XIII.

French.

Les exiles, par ire, haine intestine, Feront au Roy grand conjuration, Secret mettront ennemis par la mine, Et les vieux siens, contre eux sedition.

English.

The banished, by choler, and intestine hatred Shall make against the King a great conspiracy, They shall put secret enemies in the mine, And the old his own against them sedition.

ANNOT.

Although this Prophecie seemeth to be indefinitely spoken, because in every Countrey or Kingdom where there is banished people, they most commonly plot against their King and Countrey; nevertheless I find two remarkable Histories to make this good, one in _France_, and the other in _England_. That of _France_ is thus.

The Cardinal of _Lorrain_, and the Duke of _Guise_ his Brother, being in great favour with _Henry_ II. the Queen Mother promoted them in the beginning of the Reign of _Francis_ II. his successor, so that the Cardinal was made Lord high Treasurer, and the Duke General of the Armies, to the prejudice of the Constable of _Montmorency_. Those two favourites, fearing the persecution that is raised by envy, did remove all the great ones from the Court, whether they were commanded to do so, or whether they had any other pretences.

The Princes of _Condé_, and of _la Roche sur yon_, were sent into _Flanders_ to _Philip_ II. _Condé_, to confirm the alliance between the two Crowns, and _la Roche sur yon_ to carry the Order of _France_.

_Diana_ of _Poitiers_ Dutchess of _Valentenois_, was banished from Court, and compelled to surrender to the Queen all the Jewels she had extorted from the King, besides the Castle of _Chenonceaux_, which the Queen took for her self.

The Marshal St. _Andrew_ was likewise banished from the Court. The King of _Navarre_ was in _Bearn_.

The Constable took also his leave, and surrendred to the King the Seal of his Office. On the other side, the Protestants began to stir notably, having on their part many Princes, as that of _Condé_, of _Porcien_, _Gaspard_, of _Coligny_, Admiral of _France_, d’_Andelot_, and the Cardinal of _Chastillon_ his brothers, _Magdalene_ of _Mailly_, their Sister, Lady of _Roye_, the King of _Navarre_. All these discontented persons, and the Protestants made a great conspiracy under pretence of Religion, and of freeing the King from the tyranny of the _Guisians_.

They did by _Choler_, the Protestants because they had been so ill used, in the time of _Francis_ I. and _Henry_ II. and lately by the _Guisians_. And the discontented, for to pull down their power, it was also by an _intestine hatred_, because the Constable could not brook to be dispossessed of his Office of great Master, which was given to the Duke of _Guise_; and the others to see themselves from the management of Affairs, and the Protestants by the spirit of a contrary Religion.

Their _conspiracy_ tended to expel the _Guisians_, and to seise upon the Queen, the King, and his Brothers.

To compass their end, they secretly sent some trusty persons of their own, who nevertheless feigned to be their Enemies; insomuch that the King of _Navarre_ sent them word, that he would be always of their party, though apparently he took the Courts part.

But _the Old his own_, saith the fourth Verse, that is to say, the Kings old friends shall raise _Sedition_ against them, which happened in the year 1650. when the _Guisians_ having discovered the conspiracy that was made at _Nantes_, the 1. of _February_ 1560. whose chief Ring-leader was the Lord _La Renaudie_; they presently got the King out of _Blois_, and carryed him to _Amboise_, caused the Town to be fortified, and set strong Guards upon all the passages.

The day appointed for the execution of the conspiracy at _Blois_, was the 10th of _March_: But the King being got to _Amboise_, the Conspirators went thither in such great numbers, and under such specious pretences, that had they not been betrayed, no body would have suspected them. All the Suburbs and the Countrey Towns thereabouts were full of them. The Prince of _Condé_, the Admiral, d’_Andelot_, and his Brother the Cardinal, were all there.

Then the _Guisians_ began to fall to work, and to set upon the Conspirators on all sides.

Abundance were taken, some in the City, some in the Suburbs, others in the Countrey round about.

Most of these were slain before they could come to Town, or be carried to Prison. And their process was so short that they were hanged in their Boots and Spurs.

The Scouts did every where kill those they met withall. To conclude, it proved a very Bloody Tragedy.

_La Renaudie_ the Chief of the Conspirators, was met with by the Lord _Pardaillan_ a _Gascon_. At the first approach _La Renaudie_ killed him; but himself was killed by _Pardeillan_’s Servant, and his dead body brought and hanged at _Amboise_.

The second History is concerning _England_, which palpably makes this Prophecie good, if we make reflection upon what hath happened in this last Century of years, concerning banished people that have conspired against their King and Countrey, as we may see through all the Life of Queen _Elizabeth_, and by that famous Plot of the Gun-powder-Treason in King _James_’s time, which must be understood here by the _Mine_.