Newes out of France: concerning great troubles likely to ensue, by occasion of the departure of the Queene Mother from Blois and the causes thereof. Contayned in the letters of the said Queene Mother, vnto her sonne the French King, and his answere therevnto; manifesting the motiues of his taking vp armes, and against whom he entends to imploy them. Dated the 17. of March, 1619. VVith foure other letters of the Queene Mother, to the Lord Chancelor, Keeper of the Seales; President Iannin, and Duke de Mayenne, and the Prince of Pyemont his letter vnto her, concerning these affaires. Faithfully translated, according to the French copie. Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642. 1619 Approx. 30 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 15 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2012-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A01170 STC 11284 ESTC S102585 99838357 99838357 2732

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Newes out of France: Concerning great troubles likely to enſue, by occaſion of the departure of the Queene Mother from Blois: And the cauſes thereof.

Contayned in the Letters of the ſaid Queene Mother, vnto her Sonne the French KING, and his Anſwere therevnto; manifeſting the Motiues of his taking vp Armes, and againſt whom he entends to imploy them. Dated the 17. of March, 1619.

VVith foure other Letters of the Queene Mother, to the Lord Chancelor, Keeper of the Seales; Preſident Iannin, and Duke de Mayenne, and the Prince of Pyemont his Letter vnto her, concerning theſe Affaires.

Faithfully tranſlated, according to the French Copie.

LONDON: Printed by T.S. for Nathanael Newbery, and are to bee ſould at his ſhop vnder S. Peters Church in Cornchill, and in Popes-head Alley at the ſigne of the Star. 1619.
THE QVEENE Mothers firſt Letter, ſent vnto the King of France, her Sonne, from Loche, the 23. of February, 1619. Stile nouo.

MY Lord my Sonne. I haue long ſuffered & endured my honor and liberty to be ſuppreſſed, and withall conceiued many ſtrong and ſtrange apprehenſions of the danger of my life, and that which moſt fencibly moued me thereunto, was the depriuation of your ſight and preſence. All which in ſome ſort and manner being done vnder the authority of your name; with the like patience I would haue expected & attended the future euent thereof, without (for mine owne part) once ſeeking to know whether your proceedings and deſires be well or badly led: but being (to my great grief) to preach and ſet forth your vertues, and commendable praiſes, in ſuch a place wherein you ſhall thinke good, that I ſhall continue the reſt of my dayes. Beſeeching God (as continually I doe, with the moſt paſſionate feeling of my heart) for the proſperity of you, and all your kingdome, being moſt truely, euen in the vttermoſt degree of fidelity and affection, my good Lord and Sonne.

Your moſt humble and moſt affectioned Mother and Subiect MARIA. From Loche, the 23. of February, 1619. Stilo nouo.
THE LETTER Written by the Queene Mother, and ſent from Angouleſme to the King of France: Bearing date the 10. of March 1619. Stilo nouo.

MY Lord, and deare Sonne, I am perſwaded that no man will approue the counſell that hath beene giuen vnto you, to abſtaine tenne dayes from returning an anſwere vnto my Letters, and then to put mee in a doubt how to vnderſtand your intentions, which to be borrowed from others, and none of yours, I doe too much conceiue and apprehend, by the great numbers of Commiſſions, which are ſent forth vnder your Name to renforce and to leuie new companies of foot, and troupes of horſe, by the Switzers, which are ſaid to be ſent for, by the Cannons which are reported to be already mounted and ſet forward out of your Arſenall, and by the munitions of warre which are ſent againſt mee; I moſt humbly intreate you my Lord and deare Sonne, for a while to ſtay your proceedings, and withall to conſider, what you are by others moued to doe.

When I writ that I deſired to be ſo much oblieged vnto you, as that I might let you vnderſtand and know ſuch things ſpecially as import the good and furtherance of your ſeruice and eſtate, and to belocue that the extremitie of the griefe which I conceaue for the armes and forces which you are counſelled to leuye, at this preſent doth in a manner kill mee. The ſtaine which is giuen to your name in all ages of a prodigious violence, and the deſolation of your people, which thereby will enſue, will doe you more wrong, then death can procure vnto me, in ſuch manner, that proſtrating my ſelfe at your feete; I beſeech you, and earneſtly intreate you, ſpeedely to countermaund all your aforeſaid preparations of forces and armies now levyed, which are bent onely againſt mee, what ſhew ſoeuer is otherwiſe made & pretended, ſeeing they are preſently levyed vpon my departure from Blois, and that it is euidently knowne, that at this preſent you haue no other occaſion of ciuill or forraigne warre to moue you thereunto: And therefore once againe I earneſtly intreate you to giue eare vnto me; If my intent and determination had no other ground then onely a deſire to be freed of captiuitie, I thinke and certainely beleeue that no man could diſlike it; there being no law in the world, (no not among the Barbarians) which prohibiteth Priſoners to ſeeke for their libertie, and to ſecure their liues.

But ſeeing that I neuer had, nor yet haue, any intent or meaning but to let you know and be made acquainted with the euident danger of your affaires, as alſo of your good Subiects, eaſily to be perceiued, by the withdrawing of your perſon and your counſell from the greateſt and moſt noble perſonages of your realme; I am vndoubtedly perſwaded, that your bountie would gladly haue conceiued the paſſion of my zeale, and withall commended the fidelitie and reſpect which I ought to haue, and owe vnto you, if it were not violently diuerted by thoſe, who diſdaining all the offers of amitie and good will, which in conſideration of you, I haue made vnto them, hazard the ſtate, and trouble the peace and tranquillity thereof, being perſwaded that they cannot build the miracle of their fortunes, but vpon my ruine, whereunto I would gladly conſent, if thereby I might further and procure the continuance of your greatneſſe.

I proteſt before God and his holy Angells, that for mine owne part, I pretend nothing, neither haue any other deſigne then that which I ought to haue, for the proſperitie of your raigne & kingdome: and for that I ſee & manifeſtly perceiue your eares to be ſtopped againſt my faithfull and iuſt ſupplications, I muſt and ſhall be conſtrained, preſently to make knowne in all places both of France and Europe, and hereafter vnto your ſelfe, the true proofes of my ſinceritie and innocencie, aſſuring you, that as much as I can, I will ſeeke meanes to impeach and hinder the force of armes, whereunto you are drawne, not onely againſt the law of God, but alſo of the whole world, and Nature, cauſing the great perſonages of your Monarchie, offended and diſcontented, to breake their bounds and to doe as much againſt the obedience whereunto (as it is well knowne) I alwaies counſelled them: But for mine owne part, I will in all places, vſe my libertie and my life to pleaſe and content you, but yet to oppoſe my ſelfe againſt the crueltie of thoſe that gouerne, if for the ſpace of this whole weeke I perceiue and ſee the continuance of the vniuſt forces, which at this preſent are prepared, contrary to that which I hope to finde in your good nature, and the equity of my cauſe, which I expect from God; I thinke I ſhall be forced by my iuſt and generall complaints, to publiſh and make knowne, that my deplorable misfortunes continually encreaſe by vniuſt and ſuperfluous exceſſe of the ambitions and feares of thoſe that ſoueraignely poſſeſſe your perſon and Kingdome: and that as by your permiſſion, (but yet with my moſt great diſpleaſure and diſlike) I ought to diſpoſe my actions to the neceſſities of defence, alwayes contayning my ſelfe ſo religiouſly within the bounds thereof, that I may onely draw you from an opinion of diſlike, for giuing mee leaue to ſuppreſſe them, that ſo I may preſerue my life, and the long dayes vpon earth, which I aſſure my ſelfe you will and wiſh vnto her, which is, and euer ſhall bee, whatſoeuer happeneth, my Lord and deare Sonne,

Your moſt humble and moſt affectioned Mother and Subiect MARIA. From Angouleſme, the 10. of March, 1619. Stilo nouo.

A LETTER Written by the King of France, in Anſwere to a Letter ſent by the Queene his Mother, bearing date the 17. of March 1619. Stilo nouo.

Faithfully tranſlated, according to the French Copie.

LONDON: Printed by T.S. for Nathanael Newbery, and are to bee ſould at his ſhop vnder S. Peters Church in Cornehill, and in Popes-head Alley at the ſigne of the Star. 1619.
A LETTER, Written by the KJNG of France, in anſwere to a Letter ſent by the Queene his Mother, bearing date the 17. of March 1619. Stilo nouo.

MADAME. Your laſt Letters, as alſo the firſt that I receiued from you, are to mee aſſurances, that it reſteth not in your power to write and ſignifie vnto mee the true feeling of your Interiour cogitations, touching your opinion concerning the gouernement of mine eſtate. You know and may perſwade your ſelfe, that the ſame neither can, nor may, in any ſort be blamed or diſliked, but that the diſgrace thereof muſt needes fall, and ſpecially be laide vpon my ſelfe: which moueth mee to thinke, and verily perſwades me, that you will not offer me that wrong, to bereaue me of the glory of my raigne, by attributing vnto me the reputation not to doe or effect any thing, but by the motions of others.

I know there are ſome that not onely ſeeke the meanes to perſwade you, yea, and to imprint in your minde an euill opinion of my affaires, but alſo inforce themſelues to mooue you to apprehend, and ſiniſterly to coniecture of the preparations to Warre, which at this preſent I make, as if I had an intent or meaning to vſe them againſt you. But although my authoritie of a King, doth diſpence with, and warrant mee not to yeeld an accompt of mine actions vnto any man, but onely to God; Neuertheleſſe, I would that all the world ſhould know, that my reſolution and intent is, to imploy them, onely for the maintenance of mine owne authoritie, the peace and tranquility of my Kingdome, and to hinder and impeach the meanes and motions, that in any wiſe may or might trouble the ſame, or procure the Ruine and deſolation of my faithfull Subiects, as alſo to oppoſe my ſelfe againſt the pernicious intents purpoſes and practiſes of thoſe, who vnder your name and title, haue levyed and gathered diuers companies of Souldiers, as well within, as without the Realme, which I ſhould neuer haue beleeued, if I had not ſeene and heard the Letters, which they haue cauſed you to write, not onely touching this ſubiect, but alſo to giue an euill impreſſion, of the adminiſtration of my affaires vnto diuers Princes, Lords, and others, as well my Subiects as ſtrangers, who would not beleeue it. The knowledge and feeling (which the perturbators of the common peace of this Realme haue alwaies had,) of the ſingular affection and honour which I beare vnto you, makes them hope that my clemency will indifferently pardon and remit all the attempts which they enterpriſe and take on them to doe in your name, againſt my regall authoritie.

But I alwayes knew, and know how to diſtinguiſh your intereſt from theirs, in mee, hauing no other reſolution, then onely to loue and honour you as my Mother, and to puniſh them as rebellious Subiects, and enemyes to my eſtate. Nature ſo powerfully vniteth mee to harken vnto all that which in any wiſe toucheth and concerneth your good or hurt, that I am bound to imploy all the power and force that God hath giuen vnto mee, for your deliuerance. Thoſe that attend vpon my perſon, haue ſo many and ſo euident teſtimonies to perſwade them of the reſpect which I alwaies haue had and borne vnto you, that you may beleeue, and certainely perſwade your ſelfe, that they are as deſirous of your contentment, as in reaſon they are affected, to further and aduance thoſe things that concerne and appertaine vnto my ſeruice. The former teſtimony as alſo thoſe which continually they ſhew vnto me thereof, are ſo euident, that they binde and obliege mee to maintaine and protect them, both by reaſon and Iuſtice.

Aſſure your ſelfe, MADAME, that there is no man ſo bolde, that dare enterpriſe or take vpon him to propound any propoſition, which may in any wiſe ſound againſt, or be contrary to the Honour and reſpect which is due vnto you. If you perſwade your ſelfe, that there is any thing to bee required and deſired in a Kingdome, wherein Iuſtice and Peace hath equally flouriſhed and beene maintained, euer ſince I had the care and gouernement thereof, you may when it pleaſeth you, vtter vnto mee that which you ſecretly conceiue in your minde, without ſpreading, or cauſing Complaints publikely to bee giuen foorth: Which manner of proceeding, as it is wholy againſt my meaning and intent, ſo it giues cauſe ſiniſterly to iudge of yours; for that the ſame hath neuer beene nor is practiſed or vſed, but onely by thoſe that alwayes haue had a deſire, rather to perturbe and trouble the gouernment, than to procure the reformation thereof.

In my laſt Letters I wrote, and likewiſe by Mounſieur de Bethune, by word of mouth certified vnto you, that if it pleaſe you, you may chuſe any of your owne Houſes, or of mine, therein to liue at your pleaſure and full and free liberty, without any impeachment; in ſuch manner that it is long of your ſelfe, if you liue not happily and contentedly. Let mee onely entreate at your hands, to be ayding and aſſiſtant vnto my good ententions, with a true correſpondence of will & affection; and let me ſee and perceiue ſome teſtimonies from you therein, as worthy of a good Mother, as thoſe which you ſhall receiue from me, are worthy of him, who

MADAME, reſteth your moſt humble and obedient Sonne LOVYS. From Paris, the 17. of March, 1619. Stilo nouo.
Letters written by the Queene Mother of France, to the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Keeper of the Seales, and the Lord Preſident I annin.
The Queenes Letter to the Lord Chancellour.

MY Lord, I haue hitherto laboured and ſought only to let the King my Sonne vnderſtand, the iuſt cauſes and reaſons of my eſcape from Blois, wholly grounded vpon the paſſion, and bounden duty which I haue and owe vnto the good and furtherance of his ſeruice. But to the contrary, thoſe that are and attend about his Perſon, thinke me ſo vnworthy to know his intents, that they haue made me deferre the ſame, and induced him to rigorous and violent courſes, ſuch as the like were neuer heard of before; as thoſe which I ſpecially apprehend, which are to raiſe puiſſant forces againſt the perſon of her, that brought him into the World; and who breathes and apprehends no other thing, but onely paſſion and obedience, to thoſe things which may be good & profitable vnto him, although the place and preſence of euill counſellours, were contrary, and ſuſpitious vnto mee. Villiers hath not forborne in heart, to acknowledge the tender affection of nature, in ſuch manner, that I muſt of force with more hope, ſummon you before God, and your natiue Country; that according to the duty of your office, you ſhould not feare to ſhew vnto him, the great importance and danger of that which he is moned to doe: without any reſpect at all of my dignity, or commiſeration of my miſery. And to the end that you may truly know and vnderſtand, what I haue written vnto him, I haue deliuered vnto this bearer two Coppies of the Letters which I ſent him touching this matter, as knowing well, that they are often times kept from you, and all others the good and ancient Counſellours and Seruants to the King and the Crowne. And herewith I beſeech God, my Lord Chancellour, to protect and preſerue you.

From Angouleſme the 10. of March, 1619. Stilo nouo.
The Queenes Letter to the Lord Keeper of the Seales.

MY Lord: It was neuer yet heard of, not knowne, that a Prince would at any time purpoſely defer and put off the hearing of the counſell or ſuite of a faithfull Subiect, and that a Sonne, in ſtead of ſatisfying the ſincere affection of a good Mother, ſhould bee moued, or counſelled, violently to take armes againſt her, therewith to oppreſſe her. I know well that the wiſdome wherewith you are ſo religiouſly in dowed, neither will nor can moue you to giue him any ſuch counſell; and much leſſe can I bee perſwaded, that the good nature of the King my ſonne, can be induced or moued vnto any ſuch extraordinary motions, whereof if I were in doubt, the very greefe I ſhould therby conceue would kill mee. But ſeeing that God hath preſently made mee to perceiue and know the violent natures, of thoſe that alwaies were my enemies, and ſeeke to afflict me: I thought good to put you herewith in mind of the ſtrict dutie whereunto you are obliged; which is, freely to tell him your minde and opinion, in ſo important a cauſe. And reading the Coppies of two Letters written by me vnto him touching this matter, you may iudge and eaſily perceiue the equity and true intent of my deſeruing: which that you may the better conſider of, I beſeech God (my Lord) to haue you in his keeping.

From Angouleſme the 10. of March, 1619. Stilo nouo.
The Queenes Letter to the Lord Preſident Iannin.

MY Lord, my deſire is, that you ſhould tell the King my Sonne, that which in conſcience you thinke conuenient and fit for him to beleeue and to do, touching the ſupplication by mee made vnto him; to hearken vnto the great paſſion which at this preſent I haue for the preſernation of his authority, and the good of his eſtate: for that your Office, and your counſels at this preſent are much more neceſſary and convenienter for him then euer they were, in regard that hee is moued vnto the moſt violent & vnlawfull warre that euer was heard of. I writ vnto him another Letter, whereof, as alſo of the firſt, this bearer ſhall giue you a copy, to the end that being informed of the iuſtice and cleerenes of my proceedings, you may giue him counſell as much as poſſibly you can, for the good and furtherance of his ſeruice, and the peace of his Kingdome, which I will ſeeke to maintaine as much as in melieth, euen to the loſſe of my life; and ſo I beſeech God my Lord to haue you in his holy keeping.

From Angouleſme the 10. of March, 1619. Stilo nouo.
The Queenes Letter to the Duke de Mayenne.

MY good Coſen, I was reſolued for euer with patience to haue furmounted my afflictions, as long as there had beene no other queſtion made but of my intereſt and paines, thereby not to miniſter any cauſe or ſhadow vnto the King my Sonne, that I once ſo much as imagined or dreamt of a deſire to ſeparate my ſelfe from his intents, although it is to be thought, that therein he is badly counſelled: but hauing for the ſpace of a whole yeere beene ſolicited by the generall complaints and intreaties of diuers perſons, both within and without the Realme, to let the King my Sonne vnderſtand and know the eminent danger of his authority, and the tranquility of his Realme; I made no difficulty to hazard my life by a moſt dangerous eſcape, that ſo I may ſafely ſhew him the intent and true meaning of a good and faithfull Mother; and hau • already written vnto him, moſt humbly beſeeching him to ſet mee downe ſuch a forme as it ſhall pleaſe him to appoint mee to hold and obſerue in the vttering thereof. I thought good ſpeedily to impart thus much vnto you, not onely becauſe the account I make of you, together with all France, makes mee deſire to let you vnderſtand my determination: but alſo knowing the great eſtimation which the King my Sonne hath, and ought to haue of your Counſell; I wiſh you would ioyne your intreaties with mine, thereby to moue him vnto the remedies, which I aſſure my ſelfe you know better then others to bee moſt neceſſary. Strictly intreating you aboue all things, as much as poſſibly I may, in the meane time carefully to put to your helping hand, that no ſtirre be made; and that euery man attend and expect from his good nature that which he is obliged to ſhew vnto his Subiects and eſtate. If I needed any witneſſes to proue, that the opinions of the ſeruice of the King my Sonne haue moued me to certaine reſolutions, which nothing concerned mine owne particular, I would firſt ſet you downe for one; and at this preſent I proteſt vnto you, vpon the confidence which I deſire to haue of your magnanimity, in a buſineſſe of ſuch importance; and in reſpect of the inclination, which you know well I alwayes bare vnto you, that in the moſt interior thoughts of my heart, I haue no other intents nor reſolutions, then onely thoſe, which the proſperity and power of the King my Sonne cauſe me to haue. Let vs therefore labour to that end, and for your part you ſhall finde mee (together with the account I make of your valour) to be alwayes

From Roche Rezay the 6. of March 1619. Your very good and affectionate Coſen, MARIA.
The Duke de Mayennes Anſwer to the Queenes Letter.

MAdam: I cannot conceale from your Maieſty, the extreame diſpleaſure that I feele in my ſelfe, to ſee and behold the eſtate whereunto your departure from Blois may reduce and bring the affaires of this Realme: And ſhould conceiue much more, were it not for the aſſurance which it pleaſeth you in honor to giue me, of your true intents, for the good and contentment of the King. I beſeech God with all my heart, (Madam) that he would be pleaſed to ayde you with holy inſpirations. For mine own part, hauing not the meanes to contribute any other thing thereunto, but that which belongeth to the duty of an honeſt man, a moſt faithfull Seruant to the King, and one that reſolutely hath determined (all other conſiderations ſet apart) wholly and onely to relie vpon his will and pleaſure: Doe me that Honor in the meane time, good Madam, to beleeue that I am

Your moſt humble and obedient ſeruant, De. Mayenne. From Burdeaux the 12. of March, 1619. Stilo nouo.
A Letter written by the Prince of Piemont to the Queene.

MAdam: I haue conceiued an exceeding contentment, to accompany my moſt Soueraign Lord the King, in his pretended voyage to Blois, to viſit your Maieſty, in hope there to to haue had the meanes to haue done you ſome ſeruice; perſwading my ſelfe, that the enteruiew of your Maieſties, reeſtabliſhing a perfect vnion between you, as we here ſaw, noted and perceiued by all ſorts of good diſpoſitions, I ſhould haue had a better meanes, by my ſubmiſſion and obedience to teſtifie and ſhew forth, how much I eſteeme of the Honor to bee allied vnto the ſame. But how much the more I reioyced in the expectation and attendance of that good happe, ſo much the more greefe I receiued and conceiued at the diſpleaſure I tooke to ſee my ſelfe eſtranged and prolonged from it, by the ſudden and vnexpected departure of your Maieſty from thence: And that which greeued me more, was, to ſee and perceiue by your Maieſties Letters, that you haue taken occaſion to withdraw your perſon from Blois, ſuppoſing your ſelfe therein not to be ſecure, and that you could not freely let the King know of the diſorders which ſome men haue made you beleeue to be crept into his eſtate. Which I eſteem not to proceede from the pure will or conceit of your Maieſty, whoſe iudgement and nature is moſt excellent, but onely from the craft and pollicie of thoſe, who ſeeing and perceiuing your Maieſtie to ſtand vpon the point of ſtrict vniting together, haue giuen you thoſe impreſſions, hoping to reape profit by your diſunion, and the trouble which they peraduenture ſuppoſe it will breede vnto this ſtate: for it is moſt certaine, and I am able to iuſtifie it, as hauing known it well; that there was not any kinde of liberty whatſoeuer, which your Maieſty ſhould not haue had in Blois; and that there cannot be any more added to the tender motions, and true affection, which the King beareth vnto you, if we marke and conſider the conduction of his actions, both priuate and publike, which all are anſwerable to the moſt great reputation which hee hath gotten, and to the eſtimation in all places made of his vertue and generoſity, whereof, beſides the effects which all Chriſtendome feeleth, I daily ſee and perceiue diuers manifeſt proofes, beholding him ſitting in the middle of the ancient Officers and Counſellors of the late King his Father, with ſo ſolide a iudgement, ſo exact Iuſtice, and ſo firme and couragious reſolution, that there is no man but will iudge (and ſhal find ſubiect to admire him, and to beleeue) that God hath endued him with ſo many excellent parts, with an intent to bleſſe his Raigne, and to raiſe and eleuate his glory, aboue that of his Aunceſtors. The profeſſion that I haue alwayes made to loue the truth, the duty which bindeth me to publiſh that which I know, and the extreame griefe I conceiue to behold the labyrinth, whereinto (thoſe which in ſome manner diſguiſe the ſame vnto you) would caſt you, ſhall diſpence with me, if it pleaſe you Madam, for ſpeaking ſo freely vnto you. And further, if I beſeech you, (as I doe) with all humility, to baniſh out of your thoughts all whatſoeuer you may haue imagined or conceiued therein, to the preiudice of the ſincerity of the Kings intents, and of his Graces prudent and wiſe conduction. Aſſuring my ſelfe, that when it ſhall pleaſe your Maieſty to looke better into it, without ſuſpition, you ſhall therein find all ſorts of ſatisfactions; ſeeing that like a good and a wiſe Mother you cannot haue any greater deſire then to behold the proſperity of the King your Sonnes affaires, and to liue in perfect loue and amity with him. I know he is much moued againſt thoſe, whom he conceiueth and eſteemeth to haue a pretence, vnder your name to moue and procure an alteration; and I perceiue that he maketh preparation powerfully to aſſayle them. It conſiſteth in your wiſdome Madam, to preuent the infinite miſchiefs that thereby may ariſe, and not to endure nor ſee by your occaſion, and vnder pretence to procure another order in the State, confuſion; and thoſe diſorders therein to reigne, which commonly follow and enſue ciuill warres, God, nature, your owne good, and all ſorts of conſiderations bind you thereunto; I aſſure and perſwade my ſelfe that the bounty, and good nature of your Maieſtie will wholly moue you to the contrary. The Houſe of Sa • oy, and my ſelfe ſpecially, are ſo much beholding vnto the King, that in caſe to preſerue his authority, to bring and compell the enemies of the quiet eſtate of France, and the greatneſſe of his Crowne, to reaſon and obedience, and to reſtore your Maieſty to the liberty which you are bereaued of, by your retract from Blois, hee ſhall bee conſtrained to make warre, we will therein freely venture our liues & goods, and all our forces to teſtifie to the World that we are not vnthankfull for the vnſpeakable fauours which it hath pleaſed him to impart vnto vs; herewith beſeeching God long to preſerue your Maieſty in health, and to giue mee Madam by my good endeuours and ſeruices, the quality▪

From Paris the 12. of March, 1619. To be your moſt humble and moſt obedient ſeruant, V. Amedee.
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