The history of the League. . y\J,that he had ^^w*Wherewithal to dilabafe the Duke ofMzyenn?, by means of this ftrangePropofition > and confirm him inthofe good Opinions which the Sieurde Vllkroy had infusd into him ; an-fwerd King Philip with great Pru-dence, and no lefs Policy ; and faint-ly putting him in mind of the SaliqueLaw, on which he did not much in-fift, feemd rather to encourage, thanda(h his Hopes, in the profecution ofof his Purpofe. Infomuch, that hedrew him to a Promife of great Sup-plies, both in Men and Money, whichhe faiPd not to fend, with morefpeed than ufaal. And the Du
The history of the League. . y\J,that he had ^^w*Wherewithal to dilabafe the Duke ofMzyenn?, by means of this ftrangePropofition > and confirm him inthofe good Opinions which the Sieurde Vllkroy had infusd into him ; an-fwerd King Philip with great Pru-dence, and no lefs Policy ; and faint-ly putting him in mind of the SaliqueLaw, on which he did not much in-fift, feemd rather to encourage, thanda(h his Hopes, in the profecution ofof his Purpofe. Infomuch, that hedrew him to a Promife of great Sup-plies, both in Men and Money, whichhe faiPd not to fend, with morefpeed than ufaal. And the Duke be-ing fatisfyd, that according to thatambitious Defign of the Spaniards, hecoud never pretend to the Kingdom,usd all his Endeavours for the future,that the Election might not fall onany other; not even on a Prince ofhis own Family, who might marrythe On the contrary, theSixteen, who were altogether at theDevotion of the Spaniards, by whomthey were powerfully protefted a-g;ainft him, wrote to King Philip?Ggg4 by. The ffijlory of the League. by one Father Matthew (not the Je-fuite of that Name) a large Letter,the Original of which, being inter-cepted near Lyons^ was brought tothe King ; in which, after their hum-ble Acknowledgments to his Catho-lick Majefty, of the many Favoursand Benefits which they had receivdfrom him, they earneftly petitionhim, that in cafe he fhou d refufe toaccept the Crown of Frame, hewoud give them a King of his ownFamily, or at leaft fome other Prince,whom he fhoud pleafe to ele£t forhis Son in Law, Tis farther obfervable,that the Di-vifion which was betwixt the Dukeo£ Mayenm^ndi hisneareft Relations,exceedingly increased the Power, andby confequence, the Audacity andInfblence of thole factious men: Foron one fide, the Duke of Nemours(who was much incensed, that afterhe had fo bravely defended Pam, theGovernment of Normandy fhou d berefusd him, which Province hethought to have erected into a Princepality, like that of Bretagne, ofwhich, t
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