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.

Politique Observation.

HE who hath at any time considered upon Mountains, the impetuous course of a Torrent, which running along the plain, ••nters with such a violence into a Valley that it carries away all the harvest, roots up the trees, turns topsie turvie the houses of the Villagers, forceth the Country people to clime the tops of Trees, drowneth all the Cattle and in a word commits a thousand ruins, hath a most per∣fect view of what passed in the Tarente, upon the comming in of his Majesties Army: where ever he came, they did all things whatever to obey his commands, the most advantagious Stations were quite abandoned by the Soldiers, whom their own very fear had routed, all the Towns deserted; and particularly in the City of Constance, there was not one man to be found, to fight withall.