FRANEGE, 
title which bel derived’ from ei wis XI. whe had. ees dead 
inore than e 
party of de ¢ 
had ‘uniformly given to the reformed religion: thig was the 
only.obftacle. to the acknowledgment of Henry? s claims by 
the oa part ‘al . pauline and in the end it gave rife 
to a'civil war. camped befere Paris, of which he 
might have made hints matter ‘by — had he eaee 
to grant age toa ees 20 men, women 
child: na nes the city to fave ne 
act of eer the king was tlie 
« That he w one ra- 
is, own heart.” @ me perceiving - that e Cathal 
were feeking forei ign ald, an pe there would termi- 
nation: t act evils unlefs he renounced the roteftant reli- 
gnan his 
te by the. “aebrted edict a Nan tes, which 
bli moft fo 
and ‘effe€tual manner, all,the an yOurS 
Kn y reforming its 
sai encoura 
mbellifhing | cities, and “finally 
eftablithed’ t 
he . 
gs ultu: re and a re 
This wife — cemented the conténding parties, ‘and res 
ignity of the monarchy. ‘I'he proteftant 
throw off their se 
of which Roche capi- 
utch esl y affifted Richi in fubduing the 
pro een while the Englifh fent out a fleet in aid ig the 
inhabitants of Rochelle, who maineined their ground for a 
whole year againft the French with the cardinal at their 
head. ngth, however, they were forced to furrender, 
and this, with all the proteftant cities of corse were 
flrippe their privileges, and their religion ef j 
crufhed. Lewis _XIIL. entered’ Reacts fe into the views 
of his mini olitics of all the courts of 
fter 
ope: the talents of Richelieu were equally and fuccefs- 
fally con cae in ne ive war, in .forei 
in Bi is domeitic ; 
idol fhe had formed. The du i of Oileans 3 fought t rm “fap: 
plant 'the minifter ; but, with aftonifhing intrepidity of mind, 
he =i ts gers Ce feized the aor de Maric 
ne of his mo 
adminiftration advanced the glory 6 
France as a monarchy. He died in 1642, victorious, it is 
faid, over the enemics and the liberties of his count ry. He 
expire da al noft immediately after his arrival at Paris, “where 
| breach was made in the walls to. soo his'litter in a fort of 
triumph. The death of the minifter was fhortly after 
lowed by that of his fovereign in 545. He was fiicceeded by 
Lewis XIV. who was only fi 
¢ years of af 5 
came to the crown of his father. The queen-motlier, Aniie 
of Auttria a, was appo ointed regent during the eneaek? “who 
chofe oe her minilter Car din al Ma zarine violence 
excited ‘n w_diforders i in the ftate, which caufed his ‘ban niith- 
3 
ood. The. fchemes. of reformation, projected by this.king ment ton Paris ; ; but though retired to the imperial ‘domi- 
aad his minifter,. were intended to be cerried far Rshen the _nions, he influen ced and over-ruled the ‘meafures of the court 
boundaries of F y were anxious to. new-model the of France. 2 Mazarine refuimed’his ftation as minifter, 
hole of Europe, ‘and reduce all its eee ao a kind ‘which he continued till his death in. 1661 '» when the —— 
Chritian .republic, by. rendering them as ne offible began to a are npletely for himfelf and entered on a vig 
of ‘equal ftrength. ‘That. this republic might be ‘maintained rous dilplay < of his s talents. ‘The fintinces, which had ‘Tong a 
In perpetual : oar Bese propofed to bring all their differ- _In extreme iforder, | ‘were admirably regulated by Colbert ; 
-ences to be decided. before a :fenate of wile, difinterelbed, ‘and A commerce and n manufactures of the kingdom, ‘wifely 
: le judges, nae then’ they fuppofed it would be no dif- encou ged gove ernment, v ‘in the moft flou- 
ficult matter to overturn‘the Ottoman emp fith aview rifhi ae mere tion.. The famous canal that joins ‘the Bay of 
al executing t eG, but under the pretence Bice with ‘the Mediterranean . t; all the fea-ports 
of at Me ) exorbitant pore of the houfe | of me were Fortié ied and enlarged, and the internal ‘police ‘ftriGly 
b 
.chargéter_ of this ‘mona arc 
potlerity by the 
~weé fhall again have recojirfe in the article 
~ > On. the death of Henry IV. 
: ‘Medicis, affumed the. regency. daring the minority of lew 
XIIL,. which was only remarkable for cabal and inirgu 
“of the. courtiers, ..Fraace, _ ‘under E enry: ha: d riley: 
-a flate.of miferable andre Me to; the hight pee of, glory, 
funk now into a wretched of. weaknefgs, 4, the 
Heniy Yay 
- aud chofe for his minis the’ “celebrated Cardinal Ric 
ay 
e pen n of his minifter, sto ich Ph 
the queen-mother, ‘Mary 7 failed j in “payment of the dow? 
‘glory: of Eth con cite as owing to Turenne and pit Se 
“The ftrength and prof a ow the kingdom ‘were Till aug- 
th and profperity of the king 
Inepted ene iniftration . of , € parties 
ad e: ; 
unfelf, banifhed the. _in*Holland ‘between the Stadtholder ‘and thole who ¢ fpoufed: 
. Marfhal.dAnere tojbe ee ed, the fid 
hebeu, 
urks,, arid’ Portugal againft Spain. On th 
Philip IV, Lewis," had“already acquired tf 
of Grand to his other titles, ae chien that Spain h 
S| 
pa 
Dae eged ‘and: 
took Lifle with Lay fortified cities | a “Flaid The 
e ‘of. the Virtuous Dre Wirts (which fee), ‘tem pted 
‘Lewis ‘to undertake’ the conqueft of that country, and ee 
“Jan 
