WHereas by sad experience (in these our late distem­pered and unhappy Times) We are sensible of the great Miseries and Calamities that are incident both to Prince and People, upon the distempers arising between the Head and Members, occurring chiefly from the flames of those, who are frighted with mortal apprehensions, and re­tain unto themselves diversity of fears and jealousies, at the remembrance of those dangers, which wise Counsels, and great Favourites, may suddenly involve them in: There­fore, having seriously weighed the sad effects thereof, and the great devastation that doth befall both Crown & King­doms thereby, which with grief of heart I speak it, I hum­bly offer to your Majesty this Expedient, for preventing of these inevitable Ruines, That your Majesty will be pleased to consider upon some convenient way for the expelling of the Cardinal (though it were but a limitation of time pre­fixed within your Royal Breast) and to satisfie the desires of the people; without which, little safety can be expected, and all hopes of Reconcilement utterly frustrated and taken away.

The King having received this Message, or Declaration, returned thanks to his Cousin Charles; but withall desired him not to intermeddle any further therein giving assurance that he was resolved to keep and protect the Cardinal.

Whereupon the Citizens of Paris were exceedingly ex­asperated [Page 3]in spirit, offering to raise 20000 men for the Pr. of Conde against the King: but its probable, that upon re­ceit of the unwelcome tydings of the great blow given to the Princes forces by Gen. Turein, and valiant James Stuart, they may change their resolutions: for, indeed, the Defeat was great, being managed by a surprisal; the exact Rela­tion whereof, take as followeth:

The King drawing near Paris, Marshal Turein, Generall Hocquincourt, and Col. Stuart being to attend the march of the Court with their Armies, came along the Rivers of Yonne and Seine: And Turein perceiving that if he got be­twixt the Princes Army and Paris, he might be able to in­terrupt their communication with the Parisians, marched with such care and expedition, that he arrived at Chartres, while the same time the Princes army removed from Mon­targis to Estampes: And being resolved to set upon the ene­my, he marched all night, and found them daawing up their army near Estampes; who spying the Kings army, immedi­atly retired into the Town, placing their Foot within the Works and Fortifications; but caused their Horse to pass the River.

Hereupon the two Generals drew up near the Walls of the Town; and perceiving a good space of ground not wel guarded betwixt the outmost Suburbs and the Town, where they might cut off that part of the Suburbs, they attempted that place, and began the assault with much resolution, and the Town was well maintained by the Defendants; but the Kings Ordnance having the advantage of a commanding Hillock, did so annoy the Princes party in the Town, and made a breach in the Wall, so that the Kings forces entred; and after a sharp dispute, became Masters of the Town, sei­zing upon the Magazine, and putting divers to the sword: during this dispute, the titular Duke of York, brake in with the horse, doing great execution.

The Princes party were almost all killed, or taken, and his own Regiment totally cut off; for they denyed quarter. The Horse stood all upon a Hill, on the other side of the River, as Spectators of this bloudy Tragedy, and never attempted to relieve the Foot. The occasion of the Princes Army draw­ing out thus, was to welcome Madamoiselle from Orleans, whence she came to see them. This action was the more observable, in that the Kings party consisted onely of 2000 Foot, and 500 Horse, against 6000 of the Princes; notwith­standing they had the advantages of a deep Trench, a strong Wall, and the Town it self. The Duke of York (for so he is called here) commanded the Kings horse, who charged so puissantly, that his very first Onset sufficiently testified he fought either to Death or Victory; for after the first Vol­ley, he brake in upon Wirtemberg, and the Princes own Re­giment, doing great execution, and making the field resound with shrill ecchoes: In this fight was slain Mounsieur de Bloin, a Gentleman of irresistable courage: Yet notwith­standing, the loss whereof, could not damp the general re­joycing for so important a Victory: Which was pursued with such eagerness of spirit by the aforesaid Duke, that the Kings party were in half an hours time exceedingly tran­sported with excess of gladness.

The King hearing of this Victory, sent an Express to young James, to hasten to the Court, where he was triumphantly entertained, and is now in great esteem amongst the French; Immediatly after his reception, he presented the King with a Narrative of the whole business, and a particular List of the Officers and Souldiers killed and taken on both sides: a Copy whereof I have hereunto annexed.