TKe  majfljaf  del  Montmorency  was  really  fo  in  his  govern-
ment, wlic/fe  He  levied  money  and'tropps  as  he  thought  fit,
and  to  (ipjrigl!r89k  Ju(!fc'e,t  and  living  in  a  princely  manner
ugonnii  own  fortune),  h$  maintained  the  public  tranquility
and  every 'tHtag  j«  exa£t  order  C^Tfhe  duke  of  Savoy*  after
offering ^jjis  afl^pce  to#  the  king \  the  duke  de  Guife,  and
r^H  £*fl*4u*'J'es.*  ^provided  he  might  have  the  marquifatc
Wmtues  tor  his  :|>airisV  finding  his  offers  rejefled  on  every
f1^  madi  hipitelf  matter  of  the  beff  part  of  that  country,  and
*{jiongft'ffie  reft  ofthe'ftrong  tortrefs  of  Carmagnoles**  in
yych.were  four  nuridred  pieces  of  cannon,  with  military
ffores  Tufficierjf  }o;  .'liave  enabled  the  king  to  reduce,  his  re*
Mjpijs  f^hkc^s^if  they.had  teen  proierly  employed.  As  for
Ptfr/i.lt  wascntirelv  devoted  to  the  duke  of  Gui/e*  who' out


«*  «ij  laic;  lor^  in ^conjunctures  jikc  mis,  lucii  as  nave  no-
^Pg^oiore  are  jh  '(he  faireft  way|pf  making  their  fortunes,
T^kpg,' 'ftiipt^^bis  friends,  lurrounded  by  his  enemies,,
Without  force,  2in^  without  alHesJ  had  occafion  enough',  tho*
jitde  opjportunjty^  ^p  contemplate  his  ruined  condition^  and
that  labynntH.^^pSlculties  into  which'  his  indolence  and  his

"  *Membiresdal)ucd'Efpernon.    tAvET.  '«  tiiffoire

du  Condeftable  de  £efdiguier*»,  par  Louis  ViaiL,  liv.  jii.  c.  iv.
M63, 166.  *  Jacob.  Tuuan.    *  i  Guichenoh*

I-  *>*  Sevres.     K  Daniel.  h*  FJiftoire  de  la  Ligue,

P»MAiMnotfRcl    Dy  Tillct.
