The history of the League. . believe, or at ^^J& to fufpedt, that all which atthat time was done by him to teftifiehis joy, was onely to cover his indig-nation and his hatred, which urgdhim inceflantly to revenge himfelf onthofe from whom he had receivd fuchunworthy ufage. For being departed from Chartres,and going thence to Rouen^ where hemade theEdifrof Reunion, he woudnever be perfwaded to go to Paris athis return, what inftaace foever theDeputies of the Parliament, and thofeof the Town coud make to him: al-ways alledging faint excufes, whichhe grounded onely ou the prepara-tions
The history of the League. . believe, or at ^^J& to fufpedt, that all which atthat time was done by him to teftifiehis joy, was onely to cover his indig-nation and his hatred, which urgdhim inceflantly to revenge himfelf onthofe from whom he had receivd fuchunworthy ufage. For being departed from Chartres,and going thence to Rouen^ where hemade theEdifrof Reunion, he woudnever be perfwaded to go to Paris athis return, what inftaace foever theDeputies of the Parliament, and thofeof the Town coud make to him: al-ways alledging faint excufes, whichhe grounded onely ou the prepara-tions which he was to make in orderto his meeting the Eftates at flill retaind near his perfon hisGuard of the five and forty whichthe Duke of Guife had requefled himto difmifs. He gave the command ofthe Army defign d for Poitou to theDuke of Neversy whom the Duke ofGuife his Brother-in-law coud neverlendure, fince his renunciation of theVLeague. He admitted none to his pri-vate friendfhip , but the Marfhal dJ Aumo**. The Hiftory of the League. Aumont^ the Lord Nicholas dy Angen-nesy de Rambouillet, Colonel Alphon-fo d Ornano, and fome few others,who were no friends to the Duke ofGuife. In fine, that which made the grea-teft noife, was, that the Chancellourde Chiverny, the Prefidents Be/Ikvreand Brulart^ and the Sieurs de Ville*roy^ and Pinart, (the two Secretariesof State, who had given him advice, toaccommodate matters with the Dukeof Guife) were abfolutely Queen Mother who had managdthat accommodation, had little or nopart in bufineis ; and was wholly ex-cluded from the Cabinet Council. TheSeals were given to Francis de Monthe-Ion a famous Advocate, a man of rareintegrity, and of inviolable fidelity tothe Kings fervice, who raisd him tothat high Employment, without hisown feeking, at the recommendationof the Duke of Ne vers, who was knownto be on very ill terms with the Dukeof Guife. All this was fufficient without doubtto alarm that Prince, and give himcaut
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