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Rambure, unpublished Mém. vol. vi. pp. 44, 45. L'Etoile, vol. iv. p. 157. Rambure, MS. Mém. vol. vi, p. 79.
Rambure tried, for a long time, to profit by the lightness of his frigate to get ahead; but, always cut off by the enemy's vessels, and continually in danger of being taken, he returned to Dunkerque, where he immediately despatched to the Court this sad and disturbing news.
He acquitted himself with great distinction in several sieges, and at his death, which occurred in 1646, he bequeathed to posterity his personal memoirs, which are among the most curious in the rich collections possessed by his countrymen. Rambure, unpublished Mém., 1599, vol. i. pp. 151, 152.
Ever prompt and reckless, they at once resolved to revenge themselves upon their common enemy; nor was it long ere they carried their fatal determination into effect. Bassompierre, Mém. p. 78. Rambure, MS. Mém. vol. vi. p. 81. Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. pp. 175-177. Siri, Mém. Rec. vol. ii. pp. 607-612. Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 127.
"Only five months after Henry's assassination," says Rambure, "such of the nobles as were devoted to his memory expressed among themselves their indignation at the bearing of the Queen; who, although compelled at intervals to assume some semblance of grief, was more frequently to be seen with a smiling countenance, and constantly followed the hunt on horseback, attended by a suite of four or five hundred princes and nobles."
Brienne, Mém. vol. i. p. 327. Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 637. Sismondi, vol. xxii. p. 396. Lumières pour l'Histoire de France. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 634, 635. The Marquis de Bressieux was first equerry to Marie de Medicis. Siri, Mém. Rec. vol. iv. pp. 61, 62. Rambure, MS. Mém. vol. vii. p. 66. Mézeray, vol. xi. p. 138. Bassompierre, Mém. p. 126.
During the storm, another ship was separated from the squadron, and was obliged to take refuge on the coast of Picardy. This vessel, a frigate, was commanded by Rambure, a lieutenant. As, soon as he was able he sailed after the squadron that he believed already in Scotland. He directed his course towards Edinburgh, and found no vessel during all the voyage.
Thus then, my good De Rambure," he added bitterly, "if I am wise I shall quietly dispose of my places under Government, making as much money of them as I can, purchase a fine estate, and retain the surplus, in order to meet such exigencies as may arise; for I foresee that all the faithful servants of the late King who may refuse to defer to the authority of the Marquis d'Ancre, will have enough upon their hands.
He told Rambure that the principal noblemen of Scotland had resolved to act together, that these noblemen could count upon more than twenty thousand men ready to take up arms, and that all the towns awaited only the arrival of the King to proclaim him. More and more troubled that the squadron did not appear, Rambure, after a time, turned back and went in search of it.
I was at the house of Madame de Rambure, a notable and learned Huguenot, where I met with Mestrezat, the famous minister of Charento. To satisfy her curiosity she engaged us in a dispute; we had nine different disputations. The Marechal de la Forde and M. de Turenne were present at some of them, and a gentleman of Poitou, who was at all of them, became my proselyte.
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