The history of the League. . e woud not be in-^-j*8*gagd in it. The other Town which the Leaguemifsd of furprizing was Bourdeaux,where the mod zealous Catholiques,who were enragd agairtft the Hugue-nots, endeavourd to have made them-felves Matters for the League, and hadalready advancd their Barricades tothe very Lodgings of Marihal de Ma-tigwn their Governour, a faithfullServant to the King, and a deelardEnemy to the Guifes: But that Lord,equally Wife, Valiant and Refolute,knew fo well by addrefs to managethe minds of thofe Citizens, that ope*ning for himfelf a paflage through theBarricades,
The history of the League. . e woud not be in-^-j*8*gagd in it. The other Town which the Leaguemifsd of furprizing was Bourdeaux,where the mod zealous Catholiques,who were enragd agairtft the Hugue-nots, endeavourd to have made them-felves Matters for the League, and hadalready advancd their Barricades tothe very Lodgings of Marihal de Ma-tigwn their Governour, a faithfullServant to the King, and a deelardEnemy to the Guifes: But that Lord,equally Wife, Valiant and Refolute,knew fo well by addrefs to managethe minds of thofe Citizens, that ope*ning for himfelf a paflage through theBarricades, without other Arms thana Sword by his fide, and a riding Rodin his hand, he feiz d on one of theGptes, through which caufing fomeof his Troops to enter, who wrere notfar from thence, he not onely aflurdhimfelf of the Town, but alfo got pof-feflion of Chateau Trompette, afterhaving feiz d the Governour, who wasfufpeded by him, and who was fo ve-ry filly, ; to come out of the Caftle andtake part of an Entertainment, to I which. The Hiftory of the League. which the Marflial had inyited thechiefefl of the Town. To proceed, at the fame time whenthe League took Arms, and began theWar, with furprizing by Strategem,or taking by force lb many places tromthe King, they publifhd their Mani-fed, under the name of the Cardinalde Bourlon^ who by the raoft caprici-ous weaknefs that can be imagind,had got into his head, at the Age ofthreefcore and fo many years , that hefhoud fucceed a King, who was yetin the flower of his Youth. ThatCardinal in that paper, having befpat-ter d the King, and the King of Na-varre, with all the venom, whichthe factious ordinarily threw uponthofe two Princes, to make them o^dious to the people , concludes thathis party had taken Arms , onely topreferve Religion , exterminate He-refie, to Bamlh from the Court thofewho abusd the Kings Authority ,and to reitore the three Orders ofthe Realm , to their primitive E[-tate. The Proclamation of a King againfthis rebellious
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