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In 1590 he had given Palleseuil the government of Neuchatel in Normandy; he had introduced Hurault Dufay, Du Plessis-Mornay and Rosny into the council of state; in 1594 he had appointed the last a member of the council of finance; Soffray de Colignon, La Force, Lesdiguieres, and Sancy were summoned to the most important functions; Turenne, in 1594, was raised to the dignity of marshal of France; and in 1595 La Tremoille was made duke and peer.
This negotiation was not concluded without difficulty, especially as regarded the town of Saumur; there was a general desire to cede to the King of Navarre only some place of less importance on the Loire; and when, on the 15th of April, Du Plessis-Mornay, who had been appointed governor of it, presented himself for admittance at the head of his garrison, the royalist commandant, who had to deliver the keys to him, limited himself to letting them drop at his feet.
Henry IV.'s first wife, the sprightly and too facile Marguerite de Valois, was dead also, after consenting to descend from the throne in order to make way for the mediocre Mary de' Medici. The Catholic champion whom Henry IV. felicitated himself upon being able to oppose to Du Plessis-Mornay in the polemical conferences between the two communions, Cardinal de Perron, was at the point of death.
Though short and frigidly written, the Memoires of Villeroi give, in fact, the idea of a man absorbed in his commission and regarding it as his own business as well as that of his king and country. Philip du Plessis-Mornay occupied a smaller place than Sully and Villeroi in the government of Henry IV.; but he held and deserves to keep a great one in the history of his times.
Two eminent men, Richelieu amongst the Catholics and Du Plessis-Mornay amongst the Protestants, advised them strongly and incessantly to unite again, to live and to govern together.
Four men, very unequal in influence as well as merit, Sully, Villeroi, Du Plessis-Mornay, and D'Aubigne, did Henry IV. effective service, by very different processes and in very different degrees, towards establishing and rendering successful this internal and external policy. Three were Protestants; Villeroi alone was a Catholic. Sully is beyond comparison with the other three.
A cold correspondence Increasing influence of the Marquis d'Ancre Animosity between the Duc d'Epernon and Concini Disunion of the Princes de Guise and de Lorraine Renewed dissensions between M. de Bellegarde and the Marquis d'Ancre They are reconciled by the Comte de Soissons Marriage of the Duc de Guise Jealousy of M. de Soissons Quarrel between the Prince de Conti and the Comte de Soissons Mission of the Duc de Guise A new rupture Intervention of the Duc de Mayenne Alarm of the Regent Sully leaves Paris Madame de Sully Retirement of M. de Thou Unpopularity of the Duc d'Epernon Marie de Medicis endeavours to reconcile the Princes The royal closet The Protestants prepare for the General Assembly The Prince de Condé retires to Guienne The Duc d'Epernon is charged to watch his movements Arrogance of Concini Concini seeks to marry his daughter to a son of the Comte de Soissons Indignation of the Prince Cunning of Concini Bouillon returns to Court He offers his services to the Regent at the General Assembly He proceeds to Saumur He desires to be appointed President of the Assembly He is rejected in favour of M. du Plessis-Mornay He attributes his defeat to Sully He resolves to conciliate the ex-Minister of Finance Meeting of the Assembly The Court determines to dissolve the meeting Prudence of Du Plessis-Mornay Death of M. de Créquy The Marquis d'Ancre succeeds to the government of Amiens His insolent disregard of the royal prerogative Indignation of the ministers The Regent resents his impertinence She refuses to receive Madame d'Ancre Intrigues of the Princesse de Conti The favourites forgiven Marie de Medicis issues several salutary edicts Court festivities The Duchesse de Lorraine arrives at Fontainebleau Death of the Duc de Mayenne Death of the Queen of Spain The Duchesse de Lorraine claims the hand of Louis XIII for her daughter Death of the Duc d'Orléans Departure of the Duchesse de Lorraine Rival claims M. de Brèves appointed preceptor to the Duc d'Anjou The Comte de Soissons applies for the duchy of Alençon Rebuke of the Regent A hunting-party A new cabal Recall of the Maréchal de Lesdiguières Marie de Medicis purchases the Hôtel de Luxembourg.
"There must be nought but a scarf any longer between us," Du Plessis-Mornay would say.
All opposition, save what must have assumed a decidedly hostile character, was of course impossible on the part of the Protestants, whose indignation, loud as it naturally became for a time, was finally silenced, even if not extinguished, by the calm and dignified eloquence of the Comte du Plessis-Mornay, who reminded the Assembly that their first duty as Christians was obedience to the ruling powers.
He perished upon the scaffold in 1621. Bassompierre, Mém. pp. 78, 79. François Paris de Lorraine, Chevalier de Guise. Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 139. Mém. du Duc de Rohan, book i. Vie de Du Plessis-Mornay, book iii. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 142-152. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 36-38. D'Estrées, Mém. pp. 294-298. Matthieu, Hist. des Derniers Troubles, book iii. pp. 473, 474.
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