The history of the League. . urn not to their transferred the Parliament of Paristo Tours y and all the Courts of Judica-ture, which were in the Cities of theLeague to other Towns, which con-tinual faithfull to him. But they with-out being concerned at his angry De-clarations, revengd themfelves in allplaces, on fuch as were of the RoyalParty, by all manner of ill ufage. Hedid m the month of March , what heought to have done in December: Hecalfd together his Gendarmery, andRendevouzd what Forces he coudraiie in the Neighbourhood of Tours;to which place he had retired, as notthinking hi
The history of the League. . urn not to their transferred the Parliament of Paristo Tours y and all the Courts of Judica-ture, which were in the Cities of theLeague to other Towns, which con-tinual faithfull to him. But they with-out being concerned at his angry De-clarations, revengd themfelves in allplaces, on fuch as were of the RoyalParty, by all manner of ill ufage. Hedid m the month of March , what heought to have done in December: Hecalfd together his Gendarmery, andRendevouzd what Forces he coudraiie in the Neighbourhood of Tours;to which place he had retired, as notthinking himfelf fecure in fo open andweak a Town as Blois; but firft hefecurd his Prifoners, whom hecausdto be carried from the Caftle of Am-boife, and diftributed them into feve-ral Prifons. But the Duke of Mayennewho over-powrd him in men, was al-ready upon the point of coming outfrom Paris with a ftrong Army, witha refolution of preventing his defigns,and aflaulting him in Tours. And up-on that confideration it was, that he H h was. The Hijlory of the League. was forcd to refolve upon the onelyway, which remaind for his Shelter,from the laft extremities of Violence,and for the prefervation of his Crownand Perfon. France at that time wasin a moft deplorable condition , divi-ded, and as it were broken into threeParties, which laid it wafte. That ofthe League the moft powerfull of any,by the Rebellion of fo many Towns :that of the King of Navarre, whichhad greatly ftrengthend it felf, dure-ing the firft troubles ; and that of theKing, which in a manner was reducdto his own Houlhold, and fome veryfew depending Towns. It was im-poffible for him in this condition tocarry on the War, which he had un-dertaken againft the Huguenots , andat the fame time, to maintain himfelfagainft the Army of the Leaguers. Itremaind then, that of neceflity hemuft clofe with one of thofe Parties,that by its affiftance he might reducethe other to Obedience, or at leaftthat he might fave himfelf from ruine,which
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