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The Duke de Mayenne, in Burgundy, and the Duke de Mercoeur in Brittany, were the last to protract an unavailing resistance; but the former was reduced in 1596, and the latter in 1598, and thenceforth France enjoyed almost uninterrupted peace till Henry's death. But the Protestants gave him almost as much uneasiness as the Catholic Leaguers.
Profuse expenditure of the French nobles Prevalence of duelling under Henri IV Meeting of the Prince de Condé and the Duc de Nevers They are arrested by the King's guard Reconciliation of the two nobles The Duc de Soubise is wounded in a duel Profligacy of Madame de Moret The King insists upon her marriage with the Prince de Joinville Indignation of the Duchesse de Guise A dialogue with Majesty The Prince de Joinville is exiled Madame de Moret intrigues with the Comte de Sommerive He promises her marriage He attempts to assassinate M. de Balagny He is exiled to Lorraine Mademoiselle des Essarts Birth of the Duc d'Orléans Peace between the Pope and the Venetians The Queen and her confidants Death of the Chancellor of France Death of the Cardinal de Lorraine Royal rejoicings The last ballet of a dying Prince Betrothal of Mademoiselle de Montpensier to the infant Duc d'Orléans Sully as a theatrical manager The Court gamester Death of the Duc de Montpensier The ex-Queen Marguerite founds a monastery Influence of Concini and Leonora over the Queen Arrogance of Concini Indignation of the King A royal rupture The King leaves Paris for Chantilly Sully and the Queen The letter Anger of the King Sully reconciles the King and Queen Madame de Verneuil and the Duc de Guise Court gambling Birth of the Duc d'Anjou Betrothal of the Duc de Vendôme and Mademoiselle de Mercoeur Reluctance of the lady's family Celebration of the marriage Munificence of Henry Arrival of Don Pedro de Toledo His arrogance Admirable rejoinder of the King Object of the embassy Passion of Henry for hunting Embellishment of Paris Eduardo Fernandez The King's debts of honour Despair of Madame de Verneuil Defective policy A bold stroke for a coronet The fallen favourite.
Madame de Chevreuse likewise supplicated Anne of Austria to repair the long-endured misfortunes of the Vendôme princes, by bestowing upon them either the Admiralty, to which an immense power was attached, or the government of Brittany, which the head of the family, Cæsar de Vendôme, had formerly held deriving it alike from the hand of his father, Henry IV., and as the heritage of his father-in-law, the Duke de Mercoeur.
The witnesses presently appeared, followed by several persons, among whom were the Dukes of Nevers and Mercoeur, who came to ride out with the king, and M. de Crillon; so that the chamber grew passably full. The two dukes nodded formally to the Marquis, as they passed him, but entered into a muttered conversation with Retz, who appeared to be urging them to press his cause.
The campaign, at first favorable to the Turks, was inconclusive, and towards winter the Bashaw retired to Buda. The Duc de Mercoeur then divided his army.
The Duc de Mercoeur went out to meet this army, and encountered it in the plains of Girke. In the first skirmishes the Earl Meldritch was very nearly cut off, although he made "his valour shine more bright than his armour, which seemed then painted with Turkish blood." Smith himself was sore wounded and had his horse slain under him.
In that huckstering age, when the loftiest and most valiant nobles of Europe were the most shameless sellers of themselves, the most cynical mendicants for alms and the most infinite absorbers of bribes in exchange for their temporary fealty; when Mayenne, Mercoeur, Guise, Pillars, Egmont, and innumerable other possessors of ancient and illustrious names alternately and even simultaneously drew pensions from both sides in the great European conflict, it was not wonderful that Philip should think that the boisterous Hohenlo might be bought as well as another.
War in Brittany and Normandy Death of La Noue Religious and political persecution in Paris Murder of President Brisson, Larcher, and Tardif The sceptre of France offered to Philip The Duke of Mayenne punishes the murderers of the magistrates Speech of Henry's envoy to the States-General Letter of Queen Elizabeth to Henry Siege of Rouen Farnese leads an army to its relief The king is wounded in a skirmish Siege of Rue by Farnese Henry raises the siege of Rouen Siege of Caudebec Critical position of Farnese and his army Victory of the Duke of Mercoeur in Brittany.
At the time of which I am speaking I had for my favorite charger the sorrel horse which the Duke of Mercoeur presented to me with a view to my good offices at the time of the king's entry into Paris; and which I honestly transferred to his majesty in accordance with a principle laid down in another place.
The placing of Provence in the Prince de Conti's hands was deferred; and in fact it was held in reserve for the Duke de Mercoeur, the eldest son of the Duke de Vendôme, who was seeking the hand of one of Mazarin's nieces; and it was also found inexpedient to deprive the Duke de Saint-Simon of Blaye to give it to La Rochefoucauld; and a thousand other difficulties of a like nature were raised, which both astonished and irritated Condé.
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