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<HEAD>A Full and True ACCOUNT Of the LATE REVOLUTION in <HI>SAVOY,</HI> and of the Motives and Occa&s;ion of the Duke of <HI>SAVOY</HI>'s Declara|tion of WAR again&s;t <HI>FRANCE,</HI> and for Re&s;toring all the <HI>VAUDOIS</HI> to their Liberties and Ancient Pri|vileges, who are joined with His Forces again&s;t the <HI>French.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">As al&s;o of the &s;everal Defeats given to the <HI>French</HI> Forces, by the <HI>Vaudois</HI> and <HI>Savoyards.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>In a Letter to a Per&s;on of Quality, from</HI> Geneva, June 9. 1690.</HEAD>
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<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>June 16. 1690.</DATE></DATELINE> <SIGNED>J. FRASER.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>YOU know, that &s;ome time ago the <HI>French</HI> advanced to|wards <HI>Piemont,</HI> under the Command of Mon&s;ieur <HI>de Catinat;</HI> their Number was reported to be 14000 Men, but the truth is, they were not above Ten Thou&s;and. The pretence of that Expedition was to make War again&s;t the <HI>Vaudois;</HI> they attack'd them the <HI>1&s;t</HI> and <HI>2d</HI> of <HI>May:</HI> The <HI>Vaudois</HI> defended them&s;elves &s;tout|ly, and the <HI>French</HI> lo&s;t many of their Men. After that <HI>Catinat</HI> made as if he had been willing to fall upon the <HI>Mi|laneze;</HI> but he came back on a &s;udden, and po&s;ted him&s;elf in the Neighbour|hood of <HI>Turin.</HI> The fir&s;t thing he de|manded from the Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> was, That he &s;hould give him 3000 Men of his Troops to ballance the Succours he had given the Emperour, which was, of 100000 pounds <HI>sterl.</HI> The Duke an&s;wered, he had bought &s;ome Fiefs of the Emperour, and that it was re|ally a Bargain, and not any Succours he had &s;ent him, when he gave him the &s;aid One Hundred Thou&s;and Pounds. <HI>Catinat</HI> not being contented with this An&s;wer, gave the Duke but twice Twenty Four Hours to take his la&s;t Re&s;olution. The Duke finding him&s;elf &s;o clo&s;ely &s;treightned, made as if he had a Mind to enter into a Treaty with <HI>France;</HI> and for that pur|po&s;e &s;ent Couriers to <HI>Paris,</HI> and pro|mi&s;ed <HI>Catinat,</HI> in the mean time, he would give him the Troops the <HI>French</HI> King was de&s;irous of having. <HI>Catinat</HI> &s;eem'd as if he had been &s;atisfied with the&s;e Promi&s;es, and went back towards the <HI>Milaneze,</HI> &s;eized upon <HI>Carignan-Bridge,</HI> upon the River <HI>Po;</HI> and ha|ving left there 1000 Dragoons in Gar|ri&s;on, return'd again towards <HI>Turin</HI> and declared to the Duke, That h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> would &s;ee the Execution of his Pro+mi&s;e, and that the King his Ma&s;te<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> would have, for the &s;ecurity of his Neutrality, the Citadel of <HI>Turin</HI> and <HI>Verue</HI> to be delivered up to him. The Duke, under pretence of Treaty, de|manded &s;ome time to know the Re&s;o|lutions of the <HI>French</HI> King. <HI>Catinat</HI>'s Nephew went immediately to the <HI>French</HI> Court. During this Negotiation and delay, the Duke got near a Months time, which he diligently imploy'd in gathering &s;ecretly the <HI>Militia</HI> of the Country, in Fortifying and Furni&s;hing with Ammunitions the Citadel of <HI>Tu|rin,</HI> and the other Frontier Places, cau|&s;ing a good Guard to be kept in the Night-time. He did likewi&s;e employ &s;ome of that time in di&s;parching En|voys to all the Neighbouring Princes, and e&s;pecially to the Diet of the <HI>Sui&s;|&s;ers,</HI> where his Amba&s;&s;ador, and that of <HI>Spain</HI> &s;poke with &s;o good &s;ucce&s;s a|gain&s;t the Cheats and Violences of the <HI>French</HI> Court, that all the A&s;&s;embly was moved &s;o far to compa&s;&s;ion, as to &s;hed tears: And the Diet re&s;olved to ac|quaint the D. of <HI>Savoy,</HI> That the intenti|on of the <HI>Cantons</HI> was, That he &s;hould order <HI>Catinat</HI> to draw back his Troops from <HI>Piemont,</HI> which if he &s;hould refu&s;e to do, the <HI>Sui&s;&s;ers</HI> would not fail to give the Duke all the A&s;&s;i&s;tance they were
<PB REF="2"> able to do. The Courier, which Mon|&s;ieur <HI>Amelot,</HI> the <HI>French</HI> Amba&s;&s;ador in <HI>Sui&s;&s;erland,</HI> had &s;ent to Mon&s;ieur <HI>Catinat,</HI> came to him by &s;ome hours &s;ooner than he that was &s;ent to the Duke from the Diet; and hearing the Re&s;olution of the <HI>Cantons,</HI> he &s;ent to Compliment the Duke, praying him to &s;end him his Chancellour, and telling him; that he hoped &s;ome Means &s;hould be found out to accommodate all Affairs. The Duke, who knew nothing yet from <HI>Sui&s;&s;erland,</HI> of what had been determined there in his Favour, &s;ent him his Chancellour, with a de&s;ign to gain more time; but the Courier of <HI>Sui&s;&s;erland</HI> being arriv'd a little while after; the Duke &s;ent after his Chancellor to call him back, and having A&s;&s;embled the Council of E&s;tate, and that of War, it was Re&s;olved they &s;hould have no|thing more to manage with <HI>Catinat,</HI> but order him to depart the Dukes Dominion within 24 Hours, which if he would not do, they would Attack him and Charge him immediately.</P>
<P>You mu&s;t know that when <HI>Catinat</HI> received that unwelcom News, his Army was weakned, by a Detachment he had &s;ent again&s;t the <HI>Vaudois,</HI> to keep the Valleys of <HI>Pragelas;</HI> be&s;ides it was le&s;|&s;ened by 2 Regiments of <HI>Sui&s;&s;ers,</HI> who refu&s;ed to fight again&s;t the <HI>Savoyards;</HI> Mon&s;ieur <HI>Catinat</HI> to &s;ecure them, &s;ent them to <HI>Cazal,</HI> to have from thence 2 other Regiments, but the <HI>Sui&s;&s;ers</HI> in their March meeting with all the <HI>Sa|voy</HI> Militia in Arms, joined with them, and renounced the <HI>French</HI> Service. On the other &s;ide, the Detachment which was &s;ent again&s;t the <HI>Vaudois</HI> had but a bad &s;ucce&s;s: the truth is, the <HI>Vaudois</HI> were forced to retire upon a high Mountain, after they had made a great &s;laughter of the <HI>French,</HI> many Carts of wounded Per&s;ons were car|ryed to <HI>Turin,</HI> where they arrived before the Rupture. The <HI>Vaudois</HI> hearing the Dukes Intentions, they offered them&s;elves to him to go and &s;erve in his Army again&s;t the <HI>French.</HI></P>
<P>After the Duke had taken and de|clared in Council his Re&s;olution of breaking with <HI>France,</HI> he came out upon the Piazza, and made a fine Speech to the People, which &s;hewed &s;o great an Aver&s;ion again&s;t the <HI>French,</HI> that they offered to employ their Lives and Fortunes for the Ser|vice of His Royal Highne&s;s; the Prie&s;ts them&s;elves offered to give the Plate of their Churches, &s;aying, They could Officiate in Wooden Cups. There came Ten thou&s;and Men from <HI>Mondovi,</HI> and from the <HI>Marqui&s;at</HI> of <HI>Seve;</HI> they demanded leave to Charge the <HI>French,</HI> and there was &s;uch a thronging to take Arms all over <HI>Savoy,</HI> that they were not able to give them all Powder and Ammunition. They &s;et a Guard up|on Mon&s;ieur <HI>Rebenac</HI> Amba&s;&s;ador of <HI>France;</HI> When the Duke had the good News from <HI>Sui&s;&s;erland,</HI> he had at the &s;ame time &s;ome likewi&s;e from the <HI>Italian</HI> Princes, who encoura|ged him very much in the Re&s;olution he has taken again&s;t <HI>France.</HI></P>
<P>The Republick of <HI>Venice</HI> offered him 20000. Pounds Sterling a Month. After this the Duke &s;ent Couriers to acquaint all the Princes with his Rup|ture with <HI>France,</HI> and cau&s;ed to be Publi&s;hed, all over his Dominions, a Proclamation in behalf of the <HI>Vau|dois,</HI> which gave them leave to come into their Country again, he cau&s;ed the &s;ame Proclamation to be &s;ent into <HI>Sui&s;&s;erland,</HI> and other Parts, to Solli|cit the <HI>Vaudois</HI> to return, a&s;&s;uring them, that all the Violences and Cru|elties that were practi&s;ed again&s;t them did not come from him, but from the <HI>French,</HI> who were the Au|thors and Executors of them. Acts of Ho&s;tility are already begun, the <HI>Vaudois</HI> are come down from their Mountains, and have cut off a Party of 100 <HI>French.</HI> They &s;ay Mon&s;ieur <HI>Catinat</HI> has lo&s;t 900 Men, which have been killed by the Country Peo|ple. The Merchants of <HI>Lions</HI> have at <HI>Turin</HI> Three or four hundred thou&s;and Pounds Sterling worth of Goods, which they have left there to &s;ave them&s;elves.</P>
<P>Troops advance from the <HI>Milaneze,</HI> and there are already 3000 <HI>Spainards</HI> at <HI>A&s;t.</HI> Some Forces are drawing from <HI>Germany</HI> into the <HI>Milaneze,</HI> and they expect in <HI>Sui&s;&s;erland</HI> with great impatience the return of King <HI>William</HI>'s Courier, who if he comes back with a good Sum of Money, without que&s;tion in little time we &s;hall &s;ee an entire Revolution and change of Affairs there, from what they were &s;ome Months ago.</P>
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<P>London, <HI>Printed for</HI> Richard Baldwin <HI>in the</HI> Old Bailey. 1690.</P>
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