AUDACITY OF THE CAEDINAL. 139*

all his advowsons, distributed them to the bishops of the dio-
ceses in which those advowsons were situated.

These blows were very sensibly felt by the other Bouillons,,
but it was no time for complaint. The Cardinal himself became
more enraged than ever. Even up to this time he had kept so
little within bounds that he had pontifically officiated in the-
church of Tournai at the Te Deum for the taking of Douai (by
the enemies); and from that town (Tournai), where he had
fixed his residence, he wrote a long letter to M. de Beauvais,
bishop of the place, when it yielded, and who would not sing
the Te Dvum, exhorting him to return to Tournai and submit
to the new rule. Some time after this, that is to say, towards
the end of the year, he was guilty of even greater presumption.
The Abbey of Saint Arnaud in Flanders, had just been given
by the King to Cardinal La Tremoille, who had been confirmed
in his possession by bulls from the Pope. Since then the abbey-
had fallen into the power of the enemy. "Upon this, Cardinal
de Bouillon caused himself to be elected Abbot by a minority
of the monks and in spite of the opposition of the others. It-
was curious to see this dutiful son of Rome, who had declared
in his letter to the King, that he thought of nothing except the
dignity of the King, and how he could best serve God and the
church, thus elect himself in spite of the bulls of the Pope, in
spite of the orders of the King, and enjoy by force the revenues-
of the abbey, protected solely by heretics!
. But I have in the above recital alluded to the taking of
Douai: this reminds me that I have got to speak of our mili-
tary movements, our losses, and our victories, of this year. In
Flanders and in Spain they were of some importance, and had
tetter, perhaps, have a chapter or more to themselves.