Of the Interest of Princes

MEMOIRS OF THE

feared him, seeing himself as if at liberty, sought the means to make himself necessary. The principal means he used was to encroach upon the mind of the Prince of Condé, whose relative he was, to give him a taste for becoming a Réformé Protestant, in order to be the Head and protector of a party which was then held in great consideration: and he proceeded so industriously that he gave great offense to the Queen, who had him sought out to avert this blow. Having come to an understanding with her, he erased in this Prince the virtuous desire he had given him to follow the actions of his predecessors, and pointed out to him the thorns that were encountered on this glorious path, the perils and labors one finds there, the setbacks one receives, in short the poverty and misery, which were very powerful reasons to turn him away from an enterprise so repugnant to his nature.

During this time, the Duke of Rohan, who was Colonel of the Swiss, had the command to go to the siege of Jülich, leading a Regiment of Swiss, and having charge of the French army in the absence of the