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.

Prosecution of the Subject.

THe Mareschal d' Estree, whose Discretion hath been often experimented in the many affairs in which he had been imployed, used his utmost endeavours to in∣duce the Queen-Mother to yeild unto his Majesties Will and Pleasure. The Mar∣quis de Sainct Chaumont came divers times to her from his Majesty, to assure her, that he could no longer permit her stay at Compeigne: All which produced nothing but new heart-burnings in her mind, and great lamentations at her Imprisonment, which in its self was but imaginary, seeing she had not any Guards upon her, dis∣posed of the keys of the City, and went abroad where-ever she pleased. This procedure of hers could not but provoke his Majesty, neither indeed could it be longer endured in a State, where Obedience is the Foundation of Government; so his Majesty resolved to dispatch unto her the Mareschal de Schomberg, and the Sieur de Roissi, who were known to be both prudent and respectful; to the end they might deal clearly with her, tel•• her the truth, which till then had been for∣born, and discourse at length unto her the disorders of her carriage (of which his Majesty till that time seemed not to take any notice) notwithstanding the shew which she made of her innocence. Accordingly they dealt ingeniously with her, represented to her, that the King was well informed of those many Cabals con∣trived against his Authority and Glory, that he likewise knew Monsieur's departure first from the Court, and then out of the Kingdom, was an effect of her only Counsel; Lastly, that there was not any one in the Kingdom, how great soever, who could pretend to a Right of imposing a Law on his Majesty for the choice of his Ministers; and that his Majesty could not but think it extreamly strange, that she, above all others in particular, should so press him to destroy the Cardinal, seeing she knew better then the whole Nation, that there was not any person in the Kingdom, who had done, or was more able to do service to the State, then he: To be short, that she had no such great reason to complain, that she was forced to live removed from the King, there being not any Law in holy Writ, which require children alwaies to live with their Mothers, especially when they are of age to dispose of their own good; but that its found written in divers places which command Kings to be obeyed as God's Lieutenants upon earth; that his Majesty had just reason to be offended, he having so often sent to her to withdraw her self from Compeigne, and she having as often slighted it; nor could she pretend any excuse for her so doing, seeing his Majesty had offered her the choice of any other

place to dwell in; that they were obliged to tell her, that this her disobedience was not to be endured in a well ordered State, neither that it were just for his Majesty to put up this resistance of hers; that it was the ready way to force him to use her with more rigour: and Monsieur de Schomberg did not stick to tell her, that it had been his own advice to remove her from the Court, so prejudicial was her presence to his Majesties service. These discourses so full of Truth and Prudence, should have opened her eyes, and discovered his Majesties goodness unto her, who was satisfied only with a short removal of her, for such reasons as have formerly Im∣prisoned, nay condemned divers great Princes to death: whereas her mind was so charmed by their devices who had ingaged her in this Cabal, that instead of dis∣abusing her, they only added extremities to the excess of her choler.