew
             Bernard
             rebelled
             against
             him
             ,
             who
             by
             a
             sentence
             of
             the
             Emperours
             Counsaile
             had
             his
             eyes
             pulled
             out
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             dyed
             with
             griefe
             .
             From
             thence
             Lewis
             went
             against
             the
             Bretons
             ,
             who
             had
             made
             an
             insurrection
             ,
             and
             chaced
             Lindeute
             ,
             Governour
             of
             Austria
             ,
             out
             of
             Pannonia
             .
             And
             having
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             824
             renewed
             his
             alliance
             with
             Michael
             the
             Emperour
             of
             Constantinople
             ;
             and
             his
             wife
             Hermingarde
             being
             dead
             ,
             he
             marryed
             with
             Judith
             ,
             daughter
             of
             the
             Count
             Artolf
             ,
             which
             Iudith
             ,
             because
             she
             advanced
             hers
             to
             the
             disadvantage
             of
             the
             Emperours
             Children
             ,
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             they
             raised
             
             an
             army
             against
             their
             Father
             ;
             who
             having
             confined
             her
             into
             a
             Monastery
             of
             Italy
             ,
             she
             was
             put
             into
             a
             Coffer
             at
             St.
             Medards
             of
             Soissons
             ,
             from
             whence
             she
             was
             conveyed
             out
             by
             the
             French
             Princes
             .
             Lotharius
             seeing
             this
             ,
             fled
             into
             Italy
             :
             The
             troubles
             of
             France
             being
             appeased
             ,
             the
             Danes
             and
             Normans
             ransacked
             the
             Countrey
             of
             Zeland
             ,
             and
             Frizland
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             Bretons
             rebelled
             .
             Also
             the
             Saracens
             much
             perplexed
             the
             Emperor
             in
             the
             chasing
             them
             out
             of
             Italy
             and
             Provence
             ,
             who
             finding
             himselfe
             neare
             his
             end
             ,
             bequeathed
             unto
             his
             son
             Charles
             the
             Occidentall
             part
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             death
             of
             
               Pepin
               ,
               A.
               D.
            
             838.
             
             Aquitaine
             was
             added
             ;
             &
             to
             Lotharius
             he
             left
             the
             Empire
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             France
             ;
             &
             to
             Lewis
             the
             kingdom
             of
             
               Bavaria
               .
               Lewis
            
             being
             discontented
             at
             this
             partage
             ,
             would
             needes
             take
             Almaine
             into
             his
             power
             :
             but
             having
             beene
             hindered
             two
             severall
             times
             by
             the
             Emperours
             Army
             ,
             in
             the
             end
             the
             Emperour
             dyed
             in
             an
             Isle
             of
             the
             Rhine
             the
             sixtieth
             yeare
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             
             and
             the
             27.
             of
             his
             Empire
             and
             reigne
             .
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             840.
             
          
           
             This
             Lewis
             was
             of
             a
             milde
             and
             gentle
             disposition
             ,
             fitter
             to
             be
             a
             Church-man
             ,
             than
             a
             King
             ;
             wherby
             he
             grew
             contemptible
             to
             his
             Subjects
             ;
             yet
             milde
             natures
             much
             provoked
             are
             violent
             in
             revenge
             ;
             for
             having
             taken
             Bernard
             ,
             he
             imprisoned
             him
             ,
             then
             put
             out
             his
             eyes
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Bishops
             &
             noblemen
             his
             adherents
             :
             Hee
             indiscreetly
             gave
             his
             sonnes
             their
             portions
             ,
             and
             thereby
             procured
             his
             own
             affliction
             ,
             arming
             them
             with
             strength
             to
             rebell
             against
             their
             Father
             ;
             and
             for
             affection
             to
             Church-men
             he
             was
             by
             them
             censured
             for
             his
             cruelty
             to
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             to
             be
             confined
             to
             a
             Monastery
             ,
             while
             the
             Clergy
             adhered
             to
             the
             rebellious
             Children
             against
             the
             father
             ;
             whose
             late
             attempt
             was
             to
             chastise
             the
             insolency
             of
             of
             his
             sonne
             Lewis
             ;
             but
             age
             and
             griefe
             concluded
             his
             happinesse
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             old
             King
             having
             felt
             enough
             vexation
             in
             the
             unnaturall
             rebellion
             of
             his
             Children
             ,
             forsooke
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             so
             found
             rest
             and
             happines
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Charles
             the
             Bald
             Emperor
             ,
             and
             the
             26.
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             840.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             
               Charles
               the
               Bald
            
             having
             attained
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             840
             ,
             made
             great
             Warres
             against
             Lotharius
             ,
             untill
             hee
             gave
             him
             battaile
             at
             Fontenay
             :
             During
             these
             debates
             the
             Bretons
             revolted
             ,
             and
             the
             Normans
             came
             even
             unto
             Paris
             to
             sacke
             
             the
             Abby
             of
             St.
             German
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             Charles
             was
             enforced
             by
             money
             to
             hire
             them
             to
             a
             retreate
             .
             After
             this
             ,
             Charles
             went
             against
             Neomenius
             King
             of
             Bretagne
             ,
             whom
             he
             routed
             and
             defeated
             twice
             afterwards
             .
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             851.
             after
             ,
             Aquitaine
             fell
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             Charles
             ,
             who
             encloystered
             his
             Nephews
             Pepin
             and
             Charles
             .
             Hee
             againe
             overthrew
             the
             Bretons
             ;
             the
             Normans
             on
             the
             other
             side
             tooke
             the
             City
             of
             Nantes
             ,
             confounding
             all
             with
             blood
             and
             fire
             ,
             not
             sparing
             the
             Bishop
             who
             was
             then
             at
             Masse
             .
          
           
             Fifteene
             yeares
             after
             the
             battaile
             at
             
               Fontnay
               ,
               Charles
            
             the
             Bald
             made
             himselfe
             to
             be
             annointed
             King
             in
             the
             City
             of
             
               Limoges
               .
               Lotharius
            
             became
             a
             Monke
             ,
             leaving
             the
             government
             to
             his
             son
             Lewis
             ;
             but
             that
             part
             of
             Gaule
             beyond
             the
             mountaines
             ,
             was
             divided
             betweene
             Charles
             and
             Lotharius
             his
             other
             sonnes
             .
             Baldwin
             having
             espoused
             the
             daughter
             of
             Charles
             the
             Bald
             without
             his
             consent
             ,
             in
             the
             end
             was
             acknowledged
             as
             Sonne
             
             in
             law
             ,
             to
             whom
             Charles
             gave
             the
             County
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             lost
             Aquitaine
             ,
             whereupon
             Lewis
             caused
             himselfe
             to
             be
             Crowned
             King
             of
             Germany
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Sens
             ,
             while
             Charles
             was
             entertained
             in
             Warres
             against
             the
             Normans
             :
             which
             he
             recovered
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             859
             ,
             forcing
             his
             brother
             to
             retreate
             into
             
               Germany
               .
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             863.
             they
             entered
             into
             a
             League
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             there
             grew
             great
             troubles
             amongst
             the
             Nobility
             of
             France
             ,
             by
             the
             meanes
             whereof
             the
             Bretons
             came
             as
             farre
             as
             Poitiers
             ,
             whence
             they
             were
             chaced
             by
             Charles
             ,
             and
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             863.
             they
             were
             constrained
             to
             take
             their
             Kingdome
             and
             Dutchy
             by
             faith
             of
             homage
             to
             him
             .
             And
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             869.
             hee
             was
             elected
             King
             of
             Loraine
             by
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Nephew
             Lotharius
             .
             He
             was
             also
             crowned
             Emperor
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             875.
             by
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Nephew
             Lewis
             ,
             which
             hee
             enjoyed
             not
             above
             two
             yeares
             ;
             in
             the
             end
             whereof
             being
             desirous
             to
             returne
             out
             of
             Italy
             into
             France
             ,
             he
             was
             poisoned
             by
             his
             Physitian
             ,
             
             the
             sixth
             of
             
               October
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             877.
             
          
           
             The
             Reigne
             of
             this
             Prince
             was
             confused
             ,
             and
             unhappy
             ,
             and
             of
             small
             fame
             ,
             being
             a
             King
             of
             no
             merit
             ,
             for
             from
             the
             confusion
             in
             his
             reigne
             the
             fall
             of
             this
             Race
             did
             spring
             :
             But
             as
             Timanthes
             ,
             when
             he
             drew
             Iphigenia
             ready
             to
             be
             sacrific'd
             ,
             painted
             Calchas
             with
             a
             sad
             countenance
             ,
             Ulysses
             sadder
             ,
             and
             having
             spent
             all
             his
             Art
             in
             expressing
             Menelaus
             griefe
             ,
             and
             not
             knowing
             how
             to
             make
             the
             Fathers
             countenance
             more
             sorrowfull
             ,
             cover'd
             his
             head
             with
             a
             vaile
             ,
             leaving
             his
             passion
             to
             be
             conceived
             by
             imagination
             :
             so
             this
             Kings
             Picture
             deserves
             to
             bee
             hidden
             and
             obscured
             with
             the
             vaile
             of
             silence
             :
             for
             it
             is
             better
             not
             to
             write
             at
             all
             ,
             than
             to
             write
             ,
             though
             justly
             ,
             disgracefully
             of
             deceased
             Princes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Lewis
               3.
            
             
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             27.
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             877.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             AFter
             the
             decease
             of
             Charles
             the
             
               Bald
               ,
               Lewis
            
             surnamed
             the
             Stut
             ,
             was
             heire
             and
             successor
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             declared
             himselfe
             not
             onely
             King
             of
             
               France
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             877
             ,
             causing
             himselfe
             to
             be
             crowned
             in
             a
             full
             assembly
             of
             Princes
             and
             Prelates
             at
             Rheimes
             ,
             but
             
             also
             Emperour
             of
             
               Rome
               .
               Aymoynus
            
             testifieth
             that
             hee
             was
             in
             some
             difference
             before
             his
             Coronation
             with
             the
             Primates
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             distributed
             the
             estates
             and
             dignities
             of
             France
             without
             their
             advice
             :
             Insomuch
             that
             he
             was
             enforced
             to
             give
             them
             content
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             Pope
             John
             the
             8.
             conceiving
             a
             better
             hope
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             than
             of
             the
             Almaines
             ,
             laboured
             what
             he
             could
             to
             reduce
             Italy
             into
             the
             good
             liking
             of
             Lewis
             the
             Stut
             ,
             by
             the
             reason
             whereof
             he
             became
             an
             enemy
             of
             those
             that
             tooke
             part
             with
             Caroloman
             ,
             Nephew
             to
             the
             said
             Lewis
             ,
             and
             eldest
             sonne
             of
             Lewis
             ,
             King
             of
             Eavaria
             ,
             who
             tooke
             the
             Pope
             prisoner
             ,
             whence
             hee
             made
             an
             escape
             by
             the
             meanes
             of
             his
             adherents
             ,
             and
             retired
             himselfe
             into
             France
             with
             the
             Treasures
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             after
             that
             he
             had
             excommunicated
             his
             adversaries
             ,
             who
             neverthelesse
             desisted
             not
             to
             detaine
             the
             City
             of
             Rome
             for
             the
             party
             of
             Caroloman
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             Pope
             was
             conducted
             
             from
             Arles
             by
             Duke
             Boson
             to
             Lions
             ;
             from
             whence
             he
             went
             to
             visite
             the
             King
             at
             Troyes
             ,
             and
             there
             the
             King
             caused
             himselfe
             by
             him
             to
             be
             crowned
             with
             the
             Imperiall
             Diadem
             .
          
           
             After
             that
             the
             Pope
             was
             reconducted
             by
             Boson
             into
             Italy
             ,
             whiles
             the
             Emperour
             Lewis
             went
             to
             visite
             Lewis
             King
             of
             Germany
             in
             Loraine
             ,
             where
             they
             concluded
             a
             treaty
             of
             peace
             ,
             for
             the
             which
             the
             controversie
             touching
             the
             Empire
             was
             deferred
             till
             another
             time
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             agreed
             that
             the
             possession
             should
             rest
             as
             it
             did
             of
             that
             which
             each
             of
             them
             had
             in
             Italy
             ,
             untill
             such
             time
             that
             it
             was
             otherwise
             agreed
             upon
             .
             Afterwards
             as
             the
             Emperour
             was
             in
             his
             journey
             with
             his
             forces
             to
             goe
             visite
             Bernard
             Marques
             of
             Gothland
             ,
             or
             of
             Languedock
             ,
             which
             had
             given
             an
             occasion
             to
             the
             Emperour
             to
             distrust
             his
             fidelity
             ,
             hee
             was
             surprised
             at
             Troyes
             with
             a
             malady
             ,
             which
             moved
             him
             upon
             hope
             of
             recovery
             to
             returne
             to
             Compaigne
             ,
             where
             he
             deceased
             the
             tenth
             of
             
               April
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             
             879
             ,
             leaving
             his
             Wife
             great
             with
             child
             ,
             who
             shortly
             after
             was
             delivered
             of
             a
             son
             who
             was
             called
             Charles
             ,
             afterwards
             surnamed
             the
             Simple
             ,
             whose
             life
             is
             set
             downe
             as
             the
             occasion
             falls
             convenient
             ;
             wherein
             you
             shall
             read
             Notes
             worthy
             your
             observation
             :
             In
             whose
             minority
             three
             things
             are
             observable
             ,
             the
             efficacy
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             State
             ,
             preserving
             the
             unborne
             lawfull
             Heires
             right
             :
             The
             minority
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             subject
             to
             many
             miseries
             :
             And
             the
             liberty
             of
             great
             men
             in
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             a
             young
             Prince
             .
             For
             Lewis
             and
             Caroloman
             being
             first
             chosen
             Regents
             ,
             after
             procured
             themselves
             under
             colour
             of
             the
             pupiles
             interest
             ,
             to
             be
             crowned
             Kings
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Lew
               is
               and
               Caroloman
            
             ,
             or
             
               Carlon
               ,
               the
            
             28.
             
             
               King
               of
               France
               ,
               An.
            
             879.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Lewis
             and
             Carlon
             or
             Caroloman
             ,
             sonnes
             of
             Lewis
             the
             Stut
             ,
             and
             of
             Ausgarde
             whom
             hee
             had
             taken
             to
             wife
             without
             the
             knowledge
             of
             his
             father
             ,
             and
             after
             by
             his
             command
             divorced
             her
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Almaine
             Chronicles
             ,
             were
             crowned
             Kings
             of
             
             
               France
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             879.
             according
             to
             the
             appointment
             of
             Lewis
             the
             Stut
             at
             his
             death
             to
             the
             Peeres
             of
             his
             Realme
             .
             Upon
             which
             occasion
             some
             Abbots
             and
             great
             Lords
             partializing
             against
             them
             ,
             appealed
             Lewis
             King
             of
             Almany
             ,
             to
             take
             charge
             of
             the
             affaires
             of
             France
             into
             his
             hands
             .
             To
             which
             purpose
             being
             arrived
             at
             Verdun
             ,
             he
             was
             pacified
             with
             the
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Loraine
             ,
             which
             was
             given
             him
             ,
             upon
             which
             he
             and
             his
             late
             Father
             had
             quarrelled
             with
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             .
             This
             fire
             being
             thus
             quenched
             ,
             another
             controversie
             grew
             concerning
             the
             County
             of
             Authun
             ,
             betweene
             the
             Counts
             Theodoric
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             was
             given
             by
             the
             late
             deceased
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             Boson
             ,
             who
             layd
             a
             claime
             thereunto
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             was
             adjudged
             by
             Hugh
             the
             Abbot
             ,
             upon
             condition
             that
             he
             should
             leave
             the
             Abbies
             with
             their
             revenues
             which
             were
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             to
             Theodoric
             .
          
           
             The
             State
             of
             France
             being
             thus
             troubled
             ,
             Boson
             grew
             more
             turbulent
             ,
             causing
             
             himselfe
             to
             be
             crowned
             King
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             as
             also
             did
             the
             Normans
             ,
             whom
             the
             Kings
             overthrew
             upon
             Saint
             Andrews
             day
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             879
             ,
             slaying
             5000.
             of
             them
             in
             the
             field
             .
             After
             in
             the
             yeare
             880
             ,
             they
             made
             a
             partage
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             France
             ,
             by
             which
             all
             the
             
               Neustrick
               France
            
             befell
             to
             Lewis
             ,
             and
             Aquitan
             with
             Burgundy
             with
             the
             Marches
             to
             Caroloman
             .
             This
             being
             done
             ,
             they
             went
             to
             surprise
             the
             Normans
             ,
             whom
             they
             cut
             in
             peeces
             in
             the
             
               Carbonary
               Forrest
            
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             9000
             ,
             the
             yeare
             after
             he
             deceased
             .
             The
             Normans
             not
             desisting
             from
             wasting
             and
             sacking
             the
             Countrey
             of
             France
             ,
             came
             up
             as
             farre
             as
             
               Paris
               .
               Carloman
            
             was
             enforced
             to
             buy
             a
             peace
             of
             them
             for
             12.
             yeares
             ,
             which
             he
             enjoyed
             not
             long
             ,
             for
             in
             the
             yeare
             884.
             he
             was
             slaine
             by
             a
             wild
             Boare
             a
             hunting
             ,
             having
             reigned
             five
             or
             sixe
             yeares
             ;
             or
             running
             after
             a
             Gentlewoman
             ,
             his
             horse
             carried
             him
             away
             ,
             and
             crush'd
             him
             under
             a
             gate
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             Chace
             hee
             fell
             downe
             and
             broke
             his
             necke
             ,
             for
             report
             differing
             
             in
             the
             manner
             of
             his
             death
             ,
             agrees
             that
             it
             was
             violent
             and
             accidentall
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lewis
             the
             Lubber
             ,
             and
             Charles
             the
             
               Grosse
               ,
               the
            
             29.
             
             
               K.
               of
            
             France
             ,
             An.
             885.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Lewis
             surnamed
             the
             Lubber
             ,
             or
             Doe-little
             ,
             sonne
             of
             Carloman
             ,
             succeeded
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             885
             ,
             at
             the
             pursuite
             of
             Hugh
             the
             Abbot
             ,
             (
             who
             was
             so
             named
             ,
             because
             as
             
             it
             is
             thought
             ,
             he
             was
             the
             first
             of
             the
             Lay-Princes
             that
             usurped
             the
             revenues
             of
             the
             Abbies
             )
             so
             that
             all
             that
             part
             on
             this
             side
             Seine
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             was
             called
             Neustry
             ,
             remained
             in
             the
             obedience
             of
             Lewis
             the
             
               Doe
               little
            
             ;
             and
             the
             parts
             beyond
             the
             Seine
             with
             Burgundy
             ,
             were
             under
             
               Charles
               the
               grosse
            
             ,
             Emperour
             ;
             who
             came
             to
             take
             the
             protection
             of
             France
             against
             the
             Normans
             ,
             according
             as
             Fulco
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Rheimes
             ,
             testifieth
             .
             Therefore
             it
             is
             that
             they
             are
             placed
             in
             the
             Ranke
             and
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             Kings
             .
             In
             those
             times
             the
             Normans
             ranged
             about
             Neustry
             ,
             sacking
             and
             spoyling
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             Cities
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             namely
             ,
             
               Rouen
               ,
               Eureux
            
             ,
             and
             Bayeux
             :
             but
             they
             were
             so
             soundly
             curryed
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             Hugh
             the
             Abbot
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             long
             time
             after
             they
             durst
             not
             set
             a
             foote
             there
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             the
             same
             yeare
             887.
             they
             returned
             to
             thunder
             upon
             the
             other
             parts
             of
             France
             ,
             not
             sparing
             the
             Emperours
             Countrey
             ,
             where
             they
             surprised
             the
             Castle
             of
             Lovanne
             .
             
             From
             thence
             they
             came
             before
             Paris
             under
             the
             conduct
             of
             their
             King
             Sigesroy
             ,
             hoping
             there
             also
             to
             make
             a
             prey
             as
             they
             had
             done
             elsewhere
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             so
             bravely
             defended
             by
             Count
             Eudes
             &
             the
             Abbot
             Goslin
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             quite
             frustrate
             of
             their
             expectation
             and
             pretence
             .
             This
             Lewis
             dyed
             immediately
             after
             ,
             having
             borne
             the
             name
             of
             a
             King
             to
             his
             dying
             day
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             two
             yeares
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Chronicle
             of
             St.
             Benigne
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             Charles
             became
             so
             stupefied
             in
             his
             senses
             and
             understanding
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             knew
             that
             there
             was
             no
             hope
             of
             his
             recovery
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             affaires
             of
             the
             Empire
             might
             fall
             into
             some
             disasters
             ,
             they
             gave
             him
             into
             the
             charge
             of
             his
             Nephew
             Arnulph
             ,
             naturall
             sonne
             of
             the
             late
             Caroloman
             ,
             in
             whose
             custody
             he
             dyed
             soone
             after
             ,
             on
             the
             12.
             of
             
               January
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             888.
             
          
           
             This
             King
             was
             approved
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Reigne
             ,
             and
             reverenced
             by
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             afterwards
             having
             
             made
             a
             dishonourable
             peace
             with
             the
             Normans
             ,
             yeelding
             them
             Neustria
             ,
             now
             called
             Normandy
             ,
             hee
             lost
             his
             Subjects
             affection
             ,
             and
             then
             through
             griefe
             and
             jealousie
             conceived
             against
             his
             Queene
             Richarda
             ,
             fell
             sicke
             ,
             and
             through
             the
             distemper
             of
             his
             body
             and
             minde
             being
             unfit
             to
             governe
             ,
             was
             deposed
             ,
             rejected
             both
             from
             the
             Realme
             and
             Empire
             ,
             banished
             from
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             having
             neither
             house
             nor
             meanes
             ,
             was
             starved
             ,
             and
             dyed
             for
             want
             of
             reliefe
             in
             a
             poore
             Village
             of
             Suevia
             .
             Thus
             one
             of
             the
             great
             Monarchs
             of
             the
             world
             dyed
             without
             house
             ,
             without
             bread
             ,
             without
             honour
             ,
             without
             mourning
             ,
             &
             without
             memory
             ,
             but
             that
             his
             end
             was
             prodigiously
             memorable
             .
             The
             reasons
             were
             his
             imperious
             pride
             in
             prosperity
             ,
             and
             his
             despairing
             dejectednesse
             in
             adversity
             ,
             foolish
             extreames
             becomming
             not
             a
             magnanimous
             mind
             ;
             therefore
             his
             affliction
             was
             hated
             of
             his
             subjects
             ,
             not
             considering
             the
             true
             cause
             of
             his
             affliction
             .
             But
             the
             chiefe
             cause
             was
             his
             distrust
             
             in
             God
             in
             his
             extremities
             ,
             for
             he
             should
             have
             acknowledgd
             that
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             as
             David
             said
             ,
          
           
             
               O
               Lord
               ,
               although
               I
               am
               throwne
               downe
               ,
            
             
               I
               have
               held
               my
               peace
               ,
               thou
               hast
               it
               done
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Eudes
             or
             Odo
             .
             the
             20.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             891.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             EVdes
             or
             Odo
             ,
             sonne
             of
             Robert
             Count
             of
             Paris
             ,
             and
             of
             France
             ,
             Tutor
             to
             the
             young
             Charles
             ,
             
             tooke
             the
             government
             of
             the
             affaires
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             King
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             Arnulph
             and
             the
             Lords
             of
             France
             :
             Hee
             was
             consecrated
             and
             annointed
             King
             ,
             and
             crowned
             by
             Walter
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Sens
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             Baldwin
             ,
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             Fulco
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Rheimes
             ,
             sent
             Guy
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Spoleto
             into
             Italy
             ,
             to
             take
             the
             affaires
             of
             France
             into
             his
             hands
             .
             Odo
             being
             established
             ,
             gave
             the
             County
             of
             Paris
             and
             of
             France
             to
             Count
             Robert
             his
             brother
             ,
             and
             instituted
             Richard
             ,
             Count
             of
             Authun
             ,
             governour
             of
             the
             lower
             Burgundy
             ,
             for
             the
             defence
             thereof
             against
             the
             Normans
             ;
             who
             having
             beene
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             888.
             repulsed
             from
             before
             Paris
             by
             Count
             Robert
             ,
             came
             before
             Sens
             :
             from
             whence
             they
             were
             beaten
             by
             the
             said
             Richard
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             first
             that
             left
             that
             dignity
             hereditary
             and
             patrimoniall
             to
             his
             successors
             .
             Walter
             ,
             Nephew
             to
             Eudes
             ,
             making
             an
             insurrection
             against
             him
             ,
             betooke
             himselfe
             into
             Lygus
             ,
             whence
             fetcht
             out
             ,
             
             he
             was
             put
             to
             death
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             Ebulo
             ,
             Abbot
             of
             St.
             Germans
             ,
             and
             Count
             Ranulph
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             brother
             Gotsbert
             ,
             arose
             against
             Eudes
             in
             Aquitaine
             ,
             whom
             he
             made
             to
             goe
             against
             them
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             Neustria
             were
             in
             pursuite
             of
             Fulco
             ,
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Rheimes
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Counts
             Heribert
             and
             Pepin
             the
             young
             ,
             Charles
             the
             Simple
             ,
             whom
             they
             caused
             to
             be
             crowned
             King
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Rheimes
             .
             Whereupon
             Eudes
             and
             he
             grew
             to
             great
             Warres
             ,
             so
             that
             Charles
             the
             Simple
             would
             have
             entered
             into
             a
             confederacy
             of
             a
             Fleete
             of
             Normans
             under
             the
             conduct
             of
             Hastings
             for
             the
             recovery
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             but
             he
             was
             prevented
             by
             Fulco
             ,
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Rheimes
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             as
             yet
             Pagans
             .
             Fulco
             made
             peace
             betweene
             Eudes
             and
             Charles
             the
             
               Simple
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             897
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             reconciliation
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             was
             given
             to
             Charles
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             permitted
             to
             Eudes
             ,
             who
             enjoyed
             it
             not
             long
             
             after
             ,
             because
             he
             deceased
             without
             issue
             ,
             the
             13.
             of
             
               January
               ,
               Anno
            
             898
             ,
             and
             at
             his
             death
             hee
             declared
             that
             of
             right
             the
             Crowne
             after
             him
             ought
             to
             returne
             to
             Charles
             the
             Simple
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             of
             equity
             and
             right
             appertained
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             Race
             of
             this
             Eudes
             sprung
             
               Hugh
               Capet
            
             ,
             for
             Widechind
             of
             Saxony
             favour'd
             by
             
               Charle
               magne
            
             ,
             sent
             his
             son
             Robert
             or
             Rupert
             into
             France
             ,
             who
             had
             two
             sonnes
             ,
             Eudes
             and
             Robert
             ,
             Father
             to
             Hugh
             the
             great
             ,
             Father
             to
             
               Hugh
               Capet
            
             ,
             afterward
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Fame
             drew
             this
             Character
             of
             Eudes
             ,
             that
             hee
             was
             a
             good
             wise
             man
             ,
             yet
             he
             could
             not
             please
             the
             French
             by
             his
             Regency
             ,
             for
             the
             excesse
             of
             his
             vertue
             curbing
             the
             desire
             of
             such
             as
             sought
             to
             raise
             their
             fortunes
             by
             usurping
             power
             over
             the
             State
             and
             the
             Kings
             weaknesse
             supported
             by
             Eudes
             ,
             drew
             envy
             on
             his
             actions
             seeking
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             which
             hee
             neglected
             ,
             but
             with
             approved
             resolution
             not
             abated
             l
             y
             private
             malice
             ,
             went
             forward
             with
             the
             government
             
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             resignes
             all
             his
             Authority
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             like
             Phaethon
             ,
             unfit
             to
             rule
             the
             Chariot
             of
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             by
             his
             bad
             government
             met
             those
             misfortunes
             ,
             which
             Eudes
             kept
             off
             while
             hee
             lived
             ;
             for
             Wisdome
             and
             Discretion
             is
             
               Scutum
               invincibile
            
             ,
             an
             invincible
             Buckler
             ,
             folly
             ,
             envy
             ,
             policy
             ,
             treachery
             ,
             slander
             ,
             adversity
             ,
             necessity
             ,
             power
             and
             injustice
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Devills
             invisible
             Artillery
             cannot
             pierce
             nor
             wound
             him
             that
             is
             therewith
             arm'd
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Charles
             the
             Simple
             ,
             the
             31.
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             898.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             CHarles
             surnamed
             
               the
               Simple
            
             ,
             was
             estated
             in
             his
             Fathers
             Throne
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             898
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             reason
             of
             his
             imbecillity
             every
             one
             encroched
             upon
             him
             ,
             by
             making
             whatsoever
             passessions
             they
             held
             ,
             as
             hereditary
             to
             their
             posterity
             ,
             what
             belonged
             of
             
             right
             to
             the
             Crowne
             :
             in
             so
             much
             that
             great
             dignities
             ,
             Dutchies
             ,
             Earledomes
             ,
             and
             government
             of
             Provinces
             ,
             which
             formerly
             were
             held
             but
             for
             terme
             of
             life
             in
             a
             titulary
             way
             ,
             were
             now
             made
             hereditary
             .
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             912.
             he
             made
             a
             peace
             with
             Rollon
             ,
             upon
             condition
             that
             the
             Countrey
             of
             Neustry
             ,
             bounded
             by
             the
             River
             Epte
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Ocean
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             should
             remaine
             to
             Rollon
             in
             Title
             of
             a
             Dutchy
             ,
             to
             hold
             it
             in
             homage
             of
             the
             Crowne
             of
             France
             ,
             conditionally
             also
             ,
             that
             he
             and
             his
             whole
             Countrey
             should
             bee
             baptized
             in
             the
             Christian
             Faith.
             By
             reason
             whereof
             he
             was
             baptized
             Robert
             ,
             after
             the
             name
             of
             his
             Kinsman
             Court
             Robert
             ,
             from
             thence
             Normandy
             had
             its
             denomination
             .
             In
             those
             times
             also
             there
             were
             great
             troubles
             in
             France
             ,
             which
             were
             raised
             by
             Robert
             brother
             to
             the
             former
             Odo
             ,
             who
             had
             caused
             himselfe
             to
             bee
             crowned
             King
             by
             Herivee
             ,
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Rheimes
             ,
             whilst
             Charles
             was
             in
             Loraine
             ;
             for
             the
             recovery
             whereof
             Charles
             led
             an
             
             Army
             of
             Lorainers
             against
             Robert
             ,
             whom
             he
             tooke
             at
             unawares
             neare
             to
             Soyssons
             .
             Notwithstanding
             this
             Robert
             resisted
             him
             valiantly
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             his
             life
             :
             The
             battaile
             neverthelesse
             was
             lost
             by
             Charles
             ,
             who
             fled
             into
             Loraine
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             Allies
             of
             Robert
             called
             in
             Duke
             Rodulph
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             whom
             they
             caused
             to
             be
             crowned
             King
             at
             Soyssons
             for
             want
             of
             
               Hugh
               le
               Blanc
            
             ,
             sonne
             of
             the
             late
             Robert
             ,
             who
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             youth
             durst
             not
             pretend
             the
             Crowne
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             Charles
             staid
             not
             long
             to
             be
             entrapped
             in
             the
             snares
             of
             Hebert
             the
             Count
             ,
             who
             sent
             by
             his
             Cousin
             Bernard
             ,
             Count
             of
             Senlis
             to
             take
             him
             :
             so
             that
             he
             was
             detained
             prisoner
             in
             the
             City
             of
             St.
             Quintin
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             was
             sent
             to
             the
             Castle
             of
             Thyerry
             upon
             the
             Marne
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             to
             Peronne
             ,
             where
             he
             ended
             his
             life
             five
             yeares
             after
             his
             imprisonment
             ,
             leaving
             Lewis
             in
             the
             power
             of
             his
             Mother
             Theargine
             ,
             who
             for
             his
             safety
             conveyed
             him
             into
             
             England
             .
             This
             King
             having
             resign'd
             his
             Crowne
             to
             Raoul
             his
             God-sonne
             ,
             the
             first
             Prince
             of
             the
             blood
             by
             his
             Mother
             Hermingrade
             ,
             Daughter
             to
             Lewis
             ,
             and
             wife
             of
             Boson
             ,
             King
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             dyed
             with
             griefe
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             languishing
             Melancholy
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             his
             treacherous
             vassage
             should
             so
             affront
             and
             oppose
             him
             ,
             and
             use
             him
             in
             such
             a
             disgracefull
             manner
             .
             For
             there
             is
             no
             greater
             misery
             or
             vexation
             ,
             than
             when
             the
             Master
             through
             want
             and
             poverty
             is
             abused
             by
             the
             man
             ,
             it
             doth
             even
             astonish
             the
             minde
             ,
             and
             pierce
             the
             Heart
             unto
             death
             ;
             for
             
               Asperius
               nihil
               est
               humili
               cum
               surgit
               in
               altum
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Rodulph
             ,
             or
             Raoul
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             the
             32.
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             923.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             ROdulph
             having
             beene
             crowned
             King
             at
             Soissons
             the
             13.
             of
             
               June
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             923
             ,
             reigned
             13.
             yeares
             ;
             hee
             went
             afterwards
             to
             warre
             with
             
               Hugh
               le
               Blanc
            
             against
             the
             Normans
             ,
             others
             against
             those
             of
             the
             Faction
             of
             Rollon
             ,
             and
             also
             those
             that
             inhabited
             
             upon
             the
             River
             Loire
             :
             from
             whence
             he
             was
             recalled
             to
             receive
             the
             oath
             of
             the
             Lorainers
             ,
             excepting
             that
             of
             Duke
             Gislebert
             and
             Rotharius
             ,
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Treues
             .
             Afterwards
             having
             espoused
             Berthe
             ,
             the
             Daughter
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Swede
             ,
             and
             because
             having
             a
             hope
             to
             attaine
             the
             Empire
             ,
             he
             passed
             into
             Italy
             ,
             where
             hee
             overthrew
             Berengarius
             ,
             and
             drove
             him
             out
             of
             Italy
             :
             and
             at
             his
             returne
             having
             made
             peace
             with
             the
             Normans
             ,
             hee
             went
             against
             William
             Duke
             of
             Aquitaine
             ,
             whom
             hee
             enforced
             to
             acknowledge
             his
             estate
             to
             have
             dependance
             from
             the
             Crowne
             .
             And
             upon
             the
             parting
             of
             Estates
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             which
             was
             held
             at
             Attigny
             ,
             hee
             had
             gone
             into
             Loraine
             ,
             had
             hee
             not
             beene
             hindered
             by
             a
             fit
             of
             sicknesse
             ,
             which
             retained
             him
             at
             Rheimes
             .
             After
             that
             he
             went
             against
             the
             Normans
             ,
             but
             through
             the
             rebellion
             of
             the
             Lorainers
             ,
             who
             had
             surrendred
             the
             upper
             Loraine
             into
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Henry
             ,
             he
             was
             enforced
             to
             make
             peace
             with
             the
             
             Normans
             ,
             which
             continued
             not
             long
             ,
             because
             having
             recommenced
             their
             wonted
             courses
             ,
             he
             was
             constrained
             to
             purchase
             his
             peace
             with
             a
             great
             summe
             of
             monies
             ,
             that
             hee
             might
             goe
             against
             the
             Duke
             of
             Aquitaine
             ,
             who
             was
             now
             in
             rebellion
             ,
             from
             whom
             hee
             tooke
             Nevers
             .
             The
             bruite
             of
             the
             Hungariáns
             comming
             into
             France
             ,
             gave
             him
             to
             understand
             of
             the
             revolt
             of
             Count
             Heribert
             ,
             who
             accompanying
             himselfe
             with
             
               Hugh
               le
               Blanc
            
             ,
             went
             to
             take
             an
             Alliance
             with
             Henry
             the
             Emperour
             in
             Loraine
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             returne
             released
             King
             Charles
             out
             of
             prison
             ,
             who
             went
             to
             meete
             William
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             to
             enter
             a
             League
             against
             Rodulph
             .
             This
             beginning
             of
             Warres
             being
             pacified
             betweene
             them
             ,
             Heribert
             caused
             Charles
             againe
             to
             be
             imprisoned
             ,
             who
             dyed
             shortly
             after
             at
             Peronne
             .
          
           
             In
             those
             times
             there
             were
             great
             contentions
             amongst
             the
             Paires
             of
             France
             concerning
             the
             Provinces
             ,
             which
             proceeded
             from
             the
             politick
             slights
             of
             the
             
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             sought
             to
             hold
             the
             partialities
             of
             France
             in
             an
             equality
             ,
             for
             feare
             lest
             the
             tranquillity
             of
             France
             might
             not
             produce
             a
             trouble
             to
             his
             estate
             in
             
               Loraine
               .
               Rodulph
            
             deceased
             the
             twelfth
             or
             fifteenth
             day
             of
             
               January
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             939.
             
          
           
             This
             Roul
             was
             an
             usurper
             ,
             and
             his
             reigne
             was
             troublesome
             and
             unfortunate
             ,
             and
             for
             hee
             and
             others
             ,
             that
             had
             beene
             servants
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             being
             now
             Kings
             and
             Dukes
             ,
             thought
             to
             make
             their
             Dominions
             proper
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             not
             depending
             on
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             which
             bred
             much
             confusion
             in
             
               France
               ,
               Italy
            
             ,
             and
             Germany
             .
             The
             Church
             did
             now
             strive
             to
             advance
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             ,
             gaining
             a
             great
             opinion
             among
             Christians
             in
             the
             Empires
             declining
             estate
             ,
             and
             growing
             so
             great
             a
             Monarch
             ,
             that
             he
             assumed
             primacy
             above
             Kings
             and
             Emperours
             ,
             which
             they
             and
             their
             subjects
             refused
             to
             acknowledge
             .
          
           
             In
             these
             times
             a
             young
             Maide
             attired
             
             like
             a
             Boy
             ,
             went
             with
             a
             learned
             man
             to
             Athens
             ,
             and
             returned
             from
             thence
             so
             good
             a
             Scholler
             ,
             being
             well
             read
             in
             many
             Authors
             of
             exquisite
             learning
             and
             profound
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             so
             expert
             likewise
             in
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             that
             after
             the
             death
             of
             Pope
             Leo
             ,
             shee
             was
             created
             Pope
             John
             the
             eight
             ;
             but
             afterward
             being
             with
             childe
             by
             one
             of
             her
             Groomes
             ,
             she
             was
             as
             shee
             went
             in
             solemne
             procession
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             the
             custome
             and
             order
             observ'd
             amongst
             them
             )
             delivered
             of
             a
             childe
             in
             the
             open
             streete
             :
             Thus
             the
             Empire
             ,
             the
             Realme
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             were
             in
             those
             times
             much
             distemper'd
             and
             disgraced
             ,
             pride
             and
             ignorance
             breeding
             many
             miseries
             and
             reproachfull
             accidents
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Lewis
               4.
            
             the
             33.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             939.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             LEwis
             ,
             son
             of
             Charles
             the
             Simple
             ,
             was
             recalled
             out
             of
             England
             by
             the
             Princes
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             
               Hugh
               le
               Blanc
            
             was
             crowned
             at
             Laon
             by
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Rheims
             ,
             the
             19.
             of
             
               July
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             939.
             
             From
             thence
             hee
             went
             to
             recover
             the
             
             City
             of
             Langres
             from
             
               Hugh
               le
               Noire
            
             ,
             brother
             to
             King
             Rodulph
             ,
             and
             having
             entertained
             the
             Lords
             of
             Burgundy
             before
             he
             came
             to
             Paris
             ,
             hee
             discarded
             
               Hugh
               le
               Blanc
            
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             owne
             Mother
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             make
             use
             of
             her
             counsell
             :
             which
             caused
             Hugh
             to
             allye
             himselfe
             to
             the
             Emperour
             Otho
             ,
             by
             taking
             his
             sister
             in
             marriage
             ,
             and
             to
             reconcile
             Heribert
             .
             Afterwards
             they
             went
             to
             follow
             the
             King
             even
             into
             Burgundy
             ,
             who
             in
             revenge
             fell
             upon
             Loraine
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             Emperour
             to
             depart
             out
             of
             Almaine
             to
             oppose
             him
             ,
             but
             they
             made
             a
             peace
             betweene
             themselves
             .
             This
             notwithstanding
             ,
             the
             King
             could
             not
             obtaine
             peace
             of
             his
             adversaries
             ,
             untill
             the
             Dukes
             of
             
               Normandy
               ,
               Aquitaine
            
             ,
             and
             Bretagne
             being
             encouraged
             by
             Pope
             Stephen
             ,
             embraced
             him
             ,
             and
             they
             wrought
             so
             ,
             that
             the
             Emperour
             accorded
             with
             the
             Princes
             Hugh
             &
             Heribert
             ,
             who
             awhile
             after
             that
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             hanged
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             imprisoned
             his
             Father
             ,
             which
             so
             much
             
             disturbed
             the
             repose
             of
             France
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             death
             of
             William
             ,
             Dukes
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             who
             was
             murthered
             by
             the
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             that
             Warres
             being
             enkindled
             over
             all
             France
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             taken
             prisoner
             by
             the
             Normans
             ,
             from
             being
             recovered
             by
             
               Hugh
               le
               Blanc
            
             ,
             who
             delivered
             him
             to
             Count
             Thibaut
             ,
             who
             detained
             him
             longer
             for
             the
             space
             of
             a
             yeare
             .
             The
             Emperour
             Othe
             seeing
             this
             ,
             debated
             the
             cause
             of
             
               Hugh
               le
               Blanc
            
             ,
             and
             began
             to
             maintaine
             the
             Kings
             so
             long
             ,
             untill
             carrying
             himselfe
             indifferent
             ,
             hee
             came
             to
             reape
             the
             fruite
             of
             both
             their
             ruines
             without
             any
             danger
             at
             all
             .
             In
             conclusion
             ,
             this
             last
             Warre
             which
             had
             continued
             seven
             or
             eight
             yeares
             ,
             being
             ended
             by
             an
             agreement
             betweene
             the
             King
             and
             Duke
             Hughes
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Soyssons
             ,
             the
             King
             dyed
             of
             a
             strange
             malady
             in
             the
             Moneth
             of
             September
             ,
             or
             according
             to
             others
             ,
             the
             12.
             of
             
               November
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             954
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             reigned
             about
             19.
             yeares
             ,
             leaving
             by
             his
             wife
             
               Gerberge
               Lotharius
            
             and
             
             Charles
             .
             This
             King
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             is
             formerly
             briefly
             mentioned
             )
             to
             revenge
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             whom
             Hebert
             Earle
             of
             Vermandois
             ,
             had
             kept
             a
             prisoner
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             Peronne
             untill
             hee
             there
             dyed
             ,
             caused
             one
             in
             the
             habite
             of
             an
             Englishman
             ,
             to
             come
             in
             haste
             to
             his
             Court
             at
             Landun
             ,
             with
             Letters
             which
             himselfe
             had
             written
             ,
             though
             fained
             to
             be
             sent
             from
             the
             King
             of
             England
             .
             The
             messenger
             being
             entred
             ,
             and
             the
             Letters
             read
             softly
             to
             the
             King
             by
             his
             Secretary
             ,
             the
             King
             smiled
             ,
             and
             said
             ;
             The
             Englishmen
             are
             not
             so
             wise
             as
             I
             estreem'd
             them
             to
             be
             :
             for
             our
             Cosin
             Harmant
             ,
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             hath
             signified
             unto
             me
             by
             these
             Letters
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             Countrey
             a
             labouring
             man
             inviting
             his
             Master
             to
             dine
             at
             his
             house
             ,
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             slaine
             ,
             and
             now
             hee
             desires
             your
             counsell
             my
             Lords
             ,
             what
             punishment
             this
             fellow
             hath
             deserved
             :
             Whereupon
             Thibaut
             ,
             Earle
             of
             Bloys
             ,
             said
             ;
             that
             hee
             was
             worthy
             to
             be
             tortur'd
             ,
             and
             then
             hang'd
             on
             a
             Gibbet
             :
             which
             sentence
             all
             
             the
             Lords
             there
             present
             ,
             and
             also
             Hebert
             Earle
             of
             Vermandois
             did
             confirme
             and
             allow
             :
             Whereupon
             the
             Kings
             Officers
             there
             provided
             in
             a
             readinesse
             ,
             apprehended
             the
             said
             Hebert
             Earle
             of
             Vermandois
             ,
             unto
             whom
             the
             King
             said
             ,
             Hebert
             ,
             this
             wicked
             Labourer
             is
             thy selfe
             ,
             who
             didst
             put
             to
             death
             thy
             Lord
             and
             Master
             ,
             King
             Charles
             my
             Father
             ,
             for
             which
             thou
             hast
             condemned
             thy selfe
             to
             dye
             by
             thy
             owne
             judgment
             .
             Whereupon
             Hebert
             was
             hanged
             on
             a
             Gibbet
             on
             the
             top
             of
             a
             Mountaine
             neare
             Lodun
             ,
             which
             since
             his
             Execution
             is
             called
             still
             Mount
             Hebert
             .
          
           
             This
             Lewis
             ,
             (
             as
             was
             said
             )
             being
             nine
             yeares
             in
             England
             ,
             was
             therefore
             surnamed
             D'entremer
             ,
             or
             from
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             :
             Hee
             was
             disloyall
             and
             unfortunate
             ,
             for
             though
             he
             endured
             much
             affliction
             ,
             and
             many
             unkind
             fortunes
             ,
             yet
             hee
             was
             not
             mended
             in
             his
             life
             by
             his
             sufferings
             ,
             nor
             had
             learned
             to
             embrace
             Vertue
             ,
             whose
             Beauty
             appeares
             most
             faire
             and
             comely
             ,
             
             when
             her
             eyes
             are
             fill'd
             with
             teares
             ,
             making
             sorrow
             looke
             with
             a
             sweet
             and
             lovely
             countenance
             :
             It
             is
             that
             which
             in
             a
             Prince
             is
             most
             glorious
             ,
             causing
             him
             to
             fixe
             his
             minde
             onely
             upon
             that
             which
             may
             prove
             beneficiall
             to
             the
             Church
             and
             State.
             But
             this
             was
             not
             the
             object
             wherein
             this
             Monarch
             was
             delighted
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             deprived
             of
             that
             excellency
             which
             by
             Vertue
             is
             attained
             .
             Besides
             he
             did
             degenerate
             from
             the
             blood
             of
             Charlemaine
             ,
             for
             birth
             nor
             adversity
             did
             enlarge
             his
             narrow
             thoughts
             to
             take
             pleasure
             in
             noble
             actions
             :
             Hee
             came
             came
             unto
             the
             government
             after
             a
             long
             absence
             ,
             which
             made
             his
             returne
             more
             gratefull
             to
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             while
             his
             Enemies
             thought
             to
             creepe
             into
             his
             affection
             by
             the
             tender
             of
             fained
             service
             ,
             especially
             William
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             :
             thus
             Prosperity
             commands
             counterfeited
             offers
             of
             fidelity
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Lotharius
             ,
             the
             34.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             954.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Lotharius
             succeeded
             to
             the
             Crowne
             the
             12.
             of
             
               November
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             954.
             
             Hee
             gave
             Burgundy
             and
             Aquitaine
             to
             Duke
             Hughes
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             made
             him
             Governour
             of
             Aquitaine
             :
             But
             Count
             William
             defending
             his
             right
             ,
             shut
             the
             
             Gates
             of
             Poitiers
             against
             him
             .
             Hughes
             deceased
             the
             16.
             of
             
               June
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             956
             ,
             leaving
             
               Hughes
               Capet
               ,
               Otho
               ,
               Odo
               ,
            
             and
             Henry
             ,
             with
             whom
             the
             King
             fell
             into
             some
             differences
             concerning
             some
             Castles
             which
             he
             had
             seized
             from
             them
             .
             All
             which
             were
             appeased
             by
             Bruno
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Cologne
             ,
             Unkle
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             was
             sent
             by
             the
             Emperour
             Otho
             .
             After
             this
             the
             King
             made
             an
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Princes
             and
             Prelates
             of
             France
             at
             Soissons
             ,
             for
             the
             surprising
             of
             Richard
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             who
             plotted
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             he
             could
             not
             be
             found
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             Arnulph
             the
             old
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             being
             dead
             ,
             who
             before
             had
             made
             a
             donation
             of
             his
             Lands
             to
             King
             Lotharius
             ,
             caused
             his
             body
             this
             yeare
             965.
             to
             be
             transported
             into
             Flanders
             ,
             thereby
             to
             receive
             the
             submissions
             of
             their
             fidelity
             .
             
               Lotharius
               Anno
               Domini
            
             966.
             espoused
             Hemina
             or
             Emma
             ,
             Daughter
             to
             Lotharius
             the
             2.
             
             King
             of
             Italy
             ,
             and
             Adeleide
             ,
             Daughter
             
             to
             the
             Emperour
             Otho
             ,
             as
             also
             Matilde
             ,
             Sister
             of
             this
             our
             Lotharius
             ,
             was
             married
             unto
             Bernard
             King
             of
             Burgundy
             .
             Afterwards
             the
             King
             intending
             to
             make
             Warres
             upon
             Richard
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             at
             the
             instigation
             of
             Thibault
             Count
             of
             Chartres
             ,
             was
             enforced
             to
             come
             to
             an
             agreement
             with
             him
             .
             A
             while
             after
             Lotharius
             wrought
             with
             Ranier
             and
             Lamhert
             ,
             sonnes
             of
             the
             late
             Count
             of
             Monts
             in
             Haynaut
             ,
             to
             make
             him
             a
             way
             for
             the
             re-entry
             upon
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Loraine
             ,
             which
             the
             Almaines
             detained
             from
             him
             :
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             Otho
             ,
             to
             cut
             off
             his
             designes
             ,
             gave
             the
             
               Lower
               Loraine
            
             to
             Charles
             the
             brother
             of
             Lotharius
             ,
             to
             bring
             him
             thereby
             into
             his
             disaffection
             .
             The
             King
             passed
             with
             his
             forces
             as
             farre
             as
             Aix
             ,
             where
             he
             thought
             to
             have
             surprised
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             who
             to
             requite
             him
             went
             before
             Paris
             ,
             from
             whence
             hee
             was
             notably
             repulsed
             :
             whereupon
             they
             came
             to
             an
             accord
             ,
             and
             Loraine
             continued
             to
             Charles
             ,
             who
             then
             added
             to
             his
             Coate
             of
             Armes
             an
             Arme
             
             proceeding
             out
             of
             the
             clouds
             .
             After
             the
             death
             of
             Otho
             ,
             King
             Lotharius
             falls
             againe
             upon
             Loraine
             ,
             which
             hee
             did
             not
             long
             enjoy
             ,
             because
             hee
             dyed
             immediately
             after
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             985.
             
          
           
             This
             Kings
             life
             was
             a
             meere
             blanke
             ,
             wherein
             no
             brave
             actions
             were
             inscribed
             for
             the
             example
             of
             posterity
             ,
             being
             a
             fruitlesse
             branch
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             that
             grew
             out
             of
             his
             stock
             ,
             excepting
             his
             sonne
             ,
             who
             derived
             from
             him
             no
             sap
             of
             vertue
             ,
             but
             was
             also
             barren
             in
             goodnesse
             :
             Hee
             did
             so
             contemne
             his
             brother
             Charles
             ,
             whom
             his
             Father
             had
             left
             no
             portion
             ,
             but
             his
             favour
             ,
             thereby
             to
             increase
             his
             respect
             to
             his
             eldest
             brother
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             whose
             assistance
             hee
             desired
             ,
             undertooke
             the
             quarrell
             .
             From
             whence
             this
             Note
             may
             be
             collected
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             depending
             on
             the
             favour
             of
             Kindred
             ,
             who
             looke
             for
             much
             reverence
             ,
             and
             will
             doe
             no
             justice
             in
             rewarding
             desert
             ,
             which
             they
             rather
             contemne
             ,
             untill
             Vertue
             despis'd
             breeds
             open
             hatred
             .
          
           
             But
             Charles
             ayded
             by
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             
             was
             undiscreete
             in
             his
             carriage
             ,
             for
             the
             ayde
             received
             from
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             made
             him
             to
             cleave
             too
             fast
             to
             the
             Germans
             ,
             and
             disclaime
             the
             French
             ,
             as
             if
             kindnesse
             had
             altered
             his
             nature
             ,
             and
             this
             change
             drew
             on
             the
             justly
             conceived
             hatred
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             thereby
             overthrew
             his
             estate
             ,
             by
             carrying
             too
             open
             a
             shew
             of
             disaffection
             for
             the
             wrong
             done
             by
             his
             brother
             ,
             and
             righted
             by
             the
             Emperour
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             (
             as
             we
             said
             )
             Lewis
             dyed
             ,
             but
             the
             remembrance
             of
             his
             Reigne
             survived
             to
             his
             disgrace
             and
             ignominy
             in
             succeeding
             ages
             ,
             leaving
             his
             sonne
             Charles
             to
             bee
             the
             last
             King
             of
             this
             second
             Race
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Lewis
               5.
            
             the
             35.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             986.
             
          
           
             
               portrait
            
          
           
             AFter
             the
             decease
             of
             
               Lotharius
               ,
               Lewis
            
             the
             fift
             ,
             his
             onely
             sonne
             ,
             succeeded
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             986
             ,
             and
             was
             consecrated
             at
             Rheimes
             .
             The
             Continuator
             of
             Aimoynus
             writeth
             that
             he
             reigned
             nine
             yeares
             ,
             as
             also
             another
             Chronicler
             call'd
             Hugh
             ,
             
             is
             of
             the
             same
             opinion
             .
             Neverthelesse
             it
             may
             be
             proved
             by
             certaine
             testimonies
             that
             Lotharius
             dyed
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             985
             ,
             to
             whom
             Lewis
             succeeded
             ,
             and
             that
             
               Hugues
               Capet
            
             began
             not
             to
             reigne
             before
             the
             yeare
             987
             ,
             or
             988
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             appeares
             that
             this
             could
             not
             reigne
             above
             two
             yeares
             ,
             and
             was
             enterred
             at
             S.
             Cornelius
             of
             Compeigne
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             Glaber
             testifieth
             that
             Lewis
             married
             one
             Blanche
             which
             was
             brought
             him
             out
             of
             Aquitaine
             ,
             who
             finding
             him
             not
             a
             man
             ,
             left
             him
             ,
             and
             retired
             into
             her
             Country
             ;
             which
             makes
             a
             likelyhood
             of
             that
             which
             is
             written
             touching
             his
             death
             :
             moreover
             ,
             that
             if
             she
             were
             Daughter
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Aquitaine
             ,
             that
             she
             by
             consequence
             must
             be
             Niece
             to
             
               Hugues
               Capet
            
             .
             This
             Lewis
             dyed
             (
             as
             many
             are
             of
             opinion
             )
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             as
             his
             father
             did
             ,
             by
             the
             meanes
             of
             his
             Wife
             Blanch
             ,
             not
             leaving
             issue
             to
             succeed
             him
             .
             Odoramus
             gave
             him
             the
             surname
             of
             
               Doe
               nothing
            
             ,
             because
             hee
             had
             no
             leasure
             to
             performe
             any
             thing
             memorable
             by
             the
             reason
             of
             
             the
             brevity
             of
             his
             Reigne
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             whilest
             Charles
             Duke
             of
             Loraine
             ,
             was
             the
             next
             by
             right
             to
             succeede
             him
             ,
             as
             being
             his
             Fathers
             brother
             ;
             so
             is
             it
             that
             
               Hugues
               Capet
            
             ,
             sonne
             of
             
               Hugues
               le
               Blanc
            
             tooke
             part
             against
             him
             ,
             pretending
             that
             (
             as
             many
             do
             write
             )
             that
             Lewis
             had
             resigned
             the
             Crowne
             to
             him
             by
             testament
             and
             will.
             But
             others
             are
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             he
             confiding
             to
             the
             power
             that
             hee
             had
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             favour
             which
             the
             Nobility
             and
             the
             popularity
             of
             France
             did
             beare
             him
             ,
             and
             through
             the
             discontent
             of
             having
             a
             Competitor
             who
             was
             exceedingly
             beloved
             and
             affected
             of
             the
             Almaines
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             too
             slow
             in
             gaining
             the
             succession
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             fallen
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             through
             the
             ill
             will
             he
             bore
             him
             ,
             because
             hee
             had
             married
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Hebert
             ,
             Count
             of
             Troyes
             ,
             encouraged
             him
             to
             contest
             against
             him
             for
             the
             Crowne
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Hugh
               Capet
            
             the
             36.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             987.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             
               HUgh
               Capet
            
             was
             proclaimed
             King
             at
             Noyan
             by
             the
             Princes
             ,
             Barons
             ,
             and
             Prelates
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             annointed
             at
             Rheims
             the
             third
             of
             
               July
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             987
             ,
             where
             hee
             caused
             also
             his
             eldest
             sonne
             to
             be
             crowned
             King
             with
             him
             ,
             named
             
               Robert
               ▪
            
             
             about
             halfe
             a
             yeare
             after
             ,
             viz.
             on
             the
             first
             of
             January
             .
             The
             people
             ,
             the
             souldiers
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Prelates
             swore
             a
             fealty
             to
             Capet
             against
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             especially
             against
             Charles
             of
             Loraine
             ,
             who
             came
             with
             an
             Army
             to
             challenge
             and
             stoutly
             make
             claime
             to
             his
             right
             by
             force
             of
             Armes
             in
             France
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             foure
             yeares
             ,
             and
             first
             made
             himselfe
             sure
             of
             Laon
             by
             the
             meanes
             of
             Arnulph
             ,
             naturall
             sonne
             to
             the
             late
             King
             Lotharius
             ,
             whither
             Hugh
             went
             to
             assaile
             him
             :
             but
             hee
             made
             such
             a
             briske
             and
             valiant
             sally
             out
             against
             him
             ,
             that
             hee
             shamefully
             routed
             both
             him
             and
             his
             .
             After
             having
             taken
             the
             Castle
             of
             Montagu
             ,
             and
             pillaged
             the
             Territories
             of
             Soissons
             and
             Rheimes
             ,
             he
             retreated
             to
             Laon
             ,
             and
             the
             yeare
             following
             hee
             made
             himselfe
             Master
             &
             possessor
             of
             Rheimes
             ,
             through
             the
             intelligence
             which
             hee
             had
             with
             the
             said
             Arnulph
             ,
             newly
             elected
             Arch-bishop
             of
             that
             See
             upon
             the
             decease
             of
             Albero
             .
             Whereupon
             Hugh
             using
             the
             same
             passages
             upon
             Charles
             ,
             dealt
             under-hand
             
             with
             Ascelin
             or
             Anselme
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Laon
             ,
             who
             made
             a
             way
             for
             him
             and
             his
             Army
             into
             Laon
             ,
             where
             Charles
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             carryed
             Prisoner
             to
             Orleans
             with
             Agnes
             his
             wife
             ,
             by
             whom
             during
             the
             time
             of
             his
             imprisonment
             hee
             had
             two
             children
             ,
             but
             all
             foure
             of
             them
             dyed
             prisoners
             .
             By
             this
             prize
             the
             Warres
             against
             Charles
             being
             ended
             ,
             and
             the
             Cities
             of
             Laon
             and
             Rheimes
             retaken
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             France
             being
             incorporated
             to
             the
             Domaines
             of
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             and
             the
             City
             of
             Paris
             beginning
             againe
             to
             take
             upon
             it
             the
             name
             of
             a
             City
             Royall
             ,
             Hugh
             caused
             a
             Synode
             to
             be
             held
             at
             Rheimes
             ,
             whereby
             Arnulph
             was
             deposed
             ,
             and
             Gilbert
             ,
             Tutor
             to
             Robert
             the
             sonne
             of
             Hugh
             ,
             was
             substituted
             in
             his
             place
             ;
             whereof
             the
             Pope
             not
             content
             ,
             caused
             a
             Councell
             to
             bee
             called
             in
             France
             ,
             by
             the
             decree
             whereof
             Gilbert
             was
             dismissed
             ,
             and
             Arnulph
             restored
             .
             Hugh
             deceased
             the
             22.
             of
             
               November
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             996
             ,
             and
             as
             others
             report
             ,
             998.
             
             He
             was
             funebrially
             inhumed
             
             at
             
               St.
               Denis
            
             in
             France
             by
             his
             Ancestors
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             was
             the
             first
             of
             the
             Race
             of
             the
             succeeding
             Kings
             ,
             being
             ordained
             to
             bring
             the
             Kingdome
             to
             a
             flourishing
             estate
             ,
             by
             so
             many
             great
             and
             eminent
             vertues
             meeting
             in
             his
             Person
             :
             Hee
             was
             surnamed
             Capet
             ,
             either
             from
             the
             bignesse
             of
             his
             Head
             ,
             from
             the
             Latin
             word
             Capitosus
             ,
             or
             because
             when
             hee
             was
             young
             ,
             hee
             would
             plucke
             off
             his
             companions
             Capps
             ,
             fore-shewing
             that
             hee
             should
             afterward
             pluck
             off
             Kings
             Crownes
             ;
             for
             when
             matters
             were
             by
             policy
             and
             the
             affection
             of
             French
             advancing
             his
             desires
             fitly
             prepared
             ,
             he
             got
             possession
             of
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             though
             claimed
             by
             Charles
             ,
             sonne
             to
             Lothaire
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             complement
             of
             being
             unwilling
             to
             leave
             the
             Crowne
             to
             any
             particular
             Nobleman
             ,
             least
             he
             should
             seeme
             to
             be
             preferr'd
             before
             the
             rest
             equall
             in
             desert
             ,
             his
             sonne
             Robert
             propounded
             to
             their
             Election
             ,
             was
             also
             crowned
             ,
             being
             a
             wise
             and
             temperate
             
             Prince
             ,
             that
             gave
             much
             apparent
             hope
             of
             making
             the
             Kingdome
             happy
             in
             his
             fruitfull
             progeny
             ,
             pledges
             of
             his
             vertues
             ,
             some
             whereof
             were
             expressed
             in
             this
             saying
             :
             That
             he
             was
             a
             sonne
             without
             frowardnesse
             ,
             a
             companion
             without
             jealousie
             ,
             and
             a
             King
             without
             ambition
             ;
             which
             was
             a
             sufficient
             testimony
             of
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             his
             disposition
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             wholly
             bent
             to
             those
             things
             which
             were
             truely
             honourable
             ,
             applying
             his
             best
             helpe
             for
             maintaining
             the
             generall
             good
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             whereby
             he
             gained
             the
             love
             and
             obedience
             of
             all
             men
             ;
             and
             afterward
             hee
             proved
             an
             exact
             Picture
             of
             his
             fathers
             great
             and
             perfect
             vertues
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Robert
               1.
            
             the
             37.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             997.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             RObert
             succeeded
             his
             Father
             
               Hugh
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             996.
             
             Comming
             to
             the
             Crowne
             hee
             caused
             Melun
             to
             bee
             surrendered
             to
             Count
             Buchard
             ,
             which
             Count
             Odo
             of
             Chartres
             ,
             sonne
             of
             Berthe
             ,
             sister
             of
             Raoul
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             had
             possessed
             .
             After
             the
             death
             
             of
             his
             wife
             Lutgarde
             ,
             he
             marryed
             Berthe
             the
             widow
             of
             Eudon
             ,
             Count
             of
             Chartres
             ,
             whom
             he
             after
             dismissed
             ,
             because
             she
             was
             his
             Godmother
             ;
             and
             tooke
             Constance
             ,
             daughter
             of
             William
             ,
             Count
             of
             Arles
             ,
             and
             of
             Blanch
             ,
             daughter
             of
             Foulques
             ,
             Count
             of
             Aniou
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             Henry
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             Vncle
             by
             the
             Father
             to
             this
             Robert
             ,
             dyed
             without
             heires
             .
             By
             reason
             whereof
             
               Otho
               Guillaume
            
             ,
             surnamed
             the
             stranger
             ,
             pretending
             a
             right
             to
             that
             Dutchy
             ,
             by
             cause
             of
             the
             adoption
             which
             Henry
             had
             made
             of
             him
             ,
             made
             himselfe
             very
             strong
             in
             Auxerre
             ,
             which
             was
             taken
             from
             him
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             with
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             
               Burgundy
               .
               Otho
            
             the
             sonne
             of
             Charles
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Loraine
             being
             deceased
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             Henry
             caused
             Count
             Godfrey
             of
             Ardenne
             to
             be
             invested
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             Geberge
             and
             Hermengarde
             ,
             Sisters
             of
             Otho
             ,
             marryed
             to
             Lambert
             and
             Aubert
             Counts
             of
             Brabant
             and
             Namures
             ,
             would
             have
             put
             them
             in
             possession
             ;
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             the
             King
             instigated
             
             Baldwin
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             against
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             siezed
             upon
             the
             Cities
             ,
             which
             are
             upon
             the
             River
             of
             Escaut
             ,
             as
             
               Valenciennes
               ,
               Dinam
            
             ,
             and
             others
             .
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1015.
             the
             King
             tooke
             away
             the
             City
             and
             County
             of
             Sens
             from
             Count
             Ramard
             ,
             surnamed
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             insolencies
             and
             violences
             committed
             upon
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             thereof
             ,
             and
             was
             confiscated
             to
             the
             Crowne
             .
             Afterwards
             hee
             compelled
             the
             Burgundians
             to
             returne
             to
             their
             obedience
             ,
             who
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1016
             were
             revolted
             :
             and
             after
             ,
             having
             pacified
             the
             quarrell
             betweene
             Richard
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             and
             Odo
             Count
             of
             Chartres
             ,
             who
             were
             in
             great
             warres
             ,
             he
             went
             to
             treate
             with
             Henry
             the
             Emperour
             concerning
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             their
             Dominions
             and
             Royalties
             ,
             in
             a
             Parliament
             which
             they
             held
             together
             at
             Iovy
             upon
             Chere
             .
             And
             after
             having
             also
             appeased
             the
             quarrell
             betweene
             Eudes
             Count
             of
             Campagne
             and
             Chartres
             ,
             and
             Foulque
             ,
             Count
             of
             Aniou
             ,
             hee
             
             deceased
             at
             
               Melun
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1031.
             having
             reigned
             about
             three
             and
             thirty
             yeares
             ,
             and
             lyes
             interred
             at
             St.
             Denis
             in
             France
             .
          
           
             This
             Robert
             in
             his
             whole
             Reigne
             exprest
             much
             wisedome
             ;
             for
             as
             his
             father
             to
             settle
             the
             Crowne
             on
             his
             progeny
             ,
             had
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             enstalled
             ,
             so
             hee
             Crowned
             Hugh
             his
             eldest
             sonne
             at
             Campagne
             ;
             and
             after
             his
             decease
             ,
             preferring
             vertue
             before
             eldership
             ,
             elected
             the
             yonger
             to
             be
             King
             ,
             being
             of
             a
             more
             Royall
             disposition
             ,
             and
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Normandy
             was
             by
             Will
             left
             unto
             Robert
             .
          
           
             When
             hee
             had
             thus
             ordered
             his
             affaires
             ,
             and
             pleased
             his
             Subjects
             with
             his
             happy
             reigne
             ,
             having
             got
             enough
             Fame
             and
             Honour
             ,
             he
             dyed
             ,
             leaving
             him
             in
             the
             remembrance
             of
             Posterity
             ,
             this
             opinion
             deepely
             setled
             :
             That
             the
             Kingdome
             was
             happy
             in
             his
             government
             ,
             and
             blest
             in
             his
             wisedome
             ,
             resolution
             ,
             peaceablenesse
             ,
             and
             continency
             ,
             most
             eminent
             vertues
             ,
             like
             Starres
             shining
             in
             
             the
             Spheare
             of
             Majesty
             ;
             but
             with
             a
             dimme
             brightnesse
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             piety
             ,
             whence
             the
             other
             derived
             their
             borrowed
             light
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             praise
             of
             the
             holy
             Martyres
             he
             composed
             a
             Hymne
             ,
             beginning
             thus
             :
             
               O
               constantia
               Martyrum
               mirabilis
            
             ;
             and
             washighly
             pleased
             ,
             that
             his
             wife
             ,
             with
             whose
             name
             the
             former
             words
             had
             some
             agreement
             ,
             had
             an
             humorous
             affection
             to
             approve
             his
             writings
             ,
             then
             generally
             applauded
             .
          
           
             Immensum
             in
             Regis
             gloria
             calcan
             habet
             .
          
           
             
               In
               hope
               of
               praise
               the
               Muses
               tune
               their
               strings
            
             
               And
               hope
               of
               Glory
               maketh
               vertuous
               Kings
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Henry
               1.
            
             the
             38.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1031.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Henry
             succeeded
             his
             father
             
               Robert
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1031.
             notwithstanding
             that
             his
             Mother
             Constance
             would
             have
             advanced
             her
             yonger
             sonne
             Robert
             to
             the
             Crowne
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             Baldwin
             ,
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             Ende
             Count
             of
             Champagne
             .
             
             But
             being
             come
             upon
             them
             by
             the
             ayde
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             he
             constrained
             his
             brother
             to
             content
             himselfe
             with
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Burgundy
             .
             A
             while
             after
             Robert
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             visiting
             the
             City
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             dyed
             at
             Nice
             in
             Bithynia
             :
             by
             reason
             whereof
             Maugier
             ,
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Rouen
             ,
             and
             William
             Lord
             of
             Arques
             his
             brothers
             ,
             maintaining
             themselves
             to
             be
             true
             Heires
             ,
             raised
             great
             Warres
             against
             William
             the
             bastard-sonne
             of
             the
             said
             Duke
             ,
             by
             him
             instituted
             to
             bee
             his
             Heire
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             the
             King
             sent
             the
             said
             William
             of
             Arques
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             a
             great
             number
             of
             the
             Nobility
             of
             Normandy
             and
             France
             to
             the
             Warres
             of
             Italy
             :
             from
             whence
             they
             were
             recalled
             by
             
               George
               Maniaces
            
             ,
             Lievtenant
             for
             the
             Emperour
             of
             Greece
             to
             Poville
             and
             Calabria
             ,
             to
             employ
             them
             for
             the
             recovery
             of
             Sicily
             ,
             which
             the
             Saracens
             had
             now
             possessed
             upon
             promise
             of
             giving
             them
             a
             part
             .
             About
             the
             yeare
             1042
             ,
             Thibault
             Count
             of
             
             Chartres
             ,
             and
             Stephen
             Count
             of
             Troyes
             ,
             fell
             into
             a
             quarrell
             with
             the
             King
             Henry
             ,
             whereupon
             hee
             first
             fell
             upon
             Stephen
             ,
             whom
             hee
             in
             a
             Battaile
             overthrew
             .
             Afterwards
             hee
             deprived
             Galleran
             ,
             Count
             of
             Meulan
             (
             who
             tooke
             their
             part
             )
             of
             all
             his
             lands
             ,
             and
             annexed
             them
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             and
             encouraged
             Godfrey
             ,
             surnamed
             Martel
             ,
             to
             make
             Warre
             upon
             Thibault
             whom
             hee
             tooke
             prisoner
             ,
             and
             enforced
             him
             to
             surrender
             up
             the
             Towne
             of
             Tours
             for
             his
             ransom
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             the
             King
             went
             to
             visite
             the
             Emperour
             Henry
             at
             Mets
             ,
             where
             they
             confirmed
             the
             Alliance
             made
             betweene
             them
             ,
             which
             hee
             broke
             by
             supporting
             Thibault
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             following
             the
             example
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             resigned
             his
             Crowne
             to
             his
             eldest
             sonne
             
               Philip
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1059
             ,
             being
             aged
             7.
             yeares
             ,
             and
             caused
             him
             to
             bee
             crowned
             at
             Rheimes
             the
             29.
             of
             May
             the
             same
             yeare
             :
             the
             yeare
             following
             King
             Henry
             deceased
             ,
             leaving
             the
             young
             King
             and
             another
             sonne
             named
             Hugues
             ,
             under
             the
             
             tuition
             of
             Baldwin
             ,
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             .
             He
             lyes
             at
             St.
             Denis
             .
          
           
             This
             Kings
             reigne
             was
             somewhat
             troubled
             at
             the
             beginning
             to
             maintaine
             his
             Title
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             given
             him
             by
             his
             Father
             ,
             but
             belonging
             of
             right
             to
             his
             eldest
             brother
             ,
             which
             bred
             swelling
             thoughts
             betweene
             the
             brethren
             ,
             the
             Mother
             maintaining
             the
             elders
             right
             .
             An
             Army
             was
             prepared
             to
             end
             the
             difference
             ,
             whether
             the
             Fathers
             gift
             ,
             or
             right
             of
             inheritance
             were
             a
             better
             Title
             ;
             but
             the
             cause
             was
             tryed
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             for
             Robert
             ,
             whose
             right
             was
             then
             in
             question
             ,
             content
             with
             tame
             patience
             to
             loose
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             prevent
             the
             effusion
             of
             blood
             ,
             by
             his
             milde
             disposition
             doing
             himselfe
             injustice
             .
             Whereupon
             agreement
             being
             made
             betweene
             Henry
             and
             Robert
             ,
             the
             Armies
             returned
             ,
             and
             peace
             was
             betweene
             the
             brothers
             concluded
             .
             Afterward
             when
             hee
             following
             therein
             his
             Fathers
             example
             ,
             had
             seene
             his
             son
             firmely
             seated
             in
             the
             Throne
             ,
             Death
             discovered
             the
             love
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             exprest
             
             in
             their
             mourning
             for
             his
             decease
             ,
             and
             was
             most
             honourably
             interred
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             ,
             having
             all
             the
             funerall
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             which
             belonged
             to
             so
             high
             a
             Monarch
             ,
             to
             set
             forth
             the
             excellency
             of
             his
             Person
             .
             His
             Reigne
             begun
             with
             some
             blustering
             troubles
             ,
             being
             opposed
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             which
             soone
             ended
             ,
             and
             his
             subjects
             felt
             the
             beames
             of
             favour
             shining
             most
             gently
             on
             them
             ,
             when
             this
             Sunne
             of
             Majesty
             was
             ready
             to
             descend
             and
             set
             ,
             which
             gave
             them
             great
             cause
             of
             lamentation
             and
             sorrow
             for
             his
             departure
             out
             of
             this
             world
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Philip
               1.
            
             the
             39.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1060.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             PHilip
             succeeded
             his
             Father
             
               Henry
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1060
             ,
             of
             whom
             Baldwin
             ,
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             tooke
             charge
             in
             regard
             of
             his
             tender
             infancy
             ,
             untill
             he
             came
             to
             riper
             yeares
             :
             
             He
             perceiving
             that
             the
             Gascognes
             would
             mutinie
             ,
             led
             his
             forces
             against
             them
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             going
             against
             the
             Saracens
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             meanes
             hee
             dissipated
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             seditions
             which
             were
             pullulating
             .
             A
             while
             after
             Edward
             King
             of
             England
             dyed
             without
             issue
             ,
             having
             by
             will
             instituted
             William
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             heire
             and
             successor
             to
             his
             Crowne
             ,
             which
             in
             vaine
             was
             opposed
             by
             Harald
             sonne
             of
             Godwin
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             slaine
             in
             a
             battaile
             which
             William
             gave
             him
             .
             Baldwin
             ,
             Regent
             of
             France
             ,
             deceased
             about
             the
             yeare
             1067
             ,
             leaving
             the
             County
             of
             Flanders
             to
             Baldwin
             of
             Monts
             his
             eldest
             sonne
             ;
             at
             which
             times
             King
             Philip
             might
             be
             at
             the
             age
             of
             15.
             or
             16.
             yeares
             .
             He
             marryed
             Berthe
             ,
             Daughter
             of
             the
             said
             Baldwin
             ,
             by
             whom
             having
             two
             children
             he
             divorced
             her
             ,
             and
             betooke
             himselfe
             to
             the
             Wife
             of
             Foulques
             ,
             Count
             of
             Aniou
             ,
             whom
             in
             the
             end
             he
             dismissed
             ,
             and
             returned
             to
             
               Berthe
               .
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1095.
             
             Pope
             Urban
             convocated
             a
             Councell
             in
             
             November
             at
             
               Clermont
               en
               Auvergne
            
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Pope
             upon
             the
             complaint
             of
             the
             Patriarch
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             and
             Peter
             the
             Hermite
             excited
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Princes
             of
             France
             ,
             of
             whom
             were
             principall
             ,
             Hugh
             the
             Great
             ,
             brother
             to
             King
             
               Philip
               ;
               Robert
            
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             brother
             to
             the
             King
             of
             
               England
               ;
               Godfrey
            
             of
             Bovillon
             ,
             (
             who
             in
             the
             yeare
             1089
             ,
             had
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Loraine
             given
             him
             )
             with
             his
             two
             brothers
             Baldwin
             and
             Eustachius
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Counts
             of
             Flanders
             and
             Tholouze
             ,
             of
             Bourges
             and
             Bloys
             ,
             to
             goe
             to
             Jerusalem
             ,
             which
             was
             taken
             in
             the
             yeare
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             1099
             ,
             the
             15.
             of
             July
             ,
             and
             was
             given
             to
             Godfrey
             of
             Loraine
             ,
             to
             defend
             and
             keepe
             it
             as
             Governour
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             a
             King.
             After
             that
             hee
             tooke
             in
             Palestine
             ,
             after
             having
             slaine
             above
             five
             thousand
             Aegyptians
             in
             a
             battaile
             ,
             and
             seized
             upon
             the
             Port
             of
             Jasse
             ,
             making
             hereby
             an
             end
             of
             the
             Warre
             .
             Philip
             at
             the
             age
             of
             57
             ,
             deceased
             at
             Melun
             the
             25.
             of
             
               July
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1109
             ,
             
             and
             lyeth
             interred
             at
             
               St.
               Benets
            
             upon
             the
             
               Loire
               .
               William
            
             the
             bastard
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             having
             beene
             long
             sick
             of
             a
             great
             swelling
             in
             his
             belly
             ,
             this
             King
             Philip
             intending
             to
             make
             Warre
             against
             him
             ,
             sent
             him
             word
             that
             hee
             had
             laine
             long
             in
             Child-bed
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             he
             might
             know
             of
             his
             uprising
             ,
             hee
             would
             provide
             lights
             against
             his
             Churching
             .
             To
             which
             scoffe
             the
             Duke
             return'd
             this
             answer
             ;
             That
             hee
             would
             come
             in
             person
             into
             ▪
             France
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             solemne
             Masse
             sung
             at
             his
             Churching
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             Lights
             ,
             he
             would
             provide
             a
             thousand
             woodden
             Torches
             without
             waxe
             ,
             and
             a
             thousand
             Lances
             tipt
             with
             steele
             to
             fire
             those
             Torches
             ,
             meaning
             by
             the
             Torches
             ,
             Houses
             ,
             Townes
             ,
             and
             Villages
             ;
             by
             the
             Lances
             ,
             Souldiers
             to
             set
             them
             on
             fire
             .
          
           
             The
             dissention
             betwixt
             England
             began
             in
             this
             Kings
             reigne
             ,
             and
             upon
             this
             occasion
             :
             
               VVilliam
               the
               Conquerors
            
             sonnes
             ,
             Robert
             and
             Henry
             ,
             came
             to
             the
             King
             at
             Conflans
             upon
             Oise
             ,
             and
             
             playing
             there
             at
             Chesse
             with
             Lewis
             King
             Philips
             sonne
             ,
             the
             young
             Princes
             fell
             out
             ,
             and
             words
             drew
             on
             blows
             ,
             for
             Lewis
             called
             Henry
             the
             sonne
             of
             a
             Bastard
             ,
             and
             Henry
             strooke
             at
             him
             with
             the
             Chesse-boord
             ,
             and
             had
             slaine
             him
             if
             Robert
             had
             not
             stayd
             his
             fury
             .
             Afterward
             Robert
             and
             Henry
             fled
             into
             Normandy
             ,
             where
             they
             complained
             of
             wrong
             ,
             and
             incensed
             many
             to
             take
             their
             part
             .
             Afterward
             naturall
             affection
             made
             the
             Fathers
             embrace
             their
             Childrens
             quarrell
             ,
             invading
             one
             anothers
             Territories
             ,
             and
             maintaining
             hot
             warres
             .
             But
             to
             conclude
             ,
             the
             memorable
             Warre
             undertaken
             to
             recover
             the
             Holy-land
             from
             the
             Saracens
             ,
             was
             now
             begun
             under
             the
             conduct
             of
             Godfrey
             of
             Bologne
             ,
             who
             being
             chosen
             King
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             refused
             the
             Diadem
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               It
               is
               not
               fit
               for
               any
               Christian
               Prince
               to
               weare
               a
               Crowne
               of
               Gold
               ,
               since
            
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             
               the
               King
               of
               Kings
               ,
               did
               weare
               one
               made
               of
               Thornes
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Lewis
             the
             6.
             the
             40.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1109.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Lewis
             the
             Grosse
             succeeded
             to
             the
             Crowne
             after
             Henry
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             was
             solemnly
             Crowned
             at
             Orleans
             by
             Gislebert
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             
               Sens
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1109.
             
             He
             first
             beganne
             to
             quell
             the
             pride
             and
             power
             of
             the
             great
             Lords
             of
             France
             ,
             
             who
             countenanced
             by
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             arose
             up
             against
             him
             :
             but
             in
             the
             end
             he
             accomplished
             his
             designes
             .
             In
             those
             times
             the
             Englishmen
             moved
             their
             first
             warres
             upon
             the
             French
             ,
             in
             the
             behalfe
             of
             Count
             Thibault
             of
             Campagne
             and
             Bloys
             .
             But
             the
             King
             in
             revenge
             commanded
             William
             the
             sonne
             of
             Robert
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             and
             sent
             him
             ,
             accompanyed
             with
             Baldwin
             ,
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             Foulques
             ,
             Count
             of
             Aniou
             ,
             with
             an
             army
             to
             surprise
             them
             ;
             whereupon
             there
             was
             a
             peace
             made
             betweene
             them
             and
             the
             English
             ,
             to
             quit
             Gisors
             to
             William
             the
             sonne
             of
             
               Henry
               .
               Baldwin
            
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             being
             wounded
             in
             the
             Conquest
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             went
             to
             end
             his
             life
             in
             Flanders
             ;
             who
             for
             want
             of
             issue
             instituted
             Charles
             ,
             son
             of
             Canutus
             ,
             King
             of
             Denmark
             ,
             to
             bee
             his
             heire
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             King
             being
             advertised
             that
             the
             Emperour
             came
             in
             aide
             of
             the
             English
             ,
             prevented
             his
             designe
             ,
             and
             forced
             him
             to
             retreate
             .
             He
             forced
             also
             the
             Count
             of
             Auvergne
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Vicount
             of
             Polignac
             ,
             to
             give
             satisfaction
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Clermon
             ;
             and
             at
             his
             returne
             he
             notified
             to
             William
             Duke
             of
             Aquitaine
             ,
             that
             onely
             Avergne
             but
             also
             Aquitaine
             were
             in
             tenure
             of
             the
             Crowne
             of
             France
             .
             The
             County
             of
             Flanders
             was
             in
             question
             betweene
             Arnulph
             the
             
               Dane
               ,
               Baldwin
            
             Count
             of
             Haynaut
             ,
             and
             William
             of
             Ipres
             ,
             by
             the
             death
             of
             Charles
             ,
             who
             was
             slaine
             in
             S.
             Donatus
             ,
             in
             Bruges
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             King
             it
             was
             adjudged
             to
             Robert
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             by
             right
             of
             consanguinity
             ;
             whereupon
             warres
             ensued
             .
             After
             that
             the
             King
             caused
             his
             sonne
             Philip
             to
             be
             Crowned
             at
             Rheimes
             ,
             the
             fourteenth
             day
             of
             April
             ,
             1129.
             the
             King
             of
             England
             being
             in
             presence
             ;
             but
             two
             yeares
             after
             hee
             dyed
             ,
             by
             meanes
             of
             a
             Hogge
             that
             came
             under
             his
             Horse
             feete
             ,
             and
             frighted
             the
             Horse
             ,
             that
             hee
             threw
             him
             on
             the
             ground
             .
             Lewis
             his
             brother
             was
             Crowned
             in
             his
             place
             by
             
               Pope
               Jnnocent
            
             ,
             the
             five
             and
             twentieth
             of
             October
             .
             1131.
             
             
             Lewis
             the
             Grosse
             deceased
             at
             
               Paris
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1137.
             leaving
             sixe
             Children
             .
          
           
             Baldwin
             ,
             Earle
             of
             Mons
             in
             Henault
             ,
             complaining
             unto
             Lewis
             the
             Grosse
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             wrongfully
             given
             the
             Earledom
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             which
             was
             his
             right
             ,
             unto
             Duke
             William
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             and
             desiring
             to
             have
             leave
             granted
             to
             maintaine
             his
             Title
             by
             Combate
             .
             The
             King
             said
             ,
             You
             must
             combat
             then
             against
             me
             ;
             for
             the
             Seignory
             which
             you
             claime
             is
             my
             right
             and
             inheritance
             .
             This
             King
             also
             in
             a
             Battaile
             ,
             being
             severed
             from
             his
             Souldiers
             ,
             was
             likely
             to
             be
             taken
             Prisoner
             by
             an
             English
             Knight
             ,
             who
             laying
             hold
             on
             the
             raines
             of
             his
             Horse
             ,
             cryed
             aloud
             ,
             The
             King
             is
             taken
             :
             whereupon
             the
             King
             valiantly
             kild
             the
             Knight
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             fell
             downe
             ,
             said
             :
             One
             man
             alone
             cannot
             in
             Chesse
             play
             ,
             give
             the
             King
             the
             Mate
             .
          
           
             At
             a
             certaine
             siege
             ,
             being
             forsaken
             of
             his
             Souldiers
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             unseasonablenesse
             of
             the
             weather
             ,
             and
             
             constrained
             to
             retire
             ,
             hee
             said
             with
             a
             brave
             kind
             of
             anger
             ;
             That
             an
             honest
             and
             honourable
             death
             was
             better
             than
             a
             shamefull
             and
             dishonourable
             life
             .
             The
             last
             action
             of
             his
             reigne
             was
             the
             marrying
             of
             his
             sonne
             unto
             the
             daughter
             and
             heire
             of
             William
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ;
             by
             this
             allyance
             to
             settle
             a
             more
             firme
             peace
             ,
             and
             make
             his
             sonne
             strong
             in
             friends
             ,
             while
             his
             younger
             sons
             were
             compelled
             to
             depend
             on
             the
             meere
             favour
             of
             their
             elder
             brother
             ;
             on
             whom
             the
             estate
             being
             setled
             ,
             they
             might
             therby
             hee
             instructed
             to
             shew
             unto
             him
             a
             willing
             obedience
             ;
             for
             equality
             breeds
             discord
             and
             grumbling
             ;
             but
             an
             acknowledged
             dependance
             on
             another
             procures
             respect
             ;
             for
             necessity
             makes
             brave
             minds
             glad
             to
             be
             oblieged
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Lewis
             the
             7.
             the
             41.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Surnamed
             Augustus
             .
             Anno
             1137.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Lewis
             undertooke
             the
             government
             the
             same
             Moneth
             wherein
             his
             Father
             dyed
             ,
             and
             marryed
             Elianor
             ,
             the
             onely
             daughter
             of
             William
             Duke
             of
             Guienne
             ,
             and
             Poictou
             .
             Afterwards
             hee
             made
             warre
             
             upon
             the
             Count
             of
             Vermendois
             ,
             because
             following
             the
             censures
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             hee
             repudiated
             Peronelle
             ,
             sister
             to
             Queene
             Elianor
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             re-entertaine
             his
             former
             wife
             ,
             whom
             before
             he
             had
             divorced
             .
             And
             taking
             the
             Towne
             of
             Vitry
             ,
             in
             Parthois
             ,
             hee
             put
             to
             the
             sword
             and
             fire
             more
             than
             3500
             persons
             :
             for
             the
             expiation
             of
             which
             fact
             ,
             St.
             Bernard
             advised
             him
             to
             make
             a
             voyage
             with
             his
             Army
             into
             the
             Holy
             Land
             ,
             for
             the
             succour
             of
             Palestine
             .
             Whither
             hee
             arriving
             with
             his
             army
             ,
             he
             had
             but
             an
             ill
             trick
             put
             upon
             him
             by
             the
             Emperour
             of
             Greece
             :
             Moreover
             ,
             perceiving
             his
             Army
             much
             affoibled
             by
             the
             assaults
             of
             the
             Turkes
             ,
             he
             saved
             himselfe
             in
             the
             towne
             of
             Attalia
             ,
             and
             came
             to
             Antioch
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             conceived
             a
             great
             distaste
             against
             his
             Wife
             ,
             who
             had
             accompanyed
             him
             all
             that
             voiage
             .
             Afterwards
             he
             joyned
             forces
             with
             Conradus
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             for
             the
             beleaguering
             of
             Damietta
             .
             But
             that
             siege
             tooke
             no
             effect
             ,
             through
             the
             envy
             of
             the
             old
             Christians
             there
             ,
             conceived
             
             against
             the
             new-commers
             ;
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             retreated
             each
             to
             his
             owne
             home
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             was
             in
             danger
             to
             have
             bin
             surprised
             by
             the
             Emperour
             of
             Greece
             ;
             but
             he
             was
             rescued
             by
             George
             ,
             Lievtenant
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Sicily
             .
             The
             King
             upon
             his
             returne
             divorced
             his
             Wife
             ,
             who
             married
             with
             Henry
             Count
             of
             Aniou
             ,
             and
             Normandy
             ,
             who
             should
             succeede
             to
             the
             Crowne
             of
             England
             ,
             bearing
             with
             him
             the
             Counties
             Poictou
             and
             Aquitaine
             .
             Afterwards
             the
             King
             took
             to
             wife
             Constance
             ,
             the
             daughter
             of
             Alphonsus
             ,
             King
             of
             Castile
             ,
             who
             being
             deceased
             he
             tooke
             Adele
             ,
             or
             
               Ale
               ,
               (
               alias
               )
               Alice
               ,
            
             daughter
             of
             the
             Count
             of
             Champagne
             ,
             by
             whom
             ,
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1165.
             he
             had
             a
             sonne
             named
             Philip
             ,
             and
             surnamed
             Deodoctus
             :
             to
             whom
             ,
             the
             King
             growne
             aged
             ,
             resigned
             his
             Crowne
             ,
             notwithstanding
             hee
             was
             but
             14.
             yeares
             of
             age
             ,
             and
             was
             Crowned
             at
             
               Rheimes
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1179.
             
             King
             Lewis
             deceased
             the
             19.
             or
             the
             29.
             of
             September
             ;
             although
             some
             report
             upon
             the
             29.
             of
             
             the
             same
             Moneth
             ,
             or
             
               August
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1180.
             
             Hee
             lyes
             interred
             in
             the
             Abby
             of
             St.
             Barbeau
             ,
             which
             hee
             had
             formerly
             built
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             reigne
             the
             Holy
             Land
             ,
             which
             the
             Christians
             had
             taken
             ,
             seemed
             to
             bee
             utterly
             conquered
             ,
             remaining
             under
             the
             Christians
             obedience
             ,
             untill
             the
             unhappy
             death
             of
             Godfrey
             of
             Bouillon
             ;
             for
             when
             the
             Commander
             was
             gone
             ,
             whose
             unspicious
             good
             fortune
             put
             life
             into
             this
             action
             ,
             the
             Warre
             did
             not
             prosper
             ,
             yet
             before
             his
             death
             he
             encountred
             an
             Army
             of
             sixe
             thousand
             men
             ,
             which
             the
             Turkes
             had
             brought
             into
             Palestine
             ,
             and
             came
             off
             with
             very
             good
             successe
             ,
             and
             had
             so
             proceeded
             ,
             if
             his
             Death
             had
             not
             prevented
             ,
             the
             good
             fortune
             of
             Christendome
             .
             For
             the
             name
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Warrier
             conducting
             an
             Army
             ,
             prepares
             the
             way
             for
             conquest
             ,
             as
             opinion
             of
             victory
             ;
             and
             learning
             is
             a
             great
             Engine
             in
             policy
             to
             bring
             about
             matters
             .
             This
             King
             lost
             some
             reputation
             by
             his
             unchast
             Wife
             
             Elenor
             ,
             who
             following
             him
             to
             the
             Holy
             Land
             ,
             blotted
             her
             Fame
             with
             a
             sensuall
             imputation
             ,
             loving
             Saladin
             a
             Iester
             better
             than
             the
             King
             her
             Husband
             ;
             thereby
             shewing
             that
             lust
             is
             base
             ,
             and
             doth
             not
             regard
             either
             birth
             or
             honour
             .
             Yet
             Lewis
             (
             shewing
             the
             vertuousnesse
             of
             his
             minde
             ,
             and
             Noblenesse
             of
             disposition
             )
             brought
             her
             backe
             in
             his
             owne
             Ship
             ,
             because
             he
             would
             not
             bee
             derided
             by
             any
             forraigne
             Prince
             :
             but
             beeing
             safely
             landed
             ,
             he
             was
             much
             opprest
             with
             griefe
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             casting
             her
             in
             the
             River
             ,
             which
             she
             had
             deserv'd
             ,
             he
             covered
             her
             shame
             and
             his
             owne
             by
             a
             divorce
             granted
             by
             a
             general
             counsell
             ,
             punishing
             her
             by
             shewing
             too
             much
             mercy
             ,
             while
             hee
             sought
             onely
             to
             be
             freed
             from
             the
             disgrace
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Philip
             2.
             surnamed
             Augustus
             ,
             the
             42.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1180.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             AFter
             the
             decease
             of
             Lewis
             7
             ,
             Philip
             2.
             succeeded
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1180
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             he
             chased
             the
             Jewes
             then
             there
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             prowesse
             and
             conquests
             acquired
             the
             name
             of
             Augustus
             and
             Conquerour
             .
             He
             married
             Isabelle
             (
             or
             )
             Alice
             ,
             
             Daughter
             of
             Baldwin
             4
             ,
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             in
             favour
             of
             which
             Marriage
             hee
             resigned
             the
             County
             of
             Artois
             :
             but
             afterwards
             taking
             upon
             him
             the
             cause
             of
             Lionor
             the
             Inheritrix
             of
             Elizabeth
             ,
             (
             or
             )
             Mabel
             ,
             Countesse
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             in
             the
             Counties
             of
             Vermandois
             and
             Valois
             ,
             against
             the
             Count
             Flamend
             ,
             who
             layd
             claime
             to
             the
             said
             Counties
             ,
             as
             being
             of
             the
             ancient
             stocke
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             hee
             tooke
             onely
             that
             of
             Vermandois
             ,
             leaving
             that
             of
             Valois
             to
             the
             said
             Flamend
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             being
             in
             an
             indignation
             ,
             went
             and
             performed
             homage
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Germany
             ,
             the
             eldest
             sonne
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             for
             the
             County
             of
             
               Flanders
               .
               Richard
            
             also
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Aquitaine
             ,
             second
             sonne
             of
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             began
             to
             dis-acknowledge
             the
             King
             :
             whereupon
             the
             King
             made
             warre
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             tooke
             some
             Townes
             from
             him
             ;
             but
             they
             were
             immediately
             accorded
             by
             the
             Popes
             Legate
             ,
             by
             whose
             perswasion
             they
             entred
             a
             League
             upon
             an
             expedition
             for
             the
             Holy-land
             .
             But
             
             this
             agreement
             was
             incontinently
             broken
             upon
             new
             differences
             which
             happened
             betweene
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             and
             France
             ;
             during
             which
             ,
             the
             King
             tooke
             into
             his
             possession
             the
             Counties
             of
             Mans
             and
             Tours
             ,
             whereupon
             King
             Henry
             of
             England
             tooke
             a
             conceite
             ,
             and
             dyed
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             Chinon
             :
             whereupon
             Richard
             his
             sonne
             undertaking
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             marryed
             Adele
             Sister
             to
             King
             Philip
             ,
             and
             they
             both
             went
             to
             the
             
               Holy
               Land
            
             :
             where
             arriving
             they
             tooke
             the
             Towne
             of
             Acre
             the
             twelfth
             of
             July
             ,
             1191.
             
             After
             ,
             upon
             some
             jealousies
             conceived
             betweene
             them
             ,
             Philip
             returned
             into
             France
             ,
             leaving
             the
             charge
             of
             his
             Army
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             .
             And
             because
             Philip
             ,
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             was
             deceased
             ,
             the
             King
             retained
             to
             himselfe
             the
             County
             of
             Artois
             ,
             which
             hee
             gave
             to
             Prince
             Lewis
             .
             Whereupon
             England
             made
             warres
             against
             him
             ,
             which
             were
             ended
             by
             the
             death
             of
             Richard
             ;
             to
             whom
             John
             being
             substituted
             ,
             and
             losing
             the
             battaile
             at
             
             Bonnivel
             ,
             the
             King
             caused
             his
             sonne
             Lewis
             to
             be
             proclaimed
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             which
             hee
             afterwards
             left
             to
             Henry
             the
             sonne
             of
             John.
             After
             that
             King
             Philip
             sent
             his
             sonne
             Lewis
             against
             the
             Albigeois
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             said
             Philip
             held
             a
             Parliament
             at
             Nantes
             ,
             he
             deceased
             of
             a
             Feaver
             ,
             in
             the
             43.
             yeare
             of
             his
             Reigne
             ,
             in
             tbe
             Moneth
             of
             
               July
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1223.
             
          
           
             This
             King
             being
             to
             joyne
             battaile
             with
             the
             Emperour
             Otho
             ,
             having
             caused
             a
             gilt
             Bowle
             to
             be
             filled
             with
             Wine
             and
             sopps
             of
             bread
             ,
             hee
             said
             ;
             Princes
             and
             Lords
             of
             France
             ,
             heere
             with
             me
             assembled
             ,
             let
             every
             one
             that
             is
             resolv'd
             to
             live
             and
             dye
             with
             me
             this
             day
             ,
             shew
             his
             resolution
             by
             taking
             a
             sop
             out
             of
             the
             Bowle
             of
             Wine
             ,
             and
             eating
             it
             as
             I
             have
             done
             :
             which
             words
             being
             spoken
             ,
             the
             Cup
             was
             presently
             emptied
             ,
             and
             afterward
             the
             battell
             being
             joyned
             ,
             the
             King
             got
             the
             victory
             .
             Being
             informed
             by
             his
             Courtiers
             that
             some
             Royall
             Jurisdictions
             belonging
             to
             the
             Crowne
             
             were
             usurped
             by
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             his
             answer
             was
             ,
             
               I
               had
               rather
               connive
               at
               some
               petty
               injuries
               ,
               than
               commence
               Suits
               against
               the
               Semitears
               of
               God
               and
               his
               Church
               .
            
             This
             King
             having
             put
             away
             his
             Queene
             Gelberge
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Denmarke
             complained
             to
             the
             Pope
             of
             this
             wrong
             done
             to
             his
             Sister
             ,
             and
             a
             day
             of
             hearing
             was
             appointed
             before
             the
             Popes
             Legate
             in
             the
             Bishops
             Hall
             at
             
               Paris
               :
               Philips
            
             Case
             was
             well
             defended
             by
             his
             Advocates
             ,
             but
             when
             none
             appeared
             to
             plead
             for
             the
             Queene
             ,
             a
             young
             man
             unknowne
             steps
             forth
             of
             the
             presse
             ,
             and
             demands
             audience
             ;
             and
             having
             deliver'd
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             pleaded
             against
             the
             King
             for
             the
             Queene
             ,
             and
             when
             his
             Speech
             was
             ended
             ,
             hee
             returned
             into
             the
             presse
             againe
             ,
             and
             was
             never
             seene
             more
             ,
             neither
             was
             it
             ever
             knowne
             from
             whence
             he
             came
             .
             The
             amazed
             Judges
             remitted
             the
             Cause
             to
             the
             Councell
             ,
             and
             King
             Philip
             did
             ride
             presently
             to
             
               Bois
               de
               Vinennes
            
             ,
             where
             Gelberge
             was
             confined
             ,
             and
             having
             embrac'd
             her
             ,
             receiv'd
             her
             
             into
             favour
             ,
             and
             lived
             with
             her
             afterward
             in
             nuptiall
             love
             .
             And
             heereby
             it
             may
             bee
             discerned
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             can
             bring
             Nature
             to
             any
             perfection
             ,
             for
             this
             worthy
             Prince
             was
             much
             troubled
             in
             minde
             ,
             and
             divided
             in
             his
             thoughts
             by
             loving
             this
             Gelberge
             ,
             whom
             he
             could
             not
             forsake
             ,
             for
             she
             had
             got
             such
             strong
             possession
             in
             his
             affection
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             turne
             her
             remembrance
             out
             of
             his
             heart
             ,
             pass'd
             away
             to
             her
             by
             deed
             of
             gift
             .
             Thus
             hee
             that
             could
             overcome
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             could
             not
             conquer
             his
             passions
             .
             He
             reigned
             44.
             yeares
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             vertue
             governed
             the
             State
             with
             such
             wisedome
             ,
             that
             all
             his
             troubles
             had
             a
             happy
             faire
             end
             ;
             from
             whence
             this
             conclusion
             may
             be
             drawne
             ,
             That
             a
             vertuous
             King
             is
             in
             the
             end
             happy
             ,
             howsoever
             hee
             bee
             compassed
             in
             with
             difficulties
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Lewis
             the
             8.
             and
             43.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1223.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             LEwis
             ,
             the
             eldest
             sonne
             of
             Philip
             ,
             succeeded
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1223.
             
             Hee
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             wife
             Blanch
             ,
             sister
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Castile
             ,
             was
             Crowned
             at
             Rheimes
             ,
             the
             6.
             of
             August
             ,
             to
             whom
             afterwards
             the
             Surname
             of
             Montpensier
             was
             given
             ,
             because
             
             he
             dyed
             there
             :
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             he
             renewed
             the
             ancient
             consideration
             and
             allyance
             which
             was
             betweene
             France
             and
             Almany
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             returne
             he
             led
             his
             Army
             into
             Guienne
             ;
             where
             in
             a
             set
             battaile
             he
             overthrew
             the
             English
             ,
             whereof
             Savary
             of
             Maleon
             had
             the
             command
             :
             by
             meanes
             whereof
             the
             French
             tooke
             the
             townes
             of
             Niot
             ,
             S.
             
               John
               D'
               Angely
            
             ,
             and
             Rochelle
             ,
             leaving
             nothing
             of
             the
             Countrey
             of
             Guienne
             ,
             on
             this
             side
             the
             River
             Garonne
             ,
             unreduced
             to
             the
             obedience
             of
             the
             King.
             Insomuch
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Lords
             as
             well
             of
             Poicton
             ,
             as
             Lymosin
             ,
             and
             Perigort
             ,
             came
             to
             sweare
             him
             fealty
             and
             obedience
             .
             Amaury
             also
             ,
             sonne
             to
             the
             Count
             of
             Montfort
             ,
             came
             to
             resigne
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             King
             of
             France
             the
             right
             which
             his
             Father
             had
             left
             him
             in
             the
             Countries
             of
             
               Alby
               ,
               Languedoc
               ,
               Agenois
               ,
               Quercy
               ,
            
             and
             the
             County
             of
             Tholouze
             ,
             whom
             in
             recompence
             he
             made
             his
             Constable
             ,
             knowing
             him
             to
             be
             a
             man
             capable
             of
             such
             a
             charge
             .
             The
             yeare
             following
             
             Richard
             ,
             Brother
             to
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             besieged
             Rochelle
             ;
             but
             hearing
             of
             the
             comming
             of
             the
             French
             Army
             ,
             he
             passed
             over
             Dardonne
             with
             his
             forces
             ,
             and
             so
             into
             England
             to
             his
             brother
             .
             The
             yeare
             following
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             with
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             his
             Nobility
             ,
             upon
             the
             encouragement
             of
             the
             Popes
             Legate
             ,
             addressed
             himselfe
             to
             goe
             against
             the
             Albigenses
             and
             Tholosans
             ,
             to
             encounter
             whom
             ,
             he
             led
             his
             Army
             ,
             and
             encamped
             on
             
               Witsun
               Eve
            
             ,
             before
             Avignon
             ,
             which
             he
             tooke
             :
             passing
             further
             ,
             hee
             received
             the
             keyes
             of
             all
             the
             Townes
             ,
             Places
             ,
             and
             Castles
             of
             Languedoc
             ,
             as
             farre
             as
             within
             foure
             leagues
             of
             Tholouze
             :
             where
             ,
             through
             the
             incommodity
             of
             the
             winter
             ,
             and
             maladies
             which
             much
             weakned
             his
             Army
             ,
             he
             retreated
             and
             wintered
             in
             France
             ,
             with
             an
             intent
             of
             returning
             thither
             the
             Spring
             following
             to
             accomplish
             his
             enterprize
             .
             But
             his
             death
             prevented
             him
             at
             Montpensier
             in
             Avergne
             ;
             the
             twelfth
             day
             of
             November
             ,
             1226.
             leaving
             
               Lewis
               ,
               Charles
            
             ,
             
             Alphonse
             ,
             and
             Robert
             his
             sonnes
             ,
             all
             very
             young
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             minority
             of
             yeares
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             reigned
             but
             three
             yeares
             ,
             in
             whom
             Vice
             had
             struck
             no
             reproach
             ,
             nor
             Vertue
             had
             made
             him
             famous
             ;
             whereby
             it
             seemes
             that
             his
             minde
             was
             of
             a
             middle
             temper
             ,
             not
             so
             poore
             as
             to
             become
             impious
             or
             wicked
             ,
             nor
             so
             well
             bent
             and
             enclined
             to
             noble
             actions
             ,
             that
             hee
             would
             strive
             to
             get
             Fame
             by
             his
             owne
             vertue
             ;
             therefore
             he
             was
             onely
             famous
             in
             this
             ,
             That
             hee
             was
             Sonne
             to
             an
             excellent
             Father
             ,
             and
             Father
             to
             an
             excellent
             sonne
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             reigne
             the
             Counsell
             of
             Lateran
             was
             assembled
             ,
             whither
             resorted
             all
             the
             chiefe
             Bishops
             of
             Christendome
             ,
             and
             Embassadours
             sent
             from
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             .
          
           
             After
             Lewis
             had
             subdued
             the
             Albigeois
             ,
             and
             left
             Governour
             to
             suppresse
             any
             rebellion
             which
             should
             happen
             ,
             for
             the
             affection
             of
             conquerd
             people
             is
             treacherous
             ,
             who
             doe
             watch
             only
             an
             opportunity
             
             to
             revolt
             ;
             hee
             came
             to
             Mount
             Pensier
             ,
             in
             the
             yeare
             1225.
             
             October
             the
             seventh
             ,
             and
             there
             resigned
             his
             life
             and
             Scepter
             ,
             leaving
             a
             faire
             progeny
             ,
             having
             foure
             sonnes
             ,
             who
             were
             flourishing
             Branches
             of
             the
             Royall
             stemme
             ,
             the
             eldest
             whereof
             was
             heire
             unto
             his
             Fathers
             Crowne
             ,
             but
             inherited
             more
             vertue
             than
             his
             Father
             gave
             him
             by
             naturall
             discent
             .
             The
             Flemings
             were
             now
             much
             disquieted
             by
             an
             Imposture
             ,
             pretending
             that
             he
             was
             their
             Prince
             ;
             some
             were
             drawne
             to
             beleeve
             his
             claime
             ,
             untill
             by
             putting
             him
             to
             death
             the
             people
             were
             better
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             cleerely
             discerned
             that
             his
             right
             was
             meere
             fixion
             ,
             maintained
             by
             boldnesse
             ,
             as
             that
             Scene
             was
             ,
             wherein
             
               Parkin
               Werbecke
            
             in
             England
             plaid
             the
             same
             part
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               S.
               Lewis
               9.
            
             the
             44.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1226.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Lewis
             the
             9.
             at
             the
             age
             of
             12.
             yeares
             ,
             succeeded
             his
             Father
             ,
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1226.
             
             Hee
             was
             consecrated
             at
             Rheims
             by
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Sens
             in
             the
             absence
             of
             him
             of
             
               Rheims
               .
               Blanch
            
             taking
             of
             possession
             of
             her
             sonne
             Lewis
             ,
             confirmed
             herselfe
             Regent
             of
             
             the
             Kingdome
             with
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             States
             :
             whereupon
             the
             Princes
             in
             a
             rage
             proclaimed
             Philip
             Count
             of
             Bologne
             ,
             Unkle
             to
             the
             King
             by
             the
             Fathers
             side
             ,
             Regent
             of
             France
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             of
             great
             dissentions
             .
             Shee
             brought
             through
             the
             sweetnesse
             of
             her
             words
             ,
             Robert
             Count
             of
             Dreux
             into
             the
             Kings
             obedience
             .
             But
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bretagne
             ,
             and
             the
             Count
             of
             Champagne
             ,
             with
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             were
             enforced
             to
             acknowledge
             the
             King
             ,
             on
             condition
             that
             the
             Breton
             should
             doe
             homage
             to
             the
             King
             for
             his
             Dutchy
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             was
             surnamed
             Mauclarke
             .
             Hee
             having
             out-growne
             his
             minority
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1234.
             espoused
             Magaret
             the
             eldest
             Daughter
             of
             
               Raymund
               Berenger
            
             ,
             Count
             of
             Provence
             ,
             and
             after
             erected
             the
             Countrey
             of
             Artois
             into
             a
             County
             or
             Earledome
             ,
             which
             he
             gave
             to
             his
             brother
             Robert
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             first
             Earle
             thereof
             .
             Hee
             made
             a
             voyage
             into
             the
             
               Holy
               Land
            
             ,
             where
             he
             tooke
             Damietta
             after
             hee
             had
             overthrowne
             the
             Mamelucks
             :
             
             and
             from
             thence
             marching
             to
             beleaguer
             Massaure
             ,
             the
             plague
             grew
             amongst
             his
             Army
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             Soldan
             of
             Aegypt
             to
             charge
             him
             so
             strongly
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             his
             Army
             slaine
             ,
             neverthelesse
             hee
             was
             freed
             upon
             the
             re-delivery
             of
             Damietta
             .
          
           
             About
             that
             time
             Blanch
             ,
             Mother
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             deceased
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             King
             immediately
             to
             returne
             into
             France
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             composed
             all
             matters
             in
             Palestine
             .
             Being
             returned
             ,
             hee
             studied
             to
             polish
             and
             embellish
             his
             Kingdome
             with
             good
             and
             holy
             Lawes
             .
             Hee
             made
             an
             accord
             with
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             by
             that
             renounced
             all
             the
             right
             which
             hee
             pretended
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Normandy
             .
             About
             that
             time
             Charles
             ,
             brother
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             conquered
             both
             the
             Sicilyes
             ,
             whereof
             hee
             was
             crowned
             King
             ,
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1266.
             
             The
             King
             Lewis
             made
             a
             second
             voyage
             for
             the
             recovery
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Land
            
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             
             King
             of
             England
             .
             Hee
             went
             first
             into
             Africke
             ,
             where
             he
             tooke
             Carthage
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             siege
             of
             Tunes
             hee
             departed
             this
             life
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1270.
             
             Hee
             was
             canonized
             after
             his
             death
             for
             the
             holinesse
             of
             his
             life
             .
             Hee
             founded
             the
             holy
             Chappell
             at
             the
             Palace
             at
             Paris
             ,
             wherein
             he
             placed
             many
             holy
             Reliques
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             being
             asked
             by
             his
             Lords
             what
             Title
             of
             honour
             he
             would
             assume
             ,
             as
             the
             Roman
             Emperours
             and
             Kings
             of
             France
             in
             remembrance
             of
             their
             Acts
             and
             Victories
             had
             formerly
             done
             ,
             hee
             answered
             ,
             My
             greatest
             victory
             was
             obtained
             against
             the
             Devill
             ,
             when
             I
             was
             baptized
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Poissi
             :
             and
             therefore
             it
             shall
             be
             my
             greatest
             honour
             to
             be
             called
             
               Lewis
               of
               Poissi
            
             .
             His
             familiar
             Letters
             ,
             wherein
             hee
             did
             not
             entitle
             himselfe
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             but
             Lewis
             of
             Poissi
             ,
             being
             blamed
             by
             a
             private
             friend
             ,
             hee
             said
             ,
             I
             am
             like
             a
             
               Twelfe-tide
               King
            
             ,
             chosen
             with
             a
             Beane
             ,
             and
             keeping
             his
             Feast
             in
             the
             Evening
             :
             intimating
             thereby
             his
             Election
             to
             another
             Crowne
             in
             
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             which
             second
             Coronation
             should
             be
             in
             the
             Evening
             and
             end
             of
             his
             life
             .
             Having
             caused
             a
             swearer
             and
             blasphemer
             to
             be
             branded
             on
             the
             lips
             with
             a
             hot
             Iron
             ,
             whereat
             the
             people
             murmur'd
             :
             he
             said
             he
             would
             undergoe
             the
             same
             punishment
             ,
             conditionally
             that
             oaths
             and
             blasphemies
             might
             be
             no
             more
             used
             in
             his
             kingdom
             .
             He
             sitting
             in
             Counsell
             ,
             or
             beginning
             any
             action
             ,
             would
             accordign
             to
             his
             Mothers
             instruction
             in
             his
             infancy
             ,
             blesse
             himselfe
             with
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             Crosse.
             And
             lastly
             ,
             he
             gave
             unto
             his
             son
             Philip
             these
             instructions
             at
             his
             death
             .
             
               My
               Sonne
               ,
               love
               God
               with
               all
               thy
               heart
               ,
               with
               all
               thy
               strength
               ,
               and
               with
               all
               thy
               soule
               ;
               offend
               not
               God
               in
               any
               case
               ,
               suffer
               any
               torment
               rather
               than
               sinne
               :
               Beare
               all
               adversity
               patiently
               ,
               acknowledging
               that
               God
               hath
               sent
               it
               unto
               thee
               deservedly
               :
               Make
               thy
               Confession
               often
               to
               some
               Minister
               of
               the
               Church
               ;
               heare
               diligently
               the
               divine
               service
               sung
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               :
               Keepe
               the
               good
               customes
               of
               thy
               Kingdome
            
             
             
               carefully
               ,
               abolishing
               those
               which
               are
               evill
               :
               Impose
               no
               Taxes
               on
               thy
               Subjects
               ,
               but
               upon
               great
               occasion
               .
               Favour
               those
               that
               feare
               GOD
               ,
               love
               Justice
               ,
               and
               hate
               Covetousnesse
               :
               Let
               not
               thy
               Judges
               be
               impartiall
               against
               thy
               Subjects
               :
               Keepe
               the
               Cities
               and
               Townes
               gotten
               by
               thy
               Predecessors
               ;
               preferre
               good
               and
               sufficient
               men
               to
               Benefices
               and
               Offices
               :
               Be
               an
               Example
               to
               thy
               Subjects
               ,
               moderate
               the
               expences
               of
               thy
               Court
               ,
               and
               so
               God
               blesse
               thee
               .
            
             These
             were
             the
             good
             instructions
             which
             this
             godly
             Monarch
             gave
             unto
             his
             Sonne
             for
             the
             leading
             of
             an
             upright
             life
             ,
             and
             to
             abandon
             all
             worldly
             delights
             and
             pleasures
             ,
             so
             as
             hee
             might
             both
             please
             God
             ,
             and
             be
             a
             patterne
             to
             his
             inferiours
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Philip
               3.
            
             the
             45.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1271.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             AFter
             the
             decease
             of
             S.
             
               Lewis
               ,
               Philip
            
             the
             third
             ,
             surnamed
             the
             Hardy
             ,
             his
             eldest
             sonne
             ,
             having
             beene
             proclaimed
             King
             in
             the
             Campe
             before
             Tunis
             in
             Africk
             tooke
             his
             journey
             in
             his
             returne
             through
             Italy
             ,
             directly
             to
             Viterbe
             ,
             to
             make
             an
             agreement
             betweene
             
             the
             Cardinals
             ,
             who
             in
             two
             years
             space
             were
             in
             a
             dissention
             upon
             the
             Election
             of
             a
             Pope
             .
             Hee
             was
             Crowned
             at
             Rheimes
             by
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Soissons
             ,
             the
             thirtieth
             of
             
               August
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1271.
             
             He
             after
             incorporated
             the
             County
             of
             Tholouse
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             upon
             the
             decease
             of
             the
             Count
             Alphonse
             his
             uncle
             .
             He
             went
             to
             aide
             Gerard
             of
             Cassebonne
             ,
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             against
             the
             Counts
             of
             Armigna
             and
             Foix
             ,
             by
             reason
             whereof
             ,
             the
             Count
             of
             Foix
             submitted
             himselfe
             to
             his
             mercy
             .
             He
             restored
             the
             Countrey
             of
             Navarre
             to
             the
             obedience
             of
             Ioane
             ,
             daughter
             of
             the
             late
             Henry
             King
             of
             Navarre
             deceased
             .
             The
             King
             marryed
             Mary
             ,
             the
             daughter
             of
             Henry
             Duke
             of
             Brabant
             ,
             who
             was
             suspected
             to
             have
             poysoned
             Lewis
             ,
             the
             eldest
             sonne
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             his
             first
             wife
             Isabelle
             of
             Aragon
             :
             She
             was
             found
             innocent
             by
             the
             report
             of
             two
             Bishops
             who
             were
             sent
             to
             a
             Nunne
             ,
             or
             rather
             a
             Sorceresse
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             truth
             .
             The
             yeare
             after
             
               Peter
               De
               la
               Bresche
            
             ,
             great
             Chamberlaine
             of
             
             France
             ,
             and
             superintendant
             of
             the
             Finances
             ,
             and
             affaires
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             hanged
             ,
             being
             accused
             and
             convicted
             ,
             for
             having
             discovered
             the
             secrets
             of
             France
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Kings
             sonne
             .
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1282.
             the
             Sicilian
             Evensong
             were
             executed
             upon
             the
             Frenchmen
             ,
             upon
             an
             Easter
             day
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             others
             report
             )
             on
             the
             thirtieth
             of
             March
             ,
             or
             thirteenth
             of
             April
             :
             whereupon
             Charles
             ,
             Uncle
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             offered
             battaile
             to
             Peter
             of
             Aragon
             ,
             the
             author
             thereof
             ,
             but
             he
             refused
             it
             .
             Afterwards
             the
             King
             having
             caused
             Ioane
             ,
             the
             onely
             daughter
             of
             the
             late
             Henry
             ,
             King
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             to
             be
             marryed
             to
             his
             eldest
             sonne
             Phillip
             ,
             he
             marched
             with
             his
             Army
             for
             the
             Conquest
             of
             Aragon
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             Pope
             had
             been
             given
             to
             
               Charles
               de
               valois
            
             ,
             the
             second
             sonne
             of
             Philip
             ,
             who
             conquered
             the
             County
             of
             Russillon
             ;
             after
             that
             the
             City
             of
             Gennes
             .
             And
             after
             that
             ,
             having
             in
             an
             Embuscado
             slaine
             the
             King
             of
             Aragon
             ,
             he
             forced
             the
             Towne
             of
             Gironne
             
             to
             be
             yeelded
             up
             .
             He
             went
             to
             conclude
             his
             Fate
             at
             the
             Towne
             of
             Perpignan
             ,
             of
             a
             Malady
             which
             surprised
             him
             in
             his
             Campe
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1285.
             the
             6.
             of
             October
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             ,
             as
             it
             appeares
             in
             the
             whole
             course
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             would
             engage
             himselfe
             in
             all
             businesses
             ,
             and
             was
             therefore
             called
             the
             Hardy
             ;
             but
             his
             desperate
             Father
             would
             not
             undertake
             his
             Neighbours
             quarrells
             ,
             nor
             seek
             to
             make
             betwene
             them
             any
             agreement
             ,
             unlesse
             it
             might
             be
             done
             by
             safe
             and
             quiet
             means
             .
             The
             reigne
             of
             this
             King
             was
             much
             disturbed
             by
             the
             warres
             maintained
             by
             Peter
             and
             Roger
             for
             the
             Isle
             of
             Sicily
             ,
             and
             after
             much
             effusion
             of
             blood
             ,
             Charles
             dyed
             ,
             and
             also
             Peter
             ,
             though
             politicke
             ,
             could
             not
             deceive
             death
             ,
             but
             having
             received
             a
             great
             overthrow
             ,
             concluded
             his
             Act
             of
             life
             with
             griefe
             and
             sorrow
             .
             At
             last
             this
             King
             was
             by
             Roger
             ,
             Admirall
             of
             Arragon
             ,
             friend
             unto
             Peter
             set
             upon
             him
             ,
             lying
             sicke
             a
             bed
             at
             Pepignan
             ;
             yet
             in
             extreamity
             he
             exprest
             a
             noble
             courage
             ,
             
             and
             with
             his
             sicke
             weake
             voyce
             so
             encouraged
             his
             Souldiers
             ,
             that
             Roger
             was
             droven
             out
             of
             Pepignan
             ,
             the
             City
             held
             by
             Philip
             so
             distempered
             with
             this
             alarum
             ,
             that
             he
             grew
             sicke
             and
             dyed
             the
             fifteenth
             of
             October
             ,
             two
             moneths
             after
             Peter
             ,
             Pope
             Martin
             the
             fourth
             dying
             the
             same
             yeare
             ,
             1286.
             to
             shew
             great
             Princes
             ,
             that
             their
             chiefe
             designes
             are
             crost
             by
             death
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             now
             decreed
             in
             a
             Counsell
             at
             Lions
             ,
             that
             the
             Cardinals
             meeting
             after
             the
             Popes
             death
             ,
             should
             not
             come
             out
             of
             that
             Conolme
             untill
             they
             had
             chosen
             the
             Pope
             ,
             which
             begun
             upon
             occasion
             of
             the
             tedious
             Election
             of
             the
             former
             Pope
             ,
             and
             the
             Decree
             is
             still
             observed
             .
             
               Thomas
               Aquinas
            
             now
             dyed
             ,
             being
             a
             subtile
             disputer
             :
             But
             
               Bonaventure
               ,
               John
               Duns
            
             ,
             called
             Scot
             ,
             and
             
               Gabriel
               Biel
            
             succeeded
             ,
             and
             were
             famous
             schollers
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             conclude
             ,
             hee
             was
             a
             Prince
             borne
             for
             a
             testimony
             to
             that
             obscure
             age
             ,
             and
             for
             corrupted
             times
             ,
             to
             bee
             a
             patterne
             to
             all
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             of
             religion
             ,
             
             equity
             ,
             clemency
             ,
             wisedome
             ,
             valour
             ,
             magnanimity
             ,
             patience
             ,
             and
             constancy
             :
             to
             love
             piety
             ,
             justice
             ,
             order
             and
             peace
             ,
             to
             joyne
             the
             love
             of
             sanctity
             and
             modesty
             of
             manners
             ,
             with
             Armes
             and
             State.
             Having
             shewed
             that
             it
             is
             very
             fitting
             for
             a
             King
             to
             be
             a
             good
             Christian
             ,
             a
             good
             warriour
             ,
             a
             good
             husband
             ,
             a
             good
             father
             ,
             a
             good
             governour
             ,
             a
             good
             Iustier
             ,
             and
             to
             know
             how
             to
             make
             war
             and
             peace
             .
             That
             it
             is
             very
             necessary
             to
             joyne
             unto
             the
             Majesty
             Royall
             ,
             piety
             ,
             clemency
             ,
             and
             authority
             to
             gaine
             the
             low
             respect
             and
             obedience
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             that
             the
             best
             guard
             ,
             and
             most
             assured
             revenew
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             is
             the
             love
             of
             his
             Subjects
             .
             Thus
             he
             was
             worthy
             of
             that
             venerable
             name
             ,
             wherewith
             posterity
             hath
             justly
             honourd
             him
             ,
             being
             the
             Honour
             of
             vertue
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Philip
               4.
            
             the
             46.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1286.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             PHilip
             4.
             surnaming
             himselfe
             
               The
               Faire
            
             ,
             King
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             succeeded
             his
             Father
             ,
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1286.
             
             After
             that
             he
             had
             withdrawne
             his
             Army
             from
             Parpignan
             ,
             hee
             was
             crowned
             at
             Rheims
             the
             sixt
             of
             January
             .
             He
             caused
             the
             Palace
             to
             be
             built
             at
             Paris
             :
             at
             that
             
             time
             Edward
             ,
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             pretending
             to
             lead
             his
             Army
             to
             the
             aide
             of
             the
             Towne
             of
             Acre
             ,
             which
             the
             Saracens
             had
             now
             beleaguered
             ,
             made
             some
             incursions
             upon
             the
             Sea-townes
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             thinking
             to
             have
             surprised
             Rochell
             :
             whereupon
             ensued
             the
             second
             Warre
             which
             the
             French
             had
             against
             the
             
               English
               ,
               (
               Heere
               the
            
             French
             
               Writers
               shew
               themselves
               most
               shamefully
               partiall
               and
               false
               ,
               yet
               I
               am
               bound
               to
               follow
               my
               Authors
               ,
               they
               being
               of
               that
               Nation
            
             )
             who
             notwithstanding
             their
             alliance
             with
             the
             Emperour
             Adolphus
             ,
             were
             valiantly
             repulsed
             as
             well
             by
             Charles
             of
             Valois
             ,
             where
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               St.
               John
            
             was
             taken
             ;
             as
             by
             Robert
             of
             Artois
             ,
             who
             gained
             the
             victory
             upon
             the
             fresh
             Army
             ,
             which
             Edmund
             ,
             brother
             to
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             had
             led
             to
             Bayonne
             :
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             who
             declared
             himselfe
             on
             the
             English
             party
             ,
             lost
             the
             battaile
             at
             Furnes
             against
             the
             Count
             of
             Artois
             ,
             who
             went
             to
             joyne
             forces
             with
             the
             French
             who
             besieged
             Lisle
             ;
             and
             the
             
             Lords
             of
             
               Mont
               Morency
            
             and
             Harcourt
             tooke
             the
             Towne
             of
             Dover
             .
             The
             English
             perceiving
             that
             ,
             demanded
             a
             Truce
             ,
             which
             was
             converted
             to
             a
             peace
             ,
             by
             the
             Marriage
             of
             Madam
             Marguerite
             of
             France
             ,
             Daughter
             of
             King
             Philip
             ,
             with
             the
             King
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             Afterwards
             the
             Emperour
             Albert
             and
             this
             King
             made
             an
             accord
             betweene
             them
             for
             the
             conservation
             of
             their
             kingdomes
             against
             all
             men
             .
             A
             while
             after
             ,
             the
             Pope
             being
             much
             moved
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             sent
             a
             Bull
             into
             France
             by
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Narbona
             ,
             interdicting
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             Bull
             was
             burnt
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             Palace
             .
             At
             that
             time
             the
             Flemings
             slew
             all
             the
             French
             Garrisons
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             King
             being
             enraged
             ,
             sent
             his
             Army
             to
             Courtrac
             ,
             which
             was
             by
             them
             defeated
             .
             Whilest
             the
             King
             sent
             the
             Lords
             ,
             Tarra
             a
             Colonian
             ,
             and
             Nogareth
             with
             2000.
             
             Horse
             into
             Italy
             ,
             they
             put
             the
             Pope
             in
             such
             a
             terrour
             ,
             that
             he
             dyed
             :
             The
             King
             also
             tooke
             such
             a
             revenge
             upon
             the
             Flemings
             neare
             to
             the
             
             Mount
             of
             Poville
             ,
             that
             hee
             overthrew
             36000.
             of
             them
             .
             After
             that
             ,
             the
             King
             having
             suppressed
             the
             Knights
             Templars
             ,
             and
             causing
             
               James
               de
               Moulay
            
             or
             Beavieu
             ,
             Generall
             of
             that
             Order
             ,
             deceased
             at
             
               Fontainebleau
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1314
             ,
             and
             lyes
             inhumed
             at
             St.
             Denis
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             being
             perswaded
             to
             take
             revenge
             on
             a
             Bishop
             who
             had
             underhand
             strooke
             fire
             to
             kindle
             the
             tindar
             of
             contention
             betweene
             him
             and
             the
             Pope
             ,
             he
             said
             :
             That
             it
             was
             more
             noble
             in
             a
             Prince
             to
             save
             ,
             than
             kill
             ;
             to
             pardon
             ,
             than
             to
             persecute
             ;
             and
             to
             forgive
             and
             remit
             ,
             rather
             than
             to
             revenge
             :
             for
             saith
             he
             ,
             It
             must
             be
             of
             necessity
             that
             all
             things
             which
             angry
             men
             doe
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             full
             of
             blindnesse
             and
             necessity
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             no
             easie
             matter
             for
             a
             man
             troubled
             with
             envy
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             use
             of
             Reason
             ;
             and
             whatsoever
             is
             without
             Reason
             ,
             is
             without
             Art.
             It
             behooveth
             us
             therefore
             to
             take
             reason
             as
             our
             guide
             in
             all
             our
             actions
             ,
             and
             to
             remove
             these
             passions
             of
             envy
             and
             revenge
             ,
             for
             they
             
             ought
             not
             to
             rest
             in
             a
             wise
             mans
             breast
             :
             Yet
             he
             was
             much
             affronted
             by
             Pope
             Boniface
             ,
             cōmanding
             him
             by
             his
             Bull
             to
             succour
             the
             Tartar
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             ,
             engaged
             in
             many
             affaires
             ,
             refusing
             to
             doe
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             sent
             by
             the
             Pope
             ,
             told
             him
             :
             That
             if
             the
             King
             would
             not
             obey
             the
             Pope
             ,
             he
             would
             deprive
             him
             of
             his
             Realme
             .
             But
             afterward
             two
             Gentlemen
             imployed
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             seized
             on
             the
             Pope
             in
             his
             Palace-Hall
             at
             Anagma
             ,
             and
             carryed
             him
             to
             Rome
             ,
             where
             he
             grew
             mad
             ,
             and
             dyed
             Thirty
             five
             dayes
             after
             hee
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             had
             this
             Epitaph
             made
             by
             common
             Fame
             in
             his
             disgrace
             :
             
               Hee
               entred
               his
               Topedome
               like
               a
               Foxe
               ,
               hee
               reigned
               like
               a
               Lyon
               ,
               and
               dyed
               like
               a
               Dogge
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Lewis
             the
             10.
             the
             47.
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             surnamed
             Hutin
             .
             Anno.
             1315.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Lewis
             the
             tenth
             ,
             already
             by
             his
             Mother
             King
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             Count
             of
             Brye
             ,
             and
             Champagne
             ,
             succeeded
             his
             Father
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1315.
             
             His
             Kingdome
             from
             the
             beginning
             was
             marvellously
             troubled
             with
             
             mutinies
             and
             popular
             seditions
             ;
             and
             for
             that
             cause
             he
             was
             surnamed
             Hutin
             ,
             which
             in
             old
             language
             imports
             mutiny
             and
             quarrells
             .
             
               Enguran
               De
               Marigny
            
             Count
             of
             
               Longue
               Ville
            
             ,
             was
             accused
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             Charles
             of
             Valois
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Vncle
             ,
             for
             having
             ill
             governed
             the
             Finances
             ,
             charged
             the
             people
             with
             many
             impositions
             and
             taxes
             ,
             and
             infinite
             confusions
             ;
             also
             for
             having
             taken
             money
             of
             the
             Flemings
             to
             grant
             them
             a
             peace
             to
             the
             disadvantage
             of
             the
             King
             :
             wherefore
             he
             was
             hanged
             upon
             the
             Gallowes
             of
             Paris
             ,
             which
             himselfe
             had
             caused
             to
             be
             built
             .
          
           
             Afterwards
             the
             King
             caused
             himselfe
             to
             bee
             annoynted
             ,
             and
             Crowned
             at
             Rheimes
             ,
             upon
             the
             Feast
             of
             the
             Assumption
             of
             the
             B.
             Virgin
             :
             then
             he
             led
             his
             Army
             against
             the
             Flemings
             ,
             whom
             he
             forced
             to
             raise
             and
             forsake
             the
             siege
             of
             L'Isle
             .
             And
             at
             his
             returne
             he
             seated
             the
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             at
             Paris
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             the
             pleaders
             should
             not
             be
             anymore
             incommodated
             by
             so
             often
             removing
             
             it
             .
             The
             yeare
             following
             the
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             came
             to
             visite
             the
             King
             at
             Pontoise
             ,
             to
             treat
             of
             a
             peace
             with
             him
             .
             In
             the
             interim
             ,
             Lewis
             Count
             of
             Navers
             ,
             his
             sonne
             ,
             would
             sieze
             upon
             Flanders
             ,
             if
             the
             Flemings
             would
             have
             beene
             content
             therewith
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             his
             Father
             returned
             after
             that
             hee
             had
             promised
             the
             King
             to
             ratifie
             to
             the
             Flemings
             that
             which
             he
             had
             treated
             with
             him
             .
             Vpon
             this
             the
             King
             was
             surprised
             with
             a
             Malady
             at
             
               Bois
               De
               Vincennes
            
             ,
             whereof
             he
             died
             the
             fifteenth
             of
             Iune
             ,
             in
             the
             eighteenth
             moneth
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             leaving
             his
             second
             wife
             Clemence
             great
             with
             Childe
             ,
             who
             was
             delivered
             of
             a
             sonne
             the
             foureteenth
             of
             November
             ,
             who
             was
             baptised
             Iohn
             ,
             who
             lived
             above
             eight
             dayes
             ,
             there
             remaining
             none
             of
             his
             Line
             ,
             but
             Ioane
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             by
             his
             first
             wife
             ,
             the
             daughter
             of
             Robert
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             :
             by
             whom
             ,
             Eudes
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             her
             Vncle
             ,
             would
             lay
             claime
             to
             the
             Crowne
             :
             but
             Philip
             the
             Tall
             ,
             brother
             to
             the
             late
             King
             
             Lewis
             ,
             opposing
             the
             Lawes
             and
             Customes
             of
             France
             ,
             in
             right
             of
             his
             Neece
             caused
             the
             Crowne
             to
             be
             adjudged
             unto
             him
             .
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             tenth
             ,
             surnamed
             Hutin
             had
             two
             Wives
             ,
             Marguerite
             ,
             daughter
             of
             Robert
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             by
             whom
             he
             had
             a
             daughter
             named
             Ioane
             ,
             who
             was
             married
             after
             to
             
               Philip
               Count
            
             of
             Evreux
             ,
             sonne
             to
             Lewis
             of
             France
             ,
             brother
             to
             the
             late
             
               Philip
               the
               Faire
            
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             meanes
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Navarre
             entered
             into
             the
             families
             of
             the
             Counts
             of
             Evreux
             :
             and
             Clemence
             sister
             to
             
               Carlobert
               ,
               King
            
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             whom
             at
             his
             decease
             he
             left
             with
             Child
             of
             a
             sonne
             who
             was
             called
             Iohn
             :
             and
             although
             he
             dyed
             an
             infant
             ,
             without
             having
             beene
             crowned
             ,
             hee
             hath
             not
             beene
             heretofore
             ranked
             in
             the
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             .
             Neverthelesse
             ,
             seeing
             that
             he
             was
             truely
             legitimate
             ,
             and
             sole
             heire
             to
             
               King
               Lewis
               Hutin
            
             ,
             he
             deserved
             the
             title
             Royall
             ,
             and
             to
             bee
             inserted
             to
             the
             number
             of
             Kings
             ,
             seeing
             that
             dying
             hee
             was
             
             with
             solemnity
             ,
             and
             Regall
             pompe
             carryed
             to
             St.
             Denis
             ;
             the
             Princes
             ,
             his
             Vncles
             ,
             and
             kinred
             being
             present
             at
             his
             Funeralls
             ;
             where
             hee
             was
             proclaimed
             ,
             although
             dead
             ,
             
               King
               of
               France
            
             ,
             and
             Navarre
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             that
             Clemence
             was
             with
             Child
             ,
             immediately
             upon
             the
             decease
             of
             
               Lewis
               Hutin
            
             ,
             it
             was
             ordered
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             
               Mounsieur
               Philip
            
             of
             France
             ,
             Count
             of
             Poitiers
             ,
             should
             be
             Regent
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             untill
             the
             fruit
             of
             the
             Queene
             (
             if
             it
             were
             Male
             )
             should
             attaine
             to
             the
             maturity
             of
             eighteene
             yeares
             :
             and
             therefore
             hee
             he
             bore
             in
             his
             Armes
             the
             Title
             of
             
               Philip
               Sonne
               of
               the
               King
               of
            
             France
             ,
             and
             Navarre
             ,
             
               Regent
               of
               the
               Kingdomes
               of
            
             France
             ,
             and
             Navarre
             .
             And
             so
             the
             Regency
             was
             given
             to
             the
             next
             Prince
             of
             Blood
             ,
             so
             that
             hee
             were
             the
             nearest
             to
             succeed
             the
             Crowne
             .
             After
             the
             death
             of
             the
             said
             Iohn
             ,
             who
             lived
             but
             eight
             daies
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             most
             but
             20
             daies
             ,
             (
             as
             some
             do
             write
             )
             there
             was
             some
             dispute
             amongst
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             some
             
             maintaining
             the
             right
             to
             bee
             ill
             grounded
             upon
             Ioane
             ,
             daughter
             to
             the
             late
             
               Lewis
               Hutin
            
             :
             and
             others
             resting
             upon
             the
             Iustice
             of
             the
             Salique
             Law
             ,
             which
             yet
             was
             never
             violated
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             ordayneth
             ,
             that
             there
             being
             never
             an
             heire
             Male
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             the
             next
             of
             Blood
             ,
             of
             the
             Male
             side
             ,
             shall
             come
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             and
             excludes
             the
             daughters
             and
             the
             descendents
             from
             them
             ,
             although
             they
             be
             Males
             .
             But
             in
             the
             end
             the
             Parliament
             of
             the
             Paires
             and
             Counsell
             of
             France
             ,
             adjudged
             that
             Philip
             the
             Tall
             ,
             Vncle
             to
             the
             late
             Iohn
             ,
             was
             the
             true
             and
             lawfull
             heire
             to
             the
             Crowne
             :
             which
             was
             the
             first
             debate
             and
             difference
             of
             the
             Salique
             Law.
             
          
           
             The
             King
             reigned
             but
             an
             yeare
             and
             an
             halfe
             ,
             thereby
             to
             make
             good
             the
             position
             of
             Philosophy
             ,
             
               Nullum
               violentum
               est
               aeternum
            
             ;
             for
             his
             government
             was
             violent
             ,
             and
             therefore
             could
             not
             long
             continue
             .
             Enguerand
             ,
             accused
             by
             Charles
             Earle
             of
             Valois
             ,
             and
             made
             odious
             to
             the
             people
             by
             his
             oppression
             of
             
             them
             ,
             whereof
             they
             are
             onely
             sensible
             ,
             was
             made
             a
             Sacrifice
             and
             Hanged
             ;
             but
             after
             his
             execution
             the
             Earle
             of
             Valois
             fell
             into
             a
             languishing
             Consumption
             ,
             &
             King
             
               Lewis
               Hutin
            
             dyed
             suddainly
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             people
             began
             to
             imagine
             that
             Enguerands
             unjust
             death
             was
             thus
             revenged
             on
             these
             Princes
             ;
             which
             change
             of
             their
             opinion
             ,
             shewes
             that
             it
             was
             rightly
             spoken
             :
             what
             the
             people
             saies
             ,
             a
             foole
             speakes
             :
             Therefore
             it
             is
             observeable
             ,
             that
             good
             Subjects
             may
             be
             unjustly
             afflicted
             ,
             that
             the
             people
             blinded
             by
             passion
             ,
             and
             discerning
             not
             the
             truth
             ,
             will
             undeservedly
             speake
             well
             and
             ill
             of
             the
             same
             Action
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             man.
             And
             lastly
             ,
             that
             great
             men
             ,
             loving
             not
             to
             come
             to
             accompt
             ,
             may
             abuse
             their
             authority
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Philip
               5.
            
             the
             48.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1317.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Philip
             the
             5
             ,
             surnamed
             
               The
               Tall
            
             ,
             the
             controversie
             of
             the
             right
             to
             the
             Crowne
             being
             not
             yet
             determined
             betweene
             him
             and
             his
             Neece
             ,
             (
             Daughter
             to
             
               Lewis
               Hutin
            
             )
             whom
             Eudes
             her
             Unkle
             upheld
             ,
             and
             maintained
             her
             right
             ,
             marched
             with
             
             〈◊〉
             Army
             every
             where
             compleate
             to
             Rheimes
             ,
             where
             hee
             made
             himselfe
             to
             be
             annointed
             King
             by
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             that
             See
             on
             the
             Feast
             of
             the
             
               Epiphany
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1317
             ,
             and
             after
             returned
             to
             Paris
             :
             Whither
             hee
             summoned
             Robert
             Count
             of
             Artois
             ,
             whom
             he
             forced
             to
             renounce
             the
             right
             which
             he
             pretended
             to
             that
             County
             ,
             whereof
             hee
             had
             
               Vi
               &
               Armis
            
             ,
             by
             force
             and
             Armes
             taken
             possession
             ,
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             Mahaut
             his
             Wives
             Mother
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             Lewis
             ,
             Count
             of
             Neuers
             ,
             Sonne
             of
             Robert
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             entertained
             the
             Flemings
             to
             his
             utmost
             endeavours
             in
             a
             revolt
             against
             the
             King
             ;
             who
             ,
             because
             hee
             came
             not
             to
             render
             homage
             for
             the
             Counties
             which
             hee
             held
             in
             France
             ,
             was
             cited
             to
             answer
             for
             himselfe
             before
             the
             King
             :
             and
             fayling
             in
             his
             appearance
             ,
             all
             his
             possessions
             were
             seized
             for
             the
             King.
             In
             the
             end
             the
             said
             Lewis
             ,
             Count
             of
             Nevers
             ,
             came
             and
             submitted
             himselfe
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             recovered
             his
             Countries
             .
             After
             ,
             upon
             perswasion
             
             of
             the
             Popes
             Legate
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             peace
             concluded
             betweene
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             the
             15.
             of
             
               May
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1320
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             the
             said
             Count
             did
             homage
             for
             his
             Lands
             to
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             accorded
             that
             Lewis
             ,
             the
             sonne
             of
             Lewis
             of
             Nevers
             ,
             should
             marry
             
               Madam
               Marguerite
            
             ,
             the
             second
             Daughter
             of
             France
             ,
             upon
             condition
             that
             he
             should
             succeede
             to
             the
             County
             of
             Flanders
             after
             his
             Grandfather
             and
             Father
             .
          
           
             About
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Marriage
             of
             Isabelle
             ,
             the
             third
             Daughter
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             with
             Guy
             the
             Dolphin
             of
             Vienna
             was
             treated
             ,
             who
             not
             long
             after
             succeeded
             his
             Father
             John
             in
             Dauphine
             .
             The
             Eldest
             Daughter
             was
             before
             marryed
             to
             Odo
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             .
             After
             that
             the
             King
             quitted
             all
             the
             actions
             against
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             which
             some
             of
             his
             Councell
             in
             abuse
             of
             his
             good
             nature
             had
             put
             upon
             and
             against
             them
             .
             And
             as
             he
             was
             deliberating
             to
             have
             but
             one
             sort
             of
             weights
             and
             measures
             ,
             in
             one
             and
             the
             
             same
             species
             ,
             and
             also
             a
             certaine
             rate
             and
             value
             of
             monies
             ,
             a
             malady
             intercepted
             his
             designes
             ,
             by
             which
             hee
             ended
             his
             dayes
             the
             third
             of
             
               January
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1322.
             
          
           
             He
             was
             a
             Prince
             of
             a
             tractable
             disposition
             ,
             and
             therefore
             easily
             corrupted
             ;
             inclined
             more
             to
             ill
             than
             good
             .
             The
             chiefest
             thing
             worthy
             remembrance
             in
             his
             Reigne
             was
             ,
             that
             his
             bad
             servants
             presuming
             on
             his
             gentle
             Nature
             ,
             layd
             heavy
             taxations
             on
             the
             people
             ,
             who
             thereupon
             maintained
             ,
             and
             thus
             hee
             suffering
             his
             Authority
             to
             be
             abus'd
             by
             them
             ,
             shew'd
             that
             although
             hee
             were
             great
             and
             tall
             of
             stature
             ,
             yet
             hee
             had
             but
             little
             wit
             and
             understanding
             .
             A
             Benedicting
             Priest
             and
             Monke
             pretentending
             a
             voyage
             to
             the
             East
             ,
             committed
             many
             outrages
             in
             the
             East
             ,
             with
             a
             multitude
             of
             people
             by
             them
             assembled
             ,
             and
             called
             themselves
             Shepheards
             ,
             untill
             they
             were
             defeated
             in
             Languedoc
             .
          
           
             This
             Philip
             would
             have
             made
             one
             
             weight
             and
             measure
             throughout
             his
             Realme
             ,
             but
             it
             proved
             but
             an
             Eutopian
             conceite
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             maintained
             by
             Authority
             or
             Reason
             .
             The
             Jewes
             which
             were
             formerly
             expelled
             and
             driven
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             were
             now
             againe
             admitted
             ;
             but
             after
             they
             endeavoured
             to
             bring
             in
             an
             Artificiall
             Plague
             into
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             by
             using
             the
             helpe
             of
             Lepers
             ,
             some
             were
             grievously
             punished
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             banished
             out
             of
             France
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             this
             Kings
             five
             yeares
             Reigne
             was
             
               Rasa
               Tabula
            
             ,
             a
             blanke
             Table
             ,
             wherein
             Fame
             hath
             written
             no
             Royall
             action
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Charles
               4.
            
             surnamed
             the
             Faire
             ,
             the
             49.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1322.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             CHarles
             the
             4
             ,
             Count
             of
             Marche
             ,
             brother
             to
             Philip
             the
             Tall
             ,
             and
             to
             
               Lewis
               Hutin
            
             ,
             came
             by
             the
             same
             Law
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             as
             his
             brother
             Philip
             had
             done
             ,
             who
             left
             no
             issue
             Male
             to
             inherit
             .
             He
             was
             crowned
             the
             twelfth
             
             of
             
               February
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1322.
             .
             He
             was
             severe
             in
             Justice
             ,
             giving
             every
             man
             his
             right
             ;
             desirous
             that
             all
             should
             be
             guided
             and
             governed
             by
             the
             Lawes
             and
             Authority
             of
             Magistrates
             .
             Following
             that
             Norme
             ,
             he
             caused
             Jordan
             of
             L'Isle
             ,
             a
             great
             Lord
             to
             be
             attached
             ,
             who
             upon
             accusations
             of
             infinite
             enormities
             was
             attainted
             and
             convicted
             :
             wherefore
             hee
             was
             hanged
             ,
             although
             hee
             had
             marryed
             the
             Neece
             of
             Pope
             John
             22
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             others
             are
             of
             opinion
             )
             his
             Step-mother
             .
             About
             that
             time
             deceased
             Lewis
             Duke
             of
             Nevers
             ,
             the
             eldest
             son
             of
             Robert
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             who
             dyed
             immediately
             after
             .
             By
             which
             occasion
             Robert
             ,
             the
             younger
             sonne
             of
             the
             said
             Robert
             Count
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             entred
             into
             a
             difference
             with
             his
             Nephew
             Lewis
             ,
             sonne
             of
             the
             Count
             of
             Nevers
             :
             Hereupon
             the
             cause
             was
             pleaded
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             proved
             of
             no
             validity
             to
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Nephew
             .
          
           
             Then
             began
             the
             Warres
             betweene
             the
             English
             and
             
               French
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1324
             ,
             
             upon
             the
             occasion
             that
             the
             Lord
             of
             Montpesac
             would
             ,
             to
             the
             Kings
             prejudice
             ,
             fortifie
             a
             Castle
             in
             Gascogne
             ,
             upon
             the
             borders
             of
             France
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             King
             sent
             Charles
             of
             Valois
             ,
             his
             Unkle
             ,
             who
             so
             happily
             acquitted
             himselfe
             of
             his
             charge
             ,
             that
             hee
             recovered
             into
             the
             Kings
             powers
             all
             the
             Townes
             and
             strong
             holds
             in
             Burgundy
             ,
             which
             are
             beyond
             the
             River
             Garonne
             ,
             except
             
               Bourdeaux
               ,
               Bayonne
            
             ,
             and
             
               S.
               Senes
            
             .
             Afterwards
             having
             obtained
             a
             Truce
             of
             the
             English
             ,
             he
             dyed
             in
             
               December
               ,
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1325
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             King
             deceased
             at
             
               Bois
               de
               Vincennes
            
             ,
             the
             first
             of
             March
             ,
             leaving
             
               Madame
               Joane
               de
               Eureux
            
             his
             wife
             great
             with
             Child
             ,
             who
             afterwards
             in
             the
             Moneth
             of
             April
             ,
             1328.
             was
             delivered
             of
             a
             Daughter
             called
             Blanche
             .
             Hee
             was
             the
             first
             King
             that
             ever
             permitted
             to
             the
             Pope
             the
             Decimations
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             France
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             reigned
             sixe
             yeares
             ,
             being
             wise
             ,
             temperate
             ,
             and
             just
             ,
             three
             chiefe
             vertues
             in
             a
             Prince
             ,
             but
             unhappy
             in
             his
             
             progeny
             .
             Assoone
             as
             he
             was
             annointed
             ,
             he
             held
             a
             great
             Sessions
             in
             Paris
             ,
             to
             heare
             complaints
             ,
             and
             caused
             many
             Gentlemen
             to
             be
             punished
             ,
             in
             which
             number
             was
             one
             Jourdain
             of
             Lisle
             ,
             a
             Gascon
             ,
             who
             being
             Nephew
             to
             Pope
             John
             the
             22
             ,
             had
             beene
             pardoned
             for
             eighteene
             capitall
             crimes
             ,
             and
             yet
             still
             grew
             more
             impious
             ,
             former
             mercy
             making
             him
             presume
             more
             of
             pardon
             ,
             untill
             at
             last
             he
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             brought
             to
             Paris
             ,
             where
             King
             Charles
             caused
             him
             justly
             to
             be
             hang'd
             ,
             as
             a
             memorable
             example
             ,
             that
             Respect
             is
             an
             enemy
             to
             Justice
             ,
             which
             must
             be
             executed
             without
             sparing
             the
             guilty
             .
             To
             conclude
             ,
             this
             Prince
             was
             worthy
             of
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             deserved
             to
             be
             reckon'd
             amongst
             the
             chiefest
             men
             of
             State.
             And
             as
             the
             Kingdome
             was
             happy
             in
             having
             so
             worthy
             and
             sufficient
             a
             King
             ,
             so
             his
             short
             Reigne
             deprived
             the
             Realme
             of
             that
             good
             which
             it
             should
             receive
             by
             his
             government
             .
             But
             the
             best
             and
             most
             perfect
             men
             ,
             are
             in
             the
             blind
             world
             either
             
             despised
             for
             excesse
             of
             good
             ,
             or
             some
             tooke
             away
             by
             death
             ,
             to
             envy
             greater
             happinesse
             ,
             equall
             to
             their
             desert
             .
          
        
         
           
             Philip
             of
             Valois
             the
             6.
             and
             50.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1327.
             
          
           
             THis
             Philip
             Count
             of
             Valois
             ,
             the
             Sonne
             of
             the
             late
             Count
             Charles
             ,
             and
             Cousen
             german
             to
             the
             three
             
             precedent
             Kings
             ,
             succeeded
             to
             the
             Crowne
             by
             title
             of
             his
             favour
             ,
             excluding
             Lewis
             of
             Evreux
             his
             Vncle
             (
             who
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             thought
             was
             already
             dead
             )
             and
             was
             confirmed
             by
             the
             States
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             Edward
             King
             of
             England
             pretended
             the
             Crowne
             by
             his
             Mothers
             right
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             onely
             daughter
             of
             Philip
             the
             Faire
             .
             He
             recovered
             a
             faire
             battaile
             against
             the
             Flemings
             ,
             who
             had
             revolted
             against
             their
             Duke
             ,
             and
             enforced
             the
             King
             of
             England
             to
             doe
             homage
             for
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Guienne
             ,
             and
             other
             lands
             which
             he
             held
             of
             the
             Crowne
             ;
             who
             in
             revenge
             thereof
             entertained
             Robert
             of
             Artois
             ,
             Count
             of
             Beaumont
             ,
             who
             was
             banished
             out
             of
             France
             through
             a
             false
             accusation
             ;
             by
             whose
             perswasion
             the
             King
             of
             England
             beeing
             allyed
             to
             all
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             whereof
             hee
             had
             already
             obtained
             the
             Vicariate
             ,
             beganne
             to
             warre
             against
             Philip
             in
             
               Nantonge
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1336.
             
             Afterwards
             he
             caused
             the
             Flemings
             to
             revolt
             against
             their
             Duke
             ,
             by
             the
             means
             
             of
             one
             
               James
               Artivel
            
             ,
             an
             Artisan
             .
             The
             French
             that
             were
             in
             the
             Towne
             of
             L'Isle
             ,
             and
             first
             discomfited
             the
             English
             and
             Flemings
             ,
             but
             afterwards
             they
             were
             shamefully
             overthrowne
             at
             the
             Sluce
             Port
             ,
             when
             they
             laboured
             to
             hinder
             the
             English
             from
             joyning
             with
             the
             Flemings
             .
             And
             after
             this
             victory
             he
             encamped
             before
             Tournay
             ,
             where
             he
             continued
             during
             fifty
             dayes
             ;
             during
             which
             time
             ,
             the
             Mother
             of
             the
             Count
             of
             Hainault
             ,
             wrought
             a
             Truce
             between
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             and
             France
             ,
             which
             continued
             not
             long
             ,
             because
             the
             warres
             were
             renued
             shortly
             after
             betweene
             them
             ,
             because
             the
             King
             of
             France
             caused
             
               Oliver
               de
               Clisson
            
             to
             bee
             executed
             for
             Treason
             :
             In
             which
             warre
             the
             French
             lost
             the
             memorable
             battaile
             of
             Crecy
             ,
             neare
             Abeville
             ,
             wherein
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Nobility
             and
             flower
             of
             all
             France
             was
             slaine
             ,
             and
             the
             Towne
             of
             Calais
             taken
             .
             After
             this
             ,
             the
             King
             having
             marryed
             in
             a
             second
             wedlocke
             the
             Lady
             Blanche
             ,
             daughter
             of
             the
             late
             Philip
             ,
             King
             of
             
             Navarre
             ,
             and
             received
             the
             Danphinate
             of
             Humbert
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             City
             and
             Countrey
             of
             Montpelier
             ,
             for
             a
             purchase
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Maillorque
             ,
             he
             retired
             to
             Nogent
             ,
             there
             to
             conclude
             his
             daies
             the
             23.
             or
             28.
             of
             August
             1350.
             leaving
             Iohn
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             and
             Philip
             Duke
             of
             Orleans
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             an
             ingenious
             wity
             Prince
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             by
             his
             justification
             of
             the
             Salique
             Law
             ,
             by
             these
             words
             of
             Scripture
             .
             
               Consider
               the
               Lillies
               of
               the
               field
               ,
               how
               they
               doe
               grow
               ,
               and
               doe
               neither
               labour
               nor
               spiune
               :
            
             intimating
             (
             whose
             Armes
             are
             Lillies
             or
             
               Flower
               de
               Lyces
            
             )
             should
             not
             fall
             to
             the
             Distaffe
             .
             Also
             he
             taxed
             the
             unfaithfulnesse
             of
             King
             Edward
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             these
             two
             Verses
             by
             himselfe
             composed
             .
          
           
             
               Anglicus
               Angelus
               est
               ,
               cui
               nunquam
               credere
               fas
               est
               .
            
             
               Dum
               tibi
               dicit
               Ave
               ,
               tanquam
               ab
               hoste
               cave
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Englishman
               an
               Angell
               is
               ,
               which
               trusted
               will
               deceive
               thee
               ;
            
             
               Beware
               of
               him
               as
               of
               a
               Foe
               ,
               when
               he
               doth
               say
               God
               save
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             After
             his
             marriage
             with
             Blanch
             ,
             daughter
             of
             Philip
             of
             Evreux
             ,
             he
             lived
             not
             long
             after
             he
             had
             tyed
             this
             knot
             ,
             this
             new
             wife
             being
             an
             unnecessary
             trouble
             in
             his
             old
             age
             ;
             so
             that
             sickning
             at
             Nogent
             ,
             advising
             his
             two
             sonnes
             to
             live
             in
             peace
             ,
             and
             bee
             carefull
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             which
             he
             resigned
             to
             the
             eldest
             ,
             he
             concluded
             his
             reigne
             ,
             and
             dyed
             .
             He
             was
             a
             King
             in
             whom
             vertues
             and
             vices
             were
             equally
             mingled
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             valiant
             in
             danger
             ,
             and
             couragious
             in
             affliction
             ,
             just
             and
             loving
             to
             his
             subjects
             .
             But
             his
             rash
             valour
             ,
             whereon
             hee
             presumed
             often
             ,
             engaged
             him
             and
             his
             subjects
             in
             many
             miseries
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Edward
               the
               third
               ,
               King
               of
               England
               .
               Anno
            
             1351.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             King
             comes
             here
             to
             be
             inserted
             amongst
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             ,
             being
             the
             first
             that
             left
             the
             Title
             Hereditary
             to
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             first
             quartered
             the
             Armes
             of
             France
             with
             the
             English
             Armes
             ,
             giving
             thereby
             occasion
             and
             provocation
             
             of
             his
             succeeding
             Warres
             ,
             he
             obtained
             a
             gentle
             victory
             at
             Sluce
             ,
             upon
             Midsommer
             day
             in
             a
             sea
             fight
             :
             Afterward
             he
             challenged
             Philip
             of
             Valois
             ,
             then
             King
             ,
             to
             a
             single
             combate
             ,
             by
             him
             not
             accepted
             ,
             afterwards
             makes
             a
             Truce
             with
             France
             ,
             their
             battailes
             being
             ready
             to
             joyne
             in
             Britagne
             in
             France
             ,
             then
             he
             declares
             the
             Truce
             with
             France
             broken
             .
             He
             arrives
             afterward
             in
             France
             with
             bloody
             Colours
             ,
             with
             his
             hopefull
             son
             the
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             ,
             then
             about
             sixteen
             yeares
             old
             .
             Afterward
             he
             got
             the
             Lawrell
             wreath
             of
             Conquest
             in
             the
             battaile
             of
             Cressey
             ;
             and
             his
             sonne
             was
             as
             victorious
             as
             his
             Father
             ,
             both
             sharing
             equally
             in
             honour
             purchased
             by
             valour
             .
             But
             his
             sonne
             afterward
             ,
             whose
             veines
             were
             full
             of
             his
             Fathers
             Spirit
             and
             fortitude
             ,
             shewing
             that
             
               Nasci
               a
               Principibus
               est
               magnum
            
             ,
             obtained
             another
             triumphant
             victory
             against
             the
             French
             at
             Poictiers
             ,
             and
             by
             it
             confirmed
             his
             Fathers
             atchievements
             .
          
           
             Then
             againe
             Henry
             invaded
             France
             ,
             
             besieges
             Paris
             ,
             concludes
             a
             peace
             :
             King
             Iohn
             of
             France
             being
             taken
             prisoner
             ,
             and
             afterward
             ransomed
             ,
             hostages
             were
             also
             given
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Clouds
             of
             warre
             were
             a
             while
             drawne
             away
             :
             but
             suddainly
             againe
             France
             felt
             a
             new
             storme
             from
             England
             ;
             for
             the
             Earle
             of
             Blois
             slaine
             in
             Battaile
             by
             the
             English
             ,
             loseth
             the
             Dukedome
             of
             Britagne
             .
             Then
             againe
             King
             Edward
             sends
             Iohn
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             to
             invade
             Prance
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Knoles
            
             to
             the
             parts
             about
             Britagne
             :
             and
             thus
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             famous
             for
             his
             many
             other
             Royall
             vertues
             expressed
             done
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             circumference
             of
             his
             owne
             Dominions
             ,
             so
             likewise
             he
             appeared
             in
             France
             like
             a
             flaming
             Comet
             ,
             which
             boded
             the
             effusion
             of
             much
             French
             blood
             :
             But
             age
             &
             sicknesse
             comming
             on
             hee
             was
             forc't
             to
             leave
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             the
             same
             did
             him
             before
             his
             breath
             left
             him
             :
             but
             Nature
             could
             not
             hold
             out
             any
             longer
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             resigne
             his
             life
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             his
             Creator
             at
             Shene
             ,
             (
             now
             
             Richmond
             )
             the
             one
             and
             twentieth
             day
             of
             
               Iune
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1377.
             in
             the
             64.
             yeare
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             having
             reigned
             fifty
             yeares
             ,
             foure
             moneths
             ,
             and
             odde
             dayes
             ;
             in
             which
             time
             France
             felt
             the
             desolation
             which
             warre
             had
             made
             ,
             he
             carrying
             away
             the
             never
             dying
             Fame
             of
             a
             valiant
             Conquerour
             ,
             he
             lyeth
             buried
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             for
             as
             much
             of
             him
             as
             was
             Mortall
             ;
             but
             
               Multum
               sui
               vitabit
               Libitinam
            
             ,
             his
             sonle
             and
             Fame
             are
             immortall
             in
             Heaven
             and
             on
             earth
             ,
             and
             was
             especially
             famous
             for
             Conquering
             France
             ,
             and
             writing
             himselfe
             ,
             
               Roy
               de
               Angle
               terre
               &
               France
               ,
               King
               of
               England
               and
               France
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               John
               1.
            
             or
             the
             second
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             the
             51.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             ,
             1350.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             JOHN
             the
             first
             ,
             or
             second
             of
             that
             Name
             ,
             succeeded
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             was
             consecrated
             at
             Rheims
             the
             26.
             of
             
               Septem
               .
               An
               Dom.
            
             1350.
             
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             reigne
             hee
             caused
             the
             Lord
             Ralph
             of
             Nesle
             ,
             Cōstable
             of
             France
             ,
             to
             be
             beheaded
             for
             Treason
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             
             place
             hee
             jnstituted
             Charles
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             Count
             of
             Angolesme
             .
             The
             Truce
             being
             broken
             betweene
             him
             and
             England
             ,
             he
             betooke
             him
             to
             
               S.
               John
               d'
               Angely
            
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             returne
             he
             instituted
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Starre
             in
             the
             Noble
             and
             Royall
             House
             or
             
               S.
               Owen
            
             .
             Afterwards
             Charles
             King
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             caused
             the
             Constable
             to
             be
             massacred
             upon
             a
             jealousie
             which
             hee
             had
             conceived
             against
             him
             ,
             on
             the
             sixt
             of
             Ianuary
             ,
             1353
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             
               Iames
               de
               Bourbon
            
             was
             substituted
             in
             his
             place
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             King
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             whom
             the
             King
             of
             Prance
             had
             pardoned
             ,
             instead
             of
             acknowledging
             his
             fault
             ,
             complotted
             against
             the
             State
             of
             the
             said
             King
             ,
             which
             being
             discovered
             ,
             he
             entred
             into
             an
             Amity
             with
             the
             King
             of
             England
             .
             By
             meanes
             whereof
             King
             Iohn
             having
             surprised
             him
             ,
             sent
             him
             prisoner
             to
             Paris
             .
             Hereupon
             Philip
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             his
             brother
             ,
             in
             an
             indignation
             caused
             the
             English
             to
             come
             into
             Normandy
             ,
             against
             whom
             the
             King
             intending
             an
             opposition
             ,
             was
             enforced
             
             to
             turne
             it
             upon
             the
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             in
             Poicton
             ,
             where
             having
             lost
             the
             field
             through
             his
             temerity
             ,
             hee
             was
             taken
             Prisoner
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             Parisians
             at
             the
             perswasion
             of
             
               Stephen
               Martel
            
             ,
             mutinyed
             against
             the
             Dauphin
             ,
             who
             tooke
             upon
             him
             the
             Regency
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             and
             appeased
             the
             tumult
             ,
             having
             first
             restored
             the
             places
             of
             Normandy
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             who
             had
             escaped
             out
             of
             prison
             .
          
           
             Afterwards
             upon
             a
             treaty
             made
             at
             Bretigny
             the
             eight
             of
             May
             ,
             1360
             ,
             a
             peace
             was
             concluded
             with
             the
             English
             ,
             and
             ratified
             at
             Calais
             the
             24.
             of
             October
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             Philip
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             deceased
             at
             Roucere
             neere
             Dijon
             without
             issue
             ,
             by
             reason
             whereof
             Iohn
             the
             King
             declared
             himselfe
             to
             be
             his
             Heire
             .
             After
             that
             he
             making
             a
             preparation
             for
             a
             beyond-sea
             voyage
             ,
             first
             came
             to
             London
             ,
             intending
             to
             make
             a
             strong
             peace
             with
             England
             ,
             and
             dyed
             there
             the
             eighth
             or
             ninth
             of
             April
             ,
             1364
             ,
             leaving
             Charles
             the
             
               Dauphin
               ,
               Lewis
            
             
             Duke
             of
             
               Aniou
               ,
               John
            
             Duke
             of
             Berry
             ,
             and
             
               Philip
               Hardy
            
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             shewed
             magnanimity
             in
             his
             most
             adverse
             fortune
             ;
             for
             
               Apparet
               virtus
               arguiturque
               malis
            
             :
          
           
             
               Vertue
               will
               apparent
               be
            
             
               In
               the
               depth
               of
               adversity
               .
            
          
           
             which
             was
             verified
             in
             this
             King
             John
             ,
             who
             sitting
             in
             the
             English
             Campe
             at
             a
             Supper
             ,
             prepared
             for
             him
             by
             the
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             ,
             who
             had
             taken
             him
             prisoner
             in
             the
             Battell
             of
             Poitiers
             ,
             said
             ,
             I
             purposed
             to
             have
             bestowed
             a
             Supper
             on
             you
             this
             night
             ,
             but
             the
             fortune
             of
             the
             War
             hath
             made
             me
             your
             Guest
             .
             The
             Englishmen
             for
             a
             summe
             of
             money
             having
             got
             by
             composition
             the
             Castle
             and
             Towne
             of
             Gwines
             ,
             King
             Iohn
             complaining
             to
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             the
             Truce
             was
             broken
             ,
             contrary
             to
             their
             compact
             and
             agreement
             ,
             King
             Edward
             answered
             ,
             That
             Trafficke
             or
             Merchandise
             ,
             the
             surrender
             of
             the
             Castle
             being
             by
             money
             procured
             ,
             did
             not
             breake
             the
             former
             Truce
             .
          
           
           
             This
             King
             ,
             when
             King
             Edward
             required
             homage
             for
             the
             Realme
             of
             France
             ,
             as
             held
             of
             England
             ,
             answered
             ,
             that
             hee
             could
             not
             justly
             alienate
             a
             right
             inalienable
             ,
             received
             from
             his
             Ancestors
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             resolved
             to
             leave
             it
             entire
             to
             his
             children
             ,
             for
             affliction
             might
             engage
             his
             person
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             Crowne
             of
             France
             ,
             while
             hee
             was
             King
             ,
             who
             would
             sacrifice
             his
             life
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             France
             .
             Hee
             dyed
             in
             
               England
               Anno
            
             1364
             ,
             being
             a
             good
             Prince
             ,
             but
             infortunate
             ;
             wise
             in
             ordinary
             matters
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             great
             affaires
             ;
             just
             ,
             but
             too
             confident
             in
             trusting
             others
             ;
             temperate
             in
             his
             private
             life
             ,
             but
             violent
             in
             the
             publicke
             government
             .
             For
             great
             vertues
             meeting
             with
             Wisdome
             ,
             doe
             on
             the
             Theater
             of
             this
             life
             give
             unto
             Kings
             a
             Crowne
             of
             applause
             and
             commendation
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Charles
               5.
            
             surnamed
             the
             Wise
             ,
             the
             52.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             An.
             1364.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             AFter
             the
             decease
             of
             Iohn
             the
             first
             ,
             this
             Charles
             5.
             surnamed
             
               the
               Wise
            
             ,
             was
             crowned
             the
             19.
             of
             
               March
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1364.
             
             At
             the
             comming
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             hee
             gained
             against
             those
             of
             Navarre
             a
             very
             memorable
             victory
             under
             the
             Conduct
             of
             the
             
             Lord
             
               Bertrand
               du
               Guesclin
            
             ,
             in
             favour
             whereof
             he
             gave
             him
             the
             Dukedome
             of
             Longueville
             .
             From
             thence
             the
             said
             Guesclin
             went
             to
             aide
             Charles
             of
             Blois
             ,
             against
             whom
             Iohn
             of
             Monfort
             relying
             upon
             the
             English
             ,
             had
             begun
             warres
             for
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Bretagne
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             taken
             fighting
             valiantly
             before
             the
             Castle
             of
             Aulroy
             ,
             against
             Iohn
             Lord
             Chandos
             ,
             High
             Marshall
             of
             England
             :
             but
             a
             peace
             being
             made
             betweene
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monfort
             and
             the
             Countesse
             of
             Blois
             ,
             the
             King
             likewise
             made
             a
             peace
             with
             those
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             and
             after
             sent
             Guesclin
             to
             ayde
             Peter
             King
             of
             Arragon
             ,
             against
             Peter
             King
             of
             Castile
             in
             favour
             of
             
               Henry
               ,
               Sancho
            
             and
             Telco
             his
             naturall
             brothers
             ;
             and
             also
             in
             revenge
             of
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Wife
             Blanche
             ,
             the
             daughter
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bourbon
             ,
             whom
             hee
             had
             caused
             to
             be
             slaine
             .
             Peter
             of
             Castile
             being
             deposed
             of
             his
             kingdome
             ,
             and
             Henry
             substituted
             ,
             hee
             retired
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             ,
             who
             restored
             him
             to
             his
             former
             estate
             .
          
           
           
             After
             returning
             into
             Guienne
             ,
             he
             imposed
             upon
             his
             Subjects
             unaccustomed
             taxations
             and
             imposts
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             Lords
             of
             Armaignac
             and
             of
             Albert
             to
             appeale
             to
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             as
             to
             their
             Soveraigne
             Lord
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             moved
             Charles
             to
             give
             an
             eare
             to
             Henry
             ,
             who
             offered
             to
             hold
             his
             kingdome
             of
             Castile
             from
             him
             ,
             so
             that
             hee
             would
             ayde
             him
             in
             the
             re-conquest
             thereof
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             King
             sent
             him
             Guesclin
             ,
             who
             gained
             fixe
             battells
             against
             his
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             fixt
             Peter
             of
             Castile
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Lord
             
               de
               Villaines
            
             ,
             a
             
               French
               Knight
            
             ,
             of
             whom
             Henry
             ransomed
             him
             ,
             and
             put
             him
             to
             death
             ,
             enjoying
             by
             that
             meanes
             the
             kingdome
             of
             Castile
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             ,
             because
             the
             King
             embraced
             the
             appeale
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             Gascogne
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             denounced
             warre
             against
             him
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             managed
             so
             well
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             his
             brothers
             ,
             that
             repairing
             the
             losses
             of
             his
             Father
             and
             Grandfather
             received
             by
             
             the
             English
             ,
             hee
             reconquered
             
               Guienne
               ,
               Poictou
            
             ,
             and
             Bretagne
             ,
             and
             deceased
             in
             
               September
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1380
             ,
             leaving
             Charles
             and
             Lewis
             under
             the
             tuition
             of
             their
             Unkles
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             had
             many
             vertues
             ,
             shining
             in
             all
             estates
             ,
             both
             in
             happinesse
             and
             adversity
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Realme
             was
             in
             the
             heate
             of
             troubles
             ,
             he
             saved
             it
             from
             ruine
             ,
             so
             that
             his
             fame
             was
             spred
             abroad
             ,
             leaving
             an
             honourable
             remembrance
             to
             his
             posterity
             .
             Hee
             favoured
             Learning
             and
             the
             learned
             ,
             preferring
             the
             Schoolemaster
             
               Nicholas
               Oresme
            
             :
             He
             caused
             the
             Bible
             to
             be
             translated
             ,
             imitating
             therein
             St.
             Lewis
             ,
             and
             tooke
             great
             delight
             to
             read
             the
             Scripture
             and
             Philosophy
             ,
             and
             he
             made
             
               Aristotles
               Ethicks
            
             and
             Politicks
             ,
             and
             many
             places
             of
             Tully
             to
             be
             translated
             into
             French
             ;
             and
             his
             favour
             shewed
             to
             learned
             men
             ,
             cherished
             their
             fancies
             ,
             and
             made
             them
             seeke
             unto
             the
             forsaken
             Muses
             for
             witty
             inventions
             .
             Hee
             would
             heare
             Suits
             in
             open
             Court
             ,
             and
             redresse
             the
             wrongs
             
             of
             the
             oppressed
             ,
             and
             tooke
             pleasure
             to
             advance
             his
             houshold
             servants
             ,
             and
             gave
             them
             meanes
             for
             bringing
             up
             their
             sons
             ,
             and
             marrying
             their
             daughters
             :
             And
             as
             he
             was
             a
             favourer
             of
             Learning
             ,
             so
             
               Bartholl
               ,
               Baldus
               ,
               Petrarch
               ,
               Bociac
               ,
               Plorindes
               ,
               Bonaventure
               ,
            
             and
             
               John
               Wickliffe
            
             of
             Oxford
             in
             England
             lived
             in
             his
             Reigne
             .
             But
             Vertues
             are
             not
             hereditary
             ,
             for
             Charles
             sonne
             to
             this
             King
             ,
             degenerated
             from
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             France
             was
             afterward
             punished
             in
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             the
             succeeding
             Kings
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             confused
             government
             brought
             forth
             sad
             effects
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             to
             bee
             expected
             where
             the
             rabble
             multitude
             have
             a
             power
             unrestrained
             by
             Authority
             ,
             and
             doe
             swarme
             and
             rove
             about
             like
             unruly
             Bees
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Charles
               6.
            
             the
             53.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1380.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Charles
             6.
             about
             the
             age
             of
             14.
             yeares
             ,
             was
             crowned
             the
             first
             of
             
               November
               ,
               Anno.
               Dom.
            
             1380.
             
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Reigne
             hee
             received
             homage
             for
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Bretagne
             ,
             and
             enforced
             the
             Gaulois
             to
             their
             obedience
             to
             their
             Duke
             ;
             as
             also
             
             he
             chastised
             the
             Parisians
             ,
             who
             had
             mutinyed
             about
             imposts
             ,
             having
             Mallets
             as
             a
             token
             of
             their
             faction
             ,
             whereupon
             they
             were
             called
             Maillotins
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             
               Peter
               de
               Craon
            
             wounded
             Clifson
             Constable
             of
             France
             ,
             whereof
             the
             King
             intending
             a
             revenge
             ,
             fell
             into
             a
             frensie
             ,
             by
             reason
             whereof
             the
             kingdome
             was
             put
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Berry
             and
             Burgundy
             ,
             who
             laying
             hands
             upon
             Clisson
             ,
             by
             an
             Act
             of
             Parlement
             ,
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             deprived
             of
             his
             estate
             ,
             and
             banished
             the
             kingdome
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             of
             England
             marryed
             the
             Lady
             Isabell
             ,
             the
             eldest
             Daughter
             to
             Charles
             .
             whereupon
             a
             Truce
             was
             concluded
             betweene
             the
             English
             and
             French
             for
             Thirty
             yeares
             .
             But
             King
             Richard
             being
             afterward
             slaine
             ,
             shee
             was
             sent
             backe
             into
             France
             without
             a
             Dowry
             ;
             by
             reason
             whereof
             the
             Duke
             of
             Orleans
             presented
             a
             combate
             of
             seven
             French
             against
             seven
             English
             within
             the
             lists
             ,
             which
             combate
             the
             French
             gained
             .
             Then
             
             also
             upon
             some
             rancors
             and
             dissentions
             betweene
             the
             houses
             of
             Burgundy
             and
             Orleans
             for
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             John
             the
             eldest
             sonne
             of
             the
             late
             Count
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             caused
             the
             Duke
             of
             Orleans
             ,
             brother
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             be
             slaine
             the
             22.
             of
             November
             ,
             1407
             ,
             whereupon
             ensued
             all
             the
             subsequent
             disorders
             in
             France
             ,
             by
             meanes
             whereof
             the
             King
             of
             England
             gained
             the
             famous
             and
             memorable
             battaile
             of
             Agincourt
             ,
             and
             continued
             his
             warres
             for
             the
             space
             of
             29.
             or
             30.
             yeares
             ,
             during
             which
             he
             tooke
             Rouen
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             manner
             all
             Normandy
             .
             In
             those
             times
             also
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             was
             slaine
             at
             a
             Parlement
             upon
             the
             Bridge
             of
             
               Montereau
               Faux-yonne
            
             ,
             by
             those
             that
             accompanied
             the
             Dauphine
             ,
             who
             for
             that
             fact
             was
             by
             his
             Father
             Charles
             ,
             not
             yet
             in
             sense
             ,
             dis-inherited
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             place
             he
             instituted
             Henry
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             to
             whom
             upon
             a
             peace
             hee
             had
             given
             in
             marriage
             Katherine
             of
             France
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             government
             of
             France
             and
             
             Paris
             ,
             making
             warres
             against
             the
             Dauphin
             untill
             death
             ,
             which
             was
             followed
             with
             that
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             had
             before
             given
             consent
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bedford
             ,
             to
             be
             Regent
             in
             France
             for
             young
             King
             Henry
             ,
             who
             was
             yet
             in
             his
             Cradle
             .
          
           
             This
             Charles
             the
             6.
             was
             of
             a
             magnanimous
             and
             Heroick
             soule
             ,
             full
             of
             the
             fire
             of
             true
             valour
             ,
             which
             upon
             any
             brave
             occasion
             broke
             forth
             in
             glorious
             actions
             :
             which
             vertue
             was
             declared
             in
             his
             younger
             yeares
             by
             this
             answer
             to
             his
             Father
             Charles
             the
             fifth
             ,
             by
             whom
             a
             Crowne
             of
             Gold
             enchased
             with
             precious
             Stones
             ,
             and
             a
             Helmet
             of
             Steele
             fairely
             guilt
             ,
             being
             propounded
             to
             his
             choise
             ,
             hee
             answered
             hee
             would
             rather
             chuse
             the
             Helmet
             than
             the
             Crowne
             .
             Afterward
             being
             crowned
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             this
             Sonne
             of
             valour
             rising
             in
             the
             spheare
             of
             Majesty
             ,
             shined
             forth
             with
             early
             beames
             of
             valour
             ;
             for
             being
             shewed
             by
             his
             Officers
             ,
             his
             deceased
             Fathers
             rich
             Treasury
             and
             precious
             moveables
             ,
             and
             also
             his
             Armory
             full
             of
             warlicke
             Furniture
             ,
             
             and
             all
             sorts
             of
             Armes
             ,
             hee
             said
             ,
             He
             had
             rather
             have
             those
             Armes
             ,
             than
             his
             Fathers
             Riches
             .
             As
             this
             King
             and
             his
             Noblemen
             marched
             against
             the
             Duke
             of
             Britaine
             ,
             being
             entred
             the
             Forrest
             of
             Mans
             ,
             a
             man
             bare-headed
             and
             bare-legged
             ,
             attired
             in
             a
             Coate
             of
             white
             Rugge
             ,
             steps
             suddainly
             forth
             betwixt
             two
             Trees
             ,
             taking
             hold
             of
             the
             Raines
             of
             the
             Kings
             Horse
             ,
             and
             staying
             him
             ,
             said
             unto
             him
             :
             King
             ride
             no
             farther
             ,
             but
             returne
             backe
             ,
             for
             thou
             art
             betrayed
             :
             The
             King
             was
             amazed
             at
             this
             voice
             and
             the
             man
             being
             forced
             with
             blowes
             to
             leave
             the
             Raines
             of
             his
             Horse
             ,
             vanished
             .
             Afterward
             it
             chanced
             that
             his
             Page
             being
             very
             sleepy
             ,
             let
             fall
             his
             Lance
             upon
             him
             which
             carryed
             the
             Helmet
             ,
             making
             a
             great
             noise
             like
             the
             rustling
             of
             Armes
             ,
             the
             King
             starts
             with
             amazement
             at
             this
             noise
             ,
             and
             seeing
             the
             Crimson
             Bandroll
             of
             the
             Lance
             ,
             having
             his
             spirits
             weakened
             with
             the
             former
             distemperatures
             ,
             transported
             with
             the
             imagination
             of
             this
             sound
             ,
             sleepy
             with
             labour
             
             and
             heate
             ,
             he
             imagins
             himselfe
             to
             be
             compassed
             in
             with
             many
             armed
             men
             which
             pursu'd
             him
             to
             the
             death
             .
             Charles
             thus
             transported
             with
             this
             phrenzy
             ,
             layes
             hold
             on
             his
             Sword
             ,
             drawes
             it
             ,
             runnes
             violently
             after
             his
             Pages
             ,
             and
             calls
             them
             Traytors
             .
             The
             Pages
             conceiving
             at
             first
             that
             hee
             had
             beene
             displeased
             for
             the
             disorder
             of
             the
             Lance
             ,
             flye
             from
             him
             :
             The
             King
             follows
             after
             :
             The
             Duke
             of
             Orleance
             runnes
             towards
             him
             to
             let
             him
             know
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             anger
             .
             The
             King
             very
             violently
             layes
             at
             him
             ,
             not
             knowing
             him
             ;
             the
             Duke
             flyes
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             follows
             .
             Thereupon
             all
             drawing
             neare
             unto
             him
             ,
             they
             take
             his
             Sword
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             thick
             Velvet
             Jerkin
             ,
             and
             scarlet
             Cap
             ,
             and
             lay
             him
             on
             the
             ground
             .
          
           
             Pope
             Urban
             his
             Enemy
             ,
             triumphing
             and
             rejoycing
             at
             his
             misery
             ,
             said
             it
             was
             a
             just
             judgment
             of
             God
             for
             supporting
             and
             assisting
             his
             Competitor
             :
             But
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             sayes
             ,
             
               O
               how
            
             
             
               happy
               is
               he
               that
               judgeth
               wisely
               of
               the
               afflicted
               ,
            
             representing
             an
             admirable
             example
             in
             Job
             ,
             who
             was
             accused
             by
             his
             friends
             that
             hee
             was
             an
             hypocrite
             ,
             good
             in
             shew
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             integrity
             of
             life
             .
             Such
             is
             the
             judgment
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             accounting
             adversity
             a
             vice
             ,
             and
             prosperity
             a
             vertue
             ,
             measuring
             matters
             according
             to
             their
             passions
             ,
             and
             not
             with
             reason
             ;
             for
             GODS
             Judgments
             are
             just
             and
             righteous
             ,
             but
             the
             causes
             thereof
             are
             unknowne
             ,
             though
             GOD
             doth
             all
             well
             whatsoever
             he
             doth
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Henry
               the
               fifth
               ,
               King
               of
               England
               .
               Anno
            
             1412.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THough
             it
             be
             more
             easie
             to
             succeed
             in
             victoryes
             ,
             than
             atchieve
             them
             ,
             yet
             this
             Henry
             maintained
             by
             the
             sword
             that
             Title
             of
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             which
             his
             Predecessor
             ,
             Edward
             the
             third
             had
             gained
             ;
             and
             as
             King
             Edward
             cut
             down
             the
             Flower
             of
             France
             
             in
             the
             Battaile
             of
             Cressey
             ,
             so
             Henry
             the
             fift
             ,
             exasperated
             by
             the
             Dolpins
             of
             France
             ,
             sending
             him
             a
             Tunne
             of
             Tennis
             Balls
             ,
             sent
             him
             backe
             such
             Iron
             Balls
             ,
             or
             Bullets
             ,
             that
             the
             French
             were
             neare
             brought
             to
             a
             great
             hazzard
             in
             this
             Tennis
             Court
             ,
             or
             field
             of
             Mars
             .
             For
             hereby
             Henry
             wonne
             France
             ,
             teaching
             Princes
             ,
             that
             contempt
             addes
             a
             double
             courage
             ,
             when
             right
             is
             by
             contumelies
             sought
             with
             greater
             violence
             .
          
           
             Afterward
             King
             Henry
             tooke
             Harflew
             ,
             and
             fought
             the
             memorable
             battaile
             of
             Agincourt
             ,
             wherein
             hee
             got
             a
             wonderfull
             and
             unexpected
             victory
             ,
             by
             a
             stratagem
             of
             erecting
             sharpe
             Stakes
             before
             the
             foote
             troopes
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Horse
             issuing
             violently
             ,
             they
             were
             disranked
             and
             routed
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             earth
             blush't
             with
             blood
             to
             see
             the
             French
             so
             overtaken
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             Archers
             upon
             the
             nicke
             of
             this
             opportunity
             sent
             many
             showres
             of
             Arrowes
             ,
             whereby
             the
             whole
             Army
             on
             the
             French
             side
             was
             discomfited
             ;
             and
             the
             English
             Archers
             
             giving
             backe
             ,
             the
             French
             Horsemen
             ran
             themselves
             upon
             the
             sharpe
             poynted
             stakes
             .
             At
             last
             the
             French
             maine
             Battaile
             was
             put
             to
             flight
             ,
             and
             then
             King
             Henry
             gave
             thankes
             unto
             God
             ,
             the
             giver
             of
             all
             victoryes
             .
          
           
             This
             Battaile
             was
             famous
             ,
             triumphant
             ,
             and
             fortunate
             ;
             the
             successe
             whereof
             was
             celebrated
             with
             great
             joy
             at
             the
             Kings
             returne
             into
             England
             ;
             Princes
             being
             then
             most
             amiable
             (
             as
             well
             as
             private
             men
             )
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             their
             subjects
             ,
             when
             Fortune
             smiles
             on
             their
             attempts
             :
             and
             Victories
             ,
             such
             as
             this
             was
             at
             Poictiers
             ,
             makes
             their
             vertues
             more
             apparant
             .
          
           
             Afterward
             ,
             Truce
             being
             made
             with
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             broken
             ,
             hee
             invades
             France
             againe
             ,
             and
             takes
             the
             Towne
             of
             Harflew
             in
             Normandy
             ,
             and
             Cane
             .
             Then
             proceeding
             in
             his
             Conquest
             of
             Normandy
             ,
             takes
             Fallais
             ,
             after
             a
             long
             siege
             ,
             and
             Articles
             of
             agreement
             confirmed
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             besieges
             also
             Roane
             ,
             and
             the
             Lady
             Katharines
             Picture
             
             was
             sent
             to
             King
             Henry
             ,
             to
             move
             him
             to
             pitty
             Roane
             :
             Hee
             grants
             them
             peace
             ,
             and
             receives
             of
             the
             Burgesses
             of
             Roane
             356000.
             
             Crownes
             of
             gold
             ,
             upon
             the
             sixteenth
             of
             
               June
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1418.
             
          
           
             Afterward
             many
             Townes
             were
             surrendered
             to
             Henry
             :
             At
             last
             a
             peace
             was
             concluded
             betweene
             King
             Henry
             ,
             and
             King
             Charles
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgogne
             .
             Afterward
             Henry
             goes
             in
             person
             to
             Trois
             .
             where
             he
             was
             met
             by
             Iohn
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             Queene
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Lady
               Katharine
            
             ,
             to
             whom
             hee
             was
             contracted
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             marriage
             peace
             was
             established
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             Crowne
             of
             France
             was
             entailed
             to
             England
             ;
             and
             the
             Subjects
             of
             France
             were
             sworne
             to
             duty
             of
             allegeance
             unto
             King
             Henry
             ;
             as
             also
             the
             two
             Crownes
             of
             England
             and
             France
             were
             united
             and
             confirmed
             to
             King
             Henry
             ,
             by
             his
             marrying
             the
             Lady
             Katherine
             ;
             for
             marryages
             have
             alwayes
             beene
             the
             happy
             conclusions
             of
             Tragicall
             
             Warres
             ,
             as
             may
             appeare
             by
             happy
             marriage
             .
          
           
             Afterward
             the
             French
             growing
             rebellious
             ,
             King
             Henry
             besieges
             Paris
             ,
             and
             takes
             it
             .
             Bicardy
             afterward
             sweares
             fealty
             and
             obedience
             to
             King
             Hen.
             Matters
             being
             setled
             ,
             all
             the
             Warres
             was
             concluded
             with
             joyfull
             Solemnities
             at
             the
             marriage
             of
             King
             Henry
             and
             the
             Lady
             Katharine
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             returned
             afterward
             into
             England
             ,
             where
             every
             Subject
             exprest
             his
             love
             and
             loyalty
             to
             him
             ,
             each
             one
             contending
             ,
             who
             should
             be
             the
             forwardest
             for
             the
             entertaining
             of
             so
             Noble
             and
             victorious
             a
             Prince
             ,
             and
             his
             most
             Royall
             Consort
             .
          
           
             Afterward
             King
             Henry
             being
             at
             the
             siege
             of
             Meaux
             ,
             his
             wife
             was
             delivered
             of
             Henry
             of
             Munmouth
             ,
             his
             last
             joy
             on
             earth
             ;
             for
             not
             long
             after
             sickning
             at
             at
             Melum
             ,
             and
             his
             malady
             encreasing
             at
             
               Bois
               De
               vincennois
            
             ,
             hee
             cheerefully
             rendred
             his
             Soule
             to
             GOD
             ,
             who
             received
             him
             to
             immortall
             joy
             ,
             where
             
             he
             remaines
             Crowned
             with
             Caelestiall
             glory
             ,
             while
             his
             body
             being
             conveyed
             into
             England
             ,
             was
             with
             all
             pompous
             Celebrity
             interred
             in
             the
             Church
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             where
             on
             his
             Tombe
             are
             ingraven
             these
             Verses
             .
          
           
             
               Dux
               Normanorum
               ,
               verus
               Conquestor
               eorum
               ,
            
             
               Haeres
               Francorum
               ,
               decesset
               &
               Hector
               eorum
               .
            
          
           
             
               Here
               Normans
               Duke
               ,
               so
               stil'd
               by
               Conquest
               just
               ,
            
             
               True
               heire
               of
               France
               ,
               great
               Hector
               lyes
               in
               Dust.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Charles
               7.
            
             the
             54.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1422.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             AFter
             the
             decease
             of
             Charles
             the
             6
             ,
             Charles
             7.
             his
             sonne
             ,
             began
             to
             style
             himselfe
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             his
             Father
             had
             dis-inherited
             him
             ,
             and
             given
             it
             to
             Henry
             King
             of
             England
             .
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Reigne
             having
             made
             Count
             
             Arthur
             ,
             brother
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bretagne
             ,
             High
             Constable
             of
             France
             ,
             sent
             him
             against
             the
             English
             ,
             who
             in
             a
             manner
             were
             Masters
             of
             all
             France
             ,
             and
             had
             now
             beleaguered
             Orleans
             contrary
             to
             their
             promise
             made
             to
             their
             Duke
             ,
             who
             at
             that
             time
             was
             prisoner
             in
             England
             :
             whereupon
             the
             King
             sent
             the
             Count
             of
             Dunois
             ,
             the
             Bastard
             of
             
               Orleans
               ,
               Pothon
               ,
               Hire
            
             ,
             all
             valiant
             Commanders
             to
             relieve
             it
             .
             At
             that
             time
             the
             French
             lost
             the
             Battaile
             of
             Harens
             :
             whereupon
             the
             King
             being
             enraged
             ,
             and
             not
             knowing
             which
             way
             best
             to
             betake
             himselfe
             ,
             was
             encouraged
             by
             Joane
             the
             Maid
             ,
             who
             miraculously
             drove
             the
             English
             from
             before
             Orleance
             :
             and
             having
             recovered
             many
             lost
             Townes
             ,
             and
             gained
             the
             battaile
             neare
             Patay
             ,
             and
             conveyed
             the
             King
             to
             be
             crowned
             at
             Rheims
             ,
             but
             upon
             a
             Sally
             which
             she
             made
             out
             of
             Champagne
             upon
             the
             English
             ,
             she
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             put
             to
             death
             at
             Rouen
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             end
             a
             peace
             being
             made
             betweene
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             and
             the
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             they
             first
             drove
             the
             English
             out
             of
             Paris
             ,
             nineteene
             yeares
             after
             their
             enjoying
             it
             ,
             into
             which
             the
             King
             made
             his
             entry
             the
             twelfth
             of
             
               November
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1437
             ,
             to
             equall
             which
             there
             presently
             ensued
             the
             Praguery
             Faction
             .
             The
             quarrells
             also
             of
             the
             Houses
             of
             Orleance
             and
             Burgundy
             were
             extinguished
             by
             the
             Marriage
             of
             Charles
             Duke
             of
             Orleance
             ,
             with
             Mary
             of
             Cleue
             ,
             neare
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             :
             The
             English
             also
             lived
             promiscuously
             with
             the
             French
             ,
             but
             the
             Truce
             being
             broken
             by
             an
             English
             Captaine
             ,
             who
             took
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             Fougeres
             ,
             the
             King
             imployed
             his
             uttermost
             to
             quit
             France
             of
             all
             the
             English
             :
             and
             thereupon
             hee
             to
             this
             designe
             appointed
             his
             Franc-archers
             or
             Boemen
             ,
             and
             began
             with
             Normandy
             ,
             which
             he
             reduced
             wholly
             to
             his
             obedience
             :
             after
             that
             Guienne
             and
             the
             Citty
             of
             Bourdeaux
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             the
             English
             could
             retaine
             nothing
             on
             that
             side
             the
             Seas
             ,
             but
             Cales
             and
             the
             County
             of
             Guiennes
             .
             The
             King
             enjoying
             
             this
             repose
             of
             peace
             ,
             was
             much
             troubled
             with
             the
             absence
             of
             the
             Dauphin
             ,
             who
             for
             sixe
             yeares
             had
             betaken
             himselfe
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             and
             thence
             into
             Brabant
             ,
             where
             hee
             remained
             till
             his
             Fathers
             decease
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             22.
             of
             
               July
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1461.
             
          
           
             This
             King
             being
             unfortunate
             in
             his
             Warres
             ,
             grew
             so
             behind
             hand
             both
             in
             fame
             and
             estate
             ,
             that
             amongst
             other
             afflictions
             ,
             hee
             was
             burthened
             with
             reproach
             and
             poverty
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             dined
             in
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             attended
             on
             by
             his
             houshold
             servants
             ,
             where
             Pothon
             and
             
               la
               Hire
            
             comming
             to
             Chusteandun
             to
             require
             succours
             ,
             found
             him
             at
             Table
             with
             a
             Rumpe
             of
             Mutton
             and
             two
             Chickens
             .
             He
             was
             reproached
             for
             the
             love
             of
             faire
             Agnes
             ,
             but
             the
             History
             of
             
               St.
               Dennis
            
             reports
             ,
             that
             hee
             loved
             her
             onely
             for
             her
             pleasing
             behaviour
             ,
             eloquent
             speech
             ,
             and
             beauty
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             never
             used
             any
             lascivious
             action
             unto
             her
             ,
             nor
             never
             touched
             her
             beneath
             the
             chinne
             .
             Joane
             a
             Virgin
             ,
             or
             rather
             
             Witch
             ,
             professing
             that
             she
             had
             a
             Revelation
             how
             to
             succour
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             chase
             the
             English
             from
             Orleance
             ,
             was
             brought
             by
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               Baudie
               Court
            
             ,
             Provost
             of
             Vancoleurs
             to
             Chinon
             ,
             attired
             like
             a
             man.
             The
             King
             takes
             upon
             him
             the
             habite
             of
             a
             Countryman
             ,
             yet
             shee
             goes
             directly
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             although
             they
             told
             her
             shee
             was
             mistaken
             .
             Shee
             had
             Armes
             and
             Horse
             given
             her
             ,
             with
             a
             Troope
             to
             enter
             the
             City
             ,
             accompanied
             by
             the
             Admirall
             and
             Martiall
             of
             France
             :
             Shee
             comes
             to
             Orleance
             ,
             they
             rejoyce
             to
             behold
             the
             Maiden
             Warriour
             ,
             whereupon
             Joane
             sends
             threats
             to
             the
             English
             by
             Letter
             ,
             subscribed
             ,
             Vnderstand
             these
             Newes
             from
             God
             and
             from
             the
             Virgin
             .
             Orleance
             was
             assaulted
             by
             her
             counsell
             :
             The
             Virgin
             entred
             the
             Fort
             first
             ,
             crying
             ,
             
               Montjoy
               St.
               Dennis
               ,
               the
               Fort
               is
               wonne
               .
            
             The
             English
             grew
             amazed
             at
             the
             Virgins
             exploits
             :
             In
             memory
             whereof
             a
             Monument
             was
             erected
             ;
             King
             Charles
             the
             seventh
             armed
             ,
             and
             Joane
             the
             Virgin
             
             armed
             ,
             kneeling
             on
             their
             knees
             before
             a
             Crucifixe
             of
             Brasse
             ,
             which
             is
             still
             to
             bee
             seene
             upon
             the
             Bridge
             at
             Orleance
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lewis
             the
             11.
             and
             55.
             
             
               King
               of
            
             France
             .
             Anno
             1461.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             LEwis
             the
             11.
             departing
             out
             of
             Brabant
             ,
             being
             accompanyed
             with
             the
             Duke
             ,
             Philip
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             and
             the
             Count
             of
             Charolois
             his
             
             sonne
             ,
             caused
             himselfe
             to
             be
             crowned
             King
             of
             
               France
               ▪
            
             the
             fifteenth
             of
             August
             1461.
             
             The
             Princes
             seeing
             themselves
             in
             contempt
             ,
             especially
             
               Mounsier
               Charles
            
             his
             brother
             ,
             who
             rose
             up
             in
             Armes
             against
             him
             ,
             under
             a
             pretensive
             colour
             for
             the
             common
             good
             ,
             giving
             him
             the
             famous
             battaile
             of
             Montlehery
             ,
             the
             fifteenth
             of
             
               Iuly
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1463.
             
             The
             King
             for
             the
             dissipating
             of
             their
             forces
             ,
             following
             the
             advise
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Milan
             ,
             gave
             Normandy
             to
             his
             brother
             ,
             which
             afterwards
             by
             subtilties
             he
             withdrew
             from
             him
             againe
             .
             But
             in
             the
             end
             hee
             was
             enforced
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             to
             give
             unto
             his
             brother
             
               Mounsier
               Charles
            
             the
             Counties
             of
             Champagne
             and
             Brie
             ,
             which
             hee
             afterward
             exchanged
             for
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Guienne
             ,
             by
             this
             meanes
             to
             weane
             him
             from
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             recalling
             all
             the
             Townes
             upon
             this
             side
             the
             River
             Somme
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             against
             his
             brother
             Charles
             ,
             for
             the
             withdrawing
             of
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Guienne
             ,
             who
             immediately
             
             dyed
             ,
             not
             without
             suspition
             of
             poyson
             .
             Afterwards
             he
             made
             a
             treaty
             of
             peace
             at
             Bouvines
             ,
             with
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Bretagne
             and
             Burgundy
             for
             the
             ensnaring
             of
             the
             
               High
               Constable
            
             S.
             Paul
             ,
             who
             had
             beene
             the
             prime
             sparke
             of
             all
             the
             dissentions
             after
             the
             battaile
             of
             Montlehery
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             King
             works
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             quite
             out
             with
             the
             Emperour
             Fredericke
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Duke
             of
             Loraine
             ,
             working
             his
             ruine
             at
             the
             siege
             of
             Mus.
             Then
             he
             takes
             in
             many
             Townes
             of
             the
             Burgundion
             ,
             who
             had
             appealed
             to
             the
             English
             for
             aide
             ,
             with
             whom
             the
             King
             had
             already
             made
             a
             treaty
             of
             Piquigny
             ,
             by
             which
             Charles
             the
             Kings
             sonne
             was
             to
             marry
             with
             the
             daughter
             of
             England
             ,
             when
             they
             came
             to
             be
             of
             age
             ;
             which
             constrained
             the
             Burgundion
             to
             make
             his
             peace
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             deliver
             the
             High
             Constable
             into
             his
             power
             .
             The
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             was
             slaine
             before
             Nancy
             ,
             leaving
             one
             sole
             Daughter
             Mary
             ,
             who
             was
             marryed
             to
             Maximilian
             ,
             the
             onely
             son
             
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Fredericke
             ;
             by
             reason
             whereof
             the
             King
             recovered
             all
             the
             Countrey
             upon
             the
             Somme
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Dutchy
             and
             County
             of
             Burgundy
             .
             But
             afterwards
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             caused
             the
             Franch-Conite
             to
             revolt
             .
             After
             this
             the
             King
             allyed
             himselfe
             to
             the
             Swisses
             ,
             and
             recovered
             the
             County
             of
             Provence
             ,
             from
             Renatus
             Duke
             of
             Aniou
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Donation
             .
             The
             K.
             afterwards
             having
             marryed
             his
             son
             Charles
             to
             the
             Lady
             Marguerite
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             hee
             surrendered
             his
             life
             the
             30
             of
             Aug.
             1483.
             
          
           
             Hee
             said
             that
             Charles
             the
             sage
             might
             be
             a
             wise
             man
             in
             his
             Tiring-Chamber
             ,
             or
             Closet
             ,
             but
             in
             giving
             his
             youngest
             brother
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             hee
             played
             the
             fooles
             part
             .
             Being
             told
             after
             a
             battaile
             ,
             that
             his
             enemy
             Count
             Charolois
             did
             lodge
             in
             the
             field
             :
             He
             replyed
             ,
             That
             he
             having
             neither
             Towne
             nor
             Castle
             must
             needes
             lodge
             in
             a
             field-bed
             .
             It
             was
             his
             usuall
             saying
             :
             That
             when
             pride
             walketh
             ,
             or
             rideth
             afore
             ,
             shame
             and
             dishonour
             ,
             like
             servingmen
             ,
             
             attend
             behind
             .
             Being
             told
             that
             one
             of
             the
             Canons
             of
             the
             Church
             where
             hee
             had
             heard
             Masse
             was
             dead
             ,
             he
             gave
             the
             Prebendship
             to
             a
             Priest
             which
             lay
             sleeping
             in
             an
             adjoyning
             Chappell
             ,
             that
             hee
             should
             say
             afterward
             ,
             that
             his
             good
             fortune
             came
             unto
             him
             sleeping
             .
             To
             a
             Gentleman
             that
             was
             ready
             to
             handle
             a
             rich
             Chaine
             of
             gold
             ,
             which
             a
             Captaine
             wore
             about
             his
             neck
             ,
             and
             was
             suspected
             to
             be
             made
             of
             the
             reliques
             of
             a
             Church
             ,
             he
             said
             :
             Take
             heede
             how
             you
             touch
             that
             Chaine
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             a
             holy
             thing
             .
          
           
             He
             said
             also
             ,
             that
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             his
             troubles
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             reigne
             ,
             if
             by
             the
             expression
             of
             courage
             and
             experience
             he
             had
             not
             procured
             feare
             and
             reverence
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             beene
             ranked
             amongst
             the
             unfortunate
             Princes
             in
             the
             last
             Chapter
             of
             Boccace
             .
             A
             rich
             Nobleman
             having
             builded
             a
             faire
             Hospitall
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             That
             having
             made
             many
             poore
             for
             the
             Hospitall
             ,
             hee
             might
             justly
             make
             an
             Hospitall
             for
             the
             poore
             ,
             and
             so
             convert
             his
             sinnes
             into
             Almes-houses
             .
             Hee
             
             would
             often
             say
             to
             his
             Noblemen
             ,
             that
             his
             sonne
             should
             learne
             no
             more
             Latine
             ,
             than
             
               Qui
               nescit
               dissimulare
               ,
               nescit
               regnare
            
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             and
             Common-wealth
             was
             his
             best
             study
             ,
             for
             other
             studies
             would
             too
             much
             soften
             his
             minde
             ,
             and
             Historicall
             examples
             ,
             unfortunate
             in
             their
             event
             ,
             and
             successe
             ,
             would
             discourage
             him
             from
             attempting
             brave
             Actions
             .
             He
             said
             also
             that
             the
             Genowayes
             should
             not
             long
             remaine
             under
             his
             protection
             ,
             for
             he
             would
             bequeath
             them
             to
             the
             Divell
             .
             Being
             advised
             to
             send
             an
             Embassadour
             ,
             that
             had
             many
             Dignities
             and
             Titles
             :
             he
             said
             he
             is
             like
             a
             peece
             of
             Brachigraphy
             ,
             that
             hath
             many
             a
             Title
             but
             Learning
             very
             little
             .
             Being
             told
             that
             the
             Gout
             haunted
             rich
             men
             that
             fared
             deliciously
             ,
             and
             wore
             fine
             cloathing
             ;
             he
             said
             ,
             hee
             would
             alwaies
             afterward
             weare
             cloathcloathes
             ,
             because
             the
             Gout
             should
             not
             take
             him
             for
             a
             rich
             man.
             He
             could
             finde
             all
             things
             he
             said
             in
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             his
             Court
             ,
             except
             truth
             ,
             which
             was
             sicke
             
             in
             his
             fathers
             time
             ,
             and
             was
             now
             starke
             dead
             ,
             having
             before
             her
             death
             made
             no
             Confession
             to
             a
             Priest.
             The
             Realme
             of
             France
             he
             said
             was
             a
             meddow
             which
             he
             did
             cut
             every
             yeere
             ,
             and
             as
             often
             as
             he
             listed
             .
             He
             asking
             a
             meane
             fellow
             ,
             which
             knew
             not
             the
             King
             when
             he
             saw
             him
             ,
             what
             he
             gained
             by
             following
             the
             Court
             ?
             The
             fellow
             answered
             ,
             I
             get
             as
             much
             as
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             maintenance
             while
             I
             live
             ,
             and
             a
             sheete
             when
             I
             dye
             .
          
           
             He
             said
             that
             a
             curious
             ignorant
             man
             ,
             having
             a
             Library
             of
             faire
             Bookes
             ,
             was
             like
             a
             crooke-backt
             man
             having
             a
             Bunch
             on
             his
             backe
             ,
             whereby
             the
             deformity
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             &
             the
             ignorance
             of
             the
             other
             was
             more
             discerned
             .
             He
             made
             gold
             the
             engine
             of
             his
             actions
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             an
             Army
             of
             silver
             Launces
             doth
             usually
             winne
             the
             victory
             .
             Great
             services
             (
             he
             said
             )
             through
             the
             arrogancy
             of
             the
             parties
             performing
             them
             ,
             or
             the
             neglect
             of
             Princes
             regarding
             them
             ,
             were
             often
             recompenced
             with
             hatred
             or
             ingratitude
             ▪
             and
             therefore
             the
             bounty
             of
             Princes
             exceeding
             
             desert
             was
             more
             fortunate
             and
             happy
             than
             desert
             exceeding
             the
             bounty
             of
             Princes
             ,
             not
             enduring
             to
             be
             indebted
             or
             obliged
             .
             Having
             felt
             the
             smart
             of
             the
             English
             warres
             ,
             he
             said
             the
             King
             of
             England
             was
             his
             Brother
             in
             his
             owne
             Countrey
             ,
             but
             hee
             did
             not
             like
             his
             company
             in
             France
             .
          
           
             Having
             caused
             a
             faire
             goodly
             Tombe
             to
             bee
             made
             for
             the
             faire
             Lady
             Agnes
             ,
             the
             love
             of
             his
             late
             Father
             ,
             the
             Cannons
             of
             the
             Church
             desiring
             that
             the
             Monument
             might
             bee
             removed
             out
             of
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             Church
             into
             a
             side
             I
             le
             ,
             or
             Chappell
             ,
             he
             answered
             ,
             that
             their
             request
             was
             neither
             just
             nor
             reasonable
             ,
             neither
             would
             he
             suffer
             her
             Tombe
             (
             whom
             his
             father
             loved
             )
             to
             be
             violated
             .
          
           
             After
             
               Monsieur
               Bussi
            
             was
             beheaded
             and
             buryed
             ,
             he
             caused
             the
             head
             to
             be
             digged
             up
             againe
             ,
             and
             placed
             on
             a
             wooden
             pole
             in
             the
             Market
             place
             ,
             and
             so
             being
             covered
             with
             a
             scarlet
             Cappe
             ,
             furred
             with
             Minivere
             ,
             in
             regard
             he
             had
             
             beene
             a
             Counsellour
             of
             the
             Parliament
             .
             A
             suiter
             to
             the
             King
             for
             an
             Office
             ,
             bein
             denyed
             ,
             humbly
             thanked
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             who
             wondring
             at
             his
             moderate
             ,
             yet
             man-like
             spirit
             ,
             asked
             if
             he
             conceived
             a
             right
             of
             his
             answer
             ?
             yes
             ,
             said
             the
             Suiter
             ,
             and
             I
             thanke
             your
             Majesty
             for
             giving
             me
             a
             dispatching
             denyall
             ,
             rather
             than
             feeding
             delayes
             :
             with
             which
             Answer
             the
             King
             was
             so
             contented
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             his
             Office
             immediatly
             granted
             .
          
           
             A
             Noble-man
             seeing
             this
             King
             ride
             a
             Hunting
             on
             a
             very
             little
             Horse
             ,
             said
             he
             had
             gotten
             a
             goodly
             stout
             Horse
             ;
             for
             though
             he
             seemed
             but
             weake
             and
             little
             ,
             yet
             he
             must
             needes
             be
             very
             strong
             ,
             because
             he
             carryed
             him
             with
             all
             his
             Counsell
             :
             Thereby
             taxing
             the
             King
             ,
             preferring
             the
             wisedome
             of
             his
             owne
             conceite
             before
             all
             other
             Counsell
             .
          
           
             Hee
             demanding
             what
             present
             he
             might
             bestow
             on
             the
             English
             Embassadors
             that
             might
             not
             cost
             him
             much
             ,
             was
             answered
             ;
             That
             he
             might
             present
             
             them
             with
             his
             Musitians
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             not
             cost
             him
             much
             ,
             as
             formerly
             they
             had
             done
             .
          
           
             Before
             the
             joyning
             of
             a
             Battaile
             ,
             this
             King
             said
             hastily
             unto
             a
             Noble-man
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             no
             affiance
             in
             his
             service
             :
             who
             for
             proofe
             thereof
             ,
             having
             desired
             to
             exchange
             Armes
             and
             Ensignes
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             charged
             bravely
             on
             the
             enemy
             ,
             and
             being
             supposed
             to
             be
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             slaine
             :
             wherein
             the
             King
             with
             weeping
             teares
             sayd
             ,
             he
             had
             lost
             his
             life
             to
             expresse
             his
             love
             and
             loyalty
             .
             Being
             informed
             that
             the
             Saracens
             were
             misreckned
             10000
             Francks
             ,
             in
             the
             payment
             of
             200000
             thousand
             pounds
             for
             a
             ransome
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             embarke
             or
             set
             saile
             untill
             the
             aforesaid
             Francks
             were
             paid
             :
             such
             was
             his
             fidelity
             to
             those
             Infidells
             .
             This
             King
             having
             appoynted
             a
             Bishop
             to
             goe
             take
             a
             Muster
             of
             the
             Souldiers
             in
             Paris
             ,
             a
             great
             Noble-man
             desired
             a
             Commission
             to
             reforme
             the
             Bishops
             Church
             ,
             saying
             that
             employment
             was
             as
             fit
             for
             him
             ,
             as
             the
             other
             was
             for
             the
             
             Bishop
             .
             When
             this
             King
             was
             Daulphin
             of
             France
             ,
             he
             taking
             great
             pleasure
             in
             hunting
             ,
             often
             resorted
             to
             a
             poore
             Forresters
             Cottage
             ,
             where
             he
             did
             use
             to
             eate
             Radishes
             ,
             he
             comming
             to
             be
             King
             ,
             the
             Forrester
             perswaded
             by
             his
             Wife
             ,
             &
             in
             hope
             of
             reward
             ,
             presented
             to
             the
             King
             a
             faire
             Radish
             ,
             which
             his
             Majesty
             accepted
             ,
             and
             rewarded
             the
             Forrester
             with
             a
             thousand
             Crownes
             .
             Afterward
             a
             Courtier
             presented
             the
             King
             with
             a
             faire
             goodly
             Horse
             ,
             expecting
             a
             greater
             reward
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             beene
             so
             bountifull
             to
             the
             Forrester
             .
             But
             the
             King
             contrary
             to
             his
             expectation
             ,
             gave
             the
             Courtier
             his
             Radish
             ,
             wrapped
             up
             in
             white
             paper
             ;
             the
             Courtier
             returning
             to
             his
             lodging
             ,
             opening
             the
             packet
             ,
             found
             nothing
             but
             a
             Radish
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             informed
             the
             King
             of
             the
             mistake
             ,
             as
             he
             supposed
             :
             The
             King
             said
             ,
             I
             have
             paide
             thee
             well
             for
             thy
             horse
             :
             for
             the
             present
             which
             I
             gave
             thee
             cost
             mee
             a
             thousand
             Crownes
             ;
             thus
             the
             poore
             mans
             good
             affection
             was
             wel
             rewarded
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Courtiers
             audaciousnesse
             slightly
             regarded
             .
          
           
             This
             Lewis
             sends
             an
             Embassadour
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             to
             excuse
             him
             for
             not
             sending
             an
             army
             ,
             promised
             by
             treaty
             ,
             entreating
             him
             not
             to
             make
             a
             greement
             with
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgogne
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             should
             confiscate
             all
             the
             Dukes
             Signonories
             that
             held
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             as
             hee
             would
             doe
             those
             that
             held
             of
             the
             Crowne
             of
             France
             :
             The
             Emperour
             answered
             ,
             that
             they
             must
             not
             divide
             the
             Beares
             skinne
             before
             the
             Beast
             be
             dead
             .
             This
             King
             commming
             to
             an
             interview
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Castile
             ,
             unto
             whom
             hee
             was
             formerly
             strickly
             allyed
             ,
             conceived
             a
             contempt
             and
             disdaine
             each
             of
             other
             :
             The
             French
             of
             the
             Castilians
             sumptuousnesse
             and
             pride
             ,
             in
             their
             words
             ,
             countenance
             and
             apparrell
             :
             The
             Castilians
             of
             the
             plainnesse
             of
             the
             French
             attire
             :
             So
             as
             from
             that
             day
             these
             Kings
             did
             never
             love
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             did
             ever
             since
             hate
             the
             Spaniard
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Charles
               8.
            
             the
             56.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1483.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             CHARLES
             the
             8.
             at
             the
             age
             of
             13.
             yeares
             came
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             under
             the
             Regency
             of
             
               Madam
               de
               Beavieu
            
             his
             owne
             Sister
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bourbon
             her
             Husband
             :
             whereupon
             the
             Duke
             of
             Orleance
             ,
             the
             nearest
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             and
             had
             married
             his
             
             other
             Sister
             ,
             as
             in
             an
             indignity
             conceived
             ,
             convocated
             and
             summoned
             all
             the
             Statesmen
             to
             Tours
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             Duke
             of
             Orleance
             seeing
             that
             Madam
             of
             Beavieu
             managed
             all
             the
             affaires
             of
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             retired
             himselfe
             into
             Bretagne
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             King
             made
             Warre
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             recovered
             a
             Battaile
             against
             him
             at
             
               St.
               Albins
            
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Orleance
             ,
             and
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             being
             taken
             Prisoners
             .
             After
             this
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bretagne
             deceased
             ,
             leaving
             his
             sole
             Daughter
             Anne
             .
             Inheretrix
             :
             who
             notwithstanding
             that
             she
             had
             made
             a
             promise
             to
             
               Maximilian
               ,
               King
            
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             was
             after
             marryed
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             which
             cause
             the
             King
             of
             England
             made
             a
             preparation
             for
             Warre
             against
             him
             in
             the
             behalfe
             of
             Maximilian
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             concluded
             that
             the
             King
             should
             send
             backe
             the
             Princesse
             Marguerite
             with
             her
             Dowry
             of
             the
             Countries
             of
             Artois
             and
             Burgundy
             .
             After
             ,
             having
             surrendred
             the
             County
             of
             Roussillon
             to
             the
             Spaniard
             by
             the
             perswasion
             of
             his
             
             Confessour
             ,
             he
             went
             upon
             the
             recovery
             of
             the
             succession
             which
             Renatus
             ,
             the
             late
             King
             of
             Sicily
             ,
             and
             Charles
             the
             Count
             of
             Maine
             his
             brother
             ,
             had
             left
             unto
             him
             by
             Will
             ,
             for
             the
             rights
             which
             they
             pretended
             to
             the
             kingdome
             of
             Naples
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             journey
             hee
             was
             Regally
             entertained
             by
             
               Ludovicus
               Ssorza
            
             ,
             surnamed
             the
             Moore
             ,
             in
             the
             Towne
             of
             Ast
             :
             and
             after
             having
             proceeded
             into
             Tuscany
             ,
             by
             
               Peter
               de
               Medicis
            
             ,
             who
             delivered
             into
             his
             command
             the
             Fortresses
             of
             Florence
             and
             the
             City
             of
             Pisa
             :
             From
             thence
             hee
             went
             to
             Rome
             ,
             where
             
               nolens
               volens
            
             ,
             he
             entered
             ,
             Alexander
             6.
             being
             then
             Pope
             ,
             who
             working
             his
             peace
             with
             him
             ,
             gave
             him
             the
             Title
             of
             Emperour
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             invested
             him
             to
             the
             kingdome
             of
             Naples
             :
             whither
             the
             King
             having
             made
             his
             entrance
             the
             12.
             of
             
               May
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1495
             ,
             hee
             was
             crowned
             King
             of
             Sicily
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             Monarchs
             and
             Potentates
             of
             Italy
             being
             amazed
             ,
             intended
             him
             an
             Ambuscade
             
             in
             his
             returne
             at
             Fournoue
             ;
             but
             the
             King
             passing
             another
             way
             ,
             escaped
             the
             plot
             ,
             and
             came
             safe
             into
             France
             :
             where
             having
             intelligence
             of
             the
             losse
             of
             Naples
             ,
             and
             intending
             a
             second
             voyage
             thither
             for
             the
             recovery
             of
             his
             losses
             ,
             dyed
             of
             an
             Apoplexy
             ,
             as
             hee
             was
             seeing
             a
             Game
             at
             Tennis
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             Amboise
             ,
             the
             seventh
             of
             
               April
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1498.
             
          
           
             This
             King
             among
             other
             facetious
             sayings
             ,
             gave
             the
             Florentine
             Embassadours
             this
             merry
             Answer
             ,
             denoting
             their
             unfaithfulnesse
             ,
             in
             these
             two
             Italian
             Verses
             :
          
           
             
               Concortesia
               e
               fede
               poca
            
             
               Va
               a
               Florence
               vender
               loca
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               Florence
               he
               went
               of
               his
               Goose
               to
               make
               sale
               ,
            
             
               Without
               any
               faith
               or
               courtesie
               at
               all
               .
            
          
           
             which
             Verses
             were
             formerly
             made
             on
             this
             occasion
             :
             A
             Countrey
             Pesant
             sold
             a
             fat
             Goose
             to
             a
             faire
             Dame
             of
             Florence
             ,
             for
             the
             fond
             satisfaction
             of
             Venery
             ,
             but
             
             afterward
             on
             colder
             thoughts
             growing
             wiser
             ,
             this
             piece
             of
             leatherne
             ignorance
             ,
             contrary
             to
             his
             former
             agreement
             ,
             without
             either
             fidelity
             or
             courtesie
             ,
             demanded
             the
             price
             of
             his
             Goose
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             her
             Husband
             ,
             and
             made
             her
             ,
             for
             the
             former
             sawce
             of
             the
             Goose
             ,
             pay
             him
             againe
             .
             And
             with
             this
             Italian
             Proverb
             ,
             which
             had
             this
             wanton
             Originall
             ,
             the
             King
             answered
             the
             unfaithfull
             Embassadours
             of
             Florence
             .
             His
             Queene
             Anne
             having
             received
             tidings
             of
             his
             Death
             ,
             said
             ;
             Gods
             will
             be
             done
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             I
             shall
             be
             as
             great
             as
             I
             was
             before
             ,
             intimating
             thereby
             her
             hopes
             to
             be
             Queene
             of
             France
             ;
             afterwards
             verified
             by
             her
             Marriage
             with
             King
             Lewis
             the
             twelfth
             .
             Friar
             
               Jerosine
               Savonarola
            
             living
             at
             Florence
             ,
             foretold
             in
             his
             Sermons
             that
             this
             King
             should
             come
             into
             Italy
             ,
             and
             obtaine
             great
             victories
             ,
             which
             fell
             out
             accordingly
             ;
             and
             in
             those
             Warres
             nothing
             was
             gained
             but
             a
             stinking
             contagious
             disease
             ,
             afterwards
             spred
             over
             all
             France
             ,
             and
             
             since
             then
             called
             the
             
               French
               Poxe
            
             .
             After
             this
             King
             had
             ended
             his
             warres
             ,
             he
             builded
             a
             Castle
             at
             Ambois
             ,
             not
             knowing
             that
             instead
             of
             a
             stately
             Palace
             ,
             hee
             should
             end
             his
             life
             in
             a
             base
             and
             filthy
             Gallery
             .
             He
             intending
             to
             reforme
             his
             life
             ,
             it
             chanced
             the
             seventh
             of
             April
             ,
             going
             after
             with
             the
             Queene
             into
             the
             Castle-ditches
             ,
             hee
             strooke
             his
             forehead
             against
             the
             doore
             of
             a
             Gallery
             ,
             whereas
             he
             meant
             to
             see
             a
             set
             at
             Tennis
             .
             This
             blow
             driving
             him
             to
             the
             premeditation
             of
             his
             approaching
             end
             ,
             hee
             said
             to
             his
             Confessour
             ,
             that
             hee
             would
             never
             commit
             any
             mortall
             or
             veniall
             sin
             ,
             if
             he
             could
             avoide
             it
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             good
             reservation
             :
             upon
             this
             protestation
             hee
             fell
             back
             ward
             into
             an
             Apoplexy
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             had
             beene
             troubled
             ,
             and
             dyed
             about
             11.
             a
             clocke
             at
             night
             ,
             in
             a
             Chamber
             neare
             to
             a
             Gallery
             ,
             stinking
             with
             the
             urine
             which
             every
             one
             made
             as
             he
             passed
             through
             it
             ,
             being
             laid
             on
             a
             Matresse
             ,
             such
             as
             they
             could
             finde
             by
             chance
             .
             In
             him
             the
             direct
             Line
             failed
             ,
             and
             the
             Crowne
             
             came
             to
             the
             Collaterall
             Line
             ,
             the
             nearest
             whereof
             was
             Lewis
             Duke
             of
             Orleance
             ,
             and
             Valois
             his
             Successor
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Lewis
               12.
            
             the
             57.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1499.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Lewis
             the
             12.
             succeeded
             according
             to
             the
             Custome
             of
             France
             ,
             to
             Charles
             the
             8
             ,
             who
             dyed
             without
             issue
             ,
             and
             was
             crowned
             
             the
             27.
             of
             May.
             Hee
             repudiated
             the
             Lady
             Joane
             of
             France
             for
             her
             indisposition
             of
             conception
             ,
             and
             marryed
             the
             Lady
             Anne
             of
             Bretagne
             ,
             Widow
             to
             the
             late
             King.
             Afterwards
             having
             made
             sure
             of
             
               Milan
               ,
               Genes
            
             ,
             and
             Lombardy
             ,
             by
             the
             taking
             of
             
               Ludovicus
               Sforza
            
             ,
             hee
             made
             an
             accord
             with
             the
             King
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             with
             whom
             hee
             conquered
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Naples
             ,
             which
             was
             after
             lost
             by
             the
             French
             through
             the
             infidelity
             and
             perfidious
             treachery
             of
             the
             Spaniard
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             King
             having
             yeelded
             his
             claime
             and
             part
             that
             he
             pretended
             to
             it
             ,
             unto
             Ferdinand
             King
             of
             Aragon
             ,
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Marriage
             of
             
               Madame
               Germaine
               de
               Foix
            
             ,
             his
             owne
             Sisters
             Daughter
             ,
             and
             makes
             an
             agreement
             with
             the
             Pope
             against
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             against
             whom
             hee
             gained
             a
             battaile
             the
             15.
             of
             
               May
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1509
             ,
             without
             any
             assistance
             of
             the
             Truce
             .
             Hee
             withstood
             the
             Pope
             ,
             who
             declared
             himselfe
             an
             Enemy
             to
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             he
             tooke
             many
             places
             in
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Ferrara
             ,
             
             which
             gave
             an
             occasion
             to
             the
             Duke
             to
             recover
             what
             he
             had
             lost
             :
             as
             also
             
               Gaston
               de
               Foix
            
             raised
             the
             Popes
             Army
             from
             before
             Bologna
             ,
             and
             relieved
             the
             City
             of
             Brescia
             ,
             which
             the
             Venetians
             had
             now
             beleaguered
             ;
             and
             having
             defeated
             their
             Army
             ,
             from
             thence
             he
             went
             to
             hazard
             his
             life
             before
             Ravenna
             ,
             having
             first
             wonne
             the
             field
             .
             The
             Lord
             of
             Palisse
             was
             substituted
             in
             his
             place
             as
             Commanmander
             ,
             who
             sacked
             it
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             Emperour
             and
             the
             Pope
             joyning
             with
             the
             English
             ,
             recovered
             many
             Townes
             upon
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             the
             Spaniard
             re-entered
             into
             the
             kingdome
             of
             Naples
             .
             VVhereupon
             King
             Lewis
             being
             moved
             ,
             sent
             the
             Duke
             of
             Longueville
             with
             an
             Army
             to
             re-estate
             the
             King
             of
             Navarre
             into
             his
             Kingdome
             :
             but
             hee
             was
             constrained
             to
             returne
             without
             any
             effect
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             the
             King
             being
             desirous
             to
             re-enter
             his
             Dutchy
             of
             Milan
             ,
             accorded
             with
             the
             Spaniard
             and
             the
             Venetian
             ,
             and
             after
             sent
             the
             Lord
             of
             Tremoville
             with
             his
             Army
             into
             
             Italy
             ,
             whence
             he
             was
             beaten
             out
             by
             the
             Swisses
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             King
             of
             England
             besieged
             Therouenne
             ,
             where
             was
             fought
             the
             battaile
             of
             Esperons
             ,
             after
             which
             King
             Lewis
             being
             a
             widower
             ,
             married
             with
             the
             Daughter
             of
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             with
             whom
             hee
             having
             peace
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             in
             a
             preparation
             for
             an
             Army
             into
             Italy
             ,
             hee
             was
             prevented
             by
             death
             ,
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             yeare
             1515.
             
             Hee
             was
             surnamed
             
               The
               Father
               of
               the
               people
            
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             being
             instigated
             and
             perswaded
             by
             some
             of
             his
             familiars
             to
             take
             revenge
             on
             the
             Citizens
             of
             Orleance
             ,
             because
             when
             hee
             was
             Duke
             of
             Orleance
             ,
             and
             when
             Charles
             the
             8.
             maintaining
             warres
             against
             him
             ,
             had
             compelled
             him
             to
             flye
             into
             Brittaine
             ,
             they
             had
             shut
             the
             gates
             of
             their
             City
             against
             him
             :
             But
             he
             forgetting
             their
             former
             injury
             ,
             answered
             ;
             That
             being
             now
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             hee
             would
             not
             revenge
             injuries
             done
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Orleance
             .
             Hee
             being
             told
             ,
             making
             warre
             then
             in
             Italy
             for
             
             the
             recovery
             of
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Millaine
             ,
             that
             Agnadell
             was
             taken
             by
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             who
             had
             there
             taken
             up
             their
             lodging
             ,
             answered
             :
             Then
             will
             I
             lodge
             upon
             their
             bellies
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             shall
             lodge
             upon
             mine
             .
             Being
             advised
             to
             preserve
             his
             person
             from
             the
             shot
             of
             the
             great
             Ordnance
             ,
             he
             answered
             ,
             A
             rightfull
             King
             of
             France
             was
             never
             slaine
             with
             the
             shot
             of
             a
             Cannon
             :
             Therefore
             let
             him
             that
             is
             affraid
             ,
             come
             behinde
             me
             .
             Hee
             lying
             in
             Campe
             ,
             and
             a
             Souldier
             standing
             neare
             him
             ,
             being
             slaine
             with
             a
             Cannon
             shot
             ,
             and
             shewed
             unto
             the
             King
             ,
             hee
             smild
             and
             said
             ,
             He
             is
             but
             a
             little
             cold
             in
             his
             hands
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             having
             commanded
             that
             a
             company
             of
             Foot-men
             should
             be
             levied
             of
             strong
             active
             men
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             day
             appointed
             a
             company
             of
             old
             Souldiers
             ,
             as
             appeared
             by
             scarres
             ,
             being
             presented
             unto
             him
             ,
             said
             ;
             These
             men
             ,
             as
             it
             seemes
             by
             their
             wounds
             ,
             were
             more
             willing
             to
             take
             than
             to
             give
             blowes
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             Souldier
             replyed
             ,
             They
             were
             not
             
             valianter
             than
             we
             ,
             for
             they
             wounded
             us
             ,
             but
             we
             slew
             them
             .
             To
             a
             Gentleman
             that
             boasted
             of
             his
             scarres
             and
             wounds
             in
             his
             face
             ,
             and
             desired
             the
             King
             to
             reward
             his
             service
             ,
             hee
             said
             ,
             Take
             heed
             hereafter
             of
             turning
             backe
             thy
             face
             when
             thou
             art
             flying
             from
             thy
             Enemy
             .
             He
             being
             disswaded
             from
             making
             Warres
             on
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             being
             a
             wise
             and
             prudent
             people
             ,
             said
             ,
             Wee
             will
             set
             so
             many
             fooles
             upon
             them
             that
             shall
             beard
             them
             to
             the
             teeth
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             know
             which
             way
             to
             turne
             .
             To
             certaine
             Embassadours
             of
             Greece
             that
             demanded
             succours
             against
             the
             Turke
             ,
             he
             objected
             this
             old
             Verse
             
               Barbara
               Graeca
               genus
               retinent
               quod
               habere
               solebant
               .
            
             The
             Lords
             of
             the
             Parliament
             refusing
             to
             admit
             a
             Councellour
             for
             his
             ignorance
             and
             insufficiency
             ,
             though
             preferred
             by
             the
             King
             ;
             he
             asked
             them
             how
             many
             Councellours
             there
             were
             ?
             They
             replyed
             ,
             an
             Hundred
             :
             Then
             said
             the
             King
             ,
             cannot
             you
             many
             wise
             men
             make
             one
             become
             wife
             ?
             A
             Courtier
             being
             wonder'd
             at
             
             for
             his
             great
             stature
             ,
             and
             accounted
             a
             Gyant
             ,
             the
             King
             said
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             wonder
             ,
             for
             his
             Mother
             tooke
             paines
             to
             make
             him
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             hee
             had
             many
             Fathers
             .
             He
             told
             the
             Ladies
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             that
             Hinds
             had
             at
             first
             Hornes
             as
             well
             as
             Harts
             ,
             but
             for
             their
             pride
             and
             rebellion
             against
             the
             Harts
             ,
             Nature
             offended
             therewith
             ,
             deprived
             them
             of
             their
             Hornes
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             Wives
             should
             be
             obedient
             to
             their
             Husbands
             .
             Hee
             told
             the
             Duke
             of
             Angolesme
             his
             sonne
             in
             law
             ,
             that
             a
             certaine
             Father
             and
             his
             son
             travelling
             towards
             a
             Towne
             ,
             the
             sonne
             said
             ,
             that
             now
             they
             were
             almost
             at
             the
             Towne
             ;
             but
             yet
             they
             afterward
             travelled
             untill
             it
             was
             night
             before
             they
             could
             get
             to
             the
             Towne
             :
             whither
             being
             come
             ,
             the
             Father
             said
             to
             the
             Sonne
             ,
             Henceforth
             Sonne
             ,
             never
             say
             I
             am
             at
             the
             Towne
             ,
             till
             thou
             art
             past
             the
             Gates
             .
             He
             said
             also
             that
             Asses
             were
             happier
             than
             Horses
             ,
             for
             Horses
             runne
             post
             to
             Rome
             to
             get
             those
             Benefices
             whereof
             Asses
             are
             
             possessed
             .
             Being
             asked
             to
             marry
             his
             Daughter
             the
             Lady
             Claudia
             to
             a
             strange
             Prince
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             no
             alliance
             but
             with
             the
             Kats
             and
             Mice
             of
             my
             owne
             Kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Francis
               1.
            
             the
             58.
             
             K.
             of
             France
             .
             An.
             1515.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             FRancis
             of
             Valois
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Angolesme
             ,
             as
             next
             the
             Collaterall
             ▪
             Line
             Masculine
             ,
             succeeded
             Lewis
             
             the
             12
             ,
             who
             dyed
             without
             heires
             Males
             .
             He
             was
             consecrated
             at
             Rheims
             the
             25.
             of
             January
             ,
             1515
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             Charles
             of
             Bourbon
             was
             made
             Constable
             of
             France
             .
             The
             King
             having
             taken
             
               Prosper
               Collonne
            
             ,
             and
             obtained
             two
             battailes
             against
             the
             Swisses
             ,
             tooke
             Milan
             .
             After
             by
             the
             perswasion
             of
             Pope
             Leo
             the
             tenth
             ,
             the
             Milaners
             revolted
             ,
             and
             immediately
             after
             ,
             Charles
             of
             Bourbon
             tooke
             part
             with
             Charles
             the
             fifth
             ,
             Emperour
             .
             The
             King
             accompanied
             with
             the
             Marshall
             of
             Chabanes
             ,
             having
             recovered
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Milan
             into
             his
             power
             ,
             he
             went
             to
             besiege
             Pavia
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             industrious
             treaty
             of
             
               Madric
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1525
             ,
             hee
             was
             sent
             backe
             into
             France
             .
             Afterwards
             Charles
             of
             Bourbou
             was
             slaine
             ,
             skaling
             the
             Walls
             of
             Rome
             ,
             which
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Spaniards
             with
             the
             Pope
             .
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1529.
             a
             Treaty
             of
             Cambray
             was
             concluded
             ,
             and
             the
             children
             of
             France
             were
             sent
             backe
             into
             France
             with
             
             
               Madame
               Elianor
            
             .
             The
             King
             and
             the
             Pope
             by
             Embassies
             came
             to
             an
             agreement
             at
             Marsilles
             ,
             where
             the
             Marriage
             of
             Henry
             Duke
             of
             Orleance
             ,
             with
             the
             Countesse
             of
             Bologne
             ,
             the
             Popes
             Niece
             ,
             was
             solemnized
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             the
             King
             sent
             the
             Lord
             of
             Montmorency
             against
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             intended
             to
             come
             against
             Marsilles
             ,
             who
             enforced
             him
             to
             retire
             into
             Spaine
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             invaded
             France
             upon
             the
             Coast
             of
             Picardy
             ,
             and
             sent
             another
             Army
             to
             Piedmount
             ,
             against
             whom
             the
             King
             sent
             his
             forces
             ,
             which
             tooke
             
               Suse
               ,
               Villane
            
             ,
             and
             Montcalier
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             truce
             of
             Nice
             for
             ten
             yeares
             ,
             during
             which
             the
             Emperour
             passed
             through
             France
             into
             Flanders
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             
               Caesar
               Fregose
            
             and
             
               Anthony
               Rincon
            
             the
             Kings
             Embassadours
             to
             the
             Turke
             ,
             were
             slaine
             by
             the
             Imperialists
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             King
             according
             with
             the
             Duke
             of
             Cleve
             against
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             tooke
             
               Luxembourg
               ,
               Landrecy
            
             and
             other
             
             places
             :
             Of
             which
             the
             Emperour
             being
             certified
             ,
             besieged
             Landrecy
             ,
             but
             in
             vaine
             .
             On
             the
             other
             side
             the
             Lord
             of
             Anguyen
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Lievtenant
             in
             Piedmont
             ,
             having
             gained
             the
             battaile
             of
             Cerisolles
             ,
             tooke
             Carignan
             :
             whereof
             the
             Emperour
             being
             advertised
             ,
             made
             a
             preparation
             against
             Paris
             ,
             but
             perceiving
             the
             French
             too
             powerfull
             in
             forces
             ,
             demanded
             a
             Peace
             ,
             which
             was
             published
             at
             Paris
             .
             This
             being
             done
             ,
             the
             King
             intends
             a
             Warre
             against
             the
             English
             at
             Boulen
             ,
             with
             whom
             having
             made
             Peace
             ,
             hee
             went
             to
             pay
             his
             debt
             to
             Nature
             at
             Rambouillet
             ,
             the
             last
             of
             March
             ,
             1547
             ,
             and
             lyes
             interred
             at
             
               St.
               Denis
            
             .
             To
             one
             that
             desired
             pardon
             for
             another
             that
             had
             used
             ill
             speeches
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             this
             King
             said
             ,
             Let
             him
             for
             whom
             thou
             art
             a
             suiter
             ,
             learne
             to
             speake
             little
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             learne
             to
             pardon
             much
             .
             At
             Paris
             in
             an
             Oration
             against
             Hereticks
             ,
             hee
             said
             :
             If
             my
             arme
             were
             infected
             with
             that
             contagion
             ,
             I
             would
             cut
             it
             off
             from
             
             my
             body
             ,
             and
             cast
             it
             into
             the
             fire
             .
             Hee
             said
             that
             hee
             was
             sorry
             that
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             his
             Realme
             being
             most
             serviceable
             ,
             and
             ingenious
             ,
             were
             not
             qualified
             with
             Learning
             ,
             to
             be
             capable
             of
             Civill
             offices
             as
             well
             as
             Military
             ,
             since
             Vertue
             is
             the
             formall
             cause
             of
             Gentility
             ,
             which
             should
             exceed
             base
             low
             dispositions
             ,
             by
             an
             eminent
             exaltation
             of
             goodnesse
             ,
             deriving
             their
             pettigree
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             for
             
               Vera
               est
               Nobilitas
               quaedam
               cognatio
               Dijs
               ,
            
             True
             Nobility
             is
             a
             certaine
             affinity
             to
             the
             Gods.
             A
             Treaty
             of
             peace
             being
             propounded
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             bee
             concluded
             betweene
             the
             Emperour
             Charles
             the
             fift
             and
             this
             King
             Francis
             ,
             hee
             said
             :
             Peace
             and
             amity
             betweene
             us
             cannot
             long
             endure
             ,
             for
             the
             Emperour
             cannot
             abide
             an
             Equall
             or
             Companion
             ,
             and
             I
             cannot
             endure
             a
             Master
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Henry
               the
            
             2.
             and
             59.
             
             
               King
               of
               France
               .
               Anno
            
             1547.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             HEnry
             the
             second
             succeeding
             to
             the
             Crowne
             on
             his
             birth
             day
             ,
             was
             consecreted
             at
             Rheimes
             in
             August
             1547.
             
             Hee
             sent
             the
             Lord
             of
             Esse
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             for
             a
             defence
             ofthat
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             built
             a
             Fort
             over
             against
             that
             of
             Boullen
             :
             immediately
             after
             
             the
             Commons
             of
             Guienne
             mutined
             upon
             taxations
             whilst
             the
             King
             was
             in
             Piedmont
             ,
             from
             whence
             ,
             being
             upon
             his
             returne
             into
             France
             ,
             he
             caused
             them
             to
             be
             punished
             by
             the
             Constable
             ,
             and
             made
             his
             enterance
             into
             Paris
             :
             proclaimed
             open
             warres
             against
             England
             ,
             and
             renewed
             his
             allyance
             with
             the
             Swisses
             .
             Pope
             Iulius
             the
             third
             being
             incensed
             against
             the
             King
             for
             the
             City
             of
             Parma
             ,
             solicited
             the
             Emperour
             to
             take
             up
             Armes
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             beleaguer
             Parma
             and
             Mirandula
             :
             whereupon
             the
             King
             made
             a
             prohibition
             of
             sending
             to
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             for
             matters
             of
             Benefices
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             he
             tooke
             Quiers
             ,
             S.
             Damian
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             of
             Piedmont
             :
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             Burgundions
             ,
             and
             Hannuyers
             over-runne
             the
             Countrey
             of
             Santois
             ,
             above
             Peronne
             :
             but
             to
             requite
             them
             ,
             the
             King
             making
             an
             expedition
             into
             Almany
             ,
             by
             the
             policy
             of
             the
             Constable
             seezd
             of
             the
             Metz
             ,
             and
             the
             Countrey
             of
             Messin
             ,
             and
             
             tooke
             the
             Duke
             &
             Dutchy
             of
             Loraine
             into
             his
             protection
             :
             Afterwards
             hee
             joyned
             forces
             with
             Duke
             Maurice
             ,
             who
             falsifying
             his
             faith
             in
             his
             returne
             invaded
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Luxembourg
             ,
             taking
             the
             Townes
             of
             
               Tvoy
               ,
               Montmedy
               ,
               Lumes
            
             ,
             and
             Civay
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             Emperor
             marched
             to
             the
             siege
             of
             Metz
             ,
             whence
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             dis-encampe
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             30000
             men
             ,
             and
             threw
             himselfe
             upon
             Therouenne
             ,
             which
             he
             tooke
             with
             the
             Castle
             of
             Hedin
             .
             The
             King
             on
             the
             other
             side
             tooke
             Mariembourg
             ,
             and
             other
             Townes
             in
             Piedmont
             .
             After
             that
             the
             Emperour
             quitting
             the
             Empire
             ,
             retired
             himselfe
             into
             Spaine
             ,
             to
             live
             a
             solitary
             life
             ,
             and
             a
             peace
             for
             five
             yeares
             was
             concluded
             between
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             and
             France
             ,
             which
             continued
             not
             long
             .
             For
             warres
             being
             renewed
             betweene
             the
             said
             Kings
             ,
             the
             day
             of
             St.
             Laurence
             ,
             to
             the
             losse
             of
             the
             French
             :
             in
             revenge
             whereof
             the
             King
             tooke
             
               Cales
               ,
               Gnines
            
             ,
             
             Hames
             ,
             and
             the
             County
             of
             Oye
             :
             Peace
             after
             being
             made
             by
             the
             marriage
             betweene
             King
             Philip
             ,
             and
             the
             Lady
             Elizabeth
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             ,
             with
             Madam
             Margarite
             ,
             sister
             to
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             continuance
             of
             the
             solemnity
             ,
             the
             King
             running
             at
             Tilt
             ,
             was
             hit
             in
             the
             eye
             ,
             of
             which
             hurt
             he
             dyed
             at
             Tournells
             ,
             the
             twentieth
             day
             of
             
               Iuly
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1559.
             and
             lyes
             interred
             at
             St.
             Denis
             in
             France
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             having
             the
             good
             inclination
             of
             his
             Nature
             confirmed
             ,
             by
             being
             well
             brought
             up
             under
             his
             Father
             ,
             ordained
             many
             good
             Lawes
             for
             the
             reforming
             apparrell
             ,
             providing
             for
             the
             poore
             ,
             maintenance
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             releeving
             his
             oppressed
             Subjects
             ;
             but
             especially
             hee
             made
             a
             Law
             against
             swearing
             and
             blaspheming
             ,
             and
             herein
             he
             did
             singularly
             well
             :
             but
             he
             disgraced
             these
             good
             actions
             ,
             by
             permitting
             a
             bloody
             and
             fatall
             Combate
             ,
             betwixt
             
             Iarnac
             and
             Chastaignery
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             upon
             the
             giving
             the
             lye
             ,
             performed
             at
             St.
             German
             in
             Lay
             on
             the
             sixeteenth
             of
             July
             ,
             before
             the
             King
             and
             divers
             Princes
             and
             Noblemen
             ,
             wherein
             Jarnac
             ,
             held
             the
             weaker
             ,
             got
             the
             better
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             other
             many
             deadly
             wounds
             whereof
             he
             dyed
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             King
             did
             forbid
             all
             Combats
             .
          
           
             Thus
             hee
             beganne
             his
             reigne
             with
             this
             Tragedy
             ,
             and
             ended
             it
             with
             his
             owne
             ;
             For
             at
             the
             marriage
             of
             Elizabeth
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             King
             having
             published
             a
             solemne
             running
             at
             the
             Tilt
             ,
             (
             as
             is
             before
             mentioned
             )
             the
             King
             would
             needes
             be
             one
             of
             the
             Challengers
             ,
             and
             the
             second
             day
             of
             the
             Tourny
             ,
             being
             perswaded
             by
             the
             Queene
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             to
             retire
             out
             of
             the
             Lists
             ,
             he
             desired
             to
             runne
             once
             more
             against
             the
             Earle
             of
             Montgomery
             ,
             who
             first
             refused
             ,
             but
             afterward
             runne
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             Kings
             Helmet
             broke
             his
             
             Lance
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             splinter
             thereof
             (
             his
             Beaver
             being
             somewhat
             open
             )
             strikes
             him
             so
             deepe
             in
             the
             eye
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             dyed
             in
             his
             house
             at
             Tournells
             ,
             in
             the
             44.
             yeare
             of
             his
             age
             .
             The
             day
             before
             his
             death
             he
             would
             have
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             and
             the
             Lady
             Margaret
             his
             sister
             marryed
             in
             his
             Chamber
             .
             His
             heart
             was
             interred
             in
             the
             Celestines
             Church
             ,
             in
             the
             Duke
             of
             Orleans
             his
             Chappell
             .
             His
             Character
             was
             good
             ,
             but
             hee
             was
             formerly
             voluptuous
             ,
             and
             permitted
             himselfe
             to
             be
             abused
             by
             his
             Officers
             ,
             selling
             Lawes
             and
             his
             authority
             .
             For
             such
             Kings
             are
             but
             pictures
             of
             Princes
             without
             life
             ,
             all
             power
             remaining
             in
             the
             subject
             ,
             to
             the
             oppression
             and
             wrong
             of
             the
             Land.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Francis
               the
            
             2.
             and
             60.
             
             
               King
               of
               France
               .
               Anno
            
             1559.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Francis
             ,
             King
             of
             Scotland
             by
             
               Mary
               Stuart
            
             his
             wife
             ,
             at
             the
             age
             of
             fifteene
             yeares
             ,
             and
             five
             Moneths
             ,
             succeeded
             his
             father
             Henry
             ,
             and
             was
             Crowned
             at
             
               Rheimes
               ,
               September
            
             1559.
             by
             the
             Cardinall
             of
             Loraine
             ,
             
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             that
             See
             :
             after
             his
             Coronation
             ,
             he
             went
             to
             conduct
             his
             Brother
             in
             law
             the
             Duke
             of
             Loraine
             ,
             and
             the
             Dutchesse
             Claudia
             his
             sister
             as
             farre
             as
             Barle
             Duke
             :
             from
             whence
             hee
             returned
             into
             France
             ,
             and
             sojourned
             for
             a
             while
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Blois
             ,
             where
             he
             reformed
             some
             abuses
             of
             those
             that
             followed
             his
             Court.
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             this
             
               President
               Minard
            
             was
             slaine
             in
             his
             owne
             House
             ,
             returning
             from
             Court
             :
             This
             murther
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             it
             was
             forbidden
             to
             carry
             trucheons
             and
             weapons
             .
             The
             Counsellor
             of
             Bourg
             was
             burnt
             for
             his
             Religion
             .
             The
             King
             having
             made
             preparations
             ,
             sent
             the
             Lord
             of
             Martigues
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             for
             the
             suppression
             of
             some
             Scots
             ,
             who
             upon
             pretext
             of
             Religion
             were
             in
             Armes
             :
             during
             which
             time
             ,
             Mary
             of
             Loraine
             Dowager
             of
             Scotland
             deceased
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             also
             certaine
             Gentlemen
             of
             France
             ,
             being
             assembled
             in
             Armes
             neare
             the
             City
             of
             Amboise
             ,
             
             where
             the
             King
             was
             attended
             by
             the
             Cardinall
             of
             Loraine
             ,
             and
             his
             brother
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             ,
             were
             discovered
             in
             a
             certaine
             enterprise
             ,
             which
             they
             pretended
             to
             be
             for
             the
             publicke
             good
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             dispossessing
             of
             some
             strangers
             ,
             usurpers
             of
             the
             Kings
             authority
             ,
             and
             Kingdome
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             ancient
             authority
             of
             the
             three
             Estates
             of
             France
             ;
             and
             also
             for
             making
             some
             remonstrances
             to
             the
             King
             concerning
             Religion
             :
             for
             which
             many
             were
             executed
             to
             death
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             the
             Baron
             of
             Castelnau
             was
             one
             .
             At
             that
             time
             the
             Chancellour
             Oliver
             deceased
             ,
             in
             whose
             place
             and
             dignity
             was
             instituted
             
               Monsieur
               de'l
               Hospital
            
             .
             Shortly
             after
             the
             King
             went
             to
             Orleans
             ,
             there
             to
             settle
             himselfe
             ,
             where
             he
             fell
             sicke
             of
             an
             Apostume
             in
             his
             left
             eare
             ,
             whereof
             he
             dyed
             the
             foureteenth
             of
             
               September
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1560.
             having
             reigned
             about
             eighteen
             months
             and
             twenty
             dayes
             ,
             and
             lyes
             interred
             at
             S.
             Denis
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Protestants
             were
             very
             much
             persecuted
             in
             this
             Kings
             reigne
             ,
             and
             there
             were
             foure
             prisoners
             of
             especiall
             note
             ,
             
               Castelnau
               ,
               Villemongis
               ,
               Campagnac
            
             ,
             and
             
               le
               Picard
            
             ,
             who
             cryed
             out
             against
             the
             Chancellor
             that
             had
             signed
             the
             sentence
             of
             their
             deaths
             ,
             who
             thereupon
             fell
             suddenly
             sicke
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Cardinall
             of
             Loraine
             came
             to
             visit
             him
             ,
             cryed
             out
             :
             
               O
               Cardinall
               thou
               hast
               damned
               us
               all
               .
            
             While
             the
             King
             lay
             dangerously
             sicke
             ,
             the
             Queene
             mother
             intending
             to
             support
             the
             Guisans
             ,
             called
             the
             King
             of
             Navarre
             into
             her
             closet
             ,
             to
             whom
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             going
             a
             Lady
             of
             the
             Court
             said
             :
             My
             Lord
             ,
             deny
             the
             Queen
             mother
             nothing
             that
             she
             shall
             demand
             ,
             else
             you
             are
             dead
             :
             whereupon
             he
             signed
             what
             shee
             desired
             ,
             and
             thereby
             obtained
             her
             favour
             .
             Afterward
             the
             King
             dyed
             of
             Catarch
             and
             a
             Feaver
             the
             14.
             of
             December
             ,
             whose
             seeds
             of
             vertue
             lay
             hid
             in
             his
             nature
             ,
             and
             were
             not
             discerned
             ,
             onely
             some
             shewes
             of
             courtesie
             ,
             modesty
             ,
             and
             
             continency
             were
             in
             his
             younger
             yeares
             apparent
             ,
             and
             rherefore
             his
             death
             was
             not
             much
             lamented
             ,
             but
             of
             such
             as
             in
             his
             nonage
             possessed
             usurped
             estates
             .
             After
             his
             decease
             the
             Prince
             of
             Conde
             turned
             the
             streame
             of
             affaires
             .
             To
             give
             a
             briefe
             Character
             of
             this
             King
             and
             his
             reigne
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             picture
             of
             Majesty
             drawne
             in
             raw
             colours
             ,
             being
             young
             in
             yeares
             and
             judgement
             ,
             governed
             by
             his
             Mother
             ,
             and
             his
             wives
             Uncles
             .
             The
             Princes
             of
             Blood
             were
             in
             his
             reigne
             not
             regarded
             ,
             power
             and
             might
             prevailed
             in
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             Clergy
             sought
             protection
             from
             the
             disturbers
             of
             France
             .
             The
             Nobility
             were
             ingaged
             in
             warres
             ,
             and
             the
             people
             divided
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Court
             factions
             were
             maintained
             :
             this
             was
             the
             face
             and
             complexion
             of
             those
             times
             ;
             miseries
             incident
             to
             the
             minority
             of
             Princes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Charles
               the
            
             9.
             and
             61.
             
             
               King
               of
               France
               .
               Anno
            
             1560.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Charles
             the
             ninth
             ,
             at
             the
             Age
             of
             thirteene
             ,
             succeeded
             his
             Brother
             Francis.
             Hee
             pursu'd
             the
             enterprises
             of
             his
             Predecessor
             ,
             for
             his
             State
             affaires
             ,
             which
             
             were
             begunne
             the
             eighth
             of
             
               December
               '
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1560.
             at
             Orleans
             ,
             and
             and
             afterward
             finished
             at
             
               Pontoise
               ,
               Angust
            
             and
             September
             following
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1561.
             
             At
             that
             time
             hee
             assembled
             the
             Prelates
             of
             France
             at
             Possi
             to
             a
             Nationall
             Counsell
             .
             The
             January
             following
             it
             was
             permitted
             to
             the
             Hugnenots
             to
             make
             their
             exercises
             and
             Sermons
             out
             of
             the
             Cities
             .
             Whereupon
             ensued
             great
             troubles
             ,
             warres
             ,
             and
             slaughters
             of
             great
             Lords
             and
             personages
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             who
             was
             slaine
             before
             Rouen
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             battaile
             of
             Dreux
             ,
             which
             was
             given
             the
             19.
             of
             
               March
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1562.
             the
             Martiall
             of
             St.
             Andrew
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             were
             slaine
             before
             Orleans
             .
             A
             while
             after
             ,
             the
             Towne
             of
             
               Haure
               de
               Grace
            
             was
             recovered
             ,
             which
             had
             beene
             before
             yeelded
             to
             the
             English.
             The
             King
             at
             the
             Parliament
             at
             Rouen
             ,
             being
             declared
             Mayor
             ,
             after
             an
             Edict
             of
             Pacification
             made
             ,
             went
             to
             visit
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             
             
               Anno
               domini
            
             1564.
             and
             went
             to
             meet
             his
             sister
             ,
             the
             Queene
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             at
             ▪
             Bayonne
             ,
             where
             great
             magnificences
             were
             parformfd
             .
             After
             having
             visited
             the
             
               Gascogne
               .
               Guienne
            
             ,
             and
             Poitou
             ,
             he
             came
             to
             Moulins
             ,
             where
             he
             made
             many
             excellent
             Ordinances
             .
             The
             second
             civill
             warre
             sprung
             up
             ,
             wherein
             ,
             after
             that
             the
             King
             had
             made
             an
             escape
             out
             of
             Meaux
             ,
             the
             battaile
             of
             St.
             Denis
             was
             fought
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Constable
             was
             wounded
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             of
             another
             Pacification
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             siege
             of
             Chartres
             ,
             which
             was
             broken
             by
             the
             third
             intestine
             warre
             ,
             which
             continutwo
             yeares
             space
             ;
             during
             which
             ,
             the
             ed
             battaile
             of
             Iarnac
             was
             fought
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Prince
             of
             Conde
             was
             slaine
             ;
             and
             another
             battaile
             at
             Montcontour
             .
             After
             which
             ,
             another
             Edict
             of
             Pacification
             was
             made
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1570.
             
             Afterwards
             the
             King
             marryed
             the
             Lady
             Elizabeth
             of
             Austria
             ,
             daughter
             to
             the
             Emperour
             Maximilian
             .
             Also
             the
             marriage
             
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Navarre
             was
             celebrated
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1573.
             and
             the
             24.
             of
             August
             ,
             the
             same
             yeare
             the
             Admirall
             was
             slaine
             in
             Paris
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             number
             of
             the
             Hugoueotes
             and
             Rochelle
             was
             besieged
             .
             Then
             a
             fourth
             pacification
             by
             the
             election
             in
             Poland
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Aniou
             ,
             brother
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             made
             :
             he
             being
             gone
             in
             his
             Kingdome
             of
             Poland
             ,
             was
             certified
             of
             his
             brother
             ,
             the
             Kings
             ,
             death
             on
             the
             30.
             of
             May
             ,
             at
             the
             
               Bois
               de
               Vincennes
            
             ,
             1574.
             having
             one
             daughter
             who
             dyed
             an
             Infant
             .
             He
             lyes
             at
             St.
             Denis
             .
          
           
             Hee
             was
             a
             Prince
             that
             had
             excellent
             naturall
             gifts
             ,
             but
             blended
             and
             mingled
             with
             vices
             ,
             wherewith
             his
             Governours
             and
             Schoolemasters
             had
             corrupted
             his
             young
             minde
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             first
             was
             more
             vertuously
             inclined
             ,
             delighting
             in
             Musick
             and
             Poetry
             .
             But
             as
             he
             was
             a
             great
             Hunter
             ,
             that
             lov'd
             to
             shed
             the
             blood
             of
             wilde
             beasts
             ,
             so
             hee
             suffered
             also
             (
             during
             his
             reigne
             )
             the
             Protestants
             
             blood
             to
             be
             shed
             ,
             and
             in
             revenge
             thereof
             in
             his
             sicknesse
             before
             his
             death
             great
             store
             of
             blood
             issued
             out
             by
             vomiting
             ,
             and
             by
             other
             passages
             of
             his
             body
             ,
             in
             the
             two
             last
             weekes
             of
             his
             sicknesse
             ,
             wherein
             he
             endured
             as
             much
             paine
             and
             torment
             ,
             as
             the
             strength
             of
             youth
             could
             suffer
             in
             the
             last
             pangs
             of
             death
             .
             And
             this
             judgement
             shewed
             that
             God
             loves
             not
             the
             Prince
             that
             thirsts
             after
             his
             subjects
             blood
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             very
             blood
             of
             the
             Prince
             .
             Some
             few
             houres
             before
             his
             death
             he
             said
             :
             It
             was
             a
             great
             comfort
             unto
             him
             that
             he
             left
             no
             heire
             Male
             lawfully
             begotten
             ;
             for
             leaving
             him
             young
             ,
             he
             must
             endure
             many
             crosses
             ,
             and
             France
             had
             neede
             of
             a
             man.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Henry
               3.
            
             the
             62.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1575.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Henry
             the
             third
             was
             at
             the
             instant
             of
             his
             brothers
             death
             ,
             in
             his
             Kingdome
             of
             Poland
             ,
             whereof
             he
             having
             notice
             ,
             hee
             in
             privacy
             went
             out
             of
             Poland
             ,
             and
             arrived
             at
             Lyons
             the
             sixt
             of
             
               September
               ,
               Anno
            
             1574
             ,
             and
             was
             
             consecrated
             at
             
               Rheims
               February
            
             the
             13.
             
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1575
             ,
             and
             the
             15.
             of
             the
             same
             Moneth
             he
             marryed
             
               Madam
               Loyse
            
             of
             Loraine
             ,
             Daughter
             of
             the
             Count
             of
             Vaudemont
             .
             After
             in
             the
             yeare
             1576
             ,
             he
             convocated
             his
             Statesmen
             to
             Blois
             ,
             where
             singular
             good
             Statutes
             were
             enacted
             .
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1577.
             there
             was
             an
             Edict
             of
             Pacification
             published
             for
             the
             quiet
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             .
             He
             began
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             Augustines
             Bridge
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1578.
             
             The
             Order
             of
             the
             Knights
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             was
             by
             him
             instituted
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
            
             1579.
             
             After
             his
             Edict
             of
             Pacification
             ,
             untill
             the
             decease
             of
             his
             onely
             brother
             Monsieur
             the
             Duke
             of
             Aniou
             his
             Kingdome
             was
             in
             peace
             :
             but
             soone
             after
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1585
             ,
             there
             grew
             up
             a
             faction
             pernicious
             to
             him
             and
             his
             Estate
             ,
             which
             was
             called
             the
             Ligue
             ,
             or
             the
             holy
             Union
             ,
             the
             Author
             whereof
             was
             the
             King
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             purposely
             to
             hinder
             Henry
             King
             of
             Navarre
             from
             his
             accesse
             to
             the
             Crowne
             of
             
             France
             ,
             to
             whom
             after
             the
             decease
             of
             this
             King
             ,
             it
             of
             right
             did
             belong
             .
             This
             Faction
             was
             violated
             under
             a
             colour
             of
             Religion
             ,
             which
             was
             of
             such
             a
             force
             ,
             that
             the
             Principality
             thereof
             made
             sure
             of
             the
             primest
             Cities
             in
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             ,
             their
             owne
             ,
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             ,
             Paris
             it selfe
             :
             the
             Inhabitants
             whereof
             having
             barricadoed
             themselves
             against
             their
             King
             on
             the
             twelfth
             of
             
               May
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1588
             ,
             he
             was
             constrained
             to
             retire
             himselfe
             to
             Chartres
             ,
             and
             thence
             to
             Rouen
             .
             In
             the
             end
             the
             second
             time
             he
             assembled
             his
             men
             of
             State
             at
             Blois
             ,
             at
             the
             end
             whereof
             hee
             caused
             the
             Duke
             and
             Cardinall
             of
             Guise
             to
             bee
             executed
             .
             Upon
             which
             execution
             Paris
             revolted
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             prime
             Cities
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             and
             the
             Rebells
             made
             the
             Duke
             of
             Mayenne
             to
             bee
             their
             Chiefe
             :
             which
             was
             a
             cause
             that
             the
             King
             removed
             his
             Parlement
             to
             Tours
             in
             March
             ,
             in
             the
             yeare
             1589
             ,
             and
             being
             reconciled
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             he
             went
             to
             beleaguer
             
             Paris
             ,
             and
             being
             at
             
               St.
               Claud
            
             ,
             on
             the
             first
             day
             of
             August
             hee
             was
             most
             trayterously
             stabbed
             with
             a
             knife
             in
             the
             bottome
             of
             his
             belly
             by
             a
             Jacobin
             ,
             of
             which
             wound
             hee
             dyed
             the
             day
             following
             in
             that
             siege
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             having
             reigned
             15.
             yeares
             and
             two
             Moneths
             .
             His
             Corps
             was
             conducted
             to
             Compaigne
             ,
             where
             it
             remaineth
             to
             this
             day
             entombed
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             plotting
             before
             his
             receiving
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             how
             to
             ruine
             the
             Hugenots
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             greater
             sinne
             than
             to
             force
             mens
             consciences
             ;
             for
             such
             as
             thinke
             to
             command
             them
             ,
             supposing
             to
             winne
             Heaven
             ,
             doe
             often
             lose
             that
             which
             they
             possesse
             on
             Earth
             .
             He
             was
             at
             last
             murdered
             (
             as
             was
             said
             )
             by
             a
             Jacobin
             Fryar
             ,
             who
             as
             the
             King
             bended
             downe
             to
             heare
             in
             private
             that
             which
             he
             expected
             ,
             drew
             a
             knife
             out
             of
             his
             sleeve
             made
             a
             purpose
             ,
             and
             thrust
             his
             Majesty
             into
             the
             bottome
             of
             the
             belly
             ,
             and
             there
             leaves
             the
             knife
             
             in
             the
             wound
             :
             The
             murderer
             was
             by
             those
             which
             ranne
             to
             helpe
             the
             King
             ,
             presently
             killed
             .
             But
             the
             King
             lived
             awhile
             ,
             and
             at
             his
             death
             hee
             advised
             them
             to
             unite
             themselves
             in
             revenging
             his
             murder
             ,
             but
             yet
             he
             forgave
             his
             enemies
             ,
             and
             charged
             them
             to
             seeke
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             by
             purging
             out
             Faction
             .
             And
             lastly
             hee
             wished
             them
             to
             referre
             the
             difference
             of
             Religion
             to
             the
             Convocation
             of
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             saying
             that
             Piety
             is
             a
             duty
             of
             man
             to
             God
             ,
             over
             which
             worldly
             force
             hath
             no
             power
             .
             The
             Picture
             of
             his
             minde
             was
             faire
             and
             lovely
             ,
             being
             drawne
             with
             the
             lines
             of
             wit
             ,
             eloquence
             ,
             gravity
             ,
             devotion
             ,
             affection
             to
             learning
             ,
             bountifull
             to
             desert
             ,
             reforming
             abuses
             ,
             peaceable
             and
             willing
             to
             heare
             counsell
             ,
             but
             this
             comely
             beauty
             was
             disgraced
             by
             a
             pale
             weaknesse
             in
             adversity
             ,
             a
             smiling
             wantonnesse
             ,
             and
             too
             liberall
             a
             prodigality
             ,
             which
             somewhat
             blemished
             this
             Prince
             ,
             who
             had
             otherwise
             beene
             
             an
             exact
             peece
             of
             perfection
             ,
             worthy
             to
             be
             placed
             among
             the
             chiefest
             Monarchs
             .
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             the
             4
             ,
             the
             63.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1589.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             THis
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             ,
             surnamed
             
               the
               Great
            
             ,
             King
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             as
             first
             of
             the
             Bourbon
             line
             ,
             being
             descended
             from
             Robert
             ,
             the
             last
             sonne
             of
             
             
               St.
               Lewis
            
             ,
             succeeded
             to
             the
             Crowne
             of
             France
             by
             consent
             and
             assistance
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             Army
             of
             the
             late
             Henry
             ,
             by
             whose
             deplored
             death
             it
             was
             dispersed
             ,
             retired
             himselfe
             to
             Dieppe
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             besieged
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Mayenne
             with
             a
             potent
             Army
             ,
             which
             by
             this
             King
             was
             routed
             ,
             with
             a
             small
             number
             of
             Arques
             the
             21.
             of
             
               September
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1589.
             
             And
             from
             thence
             pursued
             his
             victory
             even
             to
             Paris
             ,
             taking
             the
             Suburbs
             thereof
             upon
             
               All-Hallows
               Eve.
            
             Afterwards
             hee
             recovered
             
               Vendosm
               le
               Mans
            
             and
             Falaise
             .
          
           
             The
             fourteenth
             of
             March
             1590
             ,
             hee
             obtained
             the
             famous
             victory
             of
             Yury
             ,
             after
             which
             hee
             blocked
             up
             Paris
             and
             
               St.
               Denis
            
             ,
             and
             reduced
             them
             to
             such
             an
             extremity
             of
             famine
             ,
             that
             in
             July
             following
             
               St.
               Denis
            
             yeelded
             it selfe
             to
             his
             power
             ,
             and
             Paris
             also
             was
             upon
             the
             point
             of
             surrender
             .
             April
             ,
             1591.
             the
             City
             of
             Chartres
             after
             a
             long
             siege
             was
             yeelded
             up
             also
             to
             him
             .
          
           
           
             Ianuary
             ,
             1593.
             began
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             Ligue
             at
             Paris
             ,
             and
             the
             Truce
             of
             Suresne
             followed
             ,
             which
             being
             in
             dispute
             the
             King
             tooke
             the
             City
             of
             Dreux
             ,
             and
             shortly
             after
             he
             was
             instructed
             in
             the
             Roman
             Faith
             ,
             whereof
             hee
             made
             a
             publique
             and
             solemne
             profession
             at
             
               St.
               Denis
            
             ,
             the
             25.
             of
             
               July
               .
               August
            
             following
             the
             generall
             Truce
             began
             ,
             and
             continued
             untill
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             yeare
             1594
             ,
             which
             being
             expired
             ,
             the
             King
             caused
             himselfe
             to
             be
             crowned
             at
             Chartres
             by
             the
             Bishop
             of
             that
             See
             ,
             the
             27.
             of
             February
             .
             Hereupon
             ensued
             the
             submission
             of
             
               Meaux
               ,
               Lyons
               ,
               Orleance
               ,
               Bourges
               ,
               Rouen
            
             and
             Paris
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             was
             most
             magnificently
             entertained
             .
          
           
             A
             while
             after
             the
             City
             of
             Laon
             was
             besieged
             ,
             and
             yeelded
             up
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             upon
             that
             Champagne
             and
             Picardy
             also
             submitted
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             .
             The
             King
             being
             returned
             to
             Paris
             ,
             was
             stabbed
             in
             the
             face
             with
             a
             knife
             by
             a
             young
             desperate
             Student
             
             called
             
               John
               Chastel
            
             ,
             who
             for
             that
             fact
             was
             deservedly
             torne
             in
             pieces
             with
             wilde
             Horses
             the
             29.
             of
             December
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             being
             recovered
             of
             his
             hurt
             ,
             made
             Knights
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             ,
             in
             January
             ,
             1595.
             
             After
             the
             City
             of
             Dijon
             submitted
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             manner
             all
             Burgundy
             .
             Also
             the
             second
             generall
             Truce
             was
             published
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             interim
             the
             reconciliation
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Mayenne
             was
             wrought
             ,
             together
             with
             those
             of
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Toyeuse
             and
             Espernon
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             yeare
             1596
             ,
             the
             City
             of
             Marsilles
             was
             surrendred
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             ,
             Governour
             of
             Provence
             :
             Hee
             also
             after
             eight
             Moneths
             siege
             ,
             tooke
             the
             Towne
             of
             
               La
               Fere
            
             in
             Picardy
             about
             mid
             May
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             resistance
             of
             the
             Spanish
             forces
             then
             under
             the
             Conduct
             of
             the
             Arch-Duke
             of
             Austria
             ,
             who
             came
             purposely
             out
             of
             Flanders
             to
             raise
             that
             siege
             .
          
           
             At
             Rouen
             in
             a
             generall
             assembly
             of
             the
             
             Peeres
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             Alliance
             between
             him
             and
             Queene
             Elizabeth
             of
             England
             was
             renewed
             by
             Embassages
             extraordinary
             in
             October
             ,
             when
             the
             King
             received
             from
             her
             the
             Order
             of
             
               St.
               George
               ,
               (
               aliàs
            
             )
             the
             Garter
             ,
             as
             ,
             not
             long
             before
             ,
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Chevalry
             or
             Knighthood
             of
             France
             was
             sent
             unto
             the
             Queen
             of
             England
             ,
             by
             Monsieur
             the
             Marshall
             of
             Bouillon
             .
          
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1599.
             the
             King
             made
             ordinary
             Knights
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             at
             Rouen
             ,
             which
             was
             never
             there
             done
             before
             ,
             at
             any
             other
             place
             than
             at
             Paris
             .
          
           
             Not
             long
             after
             ,
             the
             Towne
             of
             Amiens
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             and
             cruelly
             pillaged
             for
             the
             space
             of
             5.
             daies
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             beaten
             out
             .
             The
             King
             resolved
             upon
             a
             revenging
             siege
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             end
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             encompassed
             by
             Monsieur
             the
             Marshall
             of
             Biron
             and
             his
             Troops
             for
             the
             impeachments
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             supplies
             :
             and
             the
             King
             in
             person
             the
             21.
             of
             May
             marched
             towards
             
             the
             said
             siege
             of
             Amiens
             ,
             which
             after
             many
             furious
             assaults
             ,
             Sallies
             ,
             and
             Skirmishes
             ,
             was
             surrendred
             upon
             composition
             upon
             Thursday
             the
             25.
             of
             September
             ,
             notwithanding
             that
             the
             Cardinall
             of
             Austria
             came
             even
             to
             the
             Trenches
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             18000.
             foot
             ,
             and
             2000
             Horse
             ,
             with
             18.
             
             Cannons
             for
             Battery
             ,
             but
             was
             valiantly
             beaten
             backe
             ,
             and
             intercepted
             of
             his
             designe
             of
             relieving
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             enforced
             to
             a
             shamefull
             retreate
             ,
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             a
             great
             part
             of
             his
             men
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             yeare
             the
             Marriage
             of
             the
             King
             with
             
               Madam
               Margaret
            
             of
             France
             for
             many
             strong
             and
             lawfull
             causes
             was
             annulled
             and
             made
             void
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             Pope
             Clement
             the
             eight
             ,
             was
             so
             published
             .
          
           
             The
             yeare
             1600.
             the
             Marriage
             of
             the
             King
             was
             treated
             ,
             and
             concluded
             with
             the
             Lady
             Mary
             of
             Medicis
             ,
             Princesse
             of
             Florence
             ,
             Daughter
             of
             the
             late
             Great
             Duke
             of
             
               Tuscany
               ,
               Francis
            
             of
             Medicis
             ,
             
             and
             of
             Joane
             of
             Austria
             ,
             Daughter
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Ferdinand
             ,
             and
             in
             May
             shee
             in
             her
             owne
             Countrey
             was
             proclaimed
             Queene
             of
             France
             .
          
           
             The
             13.
             of
             June
             1602.
             
             Charles
             Duke
             of
             Biron
             ,
             and
             Lord
             High
             Marshall
             of
             France
             ,
             being
             come
             to
             Fontainbleau
             ,
             was
             arrested
             upon
             high
             Treason
             by
             the
             Kings
             command
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             conveyed
             to
             the
             Bastile
             at
             Paris
             .
             Hee
             was
             convicted
             by
             his
             Peeres
             for
             attempts
             against
             the
             Kings
             Person
             and
             State
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             Munday
             before
             ,
             being
             the
             29.
             of
             July
             ,
             hee
             was
             adjudged
             to
             lose
             his
             head
             ,
             with
             the
             confiscation
             of
             his
             goods
             ,
             and
             the
             land
             of
             Biron
             deprived
             for
             ever
             of
             being
             a
             Dutchy
             and
             Pairy
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             was
             reunited
             to
             the
             Crowne
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             pleaded
             against
             him
             ,
             
               Qui
               nec
               virtute
               nec
               fide
               prodest
               ,
               prosit
               exemplo
               :
               He
               that
               can
               never
               profit
               by
               his
               vertue
               ,
               nor
               his
               loyalty
               ,
               must
               profit
               by
               his
               example
            
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             he
             was
             condemned
             ,
             and
             
             put
             into
             the
             said
             Bastile
             ,
             whither
             the
             Chancellour
             comming
             to
             pronounce
             the
             sentence
             of
             death
             against
             him
             ,
             hee
             shaked
             the
             Chancellour
             by
             the
             Arme
             ,
             saying
             ,
             You
             have
             judged
             me
             ,
             and
             God
             will
             absolve
             me
             ;
             hee
             will
             lay
             open
             their
             iniquities
             ,
             which
             have
             shut
             their
             eyes
             ,
             because
             they
             would
             not
             see
             my
             innocency
             :
             You
             my
             Lord
             shall
             answer
             for
             this
             injustice
             before
             him
             ,
             whither
             I
             doe
             summon
             you
             within
             a
             yeare
             and
             a
             day
             .
             I
             goe
             before
             by
             the
             judgment
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             are
             the
             cause
             of
             my
             death
             ,
             shall
             come
             after
             by
             the
             judgment
             of
             God.
             Afterward
             he
             said
             ,
             I
             see
             well
             that
             I
             am
             not
             the
             most
             wicked
             ,
             but
             I
             am
             the
             most
             unfortunate
             .
             Those
             that
             have
             done
             worse
             than
             I
             would
             have
             done
             ,
             are
             favoured
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Clemency
             is
             dead
             for
             me
             .
             He
             doth
             not
             imitate
             Caesar
             nor
             Augustu
             ,
             or
             those
             great
             Princes
             ,
             who
             not
             onely
             pardoned
             the
             intention
             of
             doing
             ill
             ,
             but
             the
             Act
             ;
             and
             wherein
             can
             the
             King
             shew
             himselfe
             greater
             than
             in
             
             pardoning
             ?
             Clemency
             is
             a
             Kingly
             vertue
             ;
             every
             one
             may
             give
             Death
             ,
             but
             it
             belongs
             onely
             to
             Soveraignty
             to
             give
             life
             :
             But
             the
             Chancellour
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             a
             condemned
             man
             must
             not
             dispute
             against
             his
             Judgment
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Duke
             of
             Biron
             delivered
             up
             the
             Kings
             order
             .
             Afterward
             the
             Chancellour
             said
             that
             hee
             had
             brought
             two
             Divines
             to
             comfort
             him
             ,
             and
             prepare
             him
             for
             death
             ,
             but
             the
             Duke
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             already
             prepared
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             soule
             was
             in
             such
             tranquillity
             ,
             as
             the
             night
             before
             hee
             had
             spoken
             with
             God.
             Within
             few
             daies
             after
             he
             was
             beheaded
             ,
             and
             his
             body
             interred
             by
             night
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               S.
               Paul.
            
             
          
           
             The
             yeare
             1604.
             the
             King
             was
             advertised
             that
             one
             
               Nicholas
               l'Hoste
            
             ,
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ,
             discovered
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             (
             from
             whom
             he
             received
             an
             annuall
             Pension
             to
             that
             end
             )
             the
             secrets
             and
             affaires
             of
             the
             State
             :
             upon
             the
             notice
             taken
             L'Hoste
             put
             himselfe
             in
             flight
             for
             his
             owne
             safety
             ,
             but
             he
             was
             so
             closely
             
             followed
             and
             pursued
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             enforced
             to
             hide
             himselfe
             in
             the
             River
             of
             Marne
             ,
             where
             he
             dyed
             through
             cold
             and
             feare
             .
             His
             body
             being
             found
             ,
             was
             condemned
             to
             bee
             drawne
             in
             peeces
             with
             wilde
             horses
             ,
             and
             the
             foure
             quarters
             to
             be
             set
             upon
             foure
             wheeles
             at
             foure
             gates
             of
             Paris
             .
             The
             yeare
             1610.
             there
             were
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Arsenal
             of
             Paris
             Fifty
             great
             Gunnes
             ,
             with
             store
             of
             Munition
             of
             powder
             and
             shot
             ,
             and
             great
             numbers
             of
             Souldiers
             were
             leavied
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             intended
             shortly
             after
             to
             enter
             into
             his
             Army
             ,
             but
             he
             would
             first
             see
             his
             Queene
             should
             bee
             crowned
             at
             
               St.
               Denis
            
             ,
             which
             was
             performed
             with
             great
             solemnity
             .
             But
             the
             next
             day
             after
             this
             Magnificence
             and
             pompe
             of
             the
             Queenes
             Coronation
             ,
             this
             great
             King
             was
             on
             Friday
             the
             14.
             of
             May
             ,
             1610.
             about
             foure
             in
             the
             afternoone
             most
             trayterously
             murthered
             in
             his
             Caroch
             with
             two
             stabbs
             with
             a
             knife
             neare
             the
             region
             of
             his
             heart
             ,
             passing
             in
             the
             Streete
             of
             the
             
             Ferronery
             ,
             neare
             the
             Charnells
             of
             the
             Innocents
             Church-yard
             ,
             by
             
               Francis
               Ravaillac
            
             ,
             borne
             in
             Angolesme
             .
             His
             Obsequies
             were
             performed
             the
             three
             dayes
             following
             ,
             the
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             of
             June
             ,
             with
             infinite
             teares
             and
             lamentations
             :
             and
             after
             many
             funebriall
             solemnities
             ,
             his
             Corps
             was
             conducted
             to
             
               St.
               Denis
            
             ,
             where
             it
             remaineth
             interred
             .
          
           
             He
             lived
             fifty
             sixe
             yeares
             ,
             and
             thirty
             one
             daies
             .
             Hee
             reigned
             in
             Navarre
             Thirty
             seven
             yeares
             ,
             eleaven
             moneths
             ,
             or
             thereabout
             ;
             and
             in
             France
             Twenty
             yeares
             ,
             nine
             moneths
             ,
             and
             thirteene
             dayes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Lewis
               the
            
             13.
             and
             64.
             
             
               King
               of
               France
               .
               Anno
            
             1610.
             
          
           
             portrait
          
           
             LEwis
             the
             13.
             at
             his
             age
             of
             eight
             yeares
             ,
             seven
             Moneths
             ,
             and
             seventeene
             dayes
             ,
             succeeded
             his
             Father
             Henry
             the
             Great
             ,
             and
             the
             fifteenth
             of
             
               May
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1610.
             he
             
             sate
             personally
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             then
             sitting
             at
             the
             Augustines
             ,
             where
             ,
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Queene
             his
             mother
             ,
             who
             sate
             by
             him
             of
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             foure
             Cardinalls
             ,
             foure
             Ecclesiasticall
             Peeres
             of
             France
             ,
             some
             Princes
             of
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             other
             Princes
             ,
             who
             met
             in
             that
             assembly
             ;
             also
             of
             the
             Constable
             ,
             with
             many
             Dukes
             and
             secular
             Peeres
             ,
             of
             the
             Marshalls
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             Officers
             of
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             of
             Governours
             of
             Provinces
             ,
             of
             Presidents
             and
             Counsellors
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             he
             by
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Lord
             Sillery
             his
             Chancellour
             declared
             his
             Mother
             to
             be
             Regent
             in
             France
             ,
             that
             shee
             might
             have
             the
             tuition
             of
             his
             person
             ,
             and
             the
             administration
             of
             the
             affaires
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             during
             his
             minority
             ,
             with
             all
             authority
             and
             power
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             that
             Court
             given
             the
             day
             before
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             Moneth
             the
             criminall
             indictment
             was
             preferred
             against
             the
             most
             inhumane
             Parricide
             ,
             
               Francis
               Ravaillac
            
             ,
             
             and
             on
             the
             23.
             of
             May
             ,
             he
             was
             declared
             guilty
             ,
             and
             justly
             attainted
             ,
             and
             convicted
             of
             the
             crime
             of
             
               Laesae
               Majestatis
            
             in
             the
             highest
             degree
             ,
             in
             the
             great
             Court
             and
             Chamber
             of
             Turnella
             in
             Paris
             ,
             before
             all
             the
             Assemblies
             ,
             Presidents
             ,
             Counsellours
             ,
             and
             Commissioners
             ,
             at
             the
             request
             of
             
               Du
               Viquit
            
             ,
             Atturney
             Generall
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             whose
             place
             and
             authority
             was
             there
             then
             to
             inquire
             against
             this
             
               Francis
               Ravaillac
            
             ,
             for
             the
             murther
             of
             his
             late
             Soveraigne
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             ,
             King
             of
             France
             and
             Navarre
             :
             Whereupon
             this
             Ravaillac
             with
             a
             sad
             and
             death-like
             countenance
             ,
             holding
             up
             his
             guilty
             hand
             before
             this
             great
             assembly
             ,
             presently
             confessed
             guilty
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             became
             this
             his
             Countries
             shame
             ,
             onely
             by
             the
             instigation
             of
             the
             Divell
             ;
             and
             not
             any
             other
             accomplices
             and
             confederates
             would
             he
             reveale
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             Satanicall
             manner
             vowed
             himselfe
             to
             secresie
             ;
             and
             being
             found
             guilty
             ,
             he
             was
             with
             a
             strong
             guard
             of
             armed
             men
             
             conveyed
             to
             prison
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             by
             the
             violence
             and
             rage
             of
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             had
             beene
             torne
             in
             peeces
             ,
             such
             was
             their
             love
             they
             owed
             to
             their
             late
             King
             :
             for
             which
             Fact
             he
             was
             condemned
             to
             pay
             his
             forfeit
             before
             the
             great
             gate
             of
             our
             Lady
             Church
             in
             Paris
             ,
             and
             thence
             to
             be
             conveyed
             to
             the
             place
             of
             execution
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             ,
             to
             make
             him
             confesse
             ,
             he
             was
             to
             be
             pinched
             with
             hot
             Pincers
             upon
             his
             breasts
             ,
             armes
             ,
             buttocks
             ,
             thighes
             ,
             and
             the
             Calves
             of
             his
             legges
             ;
             his
             right
             hand
             to
             be
             burnt
             off
             with
             fire
             of
             brimstone
             ,
             with
             an
             order
             ,
             that
             in
             those
             places
             where
             hee
             was
             so
             pinced
             ,
             melted
             Lead
             should
             be
             powred
             ,
             boyling
             Oyle
             ,
             Pitch
             ,
             Rozen
             ,
             Waxe
             ,
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             melted
             altogether
             .
             This
             being
             done
             ,
             that
             his
             body
             should
             be
             torne
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             dismembred
             by
             foure
             horses
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Limbes
             should
             be
             burnt
             and
             consumed
             to
             ashes
             ,
             and
             cast
             into
             the
             winde
             ;
             all
             his
             goods
             to
             be
             confiscate
             to
             the
             King
             :
             that
             the
             house
             
             wherein
             he
             was
             borne
             ,
             should
             be
             demolished
             ,
             and
             never
             any
             Edefice
             upon
             that
             ground
             to
             be
             built
             :
             that
             within
             fifteene
             dayes
             after
             the
             publication
             of
             this
             sentence
             in
             the
             towne
             of
             Angolesme
             ,
             his
             Father
             and
             Mother
             should
             depart
             the
             Realme
             ,
             and
             never
             returne
             againe
             ,
             upon
             paine
             of
             being
             hanged
             ,
             without
             any
             other
             proceedings
             :
             It
             was
             also
             forbidden
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             High
             Court
             ,
             that
             his
             brothers
             ,
             sisters
             uncles
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             that
             beare
             the
             name
             of
             Ravaillac
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             was
             enjoyned
             to
             change
             it
             into
             another
             name
             ,
             upon
             the
             same
             penalty
             :
             All
             which
             was
             published
             and
             put
             in
             execution
             the
             same
             day
             ,
             by
             the
             order
             of
             the
             whole
             assembly
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             Court
             in
             Paris
             :
             but
             before
             I
             conclude
             ,
             I
             will
             speake
             againe
             of
             the
             manner
             of
             his
             death
             ;
             because
             in
             that
             place
             I
             will
             not
             omit
             some
             things
             more
             worthy
             of
             note
             .
          
           
             Afterwards
             it
             was
             provided
             for
             the
             Funeralls
             and
             obsequies
             of
             the
             dead
             
             King
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             body
             of
             the
             late
             Henry
             the
             third
             was
             removed
             from
             the
             Towne
             of
             Compeigne
             to
             be
             interred
             at
             St.
             Denis
             ;
             which
             was
             performed
             ,
             and
             the
             heart
             of
             this
             Henry
             the
             Great
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             was
             carryed
             to
             the
             Jesuites
             at
             
               la
               Flech
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Sorbone
             renewed
             the
             Decree
             of
             the
             Councell
             of
             Constance
             against
             Paracides
             of
             Kings
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             upon
             the
             Iuine
             ,
             it
             condemned
             a
             Book
             of
             
               Iohn
               Mariana
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Society
             ,
             a
             Spaniard
             intituled
             
               De
               Rege
               &
               Regis
               institutione
            
             ,
             and
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             burnt
             by
             the
             Executioner
             before
             our
             
               Ladies
               Church
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Martiall
             
               de
               la
               Chastra
            
             ,
             being
             sent
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             twelve
             thousand
             foot
             ,
             and
             two
             thousand
             Horse
             to
             Tulliers
             ,
             which
             he
             took
             the
             second
             of
             September
             .
          
           
             Divers
             Embassadors
             came
             to
             Paris
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             bemoane
             and
             condole
             with
             him
             the
             death
             of
             his
             father
             :
             and
             
             
               King
               Iames
            
             of
             England
             sent
             unto
             him
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Garter
             ,
             which
             he
             received
             the
             foureteenth
             of
             September
             .
          
           
             The
             17.
             of
             October
             the
             King
             was
             consecrated
             at
             Rheimes
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             day
             he
             received
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
             and
             he
             gave
             the
             Order
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Conde
             ,
             and
             returned
             to
             Paris
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             magnificently
             entertained
             .
          
           
             The
             sixe
             and
             twentieth
             of
             November
             it
             was
             proceeded
             and
             decreed
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             against
             a
             Booke
             of
             
               Cardinall
               Bellarmine
            
             ,
             touching
             the
             Popes
             authority
             
               In
               Temporalibus
            
             ,
             which
             was
             forbidden
             to
             be
             printed
             ,
             to
             be
             sold
             ,
             or
             kept
             ,
             upon
             paine
             of
             High
             Treason
             .
          
           
             The
             seventeenth
             day
             of
             
               November
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1611.
             the
             Duke
             of
             Orleans
             ,
             brother
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             deceased
             at
             St.
             
               Germane
               en
               Lay
            
             ,
             and
             his
             body
             was
             conveyd
             to
             St.
             Denis
             in
             France
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Lord
             of
             Vatan
             made
             a
             kinde
             of
             a
             Rebellion
             in
             Berry
             ,
             whereupon
             his
             Castle
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             he
             carryed
             to
             Paris
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             beheaded
             the
             second
             ,
             of
             
               January
               ,
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1612.
             
          
           
             This
             yeare
             were
             solemnized
             the
             marriages
             of
             the
             King
             with
             the
             Lady
             
               Anne
               Infanta
            
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Kings
             Sister
             ,
             with
             the
             Prince
             of
             Spaine
             .
          
           
             The
             yeare
             1614
             the
             Prince
             of
             Conde
             retired
             himselfe
             to
             Paris
             ,
             and
             the
             Marquesse
             D'Ancre
             was
             made
             Marshall
             of
             France
             .
          
           
             The
             Statue
             of
             Brasse
             of
             Henry
             the
             Great
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             great
             Duke
             of
             Tuscany
             sent
             to
             Paris
             ,
             and
             placed
             with
             the
             Horse
             of
             Brasse
             ,
             upon
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             New
             Bridge
             ;
             And
             about
             that
             time
             the
             Prince
             of
             Conty
             dyed
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince
             distasted
             with
             the
             Kings
             espousalls
             with
             the
             Queene
             at
             Burgos
             ,
             made
             a
             hurly
             burly
             in
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             
             but
             the
             Espousalls
             being
             ended
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             with
             a
             strong
             Army
             conducted
             her
             to
             Fontarable
             ,
             where
             shee
             was
             received
             by
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             and
             an
             exchange
             being
             made
             ,
             the
             Queene
             was
             by
             the
             said
             Duke
             conveyed
             to
             Bourdeaux
             ,
             where
             shee
             was
             most
             magnificently
             entertained
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             where
             hee
             expected
             her
             ,
             and
             the
             Nuptials
             were
             celebrated
             on
             St.
             Katharines
             day
             .
          
           
             The
             yeare
             1616.
             such
             was
             the
             rigour
             of
             cold
             weather
             in
             January
             ,
             that
             the
             Rivers
             were
             frozen
             ,
             and
             the
             yce
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             fall
             of
             St.
             Michaels
             at
             Paris
             .
          
           
             The
             16.
             of
             August
             ,
             the
             taking
             of
             Peronne
             was
             a
             cause
             of
             new
             commotions
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             of
             September
             was
             apprehended
             at
             the
             Louure
             ,
             and
             after
             kept
             under
             a
             strong
             guard
             in
             the
             Bastile
             .
          
           
             Many
             of
             the
             Lords
             retired
             from
             the
             Court
             ,
             as
             the
             Duke
             of
             Vendosme
             ,
             of
             Nevers
             ,
             of
             Guise
             ,
             of
             Mayenne
             ,
             and
             Bovillon
             ,
             with
             other
             Lords
             ,
             whereof
             some
             returned
             againe
             ,
             the
             others
             not
             :
             which
             was
             
             a
             cause
             that
             the
             King
             in
             Parliament
             declared
             the
             causes
             wherefore
             he
             kept
             the
             Prince
             his
             brother
             in
             hold
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             yeare
             1617.
             he
             made
             a
             Declaration
             against
             the
             Duke
             of
             Nevers
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             17.
             of
             January
             ,
             also
             in
             February
             against
             the
             Dukes
             of
             
               Vendosme
               ,
               Mayenne
               ,
               Bouillon
            
             ,
             the
             Marquesse
             of
             Caevure
             ,
             and
             the
             President
             
               le
               Jay
            
             .
             Also
             another
             Declaration
             was
             made
             in
             March
             for
             the
             re-union
             to
             his
             Domaines
             ,
             and
             a
             Confiscation
             of
             the
             goods
             of
             the
             said
             Nobility
             upon
             the
             16.
             of
             the
             said
             Moneth
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             succeeded
             after
             the
             Tragicall
             death
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             when
             great
             troubles
             were
             like
             to
             follow
             ;
             but
             all
             those
             clouds
             were
             blowne
             away
             ,
             and
             this
             young
             Prince
             shined
             forth
             like
             the
             Sun
             in
             a
             cleare
             skie
             .
             First
             of
             all
             hee
             went
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             Declaration
             that
             his
             Mother
             should
             be
             Queene
             Regent
             during
             his
             minority
             .
             Afterward
             the
             Jesuites
             received
             his
             Fathers
             
             heart
             ,
             with
             great
             Ceremony
             ,
             being
             received
             into
             
               La
               Flech
            
             .
             Here
             the
             Arraignment
             and
             cruell
             Execution
             of
             the
             Murtherer
             Ravilliac
             deserves
             to
             be
             drawne
             forth
             in
             blacke
             colours
             .
             Imagine
             that
             Ravilliac
             was
             first
             arraign'd
             after
             he
             had
             beene
             put
             to
             the
             Rack
             ,
             then
             condemned
             ,
             afterward
             hee
             was
             brought
             out
             of
             the
             prison
             in
             his
             shirt
             ,
             with
             a
             Torch
             of
             two
             pound
             weight
             lighted
             in
             one
             hand
             ,
             and
             the
             knife
             wherewith
             he
             had
             murdered
             the
             King
             ,
             chained
             to
             the
             other
             :
             then
             he
             was
             set
             upright
             in
             a
             Dung-cart
             ,
             now
             hee
             is
             doing
             pennance
             at
             our
             
               Ladies
               Church
            
             ;
             now
             imagine
             the
             raging
             people
             are
             ready
             to
             teare
             him
             in
             peeces
             ,
             but
             the
             Officers
             restraine
             them
             ;
             the
             Murderer
             came
             to
             the
             Scaffold
             ,
             he
             crosses
             himselfe
             in
             signe
             that
             he
             dyed
             a
             Papist
             ;
             hee
             was
             bound
             to
             a
             St.
             
               Andrews
               Crosse
            
             ,
             then
             his
             fatall
             hand
             with
             the
             knife
             chained
             to
             it
             ,
             smoaks
             in
             a
             Furnace
             of
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ;
             it
             is
             consum'd
             ,
             yet
             hee
             will
             not
             confesse
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             roare
             and
             cry
             like
             
             to
             a
             Soule
             in
             hell
             ,
             but
             yet
             unpitied
             :
             and
             then
             his
             flesh
             was
             pulld
             off
             with
             hot
             Pincers
             ,
             and
             burnt
             ,
             then
             scalding
             Oyle
             ,
             Rozen
             ,
             pitch
             ,
             and
             brimstone
             ,
             melted
             together
             ,
             were
             powr'd
             into
             his
             wounds
             ,
             and
             on
             his
             navell
             a
             roundell
             of
             Clay
             was
             set
             ,
             into
             the
             which
             they
             powred
             molten
             Lead
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             roared
             ,
             but
             confessed
             nothing
             .
             At
             last
             ,
             to
             conclude
             this
             Tragedy
             ,
             his
             body
             was
             torne
             in
             pieces
             with
             foure
             strong
             Horses
             ,
             which
             could
             not
             plucke
             them
             asunder
             ,
             being
             so
             firmely
             knit
             together
             ,
             untill
             the
             flesh
             under
             his
             armes
             and
             thighes
             was
             cut
             .
             In
             this
             manner
             was
             this
             Paricide
             tormented
             and
             executed
             ,
             being
             the
             horrid
             picture
             of
             a
             Traytor
             ,
             suffering
             extreame
             tortures
             ,
             yet
             misery
             nor
             death
             could
             not
             enforce
             from
             him
             any
             confession
             .
             And
             surely
             if
             Hells
             tortures
             might
             be
             felt
             on
             earth
             ,
             it
             was
             approved
             in
             this
             mans
             punishment
             ,
             yet
             he
             would
             reveale
             nothing
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             did
             it
             by
             the
             instigation
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             his
             maine
             reason
             was
             ,
             because
             the
             
             King
             tollerated
             two
             Religions
             in
             his
             Kingdome
             .
             Oh
             small
             occasion
             ,
             that
             for
             this
             cause
             one
             servile
             slave
             should
             thu
             quench
             the
             great
             light
             of
             France
             ,
             whose
             brightnesse
             glistred
             thorow
             Europe
             :
             One
             thing
             this
             Villaine
             confessed
             ,
             that
             of
             all
             the
             severall
             torments
             that
             were
             invented
             and
             laid
             upon
             him
             ,
             none
             was
             more
             terrible
             to
             him
             ,
             than
             his
             losse
             of
             sleepe
             for
             sixe
             dayes
             and
             nights
             together
             ,
             for
             there
             were
             appointed
             severall
             officers
             by
             turnes
             to
             keepe
             him
             waking
             ,
             by
             thrusting
             red-hot
             bodkins
             into
             his
             breasts
             and
             sides
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             he
             did
             but
             offer
             to
             winke
             or
             give
             a
             nod
             ,
             then
             presently
             they
             awaked
             him
             with
             those
             Irons
             .
             He
             was
             torne
             in
             peeces
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             and
             his
             bones
             burnt
             ,
             the
             ashes
             whereof
             were
             scattered
             in
             the
             winde
             ,
             as
             being
             thought
             unworthy
             of
             the
             earths
             buriall
             .
             This
             Ravaillac
             was
             borne
             at
             Angolesme
             ,
             and
             by
             profession
             a
             Lawyer
             ,
             and
             was
             perswaded
             as
             it
             is
             thought
             ,
             by
             the
             Jesuites
             to
             perpetrate
             this
             bloody
             act
             ,
             by
             
             murdering
             this
             Kings
             Father
             ,
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             ,
             the
             hope
             of
             Learning
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             Armes
             .
             Afterward
             the
             Duke
             of
             Fener
             ,
             Embassadour
             from
             Spaine
             ,
             came
             to
             Paris
             ,
             and
             being
             brought
             into
             the
             Kings
             presence
             ,
             he
             said
             that
             he
             came
             from
             the
             King
             his
             Master
             to
             visite
             his
             Majesty
             .
             This
             young
             Prince
             answered
             ,
             I
             thanke
             the
             King
             my
             brother
             for
             his
             good
             will
             ,
             I
             will
             remember
             him
             and
             you
             also
             :
             Seeing
             he
             desires
             it
             ,
             he
             may
             expect
             from
             me
             all
             friendship
             and
             good
             intelligence
             ,
             such
             as
             hee
             had
             with
             the
             deceased
             King
             my
             Father
             .
             Afterward
             the
             Lord
             Wotton
             ,
             Embassadour
             from
             England
             ,
             came
             to
             Paris
             ,
             and
             then
             Embassadours
             for
             confirmation
             of
             mutuall
             league
             being
             sent
             into
             
               Spaine
               ,
               England
            
             ,
             and
             to
             Rome
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             at
             Rheims
             with
             solemne
             pompe
             and
             great
             state
             crowned
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Table
           of
           all
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           FRANCE
           ,
           which
           are
           contained
           in
           this
           Booke
           .
        
         
           
             PHaramond
             ,
             the
             first
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             Domini
             429.
             page
             1.
             
          
           
             Cloion
             or
             Clodion
             ,
             the
             second
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno.
             Dom.
             432.
             pag.
             5
          
           
             Merovaeus
             ,
             the
             third
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             An.
             Dom.
             450.
             pag.
             9
          
           
             Chilperick
             or
             Hilperick
             ,
             the
             fourth
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             470.
             pag.
             14
          
           
             Clovis
             ,
             the
             fifth
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             Christian
             King
             of
             that
             Nation
             .
             Anno
             485.
             pag.
             18
          
           
             Childebert
             the
             sixth
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             514.
             pag.
             23
          
           
             Clotharius
             the
             first
             of
             that
             Name
             ,
             and
             the
             seventh
             King
             of
             France
             .
             An.
             559.
             p.
             28
          
           
             Cherebert
             ,
             the
             eighth
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             564.
             pag.
             22
          
           
             Chilperic
             ,
             the
             ninth
             King
             of
             
               France
               ▪
            
             Anno
             577.
             pag.
             36
          
           
             
             Clotharius
             ,
             the
             second
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             and
             the
             10.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             586.
             p.
             40
          
           
             Dagobert
             ,
             the
             11.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             632.
             pag.
             44.
             
          
           
             Clovis
             ,
             alias
             ,
             Lewis
             ,
             the
             second
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             the
             12.
             
             King
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             645.
             pag.
             49
          
           
             Clotharius
             ,
             the
             third
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             and
             the
             13.
             
             King
             of
             that
             Nation
             .
             Anno
             666.
             pag.
             53
          
           
             
               Childeric
               2.
            
             the
             14.
             
             King
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             Anno
             570.
             pag.
             58
          
           
             Theodorick
             the
             15.
             
             King
             of
             that
             Nation
             .
             Anno
             680.
             pag.
             62
          
           
             Clovis
             the
             3.
             the
             16.
             
             King
             of
             that
             Nation
             .
             Anno
             689.
             pag.
             67
          
           
             Childebert
             the
             2.
             the
             17.
             king
             of
             that
             nation
             .
             Anno
             692.
             pag.
             71
          
           
             Dagobert
             the
             2.
             the
             18.
             king
             of
             that
             Nation
             .
             Anno
             710.
             pag.
             75
          
           
             Clotharius
             the
             4.
             the
             19.
             king
             of
             that
             nation
             .
             Anno
             719.
             pag.
             79
          
           
             Daniel
             ,
             alias
             ,
             Chilperick
             ,
             the
             20.
             king
             of
             that
             Nation
             .
             
               Anno
               719.
            
             pag.
             83
          
           
             Theodorick
             the
             2.
             the
             21.
             king
             of
             that
             
             Nation
             .
             
               Anno
               720.
            
             pag.
             87
          
           
             Childerick
             the
             3.
             the
             22.
             king
             of
             that
             Nation
             .
             
               Anno
               740.
            
             pag.
             91
          
           
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             ,
             Duke
             and
             Prince
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             
               Anno
               788.
            
             pag.
             95
          
           
             Pepin
             surnamed
             
               the
               short
            
             ,
             the
             first
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             the
             23.
             king
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             
               Anno
               752.
            
             pag.
             101
          
           
             Charlemaine
             ,
             Emperour
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             24
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             An.
             768.
             pag.
             106
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             Debonaire
             ,
             Emperor
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             25.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             
               Anno
               814.
            
             pag.
             111
          
           
             Charles
             the
             Bald
             ,
             Emperor
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             26.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             An.
             840.
             pag.
             115
          
           
             Lewis
             and
             Charoloman
             ,
             or
             Carlon
             ,
             the
             28.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             
               An.
               879.
            
             p.
             128
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             Lubber
             ,
             and
             Charles
             the
             grosse
             ,
             the
             29.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             
               An
               885.
            
             p.
             126
          
           
             Eudes
             or
             Odo
             ,
             the
             30.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             
               Anno
               891.
            
             pag.
             130
          
           
             Charles
             surnamed
             the
             simple
             ,
             the
             31.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             
               An.
               898.
            
             pag.
             135
          
           
             Rodulph
             or
             Raoul
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             the
             32
             king
             of
             France
             .
             pag.
             139
          
           
             
             Lewis
             the
             4
             ,
             the
             33.
             king
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             Anno
             939.
             pag.
             144
          
           
             Lotharius
             the
             4
             ▪
             the
             34.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             954.
             pag.
             150
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             5
             ,
             the
             35.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             986.
             pag.
             155
          
           
             
               Hugh
               Capet
            
             ,
             the
             first
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             the
             36.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             
               Anno
               987.
            
             pag.
             158
          
           
             Robert
             the
             1
             ,
             the
             37.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             997.
             pag.
             163
          
           
             Henry
             the
             1
             ,
             the
             38.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1031.
             pag.
             168
          
           
             Philip
             the
             1
             ,
             the
             39.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1060.
             pag.
             173
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             6
             ,
             the
             40.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1109.
             pag.
             178
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             7.
             was
             called
             Augustus
             ,
             being
             the
             41.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             An.
             1131.
             p.
             183
          
           
             Philip
             the
             2
             ,
             who
             was
             surnamed
             Augustus
             ,
             the
             42.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1180.
             pag.
             188
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             8
             ,
             the
             43.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1223.
             pag.
             194
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             9
             ,
             the
             44.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1226.
             pag.
             199
          
           
             
             Philip
             the
             3
             ,
             the
             45.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1271.
             pag.
             205
          
           
             Philip
             the
             4
             ,
             the
             46.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1286.
             pag.
             211
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             10
             ,
             who
             was
             surnamed
             Hutin
             ,
             the
             47.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1315.
             pag.
             216
          
           
             Philip
             the
             5
             ,
             the
             48.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1317.
             pag.
             223
          
           
             Charles
             the
             4
             ,
             surnamed
             the
             Faire
             ,
             the
             49.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1322.
             pag.
             228
          
           
             Philip
             of
             Valois
             ,
             the
             sixt
             of
             that
             Name
             ,
             the
             50.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1327.
             p.
             232
             A
             Relation
             of
             Edward
             the
             3
             ,
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             first
             that
             quartered
             the
             Armes
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             subject
             to
             England
             ,
             Anno
             1351.
             pag.
             237
          
           
             John
             the
             1
             ,
             the
             51.
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1350.
             pag.
             241
          
           
             Charles
             the
             5
             ,
             surnamed
             the
             Wise
             ,
             the
             52
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1364.
             p.
             246
          
           
             Charles
             the
             6
             ,
             the
             53.
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             Anno
             1380.
             pag.
             251
          
           
             
             A
             Relation
             of
             Henry
             the
             5
             ,
             king
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             gave
             a
             great
             overthrow
             to
             the
             French
             at
             the
             Battaile
             of
             Cressay
             ,
             and
             still
             maintained
             the
             right
             left
             him
             by
             Edward
             the
             3.
             of
             England
             .
             Anno
             1412.
             pag.
             258
          
           
             Charles
             the
             7
             ,
             the
             54.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1422.
             pag.
             264
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             11.
             the
             55.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1461.
             pag.
             269
          
           
             Charles
             the
             8
             ,
             the
             65.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1483.
             pag.
             281
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             12
             ,
             the
             57.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1499.
             pag.
             287
          
           
             Francis
             of
             Valois
             ,
             the
             first
             of
             that
             Name
             ,
             was
             the
             58.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             An.
             1515
             pag.
             294
          
           
             Henry
             the
             2
             ,
             the
             59.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1547.
             pag.
             299
          
           
             Francis
             the
             2
             ,
             the
             60.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1559.
             pag.
             305
          
           
             Charles
             the
             9
             ,
             the
             61.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1560.
             pag.
             310
          
           
             Henry
             the
             3
             ,
             the
             62.
             king
             of
             France
             .
             Anno
             1574.
             pag.
             315.
             
          
           
             
             Henry
             the
             4
             ,
             surnamed
             the
             Great
             ,
             the
             63
             king
             of
             France
             .
             An.
             1589.
             pag.
             320
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             13
             ,
             which
             now
             reigneth
             ,
             styled
             the
             most
             Christian
             king
             ,
             is
             the
             64.
             
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             began
             his
             Reigne
             in
             the
             yeare
             1610.
             pag.
             331
          
        
         
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