. The history of the civil wars of France . ake ufe of the Hugonots : TheirBeginnings and Do&rine : La Renaudie maizes himfelfchiefofaConJpiracy^and the Hugonots refolve to follow him : The Confpiracy is dtfcovered : TheKing chufeth the Duke of GuiCe for his Lieutenant-General^ who withoutmuch difficulty doth breaks, take and chajiife the Confpirators. He Civil Wars, in which for the fpace of forty years together theKingdom of France was miferably involved, though on the onefide they contain great Adions, and famous Enterprizcs, thatmay ferve foy excellent Leflbns to thofe that maturely cunfid
. The history of the civil wars of France . ake ufe of the Hugonots : TheirBeginnings and Do&rine : La Renaudie maizes himfelfchiefofaConJpiracy^and the Hugonots refolve to follow him : The Confpiracy is dtfcovered : TheKing chufeth the Duke of GuiCe for his Lieutenant-General^ who withoutmuch difficulty doth breaks, take and chajiife the Confpirators. He Civil Wars, in which for the fpace of forty years together theKingdom of France was miferably involved, though on the onefide they contain great Adions, and famous Enterprizcs, thatmay ferve foy excellent Leflbns to thofe that maturely cunfiderthem •■> yet on the other fide, they are fo confufed and intangledin their own revolutions, that the reafons of many bufinelTes donot appear, the counfelsof many determinations are not rightlycomprehended, and an infinite number of things notatall under-ftood through the partiality of private Interefts, which under divers pretences hath ob-jured the truth of them. True it is, that many excellent Wits have endeavoured to B make. The Hi/lory of the Civil Wars make of thefe a perfea: Story, by bringing to light fuch things as they have gatheredtogether with great diligence, and commendable indulby: Notwithftanding the diffi-culties are fo many, and the impediments prove to be of fuch confequence, that in 2multitude of accidents Call great and confiderable, but hidden and buried in the vaftruines of civil diffentions) his pains will not be lefs profitable to pofterity, who labourstodigeft them into an orderly method, than the endeavours of others formerly havebeen. Wherefore, being in my infancy by Fate, that deftined me to a reftlefs life, tran-fported into the inmoft Provinces of that Kingdom, where, during a long fpacc of timewhich I lived there , I had the opportunity to obferve, and be an eye-witnefs of themoft fecret and notable circumftances of fo remarkable palTages i I could not chufe a moreworthy matter, nor a more ufeful Study wherein to imploy my prefent Age, n
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