Discourses on-Davila..
NO. XXIII. —CONTINUED
Utiumqu* regem, fua multitudo conialutaverat.
THIS Prince (the King of Navarre,) began
gravely to acknowledge that the Hugonots
difguiled their passions and their interests, under
the veil of cliriltian* charity, and the cloak of re
ligion. Moreover, he was made to apprehend
that the Admiral,with his policy, would persuade
all France to believe that the King of Navarre
followed blindly his councils. They piqued his
jealousy, by reprefeming to him that the Calvin- .
ifts highly blamed his (loth and indolence, while
all their affedlions and attachments were to the
Princeof Conde, whose .courage, promptitude,and
magnanimity, they never ceased to exalt and ce
lebrate. A last confederation of extreme impor
tance, touched a nerve of exquifke sensibility :
The King of France and his brothers were of
feeble and delicate complexions, ill constituted,
fubje<£ to dangerous dittempers, and too young
to have children. The succession to the crown,
regarded him aS the firft Prince of the blood,.
and to declare himfelf the head and protector of
rihe Hygonots, was to place between the throne
jond him, an impenetrable barrier. Tofmooth
/his way the more easily to the throne, he inclined
[to re-unite himfelf to the Catholic party, to at»
I tradi the favor of the Pope and the King of Spairi>
| and to attach to hinjfelf trhe forces of the faction,
which was the best united, and the most power
ful. He began to diltruft the councils of the
Queen his wife, blindly devoted to Calvinism,
and naturally an enemy of pacific measures. T}ie
magnificent promises and persuasive discourses of
the legate, and of Manriquez, joined to so many
other motives, determined him finally to unite
himfelf with the Cowftable and the Duke of 6uifc.
They declared loudly in words and by writings,
that they were leagued only for the defence of
the Catholic religion : but their view 3 were, in
reality, much more vast. The King of Navarre
abandoned one party, in which he found himfelf
eclipsed by liis*brother, to attach himfelf to ano
ther, in which they offered him more brilliant ;
hopes. And theCui/cs entered into this conven
tion, only to re-establish their credit and ancient
grandeur.
Such was the union, which taught the French
the art of forming leagues and combinations,
•without the knowledge of their sovereigns. The
Hugonots represented it in the most odious co
lours, and called it the triumvirate. TlieOueen
Jane conceivcd a lively refentvnent of this unex
pected resolution of her husband. Full of indig
nation to fee him become the molt ardent perse
cutor of her favorite religion, in which she flat
tered herfelf flie had confirmed him ; sue resolv
ed to quit the court, and retired into Beam,with
the Prince Henry, and the Princess Catharine,her
children, wh-om flie inftru&ed in the reformed
religion, declining all further society, and com
merce with her husband. The Q_uecn-mother
■was not less alarmed with a change so sudden
and incredible. The triumvirate dejiroyed all the
projefls of an equilibrium, which Jhe had founded, on
the.diflrufls and animosities which divided the gran
dees. She dreaded as much, for the fafety of her
children, as for her own authority
procal variations, rhefe combinations of interelts,
totally opposite to each other, announced dearly
enough to her understanding, that this union
concealed high hopes, and vail designs. She
knew that the Cuifts had unraveled her artifices,
and that burning with ambition, they fought eve
ry meansofre-entering into the ministry. More- ;
over, what probability was there, that the-Kir.g
of Navarie would renounce the friendfliip of his
brother, and of his most faithful partisans, to
unite with his most cruel enemies, if he had not
been allured of great advantages in such a change.
She was not ignorant of the empire which is heid
over human hearts, even the most upright, by j
ambition and the tbirft of ruling. Finally, con
sidering every thing which, threatened her, flie
could not diflemble her own. weakness, nor that
of her children. Forced by these reflexions to
trust no longer, either the sincerity of the King
of Navarre, nor the demonllrations made by the
Catholics, of having no design of making any
innovation in the government ; a prey to con
stant terrors, alarms and suspicions, nothing was
capable of calming her inquietude. She pallid
often whole nights, in conference with her con
fidents, and among others with the Bishop of Va
lence, and the Chancellor De L'Hopitat : Their
counsels, and above all, the critical position in
which (lie flood, determined her to form a coali
tion with the Prince of Conde and the Admiral, to
favor their designs, and support herfelf with their
forces, in order to counterbalance, as much as
possible, the power of the opposite fadtion : al
jedging among other motives, to her Catholic
confidents, that God himfelf permits evil for the
fake of good : and since the Hugonots had can f
ed so many disorders, it was but just to make life
of them, to cure the distempers which hadinfedt
ed the heart of the state.
(Tt hi continued.)
THE MISTAKEN SHEPHERDS
THE hapless Shepherd of the plain,
If his lov'd Daphne frown,
Desponding, thinks his fait in vain,
Aside his crook is thrown.
His oaten pipe no mere is tun d,
His flocks untended itray ;
He feels too deep the eye-llruck wound,
And sighs his hours away.
BTut fp:ed, fond Swain, thy Charmer seek,
Who loves tl.ee, ..nd is kind ,
And only frowns, because you speak
Too little of your mind.
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Improvements and Additions to Mr. Eowen's
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Beauty. Peace, (an elegant figure) with her Olive Branch*
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PURSUANT to a Refolvc or a£fc of Congtefs of the 10th day
of May, 1780, relative to the deflruction of Loan-Office Cer
tificates by accident ; notice is hereby given to all whom it may
concern, that on the 26th of December 1788, the house occupied
by William Haselton, of the Delaware State, took fire and
was consumed, in which was lodged a number of Loan-Office
certificates as pr. lift below, all which were destroyed by tlie (aid
fire: Therefore if any perlon, hath any obje£tion why the said
Certificates fliould not be renewed, agreeable to the refolv.es of
Congress, they must make them before the expiration of three
months, from the date hereof.
These reci-
Invoice of Loan-Office Certificates 'dejl rosed in the house oJWth. Ha fatten*
1788.
Oclobci -4, of 500 dollars each. favor of James
635G one of ?4«o dollars, ( Haselion.
ELIZABETH HASELTCN,
Administratrix of
James Haselton, deccafed,
[62 6t.iaw.]
Philadelphia, Nov. 26,1790.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ~|
I Oihber 14, 1790. J
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Two quarts of Vinegar. (
Two pounds of Soap, f P r * 100 r2tIOHS » ,
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