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1810.]  Negociation of De Bouillon and De Sancy, in 1596. 219. 
truce of six days, during which there 
was to be no act of hostility upen either 
side: so that what the said seigneur de 
Sancy had affirmed, without having any 
advice of it, tied vut true, ‘Phey in- 
formed the gucen of it; and sent off on 
the morrow morning the said sieur de 
Champeron to bring. advice to the king, 
that the succours were marching. 
This lie, bold, adroit, aud successful, 
was a trick for which any- negociator, 
under similar circumstances, might take 
great credit; and, it is- singular, that 
Sancy bimself does not menuen it Ina 
memoir which he presented, under the 
regency of Mary de Medicis, for reim- 
bursement of the expenses which he 
had contracted on account of govern- 
ment. ‘This memoir, in which he takes 
the tone of a minister deprived of his 
ancient favour,, renouncing any recom- 
pence, and contining himself to. the 
claim of justice; and where, in conse- 
quence, he rather exaggerates than 
diminishes much less forgets, even the 
smaliest service that he has been able 
to render; is printed in the third vol. of 
the IMemoires d’ Etat, en suite de ceux de 
Villeroy, under this. title, “ Discours 
Jatt par messire Nicolas de Harlay, Che+ 
vaher, Seigneur de Sancy, &c. Conseil- 
ler du kot en ses conseils d’estut et 
privé, sur Voccurrence de ses affuires.” 
This discourse contains some very cu- 
rious details upon his embassy. in Eng- 
land, and the negociation here alluded 
to; but there is no mention whatever of 
the fact, the relation of which, in the 
manuscript, does him so much honour. 
‘The succours could not arrive in ume: 
the politic queen teazed (jit passer ) the 
French vivacity by a long round of 
delays, reproaches, refusals, menaces, 
and promises : she breathed nothing but 
peace and amity; notwithstanding w ‘hich, 
her ministers perpetually created dith- 
culties, which the queen appeared always 
desiréus of removing, but did not do so, 
[ See the reasons below .| 
All these incidents are well exposed in 
the relation given in the manuscript. 
The progress of the negociation is marked 
day by day. The author of this relation 
is a person who assisted at all the con- 
sultations, and was united with the two 
negociators ; because the said seigneur de’ 
Sancy might be necessitated to depart 
before the treaty was concluded, and 
then he could relieve the said seiyneur 
de Bouillon. It was the famous Will, 
de Vair, afterwards bishop of Lisieux, 
twice gurde des sceaurs in the reign of 
Louis X1il.; who died in 1624, in the 
possession of that dignity, He was at 
the time of the negociation counsellor 
of state; and the two ambassadors 
styled him, ** confidenual servant of the 
king.” It would be unnecessary to. 
analyze this relation, because it is 
printed at the end of the works of Will. 
de Vair, together with all the other 
picccs, relative to this negociation, 
which also occur in the manusenpt; with 
the exception of one only, which is here 
whoily transcribed: it is a letter of 
Henry LIV. to aqucen Elizabeth, written 
during the course of the negociation; 
aud upon an upportant incident, which 
removes a strolg difference between the 
recital of Du V. air and that of Sancy - 
upon the same fact. 
It is observed, in the account of the 
embassy of M. de Lomenie, how much 
Elizabeth regretted the possession of 
Calais, lost by the Exelish under the 
reign oF her sister’ Mary; that she had 
herself lost it, when offered in exchange 
for Havre; and that she had made the 
cession of it, repeatedly, a condition of 
aiding Henry. In 1596, Ebzabeth, 
seeing Calais besieged by the Spaniards, 
conceived new hopes. She thought thas 
they could not avoid ceding the place to 
her, while she offered either to defend it 
when it was yet but atiacked, or to 
retake it if it should be captured by the 
Spaniards: she said nothing of this, or 
even hinted any thing of the ends 
Sancy, when he pressed the council for 
the departure of the succours; she pro- 
mised to give the requisite orders, and 
sent Sidney to visit Sancy. This was 
on the 20th of April. 
lowing, she ordered Sidney to set. out 
for France, Sancy, who was informed 
on the next morning by is friends of the 
departure of Sidney, thought that it was 
only to advertise the king of the suc- 
cours; and to inform his majesty, that 
the said succours were prepared before 
the coming of the said sieur de Sancy, 
on purpose that the king might take it 
better of her majesty. It was ; doubtless 
what she wished Sancy to believe, if he 
should hear of the precipitate departure 
of Sidney ; she meant that Henry, on 
receiving through Sidyey the proposi- 
tion of abandoning Calais to England, 
should remain sull uncertain of the suc- 
cour which he solicited, on purpose that 
this uncertainty might make him resolve 
upon it. The next day, on the 21st, 
Sancy had an audience of the queen ; 
she did not mention Sidney, but negli- 
gently 
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