The history of the League. . ^J^fdiffidence he had of the Duke of Gu/feywhom he confiderd at that time ashis greatefl Enemy, causd him at thelaft to refolve on his departure. Accordingly, about noon the nextday, while the Queen Mother wentto the Duke with proportions onelyto amufe him, the King making {hewto take a turn or two intheTuilleries,put on Boots in the Stables , and get-ting on Horfe-back , attended by fif-teen or fixteen Gentlemen, and by tenor twelve Lacqueys, having caufednotice to be given to his Guardsto follow him , went out by thePort Neuve, riding always on fullgallop, for fe
The history of the League. . ^J^fdiffidence he had of the Duke of Gu/feywhom he confiderd at that time ashis greatefl Enemy, causd him at thelaft to refolve on his departure. Accordingly, about noon the nextday, while the Queen Mother wentto the Duke with proportions onelyto amufe him, the King making {hewto take a turn or two intheTuilleries,put on Boots in the Stables , and get-ting on Horfe-back , attended by fif-teen or fixteen Gentlemen, and by tenor twelve Lacqueys, having caufednotice to be given to his Guardsto follow him , went out by thePort Neuve, riding always on fullgallop, for fear of being purfud bythe Parifians, till having gaind the af-cent above Challiot, htflopthis Horfeto look back on Paris, Tis faid, thatthen reproaching that great City ,which he had always honourd , andenrichd by his Royal prefence, andupbrayding its ingratitude, he Sworehe woud not return into it but througha Breach, and that he wou d lay it folow, that it ihoud never more be in acondition of lifting up its felf againft the. The Hiftory of the League. the King. After this he went toLodge that night at Trappes, and thenext morning arrivd at Chartres ;where his Officers, thofe of his Coun-cil, and the Courtiers came up to him,one after another in great diforder;fome on Foot, others on Horfe-backwithout Boots, feveral on their Mules,and in their Robes , every man mak-ing his efcape as he was beft able, andin a great hurry for fear of beingftopd j in fliort, all of them in a con-dition not unlike the Servants of Da-vUy at his departure from Jerufalem,travelling in a miferable Equipage, af-ter their diftrefsd Matter, when hefled before the Rebel Abfalom. The Duke of Guife , who on theone fide, had been unwilling to puflithings to an extremity, to the end hemight make his Treaty with the King,and that it might not be faid he wasnot at liberty; and on the other fide,not believing that he wou d have goneaway in that manner , as if he fledfrom his Subje&s, who flopping fliortof the Lou
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