GUISE. 
Kingdom, and entrufted with all the authority of the crown. ° the king. The duchefs 
In 1558 he took Calais, which had long been in the hands of carried at her girdle a 
the English, and which had ferved as an entrance into France, not fer 
in the wars between the two countries, At the acceffion of . rical tonfure, iene § to fhutting him up in a conyent, In 
Francis II., whofe wife, Mary, queen of Scots, was niece . 1 588 the ft ( 
to the Guifes, the duke and his brother the cardinal were Blois, The demands o 
placed at the head of the government. At this period the audacious, 
Calvinilts, headed by the prince of Condé, engaged in the . king now 
confpiracy of Amboife, and its defeat was chiefly owing to. rival; he is faid.to have diftributed with his own hands 
the vigilance of the duke of Guife, who was lieutenant-ge-. poignards to chofen men of his guards. Guife heard-of the 
neral of the kingdom. This victory was not ufed with much plot, and lau 
moderation, and a great number of executions followed: the prefence-chamber, even at, the door of the cubinet, 
Condé would unque lopably have fhared the fame fate, had in which the king was, he ,was fuddenly pierced with’ 
not the demifeof the king prevent.d it, After this event. many ftabs, . He fell, exelaiming « m od, ‘have’ 
they formed only , mercy on me!'? His brother, the cardinal; who had: 
one of three parties, which were balanced by the art of Ca. , encouraged him in all his. ambitious projects, was feized 
tharine de Medicis, Liberty of confcience, and the right , and put.to death the next day. So bitter was the hatred’ 
of public worfhip according to their own views, were granted of st enemies, that. they did not. reft contented. till they. 
to the Calvinifts, a meafure particular! mortifying tothe had literall burnt thes eadtien to afhes, left their adhe 
bigotry of the Guifes. At this perio » the duke wasthe rents fhould make relics of their remains... He. was at his 
caufe of a terrible maflacre of Proteitants at Vafly, who death thirty-eight yearsof age. He refembled his father ia 
had aflembled there fer the purpofes of divine worfhip. civil and military qualities, but was much more criminally: 
When the iftrate, who was called before the duke, ex- ambitious, With religion ever in his mouth, his conduét> 
cufed himfelf” for permitting this religious allembly, upon was exceflively licentious, — ‘ 
the ground of the edi& of lerati i Guisr, Henny pe Lorrawe, duke of, grandfon of the. 
clapping his hand to his fword, exclaimed, here is what , preceding, born in 1614, was brought up to the church, ’ 
fhall cut the knot of your deteftable edi@.? _ The maffacre | and from his conneétions was. provided with m 
was a figr ul for civil war, and the duke was the chief on ment, which he refigned. ; 
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en | ormed a come and affume the chief command. He readily embarked, 
plan of era him. The man was brought before him, . and arrived at a i 
pr ase Soa ch pe han Brigg oS army gained 
attempt. 0 other,” replied the enthu rt that a ¥ erfa, and - 
your being the nga rg teney fd my religion.” « Well,""  veral advantages over the Spaniards.. H 
faid the duke, « if thy religion bids th regular government, and became ee 
commands me to | rgive thee : Indge between ° "he , potig phy adiminiftration, He expecte 
victory of Dreux, in 1 $62, is chic yalcribed to Guife; in of Naples and Sicily, of which the pope offered 
this the prince de Cond? was take Fs anc, according . veititure, infteadof which, wastaken bythe enemy, and kept” 
to the manner of the age, fhared that night the duke’s bed: ifoner j i he was. fetat. 
zh were mort I 
hi ly clofe his eyes. . he em 
Not long after this, he was mir a Calvinift gentleman, as . Mazarin, for the attended 
he lay before ans, tied February 4 1563, at. with no fuccefs, After, this he was employed at court, ob- 
the age of forty-four. By writers on his own fide he is re- tained the poft of ch; | chamberlain, a the perfon de- 
sewn as hed roe of true tg but his : qua-  legated to receive Chriftina of Sweden on 
ties were undoubtedly very muc nced by a furious. France. - His manners were now fo foftened 
perty-toiet, and by an immoderate ambition that hrought. fhone in the. bufinefs of a i 
great evils on his country, ikon conduct proved that he had little of a piped true 
Bice. agg ry, gree pea eldeft fon of in him....He died in 1 His ; irs 
t ing, born i was dillinguithed by his N nterpri 
great valour, and a thot which he received, ind which left a. ag — nb pee 
' i of Balafré. B Guisz, W Englith 
is engaging manners he pecae, the idl of the army and Alblead’s cour, near —— i 
: ¢. e : 1s ¢ 1 ie i lai good. lemen 
preme authority ; caufed the an oe pri pe penta et ; ~ Oxford 
grant ‘0 demanded the publication of ¢ moved to All-{ s’ colleg hich hesvasehnles fellow! 
, rees of the council of Trent, the fat lithment of the in- Hee Ai cy rome Gicccoderen i : 
— inguifition, beat ats ry ol sah Lr dance SE aaa wate {cholar, particularly .in Oriental 
e obtained uecets againil the Protettants, and was died at the of thirty,. j ’ , of the 
regarded by the Catholics with an enthufiaitic attachment, pc » before. he had fearcel begun to-apply his. 
fucely and they opeal eed tePay Brew. indent by Rnowledgers te wate een apply is 
fuccelt, and they opecly avowed that they ‘would dethrom .« Mito Pars ; Ordinis prin Zena Wott me 
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