The history of Levvis the eleuenth VVith the most memorable accidents which happened in Europe during the two and twenty yeares of his raigne. Enricht with many obseruations which serue as commentaries. Diuided into eleuen bookes. Written in French by P. Mathieu historiographer to the French King. And translated into English by Edvv: Grimeston Sergeant at Armes

THE CONTENTS OF the eleuenth Booke.

• 1 LIberty of Iudgements vpon the life of Lewis the eleuenth.
• 2 A particular examination of his actions, his piety, his deuotions, & pilgrimages, his good deeds to Churches, his behauiour toward the Pope.
• 3 What he was towards King Charles the seuenth his father, towards his sonne, his wife, and the Princes of his bloud.
• 4 Maiesty: The care hee had to preserue the respect: hee did not affect pompe: who were the chiefe officers of his Crowne: hee is very wary to confer titles of honor and dignity, he contemnes the mark of maiesty.
• 5. Magnificence: The order and expences of his house: he receiues the Embassadors of forraigne Princes with great state. His buldings.
• 6 Clemency: He leaues no offence vnpunished: his Prisons and Cages of Iron, a rigorous vsage of the Dukes of Alençon and Nemours: Hee reuengeth old offences which he had receiued before he was King, and forgets not them of the league: Seuerity in the end makes him feare∣full and distrustfull.
• 7 Iustice: He institutes the Parliaments of Bourdeaux and Dijon: hee loues not the Parliament of Paris: a free and couragious admonition made by the President La Vacquerie: how chiefe Ministers should carry themselues to Princes: Of the Kings Audiences.
• 8 Wisedome: He was alwayes accompanied with feare, he let slip the oc∣casion to do his businesse in England and Flanders, he can choose men and draw forraigne Princes to his deuotion, as the Archduke of Au∣stria, Cosmo di Medicis, and others; he drew vnto his seruice the Lord of Lescun, and Creuecoeur, and Philip de Commines. His tongue offends his wisedome.
• 9 Liberality: He is neither couetous nor liberall: he hath formes to giue which bind much: hee entertaines many Pentioners: his liberality passeth to excesse, empties his Coffers, driues him to necessity, and to lay rigorous Impositions vpon the people.
• 10 Valour: Proofe of the greatnesse of his courage in diuers encounters, what care he had of warre. His policie and military discipline.
• 11 Knowledge: He had more knowledge of learning & the s••yences, then other kings his predecessors. The pittifull estate of the profession of learning vnder his reigne, his Apothegmes and Answeres.
• 12 Temperance: Hee had two base daughters: his priuate kind of life: his domesticke pleasures: his exercises and his confident seruants. Di∣uers other obseruations vpon his life and Historie.