4
of them ſhould remaine priſoners, vntill ſuch time as they ſhould cauſe ſeuen or eight others to be deliuered, who were named vnto them. His Maieſtie after the ſaid agreement, did ſhew that fauour to the Lord Cleremont of Lodeſue, to two maſters of the Camp, & vnto fiue others that ſhuld haue remained priſoners, to ſend them away vppon their oathes: ſo that there departed out of the ſaid Caſtle, about 40. Gentleme, and aboue 200. ſouldiers, who were ſafely confucted halfe way vnto Paris. His Maieſtie conſidering that the poore towne of Estampes in foure moneths had been three times taken, and that although it had been neceſſaries for him to haue kept a good garriſon in it, yet notwithſtanding (of his own nature being as eaſie to be ouercome with pitie and clemencie, as hee is inuincible to his enemies) was content to take no other aſſurance of the towne, than the oathes of the inhabitants, wherein hee repoſed his truſt. And further, to put them out of doubt, that the caſtle ſhuld be noe meane of their rigorous vſage hereafter, he determined to raſe the ſaid caſtle, & to commit the keeping of the town to the townſmen only, perſwading himſelf that they cōparing the vſage which they had had at his hands and his enemies together, it was the ſureſt Garriſon, to keepe them in obedience. His ſaid Maieſtie remained ther vntil the ſaturday folowing, during which time there arriued a Gentleman ſent from the Queene Dowager, bringing a requeſt, which ſhe preſented vnto his Maieſtie for to beſeech him, to ſhew her iuſtice for the cruell ſlaughter committed vpon the perſon of the late king her husband. His Maieſtie deferred the aunſwere of this requeſt,vntill
