The history of the League. . e in a readinefs long before them,and reduce them to reafon eer theyhave time and means to gather ForcesSufficient to oppofe their was what the King was advisdto have done, by his belt Servants,and efpecially by the Lord: John dyAumont, Count of Chateau-Ron, andMarfhal of France : He, whofe invio*lable fidelity in the Service of theKings his Mailers, and his extraordi-nary Courage, tn d in fo many a&:i*ons, joynd with a perfeft knowledgeof all that belongs to a great Captain,, have rendered him one of the moft illus-trious perfons of that Age. This f
The history of the League. . e in a readinefs long before them,and reduce them to reafon eer theyhave time and means to gather ForcesSufficient to oppofe their was what the King was advisdto have done, by his belt Servants,and efpecially by the Lord: John dyAumont, Count of Chateau-Ron, andMarfhal of France : He, whofe invio*lable fidelity in the Service of theKings his Mailers, and his extraordi-nary Courage, tn d in fo many a&:i*ons, joynd with a perfeft knowledgeof all that belongs to a great Captain,, have rendered him one of the moft illus-trious perfons of that Age. This faith-full Servant, not able to endure ei*ther the infolence of the Rebels , orthe too great mildnefs of his Mailer,advisd him refolutely , that with hisGuards, and the old Regiments whichhe might Suddenly form intoan Army , he ftioud immediatelyMarch into Champaign, and there failupon the Leaguers, who were yet inno condition to oppofe him. And truly it appeard but too plain-ly that this was the Counfell w7hich I z ought. The Hiftory of the League, ought to have been followed. For atthe beginning of this firft War of theLeague, the Duke of Guife ( to whomthe Spaniards , after fuch magnificentpromifes of fo many thoufand Piftoles,had not yet paid one befides his Pen-fion,) was not able with all his cre-dit, and his cunning, to raife abovefive thoufand men, the greatefl partof which were of Lorrain Troops, whocame flragling in by a File at a time,and whom the King, had there yet re-main d alive in his Soul but one fparkof that Fire, which once fo Nobly ani-mated him, whenbeing Duke of Anjouyhe performed fo many gallant actions,might have eafily difpersd with hisHoufeholdTroops, and fuch of theNobility as were about him, who hadbeen immediately followed by the bra-veft of the Nation, had they once be-held him but on Horfeback. To this purpofe, Beavais Nangis,who was infinitely furprisd to findthe Duke of Guife at Chadlons, fothinly attended by his Troops, hav-ing demanded of him w
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