The history of the League. . The Hlflory of the League. purpofe ; each of them in his ownPerfbn pretending to that Honour,yet none of them daring to own hisAmbition openly, for fear of drawingon himfelf the Hatred of his Ri-vals, who woud certainly unite andband themfelves together to excludehim. The Perfbn who was chofen to ne-gotiate in Spain, was the famous Pe-ter Janninf Prefident of the Parlia-ment of Bourgogney a man of greatIntegrity, exquifite Understanding,rare Prudence, and inviolable Fideli-ty, which had causd the Duke ofMayenne to repofe an abfclute Confi-dence in him ; who, for hi
The history of the League. . The Hlflory of the League. purpofe ; each of them in his ownPerfbn pretending to that Honour,yet none of them daring to own hisAmbition openly, for fear of drawingon himfelf the Hatred of his Ri-vals, who woud certainly unite andband themfelves together to excludehim. The Perfbn who was chofen to ne-gotiate in Spain, was the famous Pe-ter Janninf Prefident of the Parlia-ment of Bourgogney a man of greatIntegrity, exquifite Understanding,rare Prudence, and inviolable Fideli-ty, which had causd the Duke ofMayenne to repofe an abfclute Confi-dence in him ; who, for his own part,in the Honefty of his well meaningSoul, had follow cl him, and the Par-ty of the League with an implicitFaith, that it was for the fafety ofReligion and of the State : for on theone fide, he believd not that Reli-gion cou d be preferv cl in France, ifthe King were not a Catholique, andtherefore he argud that he ought tobe fuch ; and on the other fide, being tan honeft French-man, he wouM likehis Mafter, make ufe o
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