The history of the government of France, under the administration of the great Armand du Plessis, Cardinall and Duke of Richlieu, and chief minister of state in that kingdome wherein occur many important negotiations relating to most part of Christendome in his time : with politique observations upon the chapters / translated out of French by J.D. Esq.

The Pope is very glad of the Treaty of Peace, between France and Spain.

AS soon as the Treaty was concluded, his Majesties next care was to induce his Allyes to ratifie it; The Pope was first of all acquainted with it, who was overjoyed at it, and openly declared to the Sieur de B••thune that he took no no∣tice at all, of the extraordinary manner had bin use by concluding it without interesting him or letting him have a hand in it, only that he might rejoyce with the more liberty to behold the two Crowns of France and Spain in Peace: I shall also add that his Holiness excused himself too, for the Resolution which he had taken of sen∣ding six housand men to Pepeinheim, for the guarding of the Fort of Rive, assuring him that he had not done it, but only to vindicate the injurie which had been done him by the Spaniards, who were come to that point of Boldness as to say his Holi∣ness favoured the Grisons against the Valtolines; as also in some sort to repell the

injurie which had been offered to the Holy Chair, when as those Forts were taken which had been guarded under his Ensignes, and that he did moreover pretend by this means to get a greater power over the Spaniards, that he might afterwards the more easily force them to accept of a reasonable Treaty. But he was much more overjoyed at the news of the last Treaty, for he heard at the same time from the Si••ur de Bethune that his Master the King had also accepted of it, and that the Peace was by that means absolutely concluded.