The history of the League. . a confiderable part of Am. 1587-their Baggage, aiKl above twelve hun- ^^^^dred Hones, on which twelve hun-dred Foot were mounted in their re-turn to Montargis: and what mollmortifid the Baron, two Camels whichhe had defign d to prefent the Kingof Navarre; and the Kettle Drumsthat are carried before the Generalas a mark of Honour, the lofs ofwhich is accounted to be morefliamefulj, than that of his own Stan-dard. Though this Victory was not verygreat, yet it drew after it importantconfequences : and made way by the; dangerous eflfe&s which it had, to thetotal mine o
The history of the League. . a confiderable part of Am. 1587-their Baggage, aiKl above twelve hun- ^^^^dred Hones, on which twelve hun-dred Foot were mounted in their re-turn to Montargis: and what mollmortifid the Baron, two Camels whichhe had defign d to prefent the Kingof Navarre; and the Kettle Drumsthat are carried before the Generalas a mark of Honour, the lofs ofwhich is accounted to be morefliamefulj, than that of his own Stan-dard. Though this Victory was not verygreat, yet it drew after it importantconfequences : and made way by the; dangerous eflfe&s which it had, to thetotal mine of their Army. The Rey-ters who had foil the better half oftheir Baggage , mutined afrefh, de-manding their Pay, and threatning toretire in cafe they were not fatisfied,which wTas not poffibly to be Swiffers fent their Deputies to theKing, to negotiate their return; andthe matter wrent fo far that the DukeoiEfpernon, who led the Vanguard ofthe Royal Army, concluded the Trea-ty with them: by which the King T z was. The Hiftory of the League. was oblig d to pay them four hundredthbufand Crowns, and to grant thema free paflage into their own Court-trey. The Lanfquenets, whom the fatiguesof fo tedious a march had reducd to avery ill condition, were alfo thinkingof feme means to obtain the liberty ofgoing home. The Baron of Dona de-crid on all fides for his extreme neg-ledt in not providing for the fecurityof his Quarters, had wholly loft his au-thority amongft them; and the Frenchwho conducted them being con-tinually reproached with the unlaithfol-nefs of their promifes, were aihamd tofhew their heads. But at laft, the certain news of the•great Vi&ory obtained by the King ofNavarre, and the hope which confe-quently they had, that he wou d fpee-dily appear, with his vi&orious Ar-my/ together with the arrival of thePrince of Conty, whom he fent beforeto command them in his place, till heihou d himfelf come up, reftord theircourage, and causd a general rejoy-cing in the whol
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