15. François d'Espinay de Saint-Luc, sometimes called _Le Brave Saint Luc_, was born in 1554, and was killed at the battle of Amiens on the 8th of September, 1597. He was early appointed governor of Saintonge, and of the Fortress of Brouage, which he successfully defended in 1585 against the attack of the King of Navarre and the Prince de Condé. He assisted at the battle of Coutras in 1587. He served as a lieutenant-general in Brittany from 1592 to 1596. In 1594, he planned with Brissac, his brother-in-law, then governor of Paris for the League, for the surrender of Paris to Henry IV. For this he was offered the baton of a Marshal of France by the king, which he modestly declined, and begged that it might be given to Brissac. In 1578, through the influence or authority of Henry III., he married the heiress, Jeanne de Cosse-Brissac, sister of Charles de Cosse-Brissac, _postea_, a lady of no personal attractions, but of excellent understanding and character. --_Vide Courcelle's Histoire Généalogique des Pairs de France_, Vol. II.; _Birch's Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth_, Vol. I., pp. 163, 191; _Freer's Henry III._, p. 162; _De Mezeray's His. France_, 1683, p. 861. 16. Charles de Cosse-Brissac, a Marshal of France and governor of Angiers. He was a member of the League as early as 1585. He conceived the idea of making France a republic after the model of ancient Rome. He laid his views before the chief Leaguers but none of them approved his plan. He delivered up Paris, of which he was governor, to Henry IV. in 1594, for which he received the Marshal's baton. He died in 1621, at the siege of Saint Jean d'Angely.--_Vide Davila_, pp. 538, 584, 585; _Sully_, Philadelphia, 1817, V. 61. Vol. I., p. 420; _Brantôme_, Vol. III., p. 84; _His. Collections_, London, 1598, p. 35; _De Thou_, à Londres, 1724, Tome XII., p. 449. 17. "By the Articles of this Treaty the king was to restore the County of _Charolois_ to the king of _Spain_, to be by him held of the Crown of _France_; who in exchange restor'd the towns of _Calice, Ardres, Montbulin, Dourlens, la Capelle_, and _le Catelet_ in _Picardy_, and _Blavet_ in Britanny: which Articles were Ratifi'd and Sign'd by his Majesty the eleventh of June [1598]; who in his gayety of humour, at so happy a conclusion, told the Duke of _Espernon, That with one dash of his Pen he had done greater things, than he could of a long time have perform'd with the best Swords of his Kingdom."--Life of the Duke of Espernon_, London, 1670, p. 203; _Histoire du Roy Henry le Grand_, par Préfixe, Paris, 1681, p. 243. CHAPTER II.