The history of the civil wars of France written in Italian, by H.C. Davila ; translated out of the original.

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QUeen Blanch, Mother to St. Lewis, taking up∣on her the Government in her Sons minority, the Barons take Arms, to maintain the Right in whom it belong'd.

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Queen Catherine joins with the Prince of Con•••• and the Admiral in opposition to the Triumvirate, 53. feigns an inclination to the Hugonot Religion, ibid. forced to declare for the Catholicks, and at the same time maintains hopes in the Hugonots▪

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Queen Elizabeth of England offers Conditions to the Hugonots, 6. imprisons Mary Queen of Scots, 296. grants assistance to Henry IV. by Viscount de Turenne.

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Queen Margaret, Wife to the King of Navarre▪ her licentious Life, causes the King and Queen-mother, to resolve to break the match, and give him Christien Daughter of the Duke of Lorrain to Wife, who afterwards married Ferdinand de Medicis, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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Mary Queen of Scots, Cousin to the Guises, impriso∣ned by Elizabeth Queen of England.

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Queen-mother, and Prince of Condé parley, 64. persuades the Duke of Guise, Constable, and Ma∣reschal de St. André, to leave the Court, hath it promised under their hands they will; whereupon the Catholick Lords leave the Camp, 65, 66 is threat∣ned in a Letter to be killed, 107. with the King she visits the Admiral, and under pretence of defending him, set strict Guards upon his House, 181. sends three Armies into several parts of the Kingdom to suppress Insurrections, 198. favours Lugi d'Avila the Authors Brother, 274. she is resolved to break the match between the King of N••varre and Queen Margaret, by reason of her licentious Life, and give him Christien, Daughter to the Duke of Lorrain, to Wife, 397. treats an Accommodation with the Hugonots, ibid. an Interview between her and the King of Navarre, but nothing concluded, 305. A Saying of hers, 335. becomes pale and afrighted at the Duke of Guises waiting upon her; dissuades the King from his thoughts against him, 338. is strongly guarded for fear of him, 339. goes to him in her S••dan, being denied passage in her Coach: con∣fers with him, but brings back nothing but com∣plaints and exorbitant demands, 344. goes with him to the King at Chartres, 354. dyes on Twe fth-Eve in the 50th year of her age, 30 whereof she spent in the Regency, and management of greatest affairs and troubles of the Kingdom of France.

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Queen of Navarre causes Churches to be ruined, and expels the Priests, 94. goes with all the Hugonots to the Prince of Condé, and the Admiral at Ro∣chel, 129. her Letters, and their Manifesto, 130. Coins money with her own Figure on one side, and her Sons on the other, 143. is poisoned with a pair of Gloves.

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An ancient Question, Whether the Assembly of the States or the King be Superior?

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