The history of the League. . s was poflible, that they might giveno trouble to her management of Bufi-nefs; So alfo when ihe faw themftrengthend with fo formidable anArmy, and her Son Alanfon at theirhead, flie began immediately to ap-prehend, that at length, making them-felves Matters, they might degradeher from that Authority, which fliewas fo ambitious to retain, by what-foever means, and confequently flierefolvd to make a peace, for the famereafons, for which flie undertook theWar. And as flie was undoubtedlythe moft fubtile Woman of her time,and had fo great an Afcendant over allher Child
The history of the League. . s was poflible, that they might giveno trouble to her management of Bufi-nefs; So alfo when ihe faw themftrengthend with fo formidable anArmy, and her Son Alanfon at theirhead, flie began immediately to ap-prehend, that at length, making them-felves Matters, they might degradeher from that Authority, which fliewas fo ambitious to retain, by what-foever means, and confequently flierefolvd to make a peace, for the famereafons, for which flie undertook theWar. And as flie was undoubtedlythe moft fubtile Woman of her time,and had fo great an Afcendant over allher Children, that they were not ableto withftand her, or to defend them-felves againft her artifices, and with-all woud fpare for nothing to compafsher defigns ; flie managd fo dexte-roufly the minds of the Princes , andcheif Officers of their Army, in gran-ting them with eafe extraordinaryConditions, even fuch as were beyondtheir hope; that flie conjurd downthe Tempefl which was about to havebeen powrd upon her head , and flielteni. The Hiftory of the League. flielterd her felf at the coft of our Re*ligion, by the fifth Edi£t of Pacifica*tion, which was as advantageous tothe Huguenots as they coud defire. Towhom, amongft other privileges wasallowed the free exercife of their pre-tended Religion in all the Cities of theKingdom, and in all other places, ex-cepting onely the Court and /V&, andthe compafs of two Leagues about thatCity. This peace was infinitely dif-taftefull to the Catholiquesi becaufe itfervd for a pretence, and gave a fa-vourable occaiion to the birth of a de-fign long time before premeditated,and hatcn d by him, who was the firftAuthour of that League whofe HiftoryI write ,• and who began to lay theFoundations of it,preciiely at this pointof time, in that manner as ihall imme-diately be related.^*^*2?\ Tis certain that the firft perfonswho were thus AfTociated, under pre-tence of Religion againft their Sove-reigns were the Proteftants: Thenwhen the Prince of Conde m
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