The history of the League. . ad ever acknowledged ^v*^*him their Head. Thus, inflead of the Catholiques be-ing united againfl the Huguenots, asthey had always been, during the pre-ceding Reigns under Henry the Thirdand his Succeflbur, they were dividedinto two parties; whereof one wasthe Leaguers, and the other the Po-litique* ; who by another name werecaird the Royalifts. And at that timeit was manifeftly vifible, that the Warhad no reference to Religion, as thofeof the League pretended, but was aWar purely of State Intereft j fince theDuke of Montmoramy, Head of thofeCatholiques who were uni
The history of the League. . ad ever acknowledged ^v*^*him their Head. Thus, inflead of the Catholiques be-ing united againfl the Huguenots, asthey had always been, during the pre-ceding Reigns under Henry the Thirdand his Succeflbur, they were dividedinto two parties; whereof one wasthe Leaguers, and the other the Po-litique* ; who by another name werecaird the Royalifts. And at that timeit was manifeftly vifible, that the Warhad no reference to Religion, as thofeof the League pretended, but was aWar purely of State Intereft j fince theDuke of Montmoramy, Head of thofeCatholiques who were united with theHuguenots, to maintain the Authorityof the King, and the Royal Family, aswas declared in their Manifefl of theTenth of Auguft, fhewd himfelf on alloccafions a moil zealous Defender ofReligion; therein following the exam-ple of the Great Conflable his Fa-ther. Tis certain, that he protected it fowell in his Government, that the Kingof Navarre coud fcarcely bring theHuguenots to confide in him j becaufe he r always. The Hiftory of the League. always opposed the progrefs of their de-igns in that Province. Healfo exten-ded his Zeal into the County of Avig-non, and hindered Herefie there fromtaking root:For which Pope Gregory thethirteenth, thought fit to make hintgreat acknowledgments in many Let-ters. It was not therefore with any de-fign of ruining Religion that the Kingof Navarre, as Head of the Huguenotsbeing united with one part of the Ca-tholiques, made that War; but forprefervation of the Ring and State,which the League endeavoured to op-prefs; as the Ring himfelf underiloodit to be, not long time after, declaringthat he had not a better fervant thanthe Marjhal of Montmorancy. Andfucli indeed did he always continue,fo firm to the intereft of that Prince,and of his Succeflbur the Ring of Na-varre, that the latter of them ho*nourd him as a Father, by whichname he firft calFd him, and afterwardsbeing King of France, made himConitable m recom pence of his greatdefert
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