The proceedings of the Assembly of the Polonian Senators at Warsovia, at their choosing of a
King, With their Resolution thereupon Dccemb, 22, 1648.
At agenerall Assembly therein July last past, it was concluded, that another should be
held in the same Place for th' Election of a King the 16 of October following, which was
accordingly done: But although that Nation had a Custome not to name their King till
after the Conclusion of an Assembly, which ordinarily lasteth 6 weeks; yet the late progression,
and advancement of the Caciques and Tartars within their Kingdome hath made them
after that custome, and hasten the Election; that choosing a couragious Prince they might,
by his valour seconded by their own generous atchievements, resist and repell such powerfull
Enemies: And therefore they appointed the day for the said Nomination should be the
fourth of November following.
This Resolution of theirs invited the Count d' Arpajou, (Extraordinary Embassadour to
the French King) to depart from Dantzic unto Torne, by the way of warsovia to gaine
thereby the more speedy notice of the passages of the Assembly for, or against, the Party he
meant to appears for.
He was no sooner arrived there, but an Expresse came unto him from the Qucen of polonia
and prince Castmir, to pray him to repaire, with all speed, unto warsovia, to hold
things in as good teaimes as they were in, and certaine the good affection of France unto
Polonia in furthering th' Election a King, most likely, and fit, to preserve it from the Ruinc
where with it was threatned; Whereupon this Ernbassadour immediately put on (though
he purposed before to have continued longer at Torne) and yet making but small Journeys,
that he might stay for the Sieur de Bregy (th' ordinary Embassadour for France) he met with
him at a little Town called Blonie neer Warsovia; whereat the Sieur Canthersten (Embassadour
for Swethland) being arrived at the same time, after a long Conference among them,
the Sieur de Bregy went privately with the said Swede unto Warsovia whether Arpajouraught
not till the day following.
But the Sieur Opelinski (great Marsh all of the Crowne) whose Charge it is to see Embassadours
lodged, meant (by th' inducement of such as had a designe contrary to that of
France) to place our Earle in a paultry Village about three leagues from warsovia, according
to ancient Custome, which permits not those that labour, on any side in those kinds of
Elections to reside within that Town, (although that hindered him not from indeavouring
to lodge th' Emperours Embassadours within the Castle of Jasdova, wherein our said Earle
had Lyen during the last Assembly, and where he bad yet a part of his Train, and Stuffed remaining;
This moved the Queen of Polonia to write unto that Great Marshal not to make
such a destinction between th' Emperour, and the French Kings Embassadours; and if he
would needs gratifie the former to the prejudice of th' others her present weaknesse, after
such a sicknesse as the had passed over should not hinder her from going thether in person
to oppose the Removall of th' Earles said Train, and Goods; all which she wrote in the
sule of a Queen of Polonia:
This Contestation being of great Importance, every one cast his eyes upon th' issue thereof;
which was, that the great Marshall, observing that the Queen took the matter so to
heart, knew Hot well how to carry himselfe in it; otherwise, then by going unto her, and
protesting, that it was not his fault; which to make good unto her Majesty, he gave it her
in writting, that the said Earle should nor onely stay in the Castle of Jasdova, but also might
take that of the Garden which he had required, if he held it more convenient for him
then th' other; yet on this Condition, that because he could not dispose of it alone, the
Duke Ossolinski, Lord Chancellor of the Kingdom, the Bishop of Cuiavia, and the Sieur de
couzausky, a Field Marshall, gave their full Consent: which Condition had been suggested