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MARIE  R. 
 
 WILLIAM  and  MART,  by  the  Grace  of  Cod, 
 King  and  Queen  of  England,  Scotland,  France,  and 
 Lreland,  Defenders  of  the  Faith,  &c.  To  all  Our 
 loving  Subjects,  of  what  Degree,  Condition  and 
 Quality  foiver,  within  our  Kingdoms  and  Domi- 
 minions,  Greeting.  Whereas  our  Trufty  and  Well-beloved  John 
 Dunton,  Citizen  and  Stationer  of  London,  hath  reprefented  unto  Us, 
 That  he  is  Printing  an  Englifh  Tranflation  out  of  French,  of  the 
 Edi&oj  Nw!er,  in  Four  Volumes  5  and  that,  in  regard  of  the  great 
 Cofrs  and  Charges  it  hath  already  been  and  will  be  to  him,  he  hath 
 humbly  befought  Us  to  grant  him  Our  i&Opill  lUcfcillfe  for  the  fole 
 Printing  and  Publishing  thereof.  We  are  gracioufly  pleafed  to  gra- 
 tifte  him  therein,  and  accordingly  we  do  therefore  hereby  grant 
 unto  him  the  faid,  John  Dttnton,  Our  Eopal  ftfclltfe  for  the  fole 
 Printing  and  Publi  thing  of  the  faid  Book  for. the  Term  of  Four- 
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 whereof  the  Mafter,  Wardens  and  Companv  of  Stationers  of 
 Our  City  of  London,  the  Commiilioners  and  Officers  of  Our  Cu- 
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 cern, are  to  take  Notice,  that  due  Obedience  may  be  given  to 
 Our  pleafure  herein  fignified. 
 
 Given  at  our  Court  at  White-Hall,  the  %oth.  day  of  June  1693. 
 in  the  Fifth  tear  of  Our  Reign. 
 
 By  Her  MAJESTIES  Command 
 
 J.  TRENCHED. 
 
The    Second     Volume  t 
 of  T  u  E 
 
 I8TORY 
 
 Of  the  Famous 
 
 Cfcttt  of  Sautes : 
 
 CON  TAINING  AN 
 
 A  C  C  O  U  N  T 
 
 OF    ALL  THE 
 
 PERSECUTIONS. 
 
 That  have  been  in 
 
 FRANCE 
 
 Duringthe  Reign  of  Lewis  the XIII. 
 
  ••E\.w*TR...„:^.  
 
 /22Z. 
 
 Faithfully  Extra&ed  from  all  the  Publick  and  Private  Memoirs, 
 that  could  poflibly  be  procured. 
 
 Printed  firft  in  French,  by  the  Authority  of  the  States  of  Holland 
 and  Wefi-Trkidand.    And  now  Tranflated  into  Englilh. 
 
 LONDON, 
 
 Printed  for  John  Dun  ton,    at  the  Raven  in  the 
 Poultrcy.  MDCXCIV. 
 
THE 
 
 PREFACE 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 Second  Part. 
 
 E  left  the  Reform'd  at  the  end  of  our 
 Firft  Part  in  a  tolerable  condition, 
 and  in  a  tranquility  which  fettled  it 
 Jelf  by  degrees,  under  the  Protection 
 of  their  King.  After  the  hardfjrips  of  War,  Infideli- 
 ty s,  and  Maffacres,  they  began  to  relifj  the  fweets 
 of  Peace  with  affurance,  by  the  love  of  a  Prince  "who 
 had  not  forgot  their  Services  :  They  thought  them- 
 [elves  fecure  againji  the  Malice  of  their  Enemies,  and 
 were  under  no  apprehensions  for  their  Consciences  or 
 hives.  If  they  retain  d  the  leaji  doubts  or  jujpicions 
 they  only  proceeded  from  a  Prudence  which  confider'd 
 the  future,  and  consequently  obligd  them  under  a  King 
 who  was  favourable  towards  them,  to  takg  measures 
 
 A  3  againji 
 
ii  The  PREFACE. 
 
 again ft  the  defigns  of  another,  who  might  perhaps  not  en- 
 ter am  the  Jame  kindness  for  them.    This  was  the 
 .  tm  of  their  Afjemblies^    both  General  and  Particu- 
 lar^   of  their  Councils,  of  their  Synods  ,    of  their 
 ohirs.     yifjociations  ,    Petitions  and    Demands  :     /ill  this 
 was  law  fit.    'they  had  had  jo  many  dijmal  proofs  of 
 the  Maxims  of  the  Church  of  Rome,  in  'rejpeSi  to 
 thofe  that  are  declard  Hereiicks  by  them,  that  they 
 had  no  reajon  to  confide  too  much  on  the  appear ences 
 of  the  Peace  that   Church  had  granted  them.     J  hey 
 were  not  ignorant  that  the  Popes  had  only  consen- 
 ted to  it,  becaufe  ihe    Catholic^  Religion  did  loje 
 con fider ably  by  the  War  \  and  that  the  Court  ^Rome, 
 finds  its  account  much  bet,  er  in  the  intrigues  of  the 
 Cabinet,  and  in  the  arificies  of  a  fraudulent  Policy,  than 
 in  Military  Expeditions,  which  they  do  not  under- 
 jiand.    So  that  the  Reform  d,  who  had  learn  d  to  be 
 wije  by  an  experience  of  fonrjeore  years,  could  vet, 
 without  relapsing  into  that  ancient  fimplicity  which 
 had  done  their  Fore-fathers  Jo  much  harm,  and  which 
 their  very  Enemies  had  often  upbraided  them  with 
 in  an  injul '  i  ng  manner,  negleSt  to  take  precautions,  to 
 Jecure  themselves  againfl  the  Jecret  jnares  which  the 
 Church  of  Rome  can  jet,  with  jo  much  Art,  and  pre: 
 pare  at  jttch  a  Di fiance.     Tho  the  King  jometimes 
 gave  them  caujes   of  difiruft,  yet  he  n  as  not  averje 
 to  their  Pretentions  ;  and  had  he  lived  as  long  as 
 his  Conftitution  and  Vigor,   Jcenid  to  promt je ,  he 
 might  haz  e  put  them  in  a  condition  which  would 
 
 baie 
 
The  PPvEFACE. 
 
 have  obligd  the  Cat  bo  licks  to  cultivate  a  Peace, 
 which  they  could  not  have  broken  without  expofing 
 tbcmjelves  to  ju (lain  at  leaji  part  of  the  damages  of 
 jucha  Breach.  It  is  true  that  he  was  jlopt  fometimes  by 
 a  political  confideration,  when  the  Jesuits  and  the  Ca- 
 tholicks  of  their  Party  had  filled  his  Head  with  the  dread 
 of  a  Cabal ,  ever  ready  to  break  out ever  dijpos  d  to 
 receive  malccontents  ,  and  to  afiji  them  ;  ever  Mijirejs 
 of  the  Government,  by  reafon,  that  by  the  numb:r  of 
 the  places  of  furety,andby  the  credit  of  the  Lords  who 
 enter  d  into  that  Union  ^  it  :ras  flrong  enough  when- 
 ever FaSiions  (Jjould  be  formd  in  the  Kingdom,  to 
 incline  the  Ballance  to  that  Party  they  jh-ould  fide 
 with.  Moreover  they  told  that  Prince  that  it  did 
 not  conffi  with  his  interefl  to  juffer  a  Confederacy  of 
 ^part  of  his  SubjeSis  amongft  themselves,  for  their 
 own  prejervation  ,  as  if  it  had  been  againfi  his  Au- 
 thority, and  that  it  had  formd  a  fate  within  his 
 Kingdom,  'having  Cities  of  their  O'.rn,  Laws,  ln- 
 tercfls,  and  Politicks  contrary  to  the  common  good 
 of  the  Kingdom.  The  King  who  was  haughty^ 
 pajponate  and  jealous  of  his  Grandeur,  eajily  Jufjfer'd 
 himfelfto  be  deluded  by  thoje  fbadows  ;  and  at  thojc 
 times  let  fall  words  which  gave  cauje  to  believe  that  he 
 thought  the  Refornvd  too  great, <&>  too  formidable  already 
 to  grant  them  any  new  fa  vours.  But  then  thoje  little 
 heats  were  as  foon  allaid,  as  they  were  afjum'd.  His 
 rebutments  were  only  lightnings,  the  matter  whereof 
 was  as  foon  conjum'd  as  it  had  tah^n  Fire:  there  nei- 
 ther 
 
The  PREFACE. 
 
 ther  remain  d  the  leaji  trach^  of  the  heat  or  fmoah^  of 
 it.  All  his , anger  was  evaporated  by  a  Frown  and 
 a  threatning  Word.  He  thought  himfelf  jufficiently  re- 
 vengd  when  he  had  exprejsd  that  it  was  in  his 
 Power  to  take  his  revenge  when  ever  he  pleased. 
 
 Thoje  .who  are  well  acquainted  with  the  CharaSier 
 of  that  Frince,  know  that  this  was  his  real  temper, 
 which  cannot  be  lool\d  upon  as  a  Weakness  j  fuicethe 
 principle  of  it  was  Noble  and  worthy  of  a  true  Hero. 
 He  lov'd  his  SubjeBs^and  Domejiich^  quiet.  His  love  of 
 quiet  made  him  angry ,  when  ever  he  v.  as  pojfejsd 
 with  the  thoughts  that  any  body  defign'd  to  dijiuib  it: 
 But  his  love  to  his  Suje&s  extinguifljd  that  Fire^  as 
 joon  as  he  reflected  on  thenecefpty  that  obligd  the  Re- 
 form d  to  pro  vide  for  their  jafety.  Thoje  that  have 
 colle&ed  the  words  which  his  anger  infpird  him ,w it h, 
 while  his  Mind  was  poffefs'dwith  fomejufpicion  ^  ought 
 at  the  fame  time  to  have  objerv'dthat  thoje  little  flajhes 
 were  the  effett  of  his  1  entper,  the  heat  of  which  of- 
 ten diSiated  words  to  him,  which  he  fhould  have  been 
 very  jorry  any  body  fhould  have  drawn  Consequences 
 from. His  Menial  Servants  were  never  furpri^dat  them, 
 becaufe  they  daily  found  that  he  was  eafily  appeas'd 
 again ,  without  being  courted  to  it  j  and  that  he  often 
 made  the  frjifieps  of  reconciliation  towards  thoje  that 
 had  given  him  a  pretence  of  anger,  particularly  "when 
 they  were  Friends  he  had  a  good  opinion  of.  His  temper 
 ivas  very  different  towards  the  Enemies  cf  the  Stale  : 
 Without  exclaiming  againft  them  in  words,  tho  he  was 
 
 jometimes 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 Jome'imes  guilty  of  it,  even  when  Prudence  rejitir'd 
 the  contrary,  he  per/ijied  in  the  defire  and  dejign  of 
 bringing  them  to  Reajon.    This  ftjoirs  that  he  was 
 not  naturally  inclus.l  to  refuje  the   Reform'd  fitch 
 lawful  means  as  were  neceffary  for  their  jafely.  Only 
 be  did  not  defign  to  leave  ihe  Cities  of  jurety  perpe- 
 tually in  their  Power  :  Neither  had  they  any  thoughts 
 of  peeping  them  for  ever.   Perhaps  jome  Lords  might 
 have  particular  defigns  upon  that  SubjeSl ;   but  the 
 Reform'd  in  general  only  infifled  upon  the  peeping  of 
 them,  upon  the  account  that  the  King  being  mortal  as 
 n- ell  as  other  men,  he  might  chance  to  Dye  at  a  time 
 when  the  Minority  of  his  Succcffor  might  create  great 
 Troubles    to  them.     So    that  if  they  could  have 
 kept  them  nntill   the  Danger   of  a  Minority  had 
 been  paji,  they  would  more  eafily  have  been  inclind 
 to  rcflvre  them  to  the  King,  jince  they  would  haze 
 been  no  longer  neceffary  to  them.  But  ihe  very  Word  of 
 Minority  was  fufficient  to  frighten  them  :    and  their 
 fear  was  not  jo  ill  grounded  as  Jo  be  efleem'd  unwor- 
 thy of  Perjons  of  Wit  and  Courage.    The  wear's  of 
 Francis  the  II.  and  the  Minority  of  Charles  the  IX. 
 had  been  jo  fatal  to  them  by  the  Authority  Catherin 
 de  Medici s  had  thereby  ZJfurp'd  to  the  prejudice  of 
 the  Princes  of  the  Blood,    which  {he  exercised  in  a 
 very  odious  manner,  That  they  had  a  great  de  a  I of Rea- 
 jon to  dread  falling  again  into  the  fame  misfortunes,  un- 
 der the  Regency  of  a  Princes  of  the  fame  Name,  and 
 
The  PREFAC  E. 
 
 during  the  Minority  or  Weakgejs  of  a  New  King,  whoje 
 Capacity  ivas  not  lyiown. 
 
 Thus  it  is  apparent  that  tiJcRcfovrndjIja:  fear  being 
 excepted j  \aw  themselves  in  a  flate  of  Peace  and  Projpe- 
 rityjhe  perfeB  Settlement  of  which  was  the  only  thing  they 
 cor.ld  clefirein  order  to  be  happy:  and  had  the  Kwgli<v>A 
 but  twelve  years  longer,   that  time  would  have  b:en 
 Sufficient  to  remove  part  of  their  jcruples.    They  would 
 have  \ceu  a  Dauphin  of  twenty  years  of  Age ,  capable 
 to  Reign  himjelffred  up  to  all  the  Maxims  and  Defigns 
 of  the  King  his  Father  accuftonid  to  jee  two  Religions 
 among  the  French.    Thy  would  have  Seen  the  E.iicl 
 con f  mid  by   Pofteffion  ,    civil  and  inteftin  Peace 
 f oft  en  /  by  cuftom  between  thofe  of  different  Religions., 
 the  Caiholicl^s  dijpos'd  by  degrees  to  fee  them  in  joy 
 certain  liberties  \    in  a  word  the  prejudices  that  had 
 excited  fo  many  animofities  and  Wars  againft  the  Re- 
 formed, diftipated  by  habit  and  repofe,  which  would 
 have  allay  d  the  Paffions  and  heart-burnings  on  all  fides. 
 But  all  was  alter  d  of  a  fudden-,  by  the  Kings  unex- 
 pected Death,  and  that  ja  'al  Catajirophe  hapning  at  a 
 a  time  when  the  ancient  Dijidencies  and  J ea loupes 
 were  not  absolutely  ftifled,  added  new  ones.    So  that 
 we  frail  now  behold  the  Reform 'd  entering  under  that 
 new  Reign,   in  a  doubtful  condition, which  having  held 
 them  long  in  Cruel  agitations  and  incertainties,  threw 
 them  at  loft  into  a  deplorable  Ruin  :  Partly,  as  when 
 a  Ship  tojs'd  by  the  Winds  and  Billows,  which  drive 
 
 it 
 
The  P  R  E  F  A  G  K. 
 
 it  again  (I  the  Rocks,  I.  az  ing  nothing  but  the  courage 
 and  skill  of  her  Mar  hers  U  dtfend  her  again  ft.  that 
 violence^  finally  fn.ks  on  a  \ndden, not  with  ft  and ivg  their 
 re  ft  ft  an  ce  and  indnftry,  by  the  redoubling  of  the  Storm. 
 Therefore  ire  may  conftder  them  in  this  part  of  the 
 Hiftory,  as  WeU  as  in  the  ftrft,  in  three  different  con- 
 ditions. The  fir  ft  mat  a  preparative  to  their  approach- 
 ing nun,  which  all  the  circumftances  of  Affairs  gave 
 them  prejages  of.  The  Hiftory  relates  the  reajons  they 
 had  to  be  afraid  ;  the  diviftons  of  the  State  and  Court, 
 ami  the  jecret  machinations  by  which  their  Opprefpon 
 v  is  contriving  by  degrees.  The  jecond  was  an  open 
 declaration  of  adefign  todeftroy  them,  which  proceeded 
 already  from  the  projcSt  to  the  Execution,  by  the 
 jpeedieft,  tho  the  moft  odious  means^  Fraud  and  Vio- 
 lence. The  Hiftory  jhews  us  in  this  point  their  Dij- 
 uniou,  fVeatyeJs  and  Decay.  The  third  was  a  ft  ate 
 of  Conftraini  and  Seruiiudeju  which  the  Opprefs'd  durft 
 not  complain  \  and  found  themselves  reduced  by  their 
 Weakne's  to  looh^upon  it  as  a  favour,  That  they  were 
 only  cavill  d  with,  inftead  of  being  totally  ex  irpated 
 by  Fire  and  Sword.  The  Hiftory  a  I  jo  acquaints  m 
 hoiv  that  from  the  time  of  their  being  dijarnid  and 
 reduced  to  the  mercy  of  their  Enemies,  if  any  ft  op  was 
 put  to  their  final  defiriiBiou,  it  was  only  in  regard  that 
 the  then  ft  ate  of  Affairs  both  at  home  and  abroad  did 
 not  permit  them  to  reduce  jo  many  thousands  of  Yeople 
 to  the  utmoft  extremity  ;  who  ix  ere  able  to  defend  their 
 
 a  2  Liicrs. 
 
The  P  KEF  A  C  E. 
 Livefi  thus  the  Refonnd  return  d  by  d.grces  into 
 the  jame  condition,  in  which  their  Fathers  had  been 
 formerly,  when  they  were  expos' d  to  Racls,  and  other 
 Outrages.  In  the  firjl  Fart  of  this  Wcr\we  behold 
 them  paffing  from  Oppreffian  to  War,  and  from  War 
 to  Oyiet  and  Prosperity  ///  the  [econd  Part  we  find 
 the  Scene  alter  d  again,  they  fall  a  new  from  Prosperi- 
 ty into  the  Mijeries  of  War  ;  and  finally,  from  War 
 into  an  Oppreffion,  which  Policy  enly  hinder  d  their 
 Enemies  from  pufbing  to  extremiy. 
 
 Their  Enemies  have  not  been  wanting  to  accujethem 
 of  having  abus'd  that  degree  of  Happinejs  and  Power 
 in  which  they  were  at  the  Kmg^s  Death,  and  of  ha- 
 ving occafmnd  their  own  Ruin  by  Fa&ions,  and 
 continual  Enterprises.  But  nothing  can  be  groffer, 
 or  more  unjuft  than  that  Impofinre.  It  is  true 
 that  they  endeavour  d  to  fecure  themselves  when 
 they  beheld  their  good  Prince  in  the  Crave.  The 
 jealoufies  they  had  entertain  d  before  tha  fatal  ac- 
 cident, which  had  been  combated  by  the  handnefs 
 he  often  exprejs'd  to  them,  revivd  a  new,  when  the 
 reajon  they  had  to  lay  them  afide  was  removd  by  his 
 Death  :  and  they  found  themf  elves  reducd  at  that 
 time  to  that  doubtful  floating  condition,  which  they 
 had  endeavour  d  to  prevent,  while  they  could  rely  on 
 the  favour  of  an  equitable  Prince.  Jhoje  things  jeenpd 
 to  them  more  con fider able  and prefpng  when  they  ap- 
 peared nearer  at  hand :  and  they  found  themselves  ft  ill 
 
The  PREFACE. 
 
 lyable  to  be  attacked  on  jo  many  fides  that  they  jitdg'd 
 it  abjolutely  neceffaryto  provide  for  their  fafety  by  jpeedy 
 and  effe&ual  means.  Therefore  the  wijeji  and  tnoji 
 moderate  among  them,  who  were  us  d  on  all  other  occa- 
 sions to  recommend  Peace  and  Obedience  above  all  t  hings, 
 joyrid  in  that  defign.  And  indeed  the  thing  fpoke  of 
 it  jelf,  and  that  Jo  lowd  that  the  dulleft  and  moji  flupid 
 might  apprehend  it.  A  Minority,  an  Italian  Regent, 
 old  Members  of  the  Leagues,  or  Jejuits  ihat  were 
 abjolu  e  in  the  Council  \  a  revengeful  Queen,  who 
 thought  herself  off  ended,  and  was  govern  d  by  foreigners  ^ 
 for  whom  the  Reform'd  had  no  great  confidera  ion  \  a 
 great  number  of  Factious,  either  old  ones,  the  \eeds 
 of  which  were  not  yet  ftifled  j  or  new  ones  that  daily 
 fornid  themjelves  j  an  invincible  ajcendant  which 
 the  Court  of  Spain,  that  aim'd  at  nothing  but  the 
 renewing  of  the  Wars  about  Religion^  had  gain  d  over 
 France  }  andfeveral  other  reajons  obliged  that  Farty, 
 which  had  been  often  deceived,  to  ft  and  upon  their 
 Guard,  and  to  take  proper  meajures  to  fecure  them- 
 jelves, at  leaft  nntill  time  had  diffipated  thoje  allarms. 
 To  pretend  that  it  was  a  Crime  for  the  Reform'd 
 had  Juffered  jo  much,  and  were  affaultedby  a  thoujand 
 lawful  terrors,  to  renew  their  ZJnion,  to  hold  affem- 
 blies,  andto  prejent  Petitions,  is  undoubtly  a  tyrant 
 nich^abjnrdity  :  As  if  a  1 1' retch  Jlould  be  impeached 
 as  a  Criminal  againji  the  State,  for  having  cry  eel  out: 
 for  help,   feeing    himfelf  in  danger  of  falling  into  at 
 
 Precipice 
 
The  PREFACE. 
 
 Precipice ,  or  for  having  takgn  hold  of  the  fir  ft  thing 
 he  could  light  on,  to  breathe  violence  of  his  fall.  And 
 if  it  be  alledged  that  at  leafi  af  er  having  t,;h^ii  mea- 
 \ tires  with  the  Court  for  their  \afety,    they  ought  to 
 have  laid  a  fide  their  fears  \  troubling  themselves  with 
 nothing  but  to  jerve  Cod  according  to  their  Conscience 
 and  to  obey  the  King  according  to  their  Duty     1  an- 
 swer that  it  would  have  been  very  reasonable  and 
 perhaps  very  eafie  fo  to  do,   had  not  the  Court  ,  in 
 the  very  inftant  they  granted  them  any  f  avours,  taken 
 away  more  from  them  with  one  hand,  than  they  gave 
 with  the  other.    They  were  comforted  with  \ words , 
 while  they  were  tormented  by  EffeSis.     The  Clergy 
 granted  nothing  !o  the  King  without  a  C9njiderati- 
 on.     The  fir  ft  Article  of  their  demands  always  con- 
 tain d  Something  in  favour  of  the  Catholic\  Religion  5 
 which  never  faild  of  being  interpreted  agaivft  the 
 Reform'd  Religion^  as  if  the  one  could  not  have  been 
 prejervd  without  the  ruin  of  the  other.    The  Court 
 and  Clergy  perfifted  in  this  way  of  proceedings  untdl 
 the  Civil  Wars  broke  out :  and  the  juccefs  of  the  Ar- 
 tie fees  that  were  us  d  to  amnje  the  Reform'd  having 
 incouragd  their  Enemies ,  they  proceeded  jo  far  as  to 
 laugh  at  them  publicity ,  and  to  Violate  the  moft  jolemn 
 Promifes  without  fbame.  This  may  be  feen  at  large  in  that 
 part  of  the  Hiftory  that  relates  the  dijgr ace  of  the  Dukf 
 of  Sulli,  the  lllujions  pra&is 'd  at  the  Affembly  of  Sau- 
 mur,  the  Divifwns  Jown  among  the  Reform'd,  the 
 
 Resolutions 
 
The   PREFAC  E. 
 
 Resolutions  of  tb;  States,  the  Marriage  accowphfhd  be- 
 tween France  and  Spain,  and  all  the  other  Traufa&ions 
 that  juftly  create  Jealoufies.  So  thatthe  fame  Law  of  N<f- 
 ture  which  teaches  Man  to  Secure  himf elf  behind  Walls 
 and  Ramparts, when  hefujpeBs  an  Enemy ,againft  whom 
 he  only  defgnsto  ftavd  upon  the  Defncive  ;  that  Law, 
 I  fay,    without  doubt  Authored  ihc  Reform  d,  to 
 whom  the  fait  hie  ffnejs  of  their  Enemies  was  fo  n  ell 
 known,  to  jeare  tbemfelves  agawft  the  jujpicious pro; 
 ceedirgs  of  a  Court  that  had  \worn  their  Ruin.    I  do 
 not  Jpetikj  in  this  place of  their  Union    with  the 
 Prince  of  Conde  :  b:caufe  that  War  was  of  a  different 
 nature  from  the  Reft.     Religion  had  little   or  no- 
 thing to  do  in  it  \    Inter  efts  of  State  were  the  true 
 Motives  of  it.    The  Reform  d  cannot  betaxd  with  it ;5 
 but  the  accusation  muft  fall  with  more  violence  upon 
 the  Cathohcks.      The  laft  occafiond  it  ;  the  ftrft  on- 
 ly joyn'd  with  them  ,  but  too  late,  if  we  confult  pru- 
 dent Policy  only  ;    by  reafon  that  it  was  no  longer 
 time  to  prevent  the  Marriages^  which  was  the  pre- 
 tence us'd  for  taking  Arms.    But  that  delay  only 
 proceeded   from    that  mo  ft  of  the   Provinces  and 
 Churches  did    not   thinly  themselves   concern  d  in 
 that  Bufmefs  :    So  that   it  was  not  properly  an  af- 
 fair of  the  whole  Party  5  but  of  fome  Lords,  who 
 were  follow  d  by  their  Creatures. 
 
 Therefore 
 
xii  The  PREFACE. 
 
 Therefore  there  is  nothing  in  this  frfl  degree  of  the 
 fail  of  the  Reform'd,  which  they  can  be  jnjily  up- 
 braided for  :  But  they  feem  to  be  lefs  excujable  in  the 
 fecond,  in  which  they  are  \een  aSlually  in  Arms  a- 
 gainji  their  Prince.  We  are  to  rejolve  two  queflions, 
 the  belter  to  under jiand  the  matter.  The  frjl  is  ge- 
 neral, and  relates  to  Right,  viz.  Whether  there  arc 
 vccafions  on  which  SubjeSls  may  lawfully  take  Arms 
 again jl  a  Soveraign.  The  fecond  is  Particular,  and 
 relates  to  the  aSt  ,  viz.  Whether  allowing  that  there 
 may  be  fuch  occafions^  the  caje  of  the  Reform  dwas 
 of  that  nature,  and  they  had  Jufficient  Rcajons  \o  Arm. 
 The  General  Oueflion  is  of  too  great  a  dijcnfwn,  to 
 be  exam  in  d  m  a  Preface,  in  which  I  do  not  defign  to 
 inlarge.  Therefore  I  fball  only  make  eight  or  nine  Ob- 
 servations, which  may  give  Jomc  light  to  that  matter. 
 I.  lwill  obfervethat  the  thing  which  imbrods  the  j aid 
 Ouejlion,  is  that  it  is  perhaps  never  handled  without 
 Faffion,  or  Inter  eft.  Thofe  that  have  given  a  large 
 extent  to  the  Rights  of  the  People,  have  often  been 
 animated  by  an  Intereft  of  Party  :  And  thoje  that  have 
 put  no  bounds  to  the  Power  of  Kings  are  to  be  fujpe- 
 £ted  either  of  having  been  paid  for  Jo  doing,  or  of  ha- 
 ving had  particular  reajons  which  obligd  them  to 
 flatter  Princes,  in  order  to  obtain  fome  Favours  from 
 them.  When  ever  there  have  been  divers  Parties  in  a 
 Stale,  it  has  been obferv able  that  theWeakeji  was  ever 
 the  moji  fawning  ;  and  that  in  order  to  get  the  Prince 
 
 on 
 
The  PRE  F AC  E.  xiii 
 
 on  their  hie  ,  they  extended  the  Rights  of  fovercrn 
 Po  t  er  as  much  as  in  l  hem  lay.  This  mijehief  began 
 in  the  firfl  Ages  of  Christianity.  The  Emperors  n  ere 
 jo  fev.re  again ji  the  poor  Chrijiians,  who  were  repre- 
 sented as  Enemies  to  the  State,  thatthoje  poor  Perjeat- 
 ted  Wretches  were  reducd  to  Jirain  the  Point,  to  per: 
 jwade  them  that  their  Religion  was  not  oppofite  to 
 Soveraign  Power.  Paffages  of  Scripture,  Tejiimonys 
 and  Examples  of  the  Old  and  New  Teflawen i  were  pro- 
 mt \cjtonjly  imployd  with  all  the  Art  of  inter efied 
 Eloquence,  which  transfer rd  the  Rights  of  the  Ju- 
 daic Kings  to  all  the  Princes  of  the  World,  wi  bout 
 the  leaf:  cotfideration.  After  Confhntine  had  raised 
 Cbriftia'/ity  up  to  the  Empire  by  his  Con  yerfiori,  the 
 Clergy  out  ofinterejl  retain  d  the  Maxims,  n  hich  they 
 had  maintain d  till  then  out  of  vcceffity  :  And  where- 
 as they  laid  a  great  frejs  through  Awbi'.ion  and 
 Avarice,  on  thole  PajJ'agcs  which  direSt  Princes  to  be 
 Fathers  and  BenejaSors  to  the  Church,  he  was  obligd 
 tt  continue  to  them,  as  it  were,  by -.way  of  re  all  at  ion 
 for  the  temporal  advantages  he  extorted  from  them., 
 the  an  hority  wherewi  h  he  had  invefled  their  Prede- 
 ceffors.  1  bus  tbojc  ancient  Prela  es  who  thereby  ac- 
 quired jnch  Ireajures  to  the  Church,  according  to  the 
 common 1  Phraj<>,  laid  the  Foundation  oj c  their  St> ccj- 
 jors  Policy  ;  who  in  order  to  obtain  great  Pri  vii 'edges, 
 fMgh  Dignities,  rich  G/fs,  and  great  Revenues  have 
 always  been  ready  to  confrm  to  them,  as  it  were  in 
 exchange  for  their  Favour,  the  Right  of OpprcJJingthe 
 
 b  People 
 
The  PREFACE. 
 
 People,  and  to  trample  upon  the  moji  lawful  Priviledges 
 if  Liberty.  'Fhoje  who  are  any  wije  conversant  with 
 H/ftory  mttft  neds  kgow  that  for  jeveral  Ages  complai- 
 sance towards  the  Prelates,  and  munificence  towards 
 i he  Church  r>  ere  juffitient  to  janSlifie  all  the  Anions  of 
 Sozeraigns,  and  even  of  Persons  of  an  inferior  Kank^ 
 when  they  were  Riclj  and  Poent. 
 
 2.  The  Policy  of  the  Popes  has  alfo  contributed  con- 
 fi  lerably  towards  the  Opprejpon  of  t\>e  People.  They 
 ha  m  gi  yen  Princes  -a  helping  hand  to  ruin  their  Sub- 
 jc&is,  whenever  Sovereigns  have  condescended  to  jubmit 
 to  the  Authority  of  the  Roman  See.  This  is  the  way 
 by  whicl)  that  See  Ims  indemnified  Princes  for  the  in- 
 dependence it  has  extorted  from  them.  By  jacrificing 
 the  inter  eft  of  the  people  to  them,  they  have  recom- 
 pencd  them  for  what  they  have  ufurp'd  over  Croirwd 
 Heasls.  This  is  the  Keajon  that  thofe  that  are  the 
 great  eft  afjertors  of  Soveraign  Power  in  relation  to  Sub- 
 je&s,  are  thofe  that  are  moft  zealous  to  maintain  that 
 the  Popes  are  the  only  Judges  of  the  Differences  that 
 ha p pen  between  the  Staie  and  the  Prince  ;  that  they 
 only  can  make  it  lawful  for  SubjeBs  to  takg  Arms^and 
 free  mankind  from  all  the  Bonds  of  jubjeBion.  There- 
 fore the  Catholicity  who  were  ingaged  in  the  Holy 
 League  would  never  condemn  it,  nor  treat  with  Henry 
 the  IV.  as  Rebells  who  jued  for  Pardon.  The  Popes 
 had  Authored  their  Fatal  Conjp/racy  againft  their  law- 
 ful King  ;  whom  they  had  declard  a  relapsed  Excom- 
 municated 
 
The  PREFACE.  xv 
 
 WH/ric jtted  Heretic^:  From whence  we  may  conclude  that 
 to  judge  of  the  Liberties  of  SubjeBs  we  muft  never 
 conhdt  Popes  nor  their  Adherents,  who  in  order  to 
 make  Kings  their  Subje&s,  afpfl  Kings  to  make  their 
 Subjects  Slaves. 
 
 3.  Should  the  Suffrages  of  all  thofe  that  have  fpokgn 
 of  this  matter  be  told,  I  do  not  doubt  but  the  people 
 would  lo\e  their  Cauje  by  the  Plurality  of  Voices  : 
 bm  if  we  weigh  opinions,  and  allow  the  recusation 
 of  partial  Judges,  the  number  of  the  Votaries  for  Ar- 
 bitrary Po-ver^  will  diminifh  more  than  one  half.  If 
 we  retrench  the  dec  1  five  Voice  of  Ambitious,  jelf  in- 
 terejled  Writers )  an'Penfioners:  of  thoje  that  flatter 
 by  profefpon,  or  out  of  policy  :  of  thoje  that  have  been 
 forced  to  allow  all  to  Soveraigns,  to  gain  their  favour 
 by  the  Sacrifice  of  publicly  Liberty ,  and  of  all  thoje 
 that  have  had  other  reajons  for  what  they  have  faid 
 upon  that  Subject,  befdes  thofe  that  are  drawn  from  the 
 nature  of  things  :  there  will  not  perhaps  remain  jo 
 many  Votaries  of  Arbitrary  Power  as  people  common- 
 ly imagin.  And  if  the  rights  of  the  people  find  as  few 
 ad  her  ants,  it  is  not  to  be  wondred  at.  There  is  no- 
 thing to  begot  by  afferting  that  cauje  :  and  the  danger 
 is  eminent.  Penfions  and  Favours  are  not  dijpos'd  of 
 by  the  people  :  and  the  jervices  of  that  kind  arc  often 
 attended  with  a  mijerable  Life,  or  a  fhameful  Death. 
 To  love  liberty  in  a  ftale  where  it  begins  to  decay  \  To 
 ajfert  it  when  it  is  tumbling  •■,  To  fpeakjor  it  when  its 
 
 b  2  Prim- 
 
xvi  The  PREFACE. 
 
 Privi  ledges  arc  violated  by  the  jlrottgefl  j  is  calld 
 Se  itwrtand  dijlurbing  of  the  publicity  eace,  and  judged 
 worthy  of  the  jevereft  torments.  Therefore  it  is  no 
 wonder  that  liberty  jeldom  meets  Froteilors,  fince  thoje 
 tha.  love  ity  and  would  preserve  their  Rights  are  ac- 
 couued  Criminal. 
 
 4.  We  may  conclude  from  thence  that  this  que fl ion 
 is  t: either  to  be  decided  by  any  ccnfideration  of  number , 
 nor  yet  by  i he  quality  of  Affertors,  among  which  there  are 
 few  that  arc  free  from  the  marks  of  a  lawful  rccufation.  The 
 befl  way  to  decide  it  were  to  consult  Nature,  ahd  the 
 things  themselves:  and  to  jce  what  natural  Right,  of 
 which  the  Princip  les  are  common  to  all  the  World 9  al- 
 lows to  be  to  each  parly.  In  following  this  maxim  it 
 wdi  be  joon  discovered  that  the  Original  of  Societies y 
 and  Stales  is  very  different  ,  and  that  it  is  impofpble 
 to  imagine  a  jource  of  that  Civil  Union,  applicable  to 
 all  ihe  Empires  that  have  been  fornid  in  the 
 World.  But  in  the  diver fity  of  the  motives  that  have 
 indued  men  to  erreH  thoje  Societies,  or  of  the  forms 
 they  have  given  them,  we  will  objerve  three  IpingjL 
 the  truth  of  n  hich  is  undeniable.  The  frfi  is  that 
 mutual  preservation  was  the  end  of  thoje  Unions  , 
 and  that  none  of  them  were  ever  made  with  an  inten- 
 tion to  give  any  one  apower  of  'kfroying,  andabnfwg  the 
 refl  at  pleajure  and  with  out  cauje.  If  any  would  ex- 
 cept from  this  Rule  the  States  that  have  been  form'd 
 by  the  violence  of  the  jirongefl,  which  has  conjlrain'd 
 
The  P  R  E  F  A  C  E.  xyii 
 
 the  weal^eji  to  obey,  it  is  evident  that  the  fed  power 
 of  commanding  others  is  a  usurpation,  which  gives 
 no  right  to  him  that  affumes  it  ;  and  of  which  the 
 effect  ceafes  with  the  caufe.  I  mean  that  as  foon 
 as  the  Oppreffor  fojes  the  force  which  he  abates,  or 
 the  9ppre\s  d  recover  their  former  vi^or,  Liberty  re- 
 fumes  its  former  rights ,  and  ZJJnrpation  lofes  i.sCon- 
 quejls.  1  hat  Right  is  jo  certain,  that  \  it  is  the 
 foundation  of  that  which  annuls  all  fovea  conlr^ss, 
 and  allows  us  to  brea\them,  as  foon  as  we  are  free 
 the  confiraint  that  fared  us  to  accept  them  I  i. 
 vain  to  reply  thai  Cod  pre  fides  at  the  Birth*  4  Pj}e- 
 
 .  few al ion  of  States  ;  and  that  'when  he  has  allowed 
 them  to  be  eflablifbd  by  Force,    thofe.  thai  are  in- 
 
 .  volv>d  in  them  muji  refpeB  their  Slavery  as  a  Di- 
 vine Ordinance,  the  yoke  of  which  they  ought  to  bear 
 with  patience.  Ianjwer,  that  God  indeed  is  the  AiU 
 thor  of  Order  andEquity,and  that  consequently  thofe  farms 
 of  Government  in  which  we  find  Order  and  Equity 
 are  undoubtedly  ihe  Worh^  of  his  Providence  :  but  that 
 he  has  never  reveal d  that  he  approved  Disorder  and 
 lnjujiice  ;  and  that  confequehtly  we  cannot  loo\up  on 
 a  Government,  that  is  founded  on  Fury  and  Rapine, 
 as  or daimd  and  instituted  by  God.  Thus' the  mutual 
 prefervation,  Order  and  Welfare  of  Societies  ought  to 
 be  acconmed  the  frfi  end  of  thofe  that  have  form  it  them^ 
 and  even  of  God  by  whom  they  are  authori^d. 
 
 The  jecond,  which  is  alfo  an  undeniable  Truth,  is 
 
 that 
 
xviii  The  PR  E  F  ACE. 
 
 that  publicly  Faith  ought  to  be  the  Soul  of  all  Govern- 
 ments, and  that  as  there  muji  of  neceffity  be  a  bond  to 
 unite  the  parts  that  compose  a  Body  of  what  nature  fo- 
 ever,  Phipcal  or  Moral,  frothing  but  Publicly  Faith 
 can  wahg  the  Bond  of  thoje  Societies,  his  prejupos'dy 
 by  all  thoje  that  unite  their  interejis  for  their  common 
 defence.  Each  Member  ujtyg  his  particular  endea  vours 
 expeSls  that  the  others  pjould  concur  with  him  for 
 the  Common  Good.  So  that  nothing  can  be  more  contrary 
 to  4>r  more  pernicious  in  Societies ,  than  the  'violation 
 of  Publicly  Faith.  It  breahf  the  moji  jacred  tyes  of 
 Civil  Bodies  \  and,  as  it  were  takgs  away,  their 
 very  Being.  Therefore  every  individual  compris  d  in 
 one  of  thoje  Bodies,  has  a  right  to  require  of  the  o- 
 ther  Members  to  keep  their  promise,  and  to  contribute 
 on  their  part  without  Fraud  and  "treachery,  what  they 
 owe  towards  their  mutual  prejervation. 
 
 The  Ihird,  which  is  likewise  evident^  is,  that 
 in  all  the  relations  that  are  among  Men,  there  muftbe 
 Something  reciprocal  of  Courje.  There  are  none  in 
 which  the  Obligations  can  be  proved  all  on  one  fide. 
 Therefore  we  mufl  hch^  on  thoje  that  are  obfervd  be- 
 tween the  Head  and  the  Members,  as  on  all  others. 
 The  Head  mufl  owe  fomething  to  the  Members,  as  well 
 as  the  Members  to  the  Head.  The  Duty  of  thefe  is 
 very  different^  according  as  the  precautions  people 
 have  tahgn  in  fubmitting  themselves  to  a  certain 
 Power,  are  more  or  lejs  favourable  for  liberty.  But 
 
PREFACE.  xix 
 
 there  are  two  certain  and  invariable  Chara&ers  in  all 
 the  Forms  a  State  can  tahg.   The  one  is,  that  even  in 
 thoje,in  which  Liberty  has  the  greatefi  priviledges,  the 
 Duty  ef  SubjeBs  is  of  a  great  extent ,  and  obliges  them 
 tojubmit  to  whatever  maybe  adc  antagious  for  the  Com- 
 mon Good :  Nay,  even  in  cafes  in  which  particular 
 loffes  are  recommenced  by  the  advantages  of  the  general. 
 The  other  is  that  even  in  thoje  in  which  Liberty  has 
 the  narroweji  bounds,  Snbje&ion  can  never  extend  jo 
 far  as  to  oblige  men  to  fuffer  themselves  to  be  dejlroy'd 
 out  of  Duty  or  Conscience.    Thoje  muft  needs  have  a 
 fbrange  depravation  of  mind  who  can  conceive  that  when 
 people  did  jubmit  to  one,  or  many*,  it  could  be  on  condi- 
 tion that  their  Rulers  jhonldbe  allowed  to  deftroythem 
 right  or  wrong,  meerly  by  Vertne  ofSoveraign  Power. 
 Even  thofe  who  Surrender  on  Difcretien,  do  it  only  in 
 hopes  of  being  prefervd  by  t\>e  clemency  of  the  Con- 
 querory  or  at  leaji  to  purchase  the  Redemption  of  the 
 whole  Body  atthecofl  of  feme  few  unfortunate  Members. 
 The  Duty  of  Soveraigns  receives  the  fame  variation  as 
 that  of  their  Subje&s,    according  to  the  limitations 
 that  were  given  to  both  at  the  firft  formation  of  the 
 State.     But  it  has  two  CharaUers  which  anfwer  thofe 
 of  the  fubmijfion  of  the  People.    The  one  is  that  how 
 narrow  joever  the  Bounds  ofSupr<eme  Power  may  be,  yet 
 fkill  it   is  of  a  vafi  extent,  and  might  be  ftild  >in 
 fome  reipett  Infinite,  in  rdation  to  the  publicly  good0 
 to  which  it  mwft  always  have<a  relation  :  The  other  it0 
 
 that 
 
xx  Tflb  P  RE  F  A  C  E. 
 
 that  even  in  tboje  States  in  which  it  is  mofi  extended^ 
 it  never  dijpences  the  Soveraign  from  watching  for  the 
 preservation  of  his  Subje&s  \  nor  from  fincerely  apply ng  to 
 that  end  the  power  he  is  intrufked  with.  It  is  con- 
 trary  to  nature  tothinl^that  deftru&ion  withent  acaufe, 
 upon  the  bare  account  of  a  Fower  given  to  the  Sove- 
 raign, can  be  the  Right  of  Jupremc  Authority.  God 
 who  might  do  it,  if  he  thought  ft ,  claims  no  fnch 
 right  over  manhjnd.  He  never  dejiroys  without  a  juji 
 Cauje  \  and  only  to  fhow  his  Soveraign  Fower.  There- 
 fore there  is  no  reajon  to  believe  that  he  an  hori^es 
 men  to  exert  aright  over  others  which  he  is  not  willing 
 to  ajfume  himjelf. 
 
 5.  h  follows  from  ihofe  Truths  that  when  a  Prince 
 endeavours,  without  a  lawful  caufe  to  dejiroy  his  peo- 
 ple whom  he  is  oblig  d  to  preserve  j  when  he  public kly 
 violates  hk  Faith,  which  is  tloe  Seal  0  r  the  mutual  ob-\ 
 'ligations  of  his  people  towards  him,  and  of  his  towards 
 his  people  \  when  he  mahgs  uje  even  of  their  Fatience 
 and  Snbmijfion,  to  ruin  them  the  more  eafily  ;  when 
 he  purjues  them  with  open  Force,  and  that  dijdain- 
 in 7  to  objerve  the  very  formalities  of  Juflice,  to  de- 
 jiroy them  with  jome  fhaddow  of  Beajon,  he  mah^s  uje 
 of  Fire  and  Sword  in  all  places,  to  reduce  all  his  Sub- 
 jects to  his  Will  and  Dijcrction:  It  follows,  I  jayy 
 that  granting  thoje  conditions,  therefijl ar:ee  of  SabjiEls 
 js  not  Criminal.  They  never  have  a  right  to  attack^: 
 But  after  having  us'd  all  the  Submiffions  and  RemoK- 
 
 Jira/;ces 
 
The  P  R  E  F  A  C  E.  xxi 
 flrances  reqnird  in  juch  Cajes,  after  all  that  Prudence 
 can  advije,  to  avoid  falling  into  the  utmoft  extremities 
 there  are  neither  Divine  Laws,  nor  Humane  Reasons, 
 to  take  array  from  them  the  Right  of  defending  them- 
 selves. It  is  a  Right  that  is  born  with  all  Men,whiclj 
 nothing  can  ever  deprive  them  of. 
 
 6.  Example  being  of  a  decifive  force  in  Political 
 Chfeftions,  it  is  moft  Certain  that  there  is  no  SubjcSi 
 upon  which  jo  many  can  be  alledgcU  as  that  of  the 
 Refinance  of  Subjeffs  to  their  Soveraign,  when  he 
 vifbly  endeavours  to  opprejs  them.    Me  meet  a  world 
 of  them  both  in  Ancient  and  Modern  Hijiory.    ft  is 
 the  fonrce  of  divers   Revolutions,  which  have  from 
 tune  to  time  changd  the  face  of  the  World.  And 
 even  in  thoje  States  in  which  Princes  have  pretended 
 to  the  higheft  degree  of  Power,  the  People  being  op- 
 prejs* d  ha.e  often  put  a  flop  to  the  jaid  opprefpons 
 by  Vigorous  oppojitions,  ivhich  otl?erwije  would  have 
 been  carried  farther  }  and  this  Maxim,  that  Publuh^ 
 preservation  is  a  lawful  reajon  for   People  to  de- 
 fend thc/njehes,  is  fo  certain  and  jo  well  uvrxn,  that 
 even  in  Seditions  and  Civil  Wars  in  which  the  Ring 
 Leaders  have  other  ends,  they  never  fail  to  place 
 Pnblick  Good  at  the  Hea-l  of  their  Mo:iz>es  \  to  per- 
 fwade  thc  Woyf]  by  that  jpecious  Little  tha*  their 
 Caufe  is  Innoce^^  and  to  engage  juch  i>  to  their  Parly 
 as  would  be  averjc  to  it  otherwise  oitt  of  the  ftrapUi 
 (d a  tender  Con'cieucc. 
 
 4  c  7  t 
 
The  PREFACE. 
 
 7.  Ifanyfljould  alledge  that  it  is  impofjible  to  de- 
 cide to  whom  it  belongs  to  judge  in  what  degree  of 
 oppreffion  it  is  lawful  to  lay  a  fide  Yatience  ,  and 
 that  whatever  we  fix  upon  in  that  cafe,  we  mufi 
 needs  expofe  our  f elves,  as  well  as  all  the  Authors 
 t  hat  have  Writ  en  about  it,  to  inexplicable  difficulties  : 
 I  answer  that  the  Reajon  why  thoje  Writers  are  at 
 fuch  a  lofs,  is  that  they  endeavour  to  find  out  fubtle 
 fiudydfolutions  to  an  abjurd  ObjeStion.  No  man  can 
 judge  jo  well,  as  he  whofe  Life's  in  Jeopardy,  whi- 
 ther he  be  in  danger  of  lofing  it,  by  juffering  the  Agrej- 
 jor  to  ha've  his  Will.  It  would  be  a  cruel  abjurdity, 
 to  fay  that  a  Man  being  jet  upon  on  the  Highway  by 
 a  Company  of  Amid  Men,  who  have  drawn  him  into 
 that  Peril  under  a  fair  pretence,  may  not  lawfully  re- 
 fiji  them,  without  having  frji  confulted  an  able  Law- 
 ycr,  or  obtained  leave  of  my  Lord  Chief  Jufiice.  On 
 juch  occaftons  Nature  pleads  her  felf,  and jupp lies  the 
 want  of  a  Doftor,  or  a  Magijlrate.  So  lihgwife  fup- 
 pofing  the  caje  of  an  evident  Opprefpon,  in  which  eve- 
 ry one  beholds  the  Chains  that  are  preparing  for  him  ; 
 in  which  not  only  the  Eftates  and  Priviledges  of 
 fome  particular  Perfons  are  concernd,  without  mind- 
 ing other  Rights  of  lefs  Confequence  ;  but  in  which 
 the  whole  State  fnffers,  or  at  leajl  a  confidcrable  part 
 thereof,  which  is  not  to  be  dijpis'd ;  in  which  the 
 moft  natural  and  mofi  precious  part  of  Liberty,  is  at 
 ftakg  i  in  which  there  is  reajon  to  fear  that  the  Pa- 
 tience 
 
The  PREFACE.  xxiu 
 Hence  of  the  Opprejs^d  may  autborife  the  progress  of 
 Opprejpon  :  In  jucb  a  caje,  I  jay  ,  no  body  can 
 judge  better  of  the  neceffity  of  malting  a  defence,!  ban  thoje 
 who  fee  and  feel  the  progrejs  of  the  Jlavery  that  is 
 imposed  upon  them. 
 
 8.  If  any  body  exclaims  again  ft  thefe  and  the  pre- 
 ceeding  Maxims,  as  being  attended  with  pernicious 
 Consequences;  as  favouring  Rebellion,  as  containing 
 pretences  and  excujes  which  the  Fa&ions  and  Diftur- 
 bers  of  the  Publicl^Peace  may  makg  an  illufe  of  5  I 
 anjwer,  frft,  that  it  is  a  misfortune  annex  d  to  fede- 
 ral Truths  ;  that  they  are  lyable  to  great  inconve- 
 niencies  :  but  yet  that  they  are  not  thereby  deprived 
 of  the  Right  of  Truth,  by  reason  that  thoje  inconve- 
 niencies  do  not  proceed  from  tbe'Natureof  thoje  Truths, 
 but  from  the  Corruption  of  the  Heart  of  Man,  which 
 extraSis  a  Poyjon  out  of  the  moft  prof  table  things. 
 Thus  the  very  Weapons  of  the  haw  are  made  uje  of 
 to  create  disputes,  tho  made  to  jupprejs  them  :  which 
 abnje  does  not  hinder  thoje  Laws  from  being  Jnji 
 and  Neceffary.  Thus  Cajuifts  daily  discover  things  in 
 Theory,  which  tho  very  True  are  nevertelejs  attended 
 with  ill  Consequences  in  the  Pra&ice  :  which  I  mean 
 of  the  moft  rigid,  as  well  as  of  thofe  that  are  accused 
 of  flachnejs.  The  moft  indijpenjible  Duties  of  Religi- 
 on and  Morality  are  jo  many  Arguments  of  Dijpair  to 
 Wea\  Souls,  when  reprejenied  to  them  in  their  irhole 
 extent,  with  the  abjolule  necefpty  thereof,  attended 
 
xxiv  The  P  R  E  F  A  C  E. 
 
 with  all  their  Circumjlances  and  Conjerpuer.ces.  Yet 
 thofe  inconvcniencies  do  W*i  deprive  thofe  Duties  of 
 their  natural  J  a ftiie, and  do  not  dijchar^e  Men  of  the  ob- 
 ligation they  lay  under,  cf  \ubimiiing  to  thun.  To 
 love  our  Neighbour  is  an  iih lij penjiblc  Duty,  The  corn- 
 nun  !  of  loving  him  as our jelves  receives  no  exceptions. 
 It  is  ihc  Epitomy  of  Natural  Jufl/ce  i  It  is  the  Summary 
 of  one  half  of  the  Divine  Law.  It  is  the  Center  from 
 which,  all  the  Frecepts  of  Charily  proceed  as  Jo  many 
 Lines,  nhkh  is  the grea-efl  of  all  Virtues.  Yet  by 
 th:  jlalc  to  which  fm  has  redue'd  the  heart  of  Men, 
 it  happens  v-,.ry  of  en  thai  he  who  applies  himjelf  to 
 that  important  Duty  cxpo'es  himje!fto  a  ihoujand  dan- 
 gers.  Charity  is  only  a  La;r  to  himjelf  j  and  while 
 he  observes  it  jcrupnloufly,  the  Wicked  takg  lhe  advan- 
 tage of  it,  to  be  the  better  able  to  annoy  him.  There 
 is  no  greater  inconvenient  ihan  to  give  way  to  the 
 Opprcffion  of  ihc  Innocent.  That  inconvenient  is  met 
 with  in  the  fundamental  precept  of  Charity  :  but  yet 
 the  truth  thereof  is  not  therefore  the  lefs  evident  j  nor 
 the  Duty  lejs  necejfary.  This  fhows  that  lhe  incon- 
 vcniencies thai  attend  a  Do&rim  do  not  always  hinder 
 it  from  being  True. 
 
 Secondly,  /  anfivcr^  that  the  oppofite  Mttxm^ 
 which  abandons  the  Liberty  of  the  SubjeSt  to  the  dis- 
 cretion of  Soveraigns,  and  allows  nothing  to  the  Feo- 
 pie  but  Submtffion  and  Fatience,  is  attended  with  as 
 many  inconevniencies  as  the  other.  I  confejs  that  it 
 would  be  liable  to  none,  if  we  could  be  certain  of  two 
 
 things  j 
 
The  PREFACE.  j 
 
 things  j  the  one  always  U  have  a  goody  vertuons  , 
 Prince,  a  Tme  Father  of  his  Country  ;  The  other 
 that  having  J  itch  a  one,  he  would harden  to  and  em- 
 ploy none  but  true  Patriots,  Perjons  without  biter  eft, 
 Ambit  ion,  or  Dijguije,  by  whom  he  might  be  welljervd 
 and  council  d.  We  may  indeed,  and  often  do  fee  the  ftrft, 
 but  the  jecond  is  <very  rare  ;  or  to  fay  better,  impof- 
 fible.  It  is  eafie  to  determine  the  Fate  of  thoje  People 
 whoje  For  tune, Life,  and  Liberty  pa fs  through  the  hands 
 of  ihoje  who  cannot  be  great  without  oppr  effing  themy 
 or  Inrtch  themjdves  without  their  Rum. 
 
 1  jay  in  the  third  place,  that  both  fides  being  at-, 
 tended  with  inconveniencies ;  thoje  are  evidently  Ujs 
 con fider able  which  attend  the  maxim  which  allows 
 people  when  they  are  opprefs^d,  to  refiji  opprefwn,than. 
 thoje  that  attend  that  which  makgsit  a  Crime  for  them 
 to  oppofe  their  own  definition.  The  reajon  o  f  it  is 
 that  the  People  are  commonly  very  ill  fervd,  <zery 
 eafi  ly  divided  y  tyrd,  and  blinded ;  whereas  Princes .  have 
 all  the  a  dvantage  on  their  jide  :  That  the  people  nevzr 
 perceive  the  evil  untill  it  is  committed,  when  it  is  too  late 
 to  remedy  it ;  whereas  Princes  aim  at  a  great  difianee^and 
 takg  their  meafnres,  before  their  Subjects  a)*e  aivavcof 
 them:  That  the  People  .often betray  each  other7  and  id- 
 criftce  Publicly  Inter  eft  ho  particular  advantages  i  Where- 
 as Princes  raije  Soldiers  among  thefe  <very  People^  to 
 attach^them,  and  money  to  corrupt  them*  So  that  it 
 often  comes  to  pafs  that  the  Maxint  which  authorifes 
 
 them  ■ 
 
xxiv  The  PREFAC  E. 
 
 with  all  their  Ctrcumflances  and  Conjequences.  Yet 
 thoje  inconvcniencies  do  not  deprive  thofe  Duties  of 
 their  natural  J  a fiiie, and  do  not  dijcharge  Men  of  the  ob- 
 ligation they  lay  wWefc,  of  \nbnmting  to  thrm.  To 
 love  our  Neighbour  is  an  itidijpenjikk  Duty,  '[he  com- 
 mand of  loving  him  as  our  Je  Ives  receives  no  exceptions. 
 It  is  theEpitomy  of  Natural  Jujiice :  It  is  the  Summary 
 of  one  half  of  the  Divine  Laiv.  It  is  the  Center  from 
 which,  all  the  Frecepis  of  Charily  proceed  as  jo  many 
 Lines,  nhkh  is  the grca.eji  of  all  Virtues.  Yet  by 
 n-:  fate  to  which  Jin  has  reduced  the  heart  of  Men, 
 it  happens  v-..ry  of  en  that  he  who  applies  himjelf  to 
 that  important  Duty  exposes  b/mjelf  to  a  thousand  dan- 
 gers. Charity  is  only  a  La;v  to  himjelf^  and  while 
 he  observes  it  jcrupttlonjl) ,  the  U  iched  tal^e  lhe  advan- 
 tage of  it,  to  be  the  better  able  to  annoy  him.  There 
 is  no  greaJer  inconvenient  ihan  to  give  way  to  the 
 Opprcffion  of  the  Innocent.  That  inconvenient  is  met 
 with  in  the  fundamental  precept  of  Charity  :  but  )et 
 the  truth  thereof  is  not  therefore  the  lefs  evident  \  nor 
 the  Duty  lejs  neceffary.  This  fbows  that  the  in  con- 
 veniences that  atiend  a  Doctrine  do  not  always  hinder 
 it  from  being  1  rue. 
 
 Secondly,  I  anfver,  that  the  oppofite  Maxim  ^ 
 which  abandons  the  Liberty  of  the  Subject  to  the  r  ti- 
 er et  ion  of  Soveraigns,  and  allows  nothing  to  the  Peo- 
 ple but  Submiffion  and  Tatience,  is  attended  with  as 
 many  inconevniencies  as  the  other.  I  confejs  that  it 
 would  be  liable  to  none^  if  we  could  be  certain  of  two 
 
 things  j 
 
The  PREFACE.  \ 
 
 things  ,  the  one  always  U  have  a  good,  vertuons  , 
 Prince,  a  True  Father  of  bis  Country  ;  The  other 
 that  having  juch  a  one,  he  would  barken  to  and  em- 
 ploy novo  but  true  Patriots,  Perjons  without  Intercfl, 
 Ambition,  or  Dijguije,  by  whom  he  might  be  welljerv'd 
 and  council  d.  fi  e  may  indeed,  andeften  do  fee  the  fir fl; 
 but  the  jecond  is  <very  rare  ;  or  to  fay  better,  impof- 
 fible.  It  is  eafie  to  determine  the  Fate  of  thoje  People 
 ivhoje  For  tune, Life,  and  Liberty  pafs  through  the  hands 
 of  ihoje  who  cannot  be  great  without  opprejpng  them, 
 or  Inrich  themjclves  without  tljeir  Ruin. 
 
 1  jay  in  the  third  place,  that  both  fides  being  at-, 
 tended  with  inconveniencies ;  thofe  are  evidently  kjs 
 con fider able  which  attend  the  maxim  which  allows, 
 people  when  they  are  opprejs^d,  to  refift  opprefwn,than. 
 thofe  that  attend  that  wfjich  molars  it  a  Crime  for  them 
 to  oppofe  their  own  deflruB ion.  The  re<ajon  of  it  is 
 that  the  People  are  commonly  very  ill  fervd,  <zery 
 eafily  divided,  tyrd,  and  blinded ;  whereas  Prwces  .havic 
 all  the  a  ^  vantage  on  their  jide  :  That  thepeopje  nevzr 
 perceive  the  eviluntiUitis  committed,  when  it  is  boo  late 
 to  remedy  it ;  whereas  Princes  aim  at  agrmt  dijiancc^ajid 
 take  their  meafitres,  before  their  SubjeBs  are  airave-of 
 them:  That  the  People  .often betray  each  other y  and  la~ 
 crifce  Publicly  Inter  eft  Hp  articular  advantages  ;  Where* 
 as  Princes  raife  Soldiers  among  thofe  <very  People^  to 
 attach^them,  and  money  to  corrupt  thenu  So  that  it 
 often  comes  to  pafs  that  the  Maxim  which  auihorifes 
 
 them  . 
 
xxvi  The  PREFACE. 
 
 them  to  defend  their  hives  and  Liberties  becomes  for 
 them  a  truth  in  [peculation  only.  It  alfo  happens  of- 
 ten that  finding  the  Frince  ready  in  all  prints,  and 
 provided  beforehand  with  all  things  neceffary  for  his 
 Enterprise ,  the  People  forfeit  the  remainder  of  their 
 Liberty ;  when  they  bethinl^themfelves  of  taking  Arms 
 to  defend  it.  In  thofe  cajes  their  Refifiance  is  called 
 Rebellion  :  and  the  Yoke  that  is  impos  d  upon  them%  is 
 ftifod  a  Jufi  pmifbment  for  their  Revolt.  Moreover 
 the  Refifiance  of  SubjeSls  ought  never  to  extend  to  the 
 Life  of  the  Soveraign.  No  Circumfiances,  nor  Authority 
 tho  from  the  Pope  can  juftifie  an  attempt  of  that  Nature. 
 It  is  the  Prerogative  of  Supreme  Power,  to  fix  fome- 
 thing  that  is  Sacred  in  thofe  in  whom  it  reftdes,  which 
 ought  to  fecure  their  Lives  againji  all  enterprises.  What- 
 ever Power  People  referve  to  themselves,  to  hinder  the 
 perfon  they  acknowledge  for  their  Soveraign  from  in- 
 croaching  upon  their  Friviledges,  they  can  preserve 
 no  Right  of  Life  and  Death  over  him.  They  are  fo 
 many  Tribuns  of  the  People  whofe  perfon  is  inviolable^ 
 and  09m  their  faults,  when  they  commit  any,  do  not 
 deface  that  chara&er  of  Majefiy  which  fets  them  above 
 aU  others,  and  exempts  them  from  Corporal  Funiffj- 
 ment.  Refifiance  therefore  can  go  no  farther  on  the 
 Feoples  fide,  than  to  reduce  them  to  thofe  Bounds  to 
 which  their  Authority  is  limited  by  the  Laws  j  or  at 
 moft  to  deprive  them  of  a  Power  which  they  apply 
 to  among  and  unlawful  ufe  }  when  infiead  of  imply- 
 ing 
 
The  PREFACE.  xxvii 
 ing  it  for  the  Protection  of  their  Subje&s,  they  itn- 
 ploy  it  to  their  ruin.     Finally  the  maxim  which  Au- 
 thorifes  the  Refiflance  of  Subjects  againft  the  unjufi 
 violences  of  their  Soveraign  being  only  allowable  in 
 this  one  caje,  the  Consequences  thereof  are  not  fo  dan: 
 gerons  as  they  jeem  to  be  :  by  reajon  that  Subje&s  very 
 Jeldom  form  defigns  againft  the  Authority  of  Princes, 
 unlefs  Princes  abufe  it  to  the  utmofl  extremity.  We 
 commonly  ftnd,   that  whatever  precautions  have  been 
 us'd  at  the  founding  of  a  Monarchy,  yet  he  who  h  in- 
 vejied  with  the  Regal  Authority  will  by  degrees  ujttrp 
 fome  part  of  the  Liberty  the  People  have  re\ervd  to 
 themselves  :    but  there  are  few  examples  of  Peoples 
 incroaching  upon  the  Prerogatives  of  their  Soveraigns. 
 The  Prince  and  People  may  be  compard  to  the  man. 
 and  the  Horfe  of  the  Fable  which  was  invented  to  ex- 
 plain tlm  matter  in  a  popular  manner.    As  the  Horfe 
 can  never  pretend  to  free  himfelf  of  the  Bitt  and 
 Saddle-)  having  once  fubmitted  to  it  ;   the  people  are 
 obligd  forever  to  wear  the  Toah^  they  have  freely  im- 
 posed upon  themf elves  :  But  whereas  man  by  degrees 
 extends  the  power  he  has  received  from  the  Horfe>  be- 
 yond the  ends  for  which  it  was  given  him,  and  ap- 
 plies it  wholly  to  his  own  advantage,  forcing  him  not 
 only  to  Hunt,  and  to  ferve  him  in  the  Wars,  but  al- 
 fo  to  carry  burthens  for  his  fervice ;  to  draw  the 
 Plough,  and  to  turn  divers  machines  :  So  the  Priuce 
 
 m 
 
x'xvm  The  PREFACE. 
 
 injcenfrbly  and  as  it  were  undesignedly  extends  the 
 
 "Bounds  of  bis  power,  in  fo  much  that  by  degrees  the 
 proteffion  .he  owes  lm  people y  which  is  the  jource  of 
 his  Poirer,  ceajes  to  be  the  principal  end  thereof 
 and  becomes  an  inlet  of  Slavery.  Let  all  the  States 
 W  Europe  be  examii^d,  and  yon  will  not  frnd  one  tn 
 'which  th'9  Authority  of  the  Sower aign  is  lefferid  from 
 what  it  was  at  the  beginning  :  but  y  ou  will  find  many 
 in  irhich  the  liberty  of  the  people  is  'very  much  decay  d. 
 It  is  the  Fate  of  Monarchies  :  the  longer  they  lafl,  the 
 more  the  Prince  incroaches  upoir  his  S?d>je&s.  Tho 
 his  policy  ifoontd  hinder  him  from  doing  it  ;  Time 
 would  do  it  for  Wk  ,  especially  in  Hereditary  States. 
 The  long  Chain  of  Sncceffion  creates  a  greater  verre- 
 r  at  ion  jor  the  Royal  Family,  and  accuffoms  Subjects 
 to  fuffer  their  [mall  ^Usurpations  without  murmuring. 
 Hiflory  affords  us  fufficient  proofs  of  this  Truth]  al- 
 mofl  in  all  the  States  of  the  W orld.  From  whence  it 
 follows  that  Subjects  freely  leaving  their  Rights  in 
 fujpence,  and  mver  endeavour htg  to  defend  them  un- 
 til! they  are  violated  in  the  mofr  effential  parts,  the 
 maxim  which  authorises  their  refiftance  agauft  >be 
 Enterprijes  of  their  Soveraigns  is  not  of  jo  per :  >-.r 
 a  conjquence  as  Jome  imagin.  SubjcBs  do  ja  jCtdom 
 put  it  in  practice ,  to  the  prejudice  of  a  lawful  au- 
 thority, that  no  body  ought  to  be  frighted  at  it  :  "nd 
 it  is  jo  eafie  for  Princes  to  hinder  it  from  being  pre- 
 judicial to  them,  that  they  can  blame  none  bn  tl  ev/- 
 
 /  ves 
 
The  PREFACE.  xxix 
 felves,  when  it  produces  an  ill  effctl.  'Tis  but  to  be 
 proud  of  commanding  free  People,  who  obey  out  of 
 Gratitude  and  Love ;  to  kgep  their  Promifes ;  to 
 maintain  the  Laws,  and  to  inrich  their  SubjeSis: 
 To  Gozern  their  State  with  Equity,  injlead  of  endea- 
 vouring to  enlarge  their  Frontiers^  or  their  Authority 
 by  unjuft  means.  It  is  not  impcfftble  to  meet  with 
 Princes  of  that  CharaUer.  France  has  prodncdjome 
 Kings  who  have  fignali^d  themselves  by  that  admira- 
 ble Policy.  Such  may  be  found  elsewhere,  and  if  ex- 
 ample could  prevail  with  all  Soveraigns  to  Reign  thus, 
 1  £ould  eafdy  name  Jome  who  might  Jerve  l  hem  for  a 
 Model. 
 
 <p.  The  paffages  of  Scripture  which  fome  oppofe  to 
 this  maxim  arc  manifejily  wrefted  ,  and  cannot  jerve 
 for  the  uje  they  are  apply ed  to,  without  being  t align 
 in  a  difficint  jeuce  from  that  which  h  natural  to  them. 
 All  the  Arguments  that  are  grounded  upon  thoje  princi- 
 ples are  dejferent  in  one  oj  theje  three  cajes  ;  either 
 they  compare  things  that  ought  not  to  be  compared  ; 
 or  they  mahg  Laws  for  Societies,  of  that  which  only 
 contains  Moral  Rules  among  private  perjons  ',  or  elje 
 they  contain  precepts  which  pre jupoje  that  thoje  among 
 whom  there  are  Relations  of  Command  and  Obedience,' 
 do  remain,  at  leaft  prety  near,  within  the  mutual 
 bounds  of  their  Duty.  It  is  not  to  be  imagined  that  God 
 deftgnd  by  his  word  to  defiroy  the  Rights  of  natural 
 Jufiicc  ,   which  are  only  grounded  upon  his  ownju- 
 
 d  ftice 
 
*xx  The  P  RE  F  A  C  E. 
 
 fiioc :  His  Will  admits  of  no  QontradiBion.  Therefore  as 
 there  is  a  Natural  Right  which  autfjvrijes  Men  to 
 defend  their  Lives,  when  affaihd ,  at  leafi  to  ward 
 the  Blows  dcfignd  by  the  Dejiroyer  5  and  to  difarm  him 
 of  the  Weapon  he  abujes :  It  is  not  to  be  believd  that 
 the  precepts  of  Patience ,  Reftgnaion,  and  Charity, 
 that  are  jo  freequcnt  throughout  the  Holy  Scriptures, 
 can  receive  an  explication  thai  cjuhila.es  a  Right  jo 
 Jnjiand  fo  Dni.crjatly  acknowledged.  Truths  nezer 
 comradiB  ihcmjdves.  So  thai  when  they  jeem  any- 
 wije  to  contradiB  each  0  her,  they  mufi  be  underftood 
 in  fitch  a  jencc  as  may  reconcile  them.  "Neither  would 
 it  be  difficult  lo  find  the  medium  in  which  t\>ey  agree, 
 if  it  did  not  happen  as  I  have  already  faid,  that  by 
 reajon  of  the  dijpo fit  ions  of  the  minds  and  hearts  of 
 Men,  thoje  things  which  are  jpeculatively  Innocent 
 and  True,  become  pernicious,  or  impofjible  in  tlx 
 Pra&ice. 
 
 From  all  thefe  con fideral ions,  which  the  brief nefs 
 of  a  Preface  does  not  allow  me  to  enlarge  any  farther 
 upon,  we  may  inferr  this  conclufion^  that  tho  it  were 
 always  to  be  wjftSd  that  people  might  never  take  up  Arms, 
 and  that  it  is  even  often  neceffary  to  exceed  in  Patience 
 and  Submiffion,  yet  nevertheless,  there  may  be  occa- 
 sions in  which  opprefpon  is  jo  evident  ;  in  which  the 
 good  of  the  State  w  fo  openly  afjail'd,  in  which  the 
 waft  Holy  Rights  ofjufiice  and  Liberty  are  violated 
 with  [0  link  Caution,  that  the  defence  of  the  Opfrejs'd 
 
 cannot 
 
The   PREFACE.  xxxi 
 
 cannot  be  lool(d  upon  as  unlawful ;  nor  can  they  be 
 jufily  blaimed  for  taking  Arms  for  their  Prefervati- 
 on.    "Nothing  but  Sophifiry  and  Clamour  can  be  op- 
 pose! to  the  Truth  of  this  maxim  :  and  I  am  verily 
 persuaded  that  thoje  who  oppoje  it,   would  be  the  fir  ft 
 to  pit  it  in  praSiicc  if  being  aff  ailed,  they  could  ha.  e 
 hopes  fo  prefer 've  themselves  by  re  ft  fiance.  Fro fit ,  Am- 
 bi  ion,  Hope ,  may  induce  men  to  Jpeak^otherwije  than 
 Nature,  when  there  is  nothing  prejent,  or  fenftble  to 
 give  their  words  the  Lye :    But  Na:ure  resumes  her 
 Right s,andjilences biter •eft \andf \iffion,  when  a?i  urgent 
 accaft on  obliges  man  to  remember  the  ftrfi  oj  h  'n  privi- 
 ledges,  which  is  Self-Preservation.    If  it  could  bejaid 
 that  the  Soul  is  naturally  Chriftian  ;   by  reajon  that 
 notwithfianding  her  being  prejudice!  by  the  Opinion  of 
 the   Plurality   of  Gods,  which  was  mfpird  into  her 
 by  'Education,  and  is  become  familiar  to  her  by  exam- 
 ple and  cujiom,  yet  as  Joon  as   the  daiger  preffes, 
 and  brings  in  an  to  himjelf  again,  ftbe  only  remembers 
 one  God  j   ivc  may  aljo  jay  that  (he  is  naturally  iti- 
 firuVted  with  the  Right  of  repelling  Violence  and  In- 
 jufiice  ;  fince  that  notwithfianding  the  Clouds  where- 
 with divers  Interefls  obfiruSi  the  lights  JJje  has  re- 
 ceived from  Nature  upon  that  Subjett,  jet  one  pr ef- 
 fing danger  is  jujicient  to  makg  her  forget  all  the  fo- 
 reign confederations  fhe  had  been  prejudicd  |y"  and 1  ty 
 bring  her  bach^  a^ain  to  the  uje  >f  the  right  ft; e  her. 
 (elf  thought  t'p  have  abandon  d. 
 
 d  2  It 
 
xxxii  The  PREFACE. 
 
 It  now  remains  to  know,  whether  the  Reform'd 
 were  in  that  condition  which  authorises  the  taking  up 
 of  Arms.  But  that  is  a  caje  that  will  plainly  appear 
 by  the  reading  of  this  Hiftory.  It  will  discover  an  open 
 Conspiracy  again  ft  them,  which  after  many  ill  effe&s 
 for  the  jpace  of  about  Forty  Tears,  to  reckon  from  the 
 Reign  of  Francis  the  zd  had  been  rather  deflfefd  by 
 the  kindnejs  of  Henry  the  4th,  than  ft  1  fled  by  the 
 Authority  of  his  Edi3s.  Ton  will  jce  it  renewed  as 
 \oon  as  that  Prince  was  put  in  his  Graven  pr 'oj 'ecu- 
 led  during  the  jpace  oj  Ten  Tears  by  thousand  Jecret 
 Art i flees  of  the  Court  of  Ron*e,  conceal 'd  and  cove- 
 red by  all  the  Veils  of  a  profound  diffimulation,  which 
 however  could  not  hinder  them  from  discover  ingfome 
 gl/mpjes  of  the  means  that  were  put  in  praSlice,  in  or- 
 der to  their  Ruin.  Ton  will  Jee  the  King  attacking^ 
 while  his  Sulytts  fend  Deputies  to  obtain  his  favour ; 
 Threatniag  while  they  Intreat;  Arming  while  they 
 Implore  his  Mercyy  dviidfl  a  thousand  Terrors,  by 
 jubmifflons  and  intreaties  ;  executing  while  they  heft- 
 tat  e  and  are  deliberating  ;  talking  of  Places  the  keep- 
 ing of  which  is  flill  allowed  them  for  Jome  years  , 
 turning  out  their  Govemours,  violating  his  own  Briefs, 
 while  they  to  avoid  the  reproach  of  taking  Arms  with 
 too  much  precipitation,  differ  to  put  themjelves  inapo- 
 Jture  of  Defence which  in  a  word  ruins  them  half  be  • 
 fore  the  War  k  declard  againfl  them.  If  to  all  this 
 you  add  a  world  of  infidelities  committed  by  the  Council 
 of  that  Prince  j   the  conjiant  pra&ice  of  the  Roman 
 
 Church 
 
The    PREFACE.  xxxiii 
 Church,  in  what  relates  to  Treaties  wade  rvith  Here- 
 ticks  5  Henry  the  ^d's  Declaration,  the  Maxims  of 
 which  had  been  injpird  to   that  King  by  the  Jejttitj 
 who  had  had  the  care  of  his  Education  .-that  jurprifiing 
 Declaration  by  which  Henry  the  3d.  had  acquainted 
 the  World  that  the  Reformd  ought  never  to  trujl  to 
 his  Wordy   when  ever  he  made  a  Peace  with  them  , 
 because  he  would  never  do  it,  utile fs  it  were  in  order 
 to  take  his  time  better,  and  to  renew  the  War  again 
 With  advantage:  If,  I  jay,  we  add  all  this,  and  fe- 
 ver al  other  conjiderat ions  thai  may  be  drawn  out  of 
 Hijiory,  it  will  appear  clearly  that  the  Reform'd  were 
 more  than  convince!  that  their  Enemies  defignd  to  ex- 
 terminate them  :  That  they  kept  barely  upon  the  dt~. 
 fen  five  \  That  they  were  forcd  to  take  Arms,  but  too 
 late  for  their  preservation  ;  That  they  tarry  d  u  tit  ill  the 
 Catholicisms  proceeded  from  craft  to  threatnings,  and  from 
 threatnings  1  a  ejjecls , before  they  lofl  their  patience;  That, 
 a  Peace  was  only  granted  to  deceive  them  ;  That  they  did 
 not  breaks  it,  neither  the frfl,   or  jeeond  time,  what evevs 
 their  Enemies  jay  :  and  in  a  word  that  they  only  de-, 
 fended  thewfelves  weahl)\  and  as  it  were  in '  going  bac\. 
 againft  a  manifefi  dggreffiott.    Iheir  King  had  aL  that  , 
 time,  evidently  renounced  the  Title  of  common  Father^ 
 of  his  Country ,  as  well  as  Henry  / he  3d.,  and  by  en- x 
 endeavouring  to  deflroy  a  numerous  and  very  potent, 
 part  of  his  Subjects,  he  had  given  them  a  Jufl  occafion-.. 
 to  defend  themselves.    The  Chatholicks  would  never 
 have  had  fo  much  Patience,  had  they  fore jeen  at  as  great  j 
 
xxxiv  The  PREFACE. 
 
 a  dijiance  that  a  Fritice  defign1  d,  I  will  not  fay  to  de- 
 jiroy  their  Religion,  and  their  main  Privileges  5  but 
 only  to  retrench  one  of  their  mofiujelefs  Ceremonies  ^and, 
 
 as  I  may  Jay,  to  cxtinguifb  one  of  the  Tapers  of  their 
 Alters. 
 
 I  will  not  wfi ft  on  the  Jecret  defign  of  the  Court  of 
 France  to  deprive  the  People  in  General  and  without 
 diftin&ion  of  Religion,  of  the  remainder  of  their  Li- 
 berty ;  The  Potent  Cities  of  their  Revenues,  Privi- 
 leges, Exemption r  and  Frat.chijes  ;  The  Nobility  of 
 their  Lufire  and  Credit  \  The  Parliaments  of  their 
 Power  and  Majejiy.  This  defign  was  covered  with  the 
 pretence  of  Religion,  while  the  Reform'd  had  Citys 
 in  their  Power.  However  the  Court  exprefsd  it  Jelf 
 jo  clearly  about  the  Caje  of  Rochel,  that  no  body  could 
 pretend  to  be  Ignorant  of  the  reajons  they  had  to  de- 
 clare a  War.  That  City  was  under  SubjeSlion  without 
 being  a  Slave.  It  was  in  France  partly  what  the  Im- 
 perial Citys  are  in  Germany.  The  King  Commanded 
 in  Hi  but  the  Authority  of  that  command  was  limited 
 by  Laws.  The  King  had  been  perjwaded  not  to  con- 
 tent himjclf  with  that  limited  Power.  What  they  de- 
 fir  d  of  the  Rochilois  was  only  to  renounce  acquird 
 advantages,  nhichhad  been  con f  mid,  and  as  it  were 
 conje crated,  by  Treaties,  by  Services,  by  EdiSis,  by  all 
 that  is  mofi  holy  and  mofi  inviolable  in  humane 
 Right.  Therefore  that  City  was  mind,  only  becauje 
 they  -were  unwilling  to  fubmit  to  flavery.  So  that  the 
 War  that  was  wagd  againfl.it,  tho  ttfeful  according 
 
 to 
 
The  PREFACE.  s 
 
 to  a  certain  Policy  which  allows  everything  Jttji  that 
 juccecds,  was  nevertheless  at  the  bottom  the  mofl  mam- 
 feji  opprejfion  that  ever  was  heard  of ,  as  well  as  that 
 of  the  Principality  of  Beam.  But  1  fbould  be  too  Pro- 
 lix if  I  fbould  urge  all  that  could  be  jaid  to  prove 
 that  the  refinance  of  that  Place,  and  of  all  the  Reform'd 
 was  not  unlawful. 
 
 As  for  the  third  degree  in  which  this  Hijlory  repre- 
 sents the  Reform'd,  /  have  no  long  remarks  to  mal^e 
 upon  it.  The  Decay  of  their  Religion  appears  in  it 
 in  a  thoufand  wayes.  Their  Enemies  begin  to  quarel 
 with  them  upon  the  leaf  Tribes.  Ann  exes, Synods,  Books, 
 Projects  of  reunion,  the  Rights  of  Temples,  and fever al 
 oih:r  Articles  become  continual occafons  of  Debates  and 
 Difpntes.  Offices,  and  Trades,  the  exemption  of  Mi- 
 nisters, the  Rights  of  profeffing  their  Religion,  the 
 Liberty  of  abiding  in  all  parts  of  the  Kingdom,  become 
 the  fubjett  of  a  thousand  Contentions.  The  RefpeSl 
 due  to  the  mi f  erics  of  the  Roman  Religion,  according 
 to  their  pretentions  expoje  f/je  Reform'd  to  a  thoufand 
 Troubles  :  To  all  the  enterprifes  of  the  Clercy,  to 
 the  violence  of  their  Harangues,  and  of  i  heir  Petitions, 
 and  to  the  prognfs  of  their  defigns  againji  them,  where- 
 by it  is  cafe  to  judge  that  their  Ruin  was  Sworn. 
 The  Death  of  the  Cardinal,  fyon  after  follow d  by  the 
 King,  by  a  Minority  ;  by  a  weah^and  wavering  Re- 
 gency '■,  by  reafon  of  the  Miniftry  of  a  Stranger,  not 
 well  fettled  yet,  provd  the  true  reafon  of  their  being 
 allow  dfome  years  Refpite. 
 
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 HISTORY 
 
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 ttmt  of  J2antc& 
 
 V  O  L    1  I. 
 
 BOOK  i 
 
 A  Summary  of  the  Contents  of  the  Firft  Book. 
 
 The  Court  is  furpri  sd  at  the  Death  of  the  King.  Precautions 
 usd  to  prevent  Diforder.  The  Regency  is  given  to  the  Queen. 
 The  condition  of  the  Reformed  ^  'who  are  di  caded  and  are 
 afr aid  themf elves.  Falfc  meafures  taken  by  the  Du/<c  of  Sully. 
 fie  is  advis'd  to  lool^  to  hin/jelf.  He  is  kindly  cntcrtaind  at 
 Court.  The  Marfial  Duf{C  o/Bouillon  ferves  the  Queen.  The 
 Ediffs  confirm  d  by  a  Declaration.  Remarkable  Expreffions. 
 The  free  Excrcife  of  Religion  confirmed  at  Cbarencon.  The 
 
The  Hi/lory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 R.etorm'd  deceived  by  thofe  Artifices^  think  themfelves  fecure. 
 New  reafons  of  Diffidence  vchich  awaken  them.  The  Ven- 
 geance of  the  King's  Death  is  neglected.  Impudence  of  Au- 
 bigni,  and  Cotton  the  f epulis.  The  Court  avoids  penetrating 
 into  the  Caufes  of  the  Kings  Death.  Prifoners  released. 
 Sufpicions  of  the  mofl  fpeculative.  The  double  Alliance  with 
 Spain  is  rejolvd  upon.  The  Marfoal  oj  Bouillon  endeavours 
 to  gain  the  Prince  of Conde  to  fide  with  the  Reform'd  again  $ 
 but  invjin.  *  Cahiers  anfwer*  d.  Di [grace  of  the  Duke  of 
 Sully,  who  is  removd  from  the  Treafury  and  from  the  Govern- 
 ment of  the  BafiiSe.  He  writes  to  the  Queen.  A  General 
 Ajfembly  allowed  for  Chatelleraud,  but  put  of  to  Saumur, 
 by  a  new  Brief.  The  Marfiial  dc  Bouillon  gaind  by  the  Queen. 
 Inftruilions  for  Provincial  Ajfcmblies.  Bxcufe  of  the  de- 
 mands that  feemd  to  be  new.  Farther  InjhuSlions.  The 
 Ajfembly  of  Saumur,  and  the  quality  of  their  Deputies.  In 
 what  manner  thofe  of  Beam  ajfified  at  it.  Dejec7ive  De- 
 putations toller  at  cd.  The  Marffjal  of  Bouillons  inconfiancy. 
 about  the  Prefidentfhip,  of  which  the  reafons  are  unsown. 
 Du  Pleffis  is  Ele&ed  Prefident ,  and  exenfes  himfelf  in  vain. 
 Difcontent  of  the  Marfhall  Duke,  who  reconciles  himfelf  in 
 outward  appear ence  with  the  Dukf  of  Sttily,  and  Lakes-  the 
 part  of  Senevieres  the  Ajfembly  does  the  fame.  The 
 Court  dijfembles,and  the  Marfhal  Jlackens.  An  Oath  of  Union : 
 another  Oath  againfl  underhand  dealings,  both  ill  kgpt.  The 
 Duke  tff  Sully's  cafe  is  examined  who  makes  a  long  dif- 
 courfe to  explain  it.  The  Ajfembly  is  of  opinion  that  their 
 Religion  is  concern  d  in  that  Affair.  An  Anonymous  anfwer 
 to  the  Dukes  difcourfe.  The  like  writings  in  vogue  during  the 
 Sejfion  of  that  Ajfembly.  A  fatirical  Letter  }  which  divides 
 the  Reform'd  into  three  Orders  3  Malicious,  Zealous  and 
 "judicious.  Qualifications  of  the  Queen.  True  Charr  tiers  of 
 the  Reform'd.  From  whence  the  reports  that  the  Ajfembly 
 defignd  to  make  a  War  did  proceed.  Artifices  of  the  ancient 
 Enemies  of  the  Reform'd.  Several  Catholick  Cities  Arm 
 themfelves.  A  Sedition  at  Orleans.  Du  Pleffis  reinforces 
 t\:e  Garrifon  of  Saumur,  with  the  Kings  leave.  Commiffio- 
 
 ners 
 
Book  I.       SdiB  of  Nantes.  } 
 
 ners  of  the  King  at  the  Affembly,  who  draw  the  general  *  Ca-  *  p~ti:i0*' 
 hier.  Tie  Commilfioncrs  declare  that  the)  have  no  Porter  to 
 Treat.  The  A(fcmbly  fends  Deputies  to  the  C  ourt,  and  draw 
 five  Cahiers.  The  Court  will  have  the  Principality  ^Bearn 
 to  Trctit  Jeperately.  Union  in  appearance  in  the  Affembly  j 
 where  di fi  ord  breads  out  at  lafl.  rhe  Power  of  the  Deputies 
 who  carry  the  Cahier,  is  limited.  The  Deputies  are  well  re- 
 ceived at  Court,  where  they  are  flatter  d  at ftrfl,  and  deceived 
 afterwards  \  Finally,  the  Court  proceeds  even  to  threats,  and 
 they  are  commanded  to  retire,  letters  are  fent  by  them. 
 The  Affembly  expects  the  return  of  the  King's  Commissioners '-y 
 and  excitfe  themfches  from  nominating  fix  Deputies,  in 
 which  they  perfifi  after  having  heard  Bullion  Artifices  todefiroy 
 the  fleadinefs  of  the  Affembly  ^  of  which  fome  Members  fuf* 
 jer  themfelves  to  be  corrupted.  Dangerous  Councils  imputed 
 to  the  Marjhalof  Bouillon.  Bellujon/V  cenfufd  by  the  Af- 
 fmbly.  A  Letter  from  the  Court  authorizing  the  inferior 
 Number  againjl  the  Plurality  of  Voices.  Bullion  feems  to  ac- 
 cept a  medium  :,  but  retracts  all  of  a.  fudden,  by  a  flrange 
 adv  ceof  iheMarfhalDuke,  Wife  advice  of  Du  Fleflis 
 who  wards  tlte  blow.  The  Affembly  nominates  Commiffioners. 
 Vexations  of  the  Marfid  about  the  fuccefs  of  his  cnterprife. 
 Nomination  of  the  Deputies  General. 
 
 THE   whole  Kingdom  was  knciblv  nit'ifted  at  16  «o. 
 the  Kings  Death  :  at  lead  all  thole  who  were  ^sr^ 
 folliciteus  for  the  welfare   of  brain c,    and  ^rCJ"/r 
 were  not  as  yet  infe&ed  With  the  Maxims  fed  ac the 
 imputed  to  the  jefuits,  were  wounded   with  dn*-«f 
 the  fame  Stab  that  lent  him  out  of  the  World.    Even  thole  neK:B8' 
 that  had  been  defii  ous  of  his  Death,  and  that  have  been 
 fufpetted  of  having  occaiion'd  it,  or  at  leaft  ol  having  been 
 accomplicies  in  it,  were  at  firft  aftonifb'd  as  well  as  therelf, 
 and  found  them  felves  Invovl'd  in  Troubles  the}  had  not 
 forefcen,  or  for  the  preventing  of  which  they  had  not  as 
 yet  taken  fufficient  meafures.    Altho  the  Tragical  end  of 
 that  Prince  had  been  long  a  hatching,  yet  they  had  not  pro- 
 
 B  2  vided 
 
4-  The  Hijloty  of  the      VoL  II. 
 
 t^to.  vidccl  .-g.Vmft  all  the  inconveniencics  that  were  likely  to  at- 
 ^^r^  tcncj  o  lJ>cnth  fb  fliddch.  Their  thoughts  being  whollv  bent 
 on  thefijecefs  or  their  Enterprifc,  they  had  not  confiderJ 
 the  Conlequcnces.  Paffion  commonly  occafions  thofe  Ram 
 inconfiderate  Attempts.  It  hinders  men  from  perceiving 
 the  effects  of  the  (atisfadion  it  has  in  view,  while  it  imploies 
 them  wholly  in  the  purfuit  of  it.  And  it  is  no  fooner  ob- 
 taind,  but  the  pleafure  of  the  injoyment  thereof  is  inter- 
 rupted by  the  fight  of  the  inconveniences  that  had  not  been 
 conlider'd  :  And  the  mind  aftonifh'd  at  the  difBculties  which 
 Paflion  had  conceal'd  from  it,difccvers  too  late  the  ineffici- 
 ency of  the  Precautions  it  had  taken  to  prevent  them.  So 
 that  thole  who  expected  the  grcateft  advantage  by  the  King's 
 Death,  found  themfelves  at  firfl:  at  a  lofs^ibout  the  Seditions 
 his  Death  was  likely  to  excite  in  the  Kingdom.  The  late 
 King's  Party  was  great  and  Formidable  :  and  had  it  been  in- 
 rluenc'd  by  fome  Chief  of  confideration,  it  would  not  have 
 been  difficult  to  punifh  the  Enemies  of  that  Prince,  for  the 
 joy  they  receiv'd  by  his  Death.  Moreover  there  were  (till 
 Seeds  remaining  of  the  former  Factions}  which  had  they 
 been  reviv'd  by  the  prelent  occafion,  might  have  redue'd 
 the  Court  to  great  exftreams,  and  perhaps  to  have  been  the 
 Victim  of  thofe  Diforders.  Therefore  they  were  oblig  d  to 
 iue  a  great  deal  of  Caution,  and  to  endeavour  by  all  manner 
 of  fupplenefs  to  oblige  thofe  who  were  capable  to  caufeadi* 
 fturbance  to  remain  inquiet. 
 Precauti-  The  Court  met  with  very  favourable  difpolitions  to  that 
 ons  ns-a  end.  There  was  no  Union  among  the  great  ones.  Jea- 
 diforder01  J°uu*c  would  not  permit  them  to  chule  a  Chief  to  command 
 over  them.  The  Prince  of  Conde  who  could  heft  pretend  to  it, 
 was  then  at  Milan  j  and  before  he  could  come  L  ack  from  a 
 Place  fo  diftant,  and  refolve  upon  what  Party  he  had  belt  to 
 take,  it  was  very  likely  that  all  things  would  be  fetiled  and 
 fix'd.  Moreover,  there  are  always  too  many  Perfons  who  only 
 follow  Kings  becaufe  they  ape  the  fountain  of  Favours  and  Re- 
 wards :  And  conlequently  who  eafily  turn  their  inclinations 
 andfervicts  on  another  fide,  when  Providence  places  the  di~ 
 
 ftnbu- 
 
Book  I.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  -5 
 
 ftribution  of  Gifts  into  other  Hands.  The  Court  made  an  1610. 
 advantageous  ufe  of  this  difpoGtion  of* minds.  They  deceiv'd 
 the  moft -formidable,  by  Teeming  to  place  a  great  Confidence 
 in  them  }  and  imploy  d  them  to  hinder  the  Commotions  of 
 the  People,  which  perhaps  would  have  gone  far  had  any 
 body  undertaken  to  make  an  ill  ufe  of  the  general  agitation* 
 Theyingag'd,  all  thole  whofe  Fortune  was  not  fettled,  and 
 who  were  defirous  to  ingratiate  themfelvcs  with  thofe  that 
 could  advance  them,  to  their  Party  by  hopes  of  reward. 
 
 After  thofe  things  had  been  taken  care  of  which  were  moft  The  Re- 
 urgent,  the  Court  proceeded  to  the  Affair  of  the  Regency.  {2°i»!?e 
 The  Queen  obtain'd  k  with  fbmuch  eafe,  That  no  body  op-  o^eea. 
 pos'd  it^All  the  Orders  or  Degrees  of  the  State  driving  to  out 
 do  each  other  to  exprefs  moft  devotion  and  refpeel:  towards 
 her.    The  next  task  was  to  fecure  the  Reformed,  whom  tlvry 
 look'd  upon  to  be  the  moft  difficult  to  be  m.mag'd.  They 
 had  loft  all  in  lofing  the  King  :  with  whom  we  may  fay,  that  Jjfon°  f' 
 they  had  feen  two  Qualities  expire,without  which  they  could  die  Refn- 
 not  expett  that  any   would  maintain  them.    The  one  was  mii- 
 the  affection  he  certainly  had  for  them,by  reafbnof  the  Service 
 he  had  receivM  from  them  in  his  greateft  Exigency,  and  be^ 
 caufe  he  look'd  upon  them  as  Friends  that  were  worthy  of 
 his  Confidence,  and  neceftary  towards  the  fuccefs  of  his 
 enterprifes.    The  other  was  Publick  Faith  and  fincerity, 
 which  he  valued  himfelf  upon,  beyond  all  other  Princes, 
 which  made  him  To  exaft  an  obferver  of  his  Word,  that 
 People  commonly  found  more  favour  in  the  performance, 
 than  he  had  made  them  hope  for  by  his  Promife.  Inftead  of 
 that  they  found  themfelves  at  the  mercy  of  a  Council  that 
 was  ill  affefted  towards  them,  in  which  their  ancient  Ene- 
 mies were  the  ftrongeft,   and  in  which  a  Cabal  rVeign'd,  of 
 which  all  the  defigns  tended  to  the  ruin  of  the  Proteftants.  whoare 
 Moreover  they  were  fencible  that  halt  an  Policv,   which  is  dreaded 
 chiefly  grounded  on  Fraud  and  Treachery,  would  fbon  get  ^ Si: 
 the  upper  hand  of  theCourt,  and  that  Promifes  would  oniy 
 ferveas  a  mask  to  furprife  the  credulity  of  the  People.  There- 
 fore the  Court  looked  upon  the  Reform     as  thofe  that  weyje 
 
 beft 
 
6  The  Hiftory  of  the      Vol.  II. 
 
 1610.  able  to  do  a  great  deal  of  harm  in  thofe  places  where  they 
 *s>r^  were  the  ftrongeft,  incafe  thev  would  make  ufe  of  their  ad- 
 vantages.   But  thofe  who  livM  in  places  where  the  fmallnefs 
 of  their  number  expos'd  them  to  be  infulted  upon,took  mea- 
 furcs  which  put  the  Court  to  a  greater  lofs  yet  3  becaule  they 
 might  perfwade  thofe  who  lived  in  diftant  Provinces,  that 
 the  Reforvid  could  expeft  no  good  from  the  Government. 
 Infomuch  that  many  of  thofe  w  ho  found  themfelves  too  weak 
 to  make  a  defence,  retir'd  in  divers  places  where  they  ex- 
 pected to  find  their  fafety :  as  if  there  had  been  caufe  to  fear  a 
 iecond  St.  Bartholomew  at  the  firfi:  Sedition. 
 FtifcMca-     This  Terror  not  only  difturb'd  the  minds  of  the  People : 
 furcs  ta-  italfoturnd  the  Duke  of  Snllys  brains,  who  made  a  falfe 
 the  Duke  ^eP'  wn'cn  ferv'd  for  a  fpetious  pretence  to  ruin  him.  As 
 of  Suity.   he  was  a  going  to  the  L ouvre  upon  the  news  of  the  King's 
 Death  }  meeting  with  fbme  Lords  by  the  way,  whom  he 
 invited  to  ferve  the  young  King  and  the  Queen  faithfully, 
 they  anfwering  him  that  it  was  a  thing  they  were  refolvdto 
 make  others  promife,  he  immediately  went  back,  and  fhut 
 himfelf  up  in  the  Bajlille.    Then  took  up  all  the  Bread  he 
 could  meet  with  at  the  Bakers,  and  caus'd  it  to  be  carried 
 into  the  Cattle,  as  if  he  had  been  afraid  of  being  ftarved 
 there  3  and  was  refblv'd  to  take  in  Provifions  tofufhina 
 Siege.    It  is  -evident  that  grief  and  furprife  deprivd  him  of 
 his  ufual  Prudence  and  Courage  :  but  at  the  fame  time  it 
 is  mod  certain  that  any  other  Man  would  have  been  as  much 
 at  a  lofs,  had  he  been  in  his  place.    He  had  reafbn  to  fear 
 not  only  that  his  places  were  in  danger  of  being  taken  from 
 him,  but  alfo  of  being  called  to  an  account  for  what  he  had 
 got  during  the  time  of  his  being  in  Favour,  which  was  con- 
 fiderable  enough  to  create  a  jealoufie :  So  much  the  rather 
 too  becaufe  he  had  kept  all  the  Kings  favours  to  himfelf,and 
 had  imparted  his  good  Fortune  to  nobody.    Whatever  fide, 
 he  turnM  himfelf  on,  he  beheH  none  but  Enemies,  the  Rc- 
 forn?d  accufed  him  of  Coldnefs"  and  Negleft.    The  Bigots 
 beheld  his  Credit  with  Trouble,  becaule  he  was  an  Heretic. 
 He  had  diipleafed  all  the  Courtiers  by  his  abrupt  uncivil  be- 
 haviour 
 
Bbok  I.      EitU  of  Nantes,  f- 
 
 haviour.  The  Queen  hated  him,  becaufe  he  had  often  taken  1610. 
 the  late  Rings  part  againft  hcr,and  that  the  Italians  that  were  *-/~v~^ 
 in  her  fervice  had  eggd  her  on  againft  him.  All  thefe  refte- 
 ctions  crouding  at  once  into  his  mind,  it  is  not  to  be  won- 
 dered at  if  he  found  himfelf  aftonifhed  i  efpecially  becaufe 
 he  had  not  a  Genious  to  take  proper  Refblutions  and  expe- 
 dients of  a  fudden :  he  requir'd  retirement  and  a  little  me- 
 ditation to  think,  after  which  he  commonly  chofe  pretty 
 well. 
 
 His  Terrors  were  alfo  increas'd,  by  fotne  fecret  advices  He  h  ad_ 
 he  received  to  look  to  himielf.    As  it  had  been  in  his  power  vifed  to 
 to  buy  Spies,  while  he  had  the  direction  of  the  Treafury.  Jjjjjyj? 
 he  was  informed  that  as  foon  as  the  Kings   Death  wab  '  e" 
 known  at  Court,  the  Queen  and  her  Confidents  let  fall  fume 
 words  which  threatened  him  Perfonally.    He  was  alio  in- 
 formed that  a  fecret  Council  had  been  held  at  the  Nuncios, 
 in  which  he  had  been  mentioned  }  and  that  it  behoved  him 
 to  think  of  his  fofety.  A  Princefs  whom  he  had  ingaged  in  his 
 intereft  by  caufing  her  Penfions  to  be  paid  with  eafe,  fent 
 him  the  lame  advice.    AH  this  being  confidered,  a  little 
 Terror  was  cxcufable,  and  another  perhaps  wrou Id  have  He  is  well 
 been  guilty  of  the  fame  weaknefs.    But  he  did  not  maintain  JJcmm 
 the  firft  ftep  he  had  made  :  he  went  to  Court  the  very  next 
 day  upon  fome  words  of  Civility  that  were  brought  to  him 
 from  the  Queen,  where  that  Princefs  received  him  very 
 well  5  and  the  King  who  was  too  young,  and  of  too  eafie  a 
 di/pofition.  not  to  follow  his  Mothers  inftru&ions  in  all  things, 
 looked  kindly  upon  him     Thofe  Civilities  blinded  him,and 
 whereas  he  had  formerly  given  the  Queen,  and  thofe  fhe 
 lov'd  great  caufes  of  difcontent,  which  he  had  a  mind  to  re- 
 trieve, he  fell  into  another  extream,  and  offered  his  Services 
 to  them  in  terms  which  favoured  a  little  of  lovvnefs.  He  had 
 fbon  after  caufe  enough  given  him  to  repent  it,  and  to  disco- 
 ver that  they  only  entertained  him  kindly  at  firft  to  laugh"  at 
 him.    Some  have  been  of  opinion  that  he  was  obliged  for  the 
 good  treatment  he  received  atfirft  to  the  ready.Money  he  had 
 in  the  £k/?/7/e,  which  they  had  a  mind  to  get  out  of  his  hands  : 
 
 for 
 
Sv  The  Hiflory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1610.  for  fear  that  in  cafe  they  mould  have  difoblig'd  him,  he 
 -/~v*^-  might  have  us'd  it  to  his  own  advantage,  and  perhaps  to 
 Arm  the  Reformed  in  his  behalf. 
 
 The  Mnrfhal  deBouillon,  who  made  himftlf  fear'd  by  his 
 Cm! it,  was  the  fooneft  gain'd  of  any.  He  did  not  10  much  as 
 tarry  till  he  was  courted  to  it,  he  offer'dhim{elf$and  made  ad- 
 vances to  the  Queens  Favourites,  which  many  people  thought 
 below  him.    But  there  was  alio  a  neceffity  offatisrVmg  the 
 Reform  d :  and  as  it  behov'd  the  Queen,  in  order  to  maintain 
 her  Authority,  not  to  take  polleffion  of  the  Regency  by 
 broils,  fheappl)'d  herfelf  earneftly  about  it,  after  fhe  was 
 once  cettain  of  it.    She  met  no  great  difficulty  in  it.  The 
 Reform*  d  ever  poiTefsd  with  the  fame  genius,  defired  nothing 
 but  their  Beltys  full  of  Preaching:  and  the  only  way  to  ob- 
 tain every  thing  from  them,  was  but  to  promife  them  the 
 obfervation  of  the  Edidh.  Therefore  upon  the  very  fir  ft  pro- 
 pofitions  made  by  their  Deputies  General,  the  Court  gran- 
 ted them  a  confirmation  of  the  Edici  of  Nantes,  in  all  the 
 Points  and  Articles  of  it,  together  with  that  of  all  the  other 
 ADeda-  Articles,  Regulations,  and  Decrees,  granted  and  given  upon 
 vScon- tne  interpretation  or  upon  the  execution  of  thatfolemn  Law. 
 firms  the  The  Declaration  thereof  was  expedited  on  the  29/Aof  May, 
 Edift.     anc[  verified  whhin  a  few  days  after.    They  would  not  have 
 made  Co  much  hafte  about  it,  but  that  they  were  afraid  of 
 giving  thofe  People  that  were  allarm'd  a  fpecious  pretence 
 of  taking  meafures  together  for  their  defence.  Moreover 
 the  faid  Declaration,  was  couch'd  in  terms  fit  to  remove  the 
 jealoufies  and  iufpicions  of  the  moft  Difident ,  infomuch, 
 that  if  expreflions  had  not  a  very  different  fence  in  the 
 Edicts  of  Kings,  from  the  Common. acceptation,  it  was  fuffi- 
 cient  to  perfwade  the  Reform W,that  they  mould  have  at  lead 
 as  much  quiet  under  the  Government  of  the  Son,  as  under 
 the  Prote&ion  of  the  Father     But  they  foon  ducovercl 
 tjiat  thofe  Magnificent  promifes   were  only  agreeable  II- 
 Mons. 
 
 it 
 
Vol.  II.       Edtt  of  Nantes.  £ 
 
 We  may  jidge  of  the  (Vile  of  the  Declaration  by  four  1610- 
 principal  things  that  were  fct  out  in  it.  The  (uft  was,  that 
 all  the  King's  Subjects,  botli  Catholicks  and  thofe  of  the  P.  uTS^ef 
 R.  Religion  endeavourd  by  a  laudable  emulation  to  out  do  one  fins- 
 another  in  exprcjjing  their  Obedience,  and  in  Aprons  and  Deport- 
 rngnts  which  might  teftifie  their  Fidelity.  This  praife  perhaps  was 
 a  little  toogrcat  for  an  Obedience  of  a  Fortnight's  {landing: 
 but  the  Commonality  is  often  taken  that  way.  They  are 
 ingag'd  to  give  what  is  require  of  them  by  fuppofing  it  to 
 be  given  already.  People  are  jngagd  in  honour,  and  are 
 difpos'd  to  render  themfelves  worthy  of  the  Praife  which 
 flatters  then,  by  g'ymg  it  to  them  before  they  have  de- 
 ferv'd  it.  The  ftcond  was  that  experience  had  taught  Lewk 
 the  13////  Prtdecedors  that  Fury  and  the  Violence  of  Arms 
 had  nut  only  been  inefectual,  to  bring  thofe  back  to  the 
 Roman  Church  that  had  quitted  it;  but  that  it  had  rather 
 p.rov'd  disadvantageous  to  them  :  which  had  obliged  them 
 to  apply  themfelves  to  miidnefs,  by  granting  the  free  exer- 
 cile  of  the  p.  R.  Religion.  The  third  was  that  the  Edict  of 
 Nantes  had  cftabJiuYd  a  firm  Peace  among  the  Subjects  of 
 both  Religions,  which  had  never  been  interrupted  fince. 
 The  fourth  was  that  the  Edict  of  Nantes  being  Perpetual 
 and  Irrevocable,  had  no  need  of  being  confirm  d  by  any 
 Declaration.  It  was  natural  to  judge  by  this  Claufe  that 
 this  laft  Edict  was  onjy  given  to  explain  the  fence  and 
 force  of  the  words ,  Perpetual  and  Irrevocable  3  and  that 
 it  determin'd  the  (lghiHcation  of  it  in  the  mott  natural 
 and  plained:  fence  that  could  be  given  in  the  Common  di- 
 alect. 
 
 We  eafily  believe  what  we  wifn  3  befictes.  it  is  natural  to 
 believe  that  others  look  upon  trjpie  tfings  as  truths  WlVfch 
 appear  to  us  certain,  and  un deniable.  Thercforea-  the 
 RtfornSdlooV'd  upon  vhpfe  four  Points  as  evident  truths.arjd 
 did  paffion.ately  dell  re  that  every  body  might  look  upon 
 them  asfuch,  they  eafily  belie  v'd  that  the  Court  had  the  lame 
 thoughts.  The  major  pare  of  them  fufifei'd  themfelves  to 
 be  blinded  by  it,  and  im.'gin'd  that  a  King  who  did  declare 
 
io  The  Hi/lory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 i6iO.  To  plainly  that  his  hands  weretyed  by  the  Edict,  of  which  he 
 v/"v^  becime  Garantee  and  Executor  in  the  Ring  his  Fathei's  room, 
 would  never  do  any  thing  againft  thoie  irrevocable  and  per- 
 Thefreeex-VSW^  difpofitions.    Moreover,  the  Court  in  order  thebet- 
 erdfeof    ter  to  heighten  the  fincerity  which  they  defign'd  to  make 
 tlfifm"d   a  mow  °£  p^blifh'd  a  Brief  that  fame  day  which  confirm'.! 
 at  Cbaren  the  favour  the  Reformed  had  rcceiv'd  four  years  before  from 
 ton.       tnc  iate  King,  by  permitting  them  to  perform  the  exercife  of 
 their  Religion  in  the  Town  of  Charenton.    And  to  omit  no- 
 thing that  might  contribute  to  deceive  the  fimple,  Perfons 
 were  appointed  to  infinuate  among  the  People  that  nothing 
 was  fo  proper  and  foneceflary  in  order  to  revenge  the  Kings 
 Death  which  the  pul lick  Voice  imputed  plainly  to  foreign 
 Intreagues,   as  a  good  underftanding  and  Peace  between 
 the  Catholicks  and  the  Reform  d,    Perfons  of  that  Character 
 were  not  wanting  to  intrude  among  the  Curious  and  Idle 
 fort  of  People,  who  met  together  to  difcourfe  about  pub- 
 lick  Affairs  :  and  they  never  fail'd  to  fay  that  it  were  better 
 to  perifh  than  to  leave  that  cruel  death  unpuniih'd.  Thofe 
 words  mov'd  the  Reform d  to  the  very  bottom  of  their 
 Hearts  j    becaufe  they  imagin'd  that  all  thofe  that  were 
 oblsgd  to  revenge  it,  were  indued  to  it  by  the  Principles  of 
 AfTcftion  which   mov'd  them."  By   thofe  Artifices  thofe 
 The  Be-    People  were  brought  back  again,  who  Hed  at  firft  out  of 
 forna'd  b°-  fcar  ;  grid  all  the  reft  were  deluded  into  an  affurance  of  fi'fei 
 fythofeAr-  ty,  and  never  perceived  their  Error  till  it  was  too  late  to 
 tificesfaii  remedy  it. 
 
 mo  a f<nd  Clergy  harrangu'd  the  King  and  Queen  that  year  } 
 
 Optnon  oi  ,  cj-  -II-  rr  ■  a    t     n.  •  i-fi 
 
 jafety,      but  they  only  mentionM  their  own  aliairs.    At  leak  it  did 
 not  appear  that  they  ask'd  any  thing  againft  the  Re- 
 form d,  whofe  jealoufies  they  were  unwilling  to  renew. 
 Nevei  thelefs  they  percciv'd   through  all  thofe  affectations, 
 that  evil  d< :%n's  were  hatching  againft  them,  and  that  it 
 f^fVT '  behov'd  them  to  feek  ou<  better  Sureties  than  the  bare 
 fidence     promiies  of  the  Court.    They  were  foon  inform'd  that  a 
 whkb  a-  private  Conncil  was  held  there,  in  which  none  but  Italians, 
 ™m       or  Jefuits  or  old  Leaguers,  or  Biggots  were  admitted  3 
 
 that 
 
Book  I.      EdiU  of  Nantes. 
 
 that  nothing  was  taJk'cl  of  there  but  the  Marriage  of  the 
 King,  and  of  his  elckft  Sifter,  with  the  Infanta,  and  Infant 
 of  Spam-.  The  breaking  of  ancient  Alliances  5  the  removing 
 of  the  Reformed  from  all  affairs  of  State :  The  Annihilation 
 of  Ed  ids  :  all  which  things  were  fuppos'd  to  be  link'd  toge- 
 ther, the  one  leading  of  neceflity  to  the  other.  Notice  was 
 taken  of  the  abufive  anfwer  of  Pilleroy  to  Sully,  in  a  Coun- 
 cil at  which  the  Queen  was  prefent,  and  in  which  they 
 were  treating  about  Expedients  for  the  fafetyof  the  State. 
 The  laft  opposM  the  putting  of  a  Garrifbn  in  Lyons,  where 
 it  was  no  longer  neceiTary,  by  reafon  that  by  the  Conqueft 
 of  Breffc,  the  (aid  City  was  no  longer  a  Frontier  5  to 
 which  Vilieroy  reply'd  that  it  was  neverthelefs  neceiTary  to 
 keep  Forces  there  becaufe  it  was  in  the  Neighbourhood  of 
 Lcfdiguieres  and  of  the  Huguenots,  who  were  as  much  to  be 
 fear  d  as  the  Spaniards.  The  Reformed  alio  obferved  with 
 grief  that  all  the  Rings  defigns  were  buried  with  him  5  and 
 that  the  Council  hardly  minded  the  affairs  of  Cleve  and  of 
 Julters  for  Honour  and  for  form  fake.  The  whole  project 
 of  that  War  was  alter'd,  and  the  third  part  of  the  Forces 
 the  Ring  had  defign'd  for  it,were  not  fent  thither.The  Com- 
 mand of  the  (aid  Army  was  given  to  the  Marfhal  de  U 
 Chatre,  tho  it  had  been  promis'd  to  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  : 
 which  alteration  was  made  at  the  folicitation  of  the  Popes 
 Nuncio,  who  was  affraid  the  faid  War  might  prove  ad- 
 vantagious  to  the  Proteftants  ;  and  that  the  Reform d  be- 
 ing Commanded  by  a  General  of  their  own  Religion, 
 would  be  too  fevere  towards  the  Catholicks  For  the 
 lame  Reafon,  raoft  of  the  Forces  that  were  rais'd  by 
 Lejdiguiercs  in  Daupbine'xn  order  to  be  joyn'd  with  the  D-.ike 
 of  Savoy,  were  disbanded.  All  the  hopes  that  had  been 
 conceiv'd  of  feeing  the  Kings  Death  reveng'd  vanifhed  in 
 a  (hort  time  ;  Since  that  far  from  going  about  it  with  that 
 Vigour  that  was  expe&ed,  it  was  obferv'd  that  even  thofe 
 who  were  oblig'd  in  duty  to  prolecute  it,  took  care  to  fti- 
 fle  what  ever  might  be  capable  to  difcoyer  the  miftery  of 
 that  Parricide. 
 
 C  2  Thers 
 
The  Hijlorj  of  the      Book  I. 
 
 There  were  fb  many  ftiftsrric'es  of  the  cold  rids  the  Court 
 !?:,  j  expfets'rf  to  revenge  the  Death  of  that  Prince.,  that 
 it  atmoft  form'd  a  demonstration  of  a  defire  to  the  contra- 
 ry.   There  fcenvd  to  be  a  great  deal  of  confrraint  and  ftu- 
 dy  in  their  Mourning}  and  whereas  they  affected  the  con- 
 trary of  all  the  Maxims  of  the  late  King,  people  prefunrd 
 that  they  were  not  much  concern',!  at  the  Death  of  a  Prince 
 who  had  put  fo  long  a  conftraint  upon  their  inclinations.  It 
 was  daily  obferv'd  by  fome  words  that  fell  from  thofe 
 who  mould  have  been  mofi:  concern'd  at  that  lofs,  that 
 thev  did  not  look  upon  that  accident  as  a  great  misfor- 
 tune :  and  the  remembrance  of  the  domcftick  vexations 
 the  Ring  had  been  fo  much  troubled  with  in  his  latter  years, 
 gave  great  caufe  to  fufped  that  tbofe  who  had  occafion'd 
 them,  had  but  little  regret  at  his  Death.    The  fpeculative 
 added  to  this,  that  after  the  tital  Blow,  fo  little  care  was 
 taken  to  fecure  the  Murtherer,  that  he  might  have  made 
 his  efeape  during  the  Tumult,  had  he  but  drr.pr  his 
 Knife  :  but  they  were  in  fome  mealure  fore'd  to  f  ize 
 hirjf,  becaufe  he  held  the  fatal  Inltrument  of  his  Crime 
 in  his    hand.    Seme    Perlbns   a   Horfeback  appearing 
 lit  mat  moment,  only  to  Cry  our  that  the  villain  ought  to 
 be  kili'd,  they  were  fuffer'd  to  efcape  without  examining 
 whether  they  went,    from    whence  thev  came  ^   tho  it 
 was  eafieto  Judge  that  their  advice  only  tended  by  his 
 D.  ath  to  remove  the  imans  to  penetrate  into  the  (ecret  of 
 the  Enterprife  .•  as  it  happen'd  by  the  Imprudence  of  thofe 
 that  (lew  the  Murtherer  or  Vfetity  the       upon  the  Spot. 
 After  the  Murtherer  was  leiz'd  ,  he  was  fo  ill  guarced, 
 "that  it  look'd  as  if  they  defir'd  to  favour  his  Efcape.  AH 
 people  were  allow 'd  to  fpeak  to  him  }  and  notwithftand- 
 ing  the  Horror  his  Crime  ought  to  have  infpir'd  in  every 
 body,  he  was  dilcours'd  with  by  Perfons  who  exprefs'd  no 
 ^reat  Aftonifiunent.    Even  in  Prifon  he  was  allovv-d  to 
 fpeak  with  fufpe&ed  People  5  neither  was  any  care  taken  to 
 Oblige  a  Fryar  to  explain  himfelf,  who  after  a  long  and  free 
 converfation  with  him,  had  the  boldnefs  to  exhort  him,  at 
 
 his 
 
Vol.  II.  E diU  of  Nantes.  15 
 
 his  going  not  to  accufe  perfbns  of  Worth.  The  Jefuit  1610. 
 Aubtgtti  being  nam'd  by  the  Criminal  as  a  Perfon  to  whom  v~'"V~s^ 
 he  had  confefs'd  himftlf,  came  of  vv  irb  barel  v  faying  to  Scrvin  J?  {J^ 
 Advocate  General,  that  God  had  given  him  the  Grace  toi'Aubigni. 
 forget  whatever  was  reveal'd  to  him  in  confeffion.  Thoie 
 of  his  Order  have  had  the  Impudence  to  lay,  after  the 
 Death  oi  that  greatMan,that^#/>/c;tf/  had  never  made  thatAn- 
 fvver,  and  that  it  was  invented  by  Servht  who  was  a  de- 
 clared Enemy  to  their  Society,  to  cafta  fufpition  upon  them 
 of  having  contributed  to  the  Death  of  the  King.  And 
 indeed  they  could  not  avoid  that  juft  fufpition,  which 
 went  farther  yet  in  the  minds  of  thofe  who  had  a  little  pe- 
 netration :  And  more  credit  was  given  to  the  Teftimony  of 
 a  Magiftrate  of  known  probity  than  to  the  Apology  of  that 
 Cabal  of  Villains,  woie  darling  vertue  is  Impofture.  More- 
 over what  Servin  r  ported  againft  Auhigni^  was  confirnfd 
 by  the  Common  Do&rine  of the  Society  upon  thefiibjeft- 
 of  Confeffion,  and  by  the  ufual  excufe  of  the  Conferfors 
 who  follow  their  Maxims.Cotton  the  Jefuit  and  feveral  others,  Ar.drfCot-- 
 brag^M  of  the  fame  Gift,to  forget  what  waste  e^i'  I  to  them  ton' 
 in  Confeffion  by  their  Penitents :  and  ti  t  fen  t  Jt  fait  had 
 had  the  confidence  to  make  very  remarkable  anfwers  to  the 
 late  King  upon  that  fabjeft.  The  King  had  been  warn'd  of 
 that  horrible  Maxim  of  the  Jefuits,  that  tho  it  were  about 
 the  Kings  Death,  ytt  the  I  ukn  to  vhem  it  were 
 reveal'd  in  Confeffion,  ought  to  conceal  it  with  an  invio- 
 lable lecrefie.  Cotton  being  queftion'd  by  the  King  him- 
 (elf  about  this  Do&rine,  maintain'd  it  to  be  good  and  truly 
 Chriftian  }  and  after  having  refufed  the  objections  that  were 
 made  upon  the  Confequences  of  thofe  Maxims,  by  divers 
 illufive  Precautions,  he  made  a  (hift  to  evade  (he  mofl: 
 Terrible,  by  a  wretched  excufe.  The  King  ask' J  him  how 
 he  would  behave  himfelf  in  cafe  any  body  fhoikl  reveal  to 
 him  a  Confpiracy  againlt  bis  Life,  finding  no  poffibility  to 
 difwade  the  Wretch  irom  doing  it  by  his  Exhortations,  or 
 advice  ?  lie  anfiver'd,  that  he  would  interpofe  h  s  body  be  - 
 tween the  King  aad  the  blow,  to  &vc  urn .at,  *he  fpipm  e 
 
i±  The  Hiflory  of  the      Vol.  II. 
 
 1 6 10.  of  his  own  Life.  But  Rich  ftrokes  depending  on  certain  mo- 
 ^/^rv-  ments,  which  offer  themfelves  without  being  forefeen,  and 
 in  which  it  may  happen  that  the  Confeffor  neither  ought  or 
 can  be  near  his  Prince,  It  is  eafie  to  judge  that  this  ridicu- 
 lous good  will  of  the  Jefuit,  could  never  fecure  the  Rings 
 Life  againft  the  enterprizes  of  a  Murtherer.  However  the 
 King  was  fore'd  to  receive  this  falfe  appearance  of  Fide- 
 lity, becaufe  there  was  none  more  folid  to  be  hop'd  for  ,  be- 
 fides  that  the  Ring  not  daring  to  offend  that  perfidious  So- 
 ciety, for  fear  of  proving  the  experience  of  thofe  dangerous 
 Maxims  on  himfelf,  was  redue'd  to  teem  fatisfid  with 
 thofe  vain  excufes. 
 
 They  added  to  all  the  Reflections  I  have  already  alledg'd, 
 They  avoyd  that  during  the  courfe  of  the  Information,  the  Commilfio- 
 \ntolhtH  ners  re^us  ^  to  receive  ^ucn  Evidences  as  might  have  fervd 
 Caufes «/  to  difcover  the  bottom  of  that  Miftery  of  Iniquity.    A  cer- 
 the  Kings  tain  Woman  who  had  ferv'd  the  Marchionefs  de  Verneuil, 
 *[      and  who  reveal'd  ftrange  things,  was  filencd,  altho' Queen 
 Marguerite^  who  did  not  want  Judgment,  look'd  upon  her 
 deposition  as  not  being  defpicable.    Even  afterwards  when 
 the  faid   bufinefs  was  brought  into  question  again,  the 
 Tellimony  of  the  faid  Woman  was  reje&ed  anew,  by 
 charging  her  with  a  thoufand  reproaches and  left  a  time 
 might  come  in  which  (lie  would  be  more  favourably  heark- 
 en'd  unto,  fhe  was  Condemnd  as  a  Calumniator  to  end  her 
 days  between  four  Walls.    The  whole  care  of  thofe  before 
 whom  the  Paricide  was  examind,  was  to  make  him  pafs 
 for  an  Hipocondriack  }  and  to  make  him  tell  fuch  motives 
 of  his  enterprize,  as  might  perfuade  the  World  that  he  had 
 undertaken  it  of  his  own  accord.    For  Inftance,  that  it  was 
 becaufe  the  Ring  had  not  redue'd  the  Reformd  to  Embrace 
 the  Catholick  Religion,  as  he  might  have  done.  Secondly, 
 becaufe  he  was  perfuaded  that  the  Reform' d  had  defign'd  a 
 Mafacre  againft  all  the  Catholicks  the  preceeding  year,  on 
 Chriflmas-Day.    Thirdly  ,  that  he  had  done  it  on  the  ac- 
 count of  the  great  Crimes  his  Conference  was  burrhen'd 
 with,  for  which  he  could  hope  no  Pardon,unlefs  it  were  by 
 
Book  I.       EdiU  of  Nantes.  i$ 
 
 fome  £reat  AdYion  that  n  ight  prove  advantageous  to  the  1610. 
 Catholick  Religion.  Althohe  pretended  that  thefe  thoughts  V~/"V"V~ 
 were  altogether  his  own,  it  was  not  hard  to  fee  that  they 
 were  more  likely  to  proceed  from  the  Infpiration  of  others  > 
 and  the  very  proofs  of  the  weaknefs  of  his  mind,  his  Vi- 
 fions,  his  disquiets,  feemd  to  many  a  ftrong  argument,  that 
 he  had  only  lent  his  hand  to  the  Defigns  of  Perfbns  who  had 
 better  heads  than  he.  Theft  thoughts  enter'd  chiefly  itxo 
 the  minds  of  thofe  who  had  heard  of  that  horrid  Chamber 
 of  Meditation,  of  which  ftrange  things  were  reported,  and 
 111  which  'tis  laid  that  the  Jefuits  inftru&ed  their  Penitents 
 in  a  very  extraordinary  manner  5  but  yet  very  fit  to  make 
 ftrong  Impreilions  upon  weak  minds.  From  whence  it  was 
 concluded  thatfuch  a  Man  as  this  Paricide,  had  been  a  fit 
 fubje&to  fuffer  himfelf  to  be  guided  by  jfuch  Illufions. 
 
 The  Country  of  the  Criminal  was  another  Source  of  ^J-jjJf 
 conjectures :  and  all  the  others  were  corroborated  bv  the"  ** 
 Reflections  that  might  be  made  upon  the  releafing  of  feve- 
 ral  Perfons  who  were  Prifoners  at  the  time  of  the 
 Kings  Death,  and  who  had  been  taken  up  upon  the  ap- 
 pearances of  a  Confpiracy  that  was  on  foot,  after  the  find- 
 ing, at  La  Fleche,  the  Book  I  have  mentioa'd  elfe  where. 
 None  but  two  or  three  unfortunate  Poitev'ms  were  Execu- 
 ted, and  perhaps  not  fb  much  upon  the  account  of  their  be- 
 ing the  mod  Guilty,  or  that  their  Entcrprize  was  the  moft 
 Important,  as  becaufe  it  was  neceffary  to  perfuade  the  vul- 
 gar, that  the  others  would  have  been  punimed  alfo,  had 
 they  been  found  Guilty  as  well  as  thefe.  Perhaps  alfb  the 
 better  to  fhfle  the  remembrance  of  a  Confpiracy  in  which, 
 none  but  Catholicks  were  concern'd,  they  thought  fit  to  Ex- 
 ecute thole  Wretches,  becaufe  there  was  a  Proteftantamo ng 
 them  3  In  order  to  perfuade  the  World  that  this  Confpi- 
 racy to  the  profecution  of  which  a  flop  was  put,  and  of 
 which  the  King's  Death  might  be  the  fequel,  was  nota  work 
 of  the  Catholicks.  But  nothing  confirmed  thefe  thoughts 
 more  than  the  reports  of  the  King  s  Death,  which  for  fome 
 time  had  been  fpread  through  Europe.  The  News  of  that  ve- 
 
\6  The  Hijiory  of  the     Book  I, 
 
 1610.  ry  Murther  was  reported  the  fame  day  on  which  it  was  com* 
 ^~v~  mitted,  in  places  fo  diftant  from  Park  ,  and  with  fuch 
 circumftances,  as  were  impoflible  to  be  known  without 
 Divine  Revelation,  or  without  having  known  the  thing 
 Originally.  It  was  very  natural  from  thence  to  conclude, 
 that  there  were  places  in  which  the  Kite's  Death  was 
 fpoken  of,  as  a  thing  that  was  expected  5  aiid  confequently 
 that  there  was  a  Confpiracv  by  which  that  Death  was 
 prepaid  :  and  that  thofe  that  were  concern'd  in  it,  en- 
 dcavom'd  to  conceal  the  jecret  of  it,  by  making  him  pals 
 for  the  Author  of  the  Emerprife,  who  had  only  been 
 the  Executioner. 
 
 In  a  word,  It  was  thought,  that  thofe  who  Governd, 
 Sufpithns  defign'd  to  conceal  the  true  Motives  of  that  Death  trom 
 of  the  mofl  the  People,  and  not  to  dive  too  far  into  the  fecret  of 
 peatatn*-^  for  fear  Qf  difcovering  Perfons  of  fo  high  a  Hank,  and 
 who  were  fo  nearly  related  to  the  King,  that  it  would 
 be  dangerous  to  attack  them  5  efpecially  in  a  State  where 
 tne  leaft  pretence  might  have  fiilfd  all  ».  ith  Factions  and 
 Disturbances.  Neverthelefs,  thefe  confiderations  did  not 
 (ecure  thofe  Perfons  from  being  expos'd  to  the  fecreft 
 Judgments  of  thofe  who  had  a  diffident  difpolltion  5  and 
 the  mifery  that  has  attended  their  latter  years,  has  been 
 look'd  upon  by  forne,  as  a  punifhment  for  their  neglect 
 of  difcovering  the  Authors  of  a  Crime  which  a  thouland 
 reaibns  obhg'd  thetn  to  Revenge.  However  the  Reform  d 
 were  fencibly  griev»d  to  fee  nothing  but  the  Blood  of  fo 
 unworthy  a  Victim  fpilt  upon  the  Allies  of  that  Hero. 
 This  difference  indeed  has  been  obferv'd  between  the 
 Death  of  Henry  the  ^th  and  that  of  his  Predeceflor,  that 
 this  was  abfolutely  forgotten  :  whereas  Henry  the  4///J- 
 occafion'd  Civil  Wars,  and  that  it  was  not  the  fault  of 
 his  good  Subjects  if  it  was  not  more  exactly  inquire!  in- 
 to. It  was  particularly  the  paffionare  defire  ot  the  Re- 
 form who  feeing  how  much  the  memory  of  their  Pro- 
 tector was  neglected,  concluded  that  the  Court  had  as 
 little  inclination  to  maintain  what  he  had  done  astoRevei.ge 
 his  Perfon.  All 
 
Vol.  II.       EdiB  of  Nantes. 
 
 All  this  convinc'd  them  that  they  had  more  rcafon 
 than  ever  to  dread  furprizes  and   violences  :  and   their  Jh 
 Terrors  increas'd  when  they  heard  that  the  double  Alliance  Alliance 
 with  Spain,  which  they  had  been  To  much  afraid  of,  was  »**  sPain 
 
 ,.     r     <~  i    .  %  i        i  •  i      x»     n    i     J  refolvd 
 
 ufon. 
 
 finally  refolv'd  upon.  In  the  mean  time  the  Marftial  de 
 Bouillon  being  defirous  to  deferve  the  Queen's  favour,  and 
 to  improve  the  times,  and  the  alterations  that  were  hap- 
 pen'd  in  affairs,  ftoopt  even  to  pleafe  her  Confidents  and 
 condefcended  to  (ell  his  Place  of  firft  Gentleman  of  the 
 King's  Chamber  to  Conchini,  who  was  afterwards  Marquefs 
 and  Varfhal  d"Ancre  :  a  Man  unworthy  of  that  Rank,  whe- 
 ther we  confider  his  Birth,  Perfonal  Qualifications,  or  his 
 Services.  The  Marfhal  obtain'd  great  advantages  by  it,  as 
 to  his  Intereft  5  but  his  Credit  prov'd  never  the  greater  for 
 it  and  Conchini  was  not  of  a  Nature  to  be  ingag'd  out  of 
 Gratitude.  The  Queen  bchav'd  heritlr  kindly  towards  him, 
 in  order  to  ufe  him  as  a  Tooltoruin  the  Reform d  5  and  the 
 complanance  he  had  for  her ,  contributed  considerably  to- 
 wards the  Ruin  of  their  Affairs.  But  whereas  that  Lord 
 had  commonly  more  than  one  profpett,  he  did  not  abfo- 
 lutely  confi  le  on  thole  appearances.  Therefore  he  endea- 
 vour'd  to  ftrengthen  himfelf  and  his  Party  by  a  confi- y/Jj  H' 
 derable  Conquelt.  The  Prince  of  Conde  who  had  nothing  Eouiiicn 
 more  to  fear  at  Court  after  the  King's  Death,  had  been  if^Z'e 
 recall'd  there.  At  his  firft  arrival  he  conjhhed  the  mod  p>%ce  of 
 confiderable  of  the  Reformed;,  and  particularly,  before  he  C  rdc- 
 would  appear  there,  he  refolv'd  to  confer  with  the  Duke 
 of  Sully,  as  if  he  had  defign'd  to  regulate  himfelf  according 
 to  his  advice.  It  appear'd  by  the  lequel  that  he  had  not  re- 
 liftYd  it:  and  he  exprefb'd  but  little  regar'd  for  him  on  di- 
 vers occafions.  But  the  Marfhnl  de  Bouillon  who  had  a  bet- 
 ter Genius,  and  greater  jefiahs  than  the  Duke  of  &///>, 
 fanq'd  that  it  might  be  poliible  to  petfuade  the  Prince 
 to  return  to  the  Communion  of  the  Reformed  Religion  3 
 that  having  been  bred  among  them  in  his  tendered  years, 
 and  having  before  his  Eyes  the  example  of  his  Father,  and 
 of  his  Grand- Father ,  whole  Names  had  been  made  fo 
 
 D  famous 
 
tS  Hha  Bfttoy  tflk  BookT. 
 
 1 616.  famous  by  the  Wars  of  Religion,  it  Would  be  ea'fie  to 
 vV~v~^  f'ecnl  him  to  their  Union.  He  urgM  very  powerful  Reafons 
 to  him  upon  that  .Subject.  He  reprdemed  to  him  what 
 might  prove  the  Confequences  of  a  Minority,  which  was 
 a  Source  of  Civ'u1  Wars.  He  deicrib'cl  to  him  the  Power 
 of  the  Reformed  which  having  a  Prince  at  their  Head 
 was  fnfficient  to  difpoie  of  the  Regency.  He  alledg'd 
 the  Example  of  the  two  la  ft  Princes  of  Con:k  5  and 
 'endeavour'd  to  fliow  him  that  Reformation  ought  to  be 
 Heriditary  to  their  Family,  and  that  it  was  in  fome  mea- 
 fure  infeperable  from  their  Glory.  He  reprefented  to  him 
 that  in  a  Conjuncture  of  Affairs  when  the  Government 
 was  weak,  the  Court  at  odds,  and  the  remainder  of  the 
 Kingdom  divided,  he  might  be  ftrong  enough  with  the 
 Reform d  to  obtain  the  firft  Authoiity  himfelfT  He  feem'd 
 moreover  to  give  him  a  glimpfc  that  Time  might  oc- 
 casion fuch  a  turn  of  Affairs,  as  would  allow  him  to 
 think  on  greater  thing?.  But  whether  the  Prince  did  not 
 think  affairs  di/pos'd  to  fo  eafie  a  fuccels  5  or  whether  his 
 Education  had  inJpir'd  him  with  Ir'refolution  and  Timerouf- 
 neis$  or  whether  thoie  who  had  been  intrufted  with  the 
 Government  of  his  Youth  had  given  him  an  averfion  for 
 a  Religion  which  had  contributed  fo  much  towards  the 
 Glory  of  his  Houfe  \  or  finally,  whether  he  thought  it 
 more  fuitable  with  his  defigns  to  remain  a  Catholick^ 
 becaufe  he  did  not  think  it  impoffible  to  lecure  the  Re- 
 firm'd  onh\s  fide  without  embracing  their  Doctrine,  and  to 
 ingage  them  to  joyn  with  the  Malecontented  Catholicks 
 under  him,  he  did  not  relifh  thofe  propofitions,  and  he 
 took  other  meafures  to  advance  himfelf. 
 
 The  Deputy's  General  obtain'd  fome  favourable  An- 
 *  Vetitms fwc  r  s  to  *  the  Cahiers  they  prefented  :  particularly  upon 
 /aTambrcthe  Subject:  of  the  Sufficiency  or  Power  of  the  Chamber 
 Miparcie,  of  Grenoble  3  and  upon  fome  difputes  of  the  Chamber  of 
 tbebSfes  Accounts  of  Provence  againft  the  Reformed,  to  hinder  them  , 
 Jtrepart  from  removing  their  Caufes  to  that  4  Party-Chamber. 
 cathduks  Moreover  they  obtain'd  Decrees  and  CommifTions  upon 
 
 and  part  1  . 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiB  of  Nantes. 
 
 that  Subjedf  ill  the  Month  of  February  of  the  following  161a 
 Year.  The  King  alfo  promis'd  to  write  to  the  Duke  of  w/"VVw 
 Savoy,  to  oblige  him  to  grant  to  the  Reform  d  of  the 
 Marquifat  of  Sal/tees,  who  had  been  conftrain'd  to  remove 
 from  thence  upon  the  account  of  Religion,  leave  to  go  and 
 come,  there  to  receive  the  fruits  of  the  Eftates  they  had  left 
 behind  them ,  or  to  difpofe  of  them  3s  they  (hould  think 
 fit.  And  whereas  the  Reformed  complain'd,that  the  Eftates 
 of  Daitphivc  made  them  contribute  towards  the  Gifts  they 
 made  to  Monks  and  Nuns,  either  by  way  of  Penfion, 
 or  to  Build,  or  repair  their  Convents,  or  Churches  :  and 
 that  they  refus'd  even  to  receive  or  Regifter  the  oppofitions 
 of  the  Reform'*!  :  the  King  fetting  afide  what  was  paft,  for- 
 bid the  E ft atcs  to  Comprehend  the  RcfomSd  for  the  future 
 in  the  like  Impofitiom  5  and  to  make  them  amends  for 
 not  ordering  the  Restitution  of  the  Sums  they  had  been 
 obhgd  to  pay  till  then,  he  granted  i8co  Livers  which 
 mould  be  rais'd  upon  fuch  Lands  of  the  (aid  Country  as  were 
 Lyable  to  Contributions  towards  the  charges  of  the  journey 
 the  l> Tinys  of  that  Province  had  lent  to  Court  to  follicit 
 that  affair. 
 
 But  the  moft  Important  Affair  of  the  Year  was  the  di£  mkr*ct  of 
 grace  of  the  Duke  of  Sully,  who  loft  his;  Super  Intendency  the D*tf0/ 
 of  the  Finances,  and  the  Government  oi  'he  B.ifille.  Nc-  ^ull-v" 
 vcr  did  people  argue  more  upon  the  Caufes  of  an  Event, 
 than  they  did  upon  this  fall  :  and  the  Reform  d  them- 
 felves  lookcl  upon  it  as  a  ire ci mm  of  the  Evil  that  was  de- 
 figr/d  to  AeflSi  The  Court  of  Rome  had  murmet  'd  fo  long 
 to  fee  the  \  inances  in  the  Power  of  a  Proieftant,  th.u  it  is 
 very  likely  that  Religion  had  a  (hare  in  the  renlbn*  for 
 ■which  they  were  taken  &o*i  them.  But  on  the  other  bawd 
 it  was  as  clear  as  Day  that  the  ancient  discontents  or  the 
 Queen,  of  Qonchim,  of  his  Wife,  and  of  fome  others  were 
 the  principal  Motives  of  it.  His  Zeal  for  reducing  the  Houie 
 of  Anflria  had  made  him  Odious  to  all  Paliionate  Catho- 
 licks,  or  to -thole  that  enter'd  into  the  Intreagues  of  Spain. 
 His  unfociable  humour  had  created  him  Enemvs  among 
 
 D  2  all 
 
zo  The  Hiftory  of  the      Book  E 
 
 i  6 1  o.  degrees  of  People  :  and  even  during  the  time  of  his  Favour, 
 -~,"vv--;  a  letter  had  teen  written  to  him  without  a  Name,  but  yet 
 pretty  well    Pen'd,  to  exhort  him  to  be  more  Complaifant 
 and  more  Liberal.    The  Count  ofSo/Jfovs  hated  him  for  the 
 ill  Services  he  had  often  done  him  by  taking  the  King's  part 
 againft  him.    The  Prince  of  Condt  was  dilgufted  by  him  } 
 and  upon  that  account  had  followed  the  advice  of  the 
 Marfhal  de  Bouillon  his  Enemy.    SiHery  Vilkroy,  and  Jcannin, 
 who  were  the  three  Heads  of  the  Council  that  govern' d  all 
 the  reft,  had  conceiv'd  of  old  a  hatred  of  Ambition  againft: 
 him  5  becaufe  he  had  a  greater  fhare  than  all  of  them,  both 
 in  Affairs,  and  in  the  Kings  favour.    Moreover  he  deprivd 
 them  of  the  Pleafure  to  which  Men  of  their  Quality  are  moft 
 knciblc,  not  allowing  them  the  leaft  Authority  in  the  man- 
 agement of  the  Finances,  which  he  had    the  Sole  dif- 
 pofal  of  without  imparting  it  to  any  body:  fo  that  they 
 could  neither  inrich  themfelves  nor  their  Creatures.  Being 
 thus  aiiaird  on  all  fides,  and  fccondcd  by  none,  it  was  im- 
 potlible  tor  him  to  defend  himfelf  againft  the  Revenge,  Anr 
 bition,  and  Avidity  of  Co  many  Enemies.    Nothing  fpoke 
 in  favour  of  him  at  Court  but  his  Fidelity,  his  Labours 
 and  Long  Services :  but  thole  are  but  little  regarded  there, 
 unlefsonehas  better  Recommendations  3  and  that  Merit  be 
 feconded  with  Flattery,  and  Complaifance. 
 who  is  re-    Therefore  after  having  maintain'd  himlelf  in  his  Places  for 
 moved frm  t*ne  fpace  of  fix  Months,  he  receiv'd  an  order  from  the 
 %F*nd'  Queen  to  refign  the  Finances,  and  the  Government  of  the 
 from  the  Bdjhlle.    But  that  which  prov'd  moft:  offenfive  to  h'.m,  was 
 mZTnfthe  that  they  were  taken  t'rom  him  in  an  inlulting  manner  5  perr 
 Silk,   fuading  him  that  he  had  defir'd  to  be  difcharg'd  of  them,and 
 to  receive  a  Recompence  inftead  thereof.    The  Pretence  on 
 which  the  Court  gave  this  Turn  to  his  Difgrace,  was  that 
 when  he  offer'd  his  Services  to  the  Queen,  he  at  the  fame 
 time  offer'd  his  Perfon  and  Places  to  her  in  terms  that  were 
 very  pofitiveand  full  of  exageration.    But  tho  it  was  only 
 meant  as  a  Compliment,  the  Queen  took  it  in  the  Verbal 
 Senfe,  and  feem'd  to  have  underftood  that  in  Earneft,  which 
 
Vol.  II.       EdiB  of  Nantes. 
 
 zi. 
 
 Sully  had  only  (aid  to  exprefs  his  Devotion  the  better  to  1611. 
 that  Pririced.  So  that  the  Command  he  receiv'd  to  "^V*^ 
 rcfign  his  Places ,  was  pen-d  in  fuch  a  manner ,  that  it 
 feemMto  be  a  favour  he  had  defir'd  }  the  remainder  of  his 
 Employments  were  confirm'd  to  him  and  he  was  allow'd  a 
 recompcnce  of  300000  Livers  for  thofe  that  were  taken 
 from  him.  This  was  accompanied  witli  ExprelTions  and 
 Teftimonies  of  his  Majefties  being  very  well  fatisfied  with 
 his  Services.  The  Queen  writ  every  where  to  give  an  Ac- 
 count of  this  Removal,  and  of  the  Reafons  that  had  indued 
 her  to  it  :  fo  that  (Tie  prepoflefs'd  peoples  minds,  which 
 fo  bold  an  attempt,  at  the  beginning  of  a  Regency,  might 
 have  been  capable  to  fhake,  had  Sully  fpokenfirft. 
 
 The  Duke  feeing  himfelf  depriv'd  of  the  high  Credit  he  Hemitestt 
 had  poflefi'd  at  Court  during  the  Life  of  his  good  Matter  }  tbe  Sjteen. 
 and  dreading  perhaps  that  this  firft  ftroke  was  but  a  fpe- 
 cimcn  of  what  they  defignM  againft  him,  refolv'd  no  longer 
 to  appear  in  a  Place  uhcre  he  had  (6  many  Enemies,  and  in 
 which  he  could  make  but  a  very  melancholly  Figure  for 
 the  future.  Therefore  he  removd  to  Sully  within  a  Weeks 
 time,  and  from  thence,  in  order  to  be  reveng'd  of  thofe 
 that  had  injui'd  him,  Perfons  who  little  valued  that  Ven- 
 geance, or  rather  to  acquaint  all  Europe  with  the  injuftice 
 that  had  been  done  to  him,  he  writ  an  Apology  in  the  form 
 of  a  Letter,  to  the  Queen.  It  was  very  ftrong  and  bold. 
 He  difown'd  the  pretences  that  were  us'd  to  divert  him  5 
 and  conftantly  refund  the  profer'd  Recompences.  He  de- 
 clar  d  that  he  would  have  been  lefs  offended,  if  the  mo- 
 roflnefs  and  untradtablenefs  of  his  Humour  had  been  alledg'd 
 as  the  caufeof  his  difgrace,inftead  of  a  pretence  which  turmd' 
 him  into  Ridicule }  and  which  under  the  appearance  of  an 
 Approbation  of  his  Services,  deprivd  him  of  his  Employ- 
 ments, as  if  he  had  been  unworthy,  or  incapable  of  them. 
 He  exprefs'dhis  Services  in  it,  in  Terms  that  look'd  (onit- 
 what  like  a  Reproach  :  and  demonftrated  that  he  had  fav'd 
 upwards  of  two  Millions  by  hi?  management.  It  is  certain 
 atleaftthat  he  had  acquitted  the  King'sdebts,  clear'd  his 
 
zi  The  Hijlory  of  the      Book  I. 
 
 1 6 ii.  Demefnc,  and  Revenues*  and  put  his  Exchequer  in  at  bet- 
 v-/^v^;  ter  condition  than  ever  it  had  been.    So  that  he  might 
 fpeak  the  more  boldly,  becaufe  he  hadnoEnemys  that  could 
 be  fo  impudent  as  to  deny  it.    Some  Replys  were  di(pers'd 
 againfl  him  }  but  at  the  bottom  thofe  who  had  thrown  him 
 down  thought  they  might  content  themfelvcs  with  his  fall, 
 and  Co  left  him  the  Confolation  of  not  diluting  with  him 
 about  the  truth  of  his  Services. 
 Gemai       Neverthelels  that  affair  was  canvasM  again  in  a  General 
 Affembfy    Afl'embly  which  the  Reformed  held  that  year  at  Saumnr  j 
 chaftdie-  anc*  nac^  not  t^e,r  Di  virions  hindred  them  from  taking  good 
 raud.      Refolutions,  or  from  putting  thofe  in  Execution  which  they 
 had  taken,  the  Court  would  have  been  very  much  at  a 
 lofs.  The  Deputys  General  had  followed  the  King  to  Rheims, 
 where  he  was  gone  to  be  Crown'd,  and  had  obtain'da  Brief 
 of  the  io//j  of  O&ober  of  the  preceding  year,  which 
 allow'd  the  holding  an  Afl'embly  at  Chatelleraud  on  the 
 iith  of  May  following.    But  the  (aid  Brief  oblig'd  the 
 Deputies  only  to  Treat  about  the  Nomination  oi  thofe 
 that  were  to  fucceed  Mirande,  and  VilUrnoul,  and  forbad 
 them  to  meddle  with  any  thing  elfe.    To  fay  the  truth  that 
 prohibition  was  amereillufion  :  fince  that  the  Nominati- 
 on of  new  Deputies  implying  of  courfe,  as  Henry  the  Wth 
 had  explain'd  it  at  the  Synod  of  Rachel,  in  1607,  the  care  of 
 receiving  the  account  of  the  Deputation  of  thofe  that  had 
 preceeded  them  3  and  that  of  Writing  new  Inftru&ions  for 
 thofe  that  did  fucceed,  and  to  prefcribe  them  thofe  things 
 which  they  were  to  Iblicit  at  Court,  it  was  allowable  un- 
 der that  Pretence  to  fpeak  of  all  the  Complaints  that  were 
 *  Petitions  to  be  incerted  in  the  *   Cahiers  of  the  Provinces  j  and 
 «r  Addref-  Qc ^\\  fafa  things  as  the  Deputies  might  be  order  8  to  ask  of 
 the  King  for  the  Common  fafety.    Therefore  all  things  re- 
 lating to  Religion  had  all  along  been  debated  in  Affeni- 
 blies  of  that  Nature  5  and  they  us'd  to  draw  Cahiers  there 
 to  which  that  Alfembly  received  an  anfwer   before  their 
 breaking  up. 
 
 When 
 
Vol.  IT.       EM  of  Nantes.  i$ 
 
 When  the  Breef  Was  granted  for  Chatelkraud,  the  Duke  of  1611. 
 SWSjp  ftffl  enjoy 'd  his  imployments:  bnt  when  the  Time  for^r^-/ 
 the  meeting  ofthcAffembly  drew  at  hand,  the  Court  be- 
 gan to  fear  that  th^  faid  exafperated  Lord  would  render 
 him  fclf  Matter  of  the  Affembly,  incafe  they  were  allow 'd  to 
 fit  in  a  Town  of  his  Government,  and  therefore  they  thought 
 fit  to  remove  it  to  another  place.    Therefore  the  King  or-  Remov'dts 
 dered  the  Deputies  by  a  new  Breef  of  the  id  of  May  to  re-  ^auj^ 
 pair  to  Sammrr,  as  a  Place  more  agreeable  and  more  conve-  grief. 
 nicnt.    Thi  alteration  made  aFl  of  a  fudden,    without  fo 
 much  as  harkning  to  the  RemonfVrances  of  the  Deputies 
 Tjencral,fecm'd  veryftrange  to  the  Deputies:,  and  lb  much  the 
 rather,  becaufe  it  proved  the  confequence  of  the  Marfhal  de 
 BouilI>n$  arrival  at  Court.  In  effect  this  new  order  was 
 given  foon  after  his  having  fpoken  with  the  Queen.  This  Prin- 
 cefswho  was  deflrousto  make  ufe  of  him  to  divide  the  Re- 
 y<?r^W,dazzel'd  him  by  the  marks  of  her  Confidence  5  and 
 ask'd  his  advice  in  things  {he  had  refolv'd  before  hand  5  as 
 if  (he  tarry 'd  for  his  opinion  to  determine  her  felf.    It  prov'd 
 no  hard  task  to  make  him  content  to  the  transferring  of  the 
 Aflembly,  by  Teafon  that  he  being  at  odds  with  the  Duke 
 of  Sully ^  dreaded  a  concurrence  in  a  place  where  the  faid 
 Duke  was  the  ftrongeft.    His  proceedings  in  the  fequel  made 
 fome  believe  that  he  himlelf  had  infpired  the  thoughts  or 
 that  Alteration. 
 
 Nevertbelefs,  he  had  exprefsd  very  good  intentions  &  V*l%t*~ 
 firft  :  And  when  the  AfTemblv  was  refolv'd  upon,    he  lYad  wilen^°" 
 oblig  d  dtt  Plejfis  to  draw  Inductions  to  be  lent  into  the  Pro-  sM  by 
 vinces.to  ferve  as  an  overture  to  form  the  *  Cahiers  of  thePro- tbe 
 vincial  Aflemblies.    The  Marfhal  de  Lefdiguieres  was  of  the  *  Petithm 
 opinion  of  Marfhal  de  Bouillon-^  and1  both  imploy'd  BelUijon^;sAddr^' 
 to  incline  du  Plejfis  to  it.    He  confented,  and  having  com- 
 municated the  Memoirs  he  had  drawn  to  them,  he  [<y  ■ . 
 them  of  his  opinion :  So  that  molt  of  the  Provinces  then 
 confer m'd  to  it.  inff-Wmi* 
 
 He  fpoke  about  the  Quality  of  thofe  that  were  to  be  de-^^^r 
 puted  by  every  Province  ^  and  propofed  the  fending  ©f  Per-  }mbfy. 
 
 fons 
 
The  Hifiory  of  the     Book  I. 
 
 Tons  of  Quality  and  Sufficiency  That  they  mould  deflre 
 the  Lords,  and  the  Perfbns  of  moft  Authority  to  appear 
 there  $  That  it  would  be  proper  to  deliberate  whether  they 
 could  relinquish  fomething  of  the  laft  fettlements  in  the  next 
 Aflembly,  by  reafon  of  the  Conjuncture  of  the  times  5  That 
 the  Deputies  (hould  be  allowed  by  their  I  nit  ructions  a  power 
 to  acquiefs  to  what  ever  they  (hould  think  ufeful  and  ad- 
 vantageous for  the  Churches,  when  propos'd  by  others  3 
 That  it  (hould  be  left  to  their  difcretion  to  remain  aflembled 
 all  or  part  5  untill  the  Aflembly  had  received  fatisfaction  j 
 That  the  demands  of  the  Provinces  mould  be  modeft,  left 
 they  (hould  be  accus'd  of  taking  an  advantage  of  the  Pub- 
 lick  Catam  ties,  to  make  a  qnarel }  That  they  Ihould  all  be 
 grounded  as  much  as  poffible,  either  ex prefsly,  or  by  good 
 confequences  upon  the  Edicts  and  Conceflions  j  That  the 
 wcakeft  Provinces  fhould  not  be  jealous  of  the  ftrength  of 
 the  others,  and  that  they  (hould  look  upon  the  Power  of 
 thefe  as  their  feenrity.  This  Article  was  one  of  the  moft 
 nectllary,  becau/e  there  were  already,  as  I  have  oblerv'd 
 elfewhere,  Seeds  of  Divifion  in  the  diverfity  of  Opini- 
 ons of  the  Reform  d  according  to  the  places  where  they  did 
 inhabit.  Thofe  who  liv'd  in  the  Provinces  where  they  were 
 the  weakeft,  were  afraid  of  offending  the  Court,  and 
 had  commonly  great  complaifances  for  it ,  which  they 
 knew  very  well  how  to  abufe.  They  imagin'd  that  as  they 
 were  not  in  a  condition  to  make  a  defence  they  would 
 revenge  upon  them  all  the  Vexations  they  fhould  receive 
 from  the  Provinces  where  the  Reformed  were  moft  for- 
 midable. The  others  on  the  contrary  believed  with  reafon, 
 as  experience  has  fhew'd  it  fince,  that  provided  the  Reform  d 
 were  made  formidable  in  thofe  places  where  they  were  the 
 ftrongeft,  their  Power  would  ferve  as  a  Buckler  againft  the 
 weaknefs  of  the  others,  and  that  while  they  had  good  Places, 
 and  good  Garrifbns  in  the  Southern  Provinces,  the  Court 
 would  be  fure  not  to  moleft  thofe  that  were  at  their  difcrecti- 
 on  in  the  adjacent  Provinces.  After  this  proceeding  to 
 more  particular  proportions,  he  was  of  opinion  to  defire 
 
 the 
 
Vol.  IT.      EM  of  Nantes.  25 
 
 the  Pve-eftablifhment  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  in  all  Points,  fuch  16 1 1 
 as  it  was  agreed  upon  with  them,  and  confign'd  into  their  ^^"^ 
 hands:  as  alio  that  the  Brcef  of  the  Places  of  Surety  mould 
 be  re-eftablim*d  in  the  fame  manner  j  That  the  places  loft 
 upon  the  account  of  the  Governor's  changing  their  Re- 
 ligion, or  otherwife  fliould  be  reftor'd  }  That  the  keeping 
 of  all  the  (aid  places  mould  be  continued  at  leaft  for  Ten 
 Years  longer  '■>  That  the  fum  promis'd  to  maintain  the  Gar- 
 rifons  there,  one  half  of  which  had  been  retrenched  mould 
 be  re-eftablilh'd  3  That  the  Payments  mould  be  made  quar- 
 terly, without  Deduction,  in  the  very  Places  :  That  Mea- 
 fares  fhould  be  taken  to  prevent  the  Abufcs  that  might  be 
 committed  in  providing  for  vacant  Governments,  to  the 
 prejudice  of  the  Churches  That  they  might  be  allow'd 
 to  Fortifiefuch  places  as  time  had  decay'd.  He  added  that 
 they  fliould  complain,  that  upon  the  pretence  of  thofe 
 places  which  the  Reform  d  had  in  pofleiTion,  they  were  ex- 
 cluded from  all  other  Imployments,  and  Dignities,  as  if 
 they  could  have  defcrv'd  nothing  by  their  Services,  beyond 
 what  they  had  }  That  they  fhould  defire  that  the  resignations 
 of  the  Governments  of  thofe  places,  fhould  not  be  receiv'd 
 without  the  approbation  of  the  Churches  5  The  fame  as  to 
 the  places  of  Counfellors  and  Prefidents  of  the  Chambers  5 
 That  a  free  liberty  fhould  be  allowed  for  the  compofition, 
 impreffion,  Sale  and  diftribution  of  all  the  Books  that 
 fliould  treat  about  the  Reform  d  Do&rine. 
 
 He  obferv'd  at  the  end  of  thofe  Articles,  that  the  Catho-  ^ufesof 
 licks  would  have  no  reafon  to  wonder  at  their  making  new  ^frrL 
 demands,  fmce  it  was  a  thing  that  had  been  done  by  every  feemed  u 
 body  fince  the  Kings  Death  ^That  the  Catholicks  of  Beam  be 
 and  the  Jefuits  had  done  the  fame    That  the  Reformed  ha- 
 ving loft  their  main  Security,  by  the  Death  of  a  King  who 
 could  protect  them  .ig.iinft  Violent  Councils,  were  cxcufa'ole 
 in  taking  new  precautions }   That  nevcrthelels,  thole  they 
 denYd  were  for  the  moft  part  relating  to  the  Conceftions 
 of  that  Prince. 
 
 E 
 
 In 
 
z6  The  Hiftory  of  the      Book  I. 
 
 1611.  In  the  next  place,  he  proposM  to  dcfire,  that  the  Places 
 <s'v~^  that  had  been  allowed  for  the  Exercife  of  their  Religion, 
 on  'oftbe  for  certain  Towns,  in  places  that  were  too  diftant,  mould 
 inflmZti-  be  removcl  nearer,  to  the  end  that  they  might  be  the  better 
 fecuted  againft  the  Infolence  of  the  People,  by  the  facility 
 of  making  their  application  to  the  Magiftrates  ;  That  the 
 Article  relating  to  Church- Yards,  which  cxpos'd  them  to 
 lb  many  Barbarities,  mould  be  reform'd  5  their  Corps  be- 
 ing often  taken  out  of  the  Grave  again,  long  after  their 
 Interment,  That  fuch  Preachers  and  Confeffors,  as  taught 
 that  thofe  who  hold  any  Communication  with  the  Reform  d, 
 ferve  and  affift  them,  are  Damn 'd,  might  be  punifh'd  as  Se- 
 ditious Perfons,  and  infractors  of  the  Edicts:  That  two  places 
 of  Matters  of  Requeft  might  be  given  to  the  Reform'd,  the 
 fir  ft  time  Gratis  and  a  Notary's  Place  in  every  Royal  Tri- 
 bunal, or  at  leaft  in  every  place  of  Surety,  paying  a  mode- 
 rate Fine  for  the  fame  3  That  the  Jefuits  mould  not  be  al- 
 lowed to  refide  in  the  places  of  Surety  5  That  fome  Towns 
 might  be  allow'd  to  them  at  an  eafie  rate,  in  fuch  Provinces 
 where  they  had  none,  and  where  there  was  a  great  number 
 of  Reformed  s,  That  they  might  be  allow'd  to  hold  a  Gene- 
 ral AiTembly  every  other  Year  5  That  the  Deputys  General, 
 two  in  number,  nominated  by  the  Aflembly,  might  refide 
 at  Court  at  the  King's  Charge  5  That  the  Provincial  Deputies 
 might  apply  themfelves  to  the  General  without  being  oblig'd 
 10  make  their  application  to  the  Governoursand  Lieutenants 
 General  of  the  Provinces. 
 
 The  Provincial  Aflemblies  having  partly  followed  du  Pltffls 
 irs  in  their  Inftrucrions,  the  Deputies repair'd  from  all 
 and  the    Pnrts  to  Saumtir,  where  they  met  to  the  number  of  Seventy 
 Quality  of  perfons,  among  which  there  were  Thirty  out  of  the  Body  of 
 ties!***'  tDe  Nobility,including  thofe  that  had  beendefird  to  affift  at 
 the  laid  Aflembly  without  an  exprefs  Deputation^  the  Dukes 
 of  Bouillon,  of  Sully  1  and  feveral  others.  The  Dukes  of  Rohan 
 and  of  Soubife  were  there  as  Deputies  for  the  Province  of 
 Bnttain,  The  Count  otPanjas  and  la  Force  for  the  lower 
 Guyenne  :  Chattillon  Grand-Son  to  the  Admiral,  for  the  lower 
 
 Lan- 
 
Vol.  II.       Ediftof  Nantes.  17 
 
 Langiiedock  '  The  Marquifs  of  Serviercs  for  the  upper  Guy-  16  it. 
 emie.    Lefdigueres  had  lent  Bcll*jon  thither,  to  manage  his  V-/*V^- 
 Interefts  ,  and  whereas  he  was  not  as  yet  certain  whither  he 
 could  confide  in  the  Court,  he  was  willing  to  remain  in  the 
 Union  of  the  reft  of  the  Reformed.    Rochel  which  held  the 
 Rank  of  a  Province,had  four  Deputies  there  5  and  the  Princi- 
 pality of  Beam  had  as  many  ,  but  there  was  fomething  very 
 lingular  in  relation  to  that  Princpality,  which  kept  at  a  di- 
 ftance  upon  the  account  of  their  Priviledges.    As  there  had 
 been  a  neceflity  to  make  a  particular  Edict  to  regulate  the 
 Reform  d  Religion  there,  they  pretended  that  the  Edict:  of 
 Nantes  was  not  made  for  them.    For  which  reafon  they 
 joyi'd  with  the  other  Provinces,  rather  as  a  Confederate 
 Province,  than  as  a  Member  of  the  fame  Body  ;  left  in  cale 
 the  Union  were  fti  ickter,  that  which  might  happen  to  thole 
 that  were  regulated  by  the  Edicl:  of  Nantes  would  extend  to  aw  thofe 
 (hem,  and  prejudice   their   particular  Priviledges.    The  S"",, 
 Court  had  carefully  manag'd  that  overture  of  diviiion  even  " 
 in  H.my  the  Fourth's  time,  and  fince  his  Death  they  look'd 
 upon  it  as  an  occafion  to  begin  the  mine  of  the  Party  } 
 becaufe  they  might  allege  to  the  reft  of  the  Reformed,  while 
 they  oppiefsed  their  Brethren  of  Beam,  that  whereas  that 
 Province  was  not  a  Member  of  their  Body,  and  did  not  live 
 under  the  fame  Laws,  they  had  no  reafon  to  complain  of 
 the  alterationsthat  were  defign'd  there.  The  fiqud  willfhow 
 how  the  Court  made  ufe  of  that  Expedient  to  overwhelm 
 the  Reform 'd,  who  had  been  amus'd  by  the  illufion  of  a 
 Royal  Promife.    But  now  it  will  fuffice  to  lay,  that  the 
 Council  would  not  allow  the  Complaints  of  that  Province 
 to  be  incerted  in  the  General  *  Cahier,  and  thai  they  were  *Jf£ *■  * 
 oblig'd  to  make  a  particular  Petition 
 
 There  were  alfu  ;o  Minifters  deputed  in  the  laid  Alletnblv, 
 and  16  Elders:and  whereas  this  had  a  refemblance  to  the  States 
 General,  which  the  Reformed  teemed  to  imitate,  by  thefe 
 three  different  orders  of  Deputies,  that  Consideration, and 
 feveral  others  as  trivial  and  as  vain,  were  us'd  to  pei  fuade 
 the  Queen,  and  particularly  the  King,  a  Prince  who  was 
 
 E  2  jealous 
 
28  The  Hi/lory  of  the      Book  I. 
 
 1 6 1  r.  jealous  of  his  Authority,  even  in  his  tendered  Years,  tho  in 
 ^^""v^  his  riper  years  he  never  had  the  power  to  preferve  it,  that  it 
 was  a  kindof  Republick,;  nd  State  within  the  State,  which  the 
 Reformd  defi^n'd  to  ereft  to  maintain  themlelves.  Moreover 
 it  was  obferv'd  in  that  Aflembly  that  the  Deputies  of  fome 
 Provinces  had  figrAl  their  Credentials  themfelves,  and  had 
 hgn'd  them  alone,  whither  it  were  that  fear  had  hindered 
 the  Heads  of  the  Provincial  A ffernblys  from  putting  their 
 aive  De-  names  to  it  $  or  whither  Divifion  had  already  produe'd 
 canons,  that  effect  in  the  Provinces  adjacent  to  the  Court }  or  finaly, 
 whither  not  having  been  able,  or  not  having  dar'd  to  form 
 Particular  Aflemblies,  they  had  been  fore'd  to  an  nnnfn.nl 
 way  of  proceeding  to  make  that  Deputation.  However  the 
 Aliembly  having  heard  their  reafons,  laid  afide  Forms, 
 and  acknowledged  them  lawful  Deputies  of  their  Pro- 
 vinces. 
 
 fnmftan-  But  there  happen' J  a  misfortune  at  the  very  Overture  of 
 %arfhai  r^c  Aflembly  which  neither  time,  nor  the  urgency  of  Affairs 
 de  Bouii-  could  ever  repair.  The  Mai  fhal  de  bouillon  had  often  de- 
 Ion  about  clared  to  divers  perfbns,  and  had  told  dn  Plejfis  by  the 
 prefi  lhi-  Quxchzis  deUTrimouilk  his  Siftcr-in-Law,Thatin  order  to  a- 
 void  Dilcord  and  Jealoufie,  it  was  neceflary  not  to  give  the 
 Prefidentfhip  to  a  Lord  of  the  greateft  Quality.  This  leem'd 
 to  proceed  from  a  very  good  intention  5  by  reafon  that  he 
 being  1  he  moft  likely  perlon  to  obtain  that  honour,  upon 
 the  account  of  his  Age,  of  his  Experience,  and  ofhisQuali- 
 Hty,  he  feem'd  to  renounce  to  an  acquired  Right  for  fear  of 
 creating  jealoufies  among  thole  who  had  not  near  his  Merit, 
 or  Quality  :  He  never  feem'd  to  alter  his  fentiment,  untill 
 his  firft  advice  had  been  approv'd  of  by  all  thole  who  ap- 
 peared in  the  Aliembly.  Dh  Plejfis  had  had  time  enough  to 
 communicate  it  to  all  the  Deputies,  becaufe  the  Marfhal 
 came  to  Sautnur  a  day  after  all  the  reft.  They  had  fo  much 
 confederation  for  him,  that  they  deferrd  the  Overture  of 
 the  Aliembly,  till  his  arrival.  Without  doubt  they  did  very 
 well  to  exprefs  that  refpeft  for  him,  fmce  he  affected  on  fo 
 many  occalions  during  the  whole  Sefllon,  to  take  offence 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  29 
 
 at  their  refolutions,  that  it  was  eafie  to  fee  that  he  had  a  16  n. 
 mind  toquarel  with  them  5  and  that  he  would  certainly 
 have  taken  a  pretence  to  do  it,  upon  their  not  doing 
 him  the  honour  to  tarry  a  day  for  him.  He  had  laid  no- 
 thing till  he  came  within  two  or  three  Leagues  of  Saumur^ 
 by  which  any  body  could  judge  that  he  had  altered  his 
 mind  about  the  Prefidentfhip.  But  then  he  began  to  ex- 
 prefs  that  he  had  another  profpeft,  and  that  he  was  fo  far 
 from  defiring  that  the  great  Lords  mould  be  excluded  from 
 that  honour,  that  he  pretended  that  it  could  not  be  given 
 to  any  body  but  himfelf,  without  injuftice.  He  exprefs'd 
 himfelf  publickly  about  it  at  Sauwur  5  and  carried  the  thing 
 fo  far,that  he  dehVd  the  Prefidentfhip  as  a  thing  that  was  due 
 to  him  5  intimating  that  he  would  look  upon  a  refufal  as  a 
 fencible  affront. 
 
 The  Aflembly  endeavour'd  to  divine  the  reafbn  of  that  0f.which 
 alteration  5  but  they  could  do  it  no  otherwife  than  by  un-  the  reafrnt 
 certain  conje&ures :  fome  look'd  upon  it  as  an  effect  of  the 
 Flattery  of  fome  Deputies,  who  had  perfwaded  him  that  he 
 was  in  fome  refped  born  Prefident  of  the  General  AlTem- 
 blies  3  and  that  he  mould  wrong  himfelf  tofufferany  other 
 to  be  nominated  in  his  Pretence.  Others  imagin'd  that  the 
 reafon  of  his  firft  fentiments  proceeded  from  adefign  to  hin- 
 der the  Affembly  which  was  then  fummon'd  at  Chatelkratd, 
 from  honouring  the  Duke  of  Sully,  Governour  of  that 
 Province  with  thePrefidentfhip}  but  that  the  orders  being 
 changd  as  to  the  place,  by  transferring  of  the  Aflembly  to 
 Sauvtnr,  where  the  Duke  of  Sully  had  no  moreintereft  than 
 he,  he  judged  that  the  faid  precaution  was  no  longer  ne- 
 ceflary.  Others  thought  that  this  new  advice  came  from 
 the  Court,  and  that,  he  had  promiled  the  Queen  Services 
 which  he  would  be  better  able  to  perform  being  Prefident, 
 than  having  but  one  Vote  to  give,  as  a  Member  of  the 
 AiTembly.  Du  Plejfts  us'd  his  utmoft  endeavour  to  obtain 
 that  fatisfacYion  for  him,  and  the  Ele&ioa  of  a  Prefident 
 was  defen'd  upon  that  very  account,*  untill  the  Afternoon, 
 tho  it  was  ufual  to  name  him  before  the  Sermon  of  ths 
 
 Over- 
 
 are  un- 
 
$o  The  Hiftorj  of  the      Book  I. 
 
 \6i\.  Overture.    But  neither  the reafons of  du  Pleffis, and  the  ex- 
 oTpkflls'  am^e  °f  n  s  Province,  nor  yet  the  threatnings  of  theMar- 
 ekped  dial  who  protefted  that  he  would  retire,  incafe  they  refused 
 Prefident.  ^un  tnc  Preiidentlhip,  could  prevail,  nor  hinder  Ten  Pro- 
 vinces out  of  Sixteen  from  electing  du  PleJJis  Prefident.  None 
 but  fix  gave  their  Votes  for  the  Marflial.    Clyamier  Minifter 
 of  Montelimar  was  nominated  Affociate  to  du  Plcjjis  5  and 
 Dcs  hordes  Merrier,  Son  to  that  Merrier  fb  famous  for  his 
 HeexcHfes  Learning  in  the  Hebrew  Tongue,  was  elefted  Secretary.  The 
 himfeij  in  Marflial  exprefs'd  his  difcontem  by  fo  many  marks,that  du  Plef- 
 vain.      jfS  thought  himfelf  oblig'  J  to  make  excufes  not  to  accept  the 
 honour  that  was  done  him  t>  and  to  go  out  of  the  Aflembly 
 to  let  them  deliberate  about  his  excufes.    But  he  was  una- 
 nimoufly  defired  to  accept  the  Place  that  was  given  him  by 
 the  Plurality  of  Voices.    Without  doubt  there  enter' d  fome 
 jealoulie  in  that  Nomination  :  And  whereas  there  were  Pro- 
 vinces whofe  Deputies  would  not  have  yielded  to  the  Mar- 
 fhal  of  Bouillon  jt  is  very  likely  that  they  chofe  rather  to  give 
 the  firft  Rank  to  a  Man,  who  could  not  pretend  to  it,  un- 
 Jefs  it  were  by  his  Merit  and  Probity,  than  to  the  Marina  J, 
 who  thought  it  due  to  his  Quality.    Moreover,   Sully  who 
 look'd  upon  him  as  his  Enemy,  and  who  had  great  concerns 
 to  propofe,  undoubtedly  prevail  d  with  his  Friends  not  to 
 do  him  the  affront,  to  cleft  a  Man  Prefident  whom  he  had 
 reafon  to  dread  every  thing  from. 
 Difcoment     The  Marflial  being  highly  exafperated  at  this  flight,  threat- 
 °lhaiD%.  ned  highly  to  refent  it,  and  to  retire  from  Saumw  the  ve- 
 ry next  day.    Neverthelek,  the  Night  appeas'd  part  of  his 
 anger  }  and  he  was  perfwaded  out  of  fome  considerations 
 not  to  make  fo  much  hafte.    Du  Plejfis  gave  him  the  belt 
 reafons  he  could  think  on  5  and  protefted  to  him,  that  he 
 had  never  fought  after  the  honour  that  was  done  him,  ei- 
 ther dire&ly,  or  indirectly  j  made  lincible  remonftrances  to 
 bim  about  the  liberty  that  ought  to  be  allow*d  to  the 
 Churches  on  thofe  occafions  5    alleviated  the  offence  by 
 all  the  Turns  he  could  give  to  it,  and  particularly  by 
 the  deference  he  exprefrd  for  him,  during  all  the  Seffion. 
 
Vol.  II.       Ediit  of  Nantes. 
 
 But  tho  the  Marfhal  fcem'd  fatisfied  with  thofe  Civilities,  he 
 fhovv'd  in  the  ftquel  that  he  had  not  forgot  his  threatnings 
 to  be  reveng'd.    Neverthelefs,  a  Reconciliation  was  made  ta  *be 
 between  him  and  Sully  }  and  after  they  had  told  one  another  dtd  to  the 
 whatever  they  had  to  fay,  they  concluded  by  reciprocal  f^f 
 Proteftations  of  Friendship.    After  this  the  Marftials  mind 
 feem'd  to  be  moved  again  by  the  Ipirit  of  Concord,  and 
 to  aim  at  the  Publick  good,  as  well  as  the  reft  of  the  Af- 
 fembly.    His  advices  were  great  and  bold  in  divers  occafi- 
 ons :    efpecially  in  the  Cafe  of  the  Baron  de  Senevieres  , 
 Governour  of  Chatillon  upon  Indre.    That  Gentleman  had 
 lately  embracd  the  Reform  d   Religion  :   which   had  ex- 
 cited the  Catholicks  of  the  Town  to  the  utmoft  fury  againft 
 him-    They  took  up  Arms  againft  him,  and  refolved  to  de- 
 molifh  all  the  fortifications  of  the  Cattle  5  and  in  order 
 to  hinder  Senevieres  from  living  there ,   to  ruin  all  the 
 Places  in  which  he  could  have  inhabited  conveniently.  The 
 Marlhal  of  Bouillon  made  an  Ordinance  upon  that  Subject  , 
 to  appeafc  the  Inhabitants.    But  what  he  did  to  fatisfie  them  And  mr- 
 only  ferved  to  exafperate  them  the  more  :  fo  that  Senevieres 
 was  reduced  to  great  ex treams,  had  not  the  Aflembly  un-  nevicres. 
 dertaken  his  defence.  ihg 
 
 And  indeed  it  behoved  them  aot  to  neglect  an  affair  of  bij  its  the 
 that  Confequence.  It  was  a  new  place  which  Senevieres  did/*"*, 
 put  into  the  hands  of  the  Reform  d :  and  it  was  their  intereft 
 to  maintain  thofe  that  imbrae'd  their  Religion,totheend  that 
 luch  as  (hould  be  inclined  to  do  it  for  the  future,might  not  be 
 difwaded  from  it  out  of  fear  of  lofing  their  Impk>yments. 
 Moreover,  the  mofr  Important  Priviledge  of  the  Edicl:,  was 
 that,  which  declared  the  Reformed  capable  of  all  forts  of 
 Imployments :  and  it  was  a  vifible  derogation  of  that  Pri- 
 viledge, to  confent  that  a  Man  who  was  in  pofleflion  of 
 an  imployment  while  he  was  a  Catholick,  mould  be  depri- 
 ved of  the  fame  for  changing  his  Religion  :  Since  that  being 
 either  Catholick  or  Reform  d  he  was  equally  quallified  for. 
 it.  But  betides  the  intereft  of  Senevieres,  and  that  of  the 
 general  Caufe,  there  was  yet  another  which  obliged  the 
 
 Aflembiv 
 
3x  The  Hiflory  oftbe       Book  K 
 
 1611.  Aflembly  to  concern  themfelves  in  that  Affair.  There  was 
 v^v^  a  report  of  another  Governour  who  was  hindered  of  de- 
 claring himfclf,  out  of  fear  of  being  turned  out  of  his 
 Government  the  next  day.  All  this  determined  the  Aflem- 
 bly to  rake  Scneviercs  caufe  in  hand  :  and  by  the  advice  of 
 the  Marflial  de  Bouillon  himfelf,  wlao  fent  one  of  his  atten- 
 dants, to  inquire  about  the  excefles  committed  by  the  Ca- 
 tholicks,  they  deputed  the  Baron  of  Senas  to  the  Court, 
 with  pofitive  InftrudVions  5  refblving  not  to  treat  about  any 
 thing  with  the  King's  Commiftioners  which  were  expe&ed 
 at  Santmir,  untill  they  had  obtained  fatisfeclion  for  that 
 difbrder. 
 
 Itdesli  But  this  Rcfolution  produced  but  little  effect.  The 
 the  Mar-  Court  evaded  the  Petitions  of  the  Aflembly  by  an  illufory 
 ^^'^Commiflion,  which  was.  given  to  Frere  a  Matter  of  Re- 
 quefts,  a  Man  often  imployed  in  Affairs  in  which  the  fim- 
 ple  were  to  be  amufed.  This  Commiflioner  maintained 
 Senevieres  in  the  Government,  and  in  the  Pofleflion  of  the 
 Caftle,  but  it  was  upon  very  hard  Conditions,  which  lea- 
 ving him  the  Title  of  Governor,  neverthelefs  deprived  him 
 of  the  Authority  of  it.  Among  other  Claufes  he  oblig'd 
 him  to  keep  the  Draw-Bridge  ever  down }  and  to  keep 
 but  five  Servants  about  him :  which  expofed  him  to  all  the 
 enterprizes  of  the  Catholicks.  The  Marthal  cle  Bouillon  af- 
 ter having  fe en  the  King's  Commiftioners,  refufed  tofpeak 
 any  further  for  Senevieres neither  did  he  fuffer  himfclf  to 
 be  moved  by  the  Remonftrances  of  the  Aflembly.  As  for 
 the  Governour  who  feemed  to  be  difpofed  to  embrace  the 
 Reformed  Religion,  he  was  exhorted  to  make  his  Declara- 
 tion fpeedily  5  and  the  Aflembly  promifed  to  ufe  their  ut- 
 moft  endeavours  to  protect  him. 
 TbeO&th'%  The  Affair  of  Senevieres  was  treated  of  on  the  very  firft 
 tfVnion'.  day  of  the  Aflembly.  The  next  day  they  renewed  the 
 Oath  of  Union,  which  had  been  taken  on  other  occafi- 
 ons  of  the  like  nature  ;  and  a  Draught  was  made  of  it, 
 which  only  contain'd  two  points  :  The  one  was  Obedi- 
 ence to  the  King  5  and  the  other  Concor'd  and  no  Self- 
 
Vol.  II.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  25 
 
 Intcreft  among  the  Reform'd,  rbr  their  Common  Preferva-  i6it. 
 tion  under  the  Protection  of  the  King ,  and  within  the 
 hounds  of  their  Allegiance.    And  yet  this  Oath  was  Co 
 ill  obfcrv'd,  that  even  during  the  SelHon  of  the  Aflem- 
 bly,  Difcord  and  intcreft  were  like-  to  ruin  all.  Never- 
 thelcis  all  the  Deputies  took  it  without  the  lcaft  fcruple  5  Amh,r 
 and  the  Duke  of  Sniffa  who  had  formerly  oppos'd  thole  oath  a- 
 Renovations  of  Union,  was  not  one  of  the  lea  ft  diligent  jjjjjj" 
 to  enter  into  it  5  becaufe  he  was  fencible  that  the  Com-  de*img 
 mon  Caufe  would  lecuic  his.    They  took  another  Oath,  both  m 
 whtfh  obhg'd  all  the  Members  not  to  make  Biigues  to  ^ 
 .  btain  the  Nomination  of  Deputies  General,  or  to  be  im- 
 p]»>y'd  in  the  Deputations  that  mould  be  lent  to  the  Court. 
 This  Oath   was  as   ill  kept  as  the  firft  a   and  thofc  Bri- 
 dies were  made  almoft  publickly.    Jn  the  next  place  Corn- 
 mi  ill  oners  were  nam'd  to  draw  the  *  Cafaai  of  the  Com-  *  pethwt 
 plaints  and  demands  they  mould  have  occafion  to  make 5 
 and  an  order  was  made  that  all  fuch  as  fhould  have  any 
 £cret  o.  important  A  flairs  to  propofe,  f-ould  declare  the 
 (aJDe  to  the  .v.odera tors, before  they  mention'd  them  to  the 
 Anembly. 
 
 The  Duke  of  Sully's  Affair  was  treated  of  at  Large  :  He  7*9 '  exa- 
 made  a  long  Remonstrance  to  the  AlTtmbly  :  He  aWwer'd  JJV^ 
 the  Complaints  or  thole  who  had  found  fadt  with  his  Ith^Duke 
 giving  his  DcnfliiJion  wi  hout  having  Hr  \  confuhed  the  ad-  jJ^JJjL 
 vice  o£  the  Provinces:  And  he  allegM  for      ^ca^fl^  tfcat  Z 
 he  had  been  prefs'd  too  much  to  have  time  toconfuk  ;hen>  ,  "urfe  ro 
 Lefidc,  nhat  the  Qi teen  had  given*  notice  of  it  her  fetf,  in  ex?l*-ni!- 
 caufing  the  News  of  his  deftitutien  to-    be  wii;en  every 
 Vricce.    That  he  did  not  dare  to  complain,  ior  fear  of 
 oflcrding  the  Co'jrt  in  laying  the  fcrmh.    That  1  v  had  not 
 confnrtd  to  liis  f'.i!  out  or  choice,,  but  obedience;,  and 
 that  h.e  had  been  tore'd   to  do  it  in  fome  incline.  That 
 neverthelefs  he  had  done  nothing  as  yet  in  relation  to  the 
 recompence  he  might  pretend  %  not  having  taken  any  re- 
 iolution  about  it  yet,  lb  t!;atit  was  frill  time  eno  :gh  to 
 take  advice:  and  he  dTird  it  upon  four  things: 
 
 F  Whether 
 
16  The  Hiflorji  oftbe        Book  I. 
 
 j  6  [i.  Whether  hefhbuld  leave  all  things  as  they  were?that  is  never 
 nltore  to  mention  a  refta hi i figment,  or  recompence.  Secondly, 
 Whether  fuppoHng  that  he  mould  fpeak  about  it  again,  he 
 IHodM  defire  onl)  to  be  re-eftablifhM  in  his  Places?  And  Jlircfy, 
 Whether  all  hopes  of  being  reftcr  d  to  them  being  taken  away, 
 he  mould  accept  the  Recompence  that  was  offer'd  to  him.From 
 thence  he  took  occafion  to  make  the  fourth  Queftion,  v/z. 
 Whether  in  cafe  heftiould  accept  a  Recompence,  he  fhould 
 receive  one  of  Honour  and  Safety,  or  of  Profit  and  Conve- 
 nience :  that  is,  whether  he  fhould  defire  a  Marfhal's  Staff, 
 or  a  new  Government }  which  he  call'd  Honour  and  Safe- 
 tv  >  or  whether  he  mould  accept  the  300000  Livers  ; 
 which  he  call'd  Profit  and  Convenience?  After  this  hede- 
 fird  the  Affembly  above  all  things  to  confider  whether  his 
 ;<ffair  was  General,  and  related  to  the  Obfervation  of  the 
 Edift,  or  whither  it  was  particular  to  himfelf.  In  the  next 
 place  he  endeavour'd  to  exciife  the  Queen,  tho  (he  vvas  the 
 real  caufe  of  his  diigrace.  He  alfo  added  a  recital  of  the 
 Services  he  had  done  the  State  5  of  which  he  alledg'd 
 for  proofs,  of  one  fide  the  fatisfa&ion  the  King  had  ex- 
 prefs'd  to  him  about  it  ?  and  on  the  other  the  Comparifon 
 of  the  Sta;e  of  Affairs,  when  the  Adminiftration  of  it  was 
 committed  to  his  care,  and  wheii  it  was  taken  from  him. 
 His  remonftrance  would  have  been  very  moving,  if  to  all 
 this  he-  could  have  joind  fome  marks  of  his  Services  to 
 his  Religion,  and  to  the  Churches  of  France,  while  it  was 
 in  his  power  to  doit. 
 The  Affm-  The  Affembly  declar'd  that  the  Duke  of  S»l//s  Affair 
 bif  h  of  o-  concern  d  all  the  Churches  5  fince  that  confidering  his  great 
 fAk'iflir a°d  known  Services,  no  reafbn  could  be  given  for  his 
 conctrns  fall  but  his  Religion.  They  concluded  that  he  ought  to  ac- 
 tbeir  Reli-  n()  other  recompence  for  his  Services  but  of  Honour 
 and  fafety.  They  promis'd  to  order  the  Deputies  Gene- 
 ral to  joyn  with  him  in  the  profecution  of  that  affair. 
 They  defu'd  both  him  and  his  Son  not  to  lay  down  the  re- 
 mainder of  their  Places :  and  they  promis'd  to  aflift  him  by 
 all  lawful  means,  in  cafe  he  fhould  be  unlawfully  profecu- 
 
Vol.11.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  27 
 
 ted  •■)  which  they  would  incert  in  the  Inftrucfions  of  the  \6n. 
 Deputies  General.  This  Protection  was  due  to  ihe  Duke  ^"yr^ 
 bv  the  Churches,  if  it  be  true  that  his  affc&ion  for  them 
 transported  him  beyond  the  bounds  of  Prudence  and  Kc- 
 ipeft,  in  the  Council  where  Villeroy  propos'd  to  put  a 
 Garrifon  of  Switzers  into  Lyons ^  contrary  to  his  advice, 
 as  I  have  heretofore  related  it.  Things  went  fo  far  be- 
 tween thofe  two  Lords,  and  Villeroy  fpoke  of  Sully  and  of 
 the  Reform  d  in  terms  which  exprefsd  fb  much  contempt, 
 and  inveterate  averfion,  that  it  is  laid,  that  Sully  anfvverd 
 him  that  he  would  find  a  way  to  hinder  him  from  lacrifi- 
 cing  them  to  the  Policy  of  Spain:  and  that  he  even  threatned 
 to  ftrike  him,  which  added  a  potent  Reafon  to  thole  which 
 the  Cabal  of  Spain  had  already  to  remove  that  furly  fuperin- 
 tendent  out  of  the  Treafury,  and  to  ruin  his  Credit.  The 
 rVemonftrance  he  had  made  to  the  Affembly,  being  defign'd 
 fur  the  PubUek,  as  well  as  for  them,  the  Cop)s  he  dif- 
 pers'd  of  it  occafion'd  the  Anfwer  of  an  unknown  Per- 
 (on,  Intituled  Advertifemcnt  given  by  an  Overfecr  of  Cha- 
 renton  to  the  Affembly  of  Saumur. 
 
 It  was  properly  a  Satyr  againft  the  Duke,  which  under 
 the  Notion  of  remonftrating  what  anfwer  ought  to  be  made  knfmr  fd 
 to  his  four  Queft ions,  turn'd  him  into  Kidicule  in  a  very  Mcwfe*'' 
 fcornful  manner.  The  Author  in  the  fit  ft  place  told  them 
 that  it  was  not  necedary  to  exhort  the  Dyke  to  keep  the 
 Places  he  had  left,  becaufe  he  was  diffidently  inclin'd  to 
 do  it  ofhirmelf.  That  they  mould  advile  him  to  flick  to 
 his  firft  propofition,  viz.  To  leave  things  in  the  State  in 
 which  they  were,  without  endeavouring  either  to  be  re- 
 cord, or  to  receive  a  recompense  b  and  to  egg  on  his 
 Generofity  in  that  point.  That  they  mould  rembriftrate 
 to  him  that  it  would  be  vain  to  attempt  the  fecond, 
 viz.  To  be  reftor'd  5  fince  his  Place  was  taken,  arid  in  the 
 pofTefiion  of  a  Man  .is  eaue  cf  Accefs,  and  as  Civil,  as  Sully 
 had  been  difficult  and  Surly  :  It  was  Sthoniberg,  who  was 
 as  lavifh,  as  Sully  had  been  rigoroufly  fparing.  That  as 
 to  the  Third,  about  the  recompence  that  wascr      '  :n\ 
 
 F  2 
 
z8  The  Hijlory  of  the      Book  T. 
 
 they  mould  permadehim  to  fiaftmit  to  the  King  who  would 
 ^"V"^  have  him  to  accept  it.  That  upon  the  Fourth,  which  rela- 
 ted to  the  nature  of  the  Kecoripnce,  he  ought  to  de- 
 clare himfelf  about  it.  That  what  wns  befallen  him,  ought 
 to  be  look'd  upon  as  one  of  thole  Eclipfes  of  Fortune,  which 
 are  fo  frequent  5  and  which  only  relating  to  himfclf,  did 
 no  wife  concern  the  Reform d  Religion  in  general.  That 
 Kings  were  common  Fathers  to  all  their  Subjects ,  and 
 would  ufe  them  ali  alike  That  the  Aflembly  would  be  to 
 blame  tolnfift  too  much  in  that  affair,  and  to  take  the  Duke's 
 part :  That  both  the  Cathohcks  and  Protectants  would 
 find  fSfifrlt  with  it  ,  as  well  as  with  the  Oath  of  Uni- 
 on which  they  exacted  from  the  Nobility  :  and  he  coin- 
 par  a  that  Ingagement,  cn  paffcmt,  to  the  League  which 
 had  been  abboi'd  by  every  body.  He  reflected  upon  the 
 Duke,  who  was  one  of  the  firft  that  fign'd  the  faid  T.[. 
 nion,  of  which  he  had  formerly  condemn'd  the  Example  in 
 the  Leaguers.  He  made  a  diftinclion  between  Places  that 
 were  Hereditary  and  fuch  as  were  properly  only  Com - 
 mifiions  5  and  maintain'd  that  when  ever  Kings  gave  Pla- 
 ces of  that  kind,  they  retafn'd  the  liberty  of  difpofing  of 
 them  at  plcafure  :  which  was  the  Duke  of  Sttl/js  cafe  a 
 The  fuperintendence  not  being  an  Office,  but  a  Com- 
 miffion-  In  order  to  deftroy  the  Vanity  he  drew  from 
 his  Services,  he  reflected  upon  the  Riches  he  had  got :  and 
 beeaufe  they  knew  that  he  was  in  dread  of  his  Perfon,  he 
 aflur'd  him  poffi lively  that  the  Court  had  no  lecret  dd\gn 
 agamfl;  him  :  but  told  him  indirectly  that  they  were  not  fo 
 much  affraid  of  him  ,  but  that  they  might  undertake  k 
 openly,  when  ever  they  had  a  mind  to  it.  The  whole  con- 
 cluded by  a  fmart  fenfure  on  the  Affembiy  for  meddling 
 with  affairs  of  that  Nature,  which  were  out  of  their  Pro- 
 vince 5  and  by  an  Exhortation  to  them,  to  keep  within  the 
 midxgsm  hounds  of  Humility  and  Modefty,  as  well  as  of  Duty. 
 Vogue  d«.  Works  of  this  kind  were  very  much  in  Vogue  during  thcSef- 
 2™  of  ^  of  the  Affembiy.  Several  -Satyrs  were  publim'dagainft  the 
 ibeAffem-  Reformd  Pveligion,  and  againft  thofe  that  had  been  imploy'd 
 
 during 
 
Vol.  II.      EM  of  Nantes. 
 
 during  the  Life  of  the  Late  King.  The  Catholicks  feern'd 
 inclin'd  to  be  levcngM  on  the  Catholicon,  which  had  difco- 
 verd  the  Ridicule  of  the  Ddignsand  Actions  ofthe  League 
 foagreably.  Pamphlets  came  out  daily  in  imitation  of  it  } 
 Harangues,  Difcourks,  Pictures,  Tapftry  work,  &c.  We 
 may  place  in  that  number  a  Letter  publiQvd  under  A  Sat  ical 
 the  name  of  a  Reformed,  Printed  with  the  Publishers  Name  Letter1' 
 to  it,  which  fpoke  very  ill  of  the  AiTeirrblv  of  Saumur.  d'!' 
 The  Author  divided  the  Reformed  into  three  orders  5  of^^i 
 which  he  call'd  one  the  Malicious  the  other,  Zealous,  and  into  three 
 the  Third,  Judicious.  The  Malicious  according  to  his  No-  0rdiru 
 tion,  were  either  Ambitious,  or  Self-Interefted  5  and  d  efir  d  MoBam. 
 nothing  but  War,as  the  readied  way  to  rife  or  grow  Rich. 
 He  afcribd  Nine  or  Ten  Rcafbns  to  them  which  they  made 
 ufe  of,  to  perfuade  the  others  to  be  of  their  Sentiments. 
 -F/r/jf,  The  consideration  of  the  Minority,  which  cmbold- 
 ned  their  Enemies  to  attempt  every  thing.  Secondly,  The 
 Con fpi racy  of  the  Pope,  the  Jefuits,  and  the  Clergy  againft 
 the  Reformation.  Thirdly,  The  hatred  of  feveral  Members 
 of  the  Council  againft  them.  Fourthly,  The  Queen's  ealie 
 Temper,  which  might  eafily  be  work*  -upon  in  order 
 to  their  Ruini  Fifthly,  The  dread  that  aUV  thefe  things 
 might  eafily  form  a  Party  to  Exterminate  them  ,  be- 
 fore their  being  in  a  Condition  to  make  a  defence. 
 Sixthly,  Their  being  refuse!  Tuftice  in  divers  Places*  and 
 upon  divers  Points.  Seventhly,  The  Places  and  Govern- 
 ments that  were  taken  from  fbme  of  them  without  the 
 Ieaft  pretence.  Highly,  The  Practices  and  Intreagues  that 
 were  us'd  to  Corrupt  their  belt  Heads.  Ninthly,  The 
 Penfions  that  were  offerd  to  fome  of  them  to  betray  the 
 iecrets  of  their  Brethren.  Tenthly,  Finally  ,  the  divifions, 
 and  diffidences  that  were  (own  among  them  to  weaken  them, 
 which  they  were  pcrfuaded  proceeded  from  the  Court.  It 
 is  apparent  by  this  that  the  Pcrfon  who  h?.d  writen  this 
 Pamphlet  was  very  well  acquainted  with  their  affairs,  6*fe 
 he  explain'd  fo  openly  the  Reafbns  the  Reform  d  had  to  be 
 afraid  5  and  perhaps  taught  them  fbme  which  they  only  fui- 
 petted  ;  as  Practices  and  Per, (ions.  The 
 
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 16 1 1.     The  Zealous  ,  according  to  this  Author,  were  naturally 
 Jealous,  and  their  Maxim  was,  that  diffidence  is  the  Mo* 
 'e'~  u  '    ther  of  Safety.    The  Writer  mixing  Railery,  with  (erious 
 Reflections  in  this  place,  made  them  (ay  that  Huguenot,  and 
 jealous,  were  Relatives,  and  were  the  Confequence  of 
 each  other,  as  Monk  and  Shaved.    This  difpofition  of  their 
 minds,  continued  he,  render'd  them  the  (port  of  the  Maliei' 
 ous,  who  met  in  them  fit  Inftruments  ready  to  ferve  their 
 Judidms.  Ambition  and  Avarice.    The  Judicious,  according  to  him, 
 were  only  thofe  who  lookcl  upon  Civil  War  as  the  worft  of 
 all  Evils,  and  who  in  order  to  avoid  it,  kept  within  the 
 bounds  of  obedience.    He  endeavourd  after  that  to  refute 
 the  Reafbns  of  Fear,  which  he  had  alledg'd  :  But  his  Ar- 
 guments were  not  ftrong  enough  to  deftroy  them  :  And 
 whereas  the  only  remedy  he  propos'd  againft  the  Confpira- 
 tion  of  the  Jemits  and  of  the  Clergy,  was  the  fincerity  and 
 promifes  of  the  Council  '■,  the  Authority  of  the  Parliaments, 
 and  notable  Societies,  and  the  good  will  of  the  Queen,  we 
 may  (ay  that  he  confirm'd  tho(e  Reafons,  inftead  of  refuting 
 them  5  fince  the  main  rea(bn  that  allarm'd  the  Reformed  , 
 was  that  they  found  little  sincerity  in  the  Council  ,  little 
 Juftice  in  the  Parliaments  5  and  waving  her  Intentions, 
 charter  ^tr^e  folidity  in  the  Mind  of  the  Regent.    She  was  Turbu- 
 «f  the      lent,  Revengeful,  Ambitious,  could  not  contain  her  (elf: 
 Qpeen.     ancj  t^0fe  who  did  not  love  her,  dud,  that  (he  had  all  the 
 ill  Qualifications  of  Catherin  de  Medicis     but  none  of  her 
 great  and  Royal  Inclination.    She  was  like  her  in  being  pre- 
 poflefs'd  in  favour  of  Aftrology  3  and  the  advice  of  the  bed 
 Politicians  could  not  prevail  over  the  Obfervations  of  Fa* 
 broni,  who  drew  Figures  of  the  State  of  Heaven,  upon 
 all  things  of  Importance  that  related  to  that  Princefs.  The 
 Truth  is,    that  whether  accidentally,  or  othervvi/e,  he 
 fucceeded  in  divers  of  his  Predictions,  which  the  event 
 proved  to  be  as  juft,  as  could  be.    That  of  the  King  s 
 illne(s,  which  ftopt  him  by  the  way*,  going  from  Paris, 
 to  give  orders  about  the  defence  of  the  Coafts  of  his  King- 
 dom, againft  the  Defcent  threatned  by  the  Englifh,  prov'd 
 
 txafrl" 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiB  of  Nantes. 
 
 exadtly  according  to  the  Prediction  of  the  faid  Aftrologer  : 
 and  that  of  another  fit  of  ^icknefs  which  the  faid  Prince 
 had  at  Lyons  fome  years  after  it,  prov'd  no  lefs  exact.  So 
 that  the  Queen  had  as  much  Faith  in  his  Predictions,  as  if 
 they  had  been  Co  many  Oracles.  This  Credulity  ruin'd  all 
 her  affairs :  and  the  fame  thing  happen'd  to  her  which  com- 
 monly happens  to  all  thofe  who  are  GovernM  by  the  like 
 Maxims }  that  is,  fhe  could  neither  obtain  the  advantages 
 that  were  promis'd  to  her  by  the  Stars,  nor  avoid  the  mi£ 
 fortues  fhe  was  threatned  with.  At  leaft  we  may  find  by  the 
 comparing  of  the  Lives  of  thofe  two  Queens,  that  the  one 
 was  much  happier  than  the  other.  Catherin  who  had  Co 
 often  expos'd  the  State  within  an  Inch  or  two  of  Ruin,  to  re- 
 tain the  pleafure  of  Commanding,  neverthelefs  maintained 
 her  Credit  almoft  to  the  laft  moment  of  her  Life :  But 
 Mary  foon  loft  her  Authority,  and  received  a  Cruel  Punifh- 
 ment  for  her  Intreagues  towards  the  latter  end  of  her  Days. 
 The  firft  found  all  her  Council  in  her  own  head,  and  want- 
 ed no  body  to  guide  or  direct  her  :  The  laft  was  too  much 
 govern'd  by  her  Paffions  and  her  Confidents.  Neverthe- 
 lefs  the  Author  I  am  fpeaking  of,  enlarg'd  very  much  up- 
 on her  praife,  and  repreftnted  her  as  a  PrinceG  that  had 
 never  had  *n  equal.  That  was  the  Stile  of  thofe  daies  j 
 and  fordid  flatteries  became  10  much  in  vogue,  that  even 
 thofe  who  baniftrd  her  from  the  Government,  rais'd  her 
 up  to  the  Skies,  by  their  Elogy's.  She  had  wherewithal  to 
 comfort  her  felf  even  in  her  Exile,  if  {he  took  any  delight 
 in  Panegyricks  .•  the  only  good  her  Enemies  allow'd  her. 
 The  Author  concluded  with  upbraiding  the  Reformed,  for 
 the  haughtinefs  he  found  in  their  behaviour.  He  accus'd 
 them  of  demanding  favours,  in  the  fame  tone  as  Spaniards 
 ask  for  Alms  ■>  That  is  with  a  drawn  Sword,  and  haug- 
 ty  Air,  as  if  they  had  requir'd  the  payment  of  a  juft 
 debt:  and  he  would  perfuadethem  that  they  had  no  juft 
 pretence  either  of  fear  or  jealoufy. 
 
3*  Tlx  Hijtory  of  the      Book  I. 
 
 it  would  have  been  eafie  to  have  made  a  morejudici- 
 ,v^^'ous  diftribution  of  the  ReforttPd,  by  dividing  them  into 
 aSer  of  three}  viz.  The  Lords  of  eminent  Quality,  who  made 
 
 fora'd  r,i<"  l'1C  ot^ers  *or  t'u'*r  Pa»"t:icular  ends:  The  Perfons 
 of  Integrity,  who  were  fen cible  that  no  good  could  be  ex- 
 pected from  a  Council  govcrn'd  by  the  Jefuits  5  and  who 
 for  that  re.ifbn,  endeavour'd  by  all  lawful  means  to  fecure 
 ihemfelves  againft  Perfidious,  Implacable  Enemies :  and  tlve 
 Timerous,  who  were  either  naturally  weak  and  indifferent, 
 of  (oftned  and  made  tractable  by  the  Artifices  ©f  the 
 Court.  The  firft  and  laft,  occafioifd  all  the  Evil :  Thofe 
 made  ufe  of  the  Zeal  of  the  fecond,  to  make  themfeives 
 corifiderabk  at  Court  3  and  thefe  abandon'd  the  others  as 
 foon  as  the  Court  offeiM  them  a  (had  dow  of  quiet. 
 Frm  I  Vt  ill  obferve  in  this  place  before  I  proceed  any  farther, 
 
 whence  the  the  Caufe  of  thofe  Writings  againft  the  Aflenibly.  No  means 
 SeUE  vme  omitted  to  create  jealoufiesin  the  Catfeolicks  about  it, 
 the  jijfetn-  as  foon  as  the  Reform  d  had  obtain'd  leave  to  hold  it.  It 
 btl/md&e"d  was  reP°rte(^  tnat  ttey  defigivd  to  make  exeeffive  demands  5 
 w.ir!  afid  to  take  wp-  A Mm to  compel  the  Court  to  grant  them. 
 The-  Memoir*  fetrt  vmo  the  Provinces,  to  fcrve  as.  a  project 
 for  the  Inftructions  of  the  Deputies  which  the  particular 
 Affemblies  dttV  fend  into  the  General  5  of  which  the  Coart 
 had  an  account  by  their  Penfionaries,  did;  not  a  little  contnt- 
 bute  towards  the  cofflfirrnaoioii  of  thofe  common  reports. 
 The-  demands-  which-  feme  of  the  Provincial  Allemblks 
 added  to  thofe  of  the  (aid  Memoirs,  likewife  contributed 
 confidcrabfy  towards  it.  Thofe  who  had  leen  the  AiTem- 
 bly  of  AM>r»/,  reca-H'd'  it  to  mind  upon*  t<his.  They  /aid 
 that  of  five  things  that  had5  been  puopos'd'  io-  it,  there  only 
 remain'd'two-unobtain'd-,  viz,.  Two  Places  of  furety  in  e- 
 ■very  Province  in  which'  the  Reformed  had  none }  and  that 
 the  Tithes  of  the  Reform' d  might  be  rnploy'd  for  the  pay- 
 ment of  their.  Minifteis.  They  magnified  the  Confluences 
 of  the  Union  the  AfTembly  was  to  fwe-^r  5  faying  that 
 thereby,  the  Reform  cl  would  oblige  themfeives  to  maintain 
 each  other  in  all  the  Governments  5  and  in  all  the  Offices  the 
 
Book  I.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  4.1 
 
 late  King  had  given  them  ;  even  in  all  the  *  Places  the y  1611. 
 held,  betides  thole  that  were  fet  down  in  the  Breef  of  the 
 Places  of  Surety.  And  whereas  it  was  not  likely  that  the  T<fJ„?t  Vr 
 Court  would  comply  with  allthofe  things,they  concluded  that  F«rw»  &c. 
 the  RefanSdwere  going  to  take  meafures  in  order  to  make 
 a  War.  But  that  which  is  raoft  to  be  wondei'd  at,  is  that 
 there  were  fome  among  the  Reformed  who  feconded  thole 
 extravagant  reports.  The  Marfhal  of  Bouillon  was  one 
 of  them  3  and  fome  accuse!  him  of  having  told  fome  Catho- 
 lick  Citizens  and  others  at  his  going  from  SaumuP$ne  AfTem- 
 bly  being  broke  up  that  they  had  a  Peace  at  laft  5  but  that  it 
 had  been  obtain'd  with  a  great  deal  of  pain  and  trouble. 
 Neverthelefs,  all  the  reft  of  the  Aflembly  protefted  that  they 
 had  never  mentionM  the  leaft  thing  tendingto  a  War,  during 
 the  whole  Scfiion  This  reproach  was  made  to  the  (aid  Lord 
 with  a  great  deal  of  (harpnefs  by  the  Dukes  of  Rohan  and  of 
 &///;',whofell  out  publickly  with  him.  It  is  very  likely  that  he 
 had  no  other  defign  in  fpreading  this  report,  but  to  per- 
 fuade  the  Queen  that  he  had  done  her  great  Services  3 
 and  that  he  wss  of  great  ufe  to  her  to  keep  the  Reformed 
 within  the  bounds  of  their  duty.  However  this  made  deep 
 Impreliions  upon  the  People  \  and  notwithstanding  the 
 protection  of  Sixty  Perfbns,who  affirm'd  that  the  Aflembly 
 had  not  had  the  leaft  thoughts  of  War,  the  Court  at  that 
 very  time  ailed  gd  the  (aid  pretended  defign  of  a  Civil 
 War  as  a  Crime  againft  the  Rcforrnd,  and  did  llnce  renew 
 the  laid  accufation  againft  them,  as  if  it  had  been  plainly 
 verify'd. 
 
 The  ancient  Enemies  of  the  Relorm'd  who  did  at  that  3tnifim«F 
 very  time  take  all  their  meafures  in  order  to  deftroy  them.  Jj^JfJ 
 feconded  that  report  as  much  as  in  them  lay,  and  they  made  the  Re- 
 People  take  loch  extraordinary  Precautions  in  divers  pla-  form'd. 
 ces  againft  this  Chimerical  War,  that  they  created  real  hif- 
 picions  in  the  Refirtpjj,  who  could  not  imagine  the  rcalbn 
 of  thofe  panick  fears.    Whether  the  Court  really  enter  cl 
 into  thofe  fears,  or  whether  they  feem'd  to  credit  them  out 
 of  policy,  in  order  to  remove  Perfbns  from  thence  which 
 
 G  were 
 
4-x  The  Hi/lory  of  the        Vol.  It 
 
 16 « I.  were  troublefome  to  them,they  took  that  pretence  to  (end 
 ■^\r^J  the  Duke  d'  Epernon  to  his  Governments,  and  the  Prince  of 
 Couch  into  Gnyenne.    Moreover  they  cunningly  causM  it  to 
 be  reported  that  the  Prinee  would  go  through  St.  John  d' 
 Angela  in  order  to  bury  the  Prince  his  Father,  who  by 
 realbn  of  the  Lav/- Suits  in  which  his  Widdow  had  been  in- 
 volved upon  the  account  of  his  Death,  had  not  as  yet  re- 
 ceiv'd  the  laft  Duties.    That  City  was  one  of  the  mofr 
 conllderable  of  thole  that  were  in  the  hands  of  die  Re- 
 formed.   The  Prince  was  born  and  had  been  bred  there 
 by  the  Reform %  untill  the  time  they  rctroiM  him  to  Henry 
 the  IV.    So  that  his  Name  was  fti!l  held  in  great  veneration 
 in  the  faidCity$  and  there  was  a  great  deal  of  reafon  to 
 fear  his  Credit,  in  cafe  he  mould  attempt  any  thing  there. 
 The  Governour  who  was  the  Duke  of  Rohan,  and  his  Lieu- 
 tenant La  Roche  Beaucour,  were  both  ablent  at  that  time, 
 being  Deputed  into  the  Aflembly :  lb  that  there  was  no 
 Perfon  of  Authority  in  the  City,  to  oppole  the  Princes  de- 
 figns.    Therefore  the  Aflembly  thought  fit  to  fend  La  Ro- 
 che Beaucour  thither,  under  pretence  to  receive  the  Prince, 
 and  to  hinder  him  from  burying  his  Father  with  the  Ro- 
 man Ceremonies  j  until  he  receiv'd  new  orders  from  them 
 upon  that  Subject  :  but  the  true  motive  of  it  was  to  pre- 
 vent the  Prince's  attempting  fome  greater  thing  by  the  by. 
 Thus  the  fame  pretence  ferv'd  at  once,  for  the  one  to  lay 
 the  fnare,  and  for  the  other  to  prevent  it.    If  the  Prince 
 had  any  defign ,    that  diligence  prevented  it  for  that 
 time,   and  fav'd  the  Place,   but  they  loft  La  Roche  Be- 
 aucour^  who  had  like  foon  after  to  have  deliver'd  it  into  the 
 Queen's  Power. 
 
 There  alfo  appear'd  marks  of  a  great  dread  in  other  pla- 
 Gatbokct  ces*    Some  Catholick  Cities  in  Poitou  and  in  Limoufin  put 
 citjs  tal$  themlelves  in  a  pofture  of  defence,  as  if  they  had  been 
 up  Aims,  afraid  of  a  furprize  .•  other  Towns  did  the  lame  upon  the 
 River  Loire.    Even  Chartres  tho  at  a  great  diffcance  from  the 
 Aflembly,  and  almoft  at  the  very  Gates  of  Paris,  took  up 
 Arms,  and  plac'd  Corps  de  Guard  at  their  Gates.  Things 
 
 pro- 
 
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 proceeded  farther  yet  at  Orleans  :  An  unknown  Perfon,  or  i 
 one  at  leaft  whom  they  would  not  fiiffer  to  be  known, 
 gave  lbme  advices  there  which  tended  to  a  Malacre  of 
 the  Reform  ci  He  frighten'd  them  with  the  defigns  of  the 
 Aikmbly,  and  told  them  that  the  Rcform'd  had  appear'd  in 
 Troops  about  the  Walls  of  the  City,  with  a  defign  to  make 
 themfelves  Maftcrs  of  it.  Thofe  Infinuations  malicioufly 
 town  among  the  People,  excited  a  violent  Sedition.  Some 
 of  the  Citizens  prov'd  Co  fimple  as  to  cry  out  to  Arms : 
 They  made  Baricado's  in  the  avenues  :  They  us'd  as  ma- 
 ny precautions  as  if  Orleans  had  already  been  block'd  up 
 by  the  Enemy  :  The  Magiftrates  iearch'd  the  Houies  of  the 
 Reform' J  for  Arms,  which  they  were  inform'd  had  been  laid 
 up  there.  This  exacTriefs  lavd  them  from  the  fury  of  the 
 People;by  reafon  that  they  found  neither  Arms  nor  Amu- 
 nition,nor  the  leaft  (igns  of  any  fuch  enterprize  among  them. 
 After  the  Sedition  was  ftopt  in  this  manner,  an  enquiry  was 
 m  ide  ofter  the  Authors  of  it,  and  one  of  the  Inhabitants 
 who  ft  It  cry'd  out  to  Arn«  was  put  in  Pri/bn.  But  he 
 was  transferf'd  to  Paris  ,  where  he  dy'd  in  Prifbn  be- 
 fore his  Tryal  in  a  very  fufpicious  manner.  It  was  re- 
 ported that  he  dy'd  out  of  fear,thinking  that  it  was  impo'.Ti- 
 ble  to  avoid  the  punifhment  he  had  deferved.  But  the 
 Rcform'd  who  did  penetrate  into  the  fecret  defign  of  thoie 
 movements,  and  who  were  fenfible  what  their  ancient  En- 
 emies the  Jefuits  were  capable  of,  fuipe&ed  that  he  Was 
 put  to  death,  in  order  to  remove  a  Witnefs  of  their  fecret 
 Intreagues. 
 
 The  Duke  of  Sully  tnade  a  journey  from  Smmur  tnCbafcl/e- 
 rand,  at  that  time  which  the  ill-intention cl  alfo  laid  hold 
 of^and  allthofe  things  gave  them  an  occaiion  to  call  to  mind 
 the  year  1562,  and  15^7.  in  which  the  Reform  d  feizM  fe- 
 veral  Places,  to  hinder  the  Court,  whole  defigns  they  had 
 notice  of  from  furprizing  them,  they  not  being  in  a  po- 
 fture  of  defence.  The  Aflembly  being  inform'd  of  tkfe 
 Tranfactions,  and  not  thinking  themfelves  fafe,  orderM  du 
 Plejfisto  raife  150  Men,  to  reinforce  the  Garrifon  of  Sau- 
 G  2  nmr  : 
 
4-4-  The  Hiftory  of  the       Voli  IT. 
 
 16  1 1.  ;;///;• :  and  they  were  Co  unwilling  to  offend  theKing,thatthey 
 g^J£ffis  writ  to  him  to  beg  his  leave  for  their  railing  of  the  ftid  Men. 
 Fortifies    All  thefe  circumftances  being  put  together,  may  (how  thnt 
 the  (rmi-  the  Aflembly  had  not  the  leaft  thoughts  of  making  War :  by 
 mur!  4*~r  rca^)n  triat  if  they  had  had  any  fuch  de/jgn,  thofe  agitations  of 
 hazing  as-  the  Catholicks  would  have  afforded  them  a  plaufible  pretence 
 KiV'sieave to  d^cWe  n-    But  nac^  tncy  done  foi  M  vvould  certainly 
 /b?*/.      have  been  laid,  that  the  difcovcry  of  their  dcfign  had 
 given  the  Catholicks  caufe  to  take  fuch  precautions  as  they 
 did  :  whereas  it  cannot  bedeny'd,  with  the  leaft  appear- 
 ance of  Equity,  that  the  Reform' d  remaining  q  uict  notwith- 
 !tandiugall  thefe  Seditions  and  taking  up  of  Arms-,,  the  Ca  - 
 tholicks were  the  Aggreflors.    Their  delign  was  to  make 
 the  Rcform'cl  commit  fbme  overfight,  either  to  upbraid4 
 them  with  it,  or  to  take  an  occafion  from  thence  to  ex- 
 ert more  plaufible  Injuftices  agaiaft  them  for  the  future. 
 But  tho  their  defign  did  not  facceed,  }et  they  endea- 
 voui'd  to  repreferat  the  falfe  reports  which  had  fervd  as 
 a  pretence  to  their  allarms  as  real  truths  3  and  did  pub- 
 iickly   declare  that    the  divifions    which  were  form'd 
 in  the  Aflembly  hinderd  them  from  making  War  :  a  thing 
 which  excepting  the  difcourle  of  fuch  as  had  a  mind  to 
 pleafe  the  Court,  never  had  the.  leaft  ground,  betides  the 
 defire  the  Jcfuits  or  their  adherents  had  that  it  fhouldi; 
 prove  true. 
 
 cwmtfto-      During  thefe  tranfattions,  Boijfifi  and  Bullion  were  de- 
 Tbe^to  Putcd  bY  the  Court  to  the  Aflembly  :  They  arriv'd  at 
 ibeAjfem-  Sanmur  fbme  times  after  the  overture  5  and  were  at  firft 
 hl>-        vilited  by  fix  Members  of  the  Aflembly,  by  whom  they 
 were  fent  to  Compliment  them  as  fbon  as  they  had  no- 
 tice of  their  arrival.    Two  days  after  it  they  came  to  the 
 Aflembly ,  and  delivcr'd  the  Letters  from  the  King  and 
 Queen,  which  excepting  fbme  terms  of  good  will,  only 
 were  Credentials.    After,  the  laid  Letters  had  been  read 
 with  the  ufiial  marks  of  Refpect}  they  aflur'd  the  Aflem- 
 bly  that   his   Majefty   would  perform   what  ever  had: 
 been  promis'd  to  them  for  the  time  paft,  and  diat  what- 
 ever 
 
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 ever  might  fcem  doubtful  or  ambigious  mould  be  inter- 
 pretcd  favourably  ,  after  which  they  exhorted  them  to  pro- y^v^ 
 eeed  with  fpeed  to  the  Nomination  of  fix  Pcrfons,  out  of 
 which  the  King  was  to  chufe  two  to  refide  near  him,  and 
 there  to  perform  the  general  Deputation.  Dm  PlcJ/is  an- 
 fvveiM  in  the  Name  of  the  Aflembly  j  return'd  thanks  to 
 the  CommifTioners,  and  promis'd  a  perpetual  Obedience. 
 After  which  they  pals'd  from  Compliments  to  delibera-  ( 
 tions:  and  during  12  or  14  Days  they  held  Conferences 
 with  the  Ring's  CommiiTtoners,  who  came  fometimes  to  the 
 Aflembly,  and  fometimes  receiv'd  the  Deputies  at  their 
 Lodgings,  to  hear  their  propositions.  Several  of  them 
 were  of  great  confequence,  which  I  will  give  an  abftracr. 
 cf  elfewhere.  Eut  I  muft  obferve  in  this  place,  that  trie 
 Aflembly  having  declar'd  at  firft,  that  they  would  do  no- 
 thing untill  they  had  obtain'd  satisfaction  about  the  affair 
 of  Scnevkres,  the  King's  CommifTioners  deli vcr'd  Letters  to 
 them  upon  that  Subject  3  with  a  Copy  of  the  Decree  of  the 
 Council,  which  impowei'd  Frere-,  Matter  of  Requefb,  to  take 
 informations  of  the  faid  bufinefs  upon  the  Place,  to  try  the 
 Guilty,  and  to  give  a  definitive  Sentence,  with  the  neigh- 
 bouring Prefident,  or  Court  of  Judicature. 
 
 The  Aflembly  expecting  abetter  iflue  of  this  CommifTion 
 than  it  prov'd,  were  ratisfied  and  apply'd  themfelves  to  form 
 the  General  *Cahier,  in  order  to  communicate  it  to  the- 
 Commiffioners.    They  thought  they  had  been  fully  tinr-**^jg 
 pewer'd  to  treat  and  to  conclude  with  them :  but  they  w 
 were  not  fent  for  that.    Their  Orders  were  to  fruftate, 
 and  to  difcover  the  intentions  of  the  Aflembly,  to  im«. 
 prove  conjunctures,  and  particularly  to  oblige  the  Deputies 
 to  break  up  as  foon  as  poflible.   They  perform'd  their 
 Commillion  punctually,  and  improvU  occafions  like  ski!-' 
 ful  Politicians.    As  foon  ^Dtfigndn^  Ahbign^. nnd  fbme  o- 
 triers  had  communicated  the  chief  demands  of  the  Aflem- 
 bly to  them,'  they  anfwer'd  that  the  alterations  made  to-, 
 the  Edict,  were  inconfiderable,  and  that  the  moit  confident 
 ble  among  the  Reform' d  had  giventheir  confirm  to  it  ;  Thai 
 
 d  wring .. 
 
0  The  Hiftorj     the      Vol  II. 
 
 IN  I.  during  a  Minority  the  Queen  could  not  reverie  alterations 
 -or^  that  had  been  made  with  much  precaution  j  and  that 
 tho  (he  mould  do  it,  it  would  be  impoffible  to  obtain 
 the  verification  of  it.  Their  aniwers  upon  the  other  Ar- 
 ticles, were  in  the  fame  fiile  :  and  they  began  anew  to 
 prefs  the  nomination  of  the  Deputies  GeneraL  5  The 
 preparation  of  the  Cahicrr  which  the  two  Deputies  the  King 
 mould  chine,  were  to  be  intrufied  with  5  and  the  break- 
 ing, up  of  the  AlTembly,  which  having  only  been  allow'd 
 of  for  the  election  of  the  Deputies  General  -y  and  now  oc- 
 cafioning  Jealoufies  and  difidencies  every  where,  ought 
 to  break  up  as  fbon  as  they  had  perform 'd  what  they  were 
 impower'd  to  do. 
 
 They  repeated  the  fame  things  in  the  AlTembly.  They 
 dilputed  upon  leveral  Article*.  They  ofler'd  moreover  to 
 confer  with  the  Commiffioners  of  the  Aflembly  upon  all  the 
 Articles  of  the  Cahkr^  if  they  thought  it  fit,  as  if  they  had 
 been  impower'd  to  come  to  any  agreement :  and  in  general 
 they  did  not  feern  to  find  any  thing  unjuft  or  exceflive  in  the 
 demands  of  the  AlTembly.But  however  as  thofe  Conteftati- 
 ons  were  contrary  to  their  main  defign,2w&.To  oblige  the  Af- 
 fembly  to  break  up  as  loon,  as  could  be,  they  refolv'd  to 
 declare  that  they  were  not  irapower'd  to  grant  their  de- 
 mands. Therefore  coming  into  the  Aflembly  the  next  day, 
 they  renew'd  the  alTurances  they  had.  already  given  of  the 
 King  and  Queen's  good  intentions,  and  remonftrated  that 
 it  wx)uld  be  more  luitable  to  the  Authority  and  Dignity  of 
 their  Majefties  3  and  to  the  particular  advantage  of  the  Rc- 
 fortrid  to  addrefsthernfelves  to  the  King  to  obtain  a  favoura- 
 ble  anfwer ,;  pomifing  on  their  parts  to  teftifie  their  Obev 
 dience,  and  to  ufe  their  endeavours  to  obtain  what  they 
 defir'd,  by  reafbn  that  they  were  ienfible  that  the  preser- 
 vation of  the  Reformed  was  neceilary  towards  the  good  of 
 the  State.  This  dilcourfe  ended  by  the  ufual  conclufion  of 
 nominating  fix- Perfons  to  the  King,  and  to  break  up  the  Afc 
 >(embly. 
 
 Their 
 
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 Their  defign  was  to  render  all  the  Refolufions  of  the  t6it. 
 Afiembly  iixfehial,  and  to  oblige  them  to  break  up  wit^JjfY?w 
 out  any  fatisfaftion  ,  as  it  really  happen'd  :  and  it  would  blye '  fft~ 
 have  been  done  all  of  a  Hidden,  had  the  nomination  of  thcDf/>w«M 
 fcix  Deputies  and  the  Cahier  of  the  demands  been  fent  at  the'**0""*- 
 lame  time :  But  the  Afiembly  only  followed  the  advice  of 
 the  Ring's  Commiffioners  in  part :  They  fent  their  *  Cahier  *  Petition, 
 to  the  Court,  but  they  defign'd  to  deferrthe  nomination  of or  Addref' 
 the  fix  Deputies,  until  they  had  receiv'd  an  anfwer  to  their 
 Complaints  and  demands.    The  defign  of  the  Court  wis 
 quite  different  5  and  they  would  not  give  their  anfwer  till 
 rhe  nomination  had  been  made,  in  order  to  difiolve  the 
 Afiembly  by  authority,  in  cafe  they  would  not  be  iatisficd 
 with  f-ich  anfwers  as  mould  be  given   them.    So  they 
 made  their  Cahier,  and  divided  it  into  five  Chapters,  or  dire* 
 rent  Cahier s.    TheFirft  was  the  General  Cahier,  which  con-  A„jm  ii.e.: 
 taiird  57  Articles.    The  Second  was  a  Collection  of  parti-  Five  c^-.. 
 cular  Demands  and  Complaints.    The  Third  contain'd  the  hlcrs" 
 particulars  of  the  private  Articles  of  the  Demands  made  by 
 the  Provinces,  out  of  which  the  matter  of  the  general  Ar- 
 ticles had  been  taken,  and  particularly  of  that  which  de- 
 manded the  re  eftablifhment  of  the  Edict  in  its  firft  extent 
 The  Fourth  was  a  Memoir  of  the  Churches,  which  did 
 complain  that  the  exercife  of  their  Religion  was  fetled  in 
 diftant  places,  and  defir'd  to  have  them  transferred  in  near- 
 er and  more  convenient  places.    The  Fifth  only  related 
 to  the  Places  of  Surety,  of  which  the  condition  was  iet 
 forth  at  large. 
 
 They,  would  fain  have  joyn'd  the  Affairs  of  the  Principa- 
 lity  of  Beam  to  thofe  of  the  other  Provinces.    But  the  Ja  £*r'* 
 Court  prov'd  inflexible  upon  that  Subject.    They  would  the  conr.- 
 never  fuffer  the  Deputies  to  meddle  with  it :  and  thofc  o(^f^m 
 Beam  was  oblig'd  to  folicit  their  Affairs  {epar2tely.  feptraiel)  • 
 
 Alfembly  was  delirous  to  ftt  down  one  Article  in  their  ix> 
 half  in  their  General  *  Cahkr  5  by  Which  they  humbly  4  p,Jf,,v/ 
 begg'd  of  the  King  to  caufe  the  Edict,  of  1599  to  be  faaift* 
 tain'd  in  Bear»>  and  to  do  the  Deputies  of  the  Country 
 
 lufuce 
 
48  The  Hiftoyofihe      Vol.  II- 
 
 1611.  Juftice  upon  their  Complaints.  This  Petition  was  writen  in 
 ^-^^V^  the  Name  of  the  united  Chunks  of  France  and  Beam^  to 
 the  end  that  it  might  appear  that  tho  the  Kingdom  and  that 
 Principality  had  different  Rights,  in  relation  to  the  Politi- 
 cal Government,  yet  there  was  fomething  common  among 
 them  which  united  their  Interefts,  viz.  the  Caufe  of  Reli- 
 gion, and  Liberty  of  Confcience.  They  added  in  the  (aid 
 Jnftru&ions  that  the  Aflemby  would  not  be  fatisfi'd,  unlefs 
 the  Deputies  of  Beam  were  contented.  The  reaibn  which 
 oblig  d  the  Aflembly  to  (peak  thus,  was  that  the  Deputies 
 of  Beam  gave  clear  proofs  that  the  Edift  of  1599  was  dai- 
 ly violated  by  the  Catholicks ,  and  that  Lthe  Clergy  al- 
 rnoft  openly  declar'd  their  defign  to  reafame  their  former 
 Power  and  Authority  in  the  fiid  Province.  But  they  were 
 obligd  to  comply  with  the  Court  in  this  point  5  and  to 
 divide,  though  much  againft  their  will,  the  Churches  of 
 Beam  from  thofe  of  the  other  Provinces,  in  the  profecuti- 
 on  of  their  Affairs. 
 Apparent  While  they  were  imployd  about  the  Cahier,  there  ftill 
 Union jn  appeai'd  Union  in  the  Aflembly.  The  Marfhal  de  Bouillon 
 '""who  together  with  Lefdiguieres  and  du  Pkjjishad  drawn  the 
 Memoirs  on  which  the  Provinces  had  form'd  their  Inducti- 
 ons, to  the  contents  of  which  the  Articles  of  the  Cahier  were 
 limited,  maintain'd  and  feconded  them  as  much  as  any  body; 
 and  gave  reafons  to  (how  the  Juftice  and  neceflity  of  tin; 
 moft  Considerable,  which  rcmov'd  all  the  difficulties  others 
 expected  *o  meet  in  them.  The  Duke  of  Sully  did  not  lofc 
 that  opportunity  to  (how  that  he  preferr  d  the  Common 
 Caule  before  his  own.  He  made  a  new  Difcourle  to  the 
 Aflembly,  in  which  he  declar'd  that  he  did  not  defire  that 
 the  General  Caule  0/  the  Churches  (hould  be  ingag'd  for 
 his  Intereft,and  dehYd  them  to  alter  the  Articles  that  related 
 to  him-  They  return'd  him  thanks  for  his  good  Intentions, 
 and  left  the  Articles  as  they  were.  But  when  the  time 
 *  Petitions  came  to  eled  the  Deputies  to  carry  the  *  Cahier s  and  Let- 
 tr  Ad-  ters  of  the  Aflembly  to  the  King,  they  all  broke  out  of  a 
 'tregtu     fridden  into  Brigues  and  Fadtions.    So  that  they  had  Con- 
 
 teftations 
 
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 teftations  even  upon  the  manner  of  naming  them  5  every  161  r. 
 one  being  defirous  to  promote  that  which  (eem'd  mod  fa-  )f£Q^ 
 vourable  to  his  defigns.    Some  propos'd  to  refer  the  Elefti-  difcrd 
 on  to  Chance,  in  which  Tntere't  cannot  prevail  .•  But  final-  Jj^jJ*  ml 
 ly,  they  relolv'd  to  make  the  fetid  nomination  by  Provin-"''  f 
 ces,  and  to  fiibmit  to  the  Plurality  of  Voices    Thus  the 
 Deputation  fell  to  the  Barons  de  la  Cafe  and  de  Court  or,:  cr  ^ 
 To  Fcrr/er  Minifter  ot  Niv/cs  ,  and  to  Slirande  and  Armet  of 
 the  *  third    Eftate.    Thtir  InllrucVions  differ'd  but  little  *  ibecm- 
 from  the  Cahicrs  that  were  deliver'd  to  them  :  Thev  were  num- 
 only  allowM  to  fubmit  to  a  fmall   number  of  Offices  of 
 Sergeants  and  Notaries,  which  the   Aflembly  defir'd  for 
 the  Reform d  in  every  Bailly  wicke.    The  King's  Commilii- 
 oncrs  had  made  a  great  bu fine fs  of  that  Article  ;  as  if  the 
 multiplication  of  Places  and  Offices  had   been  very  pre- 
 judicial to  the  Srate:  but  thole  reafbns  were  never  found 
 very  weighty,  when  the  Court  wanted  Money:  and  the 
 number  of  Offices  has  perhaps  been  increased  one  halflince 
 that  time.    The  difficulty  therefore  did  not  proceed  from 
 the  fear  of  ovcrburthening  the  People  :  The  Court  has 
 but  little  regard  to  that  confideration  \  but  thev  had  no 
 mind  to  oblige  the  RefornSd,  and  publkk  good  wasal- 
 ledg'd  to  them  as    a  plaufible  reafon  for  a  refufal. 
 
 Bat   the  Chief  Article  of  the    Inftructions  was    that  m  p^<* 
 which  limitted  the  Power  of  the  Deputies.    The  Aflem-  <ft.be  j£r 
 bly  only  allow'd  them  to  Confer  upon  the  Art:clcs  of  the 
 the  Cabreri  in  order  to  explain  them,  and  to  ihow  theCahiern 
 Juftice  and  Neceffity  of  them  :  But  they  did  not  allow  lmned- 
 them  to  conclude  any  thing  5  and  they  refet'd  the  taking 
 of  their  laft  Refolution,  till  they  had  received  an  account 
 of  the  intentions  of  the  Court.    The  Reafons  they  urg'd 
 for  putting  luch  Limitations  to  the  power  of  their  Depu- 
 ties, was  that  the  King's  Commiffioners  not  having  had 
 a  fuller  power,  and  not  having  been  Authorised  by  the 
 Court  to  proceed  to  the  leaft  conclufion,  it  was  not  rea- 
 fonable  for  the  Aflembly  to  give  their  Deputies  a  great- 
 er Power.    But  the  principal  reafon  of  feveral  Members 
 
 H  of 
 
5o  The  Hi/lory  of  the,      Book  I. 
 
 16 1 1.  of  the  Affembly  was,  chat  they  law  Perfons  in  that  Dc- 
 v/~v^-  filiation  who  had  it  by  the  Intereffc  of  the  Mar(hal  de  Bon 
 illon  :  for  which  reafon  they  fuppos'd  that  they,  would  be 
 govern'd  by  him.  His  behaviour  had  confirm'd  the  fuf- 
 pitions  that  were  conceiv'd  at  the  Overture  of  the  Af- 
 fembly, of  his  having  Ingagements  and  Correfpondencies 
 with  the  Queen :  and  confequently  that  by  putting  the 
 Power  of  Concluding  into  the  hands  of  Perfons  that  were 
 his  Creatures,  they  would  be  cxpo^'d  to  the  Mercy  of  that 
 Princefs  and  of  her  Council.  The  Marfhal  de  Bouillon 
 opposd  thofe  reft  notions  as  much  as  in  hitn  lay:  and  the 
 thing  being  refolv'd  upon  contrary  to  his  Sentiment,  he 
 cxprcft  great  diikuisfa&ion  at  it.  The  Deputies  alfo 
 murmur'd  at  the  fnall  Confidence  that  was  repos'd  in  them  : 
 and  they  declar'd  at  their  return,  that  had  not  their  Power 
 been  limited  fo  much,  they  would  have  brought  more  fatis- 
 faclion  to  the  AiTembly  :  as  if  the  Stubbornefs  of  the  Court 
 had  only  proceeded  from  their  being  offended  at  that 
 defect.  Thofe  Reflections  after  the  Evil  are  very  com- 
 mon in  the  World.  People  fancy  always  that  other  means 
 would  have  prov'd  more  effeftual ,  becaufe  thofe  that 
 have  been  us'd  have  not  fucceeded  :  and  to  cry  had  fuch 
 or  fuch  a  thing  been  done,  is  the  Univerfal  Remedy  the 
 Vulgar  applys  to  Affairs  which  can  no  longer  admit  of 
 any. 
 
 The  Depu-  Deputies  were  kindly  received  at  Court  :  Commif- 
 
 wett       fioners  were  appointed  to  treat  with  them,  and  they  were 
 red  at    pj-ornis'd  a  quick,  difpatch  5  and  that  their  Cahier  would  be 
 S^returnd  to  them  with  favourable  Anfwers.    They  did  not 
 are  flat,    foil  to  flatter  the  Affembly  with  thofe  good  hopes  5  but  they 
 m  d ''     vanifh'd  in  a  few  Days.    As  foon  as  the  Court  was  fatisfi- 
 ed  that  there  were  feeds  of  Divifion  in  the  Affembly,  which 
 they  might  eafily  improve  to  their  advantage,  they  changed 
 their  behaviour  5  and  after  feveral  Conferences,  the  De- 
 *  PriM*  puties  were  told  by  the  Chancellor  that  the  *  Cahier  was 
 Addrefa   anfwerd  5  that  the  Places  of  Surety  were  allow'd  them  for 
 five  years  longer:  That  15000  Crowns  more  was  grant- 
 
Vol.  II.       EM  of  Nantes.  Si 
 
 ed  them  for  the  Sallery  of  their  Minifters,  and  fbme  o-  1611. 
 ther  Articles  which  might  pafs  for  fomething.  But  the 
 Chancellor  gave  them  to  underftand  that  all  the  reft  was  warjs  de- 
 favourably  anfwer'd  5  >  et  tnat  l'ie  Cahier  fhould  not  be  re-  «™  * 
 turnd  to  them,  no  not  lb  much  as  Communicated  tothem, 
 nor  the  Breefs  deliver'd  into  their  hands,  before  the  Nomi- 
 nation of  the  Deputies  General.  This  anfwer  neither  fatis- 
 fyipg  them  nor  the  Afiembly,  they  were  crdei'd  to  make 
 eayneft  folicitations,  that  the  laid  anfwers  which  were  re- 
 prelc-nted  to  them  to  be  fo  favourable  might  be  Com- 
 municated to  them  5  and  to  promife  that  the  Afiembly 
 would  Nominate  the  Deputies  General  as  fbon  as  they 
 had  feen  thole  Anfwers  ,  which  they  might  rely  upon  in 
 cafe  the  faid  Anfwers  were  as  advantagious  as  they  re- 
 ported. But  they  were  yet  tefs  hearkned  unto  in  thofe 
 Remonftrances  than  they  had  been  in  the  preceeding. 
 Particularly  when  they  cxprels'd  that  the  Afiembly  was 
 not  fatisfied  with  the  fubftance  of  the  Breef  for  the  keep- 
 ing of  the  Places,  or  Cities  of  Surety,  becaufe  it  prejudie'd 
 that  which  they  had  obtain'd  in  4605,  which  confirm'd 
 to  them  the  keeping  of  all  the  Places  they  were  polTefrd 
 of  :  whereas  the  new  Breef  was  writen  in  terms  which 
 made  them  loie  part  or  them.  But  they  were  very  much 
 furpris'd  when  a  Contention  was  form'd  upon  the  Breef 
 of  1605,  as  if  the  Court  had  not  believ'd  it  true  :  or 
 that  by  forac  new  Interpretation  they  had  found  the  fe- 
 cret  to  pervert  the  lence  of  it.  That  affront  fell  upon  the 
 Duke  or  Sully,  who  had  been  the  Negociator  of  that 
 Affair,  and  the  bearer  of  the  Breefs  to  the  Afiembly  of 
 Chatclleraud  :  as  if  what  ever  fide  the  thing  were  taken,  it 
 had  been  certain  that  he  had  abus'd  the  King's  Name,  or  had 
 deceiv'd  his  Brethren. 
 
 But  however  this  difavowal  of  a  Piece  to  which  the  late 
 King's  Name  was  prefix'd,  appear'd  fo  bold,  that  all  Per- 
 fons  of  Sence  judg'd  thereby  that  the  Court  had  evil  In- 
 tentions 5  and  that  they  were  fo  well  acquainted  with  the 
 Foible  of  the   Reforntd,  that  they  were  not  afTraid  to 
 
 H  2  offend 
 
n  The  Hijlory  oftbe        Book  J. 
 
 1611.  offcud  them     A  pofitivc  threading  was  added  to  that  ii 
 
 J;wer  to  lend  them  an  Onier  to  retire  in  a  very  fhort  time, 
 
 unleG  they  obey'd  willingly     Neverthclcf,  they  tarried  Ml 
 
 until  they  had  receive!  new  orders  from  the  AflembW 
 
 about  that,  and  about  the  affairs  of  Beam,    which  the 
 
 Court  would  not  allow  them  to  meddle  with     But  they 
 
 enueavoui'd  in  vain  to  make  new  follicitations  in  rhe  Conn 
 
 The  Co:,tC£-  ALcttf;s  were,  dtlivcrVi  to  them  on  the  laft  of  Jtfylfa 
 
 lives  them  t»e  Aljemblv,  and  they  were  commanded  to  retire  The 
 
 Utters  art  is,  that  in  order  to  Toff  en  that  Order,  ttrey  were  toll 
 Commands  H        n  ;/•  t,  i      t  '       .'  KJIu 
 
 them  to  re- rhar  u'ho  was  Wf*.  back  trom  $mmk  with  His 
 
 Coiiegue,  about  the  lame  time  the  Dep  tries  of  the  AT- 
 fembly  came  away  fiom  thence,  would  go  back  thither 
 with  the  Cahicr  and  aniwer.    The  Deputies  being  arriv'd. 
 gave  the  Affembly  an  account  of  their  Journey  $  and  de- 
 liver'd   the  Letters  they  had  reaiv'd.    The  fubftance  of 
 them  anfwer'd  the  Verbal  anfwer  the  Deputies  had  1  c- 
 ceiv'd.    They  mention'd  the  King's  having  receiv'd  the 
 Cah/eras  a  great  Inflance  oi  kindnef,  confideruig  the  rea- 
 Ibns  he  had  not  to  receive  it.    Thole  Reafons  were  thar 
 the  Cuftom  was  to  receive  them  from  rhe  Deputies  Gen- 
 eral after  the  diilolution  of  the  Allembiy  5   where:::;  the 
 King  had  been   pleased   to  receive  this  from  panicular 
 Deputies,  while  the  Ahembly  was  in  being  and  even  be- 
 fore their  having  nomnaited  their  Deputies  General  The 
 lame  Letters  preib'd  the  Allcmbly,  lince  thev  huh  nothing 
 more  to  do,  to  proceed  to  the  Nomination  or  fix  Perions, 
 and  to  break  up  immediately. 
 TbiAfcm-     ftrricr^  whom  his  Collegues  pitch'd  upon  to  be  their 
 biy  tarns  Speaker,  making  his  report  of  their  Negociation  to  the 
 {0urn%7he  ^^cmbly,  did  it  in  fuch  a  way  as  gave  great  fuipicions  of 
 KingsCom-  Treachery  5  and  they  were  fufficiently  confirm'd  fince  by 
 miQmers.  the  fequel  of  his  Life.    In  the  mean  time  the  Afiembly 
 And  ives  was  unw^^ng  to  Nominate  the  fix  Perfons  out  of  which 
 Reafansmt  the  Court  was  to  chute  two,  before  they  had  heard  what 
 to  chufe  fix  Bullion  had  to  fay.    They  were  in  hopes  of  waving  that 
 v*!*ntt>  Nomination,  as  being  contrary  to  the  firft  Libert)  oi  Gene- 
 ral 
 
Vol.  IT.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  S 
 
 nil  Aficmblies  j  as  being  introduc'd  into  dafe  Affttfiibiy  nf  i  11 
 Chatcllcraud,  for  private  Fvcalons  relating  to  the.'Maritia!;oJ  -^T^ 
 BouihvH,  who  was  out  of  favour  at  Court  at  that  iivaph 
 whole  Confidents  and  Creatures  the  Ring  would  not  ad- 
 mit to  relide  near  him  5  as  being  afterwards  made  at 
 Gcrgeatt  out  of  complaifance  to  the  King  who  would  have- 
 it  fo.  But  they  were  of  opinion  that  thofe  two  lingular 
 Examples  ought  not  to  ferve  as  Prefidents:  Moreover 
 all  the  Provinces  had  Infrru&ions  which  requir'd  the  re- 
 ftoring  of  the  Ele&ion  of  the  Deputies  General  upon  the 
 former  Foot  \  and  that  the  AlTembly  fliould  only  No- 
 minate two,  which  the  King  fhould  be  intrcated  to  ap- 
 prove of. 
 
 Bullion  being  come ,  inbfted  upon  the  fame  things  chat  u  which 
 were  contain' d  in  the  King's  Letters,  which  the  Deputies  they  P*jfifl 
 had  remonftrated.    He  alledg'd  the  Examples  ot  Chatel/c- 2Jr h*~rd 
 rand  and  German  :  He  added  that  he  had  the  * Cahier  wiili  Builion. 
 the  aniivers  5  that  they  ought  to  content  themlelvcs  wkh  *  p:ttt:on 
 what  they  fnould  find  upon  the  (aid  *  Cahier  ;  and  thnt  the  bitten  in 
 Co  .vt  having  done  whatever  they  could  do,  would  grant  'HT 
 ii.;':;  ng  more.    The  Allembly  being  tenable  that  this  pro  -  Anfwer  in 
 eeeding  was  not  barely   upon  the  account  of  formality  'he  ot>'ei' 
 as    Bullion     endeavoiu'd    to    perfuade   them  ,  refund 
 to  acquiefb  without  deliberation.    And  after  having  taken 
 the  Votes  by  Provinces,  thev  remain'd  in  the  reiHution  b& 
 follow  the  Ir  ftructions  which  the  Deputies  had  re'eeiv'd  t, 
 not  to  name  above  two  Deputies  General  ^  and  not  ro 
 break  up  without  having  firfr  receive!  faiisfaction  5  and 
 to  make  raoft  humble  remonftrancies  to  the  Q_ieen  upon 
 the  whole.    They  acquainted  Bullion  with  this  rXtfoluti- 
 on  by  exprefs  Deputies  3  and  foon  after  thev  deliver'd 
 their  Remonftrauces  into  his  hands,  and  defiVd  him  to 
 fend  them  to  the  Queen.    He  promis'd  to  do  it  }  and 
 did:  but  this  fhow  of  good  will,  was  only  a  Cloak  to 
 cover  other  deligns.  mifamm 
 
 When  he  was  lent  back  to  Saumur  he  was  order 'd  to  take  tbe  fteaJi- 
 the  Marfoal  de  BomUon\  advice  in  all  things,  and  to  fub-  $e°fb£e 
 
 mit 
 
54  The  Hijlory  of  the     Book  I. 
 
 16)  r.  nut  to  it  $  either  becaufe  they  were  already  fure  of  him  5 
 ^/v^  or  becaufe  they  defign'd  to  bring  him  quite  over  to  them 
 by  thislhaddow  of  Confidence,  Bullion's  chief  [endeavours 
 were  to  perfuade  that  the  Cahier  was  anfwered  in  fuch  a 
 manner  as  would  fatisfie  the  moft  difficult  :  and  he  fworc 
 it  in  terms  little  tunable  to  his  Age  and  Quality.  He 
 lometimes  declar'd,  that  if  what  he  faid  was  not  true,  he 
 would  be  Damn'cl  Eternally.  The  Reafbn  which  obiig'd 
 him  to  make  thofe  horrible  Oaths,  was  that  the  fecretof 
 the  Anfwers  made  to  the  Cahier,  had  been  ill  kept.  Seve- 
 ral Perfons  were  inform'd  by  very  good  hands  that  they 
 were  limited  to  a  very  inconsiderable  matter.  But  where- 
 as thole  extraordiary  expreffions  did  not  blind  every  body, 
 they  let  another  Machine  at  work  which  provd  more  ef- 
 fectual. La  Varenne^  who  had  made  his  Fortune  under  the 
 late  King,  by  his  Capacity  in  the  Intreagues  of  Debauches, 
 had  been  fent  to  Saimur  without  a  Character,  but  with 
 a  fecret  Commiffion  to  Corrupt  as  many  Perlbns  as  he 
 could,  in  order  to  incline  them  to  follow  the  Sentiments 
 of  the  Court.  This  Man  who  knew  how  to  promife 
 and  how  to  give ,  and  who  had  learn'd  among  Women, 
 not  to  give  over  at  the  fir  ft  Denial  5  and  to  over- 
 come the  firft  fhame  that  hinderd  them  from  yielding  to 
 his  promifes,  imploy'd  his  Time  and  his  Pains  effectually 
 here.  He  barter  d  for  Votes  almoft  publickly,  and  went 
 from  Door  to  Door  to  difplay  the  means  of  Corruption  he 
 was  intrufted  with. 
 of  whkb  He  prevail'd  with  fbme  5  he  (hook  others,  and  the  Oaths 
 fme  Mem-  of  Bullion  coming  to  the  affiftance  of  the  Prefents  and  Pro- 
 hihemfeives  m^s  °f  La  Varenne,  a  fmall  number  of  Deputies  devoted 
 to  be  cor-  theinfelves  to  the  Court.  Men  muft  fometimes  have  a  fit 
 nptti.  Rca(bn  to  tell,  when  People  wonder  at  their  behaviour 
 altho  it  be  not  the  Reafbn  which  moves  them.  They  muft 
 have  a  plaufible  Motive,  to  conceal  the  real  Motive  they 
 are  afhanvd  of.  People  would  blufh  to  confefs  that  they 
 do  Aft  for  Money  5  but  thofe  never  fear  reproaches,  who 
 only  fail  through  an  excels  of  Credulity.    The  execrable 
 
 Oaths 
 
Vol.  II.       EdiU  of  Nantes.  55 
 
 Oaths  of  a  Confi.lerable  Man  arc  a  fair  pretence  to  fuller  i6ir. 
 ones  felf  to  be  deccivV.,  in  order  to  deceive  others.  There  ^~\r^ 
 alio  were  others  vvhotho  inccncible  tobribes,  fuffer'd  them- 
 felves  to  be  deluded  into  the  Snarnes  of  thofe  powerful 
 Affirmations,  and  condemn'd  the  Conftancy  of  the  \3ajori- 
 ty,  who  would  fee  the  Anfwers,  before  they  would  proceed 
 to  any  thing  elfe.  Neverthelefs,  all  this  could  not  amount 
 lb  high  as  to  make  fo  ftrong  a  party  as  the  Court  defir'd. 
 The  Number  of  the  Obftinate  furpafs'd  that  of  the  Com- 
 plaifant  above  one  half.  Infomuch  that  all  things  being 
 decided  in  thofe  AfTemblies  by  the  Plurality  of  Votes,  the 
 Court  was  certain  to  lofe  her  Caufe. 
 
 The  Mar  dial  de  Bouillon  found  an  Expedient  for  it :  at  Dangerous 
 lean,  it  is  imputed  to  him  5  and  the  effects  fhow'd  it  clear-  counceiim- 
 ly  enough.  It  was  to  fend  for  another  Letter  from  the^^^J- 
 Court  more  pofitive  than  the  preceeding  5  to  order  the  Bouillon. 
 Aflembly  exprefsly  to  Nominate  fix  Perfons  to  the  King  ^ 
 to  accept  the  An  fivers  given  to  the  Cahicr^  and  to  break 
 up  5  wliich  declaring  inch  to  be  Rebels  who  mould  re- 
 fute to  obey  without  reply,  fhould  Authorife  the  inferiour 
 Number  to  remain  at  Saumur,  to  make  the  (aid  Nomination, 
 and  to  accept  the  Articles.  The  fubfrance  of  that  Let- 
 ter was  drawn  at  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon's  Houfe^  who 
 had  made  his  boaft  for  fbme  days  that  30  of  the  De- 
 puties would  obey  the  Order  of  the  Court :  and  who,  in 
 cafe  the  others  mould  retire,  being  unwilling  to  have  a 
 fhare  in  that  Complaifance,  were  refolv'd  to  remain,  to  o- 
 bey  the  Queen  in  all  things.  The  faid  Letter  was  fent 
 to  the  Court  by  Bellujon0  who  tarry'd  two  days  after  the 
 Courier  to  whom  Bullion  had  given  the  Remonfhances 
 of  the  Allcmbly.  They  thought  thereby  to  conceal  the 
 Miftery  :  But  it  was  eafily  unridled.  Bellujon  took  a  falle 
 pretence  to  go  into  Berry^  to  fee  fbme  Relations  of  his 
 Wi!e,  in  order  to  obtain  leave  from  ,  the  Aflembly  to  ab- 
 fent  himfelf  for  fbme  days.  Within  half  a  days  Journey 
 from  Saumur,  he  took  Poll:  for  Park,  He  was  Convicted 
 of  that  deceit  at  his  return  5  and  caught  in  a  Lye  in  two 
 
 Re  a  Ions 
 
i  6  The  Hiflory  of  the      Book  I. 
 
 1 6 1 1.  Reafons  heendeavoui'd  to  give  for  his  Journey  :  and  final - 
 lyhe  was  fo  bard  put  to  it,  that  he  had  no  way  to  clear 
 himfelf,  but  by  confefling  that  he  had  done  it  by  the  Mar- 
 fhal  clc  Bouillons  order.  It  was  eafie  to  judge  that  the 
 Sentiments  of  Lefdigukres  were  known  to  the  Marfnal  and 
 Beiiujonx  to  ^  firic'e  they  fo  finely  made  ufe  of  Bcllnjon  who  be- 
 
 -  loflg'd  to  him,  for  fuc!h  enterprifes.    The  Affembly  cenfur'd 
 ""•  Bel/ftfon  feyetely  for  this  Conduft  5  and  enter  d  the  laid  Cen- 
 fufe  among  their  other  Refutations.  They  declar'd  that  liis 
 Deportment  had  render'd  him  unworthy  to  aflifr.  for  the  fu- 
 ture in  fuch  Affembl  its  5  that  neverthelefs  as  he  had  a  procu- 
 ration from  Lefdigukres^  they  remitted  the  Judgment  of  it  to 
 him.    Refides  the  Journey  I  have  mention'd,  he  had  given 
 the  Affembly  other  Caufes  to  treat  him  with  Rigor.  He 
 had  fome  differences  with  the  Church  of  Villcmur  ,  a  Place 
 of  which  Lefdiqukres  had  given  him  the  Government  :  and 
 the  laid  Church  having  made  grave  and  considerable  Coin- 
 plaints  againft  him,  he  had  fpoken  of  the  Affembly  with  a 
 /corn  which  amounted  to  Infolence.    But  the  Mar  fhal  de 
 Bouillon,  being  exafperated  to  find  all  his  defigns  fruftrated 
 by  the  Prudence  or  Courage  of  the  Afiemblv,  took  Bellujon's 
 part  ■■>  and  after  having  been  refus'd  twice  or  thrice,  he 
 prevail'd  fo  far  by  Rcafons,by  Prayers,  and  by  Threatnings, 
 that  the  faid  Affair  was  once  more  put  to  the  Vote  of  Nine 
 Provinces,  and  that  the  Cenfure  was  revers'd  by  a  Tumul- 
 tuous Deliberation. 
 a  Letter      In  the  meantime  the  Letter  being  brought  by  the  Courier 
 from  the   whQ  foHow'd  Bellujon  clofe,  it  was  thought  fit  to  lee  what 
 %or%T'  effe&  lt  would  produce  upon  Peoples  minds  5   and  to 
 the  infoi-  communicate  it  to  lome  of  the  chief  Members  before  they 
 "J£%  deliver 'd  it  to  the  Affembly.    They  were  lencible  that  it 
 sfmer.  '  might  chance  to  fucceed  quite  difterentlv  from  what  the 
 Court  defir'd.    The  Affemblies  of  the  Reform d  had  pre- 
 ferv'd  fuch  marks  of  greatnefs  in  them  till  then,  that  even 
 thofe    to   whom    they    were  odious,    were  oblig'd 
 to  have  regards  for  them.    It  was  dangerous  to  hazard 
 a  thing  which  might  as  well  exafperate  them  as  oblige  them 
 
 to 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  57 
 
 to  break  up.  When  Afts  of  Note  are  praftis'd  againfl:  i6ir. 
 Perfons  that  have  juft  Jealoufies,  they  often  drive  them  ^V*^ 
 to  defpair,  inftead  of  furprifing  them  5  and  the  fight  of 
 Rods  to  fcourge  them,  often  gives  them  a  caufe  to  take 
 up  Arms  for  their  defence.  The  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  took 
 upon  him  to  deliver  the  faid  Letter,  and  fhow'd  it  to  Lt 
 Force,  and  to  Dh  Plejjis.  He  declar'd  before  it  was  read 
 that  lie  thought  it  very  reafbnable,  and  the  arguments  ve- 
 ry good.  After  which  they  were  greatly  furpriz'd  to  find 
 that  Terrible  Claufe  in  it  which  Authoriz'd  the  Inferior 
 Number  againfl:  the  Greater.  La  Force  and  Dh  Plejjis 
 fpoke  vigoroufly  to  the  Duke  upon  that  SubjecT,  and 
 lnow'd  him  that  the  faid  Letter  was  an  Inlet  for 
 Divifion,  of  which  it  would  be  impoffible  to  cure  the 
 Evil  3  which  would  occafion  the  ruin  of  the  Churches  j 
 which  neither  Perfecution  nor  Civil  Wars  had  been  a- 
 ble  to  dcftroy.  But  they  only  gain'd  the  Liberty  by  it 
 to  Communicate  to  whom  they  pleas'd,  what  they  could 
 remember  of  the  fubftance  of  the  faid  Letter.  Abun- 
 dance of  People  repaird  immediately  to  Dh  Plejjis ,  to 
 hear  from  him  thofe  ftrange  particulars,  and  to  take  pro- 
 per meafures  to  prevent  that  misfortune. 
 
 Bullion  in  order  either  to  diffipate  the  heat  of  thofe  Bullion 
 firft  movements  5  or  to  feem  averfe  to    Aftions  which feem stoac' 
 might  oflcnd  fo  many  Perfons  $  or  to  have  time  to  play  the  rlmplr? 
 Machine  that  was  fet  at  work  more  feenrely,  declar'd  that 
 he  was  fencibleof  thelnoonveniencies  that  would  attend  the 
 faid  Letter  5  and  in  order  to  avoid  them  propos'd  a  Con- 
 ference with  Dh  Plejjis,  about  the  means  he  mould  judge 
 moft  proper  in  order  thereunto.    There  was  fbme  likely- 
 hood  that  the  Conference  would  produce  fome  effrcl:, 
 by  reafbn  that  Bullion  and  Du  Plejjis  agreed  about  fome 
 things,  vi%.  That  the  Affembly  mould  Nominate  fix  Per- 
 fons to  the  King  5  That  the  Deputies  General  which  mould 
 be  Ele&ed  mould  be  fatisfied  about  the  Cahier  5  That  in- 
 cafe  they  were  not  fatisfied  with  the  Anfwers  already 
 given,  he  mould  obtain  fatisfattion  for  the  Affembly  up- 
 
 I  on 
 
58"  The  Hiftoryofthe      Book  I. 
 
 i o  1 1 .  on  five  or  fix  Articles,  before  their  DifYolution  5  and  this 
 -  heingag'd  to  do,  tho  he  had  no  orders  about  it :  That 
 he  would  not  prefs  the  Deputies  to  break  up  fb  loon  al- 
 ter me  aforefiid  Nomination  5  and  that  he  would  receive 
 all  flieir  Protections  abo'ut  the  Number  of  Six,  to  the 
 end  that  what  they  mould  do  at  that  time,  might  not  ferve 
 as  a  President  for  the  future.  But  while  Du  Plejjis 
 was  preparing  to  give  the  Ailcinbly  an  account  of  the 
 faid  Conference,  Bullion  Pent  to  him  to  acquaint  him  that  he 
 rcvok'd  his  Word  ,  That  he  would  perform  his  Office  3  go  j 
 into  the  Aflemhly  and  caufe  the  Queen's  Letter  to  be 
 read. 
 
 Whereas  he  aliedgYl  no  other  Ken  Con  for  that  altcrati- 
 rfa  fudden  otj.  but  an  Idle  Rumour  of  their  qefigning  to  take  thead- 
 hf"'-  '^vantage  of  his  promijes,  every  bod\  concluded  that  this 
 "rhe\v.n-  Was  Infpir'd  to  him  b>  the  MaruSal  ad  Bouillon  :  and  they 
 fl>d  Duke,  were  fully  convine'd  of  it,  when  they  were  inform'd  that 
 he  had  aiTembled  ail  his  Creatures  that  very  evening  at  his 
 Houfe,  and  had  prevaifd  with  them  all  to  rife,  at  the 
 rirfr  Overture  that  mould  be  given  them  by  the  oppoure 
 Party,  upon  the  propofition  Bullion  was  to  make,  and  to 
 make  a  Scifme  againft  the  Ailembly.    This  Newsfill'd  the 
 minds  of  all  thofe  that  lovd  Union,  with  defpair  and  grief; 
 and  their  fir  ft  thoughts  were  to  retire,  to  avoid  being 
 Witnefies  of  that  Scandal,    which  neither  their  Courage 
 Wife  Cou*  or  ^rll^ence  could  prevent."  But  after  having  heard  Du 
 ciiofDu'PJdff*?  they  folio w'd  his  advice,  which  was  to  obey  the 
 Pkffis.     Orders  which  Bullion  would  fignifie  to  them,  whatever 
 prejudice  they  might  fuftain  by  it:  To  the  end  that  by 
 this  means  the  fire  of  Di virion  which  had  been  kindled 
 in  their   Bofome,  might  be  fmother'd  there  3  and  that 
 thofe  who  had  had  the  malice  to  prepare  the  Scifme,  might 
 not  have  the  fatisfadtion  to  fee  it  break  out  fcandaloufly. 
 This  Refblution  was  held  fecret,  by  reafon  that  they  were 
 unwilling  to  allow  the  Marmal  de  Bouillons  party  time  to 
 prevent  the  effef.  of  it.    There  were  55  Perfons  of  this 
 mind.    Among  which  were  the  Dukes  de  Rohan ,  and 
 
Vol. II.       EdiSof  Nantes.  59 
 
 Sully,  Soabife,  La  Force,  and  many  Gentlemen,  But  particu-  16  n. 
 larlv  all  the  Minifters,  excepting  1  Ferrier,  who  had  taken  vx-v^ 
 of  his  Mask. 
 
 The  event  (how'd  that  they  were  in  the  right  to  recom-  ^^dt 
 mend  vecn.fie.  Bullion  prefented  the  Queens  Letter  to  the  ° 
 Aflemblv  the  next  day  $  and  after  the  Reading  of  it,  de- 
 fied them  earneftly  to  obey  it.  Du  Plcjfis  being  prepai'd 
 for  that  propofition,  did  not  take  the  Votes  to  put  the 
 thing  in  deliberation,  as  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon's  Friends 
 did  expect  /  but  anfvvered  in  few  words  5  and  oblerving 
 to  Bullion  how  prejudicial  it  was-  to  the  Stare  ,  to  fow 
 Divifions  among  the  Reform W,  he  alTur'd  him  neveithe- 
 lels  that  the  Afteti)bly  would  obey.  This  unexpected  an- 
 fwfer,  keeping  every  body  within  the  bounds  of  Duty  and 
 Silence,  Bullion  who  was  unwilling  to  lole  the  Fruit 
 of  his  Project,  and  who  thought  that  the  prevention  of 
 the  faid  diforder  .which  had  been  prepared  with  fo  much 
 art  would  reflect.  Upon  him,  reiterated  ftiVnottt  ncccf- 
 fuy  that  they  muft  obey.  Three  or  four  of  the  Con- 
 fpiTators,  and  among  the  reft  Bcrtichcres  and  Villemade 
 ofierd^  to  fpeak,  tffid  declar'd  that  they  were  of  the  (mall 
 number'mention'd  in  the  Letter.  But  Du  Ptejfisflidpi  them 
 by  his  Authority  5  and  in  few  words  made  them  Inch  pow- 
 erful Remonftrances,  and  fo  much  to  the  purpofe,  that 
 many  of  the  fame  Party,  who  thought  that  the  Queen  on- 
 ly defrYd  tnat  they  fh  »v.ld  obey,  and  who  found  every  body 
 inclind  to  do  it,  cty'd  out  to  thole  hot  heads  to  refrain. 
 After  having  thus  pix vo  ted  the  Tumult,  Du  Plejjls  who 
 had  onlv  fpoken  in  his  own  Name,  being  confident  that 
 he  fhould  not  be  contradicted,  refblv'd  to  take  the  Votes 
 of  the  AlTembly  asvvasulual  :  but  left  they  thould  think 
 that  he  was  affraid  of  having  been  too  forward  in  his  pro- 
 mile,  he  declar'd  he  only  took  the  Votes  for  form  fake  5 
 being  very  well  fatisfied  that  what  he  had  laid  would 
 be  approved  of  by  every  body.  In  effect  Obedience  was 
 concluded  upon  3  onlv  two  or  three  Creatures  of  the  Court 
 
 cnvil'd  about  force  •Ch-cumftances.  ;  The  Duke  of  'Sully 
 
 .tn  dp.}  23ioiB3rn  qnn  oj  ttnn\  ygildo  rbinw  ctftremnr-ftjo" 
 
6o  The  Hiftory  of  the       Book  I. 
 
 1611.  tho'  naturally  as  wavering  in  his  opinion,  as  his  Fortune 
 w"v"v-'  was  uncertain,  and  moreover  a  little  unrefolv'd  in  his 
 own  affairs,  prov'd  notwithstanding  fteady  in  this,  and 
 fcconded  the  Prefidents  advice  with  good  Reafonsj  which 
 he  did  the  more  willingly,  by  reafon  that  he  thought  he  did 
 rh:  ,^_ferve  the  Ring  and  the  Affcmbly  by  it. 
 bh  «»,       Thus  they  refolv'd  to  proceed  by  CommifTioners  in  what 
 v  '  !      Bnl/ionhad  propos'd.  The  Afiembly  nam'd  eight,  of  which 
 .  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  was  the  fir;>.    But  this  proje& 
 came  to  nothing,  by  reafon  that  he  refus'd  that  Comifli- 
 on  under  pretence  of  being  ill.     This  was  look'd  upon 
 to  be  an  evafion,  bv  reafon  that  while  he  excused  himfelf 
 upon  that  account,  from  meddling  with  the  affairs  of  the 
 Affembly,  he  had  Conferences  with  Bulloin  La  Varcnm  and 
 others,  which  after  having  lafled  part  of  the  day,  fome- 
 times  took  up  part  of  the  night    It  is  certain  at  leaft  that 
 ^he  was  fo  much  inrag'd  at  the  fuccefs  of  this  enterprife, 
 ^'a';^^that  he  utter 'd  very  hard  words  againft  fome  of  his  ad- 
 ..•  -ivherents.  for  having  fuffer'd  themfelves  fo  eafily  to  be  fi- 
 bkenteS'  ^encc*  ;      uP^taided  them  with  it  as  a  want  of  Courage. 
 p"f" Nevcrthelefs  the  evil,  if  there  was  any,  did  not  proceed 
 from  them.    The  Maribai  had  no  reafon  to  accufe  any 
 body  but  himfelf,  and  Bullion.    They  had  only  taken 
 meafures  to  make  a  Scifme,  in  cafe  the  AlTembly  mould  re- 
 folve  to  continue  their  Seiiion  to  provide  for  the  fafety  of 
 the  Churches,  or  mould  break  up  without  doing  any  thing  : 
 but  they  had  taken  none  in  cafe  they  mould  obey  3  Becauie 
 they  did  not  expecf  it. 
 
 On  the  5//J  of  December  they  proceeded  to  the  No- 
 11%' 'the  n)mat*on  °f  Six  Perfbns,  whofe  Names  were  to  be  pre- 
 DefHtiet   lented  to  the  King  :  which  was  done  with  more  eafie  than 
 General,   wzs  expected ,    by  reafon    of  the  Brigues  and  other 
 difficulties  they  were  furrounded  with.    It  had  been  pro- 
 pos'd to  exclude  from  the  faid  Nomination  all  fuch  as  had 
 any  Relation,  or  Dependencies  on  the  Court,  either  upon 
 the  account  of  Penfions,  Places  in  the  Magiftracy.,  or  Go- 
 vernments, which  oblig'd  them  to  keep  meafiires  there. 
 
 They 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  61 
 
 They  had  unanimoufly  Voted  the  exclufion  of  the  Penfio-  i6n. 
 ners,  but  they  had  not  been  able  to  agree  upon  the  reft, 
 by  reafon  that  among  thole  who  had  fuch  imployments, 
 there  were  fevcral  Perfons  qualified  for  the  Depntation,both 
 by  their  being  acquainted  with  affairs,  and  by  their  Zeal 
 for  the  Common  Caufe.  Therefore  the  faid  difficulty  was 
 not  as  yet  remov'd  {  and  moreover  the  Marftial  de  Bouillon 
 fpar'd  nothing  to  make  the  Deputation  fall  upon  fome  Per- 
 fons  he  might  confide  in.  He  had  no  mind  the- Deputati- 
 on mould  be  made  on  the  appointed  day  5  and  he  fell  out 
 into  a  great  paflion  againft  fome  of  his  Party,  who  had 
 not  perfifted  in  that  ientiment  as  firmly  as  they  mould  have 
 done.  Yet  notwithstanding  all  this,  Mombrun,  Rouvray0 
 and  Bertevil/e,  were  Nominated  for  the  Nobility  :  and. 
 Maniald^  Boijfuyl  and  La  Millctierc  for  the  Third  Eftate. 
 This  Nomination  difpleas'd  the  Marlbgl  and  Bullion  to  that 
 degree,  that  they  us'd  their  utmoft  efforts  to  alter  it.  They 
 ofTer'd  Maniald  and  Boijfeuil  2000  Piftols,  or  a  Place  of 
 Councellor  in  a  Parliament ,  provided  they  would  refute 
 the  Nomination  by  reafon  that  Armet  who  was  at  the 
 Duke's  devotion,  and  who  had  moft.  Voices  next  to  them, 
 muft  have  had  the  Place  of  him  that  would  have  refus'd 
 it.  But  they  could  not  prevail :  and  the  Nomination  re- 
 main'd  as  it  had  been  made  by  the  Majority  of  the  Affem- 
 bly,  and  approv'd  of  by  the  Reformed  as  the  beft  and  moft 
 faithful.  The  Court  choCo- Ronvraji-  and  La  Milletiere  out  of 
 thole  Six  :  and  the  Affembly  was  foon  acquainted  there- 
 with. 
 
 ioo8  huos/d  'Jib  10  i-'JnsJnoO  3flJ  10  vir>»nii<fJci  A 
 
 The  End  of  the  Firft  B00L 
 
THE 
 
 H  IS  TO  R  F 
 
 O  F    T  H  E 
 
 vol.  1 1. 
 
 BOOK  II. 
 
 A  Summary  of  the  Contents  of  die  Second  Book. 
 
 The  Anfwers  to  the  Cahiers  fatisfe  no  body.  Neverthelefs, 
 the/  refilvc  to,brfa!{  up  :  -altho;  nothing  confider able  had 
 been  done  in  the  Ajfembly.  Artifices  to  difgxft  Chamier. 
 Ferrier  retires.  Why  the  Court  will  not  feem  to  have  oc- 
 capon  4  thofe  Diviftons.  Regulations  drawn  by  the  Ap> 
 fembly.    Provincial  Councils :  Their  Fun&iom.  Regulate 
 
 on 
 
Vol.  IT.       fsdiB  of  Nantes.* 
 
 on  of  Dnicn.    The'MarfJhil  de  Rouill  )n  will  not   allow  \ 
 the  Minificrs  to  make  a  feperate  Body  in  thofc  Councils. 
 Sub  dance  of  the  General  Cahicr,  and  of  the  Anfwers  that 
 were  made  to  it.    Articles  in  favour  of  Beam.  Mutual 
 reproaches   of  the  Members  of  the  AJfembly.    Books  that 
 make  a  noife.    Nicenefs  of  tie  Doflrwe  concerning  the  Au- 
 thority of  Kings.  Du  ?\ziX\$Book.  Number  of  666  Ju[i- 
 nefs  of  the  Application.    Sedition   at  Paris.     Return  ef 
 the  Deputies  in   their  Provinces.    Commiffioners  in  di- 
 vers   pLces    iv here    they   are   recused.    Synod  at  Blois  : 
 ivhich  the  Commiffioners  are  allarmdat.    They  write  to  Court 
 about  it.    Affcmbly  at  Caftel  Jealoux,   which  occafwns  a 
 kind  of  League  of  the  Catholicks.    Mortifications  received  by 
 the  Jefuits.    Commiffioners  in  the  Country  of  Gex.  The 
 Pveforoi'd  fide  with  the  Houfe   of  Guile  in  a.  quarrel. 
 j    Death  of  the  Lord  de  Vatan.    A  Miniver  is  granted  him, 
 '    to  afift  at  his  Death  :  but  they  will  not  allow  Pfalms  to 
 be  (un%  by  him.    Deputy s  of  the  Provinces  at  Paris  fent- 
 bacl^  outragioufty.     Declaration  of  the  24  of  April.  The 
 1    Deputies  General  form  an  Oppofition  to  the  Inrollment  of 
 •    it  :  which  is  notwithstanding  performed.    National  Synod  at 
 1    Privas.    Cenfure  oftheDivitionsofSmmur.    Union  fign'd 
 andfworn.    Particular  Divi (ions.     Deportments  of Terrier. 
 Grave  accufations  againfi  him  in  the  Synod  $  which  Cen- 
 furrs  him  feverely.    Nimes  fends  Deputies  to  prefervc  him, 
 but  in  vain  :  and  the  Synod  aggravates.    Complaints  of  the 
 Synod  of  Blois.    A  formal  dijavoival  of  the  Declaration 
 of  the  24  of  April.    Applications  of  the   Synod  for  the 
 'Reconciliation  of  the  Grandees.    B  reefs  of  Augmentation 
 of  the  Money  granted  for  the  Sallery  of  Minifters.  Alte- 
 ration nrzdc  in  the  State  of  the  ReformM  in  the  Coun- 
 try of  Gex.    The  Synod  endeavours-  to  hinder  the  abufe  that 
 '    is  made  of  that  augmentation  :  and  renews  the  Demands 
 of  the  Affembly  0/Saumur.    Reafons  of  the  Repugnancy  fa 
 !    often  exprefsd  about  the  Denomination  of  Pretended  Re- 
 ,'    form'd  Religion.    Complaints  concerning  the  Com  mi\f loners. 
 ( ,  Refoltftion  no  longer  to  fend  particular  Deputies  to  Court. 
 
<fy  The  HiJlory  of  the      Book  I. 
 
 Force  of  the  ReforuVd  in  the  County  of  Avignon.  Gra- 
 tifications.  New  declaration  upon  the  preceding  one^  which 
 
 ■/*  M  j^irfu'ory.  Gfthiers  anfaefd  Incroachmentsofthe 
 P.;r//j  tntj  upon  the  Jurifdi&i,n  of  tfo  Chambers.  Severi- 
 ty of  the  Chamber  of  the  Ed/ff.  Removal  of  the  Corps  of  a 
 Gentleman  of  the  Reform  d  Religion  out  of  the  Ground 
 by  the  Order  of  a  Com  mijf oner.  Favour  granted  to  the 
 llerornVd  of  Tierache.  Divifion  of  the  Duke  de  Rohan, 
 and  the  Mar/lial  de  Bouillon  5  and  the  Ijfue  of  it.  A- 
 hufe  of  the  Duty  which  inclines  to  Obedience.  The  Court 
 improves  the  Doclrine  of  Patience.  Minifters  Penfioner  s. 
 Enterprife  upon  St.  Johnd'  Angely,  The  Duke  <?/"Rohan 
 prevents  it :  and  perfifts  notwithstanding  it  was  done  by  or- 
 der from  the  Court.  The  gyeen  is  offended  5  and  all  things 
 feem  to  incline  to  a  War. 
 
 JA^L/  ^f""^  Vllion  being  no  longer  able  to  delay  the  delivery 
 Tot  An-  a  M  of  the  Anfwer'd  Cahier  to  the  AlTembly,  fines 
 STc/hier  il  he  had  *°  often  Promis,(i  to  doit,  as  foon  as  the 
 fatifies  no  J  >M  Queen  (hould  be  fatisfied  about  the  Nomination 
 body.      «  of  the  Deputies  General,  kept  his  Word,  and 
 
 allow'd  the  Deputies  to  continue  their  Seftion  for  lome  days 
 longer,  in  order  to  examine  it.  None  of  them  fiem'd  fa- 
 vourable 5  and  they  were  conceiv'd  in  Equivocal  and  Cap- 
 tious Terms,  which  allow'd  the  Court  a  great  deal  of  li- 
 berty to  wave  that  by  way  of  Interpretation,  which  feenrd 
 moft  plaufible  in  thofe  promifes.  Even  thofe  who  had  been 
 fo  earneft  in  forming  the  Scifme, which  the  prudence  of  the 
 others  had  prevented  from  breaking  out,  were  as  much 
 furpris  d  as  the  reft,  and  exprefs'd  a  great  deal  of  difcontent. 
 Some  of  them  exclaim'd  highly  againft  that  deceit,  and  up- 
 braided Bullion  feverely  for  the  Oaths  he  had  fworn  to  a- 
 mufe  them.  But  there  was  no  remedy  5  and  Bullion  had 
 what  he  defird,  and  therefore  did  not  care  for  their 
 reproaches.  Nothing  comforts  people  fo  eafily  of  an  ac- 
 cusation of  Perjury,  as  the  happy  fucce/s  of  the  Artifice 
 which  deferves  it.    One  of  the  Reafons  urg'd  to  give  a 
 
 pretence 
 
Vol.11.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  65 
 
 pretence  to  the  Scifme  that  was  preparing,was,thatthe  on-  161 
 ly  thing  in  debate  was  a  piece  of  formality  5  that  it  was  in- 
 diferent  whether  the  Aflembly  receiv'd  fatisfa&ion  before 
 or  after  the  Nomination  of  the  Deputies  General,  provided 
 it  was  given  them  effectually  }  that  the  Court  looking  upon 
 the  (aid  Nomination  before  the  dili  very  of  the  Anfwer  as  a 
 point  of  Honour,  it  was  reafonable  to  comply  with  the 
 King's  defire.}  that  is  was  a  refpeft  due  by  Subjects  to  their 
 Soveraign,  not  to  difpute  with  him  upon  a  point  of  Deco- 
 rum about  his  Authority,  efpecially  when  it  was  no  wife 
 to  their  prejudice.  But  the  illufion  of  that  reafon  was  Coon 
 di/covcr'd,  when  they  found  the  fcope  of  the  favour  they 
 had  flatter'd  themfelves  with.  It  was  vifible  that  the  Court 
 being  unwilling  to  do  any  thing  beyond  the  little  they  did 
 grant,  had  only  infifted  upon  that  pretended  formality,  to 
 avoid  being  oblig'd,  at  the  carneft  follicitation  of  the  Af- 
 fembly,  to  give  them  any  real  teftimonies  of  good  will? 
 
 They  would  fain  have  usd  fome  endeavours  to  obtain  Keverth 
 fbmetbing  more  :  but  when  they  thought  on  the  means  to  leJs  tbey 
 effect  it,  they  found  none  of  which  they  durft  promife  hLk.*p 
 themfelves  a  happy  fuccefs.  The  Brief  which  did  Autho- 
 rize the  Aflembly,  allowing  it  only  in  order  to  Nominate 
 the  Deputies  General,  it  might  have  been  ftil'd  unlawful 
 after  the  faid  Nomination,  if  they  had  refus'd  to  break  up. 
 Several  of  thole  that  had  the  beft  intentions  were  weary 
 of  contending  as  they  had  been  oblig'd  to  do,  in  order 
 to  prevent  Brigues  contrary  to  the  common  good.  Otheis 
 were  afraid  of  drawing  the  indignation  of  the  Court  up- 
 on them,  incafe  they  mould  refill  their  Orders  with  a  Vi- 
 gour, which  would  be  ftil'd  Rebellion.  They  were  all 
 difident  of  thofe  that  had  been  lb  ready  to  divide  from 
 the  reft  of  the  Aflembly,  and  notwithstanding  fome  of  them 
 feem'd  difcontented  at  BuUiotis  deceit,  there  was  no  realba 
 to  expect  that  they  would  unite  themfelves  to  the  good 
 party  again,  incafe  any  refolutions  mould  be  taken.  They 
 had  as  well  promis'd  to  make  a  Scifme  upon  the  fubject  of 
 the  anfwers,  incafe  the  Aflembly  were  difatisfied  with  them, 
 
 K  as 
 
46  The  Hijtoy  of  the     Book  IT. 
 
 j6ii.  as -upon  the  time,  and  manner  of  deliberating  about  it. 
 
 •^""v^  So  that  they  agreed  unanimoufly  to  break  up;  To  leave 
 the  profecution  of  a  more  favourable  Anfwer  to  the  De- 
 puties General  \  and  to  fee  whether  the  Queen,  be* 
 ing  fatisfied  with  their  fubmiffion  to  her  Will,  would  not  be 
 more  eaflly  indind  to  allow  the  Reform*  d  greater  fa- 
 vours. 
 
 r:a  n>  Thus  an  Affembly  compos'd  of  the  moft  eminent  Per- 
 So^fons  among  the  Reform  d  both  for  QaaRty,  and  Capaci- 
 wrthyof  ty,  which  in  fo  proper  a  Conjuncture  ought  to  have  ta- 
 tbe  Ajf  m>  ken  fuch  meafure>  for  the  lately  of  the  Churches,  a' could 
 never  have  be^n  violated  bv  their  Enemies ,  brc  ke  up 
 without  doing  any  thing.  The  Nomination  of  Deputies 
 General  was  all  that  was  done  during  a  Seflion  of  four 
 Months  i  and  the  publick  affairs  remain'd  in  the  fame  con- 
 dition after  fuch  long  deliberations  as  they  were  before  the 
 meeting  of  the  Aflembty.  Moreover  it  did  more  harm 
 than  good,  by  realbn  that  the  facility  of  fowing  Divi- 
 fions  among  the  Reformed  difcovcr'd  their  weaknefs  5  and 
 taught  the  Court  the  way  to  deftroy  them.  The  Authors 
 of  the  faid  Divifion  were  fo  much  afhamM  of  it ,  that 
 they  Ui>'d  their  utmoft  endeavours  to  avoid  that  reproach. 
 The  very  Court  had  no  mind  it  mould  be  imputed  to  their 
 Artifices:  Therefore  endeavours  were  us'd  to  lay  the  blame 
 of  it  upon  private  Intereft,  which  had  occafiou'd  great  heats. 
 And  indeed,  as  there  were  many  Perfons  who  had  demands 
 to  make  either  immediately  to  the  .  Aflembly,  or  by  the 
 Aflembly  to  the  Court,  it  is  very  probable  that  Buffion^ 
 and  thofe  that  ferv'd  him  on  that  occafion,  took  the  ad- 
 vantage of  thofe  perianal  affairs,  in  order  to  f  icceed  in 
 their  principal  defign.  So  that  this  provd  one  of  the  means 
 which  corrupted  thofe  who  thereby  expected  to  find  more 
 favour  at  Court.  As  many  endeavours  were  us'd  to  break 
 the  meafores  of  thofe  that  were  firm  and  inflexible,  as  to 
 gain  thofe  whofe  SoaJs  were  fencible  to  promifes  and  to 
 Artifices  to  h0pes,  Chamkr  was  one  of  thofe  fteady  Pillars,  which  no- 
 aSmier.  thing  was  capable  to  ftw&e.  He  had  the  fir  ft  Voice  in  the 
 ..w.     .  Aflembly, 
 
Vol*  II.     EdiSofHmts.  67 
 
 Afiembly,  as  being  Afliftance  tothePrefident  ;  and  where-  \6U- 
 as  he  was  skill'd  in  Affairs,  the  Conclusion  depen- 
 ded partly  on  the  turn  he  gave  them.  A  particular  grie- 
 vance was  put  upon  him,  in  order  to  difguft  him  of  Aflem- 
 blics,  in  which  he  had  too  much  Authority.  The  Confi- 
 ftory  of  Montelimar,  where  he  was  Niinifter,  took  the  ad- 
 vantage of  his  abfence,  and  of  his  Deputation  to  give  his 
 place  to  another.  This  was  done  without  confuting  him, 
 and  without  hearing  him  j  by  ibme  Intrigue  or  other,  in 
 which  it  is  very  likely  that  Lefdigttcres  had  a  hand,  fince 
 it  was  done  in  his  Province,  before  his  eyes,  and  in  a  place 
 where  he  had  thepowertodo  what  he  plealed.  And  to  ag- 
 gravate the  Injury,the  Confiftory  fent  tofearch  his  Houfe,and 
 tumbled  all  bis  Library  with  a  great  deal  of  Violence,  un- 
 der pretence  of  taking  fome  Papers  which  did  belong  to 
 the  Church.  The  behaviour  of  the  Conftftory  had  fome- 
 thing  fo  offenfive  in  it,  and  there  appear'd  fo  much  con- 
 tempt in  it  againfti7w/»7<r,  that  he  was  extreamly  offended 
 at  it,  and  the  more  becaufe  his  intereft  was  concern'd  in 
 it,  as  well  as  his  honour.  His  Family,  his  Eftate,  and  his 
 Acquaintance  were  at  Mo//tel/ma>\  and  he  could  not  remove 
 from  thence  without  difidvantage/He  was  not  a  of  humour 
 to  lofe  patiently :  bi  t  at  the  fame  time  he  would  not  have 
 done  any  thing  for  his  own  Intereft,  to  the  prejudice  of 
 the  common  Caule  ^  and  he  preferred  Religion  to  Interelt. 
 He  thought  it  a  great  piece  of  injufricethat  his  own  Church 
 mould  endeavour  to  ruin  him  5  that  in  order  thereunto 
 they  took  the  advantage  of  his  abfcence,  to  prevent  the 
 Ruin  of  his  Brethren.  He  complain'd  of  it  to  the  AlTem- 
 bly,  as  of  an  affront  in  which  they  were  concern  d  5  and 
 refolv'd  to  remove  from  Saitmnr  to  mind  his  own  Affairs. 
 This  was  dire£tly  what  the  Court  aim'd  at,  in  order  to 
 Weaken  the  Party  they  were  afraid  of,  by  removing  fo 
 good  ahead.  Fcrrier  had  already  mown  the  good  ex'am-] 
 pie  of  preferring  private  affairs  to  the  General.  He  had 
 left  the  Aflembly  under  pretence  of  his  Son' and  Mother- 
 in-Law's  beingJU,    Had  Oatntkr  done  the  fame, every/  body 
 
 K.  2  would 
 
<J8  The  Hijlorj  of  the       Book.  II. 
 
 1 6 1  \ .  would  have  found  reafbns  to  imitate  them  j  and  the  AfTem- 
 ^"v^  bly  would  have  been  dillipated  infencibly.    But  they  ftopt 
 Chamkr  by  doing  him  Juftice.    The  Affembly  maintain^ 
 him  in  the  Miniftry  of  MonteUmars  and  in  order  to  re- 
 move the  pretence  the  Confiftory  had  taken,  they  ordei'd 
 the  Minifters  of  the  adjacent  place  s  to  Preach  for  him  Al- 
 ternately in  his  abfeence.    The  Synods  confirmed  the  raid 
 Regulation  afterwards  $  and  Chamkr  ferv'd  the  Church  of 
 Montelimar,  until!  he  was  Transferred  to  Montdttban^  there 
 to  ferve  the  Church  and  the  Academy, 
 Sf»w      ^ut  tno^  particular  affairs  were  not  the  real  caufe  of  the 
 mmliifig  Evil  :  they  only  ferv'd  as  an  occafion  to  corrupt  lome  of 
 nh^taJ  the  Deputies,  and  to  diguft  others.    It  may  perhaps  leern 
 rJ/eD/vJ-  grange  that  the  Court  mould  be  unwilling  to  appear  the 
 /ion/.       Caufe  of  a  Divifion,  they  had  procured  with  fo  much  care, 
 and  which  was  fo  ufeful  to  them  •-,  but  two  reafbns  may  be 
 given  for  it.    The  one  that  giving  fo  many  affurances  of  their 
 good  Will  to  the  Reform W,they  were  unwillingto  bely  them, 
 by  leeming  to  endeavour  to  difunite  them.  The  other  that  all 
 the  Cntholicks  did  not  approve  the  ruining  of  the  Reformed  : 
 (bme  becaufe  they  look'd  upon  their  union  as  the  bell:  defence 
 of  the  State   againft  foieign   Intiigues  :    otheis  becaufe 
 they  were  of  opinion  that  the  Publick  Liberty  was  joyn'd 
 to  the  preiervation  of  the   Reformed,  whofe  Union  was  a 
 powerful  Fence  againft  Arbitrary  Power,  of  which  they 
 perceiv'd  that  the  Policy  ot  the  Jefuits    was  laying  the 
 Foundation.    The  main  delign  of  the  Court  of  Spain  was 
 either  to  engage  France  to  ruin  the  Reformed,  or  to  opprefs 
 the  People,  which  had  never  known  what  flavery  was  till 
 then.    In  all  probability  the  Court  of  France  was  like  to 
 engage  it  felt  into  irreconcileable  difficulties,  if  they  en- 
 tred  once  into  Wars  of  Religion  with  the  Reformed,  or 
 engaged  themfelves  by  the  Usurpation  of  an  unbounded 
 Power  againft  People  that  were  fond  of  their  Priviledges^ 
 and  accuftori^d  to  reverence  their  King's  like  Fathers,  be- 
 caufe they  us'd  them  like  their  Children.    For  that  reafbn 
 there  were  many  Catholicks,  who  would  have  been  very 
 
 forry 
 
Vol.II.        EdiBof  Nantes.  69 
 
 forry  to  fee  the  Reformed  driven  out  of  the  Kingdom.  Even  1611' 
 in  the  Council,  thole  who  had  had  a  (hare  in  the  late  King's 
 defigns,  and  had  reliftYd  his  Maxims  had  the  fame  lenti- 
 lentiments:  and  expected  no  good  from  the  difunion  of 
 the  Reformed,  Some  of  the  Members  of  the  prefent  King's 
 Council  have  likewile  had  the  fame  lentiments,  particular- 
 ly thofe  who  oblerv'd  the  courle  of  Affairs,  during  the 
 Reign  of  Lewis  the  XIII.  This  opinion  has  indue'd  a  zea- 
 lous Catholick  Hiftorian,  who  has  writen  the  Hiftory  of 
 thofe  Transactions  in  a  ftile  full  of  Gall  and  Violence,to  Gon- 
 itis that  the  fall  of  the  Reformed  would  occafion  that  of  the 
 State,  and  that  the  ruin  of  their  Sect,  would  deftroy  thole 
 very  Catholicks  that  had  occafion'd  it.  This  fbows.  that 
 the  very  defigns  of  the  Court  not  being  approv'd  by  all 
 the  French,  they  had  no  realbn  to  own  themfelves  the  Au- 
 thors of  a  Divifion  which  was  look'd  upon  by  lb  many  to 
 be  contrary  to  the  good  of  the  Kingdom.  This  is  the  rea- 
 fon  for  which  in  fome  relations  about  what  pafs'd  in  the 
 AlTembly  of  Saumur,  all  the  mifunderftandings  which  ren- 
 derM  it  ufelels  to  the  Reform  d,  are  imputed  to  the  parti- 
 cular affairs  of  the  Members  of  it,  as  if  the  Intrigues  of- 
 the  Court  had  had  no  (hare  in  it. 
 
 All  thefe  troubles  did  not  hinder  the  AlTembly'  from 
 drawing  very  fine  Regulations,  which  would  have  been  luf-  \hT7(fm- 
 ficient  to  render  the  Reform  d  Invincible,  had  it  been  as  eafie  Hr. 
 to  putthem  fincerelyin  execution,  as  to  refolve  upon  them. 
 Such  were  thole  which  related  to  the  prefervation  oi  the  Places 
 of  Suerty  5   but  particularly  thofe  that  wererefolv'd  up- 
 on for  the  eftablifhing  of  Councils  in  every  Province.  The 
 firlr  Project  of  it  was  form'd  in  the  AlTembly  of  Ste.  Foy  i 
 and  that  of  Chatelleraud  refum'd  the  faid  defign  fome  years 
 after  it.  But  the  continuation  of  the  War,  and  afterwards 
 the  longNegociation  of  the  Edict,  from  which  the  Reform  d  ■ 
 expected  more  furety  than  from  their  own  regulations, 
 hindred  them  from  purfuing  the  Project  of  SainU  Foy. 
 and  the  Intrigues  of  Rorti  at  Chatclleraud  alio  hinderd  ihem 
 from  taking  any  relblutions  upon  that  Subject,   But  the 
 
 Kings 
 
70  The  Hi/hrj  of  the      Book  IL 
 
 i6n.  King's  Death  having  alter'd  the  ftate  of  Affairs ,  the  Aflem- 
 v>"Vn-'  bly  of  Saumw  thought  themfelves  obltg'd  to  renew  their 
 antient  precautions^  whkh  the  .  power  of  thejefuits,  and 
 the  Artifices  of  thoie  that  were  ill  inclin'd  made  more  nece£ 
 
 iary  than  ever.    Therefore  they  voted  a  Council  in  every 
 Province  compose!  of  Gentlemen,  Mnifters,  *  and  Mem- 
 bers  of  the  third  Eftate,  who  mould  be  chofen  by  the  Pro- 
 Couadtt.    vincial  Ailemblv,  and  mould  be  continued,  or  chang'd 
 
 +  Commons.  •  ,.& 
 
 once  in  two  years,  in  the  whole  or  in  part,  according  as 
 the  Aflembly  mould  think  fit.  The  number  of  the  Per- 
 fons  of  which  it  was  to  be  compos'd  was  not  limited.  They 
 allow 'd  the  laid  Council  a  power  to  nominate  the  Perfons 
 and  Places,  where  the  advices  that  mould  be  given  them 
 mould;  be  directed  and  to  advertife  the  Churches  when 
 it.  mould  befit  to  convene  a  Provincial  Aflembly.  In  or- 
 der thereumo  they  fettled  the  form  of  d  eputing  to  thofe 
 particular  Aflemblics,  and  of  receiving  the  Votes  there: 
 they  excluded  from  it  all  fuch  as  had  no  exprefs*  Deptutati- 
 ons  :  They  allow'd  the  King's  Officers  and  Magiftrates  to 
 afiift  at  the  fame,  provided  they  were  deputed  according 
 to  the  form  preferib'd  ,  on  condition  that  thy  mould  make 
 no  diftinct  Body  in  the  Aflembly  $  and  that  they  mould  fide 
 either  with  the  Nobility,  or  with  the  Third  Eftate,  accor- 
 ding to  their  quality  :  The  Prefidentftiip  of  thofe  Aflem- 
 biies  was  alloted  to  the  Gentry :  and  finally  they  fix-d  to 
 five  at  moft,  and  to  three  at  leaft,  the  number  of  the  De- 
 puties every  particular  Aflembly  mould  fend  to  the 
 General. 
 
 aim/**  Proceeding,  in  the  next  place  to  the  Functions  of  the  Pro- 
 m '  vincial  Councils,  they  charg'd  them  to  fend  whatever  ad- 
 vice they  fhoold  receive  to  thofe  to  whom  it  mould  be  ne- 
 ceflaiy  to  Communicate  them,  either  within,  or  out  of 
 the  Province:  and  in  order  to  facilitate  the  faiJ  Communi- 
 cation, they  ordain  d  a  Fund  for  the  Charges  •■,  and  that  the 
 Contiguous  Provftwses. mould  take. meafures  together  before 
 their  breaking  up,  to;  advileeach  other  with  more  fpeed, 
 They  authorise!  the  Gcaftncil  stoat  flaould  receive  the  advice,. 
 
 incafe 
 
VoL  IT.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  7 
 
 incafe  they  were  not  able  to  perform  it,  to  call  fuch  perfons  161 
 to  their  alfiftance  as  {hould  be  able  to  aflift  them,  accor-  sy^r 
 ding  to  the  nature  of  the  thing  propos'd.  In  (brne  Impor- 
 tant Cafes  they  allow'd  the  Council  to  require  at  leaft  three 
 adjacent  Provinces,fuch  as  theyfhould  think  fit,  to  a  (lift  them 
 with  their  advice  5  and  they  order'd  the  Provinces  (b  re- 
 quir'd  to  fend  one,  or  many  Deputies  in  the  place  appoin- 
 ted to  them,  to  deliberate  about  the  means  to  prolecute 
 fuch  affairs  as  (hould  intervene  in  fuch  a  Province,  as  if  it 
 were  their  own.  And  (uppofing  they  could  obtain  no  fa- 
 tisfaftion,  it  was  left  to  their  Prudence  to  give  the  Pro- 
 vinces notice  of  it,  and  to  invite  them  to  joyn  in  order  to 
 make  the  (aid  profecution  more  effectually.  They  groun- 
 ded that  order  upon  the  duty  of  the  General  Union,  of  the 
 Churches,  which  were  oblig'd  tointerefl:  themfelves  in  their 
 mutual  affairs  5  to  the  end  that  thole  that  were  abusM,  and 
 confequently  moreinclin'd  to  violent  refolutions  fhould  be 
 lunder'd  by  the  Prudence  of  the  others  from  proceeding  to 
 extremities,  or  feconded  by  them  ,  in  order  to  obtain 
 Juftice  the  (boner. 
 
 They  order 5d  the  /aid  Councils  moreover  to  mind  the  con- 
 dition ofthe  Placesof  Suertys  todeputc  perfons  of capacity  to 
 vifit  the  faid  places,andto  take  a  review  of  theGarrifons^to  be 
 certain  of  the  Religion  of  the  Souldiers$  who,by  reafon  that 
 it  was  neceffary  to  reinforce  the  (aid  Cities  with  men,  could 
 not  be  lnhabitants-either  of  the  faid  Cities  or  Suburbs.  They 
 exhorted  the  Governours  to  approve  it  s  and  in  order  to 
 redrefs  the  abufes  committed  tn  time  paft,as  to  the  number  and 
 payment  of  the  Soldiers,  to  be  pleafed  to  allow  the  regula- 
 tions added  by  them :  ws.That  theGovernour  (hould  receive 
 the  third  part  of  the  fum  appointed  for  the  Garrifon,  free 
 from  all  Charges  5  and  that  he  fbould  give  an  Acquittance 
 for  the  remaining  two,  to  the  perfbn  that  fhould  be  nomi- 
 nated by  the  Conned  of  the  Province,  who  (hould  pay  the 
 Soldiers  uithit,  and  all  other  Charges  relating  to  the  Place 
 and  Garrifbn  h  which  were  afterwards  fpecin'd  :  That  an 
 eftirxiatc  fbo»kl  be  made  of  the  real  (urn  to  which  the  extar- 
 
 or- 
 
yi  The  Hi/lory  of  the         Book  IL 
 
 1611.  ordinary  Charges  might  mount,  to  referve  a  Fund  for  it  h 
 *s^r*~>  which  mould  not  exceed  the  third  or  forth  part  of  the  two 
 thirds  retain'd  upon  the  whole  fum  5  That  the  Perfbn  im- 
 ploy'd  in  order  thereunto  mould  give  an  account  of  his  ad- 
 miniftration  in  the  Council,  in  prefenceof  the  Covernour  5 
 That  incafe  the  King  mould  grant  any  fums  for  the  Repara- 
 tions and  Fortifications  of  the  faid  places,  the  Governours 
 fhould  order  how  they  mould  be  imploy'd,  but  that  the 
 Council  mould  infpedt  the  fame,  and  mould  have  the  di- 
 rection of  the  difpofal  thereof,  making  of  Proclamations, 
 Adjudications,  &c.  and  that  incafe  a  Fund  were  neceflary 
 for  the  faid  Reparation,  the  direction  thereof  mould  be 
 given  to  a  perfbn  which  mould  be  nominated  by  the  Council, 
 who  mould  give  an  account  of  it,  in  the  Governours  pre- 
 tence} That  without  prejudice  to  the  Officers  appointed  by 
 ,the  King,  the  Governours  mould  infpect  the  Magazines,  in 
 order  to  keep  the  Corn,  Wines,  Provisions,  Powder,  and 
 Matches,  and  other  Amunition  liable  to  corruption  in  a 
 good  Condition. 
 
 Regiv~-  They  impower'd  the  fame  Councils  to  determin  all  Qua- 
 •m  °f  *-  rejs?  Lawfuits,  and  Animolities  that  might  arife  among  the 
 Reformed)  of  what  quality  foever^  To  caufe  the  fettlements 
 granted  by  the  King,  to  be  obferv'd,  incafe  any  of  the 
 Governours  of  the  &id  places  mould  dye :  To  maintain  a 
 good  Correfpondence  with  the  Neighbouring  Provinces,  by 
 fending  Deputies  into  their  mutual  Affemblies  5  and  as  to  a 
 General  Correfpondence,they  werecharg'd  to  maintain  it  with 
 the  General  Aflembly,  when  in  being,  and  to  apply  them- 
 felves  to  the  Deputys  General  after  their  Diffolution.  More- 
 over in  order  to  preferve  Union  among  all  the  Churches,  it 
 I  was  agreed  upon,   that  once  a  year  at  a  certain  time  and 
 
 place,  there  mould  repair  a  Deputy  of  every  Council,  as 
 privately  as  poflible  could  be,  and  in  fuch  a  conjuncture 
 of  affairs  as  it  mould  be  thought  of  moft  ufe:  and  the 
 chief  reafbn  of  that  enterview,  which  was  only  to  laft  for 
 a  few  days,  was  to  give  each  other  a  mutual  account  of 
 the  ftate  of  their  Provinces,  and  to  renew  the  Sentiment  of 
 
 the 
 
Vol.  H.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  y; 
 
 their  Common  Interefts.The  General  Aflembly  at  their  break-  16 1 1. 
 ing  up  was  to  nominate  the  Council  which  mould  appoint 
 the  time  and  place  for  the  firft  Enterview. 
 
 The  Marfhal  Duke  ete  Bouillon  approv'd  the  faid  Regu-  The  Mar. 
 lation  as  well  as  the  reft,  and  fign'd  it :   but  he  protected  ^jj^ 
 againft  the  Minifters,  whom  he  would  not  allow  to  make  a  ^//JJ^. 
 Body  a  partrand  he  writ  the  fiidProteftation  when  fign'd  it. La  i™  thtMi- 
 Motte  Grimout,  Counfellor  in  the  Parliament  of  Rotten,  wasj^'l/fr- 
 the  only  perfon  who  imitated  him.    His  motive  for  it  was, er- 
 a  particular  grudge,  for  having  receive!  a  Ccnfure  from  the  'fj^^1 
 Allembly,  to  which  he  did  not  doubt  but  the  Minifters,  a  councils. 
 fort  of  people  a  little  incline!  to  cenfure,  had  contiibuted 
 confiderably.    But  the  Marshals  Motive  was  his  bein£  a- 
 bandon'd  by  the  Minifters,  who  formerly  us'd  to  follow 
 his  advice  almoft  Implicitly.    Some  of  them  had  laid  fome 
 things  in  their  Sermons  which  he  took  to  be  defign'd  a- 
 gainft  him  :  and  notwithftanding  cht  Plejjis  remonftrated  to 
 him,  even  after  the  Diflolution  of  the  Aflembly,  That  the 
 (aid  Proteftation  was  not  only  ulele(s,but  of  ill  confequence, 
 he  ftill  perfifted  in  it.  and  threatened  that  the  thing  fhould 
 not  remain  ib.    The  truth  is  that  he  excepted  ibme  Mini- 
 fters, whobyreafon  of  their  rnildnelsand  capacity,  teem'cl 
 to  him  todeferve  a  Rank  in  the  Aflemblys.    This  perhaps 
 wasaneffecl  of  Rebutment;  but  that  Refcntmeut  was  lb 
 well  fuitedto  the  Maxims  of  the  Court,  where  the  *  Con-  *  Mnijlers 
 fiftoriats  had  been  fo  long  reputed  the  pei  Ions  who  were  to  be  <"*dEUcrs 
 fear'd  in  Afiemblies,  That  it  look' J  as  if  he  had  a  mind  to  °' 
 be  angry   on  purpofe  to  plcafe  them.    Neverthlefs,  he 
 kept  his  word  5  and  whereas  he  always  appear'd  zealous 
 in  other  things  for  his  Religicn,this  did  not  forfeit  his  Credit 
 in  the  leaft  in  the  Province*  }    of  which  (bme  afterwards 
 forbad  the  Minifters  to  affift  at  Political  Aflcmblies,  and  to  +  petitims 
 Preach  againft  the  Sentiments  of  private  perfons.  "jfrc**' 
 
 Before  I  make  an  end  of  What  relates  tothe  faid  Aflembly,  snhfianctof 
 itisnecefiary  to  give  fome  account  of  the  fubftance  ofctbeGnerai 
 their  *  Cahiers,  and  of  the  anfvvers  that  were  made  to  them  j 
 fince  they  occafion'd  tho(e  fatal  divifions.    I  will  only  give 
 
 L  an'5'1- 
 
The  Hiftory  of  the       Book.  II. 
 
 an  abftraft  of  thereby  reafon  that  they  are  fet  forth  at  large, 
 at  the  end  of  this  Volume.  They  contain'd  57  Articles,  of 
 which  the  three  firft  demanded  the  re  eftablimment  of  the 
 Edict,  and  of  its  particular  Articles,  in  their  firft  form  ;  and  the 
 verification  of  them  in  the  Soveraign  Courts.    The  King 
 refus'd  thefe  three  Articles  directly,  being  willing,  as  he  faid, 
 to  conform  to  the  refblutions  of  the  King  his  Father,  which 
 he  cjIIM  Good  and  Holy ,and  who  had  explain'd  himfelf  upon 
 that  Subjectin  the  year  1602  The  fourth  demanded  Commit 
 fioners,  of  which  one  mould  be  of  the  Reform'd  Religion, 
 and  nominated  by  the  Reformed  of  the  Province  to  which  he 
 was  to  be  fent,  and  the-  other  a  Catholick  :   unlefs  the  Re- 
 form d  had!  rather  leave  the  execution  of  the  Edict,   to  the 
 Bavlifs  or  SeneQials  of  the  places,  which  mould  be  obligdto 
 take  a  Reform  d  AlTociate.    The  King  granted  it  for  inch 
 places  in  which  the  Edict  was  not  put  in  execution.aecording 
 as  die  Parliaments  had  verifi'd  it.  The  fifth  demanded  for 
 the  Reform d  Communities,  which  did  poffef.  fome  Fief,  'or 
 lome  Judicature  of  the  quality  mention'd  by  the  feventh  Ar- 
 ticle of  the  Edict,  the  right  of  performing  the  exercife  of 
 the  Reformed  Religion  there :  and  the  King  referr'd  them 
 to  the  obfervation  of  the  Article  of  the  Edict  without  any 
 Alteration.    The  fixth  demanded  that  the  exercife  of  their 
 laid  Religion  perform' J  in  1 577,  and  1597,   however  it- 
 had  been  cftablilh'd,  even  by  Power  ,  of  Fief   altho'  the 
 Fief  were  fince  pofiels'd  by  a  Catholick,  even  by  an  Ec- 
 clefiaftick,  (hould  notwithstanding  be   continu'd  there. 
 The  King  without  deciding  whether  the  Articles  9  and  10 
 of  the  Edi&  were  favourable,  or  contrary  to  the  (aid  pre- 
 tention referr'd  them,  to  the  obfervation  and  maintenance 
 of  the  fame.    The  feventh  remonftrating  that  the  exercife 
 of  the  faid  Religion  ought  to  be  re-eftablim'd  in  certain 
 places,  by  Vertue  of  the  icth  Article  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes, 
 where  it  could  not  be  perform'd  without  expofing  the  Re- 
 form'd  to  the  danger  of  aTumlt,by  reafon  of  the  longdifcon- 
 tinuation  thereof,  demanded  that  the  right  of  it  might  be 
 transferr  a  toother  places  of  the  Province  which  the  Synod 
 
 mould 
 
Vol,  II.       EdiB  of  Names.  75 
 
 mould  appoint.  The  King  anfwer'd  that  the  Commiflioners  1 6 i  r. 
 mould  inquire,  both  as  to  the  right  of  performing  thefaid  ^"V^ 
 exercife  in  thofe  places,  and  the  reafons  of  the  interruption 
 thereof*  after  which  it  fhould  be  regulated  :  which  made 
 the  Reform  d  fencible  that  it  would  go  againft  them,  by 
 reafon  that  the  Pofleflion  of  the  fame  having  been  inter- 
 rupted for  reafons  which  the  Court  would  approve  of, 
 (hey  would  not  think  it  fit  to  reftore  them. 
 
 The  8//'  renew'd  the  Petition,that  the  Reform  d  might  not  CahjeftM 
 be  oblig'd  to  qualifie  their  Religion  themlelves  in  Publick^^' 
 Ads,  with  the  Title  of  Pretended  Reform" d.  The  King 
 refus'd  it  $  and  referr'd  them  to  the  Anfwer  made  to  the 
 Cahrers  of  the  Rcjormd  in  1609,  by  the  late  King.  The 
 yth  require!  that  the  Minifters  might  have  the  lame 
 exemption  as  the  Ecclefia (licks.  The  King  referr'd  them  to 
 the  Exemption  granted  by  the  late  King  in  1604,  by  Let- 
 ters Patent  ,  which  only  freed  them  from  the  *  Taille  in  *  A  Und 
 what  related  to  their  Goods  and  Penfions.The  io//6.grounded  Tux,  &c. 
 upon  the  16  Article  of  the  Edift,demanded  the  reftitution  of 
 the  places  that  did  formerly  belong  to  the  Reform 'J,  with- 
 out obliging  them  to  juftifie  their  Pofiefiion  by  Titles. 
 The  King  referr'd  it  to  his  Commiftioners,  who  fhould 
 caufe  a  reftitutir.n  to  be  made  of  thofe  ufurp'd  Places, 
 provided  the  Refbrm'd  could  prove  that  thev  had  loft 
 their  Titles  or  Writings.  In  the  1  ith  they  defir'd  an  ex- 
 emplary punilhrrent  of  fnch  Preachers,  Confefibrs,  and 
 other  Ecckfiafticks  as  did  forbid  the  Catholicks  to  hold  any 
 Communication  with  the  Reform'd  ,  as  to  fcrve  them,  to 
 nourim  their  Children,  to  undertake  their  Affairs  :  and 
 who  declar  d  that  all  thofe  who  frequented  them  would  be 
 Damn'd.  In  cafe  they  could  not  be  feiz'd,  the  Article  re- 
 quired their  Superiors  fhould  be  refponfible  for  the  fame, 
 ind  that  the  Attorneys  General  and  their  Subftitutes  mould 
 be  injoyn'd  to  fee  it  performed,  The  anfwer  inftead  of  the 
 punimment  requird,  forbad  only,  according  to  the  ijth 
 Article  of  the  Edict,  Seditious  Sermons  and  Difcourfes,  and 
 mix.  a  very  mild  Exhortation  to  Preachers,  to  aim  only 
 
 L  2  in  J 
 
The  Hijtorj  of  the      Book  II. 
 
 in  their  Sermons  to  prefer ve  publick  Peace,  and  Tranqui- 
 lity. The  nth  complain' d  of  the  multiplicity  of  Feftivals  5 
 and  defird  that  the  Commillioners  might  retrench  fome  of 
 them,  in  fuch  places  where  it  mould  be  defird  '■>  That  nei- 
 ther they  nor  the  Curates  n  ight  be  allow'd  to  become  Par- 
 tits  in  the  examinations  of  the  Contraventions  of  the  fame?, 
 nor  the  Provofts,  Warders,  or  other  Officers  to  profecute 
 the  fame,  nor  even  Serjeants  without  a  poiitive  order  from 
 the  judge  of  the  place.  The  anrwer  fpoke  nothing  as  to 
 the  reftri&ion  of  the  number;  and  confirm'd  the  20th' 
 Article  of  the  Edict    The  related   properly  to  the 
 
 Affair  of  the  Duke  ck  SulJy,  and  of  the  Catholicks  that  em- 
 brae'd  the  Reformed  Religion,  demanding  the  oblcrvation  of 
 the  2jth  Article  of  the  Edict  concerning  Imployments  5  and 
 the  re-eftablilhment  of  fuch  from  whom  any  had  been  taken 
 without  obferving  the  ufual  forms :  That  is  without  having 
 convicted  them  of  any  fault  by  which  they  could  forfeit 
 the  fame.  The  ancient  jurif prudence  of  the  Kingdom  allow'd 
 no'other  rcalon  to  take  away  a  place  from  a  Man,  unlefs 
 he  defir'd  to  be  difcharg'd  himfelf  for  fome  known  rea- 
 fon.  Tne  anfwer  faidina  word  that  the  Article  of  the 
 Edict  lhouldbc  obfcrv'd  :  leaving  a  juit  cau/e  to  believe  by 
 that  briefnefs,  that  the  King  would  allow  no  re-eftablimment 
 of  that  Nature.  The  four  following  related  to  Church-yards 
 and  Burials,  and  demanded  the  confirmation  of  the  Polled 
 (ion  of  the  places  which  tl  ey  had  injoy'd  fince  the  verifi- 
 cation of  the  Edict}  the  delivery  of  fome  convenient  places 
 in  thofe  parts  where  they  had  none  \  leave  to  perform  their 
 Burials  in  the  day  time,,  even  in  fuch  places  where  they 
 were  oblig'd  by  the  Treaty  to  perform  them  at  inconve- 
 nient hours  5  and  good  regulations  to  prevent  Seditions 
 and  Tumults,  in  fuch  places  where  the  Gentry  and  other 
 Reformed  had  right  of  Burial  in  the  Chappels  of  their  Pre- 
 deceflbrs.  The  anfwers  preferv'd  to  the  Reformed  the  pot 
 iefion  of  the  Church-yards,  which  had  been  deliver 'd 
 to  them  by  the  Commiffioners ,  order'd  others  to  be 
 deliver'd  10  them,  according  to  the  anfwer  to  the  Cahkr 
 of  1602,  referr'd  to  the  Commiffioners  to  confider  in  what 
 
 places 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  77 
 
 places  their  Burials  might  be  allow'd  in  the  daytime,  with-  1611. 
 out  fear  of  a  Sedition  5  and  refuting  to  allow  the  Reform'd  ^"v-^ 
 to  be  Buried  in  the  Churches,  by  reafonthatit  was  con- 
 trary to  the  Canons,  prejudicial  to  the  Catholick  Religion, 
 and  capable  to  give  a  Scandal  and  Dilcontent  to  thofe  that 
 profeis'd  it,it  only  allow'd  that  the  CommhTioners  being  upon 
 the  place,thould  feek  expedients  topreferve  to  the  Succeiiors 
 of  the  Reform  V/,the  Rights  which  belong'dto  them  as  Patrons. 
 
 The  i8//j  which  demanded  leave  to  eftabliuh  little 
 Schools  in  all  Cities  and  Towns  of  the  Kingdom,  receiv'd  cahbs  *n-  ■ 
 only  leave,  by  the  anfvver,  to  have  one  School  Matter  m!W:n'J' 
 the  Towns,  in  the  Suburbs  of  which  the  exercife  of  the 
 Reform  d  Religion  wasallowM}  there  to  teach  reading  and 
 Writing  only  }  forbidding  them  to  teach  new  Do&rines  > 
 That  is,  as  it  has  been  explained  fince,  even  to  make  Chil- 
 dren repeat  their  Catechifms  }  and  to  receive  above  twelve 
 of  the  Neighbourhood  in  any  Place.    The  19^  requir 'd  - 
 the  fame  Privileges  for  the  Accademies  of  Saumur  and  of 
 Montanban,  as  were  injoy'd  by  the  other  Accademies  of 
 the  Kingdom  :  and  the  Anfwer  putting  the  Change  upon 
 them,  allow'd  them  to  eftabliih  Colleges  in  ftich  Places 
 where  the  Exercife  of  their  Religion  was  allow'd,  and 
 gave  thofe  Colleges  the  fame  Privileges  of  the  other  Col- 
 leges, receiv'd  and  approv'd  of  in  the  Kingdom.    This  fig-  . 
 nifi'd  nothing,  by  reafon  that   the  Immunities  of  fimple 
 Colleger  creded  by   the  Wills  of  private  Perfons  are  no- 
 thing.   The  20th  tended  to  obtain  that  the  Catholick 
 Counfellors,  who  were  to  lerve  in  the  Chambers  of  the 
 Ldicr,  might  be  choien  with  the  Deputies  of  the  Churches 
 to  the  end  that  none  might  enter  there  but  perfons  of 
 Equity  and  Moderation  5  and  that  the  fame  might  remain 
 there  at  leaft  three  years  without  being  chang'd  :  but  by 
 ti  e  Anfwer  the  King  look'd  upon  that  choice  as  a  right 
 which  onlybelongd  to  him,   and  which  he  would  keep. 
 The  2  iji  which  defii'd  two  places  of  Councilors,  to  equal 
 the  Chamber  of  Ncraci  to  that  of  Cajlrcs,  was  waved  by  th? 
 Anfwer  }  under  pretence  that  there  were  too  many  Officers, 
 or  places  in  the  Kingdom  already  :  and  in  order*to  anfwer 
 
 the 
 
j$  The  Hi/lor j  of  the        Book  If. 
 
 1611.  the  inconvenience  of  recufations,  which  fometimes  reduc'd 
 w^V^  the  number  of  the  Judges  below  that  which  was  requir  d  by 
 the  Ordinances,  the  King  allow'd  the  (aid  Chamber  to  judge 
 to  the  number  of  Eight  ,   as  it  was  practise!  in  fome 
 Parliaments.     The  iiih  complain'd  that  in  moft  Caures 
 the  Catholick  judges  were  divided   in  the  Chambers  of 
 Gnyenne  and  or'  Languedock^  }   which   they  imputed  to 
 the  Paffion  of  the  Parliament?,  who  having  the  liberty 
 to  nominate  to  the  Ring  the  Councilors  of  their  Courts 
 which  were  to  (erve  in  the  faid  Chambers,  always  nam'd 
 the  moft  paffionate  :  Wherefore  they  defir'd  that  the  num- 
 ber of  thole  Counfeilors  might  be  fiUM  up  in  part  with 
 fome  Councilors  of  the  Grand  Council,  and  part  of  thole 
 of  the  (aid  Parliaments,  which  the  King  mould  chufe  him- 
 &!f  upon  the  Lift.    The  King  refas'd  to  alter  the  method 
 of  forming  thofe  Chambers  5   and  promis'd  to  take  care 
 as  to  the  choice  of  thofe  that  mould  ferve  in  them,  to  the 
 (atisfaftion  of  the  Reform  d.    The  three  following  petiti- 
 on'd  the  Creation  of  fome  Offices,  efpecially  in  Danphim : 
 and  by  the  Aniwefs  the  King  faid  that  Patents  had  been 
 given  for  fome,  and  that  he  could  not  grant  the  others  5  for 
 which  he  gave  a  remarkable  reafbn,  wiz.  That  he  had 
 promis'd  to  make  no  new  Creation  in  that  Province. 
 Cahienan-     The  26th  contained  complaints  for  that  the  Parliaments 
 fwered.     from  which  the  Caufes  of  the  Reform  d  were  remov'd  to 
 the  Chambers  of  the  Edict  or  Party-Chambers,  gave  De- 
 crees againft  the  Serjeants  who  within  their  Precincts  did 
 Execute  the  Decrees  of  the  Chambers,  into  which  thole 
 caufes  were  remov'd  5  and  defir'd  that  fince  the  Serjeants 
 being  frighted  by  the  faid  Decrees,refus'd  to  put  the  faid  Sen- 
 tences in  Execution,  his  Majefty  would  be  plea^'d  to  Create 
 two  Royal  Offices  of  Serjeants  in  every  Bayliwick,  to  be 
 given  to  the  Reform 'd  §  and  the  following  petition'd  the 
 lame  thing  for  two  Offices  of  Notaries.    The  King  refus'd 
 thole  new  Creations  3  and  pretended  to  remedy  the  faid 
 Grievances  by  commanding  thole  who  had  fuch  Offices,  to 
 make,  or  receive  all  the  Acts  as  (hould  be  demanded  or 
 
 of- 
 
Vol.  II.        EdiSof  Nantes,  79 
 
 ofler'd  to  them  by  the  Reform cl.    Three  other  Articles  1611. 
 related   to  the  Validity  of  the  Certificates  given.by  the  V/V>-' 
 Minifters  5  The  regulations  of  the  Judges  3  and  the  time  of 
 Prelcriptions,  of  which  the  Chamber  of  the  Edict  of  Nor- 
 mandy refus'd  to  deduft  a  certain  number  of  years,  of 
 which  the  Edi&s  allow'd  the  deduction  in  favour  of  the 
 Reform' d :  and  upon  thole  Articles  the  Ring  granted  no- 
 thing new,  or  at  leaft  of  any  moment.    The  31/?  demanded 
 the  revocation  of  a  Claufe  which  rook  away  the  right  of 
 Transferring  Caufes  into  the  Chambers  of  the  Edicl,  from 
 thole  who  had  not  made  an  open  profellion  of  the  Re- 
 formed Religion  fix  Months  before  their  requiring  the  faid 
 removal  3  and  this  demand  related  particularly  to  Ecclefi- 
 afticks,  who  after  having  chang'd  their  Religion,  remain'd 
 expos'd  to  the  hatred  of  the  Parliaments,  who  were  very 
 levere  againft  men  of  that  Character.    The  anfwer  was  very 
 fubtile  3  and  in  refilling  to  alter  any  thing  about  the  Claufe 
 of  fix  Months,  the  King  promisd  that  he  would  take  care 
 of  the  Caufes  of  the  Ecclefiafticks,  it  they  made  their  ap- 
 plications to  him.    The  Reform  d  were  very  (enable  that 
 the  meaning  of  this  was,  that  after  having  chang'd  their 
 Religion  the  Ecclefiafticks  would  be  us'd  worle  in  the  Coun- 
 cil than  in  the  Parliaments.    The  3 2d  defird  a  right  of 
 transferration  for  the  Reformd,  Heirs  to  thole  that  had 
 already  proceeded  before  the  Parliaments  3  and  for  thole 
 who  mould  have  their  right  by  *    Celfion  ,  or  otherwile.  *  'flWSftfc 
 The  King  refus'd  it  to  the  Ceffionanes,  by  rearbn  that  it  or  n^uo 
 might  be  done  fraudulently  :  but  he  granted  it  to  Heirs,  tCrediton 
 observing  at  the  fame  time  that  the  faid  Conceffion  wi>  et&c' 
 favour.    It  is  true.-  but  it  was  lb  flight  a  one,  that  it  wj 
 hardly  worth  oblerving  3  the  occafion  of  tiling  it,  not  oc- 
 curring perhaps  once  in  50  vears.    The  33^  demanded 
 for  Foreign  Inhabitants,  or  Traders  in  the  Kingdom,  the 
 lame  Priviliges  as  were  injoy  d  by  the  other  Reform  d,  and 
 particularly  that  of  transferring  of  Caufes.    The  King  by 
 his  anfwer  referv'd  to  himfelf  to  cio  them  JuuHce,  incale 
 they  appeal'd  to  him.    The  34/^  defir'd  that  the  Pnviledge 
 
 to 
 
80  The  Hiftory  of  the      Book  IT. 
 
 1 6 1 1 .  to  take  a  Reform  d  Affiftant  or  AfTociate  in  all  criminal  Caufes, 
 \^r^J  jn  which  the  Reform  d  were  concernM  might  be  extended  to 
 all  the  Provinces  5  and  not  only  obferv'd  for  fome  which 
 were  fpecifi'd  in  the  66th  Article  of  the  Edi&.    The  King 
 granted  it  for  the  infrrucYion  only  5  but  he  would  not  allow 
 the  AlTociate  a  deliberative  Vote  in  the  Judgment  of  the 
 Procefs.    The  35^    defir'd  that   the  Judgment  of  the 
 \f'Wurm  *  Competence  in  f  Provotal  Cafes,   which  by  the  67th 
 [ughnTbe  Article  of  the  Edift  was  referr'd  to  the  neareft  *  Prefi- 
 tryed.      dial  Seat?,  within  the  jurifdi&ion  of  fome  Parliaments, 
 cf™mal  might  be  transferred  to  the  Chambers  of  the  Edift,  as  in  the 
 *  count  others.  The  realbn  of  this  demand  was  evident.    The  juri£ 
 •fft^ke.  di&ion  of  the  Provoft  being  quick  and  without  appeal, 
 the  Reformed  were  ever  in  danger  of  perifhing  by  the  fen- 
 tences  of  thofe  Judges,  when  a  Prefidial  in  which  the  Ca- 
 tholicks  were  the  ftrongeft  was  Matter  of  the  laid  Com- 
 petence.   Neverthciefs,  the  King  refus'd  to  alter  any  thing 
 about  it. 
 
 €/nf*e"j.  The  l6th  related  to  the. Education  of  Children,  whofe 
 m  '  Fathers  had  not  nam'd  Guardians  at  their  Death  5  and  de- 
 fired  that  they  might  be  put  under  the  tuition  of  perlons 
 that  mould  breed  them  up  in  the  Religion  of  their  Fathers. 
 The  Anfwer  referr'd  it  to  the  General  Law  of  the  King- 
 dom j  That  is  at  the  Election  of  Tutors  or  Guardians, 
 chofen  by  the  Relations,  and  thus  expos' J  the  Children  of 
 the  Reform  d  to  the  danger  of  falling  into  the  hands  of  Ca- 
 tholick  Guardians,  whenever  the  neareft,  or  moft  confide- 
 rable  Relations,  which  are  commonly  pitch'd  upon  by  the 
 reft,  fhould  be  Catholicks.  The  37th  delired  that  the  re- 
 signations of  Prefidents  or  Councilors  which  had  been 
 promoted  at  the  nomination  of  the  Church,  might  not  be 
 receiv'd  unlefs  by  the  fame  nomination.  The  King  referv'd 
 to  himfelf  the  choice  and  nomination  of  the  perfons.  The 
 %%th  tended  to  prevent  the  injuftices  that  were  done  to 
 the  Reform W,  who  had  Eftates  in  the  County  of  Avignon, 
 and  defir'd  that  leave  might  be  given  to  the  Officers  there 
 reliding  to  give  Reprifals,  after  the  Solemnities  that  were 
 
 requir'd. 
 
Vol.  II.        Map/  Nantes.  81 
 
 requird,  to  the  Reformed  to  whom  Juftice  had  beendenyM  :  161 
 Notwithstanding  what  was  ordainM  upon  that  Subjed  by  v/V" 
 the  of  the  particular  Articles.  The  King  would  have 
 them  to  apply  themfelves  to  him  to  obtain  Letters  of  Re- 
 priials  5  only  allowing  the  Officers  to  draw  Verbal  Proceffes 
 of  the  State  of  the  Cafe.  This  ingag'd  the  poor  Reform* d 
 into  infinite  expence  and  delays.  The  39^  requir'd  the 
 Confirmation  and  Execution  of  the  Briers  granted  to  the 
 Churches  in  1598,  and  (ince  :  upon  which  the  King  or- 
 dain'd that  they  fhould  be  reprefented  5  as  if  his  Council 
 had  been  ignorant  of  the  Contents.  The  40/A  renew*d 
 the  demand  of  two  Places  of  Matters  of  Requeffc,  pro- 
 miied  to  the  Reformed :  and  the  King  wav'd  it  by  the  ufual 
 evafion,  that  care  mould  be  taken  about  it,  when  any  Va- 
 cancies fhonld  happen  by  death. The  two  following  demanded 
 the  augmentation  of  the  fit m  promisd  for  the  Sallary  of 
 the  Minifters  5  and  of  new  alignments  for  the  payment  of 
 the  Arrears.  The  King  promiAl  to  confider  of  what 
 might  be  proper  to  gratifie  them }  but  he  refund  them 
 new  aiiignations  for  the  old  Arrears,  under  pretence  that 
 it  was  a  general  difea le,  and  that  all  thofe  that  had  been 
 affign'd  at  the  fame  time  had  fufTer'd  the  fame  lofs,  without 
 receiving  any  Re-'iTplacement. 
 
 The  14  following  Articles  related  to  the  Places  of  Surety,  cakien 
 The  43^  demanded  thht  the  Guard  of  all  thofe  which  the  atll»er'd 
 Reformed  held,  might  be  left  them  for  ten  whole  Years,  to 
 begin  from  the  Day  the  lafl  Brief  would  expire  5  and  that 
 in  the  New  Brief,    the  Court  fhould  fpecifie  thofe  that  were 
 contain'd  in  the  Settlements  drawn  in  1598  :  Thofe  that  were 
 comprehended  with  the  others  under  the  Denomination  of 
 *  Marriage,  and  thoie  that  belong'd  to  private  perions,  *  CUies 
 in  which  Garrifons  had  been  kept.    The  Anfwers  was  cruel  rw«* 
 upon  that  Article.  It  redue'd  the  places  of  Surety  to  thoie  "«V/9 
 that  were  exprefs'd  in  the  Brief  of  the  14th  of  May  I598,and  °' ers' 
 declar'd  that  thoie  that  were  call'd  of  Marriage,  were  not 
 comprehended  amongft  the  places  of  Surety.  It  only  allow'd 
 as  a  Favour,  that  no  innovations  mould  be  made  :  but 
 
 M  it 
 
h  The  tiijlorj  of  tk       Vol.  tl 
 
 1 6  ri.  it  refus'd  them  the  keeping  of  all  the  other  *  Places  3  arid 
 only  left  them  fuch  as  were  really  places,  of  Surety  f^ut  .fbr 
 affiles.'    Five  Years.  \  Thus. _t,wp  thirds  o£  the  Places  in  whicft  they 
 &c.        held  Garrifons  were  takei*  from,  them  by  one  dafh  o£a 
 Pen.    The  44//*  defir'd  that  no  Innovations  might  be  made 
 in  the  Places  they  held,  in  which  there  was  no ^rrifbn 
 eftabli(hed  by  the  fettlments  ?  and  that  incafe  any  had  bcei 
 made,  they  mould  be  redrefsd.    The  Ring  granted  that 
 Article  5  and  order'd  hisCommiliJoners  to  redrels  the  faid 
 Innovations,  according  to  the  inftru&ions  they  mould  re- 
 ceive.   The  45M  ddirel  the  reftitution  of  feveral  Placesr 
 among  which  they  nam'd  Cauwont,  Tartas,  k  Mont  clc  Mar- 
 fan  and  Montandre.    The  King  abfolutely  refus'd  the  firffc 
 and  la(V,  and  promis'd  to.  put  Reform" d  Garrifons  in  the 
 other  Two.     The  46.  47,  and  48,  defir'd  good  Align- 
 ments upon  the  cleareft  part  of  the  Receipts,   for  the  full 
 <um  of  540000  Livers,  which  had  been  promis'd  to  them 
 by  the  Brief  of  the  laft,of  April  15985  That  the  Sums 
 which  had  been  deducted  out  of  it,  for  the  fettlement  of 
 the  Penfions  that  were  given  to   private  perfons,  might 
 be  return'd  to  the    Mafs    ugain  }    That    the  Arrears 
 might  be   paid,     and  fuch  Sums  as  were  not  paid  in 
 re-implac'd.    The  King  refus'd  it  all,  excepting  only  the 
 Alignment  upon  the  cleareft  part  of  the  Receipts,  which 
 in  fuch  cafes  is  always  granted,    and  never  performed  : 
 But  he  paid  the  Reformed  with  Reafons  inftead  of  better 
 Money  5  and  told  them  that  the  retrenchment  they  com- 
 flain'd  of,  had  been  made  under  the.  Reign  of  the  Late 
 King,  at  a  time  when  retrenching  the  Garrifons  of  the  Ca- 
 tholick  Citys,  he  had  been  oblig'd  to  ..do  the  like  to  the  Re- 
 form'd,  left  the  Catholicks  fhould  complain.    But  in  order 
 to  excufe  himfelf  from  re-implacing  of  the  Arrears  and 
 Sums  unpaid,  he  added  a  realbn  which  favour*d  more  of 
 a  Teft  than  a  ferious  Anfwer,  He  faid  that  there  was  no  rea- 
 fbn  to.delireir,  fince  the  Places  for  the  prefervation  of 
 ,which  the  laid  Sums  were  defignd,  had  been  as  well  kept 
 as  if  the  (aid  Sums  hadbeen  paid.    According  to  this  No- 
 tion, 
 
Bopjk  If.     EM  </"%utes.  & 
 
 /ion,  a  Qebter  might. very  well  excule  himfelf  from  paying  i6ir. 
 the  Arrears  of  his' Debts,  by  reafon  that  his  delaying  to  pay 
 them  had  not  reduc'd  his  Creditors  to  Starve. 
 
 The         defir'd  the  Ring  would  be  pleas 'd  to  ufe  his  CMm 
 rlntereft  with  the  Prince  of  Orange  to  put  a  Reformed  Gover-  Anfmer'J. 
 nour  into  the  ,Caftle  of  Orange,  according  to  the  late  King's 
 promife  to  the  AfTembly  of  Chatelleraud.    The  King  who 
 did  not  pretend  to  the  Right  which  his  Succellor  has  ufurp'd 
 over  the  faid  Principality,  dcclar'd  that  he  had  reftord  the 
 fijd  Principality  to  the  Prince  of  Orange  to  whom  it  did 
 belong     and  that  he  had  oblig'd  him  to  make  a  Declarati- 
 on, in  favour  of  the  Rcformd  of  the  faid  City,  which  they 
 were  latisfTd  with.    Upon  which  pretence  he  tacitly  refuse! 
 the  Mediation  promis'd  by  the  late  King.    As  to  the  50/6 
 which  /poke  of  the  Resignation  of  Governments,  which 
 could  not  be  done  vyithout  the  approbation  ofthe  Churches 
 of  the  Province :    and  of  the  Nomination  of  of  a  new  Go- 
 vernour  by  the  Deputies  General,  in  fuch  Places  where  the 
 Government  mould  become  vacant  by  Death,  the  King 
 referr'd  them  to  the  Brief  of  1 598,  and /to  the  Articles  of 
 the  Edict,  both  General  and  Secret,  which  ne  laid  H|d  al- 
 ways been  obfe/Vd.    Upon,  the  5  r/?,  which  defir'd  that  the 
 Captains  and  ye^te.nanjts  of  the   Garrifpns  might   not  be 
 chofen  without  the  app:  obation  of  theGovernems :  the  Kh.  • 
 anfwerd  that  he  would  do,  what  he  thought  beft 'for  the 
 advantage  of  his  Service.    The  52^,  defired  the  Liberty 
 to  pcftorm -7the;Exerciie  of  the- Reform'd.  Religion  in  ail 
 ,thofe. .places,  and  that  .pp  body  ,rr.ight  be  allo'vv'd  to  dil- 
 putethat  right.    Upon.whicK  the  King  orde.r'd  the  obfer- 
 ,  vatjpn.pf  the  Edict.  oiNantcs  in  General  Terms-    The '  sW, 
 defir'd.  that  tjie  Jefijks  mig|itr  npt  be  allow'd  to  have  Col- 
 i.lcgesy  Seminaries,  o^fJouies  in  the  places'  of  Surety nor 
 ..to  ...Preach,  -'Jeach^ -Conifefs,  or  ..Re^de'  in/the  .fame  : 
 arad-ihat  ^rpugl^put  the^'l^pgdo^Jtr^y^Q^d^  lie  reduc'd 
 to  the  terms,  prefcrib'd-  by  :»th'^p4jd.  p^&eir  re-^ftablifh- 
 ment.    The  King's .  anfvyer  ^engag'd  him  to  nbtrii'ng,  he  faid 
 that  the  Jefuits  not  being  allow'd  to  fettle  a  College  flfich- 
 
 M  a  out 
 
Si-  The  Hi/lory  of  the         Book  If. 
 
 1 6 1 1 .  out  his  leave,  he  would  take  care,  that  the  Reform  d  fhould 
 v/^v"^ "have  no  reafon  to  complain-    The  Jefuits  had  too  much 
 power  at  Court   to  fufTcr  the  King  to  make   a  more 
 pofttive  anfvver  upon  that  Article.    The  54^  defir'd  the 
 prevention  of  accidents  that  might  beoccafion'd  by  the  Pro- 
 ceffions,  which  the  Catholicks  affected  to  make  in  the 
 Churches  and  Chapels  of  the  Catties  in  which  the  Reform d 
 had  but  weak  Garrifbns  3  and  dfd  'prop'jfe  fome  expedients 
 in  order  thereunto.     The  King    refer  r'd  them  to  what 
 mould  be  ordain'd'  by  his  Commiilioners,    after  having 
 taken  the  advice  of  the  Governours  of  the  Provinces,  or 
 Lieutenants  General.     The  5 5/A   (poke  of  the  necellary 
 means  to  maintain  or  repair  the  Garrifbns,  and  to  fecure 
 them  5  deliring  to  that  end  the  execution  of  the  Anfwer 
 made  to  the  Cahier  s  of  the  Aflemblyof  Gergeau.  TheKing 
 allowed  the  reparations  of  the  faid  places  at  the  Charge  of 
 the  Inhabitants  {  and  that  they  mould  apply  themfelves  to  the 
 Council  to  obtain  leave  to  impole  fuch  fums  as  mould  be  ne- 
 ceflary  :  promifing  only  fome  affiftance  in  cafe  of  an  urgent 
 neceffity.  The  $6th  delir'd  that  the  Artilery,  Arms  and  other 
 Ammunitions  of  War  which  were  in  the  (aid  places,  might  be 
 left  there,  and  not  tranfported  eifewhere  5  that  what  had  been 
 already  remov'd  might  be  returned  to  them  }  and  that  they 
 might  have  their  (hare  of  the  Diftribution  of  Arms  and 
 Amunitions,  which  was  made  yearly  to  the  other  Towns  of 
 the  Kingdom.    The  Anfwer  on  the- contrary,    order 'd  an 
 account  to  be  brought  in  of  the  Artillery  and  Amunitions 
 that  were  in  the  faid  places,in  order  to  difpofe  of  them,  pro- 
 mifing only  to  leave  fo  much  as  was  neceffary  for  the  De- 
 fence of  the  faid  places.    The  57^  defir'd  that  the  General 
 Affemblies  might  be  held  every  other  year  5  that  the  Depu- 
 ties General  might  officiate  but  two  years }  and  that  the 
 Affemblies  might  only  be  oblig  d  to  Nominate  two,  that 
 fhould  be  approved  of  by  the  King .    The  anfwer  was  that 
 he  would  allow  fuch  Affemblies  when  he  thought  fit :  and 
 that  they  (hould  Nominate  fix  Perfons. 
 
 There 
 
Vol.  IT.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  8* 
 
 There  were  feme  other  Articles  at  the  end  of  nil  thofe  1611. 
 relating  to  the  Churches  of  Beam,  as  I  have  (aid  hereto* 
 fore  :  but  the  King's  anfwer  to  them  was,  That  the  LatejiUMr  ^ 
 King  never  having  approv'd  the  Union  of  the  Churches  of  Beam, 
 that  Principality  with  thole  of  France,  he  could  not  al- 
 low it  neither  :   but  he  promis'd  to  receive  the  particular 
 Petitions  of  that  Province.    Finaly,  the  Affembly  broke 
 up,  tho  difatisfiM  with  thofe  Anfwers  5  and  the  Deputies 
 repair'd  to  their  refpe&ive  homes  laying  the  blame  of  the  ill 
 fuccefs  of  their  good  intentions  upon  one  another.  Thofe 
 who  did  fide  with  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  blam'd  the  obfti- 
 nacy  of  the  contrary  Party,  imputing  all  the  fault  to  thatr 
 and  the  others  upbraided  thefe  with  having  taught  their 
 Enemies  how  to  rum  the  Churches,  by  breaking  the  Union  ^Jjf/J 
 defignedly,  and  by  a  manifeft  Confpiracy.    Moft  of  the  the  Mem- 
 Re  for  mrd  were  very  much  difatisficd  with  the  anfwers  made  to her*  *t  tke 
 their  *  Qahiers  .-  .and  feeing  that  inftead  of  granting  them  * 
 any  new  favours  upon  their  Complaints,  at  a  time  when  w  Aidref- 
 they  had  juft  reafons  of  diffidence,  their  Privileges  and  Su-^"* 
 renes  were  incroach'd  upon  more  than  ever,  they  applyM 
 the  Fable  of  the  Camel  to  themfelves,  who  complaining  that 
 Nature  had  been  unkind  to  him,  in  not  giving  him  Defenfive 
 Arms,  as  to  the  Lyon,  Elephant,  and  Bull ,  obtain'd  no 
 other  fruit   of  his  Complaints  but  to  have   his  Ears 
 ihorten'd.    So  the  AlTembly  having  expected  from  the  Kings- 
 Good  Will  fome  favour  fuitableto  the  time,  had  only  ob- 
 tain'd illufive  anfwers,  5   in  which  Injuftice   was  joyn'd  to 
 Contempt. 
 
 During  the  Seflion  of  the  AlTembly  there  appear'd  divers  Bob 
 
 Books  which  made  a  Noifc.    Maverne  publiftfd  one  which  whichmAl^ 
 
 y  .       1     TT       .  time, 
 was  not  proper  to  gain  the  Queens  heart.    He  maintain  d  in 
 
 it  that  neither  Women  nor  Children  ought  ever  to  be  admit- 
 ted to  the  Government.This  was  conformable  to  the  Antient 
 rvight  of  the  Monarchy,  which  attributed  the  Regency  to 
 the  neareft  Princes  of  the  Blood  during  Minorities.  But  an 
 expample  or  two  to  the  contrary  had  remov'd  the  Princes 
 from  that  Imployment ;  and  they  were  too  poor  or  too 
 •  -  weak 
 
8  6  Ik*  Hijb  t§  tftbe      Vol.  I  J. 
 
 1611.  wealk  at  that  ttme4  to  refume  their  Rank.  Theiaid  Book  was 
 J^VTK -condem'tl  '•>  and  the  Author  fled.  Qourmmdier  ,had  a\fo 
 thwfihteVTime&  a  Treatife  about  the  Right  of  &ings :  -But  it.was 
 concmitg  prohibited  -aswell-as  the  other,  and  all  the  Copies  that  could 
 %  1f'h9'  be  met  w,tn  ^he  pretence  us'd  .for  ,the,  (aid  Prohi  - 
 
 Khgs.   ^  bitit>n,  v/a«  cItqi  the  Author1  had  mix?d. divers  'Maxims  of 
 <  his  Religion  <i-n>the  laid. Book,  which  the  Court  did.not  ap- 
 prove.   But  in  general  the«true-pea(bn  of  it  was,  that  the 
 "'Authority  of  -Kings  is^  very  .-nice  .Point,  which  cannot  be 
 treated  of  without  offending  ttam    in  fo  much  that  Kings 
 had  rather>tbat  nothing  ftaouldsbe  £aid  about  it,  than.even 
 'to  Tp^ak^ad vantageowfly  oT  it.   Moreover  the  Doctrine  pf 
 'the  Rtforw'd  M  commonly  divided  into ^wo'.Parts  upon  that 
 Object,  ■  which  offend  two  forts  of  People.    The  one  allows 
 king's  -  a  perfect3  Independency  in  relation  to  the  Pope  $  and 
 'the1  fame  authority  over  the^  Clergy,  -as  over  the  reft  of  their 
 -Subjects.    The^ther  makes!  Kings  lyable  to  obierve  Equi- 
 <  ty  ^nd'Juftice  5  "The' Fundamental  Laws  of  the  State,  their 
 Oak h s-  npid- Ed icts  v-a-nd  propofes  the  preiervation  of  their 
 '  Subjects  to  them  as  « the1  Univerfol  Rule  of  their  Soveraign 
 ^Power.  ?  So'  that  it  •  is  '< knpoffible  for  their  Doctrine  to  be 
 'well  rceeiv'd  among  Catholick  Princes.   Thefir-ft  part  ever 
 animates^all  the  Roman'Cabal  againft  them :  and  the  fecond 
 all  the  Slaves  of  the  Court.  'The  Clergy  never  -  fcruples  to 
 •Sacrifice  publick'  Liberty  to  their  own-  Grandeur  :  and- Prin- 
 ces little  vake  the  Popes  Enter prifes,  provided  they  exert 
 an  Arbitrary  Power  over  their  People.    Moreover  there 
 was  a  particular  reafon  for  the  Condemnation  of  the.  laid 
 Book.  The  Doctrine  of  the  Jefuits  upon  that  Subject  was 
 detefted  by  all  the^'Kingdom  5  -  and  the  condemnation  _of 
 Belhr  mitts  Book  was  actually  >pro(eGuWd;:in-the'  'Parliament 
 of  Paris.    It  was^fiiffictent  fort:hofefubtiie'  Politicians.tolee 
 themfelves  diflionouiM1  -by  • Deorees  -from  *»the  c  Soveraign 
 Courts :  they* did -not feem  to  be  ve-ry-fefifible  to  thofe  af- 
 fronts, becaufe  the^-had  been  Uj/dr  to' them,- and  were-har- 
 -  den'd  in  them,:-from  the-  very  b^gifljiing  of 'their  1  Sopiety. 
 '  But  they  could  not have.e^du^uat-Whilethey  were  treated 
 
 as 
 
Efdok  It.      Sdtft  0/  Nanttfs.  87 
 
 as  Enemies  to  SoveraigriPOwCf,  the  Refdrrfd  mould  be  af-  \6t  1. 
 lowed  to  be  the  Defenders  of  it.    Therefore  they  obtained 
 ^he  Condemnation  of  .the^  laid  Book,  fo  involve  it  in  the 
 fame  Cenfure  with  thole  offrieir  Doftota 
 
 But  the  Book  Which  made  molt  rroiie  upon  that  Subject,  Books  of 
 was  that  which  du  Plejjis  publifh'd  during  the  Seffion  of  the  i?«  PI«ffis- 
 A/Tembly  in  which  he  did  prefide,  and  Which  he  had  intitul'd 
 The  Miflen  of  Iniquity.    It  was  not  lb  much  the  dignity  of 
 the  Subjecf,and  the  reputation  of  the  Author  which  made  the 
 Book  to  be  take  i[noticeof,as  a  Cut  which  Was  fix'd  at  the  head 
 of  the  Work,  which  did  revenge  duPlejjis  highly  for  the  af- 
 front he  had  receiv'd  at  Fontainhkau.    The  Pride  of  Paul 
 the  5*6,  who  fill'd  the  \\o\y  See  of  Ro»ie  at  that  time,  and 
 the  Flatteries  of  his  Creatures  did  afford  him  a  large  Field 
 to  ftile  him  Antichrift.    The  fir  ft  Leaf  of  the  Book  repre- 
 fented  a  Tower  o'f  Babel,  of  a  prodigious  Architecture,  . 
 which  appear'd  to  the  Spectators  a  fub^ect  of  Admiration,  , 
 but  it  was  only  fufta'm'd  by  fome  pieces  of  Timber,  which  4 
 were  fet  on  fire.    Two  Latin  ^effes  advised  the  Spectators 
 not  to  admire  that  vaft  Building   which  would  tumble 
 Down,  as  ioon  as  ever  the  fire  had  conlurri'd  thoie  feebre  • 
 fupporters.    In  the  next  place  you 'fa  w  the  Effigies  o'f  'Paul 
 the  yh  accompani'd  with  InTcriptfons  rfo  "haughty  and 
 fo    Impious  ,    That    it    would     have    'been  impo£ 
 lible  to  ^ive  the  Reform  d  *  better  hole!  ,  tho  it  had  been 
 done  dilignedly.    Whatever  Flaterus  ban  be  attributed  to 
 a  Temporal  Prince  ;  whatever  ftoly  'Writ  his  fpokeh  'With  numtur  of 
 rnoft  Emphafrs  of  jejHs  C6r/yr  himfelf,  was  appl\''H  to'that  5ff  1W0 
 Pope?    and  underneath  the  "Figure  there  was  a  !fojtft>i,  yf* 
 which  -gave  him  the  Title  of'Vice'-Go'd.    This  was  copy 'ti  i-  $0 
 from  a  Picture  made  in  Italy,  to  adorn  a  Triumphal  Arch  J*  *• 
 rais'd  in  honour  cfthat  new  Pope.    But  that  which  was  1.  *1 
 molt  remarkable  was  that  the  name  of  Paul  the  *jfkt  joynH  c-  l0- 
 to  that  of  Vice-God \nLaim,  in  the  cafe  which  belongs f  to  D' 
 the  Infcriptiohs,  fill'd  up  very  juitly  the  famous  "number  666 
 of '  -666,  vvhich  ill  ffie' Cfiritliaris  accordfog  to  'thetefYimo-  £^7cU 
 ny  oi  St.  John  in  the  ^pocalipfe^  to&CupOri  td  be  trie  number  akdm^. 
 
 of 
 
The  Bijlory  of  the       Book.  IL 
 
 of  Amichrift.  Joyning  the  value  of  the  Numeral  Letters 
 of  that  name,  according  to  the  ufe  of  the  Latins  made  up 
 th.it  miftical  number. 
 
 Dh  Plejjls  tr'mmpbd  upon  that  important  difcovery.  Tis 
 faid  that  he  had  been  inform'd  that  the  Queen  defign'd  to 
 recall  him  to  Court,  and  to  imploy  him  again  j  and  that 
 ■his  Friends  had  advii'd  him,  either  to  defer  or  to  fupprels 
 the  Edition  of  this  Book,  which  would  not  fail  to  involve 
 him  into  new  Troubles.  But  he  preferr'd  the  advantage  of  his 
 Religion  to  that  of  his  Fortune  at  Court.  The  Refortrid, 
 who  were  great  admirers  of  thofe  kind  of  obfervations, 
 did  not  fail  to  draw  certain  prefeges  from  thence  of  the 
 -decay  of  the  Roman  See  ,  which  manifefted  its  Antichri- 
 ftanity  by  fuch  evident  Characters.  To  fay  the  truth 
 that  number  was  made  out  there  lb  naturally  ,  that  it  nei- 
 ther required  learning,  nor  ftretching  to  find  it  our. 
 There  was  no  need  to  invent  a  new  Ortography,  or  barba- 
 rous Names, nor  ambiguous  Words :  and  the  Title  ofVice- 
 God,  which  made  the  greateft  part  of  that  number,  was 
 Co  well  adapted  to  the  Authority  which  AntechriO:  was  to 
 pretend,  according  to  the  predictions  of  Scripture,  Thatit 
 feem'd  to  require  no  other  information  upon  that  Subject. 
 Thofe  who  had  treated  about  it  before,  had  never  ima- 
 gined any  thing  fo  juft :  and  thofe  who  have  fpoken  of 
 it  fince  have  invented  nothing  farther.  There  was  none- 
 ceffity  to  look  for  that  fatal  number  either  in  the  GreeJ^or 
 Hebrew  5  nor  to  make  ufe  of  a  Calculation  unknown  to  the 
 Vulgar,  and  not  in  ufe  in  the  Language  in  which  the  ap- 
 plication of  it  was  made.  All  this  was  found  in  the  Lan- 
 guage and  in  the  manner  of  Calculating  of  the  Latins , 
 which  the  Catholicks  call  that  of  the  Church :  which  feeras 
 to  be  neceflary  in  this  Queftion,  which  relates,  according  to 
 the  Catholicks  themfelves,  to  a  man  who  is  to  poffeft  the 
 Roman  See.  So  that  it  is  no  wonder  that  dn  Plejfis  lliould 
 value  himfelf  upon  that  happy  Difeovery  3  and  that  the 
 Reform  d  look'd  upon  it  as  a  real  Triumph  of  their  Doctrine. 
 The  Catholicks  was  ftrangly  mov'd  at  the  faid  Book^the  Pope 
 
 made 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  89 
 
 made  great  complaints  about  it  Sorbonne  cenfur'd  it  5  161 1. 
 
 and  fome  private  perfbns  undertook  to  refute  it.  Among  ^"V^- 
 the  reft  one  dt  Brai  St.  Germain  endeavour'd  to  excufe  the 
 Pope,  and  lay'd  the  blame  of  the  excels  of  the  Elogys  and 
 the  Impiety  of  the  Applications  upon  the  fordid  flatteries 
 of  the  Courtiers.  But  he  made  himfclf  ridiculous 
 by  endeavouring  to  apply  the  fame  number  to  dn  Plejfis : 
 which  he  did  by  turning  his  name  as  many  ways  as  he 
 could  imagtn.  The  Catholicks  have  followed  that  me- 
 thod untill  our  Days,  from  the  time  of  the  Reformation, 
 as  if  that  Number  were  the  left  applicable  to  their  Church, 
 when  by  a  thou/and  violent  efforts  they  find  the  way  to 
 apply  it  to  another  Subject.  Antichrift  himlelf,  according 
 to  the  \ery  notion  of  their  own  Doctors,  might  make  till- 
 of  that  fecret ,  to  prove  that  he  is  not  the  perfon 
 meant  by  the  dpocaljpfe,  becaufe  that  name  has  been  ap- 
 plyed  for  example,  to  Paul  the  5//),  with  jultnels  enough. 
 That  method  has  neverthelefs  prov'd  ufeful  to  them  ;  In 
 turning  by  thole  fore'd  applications  the  miftcry  of  that 
 Number  into  a  raiHiiy,  they  have  evaded  the  ferious  appli- 
 cations that  might  be  made  of  it  to  the  See  of  Rome. 
 
 Before  I  refume  the  fequcl  of  what  the  return  of  the  at 
 Deputies  in  the  Provinces  did  produce,  it  will  not  be  a- Pjris* 
 mifs  to  (peak  a  word  or  two  of  a  Sedition  which  the  Ca- 
 tholicks excited  at  Paris  againft  the  Reforvfd.  Part  of  the 
 Church-yard  cali'd  ^Trinity  was  allow'd  them.  A  peifon  of 
 the  Reform" d  Religio;.  caus'd  his  Childs  Corps  to  be  carnM 
 thither  in  open  day.  Two  Marlhals  men  accompany'd  it  to 
 iecureit.  But  their  prefence  did  not  hinder  an  Apprentice 
 from  abufing  and  flinging  of  Stones  at  the  Reform  d  who 
 follow'd  the  Corps :  and  his  Mafter  in  imitation  of  it  did 
 the  fame.  The  Marlhals  men  endeavouring  to  lupprels  the 
 faid  Violence,  encreas'd  the  evil  inftead  of  appeafiag  it. 
 The  Mob  fell  upon  them  as  well  as  upon  the  Reformed, 
 Several  of  them  were  wounded,  and  among  the  reft  one  of 
 the  Officers.  As  the  Court  was  yet  uncertain  of  the  fuccefs 
 of  the  Affairs  of  Saumnr,  they  thought  fit  not  to  leave  the  faid 
 
 N  Sedition 
 
90  TheHiflory  of  the      Book  II. 
 
 i6rr.  Sedition  unpunifh'd.    Thofe  who  had  begun  it  were  feiz'd. 
 v~'"VN-;  T  he  Apprentice  was  condcmn'd  to  the  Whipping  Pcft,  and 
 his  Matter  to  (land  by.    They  sppeal'd  to  the  Parliament, 
 which  confirmed  the  (aid  Sentence,  and  it  was 'executed. 
 Return  of      The  Deputies  of  the  Provinces  being  come  home,  Pro- 
 thePepu-  vincial  Aflemblies  were  call'd  to  hear  their  Proceedings. 
 their"pro-  This  report  of  new  Aflemblies  made  the  Court  fear  that 
 vinas.      the  difcontents  given  to  that  of  Saumur  might  be  attended 
 with  worfe  conlequences  than  was  e>;  peeled.    New  expedi- 
 ents were  fought  after  5  and  they  follow'd  the  advice  of 
 the  Marfhal  de  Boitillc??,  which  was  to  (end  away  the  Com- 
 miilioners  the  King  had  promis'd  with  all  fpeed  5  who  un- 
 der pretence  of  performing  the  anfwers  to  the  Cahier,  might 
 eafily  difipate  thefaid  Aflemblies.  Left  the  Reform cl Com- 
 Cmmiflio-  miiTioners  lhoiild  croft  that  defign,  the  Marfhal  nam'd  all 
 "vn pine's  tn°fe  t^iat  vvere  at  n^s  Devotion  in  every  Province.  This 
 wheretbey  was  done  with  fo  little  fecrecy,  that  feveral  Provinces  re- 
 ef iW  ,C~  ^US>(^  to  receive  tnem'    The  Lower  Guyenne  gave  the  ex- 
 cen£  '     ample  of  that  refufal  }  and  feveral  others  follow'd  it  3  tho 
 ti  e  Wifeft  were  of  opinion  that  it  would  be  the  .  beft  way 
 to  let  them  perform  their  Office  without  any  hindrance.  It 
 will  be  cafie  to  judge  of  what  the  Commiffioners  were  to 
 do  in  every  Province,   by  the  manner  of  proceeding 
 of  thofe  that  were  deputed  for  Berry.    They  arrivM  at 
 synod  tt    Blois  at  the  time  the  Synod  was  aflembling  there  jand  where- 
 Biois     3  as  they  were  not  acquainted  with  the  nature  of  thole  Af- 
 comrifio-  femblics,  they  were  fuppri.'J  to  fee  it  compos'd  of  50  per- 
 ven uveal-  (6ns  $  and  cited  them  to  appear  before  them.    Twelve  De- 
 larm-dat.  pUties  were  fcnt  to  them,havingthe  Moderator  and  his  A1T0- 
 ciate  at  the  Head  of  them.  The  Commiffioners  endeavoured 
 toperfwade  them  that  their  Aflembly  favour'd  of  a  Cabals 
 and  in  order  to  remove  all  ill  thoughts  from  them,they  made 
 a  large  Dhcourfe  to  them  about  the  Queens  good  intentions. 
 The  anfwer  of  the   Reform'd  was  a  little  cold  at  firfh 
 They  (aid  that  they  had  been  told  the  (ame  at  Sanmnr  } 
 That  the  Deputies  General  writ  the  (ame  thing  to  them  5 
 and  that  there  was  no  necefiity  to  Cite  the  Afiernbly,  only 
 
Vol.  II.     EiiB  of  Nantes.  91 
 
 to  tell  them  that,  They  refuse!  to  acknowledge  the  Cora-  1161. 
 miffioners  verycivily,  covering  the  faid  refufal  with  an  in- 
 treaty  that  they  would  be  pleas' d  not  to  meddle  with  their 
 Affairs,  nor  with  the  complaints  that  had  already  been 
 prenfented  to  them  :  and  whereas  the  Commiffioners  did 
 not  difift  notwithstanding  their  civility,  the  Aflembly  fent 
 them  notice  foon  after  it,  That  they  appeafd  from  their 
 proceedings.  The  Commiffioners  on  the  other  hand,  ac-  Thermit 
 quainted  the  Court  with  their  opinion  of  the  faid  Aflembly.  toCom 
 They  faid  that  they  had  refuse!  to  acknowledge  them  in40"'"' 
 the  quality  of  Commiffioners  5  and  that  the  Number  of  the 
 Nobles  was  not  fo  great  as  it  us'J  to  be  }  That  their  De- 
 puties went  to  and  fro  towards  Sdur/iur^  That  fmall  no- 
 cturnal Aflemblies  were  form'd  there  under  pretence  of 
 Treats  j  That  they  continued  their  Seffion,  notwithstand- 
 ing they  had  forbidden  it  5  That  they  hinder'd  them,  with 
 fcorn  from  executing  their  Commiffion  5  That  Vignkr^  Mo- 
 derator,had  declar'd  that  the  Reform 'd  wo  :ld  not  accept  the 
 anfwer  made  to  the  Cahtcrs  of  the  General  Aflembly  5  That 
 they  had  new  demands  to  make  ftill ,  That  they  would, 
 refume  in  the  National  Synod  which  was  to  be  held  the 
 following  year  at  Privas,  or  at  .R<?^/,what  had  been  inter- 
 rupted at  Sdumurs  and  that  upon  the  order  the  Commiffi- 
 oners had  given  him  to  Difolve  the  Aflembly,  he  had  an- 
 fwei'd  that  he  would  complain  about  it  throughout  the 
 Kingdom.  The  Truth  is  that  heexplain'd  himfelf  the  next 
 day  i  and  declar'd  that  he  only  meant  the  cuffcom  of  ac- 
 quainting the  Churches  with  all  that  pafs'J.  Neverthe- 
 lefs,the  Commiffioners  allow'd  them  to  continue  the  faid  Af- 
 fembly, provided  they  meddled  with  nothing  but  the  af- 
 fairs of  their  Difcipline  :  but  they  would  not  allow  the 
 report  of  what  had  been  done  at  Sattmnr  to  be  made  other- 
 wife  than  in  their  pretence.  The  manner  in  which  they 
 wrote  at  Court  was  a  little  envenom'd,  but  yet  they  own  d 
 that  the  Deputies  had  exprefs'd  a  great  deal  of  willingnels 
 and  quicknefs  in  taking  the  Oath  of  Allegiance  to  the 
 King  and  Queen.    By  allowing  the  continuation  of  the 
 
 N  2  Aflembly, 
 
9t  The  Hijlory  of  the      Book  IL 
 
 1 6 1 1 . .  Membiy,  with  the  reftri&ion  I  have  mention'd,  they  hinder'd 
 ^^-v— >  them  from  making  a  Provincial  Council,  according  to  the 
 refokuion  of  the  General  Affernbly  v  and  they  were  feconded 
 in  that  by  the  Confiftory  of  Orleans,  whole  Deputy  Memin 
 and  Hervet  Doftor  in  Phifick  opposed  the  faid  Eftablifhment 
 with  great  heat,  threatning  even  to  acquaint  the  Magistrates 
 with  it.  Moreover,  the  faid  Hervet  writ  a  Libel  againft 
 that  defign,  which  was  not  relifiYd  by  the  Court. 
 Thcfe  were  the  effects  of  the  Divifionsof  ^«w«r,whicb  were 
 followed  with  the  like  difcord  in  divers  parts  of  the 
 Kingdom. 
 
 Affembly at  ■  Aflemblies  of  this  kind  were  made  in  all  Parts,  in 
 Caftci-  which  they  renew'J  the  Oath  of  Union,  one  of  the  fame 
 whkhcauf-  k'ncl  was  he\d  at  Cafiel'JaloHx,  which  gave  an  occafion  to 
 et*k!«df  the  Catholicks  of  Guyenne  alfo  to  form  a  kind  of  Union 
 '  among  them,  which  ft  vourd  very  much  of  a  League.  The 
 licks.  Commiflioners  I  have  been  fpeaking  of  mentioned  the  laid 
 Union  of  the  Gnholicks  in  their  Letters  to  the  Queen  5  and 
 in  order  to  aleviate  the  reproach  which  that  novelty  de- 
 ferved,  thev  compai'd  the  Union  of  the  Reformed  to  the 
 League  it  (elf  Neverthelefi,  there  was  this  difference  be- 
 tween them,  That  there  was  no  Confpiracy  againft  the  C  a- 
 tholicks,  which  could  oblige  them  to  make  a  Confedera- 
 cy to  defend  themfelvcs :  w  hereas  the  Reform  d  faw  one 
 throughout  Fitrope,  of  which1  they  felt  difmal  effects  in  di- 
 vers parts.  That  was  Efficient  to  oblige  them  to  ftand 
 upon  their  guard  in  trance.  The  Proteftants  in  Germany 
 wereabus'd  in  all  places  by  the  Catholicks.  For  which  rea- 
 fon  the  Princes  were  aflembled  at  Rotcnburg,  in  order  to 
 apply  themfelves  to  their  mutual  prefervation.  Even  in 
 France  they  (aw  themfelves  expos'd  to  bear  the  burthen  of 
 every  thing.  The  Jefuits  had  a  violent  defire  to  fettle  them- 
 felves at  Troyes  a  rich  City  of  Champagne ,  very  Populous, 
 and  of  a  great  Trade  5  and  omitted  nothing  that  Impudence, 
 Deceit,  and  Malice  are  capable  to  invent  in  order  to  fuc- 
 ceed  in  it.  Neverthelefs,  they  met  fo  much  oppofition  in 
 their  defign,  that  they  were  conftrain'd  to  give  it  over  : 
 
Vol.11.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  9$ 
 
 But  the  Reform'd  fuffer'd  for  it.    The  Jefuits  feign  cl  that  1611. 
 their  only  defun  in  endeavouring  to  fettle  in  the  laid  Citv  ^^/"^ 
 was  to  hinder  Herefie  from  introducing  it  (elf  there.  The 
 City  in  order  to  remove  that  pretence  oblig'd  it  felf  never 
 to  fjfTer  the  Reform d  to  fettle  there  :  which  refblution 
 they  have  obferv'd  fcrupuloufly. 
 
 This  was  not  the  only  Mortification  that  Society  receiv'd  at  Mottifk** 
 that  time.  The  Sorbonne  divided  their Cenfures  between  the  jJJJf/JJ 
 Reform'd  and  the  Cntholicks.  As  they  had  condemnd  ihe  tie  Jefuits 
 Book  of  d*  Plejfis^h  ty  alfb  cenfur'd  fbme  propofitions  which 
 the  Jefuits  had  advanced  concerning  Ignatius  their  Founder, 
 and,  dedar'd  them  Impious.  One  of  their  Robe  cenfur'd 
 the  Cenfure  3  and  having  no  better  reafon  to  alledge,  he 
 maintain  d  that  it  was  good  for  nothing  but  to  rejoyce  Cha.- 
 re.nton  and  the  Huguenots.  They  had  a  great  Procefs  with 
 the  Univerfity,  for  the  overture  of  their  College.  Mar- 
 telliere  a  famous  Advocate  {tun  d  them  by  a  thundring  Plea: 
 and  whereas  the  Parliament  was  not  opprefs'd  by  a  Superior 
 Authority  at  that  time,  they  gave  a  Decree  in  favour  ot  the 
 Univerfity.  But  the  Jefuits  had  the  cunning  to  publifh  a 
 Letter  without  a  Name,  which  they  fcign'd  to  be  written 
 to  them,  which  comforted  them  for  their  Dhgrace,  putting 
 them  in  hopes  of  a  time  that  would  prove  more  favoura- 
 ble to  them. 
 
 Among  the  Commifiioners  that  were  fent  into  the  Pro-  Commj(tin 
 vinces,  le  Mafiuer  and  VUtarnoul  had  the  diftrict  of  Burgundy,  nersin  the 
 :>f  which  the  Country  of  Gex  is  a  dependency.    They  did  cwnt*)  °f 
 lot  meet  with  the  fame  opposition  in  tint  Country  ,  as  had  Gex' 
 ?een  made  elfe  where  to  thofe  that  had  the  fame  Comrnil  - 
 ion.    Therefore  we  find  feveral  ordinances  of  theirs  of  the 
 nd  of  that  year,  and  the  beginning  of  the  following,  con- 
 erning  the  exercife  of  the  Reform  d  Religion  in  that  little 
 iayliwick  :  and  the  Rule  of  their  Judgments  was  the  Edict 
 f  Nantes,  which  they  look'd  upon  as  a  Common  Law  to 
 11  thofe  who  hv'd  under  the  King's  Obedience.  Moreover, 
 )me  of  the  faid  Ordinances  were  given  at  the  requeft  of 
 le  Bifhop  of  Geneva^  and  of  the  Catholicks  of  that  Canton? 
 
 who 
 
94-  The  Hi/lory  of  the      Book  II. 
 
 who  defir'd  that  the  faid  Law  might  be  obferv'd  in  favour 
 of  them.  It  was  much  for  them  at  that  time,  to  injoy  the 
 privileges  oftheEdicl: :  but  time  has  given  them  more  bold- 
 nefs  j  and  they  have  finally  opprefs'd  in  that  Country, 
 
 thofe  by  whom  their  Fathers  had  formerly  thought  them- 
 -•   ilfvefyef)  happy  to  be  Tollerated.    An  Effay  of  it  appeai'd 
 the  following  year. 
 The  Refor-     Perhnps  the  Render  will  not  be  difpleafM  to  be  in- 
 wfrf'"y*   forn  'd  by  a  final!  affair  of  the  Court,  how  much  the  Re- 
 Vak?$he   frtrfd  were  dTros'd  to  forget  the  hatred  and  violences  pair, 
 y.yof  the  incrife  they    had  been  any  wife  incourag'd  to  do  it  by  a 
 Gmfc?    better  Treatment.    The  Count  de  Soijfons,  Son  to  a  youn- 
 ger Brother  of  the  Princes  of  Condc,  who  had  been  the  Heads 
 of  the  Refcrtrid.,  had  a  quarrel  with  the  Duke  of  Guife. 
 The  Court  fided  with  them  as  it  is  ufual :  but  the  Count 
 was  abandon'd  almoft  by  all  the  Reform  d:  and  the  Dukes 
 dc  Bouillon,  de  Rohan,  de  Sully,  la  None,  Gouvernet,  even 
 the   Grand-Sons  of  the  Admiral  Chatillon,    and  feveral 
 others  offerd  their  fervice  to  the  Duke  of  Guife.  This 
 was  a  very  publick  Proof  that  they  would  not  call  him  to 
 an  account  for  the  Blood  and  Pains,  which  his  Father  and 
 1612.  Grand-Father  had  coft  them. 
 
 v••/""v"v~,     The  following  year  was  (pent  in  little  Difputes,  which 
 without  proceeding  to  an  open  War  Ihow'd  neverthelefs, 
 that  there  were  great  Animofities  j  and  that  one  fide  had 
 ill  defigns,  and  the  others  jealoufies  and  diffidences.  At 
 Death  of  the  very  beginning  there  happen'd  an  affair  which  paft 
 tht  Lord  without  noife,  tho  it  might  have  prov'd  of  ill  confequence 
 de  vatanO  at  anotrier  time.   The  Lord  of  Vatan}  a  little  Town  in 
 Berry  which  was  of  fome  defence,  and  in  which  he  held  a 
 Garrifon,  was  accus'd  of  favouring  the  Sale  of  Prohibited 
 Salt  in  that  Province,and  to  make  Money  of  it  himfelf.  The 
 Court  order'd  Informations  to  be  brought  in  againft  him.* 
 and  that  Gentleman  thinking  to  terrifie  thofe  that  did  it, 
 committed  fome  Violences  ,  which  obliged  the  Court  to 
 put  their  orders  in  execution.    The  Rebellion  «of  that 
 Lord   not    being   fupprefs'd  by  the  firft  endeavours 
 
Vol.  ft      fe/ifif  ^Nantes. 
 
 that  were  usM  to  reduce  him  to  his  Duty,.  Forces  were. fent 
 againft  him  5  he  was  befiegd  in. his  own  Houfe,  and  forc'd 
 to  fur  render  upon  Difcretion  5  and.  being  lent  Prifoner  to 
 t\ie  €okncfgerie>  he  was  condemn d  to  Dye  by  the  Parlia- 
 ment ot  Paris.    He  had  flatter'd  himfelf  that  the  Reformed 
 would  Interefs    themfelves  for  the  prefervation  of  his 
 Town:  but  no  body  ftir'd  for  him  5  and  the  Town  was 
 taken  within  fight  of  the  Reformed,  who  did  not  offer  in 
 the  lea  ft  to  defend  it.    Not  but  that  there  were  People  who 
 dreaded  the  confequence  of  it  5  and  who  were  of  opinion 
 that  they  ought  never  to  fuffer  the  lofs  of  any  place  of  that 
 kind,  whatever  pretences  were  us'd  to  attack  it;  by  rea- 
 fon  that  if  plaufible  pretences  were  fufHcient,  the  Court 
 was  too  Ingenious  not  to  find  new  ones  daily,  and  to  at- 
 tack them  one  after  another.    But  the  Gentleman's  cafe  was 
 fo  forreign  to  thofe  in  which  Religion  was  concern'd,  That 
 they  did  not  think  it  reafonable  to  make  a  general  affair 
 of  it  5  nor  to  give  their  Enemies  a  reafon  to  reproach  them 
 that  they  made  ufe  of  the  Cities  that  were  committed  to 
 their  Guard,  for  the  fecurity  of  their  Conference  and 
 Lives  to  protect  thofe  that  were  Violators  of  the  Laws  of 
 the  State.    The  Judges  allow'd  the  Baron  de  Vatan,  after  thy  alh» 
 he  had  receiv'd  his  Sentence  to  fend  for  a  Minifter  in  Pri-  ^affm 
 fon  to  prepare,  him.  to  Dye.    The  Reform  d  either  Prifoners,  JJe^r/ 
 or  Rich  as  repaird  thither  to  accompany  him  had  a  mind  to  W«  to  £>;<?: 
 Sing  fome  Verfes  cf  Pfalms.    But  the  Cathplick  Prifonen,  h^yhim 
 and  others  who  came  thereout  of  Curiofity  oppos'd  it  di  tfhm  fmg- 
 direftly  :  and  Pnial  Curate  of  the  Parifh  of  St.  Bartholomew,  H?&m?. 
 who  came  there  in  hopes  of  an  occafion  to  .perform  fome 
 action  worthy  of  his  Zeal,  was  one  of  the'  moft  earneft, 
 and  boldeft.    Their  pretence  was  that  the  Edict  allow'd  to 
 comfort  the  Prifoners,  but  not  to  perform  the  exercife  of 
 the  Reform d  Religion  in  Prifons  upon  that  account  :  much 
 lefs  in  that  place  which  was  the  Chapel  of  the  Conciergenc, 
 The  Reform  d  obey'd  y  and  the'  Tumult  ceas'd. 
 
 But 
 
96  The  Hiftory  of  the     Book  II. 
 
 1 6 11.      But  at  the  begining  of  the  fame  year,  there  were  Deputys 
 ^P^fof  Eight  Provinces  at  Court,  which  did  meet  together  in  or- 
 the  pnvin-  dcr  to  fend  thither,to  refume  the  Affairsin  the  fame  condition 
 as*  pa.  jn  wnich  the  General  Aflembiy  had  left  them  $  and  to  Solicit 
 HisMajefty  to  add  (bmething  more  favourable,and  more  ex- 
 -prefs  to  the  anfwers  he  had  made  to  their  Cahier.  The  Deputys 
 General  recervfd  them  as  if  they  had  fpoken  in  the  Name 
 •of  all  the  Churches,    becaufe  they  were  Deputed  by  Co 
 many  Provinces,  which  werethofe  in  which  the   Reform 'd 
 were  the  ftrongeft.    The  Court  did  not  ufe  them  fo.  They 
 were  refolv'd  to  Condemn  the  Provincial  Afferoblys  that  had 
 Deputed  them,  asUmawful  Aflemblys:  and  therefore  they 
 were  oblig'd  to  fend  them  back  again  without  feeing,  or 
 hearing  them.    But  the  fear  of  exafperating  the  fikl  Pro- 
 vinces by  that  Affront,  made  them  finally  refolve  to  hear 
 them,   after  fome  difficulties.    Moreover  they  enter'd  into 
 fomeNegociation  with  them  3  and  the  Queen  being  defirous 
 to  have  UuPlejfis  advice  upon  their  Demands  by  an  Exprefs, 
 fhe  fent  to  him  it  inclined  Peopleto  believe  that  that  affair 
 would  have  a  happy  Ifiue.  The  MarihaldeZ^VAwhinderM  it  3 
 and  took  it  as  an  Affronttohim  andhisthat  more  mould  be 
 granted  at  the  Solicitation  of  the  Deputies  of  thoie  Unla  wful 
 Aflemblys,  than  the  Affembly  of  Saumur  had  been  able  to  ob- 
 tain.The  Court  which  had  no  Inclination  to  favour  the  Re- 
 form d  eafily  comply'd  with  the  Marfhal  Duke j  and  taking  for  a 
 pretence  that  thole  Deputys  of  divers  Aflemblys  not  allow'd 
 of,  could  not  be  look'd  upon  otherwife  than  as  private  Per- 
 fons  whoaflum'd  the  name  of  the  General5they  were  fent  back 
 OHtra^  without  an  Anfwer.  Moreover  the  Court  added  Contumely 
 tnjfy.      to  Severity  }  difcharging  them  in  Writing  in  very  offenfrve 
 Terms,  which  reflected  at  once  on  their  Commiflion  and 
 their  Perfons. 
 
 In  the  mean  time  they  endeavour'd  to  prevent  the  evil, 
 which  they  forefaw  that  rigour  might  occafion  •■>  but  the 
 way  they  took  for  it  prov'd  more  Injurous  than  the  Evil  it 
 (elf and  incuring  one  Wound  made  another  more  conside- 
 rable, and  more  dangerous.    Among  all  the  tvefolutions  of 
 
 the 
 
Book  II.      SdiB  of  Nantes.  97 
 
 the  Aflembly  of  Saumur,  there  was    none  troubled  the  1612. 
 Court  more  than  that  of  Eftablifhing  Provincial  Councils. 
 The  Truth  is  that  difficultys  were  met  with  in  divers  pla- 
 ces for  the  Execution  of  that  Regulation,  and  the  fame  dif- 
 cor  d  which  had  troubled  the  General  Aflembly,  imbroyl'd 
 the  particular  ones :  fo  that  it  made  the  Entcrprife  mifcarry 
 in  fome  Provinces.    But  that  Eftablifhment  was  made  in  o- 
 thers  ••>  and  neither  Brigues,  nor  Craft  could  hinder  it,The 
 Court  had  no  mind  to  proceed  openly  to  the  fupprefling  of 
 the  faid  Aflemblys  for  fear  ofexpofing  their  Authority,  by  a 
 Refolution  they  might  not  be  able  to  perform:  But  on  the 
 other  hand  this  new  form  of  Aflemblys,  which  faftned  the 
 Union  of  theChurches  with  new  Links,  which  the  Coun- 
 cil defign'd  to  break  at  any  rate, was  the  more  Odious  to  the 
 Council, by  reafon  that  it  was  advantageous  to  the  Party  they 
 had  a  mind  to  Ruin.  For  that  reafon  they  bethought  them- 
 felves  of  a  Wile,  which  without  prohibiting  them  directly 
 made  them  pafs  Indire&ly  for  Unlawful :  and  that  defigu  was 
 covei'd  with  the  pretence  of  (ecuring  thofe  againft  the  procee- 
 dings of  Juftice  as  had  ailirted  in  the  Aflemblies  of  which  the 
 Deputies  had  been  fent  back  by  the  Court  with  contumely.The 
 King  gave  a  Declaration  on  the       of  dpr/l,wh\ch  beginning  Deckration 
 with  the  defignhe  had  had  to  purfue  for   the  prefervation  0Ltf£*§v 
 of  the  State  the  means  which  the  Late  King  had  us'J,  to 
 make  it  pafs  from  an  extream  defolation  to  a  perfect  Splen- 
 dor, by  degrees  took  notice  of  the  anfwers  given  to  the 
 Cahiersot  the  Aflembly  of  Saumur,  and  of  the  fending  of 
 Commiflioners  into  the  Provinces.    Thofe  two  things  were 
 propos'd  in  it  as  great  proofs  of  the  good  Intentions  of  the 
 Court,  and  as  proper  Expedients  to  remove  all  the  Jealoufies 
 and  Fears,  which  had  given  the  Reform d  a  pretence  to  hoi' 
 fome  Aflemblys  without  leave,  and  which  had  created  j  ealc 
 fies  in  others.Thole  Aflemblies  were  only  (poken  of  by  the  b 
 they  were  only  ftil'd  Extraordinary^znA.  they  were  only  imr 
 ed  to  fome  of  the  Reform* '^They  faid  that  they  were  only 
 ven'd  in  fome  Provinces^  The  King  declar'd  that  he  W3 
 well  (atisfy'd  with  the  good  Will,  Zeal  and  Loyalty 
 
 O 
 
98  The  Hiftory  of  the        Book  11 
 
 1 6 1  r .  Generality  :  Neverthelels  he  aker'd  his  tone  all  of  a  fudden  } 
 y^r^  and  calling  that  a  Crime,  which  he  had  juft  before  expreli  d 
 infuch  mild  Terms,  he  granted  the  Remiftion  an  J  Forgive- 
 nefs  of  the  fault  Committed  by  thole  who  had  occafion'd 
 the  faid  Affemblys  and  had  been  concern'd  in  the  fame,  for- 
 biding  his  Attorneys  General  and  their  Subftitutes  to  make 
 any  Inquiry  after,   or  prolecution  for  the  fame.    So  far 
 there  only  appear'd  aprelude,  of  which  the  Miftery-  was  con- 
 cealed :  but  finally  the  laft  Article  of  the  Declaration  re- 
 vcafd  it,  prohibiting  all  Afiemblys  of  that  nature  for  the 
 future,  declaring  them  to  be  Interdicted  by  the  28  Article 
 of  the  Edict,  by  the  Ordinance  of  the  16th.  of  March 
 i  6c6,  and  by  the  Anfwer  given  to  the  Cabkrs  in  the  Month 
 of  Augujtof  the  faid  Year.    Neverthelels  the  Ring  allow'd 
 the  Rcforvrd  ftill  a  full  Liberty  to  hold  Confiftorys,  Confer- 
 ences, Provincial  and  National  S^ods,  on  condition  that 
 none  but  Minifters  and  Elders   fhould  be  admitted  in  the 
 jame,  and  that  they  mould  only  treat  of  their  Doctrine  and 
 Ecokfiaftical  Diicipline,  on  pain  of  forfeiting  the  Right  of 
 holding  fuch  Afiemblies.  The  Moderators  were  to  be  refpon- 
 ceable  for  it :  and  the  Cogniftnce  of  the  infractions  was  re- 
 fer r'd  to  the  fir  ft  Mafter  of  Requefts  being  upon  the  place. 
 r«e  DepH-  deputies  General  being  inform 'd  that  the  faid  Decla- 
 
 re Gew-  tion  was  feat  to  the  Parliament,  in  order  to  be  Regiftred, 
 Yb  ?J*fu  toi  trici  an  oppofition  againft  it  by  a  Petition,  which  contain'd 
 'mm'.  0*'  rm  ex prefs  diiavowal  or  having  requii'd  it 5,  protefting  that 
 the  y  look'd  upon  it  as  injurious  and  prejudicial  to  the  Re~ 
 form'd,  and  that  in  the  name  of  the  General  they  refuted 
 to  make  ufe  of  it.    This  oppofition,  and  the  proceedings 
 of  the  (aid  Deputies  at  Court,  in  order  to  put  a  ftop  to  the 
 faid  Declaration,  ftopt  the  Parliament  for  fome  days.  But 
 whereas  the  Court  had  only  given  that  Pardon,  to  the  end, 
 that  fuppofmg  the  faid  Afiembly  to  be  Criminal,  they 
 might  have  a  pretence  to  fuppreis  them  for  the  future,  pro- 
 ceeded on  :  and  the  faid  Declaration  was  verifi'd  on  the 
 7  5  of  May  in  the  Parliament  of  Paris,  and  in  other  places 
 lboner,  or  later,  according  to  the  force  of  their  Intrigues, 
 
 Moreover 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  99 
 
 Moreover  the  Court  found  out  ibme  Reformed  who  dehVd  1612. 
 the  Inrolment  of  it,   under  pretence  that  having  been  in-  ^TV^ 
 gag  d  imprudently  in  the  (aid  Aflemblys,  without  knowing  ™£ffjJ' 
 whether  they  were  lawful  or  no,  they  ftood  in  need  of  ajtaftv 
 Pardon  for  their  Security.    They  were  Creatures  of  Mar-  M*7"7- 
 fhal  de  Bouillon,  who  had  only  aflifted  in  them,  in  order 
 to  crofs  the  Refolutions  of  the  reft,  or  to  give  informations 
 of  what  pafs'J  there.    But  yet  the  rehifal  of  it  was  look'd 
 upon  as  genecal,  fince  it  was  made  by  the  Deputies  Gene- 
 ral, who  did  repreient  all  the  Churches.    So  that  the  Inrol- 
 ment of  the  faid  Declaration  had  ibmething  very  lingular 
 in  it.    It  granted  a  Pardon  to  peribns  who  defir'd  none  ^ 
 and  to  whom  it  was  only  granted,  in  order  to  make  them 
 declare  themfelves  guilty  by  accepting  of  it.    It  was  a  very 
 new  Ibrt  of  kindnels  to  pardon  people  agaiuft  their  Wills, 
 who  defir'd  no  Pardon  5  and  notwithstanding  their  oppoliti- 
 on  to  make  a  Law  of  a  Remilfion  againft  which  the  peribns 
 concernd  didprottft,  before  the  publication  of  it. 
 
 The  Inrolment  was  made  the  very  next  day  after  the  Nmm.%1 
 overture  of  the  National  Svnod,  which  was  begun  that  year 
 at  Privas  on  the  2\th  of'  May  :  as  if  the  Court  expecting  that 
 the  Synod  would  make  fome  new  Pioteftation  sgainft  the 
 Declaration,  had  defign'd  to  putitpaft  retracting,  when  they, 
 fhould  make  remonftranccs  about  it.  It  is  certain  at  leaft 
 that  this  Synod  relented  it  highl)  5  as  I  will  relate 
 it  after  having  mention d  Ibme  other  important  Ads 
 which  preceded  it.  This  is  one  of  the  Synods  that  enter'd 
 fart  heft  inie  Political  Affairs.  They  examine!  the  Conduct 
 of  thofe  that  had  created  a  Sciime  at  and  that 
 
 united  thcrmelves  to  prefer  the  fmaller  number  to  the  Plu- 
 rality of  Voices,  according  to  the  Queens  Letter.    They  cenfures 
 pronoune'd  a  general  Cenfure  againft  thofe  that  were  con-  about  the 
 cern'd  in  that  Confpiracy.  They  declar'd  that  the  concor'd  D/lf^ur, 
 fo  often  Sworn  ,  had  been  violated  by  that  Artifice  3  and 
 that  theDivifiens  of  the  Aflembly  had  given|the  King's  Coun- 
 cil an  occafion  to  wave  their  juft  demands.    T  herefore  they 
 renew'd  the  Union,  which  was  fign'd  and  Sworn  by  all  the 
 
 O  2  De- 
 
ioo  The  Hiftory  of  the      Vol.  II. 
 
 612.  Deputies  }  who  promis'd  to  get  it  lign'd  and  Tworn  by  all 
 ry>^  the  Churches  of  their  Provinces.  The  Inftrument  that  was 
 'signed and  drawn  of  it  contain'd  a  promife  to  Live  and  Dye  in  the 
 smrn.  profeflion  of  their  Conftfiion  of  Faith  and  Difcipline,  un- 
 der the  Authority  and  for  the  Service  of  the  King  and  Queen 
 Regent,  the  Empire  of  God  remaining  whole.  It  wasinorder 
 to  contribute  to  that  Union  that  a  laft  and  definitive  di- 
 vifion  of  the  Kingdom  was  made  into  16  Provinces,in  which 
 Beam  was  Comprehended.  Till  then  the  number  had  not 
 always  been  the  lame  :  which  had  fometimes  occalion'd  di£ 
 putes  in  the  Deputations  to  the  National  Synods,  and  Ge- 
 neral Affemblies. 
 Ptivate  In  the  next  place  the  Synod  took  Cognifance  offbme  di- 
 Divifuns.  vifions  which  occafion'd  mifchief  and  fcandal  in  feveral  places. 
 There  were  places  where  the  Governor  and  Minifter  did 
 not  agree  :  The  one  being  of  the  number  of  the  Complaifant, 
 and  the  other  of  the  Zealous.  Tn  other  places  the  Mini- 
 fters  could  not  agree  among  themfelves  5  which  created 
 Parties  in  their  Churches,  which  the  Court  knew  very  well 
 how  to  improve.  Even  at  Montauban,  Benoit  and  Beraud 
 had  continual  difputes.  Beraud  was  the  moft  paffionate  of 
 the  two  :  he  had  more  Vigor  and  Impatience,  and  was  capa- 
 ble in  cafe  of  neceflity  to  quit  the  Pen  to  draw  a  Sword:  which 
 intimedrew  mortifying  affairs  upon  him.  Bencit  had  more 
 weakneis :  but  his  Caule  was  the  beft  ,  and  the  Synod  of  the 
 Province  had  adjuged  it  more  than  once  in  his  Tavour.  Ne- 
 verthelefs,  the  National  Synod  oblig'd  him  to  yield  to  his 
 Competitor  j  and  fent  him  to  ferve  in  the  Neighbourhood  : 
 but  in  order  to  comfort  him  for  that  difgrace,they  gave  him 
 very  honourable  Teftimonials.The  Synod  thought  themfelves 
 oblig'd  to  perform  this  Ad  of  Authority,  for  the  prefervation 
 of  Montauban^ which  might  have  been  in  dangcr'd  by  the  con- 
 tinuation of  a  diipute  which  had  already  lafted  many  years. 
 
 Ferrier  was  not  forgotten  in  that  Synod.  It  was  upon  his 
 account  they  made  an  Aft  which  excluded  the  Profeffors  of 
 Theology  out  of  the  Political  Affemblies.  But  they  proceed- 
 ed farther  yet  againft  him,  and  tryed  him  in  a  very  mortify- 
 
Book  IF.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  101 
 
 ing  manner.    He  had  of  late  thrown  of  his  Mask  with  Co  1612. 
 little  prudence,  that  he  (eern'd  to  have  loft  hisSences.  The  v«^*v*^' 
 Party  he  had  taken  at  Saumur  had  render'd  him  odious  in  his 
 Province,  and  to  one  part  of  ms  Church.He  was  fenfible  that 
 they  would  profecute  him  in  the  National  Synod  :  and  that 
 of  the  Lower  Languedock^w&s  fo  prejudiced  againft  him,  that 
 he  was  affraid  of  a  (hameful  Cenfure.    But  the  means  he 
 us'd  to  prevent  it,  only  ferv'd  to  render  it  inevitable.  He 
 made  ftveral  iufpicious  journeys  to  Court,  without  the  par- 
 ticipation of  his  Church.    The  Minifters  of  Paris  who 
 lookd  upon  him  as  a  dangerous  man,  us'd  their  utmoft  en- 
 deavours to  reclaim  him.    They  thought  to  flatter  his  am- 
 bition by  offering  him  a  place  in  their  Church,  which  wan- 
 ted a  Minifter  :  and  there  was  a  great  deal  of  realon  to  be- 
 lieve that  having  by  hisillConduft  reduc'd  himfelfto  thene- 
 ceffity  of  quiting  theChurch  of  Ntwet^\\s  vocation  in  the  fer- 
 vice  of  the  Church  oi  Paris  would  make  him  amends  for 
 that  difgrace,  and  would  be  a  fair  pretence  for  him  to  quit 
 his  Province  with  honour.    Bcfides  they  were  lefs  afraid  of 
 him  at  Paris  than  at  Nivres.  He  would  have  had  learned,  vigo- 
 rousCollegues  thereto  have  an  eye  over  his  attions,who  would  . 
 perhaps  have  prevented  his  total  ruin.  He  accepted  the  offers 
 that  were  made  to  him  at  firft^and  even  receiv'dthe  reproach- 
 es that  were  made  to  him  for  his  pad:  faults  with  great  marks 
 of  Repentance.    He  confefs'd  all  5  he  condemn'd  himfelf} 
 he  wept  5  but  after  having  promised  never  to  abandon  his 
 ProfefTion,  and  to  exert  it  at  Paris  5  he  retraced  it  un- 
 handfbmely  :  and  whether  it  were  that  he  had  promis'd  to 
 do  things  for  the  fervice  of  the  Court,  which  this  new  vo- 
 cation would  difable  him  from  performing  3  or  whether  he 
 thought  he  had  credit  enough  by  his  friends  means,  tomain- 
 himfelf  at  Nimes  in  fpite  of  his  Province  j  or  whether 
 he  were  abfblutely  poilefs'd  by  the  Jefuits,  and  only  afted 
 by  their  infpirations,  he  left  Paris  without  a  pretence  5  and 
 without  taking  his  leave  of  the  Minifters  there,  from  whom 
 he  had  receiv'd  fo  civil  and  honourable  a  Treatment. 
 
 All 
 
102,  The  Hifterj  of  the      Book.  II. 
 
 1612.      All  this  was  taken  into  confideration  at  Privjs ;  and 
 sfy  Moulin  who  gave  an  account  there  of  what  had  paft 
 «/Sif**at  Parisi  where  Ferrkr  had  difcoverd  a  mind  equally 
 gunft  him  haughty,  fickle  and  without  Faith,  reprefented  his  con- 
 Zl-  Sy'^u'^  to  be  Very  irregular*  Divers  accusations  were  added  to  it 
 relating  to  Ins  life  pail,  which  was  examined  rigorously. 
 They  upbraided  him  tor  having  neglected  his  profelTion 
 of  Theology  ;  for  having  Preach'd  Do&rines  that  were 
 not  Orthodox  ;  for  having  taken  upon  him  the  manage- 
 ment of  Money ,  and  apply'd  a  very  conliderable  Sum 
 of  ic  to  his  own  ule  unlawfully  ^  foT  having  hiinielf  forg'd, 
 or  confented  to  the  forging  of  certain  Lett  ers  which  had 
 ingag'd  him  into  fhameful  afJairs,  and  difhonourable  dif- 
 Wbichsem  guues.    They  cecifur'd  him  feverely  upon  all  thefe  Ar- 
 fcS.  ticbs  5  but  befides  the  Verbal  Cenfurc,  the.Synod  Injoyn'd 
 him  to  write  to  the  Church  of  Paris  to  make  them 
 fatisfjw&ion  ;  forbad  him  to  appear  in  Political  Aflemblies 
 for  the  fpace  of  fix  yeais ;  and    order'd  him  to  exert 
 his  Miniftry  out  of  the  Province  of  Langucdoc. 
 Nimesi/e-     Ferrkr  was  too  haughty  to  obey;  and  tho  he  did  not 
 prlferve  ^°  ^  a  treatment,  he  was  not  diflieartned.    He  had 
 
 him.  Friends  at  tfimes ,  and  his  Faction  was  increas'd  by  all 
 thofe  who  were  at  the  devotion  of  the  Court.  By  thoXe 
 means  he  prcvail'-d  with  the  Church  and  City  of  NJmes 
 to  fend  Deputies  to  the  Synod  on  his  behalf.  They  chofe 
 them  among  the  Councelors  of  the  Prelidial,  the  Body  of 
 the  City  and  the  Minifters.  The  Synod  gave  them  a 
 hearing  ;  and  they  omitted  nothing  to  prevail  upon  them, 
 and  to  obtain  the  Revocation  of  their  Judgment  :  but  all 
 in  vain.  Moreover  the  Synod  exprefs'd  their  difpleafure 
 at  fo  confiderable  a  Deputation,  to  favour  a  Man  who 
 betray 'd  the  Common  Caufe.  The  Minifters  who  were 
 joyn'd  in  it,  were  cenfur'd  for  their  complaifance  :  and 
 the  Memoirs  they  had  brought  in  order  to  his  juftificati- 
 on  were  call'd  calumnious.  But  whereas  they  were  fen- 
 fible  that  Ferritr  would!  not  flop  there ;  and  that  the  Ma- 
 gift  racy  being  of  his  fide  he  would  keep  his  Mineftry.  of 
 
 which 
 
Vol.  It       EdiHof  Nantes.  l0j 
 
 which  they  had  not  fufpended  the  Functions,  thcydeclard 
 to  him  aggravating  the  matter,  that  he  was  actually  fuf- 
 pended  from  that  moment,  unlefs  he  obey'd.  Neverthe-  synod'ag- 
 lefs  as  tbcy  had  no  mind  to  exafperate  him,  the  Synod  gravater. 
 having  thought  fit  to  fend  Chumitr  to  the  Academy  of 
 Moutauba*,  which defird  him  for  their  Profefibr  in  Divini- 
 ty, they  fent  Ferrier  to  Montelimar  in  his  room.  But 
 this  Indulgence  of  the  Synod  did  not  fucceed  according 
 to  their  expectation. 
 
 The  faid  Synod  alfo  receiv'd  the  Complaints  of  that  complaints 
 of  B/o/s,  againft  thole  who  had  hinder  d  them  by  thcv/ 
 oppofitions  from  forming  a  Provincial  Council,  according 
 to  the  relolution  taken  at  Saumur  :  and  in  order  to  ap- 
 ply proper  remedies  to  an  affair  of  fo  ill  an  example, 
 they  deputed  three  Minifters  and  two  Elders,  whom  they 
 charg'd  to  examine  that  affair  to  the  bottom,  and  to 
 proceed  to  fufpention  ,  and  even  to  depofe  the  Guil- 
 ty- 
 
 But  the  greateft  affair  that  was  treated  there,  was  that 
 of  the  Declaration  of  the  x^th  of  April  which  the  Synod 
 difown'd  folemly  by  an  Act  that  was  Sigo'd  by  the  Mo- 
 derator, his  Aflbciate  and  the  Secretaries,  which  was  fent 
 to  all  the  Churches,  and  even  Printed  in  order  tp  fend 
 Copies  of  it  throughout  Europe.  The  Synod  pretended 
 that  there  was  a  Haw  in  the  Pardon  granted  by  that 
 Declaration,*  fnce  there  had  been  no  crime  committed  tc 
 render  it  necelftry ,  that  the  Affemblies  that  h:.d  been 
 held  fince  that  of  Saumur  were  lawful  ;  that  the 
 had  often  been  held  during  the  Reign  of  Henry  the  qtk. 
 without  his  ever  complaining  againft  them  ;  That  who  - 
 ever a  permijTion  was  given  to  hold  a  General  Aflem- 
 biy,  it  included  leave  to  hold  particular  ones  either  be- 
 fore  the  General,  to  Nominate  the  Deputies  that  were  rr 
 iffift  at  it  }  or  after  it  to  give  them  an  account  of  then 
 Tranfactions  there.  This  was  particularly  grounded  on  the 
 rexy  form  of  the  fatal  Letter,  the  Queen  had  written 
 o  the  Ailembiy  of  Saumur ,  which  commanding  the 
 I  -  Depu- 
 
The  Hipry  of  tbe      Vol.  II. 
 
 Deputies  to  break  up,  order'd  them  at  the  fame  time  to 
 carry  aflurances  of  the  King's  good  Intentions  into 
 their  Provinces  :  which  had  indued  the  general  Aflembly  to 
 fummon  particular  ones,  to  acquaint  them  with  thofegood 
 difpofitions.  They  added  that  the  Council  was  not  ignorant  of 
 the  refolution  of  holding  thofe  particular  Aflemblies , 
 fince  the  Commiffioners  that  were  fent  into  divers 
 places ,  had  receiv'd  Orders  to  repair  thither  ,  if  poflile 
 before  the  Overture:  That  the  King  had  fent  fome  Per- 
 fons  of  Quality  to  a/lift  at  them  in  his  Name,  in  fome 
 Provinces :  That  the  King's  Lieutenants,  Magifl  rates,  Coun- 
 cilors and  Prefidents,  had  fent  for  fome  of  the  Deputies 
 of  thofe  Aflemblies  to  fpeak  to  them,  and  to  know  their 
 Intentions :  That  the  very  Commiflioners  nominated  by 
 the  King  had  aflifted  at  fome  of  them  :  That  their  Cab/ers 
 had  been  receiv'd  in  the  Council,  and  that  they  had  treat- 
 ed about  the  Anfwers  that  were  to  be  made  to  them  : 
 from  whence  the  Synod  inferd  that  the  faid  Aflemblies  were 
 neither  Criminal  nor  Clandeftine.  They  complained  that 
 the  Reform  d  were  blackenM  by  that  Tacit  reproach :  That 
 it  reviv  d  former  hatreds ,  making  them  odious  both  at 
 home  and  abroad  by  thofe  oblique  accufations  :  which 
 were  contrary  to  the  peace  of  the  State.  Therefore  they 
 feconded  the  intreaties  which  the  Deputies  General  had 
 made,  and  the  Petition  they  had  prefented  to  the  Parlia- 
 ment of  Paris  ;  and  did  proteft  that  the  Reform  J  had 
 neither  required  nor  fought  after  thofe  Letters,  not  deem- 
 ing themfelves  guilty  in  any  refpe&,  and  being  ready  to 
 cxpofe  themfelves  to  all  manner  of  torments  rather  than 
 to  fufler  their  Loyalty  to  be  tainted  by  that  fpot.  They 
 proteftedthat  they  would  make  no  manner  ofufe  of  that 
 pretended  Pardon ;  and  that  they  difown'd  all  the  pro- 
 ceedings, avowals,  and  approbations  the  faid  Declaration 
 might  take  the  advantage  of,  as  being  contrary  to  their 
 approvd  fidelity,  in  which  they  promis'd  to  perfevere,  and 
 to  maintain  it  with  their  Fortunes,  Lives  and  Honours. 
 This  A&  was  dated  the  xd.  of  J"ve  :  and  the  Synod 
 
 charg'd 
 
Vol.  II.      Edtit  of  Nantes.  105 
 
 charg'd  the  Churches  of  thofe  places  where  there  were  i6"iz. 
 Chambers  of  the  Edicl: ,  to  make  Remonflrances  to  the 
 Counfellors  who  had  fufFei'd  the  Inrollment  of  the  faid 
 Declaration  to  be  made  without  a  vigorous  oppofition  : 
 and  the  Churches  of  Cities  in  which  there  were  Parlia- 
 ments, were  alfo  order^J  to  prefent  the  proteftatioris  of 
 the  Synod  to  them. 
 
 They  alio  writ  to  the  Marflnls  de  Bouillon  and  de  Lef-  fjg"'^ 
 dipticres,  to  defire  them  to  aiufr  the  Deputies  General,  in  fathers 
 irder  to  obtain  the  revocation  of  that  injurious  Pardon  'cmdtifum 
 And  moreover  becaufe  the  Synod  dreaded  the confequen- 
 ces  of  the  Divifion  that  had  broke  out  at  Saumur  ; 
 they  imployed  their  utmoft  cares  to  reconcile  Peoples 
 minds.  They  charg'd  the  Deputies  General  to  imploy 
 themfelves  about  it,  and  gave  them  for  AfTbciates  Du 
 h'onlin,  Durant  and  de  Lifle  Grolot,  a  man  of  great  mer- 
 it and  credit.  They  wrote  to  all  thofe  who  were  any 
 wife  concern'd  in  thofe  diforders ,  and  made  very  lively 
 and  very  prefiing  exhortations  to  them  ;  and  declaring  them- 
 felves pofitive!)  for  thofe  who  had  infilled  for  mod  fure- 
 t\,  they  in  treated  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  and  de  Lefdi- 
 gtieres  to  joyn  themfelves  again  to  the  Dukes  of  Fob.™ 
 and  de  Sully,  to  La  Force,  Scubife  and  Du  Ple(l:s}  and  the 
 reft  of  thofe  that  were  Zealous;  to  forget  all  that  vas 
 paft,  and  all  the  diverfity  of  fentiments  and  cf  opini- 
 ons ;  to  lay  afide  all  animofities  fomented  by  their  com- 
 mon enemies ;  to  re-units  themrelves  to  the  Churches  in 
 their  Rtmonfirances,  in  order  to  obtain  favourable  an- 
 fwers,  at  lead  upon  their  moft  important  demands.  They 
 writ  at  the  fame  time  to  Cbatitton^  to  the  Duke  de  Rohan, 
 to  Parabere,  and  to  others  upon  the  fame  fubjedt,  to  ex- 
 hort them  to  a  Reconciliation,  and  to  make  a  Sacrifice 
 of  their  Refentmcnts  to  the  good  of  the  Churches.  The 
 Dutches  de  La  Trimouille  was  not  forgotten.  She  had 
 begun  to  apply  her  felf  to  that  Work:  The  Synod  writ 
 to  her  to  continue ;  and  to  breed  her  Children  in  good 
 Sentiments  of  the  Reform d  Religion.  The  faid  Letters  were 
 P  carried 
 
io6  TbeHiJlory  of  the.      Book  II. 
 
 i  6  i  2,.  cirried  by  divers  Perfons ,  who  were  able  to  fecond  them 
 v^a<?y  but  by  reafon  that  the  Divifton  had  pafs'd  from  the  great 
 (  .  vsto  the  inferiour  fort,  the  Synod  alfo  made  ftrong  ex- 
 hortations to  private  Perfons  to  reunite  themfelves;  and 
 
 conjur'd  them  in  a  very  moving  manner  not  to  abandon 
 the  Common  Caufe.  Neither  did  they  forget  to  threat- 
 en the  obflinate  with  Eccicfiaftical  Cenfures,  or  to  denote 
 the  Vengeances  and  Judgments  of  God  againft  them  :  and 
 they  charg'd  ail  the  Miniftcrs  to  endeavour  to  retlore  con- 
 BfieftS,    cord  in  Flocks. 
 
 ati'mexiti-  The  Deputies  General  had  brought  the  Synod  a  Brief 
 "^f  of  15-000  Crowns  which  the  Ring  granted  for  an  augment 
 ■''  to  ttoil  to  the  Sallaries  of  the  Miniilers.  It  was  dated  on 
 >m?d"  tncfir^0ir  Otlober  laft  paft  ;  and  contain'd  only  what  rela- 
 ted  to  the  augmentation.  Another  had  been  granted  be- 
 fore, to  confirm  that  of  45-000  Crowns  of  which  the  King 
 promis'd  to  continue  the  payment  ;  declaring  that  he  knew 
 what  confidemions  had  oblig'd  the  King  his  Father  to 
 give  that  Sum  to  the  Reform  d,  to  be  imployd  about  their 
 lecret  afFahs  Therefore  the  King  allowd  the  Reform d 
 the  lame  Liberty  to  difpofe  of  that  Sum,  which  had  been 
 granted  to  them  by  the  Briefs  of  the  late  King.  But 
 the  King  did  not  defign  to  do  the  fame  thing  in  leJati- 
 on  to  the  Brief  of  augmentation,  which  the  Court  un- 
 dertook to  diflribute  themfelves.  Infomuch  that  the  faid 
 grant  which  Iook-d  j ike  a  favour,  was  in  reality  a  dange- 
 rous Snare.  All  thofe  who  were  felf  interefted  were  fVd 
 with  the  hopes  of  obtaining  more  from  the  Court  out  of 
 that  Sum  than  they  expe&ed  to  get  from  the  Synod .  in 
 which  the  Diftnbutions  were  made  with  more  Husbandry 
 and  Equity.  So  that  it  was  eafy  for  the  Court  to  make 
 that  ferve  to  corrupt  the  Reform' d,  which  feem'd  to  be 
 given  to  oblige  them.  Some  private  Perfons  had  already 
 made  their  Addrefles  to  the  King,  in  the  ihort  time  that 
 was  paft  fince  the  Date  of  the  Brief  in  order  to  obtain  fome 
 gratification  out  of  that  new  Sum.  Even  fome  Commu- 
 nities had  ucn  taken  by  that  Charm  ,  and  the  City  of 
 
 Ber- 
 
Vol.  II.      EM  of  Nantes.  107 
 
 Bergerjc  had  obtaind  i  ?ooo  Livers  that  way,  under  pre-  1612. 
 
 tence  of  ere&ing  a  College.  siT^r^ 
 •  r  0      r     >  1  « 1        •         1  Alumnus 
 
 Moreover  it  cccanon  d  a  great  Alteration   that   year  majetothe 
 
 in  the  State  of  Religion  in  the  Bayliwick  of  Gex,  ft*te  ofthe 
 I  have  related  in  another  place  the  condition  of  the  f^™^,. 
 Reform  A  there,  when  that  Country  was  lurrendcr'd  loryo/Gex. 
 the  King  by  the  Duke  of  Savoy.  It  is  the  Natural  Obli- 
 gation of  Princes  to  leave  all  things  in  the  con- 
 dition in  which  they  find  them,  when  they  fall  into  their 
 hands ,  at  leaft  as  to- what  relates  to  thole  Rights  which 
 lubjeftiop  cannot  deprive  Men  of;  fuch  as  are  thole  ot  Con- 
 fcience,  and  of  Priviledges  acquir'd  by  a  long  PofleiTion 
 in  favour  of  Liberty.  For  which  reafon  Henry  the  IV*. 
 had  made  no  alterations  there  5  contenting  himfeif  with 
 reftoring  the  free  cxercile  of  the  CathoKck  Religion  there, 
 until  means  could  be  found  to  reconcile  the  two  Parties 
 about  the  pofltiiion  of  ElUtes  and  Buildings.  But  Lewis 
 riie  XIII.  his  SuccelTor  would  no  longer  keep  the  lame 
 nuafures.  Tlx  Commifiioners  which  he  had  fent  into 
 Bi'.rgioifa of  which  that  Bayltwick  was  a  dependency 
 took  at  once  Irom  the  Refomtd  both  the  BecMiaftk&l 
 Revenues,  and  the  Houfes,  w  hich  had  formerly  been  im- 
 p!o>"d  for  the  Rrm.w  Church.  In  order  to  make  them 
 fome  amends  for  that  lofr,  the  King  aiiaw'd  them  noo 
 Crow  ns  for  the  Sikry  ot  their  Mmil>ers :  and  took  th? 
 faid  Sum  out  of  the  1510CO  which  heaiiow'o  cbe  Reformed 
 jnore  than  the  late  King  had  granted  them,  in  recompence 
 of  their  Tithes.  To  this  he  added  leave  to  build  Temples  : 
 but  he  gave  no  fund  towards  it.He  only  order*  J  two  very  illu- 
 five  things;the  one  was  that  they  Ihould  ta':e  materials  from 
 the  demoliOi'd  Convent!  to  imploy  them  towards  thefe  new 
 Buildings :  the  other,  that  the  Catholicks  ihould  pa\  tiic  re- 
 parations and  amendments  of  their  Churches  and  that  the 
 laid  Money  mould  be  apply  d  towards  the  Conftru&ions  of 
 the  faid  Temples  :  This  was  the  way  to  Involve-  the  Re- 
 form d  into  continual  Law  Suits,  to  recompence  them  for 
 the  Eftates  that  were  taken  from  them  I  befides  it  ft- 
 P  x  due'd 
 
108  The  Hiftory  of  the     Book  IL 
 
 1 6 12.  dut'J  the  Salary  of  the  Minifters  to  a  very  inconfidera- 
 b!e  thing,  fince  they  were  only  allow'd  I  zoo  Crowns,  tho 
 there  were  \i  Minifters  at  that  time   in  the  faid  Bayli- 
 wick.    Infomuch  that  taking   out  of  the  faid  grant  the 
 indifpenfible  Charges  which  every  Church  was  obliged  to 
 be  at  3 early,  there  did  not  remain  eoough  to  allow 
 each  Minifter  a  Penfion  of  a  ioo  Crowns.    But  that 
 which  was  mod  remarkable  was  that  the  King  indem- 
 nified the  Churches  of  Gex  at  the  cofi  of  the  other  Church- 
 es of  his  Kingdom;  taking  out  of  what  he  had  promifed  to 
 feme,  wherewith  to  make  the  others  lubfift. 
 rhe  Synod     Tiie  National  Synod  having  part  of  thefe  things  before 
 J^'.tifcir  eyes,  and  foreieeing  the  reft,  endeavoured  to  remedy 
 tht-abuft   the  fame.    Therefore  they  charg'd  the  Deputies  General 
 ih'lt"'ue  on        one  ^anc^  humbly  to  helecch  his  Majefty  to  leave 
 hiding-  the  receit  and  diftributiofi  of  the  faid  Sum  to  the  Refotn?Ay 
 mentation,  as  the  King  his  Father  had  allow'd  them  the  Care  and 
 Management  of  that  which  he  had  granted  them;  and  on 
 the  other  they  ordti'J  them  to  oppofe  the  endeavours  of 
 thole  who  fliould  make  their  applications  to  the  Court,  in 
 order  to  obtain  fome  Penfion  out  of  the  (aid  Sum,  to  the 
 prejudice  of  the  right  of  the  Synods  and  of  the  common 
 good.    The  Town  of  Betgoac  was  highly  cenlur'd  for  having 
 taken  that  way  to  obtain  the  Sum  that  was  granted  them  ; 
 and  the  Synod  injoyn'd  them  to  defift  from  that  pretenti- 
 on, and  not  to  pretend  any  thing  out  of  that  Sum,  unlefs  by 
 the  approbation  and  Will  of  the  AlTembly.    It  proved  fomc- 
 whar  difficult  at  flrft  to  make  them  obey;  but  finally, 
 the  Synod  having  fent  exprefs  Deputies  thither,  to  remon- 
 ftraie  the  confequences  of  the  thing  to  them  ,  they  fub- 
 mitted  tothe  dilcretion  of  the  Synod  ;  and  noo  Livers  were 
 granted  them  foon  after  it  for  their  College. 
 Andrenews    Tne  ^ame  Synod  renewed  all  the  demands  the  AfTem- 
 tbe  <ie-    bly  of  Saumur  had  already  made  ;  and  declaring  that  they 
 ?h?A{re°L  were  not  fe^sfed  With  tne  Anfwers  to  the  Cahkrs  of  the 
 tiyofsZ-  faid  Aflemblv,  they  form'd  others  juft  like  them, and  charg'd 
 «BBr'     the  Deputies  General  to  endeavour  to  obtain  more  favoura- 
 ble 
 
Vol.  II.       Edittof  Nantes.  lop 
 
 bie  anfwers  than  the  prcccccding.    But  no  Article  was  fo  \6n. 
 earneftiy  recommended  to  them,  as  that  which  defu'd  that  "*/*\~^ 
 the  Reform's/  might  not  beobiig'd  tocal!  their  Religion  them- 
 felves Pretended  Reform* J.    The  Synod  charged  them  to  de- 
 clare in  the  name  of  all  the  Reformed,  that  they  would  foon- 
 er  undergo  a  thoufand  Racks  than  to  give  their  Religion  that 
 odious  Title.    As  many  Perfons  may  be  furpris'd  without  4 
 doubt  to  fee  the  fame  Article  prefs'd  fo  often  with  fo  much  ii*/^: 
 earneftnefs,  and  perhaps  may  not  at  flrft  perceive  the  con- to*  ex- 
 fequence  of  it,  I  will  give  you  a  (hort  account  of  the  l^'jfiftk 
 fons  which  oblig'd  the  Reform  d  to  infifl:  fo  muc!i  upon  that  W««c/ 
 matter.    Therefore  I  will  obferve  once  for  all,  that  the  word  J^"™^ 
 /  retended  is  equivocal.    It  often  fignifies  the  undecided  and  teUgSi. 
 doubtful  ftate  of  a  thing  in  contention,  upon  which  nothing 
 has  been  ce-rermin'd  as  yet  robincl  the  Parties:  The  Judges 
 make  ufe  of  it  as  of  an  ind  frerent  term,  when  before  the  de- 
 cifion  ihey  (peak  of  the  things  which  are  pretended  by  one  of 
 the  Parties,  3nc  difputed  by  the  other  :  and  fometimes  alfo. 
 in  the  Inftrumcnts  that  are  common  to  both,  the  parties 
 make  ufe  ol  it  in  fpeafcing  of  their  Rights,  without  being  a- 
 fraid  of  doing  themfelves  any  prejudice.    In  a  word,  Tre- 
 tended  is  relative  to  ? retention^  and  in  that  lence  imply s 
 nothing  fufpicious,  or  offenfive.    But  it  is  yet  more  ufuallv 
 taken  in  a  fignification  almoft  equivalent  to  the  Term's  of 
 Fa  We  and  Unlawful;  and  whereas  the  firft  fence  is  in  fame 
 meafuie  reterv'd  for  the  Barr,  the  fecojid  is  of  a  common  ufe 
 cvtry  where  t\k.    So  that  there  are  words  to  which  the. 
 word  pretended  cannot  be pyn'd  without  giving  it  an  in- 
 jurious fence.    You  cannot  apply  a  pretended  Merit ,  or 
 pretended  Vertuc  to  any  body  without  offence  :  and  in  that 
 Aiie  a  pretended  Schollar  ,  fignifies  an  ignorant  Perfon.- 
 This  ufe  of  it  draws  another  after  it,  viz.    That  the  w  ord 
 Pretended  becomes  Ironical  in  feveral  occafions ,  and  gives 
 an  offenfive  air  of  reproach  and  railcry  to  difcourfe.  There- 
 e      fore  the  Reform  d  being  fencible  what  was  meant,  when 
 j      they  were  call'd  Pretended  Reform 'd,  took  it  for  an  affront . 
 
 to  be  oblig'd  to  give  themfelves  that  equivocal  Name  j  as 
 e  if 
 
no  7he  Hijlory  of  the      Book  II. 
 
 ii6 1 1.  M they  had  approvJ  the  opinion  which  the  Catholicks  had 
 
 of  their  Religion  and  of  their  Do&rine. 
 Complaints    xiie  Deputies  General  were  alio  minded  to  complain  of  the 
 £m5  ^"five  Journey  of  the  Commiflioncrs.    It  was  apparent  that 
 '  t1  ..  Cot  ■  '    l&t  Cent  t '.o  Letter  ti  c  condition  of  the 
 Weffimq,    3[beji  tvu.in  Fur.&ion  had  only  been  to  diiblve  the 
 particular  Aflemblief,  an  J  to  hinder  the  eflablilhment  of  the 
 rrbVinciaj  Councils.    Befides  which,  they  had  hardly  given 
 any  dec'fn  e  Oh! minces  ;  and  they  had  left  ail  the  af» 
 Jahs  uM&d'dad  eithei  by  divifions  or  removals  to  thcCouncil. 
 Their  chief  expeditions  were  only  to  give  fome  Church-yards, 
 and  for  from  doing  the  Reform'*/ Jufiice  upon  tbeirCompjaints, 
 they  had  made  their  condition  vvorfe  in  fome  places  than  it 
 was  before.    They  gaye  the  Deputies  General  Inftrucl:ons 
 and  MtmoiLs  to  itcoi  u  thole  Rerr.onf.rarces.    Ihe  affair  of 
 the  Churches  of-  the  Baj  l.wick   of   Gex  were  compre- 
 hended in  them;  and  the  Deputies  General  were  charg'd 
 to  defne  that  the  Sum  which  the  King  allow'd  them  out" of 
 the  ifoooCrowns  of  augmentation  might  bea/iign'd  to  them 
 upon  other  Funds,  and  that  fomething  mote  might  be  al- 
 lowed to  them  to  build  their  Temples. 
 Refiimhn     The  fuccefs  of  the  Solicitations  which  the  Deputies  of 
 }°J™fJrtl  the  particular  AtTemblies  had  made  at  Court,  had  been  fo 
 ra/^D^H- unfortunate,  that  in  order  no  longer  to  offend  the  Court, 
 tathns  to  which  took  no  delight  in  being  troubled  with  Deputies, 
 t  e court  the  Synod  refolv'd  for  the  future  to  imploy  the  Deputies 
 General  to  the  end  that  their  reprefentations  being  deli- 
 ver'd  to  the  King  by  Perfons  that  were  agreable  to  him, 
 they  might  obtain  more  favourable  anlwers.  Therefore  they 
 charg'd  them  with  a  large  Cahkr,  and  with  the  Solicitati- 
 on of  fuch  things  as  they  mould  have  demanded  at  ano- 
 ther time  by  a  particular  Deputation. 
 Force  of  the    It  is  obfervable  that  the  number  of  the  Reform's/  was  fo 
 fnfhecow  conquerable  at  tnat  timG  m  tne  County  of  Avignon,  that 
 ™l/£j"g!they  efteem'd  themfclves  ftrong  enough  to  form  a  Pro- 
 non.      vince  apart.  -They  defir.U three  things  of  the  Synod  :  To 
 be  receiv'd  in  the  communion  of  the  Churches  of  France  f 
 
 To 
 
Vol.  II.       SdiB  of  Nantes  m 
 
 To  make  a  particular  Province,  without  being  mist  '*jth 
 thofe  that  were  accent  and  to  be  alhfted  with  fome  Su Hfg 
 of  Mjmcv  to  mike  the  laid  Eftab'ifhment.  The  Synod 
 granted  them  the  firft  Article  j  rcferr'd  the  fecond  to  a> 
 Political  Aflembly  ,•  and  excufed  themfelves  upon  the  third. 
 Not  but  that  the  Synod  had  fome  Money  good  oat-  of  the 
 prececding  years  t  but  they  defign'd  it  for  other  ufes.  They 
 took  feveral  Sums  out  ot  it  to  gratifie  private  perfons.  A- 
 mong  the  reft,  Thomfon  Minifter  of  La  Chat  aigner  aye  ,  had  a  Grmfaa- 
 I  recompence  given  him  of  three  hundred  Livers  for  the  Book  tm' 
 I  to  which  he  had  given  the  Title  of  The  Chace  of  the  Roman 
 :  an:l  Vi%nkr  had  a  gratification  of  two  thou  (and  Li- 
 vers for  the  Theatre  tf  Antichrist,  which  he  had  writen  by 
 Command  of  the  National  Synod  of  Rochel.  This  may 
 a  ryje  to  ihow  that  the  Synod  had  not  altet'd  their  Sentiments 
 /  ut  the  matter  of  Antichrift. 
 
 S : *><-■  .1  sftef  the  breaking  up  of  the  Synod,  the  Court  being  av»  De- 
 .jc  lVci  on  feveral  fides  to  revoke  the  Declaration  which  cJarft'^! 
 I  .had  made  fo  much  noife  ;  and  being  moreover  diflurb'd  a-^"^,. 
 'bout  fjie  troubles  that  were  forming  in  Sawtonge  and  at  Ro~ 
 del,  which  might  be  attended  with  ill  confequences ,  put 
 lout  a  new  Declaration,  which  under  pretence  of  removing 
 the  Scandal  which  the  preceding  had  cccafion'd,  did  not- 
 wjthuancling  confirm  it.    It  fuppo'd  that  the  preceding  had 
 niy  been  granted  at  the  requcA  of  fome  particular  Ben 
 ons,  who  acre  afraid  ol  being  proiccuted  for  having  alfiilci 
 n  Alkmbiits  which  had  been  held  without  k*avc,md  to?  ha- 
 /ing  been  guilty  of  fome  fufpicious  actions,  as  Lifting  of 
 Vlen  :  which  had  given  them  fome  difquier,  by  reaion  that 
 arne  of  them  had  been  inform  d  againfi  in  the  Chambers 
 .■fthe  Ed ici  :  But  whereas  fome  People  lookM  upon  that 
 'ardon  not  lb  much  as  a  remedy  lor  the  Icars  of  th  who 
 id  wifely  think  they  flood  in  need  of  it;  as  a  defire  to  lay  a 
 lemifh  upon  the  gcneral.the  King  was  willing  to  remove  aii 
 lanner  of  pretence  from  the  dilafleclcd,  and  to  fatisfk  the 
 ood  Subjects,  who  joynd  the  Zeal  of  their  Religion  to 
 ieir  obedience,  and  only  defird  to  enjoy  the  benifit  of 
 
nz  The  Hiftory  of  the     Book  II. 
 
 1612.  the  Edicb  in  Peace.  He  faid  that  the  number  or  thofe  was 
 much  the  greateft  $and  comprehended  thofe  in  it  who  had 
 moft  power  to  help  to  maintain  publick  Tranquility.  There- 
 tore  he  declar'd  by  way  of  Efclairciflement  upon  the  Decla- 
 tion  of  the  :^th  of  April,  That  he  was  very  well  fit'bfi'd 
 with  the  RejorKici  in  general,  and  that  for  that  reaftn  he 
 did  forget  the  faults  of  particular  perfons,  which  fhould 
 no  wile  reflect  upon  them  for  the  futiare,  provided  that  they 
 kept  within  the  bounds  of  their  Allegiance,  and  of  the  ob- 
 itrvationof  the  Edicts. 
 which  This  new  Declaration  was  dated  Jnify  the  i  ith.  It  was 
 fa'tsfafli  ^,awn  in  Terms  which  at  the  bottom  fignifAi  nothings 
 m.  '  and  which  mowing  that  the  firft  had  been  publiuYd  upon 
 certain  informations  made  on  purpofe,  to  lerve  for  a  pre* 
 tence  to  the  Ad  of  Grace  they  had  a  mind  to  give,  redue'd 
 it  to  a  particular  Pardon  5  in  which  the  generality  feem'd  not 
 to  be  concerted.  But  at  the  bottom  the  King  not  nam- 
 ing thole  he  was  fatisfi'd  with,  nor  thofe  of  whom  he  com- 
 jslain'd,it  remain'd  ftill  uncertain  and  undecided  to  whom  the 
 laid  Pardon  did  belong  5  which  many,  and  even  the  greateft 
 number  of  thole  that  had  affifted  in  the  Atiemblies  would 
 not  accept  of:  and  coniequently  they  had  as  much  rea- 
 fbn  to  complain  of  the  fecond  Declaration  as  of  the  firft. 
 Moreover  the  AlTemblies  remain'd  ftill  under  condemnation 
 as  unlawful  3  and  coniequently  prohibited  for  the  future. 
 Therefore  that  expedient  prov'd  inefefrual  3  and  left  the 
 Evil  might  go  farther,  they  were  fore'd  once  more  to  take 
 it  in  hand  again. 
 
 cahitrsan-  *  ^ave  °^^erv>^  tnat  tne  S)  nod  had  indeavour'd  to  ground 
 frer'Z  *"  the  right  of  Particular  Aflemblies,  upon  the  Court's  having 
 receiv'd  their  Cahiers,  and  given  favourable  anfwers  to  the 
 fame.  The  truth  is  nevertheleis,  as  I  have  laid  it  elfewhere, 
 that  the  Deputies  were  diimif's'd  in  a  kind  of  infulting 
 manner  5  and  that  they  had  not  the  fttisfa&ion  to  bring 
 back  thofe  anfwers.  They  were  made  to  the  Cabkrs  as  pre- 
 fented  by  the  Deputies  General,  without  looking  upon  them 
 
Book  II.      Gdfit  of  Mantes.  113 
 
 as  coming  from  particular  Provinces.  Three  *  Cahiers  were  1612. 
 thus  anfwer'd  on  the  5  jth  of  April.    The  firffc  contain'd  fe-  ^^C^ 
 vcral  Articles  extracted  out  of  the  Cahkr  of  Saumur.    There  or  ^linf- 
 was  one  among  the  reft  relating  to  little  Schools,  whereby  M 
 the  Kjng  was  defir'd  to  remove  the  reftriclion  of  the  num- 
 ber mentioned  in  the  Anlwer  to  the  i8//j  Article  of  the  Cahier 
 of  Saiwmr  5  and  that  the  (aid  Article  fhould  no  wife  preju- 
 dice the  concefiion  of  the  Edict,  which  allow'd  Reformed 
 Schollars  to  be  receiv'd  without  diftin&ion  into  the  pub- 
 lick  Colleges.    There  was  another  which  defir'd  that  the 
 Reform*  d  Aflociates ,  which  were  deprived  of  a  deliberative 
 Voice  by  the  Anfvvertothe  34//j,might  have  it  in  Judgments  5 
 as  in  thofe  places  where  the  Reform  d  were  the  ftrongeft,they 
 allow'd  it  without  conteftation  to  the  Catholick  Allociates. 
 The  King  did  grantthe  lafband  as  to  the  preceeding  he  rever- 
 fed  the  reftrittion  in  relation  to  fuch  places  in  which  the  Exer- 
 cd  of  the  Reform'd  Religion  was  allowd  in  theSubburbs^pro- 
 vided  they  were  Children  belonging  to  the  Town  or  Subburbs: 
 and  he  allowed  the  (aid  Schools  in  the  Town  it  (elfrbut  he  only 
 allow'd  the  Children  ofthe  places  adjacent  to  be  fent  to  School 
 intheSuburbs.-and  healfo  confirm'd  the  privilege  of  fending 
 Children  to/publick  Colleges, as  it  was  allowed  by  the  Edici. 
 
 The  fecond  relating;  to  the  Adminiftration  ofjufticewas 
 anfwer'd  the  fame  day  5  and  among  other  things  the  King 
 confirm'd  the  preceding  Settlements,  which  rendei'd  the 
 Chambers  of  the  Edict  Judges  of  their  own  JuiifJiction  and 
 Power :  but  he  added  a  word  to  it,  which  opened  a  way  to 
 wave  the  faid  Concclfion,  reducing  it  to  the  Settlements 
 made  and  obfervd.  So  that  under  colour  of  granting  all,  he 
 granted  nothing,  fince  the  Reform d  had  no  need  of  a  new 
 L  aw  for  fuch  places  in  which  the  old  ones  were  obferv'd  : 
 but  only  to  put  them  in  force  again  in  thofe  where  they 
 were  not  obferv'd.  The  King  alfo  granted  that  the  Reformed 
 flaould  not  be  lyable  to  be  Sequeftrators  of  the  Ecclefiafti- 
 cal  Eftates  feiz'd  upon  for  the  Tithes }  but  it  was  his  plea- 
 fure  that  incafe  they  mould  accept  it  voluntarily,  they 
 fhould  be  fubjecf  to  the  ordinary  jurifdi&ion,  and  mould 
 not  pretend  a  removal  to  the  Chambers. 
 
 Q,  The 
 
114-  Hi/lory  of  the         Book  li. 
 
 1612.      The  third  which  related  to  the  Affairs  ofDauphzne,  which 
 -^v^  were  commonly  treated  of  apart,  was  alio  anfwer'd  the 
 fame  day  }  and  among  feveral  other  Articles,  the  King  par- 
 ticularly granted  thefe  5  That  the  Grounds  given  to  ferve 
 tor  Church-yards  fhould  be  freed  from  paying  of  Tallies, 
 and  Rents  due  to  the  King  5  or  that  incafe  they  fhould  Lay 
 in  the  Royalty  of  any  other  Lord  they  fhould  have  the  fame 
 difcharge,  thefaid  Lords  being  indemnifrd  at  the  charge  of 
 the  Communlties,injoyning  the  exemption  :Thatthe  number 
 of  the  Judges  allow'd  of  requ'u'd    to   judge  according 
 to  the  Ordinances,  not  being  found  in  the  Chamber  of  Gre- 
 noble, the  Parties  might  of  Right,  and  without  having  re- 
 courfe  to  the  King,  or  to  the  great  Council,  apply  them- 
 felves  to  the  next  Chamber  5  as  it  was  already  allowd  id 
 Cafe  the  Judges  were  divided  in  their  Opinions:  That  the 
 Reform  d  Aifociate  who  fhoul  i  be  taken  by  the  Catholick 
 Judge,  toaflift  at  the  Information  of  Criminal  Caufes,  fhould 
 alfo  be. taken  for  AfTeffor  with  a  deliberative  Voice  in  the 
 m'       Judgment,  That  the  Parliament  Ihould  not  be  allow'd  to  give 
 a  *  Pdredtrs,  nor  to  give  a  Decree  in  Caufes  depending  in 
 the  Chamber,  againft  perfons  who  publickly  profefs'd  the 
 Reform'd  Religion.  That  the  King  fhould  create  a  Reformed 
 Secretary  and  a  Meflenger,to  be  officiated  by  fuch  perfons  as 
 ihould  be  nominated  by  the  Churches  of  the  Province,  with 
 the  toe  Sallarys  and  Prerogatives  as  others  who  had  the 
 fame  Offices :  That  the  Parties  who  had  reafbn  to  complain  •  j 
 of  the  Ordinances  made  by  the  Conirniffioners,  which  the 
 late  King  had  deputed  for  the  Verification  of  the  Country 
 Debts,  might  appeal  from  their  Judgment  in  three  Months 
 time  to   the  Party-Chamber. 
 Enterprises     It  appears  by  thofe  Cahiers  that  the  Chambers  had  daily 
 °f the  Fir"  new  difpUtes  with  the  Parliaments,  concerning  their  Juri£ 
 'upontbt    di&ion  and  Power  :  So  that  thofe  Judges  allow'd  to  the 
 junfdiSi-  Reform     to  exempt  them  from  putting  their  Affairs  and 
 cblmbers.  Lives  into  the  hands  of  other  fufpe&ed  or  partial  Judges,for 
 the  raoft  part  only  fervd  to  engage  them  into  difputes  of 
 Jurifdifrion,  which  almoft  diftra&ed  them.  The  Parliaments 
 could  not  accuftom  themfelves  to  that  difmembring  of  their 
 
 own 
 
Vol.  IT.       EdiS  of  Nantes.  115 
 
 own  Jurifdi&ion,  which  deprived  them  of  the  major  part  of  Af-  16 1 1. 
 fairs.  Therefore  upon  the  leaft  ground  they  retailed  the  ^*"Y^-' 
 Caufes  of  the  Reform'd,  and  refus'd  their  appeals.  At  Paris 
 a  man  pretending  to  have  a  right  of  fight  upon  a  certain 
 I  ice,  the  PoifelTors  oppofs'd  it  •■>  and  after  the  appeal  of 
 the  Sentence  of  the  firft  Judge  ,  the  Defendants  re/blv'd 
 not  to  fubmit  the  Caufe  to  the  Chamber  of  the  Edict.  The 
 Caufe  was  Civil,  if  ever  any  was  fo  }  fince  the  thing 
 in  debate  was  only  a  little  Right  pretended  upon  the 
 ground  of  a  Community  :  but  whereas  the  owners  of  the 
 (aid  Ground  were  Monks,  the  Parliament  retained  the  Caufe, 
 pretending  that  it  was  an  Ecclehaftical  Cauie.  Another 
 man  being  condemn'd  for  fome  pretended  Irreverence,  by 
 the  Inferior  Judge,  to  keep  and  be  at  the  charge  of  a  burn- 
 ing L:wnp  in  a  Church,  was  likewife  refusal  the  removal  he 
 dehYd,  under  pretence  that  it  was  a  Caufe  that  was  excep- 
 ted :  So  that  it  was  f  iflicient  in  order  to  deprive  a  Reform  d 
 of  the  Privilege  of  a  removal  granted  by  the  Edict,  for 
 the  Subaltern  Judge  to  condemn'd  him  to  any  thing  in 
 which  the  Church  of  Rome  was  concern'd:  by  this  Wile 
 they  ga^  e  the  Parliaments  a  pretence  to  retain  the  Cautes 
 of  Appeal.  "  In  other  places  the  Parliaments  oblig'd  the 
 Meflengers,  "who  were  to  execute  any  Decrees  made  by  the 
 Chamber  eftabliGYd  within  their  Precinct,  to  take  Letters  of 
 Injunction  3  as  not  acknowledging  that  the  laid  Chambers 
 had  an  ^'iithpifay  to  caufe  their  Judgments  to  be  obfervd 
 Independantly  from  the  Parliaments.  This  was  the  reafon 
 for  which  the  Chamber  of  Grenoble  dcnVd  the  aforefaid 
 Settlement. 
 
 Never:hc'erb',   the  Chambers  of  the  Edict  ftiil  retailed  severity  of 
 lome  notvvit:;ftanding  thefe  pretences  5  and  then  they  were  the  cbam- 
 as  fevere  in  their  Judgments  as  the  Parliaments.     The  b^^{hc 
 Chamber  of  Paris  gave  one  that  year  in  the  Month  of 
 Aprils  upon  a  very  fingular  Cafe.    A  Curate,  in  refigning 
 his  Cure,  had  retain'd  a  Penfion  upon  his  Revenue  5  and  in 
 order  not  to  be  liable  to  the  Confluences  of  fuch  Agree- 
 ments, when  fffflScient  precautions  have  not  been  taken  to 
 
 3  Autho- 
 
irtF  The  Hiflorj  of  the      Vol',  it 
 
 i6i2-  Anthorife them,  he  had  caus'd  his  contract  to  beapprov'd  of 
 '"V"^  at  the  Court  of  Rome.    His  faid  Penfion  was  conftantly 
 paid  him  while  he  was  a  Catholick  :  but  as  foon  as  he  had 
 embrae'd  the  Reform'd  Religion,  the  Affignee  would  no 
 longer  pay  it.    The  faid  Caufe  was  brought  before  the 
 Chamber  of  the  Edict,  I  know  not  why,  fince  it  was  at 
 leaft  as  much  Eccl'efiaftical,  as  the  others  I  have  mention'd  : 
 And  they  declar'd  thePenfionary  incapable  of  injoying  the 
 laid  Revenue,  by  realbn  of  his  change  of  Religion.  The 
 Profelite  really  acted  contrary  to  the  Difipline  of  the  Re* 
 formd,  which  oblig'd  all  thofe  of  his  Chara&er,  when  they 
 embrae'd  the  Reform'd  Religion,  to  i  enounce  their  Benefices, 
 ck  to  preferve  none  of  the  Revenues  of  the  fame  ,di  redly,  or 
 indirectly.    But  the  Chamber  of  the  Edict  did  not  judge 
 according  to  the  faid  Difcipline  :  they  only  confider'd  the 
 Religion  of  the  Parties. 
 _7fc         As  I  have  hei  etofore  obferv'd  that  the  Reform' Jcomplain'd, 
 corps  of  a  that  the  Commiftioners  lent  into  the  Provinces  had  made. 
 g£w>  tne*r  condition  worfe  than  it  was  in  fome  places,  it  will  not 
 uitenoktofbc  amifs  to  give  another  proof  of  it.    The  .  Commifioners 
 t be  ground  who  had  the  Diftridt  of  Burgundy,  and  who  made  ,the  a!t€h 
 IS'ordel  of  rations,   1  have  already  mention'd  in  the  .  Country  of 
 4 com-     Gex,    did  a  thing  in  the  Pariih  of  Chalemant,    a  depen- 
 mrffimcr*   (jency  Gf  t^e  Diocefs  of  Nevers  ,    which  the  Reform'd 
 were  very  much  concern'd  at,  by  reafon  of  the  Confe- 
 quence  of  it.    A  Reformed  Gentleman  whofe  Family  pre* 
 tended  to  have  aright  of  Cuiial  in  the  Parochial  Church, 
 had  been  bury  cl  there.  The  Bifhop  complain'd  to  the  Corn- 
 miffioners  about  it,  as  of  a  great  attempt  >  and  defir'd  the 
 Corps  to  be  remov'd,  in  order  to  reconcile  the  Church 
 which  was  profan'd  by  the  Burial  of  an  Heretick.  Genicourt 
 Mafter  of  Rcquefts,  the  Catholick  Commifioner  ,  caus'd 
 the  laid  Corps  to  be  taken  out  of  the  Ground,  and  to  be 
 tranfported  to  the  place  which  was  allow'd  to  the  Reformed 
 for  their  Burials.    The  Reformed  Commiffioner  was  abfent 
 at  that  time,  whither  it  were  that  he  had  no  mind  to  have 
 a  hand  in  that  extraordinary  proceeding,  or  whither  being 
 
 one 
 
Book  IT.      EMrf&tes.  up 
 
 one  of  thcfe  complaifant  perfbns  nominated  by  the  Duke  1612. 
 of  Bouillon,  he  abfented  himfelf  on  purpole,  not  to  be  ot>- 
 Hg  d  to  do  an  A. t  of  Courage,  by  oppofing  that  novelty. 
 All  this  was  done  with  a  great  deal  of  Ceremony,  and  great 
 Formality  :  which  only  lerv'd  to  make  the  more  noife,  and 
 to  give  a  greater  lufture  to  the  Biihop's  triumph.  But  the 
 vvorfe  part  of  it  was  the  example.  It  was  no  novelty  to 
 fee  a  Corps  taken  out  of  the  Ground,  either  by  the  violence 
 of  the  Clergy,  or  by  the  ordinance  of  fome  Country  Judge  : 
 but  the  thing  was  done  here  by  a  man  who  had  the 
 quality  of  Commiilioner  for  the  Execution  of  theEdi&j 
 to  that  his  Example  had  the  force  of  a  Law,  and  might 
 Authorife  all  the  other  Judges  to  do  the  like.  Moreover 
 it  was  apparent  that  the  Inftruftions  of  thole  new  Com- 
 miffioners  were  very  different  from  thole  which  Henry  the 
 '4th  had  given  to  the  Commiffioners  in  i6co.  Thofe  had 
 "orders  to  explain  the  difficulties  which  might  Intervene  in 
 the  execution  of  the  EdicT:,  in  favour  of  the  Rtformd  : 
 but  thefe  new  Commiffioners  ,  by  a  different  method  were 
 only  rigorous  Judges  againft  the  Reformed,  and  all  their  fa- 
 vour was  beftowed  on  the  Catholicks. 
 
 The  Reform' d  Inhabitants  of  la.  Ticrachc^  in  the  Bay li  wick  Favours 
 of  Soiffons,  weie  treated  a  little  more  favourably.  They^^'0 
 "  complain'- d  that  they  were  oblig'd  to  repair  to  very  diilant  Lerfe/b 
 places,  in  order  to  perform  the  publick  exercife  of  their  Tierache. 
 Religion,  in  to  much  that  they  were  in  danger  of  filling 
 into  the  hands  of  the  Spanifi  Carriibns,  who  treated  them 
 as-  Htreticks.    This  oblig'd  them  to  prelent  a  Petition  to  the 
 King,   to  obtain  leave  to  Aflemble  in  a  nearer  and  fafer 
 place.    They  proposal  Got/,  where  the  Fief  did  not  allow 
 mem  to  meet  above  thirty.at  a  time*  by  reafon  that  the  Lord 
 thereof  had  only  mean  andlow  Juftice  there.the  high  Juftice 
 belonging  to  the  King.    They  obtain'dasa  Ipecial  favour, 
 without  confequence  or  example,  the  Power  of  Aflembling 
 there,as  they  might  have  done  at  a  Lord  high  J  ufticer:  on  con- 
 dition that  incalethe  Houle  of  Gru  i ;  mould  fall  into  the  bands 
 of  a  Catholick,  the  laid  exerche  mould  ceafe  there :  or 
 
 that 
 
n8  The  Hijlorj  of  the       Book.  II. 
 
 t6i?.  trjat  a  Reformed  Gentleman'  coming  to  pcflcfia  Hpufe  of 
 ^- v  -  the  Quality  rcquir'd  by  the  Edict  in  the  Neighbourhood 
 thereof   it  (liouKl  be  transferr'd  there}   and   the  Brief 
 granted  in  favour  of  Gerci  fhouid  remain  void.    It  was 
 dated  AprU  rhe  28^,  and  was  Regiftr'd,  at  Lao».    It  ap- 
 pears by  this  brief  that  the  Court  had  not  as  yet  bethought 
 it  felf  of  the  Cavils  they  have  rais'd  of  late  years  againfr. 
 the  Lords  Jnflicers    That  there  was  no  doubt  of  their  ha- 
 ving the  privilege  to  receive  at  the  cxercifes  of  Religion 
 that  were  perform'd  art  their  houfes  at]  thofe  who  repair'd 
 thither,  whether  VafTaL,  Inhabitants  or  others  5  That  the 
 faid  exercife  might  be  eftablifh  d  in  fiefs  or  Juflices  newly 
 acquir'd  ,  which  the  Lords  were  not  in  Pbffeffion  of  at  the 
 time  of  the  Edid  of  Nantes  5  and  it  rhigfit  alio  be  concluded 
 that  it  was  not  thought  certain,  that  in  caie  a  Fief  in  which  the 
 faid  exercife  ofthe  Reform  d  Religion  was  tftablifh'd  mould 
 fallinto  thehandsof a  Catholick,'the  faid  exercife  wastoceafe 
 by  Right :  fince  that  in  order  tohirider  its  being  continu'd  at 
 Gerci  in  fuch  a  Cafe,  it  was  thought  neceflary  to  exprefs  po- 
 fitively  that  it  mould  not  be  allow'd. 
 
 But  after  all  thefe  Particulars,  it  is  necenVy  to  relate  a 
 more  general  Affair,  which  having  lafted  untill  the  follow- 
 Divifion  ijf  ing  year,  without  any  bodys  being  able  to  put  a  ftop  to 
 the  Rohan  ^  uac^  ^e  to  nave  reduc'd  the  whole  Kingdom  to  Confu- 
 and  'V"  fufion.    The  Divifion  which  broke  out  atSaitmur,  having 
 Marfbai    made  a  particular  breach  between  the  Dukes  cle  Rohan, 
 tl^ifi  anc*      Bouillon,  the  laft  not  being  able  to  conceal  his  jea- 
 the)e<[uel>  loufie  at  the  growing  Credit  of  the  other,  and  the  Duke 
 dc  Rohan  imputing  the  illfuccefs  of  the  Affairs  of  the  AlTem- 
 bly  10  the  Duke  dc  Bouillon.    The  Duke  de  Rohan  had  the 
 greateft  number  of  the  Reform 'd  on  his  fide  5  but  the 
 quality  of  thofe  who  adher'd  to   the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon 
 rendei'd  his  Party  confiderable,  the  more  by  reafon  that 
 he  was  favour'd  by  the  Court,  which  made  ufe  of  him  to 
 keep  up  a  Divifion  among  the  ReformtdMany  had  fided  with 
 him  for  fordid  felf-interefted  reafon?,  which  the  poilefTion 
 or  hope  of  a  Penfion  inclin'd  to  great  complaifances.  But 
 
 there 
 
Vol.  II.        EdiBof  Nantes. 
 
 there  were  others  whole  fimplicity  and  credulity  ingag'd  them 
 innocently  to  take  the  fame  Party,  by  renfonthat  they  look'd 
 upon  it  as  the  rnoft  lawful  and  fafeft  for  their  Conference. 
 The  grand  reafon  the  others  made  Life  of  to  dazle  them,, 
 was  the  fpecious  name  of  Peace,  and  the  incumbent  duty  of 
 obeying  the  higher  powers,  not  only  upon  tke  account  of  anger, 
 but  alfo  for  Confidence  fake.  The  Court  kept  men  in  pay  to 
 preach  that  Gofpel ,  and  while  they  made  barefae'd  enter- 
 prifes,  and  did  fecretly  prepare  machines  which  were  ne- 
 celTary  in  order  to  opprefs  the  Reform  d,  they  endeavour'd 
 to  perfuade  them  by  thole  they  had  corrupted,  that  they 
 were  oblig'd  not  to  oppofe  them. 
 
 It  is  al rnoft  incredible  how  many  people  were  caught  p^,e'*e 
 in  thofe  Snares}  imagining  that  that  Apoftolick  Doctrine  which  in. 
 only  allow'd  honeft  people  Sighs  and  Patience:  and  that  they  W"1 obedi' 
 violate  it  who  take  meafures  to  prevent  the  injuftices,  Vio- 
 lences,  and  Treacheries  of  thole  who  are  in  Authority. 
 Yet  this  is  the  way  by  which  the  freeft  Natives  fuffer  them- 
 felves  to  be  made  Slaves  }  and  that  Soveraigns,  improving 
 their  credulity,  eafily  impofe  upon  them.  It  is  an  Illufion 
 which  reigns  among  men,  in  all  the  relations  they  have  to- 
 gether :  that  notwithstanding  they  are  grounded  upon 
 certain  mutual  duties,  which  maintain  or  deftroy  each  o- 
 ther  reciprocally,  the  one  imagin  that  tho  they  violate  that 
 part  oftheduty  which  they  areoblig'd  to,  the  others  are  ne- 
 verthelefs  obligvl  to  obferve  that  part  which  relates  to  them 
 ReligiouOy.  It  is  particulary  the  opinion  of  thofe  who 
 hold  the  Rank  of  Superiors }  who  when  they  take  the  leaft 
 care  to  afford  their  Inferiors  either  the  Protection,  or  Juftice 
 that  is  due  to  them,  pretend  that  they  are  neverthelefs 
 oblig'd  to  pay  them  SubmiiTion  and  Obedience  ^  and  how 
 vain  fbever  that  pretention  may  be,  yet  there  are  always 
 People  who  rack  their  Wit  5  to  find  out  fpecious  reafbns 
 to  maintain  it  5  and  Tender  Conferences  that  are  perfuaded 
 by  thofe  reafbns  :  particularly  when  thofe  who  defign 
 to  make  an  ill  ufe  of  thofe  maxims,  joyn  fome  appearance 
 of  advantage  to  thofe  reafbns,  it  is  difficult  to  believe. 
 
 what 
 
no  The  Hi/lory  of -  the      Vol.  II. 
 
 16 11.  what  an  Empire  they  get  over  fimple  Souls.    They  fancy 
 that  the  Caufe  of  their  Bencfa&ors  becomes  the  Caufe  of 
 GodjThatallthe  meafures  taken  for  felt  prefer vation  become 
 10  many  Crimes  o  That  opprefs'd  Subje&s  can  have  no  re- 
 drefs  but  the  hopes  of  a  better  time.    And  that  God  will 
 reward  their  (implicit}',  when  they  fufFer  themfelves  to  be 
 deftroy'd  by  vertue  of  Pa  (live- Obedience. 
 The  Cmt     Therefore  the  Court  took  great  care  to  perfuade  all  thofe 
 TtheDo         ^oull<^  mc^n'^  tn?t  w|y  tnat  "  *s  an  Evangelical  Do- 
 %rme  ef  ftrine:  and  to  give  ademonftrative  force  by  (mall  gratifijati- 
 Patience.  ons  to  thofe  reafons  wherewith  they  did  fecond  it.  Whereupon 
 lean  not  forbear  admiring_the  confidencewhichPolititians  of- 
 ten repofe  in  the  simplicity  of  other  men,to  whom  they  en- 
 deavour to  perfwade  \  that  Religion  and  Conference  oblige 
 them  to  fubmit  to  thofe  that  opprefs  them,  and  to  the  Fet- 
 ters which  they  defign  to  give  them,  by  preaching  Pati- 
 ence to  them.-  partly  as  if  Thieves,  in  order  to  difpofe 
 Travellors  to  fuffer  themfelves  to  be  ftript  without  refi- 
 nance, (hould  alledge  the  leffon  of  the  Gofpel  to  them , 
 which  exhorts  thofe  who  are  ftript  of  their  Coat,   to  deli- 
 ver their  Cloak  alfo.    However  this  Do&rine  being  cry'd 
 up  in  all  parts,  and  innocently  receiv'd  by  the  Simple,  and 
 others  making  ufe  ofit  to  cover  their  defigns,  ferv'd  power- 
 fully to  foment  Divifion  among  the  Reform^  the  one 
 condemning  the  forefight  of  the  others,  and  thefe  recipro- 
 cally, complaining  of  their  ignorance  and  weaknefs  which 
 ingag'd  them,  to  betray  the, Common  Caufe  unawars.  Such 
 Minifters  as  they  cqtild  draw  into  thole  fubmilfive  peacea- 
 \  ble  fentiments  were  .very  kindly  us'd  :  but  they  met  but  few 
 of  them  5  and  the.Gourt  found  more  advantage  to  treat 
 with  the  Nobility,  with. Governours  of  Places,  and  other 
 Officers :  by  reaiori'that  the  fcrvices  they  could  do  them, 
 '   '   in  betraying  tfieir.  Party,,  were  . of  far  more  confequence. 
 .  Neverthelefs,   I  .vvijl.  add  in  this  place  ,     fince  I  am 
 upon  thar-Sub-jecl:,  in  order  nottorefume  it,  that  when 
 t;the  Reform  J  ,ymiv  depriv'd  of  their  Garrifons  and  Sol- 
 diers*, the  Court  frill'  kept,  particularly  in  the  Meridional 
 
 Provinces, 
 
Vol,  II.      EdiB  0/ Nantes,  ixi 
 
 Provinces,  fome  Minifters  in  Pay,  who  preach'd  up  Pafilve-  16 is. 
 Obedience  in  Confiftorys,   Aflemblies  and  Synod?,  and 
 even  in  familiar  conversions ;  and  who  always  gave  a  perrioZn. 
 fair  glols  to  the  Actions  of  the  Court.    Thole  Minifters 
 Penfioners  prov'd  for  the  moft  part  Rogues,  which  was 
 looner  or  later  difcover'd,  either  by  their  revolt,  or  by 
 a  fcandalous  life.    But  that  which  is  moft  to  be  wondered 
 at,  is  that  there  were  fbmetimes  verv  honeftmen,  who  lov'd 
 their  Religion,   and  look'd  upon  it  as  true  Gofpel,  who 
 nevertheless,  receiv'dpenfions  without  Icruple^  becaufe  they 
 look'd  upon  them  rather  as  recompences  of  their  affection 
 for  the  Publick  Peace,  than  as  ingagements  to  aft  againft 
 the  Intereft  of  the  Churches.    To  lay  the  truth,  in  thofe 
 places  where  the  ra(b  and  boyling  temper'of  the  People 
 might  eafity  incline  them  to  Ram  and  Seditious  enterprises, . 
 it  was  necefiary  that  their  Minifters  fhould  be  Wife,  Pru- 
 dent, and  Moderate,  in  order  to  infpire  the  lame  fenti- 
 ments  to  their  Flocks  by  their  Difcourfe  and  example : : 
 but  it  would  have  been  much  better  to  have  done  it  upon 
 the  account  of  the  Juftice  of  the  thing,  without  receivirag 
 the  leaft  gratifications  from  the  Court,  than  to  take  thole 
 ftfpicious  recompences,    which  might  call  their  Innocence 
 and  Integrity  in  queftion.    Dm  Moulin  had  often  been 
 tempted  by  perfons  lent  to  him  from  the  Court,  who 
 ofier'd  him  great  Penfions  without  exa&ing  any  thing  from 
 him,  but  barely  to  incline  people  to  Peace  and  Obedience. 
 He  always  anfwer'd  that  it  was  a  Duty  he  would  ever  per- 
 form :  but  that  he  would  have  the  honour  to  do  it  of 
 his  own  accord  out  of  Conference  5  and  not  [as  being 
 brib'd  to  it.    So  that  he  never  accepted  any  thing  that 
 was  offer'd  him.    It  were  to  be  wifh'd  that  all  thofe  who 
 were  exposM  to  the  lame  Temptations,  had  withftood  them 
 with  the  fame  Courage. 
 
 While  the  Court  caused  Peace  and  Patience  to  be  preach'd -JJfjV 
 among  the  Reform     they  did  not  fail  at  the  fame  timeto  fct£Hf 
 make  them  put  thofe  Leflbns  in  Pra&ice.    They  almoft  *** 
 publickly  violated  the  Faith  of  the  Briefs,  and  promifes 
 
 R  they 
 
m  The  fiijlory  (ftht  BoakH. 
 
 1 16 1.  they  had  amus'd  them  with.    They  remov'd  fome  Gover- 
 ^^^nours  of  Places,  corrupted  others  5  and  barter'd  with  fome 
 to  get  them  out  of  their  hands     Befides  thofe  places  of 
 which  the  Aflembly  had  delir'd  the  reftitution  by  their  Ca- 
 hjers?Rambures  had  fuffer'd  AigucMortes  to  be  taken  :  Bourg- 
 fur  Merhad  been  fold  for  ready  Money  }  and  as  foon 
 as  ever  the  Court  got  k  into   their  hands  they  caus'd 
 it  to  be  Demolifh'd  .•  They  did  treat  with  Candelay,  to 
 buy  the  Government  of  Rofay  of  him.    They  us'd  all  forts 
 of  means  to'  fbw   Divifions  in   RocheU    and    to  obtain 
 "the  Election  of  a  Mayor,  Devoted  to  the  Court.  The 
 Catholicks   of  Saintes  were  order'd  to  Arm  themfelves, 
 upon  fome  pretence  or  other  5    which  occafion'd  great 
 Alarms  among  the  Reformed*  b  Finally,  the  ufethe  Court 
 made  of  the  45000   Livers   of  augmentation  they  had 
 granted  for  the  Sallary  ot  the  Minifters,  Oiow'd  plain- 
 ly that  they  defign'd  to  ruin  the  Reform'd,    Since  they 
 •only rgr anted  them  favours  to  divide   them  }    and  that 
 favours  which  were  to  be  employed  for  their  advantage, 
 became  by  the  cunning  of  their  Enemies  fnares  to  fupprife 
 them. 
 
 Enterfrife      Among  the  other  places  which  the  Court  had  a  mind 
 
 johnd'     t0  £et  OUt  °^  l^e*r  nanc*s5  iney  nac*  an  eye  uPon  St*  J°b* 
 
 Angeiy.    cfAngely,  and  they  endeavour'd  to  under  mine  the  Duke  of 
 Rohan's  Party  -there.!***  Rochebeancour  his  Lieutenant,whether 
 ;  he  expe&ed  to  become  Governour  in  Chief- of  that  im- 
 portant City,   or  whither  he  thought    himfelf  ftrong 
 enough  there  no  longer  to  have  any  dependence  on  the 
 «"  Governour,  fuffer'd  himfelf  to  be  mannag'd  by  the  Court. 
 Hehadcaus'J  a  Mayor  to  be  Elected  the  preceding  year, 
 who  was  at  his  Devotion  5  and  in  order  to  ftrengthen 
 hisr  Authority,  he  undertook  to  maintain  him  in  thatPofr, 
 tho  he  was  fenfible  that  the  Duke  of  Rohan  would  be 
 offended  at  it.  The  faid  Duke  was  come  to  Prfr/7,where  he 
 was  very  well  receiv'd  by  the  Queen  $  and  that  Princels 
 in  order  to  flip  the  time  of  the  Election  of  a  new  Mayor,  ex- 
 prefs'd  a  great  deal  of  kindnefs  to  him  during  the  fourth- 
 night 
 
Vok  if;       EdiBof  Nantes.  iz3 
 
 night  As  he  tarry 'd  there.  But  the  Duke  being  acquainted  1612. 
 with  the  defign  that  wds  on  foot  to  continue  the  ancient  ^^r^- 
 Mayor,and:  the  great  Brigues  Id  Rochebeaucour  madein  order 
 thereunto  5  he  concluded  that  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  had 
 plaid  him  that  trick,  to  difpbiTefs  him  of  one  of  the  moft 
 confiderable  Cities  of  Surety.  Whereupon  he  left, 
 Paris  at  a  time  when  it  Was  leaft  expected  5  and  the 
 better  to  conceal  the  motive  of  his  fudden  departure, 
 he  gave  out  that  he  hatl  receiv'd  Letters  that  his  Brother 
 de  Soubize  lay  a  Dying.  He  went  to  his  Brother  in- 
 deed, but  it  was  only  to  confult  with  him  about  the 
 means  to fecure  St.  John  d*Angely,  and  to  get  fuch  a  Mayor 
 as  he  could  confide  in.  That  City  was  one  of  thole  that 
 had  a  Rightat  that  time  to  create  their  own  Mayor,  who 
 afterwards  receivM  the  Kings  approbation :  and  it  be. 
 hoved  the  Perfon  who  was  to  Command  there  to  have 
 no  difputes  with  the  laid  Magiftrate ,  who  had  a  very 
 great  authority.  As  he  Was  the  Matter  of  the  Polity 
 all  the  Inhabitants  Were  at  his  Command  and  when 
 he  was  belov'd  by  the  people,  It  was  in  his  power  to 
 make  them  take  Arms  or  to  lay  them  down }  which 
 might  putfa  Governour  at  a  great  lofs,  Who  had  only  a 
 (mall  Garri/bn  at  his  Command,  which  was  not  capa- 
 ble to  hold  out  againft  the  Inhabitations  of  a  great 
 City. 
 
 Therefore  the  Duke  having  taken  his  meafares  with  r^D  « 
 his  Brother,  with  the  Nobility  of  the  Neighbourhood;  0fRplm 
 and  fome  Inhabitants  of  St.  John,  he' repair' d  thither  be-  pevents  it. 
 fore  the  Election  was  perform'd.    The' Queen  finding  her 
 Entcrprife  broken  by  the  Dukes  pretence,  refolv'd  to  take 
 the  advantage  of  his  Journey,  to  execute  a  defign  (he 
 had  contriv'd  with  la  RochebcaucoHr.    She  wrote  to  the  Of- 
 ficers and  to  the  Town  Houfe,  that  in  order  to  prevent  the 
 ill  erTe&s  of  the  Election  of  a  new  Mayor,(he  defir'd  that 
 the  old  one  might  be  continu'd.The  Duke  of  Rohan,w\\o  h^d 
 gaind  his  point,refus'd  to  fubmitto  thofe  orders;He  opposed 
 the  Continuation  of  the  Mayor  in  writing,  and  declar d 
 
 R  1  boldly 
 
 «i  ■  » 
 
The  Hiflory  of  the       Book  II. 
 
 1612.  bodly  that  the  Feople  had  abus'd  the  Queens  Authority  to 
 
 ^QQ°  obtain  the  &id  Letter.  That  arlTiir  was  (bmewhat  Nice, 
 finding    and  as  Tome  thought  the  Duke  had  imbroil'd  himfelf  a 
 
 °thecwT        to°  ramty  m  n,>   otners  were  °f  opinion  that 
 
 to  the  am-  the  Queen  had  exposed  herlelf  too  much,  and  that  (he 
 "ay.  had  been  ill  advis'd.  Sr.  John  was  a  free  City  ,  a  City  of 
 Surety,  jealous  of  her  Privileges,  and  in  a  Province  in  which 
 the  Reformed  werethe  ftrongeft.  Therefore  this  undertaking 
 to  alter  the  accuftomed  form  of  the  Election  of  a  Major  3 
 to  ufe  Authority  in  order  thereunto,  under  pretence  of  a 
 dilcord  which  did  not  as  yet  appear,  gave  caufe  to  fufpecl: 
 that  the  Court  had  a  defign  upon  the  Priviledges  of  the 
 Inhabitants,  which  were  violated  without  neceility  3  or 
 uf>on  the  furety  of  the  place,  which  they  endeavoured  to 
 commit  into  the  hands  of  lufpe&ed  perfons  $  or  perhaps 
 upon  both. 
 
 TfaQiftm  Neverthelefs,  the  thing  was  very  much  relented  at 
 mjmm  C°urt  5  an<*  tne  Qi?een  Demg  inform'd  of  the  Duke  of  Ro~ 
 famto  in-  bans  oppofition,  caus'd  his  Lady,  his  Daughters,  and  all 
 <JW'«*  his  Family  to  be  Secur'd.  She  put  a  Gentleman  into  the 
 Baftille,  who  was  fent  by  the  Duke  to  juftifie  his  Acti- 
 on :  She  caus'd  the  Duke  to  be  proclaimed  a  Rebel, 
 and  order'd  an  Army  to  march  againft  him.  She  was 
 to  Authorife  the  (aid  enterprife  her  felf  by  herPrellnce: 
 and  becaule  it  was  neceffary  to  prevail  with  the  reft  of 
 -the  Reform  d  to  ruffer  the  faid  Duke's  Ruin,  and  the  lols 
 of  St.  John  without  oppofition,  (he  was  to  make  a  folemn 
 Declaration  that  fhe  had  no  defign  againft  any  body  but 
 the  Duke  and  his  Adherents  to  confirm  the  Edifts, 
 fufFer  all  fuch  to  live  in  Peace  who  did  not  ingage  iri 
 thofe  Troubles  3  The  Queen  was  to  take  the  Marlhals 
 de  xBcuillon  and  Lefdiguieres  to  Command  under  her 
 in  that  Expedition  :  and  as  if  the  Court  had  been 
 as  ready  to  aft  as  to  order  ,  orders  were  ftrait 
 dilpatch'd  to  the  Officers  that  were  to  Command  in 
 the  laid  Army ,  to  keep  themielves  ready  to  niurcl . 
 Manifeftos  were  publifli'd  on  both  fides.  The  Dukes  up- 
 braided 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  11$ 
 
 braided  the  Court  with  all  their  Wiles  3  and  endeavourd 
 to  prove  that  the  confequence  of  that  affair  was  general. 
 
 That  which  appear'd  in  the  Queens  name,  endeavourd 
 to  create  fuipicions  about  the  Duke  of  Rohan's  intentions  , 
 and  to  juftifie  the  Court,  to  perfwade  that  their  only  aim 
 was  againft  that  Rebel,  and  that  (he  defignM  to  maintain 
 the  Edifts :  and  finally,  it  invited  the  Catholicks  and  Re~ 
 formed  to  ferve  the  King  in  that  occafion. 
 
 The  End  of  the  Second  Book. 
 
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 O  S  K  ...  C  ;V:7P  *'V 
 
 THE 
 
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Vol.  II. 
 
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 HISTORY 
 
 O  F    T  H  E 
 
 €twt  of  j&ante** 
 
 V  O  L.  1 1 
 
 BOO  K  III. 
 
 A  Summary  of  the  Contents  of  the  Third  Book. 
 
 Appearence  of  Accommodation:  under  which  the  troubles  continue. 
 Endavours  awus'd  to  engage  Du  Pleflis  in  them  who  remains 
 in  aukt.  AJjembly  of  the  Circle  at  Rochel.-  Projetf- of  Re- 
 conciliation among  'the  great  ones*  Sedition  at  Koehel  :  Its 
 Original  and  Violence.  Negotiation  for  '  the  -accommodation. 
 High  Pretentions  of  the  Duke  de  Rohan.  The  Quetn  agrees 
 to.  themy  prcferving  fome  appearen'cesfor  herfelf.  The  Duke 
 being  exafperated  with  new  Injuries^  -will  n#  longer  be  Jatis- 
 fied  with  them.    The  Afembly  meets  ^Rochel : 
 
TkeHiJlory  of  the      Book  III. 
 
 the  Deputies  General  new  Articles.  Refolutions  taken  at 
 Court:  but  ill  executed.  New  Declaration.  Remark  upon 
 thofe  frequent  Edifts.  The  Circle  affembles  again.  Rochel 
 withdraws  from  the  refl  of  the  Deputies  j  which  puts  an  end 
 to  the  Troubles.  Verbal  promifes  to  toller  ate  Provincial  Coun- 
 cils. Declaration  of  the  Marriages  refolv'd  upon  with  Spain. 
 WMch  offends  the  French  .•  but  particularly  the  Reform'd. 
 Fefrier  forfaits  the  Miniftry :  Is  received  Counfellor  at 
 Nimes  :  Is  Excommunicated.  Sedition  again ff  him. 
 Diligence  of  the  Confuls  to  five  Ferrier  Writings  on 
 both  fides  Appologks  of  Ferrier  :  and  his  end.  Reconcili- 
 ation of  the  Duke  de  Rohan  and  Marfial  de  Bouillon.  En- 
 Urpife  of  the  Sheriffs  of  Saumur.  Equity  of  the  Chamber  of 
 the  Edict  of  Paris.  Rights  of  the  Bifhop  of  Monipellier 
 upon  the  Univetflty.  Difcontents  of  tfje  Princes.  The 
 Duke  de  Rohan  joym  with  them.  Polity  of  the  Mar- 
 fljal  de  Bouillon.  Retreat  and  Manifeflo  of  the  Princes. 
 Their  Precipitation  is  blanid.  The  Peace  is  made.  The 
 Prince  of  Conde  is  injur  d  at  Poitiers.  Towns  of  Surety 
 opend  to  the  King.  National  Synod.  Letters  from  the 
 King  of  England.  Council  of  the  Lower  Guyenne.  Mu- 
 tual fubordinatiou  of  the  Affemblies..  Brief  of  leave  for  a 
 General  Affembly.  Letters  from  the  Lords.  Pecuniary  af- 
 fairs. The  Miniflers  are  exempted  from  paying  the  Taylles. 
 Places  of  Surety.  Berger  a  Reformed  Counsellor  in  the  Par- 
 liament of  Paris,  turns  Catholhk.  Reformed  of  Gex. 
 Churches  not  fettled  as  yet.  Condition  of  the  Reform'd 
 in  the  County  of  Avignon.  Liberalities  of  the  Synod. 
 Colleges.  Beam.  Metz.  Oath  of  Uniofu  Letters  to  the 
 King  and  Queen.  The  Queen  prepares  to  affemble  the  States. 
 Declaration  of  the  Kings  Majority.  Overtures  of  the  States. 
 The  Clergy  and  Nobility  unite  themfelves  again fl  the  Third 
 Efiate.  Reform'd  in  the  States.  Indepency  of  Kings  : 
 whofi  Caufe  is  betray  d  by  the  Clergy :  and  by  the  Court  it 
 filf.  Pajfion  of  the  Clergy.  Harrangue  of  Cardinal  du 
 Perron.  Why  Hereticks  are  tolkrated.  Diftin&ions  of  the 
 Cardinal   His  Canclufion.    Reflexions.    The  Third  Eftate 
 
 perfifh 
 
Vol.  II.        EdiBof  Nantes,  119 
 
 perfifts.  Character  of Miron,*  Prefidcnt  of  the  Chamber  of  that  ^jJ-J. 
 order.  The  Court  filence*  the  third  Eft  ate.  Illujive  Decree  %m.  9 
 of  the  Clergy ,  and  their  fiameful  Prevarication.  Inequality  of 
 the  Prince  of  'Conde.  P er fever ance  of  the  Clergy  in  thai  Do- 
 Brine.  Sedition  at  Milhau.  Harangue  of  the  Bifiop  of  Lucon. 
 Sedition  at  Beleftat.  Cahiero/  the  Clergy.  Sequel  oftheCa- 
 hier.  Articles  proposd  direclly  againft  the  Reform'd  :  Sequel 
 of  the  fed  Articles.  Conclufton  of  the  Cabier. 
 
 m  \HERE  was  a  great  deal  of  reafon  to  believe,  1612. 
 
 that  things  would  have  gone  farther,  con-  *^v>J 
 K         fidering  the  proceedings  of  the  Court  ;  The  itP"™[ 
 
 rather  becaufe  the  Duke  of  Rohan  feem'd  rnodttion. 
 
 nowife  daunted,  at  the  ftorm  that  was  pre- 
 paring againft  him.    The  Election  of  the  Mayor  was 
 made"  according  to  bis  defire  :  la  Rochebeaucour  was  fore'd 
 to  yield  \   and  found  himfelf  almoft  redue'd  to  pay  the 
 Coft  of  the  fervice  he  defign  d  to  do  the  Queen.  The 
 Duke,  gave  the  Offices  of  the  City  and  of  the  Garrilbn 
 to  perfons  he  could  confide  in,  and  the  Deputy  Governor'? 
 place  to  Hautefontaine,  who  was   at  his  Devotion.  Never- 
 theleis,  the  Sequel  did  nowife  anfvver  thofe  high  beginnings: 
 They  fell  to  Remonftrances  and  Negotiations  }  and  The- 
 Mines  Senechal  of  Qufry,  a  wife  and  moderate  man  was 
 fent  to  the  Duke,  in  order  to  perfwade  him  to  keep  with- 
 in the  bounds  of  Duty.    Da  Plejjis  alfo  undertook  that  af- 
 fair   and  the  Duke  having  preferred  the  advice  of  that  old 
 Man,  equally  Prudent  and  Honeft,  to  the  deftres  ofa  young 
 Nobility,  which  would  incline  him  to  a  War,  yielded  to 
 the  Exhortations  of  Themines.    An  accommodation  was 
 made  in  which  in  apperance  the  Queen  had  the  (atisfacti- 
 on  me  defir'd  5  and  the  Duke  in  reallity.    The  old  Mayor 
 was  continued  for  fome  days:  after  which  a  new  order 
 was  fent,  allowing  the  Inhabitants  to  proceed  to  the  Ele- 
 ction of  another.    This  procufd  the  liberty  of  thole  per-  VnJer 
 bns  the  Court  had  a  little  inconfiderately  imprifoneo' :  SJJm£* 
 But  the  evil  was  not  cui'd  by  that  Remedy;    The  Duke  $e  continue. 
 \ohan  refuted  to  go  out  of  St.  John,  to  let  la  Rochebeaucour 
 
 S  com- 
 
i  jo  qhe  Hijloiy  of  the      Vol.  II  • 
 
 \6ii.  command  there  in  his  abfence :  and  he  had  a  great  mind 
 <^r^  while  he  was*  leconded  by  the  Zealous  of  the  Province, 
 to  rid'hirrtfelf  of  that  man  in  whom  he  could  not  con- 
 fide: So  that  there  happened  new  difputes,  which  kept 
 the  Jealoufies  on  foot,  and  which  renew'd  the  threatnings 
 
 EnJeax «mrs  °^  a  ^ar* 
 
 us'dtiin-  lndeavonrs  were  us4d  to  involve  du  Plejfir  in  the 
 Tiettisfo  ^allie  *  insinuating  to  him  that  the'Queed,  fending  Forces 
 the  fame,  towards  St.  John,  might  improve  that  occafion  to  take  San- 
 mur  from  him.  That  advice  might  equally  proceed,  either 
 from  thofe  who  were  defirous  of  a  War,  and  who  were  in 
 hopes  to  incase  all  the  Provinces  into  it,  incafe  they  could 
 oblige  du  Plejfis  to  take  furetys,  as  being  full  of  Jealoufie 
 for  htmfelf :  or  from  thole  who  being  acquainted  with  the 
 jaloulies  of  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon,  did  not  queftion  but  he 
 would  improve!  all  occafions,  to  humble  du  Phjfis,  by  taking 
 from  him  a  place  of  the  confequenceof  Saumkr.lt  was  no  hard 
 matter  to  incline  the  Queen  to  do  him  thai:  injury }  either 
 becaufe  he  had  taken  the  part  of  the  Zealous  in  the  laft 
 Aflembly,  or  becaufe  the  Book  he  had  lately  publiflred  had 
 incens'd  the  Cathdlicks  againfl:  him.  The  Nuncio  us'd  his 
 utmoft  endeavours  in  order  thereunto  and  he  was  feconded 
 by  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon,  who  reprelented  du  Plejfis  as  a 
 Man  without  whofe  advice  the  Duke  de  Rohan  did  no- 
 thing. Nevcrthelefs,  Du  Pkjfis,  being  perfwaded  that  the 
 Court  M  as  not  in  a  condition  to  attack  the  whole  Party  by 
 whre-riam  main  force,  and  confequently  that  they  would  not  venture 
 q™r'  to  take  Saumm  from  him  by  open  War,  refus'd  to  follow  the 
 Council  of  thole  who  advifed  him  to  fortifie  the  (aid  City  and 
 liis  Garrifon  :  and  even  when  he  (aw  the  Forces  of  Bmfdauyhin 
 lodged  almoft  under  the  very  Walls  of  Saumur,  he  perfitted 
 in  his  defign  only  to  arm  himfelf  with  Innocence.  He  obtained 
 what  he  defired  thereby.  The  Court  difcovered,  that 
 he  had  no  thoughts  of  War,  fince  he  had  dipt  fo  fair  an 
 occafion  to  declaTe  it }  and  that  far  from  taking  the  advan- 
 tage of  it,  as  atiother  would  haVe  done,  had  he  been  in 
 his  room,  he  had  not  fb  much  as  exprefs'd  the  leaft  fufpi- 
 tibn  of  being  attack'd  in  Forms.    Tiie  Queen  caus'd  Boif- 
 
 dauphin 
 
Book  III.      SdiUof  Nantes.  131 
 
 dauphin  to  retire^   and  made  ule  of  dn  Pleffis  council,  1612. 
 to  put  an  end  to  thole  Troubles.  ^v-v^ 
 In  the  mean  time  the  differences  between  the  Duke  of  Affembly  of 
 Rohan  and  de  la  Rochcbeaucour  daily  grew  worle  and  more  ^j^, 
 considerable:  The  Duke  being  refolv'd  to  turn  him  out"f  00  L ' 
 at  any  rate,  and  the  Queen  on  the  contrary  thinking  her 
 (elf  obligd  to  maintain  him  in  his  Poft,    as  a  man  (he 
 could  confide  in,  and  whom  the  Duke  defigned  to  turn 
 out  only  becaule  he  had  too  great  a  dependency  on  the 
 Court.    Infomuch  that  (he  ftill  returned  to  threatning  from 
 time  to  time  .•  and  that  the  Dake  took  meafures  to  pre- 
 vent the  effecl:  thereof.    It  prov'd  no  hard  task  fo  to  do, 
 by  reafon  that  the  Publick  Prote&ion  la  Rochcbeaucour  re- 
 ceived from  the  Queen  made  him  to  be  fufpected  :  and 
 whereas  leveral  people  were  of  opinion  that  the  King's  Au- 
 thority was  nowife  concern'd  in  that  difpute,    they  con- 
 cluded naturally  that  the  Queen  had  (ecret  realbns,  to  take 
 the  part  of  a  Subaltern  fo  highly  againft  his  Superior  Of- 
 ficer.   For  which  reafon  the  Province  of  Saintonge  eafily 
 (ufferd  themfelves  to  be  perfuaded  that  the  generality  was 
 concern'd  in  that  Affair,  and  that  their  Surety  was  viola- 
 ted,  by  the  attempt  that  was  made  upon  the  beft  place 
 within  their  Precincl.    Therefore  they  made  ufe  of  the  Ar- 
 ticle that  had  leen  drawn  at  Sauratcr^    which  Authorifed 
 the  Province  that  mould  be  attack'd  to  aiiemble  Depu- 
 ties out  of  the  Council*  of  the  five  adjacent  Provinces,  to 
 deliberate  about  fuoh  remedies  as  lliould  be  molt  proper 
 to  be  apply'd  to  the  Evil  it  was  threatned  with.  Thole 
 kind  of  Aflemblies   were    commonly  cali'd  the  Circle  5 
 either  becaule   that  aim.1  wa;  taken  fron  the  form  of" 
 the  Government  in  Germany,  divided  into  Provinces  that 
 are  calf  d  Circles',  or  been  ufe  the  Province  that  was  attack'd 
 con  vend  thole  that  furrounded  it.    They  invited  Rochcl 
 which  made  a  Province  a  part,  the  Lower  Guycnne,  Potion, 
 Anjon,  Bretagtte,  to  lend  two  Deputies  a  piece  at  Rochel  on 
 the  20th  of  September  out  of  their  -Council,  to  eoofuk  about 
 the  Affairs  of  Sainton^  and  of  St.  Jdtm  d'  Angely.  The 
 
 S  2  Court 
 
•it  in 
 
 m  ng  the 
 {■ycei!  ones, 
 
 \yi  The  Hijlorj  of  the     Book.  III. 
 
 1612.  Court  was  acquainted  with  it  5  and  in  order  to  hinder  thofe 
 •^v^  of  Rochel  to  receive  the  faid  Aflembly  into  their  City,  or 
 to  furTer  them  to  do  any  thing  which  might  prove  of  con- 
 fequence,  they  took  precautions  which  increas'd  the  Evil, 
 and  which  had  like  to  carry  things  to  the  utmoft  extre- 
 mities. 
 
 Fnfpet}0f     But  before  we  relate  them,  it  will  not  be  amifs  to  let 
 Jtec.iwfi.-1  down  in  this  place  that  the  Commiffioners  of  the  National 
 Synod  of  Privas  for  the  Reconciliation  of  the  Lords,  who 
 .  were  divided  at  Sautnur,    apply'd  themfelves  about  their 
 CommifTion,  as  foon  as  they  arrivYl  at  Paris.    They  met 
 great  difficulties  at  firfl :  by  reafon  that  the  Marfhal  de  Bou- 
 illon and  de  Lefdiguieres  refus'd  toharkento  it,  but  upon 
 fuch  conditions  as  would  not  have  been  approval  of  by  the 
 reft.  But  finally,  thev  agreed  upon  the  fubftance  and  form  of 
 a  Writing,  which  was  fign'd  by  thole  two  Lords,  and  by 
 Chatillon  1    Whether  it  were  that  the  Marftial  de  Bouillon 
 had  already  a  profpeft  of  other  Intrigues  with  the  difcon- 
 tented  Princes,  for  the  fuccels  of  which  it  was  neceflary 
 the  Reform  d  fhculd  be  united  3  or  whither  he  thought  he 
 had  done  enough  to  be  reveng'd  of  the  refufal  of  the 
 Prefidentfhip  at  Saumur  5  or  finally,  whether  it  were  that 
 he  had  a  mind  to  (how  that  he  had  a  refpeel  for  a  Synod 
 which  rcprefented  all  the  Churches  $    He  enter'd  again  in- 
 to the  Union  ofthe  Churches :  and  tho  it  feem'd  not  very 
 material  for  the  affairs  of  St.  John  cPAngely,  yet  it  broke 
 the  Queens  meafures.    She  could  no  longer  pretend  to  take 
 thofe  t  wo  Lords  along  with  her  againft  the  Duke  of  Rohan, 
 lince  they  were  reconcil'd  to  him  ,    and   had  fign'd  a 
 Treaty  of  Reconciliation  and  Concord.    The  Commiffi- 
 oners deputed  two  among  them,  viz.  Ronvray  one  of  the 
 Deputies  General,  and  Durand  one  of  the  Minifters  of  Pa- 
 ris, to  carry  the  Writing  which  thofe  three  Lords  had 
 fign'd,  into  the  Provinces  to  be  fign'd  by  the  reft,  dn  Plejfis 
 was  eafily  prevailed  upon  to  fign  it :  but  when  they  came 
 to  the  Duke  de  Rohan  at  St.  John  d'Angely,  they  found  it  a 
 harder  task  5  and  had  not  dn  Plejfis  gone  to  him  on  p.ur- 
 
 poie 
 
Vol.11.  E ditt  of  Nantes.  i?; 
 
 pole  about  it,  he  would  hardly  have  done  it.  The  five  1611. 
 Provinces  were  tent  for  }  the  appointed  day  was  at  hand  ,  ^"V^-* 
 and  it  was  to  be  feai'd  thatincafe  the  AfTembly  were  heldj 
 they  would  relapfe  into  greater  and  worfe  fewds  than 
 before.  Du  Plejfis  causM  it  to  be  adjourn'd  untill  the  20th 
 of  Otfoter  :  and  having  iraploj'd  that  time  to  negotiate 
 an  accomodation  at  Court,  he  got  it  to  be  put  of  for  a 
 month  longer  by  the  Mediation  of  the  Deputies 
 General. 
 
 Rochel  had  had  its  (hare  of  the  Troubles  j  and  about  seiitim  at 
 the  fame  time  that  the  Duke  of  Rohan  conven'd  the  five  Roche'. 
 Provinces,  there  broke  out  a  Sedition  there,  the  confe- 
 quences  of  which  were  to  be  fear 'd.  The  Queen  had 
 endeavour'd  to  interpofe  her  Authority  in  the  Ele&ion 
 of  the  Mayor  of  that  City,  and  to  make  her  felf  Mi- 
 ftrefs  of  it,  as  (he  had  endeavour'd  to  do  at  St.  John.  The 
 Dignity  of  Mayor  of  Rochel  was  very  confiderable  :  he 
 was  Governor  of  it  by  his  place  3  and  had  almoft  an  ab- 
 lolute  Power  there,  both  as  to  the  Military  and  Civil  Go- 
 vernment. So  that  incafe  the  Court  could  have  gain'd 
 '>  that  one  point,  of  having  the  Election  of  the  Mayor  at 
 their  difpofal,  they  might  eafily  have  fecui'd  that  place 
 without  befieging  it.  But  the  City  having  the  power  to 
 chufe  their  Chief  themfelves,  carefully  prefervM  that 
 Priviledge,  and  would  nowiie  fuffer  the  Brigues  of  the 
 Court  to  incroach  upon  that  important  liberty.  There- 
 1  fore  the  Queen  fucceeded  yet  left  in  it  than  at  St.  John: 
 \  and  the  laft  Mayor  was  Ele&ed  according  to  the  ufual 
 form,  notwithstanding  all  her  endeavours  to  the  contrary. 
 But  tho  the  faid  City  preferv'd  their  Rights,  they  re- 
 membred  ftill  that  the  Queen  had  endeavour'd  to  Invade 
 them  3  which  appear'd  in  the  affair  I  am  going  to  relate. 
 DuCoHdray,  Counfellor  in  the  Parliament  of  Paris,  was 
 alio  one  of  the  Sheriffs  of  Rochel  3  but  he  was  fufpedted  of  its  original^  - 
 tiding  with  the  Court.  His  behaviour  in  the  Ele&ion  of  "~ 
 the  Mayor  hadincreas'd  thofe  jealoufies :  and  it  was  thought 
 that  he  had  been  the  bearer  of  the  Queens  orders,  which 
 
 tended 
 
The  Hijlory  of  the      Vol.  It 
 
 tended  to  Violate  the  ufual  forms.  He  came  to  Rochel 
 every  year  in  the  Vacations,  under  pretence  of  his  Do- 
 meflick  ArTairs:  but  it  was  thought  that  the  Court 
 gave  him  fecret  orders.  He  came  fome'  days  that 
 year  lboner  than  he  us*d' to  do}  and  tho  he  never 
 us'd  to  come  before  the  Parliament  waS  broken  up,  he  came 
 to  Rochel  before  it  that  time.  He  had  brought  divers 
 Commhiions  relating  to  JuftVce,  eVen  in  men  places  as 
 were  not  under  the  jurifdiction  of  the  Parliament. 
 Infomuch  that  in  order  to  AUthbrife  him  in  fuch  places  to 
 which  the -jurisdiction  of  that  Court  did  not  extend,  the 
 Queen  had  made  him  intendent  of  juftice^  and  that  was 
 the  Title  of  his  ComniiiTion.  But  lerc  the  Gates  of  Rochet 
 mould  be  (hut  againft  him,  the  Court  had  not  given  him 
 the  quality  of  Intendent  of  the  Polity  %  by  reafbn  that  the 
 R#cheldrs,who  were  fble  Matters  of  their  City,  would  not  have 
 aliow'd  him  to  take  that  Tide,  far  from  Suffering  him  to 
 exert  the  authority  of  it.  He  made  no  life  of  that  pre- 
 tended Intendence  of  Juftice  he  was  invefted  with,  and  he 
 declar'd  that  he  would  not  take  the  advantage  of  it :  which 
 perfwaded  them  that  the  faid  Commiflion  cover'd  other  de- 
 figns}  that  it  only  fervM  to  Authofile  him,  as  bearer  of  a 
 Royal  Commiffion  5  and  that  it  was  left  to  his  difcretion, 
 to  ufe  it,  or  not,  according  as  he  fhould  think  fit.  He  dip 
 covered  only  a  Credential  Letter  for  Rochel,  which  gave  fair 
 af&tfances  of  her  Majefties  good  Intention.  But  it  was 
 thought  that  he  was  only  lent  to  divide  Rochel^  if  he  could, 
 from  the  reft  of  the  Churches :  which  defign  had  a  double 
 profped  j  the  one  toopprefsthe  Dukede  Rohan^  who  could 
 not  defend  himfelf  unlefs  Rochel  affifted  him :  the  other  to 
 deprive  Rochel  of  the  advantage' of  the  General  Union, 
 when  ever  it  fhould  be  attack  cl  in  particular.  Moreover 
 it  was  thought  that  he  brought  Inftructions  to  dtffipatethe 
 Aflembly,  which  it  Was  very  well  known  at  Court  the 
 Duke  de  Rohm  was  meditating.  They -knew  that  it  might 
 become  General,  incafe  the  Deputys  of  the  Circles  mould 
 tM»k  fit  for  the  common  good  to  invite  the  Deputies 
 
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Book  III.     EM  of  Nantes.  up 
 
 of  the  other  Provinces  at  it:  and  they  were  fenciblc  that  t6iz. 
 the  Duke  would  ufe  his  utmoft  endeavours,  to  renew  all 
 the  propofitions  of  that  of  Saumur  there.  Dh  Coudray  was 
 alfo  accus'd  of  writing  to  the  Queen,  in  termes  which  feem'd 
 to  intimate  that  the  Inhabitants  of  R-ochel  were  not  well 
 indin'd.  He  feldom  convers-d  with  any  of  the  Inhabitants, 
 but  fuch  as  the  reft  had  no  good  opinion  of :  and  the  firft 
 that  vifited  him  at  his  arrival,  was  one  Le  Vccher,  a  man 
 very  much  fufpeded,  and  not  belov'd  by  the  people  ;  efpe- 
 cially  fmce  that  in  a  c< rtain  difpute  with  the  Citizens, 
 he  had  had  the  infolence  to  threaten  them  that  he  would 
 drag  them  to  Paris  with  a  Rope  about  their  Necks :  whidi 
 gave  them  a  great  deal  of  reafon  to  believe  that  he  relyed 
 on  the  favour  of  the  Court  :  fmce  otherwife  it  would 
 have  been  a  ridiculous  threatning,  in  the  mouth  of  a  pri- 
 vate Inhabitant  of  Rochel. 
 
 Thefe  reafons  whether  true,  or  likely  to  miftruft  him,  ex-  Andum- 
 cited  fo  furious  a  Sedition  againft  him,  that  the  Magiftrates  oiente. 
 durft  not  at  flrft  appear  before  the  Mutiniers,  to  oppofe 
 their  Violence.  They  took  up  Arms;  made  Barricado's 
 in  the  avenues ;  and  Du  Coudray  was  fore'd  to  lye  conceal'd 
 for  fear.  This  began  on  the  $th  of  September-,  but  the  flrft 
 fury  being  ftopt  of  it  felf,  the  Sedition  broke  out  again 
 on  the  \\tb.  with  fuch  terrible  threatnings  agamfi:  thofe 
 that  were  fufpe&ed,  that  Dh  Coudray  defir'd  to  go  out  of 
 the  Town  for  his  fafety ;  whither  he  realty  thought  him- 
 felf  in  danger,  or  whether  he  had  a  mind  to  take  an  occafion 
 from  thence  to  aggravate  the  Relations  and  Com-plamts ,  he 
 was  accus'd  of  fending  to  Court  againft  Rochel.  In  order  to 
 remove  him  from  thence  the  Mayor  accompany  *d  with  fome 
 Souldiers  attended  him  to  the  City  Gates :  Yet  tho'  the 
 Ma>or  was  very  much  refpe&ed  by  the  Rvcheiois,  the  Peo- 
 ple being  in  a  rage  forgot  their  refpeel:  on  that  occafion  • 
 fell  upon  him  and  his  Men,  and  purfued  Dh  Coudray  with 
 Crys  and  injurious  Words.  The  Mayor  was  Hightly  woanel- 
 cd  ;  but  Du  Ceudray  receiv'd  no  hurt:  and  when  that  ob- 
 ject of  the  People*  jealoufies  and  rage  was  remov'd,  they  ea- 
 
\y6  The  Hiflory  of  the         Book  IN. 
 
 i6ia.  fily  return'd  to  their  former  Duty.    A  large  account  of 
 <s\*>j  the  faid  Sedition  was  fent  to  the  Council  ,  left  Du  Coudray 
 ihould  reprefent  it  yet  in  a  more  odious  manner.    All  the 
 -  '  motives  of  the  People  were  reprefented  in  it,  as  well  as  all 
 the  progrefs  of  their  violence;  but  Du  Coudray  was  reputed 
 the  occafion  of  the  evil  ;  and  the  whole  ended  with  promi- 
 fes  of  Fidelity  and  obedience. 
 Negotiation    This  affair  being  ended,  Rochel  confented  to  receive  the 
 far  m  4c-  A (lembly,  tho  they  were  unrefolv'd  about  it  at  firft  .•  but 
 cm°  a '°  '  they  only  began  their  Seffion  there  on  the  xoth.  of  Mc- 
 vemher,  by  realon  that  powerful  endeavours  were  m'J  for 
 two  Months  time  ro  find  out  the  means  to  come  to  an  ac- 
 commodation Du  PleJJis  oblige!  the  Duke  de  Rohan  to  make 
 his  proportions.    He  made  them  like  a  man  that  fear'd 
 nothing,  and  who  thought  himfelf  capable  to  infpire  fear 
 into  others :  and  to  fay  the  truth,  it  cannot  be  deny'd  that 
 he  impos'd  Laws  upon  the  Court,  if  we  refled  on  the 
 „rnanner  in  which  thofe  troubles  were  ended.    He  demand- 
 ed more  advantagious  Conditions  than  thofe  the  AfTembly 
 of  Saumur  had  obtain'd :  and  for  his  own  particular  he  de- 
 fir'd  the  removal  of  La  Rochebeaucour  and  of  Foucaud,  whom 
 nigh  pre-  he  did  not  like ;  to  have  the  difpofition  of  the  Company 
 ST/of  the  firft  5  To  Nominate  a  Deputy  General  himfelf;  That 
 tkRohan.  his  and  his  Brothers,  and  his  Friends  Penfions  Ihould  be  re- 
 ftor'd,  together  with  the  arrears  that  had  been  ftopt,-  and 
 that  all  manner  of  proceedings  mould  ceafe  againfl  fuch  as 
 had  been  profecuted  upon  his  account.    Thofe  pretentions 
 were  fo  high,  that  there  was  no  likelyhood  to  exped  that 
 the  Queen  would  condefcend  to  them.    Great  difficulties 
 arofe  upon  it  :  and  while  the  Council  was  deliberating 
 bout  them,  there  arofe  new  ones.    A  MefTenger  having 
 fubpeened  Hautefontaine  to  appear  in  the  Parliament  of  Bour- 
 deaux,  was  very  ill  us'd  at  St.  John  d'  Angely,  where  the  de- 
 figns  of  the  Court  advane'd  as  little  by  proceedings  of  Ju- 
 ftice,  as  by  threatnings  of  War.  On  the  other  hand,  Saujon  a 
 Gentleman  of  Saintonge,  who  had  been  fent  by  the  Duke  in- 
 to the  upper  Guyenne,  to  try  what  fuccors  he  might  exped 
 
 from 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  137 
 
 from  thofe  provinces,  and  to  maintain  Rambures  in  the  Go-  16  iz. 
 vernment  of  Aiguemortex  againft  Berticberes,  whom  the  Re-  *-s^r^ 
 fornid  were  jealous  of,  was  ftopt  at  Ronergue,  and  us'd  like 
 a   Prifoner  of  State.    So  that  people  were  exafperated  on 
 
 both  fides. 
 
 Neverthelefs,the  Court  not  finding  it  felf  in  a  Condition  Thg  ^eem 
 to  fuftain  by  effects  the  height  of  their  firft  threatnings,  n'fmst» 
 promis'd  the  Duke  all  that  lie  had  defird.    The  truth  is  JV"^"* 
 that  the  Queen  was  not  difpleas'd  at  the  removal  of  La  Ro-^Jp. 
 chebeaucour^  by  reafon  that  the  Government  of  C 7 atelier aud pearerces  ■ 
 being  vacant  at  that  time,fhe  beftow'd  it  upon  him. She  only  for her 
 defird  in  order  to  fave  appearances  that  the  Duke  de  Rohan 
 mould  receive  him  for  eight  or  ten  days  in  St.  John  ;  as  if  the 
 Qaeen  having  had  the  power  to  maintain  him,  had  only  re- 
 linquilh'd  it  in  order  to  promote  a  peace,  without  being  any 
 wife  obliged  to  it.    But  whereas  the  Generality  of  the  Re- 
 form'*/ began  to  be  heated,  flie  was  alfo  oblig  d  to  grant  them 
 part  of  thofe  things  which  had  been  refus'd  to  the  AfTembjf 
 oiSaumur.    1  have  fa  id  that  the  National  Synod  had  renevrd 
 the  demands  of  it,  and  that  they  had  charg'd  the  Deputies 
 General  with  a  Cahierm  which  they  were  contain'd.  Some 
 of  thofe  Articks  were  favourably  anfwerd'.    The  Reform  J 
 were  allowed  net  to  fli'e  their  Religion  Pretended  Reform  d. 
 The  Court  prcmis'd  the  Miniflers  the  fime  exemptions 
 as  the  Eccltfiafticks  of  the  Roman  Church  injoy'd.  The 
 Synods  were  reftored  to  their  former  Liberty  which  had  been 
 a  little  incroach'd  upon  by  the  laft  Declarations.  They  pro- 
 mis-d  to  redrefs  the  grievances  of  the  Provinces;  and  to  give 
 the  Reform  d  fatisfa&icn  for  the  Towns  of  Aiguemortes,  FJfenr, 
 and  Mas  d'  Agenois.    They  promis'd  to  revoke  all  the  Expe- 
 ditions, Letters,  Ac*b,  Decrees,  that  had  been  given  fince  the 
 Aflembly  of  Saumur  againft  the  Reform  d.  But  that  which  was 
 moft  confiderable,  was  the  toleration  of  Provincial  Coun- 
 cils.   The  Queen  had  exprefs'd  a  great  repugnancy  towards 
 it  :  but  whether  it  were  that  (he  was  afraid  they  would  keep 
 them  up  againft  her  will,  or  becaufc  (he  had  a  mind  to 
 grant  the  Reformed  a  favour  to  blind  them,  flie  finally 
 
 T  con- 
 
f$  The  Hiftorjofthe     Book II f. 
 
 io  Jr.  confented  to  that  Settlement,  but  with  a  Claufe,  which  might 
 ^-v^  ocenfion  fome  difpute,  but  yet  could  not  be  refus'd  which 
 vas  that  they  mould  ufe  that  priviledge  as  modeftly  as 
 they  had  done  in  the  Late  King's  time. 
 H»  Dt**£     ^Ut  untn      ®u^c  de  Roha»  recciv'J  an  account  of  thofe 
 fortuity  promiles  of  the  Queen,  he  was  in  the  ftrft  tranfports  of  his 
 new  inju-  anger,  for  the  violence  committed  agiinft  San.jm.    So  that 
 ^JJjjHP*  refund  eventoanlwer  the  Reafons  that  were  alledg'd 
 tie*.      to  him,  to  oblige  him  to  receive  thole  good  offers.  He 
 threat ned  the  utmolt  feverities  inciie  that  Gentleman  re- 
 C.iv'j  the  leaft  ill  treatment;  and  protefted  that  he  would 
 hearken  to  no  reafon  untill  he  hid  rccciv'd  iavisfadtion  upon 
 that  Ariel-.    Thiw  all  thofe  promiies,  which  the  Qneen 
 pe^f^*  made  perhaps  iefs  to  keen  them  than  to  diflipate  the  Af- 
 it  Roche'. Terribly  which  was,  to  repair  at  Roche!,  prov'd  ineffectual  ; 
 and  the  Deputies  met  there  on  the  appointed  day.  The 
 Court  leund  no  other  expedient,  to  prevent  their  taking 
 zny  vexatious  Refo'utions,  th.an  to  fend  Rouvray  thither,  and 
 to  prevail  with  Du  Flejh  to  a/lift  at  it.   They  could  nor. 
 prevail  with  the  AlTembiy  not  to  meddle  with  fuch  Affairs 
 a*  might  crtate  moil  occafun  of  vexation :  and  moreover 
 the   Afiembly  us'd  them  almoft  like  fufpedted  Perfons. 
 The  reafon  of  thofe  fulpitions  was  that  they  diftrufted  the 
 Queens  promifes  ;  and  that  they  partly  difcovered  her  Inten- 
 tions through  the  fair  words  wherewith  (lie  defign'd  to  amuic 
 the  World.    What  ever  Reuvrpy  could  fay  to  juftifie  the 
 fmceiity  ofher  pramt&s  prov'd  Lnd&^bial.:  the  AfTcmbly 
 reiuso  abfolutely  to  break  up  untiU  they  beheld  the  effects 
 of  it :  and  all  that  could  be  obtain'd  from  them  was  that 
 they  would  break  up,  without  leaving  any  marks  of  their 
 having  made  any  deliberations  ;  on  condition  that  the 
 Deputies  ibould  meet  at  the  fame  place  again  on  the  ijtb. 
 of  December,  to  fee  whether  the  laid  promiles  were  per- 
 fbeDepH-'  formed  ;  and  to  confer  about  it  without  holding  the  form 
 ties  Gene-  of  an  Aitembly.    Neverthelefs,  in  order  to  make  them  com- 
 mlpAw-        10       ?  R°HVray  promised  to  add  fome  new  Arti- 
 "/fT.  w  cles  to  thofe  which  the  Synod  had  drawn  :  and  among  the 
 
 reft 
 
Vol.  II.      EM  of  Nantes.  ij? 
 
 reft  they  defird  that  whenever  there  (hould  tea  vacancy  of  i6ix. 
 the  Government  of  any  place  of  Surety ,  the  Churches 
 fhould  have  the  liberty  to  Nominate  three  Perfons  to  the 
 King,  out  of  which  he  mould  chufe  one  ;  That  what  had 
 been  retrench'd  out  of  the  Sum  promis'd  for  the  payment 
 of  the  Garrifons  (hould  be  reftar'd  ;  That  the  form  promised 
 by  the  Edict  of  tfjvtes,  mould  be  given  to  the  Chamber  of 
 the  Ed  id:  of  Paris;  That  the  Rffornttt  (hould  be  allow'd 
 to  Nominate  the  Perfon  that  (hould  Collect  the  Sums  that 
 (hould  be  given  to  them  for  the  maintenance  of  their  Garri- 
 fans  and  of  their  Minifters ;  and  fome  others  of  that  kind. 
 This  little  Aflembly  feem'd  to  exceed  the  bounds  of  their 
 power,  fince  that  according  to  the  Intention  of  the  Regu- 
 lation of  Saumur,  they  ought  not  to  have  exceeded  the 
 affair  of  St.  John  d'  A*f$h\  upon  the  account  of  wfveh  they 
 had  been  conven'd.  But  the  relation  of  that  affair  to  all 
 the  reft,  and  the  j^aloufies  occafionvl  by  little  things,  in 
 which  a  miftery  was  fufpeded,  made  them  pafs  over 
 thole  reflections.  And  pjuvray  could  obtain  nothing  with- 
 out thofe  Conditions- 
 
 RoHvray  having  made  his  report  to  the  Court,  the  ^folu>m 
 Queen  found  that  bare  words  would  not  fatisfie  Pen- JjjjJ.  *' 
 (ons  fo  well  relolvd:  but  ihe  thought  her  Authority  too 
 much  concerned  in  t!rj  continuation  of  that  Aflembly,  to 
 do  any  thing  at  their  icquefr.  Therefore  a  Council  was 
 held  on  purpofe  upon  thst  Subject,  in  which  it  was  refolvd 
 to  do  nothing  that  might  feem  to  be  granted  in  favour 
 of  that  Aflembly,  which  was  jcok'd  upon  as  unlawful  ; 
 To  forbid  Provincial  Councils  for  the  future  5  To  an- 
 fwer  the  other  Articles  neverthelefs  according  to  the 
 Queen's  promife  5  not  as  being  propos'd  by  that  Aflem- 
 bly which  was  reputed  unlawful,  but  as  contain'd  in  a 
 Petition  prefented  bv  the  Deputies  General  before  Houvra/s 
 Journey  s  To  pubiifli  a  new  Declaration ,  confirming  the 
 Edicts,  and  granting  a  general  Pardon  for  all  thofe  that 
 ihould  remain  within  the  bounds  of  ther  Allegiance.  The 
 faid  Refolution  ended  by  the  project  of  fending  the  Mar- 
 
 T  z  foals 
 
140  7 be  Hijlory  of  the      Book  II  I. 
 
 16  flials  of  France  to  perform  their  Circuit  or  Progrefs  in  their 
 refpedive  Provinces  according  as  it  had  been  pra&is'd  an- 
 ehet.  ciently,  and  according  to  the  obligation  of  their  faid  Office, 
 accompanied  with  Officers  of  Juflice  and  Force s,  to  check  and 
 punilh  the  Guilty,  and  to  aid  and  affift  the  Good.  This 
 was  a  threatning  refolution,  which  fignified  properly  that 
 they  would  oblige  the  Duke  de  Rohan  to  obey  by  force 
 of  Arms;  and  punifh  him  like  1  Rebel,  if  they  could  catch 
 him.  Thofe  Circuits  or  Progrefles  which  were  formerly 
 part  of  the  Civil  Government  of  the  Kingdom,  and  which 
 were  ordain'd  to  protect  the  weakeft  againft  the  ftrongeft, 
 and  toincourage  the  opprefs'd  to  complain,  finding  them- 
 felves  affifkd  by  Law  and  by  the  King's  forces  againft  the 
 migiit  of  the  oppreflors,  had  been  of  no  longer  continuance 
 than  Liberty.  They  had  been  fufpended  for  a  long  time  ; 
 and  confidering  the  behaviour  of  the  Court,  and  the  Pro- 
 grefs of  Aibitrary  Power,  it  was  eafie  to  Judge  that  they 
 would  not  be  re-eftablim'd;  or  that  they  would  not  be 
 u  «J  in  order  to  adminifter  Juftice.  The  Marfhal  de  Bou- 
 illon was  to  be  one  of  them,  that  it  might  not  feem  to  be 
 an  affiir  of  Religion  :  The  Marihal  de  Brijac  was  to  be 
 joyncd  to  him  in  that  Progrefs :  and  the  Forces  were  to  be 
 divided  as  well  as  the  Generals.  But  finally  whether  it 
 were  to  Coft  a  Province  or  two  ,  they  were  refolv'd  to 
 force  the  Duke  of  Rohan  to  obey  :  and  his  refinance  was 
 imputed  to  the  mildnefs  of  the  means  that  had  been  us'd 
 till  then  in  order  to  reduce  him. 
 Bmiiiper-  Nothing  of  all  this  was  put  in  execution,  but  the  De- 
 fuirid.  cjaration  tnat  was  publilh'd  within  a  week  after  it,  which 
 was  the  third  that  appear'd  that  year.  It  firfl  enlarg'd 
 upon  the  endeavours  the  King  had  us'd  to  maintain  Peace 
 among  his  Subje&s,  according  to  the  Maxim  of  the  late 
 Ke*>  De-  King,  who  having  granted  the  Edict  of  Nantes  in  order 
 daratien.  to  remove  all  the  fears  and  jealoufies  of  the  Reformyd  in 
 relation  to  the  Liberty  of  their  Perfons,  of  their  Confcien- 
 ces,  of  their  Honours,  and  of  their  Families,  had  happily 
 govcrn'd  his  People  in  peace  by  the  obfervation  of  that  E- 
 
 ditf, 
 
Vol  II.      EdiSt  of  Nantes.  141 
 
 lict,  of  the  fecret  Articles,  Breefs,  and  Settlements  made  i6iz- 
 j  confcquencc  thereof.    The  King  added  that  his  endea- 
 L'Ours  had  not  hinJer'd  his  Subjects  in  general,  and  even- 
 he  Reformed,  from  entertaining  jealouftes  of  each  other; 
 ■hich  had  indue' J  them  to  augment  their  Forces,  to  make 
 irovifion  of  Arms,  to  hold  Councils  and  Aflemblies :  which 
 ie  rather  imputed  to  an  ill  grounded  fear ,   than  to  ill 
 vill,  having  ever  found  the  generally  of  the  Reform  J 
 veil  affected  to  his  Service.    He  faid  that  the  bed  way  to 
 emedy  that  evil,  and  to  avoid  the  confequences  thereof, 
 vas  to  cbferve  the  Edicts  inviolably  :  in  order  whereunto 
 ie  order 'd  the  Edict  of  Sautes,  that  of  the  tid.  of  May 
 610    The  private  Articles,  the  Decrees,  the  Regulations 
 nd  other  Letters  expedited  in  confequence  thereof,  for  the 
 itcrpretation  of  the  execution  of  the  Edict,  to  be  read  and 
 ublilh'd  anew  in  the  Parliaments.    After  which  he  abo- 
 '  fh'd  all  Decrees,  Acts,  or  Proceedings,  and  Expeditions 
 jrade  agamft  the  Reformed  under  any  pretence  whatever  ; 
 ,nd  impos'd  a  perpetual  filence  to  his  Attornies  General, 
 •  itir  Subftitutes  and  all  others  upon  that  Subject;  by  rea- 
 4>n  that  he  was  of  opinion  that  the  infractions  committed 
 |y  the  Refowd,  only  proceeded  from  flight  jealoudes,  and 
 lot  from  ill  will  :  and  that  he  was  in  hopes  that  for  the  h> 
 :re  thev  wouid  keep  within  the  bounds  of  the  Edict.  FU 
 4 illy,  he  forbad  all  manner  of  Communication  of  Aflem- 
 lies,  the  cflabhihing  and  holding  of  Provincial  Councils, 
 lifing  of  men.  and  all  actions  directly  or  indirectly  contra- 
 j   to  the  Edicts,  on  pain  of  being  punilhed  as  diQurbersof 
 |e  publick  peace. 
 
 .This  Declaration  was  publifti'd  on  the  15th.  of  De-  Remtr^ 
 vnfor.    The  Spirit  and  Stile  of  the  others  appear'd  vifibly  %^hrf 
 i  it,  which  only  tended  to  reprefent  the  Reform  d  as  peo-  Ei,%i. 
 p  that  were  ever  ready  to  take  up  Arms.    Nothing  could 
 I  of  more  ufe  to  the  Court,  than  always  to  give  them  the 
 kime  even  of  the  injuftices   that  were  committed  a- 
 jinit  them.    The  project  of  their  Ruin  was  built  upon 
 tit  Foundation  ;  and  the  minds  of  the  People  had  been 
 
 prepaid 
 
ip  The  Hijlory  of  the      Book  IIL 
 
 1612.  prepar'd  fc  well  upon  that  Subject,  by  that  Policy,  that 
 ^■"V^-'  even  fome  of  the  Reformd  blam'd  the  fufpicions  and  fore- 
 cart  of  their  Brethren.    It  is  from  thence  that  the  exclaim- 
 ors  have  drawn  all  the  Common  Places  of  their  Invectives. 
 Nothing  can  be  more  fp< cous  in  appearence,  to  convince 
 die  Reformed  of  having  ever  had  a  Turbulent  Factions 
 inclination,  th an  to  produce  Pardons  upon  Pardons  granted 
 to  them  :  and  to  fee  the  prohibition  of  perfevering  in  their 
 enter prifes  daily  renea'd  againft  them  ;  However  the  jufti- 
 fication  of  their  Conduct  will  appear,  by  the  Remonftran- 
 ces  of  the  Parliaments,  and  by  the  Manifeftos  of  the  Prin- 
 ces, who  reproach'd  the  Queen  directly  with  th?  inobferva- 
 tion  of  the  Edicts.    But  before  I  proceed  to  that,  we  mufl 
 obferve  that  the  Reform d  were  fen  hole  of  the  Policy  of 
 thofe  Declarations ;  and  that  they  were  loth  to  receive 
 them,  by  reafon  that  they  knew  that  they  cone'em'd  them- 
 selves by  fubmitting  to  them.    Therefore  the  Deputies  of 
 The  eirde  the  Circle  being  come  to  Rochel  on  the  z$tb.  of  the 
 Affmhks  Month,  according  as  it  had  been  refolv'd  at  their  feparation, 
 ag',tn°      made  great  difficulties  upon  the  State  in  which  affairs  a p- 
 pear'd  to  them.They  were  neither  pleas'd  with  the  Declarati- 
 on,noryet  with  the  Anfwers  made  to  the  Deputies  General ; 
 becaufe  they  did  not  find  thofe  anfwers  in  Writing  altogether 
 conformable  to  thofe  they  had  receiv'd  a  month  before  from 
 Rouvray  in  the  Queen's  Name.    The  prohibition  of  Pro- 
 vincial Councils  troubled  them  more  than  all  the  reft  :  and 
 the  more  the  Court  feenvd  adverfe  to  allow  them,  the  more 
 Rochel  ft-  they  efteem'd  them  neceflary  for  their  fafety.  fnfomuch 
 f^ates     that  the  Deputies  General  were  oblig'd  to  ufe  their  utmoft 
 (JJJ4  L>    endeavours  toappeafe  them,and  Du  P  lefts  to  do  the  like  ?  all 
 which  proving  ineffectual,  the  City  of  Rochel  was  oblig'd  to 
 feperate  from  the  reft  of  the  Deputies,  and  to  declare  that 
 they  th'.  u  rht  there  was  no  further  neceffity  for  the  conti- 
 nuation of  the  Aflembly.    But  the  Duke  of  Rohan  being 
 come  thither,  in  order  to  make  them  alter  their  resolu- 
 tions by  his  prefence,  they  were  like  to  come  to  blows ; 
 and  to  oblige  the  Body  of  the  City  to  retra&.   The  May- 
 
Vol.  II.       Edfit  of  Nantes.  143 
 
 or  prevented  it,  by  fecunng  the  Cantons  that  could  make  161 
 him  the  ftrongeft.  Thus  to  avoid  making  War  with  the  ,*/V 
 Court,  the  Reformed  were  upon  the  point  of  waging  it 
 againft  one  another,  and  to  fpare  their  ancient  Enemies 
 the  trouble  to  ruin  them.  It  is  obfervable  that  the  May- 
 or and  President  of  Rcchel  were  lately  come  from  the  Court, 
 where  they  had  been  to  give  an  account  of  the  preceeding 
 Sedition:  and  that  the  good  Treatment  they  had  re- 
 ceiv'd  there,  had  difpos'd  them  to  follow  mild  Councils. 
 As  for  Du  Fietfis,  the  Court  rewarded  him  fome  years 
 after  it  tor  his  good  intentions  ;  by  taking  Sanmur  from 
 him  by  an  unworthy  Treachery  :  and  they  begun  with  him, 
 in  order  to  diftinguifh  him  from  the  reft. 
 
 The  Ailembly  being  therefore  no  longer  able  to  fubfift  Whkh 
 at  Rachel,  and  that  City  declaring  pofitivdy  that  they  were  an  end 
 far', shed  with  the  Queens  proceedings,  the  Duke  of  Rohan  ^/ro!; 
 who  dreaded  that  example  might  be  followed  by  o~ 
 rhers  ;  and  that  he  might  be  forfaken  as  foon  as  ever  his 
 City  was  artack'd  ;  that  thofe  reproaches  might  be  renew'd 
 again  ft  him  which  had  been  made  at  Saumttr,  that  he  only 
 aim'd  at  trouble  and  diforder,  to  make  himfelf  hea^  of  the 
 Party,  that  Duke,  T  fay,  fubmitted  like  the  reft,  and  fenta 
 Gertdeman  to  the  Queen,  to  exprefs  his  regret  to  her  for 
 'having  offended  her.  The  Queen  receivd  his  Submifiions; 
 and  what  ihc  had  promised  was  perform'd  La  Rocheheau- •  - 
 ctfur  entci'j  into  St  Jobnd'  Angely,  for  form  fake;  and  the 
 Qpeen  rernav*tJ  him  from  thence  within  a  tew  days  to  give 
 Ijhimthe  Government  of  Chat  entrant/.  However  the  Q  fa  :. 
 ''perfifted  in  the  resolution  not  to  tollerate  Provincial  Cow 
 cifct  but  after  having  been  folicited  by  the  Deputies  Ge- 
 neral, and  by  divers  Envoys  from  the  particular  Provinces  < 
 Da  Piejfis  having  alfo  folicited  very  earneftly  tor  it,  and 
 remonftrated  what  inconveniencies  might  ante  from  it,  in- 
 cafe  the  Provinces,  to  whom  thole  Council  feem'd  to  be 
 abfolutely  necelTary,  (hou-ld  refute  to  diflblve  them,  the 
 Queen  promts  tl  Verbally  to  tollerate  them,  provided  the 
 Churches  made  a  modeftuie  of  the  faid  Infticution  :  which 
 
144  The  Hiflory  of  the      Book  III. 
 
 i6n.  the  Deputies  General  acquainted  the  Churches  with  in 
 ^v^-  her  Name.    Thus  one  and  the  fame  thing  was  forbidden 
 
 Vtrbil pro- by.  a  publiefc  Law,  and  allow'd  of  by  a  fccrer  prc- 
 kfauPni  mi't:  iniornucn  that,  it  was  tafic  for  theO.u  en  to  take 
 x'.'ndai  the  advantage  or  the  Law  whenever  (he  pleased,  and  to 
 cordis,    forget  her  Promife., 
 
 Dedtrati.     However  thofe  troubles  did  not  end  until  the  beginning 
 
 t  °{  f'ie  ^C3r  ^Ut      fore   ue  'eaVe  tn's<  'c  W'N  be 
 
 refih'j up-  proper  to  obferve  that  the  Seeds  of  the  Civil  Wars  which 
 ozmth     uere  foon,  after  kind  ltd  in  the  Kingdom  were  (own  in  it. 
 P«n.     The  Queen  declai'd  publckly  that  the  Marriage' of  the 
 King  with  the  Infanta  of  Spain,  and  of  the  Infant  of  Spain 
 with  the  King's  eldeft  Sifter  were  agreed  upon.    She  chofe 
 the  z$tb  of  March  to  make  the  fa  id  Declaration,  a  day  de- 
 dicated to  the  Solemnity  which  the  Catholicks  call  the  An* 
 wmciation.    Three  days  of  rejoycing  were  made  upon  that 
 account,  in  which  n  prodigious  diflipation  was  made  of  the 
 remainder  of  Su/Jyy$  Husbandry.    The  Duke  of  May  erne 
 was  fent  into  Spai*Yio  Sign  the  Articles  between  the  King 
 and  the  Infanta  5  and  at  his  return  he  brought  back  with 
 him  the  Duke  de  Pajirana,  to  Sign  thofe  of  the  Infant 
 and  of  the  King's  eldeft  Sifter.    That  affair  offended  the 
 Prince  of  Conde,  and  the  Count  de  Soijfom  to  a  high  de- 
 gree, becaufe  it  had  not  been  communicated  to  them-  They 
 retir'd  from  Court  upon  that  pretence ;  but  their  anger  did 
 not  laft  long  j  and  their  confent,  their  fignature,  and  their 
 what  of-    return  were  bought  with  fome  gratifications.    The  mod 
 Srfiwi  prudent  among  the  French,  likewife  were  difpleas'd,  to  find 
 mtn.       thofe  Marriages  concluded  fo  foon  after  Henry  the  IV. 
 Death,  who  had  exprefsd  fo  much  repugnancy  towards 
 them ;  and  that  thofe  fums  mould  be  expended  in  Turna- 
 ments  and  Balls  which  had  been  laid  up  for  greater  defigns ; 
 That  they  fhould  ferve  to  pay  the  vain  Pomps  which  ex- 
 prefsd the  joy  of  an  alliance  with  their  greateft  Enemies ; 
 That  what  he  had  defigod,  to  make  War  againft  thtm,  to 
 break  the  Fetters  they  defign'd  to  Impole  upon  Europe, 
 Ihould  ferve  to  ftiow  publickly  that  they  renounc'd  thofe 
 
 glorious 
 
Book  III.      EdiB  of  Names. 
 
 glorious  projects  ;  and  that  France  Ihould  fliamefully  adhere 
 to  the  progrefs  of  a  Houfe  which  aim'd  at  the  Univerfal 
 Monarchy. 
 
 But  no  body  was  more  concern'd  at  it  than  the  Reform  Jt 
 by  rcafon,  that  befides  the  general  reafons  in  which  they 
 agreed  with  the  reft  to  difapprovc  the  faid  Marriages,  they 
 had  particular  ones  which  only  related  to  themfelves.  They 
 law  as  well  as  every  body  elfc  that  Sp.iin  had  a  great  af- 
 cendant  in  the  Council  of  Fr.v-;:e ;  and  that  not  having  been 
 able  to  opprefs  Europeby  the  ruin  of  that  Kingdom,  they 
 endeavcur'd  to  lucceed  in  it,  by  joyning  the  intereftsof 
 the  State  to  theirs,  under  pretence  ot'  Allyance  and  Friend- 
 fhip.  They  faw  that  Sp.iix  did  precipitate  an  affair  which 
 was  not  ripe  yet,  in  marrying  of  Children  before  the  Age 
 m  which  Nature  rendess  them  capable  of  it;  which  alone 
 was  lurTiclcnt  to  give  violent  fufpicions  of  fome  hidden  de- 
 f?a>  They  could  not  forefee  whether  Marriages  of  this 
 Nature,  being  only  promifes  which  may  always  be  re- 
 tracted, might  not  prove  a  trick  of  Spain,  which  had  for- 
 me ly  play  a  the  t:ke  ;  and  who  would  break  that  Pro- 
 ject, as  foon  as  they  mould  want  the  Allyance  of  another 
 Prince.  The  Negotiators,  which  were  the  Pope  and  the 
 great  Duke,  were  mfne&ed  by  them,  as  perfons  that  de- 
 fied their  ruin.  The  Duke  Ae  Mtyenne  chofen  among 
 Co  miny  others  for  the  Embafly  of  Spain,  he  who.'e  Name 
 only  feem'd  to  revive  the  League,  created  a  thbufand  fufpi- 
 cions in  them.  Finally,  they  kne.v  that  at  the  nrft  propo- 
 rtion that  had  been  made  of  thofe  Marriages,  an  Article 
 had  been  inferted  in  it  relating  to  them  .•  and  that  the  .Ca- 
 tholicks  exfpecled  to  fan&ifie  thofe  Marriages  by  the  de- 
 finition of  Here  fie.  Thofe  thoughts  had  run  in  the  minds 
 of  thofe  who  had  infpir'd  the  defire  of  War  into  the  Duke 
 of  Rohan  :  but  whereas  the  caufe  of  the  difidence  rcroain'd 
 ftill  after  the  accomodation  of  that  afTair,  and  the  fepara- 
 tion  of  the  AfTembly  of  ficcbel,  peoples  mmds  were  ftill 
 ready  to  take  fire,  when  the  Prince  exprefsd  new  dis- 
 contents. 
 
 U  The 
 
i+<f  The  Hiftory  of  the      Book  II U 
 
 i6n«  The  noife  that  was  made  at  Rccbel  to  hinder  the  con- 
 F^rTicTi  r^nua^on  °f  the  Aflembly,  was  foon  appeas'd  But  there 
 bandmstbe  happened  an.  affair  at  Wmes  which  did  not  end  lb  eafily. 
 Minfiry.  Ferrier  who  lud  been  depriv'd  of  the  profeffion  of  Theology, 
 and  of  the  Miniftry  he  had  exerted  at  Nines,  by  the  Na- 
 tional Synod,  not  being  fatisned  with  the  Church  of  Mow 
 tcl'imar  where  he  was  fent  ;  reiblv'd  to  try  whether  the 
 Court  would  alTift  him  in  order  to  be  reftoi'd  or  give 
 him  fome  recompence  for  what  he  had  loft  by  his  comp'ai- 
 f.-.nce  for  them.  He  obtain'd  a  Counfellors  p!acein  the 
 Prefidial  of  N/mes  :  and  after  having  rcceiv'd  his  Patents 
 for  it,he  refolvd  to  officiate  it  himfel'.  The  MiniPers  of  Fam 
 and  others  uAi  their  utmoft  endeavours  to  put  that 
 fancy  out  of  his  head,as  foon  as  theyknew  it.  Moreover  they 
 obtain'd  a  promife  from  him  that  he  would  obey  the  Synod 
 but  he  broke  it,-  arjd  to  add  treachery  to  defertion  ,  he 
 abandon'd  his  Religion,  and  yet  profefs'J  it  ftill  outward'y. 
 And  it  is  thought  that  he  liv'J  in  that  lhameful  diffimulati- 
 cn  !qng  before  he  quited  his  Miniflry.  His  Church  up- 
 braided him  for  it,  and  he  partly  confeft  it,  as  will  appear 
 by  the  Sequel. 
 
 Hreceiv'd  As  foon  as  he  came  to  Nime j,  in  order  to  be  received  in 
 Ceunfeilar  his  new  OfHcev  the  Confiflory  having  notice  of  it,  endea- 
 afNimcs.  vour'j  to  oppofe  it  i  and  being  affiled  by  the  Confuls  and 
 Confular  Council,  they  defir'd  the  Prefidial  to  defer  the  re- 
 ception of  Ferrier,  becaufe  there  were  realons  to  hinder  it, 
 which  they  would  give  his  Majefty  an  account  of,  by  moft 
 humble  remonflranccs.  ferrier  had  forefeen  thofe  difficul- 
 ties ;  riot  doubting  but  the  City  and  Church  would  look 
 upon  his  enterprifeas  a  Bravado.  And  indeed  he  had  on- 
 ly chofen  that  imployment  to  brave  his  Enemies  :  and 
 whereas  they  knew  him  to  be  a  giddy  headed  haughty 
 revengeful  Man,  they  were  fencible  that  he  would  prove 
 infupportable  to  thofe  who  had  contributed  towards  his 
 difgrace,  being  in  pofTeffion  of  a  place  of  Juftice.  But  as 
 the  fame  reafons  which  made  others  fear  him,  made  him  the 
 more  defirous  of  it,  he  had  taken  precautions  againft  thofe 
 
 oppc- 
 
Vol.  II.       EdiH  of  Nantes.  14.7 
 
 oppcfitions  before  his  departure  trom  Parts.  He  had  brought  1 6 1 
 fucli  pofitive  and  fucii  prelling  Letters  from  the  Court, 
 that  the  PrefiJial  ether  thought,  or  feigned,  that  they 
 could  not  defer  his  reception.  So  that  he  was  receiv'd 
 notu  ithftanJmg  the  oppofitions  of  the  Confiftory  :  but 
 whereas  he  had  rejected  the  re  mo  n  ft  ranees  of  that  Com- 
 panv  upon  his  enterprife,  thev  excommunicated  him  after 
 fcveral  proceedings,  being  atti.led  by  the  advice  of  fome 
 Mmificrs.  and  of  lome  Elmers  of  c  le  neighbouring  Churches, 
 as  QcpttKB  from  t he  Synod  o;  the  Province  to  ft  engthen 
 them.  The  Excommunication  was  pronoune'don  rhe  i^'h.  A^iUEx. 
 of  j .«.')*.  Notwithftanumg  which  terrier  in  order  to  brave  c™™n:~ 
 the  Confiftory  with  more  haughtinefs,  cau^'d  himfelt  to 
 be  conducted  to  tne  Palace  by  the  Provoil  and  his  Men. 
 He  was  sstack'd  at  his  coming  back,  firft  by  the  Children, 
 who  threw  gourds  and  raii'd  at  him  ;  by  degreesfome  of  the 
 Common  Pi  o?le  jovn'd  with  them  without  Arras.  Ferrisr 
 finding  htmlelf  preft,  reth'd  in  a  Magiftrates  houfe  :  but  a 
 Cat  hoi  .ck  Counfellor  who  was  with  him.  pafs'd  through 
 the  Croud  .with  fait  receiving  the  leaft  affront,  or  injury, 
 by  worJ  or  d:ed.  Soon  a.rcr  which  tome  bddjj  crying 
 out  of  rhe  Hjuie  in  which  Ferrisr  had  retir'd  hivtielf, 
 that  fome  of  them  would  be  hang'J,  that  threatri.ig  txVpe- 
 rated  the  People  irrflead  of  fnghtmng  them.  However 
 thiv  had  fo  much  cooGderarion  in  their  fjrv  a?  not  to 
 conSound  others  with  Ftrri&r ;  and  to  ihow  that  they  on- 
 ly aim'd  at  him  ,  Ihofe  mutineers  quited  the  houfe  in 
 which  he  was,  and  attack'd  and  fore'd  his,  niter  his  Ser- 
 vants had  derended  it  a  long  time  with  Stones.  The 
 Mimllert  who  came  thither  in  order  to  apixvfe  the  tumult; 
 received  fome  Stones  from  the  Houle,  which  incens'd  the 
 Rabble  to  the  utmort  extremity :  So  that  without  reipedk- 
 ing  either  the  Conluls,  Judges,  or  Mtnifters  they  broke 
 down  the  doors,  piunder'd  and  burnt  all  the  goods,  and 
 omitted  nothing  that  an  enrag'd  multitude  is  capable  of 
 doing.  However  it  was  obferv'd  that  a  Frakcifian  ,  and 
 lome  PneOs  pafling  through  the  crowd,  in  the  height  of 
 
 U  i  the 
 
14-8  'Ihe  Hijlorj  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1613.  the  Sedition  received  no  manner  of  outrage.  Finally,  the 
 firft  Conful  appeas'd  the  people  ,  and  in  order  to  cool 
 that  firft  heat,  a  Minifter  made  a  Prayer  upon  the  place, 
 to  b.gof  Almighty  God  to  calm  their  hearts.  The  Prayer 
 was  tVatkned  unto  with  as  much  Tra  nquility,  as  if  the  au< 
 diturs  thoughts  had  all  been  calm. 
 Dingeme  ^n  ine  wean  time  the  Confuls  placd  Guards  at  the  Gates, 
 of  rteun-and  in  divers  parts  of  the  City,  and  took  precautions,  as  if 
 ^r^te  they  had  been  fearful  of  a  lurpnfe.  Their  defign  was  to 
 caule  the  Gates  to  be  opened  in  the  night,  under  pre tenet  of 
 difcovering  what  was  cone  without,  in  order  to  let  Ferrier 
 gtt  out  or  the  City  w:th  the  Souldiers  undifcovered.  The 
 better  toon  tr  their  ck  fign, they  gave  out  that  they  had  re- 
 ceiv'd  certain  intelligence  that  there  was  a  defjgn  on  foot 
 againft  theCity,and  that  their  Enemies  dehgn'd  to  take  the  ad- 
 vantage of  that  popular  rifing  to  put  it  in  execution  However 
 they  durft  not  venture  to  put  him  out  the  firft  day,  left  th? 
 people  being  hot  ftill  (hould  perceive  it .  and  the  next  day 
 they  coiud  not5by  reafon  that  the  word  happen'd  to  be  given 
 double  at  the  Gate  where  they  deftgn'd  to  pafs,  without 
 knowing  how  it  C3me  about.  Baton  the  17th.  they  got 
 him  out,  and  they  found  fome  of  the  Conftables  Gens-d'* 
 armes  who  expected  him,  in  order  to  Guard  him.  A  Corps 
 de  Guard  was  placed  in  his  Houfe  for  the  fecurity  of  his 
 Wife  who  was  ready  to  Lye  In:  but  (he  alfo  left  the  City 
 within  8  or  10  days  time  by  her  Husbands  order,  who  had 
 a  mind  to  have  anoccafion  roinftft  in  his  Complaints,on  the 
 circumftauce  of  his  Wives  condition,  to  aggravate  the  Vio 
 lence  of  the  People,  he  took  his  time  fo  well  in  order  there- 
 unto that  fhe  was  delivered  between  Nimes  and  Baitcaire  which 
 are  but  three  Leagues  diitant  from  each  other;  falling  in  La- 
 bour by  the  way.  During  thefe  Tranfactions  the  People  had 
 deftroyeda  Country  Houfe  which  did  belong  to  Ferrk r ;  had 
 feil'd  the  Trees,  rooted  the  Vines,  and  committed  other  dif- 
 orders.-  and  the  Judges  having  Imprifoned  fome  of  the  Sedi- 
 tious to  frighten  the  reft,  they  were  refcucd  with  violence  | 
 but  yet  at  the  fame  time  the  Mutineers  were  careful  not  to 
 let  other  Prifoners  efcape.  Ferrier 
 
Book  III      SdiBof  Nantes.  149 
 
 Ferrkr  being  fafe,  the  laid  War  dwindled  to  writings  1613. 
 on  both  fides  5  both  Parties  being  delirojs  to  avoid  the  J^T^ 
 reproach  of  it.  The  Referred  accus*'d  Pettier  of  a  fordid  'i'X^ 
 Avarice,  which  made  him  detain  the  Sal'ary  of  the  Work- 
 men that  work'd  for  him  :  and  they  pretended  that  the 
 Children  of  thole  if  paid  Workme  n  had  begun  the  Sediti- 
 on. They  upbraided  him  with  having  taken  Pentlons  from 
 Hcmy  the  4//;,  and  horn  Lewis  the  \yh  to  betray  his  Bre- 
 thren ,  and  to  reveal  their  Secrets:  that  he  had  been  wa- 
 veiirg  in  hi-:  Religions  fomcrimes  promifing  the  Catholicks 
 to  change  and  then  again  profiling  the  Reform  d  to  per- 
 ftvere  :  That  he  had  tola  fome  pcrfons  that  he  had  preach'd 
 the  Do&rine  of  Jefus  Chrift  for  L6  years>,  without  believ- 
 ing in  him  :  That  he  had  fpoken  of  the  Incarnation  of  the 
 Son  of  God,  in  fuch  horrid  Terms,  that  Paper  could  not 
 bearihem:  That  ever  (ir.ee  the  death  oiHemy  the4>/j  his 
 manner  of  preaching  had  biren  Seditious  5  that  the  Catho- 
 licks and  Reform d  had  made  equal  complaints  againft  him 
 to  the  Duke  dc  Vcntadour^  who  had  been  oblig'd  to  re- 
 primand him  :  That  he  had  endeavour'd  to  draw  his  Co!- 
 legues  into  a  Sedition:  That  he  had  proposd  means  to 
 ruin  the  Churches/  That  he  had  fupposM  Calumnious  Let- 
 ters under  other  peoples  names  :  HI  adiiun.ftr'd  fuchthings 
 as  he  had  been  int-rui  ted  with:  Converted  the  Money  of 
 the  Accadc -my  and  of  the  Church  to  his  own  ufe,  which 
 had  been  proved  againft  him  in  the  Synod  of  Pr/M/^and 
 m  general  that  his  Life  and  Conversion  was  neither  Cita- 
 ble to  the  Catholick  or  Reform  d  Doctrine. 
 
 He  deny'd  part  of  thole  accusations  :  but.  he  excus'd  the  _^>r 
 -eft*  as  it  he  had  had  reasons  to  do  it.    He  called  the.  be-*/ fritter- 
 raying  ot  their  Secrets,  which  the  Refmu'd  upbraided  him 
 vkh  as  a  piece  of  Treachery,  Fidelity  to  the  King  :  What 
 he\  cah'd  I  enfions  to  betray  them,  a  recommence  for  his 
 ;ood  Services:  Thcfe  Sermons  as  tb*y  ftilVi  Seditious,  tree 
 nd  (ulcere  Dilcourlcs^  in  which  he  Ijpokefois  mind  content 
 oufly  about  die  then  State  ArrYirs.    He  ackneAvtedg'd  tha-t 
 £  had  Preach'd  Do&rkes  contrary  to  thofe  of  the  Rtfow W5 
 
15©  The  Hiftory  of  the     Book  III. 
 
 1 6  s  3  but  he  laid  that  they  were  new  lights  which  he  had  difco- 
 ^^^ver'd  in  Catholick  Books,  which  had  opened  his  eyes  about 
 many  errors  of  his  own  Religion.    This  was  found  in  the 
 Appologies  which  either  himfelf  or  thejefuics  did  Print. 
 However,  this  Sedition  had  no  other  confequence  than  the 
 Transferring  of  the  Prefidial  of  Nimt  to  Beaxcarfe.    It  was 
 ■ordain  tl  fo  by  a  Decree  from  the  Council,   which  gave 
 this  rtafon  for  it,  that  they  could  no  longer  fit  at  Nimes 
 there  toadminiikr  Juftice  without  danger.    But  the  City 
 having  (atished  the  Court  by  a  uVedt-    obedience  5  and 
 other  couliderable  Cities,   which  lookM  upon  the  con fe- 
 quene  e  of  that  Affair  to  be  general, -having  jo vn'd  their  in- 
 treaties  to  theirs  in  order  to  obtain  the  revocation  of  that 
 Decree, they  obt  iin'dit  eafily.  Ferrier  being  crtudy  mortified 
 by  the  ill  fuccefs  of  his  Enterprifes,  and  irreconcileable  with 
 the  RefornPd  that  abhor 'd  him,  comforted  himfelf  with  the 
 love  of  the  Catholick*,  who  look'd  upon  him  (till  to  be  of 
 fome  nfe.    He  liv'd  a  long  while  after  that  miferable  Ca- 
 Anihis    taftroPne5  and  the  Court  where  he  was  favour'd  by  the 
 *tid.       -Jefuits,  honoured  him  at  'J aft  with  a  place  of  Connfellor  of 
 Stare.    There  is  a  Pamphlet  of  his  in  which  he  makes  the 
 Elogy  of  Cardinal  de  Richelieu^  whole  Miniftry  Afforded  a 
 Theme  to  a  thoufand  Satyrs.    He  never  was  fo  firm  a 
 Catholick,  but  that  he  ftill  gave  the  Reformed  hopes  of  joyn- 
 ing  with  them  again  But  whereas  there  was  no  fortune  to  be 
 expected  in  their  Service,   efpecially   af;er  the  decay  of 
 their  Affairs,  he  perfifted  to?the  end  in  the  Roman  Religion, 
 which  anfwered  his  Ambition  and  Vanity. 
 Reconcile-     The  Duke  de  Rohan  who  had  only  made  an  agreement 
 mentoftbe  with  the  Court  by  Force  had  preferv'd  fome  refentments 
 RohaiW  againft  thofe  who  had  put  that  Violence  upon  him  :and  the 
 the  Mar-  Commiffioners  of  the  Synod  had  not  been  able  to  prevail 
 fhatde    with  mm  to  enter  into  the  Reconciliation  which  the  other 
 oul  ^  great  ones  had  fign'd.    The  end  of  thofe  Broils  giving  peot 
 pie  time  to  breath,  the  Negociations  of  that  Accomodation 
 were  refum'd  :  but  with  fome  difficulty  at  fir  ft,  by  reafon 
 that  there  was  fome  coldnefs  between  the  Duke  and  du 
 
 Plejfis 
 
Vol.  II.        EdiBof  Nantes.  151 
 
 Plejfis,  who  was  very  ufeftil  to  prevail  upon  people.  The  1613. 
 (aid  coldnefc  proceeded  from  that  du  Plejfis  had  broken  all  ^v^-' 
 the  Dukes  meafures  at  Rcchel  by  his  Credit  and  Prudence. 
 However  as  they  had  a  great  refpeet  for  each  other,  they 
 wereeafily  reconcii'd.  They  met  in  a  Houfc  belonging  to 
 the  Dukes  Mother,  where  after'ibme  difcourfe  they  remain'd 
 very  well  fctis'fid  with  each  other.  Moreover  the  Duke 
 promis'd  to  live  civily  with  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  when 
 he  mould  go  for  Paris  $  and  whereas  the  reafons  which  made 
 him  take  that  refolution.  were  grounded  upon  thePubiick 
 goo  U  and  the  Service  of  the  Churches,  the  Marmal  reli- 
 fried  them  as  well  as  he,  and  promis'd  the  fame  thing.  But 
 yet  jealoufiedid  not  allow  them  toenterain  any  real  friend- 
 mip  or  confidence  in  each  other. 
 
 The  Sheriffs  of  Saumur  made  an  attempt  that  year,  which  Attempts  & 
 fhow'd  that  du  Plejfis  moderation  expos'd  him  more  thafl/MMp 
 any  other  to  the  attempts  of  his  Enemies.    They  fufFer'd  cf  umuE" 
 themftlves  to  be  perfuaded  to  call  a  Jefuit  into  their  City, 
 to  Preach  there  during  the  Otfavc,  which  the  Catholicks  call 
 Corpus  Chrijii.  The  ihing  was  of  confequence  had  it  fucceeded,^ 
 and  the  exampLjwould  have  been  great  had  du  Plejfis  fufTer'd it  \ 
 to  incline  the  Governours  of  the  other  places  of  furetv  ib  • 
 do  the  fame.  Theref re;  the  Jefttits  of  la  Fleche  had  thought  fit 
 to  begin  with  Saumur,  and  had  made  an  agreement  with  the 
 Officers,  and  the  body  of  the  City  to  fend  them  a  Preacher. 
 The  Sheriffs  and  the  others  had  much  ado  to'delift  from  1 
 that  Pretention,  although  du  Plejfis  gave  them  to  under- 
 hand that  having  betides  the  ufual  Prielts,  three  fons  of 
 Monks  in  the  City,  they  had  no  occafton  for  a  Jefuit  $  and 
 that  he  fhowed  them  that  thofe  of  that  Robe  were  exclu- 
 ded out  of  the  Cities  of  Surety,  by  the  Aniwers  to  the  *  f 
 *  Cahiers.    They  expected  to  obtain  his  confent  by  Civility  f 
 and  Intreaties  :  but  finally, he  being  pofitive  not  to  grant  it  '  ' 
 to  them,  and  they  not  to  difift  from  their  enter  prile,  he 
 was  oblig'd  to  obtain  an  order  from  above.    The  Queen 
 granted  it  according  to  her  promifes,  and  to  the  defire  of 
 du  Plejfis  5  and  me  caus'd  the  Jefuit  to  be  countermanded 
 ier(el£  The 
 
m  The  Hi/lory  of  the      Vol.  II  • 
 
 1614.      The  Chamber  of  the  Edid  of  Paris  revers'd  a  fentence 
 VO^V  of  the  Judge  of  Orleans  that  year,who  had  adjudged  a  Le- 
 the'cltm-  £-1cY  given  by  a  Lady  of  Quality  for  the  maintenance  of 
 to  of  the  the  Minifrers  and  Poor  of  that  City,  to  the  Hofpitals  of 
 m,  "/  ;     the  ftki  Cut  and  of  Rcmorantin.   The  like  proceedings  hap- 
 j  Li.'ui  often  :  The  Inferior   Judges  commonly  exprefs'd  a 
 great  deal  of  Paliion  in  the  affairs  of  the  Edid  5  and  made 
 no  difficulty  to  violate  the  cleareft  difpoficions  of  it  by 
 their  judgments.     But  the  Chambers  were   more  equi- 
 table :  and  whereas  none  but  cholen  Judges  were  imploy'd 
 there  (till,   whole  Righteoufhefs  and  Moderation  were 
 know,  they  often  reformed  what  the  Inferior  Judges  had 
 judpVl  amifs.     But  that  very  year  the  King  granted  an 
 ihibBif   ^        to  t^ie  ^fo°P  °f  Mornpellicr,    which  the  Reform' d 
 If  Mom-  thought  they  had  reafon  to  complain  of    He  gave  or 
 peilier  up-  confirm'd  to  the  Bifhop  the  right  of  making  Regulations, 
 vef/h^"1'  ^or  r^e  Covemment,    or  Reformation  of  the  Univerfity  3 
 To  take  an  Oath  from  all  fuch  as  were  admitted  into  their 
 Body,  or  that  injoyed  any  of  their  Offices  $  and  generally 
 to  authorife  their  Ads.    This  under  pretence  of  doing  an 
 ad  of  Juftice,  was  a  Cruel  incroachment  upon  the  Reformed 
 of  that  City,  who  were  much  more  powerful  than  the 
 Catholicks,  and  who  pretended  that  the  laid  Right  belong- 
 ed lawfl illy  to  the  Body  of  the  City,  over  whom  the  Bi- 
 fhaps  would  ufurp  it.    The  fubjeding  of  them  to  the  Au- 
 thority of  the  Bifhop,  was  the  moregrevious  to  them  by 
 realon  that  he  was  an  undertaking  malicious  perlon,  who 
 fpent  all  his  time  in  contriving  to  trouble  others  for  his 
 own  advantage.    His  name  was  Fenouillet :    and  he  was 
 indebted  for  his  advancement  to  the  Duke  of  Sully.  The 
 -  laid  Lord  had  obtained  the  Bifnopwrick  of  Poitiers  for  him 
 from  Henry  the  4/^,  and  that  of  Mompcl/ier  becoming  va- 
 cant about  the  fame   time,  he  got  him  translated  to  it. 
 But  tho  Fenouillet  was  indebted  to  a  Reformed  Lord  for  his 
 Dignity,  it  did  not  hinder  him  from  r'oing  a  thouiand  mif- 
 chiefs  to  the  others  5  nor  to  declare  himfelf  upon  occafion 
 oneof  their  moft -inveterate  Periecutors.    He  did  not  want 
 
 Eloquence 
 
Vol.  II.  EdiU  of  Nantes.  153 
 
 Eloquence:  and  when  Lewis  the  13th  Befieg'd  MowpcHier 
 in  1622,  he  harrangud  that  Prince  in  fo  violent  a  manner, 
 that  the  Inhabitants  of  the  raid  City  would  have  had  reafon 
 to  expect:  the  utmolt  Extremities,  it  they  had  not  been 
 able  to  defend  themfelves.  This  Edict  was  made  about 
 two  years  before  it  was  verified,  by  reafon  that  the  oppofi- 
 Oons  of  the  City  made  the  Court  judge  that  alTnir  to  be 
 ofconfequence:,  an  1  that  the  State  was  ibimbroh'd,  that:  it 
 would  have  been  a  rafhnefs  to  haveexafperated  the  Reform  d. 
 The\  might  have  given  a  potent  re-enforcement  by  their 
 Union,  to  thofe  that  were  difatisfied  with  the  Regency. 
 
 The  Princes  were  very  much  difati.sfied  with  it  and  r^«4« 
 with  much  reafon.  The  extraordinary  favour  of  the  ^QQ^ 
 Marquifs  d'  Ancre,  an  Italian  of  little  ment,  efteefB^d  oiaftbe 
 obfeure  Birth,  and  who  could  not  fo  much  as  (peak  French,  p,lncet' 
 went  fo  far  that  every  body  murmur'd  at  it  5  the  Prin- 
 ces having  no  mare  in  the  ArTiirs,  and  that  Stranger  alone 
 governing  according  to  his  pleafure.  The  Prince  ofConde, 
 the  Count  de  Soijjons.  the  Dukes  Longuevil/e^nd  deVendontc, 
 de  Mayenne  and  de  Ntvers,  and  fome  others  united  them- 
 felves againffc  the  Favourite:  <ome  were  indue'd  to  it  upon 
 the  account  of  Pride  01  Jnterefc,  others  upon  the  account 
 of  Amours,  or  fntrigues.  The  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  was 
 the  hot  eft  o(  all  of  them  and  he  was  the  Mediator  of  the 
 laid  Union.  He  had  entertain'd  hopes  to  advance  hi m- 
 fclt  in  the  affairs  of  the  State,  and  to  gain  the  favour  of  that 
 Princefsby  his  Complaifance.  But  after  that  Princefs  had  ob- 
 uin'd  the  Service  (he  expected  from  him,  he  was  neglected 
 like  the  reft  :  Whither  it  were  that  (he  oblerv'd  that  he  had 
 not  fo  much  power  over  the  Reform' d  as  he  pretended,  or 
 that  (tie  was  difpleas'd  that  after  having  engag'd  herlelf  rely- 
 ing upon  his  Credit,  to  refufe  (everal  things  to  the  AHembly 
 of  Saumur,  die  had  been  oblig'd  to  grant  the  fame  things  at 
 divers  times,  one  after  another  }  whereby  (he  had  loft  the 
 Fruit  of  her  Favours,  by  reafon  that  they  were  granted  by 
 lorce  and  outof  feafon.  So  that  the  Marfhal  onlv  fucceed 
 ?d  in  lofing  pjrt  of  the  confidence  the  Reformed  did  repoie 
 
 X  111 
 
154-  The  Hijlorj  of  the      Book.  UK 
 
 1614.  in  him,  and  drew  powerful  Enemies  upon  him.  Inor- 
 >y>>r^  der  to  remedy  that  lofi,  he  difpos'  d  the  Princes  to  exprefs 
 their  refentments:  and  whereas  he  was  us'd  to  put  the 
 Name  of  the  Reform  d  at  the  Head  of  all  his  Proportions, 
 he  did  not  fail  to  offer  them  all  their  Forces.  The  Duke 
 of  Rohan  was  a  great  obft acle  for  him .  Their  R  econciliation 
 had  not  ftifled  their  mutual  difidencies.  He  could  do  no- 
 thing without  him,  by  reafbn  that  he  had  a  great  Power 
 in  Saintongc,  in  lower  Guyenne,  and  in  Poitou,  three  con- 
 fidcrable  Provinces.  The  Marlhal  de  Bouillon  was  afraid 
 that  i^cafe  he  ihould  enter  into  the  Union  he  would  grow 
 too  Powerful  :  but  yet  the  Prince  of  Conde  invited  him  to 
 it.  He  found  him  very  willing  to  joyn  with  him,  by  rea- 
 fon  of  the  laft  difcontents  he  had  receiv'd  from  the  Qeen  : 
 N  Moreover,  the  Princes  putting  the  Inexecution  oftheEdifts 
 among  the  reafons  of  their  retreat,  and  obliging  themfelves 
 to  obtain  a  reparation  of  the  fame,  it  was  a  ftrong  motive 
 to  engage  him  into  their  party,  by  reafon  that  it  feem'd. 
 to  be  very  advantageous  to  the  Churches. 
 
 Therefore  he  feem'd  to  harken  to  it,  and  lent  Hautefin- 
 2?kohM  Xaim  n*s  Confident  at  the  Conference  where  the  Princes 
 enters  into  treated  of  a  Peace.    This  being  joyn'd  to  the  Artifices  of 
 iu         the  Duke  de  Bouillon  made  the  Queen  fb  jealous  of  him, 
 that  (he  refblv'd  to  take  his  Place  of  Colonel  of  the  S wit- 
 hers from  him,   which  the  prefented  to  Baffompierre,  the 
 fineft  Gentleman  of  the  Court,  and  who  was  moft  in  her 
 favour  at  that  time.    The  Duke  freely  refign'd  his  place, 
 and  took  a  recompence  for  it,  which  he  thought  better 
 than  to  expofe  himlelf  to  lole  it,  without  the  lead:  advan- 
 tage ,  by  refuting  it  :  befides  his  Sallary  was  not  very  well 
 paid.    The  Marlhal  de  Bouillon  had  had  the  cunning  to  con- 
 ceal the  (hare  he  had  in  the  difcontents  of  the  Princes  from 
 his  Confidents ;  and  in  order  to  make  all  the  fufpicious  of  the 
 Artifices  of  Court  full  upon  Duke  de  Rohan,  he  had  only  mention  d  it  to 
 the  war-       Friends.  So  that  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  feem'd  to  have  no 
 Bouillon,  ftare  in  thofe  Intrigues,  altho  he  was  the  head  of  them :  and 
 he  behaved  himfelf  fb  prudently  that  he  became  the  Mediator 
 
 of 
 
Vol.  Hi       Ediftvf  Nantes;  m 
 
 of  thern.  The  Queen  being  deceiv'd  by  that  Policy,  or  1614* 
 feemingfo  to  be,  imploy'd  him  to  quench  thoie  riling  Flames:  ^/v^ 
 and  he  had  the  Art  to  deferve  the  thanks  of  both  fides  in 
 an  Affair  which  he  had  promoted  himfelf.  The  Duke  of 
 Rohan  was  of  no  other  ufe  to  him  than  to  make  the  Queen 
 dread  the  Princes  the  more,  in  order  to  oblige  her  to  grant 
 them  better  Conditions  5  and  to  make  the  Princes  accept 
 an  accomodation  the  (boner,  left:  they  fhould  be  too  much 
 obligM  to  that  Rival  of  his  Glory,  incafe  he  ihould  pro- 
 ceed to  a  Declaration  of  War. 
 
 The  Princes  withdrew  to  Mczieres,  a  place  blonging  Repeat 
 to  the  Duke  de  Nevers  ,  near  Sedan,  which  was  ver>  Jf£ 
 conveniently  feated ,  either  to  receive  foreign  Sue-  Primes. 
 cours,  incafe  they  could  obtain  any,  or  to  fly  out  of 
 the  Kingdom  incafe  they  were  reduced  to  that  necefiity. 
 The  Duke  de  Vendon/e  was  not  able  to  follow  the  reft, 
 bv  reafon  that  he  was  ftopt  at  Paris  as  foon  as  their 
 retreat  had  been  known  :  but  having  foon  after  made 
 his  Efcape  he  repairM  into  Bretagne  of  which  he  had  the 
 Government,  in  order  to  make  the  people  take  Arms  there. 
 They  publifh'd  a  kind  of  Manifefto  in  all  their  Names,  in 
 the  form  of  a  Letter  from  the  Prince  of  Conde  to  the  Queen. 
 He  complain'd  in  it  of  all  the  Diforders  that  were  oblerv'd 
 in  all  the  parts  of  the  State  5  and  above  all  things  of  the 
 Inexecution  of  the  Edicts  of  Peace  granted  to  the  Reformed, 
 who  had  conceiv'd  juft  jealoufies  about  it,  The  whole  was 
 redue'd  to  defire  an  Aflembly  of  the  tttates  General,  as 
 the  only  means  to  reftore  France  to  a  perfect  Tra  quilty. 
 He  writ  to  the  Parliament  of  Paris  to  the  fame  purpole. 
 An  anfwer  was  fent  him  in  the  Queens  name,  in  which  the 
 Court  endeavourd  to  throw  the  blame  of  the  diforders  of 
 which  the  Regency  was  accus'd  upon  the  Princes  themlclves. 
 They  juftified  the  Queen  particularly  upon  the  fubject  of 
 the  Edicts,  laying  that  (he  had  us'd  her  utmoft  endeavours 
 for  the  obfcrvation  of  them:  but  that  whenever  (he  re- 
 folv'd  to  ufo  any  fever  ity  againft  the  Reform 'd,  which  as 
 they  pretended  abus'd  their  Privileges,th(  fe  who  endeavour'd 
 
 X  3  tO 
 
I5<f  The  Hifiory  of  the      Book  III. 
 
 1 6 14.  to  incline  them  to  a  Rebellion  reprefented  all  her  afrionsto 
 rhem  as  Cruelties  and  InjufUces  5  and  that  whenever  (he  had 
 been  indulgent  to  their  demands,  the  fame  Perfons  had 
 blown  into  the  Ears  of  the  Catholicks,  that  (he  favourM 
 their  progrefs  by  the  impunity  of  their  entcrpriles. 
 
 Tbeh  pre-  The  Wiler  fort  were  of  opinion  that  the  retreat  of  the 
 Princes  had  been  too  much  precipiated  j  and  that  having 
 
 ublam'd.  mac]e  a  falfe  ftept  atfirft,  they  would  obtain  no  great  ad- 
 vantage of  their  ill-contriv'd  Union.  They  had  neither 
 Money,  Souldiers  nor  ftrong  holds  and  all  their  hopes  being 
 built  on  Immaginary  Succors,  or  uncertain  Events,  we  may 
 (ay  that  they  were  very  111  grounded.  Not  but  that  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan  d\d  whatever  he  could  on  his  fide  to 
 make  a  mow  of  his  Power,  and  to  render  himfclf  con- 
 fiderable  to  the  United  Prhces.  He  prevailed  with  the 
 Provincial  Council  of  the  Lower  Guyenne  to  Convene 
 an  Alfembley  at  Tonneins  of  three  Deputys  of  every  one 
 of  the  other  Councils,  and  the  Letters  of  it  were  dif- 
 patch'J  towards  the  end  of  March.  The  day  on  which 
 they  appointed  the  AiTembly  to  meet,  was  the  fame  thnt 
 had  been  taken  to  hold  a  National  Synod  in  the  fame  Placed 
 Infomuch  that  had  thofe  two  AUemblys  concurr'd  in  the 
 fame  Refolutions,  it  might  be  laid  that  the  Reformed  had 
 never  taken  fuch  general  ones.  We  will  obferve  Elfe- 
 wherewhy  it  did  not  fucceed.  I  will  only  fay  that  the 
 Princes  only  making  ule  of  the  Duke  de  Rohan's  good 
 Will,  to  render  themfelves  the   more  formidable  to  the 
 
 A  Peace  is  Queen,  they  concluded  a  Peace  in  the  pretence  of  Hau- 
 
 ma  '  tejontane  his  Envoy,  to  whom  they  daily  gave  a  thoufard 
 Afiurances  that  they  had  no  thoughts  of  it.  The  Summs 
 of  Money  that  were  orTer'd  them,  made  their  Swords 
 drop  out  of  their  Hands.  They  obtain'd  the  ufual  Act 
 of  Grace  :  and  the  greateft  thing  they  got  was  a  promife 
 to  Aliemble  the  Eftates.  Amboifi  was  delivered  up  to 
 the  Prince  of  Condeas  a  Place  of  Surety.  The  others 
 profited  by  it  according  to  their  Quality.  The  only 
 Duke  of  Rohan  paid  the  Scot,  and  got  nothing  but  the 
 
 Queens 
 
Vol.  II.         EdiU  of  Nantes.  157 
 
 Queens  Indignation  by  it  The  Duke  de  Vendome  held  1612. 
 out  longer  than  the  reft  5  and  the  Queen  was  forc'd  to  ^"V^ 
 go  into  Bretagnexo  reduce  him  to  Reafon. 
 
 This  Treaty  being  concluded  at  Ste.  Mcnehould  on  the  jn-]ltry  done 
 15/^,  of  May,   was  forthwith  put  in  Execution :  but  the 
 Peace  which  was  but  jufl:  concluded  had  like  to  have  been  t^Stit 
 broken  by  an  affront  the  Prince  of  Conde  receiv'd  at  Poi-  Poitiers 
 tiers.    He  was  difatisfy'd  with  the  Bifhop  to  whom  he 
 (ent  lome  fmart  Letters  by  a  Gentleman  of  his  Retinue. 
 The  faid  Gtntleman  was  ill  us'd,  by  the  content,  and  per- 
 haps at  the  Inftigations  of  the  Bifhop.    The  Prince  being 
 Inform'd  therewith  in  a  Journey  of  which  no  body  knew 
 the  Secret,  reiolvd   inconfidera'ely  to  go  to  Poitiers  to 
 revenge  that  affront.    Whereas  he  was  only  Arm'd  with 
 his  Quality  at  that  time,  and  not  very   well  attended, 
 he  was    not  much  in  a  Condition  to   be  feard  5  and 
 therefore  the  Inhabitants  ftiat  their  Gates  againft  him,  and 
 refos'd  him  Enterance.    This  feem'd  to  be  done  by  the 
 Bifhops  Credit :  but  it  was  thought  that  he  had  receiv'd 
 (ecret  orders  from  the  Queen  about  it.    Moreover  fome  Per- 
 fons  foipe  which  were-Ingag'd  in  the  Princes  Interefts  were 
 ti'.rn'ii  out  of  the  City:  whereupon  he  did  whatever  lay  in 
 his  Power  to  Atlemble  his  Friends  and  to  lay  a  kind  of  Siege 
 befor<  thatlnfolent  City.   But  he  could  hardly  Aflemble 
 Mel)  enough  to  annoy  the  Inhabitants  a  little,  whom  hehin- 
 dtn  1  from  going  to  and  fro  by  keeping  of  fbme  PafTages. 
 He  heithei  had  timeenough  nor  means  to  renew  his  Corre- 
 lence  which  the  Peace  had  broken  :  and  the  Queen  be- 
 11  p  gone  from  Paris  with  her  Forces,  the  fear  of  her  marching 
 againft  him  riblig'd  him  to  remove  from  before  Poitiers.  He 
 was  forc'd  tofubmir  that  affair  to  juftice,  and  to  Puffer  Com- 
 miffioners  to  be  nominated  to  exam.ne  it :  and   the  Bifhop 
 was  fegt  for  to  Court  as  it  were  to  be  reprimanded  for  his 
 proceedings.    It  was  not  fo  much  to  punifh  him,  as  to  put 
 him  infatety  :   and  the  Queen  having  brought  the  King  cities  of 
 to  Poitiers,   improv'd  that  occafion  to  put  her  Creatures  £*7iV" 
 in  the  Chief  Imployments  there,  in  order  to  fecure  that  City  tbe  Kin^ 
 to  herfelf.    The  Reform W  refolv'd  in  that  Progrefs  to  (how 
 
 the 
 
158  The  Hifloryofthe         Book  Hf. 
 
 1614.  the  King  that  he  was  as  much  Matter  of  the  places  of  Sure- 
 *s\~o->  ty,  as  of  all  the  other  Cities  of  his  Kingdom.  He  was 
 received  with  his  Forces  in  all  thofe  where  he  came.  More- 
 over, he  was  invited  to  come  through  fuch  as  he  feenvd 
 to  avoid  on  pLirpofc ,  left  it  might  create  fome  jea^ 
 loufie. 
 
 tia'hnal      Soon  after  theTre-.tv  of  the  Princes,  the  RefornPd  held 
 VxKin    a  National  Synod  ar  Tonmint.     Several  affairs  were  han- 
 o/  Eng-^  died  m      which  neither  related  to  their  Doctrine,  nor  Dif- 
 hnd'x.     cipline.    They  receiv'd  Letters  from  the  King  of  England, 
 utters.    w|io  cmbracM  all.  occafions  to.^oncern  himfelf  with  Divini- 
 ty, as  much  as  he  negkded  to  mind  the  general  affairs  of 
 Europe.    The  Subject  of  his  Letters  was  a  difpute  between 
 Tilenus  and  du  Moulin,  who  accus'd  each  other  of  Error, 
 about  the  Miftery  of  the  hypoftatick  Union.    Befides,  Ti- 
 hnm  had  Sentiments  that  were  not  very  Orthodox,  about 
 the  concurrence  of  Grace  with  humane  Will.  The  Marfhal 
 dt  Bouillon  who  did  efteem  him,  and  who  had  call'd  him 
 toScdan,  to  give  a  reputation  to  the  College  he  had  foun- 
 ded there,  declared  himfelf  publickly  his  Protector  ?  which 
 gave  a  great  deal  of  difcontent  to  the  Churches.    That  af- 
 fair occafioned  (everal  Conferrences,  after  which  Tilenus 
 was  finally  abandon'd,  and  left  the  Churches  of  France  in 
 quiet,  untill  he  took  upon  him  to  write  againftthe  Aflem- 
 bly  of  Rofhel,  during  the  Civil  Wars.  As  foon  as  the  Synod  re- 
 ceived the  King  of  England's  Letter,  they  refolv'd  to  open 
 it :  but  before  they  read  it,  they  refolv'd,left  their  keeping  a 
 correlpondence  with  a  foreign  Prince  might  offend  the  Court, 
 to  (end  a  Copy  of  it  to  Rouvray,  one  of  the  Deputies  Ge- 
 neral, who  remain'd  with  the  King  while  la  Miletierre  was 
 come  to  Tonneins*  to  the  end  he  mould  (how  it  to  the 
 Minifters  incafe  it  mould  create  any  jealoufie  in  them  :  and 
 they  protefted  atthe  fame  time  that  incafe  the  (aid  Letter 
 did  mention  any  thing  but  what  related  to  Religion,  they 
 would  not  treat  about  it  without  exprefs  leave  from  the 
 King.  It  was  a  medium  which  feemed  to  reconcile  the  divers 
 pretentions  of  the  Court  and  of  the  Synod:  The  Court 
 
 would 
 
Vol.  II.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  r5? 
 
 would  not  allow  the  Rtformdio  keep  any  Communication  1614. 
 with  Foreigners :  and  the  SynoJ  thought  that  thevought  to  ^^r^> 
 have  the  freedom  of  that  Correfpondenct,  in  things  which 
 related  to  their  DocVine.  Therefore  they  thought  that 
 they  fhould  fatisfie  the  Court  by  keeping  within  thofe  bounds, 
 and  by  tying  their  own  hands  in  affairs  of  another 
 Nature. 
 
 The  Council  of  the  Lower  Guycrtw  was  oblig'd  to  give  Council  of 
 the  Synod  an  account  of  the  Convocation  they  had  made,  qJ^JJ*' 
 which  I  have  fpoken  of.  That  way  of  proceeding  was  not 
 approved  of  every  where,  becaufe  it  exceeded  the  bounds 
 of  the  regulation  made  at  Sauntur  5  That  the  Province  had 
 not  a  fufficient  grievance,  to  have  recourfe  to  that  re- 
 medy 5  That  even  in  that  cafe  it  would  have  been  fuffici- 
 ent to  invite  the  Deputies  of  five  adjacent  Provinces  j  and 
 finally,  That  fince  a  General  Aflembly  was  expected,  which 
 the  Deputies  General  endeavour'd  to  obtain  leave  for  the 
 faid  Convocation  could  not  be  look'd  upon  as  neceffary .  They 
 alledg  d  reafons  for  it,  which  freed  them  from  a  Cenfure. 
 The  Church  of  P«/W/,inthe  precinct  of  the  Aflembly  of  Agen9 
 which  is  part  of  ihat  Province,  had  refuse!  to  fubmit  to 
 the  relblutions  of  that  Council.  Complaints  were  made 
 of  it  in  the  faid  Aflembly,  where  after  having  heard  the 
 Parties,  they  had  cenfured  the  dilbbedience  of  the  (aid 
 Church  5  tho  they  juftified  pretty  well  that  their  intentions 
 were  good.  The  faid  Church  appealed  to  the  Synod,  which 
 confirm'd  the  Judgment  of  the  Aflembly.  The  reafbn 
 of  it  was  that  the  refolution  having  been  taken  by  the  plu- 
 rality of  Voices,  they  broke  the  Union  in  refufing  to  fub- 
 mit to  it,  and  made  an  inlet  for  Divifions.  Moreover  it 
 is  obfervable  by  this  affair,  as  well  as  by  feveral  others, 
 that  tho  the  Power  of  Political  and  Ecclefiaftical  Aflem-  Mutual 
 blies  was  bounded  in  certain  things,  the  one  being  to  med-  f"^'"f^ 
 die  with  Civil  Government  and  Safety,  the  other  with  Di£^k/'*, 
 cipline  and  Do&rine,  neverthelefs ,  there  was  a  kind  of 
 mutual  Subordination  between  them,  by  virtue  whereof 
 the  one  lometimes  refonrid  the  regulations  of  the  other, 
 
 or 
 
The  Hijlory  of  the        Book  I1L 
 
 or  took  Cognifonce  of  their  Judgments  by  way  of  Appeal. 
 That  was  very  proper  to  maintain  Union  between  thofe 
 two  Tribunals,  and  might  have  contributed  confiderably 
 towards  the  prefervation  of  the  Churches,  if  it  could  hav  e 
 been  obfervcd  without  Ambition  or  Jealoufie. 
 Brief  of  The  Deputies  General  had  obtained  leave  to  hold  a  Ge- 
 have for  antra]  Aeflmbly  :  but  the  Brief  oblig'd  them  to  aflemble 
 (jencrat  at  a  time  ancj  m  a  place  which  did  not  pleafe  them.  The 
 Ahem  v*  p]ace  was  Grew/*/?,  very  diftant  from  all  the  Provinces,  and 
 moreover  in  the  Power  of  Lefdtgweres^nd  of  a  Parliament 
 w  hich  would  not  allow  the  Deputies  the  liberty  of  their 
 Suffrages;  The  time  was  the  i  $th  of  July-,  too  fhort  a  time 
 to  allow  the  Provinces  Lcifure  to  nominate  their  Deputies, 
 and  to  prepare  their  Inttrudhons.  Moreover,  the  Brief 
 contain'd  modifications  that  were  too  ftri£r,  and  allowed  the 
 Aflembly  nothing  but  to  nominateDeputies  General.  The 
 Synod  ordeiM  thofe  that  performd  that  function  at  that 
 time,  to  obtain  a  more  convenient  Place,  and  freer,  a 
 longer  time,  during  which  Provincial  Aflemblies  might  be 
 held,  to  give  an  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Synod} 
 and  a  more  favourable  Brief,  giving  the  Aflembly  a  larger 
 Permiffion.  The  Synod,  only  obtained  an  alteration  as  to 
 the  time.  The  AlTembly  was  put  of  until  1  the  25th  of 
 Auguft :  but  the  Queen  declar'd  that  fhe  could  neither 
 change  the  Place,  nor  the  form  of  the  Brief.  The  Con- 
 juncture of  the  time,  the  King  being  near  upon  entering  in- 
 to his  i^th  year,  and  confequently  to  be  declared  Major, 
 might  have  given  the  Aflembly  an  occafion  to  treat  about 
 great  things.  The  Eftates  that  were  promifed,  were  to  meet 
 lhortly  :  which  alfo  was  an  inducement  for  the  Reformed  to 
 look  about  them,  But  thofe  very  reafons  alio  induced 
 the  Court  not  to  allow  their  Aflembly  all  fort  of  Liberty, 
 Nevei  thelefs,  the  place  difpleafing  them,  they  chofe  rather 
 not  to  meet  than  to  do  it  in  the  Capital  City  of  a  Province, 
 in  which  the  Parliament  and  Governor  might  equaly  difturb 
 them.  We  will  lee  what  happened  about  it  the  following 
 year,  in  which  the  alterations  of  Affairs  made  them  ear- 
 
 neftly 
 
Book  III.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  161 
 
 neftly  defire  the  lame  place,which  they  had  fo  much  rejected.  1 6 14. 
 
 An  account  was   given  to  the  Synod  of  the  means 
 that  had   been  us'd  to  reconcile  the  Lord?  ;  and  Letters  Letters 
 Were  dcliver'd  to  them  from  the  Dukes  de  Rohan,  de  Sully fromthe 
 and  from  dn  Plcjfis,   which  defh'd  the  Members  of  the  Jjjjj^ 
 Synod  to  acquaint  the  Provinces  with  their  good  intend-  Affairs. 
 oris,  and  with  their  zeal  for  the  Service  of  the  Churches. 
 Bergerav  difown'd  in  that  Synod  the  Brief  of  1500  Livers, 
 which  the  Ring  had  given  them  to  take  upon  the  15000 
 Crowns  of  Augmentation  5  and  after  the  Church  and  Ci- 
 ty had  dcclafd  in  writing,  that  they  renoune'd  all  manner 
 of  means  to  obtain  the  (aid  Sum,  unlefs  it  were  by  the 
 good  Will  of  the  Synod,  the  Aflembly  granted  them  1200 
 Livers.    This  husbandry  feem'd  to  be  very  necefiary,  by 
 reafon  that  the  Funds  were  wanting  every  where  for  the 
 payment  of  the  Mjnifters :  and  thole  who  had  treated  with 
 the  late  King  upon  that  Subject,  had  taken  their  mc-afures 
 fo  ill,  that  moft  of  them  having  no  Sallary  befides  what 
 they  had  out  of  the  laid  Donations  were  reduced  to  great 
 ftrcights :  which  render'd  them  incapable  of  performing 
 their  Minifkry,  fiifceptible  to  the  infpirations  of  the  Court 
 which    endeavoured   to  corrup  them,   or  defpicable  for 
 their  Poverty.    The  Sum  granted  by  Lewis  the  1 3/A  ad- 
 ded but  little  to  their  Sallary  5  bifides  they  had  occalion 
 for  it,  for  fo  many  things  that  the  Minifters  had    not  the 
 advantage  of  it.    The  King  applved  part  of  it  himfclf  to 
 what  he  pleas'd  '■>  and  he  had  had  much  ado  to  free  that 
 Sum  of  the  penny  per  Liver  which  he  had  taken  out  of  it 
 for  the  Sallary  of  the  Deputies  General    The  reft  was  di- 
 itiibutcd  part  to  the  Accademys  and  Colleges,part  inGrati- 
 fications  and  Recompcnces,  and  part  for  Deputations  and 
 private  Affairs.    The  Lower  Guyenne  propos'd  in  order  to 
 remedy  that  Evil  to  beg  of  the  King  wherewith  to  pay 
 the  Minifters  intircly.    The  Synod  harkened  to  that  propo- 
 fition    but  they  thought  fit  to  refer  it  to  a  General  Affembly. 
 
 Among  the  things  that  were  promis'd  in  order  to  difolve 
 the  Aflembly  of  Rocbel,  the  Court  had  put  the  Reformed 
 
 Y  ia 
 
afta  The  Hifiorj  ef  the      Book.  IlL 
 
 1 6 1 1 .  in  hopes  of  an  Exemption  of  *  Taillcs  for  the  Minifters  : 
 and  the  Declaration  of  it  had  been  drawn  accordingly. 
 JfSSft?  ^nt  tne  Courts  of  Aids,  made  great  difficulties  about  it  5 
 />  rfe      and  it  had  not  been  verified  5  fo  that  it  had  only  provd 
 5rtej^    ^n  illufion  till  then.    The  Synod  ordei'd  the  Deputies  Ge- 
 neral to  prefsthe  Regiftring  of  it,  and  the  Deputies  of  the 
 Churches  to  carry  the  (aid  demand  to  the  mix'd'  Aflembliesof 
 their  Provinces  }and  thole  particular  Aflemblies  to  give  them 
 to  their  Deputies  to  be  moved  in  the  General  Aflembly. 
 
 They  fpoke  of  the  Innovations  that  were  introduce!  in 
 the  nomination  of  the  Governors  of  the  places  of  Surety, 
 places  ,j-  and  in  the  reception  of  the  Rcforr,,\l  in  the  places  that  were 
 Suretj.  allow'd  to  them.  They  were  obi ig'd  before  their  dud  re- 
 ception to  take  an  attcftation  of  the  Aflembly  within  the 
 extent  of  which  the  Government  of  a  Place  became  vacant; 
 Fiut  the  Cot  rt  did  not  obferveit,  in  order  to  have  the  fole  au- 
 thority of  thofe  Nominations.  The  Synpd  made  a  veryfevere 
 order  upon  that  Subject  againft  thole  who  accepted  Gover- 
 nments or  other  Implox  merits  that  way  :  and  referr'd  the 
 Complaints  of  the  fa&  to  the  Political  Aflemblies.  They 
 alfb  order'd  the  Confiftoiics  to  hinder  the  Governors  of 
 places  from  protecting  any  perfbns  accus'd  of  things  which 
 deferv  d  Punifhment,  left  thofe  Cities  given  for  the  Surety 
 of  their  Religion  mould  ferve  to  protect  Criminals. 
 
 One  of  the  fix  Reform  d  Councilors  in  the  Parliament  of 
 Paris,   call'd  Berger,  was  lately  turn'd   Catholick.  His 
 Berger  a  change  made  a  breach  in  the  number  of  the  Officers  of  that 
 Reamed  quality  promis'd  by  the  Edtft  :  and  the  Reform  d  pretended 
 rPanV   l^at  Berger  ought  no  longer  to  injoy  the  (aid  imployment 
 mm  Ro-  which  belong' d  to  them,ftnce  he  had  chang'd  his  Religion.But 
 Th""kC    Berber  had  in  ide-his  barg \\n  before  hechang'd  his  Religion 
 that  he  mould  not  lofe  his  Place^and  it  was  the  intereft  or  the 
 Catholicks  not  to  turn  out.  fuch  asrwfobWacKJ  their  Commu- 
 nion, left  the  fear  of  that  diiadvantage  fhould  3difcouragc 
 others  who  might  alio  be  inclined  to;do  the  fame.  The 
 $\nod  ordcrd  the  Deputies  General  to  endeavour  to  re- 
 pair that  breach  >  and- to  acquaiotthe  Aflembly  with  i*  incase 
 
 they 
 
Vol.  II.       EM  of  Nantes.  itfj 
 
 they  could  not  fucceed  in  it.  But  their  diligence  prov  d  in-  j  614. 
 efe&ual  5  and  the  Reform  d  never  receiv'd  full  Satisfaction  v^V6^ 
 upon  that  .Subject. 
 
 The  difcharge  granted  by  the  King  of  the  Penny  per  Li-  Reformed 
 ver  outofthe  Money  he  had  granted  the  J^e/^r^W,authorifed  ^  Gex- 
 the  Synod  to  defire  him  alfo  to  difcharge  them  of  the  9600 
 Livers  adjudged  to  the  Churches  of  the  Country  of  Gcx. 
 The  rcafon  was  that  the  (aid  Sum  was  taken  out  of  a  Grant 
 in  which  that  Country  had  not  been  conliderd,  by  reafon 
 that  it  was  not  under  the  Kings  Dominion  at  the  time  of  the 
 Edict  j  and  that  at  the  time  when  the  faid  augmentation  was 
 gr.inrcd.it  had  a  Fund  fettled  by  the  late  King's  Commiffioners, 
 for  the  maintenance  of  its  Minifters.  Moreover,  the  faid  Sum 
 was  diftributed  by  order  from  the  Council  -  which  did 
 not  forget  to  do  it  in  Inch  a  manner  that  divifions  might 
 arile  about  it.  The  Synod  of  Burgundy,  of  which  that 
 Bayliwick  was  a  dependency,  had  adjudg'd  60  Livers  out 
 of  the  Money  defigtAl  for  that  Cantoon,  for  aCollege  they 
 defign'd  to  errect  at  Gex :  and  the  AlTembly  had  acqui- 
 efsM  to  it.  But  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  being  offended 
 that  fo  little  was  granted  them,  appl)'d  themfelves  to 
 the  Council  in  which  they  obtain'd  a  Decree  which  ad- 
 judg'd them  150  Livers.  This  was  dangerous  ,  both  as  to 
 the  example,  which  auihoris'd  the  Malecontents  to  appeal 
 from  the  judgments  given  in  the  Ecdefiaftical  Ailemblies 
 to  the  Council :  and  for  the  Confequence  which  fubmired 
 the  diftribution  which  the  Synods  made  of  the  faid  Grants 
 to  the  review  of  the  Council  :  which  was  directly  contrary 
 to  the  Brief  of  1598,  which  allow'd  the  Reform* A  to  dif- 
 pole  of  tbem  without  giving  any  account  of  it.  There- 
 fore the  Synod  took  the  thing  to  heart  j  and  cenfui'd  the 
 Reform' &  of  the  City  fenGbly  5  and  threatned  to  proceed 
 further  againft  them,  incafe  they  did  not  fubmit  with  obe- 
 dience to  their  Synods. 
 
 We  may  gather  from  the  Synod  that  there  were  Churches  churches 
 grounded  on  the  difpofition  of  the  Edicts,  of  which  the  ■  £™ et 
 fetilement  was  nevertheleis  not  as  yet  made,  by  reafon  of  '  e ' 
 
 Y  2  the  oppofiti- 
 
i<J+  The  Hiftoy  of  the      Vol.  II. 
 
 1 6 14.  the  oppofitions  of  theCatholicks 5  whither  it  were  upon  the 
 
 <~/~v*v-'  account  of  the  Poverty  of  thole  that  were  to  compose  them, 
 or  upon  the  account  of  the  negligence  of  thofethat  were  to 
 imploy  themfcl  ves  about  it.  There  were  fbme  of  this  kind  in 
 Avvcrgne  :and  that  of  Iffoire  was  of  that  number.    They  had 
 long  purfued  their  affairs  inefe&ually  at  Court  :    but  the 
 Synod   being  inform'd  with  their  deplorable  Condition, 
 order'd  the  Deputies  General  to  fecond  their  Petitions,  and 
 to  recommend  them  in  their  Name. 
 *y  tbe&c-     The  Reform  cl  of  the  County  of  Avignon,  who  two  years 
 torm'd  in  before  thought  themfelvcs  ftrong  enough  to  form  a  Pro- 
 *!fto!\g.   vince  °y  thcmltlves  had  ftrangly  alter'd  their  Condition 
 oon.  0    Mnce.They  had  been  pcrftrcuted  with  fo  much  violence  that 
 their  Condition  was  worthy  of Commiferatiomand  the  Synod 
 which  knew  no  other  remedy,  was  fore'd  to  beg  of  the  Kt  g 
 to  turn  their  Mediator,  to  obtain  fbme  eafe  for  them. 
 The  Synod  made  other  liberal  gifts  to  lome  particular  per- 
 ffetrhft)S  Tons,  Rivet  had  60c  Livers forfbme  Works,and  Gigord Pro- 
 Synod.      feffor  in  Theology  at  Mompellier,  who  had  had  a  difpute  at 
 Court  fome  years  before  with  Cotton  the:  Jefuit,  had  1850. 
 The  fame  Synod  appointed  places  in  every  Province,  in  or- 
 CelUies.    der  to  eftablifh  Colleges,  of  which  fome  have  fubfifted  till 
 our  days  3  and  tho  they  were  fenfible,  confidering  the 
 fmall  Fund  they  had  to  difpofe  ofy  that  there  were  too 
 many  Accademies  in  the  Kingdom,  by  reafon  that  they 
 were  too  chargeable,  yet  they  preferv'd  them  for  fear  of 
 prejudicing  thofe  places  out  of  which  they  fhould  remove 
 them.    They  gave  the  Churches  of  Beam  power  to  con- 
 ,iKixa     vene  a  National  Synod  in  their  Turn, on  condition  that  they 
 fhould  lubmit  to  the  DecUions  of  thofe  that  fhould  be  held 
 in  the  Kingdom,  and  that  they  fhould  make  their  appeals 
 there.  We  have  already  feen  by  what  happen'd  in  the  Aflem- 
 bly  of  Sanmur,  that  the  Court  would  not  allow  the  Political 
 Union  of  that  Province  with  the  reft  of  the  Churches  of  the 
 Kingdom.  But  thefaid  Province  it  ferf  dreaded  to  be  United 
 too  much  with  them  in  the  exercife  of  their  Difcipline,  for 
 fear  of  injuring  the  priviledges  which  the  Churches  injuy'd 
 
 there 
 
Book  III.       BdiU  of  Nantes,  165 
 
 there  independently  from  the   Edict  of  Nantes^  and  by  1614. 
 virtue  of  more  ancient  Titles.     Particularly  they  were  ^"""v^- 
 afraid  lefc  in  fubmitting  the  Churches  of  the  Country  to 
 the  decifions  a  of  Synod  held  el  few  here,  it  might  ferve  as 
 r  pretence  againft  the  Right  they  pretended,  that  the  Ge- 
 neral and  Particular  Cafes  of  their  Inhabitants  could  not 
 be  taken  out  of  the  hands  of  their  natural  Judges }  viz. 
 the  Council,  and  their  Eftates.    There  was  form  thing  li-ke  Mm* 
 this  relating  to  the  City  of  Mets  ;  the  Church  of  which 
 only  mair.tain'd  a  Communion  of  Dodhine  with  the  others: 
 but  kept  at  a  diftance  as  to  the  reft,   for  fear  ot  prejudic- 
 ing the  Rights  they  injo^'d  before  the  Edict}  from  the  wry 
 time  they  lubn  itted  under  the  Protection  of  trance. 
 
 The  ('nth  ot  Union  was  renewd  in  that  Aifcmbly  wither*  4 
 the  ufoal  Proteftations  of  Obedience  and  Fidelity  to  the  Vi,i<m. 
 Kin£    The    Fmpire  of  God  remaining  whole  5  and  every 
 Deputy  promised  to  get  it  ratified  in  his  Province.  Finally,  utters  u 
 t  v  Synod  writ  ia  the  King  and  Queen,  about  the  things the  Kin& 
 thv  ordtr'J  the  Deputies '[  to  foffieit.    This  difference  was  anXa*eeru 
 obl'erv'd  in  the  fiid  Letters  that  the  fame  things  that  were 
 mention'd  in  the  Kings  Letter, were  fome  what  more inlarg'd 
 upon  in  the  Queen's.    Among  the  Complaints  they  made 
 in  them,  there  was  one  in  particular,  concerning  an  excels 
 committed  at  Guife  againft   the    peifon  of  a    Reformat  $ 
 which  the  Lieutenant  General  wasaccus'd  of  having  had  a 
 hand  in;  either  bv  exciting  the  Authors  of  it  dire&.'y,  ©r 
 by  conniving  at  them.    They  demanded  Juftice  about  it, 
 to  the  end  that  the  pumftiment  of  thofe  that  were  guihy 
 of  ir,  might  put  a  frop  to  thole  Violences,  and  mow  that 
 the  Reformed  had  a  Glare  in  the  King's  protection  as  well 
 as  the  reft.    They  gave  reafons  in  the  fame  Letters  for 
 the  refufal  that  was  made  by  the  Churches  to  accept  Greno- 
 ble for  the  place  of  their  General  Aftembly^  and  in  order 
 to  obtain  a  more  convenient  place,  they  alledgd  the  ex- 
 ample of  the  late  King,  who  always  had  a  icgarcito  rh^  Pe- 
 titions of  the  Reformed,  as  to  the  nomination  of  a  place  for 
 the  like  Convocations ;  but  that  Negotiation  was  interrup- 
 ted by  Affairs  of  more  Confequence.  The 
 
166  The  Hifloryof  the         Book  III. 
 
 1614.      The  Queen  who  had  promis'd  to  alienable  the  Eftates 
 General  only  thought  on   means  to  amufe  every  body . 
 J^Sf""  «BtS!  the  fringe  Majority.    The  affairs  that  occur'd  fince 
 Affemble    the  Treaty  of  Memhould^  Ste.  happen'd  as  apropos  for  her,  as 
 •  ^  if  fne  had  contrived  them  her felf.  But  (he  had  yet  a  nother 
 d  vhgn  in  her    Head,     which     was    of  greater  confe- 
 .  quencc.    She  was  very  fenfible  that  the  Princes  had  de- 
 fired  an  Allembly  of  the  States  in  order  to  mortifie  her  by 
 .the  fuppreflion  of  her  Creatures  :  and  that  the  w  hole  King- 
 dom was  in  expectation  to  fee  what  the  feid  Aflembly  would 
 produce,  which  had  been  formerly  the  remedy  of  the  peo- 
 ples Grievances,  and  the  defence  of  their  Liberties.  But 
 me  had  obferv'd  by  the  fuccefs  of  the  la  ft  Slates  that  it 
 was  not  impofEble  to  make  a  different  ufe  of  it  5  and  to 
 opprefs  by  m^ans  of  the  States,  thofe  who  expected  prote- 
 ction and  aliiftance  by  them.    In  order  w hereunto  fhe  did 
 what  Pius  the  $tk  had  done  with  the  Council  which  his 
 Predecefiors  flood  fo  much  in  awe  of.    He   made  u(e  of 
 them  to  break  the  bonds  which  thole  AfTemblies  were 
 us'd  to  give  to  theauthority  of  his  See  5  and  to  reform  thofe 
 Princes  that  had  a  mind  to  reform  him.    Thus  the  Queen 
 rook  meafures  to  make  the  States  ferve  to  maintain  her 
 Power,  and  to  colour  the  oppreflion  of  the  people.  There- 
 fore (he  refold  to  make  the  Declaration  of  the  Kind's 
 .Majority,  before  the  Overture  of  the  States :  not  doubting 
 tut  tho  fhe  thereby  loft  the  Regency,  it  would  be  eafie 
 for  her  to  preferve  the  Authority  of  it.    The  King  was  fb 
 eafie,  fb  young,  and  fo  well  difpos'd  by  the  Education 
 and  by  the  xlifcourfe  of  his  ConfefTor,  and  others  whom  the 
 -Queen  had  put  about  him,tobeGovern'd  by  her,  that  there 
 was  no  likelihood  fhe  fhould  R.eign  lefs  abfblutely  under 
 vher  Sons  name   for  the  future ,  than  fhe  had  done  till 
 then.    The  only  way  to  maintain  her  Power  was  to  make 
 «hat  Prince  fpeak  b  whofe  Will  ought  to  be  more  rcipected, 
 being  declar'd  Major,  than  when  it  feem'd  infpir'd  into 
 him  by  his  Mothers  <lir©ttions. 
 
 The 
 
Vol.  II.       Ed®  of  Nantes,  t6j 
 
 The  Overture  of  the  States  being  appointed  on  the  i  \6\^ 
 of  Q3oi?tr  ar  Pans,  the  Queen  carried  the  King  to  the  Far-  ^"v*^ 
 liaiamiE  on  the  2d  of  the  faid  month,  to  take  the  AcT:  of  m  ^ 
 his  Majority,  and  to  verifie  the  Declaration  of  the  pre-  K^v.t/.i- 
 ceeding  day^  who  after  having  praib'd  Almighty   Geo  fer;? "' ' 
 the  profperitv  he  Iwd  granted  to  the  State,    and  re- 
 turned the  Queen  thinks  for  her  prudent  conduct  during 
 the  Regency,  corrtain'd   four  or  five  Articles,  certainly 
 worthy  to  he  the  firft  Laws  of  a  Prince,  who  was  to  ma- 
 nage his  State  for  the  future  himtelf,  and  to  truft  no  lodger 
 to  the  \i,Uencv  of  others.  The  firft  confirm'd  the  Edict  of 
 X.iK-tcs,  and  ail  the  Articles,  Regulations  and  Decrees  that 
 had  been  granted  to  the  Reform1 'af,  touching  its  Interpreta- 
 tion and  Execution.  The  (econd  condemn'd  all  Correfpon- 
 mii  Leagues  and  AUociations  at   home  and   abroad  ~ 
 and   Deputations    made   to   Foreign    Princes  whither 
 Fr-ends,  or  Foes,  wuhout leave,  under  any  pretence  what- 
 ever.   The  third  depending  on  that  forbad  all  thofewho 
 receive!  SaJlary*,  Pay,  or  Penfions  from  the  King,   to  re- 
 ceive any  from  any-  other  Prince  or  Lord*,  arcd  to  bear  Arms 
 to  follow  any  body  but  the  King,  on  pain  of  lofing  their 
 Imrloyments,  Sallarys  and  Pennons.  The  fourth  renew'd  alt 
 the  Ordinances  again^  Duels  5  without  any  hopes  of  Mercy 
 The  laft  did  the  feme  againftBlafphenries,  and  order'd  th<? 
 ancient  Ordinances-  to  be  pubftuYd  a  new. In  order  to  Judge 
 o        |  ..  iceckneceluty  ofthe  third  Artide,w'e  mufr  obferve 
 that  there  were  feveral  perfons  in-  the  King's-  Pay,    who  ap- 
 plyed  themfclves  neverthelefs  to  theTtrvke  ofcertain  Lords, 
 whom  they  look'd  upon  astheir  Patron^,  whoie  Will  was  a 
 Soveraign  Law  to  them.    In  the  progrefs  the  Court  had 
 lately  made  it  wasobferv'd  thac  two  Lord*  followed  the 
 Ring,  who  had  each  of  them  500  Horfe  to  attend  them, 
 ft  was  glorious  for  the-  King  to  Command-  fuch  potent 
 Subjt&s:  but  it  was  uncertaiu  whether  fuch  Subject- would 
 always- obey:  and  Policy  could  not  permit  the  King  to  pay. 
 Friendarand  Creatarts  to-  mVSub^^s-to-a€t-  againfthinr. 
 
 On 
 
i<*8  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1 6 14.     On  the  day  the  Queen  had  appointed,  the  Deputies  of 
 the  Provinces  repair'd  to  Paris  and  made  the  Overture  of  • 
 fbe'sTftcs.  f  "c  States.    There  had  been  great  Brigues  in  the  Provinces  to 
 obtain  the  nomination  of  perfbn.s  that  were  at  the  devotion 
 of  thofe  who  defign'd  to  profit  by  that  AlTembly.  The  Queen 
 had  us'd  her  utmoft  endeavours  to  have  them  favourable. 
 The  Prince  of  Conde  had  omitted  no  means  to  get  the 
 ftrongeft  Party  there    and  whereas  the  Publick  Good  and 
 hisTnterefr.  feenvd   to  be  link'd  together,  he  had  eafily 
 found  fach  as  did  embrace  his   Party,   alrho  he  had  not 
 wherewith  to  make  gratification  like  the  Queen.    He  was 
 ^  Cgm^ particularly  feconded  by  the*  third  Eftate,  which  common- 
 won/,      ly  is  the  only  one  that  keeps  to  the  right  Caufe  :  by  reafon 
 that  being  the  firft  on  which  the  weight  of  oppreftion  lights, 
 they  are  alfo  the  firft  that  oppofe  the  progrefs  of  Slavery. 
 The  Prince  had  much  ado  to  refblve  to  come  to  Court  af- 
 ter the  mortification  he  had  receiv'd.    His  weaknefs  had  let 
 of  the  Queens  Power}  and  he  was  afraid  that  coming  to 
 Court  after  an  Affront  for  which  he  had  receiv'd  lb '  little 
 fatisfa&ion,  he  would  make  but  a  melancholly  figure  there. 
 But  the  Queen  would  have  him  there,  by  reafbn  that  other- 
 wile  whatever  fhe  fhould  caufe  to  be  ordain'd  without  him 
 mould  want  weight  and  effect  ;  and  that  on  the  firft  occa- 
 fion  he  mould  have  to  create  new  Troubles,  (he  mould  be 
 obligd  to  begin  a  new.    She  was  refblv'd  to  ruin  his 
 Power  by  the  means  of  the  Eftates,  in  order  to  break  all 
 his  meafures  for  the  future. 
 Tbeelergj     She  would  have  met  with  no  fuccefs  in  that  enterprife  had 
 ard  mm- there  been  any  Faith  in  the  Clergy,  or  Vigor  in  the  Nobi- 
 Xgainfirhe  ^ '  ^ut  ^e  Cicrgv  fp°il  d  all  according  to  their  ufual  cu- 
 thh'dE-    ftom,  and  betray  d  the  King  and  Kingdom  for  their  particu- 
 ft#e-      lar  intereft.    The  Court  engag'd  them  on  their  fide,  by 
 Complaifance  and  benefits  :  and  they  ingag'd  the  Nobility 
 on  theirs  5  and  thofe  two  bodys  being  joyn'd  opprefled  the 
 third  Eftate.    There  are  natural  feeds  of  difcord  among 
 thofe  divers  orders  of  the  Kingdom  :  The  two  firft  are  not 
 burdened  with  the  Charge  of  the  State,  and  litde  value 
 
 the 
 
Vol.  II.  EdiU  of  Nantes.  169 
 
 the  grievances  of  the  third  which  bears  them  all.-  and  the  161 
 Third  on  the  contrary  having  ever  Complaints  and  Re-  V~/"V 
 monfrranccs  to  make  againft  the  two  others,  whoicldon 
 fpare  th<ir  Blood  and  Labour,  and  are  very  Liberal  at  their 
 Coft.  The  Clergy  having  began  by  Mafles,  Proceflions  and 
 the  Communion,  to  which  they  invited  the  other  two,  re- 
 folv'd  to  fecure  the  Nobility,  and  to  difpofe  them  to  joyn 
 with  them,  to  aft  together.  Theyapply'd  themlelves  [about 
 it  by  Deputations  in  form,  and  by  particular  Intrigues.  The 
 ftrongeft  machine  they  fet  at  work,  even  publickly,  was  in- 
 terest. They  rcprefented  to  the  Nobility  of  what  ufe  Benefi- 
 ces were  for  the  Children  of  Noble  Families.  They  per- 
 fwaded  them  that  tho(e  two  Orders  made  properly  but  one 
 Body,  fince  the  Clergy  was  for  the  moft  part  compos'd  of 
 Centlemen  dedicated  to  the  Church,  who  pofiefb'd  the  Re- 
 venues of  it:  and  that  therefore  the  Nobility  ought  to  be 
 united  to  an  Order,  of  which  they  partak'd  the  Riches  and 
 Dignity  fo  advantagcoutly.  In  reallity,  Benefices  are  the 
 refource  of  the  Nobility,  which  being  ruin'd  in  the  King's 
 fervice,  have  no  better  way  to  maintain,  or  to  raife  their 
 Fortunes,  than  to  make  Ecclefiafticks  of  their  younger 
 Sons,  and  Nuns  of  their  Daughters,  while  they  only  keepthe 
 Eldeft  to  prefcrve  the  Name  and  Luftre  of  their  Families. 
 
 There  were  fome  Reform' d  among  the  Deputies  of  the  No-  Reform 
 bility:  but  they  were  not  ftrong  enough  to  oppofe  the  Catho- the ' 
 licks.     Befidcs  whatever  came  from  them  was  fufpefted  by 
 the  ignorant  Nobility  and  one  of  the  rea/bns  which  prejudice! 
 the  rights  ofthe  Crown  moft, and  the  Prince  of  CW/e,was  that 
 thole  who  maintain'd  them  moft  were  Hcref/^x.Peoplcs  minds  j^J 
 being  difpos'd  thus,The  third  Eftate  began  to  treat  the  qtie^j&w? 
 ftion  of  the  Independency  of  Kings,and  of  the  fafety  of  their 
 Perfons,  againft  the  enterprizesand  pretentions  of  the  Court 
 of  Rome.    It  was  none  of  their  fault  that  it  was  not  pafs'd 
 into  a  fundamental  Law  of  the  State  that  they  were  lubjecl: 
 to  no  Power  direftly,  nor  indiredtly  $  and  that  there  was  no 
 cafe  or  pretence  to  authorife  any  body  to  declare  their  for-' 
 fciture  of  the  Crown,  6k  to  difpence  their  Subjefts  from  their 
 
 Z  Allegi- 
 
The  Hi/lory  of  the      Book  III. 
 
 1^14.  Allegiance.    The  murther  of  the  two  lad'  Kings  had  made 
 a  deep  impreflion  in  the  hearts  of  the  Ring's  beft  Sub- 
 jects, and  the  Third  Efbte  was   defirous  to  ftifle  the 
 remahu'er^f  the  League  by  that  La\v,by  mowing  their  max- 
 ims to  be  talfe,  and  contrary  to  the  principle  of  Monarchy. 
 It  was  full  fitfh  in  Peoples  minds,  how  thofe  maxims  had 
 like  to  have  torn  the  Kingdom  into  piece,  and  to  deprive  the 
 law  f  1  Heir^of  the  Crown  under  pretence  of  f\eligion,and  of 
 the  Excommunication  pronounc'd  againft  him  by  the  Popes. 
 „„,.._  .     It  feems  wonderful  in  our  days  that  a  proportion  fo  ipe- 
 it  betra'yd  cious  in  it  lei i .  and  10  advantageous  to  Kings  could  be  re- 
 by  the     je&ed.    And  yet  it  certainly  was  3  and  that  which  is  moft 
 i^Se""  furprifing  is  that  the  King's  authority  wTasus'd  to  reject  it.  The 
 court  it    truth  is  that  it  was  no  novelty  at  that  time:  the  Court  had 
 M-       partly  done  the  lame  two  years  before.    The  Monks  had  un- 
 dertaken to  make  Kings  ftoop  under  the  Popes  feet.  The 
 Clergy  of  the  Sorbonne  was  inclinable  to  that  Seditious  The- 
 ology.   Regal  Authority  was  the  fport  of  their  Difputes, 
 and  moft  people  were  wretchedly  milled  into  that  opinion. 
 I  do  not  wonder  that  they  refus'd  to  allow  the  Reformed  at 
 that  time  to  have  the  honour  to  defend  their  Soveraign, 
 and  that  thofe  Books  were  fupprefs'd  which  they  wrote 
 upon  that  Subject:  but  yet  methinks  they  mould  have 
 had  a  little  more  regard  for  the  Catholicks  who  maintain'd 
 the  fame  Caufe.    Neverthelels  the  Court  handfbmely  ac- 
 quiefs'd  to  its  own  difadvantage.    Ruhet  only  defender  of 
 the  King's  Pvights,and  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Gallic^  Church, 
 and  w  ho  maintained  the  propofitions  w  hich  the  Clergy  has 
 lately  defin'd,  was  opprefs'd  by  Duval^  another  Doctor  fe- 
 conded  by  the  Monks  :  and  the  Court  interpofing  in  that 
 Difpute,  he  was  oblig'd  to  part  with  his  place  of  Syndu  of 
 the  UniverUty,  to  fufTer  the  Condemnation  of  his  Books, 
 without  faying  any  thing,  and  to  fufTer  his  Brethren,  and 
 even  the  King  himfelf  whole  Intereftshe  did  defend,  to  treat 
 him  as  an  Heretick.    But  whereas  the  Reform 'd  had  a  great 
 fbare  in  that  Difpute  which  was  renew'd  in  the  States,  I 
 think  it  will  be  neceffary  for  their  Honour,  to  relate  fome- 
 what  at  large  how  that  affair  pafs'd.  The 
 
Vol.  II.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  170 
 
 The  Clergy  fell  out  into  an  Excefs  of  Paflion  againfl:  1614. 
 the  Authors  of  that  proportion.  They  made  as  much  ^Ojp^ 
 noife  as  if  they  had  defignM  to  take  away  their  vaft  Re-  tiTck'L 
 venues,  or  to  fet  the  Reform  d  Religion  upon  the  Throne. 
 They  drew  the  Nobility  into  their  Sentiments  :  and  ha- 
 ving put  Cardinal  Du  Perron  at  the  head  of  a  folemn  De- 
 putation which  they  fent  to  the  Third  Eftate,  he  oppos'd 
 the  good  Intentions  of  that  Body  with  all  his  might.  The  f,a™"%enal 
 faid  Cardinal  made  a  long  ftudyed  difcourfe  upon  that  aa  perroa. 
 matter,  to  render  the  faid  propofition  odious :  and  he  main- 
 tain'd  the  Interefts  of  the  Court  of  Rome  with  fo  much 
 confidence,  that  he  feem'd  only  to  make  ufe  of  the  Gran- 
 deur to  which  the  favour  of  Kings  had  raisd  him,  to  de- 
 ftroy  them,  and  to  make  them  fubjedt  to  a  Forrcign  Power. 
 The  turn  he  took  to  make  an  Impreffion  upon  the  minds  of 
 the  Catholicks,  was  to  reprefent  that  Doctrine  as  a  branch 
 of  Herefie,  in  order  to  create  jealoufies  about  its  Original. 
 He  maintained  with  a  boldnefs  fuitable  to  a  more  odious 
 Name,  that  before  Calvin  the  whole  Church,  and  even  the 
 Gallick  Church  did  believe  that  when  a  King  did  violate  the 
 Oath  he  had  taken  to  God  and  to  his  Subjects,  to  live  and 
 dye  a  Catholick  ;  and  not  only  turn'd  Arian  or  Mahometan, 
 but  even  proceeded  fo  far  as  to  War  againft  Jejus  Chrift, 
 that  is,  to  force  the  Conferences  of  his  Suhjefts,  and  ro  oblige 
 them  to  follow  a  falle  Religion,  he  might  be  declar'd  depri- 
 ved of  his  Rights  ,  and  his  Subjects  could  be  abfolved  in 
 Conference  and  at  the  Spiritual  and  Ecclefiaftical  Tribunal, 
 of  theAlleglance  which  they  had  fworn  to  him:  and  that  it  be- 
 longed to  the  Pope  or  Council  to  make  that  Declaration. 
 He  maintained  that  this  Sentiment  expos'd  no  body  to  the 
 Anathema,  and  did  not  deprive  thofe  who  held  it  of  the 
 Communion  of  the  Church  He  declared  more  than  once  that 
 the  Oath  which  the  King  of  England  had  exacted  from  the 
 Catholicks ,  was  the  Patron  of  the  Doctrine  of  the  Third 
 Eftate,  which  at  the  bottom  was  the  fubftance  of  that  Oath. 
 He  alledged  feveral  inconveniences  which  might  arife  from 
 the  enterprife  of  that  Houfe  ;  for  Inftance  that  it  would  be 
 
 Z  a  a 
 
The  Hifiory  of  the       Book  III. 
 
 1614.  a  Snare  for  Confciences,  to  make  people  read  as  an  Arri- 
 ^V"^  cje  0j-  taken  out  of  the  word  of  God,  a  Doctrine  the 
 contrary  of  which  had  been  and  was  ftill  held  by  all  the 
 reft  of  the  Catholick  Church  ;  That  it  was  dangerous  that 
 Lay-men  mould  undertake  to  decide  matters  of  Faith,  with- 
 out being  guided  by  a  Council,  or  fome  other  Ecclefiaftical 
 Judgment ;  That  it  might  create  a  Schifm,  to  declare  a  Do- 
 ctrine Impious,  which  was  approved  by  the  other  Catholicks, 
 which  they  did  feperate  from  by  that  Declaration  ;  That 
 under  pretence  of  fecuring  the  Life  and  Grandeur  of  Prin- 
 ces, they  would  be  expofed  more  than  ever  by  the  troubles 
 which  a  Schifm  caufes.  He  had  the  boldnefs  to  fay,  that  the 
 Murther  of  Kings  could  be  prevented  no  otherwife  than  by 
 the  fear  of  Eternal  Puniftiment ;  and  that  nothing  but  Ec- 
 clefiaftica!  Judgments  can  give  a  real  Terror  of  Punimmenrs. 
 He  leconded  ail  this  with  Examples,  and  Teftimomes  fet 
 ouc  with  a  g*-eat  deal  oi  Pomp;  difplaying  as  he  us'd  to 
 do  the  moll  fabulous  and  moil  falfe  Reports:  and  he  en- 
 deavou'd  to  prove  by  (ubtil  artificial  aniwers,  the  Examples 
 and  Teilimonies  to  the  contrary. 
 Wy  ihe  He  alfo  endeavour'd  to  refute  the  O'rj-cTions  drawn  from 
 arSlleL-  otner  Caufes,  and  among  the  reft  that  which  was  taken  from 
 ted.  the  Tolleration  granted  to  Heretkh  :  from  whence  it  might 
 be  concluded  that  if  Juft  Laws  were  made  to  preferve 
 their  Lives,  their  Eftates,  and  their  Honours,  Kings  were 
 much  lefs  to  be  depriv'd  of  theirs  under  pretence  of  Herefie. 
 Heanfwei'd  it  in  a  manner  which  (how'd,  that  according  to 
 his  opinion  the  Laws  under  which  Heretkks  lived,  did  only 
 lufpend  the  execution  of  thofe  which  were  againft  them  : 
 and  infinuating,that  incafe  a  new  Herefie  mould  arife,  which 
 might  be  opprellc-d  without  danger  by  reafon  of  its  weaknefs, 
 they  would  not  fail  to  deprive  the  profeflbrs  of  it  both  of 
 their  Eftates  and  Lives  ;  he  ftiow'd  clearly  enough 
 that  it  was  only  the  power  of  the  Reformed,  which  he 
 meant  almoft  every  where  in  naming  them  Hsritkhy  which 
 made  their  fafety.  This  alone  might  fuffice,  if  men  were 
 equitable,  to  apologife  for  their  Precautions  and  Difidences  : 
 
 fmce 
 
Vol.IL         EdiSofN&ntcs.  tyi 
 
 finee  nothing  can  be  more  natural  and  juft,  when  People  are  16 14. 
 threatned  with  Puniihments  and  Mafacres,   than  to  take 
 meafures  to  prevent  them.    He  did  not  forget  in  that  place 
 to  relate  the  afage  Servet  had  receiv'd  ac  Genev.i,  and  the 
 Arr  'um  in  England. 
 
 Speaking  ol  the  fourth  inconvenience  which  he  found  inD#!«£Mu 
 the  Doctrine  of  the  Third  Eftate,  he  redue'd  his  about  the^-c<ff" 
 fafcty  of  Kings  to  difhnctions  of  Tyrants  by  Ufurpation,  and 
 Tyrants  by  Adminiftration,  and  fome  others  which  might 
 difcover  how  much  thofe  pretended  Sureties  were  illufive. 
 The  Cafe  was  not  to  preferve  the  Lives  of  Kings  againft  the 
 Darts  that  are  Lanc'd  in  the  difputes  of  Colleges ,  where 
 thofe  diftin&ions  might  have  been  of  fome  ufe;  but  againft 
 Aflaflinates,  whofefury  could  not  be  repell'd  by  a  Diftinguo. 
 This  lubjedrequireSjand  I  fay  the  fameofmoft  of  thofe  which 
 relate  to  pracY.ce  in  important  mitters,Principles  Independent 
 of  all  fuch  fubtleties  ;  which  may  at  once  give  the  moll  igno- 
 rant, a  clear  Idea  of  the  Duties  that  are  imposed  upon 
 them. 
 
 In  order  to  end  that  long  difcourfe  by  a  conclufion  wor-  ats  <:«*•- 
 thy  of  the  reft,  he  endeavourd  to  perfuade  that  it  was  a  cl"f,oni 
 great  moderation  in  the  Popes,  to  furFer  fuch  to  remain  in 
 the  Communion  of  the  Church  of  Rome,  which  held  the  Do- 
 dlrine  of  the  Third  Eftate  :  and  according  to  him  they  were 
 very  much  oblig'd  to  the  Court  of  Rome,  for  not  being  Ex- 
 communicated by  them,  and  declar'd  Heretkks.    Finally,  to 
 difpofe  his  Auditors  the  better  to  relinquifh  that  Article,  he 
 accus'd  the  Reform 'd  of  being  the  Authors  of  it,  and  to  have 
 flipt  in  that  proportion,  which  he  call'd  the  Apple  ofDifcord,  *  Pwi(,nir 
 in  the  *  CaJ:iers  of  fome  Provinces,  to  fow  Divifton  among  Adirfo 
 the  Catholicks.    He  faid  that  they  had  long  threatned  that 
 enterprife ;  That  the  faid  project  came  from  Saumur  :  That 
 neverthelefs  both  the  Synods  and  Minifters  would  refufe  to 
 fign  that  Do&rine  :  which  he  prov'd  by  their  Confeftion  of 
 Faith  ;  by  the  exceptions  which  they  added  to  the  protefta- 
 tions  of  their  Obedience  and  Fidelity  ;  and  by  their  taking 
 of  Arms,when  ever  the  Court  had  attempted  to  deprive  them 
 of  the  Liberty  of  their  Confcieuces.  Where- 
 
TheHiflory  of  the      Book  III. 
 
 i6'i$.     Wherenpon  we  may  obferve  firft,  That  he  apply'd  their 
 ^^7^  Doctrine  to  his  with  a  great  deal  of  malice  ;  fmce  there  is 
 R£        a  great  deal  of  difference  between  not  obeying  Kings,  when 
 they  will  force  Confciences ;  or  making  them  lyable  to  depo- 
 sition by  virtue  of  an  Eeclefiaftical  Cenfure,  and  expofing 
 them  to  the  Daggers  of  Murtherers,  under  the  pretence  of 
 Anathema's.    The  one  was  the  Sentiment  of  the  Refomsd  \ 
 the  other  was  the  Opinion  of  the  adherents  of  the  Court 
 of  Rome,  the  impudent  pretentions  of  which  the  Third  Eftate 
 would  fupprefs.    Secondly  that  the  Refom?cl  in  taking  Arms, 
 never  intended  to  revoke  the  Oath  of  Allegiance  they  had 
 fvvom  to  their  Kings;  but  only  to  fecure  themfelves  againft: 
 violence  and  oppreftion,  being  dill  ready  to  lay  down  their 
 Arms,  as  foon  as  their  perfecutors  had  done  the  like.  Fi- 
 nally, that  the  Cardinal  jullified  againft  his  will  according 
 to  his  principles,  thofe  Wars  which  the  Catholicks  have  fo 
 often  reproached  :  fmce  they  never  did  take  Arms  but  when 
 their  Princes  violated  that  Oath  made  to  God  and  to  them, 
 to  make  them  live  in  peace  and  liberty  under  the  protection 
 of  their  Edicts.    It  was  a  ufual  thing  among  the  moft  violent 
 Votaries  of  the  Court  of  Rome,  to  impute  thofe  very  things 
 to  the  Reformed  as  high  Treafon  which  that  Court  teaches 
 as  a  duty  to  the  Catholicks. 
 *  Houfeof    This  Difcourle  producM  no  effect  in  the  *  Chamber  of  the 
 Commons.  Third  Eftate,  by  reafon  that  Miron  who  prefided  in  it  main- 
 lizftJeper-  ta'n  ^  tne  importance  and  neceflity  ot  the  Article  with  Vi- 
 fijis.      gour  and  Capacity.    He  neither  wanted  Wit,  Learning,  or 
 chara3er  Courage  :  and  as  he  equall'd  the  Cardinal  in  that,  he  had 
 'prejhtm  the  advantage  of  a  great  probity  over  him.    Moreover  he 
 «f  the      was  feconded  by  the  Parliaments,  whofe  Heriditary  Doctrine 
 .^ft^or-  'ie  defign  d  to  pafs  into  a  Law:  and  all  the  good  French, 
 dev.        whether  Reforrrid  or  Catholicks,  were  very  defirous  that 
 his  propofttion  might  be  converted  into  a  Law  ofthe  State. 
 
 So  thru  he  would  perhaps  havecarryed  it  in  fpight  of  the 
 Clergy,  and  have  dHabus'd  the  Nobility,  had  the  Court  taken 
 care  of  their  own  Interefts.  But  the  Queen  ftood  in  need  of 
 the  Clergy,  either  to  maintain  her  Authority,  or  to  accom- 
 
 plilh 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiFl  of  Nantes."  ijz 
 
 plifh  the  Marriages  with  Spain  which  flie  earneftly  defird.  1615-. 
 She  was  oblige!  to  pleafnre  the  Court  of  Rome  and  the  Spa-  v^-v~— > 
 wards,  who  interefs'd  themfelvcs  very  much  in  thatdtfputc  : 
 the  one  to  take  the  advantage  of  the  weaknefs  of  theGovern- 
 merit,  and  to  make  fome  Incroachments  upon  the  Kings  of 
 France,  who  had  prefervM  their  Independency  better  than 
 others  againft  their  pretentions  :  The  oilier  to  fow  jealoufies 
 and  diftdences  in  the  Kingdom,  which  thev  might  take  the 
 advantage  of  in  favourable  occafions.    The  Jeiuits  who  were 
 the  Popes  taithful  Servants  at  that  time.and  very  powerful  at 
 Court,u  here  they  had  the  direction  ol  the  Confciences  of  the 
 King  and  Queen  and  of  the  principal  Minifters,  did  not  be- 
 ly  themfelves  on  that  occafLn  ;  being  Sufficiently  conctrn'd 
 in  the  AlIjlTinations  which  the  Third  Eitare  had  a  mmd  to 
 prevent,  to  think  it  neceflary  to  prevent  the  Condemnation 
 of  the  Doctrine  which  authorises  them.    Therefore  the  Cler- 
 gy obtain  cl  of  the  King  under  pretence  to  avoid  diforder  and 
 conlufio  i,to  refer  the  faidDifpute  to  himlelf  and  his  Council, 
 But  whereas  the  fa'd  removal  only  iulpended  the  queftion, 
 upon  wh.ch  the  Third  Eftate  feem'd  rtfolvd  to  prefs  the  King  the  Cmt 
 to  give  his  judgment,  they  thought  fit  to  filence  them  quite  frknmthe 
 upon  that  Article.  They  were  commanded  to  put  that  Article^?  E' 
 quite  out  of  their  Cahier,  where  they  defign'd  to  put  it  at 
 tne  head  of  all  the  reft.    Thus  the  Queen  facrifk'd  the  Inter- 
 efts  of  the  King  her  Son  to  her  particular  ambition  j  and  hin- 
 derd  him  from  improving  the  greateft  example  of  fidelity 
 that  Subjects  can  give  to  their  Prince. 
 
 The  Clergy  neverthelefs  in  order  to  acknowledge  that  ittojive 
 Complaifance,  and  to  (how  that  they  were  not  Enemies  to  f^clfgy 
 the  fafety  of  Kings,  put  an  illufive  propofition  in  lieu  of  the  ?  ^ 
 Article  of  the  Third  Eftate,  ofcaufmg  the  Doctrine  of  the 
 Council  of  ConJIantia  upon  that  matter  to  be  publifhed  :  a 
 Do&rine  which  maintaining  the  intereft  of  Crown'd  Heads 
 in  appearence,  fubmits  them  neverthelefs  to  the  Cenfure  of 
 the  Popes  >  and  exempts  them  no  longer  from  the  Rebellion 
 and  attempt  of  their  Subjects  than  while  the  Popes  maintain 
 and  favour  themJn  effect  the  Council  only  condems  this  pro- 
 pofition 
 
The  Hifcory  of  the        Book  III. 
 
 1615-.  pofition  i  All  Tyrants  may  and  ought  Lawfully  and  Meriton- 
 **-'~\'~N-;  mjly  t)  he  hiWd,  by  any  of  their  VaffaU  oy  Subjetts,  even  by  fe- 
 cret  Machinations  ,  and  by  Artful  Flatteries,  nntwith/hnding 
 my  Oath  whatever  taken  to  them,  or  any  treaty  they  have 
 •made  with  them,  without  flaying  for  the  fentence  or  Order  of 
 any  Judge  whatever.  Without  minding  the  other  equivocal 
 Terms  in  which  the  faid  A>tcle  is  drawn,  it  is  evident  at 
 leaft  in  confequence  of  that  laft  Claufe,  Without  (hying  for 
 the  fentence  or  order  of  any  fudge  whatever,  that  it  leaves  all 
 Princes  ex pofs'd  to  afTafiinations  and  perfidioufnefles,  againfl: 
 whom  Confpiracies  are  made  after  the  Sentence  or  Or- 
 der of  certain  Judge?,  that  is,  after  the  ordinance  of  any 
 Council  or  Pope  .•  fincethat,  according  to  the  Doctrine  of 
 Cardinal  Du  Perron,  there  is  no  Jurifdic-tion  but  that  which 
 can  (land  upagainft  Kings.  Now  this  was  properly  what  the 
 Third  Eftate  would  prevent ;  in  order  not  to  expofe  Tempo- 
 ral power  to  the  difcretion  of  a  See  ,  which  has  only  found- 
 ed its  Grandeur  upon  the  ruin  of  Princes.  So  that  by  this 
 mameful  and  perfidious  illufion,  the  Clergy  fubO.ituted  in- 
 ftead  of  the  remedy  which  the  Third  Eftate  and  the  Kings 
 good  Subjects  word  oppofe  in  favour  of  Kings  againft 
 the  enterprifes  of  the  Popes,  that  very  evil  which  the 
 Third  Eftate  and  the  faid  good  Subjects  endeavom'J  thereby 
 to  remedy. 
 
 But  the  Clergy  did  not  think  they  had  carryed  their 
 And  their  Prevarication  far  enough  by  that  Artifice.    After  having 
 $™mc*-  ProPos'd  t0  tne  King  the  Publication  of  that  Decree,  they 
 tions.      bethought  themfelves    and  in  order  to  render  the  Lives  and 
 Soveraignity  of  Kings  more  dependant  of  the  Popes,  they 
 only  thought  fit  to  order,  that  his  Holinefs  mould  be  intreat- 
 ed  to  Confirm  that  Decree,  and  to  order  the  Publication  of 
 it.    This  way  of  proceeding  was  pretty  conformable  to  what 
 Cardinal  Du  Perron  had  done  in  other  occafions.    In  certain 
 publick  difputes  in  which  he  had  afllfted,  he  had  concluded 
 after  a  pompous  difplaying  of  falfe  Erudition,  that  one  might 
 maintain  the  faid  matter  pro  and  con  with  a  fafe  Conlcience  ; 
 and  that  all  the  Doctrine  of  the  Independency  of  Kings  was 
 
 one 
 
Vol.11.        EM  of  Nantes.  173 
 
 only  Problematical.  In  the  meantime  all  PerfonsofHo-  16  \  5 
 nour  trembled  to  think  that  in  order  to  fecure  the  Life  and  "»-/"v~  - 
 Crown  of  Kings,  there  was,  as  they  laid,  a  neceffity  to  ob- 
 tain a  Parentis  of  the  Pope.  The  Clergy  pretended  in  vain 
 that  in  fending  the  thing  to  the  Roman  .See,  the  faid  Decree 
 would  become  more  Univerfal,  and  more  Authcntick  :  That 
 if  the  King  caub'd  it  to  be  publiuYd,  it  would  only  ferve 
 in  trance  ;  whereas  if  it  w  ere  done  by  the  Pope,  the  Doctrine 
 of  the  Decree  would  become  that  of  all  the  Catholick  part 
 of  Qiriftendom.  The  Anfwer  to  it  was  that  the  fa  id  Decree 
 being  only  an  Illufion,  the  Publication  thereof  would  only 
 lerve  to  render  the  Illufion  more  general  ;  and  that  incafe  it 
 were  of  any  Verrue,  it  matter'd  but  little  what  ftrangc-rs 
 might  think  of  the  Kings  of  France,  provided  all  the  French 
 made  it  a  point  ol  Honour  and  of  Confcience,  to  believe  that 
 their  Kings  were  only  refponccable  for  their  Crowns  and 
 Actions  to  God. 
 
 The  Clergy  did  not  forget  in  that  affair  to  gain  the  Prince  hequatity 
 of  Coiitle  on  their  fide,  who  at  firft  feconded  the  Third  Eftate.  °fthe 
 They  usd  the  fame  reafons  to  blind  him,  as  had  prevaii'd  co"de.°* 
 with  others-    They  told  him  that  the  Reform's!  imployed 
 him,  to  make  a  Doctrine  pals  unawares  to  him  which  came 
 from  them  ;  and  which  tended  feeretly  to  ruin  the  Catholick 
 Religion.    The  Prince's  proceeding  in  this  matter  proved 
 Inequal.  and  did  not  anfwer  the  hopes  people  had  of  him. 
 The  advice,  he  gave  in  the  Council  upon  that  Subject  is  diffe- 
 rently related.    It  is  true  that  he  took  the  thing  upon  a  high- 
 er tone,  after  the  Difloiution  of  the  Eflates  :  but  hefucceed- 
 cd  no  better  in  it,  fmce  he  obtained  nothing  but  words.  In 
 the  mean  time  the  Clergy  having  obtainM  all  they  defir'd, 
 and  having  made  the  Doctrine  of  the  Council  of '  Conflantia  prefeve- ' 
 pajffj  for  the  Faith  of  the  State,  perfeverd  in  that  opinion  near  ^nceofthe 
 70  years :  and  fome  years  before  they  recanted  it,  thofe  that 'Jj£ %'n 
 compos'd  their  Memoirs  by  their  order,  not  fbrefcein'g  that  Urine.  - 
 it  would  be  condemnvl  within  five  or  fix  years  time,  In- 
 Icrtcd  the  Cardinals  Speech,  and  the  Articles  of  that  AI-  ■ 
 lembly  in  them.    This  m;iv  ferve  to  prove  that  the  Faith  of 
 
 a  the 
 
The  Hiflory  of  the      Book  UK 
 
 i  6  15 ■.  the  Clergy  of  France  depends  on  the  ftrongeft  }  That  when 
 ^y*^  the  Government  is  weak,  and  involv'd  in  troubles  ,  they 
 Sacrifice  the  Interefts  of  the  Crown  without  hesitation  to  the 
 Roman  See;  and  that  when  there  is  more  profit  to  be  ex- 
 pected from  Servitude  in  devoting  it  to  Temporal  Powers, 
 they  likewife  Sacrifice  the  pretended  privileges  of  the  faid 
 See  to  the  Grandeur  of  Kings. 
 Seftmn  at  Daring  the  Sefilon  of  the  Eftates,  there  broke  out  a  Sediti- 
 Miihau.  on  at  Miihau^  0n  Chriftmas  Eve.in  which  Town  the  Reform  d 
 were  the  ftrongeft  ;  and;  if  we  may  credit  the  Complaints 
 the  Bi!hop  of  Rhodes  made  about  it  in  the  Chamber  of  the  Cler- 
 gy, the  Catholicks  and  particularly  the  Priefts,  fufrer'd  ve- 
 ry much  by  it :  The  Reform 'd  took  up  Arms,  routed  the  Ec- 
 clefiafticks,  broke  the  Crucifixes,  and  the  Crolles  ;  Tore  the 
 Ornaments ;  broke  down  the  Altars,  prophan'd  the  Relicks  ; 
 took  the  Pix  out  of  the  Tabernacle  j  flung  down  the  Confe- 
 crated  Holls,  and  trampled  them  under  their  feet.  There 
 had  already  been  fuch  another  Sedition  in  the  fame  place, 
 under  the  preceeding  Reign,  again!!  which  the  Clergy  had 
 complain'd  :  but  either  for  want  of  proofs,  or  for  other  rea- 
 lons,  the  profecution  of  it  was  laid  afi<de.  It  was  renewed 
 upon  this  new  incident,  of  which  the  Circumftances  were  ag- 
 gravated, in  order  to  have  a  better  reafon  to  renew  the  firft 
 complaints.  The  Clergy  refolv'd  to  fpeak  to  the  King  about 
 it,  and  invited  the  two  other  Chambers  to  joyo  their  Depu- 
 ties to  theirs,  which  they  promis'd  to  do.  It  was  performed 
 two  days  before  the  diilblution  of  the  Eftates  by  the  Arch- 
 Bifliop  of  Lions,  who  made  a  long  difcourfe  to  the  Queen,  in 
 the  King's  ablence,  upon  the  Reftoration  af  the  Roman  Religi- 
 on in  Beam  ;  upon  the  re-union  oiNavar  to  the  Crown  ;and 
 upon  the  Sedition  of  Mdhau.  The  Queen  told  him  that  flie 
 had  already  Nomhaated  Commiflioners  to  infped  thofe 
 matters, 
 
 ThcBijhop  On  the  z3</.  of  Fehrttary  the  Bifliop  of  Lucon,  (ince  Car- 
 oj  Luconsji^j  0f  Richelieu,  prefented  the  *  Cahier  of  the  Clergy  to 
 ^petition  the  King.  His  difcourfe  was  not  Eloquent,  tho  he  pretend- 
 er^™//. ed*|©  Eloquence  even  to  his  dytn£  day :  but  it  was  very  vio- 
 lent 
 
Vol.11.      Edift  cf  Names. 
 
 lent  again  ft  the  Reform  J,  accufing  them  of  polluting  holy 
 Phccs  by  their  pfophane  Buri-js Is  j  of  keeping  Churches  in 
 which  the  Catholick  Service  could  not  be  performed, 
 Iftd  of  injoving  Ecclefmftical  Eftates.  He  alfo  complain'd 
 of  the  eXeeffes  committed  at  Milhau,  and  defir'd  that  it 
 might  be  reveng'J:  but  for  fear  of  alarming  the  Reform' dy 
 he  declar'd  that  he  only  meant  upon  fuch  as  were  guil- 
 ty, and  that  as  for  the  reft  the  Clergy  thought  no  farther  on 
 them  than  to  defire  their  Converfion,  and  to  promote  it  by 
 their  Example,  their  InftrucYions,  and  their  Prayers.  The 
 remainder  of  his  Speech  only  related  to  the  Grandeur  of 
 tne  Clecgy,  fthich  he  reprefented  as  an  affair  of  as  great 
 confeqiience  as  if  the  welfare  of  the  State  had  depended 
 upon  it.  Notwithstanding  thofe  earneft  entreaties  about 
 the  affair  of  and  the  Kings  Anfwer,  which  is  faid 
 
 to  be,  That  hr  thought  hirrtfe'n  as  much  oblig'd  to  re- 
 venge the  Stabbing  of  his  God,  as  the  Parricide  of  his  Fa- 
 ther :  the  Clergy  did  not  obtain  the  Vengeance  they  de- 
 fir'd.  The  reafon  of  it  is  that  the  Reform  d  likewife  brought 
 a  complaint  to  Court  of  a  greater  violence  committed 
 againft  them  in  thole  very  parts,  foon  after  the  fedition  at 
 Milhau.  They  had  built  a  Temple  at  Beleftj'twhere  they  had  sed 
 a  r;ght  to  perform  the  exercife  of  their  Religion  by  the  E 
 Edicts.  The  Catholicks  puh'd  it  down,  and  not  being  con- 
 rcnted  with  that  ,  they  a€lcd  great  Violences  againft  the 
 Reform'd  that  liv'd  there,  who  were  Plunder'd  ,  Beaten, 
 Wounded,  and  very  Barbnroufly  us'd.  It  look'd  as  if  the 
 Catholicks  had  done  this  upon  the  account  of  Repriiais,  and 
 to  be  revengM  of  the  violences  that  had  been  committed 
 at  M/iban,  by  thofe  of  Beliejl.it.  The  King  receiving  the 
 complaints  of  both  fides  much  about  the  fame  time,  it  was 
 difficult  to  do  Juftice  to  the  one,  without  doing  it  alfo  to 
 the  other.  So  that  the  be'ft  expedient  the  Court  cou'J 
 ihink  on,  to  avoid  greater  inconveniences,  was  to  fatisfic; 
 the  Parties  with  general  promifes,  and  to  refer  them  ro 
 Judges  that  might  takfe  a  particular  cogni'fance  of  their 
 complaints.  It  remain'd  in  rgitation  till  towards  the  lat'ter 
 ewd  of  the  year.  a  z  In 
 
The  Hijlory  of  the     Boole.  III. 
 
 In  the  mean  time  the  Clergy  had  compos'd  their  Cahier 
 .  which  ccntain'd  upwards  of  300  Articles,  among  which  thofe 
 the  'clew,  t'-^tdid  not  relate  to  their  own  Grandeur,  .tended  only  to 
 preferve  to  che  Queen  the  Authority  of  the  Government 
 which  ihe  was  very  jealous  of;  or  to  betray  the  interefts 
 of  the  State,  and  to  incroach  upon  the  Edids,  under  which 
 the  Refnrmd  were  maintain'd.    Such  were  upwards  of  65- 
 Articles,  which  directly  or  indirectly  tended  to  diflurb  them 
 in  the  pofleffibH  of  their  Liberties.    To  that  end  they  de- 
 fir'd  the  Refloration  of  the  Roman  Religion  in  all  places 
 under  the  King's  dominion  ,*  particularly  in  Barn,  and  in- 
 to  all  the  Places  newly  re-united  to  the  Crown:  The 
 Condemnation  of  Books  and  Difcour fes  that  were  injurious 
 to  the  Pope,  lately  Printed  :  The  Revocation  of  Ptnfions 
 given  upon   Benifices  to  per fons  that  were  not  qualified 
 for  them;  fpecifying  among  the  re'a fons  of  Incapacity  the 
 Pretended  Reform's!  Religion  :  Prohibitions  to  the  Parliaments 
 pTrmfion.  10  meddle  with  the  observation  of  Feftivals ;  The  Exemption 
 of  Imprifonment  for  Eccitfiafticks  ;  and  leave  for  Biihops  to 
 condemn  to  the  Gally's  :  Leave  to  apply  themfeives  to  the 
 next  Judge  Royal  for  the  execution  of  Ecclehaftical  Sen- 
 tences, incafe  the  ordinary  Judge  were  of  the  Pretended 
 Religion:  a  great  extention    of  the  Rights   of  Tithes. 
 Befides  this  there  were  complaints  that  the  Kings  Officers 
 or  thofe   6f  the    Pretended  Religion  hinder'd  the  Bifhops 
 from  rebuilding  their  Churches  and  their  Houfes.  Other 
 Articles  defir'd  that  fuch  Monks  as  mould  be  met  out 
 of  their  Habit  and  Convent  without  Letters  of  *  Obed^ 
 eace,  mould  be  chart is\i  as  Apoflates  ;  which  related  di- 
 rectly to  the  Monks  that  imbrae'd  the  Refomtd  Religion  : 
 That  the  Jefuits  might  be  re-united  to  the  Univerfity  of 
 Paris;  That  the  Ring  would  be  pleaAJ  to  judge  their  Cau- 
 fes  himfelf,  and  to  take  them,  under  his  protection  That 
 the  Printers  might  be  redue'd  to  a  certain  number  m  every 
 City ;  and  that  they  mould  print  no  Books  without  the 
 Diocehan's  Lifcence  ;  That  all  Books  from  abroad  mould 
 be  prohibited  unlefs  they  had  the  fame  approbation  That 
 
 the 
 
Vol.  17.       Editt  of  Nantes. 
 
 the    Marriages    With    Spain  might    be  nccomplhhed  ; 
 That  the  King  fhould  take  back    agnin  the   Towns  of 
 Hoftage  given  by  the  Treaty  of  Ste  Menekoula ;  That 
 the  Principality  of  Beam,  and  trie  reft  of  the  Kingdom  of 
 Njw  fliould  be  re-united  to  the  Crown ;  That  all  the- 
 Church  Lands  there  fliould  be  reftor'd  to  the  Ecclefiafticks, 
 w  ithout  allowing  thern  to  be  imployed  for  the  ufe  of  the* 
 Reform rl,  which  was  filled  a  prophane  ufe-,  That  a  Partv 
 Chamber  Ihould  be  efUblifli'd  at  Pan  5  That  trie  Reformed 
 Judges  there  fliould  not  be  allow'd   to  take  Cognilance- 
 ol  Ercleflaftical  Caufes,-  That  Militrary  Offices,  and  fuch 
 as  related  to  Juftice  fliould  be  given  to  Catholicks  ;  That 
 an  Edict  oi  Settlement  fliould  be  made  betw  een  the  Catho- 
 licks and  the  Reform's/ ;  That  the  Garrifons  fliould  be  re- 
 mov'd  out  of  fuch  Towns  as  were  not  feared   on  the 
 Frontiers.  That  Article  did  not  relate  to  the  Places  of  Sure- 
 ty ;  which  another  fpoke  of  direct!}7,  and  defn'd  the  King  • 
 to  take  them  again  :  but  this  has  contributed  confide»-ably 
 to  enflive  the  Kingdom  ,•  by  reafon  that  it  ferv'd  for  an 
 Overture  to  difarm  all  thofe  that  were  able  to-  defend 
 their  Liberty.    The  next  deuYd  the  Prohibition  of  all  for- 
 reign  Correspondencies,  Continua** 
 
 Others  propos'd  the  reftoring  to  the  EcclefiaAicks  their j»4  ,he 
 Houfes  and  Caftles  within  the  fpace  of  three  Months:  JUer' 
 To  oblige  thofe  that  were  ordet'd  to  prove  their  being 
 Rpfurntd,  meaning  the  Catholicks  that  imbracd  the  Re- 
 formd  Religion    to    make  their    Declaration   before  the 
 Jud?e  Roval,  fix  Months  before  their  being   allowed  to  • 
 remove  their  Caufes  to  the  Chambers  of  the  Edidt,  That- 
 time  w  as  Sufficient  to  ruin  them  in  the  Parliaments.  Others 
 dchVd  that  ail  the  Caufes  in  which  Ecrlefiafticks  were  • 
 concern'd  might  be  remov'd  before  the  Parliaments,?!  efidials,  • 
 and  other  Cathohck  Judges  :  and  that  the  Chambers  Ihould 
 not  be  altowi  to  receive  their  Appeals,  sfevfajr* 
 
 Thirty   two  others  followed  thefe ,    which   were  di-  ffd  - 
 redly  againft  the  Reform" J.    The  firft:  cf  them  was  to 
 fupprefs  the  exercife  of  their  Religion  \  That  in  the  mean  Reform's*/. 
 
 time 
 
The  Hiftorj  of  the     Book  III. 
 
 i6?c    time   tlii. >  mould  be  reciuc'd  to  the    Conceflions  of  the 
 s-/rV  late  Kingt;  and  thai  all  tliey  had  obtain'd  during  the  mi- 
 nority fhouki  be  revok'd.    The  others  imported  that  they 
 ihould  reftore  the  Churches  to  the  Catholiks ;  That  they 
 ihould  not  be  allow'd  to  Bury  their  Dead  in  the  anci- 
 ent Church-yards,  or  in  the  Churches,  and  that  the  Catho- 
 licks Ihould  be  allow'd  to  oppofe  it  by  force  of  Arms : 
 That  they  fhould  be  fore'd  to  refWe  the  Church  yards 
 they  had  fhar'd  with  the  Catholicks  ;  That  they  fhould 
 Le  forbidden  to  write  againfl  the  Sacraments  of  the  Roman 
 Church,  and  aga'inft  the  Authority  of  the  Pope,  on  pain 
 of  rigorous  punishments  ;  That  the  Minifters  fhould  not 
 be  allowed  to  go  into  the  Hofpitals,  even  to  comfort  their 
 Sisk  ;  That  Matters  fhould  be  obiig'd  to  fufTer  their  Ser- 
 vants to  perform  the  rites  of  their  Religion,  and  to  al- 
 low the  Curates  to  viftt  them  when  fick  ;  That  the  exercife 
 of  the  P.  R.  R.  mould  be  prohibited  in  Lands  that  were  held 
 in  homage  of  the  Church  ;  That  the  Catholicks  tunVd 
 Proteftanrs  fhould  not  injoy  the  exemption  of  contribu- 
 ting towards  the  building  of  Churches,^.  Untill  a  year  after 
 -their  flgnification  of  their  profeflion  in  the  Regifter  Office  j 
 That  their  Temples  mould  be  a  thoufand  Steps  diftant 
 from  the  Churches  at  leaft  ;  That  the  Patronages  of  the 
 fUform'jl  fhould  be  transferr'd  to  their  nearefl  Catholick 
 Relations,  or  in  default  of  any  to  the  Ordinary  ;  That  a 
 prohibition  mould  be  made  on  pain  of  corporal  punihV 
 ments,  to  impofe  upon  the  Catholicks  the  Sums  rais'd  for 
 thofe  of  die  pretended  Religion  ;  That  the  Reform'd  Lords 
 Ihould  not  be  allow'd  to  have  Sermons  in  any  of  their 
 Boufes,  but  that  in  which  they  made  their  principal  abode ; 
 nor  to  make  ufe  of  the  Kings  Confcilion  for  the  others; 
 That  an  Order  mould  be  made  for  the  Kings  Officers 
 to  te  admitted  in  the  Synods:  That  the  Briefs  fhould  be 
 recalfd  which  granted  to  the  Reform  d  Beniflces,  Steward- 
 ships,  or   Penfions  out  of   Ecclefiaflical  Eftates  ;  That 
 Ecctefiafticks  whether  Secular  or  Regular  might  be  chal- 
 lenge! by  the  Bifhops,  after  their  having  embrae'd  the 
 
 Reform  d 
 
Vol.  II.       bdiBcf  Nantes,  175 
 
 Reform^  Relhton,  though  no  Information,  was  made  be-  161$-. 
 fore  theif  Change  ^  That  the  manner  of  electing  the  Juclg-  v-/~v^ 
 is  that  were  to  ierve  in  the  Chambers,  being  prejudicial 
 to  the  State  and  to  the  Church,  the  King  would  be  pica- 
 led  ti  revoke  it,  and  to  caufe  them  to  be  cbofen  accord- 
 ing to  the  Order  of  the  Regifter ;  That  the  Chambers 
 ihould  not  be  allowed  to  take  Cognifance  of  any  Eccle- 
 fiaftical  affairs  3  and  that  whatever  ftate  a  Caufe  were 
 in,  even  after  the  conclufion  of  the  Procefs,  an  Ecclefi- 
 afiick  Interpofing  the  whole  mould  be  remov'd  to  the 
 Parliaments ;  That  the  Reform  d  of  Calais  mould  not  be 
 allow'd  to  Preach  in  Dutch,  or  in  any  other  Language 
 but  French ;  Thar  the  Temple  built  near  Bcurg  in  Breffe, 
 for  the  convenience  ot  Boejfe  PardailLm  who  had  been 
 Governour  of  it ,  mould  be  taken  from  the  Reform  d ; 
 That  at  Pont  de  Vefle ,  the  Temple  being  only  divided 
 from  the  Church  by  a  Wall ,   the  Reform  d  ihould  be 
 oblig'd  to  provide  another  place;  That  Fathers  or  Guar- 
 dians hindring  their  Children   or  Pupils  from  turning 
 Catholicks ,  the  Attornies  General  mould  be  ordered  to 
 profecute  them  for  it ;  That  the  Children  of  a  Catholick 
 Father ,   bred   Catholicks ,    ihould  remain  fo  after  his 
 Death ,  though  their  Mother  was  Reformed ;  That  the 
 *  Lieutenants  General,  and  other  Judges  of  that  Religion  *  c&4 
 m  Bayliw'icks,  mould  not  be  allowed  to  take  Cognifance  74***- 
 of  the  PolfefTory  of  Benefices,  or  other  Beneficial  matters ; 
 That  the  Colleges,  and  Semminaries  that  had  been  found- 
 ed by  the  Reformed  at  Charenton ,  at  Saumur,  at  Clermont 
 in  Boivoi(i$  and  in  feveral  other  Places  mould  be  taken 
 from  them  y  That  they  Ihould  not  be  allowed  to  have 
 Foreigners  for  their  Doctors,  Rectors,  and  Tucors  j  and 
 that  no  Foreigners  mould  be  allowed  to  teach  any  Do- 
 ctrine but  that  of  the  Catholick  Church  within  the  King- 
 dom. 
 
The  Hiftoryoftke         Book  III- 
 
 1615.      An  Article,which  follow'd  them,imported  that  all  the  Pro- 
 "^^ry  vinces  and  Governments  had  charg'd  the  I  nil;  ructions  of 
 thlftiJAr-  tne'r  Deputies  with  Complaints  againft  the  enterprises  of 
 tides*      the  Reform^  5  and  the  next  defir'd  they  fhould  not  be  a!- 
 low'd  to  perform  the  exercife  of  their  Religion,   nor  to 
 keep  Schools  in  Towns,  nor  in  the  Subburbs  of  Epif.c- 
 pal  Cities :  accufuig  the  Commiffioners  that  were  fent  in 
 the  Provinces  in  16  n,  of  having  favour'd  the  Reform  d 
 beyond  reafon,  upon  that  Subject,  under  pretence  of  put- 
 ting the  Edift  of  1577  in  Execution.    In  which  there  was 
 a  manifeft  fraud  in  the  Clergy,  which  did  not  mention  the 
 Edict  of  Nantes   here  5  as  if  the  Commiitioners  of  16  n 
 had  not  been  the  Executors  of  it  ^  or  that  the  laid  Edict 
 had  not    confiim'd    that  of  1577,   in  the  Article  of  the 
 firft    places  aflowd  in    Bayliwicks.    Nothing   had  .been 
 done  beyond  reafon  in  delivering  to  the  Reformed  Places 
 for  the  exercife  of  their  Religion  which  had  been  pro- 
 mifed  to  them  by  two  folemn  Edicts :  And  the  Clergy,  to 
 whom  Henry  the  ^th  had  granted  as  a  favour,  that  Epifco- 
 pal  Cities  mould  be  exempted  from  being  given  as  *  Se- 
 cond   places  of  Bayliwicks,  mould  not  have  diifembled 
 ■»pucesin  tnattne  fad  exception,  made  in  their  favour  for  thelecond, 
 whkh  the  did  confirm  the  General  Law  for  the  firft.    The  next  de- 
 
 not  grant  Ecclefialtical  Caftles 
 Vwed  to    or  Towns  for  the  future  for  places  of  Hoftage  5  and  fliat 
 perform  the  t}^Q  Government  of  Mas  dAgenois  (hould  be  taken  from 
 mpe  of*'  Conges-*  by  reafon  that   the  Clergy  pretended   that  the 
 their  Reli-  Reform  d  had  neither  the  exercife  or  their  Religion  allovv'd 
 there,    nor  a  Garrifon  before  the  year    i6co.    In  the 
 very  next  the' Clergy  was  not  aQiamd  to  defiie  contrary 
 to  a  Law  which  Chnflianity  and  humanity  have  cfrabiifh'd, 
 tfeft  theJMgesoi  the  Party-Chambers  might  not  bcallowd  to 
 VTif;  in  Mitjcrem,  incale  they  were  divided  in  their  opini- 
 ons in  Criminal  Cafes,"  under  pretence  that  that  Lenity 
 pi  evented  the  punifhentof  Criminals.    They  dthr'd  that 
 in  fuch  a  Cafe  the  Caufe  might  be  remov'd  to  the  other 
 Party  Chambers,  or  to  the  Chambers  of:  the  Edict.  So 
 
Book  IV.      EdtSt  of  Nantes.  177 
 
 that  when  the  accus'd  had  reafbn  to  expe&accor  'in*  to  that  1615. 
 equitable  cuftoro,tofee  anend  put  to  their  Try  al  by  Come  mo-  ^"v^- 
 derate  Punimment,the  Clergy  thought  fit  to  make  them  dance 
 throughall  the Juiifdiclions  ofthe Kingdom,and  tokeepthem 
 always  in  dread, and  in  Fettcrs-untill  that  after  having  pafAl 
 through  all  of  them,  they  mould  fall  at  laft  into  the  hands  of  a 
 Chamber  in  which  they  might  not  find  a  fufficient  number  of 
 Judges  to  lave  them  from  PeriuYmg.  This  may  Hrve  to  judge 
 of  the  Charity  the  Roman  Clergy  was  capable  of  3  mice  they 
 would  not  have  it  in  the  power  of  Judges  of  their  own  Reli- 
 gion to  fpare  humane  Blood  5  and  to  reverfe  a  fentence,in  ca- 
 fesin  which  Cuftom does  authorife  it, which  ordain'd  the  fpil- 
 ling  of  it.  They  complain'd  in  the  next  place  of  the  demo- 
 lifhi  g  of  Ecclefiaftical  places,  pretended  to  be  done  by  the 
 Reformd  fince  the peace  granted  by  the  Edid  ofNantes  :  The 
 fremeft  example  they  could  allege  of  it,  was  a  thing  which  had 
 been  done  above  1 5  years  ago. 
 
 They  conch  ded  all  this,beleechinghisMajefty  to  caufe,what  cmcUfm 
 he  mould  be  pleas d  to  grant  the  Clergy  to  be  Regiltred  and  <f th: 
 Inviolably  oblerv'd  :  So  that  the  Reform"  d  would  not  have  "lcr* 
 been  able  tofubflft  long  if  the  Clergy  had  obtain'd  their  de- 
 mands. I*  orcover  in  a  particular  *  Cahkr  of  regulations  which 
 they  call'd  Spirrtvafand  which  they  humbly  begg'd  his  Maje- 
 fty  toAuthorizeahey  defir'd  that  the  right  of  Burial  in  Church- 
 es,and  in  Church- Yards  mould  bedem'd  to  theReform  t/,and 
 to  fach  as  mould  be  kill'd  in  a  Duel,  d\ing  without  Confeui- 
 on,  whatever  Quality  they  were  of.  This  Article  alio  (hows 
 the  natuieof  their  Chaiity  to  the  Refowd,  which  they  con- 
 pa  rd  in  this  place  not  only  to  perlbns  they  efteem'd  to  be  dam» 
 ned  without  redemption  :  but  to  perfons  condemM  by  all  the 
 Laws , whole  tury  was  the  objedtof  publick  deteftation.  It 
 is  alio  oblervable  that  in  all  thole  Artic!es,in  which  they  fpoke 
 of  the  Religion  ofthe  Reform  d  they  Tranfpos'd  the  word  Pre- 
 tended  jo  render  the  fignification  of  it  the  more  Odious :  cal- 
 ling it  always  Pretendne  Religion  Refor mee,  in ftead  of  Religion 
 prctertdue  Reformce,  or  barely  the  Pretended  Religion. 
 
 The  End  ofthe  Third  Book. 
 
 >  THE 
 
Book.  IV. 
 
 THE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 €twt  of  0mm. 
 
 VOL.  II 
 
 BOOK  IV. 
 
 A  Summary  of  the  Contents  of  the  Fourth  Book. 
 
 Proportion  difil(d  by  the  Nobility.  Declaration  of  the  King, 
 which  does  not  cure  the  Evil.  New  Intrigues,  in  which  the 
 People  are  drawn,  the  Parliament  and  the  Reform'd,  who 
 foHicit  to  obtain  another  place  infdad  of  Grenoble  }  and 
 obtain  Gergeau  5  which  does  not  plea fe  them,  and  thcydc- 
 fire  Grenoble  again  }  to  which  the  Court  confents.  Affembly 
 of  the  Clergy.  Settlement  for  the  Penfions  of  Converted  Mi- 
 ni ft  ers.  Conduct  of  the  Court,  and  of  the  Prince  of  Conde, 
 who  invites  the  Affembly  of  Grenoble  to  joyn  with  hint. 
 
 b  2  Diverfity 
 
Jbe  Hijlorj  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 Diversity  of  opinions.  The  King's  Progrefs.  The  General 
 Affembly  fends  Deputies  to  him.  Thofe  Deputies  are  ad- 
 fduVitdW  PCMiEtYS'.  The  Queen  waves  the  Princes  propo- 
 rtions^ and  performs  her  Progrefs  without  hindrance.  Par- 
 ticular Cvh'ter  of 'the  Affembly.  General  Cahier.  An  freer  s 
 which  are  not  Jatisfatfory.  1  he  Deputies  are  amus'd,  they 
 Communicate  their  fears  to  the  Affembly.  Lefdiguieres 
 keeps  them  in  awe.  They  remove  to  Nimes,  infpight  of  him  : 
 and  excufe  themfelves  at  Court,  which  does  not  approve  it 
 very  well.  They  arc  jealous  of  the  Lords.  Lefciigueres 
 and  C  hntillon  are  ingagd  in  the  Interefl  of  the  Court. 
 The  Vuke  of  Candale  embraces  the  Reform  d  Religion. 
 Th?  Rcfornrd  are  hated  by  the  Favourites.  The  Duke 
 0?  Epernon  hates  them  mortally.  Treaty  of  Union  between 
 the  Affembly  and  the  Prince  of  Condc,  under  divers  rcfer- 
 vations  :  which  revives  the  Princes  Party.  New  Declarati- 
 on which  confirm  the  Edi&s  after  an  argumented  Preface. 
 V.ffeft  of  the  Declaration.  The  Refornvd  arc  difarmd.  at 
 Bourdtaux.  The  Confljlory  dijeontinucs  the  excrcifc  of  their 
 Religion.  Two  Advocates  acquaint  the  Parliament  with  it, 
 which  orders  the  ufual  Affemblies  to  be  continued.  The  Mi* 
 nijlers  withdraw.  The  Confljlory  cites  the  Advocates  after 
 the  Conclufion  of  the  Peace:  who  appeal  to  the  Parliament . 
 The  Confiflory  fufpends  them  publicly  from  the  Communion. 
 Stvei£  Decree.  Paffion  of  the  Advocate  General.  FaCis  dif- 
 owwdby  the  Miniflers.  Abfurdities,and  ridiculous  pretentions. 
 Proceedings  againflthe  Miniflers.  Sequel  of  the  ill  will  of  the 
 Parliament.  Falfe  Decree  of  InroUment  of  a  Declaration  againfi 
 the  Prince  of  Condc.Propofitions  of.  Peace.  Deputies  and  Letters, 
 from  the  Affembly  of  Kuv.cs.  ■  The  Lower  Languedoc  remains 
 peaceable.  The  King  of  England  offers  to  be  Mediator  of  the 
 Peace,  which  the  Council  of  'France  refit fes.  Conferrenceand 
 Peace  of  Loudun.  Trauflation  of  the  General  Affembly  to 
 Rochel,  from  whence  they  fend  Deputies  to  Loudun.  Un- 
 jujl  proceedings  of  the  Court.  1  he  Affembly  is  abnofl  fore'd 
 to  accept  a  P.  tc:.  Edict  0/Blois.  Private  Articles.  Sequel. 
 InroUment  and  modification  of  the  EdicJ. 
 
 Idid 
 
Book  IV.       8MB  of  Nantes.  179 
 
 *W  Have  inlarg'd  upon  the  preceding  Articles  prefented  U65. 
 I  bvthe  Clergy  bv  reafon  that  they  may  be  look'd  .up-  ^~v^ 
 8  cn  as  the  Pl.-.n  or  Scheme  of  the  Perfection  the  Rcforw'd  Pd]^b! 
 have  undei  gone  from  that  time,  untill  our  days.  As  the  the  Nobi- 
 Clergv  thereby  fhow'd  how  little  they  were  inclin'd  to  Peice 
 and  Equity,  the  Nobility  which  follow 'd  their  infpirations 
 and  movements,  did  not  appear  better  difpos'd.  They 
 proposd  during  the  Seffion  of  theEftates,  to  Petition  the 
 King  to  maintain  the  Catholick  Religion,  according  to  the 
 Oath  he  had  taken  about  it  at  his  Coronation.  The  Re?- 
 formd  w  ho  were  prefent  took  that  propofition  to  be  made 
 againft  them,  and  were  perfuaded  that  the  Nobility  aim'd 
 at  their  Religion.  And  indeed  thofe  that  were  acquain- 
 ted with  the  nature  of  that  Oath,  which  I  have  fet  down  in 
 another  place  can  think  no  otherwife  s  fince  that  the  King, 
 promifing  thereby  utterly  to  deftroy  all  Heretickj  declar'd 
 to  be  foby  the  Church,  the  Application  of  it  fell  naturally 
 upon  the  Refrrv/d,  who  are  look'd  upon  as  fitch  by  the- 
 Catholicks.  Therefore  the  laid  propofition  was  warmly- 
 debated,  between  the  Reformed  Gentlemen  who  were  pre- 
 fent and  the  promoters  of  it :  in  fo  much  that  they  were 
 like  to  proceed  to  great  extremities.  The  King  was  ac* 
 quaimed  with  it,  and  he hinderd  it  from  going  any  further 
 by  fair  prcmifes :  and  whereas  peoples  minds  were  ftrang- 
 ly  fir'd  by  that  difpute,  he  iffued  out  a  new  Declaration  on 
 thei2//jof  March,  which  Confirmed  all  the  Edicts. 
 
 It  began  with  great  Elogies  of  the  Queens  conduct  du-  Da-km^ 
 ring  the  Regency,  and  of  the  care  (he  had  taken  to  con-  °f  ,he 
 firm  the  Edicts,  in  imitation  of  the  late  King,  andtoreme- 
 dy  the  infractions  of  it,  as  foon  as  (he  was  acquainted  with 
 them  :  which  the  King  look'd  upon  as  thetrueCaufe,  which 
 next  to  the  affifrance  of  God  had  maintain'd  his  Subjects 
 within  the  bounds  of  their  Allegiance  to  him,  and  in  ami- 
 ty among  themfelves.  After  which  the  King  exprefled  that 
 this  good  effect  of  the  Queens  Prudence  had  obliged  him, 
 
 ifte? 
 
The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol.  It 
 
 1-61-5.  a^ter  tne  Declaration  of  his  Majefty,  to  intreat  her  tocon- 
 tinue  to  alfift  him  with  her  Council,  with  the  fame  authori- 
 ty as  if  the  A  dmi  nitration  if  the  Kingddm  were  fill  in  her 
 hands.    That  by  her  advice  he  had  ifiued  out  another  De- 
 claration, of  the  fame  fubftance  with  that  (he  had  publifhed, 
 and  caus'd  to  be  verifVd  at  the  beginning  of  her  Regency 
 to  fignifie  that  it  was  her  earneft  defire  to  make  his  Subjects 
 Jive  in  Peace  and  friendfhir>,  and  to  obferve  ■  the  Edicts 
 Inviolably.    In  the  next  place  he  declar'd  that  he  was  lorry 
 for  what  had  happen 'd  in  the  Eftates,  upon  the  propofition 
 of  the  Nobility  \   and  in  order  to  fatisHe  the  Reform'' he 
 rejected  it  at  firfts,  as  little  necefiary,    or  rather  abibkitely 
 ufelefs,  fince  he  was  refolv'd  to  profels  the  Catholick  Re- 
 ligion to  his  dying  Day:  but  after  that  he  excusM  it,  as 
 proceeding  from  the  Zeal  of  the  Nobility  towards  the  pre- 
 fervation  of  the  Roman  Religion,  Without  a  defiga  of  giv- 
 ing offence  to  any  body :  whereupon  he  faid  that  the 
 Catholick  Nobility  had  declar'd  it  to  him  firfc  feparately, 
 and  then  altogether  :  That  they  had  protefted  to  him  that 
 they  were  very  defirous  of  the  oblervation  of  the  Peace 
 eftabliuYd  by  the  Edi&srThat  they  had  intreated  him  to  leave 
 the  re- union  of  his  Subjects  to  the  Providence  of  God, ufing 
 the  ufual  means  of  the  Church  '*>  being  but  too  much  per- 
 fwaded  by  experience,  that  violent  Remedies  had  only 
 fervid  to  inereafe  the  number  of  thofe  that  had  left  the 
 Church,  inltead  of  teaching  them  the  way  to  return  to  it. 
 Therefore  in-order  to  remove  the  jealoufies  of  the  Reform^ 
 who  avoided 'factions  and  ill  defigns,  and  all  pretence  of  di- 
 sturbances from  thofe  that  endeavour'd  to  promote  them, 
 The  King  confirmed  anew  all  the  Edicts,  Declarations  pri- 
 vate Articles,  Settlements,  and  other  Letters  and  Decrees, 
 .  given  in  favour  of  the  Keformd,  both  by  himfelf  and  the 
 Late  King,  upon  the  foterpretation  and  Execution  of  the 
 Edict  of  Nantes  }  and  orderd  the  fame  to  be  obfervd  Invi- 
 o'ably. 
 
 whkhdoet  This  Declaraton  -which  remain'd  upwards  of  feven 
 not  cn>e    Weeks  -before  it  was  v«rify\l  in  tiie  Parliament  of  Par/s, 
 
 ,,:be  £«/-  did 
 
Book  IV.      Edict  ^Nantes.  i% 
 
 did  not  cure  the  Evil  the  aforefoid  Conteftaion    had  ere-  16 
 ated.    It  hardly  ferv'd  to  Pallitate  it:  And  indeed  it  was v^ 
 not  very  likely  that  it  fhould  fatisfy  anybody,  confidering. 
 how  it  was  Penn'd.  It  was  natural  to  fufpeft  that  a  Conftant 
 lblid  Law  could  not  be  the  Sequel  of  a  Preface  without 
 Truth.    That  Imitation  of  Henry  the  jp£.*i  Prudence  it  In- 
 filled fo  much  upon,  had  never  appear'd  in  the  Queen's 
 Condudt.    On  the  contrary  fhe  had  abandond  all  the  late 
 Kings  projects  3  alterd,    confounded,  and  deftroy'd  all 
 that  he  had  done  for  the  Peace  and  grandeur  of  the  King- 
 dom j  and  concluded  the  Alliance  with  Spain,   for  which 
 he  had  exprefs'd  an  Invincible  Averfion  to  his  dying  day. 
 That  affectation  of  always  fpeaking  of  the  Imitation  of  a  Prince 
 all  whofe  Maxims  had  been  overthrown,  offended  thofe  • 
 who  griev'd  to  fte  how  much  the  Regency  had  disfigur'd 
 the  Government.    It  is  odious  to  boaft  of  a  thing  the  con- 
 trary of  which  is  notorioufly  known  by  every  body  :  and 
 ftudy'd  proteftations  of   performing  a  Duty  which  one 
 iwerves  from  by  a  Thoufand   Actions,  leldom  perfwade  a 
 thing  which  Erfefts   contradict.    Moreover  every  body 
 was  too  fencible  how  many  Cabals  and  Factions  had  .torn 
 the  Kingdom  during  the  Minority  to  relim  the  praties  that 
 were  given  to  the  Queen  of  having  maintain'd  it  in  Peace. 
 Befides  the  Miftery  of  the  Court  appeared  too  openly  in 
 the  faid  Declaration    in  which  the  Regency  was  continu'd 
 during  the  Majority  to  the  fame  Per fon,   who  upon  the 
 account  of  the  Majority  mould  have  renoune'd  it ;  and  the 
 Malecontents  found  a  fair  pretence  to  murmur,  in  that  2 
 King  who  was  Ma-jor,  found  in  body  and  mind,  remain!<ji 
 ftill  under  the  directions  of  others  5  only  alledging  the 
 pretence  of  his  Majority,  tofecure  his  Mothers  authority  3 
 and  only  made  us  of  the  Priviledg  oi  the  Age    he  had 
 attain'd  to  put  himfelf  under  the  Yoke  of  a  .fecond  Guar- 
 diarrfhip.    The  King  was  the  only  lofer  by  the  Declation 
 of  his  Majority,  and  by  the  Seflion  of  the  Eftates,  The 
 Queen  remain'd  -Regent  under  another  Name.    Foreigner  ; 
 ^without  merit  whom  he  had  advane'd,  to  the  Exclufion  of 
 
 the 
 
Jhe  Hiftorj  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 the  Native  Ftrnch,  and  even  of  the  Princes,  everted  all 
 •  the.  authority  in  the  K.mg'.i  name,   by  the  means  of  that 
 Prino-is.whofc  mind,  and  heart  they  govern'd.    The  Re- 
 form d  were  fenfible  of  the  Equivocation  of  thofe  words, 
 by  the  means  that  are  ufualiu  the  Church,  by  reafon  that  they 
 liad  learned  at  their  Coll  by  a  difhial  experience,  that 
 Maflacres  and  difingenuity  are  means  much  more  in  ufe 
 in  the  Bon.ai.Chuich  for  the  Converfion  of  pretended  Here- 
 4kks,  than  Sermons  and  good  example.    So  that  peoples 
 minds  being  prepapd  by  thofe  Reflections,  eafily  took  fire 
 again  at  the  fn  ft.  occafion  that.orTer'd  it  felf. 
 
 The  Prince  of  Conde  who  expected  to  raife  his  Authority 
 by  the  means  of  the  Eftates,  on  the  contrary  \ol\  the  little 
 he  had  left  by  the  prevarication  of  the  Clergy,  and  of  their 
 •Adherents  }  and  the  Queen  caught  him  in  the  larnefhare  he 
 had  fet  out  lor   her.      She  remained   in  poileifton  of 
 the  Government  in  fpight  of  him  j  (lie  got  the  approbation 
 of  the  Marriages  fhe  had  concluded  ^  llie  obliged  the  Prince 
 to  Surrender- the  Town  of  Amboife  to  her,  which  fhe  had  gi- 
 ven him  for  his  fecurity  at  the  Treaty  of  Ste.McnchorJd  j  and 
 in  order  to  lire  the  Patience  of  the  French  to  the  utmoft,fhe 
 made  tonchini  a  Marfhal  of  France.    The  Marfnal  de  Bouil- 
 lon had  ferved  her  ufefuily  in  that  Conjuncture  of  Affairs, 
 in  hopes  that  his  Credit  and  Capacity,  which  appeared  oil 
 that  occafiop,  would  oblige  that  Princefs  to  give  him  a  great- 
 er (hare  in  her  favour.    But  (he  was  unwilling  to  put  her- 
 felf  into  the  hands  of  a  man  of  his  Capacity  ,  and  Conchini 
 who  lik'd  him  as  a  Counfellor,  would  neither  allow  him 
 to  be  his  Matter,  nor  his  Competitor.    Therefore  the  Mar- 
 thai  finding  that  no  more  notice  was  taken  of  him  than  be- 
 fore, refolv'd  to  be  reveng'd,  and  renew'd  Intrigues  which 
 finally  ruin  d  the  Queen's  Affairs    but  which  had  the  mis- 
 fortune at  the  fame  time  to  occafion  the  decay  of  the 
 Reform  cl  Religion,  and  the  Slavery  of  France.    The  Prince 
 of  Conde  being  very  much  difatisfi'd  with  the  Eftates,  and 
 yet  more  with  the  Queen,  willingly  gave  ear  to  new  propo- 
 
 fitions 
 
Vol.  II.        EdiBof  Nantes.1  181 
 
 fitions,  and  he  judg'd  that  things  would  be  difpos'd  to  fa-  1615. 
 vour  new  defigns.  Ky-\r^» 
 
 It  was  r.eceifiry  for  him  to  fct  three  wheelcs  a  going  to  To  which 
 have  more  fuccefs  in  his  prefect  difcontents  than  he  had  ^JjJ 
 h  id  in  the  preceding,  which  had  only  ferv'd  to  difcover  his  people. 
 weaknefs.  1  here  was  a  neceility  to  get  the  People,  the  Par- 
 liament of  Paris  and  the  Refor/^J  of  his  fide.    The  People 
 was  firliciently  difpos'd  to  joyn  with  the  Malecontents,  up- 
 on the  account  of  their  natural  averfion  to  Foreigners.  It 
 is  eafie  to  perfaude  them  that  Foreigners  have  lefs  regard 
 for  them  than  thofe  that  are  born  and  bred  in  the  fame 
 Country  with  them  :  and  they  excufe  the  excefles  which  am- 
 bition and  avarice  make  their  own  Countrymen  Commit, 
 with  more  eafe,  than  the  leaft  attempts  of  a  Foreigner. 
 Moreover   the  Deputies  of  the  Provinces  had  receiv'd 
 but  little  fuisfacrion  from  the^Court.    The  King  had  re- 
 fus'd  to  examine  the  *  Cahicrs  of  the  Eftates  before  their  *  Pemtm 
 Diflolution  :  a  Maxim  of  great  ufe  to  wave  the  Complaints  *"d*d-' 
 of  the  People,  not  to  hear  them,  while  they  are  in  a  Ca-  r®"' 
 pacity  to  follicit  anfwers  to  them.    The  Court  took  but  very- 
 little  notice  of  thoCc  Cahiers,  after  the  departure  of  the  De- 
 puties.   But  the  Clergy,  which  had  ferv'd  the  Queen  accor- 
 ding to  her  mind,  obtained  almoft  whatever  they  defign'd. 
 The  Deputies  of  the  other  Orders  obtain'd  nothing  but 
 Vain,  general  pro  ni  es,  of  which  they  were  fenlible  that 
 they  mould  never  fee  the  effects}  and  that  the  People 
 would  be  oblig'd  to  reek  out  other  remedies  to  redrefs 
 their  Grievances. 
 
 The  Prince  had  good  Fiiends  in  the  Parliament,  which  j%e  Pariim 
 were  difatisfied  5  and  thought  themfelves  bound  in  Duty  mm. 
 and  Honour,  to  redrefs  by  their  Authority  the  Affairs  which 
 were  ruincl  by  the  filfe  Policy  of  the  Court,  But  that 
 perhaps  would  not  have  produce!  great  effects,  had  not 
 the  Court  given  an  Overture  to  it,  by  an  excefs  of  feverity. 
 The  Parliament  feeing  how  the  Intentions  of  the  well  mean- 
 ing part  of  the  Eftates  were  evaded,  gave  a  Decree  co- 
 wards the  end  of  March,  which  invited  the  Princes,  the 
 Peers  and  Officers  of  the  Crown  that  fit  among  them,  to 
 
 c  Af- 
 
The  Hijloij  of  the      Book  III. 
 
 Allemble  with  them  to  remedy  the  diforders  of  the  State. 
 The  Court  was  very  much  allarm'd,  and  offended  at  that 
 Bol'itiels.    They  fent  for  the  Parliament  to  have  an  ac- 
 count of  their  entcrprife,  reversed  their  Decree,  and  for- 
 bad the  execution  of  it.    But  that  Auguft  Court  was  no- 
 v.-fe   dimeaitned  }  and  after  feveral  deliberations  they 
 made  very  grave  Remonftrances  to  the  King,  and  fuch  as 
 became  a  Senat  that  lov'd  the  Glory  and  Peace  of  the  State. 
 They  fpoke  boldly  upon  all  things  that  defen'd  to  be  ob- 
 ferved  in  the  prcfent  Conjuncture :   and  as  they  infifred 
 vigofoafly  upon  the  Article  of  the  Third  Eitate,  which  the 
 Court  had  rejected,  they  did  the  fame  upon  whatever  re- 
 lated to  the  advantage  of  the  people.  All  their  difcourle  in  a 
 word  tended  toinfpirethe  King  with  maxims  of  an  equitable 
 Government.  I  fhould  fwerve  from  my  fubjefh  in  relating  all 
 the  Ai  tides  of  their  Pvemonftrances.  Therefore  I  fhall  only  ob- 
 ferve  that  among  29  or  3c  others,  there  was  one  which  re- 
 lated to  the  Edicts,  and  which  defir'd  the  King  to  preferve  the 
 Splendor  and  Dignity  of  the  Roman  Religion,  without 
 fwerving  from  the  Edicts  of  Pacification.    So  that  the 
 1  irliament,  which  had  formerly  made  fo  much  dificulty 
 to  pafs  the  Edict,  had  finally  found  by  experience  the  ne- 
 ceiiity  of  its  obfervation.    The  King  receiv'd  thofe  re- 
 monftrances ill,  either  becaufe  they  were  too  juft  to  pleafe  a 
 Court.in  which  thepeople  only  thought  of  makingtheir  for- 
 tune at  any  rate  5  or  becaufe  they  were  too  free  to  pleafe 
 fi  ;h  as  only  aimed  to  oppiefs  Liberty;  or  finally  becaufe  it 
 was  thought  necefTary  for  the  King"s  honour,  who  had 
 oitcn  declared  that  he  would  not  allow  any  to  be  made  to 
 him    The  Queen  looked  upon  them  as  Invectives  againft 
 her  Regency  5  The  Marfhal  cCAncrc  as  an  affront  offered  by 
 thofe  that  envied  him  ,  ThePrefident  Jctmrz,  as  a  reproach 
 of  the  difcipation  of  the  Finances,  which  were  not  improved 
 in  his  hands.    The  Dukes  d*  Gttife  and  de  Epemon,  who  were 
 difatisfied  with  the  Parliament,  offered  their  Services  to  the 
 King  againft  that  venerable  Senat.    So  that  all  things  teemed 
 to  confpire  to  mortifie  that  Illuftrious  Body.  Thenextdaya 
 Decree  was  given  in  the  Council,  in  the  King's  Name, 
 which  ordefd  the  Decree  of  the  Parliament  to  be  La- 
 cerated 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiU  of  Na.,tes. 
 
 cerated,  as  well  as  their  Remonftrances;  That  the  Decree 
 mould  be  taken  out  of  the  Regifters,  and  that  of  the  Council 
 put  in  the  room  of  it  :  all  this  was  preceded  by  very  abu five 
 cxpreilbns,  (tiling  the  behavour  of  the  Parliament  unlawful  ; 
 which  was  a  treatment  they  were  little  us'd  to.  V/khfun- 
 tide  failing  out  while  the  Parliament  was  deliberating  upon 
 that  affai^and  afterwards  the  King's  Progrefs  towards  Pyrenees, 
 iufpended  Peoples  minds,  and  made  them  forget  the  thing  for 
 a  u  hile  :  but  that  injury  done  to  the  mod  venerable  Body  of 
 the  Kingdom,  (hengthen'd  the  Princes  Party  with  a  fpecious 
 pretence  of  complaint,  and  increas'J  it  by  a  great  number 
 of  Malecontcnts. 
 
 The  Marllial  de  Bouillon  labour'd  on  the  other  hand,  to 
 prevail  with  the  Rejormd  by  his  Intrigues  to  joy  n  with  the 
 Prince  oACovde-  He  fbtterd  Rouvray  who  was  one  or  their 
 bed  heads,  and  who  was  one  ot  the  Deputies  General,  with 
 the  hopes  of  being  fent  AmbafTador  to  theVnited  Provinces; 
 Des  Bordes  Mercier,  who  had  been  Deputy  General  with  the 
 promife  of  a  Counfellor's  Place  in  the  Parliament ;  Befit evflfe, 
 with  the  aiTurance  of  tne  General  Deputaion,  which  he  had 
 lane  afpir'd  to.  He  blinded  all  tbofe  that  hearkned  to  him, 
 with  the  expectation  of  a  great  Reformation  in  rhe  Govern- 
 ment, which  would  fecure  the  Ed.&s  againft  the  attempts  of 
 Spain  and  ttaly  j  revenge  the  King's  Death,  recover  the  ho- 
 nour of  the  Monarchy  againf;  the  prevarications  of  the  Cler- 
 gy ;  amend  the  iavifonefs  oi  the  Finances,  and  deprive  the 
 foreigners  who  were  unwerfaliy  hated  of  their  odious  autho- 
 rity. But  his  ftrongefl.  argument  to  prevail  with  the  majori- 
 ty of  the  Rrftrr/i'd,  was  the  concequences  of  the  Alliance 
 with  St>j/n ;  and  to  frighten  them  with  tiie  kcret  Articles 
 that  were  agreed  upon.  Moreover  he  writ  to  the  Court  to 
 Ihow  among  other  things  the  Reafons  they  had  to  dread  the 
 efTecl:  of  thofe  Marriages.  Jeanin  made  an  Anfwer  to  him 
 upon  that  Article  which  might  have  fatisried  the  moft  diffi- 
 cult, if  he  could  have  perfuaded  that  there  was  any  fince* 
 cerity,  in  the  promhesand  words  of  the  Com  e  The  Laws, 
 (aid  he,  eflablifrid  in  France-  to  live  in  Peace,  which  have  ban 
 obfavd  fo  long  already  vtili  make  us  look^  Kith  honor  on  any 
 c  2  Conn- 
 
 Ani  the 
 Reform'd. 
 
The  Hijlory  of  the      Book.  J1L 
 
 1615.  Councils  that  wight  tend  to  dijlurb  it.    Therefore  mlefs fome 
 s^V^"  nicked  and  ill  advis'd  Subjects  occafion  a  breach^  the  Peace  and 
 Tranquility  efiabliftid  by  the   Edicts  mil  lajl  for  ever.  That  was 
 very  fine,  if  the  Reforw'd  coirkl  have  belie v'd  it  true.  But 
 experience  made  them  fenfible  that  there  was  no  truft  to  be 
 given  to  promifes :  and  that  while  they  were  attack'd  almoft 
 pubiiekly  by  a  thoufand  Wiles,  it  would  have  been  ridicu- 
 lous to  imagine  people  did  not  laugh  at  them,  when  they 
 preach'd  fiich  unlikely  things  to  them.    So  that  the  Marmal 
 cafilv  found  piop'e    lip>  i.Vi  to  brieve    that  thole  dif- 
 courfeswere  no  oracles  j  or  that  Jtcania  did  not  hold  the 
 Maxims  of  the  Court 
 »  '  Salicet     During  thole  TranfadVions  the  Reform  dcom'mxVd  their  fol- 
 UcitfttitJfis;  to  have  another  place  granted  them  inftead  of 
 p°laclinr    Grenoble,  w  her'  thev  were  allow'd  to  hold  a  General  Afiem- 
 fieadof     b!y.    Yvhile  thev  endeavour'd  to  obtain  another  place,  for 
 Grenoble.  ^  Gf  not  being  free  there,    the  behaviour  of  Lejdigmeres 
 gave  them  a  new  pretence  to  refufe'it.    The  Husband  of 
 Mary  Vignon^  whom  he  had  kept  (candalouOy  alon^  while, 
 and  whom  he  had  made  Marchionefs  de  Trejfort,  waskill'd 
 in  fach  a  manner  as  perfwatied  every  body  that  Lefdignreres 
 was  the  author  or  accomplice  of  his  Death.    That  new  fcan- 
 dal  created  a  horror  in  the  Reform  d,  who  could  not  refolve 
 to  put  under  the  Authority  and  in  the  Power  ot  a  man  ca- 
 pable of  fuch  actions,  a  great  number  of  their  moft  confi- 
 det  able  Members  ?  who  mould  be  oblig'd  to  pay  a  thoufand 
 refpe&s  to  a  man  who  was  fufpecred  to  be  guilty  of  lb  odi- 
 ous a  Crime  :  They  were  afraid,  withreafon,  that  their  E- 
 nemics  would  take  an  occafion  from  thence  to  accufe  their 
 Religion  of  being  too  indulgent  and  toremils  in  their  Morals. 
 Sergeau."  Tne  Court  being  willing  to  grarifle  rhem  in  that  point,  con- 
 ferited  at  laft  that  they  mould  hold  the  Afiembly  at  Gergean, 
 w  here  another  had  been  held  in  the  late  Kings  Reign.  This 
 place  pkas'd  tbtm  no  better  than  the  firft.  Their  pretence 
 w.  sthat  the  preceding  AOembly  had  been  inconveniene'd 
 there  for  want  of  Lodging:  but  the  true  reafon  was  that 
 theey  thought  that  place  too  near  Paris  5  and  that  they  were 
 fenfible  that  the  Court  had  pitch'd  upon  it  to  keep  the  AC- 
 femblyinAwe,  The 
 
Vol.  II.        hdlB  of  Nantes.  183 
 
 The  Deputies  General  made  new  Petitions  to  obrain  a  1615. 
 more  convenient   place:  and  whereas  the  Court  refus'd  to  h^YV 
 
 .     .  •  i_t>       -  Which  they 
 
 comply  it1  ocenhond  divers  >movcmer  ts  in  thelrovmces,  are  mtj:.. 
 in  which  fome  propos'd  to  take  a  more  convenient  place, 
 without  relying  on  the  Curtefie  of  the  Court  to  no  purpofe,  *"  ' 
 They  n'uo  propos'd  a  meeting  at  Montanban,  there  to  agree 
 abouta  place  in  which  the  Affembly  might  neither  want  Liber- 
 ty nor  Convenience/In  the  interim  fomeextraordmary  affairs 
 falling  out,  which  oblig'd  Lefdiguieres  to  make  a  Journey 
 to  Court,  and  they  expecting  to  be  freer  in  his  abfence, 
 which  'twas  thought  would  be  long  enough  to  afford  the  Af- 
 fembly time  to  form  their  refolutions,  they  thought  fit  to 
 defire  Grenoble  again,   and  to  declare  publickly  that  they 
 would  make  ufe  of  the  Brief  they  had  obtain'd  the  preced- 
 ing year.    This  alteration  at  firft  created  jealoufies  in  the  fi*  de^ 
 Court ,  who  could  not  imagin  it  to  be  done  without  Lefdi-  ^/«.°bIc 
 gukres  having  given  the  Reform' d  fomc  (ecret  aiTurances  of  not 
 oppofina:  them.   He  had  fliown  by  the  manner  of  his  affix- 
 ing the  Duke  of  Savoy ^  againft  whom  the  King  of  Spain  made 
 War,  that  he  ftcod  upon  his  honour  fome  times.  The  Queen 
 had  engaged  that  Prince  in  that  War,  and  had  promis'd  by 
 Lefdiguieres  to  affift  him.    But  after  the  conclufion  of  the 
 Marriages,  (lie  refus'd  to  execute  that  Treaty  5  by  reafbn 
 that  (he  was  willing  in  order  topleafe  the  King  of  Spain  to 
 force  the  DukeofSio*?  tomakea  Peace. However  Lefc'iguieres 
 affifted  him,  notwithstanding  the  reiterated  orders  he  re- 
 ceived not  to  do  it,  and  whereas  he  could  not  do  it  in  t he- 
 King's  name  whodifown'd  ,  it  he  did  it  in  his  own.  The 
 example  feem'd  to  (how,  that  tho  he  was  devoted  to  the 
 Court,  he  knew  never  thelefs  how  to  difbbey  when  he  pleas'd.  I 
 But  after  that  bold  action,  he  made  his  peace  fo  foon  and 
 with  fo  much  eafe,  that  it  look'd  as  if  the  Court  had  con- 
 nived at  it  underhand.    As  for  the  fufpicion  the  Court  had 
 of  his  being  ingag'd  fecretly  with  the  reft  of  the  Reformed, 
 be  eafily  deftroyed  it.    He  alfured  the  Court  of  his  Seiv 
 vices  and  of  his  Fidelity  =,  and  fent  Bellujon  thereon  purpofe 
 with  his  Inftrudions,  and  to  receive  their  Orders.    He  had 
 long  refitted  the  removal  which  the  Reform* d  didfollicit- 
 
The  Etftoty  of  the     Book !  I I . 
 
 1615.  being  as  defirous  to  have  one  of  their  Aflemblies  in  his  pow- 
 er,  as  they  were  fearful  of  trufting  it  into  his  hands.  There  - 
 'Ann  cm-  f°re  when  he  found  that  they  defired  it  of  their  own  accord, 
 fenu  toit.  he  was  one  of  the  firft  that  took  them  at  their  word  :  and 
 the  Court  being  fatisfied  with  him  gave  them  a  new  Brief, 
 which  aiiow'd  the  holding  of  the  Affembly  at  Grenoble.  But 
 whereas  Lejdiguieres  prefence  was  more  uleful  to  the  Court 
 at  Grenoble  than  el  few  here,  they  put  of  his  Journey  to  ano- 
 ther time.  The  Reform'd  being  deceive!  on  that  fide,  had 
 no  pretence  left  to  go  from  their  word  :  The  Deputies  re- 
 paii\i  to  Grenoble  towards  the  middle  ofjully:  and  contrary 
 to  all  appearences,  the  Prince  of  CondSs  Intrigues  prevailed 
 over  the  credit  and  cunning  of  Lefdigiucrcs. 
 Affembly  of  But  during  ihofc  Petitions  of  the  RrfornPd^  and  the  delayes 
 the  clergy.  Qf  ^  Court^  tfce  Clergy  as  I  have  already  laid,  Aflembled 
 at  Pa)  is,  for  the  renewing  of  the  Contracts  they  commonly 
 make  with  the  King  once  in  Ten  years.  But  whereas  they  ne- 
 ver give,  any  thing  without  receiving,  they  did  not  fail  to 
 advance  their  Enterprifes  againft  the  Reformed  and  to  purfue 
 the  project  of  their  Ruin  which  they  had  fornrd  in  the  E- 
 (tates.lt  was  with  that  Intention  the  Coadjutor  of  Roans  made 
 a  Speech  to  the  King  on  the  8th  of  Anguft,  he  reprelented  the 
 State  of  the  Roman  Religion  in  Beam  to  be  lb  dilmal  and  Co 
 deplorable  ,  that  for  want  of  Priefts  the  Catholicks  could 
 nof.Chriften  their  Children  there  till  they  were  20  years  of 
 Age  5.  and  he  reprefented  as  one  of  the  greateft  misfortunes, 
 that  the  Minifters  were  paid  there  with  the  Revenues  of  the 
 Church.  He  laid  moreover  in  order  to  make  the  Reform'd 
 more  odious,  that  the  Roman  Religion  was  favour'd  more 
 by  the  Turks,  than  by  the  Reformed  of  Beam  :  and  thole  Fal- 
 cities  tho  plainly  difprov'd  by  the  replys  of  the  Reform 'd,  and 
 by  the  knowledg  of  all  People,  were  difpere'd  and  receivd 
 as  undeniable  Truths.  He  comphin'd  that  the  Abby  of  St. 
 Anthony  de  Viennois  had  been  lately  given  to  a  young  Se- 
 cular, prefented  by  an  Heretic \  and  to  move  the  more  pity 
 againft  that  injuftice,  he  faid  that  miracles  were  performd 
 about  the  Tomb  of  the  late  Abbot.  He  alfo  return'd  the 
 King  thanks  about  the  reception  of  the  Council  Trent. 
 
 which 
 
Vol.  II.      EdiZlcf  Nantes.  \y\ 
 
 which  he  hid  promis'd  :  but  he  made  a  little  too  much  haitc  1 6 1 
 upon  that  Article.  It  is  true  that  the  King  had  promis'  d  to 
 publift]  it,  butic  was  prevented  by  the  Troubles  that  began 
 to  Ircak  out :  and  perhaps  he  was  glad  that  one  of  the  Ar- 
 ticles of  thePeace  of  Lwr/z/^difingaged  his  word,and  hinder'd 
 him  from  doing  what  the  Kings  his  PredecelTors  hadconfrant- 
 ly  refus'd  to  do.Before  the  end  of  the  fame  month  the  Bifhop 
 of '  Bl aiiv.ns began  the  lame  Song  over  again^and  madeftrange 
 follicitations  about  the  affair  ot  Beam,  complaining  that  the 
 Catholicks  were  dcprivM  of  the  ufe  of  the  Sacraments  both 
 •at  their  birth,  and  at  their  Death,  for  want  of  Pricfts  to 
 ndminifter  them.  He  was  very  prefilng  upon  the  affair  of 
 Milhan  which  happenVl  the  Winter  before  :  and  tho  the  Ca- 
 tholicks had  done  as  much  at  Bekfladt  iince,  hedefir'd  that 
 no  cimpcnfation  might  be  made  of  thofe  two  affairs.  Ne- 
 verthilcfs,  the  reciprocal  follicitations  of  the  Catholicks  and 
 of  the  Reform W,  did  not  permit  thofe  affairs  to  be  feri- 
 oufly  dicufAl.  Their  complaints  only  prodiic'd  a  delegati- 
 on o\  Judges  v\ ho  neither  pleas'd  the  one,  ncr  the  other  3 
 and  whole  judgment  piov'd  inefectual.  The  Peace  of  Lcu- 
 *.'//#  abolilli'd  ihe  remembrance  of  thofe  two  affairs,  and  the 
 one  pa/s*d  thus  in  fpight  of  the  Clergy,  for  a  compeiifation 
 of  the  other. 
 
 In  the  fame  Aflembly,  the  Clergy,  who  had  no  fuccefs  in  the 
 conqueft  of  Minifters,  drew  an  -ample  Regulation  for  the  diftri- 
 bution  of  30^00  Livers  which  they  had  delign'd  for  thePenfions  of 
 thofe  that  mould  tarn  Catholicks  :  and  being  finable  that  the  num- 
 ber of  thofe  Profelites  was  as  yet  too  fmall,  to  employ  that  little 
 Sum,  they  confented  that  untill  their  zeal  had  made  a  greater 
 progrefs  they  mould  give  the  remainder  Of  the  faid  Sum  to  others 
 befides  Minifters,  provided  it  were  only  given  to  perfons  of  Me- 
 rit. It  appeares  by  thofe  Regulations,  that  the  Clergy  was  difa- 
 tisfi'd  even  with  thofe  they  had  corrupted,  iinceth:y  took  fo  much 
 care  to  hinder  that  Money  from  falling  into  ill  hand-;.  But  not- 
 withftanding  all  that  ;  they  met  with  no  fuccefs  in  their 
 pretended  ConverHons  ^  and  even  after  the  affairs  of  tht  .Re 
 for»?d  were  ruin'd  they  were  fore'd  to  imploy  their  Money  .to 
 other  ules. 
 
 In 
 
The  Hiftoryoftbe         Book  III. 
 
 1614.  \n  tne  mean  time  the  Court  had  no  manner  ofregard  for 
 M»Hm  tne  PeoP^  anc^  broke  their  promifes  with  as  little  regard, 
 oftte      asiftneyhad  defign'd  to  make  Malecontents.  They  re-efra- 
 
 c»nrt,      i.jjQ^'d  La  Pmtkttc,  or  the  annual  duty  they  had  been  obligd 
 to  revoke,  becaufe  it  had  bcendeuYd  with  great  Earneftneft  : 
 and  the  Queen  went  her  felfto  the  Bafiilk  from  whence  (lie 
 took  800000  Crowns,  which  were  remaining  there  of  the 
 fourteen  Millons  in  ready  Money,  which   the  Duke  of  Sul- 
 //had  hoarded  there  by  his  good  management.  So  that  it  loo'kd 
 as  if  they  had  a  mind  to  favour  the  defigris  of  the  Prince  of 
 And  of  the  Condc,  who  was  preparing  to  hinder  the  accomplishment  of 
 Conde^  tne  Marriages  with  Spain.  His  Difcontentshad  remov'd  htm  by 
 degrees  from  the  Court  5  and  in  that  Retirement  he  flatten! 
 himfelfof  being  powerfully  aflifted  both  at  Home  and  abroad 
 he  was  in  hopes  that  the  King  of  EngUnd  and  the  United  Pro- 
 vinces, who  could  not  be  pleafd  at  thole  Marriages,  would 
 afliffc  him  powerfully  \  and  indeed  he  had  receivd  great  pro- 
 mifes of  it.  He  expeded  that  the  Forces  which  were  become 
 Ultlefs,  by  the  Peace  of  Savoy  lately  made,  and  wereupon 
 the  Frontiers  of  Germany,  would  ailift  him:  and  perhaps  it 
 would  have  prov'd  fb,  had  he  had  Money  to  buy  them.  But 
 every  thing  fail'd  him  5  and  he  found  himlelf  Ingag'd  in  a  War, 
 which  he  could  never  have  got  honourably  out  of,  had  not 
 the  Reform  d  fuccor'd  him  at  their  own  Cod.  The  Queen  who 
 fecretly  prepai'd  every  thing  for  the  accomplishing  of  her  de~ 
 figns,amufd  the  Prince  with  Negotiations :  and  Sent  Vilkroy 
 lever  a  1  times  to  Coujfi,  to  confer  with  him  there  about  the 
 means  of  an  Agreement.  But  during  thofe  Treatys  they  de- 
 bauch'd  his  Ceatures  from  him  }  either  by  perfwading  them 
 diatthe  Prince  only  defign'd  to  make  his  own  Peace,and  that 
 it  was  already  far  advane'd,  or  offering  them  more  potent 
 and  profitable  advantages  under  her,  than  they  could  exped 
 under  the  Prince  of  Qonde.  Infomuch  that  many  of  them  took 
 Gratifications,  or  were  dazled  by  Promifes.  They  broke  all 
 the  meafures  he  took  with  Stangers,  and  made  all  his  defigns 
 rnifcary. 
 
 No 
 
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 None  but  the  Rtforrrid  were  ftill  able  to  do  fomething  for  1S1  ^ 
 him>  but  they  were  flow  to  declare  themfelves.    Their  Al- ^v"^-1 
 fembly  had  beenopen'd  at  Grenoble  on  the  15th  of  July,  and  „/concie 
 Ltfdigmerts having  refus'dthe  Prefidentfhip,  which  was  ofrer'd  invites  th* 
 to  him  by  all  the  Deputies,  they  had  Elected  De  Blct,  Depu-^jif 
 ty  for  the  Nobility  of  the  Province  of  Anjou  for  their  £refident  y^yn-wiih 
 and  Dnrand  Minifter  of  Part*,  and  Deputy  for  the  Ifle  of  h 
 Fr/tnce,  for  his  Aflbciate  ;  and  Bciffmil  and  Mania/d  for  Se- 
 cretaries.   The  Prince  of  Qonde  fent  a  Gentleman  thither  to 
 invite  them  to  joyn  with  him ,  in  order  to  procure  a  good 
 Reformation  of  the  States  in  which  he  promis'd  to  make  the 
 Reform* A  find  all  the  Sureties  they  could  realbnably  expec*h 
 A  confiderable  part  of  the  Aflembly  inclin'd  towards  that 
 Union  ;  and  the  Pretences  the  Prince  us'd  were  fo  plaufible 
 and  fo  Noble,  that  they  could  hardly  fail  of  making  an  Im- 
 preffion  upon  many  People.  To  pals  the  Independence  of  the 
 Grown  into  an  Act  of  the  State  5  to  fecure  the  King's  Perfbn 
 againft  Aflaffinations,  Excommunications,  and  Depofitions; 
 to  revenge  the  too  long  neglected  Murther  of  the  late  King ; 
 to  hinder  the  Publication  of  a  Council  againft  which  a  great 
 King  had  Protefted ,   and  which  was  very  prejudicial  to 
 France;te  reduce  Taxes  and  Impofitions  at  reafonsble  Rates;  to 
 remove  theexceflive  Authority  of  Foreigners,  and  to  call  them 
 to  an  Account  for  the  Abufes  introduc'd  during  their  being 
 in  Favour  ;  to  fettle  the  Edicts  of  Pacificati  n  beyond  Reach  : 
 All  thefe  were  great  defigns,  which  appear'd  fo  Juft,  fo  Law- 
 ful, and  (b  neceffary ,   that  no  body  qu  ftion'd  but  they 
 would  be  attended  with  the  Blefling  of  God,  and  that  all  true 
 Frenchmen  would  unanimoufly  favour  them.  But  others  were 
 of  Opinion,  that  thcAflembly  ought  to  leave  the  mana  gement 
 of  the  Political  part  of  thofe  Projects  wholly  to  the  Prince  of 
 Conde ,    and  to  apply  themfelves  fdlefy  to  take  meafures 
 for  the  {afety  of  the  Reformed  Religion.     They  did  not 
 queftion  but  the  Prince  had  a  Right  by  his  Birth,  to  en- 
 deavour to  purge  the  Government  of  all  the  Abufes  that 
 were  flipt  into  it 5  but  they  did  not  think  it  proper  for 
 the  Reformed  to  ingage  in  it  otherwife  than  by  Prayers 
 to  God  ,  and  mod  humble  Remonftrances  to  the  King, 
 
 A  a  Some 
 
z  o  i  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol  II, 
 
 1615.  Some  Provinces  had  given  their  Deputies  Inftru&ions  to 
 i^y^J  that  Effi>&. 
 
 ^o^vim.  Tlle  diverfity  of  Opinions,  managed  by  L-fdiguieres  for  the 
 "  Intereft  of  the  Court,  having  appear'd  at  the  overture  of  the 
 AfTembly,  fatisfy'd  the  Queen,  that  the  Reform  d  would  not 
 be  ready  fo  foon,  but  that  fhe  might  have  time  to  put  her 
 defigns  in  Execution,  before  the  Prince  and  they  could  be  in 
 a  Pofture  to  oppofe  them,  She  had  given  great  Caufes  of 
 Complaint  to  the  Duke  of  Rohan,  whom  fhe  was  Jealous  of 
 upon  that  Account.  Therefore  being  defirous  to  oblige  him 
 by  fome  Favour  to  forget  what  was  paft,  fhe  took  the  occa- 
 fion  of  a  difference,  between  the  Houles  of  Rohan  and  de  U 
 Trimonille^  about  the  Prefidentfhip  of  thejEftates  of  Britany, 
 to  which  they  both  afpir'd,  with  fuch  Equal  Rights,  that  it. 
 was  impoflible  to  decide  the  queftion,  otherwife  than  by  ad- 
 judging the  faid  Privilege  to  both,  to  injoy  it  Alternately. 
 The  Duke  de  la  Trtmouille  who  was  lately  refurn'd  from. 
 Travelling,  defign'd  to  appear  in  the  Eftates,  and  fo  did  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan.  They  refus'd  to  yield  to  each  other,  which 
 concurrence  could  not  fail  of  being  attended  with  ill  Confe- 
 quences,  The  Queen  being  defirous  to  pleafure  the  Duke  of 
 Rohan,  by  teeming  to  declare  her  felf  in  favour  of  him,  either 
 to  imploy  him  elfewhere,  while  fheperform'd  her  Progrefs, 
 or  to  oblige  him  in  an  Affair  of  Precedence  and  Honour,  fent 
 him  an  Order  to  repair  to  the  Eftates  to  prefide  there  3  and- 
 at  the  fame  time  lent  a  contrary  Order  to  the  Duke  de  la  Tri~ 
 mouille,  whole  difpleafure  fhe  did  not  Value,  by  Reafbn  that 
 he  was  very  young,  not  much  known,  and  far  from  that  de- 
 greeof  Credit  and  Power,  in  which  the  World  had  leen  the; 
 lateDuke  his  Father.  This  a  vail'd  the  Queen  but  little  5  by 
 Reafbn,  that  her  Refufal  of  the  Government  of  Poit  oh  to  the. 
 Duke  of  Rohan,  to  whom  fhe  had  formerly  Granted  the  Sur- 
 vivorftiip  thereof,  made  a  deeper  Impreffion  upon  him,'  than 
 her  pretended  Favour  about  the  Prefidentfhip.  He  made  !no . 
 ufe  of  the  Order  he  had  receiv'd  from  the  Court,  and  Prefided 
 that  time  b^  content  of  the  Duke  de  la  Trimottille,  by  Virtue , 
 of  an  Accommodation  procur'd  by  their  mutual  Friends  to  hin- 
 der thote  two  Potent  Families,  that  liv'd  in  Friendfhipat  that . 
 time,  from  coming  to  a  Breach.,  Never- 
 
Book  IV.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  205 
 
 Neverthelefs  the  Queen,  being  fo  well  (atisfy'd  with  the  1615. 
 then  State  of  Affairs  as  to  allure  her  ielf  of  fuccefs,  refolv Vi  '^pC0 
 to  improve  it,  and  to  do  her  Bufinefs  before  the  Prince  could  p,'^;k^ 
 have  time  to  oppofe' it.    Therefore  all  of  a  fudden,  while 
 the  Negotiation  of  Peace  feem'd  to  draw  towards  a  happy 
 Conclusion,  fhe  fent  an  Order  to  him  from  the  King,  to  re- 
 pair to  his  Majefty  with  all  fpeed,  to  accompany  him  in  his 
 Progrefs,  in  Order  to  the  Accomplifhing  of  his  Marriage. 
 And  left  he  might  plead  Ignorance,  me  acquainted  him  with 
 the  very  day  he  had  pitch'd  upon  for  his  departure.  The 
 Prince  complain'd  highly  at  this  Precipitation,  and  took  occa- 
 fionfrom  thence,to  take  up  Arms 3  but  with  fo  (mall  a  Number 
 of  Men ,  and  lo  little  profpeft  of  Relief,  that  he  was  hke 
 to  fink  under  it.    In  the  mean  time  the  King  fet  forward  , 
 and  continu'd  his  Progrefs  {lowly  5  tho'  fome  of  the  moft  Ju- 
 dicious, and  beft  skill'd  in  Affairs  of  State,  were  of  Opinion 
 that  it  was  a  Rafh  Refblution  ;  by  Reafon  that  the  King  re- 
 moving from  the  Center  of  the  Kingdom,  left  a  kindl'd  Fire  in 
 it,  which  would  have  time  and  opportunity  to  do  a  great 
 deal  of  mifchief,  while  the  Court  remaind  at  one  of  the  Ex- 
 tremities of  the  Kingdom  the  moft  diftant  from  the  Confla- 
 gration.   The  Affembly  of  Grenoble,  which  after  all  the  de-  theGeae*. 
 lays  occafion'd  by  the  diverfity  of  Opinions,  had  at  laft  de-  r 
 termin'd  to  try  what  they  could  obtain  from  the  Court,  be- 1 
 fore  the  taking  any  other  meafures,    had  deputed  three  -    .  . 
 .  Perfons  to  the  King,  to  prefent  their .  *  Cihitts  to  him ;  *Yeiitim 
 and  h  id  charg'd  them  exprefly »  humbly  to  befeech  his 
 Majefty  to  confider  the  Prince  of  Sonde's  Remonftranees.    ~  " 
 !  Thofe  Deputies  \\'crzCfjjn/peaux3Des Bordes Mercier^nd  M.n!k- 
 ,  ray.  Champe  .'#jc  had.the  greateft  Oiare  of  Honour  in  that  Depu- 
 tation, by  Reafon  that  he  was  the  Headandfpeakerof  it :  But 
 Desbordes  had  more  Credit,  becaufe  he  was  a  Man  of  better 
 Parts,  beiides  his  being  ingag'd  in  the  Prince  of  Condcs  ln- 
 tereft,  to  which  the  Marfhal  de  Bcnillonhzd  drawn  him,  as 
 I  have  already  faid,  by  very  fair  promifes.    The  King  was 
 gone  before  the  Deputies  reach'd  Paris  5  and  could  not  over- 
 take him,  till  they  came  to  Amboife^  from  whence,  the  King 
 having  heard  them,  adiourn'd  them  to  Poitiers,  for  an  Anfwer. \  '. 
 
 A  a  2  This  - 
 
ZC4-  The  Htftory  of  the        VoL  II. 
 
 1:615.  f  ms  delay  was  ill  refented  by  the  Deputies,  who  lookt  up- 
 U^y^J  on  it  as  an  inftance  of  the  little  regard  that  would  be  had 
 to  their  Intreaties.  And  indeed,  one  of  the  Propofitions  of 
 the  Prince  of  CWe,  which  they  were  to  infift  upon  in  the 
 behalf  of  the  Alfernbly,  was  either  to  break ,  or  to  put  off 
 the  Marriages  with  Spain  until  another  time :  And  inftead 
 of  hearing  them  upon  that  Subject,  they  were  adjourn'd  for 
 an  Anfwer  to  a  Place,  where  the  Ring  having  performM 
 half  his  Progreis,  it  was  not  very  likely  that  he  would  go 
 back,  without  making  an  End  of  it. 
 
 It  is  true,  that  the  Queen  declared  freely,  that  had  it  been 
 defir'd  fooner,  that  Journey  might  have  been  put  off  to  ano- 
 ther time  ;  but  that  it  was  then  too  late  to  think  upon  it , 
 that  it  was  impoffible  to  Retreat  with  Honour ;  That  the 
 Place  was  nVd,  the  Day  appointed ,  and  that  they  were  too 
 forward  on  their  Journey  to  go  back.  There  is  no  Reafbn  to 
 believe  that  fhe  (poke  in  earneft  ,  or  that  the  Impending 
 Storm  fhe  beheld,  made  her  fenfible  that  fhe  had  Us'd  too 
 much  precipitation,  and  that  it  would  have  been  better  for 
 her  to  have  given  fome  fatisfa&ion  to  thofe  that  opposed  her 
 defigns,  in  order  to  break  their  Meafures.  She  was  undoubt- 
 edly very  well  inform'd  with  the  Intentions  of  the  Prince 
 before  her  departure.  But  in  reality,  the  forwardnefsof  the 
 Journey  affording  her  a  good  pretence  to  end  what  fhe  had  fb 
 well  begun,  without  heeding  Remonftrances  to  the  contrary, 
 it  was  eafie  for  her  to  pay  thofe  with  a  fpecious  Excufe, 
 whom  fhe  had  no  mind  to  give  a  fblid  fatisfa&ion  to.  The 
 beft  Excufe  that  can  be  made  for  a  Refufal,  is  to  pretend  that 
 the  Requeft  is  made  too  late,  and  that  it  would  have  been 
 Granted,  had  it  been  proposed  fooner.  The  Fault  then, 
 ieems  rather  to  proceed  from  want  of  diligence  in  the  Petitio- 
 ner, than  from  want  of  good  Will  in  the  Perfon  that  refu- 
 fes.  However,  it  behov'd  the  Queen  to  fhow  that  fhe  had 
 Power  enough  to  do  whatever  fhe  pleas'd,  in  fpight  of  half 
 the  Kingdom.  Therefore  fhe  continu'd  her  Progrefs  with- 
 out Interruption,  and  without  the  leaft  accident  as  far  as 
 PoitUrs :  But  as  foon  as  fhe  Arriv'd  there,  her  Meafures 
 were  like  to  have  been  broke  by  Misfortune  that  could  admit 
 
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 of  no  remedy.    Madame  fell  fick  of  the  Small-Pox,  and  the  161%. 
 Court  that  could  do  nothing  without  her,  was  oblig'd  to  tarry 
 there  two  Months  for  the  return  of  her  Health. 
 
 This  delay  feem'dto  afford  the  Prince  of  Condi  the  time  to  ^^g" 
 prepare  himfelf  for  War,  which  the  Queens  diligence  had  de-f^^ 
 priv'd  him  of.    However  he  could  only  raife  a  fmall  Body  of  W without 
 Men,  which  happily  efcap'd  the  Purluit  of  MarfhaU*  Bois°^tittt- 
 dauphin^  who  wasorder'd  by  the  Queen  to  obferve  him,  and 
 follow'd  him  dole.    He  wasaccus'd  by  forae  of  not  improving 
 the  occafions  that  offer'd  themfelves  to  beat  the  Prince's  Ar- 
 my, by  reafbnof  his  Irrefblutions ;  but  others  were  of  opini- 
 on that  he  was  Commanded  nottolngage  in  a  Combat  with 
 the  Prince,  but  only  toamufe  him,  until  the  Exchange  of  the 
 PrincefTes of  France  and  Spain  were  accompli fh*d  ;  becaufe  it 
 was  thought  that  then  it  would  be  more  eafie  to  fatisfie  the 
 laid  Prince.    But  whereas  the  Affembly  or  Grenoble  deferr'd 
 to  declare  themfelves,  and  exprefs'd  their  defire  to  favour  the 
 Prince's  Arms,  more  by  Words  than  Efte&s.   The  Court  did 
 not  meet  fo  manyCroffes  in  that  Journey,  as  they  might  have 
 done,  had  there  been  more  Union  or  Diligence  in  the  contra- 
 ry Party,  or  had  the  Prince's  Forces  been  as  ready  to  take  the 
 Field,  as  his  Declaration  to  appear.    The  Duke  of  Rohan  had 
 been  powerfully  follicited  to  take  up  Arms,  and  did  it  at  bft 
 being  nettl'd  that  the  Queen  exprefs'd  no  more  confideration 
 for  him :  And  after  the  Peace  was  concluded,  he  had  the  bold- 
 nefs  to  tell  her,  That  his  Inclination  did  prompt  him  to  ferve 
 her  5  but  that  finding  himfelf  defpis'd,  he  refbiv'd  to  fliow 
 that  he  wascapable  of  fomething.    His  Friends  had  promis'd 
 him  Six  Thoufand  Foot  and  Five  hunder'd  Horl'e,  and  had 
 they  been  as  good  as  their  Word,  he  would  have  been  able 
 withfuch  a  Body  to  flop  the  Court,  and  to  afford  the  Prince 
 of Conde  time  to  joyn  with  him.    But  the  Promiles  that  were, 
 made  to  him,  were  redue'd  to  a  third  part,  and  notwithftand- 
 ing  hisutmoft  Endeavours,  he  could  not  raife  above  Two 
 Thoufand  Men.    Moreover  he  loft  a  great  deal  of  Time  in 
 making  Montauban  declare  it  felf,  and  in  vain  Endeavours  to 
 obtain  a  Reinforcement  from  the  other  Cities  which  refus'd  to 
 give  it  him.    So  that  the  Queen  had  as  much  time  as  was  ne- 
 
 ceifary 
 
20  6  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol  II. 
 
 1615.  ceflary  to  repair  to  the  Frontiers,  there  to  exchange  thePrin- 
 fVN*  cefleF,  and  to  bring  back  the  King  and  the  new  Queen  to  Bor- 
 deaux. 
 
 Pamcu-      During  the  Abode  the  King  made  at  Poitiers,  he  could  not 
 l*rpptimr$\ife  to  read  the*  Cahiers  that  were  prefented  to  him 
 %nb!y     Dy  rne  Deputies  of  the  Affembly,  and  to  anfwer  them  ac- 
 *  Petitions  cording  to  his  Promife  at  Amboife  ;  and  though  the  Anfwers 
 'LIT'"'  did  not  appear  fufficiently  pofitive  to  them,yet  they  concluded 
 .that  the  prelent  Conjuncture  had  fnduc'dthe  Court  to  make 
 them  more  favourable,  than  they  would  have  been  at  ano<- 
 ther  time.    There  were  two  different  forts  of  Cahiers, 
 the  one  General,  the  other  Particular.    The  laft  con- 
 tained Complaints  and  Demands  upon  particular,  though 
 confiderable  Cafes,  vtt»  That  the  King  would  be  pleas'd  to 
 xaufe  the  Letters  Patent  for  the  Exemption  of  Minifters  to  be 
 Regiftred,  the  Verification  of  which  had  been  depending  a- 
 bout  three  Years;  and  to  fend  an  Exprefs  Order  to  the  Par- 
 liament, and  to  the  Court  of  Aids  to  that  end  :  ThattheKing 
 would  alfb  be  pleas'd  to  annul  the  Prohibitions  made  by  the 
 Judge  of  the  Provoftfhip  of  Paris,  about  Ereclinga  College 
 at  C.We        by  reafon  that  lince  his  Majefty  had  confirm'd 
 the  Right  of  the  Exercife  of  their  Religion  in  that  place,  it 
 fol  ow'd  of  Courle  that  they  were  allow'd  a  College  for  the 
 Education  of  their  Children :  That  the  Chamber  of  Accompts 
 of  Provence  might  not  be  allow'd  to  take  Cognizance  of  the 
 Affairs  of  the  Reform'd:  That  the  Declaration  which  refer'd 
 * inwhich&t  to  the*  Party-Chamber  of  Grenoble,  in  which  it  had  been 
 thtJ"^fr  Verify 'd,  might  be  confirm'd  by  another  obliging  the  Cham- 
 cadJnl,  ber  of  Accompts  to  Regifter  it:  That  Poor  Gentlemen  and 
 md  half  Maim'd  Soldiers  of  their  Religion,  having  obtain'd  *  Places  in 
 P*°obi7tl5  Abbys,  vwith  the  Maintenance  of  a  Monk,  might  be  receivM 
 or  secular  in  the  fame  as  well  as  the  Citholukj  :  That  the  lame  Privileges 
 Mmks.     the  King  had  granted  to  the  College  and  Academy  of  Mcnteli- 
 mar,  might  alio  be  granted  to  the  Academy  and  College  of 
 Die. 
 
 General      But  the  General  Cahier  contain'd  25  Articles,  the  fub- 
 Petitim.   ftanceof  which  was  as  follows.'   That  the  Independency '  of 
 the  Crown  might  be  look'd  upon  for  the  future  as  a  Funda- 
 mental 
 
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 mental  Law,  according  to  the  Article  of  the  *  Third  Efhte,  i6\%. 
 and  to  the  Remonftrances  of  the  Parliament .-  That  an  exact  Oy-^J 
 and  diligent  Inquiry  might  be  made  about  the  Death  of  the*7*'  Cm'- 
 late  King,  in  order  todilcover  and  punifli  the  Authors  there- 
 of, according  to  the  Memoirs  that  fhould  be  given  about  it  : 
 That  the  KiDg  (bould  refufeto  publifh  the  Council  of  Tre/ft, 
 according  to  the  Petitions  and  defires  of  the  Clergy  and  No- 
 bility :  Thatastothe  Articleof  the  faid  Petitions,  which  re- 
 quir'd  the  Obfervation  of  the  King's  Oath  at  his  Coronation, 
 to  which  the  faid  Clergy  and  Nobility  had  refus'd  to  add  the 
 Refervation  of  the  Edi&s,  notwithstanding  the  King's  earneft 
 Defire  and  Command,  and  all  the  oppositions  made  by  the 
 Gentlemen  of  the  Reform  d  Religion  ;  Deputed  into  the 
 Chamber  of  the  Nobility,  his  Majehry  would  be  pleas'd  to  de- 
 clare that  the  faid  Coronation  Oath  did  not  regard  the  Re- 
 formed ;  and  to  give  them  full  affurances  that  whenever  he 
 fhould  anfwer  the  Articles  of  the  faid  two  Chambers,  he  would 
 rejett  the  propofition  of  publifhing  the  Council,  and  make 
 fuch  a  Declaration  as  was  neceiTary  about  his  Coronation 
 Oath.  That  fuch  Ecclefiafticks  as  were  of  the  King's  Coun- 
 cil, and  others  who  were  juftly  fjfpecled  by  the  R  f>rm'dy 
 might  abftain  from  the  Tryal  and  Cognifance  of  the  AfTai.-s 
 of  the  Reformed  depending  before  the  faid  Council.  Th  it 
 the  Ecclefiafticks  of  Barn  might  not  be  admitted  into  the 
 Council  of  the  Country,into  which  the  BifrnpsofO/^*  and  of 
 Lefcur,  together  with  a  Canon  of  the  faid  place,  had  lately  en- 
 deavour'd  to  introduce  themfelves:  That  the  Promifes  made 
 in  the  King's  Name  at  the  Affembly  of  Rocbel  hy  Rouvrky  one 
 of  the  Deputies  General,  about  the  Terms  of  Prtttxdtd  Re- 
 formed Rtligion,  and  the  Toleration  of  Provincial  Councils 
 •might  be  put  in  Execution.  That  in  the  new  fettle-meat  that 
 fhould  be  drawn  of  the  Places  of  furety,  they  fhould  imploy 
 thofe  that  were  difmantl'd  in  the  Provinces  that  had  the  Lont 
 on  the  North  :  That  the  King  would  be  pleas'd  to  declare  the 
 Office  of  Berger  vacant,  by  reafon  of  his  being  turn'd  Catho- 
 Hck,  and  to  oblige  the  faid  Burger  to  deliver  it  up  to  him,  in 
 order  to  beftow  it  upon  a  Perfon  of  the  Reformed  ReLigwn^  ac- 
 cording to  the £di£t  j^by reafon  that  it  was  one  of  the  SI* 
 
 Counccllcra 
 
2o3  The  Hiftory  of  the 
 
 16 1  j.  Councillors  Places  created  by  the  Edit!  in  the  Parliament  of 
 t-OT>^  Paris  y  in  order  to  be  in  joy  *d  by  the  Reformed:  That  the  Sums 
 granted  by  his  Majefty  for  the  Sallary  of  Minifters,  might  be 
 aug*nentedand  better  paid  for  the  future;  That  the  Governors 
 of  the  Places  of  furety,  might  bechofen  by  the  King  uoon  the 
 Nomination  of  the  Churches :  That  the  Nomination  of 
 the  Deputies  General  might  be  reftor'd  upon  the  for- 
 mer fettlement;  infbmuch  that  the  Aflembly  fhould  on- 
 ly be  oblig'd  to  Nominate  two  which  fliould  be  ac- 
 cepted of  by  the  King,  inftead  of  fix  out  of  which  he 
 was  to  take  his  Choice:  That  the  Places  of  furety  might  be 
 left  to  the  Reform d  for  the  fpaoe  of  Ten  Years  longer ;  That  his 
 Majefty  would  be  pleas'd  to  continue  the  Protection  of  the  So- 
 veraignty  of  Sedan,  in  the  fame  form,  and  upon  the  lame 
 ConditionshisPredecelTorshad  Embrac'dit:  That  the  King's 
 Council  might  be  reform'd  :  That  a  ftop  might  be  put  to  the 
 Proceedings  of  the  Soveraign  Council  of  Beam,  againft  the 
 Deputies  of  that  Country  who  aflifted  at  the  Aflembly  at  Gre- 
 nobU  ;  fince  no  Protections  were  ever  made  againft  the  Bi- 
 fhops  of  the  Country,  for  meeting  at  the  General  AfTemblys 
 of  the  Clergy  of  France :  They  oifer'd  Reafons  upon  this  Ar- 
 ticle, and  alledg'd  the  Example  of  the  laft  Eftates  General  in 
 which  a  Deputy  of  Beam  aflifted  in  the  Chamber  of  the 
 Clergy:  And  that  of  the  Aflembly  of  the  Clergy  then  fitting 
 at  Paris,  into  which  the  Bifhopof  Oleron  was  deputed.  They 
 maintain'd  that  this  Rigour  had  never  been  pra&is'd  againft 
 the  Deputies  of  Beam,  that  had  aflifted  in  other  Aflemblies ; 
 and  they  cited  the  Example  of  the  late  King,  who  being  but 
 King  of  Navar  and  Soveraign  of  Bear*,  had  aflifted  in  Per- 
 fon  at  fuch  AfTemblys :  That  the  Country  of  Beam  might  b« 
 allow'd  to  fumnjon  a  National  Synod  in  their  Turn,  like  the 
 other  Provinces ;  and  finally,  that  the  King  would  be  pleas'd 
 to  have  a  regard  to  the  Prince  of  Conde's  Demands* 
 An/wen.     The  Particular  *  Cahier  receiv'd   a  pretty  favourable 
 
 -  petition.  Anfwer  :  And  though  there  were  feveral  Articles  in  the 
 General  Petition  which  the  Court  could  have  wifli'd  the 
 Alfembly  had  not  inferted  in  it,  becaufe  they  related  to  the 
 Government,  the  Reformation  of  which  did  not  belong  to 
 
 them. 
 
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 them,  yet  they  anfwer'd  it:  But  it  was  only  bv  making  plan-  161 
 fible  Illufionspafs  for  a  ib.'id  Satisfaction  The  Court  had  ^v"^- 
 made  fair  Promiles  at  the  Affembly  of  Roshtl,  in  order  to  its  Pitlt:m 
 DiflTolution,  which  were  forgotten,  as  fbonasever  it  wasdif- 
 folv'd,  fo  they  promis'd  many  things  upon  thefe  new 
 *  Cah/ers,  which  they  never  defign'd  to  perform  :  They 
 accepted  the  good  Intenti  ons  of  the  Reformed,  about  the 
 Independence  and  fafety  of  Kings;  oblerving  neverthekfs 
 that  it  was  an  Affair  which  did  not  belong  to  the  Aifemblys. 
 They  promis'd  to  make  a  more  exacf  Ino^iry  into  the  Death 
 of  the  late  King.  They  declard  that  the  Reform  d  in  joying 
 the  benefit  of  the  Edicts  were  not  compris'd  in  the  Coronation 
 Oath.  They  granted  that  the  Ecclefiafticks  fhould  withdraw 
 out  of  the  Council,  whenever  the  Affairs  of  the  Reformd 
 fhould  be  treated  of  there.  They  refund  to  allow  their  Reli- 
 gion any  other  Title  than  that  which  wascontain'd  in  the  E- 
 difts:  But  they  drew  a  Form  of  Atteftation  u  hich  Minifters 
 might  ufe,  toattelf.  the  Religion  of  Rich  as  fhould  Rand  in 
 need  of  it.  It  was  conceiv'd  in  thefe  Terms }  I  M.nift<r  of  the' 
 Church  bflab/ijh'd  tn  fuch  a  Place  according  to  th?  Ed; 3,  dn 
 hereby  ctrt/fie,  that  fuch  a  one  is  a  M  mbtr  of  the  faid  Church,  &c 
 underneath  which  a  Notary  was  to  add,  Before  ZJs,  8cc.  has 
 appear  d  fuch  a  Mimjit-r,  abonJi  Nantd^  Living  at.  &rc.  who  has 
 acknowledged  the  Wntinv  and  Signing  of  rvhat  is  above  vori'.tcn, 
 and  that  it  contains  n:thi":g  hut  the  Truth,  &C.  The  Rfo-nPd 
 Advocates,  were  allow'd  in  fpeaking  of  their  Religion,  ro 
 Name  it  by  the  Title  fpecify'd  by  the  Eli£f,  inftcad  of  cal- 
 ling it  pretended  ReformW  They  promis'd  the  Creation  of  a 
 new  Office,to  Ripply  the  place  of  Berger.  They  contmu'd  the 
 Protection  of  Sedan.  They  granted  that  the  Deputies  of  Eevn 
 fhould  be  allow'd  to  a  (lift  both  at  the  Ecclefiaftrcal  and  Po'Ifri- 
 cal  Aifemblys  of  the  R>form'd,  which  fhould  be  ailow'd  bv  ihz 
 King.  But  they  gave  no  favourable  Anfwer  to  the  other  Ar- 
 ticles that  related  to  that  Principality  ;  nor  to  thole  that  rrteh- 
 tion'd  the  Augmentation  of  the  Sums  granted  for  the  Silary 
 of  Minifters;  or  the  Nomination  of  Governors  an  I  Deputvs 
 General,  and  the  keeping  of  the  Places  of  furety.  So  that  at 
 the  bottom,  that  which  was  granted  had  more  appearance 
 than  effect  in  it ;  whereas  tlaey  refufed  whatever  was  moll  im- 
 portant and  muft  folid.  B  b  Theft 
 
1 1  o  The  Hiflory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1615.  Thefe  Anfwers  were  made  on  the  12th  of  September :  And 
 the  Deputys  to  whom  they  had  been  partly  Communicated, 
 ff&softh .acquainted  the  Adembly  that  they  had  no  reafon  to  be  fatisfy'd 
 court  give  with  them.  Their  Reafons  were  that  the  Jefuits  Preach'd  at 
 rwjatisfa.  Court,and  declar'd  openly  that  the  Marriages  which  the  Court 
 was  going  to  Accompli fli,  had  only  been  refolv'd  upon  in  or- 
 der to  Extirpate  Heresich?  and  that  when  Complaints  were 
 made  to  the  Chancellor  about  it,  he  barely  anfwer'd.  That 
 there  was  no  heed  to  be  given  to  what  the  Jefuits  faid,fince  they 
 did  not  Govern  the  State  ;  which  was  no  fatisfa&ory  anfwer 
 to  Per fbns  who  were  fufficiently  Inform'd  of  the  Power  the 
 Jefuits  had  over  the  Conferences  of  Soveraigns  and  their  Mi- 
 7%  amufe  nift'ers.  The  AfTembly  was  alfo  very  much  troubPd  to  find 
 tksDepu-  tkat  though  the  *  Cabicrs  were  Anfwer'd  ,  yet  the  Deputys 
 *-iftitim.  were  not  difmifsc!,  their  Journey  being  daily  put  oft'  under 
 fome  pretence  or  other,  which  gave  them  reafon  to  believe 
 that  the  Court  defign'd  to  amufe  them,  to  prevent  their  form- 
 ing any  Relolutions  before  the  King's  Departure  from  Poiti~ 
 ers,  where  the  Princefs  his  Sifter  remain'd  long  and  varioufly 
 Sick.  Finally  to  get  rid  of  their  Importunity ,  upon 
 their  earneft  defire  that  the  Anfwers  to  their  Cahiers , 
 which  they  were  affur'd  were  favourable,  might  be  deliver'd 
 to  them,  they  were  told  that  the  King  would  fend  them  to  the 
 AfTemblv  by  Frere  Matter  of  Requefts.  This  frere  had  been 
 fent  to  Grthobh,  to  obferve  the  Motions  of  the  AfTembly,and 
 to  be  direcled  in  all  things  by  Lefdiguieres.  But  when  the 
 Ptguties  departed  from  the  Aflembly  to  go  to  the  Kingtopre- 
 fent  their  Cabhxs  to  him,  Frerc  left  Grenoble  at  the  fame 
 time, to  give  the  Court  an  account  of  the  State  in  which  lie  had 
 left  Affairs  there.  He  pretended  that  the  defign  of  his  Jour- 
 ney was  to  difpofe  the  Council  to  give  the  Affembly  fatisfa&i- 
 on  about  their  Demands  :  But  the  Deputies  Toon  difcover'd 
 that  his  Intentions  were  very  different  from  it,  and  that  he. 
 infpir'd  the  Court  with  the  Delays  and  fair  words  they  were 
 umus'd  with.  The  Truth  isthatLe/^«/Vrf\rhad  order'd  him 
 ■to  allure  the  Queen  of  his  good  Intentions,  and  to  let  her  know 
 that  fhe  might  fafely  continue  her  Progrefs,  without  troubling 
 her  felf  about  the  Refolutions  of  the  Alfembly. 
 
 This 
 
Book  IV.      Edict  of  Nantes.  i  i  \ 
 
 This  Anfvver  convinc'd  the  Deputies  thttthe  Court  defign'd  i6if 
 to  pay  them  with  Illufionsas  they  us'd  to  do  ;  and  the  pre-  '^v^ 
 caution  that  was  us'd  to  fend  the  Anfwers  to  the  *  Cihiers  ^teu%?~n_ 
 they  had  brought  by  a  Man  who  had  his  dependence  on  the  - 
 Court,  to  be  deliver'd  by  him  to  the  Aflembly  it  (elf,  made  *  '  '  ' 
 them  ienfibie  that  they  defign'd  to  ufe  the  Reformed  at  Grtno- : 
 ble  as  they  had  done  at  Smmnr  ;  and  that  Frere  would  be  or-  *  Petitions 
 der'd  not  to  deliver  the  faid  Anfwers  till  after  the  Nomination  ' 
 of  the  Deputys General,  to  Command  the  Aifcmbly  exprefy 
 to  break  up,  and  to  Authorile  the  Inferior  Number  againft  the 
 Plurality  of  Voices,  in  cafe  they  ftiould  ref  ufe  to  Obey.  How- 
 ever the  Court  being  inform'd  that  this  way  of  proceeding 
 might  be  attended  with  ill  confequences,finally  compl)'d  with 
 the  earneft  Sollicitations  of  the  Deputys,  and  deliver'd  the 
 (aid  Anfwers  into  their  Hands.    But  that  did  not  cure  the  evil1, 
 fince  they  found  that  nothing  was  granted  them  that  could 
 be  looked  upon  as  a  favour,  and  that  only  fiich  things  were 
 left  to  the  Rtform'd  as  could  not  r  e  taken  from  them.  The 
 keeping  of  the  Places  of  Surety  indeed  was  allow'd  them  for 
 fix  Years  longer  ;  but  it  was  vifible  that  the  Court  did  it  more 
 by  Compulfion,  than  out  of  good  Will,  becaufe  they  could 
 not  help  it  5  befides  they  were  of  opinion  that  their  Demands 
 were  but  reafonable  in  defiring  it  for  Ten  Years,  at  a  time 
 when  fo  many  juft  reafons  of  fear  render'd  the  renewing  of 
 their  Sureties  fo  neceffary. The  Aflembly  being  inform'd  of  the 
 Proceedings  of  the  Court  by  their  Deputies,  remain7 J  under 
 the  fame  Apprehenfions  :  And  left  Lefiiguieres  fhould  fecond 
 the  CommiiTion  of  Frere  by  his  Authority,  they  refolv'd  to  Lett'- 
 remove  from  a  place  in  which  that  Lord  had  an  abfolute  gu»res 
 Power,  and  kept  an  Aweupon  them,  which  look'd  very  like  k"**t ' 
 Slavery.    They  fbon  difcover'd  that  it  was  in  vain  to  expect  Jw  thm 
 any  Protection  or  favour  from  him  ;  and  that  his  Engagements 
 with  the  Court  upon  the  Account  of  his  Grandeur,  furpafs'd 
 his  Affection  for  the  publick  good,  and  that  which  in  [  u  ft  ice 
 and  Confciencehe  ought  to  have  had  for  the  Reformed  Religi- 
 on.   All  his  Councils,  all  his  Prudence,  all  his  Intrigues  only 
 tended  to  divide  the  Members  of  the  Alfembly^  and  ad  the 
 Demonftrationsof  his  Good  Will,  wereredue'd  to  this  Corr- 
 
 B  b  2  clufion, 
 
1 1 1  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  IL 
 
 161$.  clufion,  That  they  ought  to  Obey,  and  to  leave  the  Manage- 
 v~ v^o  ment  of  Publick  Affairs  to  the  King's  Council.  But  the  fir- 
 /  r*/d  feeing  the  Conclulion  of  an  Alliance,  of  which  they 
 wefe.  perfuaded  that  the  fecret  Articles  oblig'd  the  Court  to  op- 
 prels  them,  looked  upon  Rich  an  advice,  to  be  Juft  like  that  of 
 filtering  their  Throats  to  be  cut,  without  defence. 
 
 Thus  the  AiTembly,  which  for  fome  time  had  had  a  mind 
 movlll  to  come  out  of  Captivity,  refblv'd  ablblutely  upon  it,  when 
 Nim«.  they  were  inform'd  that  frere  was  to  come  back  from  the 
 Court  along  with  the  Deputies:  And  having  founded  the  In- 
 tentions of  the  City  of  N.  mes  by  St.  Privat,  who  reported  to 
 them  that  they  would  be  very  well  receiv'd  there,  they  refol- 
 Ted  to  remove  thither.  Lrfdiguieres  being  inform'd  of  their 
 Defign,  endeavour'd  to  break  it  by  Remon  ft  ranees,  in  which 
 he  imploy'd  all  his  Cunning:  But  he  obtain'd  nothing  but 
 Thanks  for  his  good  Will  ;  and  the  very  next  Day  the  Depu- 
 >;  :  ties  prepai  'd  ihemfelvesfor  their  Departure.  He  was  extreme- 
 ly netti'd  at  their  exprefting  fb  little  regard  for  his  Reafons; 
 and  perhaps  the  more  yet  becaule  it  would  (how  that  he  had 
 been  too  lavifh  of  his  Promifes  to  the  Court,  and  that  he  had 
 notfo  much  Credit  among  the  Reformed  as  he  pretended.  So 
 that  in  the  fir  ft  heat  of  his  Anger,  he  relblv'd  to  ftop  the  De- 
 puties, and  caus'd  the  Gates  of  the  City  to  be  fhut;  and 
 Cba:ifvp:e a  Minifter,  one  of  the  Deputies  of  the  Province  of 
 Foii-'.u  was  ftopt  at  one  of  the  Gates  as  he  was  going  out,  only 
 with  an  intention  to  take  the  Air.  But  after  he  was  cool'd  a 
 little,  and  had  reflected  on  the  Confequences  of  that  Violence, 
 he  confider?d  that  his  beft  way  was  to  allow  what  he  could 
 not  hinder  5  and  to  caufe  the  Gates  which  he  had  order'd  to 
 beihut  inconfiderately,  to  be  open'd  again.  He  only  forbid 
 the  Deputies  of  Dauphine  to  follow  the  others  ;  and  acquain- 
 ted the  Court  with  the  Departure  of  theAffembly* 
 
 On  the  other  hand,  as  ibon  as  the  Deputies  came  to  HU 
 mt*,  being  defirous  to  Juftifie  their  ConducT  ,  they  acquaint- 
 ed the  Court  that  they  had  been  fared  to  remove  from  Gre, 
 %  w ,  open  the  Account  of  a  Contagious  Diftemper  which 
 beir.r.n  to  Rseign  there,  of  which  even  fbme  Members  of  the 
 rnb!y  were  Dead.    The  Deputies  that  were  lent  with 
 
 thefe 
 
Book  IV.       Editt  of  Nantes. 
 
 thefe  Excufes  were  receiv'd  and  us'd  as  favourably  as  if  the  i 
 Courc  had  not  been  in  the  ledftconcern'd  at  their  Efcipe  out 
 of  the  conftramt  into  which  fuch  a  Man  as  Ltjdigmeres  might 
 have  kept  them.  They  feem'd  to  approve  the  Reaibns 
 of  the  Aifembly,  and  acquainted  Lefd'^ut.res  that  he  wc  uld 
 do  well,  to  lutfer  the  Deputies  of  his  Province  to  follow 
 them.  This  feem'd  to  be  done  on  purpofe  to  exprels  a  ef- 
 fect confent  to  the  Removal  of  the  Auembly :  But  the  real 
 Motive  of  it  was,  to  have  People  there,  who  not  daring  to 
 difoblige  Lefdiguieres,  would  of  neceffity  follow  his  Infpira- 
 tions  and  Orders  3  and  would  (erve  for  Spies  to  give  him  a 
 faithful  Account  of  all  Tranfa&ions  there.  Moreover  in  Or- 
 der to  put  the  Affembly  in  a  place  where  they  mignt  have  no 
 more  Liberty  than  they  had  at  Grencb/ejhc  Court  Re:b!v'd  to 
 remove  them  from  Nimes  ;  and  Order'd  Fnre  to  tranter  them 
 to  Mompellitr.  This  feem'd  to  be  done  for  the  Intereft  and 
 Honour  of  the  King,  to  the  End  that  the  Affembly,  which 
 was  only  Lawful  by  his  Permiflion,  might  Teem  to  receive 
 from  him  the  appointment  of  the  place  where  they  might 
 continue  their  Deliberations.  But  the  fecret  Motive  of  the 
 Council,  was  that  Mmtpllkr  was  at  the  difpofal  of  a  Lord, 
 from  whom  the  Court  expected  as  great  fervices  as  from 
 Lefdigttieres.  It  was  Chatillon ,  Grand  Son  to  the  Famous 
 Admiral.  That  Confederation,  and  his  own  Merit  had  ac- 
 quir'd  him  a  great  deal  of  Credit  among  the  R'fnmd.  He 
 was  of  a  Mild  Temper,  and  was  an  Enemy  to  Troubles  and 
 Confufion,  but  he  had  not  the  Zeal  of  his  Grandfather  for 
 the  Rtform'd  Religion,  in  which  his  only  Son  was  lo  ill  Edu- 
 cated, that  he  did  not  tarry  for  his  Father's  Death  to  turn 
 Catholic.  Moreover  he  was  Ambitious  3  and  the  Court 
 knowing  his  Foible  on  that  fide,  flattct'd  him  w  iih  the  hopes 
 of  a  Marfhal's  Staff,  which  was  given  him  fome  years  after, 
 as  a  Recompence  for  his  having  abandon'd  me  Affairs  of  tfte 
 Reformed.  So  that  he  was  a  Man  like  h.fdgmeres  in  two  Re- 
 fpefts ;  Fir  ft  in  holding  a  great  Rank  among  the  Reform*  d  3 
 and  Secondly,  in  being  acceflibie  to  Hopes  and  Rewards. 
 The  Rtform'd  ftill  confided  in  him,  as  they  made  it  appear 
 feveral  years  after  hy  by  Intrufting  him  with  their  Affairs  in 
 
Z 1 4-  The  Hi/lory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 161$.  theCircleof  the  Lower  L&nguedoc.    There  had  been  an  Ex- 
 ample  not  long  before,  how  much  he  was  lik'd  on  both  fides 
 The  Government  of  Aignemortes  having  been  taken  from 
 Ra-; s lutes ,  the  R:formd  had  made  great  Complaints  about 
 it ;  and  file  Court  not  being  incline!  to  reftore  it  to  him, 
 whatever  Promiles  they  had  made  afcout  it,  by  Reafbn  that 
 they  were  defirous  to  maintain  Berticheres  in  that  Poft , 
 whom  the  Churches  were  not  pleas'd  with,  they  were  oblig'd 
 to  agree  upon  a  third  Perfon  to  keep  the  Place,  untiltheGafe 
 were  decided,    (lhatillon  was  propos'd  :  The  Court  accepted 
 of  him,  and  the  Refrmd  agreed  to  it.     But  foon  after  that, 
 in  Order  to  put  a  ftop  to  the  Jealoufies  which  the  Enterpri- 
 fes  of  the  Court  upon  divers  places  belonging  to  the  Re- 
 formed might  Create  in  them  ,  Rambures  gain'd  his  Caufe 
 and  was  Reftor'd. 
 ,jjfim.    The  AfTembly  had  not  as  yet  laid  afide  the  Confidence  the 
 Uymftruft  Rt formed  had  repos'd  in  ChatillontiW  then ,but they  had  already  a 
 Urds-  general  diffidence  of  the  Fidelity  of  thofe  Eminent  Perfons, 
 who  only  know  how  to  Obey  Sovereigns,  and  who  never 
 joy  n  with  their  Inferiors,  unlefs  it  be  to  Command  them;  who 
 never  unite  the  Interefts  of  their  Party  to  thofe  of  their  For- 
 tunes, and  who  look  upon  the  Services  of  the  People,  and 
 the  r\ecompencesof  Kings  as  things  that  are  equally  due  to 
 them.    They  had  Learnt  at  Saumur,  that  the  Reformed  Lords 
 were  capable  of  promoting  their  private  Intereft ,  at  the 
 Cofl:  of  others ;   and  that  the  common  Caufe  may  become 
 the  fportof  their  Ambition,  and  of  their  Intrigues.  Thole 
 diffidencies  were  increas'd  at  Grenoble,  from  v\  hence  -the  Af- 
 fembly  departed  very  much  diflatisfy'd  at  the  Behaviour  of 
 Lefdiguteres :  Therefore  they  refus'd  to  put  themfelves  in  the 
 Power  of  another,  who  might  put  them  to  the  lame  hard- 
 fhips,  and  fo  remain'd  at  N/mes  ;  pretending,  that  they  were 
 Lefdi.  afraid  of  difpleafing  Lefdiguieres ,  by  putting  themfelves  at 
 guieres    tne  Dilcreticn  of  Chatillon  j  as  if  they  defign'd  to  fhow,that 
 5non,*r*  they  confided  more  in  the  one  than  in  the  other.  'However, 
 irtgafd  in  thofe  two  Lords  us'd  all  their  endeavours  to  hinder  the  A£ 
 '^fembly  from  joyning  with  the  Prince  of  Conde:  And  as  they 
 had  Creatures  among  them  ;  they  delay'd  the  Conclusion  of 
 
Book  IV.       Edill  of  Nantes.  1 1  5 
 
 the  Treaty  a  long  while.  The  Princeof  CWe  tempted  them  1615. 
 both  to  joyn  with  him,  and  tent  fome  Gentlemen  to  them, '^^Y^-' 
 with  Reafonsand  Offers  to  perfwade  them.  But  it  was  to 
 no  purpofe,  becaufe  they  expected  greater  and  more  fpeedy 
 advantages  from  the  Court,  than  they  could  poffibly  expect: 
 in  following  the  Prince,  who  had  not  managed  his  Affairs 
 well,  and  who  feem'd  alraoft  redue'd  to  the  neceflity  of  fub- 
 mitting  tothe  Mercyof  the  Court. 
 
 But  an  unexpected  Accident  broke  all  their  Meafures,  and  The  ^ 
 made  them  lofethe  Fruit  of  their  Intrigues  and  Pains  in  the  o/Candale 
 Affembly.    The  Duke  of  Candale,  Eldefl:  Son  to  the  Duke  Bmtr*** 
 d'Efpernon,  being  dilTatisfy'd  with  his  Father  ,  from  whom 
 he  had  endeavour'd  to  take  the  City  and  Caffc'e  of  An-Keligim, 
 goultme,  threw  himfelf  into  the  Party  of  the  Rr formed  ,  and 
 Embrac'd  their  Religion  pubiickly  at  Rtchtl.    They  receiv'd 
 him  with  great  Demonstrations  of  Joy>  and  of  greater  hopes 
 for  the  future.     They  gain'd  cne  of  the  moft'  confiderable 
 Houfes  in  France  by  it  :  The  Example  of  it  might  prove  For- 
 tunate, and  invite  other  Perfons  of  Quality  to  do  the  fame  : 
 So  that  they  omitted  nothing  to  exprefs  their  Refpect  and 
 Efteem  for  him.    The  Affembly  of  N'tmes^  paid  him  great 
 Honour,  and  made  him  General  of  the  Ctvwne).  and  gave 
 him  fo  great  an  Authority  over  them  at  the  very  firfr,  that 
 he  broke  through  all  the  Oppofitions  of  Chatillon  and  Ltfdi- 
 guicres,  and  made  them  Refblve  to  declare  themfelves  .in  fa- H,5Lt,. 
 vour  of  the  Prince.    But  that  was  all  the  Good  or  111  hedid, 
 while  he  was  Reformed.    The  Duke  his  Father  was  not  Tra- 
 ctable in  point  of  Religion.     He  had  begun  to  hate  the  Re- 
 formd  from  the  time  of  his  being  in  favour  with  Henry  the 
 III.  It  feem'd  to  be  one  of  the  Proprieties  of  their  Religion, 
 to  be  exposed  to  the  hatred  of  Favourites ;  perhaps*  becaufe  rfeR- 
 they  were  rot  lb  willing  as  others,  to  bend  their  Knees  be-form'd*,* 
 fore  thofe  Idols,  which  the  Capricio  of  Princes,   or  of  For-  baud  :y 
 tune  Raisd  above  them  i  and  that  they  complain'd  highly  cP"!  F*V9*m 
 the  profufions  that  Ruin'd  the  State,  to  Inrich  thofe  Objecls 
 of  an  unruly  Favour.    1  will  fay  nothing  in  this  place,  of 
 the  Cardinal  de  Tournon  under  Francis  the  I.  Of  the  Confuta- 
 ble of  Montmorency.,  under  Henry  the  II.  and  under  his  Chil- 
 dren- - 
 
2 1 6  The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1615.  drens  of  the  Duke  of  Gmfe  Father  and  Son  under  the  fame 
 Xy^T^  Kings,  and  under  Henry  the  III.     But  at  Ieaft  the  Dukes  of 
 J  y  f  and  of  Epernon,  Favourites  to  that  laft  King,  had  ever 
 exprefc'd  an  invincible  Averfion  towards  them  :   And  under 
 L'vs>-s  the  XIIlTthe  Marfhal  d'Ancrt ,  and  the  Conftable  dt 
 Lnixes,  fhow'd  the  fame  PafTion  to  deftroy  them.    But  be- 
 fldes  this  General  Reafbn  of  Hatred  againft  the  Rtformd  ,  he 
 had  another  which  was  Perfonal,  becaufe  they  fufpecTed  his 
 .having  had  a  Hand  iu  the  Death  of  Henry  the  IV.  Some 
 ;  oTJock'd  upon  him  as  an  Accomplice  to  the  Conlpiracy  which 
 iiicceeded  fb  fatally  againft  the  Perfon  of  that  Prince.*  And 
 i     v    thofewho  fpoke  with  moft  Modefty  about  it,  madenofcru- 
 ple  of  faying,  that  fitting  next  to  the  King,  he  might  eafily 
 have  warded  the  lecond  Stab  that  was  given  him ,  had  he 
 been  fo  p'eas'd  ;  So  that,  whenever  the  Rtformd  mention'd 
 the  Revenging  of  the  late  King's  Death,  and  the  making  of 
 an  exaft  Enquiry  after  thofe  that  had  a  Hand  in  it,  he  was 
 in  the  flight  to  take  the  thing  upon  himfelf,  and  to  believe 
 that  they  aim\l  at  his  Read.    Therefore  the  Duke  being  in- 
 rag'd  to  fee  his  Son  ingag'd  in  the  Religion  and  Party  of  the 
 Rtformd,  took  fb  much  Pains  and  Care,  difplay'd the  Marks 
 of  his  Tendernefs,  and  of  his  Anger  fo  properly  ,  made  life 
 of  Hope  and  Fear  with  fo  much  Art  and  Power,  imploy'd 
 the  Promifes  and  Illufions  of  the  Court  fb  effectually,  that  his 
 Son  Embraced  the  Roman  Communion  again,  wuh  as  much 
 Levity  as  he  had  quitted  it  ;  fo  that  after  fome  years  Travel 
 in  moft  partsof  Europe,  not  forgettingto  Vifit  Rome  and  Ita- 
 ly, he  return'd  into  his  Fathers  Favour  again. 
 TheTrea-     During  thefe  Tranfaclions,  the  Treaty  between  the  AfTem- 
 ty  of  union  h\)7  and  the  Prince  of  Condt  was  agreed  upon,  and  Sign'd  on 
 ^ftSfy9  ^e  lox\\oi  November.    After  the  ufual  Preamble  before  all 
 mid  the    fuch  Adfc,  containing  Proteftations  of  only  taking  Arms  for 
 Conlc^  t^1Q  K^n;:  s  Service,  againft  thole  whoAbufe  his  Name  and 
 ome"    his  Authority,  and  of  having  no  defign  to  depart  from  their 
 Allegiance:  TheTreity  imported, that  the  End  of  that  Union 
 was,  to  provide  lor  the  fafety  and  Prefer  vation  of  the  King's 
 Perfon  :  To  make  an  exact  Inquiry  after  all  thofe  that  were 
 concern'd  in  the  Death  of  Htmy  the  IV.  To  hinder  the  Pub- 
 lication 
 
Book  IV.      EdtB  of  Nantes.  2d 
 
 lication  of  the  Council  of  Trent,  as  a  thing  which  derogated  i 
 from  the  King's  Authority,  the  Rights  of  the  Groan  ,  the 
 Liberties  of  the  G*U:ck  Church,  and  the  Edith  of  Pacifica- 
 tion :  To  oppofe  the  ill  Confequences  which  the  Marriages 
 concluded  with  Spain,  might  produce:  To  Reform  the  Coun- 
 cil, in  removing  from  the  Government  fuch  as  were  men- 
 tion'd  by  the  Remon (trances  of  the  Parliament :  To  provide 
 for  the  Performance  of  the  Ediths  ,  Declarations,  Letters  ,' 
 and  Briefs  Granted  to  the  Rtfarnfd  ;  and  to  fee  juftice  do  c 
 to  the  People  of  the  Principal iry  of  Btara  :  To  reftoi  e  Inch, 
 to  their  Imployments  as  had  been,  or  fhould  be  dilpofTels'd 
 of  the  fame  upon  the  Account  cf  their  Religion:  To  hear- 
 ken to  no  Treaty  unlefs  by  a  mutual  Con  fen  t  ,  and  not  to 
 abandon  each  other,  until  they  had  receiv'd  fatisfa&idh  up- 
 on all  their  demands.  The  whole  concluded  by  a  Promifeof 
 keeping  a  conftant  Correspondence  together  ;  and  to  im- 
 part to  one  another  all  the  Refolutions,  and  Advices  that 
 might  be  taken  for  the  Publick  Good. 
 
 Neverthelefs,  the  Affembly  had  intermix'd  fome  Articles, 
 which  limited  the  Princes  Power  in  iome  Meafure.  They 
 retained  the  direction  of  the  Forces,  and  Sums  the  Rfjrmd 
 were  to  furnifb,  by  the  Authority,  and  with  the  Commit 
 fions  of  the  Prince,  who  fhould  deliver  them  in  B!anc$  and 
 be  receiv'd  by  none  but  perfons  belonging  to  the  Aifembly. 
 They  alfo  referv'd  to  tlumfelvcs  the  Power  to  difpofe  bv 
 way  of  Commiftion,  by  Letters  Patent  from  the  Prince  deli- 
 vered to  them  in  Blanc,  of  all  Places,  and  Governments,  Offices 
 of  Judicature  and  of  the  Public  Revenues,  which  fhould  be- 
 come vacant  during  the  War:  And  they  obi  g'd  tHem'fdVes 
 to  caufe  thole  Commiffions  to  be  Converted,  if  poffible,  by 
 a  Peace,  into  Warrants  for  Life.  They  defired,  'I  hat  prov  li- 
 ons fhould  be  made  for  the  fafety  of  the  Provinces  that 
 fhould  be  the  Theatre  of  the  War,  either  by  yielding  to 
 them  fbme  of  the  Places  they  were  in  hopes  to  Conq.ier; 
 or  by  giving  them  others  inftead  of  thole  the^  might  fcrfe> 
 They  adu'edj  That  the  Prince  fhould  not  beailow'd  to  rrake 
 any  Innovation  in  the  places  belonging  to  the  H&fornt  d  h 
 That  fuch  among  the  Reform  d  as  fhould  be  obligM  to  quit 
 
 C  c  their 
 
Which  n 
 wives  th 
 P r  ive  as 
 Party. 
 
 1 1 8  The  Htfiory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1615.  their  Habitations  upon  the  Account  of  the  War,  fhould  be 
 L^V^  receiv'd  for  their  fafety  into  Places  held  by  the  Prince  or  his 
 .Adherents,  and  that  they  fhould  injoy  the  free  Exercife  of 
 their  Religion  in  the  fame,  as  alfo  in  the  Armies  in  which 
 they  fhould  have  Forces ;  and  that  thofe  Refugies  fhould  in- 
 joy the  Eftates  of  thofe  that  fhould  quit  the  Places  Conquer'd 
 by  the  Prince,  or  that  fhould  be  turn'd  out  for  refufing  to 
 Obey  him. 
 
 The  Prince  promis'd  every  thing,  becaufe  his  Affairs  were 
 in  an  ill  Pofture,and  that  in  cafe  the  R  formed  had  fail'dhim,he 
 would  have  been  fore'd  to  fly  out  of  the  Kingdom,  or  to 
 fubmit  to  the  Pleafure  of  the  Court,  The  the  Queen  had  a 
 good  Army  and  was  very  well  fervM,  yetfhe  wasfrightned, 
 when  file  was  told  at  Bordeaux,  that  the  Prince  was  happily 
 got  out  of  fo  many  Defiles  and  Rivers,  and  that  the  Royal 
 Army  Commanded  by  the  Marfhal  de  Bois  Dauphin  had  not 
 been  able  to  ftop  his  paffage,  and  that  he  was  coming  to 
 tarry  for  him  in  the  Way  to  his  Return.  She  had  yet  lefs 
 Realbn  to  defpife  him  ,  when  fhe  found  that  the  Reformed 
 were  pyn'd  with  him,  Reinforcing  his  Army  by  the  Duke  of 
 Soub -fe's  Forces  ;  and  affifting  him  in  other  Places  by  confi- 
 derable  diverfions.  The  Duke  of  Sully  himfelf  imbrae'd  that 
 Party  after  many  Irrefolutions ,  and  increas'd  the  Prince's 
 Army-  by  his  Forces,  by  his  Friends  and  by  the  Towns  he 
 poffefs'd  in  Poitoit  and  elfewhere  :  But  that  was  the  only  A- 
 c~Hon  in  which  he  fbevv'd  fome  Refolution,  from  the  time  of 
 hisDifgrace  at  Court  until  his  Death.  The  Duke  of  Rohan^ 
 who  was  neither  we!  I  Attended,  nor  well  Obey'd,  Seiz'd  upon 
 the  Town  and  Caftle  of  Ltitourt  ;  by  the  Intelligence  he  held 
 with  Fo-itrnillts  ;  which  neither  the  Duke  of  Guife,  who 
 Commanded  the  Royal  Army  in  thofe  Parts  ,  nor  yet  the 
 Political  Affembly  of  the  Upper  Languedoc  that  was  held  at 
 that  time,  in  the  Neighbourhood  thereof,  but  refus'd  to 
 meddle  with  thofe  Differences,  notwithstanding  the  earneft 
 follicitation  of  the  General  Affembly,  could  prevent. 
 
 The  Court  being  exadtly  inform'd  of  whatever  paft  in  the 
 atclarati-  Affembly  at  Ntmes,   receiv'd  a  particular  Account  of  what 
 they  had  done,  in  favour  of  the  Prince  of  Condt  3  fb  that  they 
 
 Letters. 
 
 e«  whit 
 
 2d  it:.  bad 
 
Book  IV.       Ed'icl  of  Nantes.  z  19 
 
 had  time  enough  to  prepare  a  Declaration  upon  that  Subject,  1615*. 
 which  gave  the  Reform1*  a  fair  pretence  to  remain  quiet  in 
 their  Houfes.  It  appear 'd  the  very  tame  Day  the  Treaty  was 
 Sign  d  between  the  Prince  and  the  Affembly  .•  As  if  the  Kings 
 Intelligence  had  been  lo  Critical,  as  to  know  before  hand  the 
 day  on  which  It  was  to  be  concluded  \  or  that  chance  had  or- 
 der'd  the  Minute  for  the  Remedy  ,  at  the  very  hour  of  the 
 Difeafe:  The  main  End  or  the  (aid  Declaration  was  to  keep 
 thofeof  the  Reform  within  the  bounds  of  their  Allegiance, 
 who  were  not  yet  departed  from  it  ;  and  to  bring  back  fuch 
 as  had  joyn'd  themfelves  with  the  Male- contents  ,and  to  render 
 thofe  inexcufable  who  fhould  retule  to  lay  down  their  Arms, 
 after  having  been  earneftly  invited  to  it.  Therefore  the  De- 
 claration was  very  full  }  and  all  the  pretences  that  could 
 ferve  to  excufe  the  Refolun  ions  of  the  Affembly  were  refuted 
 in  it,  with  a  great  deal  of  Art.  They  inlarg'd  at  firft  upon  Arttr  A 
 the  King's  Kindneffes,  and  the  care  he  had  taken,  as  well  aS  very  Arg%~ 
 the  Queen  his  Mother,  to  caufe  the  Edicts  to  be  obferv'd  \  ZLlitflce 
 and  to  remedy  the  infractions  thereof  :  Therefore  they  al-  ni*"% 
 ledg'd,  that  the  Reformed  ought  to  have  kept  within  the 
 Bounds  of  their  Allegiance  out  of  Gratitude,  and  in  remem- 
 brance of  the-  favourable  Ufage  they  had  receiv'd  from  the 
 Late  King  ;  Efpeciallv,  at  a  time  when  the  King's  Minority 
 ought  to  Excite  the  Virtue,  Courage,  and  Fidelity  of  his 
 good  Subjects  to  maintain  the  Authority  which  God  had  gi- 
 ven him,  as  the  Bafis  of  every  Man's  fafety,  as  well  as  that 
 of  the  Publick.  In  the  next  place,  they  complain'd  that  this 
 way  of  proceeding  of  the  King,  had  not  produced  the  Effkfc 
 that  wasexpecTed  from  it  upon  all  people}  That  fevera  1  fi- 
 ded  with  the  Prince  of  Ccndr,  fome  through  Ambition,  and  a 
 furious  defire  cl  raifing  their  own  Fortunes  by  the  diforders 
 and  ruin  of  the  State  ;  Others  out  of  fimplicity  deceiv'd  by 
 the  faffe  Imprefrsorts  which  they  had  received  from  turbulent 
 Perfbns  ;  who  endeavoured  to  perfwade  them  that  they 
 would  be  perfecured,  unlefs  they  put  themfelves  in  a  Pofture 
 of  defence;  telling  them  that  there  were  fecret  Articles  in 
 the  Treaty  of  the  Marriages  with  Spaix,  which'  contained  a 
 Con  [piracy  t<y  drive  tfrem  all  out      the  Kingdom,  or  to  ex- 
 
 Cc  2  terminate 
 
zio  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 16 1 5.  Terminate  them.  They  faid  that  this  Impofition,  or  furprife 
 ^Y^>J  that  was  put  upon  them,  render'd  their  Fault  excufable,  and 
 made  them  fitter  Objects  of  Pitty  than  of  Chaftifement.  In 
 the  next  place,  they  endeavour'd  to  prove,  that  this  Terror 
 was  vain,  becaufe  thofe  Marriages  were  concluded  by  the 
 ways  of  Honour,  as  it's  ufual  among  great  Princes  ;  from 
 whence  it  folio w'dy  that  Spain  could  not  require  Conditions 
 of  the  King,  which  would  have  made  Defarts  and  Sollitudes 
 in  the  Kingdom  $  which  the  King  did  confefs  muft  have 
 proved  the  confequence  of  fuch  an  Vnjufi  And  Cruel  Vfage  to- 
 wards the  R  form'dy  as  it  was  Publifht  by  fome  ,  with  an 
 ill  defign.  They  added,  that  nothing  had  been  done  with 
 an  ill  Intention,  in  promoting  of  thofe  Alliances,  that 
 all  had  been  Communicated  to  the  Late  Count  of  Soiffons9to 
 the  Princeof  Ccnde,  and  even  to  the  Duke  of  Bouillon,  who 
 were  prelent  in  the  Council  in  which  thofe  Affairs  had  been 
 deliberated  5  and  that  they  did  not  oppofe  it;  That  the  laid 
 Marriages  had  not  created  the  lean:  Jealoufies,  or  Sufpicions 
 in  other  Sovereigns,  after  they  had  been  inform'd  of  the 
 King's  good  intentions yet  that  fome  People  would  needs 
 perlwade  the  World  that,  he  was  fo  inconfiderate  ,  as  to 
 content  to  make  France  the  Theatre  on  which  that  Bloody 
 Tragedy  was  to  be  Acted,  and  to  decide,  the  difference  of 
 Religion  by  Arms  ;  tho'  nothing  could  be  farther  from  his 
 thoughts,  fince  k  was  his  Opinion,  that  the  decifion  of  that 
 Conrroverfie  ought  to  be  left  to  God,  who  would  at  his  own 
 time  Life  the  beft  Remedies  to  Reunite  all  Cliriftians  to  the 
 Cathol.c  Church  ,  which  the  King  lookd  upon  to  be  the 
 beft,,  and  in  which  he  was  refolv'd  to  Live  and  Dye.  After 
 which  they  prais'd  the  Zeal  and  Loyalty  of  thole  that  had 
 refus'd  to-  take  up  Arms  againft  the  King  ;  who  had  on  the 
 contrary  ofter'd  their  Services  to  him,  and  had  refifted  the 
 Sollicitations  and  Threatnings  of  the  others.  Theycry'dup 
 the  Number  and  Quality  of  thofe  Loyal  Proteftants,  among 
 which  there  were  confiderable  Lords,  Gentlemen,  Cities, 
 Communities ,  and  even  Places  of  furety.  They  likewife 
 Exagerated  the  Rebellion  of  the  others,,  who  had  harden'd 
 dieraleives  againft  thofe  Examples ;  who  endeavour'd  to  de- 
 bauch 
 
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 bauch  the  Peaceable  from  their  Allegiance  5  endeavouring  1615. 
 to  perlwade  them,  that  they  would  be  forc'd  to  take  up  i/Y^ 
 Arms  at  laft,  or  expofe  themfelves  to  Ruin,  by  furfcring  thofe 
 to  perifli  that  had  taken  them  up  already  ;  which  his  Majefty 
 hoped  would  not  prevail  upon  thole  Loyal  Perfbns.  Finally, 
 thofe  A<lembliej  were  Styl'd  Unlawful  and  Conventicles 
 which  favour'd  the  taking,  up  of  Arms,  as^eing  compos'd  of 
 fuborn'd  Perfbns,  who  without  Order  or  Power,  and  often 
 again^  the  Commands  and  Orders  of  their  Superiors  adher'd 
 to  the  propofitions  of  the  Factious  ,  for  their  own  Ends  to 
 the  prejudice  of  the  Worthy  Perfons  of  their  Religion.  This 
 long  Preface  was  followed  by  a  Declaration  from  the  King, 
 That  lie  would  not  impute  the  Faults  of  fbme  particular 
 Members  to  the  whole  Bo  ly  ;  for  which  Reafbn  he  confirmed 
 all  the  Edicts,  faying,  That  they  had  been  obferv'd  till  then  ; 
 Commanding  at  the  fame  time,  that  in  cafe  they  had  been 
 infring'd  in  lome  Places,  it  fhould  be  forthwith  Remedy'd, . 
 Secondly,  in  confideration  of  the  Fidelity  of  an  hi  finite  Num- 
 ber of  the  Reformed,  among  which  there  were  Perfbns  of 
 great  Quality,  who  deferv'd  fingu la r  Marks  of  his  Affection, 
 he  pirdon'd  all  thofe  who  had  taken  up  Arms,  and  that  they 
 fhould  enjoy  the  benefit  of  the  Edicls  as  well  as  the  others, 
 provided  they  returned  to  their  Allegiance,  within  a  Month 
 after  the  Publication  of  his  Declaration  in  the  Bayliwicks: 
 That  they  fhould  declare  thefameat  the  Regiftryof  the  next 
 Court  within  their  Precinct,  and  reftore  the  Places  they  had 
 taken  in  the  fame  Condition  ,  in  which  they  were  before 
 thofe  Troubles ;  which  being  done,  and  they  not  relapling 
 into  a  New  Infraction,  he  would  take  them  under  his  Pro- 
 tection, and  grant  them  a  full  Pardon  for  all  that  was  pa  ft. 
 EinaJly,  he  condemn'd  as  difturbers  of  the  publick  Pe ice,  all 
 thofe  who  fhould  perfift  in  the  Rebellion  after  the  expiration 
 of  a  Month  5  he  depriv'd  all  the  Cities  and  Corporations  of 
 all  the  Favours,  Immunities  and  Privileges  that  had  been 
 Granted  them-,  and  did  forbid  all  Governors,  and  Lieute- 
 nants General  to  let  them  injoy  the  Liberties  mention'd  in  the 
 Edicts  5  which  they  fhould  render  themfelves  unworthy  of 
 by  perfevering  in  their  Revolt. 
 
 This 
 
222  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 161 5.  This  Declaration  produced  the  Effect  of  all  other  Declara- 
 tory t'wns  of  that  kind,  That  is,  It  left  every  Body  in  their  former 
 /  ■  D  v'l  Opinion.  Thofe  who  had  not  taken  Arms,either  becaufethey 
 had  no  prc>lpccl:  of  fafety  in  it,  cr  becaufe  they  ex  peeled  more 
 favour  from  the  Court  than  profic  by  the  War,  remain'd  quiet 
 for  the  mod:  part.  Thofe  who  had  taken  them,  only  laid 
 them  down  by  a  Treaty.  Many  refus'd  to  Ingage  in  it 
 for  fear  of  a  greater  evil,  or  out  of  fimplicity,  imagining  all 
 the  Words  of  an  Edict  to  be  fo  many  Truths.  Nevertheless 
 thofe  who  did  reflect  on  the  Intrigues  begun  againftthem  by 
 Sptun,  fo  many  Years  before  the  Death  of  the  late  King  ;  up- 
 on the  Propofitions  that  had  been  made  to  hira  fo  often  to  de- 
 ftroy  the  Hcretuks ;  upon  the  Maxims  that  were  introduced 
 in  the  Council  fince  his  Death  ;  upon  the  Paffion  of  thofe 
 who  were  intrufted  with  the  Management  of  Affairs  5  upon 
 the  Projects  form'd  by  the  Clergy,  frtthe  Eftates,  and  in  the 
 AlTembly  that  fucceededthem  ;  upon  the  Divifions  the  Court 
 had  Town  among  the  Reform'd  ;  upon  the  Illufions  where- 
 with they  had  paid  all  their  Demands ;  in  a  word,  upon  all  the 
 Proofs  they  had  receiv'd  of  the  111  will  of  the  Council,  and  of 
 alt  the  Catholicks  towards  thern  :  Thofe  I  fey  did  noc  fuffer 
 themfelvesto  be  deluded  by  the  Specious  Arguments  of  the 
 Declaration  :  And  the  Remembrance  of  the  Enterview,  for 
 which  under  theReign  of  Cbarks  the  9th.  the  fame  place  had 
 been  chofen  for  the  fame  Powers,  who  had  now  had  a  new 
 Meeting  there,  under  pretence  of  the  Exchange  of  the  Prin- 
 cefTes,  created  no  fmali  Jealcufiesin  them.  A  Queen  of  the 
 fame  Name,  the  like  Conjuncture  of  Affairs ;  a  ffrict  Alli- 
 ance with  a  Crown  that  was  an  Enemy  to  their  Religion,gave 
 themcaufe  to  fear  that  fbrnethmg  was  concluded  thereagainft 
 them,  according  to  the  Bloody  Maxims  which  the  Duke  of 
 Alva  had  then  infpir'd  to  the  Council  of  France.  It  is  report- 
 ed that  the R'ft  rw.d  Miniflers being  prejudicM  by  thofe  Sufpi- 
 cions  Preach'd  in  fundry  places,  that  Perfecmion  was  at  band. 
 The  Catholicks  on  tfBefr  fide  exprefs'd  their  Zeal  a  little  too 
 much ;  and  fpoke  publickly  of  a  War  of  Religion,  as  if  it  had 
 been  refolv'd  upon.  The  -Sermons  of  the  Jefuits  were  parti- 
 cularly Animated  by  the  fame  Spirit  that  is  obferv'd  in  their 
 
 private 
 
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 private  Conversions ;  and  divers  marks  appear'd  in  fundry  \6i%. 
 places  of  the  Notions  they  infpir'd  their  Penitents  with  at  '^^T^ 
 their  Confefliens.  And  yet  it  is  molt  certain  that  Religion 
 was  not  the  real  Motive  of  that  War.  It  was  a  pure  Affair  of 
 State,  into  which  none  but  the  Lords  on  the  fide  of  the  Re- 
 form d  did  ingage  with  a  final  1  number  of  their  Creatures ; 
 the  People,  feveral  intirc  Provinces,  and  almoft  all  the  Cities 
 remained  within  the  bounds  of  their  Allegiance.  So  that  the 
 Declaration  fpoke  the  Truth  upon  this  Subject,  in  faying  that 
 the  greateft  number  of  them  remain'd  Peaceful  and  Loyal. 
 
 But  the  King's  return  to  Bourdeaux,  after  the  exchange  of  27.vR.e- 
 thePrincefTes,  and  the  Declaration  of  the  Alfembly  of  Nw/h  j^Jg 
 in  favour  of  the  Prince  of  Conde,  were  attended  with  very  at  Bour- 
 ill  Confequcnces.    Although  the  number  of  the  Refirm'd  deaux, 
 there  was  very  inconfiderable  compar'd  to  the  Catho!icks,and 
 moreover  moft  of  them  Merchant,  whole  Genius  and  Pro- 
 felTion  is  not  inclined  to  War,  the  ShcrirK  thought  fit  to  difarm 
 them  after  die  King's  Departure.    This  Precaution  only  fer- 
 ved  to  fling  them  into  a  ftrange  Confirmation  and  Defpair. 
 They  fancy  \J  that  the  Catholicks  had  a  defigntobe  rid  of  them 
 by  a  Ma  (ft  ere  ;  and  that  their  Arms  were  only  taken  from  them 
 to  qifpafch  them  the  ft  oner.    The  Rcform'a  had  already  been 
 us'd  ill  in  feveral  parts  of  the  Province,  but  particularly  at 
 M.ts  a  Jger/ois,  where  they  had  been  accused  of  favouring  the 
 defignsof  the  Duke  of  Rohan,  and  to  have  held  Intelligence 
 w\t\\  Cilon-es  one  of  his  GapfaiijSj  in  order  to  deliver  up  the 
 Flace  to  him.  From  whence  they  concluded  that  the  R  'lorm>d 
 being  every  where  fufbe&ed  of  holding  a  correfpondence  w  ith 
 tlae  Prince  of  tome,  according  tothe  Refolutionof  their  Afltem-  - 
 bly,  their  Enemies  would  make  ufe  of  that  pretence  to  exert  a 
 thoufand  Violences againft  them    And  that  it  w  as  not  fafe  for 
 them  to  remain  without  Arms  at  the  Mercy  of  fo  Mutinous  and 
 fo  Seditious  a  People,  as  thole  of  Bourdt/inx  were.  Therefore  the 
 Confiftory  being  aflemblcd  at  Begle^  the  ufual  place  in  which  n.,  c  . . 
 they  perform'd  thepublick  Service  of  their  Religion,  about  a  •  '  d  l 
 League  diltant  from  the  City,  refolv'd  to  difcontinue  the  (ajd  . 
 E*ercife,  for  fear  of  expofing  the  whole  Church  to  a  Maflaere,  E 
 which  would  be  eafily  executed  they  being  all  Atfembled  toge- r 
 
 th.er. 
 
224  %h  Hi/lory  of  the       Vol.  IL 
 
 161 5.  ther.  The  Service  of  the  Paid  Church  was  performed  at  that  time 
 VY^J  by  two  Forreigners,  Cameron  and  Primrofc,  Learned  Men  full 
 
 ofZeal.and  of  great  Credit,  whofeconded  the  Refolution  of  the 
 Confiltory.  But  there  were  two  Advocates  of  the  Parliament 
 among  the  Elders,  call'd  S&int-An^el  and  Auvergnat,  who 
 oppos'd  it,  and  us'd  their  utnrcoft  Endeavours  to  hinder  it. 
 Nevertheless  the  Authority  of  the  Minifters  prevail'd.  Where- 
 upon the  faid  Advocates,  whither  out  of  fear  of  lofing  their 
 Practice,  in  cafe  they  fhould  con  fen  t  to  a  Refolution  which 
 two  ai-  fliow'd  a  diffidence  of  thefincerity  of  the  Court  ;  or  whether 
 ,/^they  held  any  fecret  Intelligence  there  ;  orlaftly  whither  they 
 -  Parii.  deiign'd  to  diftinguifhand  let  a  value  upon  themfelves  byfbme 
 extraordinary  proceeding,  accus'd  the  Confiffory  before 
 the  Parliament,  and  reprefented  the  faid  difcontinuation  of 
 the  Hxercfeof  their  Religion  as  a  very  odious  Enterprize  ten- 
 ding to  fill  trie  Minds  of  People  with  Aliarms  and  Jeaioufies ; 
 rs  alfo  very  injurious  to  the  Magiftracy,  that  had  taken  the 
 Reform  d  under  their  Protection,  and  had  prornis'd  them  a 
 Guard  for  the  fafety  of  their  Affemblies.  The  truth  is,  that 
 the  faid  Refolution  (truck  a  Terror  every  where:  And  the 
 People  fuppofing  that  the  Confiftory  had  powerful  Reafbnsto 
 fix  upon  that  Expedient,  look'd  upon  this  proceeding  as  align 
 that  they  did  not  confide  in  the  Protection  prornis'd  by  the 
 laft  Declaration.  And  that  there  was  no  relying  on  that 
 Phantafm  of  the  Publick  Faith,  lb  often  violated. 
 
 1616.  The  Parliament  receiv'd  the  Depofition  of  the  two  Advo- 
 P*r-  cites;  and  on  the  5-th  of  January  of  the  following  Year,  they 
 ',°!'~  made  a  Decree,  Commanding  the  Rtformd  to  continue  the 
 
 cmtinaa-  laid  Exercife  as  they  were  wont  to  do  at  the  ufual  place,  on 
 tlm*fthe'^i\n  of  being  Punifh'd    as  Criminals    of  leze  Majefty. 
 tbeRe-°J  But  they  did  not  think  it  fife  to  Obey  ;  fince  that  being  de- 
 form'dRt-priv'd  of  Arms  to  defend  themfelves,  they  would  be  expos'd 
 Ugion.     to  t|ie  ,yerCy  0f  friends  and  Foes,  both  at  the  place  of  their 
 Worfhip  and  by  the  way.    They  did  not  think  the  Guards 
 that  w  ere  prornis'd  them  fufficient  to  defend  them  againftthe 
 Troops  that  ferv'd  the  Prince,  or  thofe  that  were  in  Arms  for 
 the  King,  or  the  Seditions  that  the  Indifcreet  Zealof  the  Ca- 
 tholicks  might  excite  againft  them.    But  then  they  were  a- 
 
 fraid 
 
Book  IV.       Edill  of  Nantc§.  2  2  > 
 
 fraidof  expofing  their  Minifters  to  the  Indignation  of  the  Par-  i6f$. 
 liarTient  by  their  Dilbbedience.  Therefore  they  tiiought  He  to  '****yi 
 remove  them  from  the  City  to  fecure  them  ;  and  accordingly 
 they  did  fend  the  one  to  Touneins  and  the  other  to  Roy  in  :  So 
 that  the  laid  Reformed  of  liourdcaux  having  no  longer  any  Mi- 
 nifters to  perform  Divine  Service,  had  a  Jaw  ful  pretence  by 
 their  abfence  to  diicontinue  the  fame  and  to  keep  at  home. 
 But  after  the  Peace  was  made,  the  Church  having  recali'd 
 their  Minifters,and  reaflum'd  their  former  Exercifesor  Religion, 
 the  Confiftory  AiTembledas  they  us'd  to  do;  and  the  firft  thipg 
 they  did,  was  to  call  the  two  Advocates  ro  an  Aocoune  for 
 what  they  had  done  in  that  Affair.    Sj.tnt-A>.g>i  was  more  cb» 
 ftinateand  pa  (Fiona  te  than  the  other,  who  hear  ken'd  to  Rea- 
 fon,  and  at  laff  fubmittei  to  the  Cenfures  of  the  Ccnfiito.ry 
 at  the  Requeft  of  his  Friends.    So  that  all  the  Indignation  of  The  C«N 
 that  Aflembly  fell  upon  Saint.  Ana  el,  who  would  never  lub-^;  :  ' 
 mir.    But  before  he  was  abandon'd  by  his  Companion,  the'v,. . 
 Confiltory  cited  them  both  to  appear  before  them,  according /»/>«■  the 
 to  the  forms  prefcrib'd  by  their  Difcipline.    Stint- Angel  had^J^J 
 alledg'd  in  order  toexcufe  his  oppofingof  the  two  iVlintlters,  J" 
 that  the  Difcontinuation  of  the  Publick.  Exercile  of  their  Re- 
 ligion, would  prejudice  the*  Right  granted  by  the  Edicts,  to 
 which  the  Church  would  feem  to  renounce,  by  interrupting 
 the  courle  of  the  AlTemblies.    But  when  he  found  himfelf 
 prefs'd  by  thofe  that  brought  the  C  itation  of  the  Confiltory  to 
 him,  he  concluded  that  they  would  laugh  at  his  Pretence,  in 
 cafe  he  fhould  appeir,  and  that  they  would  lay  Pome  xYjorti- 
 fying  Cenfure  upon  him.    For  that  rcaibn  he  refus'd  to  obey  j:  y 
 the  faid  Citation  ;  and  in  order  to  fecure  himfelf  and  hi-s  Col-?"' *  tk! 
 legue  againft  theCenlure,  he  appeafd  to  the  Parliament :  But  p*n^*~ 
 he  did  it  with  lb  much  Violence  and  Inconfideration,  that  he 
 expofed  himfelf  to  the  utmoft  Degree  of  Publick  Indignation. 
 He  accus'd  the  Minifters  of  High-Treafon  there  ;  and  upbraid- 
 ed them  with  their  Foreign  Extraction:  He  endeavour'd  to 
 reprefent  them  as  Men  infected  by  the  Maxims  of  their  own 
 Country  5  according  to  which  they  made  no  difference  be- 
 tween Abfolute  Authority  and  Tyranny.    He  complain'd  of 
 the  Elders  that  had  Cited  him,  without  leaving  him  a  Copy 
 
ii 6  The  Hijhry  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1616.  or  Aft  of  the  Citation  5  as  if  he  had  been  ignorant  how  dif- 
 t-OT^  fcrent  Ecclefialtical  Formalities  were  among  the  Reform1 Wfrom 
 Civil  Proceedings.    He  publifh'd  the  Speech  he  made  to  the 
 Parliament,  when  he  prefented  his  Petition  5  and  the  Mini- 
 fters  reply'd  to  it,  by  Printed  Apologies,  in  which  he  wasle- 
 *jcham-  verelv  us'd.    His  Requeft  was  granted  ;  and  the  Confiftory 
 fidofcX  0rc'er'^  to  ceife  their  Profecution.    Whereupon  the  Minifters 
 tlJuk  we.irer'd  their  Proreftation,  andappeal'd  to  the*  Party-Cham- 
 Broteftant  ber  which  was  then  at  Nerac. 
 
 ^rtl'cm/t      'n  1     mean        as  tne  recourfe  Saint-  Angel  had  had  to  the 
 fiwy  f™   Parliament,  and  the  Prohibitions  he  had  obtain'd  were  e- 
 jftndsthcm  fteem'd  contrary  to  the  Liberty  of  Exercifing  the  Ecclefiafti- 
 ca'  Discipline,  which  was  granted  by  the  Edi&of  Nantes,  the 
 cwmunin  Confiftory  did  not  think  themfelves  oblig'd  to  fufpend  their 
 Proceedings:  They  Condemn'd  the  Advocates  to  a  publick 
 Sufpenfion  of  the  Communion;  and  the  faid  Judgment  was 
 pronounced  againft  them  the  very  next  Day  after  the  fignifi- 
 cation  of  the  Order  they  had  obtain'd  from  the  Parliament. 
 They   M  ere  treated  in  the  Act   of   that  Cenfure ,  as 
 Contemners  of  God,  Rebels  to  the  Confiftory,  and  Difturb- 
 ers  of  the  Peace  of  the  Church.    This  Affront  tranfported 
 ifaint- Angel  beyond  all  meafure  :  And  whereas  at  that  time 
 he  ftill  drew  Auvirgnat  after  him,  they  appeal'd  from  that 
 judgment  as  in  A bufe  ;  they  prefented  new  Complaints  to 
 the  Parliament ;  cali'd  the  proceeding  of  the  Confiftory  Ille- 
 gal 't  defir'd  a  Decree  againft  Cameron ;  and  le*ve  to  inform 
 againft  the  Authors  of  that  Affront;  that  the  Secretary  of  the 
 Confiftory  might,  be  obliged  to  produce  the  Books  in  which 
 they  enter'd  their  Acls,  the  better  to  know  what  they  had 
 ■a (.mere    dene.    They  obtain'd  all:  The  Secretary  was  profecuted  to 
 VsteKtt.     produce  the  Books:  And  after  all  the  Delays  and  Evafions  he 
 could  contrive,  he  was  finally  oblig'd  to  produce  them  at  the 
 Regifter- Office  of  the  Parliament    Cameron  was  Cited,  and 
 appear'd  to  demand  a  Removal :  About  a  Month  was  fpentin 
 thefeTranfacTions,  without  regard  to  the  Removal  demand- 
 ed by  the  Minifters :  A  Decree  was  given  conformable  to  the 
 Defireof  the  Advocates:  The  Cenfure  was  revers'd  being  A- 
 bufive;  the  Confiftory  was  commanded  not  to  ufe  the  like 
 
 Proceedings 
 
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 Proceedings  for  the  future  3  Cameron  was  Condemn'd  to  afmall  16 16. 
 Fine:  And  becaufe  Sawt-J/?g'.  I  ha.d  the  Impudence  to  com- wyv«> 
 plain  that  he  went  in  danger  of  his  Life,  he  was  received  un- 
 der the  Protection  of  the  Parliament,  and  was  allow'd  to  In- 
 form againft  thofe  that  had  threatn:d  him.    Yet  though  the 
 Decree  was  fo  favourable,  he  was  allow'd  no  Cofts. 
 
 Du  Sault,  Advocate-General, fpoke  in  that  Affair  in  Terms  fl 
 which  require  my  giving  an  Abftracx  of  his  Difcourfj  in  thisf"f  tj  y 
 place,  becaufe  it  fbows  a  Paffion  without  bounds,  and  with-r"z 
 out  the  leaft  Moderation,  in  which  he  proceeded  fo  far  as  to 
 alledge  things  as  Matters  of  Fa 61:,  which  were  ever  deny'd  by 
 theMinifters  ;  and  to  maintain  as  Infallible  Maxims,  Propo- 
 rtions which  are  oppofite  to  Common  Sence.    This  was  his 
 Character  in  Affairs  of  Religion  j  and  he  has  given  proofs  of 
 that  unruly  Paflion  tohis  very  Death.     He  open'd  the  Cauie 
 from  its  firft  Original  ;  and  affirm'd  that  upon  Stiim-AngeiS  ThcMrt*. 
 Requeft  the  Miniftcrs  were  fummon'd  before  the  Council-A'^O'^ 
 Chamber;  in  which  they  clear'd  themfelves  by  Oath  of  a ny 
 Intention  to  leave  the  City;  that  they  pr^mis'd  to  continue  n?e  m™. 
 their  Preaching  at  Begk,  although  there  were  no  Body  to  hear  '«£G:**- 
 them  3  That  the  Court  at  that  time  did  Command  them  not  to  * ' 
 retire  from  Bourdeaux  ;  that  they  were  receiv'J  under  the 
 King's  Protection  3  that  the  Sheriffs  were  ordei*d  to  guard 
 them  fafely  both  in  going  or  coming,  and  the  Miniftcrs 
 injoyn'd  toproducethe  Witneflls  they  had  of  the  Threatnings 
 made  againft  them.    The  Miniftersmaintain'd  the  clean  con- 
 trary 3  that  they  had  promis'd  nothing,  far  from  Swearing 
 any  thing;  that  they  made  no  Reply  when  the  pteafufe  of 
 the  Parliament  was  declar'd  to  them.    That  their  filencc 
 was  not  of  the  Nature  of  tho'e  which  could  be  fnterpreted 
 as  a  Confent,  fince  it  was  foic'd,  and  that  it  was  rmpoffibfe 
 for  them  to  fpeak  without  TranfgrefTing  the  Refpeclt  that  was 
 due  to  the  Deputies  of  the  Parliamenr,and  without  espofing 
 thetnfclves  to  the  hazard  of  being  fecur'd,  by  declaring  that 
 they  could  not  OSey.  They  faid  alfo,  that  the  fifeguard  that 
 was  orfer'd  them  was  not  fufficient--  That  the  putting  of  them 
 without  Arms  into  the  Hands  of  the  Sheriffs,  who  were  only 
 attended  by  Catholics  in  Arms,  was  to  expofe  them  ro  the 
 
 Dd  2  Mercy 
 
22 8  Tfc  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1616.  Mercy  of  thofe  that  occafion'd  their  Fear  ;  That  tho the  faid 
 Guards  had  not  been  compcYd  of  fufpeded  Perfons,  yet 
 i    ,  were  not  capable  to  defend  them  againft  all  the  Parties 
 might  chance  to  meet  in  their  way  ;  That  St.  Angel 
 Y        f  being  mo-e  frightned  than  thereft,  cry'd  out  in  a  full 
 A  eirib  y,\v!  en  the  (aid  Gonvoy  wasproposTd,*#^  vrhojball  fe- 
 ch  tth  G  ,x>d>  ?  Intimating,  that  they  were  not  capable  to  fe- 
 cure  others  hom  a  Danger, they  could  not  avoid  themfelves. 
 After  divers  Reflexions  upon  the  Courfe  of  the  Proceed- 
 Abjurditiei ings,  Da  Sault  pretended  that  Cameron's  Appeal  was  not  al- 
 lowable ;  by  reafon,  that  it  was  a  Cafe  in  which  the  Go- 
 vernment was  concern'd.    He  faid,  that  the  End  of  the  SuP 
 penfion  pronoune'd  by  them,  which  was  fuppos'd  to  be  in  or- 
 der to  the  Amendment  of  thofe  that  were  Condemned  to  it, 
 was  a  meer  Chimera  ;  that  the  faid  Judgment  was  an  Attempt 
 againft  the  Authority  of  the  Court;  That  it  was  a  manifeft 
 abufe  of  Cen fares  contrary  to  the  Holy  Decrees  ;  which  was 
 a  very  abfurd  Obfervation,  from  an  Ad vocat  General  againft 
 the  Keftr.n»d%  who  did  not  trouble  themlelves  to  obferve  in 
 their  Difcipline  what  he  call'd  the  Holy  Decrees,  which  are 
 the  Canons  of  the  Roman  Church,  and  the  Decrees  of  the 
 Popes.    Neverthelefs,  it  was  upon  that  weighty  Obfervation 
 he  laid  the  ftrefs  of  his  Argument,   to  prove  that  this  was  a 
 Cafe  referv*d  to  the  Parliament,   as  an  abufe  tending  to  in- 
 terrupt the  CQUfife  of  a  Lawful  Proceeding.     He  Added, 
 contrary  to  the  Faith  of  the  Edi&s,    and  contrary  to  the 
 Common  Practice,  that  the  Benefit  of  Appealing  to  the 
 *  Part) -Chambers  was  not  allow'd  to  Foreigners}  and  hepre- 
 *"Clum-  tended,  that  the  Par!iament  had  often  adjudg'd  it  lb;  Which 
 bves  mi-  might  be  true,  without  being  Juft  ;  by  realbn  that  the  faid 
 ^/"v'' Parliament  ,  notwithftanding  that  it  was  Juft  to  preferve 
 judges     and  allow  thofe  Chambers  the  Extent  of  jurifdiction  that 
 ™JtM*L  waS  Granted  tnem  by  the  Edicts,  did  neverthelefs  lay  holdof 
 miblif   all  oecafions  to  difputeit,.  and  to  incroach  upon  it  by  a  thou- 
 •..••.find  Attempts. 
 
 In  the  next  place  da  Sault  coming  to  the  Merits  of  the 
 
 'lidicidous 
 
 Caufe,  endeavoured  to  prove  that  neither,  the  Confiftory  , 
 *retmfms.$fe  Cameron  had  any  Right  to  Excommunicate,  having  nei- 
 
Book  I V .       Mid  of  JN  antes.  z  1 9 
 
 ther  JurifdiiStion,  nor  Orders:  And  the  better  to  inhance  this  1616, 
 grofs  pretenfion,he  added  that  the  Liberty  of  Conlcience  which  .^-v-nj 
 the  Reformed  profefs,  difpences  every  one  of  tliem  from  all 
 Laws  and  Cenlures ,  either  of  theirs  or  of  the  Roman 
 Church  ;  and  that  their  Dilcipline  extended  onlyon  luch  as 
 were  willing  to  fubmit  to  it.  He  added  with  the  (ameSpi- 
 ri:,  that  their  Sufpenfion  was  not  theSufpenfion  of  a  Sacra- 
 ment, becaule  their  *  Communion  was  not  a  Sacrament:  And  *  a™. . 
 whereas  Auvtrgntt  had  acknowledg'd  his  Fault,  and  fubmit- 
 ted  to  the  Confiftory  ;  he  afVirm'd  that  his  Sabmiflion  did  no 
 wile  prejudice  St,  Angel  whole  Sufpenfion  comain'd  an 
 intollerable  Error  ,  being  pronounc'd  againft  a  Man 
 who  had  done  no  ill  ;  who  had  done  nothing  but  what 
 was  good;  who  had  done  nothing  but  what  he  wasoblig'd 
 to  do,  in  acquainting  the  Court  with  the  Refolutionsof  the 
 Confiftory.  After  which  he  cited  the  55th  of  the  particular 
 Articles  of  the  Edi£t ;  and  affirm'd,  as  if  he  had  never  read 
 jr,,  that  the  faid  Article  allow'd  Minifters  to  be  Sued,  and 
 Cited  in  Cafes,  in  which  the  King  or  State  were  concern'd  : 
 From  which  he  concluded  that  this  was  the  Cafe  ,  lince  the 
 Confiftory.  proceeded  againft  a  Man  ,  and  would-  Cenfu.e 
 him,  for  applying  himielf  to  the  Court.  Ii>  this  he  commit- 
 ted at  leaft  two  Faults  equally  Grols  and  Malicious  :  The 
 one  in  corrupting  the  fence  of  the  Article,  which  mentions 
 nothing  of  proftcuting  the  Members  of  a  Confiftory,  in  ca- 
 fes in  which  the  King  or  Srate  are  concern'd  >  but  exemnrs 
 them  from  being  caO'd  as  WitneiTes  before  Juftice,  to  depole 
 what  has  been  reveal'd  in  their  Companies  or  AlTemblies,  by 
 fcandalous  Perform  that  are  Summon'd  chere,  or  by  the  El- 
 ders and  others  cf  which  they  are  compos'd,  unlets  in  dies 
 in  which  the  King,  or  State  are  concern'd.  ihe  other  in 
 applying  the  faid  Article  to  St.  Angel,  whp  had  only  draws 
 the  laid  Cenfiire  upon  himielf  by  a  fpightful  Calumnious  Ac* 
 cufation,  which  he  had  prefer'd  to  the  Parliament  againft 
 the  Minifters ;  tho  not  Ignorant  at  the*  fame  time,  that  in  cafe  : 
 he  had  a  juft  caufe  of  Complaint  againft  them  ,  and  furn- 
 cient  Reafons  not  to  apply  himielf  to  the  Ademblies  and 
 Synods,  he  ought  at  leaft  to  have  fummon'd  them  before 
 
t^o  The  Hijtory  of  the         Vol  IL 
 
 1616.  their  proper  Judges,  and  to  have  made  his  Application  to  the 
 i^v^  Party- Chamber.  This  may  ferve  as  an  Example  ,  to  fhow 
 how  di  fa  netted  Parliaments  knew  how  to  abufe  the  Edict. 
 And  it  is  eafie  to  Judge  by  their  unjuft  Explications  of  it , 
 and  their  manner  of  applying  it,  how  they  perform'd  the 
 Execution  thereof. 
 
 It  was  upon  thefe  Foundations  the  Decree  was  given,  and 
 that  after  the  ufual  Informations,  Primrofe  and  Cameron  were 
 Summon'd  Perfonally  ;  and  that  for  non-appearance,  the  ci- 
 tation u  as  converted  to  an  Order  for  Imprifonment,  and  that 
 after  the  ufuai  delays  they  were  Cited  to  appear  within  the 
 fpace  of  three  days.    They  were  not  Idle  on  their  fides  du- 
 ring thele  Kigorous  proceedings  :  But  in  Order  to  flop  the 
 Violence  of  a  Parliament,  which  the  R  formed  were  ever 
 Jealous  of,  they  apply'd  themfelves  to  the  King,  from  whom 
 they  obtain'd  a  Decree,  with  a  Warrant  to  Summon  St.  Atu 
 gel  before  the  Council,  within  the  fpace  of  fix  Weeks  ;  in- 
 joyning  the  Minifters  alio  to  appear  there  ;  together  with  a 
 Sufpeniion  of  all  the  Proceedings  in  the  meanwhile.  Asfor 
 St.  Jngtl,  he  got  nothing  by  this  extraordinary  May  of  pro- 
 ceeding :  And  while  he  Tormented  the  Minifters  of  Bour- 
 deauxy  by  Wranglings,  and  Difputes  which  did  not  permit 
 them  to  Publifh  his  Sufpenfion,  another  Mirrifter  did  it  for 
 ^Mwf-  them.    Hefptrien  came  to  Preach  at  Begins  and  publickly 
 ^jy^pronoune'd  the  (aid  Cenfure.    In  the  mean  time  this  AfTair 
 of  the  p**.€boPd  in  the  Council ,  and  time  having  freed  the  Minifters 
 Uament.   cf  this  Trouble,  they  continu'd  their  Functions  inrhe Church 
 of  Bourdeaux,  from  whence  Cameron  was  remov'd  about  two 
 years  after  ,  to  be  ProfelTor  in  Divinity  at  Saumur.  Howe- 
 ver the  Parliament  being  difTatisfy'd ,  at  their  not  having 
 been  able  to  obtain  their  Ends  of  them  in  the  preceding  Af- 
 fair, omitted  none  of  the  occafions  that  ofTer'd  themfelves 
 to  Trouble  them:  I  will  relate  one  Example  of  it ,  and  no 
 "chambn-  more.    Ths  following  year,  fome  Perfbns  accus'd  of  Pyracy, 
 Mtf«rii€:n  being  put  into  Prifbn,  were  deny'd  a  removal  to  the  *  Party* 
 S«/tr<  Chamber  ,  under  pretence  that  the  Privilege  of  the  Ed  1 6b 
 tartc*tho-&&  not  extend  to  Pyrates.    Perhaps  other  Judges  would 
 lus,  and  foave13s^j  them  with  lefs  feverity  than  that  Parliament,  that 
 
 tart  Prote-  J  '  , 
 
Book  IV.       Ed'fil  of  Nantes.  1 5 1 
 
 had  ever  fignaliz'd  it  felf,  by  Violences  againft  the  Referral  \6\6. 
 who  were  look'd  upon  by  them,  as  Guilty  and  Convinc'd  ^Y"° 
 of  what  ever  was  laid  to  their  Charge.  But  the  laid  Parli- 
 ament retain'd  their  Caufe,  and  Condemn'd  them  to  Death. 
 They  fubmitted  to  it  with  fo  much  Conftancy,  and  receiv'd 
 it  with  fuch  Signs  of  Chriltian  Refignation  ,  that  Cameron 
 thought  himfelf  obhg'd  to  Honour  their  Memory  with  a 
 fhort  Relation  of  what  paft  at  their  Death.  It  was  a  kind 
 of  Reflexion  upon  the  Parliament,  to  Write  a  Book  in  Praiie 
 of  Perfons  who  were  Condemn'd  to  a  fliimeful  Death  by 
 them.  Moreover  there  were  fome  ftrokes  in  it  , 
 which  reflected  directly  upon  them  ,  becaufe  the  Rtform*d 
 thought  that  they  had  Violated  their  Privileges.  Therefore 
 they  reveng'd  themfelves  upon  the  Work,  until  an  occafion 
 orTer'd  it  felf  to  be  Reveng'd  on  the  Author  5  and  the  Book  was 
 Condemn'd  to  be  Burnt  Publickly  by  the  Hang-Man. 
 
 After  the  Prince  of  Condehad  taken  Arms,  the  Court  did  jnw. 
 not  fail  to  Proclaim  him  a  Rebel,  and  to  publifh  the  iifual-D'^  V 
 Edifts  in  iuch  Cafes  againft  him  and  his  Adherents.  t^Tf^L 
 Parliament  of  Par  it  to  whom  the  laid  Declaration  was  femlJim  *- 
 refus'd  to  pafs  it  ;  by  reafon  that  the  Prince  had  too  many*-' ™? thi 
 Friends  in  that  Senat,  and  that  the  Pretence  of  his  Armsp''wa'' 
 was  grounded  on  the  fame  Abufes,  that  had  occafion'd  the 
 Remonftrances  of  the  Parliament,  which  were  (bill  receive". 
 So  that  after  diverfe  Conteftations  ,  the  Plurality  of  Voices 
 declar'd  againft  the  Verification  of  the  faicl  Declaration  5- 
 and  a  Decree  was  made  upon  that  §ub/e£c,  by  which  the 
 Court  declar'd,  that  they  neither  could,  nor  ought  to  Reaiftcr 
 the  fame.    The  Party  which  follow'd  the  infpiration  oi I'  the 
 Court  and  of  the  Favourites,  caus'd  the  Words  nor  ought  to 
 be  omitted  out  of  the  Extracts  of  the  Decree  which  weu 
 Publifh'd.  And  foon  after  it  they  had  Credit  enough  ,  to 
 forge  another  Decree  of  Inrollment  without  any  Exception, 
 which  was  found  in  the  Regifter,  in  the  room  of  the  gi  ft, 
 We  may  eafily  imagine,  that  this  bold  FalHficatjon  of  a  So- 
 lemn Decree,  in  a  Cafe  of  fuch  cpnfequence,  w&S  highly  re- 
 fented.    It  created  great  dilputes  among  the  very  Members 
 of  the  Parliament,  who  proceeded  on  both  fides  to  invt&ives 
 
 and 
 
The  Hijlory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 ,  and  Proteftatiom.  The  Prince  refented  it  highly  ,  as  he 
 W'v"^  hacj  rcafon  to  do ;  and  being  at  that  time  in  a  better  Condi- 
 tion to  fpeak  than  he  had  been  at  firft,  he  coraplain'd  of  it 
 by  a  Declaration  full  of  the  Marks  of  his  difpleafure.  He  took 
 occafion  from  thence  to  make  New  Demands;  one  of  which 
 was  to  punifh  thofe  that  were  concern'd  in  the  Falfification 
 or  the  Decree. 
 
 Neverthelefs,  when  all  things  feem'd  to  be  in  the  great- 
 Fropipi-  e^  Confufion,  they  were  dfmtangl'd  all  of  a  fudden  ;  and 
 ■onscf peace,  a  Peace  was  talk'd  on  before  the  end  of  the  Year.  The 
 Queen  having  gain'd  her  ends,  by  the  King's  Marriage  , 
 Judg'd  a  Peace  necelTary  to  injov  the  Fruits  of  that  Alliance, 
 to  difarm  and  divide  her  Enemies,  and  to  maintain  her  Au- 
 thority and  her  Creatures.  On  the  other  Hand  the  Prince 
 feeing  the  Marriages  were  accomplim'd ,  and  that  his  Arms 
 would  prove  ineffectual  in  that  point,  finding  himlelf  more- 
 over fufficiently  formidable  to  make  an  ad vantagious  Peace, 
 forgot  his  Prcmiles  and  Treaties  of  a  fudden  ,  and  only 
 thought  of  clearing  his  own  Affairs.  The  Duke  of  Vandome 
 who  declar'd  himlef,  and  rais'd  Arms  for  him  in  Bretagne, 
 and  the  Duke  of  Ncvers  who  likewife  rais'd  Men  without 
 declaring  himfelf,  rendered  him  the  more  confiderable  : 
 The  one  by  leconding  him  by  a  Potent  Diverfion  5  -and  the 
 other,  becaulehe  had  the  power  to  do  it,  in  cafe  the  Court 
 refus'd  to  buy  his  Forces  at  Up  own  Rate.  The  moft  obfti- 
 nate  were  fenfible  ,  that  it  was  impolfible  to  diffolve  the 
 Marriages,  not  yet  confummated  indeed, by  reafon  of  the  in- 
 fancy of  the  Parties,  but  Celebrated  with  all  the  Forms,  for 
 the  performance  of  which  France  and  Spmn  had  interchange- 
 bly  given  Holtages.  Had  the  Infanta  of  Spam  beenreceiv'd  ill 
 in  France,  Spain  had  a  Daughter  of  trance  in  their  Power, 
 on  whom  they  might  Revenge  themfelves.  Thus  all  things 
 inclin'd  to  a  Peace  5  and  Public  good  leldom  being  the  True 
 Motive,  but  the  pretence  of  Princes,  it  was  the  thing  that 
 was  leaft  thought  on  during  the  Treaty.  The  very  AfTem- 
 bly  of  Nimes  fent  Deputies  to  the  King,  to  befeech  him  to 
 grant  a  Peace  to  his  Subjects ;  and  thole  Deputies  were  received 
 as  if  the  Court  had  had  no  reafon  to  complain  of  thofe  that 
 fent  them.  The 
 
jdook  iv.      nam  of  in  antes.  a;  3 
 
 The  Truth  is,  That  they  were  not  Iook'd  upon  as  Dcpu-*i6i6. 
 ties  from  a  General  Aflembly  5  becaufe  it  was  not  held  in  a 
 place  allow 'd  of  by  the  King,  and  that  the  Court  was  unwilling 
 to  look  upon  their  Relblutions  as  thofe  of  all  the  R>formd, 
 of  which  a  eonfiderable  Number  difown'd  them.  Thofe 
 Deputies  prelented  Letters  to  the  King  from  the  Affembly, 
 in  which  they  juftify'd  their  Conduct  in  Terms  which 
 fhow'd  that  they  did  not  think  it  Criminal.  Thofe  Let- 
 ters were  Pathetick  and  Eloquent.  The  Apology  they 
 made  for  the  Reform  d  was  grounded  upon  the  juft  fear  the) 
 had  conceiv'd,  feeing  the  Diffcempers  of  the  State  increas'd, 
 the  Remedies  rejected,  the  Remonltrances  of  the  Prince  of 
 Conde  and  of  the  Parliament,  hardly  taken  into  ccnfideration. 
 We  have  feen,  laid  they,  in  the  [aid  Letters,  your  Sovereignty 
 Difputed,  and  brought  into  question,  the  Independency  of  your 
 Crown  undecided;  fo  that  ,  We  vehofe  Subf (lance ,  next  unto 
 God,  dt  fends  on  the  firmnefs  of  your  Scepter,  had  Rtafon  to 
 think  it  high  time  to  look  about  Us,  when  ivt  found  that  En- 
 deavours rvere  us^d  to  flake  the  very  Foundations  of  it.  Soon 
 after  continuing  to  alledge  the  Reafons  that  had  oblig'd  them 
 to  Arm  :  We  have  /ten,  added  they,  Armies  Rau'd  on  all 
 parts,  and  have  heard  fever al  ffeakmg  the  very  fence  of  their 
 Hearts,  prtfaging  the  Felicities  of  Tour  Majejlies  Marriage,  by 
 the  Defign  of  our  Ruin'?  as  if  that  Alliance  rvere  to  be  Ce- 
 mented by  the  Blood  of  your  mo fl  Faithful  Sub f  Us  ,  which  we 
 concluded  thty  would  no  longer  deftr  to  fpill ,  than  till  their 
 Practices  on  our  Patience  had  optnd  a  way  for  tbem  to  do  it. 
 They  added  to  thofe  Complaints  of  the  Threatnings  againft 
 them ,  the  Contempt  that  had  been  exprefs'd  towards  the 
 AiTembly  ;  the  Refufal  of  an  Anfwer  to  the  *  Cahiers  that  ♦  Petkim 
 were  prefented  at  To  irs  ;  the  removing  of  the  molt  confide-  <>■  Mef- 
 ble  among  tlie  Reformed  out  of  their  places  ;  the  advance*  fo- 
 ment of  their  greateft  Enemies.  They  defir'd  the  King  to 
 applv  proper  Remedies  to  all  thofe  hardfhips,  which  he 
 h'.mfelf  might  reap  the  Chief  Advantages  of.  They  excus'd 
 the  Refufal  of  the  AiTembly  to  repair  to  Mompellhr,  by  the 
 fame  Reafons  that  had  indue'd  them  to  remove  from  Gteno- 
 hle ,  which  his  Majefty  had  been  pleasM  to  approve  of, 
 
25^  The  Hi/lory  of  the         Vol  IL 
 
 1615.  namely,  that  they  did  not  injoy  their  full  Liberty  there.  They 
 '^Y^  alfodeclar'd  that  the  Aflembly  had  hinder'dthofeof  the  Lower 
 LangnUoc  from  taking  Arms  which  the  Dukes  of  Monmo- 
 remand  of  Fantadonr  could  Witnefs  for  them.    After  which 
 they  concluded  with  the  ufual  Proteftations  of  Obedience, 
 and  with  hopes  that  for  the  future  they  fhouldhave  more  fa- 
 vour and  Juitice  done  them. 
 Tlx  Lower    It  is  moh;  certain,  that  the  lower  Langutdoc  had  no  fhare  in 
 Langue.  t]le  Troubles,  whither  it  were  that  it  proceeded  from  the  care 
 ««hiT"    °f  Lrfdigtiieres,  who  had  taken  his  Meafures  with  Atincourt 
 ftmabk.  Governor  of  the  Lionnois^  ancTwith  the  Dukes  h/lonmortney 
 and  of  Ventadcur,  to  preserve  that  and  the  Neighbouring  Pro- 
 vinces in  quiet ;  or  that  the  Aflembly  weredefirous  for  their 
 ovvnfafety  to  hinder  the  War  from  breaking  out  fo  near  them  '•, 
 or  finally,  whither  a  reciprocal  fear  had  oblig'd  both  the  JRe- 
 fornfd  and  Catholicks  to  remain  in  quiet.    It  is  no  wonder 
 that  two  Enemies  who  do  not  know  one  another  fufficiently 
 to  know  the  weak  fide  of  each  other,  or  that  know  one  ano- 
 ther too  well  to  defpife  each  other,  fhould  remain  in  Peace, 
 notwithstanding  the  oppofition  of  their  Interefts,  by  reafon 
 that  they  mutually  dread  each  other.    Bertevi/k  who  wasone 
 of  the  Deputies  that  brought  thofe  Letters,  made  a  Speech 
 to  the  King  partly  fuitable  to  the  fubftance  of  the  laid  Let- 
 ters.   The  King  anfwer'd,  That  he  was  willing  to  grant  his 
 Subjects  a  Peace  without  the  Interceflion  of  any  Body.  The 
 The  Kmg  reafon  of  this  Anfwer  was,  that  the  King  of  EngUnd  was 
 ^/England  defirous  to  have  a  hand  in  this  Treaty.    That  Prince  had  pro- 
 Iwdiatton  m*s^  tne  Pr'nce  °f  c*onM  a  confiderable  Supply  before  the 
 ftr  'kfeaa:  beginning  of  the  War :  But  whereas  he  was  not  much  incli- 
 ned to  Arms,  and  that  a  Controverfy  pleas'dhim  better  than 
 a  Battle,  he  contented  himfelf  with  the  Qualiy  of  a  Media- 
 tor.   The  Prince  otConde  defir'd  that  the  EngUjh  AmbafTador 
 might  aflift  at  the  Conference.    The  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  alfo 
 rheum-  defir'd  it.    The  Aflembly  of  Nimes  was  of  Opinion,  that  the 
 Franco  re.  Treaty  would  be  more  (olemn  and  fblid,  by  the  Mediation  of 
 fufes  the  a  Forieign  Prince,  out  of  refpeel  to  whom  all  Promiles  would 
 pid  Medi-  ke  better  jiept.    gut  the  King's  Council  would  allow  no  Me- 
 diator  5  being  fenfible  that  lie  who  irtterpofes  in  that  Quality 
 
Book  IV.      Edicl  of  Nantes.  z  3  5 
 
 between  the  Soveraignand  his  Sublets  ;  deprives  him  com-  1615:. 
 monlyof  the  acknowledgement  and  merit  of  what  he  grants  ✓y>J 
 at  the  requeft  of  another.  Therefore  the  Ambalfador  was 
 only  allow'd  to  come  to  the  Conference  as  a  Witnefs  .•  The 
 Prince  of  Condi  and  his  Adherents  agreed  to  it}  but  King 
 Jamts  neither  g«t  much  Honour  by  it,  nor  the  Caufehe  de- 
 fign'd  to  Favour,  much  Advantage. 
 
 Loudun  was  pitch'd  upon  for  the  place  of  the  faid  Conference,  t6i6. 
 which  was  open'd  on  the  iothof  February.  The  Ki  ng  S  Cmferaki 
 Commiflioners  repair'd  thither  >  and  the  Prince  of  Condi  gave  ar-d  p'JCt 
 notice  tothofeof  his  Party  to  do  the  like,  or  to  lend  Deputies  °fLouim 
 But  he  troubled  himfelf  no  farther  with  their  Inte- 
 refts,  than  was  juft  neceflary  for  the  advantage  of  his  own. 
 The  Mirfhall  de  Bouillon  found  his  account  in  it,  by  reafbn 
 that  the  Court  was  willing  to  favour  him  fo  much,  as  to  0- 
 blige  him  not  to  renew  the  Troubles.  The  Dukes  of  Rohan, 
 andof  Sully  got  nothing  by  it.  Nay,  the  firft  was  negie&ed 
 to  that  degree,  that  he  was  not  fo  much  as  furamon'd  to  appear 
 at  the  Conference,  in  which  he  came  without  being  Invited 
 thither.  But  it  was  not  long  before  he  (how'd  the  Prince  of 
 Condi,  how  (enfible  he  was  of  that  flight.  The  Duke  of  SuSy 
 contributed  considerably  towardsthe  G  nclufion  of  a  Peace  ; 
 and  it  would  have  been  very  difficult  to  have  perfwaded  the 
 Reform'd  to  it  without  him.  Yet  he  was  never  the  more  fa- 
 vourably us'd  for  it  in  what  related  to  his  own  particular  Af- 
 fairs ;  and  he  received  no  manner  of  favour  beyond  the  Ge- 
 neral. The  Reformed  were  not  mention'd  until  all  the  reft 
 were  fatisfy'd  ;  after  which  the  Prince  of  C^Wohtain'd  fome 
 things  forthem,  left  he  fhould  feem  to  far  fake  them  quite,  af- 
 ter having  receiv'd  fo  proper  and  (b  neceflary  a  fuccor  from 
 them.  But  the  Court  did  not  forget  their  old  Maxim,  which 
 was  to  grant  them  nothing  but  wh  u  they  culd  keep  in  fpite 
 of  them  5  and  to  favour  them  as  little  in  the  reft  as  potfibiy 
 could  be. 
 
 The  Conferences  lafted  about  three  Months  at  L/?« du-  T^rrm- 
 ring  which  time  the  Aflembly  of  Nimes  obtatn'd  leave  of  the  val  °f  *ht 
 King  to  remove \oRoch?l,x.o  be  nearer  to  the  place  of  the  Treats-.  G"''  tt 
 
1^6  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 161$.  lar,  difown'd  bythe  reft,  and  unlawful,  it  became  a  General, 
 Authoriz'd  Affembly.  The  Prince  of  Condi  fell  dangeroufly 
 fick  during  thefe Delays.  His  Illnefs  chang'd  the  face  of  Af- 
 fairs 5  and  Projects  were  forming  already  of  what  was  fit  to 
 bedone,  in  cafe  he  fhould  die.  The  Queen  who  feem'd  to  be 
 moft  concern'd  in  that  Accident,  becaufe  the.  Prince  was  the 
 only  Per  (on  who  could  difpute  her  Authority,  neverthelefs 
 dreaded  the  Death  of  her  Enemy,  becaufe  fheforefaw  that  it 
 would  break  of  theTreaty  of  Peace ;  which  would  expofe  her 
 and  her  Creatures  to  new  Dangers,and  the  State  to  new  Con- 
 fufions.  So  that  the  Prince's  Recovery  was  looked  upon  on 
 both  fides  as  equally  advantageous  to  all  ;  and  the  fear  of  his 
 Death  had  difpoi'd  every  body  to  put  an  end  to  thofe  Tedious 
 Conferences.  He  became  more  traceable  himfelf  while  he 
 thought  he  fhould  Die,  and  thought  he  was  oblig'd  in  Ho- 
 nour and  Duty  to  end  a  War  before  his  Death,  which  he  had 
 occafion'd  t  He  perfifted  in  the  fame  Sentiments  after  his  Reco- 
 very, being  defirous  of  reft.  The  moft  difficult  having  made 
 their  Conditions,  the  AlTembly  of  Rochell  only  remain'd  difa- 
 tisfy'd.  Sully  undertook  to  prevail  with  them  to  receive  the 
 Conditions  his  Majefty  Was  pleased  to  grant  them.  In  order 
 to  which  he  repair'd  thither  with  the  Englijh  Amba(Tador,who 
 joyn'd  with  him  in  order  thereunto.  The  Affembly  was 
 better  united  than  they  had  been  at  N  mes  t  And  whereas  their 
 Refolutionof  joyning  with  the  Prince  oiConde  had  only  been 
 carry'd  by  two  Voices,  their  Opinions  prov'd  more  uniform 
 about  the  Sureties  they  thought  necelfaryfor  the  execution  of 
 theTreaty  of  Peace  :  So  that  Sully  s  undertaking  prov'd  pret- 
 ty difficult.  Neverthelefs  he  fucceeded  in  it,  becaufe  he  o- 
 mitted  nothing  that  could  perfwade,  making  ufe  of  Reafbns, 
 of  Authority,  and  even  of  Money,  which  often  proves  the 
 mod  convincing  of  all  Arguments.  He  prevail'd  with  the 
 £j  ifnd  Aflemtyy  to  fend  Ten  Deputies  to  Loudim  with  a  Power  to  ac- 
 &p2u?tt  cept  the  Conditions  that  had  been  agreed  upon  with  the 
 UiMijn.  King's  Cominiflioners.  However  they  only  granted  them  that 
 Power,  on  Condition  that  they  fhould  have  leave  to  continue 
 their  Seffion  until  the  Verification  of  the  Edict  were  paft  $ 
 That  the  Armies  fhould  be  actually  Disbanded  ;  That  Tartas 
 
 fhould 
 
Book  IV.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  2  5  7 
 
 fhould  be  reftor'd  to  them  ;  which  place  the  Reformed  pretend-  1616. 
 edhad  been  taken  from  them  by  Surprize  :  and  that  Com-  ^y^*J 
 miflioners  fhould  be  difpatch'd  forthwith  ;  to  put  the  Edifts 
 in  Execution  in  the  Provinces. 
 
 But  Sully  at  his  return,  far  from  receiving  Thanks  for  his  DUingmu 
 pains,  was  di&wn'd  for  having  ingag'd  (o  far  in  the  PrinceVo °f  /*« 
 Name  5  and  in  orderto  (how  that  he  had  done  nothing  with-0"'''' 
 out  Authority,  he  was  oblig'd  to  produce  his  Inftru&ions, 
 The  Reafonof  this  difavovvalvvas  that  the  Court  would  not 
 confent  to  the  Continuation  of  the  Affembly  after  the  Con- 
 clufion  of  the  Treaty.  However  that  difficulty  was  remov'd 
 by  obtaining  leave  for  the  Aflembly  to  remain  at  Rochet  until 
 a  time  prefix'd  ;  aad  that  the  faid  delay  fhould  be  imploy'J  by 
 them  in  the  Nomination  of  Deputies  General.  SuUy  drew 
 an  Inftrument  upon  that  Subject,  which  was  at  firftapprov'd 
 of  by  all  Parties  only  altering  a  few  words.  Moreover  the 
 Aflembly  fent  a  new  Power  to  their  Deputies  to  Authorize 
 them  to  approve  it:  After  which  the  King's  C  mmiflloners 
 retracled,  and  would  alter  the  Inftrument  in  feveral  things. 
 This  Game  was  played  twice  or  thrice  :  S*lly  was  difown'd, 
 and  then  own'd  again  in  what  he  did  :  The  Writing  was  a- 
 greed  to  and  alter'd  fb often,  that  thofe  who  wereimp'oy'd  a- 
 -  bout  it  had  no  longer  any  Patience.  The  Reafbn  which  made 
 the  Commiflioners  fo  difficult,  is  that  the  principal  Perfons 
 being  fatisfy'd,  the  Court  had  a  mind  to  ufe  the  Affemblv 
 haughtily,  and  to  oblige  them  to  receive  what  they  would  give 
 them  with  fiibmiflion.  They  were  fenfible  that  the  Lords 
 would  not  renounce  the  Advantages  they  obtained,  to  better 
 the  Condition  of  the  People. 
 
 Finally  the  Prince  being  informed  by  Sully  of  the  Difficul-  Th$  Ar- 
 ties which  delay'd  the  Conclufion,  putanend  to  them  like  a-jjjjSj^ 
 Prince  who  confider'd  no  body  but  himfelf.    He  wbifpend  peira  &Zl 
 fbmething  to  Vilkroy  ;  andfoon  after  did  the  fame  to  Sully  * 
 After  which  he  declar'd  that  VilUroy  had  granted  what  was Pc0te 
 defir'd  '■>  and  at  the  fame  time  he  Sign'd  the  Treaty,  without 
 allowing  any  body  time  to  anfwer  him.  This  abrupt  Conclu- 
 fion vex'd  the  Deputies  of  the  Aflembly  extreamly  ;  but  they 
 could  hud  oo  Remedy  ,  They  difcover'd  by  feveral  Inftances 
 
 that 
 
2  5  8  The  Hijlory  of  the        Vol  II. 
 
 i6i<5.  that  it  was  a  defign'd  thing,  to  oblige  the  Aflembly  to  receive 
 wv-n/  whatever  Conditions  the  Lords  had  thought  fit}  andthatthey 
 had  only  been  defir'd  to  fend  Deputies  out  of  Formality.  On 
 Tt'.efday  Morning  before  they  had  Sign'd,  even  before  their  ha- 
 ving given  their  Content  to  what  the  others  had  concluded, 
 *  Orders  were  lent  to  the  Minifter  who  was  in  his  Pulpit,  to  ac- 
 quaint the  People  that  the  Peace  was  made,  and  to  exhort 
 them  to  return  God  thanks  for  it.  This  made  thofe  murmur, 
 who  knew  that  there  were  difficulties  undecided;  and  made 
 them  judge  that  it  was  a  fore'd  Peace,  which  they  were  obli- 
 ged to  accept  of  for  fear  of  falling  into  greater  Inconvenien. 
 ces.  And  indeed  the  Marfbal  de  Bouillon  himfelf  forgot  the 
 Interelts  of  the  Common  Caule,  becaufe  he  had  fecur'd  his 
 own.  HeEsclaim'd  higher  thanany  Body  againft  the  Aflem- 
 bly, though  they  had  only  follow'd  his  Motions.  He  declar'd 
 that  he  would  look  upon  thole  to  be  Enemies  to  the  State,  who 
 fhould  ref  ufe  to  fign  the  Peace.  Moreover  he  was  accus'd  of 
 having  ingag'd  himfelf  to  the  King's  Commiffioners  by  wri- 
 ting to  \  arch  againft  the  Aflembly,  and  to  make  War  againft 
 them,  in  cafe  they  fhould  difown  what  their  Deputies  had 
 done,  or  fhould  continue  their  Seflion  beyond  the  Term  grant- 
 ed to  them.  The  Duke  de  U  Trimouille  his  Nephew  who 
 was  Young  andEafie,  and  who  did  not  tread  long  in  his  Fa- 
 ther's S  teps,  did  the  fame  in  Imitation  of  his  Uncle.  But  the 
 toxrjfjAl  de  Bouillon  defign'd  thereby  to  fhow,  that  he  was  the 
 Moving  Spirit  of  the  Party ;  that  his  Advice  was  fufficient  to 
 incline  them  o  War,  and  his  Threatnings  to  make  them  ac- 
 cept a  Peace.  The  Aflembly  gave  him  no  caufe  to  proceed  to 
 Extreams  againft  them:  Th^y  fubmitted  to  the  Treaty; 
 they  did  Nominate  Deputies  General  i  And  Bertevilk  to  whom 
 the  Marlhal  had  given  hopes  of  obtaining  that  Deputation, 
 was  Ele&ed  according  to  his  Promife;  Maniald  was  joyn'd 
 with  him:  After  which  the  Aflembly  Diflblv'd  it  (elf,  with- 
 out ftaying'until  the  time  that  waf-  granted  them. 
 Edm  of  This  Treaty  was  thus  publifh'd,  and  Intid'd,  An  Edi£l 
 Blois.  given  at  Blots  in  the  Month  of  May.  It  contain'd  54  Articles, 
 among  which  thofe  that  had  a  relation  to  the  Publick  Good 
 '"■  were  foon  Converted  intolllufions,  by  the  turn  of  Affairs  tha' 
 
Book  IV.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  2  5  9 
 
 .  follow'd  foon  after.    Moft  of  them  only  contained  fuch  things  1616. 
 as  are  commonly  imploy'd  in  general  Pardons.    The  Third  ^v~^ 
 Article  was  in  favour  of  the  Roman  Cut bolick  Religion,  which 
 was  to  be  reftor'd  in  all  Places  where  their  Worfhip  had  been 
 Interrupted  during  the  Troubles.  Their  Minifters  were  main- 
 tained in  the  Liberty  of  their  Functions;  in  the  Injoymentoi 
 their  Eftates ;  and  in  the  Poffefiion  of  their  Houfes,  of  w  hich 
 the  Reftitution  wasorder'd.  The  Fourth  was  a  weak  Injuncti- 
 on to  make  Inquiries  into  the  Death  of  the  late  King,  under 
 pretence-that  the  King  wasinform'd  that  his  Officers  had  been 
 remifs  in  it,  notwithftanding  their  having  received  exprefs 
 Ordersaboutit  from  the  Queen,  both  by  wcrd  of  Mouth  and 
 in  Writing}  and  the  King  promis'd  to  Write  to  all  the  Bifhops 
 of  the  Kingdom,  to  caufe  the  Decree  of  the  Council  of  Con- 
 fidncia  to  be  publifhM  in  their  refpecTive  Diocefles,  which 
 fpeaks  of  the  Life  of  Kings  and  Soveraign  Princes.   The  Fifth 
 revers'd  ■  a  Decree  of  Sufpenfion  of  thole  which  the  Parli- 
 ament of  Paris  had  given  in  favour  of  the  Independency  of 
 Kings,  provided   that  luch  things  as  were  Imported  by 
 thole  Decrees  fhould  remain  unperform'd,  which  had  nor. 
 been  put  in  execution  yet  j  .which  related  to  the  Affembly  of 
 the  Princes  and  Officers  of  the  Crown  with  the  Parliament-, 
 in  order  to  the  Reformation  of  the  State.    That  is,  the  King 
 reversed  thofe  Decrees  in  Terms  which  feem'd  only  to  reverie 
 the  Sufpenfion  of  them.    The  Sixth  prefuppofing  that  the 
 Court  had  gone  a  great  way  in  anfwering  of  the  *  CrJjiers  pf  *  Rm 
 the  Eftates  General,  promis'd  that  they  would  proceed  in  It  ({ranees 
 without  any  Difcontinuation.    The  King  ingag'd  himfelf  by  and  D:- 
 the  Seventh  to  Examine  the  Article  of  the  *  Third  Eftate  :  "^j/©* 
 But  he  did  not  oblige  himfelf  to  pafs  it  into  a  Law.    The  next  mm. 
 Imported  that  the  King  would  give  no  more  confiderable 
 Places  to  Foreigners But  he  deftroy'd  the  faid  Promife  at  the 
 fame  time,  referving  to  himfelf  the  Power  of  beftowing 
 them  on  fuch,  under  the  pretence  of  fingular  Merit,  or  of 
 great  Services.    Some  others  follow'd  thefe  in  Courfe  which 
 feem'd  to  be  ufcful  to  the  State  5  but  were  couch'd  in  Terms  as 
 lllufory  as  the  preceeding.    The  Fourteenth  confirm'd  the 
 Edicts  and  all  that  related  to  them.    The  next  Created  a  new 
 
 Office 
 
^^to  The  Hijlory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1616.  Office  ofCouncellor  in  the  Parliament  of  Pdris,   to  be 
 w-v^   given  to  one  of  the  Reform 'd  in  the  room  of  that  of  Bey 
 ger,  who  had  only  chang'd  his  Religion  on  condition  that 
 he  fhculd  not  be  difpofleffed  of  the  faid  Office.  The  Sixteenth 
 reftor'd  the  free  Exercife  of  the  Refrm'd  Religion,  in  all  pla- 
 ces where  it  had  been  Interrupted  upon  the  account  of  the 
 Troubles.    The  Seventeenth  allow'd  the  Proceedings  of  the 
 Prince  of  Conde,  and  of  his  Adherents  both  Catholicks  and 
 R> formed:  Even  cf  thole  who  compos'd  the  Aflembly  of 
 JSl.-mts,  which  was  at  Rocbel  at  the  time  of  this  Edict.  The 
 Tvi  cntyfourth  only  related  to  Rocbel.    The  Forty  feventh  or- 
 dain'd  the  Reftitution  of  the  Places  which  had  been  feiz'd  by 
 the  Adherents  of  the  Prince:  And  whereas  Tartas  had  been 
 takeo  by  Surprize  from  the  Refbrm'd,  the  King  order'd  the 
 prefent  Reftitution  of  the  fame,  before  they  fliould  proceed 
 to  the  Reftitution  of  the  others.    But  in  order  to  punifh  the 
 People,  as  it  is  common  for  the  folly  of  the  Great  ones,  the 
 Kingre.eftablifh'd  fe  me  old  Impofitions  which  he  had  occafion 
 for  to  pay  the  Peace  he  was  oblig'd  to  buy. 
 p^ste    There  were  alio  private  Articles,  which  were  no  lefs  im- 
 Artichs-   portant  than  the  General  ones.    The  laft  promis'd  1 500000 
 Livres  to  the  Prince  of  Conde  and  the  Lords  of  his  Party. 
 The  Court  had  no  mind  they  fliould  be  feen  by  the  Parlia- 
 ment, for  rear  of  Contradictions.    Therefore  they  were  fent 
 to  them  Seal'd  up  ;  and  the  5$  of  the  General  Article-,  was 
 very  pofitive  in  ordering  them  to  be  put  in  Execution.  The 
 Firft  maintain'd  the  Gallict^  Church  in  its  Liberties.  The 
 Second  dilbwn'd  the  purfuit  of  the  Clergy  for  the  publica- 
 tion of  the  Council  of  Treat  5   and  promis'd  that  it  fliould 
 have  no  Effeft.    The  1  hird  excepted  Leitoure  from  the  Ar- 
 ticle about  the  Reftitution  of  Places  $  becaufe  there  was  a 
 Difpute  between  Fontratks  and  Angalin  about  the  Captain- 
 fhip  of  the  Caftle.    The  Difpute  was  begun  before  the  War; 
 which  was  the  reafbn  that  Fontraillts  favoured  the  furpri- 
 fing  of  the  faid  place  by  the  Duke  of  Rohan ,  who  turn'd 
 out  his  Competitor.    He  made  a  fhift  to  maintain  himfelf 
 in  it  until  the' year  1620,  and  then  only  quitted  it  upon 
 good  Terms.   In  the  mean  while,  the  Article  Imported  that 
 
 until 
 
Book  IV.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  iJLi 
 
 until  the  decifion  of  the  Dirpute,  the  King  would  depofit  it  1616. 
 into  the  Hands  of  an  Exempt  of  his  Guards,  or  fome  other 
 Reform* d  Officer.Thc  Fourth  regulated  a  very  particular  Affair. 
 FiUemtrem  Councellor  in  the  Parliament  of  Paris ,  and  k 
 Maitre,  one  of  the  Matters  of  Accounts  of  the  faid  Court , 
 had  embrac'd  the  Reform  d  Religion.  The  Courts  which 
 they  belong'd  to,  had  hinder'd  them  from  Exercifing 
 their  faid  Imployments  upon  that  Account.  The  Reform 'd 
 took  it  very  mucrfto  heart ;  and  feeing  that  Berger  did  not  lofe 
 his  place,  tho*  he  was  turn'd  Catholick,  they  pretended  that 
 the  others  ought  not  to  be  us'd  worfe,  for  embracing  the 
 Reform  d  Religion.  The  Gatholicks  urg'd,  that  the  Number 
 of  Reformed  Councilors  was  Limited  to  Six  by  the  Edi&  ; 
 and  that  therefore  Vilkmereanh  place  ought  to  be  taken  from 
 them  ;  or  at  moft  that  they  could  only  pretend  to  keep  it  in 
 compenlationof  that  of  Berger.  The  Reform* don  the  other 
 Hand,  pretended  that  the  Edict  only  Limited  the  Offices 
 they  were  to  have  of  neceffity  ;  but  that  it  did  not  bar  their 
 Accefs  to  all  others,  which  they  were  declar'd  capable  of  by 
 the  Edict.  So  that  Berger's  place  could  not  be  taken  from 
 them  without  injustice,  fince  it  was  one  of  the  Six  allow 'd 
 them  by  the  Edict;  nor  yet,  that  of  Villemereau ,  which  he 
 had  not  render'd  himfelf  incapable  of  according  to  the  Edict, 
 by  turning  to  their  Religion.  This  Article  decided  the  thing 
 in  their  behalf  }  which  was  the  moft  considerable  point  in 
 favour  of  them  in  the  Treaty  ;  thereby  gaining  a  New  Office 
 in  the  Parliament,  and  another  in  the  Chamber  of  Accounts, 
 which  is  one  of  the  moft  confiderable  Courts  of  the  Long 
 Robe. 
 
 The  Fifth  confirm' d  ths  Exemption  of  the  *  Tulles,  which  •  AtMA 
 had  been  Granted  to  Minifters,  by  a  Declaration  of  the  15;  Ta*  md 
 of  December  161 2.  which  hud  not  been  Verify 'd  TheSe-^J/-- 
 venth  abolifh'd  the  Remembrance  of  the  .Sedition  of  Mi  lb  an  /oTtkpt* 
 and  put  the  Catholicks  under  the  Protection  of  the  Reformed?'-1'- 
 lor  their  Safety.    The  Eighth  did  the  fime  about  the  Affair 
 of  Bele(l:>t,   and  put  the  Rform'd  under  the  Protection  of 
 the  Catholicks.    The  Tenth  reftord  the  place  of  Mailer 
 of  the  Ordinance  to  its  former  extent,  in  favour  of  the  Duke 
 
 f  f  of 
 
242*  ^he  Hijlory  of  the        Vol.  IL 
 
 1616.  of  Snffyt  from  whom  they  had  retrenched  fomething  of  it  to 
 ^VN  Vex  him.    The  other  Articles  contain'd  fome  favours  Grants 
 ed  to  fome  particular  Per fbns.    Moreover,  the  Reformed  alfo 
 *0i?'*nd  o01^'11'1^  a  Brief  for  an  augmentation  of  30000  Crowns  for 
 lloH-ficxii.  the  keeping  of  their  Garrifons,  and  for  the  Salaries  of  their 
 ms  If  ;<'.-*  Mi nifters,  befides  what  the  King  had  already  allow'd  theta 
 more  than  his  Father. 
 
 The  Verification  of  that  Edict  was  not  delay 'd  long.  The 
 Court  of  Aids  pafs'd  it  on  the  8th  of  June  ;  but  with  (eve.* 
 ral  Modifications  5  Principally  upon  the  14  of  the  General 
 Articles,  and  the  1 J  of  the  Private  ones.    The  Parliament 
 did  not  doit  until  the  13,  after  reiterated  Remonftrances. 
 They  Modify 'd  the  14th  Article  and  the  following,  which 
 they  declar'd  fhould  be  no  Prefident  for  the  Future.  That 
 which  ftopt  thefe  two  Courts  in  the  14th  Article,  was  not 
 the  Confirmation  of  the  Edicts  which  they  had  fo  often  Ve- 
 rify'd:  But  the  Briefs  that  were  mention'd  in  it,  which  be- 
 ing unknown  to  them,  gave  Caule  to  fufpect  that  the  King 
 promis'd  immenfe  Sums  in  it  to  the  Reformed.   They  oppos'd 
 itfb  much  the  more  Vigoroufly,  by  reafon  that  they  were 
 not  Ignorant  that  Kings  often  make  fuch  Gifts,   in  hopes 
 that  they  will  have  no  Effect.    It  cofts  them  nothing  to  make 
 fuch  Grants,  by  reafon  that  they  are  fenfible  that  they  will 
 not  pafs  in  the  Courts  in  which  the  Letters  of  it  are  to  be 
 Verify'd.    But  in  this  occafion,  the  Queen  was  willing  the 
 thing  fhould  pafs,  by  reafon  that  fhe  was  defirous  to  expect 
 a.  more  favourable  Conjuncture ,    to  retract  her  promife. 
 This  was  an  Edict,  like  to  thofe  in  which  nothing  isrefus'd  ; 
 which  they  are  refolv'd  to  keep  no  longer,  than  while  they 
 may  revoke  them  with  fafety.    In  the  mean  time  the  Par- 
 liament and  the  Court  of  Aids  refus'd  to  pafs  thofe  Briefs, 
 without  examining  the  Contents,  or  life  of  the  Sums  which 
 might  be  mention'd  in  them.     The  Parliament  made  great 
 Oppofitions  to  the  Article  which  related  to  Vtllemereau  ;  and 
 the  Reformed  were  never  fully  fatisfy'd  upon  that  Subject  5  be- 
 caufe  a  War  was  declar'd  againfl:  them  before  it  was  Jeter- 
 mind,    The  Chamber  of  Accounts  did  not  Verify  the  Edict, 
 until  the  a8rh  of  the  Month  ;  and  as  to  the  Article  about  le 
 
 Maitre 
 
Book  IV.      Edicl  of  Nantes.  24.3 
 
 Maitre,  they  faid,  that  before  he  fhould  be  allow'd  to  injoy  i6t6. 
 the  Benefit  of  that  Article,  he  fhould  clear  himfelf  of  fome 
 things  he  was  accus'd  of;  as  it  had  been  ordain'd  by  the 
 Chamber,  by  a  Decree  of  the  2  3d  of  March.  Thus  an  End 
 was  put  to  the  War;  and  the  State  beheld  the  Renovation 
 of  a  Peace,  of  which  the  Sweets  prov'd  as  Short  as  Flatte- 
 ring. 
 
 The  End  of  the  Fourth  Tart. 
 
THE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 Edia  of  NANTES. 
 
 VOL.  II.    BOOK  V. 
 
 The  Summary  of  the  Contents  of  the 
 Fifth  'BOOK. 
 
 A Declaration  upon  the  Coronation-  Oath.  The  Prince 
 Authorizes  himfelf  at  Court,  The  Queen  puts  him  into 
 Pri/on;  which  occasions  grent  Dtfturbances.  The  Re- 
 form'd/w^  themfelves  Mafiers  of  Sancerre*  A  De- 
 dotation  upw  the  Edi&  of  Peace.  The  Duke  d'  Epernon 
 makes  War  agamft,  Rochel.    Privileges  of  that  Citju  Pre-, 
 
 fences 
 
The  Hijlory  of  the        Vol  II. 
 
 fences  of  the  Duke.  Rochel  has  recourfe  to  the  King,  ani 
 makes  an  III  Defence.  The  Duke  retires  after  reiterated  Or- 
 ders. Importance  of  his  Enterprfe,  The  Circle  Affemhles  at 
 Rochel,  andfummons  a  General  Affcmbly'.  Which  is  not  ap- 
 provd  of  by  every  Body.  The  Deputies  of  the  Circle  are  ill 
 received  at  Court.  Reafons  to  prove  that  the  Ajfembly  is  necef- 
 fary.  Extremities  to  which  the  Male-contents  are  reducd. 
 7  he  King's  Temper.  The  Orig  inal  of  the  Fortune  of  Honore 
 Albert  de  Luines.  Some  f.efliorfd  whither  he  was  Nobly 
 Born.  Character  of  his  Confidents.  Death  of  the  M*>jhal 
 d'  Ancre.  Alteration  of  Affairs,  and  confirmation  of  the 
 Edicfs.  Luines  Marries  into  the  Ho  <fe  of  Rohan.  The  Af- 
 fembly  of  Rochel  deputes  to  the  K^ing,  and  receives  an  order 
 to  break  up.  They  ohcy  and  rtfiue  to  prottB  the  Churches  of 
 * Pet in-  Beam.  Their  *  Cahiers.  N  t'on.it  Synod  of  Vitre.  De- 
 Z^/iraf/'  put  at  ion  to  the  King.  Letters  to  the  General  A)femblyy  and 
 of.  their  Anfvoer.    The  Churches  of  Beam  and  of  Auvergne  are 
 
 difurPd.  The  Count  of  Sancer;  e  commits  Hoftilities  againfl 
 the  City,  The  Churches  of  the  Province  cf  the  Country  ' of 
 Foix,  and  thofeof  Provence  ill us'd.  Leave  given  to  Mini- 
 jlers  to  afjifl  at  Political  Affemblies.  Places  of  Bailyivicks 
 ejlabliflfd  but  not  exaclly.  Rogueries  committed  by  the  conver- 
 ted Moors.  The  Bijhop  of  Lucon  retires  from  the  ^ueen\ 
 The  J'.fiit  Cotton  out  of  fivour^  Arnoux  fuueeds  in  his 
 place.  A  Sermon  Preach  d  at  Court  by  him.  The  An f vet -  of 
 the  Minijlers  of  Charenton,  to  an  Information  exhibited  a- 
 gainfl  them.  Writings  on  both  fides.  The  Bifhop  of  Lucon 
 Writes  againfl  the  Minifters.  Ajjembly  of  the  Clergy.  The 
 Bifhop  of  Macon'/  Speech.  The  Jacobins  turned  out  of  Mom- 
 pellier.  They  refufe  to  admit  a  Jefuit  Preacher  there.  The 
 State  of  Beam  /'//  reprefnted.  The  Ejfe&  of  this  Speech. 
 A  Decree  Author iftng  the  Jefuits  to  Preach  at  Mompellier.  A 
 Decree  of  re (I aur at  ion  of  the  Ecclefaflical  Lands  in  Beam.  i?e- 
 union  of  that  Country  to  the  Crown  $  which  is  opposed  by  the 
 E/lates,  La  Force  and  Lefcun.  Deceit  of  the  Court.  A 
 Differtation  upon  this  matter  :  Difcentinuation  of  Hommage  : 
 Jnconveniencies  of  the  Dif-uniony  and  Advantages  of  the 
 Re'TJnion.    By  whomtheTJnion  is pnrfued.    Motives  of  the 
 
 Oppo- 
 
Book  IV.       EdB  of  Nantes.  24.7 
 
 Opponents,  and  their  an  fiver  to  the  Differ  tat  ion.  Publication 
 of  the.  EdiCt  of  Re-union.  The  CUrgy  obtains  the  Deerte  of 
 rejta'iration  of  Church  Lands,  which  declares,  That  the  Depu- 
 ties h*v,  been  beard,  and  the  Writings  feen.  SubtiLty  of  the 
 Clergy.  A  Solent  Speech.  The  Bearnois  endeavour  to  ward  the 
 Blow.  Rsmon (trances  of  Lelcun.  Libels.  The  State  of 
 Rel'gion  in  L'earn.  Lelcun  o'?ta>ns  only  Words.  Thofe  of 
 Beam  p  rfift  in  their  oppifitions.  Writings  in  favour  of  them. 
 Why  the  Clergy  refits' d  to  take  the  reimplacement  themselves. 
 An  A'lfwt  r  to  the  Writing  of  the  Bearnois.  The  Sequel  of  the 
 A  fvtr.  Inj.'/t  Ccs  again  ft  the  Reform'd  throughout  the  whole 
 Kingdom.  Enterprises  upon  the  C  ti(s  of  Surety.  The  fr(.e 
 Exercifeof  Relgion  h;nJ.er\l  in  fan  dry  places.  Injufl'tces  of 
 thz  Parliaments.  Jefnits.  Burials.  Anfwcrs  to  the  *  Ca-  *  Fttufmu^ 
 b*CS,    U'ifory  Remedies.  orAddref- 
 
 f  K  /  HILE  the  Prince  of  Conde  was  ftill  uncertain  whi-  \6i6. 
 \  V  tner  ne  fo°uld  g°  to  Court  thereto  gather  the  Fruits  v/V^- 
 of  the  Peace  :  The  Queen  who  was  un  willing  he  fhould  have 
 the  honour  of  procuring  fome  Advantages  to  the  Reformed, 
 from  whom  he  had  receiv'd  fuch  good  Services,  granted  them 
 a  Declaration  fuitable  to  the  Anfvver  the  King  had  already  gi- 
 ven to  their  *  Cahiers,  about  his  Coronation  Oath.  It  import-  'Petition*;. 
 ed  that  though  the  King  had  (ufficientiy  evidene'd  his  Intenti-  »Demmdr\ 
 ons,  b/  the  Confirmation  of  fo  many  Edicts,  nevertheless  be- 
 ing inform'd  that  fome  Reform  d  ftill  entertain'd  Sufpicions, 
 byreafon  of  what  was  happen'd  between  the  Deputies  of  the 
 Nobility  in  the  Eftates  General,  he  was  frill  willing  to  give 
 them  farther  Proofs  of  his  good  Will  towards  them  ;  and  in 
 order  to  remove  all  their  Scruples  about  the  Propofitions  made 
 in  the  Eftates ;  hedeclar'dthat  ic  had  never  been  his  Intention 
 to  include  in  his  Coronation  Oath  thofe  of  the  Reform 'd  Reli- 
 gion, wholiv7d  in  the  Kingdom  under  the  benefit  of  the  E- 
 diGs,  Secret  Articlesand  Declarations  given  in  fotfour  of  them  »* 
 And  that  in  order  to  their  better  obfervation  for  the  future, 
 he  confirmed  thema-new,  This  new  Edift  was  dated  the  20th 
 Qf.J'uly,  and  was  verify'd  within  a  few  Days  after, 
 
 But 
 
24.8  The  Hi/lay  of  the       Vol.  It. 
 
 1616.     Bat  the  Publick  Tranquillity  did  not  remain  long  undiftur- 
 ^"V^Jbed :  And  the  very  Conditions  on  which  it  was  obtain  d  gave 
 jhtt»riZs*a  occa^on  to  renew  the  Troubles.    The  Prince  of  Con m  had 
 himfcif  at  bethought  himfelf,  during  the  Treaty  cf  Peace,  to  make  two 
 Court.   ,,new  Demands,  after  all  the  reft  were  granted  to  him  ,  which 
 gave  the  Queen  a  great  deal  of  Vexation.    The  oni  was, 
 That  the  Queen  fhould  take  from  the  Marfhal  d'  .4»cref 
 with  whom  the  Duke  of  LofigmviHe^  Governor  of  P.cardj/, 
 could  not  agree,  whatever  he  had  left  in  that  Province.  The 
 other  was,  To  grant  him  to  hold  the  Pen  in  the  Council ; 
 which  was  the  power  of  Signing  the  Decrees  of  the  Council, 
 the  Weekly  State  of  the  Finances,  and  the  Accounts  of  the 
 Exchequer:  That  is,  he  defir'd  an  Authority,  which  would 
 befo  much  the  greater  in  the  Affairs  of  the  State,  the  Quality 
 of  firft  Prince  cf  the  Blood,  being  joyn'd  to  that  of  firft  Mi- 
 nifter.   The  Queen  had  Spies  at  Loudun,  which  had  given  her 
 an  account  of  thofe  Propofitions  of  the  Prince  ;  before  V.Ue- 
 royt  who  had  engag'd  himfelf  to  obtain  the  approbation  of 
 that  Princefs,  had  acquainted  her  with  it.    She  thought  that 
 thofe  Novelties  had  been  Infpir'd  to  that  Prince  by  that  Mi- 
 nifter,  who  had  been  favourable  to  him  all  along  in  rhe  Trea- 
 ty ;  as  if  he  had  defign'd  to  Imploy  his  Credit  againft  the 
 Marfhal  £  Ancre,  who  defign'd  to  ruine  him.    But  as  fbon  as 
 he  had  fpoken  to  the  Queen,  fhe  immediately  granted  the 
 Prince  new  favours,  though  file  hadexprefs'd  a  great  deal  of 
 Repugnancy  to  it  to  her  Confidents.   The  Reafbn  of  that  Al- 
 teration was,  that  Vrtleroy  hinted,  That  in  cafe  the  Prince 
 fliould  make  an  ill  ufe  of  that  Power,  contrary  to  the  Queens 
 Intentions,  it  would  be  in  her  Power  to  fecurehim  whenever 
 the  thought  fit.  Neverthelefs  this  Expedient,  which  the  Queen 
 improved  fb  well  foon  after,  did  not  reconcile  Vitttroy  with  the 
 ■Marfhal  a  Ancre,  who  put  him  out  of  favour  in  a  fhort  time. 
 However  he  was  reftor'd  to  his  Places  again,  as  foon  as  that 
 Favourite  was  Dead  ;  but  he  did  not  live  long  to  in  joy  them. 
 The  PrincetomingtoGourt,  after  fbme  Delays,  fbon  faw  a 
 Croud  of  Courtiers  attending  on  him,  and  even  the  Marfhal 
 ■himfelf  fheaking  before  him,  to  fecure  himfelf  againft  the 
 Vubhck  Hatred.    The  Queen  feem'd  at  firft  cordially  recon- 
 
Book  IV.      Edict  of  Nantes.  -4.9 
 
 cil'd  to  him,  and  the  Prince  of  Conde  who  was  (atisfy'd  with  1616. 
 the  degree  of  Authority  he  had  obtain'd,  fincerely  defir'd  on 
 his  part  to  live  in  good  understanding  with  her :  Inibmi.ch  rhat 
 he  took  the  Marfhal  a  An  ere.  into  hib  Protection  at  the  Queens 
 Requelt,  and  promised  to  fecure  hitn  agajnft  all  Infuhs.  But 
 thatoccafion'd  fomany  Complaints  and  Reproaches  agamit 
 him,  from  thole  who  had  aflifted  him  during  the  Wars , 
 and  who  were  all  Enemies  to  the  Marflial,  that  he  chofe  ra< 
 ther  to  retract  the  Protection  he  had  promis'd  him  ,   than  co 
 lofe  fo  many  Certain  and  Ufeful  Friends,  for  one  Man,  who 
 was  odious  to  the  whole  Kingdom.    Whereupon  the  Marflial 
 was  oblig'd  to  remove  from  the  Court,  and  to  retire  into 
 his  Government  of  Normandj.     The  Queen  was  extreamly 
 concern'd  to  fee  her  Authority  Mlm  to  that  degree,  that  it 
 was  not  in  her  Power  to  maintain  the  deareft  of  her  Crea- 
 tures, without  the  Atfiftance  of  the  Prince:  But  it  receiv'da 
 confiderable  Addition,  when  (lie  found  her  feif  at  the  Mercy 
 of  a  reconciled  Enemy}  for  whom  the  whoie  Court  had  al- 
 moft  abandoned  her.    Therefore,  according  to  the  Advice,  r  ,9. 
 of  which  (lie  had  receiv'd  the  Overture  from  Kikroj ,  (he 
 put  him  in  Prifon.    This  Enterprile  as  bold  as  unexpected,  °f 
 would  have  been  greater,  and  perhaps  would  have  iecur'd  p°*r0* 
 the  Authority  of  that  Princefs  for  a  long  time,  had  (hedar'd 
 to  refolve  three  or  four  days  fooner,  to  leize  the  ether  three 
 principal  Heads  of  the  Cabal  with  him,  who  were  all  conic 
 inconsiderately  to  expofe  themfelvesto  be  feiz'd  upon.  Bun 
 flie  durft  not  undertake  it,  not  being  prepar'd  for  it  ;  and 
 thereby  fhe  loft  the  benefit  of  the  Prince's  imprifonment  5 
 by  reaibn  that  the  others  having  refle&ed  on  their  preceding 
 Imprudence,  expos'd  the.mie.lves  no  longer  as  they  had  done ; 
 That  at  the  firft  Notice  they  receiv'd  of  the  Princes  Prifon  ; 
 they  all  made  their  eicape  as  well  as  they  could  ;  that  they 
 took  up  Arms  again  for  their  common  defence  ,   and  that 
 they  never  laid  them  down  ,  until  the  Marflial  (FAncrSs 
 Death ,  and  the  Queens  Retreat  had  chang'd  the  State  of 
 Affairs. 
 
 In  the  mean  time  this  Imprifonment  occafion'd  great  Aire-  r-  th 
 rations.     The  Inhabitants  of  Paris  reveng'd  it  upon  the':;'  \_ 
 
 G  g  Hod  e 
 
250  The  Htjlory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1 6 16  Houfe  and  Rich  Furnitures  of  the  Marthal  (PAncre  ,  which 
 the  Queen  furfer'd  to  be  pillag'd  for  three  days  together,  for 
 fear  of  exafperating  thofe  Riotors  by  oppofition.  The  Re- 
 fornfd  did  rife  in  divers  parts  ;  and  dreading  that  Affair 
 would  be  attended  with  general  Confluences,  which  might 
 bring  all  thofe  into  Q,ieftion,  that  had  been  concerned  in 
 the  la  ft  Troubles;  they  took  fome  meafures  to  avoid  being 
 prevented.  This  firft  A 61  of  Authority  done  in  the  King's 
 Name  fince  his  Marriage,  renew'd  all  their  Former  Fears  \ 
 and  taught  them  to  judge  by  what  had  been  undertaken 
 againft  the  firft  Prince  of  the  Blood,  after  a  Solemn  Treaty, 
 what  the  Court  might  be  capable  of  doing  tothePrejudiceof  the 
 EdicTs,  againft  odious  people,  whofe  Ruin  had  been  Sworn 
 for  lb  many  years.  Among  other  things  which  thole  diffi- 
 dences put  them  upon  Acling,  they  made  themfelves  Mafters 
 
 U-. >Re-  0f  Siticerre^  a  City  that  had  been  Famous  ever  fince  the  long 
 !  Nan-  Siege  and  cruel  Famine  they  endur'd  under  the  Reignof  Charles 
 cerre.     the  IX.    They  lookt  upon  it  as  one  of  the  Places  of  Surety, 
 
 *  plaees  and  had  poflefs'd  it  as  fuch,  under  the  Title  of  *  Marriage 
 wen  with  that  of  Thornr;.  But  the  Count  of  Sancerre  Lord  of 
 u*'dH  the  Place,  animated  with  the  fame  Spirit  as  all  the  other 
 Catholic  Lords,  who  had  made  iundry  fuch  undertakings 
 in  divers  places ,  being  unwilling  to  leave  his  City  in  the 
 Power  of  the  Rtforufd^  had  found  the  way  to  re  eftablifh 
 htrnfeff  in  it,  and  to  get  the  upper  hand  there.  Count  de 
 Marans  his  Eldeft  Son  lived  there,  in  order  to  keep  all  things 
 m  the  State  his  Father  had  fettl'd  them:  But  the  Inhabitants 
 turn'd  him  out,  alledging,that  fince  the  laid  City  had  beenfur- 
 piis'd  from  them,  they  had  a  right  to  retake  it.  Moreover, 
 the  only  thing  in  debate  in  this  Affair,  and  in  all  others  of  the 
 fame  Nature,  was  barely  the  Guarding  of  the  faid  places.  They 
 neither  difputed  the  Revenues,  nor  Rights  of  Fief  with  the 
 Lords ;  but  they  pretended,  that  there  ought  to  be  no  Gar- 
 rifbn  fettled  by  them  in  the  fame,  and  that  thofe  kind 
 of  places  were  to  be  left  to  the  Guard  of  the  Inhabitants. 
 The  Affair  was  carry'd  before  the  Council,  which  at  any 
 other  time  would  undoubtedly  have  favoured  the  Lord  againft 
 the  C'ty;  becaufe  their  defign  was  to  make  the  Rcfom'dlofe 
 
 their 
 
Book  IV.      Edift  of  Nantes.  2  5 1 
 
 their  places  of  Surety,  beginning  firft  by  thole  of  Marriage,  1616. 
 and  by  fuch  as  they  held  againft  the  Inclination  of  the  Ca- 
 tholic  Lords.  But  the  Court  had  other  Profpc&s  at  that 
 time.  They  were  unwilling  to  increafe  the  Party  of  the 
 Male-contents  by  vexing  the  Reformed.  Therefore  they  depor- 
 ted theCity  and  Caftle  ofSmctrre  into  the  hands  of  the  Inhabi-  d  i  . 
 tants,to  beGuardedby  them,  until  farther  Orders:  For  wbicrj 
 Letters  Pattent  were  Granted  to  them.The  fame  reafon  indue'd  If  Peace 
 them  to  publifh  a  Declaration  on  the  $othofSeptembtr,  which 
 confirm'd  the  Edicl  of  Blois  and  the  Treaty  of  Loudun*  The 
 pretence  of  it  was,  that  all  the  Lords  who  had  left  the 
 Court,  after  the  Imprifonment  of  the  Prince  of  Conde,  had 
 only  done  it  out  of  Fear  that  they  defign'd  to  revoke  it: 
 And  they  added  farther,  as  if  it  had  been  certain  that  they 
 had  had  no  other  reafbn  for  it,  that  they  had  affur'd  the 
 King  of  their  good  Intentions  5  and  had  exprefs'd  to  him 
 with  Refpedt,  that  they  only  defir'd  to  live  in  quiet.  A!l 
 this  was  Invention ,  and  it  only  tended  on  their  part  to 
 take  their  time  and  meafures :  And  the  Queen  made  ufe  of 
 it  with  great  Policy  to  perfwade  diftanr  Provinces,  that  the 
 Affairs  were  in  a  fair  way  of  Accommodation  ,  and  there- 
 by todeftroy  the  Correfpondencies  that  might  be  form'd  there 
 againft  her  Authority.  The  Duke  of  Sully  who  was  come 
 back  to  Court  again  after  the  Peace,  and  who  was  call'd  to 
 Council  ,  was  againft  that  Declaration ,  which  he  neither 
 lookM  upon  to  be  fuiBcientto  bring  back  the  Male-contents, 
 nor  Honourable  for  the  King  ;  becaufe  that  the  Lords  who 
 were  gone  would  have  time  to  fliew  thefa'fityof  what  it  con- 
 tai  ;'d,  before  it  couid  make  fuch  Impreffions  in  the  Provin- 
 ces as  the  Queen  defir'd:  But  the  Court  was  in  hopes  of  the 
 contrary,  having  fo  often  experiene'd  the  Credulity  of  the 
 People,  that  they  did  not  queltion,  but  they  would  be  de- 
 luded by  thofe  fpecious  Proteftations. 
 
 The  Duke  aEpanon  was  one,of  thofe,  the  Mirfhal  c? Av- 
 ert was  Jealous  of,  becaulb  his  haughty  Humour  did  not  per- d'Eperm h 
 mithim  to  humble  himfeif  before  him.     Therefore,  {eeiog  mak"s^'r 
 his  Enemy  recall'd  to  Court,  and  more  in  favour  than  ever  ;  \{ 
 the  Old  Minifters  turn'd  out,  and  the  Quesn's  Creatures  put 
 
 G  g  2  in 
 
252,  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  IF 
 
 1616.  in  their  Room;  the  Bifhop  of  Lucon  Secretary  of  State  ; 
 
 V^nr>J  and  MAnyct  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal,  he  was  afraid  left  the 
 hatred  of  the  Favourite  might  prove  prejudicial  to  him. 
 He  refolv'd  to  put  himfelf  in  a  pofture  of  defence,  in  cafe 
 any  mould  dare  to  Attack  him  :  But  his  Pride  not  allowing 
 him  to  pyn  with  the  other  Male-contents,  becaufe  he  could 
 not  have  the  Chief  Command  among  them,  he  was  forc'd  to 
 feek  another  pretence  to  take  up  Arms.  Rochel  afforded  it 
 [fi Jes%Q  him.  He  pretended,  that  important  City  was  ©ne  of  the 
 /^Dependencies  of  his  Government.  The  City  on  the  con- 
 trary pretended  an  immediate  dependence  from  the  King  ; 
 not  to  be  oblig'd  to  fufter  any  Souldiers  but  their  own 
 Inhabitants  3  or  to  hive  any  Governor  but  their  Mayor , 
 whom  they  Elided  yearly.  Their  Pretence  for  it  was,  that 
 having  formerly  been  under  the  Power  of  the  Evg/ifh,  they 
 had  voluntarily  fubmitted  to  France  on  that  condition.  The 
 Truth  is,  that  the  moft  Ancient  Hiftorians  confefs  ,  That 
 they  obtained  fo  mwy  Privileges,  and  fach  advantagious  Condi' 
 tiottSy  that  they  tended  as  much  to  put  themt  at  Liberty as.  to 
 change  their  Mafler.  The  only  Objection  againft  them  was , 
 that  having  been  taken  fince  by  the  Englijh,  and  afterwards 
 retaken  by  the  French,  they  were  no  longer  to  be  confider'd 
 in  the  State  in  which  they  were  put  by  thefirft  Treaty,  but  as 
 having  received  new  Conditions,  when  retaken  by^  force  by 
 the  Kings  off  France.  The  Duke  rfEpernon  made  ufe  of  that 
 Pretence  :  And  the  Council  alfo  us'd  the  lame  ,  when  they 
 refoiv'd  to  ruin  the  Power  of  that  City,  which  lb  many  Pri- 
 vileges diiiy  increas'd.  But  they  reply'd  ,  that  the  Inhabi- 
 tants had  not  violated  their  Treaty,  when  the  faid  place  was 
 taken  by  the  Englifh  ;  that  having  only  been  forc'd  to  fub- 
 mit  to  a  Superior  Power,  without  Fraud  or  Trealbn  ,  at  a 
 time  when  the  King  was  not  in  a  Condition  tofuccor  them, 
 they  had  not  forfeited  their  rirft  Conditions  j  that  the  English 
 after  the  taking  of  it  had  left  them  their  Privileges ;  That 
 the  French  not  having  retaken  it  by  Storm,  and  againft  the 
 Will  of  the  Inhabitants,  could  not  deprive  them  of  them  ; 
 that  the  City  had  contributed  towards  its  return  under  the 
 French  Dominion,  both  by  the  Affection  the  Inhabitants  had 
 
 prelerv'd 
 
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 preferv'd  for  it,  and  the  little  Afliftance  they  had  gbenthe  \6\6. 
 Er.gl.tfi'->  Whereby  it  was  evident,  that  they  had  loft  no-  w>T^ 
 thing  by  being  reftor'd  to  the  Power  of  their  Lawful  Sove- 
 reign ;  and  that  they  were  reftor'd  to  it  with  their  former 
 Advantages.     They  added,  that  the  Kings  of  Frswe  had 
 confirm1  d  all  their  Privileges,  (Bveral  times  Cue© their  being 
 retaken  ;  and  moreover  had  augmented  them  by  New  Con- 
 ceflions :   Whereupon  they  laid  a  great  ftrefs  upon  what 
 happen'd  to  Lewis  the  XI.  a  Prince  who  having  opprek'd 
 the  Liberty  of  his  Kingdom  in  many  things,  was  not  of  a 
 humout  to  do  that  for  a  City  that  had  loft  her  t:reedcm> which 
 did  not  belong  to  it  by  an  evident  indifputable  Right.  He 
 made  his  Entry  in  R-chd  on  the  24th  of  May  147a.  He 
 Swore  before  G*nkrt  Cudiot  who  was  Mayor  of  the 
 Place,  to  preferve  all  the  Privileges  of  the  City,  which  are 
 all  fet  down  in  the  Aft.    The  King  was  upon  his  Knees  be- 
 fore the  Cru>:ilix  during  the  Ceremony,  and  obliged  himfelf 
 to  fuccor  the  City  incale  of  need  ,  even  with  his  Peribn  , 
 and  to  Death  Jstcltfiyhl/.    We  may  fay,  that  the  laid  Oath  is 
 the  moft  per  feci;  Abridgement  of  the  Fundamental  Obliga- 
 tion of  a  Sovereign  towards  the  Prefervation  of  his '  ubjecls. 
 After  this  Oath  was  taken,  the  Mayor  Cddiot  took  the  Oath 
 of  Allegiance  to  the  King  in  the  behalf  of  the  whole  City. 
 
 This  did  not  hinder  the  Duke  cTEpertton  from  taking  up  TbeDuke' 
 Arms,  under  pretence  to  force  the  laid  City  to  pay  him  "  - 
 thofe  Devoirs  they  refus'd  him ;  and  to  obtain  fitis- 
 faction  for  ibme  Injuries  he  pretended  to  have  received  from 
 them.  He  complain'd  ,  that  the  R  chelots  had  !ut- 
 pris'd  theCaftieof  Rochefort ,  which  he  pretended  tobe  inhis 
 Government,  and  that  they  had  put  a  Garrifon  in  the  fame. 
 He  Pubiifh'd  a  very  fevere  Manifefto,  and  fuil  of  Invectives 
 againft  the  Reform d  in  General  5  and  at  the  fame  time 
 march'd  againft  Roche/  with  6  or  7000  Men,  and  commit- 
 ted fome  Spoils  about  it.  The  City  did  not  expect  thole 
 A&s  of  Hoftility  ;  whither  they  thought  that  the  Duke 
 would  not  dare  to  proceed  to  an  open  War  againft  a  City 
 that  was  Powerful  of  it  felf,  aud  leconded  by  all  the  Rt- 
 forrnd  Party  ;  or  whither  they  expected  a  fbeedy  Relief 
 
 from 
 
2  54-  The  Hi  ft  or y  of  the        Vol  II 
 
 1617.  from  the  adjacent  Provinces  in  cafe  of  being  attack'd.  This 
 was  the  Reafbn  that  they  were  unprovided,  that  they  made 
 an  ill  defence;  and  that  the  World  beheld  with  Aftonifhment 
 ihat  formidable  City,  which  had  been  attack'd  in  vain  by  fb 
 many  Kings  ,  reduc'd  to  fuMer  the  Incurfions  of  a  Private 
 Perfon,  without  being  able  to  free  the  Eftates  their  Inhabi- 
 tants pofTclsVi  in  the  Country  from  the  Pillage  of  his  Soul- 
 Rochsl  ditrs.  Their  Recourfe  was  to  the  King ,  to  whom  they 
 atfiits\'t  made  their  Complaints  againft  the  faid  Duke:  And  whereas 
 fetftothe  the  Court  was  otherwife  imploy'd  at  that  time,  and  that 
 wakcsZt  they  were  defirous  to  fee  the  Duke  lay  down  his  Arms, 
 ui defence,  thofc  Complaints  were  hearken'd  unto,  and  the  Duke  was 
 order'd-  to  leave  the  Rcchdois  in  Quiet.  However,  he  did 
 not  defiffat  fir  ft.  B  '/jffe  who  was  the  firft  that  was  fent 
 to  him,  could  not  prevail  with  him  to  give  over  his  Enter- 
 prise ;  and  was  even  conftrain'd  to  throw  himfelf  into  Ro- 
 chet, to  acquaint  the  Inhabitants  that  the  King  difown'd  the 
 Dukes  proceed ing,  and  to  give  them  leave  to  take  up  Arms 
 for  their  defence :  Which  however,  could  not  hinder  him 
 from  being  fufpe&ed  of  double  Dealing.  Vigncfs  being  fent 
 fometime  after  him,  to  renew  the  fame  Orders  to  the  Duke, 
 found  him  better  difpos'd.  The  Duke,  properly  fpeaking  did 
 not  lay  down  his  Arms  :  But  he  withdrew  his  Forces  from 
 the  Territories  of  the  Rrcheiois ;  and  his  Excufe  for  his  fo  ea- 
 fily  granting  what  was  defir'd  of  him  at  that  time,  was  that 
 he  was  fufttciently  Reveng'd  by  the  devaluations  hehad  com- 
 mitted. He  Writ  very  boldly  to  the  King  to  excufe  his  En- 
 terprife,  confide'ring  that  he  was  a  Man  who  had  much  to 
 fear,  and  who  was  not  belov'd. 
 
 The  Glory  of  that  Expedition  has  been  mightily  cry'd  up 
 ,.  in  the  Hiftory  of  his  Life  5  and  that  Exploit  mention'd 
 terprije,  'm  ir,  as  if  it  had  been  the  firft  Csufe  of  the  Siege,  Cardinal 
 de  H  chtli  u  laid  before  the  faid  City  >  becaufe,  Jky  they, That 
 the  fuccefshe  obtain'd  in  that  finall  War,  made  the  Court 
 fenfible,  that  fince  they  could  not  defend  themfelves  againft 
 the  forces  of  a  private  Perfon,  it  would  not  be  impoflible 
 for  the  King's  Forces,  taking  a  favourable  occafion  to  reduce 
 them  to  reafon.    But  the  Truth  is,  that  the  laid  Aclion  is 
 
 too 
 
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 too  much  Honor'd  in  it.  It  neither  anfwer'd  the  Noife  the  1617. 
 Duke  had  made,  nor  the  Threatnings  of  his  Manifefto.  w^i 
 He  ought  not  to  have  laid  down  his  Arms  ,  with- 
 out having  firft  difmantled  that  Proud  CUV,  and  made  it  a 
 laiting  Monument  of  his  Vengeance  ,  and  of  his  Power. 
 Neverchelefs,  all  this  dwindled  to  the  Pillaging  of  Peasants, 
 and  deftroying  of  the  Eftates  of  fame  private  Perfons : 
 Which  a  Band  of  Thieves  might  have  done  as  eafily  as  a  Re- 
 gulated Army.  After  which,  he  retir'd  home,  having  only 
 ieen  the  Walls  of  the  City  at  a  diftance  :  Very  well  pfeas'd 
 to  cover  his  Retreat  with  the  King's  fVuthority  ,  who  had 
 laid  his  Commands  on  him  to  lay  down  his  Arms,  There- 
 fore, the  Reformed  had  fome  Reafon  to  turn  the  faid  Expedi- 
 tion into  Ridicule,  and  to  relate  in  the  form  of  extraordinary 
 News,  'I  hat  the  Duke  d'Epernon  bid  m.tek  his  Entry  before 
 Rochel. 
 
 But  during  this  fmall  Trouble,   Rccbtl  having  implor'd  :   G  . 
 the  Succor  and  Council  of  their  Neighbour*,  AlTembled  tjie  jsi^Mu 
 Circle,  according  to  the  Regulation  made  at  Saunter  5  that  is  at R#cheI- 
 fome  Deputies  of  the  Provincial  Council  of  five  Neighbou- 
 ring Provinces,  to  deliberate  about  the  means  to  repel  the 
 Duke  oCEvernon.    Thore  Deputies  obferving  great  Marks  cf 
 a  good  underftanding  between  the  Duke  d Bpernon  and  VTig- 
 nolks,  and  'ittle  or  no  EffecT:  of  what  had  been  promis'd  ; 
 bein^  moreover  diiTuisfy'd  about  the  Conduct  of  the  Court, 
 which  gave  gcod  Words ,   but  came  to  no  performance  ; 
 fufifer'd  themfelves  to  be  perfwaded  by  the  Marfhal  d  Be:;;!- 
 Ion  to  do  fomething  extraordinary  ,    in  order  the  hotter  to 
 mollirie  the  Court  and  the  Duke  cPEptr/icn.    The  Duchefs  of 
 JbuiVon,  who  feconded  her  Husband  pretty  well,  pafling  in 
 thofe  p^rts,  under  nretence  of  going  to  Tvretme  by  his  Or- 
 der, (bllicited  thofe  who  had  a  refpett  for  him  fo  powerfully, 
 that  the  Circle  refblvJd[to  Convene  a  General  Aifembfy  at 
 Roshzl  for  the  1  5th  of  Ayril ;  and  that  they  fent  Deputies  to 
 the  King,  to  ask  his  Leave  in  order  thereunto.    The  Marfha!  ^  c«»- 
 had  a  great  intereft  in  that  Affair.    As  he  was  one  of  the  ~     '  - 
 Male-contents,  who  had  made  a  New  League  againfl  llieJ2^_ 
 Marfhal  &  Autre,  he  had  been  dedar'd  a  Criminal  of  State  ; 
 
 and 
 
;  The  Htjhry  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 and  according  to  the  Maxims  of  the  Court,  he  was  none  of 
 the  leaft  Guilty,  fince  that  befides  his  Religion,  and  his  be- 
 ing Eftetm'd  the  Pri/num  Mobile  of  that  Cabal,  it  was  ve- 
 ry well  known,  that  he  endeavour'd  to  ftrengthen  his  Party 
 abroad,  when  he  requir'd  Money  and  Men.  Therefore,  he  was 
 alio  desirous  to  make  an  Interelt  at  home,  to  the  end  ,  that 
 in  cafe  his  other  Meafures  mould  fail,  he  might  at  leaft  be 
 able  to  make  his  Peace,  or  to  fave  his  Perfon,  by  the  Credit 
 of  a  General  Atfembly. 
 
 This  Convocation  did  not  pleafe  every  Body.  Many 
 thought  it  unneceflary,  becaufe  the  Court  promis'd  to  lee  Ju- 
 ilice  done  to  R<!chel,  and  that  in  Erred,  the  Duke  aPEpemon 
 began  by  degrees  to  perform  what  he  had  promis'd,  and 
 not  executed.  They  added,  that  it  would  be  dangerous  ••> 
 that  it  would  difpleafe  the  King ,  who  feeing  it  form'd  at  a 
 time  when  the  Troubles  began  to  be  renewed  in  his  King- 
 dom ,  would  think  that  it  was  held  againft  to  his 
 Service.  They  faid ,  that  it  was  conven'd  contrary  to  the 
 Settlements,  which  did  not  allow  a  Province  which  had  no 
 Grievances  to  defire  it.  They  endeavour'd  particularly  to 
 infirruaie,  that  Rocbel,  upon  whofe  particular  Account  it  was 
 dehYd,  would  abandon  the  reft  of  the  Reform'd,  as  foon  as 
 they  had  received  fatisfa&ion  from  the  Court.  Thefe  were  the 
 fentimeuts  of  thoie  who  preferr'd  Tranquillity  to  all  things  5 
 and  efpecially  of  the  Re/<?mXwhoIiv'din  tfie  Neighbourhood 
 of  Pu  is,  w  ho  commonly  were  more  inclin'd  to  Timorous, 
 Slow  Councils,  than  to  bold  precipitated  RefoJutions.  But 
 the  others  rej?Jy'd,  that  if  the  King  had  receiv'd  ililmprtffi- 
 ons  concerning  the  defigns  of  thofe  who  defir'd  the  AiTem- 
 bly,  it  was  necefTary  to  remove  them  by  the  good  Refoiu- 
 tions they  fhouid  take  in  it ;  that  a  General  AfTembly  being 
 capable  to  reunite  all  People  to  the  defire  of  a  Peace  ,  was 
 the  bell:  expedient  that  could  be  taken  to  procure  it ,  and 
 above  ail  to  obtain  it  from  the  King's  Clemency  ,  by  moft 
 humble  Supplications  \  that  nothing  was  done  contrary  to 
 the  Settlements  ,  considering  the  Juft  Caufe  of  Complaint 
 they  had  ;  that  the  ftrongeft  of  all  Laws,  in  a  time  of 
 Confufion  and  Diforder  was  Neceflity  ;  and  that  Rocbel 
 
 would 
 
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 would  not  abandon  the  common  Caufe  ,  for  the  particular  1617. 
 Offers  that  were  made  to  them.  o^/^J 
 However,  the  Deputies  of  the  Circle  were  not  well  re-  r;rD.:-:,. 
 ceiv'dat  Court;  from  whence  they  departed  without  oh- ■■- 
 taming  the  permiflion  they  defir'd.     Befides,  the  metal  re.i-  c 
 ions  the  Court  had  to  dread  Aifemblies,  they  had  fome  that  si  &«rt 
 were  particular  for  this.    The  Troubles  were  fo  great  every 
 where,  that  they  could  not  Authorife  a  General  AiTembly , 
 without  being  guilty  of  Imprudence  ;  by  reafon,  that  what- 
 ever fide  they  inclin'dto,  they  were  capable  to  give  the  up- 
 per hand  to  the  Party  they  fliould  Embraces  and  perhaps 
 form  one  apart ,  which  might  take  the  advantage  of  the 
 Weakneft  of  the  others.    It  was  generally  believ'd,  that  the 
 Duke  of  Vtndome  defign'd  to  put  himfelf  at  the  Head  of  the 
 Rtform'd  ;  and  it  was  publickly  difcours'd,  that  he  kept  a 
 Man  on  purpofe  at  Roche/,  to  Treat  in  his  Name  \\  ith  the 
 Aflembly.    There  was  no  time  to  make  Rom?  Relifh  that 
 Permiflion,  the  Council  of  which  had  taken  fuch  an  Empire 
 over  that  of  Franc r,  that  they  regulated  all  their  proceed- 
 ings.   The  Queen  had  been  o'blig'd  to  give  the  Cardinal  dt 
 Joyeufe  ample  Instructions  before  the  Aifembly  of  Snumnr , 
 to  excufe  the  favour  fhe  had  Granted  to  the  keform'd  upori 
 the  account  of  NeceflTny  ;  either  in  confirming  their  Edicts 
 by  a  Solemn  Declaration  *  or  by  allowing  them  toAflemble 
 at  a  time,  when  they  could  draw  fuch  advantages  by  their 
 Union.    It  would  have  been  difficult  to  u(e  thole  Reafons  at 
 prelent,  which  might  have  pafs'd  for  good  at  that  time  , 
 becaufe  they  could  not  have  been  infifted  upon  ,   for  fear  of 
 difeovering  the  YVeaknefsand  Confufion  of  the  Government. 
 The  (horteft  way  was  to  refufe  the  permilTion  defir'd  by  the 
 Deputies  of  the  Circle,  in  hopes  that  thofe  who  did  not  ap- 
 prove that  Aflembly,  would  have  Credit  enough,  to  per- 
 Iwade  the  reit  to  have  patience.    Neverthelefs ,  that  Refu- 
 fil  aggravated  matters  inftead  of  fuppreffing  them  ;  and  it 
 did  not  hinder  them  from  inviting  the  Provinces  to  fend 
 their  Deputies  to  Rocbel  on  the  appointed  day,  fo  that  as 
 they   perfifted  in  the  Refolution  to  hold  the  AiTembly 
 without  leave,  in  cafe  they  could  not  obtain  the  content  of 
 
 H  h  the 
 
The  Htjlory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1617  the  Court,  they  thought  fit  to  Publifh  their  Reafons  about 
 
 u-y^J  it. 
 
 KeaCons :»    Therefore  they  Publifh'd  a  kind  of  Manifefto  ,  in  which 
 f-ove  that  tney  obferv'd ,  that  people  were  in  Arms  every  where  5  that 
 I '  -stuf-  the  two  Parties,  who  aim'd  to  deftroy  each  other,  pretended 
 {«*}.       equally  the  King's  Service  ;  which  might  occafion  the  Ruin 
 or  the  Sute,  and  of  the  Churches,  unlefs  a  distinction  were 
 made  a  what  the  Real  Service  of  the  King  confifted,  in  or- 
 der to  fide  with  that ;   that  particular  Perfons ,  apt  to  di- 
 vide themfetves  9  according  to  their  Interefts  and  Inclina- 
 tions, were  not  proper  Judges  to  decide  that  Queftion  5 
 that  its  General  Affembly  was  more  capable  to  do  it  ;  that 
 the  Edicts  of  Nantes  and  Of  Lou  dun  were  daily  violated  as  to 
 what  related  to  the  Churches ;  that  the  Deputies  General 
 having  made  their  Complaints  to  the  King  about  it,  with- 
 out having  obt&in'd  the  leaft.  Redrefs,    there  remain'd  no 
 way  to  Remedy  the  fame,  but  by  a  General  Affemblyi  that 
 the  Commiffioners  promised  by  the  Court  in  the  AfTembly, 
 which  was  held  at  Rochel  at  the  time  of  the  Treaty  of  Lo«- 
 dun9  had  not  been  in  the  Provinces,  or  at  leaft ,  that  what- 
 ever was  favourable  to  the  Catholicks  having  been  Executed 
 long  fince,  nothing  had  been  perform'd  of  thofe  things  which 
 were  advantageous  to  the  Churches;  that  the  Court  had  re- 
 fus'd  the  fb  often  promised  Creation  of  two  Offices  of  Ma- 
 ilers of  Requefts  for  the  Reformed  ;  that  a  Fort  had  been  de- 
 molifb'd  in  one  of  the  Suburbs  of  Girgeau,  in  Order  to  ren- 
 der that  Town  of  Surety  Ufelefs  to  the  Churches,  and  to  de- 
 prive ail  the  Reformed  between  the  Seme  and  the  Loire  of  a 
 fecure  Retreat;   that  they  had  refus'd  to  put  a  Reform  d 
 Governor  in  Sancerre,  according  to  Henry  the  4th's  Promife  } 
 that  Fontrailks  having  promis'd  to  go  to  Mafs,  provided  he 
 were  maintain'd  againft  Angdin  in  Leitoure,  which  render 'd 
 him  incapable  of  Commanding  there,  becaufeit  wasa  Place 
 of  Surety,  of  which  the  Governour  ought  to  be  a  Prote- 
 fhnt,  hi>  Propofition  had  been  heard,  and  that  Angdin  was 
 not  re-eftabUfh'd,  altho  the  Change  of  Religion  of  his  Com- 
 petitor had  remov'd  all  the  difficulties  of  that  Affair  ;  that 
 the  Parliament  of  Paris  had  fupprefi'd  the  Place  of  Condrai, 
 
 which 
 
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 which  was  one  of  the  Six  allow'd  by  the  Edict  to  the  Rt-  1617. 
 formd,  under  pretence  of  that  of  Villtmeran  which  they  had  v^v^-' 
 gain'd  ;  which  fhow'd,  that  they  would  not  admit  them 
 without  diftinction  into  lmployments  ;  that  U  Ferte  Vidame 
 had  been  taken  by  Surprife  from  the  Vidame  of  Chartrts,  a 
 Reformed  Lord,  at  whofe  Charge  a  Garriibn  had  been  put 
 into  it,  tho'  he  had  never  been  fufpected,  nor  a  Rebel ;  and 
 that  no  regard  had  been  had  to  his  Petitions  3  that  theSW- 
 zers  of  the  Reformed  Religion  that  were  Quarter'd  at  Pj/- 
 ti€rsy  had  been  forbidden  to  go  to  Church  3  which  was 
 look'd  upon  as  a  ftep  to  do  the  fame  to  the  Scots  and  Swit- 
 zers  of  the  Guard  ;  that  inftead  of  protecting  the  Duke  of 
 Bouillon  againft  the  Arch-Dukes,  he  had  been  declar'd  a  Cri- 
 minal of  State  ;  which  alone  required  a  General  Affem- 
 bly,  in  Order  to  confult  about  it ;  That  the  Council  had  re- 
 folv'd  the  reunion  of  Navar,  and  of  the  Principality  of  Beam 
 to  the  Crown,  to  have  a  pretence  to  introduce  the  Edict  of 
 Nantes  there,  contrary  to  the  Edict  of  Londtm  ,  and  that 
 which  had  been  Publifb'd  in  confequence  thereof;  that  the 
 faid  Union  was  attended  with  leveral  Inconveniencies ;  Viz. 
 that  the  Minifters ,  and  the  Colleges  would  be  depriv'd  of 
 their  Subfiftancejthat  the  Prefidentfhip  in  the  Effaces  of  Be*?*, 
 would  be  given  to  the  Bimops ;  that/.<  Force  would  be  depriv'd 
 of  the  Government,  and  his  Son  of  the  Survivorfhip;  that  the 
 Garrifon  of  Navarreins^n  important  City, provided  with  Ca- 
 nons, and  Munitions  would  be  disbanded,  and  that  the  faid 
 City  would  thereby  remain  expos'd  to  the  Surprife  of  the  Spa- 
 niards. They  added  to  all  this,  configurations  upon  the  Enter- 
 prifeof  the  Duke  cCkptrnon againft  Rochei.;  and  from  all  thofe 
 Subjects  of  Complaint,  concluded  that  the  Ailembly  was  ne- 
 ceflary  toredrefs  them. 
 
 Thofe  Reafons  were  fo  much  the  ftronger,  by  Re.ifon  chat  ♦ r  V  * 
 the  Court  had  been  inform'd  of  thofe  Injuftices  by  the  Peti- 
 tions of  the  Deputies  General  ,  who  had  not  been  able  to     ;l ;  " 
 obtain  an  Anfwer  to  them:  Another  ConfiJeration  likewife, redJd! 
 made  them  exceedingly  more  weighty.     The  Party  of  the 
 Male-contents  was  reduc'd  almoft  to  the  utmoft  Extremity. 
 They  had  I  it  one  Town  left ;  and  the  Duke  of  MzytxHe  was 
 Befieg'd  in  ooiffons,  and  no  longer  in  a  Condition  to  defend 
 H  h  2  himfeif 
 
160  The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  IL 
 
 i6iy.  Inmfelf,  had  he  been  vigoroufl.y  prefs'd.  They  were  afraid, 
 w^r^  that  the  Marfhal  a  Amrt  after  this,,  being  Proud  of  their  De- 
 feat, and  moreover  an  Enemy  to  the  RefornSd,  would  inflict 
 a  Punifhment  upon  them  for  the  Refolutiofis  taken  at  Nimts^ 
 which  had  reducM  him  upon  the  very  Brink  of  the  Precipice: 
 But  his  unexpected  fall  removal  the  pretence  of  thofe  Ter- 
 rors.  When  Fortune  fcern'd  to  haveplac'd  him,  above- th« 
 reach  of  his  Enemies,  a  Tragical  End  was  preparing,  fotf  him, 
 TheK,,ss  by  means  which  he  never  could  forefee,  nor  prevent.  The 
 Xem&r:  King  was  hardly  minded  at  Court.  He  was  young:,  and  of 
 a  Weak  Coniiitution.  He  Lov'd  Hawking  and  Mufic  , 
 and  pafs'd  his  time  in  thofe  little  Amufemencs,  leaving  the 
 fble  Authority  of  the  Government  to  the  Qjeen  his  Mother. 
 He  was  neverthelefs  Jealous  of  hisPower  even  toExcefs.though 
 lie  neither  underftood  it,  nor  could  injoy  it.During  the  whole 
 Courfe  of  his  Life,  he  never  could  exert  it  himfelf,  nor  fuf- 
 fer  it  into  the  Hands  of  another.  It  was  equally  impoflibfe 
 for  him,  not  to  r>aife  his  Fa  vourites  to  a  vaft  degree  of  Power, 
 and  to  endure  them  when  Pofleft'd  of  that  Grandeur  to 
 which  he  had  raised  them  himfelf.  By  making  them  Richr 
 he  put  them  in  a  State  to  difpleafe  him.  TheExcefs  of  his 
 Complailance  for  them,  was  as  it  were  the  fir  ft  degree  of 
 his  Hatred  i  And  I  queftion,  whither  an  EKa-mple  could  be 
 found  in  his  Hiftory  of  any  Favourite ,  whofe  Death,  or 
 Ruin  he  was  concern'd  for.  But  his  Sentiments  were  con- 
 eeal'd  in  his  own  heart  t  And  whereas  he  only  Communica- 
 ted them  to  few,  thofe  who  are  of  Opinion,  that  there  is 
 always  a  Myftery  in  the  Conduct  of  Princes,  accus'd  him  of 
 a  Black  and  profound  Diffimulationv  To  fay  the  Truth,  the 
 reafon  of  his  filence  was,  that  he  neither  confided  in  himfelf, 
 nor  in  others;  and  that  he  had  a  great  deal  of  Timoroufnefs 
 and  Weaknefs.  Moft  of  thofe  who  have  fpoken  of  him  , 
 acknowledge  that  he  had  Courage  ;  and  that  he  did  not  lofe 
 his  Judgment  in  danger,  that  he  lov'd  and  underftood  War  3 
 ,  that  he  was  a  ^ood  Scholar  5  but  that  he  was  not  capableof 
 
 Ordinal  r>    •  • 
 
 tfttoFor-  Reigning. 
 
 Ho-  There  was  a  Man  about,  him  ,  whom  no  body  was  Jea- 
 b?t  <kk  *ous'      becaufe.his  Parts  were  t0°  mean,  to  be  fear'd.  He 
 
 Luines,.  Was 
 
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 was  fuffer'd  with  him  as  a  Man,  who  amus'd  him  Wkh  the  1617. 
 pleafure  of  Hawking,  which  thofe  who  had  the  Authority  ^/Y^J 
 WQH  very  well  pieas'd  to  fee  him  impioy'd  about,  to  the 
 end  that  they  might  do  what  they  pieas'd.  \  hev  fay,that  this 
 Man  begun 'to  infinuate  himfelf  into  the  King's  Favour,  by 
 a  prefent  he  made  him  of  two  *  Wary  Angle?,  taught  to  Fly  *  Pigrief- 
 at  fmall  Birds  in  Hedges.    This  Animal  is  not  much  larger  ehtf- 
 than  a  Sparrow,  and  is  naturally  addicted  to  peck  others  , 
 and  to  keep  them  from  his  Neft  s  So  that  Application  and 
 Care  mayeafily  form  him  for  that  fmall  War  j  to  which  he 
 is  naturally  inclin'd.    This  Prefent  InchantcJ  the  King,  who 
 took  a  great  deal  of  Pleafure  to  fee  thofe  little  Birds  imitate 
 thofe  of  a  higher  Flight.     They  diverted  him  at  ail  times. 
 In  Rainy  Weather  hr  made  them  fly  in  his  Chamber,  or  in 
 fome  Gallery.    He  affected  to  go  often  to  Ma's  to  the  Capti- 
 ons ;  their  Houfe  being  conveniently  Seated  to  afford  him 
 rfefat  plea  fore  ;  by  r'Gafon,  that  his  way  thither  was  through 
 the  Thuilerks,  a  Royal  Garden,  in  which  he  met  with  Birds,, 
 which  he  caus'd  to  be  taken  by  thofe  Wary  Angles.    He  had 
 a  little  Net  fet  up  at  the  End  of  the  Hedge ,  into  which  thofe 
 Birds  being  thus  purfued ,   never  failed  to  Intangle  them- 
 felves  5  and  he  took  abundance  of  pleafure  to  fee  them  pluck'd 
 by  thofe  little  Animals,  which  he  often  carried  himfelf  upon 
 his  Finger,   with  Bells  and  Varvels  like  Hawks.     And  left 
 that  Pleafure  fhould  fail  him  fometimes  for  want  of  Birds, 
 he  caus'd  abundance  to  be  taken  and  bred,  which  he  never 
 fet  free  again, but  to  betaken  by  tho'e  Wary  Angles.  Whereas 
 the  Reader  may  perhaps  never  find  in  any  other  Rock,  which 
 were  the  beginnings  of  the  greateft  Fortune  that  ever  a 
 Subject  was  rais'd  to:  I  thought  I  might  make  this  digrel- 
 fion  to  oblige  him. 
 
 ThePerfonI  am  fpeaking  of  was  L:nn^^  a  Man  almoft 
 unknown,  and  even  during  whofe  Favour,  fome  quelrion'd 
 whither  he  was  born  a  Gentleman.  It  is  certain  at  leaft  1*%%* 
 that  he  was  very  Poor:  And  'tis  reported  ,  that  when  he  Jimm" 
 came  firft  to  Paris  with  Br  antes  and  Cadexet  his  two  Bro- 
 thers, they  had  but  one  Cloak  amongff  them,  which  they 
 wore  by  turns,  two  of  them  remaining  at  home  while  the 
 
 other 
 
161  Tlx  Hiflory  of  the         Vol  II. 
 
 1617.  otner  was  m  tne  City,  or  at  Court  about  their  common  Af- 
 fairs.  No  BoJy  thought  him  capable  to  perfwade  the  King 
 to  any  thing  but  the  PJeafures  of  Hawking  :  But  they  were 
 miftaken  ;  and  Luines  having  found  the  Afcendent  he  had 
 over  the  King's  Mind,  made  ule  of  it  to  deftroy  the  Marfhal 
 a1  J  verts.  Whither  he  were  put  upon  it  by  the  Male- contents 
 who  had  gain'd  him  ;  or  whither  he  were  Animated  by  the 
 Spaniards,  who  dreaded  the  Marfhal's  growing  fo  Powerful, as 
 to  have  no  longer  occafion  for  them  $  or  whither  he  defign'd  to 
 raife  his  Fortune  upon  the  Ruins  of  that  Wretch,he  took  the  ad- 
 vantage of  the  King's  Foible  which  he  knew  5  and  ftufF'd 
 his  Head  with  Jealoufies  and  Vexations ,  againft.  thofe  who 
 abus'd  his  Authority  and  Treafurc.  Three  Men  ferv'd  Luines 
 ,  in  that  defign  Deagean  a  Suttle,  Violent  and  Ambitious 
 r^^/" Man,  who  was  firft  Clerk  to  Barbin  the  Queen's  Creature  , 
 huconfi.  betray'd  his  fv'after,  and  came  every  Night  to  give  the  King 
 dms.  an  Account  how  they  play'd  with  his  Power.  Marallac  an 
 inconfiderable  Perfon  ,  who  Traflick'd  for  his  Service,  fe- 
 conded  in  the  day  time  by  his  Difcourfe,  what  the  other  had 
 advanc'd.  DefpLms,  a  Souldier  in  the  Guards,  had  a  fhare 
 in  the  faid  Confpiracy.  Deagean  was  the  only  Man  of  Parts 
 among  them  :  But  he  had  too  much  Genius  fur  Luines,  who 
 in  order  to  be  rid  of  him,  bounded  his  Fortune  to  a  Place 
 of  Prefident  in  the  Chamber  of  Accompts  of  Grenoble,  where 
 he  fent  him  to  refide,  under  pretence  of  watching  the  Con- 
 duct of  Lef digmeres.  The  King  being  perfwaded  by  thofe 
 Agents  of  Licnes,  who  among  other  things,  never  fa i I'd  to 
 acquaint  Jiim  with  the  Murmurs  of  the  People  againft  the 
 difordersof  the  Government ,  was  at  a  Lofs  which  way  to 
 rid  himfelf  of  his  Wardfhip  He  had  a  mind  to  Fly  to 
 Meaux,  there  to  Summon  his  Subjects  from  all  Parts  to  his 
 AfTiftance.  Some  propos'd  to  him  to  go  to  theParliament 
 upon  fome  Pretence  ;  and  there  to  cauie  the  Marfhal  to  be 
 feiz'd  in  his  Prefence,  and  to  give  an  Order  for  his  Tryal; 
 But  Luines  either  Dreading  the  King's  Weaknefs ,  or  the 
 Queen's  Authority,  thofe  to  have  him  Seiz'd  in  the  Louvre. 
 The  King  gave  Order  to  Vitri  to  do  it,  who  apparently  had 
 receiv'd  fecret  Orders  from  Luines  about  it,  to  whom  the 
 
 King 
 
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 King  having  Tent  him  back  again,  to  know  his  Pleafiire,  he  1617. 
 carry'd  the  thing  farther  than  it  was  defign'd.     Me  caus'd'^^V^ 
 him  to  be  kill'd  on  the  4th  of  April,  under  pretence  that  hej^^, 
 had  leave  (bto  do,  in  cafe  he  made  any  refinance.    Yet  hed'Anae. 
 made  none  ,    but  only  exprefs'd  his  Aftonifhing  by  fome 
 Words  ,  when  Vitr't  acquainted  him  that  he  was  his  Pri- 
 foner.    But  this  Action  of  Vitri  was  juftify'd,  and  that  Ser- 
 vice made  him  a  Marfhal  of  France. 
 
 The  State  of  Affairs  was  quite  Alter'd  by  that  Death.  The  Akeratim 
 Queen  being  penetrated  with  Grief,  was  depriv'd  of  all  Au-  °f  4?*'™- 
 thority.  Her  Creatures  loft  their  Places  5  thole  fti.c  had  re- 
 mov'd  from  Court  were  recall'd  :  The  Male-contents  fub- 
 mitted  themfelves ;  and  the  King  Granted  them  a  General 
 Pardon  in  the  Month  of  Miy,  in  which  acknowledging  that 
 they  had  only  taken  Arms  for  their  fafety,  againft  the  Infb- 
 lent,  Violent  and  Pernicious  defigns  of  the  Marfhal  <PAhcre, 
 who  imploy'd  the  King's  Forces  contrary  to  his  Intention  to 
 ruin  them  ;  that  after  his  Death,  they  return'd  immediately 
 to  their  Allegiance,  and  that  they  had  implor'd  his  Pardon 
 very  fubmiflively,  he  revok'd  the  Declaration  that  had  been 
 given  againft  them,  Abolifh'd  the  remembrance  of  what 
 waspafs'd,  confirm'd  the  Treaty  of  Louduri ',  and  the  Edict 
 of  Blots,  and  Order'd  that  all  his  Subjetts,  as  well  Carho'ics 
 as  R<fowid  fhould  live  in  Peace,  under  the  Benefit  and  Au- 
 thority of  his  Edi&s.  After  which  the  favour  of  the  New 
 Favourite  was  exerted  againft  the  Miferable  Remains  of  the 
 Marfhai's  Family,  even  to  Inhumanity.  His  Lady  was  Ex- 
 ecuted for  pretended  Crimes,  of  which  fhe  was  found  Guil- 
 ty, more  upon  the  Account  of  the  hatred  of  the  Public  , 
 than  by  any  foiid  Proofs.  Luines  was  Adorn'd  with  his 
 Spoils,  and  faw  himfelf  fo  great-all  of  a  fuddain,  that  he 
 was  Aftonifh'd  at  his  own  Fortune.  He  made  ufe  of  his  Au- 
 thority In  a  manner  yet  more  Odious  than  the  Marfhal  tPAn- 
 ere,  whom,  to  fay  the  Truth  ,  he  neither  furpafs'd  in  Birth 
 or  Merit.  His  Favour  was  only  for  himfelf  5  he  in  joy 'd  it 
 amidft  Seditions,  and  Civil  Wars  j  and  he  ingag'd  himfelf 
 into  Foreign  Cabals,  to  the  great  detriment  of  his  Country. 
 
 I- 
 
z£f  The  Hijlory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1617.     I  muft  alfo  add,  that  in  order  to  maintain  his  Credit,  he 
 
 Lu-ries  Marry'd  the  Daughter  of  the  Duke  dt  Mombazon ,  of  the 
 iJJJ^tfautp  Of  Rob™.  This  perfwaded  the  Duke  of  that  Name, 
 f  'tf  '/;  that  he  would  be  eonfider'd  by  that  Favorite,  who  was  Ho- 
 ot  Ro^^  nouj-'d  by  his  Alliance.  But  the  Duke  being  come  back  to 
 Court,  after  the  Treaty  of  Londnn ,  had  reconciled  himfelf 
 Cncerely  to  the  Qjeen,  who  had  receiv'd  the  Excufes  he 
 made  to  her  about  his  taking  Arms  very  favourably.  All 
 that  he  had  obtain'd  by  the  Treaty  was  the  affurance  of  the 
 Government  of  Poitou,  provided  he  could  obtain  the  Duke 
 of  Sufffs  Demiffion  ;  becaufe  there  was  an  Article  in  the 
 Edict  which  promis'd  exprefly  that  the  King  would  Grant 
 no  more  Survivorfhips.  When  he  had  obtain'd  the  Demif 
 fion,  he  was  oblig'd  to  come  to  Court  in  Perfon  to  obtain 
 his  Letters  Patent  for  the  fame.  He  did  it  boldly  enough  ; 
 tho  he  thereby  expos'd  himfelf  to  the  Mercy  of  Perfons,  of 
 which  lome  hated  him  Mortally  5  and  the  others  were  very 
 Faithful.  Neverthelefs ,  it  prov'd  to  his  Advantage  ;  and 
 the  Queen  gaye,  him  his  Patents,  which  the  change  of  Af- 
 fairs hindei'd  him  from  injoying.  Vet  notwithftanding,  he 
 apply'd  nirhfelf  to  the  Service  of  that  Princels  with  fb  much 
 Fidelity,  that  he  made  an  End  of  Ruining  himfelf  at  Court  5 
 and  that  far  from  drawing  an  advantage  by  the  Alliance  of 
 that  New  Favorite,  he  created  an  irreconcileable  hatred  be- 
 tween them.  It  will  be  neceflary  to  know  the  particulars, 
 which  were  the  Motives  or  occafions  of  the  following 
 Wars. 
 
 During  thefe  Tran factions,  the  Deputies  of  the  Provinces 
 The  Mm  that  were  Invited  to  Roche/,  were  got  thither  for  the  moft 
 biytf  Ro"  part ;  and  that  Affembly  created  equal  Jealoufies  on  all  fides, 
 chei  }mds  by  reafcn  that  the  State  being  divided  into  feverul  Parties,  no 
 body  knew  which  they  would  joyn  with.    But  the  MarfhaPs 
 '  "S'  Death,  and  the  Queen's  Exile  having  appeas'd  the  Troubles 
 the  moft  fpecious  Heafbns  of  the  AlTembly  were  remov'd. 
 They  fent  Deputies  to  the  King  upon  this  unexpected  alterati- 
 on, to  Congratulate  the  recoveringof  his  Authority.  Thole 
 Deputies  did  not  fee  the  King,  who  refus'd  to  treat  them  as 
 
 Deputies 
 
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 Deputies  from  a  Lawful  Aflembly  :  But  after  that  the  Anfwer  1617. 
 he  lent  them  was  not  difobliging.    The  King  refer'd  to  hear 
 them  when  the  AfTembly  fhould  be  Diffolv'd  ;  they  were  de-  c  f'drr" 
 firM  to  behave  themfelves  as  good  Subjects  ought  to  do,  when  oZlr  ,7 
 they  have  fomething  to  defire  of  their  King}  to  draw  their  - 
 *  Cahiers:  To  leparate  forthwith  ;  and  to  retire  into  their  •  Petiti 
 Refpeftive  Provinces:  That  upon  that  Account  the  King  <™.™ 
 would  favour  them  in  all  things  that  were  reafbnable  and  mmdt- 
 juft.    Therefore  they  broke  up  at  the  return  of  their  Deputies,  7 
 according  to  the  Advice  of  the  Wifeft,  who  remonftratcd  to  ^'nJUv» 
 them  with  a  great  deal  of  Vigor,  That  it  behov'd  them  to  ^ 
 fhowby  that  mark  of  Obedience,  that  they  did  only  Affemble  «o/B<  u  . 
 when  they  had  juft  reafons  to  fear  ;  but  that  they  diffolv'd  of 
 themfelves  as  fbon  as  ever  thofe  fears  were  diflipated.  They 
 Inferted  an  Article  in  their  Cahiers  which  related  to  the 
 Churches  of  Bearn,  defiring  that  no  Innovations  might  be 
 made  in  that  Principality,  either  in  Church  or  State.  But 
 they  fhow'd  yet  better  how  much  they  concern'd  themfelves 
 in  the  Affairs  of  that  Province,  by  an  Aft  they  made,  which 
 oblig'd  all  the  Churches  to  afiift  thofe  of  that  Province,  m 
 cafe  of  Opprefion  and  Necejfity,  by  fome  Alteration  of  the  State, 
 either  in  the  Eccltjiaftick^or  Politicly  part,  if  thofe  Churches 
 implor'd  the  afliftance  of  thofe  of  France.    They  order'd  the 
 Provinces  of  the  Upper  Langttedoc,  and  of  the  lower  Guyenne, 
 to  AfTembleby  their  Deputies  with  thofe  of  thatSoveraigntv, 
 if  neceffary,  to  endeavour  to  prevent  their  being  opprefs'd. 
 They  writ  to  the  great  Lords  to  Intercede  for  xht  Reform' d  of 
 Beam,  and  they  exhorted  all  the  Councils  of  the  Provinces  to 
 recommend  them  to  the  Deputies  General.    The  Affection 
 they  exprefs'd  for  thofe  threatned  Churches  prov'd  yfelefs  : 
 And  the  King's  very  Anfwer  to  the  Article  which  fpoke  in 
 their  behalf,  deftroy'd  by  one  word  which  was  Inferted  in  ii 
 on  purpofe,  all  the  hopes  of  their  being  favourably  us'd.  The 
 King  promis'd  to  preferve  all  his  Subjects  of  the  Country  of 
 Beam,  both  Catholicks  andRtformd  in  the  Poffeffion  of  their 
 Ancient  Privileges,  and  to  maintain  Peace  and  Union  there  as 
 among  the  other  Subjects  of  his  Realm.    The  Equivocation 
 
 I  i  of 
 
2  66  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1617.  of  the  word  Ancient  was  a  plain  Argument,  that  the  Council 
 U^y^J  defign'd  to  look  upon  the  prefers  State  of  Beam  as  a  Novelty ': 
 And  to  reftorethe  Catholicks  there  to  all  the  Advantages  they 
 had  loft,  by  the  attempt  they  ludmade  againft  their  Lawful 
 
 .Q;een. 
 
 Their  Pi.  The  AlTembly  Inlerted  in  their  *  Cahiers  (bme  other  impor- 
 xtitor.  £ant  Articles  ;  viz.  Concerning  the  Exemption  of  the  Mini- 
 fters,  and  the  Declaration  given  upon  that  Subject,  which  the 
 Court  of  Aids  ftill  refus'd  to  verifie ;  the  Necerfity  of  Reform 'd 
 Affociatesforthe  Inftruclion  of  Criminal  Caufes}  the  difcharge 
 of  certain  Offices  which  were  impos'd  upon  the  Reformed,  tho* 
 they  thought  they  could  not  Officiate  them  without  wounding 
 their  Consciences  3  concerning  the  Privilege  of  RefomSdMa- 
 giftrates  and  Officers,  not  having  difcharg'd  their  Truft  in 
 their  Offices,  to  be  profecuted  in  the  Chambers  of  the  Edict, 
 and  before  no  other  Judges  j  and  feveral  others,  to  which  they 
 receiv'd  Specious  Anfwers ;  but  without  Effect.  Befides  all 
 thele  Articles  there  was  an  Inftruftion  which  they  charg'd  the 
 Deputies  General  with,  to  beg  of  his  Majefty  to  put  the  Prince 
 of  Conde  at  Liberty.  This  was  the  only  effect  produe'd  by 
 the  Solicitations  of  thePrincefs  his  Mother,  who  was  at  Ra- 
 chel, and  who  endeavour'd  to  oblige  the  Affembly  not  to  break 
 up  before  they  had  obtain'd  his  Deliverance.  Neverthelefs 
 they  were  oblig'd  to  give  over  that  purfuit,  becauie  the  State 
 of  Affairs  was  not  difpos'd  towards  it,  and  that  the  new  Fa- 
 vourite was  not  in  the  leaft  inclin'd  to  put  a  Prince  at  Liberty, 
 who  would  foon  get  the  better  of  him  in  the  Management  of 
 Affairs. 
 
 national  While  the  Affembly  was  Mill  in  being,  the  National  Synod 
 affemb.'edon  the  i8thof^/at^r"/^.  The  Principality  of 
 Beam  hadobtain'd  leave  in  the  preceeding  Synod  to  Convene 
 it:  But  all  things  were  alter'd  fince  that  time,  and  that 
 which  was  lookt  upon  then  to  be  ufeful  towards  the 
 prelervationof  that  Province,  feem'dto  be  of  ill  confequence 
 againft  their  Privileges,  as  fbon  as  it  was  known  that  the 
 Council  did  propofc  to  re-unite  it  tothe  Grown.  In  fubmitting 
 to  the  fame  Difcipline  with  the  other  Churches  of  the  Realm, 
 they  fcem'd  to  aft  againft  their  own  pretentions,  that  they 
 
 could 
 
BookV.       EdiS  of  Nantes,  167 
 
 could  not  be  fubje&ed  to  the  fame  Laws  with  the  reft  of  the  16 it- 
 Kingdom;  and  by  making  but  one  Body  Ecclefiaftick  ^ 
 with  the  reft  of  the  Reform'!,  they  afforded  a  reafon  to  fay 
 that  it  was  not  inconfiftent  with  their  Privileges,  to  be  united 
 to  the  other  Provinces  depending  of  the  Crown,  as  part  of  one 
 and  the  fame  Body  Politick.    Thofe  Reafons  were  approv'd* 
 of.    The  Synod  excus'd  them  from  fubmitting  to  the  Difc'r- 
 plineof  the  other  Churches,  and  to  the  National  Synods,  du- 
 ring the  prefent  Conjuncture.  But  they  allow'd  the  Deputies 
 of  that  Country  to  affift  at  their  Deliberations,  and  to  give 
 their  Votes,  unlefs  fome  of  them  defir'd  the  contrary.  So 
 that  they  appear'd  in  that  Affembly  as  Deputies  not  of  fubjecl: 
 Churches,  but  of  Churches  that  were  Ally'd  by  the  Commu- 
 nion of  the  fame  Do&rine. 
 
 Immediately  after  the  Overture  of  the  Synod,  they  deput-  ^tt/hf' 
 ed  four  Perfons  to  the  King,  with  Letters  fill'd  with  the  ufual  J5£." 
 Submiffions  and  Proteftations  of  Obedience  and  Loyalty. 
 They  alfo  writ  to  the  Affembly  of  Rachel,  to  give  them  an  ^t^s1t 
 account  of  what  they  had  done  ;  and  to  exprefs  their  Inten-  [Ji  Jf^ 
 tion  to  remain  in  perfect  Union  with  them.    The  Anfwer  of  Uy  and 
 the  Affembly  was  made  in  the  fame  Terms- ;  and  moreover  An' 
 contain'd  an  Article,  by  which  they  demanded  of  tile  Synod 
 the  Contribution  of  certain  Sums  for  the  General  Affairs.  This 
 Contribution,  which  was  toberais'd  out  of  the  Sums  granted 
 for  the  Salfaries  of  theMinifters,  appear'd  dangerous  as  to  the 
 Confequences  of  it'.but  whereas  there  Was  Money  due  to  them, 
 and  that  the  Concetfions  of  the  Treaty  of  Lottdun  had  made 
 the  Churches  pretty  eafie,  they  would  not  refufe  all,  and 
 granted  fomethin^  at  the  Retjueft  of  the  Affembly.    In  the 
 mean  time  the  Deputies  were  well  receiv'd  at  Court ;  and 
 came  back  to  the  Synod  with  Anfwers  capable  to  fatisfie  them, 
 had  fair  words  been  fufficient  to  re'drefs  the  Evils  they  com- 
 plain'd  of.    The  King  writ  very  obliging  Letters  by  them,  id 
 which  he  prais'd  the  Loyalty  of  the  Reform' d}  and  gave  them 
 affarances  of  his  Protection  for  the  future  ;  and  to  maintain 
 whateverwaspromis'dby  the  Edicts,  in  cafe  they  peffeverM 
 iff  that  Conduct. 
 
 That 
 
268  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 \  617.     That  would  have  been  very  well,  if  while  they  were  ex- 
 horted  to  be  Loyal,  the  Court  had  not  at  the  very  fame  time 
 c^fc(|labour'dopenly  byathoufand  Vexations  and  Injuries  to  tire 
 B§am  and  their  Faith  and  Patience.    Befides  the  dread  which  the  Pro- 
 ^5«Svne  fecuti°ns  of  tne  Clergy  created  among  the  Churches  of  Beam, 
 "r   '  thofeof  Auvergnt  were  alfo  very  much  tormented.  They  had 
 not  as  yet  been  able  to  injoy  the  benefit  of  the  Edict  there 
 peaceably,  by  reafon  that  the  Catholicks  had  oppos'd  it. 
 There  were  potent  Families  in  that  Province  who  were  altoge- 
 ther inclin'd  to  a  League,  and  who  thought  it  a  point  of 
 Conference  to  hate  the  Reform'd,  and  to  Persecute  them  with- 
 out Mercy.    They  us'd  them  Cruelly  in  all  refpecls ;  and  the 
 Reform  d  were  not  in  a  Condition  to  refift  them,  becaufe 
 their  Number  was  inconfiderable.    The  Court  might  eafily 
 have  put  a  ftop  to  thole  Violences,  had  they  bejen  well  inclin'd  > 
 but  it  is  eafie  to  judge  of  their  Difpofition  in  that  refpe£t,by 
 the  little  care  they  had  taken  to  redrefs  the  Wrongs  done  to 
 the  Reformed  of  that  Province :  The  Synod  gave  exprefs  Or- 
 ders to  the  Deputies  General,  to  make  earneft  Sollicitations 
 to  obtain  a  redrefs  forthofe  Afflicted  Churches ;  and  to  prefs 
 the  Court  to  fend  Commiffioners  thither,  in  order  to  regulate 
 thofe  long  Differences  by  fome  Decifive  Decree  :  which  had 
 already  been  defir'd  often  to  no  purpofe. 
 The co,mt     Moreover  the  War  continu'd  between  the  City  of  Sancerrc 
 L^xeZ'  anc*  tne  Count     Marans  ;  who  did  the  Inhabitants  all  the 
 HoftiUties  harm  he  could.    He  proceeded  on  his  part  to  Surprifes,  Out- 
 againftthe  rages,  and  AfTafTinations :  And  he  was  accus'd  of  having  late- 
 Clty'      ly  caus'd  Captain  Bouchard,  in  whom  the  City  repos'd  great 
 Confidence,  to  be  Murther'd.    So  that  the  City  had  two  great 
 Affairs  in  hand  j  the  one  to  preferve  their  Privilege  of  being 
 a  City  of  Surety  which  wasdifputed,  and  the  other  to  defend 
 themfelves  againft  the  Hoftilities  of  the  Count.    As  they  had 
 a  greater  Extent  of  Ground  than  Riches,  they  were  foon 
 drein'd  by  the  great  Expences  they  had  been  oblig'd  to  make ; 
 and  they  could  not  hold  out  much  longer,  without  being  afli- 
 fted    Therefore  they  had  recourfe  to  the  Liberalities  of  the 
 rf^f"  Synod.    TheGhurches  of  the  Country  of  Foix  were  redue'd 
 lonntry  of  to  the  fame  Mifery  of  late  Years.    They  were  fore'd  from  Ju- 
 Foix  rifdi- 
 
BookV.      Edtil  of  Nantes.  z6y 
 
 rifdi&ion  to  Jurifcli&ion,  about  the  Quality  of  Places  of  Sure-  1617. 
 ty  :  which  the  Cities  in  which  they  perform'd  the  Exercifes  isv^ 
 of  their  Religion  had  had  till  then  :  So  that  they  had  troubles 
 upon  that  Qjeftion  in  the  Parliament,  in  the  *  Party-Cham- 
 bers,  and  in  the  Council  of  State.  This  was  a  fubtilty  of  the  '^/"/fr" 
 Council,  either  to  weaken  the  Reformed,  by  taking  from  them  catfoiicks 
 feveral  Towns  they  held  by  that  Name,  the  Title,  or  Quali- 
 ty  of  which  was  difputed  by  their  Enemies  upon  divers  pre-  ' 
 tences}  or  to  put  them  upon  torn?  defperate  Refolution,  by 
 thefe  Proceedings,  in  order  to  have  a  plaufible  occafion  to 
 complain  of  their  Behaviour.    For  thn  reafonthe  Court  af- 
 fected, whenever  they  renew'd  the  Permiflion  of  keeping 
 them  to  flip  in  Tome  Equivocal  Terms  in  the  Briefs  ;  to  the 
 end  chat  being  favour'd  by  that  Ambiguity,  they  might  fey, 
 that  thofe  they  defign'd  to  take  from  them  were  not  compris'd 
 in  the  fame. 
 
 Trcvcnct  was  alfo  expos'd  to  great  Vexations.  The  Re-  And  thofe 
 formed  were  very  much  divided  there  ;  and  the  Catholicks  °ye*ce  ill 
 took  an  occafion  from  thofe  Difcords  which  they  themfelves  «,y. 
 had  Town,  to  do  them  all  manner  of  Injuftices.  That  Pro- 
 vince overwhelm'd  the  General  A(Temblies  and  the  National 
 Synods,  with  Complaints,  which  the  Members  of  one  and 
 the  fame  Church  brought  in  there  againft  one  another:  And 
 the  Deputies  of  thofe  Different  Parties ,  often  mutually 
 difputed  the  Right  of  their  Deputation.  Neverthelefs 
 there  were  fo  few  Churches  in  that  Province,  that  they 
 were  not  able  to  furnifh  the  Number  that  was  neceflary  to  di- 
 vide it  into  two  AfTemblies ;  and  that  it  had  been  propos'd 
 fome  times  to  annex  them,  to  thole  of  D.v<phine,  to  make  but 
 one  Synod  of  them.  So  that  their  own  weaknefs  render'd 
 their  Union  the  more  neceffary,  by  reafon  that  they  weaken'd 
 themfelves  ftillthe  more  by  their  Divifion.  The  Synod  re- 
 commended all  thofe  Affairs  to  the  Deputies  General ;  and  did 
 not  forget  the  Edid:  of  Exemption  which  the  Minifters  had 
 been  amus'd  with  for  five  Years  together,  without  their  De- 
 puties having  been  able  to  get  it  into  their  hands,  to  purfue 
 the  Verification  of  it,  which  the  Court  did  notprels  in  the 
 leaft. 
 
 The 
 
2  yo  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1 6 17.     The  Synod  allow'd  Minifters  to  afiift  at  Political  Affem- 
 L^W  blies,  which  had  been  forbidden  by  the  former  Synods.  The 
 flff^f^reafonof  it  was  that  thofe  who  had  given  an  occafion  to  make 
 the  Mini-  that  Prohibition  being  either  Dead  or  Revolted  j  and  the 
 fl"s*  *f-  Difcontents  of  the  Duke  of  Bouillon  being  cool'd,  there  was 
 litkli  ^/"noreafon  to  exclude  the  Minifters  from  thofe  Affemblies,  in 
 (cmkliet.    which  they  might  fometimes  prove  ufeful  by  their  Zeal  and 
 Prudence.    But  the  Synod  at  the  fame  time  dehYd  the  Politi- 
 cal Aflemblies  to  Exempt  the  Minifters  from  Deputations  to 
 the  Court  ;  whither  it  were  that  they  look'd  upon  themfelves 
 as  Perfonsthat  were  odious  to  thofe  that  Govern'd  ;  or  whe- 
 ther they  thought  the  Intrigues  of  the  Court  not  fuitable  to 
 the  Profeflion  of  the  Evangelical  Miniftry  ;  or  whether  they 
 thought  that  as  they  were  Perfons  dedicated  to  Preach  the 
 Truth,  it  was  not  fit  to  Expofe  them  to  the  Temptations, 
 which  till  then,  had  rendered  the  Air  of  the  Court  fb  fatal  to 
 Men  of  their  Character     The  Synod  alfo  Nominated  four 
 Deputies  to  aflift  at  the  General  Synod  the  States  General  of 
 the  United  Provinces  did  propofe  to  Aflemble,  to  determine 
 the  Difputesof  the  Armimans,  which  were  call'd  Remonftra- 
 tors  5  and  of  thofe  who  call'd  their  Doctrine  a  Novelty,  which 
 were  call'd  Counter- Remonftrators ,  or  GomanUs.    But  the 
 Council  of  France  did  not  approve  that  Deputation,  as  I  will 
 relate  in  another  Place. 
 TaiiyliL     Moreover  it  appears  by  the  A&s  of  the  faid  Synod,  that 
 tftMifid  until  then  the  fetttement  of  the  *  Places  of  Bailywicks  had 
 ^tb  littk  been  macje  with  little  Exa&nefs.    They  had  fometimes  been 
 *t"w>1 fir  deftVd  in  Places  that  werefo  inconvenient,  that  they  had  built 
 Villages  in  no  Churches  in  them.    The  Truth  is  that  the  Catholicks  had 
 "dihk*  notas  yet  bethought  themielves  to  maintain,  that  the  Right 
 Exmifi  of  of  performing  the  Exercife  of  the  Reform  &  Religion-  in  thofe 
 the  g.e-    peaces, was  loft  by  a  Prefcription  of  fome  Years.  Therefore  the 
 %g?onwl~f  Reformed  were  Allow'd  to  refume  the  ufe  of  them  when  they 
 to  be  />o--pleas'd,  notwithstanding  their  having  left  them  as  it  were  m 
 VfJd  ^u^€n€e  f°r  fome  time  :  And  fometimes  a lfb  they  Transferred 
 *&,i'ywich  the  faid  Privilege  from  one  place  to  another,by  a  kind  of  Con- 
 cefTion,  which  the  Commiflaries,  or  Judges  of  the  faid  Places 
 did  not  refufe  to  Authorize  by  their  Ordinances.  Thus  Tingri 
 
 being 
 
Book  V.      EdiFf  of  Nantes.  271 
 
 being  given  for  a  Place  of  Bai \y  wick  in  the  Province  of  Cham-  1617. 
 patone,  that  Right  remam'd  long  without  Effect  ;  byreafon^Y^ 
 that  Lorrain,  in  the  Neighbourhood  of  which  the  (aid  Town 
 wasfetled,  and  from  whence  it  was  hop'd  that  the  Reformed 
 would  repair  thither  to  hear  Sermons,  could  not  furnifh  a  fuffi- 
 cient  Number  of  People  to  maintain  a  Church  there.  There- 
 fore the  Synod  being  unwilling  to  lofe  that  Confiderable  Right, 
 ordered  it  to  be  Irans'er'd  to  Linares,  where  there  was  more 
 Iikelyhoodof  riming  a  Confiderable  Church. 
 
 It  likewile  appears  by  the  fame  Acls,  that  fbme  Moors  be-  Rogume:  - 
 ing  Invited  to  re  nain  in  F.a*/cr,  upon  the  account  of  the  Edict  f^f9"' 
 the  late  King  had  P^bliflul  on  their  Behalf,  when  they  were  Moors, 
 turn'd  out  of  Spin,  ftopt  in  the  Places  that  had  been  af- 
 fign'd  to  them,  rhough  the  Edict  only  allow'd  f'uch  to  re- 
 main in  the  Kingdom  as  fhould  embrace  the  Catholick  Reli- 
 on,  yet  feveral  of  them  Embrac'd  the  Reformed.  But  where- 
 as for  the  moftpartthofe  that  remain'd  were  only  fuchas  had 
 nothing  to  carry  away,  it  was  not  Confcience  that  inclin'd 
 them  more  to  one  fide  than  the  other  .•  It  was  only  aprofpect 
 of  fubfift ing  one  way  or  other.  As  their  Conversion  was  on- 
 ly Intereft,  it  foon  degenerated  into  Publick  Roguery.  The 
 Poor  being  neglected  in  the  Romxn  Church,  wheras  the  Eth 
 formed  had  the  Reputation  of  affiftingthem  with  more  Order 
 and  Charity,  all  the  Beggars  turn'd  Converted  Moors;  and 
 running  from  Church  to  Church  to  furprize  Alms,  they  re- 
 due'd  the  Confiftories  and  Synods  to  take  meafures  to  fecurc 
 themfelves  againft  this  fort  of  Plundering,  The  Catholick 
 Z,eal  did  not  murmur  at  that  time  to  fee  the  Reform  d  Religi- 
 on prefer'd  to  the  R:min :  And  they  did  not  envy  this  Honour 
 lothe  Reformation,  becaufe  they  could  not  deprive  them  of  it 
 without  Expence.  The  fame  Zeal  being  refin'd  in  our  Days, 
 hasnotbeen  able  to  endure  things  to  remain  upon  the  fame 
 Foot$  they  chofe  rather  to  let  the  j^awand  Mahometans  re- 
 main in  their  Errour,  than  to  permit  them  to  embrace  Chri- 
 ftianity  by  Embracing  the  Reform  d  Religion.  However  thefe 
 pretended  Moors  being  very  troublefome  to  the  Churches,  the 
 Synod  lam  {peaking  of refolv'd  to  apply  proper  remedies  to  it. 
 They  order'd  People  to  Watch  the  Conduct  of  t&efe  Cdmrertr, 
 
 and  . 
 
272,  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1617.  and  to  take  certain  Precautions,  by  giving  them  Teftimonials, 
 ypC^  to  prevent  thofe  Import u res. 
 
 ojlucm  During  thefe  Tranfattions  Luims,  who  knew  the  King's 
 r^/m/m«-Eafinefs  by  Experience,  fuffer'd  no  Perfonsof  any  Genius  to  be 
 
 fbeSgeen,  near  perfonj    nor  any  0f  tn0[e   wh0  nacJ  jla(J  any  jQ. 
 
 gagements  with  the  Queen.    The  Bifbop  of  Lkcov,  fb  fa- 
 mousfince  under  the  Name  of  Cardinal  de  Richelieu^  was  one 
 of  the  Creatures  of  that  Princefs,  and  one  of  thofe  whole  Wit 
 and  Parts  were  moft  capable  to  infpire  Jealoufie  in  a  Fa- 
 vourite.   Therefore  Luints  was  fo  far  from  fufTering  him  to 
 live  at  Court,  that  he  would  not  fo  much  as  allow  him  tore- 
 main  with  the  Queen.    The  Bifhop  being  fenfible  that  he  was 
 obnoxious,  remov'd  out  of  the  Kingdom  :  But  yet  being  un- 
 willing to  give  over  his  hopes  altogether,  he  retir'd  toAv/g- 
 non,  where  lie  thought  himfelf  fecure  under  the  Pope's  Au- 
 thority.   Nevenhdefs  the  better  to  remove  all  manner  of  Su- 
 Ipitions,  he  feign'd  to  renounce  Politicks,  and  to  apply  him- 
 felf for  the  future  in  things  more  fuitable  to  his  Profefllon.  In 
 order  to  w  hich  he  took  up  Controverfie,  and  Writ  againft  the 
 Reform  d  ;  taking  anoccafion  fo  to  do  from  the  Affairs  I  am 
 going  to  relate.    Lutms  alfo  remov'd  from  the  King  Cotton  the 
 Jefuit,  who  had  been  all  along  ingag'd  in  the  Queens  Intereft, 
 and  who  endeavour'd  to  perlwade  the  World,  that  this  fud- 
 den  Retreat  from  the  Court  was  only  the  effect  of  his  difguft  of 
 the  World,  though  it  was  only  theeffecl:  of  a  very  Mortifying 
 Difgmce  Difgrace.    But  Luints  put  in  his  room  a  Man  of  the  fame  So- 
 fh  Sf"°n  clQtY->  wno  DemS  obligM  to  him  for  his  Promotion,  feem'd  to 
 'Xrnoux  himafit  Inftrument  to  manage  the  King's  Inclination  to  his 
 ■ficceeds    Advantage.    But  he  was  cruelly  deceiv'd;  and  this  Villain 
 *"■•       paid  him  for  his  good  Will,  like  a  true  Jefuit ;  So  that  he  alfo 
 was  forcVl  to  retire  at  the  end  of  fome  Years.    Thus  the  King 
 left  the  Minagementof  hisconfcience  as  well  as  of  hisKingdom 
 to  the  difcretion  of  his  Favourites ;  and  changing  his  Arfecli- 
 on  according  to  their  Pleafure,  he  allow'd  them  to  Reign  into 
 the  moft  fecret  parts  of  his  Confemons  and  of  his  Thoughts. 
 This  jefuit  was  Arxoax9  known  at  Court  by  Conferences  and 
 £tltfJ* Sermons,  which  hadgain'd  him  fbme  Efteem.  Amongftthe 
 //court  Sermons  he  was  moft  noted  for,  he  Preach'd  one  at  Fontaine 
 
 ij  him.  bk&ll 
 
Book  V.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  275 
 
 blew  before  the  King,  in  which  he  attack'd  the  Confeffion  of  161 7. 
 Faith  of  the  Reformed,  and  maintain'd  that  the  Paflages  cited 
 in  the  Margin  were  fallely  alledg'd.  This  Accufation  could  not 
 fail  of  being  taken  notice  of,  in  a  Court  in  which  there  were 
 abundance  of  Officers  and  Lords  whodid  profefs  the  Reform  d 
 Religion.  So  that  upon  the  Difputes  occafion'd  by  the  faid 
 Sermon,  the  Jefuit  who  had  not  advanced  this  Propofition 
 with  an  Intention  to  retracl  it,  gave  a  Memoir  of  the  Fa  Hi- 
 ties  he  pretended  to  obferve  in  the  laid  Quotations  to  a  Rf 
 formd  Gentleman  who  defiVd  it  5  and  the  laid  Gentleman 
 gave  it  to  Dn  Moulin*. 
 
 TheMinifters  u  ere.not  as  yet  reduced  to  fuffer  every  tiling  tht 
 without  making  a  defence:  Moreover  they  were  firm  and  vi- 
 gorous  in  their  Repartees  >  and  particularly  when  they  met  ton's  An- 
 a  Jefuit  in  their  way  they  never  failM  to  fpeak  of  the  Merit 
 of  his  Se&.    Therefore  Du  Moulin  who  had  a  Sprightly  Wt:, 
 a  Fruitful  Imagination,  a  heart  full  of  Zeal,  and  who,  as  it 
 has  been  own'd  by  his  very  Adverfaries,  did  Write  with  as 
 much  Politenels  as  Force  and  Eafe,  was  not  long  before  he 
 Anfwer'd  the  Jefuit,  having  firft  Confuked  Mpnt'igni^  B  i- 
 rant,  zn&Meflrezat  his  Colleagues  in  the  Miniftry.  They 
 gave  it  the  Title  of,  Defence  of  the  Conffjion  of  Faith  of 
 the  Reformed  Churches  of  France,  again  ft  the  Accufation  of  At- 
 noux  the  Jefuit ,&c  which  they  Dedicated  to  the  King.  They 
 mention'd  with  fome  Vigour  in  the  Dedication  the  Services 
 the  Reform  d  had  done  to  the  State;  and  they^  us'd  the  Jefuirs 
 in  it,  in  the  fame  manner  as  all  Perfons  of  Honour  had  usM 
 them  till  then.    They  did  nor  forget  the  laft  Eftates  held  at 
 Paris,  and  the  Controverfie  that  had  been  Hi  v\J  there  con- 
 cerning the  Independency  of  Kings,  who,  they  laid,  had  loft 
 their  Caule  by  the  Faction  of  the  Clergy.    Amoux  and  the 
 Jefuits  being  netcl\J  at  this  Letter,  caus'd  a  great  deal  or  Noife 
 to  be  made  about  it:  So  that  almoft  as  foou  as  the  Book  ap-  Jg*M 
 pear'd  they  inform'd  againtf  the  Work,  againft  the  Author,  VZ'Jkm 
 and  agaiii.T:  the  Printer.    The  Lieutenant  Civil,  or  Common  are  given. 
 Judge  having,  firft  taken  Cognizance  of  it ^  that  Affair  was 
 foon  after  remov'd  before  the  Parliament,  which  occafion'd  a 
 Dilpute  in  point  of  Jurifdichon  between  the  Great  Chamber, 
 
 K  k  and 
 
2  74-  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  IL 
 
 1 517.  and  the  Chamber  of  the  Edict :  The  firft  pretended  to  retain 
 *****  the  Caufe,  as  being  a  Civil  Caufe  ;  and  the  laft  would  have 
 it  Try'd  before  them,  as  being  an  Affair  of  Religion.  This 
 Conteftation  was  determin'd  by  a  Decree  of  the  Council, 
 bearing  Date  July  the  20th,  which  refer'd  the  Caufe  to  the 
 King:  And  within  a  fourth  Night  after  it,  another  Decree 
 was  made,  in  which  the  King  forbad  the  Dedicating  of  any 
 Book  to  him  without  his  exprefs  leave  ;  fupprefs'd  that  of  the 
 Minifters,  forbad  the  reading  of  it,  or  to  keep  it,  under  cer- 
 tain Penalties ;  and  order'd  the  Provoft  of  Paris  to  Profecute 
 the  Printer. 
 
 PmnpMets    This  Decree  dictated  by  the  Jefuits,  only  ferv'd  to  fet  a 
 °rdcshoth   greater  value  upon  the  Book.    Divers  Pamphlets  were  di- 
 ipers'don  both  fides  upon  that  Subject ;  among  which  there 
 was  one  which  acknowledge  Arnoux  the  Jefuit  to  be  the  Ag- 
 gre/for,  and  that  pretended  that  it  was  a  Crime  in  the  Mini- 
 fters  to  have  dar'd  to  defend  themfelves.    So  that  according 
 10  the  Maxims  of  that  Writer,  the  Condemnation  of  the  Mi- 
 nifters  could  only  be  look'd  upon  as  an  Oppreflion  of  Inno- 
 cence, fo  much  the  more  Unjuft  that  though  thofe  who  had 
 been  attack'd  had  been  punifh'd,  the  Aggrelfors  had  not  fo 
 muchasreceiv'd  a  flight  Reprimand.  It  was  againft  this  Book 
 of  the  four  Minifters  that  the  Bifhop  of  Lucon  refolv'd  to 
 s?'L^jJ  Write.    He  infifted  particularly  upon  their  Letter,  and  en- 
 W/fe?T-adeavour'd  to  prove,  that  they  had  fill'dit  withfalfhood.  He 
 gninfl  the  made  all  his  Efforts  to  juftify  the  laftEftates :  But  he  did  it  by 
 Mtnifiers.  Reafons  which  he  knew  to  be  falfe  better  than  any  Body  ; 
 which  moft  of  thole  that  had  been  concerned  in  what  paft, 
 there  could  eafily  have  con vinc'd  him  of.    That  manner  of 
 Writing  was  an  effect  of  his  fear.    It  was  the  Stile  that  belt 
 pleas'd  the  Jefuits,  whom  that  Bilhop  was  then  as  loth  to  of- 
 fend ,  as  he  defpis'd  them  iince,  when  he  found  himfelf  in  a 
 more  profperous  Fortuned 
 Afcmbiy     About  the  time  the  Synod  was  at  Fitre,  the  Clergy  was  Af- 
 '/^c^-fembled  at  Paris,  and  vigoroufly  prolecuted  the  Project  they 
 Sjht  bu  had  form'd  in  the  laft  Eftatesin  Order  to  the  Ruin  of  the  iRe- 
 fiop  of  formed.   The  Bifhop  of  Macon  made  a  Speech  to  the  King  on 
 Maconv       fecond  0f  jme    a£  tne  Head  of  the  Deputies  of  that 
 
Book  IV.      EM  of  Nantes."  275 
 
 Body:  And  it  is  eafie  to  Judge  by  the  Style  of  it,  that  the  1617. 
 Catholicks  were  no  longer  inclin'd  to  ufe  the  Refined  equi- 
 tably.  He  call'd  the  Reform  d  Mongers,  and  compared  their 
 Church  to  ^<ir,ftyling  it  a  Concubine.  He  acknowledg'd  that 
 the  Clergy  dilTembled  with  them,and  only  Tollerated  them  for 
 the  fake  of  Peace.  Hemaintain'd  that  the  CatholickChur. 
 were  happier  under  the  Turks ,  wh:re  the  free  Exercife  of 
 their  Religion  was  allow'd,  than  in  thofe  Places  where  the 
 Reformed  were  Mafters.  Hi9  Complaints  were  grounded  par- 
 ticularly upon  Three  Points.  The  firft  was,  that  the  Bifhop 
 of  Mompelter  having  beendefirous  to  introduce  Reform'd  Jai 
 cobins  into  the  Monaftery  the  Friars  of  that  Order  had  in  thcJ^JJf 
 faid  City,  by  the  Content,  as  he  faid,  of  the  Old  ones,  ofpeiier' 
 the  General  of  the  Order,  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Parli- 
 ament of  Tbouloufe,  the  Inhabitants  inftead  of  allowing  that 
 Alteration,  had  not  only  refus'd  to  receive  the  New  ones,  but 
 had  turn'd  the  Old  ones  out  of  the  City.  But  theBilliop  did 
 not  fay  what  had  indue'd  the  Inhabitants  to  do  it.  The  Bi- 
 fhop of  Mompeher  had  for  along  while  occafion'd  continual 
 disorders  and  difputes  there ,  and  had  offended  the  Reform  d 
 by  the  boldnefs  of  his  Enterprifes.  Whither  it  were  then, 
 that  they  were  afraid  thatthefe  New  Friars,  under  pretence 
 of  an  Au'ftere  Reformation,  might  be  indued  with  a  morefe- 
 ditious  Spirit,  and  confequently  more  capable  to  Second  the 
 faid  Prelate  in  his  defigns  ;  or  whither  it  were  that  remem- 
 brl.g  the  Original  of  that  Order,  which  had  Signalized  it 
 felf  from  its  firft  Formation,  by  a  thoufand  Maflacres,  and 
 who  hadacquir'd  the  Government  of  the  Inquifitionin  Spain 
 by  fiich  Qualifications,  they  were  afraid  thefe  New  comers 
 might  introduce  this  Spirit  of  Fury  and  Cruelty  in  Mompe- 
 /ier5  and  might  have  fecret  Inftru&ions  from  their  General 
 tending  to  that  End  ;  Whither,  I  fay,  it  were  for  the  firft, 
 or  laft  of  thefe  Confiderations,  the  Reform  d  refus'd  to  admic 
 fuch  Guefts.  They  involv'd  the  Old  ones  with  the  New, 
 by  reafon  that  the  one  having  given  their  Contents  to  the  In- 
 troduction of  the  others  ,  it  was  evident  by  that,  that  they 
 were  animated  by  the  fame  Spirit.  z%r<- 
 The  fecond  caufe  of  Complaint  was,that  the  fame  Peopled"  ¥: 
 &k  2  had 
 
zj6  The  Hijlory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1617.  had  refus'd  to  fuffer  a  Preacher  in  Lheir  City,  whom  the  Bi- 
 ^*Y^  fbop  had  pitch'd  upon  to  Preach  there  in  Advent  and  in 
 Lent.    The  Governour  had  undercaken  to  obtain  their  leave 
 for  it;  and  after  having  us'd  Perfwafions  he  had  imployrd 
 Gornmands.    But  the  reafon  the  Reformed  urg'd  was  that  the 
 faid  Preacher  was  a  Jef'uir,   and  that  the  Members  of  that 
 Order  endeavouring  to  imbroil  every  thing  where  ever  they 
 camei  it  was  but  juft  to  keep  them  out  of  Cities,  in  which 
 the  Reform  d  had  fo  much  Intereft  to  hinder  Seditions  and 
 Diforders.    It  was  fb  evident  that  the  Jefuits  only  fought  to 
 introduce  themfelves  in  thofe  Places  ,  to  Plot  fomething 
 againft  the  Repofe  of  the  Reformed,  that  apparently  their 
 Reafons  could  not  fail  of  being  underftood  and  approv'd  of 
 by  all  thofe  who  were  not  prejudice!  by  Paflion.  Moreover, 
 there  was  a  General  Reafon  ,  which  oblig'd  the  Reformed  to 
 oppofe  all  the  Alterations  the  Catholicks  endeavour'dtomake 
 in  the  Places  of  Surety  ;  which  was,  that  one  of  the  Con- 
 ditions granted  with  the  Places  of  Surety,  imported  that  no 
 Innovations  fhould  be  made  there.    So  that  the  Bifhop  of 
 Momfelkr's  Entcrprifes  were  Unjuft  >  fince  they  were  two 
 important  Innovations,  the  one  to  introduce  a  New  Reform 
 of  Friars  into  that  City  ,  and  the  other  to  call  a  Preacher 
 thither  of  a  fufpected  Society  ,  which  had  no  right  to  fend 
 any.    Yet  the  faid  Bifhop  was  Ftnouilkt^  for  whom  Sully  had 
 obtained  thefaid  Biflioprick,  as  I  have  related  elfewhere. 
 The  Third  Complaint  was  the  Life  that  was  made  in  Beam, 
 J Be&m  °f  tne  Efotes  that  did  formerly  belong  to  the  Ecclefia flicks. 
 faifely  re-  He  fpoke  about  it  in  the  moft  Violent  terms ;  as  if  it  had 
 frefintat.  keen  a  Horrid  Sacrilege,  to  apply  to  the  Ufe  of  the  R >.  formed 
 Churches  Eftates  which  had  been  fb  lawfully  confifcated  and 
 taken  from  thofe  that  did  formerly  poflfefs  them.    To  move 
 pitty  the  more,  he  defir'd  that  Mafs  might  be  re-eftablifh'd 
 in  above  one  hundred  Parifhes  of  that  Principality  ,  affirm- 
 ing with  as  much  boldnefs,  as  if  he  had  fpoken  the  Truth, 
 that  out  of  thirty  perfons  there,  there  were  five  and  twenty 
 Catholicks.    This  was  notorioufly  falfe ;  and  I  need  not  give 
 a  farther  Proof  of  it  in  this  place,  than  that  in  our  Days  af- 
 ter the  Alteration  of  Religion,  occafion'd  in  that  Province 
 
Book  V.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  277 
 
 by  Oppreflion  daring  the  Civil  Wars ;  by  the  Eftablifhment  1617. 
 of  feve-al  Monafteries,  that  had  feducM  many  Families  ;  by  '«/Y^ 
 whatever  the  Art,  Violence,  Promifes  and  Threats  of  the 
 Catholicks,  and  the  Inconftancy  and  Wcaknefs  of  the  People 
 had  been  able  to  contribute  towards  it,  there  frill  remain'd 
 more  Reform*  d  there  than  the  Bifhop  calculated  by  his  Speech. 
 Of  about  }}ooo  Families  which  Inhabited  in  Beam  ,  there 
 were  reckon'd  about  f-ven  thoufand  of  tfkm  prcfefiing  the 
 Reformed  Religion  Ten  years  ago.  But  the  Clergy  feidom 
 leave  their  Affairs  im  per  feci,  when  after  having  put  them 
 in  3  pretty  good  condition,  they  only  want  an  Impofture  to 
 make  an  end  of  them. 
 
 Neverthelefs,  this  Speech  prov'd  effectual;  and  the  Turn  rheEfeB 
 he  gave  to  his  Remonfrrances  was  very  well  relifh'd  \  y  the  /  that 
 Court,  which  was  refjlv'd  to  latisfie  him,  even  before  he^u" 
 had  been  heard.    He  had  the  boldnefs  to  fav,  that  he  cliJnot 
 defire  his  Majefty  to  crafs  the  Seas,   to  drive  the  Enemy  of 
 the  Chriftian  Name  out  of  the  Eafi  $  but  only  that  he  would 
 bepleas'd  to  reftorean  intire  Liberty  to  fbme  Catholick  Cbur-, 
 ches  of  his  Kingdom,  which  he  pretended  were  opprefs'd  by 
 the  In/ufHce  of  the  Refrntd     This  was  the  Character  of 
 that  Prelat's  Eloquence,  that  he  fill'd  his  Difcourfe  with  lit- 
 tle Allufions,  among  which  fome  happen'd  to  be  well  applyYL 
 That  which  he  made  in  this  Place,  alluding  to  the  Cruifado's 
 undertaken  to  Conquer  the  Holy  Land  ,   ani  particularly  to 
 that  of  a  Prince  of  the  King's  own  Nim; ,  who  was  Cano- 
 niz'd  in  recompence  of  his  having  ruin'd  his  Kingdom,  bythofe 
 Wars  beyond  Sea,  flatter'd  the  King  agreeably,  who  afpiVd 
 to  imitate  his  Predeceffor.    BefiJes,  the  Tacit  Companion  he 
 made  of  the  Refo-m'd  that  injoyM  Ecclefiaftical  Effaces  in 
 Bidr/t,  with  the  Mihom'tans  PoflelTors  of  thofe  Places ,  to 
 which  an  Ignorant  Zeal  leads  fo  many  Pilgrims,  pleas' d  all 
 thofe  who  were  prejudice  againft  the  Reform  d  with  a  Biind 
 hatred,and  already  refolv'd  to  Sacrifice  them  tothePaflion  of 
 the  Clergy.    So  that  the  Bifhop  did  not  fail  to  obtain  part  of 
 what  he  defir'd. 
 
 A  Decree  was  made  by  the  Council  of  State,  on  the  ioth  the 
 cf  November  following,  which  allow'dthe  Catholics  of  Mam-  u  Pre" 
 
 pV'Cr  peliCr. 
 
278  The  Hijlory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1 61 7.  fill  er  to  have  Jefuit  Preachers,  and  fuch  others  as  the  Bifhop 
 \s^T*J  fhould  think  fit  to  fend  thither:  Declaring  that  the  King  by 
 his  Briefs  never  defign'd  to  deprive  theCatholicks  that  inhabi- 
 ted in  fuch  Cities  as  were  held  by  the  Reform  A,  of  the  Liberty 
 of  having fuchSecular,  or  Regular  Preachers  as  the  Diocefan 
 fhould  think  fit  to  call  thither. -which  was  laid  by  way  of  Inter- 
 *  p^f/0,,/,  pretation  of  the  Anfwers  the  King  had  given  to*  the  Cahters 
 or  Mdrcj-  Gf  iheReform'd'm  16 1 1 .  and  1612.  which  they  made  ufe  of  to 
 keep  the  Jefnitsout  of  the  Places  of  Surety.  The  truth  is  that 
 this  Interpretation  was  Contradictory  to  the  Anfwer  :  But 
 they  began  to  introduce  a  certain  Policy  into  the  Council, 
 which  makes  a  fport  of  the  Credulity  of  the  People,  and 
 which  finds  a  way  todeftroy  themoft  formal  Laws,  andthofe 
 that  are  moft  clear,  under  pretence  of  Interpreting  them. 
 This  fingularity  was  alfo  obferv'd  in  the  faid  Decrees,  that  the 
 King  did  not  fo  much  as  order  the  faid  Preachers  to  obferve  the 
 Edicts,  and  to  abftain  from  fuch  Terms  in  their  Sermons  as 
 might  give  Offence.  Neither  did  the  faid  Decree  prove  fufH- 
 cient  to  Introduce  the  Jefiiits  into  confiderable  Places ;  and 
 the  Rtfomfd  oppos'd  the  faid  Innovation,  as  long  as  poflible 
 they  could. 
 
 a  Decree    buc  the  Bifhop's  Speech  had  a  more  fpeedy  and  greater  ef- 
 Sf7  feft,  as  to  what  related  to  the  Affairs  of  Beam.    They  ob- 
 f^£«/^-tain'da  Decree  of  rleftauration,  which  gave  a  beginning  to 
 "f'^ft  l'le  ^*v^  ^ars>  which  only  ended  by  the  folong  and  fo  ear- 
 h*d  been  neftly  wifh'd  for  Ruine  of  the  Reform  d.    Therefore  I  will 
 ' '/   enlarge  a  little  upon  this  Subject,  tho*  there  are  fome  things 
 Tteun  'n  lt  wmc{l  ^eem  t0  be  heyond  the  bounds  of  my  Chief  De- 
 fign.    In  order  to  which  I  will  repeat  in  this  place,  that  the 
 Affairs  of  Beam  had  been  very  much  difcufs'd  in  the  Cham- 
 ber of  the  Clergy  during  the  Seffion  of  the  laft  Eftates ;  and 
 that  their  Deputies  had  chiefly  demanded  two  things,  of 
 which  the  one  tended  to  the  other,  and  ferv'd  as  a  Degree  to 
 arrive  to  it:  Thefirft  was  the  Re-union  of  the  Principality  of 
 Beam  to  the  Crown:  The  fecond  the  Reftauration  of  theEc- 
 clefiaftical  Eftates,  which  had  been  Confifcated  about  three- 
 fcore  Years  before  by  the  Authority  of  Queen  Jane.  The 
 Council  refolv'd  to  begin  by  the  Re-union,  as  being  that  which 
 
 admits 
 
Book  IV.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  279 
 
 admits  of  the  moll  plaufible  Reafons,  and  which  concern'd  no  1617. 
 Body  particularly.    Neverthelefs  the  B>.irr.oi<  pdg'd  other.  ^~V^J 
 wife  of  it}  and  being  perfwaded  that  the  Clergy  only  cf''t™ 
 in  it,  for  their  own  advantage,  or  to  oblige  the  Court  in  onec^.^fo 
 thing,  in  order  to  obtain  other  favours  from  it  in  Recom- th* 
 pence,  they  us'd  their  utmoft  Endeavours  toward  that  blow  ypu'dby 
 which  they  believ'd  to  be  fatal  to  the  Liberty  of  their  Coun-/ 
 try.    La  Force  was  their  Governor,  a  Man  of  Sence  and  La  Force 
 Courage,  who  had  Noble  Places,  and  a  great  deaiof  Experi- 
 ence; and  who  was  much  better  pleas'd  with  being  Governor 
 of  an  Independent  Principality,  which  was  only  considerable 
 by  its  Soveraignty  ;  than  with  a  (mall  Country  which  would 
 be  inconfiderable,  being  once  mix'd  with  the  other  Provinces 
 that  were  United  to  the  Crown.    Therefore  he  did  not  fail  to 
 reprefent  the  Confequences  of  that  Affair  to  the  Btamov,and 
 to  fecond  their  Endeavours  with  great  Courage  and  Vigour. 
 He  was  neverthelefs  accus'd  of  having  only  been  difficult  tofa- 
 tisfie  in  that  matter,  to  make  himfelf  the  more  confiderable ; 
 and  that  his  only  aim  in  oppofing  the  Court  w?as  to  be  Indem- 
 nify'd  for  what  he  was  to  lofe  by  that  Alteration. 
 
 But  there  was  another  Man  of  great  Authority  in  Beam  in  A^Lf' 
 whom  the  Reformed  who  were  the  ftrongeft  there,  repos'd  aam' 
 great  deal  of  Confidence.  It  was  Lefcuxa.  Councellor  in  the 
 Soveraign  Council  of  the  Country  5  a  Sprightly,  Refolute, 
 Vigorous  Man,  who  had  Courage,  Learning  and  Eloquence; 
 And  the  Beimois  held  him  in  great  Veneration  for  that  gene- 
 rous Love  for  his  Country,  and  for  the  Publick  Good,  of  which 
 we  find  no  more  Examples,  unlefs  it  be  in  Ancient  Hi/lories. 
 The  Court  on  thecontrary  made  him  pafsfor  a  Factious  Tur- 
 bulent Perfbn  :  And  took  a  pretence  to  make  him  perifh  as  a 
 Perturbatorof  the  Publick  Peace,  by  reafon  of  the  Undefati- 
 gable  Zeal  he  exprefs'd  for  the  Welfare  of  his  Religion,  and 
 of  hisCountrey.  It  is  by thofe  Rigors  that  all  thofe  who  have 
 aim'dat  Defpotick  Power,  have  ftifTd  in  all  Hearts  the  Seeds 
 of  thatVertue,  which  was  formerly  the  Nobleft  Character  of 
 the  Hero's :  Thofe  were  us'd  by  them  as  Criminals  of  State 
 who  look'd  upon  a  Man  of  Honour  to  be  oblig'd  above  all 
 things  to  prefer ve  the  Privileges  of  his  Countrey :  And  they 
 
 were 
 
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 1617.  were  fenfible  that  Men  would  lay  afide  that  greatnels  of  Soul, 
 i/V^  formerly  fo  much  Reverenc'd,  finding  it  only  attended  with 
 Difgraceand  Misfortunes :  And  that  all  fuch  would  be  fent  to 
 the  Gallows,  or  to  the  Block  to  whom  Antiquity  would  have 
 rais'd  Triumphal  Archesand  Statues.  This  Lefcun  was  depu- 
 ted to  the  Council,  after  the  Clergy  had  caus'd  the  Btamok  to 
 be  fummon'd  there  to  be  prefent  at  the  Try  al  of  the  Reftaurati- 
 on  of  the  Ecclefiaftical  Lands  they  pretended:  But  he  was 
 imploy'd  at  the  fame  time  in  the  Profecution  of  both  thofe 
 Points  5  and  he  wasamus'd  long  at  Parts,  without  being  ex- 
 pedited. Finally  whether  the  Court  was  afham'd  to  try  thofe 
 Affairs  in  his  pretence,  and  thnt  they  were  at  a  lofs  about  his 
 Titles,  Remonftrances,  and  Reafons ;  or  whither  they  were 
 not  as  yet  fully  refblv'd  about  it,  at  a  time  when  the  Kingdom 
 was  threatned  with  a  thoufand  other  Troubles,  he  was  fent 
 back  again  :  And  to  remove  all  manner  of  fufpitien  of  their 
 defigningtotry  the  bufincfs  af;er  his  departure,  they  return'd 
 him  the  Pieces  he  had  procue'd  ;  and  they  made  a  Verbal  pro- 
 mifeto  linn  that  they  would  not  end  thofe  Suits  without  firft 
 giving  him  notice  of  it,  and  without  hearing  him. 
 ■Dtitit  of  Neverthelefs  they  broke  their  Word  to  him  ;  And  in  the  fe- 
 theGoun.  quel  they  made  ufcof  the  W  ritings  he  had  producd,  as  a 
 pretence  to  fay  that  they  had  heard  his  Reafons  and  feen  his 
 Papers.  Therefore  at  the  beginning  of  Dtcember  in  the  Year 
 1616.  in  order  to  prepare  People  to  receive  the  Edict  that  was 
 publifb'd  fbme  Days  after  it,  they  put  out  a  pretty  fineDi/Ter- 
 tation,  upon  the  particular  Queftionof  the  He-union  of  Beam 
 to  the  Crown.  It  prefuppos'd  that  the  {aid  Re-union  had  al- 
 ready been  made  before  by  Htnry  IV.  When  he  did  re-unite 
 Diferta-  ^Avar  by  a  folemn  Edict,  in  the  Month  of  July  1607.  tne 
 tim  upm  general  Terms  of  which  extended  the  fame  Re-union 
 this  mat.  t0  a]j  tjle  £(^atcs  tnat  did  belong  to  him,  before  the  Crown 
 fell  to  him  :  So  that  the  thing  in  Debate  was  not  pro- 
 perly the  Re-union  of  Beam;  but,  to  put  the  (aid  Re-union 
 which  was  already  made  in  Execution.  The  Author  of  it  pre- 
 tended  that  it  was  granted  upon  Right,  and  confirm'd  by  fe- 
 veral  Examples ;  That  King's  did  contract  a  kind  of  Marriage 
 with  the  Kingdom  that  fell  to  them  5  That  the  Re-union  of 
 
 their 
 
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 their  other  Eftates  with  that  Crown,  was  as  a  Gift  which  they  1617. 
 wereoblig'd  to  make  to  it  upon  the  account  of  that  Marriage, 
 which  became  part  of  that  Crown  ;  That  feveral  Kings  be- 
 fore Henry  IV.  had  done  the  like;  and  that  the  Cafe  of 
 Beam  was  the  fame.  And  as  one  of  the  main  Reafbns  the 
 Beamou  alledg'd  againft  thofe  Examples,  was  that  they  only 
 related  to  moving  Eftates,  and  fiich  as  paid  Hommage  to  the 
 Crown  of  France  5  whereas  Beam  was  an  Independent  Prin- 
 cipality j  They  refuted  this  Pretention  by  a  long  Chain  of 
 Contrary  Proofs.  The  firft  was  drawn  from  the  Ancient 
 Divifion  of  France,  whereby  it  a ppear'd  that  Beam  had  been 
 part  of  the  Kingdom  of  Jqmtain.  The  iecond  was  taken 
 from  the  Privileges  the  Beamois  poffefs'd  in  France,  where 
 they  were  reputed  Natives  $  and  were  not  oblig'd  to 
 take  Letters  of  Naturalization,  to  injoy  the  Prerogatives  of 
 Frenchmen.  The  third  was  grounded  upon  the  Prince  of 
 Beam's  having  paid  Hommage  to  the  Kings  of  England,  Dukes 
 of  Aqultain  \  That  the  fame  Princes  had  often  appeai'd  from 
 the  Judgment  of  their  Barons  to  the  Parliament  of  Guvenm, 
 and  from  thence  afterwards  to  Pari* ;  That  by  fome  PalTages 
 of  the  fifteenth  Book  of  the  Regifters  of  Innocent  III.  it  did 
 appear  that  the  Duke  of  Jquitain  had  Cemmenc'd  a  Suit  a- 
 gainft  the  Vice-comte  of  Beam,  as  a  Lord  to  his  VafTal.  They 
 alledg'd  for  the  fourth,  That  the  faid  Principality  had  been 
 fometimes  under  the  Jurifdi&ion  of  the  Parliament  of  Thou- 
 louft ;  and  rhey  added  finally,  That  when  the  Lords  of  that 
 Country  had  rcfus'd  to  pay  Homage  for  it,  War  had  fometimes 
 been  declared  againft  them  toconftrain  them  to  do  it. 
 
 They  granted  that  there  was  a  Prefcription  of  many  sufpenfri 
 Years  in  favour  of  the  Beamois  :  But  then  they  faid,  That  it 
 could  be  no  Plea  for  them,  by  reafon  of  this  Defpotick  Max- 
 im, That  no  Prefcription  can  avail  againft  the  Rights 
 of  the  Crown,  which  are  facred,  and  can  never  be  A- 
 lienated.  A  Maxim  very  oppofite  to  Natural  Right,  which 
 ever  prejudges  in  favour  of  Liberty;  and  which  wills  that 
 .Servitude  fhould  be  Eftablifh'd  by  great  Titles,  but  that  they 
 fh^uld  be  Abolifh'd  by  fhort  Prefcriptions.  Moreover 
 they  grounded  the  Nullity  of  the  faid  Prefcription,  upon 
 
 L  I  its 
 
iS%  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1617.  its  proceeding  from  the  Sufpenfion  of  the  Rights  of  France  in 
 favour  of  a  King  of  Ntvar,  who  having  been  depriv'd  of 
 part  of  his  Dominions,  andreduc'd  to  retire  with  all  his  Court 
 in  Btam,  had  not  been  profecuted  for  the  fa  id  Hommage,  up- 
 on the  account  of  his  Zeal  for  the  Service  of  France,  for  fear 
 of  adding  Affliction  to  the  Afflicted.    They  deny'd  that  ever 
 the  faid  Province  was  Infra nchis'd  by  Charles  Martel,  as  they 
 pretended.    They  alledg'd  the  Example  of  the  Re-union  of 
 Bretagve,  which  had  been  done  notwithstanding  the  pretenfi- 
 ©ns  of  the  People  who  thought  their  Country  Independent 
 of  the  Crown ;  and  who  had  formerly  given  the  Name  of 
 *lllclak.  *  Mauclerc  to  one  of  their  Dukes,  Nam'd  Ptter  ;  becaufe  that 
 not  understanding  his  Rights,  he  had  acknowledg'd  himfelf  a 
 VafTalof  France:  So  that  they  claim'd a  Right,  deriv'd  from 
 an  Injuftice committed  againlt  the  Brittons,  even  contrary  to 
 the  Articles  of  the  Treaty  made  with  them  when  Charles  VIII. 
 Marry^d  their  laft  Dutchefs,  to  do  the  fame  to  the  Bearnois. 
 Thefe  are  the  Maxims  of  thofe  who  pretend  to  change  the  Na- 
 ture of  things  by  laying,  J  will  have  it  fo.    What  they  have 
 doneonce,  whither  juftly,  or  unjuftly,  becomes  an  Example 
 for  the  future  }  and  whereas  they  have  done  it  maugre  the 
 Complaints  and  Murmurings  of  the  Parties  concern'd,  they 
 have  acquir'd  a  Right  of  doing  the  fame  as  often  as  new  Oc- 
 cafions  offer  themfelves. 
 itcmvtni-    jn  tne  next  place  they  endeavoured  to  prove,That  the  with- 
 mSCgtkt  drawing  of  Beam  from  the  reft  of  the  Crown  would  be  liable 
 dij-umon;  to  a  Thoufand  Inconveniencies  ;  that  confidering  what  had 
 Z'Lfge',  naPpenM  to  Navar,  by  the  Invafion  of  the  Spaniards,  who 
 *fth\  \jni~  had  Ufurp'd  it  from  a  Prince  who  was  too  weak  to  defend  it, 
 t/J>        every  body  ought  to  defire  to  fee  Beam  Incorporated  in  a  State 
 potent  enough  to  defend  it  ;  That  its  fituation  at  the  Foot  of 
 the  [fountains  which  ferve  for  a  Barrier  to  the  two  King- 
 doms, requir'd  to  be  united  to  that  on  the  fide  of  which  it 
 was  feated.    Moreover  that  they  had  no  Intentions  to  ruine 
 the  Privileges  of  that  Principality,  norto  meddle  withtheSo- 
 veraignty  of  their  Laws;  That  it  wasnecefTary  to  create  a 
 Parliament  there  not  as  in  a  Conquer'd  Country,  to  keep 
 *hem  within  the  Bounds  of  Obedience :  but  to  honour  it 
 
 as 
 
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 as  a  Country  in  which  Hitirj/ the  Great  was  Born ;  That  there  1617. 
 were  many  Examples  in  Antiquity  of  Honours  done  to  places 
 that  were  remarkable  by  the  Birth  of  great  Princes  ;  That  it 
 was  neceflfary  to  prelerve  the  old  Laws  and  Cuftoms  of  the 
 BearnoU  ;  and  to  difmember  fome  Lands  that  were  under  the 
 Jurildi&ion  of  the  other  Parliaments,in  order  to  afford  a  larger 
 Extent  of  Jurifdi&ion  to  that  which  fhould  be  Created  in 
 Beam.  They  added  to  all  this,  great  Elogies  of  Mxrsjuemont, 
 Arch-Bifhopof  Lyons,  who  had  feconded  this  Propofition  in 
 the  laft  Eftates.  They  reprefented  that  Re-union  as  very  ad- 
 vantagious for  the  whole  Kingdom  of  France,  which  would 
 thereby  be  freed  on  that  fide  of  forcing  Incurfions}  and  for 
 the  Country  of  Bear*  it  felf,  who  would  become  a  fharer  in 
 the  Glory  and  Happinefs  of  thereftof  the  Kingdom.  Finally 
 in  order  to  render  the  Reform  d  Odious,  as  if  the  Oppofition 
 did  only  proceed  from  them,  and  from  a  Spirit  of  Faction, 
 the  Author  fpoke  of  that  Re-union,  or  Conjunction  as  of  a 
 thing  which  the  Bearnois  earneftly  defir'd  ;  and  he  begg'd  it 
 of  the  King  in  their  Names  in  very  preffing  Terms. 
 
 Never theleft  the  Bearnois  in  general  were  very  diftant  from  f/^Rw^* 
 that  Thought;  and  the  major  part  of  the  Catholicks  concur-  [*wZp 
 red  with  the  Reform'din  the  Defign  to  prevent  that  Impor- 
 tant  Innovation.  There  were  none  but  the  Clergy  feconded 
 by  the  Houfe  of  Grammont,  which  was  at  odds  with  La  Force, 
 and  fome  others  either  too  Credulous,  or  prejudie'd  by  Bi- 
 gotry, or  fuch  as  expected  to  raife  their  Fortunes  by  fuch  an 
 Aheration,who  further'd  that  Enterprize.  No  body  was  igno- 
 rant that  the  Clergy  were  the  Authors  of  the  aforelaid  DiiTer- 
 tation ;  and  none  look'd  upon  them  to  be  fb  well  inclin'd  to  the 
 Publick  Good,  as  only  to  defign  the  advantage  of  others. 
 Moreover  there  was  fomething  very  fingular  ;  in  that  the  de- 
 fign of  that  Re-union  had  been  Infpir'd  by  the  Council  of 
 Spain,  which  endeavour'd  it  with  all  their  might  :  Imagining 
 perftaps  that  thole  People  who  are  naturally  hot  and  prefump- 
 tuous  would  never  fufTer  their  contra&ual  Laws  to  be  Viola- 
 ted3  without  taking  up  Arms  to  maintain  them  :  Or  that  the 
 Reform  d  Churches  of  France  would  never  behold  the  ruineof 
 thofe  of  that  Province  without  renewing  the  Civil  Wars.  It  is 
 
 L I  2  mod 
 
284.  The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1617.  moft  certain  at  leaft,  that  during  the  delays  of  that  Affair, 
 v^rc*>  Spain  did  powerfully  excite  the  Council  of  France.  They 
 furnifh'dtheReafonsand  Proofs  which  were  alledg'd  againft 
 the  pretenfionsof  the  Bearnois,  and  which  were  vilibly  taken 
 out  of  the  Titles  of  Convents,  or  Spawjh  Hiflorians  ;  out  of 
 theRegiflers  of  Barcdonna,  the  Archieves  of  the  Metropoli- 
 tan Church  of  Tarracona,  and  other  places.    Several  Libels 
 which  were  difpers'd  upon  that  Sub je£t,  which  feem'd  to  be 
 Printed  at  Avignon,  were  neverthelefs  brought  from  Spain. 
 It  was  eafily  prov'd  by  the  way  by  which  they  were 
 brought ;  and  even  without  that  it  was  eafie  to  judge  at  the 
 fir  ft  reading,  that  Spain  had  a  hand  in  them.    The  Stile  of 
 the  League  was  apparent  in  them,  which  in  all  their  Writings 
 mention'd  the  King  of  Spain.    One  of  thofe  Libels,  after  ha- 
 ving admonifh'd  the  King  not  to  fuffer  himfelf  to  be  perfua- 
 dedoutof  it,  added  thefe  Words.    What  would  the  Prince  of 
 the  Church  fay?  What  wo<td  the  C at  hoi ck.  King  fay  ?  What 
 would,  the  Emperor  fayt  Which  fufRciently  fhew'd  that  thole 
 Forreign  Powers  had  a  hand  in  it. 
 Motives      Perfbns  of  Judgment  eafily  fa w,  that  the  Promifes  of  pre- 
 imn?"  ferv>ng  the  Rightsand  Privileges  of  rhat  little  Mate  were  no- 
 thing but  an  Illufion  :  Since  the  method  they  obferv'd  to  effect 
 the  (aid  Re-union  violated  their  mo  t  EfTential  Rights  ;  which 
 confifted  in  not  being  members  of  another  Body,  but  to  be  a 
 Body  a  part,  although  in  the  Hands  and  uncer  the  Authority 
 of  the  fame  Mafter.    Befides,  according  to  the  Constitution 
 of  that  Principality,  no  Law  could  be  made  there,  nor  revers'd 
 unlefs  by  the  Approbation  of  the  Prince  and  the  Eftates.* 
 Whereas  the  Prince  would  make  that  Re«union,  like  an  abfb- 
 lute  Mafter,  contrary  to  the  defire,  and  in  fpite  of  the  oppo- 
 fition  of  the  People  :  which  was  properly  to  trample  upon  the 
 Law, which  they  call'd  Fundamental  and  Contractual.  As  for 
 the  Reformed  they  were  very  fenfible  that  the  Council  would 
 not  flop  there;  That  thisfkflftep  was  only  a  Tryal,  to  re* 
 duce  the  Reformed  Religion  in  Beam,  on  the  fame  Terms  as 
 it  was  in  the  reft  of  the  Kingdom.    The  Policy  of  our  Days 
 would  not  allow  fuch  Countries  as  were  not  united  to  the 
 
 Crown 
 
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 Grown  at  the  time  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes.,  to  injoy  the  Pri-  1617* 
 vileges  of  that  Editf,  becaufe  they  could  not  bedefign'd  to  be  W^W 
 comprehended  in  it  at  that  time :  But  yet  under  Lewis  XI1F.  it 
 would  needs  have  it,  that  at  whatever  time  the  faid  Re-union 
 was  made,  it  was  fufficient  to  iatroduce  the  Roman  Religion 
 there  according  to  the  Edict,  in  the  fame  Splendor  in  which 
 it  was  thereby  Eftablifh'd  elfewhere.  So  that  the  Reformed,- 
 of  Beam  feeing  Religion  and  Liberty  were  equally  concern'd 
 in  that  Affair, omitted  nothing  to  Ward  a  blow  which  would 
 occafion  the  mine  of  borh.  Whereupon  their  Enemies  up- 
 braided them  as  being  guilty  of  a  very  fhameful,  or  very  Cri- 
 minal Inconftancy,  in  hav  ing  formerly  defir'd  their  Churches 
 to  be  United  to  thofe  of  France,  in  order  to  make  but  one 
 Body  in  the  National  Synods,  and  in  the  General  AfTemblies 
 whereas  they  now  exprefs'd  fo  much  Repugnancy  to  become 
 Members  of  the  fame  Body  Politick  with  the  reft  of  the  King- 
 dom. But  that  Reproach  did  not  move  them, by  reafbn  that  the 
 faid  diverflty  of  Sentiments  had  been  produe'd  by  the> 
 diverfity  of  Conjunctures.  They  had  defir'd  to  be  United  with 
 thofe  Churches,  in  order  the  more  to  engage  themfelves  in  the 
 Communion  of  their  Doctrine:  And  they  oppos'd  the  Union- 
 of  their  Country  to  the  Crown,  as  a  tiling  which  would  ferve 
 to  introduce  the  General  OppreiTion  of.  their  Confidences  and 
 of  their  Perfbns.  . 
 
 Therefore  they  anfwer'd  the  DifTertation  I  have  already  Andtfair 
 mention'd,  applying  themfelves  more  todeftroy  the  Conclu-  f^fm£ J* 
 fion,  than  to  refute  the  Arguments  one  after  another;  which 
 were  compos 'd  of  thofe  kind  of  Probabilities,  which  become 
 Demonstrations  in  the  Caufeof  the  ftrongeft  ;  but  yet  which 
 do  not  hinder  People  in  point  of  Politicks  to  be  ready  to  main--, 
 tain  the  contrary,  when  their  intereft  requires  it.  This  Pam- 
 phlet under  the  Name  of  a  Gentleman  of  Navar,  maintain^, 
 that  the  greateft  Princes  had  ever  been  pleas'd  to  nreferve  the 
 Titles  of  their  Ancient  Pofleflions,  as  Monuments  of  the 
 Grandeur  of  their  PredecefTors ;  That  fbme  of  them  ftill  re- 
 tain'd  the  Titles  of  Kings  of  Jerttfalevt,  and  Princes  of  Antioch-y 
 That  Henry  III.  himfelf  after  having  loft  the  Ctowa  of  Poland, 
 had  kept  the  Title  of  it ;  That  the.Republick  of  VemceytW. 
 
2  8(5  The  Hifiory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1617.  deprivM  of  the  Kingdom  of  Cyprus,  would  not  fuffcr  the  Arms 
 V^V^  of  thatSoveraignty  Carv'd  upon  a  Column  before  theChurch 
 of  St.  Mark  to  be  ras'd  out  5  That  thofe  who  were  leaft.  fa- 
 voured by  Fortune  took  as  many  Titles  as  they  had  Caftles. 
 That  thofe  who  propo;>'d  the  Re-union  of  Nkvmj,  and  of  Beam 
 to  the  Crown,  feem'd  on  the  contrary  only  to  be  defirous  to 
 extinguifh  the  Title  of  King  of  Navar,  as  if  it  were  inconfift- 
 entwith  that  of  King  of  France  ;  that  though  it  were  true 
 that  according  to  the  General  Acceptation  of  the  World  the 
 greateft  draws  in  the  leaft,  yet  that  it  did  not  follow  that  the 
 Glorious  Name  of  France  fhould  Abolifh  that  of  Navary  and 
 reduce  the  State  of  it  into  a  Province,  by  deftroying  their 
 Rights  and  Privileges  ;  That  it  leiTen'dthe  Authority  of  Kings 
 to  change  their  Kingdoms  into  Provinces ;  That  tfae  Treble 
 Crown  of  the  Popes,  and  the  Thiara  of  the  Kings  of  Perfia, 
 (how'd  fufficiently  that  it  is  an  honour  to  wear  feverai  Crowns  > 
 That  the  King  of  Spam  did  not  confound  his  Kingdoms  5  That 
 the  Emperor  though  elevated  above  other  Princes,  was  not 
 afham'd  of  the  Titles  of  King  of  Bohemia  and  of  Hungary  ; 
 That  it  was  true  that  the  King  of  France  bearing  the  Name 
 of  thofe  two  Crowns,  prelerv'd  the  Right  of  Lawful  Sove- 
 reign over  both  ;  but  that  in  cafe  all  the  Laws  of  the  Kingdom 
 were  violated  ;  it  fignifyM  nothing  to  retain  the  bare  Title  of 
 it ;  That  God  having  made  the  Fundamental  Laws  of  Mo- 
 narchies, they  cannot  be  Trampled  upon  without  Sacrilege. 
 That  they  were  like  the  flx'd  Star,  which  cannot  change  their 
 Place  unlefs  when  the  Firmament  turns. 
 TheEdm  Thefe  were  partly  the  Reafons  of  thofe  who  were  afraid, 
 9*t'-vjm  t^iat  t^ie  ^ourt  defign'd  t0  fubmit.as  it  came  to  pate,  thofe  re- 
 t<*  w  ■  mamsof  afree  State,  in  which  Oppreffion  was  frill  unknown 
 to  the  Laws  of  a  Kingdom  in  which  the  King's  Authority  be- 
 gan to  grow  excefltve.  But  yet  neither  thefe  nor  the  others 
 could  prevent  thepublifhing  of  the  Edict  of  Re-union,  in  the 
 fame  Month  in  which  thofe  Writings  appear'd.  The  Eftates 
 of  Beam  oppos'd  the  faid  Edi&,  and  nominated  Deputies  to 
 afftft  theSyndicks  of  the  Country  to  draw  their  faid  Oppofi- 
 tion  inform.  They  pcfitively  maintain'd  that  Beam  was  a 
 Sovereign  Lordfbip  diftincl:  from  ail  otker  Soveraignty  ,  That 
 
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 t'ie  B  imoii  being  Govern'd  by  Laws  and  Cuftoms had  only  E-  16 17- 
 letted  Sovcraignsin  order  to  maintain  thofc  Cuftoms,  without  ^"V^ 
 allowing  them  the  Power  to  Alter,  Correct,  or  to  reform  them 
 without  the  Eftates  of  the  Country,  and  by  their  Content, 
 "friar  this  was  their  •  ontra&ua!  Fundamental  Law,  which  the 
 Prince  w&soblig'd  to  fu  car  to  keep  at  his  Inauguration  ;  That 
 according  to  that,  the  King  could  not  alter  it ;  That  Henry 
 IV.  himfelf  had  rejected  the  Propofition  of  it,  being  unwil- 
 ling to  wrong  a  Countrj  in  \\  hich  he  was  Born.  Thole  Con- 
 federations made  them  hope  that  provided  they  could  be  heard 
 rathe  Council,  they  might  obtain  fomething  favourable  from 
 it.  But  infLad  of  receiving  any  fatisfacrion  from  them,  they 
 gave  them  frefh  Caufesof  Complaint  ;  and  the  Aflembly  of 
 the  Clergy  obtain'd  a  Decree  of  Reftauration  of  the  Church  rhechrg^ 
 Lands,  after  having  fo  long  fbllicited  for  it.  Manidd,  one°^w  * 
 of  the  Deputies  General,  who  ftaid  at  Paris  while  his  CoI-£)Xl 
 league  went  to  Vitrt  to  aftift:  at  the  National  Synod  there, be- 
 ing  inform'd  that  the  Council  was  preparing  to  give  the  faid 
 Decree,  remonftrated  on  the  2  r  ft  of  June,  that  it  was  fit  to 
 allow  Ufcun  time,  according  as  it  was  promis'd-  to  him,  to 
 repair  to  the  Court  again  to  give  in  his  Reafbns,  and  to  deli- 
 ver thofe  Papers  into  the  King's  Hands  which  were  return'd  to 
 him  the  preceeding  Year.  But  the  Clergy  prevails  not  with- 
 ftanding  this  juft  Remonftrance,  DaVair,  who  was  made 
 Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal,  and  who  did  not  think  himfelf  un- 
 worthy of  a  Cardinal's  Cap,  bely'd  in  this  occafion,  as  in 
 feveral  others,  the  Reputation  of  Probity  he  had  acquird, 
 before  his  being  rais'd  to  that  Dignity  :  And  in  order  tnatall 
 the  Clergy  might  /hare  the  favour  of  one  of  the  Members  of 
 th.u  Body,  he  puftYd  on  that  Affair  with  all  his  Credit.  So 
 thato  ihe2?dof  the  faidMonth  in  the  pretence  of  La  Force, 
 who  us'd  his  utmoft  endeavours  to  hinder  it,  a  Decree  was 
 given  in  the  Council,  by  which  the  King  order'd  the  faid 
 Procefsto  be  brought  before  him  :  And  two  Days  after  it  a 
 Definite  Decree  was  given  to  the  fatisfaflion  of  the 
 Clergy.' 
 
 This 
 
i88  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1617.  This  Decree  declar'd  pofitively  that  the  Deputies  had  been 
 1£JY>JJ  heard,  and  that  the  Council  had  feen  the  Writings  and  Art- 
 rw7J^wers  y  an^  ordain'd  three  things. 
 
 theDyti.  Firft,  The  Reftitution  of  Church  Lands,  and  the  Reftau* 
 limhZd  mi011  of  tne  Catholick  Religion,  throughout  the  Principak- 
 w  Z  'ty  0^  Beam. 
 
 writings  Secondly,  The  prefervation  of  the  Reform* dm  all  their  Pri- 
 vileges 5  and  the  Reimplacement  of  the  Sums  that  were  ta- 
 ken from  them  by  the  laid  Decree  of  Reftauration,  upon  the 
 Ancient  Demefne  of  Beam;  and  in  cale  that  were  not  fufli- 
 cient,  upon  the  Demefnes  of  the  Adjacent  Places  ;  according 
 to  which  it  was  faid,  that  the  Sums  fhould  be  ftated  upon  the 
 Expence  of  the  Houfhold,as  ordinary  and  local  Charges,which 
 were  to  be  acquitted  before  all  others,  the  Alignments  of 
 which  fhould  not  be  Converted  to  any  other  ufe.  They  had 
 bethought  themfelvesof  this  Illufion  of  Reimplacement,  to 
 render  the  (aid  Decree  of  Reftauration  more  tollerable  to 
 fuchas  only  judge  of  things  by  appearances :  And  indeed  the 
 Churches  and  all  particular  Perlons  feem'd  thereby  to  be  In- 
 tiemnify'd. 
 
 Finally  the  Decree  adjourn'd  the  Demand  of  the  Clergy 
 to  be  admitted  into  the  Eftatesof  the  Country,  to  the  return 
 of  the  Commiflioner  the  King  would  fend  thither  to  put  the 
 laid  Decree  in  Execution.  After  which  the  King  writ  tothofe 
 who  had  the  management  of  the  Ecclefiaftical  Affairs  in  Beam, 
 to  fend  fome  body  at  Court  to  be  prefent  at  the  making  of  the 
 faid  Reimplacement. 
 snbtihyof  It  was  an  Exquifite  Subtilty  of  the  Clergy,  to  order  that 
 -tbi  clergy.  Affair  in  the  Nature  of  a  Civil  Procefs,  as  if  it  had  only  been 
 a  Contftearion  between  private  Perfons :  Whereas  the  thing 
 in  queftion  was  to  revoke  a  Law,  pafs'd  by  the  Authority  of 
 the  Soveraign,  with  the  Confent  of  the  Eltates,  for  the  pu« 
 nifhment  of  a  Rebellious  Clergy,who  had  betray'd  their  Law- 
 ful Princes,  andcaub'd  their  SubjeOs  to  take  up  Arms  to  de- 
 prive them  of  their  Inheritance.  But  they  were  fenfible  that 
 it  would  prove  an  eafier  Task  to  judge  a  Procefs,  than  to  re- 
 voke a  Law  grounded  upon  fuch  good  Reafons.  Neverthelefs 
 as  Decrees  are  no  Laws  in  France,  they  were  oblig'd  after- 
 wards 
 
Book  V.       MB  of  Nantes.  2  8? 
 
 wards  to  convert  the  faid  Decree  into  the  form  of  an  Edict,  1617. 
 to  the  end  that  the  Inrollment  of  it  might  be  perform'd  with  ^*v^J 
 more  Formality,    Fn  the  mean  while  the  Clergy  being  un- 
 willing to  appear  lngrateful,  caus'd  the  Bifhop  of  A  re  to  AV\oim 
 return  the  Ring  Thanks  on  the  iSth  of  jf«/y;  whole  Speech  had  specc ' 
 yet  more  Violence  in  it  than  the  Bifhop  of  Micons.  Among 
 the  Complaints  which  follow'd  thofe  Thanks,  there  was  one 
 againft  the  Book  of  the  four  Minifters,  and  againft  their  De- 
 dication to  the  King.    He  call'd  them  Impudent,  Minifters  of 
 trreiigion  and  of  Falfbood^nd  he  ftil'd  their  Religion  the  Whore 
 of  Satan.    He  bragg'd  that  they  had  been  forc'd  to  lay  down 
 the  Cudgels  in  the  Conferences  of  Mantes  and  of  Fontaine* 
 bUau.    He  Elevated  the  Fidelity  of  the  Clergy  very  high ; 
 and  in  order  to  create  Jealoufies  about  the  Reform 'd,  he  ap- 
 ply'd  to  them  what  the  Kingof  England,  hsd  Ibmetimes  (aid 
 of  the  Independents  of  his  Kingdom  of  Scotland.    After  this, 
 when  the  AlTembly  broke  up  they  charged  their  Agents  with  a 
 *Cahier  containing  46  Articles:  And  they  acquitted  them-  *  Petition. 
 felvesfo  well  of  what  was  recommended  to  them  upon  that 
 SubjecT,  that  exeepting  only  one  Article  they  obtain'd  all 
 their  Demands,  as  I  will  obferve  elfe where. 
 
 TheNewsof  this  Decree  being  carry'd  into  Beam,  the  E-  r^Bear- 
 ftates  who  were  AfTembled  at  Orthez  refolv'd  to  undergo  any  noisfW^. 
 thing  tather  than  to  put  it  in  Execution,  being  equally  or- ^/'^ 
 fended  at  the  thing,  and  at  the  manner  of  it.  A  Decree  given  Blow. 
 contrary  to  the  Promife  made  to  Lefcun,  and  without  having 
 heard  half  of  what  the  Parties  concern'd  had  to  fay  \  efpeci- 
 ally  a  Decree  which  in  a  Defpotick  manner  abrogated  Laws 
 that  had  been  made  with  all  the  requir'd  Solemnities,  feem'd 
 to  them  unjuft,  not  being  fenfibleas  yet,  that  Modern  Policy 
 calls  nothing  juftice  but  the  Will  of  the  Strongelr.  They  De- 
 puted Ltfcun  to  the  King  with  humble  Remontlrances,  and  to 
 intreat  him  to  allow  that  the  Deputies  his  Majefty  fhould  de- 
 fire  them  to  fend  to  him  to  be  prefent  at  the  making  of  the 
 Reimplacement,  might  be  chofen  in  an  Affembly  compos'd 
 of  the  three  Eftates  of  Beam,  and  the  Deputies  of  all  the 
 Churches  of  France.    Lefcun  took  Letters  in  his  way  from 
 Rocbel,  from  whence  the  Aflembly  was  already  gone.  He 
 
 M  m  could 
 
i^o  The-  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  IL 
 
 i6ij.  could  not  obtain  an  Audience  at  St.  Germain*  before  the  17  th 
 'udt**  of  September.  La  Force  prefented  him  ;  The  Deputies  Ge- 
 neral feconded  liim  5  and  acquainted  the  King  tnat  all  the. 
 Churches  of  the  Kingdom  would  have  vvriten  to  him  as  well 
 as  Rochel,  if  they  could  hive  met  together  again  without  of- 
 fending him. 
 
 Booth.  Lefcan  ifl'acTS  an  Excellent  Speech  to  the  King,  and  fecond- 
 Ufc'n  ^  e^  c'ie  Petiti00  ne  prefented  to  him  from  the  Eftates  with  pow- 
 erful Reaibns  ;  alledging  that  the  Contractual  Law  had  been 
 duly  obferv'd  for  the  fpace  of  above  three  hundred  Years^ 
 and  that  there  was  no  example  of  its  having  been  Violated  ; 
 or  that  ever  the  Cuftoms  receiv'd  in  Beam,  according  to  that 
 Law  had  been  alter'd,  other  wife  than  by  the  Content  of  the 
 Eftates.  He  defir'd  an  Anfwer  to  a  Cahier  of  Grievances, 
 and  to  divers  Petitions  he  had  prefented  5  and  begg'd  a  Pro  e- 
 
 t$rfr.  cution  might  be  made  againft  the  Authors  of  a  Libel,  Intitul'd 
 Lc  Moine}  which  had  been  writen  upon  the  Affairs  of  Beam  in 
 a  ftile  full  of  Venom  and  Violence.  One  may  judge  of  it  by 
 what  the  Author  faid  ;  that  it  was  in  the  power  of  the  Ca- 
 thoikks  todeftroy  the  Reform  d^nd  that  the  only  thing  which 
 hinder'd  them  from  doing  it,  was  that  they  valu'd  the  Life  of. 
 oneCatholkk  more,  than  the  Death  of  a  hundred  Huguenots. 
 In  another  which  introdue'd  two  Peafants  fpeaking  about  the. 
 Affairs  of  the  Times,  they  made  one  of  them  fay,  That  the 
 Huguenot i  were  Impudent  to  complain  of  St.  Bartholomew's 
 Day,  and  to  call  the  Butchery  of  it,  a  Maffacre  ;  by 
 reafon  that  it  was  one  of  the  moft  Equitable  Acts  of  Juftice 
 chat  had  ever  been,  or  that  ever  could  be  done.  Moreover 
 Lefcun  deny 'd  whatever  had  been  faid  of  the  State  of  Beam 
 
 Tiwsute  by  the  Bifliop  of  Macon.  He  affirm'd  that  the  Cathoticks  were. 
 feBcam"  fohrfcom  heing  Twenty  five  in  Thirty  there,  that  on  the 
 tani.  contrarv  t|ie  Reforrt?d  were  Ten  toOne,  particularly  among 
 Perfonsof  Confederation}  and  that  they  fuftain'd  almoft  all 
 the  Charges  ;  That  the  Catholicks  were  fofar  from  being  ill 
 ferv'dinthe  Exerciles  and  Rites  of  their  Religion,  that  they. 
 had  upwards  of  300  Priefts,  befides  Bifhop-,  Canons,  and 
 Preachers  3  whereas  the  Reform  d  had  but  60  Minifters  jThafc. 
 
Book  IV.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  29 1 
 
 the  Catholicks  were  alfo  fo  far  from  being  inconvenienced  in  1617. 
 their  Worlhip,  being  fore'd  to  leek  out  places  diftant  from  wOT^' 
 their  Habitation  to  perform  the  fame,  that  moft  of  them  had 
 Mafsfaid  at  home,  or  very  near  them  ;  whereasthe  Reformd 
 in  feveral  Cantons  went  to  Church  at  three  Leagues  d  ilia  nee 
 from  their  Hou(es  }  That  the  Catholicks  had  thiee  parts 
 in  four  of  the  Churches,  and  pofleis'd  two  thirds  of  the  Ec- 
 clefiaftical  Revenues  j  That  the  numberof  thofe  which  w  ere 
 Enemies  to  their  Churches  daily  increis'd,  whereas  of  late 
 the  Places  of  Minifters  which  became  vacant  by  Death,  were 
 fupprefs'd  by  the  King's  Authority. 
 
 Thefe  Cafes  were  confiderable  enough  to  define  to  be  Lefcun 
 clear'd,  before  a  Definitive  Judgment  were  given  in  that  Af-  Jjfjft/**" 
 fair :  Since  that  if  Lfcun  fpoke  the  truth,  nothing  could  be 
 more  ridiculous  or  falle  than  the  Complaints  of  the  Clergy, 
 nor  more  Inhumaneor  Unjuft  than  their  Ambitious  Profecu- 
 tions.  Bui  Equity  had  already  for  fome  years  been  banifh'd 
 from  the  Court.  Juftice  and  Sincerity  were  Bury'd  with  the 
 late  King;  and  as  little  care  wastaken  to  raife  them  out  of  the 
 Grave  as  to  revenge  his  Murther.  Principally  in  ArTairs  of 
 Religion,  the  ralfe  Affertion  of  a  Bifhop  though  contrary  to 
 what  was  publickly  known  wasbeliev'd  to  the  prejudice  of  the 
 Reformed  when  they  alledg'd  Truths  attefted  by  Proofs  above 
 all  Exceptions.  Therefore  L<7?a#  obtain'd  nothing,  but  leave 
 to  treat  of  the  ArTairs  of  the  Churches  of  Btarn  jojntly 
 with  thofe  of  the  other  Churches  of  the  Kingdom,  and  by 
 the  fame  Deputies.  The  meaning  of  this  was  that  by  virtue 
 of  the  Re-union,  they  were  look'd  upon  as  making  but  one 
 Body  with  the  others ,  That  their  particular  Complaints 
 were  laid  afide,  and  order'd  to  be  Annex'd  to  the  General  Af- 
 fairs ;  and  that  whereas  the  Court  only  granted  Illufor)' 
 Words  to  the  reft  of  the  Churches  upon  their  Remonftrances, 
 thofeof  Beam  were  to  expect  the  fame  Treatment. 
 
 Accordingly,  while  the  Eftates  of  Beam  were  preparing7;  / 
 their  Inltru&ions,  and  that  Lefcun  was  ready  to  carry  them  to  fj^fj?' 
 the  Court,  the  Ring  anfwer'd  the  *  Cahier  left  by  the  Clergy  V 
 to  their  Agent ;  and  without  acquainting  Lfcun,  or  the  De-  \*$™#ft'im 
 puties  General  in  theleaft  with  it,  the  King  granted  them  cW  crJtirej}. 
 
 Mm  2  the 
 
iyz  The  Hiflory  of  the        Vol.  IE 
 
 1617.  the  laft  of  Angnft%  befides  the  reftitution  of  all  the  EcclefiafH- 
 ^"Y^J  cal  Houfes,  and  Church-yards  on  certain  Conditions,  the 
 
 Prefidentfhip  in  the  Eftates  of  the  Country  ;  The  admiffion 
 into  the  Common-CounciJ  and  ioveraign  Courts ;  The  Ex- 
 emption from  all  Jurifdiclion  but  the  Popes ;  The  Eftablifh- 
 ment  of  Jefuits  in  Beam,  without  reftri&ion  of  Number,  or 
 of  Functions,  and  without  retrenching  any  thing  of  the  Pri- 
 vileges of  Scholarfhip  from  thole  who  fhould  ftudy  in  their 
 Houfes.  One  Article  only  was  excepted  againft.  The  Cler- 
 gy defir'd  four  Cities  of  Surety  in  Beam.  This  could  be  of  no 
 utetothem,  ina  Country  where  according  to  their  own  rela- 
 \  tion  there  were  fix  Catholicks  to  one  Reform  d.  Moreover 
 the  faid  Propofition  was  moft  ridiculous  in  the  mouth  of  thofe 
 very  Perfons,  who  had  imputed  it  as  a  great  Crime  to  the 
 Refortn'd,  to  have  taken  iuch  Precautions  with  their  King. 
 But  'tis  the  Nature  of  Mankind  :  We  daily  fee  Perfons  who 
 Exempt  themfelves  from  Common  Laws;  and  think  thofe 
 things  Lawful  in  them,  which  they  impute  as  Crimes  to  the 
 reft  of  the  World. 
 
 1618.  After  this  great  Victory,  the  Bifhopsof  Beam  went  to 
 /^/tr  B°urdea"x>  and  to  Thoutoufe  to  obtain  the  Verification  of  the 
 jtdvmta-  publifh'd  upon  the  aforefaid  Reftauration  :  After  which 
 git  is  pre-  the  Bifhop  of  Q'.eron  came  back  to  Court,  and  the  Bifhop  of 
 vitbL    Lefcar  repair'd  into  Beam,  in  order  to prefs  on  both  fides  the 
 
 Accomplifbment  of  an  Affair  fo  far  advanced,  He  had  the 
 Cunning  to  (latter  La  Force  with  the  hopes  of  a  Marfhal's 
 Stafi^  and  a  Sum  of  Money  to  Indemnifie  him  5  by  which 
 means  the  faid  Lordpromis'd  to  obtain  the  Approbation  of  the 
 Edicts  of  Re-union  and  Re-implacement  in  Beam.  But  he 
 (bon  perceiv'd  that  the  Court  Laugh'dat  him.  They  thought 
 they  might  dif'pence  with  his  Credit,  becaufe  they  had  a  Par- 
 ty in  Bear»  which  would  get  the  upperhand,  though  never  fb 
 weak,  being  feconded  by  the  King's  Authority.  This  Party 
 eonfifted  of  the  remainders  of  the  Faction  of  Grammont, 
 which  had  been  famous  for  theDifputes  between  thera  and 
 that  of  Btattmont  their  Rival,  which  had  finally  occafionM 
 tfrelo&of  the  Upper  Navar,  which  Ferdinand  had  Ufurp'd. 
 Tifee  Ceuniof  Gramatontv/as  aprofef^d  Enemy  to  La  Force% 
 
Book  V.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  29; 
 
 being  jealous  of  his  Authority,  and  for  other  particular  1618. 
 Reasons:  Infomuch  that  his  Relations  and  Friends  being  joyn'd 
 tothofe  which  the  Zeal  of  Religion,  the  Credit  of  the  Bifliops 
 and  Confeflbrs,  the  Penfions,  or  the  hopes,  the  Levity,  or  the 
 Imprudence  of  the  People  could  ingage  in  the  lame  Inrereft, 
 were  preparing  a  confiderable  Succour  for  the  Court.  Moreo- 
 ver Lhims  hated  La  Force }  either  becaufe  he  had  an  Averfion 
 for  all  thofe  who  had  Merit  and  Capacity;or  becaufe  La  Force 
 had  two  Sons  at  Court,  who  began  to  get  too  great  a  fhare 
 in  the  King's  Favour,  to  expect  any  from  a  Favourite  full  of 
 Ambition  and  Jealoufie.  They  were  Ainttt  and  MompouiUa-a, 
 who  had  been  bred  with  the  King  from  their  Infancy,  and 
 had  wherewithal  to  obtain  a  preference  before  all  others  of 
 their  Rank.    Particularly  MomponiUan  advanc'd  apace  to- 
 wards the  higheft  degree  of  Favour ;  and  he  teemed  only  to 
 want  a  little  more  Age, to  haveas  greata  fhare  in  the  Govern- 
 ment, as  he  poflefs'd  already  in  his  Princess  favour.  Luines 
 had  imploy'd  him  to  raife  his  own  Fortune  upon  the  Ruine  of 
 the  Marftial  cTAncre.  The  Clergy  had  us'd  their  utmoft  Endea- 
 vours at  that  time  to  obtain  the  aforefaid  Decree  of  Reftau- 
 ration ,  and  Luines  told  MompouiUan,  in  order  to  animate 
 him  the  more  againfl:  that  Odious  Favourite,  that  he  was  the 
 Man  whofeconded  the  Pretentions  of  the  Prelates  5  and  more- 
 over that  hedefign'd  to  take  the  Government  of  Beam  from 
 La  Force,  left  he  fhould  hinder  by  his  Credit,  the  alterations 
 they  propos'd  to  make  in  that  Principality.    So  that  Mmt- 
 pouiILm,  a  young  Man  without  Experience,  thinking  to  pro- 
 mote the  advantage  of  his  Family,  promoted  Lu/ttest  (peak- 
 ing continually  of  the faid  Marfhal  to  the  King,  as  of  a  ^!an« 
 that  Ufurp'd  his  Authority,  and  did  abufe  it  to  the  prejudice 
 of  every  body.    By  this  means  he  ruin'd  his  Favour,  to  lay 
 the  foundation  of  anothers:  And  when  Luines  had  deftroy'd 
 the  Marfhal  d*  Ancre,  the  only  Recompence  he  beftow'd  on 
 MompwiDan,  who  had  ferv'd  him  fo  effectually  in  that  A  flair, 
 was  to  involve  his  whole  Houfe  in  hisPerfonal  Difgrace.  Nei- 
 ther was  it  likely  that  Lvi^es  would  promote  the  Fortune  of 
 the  Father,  flnce  he  dreaded  the  Progrefs  of  that  of  the  Chil- 
 dren 5  nor  that  a  Man  whofe  Favour  was  not  yet  fetlcd, 
 
 would 
 
i<)\  The  Hijlory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1618.  would  fufFer  the  Children  of  an  Ingenious  Man  near  the  King  ; 
 or  that  the  Jefuits  would  permit  that  Prince  to  honour  Here- 
 uali  tlc^s  Wlt^      Confidence  and  Affection. 
 tiefoflX     La  Forceby  endeavouring  to  keep  meafures  between  the 
 Force.     Court  and  Beam,  as  if  he  had  had  a  profpect  thereby  to  ren- 
 der himfelf  the  more  neceflary  on  both  fides,  by  forming  dif- 
 ficulties which  he  fhould  have  the  honour  to  remove,  created 
 Jealoufieson  both  fides :  And  finding  that  he  was  play'd  upon 
 by  the  Court,  hewasoblig'd  to  protect  Beam  a  little  more 
 than  he  had  done,  in  order  to  prcferve  fome  Credit  and  fome 
 Recourfe,    But  the  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  only  had  the  Art  to 
 gain  by  thofe  Intrigues ;  and  to  behave  himfelf  with  fo  much 
 prudence,  or  good  Fortune  ;  that  he  wa?  equally  courted  on 
 both  fides  ;  That  he  was  at  once  the  Author  of  the  Leagues 
 that  were  form'd  by  his  Advice,  and  the  Mediator  whodif- 
 folv'd  them  by  his  Intermiflion  ;  ever  in  Credit  with  the 
 Princes  and  Lords,  over  whom  his  Genius  had  an  Afcendent, 
 andever  carefs'd  at  Court,  becaufe  they  could  never  diffipate 
 the  Confederacies  he  had  form'd  without  him.  Nevcrthelels 
 La  Force  finding  at  laft  that  neither  his  Merit,  nor  his  Servi- 
 ces could  procure  him  the  Recompences  that  were  due  to  him, 
 and  which  had  been  promis'd  him  while  Henry  IV.  was  alive, 
 took  the  contrary  Party  like  a  Wife  Courtier :  And  being  fen- 
 fible  that  the  beft  and  moft  effectual  way  to  obtain  what  one 
 defires  from  the  Court,  is  often  to  make  ones  felf  to  befear'd, 
 he  rais'd  10  many  Obstacles  againft  his  Enemies,  that  they 
 were  fore'd  in  order  to  retrieve  him,  to  grant  him,  what  they 
 had  refus'd  in  order  to  keep  him. 
 theCoun-    This  Affair  occafion'd  fevera!  rUTemblies  to  be  made  in  Bearx, 
 purfuc* 7n  feveral  Oppofitions,  and  feveral  Decrees  by  the  Soveraign 
 this  owtf-  Council :  And  the  Court  omitted  no  means  to  fucceed  in  the 
 *>m-       faid  undertaking.    They  were  fenfible  that  according  to  the 
 Rigour  of  Right  the  Enterprize  was  nnjuft  :  But  the  Clergy 
 being  little  fenfible  toReafonsof  that  Nature,  and  allowing  a 
 large  Extent  to  the  old  Maxim  which  permits  to  Violate  Right 
 in  order  to  Reign,  think  that  they  may  trample  upon  it  to 
 promote  their  Intereft.    Moreover  the. King  was  Imbark'd  in 
 that  Affair :  And  according  to  the  new  Policy,  they  were  of 
 
 opinion 
 
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 opinion  that  a  Prince  being  once  ingag'd  can  never  retract.  i6i3. 
 The  injustice  of  a  defign  is  no  longer  a  reafon  to  break  it,  when  v^otnJ 
 once  it  is  t'jrm'd  ;  by  reafon  that  Lnjuftice  ceales  as  loon  asSu- 
 pream  Power  is  engag'd.  A  Soveraign  makes  and  deftroys 
 Right  by  a  Word.  Whatever  is  jult,  or  unjuft  before  he  has 
 pronoune'd,  alters  its  Nature  as  Toon  as  he  (ays,  lw/flbaveit 
 % 
 
 During  thefe  Contentions,  as  feveral  Libels  were  pub-  Writing* 
 lifh'd  againft  the  fUfar/nd  and  againft  the  Barnok,  thefe  ai-  **" 
 fo  fet  forth  Volumes  of  Manifesto's  and  Apologies.    There  "'J' 
 appea.ro  a  Writing  of  that  Nature  Printed  in  Lo  dm,  Intitu- 
 led, A  D:fcourfeof  the  S.ifnrt  of  Ecc'tftifiical  Efiates  in  Bearn, 
 etc.    Tns  Author  treated  the  thing  at  large,  and  began  by- 
 the  occafion  of  that  Sei fine.    He  related  the  Confpira-cy  of 
 the  Ca:ho!icks  or  the  Country  againft  Queen  Jine  and  the- 
 Princes  her  Children,  which  I  have  mention'd  elfewhere  ; 
 Their  Retreat  to  Roche!  during  the  revolt  of  their  Subjects  j 
 The  Reduction  of  the  Country  to  their  Allegiance  by  Mongom- 
 mtry  \  1  he  Seifure  of  theEftates  in  order  to  punifh  the  Ec- 
 clefiafticks;  The  Reformed  cftabhfh'd  by  the  Queen's  Autho- 
 rity, and  by  the  approbation  of  the  Eftates}  The  Alignment 
 of  the  Ecclefiaftical  Eftates  for  the  maintenance  of  the  Mini-, 
 iters,  the  Poor,  Scholars,  Colleges,  and  the  Rectors,  or  Su- 
 periors of  the  fame  :  Of  the  Garrilbn  of  Narvaneim  \  of  the. 
 King'sLieutenant    of  .the  Council  and  the  Soveraign  Court  ; 
 of  the  Captains  of  feme  Cafties ;  of  the  Counfeliors  and  Au- 
 ditors of  the  Chamber  of  Accounts,  and  of  other  principal 
 and  neceiTary  Officers :  The  Inftitution  of  an  Ecclefiaftical 
 Senate,  compos'd  of  two  Counceliors,  two  Auditors,  two 
 Gentlemen,  two  Miniflers,  two  Qualify'd  Perfons  from  the 
 ThirdEftate,  an  Ecclefiaftical  Attorney,  and  a Treafurer Ge-- 
 neral  to  have  the  direction  of  the  (aid  Alignments  jTheOcTth 
 taken  by  the  late  King  in  1581.  to  preferve  the  Old  Laws  and  ' 
 Cuftoms,and  all  the  Advantages  and  Grants  to  which  his  Pre- 
 decelTors,  or  himfelf  had  contented  ;  the  SupprefTion  of  the  ; 
 Ecclefiaftical  Senate  fome  years  before  -by  M/ojJavs,  who  ne- 
 verthelels  made  no  alteration  as  to  the  Defignation  of  the  fa  id- 
 Revenues  3  The  Protections  ef  the  Eftates  againft  the  fa  id 
 
 Enter-  - 
 
aprf  "The  Hi/lory  of  the        Vol  II. 
 
 1618.  Enterprhe  ;  The  reiteration  of  their  Oppofition  ;  The  Con- 
 ^V^X  firmationof  all  the  Regulations  made  by  Queen  Jane  by  the 
 Edi&of  1599.  which  reftor'd  the  Roman  Religion  in  Beams 
 and  that  which  Lewis  XII!.  had  made  in  1610,  1611,  1614, 
 16 1 5.  of  all  the  Edicts  of  the  late  King  and  his  own.  After 
 which  the  Author  made  Reflexions  upon  th«  manner  in  which 
 the  (aid  Reftitution  had  been  made :  And  he  obferv'd  very 
 juftly  upon  the  Edi&  of  Reimplacement,that  it  could  not  be  of 
 more  force  than  thofe  which  had  been  revok'd  ;  That  the  Pope 
 and  the  Clergy  would  never  be  at  reft,  until  thofe  new  Re- 
 gulations were  violated,  as  well  as  others  that  were  more  Au- 
 thentick  ;  which  were  treated  at  Rome  as  liable  to  Destitution, 
 the  Princes  concerned  in  them  as  Favourers  and  Promoters  of 
 Herefie  ;  That  the  Demefnes  of  Beam  were  unalienable,  and 
 that  the  Succeflfor  was  oblig'd  to  redeem  the  Iagagtments 
 made  by  his  Predeceffor  ;  That  a  perpetual  Engagement  of 
 the  Revenue  is  an  effective  alienation  of  theEttate;  Thattlae 
 remainder  of  the  Affignments  were  given  out  ofthe  Country, 
 contrary  to  their  Privileges,  and  in  Sufpicious  Places,  among 
 the  Enemies  of  the  Reform  d  Religion.  He  added  Remarks 
 upon  the  Nature,  Original,  andneceflky  of  Tythes  5  and  he 
 concluded  that  the  Reform  d  could  not  law  fully  be  oblig'd  to 
 pay  theirs  to  Catholicks.  Finally  he  (aid  that  the  King  leav- 
 ing the  EcclefiafticalEftates  in  Btarn  in  the  fame  Condition 
 in  which  Queen  Jane  had  put  them,  might  have  made  the 
 Reimplacement  of  the  Sum  to  which  the  Revenues  in  difpute 
 amounted,  upon  his  Demefnes  in  favour  of  the  Clergy.  This 
 Expedient  would  have  look'd  more  realbnable  undoubtedly ; 
 And  the  Clergy  would  have  been  better  able  to  improve  the 
 {aid  Reimplacement,  by  their  Credit  in  the  Council,  than  the 
 Reformed,  to  whom  all  things  were  contrary. 
 ■why  the  But  the  real  truth  is,  that  the  laid  Indemnification  wason- 
 cUrf  ly  a  blind  to  deceive  the  Betrnoit;  and  to  induce  them  to  bear 
 12tdtl'c  tne  reft  with  patience?  Therefore  the  Clergy  who  did  not 
 fiidReim.  think  it  fafe,  were  not  fo  ill'advis'das  to  content  themfelves 
 fcTthm  w*tn  ltm  ^ne  C°urt  which  had  granted  that  Reimplacement 
 fats!"'  upon  the  Remonftrances  of  Du  P lefts  Comptroller  General  of 
 Navar  ■>  pid  at  the  Intreaty  of  the  Duke  of  Rohan  to  per- 
 
 fuade 
 
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 fuade  the  World  that  they  proceeded  in  that  matter,  upon  161S. 
 thehearingof  the  Parties,  and  an  ample  knowledge  of  the  ^Y>> 
 Caufe,  would  have  wanted  no  pretence  to  make  it  void  at  f?tfg*. 
 pleafurc.  A  reply  was  made  to  the  faid  Writing  of  the  Be.tr-  ting  of  the 
 J?***  in  the  Name  of  the  Catholicks :  But  the  Author  of  the  Bearncis- 
 Reply  did  not  meddle  with  the  Confpiracy  of  the  Catholicks 
 of  Beam  againft  their  Soveraign.  Being  favour'd  by  this  fi- 
 lencehe  reprefented  the  War  made  againft  thofe  Rebels  by 
 Mongommtry,  by  the  Authority  of  the  Queen  and  of  her  Chil- 
 dren, as  a  Chain  of  feveralMaffacres:  Hefaid  that  the Seifure 
 of  the  Eftates  belonging  to  the  Clergy,  had  only  been  made 
 provifionally  but  he  did  not  add  that  two  years  after  it  the 
 Queen  had  actually  Converted  it  into  an  adjudg'd  Fad,  infti- 
 tuting  perpetual  Adminiftrators  of  the  faid  Seizures,  which 
 were  to  be  imploy'd  by  them  to  other  ufes;  He  pretended  that 
 the  Eftates  that  had  made  the  faid  Alteration,  could  not  be 
 looked  upon  as  lawful,  fince  the  Ecclefiafticks  had  been  ex- 
 cluded, which  were  to  compote  part  of  them  :  As  if  there 
 had  been  no  Lawful  Eftates  in  the  World  before  there  was  a 
 Clergy ;  or  that  a  whole  Country  concurring  with  their  So- 
 veraign, had  not  naturally  a  Right  to  alter  fome  Circumftan- 
 ces  in  the  form  of  the  ufual  Government.  He  added  that 
 thofe  new  Laws  could  not  pafs  forftwdamental  ones,  by  rea- 
 fbn  that  fuch  Laws  muft  take  their  Births  w.ith  the  States :  A 
 Maxim  which  the  Clergy  had  adopted  in  the  laft  Eftates  Ge- 
 neral, to  oppofe  the  Article  which  the  Third  Eftate  pretended 
 to  be  for  the  furety  of  Kings:  But  a  very  falfe  Maxim,  fince 
 it  is  moft  certain  that  intire  Eftates  compos'd  of  a  Head  and 
 Members,  may  give  the  force  of  Fundamental  Laws  to  all 
 fuch  as  they  agree  upon,  and  that  are  neceflary  to  fecure  the 
 Tranquility  and  Profperity  of  the  Publick  :  Otherwife  no- 
 thing would  be  more  unfortunate  than  Humane  Society,  if 
 thefirft  Laws  under  which  they  were  form'd  being  either  ren- 
 der'dof  no  force  by  Artifice,  or  violated  by  force,  it  were  ei- 
 ther impoffible  or  unlawful  to  re-eftablifh  them  upon  new 
 foundations.  He  affirm'd  with  the  fame  boldnefs,  that  Prin- 
 ces never  Swear  to  obferve  the  Law*,  of  their  Predeceffors ; 
 whi  Ji  is  prpy'd  to  be  falle,  by  all  forts  oi  Teftimonies,  by 
 
 N  n  aft 
 
2?S     __       The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  IZ 
 
 r6i8.  all  the  Lights  of  Reafon,  by  all  that  can  be  call'd  Right  and 
 unr^  Juftice,  and  by  all  thole  things  which  make  the  certainty  of 
 Humane  Affairs.    In  the  next  place  he  declared,  that  the  late 
 Kingdefign'd  to  do  what  his  Son  had  done :  And  that  the  only 
 reafon  thai  had  hinder'd  him  from  fo  doing,  was  that  he  durft 
 not;  A  falfity  often  advanc'd  by  the  Clergy,  fince  that  Prin- 
 ces being  no  longer  in  a  condition  to  give  them  the  Lie  ;  and 
 which  has  been  extended  by  the  Miflionaries,  and  by  thofe 
 that  have  drawn  the  Plan  of  the  Perfecu.  ion  of  our  Days,  e- 
 ven  to  his  own  Edi&s,  though  he  was  really  fo  Jealous  of  them 
 that  he  would  never  have  attempted  the  leaft  thing,  againft 
 them.    His  known  Integrity,  his  great  Defigns,  his  reitera- 
 ted Proteftations,  and  his  conllant  practice  during  the  /pace  of 
 Twelve  Years,  are  fufficient  Teftimonies  of  his  Difpofition 
 towards  the  Religious  Obfervation  of  fuch  ufeful  Laws. 
 A  ccn'hvi-     Neverthelefs  in  order  to  prove  that  the  faid  Prince  had  de~ 
 atio»of  the  £\gzCd  to  alter  the  State  of  Beam,  the  Author  recited  al!  the 
 J.;        Grantshe  had  made  to  divers  B/fhops  in  thofe  Parts,  to  their 
 Chapters,  to  the  ^urates/ Abbots  and  Priors,  and  to  all  the 
 Ecclefiafticks:  From  which  the  Reformed  would  have  had 
 more  reafon  to  conclude,  that  the  Clergy  is  never  fatisfy'd  'x 
 than  the  Clergy  to  conjeQure  that  the  late  King  would  have 
 been  capable  to  break  his  Word.    He  repeated  the  Inftances 
 made  by  the  Clergy  during  the  Eftates  General  in  16*5'.  and 
 in  their  Affembly  in  161 7.  and  becaufe  an  Illufive  Audience 
 had  been  given  to  the  two  Diftrott  Father  and  Son, Miniliers  of 
 Beam,  before  that  Affair  was  judg'd,  he  maintain  cl  that  they 
 had  been  admitted  to  make  a  full  defence.    He  Lsugh'd  at  the 
 Precription  of  Fifty  Years  which  the  BearnoU  pleaded  ;  and  op^ 
 pos'd  that  of  the  Clergy  to  it,  which  he  ridiculoully  made  to 
 amount  to  1 500  years:  As  if  the  PoffelTion  of  the  Clergy  had 
 preceded  not  only  the  Temporal  Greatnefsof  the  Bifhops,  but. 
 even  the  firft  Preaching  of  the  Gofpel  at  sfce  foot  of  the  Ty- 
 reman  Hills.    The  reft  of  the  faid  Writing  was  abufive.  He. 
 fpoke  of  the  Reimplacementas  if  it  had  been  the  effect  of  a. 
 pure  Favour,  which  render'd  theoppofition  of  the  RefornfeC. 
 very  unjuft.    Hetalk'dof  the  Tithes  as  of  a  thing  which  ha- 
 ving belong'd  to  the  Ecclefiafticks  before  the  Seilure,  ought 
 
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 to  bereftor'd  by  the  Edi&  which  revered  it ;  and  he  main-  1618. 
 tain'd  moreover  that  the  Eftatesof  the  Church  were  unalien-  v^Y^ 
 able,  as  Eftates  of  which  God  was  the  Proprietor :  A  Mona- 
 ftical  Maxim,  which  making  God  PofTeflbr  of  Lands  and  Re- 
 venues, and  Titles  of  Vanity,  fhamefully  debafes  to  a  Terre- 
 ftrialand  Temporal  Nature,  a  Reign  altogether  Spiritualand 
 Heavenly,  which  Jeftts  Chrifi  exerts  over  his  Church.  He 
 endeavour'd  to  Infinuate  to  the  King,  that  the  Reformed ^de- 
 firing  to  be  freed  from  paying  of  Tithes  to  the  Ecclefiafticks, 
 defign'd  to  keep  for  their  Minifters  both  the  Tithes  and  the 
 Sums  that  were  granted  to  them  in  lieu  thereof.  He  conclu- 
 ded by  a  Maxim  very  proper  to  remove  the  force  of  the  moffc 
 folemn  Edicts,  viz.  That  they  only  ferv'd  to  preferve  an  anci- 
 ent Right  in  favour  of  thofe  for  whom  they  were  made  ;  but 
 that  they  did  not  create  a  new  Right.  According  to  which 
 Notion  it  was  eafie  to  revoke  whatever  pafs'd  for  a  new 
 ConceflTion,  or  that  was  derogatory  to  the  Ancient  Right,  id 
 the  Edi&s  which  had  given  a  Peace  to  the  Kingdom.. 
 
 But  the  Reform  d  of  Beam  were  not  theonly  People  againft 
 whom  Injuftices  were  committed.  The  Court  was  not  more 
 equitable  towards  thofe  of  other  Provinces.  The  Commifli- 
 oncrs  that  were  tent  to  redrefs  Tome  Contraventions,  made 
 none  but  Illufive  Ordinances:  And  whereas  in  the  foregoing 
 Reign  all  Difficulties  were  for  the  mod  part  decided  favoura- 
 bly for  the  Reformed,  they  began  under  this  to  give  nothing 
 but  advices  of  a  removal  to  theCouncil,  of  fharing  or  divid- 
 ing Judgments  in  which  the  Artifice  of  the  Catholick  Corr> 
 miflioner  render'd  the  cleared:  Rights  doubtful,  whieh  even 
 thofe  of  his  own  Religion  were  alham'd  of.  So  that  the  Re* 
 formd  finding  that  the  Commiffioners  did  them  no  good  in 
 the  places  where  they  had  been  fent,  did  no  longer  defire  the 
 Court  to  fend  any  elfewhere,  left  they  fhould  do  more  harm 
 than  good.  Renard  who  was  fent  into  Beam,  was  at  the  fame 
 time  Commiffary  in  Guyeme  w'wXi  Lufignan  :  But  when  they 
 prefc'd  him  to  perform  his  Commiflion,  at  lealt  in  fuch  places 
 as  fhould  happen  in  his  way,  herefus'dit*  and  the  reafon  he 
 alledg'd  for  his  refufal  was,  that  he  would  firft  fee  the  effect 
 of  his  Journey  into  Beam  ;  as  if  he  had  had  a  mind  to  infiw 
 
 N  n  2  nuate, 
 
300  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  IL 
 
 2618.  nuate,  that  in  cafe  the  Reform  dot  that  Principality  did  not 
 t^v^  content  hirn,  he  would  make  the  others  anfwer  for  it.  And 
 indeed  he  had  received  orders  from  the  Court  to  behave  him- 
 felf  fo3  to  keep  the  Reformed  of  the  Adjacent  Provinces  in  fu- 
 fpence  ;  to  the  end  that  the  hopes  of  being  gratify'd  by  the 
 Commiffioners,  and  the  fear  of  lofing  the  benefit  of  their 
 Commiffion,  fhould  hinder  them  from  ingaging  too  far  in  the 
 Affairs  of  Beam,  which  they  were  unwilling  they  fhould 
 meddle  with.  The  Parliament  of  Paris  refus'd  to  receive 
 the  two  Places  of  Councilors  which  have  been  fo  often  men- 
 tion'd  ;  of  which  the  one  was  that  of  a  Catholick  who  had 
 imbrae'd  the  Reformed  Religion,  and  the  other  was  toferve  to 
 Indemnifie  them  for  the  lofsof  that  of  Berger  who  had  made 
 himfelf  a  Catholick.  They  had  obtain'd  from  the  King  upon 
 that  Subject  an  Editl,  Mandates,  and  Verbal  Orders,  which 
 appear'd  very  exprefs :  Neverthelefs  the  Parliament  did  not 
 yield  ;  and  the  Court  of  Aids  was  not  left  fevere  upon  the 
 Subject  of  the  Exemption  of  the  Minifters.  But  under  a 
 very  abfblute  Government,  which  exacted  from  all  the  Or- 
 ders of  the  Kingdom  bafeSubmiffions  towards  the  Favourites, 
 this  Difobedience  perfuaded  the  mod  fufpicious  that  there  was 
 a  Guile,  and  thatthe  Court  was  willing  the  Parliament  fhould 
 difobey. 
 
 Enterprises  So  many  Enter  prifes  were  made  upon  the  Places  of  Surety, 
 citithef  tnac  lt  was  hardly  credible  that  it  fhould  be  attempted  with- 
 furety  out  fecret  Orders.  Some  were  made  upon  Tart.**,  upon  the 
 Mount  of  Marfan,  upon  the  Mafsof  Verdun.  Though  Fcn- 
 tr allies  had  promis'J  to  turn  Catholick  whenever  they  pleas'd, 
 he  ftill  continu'd  in  Leitoure,  and  feign'd  that  he  was  ftill  of 
 the  Rtformd  Religion.  They  judged  by  the  little  regard  he 
 exprefs'd  to  the  weak  Orders  he  receiv'dfrom  the  Court,  that 
 his  deceit  was  not  ill  receiv'd  there.  Defportes  who  was  a 
 Capital  Enemy  to  the  Reform' 'd,  maintain'd  himfelf  in  a  For- 
 tify'd  Caftle,  of  which  the  Reformed  had  order'd  the  Demoli- 
 tion by  a  Decree  of  the  Council:  It  is  true  that  for  fear  he 
 fliou'd  obey,  they  had  given  another  which  remov'd  the  Af- 
 fair before  the  CommiSioners,  and  ftill  left  Defportes  inPofc 
 ieffion  ;  which  occafion'd  great  Troubles  in  the  Cevenes  and 
 
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 xhzGira  idan.    Jntragu.rs,  againft  whom  they  made  divers  1618. 
 Complaints,  kept  his  Governments  in  fpight  of  them.  \^y^J 
 The  freeexercifeof  the  Reform  d  Religion  was  hinder'd  in  rbeExcr. 
 divers  places  ;  particularly  at  Ruffec  in  Saintonge,  where  kg^/fjj 
 ought  to  have  been  allowed  according  to  all  Rules.  The  Mar-  Zii^m 
 chionefsaf  ttiiffec alledg'd  for  her  realbn  that  it  was  done  with-  /» 
 out  her  Confent  :  As  if  that  Con;ent  had  been  necefliry  fai  iJjfm*l*~ 
 thole  Places  in  which  there  was  an  evident  PoiTelTion,  in  the 
 terms  of  the  Edicts.  The  Duke  de  Vtndome  having  taken  Pof- 
 feftlon  of  theCaftleof  the  City  of  his  Name,  by  an  Agree- 
 ment he  had  made  with  the  Governor,  did  not  fail  to  demo- 
 lifh  the  Temple  the  Referred  had  built  at  the  foot  of  the  faid 
 place.    He  caus'd  that  Violence  to  be  committed  by  his  own 
 Livery  Men,  without  keeping  the  leaft  meafures  of  Honeftv, 
 or  Formalities  of  Juftice.    The  Church  of  the  faid  Place  made 
 Complaints  to  him  about  it,  which  were  the  better  ground- 
 ed by  reafon  that  he  had  promis'd  to  leave  all  things  in  the 
 fame  Condition  he  had  found  them.    He  feem'd  to  be  inciin'd 
 to  make  fome  reparation  for  that  Enterprize  5  though  he  re- 
 ally did  not  defign  it.    He  declar'd  that  he  could  not  furTer  in 
 a  place,  which  he  pretended  to  make  part  of  his  B.ilfe-courr, 
 the  freeexercifeof  a  Religion  contrary  to  his:  Refides  he  had 
 a  mind  to  take  the  advantage  of  the  Reformed  of  Vtndome,  who 
 having  been  in  poTeflion  of  that  Place  from  the  very  time  of 
 Queen  thought  that  no  body  would  difpute  a  Right  ac- 
 
 quir'd  by  folong  a  Prefcription  :  For  which  reafon  they  had 
 forgot  to  take  other  Sureties  from  the  late  King  belides  the 
 Edict.  They  were  obliga  to  apply  themlelves  to  the  King, 
 in  order  to  obtain  the  rellauration  of  their  Temple.  Com- 
 milfioners  werefent  on  purpofe  to  examine  that  Affair  upon 
 the  very  fpot ;  but  they  could  not  determine  it  without  great 
 difficulties.  The  Catholicks  were  often  ready  to  proceed  to 
 the  utmoft  Violences;  and  the  Reformed  were  not  much  wi- 
 fer.  Finally  thebufinefs  was  made  up,  thefe  being  oblig'd  ta 
 relinquifhpart  of  their  Right  to  fecure  the  reft  ;  the  Exercife 
 of  their  Religion  was  remov'd  out  of  the  City,  near  one  of  the 
 Gates,  by  a  fblemn  Ordinance  ;  and  the  King  was  at  the 
 Charge  of  building  the  Temple,  and  of  the  price  of  the 
 
 Ground 
 
301  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II# 
 
 1618.  Ground  on  which  it  was  built.    Neverthelefs  this  fhow'd  the 
 <^V^  Reformdthzt  the  Court  had  no  mind  to  favour  them,  fince 
 that  in  doing  them  Juftice,  even  in  the  moft  reafonable  things, 
 they  ftill  abated  fomething  of  their  Right.    The  Parliament 
 of  Bourdeaux  refus'd  to  remove  Criminal  Caufesin  which  the 
 tojpficer  Reform *d  were  concerned  to  the  Chamber  of  Nerac  :  And  in 
 order  to  have  a  pretence  to  retain  them,  they  had  the  bold- 
 nels  to  fay,  that  all  the  Crimes  the  Reform  A  were  accus'd  of, 
 were  fomany  Crimes  of  Treafon,  by  reafbn  that  they  were  of 
 a  Religion  contrary  to  the  State.    They  were  prolecuted  in 
 divers  places  for  Crimes  abolifh'd  by  the  Edicts  ;  andparticu- 
 jejuits.   larlyby  that  of  Blois.    The  Jefuits  increas'd  in  credit  more 
 and  more;  and  had  not  only  obtain'd  a  Decree  on  the  15th  of 
 February,  which  allow'd  them  to  keep  an  open  College  at  Pa- 
 lis for  all  forts  of  Sciences,  without  regard  to  the  Decrees  to 
 the  contrary  made  by  the  Parliament,  nor  to  the  oppofitions 
 of  theUniverlity:  Butalfo  caus'd  aDecree  of  the  Accademi'sof 
 Theology  and  Arts,  to  be  revers'd,  which  declar'd  that  they 
 would  admit  none  to  the  Degrees  or  Privileges  of  Scholia/ - 
 ftiip,  butfuchashad  ftudy'd  in  their  Colleges,  or  in  thofeof 
 the  Accademies  that  were  in  Confederacy  with  them.  They 
 'cities,  endeavour'd  alfoto  flip  into  the  *  Places  of  Surety.  Regourd 
 foxon. t  mid  being  fent  to  Leitoure  by  the  Bilhop,  in  the  quality  of  a 
 gran"dto  Preacher,  The  King  took  it  ill  that  the  Confuls  had  given 
 the  Refor-  him  a  Summons  to  depart  from  thence,  alledging  the  quality 
 Tharfaf.t  °f  t^le  place«    He  wrote  to  the  Inhabitants  to  order  them  to 
 by"theE-  fuffer  the  Jefuit  to  remain  and  to  Preach  there  ;  telling  ihem 
 ms-      that  he  hop'd  that  he  would  keep  within  the  bounds  of  the 
 •Edicts.    A  thoufand  Difputes  were  made  about  the  Burial  of 
 the  Reform  d.  The  Countefs  de  #c/#being  Buried  in  the  Quire 
 near  the  Altar  of  the  Parochial  Church,  the  Attorney  Gene- 
 ral took  the  thing  in  hand  for  the  Curate  5  and  declaring  that 
 ■Bnriai   the  Church  was  Polluted  by  the  Burial,  obtain'd  a  Decree  of 
 the  Parliament  at  Paris,  which  ordain'd  an  Information  to  be 
 made  againft  the  faid  Contravention,  and  that  the  Church 
 mould  bereconcii'd,  if  it  had  not  been  done  already  :  Which 
 implies  the  removal  of  the  Corps  by  which  the  laid  Church 
 had  been  profan'd. 
 
Book  V.      Edill  of  Nantes.  303 
 
 Allthefc  Complaints,  and  many  more  being  inferted  in  a  1618. 
 long  *  Ctbier,  a  Council  was  held  on  purpofe  at  the  Chan- 
 cellors  on  the  ninth  of  jf«fy,  in  which  53  of  thefe  well  ex-  J*'™** 
 prefsM  Articles  were  examin'd  :  But  inftead  of  any  effectual  wonftrance 
 iatisfaelion,  they  only  obtain'd  removals  to  the  Chambers,  ^^.  ^ 
 and  ine.Te&ual  Letters  to  the  Governors  and  Judges  of  the  *    *  m 
 faid  places.    The  Cuh:ers  prefented  at  the  beginning  of  the. 
 Year  had  been  anfwer'd  in  the  fame  manner ;  and  were  net 
 chTpatch'd  until  the  21th  of  Fdrnxry,    The  Anfvvers,  tho9 
 favourable  in  appearance,  were  only  Evafions,  to  free  the 
 Council  of  the  Importunities  of  the  Deputies  General.    It  is 
 esfie  to  judge  of  it  by  that  which  was  written  on  rhe  fide  of 
 the  13th  Article,  in  which  the  Reformed  complain'd  that  the 
 Ecclefiafticks  of  Languedoc  fu*d  them  for  the  Demolifhingof 
 Churches  and  Convents  during  the  Troubles ;  and  Indicted 
 them  before  the  Parliament  of  Tbo//toufe9  where  the  faid 
 Caufes  were  retain'd,  without  any  regard  to  the  Removals 
 defir'd  by  the  Reformed.    This  was  one  of  the  Crimes  that 
 are  always  abohfh'd  by  the  F.dicts  of  Peace  ;  and  which  arc. 
 look'd  upon  as  unavoidable  Confequences  of  War,  the  Ne- 
 ceflities  of  which  neither  refpect  Palaces  or  Churches,  when, 
 they  are  places  the  Enemies  may  improve  to  the'r  advantage. 
 The  King's  Anfwer  was,  that  lie  would  not  fuffer  any  profecu- 
 tion  to  be  made  upon  the  account  of  the  Ma'erialsof  the  faid 
 Demolifhments  imploy*d  to  other  ufes  during  the  Troubles  3 
 and  he  revers'd  all  Decrees  to  the  contrary.    This  feem'd  to 
 be  to  the  purpofe  ;  neverthelefs  it  did  not  put  a  flop  to  the 
 Profecutions  j  and  they  were  obliged  to  renew  their  Com- 
 plaints.   The  truth  is,  that  the  form  of  the  late  King's  Aa- 
 Iwers  was  partly  the  fame  :  But  there  was  this  efTential  diffe- 
 rence between  his  and  his  Sons,  that  the  Fathers  only  ferv'd, 
 as  it  were,  for  Memoirs  of  the  Commands  he  was  to  fend  in- 
 to the  Provinces  to  the  Governors,  and  other  Officers  of  Ju~  * 
 ftiee  :  Infomuch  that  the  Anfwer  had  the  force  of  a  Law,  by 
 an  exprefs  order  to  put  it  in  execution  ;  which  he  never  fail'd 
 of  lending  to  fuch  places  where  it  was  neceflary But  the 
 Son's  Ankvers  were  0:  y  words,  to  free  the  Court  of  Impor- 
 tunities &Sollicitations ::  .And  whereas  as  foouasthe  Dep  's 
 
 were  a 
 
3  c  ^  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1618.  were  out  of  fight,  they  forgot  their  Promifes,  the  Reformed 
 rcceiv'dno  benefit  by  it  in  the  Provinces,  where  they  Laugh'd 
 _  at  their  anfwer'd  Cah/ers. 
 ;  The  fame  Fate  attended  the  other  means,  which  had  ferv'd 
 under  the  late  Reign,  to  put  them  out  of  Trouble.  A  Re- 
 moval or  Appeal  before  the  Commiffioners  was  become  a  Jeft, 
 by  reafon  that  the  RrforrrPd  Commiflioner  was  ever  at  the  De- 
 votion of  the  Court ;  and  that  the  Catholicks  having  no  fa- 
 vourable Inftru&ions,  fuffer'd  themfelveseafily  to  be  prevail'd 
 upon  by  the  Clergy  and  by  the  Jefuits,  which  Perfons  of  that 
 Character  have  ever  endeavour'd  to  oblige.  A  Confirmation 
 of  fome  Articles  of  the  Edi&  violated  by  the  Catholicks  was 
 but  a  Song ;  by  reafon  that  the  Anfwer  which  granted  it,  not 
 being  feconded,  could  not  obtain  more  refpecT  than  an  Edict, 
 fo  folemn  as  that  of  N^xtes ,  or  a  better  obfervation  of  the 
 Settlements,  which  an  Edict  of  that  Confequence  could  not 
 fecure  againft  the  Injuftice  of  a  falfe  Zeal.  A  Declaration  of 
 what  the  King  would,  or  would  not  have,  being  weaken'd 
 by  the  little  earneftnefs  that  was  exprefsM  to  put  it  in  Execu- 
 tion, met  with  no  Obedience.  Perhaps  I  may  inlarge  more 
 upon  this  Subject  in  another  place  :  But  this  is  fufficient  in 
 this  place  to  fhew  the  EffecT:  of  the  Remon  (trances  and  Peti- 
 tions the  Reformed  were  daily  oblig'd  to  prefent ;  viz,,  to  ob- 
 tain Illufive  Remedies  for  real  Evils  j  and  to  fee  the  Clergy 
 authoris'd  to  raife  greater  Perfecutions  againfl:  them,  by  the 
 little  redrefs  they  met  with  from  the  King's  Authority,  to  op- 
 pole  the  firft  Attempts. 
 
 The  End  of  the  Fifth  2W(. 
 
 THE 
 
305 
 
 THE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 Edift  of  NANTES. 
 
 VOL.  II.   BOOK  VI. 
 
 A  Summary  of  the  Contents  of  the 
 Sixth  "BOOK. 
 
 EXtream  defpair  of  the  Bearnois.  An  Jjfembly  refus'd  at 
 Caftel-jaloux  and  at Tonneins-  They  mett  at  Orthez, 
 and  are  profcriPd.  Sedition  at  Pau.  Md':<eofthe 
 Commiffioner.  Pre]  ages  and  Devotions.  Crrft  of  the 
 Council.  Fitfi  and  Final  Mandate  direfted  to  the  Soveraign 
 Council  of  Beam ;  Foflotfd  b?  Decrees  of  the  faid  Council. 
 
 O  o  Senti* 
 
The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  IL 
 
 Sentiments  of  forne  particular  Ptrfons  upon  thofe  Affairs.  Dif- 
 po fit  ions  of  the  Granges.    The  Stale  of  Foreign  Affairs.. 
 Danger  cm  Confluences  of  Moderate  Councils.    An  Apology of 
 tht  CondvMof  the  Bearnois.    Artifice  of  the  Bijhops  of  that 
 Country.     Remarks  i pon  th:  Speech  of  the  Bfhoptf  Macon. 
 Difficulties  aga'nft  the  Reimplacement  :  Againfi  i he  lithe?.. 
 Prefcription.    Coxclufion.     The       en  Mother  makes  her  E- 
 fc ape  from  Blois.    The  Prince  of  Conde  is  pi  t  at  I  berty. 
 The  Affembly  of  Orthez  Transfirr'd  to  Rocliel  takes  tht  K  n^s 
 part,  and  breaks  hp.    Another  Affembly  allow  d  at  L  uclun. 
 Ttf$t  Preliminary  Demands.     Why      Reform'd  have  fo  of- 
 ten renewed  tht  fame  Demands.  TheCoitrt  refers  the  Cowplauts 
 to  tht '  General  *  Cahier,  and  other  Articles  of  Complaints. 
 The  AJJ-  mbly  prohibits  the  Preaching  ofjefuits,  or  o:h.  r  M mks 
 in  the  Towns  of  Surety.    Dccrtes  of  dtvers  Parliamintj  to 
 the  contrary.     Deputation,  Litters  and  Remonftr.mces  to  the 
 K)ng'    1 he  Reform'd  were  inclined  to  fcrve  the  j^.e  n  Mo- 
 ther.   A  Vexatious  Anfver  from  the  Kjngy  and'fhe  Effect  of 
 it.    Oppofittoi-s  of  the  Catholicks  again  ft  tht  Settlement  cf  a 
 Cell. ge  at  Charenton.  Affernb  y  of  the  Clergy.  They  art  ex- 
 empted from  pleading  in  Courts  where  &U  the  Judges  are  Re- 
 formed.    Reiterated  Orders  to  the  Affembly  of  I.oudun  tv 
 breakup.     An  Expedient  of Accommodat  .on.    An  Vnexpt&ed 
 Declaration  againfi  the  Affembly.    The  Prince  of  Conde  de- 
 ceives the  Rxform'd.    Affected  diligence  of  the  Attorney  Ge- 
 neral,    The  Aff  mbly  remains  (leady.     1  he  Nig'ttations  art 
 ■renew  d.    The  Affembly  obeys  upon  the  Words  cf  the  Prince  of 
 Conde  and  of  the  Favourite.    Effect  of   the  feparation 
 of   the  Affembly.    New   Intrigues   againfi'  the  Favorite. 
 7 he  Duke  of  Rohan  fid  s  with  the  ^u.en.     Scruples  of 
 the  ^iten  Mctheri    The  Power  of  the  Yarty  fbe  forms.  Vfe-- 
 ful  Advice  cf  the  Prince  of  Conde,  and  ill  advice  of  the  Bi- 
 fl?  op  of  Luzon.    Reafonsof  the  B/fJjop.    Defeat  of  the  ghetns 
 Forces ,  follow 'd  by  a  Peace.    Unexpected  Journey  of  the  King 
 /'»  Beam.    Faults  of  the  Reform'd,  and  the  Can  ft  thereof. 
 Remonfi'rances  cannot  flop  the  Kjng  i  He  arrives  at  Pau  .* 
 Makes  himfelf  Mafttr  of  Na  vareins Takes  tht  Oath  i  Alters 
 the  whole  frame  of  the  Government.    Suppreffion  of  the  Cap- 
 
 t&im 
 
Book  VI.      Edict  of  Nantes.  307 
 
 tains  of  the  Parfciras.  Treptryeitt.  op  $he  Reform'cl.  Injur  ies% 
 Threat  Kings,  Violences.  Tht  Evil  encreafes  after  the  Kjng^s  w 
 di par tare.  W uhdnefs  cf  tbeBifhops.  Crudties  of  Poyane. 
 Divers  Relations  (f  the  KJngs  journey.  N it ional  Synod  cf 
 Alais.  Polit  ical  Settlement,  [he  Minivers  deputed  fr  the 
 Synod  of  Don  give  an  account  cf  the  cppcfition  they  have  wet 
 rvith  to  (lay  them.  Affairs  cf  the  Synod,  crofs'd  by  a  thou/and 
 Art 1 fees.  They  refolve  to  J  end  Dtpuiies  to  the  iQng,  and  re- 
 voke their  R  foli.ticn.  All  manner  cf  Succors  is  refused  to  tht 
 Deputy  of  beam.  Important  Confiderations  tvavJd.  N.tvs  of 
 Cotrfeonence  fupprcfSd.  Treachery  of  feme  Ministers  unpu- 
 nijlfd.  Affairs  cf  Privas,  and  their  Original.  Accommo- 
 dation broken  off  by  the  Lord  thereof.  The  Place  is  depofited. 
 V.olenccs  of  the  Garrijbn,  and  Calumnies  again jl  the  Inhabi- 
 tants. An  Afjfembiy  at  Anduze.  Bthaviour  cf  Chatillon. 
 Churches  attack'd.  lnveclivcs  againft  the  Synod  of  Alais. 
 AJfembly  at  Gergeau.  Important  Propofitions.  \fl.  Whether 
 they  pall  Vote  by  Heads,  or  by  Provinces,  ily.  Whether  they 
 may  Exceed  their  In  fir  hcJ  ions.  Deliberations  of  the  Afjembly. 
 Oiher  Affemblies  in  Anjou  and  in  Burgundy.  Divers  com- 
 plaints of  *7;eReform7d  in  thofe  Provinces.  Gemral  Alarms  of 
 tic  Churches  after  the  Alterations  made  inYxzm.  Ajjemb/y  at 
 Milhzncrcfs'd  by  the  Deputies  of  Lefdip;uieres  and  Chatillon. 
 Effect  of  the  Promiffesmadeto  the  Affmily  of  Lcudun.  CounceU 
 lorsrccdvd  in  the  Parliament  of  Paris.  Leitoure  taken  fom 
 Fontrailles.77;e  Brief  Signed  for  the  keeping  of  the  Places  of 
 Surety  U  not  given.  The  inter 'e (I  ofYavas  hafiens  the  return 
 cf  the  Affembly  at  Rochel.  Declaration  which  fides  it  Un- 
 lawful. The  Prince  of  Condc  and  the  Favourite  fa  7  in  their 
 Guaranty  to  the  Reiform'd.  A  feppos'd  Letter  under  the 
 Name  of  the  Duke  of  Mombazon. 
 
 DUring  thefe  TranfacYions  Peoples  Minds  were  ilrange-  16*18. 
 ly  agitated  in  Beam,  and  they  loft  all  manner  of  Pati-  ^V^o 
 ence,  when  they  heard  how  the  Court  had  receiv'd  their  l^Tof 
 Deputies;  and  the  Interceilion  of  the  DepuriesGeneral.  The  the  Bear- 
 Council  would  not  allow  the  Deputation  of  the  Beamois  to  be  noi$- 
 real,  and  though  it  had  all  the  Marks  that  were  neceiTary  to 
 Authorize  it,  theyreij&ed  it,  as  being  made  in  the  Suburb 
 of  Sr.  Gtrmainsy  by  Perfons  who  had  no  Authority.  They 
 
3o8^  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol.  IL 
 
 161%.  would  hardly  look  upon  the  Cab/er  that  was  preferred  by 
 ^Y>J  thole  Deputies :  And  after  having  feen  it,  they  granted  no- 
 thing of  what  it  contain'd.    Moreover  the  King  forbad  the 
 holding  of  any  Aflemblyupon  that  Affair,  and  refus'd  to  hear 
 either  Apologies,  or  Remonftrances.  Thefe hard  and  abfolutc 
 Proceedings  caft  thole  People  into  Defpair,  who  had  been 
 us'dtoa  milder  Treatment ;  and  who  judging  of  the  Future 
 by  the  prefent,  forefaw  thattheoppreflbnof  which  the  firft 
 Heps  were  fb  fierce  and  fb  cruel,  would  undoubtedly  reduce 
 them  in  the  fequel  to  the  mod  difmal  Extremities  of  Slavery. 
 Therefore  thofe  who  had  the  management  of  that  Affair,  re- 
 fblv'd  to  improve  the  Determination  of  the  Aflembly  of  Ro- 
 cbel,  and  to  fummon  the  Deputies  of  the  Councils  <  f  the 
 three    Neighbouring   Provinces,    to  Implore  tlreir  Ad- 
 vice, and   Afliftance,  to   fecure   themfelves.     In  order 
 whereunto  after  having  celebrated  a  Fa  ft  in  all  the  Churches 
 P?,^  o&Bzarn,  tobegof  Almighty  God  a  happy  fuceefs  in  that  En- 
 f,ud  at.    terprde  ;  they  Conven  dan  AJtembly  or  the  three  Provinces 
 Cartel-    at  Caftd  jahux :  But  the  thing  being  done  publickly,  by  Per- 
 ,|*!cux'    Tons  who  had  no  private  ends,  and  who  did  not  look  upon 
 that  proceeding  to  be  Unlawful,  the  King  had  timely  notice  of 
 it,  and  fent  orders  to  the  Confuls  of  the  place  before  the  De- 
 puties arriv'd  there.    He  alfo  writ  to  the  Parliament  of  Bo«r- 
 demx)  andtothe  Chamber  of  Nirac  to  impeach  all  fuch  as 
 £hould  beconcern'd  in  the  laid  Aflembly,  and  toufethemas 
 Infractors  of  the  Edicts,  and  Pertyrhators  of  the  Publick 
 Peace,  which  the  Parliament  did  not  fail  toeffecl:  \\  ith  their 
 ufoalPaffion.  Whereupon  the  Governor  and  the  Confuls  of  Ca-- 
 flel-jalotix  refus'd  to  admit  the  Deputies  within  their  Gates, 
 ^  .rf   being  unwilling  to  difpleafe  the  Court.    Jonntim  whirher 
 riyr.L;.  the  .Deputies  repaired  from  thence,  treated  them  in  the  frme 
 manner.    This  made  them  fearfjl  that  thty  would  meet  the 
 ftfcfte  treatment  throughout  Guyenne,  and  that  while  they  loft 
 their  time  in  feeking  a  fafe  and  convenient  place,  the  Court 
 would  oblige  the  BearHcw  w  do  that  by  force  which  the  Pro? 
 v'm  :e  was  not  in  a  condition  to  hinder.    They  alio  concluded 
 That  it  v;ouidiiot  be  proper  to  hoid  their  Aflembly  in  a  place 
 
Book  VI.      Edict  of  Nantes.  509 
 
 too  far  diftant  from  that  which  might  ftand  in  need  of  their  1618. 
 Atfiltance. 
 
 Therefore  they  repaired  to  Orthez,  in  Beam,  where  they  They  re- 
 werecertainof  a  kind  Reception.    The  Court  could  not  pre-  £e0l> 
 vent  theeSecl  of  that  Rcfolution,  by  reafon  chat  it  was  held 
 fecret  until  the  very  moment  in  which  it  was  put  in  Executi- 
 on.   As  feen  as  the  AlTembly  was  formVl  they  writ  to  the 
 King,  who  would  neither  receive  their  Letters,  as  coming 
 from  an  Unlawful  Affembly  ;  nor  yet  give  a  hearing  to  the 
 Deputies  Genera).    On  the  contrary  he  put  outa  very  fevere  ***** 
 Declaration,  on  the  2 ill  of  May,  againil  the  Authors,  and  *M^"*** 
 Members  of  chefaid  AlTembly.    In  the  mean  time  the  Court 
 ex  p  tied  tohear  the  ErfecY  of  the  Journey  of  Renard^  Matter 
 c  f  Requefrs  chofen  by  the  Clergy,  who  had  been  feqt  into 
 B-.tm  to  put  the  King's  Orders  in  Execution,  and  to  get  the 
 Decree  of  Reftauration  Regiftfcd  in  the  Sovereign  Council, 
 the  Edict  of  Reimplacemenr,  and  the  Decrees  of  Verification 
 •u  Tho-l-)f/fs3.ad  at  Bo&reieaux,  and  that  of  the  Council  given  - 
 in  confequence  thereof,  which  order'd  the  Council  of  the 
 Province  to  qo  the  like.    The  faid  Ccmmiffioner  war,  very  ill 
 receiv'dat        where  the  Common  People  and  a!l  the  Sc'ho-  SeJi- 
 Mrs  (tir'd  a  great  Sedition  againft  him.    The  -Wifefrhad  qot  " 
 Authority  enough  to  hinder  it.    The  Affcmb'y  of  Ortbez, 
 and  the  Council  of  the  Academy  endeayourVJ  kin  vain.  So 
 that  Ren.ysd  was  oblig'd  to  retire.-  But  he  did  it  like  a  Man 
 who  was  willing  to  aggravate  Matters.   For  which  reafon  he  »f 
 refused  fome  Honours  that  were  offer'dhim  as  to  a  Com  mi  f-  ^?JW* 
 fioner  from  tfie  King  :  He  refus'd  to  Communicate  his  Com-  " 
 initTion,  he  only  difbibmed  fome  Letters  among  thole  the  . 
 (Spurt;  was  fureo'f,  by  which  they  were  commanded  to  affiffc 
 him  :  Me  would  not  accept  the  Sureties  that  were  ofrer'cf  mm. 
 to  com-1  to  Pav,  to  acquaint  tiie  Sovereign  C)unc:l  with  his 
 KnftfUcYions..   Moreover  lie  went  away'  very  a &ruptly  after 
 having  (ent  a  Verbal  and  very  Violent  Report  to  Court  ; 
 daa'i  ;ing  Lit  Fore--  and  the  ^'ovcraign  Council  with  all  the  i 
 Di':  He  jo\n'.i  the  Decree  that  Council  had  lately 
 
 m-  it,  by  whL'h  upon  ?he  purfiiit  of  .the  -Clergy,  and 
 trf>6n  chsscppofition  of  the  Mates  and  of  - the-Ghurehe's  they 
 
 declare  s 
 
 at  Paa. 
 
3  i  o  The  Hijlory  of  the       Vol.  IL 
 
 1618.  declar'd,  That  they  could  not  make  the  Inrollrnenc  ;  and  that 
 <^Y"^>  the  King  fbould  be  humbly  Entreated  to  leave  things  in  the 
 Condition  in  which  they  were  ;  and  that  every  body  fhould 
 return  home  and  live  in  Peace.  The  Bifbops  had  excepted 
 againfr.  L'fcun,  pretending  that  he  was  a  Party  againft  them, 
 as  if  it  had  been  a  private  Procefs :  But  their  Ueculation  was 
 not  allow'd  of,  by  reafon  that  Ltfcnn  had  dene  nothing  w  ith- 
 out Authority.  Thefaid  Decree  was  made  about  the  end  of 
 June. 
 
 pn-fages  During  thefe  Tranfaclions,  the  People  ever  carious  of  Pre- 
 fagesandof  Prodigies,  did  not  fail  to  make  great  Reflexions 
 tm'  upon  fome  Earthquakes,  which  were  obferv'd  in  fome  parts 
 of  Beam,  the  very  next  day  after  the  Departure  of  the  King's 
 Commiffioncr :  And  w  hereas  thefe  Signs  are  generally  equi- 
 vocal, and  only  ftgnirle  what  People  defire  cr  dread,  every 
 body  drew  Confequencesfrom  it,  conformable  to  their  Tem- 
 per. Neverthelefs  as  People  are  moftinclin'd  to  dread,  w  hen 
 they  reflect  on  Accidents  of  w  hich  the  Caufes  are  unknown 
 to  them,  moft  look'd  upon  them  as  an  advice  from  Heaven, 
 which  denoted  to  them  that  the  Affairs  of  the  State  were 
 threatned  with  a  great  alteration,  and  that  both  the  Churches 
 and  the  Country  were  going  to  Puffer  ruinous  fhakings.  For 
 that  reafon  the  ufual  Devotions  on  fuch  occafions  were  renew- 
 ed in  Beam;  and  a  publick  Fair  was  celebrated  there  on  the 
 9th  of  J 'tly. 
 
 a-aft  of  The  Court  being  inform'd  whhthe  ill  Succefs  of  Renard's 
 thecouncil.  CommilTion,  neverthelefs  made  an  advantagious  ufe  of  his 
 Journey  :  And  by  an  Italian  Policy  they  pretended  that  the 
 Caufe  of  the  Bearnois  having  been  defended  at  large  in  the 
 Council  of  Pan,  was  a  fufficient  reafon  to  refufe  an  Audience 
 to  the  Churches  which  defir'd  that  it  might  be  pleaded  before 
 the  King.  This  Evafion  would  have  been  plaufible,  fuppo- 
 llng,  whatisfeldom  true,  that  Princes  were  inform'd  with 
 the  particulars  of  the  Affairs  that  are  reported  to  them. And  then 
 they  might  without  Injuftice  to  the  Bearnois  hive  freed  the 
 King  of  the  Fatigue  of  leveral  tedious  Audiences,  by  acquaint- 
 ing him  with  what  had  been  Paid  in  the  pretence,  or  with  the 
 #    Participation  of  his  Commiflioners,  who  was  to  give  him  an 
 
 account 
 
Book  VI.       Edict  of  Nantes.  3  t  i 
 
 account  of  ir.  But  the  Favourites,  and  the  Minifters  were  1618. 
 un  billing  to  life  the  Ring  to  takefo  much  Cognifance  of  At- 
 fairs.  '1  hey  knew  he  was  eafie,  but  withal  capable  to  under- 
 Hand  realbn  ;  and  they  were  afraid,  that  lhould  the  Quellion 
 be  wcil  expiainM  before  him,  it  would  deprive  them  of  the 
 Fruit  of  all  their  Craft.  They  fatisfy'd  him  with  Reflexions 
 upon  Soveraign  Authority  which  feems  to  be  incroach'd  upon 
 by  the  Liberty  Subjects  take  to  come  to  plead  in  the  very 
 Council  of  their  Princes  againft  the  Laws  which  they  have 
 made.  t  his  was  the  Character  of  LuinC<>  Government,  coum- 
 ciPd  by  Spain  and  by  the  Clergy.  He  and  his  Creatures  on- 
 lv  preach'd  abfdute  Power  to  the  King,  which  Doctrine  he 
 fwa'low'das  greedily,  as  if  others  had  not  exerted  it  in  his 
 ftead.  The  Clergy  has  follow'd  the  fame  Vaximat  all  times: 
 Peing  perfwaded  that  it  would  be  more  eafie  for  them  to  ma- 
 nage the  Hearts  of  Kings  to  their  advantage,  if  they  cou'd 
 hinder  them  from  hearing  the  Complaints  of  their  Enterpri- 
 ses from  the  vjry  mouths  of  thoe  tint  2re  op.;refied  by  them. 
 
 Therefore  inftead  of  hearing  the  tvemenftrarces  of  that  Un- JV/J  0nd 
 fortunate  Principality  a  Mandamus  was  ilfued  out  on  the 25th "Sm/X 
 of  J^'y,  which,  in  order  to  exrrefs  the  more  Authority,  was nBtiu 
 ft.i'd  6rft  and  final.    It  was  Argur-iented,  contrary  to  the Cu- 
 ftom  of  Ads  of  that  Nature,  wh  ch  being  only  Declarations  c/Zo/Beam 
 of  anabfclute  Will,  feem  not  to  require  Rcafons.  They  made 
 the  King  declare  in  it  that  he  had  been  obliged  to  make  the 
 Decreesa^d  E diets  which  related  to  B  ^m  for  the  difcharge  of 
 hisConfckr.ee,  which  could  not  bear  the  affliction  of  the  Ca- 
 tholick  Church  :  To  fatisfie  the  vows  of  the  King  his  Father, 
 who  had  often  exprefs'd  his  Regret  before  bis  Death,  for  his 
 not  hiving  MniuYd  the  (aid  Work>:  Tofecure  the  re  pole  of 
 the  R  Jorr/i  d,  which  the  Bifhops  would  nevei  iiave  left  in  qui- 
 et while  they  were  depriv'd  of  their  flight :  That  he  had  con- 
 fider'd  and  heard  all  before  he  did  pronounce  .;  that  he  had 
 made  provifion  for  what  was  moil  material  by  the  Reimplace- 
 ment,  which  wasa  diminution  of  78000  Livres  of  the  Reve- 
 nue of  the  State  ;  That  he  had  relinquifh'd  his  own  to  fatisfy 
 the  Reform  d;  That  he  frill  oifer'd,  after  the  Inrollmentof  the 
 Edict,  to  do  jufrics  to  the  Interefts  of  particular.  Perfons  who 
 
 fhoukL 
 
;  1 1  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol  IL 
 
 1618.  fhould  complain  of  any  damage  ;  Thathe  demanded  Juftice 
 K^Y^  of  the  Connivance  of  the  Council  of  Pan,  in  the  late  Sediti- 
 on ;  Thathe  would  have  fucli  punifh'd  as  had  firft  taken  up 
 Arms.  He  complain'd  of  the  Aflemblyof  Orthez,  and  in  ge- 
 neral Of  all  Beam:  Imputing  neverthelefs  all  the  evil  to  fbme 
 Factious  Perfons,  without  which  he  declar'd  that  he  would 
 have  us*d  the  utmoft  Extremities.  He  threatned  to  take  the 
 fefulal  of  thelnroilment  as  a  formal  Difobedience ;  and  he 
 Commanded  La,  Forte  to  fee  it  perfoim'd,  and  to  aflift  the 
 Council  in  the  Execution  of  the  Edict,  even  by  way  of 
 Arms. 
 
 FoSotod  While  the  Mandamus  was  preparing,  Vifpalie  Advocate  in 
 1}  fhl?"  ^e  Sovereign  Council  of  Bear*?,  being  fent  with  Letters  from 
 council,  the  AfTembly  of  Orchez  to  Rochel,  and  to  all  the  other  Provin- 
 ces df  the  Kingdom,  was  feiz'd  at  Botif  clean x  and  his  Letters 
 taken.  Complaints  were  made  about  it,  as  of  an  act  of  Ho- 
 ftility  in  time  of  Peace}  and  Reprifalshad  like  to  have  enfued. 
 But  the  Renionft  ranees  of  the  wifeftappeas'd  the  hotteft :  And 
 they  only  writ  other  Letters,  and  fent  them  more  fecretly  and 
 morefefely.  But  when  the  Mandamus  Came  in  Be.irn,  itoc- 
 cafion'd  great  Emotions.  The  whoIeCountry  was  allarnvd  at 
 that  Novelty.  They  no  longer  queftion'd  but  the  Court  had  a 
 defign  upon  their  Liberty,  fince  that  inftead  of  being  mov'd 
 by  their  Complaints  of  an  Edict  made  againft  the  Laws  and 
 Cuftoms,  and  without  the  confent  of  the  Eftates,  they  at- 
 tack'd  them  in  a  new,  but  yet  more  dangerous  manner,  by 
 Mandates,  which  are  only  usM  in  Places  where  Princes  are 
 the  fole Depofitors  of  the  Legiflative  Power:  Not  in  fuch 
 "where  the  free  Confent  of  the  Eftates  isneceffary  to  make  a 
 Law.  Thus  the  whole  Country  was  in  a  great  Agitation. 
 The  Lay  Patrons,  the  College  of  Orthez,  the  Garrifon  of  Na- 
 vxYreins,  which  were  paid  out  of  the  Forfeited  Eftates,  the 
 Syndicks  of  the  Country  and  the  Deputies  of  the  Churches 
 joyn'd  together  in  the  fame  Oppofitions.  Some  Deputies 
 from  abroad  alio  enter'd  into  ir.  The  Synods  of  Castd-jxloux 
 and  of  Ato'ewlikewife  thought  fit  to  fend  Deputies  thither. 
 During  the  greateft  heat  of  this  Agitation,  the  Council  of 
 "Pau  appointed  a  Day  in  order  to  give  a  decifive  Judgment 5 
 
Book  V.      Edict  of  Nantes.  3 i 5 
 
 and  being  AiTembfd  on  the  3  J  ofOfiobir,  they  declared  that  161&. 
 confidering  the  Nature  of  that  Aifair  in  which  every  body  was  ^f^j 
 concem'd,  there  was  no  rcafbn  to  allow  the  Reculations  pre* 
 pos'd  by  the  Clergy.  Finally  on  the  5th  of  the  faid  Month 
 a  Decree  was  made,  importing  that  before  any  farther  Pro- 
 ceedings fhould  be  made  in  the  matter,  the  King  fhould  be 
 molt  humbly  Petitioned  to  provide  for  the  fafety  of  what 
 related  to  the  Rights  of  his  Reformed  Subjects,  according  to 
 the  Edicts  of  his  Predeceflbrs  and  his  own  ;  and  to  hear  their 
 Remonftrances  to  that  end:  Neverthelefs  in  order  to  put  a 
 Iron  to  the  Proceedings  of  the  Clergy,  and  for  the  Repofe  of 
 his  Majefties  Subjects,  it  was  order'd  that  the  Hcclefiallicks 
 fhould  remit  the  anlwer'd  *  Cab/er,  which  was  mention'd  in*^>«»r, 
 the  Edifiof  Reclamation  of  Ecclefiaftical  Lands}  and  &pQrDm""d- 
 the  Attorney-General  fhould  alfo  remit  the  Decree  of  the  2  5th 
 of  Ju/ie.  This  Cabkr  was  that  in  which  the  King  granted  to 
 the  Clergy  of  Beam  by  his  Anfwers  all  the  Advantages  I  have 
 mentioned  ellewhere  :  So  that  the  faid  Decree  open'd  a  way 
 for  a  long  Sufpenfion,  and  to  propofe  new  Difficulties  upon 
 the  Reftararicn  of  the  Clergy  in  all  their  Ancient  Privi- 
 ledgc^. 
 
 Although,till  then  theS^r;;£?^hadonly  defended  themfelves  Smtimtnt 
 by  ways  of  Right,  by  Petitionsand  Deputations  to  the  King,  fj0™,^ 
 byoppefuions  according  to  form,  by  Decrees  of  the  Soveraign J. 
 Council,  yet  there  were  prudent  well  meaning  Perfons  that  onthofeAf. 
 did  not  approve  that  refiftance.    The  Duke  dt  Rohan  and  t)JMrs' 
 FUffis  Mont  at  were  of  that  Number.    They  were  afraid  left 
 this  fhould  ingage  all  the  Churches  to  take  up  Arms  without 
 confederation.    They  were  of  opinion  that  it  would  have 
 been  better  to  accept  the  Reimplacement,  as  a  proper  Expe- 
 dient to  repair  the  prejudice  occafion'd  by  the  afprefaid  Re- 
 iteration.' And  they  would  have  cngag'd  themfelves  to  ob- 
 tain ieavefrom  the  King  to  refumethe  Church  Lands,  in  cafe 
 the  Alignment  of  the  Reimplacement  were  diverted,  orap- 
 propriated  to  any  other  ufe.  Not  but  that  they  look'd  upon  the 
 Caufe  of  the  Churches  to  be  juft  ;  but  they  law  that  Juftice 
 dilarm'd:  They  thought  it  better  to  fuffer  the  lofs  of  fome 
 Pnviledges,  which  *they  had  not  the  power  to  defend,  than 
 
 P  p  to 
 
5 1  %  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1618.  to  hazard  all  by  an  Ineftftual  Rtfiftance  :  That  this  would  be 
 ^VN.'  the  way  to  involve,  even  thofe  that  had  not  yet  been  meddled 
 with  in  the  mine  of  thole  that  were  attack'd:  'I  hat  it  was  fit 
 to  take  care  left  the  Churches  of  the  Kingdom,  by  protecting 
 thofe  of  Btarv  omof  feafon  fhould  loie  themfelves  what  they 
 would  preferve  for  others. 
 d    ■  _     '1  he  Duke  of  Bouillon  tyr'd  with  Affairs  and  Broils,  begin- 
 "reit the-  nm&  to  *'ce*       we'Suranc^  Inconveniences  of  Age,  ingag'd 
 to  the  Court  by  Favours,  minding  the  Settlement  of  h's  Chil- 
 dren who  were  of  Age  to  be  introdue'd  into  theWorld,and  be- 
 ingperhaps  defirous  to  fee  howthings  would  go, before  lie  would 
 ingage  himfelf,  did  not  exprefs  the  fame  heat  in  this  as  he  had 
 done  in  others.  The  Duke  of  Sully  was  hardly  reckon'd  upon  in 
 General  Affairs  ;  and  had  neither  renoune'd  the  Recommences 
 of  the  Imployments  that  were  taken  from  him,  nor  yet  thf 
 hopes  of  being  Reftor'd,    He  faw  thai  the  Court  wasfubjecf. 
 to  fiich  fudden  Revolutions,  that  he  thought  they  would  want 
 a  Man  like  him.    So]  that  whenever  any  applications  were 
 made  to  him  about  the  Affairs  of  the  Churches,  he  only  an- 
 fwer'd  with  Equivocal  Councils  and  Irrefolutions.  Lefdi- 
 gn.eres  form'd  a  Party,  (eparated  from  the  reft ;  and  though  all 
 the  Corruption  of  his  Heart  was  not  known,  the  RefcrmM 
 were  fenfiblc  that  Intereft  was  the  chief  Article  of  his  ReligU 
 on.    Chitillion  had  as  mveh  if  not  more  Ambition  than  Piety  ; 
 and  was  as  much  ingag'd  to  the  Court  by  the  firft,  as  to  Reli- 
 gion by  the  ieeond.    La  TrimonilU  was  lo  young  that  it  was 
 not  poffible  to  judge  what  might  be  expected  from  him.  The 
 Letters  written  by  the  AflTembly  of  Rocbd  to  the  faid  Lords, 
 had  produe'd  no  great  efTecl:,  and  had  neither  been  able  to 
 unite  them  among  themfelves,  nor  yet  to  awaken  them  in  fa- 
 vour of  the  Common  Caufe.    The  Duke  of  Rckt//,  Soitt>>f', 
 his  Brother,  and/..*  Force  v/ tit  the  only  Perfons  who  leem'd 
 refolv'd  to  undertake  every  thing. 
 state  of     Moreover  Affairs  abroad  afforded  no  profpeft  to  hope  that 
 2?    tne  ProieA*"**  would  affift  the  Churches  of  Frawe.  The 
 Houfe  of  AuJMk  taking  the  advantage  of  the  Troubles  of  the 
 Kingdom,  began  to  execute  their  Projects  in  Germany;  and 
 a  f  yming  the  pretence  of  Religion  in  order  to  hinder  the  Ca- 
 
 tholck 
 
Book  V.      Edict  of  Nantes.  2 1 5 
 
 tholick  Princes  from  oppofing  them,  opprefs'd  the  P rot  (flints  1618. 
 publickly.    Bthnm  was  full  of  Troubles,  and  the  ill  luccefs  'w^y^o 
 of  the  Arms  which  the  People  had  taken  up  for  the  preserva- 
 tion of  their  Liberties,  made  them  lofe  in  a  fhort  time  both 
 their  Political  Liberty  and  that  of  their  Confidences.  Thefe 
 Confufions  held  all  the  Princes  of  the  fame  Communion  in 
 i'ufpence  >  expecting  the  Event  to  fee  what  meafuresthey  mould 
 take.    Prince  Mmnce  was  imploy'd  in  the  United Provinces  ; 
 and  the  Armim&ns  afforded  him  too  much  bufinefs  to  permit 
 him  to  ingagein  the  Affairs  of  France.    The  King  of  England 
 plaid  the  Theologian.*  And  while  on  one  fide  he  fuffer'd  Peo- 
 ple to  give  the  Pope  great  hopes,  in  his  Name  to  reftore  his 
 three  Kingdoms  to  the  Rom.m  Communion,  he  difturb'J  all 
 the  North,  with  Disputes  which  made  him  pafsfora  Zealous 
 Protejiant     So  that  confidering  the  prefent  State  of  Europe. 
 it  was  impoffible  to  expect  a  happy  IlTue  of  the  Refiftance  of 
 Be.tm.  Tke  King's  Forces  not  being  imploy'd  elfewhere  might  d^^™ 
 all  be  lent  that  way,  and  fubdue  the   Country  before  ihe^5 
 reft  of  the  Rifcrnid  had  taken  their  final  Resolutions.  TfoiJtf 
 Moderate  Councils  only  ferv'd  to  break  their  Meafures  and  - 
 cccafion'd  greatlofsof  time.  They  prevaii'd  with  thefe  who  rm' 
 only  wanted  a  pretence  not  to  meddle  with  any  thing,  tofor- 
 fakethe  Party  of  the  ethers:  And  thetime  which  would  have 
 been  necellary  to  put  themfelves  in  a  pofture  of  defence  be- 
 ing confum'd  in  ufelefs  difputes,  when  the  King  was  ready  to 
 go  inro  Btarn  to  force  them  to  obey,  he  found  no  body  ready 
 torcfi-thim.    Too  much  confederation  commonly  mines  the? 
 Affairs  of  the  People.    A  little boldnefs  is  bttrcrin  thofe  Ca- 
 fes, than  flow  confiderate  Proceedings:  Particularly  v\  hen 
 we  are  to  deal  with  Enemies  who  efteem  themfelves  to  be  a- 
 bove  all  Law?,  and  who  lay  afide  theMaximsof  Integrity  and 
 Juftice,  by  realbn  that  they  know  no  oriier  Rules  of  it  but 
 their  Will    That  Prudence  which  flicks  fcrupuloufly  to  ths 
 Maxims  of  Probity  is  for  the  moll  part  Unfortunate  :  The 
 Enemy  takes  the  advantage  of  the  Nicenefs  of  the  Confcien- 
 ccs of  thofe  he  attacks}  and  while  tljey  were  deliberating  a- 
 bout  the  Righc  of  RefiftaiKc,  they  afforded  him  time  to  pre- 
 vent them. 
 
 P  p  2  Towa  ds 
 
5 1 6  7he  Hiflory  of  the         Vol.  II, 
 
 i6]8.     Towards  the  end  of  the  Year  the  BJatniU  pubhfh'd  an  A- 
 v^v^J  pology,  compoj'd  by  L*Jcun  with  the  advice  and  approbation 
 ifgyfftl:o{ the  Affembly  of  Orth  z,  to  whom  it  Was  Dedicated.  That 
 &*J«if  tf  piece  was  written  at  different  times,  as  may  eafily  be  d.fco- 
 Bear"  ver'd  by  the  management  of  it.    The  Stile  is  not  of  a  piece: 
 The  Arguments  are  dtftinft,  and  not  well  followed  :  It  is  full 
 of  Al!ufions  to  Holy  Writ,  and  other  Authors.    But  yet  it  is 
 good  and  folid;  and  the  Rights  of  B-am  weFe  afferted  in  in 
 with  vigour  enough,  to  give  a  pretence  to  Charge  the  Au- 
 thor with  a  Crime  of  State  for  his  boldnefs  ;  particular  iy  be- 
 caufe  he  fpeaks  vehemently  againft  Arbitrary  Power,  alshdf 
 therefpecldue  to  the  King  be  Religioi.fly  oblerv'd  in  it.  7  he 
 Events  of  any  confideration  were  noted  in  it  by  Years  and  by 
 Days:  The  Eftablifhment  of  the  Reformation  in  B. The 
 A  idem  Rbjitsof  the  Country  >  The  E  amples  dra wn  cut  of 
 •  Lam  the  Old  *  Far,  which  fhow  that  even  in  the  beginning  of  the 
 i-tht  B.ry.  Thirteenth  Century  the  People  did  not  Swear  Allegiance  to 
 theirSoveraign,  till  the  Sovereign  had  Sworn  to  the  Barons,, 
 and  to  all  the  Court  that  he  would  be  a  faithful  Lard  to  them, 
 that  he  would  Govern  them  jtiftly,  and  that  he  woul  J  do  them 
 no  prejudice  :  The  Paid  Oath  was  rensw'din  ijSf  by  the  late 
 King  in  imitation  of  his  Predeceflors.    The  Author  prov'd  at 
 fafgetn  it,  that  the  Laws  only  received  their  Force  by,  andnc 
 ver  could  be  alterM  -without  the  Authority  of  the  Prince  and 
 the  confent  of  thcEllates;  but  morebv  the  one  without  theothcr 
 To  prove  w  hich  he  brought  feveral  Examples.  He  recited  the- 
 alteration  which  wasmidein  Btam  under  Qjeen  jf^^ej  and 
 the  Vengeance  w  hich  M)ngommtry  exerted  againft  thole  who- 
 had  ob'ig'd  that  Prineefs  to  fly  by  their  Confpiracies  :•  A  Ven- 
 geance which  even  Molac,  one  of  the  molt  cruel  Perfecurors 
 of  the  B-foru'd;  look'duponas  tent  from  Heaven  \  by  reaforr 
 ihat  the  laid  Count  redue'd  all  that  Country  in  three  Days 
 ]jbtifitts  time.and  took  all  the  Leadersof  the  Rebellion  Prifoners. 
 tfttbesi-      After  that- teepfun  related  thefaid  Expedition,  and  all  that 
 c^/^'pafs'J  upon  the  account  of  the  Forfeiture  and  Seizure  of  the 
 ^    Ecclefiaftfeal  Lands,  until  the  Month  of  Ociobtr  of  the  faid 
 Year.    He  obferv'd  the  Falfity-of  what  had  been  advanced  by 
 tlie  Bifhops,  who  in  order  to  be  heard  at  Court  pretended  to 
 he.  Authorized  by  the  Catholieks  of  Beam  \  and  to  be  fecond- 
 
 ed.. 
 
Book  V.       Edul  of  Nantes.  3 1 7 
 
 cJ  by  the  Cathjlicks,  told  ihem  that  the  King  had  order'd  1618. 
 the  aforelaid  Reverfion,  or  Reftoration  of  his  own  accord  :  -^Y^J 
 Pro  11  whence  they  concluded  that  it  would  be  imprudent  tore- 
 fjle  an  advantage  which  offer'd  it  fclf.    Thole  good  Prelates, 
 or'  which  one  was  of  very  oblcure  Birth,  as  being  Son  of  a 
 Mm  who  had  been  a  Cobler,  Butcher,  and  had  kept  a  Ca- 
 baret, thofe  Prelates,  I  fay,  who  made  fo  much  nolle  wliene-  - 
 verthe  Reformed  took  up  Arms  to  defend  themfclves,  made 
 no  dtdiculty  of  taking  diem  up  to  attack.    They  made  Af-  • 
 Iemb!ie%    {fortify  M  their  Bouies,  gave  Military  Employ- 
 ments, kept  Guards  as  in  time  of  open  War  ;  an  J  thole  Offi- 
 cers of  JipHcopa]  Creation  never  went  abroad  without  being 
 attended  by  Armed  Men. 
 
 In  the  next  place  he  did  refute  the  Bifhop  of  Mann**  Speech,  Remarks 
 which  I  have  mention'd  before  :  And  he  made  this  particular  2JjA 
 Rem  irk  upon  it,  That  this  Prelate -had  taken  his  Exordium  Macon' - 
 out  of  the  fame  Subject  from  which  that  of  a  certain  Libel  speech. 
 had  been  taken  call'd,  Tb?  Hvglifb  C.it!w!/c':,  writen  againft 
 H  firy  HI.  So  tint  the  one  began  with  the  fame  Arguments  ia 
 order  to  Exafpesate  the  King  again^hls  Subjects  ;  as  the  o- 
 t-Jier  had  done,  to  make  the  S ubjcdls  rife  again!}  their  King.  He 
 approv'dt'ie  book  Printed  at  London  concerning  the  Rights 
 oiP>t.im  ;  and  he  added  divers  Reflexions  to  it  upon  the  Vio- 
 lation of  Promifes,  an  J  upon  1  he omidi  in  of  the  ufual  Forma*, 
 lities  in  the  Decree  of  Reft  oration.    This  among  others  was 
 of  great  Confluence.    D;  Veu  had  affiled  at  the  JudgmenD 
 by  virtueof  his  quality  of  Lord  Keeper,  though  being  a  Bi- 
 mop  he  ought  not  to  fit  in  the  Council,  when  the  A'turs  of 
 die  R  firmi  were  treated  there  ;  according  to  the-  Anfwer 
 /rude  to  the  fourth  Article  of  the  Cabier  of  LW/*,  in  which 
 theKing  dechr'd  exprefly  that  the  Eccleuafticks  (houid  with* 
 dra  w  whenever  thofe  Affairs  were  treated  of  there.    He  ob* 
 .'jrv'd  the  Unjufr  Precipitation  of  that  Decree,  made  after  ha* 
 viag.return'd  all  the  Writings  and  Productions  to  the  Parties, 
 as  if  they  had  defign'd  to  give  it  over ;  notwithstanding  which 
 it  had  been  ju  'g.'d  without  any  new  Adjournment  given  to 
 the  Parties  concer  i'd :  And  to-the  end  they  might  not  fay-, 
 ■hut  they  had  examined  all  the  (aid  Writings  before,  the  return^ 
 
3 1 8  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 161 V.  ing  of  them,  he  gives  a  Lift  of  feveral  other  Acts  which  lie 
 
 \^y^  defign'd  to  joyn  to  the  firft  Productions. 
 D#»f*     He  obferv'd  that  the  Reimplacement  promis'd  by  the  K  ing, 
 might  beevaded  by  the  Capricio  of  a  Treafurcr;  whereupon 
 
 placement,  lie  cited  the  Example  of  the  Country  of  Gex,  and  of  Betm  it 
 felf,  where  the  like  Promifes  had  prov'd  ineffectual:  That  the 
 Demefneof  Beam  was  unalienable  ;  That  the  attribution  of 
 a  perpetual  llfufrucluary  was  a  real  Alienation    and  ccn'e- 
 quently  that  the  Reimplacement  would  only  ferve  to  render 
 the  Reformd  the  more  odious,  as  inioyingiuch  anlncome  by 
 a  Title  contrary  to  the  Rights  of  the  Country  •,  That  without 
 touching  Regulations  fo often  confirm'd,  the  King  migbthave 
 given  the  Reimplacement  to  the  Bifhops,  who  would  have  in- 
 joy'd  it  without  fear  of  being  depriv'd  of  it  again;  whereas 
 the  Churches  being  oblig'd  to  accept  it,  they  might  get  it  re* 
 vok'd  when  they  pleas'd}  That  the  King  might  think  it  a  bur- 
 then to  his  Confcienceat  fometime  or  other,  to  lee  his  Reve- 
 nues imploy'd  for  the  maintenance  of  the  Reformd  Churches, 
 finceit  would  net  permit  him  then  to  furler  the  Ecclefiaftical 
 Lands  to  ferve  for  that  ufe  ,  and  that  it  was  to  be  fear'd  that 
 the  fame  Conference  would  oblige  him  to  take  the  Places  of 
 Surety  from  the  Reform 'd. 
 jgahji      He  alfo  argued  about  the  difpute  of  the  Tithes;  maintain- 
 Tithes.     ing  that  they  are  not  due  as  a  ground  Rent,  but  as  a  Religious 
 Duty  which  cannot  be  paid  by  the  Earth,  but  by  Perfbns,  and 
 concluded  that  the  Reform' d could  not  pay  them  to  the  Clergy 
 Preferif.  with  a  fafe  Confcience.    In  the  next  place  he  prov'd  a  Prefcri- 
 ption  of  40  Years,  and  anfwerM  the  two  Exceptions  of  the 
 Clergy,  vis.  That  it  had  been  interrupted  by  the  Proteftati- 
 ons  the  Clergy  had  enter'd  againft  it  from  time  to  time,  and 
 that  there  can  be  noPrefcription  againft  the  Roman  Church, 
 unlefsof  a  hundred  Years.    Hereply'd  to  the  firft,  that  as  of- 
 ten as  the  Clergy  had  renew'd  their  Ccnteftation  they  h;d 
 beencaft :  And  to  the  fecond  that  in  Beam^  that  Right  is  of  no 
 ^  FSr.    force  againft  the  Old  Law,  nor  in  France  againft  Royal  Ordi- 
 nances.   He  did  not  forget  that  in  all  the  Writings  that  we  e 
 made  againft  Bsarm,  abfolute  Power  was  founded  high,  and 
 that  they  were  not  afliara'd  to  nublifb-,  that  the  pretenrionsof 
 
 Bam 
 
Book  V.      Edict  of  Nantes.  315? 
 
 Bbwiwere  good  in  time  of  old,  while  they  had  a  particular  i6i9. 
 Lord}  but  that  belonging  now  to  a  Kingof  frame,  the  Cafe 
 was  altet'd.  That  is  to  fay,  1  hat  the  King's  Right  was  only 
 force,  which  according  to  the  Opinion  of  the  moll  Equitable 
 in  France,  is  only  a  Right  among  Qirbxrums :  Whereas  the 
 Apology  was  cn!y  grounded  on  the  Laws  of  the  State,  very 
 different  frpm  the  particular  Will  of  the  Prince,  which  may 
 vary  according  to  time,  while  the  others  are  confrant  and 
 unvariable. 
 
 He  upbraided  the  Jefuks  with  their  Parricides,  and  their  cmdujim. 
 Do&rins  concerning  the  Authority  of  Kings  5  and  return'd 
 the  C.itholicks  ferae  of  the  Darts  they  us'd  to  Lance  againlt  the 
 Reform' V,  call'd  the  King  Ah.-h  un^  the  Rornm  Churcli,  and 
 the  King  of  Spain,  H*g*r *x\djfbnra st}  and  the  Reformed  and 
 their  Church;  Ifaac  and  S.irab  5  complaining  that  Agar  and 
 I0  rj.tr/  would  turn  out  If.t.ic,  and  the  true  Children  of  the 
 Boule  unknown  to  Abmhxm:  And  finally  lie  protefted  in  the 
 Name  ct  the  Rtfortncl,  that  not  being  t!  e  Agrejjbrs  they 
 wo'ald  opi  he  refpei  fi  Ae  for  the  Evils  that  might  infiie.  if 
 bring^ttacfet  they  fhouSd be  forced  tomakea  Lawful  defence. 
 Hericn,piojr'd  the  afliftance  of  all  thole  that  were  of  the  fame 
 &efief,  and  ofaH  thofe  that  lov'd  the  good  of  the  State  ;  left 
 thofc  (Inuid  exnofethemfeives  to  the  reproach  made  to  Mjos 
 hy  the  Ifia  lit>s  (J/*.  $  v.  23 .)  of  not  being  come  to  thcaf- 
 fiffapeeof  the  Lord  j  and  thefe  to  the  Curtefie  of  the  ticks. 
 He  pret>ndedthisreco;  rfe  to  be  founded  on  Right  and  Exam- 
 ple-. He  tax'd  the  Favourite  hy  the  by  of  injoyinglmploy- 
 merits  vyhjcti  were  only  due  to  Princes  of  the  Blood  :  And  he 
 infinuated  tli.it  the  Kmghad  been  the  greateft  gairerby  the 
 Treaty  of  Lou-lun,  and  tlie  Aflembly  which  met  at  Rochtl  at 
 the  time  of  the  Fall  of  t'-c  *vlarfiaal  a  A.ure. 
 
 While  Affairs  were  in  this  State  in  Beam,  the  Qjeen  Mo-  1619. 
 thcr  was  tyr'd  with  Blus,  where  fhe  was  under  Confinement)^-' 
 as  in  an  honourable  kind  of  Prifon.    Luims,  wlio  had  a  mind  ''; r 
 to  know  her  Secrets,  put  a  thoufand  unworthy  Tricks  upon  her  "fcnoe- 
 her;    and  Fool'd  her  and  the  Duke  of  Rohan,    pretend- /rcwBIois 
 ingto  come  to  an  Accommodation  with  that  Princefs,  in  order 
 to  difcover  thofe  in  whom  (he  rcpos'd  a  Confidence.  He  even 
 
 made 
 
3  zo  The  Hi/toy  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1618.  made  ufe  of  the  Treachery  of  Aittoux  the  Jefuit,  who  under 
 vs\r\j  pretence  of  Confeflion,  difcover'd  whatever  fhe  had  upon 
 her  heart?  which  he  acquainted  the  Favourite  with,  whoim- 
 prov'd  it  to  his  own  advantage.  The  Jefuit,  after  fb  bale  a 
 piece  of  Treachery,  difdain'd  to  excufeit,  and  thought  It  fuf- 
 ficient  in  order  to  cover  the  Infamy  of  10  bale  an  Aclion  to  fay 
 that  he  had  begg'd  God's  Pardon  for  it.  The  Qieen  being 
 Exaggerated  by  the  Treatment  Hie  receiv'd,  rtfoiv'd  to  make 
 her  Efcape.  She  apply'd  her  feif  at  fir  ft  to  the  Marfhal  de 
 Bouillon,  whole  Ability  fhe  was  acquainted  with,  and  who 
 had  a  confiderabie  City  in  which  he  might  have  afforded  her  a 
 Retreat.  But  he  refus'd  to  engage  in  fo  great  an  Undertak- 
 ing. He  only  advis'dthe  Qyeen  to  apply  her  feif  to  the  Duke 
 a*  Epcrnon,  who  was  at  Mets  at  that  time,  very  much  difa- 
 tisfy'd  with  the  Court.  The  faid  Duke  accepted  her  Propo- 
 fals  immediately  ;  and  having  taken  the  Queen  in  a  place 
 where  he  had  appointed  to  meet  her,  hecarry'd  her  fa!e  toAx- 
 goultme.  Lftines  was  ftun'd  with  that  Blow,  which  he  did 
 not  expect.  He  was  fenfible  that  he  lud  difoblig'd  all  the 
 Kingdom  :  His  prodigious  fortune  created  a  Jealoufie  in  all 
 the  Grandees  ;  and  the  People  opprels'd  by  a  thoufand  Vexa- 
 tions, imputed  it  alias  itisufual  to  the  Avarice  and  Ambition 
 of  t  he  Favourite,  Therefore  he  thought  it  better  to  flop  the 
 progrefs  of  the  evil  by  Negotiations,  than  to  let  it  increale  it 
 feif  by  Negligence.  Moreover  he  gave  way  either  volunta- 
 rily, or  by  realbn  that  the  thing  having  been  fued  for  without 
 hisknowledgc,  he  waso  lig'd  to  confent  to  it  handfomely,  to 
 the  return  of  the  Bifliop  of  Lucon  to  that  Princcfs,  on  condi- 
 tion that  he  fliould  difpofe  her  to  a  Peace  ;  and  the  Eilhop  be- 
 ing weary  withftudying  of  Theology  which  he  was  not  very 
 wellskiil'd  in,afpiring  only  to  return  toCcurt, where  he  was  in 
 hopes  of  making  himfelf  uleful,  made  no  difficulty  to  ac- 
 quiefs  to  it.  Thus  after  lbme  Meffagcs  to  and  fro,  the 
 Peace  was  concluded.  The  Queen  had  the  Cafile  cf  y^- 
 gers  and  de  PovtsdeCe  for  her  Security,  with  leave  to  come 
 back  to  Court. 
 
 But 
 
BookV.      Edill      Nantes,  fft 
 
 But  the  Dukcde  Lnines  who  was  afraid  that  (lie  would  find  \6\\ 
 many  Perfons  there  who  would  rather  fellow  her  than  him,^^ 
 and  that  flic  would  fbonrefume  her  former  Authority  to  his  ^-P,J 
 prejudice,  and  revenge  the  bloody  Injuries  he  had  done  her, /,r 
 found  a  way  to  render  that  permillion  of  no  ule  to  her.    The  W: 
 Prince  of  Conde  whom  flie  had  put  in  Prifon  about'  three  years 
 before,  pafs'd  his  Days  difmafly  there,  though  the  Pri'ncefs 
 his  Wife  had  voluntarily  confin'd  her  fclf  vv- i t h  him  to 
 keep  him  Company.  He  amus'd  himfelf  in  the  Study  of  Con- 
 trovejfies :  But  he  did  not  apply  himfelf  to  it  like  a  Man  that 
 defign'd  to  underftand  the  Qyeftions  throughly,  and  to  t$ie 
 his  Party  after  having  maturely  weig&'d  the  Reafons  on  both 
 fides-    This  way  of  Study  is  too  long  and  too  tedious  for 
 Princes.    They  muft  have  abftrafted  Methods,  to  (horten 
 their  Labour,  and  to  free  the  Matters  from  the  drinefs  and  dif- 
 ficulties they  arefurrounded  with.    A  little  Superficial  Know- 
 ledge paiTes  among  them  for  profound  Science  ;  and  of  all 
 Arguments  none  are  fo  proper  for  them  as  Prejudications.  He 
 was  delighted  with  thole  little  Reafons,  which  the  Jefuits.and 
 the  Miffionaries  their  Emiffaries  did  begin  to  put  in  practice  : 
 And  he  render'd  himfelf  more  troublefbme  thereby  to  the  Re- 
 fcrridy  whom  he  pcrfecuted  by  Difputes,  in  which  he  would 
 always  be  in  the  right,  than  heprov'd  formidable  to  them  iii 
 the  War  lie  wag'd  againft  them  with  great  Violence.  Luinef 
 hoping  that  Relentroent  would  induce  that  Prince  to  protect 
 him  againft  the  Queen,  fecur'd  himfelf  with  him,  and  put 
 him  at  Liberty :  And  as  if  he  diddelign  to  acquaint  the  Queen, 
 thatir  was  againft  Iier  that  he  had  fought  that  fapport,  he 
 ohtaind  a  Declaration1  for  the  di {charge  of  the  Prince,  ifi 
 which  the  Conduct  of  that  Princefs  was  indirectly  tax'd :  But 
 yet  in  fuch  a  manner  that  it  might  eafily  be  perceiv'd  by  any 
 that  had  Common  Senfe  She  was  fb  much  offended  at  it,  that 
 flie  would  not  come  to  Court  j  and  fhe  exprefs'd  her  Re  fen  t- 
 raents  fo  higji,  tliat  it  was  eafie  to  judge,  that  flie  would  ufe 
 her  utmoft  Endeavours  to  revenge  it.    She  was  very  near  do- 
 ing it,  and  Lnines  had  been  ruin'd  had  fhe-  b&en  well  ad^ 
 
 Vib'd. 
 
 But 
 
*6 1 9.      But  while  thefe  Broils  imploy'd  the  Court,  the  Affairs  of 
 v^v^  Bear/s  remain'd  Dormant,  by  reafon  that  the  Court  had  no 
 The  jtf-  time  to  mind  them.    Moreover  they  abolifh'd  by  an  exprefs 
 femih  of  Declaration  of  the  5th  of        the  Crime  of  the  Aflembly  of 
 THmftfd  Caftet-jaloux  and  of  Orthez,,  which  towards  the  latter  end  of 
 t»  Rochei.  the  preceding  Year  after  having  been  Converted  into  a  Gene- 
 ral Convocation,  had  been  transferrd  to  Rachel,  fortheCon- 
 veniency  of  the  other  Provinces.    The  truth  is  that  the  laid 
 Convocation  did  take  the  King's  part  publickly  againft  the 
 Takes  f/Jf  Q^ieen  ;  and  evenrefus'd  to  hear  Chambrtt  who  was  fent  by 
 iftgVf that  Princefs  to  found  them.    Befides  which  they  declared  ail! 
 fuch  Defertors  of  the  Union  of  the  Churches,  who  fhould". 
 fide  vvith  any  body  but  the  King.    After  which  they  broke  up 
 'AnJbntks  on  tne  21th  of  April  ;  upon  the  King's  Promile  of  allowing 
 ^Another  another  Affembly  in  the  Month  of  September  following.  The 
 jijfembij   Brief  of  permiiTion  was  Sign'd  on  the  23  d  of  May;  and  the 
 toudiiL*  Affembly  repair'd  to  Loudun,  where  they  began  their  Sefiion 
 '  °u       on  the  26th  of  September*    The  Court  in  reality  ventur'd  lels 
 than  they  feem'd  to  do,  by  allowing  that  Affembly  in  a  time 
 of  fuch  Confufion.    They  were  very  well  inform'd  with  the 
 Divifions  that  reign'd  among  the  Rt formed  5  and  they  had 
 ready  means  to  improve  them ;  Artifices  to  delude  the  Sim- 
 ple Recompences  to  purchafe  thofe  that  were  Self-Interefted ; 
 Threatnings  to  frighten  the  Weak  ;  and  all  thofe  being  made 
 ufelefs  to  the  Party,  they  had  more  Forces  than  were  neceffa- 
 ry  toopprefs  the  reft. 
 
 Several  Lords  fent  Deputies  thither  :  La  Force  did  not  fail 
 to  do  the  fame,  and  the  Affairs  of  Beam  were  canvas'd  there, 
 as  foon  as  it  was  form'd.  Infbmuch  that  they  foon  drew  Se- 
 ven preliminary  Articles,  which  they  gave  to  thofe  that  car- 
 ry'd  their  SubmilTions  to  the  King  ;  until  they  could  make 
 more  ample  Complaints,  to.  be  fent  by  the  Deputies  Ge: 
 neral. 
 
 The  firft  demanded  the  Revocation  of  the  Decree  of  Re- 
 iteration, or  at  lean:  a  Sufpenfion  of  it,  until  the  Bearnois. 
 had  been  beared  .  ,  n 
 
 The 
 
Book  VI.       EdiU  of  -Nantes.  2 : 2 
 
 The  \  ~^nd  demanded  the  continuation  of  the  Pi  ces  of  iftf'19. 
 Surety,  and  eij.?ria!Iy  that  an  account  fhoald  be  given  ofthofc  *<S  vJ 
 that  were  held  by  7  efdignieres.  who  had  all  along  refused  to 
 communicate  it  to  tru  *  '  Arches  of  the  . 
 
 The  Third  related  to  '  c  'durt,  whicti  Gove.    -»eitt  tliey  dc- 
 fir'd  fhouldbe  taken  from  Fototiitttes. 
 
 The  Fourth  renewM  the  Affair  of  the  two  Col  el.'orsin 
 the  Parliament  of  Pins,  in  which  they  refus'd  t  >  receive 
 them:  And  the  Court  tcok  but  little  care  to  oblige  tl  .Parlia- 
 ment to  Obey  according  to  the  King's  Prom  ile. 
 
 The  Fifth  mentioned  the  Creation  of  a  place  of  Su Mlitute 
 to  the  Attorney  General  in  the  Parliaments  of  Paris  an  1  Gn- 
 noblet  to  be  given  to  Perfons  of  the  Reform 'd  I  eligi- 
 on. 
 
 The  Sixth  contain^  Complaints  about  the  Sorptffjttg  of 
 Ttrtiu,  which  had  been  taken  from  the  Reformed  by  Crafc 
 in  time  of  Peace,  demanding  the  Reftitution  of  the  laid 
 Place. 
 
 The  Seventh  remonftrated  tnat  the  Cr  fnolicks  had  burnt 
 the  Temple  of  Bonrg  in  Breffe,  and  demands  J  Repara*'  1  for 
 that  Violence* 
 
 I  will  obferve  euptffi/it  that  they  endeavc     .  ta  lake  wbytht 
 the  Rtfornfd  paTs  for  Troublefome  Obftinate  i'eopie  who?-^™v, 
 would  never  give  over,__  and  who  did  perpetually  renew  the,      .  • 
 fame  Demands,  evenafter  the  King  had  declared  by  divers  Re- 
 fufals  that  he  would  not  fatisfiethem.    Bun  there  never  was  a  Dmi1ti{ 
 morellniuft,  or  more  Imprudent  Accufation.    The  Truth  is, 
 that  it  was  never  urgM  agiinft  them  until  their  decay  gave 
 way  to  their  Enemies  to  make  Crimes  of  all  their  Actions, 
 and  to  take  their  very  Sighs,  and  their  frioft  humble  Petitions 
 for  a  lawful  pretence  to  deftroy  them.    I  own  that  they  have 
 often  renew'd  the  fame  Deman  Js  f  But  that  was  chiefly  when 
 they  had  recciv'd  Promifes  which  had  never  been  put  in  Exe- 
 cution, or  when  thofe  things  were  rehVd,  which  had  been 
 folemnly  promis'd  to  them.    So  that  it  \VaS  not  a  Criminal 
 Importunity,  to  prefs  the  performance  of  a  Royal  Promife  on 
 a  1  Occafions.    If  there  was  a  Crime,  thofe  were  guilty  of  it 
 whoprevaiPd  with  the  King  to  break  his  Promifes,  and  to 
 
 Qq  2  Ingage 
 
3  2+  The  Hiflory  f  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1619.  Ingage  his  Word  tolmpofe  upon  the  Credulity  ofh  is  Subjects. 
 i-OT^  If  tliere  have  been  things  on  which  the  Reform d  have  Infill- 
 ed, though  they  have  been,  deny 'd  to  them  at  the  firft  Propo- 
 fal,  they  have  done  no  more  in  that  than  what  all  manner  of 
 Communities  had  been  us'd  to  do,  in  things  which  they  were 
 in  hopes  of  obtaining  at  fome  time  or  other :  viz.  to  renew 
 their  Demands  Irom  time  to  time,  for  fear  of  giving  caufe 
 to  tell  them,  whenever  they  found  a  favourable  occafion  to 
 fpeak  anew  about  them.that  having ouce  given  over  the  purfuit 
 of  them,  they  had  no  right  to  refume  it.  Among  feveral  Ex- 
 amples of  this  Practice,  that  of  the  Clergy  admits  no  contra- 
 diction. That  Body  fond  of  their  Liberties,  thought  them 
 violated  by  the  Concordat  between  Fmr.cu  I.  and  Lton  X. 
 and  not  delpairing  to  find  a  favourable  occafion  at  fome  time 
 or  other  to  break  it,  they  refolv'd  to  Petition  the  Court  fcr 
 the  Reftaurationof  the  Liberty  of  Elections,  whenever  they 
 fhould  have  an  occafion  to  make  Harangues  to  the  Kings  by 
 their  Deputies,  They  not  only  form  rd  the  defign  of  it ;  they 
 oblig  e!  thcmlelvesto  it  by  Oath,  and  for  above  the  fpaceof  a 
 hundred  Years,  their  Deputies  have  never  fail'd  to  make  this 
 Liberty  of  Elections  one  of  the  Articles  of  their  Karrangues, 
 Nothing  but  an  abfolute  command  could  oblige  them  todefiir. 
 from,  that  ufelefs  purfuit.  If  they  were  not  troublefome  to 
 Kings  by  Petitions  fo  often  renew'd,  and  which  did  attack 
 one  of  the  Privileges  they  have  moftreafon  to  be  jealous  of ; 
 there  is  no  reafon  toalledge  as  a  Crime  againft  the  Reformed, 
 that  they  did  not  always  acquiefs  to  the  fir  ft  refufal,  in  things 
 in  whichnobody  was  concern'd,  which  did  no  wife  Incroach 
 upon  the  Regal  Authority  ;  and  which  they  thought  neceffa- 
 ry  for  their  {afcty. 
 •  petition.  La  Mouffaye,  who  together  with  four  other  Deputies  carri- 
 ihtcmrt^  tnat  firft*  tihltr  of  the  AfTembly  of  L«/  W,  could  not 
 ctmliaints  prevail  with  the  Court  to  accept  it  ;  though  feveral  Perfons 
 to  the g*.  endeavour'd  10  fatisfie  the  Court,  that  by  redrefiing  lome  of 
 ™£c""  the  main  Grievances,the  King  would  receive  full  Satisfaction 
 fromihe^flembly.I.e/^/^tf/e:mhimfelf  had  fent  thePrefident^ 
 Crofe  to  the  King,  to  Petition  him  to  prevent  the  Demands  the 
 AlTembly  might  make  to  him  \  and  to  give  the  Churches  fat  is- 
 
 faction 
 
Book  VI.      Edict  of  Nantes.  3  2  5 
 
 fa&ion  upon  feme  confiderable  Points,  even  before  the  Expi-  1619, 
 ration  of  the  Terra  of  the  Convocation.  But  lie  was  w^Wi 
 paid  with  the  common  Anfwer,  of  good  Intentions,  and  of 
 General  Promifes.  So  that  according  to  the  oid  Stile  of  the 
 Court,  the  Complaints  of  the  AfTembly  were  refer'd  to  the 
 General  Cahitr,  and  they  did  not  fail  to  exhort  the  Deputies 
 rodifpatch  their  Affairs  fpeedily,  to  Nominate  fix  Perfons  to 
 the  King,  out  of  which  he  fhould  chufe  two  for  the  General 
 Deputation,  and  to  break  up. 
 
 The  AiTembly  took  at  firft  pretty  Vigorous  "Refolutions.  Rcfiiut/om 
 Thzy  obliged  their  Members  to  take  divers  Oaths ;  to  ferve 
 the  Churches,  to  be  fecret,  to  obey  their  Refalutions,  to  fpeak 
 their  mind  freely  and  withour  fear,  to  preferve  their  Union, 
 not  to  breakup,  before  their  having  feen  what  anfwer  the 
 Court  would  make  to  their  *  C&hkrs.    They  drew  it  with  ********* 
 ipeed:  And  they  did  not  want  matter.    The  Edict  was  Vio-  Zi^.' 
 tared  fo  many  ways,  and  in  fo  many  places,  that  there  was  siAfimm 
 futHcientreaibn  to  complain.    Befides  the  concerns  of  Lei-  "f  /f  cGf 
 r  .are,  of  Tartas,  and  of  Boittg  'm  Breffe,  the  Catholicks  en-  hhr  and 
 deavour'din  all  places  to  obftruct  the  Liberty  of  the  Exercife 
 of  the  Reform  d  R  eligion.    They  had  fufpended  it  at  Clermont 
 tk  Lodeve,  which  the  Reformed  held  as  a  place  of  Surety ;  and 
 u  hen  they  endeavour'd  to  re-eftablifh  it  there,  the  Catholicks 
 took  up  Armsto  oppole  it.    The  Temples  of  Moulixs  and  of 
 Liz'.i',  where  the  Reformed  of  Gnift  went  to  Church,  had 
 been  Demolifh'd.  The  Reform  d  had  been  turn'd  out  by  force 
 of  Arms  of  Baux  in  Provence.    A  great  Sedition  had  been 
 kindled  againft  them. at  B-irqtnct,  and  the  AILarum  Bell  rung 
 outuponthem.    Twoof  them  were  flung  out  of  a  Garret 
 Window,  and  one  of  them  not  being  fufficiently  hurt  in  the 
 Opinion  of  the  Mutineers,  was  run  through  with  Swords. 
 The  Lieutenant  General  of  O/Uans  in  profecuting  the  Fa 61, 
 received  the  Depofitions  of  thole  very  Perfcns  who  had  corn- 
 mitted  the  Violence,  asif  they  had  been  Lawful  Witnefles.- 
 And  when  the  faid  Cafe  was  brought  before  the  Parliament  of 
 Path,  the  Attorney  General,  who  by  his  place  was  oblig'd 
 to  caufe  the  Edicts  to  be  put  in  Execution,  abandon'd  the 
 proiccutionof  it.    TheMinifters  of  Btitrgcs4nd  of  Chatsig- 
 
 msrkjte 
 
$16  The  Hi/lory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1 619.  tier  aye  were  turned  out  of  the  faid  Cities;  and  the  R(  formed  had 
 \y^V^  receivM  the  fame  Ufage  at  Chalons,  upon  Saone,  and  in  the 
 Bearnois }  though  according  to  the  Edict,  they  ought  to  be 
 luffer'd  in  all  Places  whatever.    The  Exercife  of  their  Religi- 
 on was  obftructed  abouc  Lions,  Dijcn,  and  Langres.  The 
 Officers  Royal,  theConfuls,  and  Senefchals,  oppos'd  the  faid 
 Exercife  of  the  Reform  d  Religion  in  Nineteen  or  Twenty  Pla- 
 ces in  the  Provinces  of  Guyenney  of  LavgnedoG,  of  Provence, 
 of  Yivarak,  ofForejls,  of  Potion^  of '  Saint  onge,  of  Perrgord, 
 and  of  Normandy;  ibme  by  Prohibitions,  others  by  Fines; 
 although  the  faid  Exercife  was  Lawful  in  all  thofe  Places  ac- 
 cording to  the  Edifr.    The  Catholicks  took  away  the  Chil- 
 dren of  the  Reformed  without  Redrefs.    At  Paris  they  had  ta- 
 ken thofe  of  Le  Maitre,  who  had  a  place  of  Mafter  of  the 
 Accompts,  and  who  had  embrae'd  the  Reformed  Religion  a 
 Tittle  before  his  Death.    The  lame  thing  had  been  dene  at 
 Royant  at  Ambrun,  at  Milbatt  ;  and  lately  at  Leitcwe  Regourd 
 the  Jefuit,  for  whole  good  behaviour  the  King  had  pafs'd,  his 
 Word  had  ftole  away  a  young  Child  about  10  Years  of  Age. 
 They  had  Violated  the  Sepulchres^  or  hinder'd  Burials  in  the 
 accuftom'd  places  at  Aix,  at  G/rdef,  at  Mirebeau,  at  Qnglts^ 
 at  Saintes,  at  St.  George  d?  Ohron,  and  in  divers  places  ofG/zy- 
 enne.    They  had  turn'd  out  the  Sick  of  the  Reform' d Religion 
 out  of  the  Hofpitals,  andfuchas  were  allow'd  there  were  tor- 
 mented in  their  Conferences,  to  oblige  them  to  change  their 
 Religion:  Efpecially  at  Parisi  thofe  that  had  been  receiv'M  in 
 theHolpital  of  St.  Lewis  during  the  Plague,  had  beendepriv'd 
 of  theConfblation  of  feeing  Minifters,  which  were  not  al- 
 low'd to  vifit  them.   The  Parliaments  incro2ch'd  upon  the 
 .JurifdicYion  of  the  Chambers  of  the  Edict  A  MelTengerwho 
 was  Try 'd  at  Ihoulcufe,  was  Condemned  there  notwithftand- 
 .inghis  appealing  to  the  Chamber  of  Ca/lres  3  and  the  faid 
 Parliament  refus'd  to  fubmit  to  the  Decrees  of  the  Council, 
 which  order'd  the  faid  removal.    Seme  of  the  Inhabitants  of 
 Mas  d'  Jgenois  being  profecuted  at  Bourdeaux,  upon  fufpition 
 >of  their  having  defign'd  to  deliver  the  faid  place  up  to  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan,  being  joyn'd  in  a  Plot  with  Cdonges  their 
 Governor,  as  I  have  related  it  in  another  place,  the  accus'd 
 
 having 
 
Book  VI.       Edict  of  Nantes.  317 
 
 having  defir'd  a  removal  to  the  Chamber  of  Xer.ic,  the  Par-  1619. 
 liament  had  no  regard  to  it  5  infomuch  that  during  the  Difpu-  Vsp-v**/ 
 tes  of  JurifJi&ion,  feveralof  them  Dyed  in  Prifbn:  And  up- 
 on the  Information  made  about  the  furprife  of  Tart  as,  the  Re- 
 formd  who  had  been  abus'd  there,  wereus'd  worfe  yet  in  the 
 Parliament,  which  had  rerain'd  their  caufe  notwithstanding 
 the  Inftances  made  by  the  Chamber  of  IVeruc*.  The  Parlia-- 
 ment  of  Aix  had  norefpe:.!  to  the  general  Evocation  the  Re- 
 formed had  obtain'd  in  the  Parliament  of  Grenoble.  Several 
 c-onfiderabie  Alterations  had  been  made  at  Moxtaud,  Farei/ks, 
 Tarafccn,  Montga:Uardin  Foix,  which  were  reputed  places  oP 
 Surety,  in  which,  at  leaff  according  to  the  Brief  of  1598,  noj 
 Innov  ations  were  to  be  made.  Moreover  the  Reform  d  defir'd 
 a  new  Brief,  for  the  keeping  of  the  Hoftage  Cities  ;  The  Set- 
 tlement of  thofe  of  Dauphine  ;  the  Revocation  of  the  Ediftof 
 Reftauradon  of 'Church  Lands  5  the  Restitution  of  Privas  tcr 
 the  Inhabitants,  and  the  Reparation  of  the  Outrages  they  had' 
 received  from  the  Husband  of  the-  Lady  to  whom  the  faid 
 Lordlliip  did  belong. 
 
 Some  Examples  of  the  faid  Tads  are  cited  in  the  Articles  4f~ 
 which  I  h  ive  here  abreviated,  which  are  not  to  be  found  ftP^jfi^r" 
 the  Gcrier&lCabhr  of -the  Aflembly  ofLeudun,  by  realbn  that  fer  jtfiuu 
 they  are  taken  from  things  which  happen 'd  firice    Yet  *"^J^h^ 
 thought  fit  to  Infert  them  here,  at  once.    While  the  *  Cafo4rP™aschtoin 
 was  drawing,  the  Alfembly  made  a  Rule  among  the  H&jtbe  at™ 
 which  forbad  the  Governors  of  the  Places  of  Surety  to4t&ki^s£jJf: 
 the  Jeiuits,  or  Monks  of  other  Orders  to  Preach  there,  under  or'A$y 
 pretence  of  being  fent  thither  by  their  Diocefans.    The  faid-' 
 Rule  made  all  the  Catholick  Party  rife.    The  Parliament  of  pcawof 
 Parti  made  a  Decree  contrary  to  it,  at  the  requeft  of  the  At-  ffJ^SL 
 rorney  General,  like  unto  that  which  had  been  given  for.  , 
 Momptlher.    The  Parliament  of  Bourdemx  did  the  fame  in  ' 
 favour  of  Teffier  the  Jefuit,  who  had  been  fent  to  St.  'John  dy- 
 Angdy,  by  the  Bifhop  of  Poitiers  :  And  the  Parliament  of 
 Tbouloufe  forbad  the  Reform* d  throughout  their  Jurifditlion  to 
 refute  the  Preachers  fent  by  the  Diocefan,  whither  jefuits,  or 
 others:  DireCtingthe  faid  Prohibition  particularly  to  the  Go- 
 vernors of  fjge4C-and:of-  the  Ifle  of  Jourdainy  who  had  given 
 
 an 
 
jzS  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol  II. 
 
 1619.  an  Intimation  of  the  aforefaid  Rule  of  the  Aflembly  to  the 
 V-v^  Catholicks  of  thofe  two  Cities.  The  Attorney  General  ftii'd 
 thefaid  Rule  an  attempt  againft  Royal  Authority  by  way  of 
 Monopoly  ;  as  pretending  to  prefer i be  what  Preachers  fhould 
 be  allow'd  in  the  Roman  Church,  which  he  call'd  the  Funda- 
 mental Religion  of  the  Realm  :  And  cited  the  Decree  made 
 in  favour  of  the  Bifliop  of  Mompe/ier,  and  the  King's  Letter 
 to  the  Inhabitants  of  Lenoare. 
 
 The  Cakkr  was  prefented  to  the  King  on  the  20th  of  D<cem- 
 ms^ut-  b£r  by  three  Deputies,  Co/tvrtUes,  Bouterout  and  Alain  y  who. 
 ur'saad   declai'd  to  the  King  the  Refblution  of  the  AlTembly  not  to 
 VZmestt  break  up  without  feeing  the  Anfwer  he  would  be  pleas'd  to 
 tlTilng.  give  to  their  Complaints.    They  Remorftrated  to  the  li'ui^ 
 how  much  reafon  they  had  to  endeavour  to  fecure  themfelve?, 
 confidering  the  Injuftices  that  were  daily  committed  againft 
 the  Reform' 'd  throughout  the  Kingdom  ;  thefurprifing  of  fe- 
 veral  of  their  Places  ;  the  Inexecution  of  divers  things  often 
 Sworn,  the  Effect  of  which  the  Deputies  General  had  folli- 
 cited  in  vain  during  many  years  ;  the  Rebellions  that  were 
 made  in  all  Places  againft  the  Ordinances  of  the  Commiffio- 
 ners,  when  they  were  any  w^ife  equitable.    Thofe  Remon- 
 ftrances  and  the  Letters  of  the  Aflembly  were  very  refpc£r> 
 ful  ;  and  they  protefted  both  by  the  Mouth  of  their  Deputies 
 and  in  Writing,  that  it  was  not  againft  the  King  they  de- 
 fir'd  to  be  fecur'dj  but  againft  the  Enemies  of  the  Ktforw'd  Re-* 
 ligion.    The  King  made  a  threatning  Anfwery  by  reafon  that 
 rhe Re.  Lwnes  Infpir'd  him  with  hard  Sentiment?.    That  Favourite 
 form'd    thereby  thought  to  avoid  the  Fall  he  had  caufe  to  dread  by  rea- 
 fon  of  the  Eaftnefs  of  his  Mafter's  Temper.    Moreover  he 
 ^  a<««-was  difpleas'd  at  the  Joy  the  Reform*  d  had  exprefs'd  at  the 
 JS?   Queens.  Reconciliation.    The  AiTembly  of  Lcndun  had  fenc 
 Deputies  to  her  as.foonasthe  Peace  was  made:  And  the  faid 
 Deputies  not  confidering  that  they  Harrangu'd  that  Princefs 
 before Br  antes,  one  of  the.  DukeWe  Luines  Brothers,  faid  ma- 
 ny things  to  the  advantage  of  her  Regency,  prais'd  her  for 
 having  caus'd  the  Edicts  to  be  obferv'd,  and  made  great 
 Submiftions  to  her..    Thefe  were  fo  many  Indi reel:  Reflexi- 
 ons againft  the  prefent  Miniftry  5  for  which  reafon  this  De- 
 putation 
 
Book  VI.      Edilt  of  Nantes.  $  2  5; 
 
 putation  was  ill  receiv'd  at  Court.  The  King  indeed  promis'd  1619. 
 to  fatisfie  the  AfTembly,  provided  they  did  break  upimmedi-  ^'V~nJ 
 ately  ;  and  to  permit  them  to  leave  two  Deputies  with  him  un- 
 til the  Intire  Execution  of  the  things  promis'd  :  but  he  de- 
 clared at  the  fame  time  that  in  cafe  they  did  not  break  up,  he 
 would  look  upon  them  and  their  Adherents  as  Perturbatorsof-^  d(M 
 the  Publick  quiet,  and  that  he  would  abandon  their  Perfbns  yh,^cr- 
 andEftates,  without  any  more  ado  to  whofbever  would/*// 
 upon  them.  The  AlTembly  perfifted  in  their  Refolution,  not- 
 withstanding this  Anfwer.  They  knew  by  Experience  that 
 under  that  Reign  promifesof  Satisfaction  were  as  foon  forgot- 
 ten  asmade:  And  the  Wifcft  among  them  were  of  Opinion, 
 that  fome  of  the  Articles  of  their  Cabiers  were  too  Decifiv^, 
 and  that  theSubfiftance  of  ruineof  their  Churches  depended 
 too  vifiblyon  them,  for  them  to  breakup  without  knowing 
 what  Anfwer  fhould  be  made  to  them.  Neverthelefs  the  A£ 
 fembly  Writ  to  the  Churches  upon  that  Subject  about  the  be- 
 ginning cf  the  following  year ;  and  remonlrrated  to  them,  in 
 order  to  give  them  an  account  of  their  Refoiutions,  that  the 
 Parliament  of  Paris  had  wav'd  Ten  Mandates,  for  the  Verifi* 
 cation  of  the  Articles  which  related  to  the  two  places  of  Coun- 
 cilors, granted  above  three  years  before  it ;  That  the  Edict 
 was  Infracted  inall  places ;  that  fo  many  Promifesand  Oaths, 
 either  V tolated  or  Iniffectua!,ought  to  excufe  their  fears  for  the 
 future  ;  and  feveral  things  to  the  fame  purpofe.  But  they 
 mentioned  particularly  the  Example  of  feveral  AiTemblies, 
 that  had  continu'd  their  SeftiQiis,  until  the  Anfwer  to  their 
 Grievances  had  been  Communicated  to  them. 
 
 One  of  the  mod  fenfible  Afflictions  the  ReformW  receiv'd  0, 
 that  Year,  was  the  oppofit  ion  that  was  made  to  the  Eftabfiffoi  of  til  ce- 
 ment of  a  College  they  defign'd  to  Erect  zxCbare&tdtt.    JU  had  r&fi,<*"« 
 been  fpoken  of  for  fome  time  :  And  the  defign  of  the  Reform' d%irE/;ft~ 
 had  been  crofs'd  on  feveral  fides  ;  principally  by  the  oppofi^&tf a coi/ge 
 ons  of  the  Judges  of  the  Place.  But  whereas  that  year  they  at  pc!u" 
 feem'd  not  to  yield  to  thofe  Obftacles,    the '  Univer- IC:'  i>:1' 
 fity  thinking  that  the  faid  College  would  prejudice  rheirs, 
 and  that  the  Reform1  d  feeling  good  Rectors  in  the  fame,  it 
 would  incourage  People  to  fend  their  Children  thither,  they 
 
 R  r  toolc 
 
3  3  o  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  IL 
 
 tcok  fire  againft  that  Enterprife,  as  they  had  done  formerly  a- 
 gainft  that  of  the  Jefuits.  The  Mutes  of  Colleges  are  com- 
 monly hot  and  Selr'-interefted  :  Therefore  they  carry 'd  their 
 Complaints  in  a  very  violent  manner  to  the  Count  dt  Seiffons, 
 whom  the  King  had  left  at  Paris,  during  the  Voyage  he  made 
 to  reconcile  himfelf  to  the  Queen  his  Mother  ;  to  the  firfr  Pre- 
 sident, and  to  the  Attorney  General:  their  pretence  was  the 
 grief  of  feeing  a  College  of  Henfte  fettled  fb  near  the  Metro- 
 polis of  the  moft  Chriftian  Kingdom  in  the  World,  there  to 
 contrive  the  manner  of  attacking  the  Catholick  Religion  -7 
 perhaps  the  laid  Oppofition  was  alfo  made  in  fome  meafure 
 out  of  Policy  ;  by  reafon  that  the  Univerfity  having  been  fa 
 qpnftantin  refufing  the  Jei'utts  a  fmall  fhareof  their  Privileges, 
 it  would  not  have  look'd  well  for  them  tofufferthe  Eftablifh- 
 mentof  an  H. retted  College  within  two  Leagues  of  Paris 
 without  oppofition.  However  thofe  Complaints  broke  the 
 Meafures  of  the  Reform  and  the  Erection  of  the  faid  College 
 has  never  been  mention'd  fince. 
 Afmbiy  of  The  Clergy  alfb  AfTembled  that  year  atBlois,  from  whence 
 iht  Qirgy  t]]e  Biihop  of  Seez,  and  fome  others,  were  deputed  to  the 
 King  to  Harrangue  him.  They  found  him  at  PUffis  Les  Tours. 
 The  Bifhop  in  his  Speech  infifted  long  upon  the  Affairs  of 
 Beam ;  and  he  was  very  prefiing  upon  the  Execution  of  the 
 Decree  of  Reftoration.  But  moreover  he  dehVd  a  thing 
 which  appcar'd  pretty  new  ;  'viz.  the  Reparation  of  what 
 had  bsen  written  againft  the  Chiefof  the  Clergy  ;  and  he  af- 
 firm'd  with  as  much  boldnefs,  as  if  the  King  himfelf  and  the 
 Council  had  not  known  the  contrary,  that  the  Clergy  did 
 keep  within  the  bounds  of  the  Edi&s.  The  Truth  is,  that  left 
 he  fhonld  be  fufpe&ed  of  affuminga  Spirit  of  Charity  and  of 
 Toleration,  he  added  that  it  was  only  to  obsy  the  King  who 
 would  have  it  fb.  The  Clergy  had  never  bethought  it  felf,  till 
 then  to  complain  of  the  manner  in  which  the  Reform  d  us'd 
 them  in  their  Writings;  and  they  had  had  the  prudence  to  let 
 them  alone,  while  they  thought  they  could  not  help  it.  The 
 Complaints  he  made  about  it  now  in  fo extraordinary  a  man- 
 ner, were  a  proof  that  Affairs  were  alter'd  $  and  that  tho* 
 they  were  as  liable  as  ever  to  hear  thofe  Truths,  yet  it  was 
 
 DO 
 
Book  VI.      Editt  of  Nantes.  3  3 1 
 
 no  longer  fate  to  urge  them.  They  obtain'da  Declaration  on  1619. 
 the  fourth  of  September,  which  exempted  them  frcm  an- 
 fwering  for  the  PolTefibry  of  the  Benefices  and  other  annex  J  JJJJjf^J" 
 Eftates,  to  the  Tribunals  in  which  all  the  Judges  were  Re- granted 
 formed.    The  King  allowM  them  a  removal  to  the  next  Ca--^w,.°/\ 
 tholick  Judge,  whither  Royal,  or  other  :  And  in  cafe  they^J," 
 faid  Removal  were  deny'd  them  by  the  Reform  d  Judges,  he«^  ^ 
 annihilated  that  very  moment,  and  from  thence  forwards *^  fseaye 
 all  their  Judgments.    The  laid  exemption  was  ib  great  an^/v'^v" 
 Encroachment  upon  the  JurifdicTion ,  the  Reform d  were 
 declar'd  capable  of  by  the  Edicts,  that  it  could  not  be  look  d 
 upon  otherwife,  than  as  a  breach  made  to  the  very  Edict. 
 The  tleafon  alledg'd  by  the  Clergy  was,  that  fince  the  Re- 
 formed were  allow'd  unfufpected  Judges,  it  was  but  reafo- 
 nable,  that  the  Chiefs  of  the  Eftablifh'd  Religion  fliould  be 
 exempted  from  anfwering  before  their  Enemies.     But  the 
 thing  was  not  equal.    The  Reformd  had  never  purlued  the 
 Clergy  with  Fire  and  Sword,  as  the  Catholick  Judges  had 
 purfued  the  Rtform'd,  being  mov'd  thereunto  by  their  Zeal, 
 and  by  the  Inftigation  of  the  Clergy.    Moreover  the  Edict 
 had  regulated  the  reciprocal  pretentions  of  the  Rtfirm'd 
 and  of  the  Clergy:  Infomuch,  that  there  only  remain'd  to 
 obferve  it  bona  fide,  without  daily  renewing  the  remembrance 
 of  things  paft  by  New  Injuftices. 
 
 In  the  mean  time,  the  King  beingrefolv'd  to  oblige  the  Af-  Reit£ratcei 
 fembly  of  Lcudun  to  Obey,they  perlifting  in  their  former  Re-  orders  :o 
 folution  after  having  heard  the  Report  of  their  Deputies 
 lent  Du  Maine  Councellor  of  State,  and  Marefcot  one  of  his  dun  n>°U 
 Secretaries  thither,  to  acquaint  them  more  pofitively  with break  wl> 
 his  final  pleafure.    Thefe  Gentlemen  having  perform'd  their 
 Charge,  more  like  MelTengers  who  (erve  a  Warrant,  than 
 like  Commifiioners  who  carry  Royal  Instructions,  did  not 
 move  the  Affembly;  which  renew  cl  their  SubmifTion  to 
 the  King  by  a  Third  Deputation.    That  Prince  gave  a  hear- 
 ing to  the  faid  Deputies ;  but  the  only  Anfwer  he  gave 
 them,  was  to  Order  them  to  Command  the  AiTembly  to 
 breakup  \  and  then  Order'd  them  to  retire. La,  Haye  who  was 
 Speaker  of  the  faid  Deputation ,  having  taken  the  Liberty 
 R  r  3  to 
 
3  3  -  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II, 
 
 1620.  reply,  the  King,  interrupted  him,  making  a  Sign  to  the 
 '•ON  Llfher  to  turn  tfietri  out.  This  was  the  behaviour  Luints 
 infpir'd  to  the  King.  He  perfwaded  him  that  a  Prince,  af- 
 ter having  given  his  Command,  ought  never  to  fijfJer  his 
 Subjects  to  use  Replies,  or  Remonftrances.  What  ever  Rea- 
 fons  people  had  to  urge,  he  made  him  believe,  that  a  King's 
 Word  was  decifive  ;  and  that  the  Affairs  of  moll 
 moment  ought  to  pafs  for  decided,  without  Appeal,  when- 
 ever he  had  laid,  I  will  hxvt  it  fa.  7  his  was  very  conve- 
 nient for  that  Favourite,  who  not  being  very  capable  of 
 State  Affairs  to  which  his  Fortune  had  call'd  him  too  foon  , 
 lov'd  the  way  of  Abridging  them  :  So  that  after  the  pro- 
 nouncing of  a  Word,  every  Body  was  obiig'd  to  fubmit  to 
 the  Difcretion  of  that  haughty  Favourite,  who  lov'd  no 
 body,  becaufe  he  was  fenfible  that  he  was  belov'd  by  none. 
 When  thofe  abfolute  Decree?  ingag'd  him  into  other  Troubles,, 
 he  had  Recourfe  to  Wiles  to  get  out  of  them  :  An  J  whereas 
 he  confider'd  no  Honour  but  that  of  Governing  the  King,  he 
 never  thought  his  ingag'd  in  the  breaking  of  his  Word. 
 The  Deputies  being  gone  to  Wait  Upon  the  Chancellor  , 
 Exp;d.;m  after  having  recuv'd  this  Vexatious  Anfvver  from  the  King, 
 of  /kcom-  believ'd  tint  fome  Expedient  of  accommodai  n  might  be 
 mo  um.  jeftyet  .  b-caute  he  put  them  in  hopes  tint  in  cafe  the  Af- 
 fembly  would  fend  fome  Perrons  to  the  Court  w:th  a  Power 
 to  Tre.it,  fome  good  Expedient  might  yet  be  found  cur. 
 The  (aid  Proportion  was  accepted  by  the  Afismbly  j  and! 
 the  Marfhal  de  Lcfdiguieres  b.ji:gat  Paris  at  that  time,  in 
 Order  to  take  the  Oath  of  Duke  and  Peer  q{  France,  he  and 
 Qhatillcv,  w  ho  happen'd  to  be  there  at  the  fame  time  ,  took, 
 upon  them  them  the  Quality  of  Mediators.  In  Order  to 
 they  began  to  Negotiate  with  the  Prince  of  Conde  and 
 the  Duke  de  Luines  j  with  whom  they  agreed,  that  the  Af- 
 fembly  fhould  break  up  before  the  end  of  February;  tha& 
 immediately  after  their  feperation,  the  King  fhould  Anfwer 
 the  C.ihiir  favourably  ;  butthat  he  fhould  forthwith  remove 
 Fontra  lies  out  of  t*e  Government  of  Leitoore  ;  allow  the 
 keeping  of  the  Places  of  Surety  for  four  years  longer  to  the 
 Reformed $  and  oblige  the  Parliament  of  Paris  to.  receive 
 
Book  VI.       Edict  of  Nantes.  3  3  3 
 
 the  two  Councilors  To  often  mention'd.  This  was  to  be  1620. 
 perform'd  within  the  Ipace  of  fix  Months  3  and  in  cafe  it  •✓vnj; 
 were  not  done,  the  Prince  and  Duke  promis'd  to  obtain 
 from  the  King  a  New  Brief  of  leave  for  them  to  Affemble 
 again.  As  for  Bear/?,  that  within  a  Month  after  the  Six 
 aforemention'd,  after  the  Accomplifhment  of  the  three  Ar- 
 ticles I  have  related  ,  the  King  would  hear  the  Rernon- 
 lrrances  they  had  to  make  about  the  faid  Principality,  and 
 that  he  would  provide  towards  the  fttisfa&ion  oftheEftates 
 and  of  the  Churches.  Moreover,  hopes  were  given  them, 
 that  incaleany  hindrance  fliould  be  made  directly  or  indi- 
 re:ilv  about  the  Reim placement,  the  King  would  confenfr 
 to  their  rcf-iming  of  the  Ecclefiaftical  Efiates. 
 
 The  Aflembly  being  inform'd  with  all  this,  and  being  per*4 
 fwaded  that  they  might  obtain  fbmething  more  yet,  fent  «jnmeXm 
 New  Deputation  to  the  Court  again;  for  which  they  chofe>tf«/  d*- 
 Ecrttvilit UBnye,  I  a  Chupicl'ure,  Minifter  of  Rochtl,  U  Mil-  cl*r*£?the 
 kture,  and  Puixftrre  ,  giving  them  a  full  Power  to  Act  fef^S/J. 
 their  Name.  But  while  they  were  on  their  Way,  Luints 
 obrain'd  a  Declaration  on  the  26th  of  February  ,  by  which 
 the  King  menrion'd  according  to  Cuftom  his  good  Inten- 
 tions lor  the  Ob  ervation  of  the  Edicts  3  his  having  allow'd  the 
 R  ..•/«*'«  to  keep  Deputies  at  Court,  as  they  did  under  the 
 late  King,  to  infirm  againft  the  Infections  of  the  Edicls, 
 leave  to  held  Provincial  and  Gtneral  Affemblies,  in  Order* 
 to  Nominate  the  laid  Deputies,  and  to  draw  the  Cahners  of 
 their  Grievances.  Afcer  which  he  fpoke  of  the  Motives- 
 which  had  indued  him  to  allow  the  AJembly  of  Lcuiun  ; 
 The  Deputations  they  had  fent  to  him;  The  Commands 
 he  had  lent  them  n  break  up;  the  Petition  they  had  re-, 
 renew'd  to  o^ain  his  Leave  to  continue  their  Seflions  until'  : 
 he  had  Anfwer'd  their  Cihitr.  Finilly  prefuppofing  that 
 there  were  fbrne  ill  ffecled  Perfons  in  th.e  Afltobly  ,  who 
 endeavour'd  to  infpire  ill  Deftgns  into  the  Retr,  aga-inft  the 
 repofe  of  the  State,  he  Granted  a  New  delay  of  three  Weeks, 
 to  beg  n  from  the  day  of  the  Publication  of  the  laid  Decla-. 
 ration,  to  Nominate  the  Deputies  according  to  the  Ufual 
 Method,  and  then  to  break  up  5  in  default  of  which  he^de- 
 clar'd  the  laid  AlJembly  unlawful  from  that  very  moment,* 
 
 and  i 
 
3  5+  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1620.  and  contrary  to  his  Authority  and  Service;    thofe  that 
 U'V^J  fhould  remain  at  Loudun ,  Guilty  of  High  Treafon,  and 
 depriv'd  of  the  Privileges  of  the  Edicls,  and  of  all  other 
 favourshe  had  Granted  them*  but  particularly  of  a  Removal 
 of  their  Affairs  to  the  *  Chamber  of  the  Edicl  :  And  he  com- 
 *  in  which  manded  them  to  be  profecuted  as  perturbators  of  the  Publick 
 the  jndges  peace>  /\ncj  in  Order  to  keep  up  the  Divifion, which  was  but 
 tZ'htiTcL,  too  great  among  them  already,  he  did  not  only  confirm  the 
 and  part'  Edicts,  in  favour  of  thofe  who  fliould  withdraw  within  the 
 Reform^.  t-me  prefor^d  by  him,  and  of  all  thofe  who  fhould  keep 
 within  the  bounds  of  their  Duty ;  but  moreover  he  promts'd 
 thofe  Loyalifts,  that  in  cafe  before  the  end  of  the  time  prefix'd 
 whatever  their  Number  might  be ,  they  did  Nominate  De- 
 puties to  refide  with  him,  he  would  receive  their  Nomina- 
 tion, and  allow  the  Perfons  fo  chofen  to  refide  with  him, 
 and  there  to  perform  the  accuftom'd  Fun&ion. 
 
 This  Artifice  had  not  altogether  the  fame  Effect  that  time, 
 as  it  had  had  eight  or  nine  years  before  at  S.mmur  ;  by 
 The  Prince  reafbn  that  the  (aid  Declaration  was  too  vifible  a  Guile  , 
 of  Conde  and  that  it  came  out  at  a  time,  when  by  the  Mediation  of 
 <Reform,T  tw0  confi^'erable  Lords,  and  upon  the  Parole  of  a  Prince  of 
 the  Blood,and  of  a  Favourite,  all  things  were  Iook'd  upon  as 
 being  accommodated.The  Prince  of  Conde  himfelf  carry 'd  the 
 faid  Declaration  to  the  Parliament,in  order  to  get  it  Verify'd; 
 and  inprefenting  it,  he  feconded  it  with  feveral  difcourfes, 
 which  the  Refirm'd  might  reafonably  have  Iook'd  upon  as 
 a  Declaration  of  War.  The  Deputies  of  the  Alterably 
 were  firangely  amaz'd,  when  at  their  Arrival  at  Paris  they 
 found  things  foalter'd  ;  and  yet  more,  when  going  as  far  as 
 Amiens  to  obtain  an  Audience  of  the  King,  they  could  not 
 obtain  it,  and  were  obliged  to  come  back  without  an  An- 
 iwer.  The  News  of  this  Fraud  occafion'd  the  fame  Afto- 
 nifhment  in  the  Aflembly.  Lefdigukres  Conduct  Iook'd  ve- 
 ry Sufpicious;  and  they  did  not  fay  what  they  thought  of 
 the  Prince  of  Condts.  He  had  reaion  to  think  himfelf  ob- 
 lig'd  to  the  Affembly,  if  Perfons  of  his  Quality  could  think 
 their  Inferiors  capable  to  oblige  them.  They  had  taken  his 
 part  on  divers  occafions.  They  had  Petition'd  his  delive- 
 rance while  he  was  in  Prifon.     Their  laft  Aflembly  had 
 
 even 
 
Book  VI.      Edul  of  Nantes.  5  3  5 
 
 even  fpoken  too  much  upon  that  Subject,  in  the  Opinion  of  1620. 
 the  Wifeit.    Thofc  that  had  been  made  in  every  Province  '^T^ 
 in  Order  to  depute  to  Londun  ,  had  taken  his  Liberty  to 
 Heart :  And  had  not  kmines  made  hafte  to  give  ic  him,  the. 
 Aifembly  General  would  never  have  defifted  from  defiring 
 ir.    That  perhaps  was  one  of  the  Reafbns  which  oblig'd  the 
 Favourite  to  haften  to  reltore  ic  to  him,  becaufe  that  had 
 he  tarry'd  too  long,  he  fhould  not  have  had  the  Honour  of 
 it.    Neverthelefs,  while  the  Reform9 d  were  Treating  with 
 Lufoes,  as  it  were  under  the  Aufpices  of  that  Prince  ,  they 
 law  him  goin^  up  to  the  Parliament,  with  a  Declaration  ra^aw 
 his  Hand  againft  their,  and  a  Difcourfe  in  his  Mouth  faW^s™"  «f  ■ 
 of  Violence  and  Threatnings.    The  Attorney  General  made^^^' 
 an  End  to  fpoil  the  thing,   by  fending  the  Declaration  low. 
 the  ACTembly  by  an  Exprcfs  out  of  Affectation  :  And  all 
 this  being  added  to  what  Ou  Varr  had  faid  in  a  full  Parlia- 
 ment, in  which  the  King  had  appear'd  fome  days  before , 
 for  the  Verification  of  fome  Money  Bills  ;  that  the  faid 
 M  ney  would  be  of  ufe  for  fundry  things,  but  particularly 
 to  reprefs  the  Rtftra^J\  all  thefe  things  made  the  mod  mo- 
 derate 1       !e,  that  a  War  was  defign'd  againft  them,  and 
 that  in  Order  thereunto,  the  Court  defign'd  to  render  them 
 the  Aggreffbrsof  it.  The  j/n*. 
 
 For  thofe  Reafons,  the  Affembly  bee:  me  more  United /'v'  ;,'  :  ''- 
 and  Firmer  than  it  was  expected  ;  and  the  Favourite  c'read-"^"*' 
 ing  other  difcontents,  which  did  not  allow  him  to  proceed 
 any  farther"  in  his  III  Will  towards  them  at  that  time,  had. 
 recou rfe  to  Negotiations  again.    Lefiigm-res  refumed  them,',;'/^'^ 
 Bftcuflng  the  precipitation  of  that  unexpected  Declaration , ' 
 and  endeavouring  to  make  it  pafs  for  an  Effect  of  the  Jea- 
 loufie  the  Court  had  of  fome  Members  of  the  Aifembly , 
 which  they  ha  I  a  mind  to  reduce  to  Reafon,  our  of  fear  of 
 (tiling  into  worfe  Inconveniences.    In  Order  rorefe:t!e  his 
 Credit  again,  which  was  very  much  fluken  by  that  lair 
 bufinefs,  lie  caus'd  his  Deputy  in  the  Aifembly  to  Swear 
 and  Sign  the  Union, and  ChatilLn&\d  the  fame.  Whereupon 
 the  preceeding  propofitions  were  refdm*d,arid  Da  Pltfjis  was 
 of  Opinion,  that  it  would  be  the  belt  way  to  accept  th  ;m. 
 The  Aflembly  did  not  yield  to  it  without  refiftance  3  But 
 
 the 
 
3  3  6  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1620.  the  Mcffages  of  Be/lnjcn  and  of  GiUkrs  ,  by  whom  Ltfd - 
 v^orsJ guieres  prefs'd  them  to  acquiers,  which  were  conftantly  fc- 
 conded  by  Letters  from  D»  Pleffis,  whole  Advice  was  pre- 
 fer r'd  by  them,  before  all  things,  finally  Vanquifh'd  thole 
 difficulties.  A  great  ftrels  was  laid  upon  the  King's  Word, 
 given  and  Warranted  by  the  fir  ft  Prince  of  the  blood  ,  and 
 by  the  Duke  of  Lnincs.  The  Prince  exprefs'd  that  he  took 
 it  as  an  Affront ,  that  they  would  not  look  upon  his  Faith 
 and  Oath  as  a  fufEcient  Warrant  or  a  Royal  Promifc:  And 
 in  Order  the  better  to  perfwade,  that  the  rving  would  tea 
 very  exa&  Obferver  of  it,  he  obferv'd  that  it  was  the  fi.fi: 
 the  King  had  given  to  his  Subjects.  The  Duke  c.e  Ln/xes 
 affirm'd,  that  it  was  fuflicient  that  he  had  given  his,  and 
 that  he  would  make  it  as  good  as  a  B>  e\  and  even  better. 
 Thefe  were  the  Terms  us'd  by  the  Duke  de  Momb.xz.on  his 
 Eather-in-Law  in  fpeaking  to  Du  PI  Jfis,  who  had  writen 
 to  him  fbme  time  before  a  Large  Letter  ,  in  Order  to  per* 
 fvvade  him  that  the  heft  way  for  his  Son-in-Law,  in  Order 
 to  maintain  his  Credit,  and  to  prevent  the  renewing  of 
 Come  Faction  like  unto  the  League,  at  a  time  when  Affairs 
 feem'd  depos'd  towards  it ,  was  to  avoid  all  occafion  of 
 Civil  Wars,  as  To  many  Rocks,  again  ft  which  he  might  loofe 
 himfelf. 
 
 •tie  Mm-     ^1US  t5ie  A^mbly  obey' J,  being  perfuaded  by  Ltfd'gvJe- 
 biyobeys  res,  by  ChztiUon,  and  by,  Da  PUflit%  to  whom  the  other  two 
 tlpmt'he   |iacj  given  the  fame  AiTurances,  that  as  Icon  as  they  broke 
 WprLe  offi  Satisfaction  would  be  given  them  about  the  AfTair  of 
 of  Conde  Le/towe ,  the  keeping  of  the 'Places  of  Surety,  and  the  Ro- 
 arid of  the ceptjon  0f  t|le  tw0  Councilors  5  that  in  the  next  Place,  the 
 King  would  hear  the  Remonftrances  of  thofe  of  Be***,  and 
 that  in  cale  all  that  were  not  performed  in  feven  Months 
 time,  they  fliould  not  only  have  Leave  granted  them  to  AC- 
 femble  again,  but  that  it  fliould  be  Lawful  for  them  to  do 
 it  without  a  new  Permiflion.    This  is  the  Snare  in  which 
 Credulity  made  them  fall,  which  they  would  not  have  done, 
 had  not  Lefd/guteres  and  the  others  perfuaded  them  not  to 
 infill  to  have  the  faid  A  flu  ranee  in  Writing,  left  the  Court 
 might  pretend  afterwards,  never  to  have  made  any  fuch 
 
 Promiie. 
 
Book  VI.       Edift  of  Nantes.  337 
 
 Promife.    Finally,  They  nominated  fix  Perfons  to  the  King,  1620 
 who  chofe  Favas  and  Codas  out  of  the  faid  Nomination,  to  ^"Y^J 
 exert  the  General  Deputation  j  and  fbon  after,  the  Aflembly's 
 having  received  Notice  of  the  faid  Election,  they  broke 
 up.  ' 
 
 The  King  feem'd  very  well  pleas'd  with  their  Obedience,  ift8*t 
 and  exprefs'd  it  in  very  obliging  Words.    Moreover,  he  ad-  [bJtfJaJf 
 ded  fomething  to  it,  which  might  have  been  call'd  Effective,  the  Afm- 
 had  not  a  Project  been  form'd  at  the  fame  time  to  render  it%- 
 ineffectual ;  which  was  to  add  a  Year  to  the  Brief,  that  had 
 been  promis'd  for  the  keeping  of  the  Places  of  Surety,  which 
 were  thereby  left  jn  the  fame  Condition,  in  which  they 
 were,  for  five  Years  longer.    But  the  Court  might  cafily  al- 
 low them  a  longer  time  yet  without  any  Hazard,  lince 
 they  had  already  prepard  Means  to  re-take  them.  The 
 Court  had  a  great  deal  of  Reafon  to  rejoyce  at  the  Breaking 
 up  of  the  AlFembly,    Great  Intrigues  were  forming  there  a-  • 
 gainft  the  Greatnefs  of  the  Favorite.    The  Queen  had  a  vi- 
 olent Defire  to  return  thither.    The  Bifbop  of  Luconr  whoNiw  i»- 
 was  not  come  back  to  her  to  Confine  himlelf  to  the  Caftle trf"~ 
 of  Angtrs,  was  very  fbllicitous  for  her  to  return  there.    But  fJw/fc' 
 the  main  thing  was  to  come  there  ftrong  enough  to  reduce 
 the  Prince  ofConde  and  the  Favorite  to  her  Pleafure.  She 
 eafi'y  form'd  a  great  Party,  by  reafon  that  all  the  Lords 
 being    dilpleas'd    with   Luints  ,   whom   they   defpU'd , 
 thought  it  more  Honorable  for  them  to  obey  the  Widow  of 
 Henry  tht  Great,  and  the  Kind's  Mother,  than  a  Man,  whom 
 Fortune  had  rais'd  in  one  Nigbr,  whole  Avarice  and  Ambi-  * 
 tion  had  no  Bounds.    The  Duke  of  Rohan  was  one  of  thole, 
 that  engag'd  furtheft  into  the  Queen's  Interefts.  Though 
 the  Favorite  was'AHy'd  to  him,  they  were  not  Friends  : 
 Their  Genius  was  too  different  to  Sympathise.  ivMtfihadus'd 
 x\\z  Duke  of  Rchan  barbaroufly,  while  the  Queen  was  Con- 
 fin'd  at  Blots.    That  Duke  had  proposM  a  Reconciliation  be- 
 t  .  c,  n  them,  and  alledging  to  him,  that  he' would  find  more 
 Support  in  her  than  in  the  Prince  of  Cdxde,  he  had  advi.'d 
 him  to  leave  the  fajd  Prince  in  Triton,  and  to  recall  the 
 Queen  to  Court.    Luints,  who  was  unwilling  to  furTer  any' 
 
2 1 8  The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  II.. 
 
 1620  Perfons  thereof  more  Authority  than  himfelf,  did  not  ftt 
 l^y^o  that  Prince  at  Liberty,  and  feemM  to  hearken  to  the  Duke's 
 Propofition  ;  but  it  w  as  only,  in  order  thereby,  to  penetrate 
 into  the  Queen's  Secrets,  to  difcover  her  Confidents  and 
 Friends,  to  draw  -Advances  from  her  which  difcovered 
 fomewhat  too  plainly  her  Paffion  to  return  to  Court.  He 
 made  ufe  of  it  to  ruine  the  Creatures  of  that  Princefs,  and  to 
 make  the  King  jealous  that  in  cafe  fhe  fhould  come  back  to 
 Court,  Hie  would  foon  refume  her  former  Authority  there. 
 This  Prince  being  Jealous  and  Credulous,  fancy'd  ftrait  that 
 file  had  great  Defigns  againft  him,  and  that  perhaps  fhe  a- 
 fpir'd  to  Deprive  him  of  the  Government.    This  was  the 
 Thing  he  was  moll:  fenfible  to,  though  at  the  Bottom  it  ought 
 to  have  been  indifferent  to  him,  fince  another  was  to  Reign 
 in  his  Name,  whither  it  were  his  Mother,  or  his  Favorites. 
 But  the  Duke  de  Luims  proceeded  farther  in  his  Wickednefs. 
 He  infinuated  into  the  King,  that  the  Queen  might  attempt 
 againft  his  very  Life,  in  order  to  make  the  Crown  fall  to 
 the  Duke  oiOr!e*itce9  in  cafe  fhe  could  not  otherwife  fecure 
 the  Authority  to  her  felf.    In  order  thereunto  he  taught  him 
 all  the  Myfteries  of  the  Government  of  Catherine  de  Mtdcis"0 
 and  he  inlinuated  to  him,  that  the  Death  of  Char  Us  the  Ninth 
 had  not  been  occafion'd,  as  it  was  reported,  by  an  Effort 
 which  had  broken  a  Vein  within  his  Stomach,  but  becaufe 
 he  had  declared  too  openly,that  he  defign'd  to  Reign  himfelf, 
 and  to  Refume  the  Authority  which  that  Princefs  had  kept 
 too  long.    Some  Lords  belonging  to  the  Court,  having  acci- 
 dentally put  the  King  upon  that  Subjetl,  were  furpriz'd  to 
 find  him  fo  well  acquainted  with  the  Particulars  of  that  Hi- 
 ftory.   It  was  eafie  thereby  to  judge  that  he  hid  been  taught 
 if,  in  order  to  make  him  fear,  what  a  Princefs  of  the  fame 
 Houfe,  and  of  an  equal  Ambition,and  as  full  of  Courage,  was 
 capable  to  undertake  to  Reign. 
 7he  puke      Therefore  the  Duke  of  Roban^  who  was  already  ill  with 
 J^^tlle  Favorite,  feeing  moreover  that  the  Prince  of  C^Wewas 
 St  s&malt  Liberty,  againft  whom  he  had  given  fuch  a  dtfobliging 
 part j.     Council,  and  to  whom  he  had  written  in  a  pretty  infulting 
 manner  during  his  Confinement,took  abfolutely  the  Queens 
 
 Part, 
 
Book  VI.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  339 
 
 Part,  and  us'd  his  utmoft  Endeavors  to  engage  the  Aflembly  1620. 
 of  Lm.d.m  in  her  Interefts.  He  fa i I'd  but  little  of  fucceeding  vnN 
 in  it ;  and  had  not  the  Court  found  the  Way  to  diifolve  it, 
 by  the  liiufion  of  the  fair  Promifes  I  have  mentioned,  it  was 
 very  likely  that  he  would  have  perform'd  it.  He  was  one 
 of  thofe  who  were  againft  their  breaking  up,  and  he  pro- 
 mis'd  the  Queen  that  he  would  have  Credit  enough  to  hin- 
 der it :  But  the  Advice  of  others  being  prefer'd  to  his,  he 
 notwithftanding  was  one  of  thofe  that  infilled  mo'ft  on  the 
 Sureties  that  were  fitteft  to  be  taken, once  to  find  fbme  good 
 Erfecl  of  the  Promiles  of  the  Court.  So  that  he  only  Con- 
 futed upon  the  pofitive  aflurances  which  Lefdgmere  and 
 CbatiBon  gave,  upon  the  Word  of  the  Prince  oiContle,  and 
 of  the  Duke  de  Lumzs,  that  the  King  would  allow  the  De- 
 puties to  alfemble  again  at  Rochel,  in  cafe  the  Things  pro- 
 mifed  were  not  put  in  Execution  at  the  appointed  time.  He 
 reprefented  that  Confideration  to  the  Queen,  and  endea- 
 vour'd  to  perfuade  her,  that  whereas  the  Court  no  longer 
 kept  their  Words  of  late,  the  Aflembly  would  not  fail  to 
 repair  to  Rochel,  at  a  time  when  the  Defigns  of  that  Prin- 
 cefs  being  ready  to  fucceed,  the  Reformed  would  fully  re- 
 foive  to  joyn  with  her :  That  the  new  Fraud  of  the  Favorite 
 would  give  them  juft  Reafons  to  do  it;  and  that  their  pre- 
 fent  Obedience  would  only  ferve  to  mow,  that  it  was  a- 
 gainft  their  Will  they  were  oblig'd  to  proceed  to  Extremi- 
 ties. The  Court  was  not  ignorant  of  his  Proceedings  with 
 rhe  Qiieen,  and  as  feme  publick  Negotiations  were  (till  kept 
 on  foot  with  the  Queen,  they  acquainted  her  that  the  Duke's 
 Abode  at  Aggers  was  ill  relented.  To  which  file  anfwer'd, 
 that  when  me  had  recetv'd  Satisfaction,  fhe  fhould  eaGiy 
 know  how  to  Dilcard  him  5  but  (he  rely'd  too  much  upon  scntfutf 
 him,  to  oblige  him  to  remove  -  and  flic  was  glad  to  fee  that  ^J'T" 
 the  Favorite  had  fome  Jeiloulie  of  his  Afliduity  with  her.Af-' 
 ter  the  Queens  Affairs  were  ruin'd,the  Catholicks  pur,lifh\l,in 
 order  to  render  the  Reform 'd  odious,  and  to  perfuade  the 
 World  that  file  had  not  had  great  D.figns,  that  they  h;id 
 offer'd  their  Services  to  her,  and  that  flic  had  refus'd  their 
 Pftft.    But  Politicians  would  have  found  ibmethinp  very 
 
 Sf2  Odd 
 
H<d  "The  Hi  (lory  of  the         Vol.  IL 
 
 162a,  odd  in  that  Pious  Rebellion,  which  making  the  Queen  take 
 Arms  againft  theGovernment,did  not  allow  her  to  ftrengthen 
 her  Party  by  the  Alliance  of  the  Htrtticks,  which,  without 
 doubt,  would  have  been  the  main  Force  of  her  Party.  The 
 Truth  is,  that  the  Queen  was  not  fo  fcrupulous.  '  She  never 
 refus'd  to  joyn  the  Forces  of  the  Reformed  to  hers.  She; 
 us'd  all  Means  imaginable,  after  her  Retreat  from  Angou- 
 tme,  and  during  the  Affembly  of  Loudun,  to  oblige  them  to 
 declare  for  her;  and  (he  had  many  Creatures  among  them. 
 She  only  ftopt  in  one  thing  out  of  Scruple.    She  would  lign. 
 no  Treaty  with  them,  left  her  Name  fboulri  appear  in  a 
 Treaty  with  Heretichs,  and  the  Catholicks  fhould  upbraid 
 her  with  the  Advantages  the  Reformed  would  have  gor  by 
 a.  League,  which  would  have  put  the  Widow  of  H  n  y  IW 
 and  the  Mother  of  their  King  at  their  Head.    This  only  ex- 
 cepted,, fhe  dia  not  refuie  their  Services  3.  and  file  was  <>lad 
 to, be.  feconded  by  them,  provided  they  could  not  convince 
 her  of  it  under  her  own  Hand.    This  Thought  made  her 
 feem  to  be  irrefolute,  and  her  Irrefolutions  created  a  Diffi- 
 dence in  mod  of  the  Members  of  the  Affembly,  who  upon 
 that  account  were  as  flow  to  declare  themfelves  as  the 
 Queen.    Thofe  little  Scruples  ruin'd  the  great  Defigns  of 
 that  Princefs;  and  it  is  mod  certain,  that  conGdering  the 
 Difpofition  of  Peoples  Minds,  the  Separation  of  the  Al- 
 fembiy  prov'd  a  Mafter-piece  of  the  Duke  of  hu  ms. 
 p<swr  ef     The  Queen  daily  encreafed  her  Party  fecretly,  by  the* 
 Party  Concourle  of  the  Male-contents  that  joyned  with  her^  and 
 epnr.s..  ^  ^  Were  defirous  to  reftore  her  the  Authority  fhe  had  loft.. 
 The  Difcontents  were  more  univerfal  than  ever.    The  King's 
 Power  and  Favours  were  referv'd  only  for  three  Perfons,  who- 
 exhaufleij  the  Finances  to  Inrich  themfelves,  and  who  In- 
 grofs'd  all  the  beft  Imployments,  though  others  deferv'd 
 them  much  better..    No  body  could  imagine  .where  the: 
 Erogrefi  of  a  Fortune  fo  rapid  would  terminate,,  which. in-- 
 three  years  time  had  elevated  three  Brothers,  whofe  Birth> 
 was  hardly  known,  to  Dignities,  which  the  moft  Ancient 
 families  could  hardly  obtain,  after,  Thirty  or  Forty  years, 
 irwees,   The:Wafte  of  the  Finances  waa  fo  Exorbitant, 
 
 shar 
 
Book  VI.      Edict  of  Nantes.  54.1 
 
 that  in  order  to  fatisfie  the  infatiable  Avidity  of  the  Favo-  1620. 
 rices,  all  the  Fund'*  of  tliree  years  had  been  confum'd  before- 
 hand,  without  fo  much  as  providing  for  the  Neceftities  of 
 the  prefent  year.  Therefore  every  body  joyn'd  with  tire 
 Qu  -en.  The  Duke  dt  M'a.ye»m>  being  either  inform'd,  cr 
 julpcciing  that  the  Court  defign'd  to  fecure  him,  fled  from 
 Paris,  at  the  very  time  the  King  receiv'd  the  News  of  the  O- 
 bed'uncc  of  tlje'  Affembly  5  and  the  Satisfaction  lie  receiv'd 
 at  that  happy  Succefs,  oblig'd  him,  left  a  different  Treat- 
 ment might  after  their  Minds,  to  grant  them  the  Brief,  I 
 men  ioned,  fo  fpeedily,  by  reafon  that  the  Court  did  not 
 know  as  yet,  what  Conferences  might  attend  the  Retreat 
 of  that  Prince.  But  as  fbon-as  they  had  receiv'd  Letters 
 from  him,  whereby  he  allured  the  King,  that  his  only  De- 
 fign  was  to  fecure  him(e!fj  and  that  he  bad  no  thoughts  of 
 taking  up  Arms,  they  foon  moderated  that  Eagernefs  of 
 Good  Will,  and  forgot  the  reft  of  their  Promifes.  Howe-  • 
 ver,  the  Duke  de  Ma-jenne  had  only- given  thefe  Affu ranees 
 in  order  to  amufe  the  Court,  by  reafon  that  all  thole  wlro 
 defign'd  to  joyn  with  the  Queen  like  him,  were  not  as  yec 
 ready.  Therefore  he  fecur'd  Gayenne^  of  which  he-  had  tire 
 Government,  to  the  Service  of  that  Princefs.  The  Duke 
 d' Efer/ton  the  fame  in  Angoumoss^  and  all  the  other  Go- 
 vernments and  Places  under  his  Command.  The  Dulse  di 
 Rch<in  was  doing  the  fame  in  Poitoti  for  her.  The  Refcm'd 
 only  tarry'd  for  the  firft  Succefs  to  embrace  the  fame  Party. 
 Nmnandy --was  almoflr  prevaii'd  with  to  follow  thefe  Exam- 
 ples by  the  Duke  de  Lottiutv  Iki  to  whom  the  faid  Govern- 
 ment had  been  given,  in  Recompence  of  that  of  Picardy^ 
 which  he  had  been  fore'd  to  yield  to  the  Djke  de  Lmneu 
 But  wheq  all  things  were  ready  to  break  our,  the  Advice 
 the  Prince  of  C<;Wegave  to  the  King,  and  that  which  the 
 Bifirop  ot-Luso*  gave  to  the.  Queen,  ruin'd  all  thofe.  De- 
 figns.        \  •  uf-fui 
 
 *  The  Prince, ad  vis'd  theKingto  fecure  Normandy  before  the  Mct  .*f 
 Queen  coulcUhave  time  to  get  the,  tipper  hand  there  i  and  the  J/'condk* 
 jiifhop  ftopt  the  Queen  zt-.  Angers,  where  her  Forces  were  *nd  m 
 not  capable  taoppofe  a  RsyaJ  Armyj  befuks  that,  it  was -a  JjJJjj^ 
 
The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  IL 
 
 1620.  very  weak  Place.    The  principal  Members  of  the  Queen's 
 Party,  and  among  the  reft,  the  Dukes  de  Miyenne,  and  de 
 Riban^  advis'd  her  to  retire  into  Qxyenne^  where  Die  had  a 
 very  fine  Army  under  the  Duke  de  Mtyetweh  Command  ; 
 where  her  Prelence  would  not  fail  to  oblige  Bourdtaux  and 
 the  Parliament  to  declare  for  her ;  fince  they  feem'd  only  to 
 tarry  for  it,  and  where  the  Favorites  would  not  have  been 
 able  to  follow  her,  without  being  ftopt  continually  by  Tome 
 Town  or  other,  that  would  fhut  their  Gates  againft  them  ; 
 befides,  the  fear  of  leaving  fecret  Enemies  behind  them,  who 
 as  foon  as  they  had  crofs'd  the  Loire,  might  raife  the  Nor- 
 thern Provinces.    To'this  they  added,  that  on  the  Contrary, 
 remaining  at  Angers,  of  which  the  Inhabitants  were  dilaf- 
 fe&edtoher  Service,  fhe  would  be  deprived  of  all  Commu- 
 nication with  her  principal  Forces,  and  have  no  Recourfe  af- 
 ter the  leaft  Difadvantage. 
 TheBijhops    The  Bifhop  refuted  thofe  Reafons,  by  Remonftrating  to 
 Renjotu.    tfoQ  Queen)  that  in  putting  her  felf  into  the  Hands  of  the 
 Duke  de  Mayenne,  fhe  would  difoblige  the  Duks  d'Epernon. 
 a  proud  haughty  Man,  to  whom  fhe  had  been  lately  highly 
 oblig'd:  That  in  removingfarther  from  Normandy,  Hie  would 
 loofe  the  Advantance  of  the  Correfpondence  fhe  held  there 
 with  many  confiderable  Perfons :  That  her  Retreat  would  be 
 lookM  upon  as  a  Flight,  which  would  be  imputed  to  her 
 Diffidency  of  her  Forces  t  That  it  would  diicourage  her 
 Friends,  who  would  be  obliged  to  forfake  her,  not  to  ex- 
 pofe  themfelves  to  pay  for  the  reft  of  the  Party.    She  did 
 yield  to  thofe  Confiderations,  which  ruin'd  her.  Some  have 
 been  of  Opinion,  that  the  Bi/hop  was  gain'd  by  fhe  Duke  de 
 Luines.  who  gave  him  hopes  of  a  Share  in  the  Publick  Af- 
 fairs ;  and  that  being  thus  blinded  by  Ambition,  and  rely- 
 ing upon  Predictions,  which  promised  him  a  glorious  Mini- 
 ftry,he  betray'd  his  Miftrefs  by  a  Council,  of  which  he  knew 
 the  Inconvenience.    The  King,  in  pursuance  of  the  Prince 
 of  Code's  Advice,  march'd  with  fpeed  into  Normandy,  with 
 fuch  Forces  as  were  ready  near  his  Perfbn  ;  ami  w  hUe  the 
 Remainder  of  his  Forces  were  alTembling,  he  Subdu'd  that 
 Province  without  any  EUfiftance.    Prudent^  Governor  of 
 
Book  VI.       Edict  of  Nantes.  34.3 
 
 theCaftleof  tdkr;  was  the  only  Perfon  who  feem'd  to  have  1620. 
 a  mind  ro  defend  himlelf ;  but  he  did  it  only  to  be  intieated,  U^Y^J 
 and  in  ftW  days  he  deliver'd  bp  the  Place  to  the  King.  As 
 jbon  as  all  things  wtre  quieted  on  that  fide,  the  Kiug's  For- 
 ces mmh\i  tow  ards  Jtogtri,  where  the  Queen  found  her  fell 
 on  a  fudden,  as  it  were  Inverted,  unprovided,  and  furpriz'd, 
 not  knowing  what  to  refblve  upon.    Therefore  a  Peace  was 
 propos'd,  every  body  endeavouring  by  that  Negotiation,  to 
 gain  time,  and  to  find  Means  to  deceive  the  contrary  Party. 
 But  the  Ring's  Forces  having  accidentally,  and  perhaps  un-  Defeat  tf 
 willingly  defeated  the  Queen's  at  Pont  ae  Ce,  the  Treaty  was  jj^jjl 
 broke  on",  and  that  Princei's  wasoblig'd  to  accept  fuch  Con-;ravi;a 
 ditions  as  were  offer'd  her,  that  is,  to  fubmit  at  the  Diflre- 
 tion  of  an  Enemy,  who  was  not  near  fo  Powerful  as  her 
 Felf  ;  her  Friends  were  fere'd  to  lay  down  their  Arms,  and 
 all  fhe  cou'd  obtain  for  them,  was  a  General  Pardon. 
 
 The  King  finding  himfelf  Arm'd  thus,  without  any  Ene-^v  King's 
 mies  to  oppofe  him,  and  having  moreover  gather'd  the  re-;f^^ 
 mains  of  the  Forces  the  Queen'*  Friends  had  been  oblig'd  to  Beam7  '* 
 disband  mQAj&ify,  he  refolv'd  all  of  a  fudden  to  make  ufe 
 of  them,  in  order  to  force  &ear%  to  obey,  which  was  not 
 ready  to  oppofe  him.  He  march'd  towards  Bourdeanx  with 
 fpeed,  without  declaring  his  Defign.  The  Reform W,  either 
 not  being  jealous  of  it,  or  wanting  a  Pretence  to  take  up 
 Arms,  by  reafon  that  the  fix  Months,  in  which  the  Court 
 had  promis'd  to  fitisfte  them,  were  not  as  yet  expir'd,  did 
 nothing  to  put  a  Mop  to  tha:  Expedition,  Li  Fore,  being 
 lnrpri/A!  by  that  unexpected  Journey,  and  having  mads  no  . 
 •feoff  his  Time,  could  neither  put  himfelf  in  a  Fofture  of 
 Defence,  nor  get  any  A  (Hi!  a  nee  out  of  me  adjacent  Provin- 
 ces, which  were  aftonifh'd  at  the  S  ght  of  a  Royal  Army, 
 Therefore  he  came  :o  the  Kir.g  at  Bourdeai:x,  to  perfuade 
 him  to  alter  his  rVtfolutions  by  RemonMrances :  He  added 
 Promifes  to  oblige  the  BedtJti)&  to  obey, provided  no  Violence 
 were  us'd.  But  whether  the  Court  did  net  truft  him,  or 
 whether  the  Clergy  expected  more  from  the  King's  Pretence, 
 than  from  the  Good-Will  of  the  People,  the  King  continu'd 
 his  March.  La  Force  met  him  again  at  Grenade,  and  brought: 
 
54-4-  ^oe  Hiftory  of  the         Vol  II. 
 
 1620.  him  formal  Proofs  of  the  Obedience  of  the  Eftates.    He-  re- 
 t^v^s.  new'd  his  Remonltrances ;  he  reprefented  to  the  King,  what 
 Dangers  he  was  going  to  expofe  his  Perfon  to,  ia  a  Country, 
 in  which  the  Roads  are  very  dangerous  and  Troublefbme, 
 where  there  is  nothing  but  Heath  and  Mountains,  and  where 
 Torrents  and  Floods  are  continually  met  fwith,  and  where 
 the  PafTages  being  difficult  at  all  times,  were  much  more 
 difficult  yet  at  the  beginning  of  Winter.    But  all  prov'd  inef- 
 fectual:  The  Ring  refused  their  Submiffions,  and  his  Reafbns 
 could  not  move  him.    Therefore  he  was  fore'd  to  go  back, 
 without  haying  obtain'd  any  thing. 
 Faults  of     The  Memoirs  of  that  Time  accufe  him  of  having  neither 
 tiu  Re-   known  how  to  obey,  nor  yet  to  defend  himfelf ;  and  it  is 
 fZ"c«™? moft  certain,that  in  all  that  Affair,  the  Reform  d  did  nothing 
 thereof,    but  by  halves  5  they  dreaded  the  Rreproach  of  being  Aggrel- 
 fors  fo  much,  and  of  renewing  the  (Jivil  Wars  without  a  La  w- 
 fui  Caufe,  that  fince  the  time  the  Catholicks  had  begun  to 
 trouble  them  byathoufand  Difputes;they  had  not  been  able  to 
 fix  upon  a  certain  Refolution ;  ever  ready  to  iatkfie  themfelves 
 with  Words,  when  the  Court  gave  them  good  ones  ;  and  to 
 feed  themfelves  with  Hopes,  whenever  they  were  flatter'd 
 with  the  fpecious  Name  of  Royal  Faith.    Several  among 
 them  were  fenfible  that  the  Court  had  form'd  the  Defign  to 
 deftroy  them,  and  that  they  enly  troubled  them  by  a  thou- 
 fand  fmall  Vexations,  fomctimes  harder  to  bear  than  great 
 Injufrices,  in  order  to  incline  them  to  a  Rifing,  which  having 
 no  apparent  Caufe,  might  give  them  a  reafbnable  Pretence 
 to  opprefs  them.  But  that  very  Confideration  prevail'd  with 
 them  not  to  take  Arms,  in  order  to  frultrate  the  Defigns  of 
 their  Enemies  by  their  Patience.    So  that  this  Difpofition  of 
 Honeit  Men,  afforded  thofe  who  were  Corrupted  by  Penfi- 
 on,  or  Promifes  from  the  Court,  a  fair  Field  to  make  them 
 neglect  the  Expedients,  and  Icofe  the  Opportunities  to  de- 
 fend themfelves.    For  which  reafon  their  very  Enemies  have 
 reproach'd  them,  that,ccnfidering  they  were  People  who  had 
 acquir'd  the  Reputation  of  great  Politicians,  by  theSuccefs 
 of  their  Affairs  during  feveral  years,  notwithstanding  all  the 
 Forces  and  Artifices  that  had  been  oppos'd  againil  them, 
 
Book  VI.     EdiB  of  Nantes.  ^4.5 
 
 1  hey  did  not  know  how  to  improve  their  Advantages ;  and  1620. 
 that  they  fuffer'd  with  too  much  Blindnefc,  and  without  ^Y^J 
 feeking  out  a  Remedy,  the  Preparations  of  their  Ruin,  which 
 M  ere  making  before  their  Eyes. 
 
 The  King  continued  his  March  as  far  as  Preignac^nA  there  Tht  &*g 
 receiv'd  ihe  Remonlrrances  which  da  Faur  and  de  M*rfa,?™cfy 
 Councellors  at  Pa»t  came  to  make  to  him  in  the  Name  of  jianding 
 the  Soveraign   Council,  to  obtain  an  Audience  for  the  *<wc"- 
 Churches,  according  as  he  had  been  pleas'd  to  prefcribe  it  w' 
 himfelf.    But  it  prov'd  ineffectual  ;  and  he  anfwer'd  them, 
 that  fince  they  had  not  been  able  to  oblige  the  Beam  is  t o  o- 
 bey  him,  he  was  going  to  do  it  himfelf.    He  perform'd  it 
 accordingly,  and  he  made  his  Entry  at  Pan  on  the  15th  ofH:r'  "  ;; 
 Ojlofcr..    Two  days  after  it  he  came  to  Navarrtins,  a  ftrong  **  Pau 
 Place,  which  might  have  fuftain'd  along  Siege,  had  the  Go- 
 vernor been  pleas'd  to  defend  it.    But  de  Sa/Jes,  who  was  a 
 very  ancient  Gentleman,  being  defirous  to  obey,  caus'd  the 
 Garifon  to  march  out,  to  receive  the  King  with  more  Re- 
 fpect  ;  and  the  Inhabitants  following  his  Example,  repair'd 
 to  their  Arms,  only  to  give  a  greater  Air  of  Triumph  to  the 
 Entry  of  their  Soveraign.    The  only  Reward  de  Salle  receiv'd  Maia 
 for  that  Submiflion,  was  the  Lofs  of  his  Government,  whh- hirf^ f 
 out  any  Recompence  for  it,  and  that  he  faw  the  Survivorfhip  NaVar- 
 thereof  taken  away  from  a  Nephew  of  his,  to  whom  it  had  rei»s. 
 been  granted,  and  the  Baron  de  Poyane,  a  Catholick,  was 
 put  in  his  Room,  with  a  Garilbn  of  the  fame  Religion.  The 
 King  came  back  to  Pan  after  it,  where  he  had  fummon  d  the 
 Eftates  of  the  Country  ;  and,as  if  his  Council  had  defign'd  to 
 InftruEt  him  how  to  make  a  Jeft  of  his  Faith  and  Word,  they 
 allowed  him  to  take  the  ufual  Oath  to  the  Eftates,  before  IieH«  tnk" 
 receiv'd  that  of  his  Subjects  ;  bu?  he  began  to  violate  it  the  "'"'"  0""'1' 
 fame  day.    It  is  remarkable,  that  during  the  Courfe  of  that 
 Expedition,  the  King  only  ad  vis'd  with  three  Perfons  ;  viz,. 
 the  Duke  de  Luines,  du  Vaiy,  Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal, 
 and  the  Jefuit  Amoux  his  ConfeiTor.    1  he  very  fame  day  on 
 which  he  fwore  to  obferve  the  Laws  of  the  Country, 
 grounded  upon  the  Content  of  his  PredecelTors,  and  of  the 
 
 T  t  E!ta:es, 
 
o)  the 
 
 1.6.6  Tbe  Htftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1620  EfUtes,  he  save  the  Prefidentfhip  of  that  Aflcmbly  to  the 
 
 v/Y"^  B^lhops  and^Abbots,  who  immediately  took  Pofftffion  of  ir. 
 jiterati-  j_je  tffc  c'HisM  the  Declaration  to  be  verify 'd,  u  hich  allow  'J 
 ^£  Whem  to  affift  at  the  Grand  Council  of  the  Country,  with  a 
 cf'i^co.  Neither,  -live  Voice,  and  place  next  to  the  Prefidents.  He 
 rjpnm.nt.  c^us\f  t!ie  Anfwer  lie  had  made  to  the  Cabiers^  prcf.ntcd  to 
 him  bv  the  Bifhops  three  years  before,  to  be  Regiftred.  The 
 next  day  hecaus'd  the  EdicT  of  the  Re-union  of  Navar,  and 
 of  Brtrn  to  the  Crown  to  be  verify'd  ;  and  befides  all  the  0- 
 ther  Alterations  that  follow'd  the  Perfecution,  within  a  lit- 
 tle time  the  Judges  of  Beirn  were  oblig'd  to  forget  their 
 Language,  and  to  give  all  their  Judgments  in  French.  Fi~ 
 nal  y,  fn  o:derto  leave  nothing  whole  in  that  Coumry,  he 
 alfo  caus'd  the  Edi&  of  the  Suppreflionof  the  Captains-  of 
 the  Par  fart  s  to  be  Regiftred,  the  Inftitution  of  which  was  as 
 Ancient  as  the  Principality. 
 mm     Thofe  P,  rfar?.<  were  Cantons,  in  which  all  the  Youth  were 
 C'P  Lifkd  under  a  Captain,  at  whofe  Command  they  were  0- 
 -  /'h£  blio'd  to  take  up  Arms.    So  that  in  two  or  three  days  time, 
 '  every  Canton  was  able  to  Aflemble  all  the  Militia  of  its 
 Canton,  and  to  form  among  them  all,  a  Body  of  Five  or  (ax 
 t h 011  fa nd  Men.    There  were  Six  of  thole  Cantons,  who  by 
 that  fpeedy  Convocation,  could  eafily  defend  the  Entrance 
 into  their  Country,  even  againft  powerful  Armies.    This  is 
 fufficient  to  fhow,  that  had  they  been  as  much  inclin'd  to 
 Rebellion  and  Difobedience,  as  they  Were  Zealous  to  Pre- 
 fer ve 'the  Liberty  of  their  Country,  and  of  their  Cjnfcience, 
 thofe,  who  put  the  King  upon  that  Journey,  would  have  ex- 
 po s'd  him  to  receive  an  inevitable  Affront.    But  they  only 
 refitted  by  Remonftrances  and  Sighs  5  and  yet  were  Ui'dlike 
 ijfe  Reb:ls,  that  Surrender';-!  upon  Difcretion.    7  hey  loft  the  E- 
 Rtfor»/d  ftates  which  ferv'd  for  the  Maintenance,  of  their  Mimfters, 
 wftluctwh  ^fefa  Colleges,  their  Seminaries,  their  Poor,  and  their  Ga- 
 rifons.    Their  Temples  and  Church-yards  were  taken  from 
 them  j  they  were  conttrained  every  where  to  bellow  half  the 
 Imployments  on  the  Catholicks.    The  Jefuits  were  allow'd  to 
 fVtlc  where-ever  they  nleas'd,  and  to  perform  wharever 
 Funaionsthey  thought  fit:  That  is,  That  poor  Country  was 
 
 given 
 
Book  VI.      Edict  of  Nantes.  34.7 
 
 given  as  a  Prey  to  their  Greedinefs,  and  the  lung  founded  a  1620. 
 College  for  them  in  particular  at  P.«/*,  where  he  alfo  efta-  >/W 
 blilh'd  a  Convent  of  Capucins.  When  he  made  his  finny 
 into  that  City,  he  refus'd  the  Canopy,  which  the  Magistrates 
 orfer'd  him  ;  "but  after  he  had  reftor'd  the  Cathedral  to  the 
 Catholicks,  he  caus'd  the  Sacrament,  which  the  Catholicks  a- 
 dore,  tooecarry'd  in  ProceiTion.  He  alfifted  at  it  himfelf 
 with  aZe3l,  which  uie  biggots  admir'd,  and  which  made  the 
 Catholicks  exprefs  greatMarks  of  Hatred  sfgaioft  the  Re forma. 
 
 All  chat  Journey  prov'd  a  Chain  of  Violences,  like  unto  ^"fi1  "'^ 
 thofethat  have  been  prattis'd  in  our  days.Themoft  moderate ^T" 
 could  net  forbear  Threatnings  of  Exemplary  Punifhment  ;  '* 
 of  Hanging,  of  Beheading,  to  abolifh  the  RefowSd  Religion 
 througnout  the  Kingdom,  calling  it  a  a<r/cd  Religion  5  to  ba- 
 nifh  all  the  ProfelTcrs  of  it ,  or  to  give  them  feme  Ig- 
 nominious Mark.    The  Soldiers  broke  the  Temple  Gates, 
 demohfhed  the  Walls,  tore  the  Books  and  Pictures  on  wh  ch 
 the  Ten  Commandments  were  written.    They  Stole  from, 
 and  did  Cheat  the  Peafants  that  came  to  the  Market  at  Pau, 
 fuppofing  them  all  to  be  Huguenots.    The  Lord  Keeper's  ve- 
 ry Servants  were  as  ferious  as  the  reft.    They  fore'd  the  Re- 
 forr/Sd,  that  fell  into  their  Hands,  to  make  the  Sign  of  the 
 Crofs,  and  to  Kneel  whenever  Procefiions  pafs'd  along.  Wo- 
 men durft  not  appear  in  the  Streets,for  fear  of  being  fcllow'd 
 like  Infamous  Women,  with  foul  Injuries,  and  infuiting 
 Ci  ie?.    Some  of  them  being  with  Chi: d,  were  compelfd  to 
 Swear,  to  caufe  their  Children  to  be  BapUE'd  in  the  Koman 
 Church,  as  foon  as  they  were  de.'iver'd.  Children  were  fore'd 
 from  their  Parents,  and  could  not  be  recover'd  ;  and  all  that 
 was  done  in   the  Kind's  Prefence.    Tht  SoulJkrs  livM 
 upon  Difcretion  m  the  Country,  and  pu '".iih'd,  that  the 
 King  had  promis'd  them  th#  Plunder  of  the  Rrfomt'J,  fore'd 
 away  the  Minifters,  abus'd  their  Wives,  and  fore'd  Men  and 
 Women  to  go  to  Mais  with  Cudgels  :  Attempted  the  Ho- 
 jiour  of  Women,  and  even  fell  fonerimes   upon  their 
 Husbands,  when  they  had  the  Courage  to  Defend  them.  An 
 Eflayof  fore'd  Converfions  appear'd  in  rhole  clays,  of  whiJi 
 we  have  now  fuch  frefli  Examples  before  our  Eyes.    We  may 
 
 T  t  2.  very 
 
348  The  Htftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1620.  very  well  conclude  that  Lefcun  was  not  forgotten  in  that 
 VY^>  Confufion.  Tke  King  took  away  his  Place  of  Coun- 
 cilor, and  had  he  been  found,  he  would  have  been  fcurvily 
 us'd.  The  Baron  de  Heme  was  alfo  fore'd  to  fly,  for  fear  of 
 lofing  his  Head.  Lx  Force  tarry'd,  and  he  made  a  ftiift  to  be 
 continued  in  the  Government  of  the  Country* 
 
 The  Violences  continued  after  the  King's  Departure.  The 
 Ganfons  that  were  left  in  O.'e  on^  at  Sauvattrre,  at  A7 ay,  and 
 other  Places,  abus'd  their  Landlords  intollerably.  Some 
 fore'd  them  to  advance  the  Oates  and  Hay  for  their  Horfes, 
 in  Expectation  of  their  Mutters;  Others  compell'd  Children 
 to  make  the  Sigrr  of  the  Crofs ;  others  abus'd  thofe  who  went 
 to  perform  the  Exercife  of  their  Religion  ;  and  others  endea- 
 vor'd  to  hinder  them  from  doing  it  with  Stripes.  The  Bi- 
 fho;  s  were  the  Ringleaders  of  thofe  Infolencies.  The  Bifhop 
 of  Ltfcxr  feign'd  on  purpofe,  that  he  was  informed  that,  the 
 Rtfo  mxd  defign'd  to  attack  the  Catholicks  on  Cbnflmas  Eve, 
 wicktdtufi  and  to  Murther  all  the  Ecclefiaftitks  3  And  the  better  to  per- 
 ^  fhes  fuade  that  fdfe  Report,  he  caus'd  the  Gates  of  the  City  to  be 
 '  )0fs'  fhut ;  caus'd  arm'd  Men  to  attend  him,  and  carry'd  Piftols 
 along  with  him  at  the  Mafs  of  Midnight,  as  being  refolv'd  to 
 defend  himfeif.  The  Bifhop  oiOleron  caus'd  the  Garifon  to 
 take  Arms  at  the  fame  time,  and  fent  fome  Soldiers  our  of 
 Town  to  fearchtheGemlemensHoufes  thereabouts ;  declaring 
 that  the  Baron  de  Btnac  lay  conceal'd  in  an  adjacent  Forreft, 
 with  feveral  arm'd  Men.  He  allarm'd  even  the  Lower  Na- 
 var^  where  they  broke  down  Bridges,  and  put  Guardsin  the 
 Palfages,  as  if  there  had  been  an  Enemy  at  the  Gates.  But 
 the  end  of  all  this  was  to  have  a  Pretence  to  fend  Verbal 
 Reports  to  Court,  to  juftifie  the  V;olences  of  Tvynne.  That 
 new  Governor  exerted  great  Cruelties  againft  the  Inhabi- 
 rw;.v(xeftants  of  NivkrM**'.  His  Pretence  for  u  was,  as  they  (aid, 
 Foyane.  that  they  had  held  Correfpondencies  with  fome  Gentlemen-; 
 Relations  to  the  late  Governor.  Thofe  Gentlemen  nam'd 
 B:nfns,  being  foil  of  Indignation  at  the  Treatment  their  Re- 
 lation had  receiv'd,  imde  themfeives  Mailers  of  a  Tower  in 
 the  Neighbourhood  of  Navarre/ns,  which  thcyfortify'd,  and 
 from  whence  they  were  in  hopes  to  annoy  that  Place.  Poyane 
 
 Arm'd 
 
Book  VI.      Edict  of  Nantes.  3  4.9 
 
 Arm'd  immediately  to  force  them  out  of  it;  and  eafily  1620. 
 diflipated  their  Enteiprife.  The  Marquis  de  U  Force  ^y^i 
 told  his  Father,  that  he  ought  not  to  furFer  Poyane  to 
 take  Arms  without  his  Approbation,  and  to  Befiege a  Place, 
 which  was  not  under  the  Government  of  N.*varre/»s ;  but 
 the  Court  fent  la  Force  a  pofitive  Order  to  let  Poyane  alone, 
 by  reafon  that  the  King  approv'd  his  Conduct.  So  that  he 
 was  forc'd  to  take  Patience,  and  to  digell  that  Affront  with- 
 out expreffing  his  Relentment  about  it.  After  this  Poyane 
 exerted  great  Cruelties  againft  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  ; 
 and  though  the  Confpiracy  was  only  attefted  or  confefled  by 
 j'ubomed  Perlbns, and  that  all  thofe  who  were  executed  about 
 it,  conftancly  deny'd  their  having  any  Knowledge  of  an-En- 
 terprife  upon  that  Place  ;  To  many  were  put  to  Death  under 
 the  Njtion  of  Confptrators,  that  it  might  rather  be  cali'd  a 
 MaiTacre  than  an  Example  of  Juftice.  The  King  being  per- 
 fuaded  that  whatever  was  fet  down  in  the  Bifhops  Verbal 
 Reports,  was  infallibly  true,  juftify'd  what  Poyane  had  done, 
 and  refund  to  hear  the  Complaints  prefented  to  him  by 
 the  Reformed.  Moreover,.,  thofe  that  fcap'd  that  Butch' 
 try,  were  depriv'd  of  the  Liberty  of  exercifing  their  R~iigU 
 on,  and  the  Mini  Iter  was  turn'd  cut  of  the  Town,  and 
 was  forbidden  ever  to  return  thither  to  perform  his 
 Functions. 
 
 Books  were  written  on  both  fides  upon  that  Subject.    It  is  Different 
 thought  that  the  King's  ConfclTbr  writ  the  Book  Fntitled  Rj'^T'' 
 The  King  in  Beam,  \i\  which  all  the  Tranfaclions  there,  are  j!,,™™^* 
 reprefented  juft  and  lawful  ;  and  especially  as  a  true  Tri- 
 umph of  the  Cathoiick- Church.    The  Reformed  .  oppos'd 
 The  Tragical  H  (lory  of  the  Defolation  of  Barn,  to  the  faid 
 Book  ;  by  the  bare  rlecual  ^f  which,  relating  the  Circam- 
 fiances  of  Time,  Peribns,  and  Places,  it  was  plainly  demon-, 
 ftrated  to  all  equitable  PeiTens,chac  there  is  no  Impudence  a  ? 
 je(uit  is  not  capable  of. 
 
 While  the  King  was  Marching  toward,  Heim,   tbe./v?^  sratrt**!., 
 forntd  AfFembled  a  National  M  nod  on  the  rirffc  of  October s^  ^ 
 in  the  To  vn-of  Akts*    G.eat  Complaints  were  made  in  it  ' 
 of  the  Lnjuftices.  that  we:  e.  done  to  the  Bsform'd  through. 
 
 ou;.v 
 
3  50  The  Hifiory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1620.  Out  the  Kingdom.    Several  Churches  were  mention'd  there 
 in  which  the  Exercife  of  their  Religion  was  interrupted. 
 They  confidcr'd  the  Affair  of  Priv.ts,   of  Ltitoure ,  and  of 
 S/inccrfe.    They  complain'd  that  at  Sevcrac ,  at  Gmdts,  at 
 Vaux'm  Provence,  at  Serverettes,  and  at  Langrts  they  re- 
 ceiv'd  molertations,  which  amounted  even  to  Violent  Perfe- 
 ction.   Pi  imird  had  been  burnt  during  the  Troubles  ,  and 
 the  Temple  of  Montigm:  had  been  Demolifh'd.     But  one 
 of  the  Greateft  Affairs  that  was  cxamin'd  there,  was  th  c 
 of  fbme  iVlinifters ,   who  being  deputed  to  the  Affem- 
 bly  of  LoitduHi  had  the  boldnefs  to  Preach  their  private  fen- 
 timents  there,   againft  the  Refolutions  of  the  AiTembiy. 
 There  were   feveral    oi   them   in  the   Lower    Lu  ut- 
 doc,  who  were  ingag'd  in  the  Interefts  of  the  Court  by  a 
 fmall  Penfion,  and  who  occafion'd  a  thoufand  diforders  in 
 the  Political  Aflemblies  of  the  Province,  by  reafon. that  the 
 Deputies  that  form'd  them,  being  Nominated  by  the  Chur- 
 ches, there  were  too  many  Miniifers.    Even  fuch  as  could 
 not  get  the  Nomination  of  fbme  Churches ,   obtain'd  the 
 deputations  of  fome  great  Lord ,  in  Order  to  be  admitted 
 in  them.     The  Synod  being  defirous  to  remedy  a  thing 
 which  had  already  been  attended  with  ill  Confequences f, 
 forbad  the  Minifters  to  accept  deputations  to  the  Court,  or 
 to  great  Lords  or  from  them':  And  Order'd  that  for  the 
 Future,  the  Deputies  for  the  Aflemblies  fbouid  he  chofen 
 RegZi-  ratIler   bY   the  Laity  ,    than  by  the    Churches.  As 
 wis.       that  Regulation  exceeded  tlie  bounds  of  Difcipline,  the-Sy- 
 nod  added,  that  the  firft  General  ACembly  fhould  be  de- 
 fir'd  to  approve  it,  and  whatever  elfe  might  free  the  Chur- 
 ches of  Political  Affairs. 
 The  Mi»i.     Dm  Moulin,  Cbauve,  Chmtier,  and  Rivet  who  were  Nam'd 
 Perjffl  by  the  preceding  Synod  ,    to  'aflift-in  the  Name  of  the 
 %Jod  \\':c  Churches  of  France  to  tint  which  the  United  Provinces 
 Dwdrreht  weie  AfTembling  ?A  Dordrecht  in  f 618. about  the  aftairof  the 
 gZlumof  Remo»Jfr*torst  in  which  all  the  Reformed  part  of  Europe  fent 
 the  reajous  Deputies,  gave  an  Account  of  the  Reafbns  that  bad  hin- 
 fhZ!***^  them  from  performing  their  Commiffion.  ChAmitr 
 m  $$frQhiUvt  were  gone  in  Order  thereunto  ;  But  they  re- 
 ceived 
 
Book  VI.      EM  of  Nantes.  3  5 1 
 
 ceiv'd  an  Order  from  the  King  at  Gcneza  not  to  proceed  16*0. 
 farther.    'I  Wit  Prince  had  been  frighted  with  the  Co,r:g?, 
 Ipondencies,  fhii  Bll^Sv  b'J  term  C!  'JHuCr  tue  pretence  of 
 that  Journey,  between  the  Refoinfd  of  France  and  thole  of 
 ether  Countries    As  the  Cathoiicfcs  fill'd  liis  Mind  with 
 whatever  could  render  them  Odious  to  him,-  fl.-iy  made  him 
 fear  Leagues  agutnft :him  ;  Republican  Maxims,wh'ich  would 
 be  taught  them  in  thole  Countries,  in  w  hich  the  People  had 
 an  avcrfion  for  Monarchy  :  For  which  'reafons  he  hinder'd 
 a  Communication  ,  which  they  perfw  aded  h/nf  was  ver^ 
 dmgei-ous.    And  yet  he  had-been  fbiliehed  by  his  Allies,  to 
 allow  f,me  Mmifters  of  Lis  Kingdom  to  affift  at  the  laid 
 Synod:  Moreover,  he  had  foMLifed  the  States  Genera!  him- 
 fc! f  to  allow  the  fa  id  Sv  nod  a  full  Liberty.      But  he  was 
 eafify  p-evai-'d  upon  to  do  any  thing,  when  any  Body  per- 
 fwadedhim  that  his  Authority  was  concern'd  :  Befides  B.*r- 
 nzvelt  Pendonary  of  H-llind,  was  aecus'd  of  having  Writ- 
 ten fecrct'v  in  France,  to  hinder  the  fending  of  any  Bxly 
 thither.    The  deputed  Mini  ft-,  rs  went  away  without  Leave,, 
 for  fear  of  a  denial  ;    preferring  to  excufe  a  thing  done, 
 rather' than  to  cxnofe  themfelves  to  be  deny'd  the  underta- 
 king it  :   But  that  precautim  prov'd  ineffectual}  and  the  , 
 King\  O.de/s  ftopt  them  by  the  way.    The  Synod  of  A'ets 
 not  being  ab!e  to  do  any  thing  better,  nor  to  exprefs  the 
 Marks  or"  the  L'.ni'briritv  fef  their  Do6trine  with  that  of 
 Foreign  Churche?,   and  cf  the  Sync'd  of  Djrdrecht,  any 
 other  way  fub'cnb'd  their  c'eclfoir. 
 
 The  Affair  cf  B.im  caus'd  great  agitations  in  that  AC  i#w>  of 
 fembly,  there  were  fo  nrny  Members  of  it  Corrupted  by  f.J™ 
 the  Court,  that  they  [fed  the  Credit  for  a  long  while  torf^/w 
 wave  all  the  Complaints  and  Remonftrances  of  the  Vcpu-vw 
 ties  of  til  at  Pi  evince ,  v.  ho  renew'd  them  four  times  in 
 three  days,  without  being  able  to  obtain  a  Deputation  to 
 the  Court  on  their  behalf    All  manner  of  Artifices  were 
 put  in  praclile  to  perfwade  the  World,  tliat  the  report  of  the 
 King's  Journey  was  faife.      Falfe  Letters  were  Writen  to 
 divers  Perfons,  to  acquaint  them  that  thofe  Affairs  were  ac- 
 commodated.   They  fa  id ,  that  the  Synod  had  no  right  to 
 
 meddle 
 
3-5 1  tte  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II 
 
 1620.  meddle  with  that  Affair,  which  was  not  Ecclefiaftical  $  that 
 u^Y^v  the  King  would  refute  to  hear  the  Deputies  of  an  Affembly, 
 which  exceeded  the  Bounds  of  their  Power,  in  an  affair  of 
 that  Confequence  >  That  the  Principality  of  Btarrjy  only 
 defir'd  to  be  United  to  the  Churches  or  France  for  their  own 
 Intereft,  and  would  be  ready  to  feparate  themfelvd  from 
 it  again,  as  fbon  as  they  had  ferv'd  their  own  turn  at  their 
 Coft}  Moreover,  that  in  cafe  the  King  were  minded  ro  ob- 
 lige Beam  to  Obey,  he  would  no  wife  matter  the  Intercef- 
 fion  of  the  Churches,  fince  every  thing  fubmitted  ro  his 
 Arms  and  to  his  Prefence.    The  Deputies  of  Beam  made  a 
 great  deal  of  noife  at  that  refufal  to  afTift  them  j  they  cryM 
 that  the  Churches  of  France  betray'd  them  *  Curs'd  the  day 
 of  their  Union  ,  and  made  ftrange  Imprecations  againfr. 
 tbofe  that  forfook  them  fo  fhamefully.    The  People  of  ALts 
 being  inform'd  of  thefe  difputes  ,  took  the  part  of  the 
 Bearnois;  and  Murmur'd  highly  againfl  the  Synod.  They 
 fail'd  but  little  of  coming  to  a  Sedition. 
 They  re-       This  Accident  made  the  Court  Cabal  flacken  a  little,  in 
 ^jj^^-fpite  of  which,  finally,  after  Ten  or  Twelve  days  difputes, 
 Sag." '  'they  refolv'd  to  Write  and  fend  Deputies  to  the  King  ;  to 
 beg  his  Leave  to  hold  a  General  Affembly  at  Rocbd,  as  he 
 had  promis'd  in  order  to  diffolve  that  of  Louinn  ;  and  to 
 intreathim  to  determin  the  Affair  of  Btam,  and  of  Ltytonre. 
 They  alfo  refolv'd  to  Write  to  Lefdiguieres  and  to  Chatillon, 
 whom  they  look'd  upon  as  Guarantees  of  the  laid  Promife, 
 fince  they  had  receiv'd  it  from  the  Prince  of  Conde,  and 
 from  the  Duke  de  Luh.es,  and  carry'd  it  from  them  to  the 
 Affembly.    But  the  Perfbns  that  were  gain'd  by  the  Court, 
 fpread  fo  many  falfe  Reports  in  the  Synod,  that  they  fill'd 
 every  Body  with  Confternation  and  Terror  ;  And  that  the 
 Synod  broke  on  the  13th  of  the  laid  Month  the  Project  of 
 deputation,  which  they  had  form'd  the  day  before. 
 jtii mamer    The  Bear  nets  were  almoft  defperate  at  that  Inconftancy.* 
 of  sucevs  But  that  did  not  hinder  them  from  receiving  new  Caufes  of 
 iZ'ofl/0  Complaint.    Moreover,  after  the  Synod  was  inform'd  of 
 ties  'If'  what  had  paft  in  Beam  ,  they  refus'd  to  fend  Deputies  to 
 &*«».     the  King,  to  interceed  for  that  Wretched  Province.  They 
 
 would 
 
Book  VI.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  3  5  3 
 
 would  not  fo  much  as  Order  all  the  Churches  of  the  King-  1620- 
 dom  ,  to  make  Publick  Prayers  to  God  for  the  Ruin'd  ^T^> 
 Churches  of  Beam;  which  the  Catholicks  themfelves  look'd 
 upon  as  a  piece  of  Cowardife.  In  a  Word,  thole  that  had 
 Ibid  themfelvcs  to  the  Court,  order'd  matters  fb,  that  they 
 made  the  reft  take  and  Change  their  Refolutions  as  they 
 pleas  d  ;  which  appear'd  almoft  in  all  the  Affairs  that  were 
 propos'd.  Infomuch,  that  the  leaft  clear  lighted  difcover'd 
 and  ConfefsM  that  there  were  Traytors  in  the  Company  ; 
 but  they  wanted  either  means  to  difcover ,  or  Courage  to 
 Chaftifethem. 
 
 La  Planche  Minifter  of  the  Province  of  Daupbine,  made  important 
 a  great  difcourfe  of  the  Reports  that  were  fpread  about  the1;" 
 Affairs  of  Religion  that  were  Traniacted  in  Vateline,  where  IS ' " 
 it  was  faid,  that  the  Spaniards  had  committed  a  great  Map 
 facre  of  the  Riform'd ;  and  about  the  defigns  that  were 
 forming,  in  France  to  Ruin  the  Churches.  He  fpoke  of 
 them  like  a  Man,  that  had  very  good  Informations.  He 
 affirmM  that  Canaples  Grand-Son  to  Lefdiguieres,  who  fbon 
 after  Marry'd  a  Niece  of  the  Duke  de  Luines,  had  Chang'd 
 his  Religion  5  That  after  the  death  of  the  Grand-Father, 
 whole  Engagements  to  turn  Catholicks  were  not  as  yet 
 known,  there  was  no  likelihood  to  preferve  that  Family; 
 That  it  was  publickly  difcours'd  that  the  King  would  fhort- 
 ly  take  the  Cities  of  Hoftagefrom  the  Reform' d\  which  he 
 would  do  by  retrenching  the  payment  of  their  Garrifonss 
 That  the  Governor  of  Grenoble  was  a  Catholick  ;  thatthofe 
 of  Montelimar  and  of  Livron  were  Penfionersto  the  Court, 
 and  feveral  things  of  that  Nature:  But  the  Penfioners  pre- 
 vail'd  fo  far  ,  that  thofe  Confiderations  prov'd  inene- 
 ftual. 
 
 The  News  of  the  Alterations  the  King  had  made  in  Beam,  Nevs  0f 
 and  that  of  an  Enterview  between  the  Duke  of  Gt/rfe,  Ltf-t 
 digideres  and  Chatillon,  under  pretence  of  the  War  of  Pi  - 
 mont,  but  in  reality  to  hinder  the  Rerormd  of  the  Provinces 
 of  Davphine,  of  Languedoc,  and  of  Provence  from  making 
 a  diverfion,  having  reach'd  the  Synod,  with  Circumftances 
 which  did  not  permit  them  to  doubt  of  it,  the  fame  Cabal 
 
 U  u  had 
 
^54-  The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  IT. 
 
 had  ft'ill  the  Credit  to  fupprefs  them  as  long  as  it  was  ne- 
 cellary,  to  prevent  the  applying  a  remedy  to  the  fame,  or 
 to  take  meafures  to  flop  the  Progress  thereof.  A  Confe- 
 rence which  was  defign'd  at  Vfez,,  about  the  Affairs  of  the 
 Country,  was  alfo  preventedby  the  Artifices  of  the  fame  Per- 
 fbns. 
 
 Treachery      La  Farre  Minifter  of  AubenAi  was  accus'd  of  holding  a 
 <jJ^^-Correfpondency  with  Ornam,  the  King's  Lieutenant  in  that 
 Province:  Yet  tho'  the  Proofs  of  his  Treachery  were  apparent, 
 he  was  fa  w  ell  feconded  by  the  SurTragesof  his  Adherents , 
 that  the  Synod  could  not  ufe  him  according  to  his  defert. 
 They  only  fufpended  him  for  two  Months,  without  turn- 
 ing him  out  of  his  Church.    Codiirc  who  created  conti- 
 nual Broils  in  the  Political  AfTemblies ,   and  in  the  Sy- 
 nods, and  who  deferv'd  themoft  Rigorous  Chaftifements  of 
 their  Difciplinc,  had  like  to  have  fav'd  himfelf  by  the  fame 
 Protection.    He  was  Minifterat  G^e/,  where  he  had  put  the 
 whole  Church  in  diforder.      He  was  accus'd  before  the 
 Synod  or  diets  5  but  To  powerfully  defended,  that  the  only 
 punifliment  they  could  inflict  upon  him,  was  to  deprive  him 
 of  his  living  at  Gauges.    They  would  have  given  him  an- 
 other, but  ne  refus'd  it.    He  did  propofe  to  retire  to  Mom- 
 tetiicr,  there  to  lead  a  private  Life;  But  the  Synod  having 
 'forbidden  him  ever  to  meddle  with  Political  Affairs,  he  be- 
 came thereby  ufelefsto  the  Court  Party,  in  favour  of  which 
 !us  cover 'd  Zeal  could  no  longer  create  diforders  and  dis- 
 putes.   Some  Conjectures  might  induce  us  to  fufpeel:,  that 
 the  laid  Codurc  is  the  fame  that  was  Corrupted  by  D  agtaa, 
 the  Story  of  which  is  worth  relating.      It  will  be  found  in 
 another,  place.  .  , 
 
 ... The  A^nirs  of  Vrivas  were  alfo  very  much  talk'd  of  in 
 Privas.  the  Synod ;  and  whereas  the  Troubles  of  that  C:ty  have 
 had  long  and  fatal  Confequences,  it  is  ncceiTary  to  give  an 
 account  of  their  begin  ing.  Cfismfyud  a  Gentleman  of  that 
 Country,  a  Zealous  Rtfor-.nd ,  had  ;Varry'd  the  Meirefs  of 
 Privas^  which  is  a  Baronny,  the  Lord  of  which  has  the  Pri- 
 vilege, to  enter  into  the  Eftates  of  Lcwgmdoc  in  his  Turn. 
 He  was kill'd  in  the  King's  Service  during  the.  Warsof  Pied- 
 mont? 
 
Book  VI.      Editt  of  Nantes.  3  5  5 
 
 mont  ;  and  his  Widow  forgot  him  almofl:  as  Toon  as  he  was  1620. 
 laid  in  his  Grave.  She  afterwards  fell  in  Love,  with  Vice  1-^y^-> 
 Comte  L(ftr*ngts  Son,  a  very  faandfbm  young  Gentle- ^.  V 
 man,  but  a  Violent  Catholick,  and  Merry'd  him.  The  In- 
 habitants oppos'd  the  faid  Marriageto  that  degree,  that  the 
 V  e  Comte  was  oblig'd  to  enter  the  Ladies  Houfe  by  ftealtb, 
 in  order  to  Confummate  the  faid  Marriage.  Chumb-uz  had 
 Marry'd  one  of  his  Daughters  to  Brifov,  Governor  of  Pou- 
 fa  ;  who  did  not  fail  to  joyn  with  the  Oppofants }  both  as 
 being  concern'd  in  the  Affairs  of  thatHoufejand  as  pretending 
 that  the  Government  of  the  Caftle  of  Privai  belong'd  to 
 him.  The  Example  of  Sancerre,  one  of  the  Cities  that  had 
 been  polfefs'd  the  longeft  by  the  Reformed,  taught  them 
 what  they  were  to  trulr  to,  in  cafe  they  futfer'd  a  Place  like 
 Trivas  to  fall  into  the  Hands  of  a  Catholick  ;  The  faid 
 Place  was  none  of  the  Largeft,  but  yet  ftrong  enough  to 
 defend  it  felf  againft  a  Royal  Army.  Moreover,  Mais  had 
 not  been  faid  in  the  laid  City  for  fixty  years  paft;  and  they 
 \yere  fenfinle,  that  their  New  Lord  would  not  fail  to  reefta- 
 blilh  it  there.  So  that,  it  prov'd  an  eafie  matter  for  Brifon 
 to  excite  a  kind  of  War  between  the  Lady  and  the  Inhabi- 
 tants of  the  Place:  But  it  was  foon  after  accommodated  by 
 CommiiTioners  upon  Conditions,which  the  Vice  Comte  only 
 accepted,'  in  order  to  break  them  at  the  full  occafion.  He^-  -  - 
 feiz'd  upon  the  Caftle  by  Surprife  ,  and  caus'd  the  Nobility  jj'f  "£T 
 of  the  Neighbourhood  to  Aflemble  there,  under  pretence  to  117. 
 Congratulate  his  Marriage  *  but  in  effecl  to  make  himfelt 
 the  Itrongeft.  Whereupon  ,  the  Inhabitants  immediately 
 repaired  to  their  Arms ;  and  the  Vice  Comte  accompany'd 
 by  his  Friends,  having  met  fome  Citizens  in  Arms,  Charg'd 
 t>.err»  before  they  Attack'd  him,  and  thus  the  War  beg  art 
 a  New,  Brifon,  who  flood  upon  his  Guard  put  Succors  in- 
 to  the  City,  and  fore'd  the  Vice  Comte  to  abandon  it.  He 
 complain'd  of  that  Violence  to  the  Duke  de  Mommnency 
 Governor  of  the  Province,  and  to  t'arre  the  Tntendanr,  who 
 taking  Britaut  Mafter  of  Requeft  along  with  him,  endea- 
 vour'd  to  reconcile  the  Lord  and  the  Subj.cb.  But  their 
 endeavours  prov'd  incrYc£tual,by  realbnthac  after  the  uncxpecT:- 
 
 U  u  a  cd 
 
356'  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1620.  ed  Hoftiiities  of  the  Vice-Count,  the  Inhabitants  would  no 
 U-v~v  longer  confide  in  him,  and  refund  to  come  to  an  Accom- 
 modation with  him,  unlefs  they  had  very  good  Sureties. 
 The  Mace      ^ia£  Affair  remain'd  undecided  until  the  Dukes  return, 
 udepped.  who  was  at  a  great  diftance  from  the  Province  at  that  time. 
 He  took  the  Vice-Count's  part  ,   and  drew  near  the  City 
 with  7  or  80c o  Men.    It  would  have  been  very  eafleto  op- 
 pofe  it,  had  Chat/Boa  whom  the  Reform* d  had  entrufted  with 
 the  Government  of  the  Circle,  undertaken  it.     But  he  did 
 no  wile  oppofe  the  Duke  who  was  his  Friend  and  his  Kinf- 
 man,  at  the  approach  of  whom  ,  Br  if  on  quitted  the  City  , 
 tho  he  had  near  2000  Men  to  defend  it,  befides  the  Inhabi- 
 tants.   Mommorency  was  receiv'd  in  the  Place,  and  put  one 
 of  his  Followers  and  a  Garrifon  of  50  Men  into  the  Caftle, 
 until  the  King  had  order'd  otherwife  about  it.    So  that,  that 
 Affair  took  the  Form  of  a  Procefs  among  private  Performs  ; 
 The  Reformed  pretended,    that  the  faid  Place  having  been 
 in  their  Handsat  the  time  of  the  Edidt ;  It  was  to  be  Efteem'd 
 a  Place  of  Surety  ,   fince  it  was  included  in  the  General 
 Terms  of  the  Briefs,  which  allow'd  them  the  keeping  Of  all 
 the  Places  they  were  in  Pofleffion  of  at  that  time  :  The 
 Vice-Count  on  the  contrary  maintain'd  ,  that  *a  the  Paid 
 Place  did  belong  to  a  Private  Perlbn  of  the  Reform* d  Reli- 
 gion, it  had  loft  that  Quality,  by  falling  into  the  Hands  of 
 noli  e;«f^  Catholick  Lord.    In  the  mean  time,  the  Garrifon  com  mi  t- 
 tbeGnrri-  ted  a  thoufand  Violences ;  and  even  during  the  Seffion  of 
 fenandc*- t\le  Synod  of  JUts,  the  Souldiers  cut  an  Old  Man  over  the 
 L?Stbl  Head,  and  forc'd  another  Inhabitant  ,  whom  they  pur  fu'd 
 Inhabi-    on  purpofe  to  abufe  him,  to  fling  himfelf  into  a  Precipice* 
 to  avoid  falling  into  their  Hands.     And  yet  they  had  the 
 Impudence  to  Complain  that  the  Inhabitants  abus'd  them  3 
 and  to  fend  for  Commiflioners  to  redrefs  their  Wrongs.  But 
 the  Commiflioners  finding  that  the  faid  Complaints  were  ill 
 grounded,went  away  again  without  doing  any  thing  :  And 
 as  they  did  the  Inhabitants  no  harm  ,  by  reafbn  that  they 
 found  them  Innocent,  neither  did  they  do  them  Juftice  for 
 the  Violences  the  Souldiers  were  guilty  of. 
 
 A 
 
Book  VI.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  357 
 
 A  particular  AfTembly  was  held  at  Andufe,  upon  the  Ac-  1620. 
 count  of  thofe  Troubles  :  But  they  did  not  redrefs  the  'L/p^J 
 hardfliips  that  diftrefled  City  fuffer'd,  by  reafon  that  ChatiUf^^ 
 hn%  who  alone  had  the  Power  to  do  it,  did  nothing  to  de- 
 fend them.    That  Affair  was  in  this  Condition  when  it  was 
 brought  before  the  Synod  of  Alets ,  which  only  fuccour'd 
 Pr.vas   by    Recommendation  ,    and  with  the   Sum  of 
 200  Crowns.    The  Truth  is,  that  they  ordcr'd  a  Collection 
 in  the  Province,  to  help  them  to  defray  the  Charges  of  the 
 War.    They  Wrote  to  Chxt.llon,  to  intreat  him  to  awaken 
 his  Zeal  in  favour  of  that  important  Piacc.    Thofe  Letters 
 produc'd  Tome  ErTeft  :  ChatlUon  feem'd  to  recover  out  of  his 
 Lethargy  :  Br i fen  Befieg'd  it  a  News   and  fore'd  the  Garri- 
 fon  of  the  Caftle  to  March  out  of  it  upon  Terms.    But  chariv 
 Chjt  Uon  having  had  an  Emerview  with  Mommorencjf ,  the  ions 
 Zeal  of  that  Lord  flacken'd  all  cf  a  fudden,  which  made  the  vitmt" 
 Storm,  we  have  mention'd  elfe  where,  to  fall  upon  that  poor 
 City. 
 
 The  Cane  Synod  before  their  breaking  up,  us\l  their  ut- 
 moft  endeavours  for  the  prefervaiion  of  the  Church  of  G/g-ch-'/^ 
 nacy  which  was  daily  p'agu'd  by  the  Bifhop  of  M.mpelur  ; 
 who  had  lent  for  Mart  n  there  on  purpofe,  a  Minifter  who 
 was  lately  turn'd  Roman  Carholick  ,  in  order  to  draw  in 
 others  to  embrace  the  fame  Communion  by  IrisSolIicitations 
 and  Example.    They  alfo  took  Meafures  to  hinder  the  Bi- 
 fhop of  Vfcz  from  corning  to  live  at  St.  Amhois^  where  he 
 was  capable  of  doing  the  Reformed  more  harm,  than  atZJft 
 it  felf,  by  reafon  that  they  had  more  Power  there  th  n  he, 
 both  by  their  Number,  and  by  the  Protection  of  the  Lord 
 thereof,  who  being  at  odds  with  the  Biftiop  ,   was  glad  to 
 maintain  the  Re/orw'd  a  gain  ft  him.    But  thofe  little  Reme- 
 dies apply'd  to  great  feyife  ,  prov'd  inconfulerable  to  Cure 
 them.    It  is  impotfible  to  imagine.,  how  much  thofe,  that 
 Bfianag'd  the  defign  of  deftroying  the  Reform Exclaim'd 
 agatnft  ihi  AlTembly  of  Andu(t  t  which  feem'd  to  be  Sum- 
 mon* d  for  the  defence  of  Privas  5  and  againft  the  Synod  of /,  :  v 
 A'tts,  iKrtwitrlffhncKng  the  Court  Cabal  had  all  along  been  T 
 predominant  in  it.     The  moll  Violent  inve&ves,  and  theAler^ 
 
 blackeft 
 
i  5  3  The  Hifiory  of  the       Vol.  IL 
 
 1620.  blackeft  Colours,  wherewith  it  is  poflible  to  defcribe  the 
 ^Y"^  Worft  of  Rebellions,  fall  ftiort  of  thofe  wherewith  the  Con- 
 duct: of  thofe  AfTemblies  wasafpir'd.  And  yet  all  that  could 
 be  faid  of  them  with  Juftice, is,that  whatever  pail:  there,wcre 
 only  unprofitable  Marks  of  the  Affliction  of  a.  Wretched 
 People,  who  found  themfelves  betray 'd  by  their  own  brethren 
 without  daring  to  punifh  the  Tray  tors,  and  who  found  them- 
 felves finking,  without  daring  to  Complain,  or  to  defend 
 themfelves,  becaufe  there  were  Perfons  among  them,  who 
 ftil'd  their  Complaints  Infblence,  and  their  Defence  Rebel- 
 lion. 
 
 The  reft  of  the  Kingdom  was  not  more  at  reft  ;  and  I 
 jfwbij  of  .^iii  g\VQ  an  account  in  this  Place -of  what  paft  in  anAfkm- 
 Gergeau.  Qf  t^Q  provinccs  of  Orleans  and  of  B.errj^  in  order  to 
 (how  that  there  were  Tranfaftions  in  all  Parts ,  which  fcre^ 
 told  the  approaching  decay  of  the  Rtforirid.  The  faid  Af- 
 lembly was  held  in  the  Month  of  July  at  Gtrge7u:  It  was 
 compos'd  of  the  Deputies  of  28  Churches ,  and  Fortify'd 
 befides  by  the  Deputies  of  the  Adjacent  Provinces,  by  thofe 
 of  the  Provincial  Council,  and  by  thofe  that  did  affift  at  the 
 laft  General  Aflembly.  phdt'iVgn  and  Sully  who  had  L.inds 
 in  that  diftridl,  did  not  fail  to  Write  to  them  to  give  them 
 afTuranccs  of  their  Affection  for  the  common  good.The  main 
 defign  of  that  Aflembly  was  to  hear  the  Deputies  that  had 
 affifted  at  Londnnt  who  were  to  give  an  Account  of  what 
 paft  there.  They  brought  fbme  propofitions  which  the  Ge- 
 neral Aflembly  had  referr'd  to  the  Provincial  AfTemblies  to 
 be  Examin'd  by  them,  and  to  be  inferred  in  the  Inftruclions 
 of  the  Deputies  that  fhould  be  fent  by  thern  into  the  next 
 General  Aflembly.  There  were  two  among  the  reft,  which 
 tended  to  prevent  the  Corruption  of  the  Deputies.  The 
 
 pTSv  firft  was'  w'l5t*ier  wIlen  a  Church  dzfir'd  that  the  Votes 
 pifflim  ^qujj  ^e  t^cn  DV  pr0vinccs ,   the  oppofition  of  another 
 
 could  hinder  it.  The  fecond  was,  whither  the  Deputies 
 upon  pretence  of  New  Cafes,  which  had  not  been  forefeen 
 when  their  JnftriTctiohs  were  made,  could  deviate  from  their 
 fkid  Inftru&ioiK.  Thofe  two  Propofitions  had  been  fugge- 
 fted  by  thofe  who  held  a  Correfpondence  with  the  Court. 
 
Book  VI.       Edict  of  Nantes-.  359 
 
 They  becarne,  ufe'efs  when  the  Votes  weregiven  by  Provinces,  1620. 
 by  reajon  that  their  Colleagues,  not  being  corrupted  like  V?V*V 
 them,  might  carry  Affairs  by  the  Plurality  of  Voices.  They 
 M  ere  yet  more  at  a  lofs  when  they  were  ty'd  to  their  Inft  ructi- 
 ons ,     which    being    drawn   in,  Provincial  Aflemblies , 
 were  feldom  conformable  to  the  InftrucTiom>  of  thofe  that 
 were  corruptee!.     Thofe  two  Quell  ions   were  attended 
 with  Difficulties,    The  hi  ft  had  often  occafion'd  Difputes  in  t:tfS?*er 
 Councils,  and  in  the  Elbtes  General.    The  Popes  had  often  *yZ  by 
 left  their  Cau!e  when  Councils  gave  their  Votes  by  Provinces.  Headsvty 
 For  that  reafon  they  refus'd  to  allow  that  manner  of  Voting  in  Prsv'r,ces- 
 the  Council  of  Trext,  in  which  the  Number  of  the  Itd'an  Bi- 
 fhops, which  furpaued  that  ofalithe  Prelatesof  the  Elemain- 
 der  of  Eurcpe^  that  affifted  at  it,  would  have  been  reduced  to 
 one  Voice,  in  cafe  they  had  not  Voted  by  Heads}  which  , 
 w  ould  have  give;:  a  great  Advantage  to  all  thofe,  that  had  a 
 mind  to  reform  the  See  cf  Rome.    In  the  States  General,  the 
 Brigues  2nd  Sollicitations  of  the  Court  often  prov'd  ineffectu- 
 al,  when  they  Voted  by  Provinces.    So  that  the  Aflemblies 
 of  the  Reformed  being  liable  to  Brigues  and  Corruption  as 
 well  as  the  others  ;  the  fame  Queftion-migh:  be  of  de  in  ira 
 as  well  as  in  all  the  others. 
 
 The  fecond  Qjeftion  wias  not  without  Difficulty  neither. 
 It  feems  to  be  a  Maxim  of  Right,  that  thole  who  only  act  in 
 a  Caufe  as  Attorneys  for  cthe;s,  ought  never  to  fvvei  ve  from 
 the  Inltrucrions  which  limit  theii  -Fewer.  B.;t  in  Affairs,  of 
 which  the  Conjunctures  change  from  Morning  to  Night,  it 
 feems  both  unreaibnable,  and  ve  ry  dangerous,  to  tye  Depu- 
 ties (b  Inviolably  to  their. Inftruftion,  that  thej.  may  not  be 
 allowed  to  do  that  of  themlLivcs,  which  it  is  mx\  likely 
 their  Principals  v.  ouid  order  them  to  do,  if  they  had  time  to 
 Confult  with  them  about  it:  Particularly^  (J nee  if  is  to  be 
 fuppofed,  that  thole,  who  intruuj  any  body  with  'their  Pow- 
 er in  Affairs  of  great  Confcquence,  look  upon  them  as  he-- 
 neft  Men,  it  would  leern  to  be  a  lUIicello  1  upon  them,  not.  . 
 to  allow  them  to  nverve  from  their  Memoirs  in  unexpected 
 Cafes.  Tco  much  rVegutaritv  inTuch  a  Cafe,  may  either 
 occafion  tedious  Delays  or  lofe  an  Occafion  which  may  be 
 
 difficult; 
 
jtfo  He  Hiflory  of  the        Vol  II. 
 
 1610.  difficult  to  recover.  This  was  the  Reafbn  why  thofe  Quc- 
 \^T^  ftions  were  not  decided  every  where  alike.  To  Vote  by 
 Heads,  and  not  to  depend  upon  Inftruftions  was  liked  beft, 
 efpecialiy  in  fuch  Provinces,  where  the  Court  had  many  Pen- 
 fioners  3  But  they  were  of  a  contrary  Opinion  in  this  ;  and 
 the  Synod  oi  Alets,  as  we  have  already  teen,  endeavoured  to 
 make  the  General  Aflembly  approve  the  fame  Sentiment. 
 Moreover,  they  added,  that  it  would  be  neceffary  to  make 
 the  Prefidentrnis  Aififtant,  and  the  two  Secretaries  fet  their 
 Hands  to  the  Memoires  of  the  Deputies  that  fbould  affift  in 
 the  Tame  5  and  to  oblige  them,  in  order  to  avoid  Deceit,  to 
 produce  them,  whenever  they  fliould  advance  Proporti- 
 ons, which  they  fhould  pretend  to  be  contained  in  the 
 fame. 
 
 DcVbcra-      This  particular  AlTembly  finding  it  felf  Confiderable  by 
 tne  Number  and  Quality  of  its  Members,  treated  of  Rveral 
 y'  great  Affairs  :  of  delaying  the  National  Synod  ;  of  haftning 
 the  AfTembly  of  Rockl  by  way  of  Continuation  of  that  of 
 Loitdim ;  to  oblige  the  Duke  de  Sully  to  Watch  the  Prefer  vati- 
 on  of  Gergexu,  a  Place  of  Surety,  which  was  unprovided 
 with  Men,  and  ill  paid.    They  made  divers  Reflections  up- 
 on the  Promife  made  to  the  Affembly  of  Loudun  by  the  Prince 
 of  Conde  and  the  Duke  de  Lwms%  by  which  it  was  eafie  to 
 judge,  that  they  did  not  truft  much  to  it.    The  Communi- 
 cation of  thofe  particular  Affemblies  with  their  Neighbours, 
 maintained  fo  general  a  Correfpondence  among  all  the 
 Churches,  that  they  were  all  inftrucTed  with  what  pa  ft  in 
 any  of  them,  fo  that  the  fame  Affairs  were  partly  treated  of 
 in  all  of  them.    Therefore  it  may  very  well  be  concluded, 
 that  the  fame  thing  was  done  in  that  which  was  held  at  Siu~ 
 mur  at  the  latter  end  of  the  fame  Month  of  J/tfy  ;  and  in  that 
 of  Burgundy,  which  was  held  at  Pont  de  Vcjlt  on  the  5th  of 
 the  following  Month.    There  had  been  Deputies  of  thofc 
 other  Jf  two  Provinces  at  Gergeau  j  and  the  Province  of  Or  leans  fent 
 ftmbiies  a theirs  reciprocally  in  thole  two  Affemblies,  fb  that  for  the 
 ftSur-rnoft  part,  all  things  paft  there  in  the  fame  manner. 
 
 gundy. 
 
 Divers 
 
Book  VI.     EdiB  of  Nantes.  361 
 
 Divers  Complaints  were  made  in  thofe  Aflemblies,  of  1620. 
 the  Injuftices  that  were  done  to  the  Reform  d  within  their  re-  '^Y^ 
 fpefltve  Jurifdi&ions.  The  free  Exercife  of  the  Reformed  Re-  £^;Vx 
 ligion  was  hindcr'd  at  Charms.  A  private  Perfoh  had  been  of  the  Re- 
 turn'd  out  of  the  Shrievalty  at  Remorantin^  barely  upon  ^^f  dp 
 Account  ofhis  Religion  ;  and  the  Election  of  another  was  op-  ^ 
 pos'd  upon  the  fame  account.  The  Judge  of  Orleans  had 
 Condemn'd  a  Temple  to  be  demolifhed  within  the  fpace  of  a 
 Week,  which  was  all  built,  the  Covering  0  'ly  excepted, 
 upon  a  piece  of  Ground  given  ixQhilleurs  by  ChtmeroUes,  who 
 was  High  Jufticer  of  the  Place.  Their  Malice  went  fartl 
 ytu  at  Montrichard.  The  Catholicks  were  forbidd,  n  here 
 to  aflift  the  rm'd  to  carry  their  Dead  into  the  Ground  ; 
 which  Prohibition  extended  even  to  Servants  towards  their 
 Mafters;  threatning  them,  in  cafe  they  did  not  obey,  with 
 Ecclefiaftical  Cenfures,  and  even  with  Excommunication. 
 The  Parliament  of  Park  had  refus'd  to  regard  the  Warrants 
 of  a  Serjeant  Royal,  becaufe  he  was  of  the  Reformed  Religi- 
 on, and  that  he  had  ferv'd  an  Execution  upon  a  Catholick,  at 
 the  Suit  of  a  Reform  d.  The  fame  Parliament  made  two  Vex- 
 atious Decrees  in  a  fhort  (pace  of  time,  upon  the  Subject  of 
 Burials*  the  one  on  the  2d  of  July,  which  order'dthe  Recon- 
 ciliation of  the  Church  of  LonUc,  in  which  the  Heirs  and 
 the  Widow  of  BuchonSieur  de  Lallkr  were  accufed  of  having 
 depofited  his  Body  with  Violence  and  Force  of  Arms.  The 
 other  on  the  ift  of  Auguft,  in  the  Chamber  of  the  Editt, 
 upon  a  Sentence  of  the  Seneflialfhip  of  AngoutstoM, which  Con- 
 dernn'd  the  Baron  d'Etangs  to  take  his  Mother  out  of  the 
 Ground,  whom  he  had  bury'd  in  the  Chappel  of  Mffignac 
 two  years  before.  The  Sentence  was  confirmed  ;  but  the 
 Fine  of  20oLivres,  to  which  it  Condcmn'd  the  Baron,  was 
 moderated  C048  Livres  in  Alms  for  the  Bread  of  Prifoners  5  to 
 which  was  added,  that  before  they  fhould  proceed  to  the 
 Removing  of  the  (aid  Corps,  the  Attorny  General  fhould 
 take  Information,  whether  it  could  be  done  conveniently, 
 in  oid'jrto  proceed  to  what  fnould  be  thought  reafonable,  af- 
 ter the  hearing  of  the  faid  Information. 
 
 But 
 
5<Jz  The  Hi  ftcry  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 165:0.     But  the  Noife  of  the  Alterations  made  in  Bear*,  ftifled 
 l^v^  thofe  flight  Complaints  ;  and  the  whole  Kingdom  talked  of 
 uZtffhe^  P'Oinife  made  to  the  Aflembly  of  Loudun,  in  the  King's 
 cunks,  Name,  which  was  violated  in  every  Article.    All  the  Neigh- 
 afur  the  louring  Churches  tothatopprefled  Province  were  part icular- 
 !y  alarm'd.    Ufcun  not  daring  to  appear  at  Home  came  to 
 churches  Mwtaulau,  where  the  Aflembly  of  Rcuergue  fate.    He  made 
 item*  ms  Complaints  there  ;  and  they  gave  him  a  full  Hearing. 
 The  Circles  ofthe  Upper  Languedt>c>  took  his  Affair  to  Heart, 
 the  rather,  becaufe  it  was  reported,  that  the  King  defign'd 
 fuch  another  Progrefs  in  Langutdoc  the  following  Year.  This 
 Report  could  not  be  iook'd  upon  as  falfe,  by  reafon  that  a 
 Coppy  had  been  produe'd  in  the  Synod  at  Alets,  of  a  Letter 
 written  to  Mow pe/ur  by  the  King,  in  thole  very  Words  ;  and 
 thofe  who  pnxluc'd  it,  affirirTd,  that  it  was  taken  from  the 
 Original,  Dated  October  the  9th.    This  fhew'd  evidently, 
 thac  the  Catholiks  had  already  form'd  the  Defign  to  deftroy 
 the  Reform  dt  and  that  the  Court  only  endeavour'd  to  a- 
 mufe  them  by  Promifes,in  order  to  find  them  at  odds  and  dit 
 arm'd,when  they  flnould  attack  them,  the  better  to  deftroy 
 them.    Therefore  thofe  Circles  refolv'd  to  protect  the  Churhcs 
 jfmhij  of  Bear*,  and  Conven'd  a  Provincial  Aflembly  at  Milh*n  00 
 *r  Mil-   tiie  26th  of  October^  where  they  agreed  to  aflift  the  Churches 
 au'      of  that  Principality  ;  to  (end  Deputies  to  the  Refornid  Lords, 
 to  invite  them  to  joyn  with  the  Aflembly  in  order  thereunto, 
 and  that  it  fhould  remain  at  Montauban,  untill  the  Meeting 
 of  the  General  Aflembly  at  Roche/.    They  Authorized  Count 
 dOrval^  the  Duke  of  Suff/s  Son  by  a  Second  Venture,  much 
 more  Zealous  than  the  Duke  his  Father,  and  the  Marqueft  hi* 
 Br,  ther,  and  well  feconded  by  his  Mother,  a  brave  coura<> i- 
 ous  Lady,  to  Arm  in  Rouergm :  the  Marquis  de  MnUufe, 
 to  do  the  fame  in  gwrcy  and  in  Albigeois :  St.  Rome  to  do 
 the  fame  in  Laungau    That  Power  was  only'  provifional 
 under  the  Authority  of  that  A0embly,  until  the  Seflion  of 
 the  General  one.    Moreover,  they  exhorted  the  Cities  to  re- 
 pair their  Fortification?,  to  make  new  oaes,  to  provide  Am- 
 munition, and  to  Hand  upon  their  Guard.    They  did  write 
 to  Lefdigrdens,  and  to  ZbatiUon.    They  regulated  the  Form 
 
Book  VI.      Efflt  of  Nantes.  363 
 
 and  Power  of  the  Abridg'd  Aflembly  that  was  to  remain  at  1620. 
 MontAnb™,  which  they  only  Authoriz'd  to  Eleft  a  General  WV\j 
 with  the  Content  of  the  Provinces.    They  order'd  the  Af- 
 fembly  to  meet  forthwith,  to  nominate  a  Governor  under 
 certain  Reftri&icns. 
 
 Thofe  Refolutions  were  extreamly  oppos'd  by  two  Men  orpfd  -y 
 who  were  prefent.    The  one  was  EJlujon,  Governor  of  Vil-  JjyjjJJ 
 lemur,  who  only  aded  by  Order  from  Lejdtguieres,  and  v.  ho  digtik-**, 
 had  a  great  deal  of  Credit  at  C.iftres:  The  other  was  DeftS?  .f 
 H/ppolites,  Deputy  of  Chitillon,  who  was  very  much  refpe&ed    at  on" 
 at  Mdbm.    Tnofe  two  Men  gain'd  the  Deputies  of  Chartres 
 and  of  M'lhitt,  who  having  oppos'd  nothing  till  then,  by  rea- 
 fbn  that  all  the  preceding  Propofitions  were  not  as  yet  dect- 
 five,  oppos'd  that  of  drawing  the  Settlement  of  War  ;  and 
 threatned  alfo  to  oppofe  the  Effect  of  the  fir  ft  Deliberations, 
 unlefs  that  Affair  were  refer'd  to  the  General  Affemb'y.  This 
 was  the  way  to  wave  all  the  other  Refolutions,  and  to  wafte 
 the  time  of  thole  who  did  concern  themfelves  for  the 
 Churches  of  Beam,  and  to  abate  their  Courage.    But  that 
 did  not  hinder  the  Aflembly  from  proceeding  on,  which,  ha- 
 ving exhorted  thofe  Deputies  to  give  over  their  Oppofitions, 
 they  continu'd  to  form  their  Settlement  of  War  in  fpighr  of 
 them. 
 
 The  Defolation  of  Beam  being  then  publickly  known,  e-EfeSof 
 very  Body  was  very  fenfible  that  the  Rtfrrmd  had  a  juft  Cattfe 
 to  Complain  that  the  Court  had  deceived  them,  artd  Iiad  a  t»  theJf- 
 Hight  to  Aflemble  again,  according  to  the  Power  the  AiTem-  :  ;o  .  ,nr 
 bly  of  Loudun  pretended  to  have  receiv'd  fo  to  do.    The  °u  un' 
 Truth  is,  that  in  order  to  blind  the  World,  the  Court  had 
 done  fbme  things  which  they  defign'd  topaf.  upon  them,  as 
 an  exatT  Obfervation  of  their  Promi'es.    The  Parliament  had  Qmuf^ 
 at  laft  receiv'd  the  two  Counfellors,  the  Affair  of  which, had  ™l%dj£m 
 been  depending  for  four  Years  together ;  but  they  had  done  *mmt  of 
 it,  and  the  King  had  caus'ditto  be  done  in  a  manner,  which  Paiis- 
 fhow'd  fufficiently  that  they  did  not  do  it  with  a  good 
 Intention.    The  Prince  of  Condt  went  to  get  it  pafs\finto 
 an  Edifr  ;  but  he  only  obtain'd  it  upon  the  account  of  the 
 prefent  Occurrences,  and  left  in  refufing  it,  the  R  forrxd 
 
 X  x  2  might 
 
3<5+  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 3l62o.  might  have  a  Pretence  to  Aflerable  again.    Moreover,  fbme 
 People  were  of  Opinion,  thathehad  wbifper'd  Reafons  fork, 
 which  he  did  not  Ipeak  in  full  Parliament  ;  and  that  he  had 
 afHrm'd,  that  it  would  be  the  laft  Favour  that  fhouid  be 
 granted  to  the  Reform  d.    The  Parliament  on  their  fides  put 
 inconvenient  Reuric'tions  to  it. 
 Leitoure     The  Reftitution  of  Leitoure  was  not  perform'd  ;  and  the 
 Court  would  oblige  the  Reform 'd  to  take  the  groffeft  Illufion 
 1(.ontrai.~  in  the  World,  as  a  real  Satisfa&ion  upon  that  Subject  The 
 King  being  at  Bourcexux,  remov'd  Fontratllts  out  of  the  faid 
 Place,  and  allow'd  him  a  Recompence  of  50000  Livres  for  it. 
 But  he  did  not  reftore  it  to  the  Reform  d,  neither  did  lie  give 
 the  Government  of  it  to  Angdin,  from  whom  Fontraill.s  had 
 ufurp'd  the  CafUe  ;  nor  to  laChefnaye,  nor  to  CUufonne,  nor 
 jet  to  the  Son  of  Favas,  one  of  the  Deputies  General,  who 
 had  all  been  fiatter'd  with  the  Hopes  of  it.    It  is  true,  that 
 he  gave  it  to  Bk/»vi/iey  a  Reform'd  Gentleman,  who  had  nei- 
 ther the  Confent  of  the  Churches,  nor  an  Atteftation  from 
 the  Affembly  ;  and  who  was  an  Officer  of  his  Houfhold  ;  and 
 of  the  Number  of  thofe  Reformed,  who,  provided  they  kept 
 their  Places  and  Penfidfts,  did  not  much  trouble  themfelves 
 with  the  Safety  of  others,  Moreover,  lell  his  Religionfhould 
 induce  him  to  do  any  thing  for  the  Advantage  of  the 
 Churches,  they  gave  him  Subaltern  Officers,  and  a  Garifon 
 of  Catholicksi  confequently  very  unfit  to  keep  a  Place,  foe 
 the  Prefervaticn  of  thofe  they  efteem'd  Henticks. 
 The  3rhf,    The  Brief  for  the  Places  of  Hoftage  had  been  promis'J  and 
 txpsdited  expedited  ;  but  it  was  not  deliver'd :  So  that  the  Demonftrati- 
 ^ting  o/ons  ofKindnefs,  which  the  King  had  given  after  the  Obedi- 
 tbe  pjaus  tncQof  the  Afifembly  of  Loudun,  were  degenerated  into  a 
 &&*r«jjf  Ccurt-Mockery.    The  Affair  of  Bearugzve  yet  a  greater  Sub- 
 mi  gwm  jeft  of  Complaint.    They  *eckon'd  upon  a  Sufpenfion  of  fix 
 Months,  after  which  the  King  had  promis'd  to  hear  the  De- 
 puties of  the  Country,  and  to  ufe  them  favourably  upon 
 their  Remonfl  ranees.    In  the  mean  time  the  King  march'd 
 into  that  unhappy  Province  with  Force  in  hand,  before  the 
 Expiration  of  the  firft  fix  Months,  and  before  any  of  the  other 
 ?romifes  were  fincerely  executed*    There  feem'd  to  be  no 
 
 manner 
 
Book  VI.      Editt  of  Nantes.  3  6  5 
 
 manner  of  ground  to  deny  that  the  Reform 'd  might  Lawfully  1620. 
 aiTemble  again  ;  and  Fav.ts  prefs'd  it  with  all  his  Power.  '^Y*>J 
 
 thought  thereby  to  obtain  the  Government  of  Lt.no  ire 
 from  the  Court ;  and  when  he  perceiv'd  that  they  amus'd 
 him  with  Words,  and  had  a  Defign  to  give  it  to  another,  to 
 the  Prejudice  of  his  Son,  he  threatned  to  Convene  an  A£ 
 fembly  at  Roche/  ;  and  in  order  to  {how  that  his  Threatnings  inter. 
 were  not  vain,  he  Writ  into  all  Parts  to  give  an  Account  ^Fa" 
 how  things  pall:,  and  did  it  perhaps  more  Faithfully  than  0* 
 therwife  he  would  have  done,  if  he  had  not  had  a  PerLrral 
 Reafbn  for  it. 
 
 His  Letters  finding  every  body  full  of  Indignation  for  fb  ^ 
 many  Deceits,  and  General  and  Particular  Injuftices,  did*'/' 
 not  fail  to  produce  theE-fect  he  expected  5  and  Roch?ly  which  tbt  4fim- 
 had  been  Impower'd  by  the  AiTembly  of  Loudun,  af%a.'d  Kc" 
 one  to  meet  there  on  the  20th  of  October.    Lu  n:s  being  in- 
 form'd  of  all  this,  but  certain  of  the  Chief  among  the  Re- 
 formed, whom  he  had  ingaa'd  by  fecret  Negotiations,  pur- 
 fu'd  his  Defign,  and  performed  the  Expedition  of  Bearx,  with- 
 out being  afraid  of  the  Dilpair  into  which  that  Breach  of 
 Faith  might  throw  all  the  Churches.    He  oblig'd  the  King 
 to  writeto  the  Major,  and  tothj  Peers  of  Roc/jel,  to  inform 
 them,thathehad  not  given  the  AiTembly  Leave  to  meet  there, 
 and  to  forbid  them  to  receive  it.  But  that  proving  ineffectual,  Dedamtu 
 he  iuVd  out  a  Declaration  at  Grenade  on  the  22d  of  Oftobtr,  ^Jket'ft 
 which  declared  that  AiTembly  unlawful.    In  order  to  mine  paji  fir  an 
 tliew  Pretence,  the  King  deny'd  his  having  promis'd  any  • 
 thing  to  the  AiTembly  of  Loudun  at  their  Breaking  up  :  And  Ajan  h 
 (aid  moreover,  that  all  the  Articles  he  had  promis'd  were  actu- 
 ally perform'd  ;  and  as  if  the  Defolation  of  B-arn  hid  not 
 prov'dthe  contrary,  they  made  him  fay,  that  the  Reafbn  of 
 his  Journey  to  Bourdeaux,  was  only  to  get  Leuoure  out  of  the 
 Hands  of  Fontr  miles.  m  pr/^ 
 
 The  Noife  xhzReform'd  made  upon  thi9  Breach  of  Word,  was  j/Conde 
 great,and  prov'd  ineffectual.  Befides  the  Vexation  of  being  de-  andtheFa- 
 ceiv'd  like  Children,  they  had  the  Grief  to  find  that  the  Court  JJJ'S 
 deny'd  it  all.    The  Prince  of  Coxde,  and  the  Duke  de  Luints^  their  q*^ 
 Lefdigukres,  and  Chatilhn  faii'd.in  their  Garrantee.    It  was  r,%%r° 
 
 not/,rwW.. 
 
jdd  The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 16  ao.  not  very  eafie  though  to  perfuade  lb  many  Perfons,  to  whom 
 *s\rsj  the  feme  Promife  had  been  made  lb  fblemnly,  that  they  had 
 promis'd  them  nothing.Therefore  they  began  firft  with  Cavils 
 Very  much  below  Perfons  of  that  high  Hank.    They  found 
 out  little  Equivocations  upon  the  time  of  the  beginning  and 
 ending  of  thofe  fix  Months.  They  faid  that  the  Prince  and  the 
 Favourite  had  promis'd  nothing  in  the  King's  Name ;  that  they 
 had  only  fpoken  in  their  own  ■>  and  that  they  had  only  in- 
 gaged  to  interceed  with  the  King,  who  had  been  the 
 lole  Mafter  of  the  Event,    The  Duke  de  Mombafon,  bred  in 
 another  Reign,  in  which  Sincerity  was  accounted  Virtue,  re- 
 member'd  his  having  been  the  Bearer  of  that  Promife  to  da 
 Pleffis ;  who  having  written  a  very  fharp  Letter  to  him  a- 
 bout  it,  the  Duke  fent  him  an  Anfwer  on  the  ift  of  Novem- 
 ber, in  which  he  declar'd  pofitively,  that  he  bad  laid  no- 
 thing to  him,  but  what  the  King  and  the  Duke  de  Luines 
 hadcharg'd  him  (everal  times  to  fay,  in  proper  Terms. 
 a  fuffosd  But  whereas  a  Witnefc  of  that  Conlequence  was  irkfome 
 Letter     m  that  Affair,  the  Jefuit  Amoux  writ  another  Letter  in 
 7het!DuJ the  Duke's  Name,  Dated  D.cemler  the  ioth.    It  was  full  of 
 de  Mom-  Excufes  about  the  Conduct  of  the  Court,  conformable  to  the 
 "n««V    Declaration  of  Grenade  •,  which  confequently  left  the  Com- 
 plaints of  the  Rtform'd  in  their  full  force.    That  feign'd  An- 
 fwer was  printed,  to  deftroy  the  true  one,  which  had  been 
 printed  alio  j  and  the  Dukedurft  not  difown  it  publickly,  for 
 fear  of  Offending  his  Son-in-Law  ;  but  yet  he  own'd  in  pri-  . 
 vate,  that  he  wasthe  Author  of  the  firft,  which  dn  Fleffls  had 
 receiv'd,  and  that  he  had  not  written  the  Second.  Never- 
 thelels,  as  all  thefe  Ulufions  did  not  appear  Fufficient  to  ex- 
 cufe  a  Breach  of  Word,  the  Jeluits  fuggefted  another  Pre- 
 They  begin  tence  ;  twfc,  that  the  Reform d  being  Rebels,  they  had  for- 
 to  ufe  the  feited  all  the  Favors  that  might  be  granted  them.    It-  paft  at 
 *f°Releis.  firft  for  an  adjudg'd  Cafe  that  they  were  Rebels  ;  they  were 
 Condemn'd  without  Inquiry  or  Examination,  as  if  it  had 
 been  notorious.  They  pretended  notwithftanding,  that  their 
 Condu&had  been  very  Innocent,  fince  they  had  only  taken 
 A'ms  till  then  for  Affairs  of  State,  in  which  Religion  was  not 
 concern'd,  and  in  which  theCathoiicks  had  been  concern'd  as 
 
 well 
 
Book  VI.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  3  6j 
 
 well  as  the  Reform^,  the  Motives  of  the  Conduct  of  which,  1620. 
 the  King  had  approv'd  by  folemn  Treaties  ;  but  in  their  own  ^or^ 
 Affairs, they  had  imploy'd  no  other  Methods,but  fuch  as  were 
 allow'd  of  fince  the  Edift  ;  viz.  Atfemblies,  Deputations, 
 Petitions,  R.emonftrances,  &c.  Neverthelefs,  that  Pretence 
 was  fo  conformable  to  the  D^figns  of  the  Court,  that  it  was 
 receiv'd  there  as  a  Principle,  and  by  Treating  the  Reform  das 
 Rebels,  they  forc'd  them  to  become  fb. 
 
 The  End  of  the  Sixth  'Bog^ 
 
1 
 
THE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 Edia  of  NANTES. 
 
 I  i   ,   t, 
 
 VOL  n.   BOOK  VII. 
 
 A  Summary  of  the  Contents  of  the 
 Seventh  "BOOK. 
 
 THE  Ecclefiafticks  are Jeizd  upon  at  Montauban  : 
 which  the  Confute  excufe,  and  the  Catholieks  aggra- 
 vate. The  like  Tranfa&ions  elftwhere.  Character 
 "  Mafuier,  who  writes  to  tb*  King  trit*  Malice. 
 Divifion  tht  'Judges  about  the  Inrollment  of  the  Declara* 
 t  ions'  at  CuUres.    Troubles  at  Nimes,  occafiorid  by  a  Jefuit. 
 
 Y  y  Circ  k 
 
The  Htftory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 droit  of  the  Lower  Languedoc  ajfembled  at  Lund.  Re- 
 tailing of  the  Caftle  of  Privas.    All  manner  of  Jnfixe 
 refused  te  the  Re  form 'd ;    who  tire   driven   to  Uefpair* 
 CoUufion  with    Cliatillon    and    Mommorency*  Orders 
 from    the  Court   to   lay   dovn   Arms.    Taking    of  Wa- 
 lons.    Siege  and  Taking  of  Wals.    Walons  is  Re- taken, 
 and  Rtftor'd.    Affembly  of  RccheJ.    Lefdiguieres  fulls  cut 
 with  the  Affembly.    The  ftohll  Afellion  he  bad  for  hu  Religi- 
 on.   He  Marries  Mary  Vignon,^  a'.nfl  the  Difciplme  of  the 
 "Reform  d  :  Of  which  be  makes  fublick  Aikncvpledgment^tra- 
 tagemtf  the  Dnie  dte  Lutties,  m  order  t&  gam  him.  trouble 
 ComWrifion  to  Tfeai  with  him.    What  Empire  DsageaO  fafe 
 over  Lefdiguieres.    Feign'd  t)ifputes  of  Religion.  Brelti- 
 eux  implofd  to  ruin  the  Work  of  Deagean.    Bullion  fucceeds 
 in  it  better  than  be*    tjfefdlguiefes  dots  not  hearken  to  his 
 Friends.  Policy  o/Deagean.  Luines  is  made  Conflable.  Lefdi- 
 gu'ieres  remain}  At  Courts  Mediation  df  the  Dukes  deHotatt^ 
 ^delaTfimoViik,re^^  Mtfeclukl  by  Favks.Du  PlJ»s 
 Mid  Du  Moulin  folHoit  the  AfJeMy  to  break  up.  Ou  Moulm 
 in  Danger  of  being  made  P rifomr.Coidnefs  of  James  the  Firji 
 About  the  Affairs  of  the  Palatinate.    Du  Moulin  mites  to 
 fjim  ;  'and  his  Letter  fatls  into  The  Hands  of  the  Council  of 
 France.    He  makes  his  Efcape  happily.    Efjt&vf  his  Litters 
 to  the  Ajfemhly.    Difficulties^  which  put  'a  Stop  to  the  Negoti- 
 ation.   New  Conditions  of  Acommodation.    Seven  Articles, 
 whrerh  rhe  'CdWt  agrees  upon  to  amufe  the  ReForm'd.  The 
 old  Connectors  of  State  are  again  ft  War.    The  Duke  de  Lu- 
 ines is  y.ot  ixolirfd  to  U  neither  $  hut  the  ^jeen^  the  Prince 
 of  0>nde>  Puifieux,  the  Clergy,  the-  Popr,  and  th'e  Spani- 
 ards, prevail  for  War.    Some  are  for  Exlerm'n.iting  all ; 
 and  others  Ate  for  Sparing  the  Peaceable..     Reafons  of  the  firfl 
 Advice.     Reafons  of  the  Second:  which  k  follow  d,  andfuc- 
 feeds.    Rtafons  PidlifJ/d  to  Bliffd  the  R eformU    New  Dif- 
 ficu tiles  about  the  Time  bf 'beginning  the  War.    How  thofe 
 Difficulties  were  remov-d.    Tlx  King  goes  away  from^  Par  is 
 unexpectedly  5  and  takes  away -the  Offices  of  Receipts  from  the 
 R-eform'd  Cities.    Settlement  of  War  in  the  midji  of  the 
 Negotiations  of  Veave.    New  Trebles  iit  Beam.    The  Duke 
 
 d'Epernoa 
 
Book  VII.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  371 
 
 d'Epernon  is  fnt  thither  .Cow  ardife  of  the  People  of  Orthez. 
 La  force  Retires.  All  Beam  is  fttbducd.  Blindn.fs  of  ihe  Re- 
 form'd.  Seditions  .it  Tours  and  elfervhere.  The  Court  flop: 
 the  Progrefs  of  it.  The  Sedition  Revives.  Pum/hment  af 
 feme  of  the  Guilty^  wh'cb  deceives  the  Reform'cL  New  De- 
 rivation. The  General  Affembly  defend  tkemf elves  in  Writ- 
 ing. Particulars  of  their  Complaints.  The  Mtr/bal  deBou- 
 illon  writes  to  the  King.  Reply  of  the  Jefiits  to  the  Writ^ 
 ing  of  the  Ajfembh.  Lefchguieres  Breaks  off  rvith  them. 
 Ihe  Affembly  draws  a  Project  of  Defence.  Divifwn  cf  the 
 Provinces  in  Circles.  The  M.irfbal  de  Bouillon  refufes  the 
 Place  of  General.  Irreparable  Fault  of  the  AJfmbf.  Ge* 
 nerals  of  the  Circles.  Seal  of  the  Affembly.  7 he  Peaceable  a* 
 mong  the  Reform'd  are  difarmd :  Which  catifes  a  great  De- 
 frttcn.  Treachery  againft  du  Pleflis,  to  get  Saumur  cut  of 
 his  Hands.  The  Court  amufes  him  with  Promifs,  even  in 
 Writing.  He  is  upbraided  by  the  Affembly.  De:Ur.\ticn  of 
 the  Kj»%  againft  the  Cities  cf  Rocbel  and  St.  John  de  An- 
 gelij  which  obliges  the  Reform 'd  to  renounce  the  Party  of 
 the  Affembly  in  Writing.  Int  ere  (red  Cow  ardife  of  t  he  G  over- 
 nors  of  the  Cities  of  Surety.  Ihe  King  Difmantles  the  For- 
 ti feat  ions  of  theTcwns  that  are  deliver  d  up  to  him.  Apolo- 
 gy of  the  Affembly.  lnvcftive  againft  the  Jefiit  Arnoux. 
 Relation  of  what  pafs'd  fince  the  Affembly  of  Loudun.  ReU- 
 Ution  of  the  Stratagems  0/  the  Court.  Why  the  Affemblies  re- 
 fused to  break  up  before  their  Carriers  wcr>;  anfrveSd.  A  vio- 
 lent Anfrver  in  the  King^s  Name,  Kjdnapping  of  Children. 
 The  Reform' d  excluded  from  all  manner  of  favours.  The 
 The  Catholicks  are  excused  from  giving  Church-Tards  at  their 
 own  Cofl,  in  lieu  of  the  eld  ones,  which  they  took  .igain.  Writ, 
 ing  o/Tilenus  againft  the  Aff.mbly  cfRochel.  Siege  and  Re. 
 dutfion  of  St.  Jjhn  de  Angeli.  Dec' oration  from  the  l\jno  t 
 which  Aboli/bes  the  Privi ledges  of  that  City. 
 
 Hilethe  Churches  of  Beam  wereexpos'd  to  the 
 Violences,  I  have  mention'd  heretofore,  the  ^Ce^uL 
 Inhabitants  of  Montauban  thouglit  that  they  ffth  arc 
 fhould  ferve  their  Brethren,  by  Frightning  the  Catholicks  ^  u*m 
 
 Y.,    „  .  .  at  Mon- 
 
 y  2  Wtthtaubaa. 
 
 W 
 
U%  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  IL 
 
 1620.  with  Reprifals.   So  that  one  day,  after  a  long  Deliberation 
 W^v^  upon  the  News  of  the  Cruelties  exerted  at  N^varre/Hs,  they 
 -  feiz'dupon  all  the  Ecclefiafticks,and  kept  them  a  little  above 
 Twenty  four  Hours  Prifoners  in  the  Bifnop's  Houfe.    At  the 
 fame  time  they  gave  Notice  to  the  other  Inhabitants  that 
 were  at  Tkculoufe,  or  in  the  Country,  to  retire  into  the  City, 
 left  the  Catholicks  fhould  alfo  ufe  Reprifals  upon  them.  The 
 very  next  day  thofe  Prifoners  were  let  out  again,  and  only 
 had  the  City  forPrifon,  with  Leave  publickly  to  perform  all 
 the  Exercifes  of  their  Religion  in  the  Church  of  St.  Lewis, 
 where  they  us'd  to  perform  them.    But  whatever  Affu- 
 rance,and  Liberty  was  given  them,  they  refus'd,  upon  vain- 
 Pretences,,  to  continue  their  Functions ;  to  the  end  that  the 
 News  of  Divine  Service  bein^  interrupted  at  Montaubxn^  be- 
 ing carry'd  to  Court,  might  render  the  Conduct:  of  the  In- 
 habitants the  more  Criminal.    Soon  after  it,  they  were  al- 
 low'd  to  go  out  of  the  City,  taking  Leave  of  the  Confuls  ;  but 
 no  man  er  of  Outrage  was  offer'd  to  their  Perrons,  during 
 theProcefs  of  that  Affair. 
 Z0rich~  the     The  Confuls  writ  to  Mafu:ery  firft  Prefident  in  the  Parlia- 
 cimfuh  ex-  nient  ofThouioufe,  to  acquaint  him  with  their  Reafons.  They 
 told  him,  that  the  cruel  Execution  of  Navtrreixs  having 
 ftrangely  mov'd  the  People,  they  had  fecur'd  the  Ecclefia- 
 rAnd  the  flicks,  only  to  fave  them  from  their  firft  Fury.    But  the  Ec- 
 cattoiicks  clefiafticks  gave  a  different  Account  of  it,  and  made  it  pafs 
 aggr*vatj!.  j^  a  ve?^  heinous  Attempt.They  alfo  writ  to  Mafuitr,  as  foon 
 as  rhey  were  at  Liberty  ;  and  though  their  Letters  only  con- 
 tain'd  the  fame  Fa£te  which  the  Confuls  own'd,  yet  they 
 The  Uiu   made  them  feem  to  be  very  Guilty.    1  he  Truth  is,  that  there 
 happen'd  fome  Tranfa&ions  very  like  thofe,  in  the  County  of 
 »iirfe~    Foix.whQTQ  the  Reformd  ofSavtrdun,  OiCazcres,  and  of  Pa- 
 mirs, CtizW  upon  the  Catholicks,  and  upon  fome  Houfes  feat- 
 ed  upon  the  PalTages,  and  fearch'd  fome  Travellers,  fufpecl- 
 ing  that  they  carry'd  Advices  or  Orders  againft  their  Safety. 
 They  alfo  endeavour'd,  but  in  vain,  to  furpnfe  a  ftrong  Koufe 
 belonging  to  the  Bifhopof  Pawhrs.    Thofe  Proceedings  did 
 not  pleafe  every  body ;  and  the  abridg'd  AiTembly,which  was 
 at  MQ&fat&Wi  was  againft  confining  the.  Ecclefiafticks  clofer 
 
 than. 
 
Book  VII.      Editt  of  Nantes.  j  7  5 
 
 than  within  the  Walls  of  the  City.  But  the  Spirit  of  Repri-  1610. 
 jals  was  predominant  in  the  People  of  tliote  Farts  ;  and  e- 
 ven  at  Ca/tres  they  threamed  the  Counfeiiors  of  Thontoufe, 
 who  ferv'd  in  the  Party- Chamber,  to  ule  them  accord- 
 ing as  the  Reform*  d  fliould  be  us*d  eifewhere  by  the.  Ga- 
 tholiks. 
 
 M.{fn>cr  being  inform'd  with  all  this,  writ  a  very  violent  c^ 
 Letter  to  the  King  about  it.  He  was  one  of  the  molt  violent  f^*" 
 Perfecutors  in  the  World  ;  and  according  to  trie  Character  a- 
 nother  Prefident  of  the  fame  Parliament  has  given  of  him, 
 tlie  greateft  Villain  that  ever  was  at  the  Head  c  f  an  Autho- 
 rized Society.  He  was  a  Man  without  the  leaft  Politenefs}  a 
 down  right  Barbarian  in  his  Temper,  in  his  Language,  and  in 
 his  Manners.  He  was  Covetous  even  to  a  degree  of  Infamy, 
 and  Cruel  to  the  utmoft.  He  neither  underftood  Juftice,  or 
 Equity,  in  point  cf  Religion.  Ic  is  reported  of  him,  that  being 
 ingag'd  in  a  Treaty  made  with  Tome  Perfbns,  about  the  Cre- 
 ation of  feveral  new  Offices,  he  had  the  Confidence  to  come 
 into  the  Pa  liament,  to  prefide  at  the  Decree  of  Verification 
 of  the  fame  The  Attorney  General  knowing  that  he  had  a 
 Share  in  the  Treaty,  recus'd  him,  and  his  Recufation  was  al- 
 lowed cf.  Mtfuitr  was  Cenfur'd  in  a  full  Parliament  for  Iiis- 
 iJl  Conduct,  and  the  (aid  Cenfure  was  enter'd  into  the  Regi- 
 fter.  The  Prince  of  Ccndt\  who  was  -AtThoutaufc  at  that  time  - 
 about  the  fame  Affair  $  and  who  being  as  Covetous  as  Mb* 
 fn  tr^  wasTufpe£ted  of  being  Concern  a  in  it  as  well  as  he, 
 came  the  next  day  to  the  Parlhmenr,  and  had  much  ado  to 
 caufe  the  faid  Cenfure  to  be  taken  out  of  the  Regifter ;  but 
 he  had  not  Credit  enough  to  blot  it  out  of  Peoples  Mine's,  and 
 an  undeniable  Witnefs  has  preferv'd-the  Bdtory  of  it.  The 
 fame  Author,  (peaking  of  the  Zeal  of  that  unworthy  Man  a° 
 gainft  the  Ref*rotdt  lays,  tint  he  would  have  been  praife- 
 worthy,  had  he  been  more  moderate.  He  was  belov'd  at 
 Court,  by  realbn  that  he  was  a  Slave  to  all  the  G.ders  thnt 
 came  from  thence,  and  that  he  knew  no  Rule  of  Juftice  be- 
 yond a  Signet  Letter  ;  bur  lie  was  hated  by  the  People*  The 
 verv  Inhabitants  of  Tboulouft  Ccnfpir'd  againft  his  Life,  and 
 osvards  of  Four  thouCmd  Billets  were  dropc  up  and  down 
 
37+  The  Htftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1620.  the  faid  City  againft  him  one  day,  in  which  they  threatned 
 him  with  the  utmoft  Extremities.    Had  he  been  to  be  try'd 
 for  any  Crime,  though  there  had  not  been  fufficient  Proofs  a- 
 gainft  him,  the  Hatred  of  all  thole  that  knew  him,  would 
 have  been  fufficient  to  fupply  the  Infufiiciency  of  the  Proofs. 
 The  Reform  d  have  often  had  the  Comfort  to  fee  that  their 
 greateft  Enemies  were  Men  of  that  Character. 
 vPtotorius     Mafuar  therefore  writ  to  the  King,  as  if  the  Ecciefiafticks 
 Zitb^  *iac*  0nty  ^scn  fe'lz'd  at  Mofitaubant  in  order  to  Maflacrethem, 
 at  the  hrft  News  of  any  111  Treatment  acted  any  where  elfe 
 againft  the  Reform  d.    He  gather 'd  all  the  Reports  the  Ca- 
 tholicks  fpread  up  and  down,  and  grounded  Defigns  of  the 
 whole  Party,  upon  the  leaft  Word  that  fell  from  any  over- 
 rafh  Perfon.    He  endeavoured  to  perfuade,  that  there  were 
 fome  peaceable  Perfons  in  Montakban,  who  did  condemn 
 thofe  Proceedings  ;  but  in  order  to  lay  the  Blame  upon  the 
 Generality,  he  laid,  that  they  were  at  the  Di  fixation  of  the 
 Factious.    Heaffirm'd  that  the  Enterprize  upon  Navarre  ixs 
 had  been  refblv'd  at  Milhau  ;  and  he  even  proceeded  fo  far, 
 as  to  fpecifie  the  day,  on  which  the  Reforntd  were  to  take 
 Arms.    He  had  no  other  ground  for  either,  but  malicious 
 Sufpicions,  or  Reports  fpread  on  purpole  to  perfuade  that  the 
 Reform  d  were  the  AggrelTors.    Neverthelefs,  the  appointed 
 day,  which  was  the  zfth  of  December,  pafs'd,.  and  the  Re- 
 formed did  not  commit  the  leaft  Act  of  Hoftility  ;  and 
 they  gave  theKing  lb  much  time  to  prepare  himfelf,  that  he 
 liad  enough  to  prevent  them.    Moreover,  that  pretended 
 day,  was  an  Invention  of  the  Bifhops  of  Beam,  who  took 
 Arms  themfelves  that  very  day,  under  that  Pretence,  as  I 
 have  related  elfewhere. 
 Divfonof    Mafuhr  envenom'd  the  Conduct  of  the  Reformed  Councel- 
 or'caftres^°rs  at  c<Lfcrcs  exrreamly  in  die  fame  Letter,  and  imputed 
 tboJtlT their  Dividing  upon  the  Prohibition  of  the  Aflembly  of  Mt/- 
 inniiment  hatt,  and  upon  the  Inrollment  of  the  Declaration  given  at 
 'frJtlim  Greaade  againft  the  AlTembly  of  Roche/,  as  great  Grimes  a- 
 '  gainft  them.    But  whereas  there  were  Reafbns  for  that  la  ft 
 Divifion,  it  is  proper  to  give  an  account  of  it.    The  King 
 Got  being  fatisfied  with  prohibiting  of  that  Aflembly,  and 
 
 order- 
 
Book  VII.      Edict  of  Nantes.  575 
 
 ordering  the  Members  and  Adherents  thereof  to  he  profecuted,  1620. 
 did  moreover  by  an  exprefs  Claulc  derogate  from  the  Privi-  U^y^J 
 leges  of  the  Edict,  which  refcr'd  all  the  Civil  or  Crimi-  , 
 nai  Affairs  of  the  Reformed  to  the  Chambers 5  and  he  refer'd 
 the  Cognizance  of  that  particular  Crime  to  the  Parliament. 
 The  Divifion  only  related  to  that  one  Article.  The  Catho- 
 fctks  pafs'd  ic  without  Difficulty  ;  but  the  Reformed  referv'd 
 the  Cognizance  of  thole  Affairs  to  the  Chambers,  with  the 
 nfuai  Condition,  to  make  Remonftrances  to  the  King  about 
 it.  There  really  was  a  great  deal  to  be  laid  upon  that  new 
 CJaule,  which  firft  appear'd  in  the  Declaration  given  againft 
 the  Affembly  of  Loudun.  It  was  a  Breach  of  one  of  tfie  moft 
 confiderable  parts  of  the  Edict,  of  which  the  Comequences 
 were  vifible.  It  was  a  great  one  for  the  Example  of'it ;  fince 
 rhat  in  cafe  they  did  allow  fuch  an  lacroachment  upon  a  Ju- 
 n'oiclionfoweii  fetied,  and  foneceflary,  it  would  encourage 
 thofe  who  had  in  fpir'd  that  firft  Enter  prize,  to  attempt  them 
 upon  ali  the  reft,  and  by  degrees,  to  mine  all  the  Articles  of 
 the  fcdicl  "by  the  like  Exceptions.  It  was  alio  considerable,, 
 astothething  itfelf,  by  reafon  that  a  General  Law  becomes 
 illufive,  when  under  preten-ce  of  Confirming  it  in  the  main, 
 a  Cuitern  is  made  to  derogate  from  it  in  particular  Calc^. 
 It  was  alio  very  confiderable  for  the  Danger  to  which  it  ex- 
 posy  all  the  R+firmd,  who  might  thereby  easily  be  Involved 
 in  thofe  fort  of  Crimes.  The  Parliaments  olT bvufottfe,  and 
 of  Bourdeauz  particularly.,  had  admirable  Secrets,  to  convert 
 all  the  Affairs  of  the  R- formed  into  Crimes  of  State,  ft  was- 
 iiifBcient,  in  order  to  convince  one  of  thofe  Hereticks^  to  ac- 
 cufehim  before  thofe  paiTiOf^ate  Judges  5  the  very  iSJame  oi 
 Reformed  was  a  faflicient  Conviction  5  Proofs  were  only  de- 
 ••/irM  for  Form  lake.  Tho&tteafbns  being  added  to  the  pecu- 
 liar InterePr  of  the  Chamber,  cccafion'd  the  Divifion  of  it.by 
 reafon  that  they  loftas  much  by  it  for  themfelves,  this  CI  aide 
 ta!:ing  away  fart  of  their  ju:iidi£fion,  as  for  the  Public^ 
 of  die  Roprind,  for  the  Life  and  Safety  of  which,  the  Edi& 
 had  made  them  Depositaries 
 
47<5  The  Hi/lory  of  the        Vol  II. 
 
 1620.  This  is  what  Mafuitr  imputed  as  a  great  Crime  againft 
 v^V^J  the  Reformed,  Councellors  of  Caftres ;  and  upon  which  he 
 Nines  defir'd  an  Order  from  the  Court  to  Condemn  them,  tore- 
 (Mftmtd  tytmove  the  Modification  of  that  Claufe,  on  pain  of  Sufpenfion 
 « jtftfit.  0f  tileir  places ;  as  if,  after  the  ConfiJerations  I  have  alledg- 
 ed,  it  vverenot  very  vifible,  that  there  could  be  no  harm  in 
 hefitating  a  little  upon  an  Affair  of  that  Importance ;  and  to 
 advife  the  making  of  moft  humble  Remonftrances  to  the 
 King,  before  they  did  proceed  any  farther.  Mtfa.er  might 
 have  added  to  all  this,  fome  Troubles  that  happened  at  Nimes 
 upon  the  account  of  a  Jeluit,  who  had  been  allowed  to  preach 
 there  by  the  Confuls.  They  had  dilarm'd  the  Catholicks ; 
 who,  excepting  that  they  had  not  the  Power  to  do  Harm, 
 injoy'd  a  full  Peace  and  Liberty.  The  News  of  the  Executi- 
 on of  Navarrtins  being  brought  to  Nimes  during  the  Avent^ 
 exafperated  the  People,  who  exclaimed  againft  thejefuitin 
 Words,  whofe  Name  was  Jamts  Gtorges*  Some  cry'd  that 
 he  ought  to  be  Ston'd  ;  others  that  he  ought  to  be  Banifh'd  ; 
 others  that  he  ought  to  be  kept,  to  be  expos'd  upon  the 
 Breach,  in  cafe  the  Duke  de  Mommorency  came  to  Befiege 
 the  City,  as  it  was  reported.  Thofe  Words,  which 
 refemble  the  Licence  of  the  Soldier,  who  jefts,  and  who 
 has  a  mind  to  frighten,  were  taken  up  as  if  they  had  been 
 followed  by  the  moft  Inhumane  a&ions.  Neverthelefs,  the 
 Jefuit  was  only  frightned,  and  the  People  did  him  no  other 
 Violence. 
 
 Circle  «/     But  thisNews  of  the  Cruelties  committed  at  Navarre  insfiz- 
 Lan^uT*  cafioned  the  Aflembling  of  the  Circle  of  the  Lower  Languedoc  at 
 doc  afm-  Lunel,  toputthemfelves  inaPoftureof  Defence,  and  to  pro- 
 ^"'Lu"vide  for  the  Safety  of  the  Churches.   The  Pensioners  of  the 
 Court  were  dumb.  The  Tran factions  in  Beam  were  publickiy 
 known  ;  and  thofe  who  would  pafsfor  Reform  d  had  not  the 
 Confidence  to  excufe  them.    Cbatillon  counterfeited  himfelf 
 fo  Zealous,  that  he  was  elected  General  of  the  Churches  of 
 the  Lower  Languedoc^  ohhcCeve?wes,GfVivaretst  andofGe- 
 vaudan,  and  that  they  gave  him  an  abfolute  Power  todifpofe 
 of  whatever  related  to  the  War,  and  to  the  Finances.  The 
 abridg'd  AfTcmbly  of  Montaubm  confirm'd  that  Power,  and 
 
Book  VII.     Edict  of  Nantes.  $  77 
 
 fbon  after  the  Affembly  of  Roche/  did  the  fame.    This  Poft  1620. 
 put  him  in  a  Condition  to  be  bought  by  the  Court,  and  to  vyn*; 
 hinder  thofe  Provinces,  which  were  able  to  make  the  itrong- 
 eft  Diverfion,  from  Succoring  each  other.    Neverthelefs,  he 
 did  fomethingat  firll  in  the  War  of  Privxsy  which  was  re- 
 newed on  the  beginning  of  the  Year,and  which  would  have 
 had  another  Succefs,  had  Cbattllcn  been  endued  with  more 
 Conftancy.    Brifon,  who  rely'd  upon  his  Afiiitance,  made  1621. 
 himfelf  once  again  Mafter  of  the  Caftle  after  fome  days  Siege,  o^v^vj 
 All  the  Actions  of  Courage  of  the  Befiegers  ha  ve  been  repre- 
 Tented  by  the  Catholicks,  as  A&ions  or  Rage  and  Cruelty  ;  flJe*F$l 
 and  during  ail  theCourfe  of  the  Wars,which  began  that  year»vvas-J 
 they  held  the  fame  Language  ;  Military  Actions  were  term'd 
 other  wife  than  they  us'd  to  be.    When  the  Reform 'd  were  at- 
 tack'd,  their  Refinance  was  ft i I'd  a  black  Rebellion.  Their 
 Courage  in  Affaults,  or  in  Sallies,  in  Combats  or  in  $tej*e«i 
 were  term'd  Fury.    All  the  Enemies  they  kili'd  in  a  ju(| 
 War,  were  Maflacres.    All   their  Undertakings  to  fe- 
 cure  ttamfelves,  to  Fortifie  their  Cities,  to  prevent  Surpri- 
 zes from  their  Catholick  Fellow  Citizens,  was  nothing  bun 
 Barbarity,  Impiety,  Sacriiedge.    In  a  Word,  all  their  Pro- 
 ceedings were  vilify 'd  with  all  the  Malice  imaginable  by 
 Writers  and  Orators,  in  order  to  ingage  the  Catholicks  the 
 more  to  their  Ruine.    I  think  this  general  Remark  will  be  fuf- 
 ficient :  I  thought  it  neceflfary,  left  People  might  be  impoF- 
 ed  upon  by  the  Stile  of  thofe  Days  5  and  I  will  not  renew  it 
 eifeu  here. 
 
 The  occafion  of  the  new  Enterprize  of  Brifon,  was  that m manner 
 the  Inhabitants  of  Privas  having  rais'd  fbme  Works  to  feswz  fJjfj" 
 ihemfelves  againft  the  Garifon  of  the  Caftle,  by  reafori  that  ' 
 they  could  obtain  no  Redrefs  for  the  Injuries  they  rcceiv'd^mfrf' 
 from  them;  St.  Palais,  who  Commanded  in  ir,  fired  his  Ar- 
 tillery upon  the  Town,  to  put  a  Stop  to  the  Work.    He  rjer 
 fus'd  to  hearken  to  the  Remonftrances  the  Citizens  made  to 
 him  about  it  5  and  the  Duke  de  Vtntadonr,  the  King's  Lieu- 
 tenant, to  whom  they  apply'd  themfelves  after  that  Refufal, 
 inftead  of  giving  them  an  Audience,  us'd  them  like  Rebels, 
 and  threatned  to  hang  them.    They  were  us'd  in  the  fame 
 
 Z.  z  manner 
 
^  j  §.  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 6 1 20.  manner  throughout  the  Kingdom  5  and  the  poor  Wretches 
 did  not  know  which  was  bed  for  them,  to  Obey,  or  to  Re- 
 fift.    A  thoufand  Indignities  were  put  upon  them,  when  they 
 arm'd  themfelves  with  Patience    and  they  were  threarned 
 with  the  Pumfhment  of  Criminals,  as  foon  as  they leem'd  to 
 have  a  Mind  to  defend  themfelves.    They  had  no  Choice 
 left  but  to  fufter  their  Throats  to  be  cut  without  Speaking, 
 or  60  be  Condemn'd  as  Rebels.    This  is  forcing  of  People  to 
 act  by  Delpair.    I  will  not  treat  this  Queftion  methodically 
 Whkh  ™in  this  place,  viz.  Whether  in  thole  Extremities  it  be  a  fin 
 rJ.uS,/:e  again!!  the  Gofpel  to  defend  ones  felf ;  but  I  dare  fay,  that  in 
 (uch  Cafes  Nature  inclines  People  to  defend  themfelves,  ha- 
 ving no  profpett  of  Safety  any  other  way.    And  no  equita- 
 ble ^erfon  can  deny,  but  that  Atts  of  Defpair  ought  !efs  to 
 be.  imputed  to  thofe'  that  commit  them,  than  to  thofe  who 
 reduce  them  to  the  indifpenfible  Neceffity  of  committing 
 
 them. 
 
 ,  .d    The  Du-ke  of  Montmorency  not  daring  to  believe  Priv.ts  a 
 fecond  time,  during  the  Affembly  of  theCircle,  with  v.  h.m 
 ,f  ChatU-g^^  feem'd  to  agree,  feign'd  to  be  wrlhngat  the  Re- 
 Momml  quell  ofthat  f  ord,  who  came  to  him  at  Mom0itn\\>'nh  the 
 stagy.**  Confuls  of  N'mts,  and  of  Vfez,,  and  Tome  Deputies,  of  the- 
 AfTemblv,  to  hearken  to  ibme  Accommodation,  and  pro- 
 mifed  not' to  come  to  Privas,  unlefsir  were  with  a  Spirit  of 
 Peace.    But  it  was  only  to  gain  time  to  aflembie  his  Forces, 
 and  to  find  out  a  way  to  disband  thofe  of  Cba>;/U;i>  who  on- 
 ly wanted  a  pretence  for  it.    An  Expedient  was  found  for 
 it  in  an  Interview  of  Lrfdigtiieres,  of  the   Duke  at  Ventt- 
 AM*   and  of  a  Gentleman  from  the  Duke  cl>  b/hmmorency, 
 who  either  could  not,  or  would  not  come  in  Perfbn.  They 
 refolvcd  to  aet  an  Order  from  the  Court  for  both  Parties  to 
 difarm,  ancf  to  leave  things  in  fufpence  in  the  mean  time. 
 The  Order  was  brought  by  Des  Ruar/x,  and  Chatillon  obey- 
 ed h  but  he  had  had  the  Complaifance  before,  the  Order 
 came,  to  Puffer  Villentuve  de  Berg  to  be  taken  by  the  Duke  de 
 Montmorency  without  oppofing  it  J  although  the  Paid  Town 
 was  neceffary  to  incommode  an  Army  that  (hould  befiege 
 vtfi  ia  the  Neighbourhood  of  which  it  v/asfeated,  and 
 
Book  VI.      kditt  of  Nantes.  37^ 
 
 to  put  a  Relief  in  it,  which  might  come  through  the  Stvfves,  j  620. 
 of  which  it  was  the  Parage.    The  Duke  dt  M: minor (ncy^s~y>sj 
 cauled  Mafs  to  be  faid  in  it  immediately,  which  had  not 
 been  celebrated  there  for  upwards  of  Sixty  Years. 
 
 The  Order  was  to  refer  the  Cognizance  of  the  Affair  oiorderfrom 
 Vrivas  to  the  King;  and  that  the  two  Chiefs  fhou  Id  OIC- {''■■■;  Co"ri 
 arm;  but Mommorency  did  not  difarm,  under  pretence  that 
 Chattllott,  who  agreed  underhand  with  him,  had  not  pro-  .•  • .-  to  dif- 
 perly  laid  down  his  Arms,  lince  he  had  only  difperfed  his 
 Forces,  without  disbanding  them.    But  he  had  only  kept 
 them  on  foot  to  amufe  the  Simple,  fince  their  Retreat  t^:  Taking  tf 
 vour'd  M on, ■monkey  to  take  Walons,  out  of  which  the  Gari-  Walons. 
 Ton,  which  had  been  put  into  it  by  Chatillon,  withdrew  by 
 his  Order.    The  Duke  alfo  attempted  Wals  by  a  down  right 
 piece  of  Treachery.    That  little  Town,  pretty  firong  by  its 
 Scituation,  did  belong  to  Collonel  Omano,  who  was  after- 
 wards Marefchal  of  France.    Montmajonr  his  Brother,  dehVd 
 to  have  the  Command  of  WaIs^  under  pretence  that  he  would 
 take  more  care  than  another,  to  make  his  Soldiers  behave 
 themfelves  civilly  there,  by  reafbn  that  it  was  his  Intereft  fo 
 to  do.  Mommorency  had  two  ends  in  fo  doing  5  the  one  was 
 to  imitate  Chntillon,  in  difperfing  his  Forces,  inftead  of  Dis- 
 banding them  j  but  in  Difperfing  them,  he  gave  them  con- 
 venient Quarters  to  aflemble  again  in  a  fliort  time,  and  to 
 hinder  thofe  of  the  Reformed  from  rejoyning,  in  cafe  they 
 fhould  have  a  mind  to  Succor  Pnvjs.    The  other  was  to 
 put  a  Catholick  Garifon,  under  the  Name  of  a  Catholick 
 Lord,  in  a  Place  where  there  ought  to  be  a  Reformed  one,  ac- 
 cording to  the  Briefs:  That  is,  that  in  order  to  fhow  the 
 Reformed  what  they  were  to  truft  to  about  the  Reftitution  of 
 Privaf,  the  Court  defign'd  to  difpoflefs  thofe  of  IVals,  who 
 were  under  the  fame  Circumftances  of  the  Guard  of  their 
 Town. 
 
 The  Inhabitants  eafify  difcovered  the  Snare,  and  refus'd  to  Sj.  ani 
 quarter  the  Duke's  Forces.    They  were  forthwith  befieged  '/;•/ 
 within  fight  cf  Qk*tiU<m\  and  being  difheartned  at  the  nrft^a,s' 
 Difcliargc  of  the  Cannon,  thev  iurrenderd  upon  fhameful 
 Conditions.    The  Cofliiils  bvgg'd  Pardon  upon  their  Knees, 
 Z  z  2  and 
 
3 So  Tie  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 and  the  Duke  put  a  Cathofck  Garifon  into  the  Caftle.They 
 rw*Y"sJ  yaiu'd  themlelves  extreamly  upon  the  taking  of  that  little 
 Place,  becaufe  it  was  commonly  called  Little  (Jemva,  all  the 
 Inhabitants  being  Refcrm'd ;  and  the  Miieetr,  by  reafonthat 
 it  had  never  been  taken  by  Arms.  The  Catholick  Religion 
 was  reftor'd  there,  and  the  Example  of  the  Duke,  together 
 with  the  Endeavors  of  the  Jefuits,  Toon  made  fuch  Conver- 
 fions there,  as  we  have  ken  in  our  days.  Chc.tilkn,  who  fbll 
 kept  fome  meafures,  durftnot  fuffer  Wais  to  be  taken,  with- 
 out feemingto  prevent  it:  But  whither  he  did  not  ufe  fo 
 much  diligence  as  was  neceflary,  or  that  the  Confute ,  fur- 
 render'd  the  Town  too  foon,  a  AutUge  who  commanded  the 
 Succors,  was  acquainted  \uth  the  Surrender  of  the  Town 
 by  the  Way.  In  Order  to  imploy  his  Forces,  he  retook 
 Walens,  and  fore'd  an  Exemt  out  of  it,  whom  des  Rna«x 
 had  left  there.  The  Duke  Befieg'd  it  agaia  immediately  : 
 Wa'ons  /;  And  as  if  cfJutiege  had  only  put  himfelf  into  it,  to  receive 
 iS^rV^n'Affrotlti  he  Surrender'd  it  within  three  days,  upon  very 
 hard  Conditions.  He  March'd  out  of  it  with  his  Men,  with- 
 out any  thing  but  their  Arms 5  and  he  promis'd,  that  nei- 
 ther himfelf  nor  they,  fhould  bear  them  in  the  Province  for 
 fix  Months  time  ;  and  he  did  not  fo  much  as  obtain  a  Capi- 
 tulation for  the  Inhabitants,  who  were  left  at  the  difcretion 
 of  the  Souldiers. 
 
 During  theie  Tranfa£Hons,the  AfTembly  which  was  Sum- 
 ffl?^^  at  ^oc^  rePair'd  thither;  and  all  the  Endeavours 
 °c  e-  us'd  by  the  Court  to  prevent  it,  provM  ineffectual  to  pre- 
 vail with  them,  or  to  frighten  them.  Altho  they  had  chang'd 
 the  Place,  they  ftill  retain'd  the  Name  of  AiTemblyof  Lou* 
 dm  for  for  e  time,  becaufe  tliey  pretended  it  to  be  a  bare 
 continuation  of  that,which  was  held  in  that  City,  which  had 
 only  been  fufpended  to  pleafe  the  King,  in  expectation  of  the 
 performance  of  hispromifes}  havingthe  Power  to  A  (fern  ble 
 ag^in,  by  Virtue  of  a  Verbal  promife  they  hadreceiv'd  of  the 
 King  for  it,  in  cafe  the  things  agreed  upon,  were  not  per- 
 formed at  the  appointed  time.  They  writ  to  Lefdiguieres 
 and  to  Cbatition  to  infpire  them  with  the  refentment  they 
 ought  to  have,  at  the  Publick  breach  of  a  Promife,  of  which 
 
Book  VII.      Edict  of  Nantes.  3  8 1 
 
 they  had  been  as  it  were,  Guarantees,  and  Depofitorys.  COa-  162  f. 
 f.lijn  made  fair  promifes,which  he  did  not  keep  ;  and  when  ^V\» 
 lie  had  obt.iin'd  a  Place  from  them,  which. made  him  to  be 
 fear' J  at  Court ;  heobtain'd  what  he  p'eas'd  there  ,  and  fell 
 out  with  the  Churches,  for  their  Service.    But  Ltfdtguierts 
 rcf;s'dto  hearken  to  the  Propofirions  of  the  Aifcmby.  There  Lefdr- 
 pals'd  a  long  Commerce  of  Letters  between  them,  by  which 
 they  infenfibly  exafperated  each  other;  and  finally  proceed-  with  the 
 cd  to  Invectives  and  Reproaches  on  both  fides     Among  the  Jfembijs* 
 Letters  which  the  AlTembly  had  written  to  him,  while 
 they  were  at  Londun^  there  was  one  in  which  they  orler'dthe 
 Place  of  General  of  the  Reform  d  to  him,  to  keepdiim  an 
 Army  of  20000  Men,  and  to  pay  him  100000  Crowns  ;i 
 Month,  and  to  give  him  lufHcient  furety  for  the  payment  of 
 the  feme,  in  any  Protectant  City  of  Europe ,  he  ihould  be 
 pleas  d  to  pitch  upon.    But  he  was  no  longer  in  a  Condition 
 to  receive  thofe  Offers  ;  and  the  Court  had  engag'd  him 
 with  greater  hopes. 
 
 Njtwithfbnding  he  ftili  profefc'd  the  Reform  d  Religion  trtefm»f* 
 he  was  already  a  Catholick  at  the  Battom,  fince  he  had  pro-^jj'7 
 mis'd  to  be  fo.    His  lecret  practi(es  with  the  Jefuits  ;  the  /!:sr,  u 
 preferring  of  Crequi,  a  Catholick  Lord,  to  the  1110ft  Illu-""- 
 itrious  Alliances  ol  the  Reform 'd ;  his  affecting  always  to 
 make  a  feparate  body  from  the  reft  ;  Joyning  vviththe  Chur- 
 ches wlien  he  flood  in  need  of  them  ,   and  forlaking  them 
 when  they  wanted  his  AiTiftance  ,  were  good  Realcns  to 
 (how  that  Religion  was  not  his  predominant  Pafiion.  More- 
 over, he  had  lately  given  a  ferifibje  Proof  of  it.    Miry  Vig~ 
 r.0'/t  with  whom  he  had  led  a  very  fcandalous  Lite  for  ma- 
 ny years,   whole  Husband  it  was  thought  he  had  called 
 to  be  Kill'd,  either  to  inioy  her  with  more  freedom  ,  or  to 
 hinder  that  Jealous  injui'd  Man  from  deftroying  his  Wife  , 
 Governed  him  abfolutely.     After  her  being  a  Widow  fhe 
 turn\l  her  Lull  to  Ambition,  and  omitted  no  means  to  be> 
 come  his  lawful  Wile,  after  having  fo  long  been  his  iVJiftreK 
 She  had  two  Daughters  by  him,  which  fhe  was  in  hopes 
 of  marrying  to  Soveraigns,  if  fhe  coul  J  cover  the  Defect  of 
 their  Birth  by  Marriage,    Lefdiguieres  was  amus'd  with  the 
 
 fame  _ 
 
?8z  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II 
 
 .16.21.  fame  hopes :  So  that  this  Woman  found  it  aneafie  task  to  ob- 
 fc*'"W>  tain  what  he  paffionately  defir'd  himfelf.     He  iVarryd  her  } 
 and  being  fcnfible  that  ail  Perfons  of  Honour  would  blame 
 that  Action,  he  was  the  firft  that  turnM  it  into  Railery.  ft 
 is  one  of  the  Maxims  of  thole  that  refolve  to  do  unaccoun- 
 M  ^lJSl''s  table  things  1  They  prevent  peoples  looking  upon  their  Be- 
 n'on?  lg"haviour  as  Infamous,  by  ufing  them  not  to  ipeak  of  it  as  of 
 a  ferious  thing. 
 
 c$f**rg      The  faid  Marriage  was  directly  oppofite  to  the  Difcipline 
 'Vi-S-'"of       Reformed,  which  did  exprefly  prohibit  a  Man's  Mar- 
 the  Re.   rying  a  fecond  Wife,  after  having  committed  Adultery  with 
 ftm'J.    her  during  a  firft  Marriage.     Moreover,  it  was  Celebrated 
 in  the  Roman  Church ,  upon  the  Account  of  Mary  Vign.n 
 who  had  Power  enough  to  prevail  with  him  to  do  it.  The' 
 Truth  is,  that  he  made  Publick  Reparation  for  it :  But  tint 
 of  vhuh  did  not  hinder  people  from  judging  ,  that  he  might  eafily 
 ^//^'L!nave  avoided  that  falfe  ftep,  and  that  Mary  Vtgnon  would 
 knmUdg-  have  mide  no  difficulty,  in  order  to  become  Duchefs^  Uf. 
 «w*      dgtdtres,  to  beMarry'd  by  a  Minifter,  if  he  had  defir'd  it. 
 Befides,   the  Rtformd  did  not  like  the  profpeft  this  New 
 Marriage  gave  him  ,  for  the  Eftablilhment  of  his  Family. 
 The  Catholick  Religion  was  always  put  at  the  Head  of  all 
 the  hopes  the  Catholicks  him  with  :  And  whereas  the  favour 
 of  the  Court  was  necelfary  for  his  defigns,  they  did  not  fail 
 to  infinuate  to  him,  that  he  might  expect  a  great  deal  more 
 from  it,  by  turning  Catholick,  than  by  remaining  (teady,  by 
 a  Icruple  of  Honour  to  the  profeffion  of  a  Religion  that 
 was  run  down,  and  which  they  had  refolv'd  to  blot  out  of 
 the  Memory  of  Men. 
 Notable    1   On  the  other  hand,  Lnincs  had  defigns,  in  which  he  was 
 1hemlef^  noPes  Wdii,iieres  would  be  of  Life  to  him  5  and  therefore 
 deLuines,in  Order  to  gain  him,  he  flatter'd  him  with  the  Dignity  of 
 Conftablc.  Not  that  he  defign'd  to  give  it  him  :  But  afpiring 
 toit  himfelf,  he  durft  not  venture  to  ask  itin  hisown  Name, 
 for  fear  of  a  denial.    That  great  Office  which  plac'd  almoft 
 all  the  Regal  Authority  in  the  hands  of  a  Subject,  had  not 
 been  filPd  fince  the  Death  of  the  laft  Duke  de  Mwmortmy, 
 to  whom  Henry  the  Fourth  had  given  it.    The.defign  of  in- 
 troducing 
 
Book  VI.      Editt  of  Nantes.  3  S  3 
 
 troducing  Arbitrary  Power,  did  not  fuit  with  the  great  Au-  1621. 
 thority  of  a  Conftable  :  Therefore  the  Court  defigtiM  to  ^Y^J 
 iupprels  it  ;  and  it  was  actually  abolifh'd  in  the  begining 
 of  Cardinal  de  Richlufs  Miniftry.  It  had  been  vacant  si- 
 bout  feven  years,  when  the  Duke  de  Luines  undertook  to 
 have  i:  difpos'd  of  a^ain  :  But  in  order  to  meet  the  lefs  diffi- 
 culty in  it,  he  refolv'd  to  revive  it,  under  a  Name,  more  II- 
 lultrious  than  his  own  ;  not  doubting  but  after  that, he  would 
 eafily  find  a  way  to  get  it  for  himfelf.  He  certainly  was 
 very  well  acquainted  with  the  foible  of  Lefdisuh  e  ,  to  un- 
 dertake to  aoule  him,  as  he  did:  And  had  he  dar'd  to  put 
 the  fame  Trick  upon  the  Duke  aEptrnon  ,  he  wouid  never 
 have  been  Conftable. 
 
 In  Order  thereunto ,  he  pitch'd  upon  two  different  Men  ,  nM 
 to  whom  he  gave  two  different  Commifiions.    The  one  was  Cm*>ijffo 
 to  perfuade  Lefdig uteres  to  turn  Catholiek,    in  hopes  of  be-  JJJJJJ^ 
 iwg  made  Con  (table.     The  other  had  Orders  to  rcprefent   ■ .  * 
 to  him,  that  th.it  Grandeur  would  create  him  a  World  of 
 Enemies,  and  that  he  would  do  better,  to  pervade  t lie 
 King  to  give  it  to  his  Favourite  ;   and  to  reft  iatisfy'd  with 
 certain  advantages  which  would  be  granted  to  him,  to  make 
 him  amends  for  the  laid  Refula!.     The  Commiffion  of  the 
 fir  ft  was  known  to  the  Xing,  who  was  not  as  yet  acquaint- 
 ed with  the  pretentions  of  the  Duke  de  Luines  :  But  that  of 
 the  iecond  was  only  known  by  die  faid  Duke,  who  was  un- 
 willing the  King  fhou'd  be  acquainted  with  that  fecrec  In- 
 trigue:  Befides,  he  only  give  it  to  ftop-  the  Progrels  of  the 
 lirii,  which  fucceeded  better  and  fafter  than  hedefir'd.  The 
 firfl  that  was  imploy'd  about  the  Duke  de  Lefdi^fiieresi  was 
 the  fame  Denge**,  who  had  ferv'd  the  Dake  de  Luines ,  to 
 incenfe  the  King  againft  the  Queen  his  Mother,  and  againlfc 
 th&  Marflial  aAncre.    The  King  rcpos\i  a  great  Confidence 
 in  him  ever  fince  thit  Affair  ;  an  1  lometimes  gave  him  pri- 
 vate Commi'iions,  without  the  knowledge  of  his  Favourite 
 As  he  had  done  after  the  Queen  Mother  made  herefrape  out 
 of  Blots.    He  made  ufe  of  him  to  write  to  the  Bifhop  of  B«- 
 con  to  repair  to  that  Princefs,  and  to  difpofe  her  to  an  Ac- 
 commodation.   Beagean  relates  it  him!elf  ,  tho' other  Me- 
 moirs , 
 
3  8  +  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 i.£fi I.  moirs  do  not  fpeak  of  it  ,  as  of  a  thing  done  without  the 
 L^v^J  Dukes  knowledge.    But  if  what  Dtage..w  fays  about  it  be 
 true,  it  was  enough  to  make  the  Favourite  his  Enemy.  A 
 Man  that  had  a  Genius  for  Affairs  >  who  was  Subtle ,  Dif- 
 fembling,  Ambitious,  and  Bold,  was  capable  of  doing  t<  o 
 much  with  an  eafie  Prince,  who  repos'd  fbme  Confidence  h\ 
 him,  to  be  agreeable  to  PerTons,  who  had  neither  Wit  nor 
 Experience  enough  to  oppofe  him.     Therefore,   the  Duke 
 took  a  pretence  to  fend  him  to  Ltftiguitres,  to  remove  h  m 
 from  the  Court ;  and  in  Order  to  keep  him  at  Cn»Me9  a 
 Place  of  fir/l  Prefident  of  the  Chamber  of  Accounts  ,  was 
 bought  for  him  in  that  City,  under  pretence  that  it  would 
 hinder  people  from  penetrating  into  the  real  Motives  of  his 
 abode  in  that  Province. 
 Wkm  Em.     Altho  De.tgcan  was  very  fenfible  for  what  reafon  he  was 
 Dea-  confin'd  in  Dauphhte,  yet  he  accepted  the  Commiffion  that 
 fvVllt  vvas  given  mm  >  relying  perhaps,  more  on  the  Gratitude  of 
 diguieres.  Lffdigvkfes ,  than  he  had  reafon  to  truft  to  the  Duke  de 
 Luines.    And  flattering  himfelf,  that  he  wou'd  promote  his 
 own  Fortune  the  better,  by  oppofing  the  Protection  of  a 
 'Conftable,  againftthe  Jealoufies  of  a  Favourite.     The  fuc- 
 cefs  can  never  be  unhappy,  when  matters  are  well  difposM. 
 D.age.w  eafily  perfuaded  Lcfdigukres  to  change  a  Religion 
 which  he  little  matter'd:  But  inOrder  to  render  his  Solici- 
 tations the  more  Powerful,  he  made  ufe  of  the  Wiles  they 
 us'd  to  practice.    There  ftill  remain'd  a  Scruple  of  Honour 
 in  Lefdignteres,  which  perfuaded  him,  that  it  was  a  fhame 
 for  a  Man  of  his  Age  to  change  his  Religion.      But  be 
 /•-/  n'iDc  remov'd  'll  by  Private  Conferences,  by  reafon  that  Publick 
 tutilsof1' oms  made  too  much  Noife,  and  that  Deagun  had  no  mind 
 Religion.  t0  make  any.    He  got  Minillers,    whom  lie  had  gain'd  to 
 meet  him  at  Lefdiguieres,  as  if  it  were  accidentally ,  and 
 whom  he  feem'd  not  to  know,  tl\at  the  meeting  might  feem 
 undefign'J.    Thofe  Traytors,  after  fome  feign'd  refinance,  v 
 never  fail'd  to  yield  to  De&gearfs  Reafons ;  and  to  give  him 
 a  fair  pretence,  to  prefs  Ufdiguicres  to  overcome  thofe  lit. 
 tie  Scruples.     Le  Vifcmte  Profeflor  at  the  College  of  D  e, 
 who  was  an  Italian,  and  who  had  been  a  Fryar,  was  one  of 
 
 them. 
 
Book  VII.       Edict  of  Nantes.  i  S  5 
 
 them.  He  furTetM  himfelf  to  be  vanquifh'd  in  a  Conference;  1.62 1. 
 after  which,  he  confefs'd  Ridiculoufly,  tiiat  it  was  impofli- 
 bk  to  Anfwer  Dstgeans  Arguments.  That  Comedy  was 
 Acted  fb  grofly,  that  it  was  impoffible  for  Ltfd'guitns  not 
 to  perceive  it.  It  was  plea  fa  nt  to  fee  j&eageap  9  who  had 
 pafi'd  the  beft  part  of  his  Life  in  the  Pignity  of  Clerk  of 
 the  Finances,  to  become  a  Champion  in  a  difpute  of  Reli? 
 gion  ;  and  without  ufing  any  other  Arguments  but  certain 
 Vulgar  Sophifms,  repeated  over  and  over,  vto  reduce  all  of 
 a  ludden,  Perfons  of  Pome  Reputation,  and  better  Vers'd 
 than  himfelf,  in  matters  of  Controverfie,  to  con  fefs  that  his 
 Keafbns  were  convincing.  Nevertheless,  thofe  Artifices  ac- 
 quire! Deagean  fo  great  an  Empire  over  Lefiigu/tres,  that  he 
 Govern'd  him  as  he  pleas' d  ;  and  that  when  the  General  Af- 
 lembly  ofter'd  to  create  him  General  of  the  Churches ,  to 
 maintain  him  an  Army  of2cooo  Men,and  to  pay  him  iocooo 
 Crowns  a  Month,  and  to  give  him  fufficient  fecurity  for  the 
 payment  of  it,  in  any  Proteftant  City  he  fhouid  be  p'eas'd 
 to  chute;  the  laid  Deagean  difiuaded  him  from  accepting  of 
 the  ".fa id  Offers,  and  even  dictated  the  Anfwer  he  made  up- 
 on that  Subjeft.  He  did  the  fame  with  all  the  Letters 
 Lefdignieres  writ  to  the  Affembly. 
 
 This  great  Credit  of  Deagean  had  like  to  have  broken  the 
 meafures  of  the  Duke  deLuines,  who  .intruded  the  fecond  Breflleu-c 
 Commiflion,  I  have  mentioned,  to  the  Marquefs.^e  BnJJiaiXi  »r^d  ft 
 which  tended  to  crofs  the  Negotiation  of  Deageo-n,  and  to  Zwh  of 
 perfuade  Lefdiguieres  to  yield  the  Dignity  of  Ccnftable  toDeagean. 
 that  Favourite,  upon  which  Condition,  he  was  allow'd  not 
 to  turn  Catholick.     This  New  Deputy  was  order'd  by  an 
 Article  of  his  InftrudYicns,  to  obtain  a  promife  from  Lefdi- 
 g  tixns,  before  he  did  reveal  his  Commiflion  to  him,  that  he 
 would  conceal  it  all  from  De.ge.w  :  But  he  could  never  pre- 
 vail with  him  to  do  it  ;  and  for  fear  of  worle,  he  was  ob- 
 jig'd  to  ftick  to  the  Terms  of  the  firft  Commiflion  ,  and  to 
 content  himfelf  with  prefling  Ltjdigntcres  to  turn  Catholick. 
 But  the  Duke  de  Liiines,  imputing  to  the  Marquefs,  who 
 perhaps  was  not  inclin'd  to  purfue  fo  great  a  Cheat ;  rve  ill 
 a  a  fuccefs 
 
3  8  6  The  Hiftory  of  the      Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.  fuccefsof  his  defign,.  implo>'d  Btihon  in  the  fame  Intrigue, 
 Bumoli0        PreVa^  ^°      upon  Llfdiguieres,  as  to  perfVade  him 
 fuccefda    t0  con  e  t0  P*rf*i   to  renounce  the  Conflab'efhip,  and  to 
 iiit better  yield  that  Dignity  to  the  Duke  of  Lmms  ;    to  advife  the 
 than  hi.    King,  whom  he  laid  he  w  ould  oblige,  to  Raife  his  Favou- 
 rite, to  that  high  Place  ;    and  finally  to  ferve  againfr.  the 
 Churches,   fti.\  profeffing  tile  Reformed  Religion.     L  fd>- 
 "gifferes  refined  a  little  at,  fir  ft  ,  but  finally  he  w.:s  fb  good, 
 as  to  cenfent  to  all  ;  and  was  not  afliam'J  to  ferve  in  the 
 Quality  of  Marfhal  General,  under  a  Conftable,  who  w^s 
 hardly  any  thing  qf  a  Souldier.  The  Duke akipci'»o\ more re-> 
 folute,  and  more  haughty  than  he  refus'd  to  Obey  either  ; 
 and  whereas  he  had  the  art  to  Iceept  the  Court   in  awe 
 of  him,  the  Courj  was  oblig'd,  in  order  no:  to  lofe  him  to 
 give  him  the  Command  of  a  fmali  Body,  without  receiving 
 Orders  from  any  Body. 
 Lefti        ^uc'i         anc^  ^ucn  a'Bi^pV.e  Wiles  were  praclis'd  to  ob> 
 guieres    tain  this  content  from  \jj4 git.net ,  that  had  not  his  Mind 
 data  not    ancj  Heart  been  weaken'd  by  Age,  it  is  not  to  be  believ'd , 
 iTfrTcndtM^  he  wou'd  ever  have  fubmitted  to  fuch  unworthy  pro- 
 cefcdrngS.    The  bcCV  friends  he  had  among  the  Refcrm'd,  be* 
 ing  acquainted  with  what  pafi'd,  by  reafon  that  the  Duke 
 df  Luiies  had  had  the  cunning  to  Pubhfh  ir,  to  raile  diffi- 
 culties upon  that  Affair,  omitted  no  means  to  raile  his  Cou- 
 rage again  ;  and  to  make  him  lenfible,  how  ihameful  it  was 
 tor  him  to  Sacrifice  his  Religion  and  his  Honour,  towards 
 the  Ambition  of  the  Duke  de.  Lnints.    But  thole  who  pof- 
 fefs'd.  his  Reafon,  made  him  pats  over  all  thofe  confiderati- 
 6ns  ;  and  he  only  feignM  to  pjrfevere  in  the  Rffyg&i.  Reli- 
 gion, to  deceive  thofe  that  had  frill  fome  confidence  in  h:m. 
 The  Catholick  Zeal  will  undoubtedly  appear  very  tracTable 
 in  this"  Affair  :    But  at  the  fame  time  it  cannot  be  deny'd, 
 that  the  Roman  Church  alone  knows,  to  w  hat  degree  trea- 
 chery and  Hypocrifiemay  be  carryM  innocently^  and  with- 
 in what  bounds  they  are  to  be  kept,  to  make  them  part  of 
 m«to    the  fervice  of    Cod.     What   Deagean  did    to  remove 
 Eteag'ii.  the  Scruples  of  L'fdign<res  about  Religion,   is  fb  lingular 
 up  :n  that  Sublet,  that  it  deferves  a  Place  in  Hiftory.  A- 
 
 rnong 
 
Book  VII.      Edict  of  Nantes.  387 
 
 mong  the  Minifters  lie  had  brib'd,  there  was  one  of  ihe  Low-  1621 . 
 er  hi'^nedoc,  in  whom  htfdigirierts Tepos'd  a  great  deal  of'^"Y~^ 
 C^u'dence,  who  had  been  his  Chaplain,  and  w  ho  had  fe- 
 c  u.y  abjur'd  the  Rgfarfrrd  Religion.  He  acquainted  De*- 
 with  all  his  Matters. itcrets,  and  toid  hjfH  the  Realbn 
 for  which' L'-fd/^tfiens  enprelVd,  in  a  certain  Conjuncture,  a 
 little,  more  repugnancy  to  pleafure  the  Court,  than  he  was 
 wont  to  do.  The  caufe  of  that  little  difguft  was  a  certain 
 Uilpicion,  which  was  given  him  of  fome  defigns  form'd  a- 
 gainll  the  RifonrSd  in  J&ifHphtifa,  in  which  he  was  to  be  in- 
 d,  When  Dt.tge,w  had  Learn'd  that  fecrer. ,  it  was 
 or  him  to  deftroy  the  Suspicions  of  L-fd gkstr&l  whole 
 mind  he  t.urn'd  as  he  pleas'd.  Therefore,  the  faid  Minifter 
 do  ng  him  lych  good  Se  vices,  he  would  have  been  a  Lofer, 
 changing  of  his  Religion  publickly  ,  by  reafon,  that 
 Lung  then  no  longer  able  to  penetrate  into  his  Matter's  lecrets, 
 he  would  no  longer  be  able  to  betray  him.  But  Dtagean  pro- 
 vided againft  it  by  a  Notorious  Cheat.  He  obrain'd  a  Brief 
 for  th:>t  Minifter  from  the' Pope,  who  allow'd  him  to  per- 
 forrn.the  Function  of  his  Minittry  for  three  years  ionger,  on 
 condition,  that  he  fhculd  neither  Preach  againft  the  Do- 
 ctrine of  the  Roman  Church  ,  nor  Adminifter  the  Sacra- 
 ment according  to  the  Referred  manner.  I  do  not  know, 
 which  ought  to  appear  moft  lingular  in  this  to  Men  of  fenfe, 
 theNicenefs  of  that  Villains  Conference  ,  who  would  not 
 be  guilty  of  Hypocrifie  without  Leave,  or  the  Popes  com- 
 plaifance,  who  under  t he  pretence  of  his  being  u'eful ,  al- 
 low'd him  to  make  a  fpoft  of  Religion  for  three  years  tc- 
 gether,  and  to  abufe  God  and  the  World  with  impunity. 
 They  did  not  dp  lb  much  for  L'fd'gukres.  They  only  ex- 
 cus'd  him  for  a  while  from  keeping  his  Word.  The 
 Truth  is,  that  be  had  made  a  promife  in  Writing,  to  imbrace 
 the  Roman  Religion  :  .But  fince  they  did  not  perform  their 
 promife  to  him  in  tecompence  of  it,  they  did  not  prefs  him 
 10  put  his  in  Execution.  Moreover,  when  they  found  that 
 he  1  refs'd  theconclufion  too  fart  himfeif',  they  defir'd  him 
 not  to  make  lb  much'  bsrfte  ;  to  reduce  his  Ambitio  1  to  lets 
 imployments,  and  to  keep  his  Religion  in  iieuof  the  Dig- 
 a  a  2  xuty 
 
388  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1.621.  nicy  which  lie  was  perfuaded  to  yield  to  another  :  As  if  a  Man, 
 VY^J  who  was  ever  ready  to  Sacrifice  his  Conference  for  Tempo- 
 ral Advantages,  would  be  fb  far  in  Love  with  Piety,  as  to 
 think  himfelf  rewarded  for  therefufal  of  fuch  Advantages, 
 by  the  Liberty  of  profefling  his  own  Religion. 
 -  Luines//     There  happenM  three,  very  fingu'iar  Incidents  in  that  Ne- 
 JJJ*  Cj*"gptiation.    That  the  only  Man  who  could  be  thought  capa- 
 a*  e'     ble  of  the  firft  Dignity  of  the  Kingdom,  fhould  confemr  to 
 fool  himfelf  to  get  it  for  another.    That  the  King  fhould  be 
 fo  weak  as  to  be  perfuaded,  that  a  Man  who  was  not  able  to 
 Exercife  a  Regiment,  without  the  help  of  a  betteT  Souldier, 
 deferv'd  to  be  Conftable..    That  all  the  Court  fbculd  Adore 
 that  Mafter-piece  of  Fortune ,  and  chat  the  Princes  fhould 
 fubmit  to  an  Authority  fo  ill  plac'd.  A  Brother  of  his  was  ai- 
 ferfeon  after  made  Marfhal  of  France  ,  who  was  hardly  a 
 better  Souldier  than  himfelf,  and  who  fhow'd  at  the  Siege 
 of  M  ntAub^  at  the  coft  of  many  brave  Men,  that  be  did 
 riot  underftaad  how  to  charge  a  Mine.    The  Truth  is-,  that: 
 the  King  foon  repented  the  complaifance  he  had  had  for  his 
 Favourite.    The  Crowdof  Courtiers  that  attended  that  new 
 Conftable,  dilpieas'd  the  King,  who  finding  himfelf  almoft 
 forfaken  ,  whereas  his  Favourite  was  foUow'd  by  all  the 
 Court,  cali'd  him  fometimes  with  a  fpightful  Air,  Kinglw;- 
 ms :  And  let  fall  forae  Expreflions  or  the  defire  he  had  to 
 humble  him.    That  was-his  Foible;  he  could  not  indurethe 
 greatnefs  he  had  rais'd  himfelf.    Tho  incapable  to  keep  his 
 lawful  Authority,  he  was  Jealous  to  fee  it  in  the  hands  of 
 thofe  to  whom  he  had  given  Ifi 
 Lerau        But  whatever  Lefd\guierts  could  do  ,  did  not  prevent  his 
 gniemrf- being  in  danger  of  being  fecur'd  at  Court.    He  had  been 
 court."*  warn'd  of  it  by  the  way,  and  he  fail'd  but  little  of  Experi- 
 encing, that  the  faidAdvice  was  well  grounded.  Never- 
 theless, the  Court  obtain'd  fo  many  things  of  him,  that  they 
 thought  him  fecurev  and  whereas  he  was  always  to  remain 
 with  the  King    they  look'd  upon  his  prefence,  as  a  fuffict- 
 ent  Pledge  of  his  Fidelity.     By  that  means  Danpbinty  in 
 which  there  was  a  great  deal  of  Reform'd  Nobility,  was 
 reuenchci  from  the  Union  of  the  Churches  j  12  or  r  j  Pla- 
 ces 
 
Book  VII.     MB  of  Nantes.  jSj 
 
 ces  were  fecur'd,  in  which  he  prcmis'd  to  put  Catholick.  ifrii. 
 Governors  and  Garrifbns ;  and  he  was  fet  up  for  an  Ejwin- '■^YVsJ 
 p!e  to  many  of  the  Reformed,  whom  the  Court  would  ob- 
 lue  not  to  meddle  with  theAffembly,  and  even  to  bear  Ai  ms 
 agarttft  their  Brethren.    But  tho  heaflur'd  every  Body,  both 
 b\  Word  of  Mouth  and  in  Writing,,  that  he  did  not  defign 
 to  change  his  Religion  ;  yet  he  Writ  to  Cardinal  Ludcvjjo 
 who  had  lately  fucceeded  P*ul  the  V.  and  who  had  taken 
 r  ie  Name  of  Gregory  the  XV.  after  his  Election  to  the  Pon- 
 tificat ,  to  congratulate  his  Exaltation.     He-had  formerly 
 promised  that  Cardinal  out  of  a  Compliment,  that  when 
 everhe  came  to  be  Pope,  he  would  turn  Catholick  ;  And  ' 
 that  Jeft  was  imploy'd  as  an  Argument  to  perfuade  him  to 
 do  it ;  as  if  he  had  been  oblig'd  in  Honour  to  do  it,  after  lb 
 p  oh  rive  a  promife. 
 
 During  thefe  Tranfa&ions  ,  the  Aflembty  of  Rochtl  l&'utiidtiw 
 main'd  (ready*  and  the  Court  was  not  without  difquiets  on«/'*' 
 their  fide,  by  reafbn  that  they  were  fenfible,  t hat  there  were ^"^s 
 many  Male-contents  in  the  Kingdom,  befides  the  R:  form\i      "  ■h 
 So  that  they  were  glad  to  find  ,  that  fome  of  the.  Rtformd/f*^*3^- 
 Lords  were  willing  frill  to  olfer  their  Mediation,  in  order  tollle* 
 an  Accommodation.    The  Dukes  of  Roh*a  and  de  k  Tri- 
 mouilk  undertook" it,  after  having  taken  meafures  with  Da 
 PUffis  about  it,  and  Writ  to  the  King  upon  that  Subject.  But 
 F.\vm  finding  himfelf  fool'd  at  Court ,  and  that  the  Govern- 
 ment of  Leitoure  had  been  given  toBlainvUk^n  fpighr  of  him 
 deftroy'd  the  Project  of  that  Mediation.  He  tarry'd  at  home 
 in  Guytnne,  after  the  King's  departure  from  Boardesux  ;  and 
 he  (eem'd  to  be  unwilling  to  meddle  any  farther  with  the 
 General  Deputation:  But  he  was  unhappily  oblig'd  to  come  p(v*f'c* 
 back  to  Court,  in  order  to  have  the  management  of  the  Ne-,-,'1"/^ 
 gotiation  of  that  Agreement.      He  fpoil'd  it  by  his  un^"'  • 
 even  Temper;  and  the  Court,  which  knew  him,  made  ufe  of 
 him  to  deceive  the  Rtfirmydy  and  to  reconcile  fome  Princes 
 with  the  Conftable,  who  built  great  defigns  upon  the  War 
 of  Religion  which  they  few  at  hand.    Thole  Male-contents 
 were  the  Counts  Soifjons,  a  young  Prince,  who  had  partly 
 the  Genius  of  his  Father,  and' the  Dukes  de  Never/,  and  de 
 
$po  The  Hijlory  of ■  the       .Vol.  II. 
 
 162 1.  AUrexne.  Villarnoul  Son-in-Law  to  D/t  Plcjfis,  fuflfer'd  him- 
 ^~Y^~>  felt  to  be  perfwaded  to  tell  the  Count,  that  the  Accommo- 
 dation of  the  Aflembly  with  the  King  was  concluded  :  And 
 F-ivas  himlelf  had  the  Complaifance  to  Write  to  the  two 
 Dukes,  that  he  was  going  from  the  Court,  with  a  perfect 
 fatihfa£tion  for  the  Aflembly.  Nevertheless,  he  repair 'd  to 
 Rochcl,  with  a  greater  mind  to  exafperate  matters ,  than  to 
 Reconcile  them. 
 
 DuP!effis    The  heats  of  that  Man,   whofe  mind  ran  ftili  upon  le.- 
 and  du   tome,  broke  the  Courfe  of  the  Mediation,  thofe  two  Lords 
 f,lou1.in.'  were  willing  to  take  upon  them.  So  that,  they  were  redue'd 
 Affably h  to  endeavour  only  by. their  Letters,  and  by  their  Deputa- 
 tre*kuf.  rions  to  perfuade  the  Aflembly  to  keep  within  the  bounds  of 
 their  Allegiance.    Ds  fleffts  particularly  behav'd  himfclf  fo, 
 that  he  was  fufpc&ed  of  having  loft  part  of  the  Vigour  of 
 his  mind  with  Age,  and  to  be  ffiov'd  by  Intereft  as  tifdi- 
 guieres.    Dti-Mou'.iu  alfo  joy n'd  with  them.    H»*  had  been  at 
 Se'ditivtier  fince  the  Synod  of  Alets.    He  did  q\fign  to  call 
 at  Roche!,  in  returning  from  the  Synod  to  Paris :  But  things 
 *;    were  fo  imbroil'd  before  he  could  come  away,  that  he  durft 
 not  follow  his  Inclination ,  for  fear  of  making  himfelf  Cri- 
 minal, by  Communicating  with  a  prohibited  Aflembly.  His 
 Prudence  in  this  point  avail'd  him  nothing,  the  Court  would 
 have  him  guilty,  Right  or  Wrong. He  receiv'd notice  at  Lions, 
 by  a  Letter  from  DieUncottrt  his  Colleague,  that  he  would  be 
 taken  up,  as  foon  as  he  came  to  Paris.    This  News  obi  g'd 
 him  to  take  a  by  way  to  go  home,   where  he  tarry'd  but 
 one  Night,  and  went  from  thence  to  SeJap;    where  the 
 D;vke  de  Boston  gave  him  the  place  of  Profeflbr  in  Theo- 
 lo7y,anr!  of  Minifter  in  Ordinary.  Tikut::  hi  Enemy  did  not 
 '  fail  to  Write  Vio'cn;';;:  3?  i n fh  thu  .retreat  ,  which  he  en- 
 deavour'd  to  reprefent  as  a  Mercenary  flight,  • 
 DuMou-'    The  pretence  the  Court  had  ro  fcize  upon  him  was,  that 
 iin,w"*"theEngHfh  AmbaiTador  had  defirM  Da  Moulin  to  Write  to 
 f^LrV.the  King  his  Mafter,  to  exhort  him  to  affijl  the  E'cSor  PaU- 
 tin  his  Son-in-Law.    That  Pric,  having  too  (con  taken  the 
 Name -of  Kjng  of  Rohmis,  which  had  been  efTet'd  "him  by 
 the  People,  loft  a  Battle  near  Pragu€4  and  his  New  Kingdom, 
 
 toge- 
 
Book  VII.      Edfd  of  Nuntes.  3  9 1 
 
 together  v  ith  Lis  Ancient  Patrimony,  which  the  .Emperor  1621. 
 c       edhimof,  as  a  ftebfi).    Fcwce  iufterd  it  calmly,  by '^""Y^ 
 reaibn  that  the  Policy  of  Sp a$n  and  of  %,tm  prevail'd  in, 
 their  Council,  and  reprefented  that  War,  as  a  War  of  Re- 
 ligion,    ^tannin  himfelf  remcmher'd,  that  he  had  been  a 
 Member  of  the  League  ;  and  Writ  a  Pamphlet*   to  hinder 
 the  King  from  fuccoring  the  kvlnnitans,  in  which  he  urg'd 
 fb  many  Reafons  to  prcve,  that  all  the  Advantage  of  that 
 War  would  remain  to  the  Proteftants ,  and  all  the  damage 
 to  the  Catho'icks  j  that  trj»mi  loil  that  opportunity  of  ruin- 
 in^  the  Houfe  of  Jujirta  in  Gtrmvny  ;   and  that' they  lo^k?d 
 upon  the  Ruin  of  an  Ancient  A  ly  of  frame,  as  a  Triumph 
 of  the  Catholick  Church.     The  King  meddled  no  farther 
 w-itji  this  War,  than  by  a  Solemn  Embalfy,  at  the  Head  of 
 w  hich,  he  plac'd  the  Count  d'Anvergxe  :  And  that  ferv'd 
 only  to  render  theCathohck  League  the  ftronger ,  and  the 
 Emperor  more  formidable.-   But  the  Colonel  of  the  King  of 
 &n^l,nl  Scandalized,  even  thole  that  profited  by  his  Weak- 
 ness.   He  did  not  reiifh  certain  Maxims  of  Honour  ,   which  ccUnefs  of 
 he  was  continually  put  in  mini  of  >    and  he  thought  it  aJ 
 
 imcs 
 
 piece  of  Policy,  net  to  a  {fill  Subjects  agiinil  theirS  veraigns,  ;;L,':.'^ 
 even  in  the  Cafe  of  a  maoifqft  opprelTlon.    He  app!y'd  that  of  P.?- 
 fine  Policy,  which  no  ether  Piiuceever  bethought  hawfclff^^ 
 of,  to  the  Affiirs  of  his  Son-in-Law  :  And  his  Ambaflador 
 who  was  fenfib'e,  that  he  was  Jelpis'd  every  where  for  that 
 fa  (e  Prudence  ;  had  a  mind  to  draw  him  out  of  that  E  ror. 
 He  look'd  upon  D<  Mulin,  as  a  Man  c  ip;:b!e  to  revive  the 
 Courage  of  that  Prince,   by  whom  he  was  very  rni:ch  re« 
 fpetted.  Dm \  Moulin  writ,  after  having  excus'd  it  awhile; 
 and  his  Letter  yras  given  to  the  Courier  the  Ambaflador 
 lent  into  Einlini.     %yx\  iz  was  fyofi  after  put  into  thehanxk  Da  Wo»- 
 of  the  Minilrersof  the  Cabinet  Council,   wl.ither  it  were^w 
 done  defigneoMy  by  the  Courier,  or  by  the  Ambaflador  j  dfht  utttr 
 whither  it  were  intercepted  by  Lome  Wi.'e  ;  or  finally,  whi-{^^ 
 ther  Kins  7  %mts  himfelr,  who  had  particular  IngagementSo'.'/^c<?«,-?» 
 with  the  King  of  France  ^ud  Communicated  it  to  the  Mii"7*/ 
 niftcrsof  that  P,  ince.    The  laid  Letter  was  look'd  upon  MFrmcc- 
 being  very  Criminal,  by  Reafbn,  that  the  Condition  of  the 
 
 Churches 
 
i  The  Hijlory  of  the        Vol  II. 
 
 1621.  Churches  of  France  was   fet  out  in  it,  and   their  ap- 
 v^'Y^  proaching   Ruine  alledg'd  ,     as    a  proper   Reafon  to 
 excite  the  King  of  England  to  aflift  his  Son-in-Law,  whole 
 Profperity  was  a  Refuge  to  the  Reform1 d9  as  his  Ruine  was  a 
 Prefage  of  Decay  for  them. 
 
 The  Jefuits,  whofe  Bane  Du  Moulin  was,  were  glad  of 
 that  Opportunity  to  ruine  him,  and  having  neither  been  a- 
 ble  to  Corrupt  him  by  fair  Offers,  nor  to  deftroy  him  by  di- 
 vers Conlpiracies  againft  his  Life,  they  imagin'd  that  he 
 could  never  fcape  them  that  time.    But  they  were  deceived, 
 and  he  fcap'd  that  Snare  by  the  Diligence  of  his  Retreat.  It 
 was  from  Sedan  he  writ  to  the  Aflembly  of  R  ebel.    It  is  un- 
 certain whether  he  did  it  of  his  own  accord,  or  by  the  Order 
 of  the  Marefchal  de  Bouillon,  who  was  of  the  fame  Opinion 
 with  all  the  Grandees  of  the  fame  Religon ;  or  whether  his 
 Friends  perceiving  that  his  Enemies  had  a  mind  to  reprefent 
 him  as  a  Seditious  Perfbn,  who  inclin'd  People  to  Rebellion 
 by  his  Advice,  advis'd  him  to  difprove  them  by  fuch  a  Let- 
 ter.   But  it  is  certain  that  it  was  written  with  great  Vigor, 
 and  that  he  declar'd  in  it,  that  the  AiTembly  would  be  an- 
 fwerablefor  the  Ruine  of  the  Churches,  in  cafe  their  refu- 
 se (f  fing  to  break  up  fliould  occafion  it.    The  Effeft  of  that  'Let- 
 thtstf'~keXtv  was'         lt  mcreas'^  the  Divifions  to  the  utmoft  Extre- 
 Zfimbiy'.  mity.    Some  Members  of  the  AiTembly  withdrew,  and  ne- 
 ver could  be prevail'd  upon  toeome  again.    Others  acquain- 
 ted Du  Moulin  that  his  Letter  had  been  read,  but  norap- 
 prov'd  of,  and  begg'd  of  him  not  to  communicate  it  to  any 
 body,  left  it  fliould  ferve  as  a  Pretence  for  thofe,  who  had  a 
 mind  to  withdraw  out  of  the  Union. 
 
 It  were  to  be  wifli'd,  that  the  AiTembly  had  follow  *d  that 
 Advice,  only  to  try  what  the  Court  would  have  done  after 
 their  Separation  5  in  order  to  render  the  Caufe  of  the  Churches 
 the  clearer,  by  removing  the  Pretence  of  Difunion  from 
 tho(e,who  had  too  much  Faith  and  Credulity.  The  Event 
 ♦  fhow'd,  that  if  thofe  Members  of  the  Affembly,  who  would 
 not  break  up  without  Security,  were  not  themoft  prudent, 
 yet  they  were  the  be  ft  informed  ;  and  thofe  who  hinder'd 
 them  frouv  taking  fuch  Meafures  for  their  Safety,  had  caufe 
 
Book  VII.     Edalof  Nantes.  ,9, 
 
 tn  repent  at  leifure,  their  being  too  Credulous     T,,-,."  , 
 ftopt  the  Negotiation:  The  "one  ^W^SSSI&fe 
 could  not  reioive  to  beg  Pardon  for  meeting     ffi^ftffi  W 
 fon  that  they  pretcnded.tha.  they  might  lawfully  do  fj  f§ 
 {?  Pjfitl;e  a  Prom*,  as  they  had  receiir'd  for  fo  do 
 
 from  the  King.    Thn  Confcffion  of  htM  do"!  IL  r  , 
 Jtftjf  confeouence  than  it  fcem'd  to  be  at  ggZ£%fc 
 it  imply  d  a  tact  Acknowledgment  that  the  things  prom£>*««' 
 had  been  perform d:  The  Confluence  of  which  /  w  ' 
 u  would  (lop  their  Mouths  for  the  future  »„     ,    V  ? 
 of  the  two  Counsellors  of  LeuJtv  'Z  Tit  'feg 
 nfifted  upon  thofe  Confidcrations  with  great  Vehement 
 The  other  was,  that  they  were  willing  to  fee  at  leaft  fc£ ' 
 thing  done  upon  their  Complaints,  before  their  B  iZ 
 for  fear  of  being  ftortly  oblig'd.o  begin  all  things  anew  as  ft 
 had  happen  d  morethanonce.    Moreover,  thebecav  of,V 
 Reform'd  Religion  in  the  Kingdom  of  #gM »h   ,  h  f 
 who  were  for  the  Diffolut  on  of  the  AlTemblv  m"£  ,  r  % 
 to  make  them  dread  the  Events  of  War,'™  ^afc  ,  „to 
 ther  Sence  by  many,  who  loolfd  upon  it  as  a  good  Reafon  to' 
 take  Precautions  aga.nft  the  Oppreifion,  of  which  the  Affairs 
 of  Germany  gave  a  Prefage.  ^nairs 
 Neverthelefs,  the  Aflembly  not  beinz  ab'e  tn  JjlJi  a 
 the  Advice  of  all  the  Grandls,  «S^SJ™TO&?* 
 Letters  upon  Letters,  and  Deputations  upon  DeputatTon  to  ^""^ 
 induce s  them ;o  fubn.it,  oblig'd  the  Lords,  whoTad S 
 their  Mediation  before,  to  rename  the  Negotiation  of  an  A 
 greement.    The  thing  feem'd  to  be  brought  pr.ttv  near  •, 
 happy  Cone  ufion  that  time.    Thefaid  Lords'fouS  "r E? 
 ped.ent,  whfch i  apparently  was  like  to  fitisfie  everV  bodv 
 fhey  thong  -  fit  that  the  Aflembly  IfiW&reaKwIffi 
 
 from  1  hat  the  Deputies  fhould  remain T  p'a 
 
 ot  Safety,  under  pretence  that  t%  could  not  so  Horn. 
 
 f  ft  Declaratip2  which  rendc.  'd  ?hfm  ffin- 
 fhat  they  fhould  tarry  for  the  Ring's  Anfwer^irfsS 
 
 "«M  be  done  without  mentioning  tfte*f&^f 
 b  b  tended 
 
 [our 
 'aces 
 by 
 nai ; 
 
 m 
 
The  Htftwy  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 .  tended  to  have  had  to  Affcmbte:  That  before  the  laid  Sepa- 
 ,621.  tenatul"'  roun,il Ihould agree  with  the  Deputies  GeneraJ, 
 'f  °  V  n  Arties  ttev  wire  to  pretent  to  .he  Ring  .-  But 
 them  tilfthe  Affembiy  were  adu- 
 aTlvdiiTo  v-d,  and  the  Members  gone  Home :  And  that  m 
 o oer  to .enable  them  (o  to  do,  the  King  would  revoke  the 
 Declaration,  by  which  they  were  declar'd  Criminals. 
 
 Thole  Wen  Articles,  which  were  treated  of  feveral  tunes 
 "v""1f'i:    -h,  he  Deputies  General,  and  which  were  at  laft  agreed 
 ^  n  with  tmeModifications,  contamd  in  Subftance  that 
 v  u?°KJ„rmd  Ihould  not  be  oblig'd  to  ufe  the  Words  at  Pre- 
 '    Xf  rm'd  in  .peaking  of  their  Keligicn  :  Thatthe 
 v      fhnuld  remedy  the  Political  and  Ecclefiartical  Affairs  of 
 tha \  La  Farce  and  his  Children  Ihould  be  maintain* 
 •       •'  Places  as  they  had  been  during  the  Lite  of  the  Late 
 k",'^  an      d  and  PenliU  and  that  Ufe, 
 
 n  gM  We  his  Implovments  reltor'd  him.-  That  rheSettle- 
 tafeS  Daufhint  Ihould  be  deliver*  according 
 r/i  hfd  been  p  omL'd  by  the  Treaty  of  Louinn:  That  the 
 Ration  tt^m 
 t  ftSTe  emo^Xt'th;^,.  of  the  Aflembb .of 
 i  '  /  „  fh,  nld  be  fpeedily  and  favourably  anfwered  :  That 
 U   c\  S  i  he  taken  for  the  Payment  of  Minifters.and  of  the 
 
 mov'd  from  fuch  Places  where  they  created  Jealosies. 
 But  tlK  Intention  of  the  Court,  by  thefb  Negotiation, 
 T,  ,«./«  bu'  , ,  m  amule  the  Reform  J,  M  they  us'd  to  do,  in  order 
 *a\  Y  ?*XVhe!r  Meafure  ,  and  to  break  thofe  of  the 
 fe^X  bv  fl «t  ring  the  Credulous  with  the  appearances 
 Attembly,  b Ha*te ring  t  &  (|i£,  kefolution 
 
 SMg^Ste  been  taken  in  the  King's  Councl 
 •  T      nitTtcultv    Though  there  was  a  great  Party  that 
 W"       k  £  o  the  Reform,  the  WifcS t  of  the  Council 
 .prefsd  thettuin  "  h   hr£e  oldefl.  Minifters  that 
 
 WW*^rf  .he  aS  Coirt,  who  could  not  abandon  the 
 remain  d  of  he  ancten         ^       &  a  iece  of  Rafhnefsto 
 
 S^arStohalUo-hunLd  ftrong  Races,  the  leaft 
 
Book  VII.      Edift  of  Nantes.  395 
 
 of  which  might  tarry  till  a  Breach  was  made  before  they  did  1621. 
 Capitulate,  and  of  which,  many  could  fuftain  long  Sieges  be-  */Vy 
 fore  good  Armies:  That  there  was  no  likelihood  of'improving 
 their  Divifions,  which  would  ceafe  immediately  as  foon  as  a 
 War  ftiould  be  declar'd  againft  them,by  reafon  that  then  the 
 moft  Simple  would  begin  to  fear  for  themfelves.  Moreover, 
 that  there  was  not  more  Union  at  Court  than  among  them, by 
 reafon  of  the  Jealoufies  about  the  Government :  That  the  Ri- 
 form'd  had  the  Reputation  of  being  good  Soldiers,  and  good 
 Politicians  :  That  there  was  no  reafon  to  believe  that  they 
 had  given  over  their  foreign  Correfpondencies :  That  the 
 Conformity  of  their  Condition  would  ingage  thofe  Countries 
 that  profe^'d  the  fame  Doctrine,  to  fuccour  them.    That  the 
 Allies  of  France  would  be  troubled  at  that  War,  becaufe  it 
 would  enable  the  Houfe  of  Aujtrin  toopprefs  them,  while  the 
 King  fhould  be  diverted  from  foreign  Affairs  by  thofe  Do- 
 melt  ick  Broils.    That  the  V/tited  Provinces  would  be  expos'd 
 to  all  the  Forces  of  Spai/t,  which  would  take  the  Advantage 
 of  the  Civil  Wars  of  France,  to  opprefs  that  State,  which  the 
 King  had  fo  much  Intereft  to  preferve.    That  the  King  had 
 no  Money,  by  reafon  that  the  Avidity  of  his  Favourites  de- 
 vour'dall  his  Revenues ;  infomuch  that  all  the  Money  of  feve- 
 ral  Years  was  fpent,andthat  all  the  Expence  was  ft  ill  to  come. 
 
 The  Duke  de  tut  pes,  on  his  fide,  had  no  Inclination  tone  Duke 
 make  a  War.    Du  PUjfis  had  given  him  fome  Advices  upon  de  Lu'nes 
 that  Subject  which  ftuck  to  his  Heart,  and  which  made  him  "i^citou 
 f.ar,  either  that  the  Malecontents  would  increafe  the  Party  of 
 the  RefornPd,  or  that  a  Peace  would  be  made  at  his  Coft.But 
 on  the  other  hand,  the  Minifters  were  all  for  taking  Arms.  Bat  the 
 The  Queen  expe&ed  a  kind  of  Regency  while  de  lf  Umh  fhould 
 Iead  the  King  from  Province  to  Province  ;  and  perhaps  fhe 
 had  higher  Defigns.    The  Bifhop  of  Lhcox,  who  was  one  of 
 her  Creatures,  had  a  mind  to  make  himfelf  neceifary.  The 
 Prince  of  Conde,  who  expected  to  have  the  Command  of  the7^'  Pr'*et 
 Army,no  longer  remember'd  theServiceshehad  received  from  Conde' 
 the  Reform  d.  Puifnux,  Son  to  the  Chancellor,  who  had  fuc-  Puiileux. 
 ceeded  Vilkroy,  both  in  the  Secretary  of  State's  Place,  and 
 in  his  Paflion  for  the  Spax/flj  Maxims,  was  at  the  Devotion 
 
 b  b  2  of 
 
306  "  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 162 1.  of  Sp.'ix,  and  prefs'd  the  Duke  by  fo  many  Reafons,  and 
 <^Y^o  found  fo  many  Expedients  to  cure  him  of  his  Fears,  that  fi- 
 r^c/^.  nally,  he  infpir'd  the  fame  Sentiments  in  him.    The  Clergy 
 of  France  being  ignorant  and  corrupted,  thought  their  whole 
 Duty  was  comprehended  in  the  Extirpation  of  Hercfie ;  and 
 they  offered  great  Sums,  provided  they  were  imploy'd  in 
 The  pobc.  that  War.    The  Pope,  who  has  the  Art  to  perfuade  Princes 
 that  they  are  obliged  tofacrifice  the  Repofe  of  their  State  to 
 his  Grandeur,and  who  always  advances  his  own  Affairs  at  the 
 Coff  of  others,  feconded  that  Advice  by  all  his  Authority. 
 7..,,s?/jm-.But  the  Minifters  of  Spain  m  particular,  who  were  the  prin- 
 ards  »MJUxip§i  Promoters  of  that  Cabal,  omitted  nothing  to  engage 
 theflKhl£  France  in  a  War,  which,  according  to  all  human  appearance, 
 'was  to  fet  the  firft  hand  to  the  Decay  of  the  Monarchy;  The 
 Policy  oi '  Sp-ai»  was  fo  refined  at  that  time,  that  they  made 
 trbofe  ferve  towards  their  Projects,  who  had  raoft  Intereft  to 
 oppofe  them  ;  and  that  they  engag'd  France  voluntarily  in  a 
 Civil  War,  of  which  they  ought  to  have  dreaded  the  cruel 
 Confequences,  after  having  experienced  it  for  the  fpace  of 
 Fiveand  thirty  Years. 
 
 But  finally,  the  thing  was  refolv'd  upon,  after  the  Duke 
 de  Zuincs  had  obtained  the  Dignity  of  Conltable,  which 
 gave  him  the  Command  of  the  Armies.    He  was  thereby  de- 
 liver'd  of  the  Fear  of  being  obliged  to  make  the  Prince 
 ofConde  too  Powerful,  by  giving  him  the  (aid  Command. 
 But  when  that  Difficulty  wasremov'd,  there  arofe  another, 
 which  was  of  nolefs  Ccnfcquence.    There  were  two  Opini- 
 ons about  the  Degree  to  which  they  fhould  proceed  in  the 
 sm>  nre  Ruine  of  the  RtfomPd.    Somefaid  that  it  ought  to  be  dene 
 fa-  'defiro:yT.3\  once  ;  that  the  beft  way  was  to  deffroy  both  the  Hir-fie 
 r     and.  the  Htreticks,  and  to  imitate  Charles  the  Ninth,  whoon- 
 ra'""3  jy  Contented  to  the  Maffacres  of  1 572,  on  condition  that  no 
 body  Ihould  be  fuffer'd  to  efcape  that  might  upbraid  him  wirli 
 it.    The  Pope  .was  of  that  Opinion,  and  was  feconded  by  the 
 Cardinals,  .by,  the  Clergy  of  France,  and  by  the  Jcfuits.  The 
 Pope  oifer  q  on  that  Condition,  to  contribute  Two  hundred 
 thoufand  Crowns,  the  Cardinals  as  much,  and  the  Clergy 
 the  fame.  Sum..  The  Jefuits,  who -are  ns'd  to  take,  offer'd 
 
 nothing 
 
Book  VII.      Edict  of  Nantes.  397 
 
 nothing,  unlefs  we  impute  to  their  Intreagues,  the  Oder  of  1621. 
 Thirty  Millions  of  Livres,  which  was  made  by  ibme  of  the^Y^J 
 *  Grand  Farmers,  for  the  Confifcation  of  the  Elhtes  that  be-*  Parti- 
 long'd  to  the  Rfcrrnd  on  this  fide  the  Loire.    It  is  very  welly*™'  Z 
 known,  that  thole  fubtle  Politicians  have  more  than  once  fli^t  a™  the 
 their  Necks  out  of  the  Collar,  when  Money  lias  been  requir- 
 ed  of  them,  by  propefing  Advices  or  Expedients  to  raife  " 
 Come,  without  contributing  any  thing  tow  ards  it  themlelves. 
 But  Come  were  of  a  more  moderate  Advice,  or  rather  y&wtQ.  And tthtrs ■ 
 Politick,  who  were  for  laying  Religion  afide,  and  only  to      ./  r 
 wage  War  agtinft  the  Reform* a  as  Rebels  ;  and  to  let  the  b-  peadZle. 
 dicls  fubfift  in  favour  of  filch  as  ihouid  remain  quiet  in  their 
 Houfes, 
 
 The  Reafons  of  the  firft  Advice  were,  that  in  cafe  any  Ui-w*/5»*  of 
 ftindfcion  were  made  among  them,  thoie  that  ihouid  be  ipar'd 
 would  prove  the  moll  dangerous  :  That  they  would  perhaps 
 prove  one  day  the  Recourieof  their  Party  :  That  they  would 
 rem  dn  at  Home,  not  out  of  Fidelity,  but  out  of  Prudence  : 
 Tiut  they  would  keep  a  Correfpondence  with  thofe  that 
 fhould  be  in  Arms:  That  they  would  be  their  Spyes,  to  give 
 them  Notice  of  whatever  fhouid  relate  to  them  :  That  they 
 would  ecretly  afiift  them  with  Money  and  other  NecelTaries 
 towards  the  War.    But  the  Reafons  of  the  others  were,  That  **■  f 
 the  D.ftmcTion  that  fliould  be  made  of  the  Peaceable,  and  of rhc  W' 
 the  Rebels,  would  be  a  certain  way  to  weaken  the  Party  by 
 dividing  them  :  That  a  confiderable  Number  of  Peribns,  in 
 hopes  of  prelerving  the  Liberty  of  their  Religion  by  their 
 Obedience,  would  retire  home,  and  would  behold  the  De- 
 ftra&ion  of  the  reft  without  moving  ;  Whereas  in  caie  they 
 d.ctar'd  War  againft  the  whole  Party,  the  morl  Peaceablo 
 would  be  fore'd  to  joyn  with  the- others  for  their  Common 
 Defence:  That  for  that  Realbn  it  would  be  imprudent  to 
 r.ite  near  Four  hundred  thoufaod  Men,  to  which  the  Nkitft- 
 ber  ot "the  Ref  r>ud,  capable  of  bearing  Arm-;,  was  thought 
 to  amount  :  Befidesi  That  fuch  as  would  be  fpar'd  by  thau 
 Policy,  w  ould  remain  at  the  Mercy  of  the  Conqueror  after 
 the  Dell: ruction  of  the  refib  That  this  Diflmttio;i  would  ' 
 hinder  the  Fwteftanl  Allies  from  taking  any  Jei'oufos  aborts: 
 
398  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 •1621.  that  War,  and  would  perfuade  them  that  they  did  aot  aim 
 ^OT^  at  their  Religion,  but  that  they  were  arm'd  againft  a  Cabal 
 that  was  always  ready  to  trouble  the  State,  and  to  joyn  with 
 theHrftM'i!ccontents  who  had  a  mind  to  exclaim  againll  the 
 Government. 
 
 whkk  is  This  Advice  prevail'd,  and  Experience  fbow'd  that  the 
 finwa.  Reafons  0f  the  firfl.  were  an  lilL)fions.  The  Reform^,  who 
 were  put  in  hopes  that  the  Edicts  would  be  obferv'd,  gave 
 little  or  no  AfTiftance  to  the  others:  and  during  the  whole 
 courle  of  the  War,  the  Catholic  ks,  and  particularly  the  Gen- 
 tlemen, were  much  kinder  to  the  Reform 'd  in  Arms,  than  to 
 the  Reform1  d  that  remain'd  Peaceable.  They  gave  the  moft 
 confiderable  and  the  moil  certain  Advices :  It  was  from  them, 
 thofe  Cities  that  were  refolv'd  to  hold  out  a  Siege,  bought 
 Provifions and  Ammunitions;  and  from  whom,  in  a  word, 
 they  receiv'd  the  greateft  Teftimonies  of  Correfpondenceand 
 Sincerity.  The  reafon  of  it  was,  That  there  were  many 
 Catholicks,  who  not  being  blinded  by  the  Zeal  of  Religion, 
 forefaw  what  the  Event  has  but  too  much  demonftrated,  and 
 what  even  the  Catholick  Hiftorians  have  not  fcrupled  to 
 write  ;  that  under  pretence  of  reducing  the  Reformed,  the 
 Court  conceal'd  a  Deflgn  toEftablifh  Arbitrary  Power  ;  and 
 that  the  Ruin  of  what  they  call'd  a  Cabal,  would  ferve  as  a 
 Step  towards  the  Oppremon  of  the  whole  Kingdom.  The 
 Rtformd  on  the  contrary  being  blinded  by  Promifes  of  Li- 
 berty, avoided  all  Commerce  with  thole  that  were  in  Arms, 
 for  fear  of  giving  the  Court  a  Prerence  to  involve  them  in  the 
 DeftrucTion  of  the  others,  as  their  Accomplices ;  and  there 
 were  many,  who  in  imitation  of  Lefdiguieres,  were  not  a- 
 fhamed  to  bear  Arms  againll  their  Brethren.  The  worthier! 
 Perfons  amongft  them,  only  fuccor'd  them  with  Prayers  and 
 Tears,  which  the  Fear  of  Opprefiion  only  allow'd  them  to 
 flied  in  (ecret. 
 
 Rcfifom  During  the  whole  Courfe  of  the  War,  the  only  Cry  was, 
 fMjVd  that  the  King's  Arms  were  only  defign'd  againft  the  Rebels  : 
 'a^w/f«That  the  EdicTs  fhould  beobferv'd  in  favor  of  the  reft.-  That 
 Rfprm  .  nQ  thoughts  of  deftroying  the  Reformed  Religion: 
 
 This  is  what  was  written  abroad  ;  whatallthe  Penfioners  of 
 
Book  VII.     Edict  of  Nantes.-  599 
 
 the  Court  preach'J  up  and  down  ;  and  what  was  Fubhfh'd  1621. 
 in  all  the  Declarations.  In  order  to  hinder  People  from  <ssr\J 
 penetrating  into  the  fecret  Reafons  of  thofe  Reports,  the 
 Court  publifh'd  others,  which  could  do  no  harm,  and  which 
 ware  G  plaufible.that  they  might  pafs  for  true.They  (aid  that 
 it  was  not  reafbnable  to  force  Confciences  that  were  us'd  to  a 
 longTolIerationi  diat  what  had  beengood  60  years  before  to 
 prevent  the  Introduction  of  Here/ie,  while  Liberty  of  Cqnfci- 
 ence  was  unknown, would  be  dangerous  after  having  rehfh'd  ip 
 fb  long  :  That  it  was  not  fit  to  give  any  Jealoufie  to  the  Pro- 
 teihnt  Neighbouring  Princes,  .left  they  fhpu'ld  come  to  the 
 Ailiftance  of  the  Reformed  ;  whereas  none  was  to  be  expect  - 
 td  from  the  Catholi.cks  Abroad,  who  were  defirous  to  make 
 the  War  laft,  to  hinder  France  from  c roiling  their  Defigns  : 
 That  the  King  had  many  faithful  Subjects  among  the  Re- 
 formed, who  ought  .not  to  be  Confounded  with  thofe  Rebels. 
 Others  add-ed  moreover,  in  . order  to  make  their  Reafons  the 
 mare  weighty,  that  the  Reform  d  were  ufefu!  in  Frame  1 
 t  hat  they  wjase  born  Enemie»to  the  Enemies  of  the  State: 
 That  in  cafe  there  were  nose  ofthem  left  in  the  Kingdom,  it 
 would  be  neceiTary  to  fend  for  fbme  from  Abroad,  far  from 
 deftroying. thofe  who  were  born  there.  The  Reformyd  were 
 not  the  only  Perfons  that  laid  this  5  there  were  Catholicks 
 even  n  .the  Council,  who  were  really  of  that  Opinion  ;  and 
 at  the  beginning  of  the  prefent  Reign,  there  (till  were  Mini* 
 (jUrs  w  ho  had  been  bred  in.the-Policy  of  Cardinal  dt  Richtlku^  , 
 w  ho  held  this  Maxim  as  a  true  one,  and  who  exprefs'd  it  in 
 the  very  Terms  I  have  us'd.  '  ™ffi- 
 
 1  his  .Difficulty  being  remov'd,  there  appear'd  a  third.  Vh/timTlf 
 Some  were  of  Opinion  to  begin  the  War  without  delay,  2g%M* 
 order  to  fupprefs  the  Reform    who  wercoftcnifh'd,  andnotth"War' 
 in  a  Pofture  of  Defence.    It  was  the  Advice  of  the  Prince  of 
 Coxde,  who  expected  to  make  a  better  Figure  in  the  War  than 
 at  Court,  where  he  was  oblig'd  to  have  bafe  Com plai fauces 
 for  the  Favorite,  and  where  he  was  look'd  upon  with  an  ill 
 Eye  by  the  Queen-Mother.    Dn  Vair^  Lord  Keeper  of  the 
 Great  Seal,  an  J  the  Jefuit  Conieflbr  to  the  Ring,  fecondedic 
 with  all  their  Might.    Jeanin  and  the  other  old  Minifrers, 
 
 who. 
 
4-00  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  IX. 
 
 162 1.  who  were  not  heartily  inclin'd  for  a  War,  oppos'd  it,  and 
 v^v^J  thought  that  it  would  be  proper  to  talk  of  a  Peace  on  the  con- 
 trary in  threatning  a  War ;  and  in  the  mean  time  to  prepare 
 for  the  laft,  in  cafe  the  Reformed  fhould  refufe  the  firfton  Con- 
 ditions worthy  of  the  King.  The  Duke  de  Luines  joyn'd  vvirh 
 the  laft,  but  lor  other  Reafons.  He  faw  no  Money  ready  for 
 the  War  ;  he  had  rather  apply  the  Finances  to  his  own,  and 
 to  his  Friends  Advantage,  than  to  a  doubtful  Enterprife.  He 
 was  at  aLofs  to  whom  he  fhould  craft  the  Command  of  the 
 Armies.He  was  notfecure  of  the  Foreigners.  He  had  nobody 
 to  whom  he  could  confide  the  Provinces  hefhould  leave  behind 
 him,  in  marching  with  the  King  towards  the  Southern  Pro- 
 vinces. In  fine,  the  Number  of  the  Reformed  Lords  made  him 
 dread  Diverfions  where-ever  they  had  any  Authority. 
 tiowtufi  But  he  was  fb  happy,  that  all  thofe  Difficulties  were  fe- 
 Diffeahiet  vel'd.  He  gain'd  mofr.  of  the  Great  ones.  Chat 1 lion  was 
 WW.'"  bought  with  the  Promife  of  a  MarfhaTs  Staff  The  Marfhal 
 de  Bouillon  remain'd  long  Newter.  Le/drguiere  fool'd  nirti- 
 felf,  and  many  others  followed  his  Example.  He  met  wuh 
 no  Oppofitions  from  Abroad. 1  The  King,  under  pretence  of 
 a  Journey  into  Picardy,  fecur'd  himfelf  on  the  fide  ofiheiVt> 
 tberlands,  and  Spain  freely  granted  him  all  the  AfTurances  he 
 could  defire,being  far  from  putting  anyObftacIes  to  a  War  they 
 defired  pallionately.  Cxdtmt,  Brother  to  the  Favourite,  w!  o 
 was  created  Duke  de  Cbauncs,  eafily  prevailed  with  the  King 
 of  England,  who  thought  himfelf  obliu'd  to  lofe  all  the  Op- 
 portunities which  a  go.d  Politician  would  have  improv'd,  to 
 make  himfelf  Arbitrator  of  Europe,  when  there  was  a  N  cef- 
 fity  to  fuccor  Subjects  againft  their  Prince  in  order  thereunto. 
 The  Vn/tc,:!  Provinces  were  not  in  a  Condition  to  Break  with 
 Frarce.  It  is  true,  that  as  that  Crown  had  had  fome  hind  in 
 the  Divifionsofrhat  State,  and  fcem'd  to  favour  the  Party  of 
 Btrntvelt,  th«y  had  alio  given  fome  Difcontents  to  the  Prince 
 of  Orange.  £ut  thofe  petty  Subjects  of  Complaint  did  yield 
 to  greater  Intcrefts  :  The  Terror  of  the  Profperities  of  the 
 Haufe  of  dttflrUf  did  not  permit  the  States  to  fall  cut  with  an 
 Aflic  fb  neclleary  as  Lei  k  tlie  Thirteenth.  The  Court  fow'd 
 the  utmofl.  Divifions  among  thd  Reform'd.  They  endeavor'd 
 
Book  VII.       Edict  of  Nantes.  4.0  i 
 
 to  revoke  the  Power  of  thofe  who  were  deputed  to  the  AC  1621- 
 fembly.  They  endeavor'd  to  make  the  other  Cities  jealous  ^*v**Ni 
 of  Roche/,  either  as  defigning  to  promote  their  own  Advan- 
 vage  at  their  Coir,  or  as  designing  to  become  the  Center  of 
 their  Union,  and  to  ingrofs  all  the  Authority.  Though  all 
 the  Reform  d  were  not  fufceprible  of  thofe  Diffidences  5  yet 
 there  were  always  fome  who  fuffered  themfelvesto  be  caught 
 in  the  Snare  of  thole  falfelmpreflbns. 
 
 Not withftan ding  the  Court  gave  ear  to  all  the  Propofi ti-  fU 
 ons  of  the  Mediators,  with  as  much  Application,  as  if  they  hadf^J'"'*" 
 had  a  fincere  defire  of  Peace :  Peopie  were  ftrangely  furpriz^^  Pa- 
 to  find  in  the  middle  of  thofe  Negotiations,  when  the  Court  ris. 
 thought  that  they  had  taken  fuflicient  Meafures  tofucceed  in 
 their  Enterprize,  that  the  King  repair'd  to  Fontainebleax,  from 
 whence  he  writ  to  the  Duke  de  Bouillon,  and  to  Du  Pleffis, 
 and  fome  others,  that  the  Obftinacy  of  the  Affembly  was  the 
 Occafion  of  his  Journey,  and  that  it  oblig'd  him  to  repair  to 
 Tours,  and  perhaps  farther,  if  it  were  neceflary,  to  be  near 
 at  hand  to  give  his  Orders.    Fie  mix'd  with  this  Advice,  Al- 
 furancesof  his  good  Intentions,  in  favor  of  thofe  that  mould 
 remain  within  the  Bounds  of  their  Duty.  The  next  day  after 
 his  Arrival,  he  revers'd  the  Priviledgeof  Elections,  and  remo-  Aadn- 
 ved  the  Offices  for  the  Receitsof  his  Revenues,  out  of  the™^'  tJ"r 
 Cities  held  by  the  Reform 'd3by  an  exprefs  Declaration,  and  thTLmn 
 transfer'd  them  to  Catholick  Cities,  under  pretence  of  hin-  °fhis  Re- 
 dering  the  Reform- 'd  from  feizing  upon  the  Royal  Treafure.  "f^"eRc- 
 But  he  reftor'd  that  of  Stamur  by  a  Brief,  to  fatisffe  da  PUf-fovmd  a- 
 fis,  for  whom  a  far  greater  Affront  was  preparing.  This 
 diet  might  realbnably  pafs  for  a  Declaration  of  war  ;  but  in 
 did  not  open  the  Eyes  of  thofe  who  were  iticlirieabfe  to  a 
 Peace,  and  they  ccntinu'd  their  Mediation,  fome  with  Since- 
 rity, and  others  to  pleafe  the  Court,  which  was  defirous  to 
 amufe  the  Reform  d  by  thofe  Appearances.    So  that  Confe- 
 rences were  held  ftill,  in  whieh  all  things  feem'd  to  tend  to  an 
 Accommodation.    The  Constable  feem'd  to  open  his-  Mind 
 freely  to  the  Deputies,  and  to  content  to  a  Peace  upon  tole- 
 rable Conditions.    For  which  reafon  the  Agents  and  Media- 
 
 c  c  tors 
 
4-0 1  The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 i6xi.  tors  left  Fans  with  Pavas,  to  repair  to  Rochel  by  divers 
 y&**<*>  ways,  and  upon  different  Days,  in  order  feverally  to  difpole 
 the  A  (Terribly  to  receive  the  Conditions  they  brought  them. 
 But  Without  tarrying  longer  than  the  next  day  after  Favas's 
 Departure  5  a  Council  was  held  in  the  King's  Pretence,  in 
 settlement  which  a  Settlement  was  drawn  of  Forty  thoufand  Foot,  and 
 "Lwnin  E'-gnt  thoufr.nd  Horfe,  to  be  distributed  in  the  Provinces  ac- 
 the  middle  cording  as  it  fhould  be  neceffary.    The  Government  ol'Ue*r* 
 itiauitf^'^  S!ven  t0  Thtminu  in  the  fame  Council,  Li  Bovu  was 
 %aai.     depriv'd  of  all  his  Places  ;  the  Survivorfli'p  of  them  was  ta- 
 ken from  li is  Son  the  S  arquefs  at  M'miomll.ir),  who  created 
 Jealoufies  in  the  Favorites,  and  in  the  Jefuits  by  his  great 
 Accomplifhmenn,  and  by  the  Share  he  had  inthe  King's  Fa- 
 vour ;  and  he  w  as  order'd  to  retire  from  the  Court.  Thasr 
 Prince  permitted  thofe  who  govern'd  him,  to  difpofe  of  his 
 Inclinations,  as  they  did  of  liis  Finances,  and  of  his  Authori- 
 ty ;  and  always  approv'd  the  Reafons  that  were  alleclg'd  to 
 him,  no  longer  to  love  what  he  had  mofi:  lov'd. 
 m-»  Trtu.    The  Pretence  us'd  for  that  Difgrace,  was,  That  Peoples 
 bus  in    Minds  began  to  be  heated  again  in  Bear,;,  and' that  the  Af- 
 feara,     pd;rs  tjjere  jeem\]  ro  be  upon  the  Point  of  a  new  Revolution, 
 La  lore:  was  inrag'd,  that  inflead  of  making  him  fome  Re- 
 paration for  the  Arfront  he  had  receiv'd  from  Poyaae,  who 
 had  taken  Arms,  not  only  without  his  Leave,  but  without: 
 his  Knowledge,  the  Court  had  fent  him  an  Order  by  Salai 
 die  to  lay  dow  n  his  Arms,  approving  the  A&ions  of  Poyane* 
 The  Marquefs  At  la  Force  prefs'd  his  Father  to  relent  that  Af- 
 front, and  look'd  upon  the  Proceeding  of  the  Court  as  a 
 bloody  Injury  ,  to  oblige  an  old  Governor  of  Province  :,n 
 ancient  OScer  of  the  King's  Koufho'd,  to  difa;  m  before  the 
 Governor  of  a  Town,  who  ought  at  lea  ft  to  have  honour'd 
 fitm  as  a  Superior,  and  to  communicate  his  Dtfigns  to  him, 
 though  he  were  excus'd  from  receiving  Orders  from  him. 
 Moreover,  it  was  too  (enfiblean  Affront  from  the  Court  to 
 La  Force,  to  Fend  Orders  to  an  inferior  Officer,  without  ac- 
 quainting him  with  it.    Therefore  the  Beawoti  being  alrea- 
 dy as  tweafie  at  the  Alterations  that  had  been  made  among 
 
 thenv 
 
Book  VII.       Edicl  of  Nantes.  4.0  $ 
 
 them,  as  they  were  fatal  to  their  Liberties,  the  Dilcon-  idii , 
 tents  and  Intrigues  of  their  Governor  foon  difpos'd  them  to  ^V^J 
 improve  the  Occafion.  The  Earneftnefs  the  General  Afc 
 lembly  exprefc'd  for  their  Affairs,  encrea'ed  their  Courage, 
 and  eafily  perfuaded  thofe  People,  who  were  naturaily 
 Confident,  that  they  would  foon  be  as  Free  as  the  Frcnc-. 
 La  Force  being  flatter'd  with  that  Hope,  writ  to  the  King 
 in  the  Month  of  February,  a  Letter  that  was  very  pre  (ling, 
 and  well  written,  upon  the  Refufal  the  Court  had  made  to 
 hear  the  Deputies  of  the  AiTembly.  That  Letter  perhaps 
 prov'd  one  of  his  greateft  Crimes.  The  Court  no  longer 
 relifh'd  thofe  free  Contradictions.  He  Remonft;  ated  with 
 too  much  BolJnefs,  how  much  the  Severity  of  the  Court 
 in'creafed  Peoples  Terrors.  He  complain'd  that  the  Gatho- 
 licks  of  the  Province  faid  publick'y,  that  the  King  was  re- 
 folv'd  to  declare  a  War  againft  the  Reform  d,  and  to  de- 
 ftroy  them  ;  and  he  concluded  by  a  prefling  Exhortation, 
 that  his  Majefty  would  be  plealed  to  hear  what  the  Depu- 
 ties of  the  Affembly  had  to  fay. 
 
 That  Letter  and  the  Advices  the  Court  receive!  frpm?**o«fa 
 B-arxt  that  the  Towns,  out  of  which  the  Gsrifbns  had  f^lr",  , 
 been  remev'd,  were  revolted,  made  them  forget  that  La  thither." 
 F.vce  had  obey'd  the  Order  he  had  receiv'd  from  Sal*  die 
 without  replying  :  That  he  had  caus'd  the  Tower  of  Mox- 
 gifidrd  to  be  reftor'd  and  difinantled. which  the  Ben/ins ,zc- 
 c  t$*d  of  the  Confpiracy  of  h7avarreins,  had  fortify'd  to  an- 
 noy tnat  Place:  Thatin  orderto  obferve fome  Duomw^hz 
 had  deliver'd  that  Fort,  not  to  Toying  who  had  befieg'd 
 it,  but  to  Councellors,  that  were  deputed  by  the  Sove- 
 raif  n  Council  of  Pan,  who  caus'd  it  to  be.  demclifh'd.  The 
 King  not  being  faiisfy'd  with  turning  Li  Force  and  1 1 is 
 Children  out  of  their  Imp!oyments,ordcr'd  the  Duke 
 p<mon  to  turn  them  cut  of  Bear*,  and  to  reduce  ihe  Peo- 
 ple to  their  Allegiance.    Th?  Court  did  not  do  the  Duke 
 that  Honour  our  of  a  Pure  Efo&  of  Good  Will  $  but  left 
 in  cofe  they  fhould  flight  him  in  a  Time  of  Troubles,  he 
 might  grow  jealous  of  the  Forces  that  march'd  towards 
 
 c  c  2  Us 
 
4.04-  The  Hiflory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.  his  Governments,  and  pat  hfrnfeff  in  a  Pofture  to  hinder 
 l^y"^  theProgrefs  of  the  Favorite,  who  did  not  love  him;  tho 
 his  Policy  oblig'd  him  to  diffemble,  and  toexprefs  an  ex- 
 terior Friendfhip  to  him.    The  Court  gave  him  nothing 
 to  help  him  to  make  that  Expedition.    He  had  not  fo 
 fb  much  as  time  allow'd  him  to  raife  Money  and  Wen  ;  and 
 he  march'd  towards  that  Country  with  fo  fmall  an  Army, 
 that  had  he  not  rely'd  upon  the  Correfpondencies  the 
 Court  held  in  the  Towns,  his  Enterprife  would  have  been 
 a  great  piece  of  Rafhnefs.    The  Truth  is,  that  La  Force 
 was  not  yet  ready,  and  that  he  made  his  Preparations  like 
 a  Man,  who  was  uncertain  what  he  hadbeft  to  do.  The 
 Succors  of  the  Provinces,  who  had  undertaken  the  Prefor- 
 mation of  Be.irx,  failed  him,  and  that  of  the  Affembly  Ge- 
 neral was  yet  at  a  great  diftance.    Therefore  he  had  re- 
 courfe  to  SubmiiTions,  and  encleavour'd  to  ftop  the  Duke  s 
 March  by  reiterated  Offers  of  Obedience  and  fidelity. 
 But  the  Duke  made  no  iefs  haft  for  that,  and  for  his  firft 
 cowardize  Expedition  he  befieg'd  Orthez.    The  Place  was  in  a  Con- 
 cfihe  Pec  dition  to  make  a  long  Refinance,  during  which^  Forces 
 the'     C*  might  navc  been  aflembled,  which  might  eafily  have  dim- 
 pated  the  Duke's,  who  "had  neither  a  Place  to  retire  to, 
 nor  Provifions,  or  Ammunitions.    Moreover,,  there  were 
 more  Men  in  the  Town  capable  to  bear  Arms,  than  there 
 were  in  the  petty  Army  that  befieg'd  it.  Neverthelefs, 
 The  Force  cf  their  Correfpondencies  within  prov'd  ib  ef- 
 fectual, that  they  furrendered  without  tarrying  for  the 
 Cannon, as  if  they  had  only  tarry'd  for  the  Duke's  coming 
 to  their  Gates,  to  commit  that  Piece  ofCowardize.  That 
 Succefs  afforded  the  Duke  XEpernon  all  that  he  wanted,  by 
 La  Force  reafon  that  the  Town  was  very  well  provided.    La  Fores 
 taint,     judgirg  by  this  Succefs  what  he  had  to  truft  to  from  all  the 
 reft  of  the  Country,  retir'd  out  of  the  Government.  Af- 
 ter which  all  the  Towns  that  were  in  his  Party  being  afto- 
 nifh'd  at  the  Capitulation  of  Ortbez,  and  at  the  Retreat  of 
 the  General,  furrendet'd  upon  the  firft  Summons.  The 
 Truth  is,  that  the  Duke's  Severity,  as  foon  as  any  body 
 
 ihow'd 
 
Book  VII.      Editt  of  Nantes.  4.0  5 
 
 fliow'd  trre  leaft  Inclination  torcfift,  frruck  a  Terror  eve-  1621. 
 if  where.  Thole  very  Places  that  obey'd,  had  the  Grief  s^vvj 
 to  lee  their  Fortifications  demolifhed  5  but  every  where 
 clfe,  Con  fixations,  Banifhmertts,  Hanging,  were  the 
 Dike's  daily  Sports,  whatever  the  Author  of  his  Life  re- 
 ports. We  have  a  Specimen  of  it,  by  the  poor  Pretence 
 he  t  ok  at  Okron^  to  Execute  a  wretched  Soldier  he  found 
 in  the  Town.  The  Duke  CondemnM  him  to  dye,  be- 
 Caufche  had  manag'd  the  Work  oH6 me  flight  Retrench- 
 ments which  it  had  been  cover'd  with.  That  did  not 
 render  him  more  Criminal  than  thofe  who  had  let  him  at 
 Work.,  and  who  had  taken  him  into  their  Service.  Ncver- 
 thelefs,  he  was  Executed  ;  but  not  being,  able  to  perfuade 
 himfelf,  that  what  he  had  done  deferv'd  t)eath,  be  im- 
 pnrcd  his  Crimeto  mi  being a Piovtmrn^  and  reproach'd 
 the  Duke  at  his  Dearh,  that  he  wasthe  Victim  of  his  Ha- 
 .tVed  for  that  Province. 
 
 But  thofe  Rigors  of  the  Duke  render' d  his  Expedition  All  Beam 
 very  fhorr",  and  very  {uccefsful.  After  the  Capitulation  "  fMd- 
 or'  O&titfz  he  foon  made  himfelf  Matter  of  Okron,  of  Sa- 
 Ires,  of  A7^,  of  S.uweterre,  and  finally  of  Pan  ;  and  ha- 
 ving order'd  all  things  according  to  his  Mind,  he  left  the 
 Country  in  a  fnll  Submillioi.  That  Expedition  did  not 
 la" ft  above  three  Months,  which  afforded  him  time  to  come 
 back  to  the'  King,  who  was  before  St.  'jofjn  etAageli  a£ 
 that  time.  The  War  was  begun  in  Poitou  as  foon  as  in 
 Beirv,  and  with  the  fame  Succefs.  Though  the  Duke 
 ff£/>;r.v<?./s  Commifljon  was  known  by  every  body,  and 
 tftit  (fie  Settlement  of  War  drawn  in  the  King's  Council 
 was  become  Publick,  the  Mediators  being  ftwpified  by 
 fome  ftrang?  Charm,  would  (till  perfuade  r  hem  (elves  that 
 it  was  nothing,  and'  that,  provided  the  Affcmbly  would 
 obey,  the  King  would  proceed  no  farther;  fo  that  their 
 Letters,  and  their  A'dvkes  ftil!  retarded  the  Affairs  of  the 
 j&J&rntd;  and  afforded  the  Court  time  to  take  all  their 
 Meafures  at  leifure-  Neverthelefs,  Fav.is,  being  inform- 
 ed by  Cbalas  his  Collcague,in  the  General  Deputation, who 
 
 tarry 'd 
 
30(5  The  Hijiory  of  the      Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.  tarry'd  with  the  Court,  with  what  pafs'd  after  his  Depar- 
 L^V^  ture,  acquainted  the  AOembly  therewith,  and  gave  thern 
 an  Account  of  the  lllufions  they  had  been  amus'd  with, 
 while  the  Court  was  preparing  to  laugh  at  them  and  at 
 him  openly.    As  that  Settlement  of  War  had  been  drawn 
 the  next  day  after  his  Departure,  he  receiv'd  the  News  of 
 it  the  next  day  after  his  Arrivals  lb  that  he  was  enabled 
 at  once  to  inform  the  Aflembly  with  the  Difpofition  of 
 Peace,  in  which  he  thought  he  had  left  the  King's  Coun- 
 cil at  parting,  and  of  their  Refolution  for  a  War,  of  which 
 the  News  was  written  to  him. 
 seditim  at     They  heard  at  the  fame  time  that  he  arriv'd  at  T  nrs  on 
 Tours.    tjie  I8th  0f  the  fame  Month.    One  Martix,  who  kept  a 
 Publick  Houfe  there,  had  embraced  the  Reforrfd  Religion  5 
 and  that  Change  had  occafion'd  fome  Jefts,  and  feme  Sa- 
 tyrick  Songs,  which  had  often  expos'd  him  to  the  Laugh- 
 ter of  the  People.    The  Magiftrates  not  having  fup- 
 prefs'd  that  Licenfe,  though  contrary  to  the  Edicts,  and 
 to  found  Policy,  the  Catholick  Children  had  learnt  thofe 
 Songs,  and  the  faid  Martin  dying  foon  after  it,  they  lung 
 the  faid  Songs  while  his  Corps  was  Carrying  to  the 
 Ground.    Some  of  thofe  that  accompany'd  the  Corps 
 being  difturb'd  at  that  Noife,  gave  one  of  the  Children 
 a  Box  on  the  Ear.    The  fimple  Catholicks,  who  diverted 
 themfelves  at  thofe  Childrens  Play,  and  who  often  ex- 
 cited them  to  do  Vvhat  they  durft  not  do  themfelves, 
 cry'd  out  that  he  was  kill'd,  becaufe  he  was  a  Cathoiick. 
 Whereupon  the  People  rofe  immediately,  fell  upon  the 
 Reformed,  abus'd,  wounded,  and  afTrorued  all  thofe  they 
 met.    The  Night  did  not  appeafe  their  Fury,    'i  he  next 
 day  the  Seditious  went  to  the  Church-yard  of  the  Re- 
 form'd,  dug  up  the  Corps,  which  had  been  flung  into 
 the  Ground  in  hade,  tore  it  in  pieces,  and  committted  a 
 thoufand  Indignities  againft  it.    From  thence  they  went 
 to  the  Temple,  and  burnt  it:  They  plunder'd  the  Hjufe 
 of  the  Sexton,  and  committed  great  Violences  againft 
 him.    This  Rage  lafted  three  days  ;  but  finally,  it  was 
 
 appcas'd 
 
Book  VII.      Editt  ofNmtes.  4.07 
 
 appeas'd  for  want  of  Matter,  by  reafon  that  the  Re-  162 1. 
 form'd  hid  themlclvts,  and  that  the  moll:  confiderable  WVNJ 
 cetir'd  in  fuch  Places,  where  they  expected  to  find  moft 
 Safety.  The  Magistrates  barely  made  fbme  weak  In- 
 formations of  the  Fact,  and  imprilon'd  iome  of  the 
 moft  Milerable  ;  b\v:  as  if  the  R<frmd  had  been  as  Guil- 
 ty as  the  reft,  fome  of  them  were  alfo  TecurM  to  keep  the 
 Cathoiicks  Company. 
 
 Thole  Mutineer-  (eem'd  to  have  look'd  upon.  ths^e!fi- 
 Ring's  J  >urney  to  Fonttuvbletu  as  the  Signal  of  their  whert' 
 Enterprise  ;  and  the  People  judg'd  by  the  Coldnefc  of 
 the  Magiftrates,  that  they  were  certain  the  Court  would 
 approve  thole  Proceedings,  Neverthelefs,  the  thing  was 
 look'd  upon  to  be  of  too  much  Confequence  in  that 
 Conjuncture,  to  be  wink'd  at.  The  Court  was  fenfibie 
 that  the  Impunity  of  thole  Violences  would  open,  the 
 Eyes  of  thole  they  defign'd  to  blind,  by  the  fair  Pro- 
 miles  of  the  O'X-rvation  of  the  Edicts;  and  that  in  cafe 
 Pefpair  fhou'd  re-unite  the  Reform  dy  their  Ruine  would 
 prove  a  difficult  Task.  Moreover,  it  was  an  Example  of 
 very  ill  Conlequence,  which  appear'd,  in  that  the  Peo- 
 ple role  at  Poitiers  as  well  as  at  Tours,  beat  down  the 
 Wall  the  Reform  d  had  built  about  their  Church-yard, 
 broke  the  Tombs,  violated  the  Sepulchres,  and  endca- 
 vor'd  to  dsmolifh  the  Temple.  Thofe  Violences  did 
 not  extend  to  Perfons,  byrealbn  that  the  Place  in  which 
 the  RefbrmU  perlbrm'J  the  Etfercifq  of  their  Religion, 
 was  at  a  great  diiiance  from  the  City  $  and  that  the 
 Magistrates,  who  dreaded  Reprifals,  put  a  ftop  to  the 
 Ddorder.  But  the  Punifhment  of  the  Seditious  was 
 very  inconfiderable,  and  did  not  terrifiethe  Mob  lb  much, 
 as  to  hinder  them  from  committing  the  like  Excefles  in 
 divers  other  Places,  as  at  C)o  fiey  at  M>nze,  and  elfe- 
 whsre* 
 
 The 
 
4-o8  Tie  Hiftory  of  the       Vol  II. 
 
 1621.     The  Court  dreading  the  Confequences  of  the  Sediti- 
 ^PQ^t  on  of  Tours,  received  the  Complaints  of  the  Rcftrm'd, 
 /lops  The  who  defir'd  that  an  Examplary  Punifhment  might  be 
 pregreji  o/made  of  it  ;  and  in  order  to  blind  them  with  an  ap- 
 parent Satisfaction,  the  King  ilTued  out  a  Declaration 
 on  the  20th  of  December,  by  which  he  took  the  Peace- 
 able Reform  d  into  his  Protection  ,  and  injoyn'd  the 
 Parliaments,  and  all  other  Officers  to  whom  the  like 
 Edicts  are  commonly  directed,  to  make  them  injoy  a 
 Liberty  fuitable  to  the  Edicts.    Moreover,  he  fent  the 
 Mild  MnU^vilk,   Matter  of  Requefb,  to  Tours,  with  a 
 Commiffion  to  try  the  Guilty  without  Appeal.  The 
 faid  CommiiTioner,  without  making  any  Informations, 
 but  thofe  that  had  already  been  made  by  the  Judges 
 of  Tours,  put  the  Reformed  at  Liberty,  and  Condemn'd 
 fome  of  the  Catholick  Prifbners  to  Dye.    That  Severi- 
 ty renew'd  the  Sedition,   and  the  People  being  in  a 
 The  sedhi- greater  Fury  than  ever,  ran  to  the  Prifbns,  broke  o- 
 mJ?dre~  pen  the  Doors,  put  the  Condemn'd  at  Liberty,  PIu:> 
 "cw  '     der'd  the  Houfes  of  the  Reform  d,  and  among  the  reft-, 
 that  of  a  Notary,  whole  Minutes  they  tore  The 
 Commiflioner    being  Terrify'd  ,    was  conftrain'd  to 
 hide  himfelf ;  and  the  Mutineers  could  not  be  appeal 
 ed  untill  the  Magiftrates  promifed  them  to  obtain  a 
 General  Pardon  for  their  Crime  ;  that  the  Catholick 
 Prifoners  fhouid  be  put  at  Liberty,  and  that  the  Prc- 
 cefs  fhouid  be  burnt.    The  King,  whole  Authority  was 
 concern'd  in  that  Second  Sedition,  took  his  time  to  do 
 himfelf  Juftice ;  and  leaving  Fontainbtean  to  march 
 towards  Poitou,  he  came  to  Tours,  and  there  caufed 
 ,Paw/Wffour  or  five  Wretches  to  be  Executed,  who  had  been 
 of fime of  concern'd  in  that  Tumult;  but  the  molt  confiderab.le 
 ^'iW'efcap'd.    The  Execution  of  thofe  Wretches  calm'd  the 
 Minds  of  thofe,  that  had  been  terrify'd  by  thofe  Vio- 
 lences committed  in  fo  fufpicious  a  Conjuncture.  The 
 Reform' d  kept  at  Home,  and  faw  without  any  Emoti- 
 on, the  Weight  of  the  War  fall  upon  the  fmall  Num- 
 ber 
 
Book  VII.     Editt  of  Nantes.  4,09 
 
 ber  of  thofe  that  folio w'd  the  Orders  of  the  Alterably.  1621. 
 Moreover,  They  a.ccus'd  them  of  Obftinacy,  and  of  be-  ^V~^> 
 ing  the  Caufe  of  their  own  Misfortunes,  by  an  afLct- 
 cd  Confideration  of  future   Misfortunes.    In  a  Word, 
 the  Effect  of  that  Shadow  of  juftice,  which  the  King  rv;,;ch  da, 
 did  the  Reformed  on  that  Occafion,  was  fuch,  that  the  ziettkeRe- 
 very  Catholicks  wondred  at  it,  and  made  Jsfts  of  the^mV' 
 Simplicity  of  thofe  Wretches.    An  Hiftorian,  who  (peaks 
 of  thofe  Affairs  like  a  paflionate  Catholick,  neverthe- 
 lefs  fays,  upon  that  Subject,  That  he  does  not  wonder 
 that  the  Vulgar,   whofe    Impetncjity  is   blind,  fbculd  be 
 caught  in  fitch  a  Snare  ;   but  that  he  cannot  imagine  ho*> 
 it  could  deceive  the  Grandees,   the  Gentry ,  and  the  Of- 
 ficers of  that  S  #j   who  had  b  tn  repnted  till  then  Wife 
 Politicians, 
 
 On  the  Fourth  of  the  fame  Month,  the  King  pub-  N<» 
 limed  yet  another  Declaration  before  his  Departure  from  clar0tm' 
 Fontainbleau,  of  the  fame  Stile  with  all  the  reft.  It  began 
 with  a  Protestation  of  having  all  along  been  defirous 
 to  caufe  the  Edicts  to  be  obferv'd,  as  the  moft  effectu- 
 al way  to  make  his  Subjects  live  in  Peace;  of  having 
 wink'd  at  the  Infractions  committed  by  fome  of  the 
 Reformed  ;  of  having  endeavour'd  to  make  them  fenfi- 
 ble  of  their  Duty  by  Divers  Edicts  publifh'd  on  pur- 
 pofe.  from  thence  it  proceeded  to  the  Motives  of  the 
 Declaration  given  at  Grenade,  in  the  Month  of  O&ober 
 laft  paft ,  to  interdict  the  Aifembly  of  Roche/  j  and 
 complaining  that  it  had  not  hinder'J  the  Rtform'd 
 from  alTembling  in  the  faid  City  and  elfewhere  ;  from 
 ordering  divers  Acts  of  Hostility,  as  by  Reprifa's;  from 
 fleeting  Chiefs;  from  Fortifying  of  their  Oarifonss 
 from  Kaifing  Men  and  Money  ;  from  Lilting  Soldiers, 
 Calling  of  Artillery,  Buying  of  Arms  and  other  Amu. 
 nitions.  It  added,  That  notwithstanding  all  this,  the 
 Kmg  had  granted  fevcral  things,  dehYd  by  the  Memo- 
 rials prefented  to  him  by  the  Deputies  General :  But, 
 that  finally  he  was  refolv'd  to  go  as  far  as  Toiraine,  znd 
 
 d  d  to 
 
^.l  o  Tte-  Hi  ft  0)  y  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.  to  march  himfelf  towards  Poitott  and  el  fc  where  to  be 
 v^Y^' near  to  appty  a  Remedy  to  thofe  Evils  3  being  re- 
 fblv'd  to  maintain  the  Publick  Peace,  to  caufe  the  E- 
 diets  to  be  obferv'd,  in  favour  of  fuch  as  fhould  keep 
 within  the  Bounds  of  their  Allegiance,  and  to  chaftife 
 the  Rebels  :  Whereupon  he  confirmed  a  new,  all  the 
 Edicts  and  Declarations,  and  order'd  them  to  be  kept 
 in  favour  of  thofe  that  were,  and  fhould  remain  with- 
 in the  faid  Bounds  of  their  Duty,  whom  he  took,  as 
 well  as  their  Families  and  Ellafes,  under  his  Protecti- 
 on and  fpecial  Safeguard  *  commanding  his  Officers  ancf 
 Governors  of  Cities  to  fee  it  performed.  He  order'd 
 the  fame  thing  for  the  Catholicks,  to  the  Officers  of 
 the  Places  in  which  the  Reformed  were  the  ftrongefr. 
 After  which  he  came  to  Blois,  from  whence  he  repair- 
 ed to  Amboffey  and  afterwards  to  Tours,  to  Thottars 
 where  the  Dutchefs  c.e  Ik  Trimovilh  receiv'd  him,  and 
 finally  to  Swtitur,  out  of  which  he  turn'd  Du  Bleffis  in  a 
 very  Unkingly  manner, 
 2&GHK.  While  the  Court  was  fo  diligently  imploy'd  about 
 r-ai  Affm.  tne  Preparations  of  War,  the  Aflembly  was  near  as  di- 
 ;.;  fgent  in  putting  themfclyes  in  a  Pofture  of  Defence; 
 Witing.  being  equally  troubled  with  the  little  Union  they  ob- 
 ferv'd in  their  Bofbm  ,  and  with  the  little  Authority 
 they  had  in  the  Provinces,  and  the  continual  Contra- 
 dictions of  thofe  who  thought  they  were  the  Wifeft 
 who  did  nothing  but  Preach  Obedience  to  them.  As 
 fbon  as  they  were  informed  that  the  King  had  refus'd 
 to  hear  their  Deputies,  they  order'd  them  to  put  thofe 
 Remonftrances  in  Writing,  which  they  were  to  have 
 made  by  Word  of  Mouth.  They  did  it  according K 
 end  in  order  that  every  body  might  be  acquainted  with 
 them,  they  publifh'd  them.  After  having  declar'd,  that 
 the  Reafon  which  oblig'd  them  to  make  them  publick, 
 was,  that  they  were  not  allow'd  to  fpeak  to  the  King; 
 they  fet  forth  all  the  Promifes  that  had  been  made  to 
 e  Aifembfy  of  Loudnn  in  the  King's  Name,  the  Prince 
 
 of 
 
Book  VII.    EdB  of  Nantes.  4,1 1 
 
 of  CondCs,  and  the  Duke  de  Luinss ;  and  they  related  162  r. 
 the  very   ExpretTions  they  had  us'd  ;   and  among  the  '^V^J 
 ■relr,  what  the  King  had  laid  to  thofe  who  carry'd  the 
 Nomination  of  the  Deputies  General  to  him,  that  he 
 would  perform  the  Promifes  of  the  Prince,  and  of  the 
 Duke.    They  complain'd  that  thofe  Solemn  Promifes 
 had   been    violated  ;   and   having  obferv'd   at  what 
 time  the  King  took  his  Progrefs  into   Beam,  they 
 thought  it  was  a  great  Injuftice  to  impute  it  as  a 
 Crime  to  the  Aflembly,  to  have  met  upon  the  Wc 
 of  a  Prince,  of  the  Favourite ,  and  of  the  King  hm> 
 felf. 
 
 After  which  they  proceeded  to  the  Particulars  of  thofe  Parties 
 things  in  which,  the  Court  had  not  psrform'd  their  Pro-  l^°^"r 
 mifes :  viz.  That  the  Settlement  of  the  Places  of  Dauphim  *'Mi 
 had  not  been  deliver'd,  though  it  was  an  Affair  but  of 
 half  an  Hour.    That  the  Reception  of  the  two  Coun- 
 cilors in  the  Parliament  of  Pari*  had  been  deferr'd  as 
 long  as  polfible  could  be.    That  it  had  not  been  per- 
 form'd  till  after  the  Convocation  of  the  AiTembly. 
 That  only  one  of  them  had  been  receiv'd  in  Reality, 
 the  Reception  of  the  other  being  evaded  by  the  Claufe 
 of  Modification,  which  obliged  Le  Cog  to  refign  his 
 Place  to  a  Catholick.     That  every  thing   had  been 
 alter'd  in  Beam,  and  the  AiTembly  of  Rocbcl  declar'd 
 Criminal,  without  hearing  the  Perlbns  concermd.  That 
 the  Exercife  of  the  Reformd  Religion  had  been  inter- 
 rupted at  Clermont  de  Lodeve,  though  it  was  a  Place  of 
 Surety.    That  the  Catholicks  hinder'd  the  Execution  of 
 the  King's  Orders  by  Force  of  Arms,  and  the  Proceed- 
 ings of  the  Commifioners  fent  to  re-eftablifh  it  there. 
 That  the   King's    Council  declar'd    that    the  King's 
 Authority  was   concern'd  hi   it 5  but  yet  that  ihey 
 Authoriz'd    it    by    Conniving    at    it.     That  Pri- 
 •vas  had  been  taken  from  the  Reform 'd ,    though  it 
 was  a  Place,  where,  according  to  the  Edicls  and  Briefs, 
 nothing  ought  to  be  Innovated.    That  during  Eighteen 
 
 dd  2  Months 
 
4. 1 1  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 i r,zi.  Months  laft  paft,  the  Court  had  detained  the  Sums 
 v^v<v  promifed  for  the  Maintenance  of  the  Garifons,  and  for 
 the  Saliaries  of  the  Mini  fliers.  That  Seditious  Sermons 
 againft  the  Rfirmd  were  tolerated.  That  their  Dead 
 were  taken  out  of  the  Ground  again.  That  their  Tem- 
 ples were  burnt.  That  their  Minifters  were  turn'd  out. 
 That  the  Delivery  of  the  Places,  in  which  they  were 
 to  perform  the  Exercife  of  their  Religion  was  hinder- 
 ed ;  and  among  the  Places  in  which  thofe  ExcefTes  were 
 committed,  they  mentioned  Moulins,  B  urges,  Exux  in 
 Provence,  Lion,  Dijon.  That  their  Cabiers  were  not 
 anfwered,  and  that  when  any  of  the  Articles  were  an- 
 fwered, either  the  Anfwers  were  not  put  in  Execution, 
 or  they  were  contrary  to  the  Intention  of  the  Edicts. 
 That  the  Commiffioners  fent  into  the  Provinces,  either 
 refus'd  to  perform  their  Office,  or  perform'd  it  ill,  by 
 a  vifible  Collufion.  That  all  this  proceeded  from  the 
 Council  and  Malice  of  the  Jefuits.  They  Concluded, 
 Imploring  the  King's  Favour,  and  earneftly  defir'd  the 
 Revocation  of  the  Declaration  which  treated  them  as 
 Criminals,  protefting  that  they  only  defir'd  the  Liberty 
 and  Safety  of  their  Religion,  to  remain  inviolably  ty'd  to 
 their  Allegiance. 
 The  Mar.  The  Marfhall  de  Bouillon  writ  from  Sedan  to  the 
 /box  de  King,  the  fame  day  that  the  Remonfrrances  appeared. 
 writes° u  He  freely  expreffed  the  Reafbns  of  Diffidence  that  had 
 the  King,  been  given  to  the  Reform  d,  by  the  Trreatnings  of  Re- 
 voking the  Edicts,  that  is,  to  take  away  the  Liberty 
 of  their  Confciences,  the  Safety  of  their  Lives,  their 
 Edates  and  Dignities.  He  faid  that  the  Affair  of  Beam 
 had  been  anticipated }  that  the  Promifes  had  been  ill 
 executed  ;  that  Garifons  had  been  put  in  divers  Places 
 without  Neceffity  ;  that  the  Aflfembly  of  Roche/  was 
 us'd  with  too  much  Severity.  He  intreated  the  King 
 to  hear  the  Remonft ranees  of  their  Deputies,  and  to 
 reject  the  Councils  of  thofe  that  advis'd  him  to  force 
 the  Confciences  of  his  Subjects.   But  the  Council  was 
 
 hard- 
 
Book  VII.    EdiU  of  Nantes.  4 1  3 
 
 hardncd  againft  thofe  Advices  which  tended  to  Peace;  \6n. 
 and  fcem'd  not  to  relifli  them,  only  the  better  to  take^Y^J 
 their  Measures. 
 
 The  Jefuits  anfwer'd  the  Reproach  that  was  made  Rcpfyofth* 
 againft  tliem  of  exciting  a  War,  in  Writing.    In  or-J'M^ 
 der  to  refute  it,  they  made  nfe  of  the  Sermon  the  King's 
 Confeflbr  had  lately  Preach' J  at  Court,  that  the  King^^/j. 
 was  oblig'd  to  protect  all  his  Subjects,  eve  t  thofe  that 
 were  of  a  different  Belief  from  his.    That  Anfwer  tend- 
 ed to  perfuade  that  their  Sjciety  was  innocent  of  all 
 the  ill  they  were  accus'd  of;  and  that  they  only  ap. 
 ply'd  themlelvfes  to  Convert  thofe  that  Stray' W,  and  to 
 prevent  the  Progrefs  of  Hire  ftp  by  their  Sermons  and 
 Writings.    They  made  it  a  Crime  for  the  Reformed 
 to  fuppofe  in  their  Complaints,  that  the  King  fufjer'd 
 himfelf  to  be  govern'd  by  the  Jefuits.    And  they  laid 
 that  all  the  Articles  fee  down  in  their  Petition  were 
 fane  ;  and  for  an  Inftance  of  the  Innocence  of  the  So- 
 ciety, and  of  the  little  Share  tfley  had  in  the  Violent 
 Councils  that  were  daily  given  to  the   King  againft: 
 the  Reform  d,  all  their  Actions  were  reprefented  in  it 
 in  a  manner  full  of  Fury  and  Venom.    That  Apology 
 could  not  deceive  thofe  who  had  any  Sence.    It  was 
 very  well  known  that  the  Theology  and  Morality  of 
 the  Jefuits  are  always  Slaves  to  their  Policy  ;  and  that 
 it  is  impoffible  to  guels  their  Sentiments  by  their  Ser- 
 mons.   It  was  eafie  to  oppofe  to  the  Moderation  of  the 
 Jefuit  ArnoHXy  the  Seditious  Sermons  of  the  Monks  of 
 the  other  Orders,  who  being  more  Impetuous,  and. 
 H-airbrain'd  thin  the    Jefuits,    declar'd  inconfiderate-* 
 ly  in  their  Pulpits,  what  thofe  cunning  Politicians  had 
 the  Art  to  cover  with  a  profound  Diffimulati  n.  Even 
 at  S  utmnr^  Francifcun  Fryar  had  had  the  Boldnefs  to  fay, 
 comparing  thofe  who  were  for  tolerating  the  Rffirm-, 
 ed,  to  the  Soldiers  that  Spit  in  the  Face  ofsjefufr  thri$9 
 that  for  his  Part,  who  was  afraid  of  no  body,  he  de- 
 clar'd publickly,  that  a  IVar  was  nectfivy.    We  may 
 
^t;j.  Tlx  Htftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 ■162 1.  Judge  that,  what  Liberty  they  took  in  Places  of 
 Jefs  Contequence  t ha«  Sanmur,  w  here  they  ftood  in  no 
 dread  of  the  Reform'd.  Moreover,  it  was  very  well 
 known,  that  in  the  Application  of  the  Jefuits  towards 
 xheConverfion  of  thofe  they  call'd,  firmed,  all  means  were 
 lawful  alike  to  them  ;  and  that  according  to  their  Max- 
 ims, fuccefs  rectifies  the  moft  Violent  and  moft  Unjuft 
 Expedients. 
 
 Lefdignieres  before  and  after  his  coming  to  Paris,  ac- 
 quainted the  Aflembly  with  all  that  Deagean  infpir'd 
 him  with,  and  endavour'd  to  perfuade  them ,  that  they 
 were  to  blame  to  complain.  The  Aflembly  anfwer'dhim 
 pretty  Vigoroufly  ,  and  took  him  to  Witnefs  himfelf  of 
 the  Royal  promifes,  upon  the  Account  of  which  they  did 
 repair  to  Rocbd.  But  when  he  Writ  to  them  from  Pa- 
 ns,  with  Reproaches  and  Threatnings  >  declaring  that  he 
 would  bear  Arms  againft  them,  unlels  they  did  fubmitto 
 the  King's  Pleafure ,  they  anfwer'd  him  upon  the  fame 
 Tone,  which  broke  of  all  manner  of  Correfpondence  be- 
 tween them.He  had  play'd  his  part  fo  well  till  then,  that  he 
 had  deceived  the  moft  clear  fighted  ;  and  that  he  feem'd 
 equally  well  affected  to  the  Peace  of  the  State,  and  the  pre- 
 fervation  of  the  Churches.  His  Refufals  of  joyning  with 
 them,  being  mix'd  with  fuch  fpecious  Reafons,  and  with 
 fuch moving  Proteftations ,  that  even  thole  that  did  not 
 believe  him,  did  not  know  what  to  Anfvver  him.  During 
 the  War  of  Privas,  the  Provincial  AfTembly  of  Andi/fe , 
 deputed  the  Marquefs  de  h  Cbarfe  to  him,  who  reprefent- 
 ed  all  the  Grievances  under  which  the  Reform  d  Labour'd 
 to  him.  He  omitted  nothing  to  perfuade  him  to  take 
 fomeufeful  Refblution  for  the  good  of  the  Churches.  He 
 imploy'd  in  his  Difcourfc  all  the  .Votives  of  Religion,  of 
 Honor,  and  of  Intereft  ;  the  good  of  the  State,  the  Ad- 
 vantage of  the  common  Caufe,  the  particular  intereft  of 
 his  Perfbnand  of  his  Family  ;  Remonftranccs ,  Reaibn- 
 ings,  Conjurations,  &c.  But  he  could  not  prevail  upon 
 his  Mind  which  was  prepoffefs'd  by  D.agcan.  Lefdigui- 
 
 eres 
 
Book  VII.    EdtB  of  Nantes.  4.1 5 
 
 eres  IdTen'd  as  much  as  he  could  by  his  Anfwer,  the  Sub-  162 1, 
 je&s  of  Complaint  and  of  diffidence  alledg'd  by  the  Mar- 
 quefs.  He  endeavour^  to  prove,  chat  ail  the  proceedings  of 
 the  Court  werejuft;  and  gave  no  other  Advice,but  that  cf 
 O  -\  ing,  and  of  fubmitting.     But  he  accompany 'd  his 
 Advice  wit]i  lo  many  fair  Words,  and  with  fuch  afTuran- 
 ces  of  his  AnV-hon  for  the  Churches,  that  the  Marquefs, 
 was  eoprftraWfU  to  leem  fatisfy'd  with  his  Refufa!  >  and 
 to  feem  to  believe  that  he  fpoke  from  the  bottom  of  his 
 heart.    He  never  put  off  his  Mask  till  became  to  Pans, 
 and  oblig'd  himfelf  to  ferve  aga in fl  the  Churches. 
 
 But  as  there  were  Members  of  the  Affenahly  at  Bosket,  IbtAffim- 
 \\  ho  acquainted  the  King  with  all  the  Tranfacltons  there,fb 
 there  were  Perfons  at  Court,   who  gave  the  Affembly  a  t^A%d 
 faithful  Account  of  all  the  RefoJutions  that  were  ukti\thmf:hc:- 
 there  againft :  them     So  that,  after  they  knew  that  the 
 Ffing  WW  gone  from  Pins,    they  did  Nominate  Nine 
 Commiuio  iers  to  draw  a  fettlement  of  War :  And  on  the 
 ro:h  of  Mi,",  after  having  heard  that  Seditions  were  made 
 in  a!l  parts  againft  the  Reformed  ;  That  the  King  had  made 
 a  fet  dement  of  near  5-0000  Men  on  his  fide  5  that  he  had: 
 made  a  New  Edicr,  which  at  the  the  bottom  was  only  a 
 Declaration  of  War}  That  he  was  gone  from  Fontain- 
 11  m  fully  refolvrd  to  begin  it  in  Poito.i  ;    That  confe- 
 quently  there  was  no  longer  any  re  1  ion  to  rely  0:1  Nego- 
 I  atrons,  they  agreed  upon  47  Articles  prcpar'd  by  their 
 Commiflioners,  which  Regulated  the  Di-ftribution  of  the 
 Provinces,  the  Generals  that  fhould  Command  there,. 
 the;r  Power,  their  Office,  the  Authority  of  the  Provin- 
 cial Councils  oil  1  of  the  Affembly  h   the  Difcipline  they 
 ih yj\d  obferve  in  their  Arms      The  manner  of  Treating 
 Priloners  of  War,  and  of  managing  Military  Entetprifesj 
 what  fhould  be  freed  from  Spoils,  anJ  what  fhould  be  ob- 
 ferVd  for  Correfpondence.    They  alfb  contain'd  Regu- 
 lation, for  the  Finances  ;  and  the  manner  of  Raiflng.them, 
 of  receiving  them,  and  of  laying  them  out.      The  laft 
 made  Prcvifon  for  the  Subfiftance  of  the  P^fomPd,  that 
 
 ihotild; 
 
4-1  ^  The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 162T.  fhould  beoblig'd  to  quit  their  ufual  abode,  and  to  aban- 
 i^v^don  all  their  Eftate  daring  the  War.  But  the  firft  was 
 %eV''p7o?  tne  mo^  remarkable ,  by  reafon,  that  it  contain'd  the 
 vinces  into  divifion  of  all  the  Churches  of  the  Kingdom  into  Cir- 
 cles, which  were  to  have  each  their  General,  and  to 
 furnifh  a  certain  part  of-  the  IVen  and  Sums,  that  were 
 necelXary  for  the  common  defence.  Thofe  Circles  had 
 been  Instituted  long  ago:  But  they  were  only  compos'd 
 at  firft  of  fome  Neighbouring  Provinces ,  who  were  to 
 AlTemble  themfelves  by  the  Deputies  of  their  refpeclive 
 Councils,  as  foon  as  any  of  them  fhould  he  attack'd  5  and 
 were  oblig'd  to  affift  each  other,  as  Toon  as  requir'd.  They 
 had  Uunitcd  thofe  in  fuch  a  manner  which  were  able  to 
 maintain  their  Correfpondence  with  left  difficulty  ,  and 
 that  border'd  in  part  upon  each  other.  Some  Alterations 
 were  made  about  that  Inftitution  upon  the  Occafion  of 
 the  approaching  War  :  particularly,  in  that  a  Man  of 
 Quality  was  created  General  ofevery  Circle :. So  that  thefaii 
 Divifion  feem'd  to  be  form'd  upon  the  Model  of  the  Circles 
 of  Germany,  from  whence  the  very  Name  of  Circle  was 
 borrow 'd. 
 
 The  May.      Thofe  Circles  were  of  an  unequal  Extent,  according  as 
 Boupfon        Prov'nces  °f  which  they  were  compos'd,  had  more 
 refufes  tbeOt  Iefs  Churches  or  ftrong  Places ;  and  by  that  Inequality 
 pbu  of  0f  Extent,  the  Reformed  had  endeavoured  to  make  them 
 General.    partjy  eqUajjy  ftr0ng.    There  were  Eight  of  thofe  Cir- 
 cles.   The  firft  was  compofed  of  the  Ille  of  France,  of 
 Normandy,  Piekardy,  Bea/sffc,  Berry,  A<ijoh,  Maim^  Per- 
 che,  Tourane,  excepting  the  Ifle  of  Bouchard,  which  was 
 joyn'd  to  another  Circle.    The  Generality  of  that  great 
 Circle  was  deUgn'd  for  the  Duke  of  Bouillon.  Moreover, 
 the  Office  of  General ' jfuns  of  the  whole  Party  was  offer- 
 ed him;  but  he  refused  it  upon  the  Account  of  his  Age, 
 and  of  the  Gout,  which  he  was  very  much  troubled 
 with.    He  remained  Neuter,  as  to  Ac~ti  n  ;  but  he  often 
 gave  the  AfTembly  gocd  Advices,  which  were  not  fol- 
 lowed.   Among  the  reft  he  advh»'d  them  to  put  a  Garifon 
 
 of 
 
Book  VII.      Ed'fd  of  Nantes.  4.1.7 
 
 of  Six  thouQnd  Men  into  S.inmur,  by  reafon  that  it  was  162 1, 
 not  likely  that  the  King  would  leave  a  Place  of  that  Con-  '^/v^ 
 fequence  behind  him  5  and  that  if  they  did  put  a  fuffici- 
 <ent  Garifon  into  it ,    to  refift  the  firft  Effort  of  his 
 Arms,  the  War  would  fbon  beat  an  end.    The  Aflembly 
 believed  him,  and  fent  Forces  to  fecure  that  Place  ;  Bat  irrepara- 
 upon  lome  ill  Advice,  they  were  countermanded,  after  rt"fjl 
 they  had  begun  their  March.    Soon  after  it,  when  they  ;", 
 heard  that  the  King  was  marching  that  way,  they  were 
 fenfible  of  the  Fault  they  had  committed,  in  not  provid- 
 ing the  laid  City  with  Men,  Amunitions,  and  Money. 
 They  endeavoured  to  repair  that  Fault  by  Diligence  3  but 
 the  King  made  yet  more  Diligence  than  the  AiTembly,  and 
 before  the  Relief  they  fent  was  got  half  way,  he  had  turn- 
 ed Dfi  Plfjis  and  his  Garifon  out  of  Saumur. 
 
 The  Second  Circle,  compoled  of  Pcitou,  of  Bretagne,  General  cf 
 and  of  the  City  and  Ifle  of  Bouchard,  was  to  be  Governed  theCircle'> 
 by  Soubife,  Brother  to  the  Duke  of  Rohan.  La  Trimouilte 
 had  the  Government  of  the  Third,  which  was  to  contain 
 Angoiimoi$)  Samtonge,  and  the  Iflands.  The  Lower  Guy- 
 enne  made  the  fourth  Circle,  and  La.  jForce  was  Governor 
 ,of  it.  The  Fifth,  given  to  the  Marquefshis  Son,  compre- 
 hended Beam,  and  the  Dependencies  thereof.  The  Vpper 
 Languedoc,  and  the  Vpper  Guytnne,  which  made  the  Sixth, 
 was  to  be  Commanded  by  the  Duke  de  Rohan.  The  Se- 
 venth, which  contained  the  Lower  Longucdoc,  the  Ceven- 
 nes,  Givaudan,  and  Vivarets,  was  to  be  Governed  by  Qba- 
 tillon.  And  the  Eighth,  compofed  of  Burgundy,  Provence 
 and  Da-tphtxe,  was  left  to  Lefdiguieres,  from  whom  it 
 could  not  be  taken.  Roche/  made  a  Circle  apart  in  that 
 Divifion  ;  and  there  was  a  particular  Exception  in  favour 
 of  them  in  the  Forty  feven  Articles  I  have  mentioned, 
 which  exempted  them  then  and  for  the  future  of  having 
 any  Governor  befides  their  Mayor.  Of  ail  thofe  Circles, 
 none  but  the  Vpper  Guyenne  made  any  Refinance  that  year, 
 fo  ttmit  proved  by  fo  much  the  more  eafie  for  the  King  to 
 vanquifli,  that  he  had  inerTecl  but  the  Eighth  part  of  the 
 
 e  e  Reform '4 
 
4-1 S  Tloe  Hlftory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.  Reform  A  of  his  Kingdom  to  deal  with  fince  even  in  that 
 l^v^  Circle  which  made  fome  Refinance ,  leveral 'i owns  and 
 
 Captains  made  none  at  all. 
 Stat  cf  the    The  Catholicks  made  a  great  deal  of  Noife  about  thefe 
 jsfmbiy.  Settlements  ,  and  for  that  the  Affembly  had  earned  anew 
 Seal  to  be  engraven,  in  order  to  fix  it  to  their  Ordinances 
 and  Commiiiions.   The  Conftable  himleJf  reprefentcd  that 
 Action  as  a  publick  Declaration  of  their  Refolution  to 
 withdraw  from  their  Allegiance  to  the  King;  of  defign- 
 ing  to  eftablifh  a  New  H'U:ind\n  Frat;ce,znd  to  fettlea  Re- 
 publick  there,  of  which  the  Aifembly  retained  the  Supe- 
 riority.   It  was  eafieto  perfuade  it  to  the  King,  who  was 
 bred   with  an  Averfion  to  the  Reform 'd}  and  was  ever 
 iulceptible  to  the  Jealoufies,   that  were  inlpir'd  in  him 
 about  his  Authority.     But  to  fay  the  Truth,  it  was  a 
 wretched  Reproach  ;  for  if  the  War  was  juft  on  the  fide 
 of  the  R  f  nmd,  the  Regulations  made,  in  order  toiuftain 
 it,  and  the  Seal  engraven  in  the  Name  of  their  Union, 
 could  not  rei  der  it  Criminal.    The  Queftion  was,  whe- 
 ther the  Reform  d  were  in  the  Right  to  take  up  Arms  5  by 
 reafbn  that  granting,  that  it  could  be  no  Crime  in  them 
 to  make  Law  s  to  unite  themfelves,  nor  to  agree  about  a 
 Seal,  as  a  General  Mark  to  know  each  other  by.  More- 
 over the  laid  Seal  was  only  an  Emblem  of  their  Religion, 
 the  fame  as  is  (till  often  met  with  in  the  fit  ft  Page  of  the 
 Books  of  Religion,  written  for  the  ufe  of  the  Reformed. 
 There  only  were  fome  Words  ingraven  about  it,  which 
 fignify'd  that  they  took  up  Arms  for  Cbr/ft,  and  for  his 
 Flock.    The  firft  Letter  of  the  la  ft  Word  not  making  a 
 good  Impreflion  upon  the  W7ax,  theSence  was- different, 
 and  the  Words  that  appeared,  fignified  only  for  Chrifi, 
 and  for  the  Ki>,g.    This  Diverfity  might  perfuade  fome 
 People  that  they  had  two  Seals  5  and  there  are  fome  Writ- 
 ings of  Catholicks,  in  which  there  are  Remarks  that  mow 
 that  fome  have  read  it  one  way,  and  others  ?nother  ;  but 
 I. find  nothing  pofitive  about  it  in  the  Mmoires  I  have 
 ieen.. 
 
 Befides 
 
Book  VII.      EdM  of  Nantes.  4,79 
 
 Befides  thefe  Regulations,  the  Aflembly  did  defend  1621. 
 themfelves  by  Apologies  and  Manifp.fto's,  while  the  King 
 prels'd  them  with  Sword  in  hand.    All  the  Lords  upon1**  p,'are~ 
 the  Difcontents  of  which  they  reckoned,  had  made  their/il-/^ 
 Peace  with  the  Conltable,  and  lerv'd  againft  them.  Tfatiffmai. 
 Duke  dt  Msyenne  commanded  a  Body  of  Men  in  Gayenxu 
 The  Prince  of  Conde  commanded  another  in  Berry,  where 
 he  befieged  fuch  Places  as  did  not  open  their  Gates  to 
 him,  and  difarmed  the  Reform  d  that  made  no  Defence. 
 He  took  by  a  Form  of  Siege  Sully  and  Smarm  ;  and  the 
 Reform 'd  of  Blots,  ofTonrs,  and  other  Places,  where  they 
 were  not  much  to  be  feared,  were  obliged,  like  the  reft, 
 to  furTer  themfelves  to  be  difarmed.    Count  de  St.  Paul  be- 
 ing atfifted  by  the  Marfhal  de  Vttri,  made  himfelf  Matter 
 of  Gtrgeaw-)  and  thus  the  Reformed  had  no  Retreat  left 
 them  about  de  Loire,    The  Duke  de  Lotguevil'e  difarm'd 
 them  al!b  in  Nvrmandy  ;  and  they  received  the  like  Treat- 
 ment in  all  the  Provinces  the  King  left  behind  him.  This 
 Proceeding  fo  contrary  to  the  la  ft  Declaration,  which  pro- 
 mifed  fuch  great  Matters  to  thofe  that  fhould  remain  at 
 Home,  caft  a  Terror  and  Repentance  in  the  Hearts  of  all 
 thofe  unfortunate  People,  who  regretted  too  late  their 
 having  repofed  fo  much  Confidence  in  a  Court,  accuftom- 
 el  by  the  Duke  de  Lmnes  to  violate  them,  as  foon  as  they 
 found  a  fpecious  Pretence  to  do  it.    The  fair  Words  of 
 thofe  who  committed  thofe  Violences  could  not  remove 
 their  Confternation,  being  then  afraid  that  the  Catholicks 
 would  only  wait  for  the  happy  Succcfs  of  fome  Battle  or 
 Siege  to  Maffacre  them.    Infomuch  thac  many  of  them  vtaftM*. 
 fled  out  of  the  Kingdom,  or  retired  in  fuch  Places,  v.  here 
 they  were  in  hopes  of  meeting  1  rienJs  and  Pretectors.  D:JertiQV" 
 Seds/t  was  crouded  with  them.    Even  tho'e  who  cou!d 
 not  refblve  to  quit  their  Eftates,  fent  their  Children  or 
 Wives  into  Places  of  bafety,  and  remained  at  Home,  a'- 
 moft  perfuaded  that  they  (hojld  be  t lie  Vidi  is  cf  feme 
 Bloody  Orders,  or  of  fome  Popular  Sedition. 
 
 e  e  a 
 
 But 
 
xi  o  The  Htjlory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 162  r.     Bjt  nothing  made  fo  much  Noife,  as  the  Trick  that  was 
 put  upon  Du  PitJJis,  who  was  the  King's  old,  and  Faith- 
 u%  Sa       Servant.    The  King  lent  him  word  that  he  defigned 
 PJeOls  to  to  take  up  his  Quarters  at  Saumxr,  and  VilUrnoul  his  Son- 
 £^&«iyfo#Law  was  told  pofitively,  that  he  had  fent  to  Court  to 
 *  hands,  learn  the  Kings  Intentions,and  that  no  more  fhould  be  done 
 on  thisGccafion,  than  had  been  done  on  others,  when  the 
 King  and  Queen  Mother  had  lodged  there.    That  Du 
 Pitffn  fhould  only  draw  out  the  Garifon  of  the  Cattle  for 
 Form  fake,  and  that  after  the  King  had  tarry'd  there  as 
 long  as  he  thought  convenient,hs  would  leave  him  the  Go- 
 vernment of  the  Place,  as  he  had  poffelfcd  it  till  then.  Lpf> 
 c'ijriitres  and  the  Conftable  engaged  their  Words  to  him 
 for  it  pofitively.    Neverthelels,  Du  Pi'jfis  was  turned  out 
 of  the  Cattle,  under  Pretence  to  Lodge  the  King  there, 
 and  they  did  not  fb  much  as  allow  him  one  Chamber 
 f^r  his  Family.    Soon  after  it,  he  was  told  that  the  King 
 defigned  to  keep  Ssnmar  at  leaft  for  three  Month >  longer* 
 and  finally,  he  was  offered  a  Recompence  for  it.    He  ne- 
 ver would  accept  any  Composition  ;  and  he  expreiTed  a 
 great  deal  of  Concern  to  find,  that  after  Two  and  thirty 
 Years  Tryal  of  his  Probity,  he  was  fufpe&ed  of  not  being 
 able  to  preferve  the  fame  Probity  to  the  end  of  his  Life. 
 He  infilled  ftrongly  upon,  that  there  remained  frill  near 
 four  Years  of  the  Time  for  which  the  laft  Brief  confirmed 
 the  keeping  of  the  Places  of  Surety.    He  propofed  Means 
 to  remain  in  the  faid  Place,  without  giving  the  King  any 
 fealoufies;  and  reprefented,  that  the  faid  City  was  a  Re* 
 f age  to  many  peaceable  Families,  who  were  come  thither 
 out  of  the  Country  and  eliewhere,  to  avoid  the  Spoils  or 
 War.    That  their  Terrors  would  be  revived,  in  cafe  the 
 Appearance  of  Surety,  they  expected  to  find  in  the  City, 
 fhould  be  removed  ;  and  the  natural  Inhabitants  would 
 forfake  all  themfelves,  if  he  received  a  Treatment,  of 
 hich  they  would  think  the  Conlequences  would  prove 
 fatal  to  them., 
 
 All 
 
Book  VII.      Ediff  of  Nantes.  £4 1 
 
 All  this  produc'd  nothing  but  Promifes  by  Word  of  1621. 
 Mouth,  and  in  Writing,  Sign'd  by  the  Conftable,  and  '^Y^> 
 by  the  King  himfe.'f,  to  return  him  the  Place  in  a  ccr- ™fe 
 tain  time  ;  and  to  amufe  him  in  the  mean  time,  they  Pnmifa 
 left  him  the  Tide  of  Governor,  and  put  Count  dt  S.tulx  tV£,!  :n 
 Grand-Son  to  Ufdigikns,  who  ftill  profefs'd  the  Re- lVritl'"s' 
 formed  Religion,  into  S.tuwur,  to  keep  the  Place  as  long 
 as  the  King  laid  thac  he  would  detain  it  ;   but  in  or- 
 der that  Du  Plc'Jis  might- only  have  the  Shadow  of  the  Go- 
 vernment, a  Cacholick  Ganfon  was  put  in  it.  Soon 
 after  that,   Da  PL fits  retir'd  to  his  Houfe  of  La  Foret 
 upon  Siivte,  where  he  toon  difcover'd  that  he  <-vas  foo!- 
 lJ.    This  Difgrace  drew  a  thouland  Reproaches  from 
 the     Atfembly     upon     him.       They     called     him  RT'^ 
 Coward,    Hypocrite,  and    Defcrter.     They  had  been  mh£\jthe 
 ealous  cf    him  for    fome    time  ;    and    they    had  jjfemblj, 
 like   to  have  fei?/d  upon  Vilhmn.J^  the  la  ft  time  he 
 came  to  Mukei  with  the  InftrucTions  of  his  Father-in- 
 Law.    His  Councils,  which  always  thwarted  thofe  of 
 tlie  Afltmbly,  and  that  were  ever  contriv'd  with  Ltfli- 
 r.-kres,  had  created  great  jeibufies  ;  fo  that  the  feiz- 
 jng  or  Siumur,  which  was  only  a  Trick  of  the  Court,  was 
 look'd  upon  in  the  A 'Terribly  as  a   piece  of  Trcafon  of 
 Du  PI?///*,  which  they  upbraided  him  with  in  very  difl 
 oViigi.nz  Terms.    Time  jufli'y'd  him,  even  to  thofe  that 
 were  molt  fufp'cious  ;  and  when  they   ftw  him  dye 
 within  fome  years  after  it,  without  having  received 
 from  the  Court  the  juf!  Reeompence,  either  of  the  Go- 
 vernment, or  of  the  Expences  he  had  been  at,  nor  yet 
 cf  his  Goods,  and  particularly  of    his  Books,  which 
 had  been  exposM  to  a  kind  of  Plunder,  nor   of  the 
 Amunitions  he  had  paid  for  with  his  own  Money,  nor 
 of   feveral  other  things,  in  which  he  had  been  a  great 
 Sufferer,  they  found  that  the  Court  had  impos'd  upon  his 
 Good  Nature  and  Sincerity. 
 
 ffee 
 
5 %%  The  Hijlory  of  the      Vol.  II. 
 
 1 62 1.     The  King  publifhed  anocher  new  Declaration  at  /vV- 
 ^^rO  ort  on  the  27th  of  M.ty,  which  declaring  all  the  Cities 
 ^'clnafil  and  Perfons  Criminal,  whofided  with  the  Affembly,  and 
 m  againft  particularly,  the  Cities  of  Rocbtl  and  Sr.  John  £  Jngtly, 
 thecities  0f  which,  the  one  harbor'd  the  Affembly,  and  the  0- 
 2°o/ie'ther  was  preparing  to  fuftain  a  Siege,  forbad  all  the 
 sr.  John  Rtformd  to  adhere  to  that  Party,  or  to  acknowledge 
 d'Angeii,  tneGeneral  Affembly,  or  any  other  Affembly,  Circles,  A- 
 bridgments,   Councils  of  Provinces,   or  Congregations 
 that  held  any  Correfpondence  with  the  Affembly  of  Ro- 
 che/, or  that  fhotild  be  held  without  pofitive  Leave 
 from  the  King.    All  their  Adherents  were  declar'd  guil- 
 ty of  High-Trcafon  in  ir,  and  Condemn'd  to  the  Pu- 
 nifhments  expreffed  in  the  Ordinances.    The  Cities  of 
 Rochd  and  of  St.  John  cPAngeli,  and  thole  that  fol- 
 lowed their  Examples,  were  depriv'd  of  all  the  Grants, 
 Privileges,  Franchifes,  and  other  Favours  they  had  ob- 
 Wkhh  0-  tain'd  from  the  Kings.    But  that  which  was  moft  re- 
 biigerthe  markable,  was  a  Command  made  to  all  the  Refirm'd 
 ttr«»KH«  Gentlemen  and  others,  of  what  Quality  fbever,  even  in 
 the  p^ty  the  Cities  and  Communities,  to  repair  to  the  regillcr  Office 
 fjb!  ^"oftheBayliwickoiSenefliallhipofthtii  Precinft,there  tode- 
 Writing,  clare  that  they  would  ferve  the  King  againft  thofe  that 
 adhear'd  to  the  Affembly  :  That  they  did  renounce  all 
 manner  of  Communication  with  them,  and  that  they 
 difown'd  whatever  m'ght  be  refolv'd  on  there,  or  in 
 any  other  Affemblies  of  the  fame  Party  ;  which  the 
 King  moreover  would  oblige  every  one  or  them  to  give 
 in  Writing  for  their  Difcharge.    This  was  Executed 
 with  fb  much  Severity,  that  the  Duke  de  Sully,  and  the 
 Marquefs  de  Ro;^y  his  Son, were  fore'd  to  ferve  as  Examples 
 to  others,  and  to  fign  the  Declaration  in  the  Terms  of 
 that  Ordinance.    Care  was  taken  to  fend  a  particular  ac- 
 count to  Court  of  the  manner  in  which  it  had  been  re- 
 jected, or  received,  in  thofe  Places  where  it  was  lent; 
 and  it  was  obfervabIes  that  where-ever  there  were  Per- 
 fons brib'd  by  the  Court,  the  Obedience  was  very  exaft. 
 
 Thus 
 
Book  VII.      Edicl  of  Nantes.  a&  $ 
 
 Thus  far  the  King  had  met  no  manner  of  Oppofition,and  1621. 
 all  the  Governors  of  the  Places  of  Surety  that  happen'd  ^ 
 to  be  in  his  Way,  deliver'd  up  their  Places  to  him 
 with  as  much  ETeas  Du  VI  ffuk^  but  their  Prudence  had;*/}  «f  »u 
 more  Intcreft  in  it.    They  all  fecur'd  Recompences  for the  G™erm 
 their  Covvardizej  and  that  Commerce  was  fo  much  intZru 
 vogue  during  that  War,   that  no  body  furrender'd  up  Surety.. 
 a  "lovi  n  to  the  King,  without  obtaining  fomcthing  for 
 it.    Hvcn  four  of  them,  who  had   lurrender'd  their 
 Towns  up  generoufly  to  the  King  at   Hrit ,  without 
 bargaining  tor  it,  bethought  themfelves,  feeing  the  Ad- 
 vantages others  got  by  their  Obedience,  and  prevailed 
 with  iome  Places  to  revolt,  in  order  to  have  an  Op- 
 portunity to  make  a  Treaty  bv  which  they  might  get 
 ibmerhing.     Parakre  furrendcr'd  Niort  with  Oitenrati- 
 on.  LouUrierts,  who  was  only  Deputy  Governor  in  Fon- 
 le  Comte^  delivered  the  Place  without  acquainting 
 the  Governor  with  it,  who  was  a  blent.    After  which, 
 he  had  the  Confidence  to  lock  himfelf  up  in  Sr.  ^obr!  eT Avge- 
 i/y  in  order  to  form  fome  Divifion  there,  under  pre- 
 tence ot  Serving  during  the  Siege  of  that  City,  which 
 the  King  threatned  }  and  Sovbtfe  was  either  io  impru- 
 dent,   or  fo  ill  informed,  as  to  receive  him.  Chateau 
 neufj  Governor  cf  Pons,  funer'd  himlelf  to  be  gain'd 
 by.  Ltfd'gnieres,  though  he  had  been  one  of  the  hot- 
 eft,  and  moft  obftinate  of  the  AiTembly.    The  Truth  is, 
 that  the  Court  feem'd  to  Befiege  that  Place,  the  bet- 
 ter tocolour  that  Treaty.    Thole  Bargains  were  in  vogue 
 even  in  thofe  Provinces  where  the  King  was  not  in  Per- 
 fon,  and  Mongommtry  ,  who  Commanded  in  Pcntcr/o;?,  a 
 fmali  Sea  Pert  Town  in  Nr,mandy^  deliver'd  it  up  to  the 
 King  on  certain  Conditions.    Argenton,  theonly  Place  of 
 Surety  the  RtforrnA  had  in  Berry,  was  deliver  d  up  to  thejv^  King- 
 Prince  of  Conde,  upon  the  Account  of  fuch  a  Bargain.  fa4t>>>oiijhes 
 fbon  as  the  King  was  Matter  of  any  Place,  he  caus'd  Ehejjj^p- 
 Fortifications  to  bedemolilhed  '■>  which  might  have  (eem-  the  Cities 
 ed  ftrange,  had  not  the  World  had  evident  Proofs  before 
 
 Ot     to  him* 
 
424  Hifiory  of  the       Vol  II. 
 
 162 1.  of  the  Dilingenuity  of  thofe  that  Govern'd  him.  Thofc 
 Towns  which  furrender'd  at  the  fir  ft  Summons  could 
 not  be  treated  as  Rebels 5  and  whereas  they  belong'd 
 to  the  Churches  yet  for  above  three  years  to  come, 
 according  to  the  laft  Brief,  confirm'd  mice  by  the  Writ- 
 ing the  King  had  given  to  On  Pfcffis,  the  King  ought 
 to  have  been  fatisfied  with  their  Submiffion,  without 
 depriving  the  RtfornSd,  who  kept  within  the  Bounds 
 of  Duty,  and  who  furrender'd  them  fo  handfomly  of 
 thofe  Refuges.  But  the  Defign  of  that  War,  was 
 to  revoke  the  Briefs  ;  and  whatever  Diftinclion  the 
 Court  had  promis'd  to  make  between  the  Reform*  d 
 that  were  Peaceable,  and  the  Factious,  they  were  re- 
 folv'd  equally  to  take  all  the  Places  of  Surety  from 
 them. 
 
 'AlBkgy  of  The  Apolocy  of  the  Affembly  appear'd  about  the 
 of  that  Commerce  of  Cities,  under  the  Title  of 
 Declaration  of  the  Churches  of  France,  and  of  the  So- 
 vtraignty  of  Beam,  in  their  Afitmbly  At  tvochel,  of  the 
 tinjn(l  i"rof  cation  they  Are  frofecated  with  by  the  Ene- 
 mies of  the  StAte,  and  of  their  Religion,  and  of  their 
 Lwful  and  neceffary  Defence.  All  the  Editions  of  that 
 Apology  are  not  alike  5  fome  have  Articles  that  are  not 
 in  the  others  :  Some  of  them  have  not,  what  we  read 
 in  others  ;  that  the  Edict  of  Nantes  was  made  at  a 
 time  when  the  Reformed  might  have  fhared  the  King- 
 dom with  the  Catholicks,  if  they  had  pleased  ;  which 
 they  had  renounced,  by  reafon  that  they  only  defired 
 the  Liberty  cf  their  Confciences ;  and  that  having 
 fubfcribed  the  Peace  on  thofe  Conditions,  they  were 
 in  the  right  to  make  War,  when  that  Condition  was 
 violated,  to  preferve  by  Arms,  what  they  had  loft  by 
 a  Cowardly  Peace.  But  at  the  Bottom,  the  beginning  of  that 
 
Book  VII.      Edi&  of  Nantes.  3  o  1 
 
 and  perhaps  this  air  of  Loftinefs  would  have  been  excus'd,  1621. 
 had  the  Aflembly  had  ftrength  enough  to  have  made  it  good. 
 After  the  accuftom'd  Proteftations  in  Manifefto's,  and  an  Invi- 
 vitation  of  French  and  Foreigners  to  hear  the  Complaints 
 which  they  had  to  make,  by  the  way  they  refuted  the  Reproach 
 of  Rebellion,  and  fell  foul  again  upon  the  Project:  of  ruining 
 the  Reformed  ever  fincethe  fitting  of  the  States  in  1615.  where 
 there  was  a  Propofal  made  for  petitioning  the  King  to  fulfil  his 
 Coronation  Oath.    More  efpecially  they  lay  hard  upon  the  Je- 
 fuits,  and  principally  upon  the  King's  Confelfor,  whom  they 
 attacqu'd  with  a  long  Inve&ive.   They  ript  up  his  Behaviour  ^vae3vfhe 
 at  Beam,  his  Attempts  againfl:  the  Parlament  of  Paris,  whofe  Jfflt  Ar- 
 Decrees  he  had  caus'd  to  be  canceled ;  and  againft  the  Univerfi-  noux. 
 ty,  whole  Cenfures  he  had  caus'd  to  be  difannulld :  his  Credit 
 greater  then  that  of  the  Bifhops,  who  in  three  days  had  pre- 
 vailed to  get  the  Decree  of  Compenfation  paft,  which  the  whole 
 Clergy  had  folicited  fifteen  years  in  vain  ;  the  Tricks  which  he 
 us'd  to  abufe  the  King's  tender  Confcience,  and  the  Authority 
 which  he  aflum'd  to  himfelf,  to  be  of  his  Council  of  Confcience, 
 From  thence  they  paft  to  the  Maxims  of  his  Society,  touching 
 Faith  and  Promifes  eqgag'd  to  Heretics ;  to  the  Teftimonies  of 
 the  Clergy's  paflionare  Violence  ;  to  the  unjuft  A&s  of  the  Par- 
 laments  ;  to  the  Admonitions  whifper'd  in  the  ears  of  the  Re- 
 formed at  Court,  that  they  muft  either  quit  the  King's  Service  or 
 their  Religion.    Nor  did  they  forget  the  Affairs  of  the  Counci- 
 lors in  Parlament ;  the  Corruption  of  the  Governors  of  the  Pla- 
 ces of  Security  ;  the  feditious  Sermons  of  the  Preachers  ;  the 
 plundring  of  Churches  •  the  digging  up  the  Dead  out  of  their 
 Graves  ;  the  cruel  ufage  of  thole  that  lay  Sick  and  upon  their 
 Death-beds  inHofpitals,  where  they  were  deni'd  requifite  Nou- 
 rifhment  and  Remedies ;  and  the  forcing  of  Chi'dren  from  their 
 Mothers  Arms.    They  complain'd  further,  That  when  the  Re- 
 formed had  recourie  to  the  Magiftrates  for  Juftice,  they  were 
 flouted  and  laught  at  ;  and  thac  when  they  went  to  lay  their 
 Complaints  at  the  King's  feer,  they  were  treated  as  Rebels. 
 
 After  this,  they  proceeded  to  the  Affairs  of  the  Allembly  of 
 Loudon;  and  having  laid  open  the  Original  and  Benefit  of  thofe 
 Afiemblies,  they  juftifi'd  this  by  the  manifold  Oppreflions,  of 
 
 A  a  a  which 
 
02  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 £ii  which  they  had  fo  much  realbn  to  complain.  They  fet  down 
 at  large  the  feries  of  all  their  Differences  and  Contefts  with  the 
 King,  till  their  Breaking  up  ;  and  till  the  Promifes  made  'em  by 
 the  Prince  of  Conde  and  the  Duke  of  Lunes ;  and  made  it  out 
 how  all  thofe  Promifes  had  been  violated.  They  gave  an  Ac- 
 count of  the  King's  march  into  Beam,  and  of  all  the  Violences 
 which  had  been  there  committed.  And  here  they  hinted  all 
 along  at  the  ^ophifin  which  the  Jefuit  Amoux  had  made  ufe 
 of,  to  jufiify  the  Breach  of  a  Promife  made  to  Sales*  when 
 he  was  put  out  of  Navarrezns,  that  there  fhould  be  no  Innova. 
 tions  introdue'd.  This  Promife,  faid  he,  ether  relates  to  the 
 Confctence,  or  to  the  State.  It  concerns  not  the  Conference, 
 continued  he,becaufe  it  is  contrary  to  the  Precept  of  the  Church : 
 if  then  it  be  a  State- Promife,  it  ought  to  be  referred  to  theoV 
 cret  Council,  whofe  Opinion  it  is,  that  it  ought  not  to  be  kept. 
 This  Sophifm  would  not  fuffer  the  King,  who  was  rather  a  good 
 Prince  then  a  Logician,  to  follow  his  own  Inclination,  which 
 was  to  be  as  good  as  his  word. 
 
 Then  they  proceeded  to  make  a  difplay  of  the  Artifices  which 
 the  Court  made  ufe  of  to  corrupt  Lefdigukres',  the  War  of  PrJ* 
 vas  ;  Mommorancis  Exploits  ;  the  way  which  they  took  to  gain 
 Cbatillon,  and  ruin  both  la  Force  and  his  Children.  They  urg'd 
 the  common  Reports,  that  gave  out  nothing  but  the  deftru&ion 
 of  the  Proteftants,  and  went  fb  far  as  Co  limit  the  time  within 
 three  months.  To  thefe  things  they  added  the  new  Exploits  of 
 the  Duke  of  Efpemon  in  Beam,  and  of  the  King  himfelf  at  Sau- 
 mur.  They  took  notice  of  the  Cunning  of  the  Court,  who  had 
 invited  the  Duke  of  Rohan,  and  the  Duke  of  Subife,  his  Brother 
 to  meet  the  King,  to  the  end  that  Auriac,  who  betray'd  'em, 
 might  more  eafily  furprize  St.  John  £ Angeli ;  which  he  at- 
 tempted in  vain,  becaufe  they  kept  out  of  the  fnare.  They 
 add  the  fmall  Satisfaction  which  the  Court  had  given  to  the 
 particular  and  general  Commiffioners  ;  and  they  obferv'd  that 
 when  Lefdiguitres  had  written  to  the  Aflembly  to  oblige  'em  to 
 break  up,  he  would  never  promife  'em  any  thing  in  the  King's 
 Name,  but  only  upon  his  own  fcore  ;  by  which  it  was  appa- 
 rent, that  he  was  willing  to  referve  an  Excufe  to  himfelf,  that 
 It  could  not  poffibly  alter  the  King's  mind.   But  in  regard  it 
 
 was^ 
 
Book  VII.      EM  of  Nantes.  303 
 
 was  charg'd  upon  the  Auemblies  General  as  a  Crime,  that  they  162 1. 
 refus'd  to  break  up,  before  they  had  receiv'd  an  Anfwer  to  their 
 Papeis  which  the  States  General  refus'd  to  give  em,  they  Q&tfy  **? 
 forth  the  Inequality  of  thefe  two  forts  of  AiTemblies :  for  that;^f/.' 
 the  States  General  met  together  to  make  Laws  and  Regulations  break  up, 
 of  State,  the  Authority  of  which  ought  (blely  to  flow  from  the  tkeir 
 King.    But  the  Auemblies  of  the  Reformed  meeting  only  to  it?'** 
 demand  Reparation  for  Wrongs  and  OppreiTions,  which  fa'd /»«»•'<£ 
 'em  within  the  Rules  of  ordinary  Juftice,  whereby  the  Parties 
 were  not  oblig'd  to  withdraw  themfelves,  till  their  Complaints 
 were  adjudged  ;  they  concluded  with  a  Proteftation,  That  they 
 had  no  Defign  againft  Regal  Authority ;  they  glori'd  in  the 
 Services  that  were  done  the  two  laft  Henries,  by  the  Reformed 
 againft  the  Catholics;  they  ofter'd  all  Obedience  and  Service  to 
 Lewis  XIII,  and  implor'd  his  Royal  Succor,  and  the  Companion 
 of  Foreign  Princes,  but  principally  God's  Aififtance  againft 
 their  Oppreffors.    This  Apology  was  fign'd  by  the  Moderators 
 and  Secretaries. 
 
 There  was  an  Anfwer  made  to  it  in  the  King's  Name,  but  ^ 
 there  was  nothing  in't  to  fhew  that  it  was  own'd  by  the  King.  M^r  t0 
 Twas  laid  that  the  Oath  fworn  to  exterminate  Heretics,  of "Kt"^sthe 
 which  they  made  fuch  loud  Complaints,  was  no  new  thing ;  Name. 
 but  that  it  had  never  been  put  in  execution  ;  that  they  never 
 murmur'd  againft  Henry  IV.  who  had  taken  it  ;  and  that  Lewis 
 X(H.  had  taken  care  to  free  himfelf  from  fuch  a  cruel  Obliga- 
 tion by  a  Declaration  fet  forth  on  purpole.  They  eluded  that 
 Reproach  thrown  upon  the  Jefuits,  for  medling  more  then  be- 
 came 'em  with  the  Government,  by  faying,  That  the  Minifters 
 had  as  much  Authority  over  the  Reformed  ;  as  if  there  were 
 any  Companion  between  the  one  and  the  other  i  That  it  was 
 hereditary  to  their  SecT:,  to  feek  the  Opprefiion  of  Kings  in  their 
 Cradles ;  which  they  prov'd  by  King  Jameses  hatred  of  the  Pu- 
 ritans of  Scotland.  To  deftroy  the  Advantage  which  the  Re- 
 formed pretended  to  have  over  the  Catholic?,  in  being  more  obe- 
 dient to  their  Sovereigns,  they  allcdg'd,  A(femblies  held  in  op- 
 position to  their  Approbation  ;  the  Oath,  the  Regulations  and 
 Seal  of  the  Aflembly  of  Rocbel.  'Twas  affrned,  That  theSuc- 
 hich  the  Reformed  had  given  to  Kings,  proceeded  from 
 A  a  a  2  Intereft, 
 
304  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1621.  Jntereft,  becaufe  they  procur'd  their  own  Security  by  it  $  be- 
 sides that  they  had  fhar'd  it  with  the  Catholic  Nobility  :  And 
 here  'twas  thought  necefljry  to  add,  that  Leitottre  was  nei- 
 ther  a  City  of  Security,  nor  Marriage  ;  that  it  belong'd  by  In- 
 heritance to  Fontrailks ;  and  'twas  deem'd  no  more  then  what 
 was  reafonable  ;  that  the  Reformed  fhou'd  take  it  for  full  fatif 
 faclion,  that  it  was  given  to  BUinville.  Upon  the  Refufal  to 
 receive  the  two  Councilors  in  the  Pariament  of  Paris,  it  was 
 replfd,That  Parlaments  were  more  ancient  then  the  Reformed  * 
 that  there  was  no  Law  which  juftifi'd  the  admitting  of  Here- 
 tics into  it,  as  if  the  Edicls  of  Nantes  and  Loudun  had  not  the 
 force  of  Laws.  And  laftJy,  That  the  Reformed  had  enough  to 
 content  'em  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  Chambers,  half  one  half 
 t'other,  without  thrufting  thernfelves  into  Parlaments.  Twas 
 alledg'd,  That  they  had  no  caufe  to  complain  of  the  non-per- 
 formance of  lome  Fromifes  by  the  King,  in  regard  there  was 
 no  Law  which  oblig'd  him  to  pay  'em :  as  if  fo  many  Brevets, 
 one  after  another,  more  efpecially,  that  which  granted  a  certain 
 Sum  to  the  Reformed  in  compenfation  of  Tythes  for  their  Mini- 
 fters  Salaries,  ought  not  to  have  bin  as  etfeclual  as  any  expreis 
 Law.  Then  follow'd  a  ftorm  of  railing  Exprcflions,  which  made 
 the  Reformed  refponfible  for  ail  the  Confufions  and  Difturbances 
 which  had  happen'd  in  the  Kingdom  for  fixty  years  together : 
 as  if  they  had  bin  the  Contrivers  and  Authors  of  the  League 
 under  the  Two  laft  Reigns ;  or  of  thofe  Troubles,  of  which  the 
 prodigious  Fortune  of  Marfhal  cCAttcre  had  bin  the  occafion. 
 The  Violences  committed  at  Pan,  during  the  Proceflion  of  the 
 Eucharilr,  were  palliated,  by  faying,  That  the  People  were  ei- 
 ther to  get  out  of  the  way,  or  fall  upon  their  knees :  'twas  al- 
 ledg'd,  that  fuch  a  thing  might  be  done  by  the  favour  of  an  am- 
 biguous Expreffion  to  delude  the  Catholic's  Zeal,  and  that  it 
 was  Prudence  to  do  it  fometimes.  The  Reformed'were  accus'd 
 of  drawing  upon  thernfelves  the  Sedition  at  Tours,  by  reafon  of 
 a  Box  o'th' ear  which  one  of  'em  gave  a  Child;  and  therefore 
 adjudg'd  it  a  fufficient  Reparation  for  their  Lodes,  that  four  or 
 five  of  the  Canaille  were  hang'd  for  it.  ^s  to  the  forcing  away 
 of  Children,  of  which  the  Reformed  made  great  Complaints, 
 the  Anfwerers  endeavour'd  to  make  it  lawful,  by  faying,  That 
 
 the 
 
Book  VII.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  305 
 
 the  Children  became  Catholics  by  Choice  at  the  Age  of  Fifteen  1621, 
 years ;  and  that  there  was  a  very  ancient  Law  which  allow'd 
 'em  to  be  Matters  of  their  Choice  at  that  Age.    So  that  the  ex- 
 prefs  Provifions  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  were  lookt  upon  as  no- 
 thing by  the  Authors  of  that  Anfwer. 
 
 Therefore  two  particular  Accidents  deferve  to  be  recounted 
 here,  tofhewwhat  Sincerity  was  obferv'd  at  that  time  in  the 
 Converfion  of  Children. 
 
 A  certain  Inhabitant  of  Paris  growing  jealous  of  his  Wife,  r°rcin£  ** 
 by  whom  he  had  feveral  Children,  was  fo  far  tr  mfported  by  that  J./^L 
 exorbitant  Frenzy,  that  he  kill  d  the  poor  Woman  ;  for  which 
 he  was  punifh'd  ccording  to  his  deferts.  But  his  Relations  ha- 
 ving demanded  the  Children,  to  the  end  they  might  be  bred  up 
 in  the  Religion  which  their  unfortunate  Father  profefs'd,  there 
 was  a  Decree  made  in  Parlament,  That  the  Right  of  their  Edu- 
 cation was  devolv  d  to  the  King,  by  reafon  of  the  Father's 
 Crime,  10  that  the  Children  were  brought  up  in  the  Catholic 
 Faith.  Another  Man,  originally  a  Native  of  Normandy,  had 
 three  Children  ;  He  put  one  to  the  Colledge  of  Jefuits ;  and 
 fbme  time  after  he  return  d  to  Pans  with  another  of  his  Sons, 
 with  a  defign  to  put  him  a'fo  to  the  fame  place  ;  but  under- 
 ftanding  from  the  firft,  that  he  was  refus'd  the  Liberty  of  his 
 Conlcience,  the  Father  carried  em  both  away,  with  an  intent 
 to  place  'em  in  the  Colledge  of  Sedan :  but  a  Prieft,  his  Kink 
 man,  fore'd  'em  away  from  him  upon  the  Road,  and  lent  'em 
 to  the  Jefuit's  Houfe  at  Pont  a  Moufjon.  The  Father  profecu- 
 ted  him  for  a  Rape  before  the  Bailiffs  of  Rhtims,  who,  after  a 
 tedious  Suit,  condemn'd  him  at  length  to  the  Gallies  for  Contu- 
 macy. But  the  Prieft  appealing  from  the  Sentence,  remov'd 
 the  Caufe  into  the  Grand  Chamber.  Strvin,  Advocate  General, 
 pleaded  long  and  hard  for  his  Client,  and  put  the  ftrels  of  the 
 Di  pute  upon  this  Iffue.  Whether  or  no  a  Father  who  had  re- 
 noune'd  his  Right  by  the  Edict,  by  declaring  his  Intentions  to 
 put  Children  under  the  Tuition  of  Catholic  Regents,  which  he 
 could  not  chufe  but  know  to  be  fuch,  could  realfume  when  he 
 pleas'd  his  Right  to  their  Education,  and  take  away  the  Children 
 from  their  Catholic  Tutors?  He  concluded, that  the  Father's  decla- 
 ring hisRefolutions  to  entruft  fuch  Regents  with  the  Education 
 
yo6  The  Hiflory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.  of  his  Children,  was  a  fufficient  Renunciation  of  his  Right, 
 and  that  he  could  not  recover  it  back.  For  form's  fake 
 alio  the  Children  were  brought  into  Court  in  their  Father's 
 prefence,  the  one  above  Eleven  years  old,  and  the  eldeft 
 about  Thirteen  yearsi  of  Age:  at  what  time,  being  prepar'd 
 before  hand  what  to  fay,  they  defir'd  to  be  bred  up  in  the  Catho- 
 lic Religion.  Thereupon  a  Decree  was  made  conformable  to 
 Servins  Conclufions:  The  Prieft  was  difcharg'd  from  his  Con- 
 demnation; the  Children  were  fent  to  the  Colledge  of  Navar, 
 under  the  Tuition  of  the  Principal,  and  the  Father  was  con- 
 demn'd  to  pay  the  uiual  Quarterly  Penfion,  and  to  fupplythe 
 reft  of  their  Maintenance ;  and  befides  that,  he  was  forbid  to 
 take  away  his  Children  from  the  faid  Colledge,  under  the  Pe- 
 nalty of  Thirty  thoufand  Livres.  Never  was  Edift  fb  Noto- 
 rioufly  violated  as  was  that  of  Nantes  bv  this  Decree,  in  thofe 
 Articles  which  forbid  the  inveigling  of  Children  to  change  their 
 Religion  ,  and  which  permitted  the  Parents  to  lend  'em  to  Ca- 
 tholic Colledges,  upon  alTurance  that  they  would  not  moleft 
 their  Confciences.  By  this  the  World  may  judge,  whether  the 
 Aflemhly  had  juft  caufe  to  complain  or  no ;  and  whether  the 
 Replies  of  their  Enemies  were  of  any  convincing  force  againft 
 'em.    This  Decree  was  made  the  i2d  of  December. 
 
 Affairs  of  greater  importance,  this  year,  will  not  permit  me 
 to  infill:  upon  particular  Ac~h  of  Injuftice  done  the  Reformed  in 
 feveral  places,  either  in  reference  to  Legacies,  or  charitable 
 Gifts  to  the  Poor,  which  were  fiire  to  be  adjudged  to  the  Catho- 
 lics, as  fbon  as  they  demanded  'em  ;  or  in  refpe&  of  their 
 Church-Yards  and  Burying-Places,  which  were  the  occafion  of  a 
 thoufand  Brabbles  every  day  ;  or  in  relation  to  things  that  might 
 be  reckon'd  in  the  number  of  Favors.  But  that  I  may  not  make 
 a  general  Omiilion,  I  fhall  only  recite  two  Examples,  which 
 delerve  to  be  remember'd  The  firft  is,  That  in  February,  the 
 Parlament  of  Paris,  by  a  Decree,  declar'd  a  Soldier  of  the  Re- 
 formed Religion  incapable  of  the  benefit  of  a  Monk's  place,  for 
 which  he  had  Letters  of  Aflignation,  and  condemn'd  him  to  pay 
 back  the  money  which  he  had  receiv'd.  Thofe  Places  were  very 
 irnail  Pcnfions  which  fome  Monaftei  ies  were  oblig'd  to  p:iy  to 
 maim'd  Soldier*,  who  were  no  longer  able  to  work  or  do  duty 
 
Book  VII.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  307 
 
 for  their  living  They  that  enjoy 'd  thefe  Penfions,  were  alfo  162 r. 
 bound  to  wear  a  Crofs  upon  their  Cloaks  ;  and  in  regard  the 
 Monks  were  defirous  to  be  exempted  from  admitting  the  Re- 
 formed, becaufe  they  fcrupl'd  to  wear  a  Crofs,  the  National 
 Synods  had  given  leave  to  fuch  as  were  maim'd  and  infirm,  to 
 difpenfe  with  that  Scruple  ;  permitting  em  to  wear  a  Crofs,  as 
 the  Symbol  of  their  prefent  condition:  fb  that  before  that  De- 
 cree, the  Reformed  had  en  joy 'd  the  Benefit  of  t  hole  Penfions,  as 
 well  as  others.  But  in  regard  this  proved  a  fatal  Year  to  'em, 
 new  Pretences  were  found  out  to  exclude  'em  from  it. 
 
 The  fecond  Example  is,  That  upon  a  Procefs  remov'd  into  "  . 
 Parlament,  byreafonof  a  Corps  interr'd  by  the  Reformed  in  *„j't%,d 
 part  of  a  Catholic  Church- Yard,  of  which  they  had  bin  a  granting 
 long  time  in  pofTeflion,  the  Catholics  bethought  themfelves  of  * 
 a  brangling  fhift,  which  exempted  'em  from  granting  other : . 
 Church- Yards  to  the  Reformed  ;  and  gave  'em  leave  to  reaffume  their  cirrt 
 thofe  parts  of  the  old  ones  which  the  Commiflioners  had  either  cht*&es- 
 adjudg'd  or  left  'em.    I  have  otherwhere  obferv'd  the  Altera- 
 tions which  the  Parlament  of  Paris  and  the  Clergy  had  caus'd 
 to  be  made  in  divers  Articles,  both  general  and  particular,  of 
 the  Edift  of  Nantes,  and  principally  in  the  45th  Article  of  Par- 
 ticulars, that  mentions  the  Delivery  of  Church- Yards.  There 
 was  fo  much  Honefty  and  Juftice  in  that  Article,  as  it  had  bin 
 decreed  at  Nantes,  that  tho  it  had  been  abfolutely  alter'd,  never- 
 thelefs  it  had  bin  put  in  execution,  as  if  there  had  been  no  Al- 
 teration in  it  from  the  Original.  The  Commiffioners  were  agreed 
 upon  this  Point,  and  it  is  not  above  twenty  Years  fiuce  the  Re- 
 formed enjoy'd  certain  places  at  one  end  or  other  of  a  Catholic 
 Church- Yard,  which  had  been  aflign'd  'em  by  vertue  of  their 
 Decrees,  with  the  Advice  and  Confent  alio  of  the  Catholic 
 Clergy  of  thofe  places,  and  of  the  Catholic  Communities,  be- 
 caufe they  chofe  to  grant  'em  a  Portion  of  the  old  Church- 
 Yard  rather,  then  buy 'em  a  new  one.    Honefty  had  alio  pre- 
 vailed fo  far  in  this  Particular,  that  this  Article  was  reprinted 
 according  to  the  Draught  as  it  was  at  firft  agreed  upon,  and  fo  it 
 is  to  be  found  in  all  the  Editions.    But  this  Year  the  Reformed 
 were  depriv'd  this  petty  Convenience-:  'James  Talon,  firft  Ad- 
 vocate General,  pretended  that  thofe  Editions  were  falfifi'd ; 
 
 but 
 
308  TbeHiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1611.  but  accufes  no  body  for  being  the  Author  of  that  Fabrication, 
 and  caus'd  the  Edift  and  the  particular  Articles,  as  they  were 
 regifter'd  by  the  Parlament  Regilter,  to  be  brought  to  the  Hear- 
 ing.   But  certain  it  is,  that  the  Alteration  of  that  Article  did 
 not  exempt  the  Catholics  from  allowing  the  Reformed  other 
 Church- Yards  in  recompence  :  However  Talon,  a  Man  of  great 
 Wit  and  Subtilty,  found  a  way  to  extract  out  of  that  Article 
 by  the  force  of  Confequences,  Interpretations  and  Meanings, 
 which  the  Article  never  mention'd  exprefly,  and  gave  out  a 
 Decree,  prohibiting  the  Reformed  to  bury  their  Dead  in  the 
 Church- yards  belonging  to  the  Catholics,  and  which  order'd  'em 
 to  provide  other  Burying-places  at  their  own  Charges.  About  a 
 Year  after,  he  caus'd  another  Decree  to  be  fet  forth,  which 
 commanded  a  new  Edition  of  the  EdicT:,  according  to  the  Ori- 
 ginal remaining  in  the  Regifters.    Wherein  there  appear'd 
 iomething  to  comfort  the  Reformed  for  the  damage  which  Talon 
 had  done  em  by  his  Cavilling  :  For  they  who  in  our  days  fought 
 after  new  Tricks  and  Shifts  to  elude  the  Edift,  and  chiefly  the 
 particular  Anicles,had  the  Confidence  both  to  report  and  write, 
 that  thofe  Articles  were  never  regifter'd  in  any  Parlament.  It 
 mutt  follow  then  that  they  were  torn  out  of  the  Regifter,  fince 
 they  were  to  be  found  in  that  which  the  Advocate  General 
 caus'd  to  be  carri'd  to  the  Audience,  and  according  to  which 
 the  next  Years  Edition  was  printed.    I  (hall  add,  for  the  more 
 clearly  making  out  the  Falfhood  of  that  Pretence,  that  they  had 
 bin  verifid  in  the  Parlament  of  Roueny  in  the  Reign  of  Hen- 
 ry  IV.  upon  the  $th  of  Auguft  1609.  and  inferted  into  the  Regi- 
 fter the  next  Year,  upon  the  27th  of  the  fame  Month,  in  pur- 
 Tilenm   fuance  of  Letters  Patents  dated  July  1 5. 
 writes  a-      j  £Q  not  ilere  pretend  to  give  an  Account  of  all  the  Writings 
 ^pLiy  If  that  appear'd  for  and  againft  the  Reformed  upon  the  fubje&of 
 Rochei.    the  Wars ;  but  I  cannot  omit  a  Pamphlet  which  Tiknu*  wrote 
 under  the  Title  of,  An  Advert  ifzment  to  the  Affembly  of  Rochei. 
 Nor  could  the  Jefuits  themfelves  write  in  a  more  venomous  and 
 embitterd  ftile.    He  preach'd  Patience  as  if  there  could  never 
 be  any  end  of  it.    He  maintained  that  Kings  were  never  bound 
 either  to  their  own  Ordinances,  nor  to  the  Decrees  of  their  Pre- 
 deceffors ;  which  he  fupported  by  luch  weak  Reafons,  as  might 
 
Book  VII.      Edi&of  Nantes.  509 
 
 be  eafily  confuted  by  diftinguifhiog  between  the  nature  of  thofe  162  / , 
 Laws.    He  aflerted,  That  when  Kings  brake  their  Words,  it 
 behov'd  the  People  to  have  fb  much  fubmiffionas  to  believe,  that 
 as  they  had  good  Reafons  to  promife,  fo  they  had  as  good  Rea- 
 fbns  to  retract  their  Promifes.    He  exclaim'd  againft  the  Tole- 
 ration allow'd  at  Charenton  for  the  Luxury  of  Marriages  •, 
 againft  the  Flight  of  Moulin ;  againft  the  Atfembly,  of  which 
 the  greateft  part  difown'd  their  own  Proceedings ;  and  who  by 
 their  own  ill  behaviour  had  expos'd  above  Three  hundred  of 
 the  Reformed  to  great  dangers  in  the  Provinces  on  thh  fide 
 the  Loire.    After  this,  he  discovers  a  little  too  openly  the  caufe 
 of  his  ill  humor,  by  calling  in  queftion  the  Synod  of  Mets,  be- 
 caufe  they  had  approv'd  the  Decifions  of  that  of  Dordrecht ,  not- 
 withstanding the  Opinion  of  fome  Minifters  who  by  no  means 
 approv'd  it ;  and  he  accus'd  of  too  much  feverity  the  ill  ufage 
 of  the  Jrminians  in  Holland  ;  and  yet,  if  he  might  be  believ'd, 
 when  the  Reformed  were  deliver'd  up  to  the  Fury  of  their  im- 
 placable Enemies,  by  means  of  unjuft  AcTs,  and  Breaches  of 
 Word,  that  cry'd  loud  to  Heaven,  they  did  amils  to  complain. 
 Such  is  many  times  the  Moderation  of  thole  that  preach  up  To- 
 leration :  they  would  engrols  it  all  to  themfelves:  but  if  others 
 a&  with  never  fo  little  vehemency  more  then  ordinary,  nay,  if 
 they  do  but  figh  and  bemoan  themfelves,  their  very  Groans  and 
 Sighs  are  not  to  be  endur'd. 
 
 In  the  mean  time,  the  Dukes  of  Rohan  and  Soubife^  who  had  ®e£e  am/ 
 a  long  time  refus'd  to  yield  to  the  Importunities  of  the  Affembly,  rsfj^gn 
 having  bin  difgufted  by  the  Court,  where  the  Prince  of  Conde  d'Angdi. 
 and  the  Conftable  were  the  Duke  of  Rohan  s  Enemies,  refign'd 
 themfelves  wholly  to  the  Orders  of  the  AlTembly ;  and  after 
 fome  Submiflions  on  their  part,  and  fome  Offers  from  the 
 Court  which  ilgnifi'd  nothing,  they  refolv'd  to  hold  out  St. 
 John  d'Angth  to  the  laft.    The  Duke  of  Rohan  left  his  Brother 
 in  the  place,and  after  he  hadfurnifh'd  it  with  Men  and  Ammu- 
 nition, went  into  Guytn  to  raife  more  Forces.  On  the  other  fide 
 the  King,  afrer  he  had  fummon'd  Subife  by  a  Herald,  befieg'd 
 the  City  ,*  and  Subtft,  by  the  foul  Practices  of  Loudrieres,  who 
 difcourag'd  both  the  Soldiers  and  Inhabitants  by  his  difcourfes 
 and  his  counlels,  being  conftrain'd  to  furrender  the  place,march'd 
 
 B  b  b  out 
 
3 10  The  Hiflory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 162 1.  out  (boner  then  he  would  have  done,  had  he  not  been  afraid  of 
 being  forfaken.  All  the  fecurity  which  either  the  City  or  the 
 Garifon  had,  was  a  wild  and  general  Capitulation  i  by  which 
 the  King  promis'd  only  in  writing  to  the  Inhabitants  their 
 Lives,  their  Eftates,  and  the  Liberty  of  their  Confciences  and 
 Perfons ;  refjrving  to  himfelf  the  dLpofal  of  every  thing  elfe 
 as  he  fhould  think  convenient  :  declaring  at  the  fame  time  that 
 he  did  not  pretend  to  make  any  Treaty,  but  only  to  grant  a  Fa- 
 vour. However  the  Capitulation,  as  flight  as  it  was,  !ud  the 
 hard  fate  to  be  but  very  ill  obferv'd.  The  Soldiers  plunder  d 
 the  Town,  and  yet  conftrain'd  the  Mayor,  the  Sheriffs,,  and  the 
 principal  Inhabitants,  to  give  'em  a  Certificate,  and  forc'd  ano- 
 ther from  the  Minifter,  that  they  had  behav'd  themfelves  ci- 
 villy. On  the  other  fide  the  King  retiring  to  Cognuy  fet  forth 
 a  Declaration,  which  was  verifi'd  at  Bourdeaux  ;  wherein  to  put 
 the  greater  value  upon  his  Clemency,  which  had  fpar'd  their 
 Lives  and  Eftates,  and  given  Liberty  of  Confcience  to  the  Re- 
 privileges  formed  of  St.  John  eCAngeli,  he  order'd  the  Fortifications  and 
 Walls  of  the  City  to  be  raz'd,  and  the  Moats  to  be  fill'd  up  : 
 He  took  away  their  Charters  and  their  Franchifes,  and  made  the 
 Town  liable  to  Taxes  for  the  future :  He  cancell'd  their  Go- 
 vernment by  Mayor  and  Sheriffs,  and  and  annex'd  the  common 
 Stock  of  the  Town  to  the  Royal  Demefnes ;  leaving  em,  out 
 of  his  fpecial  Grace  and  Favor,  their  Election  and  ordinary  Ju- 
 rifcH&ion.  Upon  which  Declaration  a  certain  Hiftorian,  very 
 much  devoted  to  the  Roman  Church,  obferves>  That  it  would 
 have  been  taken  for  a  juft  punifhment  of  that  City,  had  they 
 not  fince  that,  us'd  many  very  Innocent  and  Catholic  Cities  af- 
 ter the  fame  rate. 
 
 The  End  of  the  Seventh  Book. 
 
 THE 
 
Book  VIII.     EM  of  Nantes.  3 1 1 
 
 1611. 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 Edi£t  of  Nantes. 
 
 THE  SECOND  PART. 
 The  Eighth  Book. 
 
 A  Compendium  of  the  Eighth  Book. 
 
 Tfc  M  Arfhal  de  Bouillon'*  Letter.  The  KJng  marches  into  Guy- 
 |Vl  ertfte  ;  the  Siege  and  reducing  of  Clairac.  Jhe  KJngs 
 riord  ill  obfervd.  "The  Pope's  Breve  to  the  KJng.  The  Reformed 
 every  where  unfortunate.  The  Siege  of  Momauban.  La  Force 
 defends  the  Place.  The  KJng  raifes  his  Siege.  ChamiereV  Death. 
 The  Duke  of  Mayenne  dies.  The  blame  falls  upon  the  Conftable* 
 The  Jefuit  Arrtoux'j  difgrace.  The  Duke  of  Luines  dies.  Af- 
 ftmbly  of  the  Clergy,  A  violent  Harangue  of  the  Bifhop  of 
 Rennes.  The  Hifiory  of  Dominic  de  Jefus  Maria.  Sedition  at 
 Pari*.  The  Church  at  Charenton  burnt.  The  Reformed  forfake 
 their  Honjes.  Tbey  ate  actus  d  of  fitting  Fire  to  the  Bridges  of 
 Paris,  and  the  Prifon  at  Lion.  The  Circle  of  Lower  Languc- 
 doc  difplaces  Chatillorl.  Great  Corfu  fon  in  that  Circle.  1  he 
 Condition  of  the  Court.  The  Kjng  returns  to  Paris.  A  re- 
 markable Writing  of  Jeannin,  advifing  Peace.  The  Opinion  of 
 thofe  who  were  more  entlind  to  War.  The  Reformed  tike  new 
 Courage,  The  Kjn^  departs  from  Paris.  His  Sacttfs  in  Poitou  ; 
 
 B  b  b  i  in 
 
The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 /#Guyenne,  where  he  treats  with  la  Force.  The  fack  of  Ne- 
 grepelifle,  and  St.  Antonin.  Lefdiguieres  interpofes  for  Peace. 
 Fail  tons  at  Mompellier.  Sedition  agxinft  the  Catholics.  Bit- 
 ter Htrangue  of  the  Bifhop  to  the  Kjng.  Remarks  upon  the  Stile 
 of  that  Harangue.  The  Church  of  Foix  laid  wafle.  Attejta- 
 tion  given  to  the  Monk  Villate.  The  Kjng  forbids  the  Reformed 
 to  forfakt  their  Houfes.  Count  Mansfeild  treats  with  the  Re- 
 formed. Propoftls  of  the  Marffjal  de  Bouillon  to  the  Duke  of 
 Rohan  upon  that  occafwn.  The  Court  gains  Mansfeild.  The 
 Kjng  makes  ufe  of  Foreign  Catholics  in  France.  The  Negotia- 
 tions for  Peace  renewed.  A  Writing  fet  forth  upon  that  occafwn. 
 Siege  of  Mompellier.  Capitulation  made  by  Lunell,///  obfervd* 
 Small  Cities  ill  defended*  Succefs  of  the  War  tn  fever al  Pla- 
 ces. Chatillon  made  a  Marfhal  of  France.  Seditions  at  Or- 
 leans, Fronfac  and  Lion.  The  Original  of  the  word  ParpaiUer. 
 Other  Originals.  Of  the  word  Huft.  Violence  of  the  Sedition. 
 The  Reformed  are  aifarmd.  War  again f  Rochel.  Soubife 
 follicits  for  Succor  from  England.  Treaty  of  Peace  reafjum'd 
 near  Mompellier.  Conclufion  of  the  Treaty  with  an  Edict.  Ri- 
 gour of  the  Parlaments.  Advantages  of  that  Peace.  Qualifi- 
 cations of  the  Edict  of  Peace.  All  the  Cities  accept  the  Peace, 
 which  is  ill  obferv'd  by  the  Court.  Treaty  at  Mompellier.  The 
 KJng  returns  to  Paris.  De  Puifieux  in  Favour.  The  Bifbop 
 of  Lufon  made  a.  Cardinal.  Character  of  that  Prelat.  After 
 what  manner  he  receivd  the  news  of  his  Promotion.  Excefjive 
 Flatteries.  Foul  Play  offer  d  the  Rochelois.  Enterpn/es  of 
 Valence  at  Mompellier ;  where  he  takes  the  Duke  of  Rohan 
 Prifoner,  and  makes  a  divifion  of  the  Confulfhip.  General  Pa- 
 pers. Extravagant  Anfwers.  Exercifes  forbid.  The  Reformed 
 excluded  from  Dignities  in  the  Vniverftty  of  Poitiers.  The  fing- 
 ing  of  Pfalms  in  the  Streets  and  in  Shops  forbid.  A  com- 
 mon Soldier  deprived  the  Benefit  of  an  Oblate.  Attempts  upon 
 pAternal  Right.  A  Declaration  tflablifhing  a  Commiffioner  in 
 Collocjjiies  and  Synods.  A  National  Synod.  Galand  the  firffi 
 Commiffioner  ever  prefent  to  a  National  Synod.  He  is  admitted 
 out  of  pure  Obedience.  Deputies  fent  to  the  KJng,  who  fends 
 back  the  Deputies  laden  with  his  Orders.  The  Court  inclind  to 
 favour  the  Arminians.    A  Writing  publffid  by  la  MiHtiere. 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes.  s 
 
 Anfwer  of  Tilenus.  Authority  attributed  to  the  Kjngs  of 
 France.  Impoflure  fit  up  agtwft  the  Synod  of  Dordrechr. 
 Obedience  of  the  Synod  of  Charenton  Afignxtions  ill  pud. 
 Proportions  made  to  the  Synod  by  Gaiand  on  the  IQngs  behalf. 
 A  new  Deputation  to  the  Kjng,  and  the  vffft  of  it.  Oath  of 
 Vmon.  A  Citadel  built  at  Mompeliier.  Mariald  oppofes  it 
 in  the  name  of  the  Reformed  of  the  City.  Prefaces  of  a  nev 
 War.  The  death  of  du  Pleflis.  The  death  of  Marfbal  de  Bou- 
 illon, 
 
 WHile  th«  King  lay  before  St.  John  d'Angeli,  he  receiv'd  162  r. 
 the  Submiflions  of  the  Duke  ofTremouilk,  who  had  fur-  w^Mde  - 
 render'd  Tailltbourg  without  much  entreaty.  On  the  other  fide,  ??"'"tonj 
 Marfhildfe  Bouillon  at  the  fame  time  fent  him  a  Letter  full  of 
 fmart  Remonftrances :  of  which  the  principal  Heads  were, 
 The  retiring  of  the  Reformed,  which  he  attributed  to  the  noto- 
 rious violation  of  the  Declaration  of  the  2  4th  of  April.  Heob- 
 ferv'd  how  the  Reformed,  notwithftanding  their  peaceable  De- 
 meanor, were  dilarm'd.    How  there  had  been  taken  from  'em 
 four  Towns  upon  the  Loire,  which  had  never  had  any  Correk 
 pondence  with  the  Rebels :  How  the  boldnefs  of  the  Preachers 
 was  left  unpunifh'd,  who  preach'd  nothing  but  Sedition,  and 
 equalled  to  Martyrdom  the  death  of  thofe  who  were  flain  in  the 
 War  againft  the  Heretics :  How  feverely  the  Judges  put  in  exe- 
 cution the  Declaration  of  the  27th  of  May ;  and  foic'd  not  only 
 Men  and  Women,  but  ev'n  Children  too,  not  Fifteen  years 
 of  Age,  to  take  the  Oath  to  difown  the  Affembly  of  Roche I 
 How  they  that  were  defirous  to  retire,  were  ftopt  upon  the. 
 High-way  ;  which  was  alfo  done  to  thofe  who  went  no  farther 
 then  Sedan,  tho  that  City  were  under  the  King's  Protection.  All 
 which,  laid  he,  perfuaded  thofe  affrighted  People,  that  the  King, 
 had  fome  defign  upon  their  Religion,  under  pretence  of  hum. 
 bling  Rebels.  To  this  he  added  fome  things  that  concern 'd  him- 
 felf,  by  realbn  of  the  little  care  that  had  been  taken  to  obferve 
 the  Treaty  of  Protection  made  with  him  for  his  Principality  of 
 Sedan, 
 
 2&* 
 
5 1 4  The  Hijiory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.     In  the  mean  time  the  King,  continuing  his  Conquefts,march'd 
 The  King  into  Gtiyeme  with  his  Army,  where  he  met  with  the  fame  facili- 
 527  Gu  -      m  ret^uc^nS  a^  c'le  P^aces  which  the  Reformed  held  in  that 
 enne.      Province,  which  he  had  found  in  Poitott  and  S.nntonge.  The 
 Treaties  which  the  Governors  made  with  him,  regulated  the 
 march  of  his  Army,  and  he  went  from  City  to  City,  prefenting 
 himfelf  before  the  Gates  of  fuch  Towns  into  which  he  was  fure 
 of  being  receivd.    BoeJJe  PardailUn  refufing  to  acknowledge  U 
 Force  for  General,  out  of  a  jealous  Humor  quitted  the  Party, 
 and  furrender'd  about  twenty  Towns  to  the  King.    'Tis  true, 
 that  the  greateft  part  of  em  being  betray'd,  betook  themfelves 
 again  to  their  Arms,  fo  (bon  as  they  thought  they  might  fafely 
 do  it.    Paniffaitty  animated  with  the  fame  jealouly,  conftrain'd 
 U  Force  to  quit  feveral  Places  where  he  was  inferior  in  number. 
 Lufiinun  furrender'd  fuimirol  with  a  franknefs  void  of  Self-In- 
 tereft.    But  when  he  faw  himfelf  laught  at  for  going  about  to 
 approve  himfelf  an  honefr  man,  at  a  time  and  in  an  Affair  that 
 no  body  regarded  Honefty ,  he  betook  himfelf  to  his  Arms 
 again ;  and  then  they  were  forc'd  to  give  him  Ten  thoufand 
 Crowns  to  pay  his  Debts.    The  City  of  Tonntim  alio,  defirous 
 to  fignalize  her  Loyalty,  found  her  (elf  expos'd  to  the  fame 
 Raillery.    For  feveral  Lords  of  the  Army  being  conftrain'd  by 
 bad  weather  to  fhelter  themfelves  in  the  Town,  together  with 
 their  Baggage,  were  well  receiv'd  and  entertain'd  by  the  Burgef- 
 fes,  andfomefmall  Parties  wandring  from  the  Body  of  the  Ar- 
 my being  in  no  fmall  danger,  had  the  Town  had  any  intention 
 to  havefall'n  upon  'em,  were  treated  as  in  a  friendly  Country. 
 But  for  all  this,  when  they  complain'd  of  Ibrne  damages  done 
 'em  by  the  King's  Soldiers,  and  urg'd  their  above-mention'd 
 KindnefTes  as  proofs  of  their  Loyalty,  Anfwer  was  return'd  em 
 in  an  infulting  manner,  That  they  were  notto  produce  as  marks 
 of  their  Fidelity,  what  they  had  done  for  want  of  Courage. 
 This  was  the  way  to  enforce  men  to  be  Rebels,  thus  to  brand 
 their  Obedience  with  the  ignominious  Name  of  Cowardice. 
 And  indeed  fuch  ufage  as  this,  ought  to  be  a  Motive  to  all  Men 
 of  Courage,  rather  bravely  to  die  in  the  generous  Defence;  of 
 themfelves,  then  floop  to  an  ignoble  and  fawning  Submiflkn, 
 that  renders 'em  the  Scorn  of  their  Enemies. 
 
 The 
 
Book  VIII.      Editt  of  Nantes,  3 1 5 
 
 The  Duke  of  Maytnne,  who  profecuted  the  War  in  that  Pro-  1621. 
 vince,  hul  perform'd  fbme  petty  Exploits,  and  taken  in  fome 
 fmall  Villages,  which  had  put  themfclves  in  a  pofture  of  defence. 
 But  the  King  met  with  no  refinance  till  he  came  before  Clairac,  Si'w  ™d 
 which  adventured  to  fuftain  a  Siege.  But'twas  the  ill  luck 
 this  Cuy,  that  there  were  feveral  People  who  ftaid  within  it,  to 
 no  other  purpofe  then  to  difcourage  others;  fo  that  the  City 
 did  not  hold  out  fo  long  as  it  might  have  done,  had  not  the  Ga- 
 rifon  and  others  bin  treacherous  among  themfelves.  The  Town 
 furrender'd  at  difcretion  ;  which  done,  the  King  granted  the 
 Inhabitants  their  Lives,  and  the  exercifc  of  their  Religion.  He 
 excepted  fix  peifbns  only  out  of  Pardon,  and  hang'd  up  three 
 or  four,  among  which  was  the  Minifter.  The  King  was  ac- 
 cuftom'd  to  the  punifhment  of  fuch  as  wore  that  Character ; 
 and  thus  it  was,  that  the  Jefuits,  under  his  Name  and  Authority, 
 rejoie'd  at  the  Sacrifices  of  their  Enemies  which  they  ofTer'd  to 
 their  malice.  They  had  perfuaded  the  King  while  he  lay  at 
 Poitiers,  to  condemn  to  death  Clememeau  and  Malkrai,  the  one 
 a  Minifter,  the  other  an  Advocate  refiding  in  the  Town.  But 
 becaufe  they  had  efcap'd  their  Clutches,  the  Minifter  being  fled 
 to  Rocklle,  and  the  Advocate  to  Nerac,  they  refolv'd  not  to  lofe 
 all  their  (port,  and  therefore  had 'em  executed  in  £#%/V,  and 
 their  perfons  defam'd  with  ridiculous  Satyrs.  This  Rigor  was 
 obferv'd  in  all  Places  that  made  any  Refiftance.  The  bloody- 
 Council  of  Clergymen  thought  it  the  mod  proper  courfe  they 
 could  take ;  in  regard  that  punifhment  always  betokening  a 
 Crime  in  thofe  upon  whom  it  was  inflicted,  thofe  Rigours  fo- 
 mented in  the  King's  mind  that  prepoftefs'd  Opinion  wherein 
 he  had  bin  bred,  that  the  Reformed  were  Rebels 
 
 The  Cleinency  afforded  to  Chirac,  had  but  little  effect ;  for 
 that  the  Soldiers  enter'd  the  Town,  and  plundered  as  much  as 
 they  could  carry  away.  Nor  is  it  true  that  they  were  hinder'd 
 by  Baffompiere,  as  was  reported  by  a  certain  ignorant  and  mali- 
 cious Scribler ;  for  that  he  was  at  Paris  all  the  while  that  CUir&c 
 was  befieg'd,  and  did  not  return  till  the  Siege  of  Mwta'than. 
 Befides,  they  were  the  caufe  that  a  good  part  of  the  Garifon 
 was  deftroy'd  in  parting  the  River.  True  it  is  indeed,  that  the 
 Garilbn  had  a  general  Pafs  for  their  fafeguard  upon  their 
 
 march-  - 
 
3 1 6  The  Hifiory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1 62 1.  marching  out,  and  that  the  common  Soldiers  were  permitted  to 
 wear  their  Swords.    But  under  pretence  of  faving  em  from  the 
 Fury  of  the  Soldiers  of  the  Royal  Army,  they  were  order'd  to 
 crofs  the  water.    But  that  was  no  more  then  perfectly  in  order 
 to  lead 'cm  to  the  (laughter;  for  the  King's  Soldiers  fell  upon 
 'em,  and  ftript  a  great  many.  Which  unexpected  Violence  fb 
 terrifi'd  the  reft,  that  there  not  being  above  two  or  three  Boats 
 provided  for  their  palftge,  while  they  crowded  too  numeroufly 
 into  em,  the  Veflfels  fank,  and  left 'em  to  the  mercy  of  the  wa- 
 ter.   Others  thinking  to  efcape  by  fwimming,  to  avoid  one  fort 
 of  death,  met  with  another.  There  was  a!fo  a  Rope  that  crofs'd 
 the  River  for  the  u(e  of  the  Ferry  boat.  But  the  King's  Soldiers 
 feeing  that  feveral  of  thofe  poor  Creatures  hung  by  the  Cord, 
 moft  barbaroully  cut  its  fo  that  they  perifh'd  with  the  reft  of 
 their  Companions.    Had  there  not  bin  extremity  of  foul  play 
 among  the  Commanders,  it  might  have  bin  an  eafy  thing  to  have 
 prevented  this  Biforder,  in  regard  there  were  then  upon  the 
 place  feveral  Gentlemen  of  the  Conftable's  Houfhold,  and  fbme 
 other  Officers,  who  took  no  care  to  rertrain  the  Cruelty  of  the 
 Soldiers.  But  this  Siege  as  well  as  that  of  St.  John  £  Angeli,  had 
 coft  the  Lives  of  feveral  of  the  Nobility  ;  fb  that  they  refolv'd 
 to  facrifice  thefe  poor  Wretches  to  their  revenge.    The  Fault  of 
 thole  that  permitted  thefe  Barbarities,  was  laid  upon  the  com- 
 mon Soldiers  :  however,  for  fear  of  the  fame  ufage  at  another 
 time,  two  or  three  of  thofe  who  had  cut  the  Cord,  were  hang'd 
 for  a  fhew  of  fatisfaction. 
 j  Breif      While  the  King  prefs'd  hard  upon  Chirac,  he  receiv'd  a 
 from  the  Ereif  from  the  Pope,  wherein  he  congratulated  his  Vi&ories ; 
 PK%e te  thi exhorted  him  nor  to  lay  down  his  Arms  till  he  had  fubdu'd 
 '       Roch  He,  and  deprived  the  Heretics  of  every  thing  that  ferv'd  'em 
 for  their  fecurity.    He  extoll'd  his  Enterprize  to  the  Skies,  and 
 gave  him  great  hopes  of  an  iflue  correfpondent  tofuch  profpe- 
 rous  Beginnings,  together  with  ftrong  alfurances  of  the  pro- 
 tection of  the  Saints.    Among  the  reft  of  his  Eulogies,  there 
 was  one  very  particular,  That  he  had  follow 'd  the  Example  of  his 
 Anceflors,  who  had  paid  as  much  Hon  >ur  to  the  Inflations  of  the 
 Popes,  as  to  the  Commands  of  God.    The  more  fincere  fort  of 
 Catholics  acknowledge  this  Breif  to  be  a  real  Truth,  tho  others 
 
Book  VIII .      EdiS  of  Nantes.  3 1  y 
 
 who  were  afham'd  of  it,  would  fain  had  it  pafs'd  for  fuppofi-  1621. 
 titious.    'Twas  dated  the  Tenth  of  July. 
 
 During  the  continuance  of  this  Siege,  and  the  following  The  Refw- 
 months,  the  Duke  of  Mayenne  continu'd  the  War  in  the  Qyar-  ^fj"^', 
 ters  aflTign'd  to  his  Conduct,  and  made  himfelf  Mafter  of  Mas  ry»h™' 
 dt  Verdun,  Mauvejin,  and  the  Ifle  of  Jourdtw,  giving  farisfacTion 
 to  the  Governors :  But  to  the  end  that  all  men  might  have  their 
 fhare  in  the  miferiesof  the  War,  the  Sums  which  werepromis'd 
 the  Governors  were  paid  'em  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  parts  ad- 
 joining.   The  Duke  of  Efpernon  employ'd  his  time  in  burning 
 the  Houfes  and  Mills  about  Rochel;  and  the  Duke  of  Montmo- 
 rency perform'd  fome  petty  Exploits  in  Languedoc,  which  tended 
 all  to  annoy  the  City  of  Nimes.    The  Duke  of  Rohan,  who  ex- 
 pected thzt  Mont  an  ban  would  be  attacqu'd  after  the  reft,  kept 
 himfelf  in  the  parts  adjoining  to  Caftres  and  Albi,  to  provide 
 for  their  ftcurity,  and  held  himfelf  up  with  much  more  Cou- 
 rage then  good  Fortune.    The  Aflembly  of  Rachel  fought  for 
 Succor  from  all  parts,  Lut  nothing  fucceeded  to  their  wifhes; 
 all  Foreigners  refus'd  'em  the  afliftance  which  they  implor'd. 
 The  Intrigues  of  Vattevilk  Mont-chrefiien,  whom  they  had  lent 
 into  Normandy  with  feveral  Commiffions  to  raife  men,  prov'd 
 abortive  by  his  death.    Mombrun,  who  endeavor'd  to  raife  fome 
 Forces  in  the  Danphinate,  was  not  able  to  do  any  thing  confide- 
 rable,  by  reafbn  of  Lefdiguieress  return,  who  prevented  him  : 
 And  the  Count  dt  Suje,  who  had  a  defign  upon  Grenoble,  being 
 known  by  a  Catholic  Peafant  that  ferv'd  him  for. a  Guide,  was 
 led  into  a  Precipice  with  his  Followers,  from  which  he  could 
 not  fave  fb  much  as  one  fingle  perfon  ;  and  he  himfelf  had 
 perifh'd  thro  the  Rigor  of  the  Parlament,had  not  the  King  com- 
 manded 'em  to  furceafe  their  profecution :  So  that  till  then  all 
 things  gave  way  to  the  King's  good  Fortune  ;  infbmuch  that 
 he  made  himfelf  Mafter  of  about  Fifty  Towns,  of  which  feve- 
 ral were  able  to  have  given  him  as  much  trouble  as  St.  John 
 d"*Angeli\  yet  all  fubmitted,  before  fo  much  as  one  great  Gun 
 was  fir'd  upon  'em  ;  nor  do  I  reck'n  in  thofe  which  either  he  or 
 any  of  his  Generals  had  bin  fore'd  to  befiege. 
 
 But  Montauban  put  a  flop  to  the  Career  of  all  this  Profperi- 
 ty.    The  City  and  Parlament  of  Thcloufe  had  engag'd  the  King 
 
 C  c  c  to 
 
318  The  Hiflory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1 6  2 1 .  to  fit  down  before  that  Place,  at  a  time  when  the  Seafon  was  al- 
 ready far  fpent,  and  that  his  men  were  quite  tir  d  out  with  la- 
 bour, and  the  hardfhips  which  they  had  undergone.  But  Mon- 
 tdubAn  was  fuch  an  annoyance  to  Tholoufe,  by  reafbn  of  the 
 curfions  which  the  Inhabitants  made,  ev'n  to  the  Gates  of  that 
 great  City,  that  the  Tholonfaim  promis'd  to  fupply  the  King 
 with  ev'ry  thing  that  was  necelfary  for  the  Siege,  provided  he 
 would  but  undertake  it.  And  the  good  Succels  which  had  all 
 along  till  then  attended  him,  made  him  eafily  believe  that  Mon- 
 tAubm  would  be  as  little  able  to  withftand  the  Torrent  of  his 
 Profperity  as  the  reft.  Thereupon  the  Duke  of  Mayenne,  and 
 Marlhal  de  Themines  had  Orders  to  make  the  Approaches.  The 
 former  of  thele  two  had  made  himfelf  Matter  of  feveral  Towns 
 in  the  Neighborhood,  but  he  could  not  furprize  St.  Antomn, 
 notwithstanding  that  he  had  gain'd  the  Governor,  whole  name 
 was  Pevaveire.  That  faithlels  perfonhad  fold  him  the  Town 
 for  Two  thouland  Crowns,  for  the  payment  of  which  the  Duke 
 had  fubferib'd  a  Writing.  But  the  Confuls  coming  to  defire 
 fome  Order  from  him  which  concern'd  'em,he  gave  em  the  Wri- 
 ting by  miftake.  Upon  fight  of  which,  the  Confuls  teftifying 
 their  Aftonifhment  by  their  Looks,  the  Governor  perceiv'd  his 
 Error,  but  put  it  off  with  a  good  face,  and  a  ready  pretence  of 
 mind.  However  he  could  not  remove  the  Jealoufies  which  that 
 Accident  had  rais'd ;  fb  that  after  that,  he  could  not  deceive 
 the  Confuls,  who  trufted  him  no  longer,  but  (food  upon  their 
 own  Guard. 
 
 La  Force  In  the  mean  time  the  Siege  of  Monuuban  prov'd  unfuccefs- 
 iiZt the  ful-  u  Force  and  the  Count  Mrvd,  Son  of  the  Duke  of 
 Sulli,  were  got  into  it,  and  held  it  out  like  men  of  Courage. 
 And  as  for  the  Correfpondences  which  the  King  held  in  the 
 place,  they  all  fail  d  ;  becaufe  that  they  who  were  the  chief 
 Confpirators  were  fiain,  and  the  reft  were  difcover'd.  The  Duke 
 of  Rob  ah  alfo  reliev'd  it  with  aconfiderable  Reinforcement,  not^ 
 withftanding  all  the  Precautions  of  the  King's  Generals,  or  the 
 Duke  of  Angoultfrn,  who  kept  the  Field  with  a  flying  Gamp. 
 After  that,  feveral  Propolals  were  made  for  a  Peace  ;  but  the 
 King  refufing  to  grant  any  Accommodation  but  only  to  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan,  and  he  denying  to  accept  any  other  then  a 
 
 general 
 
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 general  Peace,  thole  Projects  came  to  nothing  ;  nor  could  they  1621. 
 find  any  Expedient  to  colour  the  raifing  the  Siege.  However 
 the  King  was  forc'd  to  draw  off,  after  he  had  wafted  near  three  rtf  King 
 months  time  before  that  place.  Chamier,  a  Minifter  and  Pro-  1  e 
 feffor  in  Theology,  who  was  flain  with  a  Cannon-fhot,  was  one 
 of  the  moft  considerable  among  thole  whom  the  Befieged  loir. 
 But  the  King  mift  a  great  number  of  brave  Gentlemen,  and 
 among  the  reft  the  Duke  of  Mayevtte,  who  was  kill 'd  in  the 
 Attacques  of  V ilk- Bourbon.  He  was  a  Prince  of  a  furpafling 
 Prowefs,  but  who  made  too  great  an  oftentation  of  it,  and  took 
 delight  toexpofe  both  himfelf  and  others  without  any  fhelter 
 to  the  Enemies  (hot,  out  of  a  Vanity  little  becoming  a  great 
 Soul.  However  it  brought  him  to  his  end  at  length,  as  he  had 
 bin  the  caufe  that  many  others  by  his  Example  had  facrinVd 
 their  Lives  to  the  fame  vain-glorious  Emulation.  They  of 
 Montnubm  had  notice  that  the  Army  would  fuddenly  diflodge, 
 by  a  Soldier  of  the  Religion,  who  the  evening  before  the  Siege 
 was  rais'd,  fell  a  playing  upon  the  Flmethe  Tune  of  the  Sixty 
 eighth  Pfalm  :  which  the  Befieged  took  for  a  Signal  of  their  de- 
 liverance ;  nor  were  they  deceiv'd. 
 
 They  who  had  bin  the  occafion  that  the  King  receiv'd  this 
 difgrace,  threw  the  blame  upon  the  Reformed  who  ferv'd  in  his 
 Army.  But  the  Conftable,  who  had  collected  from  leveral  Cir  • 
 cumftances,  that  his  power  with  the  King  was  declining,  began 
 to  reflect  upon  the  Advice  which  had  bin  feveral  times  giv'n 
 him,  to  have  a  care  of  Civil  Wars,  of  which  the  leaft  illSuccefc 
 would  make  him  bear  both  the  reproach  and  the  lofs.  He  per- 
 ceiv'd  it  more  efpecially  at  Jbolouje,  where  many  ill  offices  were 
 done  him.  'Tis  true,  that  he  was  (till  in  fo  much  credit  as  to 
 procure  the  Banifhment  of  the  Jefuit  Arnoux  from  the  Court, 
 who,  tho  he  were  beholding  to  him  for  his  Preferment,  ceas'd 
 not  however  to  plot  and  contrive  his  Ruin.  The  King  al- 
 fo  took  another  ConfelTor  of  his  recommendation.  Never- 
 thelefs  the  Conftable  began  to  confider,  that  'twas  high  time  to 
 think  of  Peace,  and  all  that  he  lookt  after  was,  which  way  to 
 recover  the  Reputation  which  the  King's  Military  Glory  had  loft: 
 before  Montaubxn^  to  the  end  he  might  put  the  more  honourable 
 Conclufion  to  the  War.    But  he  dy'd  before  the  end  of  the  year 
 
 C  c  c  1  during 
 
.3  2o  fife  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1611.  daring  the  Siege  ofMW;/^.  He  alfc  underwent  the  famedeftiny 
 with  all  [he  reft  of  the  Favorites.  For  he  was  neither  piti'd  by 
 any  body,  nor  lamented  by  his  Matter.  Alt  his  Grandeur  dy'd 
 with  him,  and  he  hardly  left  behind  him  luiftcient  wherewithal 
 to  defray  the  Expences  of  his  Funeral. 
 
 During  the  Siege  of  Motttaukw,  the  King  gave  Audience  to 
 the  Deputies  of  the  AfTembly  of  the  Clergy,  which  being  met, 
 and  having  began  their  e(Tion  at  Paris,  had  bin  remov'd  to 
 Poitiers,  and  from  thence  to  Bcwrdeaxx.  They  offer'd  the  King 
 a  Million  of  Go'd,  provided  he"  would  oblige  himfelf  to  lay  it 
 all  out  in  the  Siege  of  Roche/,  They  confented  only  that  the 
 pajjmate  King  fhould  erect  Receivers  Offices,  and  Provincial  and  Dicce- 
 "ftTfL-  *'an  Comptrollers  of  the  Tithes.  Cornulier,  Bifhop  of  Remus, 
 jiop  of'  made  a  Speech  to  the  King,  and  fang  triumphal  Paws  before 
 ilennes.  the  Victory.  He  returned  the  King  Thanks  for  what  he  had 
 done  for  the  Church,  hoping  that  in  a  fhort  time  there  would  be 
 but  one  Religion  in  France.  He  reckon'd  the  War,  accord- 
 ing to  the  Principles  of  Eccleflaftical  Charity,  among  the  whol- 
 fom  and  gentle  means,  of  which  the  King  made  ufe  to  bring 
 things  to  a  happy  Conclufion.  He  accus'd  the  Reformed,  with 
 great  Paflion,  of  all  the  pafl:  Troubles,  and  of  having  afpir'd  to 
 fhake  off  their  Yoke,  with  an  Intention  to  fhare  the  Crown 
 among 'em.  He  added  feveral  Complaints,  which  he  accom- 
 pani'd  with  all  the  Aggravations  that  could  embitter  'em  ;  that 
 they  had  turn'd  the  Churches  of  the  Diocefs  of  Rieux  into 
 Stables  ;  that  they  had  carri'd  away  the  Pyxes  wherein  the  Sa- 
 crament was  kept ;  that  they  had  fhot  the  Crucifix  through 
 and  through  with  their  Mufquets ;  that  they  had  ti'd  it  to  their 
 Horles  Tails,  and  dragg'd  it  to  Tonneins ;  that  they  had  faked 
 their  Meat  in  the  Fonts  of  Baptifm,  after  they  had  carri'd  it  in 
 Proceflion  round  about  the  Church,  as  they  did  in  a  certain 
 place  within  the  Diocefs  of  Pamiers ;  that  in  a  place  adjoining 
 ro  Momptlitr,  they  had  cut  off  a  Curate's  Nole,  and  when  they 
 had  done,  threw  him  headlong  from  the  top  of  the  Steeple. 
 However,  'twas  not  then  a  proper  Seafbn  to  take  notice  of 
 thefe  Extravagancies,  fuppofing  his  Stories  had  bin  true,  which 
 could  be  thought  no  other  then  thehair-brain'd  Paftimes  of  Li- 
 centious Soldiers  5  nor  to  defire  that  Punifhment  might  be  in- 
 
 maed 
 
Book  VJII.      EM  of  Nantes.  321 
 
 flicled  upon  the  Guilty  only,as  the  Bifhop  of  Lufon  did  in  1615-.  1621. 
 when  he  prefented  the  Papers  of  the  Ch.mber  of  the  Clergy 
 at  the  riling  of  the  States.    There  were  alio  mufter'd  up  many 
 more  Crimes  of  the  whole  Religion  ;  nor  were  the  Innocent  di- 
 ftinguifh'd  from  the  Guilty:  /And  he  demanded  extremity  of 
 Remedies,  as  being  to  beappli'd  for  the  Cure  of  extraordinary 
 Milchiefs ;  and  the  more  vigoroufly  to  move  the  King,  he  quo- 
 ted the  Examples  of  fundry  Princes  whom  Heav'nhad  punifh'd 
 for  neglecting  the  extirpation  of  Crimes  of  the  fame  nature. 
 He  applauded  the  King  for  having  taken  up  the  Rod  of  Iron, 
 and  exhorted  him  roundly  to  purfue  his  Refblutions.    He  could 
 not  find  any  milder  term,  through  his  whole  Speech,  for  the  Re- 
 formed Profeflion,  then  that  of  Irreligion  :  neverthelefs  his  paf- 
 fionate  vehemence  againft  the  Profeflbrs  of  that  Doctrine^  did 
 not  take  him  off  from  thinking  of  the  Affairs  of  the  Clergy,  nor 
 from  rmnifefting  his  great  care  for  the  prelervation  of  their 
 Immunities  and  Revenues.  Hedefir'd  that  the  Reformed  might 
 not  perform  their  Exercifes  within  the  Ecclefiaftical  Demeans 
 and  Lord fhips;  but  above  all,  that  the  Agreements  which  the 
 Clergy  had  made  with  the  King  might  be  punctually  obierv'd. 
 He  built  his  Requeft  upon  a  Maxim,  which  would  have  bin  of 
 great  advantage  to  the  Reformed,  had  it  bin  inviolably  adher'd 
 to.    The  Word  of  Cod,  faid  he,  is  ealfd  Truth :  In  like  man- 
 ner  the  Promifes  of  Princes  ought  to  be  firm  and  (table,  not  va- 
 riable nor  feigned  ;  and  this  he  was  for  having  take  place,  chiefly 
 in  what  concern  d  the  Church.    But  in  regard  there  was  no  que- 
 ftion  to  be  made  but  his  tacitly  impli'd  meaning  was,  That  the 
 frui-  of  that  fame  conftancy  of  the  King's  word,  did  no  way  be- 
 long to  the  Heretics ,  he  farther  defir'd,  That  the  Tempeft  con- 
 jur'd  up  againft 'em,  might  not  be  al'ay'd  after  the  ulual  man- 
 ner; but  that  all  the  places  of  fecurity  might  be  utterly  demo- 
 lifh'd.    He  blam'd  Violence  in  matters  of  Religion,  when  it  did 
 not  tear  up  Errors  by  the  Root ;  and  acknow!edg'd,That  what- 
 ever was  introdue'd  by  Force,  was  neither  of  long  continuance, 
 nor  of  any  value  toward  the  propagation  of  Faith,  which  ought 
 to  be  free.    But  for  all  that,  he  prell  the  King  to  imitate  Philip 
 Augustus,  and  the  Father  of  St.  Lewis,  who  utterly  extirpated 
 the  Albigeoti,  the  Herefy,  and  their  Habitations.  So  that  accord- 
 
5  2  2  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  H. 
 
 1621.  ing  to  the  Principles  of  that  pious  Cruelty,  he  made  no  fcruple 
 of  commending  and  juftifying  Violence,  fo  it  were  put  in  pra- 
 ctice for  the  extermination  of  the  Reformed  and  their  Doctrine. 
 He  exhorted  the  King  more  efpecially  to  reduce  Rocbd  into  a 
 Country  Town,  and  to  difperie  the  Reformed  into  the  Villa- 
 ges, in  imitation  of  Conjlance,  who  confm'd  the  Gentiles  thither, 
 and  who  for  that  reafon  were  call'd  Pagani,  or  Villagers  ;  upon 
 which  immediately  the  whole  Empire  became  Chriftian.  This 
 Harangue,  tho  full  of  venom  and  virulence,  was  not  however 
 without  a  certain  brisknefs,  which  is  requifite  for  Invectives, 
 that  they  may  not  feem  tedious. 
 
 But  the  death  of  the  Duke  of  Maine  had  like  tohavecaus'd 
 great  diforders  in  the  Kingdom.  The  Reformed  were  in  danger 
 of  being  maOTacr'd  at  Parity  when  the  news  was  firit  brought 
 thither.  That  name  was  in  high  veneration  among  the  common 
 People,  who  bare  the  League  in  remembrance.    Infomuch  that 
 the  multitude  refblv'd  to  revenge  his  death  upon  the  Reformed 
 in  that  great  City,  who  were  the  mod  quiet  and  peaceable 
 throughout  the  whole  Kingdom.  All  the  whole  week,  from  the 
 21ft  of  September,  till  Sunday  the  26th,  was  fpent  in  deadly 
 Menaces.    Now  it  happen'd  that  fbme  days  before,  a  Carmelite 
 The  story^  Fryar,  who  call'd  himfelf  Dominic  de  Jefits  Maria,  arriv'd  in  that 
 nk^e'je-  City,  having  acquir'd  both  in  Spainfjn  Italy  and  Germany,  a.  great 
 fus  Maria,  reputation  of  Piety.    It  had  colt  him  however  nothing  but  the 
 Mops  and  Mows  of  a  deteftable  Hypocrifie,  and  bloody  Coun- 
 fels  againfl:  the  German  Proteftant  Princes.    He  was,  by  birth,  a 
 Spaniard,  as  alfb  by  his  inclination  and  education.    After  lome 
 time  fpent  in  Travel,  and  fome  ftay  at  Rome,  and  in  the  Empe- 
 ror's Court,  he  became  fo  famous,  that  the  greateft  Princes 
 thought  it  an  Honour  to  'em,  to  have  a  veneration  for  him.  He 
 was  the  Promoter  of  the  BobemtanW  aryby  reafon  of  thole  Acts  of 
 Jnjuftice  which  he  perfuaded  the  Princes  of  the  Houfeof  Aufiria 
 to  commit  againfl:  the  Proteftants,  and  by  means  of  that  fame 
 inhuman  Zeal  with  which  he  infpir'd  and  animated  the  People. 
 One  Artifice  which  this  Monk  made  ule  of  to  inflame  their 
 minds,  was,  that  he  always  carriM  about  him  an  Image,  which 
 he  call'd,  The  ?niraculous  Image  of  our  Lady  of  Ficlory.    It  was 
 a  Picture  of  about  a  Foot  and  an  half  in  height,  and  about  a 
 
 Foot 
 
Book  VIII.      EdM  of  Nantes.  5  2 
 
 Foot  broad,  wherein  the  Nativity  of  Chrift  was  painted.  It  was  16 
 found  under  a  huge  heap  of  Chips  and  old  rotten  Wood :  The 
 Figure  of  the  Virgin  alfo,  by  fome  mifchance  or  other,  had 
 both  the  eyes  torn  out ;  and  this  fame  wretched  Monk  reported 
 every  where,  without  any  other  proof  then  his  own  word,  that 
 the  Heretics  were  they  who  had  committed  that  Sacriledge. 
 This  Picture  he  carri'd  always  about  him,  and  he  never  fhew'd 
 it  without  a  world  of  Imprecations  upon  the  heads  of  thofe 
 who  had  fo  rudely  disfigur'd  it.  He  made  ufe  of  it  in  Bohemia, 
 to  incenfe  the  1 m per hi tfts,  and  fpur  em  on  to  a  War  with  the 
 People  of  that  Kingdom  who  were  revolted.  He  made  ufe  of 
 it  in  France,  to  animate  the  Catholics  to  undertake  the  utter  de- 
 ftru&ion  of  the  Higuen-ts.  At  length  he  carri'd  it  to  Rome, 
 where  the  Pope  fmAifi'd  it  with  a  Confecration  upon  the  Altar 
 of  St  Paul,  and  together  with  all  the  Cardinals,  all  the  People, 
 and  all  the  Clergy  ,  paid  fuch  extravagant  Honours  to  it,  as  if 
 lie  would  have  juliifi'd  the  truth  of  thole  Reproaches  which  the 
 Reformed  thro  .v  upon  the  Church  of  Rome  in  reference  to  Ido- 
 latry. After  the  ruin  of  the  Reformation  in  Bohemia,  where  it 
 had  bin  fo  potent,  this  Monk  came  into  Frame  to  make  his  ad- 
 vantage of  the  Civil  Wars,  and  there  to  do  the  Catholic  Reli- 
 gion the  fame  fervice  as  he  had  perform'd  in  Germany.  He  was 
 receiv'd  at  Paris  as  a  man  that  was  full  of  the  Spirit  of  God,  and 
 whole  Actions  were  all  as  fb  many  Miracles.  The  People  , 
 crowded  after  him,  and  fbme  perfons  of  Qnality  alfo  ;  but  to 
 render  himfelf  more  venerable,  he  would  not  be  feen  every  day, 
 affecting  to  lock  himfelf  up  in  a  Convent  of  his  own  Order. 
 Neverthelefs  he  was  obedient  to  his  Superiors,  who  understand- 
 ing the  knack  of  infUming  the  Peoples  defire  by  feigned  denials, 
 grounded  upon  the  pre:cnded  humility  of  this  Hypocrite,  fuf- 
 fer  d  him  at  length  to  appear,  when  they  thought  it  feafonable 
 to  aclthe  Farce.  Hum  this  pretended  Saint  receiv'd  the  Homa- 
 ges that  were  paid  him,  next  to  Adoration,  they  kifs'd  his  Feet ; 
 they  thought  themfelves  lan&ifi'd-by  touching  the  hem  of  his 
 Garment;  theycarri'd  away  pieces  of  it,  which  they  kept  as 
 Reliques ;  and  thought 'em  the  caufe  of  a  thouQnd  Miracles,  of 
 which  there  was  not  lb  much  as  the  leaft  appearance.  Tis  eafy 
 to  apprehend  what  a  predominancy  his  Speeches  had  ever  a 
 
3  24  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1611.  People  fo  prepofTels'd,  to  whom  this  Villain  preach'd  nothing 
 but  Sedition  and  Violence.  But  the  Chancellor,  the  Duke  of 
 Mombazon,  together  with  the  Sor&ome,  abhorr'd  thefe  Affecla- 
 £tions,  and  maugre  the  paflfion  of  the  People,  confirain'd  this 
 Monk,  who  fa  d  he  was  lent  from  the  Duke  of  Bavaria  to  the 
 King,  to  depart  Paris,  and  purlue  the  delivery  of  his  meflage. 
 However,  during  his  Journey,  he  behav'd  himfelf  ftill  after  the 
 iame  manner,  and  he  had  like  to  have  bin  the  caufe  of  a  thou- 
 fand  mifchiefs,  in  places  where  the  People  bewitcht  with  his 
 Grimaces,  were  inclin'd  to  Sedition.  Infomuch  that  ev'n  at 
 Saiimur  itfelf,  where  the  Catholics  had  receiv'd  i'o  many  kind- 
 nelfes  from  du  Fkflis  for  ^  years  together,  while  he  was  their 
 Governor,  they  refblv'd  to  mailacre  their  Fellow-Citizens 
 of  the  Reformed  Profession.  But  etAiguebonne,  who  commanded 
 there  in  the  abfence  of  the  Count  de  Sau/t,  by  his  diligence  pre- 
 vented the  fatal  effects  of  that  defperate  defign;  and  Co  well 
 fecur'd  the  Gates  of  the  City,  that  the  Promoters  of  the  Con- 
 fpiracy  durft  not  make  any  Attempt.  Thefe  wicked  effects  of 
 the  Monk's  piety,  loft  him  his  reputation  in  France  among  all 
 honeft  men,  who  perceiv'd  that  his  Zeal  had  fomething  too  much 
 of  the  Spaniard  in  it,  which  kept  'em  from  being  deluded  by 
 his  counterfeit  Sanctity  ;  fo  that  after  this  Journey,  there  was 
 no  farther  talk  concerning  him. 
 sedaion  at  But  at  Paris,  all  the  care  that  was  taken  for  the  (ecurity  of 
 Pans#  the  Reformed  ferv'd  to  no  purpofe.  They  judg'd  that  they  were 
 not  to  forbear  the  continuance  of  their  Public  Exercifes,  becaufe 
 of  the  Threats  of  the  People,  in  regard  it  would  be  a  diminu- 
 tion of  the  King's  Authority,  who  had  taken 'em  into  his  Pro- 
 tection, and  would  fhew  a  diftruft  of  his  Word  and  Juftice. 
 Therefore  on  Sunday  the  26th  they  went  to  Charentony  and  the 
 Duke  of  Mombaz,on  orderdall  things  the  beft  he  cou'd  for  their 
 fecurity,  guarding  the  Road  in  perfon,  by  his  prefence  to  protect 
 'em  in  their  return.  But  for  all  that,  the  feditious  Rabble  fell 
 upon  thole  that  lagg'd  behind  ;  fo  that  from  words  they  fell  to 
 blows,  and  fbme  few  were  kill'd.  Among  the  reft,  one  Woman 
 that  would  not  bow  to  the  Image  of  the  Virgin  fet  up  over  St. 
 Anthony's  Gate,  was  murder'd  ;  and  a  Prieft,  miftaken  by  the 
 multitude  for  a  Minifter,  had  much  ado  to  efcape  their  hands,  by 
 
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 the  aflillance  of  the  Duke's  own  Servants.  Some  Houfes  alfb,  1621. 
 where  the  People,  out  of  compaflion,  had  fhelter'd  fome  of  the 
 Reformed,  were  fore'd  open  and  pillag'd.  And  all  this  was  done 
 under  the  very  Nofes  of  the  Guards  and  Archers,  who  were  ap- 
 pointed to  conduct  the  Reformed,  and  might  have  prevented 
 thefe  Violences,  had  they  but  let  fly  two  or  three  times  among 
 tbeKabble.  But  the  veneration  they  had  for  Catholic  Blood, 
 would  not  permit  'em  to  fhed  the  leaft  drop  for  the  prefer  na- 
 tion of  the  Huguenots.  So  that  in  lefs  then  a  minute  the  City 
 was  all  in  an  uproar :  the  Chains  were  drawn  up  5  the  Citizens 
 were  order'd  to  ftand  to  their  Arms;  and  Guards  were  fet  at 
 the  Gates  :  But  Night  was  more  powerful  then  all  the  Orders 
 which  the  Magiftrate  could  give,  and  fent  the  feditious  Mobile 
 to  their  own  Houfes. 
 
 The  next  day,  the  Mutineers  not  daring  to  attempt  any  thing  the  chord 
 in  the  City,  where  their  Party  was  not  ftrong  enough,  ran  all  «/"Charen- 
 to  continue  their  Violences  at  Chxrenton.  Where  they  pillag'd  ton  bu,rnt' 
 fome  Houfes ;  but  their  chief  fpite  was  at  the  Church,  which 
 they  burnt ;  together  with  the  Shops  where  the  Bookfellers  left 
 their  Books  of  Devotion,  which  they  durftnot  fell  in  other  pla- 
 ces. The  Library  was  robb'd  ;  the  Walls  of  the  Cloyfter  pull'd 
 down  •  nor  did  the  Fury  of  thefe  People  ceafe,  till  their  Rage 
 had  no  more  Materials  to  work  upon.  'Tis  true,  that  the  Duke 
 of  Momhzofj  and  the  Parlament  caus'd  two  of  the  chief  A  dors 
 to  be  feiz'd,  who  were  alfb  executed  for  ?n  example  to  others. 
 But  while  he  was  at  the  Parlament, bufy  in  confutation  by  what 
 means  to  flop  the  Career  of  thefe  Enormities,  the  Sedition  broke 
 out  again  in  the  Fauxbourg  St.  Marceau,  where  the  greater!  part 
 of  the  Reformed  Artificers,who  are  debarr'd  from  keeping  Shops 
 in  the  City,  were  let  up,  to  the  end  they  might  follow  their  Em- 
 ployments without  moleftation  ;  and  in  this  Uproar  alfb  one  or 
 two  of  the  Reformed  were  kill'd,  and  fome  Houfes  pillag'd. 
 But  at  length  the  Tumult  was  appeas'd,  and  the  Parlament  ha- 
 ving ilfu'd  forth  a  Decree,  putting  the  Reformed  under  the 
 Protection  of  the  King  and  the  Law,  which  was  prefently  dif- 
 pa:cht  away  to  the  feveral  Bayliwicks  under  their  Jurifdiction, 
 this  fame  Spirit  of  Violence  was  fupprefb'd  for  feme  time,  to 
 
 D  d  d  the 
 
326  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.  the  great  grief  of  thofe  who  in  feveral  places  were  prepar'd  for 
 
 InfurreUions  no  left  dangerous. 
 The  Rcfor.  But  for  all  this,  the  Reformed  began  again  to  quit  their  Ha- 
 ;/wSL^tatlons'  anc'  many  People  leic  Parity  as  others  quitted  other  pla- 
 tatkm.  ces,  who  had  hitherto  flatten!  themfelves  that  they  fhould  live 
 in  fecurity,  fb  they  had  no  hand  in  the  War.  They  likewile, 
 who  ftaid  behind,  lock'd  themfelves  up  in  their  Houfes  for  fome 
 days,  tho  in  continual  fears;  or  elfe  they  concea I'd  themfelves 
 among  the  Catholics,  with  whom  they  had  contracted  a  friend- 
 fliip  either  upon  the  (core  of  Kindred,  or  Neighborhood,  or 
 fome  tie  of  Intereft.  As  for  the  Minifters,  they  were  in  the 
 number  of  thofe  that  retir'd  ;  and  tho  they  alledg'd  for  them- 
 felves St.  Cyprians  Reafon-,  fearing,  as  he  did, that  their  prefence 
 made  the  Sedition  more  fatal  to  their  Flocks,  yet  their  aban- 
 doning their  (rations  was  cenfur'd  by  a  fort  of  People  who 
 are  always  finding  fome  fault  or  other  in  the  conduct  of  other 
 men. 
 
 lie/  are      But  tho  the  Seditious  themfelves  were  fupprefi,  yet  the  Spirit 
 acorn  d  of  0f  Sedition  was  not  laid  ;  for  fome  Houfes  hapning  to  be  a  fire 
 IT  "he     at  PayUx  and  the  Flames  taking  hold  of  the  Hoults  adjoining 
 Bridges  of  with  that  fiercenefs  as  to  burn  down  the  two  Bridges,caU'd  Pont 
 E?r*s-      aux  Marcbtndsy  and  Pont  m  Qhangey  the  People  prefently  accus'd 
 the  Reformed,  as  if  they  had  bin  the  Authors  of  the  Conflagra- 
 tion.   Nay,  they  would  have  had  it  believ'd,  that  they  had  a 
 defign  to  have  fet  the  whole  City  on  fire,  to  revenge  the  burn- 
 ing of  their  Church  at  churenton.    But,  after  ail  the  moft  dili- 
 gent Inquifitions  that  could  be  made,they  could  not  find  the  leaft 
 Fretence  to  make  good  that  Calumny  :  a  clear  difcovery  being 
 fbon  after  made,  that  the  Accident  happen'd  through  the  negli- 
 gence of  a  Maid-fervant.    There  happen'd  alio  fuch  another 
 Mifchance  at  Lion  much  about  the  lams  time.    A  Gentle- 
 man returning  out  of  Germwy,  and  taking  Poft  in  that  Ci- 
 ty, had  a  Quarrel  upon  the  fame  occafion  with  one  of  the 
 Canons  of  chat  City,  who  alTume  the  Title  of  Counts  of  Lion. 
 Upon  which  the  Canon  riding  before  to  ftay  for  the  Gentleman 
 upon  the  Road,  dilchargd  two  Piftols  at  him,  but  mift  with 
 both:  on  the  other  fide  the  Gentleman  had  a  better  Aim,  and 
 
 kill'd 
 
Book  VIII.      Editi  of  Nantes,  327 
 
 ki.Pd  the  Canon  fairly,  according  to  all  the  Maxims  allow'd  by  1621. 
 ir.cn  of  the  Sword  ;  neverthelefs  he  was  feiz'd  and  imprifbn'd  at 
 Lion.  The  next  day  the  Jail  happen'd  to  be  a-flre,  and  very 
 inuch  endamaged  both  the  Prifon  and  the  Palace.  Prefently  the 
 Catholics  knew  where  to  lay  the  fault :  for  becaufe  it  had  (6  fal- 
 len out,  that  the  Gentleman's  Servants,  and  fbme  of  the  Re- 
 formed had  bin  heard  to  fay,  that  the  Gentleman  was  wrong- 
 fully imprifon'd,  in  regard  he  had  done  nothing  but  what  was 
 grounded  upon  the  Law  of  Self-defence,  therefore  the  Catho- 
 lics would  have  it,  that  either  the  one  or  the  other  fet  fire  to  the 
 Prifon.  But  the  Informations  acquitted  the  Parties  accus'd, 
 and  made  it  appear  that  the  Misfortune  happen'd  through 
 the  carelefnefs  of  the  Keeper  and  his  Servants.  Thus  thefe- 
 ditious  difcourfes  of  the  Monks  both  in  public  and  private,  had 
 infus'd  this  malignant  Spirit  among  the  vulgar  Catholics,  that 
 the  blame,  whatever  happen'd,  was  by  them  laid  upon  the  Re- 
 formed ;  and  that  they  lookt  upon  the  moft  moderate  and  moft 
 peaceable,  as  People  that  were  always  hatching  and  contriving 
 mifchievous  defigns,  and  feeking  an  opportunity  to  put  the 
 Kingdom  inconfufion.  So  that  they  found  themfelves  in  the 
 fame  condition  with  the  Primitive  Chriftians,  who  were  accus'd 
 by  the  hot-headed  Qtntiks  of  all  the  Misfortunes  and  Calami- 
 ties that  befel  the  State,  whether  Famine,  Peftilence,  Inunda- 
 tions, or  Drowth. 
 
 During  thefe  Events,  the  Circle  of  Lorer  Lurtguedoc  was  in  The  arch 
 a  miferable  condition.    Chatilton  made  no  other  ufe  of  his  Au-  °f^™z 
 thority,  then  to  prevent  the  Reformed  in  thofe  Quarters  from  doc2?;/"- 
 fuccouring  their  Friends  in  other  places  ;  and  it  may  be  eafily  mfi  Cha- 
 conjecTur'd,  what  they  might  have  bin  able  to  have  done,  had  he  nl!on- 
 bin  fjithfu',  by  what  they  did  in  defpite  of  all  the  difturbnnce 
 which  he  gave 'em.    Montattban  was  reliev'd,  notwithstanding 
 all  his  opposition  ;  and  as  negligent  as  he  was  in  the  preferva- 
 tion  of  the  places,  of  which  the  Aflembly  had  given  him  the 
 Government,  the  Duke  of  Mommortncy  made  no  gre2t  progrefs. 
 Neverthelefs  there  were  fb  many  People  who  were  fenfible  that 
 Qbxtdlon  was  intent  upon  his  own  Affairs,  to  the  prejudice  of 
 the  Public  Concerns,  that  at  length  the  Affembly  of  the  Circle 
 which  then  fate  at  Momptlier^  turn'd  him  out  of  his  employ- 
 
 D  d  d  2  ment  ; 
 
328  The  Hijlory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.  ment  ;  and  the2irtof  Novtmbtr,  let  forth  a  very  large  Deck- 
 ration,  containing  the  Reafbnsof  their  Severity.  They  accus'd 
 him  of  having  beiray'd  the  Churches,  and  of  making  his  own 
 Fortune  at  their  Expence  :  For  having  rais'd  men,  not  for  the 
 fervice  of  the  Reformed,  but  to  undei  Itand  the  utmoft  frrength 
 of  the  Circlejwhat  number  of  Soldiers  they  could  raife;and  what 
 quantity  of  Arms  and  Ammunition  they  were  able  to  provide  : 
 For  having  often  let  the  Enemy  efcape,  when  they  might  have 
 been  eafily  defeated  :  For  having  thruft  out  of  employment  luch 
 perfons  as  he  knew  to  be  too  well  affected  to  the  Common 
 Caufe :  For  having  giv  n  notice  to  the  Enemy  to  ftand  upon  their 
 Guards  :  For  having  reprefented  to  the  Reformed  the  Mifchiefs 
 greater,  and  the  Remedies  more  difficult  then  they  were :  For 
 having  kept  private  feveral  Matters,  which  he  ought  to  have 
 communicated  :  For  keeping  Spies,  w  hich  he  fent  to  the  Court, 
 todifcover  the  Secrets  of  the  Reformed:  For  having  favor'd 
 and  receiv'd  into  his  friendfbip  thofe  who  had  furrender'd  their 
 Strongholds  to  the  King:  For  having  fcornfully  affronted  the 
 Affembly  of  Rochel :  For  having  by  his  own  Authority  difan- 
 null'd  their  Refolutions :  For  having  reftord  to  the  Enemy  the 
 Booty  taken  from 'em  in  a  juft  War,  without  fo  much  as  de- 
 manding, at  leaft  by  way  of  compensation,  what  had  bin  plun- 
 der'd  from  the  Reformed  :  And  for  fuffering  the  lofs  of  great 
 quantities  of  Arms  ftor'd  up  with  great  Expences.  But  he  had 
 done  one  thing  contrary  to  the  interefts  of  the  Party,  which  did 
 him  more  harm  then  all  that  was  laid  to  his  charge  :  For  he  had 
 drain'd  the  Province  of  Ctvennesy  by  a  Levy  of  Six  thoufand 
 men,  which  he  had  fent  into  the  Venetian  Service.  And  this  was 
 the  reafon  that  the  Province  could  not  raile  the  one  half  of  the 
 Soldiers  that  were  promis'd,  when  the  Duke  of  Rohan  was  con- 
 ftrain'd  to  take  Arms. 
 
 The  great  Tffiis  difplacing  of  Cbatillon,  put  the  whole  Circle  into  an  ex- 
 traordinary  Confufion  ;  for  that  Chatilloris  Party  was  very  po- 
 
 ctrcie.  tent  in  thole  Quarters.  They  who  were  not  Members  of  the 
 Aflrembly,nor  had  any  fhareof  the  Public  Command;complain'd 
 that  the  Affembly  abus'd  their  Authority,  and  fome  Provinces 
 murmur'd  againft  it.  Btiticberesjwhom  they  had  elected  for  Lieu- 
 tenant-General,  endeavour'd  to  keep  his  ground  without  any 
 
 Supe- 
 
Book  Vllf.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  529 
 
 Superior  ■  to  the  end  that  having  a  more  fpacious  Country  to  162  r. 
 furrender,  he  might  be  able  to  make  an  Accommodation  fb 
 much  the  more  advantageous  with  the  Court.    And  indeed 
 there  was  nothing  which  preferv'd  to  the  Reformed  what  was 
 left  in  the  Circle,  but  that  Affairs  at  Court  were  not  in  much 
 a  better  pofture,  where  the  Conftable's  death  had  wrought  great 
 Alterations.    Every  one  afpir'd  to  be  Matter  of  the  King's  Fa- 
 vour, that  they  might  have  the  fole  Authority  in  the  Govern- 
 ment.   But  whether  it  were  that  the  Pretenders  obftrucTcd  one 
 another,  or  that  the  King,  who,  as  I  may  fay,  was  but  juft 
 got  out  of  Wardflhip,  as  yet  too  fenfibly  remember'd  the 
 trouble  which  the  greatnefs  of  his  Favourite  had  put  him  to  ;  or 
 whether  his  diftruft  of  thofe  who  were  about  his  pedbn,  kept 
 him  upon  his  guard  againfr  Surprizes,  he  would  not  fufrer  him- 
 felf  to  be  prevail'd  upon,all  of  a  fudden,  by  any  new  Affection :  Co 
 that,  in  the  mean  while,  the  Cardinal  de  Rttz,,  Schombero,  Grand 
 Mailer  and  Superintendant,  and  de  Vic^  to  whom  the  Seals 
 were  committed,  took  upon 'em  the  greateft  fhare  in  Affairs. 
 The  Prince  of  Conde,  who  was  defirous  that  the  King  fhould 
 continue  the  War,  join'd  with 'em,  in  regard  they  were  all  of 
 the  fime  mind  ;  and  this  is  one  thing  very  remarkable,  that  the 
 Marihals  of  F/-^fe,and  fuch  as  might  pretend  to  the  fame  Dig- 
 nity, appear'd  as  much  inclined  to  Peace,  as  the  Officers  of  the 
 Long  Robe  and  the  Finances  were  averfe  to  it.    The  Prince 
 therefore,  and  the  three  Minifters,  who  were  of  his  Opinion, 
 did  as  much  as  lay  in  their  power  to  ftop  the  King's  return  to 
 Par/s,  where  they  expected  nothing  lefs  then  to  be  oppos'd  by 
 the  old  Minifters ;  and  where  the  Prince  was  afraid  left  the  Au- 
 thority fhould  devolve  again  into  the  hands  of  the  Queen  Mo- 
 ther.   To  this  purpofe,  having  perfuaded  the  King  to  march 
 toward  Bourdeaux,  they  propos'd  to  him  the  making  himfelf 
 Mafter  of  Qhxtillon,  a  Town  belonging  to  the  Marfh.il  de  Bou- 
 illon,  upon  the  River  Dordopne  ;  and  the  Expedient  they  had 
 found  out  to  compafs  their  defign,  was  to  treat  with  the  Gari- 
 fon  of  the  place,  which  flood  Neuter  as  the  Mafter  did,  in  the 
 fame  manner  as  they  had  praclis'd  with  du  Ple/fis.    The  effect 
 of  their  Confutations  therefore  was,  that  the  King  fhould  en- 
 ter into  the  Caftle,  under  pretence  that  'twas  his  pleafure  to 
 
5  jo  71  fa  Hi  (lory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 xgn.  lodge  there;  and  that  when  he  was  in, he  fhould  turn  out  the  Gari- 
 fon  that  kept  it  for  the  Duke  of  Bouillon.  But  this  City,  as  well  as 
 all  the  reft,which  btlong'd  to  that  noble  peribn,was  comprehend- 
 ed in  the  fame  Treaty,  upon  the  confidence  of  which  the  Duke 
 liv'd  peaceably  at  Sidan,  and  never  concern'd  himfelf  in  the 
 War ;  fo  that  the  PropoIaJs  of  furprizing  it,  was  manifeftlv  op- 
 polite  to  Hone  ft  y  and  sincerity.  However  that  fort  of  Policy 
 thattnov'd  upon  the  hinges  of  Craft  and  Injuftice,  was  juftfii'd 
 while  the  deceafed  Conftable  was  in  favour.  Neverthelefs,  in 
 regard  the  honeft  men  were  more  numerous  then  they  who 
 gave  this  pernicious  Advice,  they  perfuaded  the  King  to  aban- 
 don the  Attempt,  and  fo  it  fell  to  the  ground. 
 
 i6ii.      The  King  then  having  left  the  befl:  Orders  he  could  in  the 
 The  Kng  Provinces  to  hinder  the  Reformed,  who  were  brought  very  low 
 Paris'  "  yf!k^a%ou  ailc*  ^HJenr>e  fr°m  rifing  agen,  return'd  at  length  to 
 an  '     Ptris, where  the  old  Minifters  recover'd  a  little  credit  with  him, 
 and  inclin'd  him  to  Peace.  The  Chancellor  and  Jeamin  deem'd 
 it  very  neceffary,  and  made  no  queftion  but  that  it  was  more 
 proper  to  deftroy  the  Reformed  then  War.    There  is  to  be  feen 
 a  fmall  Treatile  compes'd  by  the  laft  of  thele  two,  which  per- 
 haps may  be  lookt  upon  as  one  of  the  mod  authentic  Pieces  that 
 are  to  be  produe'd  in  favour  of  the  Reformed  ;  and  which  ut- 
 terly overthrows  the  Pretence,  which  was  taken  from  their  fup- 
 pos'd  Rebellion,  to  exterminate  'em.    He  acknowledges  almoft 
 in  exprefs  words,  That  the  Catholics  were  the  AggrefTors  in 
 that  War,  and  that  the  Reformed  acted  meerly  in  their  own  de- 
 fence: at  lealt  it  is  to  be  dedue'd  from  his  difcourfe  by  evident 
 a  remark-  Confequcnces.  He  prefuppofes,  That  it  behov'd  the  Reformed 
 Me  wn-  t0  5e  UI1ited,  fince  it  was  evident  to 'em  that  there  was  a  defign 
 jefnnm,  uPon  tne'r  Religion ;  and  he  fets  down  leveral  Reafbns  why 
 advifwg    they  had  caufe  enough  to  think  fo  :  That  fb  long  as  they  believ'd 
 Peace-     the  Kings  Intentions  to  be  no  other  then  tochaftife  Rebels,  there 
 were  many  who  continu'd  in  perfect  Obedience  ;  but  that  they 
 found  themfelves  no  more  kindly  us'd  then  they  who  had  tak'n 
 Arms :  That  the  principal  Members  of  the  Council  publicly  gave 
 put,  that  the  King  would  no  longer  permit  any  other  exercife  of 
 Divine  Worfhip  then  that  of  the  Catholic  Religion:  That  the 
 
 Preachers 
 
Book  VIII.      EiiB  of  Nantes.  351 
 
 Preachers  ftuft  their  Sermons  with  Menaces  of  the  fame  nature,  1611. 
 and  endeavorM  to  perfuade  men,  that  the  following  of  any  other 
 cou nfel  was  profane,  and  fa vor'd  of  Impiety  :  whence  it  follow'd, 
 that  the  War  would  prove  more  bloody  and  univerfal  then  it  had 
 bin,  if  the  Reformed,  united  as  it  behov'd  em  to  be  for  their 
 common  Interelt,  fhou'd  put  themfelves  into  a  pofture  of  de- 
 fence.   Farther  alfo,  and  that  clearly  enough,  te  aflerts,  That 
 the  Aim  of  thole  who  advis'd  a  War,  was  to  take  their  opportu- 
 nity, becaufe  the  Foreign  Proteftants  being  bufi'd  at  home, 
 cou'd  not  attend  the  fuccor  of  thofe  that  were  opprels'd  in 
 Prince.    He  made  excellent  Reflections  upon  the  Wars  which 
 had  bt:en  all  along  continu'd  againft  'em,  with  the  fame  defign 
 to  deftroy  'em,  fbmetimes  by  Fire  and  Sword,  fometimes  by  De- 
 ceit and  Treachery.    Thence  patting  to  give  Sentence  upon  the 
 occafion  that  had  conftrain'd  their  Enemies  to  grant 'em  fuch  a 
 number  of  Strong-holds,  he  concludes,  That  after  the  MalTacre 
 of  St.  Bartholomew,  and  the  Siege  of  Rachel,  there  was  a  necsdity 
 of  allowing  em  a  greater  number,  to  fecure  em,  fays  \iQ,aaa/n/i 
 our  Fcrfidicufnefs  and  Infidelity.    He  obferves,  how  much  the 
 Peace,  which  they  were  fuffer'd  to  enjoy  for  five  years  together, 
 under  the  Reign  of  Henry  III.  was   to  their  difadvantage, 
 through  the  Policy  of  that  Prince,  who  excluded 'em  from  all 
 Gratifications:  a  powerful  means  to  infect  the  minds  of  thofe  - 
 who  are  overfway'd  by  their  own  Interefts.    The  King  himfe'f 
 perform'd  the  ouice  of  a  Converter,  and  his  Reafons,  which  he 
 accompani'd  with  Favours  or  Denials,  as  he  thought  proper, 
 regained  to  his  Religion  ail  thole  who  had  a  defign  to  pleaie  him. 
 Several  alfo  whocontinu"d  in  the  Reformed  Religion,  for  their 
 own  Soul's  health,  yet  bred  their  Children  up  in  the  Romzn  Re- 
 ligion, for  the  fecurity  of  their  Fortunes.  Jeannin  adds  farther, 
 to  demonstrate  how  difadvanrageous  a  Peace  would  be  to  the 
 Reformed,  for  that  when  they  had  a  mind  to  betake  themfelves 
 to  their  Arms  after  a  longrefr,  they  always  found  it  a  difficult 
 thing  to  rouze  up  from  their  Repole  and  Tranquility,  thofe 
 who  had  for  fbme  time  bin  taltmg  the  delights  of  Peace  ; 
 tefides,  that  there  was  lefs  danger  in  attacking  em,  after  they 
 had  effeminated  themfelves  with  the  charming  fbftneffes  of  an 
 eafy  life.    And  he  was  fa  poiTek'd  with  this  Opinion,  that  as  he 
 
 wrote 
 
332  Tbe  Hifiory  of  the        Vol.  If. 
 
 1621.  wrote  before  the  Peace,  to  oblige  the  King  and  his  Council  to 
 make  it,  fo  he  publilh'd  another  Writing,  after  it  was  conclu- 
 ded, to  advile  em  to  keep  it. 
 The  Rea.      But  the  King's  Infirmity  lying  on  his  Conlcience  fide,  thev 
 mJZ^e  who  a{rail'd  him  in  his  weakeft  parr,  proved  mo  ft  fuccefsfu! ;  and 
 prevalent,  for  fear  the  Counlellors  of  Peace  fhould  by  their  more  weighty 
 Reafbns  deface  the  Impreflions  which  they  had  fix'd  in  his  mind, 
 they  got  him  out  of  Paris  as  it  were  in  hugger-mugger,  in  hopes 
 they  ihould  have  more  power  over  him  when  they  had  him  at  the 
 head  of  an  Army. To  fay  the  trutb,there  was  a  ftrange  alteration  of 
 Affairs  after  the  Kings  return  to  Paris.  But  it  feems,  he  thought 
 a  Peace  would  not  be  for  his  Honor  in  the  prefent  Conjuncture. 
 The  Re   On  the  other  fide,  the  Reformed  had  almoft  every  where  regain'd 
 frea(fL    frefh  Courage.    The  Duke  of  Sodife  had  recover  d  their  Af- 
 fi-ejbcou-  fairs  in  the  Lower  Pvitou,  and  in  the  Iflands.    La  Force  had  re- 
 rase-      incourag'd  to  the  defence  of  their  Liberties  fome  of  thole  Cities 
 which  their  Governors  had  fold.    He  had  wreffed  St.  Foy  out 
 of  Theobon's  hands,  by  means  of  a  Female  Intrigue,  in  regard 
 that  Gentleman  was  in  love  with  one  of  his  Kinfwomen.  Ton- 
 ntins,QlsLirac,%x\&  feveral  other  Strong-holds  once  more  acknow- 
 ledge! the  Reformed  for  their  Mafters.    The  Duke  of  Rohan, 
 elected  General  of  the  Circle  of  Lower  Languedoc,  had  by  his 
 Policy  and  Prudence,  his  Franknefs  and  his  Patience,  reconcil'd 
 the  Differences  which  had  for  fome  time  difunited  that  Pro- 
 vince ;  fo  that  the  King  had  almoft  loft  all  the  fruit  of  the 
 preceding  Campaign,  which  had  coft  him  fo  much  men  and 
 money. 
 
 ■The  King      The  King  departed  from  Paris  upon  Palm  Sunday,  and  by  re- 
 haves  Pa-ceiv'd  Intelligence,  that  theDi.ke  of  Efpernon  having  drawn  off" 
 lis-        all  his  Forces  tor  the  fecurity  of  his  own  Co7ernments,there  was 
 His  suceefs  not  any  ftrength  in  the  Lower  Poitou  that  could  make  head  a- 
 *»  Poitou  gainft  the  Duke  of  Soubife,  therefore  he  was  conftrain'd  to 
 begin  his  Campaign  in  thofe  Quarters  ;  where  the  Duke,  either 
 for  want  of  Judgment,  or  through  the  Infidelity  of  thofe  who 
 commanded  under  him,  became  the  unfortunate  Spectator  of 
 the  (laughter  of  his  men,  and  in  one  day  loft  the  fruit  of  all  his 
 Labours.    Roy  an  was  furrender'd  to  the  King,  after  a  Siege  of 
 fome  few  days ;  and  thefe  Succeflfes  buri'd  in  oblivion  the  Trea- 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes.  333 
 
 ties  of  Peace  which  had  bin  obferv'd  till  that  time;  and  the,  1622. 
 Duke  of  Rc^'sCommiflioners  not  arriving  till  after  the  Rout 
 of  his  Brother,  were  enforc'd  to  return  as  they  came.    On  the 
 other  fide  the  King,  upon  fome  jealoufy  of  the  Duke  of  Tre- 
 moHilky  who  had  remov'd  to  Sedan  the  Prince  of  Talmont,  his 
 eldeft  Son,  afterwards  known  by  the  Title  of  Prince  of  Tarente^ 
 w  hom  he  had  left  at  7houars  under  the  tuition  of  the  Dutchefs 
 Dowager,  difmifled  from  Tailhbonrg  the  perfon  entrufted  with 
 the  Command  of  that  place,  andfecur'd  the  Caftle  for  himfelf, 
 which  was  of  fome  confequence  at  that  time.    After  this,  the 
 Kingmarch'd  into  Guyenne,  where  he  prefently  retook  all  that^Guy- 
 the  Reformed  were  Matters  of  and  where  he  utterly  ruin'd  'em  j^jjT 
 by  the  Agreement  which  he  concluded  with  U  force.    In  pur-  mtbh 
 fuance  of  which,  he  honoured  him  with  the  Batoon  of  Marfhal Force- 
 of  France,  which  had  bin  promis'd  him  above  Twelve  years  be- 
 fore.  Moreover,  he  gave  him  a  Gratuity  of  Two  hundred  thou- 
 fand  Crowns,  to  recompence  him  for  the  lofs  of  his  Govern- 
 ments, which  both  he  and  his  Children  were  oblig'd  to  quit. 
 Thus  it  comes  to  pafs  fometimes,  that  Rebellion  is  more  for- 
 tunate then  Merit ;  and  that  a  man  by  rendring  himfelf  for- 
 midable, fecures  to  himfelf  the  reward  of  his  Services,  La  Force 
 furrenders  to  the  King  the  City  of  Sr.  Fey,  where  the  King  fb- 
 lemniz'd  theFeftival  which  the  Catholics  call  by  the  name  of 
 Corpus  Chnjii  day  ;  the  Ceremony  of  which  that  City  had  not 
 beheld  for  many  years  before.  But  /a  Force  treated  only  for  himfelf, 
 obtaining  for  his  Friends  no  more  then  a  bare  Act  of  Oblivion : 
 which  created  him  many  Enemies  in  the  Countrey,  where  ma- 
 ny of  the  Nobility  had  follow'd  him  before.    Moreover, 'twas 
 twenty  to  one  but  that  the  King  had  broke  his  word  with  him, 
 when  he  had  left  himfelf  to  the  difcrerion  of  theCourt,becaufe 
 his  Son  fTill  held  out  one  of  the  Strong- holds  which  belong'd  to 
 the  Reformed,  and  made  fome  Scruple  to  furrender  it ;  which 
 refinance  they  would  fain  have  had  to  have  bin  lookt  upon  as 
 aCollufion  between  the  Father  and  the  Son.    But  that  Advice 
 was  rejefted,  as  well  for  fear  of  the  Conlequences,  as  for  the 
 Reafons  which  the  Prince  of  Condk  gave,  who  obftinately  op- 
 pos  d  it. 
 
 E'e  e 
 
 The 
 
334  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 i6iz.  The  King  now  haftning  into  Languedoc,  was  foforrun  te  as 
 to  meet  wi  n  no  Oppofition  by  the  way  ;  and  for  that,  the  Ci- 
 ties which  he  had  nodefign  to  have  attack'd,  furrender'd  merely 
 out  of  fear  cf  being  btfieg'd.  Ntgrepelifje  and  St.  Antomn,  fmall 
 Cities,  not  fai  diltant  from  Montaiiban,  were  taken  by  Ailaulr, 
 and  all  the  Cruelties  imaginable  committed.  The  Women  fuf- 
 fer'd  al!  that  could  be  fear'd  from  the  fenfuaiity  of  Brutifh  Com- 
 mon Soldiers,  and  the  Men  were  almoft:  all  maiTacr'd.  The 
 Pretence  was,  That  Negrepdifft  had  cut  the  Throats  of  the  Ga- 
 rifon  which  the  King  left  there  the  year  before  ;  and  that  St.  An- 
 ton'm  had  ftay'd  took  long  before  it  furrender'd.  They  alfo, 
 who  retreated  to  the  Caftle  firft  of  all,  after  the  Town  was  fur- 
 render'd, had  their  fhare  of  the  fame  ulage  :  And  when  they 
 had  furrender'd  at  difcretion,  the  Council  order'd  twelve  of  'em 
 to  be  hang'd.  There  were  fome  that  follow'd  the  King,  who  by 
 no  means  approv'd  thefe  Cruelties ;  who  refcu'd  as  many  as 
 they  could  out  of  the  Soldbrs  Clutches,  and  redeemed  fome 
 Women  and  Virgins ,  that  were  threatened  extremity  of  out- 
 rage, with  their  own  Money.  But  the  King,  who  was  naturally 
 good  natur'd,  and  under  whole  Name  thele  Cruelties  were  com- 
 mitted, was  more  concerned  then  any  body.  So  that  his  abhor- 
 rence of  fuch  Barbarities  prov'd  not  a  little  lerviceable  tothofe 
 that  were  enciin'd  to  peace,  toward  the  dilpofing  him  torefume 
 the  firmer  Negotiations  for  an  Accommodation. 
 
 Lefdi^uieres,  who  had  no  longer  any  Competitor,  renew'd  his 
 Pretenfions  to  the  Conftable's  Sword ,  and  promis'd  to  turn 
 Catholick,  upon  condition  he  might  have  th  ;t  Dignity  conferr'd 
 upon  him  ;  that  he  might  be  made  a  Knighr  of  the  Holy  Ghoft, 
 and  his  Son-in-Law  Qrtqui,  a  Marfhal  of  France,  But  to  com- 
 fort the  Reformed  for  the  lofs  of  his  Perfbn,  he  became  an  ear- 
 ned: IntercelTor  for  Peace.  He  had  already  had  one  Conference 
 to  that  purpofe  with  the  Duke  of  Rohan  at  Pont  St.  Efprit  > 
 where  all  the  Pretenfions  of  the  Reformed  had  bin  redue'd  to 
 four  Heads:  The  Restitution  of  al;  Places  of  Security ;  Liberty 
 of  Politic  AtTemblies  ;  Payment  of  the  Sums  promis'd  for  the 
 Minifters  Salaries,  and  the  maintenance  of  the  Garifons ;  and 
 the  difingagement  of  the  Nobility  that  had  bin  niin'd  by  uhe 
 War.    Thefe  Articles  being  carri'd  to  the  King  by  the  Com. 
 
 miflioners 
 
Book  VIII.      EdiSt  of  Nantes,  335 
 
 miflioners  introduc'd  by  Bouillon, wzxz  not  agreed  to,  becauFe  the  1622. 
 King's  Forces  had  defeated  Sonbiz,e,  and  put  him  in  hopes  of  an 
 eafy  conclufion  of  the  War.  But  becaufc  the  Seafbn  of  the  Year 
 Was  far  fpent,  and  for  that  there  were  many  things  to  be  done, 
 thefe  Propofals  were  again  brought  into  play,and  many  Journies 
 were  made  to  and  fro,  for  the  obtaining  of  Peace.  ^The  Duke  of 
 Rohan  alFoa&ed  fofar,that  he  had  render'd  himfelf  fufpeCted  at 
 Mompellier,  and  faw  his  Credit  upon  the  brink  of  an  utter  decli- 
 nation. For  there  were  Feveral  Factions  in  that  City,  who  mu- 
 tually fought  to  deftroy  one  another.  Among  the  reft,  there 
 was  one  which  was  call'd  the  Faction  of  the  Catharinots.  A 
 word,  of  which  T  know  not  the  original.  However,  it  was  the 
 moft  Seditious  of  all  the  reft,  and  lookt  upon  as  Tray  tors  all 
 thole  that  did  not  tread  after  their  Reps  Now  Lefdiguieres  ha- 
 ving fent  the  Prefident  Di  Cros,  to  Momn>  flier,  to  perfuade  'em 
 to  peace,  that  Faevtion  ftirr'J  up  a  Sedition  againft  him,  and 
 bafely  murder'd  him.  But  the  Dukf  of  Rohan  caus'd  Feme  of  the 
 moft  guilty  to  be  Feverely  punifh'd,  which  did  not  a  little 
 humble  the  InFolent  Cabal.  The  Mjnifter  Souffnm^  who  was 
 accus'd  to  have  a  hand  in  that  Murder,  choie  rather  to  remain 
 FuFpecTed,  than  to  expole  himfelf  to  the  I(Fue  of  a  Criminal  Pro- 
 tection, and  withdrew  from  the  City. 
 
 The  lame  Mutineers  alio  rais'd  another  Inlurre&ion  againft  sedHona- 
 the  Catholics  of  the  City  ;  and  they  carri'd  it  Fo  f  ir,  that  theft  cSwSl 
 behaviour  being  reprefented  to  the  King  by  the  Biinop  of  Ftnon- 
 ifles,  awaken'd  in  him  that  averfion  which  had  br-en  always  in- 
 ftili'd  into  him  from  his  Cradle  againft  the  Reformed.  That  Pre- 
 late was  both  eloquent  and  witty  ;  and  he  made  a  (edulous  uFe  of 
 hisPans  to  inflame  the  King's  Indignation.He  call'd  the  Conduct 
 of  the  Reformed  aTyrannical  Phrenzy  of  Rebellion  and  Herefy  ; 
 and  the  condi  ion  wherein  they  kept  the  Catholics  in  his  City ,an 
 OpprelFion  great  in  it  Felf,  ingenious  as  to  the  Invention,  ex- 
 quifre  in  Cruelty  ,  and  univerlal  in  the  Ravages  it  committed. 
 He  Faid,  that  Herefy,  animated  by  Rebellion,  which  is  the  uFuai 
 Spirit  that  attends  it,  was  demonfrrable  by  the  accumulation  of 
 their  Crimes;  and  he  imputed  to  it  what  e're  Impiety  durft  ever 
 preFume  to  think  of,  and  put  in  execution,  in  oppofition  to  thai 
 Veneration  which  is  due  to  the  Holy  Saints.  He  laid  before  trie 
 
 E  e  e  2  eldeft 
 
336  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1622.  eldeftSonof  the  Church,  the  Outrages  that  had  bin  committed 
 againft  his  Mother,  fb  dreadful  for  their  Number,  fb  violent  in 
 theexceftes  of  Fury,  fo  fblemn  for  the  impudence  of  the  Au- 
 thors, fo  horrible  for  the  Sacrileges  that  attended  it,  fo  abomi- 
 nated by  Heav'n  and  Earth,  that  fuch  Hyperboles  would  have 
 been  hardly  tolerable  in  fetting  forth  the  horrors  of  a  St.  Bartho- 
 lomews Miflacre.  And  to  render  the  Reformed  of  his  time  more 
 odious,  he  compir'd  the  modefty  of  the  growing  Reformation 
 with  the  Reformation  eftablifh'd ;  and  in  regard  he  had  bor- 
 rowed thit  fame  common  place  from  the  Letter  of  that  fame 
 Ch&rpentier,  whom  BeMievre  had  gain'd  to  write  an  Apology  for 
 Maftacres,  he  envenom'd  this  Companion  likewife  with  Im- 
 poftures,  and  perpetual  Imputations  of  Rebellion.    By  the  by, 
 he  girded  the  Edicls  of  Peace,  which  God,  as  he  laid,  had  never 
 bleft,  and  which  had  been  as  yet  of  little  force  to  exorcize  the 
 fpirit  of  Rebellion ;  fo  that  his  whole  Speech  was  an  exprefs 
 Exhortation  to  revoke  'em.  He  aggravated,  as  heinous  Crimes, 
 whatever  the  Laws  and  Neceflities  of  War  had  enforc'd  the 
 Reformed  to  ad  in  their  own  defence  ;  and  to  raife  a  more  ten- 
 der Companion,  he  complain'd,  that  after  they  had  lb  ill  us'd  the 
 Catholics,  they  depriv  d  em  of  the  liberty  to  bemoan  their  mi- 
 le r  able  Conditions.    Yet  all  thefe  horrid  Crimes  amounted  to 
 no  more,  then  that  they  had  imprifon'd  the  Catholics  at  Mom- 
 pettier  ;  that  they  had  conftrain'd  'em  to  bear  their  fhare  in  the 
 expences  of  the  City  ;  and  that  they  had  either  demolifh'd  or  de- 
 fac'd  their  Countrey  Houfes.    But  in  regard  all  this  might  be 
 eafily  excus'd  by  Reafons  drawn  from  the  confequences  of  War, 
 or  theneceffity  of  putting  themfelves  into  a  condition  tofuftain 
 a  Siege,  for  which  the  City  was  oblig'd  to  prepare  themfelves, 
 he  drew  an  Inference  from  thence,  that  they  had  threaten'd  the 
 Catholics  with  a  general  MalTacre.    The  name  of  Htrefy  made 
 a  great  noife  throughout  all  his  Speech ;  'twas  ftuft  all  over  with 
 defcriptions  of  thofe  Propenfities  which  it  infus'd  into  men  to 
 ravage  and  deftroy.    He  upbraided  the  Reformed  with  having 
 roma^'d  the  Graves  of  the  dead,  and  digg'd 'em  out  of  their 
 Sepalchres  ;  as  if  the  fame  thing  had  not  been  done  every  day 
 by  the  Catholics,  who  held  it  to  be  a  duty  of  their  Religion. 
 This  Crime  was  aggravated  as  if  it  had  bin  very  ufual,  and 
 
 gave 
 
Book  VIII.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  357 
 
 gave  him  an  occafion  to  call  the  Reformed  by  the  name  of  1612, 
 damned  Souls,  which  by  thecounfel  and  inftigation  of  Hell  com- 
 mitted all  manner  of  Crimes  And  in  the  /tries  of  his  Ha- 
 rangue he  added,  that  they  furpafs'd  the  Devils  in  wickednefs. 
 The  Body  of  a  Nun,  being  found  buri'd  in  the  habits  of  her 
 Order,  gave  him  a  new  occafion  to  difplay  the  whole  force  of 
 his  eloquent  Fury.  And  fome  Ecclefiaftics  being  put  out  of  the 
 Town,  for  fear  they  fhould  betray  it,  and  fome  of  the  Canons 
 being  detaind  as  Hoftages,  for  the  fecurity  of  the Minifters, 
 afforded  him  a  large  Theme  for  another  moft  embitter'd  Com- 
 plaint. Some  Diftreffes  alfo  levid  in  the  Houfes  of  thofe  that 
 refus'd  to  contribute  toward  the  Public  Charges,  were  lookt  up- 
 on  as  Plund'ring:  And  the  Crime  was  reprefented  fomuch  the 
 more  heinous,  becaufe  the  Priefthood  was  advanc'd  above 
 Angelic  Excellency.  Afterwards  appear'd  a  long  and  pathetic 
 delcription  of  a  Church,  without  the  exercife  of  Divine  Wor- 
 fhip ;  a  Reproach  for  making  ufe  of  the  Materials  of  demolifh'd 
 Churches  in  their  Fortifications,  and  for  having  forc'd  thou fands 
 of  Catholics  to  abjure  their  Doctrine.  The  War  alfo  which  the 
 King  had  undertaken  was  call'd  Sacred,  and  he  was  exhorted  to 
 make  no  more  Treaties  with  Rebels. 
 
 It  would  be  a  difficult  thing  to  meet  with  fuch  a  violent  Ha;  Remarks 
 rangue,  and  where  the  mod  innocent  things,  or  at  lead  the  moft 
 to  be  excus'd,  by  the  neceffity  that  conft rain'd  em,  were  black*- S^,? 
 en'd  after  the  moft  odious  manner  imaginable.  The  torments 
 of  an  infinite  number  of  poor  Creatures  that  were  deftroy'd  in 
 all  places  where  the  Catholics  came,  the  burning  of  Jo;;neins^ 
 Monharty  Nr°repdiffe,  and  other  Towns ;  their  frequent  Inlur- 
 re&ions  againft  the  Reformed,  their  forcing  Conversions,  of 
 which  that  War  afforded  various  Examples,  would  make  thoie 
 tremble,  and  their  hair  ftand  an  end,  that  read  the  Story,  fhould 
 I  let  'em  forth  in  the  ftile  of  this  Harangue.  But  this  is  the 
 Character  of  the  Catholic  Prelates ;  whatever  it  be  that  never 
 ib  little  touches  the  Refpe<Sfc  which  is  due  to  their  Grandeur,  is 
 by  them  cry'd  down  for  Sacriledge,  and  is  never  to  be  excus'd  : 
 But  whatever  they  do  in  order  to  the  deftruclion  of  thofe  that 
 [offend  em,  though  never  fo  oppofite  to  all  the  Laws  of  God 
 and  Nature,  is  lawful  and  clear  from  all  Reproach  and  Cenfure*. 
 
 Thus 
 
3  3  8  The  Hiflory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1622.  Thus  the  City  of  Foix,  the  Metropolis  of  that  Province,  being 
 Defciuitn  inhabited  by  fbme  Reformed  Families,  the  Monk  Ft/larte,  a 
 chunk  of  CaP,tchi*9  Dcm£  fent  thither  by  the  Bifhop  of  Pamiers,  went 
 Foix!  °J  thither  toward  the  end  of  the  lalt  year,  to  do  all  the  mifthief 
 he  could,  under  pretence  of  preaching  the  Advent  Sermons,  and 
 return'd  thither  to  preach  the  Lent  Sermons  of  this  year. 
 But  his  feditious  Declamations,  his  Monaftical  Controverfies, 
 his  Conferences  offer'd  to  the  Minifters,  the  pious  Violences  of 
 the  Governors  of  the  Province,  and  the  City,  and  the  Treache- 
 ry of  fome  perfons  won  over  to  then  Party,  brought  over  all 
 the  Families  to  the  Church  of  Rome.  There  was  not  one  with- 
 ftood  this  Hurricane,  but  the  Miniver  and  his  Wife,  who  was 
 permitted  to  retire,  not  fo  much  out  of  Humanity  or  Juftice, 
 but  to  give  the  greater  luftre  to  the  Monk's  Victory.  And  the 
 Minifter  was  fpar'd,  to  be  a  testimony  of  the  defolation  of  his 
 Church,  and  to  carry  the  news  to  the  places  of  his  retirement. 
 To  which  purpofe  they  caus'd  a  Trumpet  to  attend  him,  who 
 under  pretence  of  conducting  him,  founded  forth  the  Tri- 
 umphs of  the  Monk  over  the  Minifter  and  his  Flock,  both  in  the 
 ftreetsof  the  City  and  in  the  Countrev.  Nor  had  the  Reform- 
 ed at  Foix  any  other  then  a  limited  Exercife,  as  I  have  faid 
 already. 
 
 Atteftati-  In  the  mean  time  the  Ecclefiaftics  of  Foix  gave  this  Monk  a 
 Tbe£Mmk  Certificate,  which  made  him  lookt  upon  as  the  only  Author  of 
 Villarte.  thele  goodly  Conversions,  and  which  affur'd  the  world  that  no 
 other  violent  means  was  made  ufeof  then  that  of  the  Word  of 
 God.  But  'tis  obfervable,  that  they  never  bethought  themfelves 
 of  attefting  in  behalf  of  thefe  New  Converts,  that  there  was 
 nothing  but  what  was  free  and  voluntary  in  their  change.  The 
 Art  of  Converting  was  then  but  in  its  Infancy  :  Time  brought 
 it  to  fome  perfection  ;  for  that  in  our  days  they  never  fail  to 
 caufe  thele  fort  of  Atteftations  to  be  fign'd  by  thofe  that  had 
 TufTer'd  the  utmoft  extremity  of  Violence  at  their  hands.  More- 
 over, the  demolifhing  the  Church,  which  was  done  by  the  bare 
 Authority  of  the  Inhabitants,  without  ftaying  for  the  King's 
 Orders,  follow'd  the  Vonk's  Viclory  clofe  at  the  heels  >  and  the 
 Catholic  Churches  of  the  City  fhar'd  among 'em  the  Spoils  of 
 the  Reformed.    It  may  be  judg  d  with  what  moderation  this 
 
 Affair 
 
Book  VIII.      EdiS  of  Nantes.  339 
 
 A  fair  wascarri'd  on  by  the  precipitancy  of  the  Catholics,  who  1621- 
 never  ccnlMted  their  Sovereign  upon  two  Points  of  that  impor- 
 tance. It  may  be  faid,  perhaps,  in  their  behalf,  that  they  did 
 nothing  without  the  private  encouragement  of  the  Court,  who 
 took  in  good  part  what  ever  was  ferviceable  toward  the  Con- 
 verfion  of  the  Heretics.  But  the  Archbifhop  of  Ambrmt  haran- 
 guing the  King  upon  his  return  to  Paris  after  the  Peace  made, 
 went  a  little  farther  then  all  this :  He  made  the  King  an  Afoftk 
 in  his  Speech  ;  and,  to  fupport  his  new  Eulogy  with  a  Reafon, 
 he  added,  that  the  King  procur'd  Converfions  by  his  Prudence, 
 and  the  concurrence  of  his  juft  Arms.  The  meaning  of  his 
 words  is  eafily  apprehended,  which  feem'd  to  intimate,  that  in 
 Converfions  of  this  nature,  Terror  wrought  no  lefs  effectually 
 then  Induction. 
 
 While  the  King  lay  at  Bezieres,  where  the  Bifhopof  Mom-  He  forbids 
 ftllitr  had  made  him  a  Speech,  he  put  forth  a  Declaration  dated  [Jj^^^JJ 
 Jnly  25.  which  renewing  the  ill-obferved  Promifesof  the  Kirg'sSl/fSi-  - 
 Protection  to  thole  that  liv'd  in  Obedience,  and  Paid  at  home 
 fender  the  benefit  of  the  Edith,  forbid  all  the  Reformed  to 
 quit  their  Habitations,  whether  in  City  or  Countrey,  upcn  pain 
 of  forfeiting  all  the  Favours  that  had  been  afforded  'em,  and  to 
 be  proceeded  againft  as  guilty  of  High-Treafon,  Deferters  of 
 the  Kingdom,  and  Difturbers  of  the  Public  Peace.  The  Pre- 
 tence for  thefe  Prohibitions  was,  That  the  Reformed  forfook 
 their  Houfes,  to  join  with  thofe  that  were  in  Arms ;  or  with  For- 
 eigners that  drew  toward  the  Frontiers,  and  threatened  the 
 Kingdo  fl  with  an  InvaHon.  The  truth  is,  that  the  greatefl: 
 part  of  thofe  that  quitted  their  Houfes,  were  fore'd  to  wander 
 other  where  in  fe-irch  of  their  fecurity.  The  heats  of  the  Ca- 
 tholic Rabb'e,  thefeditious  roaring  of  the  Monks  in  their  Pul- 
 pits, the  uncontroul'd  Lice-tioufnefs  of  the  Soldiers,  the  pro- 
 mifesof Protection  a  thoufmd  ways  broken,  Capitulations  ill 
 obferv'd,  the  frequent  Tortures  of  thole  who  furrender'd  at  dis- 
 cretion ;  the  enormous  fury  of  the  Rafcal!y  Mobile  againft  the 
 bodies  of  thofe  who  had  undergone  the  utmoft  extremity  and 
 Torments,  yet  ftedfaft  to  the  end  ;  and  feveral  other  Circum- 
 ftancesof  the  prefent  condition  of  the  Reformed  in  Frxnce,\verc 
 fo  terrible,  that  they  expected  a  Malfacre  every  day,which  every 
 
 body. 
 
340  The  Hijiory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1622.  body  ftrove  to  avoid,  by  withdrawing  into  places  where  there 
 was  more  probability  of  iafety.  But  to  fpeak  the  truth,  the 
 Court  was  not  free  from  Alarums  ;  and  if  the  Confederates 
 had  but  had  a  little  ready  money,  they  would  have  made  the 
 Court  repent  their  declaring  War  againft  'em. 
 comt  Count  MansfeiU,  who  was  enter'd  into  the  Confederacy 
 ^"s^j .againft  theHoufeof  Auftria,  and  who  after  the  overthrow  of 
 S^r*.  °  the  King  of  Bohemia,  had  maintain'd  his  ground  with  good  re- 
 formed.  putation,  at  that  time  befieg'd  Saver  n  in  AlfatU  with  a  confide- 
 rableArmy:but  before  he  could  take  the  place,he  was  conftrain'd 
 to  retreat,  for  fear  of  the  Imperialifls,  who  were  within  Tome 
 few  days  march  of  him  with  three  Bodies  of  an  Army  much  fu- 
 perior  in  number  to  his.  In  his  retreat,  he  was  conftrain'd  to 
 crofs  Lorrain ;  which  the  Duke,  who  had  not  his  Forces  ready, 
 durft  not  deny  him.  Now  the  Count,  not  having  money,  had 
 no  other  way  to  keep  his  men  together,  but  by  the  liberty  which 
 he  allow'd  'em  to  do  what  they  pleas'd  :  fo  that  there  was  no 
 likelihood  that  he  could  fubfift  any  long  time,  provided  his  Par- 
 ties could  be  hinder'd  from  roaming  about  from  their  main 
 Body.  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  therefore  liking  well  the  opportuni- 
 ty, and  weary  of  the  Neutrality  which  he  had  obferv'd  fince 
 the  beginning  of  the  War,  and  defirous  to  make  one  fmart  Ef- 
 fay  before  he  dy'd,  for  the  fupport  of  a  Religion,  of  which,  as  he 
 clearly  perceiv'd,  the  Catholics  had  vow'd  the  deftruction,  be- 
 thought himfelf  of  treating  with  the  Count,  and  found  it  no 
 hard  matter  to  gain  him.  To  that  purpofe  he  promis'd  him  mo- 
 ney, and  that  he  fhould  be  conduced  into  France  by  numerous 
 reinforcements  of  men  that  would  very  much  augment  his  Ar- 
 my. He  promis'd  alfo  to  fend  him  the  Prince  of  Sedan  his 
 eldeft  Son,  and  the  Duke  of  Trimouille  to  accompany  him  : 
 and  in  a  word,  thole  Lords,affifted  by  the  Counts  of  S/tze  and 
 Rouffi,  and  fome  others,  fent  their  Friends  and  their  Servants, 
 who  rendevouz'd  from  all  parts  at  the  places  that  were  aflign'd 
 'em.  Thefe  motions  perfuaded  the  Court,  that  all  they  who 
 quirted  their  Houfes,went  to  ftrengthen  this  Foreign  Army,and 
 make  a  confiderable  diverfion  upon  the  Frontiers  of  Champaigne. 
 For  which  reafon,  feveral  perfons  were  feiz'd,  upon  fufpicion  of 
 favouring  the  Duke  of  Bouillon's  Enterprize  5  and  befides  fome 
 
 Officers 
 
Book  VIII.     EdiB  of  Nantes.  3  4 1 
 
 Oncers  of  his  Houfhold,  who  were  imprifon'd  in  feveral  pla-  i6n. 
 ces  ;  the  Son  of  the  Vidamt  of  Normandy  was  fccur'tl  at  Paris, 
 the  Count  of  Suze  at  Lion,  and  the  Duke  of  Sttlli  at  Moidins, 
 as  being  fufpe&ed  to  be  of  the  Confederacy.  In  the  mean  time 
 Marfhal  dt  Bouillon,  who  had  promis'd  money  before  he  knew 
 where  to  have  it,  made  it  his  bufinefs  to  Peek  where  to  raile  it : 
 and  he  wrote  to  the  Duke  of  Rohm,  to  iee  whether  he  could 
 get  any  that  way.  His  Letters  however  contained  two  things 
 very  oppofiteone  to  another :  for  at  the  beginning  he  exhorted 
 the  Duke  to  Peace,  for  fear  the  continuance  of  the  War  fhould 
 compleat  the  ruin  of  the  Reformed.  He  obferv'd  that  their  ill 
 Succeffes  proceeded  from  thedifperfing  of  thofe  who  were  able 
 to  bear  Arms,  but  who  were  made  uncapable  of  fuccouring  one 
 another  by  their  feparation.  He  added,  as  it  were,  to  lead  him 
 cut  of  one  difcourle  into  another,  that  this  misfortune  was  oc- 
 cafion'd  by  the  want  of  Foreign  Soldiers.  For  the  fupply  of 
 which  defect,  he  offer'd  the  bringing  in  of  Count  Mansfeiid  to 
 the  afliftance  of  the  Reformed  ;  in  order  to  which,  he  de- 
 manded three  things ;  an  exprefs  approbation  of  his  defign  ; 
 money  for  the  payment  of  his  Foreign  Forces,  and  affurance 
 that  he  fhould  be  comprehended  in  the  Peace,  both  he  and  his,  if 
 it  happen'd  to  be  made.  But  money  was  more  difficult  to  be 
 found,then  the  demanded  Approbation  and  Affurances;  fo  that  the 
 Court  had  time  enough  to  gainM^/tv/^and  prevent  his  entring 
 into  Fr4#fe.Propofitions  therefore  were  made  him  of  being  enter-  Mansfeiid 
 tain'd  in  the  King's  fervice,and  fbme  ready  money  fix'd  his  refolu-  s*in'd  yy 
 tions.But  the  Bifoop  of  Alberjladt^  Prince  of  the  Houfe  of  Brunf theQmrt- 
 wick,  to  whom  fome  part  of  the  Forces  belong'd,  was  willing 
 to  heark'n  to  Marfhal  de  Bouillons  Propofals,and  to  be  contented 
 with  the  fmall  Sum  which  the  Marfhal  offer'd  for  prefent  necefc 
 fity,  till  a  more  confideiable  could  be  rais'd  :  which  differing 
 Inclinations  fet  the  two  Generals  at  variance,  who  never  after 
 that  did  any  thing  confiderable  ;  fo  that  after  fome  Sieges  at- 
 tempted without  Succefs,  Mansfeiid  retired  into  the  tow-Coun- 
 tries, where  his  Army  was  utterly  ruin'd. 
 
 France  would  have  bin  very  much  incumbered  with  him,  had 
 fhe  hir'd  his  Army  into  her  Vervice:  She  had  no  Foreign  War, 
 nor  would  the  Council  of  Confcience  permit  the  King  to  con- 
 
 F  f  f  cern 
 
3  4 ^  The  Hiflory  of  the  Vol.  1L 
 
 1622.  cern  himfelf  with  the  King  of  Bohemias  Broils :  and  therefore 
 there  was  an  Expedient  found  to  get  rid  of  him,  by  fending  him 
 into  the  Service  of  the  Low-Countries  then  in  amity  with  the 
 King,  chufmg  rather  that  he  fhould  join  with  the  States,  then 
 with  the  King  of  Spain  or  the  Venetians,  who  both  courted  him. 
 Thus  the  Chin  ches  of  France  weie  flatter'd  with  an  appearance 
 of  hope  that  vanifh'd  as  fbon.  Nor  were  the  Reformed  the  firft 
 that  treated  with  Foreigners  :  for  the  King  had  let  'em  an  Ex- 
 ample, and  fent  into  Langaedoc  fome  German  Troops  that  ferv'd 
 under  the  Duke  of  Mommorancy  :  Co  that  it  could  not  be  juftly 
 laid  to  their  charge,  that  they  went  about  tocxpofe  their  Coun- 
 try to  the  Plunder  and  Ranfack  of  Foreigners,  fince  the  Catho- 
 lics were  the  firft  who  had  calfd  the  Reiters  and  the  Lanfqncnetts 
 into  the  Kingdom. 
 Nr.gottan-  In  the  mean  time  the  fear  of  Mansfeild^s  Army  render'd  the 
 Tm&d"' £tqS'*  Council  more  pliable,  fb  that  the  Propofals  of  Peace 
 were  renew'd.  But  whether  it  were  that  the  Duke  of  Rohan  s 
 Demands  were  too  high,  or  that  the  Council  were  freed  from 
 the  terror  of  M^nsfeiUs  ever  coming  to  hurt 'em,  the  Negotia- 
 tion came  to  nothing,  and  Lefdigiticres  fpent  all  his  pains  and  his 
 time  to  no  purpofe  in  promoting  it.  Nevertheless  the  Court 
 began  to  hanker  after  Peace,  of  which  they  who  were  defirous 
 to  advance  themfelves  in  the  King's  Favour,  or  by  the  manage- 
 ment of  Affairs  frood  in  great  need,  to  the  end  they  might  not 
 have  too  much  variety  or'  bufiuefs  to  trouble  their  heads  with 
 at  one  and  the  fame  time.  For  as  for  the  Cities  that  remain'd, 
 they  were  of  quite  another  confequence  then  the  paltry  Towns, 
 the  gaining  of  which  had  bin,  till  that  time,  the  fole  Fruit  of 
 the  War.  Only  they  were  defirous  that  the  King  fhould  grant 
 the  Peace,  like  the  Lord  and  Matter  of  it;  and  they  avoided  a 
 General  Treaty,  for  fear  the  Union  of  the  Reformed  fhould  be 
 juftifi'd,  and  as  it  were  legitimated  by  a  Treaty  of  that  nature. 
 Thefe  Sentiments  were  fufficiently  exprefs'd  by  the  Author  of  a 
 Treatife  that  appear'd  upon  this  Subject,  after  the  enterview  of 
 Ltfdiguieres  and  the  Duke  of  Rohan.  And  indeed,  no  lefs  then 
 three  perfbns,  of  a  different  character,  deliver'd  their  Opinions 
 upon  the  Peace.  The  one  a  Reformed,  who  was  defirous  to  ob- 
 tain the  Four  Articles  upon  which  the  Lords  were  agreed ;  the 
 
 other 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes.  543 
 
 other  was  a  Zealous  Catholic,  who  was  altogether  For  Exter-  1622. 
 mination.  The  third  a  moderate  man,  who  took  the  middle 
 way  between  the  other  two  Extreams ;  but  who  rejected  the 
 four  Articles  as  contrary  to  the  good  of  the  State.  The  Author" 
 gave  himfelf  the  name  of  Francophile,  becaufe  he  was  willing 
 to  give  his  judgment  for  thofe  of  the  truly  honefi:  trenchmehy 
 who  lov'd  the  Honour  and  Repofe  of  the  Kingdom. 
 
 He  afferted,  that  it  was  not  proper  to  allow  the  Reformed 
 any  longer  pofTefiion  of  Places  of  Security,  bucauf.  the  time  al 
 lotted  for  'em  to  hold  thofe  Plac  s,  was  expired  ;  That  the  Kea- 
 fons  why  they  were  granted  were  out  of  doors  ;  That  the  League 
 was  the  true  motive  which  indued  Htnry  IV.  to  truft  'em  in 
 the  hands  of  the  Reform  d  :  That  he  was  willing  ;o  permit  the 
 Reformed  to  be  in  Arms,  that  they  mig' t  be  ferviceable  to  hjrri 
 in  cafe  of  neceflity  :  That  the  particular  fafefy  of  he  Reformed 
 after  fo  many  Wars,  was  but  a  (econd  motive  of  left  importance, 
 and  only  ferv'd  as  a  pretence  for  the  other;  That  the  fame  Prince, 
 before  his  death,  began  to  re-aflume  'em  indirectly  ;  and  ex- 
 acted Promifes  in  writing  from  the  Governour,  which  he  lent 
 thither,  that  they  would  keep  'em  for  his  Service  :  That  the  Re- 
 formed had  made  an  ill  ufe  of  'tin,  and  by  confequence,  that  they 
 had  forfeited  their  Right,  if  they  had  any  :  That  they  were  the 
 perpetual  occafion  of  renewing  the  Troubles  :  That  it  was  be- 
 low a  King  to  think  there  fhould  be  fuch  Reafons  of  miftruft 
 between  him  and  his  Subjects,  that  his  word  and  Faith  fhould 
 not  be  as  good  as  Places  of  Security.  'Twas  alfo  there  main- 
 tain'd,  That  at  fir  ft  thofe  Cities  were  not  giv'n  to  the  People, 
 but  to  the  Princes  of  the  Blood,  who  had  Hded  with  erii :  That 
 in  reali-y,  they  were  of  no  ufe  to  the  Reformed,  becaufe  the 
 grant  of  em  never  could  warrant  'em  from  b.ing  attacqu'd  by 
 the  King  ;  That  'twas  not  to  be  thought  that  the  King  had  any 
 defign  to  ruin  the  Reformed,  tho  he  had  tak  n  their  Cities  from 
 'em  :  And  he  prov'd,  That  'twas  not  the  Aim  of  the  Council 
 neither,  by  an  Extract  out  of  a  Book  cali'd,  Les  Armes  V icier i- 
 iutes  da  Royy  wherein  it  was  made  out,  that  ft  was  a  great  piece 
 of  injuftice  to  force  the  Confcience  ;  and  that  there  was  nothing 
 incompatible  with  the  welfare  of  the  State  in  the  Toleration  of 
 two  Religions.    This  Francophiles  was  of  opinion,  That  the 
 
 F  f  f  2  Reformed 
 
344  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 16 :2.  Reformed  might  befuffer'd  to  hold  Fcclefiaftical  AfTemblies  un- 
 der certain  Conditions ;  to  reduce  Colloquies  from  four  to  one 
 in  a  year;  bur  to  hold  Provincial  Synods  but  once  in  ihree  years; 
 nor  for  one  Province  to  hold  correfpondence  with  another  ;  nor 
 to  h  ive  any  more  National  Synods  ;  or  if  they  had.  not  to  meet 
 above  once  in  fix  years  wirh  the  King's  permitfion  and  in  fuch 
 a  place  as  he  fiiould  be  pleas'd  to  appoint,  under  the  overfight  of 
 a  Com miffi oner  to  be  prefent  on  the  King's  behalf  As  for  Politic 
 Aflemblies,  he  deem'd  it  necefTary  that  they  fhould  be  fupprefs'd 
 as  pernicious,  or  to  fuffer  'em  onlv  at  foine  time  three  years  after 
 the  National  Synods.  He  obferv'd  that  the  Nobility  were  never 
 prefent  at  thofe  AfTemblies,  but  only  to  flatter,  and  get  Pcnfions, 
 whether  in  Peace  or  War,  at  the  exoence  of  the  Common 
 Caufe  :  That  the  Commiffioners  of  the  Third  Eftate  had  the 
 id  me  Ends :  That  it  was  difhoneft  ,  unprofitable,  and  dange- 
 rous, for  Minifters  to  leave  their  Churches,  to  be  prefent  at 
 thofe  Meetings.  And  in  a  word,  he  would  have  all  thefe  Meet- 
 ings to  be  very  rarely  held,  and  after  another  manner  then  till 
 that  time  they  had  bin  allow'd.  As  to  the  Money,  of  which 
 the  Reformed  demanded  reftitution,  he  was  of  opinion,  That  it 
 ought  not  to  be  reftor'd  :  Twas  in  his  opinion  Money  ill  be- 
 ftow'd,  which  ferv'd  only  to  defray  the  Expences  of  AfTemblies, 
 where  nothing  butWar  was  talk'd  of.The  difingaging  of  private 
 Perfons  was  to  be  referr'd  to  the  King's  Prudence ;  who  was  to 
 judge  upon  whom  it  was  proper  to  confer  his  Favours,  and  how 
 far  it  was  fitting  for  him  to  extend  'em  ;  provided  thofe  Favours 
 were  requefted  not  with  their  Arms  ixi  their  hands,  and  wifh 
 Rebellious  Expostulations,  but  with  tears  in  their  Eyes,  and  te- 
 ftimonies  of  Repentance.  He  concluded,  That  if  Peace  were 
 offer'd  upon  Conditions  difhonourable  to  the  King,  a  War  would 
 be  more  advantageous. 
 
 The  Contents  of  thatTreatife  may  well  bethought  to  be  writ- 
 ten by  a  Perfon  well  inform'd  of  the  Court's  Intentions ,  fince 
 that  afterwards  they  put  in  pra&ife  every  thing  that  he  afTerted. 
 The  siege  xhe  War  then  was  continu'd  ;  and  after  the  taking  of  feveral 
 ^eilkr"1"  Little  Places  that  might  annoy  the  Army ,  the  King  fate  down 
 before  Mompellier.  But  the  Prince  of  Conde,  who  had  the  Com- 
 mand of  thefe  petty  Enterprizes,  difcharg'd  his  duty  after  a  moft 
 
 cruel 
 
Book  VIII.      Ed$3  of  Nantes.  3  45 
 
 cruel  manner  .Always  fome  unfortunate  Creatures  were  1622. 
 fire  to  be  executed  in  thofe  Cities  that  were  furrender'd 
 to  himfelf;  and  'tis  a  wonderful  thing,  that  thofe  Rigorous  Pro- 
 ceedings did  not  animate  the  Reformed  to  be  more  obiiinatc  in 
 their  Refinance  :  F.  r  there  was  not  any  Place  that  yielded, 
 which  could  not  have  held  out  much  longer,  or  that  might  not 
 have  obtain'd  at  leail  an  honourable  Capitulation.  Laml  was 
 one  of  thole  unfortunate  Cities,  where  th.  Garifbn  thatfuftain'd 
 the  Siege,  underwent  all  the  Cruelties  that  could  be  expected  or 
 fear'd  from  a  faithlefs  Enemy.  For  that  inftead  of  being  fate 
 conduced,  as  they  ought  to  have  been,  they  were  a! moil  all 
 cut  to  pieces  by  the  Soldiers  of  the  Prince's  Army,  who  gave  but 
 very  flight  and  fuperficial  Orders  to  prevent  the  fliughter.  All 
 the  baggage  which  they  carry'd  out  was  pillag'd  ;  and  they  who 
 had  committed  this  Barbarous  Action,  re-enter  d  Lunel  with  a 
 daring  confidence,  carrying  away  thofe  people  Prifoners  who 
 gave  them  any  hopes  of  Ranfome,  and  making  them  the  Porters 
 of  their  Booty,  as  if  it  had  been  the  Prize  of  a  juft  and  lawful 
 War.  But  by  good  luck  for  fome  of  thofe  Prifoners,  Bajfom- 
 pkrre  happen'd  to  be  at  the  Gate  as  the  Soldiers  were  coming 
 out,  who  caus'd  fome  of 'em  to  be  hang'd  ;  order'd  the  Prifo- 
 ners to  be  fet  at  liberty,  and  their  Baggage  to  be  reftor'd  'em. 
 Hbwevert  iiis  was  all  the  jufTice  that  was  done  to  recompenfe  the 
 flaughter  of  the  greatefl  part  of  the  Garifbn  that  march'd  out. 
 Such  an  Action  as  this  committed  by  the  Reformed  would  have 
 been  a  copious  Subject  for  Fenouiu.eH  Eloquence  to  have  en- 
 la  rg'd  upon. 
 
 Moreover,  Several  of  thefe  Places  had  bin  half  demolifhd  : 
 And  the  Reformed  being  too  late  convine'd  of  the  truth  of  what 
 Sulli  had  often  formerly  repealed  to  'em ,  that  the  too  great 
 number  of  Places  which  they  coveted  to  hold  in  their  hands,  did 
 but  weaken  up,  and  keep  their  Forces  too  much  feparated,  they 
 were  defirous  to  preferve  their  Men  for  the  moft  important  Ci- 
 ties, diSNtmes,  Vfcz,  Mompellier,  and  fome  others.  Their  Re- 
 fiftance  in  thofe  of  leHer  Importance  was  only  to  amufe  the  Ene- 
 my's Army,  and  that  they  might  wafte  their  Time,  their  Am- 
 munition, and  their  Men.  Which  makes  it  apparent,  whither  the 
 Catholicks  had  any  reafbn  to  complain  that  the  Reformed  demo- 
 
34^  The  Hrftory  of  the         Vol.  IF. 
 
 1622.  lifh'd  their  Houfes,  and  levell'dthe  Fortifications  of  their  Ca- 
 bles, f.nce  they  as  little  fpar'd  their  0  . rn  Houfes,  as  fuch  Towns 
 alio  which  th:y  had  no  mind  to  dcfi  n  J. 
 succefsof      The  Duke  of  Mo:?r,noren:y  Iikew;fe  obcain'd  fome  fmall  Ad- 
 ^J;'^  vantage  over  the  Rc;tc/s,  and  the  Lwfquenets:  But  the  redu- 
 ces.        cing  of  Aiguefmortts,  which  Chatillon  furrender'd  to  the  King, 
 was  of  greater  confequence.    He  had  held  it  a  long  time  as  it 
 were,  in  truft,  and  he  was  fb  wellftVd  there,  that  the  AiTem- 
 b!y,  who  depriv'tihim  of  the  Government  of  the  Circle,  and 
 who  put  him  out  of  Mompe&ier,  notwithstanding  the  numerous 
 Party  which  he  had  there,  could  not  difpoflels  him  of  that 
 Place.    All  that  they  could  do,  was  to  declare  the  City  an 
 AfTociate  with  Chatillon  in  his  Defertion,  and  to  look  upon  it 
 as  a  Town  in  hoftility  againft  'em.    Nor  had  they  made  but  a 
 very  lame  Anfwer.,  in  the  behalf  of  that  Nobleman,  to  the  Ma- 
 nifefto  publifb'd  againlt  him  by  the  AlTembly.    The  whole  was 
 redue'd  to  a  bate  denial  of  thofe  things  which  were  laid  to 
 his  Charge,  which  in  reality  were  too  evident ;  or  toexcufe 
 feme  things,  as  done  out  of  a  gpodTntention  :  All  the  reft  was 
 only  ftufft  with  Recriminations  and  Reproaches.    But  his  Ad- 
 vancement after  all  this  made  it  appear,  that  their  Sufpicions 
 were  not  ill  grounded.    For  at  length  the  Promifes  of  the 
 Chatillon  Court ,  with  which  he  had.  bin  fo  long  time  held  in  play, 
 w^Mn- were  fulfill'd  to  him  •  and  the  King  created  him  a  Marlhal 
 ;'  /;     of  France.    But  the  Duke  of  Vtndome  had  no  fuch  good  fuc- 
 n  e'    cefs  in  Upper  tldttgueafc,  where  the  King  had  left  a  fmall  Bo- 
 dy of  an  Army.    At  firft,  he  took  in  fome  Places  inconfidera- 
 ble  for  their  ftrength  ;  but  having  laid  fiege  to  Brttifle,  he  was 
 fciPd  before  that  Pitiful  Hamlet ,  where  the  Garifon  behav'd 
 themfelves  fb  manfully,  that  after  two  Months  time  lo  I,  he 
 was  fo  happy  as  to  receive  an  Order  to  attend  the  Kingbe.ore 
 Mampellkr,  which  gave  him  an  honourable  Occafion  to  raife 
 his  Siege. 
 
 Among  feveral  Perfons  of  Quality  that  laid  their  Cones  in 
 tiie  Approches  of  Momptlitr ,  the  Duke  of  Fronfic,  a  young 
 Gentleman  of  great  hopes  •  and  the  only  Son  of  the  Duke  of 
 St.  Paul  was  (lain  ;  and  his  Death  had  like  to  have  bin  reveng'd 
 by  a  Maflacre  of  the  Reformed.    For  the  People  of  OrUans  o£ 
 
 fer'd 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes.  347 
 
 fer'd  to  the  Count  of  St.  Part/,  their  Governour,  to  avenge  the  1622. 
 Death  of  his  Son  upon  the  Reformed,  their  Fellow  Citizens ;  « 
 and  he  had  much  ado  to  put  a  flop  to  their  Fury,  upon  his  re-  °rleans- 
 fufal  of  their  infolent  Offers.  But  when  the  Corps  of  the  young 
 Prince  was  carri'd  to  Fron/ac,  where  he  was  to  be  cntomb'd, 
 the  Catholics  could  not  be  hinder'd  from  ficrificing  feveral  of 
 the  Reformed  to  his  Ghoft,  notwithftanding  the  prefence  of 
 the  Count  of  St.  Paul  himielf,  whofe  menial  Servants  join'J 
 themfelves  with  the  Catholics.  Nor  were  they  fupprefs'd,  till 
 they  had  in  fome  meafure  appeas'd  their  bellowing  Rage  with 
 the  Atonements  of  Blood  and  Plunder.  However  the  Count, 
 to  /hew  that  he  by  no  means  approv'd  fuch  A'£b  of  Violence, 
 caus'd  one  or  two  to  be  hang'd.  Neverthelefs,  I  know  not 
 what  excufe  he  could  make  for  his  Indulgence  to  his  Servants, 
 whofo  punifhment  would  have  bin  much  more  exemplary,  then 
 that  of  anyonecull'd  out  of  the  multitude.  But  the  Sedition 
 at  Lion  could  pot  be  fo  foon  pacifi'd,  where  it  brake  forth  moft 
 violently  upon  the  27th  of  Shienmk  It  began  among  the 
 Rabble,  intermixed  with  Lacqueys,  who  feeing  a  Reformed  pafs 
 along  in  the  Piazza  of  the  Grey  Friers,  where  he  liv'd,  began 
 tyabufe  him,  but  he  made  his  efcape  to  a  Neighbour's  houfe. 
 However,  his  Goods  were  plunder'd  and  burnt;  at  what  time 
 fome  others  of  the  Reformed  doffing  the  Piazza  in  like  man- 
 f?{fr,  ii  ere  tik  upon,  and  mo'lt  injurioufly  handl'd  by  the  fame 
 tkhatfle.  There  was  then  a  certain  new  word,  which  was  be- 
 come in  fafhion,  and  which  the  Catholics  had  always  in  their 
 mouths,  when  they  had  a  mind  to  affront  one  of  the  Reformed. 
 The  word  Huguefiot  was  grown  fo  ftale,  that  they  were  ac- 
 cuftom'd  to  it :  and  many  very  prndent  snd  moderate  People 
 made  ufe  of  it  as  a  word  equivalent  to  that  of  pretended  Re- 
 formed. But  inftead  of  that,  they  afterwards  invented  anc- 
 iher,  which  the  Rabble  fwaHow'd  with  extraordinary  greedt- 
 nefs.  This  was  the  pleating  Nickname  of  Ptrp.ullots ;  the  Ori- 
 ginal of  which  word  lies  very  obfeure.  Some  affert,  that  3**  o%> 
 rhe  firft  time  it  was  made  ufe  of,  was  at  the  Siege  of  C/.ur.u.  "aj£"' 
 The  Garifon,  fay  they,  made  a  Sally  one  night,  and  to  the  end  pai  ° 
 they  might  diftinguifh  each  other  in  the  medley,  they  put  their 
 Shirts  over  their  Cloaths ;  which  made  the  King's  Soldiers,  by 
 
 whom 
 
8  7' be  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 .  whom  they  were  repuls'd,  give 'em  the  Nickname  of  Parpail- 
 lotSy  becaufe  that  under  that  drefs,  they  refembl'd  Butterflies 
 which  have  white  wings,  and  of  which  there  were  great  num- 
 bers flying  about  the  Fields  at  that  time :  For  the  V ulgar  in  Guy* 
 evneand  Languedoc  call  thofe  little  Ifife&s  Parpai/tets,  or  Parpail- 
 lots.  This  word  being  pronounc'd  by  fome  in  view  of  the  Sol- 
 diers as  they  march'd  out  of  Chirac,  was  taken  up  by  others, 
 and  in  a  moment  fpread  over  the  whole  Army  ;  from  whence 
 it  flew  over  all  the  Kingdom  where  the  Soldiers  were  quartefd. 
 Nor  were  there  many  places  in  France  where  this  word  was 
 more  inule  then  at  Par  if,  and  it  mifs'd  but  very  little  of  being 
 as  common  in  Guyennt;  which  renders  that  Province  the 
 mod  likely  place  from  whence  the  word  was  firft  of  all  de- 
 rived. 
 
 Others  refer  it  to  fome  Surprizes  of  the  Reformed,  who  ei- 
 ther innocently  or  imprudently  fell  into  the  Snares  that  were 
 laid  for  'em.  And  fome  making  the  Original  of  this  word  al- 
 moft  as  ancient  as  the  Civil  Wars,  refer  it  to  the  fimplicity  of 
 the  Reformed  Chieftains,  who  went  to  Paris  under  the  Pre- 
 tence of  the  Marriage  of  the  Prince  of  Navarre,  to  lay  them- 
 felves  at  the  mercy  of  their  Enemies.  For  that  upon  the  Maf- 
 facre  which  enfu'd,  they  were  compar'd  by  thole  People  who 
 infulted  over  their  Credulity,  to  Butterflies,  that  fly  of  them- 
 felves  to  burn  in  the  Candle.  And  becaufe  the  Comparifon 
 might  firft  of  all  perhaps  be  made  by  fome  one  that  liv'd  in  the 
 Country  where  thofe  Infers  are  call'd  ParpaiUots,  therefore  the 
 Gafcon  word  was  retain'd,  in  derifion,  rather  then  the  French. 
 There  are  others  who  derive  the  word.with  probability  enough, 
 from  the  white  MandtUiom  which  the  Reformed  wore  in  the 
 firft  Wars;  more  efpecially  in  that  which  the  Prince  of  Condi 
 began,  by  his  attempt  upon  Meux.  Thofe  white  Mandillions 
 bthav'd  themfelves  fcwell  at  the  Battel  of  Paris,  in  the  judg- 
 ment of  the  Turki/b  Envoy,  who  beheld  the  Combat  from  the 
 walls  of  the  City,  that  he  wifh'd  his  Mafter  but  Six  thouland 
 fuch  as  they,  to  fubdue  the  whole  world.  That  fort  of  Habit 
 was  the  reafon  that  they  were  call'd  Papillons,  or  Parpaiflots,  in 
 Engl/fi  Butterflies,  in  regard  their  beft  men  came  from  that  Pro- 
 vince where  that  word  is  in  ufe.  Thefe  Derivations  might  feem 
 
 natural 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes.  349 
 
 natural  enough,  were  it  certain  that  the  word  was  known  long  1622. 
 before  the  Wars  of  Lewis  XIII.  But  fome  derive  it  from  an  Ori- 
 ginal lefs  noble,  and  fay,  that  among  thofe  who  were  executed 
 after  the  taking  of  Towns,  fome  poor  Wretch  or  other  at  the 
 time  of  his  approaching  death,  with  an  alTurance  that  his  Soul, 
 lb  loon  as  it  parted  from  the  Body,  fhould  fly  to  Heaven,  made 
 ufe  of  the  comparifbn  of  a  Paptllon  or  Butterfly  ;  which  being 
 ridicul'd  bv  the  Spectators,  they  took  an  eccafion  from  thence, 
 to  call  all  the  Reformed  Parpaii/ots,  or  Butterflies. 
 
 However  it  were,  certain  it  h,  that  the  Reformed  were  high- 
 ly  offended  at  this  Nickname ;  nor  did  they  look  upon  the  word 
 Huguenot  as  half  fo  great  an  Affront.  And  indeed  there  are 
 two  things  of  which  it  is  equally  difficult  to  give  a  reafbn;  the 
 Original  of  certain  words,  which  of  a  ludden  become  univer- 
 fally  in  ufe,  though  no  body  can  tell  either  who  was  the  Author, 
 or  what  was  the  occafion ;  and  the  Idea  of  the  Injury  which 
 People  believe  attends  the  ufe  of  'em. 
 
 Thus  the  word  Hujl  in  Normandy  was  a  Reproach  which  °f the 
 the  vulgar  fort  of  People  threw  upon  the  Reformed.  Never- 9trdHut 
 thelefs,  the  word  in  it  (elf  has  no  fignification,  and  concerning 
 the  Original  of  which,  I  never  could  hear  but  ridiculous  Stories 
 without  any  probability  ;  however  the  word  was  lookt  upon  as 
 very  feditious.  And  I  have  feen  Petitions  prefented  to  the  Ma- 
 giftrates,  which  have  produc'd  Informations,  Sentences  and 
 Decrees  o.c  Parlament,  which  forbid  the  ufe  of  that  word,  the 
 onely  Crime  mentioned  in  the  Complaint. 
 
 'Twasthe  lame  thing  with  the  word  Parpai/Iot,  of  which  the 
 Reformed  complain'd  as  of  a  heinous  Injury,  though  perhaps 
 they  would  have  found  it  a  hard  task  to  have  told  what  was  To 
 oTenfive  in  it,  unlefs  it  were  that  they  from  whole  foul  mouths 
 it  came,  fpoke  it  with  a  defign  to  affront  'em. 
 
 The  Reformed  then  being  affaiPd  at  Lion  by  that  feditious  rukntt 
 Rabble,were,among  other  foul  language,  cali'd  Parpatliots^  and  feJ$n 
 threaten^  with  the  Halter.    To  which,  while  fome  were  a  '  """ 
 little  too  forward  to  return  as  good  as  the  ether  brought,  they 
 enflam'd  the  fury  of  thofe  that  were  already  fufHciently  heated, 
 and  whofe  number  was  already  fwell'd  to  three  or  four  thou- 
 fand,  by  theconcourfe  of  Lacqueys,  Children,  and  the  Rifraff 
 
 G  g  g  of 
 
3  5  o  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 i6z2.  of  the  People}  fo  that  at  laft,  they  broke  into  the  houfes  of  the 
 Reformed,  plunder'd  whatever  was  of  value,  burnt  what  they 
 could  not  carry  away,  beat,  wounded  and  kilfd  feveral  of  thole 
 that  fell  into  their  hands.  This  Fury  lafted  three  days;  nei- 
 ther the  Magiftrates,  nor  the  Governor  being  able  to  flop  the 
 Career  of  thofe  Violences.  And  yet,  to  fay  the  truth,  confi- 
 dering  the  condition  the  City  was  in  at  that  time,  they, muff, 
 needs  have  bin  very  remifs,  or  elfe  it  ne're  could  have  bin  fo 
 difficult  a  matter  to  have  reduc'd  that  Canaille  to  reafon.  For 
 cPAUnconrt,  the  Governor  of  the  City,  had  his  Guards,  the  City 
 was  divided  into  Quarters,  which  had  every  one  their  Captains 
 and  their  Streamers,  and  could  have  eafily  rais'd  men  enow  to 
 have  difpers'd  thofe  Rakehells.  The  Queen  and  the  Queen- 
 mother  were  both  at  Lion,  together  with  the  Bifhop  of  Lufon, 
 loon  after  made  a  Cardinal,  with  fbme  Soldiers  to  guard 'em. 
 But  at  Lion,  as  well  as  at  Paris,  they  were  much  afraid  of  fpil. 
 ling  Catholic  Blood.  Otherwife,  they  might  have  drawn  to- 
 gether a  little  Army  able  to  have  done  much  more,  then  flop 
 the  Infolence  of  a  handful  of  Lacqueys.  But  they  would  not 
 take  any  other  courfe  to  fupprefs  the  Mutineers  then  by  Remon- 
 ftrances;  and  perhaps  they  would  not  have  put  themfelves  to 
 the  trouble  of  giving 'em  any  moleftation,  had  they  not  bin 
 afraid  left  the  Rabble,  having  once  tailed  the  fweets  of  Pillage, 
 fhould  have  flown  upon  the  Catholics,  after  they  had  got  what 
 they  could  from  the  Reformed.  All  the  (everity  of  the  Magi- 
 ftrate  went  no  farther  then  to  place  Guards  in  fbme  places,  and 
 to  threaten  fome  of  the  moll  tumultuous  to  fend  'em  to  Prifbn. 
 At  length  indeed  the  Queenmother  caus'd  herfelf  to  be  carri'd 
 to  the  place  where  the  difbrder  was  moft  violent,  and  then  the 
 feditious  Rout,  already  almoft  aweary,  began  to  retire.  But 
 there  was  no  body  punifht  for  all  this  Infolence  but  the  Re- 
 formed ;  for  inftead  of  giving  'em  fatisfaclion,  tfAlimourt  difc 
 the  ke-  arm'd  em.  Nor  was  there  any  care  taken  to  revenge  the  death 
 formed^  0f  thofe  that  were  mafTacr'd,  or  to  repair  the  damages  of  thofe 
 dijarmd.  ^q  ^  ^  pimj^er'd  and  burnt.  Nay,  they  were  made  be- 
 lieve, they  had  a  great  Favour  done  em,  that  fo  much  care  had 
 bin  taken  to  prevent  their  being  tori]  in  pieces  by  the  multi- 
 tude.   As  for  the  Catholics,  there  were  fome  indeed  committed 
 
 to 
 
Book  VIII.      EdiU  of  Nantes,  3  5 1 
 
 to  Prifon,  but  releas'd  agen  in  a  few  days  after,  without  either  i62z. 
 Fine,  or  any  other  punifhment.  The  only  harm  that  was  done 
 'em,  was  only  their  being  forbid  to  ufe  the  word  Parpaillot  for 
 the  future.  A  little  violent  Rhetoric  would  have  made  thefe 
 Afts  of  Injuftice  look  very  odious.  And  had  the  Reformed 
 happen  d  to  have  done  fuch  a  thing  in  the  very  fight  of  both 
 their  Queens,  all  the  blood  in  their  bodies  would  not  have  fu£- 
 nVd  to  have  expiated  their  Crime. 
 
 While  the  King  lay  before  Mompdier,  the  Count  of  Soijfons 
 prefs'd  hard  upon  Roche  I  by  Land,  and  the  Duke  of  Qitife  by 
 Sea  ;  and  that  potent  City  was  every  way  hard  befet.  The 
 Count  laid  the  Foundations  of  Fort- Lewis,  which  was  like  to 
 prove  a  great  Annoyance  to  it,  in  regard  it  commanded  the 
 Channel ;  fb  that  the  Sea  was  no  longer  open  to  her,  nor  could 
 fhe  be  reliev'd  on  that  fide  but  with  great  difficulty.  Never- 
 thelefs  the  AlTembly  flood  their  ground,  and  iflVd  forth  the 
 beft  Orders  they  could  for  the  fupport  of  the  common  Caufe. 
 They  held  Correlpondences  in  feveral  places,  and  fbmetimes 
 fome  of  the  Nobility,  and  ibme  Soldiers  of  good  Note,  got  in- 
 to the  City  to  defend  it.  However,  feveral  of  their  Enterpri- 
 zes  had  no  fuccefs;  and  though  Rochel  had  bin  the  occafion  of 
 fufficient  damages  to  the  Royal  Army  and  Navies  both  by  Sea 
 and  Land,  fhe  was  at  lalt  reduc'd  to  right  for  her  own  Wails. 
 The  Duke  of  Somife,  after  the  Overthrow  he  had  receiv'd,went  Soubife 
 into  England,  and  left  no  Stone  unturn'd  to  procure  fbme  con R-^'J? % 
 derable  Succor  from  the  King  ;  but  that  Prince,  always  obfti-  England, 
 nate  in  his  Maxims,  would  not  hear  a  word  of  it,  but  forbid  his 
 Subjects  toaflift  the  Reformed,  whom  he  made  no  fcruple  to 
 call  Rebels.  Neverthelefs  he  cifer'd  his  Intercefiion  with  the 
 King  of  France,  for  obtaining  a  tolerable  Peace  between  him 
 a  nd  his  Subjects.  In  fhor  t3  he  order'd  his  AmbalTadors  to  make 
 jt  their  bufinefs,  as  he  had  done  before,  when  Montattbau  was 
 befieg'd,  where  Hay  his  Envoy  had  already  made  fbme  Over- 
 tures ;  and  when  the  Conditions  were  refblv'd  upon  as  a 
 ground  work  for  entring  into  a  Treaty,  he  earneftly  preft  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan  and  the  Rochelkrs  to  fubmit  to 'em.  In  the 
 mean  time  the  Enolijh  were  not  of  his  mind  as  to  the  War  of 
 France :  for  they  gave  fuch  confiderable  Afliftance  to  the  Duke 
 
 G  g  g  2  Soubife^ 
 
952  TheHifloryof  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1622.  Soiibtfe,  that  he  got  together  a  Fleet  of  ten  or  twelve  Sail,  la- 
 den  with  all  things  necelTary  for  the  relief  of  Rochel.  But  that 
 Fleet  was  unfortunately  oaft  away  in  ihe  Harbor  before  it  fet 
 Sail;  fo  that  when  the  Duke  came  to  take  (hipping,  he  found 
 nothing  but  the  ruins  of  his  warlike  Preparations,  and  all  the 
 marks  of  a  terrible  Shipwrack. 
 
 But  before  Mowpelier,  things  did  not  fucceed  according  to 
 the  King's  Wifhes.    The  City  held  out  ftoutly  j  the  Seafon 
 fpent  apace  ;  and  the  ill  fuccefsof  the  Siege  of  Montauban  was 
 not  forgot ;  and  though  on  the  one  fide,  the  Reformed  had  rea- 
 fon  to  fear  that  the  King  at  laft  would  take  the  City  ;  on  the 
 other  hand,  the  King  had  as  much  reafon  to  believe  that  he 
 fhould  be  fared  to  lofe  all  his  labour,  and  go  without  it.  Thefe 
 Fears,  on  both  fides,  bent  their  Inclinations  to  Peace  :  but  the 
 Prince  of  Conde  would  by  no  means  fo  much  as  hear  talk  of  it, 
 and  therefore  the  defign  of  concluding  it,  was  to  be  kept  pri- 
 vate from  him.    Lefdigukres,  created  Conftable  but  a  little  be- 
 fore, undertook  the  Negotiation  once  again,  and  after  feveral 
 Obftacles  furmounted,  which  had  like,  feveral  times,  to  have 
 dafh'd  the  whole  Negotiation  to  pieces,at  length  it  was  decreed, 
 and  the  Conftable  came  to  the  Army  to  put  a  final  end  to  it. 
 One  of  thofe  things  which  occafion'd  the  greateft  trouble, was, 
 that  the  King  would  needs  enter  into  the  City,  and  that  the  In- 
 habitants were  afraid  that  if  they  did  admit  him,  he  would 
 make 'em  pay  dear  for  theExpences  of  folong  a  Siege.  Never- 
 thelefs,  the  King  difdaining  to  promife  one  of  his  Cities,  by  a 
 formal  Treaty,  that  he  would  not  have  entrance  into  ir,  there 
 was  a  neceility  of  endeavouring  to  perfuade  the  Inhabitants  to 
 fubmit.    To  this  purpofe  the  Duke  of  Rohan  had  leave  to  en- 
 ter, and  make  the  Propofal  to  the  Citizens.    He  did  fo ;  but 
 whether  he  undertook  that  CommifTion  rather  to  inform  him- 
 felf  of  the  true  ftate  of  the  Town,  then  to  perfuade  the  People 
 to  a  good  liking  of  the  Propofal ;  or  whether  it  were,  that  he 
 could  not  remove  out  of  their  minds  the  fear  of  being  made  a 
 new  Example  of  the  Infidelities  of  the  Court,  he  return'd,with- 
 out  being  able  to  obtain  the  Confent  of  the  City  to  admit  the 
 King.    Upon  that,  he  promis'd  to  fend 'em  Relief,  becaufe 
 the  Town  was  in  great  want  of  men  :  but  he  met  with  fo  ma- 
 ny 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes.  353 
 
 ny  difficulties,  after  theDukeof  Vendomts  and  the  Conftable's  1622. 
 men  were  arriv'd  in  the  King's  Camp,  that  at  length  he  refolv'd 
 upon  a  Peace. 
 
 Thereupon  it  was  concluded  in  defpight  of  the  Prince  of7*'z>Mfr 
 Conde,  who  for  madnefs,  to  fee  that  he  had  fo  little  Credit,  Zfhlfn 
 and  that  an  Affair  of  fuch  Importance  fhould  be  conceal'd  from  em. 
 his  knowledge,  quitted  the  Court,  and  travell'd  into  Italy. 
 On  the  other  fide,  the  Duke  of  Rohan,  with  the  Commiffioners 
 of  Ctvennes,  Nimts,  and  V/e*s9  came  to  Mompellkr ;  and  the 
 19th  of  Otfober  the  Edid  of  Peace  was  publifh'd  in  the  Camp 
 before  Mowpellier.    This  Edicl  was  fet  forth  in  the  Form  of 
 a  Pardon, wherein  the  King,  before  all  things,  took  care  to  af- 
 fert  the  Juftice  of  his  Arms  taken  up  againft  the  Reformed; 
 whofe  Rebellions  he  afcrib'd  to  the  Artifices  of  thofe  who 
 thought  to  make  advantage  of  their  Simplicity, and  the  Trou- 
 bles of  the  State  ;  and  he  took  God  to  wknefs  that  his  Inten. 
 tion  had  always  bin  to  procure  the  Peace  and  Welfare  of  his 
 Subjects.    After  which ,  he  declar'd  that  he  had  granted  a 
 Peace  upon  the  humble  Petitions  and  Supplications  of  the  Re- 
 formed ,  who  had  befought  it  by  their  Commiflioners  fent  on 
 purpofe,  together  with  a  Pardon  for  their  Offences.    By  this 
 Peace  he  confirm  d  the  Edifts  not  only  of  the  deceafed  King, 
 but  his  own.    He  likewife  confirm'd  the  Secret  Articles;  but 
 he  added  the  word  EnregtflzrA ,  wherein  he  had  an  Aim  that 
 no  body  miftruffed  ;  and  which  was  afterwards  the  foundation 
 of  many  Cavils.    He  re  fetled  the  Roman  Religion  in  feveral 
 places  where  the  exercife  of  it  li2d  bin  interrupted  ,  and  re 
 Itor'd  to  the  Ecclefr.fticks  their  Tenths,  their  Revenue?,  and 
 their  Houfes.    Healfb  re-eftablifh'd  the  Reformed  Religion  in 
 places  where  it  had  bin  difturbd  by  the  War.    He  ordain'd 
 that  the  Cities  remaining  in  the  hands  of  the  Rt  formed,  pre- 
 ferving  their  ancient  Fortifications,  fhould  demolifli  their  new 
 ones  ;  for  which  they  gave  Hofbg<s ;  and  he  forbid  the  forti- 
 fying of  any  place,  under  any  pretence  whatever.    He  extend- 
 ed the  benefit  of  the  Peace  to  all  thofe  that  would  fubrnit  in 
 fifteen  days  after  publication  of  the  Edift.    He  put  down  all 
 Politic  AfTemblies,  if  thev  were  no:  authorized  by  his  F.xprefs 
 PermifFion  ;  but  he  contented  to  their  holding  Confiffories , 
 
 Collo* 
 
954  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1622,  Colloquies  and  Synods,  according  to  cufrome,  provided  that 
 nothing  were  handl'd  therein  but  meerly  Ecclefiaftical  Af- 
 fairs. He  granted  an  Act  of  Oblivion  for  all  that  had  hap- 
 pen'd  fince  the  firft  of  January  1621,  as  full,  and  with  the 
 fame  Reftrittions  as  that  which  had  been  granted  by  the  76th, 
 77th,  and  86th  Articles  of  the  Editf  of  Nantes.  He  added  a 
 particular  Amnefty  for  what  had  happened  at  Privas,  wherein 
 he  comprehended  Brifon,  who  had  been  the  Author  of  thole 
 Commotions,  and  who  had  kept  his  ground  there  ever  fmce 
 the  beginning  of  the  year.  As  for  the  Accompts,  and  the 
 Sentences  or  Decrees  that  had  bin  ifTu'd  out  againft  the  Re- 
 formed who  had  born  Arms ,  they  were  regulated  according 
 to  the  Articles  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  that  mention'd  the  fame 
 things;  and  the  Judgments  pronounc'd  between  Perrons  of  their 
 Party  by  the  Judges  ietled  in  the  Provinces  by  Authority  of  the 
 Chieftains,  were  confirmM ;  the  Prifbners  on  both  fides  were 
 releas'd  without  Ranfbm.  All  Perfons  of  what  quality  foever 
 were  reftor'd  to  their  Eltates,  their  Dignities  and  Employ- 
 ments. The  obfervation  of  this  Edict  was  regulated  according 
 to  the  Form  prefcrib'd  by  the  8  id  Article  of  Nantes;  and  the 
 King  promis  d  to  fend  Commiffioners  into  the  Provinces  to  fee 
 it  duly  executed. 
 
 Right  of  This  Edict  free'd  from  much  trouble  a  great  many  Perfons, 
 paria-  againft  whom  the  Parlament  had  iffu'd  forth  very  fevere  De- 
 mtnts'  crees ,  which  were  put  in  execution  without  mercy.  Thus 
 the  Unfortunate  Lefftus ,  who  had  been  profcrib'd  at  the  be- 
 ginning of  the  Troubles,  not  being  able  toefcape  his  being  fur- 
 priz'd  at  Bourdeaux,  was  put  to  death,  in  purfuance  of  a  De- 
 cree fet  forth  againft  him  the  18th  of  May,  For  they  thought 
 it  more  proper  and  more  agreeable  to  their  nature,  to  look  upon 
 his  A&ions  as  Ads  of  Rebellion  againft  his  Prince,  then  effeds 
 of  Zeal  for  his  Religion  and  Countrey.  He  was  fufpe&ed  fo*r 
 one  of  thofe  who  had  a  great  fhare  in  the  Intrigues  of  the  Re- 
 formed, and  they  coupl'd  him  with  Cbamier,  who  was  flain  at 
 the  Siege  of  Montanban,  and  Hautefontaine,  who  liv'd  with  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan.  The  Parliament  of  Rennts  no  lefs  violent 
 then  that  of  Bourdeaux,  had  upon  the  10th  of  the  fame  Month 
 ilTu'd  forth  a  moft  terrible  Decree  againft  the  Marquefs  de  la 
 
 Muce, 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes.  355 
 
 Muce,  and  le  Ncir  his  Minifter.  They  condemn'd  'em  for  Con-  1622. 
 tumacy  to  the  *  Amende  Honorable,      •  That  is  p  t0  walkb„tfttt  a7ld  bare. 
 
 and   tO    be    drawn    by     four    HorleS.      headed  through  the  Street  with  a  burning 
 
 their  Pofterity  was 'degraded  ,  and    ^  <»  ^ 
 
 V      '    J  ,    .  ©       1  t  t      r        and  there  to  acknoneledg  thar  Offence. 
 
 declared  Peafants :  de /a  Maces  Homes 
 
 and  Caftle  were  demolifh'd,  and  his  Wood  cut  down  to  the 
 heighth  of  a  Man.  Moreover,  their  Goods  were  confifcated, 
 and  themfelves  fin'd  the  Sum  of  Ten  thoufand  Livres,  and  Six 
 thoufand  Livres  to  be  beftow'd  upon  fome  Churches  and  Mo- 
 nafteries.  La  Muce  was  alio  levell'd  with  the  Earth  ;  though 
 in  Decrees  of  Contumacy  the  Proceedings  were  not  wont  to  be 
 fo  fwift :  But  in  regard  the  perfons  condemn'd  were  out  of  the 
 Parlament's  reach ,  they  were  difcharg'd  for  an  Execution  in 
 £j%/f.There  were  alfo  feveral  other  very  Rigorous  Decrees  ac- 
 cording to  the  Paflionate  Humour  of  the  Parlaments ,  which 
 were  to  take  cognizance  of  the  Parties  accus'd.  Nay,  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan  himfelf  had  bin  declar'd  a  State-Criminal  by  a 
 particular  Decree  made  on  purpofe.  However  they  fpar'd  him, 
 while  the  Conftable  de  Lmnes  liv'd  ;  but  after  his  death  a  De- 
 claration was  publifh'd  againft  the  Duke  and  his  Adherents ; 
 yet  though  it  came  forth  27th  of  December  of  the  preceding 
 year,  it  was  not  verify'd  till  the  fourth  of  July,  1622,  So  that 
 the  Duke  bore  Arms  above  a  5 ear  againft  the  King,  made 
 himfelf  mafter  of  feveral  Places,  reliev'd  Montauban,  and  com- 
 mitted all  manner  of  Hoftilities  all  the  while ,  before  he  was 
 us'd  as  a  Rebel. 
 
 This  Peace  prov'd  very  honourable  for  the  Duke  of  Rohan,  The  Ad- 
 who  notwithstanding  that  the  Reformed  had  loft  about  fourfcore  yjJJ*"* 
 Towns,  was  yet  in  a  condition  to  gain  a  General  Peace,  which  pjc" 
 the  King  had  refus'd  at  the  Siege  of  Montauban  ;  but  the  Pri- 
 vate Articles  were  ftill  more  to  his  advantage  then  the  Gene- 
 ral.   The  remaining  Places  were  left  in  the  hands  of  the  Re- 
 formed, not  under  the  Title  of  Security,  Marriage  or  Hoftage, 
 but  by  way  of  free  Gift,  and  voluntary  Conceflion ;  which  did 
 but  only  alter  the  name,  not  the  thing.    'Tis  true,  that  the 
 King  would  no  longer  tye  himfelf  to  pay  the  Garifons,  ncr 
 what  was  due  for  the  time  paft,  as  the  Sums  promis'd  either 
 by  himfelf,  or  his  Father,  for  the  Salaries  of  the  Minifters  : 
 
 Yet 
 
5<3  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II 
 
 11.  Yet  he  gave  :ern  fome  hopes  that  he  would  pay  Jem  for  the  fu- 
 ture :  But  that  Article  was  ill  obferv'd  as  well  as  the  reft. 
 
 By  a  particular  Brevet,  the  King  promis'd  that  he  would  nei- 
 ther keep  any  Garifon,  nor  erect  any  Citadel  at  Mompellier ; 
 that  the  City  fhould  remain  in  the  Cuftody  of  the  Confuls ;  and 
 that  there  fhould  be  no  Innovation,  other  then  the  demolifhing 
 of  the  new  Fortifications .«  which  Breif  was  deliver'd  to  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan,  who  lodg'd  it  in  the  Conful's  hands.  By  other 
 Breifs,permiflion  was  given  that  Rochel  and  Montauban  fhould 
 preferve  their  Fortifications  in  the  fame  condition  as  they 
 flood  >  and  that  the  Works  about  Nimes,  Cajlres,  V/ez,  and 
 Milha//,  fhould  be  but  half  demolifh'd.  But  when  that  Ar- 
 ticle about  the  demolifhing  of  the  Fortifications  came  to  be 
 pm  in  execution,  notice  was  giv'n  to  the  Parlament  of  Tbo- 
 /o/tfi,  that  the  Reformed  went  to  work  after  fuch  a  manner, 
 that  by  difmantling  their  Cities,  they  made  'em  better  and  ftron- 
 ger  then  before  :  fb  that  upon  the  14*  of  December  there 
 came  forth  a  Decree,  which  forbid  thofe  counterfeit  difmant- 
 lings:  which  was  the  reafon  that  that  fame  Article  of  theEdift: 
 was  laid  afide,  and  the  places  left  in  the  lame  condition  as  the 
 Peace  found  'em. 
 
 Nor  did  the  Parlament  verify  the  EdicT:  of  Peace  but  with 
 feveral  Qualifications.  The  Parlament  of  Parti,  inftead  of  the 
 words,D'/ifj  of  the  pretended  Reformed  Religionjput  mfiities  held 
 by  thofe  of  the  pretended  Reformed  Religion :  and  in  the  room  of  the 
 words,  Ecclefiafiical  Affairs,  they  alter'd  'em  into,  Affairs  con- 
 cerning the  Regulations  of  the  [aid  pretended  Reformed  Religion. 
 Thefe  petty  Niceties  however  difplay'd  no  figns  of  Embitter- 
 ment:  But  the  Parlament  of  Bourdeaux  laid  about 'em  with 
 the  fame  paflionate  Fury  as  they  had  fhewn  during  the  Frenzies 
 of  the  League.  They  verifi'd  the  Edict,  without  approving 
 any  other  then  the  Catholic  Religion,  or  admitting  the  words, 
 Ecclefiafiical  Affairs.  They  ordain'd  that  the  difmantling  of 
 their  Towns  fhould  becontinu'd,till  it  were  thoroughly  finifh'd  ; 
 that  fuch  Judgments  as  were  in  favouTof  the  Catholics,  fhould 
 ftand  good  ;  but  that  thofe  which  were  advantageous  to  the 
 Reformed,  fhould  be  revokable  upon  a  bare  Petition  ;  and  that 
 no  Foreigners  fhould  be  capable  of  being  Minifters  in  the  King- 
 dom. 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes.  357 
 
 dom.  Thefe  affected  Severities  in  the  Verification  of  an  Ed  id,  162,2. 
 might  well  be  lookt  upon  as  a  Prelage,  that  the  Repofe  which  it 
 contributed  to  the  Kingdom,  would  not  be  of  long  conti- 
 nuance. 
 
 Neverthelefs,  all  the  Cities  which  had  join'd  together  in  the  ^iithea- 
 common  Caufe,  accepted  of  the  Peace,  though  there  were  '(J£p^f 
 lome  that  were  afraid  of  the  Confequence.  Rnvas^  and  Bnfon, 
 who  had  held  it  out,  not  withstanding  the  Conquefts  which  Cha- 
 ttllon  had  fufferd  the  Duke  of  Montmorency  to  make  in  the 
 Neighbouring  parts,  came  in  upon  the  general  Conditions. 
 Montunbxn  proud  of  having  held  out  a  Siege  where  the  King 
 was  in  perfbn,  and  of  preferving  her  Fortifications  as  a  Tro- 
 phy of  her  Victory,  accepted  the  Conditions  alfb.  Roche/  preft 
 by  Sea  and  Land,  and  fearing  to  be  aflailed  by  the  whole 
 ftrength  of  the  Kingdom,  if  fhe  refus'd  the  Conditions  pro- 
 pos'd,  fubmitted  to  the  Count  of  Sotffow,  who  commanded  the 
 King's  Forces  that  attacqu'd  her.  However,  the  Duke  of  Gu/fe, 
 though  well  inform'd  that  the  Peace  was  concluded,  adventur'd 
 to  engage  the  Fleet  of  that  City  ;  and  becaufe  he  could  not 
 find  out  a  way  to  excufe  that  Action,  which  coft  a  great  deal 
 of  Blood  on  both  fides,  'twas  given  out  that  Roche/  knew  it  as 
 well  as  he,  and  that  fhe  would  not  have  accepted  the  Peace, 
 had  (he  got  the  better.  To  lay  truth,  her  lofs  was  not  fo  great, 
 but  that  fhe  was  ftill  in  a  condition  to  appear  formidable.  And 
 it  may  be  faid,  that  her  damage  confifted  in  this,  that  the  leaft 
 loffes  of  a  City,  that  has  no  other  afliftance  to  truft  to  but  her 
 own,  are  always  confiderable,  rather  then  in  her  receiving  any 
 great  harm  by  the  King's  Fleet.  But  after  the  tidings  of  the 
 Peace,  all  Acts  of  Hoftility  ceas'd,  and  the  City  thought  her 
 felf  deliver'd  from  all  her  fears  of  a  long  Siege.  Vfez,  Nimes, 
 MUhau,  all  the  reft  of  the  Cities  obey'd,  andflatter'd  themfelves 
 with  feeing  the  Edicts  better  obferv'd  for  the  future,then  hitherto 
 they  had  bin. 
 
 But  Catholic  Zeal  had  not  yetalter'd  her  Characters:  nor  lUobfervd 
 was  it  lawful  for  the  Council  to  make  a  Peace  of  that  nature,  tbe 
 but  with  a  refolution  to  violate  it.    One  of  the  firft  effects  of Courr' 
 the  Infidelity  of  the  Court,  \*  as  her  defrauding  the  moft  part  of 
 the  Delerters  of  the  common  Caufe,  and  denying 'em  theRe- 
 H  h  h  compences 
 
I  The  Hifiory  o  f  the         Vol  II. 
 
 compences  which  had  bin  promisd  em  ;  for  the  performance  of 
 which  Promifes  they  never  had  bin  urgent.  The  King  thought 
 that  the  Pe  ce  which  he  had  granted  to  all  tie  Reformed,  had 
 difingag'd  him  from  the  Promifes  which  he  had  made  to  parti- 
 cular men,  meer'y  to  retain  'em  in  iheir  obedience.  Nor  would 
 many  People  have  murmurd  at  this  piece  of  Jnftdelity,  had  they 
 ftopp'd  there  :  and  it  was  agreed  on  al!  fides,  that  they  who  had 
 fold  for  ready  money,  the  Towns  that  were  the  fecurity  of  their 
 Religion  and  their  Conferences,  deferv'd  no  better  ufage :  but 
 the  Court- Defigns  fbon  after  broke  out  into  Frauds  of  higher 
 importance.  For  they  had  promis'd  the  Rocbelois  to  demolifti 
 the  Fort  which  the  Count  of  Soifions  had  built,  to  curb  and  an- 
 noy the  City.  But  they  were  fb  far  from  obferving  that  Ay- 
 ticle,that  the  Fort  was  not  finifh'd  till  after  the  Peace  was  made : 
 nor  could  all  the  Complaints  of  the  Rocbclhis  obtain  any 
 other  then  feigned  Commands  to  demolifh  it  ;  of  which, 
 they  to  whom  they  were  fent,  had  private  Orders  to  take  no 
 notice. 
 
 Among  the  fecret  Conditions  which  were  granted  to  the  City 
 of  Mompelier,  there  was  a  Promife  made  to  the  Inhabitants,that 
 the  King  fhould  not  enter  with  above  four  Colours  of  Foot, 
 which  fhould  march  out  back  again  with  him.  To  elude  which 
 Promife,  the  whole  Regiment  of  Guards  was  order'd  to  enter  in 
 under  no  more  then  four  Colours,  unworthily  abufing  the  am- 
 biguous fignification  of  the  word  ;  though,  as  time  has  made 
 it  out,  the  word  Colours  or  Enfen,  flgnifies  much  more  ufually 
 in  common  fpeech,  a  Company  of  Soldiers  marching  under  one 
 Enfign,  then  the  Colours  or  Enfign  it  felf.  But  they  carri'd  the 
 Fraud  yet  higher;  and  to  enforce  the  Inhabitants  to  fufrer  a 
 Garifon,  'twas  thought  fit  to  demand  Hoftages  of 'em,  for  fecu- 
 rity of  the  Commiffioners  which  the  King  intended  to  leave 
 there,  under  pretence  of  looking  after  the  demolifhing  of  the 
 Fortifications :  and  the  number  of  Hoftages  was  fo  great,  of 
 which  there  muft  be  fb  many  that  had  no  kindnefs  for  the  Court, 
 or  well  arTe&ed  to  the  Reformed  Religion,  that  they  were 
 equally  terrifi'd  with  the  choice  and  the  number.  Befides,  that 
 Propofal  was  made  'em  with  fuch  an  air,  as  made  it  fufficiently 
 apparent  that  Hoftages  were  demanded  of 'em  to  no  other  pur- 
 
Book  VIII.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  359 
 
 pofe,  then  to  make  em  redeliver  the  Breif  which  exempted  'em  1622. 
 from  admitting  aGarifon,  and  which  made 'em  afraid  that  if 
 they  did  not  provide  for  themfelves,  they  fhou'd  be  forc'd  not 
 only  to  give  Hofbges,  but  receive  a  Garifon  alfb.  At  laft  fome 
 People,  who  had  bin  none  of  the  moft  zealous  during  the  War, 
 affected  a  ftrvile  compliance  with  the  r*ood  will  and  pleafure 
 of  the  Court,  in  hopes  of  reconciling  themfelves  to  the  King, 
 and  made  it  their  bufinefs  with  great  fervency  to  difcourage 
 others,  fothat  they  accepted  a  Garifbn,  and  thought  it  their  du- 
 ty to  receive  it,  though  they  had  a  mortal  reluttancy  againft  ir, 
 as  if  it  had  bin  a  favour  done  'em  to  abufe  and  then  laugh  at  'em. 
 
 Nor  did  the  Court  ftop  here ;  the  Confulfhip  of  Mompdkr 
 was  intermix'd  hah  Catholics,  half  Proteftants,  and  a  Citadel 
 moreover  erefred. 
 
 In  the  mean  time  the  King  return'd  to  Parti,  and  in  his  march  the  W/ 
 took  from  the  Reformed  all  thofe  places  which  were  u^der  their  rt 
 Government.  The  Conftable,  though  he  were  turn'd  Catho- 
 lic, could  hardly  preferve  his  own  in  the  Dauphinate.  Nay, 
 he  had  bin  defpoiPd  of  'em,  had  not  his  Son  in-law,  Crrqnit  pro- 
 mis'd  to  refign  'em  after  his  death.  The  Advifer  of  thefe  tart 
 Proceedings  was  Puiftmx^  who  began  to  grow  into  favour.  The 
 death  of  the  Cardinal  de  Retz,,  who  poffefs  d  a  great  (hare  of 
 the  Royal  Authority,  and  the  abfence  of  the  Prince  of  Cmdet 
 who  fhar'd  another  part,  gave  him  an  opportunity  to  engrofs 
 the  whole  ;  and  as  if  the  King  had  bin  weary  of  governing  alone, 
 he  refign'd  himfelf  up  almoft  without  any  limitations,  into  the 
 hands  of  this  new  Favourite.  The  Spaniards  had  already  got 
 the  Afcendant  over  him,  and  had  infus'd  into  him  their  own 
 Politics.  The  Court  of  Rome,  which  at  that  time  afted  only 
 by  Concert  with  the  Houle  of  Aufirta^  fupported  thofe  Foreign 
 Maxims  to  the  utmoftof  their  Power:  fo  that  Pmfitux,  full  cf 
 Veneration  for  thofe  two  Potentates,  did  nothing  but  with  a 
 defign  to  render  himfelf  their  Minion,  and  who  was  therefore 
 folely  guided  by  their  Counfels.  And  indeed  till  then  there  was 
 a  certain  kind  of  Fatality  which  intangl'd  the  Favourites  in 
 Foreign  Interefts :  As  if  they  could  have  ereded  their  Gran- 
 deur upon  a  better  Foundation,  by  correfponding  with  an  Ene- 
 
 H  h  h  2  mies 
 
3  60  The  Hifiory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.  raies  Court,  then  upon  the  good- will  of  their  Sovereign,  and 
 
 the  profperity  of  his  Affairs. 
 iheBijbop      But  this  Favour  lafted  not  long;  for  while  it  feem'd  to  be 
 IhTT  alm°ft  Battery  proof,  there  was  an  Alteration  prepar'd  for  him, 
 cardinal,  which  no  body  lufpected  in  the  lean::  For  the  Queen  Mother 
 had  not  quenclrd  as  yet  her  violent  thirftof  Rule  ;  and  in  re 
 gard  fhe  had  a  great  confidence  in  the  Bifhop  of  LuJjm,  (he  us  d 
 her  utmoft  endeavour  to  advance  him,  perfuaded  that  he  would 
 be  fo  grateful  for  her  Favours,  as  always  to  depend  up.  n  her. 
 That  Prelat  had  wound  himfelf  into  the  King's  good  opinion, 
 becaufe  he  had  more  then  once  contributed  to  patch  up  the  Dif- 
 ferences between  him  and  the  Queen  his  Mother,  whole  reitlefs 
 fpirit  gave  him  caufe  of  vexation  enough :  fo  that  he  was  lookt 
 upon  with  a  favourable  Afpect  by  both  fides,  and  both  Parties 
 thought  themlelves  beholding  to  him  for  what  he  only  did  to 
 gratify  his  own  Ambition.    So  that  he  readily  obtain'd  of  the 
 Queen-mother  the  utmoft  of  her  endeavours  to  put  the  King 
 upon  demanding  a  Cardinal's  Cap  for  him  ;  nor  did  the  King 
 make  any  great  fcruple  to  confent  to  her  Requeft.  Neverthe- 
 Iefs,  this  Negotiation  held  off*  and  on  for  above  two  years  be- 
 fore it  took  effect-,  as  being  thwarted,  perhaps,  by  thofe  that 
 were  unwilling  by  fb  fair  and  proper  a  means  to  hand  a  man 
 of  his  Genius  into  Authority.    But  the  Solicitation  was  re- 
 double this  year  fo  luckily  and  fb  effectually,  that  the  Pope 
 granted  the  Cap  to  this  Bifhop  at  the  beginning  of  September. 
 As  for  the  Bifhop,  he  had  waited  the  fuccefs  of  the  Nomina- 
 tion with  extraordinary  Impatience,  defpairing  almoft  of  fuc- 
 cefs, by  reafon  that  Puifieux  feem'd  to  him  a  dreadful  Enemy, 
 and  fuch  an  one  in  whofe  power  it  was  to  put  a  ftop  to  his  Pre- 
 ferment, more  efpecially  becaufe  hisKinfman  Siller i  was  then 
 AmbaiTador  at  Rome.    So  that  the  News  could  not  chule  but 
 be  a  pleafmg  Surprize  to  him. 
 The  cha-      Nor  could  the  towring  Genius  of  that  Prelat  hinder  him  from 
 r£pr{  being  extremely  fenfib'e  ofthelmpreffionsof  unexpected  Events; 
 lot.  r '  and  he  was  no  lefs  prone  to  commit  great  Abfurdities,  when  he 
 had  not  time  to  compofe  himfelf.  Never  was  any  man  lefs  the 
 Matter  of  his  firft  Tranfports.    But  he  was  fo  lucky,  that  he 
 eafily  got  time  enough  to  recollect  himfelf ;  and  he  was  fo 
 
 dextrous, 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes.  361 
 
 dextrous,  that  he  never  let  the  opportunity  flip.  So  that  he  1622. 
 feem'd  to  have  a  heart  that  n.  thing  could  furprize,  and  which 
 was  equally  provided  againft  all  Accidents.  I  fhall  here  relate 
 what  was  to'd  me  upon  this  occafion,  by  one  of  the  moftconfi- 
 derable  perlons  in  the  Court  of  France.  There  was  at  the 
 Court  of  Szz-o)  a  trench  Gentleman  who  had  bin  forc'd  to  quit 
 that  of  Frwcr,  byrcafon  of  lome  diftafte  which  he  had  given 
 to  the  Bifhop  of  Lufon.  That  Gentleman,  who  palfionate'y 
 lought  all  me^ns  to  be  reconciPd  to  the  Bifhop,  was  in  the  Duke 
 of  £*W09>9s  prefence  when  the  Courier,  who  brought  the  News 
 of  the  Promotion  of  Cardinals,  came  to  prelent  him  with  the 
 Letters :  which  were  immediately  open'd  by  reafbn  of  the  Cu- 
 riofiry,  which  is  common  to  all  Courts,  to  know  the  names  of 
 thole  whom  the  Pope  has  advane'd  to  that  Dignity  :  and  then  it 
 was  that  the  Prince  read  aloud  filenames  of  four  who  had  a 
 fliare  in  that  Honour.  But  then  the  Gentleman  hearing 
 the  Bifhop  of  Lufons  name,  began  to  confidcr  with  himleir, 
 whether  if  he  fhould  be  the  firft  that  carri'd  him  the  tidings,  it 
 might  not  be  enough  to  reftorehim  to  his  favour:  and  thereup- 
 on finding  he  had  time  enough  to  get  before  the  Courier,he  took 
 Horle  immediately,  and  made  fuch  fpeed,  that  he  got  to  Lkm 
 two  hours  before  the  Courier. 
 
 Prefently  away  he  went  directly  to  the  B.ifhop's  Apartment,      & re- 
 who  was  no  lefs furprizd  at  his  Arrival,  then  to  fee  him  at  his  c$™ftf 6 
 feet.  But  when  he  underftood  from  the  Gentleman  the  News^pmo- 
 of  his  Promotion,  and  how  he  came  by  his  Intelligence,  he'"w> 
 abandon'd  himfelf  to  fuch  an  excefs  of  Joy,  and  after  fuch  an 
 unufual  manner,  as  if  the  giving  him  the  Cap,  haddepriv'dhim 
 of  his  Reafon.    He  forgot  all  the  gravity  and  decorum  of  his 
 Character,  and  difplay'd  his  fatisfac~tion  by  motions  and  geftures 
 fo  unbecoming  a  man  of  his  Age  and  Quality,  that  the  Gentle- 
 man was  more  afraid  of  his  hatred  then  ever,  as  having  bin  fb 
 unfortunate  to  be  the  Witnefs  of  a  piece  of  weaknefs  which 
 the  Bifhop  had  reafbn  to  be  afham'd  of  as  long  as  he  liv'd.  But 
 after  a  little  time  had  giv'n  the  firft  tranfportsof  his  Joy  leave 
 to  evaporate,  the  Bifhop  deliver  cl  him  out  of  his  fears,  and  on- 
 ly very  ferioufly  admonifh'd  him  not  to  let  any  body  know  what 
 he  had  feen,  nor  to  appear  at  Court  till  the  Courier  was  arriv'd. 
 
 But 
 
3 6s  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1612.  But  though  the  Gentleman  were  very  trufty  in  obferving  the 
 laft  Injunction,  he  could  no  more  forbear  his  difobedience  to  the 
 latter  then  Midas's  Barber.  In  the  mean  time,  the  Bifhop  came 
 to  himfelf  agen,  and  had  time  to  compote  the  Difbrders  of  his 
 mind  ;  lb  that  when  the  Queen  lent  for  him,  to  impart  the  wel- 
 come News  to  him,  he  receiv'd  it  with  fuch  a  carelefs  Hypo- 
 crify,  as  if  his  Soul  had  bin  above  fuch  a  Tranfitory  Dignity. 
 That  Gravity,  which  he  had  had  time  to  ftudy,  begot  him  a 
 world  of  Admiration,  and  caus'd  the  Courtiers  to  fpeak  many 
 things  in  his  commendation.  Thus  many  times  in  Eminent 
 Perfbns,  the  Hits  of  Chance  are  imputed  to  Prudence  ;  Profpe- 
 rity  is  admir'd  as  the  Archite&ure  of  the  Man's  Genius,  and  the 
 Praifes  belonging  to  Vertue ,  are  beftow'd  upon  outward  Ap- 
 pearances. 
 
 Exceffiw  The  King  lay  then  before  Mompelier  when  the  New  Cardinal 
 Flatteries.  came  to  pay  him  his  returns  of  Thanks ,  fo  that  he  could  not 
 give  him  the  Bonnet  till  after  the  Peace,  when  he  return'd  to 
 Paris.  I  would  repeat  the  Prodigious  Flatteries  of  thofe  that 
 harangu'd  the  King  all  along  where  he  lay  upon  the  Road,  did 
 I  not  find  that  the  Reformed  imitated  the  Catholics ;  and  ftrove 
 to  outvy  'em  in  their  ExcefTes  and  Hyperbole's.  Neverthelefc, 
 I  cannot  forbear  to  lay  fomething  of  the  Conful  Montelimar^ 
 who  extended  the  extravagance  of  his  Style,  and  his  Eulogies, 
 farther  then  any  other.  He  infifted  upon  the  Divine  Jfpeft 
 and  prefence  of  the  King  :  He  attributed  to  him  Vertues  that 
 Heaven  rever'd,itnd  tbeEartb  adord,a.nd  a  Life  fb  holy  in  the  midft 
 of  Crowned  Exaltation,  and  Royal  Grandeur,  that  he  deferv'd  both 
 the  Altars  and  Sacrifices  of  Sacred  Veneration.  Thele  Fulfome 
 Flatteries  are  either  the  Effects  or  Forerunners  of  Pufiilanimous 
 Servitude  ;  and  Subjects  renounce  their  right  of  complaining 
 that  their  Soveraign  exalts  his  Power  above  Juftice,  when  they 
 make  him  more  then  mortal  by  fuch  (baring  Adulation*.  Which 
 is  the  reafbn  that  now-a-days  we  find  that  Flattery  has  no 
 bounds,  where  the  People  have  loft  their  Liberty  beyond  re- 
 covery. 
 
 While  the  King  lay  at  Lion,  whither  the  Duke  of  Rohm  fol- 
 low'd  him  to  follicit  the  performance  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace,  the 
 Commiflioners  from  Rochtl  arriv'd  there  the  fame  time,  to  ob- 
 tain 
 
Book  VIII.     EdiB  of  Nantes.  363 
 
 tain  an  Order  for  demolifhing  Fort  Lewis.  'Tis  true,  they  re-  1622. 
 ceiv'd  feme  (hew  of  fatisfadion,  becaufe  they  had  a  Letter  gi- 
 ven 'em  under  the  Privy  Signet,  directed  to  Arnaud  Commander 
 of  the  Fort,  wherein  lie  u  as  order'd  to  level  it  with  the  ground 
 within  eight  days  after  the  Rochelois  hnd  difmantl'd  forne  of 
 their  New  Fortifications  But  at  the  lame  time  there  was  ano- 
 ther Letter  written, which  was  fent  by  a  fhortcr  way,  wherein 
 Arnaud  was  order'd  to  give  no  credit  to  the  former  Letter.  So 
 that  when  the  Rochtlou  deliver'd  him  the  Letter  which  their 
 Commiflioners  had  brought,  they  were  fcornfully  us'd,  r.nd  re- 
 turn'd  without  any  hopes  of  fatisfa&ion.  .^oon  after  alfb,  not- 
 withstanding thele  Counterfeit  Letters  from  the  Cojrt,  they 
 Law  quite  finifh  d  what  remain'd  to  be  done,  in  order  to  put- 
 ting the  Fort  into  a  perfect  pofture  of  defence.  On  the  other 
 fide  Valence ,  who  was  left  by  the  King  in  Momptlhr,  with  a 
 considerable  Garifon ,  endeavour'd  to  make  himfelf  Matter  of 
 Lome  places  in  Cevcnnes ,  under  pretence  of  quartring  fome  Sol- 
 diers that  were  only  upon  their  march  through  the  Countrey. 
 Upon  which  the  Cities  of  Sauvt  and  Gange,  either  too  credulous, 
 or  becaufe  they  had  not  fufficient  warning,  gave  the  Soldiers  ad- 
 mittance. But  the  Duke  of  Rohan  took  fuch  care,  that  the  reft 
 preferv'd  themfelves  from  being  fo  furpriz'd. 
 
 Soon  after,  the  Duke  went  to  Monpelier,  to  regulate  (bme  162$. 
 things  which  Valence,  to  whom,  in  his  return  from  Lion ,  he  the  Dah 
 carry  ci  a  Letter  from  the  King  which  concern'd  the  Execution  ^f*Jjn 
 of  the  Peace  ;  But  no  fooner  was  he  enter'd  the  City,  but  Va-  Pnfmer. 
 hnce  being  inform'd  of  his  Travailing  by  himfelf,  and  by  confe- 
 quence,  having  bad  leifure  to  prepare  himfelf  for  fuch  an 
 Aclion,  feiz'd  upon  him  as  his  Prifoner.    His  Pretence  was, 
 That  he  was  come  to  raife  Commotions  and  that  he  did  nor 
 purfue  the  Intentions  of  the  Court  in  the  Execution  of  the  Peace. 
 'Tis  true  indeed,  he  was  not  privy  to  the  Intentions  of  thofe 
 who  never  made  t*  e  Peace  but  with  a  defign  to  break  i: :  He 
 obferv'd  the  Terms  of  the  Declaration  and  Briefs :  Bur  Vilence, 
 who  was  Puifrux's  tirother-in  law,  better  underftood  the  My- 
 ftery.    That  Minifter  had  promised  the  Pope's  Nuntm,  That 
 the  Peace  fhould  ferve  to  no  other  end  then  to  ruin  the  Reform- 
 ed ;  and  he  made  ufe  of  all  the  moft  palpable  Frauds  that  could 
 
The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  If. 
 
 be  devis'd,  to  bring  it  to  pafs.  But  the  news  of  the  Duke  of 
 Robans  being  detained  a  pris'ner,  begat  both  aftonifhment  and 
 indignation  in  all  the  Reformed  who  had  any  thing  of  courage 
 left ;  and  Soubife  threaten'd  to  renew  the  War.  Nor  was  the 
 Court  left  aftonifh  d  at  the  News,  then  they  were  in  the  Pro- 
 vinces :  And  the  boldnefs  of  the  Action  appear'd  fo  great , 
 that  they  were  in  no  fmall  perplexity  what  courfe  to  take. 
 There  were  fome,  who  neither  conflder'd  the  King  s  Honour, 
 nor  the  fcandalizing  all  Europe,  that  were  for  putting  the  (Duke 
 to  death  :  But  Moderation  was  thought  the  better  way :  He  was 
 releas'd  upon  condition  he  fhould  quit  the  City,  and  the  Lower 
 LxngutAoc,  and  execute  his  Commiflion  in  the  Upper.  This 
 Proceeding  of  the  Court  may  be  attributed  to  leveral  Reafbns  ; 
 fome  will  lay,  that  it  was  infus'd  into  'em  by  that  little  refpeci 
 they  had  to  Honefty  and  Sincerity,  which  would  not  permit  'em 
 lb  publickly  and  egregioufly  to  violate  a  Peace  that  had  been  fo 
 lately  concluded  ;  orbecaule  they  thought  it  not  juft,  to  ruin  a 
 Man  of  that  importance  as  the  Duke,  who  had  done  nothing 
 which  delerv'd  death,  fince  the  Pardon  that  the  King  had  grant- 
 ed him.  On  the  other  fide,  it  may  be  faid,  Thar  either  they 
 they  had  not  time  to  examine  the  Confluences  of  lb  violent 
 an  Action,  or  that  they  fear'd  to  arm  againft  'em  all  the  Lords 
 that  had  fubmitted  to  the  King,  if  they  us'd  the  Duke  after  fuch 
 a  manner  as  might  give  them  juft  occafion  to  be  afraid  of  the 
 like  ufage  upon  the  firft  opportunity  that  offer'd.  Yet  fome  have 
 written,  that  none  of  thefe  Motives  induc'd  the  Court  to  releale 
 the  Duke,  but  that  the  Intereft  of  a  Ball  decided  the  Difpute. 
 For  the  Queen  had  appointed  one,  wherein  the  Dutchels  of 
 Rohan  was  to  bear  a  part ;  and  every  thing  was  ready,  when 
 the  News  of  the  Duke's  I mprifbnment  arriv'd.  Which  Acci- 
 dent would  have  quite  broken  off  the  Match  ;  and  the  Queen 
 muft  either  have  loft,  or  beenforc'd  to  have  deferr'd  a  Paftime 
 fhe  was  juft  about  to  enjoy  ;  which  would  have  bin  a  very 
 great  difappointment  to  a  Princefs  of  her  Age  :  and  there- 
 fore it  was  better  to  let  an  Enemy  live,  then  difturbthe  Plea- 
 fures  of  a  Young  Queen.  So  that  the  Duke  was  more  behold- 
 ing for  his  Liberty  to  a  Dancing  Match ,  then  to  the  Publick 
 Faith. 
 
 In 
 
Book  Vllk      Edit?  of  Nantes.  365 
 
 In  the  mean  time  Valence  made  the  beft  of  this  Accident  :  1623 
 for  while  he  kept  the  Duke  in  Prifon,  he  proceeded  to  the  Ele- 
 ction of  the  Confuls,  andcausd  the  one  half  to  be  chofen  Ca- 
 tholics >  as  he  had  already  done  by  the  Marine  Confulfhip,  out 
 of  which  he  had  taken  out  one  half  of  the  Reformed.  Both  the 
 one  and  the  other  was  againft  the  exprefs  terms  of  the  Breif, 
 by  which  it  was  promis'd  that  no  Innovation  fhould  be  intro- 
 duc'd  into  the  Confulfhip  :  and  there  is  great  probability  that 
 the  Duke  of  Rohan  would  have  very  much  obftrudted  Valences 
 Enterprize,  had  not  the  latter  prevented  him  by  Imprifenment. 
 But  when  the  Duke  was  fet  at  liberty  he  found  the  thing  done, 
 and  the  Order  which  oblig'd  him  to  retire  into  Upper  Languedocy 
 depriv'd  him  both  of  time  and  means  to  apply  2ny  Remedy. 
 The  Reformed  complain'd,  that  Valence  had  made  ufe  of  Vio- 
 lence in  the  electing  what  Confuls  he  thought  fit  himfelf ;  and 
 that  he  had  kept  the  Confuls  that  were  going  out  of  their  em- 
 ployments, a  whole  night  Pris'ners  in  his  own  houfe,  to  force 
 their  confent  to  the  ele&ion  of  Catholics.    But  the  Court  took 
 no  notice  of  thefe  Complaints;  and  all  that  the  Duke  cou'd 
 obtain  from  'em  was,  that  Valence  fhou'd  recall  the  men  that  he 
 had  quarter'd  up  and  down  in  Cevennes.    Valence's  Credit  was 
 then  lb  great,  that  though  he  were  no  more  then  Governor  of 
 Mompelier,  he  was  confiilted  by  all  Languedoc,  to  know  the  fecret 
 intentions  of  the  Court ;  and  that  'twas  enough  for  him  to  fay, 
 that 'twas  the  King's  pleafure  thatfuch  or  luch  a  thing  fhould 
 be  done,  to  have  it  put  in  execution.    Orders  of  the  fame  na- 
 ture, given  out  of  the  Jurifdiction  of  his  Government  were 
 obey'd,  as  if  they  had  come  from  the  King  himfelf :  and  Acfs, 
 of  which  the  purport  only  was,  that  Valence  had  written  that 
 the  King's  Pleafure  was  fo  or  fo,  have  paft  in  our  days  for  defi- 
 nitive, in  Affairs  of  great  importance.    Neverthelefs  it  was 
 both  contrary  to  Probability  and  Cuftom,  that  the  Governor  of 
 a  particular  Town,  fhould  be  the  Arbitrator  of  a  whole  Pro- 
 vince.   But  in  Affairs  of  Religion, 'twas  enough  to  authorize 
 Fraud  and  Injuftice  againft  the  Reformed,  for  a  Catholic  to 
 fay,  Le  Roy  veut,  ^tU  the  Kjngs  Pleafure.    As  for  the  Duke  of 
 Rol  an,  when  he  was  got  clear  of  Mompelier^  he  went  to  Milhau, 
 where  he  underftood  that  the  Duke  of  Efpernon,  to  whom  the 
 
 I  i  i  King, 
 
366  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1.62}.  King,  a  little  before  had  giv'n  the  Government  of  Guyenne 
 inftead  or  that  of  is.untonge  and  Aigonnois,  went  about  to  hin- 
 der the  Ciries  held  by  the  Reformed  in  Ronver^nc,  to  elect  th-ir 
 Confuls  as  they  were  wont  to  do  ;  and  that  he  had  written  to 
 'em  not  to  make  any  new  Elections,  till  they  underlrood  from 
 his  mouth  the  King's  further  Pleafure.  But  the  Duke  of  ft* 
 km  explaining  his  Pleafure  by  the  terms  of  the  Peace,  perlua- 
 ded  em  to  elecT  their  Confuls  at  the  ufual  times,  and  after  that 
 to  fend  Commitfioners  to  the  Duke  of  Efpemon,  to  know  his 
 Will.  They  took  his  Advice,  and  by  that  means  preferv  d  their 
 right  to  keep  the  Catholics  out  of  the  Confulfhip. 
 stntr*l  But  while  things  thus  pair  in  Langutdoc,  the  general  Com- 
 p»prs.  mifiioners,  Mommr/ton  and  M.inLiLi,  who  had  been  fubftitured 
 in  the  rooms  of  Fk4>as  and  ChaLis,  prefent  a  Paper  to  the  King, 
 wherein  they  demanded  leveral  things  necefTary  for  the  prefer- 
 vation  of  Peace.  It  confined  of  Twenty  two  Heads,  the  fub- 
 Itance  of  which  was,  That  Commiffioners  (hould  be  fent  into 
 the  Provinces  to  {ee  the  Peace  duly  executed  ;  That  the 
 Garifon  might  be  remov'd  out  of  Mompdier  ;  That  the  Brief 
 which  promis'd  there  fhou'd  be  no  Innovation,  might  be  ob- 
 fervd  ;  That  Fort  Lewis  might  be  demolifh'd  ;  That  the  Re- 
 formed who  had  bin  condemn'd  to  the  Gallies,  might  be  fet  at 
 liberty  ;  That  the  Sums  promis'd  for  the  Minilters  Salaries,  for 
 thedow  ftate  of  Penfions,  and  the  payment  of  theGarifons, 
 might  be  difchargM  both  for  the  time  pair  and  for  the  future  ; 
 That  Candd^  who  had  paid  fome  money  before-hand,  might  be 
 reimburs'd;  That  the  King  fhould  provide  for  the  payment  of 
 theMinifters  of  the  Country  of  Ge.v,  to  whom  there  had  been 
 alfign'd  a  Fund  upon  the  Toll-money,  in  recompence  of  the 
 Ecclefiaftlcal  Revenues  which  had  bin  taken  from 'em  ;  That 
 the  King  would  be  pleas'd  to  contribute  fbmething  toward  the 
 rebuilding  of  the  Church  at  Charenton,  which  was  burnt  down 
 in  the  War-time  ;  That  he  would  be  pleas'd  to  caufe  the  Church 
 at  Tours  to  be  rebuilt  at  his  own  charges,  in  the  fame  place 
 where  it  (food  before  the  Sedition,  according  to  his  promife  ; 
 That  he  would  vouchfafe  to  let  the  Church  of  Bouro  be  rebuilt, 
 notwithdanding  that  the  Catholics  difputed  their  Right  to  the 
 Ruins  of  if,  That  free  Exercife  of  their  Religion  might  be 
 
 reltor'd 
 
Book  VIII.      EdiBof  Nantes.  367 
 
 reftor'd  to  the  Reformed  at  Vilkmur,  Fontarn,  Lnfon  and  Tal-  i6z^. 
 mont,  in  which  places  they  had  carri'd  their  Violences  fo  high 
 againft  thofe  that  went  about  to  alfemble  together,  as  to  level 
 their  great  Guns  againft 'em  ;  That  the  lame  liberty  (hould  be 
 alio  allow'd  at  Surgeres,  Bagno/s,  Si.  Cries' 'syFrgeaCy  Purmirol, 
 Vic  en  Armigntc,  from  whence  they  had  expell'd  the  Minifter, 
 and  Iaftly  at  Quilkbozuf  in  Normandy  ;  That  the  Reformed  of 
 Poitkrs  might  be  difctarg'd  from  the  payment  of  Twelve 
 hunder'd  Livres,  which  had  bin  laid  upon  em  by  way  of  Tax 
 for  the  Guard  of  the  City,  though  they  would  not  do  'em  the 
 honour  to  trull  em  with  ir,  as  they  did  the  reft  of  the  Inhabi- 
 tants ;  That  the  CdicT;  of  Compenfation  might  be  executed  in 
 Beam,  and  that  the  Exercife  of  the  Reformed  Religion  might 
 be  reftor'd  to  the  Navarrewes  ;  And  that  the  Churches,  Bells, 
 Church  yards,  which  the  Reformed  enjoy'd  there,  by  the  Decree 
 of  the  CommifTioners,  might  be  prefcrv'd  to 'em,  fince  they 
 had  refign  d  ail  the  reft  to  the  Catholics  ;  That  the  Party  Cham- 
 bers might  fet  up  again  in  thofe  places  where  they  had  bin  re- 
 ftor'd, during  the  Wars  ;  That  the  Reformed  might  be  exempted 
 from  the  building  of  Churches,  to  which  the  Catholics  of  Jr- 
 nai  le  Due  went  abdut  to  conftrain 'em  ;  a&ually  profecuting 
 'em  at  the  Council-board,  in  order  to  have 'em  comprehended 
 in  the  raifing  Six  thoufand  Livres,  defign'd  toward  the  building 
 of  a  Church  for  the  Capuchins ;  That  the  Church  of  Remoren- 
 trtif  burnt  in  the  time  of  the  War,  and  that  of  Geroeau,  puIlM 
 ('ow  n  fince  the  Peace,  might  be  rebuilt ;  That  the  Cities  of  Bar* 
 j>eric  and  St.  Fov  might  be  eas'd  of  feveral  Grievances;  And 
 laftly,  That  for  the  re-eftablifhing  a  mutual  confidence  between 
 both  Parties,  the  Forces  left  in  Languedoc,  Cevenncs,  and  other 
 places,  might  be  disbanded 
 
 By  the  Anfwers  tnat  were  return'd  the  4^  of  Mircb  to  the  faeertam 
 Heads  of  '.his  Writing,  there  was  nothing  exprefty  granted,  but  4tfft» 
 an  exemp  ion  from  contributing  toward  the  building  of  the  Ca- 
 puchins Church,  and  the  releale  of  thofe  who  had  bin  con- 
 demn'd  totheGallies  for  having  born  Arms.  All  the  reft  con- 
 rain'd  no  more  then  uncertain  and  conditional  Promifes,  or  Re- 
 ferences to  the  CommiflTioners,  who,  as  they  were  told  in  their 
 Anlwer  to  the  firft  Head,  were  already  upon  the  Road.  There 
 
 I  i  i  2  was 
 
3  68  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  it 
 
 1613.  was  only  a  Promife,  that  as  to  the  Garifon  of  Mompelitr,  care 
 fhould  be  taken  about  it,  fo  foon  as  fatisfattion  fhould  be 
 given  to  the  Edi£t  of  Peace.  The  Alteration  made  in  the  Ma- 
 rine Confulfhip  was  confirmed,  as  being  grounded  upon  the 
 definitive  Decree  of  the  Chamber  of  Caftres ;  and  for  the 
 Confulfhip  of  the  City,  'twas  referr'd  to  the  ufual  Forms.  As 
 to  the  Article  about  the  Toll-money,  and  the  Affairs  of  Beam, 
 they  were  referr'd  to  the  Breif  of  the  24th  of  October,  which 
 promis'd  to  take  care  of  thofe  matters.  The  Minifters  of  Gex 
 were  paid  with  general  words.  As  to  the  rebuilding  of  the 
 Churches  of  Tours  and  Charenton,  the  Reformed  were  referr'd 
 to  their  own  care  and  diligence.  All  the  Articles  that  men- 
 tioned any  places,  or  demanded  free  Exercife  of  Religion,  were 
 referr'd  to  the  Commiflioners :  and  by  a  Reference  of  the  fame 
 nature,  they  evaded. the  Article  touching  Fort  Lewis.  The  Ar- 
 ticle about  the  money  advancd  before  hand  by  Candal,  was  re- 
 ferr'd to  a  Petition  which  he  was  left  at  his  own  liberty  to  pre- 
 fent  himfelf :  as  to  the  Twelve  hunder'd  Livres  which  the  Re- 
 formed were  tax'd  at  Poitiers,  their  Anfwer  was  to  be  imparted 
 to  the  Sheriffs;  and  they  promis'd  to  write  to  the  Duke  of 
 Efpernon  about  eafing  the  Grievances  of  Ber^erac  and  St. 
 Ivy. 
 
 But  the  moft  part  of  thefe  Promifes  were  fo  ill  fulfill'd,  that 
 the  Condition  of  the  Reformed  was  never  a  whit  the  better  :  On 
 the  contrary,  the  exercife  of  their  Religion  was  forbid  in  many 
 other  places ,  then  thofe  where  it  had  bin  interrupted  by  the 
 Exemfe  o/War.  Particularly  the  Duke  of  Guize,  who  had  rnarry'd  the 
 Religion  DaUghter  of  Joyeufe  the  Capuchin,  forbid  it  at  Poire,  a  place  de- 
 pending  upon  the  Principality  of  Roche  fur  Ton,  which  belong'd 
 to  himfelf.  The  Church  grounded  her  Right  upon  a  Poffeflion 
 well  prov'd  by  the  Terms  of  the  Ninth  Article  of  the  Edict  of 
 Nantes  :  But  then  they  began  to  demand  the  Confent  of  the 
 Landlords,  who  were  Catholicks,  as  a  thing  which  was  very 
 neceffary.  So  that  the  Parlament  of  Paris  quite  ruin'd  that 
 Church  by  their  EdicT:  of  the  21ft  of  February,  allowing  only 
 to  the  Inhabitants  a  place  for  the  burial  of  their  Dead.  There 
 was  alfo  a  Decree  of  Council,  dated  the  fixth  of  July ,  which 
 took  away  from  the  Reformed  Members  of  the  Univerfity  of 
 
 Poitiers , 
 
Book  VI If.      EdiB  of  Nantes.  •  369 
 
 Poitiers,  their  Right  of  being  Re£lors  and  Deans,  of  prefiding  1613. 
 in  AfTemblies,  or  of  having  any  determining  Voice  in  thofe 
 where  any  Difputes  were  handled  in  reference  to  Divine  Wor- 
 fhh  and  Ecclefiaftical  Ceremonies.    There  was  moreover  one 
 wicked  piece  of  Fraud  in  thatClaufe,  which  tended  to  exclude 
 the  Reformed  out  of  all  AfTemblies ;  in  regard  the  Catholics  of 
 the  Affembly  being  oblig'dtoa  Proceflion  evc>  Month,  which 
 they  menrion'd  at  the  opening  of  all  their  Seflions ,  they  con- 
 cluded from  thence,  that  the  Reformed  could  not  give  their 
 Voices  upon  any  of  thole  Occafions,  becaufe  there  was  none  of 
 thofe  AfTemblies  wherein  Ecclefiaftical  Ceremonies  were  not 
 handPd.    There  was  likewife  another  Decree  of  Council,  da- 
 ted the  19th  of  Aiiguft,  which  forbid  the  Reformed  to  ling  their 
 Pfalms  either  in  the  Streets,  or  in  their  Shops ;  a  Liberty  which 
 they  could  not  afTume  fince  that,  without  bringing  trouble  up- 
 on themfelves ;  though  many  times  the  Catholics  were  afham'd 
 of  their  letting  forth  Prohibitions  of  that  nature.    The  Seventh 
 of  September  came  forth  a  Decree  of  the  Parlament  of  Paris , 
 which  depriv'd  a  Reformed  Soldier  of  the  Benefit  of  an  *  Oblate^  *  Tbe  Be- 
 which  the  King  had  granted  him  in  the  Abby  of  St.  Julian  at  nefi  °f  a 
 Tours.    The  Abbot  oppos'd  him,  and  a  Catholick  Soldier  iri-^V- 
 terpos'd  his  claim  to  that  fmall  Penfion;  by  which  means  they%»v« 
 Reformed  Soldier  was  excluded  by  a  difadvantageous  Judgment Sold,er 
 given  againft  him.    But  that  which  was  moft  remarkable,  was  'and 
 the  Pleading  of  the  Advocate-General  Talon  ^  full  of  Bitter  Pa£»w«v  in 
 fages  againft  the  Reformed  Religion.    He  call'd  thofe  that  em-  Jjjjjjj5 ' 
 brac'd  it  Jpojlates  in  down- right  Latin  :  And  to  thofe  who  had 
 always  made  profeffion  of  it,  he  appli'd  the  words  of  Chrirt, 
 //  is  not  good  to  give  the  children*  bread  to  dogs.    To  evade  that 
 Right  to  Charity  and  Alms,  which  the  Edicl  had  granted  to 
 the  Reformed,  he  diftinguifh'd  Alms  into  two  forts 5  the  one 
 which  he  call'd  Alms  of  Charity,  and  the  other  which  he  term'd, 
 Alms  of  Precept.    He  pretended  that  the  Reformed  were  not 
 to  be  admitted  to  the  firft  by  vertue  of  the  Edict ;  and  that  they 
 who  receiv'd  the  benefit  of  Oblates  were  of  the  fecond  fort, 
 Which  was  a  malicious  diftinguifliing  where  the  Law  it  (elf  ne- 
 ver made  any  diftin&ion,  and  to  teach  others  a  general  way  to 
 evade  the  moft  exprefs  Intentions  of  the  Edict,  by  inventing  a 
 
 deftruttive 
 
370  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1623.  dcfti uQive  Diftin&ion.    But  every  thing  began  to  be  of  force 
 againft  a  Religion,  of  which  they  had  vow'd  the  ruin.    1  here 
 Attempts  were  alfo  feveral  Decrees  ifTu'd  forth  againft  the  Authority  of  Fa- 
 uponPa-  thers  over  the  Education  of  their  Children;  and  the  Reafon 
 'thcrfty^1'  which  they  always  alledg'd  for  taking  away  that  Right,  was, 
 That  in  regard  they  had  by  forrie  Exprefscr  Tacit  A  £t  contented 
 th.n  their  Children  fhould  be  educated  by  Catholics,  they  had 
 renounc'd  the  privilege  of  the  Edict.    This  was  the  reafon 
 that  the  Advocate-General  Talon,  refus'd  to  reilore  a  Daughter 
 to  her  Mother  ;  becaufe,  Hid  he,  by  having  put  her  for  lome 
 time  into  a  Nunnery,  fhe  had  refigo'd  the  power  of  her  Edu- 
 ction. 
 
 Neverthelefs ,  thefe  were  not  the  greateft  Acts  of  Injuftice 
 that  were  done  the  Reformed :  I  {hall  recite  two  that  delerve 
 a  Dceia-  particular  confideration.    The  firfb  is  the  Declaration  which  was 
 ration     fet  forth  at  Fontain  Blear*  the  17th  of  Aprils  to  deprive  the  Re- 
 fcomS  f°rmed  0I* tne  Liberty  of  their  Colloquies  and  Synods,  which 
 JwT  till  then,  wercleft  'em  almoft  entire.    By  that  Declaration  it 
 colloquies  was  ordain'd,  that  for  the  future,  a  Royal  Officer,  and  of  the 
 aBdSymd:.  Romm  q^oWc  Religion,  deputed  by  the  King  himfelf,  or  by 
 the  King's  Governors  and  Lieutenants  in  the  Provinces,  fhould 
 fit  in  thofe  AfTemblies,  to  take  care  that  nothing  fhould  be 
 there  treated  of,  but  Matters  permitted  by  the  Edict.    It  for- 
 bid the  fummoning  or  holding  AfTemblies,  before  the  Commif- 
 fioner  was  appointed  ;  and  commanded  his  admittance  without 
 any  fcruple  or  reluclancy.    WJiich  Innovation  was  grounded 
 upon  two  Pretences :  The  one,  that  they  meddPd  with  Politic 
 Affairs  in  their  Synods  ;  the  fecond  was,  that  they  gave  admit- 
 tance to  other  perfens  befides  their  Minifters  and  Elders  ;  and 
 that  they  took  Refblutions  contrary  to  the  Intentions  and  Opi- 
 nions of  the  generality  and  mod;  confiderable  of  the  Reformed. 
 However,  the  Reformed  made  no  opposition  to  a  Declaration 
 of  this  importance,  at  lead  they  carnd  it  not  very  far ;  feeing 
 that  three  months  after,  they  held  Synods  in  all  the  Provinces, 
 and  fummon'd  a  National  Synod  at  Charenton,  to  meet  the  firft 
 National  of  Stptemkr.    They  thought  they  might,  by  Submidions  and 
 &ymd.     Petitions,  diftharge  themleives  from  this  Reftrainr,  more  inju- 
 rious by  reafon  of  the  Motives  v\hich  indued  rjie.other  Party  to 
 
 fubjecf. 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes.  371 
 
 fubject  'em  to  it,  then  inconvenient,  becaufe  of  the  neceffity  1613. 
 which  lay  upon  'em  to  expofe  to  the  view  of  the  Court  the  Se- 
 cret of  their  Difciplinc,  and  the  difplay  of  their  Policy.  In  a 
 word,  at  firft  it  many  ways  perplex  d  'em.  Fcr  there  were  te- 
 veral  Provinces  where  the  Governors  ftarted  a  thouland  Diffi- 
 culties about  the  nomination  of  a  Commiffioner  ;  and  took  that 
 occafion  to  vex  'em,  as  molt  proper  to  exercile  their  malignant 
 and  no  lefs  ignorant  Zeal  againlt  'em.  Infbmuch,  that  all  the 
 CocnmilTioners  which  arriv'd  at  Cbxrenton,  came  not  till  after 
 the  day  appointed  for  the  fitting  of  the  AlTembly  ;  and  that 
 feveral  excus'd  their  flownefs,  as  being  occafion'd  by  theOJta> 
 cles  and  Delays,  by  means  of  which  the  King's  Governors  and 
 Officers  protracted  the  fummoning  of  the  Synods  in  their  Pro- 
 vinces. 
 
 The  Commiffioner  appointed  by  the  King  for  this  Synod  was 
 At^ufius  Galind,  a  perlon  who  lov'd  the  Reformed  Religion, 
 and  whole  Offspring  of  later  years  have  given  great  Teftimo- 
 nies  of  their  Zeal  and  Affection  for  the  Truth,  but  he  was  one 
 of  thofe  Reformed  who  made  the  Service  of  God  and  the  King 
 run  almoft  equally  parallel  5  and  who  perfuaded  themfelves 
 that  a  blind  obedience  of  Subjects  to  their  Prince  was  eiTential 
 to  Chriftianity.  He  believ'd  that  Sincerity  was  altogether  on 
 the  Court-fide :  and  he  had  reafon  to  believe  it,  becaufe  his  Re- 
 ligion was  no  hindrance  to  his  Advancement,  and  his  being  made 
 a  Councellor  of  State.  But  he  was  not  aware  that  this  was  but  an 
 effect  of  Policy, to  cover  the  Defign  that  was  laid  to  ruin  all ;  to 
 heap  Favours  apon  fome,  to  lull  others  afleep,  till  they  were  in 
 a  condition  to  opprefs  all  together.  He  therefore  ferv'd  the 
 Court  with  great  Affection  and  Conffancy  ;  and  in  regird  he- 
 drew  from  thence  conliduable  Recompences  for  his  good  Ser- 
 vice, he  found  himfelf  expos'd  to  the  Reproaches  and  Indigna-. 
 tion  of  his  Brethren.  The  Commiffion  which  was  given  him 
 was  worded  lb,  as  feem'd  to  render  it  perpetual,  and  made 
 People  conjecture  that  for  the  future  there  fhould  be  no  Natio- 
 nal Synods  held  any  other- where  then  at  Cb wanton  ;  to  the  end 
 the  Court  might  be  more  near  at  hand,  to  obferve  the  Proceed- 
 ings of  thofe  Affemblics.  Neverthelefs  they  were  afterwards 
 permitted  to  be  held  in  other  places. 
 
 A&i 
 
3  7 2  Hiftory  oj  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 162$.     As  for  this  Synod,  they  receiv'd  him  with  refpe&ful  Prote- 
 He  is  ad-  ftations,  that  they  did  it  out  of  pure  Obedience :  to  which  they 
 afojfetue  added  fome  Complaints,  to  fee  their  Liberty  fb  narrowly  con- 
 to  the     fin'd,  and  the  Synods  accus'd  of  going  beyond  their  permitted 
 Kmz-      Limits,  by  medlingwith  other  Affairs  then  their  Church-Difc 
 cipline,and  they  decreed  to  make  their  humble  Remonftrances 
 to  the  King  upon  thele  Heads.    The  general  Commiflioners 
 declar'd,  that  they  had  done  what  lay  in  their  power  to  hinder 
 the  regiftring  of  the  Declaration,  which  had  bin  drawn  up  and 
 publifh  d  without  any  regard  to  what  they  had  reprefented  ; 
 though  their  Importunities  had  put  off  the  verification  of  it 
 for  above  a  month.    After  this,  they  fent  their  Commiffioners 
 to  the  King,  to  return  him  thanks  for  his  permiffion.  The  Com- 
 rhey  fend  roiflioners  were  kindly  receiv'd,and  enjoin'd  to  affure  the  Synod 
 commif-    of  the  King's  good-will,  if  they  continu'd  in  their  Obedience. 
 
 "Smb  *°  ^Ut  ^e  C^ar§'^  em     wor<^  °^  mouth  t0  carry  hack  two  things. 
 '  e  1  ng'  One,  That  the  King  was  willing  to  tolerate  fuch  Foreign  Mini- 
 win mum  fters  as  were  already  admitted,  but  that  he  would  not  that  any 
 laden  with  more  fhould  be  admitted  for  the  future.  The  other  was,  That 
 order;,        took  it  ill  that  they  had  refolv'dto  uphold  the  Doctrine  de- 
 cided in  the  Synod  of  Don,  which  he  call'd  a  new  Doctrine, 
 which  he  would  not  afford  his  protection.  To  which  the  Com- 
 miffioners returned  for  anfvver,  That  that  Doctrine  was  the  fame 
 with  their  Confedion  of  Faith.    Whereupon  Reply  was  made, 
 That  the  King  left  the  judgment  of  their  Doclrine  to  them- 
 felves,nor  would  he  concern  himfelf  with  if,  but  that  he  did  not 
 underftand  the  making  any  perfbn  fwear  to  another  man's  Faith, 
 or  that  any  man  fhould  be  depriv'd  his  liberty  of  believing  what 
 Faith  he  pleas'd  ;  fo  that  in  thole  times  there  was  a  great  lati- 
 tude allow'd  to  Liberty  of  Confcience. 
 The  court     It  may  be  wonder'd  from  whence  it  fhould  proceed,  that  the 
 incUtfd  to  Court  was  fb  inclin'd  to  favour  the  Arm'mUns.    'Tis  not  pro- 
 AraSnif '  DaD^e  certainly,  that  they  had  any  other  reafbn  then  to  make 
 ans.       fome  great  divifion,  by  giving  free  courfe  to  a  Doclrine  which 
 had  created  fb  wide  achafm  in  the  Lo  v  Countries.  Befides  the 
 Armwians fxho  faw  themfelves  quell'd  and  born  down  by  the  cen- 
 fure  of  their  Dodlrine,  flatter'd  the  feveral  Potentates,  in  hopes 
 to  raife  themfelves  by  means  of  their  Protection, if  it  were  pofc 
 
 fible. 
 
Book  VIII.      EM8  of  Nantes.  375 
 
 fible.  Tilenus  proceeded  to  very  great  extremities  upon  this  162  j. 
 fubje£b  againft  the  Reformed  of  Frame.  He  wrote  againft 'em 
 upon  all  occafions,  without  any  moderation  or  curb  upon  him- 
 felf.  Befides  his  Admonition  to  the  City  of  Roche/,  which  he 
 publifh'd  in  1621.  he  printed  the  next  year  anAnfwer  to  a 
 Treatife  which  was  attributed  to  la  Milletiere,  and  which  was 
 entitl'd,  A  Difcourfe  of  the  true  Reafons  for  which  the  Reformed 
 of  France  both  may  and  ought ,  in  good  Con/dence,  refift,  by  force 
 of  Arms,  the  open  Perfecution  with  which  they  are  opprejs'd.  The 
 Author  of  that  Difcourfe,  after  he  has  cited  the  Hiftory  otBro- 
 chard  Baron,  which  I  have  mentioned  in  another  place,  compares 
 the  Edict  of  Cyrus  in  favour  of  the  Jews  to  that  of  Nantes  ; 
 thofe  who  exclaim'd  againft  the  firft,  to  thole  that  ruin'd  the 
 fecond ;  the  Calumnies  of  thofe  that  fought  to  render  Cyrus  jea- 
 lous of  Jerufalem,  to  thofe  that  were  made  ufe  of  againft  writing  of 
 the  Proteftant  Cities.  He  diftinguifh'd  the  ancient  and  natural ]?  Milk- 
 Subje&sfrom  thole  who  had  bin  fubdu'd.He  afferted,  That  if  the txere* 
 Rights  of  the  latter  could  be  grounded  upon  no  other  then 
 upon  Conceflions  and  Favours ;  the  Immunities  of  the  other 
 were  founded  upon  a  relative  Obligation  of  the  King  to  his 
 Subje&s,  and  of  the  Subjects  to  their  Sovereign.  Hefaid,that 
 Henry  IV.  was  bound  to  grant  the  Edict  of  Nantes  by  a  two- 
 fold Obligation  :  the  onePerfbnal,  which  oblig'd  him  to  preferve 
 thofe  who  had  prcferv'd  himfelf:  the  other  Royal,  which  en- 
 gag'd  him  to  maintain  the  Liberties  of  thofe  who  had  fupporred 
 his  Crown.  After  this,  he  juftifi  d  the  taking  of  Arms,  and  that 
 there  is  fbmetimes  a  Reafon  for  lawful  Self-defence,  upon  which 
 he  forgot  not  to  enforce  the  example  of  the  Maccabees.  He  an- 
 fwer'd  the  contrary  Arguments,  andfhew'd  that  the  War  pro 
 ceeded  from  the  Pope  and  his  Maxims.  He  concluded  with  the 
 neceflity  of  expelling  the  Jefuits  out  of  France,  as  they  had  bin 
 driven  out  of  Venice,  and  accus'd  'em  of  the  King's  death,  and 
 leveral  other  AiTaiTinations. 
 
 Tilewts  anfwer'd  this  Difcourfe  by  aWi  iting,wherein  except-  ^„fwer  „/ 
 ing  thePortrai&ure  which  he  gives  of  Milkuere,  which  is  na-  Tilenus. 
 tural  enough,  it  may  be  faid  that  he  had  neither  fincerity  nor 
 judgment.  And  a  man  may  judge  of  it,  by  the  ridiculous  Anfwer 
 which  he  gives  to  the  Example  of  the  Maccabees,  and  which  he 
 
 K  k  k  thought 
 
374  OR*  Hiflory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 162  J.  thought  to  evade  by  faying,  that  the  Hiftory  that  relates  it  was 
 held  at  Geneva  for  Apocriphal,  as  if  neither  Examples  or  Rea 
 fons  avail'd  any  thing  in  point  of  Policy  or  Right,  if  the  Books 
 out  of  which  they  were  taken  were  not  Canonical.  Moreover, 
 he  makes  an  Apology  for  the  Jefuits  which  juftifies  the  AfTafli- 
 nation  of  Kings :  and  with  the  audacioufnefs  of  a  Miflionary, 
 he  revives  the  reproach  of  having  fuborn'd  Simon  de  May, 
 hang'd  at  Paris  for  other  Crimes,  to  attempt  the  murder  of 
 Kjitherine  de  Me  die  is.  Nor  did  he  forget  Poltrot,  who  alfafiina- 
 ted  the  Duke  of  Guiff-,  and  fain  would  have  one  Philip  de  Co- 
 lombault,  Sieur  de  Varcieux,  executed  at  Paris  in  the  Court  of  the 
 Palace,  without  any  noife,  and  without  expreffing  the  caufe,  to 
 be  aRu^an  of  the  fame  (tamp;  grounding  his  Conjecture  up-* 
 on  the  privacy  obferv'd  in  his  execution.  He  alfo  fpends  a  great 
 deal  of  time,  to  prove  that  Kings  are  not  bound  to  obferve  the 
 Laws.  Nor  does  he  fpare  for  Teltimonies  and  Examples ;  and 
 difmrangles  himfelf  from  the  Teftimonies  on  the  other  fide,  by 
 faying,That  a  Prince  is  bound  to  go  according  to  the  Laws ;  but 
 if  he  breaks  'em,  it  is  not  lawful  to  refill  him :  which  is  as 
 much  as  to  fay  in  a  word,  that  nothing  obliges  Sovereigns  to 
 the  obfervance  of  the  moft  ^acred  Laws ;  feeing  there  is  no  law- 
 ful means  to  d  fend  the  Laws  in  oppofition  to  thrir  violence, 
 when  they  break  'em.  Whence  it  follows,  that  every  man  who 
 fubmits  himfelf  to  a  King,  plainly  renounces  his  own  fafety, 
 fince  he  only  grounds  it  upon  Equity  and  Probity  ;  for  which, 
 it  may  (bhappin  many  times,  that  neither  the  Prince  nor  Coun- 
 cilors have  any  regard.  Tis  for  the  People  toconfider  whether 
 fuch  Politics  as  thefe  are  convenient  for  'em. 
 
 Above  all  things,  THenus  advances  the  Authority  of  the 
 Kings  of  France  to  the  higheft  degree.  The  Emperor's  Autho- 
 rity, in  his  Opinion,  was  much  more  limited.    Neverthelefs,  all 
 that  the  mod  powerful  of  Kings  have  ever  aim'd  at,  has  bin  to 
 be  Emperors  in  their  own  Dominions ;  and  thofe  Lawyers  who  at- 
 tribute the  higheft  power  to 'em,  fay  nothing  more  of  it.  But 
 injure  that  which  might,  beyond  all  this,  encline  the  Court  to  protect 
 the  Armin  'un  Theology,  was  the  Impofture  fupported  againfl: 
 7notofke  t^le  Synod  of  Dort:  For  they  made  France  believe,  that  the  (e- 
 rSrt.     cret  Defign  of  that  AfTembly,  was  to  form  a  Proteftant  League 
 
Book  VIII.      EM  of  Nantes,  375. 
 
 to  deftroy  the  Church  of  Rome,  Tilenas  alfo  reveal'd  this  im-  1625. 
 portant  Myftery  in  his  writing,  and  from  thence  concludes,That 
 the  King  did  very  well  not  to  permit  the  Minifters  of  his  King- 
 dom to  go  thither :  as  if  fuch  a  great  Affair  could  not  have  bin 
 refolv'd  upon  for  want  of  French  Minifters.  It  may  be  judg'd 
 by  thefe  little  Remarks  what  kind  of  Anfwer  Ttknuis  was; 
 and  at  the  fame  time,  why  the  Court  of  France  feem'dfo  averfe 
 to  the  Doctrine  of  that  Synod. 
 
 But  I  return  to  that  of  Cbarenton.    They  refolv'd  upon  a  the  obe- 
 punctual  Obedience  in  reference  to  the  two  Articles,  of  which  f^ceSyJA 
 their  CommifTioners  made  their  Re  port,  refer  ving  to  themfelves  of  Cha- 
 the  liberty  of  addreffing  to  the  King  for  his  permi/Tion,  when  renton. 
 they  had  a  defire  to  fend  for  any  Foreign  Minifter.    As  for  the 
 Doctrine  decided  in  the  Synod  of  Dort,  they  order'd  it  to  be 
 fworn  to  under  the  name  of  the  Doctrine  of  the  Synod  of  Jtetf, 
 without  any  appearance  in  the  wording  of  the  Oath,  that  it 
 had  any  relation  to  the  AfTembly  of  Dort.    And  the  Articles  of 
 that  Do&rine  were  printed,  together  with  the  Doctrine  of  the 
 Synod ;  and  they  were  cri'd  publicly  upon  Pont  Neuf:  But  they 
 who  were  not  pleas'd  with  thofe  decifions,  endeavour'd  to  difc 
 parage 'em  by  a  thoufand  Obfervations,  wherein  Calumny  was 
 the  Argument  that  carri'd  the  greateft  ftroke. 
 
 The  CommifTioners  had  in  charge  to  demand  the  refettlement 
 of  Affignations  which  had  bin  given,  and  which  were  due  for  on5llltatd' 
 the  preceding  years :  for  thofe  which  the  Churches  had  obtain'd 
 for  the  year  1621,  were  allotted  to  other  ufes,  nor  had  there 
 bin  any  for  the  year  1612.  and  at  firft  they  had  order'd  bad  ones 
 for  the  prefentyear:  But  Caudal  refuting  to  accept 'em,  they 
 order'd  better.  Neverthelefs,  becaufe  they  lay  far  remote,  they 
 demanded  fuch  as  were  nearer  at  hand,and  of  which  they  might 
 have  a  quicker  benefit.  At  length  the  Commiflioners  obtain'd 
 Forty  thoufand  Livres  in  ready  money,  for  which  they  had  Bills 
 upon  the  Exchequer.  They  had  alfo  fair  Promifes  for  the  fu- 
 ture, but  were  put  quite  out  of  hopes  for  what  was  part; 
 
 During  the  fitting  of  the  Synod,  the  King  wrote  a  Letter  to  PropefaU 
 the  Commiffioner,  dated  September  r$.  and  containing  three  %*fes  "od 
 things  to  be  propos'd  to  the  Synod.    The  firft  was,  That  the^Gaiand. 
 King  would  not  give  leave  that  either  Primrofe  or  Cameron, 
 
 K  k  k  2  whom 
 
37^  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1621.  whom  the  Catholics  could  not  pardon  the  Affair  of  Bourdeaux, 
 fhould  exercife  the  Function  of  the  Miniftry,  or  profefs  Divinity 
 in  the  Kingdom.  He  faid,That  that  Exclufion  was  not  grounded 
 upon  their  being  Foreigners,  but  upon  Reafons  that  concern'd 
 his  fervice.  The  fecond  was,  That  when  th~  King  permitted 
 Politic  AtTemblies,  it  was  his  pleafure  that  no  Minifters  fhould 
 be  deputed.  He  alledg'd,  That  they  were  taken  off  from  their 
 proper  Duties ;  and  he  added,  that  he  could  have  wifh'd  they 
 had  prevented  his  Commands.  Bat  if  they  did  not  obey,  he 
 fhould  by  an  exprefs  Declaration  give  farther  Order  about  it ;  or 
 elfe  in  the  Brevets  of  Leave  which  he  fhould  grant  'em  for  hold- 
 ing their  Affemblies.  Neverthelefs,  he  did  not  extend  the 
 Exclufion  to  the  Paftors  of  the  place,  who  had  his  permit 
 fion  to  be  prefent.  The  third  was,  That  this  Declaration 
 of  his  Intentions  fhould  be  inferted  among  the  Acts  of  the 
 Synod. 
 
 The  fecond  Article  was  paft,  becaufe  they  faw  well  that  it 
 would  be  in  vain  to  oppofe  it ;  and  for  that  other  Synods  had 
 already  taken  a  Refblution  conformable  to  it,  which  neverthelefs 
 had  never  bin  obferv'd.  The  third  Article  pafs'd  in  the  fame 
 Anew  z^- manner :  But  they  fent  a  new  Deputation  to  the  King  upon  the 
 station  to  former,  to  befeech  him  that  he  would  remit  fbmething  of  his 
 the  Kmg.  Severity  in  favour  of  Primrofe  and  Cameron.  And  that  Affair 
 made'emalfb  bethink  themlelves  of  Moulin,  whom  the  Court 
 would  not  permit  to  return  into  France.  The  King  made  An- 
 fwer,  That  he  did  not  think  they  would  have  repli'd,  after  he 
 had  both  writ  and  laid  what  he  had  done  :  That  he  had  good 
 Reafons,  which  the  Synod  would  readily  allow,  if  they  under- 
 flood  what  they  were  ;  neverthelefs  that  he  gave  all  the  three 
 Minifters  leave  to  flay  in  the  Kingdom,  upon  condition  that  for 
 the  prefent  they  forbore  all  manner  of  Exercife  of  their  Fun- 
 ctions: adding,  that  time  would  bring  all  things  to  pais.  In 
 fhort,  Cameron  was  call'd  next  year  to  the  Academy  of  Montatt- 
 ban,  but  dy'd  within  a  little  while  after,  before  thz  fecond  War 
 brake  out.  Du  Moulin  returning  from  England,  was  difcover'd 
 at  Dieppe,  though  in  difguife,  and  had  Orders  to  flop  there, 
 though  'tis  true  they  were  not  very  exact  in  purfuit  of  him.  Af- 
 ter that  he  liv'd  quietly  at  Sedan,  even  after  the  King  had  dif- 
 
 poffefs'd 
 
Book  VIII.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  377 
 
 poffefs'd  the  Duke  of  Bouillon  of  it.    As  for  Bergerac,  Jhe  had  162  J. 
 her  (hare  of  the  feverity  of  the  Court,  which  forbid  the  Synod 
 to  allow  any  thing  toward  the  maintenance  of  theColIedge  of 
 that  City :  But  the  Commiflioner  never  hindei'd  the  Synod 
 from  reviving  the  Oath  of  Union  in  Difcipline  and  DoCtrine ;  •/ 
 nor  was  the  Court  offended  at  it. 
 
 The  fecond  A&  of  Injuftice  done  the  Reformed,  was  the  Adtadei 
 building  a  Citadel  at  Mompslier,  directly  contrary  to  the  Treaty  *felj)from" 
 of  Peace,  and  the  Breif  granted  in  purfuance  of  it.  Nor  was  pe  ier' 
 the  Artifice  made  ufeof  to  juftify  the  doing  it  very  much  to  the 
 honour  of  the  Authors  of  it.  For  Faience  permitted  the  Sol- 
 diers of  the  Garifon  to  live  as  licentioufly  as  they  pleas'd  them- 
 felves,  on  purpofe  to  give  an  occafion  of  making  Complaints. 
 And  becaufe  it  feem'd  a  difficult  thing  to  fupprefs'em,  he 
 packt  an  AfTembly  of  the  Citizens,  who  were  to  confult  upon 
 Expedients  mofr  proper  to  leftrain'em  within  the  Bounds  of 
 their  Duty.  Now  the  Catholic  Confuls  ordcr'd  as  many  of 
 their  own  Religion  as  they  could  to  be  there :  But  as  for  the. 
 Reformed,  who  were  wont  to  rely  upon  others  for  the  Govern- 
 ment of  the  City,  and  knew  not  the  Myftery  of  that  Confulta- 
 tion,  for  the  greateft  part  they  never  came,  and  others  durft" 
 not  appear  :  lb  that  the  Catholics  were  far  fuperior  in  number 
 to  the  others,  among  whom  alfo  many  were  gain'd ;  which 
 gave  an  occafion  to  fay,that  theReformed  and  the  Catholics  were 
 agreed  in  the  fame  demand.  Now  then  the  Queftion  being  put, 
 which  was  the  beft  way  to  fecure  the  BurgefTes  from  the  Intoleo- 
 cies  of  the  Soldiers,  the  Catholics  prefently  embrac'd  the  Propo- 
 fal  of  demanding  a  Citadel,  where  the  King  might  lodge  his. 
 Garifon,  and  difcharge  the  City  of  quartering  Soldiers.  'Twas 
 in  vain  for  the  fmall  number  of  Proteftants  that  were  at  the 
 Meeting  to  oppofe  it  ;  and  fb  thebufinefs  was  decided  as  it  were 
 by  plurality  of  Voices,  and  Deputies  were  lent  to  Court  to  ob- 
 tain the  King's  content,,  who  was  not  very  fcrupulcus  of  giv- 
 ing it. 
 
 But  Manialdy  'who  was  one  cf  the  Deputies,  being  inform'd 'Maniald 
 of  this  F.merprize,  and  enrrufted  with  the  Memoirs  of  the  Re- 
 formed  of  Momptlier,  made  a  Speech  to  the  King  upon  this  n«m  of 
 Subject,  the  14th  of  September;  complain'd  of  the  foul  Play Rf 
 
 that'"**  1 
 
3  78  The  Hiflory  of  the  Vol  II. 
 
 1623.  that  had  been  usVi ;  declard  that  the  Inhabitants  of  Mompelier 
 were  forc'd  to  make  this  demand  ;  protefted  that  their  Names 
 were  abus'd  ;  requir'd  the  demolilhing  of  Fort  Lervu,  and  pro- 
 duc'dthe  Reports  of  die  Works  demolifh'd  by  the  Reformed  ac- 
 cording to  the  Treaty  of  Peace  ;  to  the  end  there  might  not  be 
 a  pretence  of  their  not  having  done  their  duty.  But  they  would 
 not  be  better  inlorm'd  at  Court ;  they  were  refolv'd  to  believe 
 Valence,  and  theCatholicks,  to  the  contempt  of  the  Protection 
 which  the  Reformed  made  ;  and  the  Decree  of  the  Parlaraent 
 olTbolouft,  put  forth  on  purpofe  to  elude  their  Obedience,  pafs'd 
 for  a  conviction  that  they  had  not  done  fairly  as  to  the  demolifh- 
 ing  their  Fortifications. 
 phages  of  'Twas  impoffible  that  all  thefe  Acts  of  Injultice  fhould  be 
 am»mr-  committed  without  caufing  great  alterations  in  the  minds  of 
 men;  lb  that  the  Court  expected  to  fee  the  Peace  fuddenly  bro- 
 ken. Nevertheieft,  as  yet  fhe  had  no  great  inclination  to  the 
 War,  becaufe  the  Government  was  not  as  yet  well  fetled.  The 
 Old  Cardinals  were  jealous  of  Cardinal  Richlieu.  The  high  Fa.- 
 vour  wherein  Puifieuxy  and  the  Chancellor  his  Father-in  law 
 were,  began  to  totter :  And  there  wanted  a  little  longer  time 
 of  Peace  for  every  one  of  thole  who  fought  the  advancement  of 
 their  Fortunes,  to  fecure  and  fettle  their  Affairs.  But  the 
 Council  of  Conference,  the  Spanifh  Faction,  that  /rill  held  up 
 its  head,  the  Clergy  unanimous,were  all  for  a  War.  And  Car- 
 dinal Richlieu ,  who  would  not  feem  to  be  lukewarm  fo  foon 
 after  his  Promotion,  nor  offend  the  Queen  Mother,  who  em- 
 brae'd  the  fame  Interefts ,  lean'd  that  way  as  well  as  the  reft. 
 Therefore  as  a  foreboding  of  the  Troubles  that  were  fuddainly 
 to  revive  agen,  a  Declaration  was  given  out  the  10th  of  No- 
 vember, againft  thole  who  went  from  Province  to  Province  to 
 fow  Jealoufies  of  the  Infidelity  of  the  Court,  furnifh'd  with 
 Letters  and  Instructions  of  the  Dukes  of  Rohan  and  Subift.  The 
 King  however  declar'd,  That  he  would  not  believe  that  either 
 of  thole  two  Noblemen  were  any  way  concern'd  in  thofe  In- 
 treagues,  or  that  the  Reformed  in  general  had  any  thoughts  of 
 turning  afide  from  their  Obedience :  However,  to  give  'em  more 
 perfect  aflurances  of  the  reality  of  his  Intentions,  he  conflrm'd 
 the  Edicts  and  his  laft  Declarations  \  he  order'd,  that  the  Com- 
 
 miiTioners 
 
Book  VIII.     EM  of  Nantes.  3  79 
 
 miflioners  ftiould  continue  in  the  Provinces  till  they  were  abfb- 
 lutely  fulfill'd  ;  and  forbid  all  manner  of  perfons  to  fpeak , 
 write,  fuggeft,  perfuade  or  give  ear  to  any  thing  that  was  con- 
 trary to  his  good  Intentions,  or  the  Publick  Tranquility  ;  to  go 
 or  fend  into  the  Provinces,  or  to  Aflemblies  that  might  be  held 
 to  the  fame  effect,  and  to  aft  nothing  that  tended  toward  a  War 
 upon  pain  of  being  punilh'd  as  Difturbers  of  the  Public 
 Repofe.  Du  Pkffis  lay  drawing  on  ,  when  this  Declaration  Death  of 
 appear'd,  and  God  took  him  out  of  this  World  before  the|?uPlef" 
 fecond  War,  to  fpare  him  the  grief  of  feeing  the  Ruin  of  IS* 
 thofe  Churches  brought  to  perfection,  to  which  he  had  fo 
 long  been  ferviceable  by  his  Writings,  by  his  Counfels,  and 
 by  his  Example.  He  had  a  little  before  come  to  an  agreement 
 with  the  Court  about  the  Recompence  which  he  was  to  have 
 for  all  his  Labours,  which  after  he  had  been  fo  long  put  off,  and 
 made  the  fport  of  his  Enemies,  was  rtduc'd  to  a  hundred  thou- 
 fand  Franks.  Marfhal  de  Bouillon  dy'd  fome  months  before  him, 
 and  upon  his  Death-bed  recommended  nothing  to  his  Children, 
 but  perfeverance  in  the  Reformed  Religion,  and  never  to  bear 
 Arms  againft  the  King  lb  long  as  he  fecur'd  the  Peace  of  the 
 Churches.  Which  laft  Injunctions  of  his, his  Daughters  obey'd 
 much  better  then  his  Sons  :  For  his  eldeft  Son  forfbok  his  Reli° 
 gion,  and  quitted  the  King's  Service  betimes. 
 
 The  End  of  the  Eighth  Book,  . 
 
 THE 
 
The  Hijtory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 Edi£t  of  Nantes. 
 
 THE  SECOND  PART. 
 The  Ninth  Book. 
 The  Heads  of  the  Ninth  Book. 
 
 THE  Commifjioners  impair  the  Condition  of  the  Re  formed  at 
 Gergeau:  at  Remorentin :  at  Tours.  Commiffioners  in 
 Poitou,  and  Saintonge.  The  Character  of  Amelot,n^0  ruins 
 the  Churches  by  outward  Shews  of  Honejly  and  Probity.  A 
 Writing  of  the  Clergy  of  Saintonge.  The  Malignity  of  feve- 
 ral  Articles.  Complacency  of  Chalac.  Enterprtfes  of  the  Ca- 
 tholics at  Rochel.  Alterations  at  Court.  Maxims  of  Cardi- 
 nal Richlieu.  Propofals  of  Marriage  between  the  Prince  of 
 Wales,  and  the  Infanta  of  Spain  ;  fruitlefs.  A  Match  fought 
 for  with  Henrietta  of  France.  Negotiation  of  the  Archbifhop 
 of  Ambrun  ;  the  Match  concluded  upon  advantageous  Conditions 
 for  the  Catholics.  Death  of  James  I.  Charles  confummates 
 the  Marriage.  Suit  between  the  City  of  Pamiers,  and  the 
 Bifhop.  Cavils  upon  the  Right  of  profecuting  the  payment  of 
 Legacies  and  Donations.  Exemption  of  Minifies.  Troubles 
 revivd.  Entcrprife  of  the  Duke  of  Rohan  and  Soubife  dif- 
 coverd.  Soubife  feixes  the  lying's  Ships,  and  is  block  d  up  in 
 
 the 
 
Book  IX.       EM  of  Nantes.  581 
 
 the  Port  of  Blavet.    He  is  thought  to  be  lofl,  and  is  difownd  by  162  J. 
 all  the  world.    The  KJ»gs  Declaration  upon  that  occasion.  Sou- 
 bife  diftngages  himfclf  which  changes  the  face  of  Affairs.  Poli- 
 tic Devotions  of  the  Duke  of  Rohan.  Seconded  by  his  Wife.  Ma" 
 nifrfto  of  the  Duke  of  Sou  bile.    Anfver,    D;fpute  about  the 
 Prtvt ledges  of  Rochel.     Peace  talked  of.     Cruelties  of  the 
 Royal  Army  in  Foix.    SoubifeV  Succeffes.     Remonflrance  of 
 the  R> formed  prefented  to  the  Kjng.     Anfver  s  to  the  Articles 
 with  which  the  Reformed  are  not  content.     The  Court  recovers 
 her  Affa-rs.    Ajfemb/y  of  the  Clergy  ;  that  furmfbes  out  money 
 with  reluct  amy.     The  King  excepts  Rochel  out  of  the  Peace  ; 
 which  delays  the  conc/ufton  of  it.    Particular  Laws  which  the 
 Kjng  would  impqfe  upon  that  City.     A  powerful  League  againfi 
 Spain.     A  Defign  of  the  Cardinal,  of  which  he  is  fore'd  to  for- 
 bear the  execution,     lnftances  of  the  Englifh  A mbafjadors  for 
 the  peace  of  Re  I  town.     Rochel  accepts  the  Conditions  fo  me  what 
 mitigated.     Divers  Atts  upon  occafwn  of  the  Peace.     Why  the 
 Court  demanded  fitch  Writings.    Acl  paft  by  the  Eng'iftl  Am- 
 baff.tdors.     In  what  fenfe  the  Kjng  becomes  a  Guaranty  for  the 
 Peace.     A  new  Edit!  which  confirms  all  the  refl.     foul  Play 
 fhevd  by  France  to  the  Confederates.    Jeahufies  between  the 
 Cardinal  and  Buckingham     The  Cardinal's  weak  fide.  Enter- 
 prifs  of  the  Catholics  of  the  Queen  of  Eng^nJ'j  Houfhold. 
 Con f piracy  againfi  the  Cardinal.    Condition  of  Rochel.  Natio- 
 nal Synod.     Decree  relating  to  Commiffioners .     lnflrntlions  of 
 theCommiffioners.     Chauve,  the  Moderator 's  Anfver.  Surprize 
 upon  the  Synod  of  Realnont.  Infidelity  of  Maluyer  :  at  which 
 the  Catholics  triumph.    They  wo'ild  fain  hedge  in  the  Mini fltrs 
 into  the  Treaty  of  the  Duke  of  Rohan  Mth Spain.     Article  of 
 the  Synod  of  Rcalmont,  which  ofdets  enquiry  after  fuch.tswere 
 guilty,  wLich  offends  all  the  Churches,  and  is  At f own  A  by  the  Na- 
 tional Synod.    Leave  to  nominate  general  Deputies  :  from  which 
 the  Synod  de fires  to  be  exc/tid,  and  fend  Deputies  to  the  Kjng. 
 R  monfirances  of  the  Deputies.  Mantald  dyes,  to  whom  the  Kjng 
 ftbftttutes  Hardi.    Return  of  the  Deputies,  and  the  K'HR*  An~ 
 fwer.    'J he  Synod  names  general  Deputies.    Several  Refla- 
 tions of  the  Synod.    J  he  City  of  Caftres  refufes  to  receive  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan*  Deputies.    Memoirs  of  Complaints.  Bury- 
 
 L  1  1  ins 
 
382  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 ing  of  Lords  th.it  were  the  founders  in  Churches.  Legacies  given 
 to  the  Poor  adjudgd  to  Hofpitals.  Marriage  of  a  Kjiight  of 
 Maltha  vacated.  Vexatious  Declarations.  Meeting  of  the  No- 
 table. Converftons  forced  in  Beam  ;  at  Aubenas  ;  at  St.  Amand. 
 Extraordinary  Acts  of  Injuftice.  Innovations  at  Mompelier. 
 Foundation  of  that  City.  Declaration  again  ft  Foreign  Mmiflers. 
 Rochel  remains  blocked  up  ;  the  EngliQl  declare  War.  The 
 United  Provinces  affift  France.  The  Eng'ifti  land  in  the  lfle 
 of  Ree.  lrrefolution  of  the  Rochellers.  Letters  of  the  Court 
 intercepted.  A  met  Qneftun,  Whether  Huguenots  ought  to  be 
 fufferd  in  the  l\jngs  Army  ?  Rochd  determines  and  publ/fhes 
 a  Manif  jlo.  The  Duke  of  Rohan  does  the  fam*.  Intrigues 
 cf  Galand  againft  the.  Duke.  Rout  of  the  Englifh.  Second 
 Fleet  of  the  EngliQl  of  no  ufe  to  the  Rochellers.  A  third  Fleet 
 as  ineffectual.  The  beginning  of  a  Treaty  of  Peace  with  England, 
 and  Surrender  of  Rochel.  The  City  refufes  to  fubmit  to  the 
 Englifll.  Spanifh  Fleet  at  the  Siege  of  Rochel.  Severities 
 exercisd  toward  the  Ladies  of  Rohan.  The  Courage  of  Guiton, 
 Maire  of  Rochel.    How  the  City  was  usd. 
 
 16 1 5.   TN  the  mean  time  the Commiflioners  that  were  promis'd  to 
 The  com.        be  lent  into  the  Provinces,  went  thither  in  earneft  \  but  the 
 mfkTtbe  cour&  which  they  took  in  the  execution  of  the  Edi&s.  ferv'd 
 condition    only  to  convince  the  moft  incredulous  among  the  Reformed, 
 forced Re'  t^lat  t^le  C°urt  &d  hut  make  a  Maygame  of  em.    For  the 
 wvrfi  at   Church  which  they  had  at  Gergeau,  that  had  bin  one  of  their 
 Gergeau.  Cities  of  fecurity,  and  where  they  had  held  fome  general  Af- 
 femblies,  was  taken  from  em  in  a  City  where  they  had  always 
 enjoy  d  one  :  and  to  make  'em  amends  for  this  Ad  of  Injuftice, 
 they  had  leave  giv'n  to  build  another  at  the  farther  end  of  all  the 
 Suburbs.    The  Catholics  of  Remorentin,  who  had  burnt  the 
 At  Remo-  church,  would  never  permit  the  building  of  another:  but  the 
 Commiflioners,  inlfead  of  pumfhing  the  Mifdemeanor,  and  do- 
 ing Juftice  upon  the  Offenders,  were  fb  kind  as  to  leave  things 
 in  the  fame  condition  as  they  found  'em.  But  the  Injuftice  which 
 At  Tours.  t^ey  ^  tjle  ^formed  of  Tours,  was  much  more  notorious. 
 For  the  King  had  promis'd,  after  the  Sedition,  of  which  I  have 
 given  an  account  in  another  place,  to  preferve  to  the  Prote- 
 
 ftants 
 
Book  IX.       EJi8  of  Nantes.  585 
 
 ftants  of  that  City  their  priviledge  of  meeting  in  that  place  1613. 
 where  they  were  wont  to  aiTemble,  and  to  fupply  'em  with  the 
 Sum  of  Six  thoufand  Livres ,  towards  the  rebuilding  of  the 
 Church  which  the  Mutineers  had  hYd.  But  theCommiflioners 
 acted  quite  contrary  to  this  Promife.  They  arriv'd  at  Tours  in 
 Ahy,  and  would  neeJs  perfuade  the  Reformed  to  accept  of  ano- 
 ther place;  which  Prooofal  being  rejected  by  the  poor  People, 
 who  demanded  the  performance  of  the  King's  word,  the  Com- 
 millionerv  departed  without  making  any  regulation.  Toward 
 the  end  of  S>pttmb<-r  they  returned  sgen  to  lours  ;  at  what  time 
 the\  took  a  view  of  Hveral  places,  of  the  fituation  of  which 
 they  drew  up  a  1  .ng  Report  in  writing,  and  defign'd  the  Re- 
 formed one  for  the  building  of  a  Church,  which  the  Reformed 
 would  not  accept  of;  but  they  got  nothing  by  it ;  for  theCom- 
 miilioners  enforc'd  'em  by  an  Order,  to  fell  the  place  where  their 
 old  Church  flood,  and  to  lay  out  the  money  in  the  purchafe  of 
 that  which  was  defign'd  'em. 
 
 Ann-lot  and  Chdas  had  a  Commiflion  to  fee  the  Edift  per-  cmm$» 
 form'd  in  the  Provinces  of  Poitott  and  Saintongc-.  Qbxlas^  who  p^to^* 
 was  made  choice  of  by  Ame lot,  as  the  Catholic  Commiffioners  ^i°sain- 
 had  almolt  every  where  ;he  priviledge  to  nominate  their  A  fib-  tonge. 
 ciates,  was  one  of  thofe  compl)  ing  fort  of  People  who  have  not 
 Audacity  enough  to  oppofe  another  man's  Opinion;  and  who 
 being  men  of  fincerity  themfelves,  cannot  believe  that  other  men 
 will  deceive  'em.  So  that  the  Reformed  co  rplain'd  very  much 
 of  his  foftnefs,  and  never  thought  themfelves  beholding  to  him 
 for  any  Juftice  th  t  was  done 'em  upon  feme  Articles.  Amdotr 
 on  the  other  fide,  was  one  of  thofe  People  that  never  did  any 
 thin;*  without  a  great  deal  of  Pomp  and  Ceremony,  and  who 
 make  it  their  ftrife  to  pleafe  all  the  world,  at  leaf!  to  outward 
 appearance.  He  made  Mountains  of  Molehil  s,  and  thought 
 to  advance  himfelf  at  Court,  by  giving  the  Grandees  Informa- 
 tion of  every  diminutive  Trifle.  He  made  a  great  noife  of  cer- 
 tain Defigns  which  he  had  difcover'd,  and  which  he  would  needs 
 have  had  to  have  bin  lookt  upon  at  Court  as  important  Confpi- 
 racies.  He  endeavour'd  alfo  to  bring  du  Pkffis  into  trouble, 
 who  thought  of  nothing  at  that  time  but  of  dying,  and  fetling 
 his  Family.    But  they  underftood  him  at  Court,  and  knew  that 
 
 L  1  1  2  all 
 
384  The  Hiflory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1623.  all  thefe  great  Secrets  were  nothing  but  Illufions ;  and  that  was 
 evident  enough,  becaufe  they  never  molefted  any  of  thofe  per- 
 fons  that  Amtlot  fought  to  blacken  wich  his  pretended  fn- 
 formations.    But  to  bring  himfelf  off  like  a  perlon  of  credit, 
 after  it  appear'd  that  all  his  difcoveries  were  no  other  then 
 Dreams,  then  he  gave  out  that  thofe  defigns  would  have  wrought 
 terrible  effects,  had  he  not  prevented 'em  by  his  forefighr,  and 
 broken  the  rnca  Cures  of  the  Contrivers  by  oppofing'em  betimes. 
 And  indeed  his  pretence  for  thofe  Chimeras  with  which  he  was 
 intoxicated,  were  no  more  then  civil  Vifits  which  fbme  Gentle- 
 men thought  proper  to  pay  the  one  to  the  other ;  which  Amtlot 
 took  for  Meetings  cover'd  under  the  name  of  Vifits,  where  Af- 
 fairs of  State  were  debated. 
 m  mines      He  alfo  endeavour'd  to  get  the  favour  and  effeem  of  both 
 ***  C Mfe  ^ar"es >  ^  tne  ^  ourt  ne  fougnt  t0  De  valu'd  as  a  man  faithfufand 
 '^,7**1  penetrating,  fo  eagle-ey'd  that  nothing  efcap'd  him  whatever 
 us  of  Ho-  happen'd  in  the  Provinces  belonging  to  his  Allotment.    By  the 
 Reformed  he  ftrove  to  be  priz'd  for  a  man  of  honefty,  who  pre- 
 ferv  d  'em  from  a  world  of  misfortunes  by  his  moderation  and 
 his  prudence,  preventing 'em  from  committing  great  Errors, 
 By  thefe  petty  Artifices  it  cannot  be  imagin  d  how  much  mif- 
 chief  he  did  the  Reformed  ;  not  only  becaufe  he  fbmetimes  ob- 
 lig'd  em  to  renounce  their  Privileclges  which  thev  had  duly  ob- 
 tain'd,  but  becaufe  he  fedue'd 'em  with  his  vaunting  Flounfhes 
 of  Probity  and  Affection  to  accepc  of  his  unjuftA&s  as  fb  ma- 
 il \  Kin  'nefTw's  done  em.  Thus  it  was  that  he  made 'em  lole  their 
 Right  to  the  performance  of  their  Exercifes  in  the  City  of  Fan- 
 ttnu  't,  and  that  he  made 'em  remove  into  one  of  the  Suburbs. 
 And  they  were  fo  fimple  as  to  confent  to  his  entreaties,  becaufe 
 he  told  em,  that  in  fo  doing  they  would  oblige  him.    All  the 
 recompence  they  had  was,that  PaUdet\hz  Minifter  of  the  place, 
 who  had  bin  forbid  to  preach  there,  yet  whole  refettlemenc 
 could  not  be  obftrufted,  becaufe  the  Right  of  Public  Exerciie  in 
 that  Town  was  not  to  be  deni  d,  was  reffor  d  to  his  Functions  by 
 Ametofs  confent.  So  that  to  make  'em  amends,  he  only  granted 
 'em  a  Priviledge  that  could  not  lawfully  be  taken  from  'em ;  a 
 thing  which  it  was  im,  oflible  to  refufe'em  without  a  great  real 
 q£  Injuftice.    In  like  manner  at  Bourgtm^  where  they  had  a 
 
 Right 
 
Book  IX.       Edtft  of  Nantes.  3S5 
 
 Right  duly  acquir'd,  and  upon  a  good  foundation,  Amelot  made  1625. 
 'em  content  to  remove  their  Right  to  another  place,  contrary  to 
 the  advice  or"  C'W.ar,'who  would  have  maintained  'em  in  that, 
 \v  ere  they  were  ;:ccuftom'd  to  meet.  But  that  which  was 
 more  particularly  lingular  in  their  fubmiflion,  was  this.  That 
 Ameot  told  th.;  Reformed  a  fair  Story,  and  made 'em  believe  it 
 too,  that  their  contenting  to  their  removal,  was  but  a  compli- 
 ance of  good  nature  in  honour  to  the  Bifhop  of  Chirtres,  their 
 temporal  Lord  to  whom  they  acknowledge!  themfelves  to  be 
 beholding.  And  thus  did  Amelot  fo  ftrangely  put  upon 'em  by 
 his  treacherous  Wheedles,  that  he  made 'em  confefs  themfelves 
 obligd  to  him,  who  at  the  fame  time  defpoil'd 'em  of  th.ir 
 Privikdges.  And  with  the  lame  delufions  he  fool'd  the  eafinefs 
 of  the  Inhabitants  of  Mailkzxiz,  and  Lufon. 
 
 There  was  nothing  more  confderable  in  all  this  CommiiTion,  Paper  of 
 then  the  Paper  prelented  by  the  Clergy  of  Sxintts  in  the  name  f/^f^ 
 of  the  whole  Province,  and  iupported  by  the  Mayor  and  Sheriffs'  a 
 of  the  City.  Had  you  read  it,  vou  would  have  (aid,  That  the 
 Reformed  had  bin  the  prevailing  Religion,  and  that  the  Catholic 
 had  bin  perfecuted.  Neverthelels  Complaints  were  intermix'd 
 with  thole  Demands,  which  made  it  appear  that  the  Catholics 
 had  great  De  gns  in  their  eye,  in  order  to  the  oppreflion  of 
 others  :  which  will  appear  by  the  Abftractof  thole  Demands 
 and  Complaints  The  Reformed  were  therein  accus'd  of  af- 
 fronting the  Priefb  w  .en  thev  Taw  em  pais  by ;  of  obftrucTing 
 the  Proceflions  of  the  Catholics;  the  Administration  of  the  Sa- 
 crament to  the  >Lk  ;  the  Burial  of  the  Dead,  with  the  ac- 
 cultom'd  Ceremonies:  Of  not  permitting  the  Catholics  to  vifit 
 the  Reformed  when  Si-k, which,  as  it  was  prefuppos'd,were  wil- 
 ling to  be  converted  ;  or  that  the  Communion  fhould  be  admini- 
 fter'd  to 'em  ;  or  that  they  fhould  be  bury'd  after  their  Conver- 
 fion  and  the  Gentlemen  were  chiefly  accus'd  of  expelling  the. 
 Priefts  cut  of  their  Lordfhips.  They  complain'd  of  theUfur- 
 pation  of  Churches,  Houfes,  Tenths  and  Rights  appertaining  to 
 the  rxclefiaftics,  and  of  Church-yards,  where  the  Reformed  bu- 
 rled their  dead  by  force.  They  demanded  that  the  Reformed 
 fhould  be  prohibited  to  bury  in  Catholic  Chappels,  under  a 
 
 Penalty. 
 
586  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  IE 
 
 162  J.  Penalty  of  ?oooLivres.    They  remonftrated  that  the  Church- 
 yards, which  the  Reformed  had  adjoining  to  thole  of  the  Catho- 
 lics, not  being  enclos'd  with  Walls,  were  the  occafion  of  feveral 
 Seditions ;  that  the  Reformed  had  made  themfelves  Mailers  of 
 the  Bells  in  fome  places,  and  in  others  made  ufe  of  the  Bells  be- 
 longing to  the  Catholics,  to  give  notice  of  their  Sermon  time  ; 
 that  they  would  not  fuffer  Carpets  to  be  fpread  before  their  Hou- 
 les ;  that  they  took  no  notice  of  Holy-days ;  that  at  Sawtes,  they 
 met  in  private  Houfes,  where  they  read  Prayers,and  fung  Pfalms 
 aloud  ;  that  they  (old  Flefh  upon  days  prohibited.    1  hey  de- 
 manded, That  to  avoid  the  meeting  of  People  that  attended  the 
 Dead  to  their  Graves,  the  Reformed  fhould  be  bound  to  give  no- 
 tice of  their  hours  of  Burial  to  the  Mayor  and  Sheriffs.  'Twas 
 faid,  That  they  caus'd  armed  men  to  walk  about  a  Nights,  who 
 committed  feveral  Diforders.    They  defir  d  Prohibitions  to  the 
 Reformed  Minifters,  by  which  they  might  be  enjoin'd  not  to 
 call  themfelves  Paftors  of  the  Churches  wherein  they  ferv'd  ; 
 or  to  ftile  their  Religion  Reformed,  without  adding  the  word 
 Pretended.    Laftly,  Prefuppofing  that  the  Liberty  of  the  Re- 
 formed was  fo  great,  that  it  could  not  be  fupprefs'd  b\  Autho 
 rity  of  the  Edicts,  they  demanded  that  the  Obftinate  fhould  be 
 condemn'd  to  great  Forfeitures,  actually  to  be  incurr  d,  and  to 
 beadjudg'd  from  that  time  forward. 
 The  mliee    The  ftrain  of  the  whole  Paper  was  full  of  Malice :  For  they 
 'ArucUs*1  made  particular  and  private  Facts  the  ground  of*  a  general  Com- 
 plaint, when  perhaps  the  Fact  had  never  bin  committed  above 
 once  during  the  War ;  neverthelefs  they  wou'd  have  it  an  Affair 
 wherein  all  places  were  concern'd,  and  the  mifdemcanor  of  eve- 
 ry day.    Others  were  aggravated,  as  being  of  great  impor- 
 tance, when  there  was  nothing  at  all  in 'em.    However  in  the 
 main,  it  made  the  Reformed  to  be  lookt  upon  as  very  criminal, 
 and  threw  an  Odium  upon  all  their  Actions.    So  ihat  all  men 
 ChalasV    wonder'd,  and  that  not  without  reafon  too,  that  Qhdas  went 
 cmifiu-   hand  in  hand  as  he  did  with  Amelot,  in  whatever  Sentences  he 
 knee.      pafs'd  upon  all  the  Articles,  and  ftill  gave  his  Verdift  againft 
 the  Reformed.    More  efpecially  the  Articles  about  vifiting  the 
 Sick  by  the  Ma^iitrates,  to  know  in  what  Religion  they  dy'd  : 
 The  Prohibition  to  pray  and  fing  Pfalms  aloud,  upon  the  Forfei- 
 ture 
 
Book  IX.       Edicl  of  Nantes  387 
 
 ture  of  Five  hundred  Livres :  The  neceflity  of  giving  notice  to  1615. 
 the  Mayor  and  Sheriffs  of  the  hour  when  they  intended  to  bufy 
 their  IXad,  to  avoid  accidental  meeting  of  Catholic  Funerals 
 in  the  ftfeet :  the  immediate  adjudging  of  Forfeitures,  under 
 jr. -e :..nce  of  forcing  the  Reformed  to  ooierve  the  Edicts  :  The 
 tnregiltnng  of  ohere  Ordinances,  as  if  they  had  bin  to  pais  for 
 foveraign  I  aws  and  tidies  :  Thefe  Articles,  I  fay,  a  man 
 would  have  thought,  Should  not  fb  eafily  have  bin  condefcended 
 to  by  a  Reformed,  whom  it  became  to  have  underftood  the  con- 
 fluences. There  was  but  one  Article  wherein  they  differ'd 
 that  ib  to  fay,  upon  the  words  P xflor,  Churchy  and  Reformed  Reli- 
 o/rw,  without  adding  the  word  Pretended.  Am<lot  was  for  pro- 
 hibiting the  Reformed  from  making  ufeof  thole  expreffions,  but 
 Qhdas  was  for  petitioning  the  King,  that  the  Reformed  might 
 be  left  to  their  ancient  practice  in  thofe  Particulars.  Befides, 
 there  was  fbmething  of  Juftice  in  the  Anfwer  made  to  the  Ar- 
 ticle concerning  Burials:  For  the  Commiffioners  order'd,  that 
 convenient  places  fhould  be  allow'd  to  the  Reformed  for  that 
 pur  pole  within  fifteen  days;  and  for  defect  of  fo  doing,  that  it 
 fhould  be  lawful  for  the  Reformed  to  bury  in  the  Church-yards 
 belonging  to  the  Catholics.  Which  Article  mod  afluredly  Ana- 
 lot  granted,  to  the  end  he  might  the  more  eafily  hook  in  tbatas 
 for  all  the  reft.  And  this  the  Reformed  fufTer'd,  through  the 
 weaknefsof  their  Commiflioner,  and  this  was  that  which  the 
 Catholics  principally  defir'd  ;  in  regard  the  current  of  Affairs 
 had  ran  fueh  a  CBurfe  for  fbme  years,  as  to  make  the  Reformed 
 believe  they  were  all  in  the  wrong.  Neverthelefs  thefe  Regula- 
 tions had  not  To  much  efficacy,  but  that  the  Reformed  ffrove  to 
 maintain  their  Priviledges,  of  which  Amelot  endeavour'd  to  de- 
 prive'em  to  the  end. 
 
 In  this  manner  it  was  that  the  Catholics  drew  from  th£ Enttrfrifes 
 Peaee  as  much  Advantage  as  they  could  have  expected  froth'  fh^f  c£ 
 a  Succefsful  W  ar  >  and  while  by  a  thoufand  Quirks  and  Arti-  Rochei. 
 fices  they  evaded  the  Promifes  made  before  Mompelier,  the  Ca- 
 tholics were  everywhere  put  in  polfeffion  of  all  that  they  could 
 pretend  ro.    Rochd,  alio,  that  beheld  Fort  Lewis  ftill  ftanding 
 undemolifh'd ,  mauger  all  the  Promifes  which  rhe  King  had 
 
 made. 
 
3 88  The  Hijlory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 16,14.  made  to  raze  it;  yet  gave  her  Conlent  that  the  Catholics 
 ihould  recommence  their  hxerciles.  Mais  was  pub  ickly  faid 
 there  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  1624.  but  the  Catholics  be- 
 ing defirous  to  extend  their  L  iberty  a  little  farther,  and  to  ap- 
 pear with  their  Proceflion  in  the  Streets,  they  met  with  a  Lane 
 of  Soldiers  that  forc'd  7em  to  retire.  And  it  was  a  prudent 
 Defign  in  the  Honeft  Burgefles.  For  they  were  willing  to 
 prevent  the  Diforders  which  fuch  an  Innovation  would  inevi- 
 tably have  produe'd.  But  the  Verbal  Procefs  which  they  drew 
 up  to  juftiry  their  Intentions,  lerv'd  to  no  other  end,  but  to 
 exafperate  the  Court  againft  'em,  and  to  confirm  the  King  in 
 his  Relblution  to  humble  that  City,  all  whole  Actions  were 
 reprelented  to  him,  as  too  haughty  and  infb'ent. 
 
 In  the  mean  while  there  h  ppen'd  an  alteration  of  the 
 Change  of  Affairs  at  Court.  For  La^ieville,  who  was  behold- 
 ing for  his  Advancement  to  Silltri,  ruin'd  his  Benefaclor,  and 
 brought  Puifieux  into  difgrace.  And  it  may  be  faid  that  they 
 juftly  deferv'd  their  Fall  \ov  their  Politics  were  fb  1  panioliz'd, 
 that  they  made  all  the  King's  Power  prove  ferviceable  to  ad- 
 vance the  Grandeur  of  the  Houfe  of  Auflna  ;  nor  was  it  their 
 fault  that  Europe,  was  not  to  become  a  Slave  to  that  Family. 
 But  Vmvilk  follow'd  Maxims  altogether  oppofite  ■  and  caus'd 
 France  to  rtaflume  a  good  liking  of  her  .Ancient  Alliances.  But 
 he  did  not  go  far  before  he  receiv'd  the  punifhment  of  his  In- 
 gratitude. Acknowledgment  is  leldom  the  Vertue  of  a  Cour- 
 tier ;  and  an  Ambitious  Man  rarely  lets  his  Fortune  flip,  when 
 he  can  procure  his  Advancement  by  betraying  his  Friend.  He 
 never  holds  that  man  to  be  his  Friend,  w  horn  he  looks  upon  as 
 his  Competitor.  Vitvilk  therefore  having  been  the  occafion 
 that  Ricblieu  was  admitted  into  the  King's  Council,  the  Cardi- 
 nal was  accus'd  of  having  banilh'd  him  the  Court,  that  he 
 might  have  no  Superior  in  the  management  of  Affairs.  Bur  he 
 follow'd  the  New  Maxims  that  Vitvdk  had  introduced  :  And 
 turn'd  all  his  Defigns  to  raife  France  upon  the  Ruins  ol  the 
 Houfc  of  Auflria. 
 
 car£n*l  This  w  as  one  of  the  Reafons  why  he  labour'd  to  haften  the 
 Richlieu';  Deftru&ion  of  the  Proteftants,  already  much  w<aken"d  by  the 
 Maxims.   succeps  0f  tflc  preceding  War  ;  while  S£Mft9  unfortunately 
 
 for 
 
Book  IX.       EdiU  of  Nantes.  389 
 
 for  her  felf  and  them,  neglected  to  a/lift  their  Party  by  her  In-  1624. 
 treagues.    The  fame  Defign  render'd  him  fufpitious  of  the  Je- 
 fuits,  fo  that  he  kept  them  low  and  defpicable  all  the  time  of 
 his  Miniftry,  and  that  they  fiiffer'd  many  Mortifications,  while 
 he  held  the  Raines  of  Authority  ;  of  which  the  chiefeft  was, 
 that  they  had  a  very  fmall  fbare  in  the  management  of  Affairs. 
 A  mod  piercing  Grief  to  a  Society  which  had  had  the  pleafure 
 of  riding  paramount  for  fb  many  years,  and  filling  all  Europe 
 with  Violence  and  Treachery  :  But  loft  by  this  Difgrace  the 
 fruit  of  all  their  Attempts,  and  all  their  Crimes  i  and  faw,  by 
 means  of  the  Cardinals  New  Politics ,  all  the  hopes  of  the 
 Univerfal  Monarchy  quite  fruftrated,  which  Spain  had  To  well 
 concerted,  and  of  which  fhe  had  fo  long  purfu'd  the  Defign. 
 In  order  to  this  it  was  that  he  renew'd  the  Alliance  between 
 France  and  the  Hollanders  upon  fuch  Condition?,  as  if  he  had  at 
 the  fame  time  defign'd  the  Siege  of  Roche/.    But  one  of  thole 
 things  of  which  he  hop'd  to  make  the  greateft  advantage,  was 
 the  Marriage  of  Henrietta  of  France  with  the  Prince  of  Wales, 
 who  reign'd,  after  the  death  of  King  James,  by  the  name  of 
 Charles  L    Spain  had  a  long  time  amus'd  that  Prince  with 
 hopes  of  Marriage  with  the  Infantay\vho  was  afterwards  marry'd  Propofah 
 to  the  Emperor  :  And  that  Prince,  as  well  as  the  King  his  Fa-/»>-  wi- 
 ther, fell  fb  cordially  into  the  Snare,  that  he  made  a  long  Jour-  pf^ee0f 
 ney  into  Spain  in  order  to  the  Conclufion  of  this  pretended  Wales  t» 
 Match.    And  indeed  the  Spaniard  flatterd  him  with  it,  lb  long the  Infan- 
 as  the  Council  of  Spain  thought  it  necelTary  to  aft  this  Comedy  ta' 
 to  prevent  King  'James  from  intermedling  with  the  Affairs  of 
 Germany.    But  when  the  Council  had  had  fufficient  Experience 
 of  the  Weaknefs  of  that  Prince,  to  allure  themfelves,  that  let 
 'em  ufe  him  how  they  pleas'd,  he  would  be  never  in  a  capacity 
 to  revenge  himfelf,  they  broke  off  the  Negotiation,  and  fent  the  n-uitlefs. 
 Prince  of  Wales  back  agen  into  England. 
 
 Neverthelefs,  the  thing  was  carry'd  fb  far,  that  all  the  Arti- 
 cles were  agreed  upon  ;  and  fuch  great  Advantages  were  ob- 
 tain'd  for  the  Roman  Religion,  that  a  Prince,  who  had  had 
 never  fb  little  zeal  for  his  own,  would  never  have  endur'd  the 
 allowance  of  'em.  The  Pope  made  no  fcruple  to  grant  the 
 Difpenfation  which  was  demanded,  and  the  Prince  of  Wales 
 
 M  m  m  a£ting 
 
39°  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1624.  aCting  with  a  Sincerity,  that  might  be  rather  call'd  Simplicity, 
 'twas  only  the  fault  of  the  Sfwmfb  Politics  that  the  Match  was 
 not  concluded.  The  Cardinal  therefore  feeing  the  Treaty  of 
 that  Alliance  broken  off,  and  Engl.xnd  di  (gutted  ,  was  willing 
 to  make  the  bell  of  the  Conjuncture,  and  to  fallen  that  Crown 
 to  the  Interefls  of  France  by  the  Marriage  of  a  French  Princefs. 
 The  fecond  of  H  my  the  Fouith's  Daughters  had  bin  deny'd 
 the  Prince  of  Walts,  who  had  demanded  her,  while  Lewis  the 
 Thirteenth's  Council  was  in  the  Houfe  of  Auftnis  pay,  and 
 the  Prince  of  Piemont  was  preferr'd  before  him.  But  the  Car- 
 dinal altering  the  Defign,  had  cbang'd  the  Maxims  of  the  Court : 
 and  he  thought  good  to  make  the  firft  Offers  to  aPrince,for  whom 
 they  had  had  fo  little  value  before.  Nor  did  he  find  any  great 
 trouble  in  caufing  the  Overtures  to  be  accepted.  William  de  Ha- 
 gue*, Archbifhop  of  Ambrun,  had  a  great  fhare  in  that  Nego- 
 tiation; and  if  there  be  any  credit  to  be  given  to  the  Relation 
 of  what  he  did  in  England,  which  he  drew  up  by  the  Cardinal's 
 Command,  he  had  almoft  brought  the  Religion  and  Kingdom 
 of  England  to  the  brink  of  a  general  Revolution.  He  re- 
 lates that  before  the  Cardinal  came  into  favour,  he  had  bin  fent 
 into  England  to  perfuade  the  King  to  return  to  the  Pope  s  Com- 
 munion :  That  he  difguis'd  himfelf  to  go  incognito ,  and  took 
 upon  him  the  Name  and  Habit  of  a  Counfcllor  of  Grenoble. 
 That  at  his  arrival,  he  found  the  Duke  of  Buckingham  inform'd 
 both  of  his  Difguife  and  his  Commiflion  ;  of  which  both  the 
 King  and  the  Prince  had  giv'n  him  notice:  That  the  King  ap- 
 pear'd  to  him  fully  refblvd  to  embrace  the  Catholic  Religion: 
 That  he  came  to  an  agreement  with  him  upon  the  greateft  part 
 of  the  Articles  in  controverfie ;  more  particularly  concerning 
 the  Soveraignty  of  the  Pope  over  all  Chriftians  :  That  upon 
 this  Occafion  he  wrote  a  large  Letter  to  the  Pope ;  that  it 
 was  fent  privately  by  an  Englifh  Gentleman,  who  was  a  zea- 
 lous Catholic:  That  he  promis'd  to  declare  himfelf  openly,  fb 
 foon  as  he  had  taken  order  for  certain  things  which  were  conclu- 
 ded on  :  That  the  principal  reafon  of  his  making  fb  many  delays, 
 was  the  defire  he  had  to  be  fure  of  the  King  of  Denmark  his  Bro- 
 ther-in-law ,  to  the  end  he  might  be  the  better  able  to  pre- 
 vent the  Troubles  that  might  arife  by  reafon  of  the  Changes  in 
 
Book  IX.        Edi&  of  Nantes.  391 
 
 his  Kingdoms :  That  he  had  invited  him  under  other  Preten-  1624. 
 ces  to  take  a  Voyage  into  England;  and  that  when  he  came, 
 he  made  no  queftion  but  to  convert  him  too :  That  he  defir'd 
 the  Pope  to  Puffer  the  Englijh  Lords  to  enjoy  the  Church- 
 Lands,  that  were  now  become  their  Inheritance,  for  fear  they 
 fhould  oppofe  his  Defigns,  if  he  went  about  to  difturb  'em  in 
 their  PoffefTion  :  That  he  promis'd  there  fhould  be  no  farther 
 fearches  made  after  any  Priefts  that  fhould  be  fent  into  the 
 Kingdom,  either  by  the  Pope  or  the  King  of  France  :  That  he 
 excluded  the  Jefuits  only  from  that  favour ,  becaufe  he  !ookt 
 upon  em  as  the  Authors  and  Contrivers  of  the  Powder- plot,  by 
 which  they  defign'd  to  have  blown  him  up  in  his  Parlament- 
 Houfe  :  That  he  fhew'd  the  Archbifhop  feveral  Favours  while 
 he  was  in  England  :  That  he  gave  him  leave  to  Confirm  in  the 
 French  Embaffador's  Houfe  above  18000  Catholics,  who  were 
 exempted  from  all  profecution  upon  it,  tho  there  were  many  of 
 the  Engli[h  that  faw  the  performance  of  the  Ceremony  ;  fb  little 
 did  the  Archbilhop  care  to  be  openly  feen  That  fbme  of  the  more 
 Zealous  Proteftants  having  m^de  their  Complaints  to  the  King 
 about  it,  the  King  ftopt  their  mouths,  by  telling  'em  it  was 
 done  with  his  permiflion  :  That  the  Duke  of  Buckingham  had 
 promis'd  to  imitate  the  King  his  Maffter  ,  and  that  he  was  re- 
 ally engag'd  in  the  Intreage.  In  a  word,  The  Archbifhop  had 
 Letters  from  him  which  fhew'd  him  too  deeply  concern'd  ,  to 
 believe  that  all  this  Negotiation  was  no  more  then  a  feigned 
 Bufinefs. 
 
 This  was  the  Condition  of  Affairs  when  they  began  to  Marriage 
 treat  of  the  Marriage  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  ;  and  it  may  be  cu~,lchlded 
 eafily  judg'd  by  the  bending  of  the  King's  Inclinations ,  that  7iZn:°"<rf. 
 they  fhould  not  meet  with  any  great  oppofition :  So  that  foe?**** 
 Cardinal  obtain'd  what  he  pleas'd  himfelf,  and  drew  from  him  ""J^f^ 
 Conditions  more  advantageous  to  the  Citholicks,  then  thofe  * 
 which  the  King  of  Spain  had  demanded.    Alfo,  after  all  that 
 was  concluded,  there  was  a  way  found  to  add  new  Claufes, 
 which  the  King  was  fo  complaifant  as  to  condefcend  to  with- 
 out any  hefitation.    'Tis  true ,  Ben/lie,  who  was  afterwards 
 made  a  Cardinal,  being  fent  to  Rome  to  follicite  the  Difpenfa- 
 tion,  fufl'er'd  fbme  things  to  be  flipt  in,  which  went  a  little 
 
 M  m  m  2  farther 
 
59 2  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 i6i4«  farther  ihen  what  had  been  agreed  upon. But  they  who  drew  it  up 
 were  eafily  pardon'd  upon  making  a  fhew  of  being  forry  for  it, 
 and  imputing  it  to  the  (Implicit)-  of  the  Prelate,  whofeZeal  for 
 his  Religion  had  made  him  exceed  the  Bounds  of  his  Power. 
 But  the  Court  of  England  being  in  a  good  humour  to  refute  no- 
 thing, fufTer'd  her  felf  to  be  vanquifhd  without  the  leaft  Refi- 
 nance, and  was  willing  to  take  any  Excufes  for  the  Alterations 
 in  good  part. 
 
 But  the  unexpected  Death  of  King  'James  put  a  flop  to  the 
 Rapid  Courfe  of  the  Profperitiesof  the  Catholic  Religion,  and 
 fufpended  for  fbme  time  the  accomplifhment  of  the  Marriage 
 propounded.    But  Charles  his  Succeffor  would  not  retract  from 
 his  Engagements  during  the  Life  of  his  Father ;  fb  that  the 
 Marriage  wasaccomplifh'd  to  the  great  fatisfaclion  of  the  Court 
 of  Rome.    EnoUnd  in  fbme  meafure  beheld  the  Catholic  Reli- 
 gion fprouting  up  agen  in  her  Boforn.    For  the  new  Queen  was 
 permitted  to  have  aChappel  in  all  the  Royal  Houfes;  to  keep 
 in  her  Family  a  Bifhop  and  twenty  eight  Priefts,  without  any 
 preferring  one  Order  before  another ;  that  they  fhould  have  li- 
 berty to  wear  the  Habit  of  of  their  Order  publickly  ;  and  that 
 all  her  Domeftic  Servants  fhould  be  of  the  fame  Religion ;  be- 
 Gdes  that,  fhe  mould  have  the  Education  of  her  Children  till 
 they  came  to  be  Thirteen  years  of  Age.    But  God  permitted 
 the  Jefuits  to  fpoil  all  by  their  unquiet  and  Seditious  Politicks , 
 and  to  put  the  Kingdom  into  fuch  terrible  Jealoufies  of  their 
 Pra&ifes,  that  order  was  taken  for  the  fupprefling  'em.  How- 
 ever, the  Treaty  of  this  Marriage  was  fpun  out  till  May,  i6x^. 
 tho  becaufe  I  would  not  interrupt  the  feries  of  the  Story,  I 
 was  forc'd  to  infert  it  in  this  place. 
 Pmefs  of     In  the  mean  time  there  were  feveral  particular  Affairs  that 
 Pamiers^were  regu*ated  a^ter  a  different  manner  ;  among  which,, 
 al^mftlhe  thu  of  the  City  of  Pamiers,  in  oppofition  to  her  Bifhop,  was 
 Bijfop.     one  of  the  moft  confiderable.    That  Prelate  took  upon  him  to. 
 difpofe  of  the  Confulfbip  and  Council  of  that  City,  and  to 
 make  himfelf  Mafter  of  the  fole  Power  of  rating  the  Taxes  up- 
 on the  Inhabitants.    And  his  Zeal  for  Religion  ferv'd  for  a  Pre- 
 tence to  juftify  his  undertaking.    He  would  have  no  body  in 
 thole  Employments  but  Catholics  j  and  the  Parlament  of  Tho- 
 
Book  IX.      Editi  of  Nantes.  595 
 
 lonfe,  whither  he  had  remov'd  the  Caufe,  were  not  wanting  to  1624. 
 favour  his  Pious  Defign.  But  for  the  bringing  it  to  pals,  there 
 was  a  neceflity  that  the  Laws  muft  be  violated,  and  that  the 
 Ele&ions  of  Officers  muft  be  carried  on  after  a  new  manner  ; 
 in  regard  that  otherwife  the  Reformed,  who  were  richer,  more 
 conliderable,  and  more  numerous  then  the  Catholics,  would 
 afiuredly  carry  all  before  'em  by  the  plurality  of  Voices.  As 
 for  any  refpecT  to  the  Laws,  that  was  ne're  able  to  ftop  the 
 Clergy,  when  the  violation  of  'em  ferv'd  for  the  good  of  their 
 Affairs :  And  it  was  the  Bifhop's  aim  to  prefer  none  but  his 
 Friends  and  his  Kindred,  under  pretence  of  excluding  the  Here- 
 ticks.  Neverthelefs  the  Catholics  were  fo  wife,  as  not  to 
 jumble  their  Religion  and  the  Civil  Government  together;  and 
 underftood  their  own  Tntereft  fb  well,  as  to  join  with  the  Re- 
 formed againfl:  the  Bifhop:  So  that  after  all  the  Cavils  imagi- 
 nable, that  Affair  was  determin'd,  and  the  Catholics  as  well  as 
 the  Reformed  bore  an  equal  fhare  of  the  charges  of  the  City. 
 
 They  began  at  the  fame  time  to  elude  the  Donations  and  cmnb  up 
 Legacies  which  the  Reformed  bequeathed  to  their  Minifters »»  the 
 and  rhtii-  Poor.     And  the  mod:  dangerous  Cavil  of  which  they 
 bethought  themfelves  upon  this  occafion  was,  that  they  refus'd  thi Pay- 
 to  fuffer  the  Confilfories  to  name  Syndics  and  Proctors,  to  pro-  mnt  °f 
 fecute  the  Erred  of  fuch  Contracts  and  Wilis  in  their  own 
 Names  :  So  that  thofe  Acts  were  made  invalid,  by  refufing  Ju-  tims. 
 ftice  to  thole  who  weie  nominally  empowr'd  by  authentic  Let- 
 ters of  Attorney,  to  (11?  for  the  payment  of  the  money  when 
 due.    The  Pretence  was,  That  the  Right  of  empowring  Attor- 
 nies  did  not  belong  but  to  authoriz'd  Corporations;  and  there- 
 fcre  they  would  needs  have  the  Churches  and  their  Confiftories 
 to  be  abominable  Communi  ies,  which  were  not  to  enjoy  the 
 fame  Friviledges  with  others.    But  this  Cavil  was  Co  contrary 
 to  the  Editf,  which  in  the  43d  Article  of  Particulars,  declar'd 
 in  exprefs  terms,  That  fuch  Suits  might  be  profecuted  by  a 
 Proctor,  in  the  Name  of  the  Body  and  Community  of  thofe  of  the> 
 Reformed  Religion,  who  were  therein  concern' that  'twas  im- 
 poflibleto  erecT  it  into  a  Law  all  of  a -Hidden  ;  and  if  there  were 
 any  Inferior  Judges  where  that  Cavil  was  favour'd,  the  Supe- 
 rior Judges  redrefs'd  it.    Thus  the  Judge  of  $di»tes  being  de- 
 sirous-. 
 
394  The  Hiftoryof  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1624.  firous  to  have  hinderd  G,>.</Av;,  a  Proctor  belonging  to  the  Con- 
 fiftory  of  the  place,  fro  r  (uing  tor  the  |  onations  and  Legacies 
 left  for  the  iupport  of  Minifters,  Doctors,  Scholars,  and  poor 
 People  of  the  Reformed  Religion,  there  was  a  Decree  of  the 
 Council  bearing  date  the  19th  of  March,  which  maintain'd  the 
 Reformed  of  S.untes  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  Priviledges  granted 
 by  the  Edict  i  tho  it  be  true  indeed  that  the  Decree  added  this 
 Condition,  that  the  King's  Advocate  or  Proctor  fhould  be  p, re- 
 lent at  the  giving  up  of  the  Accompts. 
 
 But  in  revenge  they  fruftrated  the  effects  of  a  Favour  which 
 the  Reformed  had  bin  a  long  time  fbllicit;ng  ;  that  is  to  (ay,  that 
 the  Minifters  might  be  difcharg'd  from  paying  Taxes.  True  it 
 is,  that  about  twelve  years  before  there  was  a  Declaration  let 
 forth  in  their  Favour ;  but  the  Court  had  16  little  defire  that  it 
 Ihould  be  executed,  that  there  was  not  the  leaft  care  taken  to 
 have  it  enregifter'd  in  the  Sovereign  Courts;  lb  that  the  Gene- 
 ral Deputies,  after  they  had  loft  all  their  Sollicitations,  and  their 
 extraordinary  Pains,  were  fore'd  to  prefent  a  Petition  upon  the 
 fame  liibject.  Upon  which  they  obtain'd  a  Decree  of  the  17th 
 of  Jufy,  which  exempted  the  Minifters  only  from  being  tax'd  for 
 their  Moveables ,  Penfions  and  Salaries ;  bur  which  left  'em 
 liable  in  refpect  of  their  Inheritances  and  immoveable  Goods, 
 which  indeed  was  to  leave 'em  to  the  difcretion  of  theAfTeilbrs 
 and  Collectors.  In  fhort,  that  Decree  was  the  occafion  of  a 
 thoufand  Suits,  in  regard  that  Acts  of  that  nature  are  never  lookt 
 upon  as  Law,  but  only  as  Regulations  upon  particular  matters 
 of  Fact.  The  leaft  diftafte  of  a  Collector  was  enough  to  oblige 
 thofe  who  challenge  the  enjoyment  of  a  Priviledge,  to  caufe  the 
 fetting  forth  of  another  Decree  which  might  perfonally  concern 
 'em ;  and  the  fame  Brabbles  might  be  renew'd  every  year. 
 Troubles  In  the  mean  time,  Spain  having  obferv'd  the  change  of  the 
 renafd.  French  Politics,and  well  forefeeing  that  there  would  be  an  altera- 
 tion alio  of  the  general  face  of  affairs,  whereby  fhe  fhou  Id  become 
 a  great  loler,  if  fhe  did  not  cut  out  lome  work  within  doors  for 
 the  French^  file  refolv'd  not  to  let  flip  the  opportunity  which  the 
 Difcontents  among  the  Reformed  gave  her  to  renew  the  Civil 
 War.  The  Peace  of  Mompelier  was  fo  openly  violated,  that 
 there  was  not  one  Article  of  it  left  unbrok'n ;  fo  that  all  the 
 
 Churches 
 
Book  IX.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  3  95 
 
 Churches  had  reafon  to  complain.  But  Rochel,  that  notwith-  1624. 
 ftanding  all  her  Submiffions,  had  not  obtain'd  the  demolifhing  of 
 Fort  Lewis,  and  law  herfelf  as  it  were  blockt  up  at  a  diftance  by 
 Forces  quarter'd  in  places  proper  to  difturb  and  annoy  her,  at 
 the  fame  time  ftruck  the  reft  of  the  Reformed  Cities  both  with 
 Pirv  and  Terror.  They  beheld,  with  forrow,  the  approaching 
 fall  of  that  powerful  City,  and  were  in  fear  of  lome  defign  in 
 hand  to  deftroy  'em  all,  10  foon  as  Rochd,  which  was  the 
 molt  important,  fhou'doncebe  ruin'd.  So  that  all  thole  who 
 believ'd  that  the  ruin  of  the  Reformed  Religion  would  prove  a 
 neceflary  confequence  of  the  fubduing  thole  Cities  which  were 
 in  a  condition  to  fupport  it,  expected  fbme  deliverance  from 
 Heaven  for  the  recovery  of  their  Affairs.  But  no  body  minded 
 to  fet  a  helping  hand  to  the  work,  only  they  wifh'd  that  Provi- 
 dence would  take  care  of  their  fecurity  without  'em.  However 
 the  Duke  of  Rohm,  and  Soubife  his  Brother,  meditated  great 
 Defigns,  of  which  the  confequences  would  have  prov'd  no  lefs 
 remarkable,  had  they  bin  well  feconded.  'Twasiaid  that  the 
 Sp.imards  fecretly  fpurr'd  'em  on,  and  flatter'd  'em  w^h  hopes 
 of  confiderable  Succor,  if  they  could  procure  a  general  Rifing 
 of  the  whole  Party  ;  but  that  was  a  Condition  which  the  Duke 
 would  not  undertake  to  perform.  Tis  true,  that  finding  him- 
 felf  abandoned  by  almoft  all  the  world,  he  gave  an  ear  to  cer- 
 tain Overtures  of  a  Treaty  propounded  to  him  by  the  Council  of 
 Spain  ;  not  out  of  any  hopes  that  that  fame  Court  would  aflift 
 himingoodearneft,  but  in  fbme  meafiire  to  raife  the  fpirits  of 
 his  Party,  and  that  he  might  be  in  a  condition  to  make  an  ad- 
 vantageous Peace. 
 
 The  Cukes  of  Rohtn  and  Soub'fi  then  were  the  only  perfons  Enterprifi 
 that  renew'd  the  War ;  and  the  reafon  that  determind  'eitt  to  it  °f  the 
 was,  becaufe  the  Court  made  open  preparations  for  the  Siege 
 of  Rocbtl.    There  was  a  Fleet  getting  ready  at  BLver,  a  fmall  w  Sou- 
 Fort  upon  the  Coaft  of  Brttam  to  block  up  the  City  by  Sea,and  bife- 
 deprive  'em  of  all  fuppltes  of  Relief,  which  chiefly  cohfifted  in 
 their  keeping  the  Sea  open.    The  Rochelkrs,  on  the  other  fide, 
 alarm  d  at  thefe  Prepatation9,w!)ich  they  well  knew  Were  aim'd 
 at  theuvmplor'd  the  Aid  of  the  Duke  and  his  Brother,  who  cdn- 
 fuked  together  to  ward  off  the  Blow  if  it  were  poffible.  They 
 
 agreed  i 
 
3  96  The  Hijlory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1624.  agreed  that  Soubife  fhould  rig  out  fome  VeiTels,  under  pretence 
 of  a  long  Voyage;  that  he  fhould  endeavour  to  furprize  thofe 
 that  were  making  ready  at  BUver\  that  if  he  iucceeded,  the 
 Duke  fhould  take  Arms  in  the  Provinces  where  he  had  moft  Re- 
 putation :  but  that  if  the  Enterprize  faii'd,  he  fhould  difown 
 his  Brother's  A&ions.  Their  own  Eftates,  and  what  ready  mo- 
 ney they  had,  were  the  Fund  upon  which  they  laid  the  Founda- 
 tions of  this  great  Defign.  But  when  all  things  were  ready, 
 Difcover'd.  Soubife  was  betray'd  by  No:>aillest  one  of  his  principal  Officer;, 
 who  reveal' d  the  Secret ;  yet  for  all  thn^Soubifts  diligence  was 
 fo  great,  that  he  had  prevented  the  meafures  which  the  Court 
 had  taken  to  hinder  the  effect  of  the  Enterprize,  had  he  but  had 
 a  little  more  time  to  have  made  his  Retreat.  For  with  thofe 
 Soubife  few  men  he  had,  he  made  himfelf  Mafter  of  all  the  VefTels 
 %n  of  vvmcn  tnen  i° tne  P°rt-  But  he  could  not  get  pofTedion  of 
 Tings  1  the  Fort,  by  reafon  that  upon  the  Intelligence  which  Nouailles 
 had  given,  they  had  put  a  Garifon  into  it  much  more  numerous 
 then  the  Party  that  folIow*d  Soubife.  Befides,  that  the  Duke  of 
 Fendofme ,  Governor  of  the  Province,  had  time  to  mufter  a 
 little  Army  together,  and  to  bar  up  the  Haven  with  an 
 Iron  Chain,  and  a  Cable  of  an  extraordinary  thicknefs.  By 
 which  means  Soubife  was  fhut  up  within  the  place  without 
 either  Men  or  Ammunition,  and  expos'd  for  three  weeks  to- 
 gether to  the  Cannon  of  the  Fort,  and  the  Small  Shot  of  the 
 whole  Army. 
 
 it  u         There  was  no  body  in  the  Kingdom  but  thought  him  loft  be- 
 tM&hand   y°nc*  recovei7>     tnat  every  one ftrove  which  fhould  be  the  firft. 
 tfomTd    to  difown  him.    LaTrimouille,  la  Force,  Chatillon,  and  feveral 
 h  every   others  of  the  higheft  Quality,  difbwn'd  him  in  writing.  The 
 My-       general  Deputies,  and  thofe  of  the  Church  of  Paris  follow'd 
 their  example.    The  Cities  of  Rochel,  Nimes,  Vfez,  and  Mow 
 tauban,  together  with  the  Communities  of  Cevennes  did  the 
 fame,  either  by  authentic  A£ts,  or  by  the  mouths  of  their  De- 
 puties. And  this  it  was  that  difappointed  all  the  Defigns  which 
 the  Duke  of  Rohan  had  form'd  upon  feveral  places,  becaufe  no 
 body  would  engage  in  a  War  which  hadprov'd  fo  unfortunate 
 in  the  firft  Attempt.    In  the  mean  time  the  King  publifh'd  a 
 Declaration  at  Paris,  dated  Jan.  x<>.  eight  days  after  theSur- 
 
Book  IX.       EM  of  Nantes.  397 
 
 prize  of  Btavet.  I  know  not  what  to  fay  of  tins  date:  but  it  1525. 
 feems  naturally  impoiTible,  that  all  the  Dilclaimers  and  Renun-^*  ***** 
 ciations  as  are  mention'd  in  the  Declaration  fhould  come  in  To  f't^n 
 fhort  a  time  from  fo  many  places  fo  far  remote,  and  where  the  this  occa- 
 News  of  the  taking  of  BLivet  could  not  be  arriv'd  Co  ibonj0"- 
 However  it  were,  the  ftile  of  it  was  like  the  language  of  all  the 
 reft  ;  and  if  the  Prefaces  of  Edicts  were  always  true,  it  might 
 be  (aid  that  the  Reformed  were  much  too  blame  to  make  fuch 
 loud  Complaints.  The  Peace  of  Mompelier  was  therein  men- 
 tion'd  as  a  Favour,  by  vertue  of  which  the  Sentiments  of  a 
 juft  Indignation  had  bin  over-rul'd  by  the  natural  Benignity  of  a. 
 Kjngj  the  Father  of  his  People,  toward  Subjects  fubmijfive  and  re- 
 pentant. It  fpoke  of  the  performance  of  the  laft  Treaty  in 
 terms  fo  violent,  as  if  they  would  have  enforc'd  the  moft  clear- 
 fighted  to  have  given  their  eyes  the  Lye ;  and  to  believe  that 
 the  Citadel  built  at  Mompelier  ;  the  numerous  Garilbn  which 
 they  had  put  into  it ;  the  Alterations  in  the  Elections  of  Con- 
 fuls;  Fort  Lewis  compleated  to  block  up  Rochet,  after  folemn 
 promife  to  demolifh  it ;  the  Public  Preparations  made  to  feize 
 the  Priviledges  and  Liberties  of  that  formidable  City;  and  a 
 hunder  d  more  Acts  of  Injuftice  put  upon  the  Reformed  in  fe- 
 veral  places,  were  no  palpable  Breaches  of  the  Edict  of  Peace. 
 After  this,  the  King  confirnVd  the  Edicts  in  favour  of  thole 
 that  conunu'd  in  their  Obedience  ;  decb.f d  Soubife,  his  Adhe- 
 rents, and  all  thofe  that  directly  or  indirectly  kept  any  correl- 
 pondence  with  him,  guilty  of  High  Treafon  *,  depriv'd  all  the 
 Cities  and  Corporations  that  favour'd  him,  of  their  Priviledges 
 and  Immunities ;  gave  a  month's  time  to  him  and  his  Adherents 
 to  return  to  their  Duty ;  and  upon  that  condition,  from  that 
 very  inftant,  granted 'em  a  full  oblivion  of  their  Rebellion  ;  or 
 if  they  refus'd  to  accept  of  mercy,  threaten'd'em  with  the  ut- 
 raoft  rigor  of  the  Laws. 
 
 But  before  this  Declaration  was  veriri'd,  Sordife,  being  fa- Soubife 
 vour'd  by  a  high  wind,  that  blew  direCt'y  for  his  purpofe,  broke  W«g*£" 
 the  Chain  and  the  Cable,  and  maugre  all  the  great  and  fmall*'"^' 
 Shot  that  was  fir'd  upon  him,  fav'd  his  Men,  and  brought  away 
 the  VefTels  which  he  had  taken,  only  two  that  ftruck  in  the 
 mouth  of  the  Haven.    When  he  was  thus  Mafter  of  the  Sea, 
 
 N  n  n  he 
 
398  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 162.5.  he  madehimfelf  eafily  Matter  of  the  Iflands  of  Re  and  Okron, 
 and  after  feveral  Refufa Is  oblig'd  theCityof  Roche/  to  declare 
 for  him.    This  unlookt-for  Succefs  of  an  Action  which  all  the 
 F.uego/lc  Woi"ld  nad  condemn'd  for  rafh  and  inconfiderate,  made  both 
 Jffnrs.     Friends  and  Enemies  change  their  language.    Almoin  all  thofe 
 who  had  dilbwn'd  Soubift-  before,  repented  of  their  precipitate 
 Renunciations  :  and  excepting  (bme  of  the  Grandees,  into 
 whofe  minds  either  their  own  Intereft,  or  the  Jealoufy  of  fuch 
 a  glorious  Exploit  infus'd  other  thoughts,  all  oihers  were  defi- 
 rous  of  being  engaged,  and  afham'd  of  having  baulk'd  their 
 Caufe.    The  Duke  of  Rohan  refum'd  frefh  courage,  and  flat- 
 ter'd  himfelf  that  fome  of  the  Provinces  would  arm  in  his  be- 
 half when  he  appeared  among 'em.  To  which  purpofe  he  made 
 incredible  efforts,  that  fhew'd  an  invincible  courage,  and  a  dili- 
 gence indefatigable  ;  and  at  length  he  obtained  a  good  part  of 
 what  hedefir'd.    On  the  other  fide,  the  Court  did  all  that  lay 
 in  their  power  to  hinder  Religion  from  appearing  to  be  the  pre- 
 tence of  this  War,  and  therefore  endeavour'd  to  make  it  a  par- 
 ticular quarrel  of  the  Houfe  of  Rohan.    And  they  were  oblig'd 
 to  proceed  thus  gingerly,  through  their  fear  of  augmenting  the 
 Party,  and  offending  England  and  the  Lorv-Countries^wixh  whom 
 they  had  not  long  before  made  an  Alliance.    On  the  other  fide, 
 the  Duke  did  all  that  he  thought  proper  to  perfuade  the  world, 
 that  it  was  upon  no  other  account,  but  only  upon  the  fcore  of 
 Religion  that  he  had  tak'n  Arms.    And  becaufe  he  was  not 
 ignorant  how  far  fome  certain  extraordinary  demonftrations  of 
 politic  Dc  Zeal  and  Piety  prevail  among  the  People,  he  affecTed  all  theout- 
 wtions  of  ward  Shews  of  an  extreme  Devotion.    He  paid  the  Mini- 
 Ro£n     fters  extraordinary  Honours.  When  he  enter'd  into  any  City,he 
 caus'd  a  Bible  to  be  carri'd  before  him,  as  the  Catholics  in  their 
 Religious  Wars  advance  the  Crofs  in  their  Forefronts.  He 
 alighted  from  his  Horfe  at  the  Church-door  of  every  City,  and 
 never  fpoke  of  bufinefs  to  any  body ,  before  he  had  (aid  his 
 Pray'rs  upon  both  knees.    And  this  made  him  fo  much  the 
 more  to  be  taken  notice  of,  becaule  the  Churches  of  the  Re- 
 formed having  neither  Ornaments  nor  Reliques,  nor  any  thing 
 of  pomp  or  magnificence  to  invite  a  man,  it  could  not  be 
 shought  that  fuch  Actions  proceeded  from  any  other  Principle 
 
 than 
 
Book  IX.       Edi&  of  Nantes.  599 
 
 then  that  of  a  mod  profound  Piety.    The  Dutchefs  his  Wife  1615. 
 alfo,  was  a  notable  Second  to  him  in  all  his  Enterprizes.    She  second 
 labourM  with  great  fedulity  in  perfuading  the  People  to  take  hyhl* 
 Arms,  in  all  places  where  fhe  came  ;  and  becaufe  ftie  traveled 
 more  by  night  then  by  day,  the  equipage,  wherein  fhe  appeared, 
 ftruck  a  kind  of  awe  into  the  Countrey  People.    Befides  that, 
 being  in  mourning,  the  People  that  attended  her  were  all  in 
 black;  her  Coach  alfo,  cover  d  with  mourning,  was  drawn  by- 
 eight  black  Horfes:  which,  together  with  the  Flambeaux  that 
 were  carri'd  to  light  her  along,  folemniz'd  her  Train  with  an 
 Air  fb  unufual,  that  the  Peafants  were  affrighted  at  it  more  then 
 once.    Nor  were  thefe  little  Formalities  without  fome  fuccels  ; 
 for  at  laft  feveral  Corporations  join'd  with  him  one  after  an- 
 other. 
 
 In  the  mean  time  Soubsfe  gave  an  account  to  the  Public  of  Mamfeftt 
 the  Motives  that  induc'd  him  to  take  Arms,  by  a  Manifefto,  f/^^ 
 wherein,  looking  a  good  way  backward,  he  renewM  the  re- 
 membrance of  the  Services  done  the  deccas'd  King  by  the  Re- 
 formed, and  complaind  that  fince  his  death  the  Edicts  had  bin 
 openly  violated,  and  that  the  Churches  had  bin  only  amus'd  with 
 Promifes  which  never  had  bin  obferv'd.  He  upbraided  the  Ca- 
 tholics with  the  furprizeof  Saumur,  which  was  detain'd  from 
 du  Pleflis,  though  he  had  bin  promis'd  to  be  refettl'd  in  it.  He 
 forgot  not  the  hard  ufage  exercis'd  at  Mompelier,  contrary  to 
 the  Faith  of  the  Breifs  which  had  bin  granted  to  the  Duke  of 
 Rohan:  and  afterwards  he  added,  that  the exercife  of  the  Re- 
 formed Religion  had  not  bin  re-eftablifhM  where  it  ought  to 
 have  bin :  that  the  Reformed  had  been  excluded  from  all 
 manner  of  Employments,  ev'n  from  the  Offices  of  Serjeants  : 
 that  the  Ecclefiaftical  Affemblies  were  depriv'd  of  their  former 
 Liberty  :  that  the  Reformed  were  denPd  common  Juftice  in 
 their  Affairs;  and  were  often  made  to  lofe  their  Suits,  for  no 
 other  reafon  but  upon  the  fcore  of  their  Religion  :  that  at  be. 
 Gifott  the  Minifter  du  Ttroni  attending  a  Corps  to  the  Grave, 
 wasknockt  o'the  head,  yet  no  punifhment  infliSed  upon  the 
 guilty  :  that  Brief,  a  Judge  in  the  iHe  of  Re,  a  man  mace  up 
 of  Fury  and  Frenzy,  had  caus'd  an  unfortunate  Wretch  to  be 
 burnt  alive,  as  being  convicted  to  have  burnt  a  Crucifix,  which 
 
 N  n  n  2  never- 
 
400  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1625.  neverthelersVas  found  without  the  leaft  harm  done  to  it,  after 
 the  execution  of  that  miferat  le  Creature  :  and  that  Rochtl  was 
 unjuftly  opprefs'd,  which  had  voluntarily  fubmitted  to  the 
 Crown. 
 
 But  in  regard  that  Writings  of  this  nature  rarely  remain  un- 
 anfwer'd,  a  Reply  to  Soubifts  Manifefto  foon  appear'd  abroad  ■ 
 though  the  Author  obferv'd  no  Rule  or  Meafure.  He  had  the 
 boldnefs  to  affert,  that  the  Reformed  had  done  Henry  IV.  but 
 very  little  fervice,  becaufe  they  had  neither  fupply'd  him  with 
 Money  nor  Men.  He  made  Reafon  of  State  an  Excufe  for 
 the  Alteration  of  the  King  s  Promifes ;  though  in  the  main  he 
 difown'd  the  Maxim,  which  permits  Princes  to  break  their 
 Words  either  with  their  Subjects  or  with  Heretics.  He  evaded 
 the  Promife  of  the  Reftitution  of  Saumnr,  by  faying,  that  it 
 was  never  made,  but  in  cafe  there  had  been  no  War.  As  if, 
 though  that  had  been  true,  it  had  not  been  juftice  to  have  re- 
 ftor'd  the  City,  at  leaft  after  the  Peace  concluded.  He  thruft 
 in  by  head  and  fhoulders  an  Inve&ive  againft  Favas,  who  never 
 regarded  the  ruin  of  his  Party,  provided  he  could  make  himfelt 
 great.  He  intermix'd  the  Recital  of  the  Jealoufies  which  the 
 AfTemblies  apprehended  of  the  Authority  which  the  Duke  of 
 Rohan  and  his  Brother  went  about  to  ufurp.  He  evaded  the 
 reft  of  the  Complaints  after  various  manners ,  but  with  very 
 little  fincerity,  as  may  be  judg'd  by  the  foregoing  Examples. 
 As  to  the  Exercifes  not  being  re-eftablifh'd,  he  faid,  that  the 
 ProcefTes  were  depending  in  Council  ;  but  he  did  not  fay,  that 
 thence  arofe  the  occafion  of  complaining,  becaufe  thofe  Caufes 
 hung  undetermin  d  for  feveral  years  together.  He  pretended 
 that  Employments  were  conferfd  upon  the  Reformed  ;  but  hs 
 conceal'd,  that  that  was  only  done  to  draw  'em  off  from  the 
 Caufe  of  the  Churches  >  and  that  it  was  for  that  reafon  only 
 that  La  Farce  and  C 'ha/i H lion  had  been  made  Marfhals  of  France^ 
 and  Augufttu  GaUnd  a.  Counfellor  of  State.  He  averr'd  that 
 Teron  dy'd  of  an  Ulcer  in  the  Lungs ;  whereas  it  was  prov'd, 
 
 Difpute  a-  that  he  had  preach'd  in  his  Church  not  above  fifteen  days  before 
 
 bout  '/><•   he  dy'd. 
 
 fr  r?"  ^  *ame  "me  a  new  Difpute  ar°fe  about  the  PrivU 
 dieii?    leges  of  Rocklle*  of  which  I  have  fpoken  in  another  place.  I 
 
 lhall 
 
Book  IX.       EdiU  of  Nantes.  401 
 
 fhall  therefore  fay  no  more  here,  then  only  this,  that  the  Pre- 162  5-. 
 tenfions  of  that  City  to  their  Franchifes  were  10  folid,  and  fo 
 well  grounded,  that  all  the  Artifices  of  thofe  who  went  about 
 to  deprive  them  of 'em,  could  never  imagine  but  only  two  vain 
 Pretences.  The  one  was,  That  the  City  had  forfeited  their 
 Rights,  when  being  taken  by  the  Englijh,  it  was  re  taken  from 
 'em  :  The  other  was,  That  fhe  had  bin  depriv'd  of  her  Privi- 
 ledges  in  1^41.  by  Francis  I.  by  reafon  of  her  Rebellion.  But 
 to  the  firft  it  was  anfwer'd,  That  fhe  her  felf  had  bin  aflifting 
 to  reftore  her  felf  to  the  Dominion  of  the  French  :  That  fhe  had 
 fince  that  obtained  New  Conceflions  and  Grants,  befides  a  Con* 
 firmation  of  the  Old  ones;  that  Lewis  XI.  had  fworn  to  main- 
 tain her  in  her  Immunities;  and  that  it  was  paft  all  contradi- 
 ction that  (he  had  enjoy'd  'em  till  the  year  1 541.  becaufe  it  was 
 then  that  the  King  depriv'd  her  of  'em.  And  to  the  fecond 
 Pretence  it  was  reply'd,  That  Henry  II.  had  reftor'd  whatever 
 had  bin  taken  away  by  his  Father,  and  refettl'd  her  in  her  Pri- 
 viledges. 
 
 But  according  to  the  Cuftom  of  War,  no  fooner  were  the  Peace  dif- 
 Troubles  begun,  but  they  began  to  talk  of  Peace.    The  Court  cours'd 
 appear  d  inclinable  to  it,  becaufe  thofe  Negotiations  gave  her 
 always  an  opportunity  to  corrupt  fbme  body  or  other,  or  time 
 to  put  her  felf  into  a  condition  to  give  Laws.  Soubift  and  Rocbelk 
 fent  their  Deputies  to  the  King  >  and  though  the  Duke  of 
 Rohm  thought  it  more  proper  to  treat  in  any  other  place  then 
 at  the  Court,  he  was  conftrain'd,  that  he  might  appear  united 
 to  the  reft,  to  fend  his  Deputies  the  fame  way,  as  alfo  were 
 the  Corporations  that  had  adherd  to  him.    However,  in  re- 
 gard the  Council  fought  only  to  take  their  time,  and  to  prepare 
 a  favourable  opportunity  to  comp'eat  the  Ruin  of  the  Party, 
 the  Treaty  was  fpun  out  in  length,  and  A&s  of  Holfility  began 
 in  the  Upper  Lmguedoc.    Yet  Marfhal  de  Tkemims  was  norc>?/tiV  . 
 very  profperous  in  Albi^eois ;  but  when  be  enter'd  the  Provirce    the  Roy. 
 of  Foix,  his  Men,  with  others  that  join'd  him  there,  commit- 
 ted  fo  many  Cruelties,  that  the  Otholicks  thenyfeiVes  were 
 afbanrd  of  'em  :  So  that  thi;  fame  Barbarous  Army  having  fii- 
 ftain'd  great  Lofles  before  Mas  d' '4z,i/ ',  where  they  were  foi'c'd 
 to  raife  their  Siege  with  Ignominy,  feVeral  made  no  fcruple  to 
 
 look 
 
402  The  Hiflory  of  the         Vol.  IL 
 
 162 <;.  look  upon  the  Rout  of  the  Marfhal  as  a  Divine  Punilhment  of 
 Soubife    his  Violence s.    On  the  other  fide,  Soubifc  having  landed  in  the 
 profrcrt.    Countrey  of  Afedce  to   iverr  the  Enemy,  found  an  opportunity 
 to  perform  a  more  Ccnfiderable  Exploit.    For  a  Fleet  fet  out 
 to  engage  him,  and  reinfore'd  with  fome  Dutch  Ships,  oblig'd 
 him  to  put  to  Sea  agen,  in  order  to  meet  and  fight  that  Squa- 
 dron.   In  fhort,  The  Enemy  was  utterly  defeated  ;  and  in  re- 
 gard, that  fince  the  Enterprize  of  BUvet,  every  thing  had  fuc- 
 ceeded  according  to  his  wifh  •,  this  New  Advantage  gave  fb 
 much  reputation  to  his  Affai;s,  that  the  mod  Timorous  had 
 the  courage  to  declare  on  his  fide.    The  Court  alio  became 
 more  fupple  about  the  Conditions  of  Peace,  while  Rochtl  and 
 fome  other  Corporations  flood  more  ftiffly  upon  Terms. 
 a  Paper      The  Deputies  therefore  which  the  Reformed  had  fent  to  the 
 °ir,t*dRe~  King,  anc*  wno  nac*  fa'd  f°r  a  Peace  in  moft  humble  manner, 
 Relented  at  length  at  Fontawbleau  obtain'd  an  indifferent  Anfwer  to  the 
 to  the     Paper  which  they  had  prefented.    It  contain'd  one  and  twenty 
 K";g'      Articles,  the  firft  of  which  nam'd  three  and  forty  Places,  where- 
 in a  Re-eftablifhment  of  the  Exercife  was  demanded,  as  in  the 
 year  1620.    Nor  was  the  City  of  Foix  omitted  in  this  fame 
 Catalogue :  Whence  it  appear'd  that  the  Triumph  of  the  Monk 
 YiHate.  was  but  a  Chimera  ;  or  rather,  that  the  Pretence  had  not 
 been  of  any  long  continuance ;  fince  there  were  ftill  fome  of  the 
 Reformed  remaining  in  a  place,  where  the  Monk  had  boafted  his 
 Converftonoi  all  that  were  there.  Thefecond  demanded  the  Re- 
 ftitution  of  the  Church-yards  which  had  bin  taken  from  the  Re- 
 formed in  feveral  Places,  of  which  Eight  were  particularly 
 nam'd.    The  third  demanded  Liberty  for  the  Minifters  to  re- 
 fide  where  they  pleas'd,  according  to  the  General  and  Particu- 
 lar Articles  of  the  Edict.   The  Fourth  concernd  the  Exemption 
 deny'd  from  contributing  toward  the  Reparation  of  Churches, 
 and  fome  other  things  that  favour'd  of  Compliance  with  the  Re- 
 man Worfbip.    The  Fifth  contain'd  a  Complaint,  that  fre- 
 quently the  bodies  of  the  Reformed  were  digg'd  up  agen,  un- 
 der pretence  that  they  were  buried  in  Catholic  Chappels  or 
 Church-yards.    Of  which  there  was  a  frefh  Example  at  Char- 
 tres.    For  the  BiQiophjd  order'd  the  Body  of  7eZ#*/,  a  Gen- 
 tleman whofe  Land  lay  in  that  Diocefs,  to  be  haul'd  out  of  his 
 
 Tomb ; 
 
Book  IX.       EdiU  of  Nantes.  4 
 
 Tomb  ;  and  the  pretence  of  this  Piece  of  Inhumanity  exercise!  i 
 upon  the  Body  of  that  Gentleman,  eight  days  after  it  had  bin 
 buried,  was,  becaufe  it  was  buried  in  the  Chappel  of  hisHoufe. 
 The  fame  Article  contain'd  Complaints  of  the  demolifliing 
 of  fome  Churches,  of  woich  they  gave  for  an  example  the  pul- 
 ling down  the  Church  which  the  Reformed  had  at  CheiUr. 
 They  complain'd  alfo  of  thebanifhing  of  feveral  perfons,  who 
 had  bin  driven  out  of  feveral  Cities,  for  no  other  reafon,  but 
 upon  the  fcore  of  Religion  ;  and  among  the  reft  of  the  places 
 where  thele  Exorbitancies  had  bin  commxttzdj'illemtir  ,Leitourey 
 Pntmirol,  and  Soumieres  were  particulariz'd.  The  fixth  ex- 
 prefs'd  the  demolifhing  of  Fort  Lewis  ^  and  the  next,  the  level- 
 ling of  the  Citadel  of  Mompe/ier,  which  the  Inhabitants  had  bin 
 conftrain'd  to  demand.  The  eighth  infilled  upon  theBreif  in 
 1598.  touching  places  of  fecurity,  the  purport  of  which  was, 
 that  there  fhould  be  no  Innovation  introduc'd.  The  ninth 
 mention'd  the  City  Tolls,  which  had  been  very  ill  paid  ;  and 
 the  tenth  demanded,  that  the  Sums  promis'd  to  the  Reformed 
 of  Beam,  in  recompence  of  Ecclefiaftical  Eftates,  might  be  paid 
 without  any  defalcation  or  diminution.  The  following  Article 
 fpokeof  the  Decree  of  the  Parlament  of  Bretagne,  which  had 
 broken  the  Article  of  the  EdicT:  wherein  the  Reformed  were 
 declared  capable  of  all  Employments  :  they  therefore  de- 
 manded the  Decree  to  be  cancell'd,  and  the  Article  to  be  con- 
 firm^. The  twelfth  was  drawn  up  in  favour  of  the  Party- 
 Chambers,  and  of  the  O  Peers  that  compos:d  em.  In  the  reft 
 it  was  demanded,  That  the  Reformed  who  had  bin  defpoiPd  of 
 their  Goods  and  Eftates,  by  Grants,  Confifcations,  or  under  pre 
 tence  of  Reprizals,  fhould  be  reftor'd  to  the  fame  ;  that  Acts 
 of  Hoftility  fhould  be  forgotten ;  that  the  Declaration  pub- 
 lifh'd  before  Mompelkr,  might  be  regifter'd  in  the  Chamber  of 
 Accompts  in  Paris  ;  that  they  who  had  taken  Arms  in  1611. 
 might  bedifcharg'd  of  Taxes  laid  upon 'cm  during  the  Trou- 
 bles ;  and  that  the  Receivers  who  had  causM  'em  to  be  paid, 
 might  be  oblig'd  to  reftitution  of  whatth.y  had  receiv'd  ;  that 
 they  might  not  be  fu'd  in  the  Courts  of  Juftice  for  what  had  bin 
 done  to  the  prejudice  of  the  Duke  <  f  Rohan  s  fafe  Conduces 
 which  he  had  revok'd  ;  that  the  Privileges  of  the  Reformed. 
 
 Cities> 
 
404  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol  II. 
 
 1625.  Cities  and  Corporations,  principally  regarding  the  Election  of 
 their  Confute  and  Common  Councils,  might  be  preferv'd ;  that 
 each  Party  might  be  reciprocally  difcharg'd  from  payment  of 
 Debts  created  without  the  confent  of  the  other;  that  thole  of 
 the  Reformed  might  be  equally  fliar'd  ;  and  laftly,  that  they 
 might  be  permitted  to  hold  General  AiTemblies. 
 t0  The  Anfwers  return'd  to  this  Paper  were  favourable  enough. 
 their  pa-  Tfaey  ^ferfd  the  re-eitablifhment  of  places  forExercife3and  the 
 reftitution  of  Church-yards  to  the  CommiiTioners  ;  and  that, 
 in  terms  earnelt  enough,  and  fuch  as  might  have  prov'd  fatisfa- 
 clory,  had  thofe  Promifes  bin  fincerely  fulfill'd.  Principally, 
 there  was  one  remarkable  Claufe  about  Church-yards  to  this 
 purpofe,  that  if  for  important  Reafons  they  could  not  reftore 
 to  the  Reformed  the  fame  places  which  they  had  made  ufe  of 
 in  1620.  others  fhould  be  deliver'd  to 'em,  as  commodious  as 
 they  could  defire,  at  the  charges  of  tnofe  that  fbould  require 
 the  exchange.  This  fet  things  very  near  upon  the  Bads  of  the 
 ancient  Article  of  Particulars,  and  loft  the  Advocate  General 
 Ta/on,  the  fruit  of  that  Fraud  which  he  pretended  to  have  dif- 
 covcr'd,  and  which  for  twenty  years  together  had  ferv'd  for  a 
 Foundation  to  the  Orders  of  the  Commiflioners.  The  liberty 
 for  the  Minifters  to  ri  fide  where  they  pleas'd  was  confirm'd, 
 and  the  King  referv'd  to  his  Council  the  power  upon  hearing 
 of  the  Caufe,  to  remedy  fuch  Infringements  as  fhould  be  com- 
 plainM  of.  The  Exemption  from  contributing  to  things  men- 
 tion'd  in  the  twelfth  Article  of  Particulars  was  granted,  only 
 with  the  exception  of  Treaties  that  had  bin  made  upon  that  oc- 
 cafion  between  the  Reformed  and  the  Catholics.  They  anfwer'd 
 indire<ftly  to  the  Article  about  digging  up  the  Bodies  of  the 
 dead,  upon  which  the  Demandants  were  referr  d  to  the  18th 
 and  2  3d  Article  of  the  Edicl;,and  to  the  Decree  of  Council  of  the 
 25th  of  Auonjl  1620.  But  it  was  order'd  that  the  Council  fhould 
 beinform'dof  the  demolifhing  of  Churches;  that  the  banifh'd 
 perfons  fhould  be  reftor'd  ;  and  that  the  bufinefs  of  Chdlar, 
 tho  remov'd  to  the  Council,  fhould  be  fent  back  to  the  Party- 
 Chamber,  which  was  tranflated  to  Beziers  by  rtafon  of  the 
 Troubles.  The  demolifhing  of  Fort  Lewis,  and  the  obfervance 
 of  the  Brevet  of  1598.  were  promis'd  in  general  terms,  provi- 
 
Book  IX.        Edtft  of  Nantes. 
 
 ded  the  Reformed  behav'd  themfelves  well.    As  for  the  Cita- 
 del of  Mompdier,  they  were  willing  to  believe  that  the  Inhabi- 
 tants had  demanded  it  freely  and  unanimoufly.    The  King  alfo 
 .j'd,  that  the  Sums  due  for  162}  and  24  fhould  be 
 paid,  to  grant  good  AlTignations  for  the  prefent  year,  and  to 
 make  good  the  Compenlation  in  Btxrn.    The  admiffion  of  the 
 Reformed  into  all  Offices,  the  prefervation  of  the  Jurifdiclion 
 of  the  Chambers,  and  of  the  Dignity  of  their  Oncers ;  the 
 refetttement  of  the  Reformed  in  their  Eftates ;  the  AcTof  Ob- 
 l.vion  of  all  A  els  of  Hoftility  \  the  regiftring  of  the  Declara- 
 tion of  Momptlttr,  were  all  fo many  Articles  granted.    The  dif- 
 charge  from  Taxes  laid  during  the  Troubles,  was  granted  to 
 thole  only  who  had  taken  Arms  in  1611.  for  as  much  as  was 
 frill  due,  without  reftitution  of  what  they  had  paid.    The  Ci- 
 ties hat  (till  were  held  by  the  Reformed  had  their  Piivi'edges 
 confirm'd  ;.  and  if  any  Cafe  of  Appeal  happen'd  about  the  Ele- 
 ction of  Officers,  the  cognizance  of  it  was  referr*d  to  the 
 Chambers.    The  Article  about  fafe  Conducts  was  granted. 
 That,  cbr  ut  the  reciprocal  difcharge  of  Debts  created  by  one 
 Party  without  the  content  of  the  other,  was  paft  for  fuch  as 
 were  not  yet  paid  :  only  the  King  referv'd  to  himfelf  the  equa- 
 lizing thefhare  of  the  particular  Debts  of  the  Reformed  ,•  and 
 promis'd  to  permit  a  General  AiTembly  if  they  defir'd  it,  when 
 the  time  was  come  for  electing  the  General  Deputies. 
 
 Thefe  Anfwers  being  difpatch't  into  the  Provinces,  met  not  ^r 
 with  minds  difpos  d  to  be  fatisfi'd  therewith.  Their  great  Sue- 
 cedes  had  dazl'd  almoft  all  the  world;  and  they  who  had  ' 
 caus  d  themltlves  mod:  earneftly  to  be  entreated  to  quit  their  O- 
 bedience,  were  moft  backward  in  laying  down  thofe  Arms  to 
 which  they  had  betaken  themfelves  with  fo  much  reluclancy  : 
 fo  that  almoft  all  the  Corporations  refus'd  the  Anfwers  as  d'ifc 
 fatisfaclory.  More  efpecially,  Rochel  would  have  Fort  Lewis 
 demolifh'd  before  all  things,  and  would  not  hear  of  Peace  till 
 that  were  done.  But  the  Duke  of  Rth.tn,  who  was  afraid  of 
 fome  Back-blow  of  Fortune,  and  who  was  denrous  to  make 
 the  beft  of  the  prefent  condition  of  Affairs,  labour'd  for  an  Ac- 
 commodation with  all  his  might.  And  in  regard  that  for  the 
 obtaining  in  grofs,  what  he  could  not  obtain  by  piece-meal,  he 
 
 O  o  0  was 
 
406  The  Hiflory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1615.  was  conltrain'd  to  fummon  an  Affembly  at  Andufi,  where  he 
 caus'd  the  War  to  be  refolv'd  upon  ,  he  fummon'd  another  at 
 Milhm,  to  perfuade  'em  to  accept  of  Peace.    But  while  the 
 time  was  fptnt  in  Journies  backward  and  forward,  the  Court 
 had  leifure  to  recover  their  Affairs  into  a  better  pofture.  She 
 The  cotirt  fow'd  Sufpicions  and  Jealoufies  among  the  Reformed,  and  rais'd 
 r'cwerJ.    up  a  Party  ftrong  enough  againft  the  Duke  of  Rohan  and  his 
 er  Affairs.  t0  infinite  idle  Fears,  as  if  they  intended  to  patch  up 
 
 an  Accommodation  to  the  prejudice  of  the  common  Caule. 
 She  debauch' d  fomeof  So:ib':fis'>s  principal  Officers,  and  among 
 the  reft  his  Vice- Admiral  ;  and  being  ftrengthen  d  with  fbme 
 Men  of  War  with  which  England,  and  the  United  Provinces  fup- 
 pli'd  her,  (lie  repair'd  her  Lodes,  and  found  a  way  to  expel  Sou- 
 life  out  of  the  Iflands  of  Oleron  and  Re,  to  cut  in  pieces  his 
 Land-Army,  and  fcatter  his  Fleet  at  Sea.  The  Mayor  of  Ro- 
 che! alfo  was  fufpe&ed  to  have  betray'd  the  Party  ;  for  that  hi- 
 ving hinder'd  Seven  or  eight  hunder'd  Gentlemen  and  other 
 Soldiers  to  pafs  over  into  the  Ifle  of  Re,  under  preteuce  that 
 they  might  get  over  more  eafily  with  the  morning  tide,  he 
 gave  the  King's  Veffels  leifure  to  fdze  the  Channel  that  fepsfc 
 rates  the  Ifland  from  theContinent :  fb  that  Sv^bife  w  s  depriv'd 
 of  that  Succor  which  might  have  prevented  the  defeat  of  his 
 men. 
 
 ah  jfem.  The  Clergy  was  then  alTembl'd  at  Pan's,  whither  every  Dio- 
 r'^r:>:e  cefs  had  fent  a  greater  number  of  Deputies  then  was  permit- 
 ®"  ted  by  the  Regulations.  The  reafon  of  this  Innovation  was, 
 becaufe  there  were  certain  Books  to  be  examin'd,  of  which  a 
 Cenfure  was  demanded,  in  regard  they  contain  d  a  Do&rine 
 prejudicial  to  the  King's  Authority.  But  in  regard  that  at  the 
 fame  time  the  Pope's  power  was  call'd  in  tjueftion,  the  Clergy, 
 much  more  zealous  to  fupport  that,  then  to  perform  their  du- 
 ty, were  defirous  to  augment  the  number  of  voices,  that  they 
 might  be  able  to  oppole  thofe  who  had  really  French  hearts. 
 The  Bifhop  of  Chartres  alfo,  being  entrufted  and  enjoin'd  by 
 the  Affembly  to  write  the  Cenfure  upon  thofe  Books,  was  difc 
 own'd  by  the  reft  of  the  Clergy,  becaufe  he  was  not  fo  officious 
 as  others  to  the  See  of  Rome.  TheParlament  fided  with  the 
 Bilhop,  and  enjoin'd  the  Aflembly  either  to  fubfcribe  the  Ceo- 
 
Book  IX.        Edift  of  Nantes.  407 
 
 lure  of  thofe  pernicious  Books,  or  to  break  up.  But  theCler-  1625. 
 gy  relus'd  to  obey  that  De;ree  ;  and  to  allay  the  Cornell,  the 
 King  lummon'd  the  Affair  before  himlelf  and  his  Council ; 
 contenting  himfelf  with  a  general  Cenfure  of  thofe  Books, 
 without  entring  into  the  Particulars  of  the  pernicious  Propofiti- 
 ons  which  they  contain'd.  The  Nuncio  appear'd  very  hot  in 
 this  Affair ;  caus'd  an  Extract  of  the  difowning  the  Bifhop's 
 Cenfure  to  be  deli ver'd  to  him,  and  lent  it  to  Rome,  where  they 
 were  extremely  fatisfi'd  with  this  perfevcrance  of  the  Clergy 
 in  their  accuftom'd  Prevarications  5  for  which  the  Pope  return'd 
 'em  thanks  in  a  mcft  obliging  manner.  But  the  Clergy  for  all 
 ih is,  could  not  chute  but  be  afham'd  of  their  own  Behaviour, 
 and  ordcr'd  by  a  private  A£t  that  the  remembrance  of  that  dis- 
 pute fhouid  be  ftifl'd.  Neverthelefs  that  Precaution  could  not 
 deface  it ;  and  the  Expedient  it  felf  which  they  had  made  choice 
 of  to  caufe  it  to  be  forgotten,  ferv'd  only  to  prelerve  the  memo- 
 ry of  it. 
 
 The  Cardinal,  during  whofe  Miniftry  the  Clergy  was  very  They  give 
 powerful,  and  very  much  refpe&ed,  was  not  yet  lo  well  fettl'd  ^"-J™^ 
 in  the  Government,  as  openly  to  difpleafe  the  Court  of  Rome  ; 
 and  befides  he  was  defirous  to  milk  from  the  Clergy  a  more 
 then  ordinary  Sum,  under  pretence  of  the  War.  But  allthefe 
 Complacencies  could  not  obtain  above  Six  hunder'd  thouGnd 
 Crowns ;  which  the  Clergy  did  not  give  neither,  without  fbme 
 Teftimonies  that  they  were  loth  to  part  with  it.  In  the  mean 
 time  the  King  wrote  to  the  Aflembly,  after  the  defeat  of  Sou- 
 b/fe,  to  let'em  underftand  the  good  news  of  his  Viftory  ;  and 
 to  the  end  they  might  not  be  ignorant  that  Religion  was  the 
 caufe  of  the  War,  whatever  AlTurances  he  gave  hisProteftant 
 Allies  and  Reformed  Subjects  to  the  contrary,  he  told  'em  ex- 
 prefly  in  his  Letters,  that  by  the  Rout  of  Soubife,  Truth  had 
 triumph' d  over  Falfhood.  But  then  the  Victors  might  lay  what 
 they  pleas'd  without  any  danger.  For  the  Reformed,  ftunn'd 
 with  this  Revolution,  thought  of  nothing  but  fubmitting  them- 
 felves ;  and  the  Aflembly  of  Milhau,  upon  the  firft  of  Auguft, 
 drew  up  an  acceptance  of  the  Anfwers  to  the  Papers  decreed 
 at  Fontainbltau.  And  in  purfuance  of  this,  lent  away  their 
 Deputies  to  the  King  with  their  Submiflions ;  who  made  their 
 O  o  o  2  AddrelTes 
 
4°8  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 16:5.  AddrefTes  to  him  the  21ft  of  the  month,  and  in  moft  humble 
 
 The  King  terrns  befought  him  for  Rochel.  To  which  the  King's  Anfwer 
 Rochel  was»  That  he  granted  a  general  Peace  to  all  thofe  who  had  ta- 
 out  of  the  ken  Arms ;  but  he  added  thefe  words,  For  Rochel  'tis  another 
 P:  ue-  thing. 
 
 Thi-  excepting  of  Rochel,  fufpended  the  conckihon  of  the 
 tards  the  Treatv  ;  for  that  the  Deputies  of  the  AlTembly  at  Milhm  had 
 condufm  not  p0xver  t0  accept  of  Peace,  bat  upon  condition  that  Rochel 
 were  included.    Which  Union  of  Interefts  was  ill  relented  at 
 Court,  where  it  was  told  the  Deputies,  to  fright  em  into  a  Dil- 
 union,  that  their  flicking  fb  clofe  one  to  another  tended  to 
 Faction.    However  they  wanted  not  Reafons  to  have  juftifi'd 
 themfelves,  had  the  Court  defign'd  to  have  us'd  'em  favourably. 
 For  they  repli'd,  That  there  was  nothing  of  Novelty  in  the 
 Union;  thac  til!  then  the  King  had  never  dilapprov'd  it ;  that 
 they  had  bin  always  join'd  together  in  their  Deputations, in  their 
 Submiifions,  in  their  Petitions,  in  their  Papers,  which  they  had 
 always  prefented  to  the  King  in  Union  one  with  another.  That 
 by  the  Anfwer  to  Article  VIII.  of  the  laft  Papers,  it  was  pro- 
 mis'd  there  fhould  be  no  Innovation  in  the  Cities  held  by  the  Pro- 
 reftants ;  which  would  be  no  more  then  a  delufion,if  Rochel  were 
 excluded  :  That  the  Edicts  of  Peace  had  bin  general  hitherto,and 
 accepted  in  common,  without  any  relenting  the  Union  of  Inte- 
 refts. That  the  acceptance  of  the  Peace  without  Rochel, would  be 
 anex;  rels  condemnation  of  that  City;which  would  be  an  A&icn 
 highly  Icandaloui  among  People  of  the  fame  Religion  ;  fa 
 much  the  rather,becau:eft^.  /  was  refolv'd  to  fubmir.  "I  hat  if  the 
 reft  of  the  Reformed  abandon'd  Rochel  to  the  King's  Indigna- 
 tion, People  would  be  afraid  that  their  general  deflruQion  was 
 to  be  begun  with  the  particular  ruine  of  that  City  ;  feeingthat 
 the  Clergy,  the  Parlaments,  and  the  principal  Peribns  of  the 
 Kingdom  difcours'd  openly  of  extirpating  Hm/r,  and  of  begin- 
 ning with  Rochel;  which  was  confirm'd  by  the  printed  Pam- 
 phlets that  were  publicly  fold  in  Paris, 
 parthu-       buc  t|le  fame  Reafons  which  made  the  Reformed  judge,  that 
 ^hicbThe  their  Union  with  Rachel  was  juft  and  necelfary,  were  the  very 
 King  would  Reafons  that  obi ig'd  the  Court  to  endeavour  the  difTolution  of 
 ,mpo/e  upon -lt    por  the  ruine  of  that  formidable  City  was  fworn;  and 
 
 thttQUy,  tlle 
 
Book  IX.      EdiU  of  Nantes.  409 
 
 the  Cardinal,  who  was  defirous  to  fignalize  himfelf  by  great  i6i£. 
 tilings,  thought  it  an  Enterprize  worthy  himfelf.  So  that 
 there  was  nothing  liften'd  to,  of  what  was  fpoken  in  favour  of 
 tha  City,  whofe  Deftiny  w^s  vow'd.  Neverthelels,  (he  was 
 as  much  altonifh'd  as  the  reft  at  tyubifes's  Defeat  ;  and  falling 
 of  a  fuddain  Ircm  a  Refblution  a  litt'e  too  haughty,  into 
 mod  profound  Submiltiohs,  fhe  relblv'd  to  beg  with  humility 
 that  Peace*  which  Ihe  had  rcfus'd  with  difdain.  Her  Deputies 
 came  and  tinew  themfelves  at  the  Kings  Feet,  and  befought 
 his  Pardon  in  mod  fubrniflive  terms.  But  the  King  anfwer'd  'em 
 like  a  M after,  that  rcfolv'd  to  make  his  Pardon  his  Punifhment, 
 and  reduce 'em  by  the  Peace  into  a  worfe  Condition  then  the  Ca- 
 lamities of  an  Unfortunate  War  could  e:re  have  brought  'em. 
 The  Cha  cellor  therefore,  to  whom  the  King  referr'd  em,  im- 
 pos'd  there  Conditions  upon 'em.  That  the  Council  and  Go- 
 vern.nenr  of  the  City  fhould  be  in  the  fame  Condition  as  it  was 
 in  i6 10.  That  they  fhould  admit  an  Intendant  of  Juftice  ; 
 That  the  Fortifications  fhould  be  demolifh'd.  That  the  King 
 fhould  be  admitted  with  refpeel,  whenever  he  pleas'd  to  enter. 
 That  they  fhould  have  no  Men  of  War,  and  that  Merchants  Ships 
 fhould  take  their  Pafles  from  the  Admiral  of  France.  That  they 
 fhould  reltore  to  the  Ecclcfiafrics  their  Goods  and  Eftates  :  And 
 that  certain  Wagons  and  Merchandife  which  belong'd  to  the 
 Inhibitants  of  Or/eaucey  and  which  the  Rochdois  had  feiz'd, 
 fhould  be  reftor'd.  Uponthefe  Conditions  they  were  promis'd 
 to  be  comprehended  in  all  the  Priviledges  of  the  Edift. 
 
 'Twas  a  fbwre  piece  of  Condefcention  to  fubmit  to  fuch  fe- 
 vere  and  rigorous  La\\  s;  nor  could  they  tell  how  to  mollify 
 the  VicTor  into  more  eaue  moderation.  In  vain  the  General 
 Deputies  interceded  for  Rocbtlk  in  the  name  of  all  the  Churches. 
 However  M'tnhU  took  upon  him  to  fpake,  and  made  a  moft 
 moving  and  pafTionate  Speech  to  the  King  ;  wherein  he  made 
 a  lively  defcription  of  the  Mifery  of  the  Rochellou  ;  he  excus'd 
 their  taking  Armsasdone  out  of  necefTity  :  Which  neverthelefs 
 he  cone'emn'd  with  ExpreTions  full  of  execration ,  whatever 
 t\\z  Pretence  were  with  which  it  was  cover'd.  He  faid,  that 
 the  R>chi:L  is  were  come  to  accufe  themfelves,  and  fue  for  mer- 
 cy. He  Dclought  the  King  to  grant  'em  Peace,  not  as  Enemies% 
 
 fubdu'di 
 
41  o  The  Hifloryof  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1615.  fubdu'd  by  the  Swo'd  ;  buc  as  S  ibjects,  with  the  moderation  of 
 his  Sceptre.    He  added,  that  without  Liberty,  they  would  not 
 be  Subjects,  but  Slaves.    Concluding,  he  implorM  pnrdon 
 with  promifeof  fubmiflion,  and  of fervituik  alfb,  if  the  King's 
 fatisfa&ion  and  the  good  of  his  fervice  depended  upon  ir.  But 
 all  this  was  to  nopurpofe:  The  King  was  refblv'd  that  Rochelle 
 fhould  be  excepted  out  of  the  General  Peace,  and  that  flie 
 fhould  fubmit  to  particular  Laws. 
 si  powerful     In  the  mean  time  there  was  a  League  concluded  Between  the 
 gatft      King  of  England,  the  Republic  of  Venice,  the  Duke  of  Savoy, 
 Spain.     and  the  States  of  the  United  Provinces ,  in  Conjunction  wirh 
 Frj»ce,againft  Spain,  which  kept  almoftall  Italy  under  the  Yoke, 
 and  was  fairly  preparing  to  deprive  her  of  the  remainder  of  her 
 Liberty.    Thefe  Confederates  were  very  urgent  with  Cardinal 
 Richiieu  to  haften  Peace  with  the  Reformed,  to  the  end  they 
 might  a£l  unanimoufly  againft  the  Common  Enemy.  '  ris  true, 
 that  Minilfer  had  it  deep  laid  in  his  thoughts  to  humble  Spain, 
 but  he  thought  that  the  firft  ftep  which  he  was  to  take  to  that 
 end,  was  to  enflave  France,  and  by  that  means  to  bereave 
 Foreigners  of  Opportunities  to  renew  the  Civil  Wars.  To 
 The  cay.  that  end ,  he  judg'd  it  neceflary  firft  to  ruin  the  Reformed, 
 dinars De-  who  were  ftill  ftrong  enough  by  their  Union  to  fupport  a  Party 
 ^sns'       of  Malecontents.    And  therefore  he  refblv'd  to  begin  with  Ro- 
 che/It; after  the  reducing  of  which,  he  did  not  exped  to  meet 
 with  much  mere  Refinance  in  the  Kingdom.    Nor  did  France 
 want  Perfons  who  were  (harp- fighted  enough  to  penetrate  the 
 Cardinal's  Defign:  But  their  forefight  did  not  hinder  em  for 
 all  that,  from  contributing  to  their  own  Servitude.  They  well 
 perceiv'd,  that  in  opprefling  the  Reformed  rhey  made  Fetters 
 for  themf  Ives ;  but  every  one  was  in  hopes  to  make  his  For- 
 tune by  the  Public  Mifery.    This  was  that  which  made  the 
 Cardinal  fb  obftinate  to  except  Rocbd  out  of  the  general  Peace, 
 to  the  end  he  might  feparate  it  from  the  reft  of  the  Reformed, 
 and  deftroy  it  with  more  eafe. 
 of  which      But  two  things  conftrain'd  him  to  furceafe  this  Great  Defign. 
 hen  fared  The  one  was,  That  the  Spinia>ds  waited  the  Succefs  of  thefe 
 'tiJfxccu-  Confufions,  that  they  might  take  their  own  Methods;  that 
 urn.       they  treated  with  the  Duke  of  P.ohan  to  accept  of  their  Service ; 
 
Book  IX.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  41 1 
 
 that  the  Duke  had  fent  Campredon  into  Spainy  to  make  himfelf  1625. 
 the  more  confiderable  by  their  Succour  ;  that  the  Conjuncture 
 of  Affairs  render'd  the  Spaniards  more  ftifF;  and  authoriz'd  the 
 fpinning  cut  a  Treaty  begun  with  'em,  about  thofe  things  which 
 had  kindl'd  the  War  in  ttsft.    The  other  was,  That  Powerful 
 Cabals  were  forming  againft  him  to  remove  him  from  the  Mi- 
 niftry.    He  faw  the  chiefeft  part  of  all  that  was  great  at  Court 
 in  Combination  againft  him  ;  and  rightly  judg'd  that  he  fhould 
 have  too  many  Factions  to  employ  his  Wits,  without  taking 
 upon  himfelt  the  management  of  two  Wars  at  once,  the  one 
 Domeftic,  the  other  Civil.  He  refblv'd  therefore  to  put  an  end 
 both  to  the  one,  and  the  other  ;  with  a  refblution  to  fet  a-foot 
 the  Civil  War  agen,  fb  fbon  as  the  Confpiracies  againft  his  Au- 
 thority would  give  him  leifure ;  and  to  apply  himfelf  to  the  Fo- 
 reign War  fb  foon  as  he  had  ftifl'd  the  Seeds  from  whence  Do- 
 mefticTroubles  might  again  fpring  up.  For  the  firft,he  madeufe  rte  Eng- 
 of  the  continued  Importunities  of  Holland  and  Carleton  to  induce 
 him  to  ufe  the  Reformed  with  lefs  feverity,  to  the  end  he  might  ;^/«- 
 be  more  at  liberty  to  carry  on  the  Foreign  War.    On  the  other  for 
 fide ,  thole  EmbafTadors  prefs'd  the  Reformed  to  accept  the  J/'^Re- 
 Peace  upon  the  Conditions  that  were  offered  'em  ;  and  aflur'd 
 'em  that  the  King  their  Mafter  would  be  Guaranty  for  the  per-  1616. 
 formance  of  thole  that  were  promis'd  'em.    Particularly,  they 
 promis'd  Rocbr/le,  that  the  King  of  England  would  fb  earneftly 
 roilicit  the  Demoli/hing  of  Tort  Lewis ,  and  fb  moderate  the 
 Hard  Conditions  that  were  impos'd  upon 'em,  that  he  queftion'd 
 not  but  to  bring  it  to  pafs.    They  farther  told  'em,  that  the 
 King  of  France  had  given  'em  his  Word  to  demolifh  the  Fort 
 in  convenient  time,  upon  Condition  that  Rochtlfe  returned  to 
 her  Duty. 
 
 Thefe  Sollicitations  and  Promifes  made  Rochelle  at  length  Rocheile 
 determin  to  humble  her  felf :  And  the  reft  of  the  Cities,  as  ""Q"  thi 
 Montaubm,  Caflres,  Nimes,  Vfez,  which  had  not  refus'd  the /ZtZZ* 
 Peace,  but  only  becaule  Hie  flood  out ,  follow'd  her  Example,  mollify  d. 
 fb  foon  as  fhe  had  accepted  it.  Thereupon  it  was  concluded  the 
 1 6th  of  February.    However,  all  that  was  alter'd  in  the  Laws 
 impos'd  upon  RwW/ewas,  that  the  Second  Article,  which 
 mention  d  the  fettling  an  Intendant  of  Juftice  in  that  City, 
 
 was 
 
412  The  Hijiory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1626.  was  exprefs'd  in  thefe  Terms,  That  they  fhould  admit  Com- 
 miflioners  to  fee  the  Peace  perforrnd,  who  might  refuie  there 
 as  long  as  they  plea'd.  There  was  nothing  (aid  either  of  the 
 Fourth,  which  imported  that  the  King  fhould  be  admitted 
 whenever  he  pleas'd  to  enter ;  or  of  the  Seventh,  which  con- 
 cern'd  the  Intereft  of  certain  Merchants  of  Orkance  :  But  they 
 put  inftead  of  them,  the  Reftoration  of  the  Catholic  Religion 
 in  the  full  Liberty  of  its  Exercifes  j  and  a  Declaration  that  Fort 
 Lewis  could  not  be  raz'd  ;  but  that  fuch  Order  fhould  be  given 
 to  theGarifbn,and  totheGarifbnsof  the!  Hands  of  Re  and  Okrony 
 that  the  Trade  of  the  City  fhould  be  no  way  prejudic'd.  In- 
 ftead of  demolifhing  the  Fortifications  which  had  been  decree'd 
 at  firft  in  General  Terms,  nothing  more  was  requir  d  then  the 
 demolifhing  the  Fort  de  Taden  :  And  to  foften  the  Article  which 
 enjoin'd  the  Merchants  Veffeis  to  take  Paffes  from  the  Admirals 
 of  France,  'twas  only  ordain'd  that  they  fhould  obferve  the  Laws 
 of  Traffic,  without  prejudice  to  their  Priv Hedges. 
 
 There  was  an  Aft:  of  thefe  Articles  drawn  up,  at  the  bottom 
 of  which  was  a  Promife  that  the  Reformed  fhould  enjoy  the  be- 
 nefit of  the  Anfwers  return'd  to  their  Papers  at  tont&inhlttiuy  in 
 July  1621  ;  provided  that  on  their  part,  they  fetlcd  things  in 
 the  fame  condition  as  they  were  in  at  the  fame  tim j  B  it  or 
 fear,  left  Rochelk  fhould  take  any  advantage  of  this  Pro  ife, 
 that  City  was  exprefsly  excepted  :  And  it  was  declared  .  That 
 the  King  did  not  thereby  engage  himfelf  to  any  other  Favour 
 then  what  was  mention'd  in  the  AcT  which  went  before.  The 
 Deputies  of  the  Reformed  had  fign'd  in  that  Place.  But  un- 
 derneath there  was  yet  a  third  Aft/ign'd  by  the  (aid  Deputies  as 
 well  in  their  own,as  in  the  name  of  theDeputies,from  the  Dukes 
 bf  Rohan  and  Soubife,  of  Langtiedoc ,  Roche lie ,  Mont.tuban,  Ca- 
 fires,  Nimes,  Vfez,,  M.'lhsu,  and  Cevents,  wherein  they  prote- 
 fted  that  they  had  befbught  the  King  with  all  the  duty  and 
 moft  humble  fubmifTions  that  Subjects  could  pay  to  their  Sove- 
 raign,  to  pardon  what  was  pair,  and  to  grant  em  Peace  ;  with 
 a  promife  of  great  Fidelity  for  the  future,  from  which  they 
 would  never  fwcrve ;  and  Offers  of  all  manner  of  Services :  All 
 which  the  King  had  gracioufly  harken'd  to,  and  upon  which  he 
 had  given  his  Royal  Word  for  Peace,  and  the  obfervance  of  the 
 
 Anfwers 
 
Book  IX.       EdiSt  of  Nantes,  413 
 
 Anfwers  return'd  to  the  Paper  deliverd  at  Fontainbleau.  Out  1626. 
 of  which  however  he  had  excepted  Rocbelle,  in  reference  to 
 which  he  had  declar'd  his  Will ;  and  which,they  faid,they  accep- 
 ted as  the  mod  fignal  Mark  of  Clemency  and  Goodnefs  that  Sub- 
 jects could  receive  from  a  Soveraign  ;  and  they  promis'd  to 
 ftand  to  it  inviolably,  and  to  caufe  the  Places  taken  fince  July 
 laft  to  be  furrender'd. 
 
 The  Court,  although  they  defir'd  Peace  with  an  extraordinary  why  the 
 Paflion,  exacted  thefe  Submiflions,  to  make  the  Reformed  own  Court  ex- 
 that  they  were  in  the  wrong  to  levy  War  ;  and  that  they  might 
 take  advantage  of  their  own  Confetfions,  if  any  new  Quarrels 
 brake  forth.    And  the  Reformed ,  who  were  not  ignorant  of 
 the  Court-Politics,  paft  thefe  Infamous  Acts ,  either  becaufe 
 they  had  bin  wrought  over,  or  becaufe  they  found  they  lay  at 
 the  mercy  of  the  Court,  as  the  Duke  of  Rohan  forefaw; 
 or  elfe  becaufe  they  were  in  hopes  of  obtaining  greater  Favours 
 by  thefe  Extraordinary  Submiflions  \  or  laftly,  in  compliance 
 with  thofe  who  could  not  like  it,  that  Subjects  fhould  take  Arms 
 againft  their  Prince  upon  any  Occafion  whatever.   However,  to 
 aflure  themfelves  of  the  King  of  EnglantCs  Protection,  whom^MV 
 they  believ'd  to  be  Guarantee  of  the  Peace,  they  drew  up  an  Act 
 fign'd  by  the  Embafiadors,  and  dated  Feb.  1 1.  wherein  they  de-  England' 
 clar'd,  that  the  Razing  of  Fort-Lewi*  was  promis'd  in  time  con- 
 venient, provided  the  Rochelois  return'd  to  their  duty ;  and  that 
 without  that  Promife  neither  Rochel  would  have  accepted  the 
 Peace,  neither  would  the  Reformed  have  relinquifh'd  thofe 
 things  which  the  Inftances  of  the  King  of  England  made  'em 
 relinquifh ;  by  reafbn  of  which  they  put  'em  in  hopes  of  a 
 powerful  Interceffion  on  his  part,  that  they  might  have  fatisfa- 
 ction  givn  'em.    This  Paper  was  ill  drawn  up;  nor  did  it 
 clearly  exprefs  the  Guarantie  of  which  the  King  of  England 
 boafled.    Neverthelefs,  it  cannot  be  deni'd  ,  but  that  it  mutt 
 have  oblig'd  that  Prince  either  to  have  dilowud  his  EmbaflTadors, 
 or  elfe  to  take  care  that  what  was  granted  the  Reformed  fhould 
 be  faithfully  perform'd  5  fince  he  acknowledge  that  the  fole/*/?^ 
 force  of  his  Solicitations  had  vanquifh'd  their  good  nature  to  be  King  of 
 fatisfi'd  with  the  King's  Offers.    An  honeft  man  needs  no  more  J^f1^ 
 to  engage  him  to  make  another  man's  bufinefs  his  own,  but^v"'" 
 
 P  p  p  that 
 
4H  The  Hijhry  o  f  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 \6z6.  that  it  was  himfelf  who  caus'd  the  other  to  mifcarry,  either 
 by  his  Authority  or  Perfuafion.  And  in  this  fenle  it  cannot 
 be  deni'd,  but  that  the  King  of  Eng/axdwas  Guarantee  of  the 
 Peace,  fmce  it  was  upon  his  word,  and  in  hopes  that  he  would 
 be  anfwerable  for  it,  that  the  Reformed  accepted  it.  But  this 
 Important  Ceremony  wanted  due  formality  ;  and  the  Council 
 of  France  had  (6  well  order'd  their  Bufinels,  that  nothing  ap- 
 pear'd  from  whence  any  evident  Conclufion  could  be  drawn, 
 that  the  King  of  England  interposM  in  this  Treaty  as  a  Media- 
 tor, or  as  a  Guarantee.  In  a  word,  Policy  will  not  permit 
 Princes  to  fuffer,  that  another  Prince  fhould  be  Guarantee  of 
 Treaties  which  are  made  between  them  and  their  Subjecls. 
 To  confent  that  Subjecls  fhould  have  recourfe  to  the  Garantie 
 of  a  Foreigner  for  their  Security  in  things  that  concern  the 
 Word  and  Authority  of  their  Lawful  Prince,  would  be  to  tye 
 'em  to  another  Soveraign.  For  this  Reafbn  the  Court  of 
 France,  who  had  let  the  King  of  Englxnd  alone  to  ufe  all  the 
 Arguments,  of  which  they  could  make  their  advantage ,  yet 
 were  not  engag'd  by  any  Public  Act  to  do  the  leaft  Kindnefs 
 out  of  any  refpecl:  for  him,  laught  at  the  Pretention  of  the  Eng- 
 Ifjb  Mediator,  when  he  would  have  had  his  Guarantie  taken  ef- 
 fect 3  and  lookt  upon  the  Embaffador's  Writing  as  an  idle  piece 
 of  Nullity  that  oblig'd  the  King  of  Frame  to  nothing. 
 
 newE      ^Ut  a^ter  t^ie  ^eace  was  %n'd  uPon  tne  Conditions  men- 
 %  con'  tention'd,  the  Ratifications  of  Roche/  and  Montxuban  were  ex- 
 ming  an  pe£ted ;  of  which  the  one  was  perform'd  the  fecond  ,  the 
 e  reJ*'    other  the  fixth  of  March.    Which  done,  an  Editt  was  publihYd 
 the  fame  Month  ,  which  contain'd  Twelve  Articles.  The 
 Introduction  fpoke  of  nothing  bur.  Clemency  and  Pardon  on  the 
 King's  part,  and  Submiflions  and  Supplications  reiterated  by 
 the  Reformed,  and  particularly  by  thofe  who  remain'd  in  obe- 
 dience, which  the  King  faid,  was  the  better  fort,  and  thegreateft 
 part,  and  to  whole  Remonftrances  he  had  had  a  fpecial  regard 
 when  he  accepted  the  Submiflions  of  the  Reft.    The  Firft  Ar- 
 ticle conflrm'd  the  Regflerd  Edi&s  and  Secret  Articles,  and  gave 
 Teftimony  that  they  had  been  well  and  duly  obferv'd  in  the 
 Reign  of  the  deceafed  King,  and  after  his  death,  till  the  begin- 
 ning  of  the  laft  Commotions.    Which  was  an  Artifice  to  induce 
 
 the. 
 
Book  IX.        EdiU  of  Nantes.  4  i  5 
 
 the  Reformed  themfelves  to  condemn  all  the  loud  Complaints  1626, 
 of  a  thouland  Breaches  before  that  time.  The  lecond  reftor'd 
 the  Exercife  of  the  Roman  Religion  in  all  places  where  it  had 
 bin  eje&ed  during  the  Troubles ;  and  order'd  ample  Reftitution 
 of  the  Eftates  and  Rights  belonging  to  the  Ecclefiaftics,  even 
 of  their  Moveables  that  Ihould  be  found  in  fpecie.  The  third 
 granted  the  fame  favour  to  the  Reformed  for  the  exercife  of 
 their  Religion,  and  for  the  Church-yards  which  they  werepof- 
 lefs'd  of  in  1600.  And  the  Claufes  of  that  Article  were  taken 
 out  of  the  Anfwer  to  the  two  firft  of  the  Paper  decreed  at 
 Fnntainbkau.  The  fourth contain'd  an  Amnefty  of  all  A&sof 
 Hcltility  ;  even  of  thole  that  might  have  bin  committed  fince 
 the  day  of  the  Declaration  dated  Otfober  1622.  till  the  day  of 
 the  publication  of  this  in  the  Parlaments :  nor  were  the  Sub- 
 millions  and  reiterated  Supplications  of  the  Reformed  omitted. 
 The  fifth  concern'd  the  raifing  of  money,  and  gave  a  difcharge 
 of  it  in  the  terms  of  the  Articles  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  which 
 mention'd  the  fame  thing.  The  fixth  re-eftablilh'd  the  Seats  of 
 Judicature,  the  Receits,  the  Officers  of  the  Finances,  in  the 
 places  from  whence  they  had  bin  remov'd  by  reafon  of  the 
 Troubles ;  wherein  the  Tablier  of  the  Election  at  Rochd  was 
 a lfo comprehended.  The  Priviledges  of  the  Cities  which  the 
 Reformed  held  in  their  hands  were  likewife  confirmed.  The 
 ufual  method  for  the  electing  of  Confuls  was  to  be  obferv'd  ; 
 and  the  Appeals  of  Perfons  aggriev'd  were  to  be  judg'd  by  the 
 Chambers  of  the  Edict.  The  feventh  difcharg'd  the  Reformed 
 from  all  Sentences  pronoune'd  againft  'em  by  reafon  of  their  ta- 
 king Arms :  And  this  Article  was  very  neceflary  every  where  ; 
 but  chiefly  within  the  Jurifdiftion  of  the  Parlament  of  Tho- 
 /o;.'fiy  where  they  had  fignaiiz'd  their  extraordinary  Zeal  by  a 
 great  number  of  Decrees  againft  Corporations  and  private  per- 
 fons. The  eighth  ordain'd  a  fpeedy  Releaie  of  Prifoners  and 
 Perfons  condemn'd  to  the  Gallies.  The  ninth  confirmed  the 
 Article  of  the  Edict  of  Names,  which  declar'd  tfie  Reformed 
 capable  of  all  Offices  •  re  eftablifh'd  thole  that  had  bin  put  out  > 
 revok'd  the  Patents  of  their  Offices  gran-red  to  others,  and  rc-:  - 
 ltor'd  to  the  Reformed  all  their  Eftates,  the  r  Titles,  Deb:s,  Ac- 
 compts  and  Action;,  and  canceil'd  all  oppofire  Acts,  except  the 
 
 P  p  p  z  per- 
 
4  <  6  T be  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 16  ±6.  peremptory  Decrees  01  the  Council  and  Chambers  of  the  Edift. 
 The  tenth  order'd  that  this  Declaration  fhould  be  oblerv'd  in 
 the  terms  of  the  9 2d  Article  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes.  The 
 eleventh  forbid  for  the  future  all  manner  of  Politic  Affemblies, 
 unlefs  they  had  exprefs  leave  to  hold  em  ;  and  all  manner  of  Af- 
 fociations,  and  keeping  of  Intelligences.    Neverthelefs  Ecclefi- 
 aftical  Affemblies  were  permitted,about  meer  affairs  of  Chuich- 
 Dilcipiine,  and  in  conformity  to  the  Declaration  of  Auguft 
 1623.  which  enjoin'd  the  Synods  to  admit  a  Commiflioner  de- 
 puted by  the  King.    All  manner  of  Fortifications  and  railing  of 
 Money  were  forbid,  without  an  exprefs  Commiflion.    The  laft 
 ordain'd  the  execution  of  the  Articles  that  related  to  /W;e/,and 
 the  reftitution  of  the  Cities  and  Caftles  during  the  War.  Tis 
 true  the  Mayor,  the  Sheriffs,  and  certain  Burgeffes  of  Orleans  ; 
 the  Catholics  of  Mompelier  and  parts  adjoining,  Prelats,  Ecclefi- 
 aftics,  Gentlemen  and  others,  oppos'd  the  verification  of  this 
 Edict  in  the  Parlament  of  Paris ;  and  the  oppofition  of  the  firft 
 was  admitted,  but  the  reft  were  referr'd  to  the  Parlament  of 
 Tholouft.    However  their  oppofition  was  only  in  reference  to 
 ibme  particular  Interefts. 
 France        After  the  Peace  was  thus  concluded,  the  Confederates -  were  in 
 plays  foul  hopes  that  France  would  have  turn'd  her  Arms  againft  the 
 Confede-  Houfe  of  Aujlria.    But  they  were  ftrangely  aftonifli'd  to  fee  a 
 rates.    "  ratifi'd  Treaty  appear  abroad  within  eleven  days  after,  which 
 dtt  Targisy  Ambaffador  in  Spain,  had  concluded  between  the 
 Two  Crowns.    'Tis  true,  that  to  cover  this  foul  Play,  they 
 made  a  fhew  of  difowning  the  Ambaffador,  who  feemingly  was 
 never  to  have  bin  pardon'd,  but  for  the  earnett  fbllicitations  of 
 the  Court  of  Rom?.    But  this  Farce  deceiv'd  none  but  Fools, 
 for  the  Treaty  held  good  after  fome  flight  Alterations,  and  the 
 Confederates  exhal'd  their  Refentments  in  vain  Reproaches  and 
 unprofitable  Threats.  There  was  only  the  Duke  of  Savoy,  who 
 being  enrag'd  at  luch  a  piece  of  Perfidioufnefs,  fent  away  the 
 Abbot  dt  la  Scaglia  into  England,  to  excite  that  Monarch  to  re 
 jeakufi   venge,  who  had  no  left  reafon  then  himfelf  to  be  chaf'd  at  fuch 
 tlTcardi-  a  fc°rn  °f  ms  Amity.    And  Affairs  in  that  Kingdom  began  to 
 wu  and   encline  toward  a  Rupture  ;  for  there  was  a  great  Jealoufy  in 
 hamkinS"  Pomt°f  Honour  between  Cardinal  RichlieuyioA  the  Duke  of 
 a(n'  Buck- 
 
Book  IX.      EM  of  Nantes.  417 
 
 Buckingham,  but  they  were  unequally  match'd :  For  Buckingham  1626. 
 was  vain,  hair-brain'd,  lofty,  and  void  of  Forefight ;  RiehlUtt 
 crafty,  a  DilTembler,  a  Hypocrite,  and  one  that  never  ventur'd 
 any  thing  without  good  aiTurances  of  Succefs.  They  had  this 
 however,  which  was  commcn  to  both ;  that  they  were  hated 
 by  all  men  but  fuch  as  were  their  Creatures,  and  both  were 
 equally  fbvereign  Governors  of  their  fovereign  Mafters  >  tho 
 others  fay,  there  was  a  more  fecret  caufe  of  Jealoufy  between 
 'em.  For  Buckingham  had  appear'd  in  the  Court  of  France 
 with  the  Character  of  Ambaifador  in  a  magnificent  Equipage, 
 and  had  drawn  the  eyes  of  all  the  world  upon  him.  He  had 
 moreover  pleas'd  the  Ladies,-  and  his  vanity  had  tranfported 
 him  to  think  himfelf  worthy  to  attempt  the  Queen  herfelf.  The 
 Cardinal  had  the  fame  thoughts,  and  could  not  endure  that  his 
 Rival  fhould  receive  any  marks  of  being  preferr'd  before 
 him. 
 
 We  may  reck'n,  among  the  greateft  weakneffes  of  that  cele-  The  c*rd,~ 
 brated  Minifter  of  State,  that  he  was  emulous  of  out  doing  all 
 others,  ev'n  in  Trifles:  he  could  not  endure  that  another  maa^* 
 fhould  out  do  him  in  the  moil:  pitiful  things.  To  make  Verfes, 
 or  to  fpeak  better  than  he  did,  was  not  the  way  to  win  his  Fa- 
 vour, or  to  fhew  that  he  underftood  Humanity,  Philofophy,the 
 Mathematics,  Divinity  or  Antiquity  better  then  he.  That  he 
 might  enjoy  the  Reputation  of  being  the  moft  expert  man  of 
 his  time  in  all  things,  he  ftretcht  his  weaknefs  to  that  degree,  as 
 to  attribute  to  himfelf  the  Works  of  other  men  ;  and  to  own 
 under  his  own  Name  thole  Writings,  wherein,  perhaps,  he  was 
 no  more  concern'd,  then  to  have  bin  the  firft  that  conceiv*d  the 
 rude  and  indigeffed  Idea  of  the  Subject.  He  had  the  fame  Sen- 
 timents as  to  Magnificence,  and  Courting  of  Ladies  ;  and  for  a 
 man  to  prefume  to  tranfcend  him  in  either  of  thofe  two  tilings, 
 was  a  certain  way  to  lofe  his  favour.  However  it  were,  he  al- 
 ways us'd  the  Queen  but  very  fcurvily,  after  he  obferv'd  the 
 little  value  (lie  had  for  him  ;  inlbmuch  that  while  heliv'd,  flie 
 had  not  all  the  World  at  will.. 
 
 There  was  alfo  brewing  at  the  fame  time  another  occafion  of 
 a  Rupture,  through  the  ill  conduct  of  the  Queens  Houfhold 
 Servants,  Their  Zeal  for  the  Catholic  Religion,  (bon  made  'em 
 
 exceed; 
 
41 8  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1625.  exceed  the  Bounds  to  which  they  were  confln'd  by  the  Treaties 
 Euterptify  °*  Marriage.    They  incroduc'd  the  Jefuits  into 'the  Houfhold 
 tf'tht  ca-  of  that  Princefs ;  where  thole  turbulent  and  ambitious  People 
 thoUa  of  nude  themfclvesluch  abfblute  Matters  of  her  Wit  and  Reaion, 
 IfEng-  tnac  tney  *oon  *et  ner  ac  variance  with  the  King  her  Husband, 
 land'*  me-  They  io  intoxicated  her  U-nderllanding  with  their  Superftitions, 
 nid  Ser"   that  they  forcM  her  to  commit  a  thouland  mean  things  beneath 
 her  Grandeur,  and  unworthy  of  her  Dignity.  They  perfuaded 
 her  to  adore,  as  Martyrs,  t  hofe  of  their  Order,  that  had  bin  exe- 
 cuted under  the  preceding  Reign,  as  Contrivers  or  Accomplices 
 in  t  he  Powder-Plot.    And  the  occafion  of  a  Jubilee  prefenting 
 itfelf,  they  made  choice  of  the  place  where  the  common  Male- 
 factors are  executed,  whither  the  Queen  was  to  walk  bare-foot 
 to  lay  her  Prayers.    The  Englifh,  to  whom  the  very  Name  of 
 jefuit  is  abominable,  were  juftly  offended  at  this  piece  of  Infb- 
 lence  ;  and  the  King  himfelf,  though  he  were  extremely  fbft 
 and  eafy,  was  highly  exafperated  :  So  that  being  otherwife  d[{- 
 gufted  at  the  Mifdemeanors  of  the  Queens  Domeftic^  he  re- 
 folv'd  to  fend  'em  back  into  France.  Upon  which,  the  Cardinal 
 lent  Baffompierre  to  him,  to  complain  of  fucha  violence  offer'd 
 to  the  Treaty  ;  and  to  endeavour  to  reconcile  the  differences  be- 
 tween  him  and  his  Wife,  wherein  the  Ambaffador  had  the  good 
 luck  to  fucceed  within  a  little  of  his  Wifhes.   But  in  regard  the 
 Minifters  of  both  Courts  made  it  their  bufinefs  mutually  to  vex 
 and  thwart  one  another,the  Cardinal  caus'd  Baffompierre  s  Trea- 
 ty to  be  difown'd,  and  Buckingham  oblig'd  his  King  to  revoke  his 
 Word.    After  which,  upon  fome  Affairs  of  Commerce  inter- 
 vening, Buckingham,  who  burn'd  with  a  defire  of  returning  into 
 France,  and  brave  the  Cardinal,  would  needs  be  fent  thither 
 once  more  with  the  Chara&er  of  Ambaffador.    But  the  Car- 
 dinal found  a  way  to  let  him  underftand  that  he  fliould  not  be 
 welcome.    Upon  which,  the  Engltfj  Favourite  enrag'd  at  fuch 
 an  Affront,  obliged  his  Matter  to  declare  War  againft  France. 
 And  the  pretence  was,  that  the  Court  of  France  had  not  ob- 
 ferv'd  the  Articles  of  the  lad  Peace.  But  his  Meafures  were  fo 
 falfe,  and  his  Conduct  fo  fool-hardy,  that  he  compleated  the 
 Ruine  of  the  Reformed  and  Roche/,  while  he  fought  his  own  and 
 their  Revenge. 
 
 While 
 
Book  IX.       EdiS  of  Nantes.  4 1 9 
 
 While  this  Tempeft  was  gathering  together,  the  Cardinal  1626. 
 labour'd  to  difperfe  another  Storm  that  threaten'd  him  nearer  at  ccnjpira- 
 hand.  Spam,  who  well  forefaw  what  Obftacles  he  would  X'Xf 
 throw  in  the  way  of  her  Grandeur,  if  he  were  not  entangl'd  in  mi. 
 Domeftic  Divifions,  found  him  work  on  every  fide,  and  fhe 
 perceiv'd  the  chiefeft  part  of  the  Princes  and  great  Lords  inclin'd 
 to  fecond  her.  The  Reigning  Queen  hated  the  Cardinal ;  and 
 Monfleur's  Softnefs  made  him  comply  with  all  the  Sentiments 
 of  thole  who  had  the  afcendant  over  him.  They  put  him  out 
 of  conceit  with  a  Match  with  the  Heireft  of  Mcmpe^fitr^  which 
 had  been  projected  in  the  time  of  the  deceased  King ;  and  they 
 fill'd  his  Head  with  a  thoufand  Chimera's.  But  the  Principal 
 Vifions  with  which  they  amus'd  his  Brains,  were  the  depofing 
 of  the  King,  to  the  unmarrying  him,  and  giving  to  his  Brother 
 both  his  Crown  and  Wife.  Upon  which  SubjecT  feveral  Libels 
 had  appeal 'd  abroad  ;  of  which  one  that  was  entitl'd  an  AA-ver- 
 tiftrntnt  to  the  Kjng,  made  it  a  Crime  in  him  to  oppofe  the 
 Profperity  of  the  Houfe  of  Aujlria,  and  to  confederate  againft 
 her  with  Proteftant  Princes,  and  promife  the  giving  him  an 
 Amftant  or  Affbciate  in  the  Government.  Which  Libel  occa- 
 fion'd  the  Quarrel  between  the  Bifliop  of  Ch.utres  and  the  Cler- 
 gy. 1  he  Cardinal  alio  was  dilacerated  and  mangPd  by  a  hun- 
 dred Writings  of  the  feme  nature;  and  perhaps  never  any  man 
 was  known  to  be  loaden  with  fuch  a  heap  of  Invectives  and 
 Satyrs.  But  he  luckily  difintangl'd  himfelf  out  of  all  thele  In- 
 cumbrances. He  faign'd  therefore  to  retire  from  the  Court, 
 and  away  he  went,  to  the  end  he  might  give  the  King  an  occa- 
 fion  to  recall  him.  But  the  Queen  Mother,  who  could  not 
 then  be  without  him,  infus'd  it  fo  ftrcngly  into  the  King's  Head, 
 that  if  he  contented  to  the  diltant  abfence  of  that  Minilter,  the 
 Confpirators  would  make  themfelves  Matters  of  his  Authority, 
 if  hot  of  his  Perfon,  that  the  Sufpicious  and  Irrefolute  Prince 
 foon  lent  for  him  back  agen.  This  return  of  his  having  ad- 
 vanc'd  his  Credit  to  a  higher  degree,  he  began  to  put  in  pra- 
 ftifethofe  fevereand  Bloody  Politicks  thatruin'd  fb  many  Lords, 
 which  fill'd  the  Prifons  with  io  many  Perfons  lufpected  of  no 
 other  Crime  then  Love  of  Liberty  ;  and  render'd  him  fo  ab(b- 
 lute  and  formidable,  that  the  King  himlelf  began  to  have  an 
 
 averfion  - 
 
42 o  The  Hiflory  of  the  Vol.  IL 
 
 1626,  averfion  for  him,  and  became  jealous  of  his  high  Authority. 
 The  Count  At  Cbalnis  was  the  firrt  Victim  offer'd  to  his  Arbi- 
 trary Power.  The  Duke  of  Vendofm,  and  the  Grand  Prior  his 
 Brother,  together  with  feverai  other  perfbns,  loft  either  their 
 Liberty,  or  their  Government,  or  their  Penfions ;  and  the  whole 
 Confpiracy  was  perfectly  diflipated. 
 The  cardi-  in  the  mean  time  Roche/  was  tofs'd  and  vex'd  with  various 
 Self  R°  Troubles ;  by  reafon  that  they  who  were  interefted  in  the  new 
 form  of  Government,  would  not  fuffer  things  to  be  refettfd  up- 
 on the  Old  Foundation.  The  People  favour'd  thefe  Mutineers, 
 and  the  Sedition  increas'd  to  that  degree,  that  the  Mayor,  who 
 was  fu (petted  ,  was  carri  d  away  by  force,  and  very  ill  us'd, 
 as  the  Author  of  thefe  Changes.  Neverthelefs,  thefe  Diforders 
 were  appeas'd  by  the  necemty  of  obeying  ,  and  the  fear  of  a 
 greater  Mifchitf ,  fhould  they  furnifh  the  Court  with  any  Pre- 
 tence, which  was  the  thing  fhe  waited  for ,  to  make  war  upon 
 Roche/  alone,  and  difunited  from  the  reft  of  the  Reformed  Ci- 
 ties. Mafs  was  there  faid  upon  Afcenfwn-day  in  St.  Margaret's 
 Church  ;  and  the  City  re-call'd  her  Deputies  that  had  bin  fent 
 to  Foreigners.  But  whether  they  waited  for  the  effect  of  the 
 King  of  England's  Promis'd  Interceffion,  for  demolishing  Fort- 
 Lewis  ;  or  whether  they  were  defirous  to  fee  what  would  be  the 
 iflue  of  the  Confufions  at  Court,  they  went  but  flowly  on  with 
 difmantling  their  Fortifications ,  more  efpecially  the  Fort  of 
 Tadon,  which  was  one  of  their  belt  and  ftrongeft  Bulwarks. 
 Ltfdiouieres,  dilcontented  with  the  Court,  fomented  new  Trou- 
 bles in  the  Dauph'mate ;  Brifon  by  his  Counfels  maintain'd  him- 
 felf  in  Pouffin,  a  paltry  place ;  from  which  however  they  could 
 not  get  him  out,  but  by  giving  him  a  Recompence  of  40000 
 Crowns.  And  Montauban,  Son  of  the  Marquifs  of  Gouvermt, 
 got  almoft  as  much,  to  lay  down  Arms. 
 AKauo-  Thus  all  things  being  in  a  manner  peaceable  and  quiet,  the 
 »ai  sjnod.  Reformed  were  permitted  to  aflemble  a  National  Synod  at  Ca- 
 fires,  which  fate  down  the  15th  of  September,  and  the  Court 
 lent  this  Auguflm  Qa/and  for  their  Commiflioner  in  purfuance  of 
 the  Declaration  1623.  the  revocation  of  which  they  could  not 
 obtain.  All  they  could  get  was  a  Decree,  which  upon  the  com- 
 plaint of  the  Delays  and  Difficulties  they  met  with  in  the  nomi- 
 nation 
 
Book  IX.       Edi£?  of  Nantes.  42 1 
 
 nation  of  Commiflioners  by  the  Governors,  and  of  the  long  1626. 
 time  before  the  Commiflioners  came  to  the  Synods,  imported 
 thus  much,  That  the  Governors,  or  others  to  whom  they  fhould 
 apply  themfelves,  having  notice  of  the  Place  and  Day  of  the 
 Synod's  fitting  a  Month  before,  fhould  be  bound  to  nominate 
 Commiflioners,  and  thole  that  were  nominated  fhould  be  bound 
 to  be  there  at  the  place,  and  upon  the  day  appointed,  or  within 
 three  days  after  at  fartheft  ;  which  if  they  fail'd  to  do,  the  De- 
 puties had  leave  to  aflemble  without  'em  ;  they  behaving  them- 
 felves in  other  things  according  to  the  Edicts.  This  fameG*- 
 lind  had  already  been  prefent  at  the  laft  Affembly  held  at  Cha- 
 renton,  and  the  Figure  he  made  at  Court  would  not  permit 
 him  to  quit  his  Intereft,  or  to  fwerve  from  her  Orders  and 
 Maxims. 
 
 He  wasentrufted  with  a  Letter  from  the  King  to  the  Synod,  rhe  Ccmm 
 a  Co  n miflion  to  be  prefent  there,  and  Inftru£tions  in  writing  mitfimtrs 
 how  to  carry  himfelf.    The  Letter  imported  leave  to  hold  the 
 Synod,  whole  Deliberations  were  thereby  alfoconfin'd  to  affairs  ""' 
 of  Church- Difcipline  only.    Moreover,  it  was  in  the  nature  of 
 a  Credential  for  the  Commiflioner  ;  and  laftly,  it  contain'd  afc 
 fu ranees  of  the  King  s  good- will,  and  his  obfervance  of  the 
 Edicts,  provided  that  the  Reformed  continu'd  in  their  obedi- 
 ence.   The  Commiflion  was  plain  and  downright,  but  it  men- 
 tioned an  exprefs  Injunction  to  be  careful  of  feeing  the  Edicts 
 obferv'd,  and  chiefly  that  of  162;.  and  to  hinder  the  keeping 
 of  any  Conventicles  at  Caftrts  without  his  leave.    His  Inftru- 
 ttions  were  more  ample,  and  contain'd  fix  principal  Articles. 
 The  firft  renew  d  the  promiles  of  the  King's  good-will,  while 
 faithful  Obedience  was  paid  him.    The  fecond  exhorted  the  Re- 
 formed to  live  in  Concord  with  the  Catholics,  and  not  to  have 
 any  other  then  fentiments  of  Equity  and  Juftice  lor  em  ;  which 
 the  King  promis'd  to  fee  done  on  the  Catholics  parr.  The  third 
 exhorted  a  Renunciation  of  all  Aflbciations,  Unions  and  In- 
 telligences either  abroad  or  at  home,  any  other  then  with 
 the  King  :  and  the  Commiflioner  was  to  declare,  that  the  King 
 never  had  the  leaft  thought  of  difannuliing  therldids;  which 
 he  t  rov'd,  becaufe  the  King  had  confirm'd  'em  after  he  ca  r  e  to 
 \  ears  of  majority  ;  that  he  had  renew'd  his  Alliances  with  Fc- 
 Qjl  q  reign 
 
422  The  Hiflory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1626.  reign Proteftants ;  that  lie  had  augmented  the  Gratuities  which 
 the  King  his  Father  had  given  to  the  Minifters;  that  he 
 had  made  ufe  of  Proteftant  Lords  in  lundrj^great  Affairs;  and 
 for  that  in  the  Infurreftions  of  the  Reformative  had  bin  always 
 enciin'd  to  mercy  fo  foon  as  they  were  ready  to  fubmit.  The 
 fourth  was  of  a  lingular  nature,  to  oblige  the  Minifters  to  in- 
 form againft  one  another  themfelves,  and  to  brand  one  another 
 upon  their  own  judgments :  fo  that  Gdand  was  to  exhort 'em 
 to  inform  againft  thole  Minifters  who  had  held  intelligence  with 
 the  SpmUrdsy  without  taking  notice  in  reference  to  it,  of  any 
 Amnefties  of  what  was  paft.  He  was  in  that  refpecT  to  draw  a 
 Declaration  from  the  Synod,  conformable  to  what  had  paft  in 
 the  Provincial  Synod  of  Upper  Gnyenve  held  at  Kedmont  ;  and 
 toteftify  that  the  aim  of  that  inquifition  was  not  to  punifh  the 
 guilty,  but  to  hinder  thofe  that  were  faithful  from  being  com- 
 prehended in  the  Crimes  of  others.  The  fifth  admonifh'd  the 
 Commiflioner  not  to  let  the  Synod  meddle  with  any  thing  but 
 barely  Difcipline.  And  the  laft  took  from  the  Minifters  the  li- 
 berty of  going  out  of  the  Kingdom,  or  fetling  themfelves  in 
 any  other  places  without  permiflion  ;  and  from  the  Synods  the 
 power  of  fending  any  to  Foreign  Princes  and  Sovereigns,  that 
 fhould  defire  'em  either  for  a  time,  or  for  a  conftancy.  For  'twas 
 the  King's  pleafure  that  Demands  of  that  nature  fhould  be  lent 
 to  him :  and  the  reafbn  of  that  new  reftraint  was  laid  to  be,  be- 
 caulethat  the  Duties  of  Obedience  were  not  to  be  alter'd  by  a 
 mixture  of  the  Manners  and  Cuftoms  of  Foreign  Coun- 
 tries. 
 
 chauve  ^  Commilfion  of  Galands  was  ill  relented  by  the  Synod, 
 
 tle^ol-  and  Cbauve,  then  Moderator,  told  him  very  roundly,  That  a 
 rator.  Man  zealous  for  his  Religion,  ought  not  to  have  charg'd  himfelf 
 with  Inftru&ions  of  fuch  a  nature,  which  only  tended  to  over- 
 reach and  dilhonourhis  Brethren.  After  which  Remonftrance, 
 hereturn'd  an  Anfwer  to  all  the  Articles  with  as  much  Relblu- 
 tion  as  Prudence.  But  for  the  better  underftanding  of  his  An- 
 fwer, it  is  necelfary  here  to  explain  what  the  Synod  of  Redmont 
 was,  and  what  h  id  bin  there  done  upon  the  occafion  of  Foreign 
 Intelligences.  The  Duke  of  Rohm  being  follicited  by  the  Spa- 
 wards^  was  enter'd  into  Treaty  with  'em,  and  bad  fent  Campre- 
 
Book  IX.        Edit!  of  Nantes.  423 
 
 don  into  Spat*,  for  more  pofitive  aiTurances  of  the  Succor  that  1626. 
 was  offer  d.  Not  that  it  was  the  defign  either  of  the  Spanrfb 
 Court,  or  the  DuIk  of  Rohan,  to  ftkk  to  the  Treaty  ;  but  both 
 expected  to  make  tms  benefit  of  it,  that  it  might  be  a  means  to 
 bring  the  Cardinal  to  better  terms.  The  Duke  was  in  hopes 
 thereby  to  obtain  a  more  advantageous  Peace;  and  Spain  wil- 
 ling to  fhew,that  if  the  French  went  on  with  the  War  in  Italy, 
 that  fbe  had  a  way  to  revenge  herfelf,  by  continuing  the  Civil 
 W  ar  in  France  as  long  as  fhepleas'd.  Moreover,  being  afraid 
 left  the  Reformed  fhould  agree  to  an  Accommodation,  fhemade 
 emafbewof  large  Succors  to  render 'em  more  ftiff,  and  to  en- 
 gage em  to  ftand  upon  fuch  Demands  as  would  not  be  granted 
 em  :  fo  that  the  Treaty  was  concluded  by  Campredon:  with  con- 
 fiderable  Promifes.  But  while  he  return  d  laden  with  the  Arti- 
 cles of  the  Treaty,  Peace  was  made  both  with  the  Reformed 
 and  with  Spain,  the  Treaty  having  no  other  effect,  but  only 
 that  it  put  the  fboner  conclufion  to  both  Wars.  Campredon  at  his 
 return  was  ieiz  d  upon,  and  carri d  a  Prifbner  to  Tholoufe,  and 
 there  profecuted  for  his  life.  In  the  mean  time  the  Edict  of 
 Marti}  being  lent  to  the  Prefident  Mafuyer  to  be  regifterd,  one 
 would  have  thought  that  Campredon  fhould  have  enjoy'd  the  Mifuyer''.- 
 benefit  of  the  Arrnefty.  And  indeed  the  Prefident  knew  \tf*fc 
 better  then  any  body  :  but  in  a  Caufe  of  Religion,  he  would 
 not  underftand  what  belong'd  either  to  Juftice  or  Honefty  >  and, 
 to  fay  truth,  he  was  a  meer  Varlet  in  many  things :  at  lead:  in 
 point  of  Religion,  he  minded  neither  true  dealing  nor  modefty. 
 So  that  he  was  lo  malicious  as  to  keep  the  Edit?  in  his  Pocket, 
 till  Campredon  was  executed;  for  he  fentencd  him  to  death  : 
 after  which  he  regifterd  the  Edict  with  feveral  Qualifica- 
 tions. 
 
 This  Action  wasdetefted  by  ail  good  men:  but  they  who^t  cxh*- 
 were  of  A/a/Vjer's  hutaor  rejoiced  at  it,  and  were  of  opinion,  Ucs  f*- 
 that  the  advantage  of  being  able  to  retort  upon  the  Reformed"^''' 
 the  e'eath  of  a  man  condemn  d  by  Juftice,  for  having  negotia- 
 ted a  League  in  the  name  of  their  Captain  with  Spain,  would 
 out-baUnce  a  piece  of  Treachery.    Ic  feem  d  to  them,  that  af- 
 ter this,  the  Reformed  had  no  more  to  do  but  to  hold  their 
 tongues,  and  that  they  could  no  longer  accufe  the  Catholics  of 
 Q^q  q  2  their 
 
424  The  Hijlory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1626.  their  ancient  League  with  the  fame  Crown.  Neverthelefs, 
 there  was  a  great  deal  of  difference  between  the  one  and  the 
 other ;  for  this  new  League  was  the  Duke  of  Rohan's  bufmefs, 
 not  entrufted  by  any  body  elfe,  but  who  entered  into  it  of  his 
 own  head.  Moreover,  there  was  nothing  here  tranfacted  about 
 dethroning  the  King,  or  excluding  the  Lawful  Heir  from  the 
 Succeffion.    Whereas  the  League  which  made  fuch  a  noife  un- 
 der the  Reign  of  Henry  III.  was  not  fthe  Crime  alone  of  the 
 Houfe  of  Gkifii  but  of  the  greateft  part  of  the  Catholics,  and 
 of  almoft  all  the  Cities  of  the  Kingdom :  but  more  efpecially 
 of  all  the  Clergy,  all  the  feveral  Orders  of  which,  could  hardly 
 afford  a  dozen  of  honeft  French  men ;  therefore  things  fo  dif- 
 ferent could  not  be  brought  into  Parallel.    For  which  reafon  it 
 xhey'reouidw&Sy  that  if  it  had  bin poflible,  they  would  fain  have  envelope! 
 b«vet  in-  che  Minifters  in  the  fame  reproach;  and  that  they  accus'd  'em  un- 
 IdlmfterT  der  a  pretence  which  at  firft  fight  was  enough  todazle  thefimple. 
 :n  the  Dnh  To  this  purpofe  they  made  choice  of  a  Commiffioner,  who  was 
 "^f^mth  t0  ^e  Pre^nt  at  tne  Provincial  Synod  of  Upper  Lwguedoc,  and 
 SpS^  the  Upper Guyenne,  which  was  to  beheld  at  Redmont,  fuch  an 
 one  as  was  proper  to  ferve  for  fuch  a  defign :  and  this  man,  ei- 
 ther corrupted,  or  elfe  fb  filly  by  as  not  to  fee  the  fhare  that  was 
 laid  for  the  Minifters  at  that  Seflions,  would  needs  take  upon 
 him  to  propofe  to  the  Synod,  that  Inquifition  might  be  made 
 after  thofe  who  might  have  bin  anyway  concern  d  in  Camprt- 
 doris  Negotiation.  And  the  better  to  difguife  the  bufinefs,  they 
 involv'd  it  in  the  general  Name  of  Correfponding  with  Fo- 
 reigners.   Now  in  regard  the  Synod  was  held  in  the  Province 
 where  Camprtdon  was  taken  and  executed,  People  of  Reputa- 
 tion believd  that  an  Acl  which  fhould  ordain  fuch  an  Inqui- 
 fition, would  be  no  more  then  a  difowning  of  that  Negotiation, 
 and  a  Proof  of  the  Minifter's  Innocence;  and  they  that  fided 
 with  the  Court,  which  were  always  very  numerous  in  thofe 
 Southern  Countries,  agreed  to  it,  as  to  a  thing  which  would 
 be  acceptable  to  the  King.    Therefore  an  Article  was  drawn 
 upupontheCommiflioner  s  Propofition,  which  order'd  an  In- 
 quifition  after  luch  as  had  been  privy  to  that  Treaty,  and  which 
 exhorted  thole  who  knew  any  fuch,  to  dilcover  'em.   But  there 
 was  neither  Informer  nor  Criminal  to  be  found  ;  fo  that  there 
 
 was 
 
Book  IX.       EiiU  of  Nantes,  425 
 
 was  this  Circumftance  added  to  the  Ad,  that  it  was  for  the  ac-  1626. 
 quittal  of  the  Minifters.    But  the  thing  was  underftood  far  Artich  of 
 other  wile  then  at  Realmont :  for  it  was  judg'd  that  fuch  AQts'j?  ^ 
 always  create  a  difadvantageous  Prejudice  ;  and  that  the  Jufti-  mon™ for 
 fication  which  enlii'd,  did  not  altogether  remove  the  Sulpicion  difi- 
 whichit  had  imprinted,  that  the  Minifters  might  engage  them-^'^/{^ 
 felves  in  criminal  Correfpondencies.    So  that  all  the  Churches  a 
 condemn'd  the  imprudence  and  fimplicity  of  this  Synod:  and  j^j  rrM(r- 
 that  of  Caflres  Ipar'd  not  theirCenfures  and  Remonftrances  upon  fen'df  £ 
 it.     So  that  the  Deputies  of  the  Province  were  oblig'd gw- 
 to  complain,  that  they  had  bin  furpriz'd  by  the  Commif-^"- 
 fioner. 
 
 Therefore  when  the  National  Synod  faw  that  GdancL  pro-  And  is  dip- 
 pos  d  the  example  of  Rtalrmnt,  the  Moderator  thought  that  *™v  tby 
 Article  defervd  an  Anfwer,  which  fhould  take  away  from  the  2  sy 
 Monks  and  Bigots  all  pretence  of  exclaiming  againft  the  Mini- 
 fters. Therefore  to  the  firft  Article  of  Galarid's  Inftru&ions, 
 Chxuvts  Anfwer  was  full  of  fubmiflion  and  promifes  of  obe- 
 dience. As  to  the  fecond,  he  promisd  that  Moderation  and  Equi- 
 ty which  the  King  requir'd  ;  and  afTur'd  the  Commiflioner,that 
 the  Confiftori-es  fhould  continually  from  time  to  time  exhort  the 
 Churches  to  it.  But  he  complain'd  that  the  Catholics  did  not 
 obferve  that  mildnels  which  they  exacted  from  others  ;  but  that 
 they  exercise!  the  patience  of  the  Reformed  by  athoufand  Inju- 
 ries. For  which  reafbn  he  enjoind  the  Commitfioner  to  be- 
 leech  the  King  to  have  pity  upon  the  Reformed,  whom  he  re- 
 prefented  ill  us'd  in  their  perfbnss  difturb'd  in  the  exercifes  of 
 their  Religion  ;  deprivd  of  their  Churches ;  of  which  fome 
 had  bin  demolifh'd  fincethe  Peace,or  given  to  the  Ecclefiaftics  5 
 difpo(T-ls'd  of  their  Church-yards,  where  feveral  Bodies  had  bin 
 digg'd  up  agen  out  of  their  Graves;  and  at  length  he  com- 
 plain  d  that  in  feveral  places  the  Minifters  had  bin  beaten,  and 
 driven  out  of  the  Churches  by  violence  ;  referring  more  ample 
 Remonftrances  to  be  made  to  the  King  upon  thefe  Complaints 
 hy  the  general  Deputies.  As  to  the  third  Article,  he  protefted 
 that  no  Body  knew  of  any  Correfpondencies  held  with  Foreign- 
 ers to  the  prejudice  of  the  Kingdom's  welfare:  he  /hew'd  the 
 general  deteftation  of  fuch  trafficking  in  fmart  and  vigorous- 
 
 exprel»- 
 
42$  The  Hifiory  of  the  Vol  II. 
 
 \6\0.  expreffians;  and  he  loft  not  that  opportunity  to.  Aide  into  his 
 difeourfe  certain  Jerks  againft  the  DoQrineand  Attempts  of  the 
 Jefuits.  As,  to  the  fourth,  which  mentiou'd^the  Ad  of  Re.u* 
 mont,  he  loudly  complain'd  of  the  furprize  which  theCom- 
 miffioner  had  put  upon  the  Synod  •  thinking  thereby  to  in(i- 
 nuate,  as  if  fome  Minifters  had  bin  accus'dof  holding  Correk 
 ponde.nce  with  the  ^pamard;  but  he  praisM  God,  that  after  an 
 exacl:  Inquificion,  there  was  no  body  found  guilty,  nor  no  body 
 Jo  daring  as  to  accufe  any  body  for  being  fo.  As  to  the  fifth, 
 which  forbid  medling  with  politic  Affairs,  he  anfwer'd  that  the 
 preceding  National  Synods  had  taken  order  about  it.  And  as 
 to  the  fixth,  which  related  to  the  fending  of  Minifters  to  Fo- 
 reigners, he  repli  d,  that  the  prefent  Synod  would  take  care  in 
 that  particular. 
 
 Leave  to      Thefe  Anfwers  were  approv'd  by  ail  the  Synod,  and  Cba&ve 
 nominate  had  the  Thanks  of  the  whole  AlTembly  for  what  he  had  faid, 
 dTLIL    A^ter  this  ^a1m&  Pre^emed  a  Brief  to  the  AlTembly,  dated  fome 
 days  after  the  King's  Letter,  which  imported  a  permifiion  to 
 the  Synod,  in  the  prefence  of  the  Commiffioner,  to  nominate 
 General  Deputies  to  the  number  of  Six,  out  of  which  the.  King 
 would  chufe  Two.    The  Pretence  was,  that  another  AlTembly 
 would  be  too  expenfive,  and  create  a  great  deal  of  inconveni- 
 ence :  He  added  alio  to  this  PermilTion  a  Prohibition  to  treat  of 
 other  Politic  Affairs.    But  the  Synod,  who  well  perceiv'd  that 
 the  Myftery  of  that  Permifiion  tended  to  break  the  Remainders 
 of  that  Union  which  the  Reformed  had  fo  long  maintain'd, 
 and  who  after  fix  years  Aid  away,  before  they  could  obtain  a 
 new  Aflembly  ,  rightly  judg'd  that  there  was  no  other  way  to 
 refix  their  Affairs,  then  a  1  icens'd  and  Authoris'd  Affembly,  did 
 From     all  they  could  to  excule  themfelves  from  that  Nomination.  For 
 whkh  the  which  Reafon,  as  the  King  alledg'd,  the  Good  and  Convenience 
 &Snttbt  °^  £*ie  Reformed  to  avoid  the  Demand  of  a  General  AlTembly, 
 exempted,  the.  Synod  on  their  ^arts  urg'd  their  Duty,  which  would  not 
 permit  'em  to  meddle  with  other  Affairs  then  thofe  of  Difci- 
 pline,  as  a  reafon  for  their  not  nominating  of  General  Deputies, 
 becaufe  it  was  an  Affair  altogether  Political.    Befides,  they 
 found  the  Permifiion  too  much  limited  ;  Becaule  it  contained 
 not  leave  to  take  an  Accompt  of  the  laft  Deputies,  to  give  'em 
 
 a  dif- 
 
Book  IX.       Edtft  of  Nantes.  427 
 
 a  difcharge,  and  to  draw  up  Inftru&ions  for  the  new  ones.  They  1626. 
 relolv'd  therefore  to  fend  Deputies  to  the  King  upon  this  Occa-  And  fend 
 fion  ;  and  at  the  fame  time  to  furnifh  their  Deputies  with  Sub- 
 millions  and  Remonftrances ,  according  to  the  cuftom  of  Na- 
 tional  Synods ;  and  for  this  Journey  they  made  choice  of  Route- 
 rcue  a  Minifter,  and  Baktne  an  Elder. 
 
 The  King  was  willing  to  fee  and  hear  'em  :  The  Speech  they  Remon- 
 made  was  humble,  and  to  the  purpofe  ;  and  their  Remonftran-  f^eesf 
 ccs  contain 'd  Eight  Articles.    In  the  firft  they  befought  the  I^f'**" 
 King  to  take  off  all  the  Qualifications  with  which  the  A6t  had 
 been  enregifter'd.    They  complain'd  in  the  fecond  of  feveral 
 Vexations  which  the  Reformed  endur'd  by  realon  of  thofe  Qua- 
 lifications.   The  third  fpoke  of  the  repairing  of  Churches  pull'd 
 down,  and  fending  down  Commiflioners  into  the  Provinces  to 
 give  Orders  about  it.    The  fourth  befought  the  King  to  permit 
 Du  Mculm  to  return  to  Paris,  as  he  had  been  put  in  hopes. 
 The  fifth  demanded  a  General  Politic  AfiTembly.    The  fixtji 
 a  continuance  of  the  Relief  promisd  the  Minifters.    The  two 
 laft  defir'd,  that  certain  Affignations  which  had  been  allow'd 
 Canaa//,  Receiver- general  of  the  Municipal  Tolls,  might  be  made 
 good  to  him. 
 
 But  toward  the  beginning  of  the  Synod,  Mmidd,  one  of  the  Maniaia 
 General  Deputies,  dy'd:  Upon  which  the  King,  never  flaying  Ha> 
 for  the  Nomination  which  was  to  have  been  made  at  Caftres,  in  ^Jroim. 
 purfuance  of  his  Breif,  appointed  Hardi  in  his  room,  till  others 
 ftiould  be  prefented  to  him.    And  the  Pretence  for  this  Inno- 
 vation was,  That  the  King  was  unwilling  to  retard  the  Affairs 
 of  the  Reformed,  which  wou'd  be  negleSed,  if  there  were  no 
 body  at  Court  to  take  care  of  'em.Of  which  Subftitution  he  gave 
 notice  to  the  Synod  by  G*/W,  who  allur'd  the  Synod,  that  the 
 King  had  no  defign  thereby  to  deprive  em  i\vi  Liberty  of  nomi- 
 nating others  according  to  cuflom.    But  a  little  afterwards  it 
 appeard  by  G^/Wsdiicourfc,  thst  the  King  hsd  other  thoughts 
 in  fubftLuting  Hard/;  and  that  fuch  an  Innovation  without 
 prefident,  and  little  neceflity,  proceeded  from  no  good-will  to-  7^D,;a_ 
 ward  the  Reform  cl.  »«  return. 
 
 The  Deputies  from  the  Synod  return'd  from  the  Court  J?*^. 
 about  a  month  after  their  departure,  and  brought  very  obliging;^?/ 
 
 Leers 
 
4aS  The  Hiflory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1626.  Letters  from  the  King  according  to  cuftom  :  But  the  Flattering 
 Expreflions  of  thole  Letters  were  accornpany'd  with  very  few 
 Effects.  For  there  was  only  the  Article  about  Limitations  to 
 which  any  thing  of  a  gracious  Anfwer  was  return'd.  The  King 
 affur'd  'em  that  they  were  taken  away  in  leveral  Parlaments, 
 and  that  he  wou'd  order'em  to  be  remov'd  in  the  reft  :  And 
 he  gave  the  Deputies  an  exprels  Command  for  that  purpofe  to 
 the  Parlamentof  Thofou/e,  which  was  ufually  the  moll  difficult 
 to  be  brought  to  reafbn.  When  Command  G*/Worder'd  his 
 Son  to  deliver;  but  it  wrought  but  little  effect ;  fo  that  the 
 Troubles  began  again,  before  the  Reformed  receiv'd  the  bene- 
 fit of  it.  The  King  alfo  promis'd  to  make  good  the  Afllgnations 
 allow'd  to  Canda/,  granred  Ten  thoufand  Livres  for  the  Ex- 
 pences  of  the  Synod  ;  and  which,  perhaps,  was  the  moft  mo- 
 ving, Twelve  hundred  Livres  to  the  Deputies  for  their  Journey. 
 But  he  refus'd  to  lend  Commiffioners  into  the  Provinces,  decla- 
 ring only  that  he  thought  it  neceffary  to  fend  fome  to  Roche/, 
 Saintongt,  and  the  Country  of  Annix,  and  into  the  Upper  end 
 Lower  Lan^aedoc.  He  barely  promi'sd  to  grant  Removals  to 
 thofe  that  fhould  be  profecuted  in  Parlaments,  in  purfuanceof 
 the  Qualifications  of  the  Edict.  Nor  wou'd  he  content  to  the 
 return  of  Moulin  ;-nor  fuffer  the  holding  of  a  General  Affem- 
 bly,  becaufe  the  condition  of  Affairs  would  not  permit  one ;  and 
 for  that  the  Reformed  had  no  need  of  one  ;  fince  it  was  in  the 
 power  of  the  Synod  to  nominate  General  Deputies,  according 
 to  GaUnds  Instructions .  As  for  what  concern'd  the  Relief  pro- 
 mis'd  to  the  Minifters ,  the  King  evaded  it,  by  giving  good 
 words  to  one  Party,  and  refufing  tne  other,  by  realbn  of  the 
 condiiion  of  the  Affairs  of  the  Kingdom. 
 The  synod  Neverthelefs  he  granted  a  Breif  much  larger  then  the  former, 
 names  Ge.  to  authorize  the  nomination  of  general  Deputies;  and  he  fet  forth 
 7iirts.De~  10  exprefs  words,  that  they  fhould  not  put  in  nomination  any 
 perfbns  but  fuch  as  had  no  dependance  upon  Great  Lords.  How- 
 ever, the  Synod,  little  fatisfi'd  that  the  Reformed  were  thereby 
 put  out  of  all  hopes  of  a  Politic  Affembly,  were  itill  defirous  to 
 ftart  new  difficulties  upon  the  nature  of  the  thing  ;  pretend- 
 ing that  it  was  contrary  to  the  Duty  of  an  Ecclefiaftical  Af- 
 fembly  to  interfere  with  things  that  were  rcferv'd  for  General 
 
 AfTemblies. 
 
Book  IX.        Edi&  of  Nantes.  429 
 
 Aflemblies.  But  GaLnd  cut  the  Knot,  by  revealing  the  Vfyfte-  1626. 
 ry  of  Hardy's  being  fo  haftily  fubflituted  in  ManialiCs  room  ; 
 and  declar'd,  that  if  the  Synod  did  not  make  the  Nomination, 
 he  would  do  it  himfelf.  The  Synod  then  furrenderM  to  Necef- 
 fity,  and  contented  it  felf  with  feveral  Protefts,  which  they  re- 
 iterated as  often  as  they  had  occafion,  that  they  did  not  go  about 
 thereby  to  prejudice  the  General  Aflemblies,  nor  to  meddle  with 
 Folitic  Affairs,  but  in  obedience  to  the  King's  pleafure.  Befides, 
 they  enjoin'd  their  Deputies  to  requeft  leave  to  hold  a  General 
 Aflembly  within  Eighteen  months,  and  Provincial  Aflemblies 
 as  loon  as  might  be,  for  the  drawing  up  Memoirs  of  their 
 Grievances ;  in  regard  the  Synod  could  not  do  ir,  becaufe  the 
 Deputies  that  compos'd  it  had  not  brought  along  with  'em  ei- 
 ther any  Command  or  Inftru&ions  from  their  Provinces  to  that  The  synod 
 purpofe.  Which  done,  they  fell  to  the  nomination  cf  &w«g£. 
 Perlbnc. 
 
 But  before  the  Synod  brake  up,  they  refolv'd  to  demand  of  the^D,'™-, 
 King  the  Re-eftab!iflhment  of  Ecc'efiaftical  Aflemblies  in  their 
 former  Liberty  ;  and  leave  to  raife  certain  Sums  upon  ail  the^J^s-y" 
 Churches  throughout  the  Kingdom,  for  certain  Exigencies  of 
 the  Cities  of  Roche/,  Montauban  and  Cafires  ;  of  which  a  fourth 
 part  was  adjudged  to  C-ifires  ;  the  reft  was  divided  between  the 
 other  two.    They  a  Kb  enjoin'd  the  Confuls  of  Montxubm  to  1c- 
 licit  the  effect  of  the  Command  directed  to  the  Parlament  of 
 Tbolcufi  for  regiftring  the  Edict.  They  likewife  prolecuted  #4ii 
 /Ires  the  Minister,  at  Pans,  for  feveral  Caules ;  but  chiefly  for 
 having  confpir'd  with  the  Catholicks  againft  the  Churches. 
 He  had  a  bitter  Libel  found  about  him ,  entitTd  La  Cb;wft 
 Sang/.inte  dt  Henri  IV.  or,  lbs  Bloody  Shirt  of  Henry  //'.  which 
 reflected  upon  the  King's  Honour  ;  fo  that  cC A/fires  was  degra- 
 ded and  excommunicated  by  the  Synod.    But  GnUnd  was  not 
 faiibh'd  with  this  Ecclcfiaftical  Punifhmenc  ;  and  therefore  he 
 caus'd  the  Book  to  be  condemned  to  the  Flames  by  the  Party 
 Chamber,  then  fitting  at  Bsziers. 
 
 That  Chamber  had  bin  remov'd  from.  C^/^^^^^PWg:ti^2}f/r"^f" 
 Troubles ;  and  that  City  having  a  great  defire  to  haVe  it  rfeitor'fl  «f«w'r& 
 to  her  again,  complied  with  ail  Galandh  Projects,  whofe  Te-  0  ,ke  °( 
 llimony  fhe  was  in  hopes  would  be  favourable  to  her  at  Court.  XJjJ^ 
 
 R  r  r  Upon  * 
 
43°  The  Hiflory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1 626.  Upon  thefe  Confiderations  it  was,  that  fhe  gave  him  a  Writing 
 wherein  (he  difown'd  the  Negotiations  in  Spam;  and  join'd 
 with  him  to  hinder  the  Duke  of  Rohan  s  Deputies  which  he 
 lent  to  the  Synod,  from  being  admitted  •,  as  alio  to  be  a  means 
 that  his  Conduct  was  there  cenfur'd.    In  a  word,  the  thing 
 was  carri'd  fo  far,  that  Marmet ,  the  Dukes  Minifter,  being 
 come  to  Cajlres,  about  particular  buftnefs ,  was  not  permit- 
 ted to  be  in  the  Town  above  twenty  four  Hours,  though  he 
 protefted  that  he  had  neither  any  Letters,  nor  any  Commiflion 
 from  his  Mafter.    But  the  Duke  having  rightly  forefeen  what 
 he  was  to  expect  from  Galand,  had  taken  his  Meafures  quite 
 another  way.    For  he  gave  his  Letteres  to  the  Synod,  to  Beau- 
 fort, a  Deputy  from  Qevennes ;  and  a  kind  of  Manifefto,  which 
 he  had  writ  in  his  own  Juftification,  to  another  Minifter  :  So 
 that  they  who  held  Intelligence  with  Galand,  finding  their  De- 
 figns  prevented,  durft  not  attempt  any  thing  farther. 
 4  Memoir     In  the  mean  time  Blandel  and  Bauttme  were  deputed  to  car- 
 ofGne-    rvtothe  King  the  Nomination  of  the  General  Deputies;  and 
 the  Synod,  after  they  had  fate  feven  weeks,  brake  up.  The 
 Deputies  made  a  very  fubmiflive  Speech  to  the  King.  Which 
 done,  the  King,  out  of  the  fix  Perfbns  nominated,  made  choice 
 of  the  Marquefs  of  C/ermont,Calerandc,and  Ba&in,  to  refide  near 
 his  Perfon.    Thele  New  Deputies  were  charg'd  with  large 
 Memoirs  of  Grievances  that  were  fent'em  from  all  parts.  Pau- 
 let,  Minifter  of  Verzenobres,  had  been  driven  from  his  Church 
 by  violence.    The  Marquis  of  Varennes,  Governor  of  Aigut- 
 mortes,  had  as  badly  us'd  Banctllon,  Minifter  of  the  Place.  Con- 
 ftansj  Minifter  of  Pons,  had  been  a  long  time  Prifoner  at  Bour- 
 deaux,  where  he  was  ftill  detain'd  ;  and  Billot,  Minifter  of  U 
 Roche  Chalais  had  been  treated  after  the  fame  manner,  though 
 they  ought  both  to  have  bin  releaft  by  the  EdicT:  of  Peace.  The 
 Cardinal  of  Sourdis ,  and  the  Bifliop  of  Maillezais ,  perfecuted 
 the  Church  of  Monravel ;  where  they  attaqu'd  in  general  the 
 Right  of  Exercife,  and  in  particular  feveral  Members  of  it,  by 
 Procefles,  and  other  Ads  of  Violence.    The  Church  of  Motte 
 had  labour'd  very  near  under  the  fame  Extremities.    That  of 
 Servtrkttes  had  bin  alfo  turmoil'd  and  harrafs'd  :  and  feveral 
 Churches  of  Quyenm  and  Langttcdoc  had  bin  fo  abfolutely  ruin'd, 
 
 during 
 
Book  IX.       EM  of  Nantes.  49 1 
 
 during  the  War,  that  the  Synod  was  conftrain'd  to  recommend  1625. 
 'em  to  the  Charity  of  others.    The  Parlament  of  Pan  had  gi- 
 ven out  Decrees  which  forbid  Confiftories  to  cenfure  Fathers, 
 Mothers,  or  Guardians,  that  fent  their  Children  to  Catholic 
 Schools ;  nay,  to  the  very  Colledges  of  the  Jefuits.    The  Par- 
 lament  of  Jholonje  had  given  out  feveral  Warrants  to  arreft  the 
 Bodies  of  feveral  Inhabitants  of  Britefte  (or  a  Fad  that  was  par- 
 don'd  by  the  General  Amnefty.  Berard,  Advocate  of  the  Court 
 of  Judicature  at  Soumieres,  had  been  imprifon'd  for  no  other 
 Crime,  but  for  abjuring  the  Catholic  Religion.    And  the  Re-  Burial  of 
 formed  were  ftill  difturb'd  upon  the  fcore  of  their  Burials.  The  Ge*tk™™ 
 Advocate-General,  James  Talon>  caus'd  feveral  Decrees  to  be  ™l°e™Zl 
 iflu'd  forth  in  one  year  upon  this  occafion  ;  of  which  the  moft  ders  of 
 favourable  ordain'd  no  more,  then  that  before  the  Bodies  were  ^hurckcs- 
 digg'd  up,  information  fhould  be  given,  whether  it  could  be 
 done  Conveniently.    And  what  was  lingular  in  the  Advocate- 
 General's  Reafbns,  was  this,  That  to  deprive  a  Gentleman  of 
 a  purchas'd  Right,  he  had  recourfe  to  the  pre-poflefs'd  Fancy 
 of  the  Catholics,  who  fought  to  be  buried  in  Churches,  that 
 they  might  have  a  fhare  in  the  benefit  of  Suffrages  and  Prayers. 
 Which  being  refus'd  by  the  Reformed,  that  they  ought  not  to 
 enjoy  that  advantage  which  they  never  minded  themfelves.  As  if 
 the  Controverfy  between  the  Catholics  and  the  Reformed, about 
 the  benefit  or  unprofitablenefs  of  Prayer  for  the  Dead,  had  had 
 any  Relation  to  the  Rights  of  a  Lord  of  a  Soile,  whofe  Anceftors 
 had  purchas'd  the  Priviledge  of  being  buried  in  the  Church, 
 which  they  had  both  founded  and  endow'd.    Upon  which  it 
 may  be  obferv'd  ,  that  the  Burial  of  the  Dead  in  Churches  was 
 an  effeQ:  of  Superftition,  as  the  Advocate-General  expreily  ac- 
 knowledge, and  fet  forth  at  large  the  degrees  of  the  progrefs 
 of  ir.    This  Honour,  faid  he,  having  been  at  firft  conferr'd  up- 
 on Martyrs,  not  becaufe  they  were  buried  in  Churches,  but  be- 
 caufe  Churches  were  built  over  their  Tombs ;  it  was  alfo  after- 
 wards allow'd  the  Prieft,  to  holy  Perfons,  to  thofethat  enrich'd 
 the  Church  by  their  Donations,  to  Founders,  and  laftly,  to  thofe 
 that  were  able  to  pay  for  it.    So  that  to  fpeak  properly,  there 
 was  only  the  Founders  Right  which  had  any  other  foundation 
 then  that  of  Superftition ,  (Tnce  he  might  pretend  to  it ,  as  a 
 
 R  r  r  %  perpetual 
 
43 2  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1-626.  perpetual  Evidence  and  Monument  of  his  Liberality.  Never- 
 thelesfs,  J  awes  Taton  could  find  in  his  heart  to  prefer  a  Right 
 acquir'd  by  the  Superftition  of  the  People,  and  the  Covetouf- 
 nels  of  the  Priells, before  a  Priviledge  which  dcriv'd  it's  original 
 from  the  Bounty  of  a  Founder. 
 
 Legacies       The  fame  James  Talon  caus'd  a  Legacy  of  a  Reformed,  be- 
 
 .  •-  to  queath'd  to  the  Poor,  to  the  Tre  ifurer  of  the  Hofpital  of  the 
 ^  7^  City  of  Churtrts.    For  which  the  Pretence  was,  That  accord- 
 
 ittjpitait.  ing  to  the  Edict,  the  Poor  of  both  Religions  were  to  be  reliev'd : 
 which,  if  that  reafbn  had  bin  good,  had  bin  fufficient  to  have 
 deftroy'd  the  XLII.  Article  of  Particulars:  but  this  Decree 
 was  made  the  7th  of  January.  There  was  another  made  in 
 March,  after  two  Hearings,  which  annull'd  the  Marriage  of  U 
 
 4mfrfage  Ferte  L-nbault^tid  forbid  him  to  keep  company  with  the  woman 
 mS  w^om  ^e  ^  marry'd    anc*  tne  reafbn  for  it  was,  becaufe  he 
 
 t^eJtd.  *  vvas  a  Knight  of  Maltha,  and  for  that  it  was  contrary  to  his 
 Vow.  As  if  his  Profeftion  of  a  contrary  Religion  could  not 
 unty  him  from  fuch  a  fuperftitious  Engagement.  A  man  may 
 judge  by  thefe  trials  of  a  Parhment,where  Julfice  was  not  alto- 
 gether unknown,  how  the  Reformed  were  handl'd  in  others, 
 who  lookt  upon  it  as  a  meritorious  Aft  to  load  'em  with  Vexa- 
 tions and  unjuft  Sentences.  The  King  himfelf  alfb  fet  forth 
 fbme  Declarations  by  which  the  Edicl:  was  confiderably  viola- 
 ted. Upon  the  12th  of  January  came  forth  one,  which  ex- 
 empted the  Ecclefiaftics  from  pleading  for  the  pofleffionof  their 
 Benefices  and  Goods  which  were  thereunto  annex'd  in  Courts 
 where  any  of  the  Reformed  fate ,  and  which  referr'd  'em  to  the 
 next  Catholic  Judge.  The  iothof  December  appear'd  another, 
 which  ordain'd  that  ProceiTes  fhould  be  adjudg  d  at  Pan,  by  ail 
 the  Judges  that  fhould  be  found  upon  the  Bench,  without  di- 
 ftinclion  of  Religion  ;  and  in  cafe  of  removal,  the  Caufe  fhould 
 not  be  remov'd  to  the  Party  Chambers,  but  to  the  next  Parla- 
 ment.  And  the  foundation  of  this  Law  which  laid  the  Re- 
 formed at  the  mercy  of  the  Catholics,  when  they  were  moil: 
 numerous  upon  the  Bench,  was  this,  That  the  Edict  of  Nantes 
 was  granted  neither  in  favour  of  Beam  nor  Navarre.  And 
 thus  the  Clergy  of  that  Countrey  which  formerly  never  afpir'd 
 to  more,  then  to  enjoy  the  Priviledges  of  that  Edicl,  had  air 
 
Book  IX.      Editt  of  Nantes.  453 
 
 ready  carri'd  their  exterminating  Zeal  Co  high,  that  they  would  1626. 
 not  leave  the  Reformed  anv  lo  iger  the  enjoyment  of  that  advan- 
 tage. So  that  thofe  unfortunate  People  having  (een  the  particu- 
 lar Edict,  which  Henry  IV.  granted  'em,  violated  in  all  the 
 Points  of  it,  cannot  have  the  conlblation  to  live  under  the  pro- 
 motion of  the  fame  Laws,  with  the  reft  of  the  Churches  of  the 
 fame  Communion. 
 
 In  the  mean  time  the  Cardinal  fummon'd  an  AlTembly  of  the  T;je  jfm. 
 Men  of  Note,  call'd  Jffembl'e  de  Notables,  at  Paris,  where  he  ^  of  No- 
 made  a  Harangue  himielf.  In  this  Atfembly  moft  worthy  Pro- tdletm 
 pofals  were  made,  and  the  moft  profitable  Reiolutions  in 
 the  World  were  taken  for  the  Peace  and  Tranquility  of  the 
 King,  but  thev  were  not  taken  to  be  put  in  execution.  They 
 had  only  a  mind  to  amule  the  People,  who  are  eafily  dazPd 
 with  great  expectations,  and  to  accuftom'em  to  the  Miniftry 
 of  the  Cardinal  who  promised  'em  thofe  mighty  things.  There 
 was  only  one  Declaration  which  ("poke  of  reuniting  all  the 
 King's  Subjects  to  the  Roman  Church  by  ways  of  Sweetnefs,  162.7, 
 Love,  Patience,  and  good  Examples ;  of  maintaining  the  Re- 
 formed in  the  Privileges  that  had  bin  granted  'em  by  the  Edicts ; 
 of  re-eftablifhing  good  Difcipline,  and  vertuous  Manners ;  of 
 advancing  the  Nobility  *,  of  caufing  Juftice  to  flourilh  >  of  re- 
 iloring  Trade,  and  eafing  the  People.  But  of  all  thefe  Articles 
 they  remember'd  none  but  the  firft  :  For  they  procur'd  the  re- 
 union of  feveral  private  perfons  to  the  Church  of  Rome,bytho 
 ftrong  Arguments  of  Intereft,  or  by  Vexations  and  Ads  of  In- 
 juftice.    In  purfuance  of  which,  they  vaunted  about  this  time 
 of  having  converted  in  Beam  above  800  perfons,-  and  becaufe  n» ¥d 
 the  care  of  thefe  Conquefts  was  committed  to  fbme  zealous™^""' 
 Miffionary,  who  manag'd  thefe  glorious  Enterprizes  by  his Bearn 
 counlels  and  advice,  they  fail'd  not  to  attribute  the  fuccefs  to  his 
 DocTrine,  his  Converfation,  and  his  Piety,  tho  it  were  more  juft- 
 ly  due  to  the  utmoft  rigors  of  Violence  and  Injuftice.  . 
 
 The  fame  means  which  the  Church  of  Rome  has  always 
 call'd  ways  of  Sweetnefs,  wrought  the  lame  efTecT  this  year  at 
 Aubenas.    Where  the  Marquis  of  Ornano,  under  pretence  of  thc^w  M 
 War,  of  which  I  fhall  fuddenly  have  an  occafion  to  fpeak,  cx-  Audenas. 
 ercis'd  moft  extravagant  Violences  upon  the  Reformed  of  tliat 
 
 City. 
 
434  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1617.  City.    Two  Regents  of  that  place  coming  to  ffifs  his  hands  in 
 the  body  of  the  Town,  as  their  Lord,  he  took  from  'em  their 
 Hoods,  which  is  the  mark  of  their  Dignity  ;  and  having  call'd 
 a  Council,  he  would  not  permit  the  Reformed,  who  had  bin 
 elected  Councilors,  to  take  their  Seats ;  he  difarm'd  all  the 
 Reformed,  and  put  the  Regency  into  the  hands  of  Catholics ; 
 and  committed  the  Guard  of  the  City  to  them,  at  the  charge 
 of  the  Reformed  ;  and  being  conftrain'd  to  reinforce  his  Party 
 with  fome  additional  Troops,  beeaule  the  Catholics  were  not 
 fo  numerous  as  the  other,  he  quarter'd  the  whole  Garilbn  upon 
 the  Reformed  only  ;  and  this  Garilbn  committed  Violences  no 
 lefs  barbarous  then  thole  in  our  days ;  from  which  thole  mife- 
 rable  People  could  not  redeem  themfelves^but  by  changing  their 
 Religion.    So  that  in  three  weeks  there  were  no  lefs  then  250 
 Families  that  turn'd  Catholics,  if  the  Converters  do  not  aug- 
 ment their  number.    And  to  add  Infulting  Domineering  to 
 Violence,  they  fore'd  thole  poor  Creatures  to  fign  a  Writing, 
 wherein  they  declar'd  that  they  embrae'd  the  Roman  Religion 
 willingly.    Thefe  extorted  Declarations,  which  they  fhew'd  to 
 the  King,  perfuaded  him,  that  there  were  hardly  any  of  the 
 Reformed  who  had  not  the  fame  Inclinations ;  and  that  they 
 were  only  reft  rain'd  by  a  Cabal  of  Minifters,  and  the  power  of 
 the  Party.    That  there  needed  no  more  then  the  taking  of  Ro- 
 che/, and  fome  other  Cities,  which  held  up  the  Party  ;  and  then 
 thoufands  of  People  would  declare  for  the  Catholic  Religion.  In 
 the  mean  tirne,encourag'd  by  the  example  of  what  had  happen'd 
 At  st.     at  Aubena\  they  foliow'd  their  Blows  into  other  places.  For 
 Amand.    the  Archbifhop  of  Bournes,  and  the  Governor  of  St.  Jmand,  a 
 little  Town  in  Berri,  made  a  profitable  ufe  of  this  Pattern  to 
 bring  back  the  Reformed  to  the  Catholic  Religion  :  fothat  the 
 fear  into  which  they  put  the  Inhabitants,of  quartering  200  men 
 upon  'em,  upon  the  fame  Conditions  as  the  Garifon  was  quar- 
 ter'd  at  Aubenas,  made  above  60  Families  abjure  the  Reformed 
 Faith.    And  thus  it  was,  that  the  Edict  publifh'd  upon  the  Re- 
 monftrances  of  the  AfTembly  of  the  men  of  Note,  was  put  in 
 execution. 
 
 But  befides  thele,  they  gave  other  marks  of  their  flender  In- 
 clinations to  oblerve  the  Edi&s ;  for  there  were  above  Forty 
 
 Churches 
 
Book  IX.       Editt  of  Nantes,  43  5 
 
 Churches  depriv'd  of  their  fpiritual  comfort,  either  through  i6zj. 
 difturbance  of  their  Exercifes,  or  Imprifonment  and  Banifhment  £*«tv»r<& 
 of  their  Minifters.    They  had  taken  from  the  Reformed,  in  fe-  T-^f* 
 veral  places,  both  their  Churches  and  their  Church-yards, with- 
 out  any  Form  of  Law,  ever  fince  the  Peace  concluded.  The 
 Cardinal  of  Sourdti,  Archbifhop  of  Botcrdeaux,  whofe,  Example 
 was  follow'd  by  forne  Gentlemen  of  theCountrey,  exercis'd  a 
 thoufand  brutifh  Cruelties  upon  Bodies  that  were  buri'd  in  fuch 
 places  as  carry'd  any  marks  of  Confecration,  according  to  the 
 cuftom  of  the  Catholics.    They  refus'd  to  fuffer  Valleux,  a 
 Minifter  call'd  by  the  Reformed  to  Roue»,to  attend  their  fervice  i 
 and  the  only  reafon  for  their  refufel  was,  becaufe  he  was  a  For- 
 eigner.   Letters  of  Reprifal  were  granted  agajnft  the  Re- 
 formed,for  things  that  were  fully  forgiven  by  the  ELdicT.  of  Peace. 
 Several  psrfons  were  alfb  put  to  death  for  FacTs  that  had  bin 
 committed  during  the  War  with  allowance  of  the  Generals ; 
 which  was  exprefly  co  mprehended  in  the  Amnefty  granted  by 
 the  lad  Edi&.  And  there  were  reckon'd  up  above  ioooo  War- 
 rants given  out  in  Languedoc,  for  arrefting  of  People  upon  the 
 fame  Pretences.    The  Council  alfo  divided  the  Confulmip  by 
 Decrees  given  upon  a  Petition,  in  places,  where  according  to 
 the  Edicts,  which  promis'd  that  nothing  fhould  be  innovated  in 
 Towns  that  were  held  by  the  Reformed,  that  Oijice  was  to 
 have  bin  let  alone  entire.    The  particular  Deputies  that  were 
 fent  to  carry  the  Complaints  of  thefe  Afrs  of  Injuftice,  were 
 ill  us'd.  Some  were  lent  back  unheard,  and  laughc  at  for  their 
 pains :  others  were  anfwer'd  with  nothing  but  Bravado's  and 
 Menaces.    If  any  qualifi'd  perfon  took  upon  him  this  Deputa- 
 tion, and  that  they  were  to  treat  him  with  more  Civility,  they 
 endeavour'd  to  feduce  him  byPromifes,  by  Applaufes,  or  any 
 other  way  ;  not  fparing  any  Artifices  to  find  out  on  which  fide 
 he  was  moft  lubjecl:  to  their  Batteries ;  and  after  all,  they  fent 
 him  back  agen  as  he  came.    They  refus'd  to  receive  from  the 
 general  Deputies  the  Papers  drawn  up  in  the  Name  of  all  the 
 Churchesof  the  Kingdom.    And  to  the  end  they  might  utterly 
 break  the  Union  that  was  between  'em,  it  was  recjuir'd  that 
 they  fliouM  prelent  apart  the  Complaints  as  they  were  fen.t  'em 
 by  every  fingle  Church, 
 
 la 
 
43  6  7  be  Eiftory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1627.'  .In  like  manner,  the  Marquis  of  ffijff;  vvho  fucceeded  Va- 
 lunova-  Icfjcey  made  an  alteration  at  s^om^lcr  to  no  other  end  and  pur- 
 Mompe-  pofe  but  to  vex  the  Reformed.  That  City  bore  for  her  Arms, 
 Her.  a  Bowie  Gules  in  a  Feild  Argent.  But  becaufe  they  met  with  an 
 old  Steeple,  where  there  was  to  be  feen  over  a  Bowie,  the  Fig  jre 
 of  a  Virgin  carried  by  two  Angels,  the  Marquis  pretended  that 
 that  was  the  real  Arms  of  the  City,  and  having  Fummon'd  an 
 Aflembly  of  the  Citizens,  he  made  a  Decree  that  they  fhould 
 place  that  Figure  over  their  ulual  Arms  for  a  Creft.  After 
 which,  they  made  the  Reformed, who  fince  Valence's  Alterations 
 had  little  or  no  fhare  in  the  Government  of  the  City,  believe, 
 that  they  had  given  their  confent  to  it.  For  their  Intention 
 was,  that  this  reprefentation  fhould  belookt  upon  as  a  mark  of 
 the  ancient  devotion  and  veneration  cf  the  City  of  Mompelter 
 for  the  Blefled  Virgin,  fince  fhe  had  taken  that  Figure  for  the 
 mofl  honourable  part  of  her  Arms ;  and  at  the  fame  time  to 
 deduce  a  Confequence  from  thence,  to  render  the  Reformed 
 odious,  as  having  retrench'd  that  mark  of  Honour  from  the 
 Mother  of  JeFusChrift;  to  whom  they  were  always  accus'd 
 of  not  paying  Fumxient  ReFpecl.  Neverthelefs,  the  Founda- 
 tion of  the  Marquis's  Conjecture  was  very  frivolous :  For  had 
 it  bin  true,  they  would  have  found  other  Authorities  to  have 
 prov'd  the  matter  of  Fact  i  feeing  that  the  ancient  Seals,  the 
 public  Buildings,  the  Regifters  of  the  City,  the  Bifhops,  the 
 Canons,  the  Priefts,  the  Curious,  would  have  preFervcl  Fome 
 better  Teftimonies  of  the  Fame  thing.  For  it  was  much  more 
 The  Run.  probable,  that  that  fame  Figure  was  only  a  Monument  of  the 
 Mompf  Foundation  of  that  City,  which  is  attributed  to  two  Maidens, 
 lier.  who  bung  Ladies  of  the  place,  bequeath'd  it  to  the  Church,and 
 dy'd  Virgins.  For  that  was  the  way  at  that  time  to  purchafe 
 the  reputation  of  Holinefs:  and  it  may  be  thought  that  the 
 City  had  confecrated  that  Virgin  and  thofe  Angels,  to  pre- 
 Ferve  the  remembrance  of  the  Sanctity  and  Virginity  of  her 
 Foundrefles. 
 
 Dechrati-     However  it  were,  this  Action  of  the  Marquis  did  the  Re- 
 cnagainft  Formed  (b  much  prejudice,  that  upon  the  14th  of  April  a  De- 
 mniprs.  claration  came  forth,  prohibiting  'em  to  make  ufe  of  Foreign 
 Minifters  j  to  admit  into  their  Aflemblies  other  then  Natural 
 
 French 
 
Book  IX.        Editi  of  Nantes.  43  7 
 
 Frenchmen;  to  fend  Minifters  into  Foreign  Countries  without  1616. 
 leave;  or  to  admit  Foreign  Minifters  into  Politic  AfTemblies. 
 The  Declaration  was  grounded  upon  this,  That  in  the  Natio- 
 nal Synod  of  Qhirenton  and  Caftres,  where  GaUniwzs  prefent, 
 they  had  unanimoufly  refolv'd  the  fame  things.  This  Edict  was 
 put  in  execution  very  exactly  ;  but  that  which  created  the  great 
 trouble  was,  that  it  fpoke  of  the  Religion  of  the  Reformed,  as 
 of  a  Religion  which  the  Edicts  had  only  tolerated)  till  they  could 
 be  brought  back  to  the  Catholic  Communion.  For  this  was  to 
 ruin  the  Edict  of  Nantfst  and  Tap  the  very  Foundations  of  its 
 being  irrevocable,  to  make  ic  barely  an  Edict  of  Toleration. 
 This  was  what  the  Leagues  always  drove  at ;  but  what  the 
 Reformed  always  oppos'd  ;  who  alTerted  th.t  the  Edict  had  bin 
 always  granted  'em  as  a  Fundamental  Law  of  Union  and  Con- 
 cord among  the  French,  which  maintained  'em  without  distin- 
 ction of  Religion,  in  all  the  Natural  and  Civil  Rights  that  could 
 belong  to  'em.  And  this  carries  an  Idea  far  different  from  a 
 bare  Toleration  :  Nay,  to  fpeak  the  truth,  to  have  tak'n  the 
 Edict:  in  any  other  fence,  would  have  bin  to  have  made  it  a  meer 
 Delufion. 
 
 Cut  at  laffc  it  was  apparent,  that  Roche/  was  preft  upon  more  Rochel 
 and  more ;  and  that  notwithstanding  all  her  Obedience,  fhe  w&sftia  bkckt 
 frill  dealt  with  as  rebellious.  Which  fhew'd  that  fhe  was  guil- 
 ty  of  two  Crimes  that  could  not  be  expiated  but  by  her  ruin  : 
 The  one,  which  was  her  Crime  in  reference  to  the  Clergy,  was 
 her  Religion ;  the  other,  which  was  properly  the  chiefeft,  was 
 her  Power  aimoft  independent.  The  firftoblig'd  the  Clergy  to 
 contribute  vaft  Sums,  provided  they  might  be  employ 'd  only 
 toward  the  reducing  that  City  :  The  other  tranfporred  the 
 Court  to  lay  the  foundations  of  Arbitrary  Power  upon  the  de- 
 struction of  her  Greatnefs.  To  this  purpofe  Forces  were  quar- 
 ter'd  round  about  her  upon  various  Pretences  ;  Cannon  were 
 brought  to  (uch  and  fuch  places,  from  whence  they  might  beat 
 hand  with  little  expence,  when  time  requir'd  :  the  City  was 
 furrounded  with  leveral  Forts:  the  Platform  of  her  Fortifica- 
 tions,  her  Fort,  her  Canal,  and  parts  adjoining,  was  taken 
 privately,  and  drawn  with  the  utmoft:  cxa&nefs  rhat  might  be. 
 The  Garifons  of  the  Neighbouring  Iflands,  and  Fort  Lewis,  were 
 
 S  f  f  permitted 
 
AVi  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1626.  permitted  to  commit  petty  Diforders,  of  which  there  was  no 
 notice  taken  ;  and  when  the  City  complain'd,  her  Complaints 
 v  ere  lookt  upon  as  Rebellion.  The  Inhabitants  were  corrupt- 
 ed, that  they  might  have  private  Correfpondence  in  herBofom, 
 and  the  Mayor  himfelf  was  wrought  over  to  their  Interefts.  Ne- 
 vcrthelefs,  all  this  could  not  be  kept  fo  fecret,  but  that  Rachel 
 was  full  of  fufpicion  of  the  Defigns  of  the  Court.  But  all  this 
 knowledge  had  the  ufual  effect  of  fufpicions  which  produce  no- 
 thing but  Irrefblutions :  So  that  the  City  not  being  able  to  de- 
 termin,  but  by  halves,  either  one  thing  or  other,  could  never 
 refolve  either  to  fubmit,  or  to  defend  her  felf. 
 
 All  thele  Confiderations  verify  the  Reflections  of  fome  Au- 
 thors of  thofe  times,  who  comparing  the  paft  War  with  the  pre- 
 fent  Peace,  under  the  name  of  which  a  thoufand  times  more 
 mifchief  had  bin  done  the  Reformtd,  then  they  fuffer'd  by  their 
 Enemies  Anns,  obferve,  that  the  War  having  been  full  of  Trea- 
 chery, breach  of  Faith,  Frauds,  ignominious  and  bale  Actions, 
 the  Peace  that  folio  w'd  was  no  better ;  a  meer  Cheat,  unfaith- 
 Engbnd  ful,  and  no  way  fecure.    In  this  Conjuncture  England,  being 
 declares    afTur'd  of  the  Duke  of  Rohan}  declares  war  againft  France.  But 
 aw'      "the  Cardinal  having  c^&MoujjfaWe  to  be  apprehended,  who 
 after  a  Journey  into  ffah  toconfuft  with  the  Duke  of  S.ivnv,  rc- 
 pafs'd  into  France,  where  he  had  feveral  Conferences  with  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan,  underftood  by  the  Papers  that  were  found 
 about  him  ,  the  whole  Project  of  the  War.    The  Englifb 
 Gentleman  alfo  took  a  Tour  into  Lorraine,  where  'twas 
 thought  necefTary  to  negotiate  {omething  ;  though  he  pretend- 
 ed only  to  vific  the  Dutchefs  '6f'W&retffe9  who  was  banifh'd 
 thither,  by  reafbn  of  the  Cardinals  Jealoufies  conceiv'd  againft 
 the  Duke  of  Buckingham.    This  Accident  gave  France  time  to 
 prepare  her  felf;  and  fhe  receiv'd  the  Declaration  of  War  with 
 The  Uni-  as  much  difdain,  as  if  fhe  had  bin  affur'd  of  fuccefs.    She  had 
 ted  Pro-  taken  her  Meafures  with  the  'United  Provinces ,  from  whom 
 JenTL-    ^e  °htain'd  confiderable  aid  upon  this  Occafion,  and  which  did 
 cam-  "to     not  little  contribute  toward  the  fubduingof  Roche/.  Not  but  that 
 France.    tfoe  Minifters  of  thofe  Provinces  preach'd  againft  that  Compli- 
 ance of  the  States  with  France,  both  vigoroufly,  and  with  great 
 freedom.    I  my  felf  have  feen  feveral  printed  Sermons,  lome 
 
 of 
 
Book  IX.       Edi&ofNmtts.  439 
 
 of  which  enlarg'd  themfelves  very  far  to  fhew  that  theDefign  1517. 
 of  the  French  was  to  extinguifh  the  Reformed  Religion;  and 
 others  added  after  a  Prophetical  manner,  that  as  the  Provinces 
 lent  their  Shins  and  Men  to  the  Reformed  of  France,  the  time 
 would  one  day  come,  that  the  Reformed  would  revenge  them- 
 felves  upon  the  Provinces,  and  bear  Arms  under  their  King  to 
 deftroy  their  Religion  and  Liberty.  But  Preachers  Reaibns 
 never  agree  with  thofe  of  Politicians ;  befides,  that  the  United 
 Provinces  were  not  in  a  condition  to  flight  or  difguft  the  Alli- 
 ance of  France. 
 
 Toward  the  end  of  J/</y,  Buckingham  appear'd,  not  far  from  ***  Eng- 
 Rochd  with  a  F  leet  confiderable  enough  to  have  done  great  JfjJ^ 
 things,  had  the  Chieftain  had  as  much  Courage  as  Pride  ;  or  of  Re. 
 as  much  Wit  as  Prefumption.  He  prefently  made  himfelf  Ma- 
 ftej  of  the  Ifleof  Re  ;  but  he  loft  himfelf  miferably  before  Fort 
 St.  Martin,  where  Toira^s,  with  a  few  men,  and  lefs  Provifion, 
 held  out  a  Siege  of  above  twTo  Months,  which,  if  any  other  then 
 Buckingham  had  manag'd,  it  could  not  have  ftopt  him  three 
 days.  Rochel  was  a  long  time  alio  before  fhe  wou'd  declare; 
 whether  it  were  becaufe  the  Mayor  and  the  Court  were  agreed 
 together,  or  whether  it  were  that  fhe  was  willing  to  avoid  new 
 Pretences  of  making  war  upon  her.  Infomuch,  that  at  firft 
 flie  would  not  fb  much  as  hearken  to  Buckingham's  Propofitions, 
 nor  admit  the  Commiflioners  which  he  fent  to  her.  So  that 
 Soubife,  who  had  fhelter'd  himfelf  in  England  ever  fince  his  laft 
 Defeat,  but  had  embarkt  himfelf  in  the  Engl/fi  Heet,  was  con- 
 ftrain'd  to  go  alone  to  the  Gate  of  the  City,  -with  Beaker  fent  by 
 the  Duke,  to  defire  leave  to  fpeak  to  the  Inhabitants.  But  the 
 Citizens  refus'd  to  open  the  Gate  to  him  ;  and  had  not  his  Mo- 
 ther come  her  felf  to  take  him  by  the  hand,  ajid  bring  him  into 
 the  Town,  he  muft  have  return'd  as  he  came.  The  refpeft 
 which  the  Rochelois  had  for  that  Lady,  made  'em  forget  their 
 Refolutions :  So  that  they  let  pafs,  and  Beaker  follow'd 
 
 him.  After  which  they  gave  him  Audience  in  the  Council, 
 where  he  let  forth  at  large  the  Realbns  which  oblig'd  the  King 
 of  England  to  tal  e  Arms :  And  he  endeavour' d  to  make  'em 
 believe,  that  it  wis  only  upon  the  fcoreof  Religion.  He  ex- 
 cus'd  the  (mall  AlTiftance  which  he  had  hitherto  given  the  Re- 
 
 S  f  f  2  formed  j 
 
44°  Titf  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 162,7.  foiled  i  a°d  declar'd  that  the  King  of  England  found  himfelf 
 too  much  engag'd  by  his  C:onfcience,  by  his  Honour  and  his 
 Word,  to  affift  'em  more  powerfully  ;  more  efpecially  becaufe 
 it  was  through  his  Inrerceflion  that  they  had  accepted  a  difad- 
 vantageous  Peace. 
 Theirrefo-  This  Speech  produc'd  nothing  at  firft.  Nay,  the  Rochellok 
 !"le°Ro-  °^er  ^  Commi"Zes  to  fignt  tne  E^'fK  provided  Fort  Lewis  might 
 chelois.  be  put  as  a  Pledge  into  the  Hands  of  U  Force,  cbttillnn,  or  7  n- 
 momllc.  One  would  have  thought,  that  Offer  fhould  nor  have 
 bin  acceptable  to  the  Court,  feeing  that  both  la  Force  and  Cba- 
 tillony  were  brought  off  from  the  Common  Caufe,  and  that 
 Trimoville  was  treating  about  his  returning  to  the  Roman  Reli- 
 gion :  at  leaft  he  embrac'd  the  Communion  of  that  Church 
 within  a  year  after,  and  renounc'd  the  Reformed  Religion  in 
 the  prelence  of  the  Cardinal  before  the  taking  of  Roche/.  In  re- 
 compence  whereof  he  had  the  Command  of  the  Light  Horfe, 
 and  ferv'd  fome  years  in  that  Employment,  during  the  Wars 
 of  Italy  ;  where  he  receiv'd  a  wound  in  the  Knee,  10  that  he 
 loft  the  ufe  of  the  Joint.  Some  years  after,  being  difgufted  by 
 the  Court,  he  retir'd  to  his  Palace  of  Tbouars,  became  a  Bigot, 
 and  a  great  dealer  in  Controverfies •  and  at  fngth  dy'd  in  the 
 Roman  Profeffion,  after  he  had  liv'd  to  a  very  old  Age,  but  very 
 ill  maintain'd  the  Reputation  of  his  Father.  In  the  mean  time 
 the  Court  which  had  other  Defigns,  gave  no  other  anfwer  to 
 the  Propofal,  but  a  company  of  Fair  words,  with  which  the 
 Rochellois  fufTer'd  themfelves  to  be  amus'd  for  fome  time.  How- 
 uurt  Let-  ever>  tney  intercepted  a  Pacquet  of  Letters  from  the  Courr, 
 ur$  inter-  directed  to  the  Duke  of  Angoulefme,  who  had  obtain'd  Orders 
 teptd.  to  raife  Forces  to  oppofe  the£^///^,and  who  had  actually  block'd 
 up  Rocbel  as  clofe  as  it  could  be,  at  a  time  when  the  Defign  of 
 befieging  it  was  kept  fecret.  One  of  thole  Letters  are  an  ex- 
 prefs  Approbation  of  what  had  bin  done,  in  order  to  the  block- 
 ing up  of  the  City  ;  and  gave  the  Duke  advice  about  feveral 
 things :  and  among  others,  about  the  Palsports  which  he  gave 
 to  all  thole  who  had  a  mind  to  leave  the  Town  ;  becaule,  faid 
 the  Letter,  it  was  beft  to  let  out  as  many  as  they  could,  that  fo 
 none  but  the  raoft  Mutinous  might  be  left  behind. 
 
 There 
 
Book  IX.     EM  of  Nantes.  441 
 
 There  was  alio  a  Letter  for  Marfhal  de  M *n  11  tc, which  handl'd  1627. 
 a  very  nice  matter.    The  C^ueftion  was,  Whether  the  Hague-  »«« 
 nots  were  to  be  fuffer'd  in  the  King's  Army  ?  The  Anfwer  was,  ^ft'™r' 
 That  the  thing  was  very  doubtful ;  becaufe  thit  if  there  were  Hugue- 
 fbme  perfons  of  worth, and  no  way  to  be  fufpecfed,  there  might  no^s^e 
 be  others,  whole  chiefeft  bufinefs  it  was  to  be  Spies,  WwWfe/dhttbe 
 added,  That  the  Public  Affairs  requird,  that  it  fhould  be  made  King's  Ar- 
 out  by  Effect  and  Demonltration,  that  the  War  was  a  War  of wy  ? 
 S  are,  and  not  of  Religion;  and  then  it  might  be  lawful  to  ad- 
 mit l-Iw^itnnts  th;t  would  enter  into  fervice.    '  Twas  (aid, That 
 without  excluding  'em  out  of  the  Army  there  might  be  a  watch- 
 ful eye  upon 'em;  and  then 'twas  but  confiding  in  thofe  that 
 were'  honeft,  amufing  others,  and  keeping  the  main  Refblutions. 
 fecrer,  efpecially  thofe  which  concern'd  Roche/:  or  elfe  if  fuch 
 a  Toleration  feem'd  dangerous,  'twas  advis'd,  that  they  fhould 
 be  difmifs>'d  under  fbme  fair  Pretence.    And  thefe  were  the 
 Letters,  which  difcovering  the  fecret  Intentions  of  the  Court, 
 determin'd  the  Rochellois  to  join  with  the  Englifb.  But  this  Con  Rochel 
 junction  was  fo  ill  order'd,  and  lo  fcurvily  manag'd,  that  if  we  Rf^/Wi 
 imy  judge  by  the  even:,  no  body  could  believe  ic  refolv'd  upon 
 to  any  other  end, then  to  furnifli  the  Court  both  with  a  pretence, 
 and  with  the  means  to  facilitate  the  deftrueTion  of  that  unfortu* 
 nate  City.    For  Buckingham,,  after  he  had  drain'd  her  of  all  her 
 provifion  of  Corn,  fome  of  which  he  was  conftrain'd  to  burn, 
 after  his  defeat,  left  the  reft  which  fhould  have  reliev'd  the  City 
 to  relieve  the  Victor  that  expell  d  him  out  of  the  Iflandr  and 
 running  away  with  ignominy  from  a  handful  of  men,  made  the. 
 condition  of  the  City  far  worfe  then  it  was  before. 
 
 In  the  mean  time  Rochel  publifh'd  a  large  Manifeffo,  where-  RocheJ 
 in,  returning  things  for  a  good  way  backward,  fhe  endeavour'd^j^"" 
 to  juftify  her  Conduct ;  to  difplay  the  Frauds  and  Artifices  of  the 
 Court,  but  chiefly  to  make  good  her  Pretenfions  and  Privi- 
 ledges.     The  Duke  of  Rohan  alfb  betook  himfelf  to  Jrmst 
 and  fet  forth  another  Manifefto,  little  different  in  the  main  from 
 that  of  Rochel;  only  that  the  City  infifted  more  clofely  upon  He  Duke 
 her  own  proper  Affairs,  and  the  Duke  fpoke  more  at  large  of  ^L^11 
 things  in  general.    The  Anfwers  to  thefe  Writings  were  ftarp/iLJ»g. 
 and  violent  j  more  efpecially  the  Anfwer  to  the  Duke's  Mani* 
 
 feffo. 
 
442  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 162.7.   fefto  favour'dof  a  fordid,  bate,  infolent  Spirit,  full  of  Gall  and 
 Venom,  and  fprinkl'd  with  Quirks  and  Quiddities  borrow'd  from 
 themoft  lewd  Scurrility  of  the  Rabble  :  a  piece  becoming  the 
 Jefuit  Richeome,  to  whom  it  was  attributed.    Never  did  any 
 man  write  with  more  Fury  nor  more  Infolence,  nor  renounc'd 
 more  openly  in  his  Writings  the  character  of  an  honeft  man. 
 But  more  formidable  Enemies  were  em  bat  te  I'd  againft  the  Duke 
 intrigue  ofl^n  tms  ^me  Scribler.  For  befidcs  the  Armies  that  were  let  on 
 GaSid  *-foot  to  fall  upon  him  on  every  fide,  among  which,  that  com- 
 gamfithe  manded  by  the  Prince  of  Qond?  committed  unheard  of  Cru- 
 Duke'      elties,  GxPAbH  was  fent  into  Upper  Lan^nedoc,  to  prevent  the 
 Cities  from  taking  Arms,  as  thofe  of  the  Lower  Lavvuedoc  had 
 done  the  ioih  of  September,  according  to  the  Refblution  of  an 
 AtTembly  of  the  Nobility  and  Deputies  from  feveral  Cities 
 which  met  at  Vfez.    However,  Galand,  wherever  he  could 
 lafely  go,  drew  Promifls  of  Obedience,  and  within  the  fpace  of 
 a  Month  brought  Montauban,  Britefte,  PuiUnrens,  Soreze,  le 
 Maz  d'Azil,  Car /at,  Pamiers,  Mazeres,  Saver  dun,  la  Bvjlidt, 
 St.  Amant,  Mazamet,  la  Cabarede,  and  feveral  others  to  dec  >re. 
 'Tis  true  that  the  Duke  caus'd  fbme  of  'em  to  change  their    ,  i- 
 nions ;  that  he  furpriz'd  others  ;  and  that  others  which  had  not 
 luffer'd  themfelvestobe  coax'd  by  the  fawning  Cant  of  ;:  tlafiif; 
 were  furrender'd  into  his  hands,  fo  that  at  length  the  Wi -be- 
 came general  on  that  fide.    Pamiers  was  one  of  thole  ities 
 which  the  Duke  furpriz'd  ;  but  the  Prince  of  CWe  havi  £ 
 retaken  it,  very  badly  obferv'd  the  Capitulation  which  he  had 
 made  ;  for  he  imprifon'd,  put  to  death,  and  corHemn'd  to  the 
 Gallies  leveral  perfons  to  whom  heow'd  borh  his  life  and  his  li- 
 berty.   A!l  this  was  the  reafon  that  the  Duke  ic  1  time,  who 
 might  have  bin  able  to  have  perform'd  greater  Exploits,  if  Ga- 
 /.^Ws  Negotiation  had  not  brok'n  his  msafures ;  nor  would 
 they  have  ventur'd  the  Siege  of  Roche/,  had  not  G.iL;;d  fuc- 
 ceeded  as  he  did  in  drawing  off  thofe  other  Cities  from  the 
 Union. 
 
 1628.      But  while  the  Duke  of  Rohan  carri'd  on  the  War  with  an 
 
 Defeat     extraordinary  Courage  and  with  good  Succefs,  Buckingham 
 
 of  the  fceirm  Fort  St.  Martin  reliev'd,  rais'd  his  Siege,  was  defeaied  in 
 Englilh.  *  °  his 
 
Book  IX.       Edi&  of  Nantes,  449 
 
 his  Retreat,  and  return'd  into  Enolmd.  ;  r.ot  a  little  fufpected  to  1628. 
 have  bin  careiefs  of  thofe  things  which  he  might  have  done 
 much  more  to  his  Matter's  honour.  Upon  this,  Rochd  was  more  a  fecond 
 clo  t  ly  begirt,  and  reduc'd  to  extremity.    At  what  time,  a  fe-  Engiifh 
 cond  Er/el/fi  Fleet,  commanded  by  the  Earl  of  Denbigh,  appear 'd  j?t?j£. 
 upon  the  Coaft,  only  to  make  a  fhew  of  that  Relief  which  the  chel. 
 Citv  expected  ;  but  retreated  morebafely  then  the  former,with~ 
 out  lb  much  as  attemj  t'-ng  the  le.ift  Lnterprize.    While  they  -*  th,rcl 
 were  fetting  forth  a  third  1  leet,  Buckingham  was  flain  by  a  pri-  J^J"" 
 vate  perfbn,  v  '  omhehad  particularly  injur'd.    Thiscaus'd  a 
 change  of  Affairs,  and  the  Command  of  the  Fleet  was  given 
 to  the  Farl  of  Lmdfey,    But  this  Fleet  did  lefs  then  the  reft,  and 
 feemVl  only  fet  forth  to  be  Witnefs  of  the  Surrender  of  Rochd. 
 And  indeed  it  may  be  (aid  of  the  three  Fleets  fent  to  the  Succor 
 of  that  unfortunate  City,  that  the  flrft  famifh'd  her,  by  taking 
 away  her  Corn  ;  the  fecond  amus'd  her  with  the  fhew  of  Relief, 
 that  was  never  intended  her ;  and  the  third  fold  her.  Perhaps 
 all  [he  blame  of  thefe  illSuccefles  was  not  to  be  laid  upon  the 
 King  of  England  ;  only  that  he  was  to  be  accus'd  of  great 
 weaknefs,  in  fuffering  himfelf  to  be  govern'd  by  his  Queen  with 
 too  much  p'iablenefs.    However,  that  Princefshad  the  Knack 
 to  difapprint  all  the  King  her  Husband  s  Defigns  ;  and  fbme- 
 times  fhe  did  it  fo  openly,  that  People  could  not  refrain  from 
 hdieving  that  he  himfelf  was  not  at  all  troubfd  at  it.    She  it 
 was  that  prevented  the  Effects  of  thofe  Orders,  which  the  King 
 gave  to  thofe  who  commanded  his  Naval  Forces.    She  it  was9 . 
 who,  in  the  heart  of  Evelina,  held  and  protected  all  the  Corres- 
 pondencies with  Cardinal  Richiien ;  and  fhe  did  fo  much,  that 
 flv  not  onlv  drew  upon  her  own  head  the  implacable  hatred  of 
 all  her  Subjects,  but  embarrafs'd  her  own  Husband  in  thofe  un- 
 toward .\ffairs  that  brought  him  at  length  to  the  Scaffold,  Af- 
 ter this,  Cardinal  Richiien  thought  it  proper  to  make  a  peace 
 with  England,  which  it  was  no  hard  matter  to  do,  by  throw- 
 ing upon  Buckingham  all  the  paft  mifunderftandings :  And  the^7"''^' 
 more  eaf  ly  to  vanquifh  the  Obftinacy  of  the  Rochelloti,  he  fo-  titbvfa* 
 f  us'd  Sufpicions  on  both  fides,  that  the  one  Party  treated  without  land,  and 
 the  other.    And  thus  Roche/  wing  held  out  a  Siege  of  very  f'ty'Z*'] 
 near  a  year  in  length,  and  carri'd  on  their  Refoljtbns,  daring  a  cteu  °" 
 
 long,; 
 
444  The  Hiftory  oj  the  Vol.  U, 
 
 long,  and  the  moft  Cruel  Famine  that  could  be  imagin'd,  be- 
 yond what  could  be  expected  from  Nature,  was  forc'd  to  fur- 
 runder  at  difcretion  upon  the  28th  of  Ottobtr.  And  no  fooner 
 was  it  furrender'd,  bur  a  Tempeft  ruin'd  the  Mound  which  had 
 ftopp'dupthe  Entrance  of  her  Channel ;  and  fhew'd,  that  that 
 fame  mighty  Work,  that  fo  much  redounded  to  the  Honour  of 
 the  Cardinal  who  undertook  it,  could  never  have  contributed 
 to  the  fubduing  that  City,  had  fhe  not  bin  more  enfeebl'd  by  her 
 Friends,  that  in  a  manner  robb'd  her  of  her  Provifions,  then 
 incommoded  by  all  the  Toil  and  Labour  of  her  Enemies. 
 lefufatl  During  this  long  Siege,  and  thefe  terrible  Extremities,  the 
 fuimitto  City  being  follicited  to  fubmit  to  the  King  of  England,  would 
 r/^Eng-  never  heark'n  to  it.  To  fay  fhe  had  any  fuch  defign,  was  a 
 meer  Calumny  of  the  Monks  and  Jefuits.  And  they  who  write 
 the  particular  Hiftory  of  this  Memorable  Siege,  relate  ;  that  the 
 Cardinal  declar'd  to  the  Deputies  from  this  City,  That  He 
 knew  very  well,  that  the  Deputies  who  were  fent  into  England 
 had  refifttd  feveral  Temptations  upon  that  occafion  ;  that  the 
 King  returnM  'em  thanks  for  it ;  and  that  it  was  the  main  rea- 
 fon  which  confirm'd  him  in  thofe  Sentiments  of  Mercy  which  he 
 had  for  the  Town.  More  then  this,  the  Cardinal  found  a  way 
 to  engage  Spain  to  be  ferviceable  to  the  King  in  the  Siege  of 
 that  Place.  'lis  true,  the  Council  of  Spun  law  well  the  bad 
 confequence  of  taking  the  Place,  and  fain  would  have  prevented 
 it,  efpecially  after  the  Marquifs  of  Spinola ,  who  had  feen  the 
 ftate  of  the  Siege,  had  given  an  accompt  of  it  in  Spun.  And 
 'tis  (aid,  that  the  firft  time  he  came  into  Council,  that  he  pro- 
 pos'd  it  as  one  of  the  greateft  ftroaks  of  Policy  that  could  be 
 thought  of  to  fuccour  that  Place.  But  the  Council  of  Confer- 
 ence carri'd  it  above  reafon  of  State  ;  and  the  Pretence  of  Reli- 
 gion, always  ufeful  to  the  Court  of  Spain  fince  Ferdinand's  Reign, 
 •fa tit*  was  at  thi*  time  the  ruin  of  her  A;fairs.  Tis  true,  that  the 
 °\  ST"  ^'eet  u'mc^  ft"s  fenc  againft  Rochel  came  thither  fb  ill  provided, 
 sjJe'tf  and  ftaid  there  fo  fmall  a  while,  that  fhe  had  as  good  have  fent 
 Rochd.  none  at  all.  And  it  is  as  true  that  fhe  attempted  to  relieve  the 
 Duke  of  Rohan  s  Party,  with  whom  fhe  had  concluded  a  Treaty. 
 But  during  her  accufrom'd  long  Delays ,  Rochd  funk  under  her 
 Burthen,  and  put  all  the  Woi  Id  out  of  heart.   The  French  them- 
 
 ftlves 
 
Book  IX.        Editt  of  Nantes.  445 
 
 felves  labour'd  with  reludlancy  in  the  taking  of  that  City,  well  1618. 
 forefeeing  that  from  the  date  of  her  Kuin  the  Vaflalage  of  the 
 whole  Kingdom  would  commence  :  But  by  an  odd  fantafticnefs 
 of  Human  Wifdom,  men  often  fpread  the  Snares  themfelves  for 
 their  own  Feet,  and  make  the  Chains  for  others  to  bind  'em 
 to  perpetual  fervitude. 
 
 Ths  Ladies,  both  Mother  and  Sifter  of  the  Duke  of  Rohin^ 
 difplay'd  a  more  then  ordinary  Courage  :  and  their  Example 
 was  very  ufeful  to  fupport  the  Conftancy  of  others.  But  they 
 were  recompene'd  with  a  clofe  Confinement,  u  here  the  Cardi- 
 nal held  'em  during  all  the  remainder  of  the  Wars.  The  Mayor 
 Gttiton  was  lookt  upon  as  a  Hero  by  all  thole  that  love  Vertue, 
 where  ever  they  meet  it;  and  the  Catholic  Authors  mention 
 him  themfelves  with  great  applaufe  ;  and  all  the  Brave  Perfons 
 in  the  King's  Army  went  to  fee  him  after  the  Surrender  of  the 
 City.  Some  write  that  he  was  promis'd  to  be  continued  in  his 
 Dignity.  But  when  he  went  to  kils  the  Cardinal's  Hand,  it  was 
 told  him  that  he  was  no  longer  Mayor ;  that  he  was  to  lay  afide 
 the  Enfigns  of  his  Authority,  and  quit  his  Guards;  for  that 
 the  Cardinal  would  not  lee  him  but  as  a  private  perfbn-  Upon 
 which  they  add,thathe  was  lb  enrag'd,that  he  could  not  forbear 
 faying,  That  had  he  expected  fuch  an  Entertainment,  he  would 
 have  found  a  way  to  have  held  out  fbme  days  longer.  Which 
 had  he  done,  the  Cardinal  muft  have  rais'd  his  Siege,  becaufe 
 of  the  Rigor  of  the  Seafon,  the  Difeafes  that  lefTen'd  the  Army, 
 the  Tempefts  that  ruin'd  his  Dam,  and  the  PreiTing  Affairs 
 which  call'd  him  another  way.  Nor  was  it  a  wonder  that 
 Guiton  complain'd  that  they  did  not  keep  their  word  with  him  ; 
 for  it  is  not  to  be  imagin'd,  that  becaulethe  Principal  Articles 
 for  the  furrender  of  Rochtl  were  written  and  fign'd  by  the  King, 
 that  there  were  not  others  agreed  upon  by  word  of  mouth.  Al- 
 ways in  the  reducing  of  Cities  that  furrender  at  difcrction,  there 
 are  feveral  things  which  are  not  abfolutely  left  to  the  difcrerion 
 of  the  Victor,  but  are  privately  corroborated  with  verbal  Allu- 
 rances.  A  nd  it  was  believ'd  to  be  much  more  advantageous  to 
 the  King  to  take  that  Courfe,  becaufe  what  he  granted  after- 
 wards to  reduced  Cities,  lookt  fo  much  the  more  like  a  Graci- 
 ous Favour,  when  there  appeafd  no  Promife  in  Writing  :  Be- 
 
 T  t  t  fides 
 
44<5  Tbe  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 162.8.  fides  that,  the  King  would  not  oblige  hirafelf  to  his  Subjects  ly 
 Afts  that  feem  to  carry  the  Form  of  a  Treaty.  So  that  there 
 might  be  Articles  granted  by  word  of  mouth  without  other  Af- 
 furances :  and  perhaps  it  was  by  one  of  thofe  Articles  that  Gut- 
 to?)  pretended  to  becontinu'd  in  his  Dignity.  Neverthelefs  that 
 particular  is  no-where  to  be  met  withal  in  any  of  the  moft  Ex- 
 ndt  Memoirs  of  that  City.  For  by  the  moft  exprefs  and  affur'd 
 Relation  that  I  can  find,  the  King  by  the  firft  of  the  Written 
 Articles,  promifes  to  leave  'em  the  free  exercife  of  their  Reli- 
 gion in  the  City  ;  which  put  em  in  hopes  that  it  fhould  not  have 
 bin  removed  from  the  ufual  place  ;  but  they  were  deceiv'd  ;  and 
 that  Promile  was  evaded  by  an  Infulting  Equivocation.  For  af- 
 ter the  Church  was  given  to  the  Catholics,  the  Reformed  had 
 a  Place  appointed  'em  without  the  City  to  build  another  ■:  and 
 the  King  himfeif  would  needs  take  cognizance  of  the  place,  and 
 enlarg'd  it  fomewhat  beyond  the  limits  mark'd  out  by  the  Com- 
 miflioners.  To  which  breach  of  Faith  and  Word,  when  the 
 Reformed  were  about  to  have  laid  fomething  by  way  of  com- 
 plaint ,  they  were  taken  up  fhort,  and  to  flop  their  mouths,  it 
 was  told  'em,  that  their  City  being  furrender'd  at  difcretion, 
 the  King  would  beat  down  the  Walls  and  the  Fortifications, 
 which  being  done,  what  before  was  without  the  Enclofure,  be- 
 ing no  longer  divided  from  the  reft,  the  whole  would  make  but 
 one  City.  This  was  not  the  thing  which  was  meant  by  the  fe- 
 cret  Promife ;  but  the  vanquilh'd  muft  accept  of  what  Interpre- 
 tation the  Viclor  pleafes  to  put  upon  their  Promifes. 
 
 The  Inhabitants  were  kindly  enough  us'd  ;  but  the  City  loft 
 all  her  Priviledges.  The  Roman  Religion  was  re-eftablifrVd  in 
 all  its  fplendour,  which  it  prefers  above  all  things,  and  the 
 King  tranflated  thither  the  Bifhopric  of  Mai/tez.tii.  In  the 
 Month  of  November  came  forth  a  Declaration,  which  containd 
 twenty  four  Articles.  The  firft  fix  were  all  about  the  re-efta- 
 blifhment  of  the  Catholic  Religion,  and  the  Circumftances  be- 
 longing to  it.  The  Seventh  order'd  the  erecting  of  a  Crofs 
 In  the  place  where  the  Caftle  ftood,  upon  the  Pedeftal  of  which 
 was  to  be  engraven  the  Hiftory  of  the  Reducing  the  City,  the 
 memory  of  which  was  to  be  preferv'd  by  a  General  Procetfion 
 every  year  upon  the  firft  of  November.  The  Eighth  command- 
 
Book  IX.       EdiU  of  Nantes.  447 
 
 ed  the  founding  of  a  Monaftery  of  Minims  upon  the  Point  1618. 
 de  Coreille,  which  is  one  of  the  Extremities  of  the  Canal,  to  pre- 
 ferve  the  Hiftory  of  the  Mound  or  Dam  in  two  Tables  of  Cop- 
 per to  be  fix'd  upon  the  Church-door.  The  next  four  contain'd  an 
 Amnefty  for  what  was  paft,  and  a  confirmation  of  the  Edi&s  for 
 liberty  of  the  exercife  of  the  Reformed  Religion  ;  the  Church 
 excepted,  which  the  King  referv'd  to  be  turn'd  into  a  Cathedral. 
 There  were  nine  more  that  follow'd,  which  took  from  the  City 
 her  Fortifications,  Franchifes  and  Priviledges,  and  quite  alter'd 
 the  Form  of  the  Government.  The  Twenty  fecond  forbid  all 
 Foreigners,  though  naturaliz'd ,  to  refide  in  the  City  without 
 exprels  leave  by  Letters  under  the  Great  Seal.  The  Twenty 
 third  extended  the  fame  Prohibition  to  the  Reformed  who  had 
 not  bin  fetled  Inhabitants  before  the  landing  of  the  Englijb. 
 Which  two  Articles  were  the  iource  of  an  infinite  number  of 
 Vexations  in  the  fuccceding  years.  The  laft  oblig'd  the  Inhabi- 
 tants to  take  out  Licences  to  keep  Arms,  Powder  and  Ammu- 
 nition, and  to  trade  abroad.  So  that  there  was  nothing  left  but 
 the  Place,  and  the  remembrance  of  that  poor  City's  former 
 Power  and  Grandeur. 
 
 The  End  of  the  Ninth  Book, 
 
 T  1 1  2 
 
 THE 
 
4  48  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 X  H  E 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 Edi£t  of  Nantes. 
 
 THE  SECOND  PART. 
 
 The  Ten  th  Book, 
 
 The  Heads  of  the  Tenth  Book. 
 
 REjoycings  Among  the  Catholics,  The  War  continues  in  Lan- 
 guedoc.  Cruelties,  Infulting,  and  Executions.  Perfonal 
 Enmity  between  the  Prince  of  Conde  and  the  Duke  of  Rohan. 
 A  new  Sedition  at  Lion  againfl  the  Reformed.  The  pretended 
 Conversion  of  a  fick  Man  that  fell  mad.  Decrees  and  Declara- 
 tions againfl  the  Duke  of  Rohan  and  his  Adherents.  The  KJng 
 and  the  Cardinal  take  a  'journey  into  Italy.  The  Siege  of  Pri- 
 vas,  the  Inhabitants  of  which  are  betrayed.  Cruelties  exercised 
 upon  that  City.  Pretences  of  the  Catholics.  Converjions  of 
 Soldiers  taken  Prifoners.  Declaration  upon  the  taking  of  Pri- 
 vas.  The  Conflernation  of  the  refi  of  the  Reformed.  A  Treaty 
 of  the  Duke  of  Rohan  with  Spain.  Alets  reducd.  An  Af- 
 fembly  permitted  at  And  life,  and  removd  to  Nimes.  Peace 
 concluded.  An  Edict  of  Grace.  The  Contents  of  the  Edict. 
 The  Kjngs  Letter  to  th  Queen  upon  the  Peace.  The  Duke  of 
 Rohan  retires.  The  reducing  of  Montauban.  An  Ajjemb/y 
 of  the  Clergy*    Particular  Acts  of  Injuflice  ;  Mifftonaries.  The 
 
 Duke 
 
Book  X.      EAiti  of  Nantes.  449 
 
 Duke  of  Rohan  is  accused  of  the  Ruin  of  the  Churches.  Cavils 
 about  the  Rights  of  Exercife.  The  Bifhop  0/ Valence  perfecutes 
 the  Foreign  Minifters.  The  Original  of  the  Injitftice  done  upon 
 occafion  of  the  Annexes.  New  Seeds  of  Civil  Wars.  The  Qjieen- 
 Mother  retires.  An  Alliance  im/;Guftavus  Kjng  of  Sueden. 
 Projtcls  of  Reunion,  wherein  the  Cardinal  appears.  Intrigues 
 of  Jofeph  the  Capuchin.  A  Draught  of  a  Project.  How  the 
 Synods  were  to  be  made  to  fpeak.  Inclinations  of  the  Miniflers  and 
 People.  Projects  of  Petit  and  Milletiere.  Difference  of  their 
 lntt  ntions.  Verity  of  the  Project,  of  which  the  precife  time  is 
 uncertain.  A  National  Synod.  The  Commiffioner  s  Speech, 
 Miniflers  fufpccled  by  the  Kjng,  excluded  out  of  the  Synod  by  his 
 Order.  The  Anfver  to  the  Commifftoners  Speech.  The  vain 
 Oppofition  of  the  Commiffioner  to  the  Union  of  the  Churches  of 
 Bearn,  with  the  reft.  Several  Propofals  of  the  Commiffioner. 
 The  Synod  finds  Deputies  to  the  Kjng.  Papers.  The  Depu- 
 ties kindly  receivd.  Nomination  of  General  Deputies.  The  Re- 
 formed feard  at  Court.  Important  Refolutions  of  the  Synod.  Ex- 
 ercife forbid.  Donations.  Confulfhips.  A  captious  Claufe. 
 Oppreffion  of  the  Public  Liberty.  Civil  War  of  the  Duke  of 
 Orleans.  The  Bifhops  of  Languedoc  fide  with  his  Party.  The 
 Reformed  continue  faithful.  Bifoops  depos'd.  Execution  of 
 an  innocent  Minijler.  The  Duke  of  Rohan  ferves  the  Kjng  in 
 Italy.  The  Affair  of  the  Annexes  in  /£e  Dauphinate,  referrd 
 to  four  Commiffioner s.  Confulfhip  of  Alets.  Exercife  forbid. 
 Shame fnl  Cavils.  A  raftj  Curiofity  of  two  Scholars.  The  death 
 of  Guftavus.  Great  Troubles  in  the  Kjngdom.  Advice  of  the 
 Commifftoners  of  the  Dauphinate  about  the  Annexes.  Re- 
 eftablifhment  of  Priva?.  A  Treatife  intitl'd,  The  Eucharift  of 
 the  Ancient  Church.  Exercifes  forbid.  Party-Colledgcs.  Con- 
 tinuance of  the  Public  Oppreffion.  Pretenfions  ^/Trance  over 
 all  Europe.  The  Duke  of  Sulli  made  a  Marfljal  of  France.  A  ' 
 Decree  upon  feveral  Subjects.  Precedency  adjudgd  to  the  Ca- 
 tholic Counfellors  of  the  Chambtr  of  Guyenne  in  certain  Cafes. 
 The  Reformed  Counfellors  of  the  Chamber  of  Caftres,  forbid  to 
 wear  Scarlet  Robes.  The  pretended  PoJJlffion  of  the  UrfulinCb. 
 of  Loudun.  Ridiculous  Effects  of  Exorcifms.  Th  death  of 
 a  Prieff,  pretended  to  have  bewitcht  thofe  Nnnns.  ■  New  Vtxa- 
 
 tions-  s 
 
45 o  The  Wftory  pf  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 tion.s  upon  the  Subject  of  Annexes.  Grand  days  at  Poitiers. 
 Tenor  of  the  Churches.  Ac  important  Decree,  upon  fiver  al  Ar- 
 ticles. Another  troubkfom  Decree  about  -meeting  the  Sacrt- 
 tnent.  7 he  demolijljing  of  the  Church  of  St.  Maixant.  A 
 Pleading  of  Omer  Talon,  Advocate  General.  Difiinclion  be- 
 tween the  Right  of  Exercife,  and  the  Right  of  the  Churcfy.  Di- 
 vers Decrees  about  grand  days  againfl  the  Reformed.  Perfec- 
 tion raisdby  Cacherat  againjl  the  Churches  0/Normandy.  Pre- 
 cedency adjudgd  to  the  Catholic  Counfellors  of  the  Chamber  of 
 Caftres.  The  Colledge  taken  from  the  Reformed  of  Loudun. 
 Exercife  forbid  at  Parol  and  la  Chaume.  Order  of  the  In- 
 tendant  of  Poitou  upon  the  Subject  of  Annexes.  The  Reformed 
 of  Metz  forbid  to  have  a  Colledge.  The  Duke  of  Bouillon 
 changes  his  Religion. 
 
 1628.  "T^Here  was  great  rejoycing  at  Rome  for  the  reducing  of 
 ejoycing     X    this  City.    The  Pope  fang  Mafs  bimfelf,  made  Prayers 
 among  ihe  on  purpofe    gave  plenary  Indulgence  to  fome  Churches  for 
 catholics.  twQ  cja^s .  anj  wrote  t0      j£jng  f3reifs  cramm'd  with  Eulo- 
 gies and  Applaufes.    The  whole  Kingdom  refounded  with  no- 
 thing but  Congratulations,  Vows,  and  Returns  of  Thanks : 
 nothing  was  fo  talk'd  of  but  the  Caufe  of  Heav'n,  the  Interests 
 of  God,  and  the  Triumphs  of  the  Church.    Flattery  turn'd 
 all  Accidents  and  Events  into  Miracles  j  and  Invention  fuppli'd 
 'em  with  all  forts.    In  the  mean  time  the  War  continued  in  the 
 Upper  and  Lower  Languedoc :  and  the  Duke  of  Rohan  held  out 
 the  beft  he  could  againft  three  Armies,commanded  by  the  Prince 
 of  Conde,  the  Duke  of  Mommorencyy  and  the  Duke  of  Eper- 
 non.    The  Catholics  alfo  in  all  places  reviv'd  the  Cruelties  of 
 Charles  the  Ninth's  Reign.    There  was  nothing  to  be  feen  but 
 cruelties,  piund  ring,  Burning,  MafTacr'ng,  and  Executions  upon  Execu- 
 ]alfZfcH-tlons:  andfor  311  addition  of  Infulting  to  Cruelty,  the  People 
 tions.      were  made  believe,  that  the  poor  Creatures  that  were  hang'd, 
 all  chang'd  their  Religion  at  the  Gallows  :  Only  to  deprive 'em  of 
 thedefire  of  recanting,or  the  means  and  opportunity  to  contra- 
 dict what  was  faid  of 'em,  they  could  not  forbear  to  fend  'em  to 
 the  other  world  ;  and  the  People  were  oblig'd  to  believe  their 
 Converfion,  upon  the  Faith  of  the  Monk,  who  had  perfecuted 
 
BookX.        EiiU  of  Nantes.  4.51 
 
 em  to  death.  And  fbme  Relations  are  to  be  feen  in  Print,which  1618. 
 aggravate  the  Barbarity  of  the  Catholics  to  that  degree,  as  to 
 publifh'em  guilty  of  ripping  up  the  Bellies  of  Women  with 
 Child,  and  tearing  the  half-form'd  Embrio's  out  of  their 
 Wombs;  fbmetimes  alfo  after  they  had  vitiated  the  Mothers. 
 Moreover  the  Duke  of  Mommorency,  having  forc'd  fome  of  the 
 Reformed  who  had  neither  the  Courage  to  retreat  or  defend 
 themfelves,  took  'em  all  upon  Compofition :  but  he  would  not 
 promife  'em  their  Lives,  unlefs  they  would  oblige  the  Duke  of 
 Rohm  to  furrender  Aimargues,  a  confiderable  place  which  he 
 had  furpriz'd:  snd  becaufe  the  Duke  of  Rohan  Iookt  upon  the 
 Condition  as  ridiculous,  the  Duke  of  Montmorency  caus'd  no 
 lefs  then  Sixfcore  of  his  Prifoners  of  War  to  be  hang'd.  There- 
 upon the  Duke  of  Rohan,  to  enforce  the  Catholics  to  wage  War 
 with  more  Civility,  ftorm'd  one  of  their  Fortrefles,  and  put  all 
 the  Garifon  to  the  Sword.    Which  Reprifals  ftopt  the  Career 
 of  thofe  barbarous  Executions :    Neverthelefs  the  Enmity 
 which  had  bin  long  between  the  Prince  of  Condi  and  the  Duke  Per  fatal 
 of  Rohan,  broke  forth  with  greater  Fury  ;  for  the  Prince  wrote  JjJJJJ^Jj" 
 very  fharp  and  invective  Letters  to  the  Duke,  and  the  Duke  an-  ™™ee  „/ 
 fwer'd  him  with  as  much  difdain,    And  then  it  was  that  the  Conde, 
 Prince,  forgetful  of  his  Character,  reveng'd  himfelf  after  a  JJjj^ 
 manner  no  way  becoming  his  quality;  for  toward  the  end  of  Rohan, 
 the  year,  he  procured  a  Decree  in  Council,  that  the  Duke's 
 Houfes  fhould  be  demolifh  d,  his  Woods  cut  down,  and  his 
 Goods  confifcated  ;  and  that  he  might  be  Mafter  of  the  Execu- 
 tion, he  caus'd  it  to  be  committed  to  himfelf,  and  difcharg'd 
 his  Truft  with  an  extraordinary  exaftnefs :  nor  did  he  think  it 
 beneath  himfelf,  to  get  the  Confifcation  of  his  Enemy  granted 
 to  his  own  ufe. 
 
 Nor  were  the  Reformed  better  treated  in  thofe  places  where  j  new  s 
 there  was  no  War,  then  in  the  Provinces  where  they  were  up^8 
 in  Arms :  For  at  Lion  the  feditious  Rabble  fell  upon 'em  a  (e-  ™ti  The 
 cond  time,  and  upon  a  Pretence  no  lefs  falle  then  ridiculous.  Reformd 
 The  Contagion,  which  made  great  havock  in  other  places,  was 
 got  into  this  City.    This  Misfortune  was  attributed  to  a  fort  o£ 
 People,  who,  as  they  faid,  were  wont  to  go  about  and  greafe  the 
 doors  of  private  perfons ;  for  which  rcafbn  thole  Mifcreant.- 
 
 were  - 
 
452  The  Hifiory  of  the  Vol.  1 1. 
 
 1628.  were  call'd  by  the  name  of  GnaferspxEngraiffeurs&ut  in  regard 
 the  Reformed  were  they  who  were  to  bear  the  blame  of  all  the 
 Misfortunes  which  befel  the  Catholics,  the  Rabble  fail'd  not  to 
 take  this  opportunity  to  wreck  their  Malice  upon  em.  The 
 Magiflracy  made  ftri£r  enquiry  after  this  Crime,  and  leiz'd  upon 
 fbme  of  thofe  pretended  Greafers,  among  whom,  as  it  was  laid, 
 there  was  found  one  of  the  Reformed  Religion.    But  the  pu- 
 nifhment  of  thofe  poor  Creatures  would  not  fatisfy  the  Mobile  ; 
 all  the  Reformed  muft  be  difarm'd  to  appeafe  their  fury :  and 
 the  Violences  of  that  Canaille  muft  be  let  alone  unpunifh'd,  tho 
 they  had  knockt  feveral  perfons  o'the  head.    So  that  the  Re- 
 formed were  conftrain'd  to  hide  themfelves  for  feveral  days, 
 and  fbme  that  were  moft  expos'd,  were  fore'd  to  quit  the  City. 
 The  pre-    About  the  fame  time  alfo  a  Young  man  of  the  Reformed  Reli- 
 Toiirfwn  gi°n  was  feiz'd  with  a  violent  Fever,  of  which  he  dy'd:  and 
 of  a  sick  becaufe  he  fell  into  a  Delirium,  the  Priefts  would  needs  make 
 thltfeii   t*lat  an  Argumenr>  ^iat  ne  dy'd  a  Catholic.  In  the  heighth  of  his 
 \nto  0.     Diftemper  he  talk'd  of  nothing  but  his  Father.    Thereupon  a 
 phrmfie.  Jefuit  being  brought  to  the  Bed-fide  under  the  name  of  his  Fa- 
 ther, askM  him,  if  he  would  not  die  in  his  Religion,but  never 
 laid  which,  whether  the  Reformed,  or  the  Roman?  The  fick 
 Perfon  having  made  anfwer,  Yes  my  dear  Father,  prefently  the 
 Equivocal  Term  of  Father,  an  Appellation  which  the  Catholics 
 generally  give  their  Priefts,  was  laid  hold  of,  as  a  proof  that 
 the  man  defir'd  to  change  his  Religion.    But  the  Real  Father 
 coming  to  his  Son  fome  time  after,  and  putting  the  fame  Que- 
 ftion  to  him,  which  the  Young  man  anfwer'd  in  the  fame  man- 
 •    ner,  they  fetch'd  about  another  way,  that  the  latter  Anfu  er  was 
 the  effecl  of  his  Dtlirium ;  that  he  ftill  thought  he  fpoke  to  the 
 Jefuit,  and  that  his  laft  words  were  a  confirmation  of  the  former. 
 So  that  notwithftanding  the  Complaints  of  his  Father,  and  the 
 evident  Symptoms  of  his  Son's  Delirium,  they  would  have  it  pafs 
 for  a  lawful  Converfwn ;  they  drove  all  the  Reformed  Perfons 
 out  of  the  Room  ;  the  Catholics  got  poffefTion  of  his  Body,  and 
 after  his  death  buried  him  after  their  manner.    For  the  Catho- 
 licks  care  not  at  which  Door  People  enter  into  their  Commu- 
 nion ;  Fraud,  Violence,  Fear,  Intereft ,  Frenfie,  all  muft  be 
 ferviceable  to  their  Triumphs,  and  the  Salvation  of  their  Con- 
 verts. In 
 
Book  X.       EdifJ  of  Nantes.  455 
 
 In  the  meantime  the  Court  and  the  Parlaments  darted  all  1628. 
 their  Thunderbolts  againft  the  Duke  of  Rohan  ;  more  efpecially  D~- 
 the  Parlament  ofTholoufe  made  the  mod  bloody  Decrees  againft 
 him  that  ever  were  let  forth  againft  a  Rebel :  But  on  the  other  the  Duke 
 fide,  they  invited  all  his  Adherents  to  quit  him,  with  all  the °f  Rohan, 
 faireft  Promifes  that  could  be  made  'em.  The  King  publifh'd 
 a  Declaration  upon  the  1 5th  of  December  at  Paris,  wherein  cx- 
 treamly  enhauncing  the  Favours  which  he  had  fhewn  the  Roche* 
 lois,  and  the  Advantages  they  had  found  by  fubmitting  to  him  , 
 he  exhorted  all  others  who  had  taken  Arms  to  do  as  much,  and 
 to  come  in ,  and  make  their  acknowledgments  to  that  effect, 
 before  the  Prothonotaries  of  the  Jurifdictions  to  which  they  be- 
 long'd,  within  fifteen  days.  He  order'd  alfo  the  Cities  that 
 held  for  the  Duke  to  fend  their  Deputies  to  the  Court  to  make 
 their  SubmifTions;  and  upon  thefe  Conditions  he  promis'd  upon 
 the  word  of  a  King,  to  be  kind  and  favourable  to  'em  ;  and  to 
 make  'em  equal  partakers  of  his  Graces  with  his  other  Subjects : 
 but  he  condemn'd  to  moft  rigorous  Punifliments  all  thofe  that 
 perfever'd  in  their  Rebellion.  This  Declaration  wrought  very 
 little  effect,  becaufe  the  Duke  of  Rohan  made  thofe  that  adher'd 
 to  him  deeply  fenfible  that  there  was  much  more  to  be  expected 
 from  a  General  Peace,  then  evey  fingle  man  could  obtain  from 
 a  Particular  Submiflion.  But  thefe  Reafons  would  have  bin  of 
 little  force,  had  they  not  feen  the  Cardinal  engag'd  in  a  Foreign 
 War,  which  would  not  permit  him  vigoroufly  to  purfue  his 
 utmoft  efforts  in  France  againft  the  remainder  of  the  Re- 
 formed. 
 
 That  Minifter  was  defirous  to  revive  the  Reputation  of  his  the  king 
 Mailer  in  Italy,  where  it  was  very  low,  by  reafon  that  they  who  w 
 govern'd  as  Prime  Minifters  before  him,  had  too  great  a  kind-  fX  T 
 nefs  for  the  Court  of  Spain.    To  that  purpofe,  he  fent  an  Army  journey 
 thither  in  fuch  a  Seafon  of  the  Year,  that  there  was  more  like-  mo, 1:al>'- 
 lihood  of  feeing  it  ruin'd,  then  hopes  of  any  Succefs  to  be  00-  l62<^ 
 tain^d  by  it.    And  to  fay  truth,  Had  the  Succefs  been  unfortu- 
 nate, the  Expedition  might  have  been  lookt  upon  as  rafh  and 
 inconfiderate.    But  there  is  nothing  that  profpers  better  then 
 thole  things  which  an  Enemy  believes  his  Adverfary  dares  not 
 
 U  u  u  under- 
 
454  The  Hiflory  of  the        Vol  II. 
 
 1619.  undertake".  The  Army  forc'd  its  way  through  all  thedifadvan- 
 tages  ot  Places,notwithftandingthe  rigour  of  theWinter,and  the 
 Duke  of  Savoys  men  that  oppos'd  their  PafTage :  And  after  he  had 
 fetPd  Affairs  on  that  fide  in  a  very  glorious  manner ,  the  King 
 return'd  toCenenes^nd  laid  fiege  toPrivas.lKnd  indeed  there  was 
 ibmething  furprifing  in  the  Speed  and  Diligence  of  this  Great 
 Minifter.  For  there  had  not  elaps'd  above  fix  Months  between 
 the  reducing  of  Rochel,  and  the  taking  of  Privas ;  and  during 
 that  fmall  time,  the  Cardinal  had  caus'd  the  King  to  take  a 
 Journey  into  Savoy ,  and  recover'd  the  Affairs  of  Italy  into  a 
 good  Condition.  This  acquir'd  him  fo  great  Credit  with  the 
 King,  that  it  was  impoflible  he  fhould  mount  any  higher  ;  and 
 befides,  it  fpread  both  admiration  and  aftoniftiment  all  over 
 Europe.  So  that  the  Reformed  were  in  a  difmal  Confirmation, 
 when  they  faw  the  remainder  of  their  Cities  menac'd  by  thofe 
 Vi&orious  Troops,  which  in  fuch  a  terrible  Seafon  had  forc'd 
 all  the Obftacles  of  Art  and  Nature.  So  that  the  Duke  of  Rohan 
 had  much  ado  with  all  his  accuftom'd  Arguments,  and  the  hopes 
 of  Succour  that  Spain  promis'd  him,  to  prevent  the  voluntary 
 Surrender  of  all  thofe  Cities. 
 The  suge  The  King  then,  having  receiv'd  great  Applaufes  in  all  places 
 fblilldi-  tnrougn  which  he  pafs'd  in  his  way  to  Italy r  for  the  fuccefs  of 
 t  Mitt  If  '"his  Arms  before  Rochel;  and  having  beheld  at  his  return  the 
 •mhichwtre  Roads  ftrew'd  with  Converfions,  procur'd  by  a  great  number  of 
 httr«y  d-  Miffionaries  that  march'd  along  with  his  Army,  and  fuch  as  well 
 knew  how  to  improve  the  Argument  of  Terror,  met  with  no 
 flop  till  he  came  to  Privai,  before  which  Place  he  fate  down  in 
 May ;  and  into  which  Chabrilks  and  Montbrun  had  put  themfelves 
 under  pretence  of  holding  it  out.  But  they  were  both  fufpe&ed, 
 and  it  was  difcover'd  that  ChabnUts  treated  with  the  Court,  and 
 were  to  deliver  up  Viv&retz,  to  the  Cardinal  for  a  good  Reward. 
 Mombrunwas  more  wary,  and  would  beintreated,  and  fii'd  to, 
 before  he  would  yield :  Befides,  they  mutually  fow'd  diftrufts 
 in  prejudice  the  one  of  the  other.  Chabrilks  offer'd  to  hold  out 
 the  Place,  provided  he  might  have  the  upper  hand,  as  being 
 afraid  that  Mombrun  would  thwart  him. 
 
 On  the  other  fide  Mombrvn  dedw'd  what  he  knew  of  ChabriU 
 ks's  Treafon,  and  did  all  he  could,  left  the  City  fhould  be  put 
 
Book  IX.       EM  of  Nantes.  455 
 
 into  his  hands.  This  quarrelling  of  theirs  fell  oat  right,  and  1629. 
 had  the  intended  EffecT:,  to  fet  the  Soldiers  at  variance  one  a- 
 mong  another.  The  Relief  which  was  to  have  bin  fent  thither, 
 and  which  lay  at  Bontkres>  refus'd  to  march  thither  at  the  per- 
 fuafion  of  Cbabri/ies,  who  promis'd  other  Succors  fb  loon  as  it 
 fhould  be  feafonable.  The  Soldiers  of  the  Garifon  deferted, 
 and  the  greateft  part  of  the  Citizens  did  as  much.  Thereupon 
 Mombrtm  having  thus  rendered  the  place  almoft  defencelefs,went 
 away  together  with  fome  few  Captains  to  the  King's  Quarter, 
 where  he  was  detain'd  Pris'ner  for  fafhion's  fake,  on  purpofe  to 
 force  the  Town  to  a  Surrender  at  dilcretion.  For  in  reality  he 
 had  made  his  Bargain;  and  the  Pretence  alledg'd  for  his  Deten- 
 tion, that  he  had  left  the  Town  before  he  had  lecur'd  himfelf  by 
 a  Capitulation,  was  a  meerShamm.  So  that  the  Garifon  of 
 Privas,  which  was  retir'd  to  the  Fort  of  Thoulon,  aftonifh'd  at 
 the  detaining  of  Mombnm,  and  the  Captains  that  follow'd  him, 
 and  finding  themfelves  without  either  Chieftain  or  Governor, 
 furrender'd  at  difcretion.  But  when  the  King's  Forces  enter'd 
 the  Town,  the  Fire  took  hold  either  of  fome  Barrels  of  Powder, 
 or  elfe  upon  fome  Mine  that  was  prepar'd  ready  to  fpring,  if  the 
 place  had  bin  attacqu'd  according  to  the  methods  of  War;  which 
 Accident  blew  up  lome  of  the  King's  Soldiers,  and  gave  others 
 a  Pretence  to  put  the  Garifon  to  the  Sword.  So  that  all  the 
 Cruelties  that  could  be  exercis'd  upon  a  City  taken  by  AlTault,  ow*«9 
 were  put  in  practice  at  Priva*.  The  City  was  plunder'd  and  exer"'M 
 burnt,  and  whatever  efcap'd  the  Fury  of  the  Soldiers,  was  only 
 referv'd  for  the  Gibet  or  the  Gallies. 
 
 The  Catholics  accus'd  the  Reformed  to  have  fet  Fire  to  the  The  pre- 
 Powder;  and  the  Reformed  accus'd  the  King's  Soldiers  to  have fht 
 committed  that  abominable  Fa£t,  that  they  might  have  a  Right  &J. 
 to  lack  the  City,  which  they  could  not  have  by  the  voluntary 
 Surrender  of  the  Town.    And  indeed  'tis  moft  probable,  that 
 the  Reformed  would  have  taken  better  meafures,  had  they  bin 
 the  Authors  of  that  Accident.    For  it  happen'd  too  foon  to  do 
 any  confiderab'e  damage  to  the  Enemy  :  nor  was  the  little  harm 
 it  did,  worth  the  trouble  of  making  luch  an  Attempt.  How- 
 ever, the  Soldiers  were  believ'd  who  accus'd  the  Garifon  of  the 
 foul  Play.    People  that  are  hated,  a;e  foon  believ'd  to  be  crimi- 
 U  u  u  i  ml; 
 
45  6  The  Hilary  of  tbe  Vol.11. 
 
 1629.  nal ;  and  the  Antipathy  which  men  have  againft  'em,  gives  an 
 Air  of  Evidence  and  Truth  to  all  Accufations  that  are  laid  to 
 their  charge.    For  this  reafbn  it  was,  that  thefe  poor  Creatures 
 were  lookt  upon  as  guilty  of  atTaffinating  a  Capuchin,  who  was 
 call'd  Jerome  dtCondrieity  and  whom  the  Monks  of  his  Order 
 will  needs  have  to  be  a  Martyr.    There  has,  bin  alfo  a  Relation 
 of  this  pretended  Martyrdom  publifhr,  and  fo  exactly  dreft  up 
 with  all  the  Circumftances  of  it,  that  for  a  man  to  have  been 
 acquainted  with  all  that  is  there  fet  down,  he  muft  not  only 
 have  bin  prefent  at  the  Action,  but  a  patient  and  quiet  Specta- 
 tor alfo.    Neverthelefs,  this  pretended  Crime  muft  needs  be 
 committed  in  a  place  where  there  was  no  body  but  the  Crimi- 
 nals, andtheperfbn  that  fuffer'd  ;  and  the  chiefeft  part  of  the 
 Circumftances  10  ill  jumbl  d  together,  that  itwaseafily  to  be 
 difcern'd,  that  it  was  only  a  Romantic  Story  of  a  roafted  Horfe, 
 iiich  as  are  brought  us  Crom  Japan  or  China.    But  the  King  be- 
 ing extremely  tradable,  fuperftitious,  and  prepoffefs'd  with  an 
 averfion  for  the  Reformed,  fwallow'd,  without  any  examination, 
 what  was  urg'd  againft  'em,  to  foment  and  buoy  him  up  in  his 
 prcjudic'd  Opinion. 
 Comer-       In  like  manner  they  vaunted  the  Converfions  of  Soldiers,  that 
 Hons  of    embrac'd  the  Catholic  Religion  before  they  dy'd.    But  befides, 
 SftT     whac  *  have  °bferv'd  in  other  places  upon  thefe  pretended  Con- 
 pniners.  verfions,  I  (hall  here  fpeak  it  once  for  all,  that  there  were  many 
 Catholics  who  bore  Arms  in  the  Reformed  Army ;  That  thefe 
 Catholics  hoping  for  better  Ufage,  if  they  calfd  themfelves  Re- 
 formed, then  if  they  acknowledge!  that  being  Catholics,  they 
 had  fervd  in  the  Armies  of  thole  who  were  term'd  Enemies  of 
 the  State  and  the  Church,  tarry 'd  till  there  was  no  longer  any 
 hopes  of  mercy  for  'em,  before  they  declar'd  themfelves ;  That 
 fome  of  'em  alfo  fav'd  their  Lives  by  this  Artifice,  acting  the 
 part  of  Zealots,  and  of  theGodlier  fort  of  the  Reformed,  till 
 the  Miflionaries  put 'em  in  hope  of  Pardon,  upon  condition 
 they  would  change  their  Religion ;  That  thefe  perfons  eafily 
 yielded  to  whatever  was  infus'd  into 'em  by  the  Monks :  Co 
 that  when  they  met  with  the  Depofitions  of  thefe  falfe  Con- 
 verts againft  the  Minifters,or  any  other  of  the  Reformed,  'twas 
 neither  Juftice  nor  found  Reafbn  to  give  Credit  to  their  Tefti- 
 
 mony. 
 
Book  X.       Edill  of  Nantes.  457 
 
 mony.    Moreover,  the  Cruelties  Exercis'd  upon  the  taking  of  1629. 
 Privts,  were  cry'd  up  as  a  juft  piece  of  Severity,  and  an  Ex- 
 emplary punifhment  :  And  as  if  that  mercilefs  Butchery  had 
 not  bin  enough  to  fatislie  em,  the  King  publifh'd  a  Declaration  ^  />«/«. 
 in  the  Month  of  June,  which  forbid  all  thole  that  were  not  'mrta^ont"fon 
 Priviu  during  the  Siege,  to  return,  and  Confifcated  all  theij;  rffxW^ 
 Goods :  It  deprived  all  the  reft  of  the  Reformed  of  the  Liberty 
 to  fettle  there  without  exprefs  leave  ;  and  fet  forth,  that  pol- 
 feffion  it  felf,  without  permiilion,  fbould  not  give 'em  a  Title  to 
 any  Right.    We  fhall  relate  in  due  place  the  Injuftice  and  Cru- 
 elties that  were  committed  in  thefe  later  years,  under  the  pre^ 
 tence  of  that  Declaration. 
 
 The  taking  of  Privjspnd  the  Circumftances  of  the  R  educing 
 it,  begat  Fear  and  Confternation  on  every  fide :  And  befides,  the 
 Havock  which  was  begun  in  feveral  Places,  by  the  little  Ar- 
 mies which  the  King  fent  thither,  quite  daunted  the  Courage 
 of  all  that  were  capable  to  delend  themfelves^  They  were  ut- 
 utterly  out  of  Hopes  of  being  Afiifted  by  the  Engliflj,  who 
 fince  the  Taking  of  Rochelle^  hadftill  held  the  Duke  of  Rohan 
 in  fufpence  with  fair  Promifes.  But  the  Cardinal  had  begun  a 
 Treaty  of  Peace  with  'em,  before  he  carry'd  the  King  into 
 Italy  \  and  the  Negoiiation  was  perfectly  concluded  during  that 
 Journey :  lb  that  the  News  of  that  Peace  was  publifh'd  while 
 the  King  lay  before  Privas.  'Tis  true,  that  the  Englifl)  En- 
 voy affur'd  the  Duke,  that  the  Peace  would  not  be  of  any  long 
 Continuance.  But  tho  that  Promife  might  have  bin  rely'd 
 upon,  the  Duke  who  flood  in  need  of  prefent  Ayd,  could  not 
 flay  for  an  AiTiftance  that  was  promis'd  him  in  purfuance  of  an 
 uncertain  Rupture  of  fb  late  a  Treaty.  There  remain'd  only  f^'^f 
 the  Afliftanceof«ty*/»,  where  Cl.wjell  had  concluded  a  Treaty .  8/R0inn 
 the  Third  of  A/47,  in  the  Dukes  Name.  But  'twas  well  known, 
 that  there  was  no  Confiding  in  that  Succor,  which  the  Inlup-  Spain" 
 portable  flownefs  of  the  Councel  at  Madrid  would  not  permit 
 'em  to  expect  in  any  time,  fb  as  to  reap  any  Benefit  by  it.  Be- 
 fides, that  the  Catholic  Zeal  of  that  Court  gave  the  Reformed 
 great  reafon  to  queftion,  whether  or  no  fhe  were  fincere  in 
 her  Treaties  with  Heretics :  and  then  again,  that  Forraigu  Al- 
 liance did  not  pleafe  feveral  of  the  Reformed  themfelves.  The 
 
 Men  1 
 
45 8  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1519.  Men  of  the  Quill  wrote  to  and  fro  with  great  vehemency ;  and 
 the  Monks  coming  in  for  a  fhare,  moft  bloody  Satyrs  appear'd 
 againft  the  Duke,  and  all  thole  that  were  of  his  Religion  and 
 Party.  His  Adverfaries  maintain'd  againft  him  in  all  thofe 
 Writings,  that  the  Forraing  Succour  with  which  he  flatter'd 
 himfelf,  was  both  impoflible,  unprofitable,  and  unjuft.  They 
 alio  excus'd  by  divers  Arguments  the  Breach  of  Treaties,  which 
 it  was  not  always  requifite  to  obferve.  In  purfuance  of  which 
 Mixim,  they  ftiew'd,  that  all  the  Reafons  which  the  Reformed 
 brought  were  Inefficient  to  juftifie  their  Arms.  They  would 
 needs  have  it,  that  the  Reformed  had  extorted  all  the  Favours 
 which  had  bin  granted  to 'em,  and  particularly  the  Briefs; 
 confequently,  that  the  Obligation  was  void,  and  the  Revocation 
 lawful.  'Twas  laid,  that  Kings  were  oblig'd  to  punifh  He- 
 retics, as  the  Servants  of  God ,  as  Protectors  of  the  Church, 
 and  becaufe  that  Heretics  have  bin  always  troublefbm  to  States 
 and  Kingdoms.  Twas  aflferted,  that  the  Realbn  cf  Public 
 Welfare,  exempted  Kings  from  obferving  their  Promifes  made 
 to  their  Subjects,  who  were  never  permitted  to  wage  War  ; 
 and  that  tho  they  were  attacqu'd,  it  was  not  lawful  for  'em  to  de- 
 fend themfelves ,  and  they  were  very  large  and  copious  upon 
 this  Tyrannical  Opinion.  They  were  alfb  very  diffufive  upon  the 
 Queftion ,  what  Place  the  Reformed  held  in  the  Kingdom  ? 
 Wherein  it  was  aflerted,  that  they  were  no  feparate  Body :  and 
 upon  that  Principle  they  condemn'd  their  Alfemblies,  their  Ge- 
 neral Deputations)  and  in  a  word,  whatever  elfe  was  the 
 Confequenceofa  lawful  Union.  A  new  fort  of  Politics,  from 
 whence  the  Pretences  for  a  Great  Number  of  unjuft  Actions 
 were  drawn.  Laftly,  by  a  fort  of  Argumentation  altogether 
 Catholic,  they  al!edg:d  the  Victories  of  the  Roman  Church 
 over  Me refie  to  be  a  Mark  of  her  being  the  True  Church  ;  and 
 the  Fall  of  the  Reformed  as  a  Mark  of  their  Herefie.  But  it 
 would  be  a  hard  matter  to  demonftrate,  that  Violence,  Sur- 
 prize, and  Treachery,  which  are  the  Weapons  which  the  Ro- 
 man  Church  makes  ufe  of  againft  her  Enemies,  were  Weapons 
 becoming  the  Truth,  and  that  the  Ruin  of  her  Adverlaries  by 
 fuch  means,  was  a  good  Argument  to  convince  'em  of  He- 
 refie. 
 
 But 
 
Book  IX.       EitB  of  Nantes.  459 
 
 But  while  the  Duke  of  Rohan  ftruggl'd  withthefe  Difficul-  1629. 
 ties,  the  Reducing  of  Alets ,  which  open'd  her  Gates  to  the 
 King  without  any  Oppofition,  totally  dilcouragd  [hole  that  were 
 ftill  refolv'd  to  have  defended  themfelvrs;  and  the  Advanta- 
 geous Conditions  which  that  City  obtain'd,  perfwaded  all  the 
 reft  to  imitate  Her,  that  they  might  be  no  lefs  happy  then  She. 
 The  Confideration  of  the  Diforders  that  happened  at  Pnvasy 
 made  'em  believe  the  Capitulation  of  Alets  the  more  tolerable  ; 
 for  that  as  it  was  one  of  the  moft  Confiderable  that  beion'gd  to 
 the  Party,  her  Example  extreamly  fway'd  the  Reft.  Nevcr- 
 thelefs  the  Duke  furmounted  all  thefe  Obftacles,  and  neglecting 
 his  own  Advantages,  which  he  was  given  to  underftand  in  the 
 King's  Name,  fhould  be  much  greater  if  he  would  treat  apart 
 by  himfelf,  then  if  he  obftinately  infifted  upon  a  General  Peace ; 
 he  engag'd  all  his  Friends  and  Adheretns,  to  make  but  one  Trea- 
 ty for  all.    To  which  purpofe  he  obtain'd  leave  to  call  a  Ge- 
 neral Alfembly  at  Anduje,  from  whence  it  was  tranflated  to 
 Nimes,  to  the  end  it  might  there  be  more  free.    For  the  King  <*n  jfiw 
 granting  the  Confirmation  of  the  Edicts,  there  was  nothing  %pJtr^- 
 which  could  caufe  a  Difpute,  but  the  Article  concerning  thedufe,w 
 Fortifications. '  'Twas  the  King's  defire  they  fhould  be  demo-  *r**fl*t** 
 lifh'd,  but  the  greateft  part  of  the  Cities  refus'd  to  Con-  imes' 
 fentto  it.  They  judg'd  it  to  be  the  greateft  Mifchief  that  cou!d 
 befal  'em,  tho  they  fhould  ftand  the  utmoft  of  Extremity.  And 
 to  fay  truth,  in  regard  there  were  ftill  remaining  about  Thirty 
 ftrong  Holds,  the  meaneft  of  which  was  able  to  hold  out  a 
 Siege  of  three  Months,  they  might  have  put  the  Cardinal  to  a 
 plunge,  had  he  infifted  upon  that  Article.    But  particular  In- 
 terests, the  Cardinal's  Correfpondencies,  the  Fear  of  Treachery, 
 the  Example  of  Privas,  and  chiefly  that  of  Andufe,  that  firft 
 of  alljgave  way,  and  firft  of  all  agreed  to  the  Demolifhing  of 
 her  Fortifications,  made  all  the  Deputies  that  were  at  the  Af- 
 fembly  fubmit  to  give  the  fame  Confent. 
 
 The  Peace  was  then  Concluded  toward  the  end  of  June,  pub-  peace 
 lifh'd  in  the  Kings  Camp,  and  afterwards  the  Treaty  being  clu{ien' 
 turn'd  into  an  Edict,  was  publifh'd  at  Nimts  the  next  Month.  It 
 was  granted  in  the  Form  of  a  Favour ;  and  becaufe  the  King 
 afforded  it  to  his  vanquifh'd  and  humbPd  Subjects  of  his  meer 
 
 good: 
 
460  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1529.  good  will,  upon  no  other  Confiderations  or  Motives  but  thofe 
 of  his  Clemency, it  was  calfd  the  Edict  of  Gme.Upon  which  Ti- 
 Tht  Edict  *'e  tnere  was  a  High  Valne  put,  to  cure  the  Reformed  of  their 
 »f  Grace.  Fears,  left  this  EdiCt  fhould  be  no  better  obferv  d  then  the 
 Reft:  and  becaule  it  was  taken  for  a  pretence  to  violate  thole 
 that  preceded,  that  the  Grant  of 'em  was  wrefted  from  the 
 King  by  force  ;  therefore  that  there  fhould  be  no  excufe  for  the 
 Infringing  of  this,  becaufe  the  King  had  granted  it  as  a  Vi&or, 
 out  of  the  meer  Inftigationof  his  Royal  good  will.  Neverthe- 
 lels,  the  very  next  Day  after  the  Publication  of  the  Peace,  being 
 the  29th  of  June,  the  Cardinal  wrote  a  Letter  to  the  Queen- 
 Mother  upon  the  occafion,  from  whence  it  might  be  concluded, 
 that  the  Motive  to  this  Peace  was  not  any  Inclination  to  ob- 
 fervethe  Edifts  obtain  d  by  the  Heretics,  but  to  eafe  the  People 
 of  the  Confequences  of  the  War,  and  for  fear  of  offending  their 
 Proteftant  Confederates,  who  would  hardly  have  bin  drawn 
 to  Confide  in  thofe  who  fought  the  utter  Extirpation  of  their 
 Reformed  Brethren.  But  the  Queen  was  already  difcontented 
 with  the  Cardinal  ;  nor  was  there  any  thing  which  more  dif- 
 pieas'd  her  then  the  Succefs  of  the  Enterprifes  which  he  under- 
 took. She  'had  done  as  much  as  (lie  could  to  hinder  the  Succefs 
 of  the  Siege  of  Rochelie ;  and  at  the  fame  time  that  fhe  vow'd 
 Pilgrimages  and  other  Afts  of  Devotion  for  the  Taking  of  it, 
 fhe  fet  all  her  Engins  at  work  to  difappoint  the  Profperity  of 
 that  Important  Defign.  Not  that  fhe  lov'd  the  Reformed  ; 
 tho  they  had  ferv'd  her  faithfully  upon  feveral  Occafions:  for 
 in  regard  they  had  offended  her  in  others,  their  Injuries  lay 
 deeper  at  her  Heart  then  their  Services.  But  that  was  no 
 ftrange  thing:  For  we  may  build  more  fecurely  upon  the  Re- 
 fentment  of  Men,  more  efpecially  of  Princes,  then  upon  their 
 Acknowledgment.  Time  obliterates  out  of  their  Memories 
 all  the  Imprelfions  of  their  good  Services:  and  when  they  par- 
 don, they  do  but  fufpend  the  Refentment  of  an  Injury,  the  Re- 
 membrance of  which  the  leaft  Pretence  revives.  Now  that 
 which  oblig'd  the  Queen  to  fret  at  the  Cardinal's  Profperity, 
 was  this,  that  fhefawthe  Cardinals  Reputation  hVd  by  the 
 Succefs  of  his  Defigns  :  whereas  ihe  faw  her  Credit  fink  by  de- 
 grees, while  he  that  before  was  but  her  Cre  tture,  left  her  hardly 
 
 any 
 
Book  IX.        Editt  of  Nantes.  46 1 
 
 any  fhare  in  the  Government  of  Affairs.  And  fhe  would  not  1629. 
 have  bin  forry  to  have  feen  him  lefs  fortunate  in  his  Enterprifes 
 againft  the  Heretics,  that  there  might  have  bin  a  Party  left  in 
 the  Kingdom  to  reftore  her  to  the  Authority  fhe  had  loft,  when 
 occafion  offer'd.  However,  the  Cardinal  always  paid  her  moft 
 profound  Refpects,  that  he  might  not  expofe  himfelf  to  the 
 reproach  ofdefpifinga  Princefs  to  whom  he  was  beholding  for 
 his  Fortune.    But  to  return  to  the  Hiftory. 
 
 The  Edict  contain'd  in  the  firft  place  a  long  Preface,  which  contents  of 
 after  an  infulting  manner  fet  forth  the  means  employ'd  to  reduce tht  Ed:if' 
 the  Reformed  to  obedience.  The  Taking  of  Rochel,  the  Sacking 
 of  Privas,  the  voluntary  Surrender  of  Alets,  were  reprefented 
 in  a  Rhetorical  Stile,  not  common  in  Edicts.  There  were  the 
 Names  of  Five  and  twenty  Towns  well  fortify  d  that  durft  not 
 ftand  the  firft  Shot  of  the  King's  Batteries  \  and  which  together 
 with  the  Duke  of  Rohan  and  the  Nobility  of  feveral  Provinces, 
 had  implor'd  his  Clemency  by  their  Deputies,  offering  to  demo- 
 lift]  their  Fortifications  for  fear  of  giving  any  diftruft  of  their  Fi- 
 delity. After  which  the  King ,  fway'd  by  companion  only  of 
 the  Mifery  of  his  Subjects,  and  that  he  might  more  abfblutely 
 gain  the  hearts  of  thole  who  had  bin  guilty  of  fb  many  Uelapfes, 
 ordain'd  in  two  and  twenty  Articles  what  he  would  have  ob- 
 ferv'd  for  the  future.  The  Edict  was  term'd  Perpetual  and  Ir- 
 revocable ;  and  according  to  the  accuftom'd  ftile,  the  Firft  Arti- 
 cle enjoin'd  the  Re-eftablifbment  of  the  Roman  Religion  in  all 
 the  freedom  of  its  Exerciles  ;  and  of  the  Minifters  of  the  Wor- 
 Ihip  of  it  in  all  their  Goods  and  Eftates.  But  by  a  lingular 
 Claule,  'twas  the  King's  pleafure  that  only  Monks  living  up  to 
 the  ftridnefs  of  their  Order  fhould  be  plac'd  in  the  Monasteries 
 of  the  Cities  redue'd.  The  Second  was  altogether  new  ;  for 
 that  while  on  the  one  fide  it  promis'd  to  maintain  the  Reformed 
 in  the  free  Exercife  of  their  Religion,  on  the  other  fide  it  let 
 forth  an  extraordinary  defire  of  their  Return  to  the  Roman 
 Church  ;  and  exhorted 'em  to  lay  afide  all  Paflion,  to  th_i  end 
 they  might  be  capable  of  receiving  the  Light  of  Heav'n  :  And 
 the  King  inlerted  this  defire  of  their  Converfion,  to  the  end  it 
 might  be  admir'd  as  the  moft  fplendid  Teftimony  of  his  good 
 will.   The  Third  related  to  the  Qualifications  of  the  Curates 
 
 X  x  x  that 
 
2  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 .  that  were  to  be  fetled  in  the  Parishes  of  the  Conquer'd  Coun- 
 tries, and  the  Provifion  that  was  to  be  made  for  their  fubfiftence. 
 The  next  contained  a  general  and  particular  Aranefty  of  what- 
 ever had  bin  acted  during  the  War.  The  Fifth  contain'd  the 
 Declarations,  Edicts  and  Articles  enre^ijlerd  in  Parlaments; 
 and  that  which  follow'd,  ordain'd  the  Reft  itution  of  Churches 
 and  Church-yards,  and  gave  leave  for  the  rebuilding  of  demo- 
 lifh'd  Churches.  The  Seventh  allow'd  three  months  time  for 
 the  demolifhing  of  Fortifications,  which  was  to  be  done  at  the 
 expence  of  the  Inhabitants  Labour,  according  to  fuch  Orders  as 
 the  King's  Commiflioners  fhould  give  ;  and  in  regard  the  King 
 lefc  no  Garifons  in  the  faid  Cities,  he  obligd  'em  to  give  him 
 Hoftages,  who  were  to  remain  in  cuftody ,  where  he  fhould 
 appoint,  till  the  Work  was  fully  compleated  :  And  the  Pream- 
 ble of  the  Edict  declar'd,  That  the  Hoftages  had  bin  deliver'd 
 before  it  was  publilh'd :  nor  did  this  Article  leave  the  Cities  any 
 more  then  the  bare  enclofure  of  their  Walls.The  Eighth  reftor'd 
 the  Reformed  to  all  their  Goods  and  Eftates,  their  Tythes,  Ac- 
 cornpts  and  Suits,  and  cancell'd  all  contrary  Decrees  and  Or- 
 dinances. The  Ninth  gave  'em  leave  to  re-enter  into  their 
 Houfes,  and  to  fettle  in  the  Kingdom  where  they  pleas'd  them- 
 felves.  But  he  excepted  out  of  the  firft  part  of  this  Favour  all 
 the  Inhabitants  of  Pamiers  that  refided  in  the  City,  when  the 
 Prince  of  Qonde  retook  it  from  the  Duke  of  Roha»  ;  and  out  of 
 the  ad.  he  excepted  thelflands  of  Re  and  Oleron,  Rochelleand 
 Privot,  where  he  fufFer'd  no  body  to  refettle  anew.  The  next 
 Seven  that  follow'd  contain'd  the  Accuftom'd  Regulations  for 
 the  difcharge  of  Perfons  that  had  bin  any  way  concern'd  in  the 
 management  of  Money,  or  in  the  Administration  of  Juftice. 
 The  17th  and  18th  conflrm'd  the  Cuftoms  for  the  Election  of 
 their  Confuls,  and  the  Municipal  Government ;  and  thofe  of 
 the  Allembly  of  Foix  in  reference  to  the  Aflembly  of  States. 
 
 The  Ninteenth  imported  a  Difcharge,  in  favour  of  the  Con- 
 fuls, for  the  management  of  the  public  Money.  The  Twentieth 
 jefetPd  the  Seats  of  Judicature,  and  Audits  of  Receipts,  in  fuch 
 places  from  whence  they  had  bin  difcharg'd  by  reafon  of  the 
 Troubles  :  And  the  laft  reftor'd  the  Party-Chamber  to  Caftres, 
 fo  foon  as  the  Fortifications  fhouki  be  demolifb'd ;  and  main- 
 tain^ 
 
Book  IX.       Editi  of  Nantes.  465 
 
 tain'd  it  in  all  the  Jurifditlions  that  had  bin  allow'd  it  by  the  1629. 
 Edids. 
 
 Upon  the  1  $th  of  July  the  King  wrote  a  Letter  to  the  Queen  r&  Ba!gv 
 Mother,  wherein  he  appear'd  extreamly  well  fatisB'd  with  the  Letter  to 
 Peace  which  had  bin  concluded.    He  declar'd  himfelf  highly  Jg!"JS 
 pleas'd  with  the  Marks  of  their  Affection  which  the  Reformed  the  Pmce. 
 had  given  him :  That  he  thought  there  remained  no  more  Seeds 
 of  Rebellion  among  'em  ;  and  that  they  labour  d  in  the  demo- 
 lifhing  their  Fortifications,  with  the  lame  zeal  that  they  rais'd 
 'em.    As  for  the  Duke  of  Rohan,  after  he  had  kifs'd  the  King's  The  Duh 
 Hand,  he  departed  with  permiffion  to  retire  to  Venice.    To  fay  ^°han 
 truth,  'twas  no  more  then  a  Banifhment  cover'd  over  with  the 
 gay  name  of  PermifTion.    For  it  was  by  no  means  judg'd  a 
 piece  of  prudence  to  let  the  Duke  alone  in  Fra»ce,\vhere  his  Re- 
 putation and  his  Intreagues  might  hinder  the  ftifling  the  remain- 
 ders of  the  Conflagration.    However,  it  was  no  lefs  beneficial 
 for  him  to  keep  himfelf  at  a  diftance  in  fuch  places  where  he 
 could  give  no  fufpicion,  as  it  was  for  the  Court  to  remove  him. 
 For  the  leaft  jealoufy  of  his  Conduct,  had  he  (raid  in  France,  had 
 either  brought  his  Head  to  the  Block,  or  lockt  him  up  in  a  Ian- 
 guifhing  Imprifbnment.  His  Mother  and  Sifter  were  releas'd  af- 
 ter the  Peace ;  and  the  King  allow'd  fome  reparation  to  the 
 Duke  for  the  waft  which  the  Prince  of  Condi  had  made  of  his 
 Eftate. 
 
 This  Peace  in  the  main  had  not  bin  difadvantageous  to  the  Montau- 
 Reformed  ,  if  by  taking  from  'em  their  Places  of  Security,  they  J^J* 
 could  have  bin  cur'd  of  thatdiftruft,  which  the  ill  obferv'd  Pro-  w 
 miles  of  the  Catholics,  experiene'd  for  feventy  years  together, 
 had  imprinted  in  their  minds.    They  found  themfelves  at  the 
 difcretion  of  their  Enemies  by  the  Razing  of  their  Fortifications? 
 and  all  the  Power  of  the  Prime  Miniftry  being  in  the  Cardinal  s 
 hands,  wou'd  not  permit  'em  to  fleep  in  quiet  under  the  Promifes 
 of  his  Good-will.   Upon  thefe  Considerations  it  was,  that  Men- 
 Utdtin  refus'd  a  long  time  to  ratify  what  the  AflTembly  of  Nitlhks 
 had  decreed.    The  Siege  which  fhe  had  fo  glorioufly  fuftain'd 
 perfuaded  her  that  fhe  was  invincible  :  And  her  Inhabitants  wers 
 lb  pufc  up  with  their  Succefs,  that  they  believ'd  that  no  body 
 durft  attacque  'em.  However,  fome  Forces  were  fent  that  way 
 
 X  x  x  2  to 
 
464  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1629.  to  put  'em  in  fear;  but  the  Cardinal,  who  afpir'd  to  be  ac- 
 counted the  mod  accompliftVd  of  all  Hero's,  and  to  be  thought 
 able  to  do  more  by  his  prefence,  then  a  great  Army  by  the  Dint 
 of  their  molt  daring  efTorts,order'd  his  affairs  fo  well,that  the  ho- 
 nour of  reducing  Mont  tub m  redounded  wholly  to  himlelf.  Thi- 
 ther he  went ;  was  admitted ;  and  put  into  it  what  number  of  the 
 King's  Forces  he  pleas  djorder'd  theFortifications  to  be  Ievel'd,&- 
 did  more  in  a  few  days  by  an  affe&ation  of  extraordinary  Cle- 
 mency, and  of  being  exact:  to  his  Word,  then  a  Victorious  Ar- 
 my, where  the  King  was  in  perfon,  could  accomplifh  by  a  long 
 Siege.  When  he  made  his  Entry  into  MontMbany\X\z  Minifters 
 prelented  themfelves  to  kits  his  Hands ;  he  receiv'd  'em  but 
 before  that,  he  gave  'em  to  underftand,  that  he  did  not  allow 
 'em  that  Honour,  as  Deputies  of  any  Particular  Body,  becaufe 
 the  Reformed  made  no  Particular  Body  in  the  Kingdom  ;  but 
 only  as  men  of  Learning,  for  whom  he  had  an  efteem.  The 
 end  of  this  Compliment  was,  to  let  the  Reformed  know,  that 
 their  Union  was  quite  extinct ;  and  confided  no  longer  in  any 
 other  thing,  then  in  their  Profeffion  of  the  fame  Dodrine. 
 The  Minifters  of  State,  the  Intendants,  the  Governors  of  Pro- 
 vinces, and  Princes  themfelves  for  a  long  time,  did  'em  the  fame 
 honour,  as  the  Cardinal  had  done  the  Minifters  of  Montau- 
 han:  But  at  length,  theClergy,  weary  of  hearing  the  Compli- 
 ments of  the  Minifters,  preferr'd  upon  all  occafions,before  thofe 
 of  all  the  other  Deputies,  obtain'd  a  Declaration  which  forbid 
 em  to  make  any  fuch  Deputations,  as  I  (hall  have  an  occafion 
 to  fpeak  in  another  place. 
 Agwhlyof  As  for  the  Aflembly  this  year  alTembl'd  at  Parity  they  chiefly 
 to  cfogr.  minded  their  own  Affairs.  They  obtain'd  a  Decree  of  Council, 
 which  forbid  the  feizing  in  the  hands  of  the  Receivers  of  the 
 Clergy  the  Penfions  which  had  bin  allow'd  'em,  under  pretence 
 of  being  the  Debts  of  Converted  Minifters.  And  this  open'd  a 
 large  Door  for  the  Knavery  of  thofe  who  were  laden  with  Debts, 
 and  had  not  wherewithal  to  pay.  But  there  were  fome  Articles 
 in  the  Ordinances  of  Ltwu  XI II.  upon  which  the  Clergy  thought 
 fit  to  make  Remonftrances.  Among  which  there  was  one  which 
 oblig'd  em  to  draw  up  an  Inventory  of  their  Evidences.  Againft 
 which  they  urg'd.  that  fuch  an  Article  would  do  'em  wrong ; 
 
Book  X.       Editi  of  Nantes.  465 
 
 *or  that  the  Enemies  of  the  Church,  meaning  the  Reformed,  1629. 
 would  draw  from  thence  a  pretence  to  moleft  'em  in  the  Pof- 
 feffipn  of  their  Livings.  .  Tho  there  was  as  much  reafbn  to  fear 
 the  Vexations  of  the' Catholics,  as  thofe  of  the  other  People, 
 becaufe  they  would  have  found  a  means  to  prove  the  Falfhood 
 or  Nullity  of  their  Evidences,  had  they  bin  once  expos'd  to  the 
 Examination  of  cunning  people  ;  but  it  did  not  behove  them 
 to  fpeak  of  any  other  but  the  Reformed,  whofe  Name  was 
 moll  proper  to  conceal  their  fecret  Intentions.  They  demand- 
 ed upon  another  Article,  that  the  Claufe  of  Veriffd  in  ParU- 
 mtnts,  requir'd  by  the  Ordinance  to  fet  a  Value  upon  the  Concef- 
 fions  which  they  had  obtain'd  of  feveral  Kings,  might  be  taken 
 away.  For  they  faw  well,  that  at  that  rate,  they  fhould  lofe 
 a  great  part  or  their  Priviledges,  which  wanted  that  Forma- 
 lity :  Whether  it  were  that  the  Parliaments  did  not  eafily  allow 
 thole  forts  of  Favours ;  or  whether  it  were  that  the  Clergy  durft 
 not  prefent  'em  for  fear  of  a  Refufal.  They  rather  chofe  that 
 fuch  Conceflions  fhould  be  granted  by  way  of  Contract  with 
 the  King,  then  by  the  public  Forms  of  Law,  in  regard  the  moft 
 Zealous  Defenders  of  Arbitrary  Power,  almoft  all  of  'em  agree, 
 that  Contracts  are  more  Inviolable  then  the  Laws.  But  I  make 
 this  Obfervation  chiefly  in  this  place,  to  the  end  that  men  may 
 fee,  that  this  Claufe,  of  which  the  Clergy  fo  well  faw  the  Con- 
 fluence, had  not  bin  inferted  in  feveral  Edicts  given  in  favour 
 of  the  Reformed,  and  particularly  in  that  of  Nines,  but  only 
 that  they  might  have  an  Opportunity  to  deprive 'em  of  a  great 
 number  of  Conceflions  of  High  Importance  for  their  welfare 
 aad  quiet. 
 
 Now  they  who  have  a  defire  to  underftand  how  the  Re-  Particular 
 formed  were  handfd  in  fuch  Places  where  they  liv'd  under  the  aBs  °$ln' 
 Protection  of  the  Edicts,  may  readily  underftand  by  fbme  Ex-;  " 
 amples.  The  2$.  of  April,  at  an  AiTembly  of  the  Town-Hall  of 
 Poitiers,  there  was  a  Refolution  taken  to  admit  no  more  of  the 
 Reformed  to  be  fvvorn  into  Mafterfhips  of  Trades ;  and  the 
 Reafon  was  this,  that  the  contrary  Cuftom  caus'd  DifTeren* 
 ces,  and  for  that  the  Catholic  Matters  oppo'sd  it,    As  if  the 
 Oppofition  of  a  few  Male-contents  were  to  have  bin  of  any  value 
 in  an  Affair  which  the  Edict  had  fo  clearly  decided.   The  Ring, 
 
TheHiftoryof  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 at  another  time,  being  at  Valence  in  the  Daupbinate,  pafl:  a  De- 
 cree of  the  Council  of  State,  touching  the  Bells,  the  Church- 
 Yard,  the  Minifter's,  and  the  School-Malter's  Salaries,  and  other 
 Affairs  of  the  fame  nature,  to  the  good  liking  of  all  the  Inha- 
 bitants :  but  the  Reparation  of  the  Church,  contain'd  a  Regu- 
 lation, which  in  defpite  of  Cuftom,  and  the  apparent  Inte- 
 reft  which  the  Reformed  had  in  the  Thing,  confirm'd  to  the 
 Curate,  the  Catholic  Conful,  and  fuch  and  fuch  Inhabitants 
 as  were  of  the  fame  Religion,  the  Power  of  diftributing  the 
 Alms,  and  the  Government  of  the  Hofpital.  It  may  be  eafily 
 then  judg'd,  what  fhare  that  Regulation  left  us  the  Reformed 
 of  the  Alms,  or  in  the  Government  of  the  Hofpital.    But  the 
 Parlament  of  Rennes  bethought  themfelves  of  being  more  juft 
 this  year,  and  by  a  Decree  of  the  12.  of  June,  Confirm'd  the 
 Private  Article  of  that  Edict,  which  Exempted  the  Reformed 
 from  fpreading  Carpets  before  their  Doors  upon  folemn  Procef- 
 fion-days-,  onely  barely  ordering  that  Carpets  fhould  be  fpread. 
 But  the  Parlament  of  Dijon  was  not  in  16  good  an  Humour. 
 For  it  happen'd  that  a  private  perfon  wasaccus'd  before 'em, 
 for  committing  fome  Irreverence  during  the  ProcelTion  of  Cor- 
 pii6  Cbrifii  Day.    The  Party  accus'd,  according  to  the  Edicl,  de- 
 manded the  Removal  of  the  Caufe  to  the  Chamber  of  Greenoble. 
 But  the  Removal  was  deny 'd  him,  under  pretence  that  it  was 
 a  matter  of  Sacriledge,  and  that  the  Parlaments  were  to  have 
 the  fole  Cognizance  of  thole  Crimes.    But  nothing  was  more 
 unjuftthen  this  Pretention,  in  regard  that  the  pretence  of  Sa- 
 criledge was  one  of  the  Cafes,  wherein  the  Reformed  had  moft 
 realbn  to  be  afraid  of  falling  into  the  hands  of  Judges  altogether 
 prepofiefs'd.    The  Parlament  of  Paris  alfo  by  a  Decree  of  the 
 Third  o(Jugu/t,  reduc'd  the  Priviledge  of  taking  an  Affociate 
 of  the  Reformed  Religion,  for  the  drawing  up  and  pafrng  Sen- 
 tences in  Criminal  ProcefTes  brought  again!!  thole  of  the  Reli; 
 gion,toCafes  of  Marfhal  Law  onely.  The  Edict  extended  it  to 
 Final  Sentences,  by  whatever  Judges  they  were  given :  and 
 Cuftom  had  ftretch'd  it  to  all  marrner  of  Criminal  Procefles,  be- 
 cauleit  feem'd  Equitable ;  the  drawing  up  of  the  Procefs  by  the 
 firft  Judge,  being  that  which  ofnecefii'.y  byafTes  the  Senrcnce  of 
 the  Superiour.  1  thought  it  requihte  to  let  down  the  Original  of 
 
BookX.         EdiB  of  Nantes.  467 
 
 this  (ore  of  Practice  ;  becaule  that  thefe  particular  Decrees  have 
 in  rime  bin  mrn'd  into  a  General  Law. 
 
 But  nothing  was  more  mifchievous  to  the  Reformed  then  the  16  30. 
 Fftabli  foment  of  Millions,  which  were  Com pos'd  for  the  tsion  Mijfiim*- 
 part  of  psrfonsof  a  violent,  feditious,  and  pedantic  Spirit,  who  re- 
 thought it  an  honour  tothemfelves  to  excite  Tumults,  and  to 
 draw  bad  ufage  upon  themfelves,  that  they  might  have  an  Op- 
 portunity to  trouble  the  Principal  Members  of  the  Reformed 
 Churches.  The  moft  dangerous  of  thefe  brangling  Pettifoggers 
 were  certain  Laics  of  the  Scum  of  the  People,  the  moft  Emi- 
 nent of  which  were  Pedlars,  Cordwinders,  Cutlers,  and  fuch 
 like  Riffraff,  who  rambl'd  about  from  Town  to  Town,  from 
 Confiftory  toConfiftory,  from  Synod  to  Synod,  to  give  Infolent 
 Challenges  to  the  Minifters,  preach  Controverfies  in  public 
 Places  upon  Theaters  fet  up  like  Mountebank's  Stages}  to  teaze 
 and  weary  out  the  meaner  fort  of  people  with  pitiful  and  ridi- 
 culous Cavils;  and  to  endeavour  by  the  £0/^/1^00  of  fome  poor 
 filly  Widgeon  or  other,  to  gain  a  certain  fj  ill  of  Money  which 
 the  Clergy  had  fixt  as  the  Reward  of  fuch  petty  Victories.  But 
 I  {hall  fpeak  more  at  large  in  another  place  of  this  new  lort  of 
 Adverfaries,  my  bufineft  in  this  place  being  only  to  let  you 
 know,  how  much  the  Duke  of  Rohan  was  befpatter'd  with  Re-  Th  Duke 
 proaches  and  Scandals  after  the  Conclufion  of  the  Peace  ;  the  «/Rohan 
 chiefeft  part  of  thofe  that  had  moft  importunately  preft  him 
 to  make  it,  imputing  the  Fall  and  almoft  Ruin  of  the  Reform-  of  the 
 ed  Party  to  his  Ambition,  his  Avarice,  and  his  Precipitancy,  churches. 
 So  that  he  was  fore'd  to  write  an  Apology  for  this  laft  Peace: 
 wherein  renaming  his  Difcourfe  from  the  AlTembly  of  RocbelU 
 which  began  the  War,  he  made  it  appear  by  a  Recital  of  all  that 
 had  been  tranf  j&ed,  that  his  Conduct  was  altogether  Innocent, 
 and  that  the  laft  Peace  was  altogether  neceffary,  at  a  time 
 when  France  having  no  Foreign  Troubles  to  divert  her,  was 
 pouring  upon  the  Duke  with  no  lefs  then  fix  Armies  at  once. 
 But  thefe  Reproaches  were  only  thrown  upon  him  by  thofe  to 
 whom  the  Peace  was  not  fo  gainful  as  the  War.    For  in  the 
 main,  the  Duke  had  gain  d  the  Hearts  of  all  the  People,  and 
 almoft  ail  the  Reformed  were  of  Opinion,  that  he  would  have 
 
 dona 
 
468  The  Hiftory  of  the         Viol  .1. 
 
 1650.  done  much  greater  Things  for 'em  then  the  Admiral  Chitillony 
 had  he  bin  as  well  feconded  by  the  Citizens  and  Nobility  as  the 
 Admiral  was. 
 
 amis  a-  *n  ^e  mean  t'me  iney  began  to  brangle  with  the  Reformed 
 ■  bout  the'  in  clivers  places  about  the  Right  of  Exercifes,  more  efpeciaily 
 Right  of  on  tnat  fide  next  to  Rocbelle,  where  Thuilerie  the  Intendant,  and 
 Exercfes.  Sf  chamettt  the  Governor  made  feveral  Attempts.  The  firft 
 ordain'd  that  the  Exercife  fhould  not  be  performed  but  in  Pla- 
 ces where  it  ought  to  be,  according  to  the  Edict ;  and  that  the 
 Reformed,  to  make  appear  the  Rights  to  which  they  pretended, 
 lhould  produce  their  Proofs  before  the  Intendant  within  fifteen 
 Days.  He  added,  that  within  the  laid  Term  fuch  Gentlemen 
 as  would  perform  the  Exercife  within  their  own  Houfes,  fhould 
 declare  which  was  the  Place  of  which  they  made  choice  for 
 their  Principal  Dwelling:  upon  which  they  fhould  enjoy  the 
 Right  fb  long  as  they  remainM  therewith  their  Wives  and  Fa- 
 milies >  and  that  the  faid  fifteen  Days  being  expir'd  without 
 any  fuch  Declaration  made,  they  fhould  be  deem'dnotto  have 
 TufBcient  Proofs  of  their  Right,  and  therefore  fhould  have  no 
 more  Preaching  in  their  Houfes  till  the  King  fhould  otherwife 
 ordain.  This  Inquifition  was  the  occafion  that  the  Churches 
 in  thofe  Quarters  were  fore'd  to  undergo  the  Perfecution  of  a 
 world  of  brabbling  Cavils.  But  what  was  mod  troublefbm, 
 was,that  the  Churches  whofe  Right  was  ocnfirm'd  by  Tbuikries 
 Order ,  were  in  no  better  Condition,  feeing  that  afterwards 
 they  found  out  a  thoufand  Devices  to  deprive  'em  of  the  Fruit 
 of  thofe  Sentences.  For  in  Places  of  which  the  Lords  of  the 
 Mannors  were  Catholics,  the  befl  fettl'd  Rights  in  the  world 
 fignify'd  nothing,  in  regard  the  violent  Zeal  of  the  Lord  would 
 not  let  his  Tenants  enjoy  their  Advantage.  Of  which  there 
 was  an  Eminent  Example  at  Rccbecboxard,  where  the  Exercife 
 of  the  Reformed  Religion  began  in  the  Year  1559.  and  where 
 the  CommifTioners  entrufted  with  the  Edict  of  Names,  con- 
 firm'ditin  1 601.  by  a  fblemn  Decree.  Neverthelefs  the  Lord 
 by  force  expell'd  the  Reformed  from  the  Phce  where  they 
 were  accuftom'd  to  Preach,  fb  that  they  were  fore'd  to  feek 
 out  another.  And  notwithstanding  all  their  Complaints 
 they  were  expos'd  to  long  and  tedious  Vexations ,  which 
 
 could 
 
Book  X.        EdiU  of  Nantes.  469 
 
 could  not  be  determine!  but  with  the  diHipation  of  their  1625. 
 Church. 
 
 The  Bifhop  of  Vaknce,  a  violent  Spirit,  and  a  hot-headed  The  Bijhop 
 Perfecutor,  upon  the  1 5th  of  June,  procur'd  a  Decree  of  the 
 Privy  Counci',  which  forbid  any  f  oreigner,  tho  a  receiv'd  Mi-  the  Foreign 
 nifter  within  the  Diocefs,  to  continue  his  Miniftry  in  the  King-  Mnifters. 
 dom.  There  were  three  of  thefe  whom  the  BiHhop  would 
 Deeds  involve  in  the  fame  Prohibition  ;  Martin,  Scarpitis  and 
 At'Lfi for  the  Bifhop,  as  a  Temporal  Lord,  had  condemn'd  'em 
 all  three.  A/left  kept  his  ground  at  Lruron,  without  taking  any 
 notice  of  the  Decree.  Senrptm  retir'd  to  Die,  where  he  liv'd 
 without  officiating  in  the  Miniftry.  And  as  for  Martin,  he 
 only  chang'd  the  place  of  his  Refidence,  but  never  ftirr'd  out  of 
 the  Diocefs.  Which  made  the  Bifhop  ftark  mad,  a  man  other- 
 wife  proud,  and  tranfported  with  his  Paflions.  But  heobtain'd 
 nothing  from  the  Council  but  only  againft  Martin  who  was  the 
 moil  hated,  becaufe  he  had  bin  a  Capuchin  >  and  for  that  after 
 he  had  quitted  his  Habit,  he  wrote  a  Book  entitl'd.  The  Capu- 
 chin Reform'd,  wherein  he  gave  no  Quarter  to  the  Hypocrifies 
 of  that  Inftitution  ;  and  farther,  becaufe  the  Bifhops  having 
 put  him  in  Prifon,  his  ill  ufage  could  neither  make  him  alter  his 
 Conduct,  nor  abate  his  Courage. 
 
 That  year,  the  fame  Bifhop  began  a  Perfecution,  which  deri-  z*«  origi. 
 ving  the  Original  of  it  in  a  particular  Diocefs,  fpread  itfelf  af-JJ^fc**1 
 terwards  over  all  the  Kingdom,  and  was  the  occafion  of  above  done  upon 
 35  years  vexation  to  the  Churches.  Ti  e  Pretence  was,  becaufe  Jj^?  cf 
 one  and  the  fame  Minifter  preach :d  by  turns  in  feveral  places,  news.™" 
 And  the  King  was  made  believe,  that  thoie  places  which  were 
 call'd  Annexes,  or  Quarter  s,bz\ong\ng  to  fome  principal  Church, 
 were  fb  many  Ufurpations  that  were  not  authoriz'd  by  the 
 Edict,  tho  there  were  nothing  more  falle.    For  thofe  Annexes 
 were  places  where  the  right  of  Exercife  had  bin  acquire!  for 
 lome  one  of  the  Reafons  mention 'd  in  the  Edict  ;  but  not  being 
 able  of  theT: Pelves  to  maintain  a  Minifter  apart,  were  join'd 
 together  by  the  Authority  of  a  Synod,  to  make  up  afufrtcient 
 Salary  tor  one  Paftor.    This  was  no  injury  to  the  Interefts  of 
 the  Clergy  ;  to  whom  it  ought  to  have  bin  an  indifferent  thin?, 
 how  the  Reformed  order  their  Churches  to  be  lerv'd.  Befides 
 
 Y  y  y  that, 
 
470  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 i6jo.  that,  'twas  very  convenient  for  the  Reformed;  who,  by  that 
 means,  provided  for  their  Churches  and  their  Minifters  at  little 
 Expences.  And  that  Reaibn  was  fufficient  to  excite  the  Zeal 
 of  Catholic  Perlecution,  to  deprive  em  of  that  advantage. 
 And  it  may  be  thought  that  this  Vexation  began  in  Valence,  be- 
 caufe  it  is  a  Bifhjpric  compos 'd  of  two  in  one,  Valence  and 
 D lif3  tho  the  Bifhop  bears  the  name  of  Valence  on\y.  Now  that 
 Prelate  could  not  endure  that  the  Heretics  mould  unite  feveral 
 poor  Churches  together,  to  enlarge  the  Minitter's  Salary,  be- 
 caufe  it  belongd  only  to  the  Church  of  Rome  to  unite  feveral 
 poor  Bishopries,  to  augment  the  Revenue  of  one  fingle  Bifhop. 
 This  was  ieconded  by  the  Bifhop  of  Vaifo»y  who  join'd  with  him 
 in  his  Perfections  :  and  Eoth  together  obtain'd  two  De- 
 creesof  Council, one  of  the  3d  of  Ottohr,  againft  theViinifter 
 of  Dieuhfit ;  the  other  dated  the  nth  of  the  fame  month,  for- 
 bidding 'em  to  preach  in  any  other  then  the  place  of  their  Refi- 
 dence.  Nothing  could  be  more  vexatious  in  the  Confequen- 
 ces  of  it  to  the  Provinces  wherein  there  were  many  Churches, 
 more  efpecially  fince  the  King  had  taken  away  the  money 
 granted  by  the  King  his  Father  in  recompence  of  the 
 Tithes. 
 
 Km  seeds  It  appeared  by  thefe  Examples  of  the  Perfecution,  that  the 
 of  a,  civil  Reformed  had  not  now  tbofe  Forces,  which  caus'd  the  Catho- 
 m>''  lies  to  fpare'em  before ;  but  that  in  deipite  of  the  Al\  of  Grace, 
 they  would  be  brangl'd  every  day  out  of  the  remainder  of  their 
 Priviledges.  In  a  word,  within  lefs  then  two  years  they  had 
 fo  many  unjuft  Injuries  done 'em,  as  are  hardly  to  be  irnagtn'd. 
 But  two  things  hinder'd,  that  they  did  not  halren  their  deftru- 
 clion.  The  tirft  was,  becaufe  the  Court  itfelr"  was  intangl'd 
 in  moft  defper Jte  Quarrels  and  Confufions.  Providence  per- 
 mitted, for  the  juftiHcationof  the  Reformed,  who  had  bin  all 
 along  accus'd  of  being  the  fole  Caufes  of  the  Troubles  of  the 
 Kingdom,  that  after  the  Ruin  of  their  Affairs,  the  Catholics 
 fhould  have  their  turn  5  fhould  enter  into  Treaties,  Leagues  and 
 Confpiracies,  renew  the  Civil  Wars,  and  keep  the  Kingdom, 
 till  the  death  of  the  King,  in  continual  Combuftions.  The 
 original  of  which  Troubles  was  the  Qiieenmother's  difcontent, 
 who  could  not  brook  the  high  credit  to  which  the  Cardinal  had 
 
 attained 
 
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 attaind  by  the  fuccefs  of  his  Emerprifcs.That  Princels,ambitious  i6jo. 
 and  j'.alousof  her  Honour,was  affronted  thattheCardinal,whom 
 flie  had  introduced  into  Court,fhould  be  To  powerful  as  to  flight 
 her;  and  that  on  the  other  fide,  fbe  fhould  have  fb  far  loft 
 her  former  Reputation,  that  fhe  could  not  as  well  contemn  her 
 Competitor;  She  faw  herfelf  defpis'd  fince  the  taking  of  Ro~ 
 f/'./.-  and  in  truth,  fince  that  Enterprize  had  fucceeded,  the 
 Cardinal  had  chang'd  his  Behaviour  with  all  the  world  :  nor 
 did  he  carry  himfelf  in  any  thing  (b  cautioufly  as  before,becaufe 
 he  thought  he  Rood  in  need  of  no  body's  protection.  Nay,  he 
 could  not  forbear  jefting  a  little  too  latyrically  upon  the  Queen; 
 and  in  regard  the  Favour  he  was  in  had  created  him  many  Ene- 
 mies, there  were  (bme  that  took  delight  o^iciouily  to  repeat  his 
 Jefts,  and  tofeafon  'em  with  fbme  dafhes  of  particular  malice. 
 So  that  the  Queen  difplay'd  all  her  Fury  againft  him,  and  not- 
 withstanding all  the  care  which  the  King  himlelf,  Cardinal 
 K$w/,  and  other  perlbnsof  the  higheft  quality  took  to  recon- 
 cile 'em,  fhe  would  never  pardon  him.  The  Duke  of  Orleans 
 took  his  Mother  s  part,  and  feveral  other  confiderable  Lords 
 did  the  fame.  As  for  the  Cardinal,  he  was  too  much  employ  M 
 in  difiipating  all  thefe  terrible  Storms,to  think  of  the  Reformed} 
 and  his  Enemies  had  too  much  bufinefs  on  the  other  fide,to  mind 
 thefe  miferable  Remainders  of  a  Party  that  made  no  longer  any  163 1. 
 Figure  in  the  Kingdom.  But  the  Cardinal  had  the  good  luck,  TheHuee* 
 or  clfe  the  cunning,  to  vanquifh  all  thefe  difficulties,  and  to  re-^f/*^ 
 duce  the  Queen,  his  Miftrefs,  to  retire  into  tUnd.tr s,  fince  fheders. 
 could  not  May  neither  wich  fafety  nor  honour  in  a  Kingdom 
 where  file  had  fo  long  exercis'd  the  Supreme  Authority.  The 
 Duke  of  Orleans  alfo  departed  Frame  fbon  after,  but  returo'd 
 with  his  Arms  in  his  hand. 
 
 The  fecond  thing  which  afforded  fome  relaxation  to  the  Re-^^ 
 formed,  was,  that  the  Cardinal  was  defirous  to  uphold  the*** 
 King's  Alliances  with  the  Foreign  Proteflants ;  that  he  had  re-  ^fa^s 
 new'd  the  League  with  the  Foreign  Proteflants ;  and  for  that  he  SuSen. 
 had  renew'd  an  Alliance  with  IS&vptis  King  of  Sueden,  a  brave 
 Prince,  Ambitious,  one  that  had  acquir'd  the  Reputation  of  a 
 great  Captain,  and  who  but  a  little  before  had  made  an  Incur- 
 fion  into  Pomcrama^hcrQ  he  made  it  evident,  that  it  was  not  a 
 
 Y  y  y  2  thing 
 
47 2  The  Hijlory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 163 1.  thing  impoffible  to  bring  down  the  Puiffance  of  the  Emperor. 
 This  Piince  enterd  Germany  at  the  Cardinals  follicitation,  and 
 made  thofe  furprizing  Progreflis  which  are  hardly  to  be  believ'd 
 upon  the  credit  of  Relations.  They  uere  afraid  he  would  have 
 gone  too  far,  fo  that  after  two  years  of  continu'd  triumph,  he 
 was  flain  at  Lutz,tn  ;  no  body  being  as  yet  able  to  difcover  whe- 
 ther the  mortal  Stroke  proceeded  from  the  hand  of  his  Friends, 
 or  his  Enemies.  There  was  alfo  great  care  taken  in  treating 
 with  him,  to  prevent  his  Conquefts  from  doing  any  prejudice  to 
 the  Catholic  Religion;and  thatPrince  was  very  complailant  with 
 the  Cardinal  upon  that  SubjecT.  So  that  whether  he  would  not 
 offend  a  Confederate  attended  every  where  by  Terror  and  Con- 
 queft;  or  whether  it  were  that  it  was  thought  but  Juftice  to 
 fpare  the  Proteftants  for  the  lake  of  a  Prince  fo  favourable  to 
 the  Catholics,  it  was  not  lookt  upon  as  a  feafonable  time  to 
 overwhelm  the  Proteftants  of  France. 
 projeZs  of  But  what  they  were  unwilling  to  do  openly,  they  attempted 
 Reunion,  by  means  more  clofely  conceal'd  and  dangerous.  With  this  de- 
 fign  it  was,  that  they  fet  afoot  agen  the  Projects  of  Reunion, 
 which  were  always  as  it  were  Forerunners  of  a  Temped  that 
 was  infenfibly  gathering  together.  Two  forts  of  People  were 
 caught  in  this  Snare.  People  that  were  fincere  and  upright,  who 
 believ'd  in  the  fincerity  of  their  hearts,  that  a  reafonablecom- 
 pofition  might  be  drawn  from  the  Catholics,  at  leaft  in  refe- 
 rence to  the  moft  grofs  and  palpable  Abufes ;  and  that  after 
 they  fhould  be  agreed  upon  Expedients  to  fecure  the  Con- 
 fcience,  they  might  unite  in  an  outward  Communion:  that 
 Schifn,  lookt  upon  by  both  fides  as  a  great  mifchief,  would  fur- 
 ceafeby  this  Accomm  dation ;  and  together  with  Schifm,  all 
 Difcord,  Hatred  and  Perfecutionof  the  weaker  by  the  ftronger, 
 which  are  the  inevitable  Confequences  of  it  :  that  being  re- 
 turn'd  to  the  Bofom  of  the  Roman  Church,  People  that  were 
 expert,  might  the  better  labour  in  the  Cure  of  her  Diftempers, 
 becaufe  they  would  be  no  longer  fufpe&ed ;  and  for  that  being 
 arm'd  with  Truth,  they  would  in  time,  by  the  light  of  it,  difi 
 pel  the  darknels  and  miftsof  Prejudice  and  Error.  There  have 
 bin  at  all  times  fbme  People  flatter'd  with  this  pleafing  Vifion ; 
 and  who  never  will  be  taught,  that  the  mifchiefs  of  the  Roman 
 
 Church 
 
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 Church  arc  incurable,  becaufe  file  refufes  all  manner  of  Cure.  i6ji. 
 Errors  purely  fpeculative,  and  which  ari'e  from  the  falfe  Ideas 
 with  which  the  mind  is  prepoflefs'd,  may  fbmetimes  furrender 
 to  the  e  vidence  of  a  Truth  well  made  out  by  Demonftration  : 
 but  Errors  of  Intereft  are  proof  agaiflft  all  the  mod  evident 
 Demonftiations,  in  regard  they  dei  ive  their  Original  from  the 
 corruption  of  the  heart ;  and  forthatMalad.es  of  that  nature 
 are  not  always  to  be  affuag'd  by  Remedies  that  convince  the 
 Reafbn.  Other  People  of  a  quite  different  Chara&er,  either 
 fedue'dby  Promifes,  or  pufh'd  forward  by  Ambition,  or  clfe 
 conceited  of  their  own  parts,  and  afpiringto  the  Honour  of  ha- 
 ving put  an  end  to  thefe  fatal  Conrefts,  which  for  above  a  hun- 
 der'd  years  together  had  occafion'd  fuch  Convulfions  over  all 
 Europe,  delperately  threw  themfelves  into  the  gaping  Chafma's 
 of  this  pretended  Concord  ;  and  provided  they  met  with  any 
 likelihood  and  facility,  never  gave  thrmfelves  the  trouble  of  ta- 
 king fecurkies  and  meafures  in  favour  of  the  Truth. 
 
 'Tis  faid  the  Cardinal  was  defirous  to  make  ufe  of  theft'  two  withvhkh 
 Torts  of  People  to  endeavour  this  Re  union  ;  becaufe  he  might The  Cardl- 
 procure  the  fame  fervice  from  the  fimplicity  of  the  one,  as  from  nalck>a- 
 the  little  fincerity  of  the  other.  And  though  the  Author  of  his 
 Life  dares  not  pofitively  affert  that  he  had  this  Project  in  his 
 Eye,  becaufe  he  meets  with  nothing  of  it  in  his  Memoirs;  ne- 
 verthelels,  'tis  not  improbable  that  he  had  it  in  his  thoughts: 
 w  heilur  it  were  that  he  was  defirous  effectually  to  accomplifh 
 that  Enterprife,  or  that  he  would  have  it  fo  believ'd  for  a  fe- 
 cret  Reafon  of  his  own  Policy.  However,  the  Method  which 
 has  bin  publifh'd,  remains  intirely  in  the  limits  of  t lie  Project, 
 of  which  I  fhall  fuddenly  have  an  occafion  to  (peak.  More- 
 over, the  Cardinal  affected  all  things  that  appear'd  to  be  great  ; 
 and  in  regard  he  had  a  great  defire  that  all  his  Actions  fhould  be 
 the  Subjects  of  fo  many  Panegyrics,  an  Enterprize  fb  extraor- 
 dinary, as  the  Re-union  of  Religions  could  net  chufe  but  be  mod 
 proper  to  flatter  his  Vanity.  In  a  word,  there  happen'd  fome 
 things  during  the  firft  years  th  t  elaps'd  after  the  taking  of  Ro- 
 cbtl,  that  leem  fo  naturally  to  depend  upon  this  Defign,  that  it 
 may  from  thence  with  great  probability  be  concluded,  that  he 
 h:d  laid  the  groundwork  of  the  Project  in  good  earneft.  On 
 
 the 
 
474  The  Hiflory  oj  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 163  1.  the  Other  fide,  in  regard  that  at  the  fame  time  he  had  loft  his 
 Reputation  at  Rome,  where  his  Alliances  with  G#/taz-us  and 
 other  Proteftant  Princes,  were  very  much  difgufted,  becaufe  it 
 feem'd  that  the  Catholic  Religion  was  as  great  a  lofer  by  their 
 Victories,  as  the  Houfe  of  Aufiria  ;  it  may  be  faid,  that  he  only 
 made  ufe  of  his  Projects  of  Re-union  out  of  a  defign  to  regain 
 the  Pope's  favour,  by  putting  him  in  hopes  that  he  would  bring 
 back  all  Europe  under  obedience  to  the  Holy  See. 
 intreagues  However  it  were,  Proje&s  were  fpread  abroad  upon  this 
 of 'Jofeph  Subject  which  feemd  to  come  from  the  Cardinal,  becaufe  the 
 firft  Overtures  were  carri'd  about  by  a  Capuchin,  who  had  a 
 great  fhare  in  his  Confidence.  This  was  the  famous  Father 
 Joffph,  to  whom  the  Aufterity  of  his  Order  was  no  obftruftion 
 from  being  the  Mirtifter  of  the  moft  Secret  Intreagues  of  that 
 Prelat ;  nor  from  doing  him  more  important  Services  by  his 
 Negotiations,  then  all  his  Favourite  Generals  at  the  head  of 
 their  Armies.  The  defign  was  to  bind  a  Conference  between 
 the  Reformed  Minifters  and  fbme  Catholic  Doctors  s  but  to  pre- 
 ferve  the  Advantage  on  the  Roman  Religion's  fide,  two  thing* 
 a  draught  were  refolv'd  upon.  The  firft  was,  That  the  Roman  Religion 
 of  the  Pro-  fhould  not  yield  an  inch  of  ground,  either  as  to  her  Doctrine  or 
 jetf.  Worlhipi  not  fo  much  as  in  things  of  final!  Importance,  or 
 fuch  as  had  bin  the  firlt  occafions  of  Schifm  ;  as  the  Matter  of 
 Indulgences.  But  to  take  away  this  Pretence  which  this  Obfti- 
 nacy  of  the  Romijh  Church,  in  her  Opinions  and  Practices,  might 
 giVe  the  Reformed  to  perlevere  in  their  Separation,  there  were 
 two  Expedients  fet  a  foot.  The  firft  was,  To  agree  on  both 
 fides  upon  the  ExprefRons  that  were  to  mollify  and  fweeten 
 the  Articles  which  would  be  moft  harfh  and  uneafie.  The  other 
 was,  To  fhew  by  Writings  well  compos'd  and  laid  together, 
 that  the  Catholic  Religion  was  not  fo  different  from  the  Re- 
 formed as  vulgarly  it  was  bcliev'd  5  and  that  the  difference  was 
 fo  flight,  that  it  could  be  no  lawful  caufe  of  Difunion.  The 
 fecond  thing  that  was  to  fave  the  Honour  of  the  Romtjh  Religi- 
 on, was,  that  they  were  to  bring  it  fb  about  that  the  Reformed 
 fhould  be  the  Solicitors ;  to  the  end,  that  in  the  Reunion  they 
 might  appear  as  Penitent  Children  that  made  the  firft  fteps  to- 
 wards their  Mother  to  regain  her  Favour  ;  and  that  the  Catho- 
 lic 
 
Book  X.        Edift  of  Nantes.  475 
 
 lie  Church  might  look  like  a  Mother  that  held  forth  her  Arms  \6^i. 
 to  embrace  her  Children  returning  to  their  duty. 
 
 To  bring  this  to  pafs,  they  were  defirous  to  make  lift  of  the  am  the 
 Synod>  themfelvcs  j  and  they  were  to  endeavour  to  make  the  synods 
 Propofals  of  it  in  the  Provincial  Synods,  to  the  end  the  Deputa-^™  t9 
 tion  to  the  Naticnal  Synod  migfct  be  fo  order'd  as  to  fall  upon 
 Perfons  proper  to  manage  this  Defign,  and  furnifh  d  with  power 
 to  embrace  the  Expedients  that  fhould  be  agreed  upon  in  the 
 name  of  their  Provinces.  The  firft  ftep,  as  the  Plot  was  laid, 
 was  to  fend  a  Deputation  to  the  King  with  a  Remonftrance , 
 that  certain  ill  aftecled  Perlbns  went  about  to  perfuade  him, 
 that  the  Reformed  Religion  infus'd  into  the  Profeffors  of  it,Sen- 
 timents  contrary  to  the  good  of  bis  Service  ;  but  that  they  in- 
 tended to  fhew  the  contrary  by  a  faithful  Explanation  of  theirs : 
 That  to  that  purpofe  they  befought  his  Majefty  to  permit  'em 
 to  enter  into  a  Fre.-  Conference  with  fuch  Doctors  as  he  fhould 
 pleale  to  nominate  ;  and  that  if  they  could  but  be  convine'd  that 
 there  was  a  poflibility  of  Salvation  in  the  Catholic  Religion, 
 they  would  be  glad  to  come  to  a  Reconciliation.  Upon  this 
 Propofal  they  were  to  be  taken  at  their  words ;  and  becaufe  they 
 demanded  no  more  then  to  bind  the  Conference,  it  was  to  be* 
 allow'd  'e  ft  as  long  and  as  free  as  they  could  defire. 
 
 Sin  for  the  accomrlifhment  of  this  Defign,  there  was  a  rife' inchnati. 
 ceflity  of  fecuring  a  fufBcient  quantity  of  the  Minifters.  They  ons  °fthe 
 had  founded  all  that  re.fided  round  about  Paris,  but  found  'em  M"'J'^; 
 very'varioufiy  enclin'd.  There  were  fome,  who  either  through 
 corruption  or  fimoliciry,  lent  an  ear  to  the  Propofals,  and  who 
 alfodrew  up  draughts  of  a  Reunion,  which  were  communicated 
 to  the  Cardinal,  to  the  end  he  might  be  judge  whether  they 
 were  proper  or  no :  And  there  are  Memoirs  thac  fhew  the  num- 
 ber of  the  Minif:ers  thus  gain'd  to  be  about  fourfcore.  Theie 
 were  others  who  by  no  means  approv'd  thefe  Projects ;  but  who 
 might  be  allure!  by  various  Interefts,  that  hmder'd  their  oppofi- 
 tion  ;  whether  they  were  already  engag'd  in  Troubles,  or  fear'd 
 j  the  being  brought  into  Vexations ;  or  whether  they  were  not 
 infeni  ble  of  the  Delufions  of  vain  Hopes.  But  there  were  others 
 alio  that  were  fcirT  and  inexorable,  that  came  quick  to  the  p.  int, 
 and  declar'd  that  the  nature  of  the  Differences  between  the  two 
 
 Religions 
 
 / 
 
476  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1 6  3 1 .  Religions  would  not  endure  an  Accommodation .  Thefe  Incli- 
 nations of  the  feti'd  Minifters  about  the  Court,  encoura^'d  the 
 Projectors  to  (bund  thofe  in  the  Remoter  Provinces;  that  they 
 might  confider  with  which  of  thefe  three  different  Inclinations 
 Ani  the  it  Was  mod  proper  to  dole.  As  for  the  Reformed  Laics,  they 
 People'  found  'em  all  in  the  opinion  of  the  Obftinate  Minifters  ;  and  the 
 greateft  part  of 'em,  not  content  to  reject  the  Propofal  as  im- 
 poflible,  lookt  upon  it  as  fraudulent,  and  ferving  only  as  a  co- 
 ver for  fome  wicked  Defigns.  In  fhort,  they  were  thinking  to 
 make  ufe  of  violence ;  and  after  the  Succefc  of  the  Conference, 
 where  the  King  was  to  bo  in  Perfbn,  the  more  eafily  to  turn  the 
 Scales  which  way  he  defir'd,  they  were  to  enfore  all  the  reft  of 
 the  Kingdom  to  ftand  to  the  Treaty  which  the  Deputy-Minifters 
 fhould  conclude.  Edicts,  Banifhment  of  the  Obftinate,  and 
 Military  Executions,  were  to  make  good  the  Refolutions  taken 
 in  the  Conference ;  but  fuch  as  would  not  accept  of  the  Reunion 
 were  to  be  allow'd  the  liberty  to  difpofe  of  their  Eftates,  and 
 to  withdraw  within  a  certain  time. 
 DifficuU  It  was  alfo  thought  convenient  to  haften  the  fummoning  of  a 
 ties-  National  Synod  for  the  execution  of  this  Defign,  becaufe  they 
 thought  that  things  being  well  order'd  in  the  Provinces,  that 
 Affemblv  would  ferve  to  forward  it.  But  they  met  with  one 
 unlucky  ObftruQion  which  retarded  the  Grand  Affair.  For  the 
 Peftilence  rag'd  in  leveral  Provinces  of  the  Kingdom  ;  (6  that 
 'twas  impoflible  at  that  conjuncture  of  time  to  aftemble  Provin- 
 cial Synods.  And  in  the  Aflembly  it  felf  that  was  held  at  Cha- 
 rtnton,  there  were  great  complaints  of  the  Cbftructions  occa- 
 fion'd  by  that  Diftemper  which  hinder'd  the  Deputies  from 
 coming  to  the  AlTembly.  In  the  mean  time,  there  were  two 
 men  found  out,  of  the  two  dilferent  Characters  above-mention'd, 
 who  feem'd  to  agree  with  the  Cardinal  in  his  Projects.  The 
 PetirV  one  was  Petit,  a  Minifter  and  Profeflbr  of  Theology  at  Nimes. 
 Bjojuts.  jfaQ  other  was  M:lkture,\v\\o>  had  written  16  much  upon  the  Af- 
 fairs of  Rochely  and  who  had  a  great  def(re  to  lignalize  himfelf 
 by  a  large  Book  upon  the  Subject  of  the  Reunion.  Pttit  had 
 the  reputation  of  being  an  Honeft  man  ;  but  he  was  one  of  thole 
 that  (uifer'd  themfelves  to  be  bewitch'd  with  the  charming  name 
 of  Ccncord ;  and  who,  becaufe  they  are  honeft,  and  mean  well 
 
 them 
 
Book  IX.        Editt  of  Nantes.  477 
 
 themfelves,  believe  all  the  World  to  be  like 'em.  Moreover,  165  r. 
 he  had  rather  in  view  the  Reunion  of  the  Proteftants  among 
 themfelves,  and  particularly  of  thofe  that  follow'd  the  Do&rine 
 of  Jrmtntusy  condemn'd  by  the  Synod  of  Dort,  then  of  the  Pro- 
 teftants and  Catholics.  But  in  regard  he  only  propounded  ge- 
 neral means,  they  were  not  fo  eafily  appli'd  to  the  Cardinal's 
 Defigns,  with  whom  all  honeft  men  were  afraid  of  dealing  up- 
 on this  matter.  Becaufe  it  was  a  fcurvy  thing  to  deal  with  a 
 Crafty  and  Potent  Minifter ,  who  with  eafe  might  abuie  the 
 meaneft  Overtures  that  were  made  him.  This  caus'd  the  more 
 prudent  fort  of  the  Reformed  to  fear  whatever  bore  the  name 
 of  Reunion ;  more  efpecially  the  S>  nods  rejected  all  the  Propo- 
 fals  relating  to  it  with  fcorn.  For  which  Reafon,  Petit  s  Pro- 
 ject being  by  no  means  relifh'd,  he  never  put  it  to  the  Prefs,  but 
 laid  afide  all  his  idle  Fancies,  and  perfever'd  in  the  Reformed 
 Religion.  MiUetiert  was  a  man  all  fume  and  vapour,  full  of 
 himlelf,  and  perfuaded  that  nothing  came  near  his  Merit  and 
 Capacity.  Moreover,  either  out  of  fear,  left  the  Court,  re->fWMe-  «. 
 membring  what  had  paft,  fhould  fit  upon  his  Skirts,  or  inlitiere- 
 hopes  to  acquire  great  Honour,  and  to  raife  fbme  great  For- 
 tune by  the  fuccefs  of  this  Enterprize ,  or  tickl'd  with  the  Ap- 
 plaufes  which  the  Jefuits  gave  him,  that  they  might  draw  him 
 to  their  Party ,  they  quite  debauch'd  him ,  fo  that  he  fided 
 altogether  with  the  Cardinal  in  his  Project,  and  drew  up  a 
 draught  of  an  Accommodation  juft  as  the  Cardinal  defir'd  it. 
 He  allow  d  the  Romiftt  Church  to  be  in  the  right  almofl:  in  all 
 things ;  and  in  thofe  which  he  would  not  give  himfelf  the  trou- 
 ble to  juftify ,  he  made  ufe  of  fbft  and  qualifi'd  Expreflions , 
 under  pretence  of  explaining  'em ,  and  made  'em  pafs  for 
 Queftions  that  were  not  to  hinder  the  Reunion  of  the  Re- 
 formed. 
 
 The  different  Projects  of  thefe  two  Men  clearly  difplay'd  Difference 
 the  difference  of  their  Intentions.    The  one  laid  down  Yt\j\-intheirIn~ 
 ciples  to  which  the  Church  of  Rome  was  far  from  agreeing/™ tms' 
 but  againft  which  fhe  could  not  defend  her  felf,  if  there  were 
 any  thing  of  reality  and  fincerity  in  her  Treaty  of  Reunion : 
 And  in  that  fenfe  it  was,  that  the  Affair  was  almofl:  always 
 
 Z  2  z  ta?<en 
 
478  The  Biflory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 16}  i.  taken  by  fuch  as  through  fimplicity  clos'd  with  their  Defigns. 
 The  other  granted  for  a  Tacit  Principle  ,  that  the  Romijb 
 Church  was  in  the  right,  and  that  there  was  nothing  elfe  but 
 mifunderftanding  on  the  part  of  the  Reformed ;  and  this  was 
 the  ufual  way  of  thofe  who  had  this  Concord  in  their  eye,  that 
 they  had  more  of  worldly  Compliance,  then  honefty  or  zeal 
 for  the  Truth.  But  thefe  attempts  toward  a  Reunion  came  to 
 nothing,  becaufe  Petit  did  not  carry  his  Overtures  far  enough, 
 and  for  that  MUetiere  appeared  too  evidently  partial.  Befides, 
 he  had  the  misfortune  not  to  be  approv'd  by  the  Catholics ; 
 fo  that  when,  after  the  Synod  of  Alenfon  in  1657.  he  publilh'd 
 his  Means  to  obtain  Chnflian  Peace  by  the  Reunion  of  the  Ca- 
 tholics and  Evangelics  upon  the  Differences  of  Religion ;  he 
 was  terribly  vex'd  to  fee  that  the  Sorbonne  fb  ill  receivd  it, 
 and  cenfur'd  it  lb  briskly  ,  as  if  they  had  held  a  correfpon- 
 dence  with  the  Minifters  of  Charenton.  Yet  this  was  no  hin- 
 drance, but  that  he  was  a  long  time  a  charge  to  the  Churches, 
 in  whole  Communion  he  affected  to  continue,  to  give  the 
 more  credit  to  his  Virions.  But  John  Daille,  who  began  about 
 that  time  to  make  himfelf  known  by  his  Writings,  refuted  him 
 fo  briskly  from  the  very  original  of  thefe  Projects,  that  poor 
 unfortunate  MUetiere  became  at  laft  the  abomination  of  the 
 Reformed,  and  the  fcorn  of  all  Honeft  men.  So  that  after  fe- 
 veral  Admonitions  and  Warnings  to  no  purpofe,  the  Synods  de- 
 clared him  no  longer  a  Member  of  the  Reformed  Churches ;  nor 
 was  there  fo  much  as  one  that  would  receive  him  into  her  Com- 
 munion :  So  that  he  was  forced  to  turn  Catholic  through  necef- 
 flty,  to  the  end  he  might  be  of  fome  Religion.  After  which  he 
 became  a  Miflionary,  and  went  rambling  about  in  fearch  of  Con- 
 ferences ;  where  he  was  Mill  fo  badly  handl  d  as  would  have  put 
 him  quite  out  of  courage,  but  that  his  Obftinacy  was  fuch  as 
 nothing  was  able  to  vanquifh.  But  at  length  Charles  Drelin- 
 court,  one  of  John  battles  Colleague?,  and  a  true  Scourge  of 
 Humourifts ,  fuch  as  MiLukre  was ,  totally  routed  him  in  a 
 Conference,  the  A&s  of  which  were  publifh'd.  However, 
 this  did  not  happen  till  fevcral  years  after  the  time  that  I 
 Speak,  of. . 
 
 Jo 
 
Book  IX.       EM  of  Nantes.  479 
 
 To  return  then  to  my  Subject,  I  fay,  that  this  Project:  of  Re-  *6$f. 
 union  was  fpun  out  a  long  while,  and  pail  through  more  then  j^J"  Jj* 
 one  hand,  becaufe  there  are  fome  Memoires  /till  extant  about  £J;erji 
 the  Time  of  the  Cardinal's  Death.  The  Jefuit  Cludekrt  fuc- 
 ceeded  the  Capuchin,  who  dyd  in  1638.  and  greatly  boafted 
 of  his  having  gain'd  many  Minifters.  But  a  Thing  of  that  na- 
 ture remains  very  doubtful,  when  it  is  only  attefted  by  men  of 
 that  Habit :  and  what  they  report  upon  that  Subject  may  well 
 be  thought  no  more  then  a  Romance  made  at  Random.  But 
 the  Cardinal  had  (b  much  Bufinefs,  by  reafon  of  the  Confpi- 
 racy  of  St.  Mtrs,  and  was  laden  with  16  many  corporal  Infir- 
 mities, that  there  is  but  little  likelihood  he  fhould  perplex  his 
 Brains  with  Defigns  of  fo  great  Importance.  Wee'l  grant  in 
 the  firft  place,  that  he  was  afTur'd  of  Peace  with  Spain,  and 
 that  he  had  an  Intention  to  keep  a-foot  the  Forces  that  ferv'd 
 at  the  Siege  of  Perpign.w ,  to  the  end  they  might  be  quarter  d 
 up  and  down  in  the  Provinces,  to  reduce  by  Terror  thofe  that 
 would  not  willingly  obey.  Certainly  a  man  would  think  there 
 fhould  be  lomething  too  harfh  and  cruel  in  fuch  a  defign,  for  a 
 Perfon  that  felt  the  Approaches  of  Death,  and  was  juft  ready 
 to  drop  into  his  Grave;  Confequently  could  not  promife  to 
 enjoy  the  Fruit  of  fuch  a  bold  Undertaking,  The  moft  prudent 
 Authors  therefore  acknowledge  they  knew  nothing  of  it  but  by 
 Hear-fay :  and  fb  that  it  may  be  thought  that  if  he  did  open  his 
 Mind  to  any  body  upon  this  Subject,  he  did  it  by  way  of  Stra- 
 tagem, to  make  people  believe  that  he  felt  himfelf  ftrong  enough 
 to  live  a  longtime,  lince  he  undertook  fuch  great  Defigns.  Thus 
 7iberws  conceal'd  his  deadly  Infirmities  under  the  Cruelty  of 
 the  Orders  which  he  difpatch'd  into  all  parts ;  and  made  the 
 Terrible  Acts  of  Injuftice  which  he  committed,  to  the  de- 
 ftrucTion  of  his  Subjects,  to  be  look'd  upon  as  Teftimonies  of  his 
 Youth  and  Vigour. 
 
 But  before  the  Cardinal  drew  fo  near  his  end,  there  had  been  &>* 
 Attempts  made  which  the  Wifdom  and  Conftancyof  feveral  jQJj 
 Minifters,  and  perhaps  the  Confufions  in  the  Kiggdom  ren-  *" 
 dred  fruitlefs.    Neverthelefs  I  mufi:  needs  fay,  that  this  Pro- 
 ject, in  the  full  extent  of  it,  and  with  all  the  Circumftances, 
 
 Z  z  z  z  was 
 
480  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 163 1.  was  not  altogether  a  Chimera  ;  that  if  it  were  not  a  Whimfey 
 of  the  Cardinals,  yet  it  was  a  Megrim  of  the  Jefuits:  that  we 
 have  feen  it  let  a-foot  in  our  Days  as  a  Project  which  the 
 Court  of  France  approv'd  ;  and  that  almoft  every  part  of  it 
 was  puc  in  execution.  I  may  add,  that  the  Illuftrious  Hugo 
 Grot ius  went  very  far  in  thefe  Projects  of  Reunion  :  He  had  a 
 ftrong  Fancy  for  it  all  his  Life-time.  It  appears  alfo  by  Let- 
 ters which  dit  Vair,  Keeper  of  the  Seals,  wrote  to  him  from  be- 
 fore St.Angeli,  in  1621.  that  he  had  been  a  great  Stickler  be- 
 fore that  Time  in  thole  Accommodations,  and  that  he  Ia- 
 bour'd  to  bring 'em  to  perfection,  by  giving  up  the  Caule  in 
 fome  Things  to  the  Roman  Church,  and  excufing  her  in  all  the 
 reft.  He  ltkewife  approv'd  the  Effays  of  Miletiere,  and  teftify'd 
 a  High  Efteemof  him  and  his  Works.  Some  years  before  his 
 Death,  he  apply 'd  himfelf  more  then  ever  to  this  fame  Chri- 
 ftian  Concord,  and  Printed  Confultations,  Remarks,  Fo:vs9  and 
 Difctiffions,  which  only  ferv'd  to  create  Difputes  about  the  man- 
 ner of  propofing  the  Peace.  But  let  us  now  return  to  our  Hiftory. 
 ^National  The  Contagious  Diftempers  were  no  fboner  in  part  abated, 
 synod.  but  the  Reformed  held  a  National  Synod  at  Charenton,  with 
 the  King's  Permiflion,  and  tho  theBreif  were  dated  the  17th 
 of  January,  the  Synod  did  not  meet  till  the  Firft  of  September. 
 GaLndati'o  who  had  bin  Commiftioner  in  the  two  latter,  was 
 likewile  CommilTioner  in  this ;  and  he  did  feveral  Things  that 
 gave  an  occafion  to  the  Weaker  fort  to  obferve  that  the  Synod 
 was  not  free. 
 
 The  Com-  His  Speech  was  honeft  enough :  He  gave  Aflurances  in  the 
 ;  King's  Name,  that  what  was  paft  was  forgot,  and  that  for 
 
 s*tecb'  the  future  they  fhould  have  all  the  liberty  granted  them 
 for  the  Exercife  of  their  Religion,  and  to  hold  Synods ;  pro- 
 vided the  Reformed  continu'd  in  their  Duty  ,  devoted  to 
 the  King's  Service ,  without  fpeaking  againft  the  Public 
 Tranquility  ,  and  that  they  refrain'd  from  keeping  either 
 Foreign  or  Domeftic  Intelligence.  And  he  gave  thefe  Aflu- 
 rances  as  in  the  Name  Of  a  good  Father,  and  a  good  Kjng.  But  as 
 loon ,  under  pretence,  that  the  preceding  Synods  had  made  Re- 
 gulations to  which  the  King  had  not  agreed,  and  which  were, 
 
Book  X.      EM  of  Nantes.  481 
 
 as  he  faid,  conceiv'd  in  Terms  that  were  fubjecT  to  various  In-  163  r. 
 terpretations ,  he  propounded  the  renewing  of  'em,  not  for- 
 bearing to  hint  fome  things  that  were  never  hinted  before.  He 
 declar'd  in  the  firft  place,  that  the  King  would  no  longer  ad- 
 mit of  Proteftations,  nor  Remonftrances  againft  the  Eftablifh- 
 ment  of  the  Commiflioners  that  were  prefent  at  the  Synods ; 
 and  he  alledg'd  that  it  was  Conformable  to  the  Practice 
 of  the  Primitive  Church,  and  the  Politics  of  the  beft  Regula- 
 ted States.  In  thefecond  place  he  requir'd,  that  no  Foreigners 
 fhould  be  call'd  to  the  Miniftry  within  the  Kingdom  ;  becaufe 
 it  was  the  King's  Pleafure  that  thofe  Functions  fhould  be  re- 
 ferv'd  for  Natural  French-men.  He  put  'em  in  hopes,  that  by 
 having  Recourle  to  the  King's  Favour,  they  might  obtain  Fa- 
 vour tor  thofe  who  had  bin  admitted  fince  the  year  162.3.  But 
 he  extended  the  Prohibition  for  the  future,  to  all  that  were  born 
 in  Foreign  Principalities,  Societies,  or  Republics,  Confede- 
 rates, or  under  the  Protection  of  France :  and  in  a  word,  to 
 all  that  were  not  born  in  fbme  place  within  ihe  King's  Domi- 
 nions. In  the  third  place,  That  they  who  fhould  be  once  ad- 
 mitted Vinifters,  fhould  never  ftir  out  of  the  Realm  without 
 the  King's  leave.  And  becaufe  that  Salbtrty  Minifter  of  Ro- 
 che//ty  had  withdrawn  himfelf  during  the  Troubles,  that  he 
 might  have  the  Liberty  to  Write,  the  CommifTary  declar'd  him 
 Sulpended  from  the  Exercife  of  his  Functions :  forbid  him  to 
 ftir  out  of  the  Place  which  the  King  had  allotted  him  for  his 
 Exilement,  or  rather  for  his  Prifbn ;  and  difabl'd  the  Synod 
 to  nominate  him  in  the  Distribution  of  the  Churches.  In  the 
 fourth  place,  He  renewed  the  Regulation  which  forbid  the  Mi- 
 nifters  from  medling  with  Politic  Affairs. 
 
 This  Article  had  a  particular  Aim  againft  Beraud,  Minifter  Uhn/hn 
 of  Montmban,  a  perfon  of  fbme  what  too  violent  a  Spirit,  and^  1 
 who  went  a  little  too  faft.    During  the  laft  Troub'es  he  wrote 
 a  Book,  wherein  not  content  to  juftifie  the  Taking  up  of  Arms,/™™  th 
 he  undertook  to  maintain,  That  Minifters  had  a  Call  to  bear  ^- 
 'em,  and  to  fhed  Blood.    The  Commiflioner  aggravated  the 
 Importance  of  that  Opinion,  dangerous  in  fuch  a  man  as  Beraud^ 
 who  beGdesthathe  wasqualify'd  as  a  Minifter,  was  alio  a  Pro- 
 
 feflbr 
 
48  2  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II 
 
 1631.  feflbr  in  Divinity.  He  was  alio  the  firft  that  pronounc'd  Sentence 
 upon  this  Offender,  and  order'd  the  Synod  to-  Cenfure  him. 
 There  were  alio  two  other  men,  whom  it  was  the  King's  Plea- 
 lure  to  have  excluded  out  of  the  Synod,  tho  they  were  Deputies 
 of  their  Province.    The  one  was  Bouterone,  Minifter  of  Gre- 
 nobky  which  the  Parlament  of  the  Daupbinate  thought  worthy 
 of  no  other  Honour  then  to  be  committed  to  the  Flames  >  be- 
 caufeitdifcours'd  a  little  too  freely  of  the  Affairs  of  the  Times, 
 and  of  the  Lawfulnefs  of  taking  Arms  by  the  Reformed.  The 
 other  was  Bafmge ,  Minifter  of  Carentm ,  who  had  had  too 
 great  a  fhare  in  the  latt  Aflembly  of  Rocbe/Iey  and  who  apnear'd 
 in  the  Synods  a  very  zealous  and  active  Stickler.    The  Com- 
 miilioner  having  made  an  end  of  what  he  had  to  fay,  an  An- 
 theAnfoer  fwer  was  made  him  to  every  Thing  that  he  had  propounded. 
 Ztfoml™' In  general,  the  Anfwer  was  very  fubmifftve ;  only  they  referv'd 
 speech.     to  themfelves  the  liberty  of  making  their  Supplications  to  the 
 King,  not  to  exclude  from  his  Favour  for  the  future,  fuch  as 
 were  born  within  the  fame  Limits  with  thofe  whom  he  was 
 willing  to  tolerate  for  the  Time  paft  ;  and  to  comprehend  Sal- 
 krt  in  the  Favour  granted  to  all  thole  who  had  bin  involv'd  in 
 the  Misfortunes  of  the  preceding  Commotions.  When  they  came 
 to  anfwer  the  Conditions  which  GaLnd  had  expreft  in  his  Speech, 
 and  which  were  to  ferveas  a  Foundation  for  the  Affurances  of 
 the  King's  Good  Will ;  they  ftedfaftly  deny'd  that  they  had 
 ever  fpoken  Words  from  which  any  Offence  could  be  taken,  and 
 tint  were  contrary  to  the  Publick  Tranquility  ;  but  they  com- 
 plain'd  on  the  other-fide,  that  in  feveral  Places  the  Catholics 
 had  perverted  the  Minifters  Words,  and  wrefted  their  moft  In- 
 nocent Exprefiions  into  Criminal  Language.    As  for  Berand, 
 that  it  was  proper  to  hear  him,  before  any  thing  could  be  faid 
 in  his  Bufinefs  :  He  acknwoledg'd  the  Book,  and  averr'd  that 
 he  had  not  Taught  any  fuch  Dodtrin  as  was  laid  to  his  Charge  ; 
 and  imputed  to  the  Malice  of  the  Time,  whatever  was  tax'd 
 for  fufpecTed  in  it.    He  faid,  that  there  might  be  fome  Ambi- 
 guous Words  in  it,  but  that  he  deteftcd  the  Confequences  that 
 bad  bin  drawn  from  it.    But  the  Commiffioner  would  not  let 
 this  pafs  for  an  Excufe,  andconvinc'd  Beraud  to  have  exprefly 
 
 written. 
 
BookX.        Edi8  of  Nantes.  483 
 
 written  in  the  Preface  of  his  Book  the  very  Things  of  which  he  1631. 
 wasaccus'd.  So  that  he  was  very  fmartly  cenfur'd  by  the  Sy- 
 nod, who  ftigmatiz'd  the  Expreffions  of  his  Book  with  the  Ap- 
 pellation of  Scandalous  Terms,  which  he  had  made  ufe  of  to  an 
 ///  purpofe.  This  Do&rin  was  condemned,  and  the  Minifters 
 were  forbid  to  teach  it.  In  the  mean  time,  Bermd  continued 
 excluded  from  the  Synod  ;  and  before  he  could  be  readmitted,  he 
 was  forc'd  to  undergo  a  new  Cenfure  from  the  Commifiioner's 
 Mouth. 
 
 But  this  was  not  all  that  Gahnd  did  in  the  Synod.   He  would  The  com. 
 needs  oppofe  the  Union  of  Beam  with  the  reft  of  the  Provinces.  2jJ*££ 
 The  Pretence  was,  that  it  had  bin  hitherto  difpleafing  to  the  fa'thlu'' 
 Court ;  that  it  had  bin  tolerated  only  for  the  Doctrine,  and  not  ****  °f the 
 for  the  Dilcipline ;  That  the  Claule  of  the  Regulations  that  ^  b«m, 
 only  feemd  to  hinder  it,  ////  Beam  was  united  to  the  Crown,  did  vith  the 
 not  authorize  the  admilTion  of  it  after  the  Reunion, without  ask-  re^m 
 ing  the  King  s  leave.    He  infilled  upon  the  Laws  of  Queen 
 Joane,  which  forbid  the  removing  the  Caufes  of  the  Inhabitants 
 out  of  theCountrey;  and  alledg'd  the  Example  of  Sedan  and 
 Mttz-y  where  the  Ecclefiaftical  Affairs  were  determined  in  the 
 lame  Countrey.    But  the  Deputies  of  Beam  wanted  no  Replies 
 to  overthrow  thefe  Reafbns ;  and  the  Reunion  of  their  Coun- 
 trey to  the  Crown,  ferv'd  'em  as  a  potent  Argument  to  make  it 
 out,  that  fince  they  were  accounted  Members  of  the  Nation, 
 thev  had  a  Right  to  require  that  their  Caufes  might  be  adjudg'd 
 in  the  Synod  of  the  Nation:  that  their  Condition  was  not  the 
 fame  with  Metz,  and  Sedan,  which  were  only  under  the  pro- 
 tection of  the  Crown,  and  far  from  being  reunited.  They  far- 
 ther alledg'd,  that  the  Laws  of  their  Countrey  were  no  way 
 oppofice  to 'em;  for  that  having  their  Synods  and  their  Con- 
 ilftories  within  themfelves,  there  remain'd  only  fome  particu- 
 lar Affairs  of  the  Paftars,  that  could  be  remov'd  to  the  Natio  - 
 nal Synods.    Thefe  Reafons,  and  fbme  others,  being  feconded 
 by  the  inclination  of  the  Synod,  prevail'd  fo  far,  that  the  Ber- 
 nois  got  the  better  of  the  Commiflioner ;  and  that  the  Union 
 was  made  upon  certain  Conditions.  And  the  Synod,  to  the  end 
 they  might  be  the  lekexpos'd  to  Reproaches;for  having  dons  too 
 
 much 
 
48  4  The  Hiftory  of  the  Viol  .1. 
 
 1631.  much  in  judging  this  Affair,  lookt  upon  it  as  prejudg'd  by  the 
 ufual  pretence  of  the  Deputies  of  Beam  in  the  other  AfTemblies, 
 fince  the  King  had  alfo  fent  Commiflioners  thither  :  more  espe- 
 cially for  that  the  King  had  receiv'd  their  Complaints  in  the 
 fame  Paper  with  thofe  of  the  reft  of  the  Churches.  So  that 
 the  Synod  could  not  properly  be  faid  to  make  the  Union  of  that 
 Province  with  the  reft,  but  judg'd  it  to  have  bin  already  made  ; 
 and  for  that  they  had  prefuppos'd  that  the  Realbns  of  the  Ob- 
 ftru&ion  ceafing,  the  King  would  no  longer  be  difpleas'd 
 with  it. 
 
 several  But  Galmd  infifted  farther,  That  there  were  feveral  Articles 
 Tthlclm-  t^iat  concern'd  tne  Dircipline  and  Practice  of  the  Churches  to 
 "Jjplnel™'  be  reform'd.  There  were  fbme  that  concern'd  the  proclaiming 
 of  fuch  ashadchang'd  their  Religion,  which  was  wont  to  be 
 done  publicly  :  and  others  touching  the  Regiftring  of  Chrift- 
 nings  and  Marriage  :  feveral  upon  the  particular  fubjecl  ofMar- 
 riages ;  upon  the  Cenfure  of  Books ;  upon  the  Cenfure  of  Unli- 
 cenc'd  Books,  of  which  number  the  King  had  fent 'em  feveral 
 to  be  condemn'd :  upon  the  laying  out  of  the  Royal  Money ; 
 upon  Precedences  in  Churches  j  and  the  Prayers  which  were  to 
 be  made  for  the  Lords  of  the  Mannor,  or  fuch  in  whofe  Houfes 
 the  Churches  affembPd.  He  was  willing  they  fhould  pray  in 
 general  for  the  Lords  of  the  Religion,  but  not  make  any  par- 
 ticular mention  of  the  Lords  of  the  Soil.  He  propos'd  alio, 
 That  for  the  future,  they  fhould  hold  no  more  National  Synods 
 in  any  other  place  then  at  Charenton ;  and  this  was  a  Trifle 
 which  the  Catholics  laid  fb  deeply  to  heart,  that  tho  the  prece- 
 ding Synod  had  granted  to  the  Province  of  Normandy  the  power 
 to  fumrnon  this,  the  Court  would  not  grant  it  for  no  other 
 place  then  Charenton.  He  demanded  alfo,  That  la  Bnflidey  Mi- 
 nifter  of  St.  Jfrique,  might  be  remov'd  from  that  Church,  and 
 out  of  the  Province  of  Vpper  Languedoc,  for  fbme  Actions  for 
 which  he  had  bin  imprifon'd,and  afterwards  indicted.  But  more 
 efpecially  he  propounded,  That  no  other  perfons  but  the  El- 
 ders fhould  be  call'd  to  give  their  Advice  in  the  Confiftories ; 
 becaufe  Affemblies  and  Meetings  of  Matters  of  Families,  for- 
 tir?d  Confiftories,  and  other  Councils  of  the  like  nature,  crea- 
 
BookX.        EM  of  Nantes.  485 
 
 ted  Sufpicions  and  Jealoufie>.  On  the  other  fide  the  Reformed  16 1 1. 
 gave  him  fatisfa&ion  in  feveral  things,  becaufe  it  was  no  longer 
 in  their  power  to  refute  him  any  thing  :  but  they  defended  their 
 practice  of  praying  for  the  Lords  of  the  places  where  they  af- 
 fcmbl'd  ;  and  Galand  was  obliged  by  dint  of  Remonftrance, 
 to  write  to  the  King  for  leave  to  ftrengthen  the  Confiftories, 
 when  neceffity  requir'd  it,  with  three  Minifters  and  three  Elders 
 out  of  the  Neighbourhood. 
 
 In  the  mean  time  the  Synod  fent  Deputies  to  the  King,  tozfrsyw,/ 
 carry  him  their  SubmifTions,  and  a  Paper  of  fifteen  Articles,  f™f°ep"~e 
 which  fet  forth,  That  fince  the  Reformed  had  neither  any  Ge-l,„g°  °e 
 neral  to  lead 'em,  nor  any  ftrong  Holds,  A  els  of  Injuftice  and^f". 
 Oppreflion  were  every  day  multiplid  upon 'em.  After  they 
 had  return'd  their  molt  humble  Thanks  to  the  King  for  the 
 marks  of  his  Favour,  and  a  Supplication  that  fuch  Edicts  as  he 
 thought  convenient  to  number  among  the  fundamental  Laws  of 
 the  Kingdom  might  be  obferv'd,  they  defir"d  the  re-eftablifh- 
 ment  of  thofe  Churches  where  free  Exercife  had  been  inter- 
 rupted: and  by  the  Article  it  appenr'd,  that  there  were  three 
 (brts  of  Interruption  which  depriv'd  the  Reformed  of  their 
 Churches.  The  one  was  fomewhat  remote,  and  was  occafion'd 
 by  the  Hoftilities  which  had  enfore'd  the  Inhabitants  to  quit 
 fome  certain  places  during  the  War  ;  ?nd  where  the  Catholic 
 Zeal  would  not  fuffer  em  to  meet  again  during  the  Peace.  The 
 other  proceeded  from  the  defolation  of  the  places  which  the  Ca- 
 tholic Armies  had  ruin'd  :  and  the  third  deriv'd  itfelf  from  the 
 Decrees  which  the  Bifhop  of  Vahnce  had  procur'd  upon  occa- 
 fion  of  the  Annexes.  For  befide  thofe  which  he  had  obtain'd 
 the  year  before,  he  had  caus'd  another  to  be  iflu'd  forth,  of  the 
 fecond  of  May,  wherein,  to  obviate  the  Reafon  why  the  Re- 
 formed pretended  to  fix  themfelves  in  the  poiTeiTion  of  their  An- 
 nexesy  by  alledging  that  they  were  places  permitted,  the  right 
 of  which  being  grounded  upon  the  Articles  of  the  EdicT,  had 
 extended  the  prohibition  of  one  Minifter  to  preach  in  feveral 
 places,  to  places  permuted.  For  thefe  feveral  Reafbns,  without 
 naming  the  places  where  th^ir  Exercife  had  been  obftrucled  in 
 other  Provinces,  they  fet  down  Fourfcore  and  twelve  in  Ceven- 
 
 a  a  a  nest 
 
The  Hiftofy  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 nes,  Fivafets,  the  Upper  and  Lower  Languedoc ,  and  in  the  I/lands 
 of  ft?  and  Okron.    The  fifth  requirM  the  Revocation  of  the 
 Decrees  granted  to  the  Bilhop  of  Valence.  The  fixth  complain d 
 of  the  Prolecuvions  of  fame  X  iniiters,  accusM  to  have  utter'd 
 words  both  difrefpectful  and  undutiful,  tho  they  had  only 
 preach'd  their  own  Doctrine  with  moderation.    The  next  fet 
 forth  the  delays  of  the  Governors  in  the  nomination  of  Com- 
 miffioners  that  were  to  be  prefent  at  the  Synods,  which  had  re- 
 duce! fome  Provinces  to  be  without  AfTemblies  of  that  nature. 
 The  eighth  and  ninth  infilled  upon  Foreign  Minifters.  The 
 tenth  derir'd  that  the  Prohibitions  of  Bcraidy  Begnaoe  and  Bo::- 
 terotit  to  fit  in  the  Synod,  might  be  taken  off.    The  'leventh 
 concerned  the  grand  Article  of  the  Edict,  which  declares  the 
 Reformed  capable  of  all  manner  of  Employments ;  and  com- 
 plain'd, that  it  was  fo  ill  obferv'd,  that  the  Reformed  were  not 
 admitted  into  the  meaneftand  loweft  Offices  •  that  they  were 
 refus'd  the  Degree  of  Doctors  of  Phyfic,  and  the  Title  of  4?- 
 cregnted, where  Accumulation  was  cuftomary  ;  and  that  they  were 
 tefus'd  their  Freedoms  in  the  meaneft  Trades.    The  twelfth 
 demanded  the  Releafe  of  Each  as  had  bin  condemn'd  to  the  Gal- 
 lics, according  to  the  Edicl  of  Peace;  of  which  number  there 
 were  above  Two  hundefd.    The  thirteenth  demanded  reftitu- 
 tion  of  the  municipal  Tolls  which  had  bin  promis'd  in  1628. 
 as  a!&>  by  the  Paper  anfwcr'd  at  Montaulan  the  next  year : 
 which  had  not  prevented  the  Revocation  of  the  Afftgnations  at- 
 tow'd  for  the  year  16  2  7.  nor  their  failing  to  allow  any  for  the 
 three  next  years,-  fo  that  there  was  due  for  the  time  paft  the 
 Sum  o^Six  hunder'd  thoufand  Livres.    The  Compenfation 
 promis'd  the  Behibk  after  fo  folemn  a  manner,  had  bin  as  faith- 
 kflv  oMerv'd  as  the  reft  of  the  Edicts.    The  one  moiety  of  it 
 vss  of  a  fudden  defalk 'd;  fb  that  the  fourteenth  Article  rc- 
 qun'd  that  care  might  he  taken  about  it.    We  might  add  to  the 
 fame  Article  the  hard  Wage  of  the  Minillers  of  the  Baiiliage  of 
 <jex9  who  had  bin  depriv'd  for  a  long  time  of  the  King's  Relief- 
 money,  which  Ind  bin  granted  'em  in  recompence  for  the  Eccle- 
 -  Eftatcs.    Not  that  either  Beam,  or  the  Countrey  of  Gtx 
 ■kid  any  fharc  in  the  laft  Civil  Wars ;  but  -only  in  teftimony  of  a 
 t  more 
 
Book  X.        EM  af  Nantes.  487 
 
 more  perfect  good  will  to  the  Reformed,  they  that  hVd  ' 
 peaceably,  and  that  they  were  call'd  Rebels,  were  treated  both 
 alike.  Laftly,  the  fifteenth  Article  contain'd  an  humble  Re- 
 queft,  That  the  Court  would  command  the  Advocate  Gene- 
 ral of  Bourdeaux  to  furceafe  profecuting  a  Minifter  and  his 
 Son,  whofe  Caufe  was  neverthelefs  depending  in  the  Chamber 
 cfGuyo.ne,  which  was  then  at  Jt$»9  whither  it  had  bin  re- 
 mov'd. 
 
 The  Deputies  thatcarri'd  this  Paper,  and  the  Letters  from  r\- r,-  :U. 
 the  Synod,  to  the  King  and  the  Cardinal,  were  Arrant  and  JjJJJ^f 
 V'lll.xrs.  The  King  gave  'em  leave  to  make  their  Speech  to  him  the  D?p*. 
 at  Monce.wx,  and  teirifi'd  by  his  Anfwer,  that  he  was  well  fa-  ues- 
 tibfi'd  with  them  and  the  Synod.  They  were  likewife  well  re- 
 ceived by  the  Cardinal,  who  aflur'd'em  that  the  King  would 
 maintain  and  protect  'em  according  to  his  Edicts  :  that  he  gave 
 Berand  and  &*fi4£t  leave  to  fit  in  the  Synod  >  but  that  before  he 
 granted  the  fame  Favour  to  B>»terwt»,  'twas  fit  the  King  fhould 
 be  more  amply  mform'd  of  the  C'imc  that  was  laid  to  his 
 charge  :  that  the  King  would  give  a  very  favourable  Anfver  to 
 their  Paper,  fo  foon  as  the  Synod  brake  up.  To  the  end,  faid 
 he,  that  be  might  treat  with  his  Subjecls  in  a  manner  more  fuitabk 
 to  his  Sovereign  Dignity,  nnd  the  Sacred  Authority  of  his  Word  : 
 But  the  more  edifying  and  folid  part  of  his  Anfwer  was  a  Gift 
 of  Sixteen  thoufand  Livres  in  ready  money,  to  defray  the  Ex- 
 pences  of  the  Synod  All  which  the  Commilfioner  impart- 
 ed to  the  Synod ,  before  the  return  of  the  Deputies.  Be- 
 ratt'd  refum'd  his  Seat  in  theAffembly:  foon  after  Btfnaoe  took 
 his  again,  and  at  length  Bonterone  had  leave  to  fit  there  as 
 well  as  the  red. 
 
 For  five  years  together  there  had  not  bin  any  alteration  of  the  The  im, 
 General  Deputies :  and  during  that  time  Bizin,  who  was  brk™*j™jf 
 of  thofj  that  were  employ'd,  happen'd  to  die.    The  Synod  d#h*L. 
 therefore  had  Orders  to  fupply  his  place,  but  they  were  not  left 
 to  their  accuftom'd  liberty  of  Nomination.    'Twas  the  King's 
 pleaftire  till  then,  that  fixPerfons  (hould  be  nominated  for  him 
 to  chufe  two  out  of  that  number  ;  and  thecircumfhnces  of  the 
 Permillien  giv'n  the  Synod  to  name 'em,  pointed  lb  exactly  to 
 
 a  a  a  2  the 
 
488  The  Hijlory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 idji.  the  Perfons  which  it  behov'd  em  to  nominate,  that  it  was  to 
 little  purpofeto  make  choice  of  any  other.  The  Synod  well 
 oblerv'd  this  Innovation,  bat  becaufe  it  was  the  King's  pleafb  re 
 they  obey 'd.  The  Marquis  of  Clermont  was  conn'nu'd,  and  the 
 Commiflioner's  Son  was  put  into  JS^Vs  room  Thefe  were 
 order'd  to  carry  the  Nomination  made  by  the  Synod, accompa- 
 nid  with  Letters  full  of  Duty  and  Refpett.  To  which  the 
 King  made  known  his  Anfwer  by  the  Commiflioner ;  which 
 confiftedof  a  teftimony,  that  he  was  more  and  more  fatisfid 
 with  the  Proceeding  of  the  Aflemblv,  and  the  Nomination  they 
 had  made :  that  he  would  accept  of 'em  after  the  Synod  was  bro- 
 ken up  ;  that  he  would  give  a  Gracious  Anfwer  to  their  Paper, 
 and  he  would  allow  the  Synod  three  days  longer  to  fit. 
 TheRefov.  They  were  fb  accuftom'd  at  Court  to  be  afraid  of  the  Re 
 ™£tdJ0etftd formed,  that  they  feldom  flept  in  quiet,  while  they  were  af- 
 (embl'd ;  and  their  very  Synods  gave 'em  terrible  Alarums 
 This,  which  was  onlycompos'd  of  People  (till  confternated  at 
 thetakingof  Rochtl,  and  the  reducing  of  all  the  reft:  of  their 
 Towns  and  Cities,  difquieted  their  reft  for  all  that :  and  the 
 Catholics,  dreaded  by  the  Progrefies  which  Guftavtu  made  in 
 Germany,  fanci'd  him  already  in  France,  and  reftoring  by  main 
 rorce  the  Reformed  to  their  priftine  Splendor  >  which  was  the 
 Reafbn  that  the  King  as  earneftly  preft  the  leparation  of  the 
 Synod,as  if  it  had  bin  the  politic  A  (Terribly  of  Loudun,  or  that  of 
 Rochd.  Nevertheleft,  before  they  broke  up,  the  Synod  ordain'd 
 three  things,  which  gave  the  Miffionaries  and  Politicians  fair 
 Pretences  to  make  loud  Outcries.  The  firftwas  a  Regulation 
 .irprtmt  againfl:  the  Accommodations  of  Religion,  which  referr'd  to  an 
 tefohtions  Aft  0f  the  lame  nature  that  pafs'd  in  the  National  Synod  of 
 s^ifd.  Mompdier  1598.  where  all  Rich  kind  of  Projects  were  con- 
 demn'd  with  extraordinary  Severity.  The  fecond  was  the  Ap- 
 pointment of  a  Solemn  Faft  throughout  all  the  Kingdom,which 
 the  Catholic  took  for  a  Proof  that  the  Reformed  were  in  hopes 
 of  being  re-eftablifh'd  by  the  Arms  of  Guftavus'.  for  which 
 Reafbn,  laid  they,  thofe  People  endeavour'd  to  engage  Heaven 
 on  their  fide,  by  Devotions  more  then  ordinary.  The  third 
 was  a  Declaration  which  the  Synod  made,  that  Lutherans 
 
 who 
 
Book  X.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  489 
 
 who defir'd it  might  be  admitted  to  the  Communion  ;  that  the  163 1. 
 Reformed  might  contract  Marriages  with  'em,  and  take 'em  for 
 Godfathers,  provided  they  would  inftrucT:  their  Children  only 
 in  thole  things,  wherein  the  Lutherans  and  Reformed  both 
 agree.  The  Miflionaries  believ'd  all  obftacles  of  Reunion  with 
 the  Romifb  Church  remov'd  by  this  Declaration  :  for  that  they 
 could  not  conceive  why  the  Reformed  (hould  have  any  more 
 Hepugnance  againft  the  Tranfubftantiation  of  the  Catholics, 
 then  againft  the  Impanation  and  Ubiquity  of  the  Lutherans  ; 
 more  efpecially  fince  the  Synod  acknowledged,  that  tho  there 
 were  Error  in  the  Lutheran  Doctrine,  yet  there  was  noFenom', 
 and  that  there  was  no  Idolatry  in  their  Worfhip.  The  Poli- 
 ticians believ'd  it  to  be  an  Artifice  of  the  Synod's  Prudence,  by 
 this  compliance  with  the  Doctrine  of  hisMinifters,  to  infinuate 
 themfelves  into  Guftavtus  Favour. 
 
 But  notwithstanding  all  this,  the  Reformed  were  oppreft  Amtxa. 
 with  feveral  A&s  of  Injuftics,  almoft  over  all  the  Provinces: 
 For  befides  the  accuftom'd  Cavils  about  the  Rights  of  Exercife 
 and  Church-yards,  the  Decrees  obtain'd  by  the  Bifhopof/7^- 
 knee,  almoft  Difpeopl'd  whole  Provinces.  Nothing  was  to  be 
 feen  but  Churches  fhut  up,  and  Minifters  Imprifbn'd,  for  not 
 having  obey  d  the  Prohibitions  againft  Preaching  in  more  then 
 one  Place.    The  Minifter  of  Qhatillon^  a  paltry  Place  in  the 
 Dvtphin ate,  ferv'd  himfelf  nine  or  ten  other  Churches  befides 
 that;  if  we  may  believe  the  Subltance  of  the  laft  Decree  ob-- 
 tain'd  by  that  Prelate:  Nor  was  it  impoilible,  becaufe  the 
 greateft  part  of  thofe  Annexes  were  particular  Houfes  where- 
 the  Gentry  would  have  Preaching  in  their  Families ;  and  where* 
 there  were  but  few  others  befides  their  own  Domeftics.  Many- 
 times  alfo  this  Exercife  was  not  common,  it  may  be  not  above- 
 once  a  Month,  or  once  in  three  Months,  in  confideration  of 
 ,    fbme  Donative  given  upon  that  Condition  to  the  Principal 
 5    Church.    ]n  the  mean  time.,  the  reft  of  the  Bifhops  would" 
 jj    needs  appear  no  lefs  Zealous  then  the  Prelate  of  Valence:  S3 
 \    that  every  one  fought  to  ruin  the  Churches  in  his  Diocefs.  This 
 fd    procur  d  a  Decree  of  Council  of  the  fame  nature,  dated  June  6. 1 
 j    againft  Rivet,  and  other  Minifters  of  Saintongef  at  the  Requeft  - 
 
49  o  TheHijlory  of  the        Vol.  II, 
 
 1631.  of  the  Bifhopof  Saints:  Where  a  new  Cavil  was  fet  a-fooc 
 about  the  Place  of  Exerciles ;  and  if  they  could  not  difpence 
 with  refettling  'em  in  Places,  where  the  Proofs  were  too  clear 
 to  be  contefted,  yet  they  would  not  reftore  'em  without  paring 
 off  fomething  from  the  Real  Right  that  belong'd  to  'em  ;  and 
 removing 'em  out  of  the  middle  of  the  City  where  the  Church 
 had  always  flood  to  the  dirty  Bag-end  of  fbme  Suburb. 
 Exerdfe  The  Exercile  was  likewile  forbid  at  Rioux  in  Saintonge,  by 
 forbid.  a  Decree  0f  the  Sixth  ofMtrcb:  The  Clergy  of  the  Province 
 were  Plaintiffs  in  this  Procefs,  and  there  was  a  Qyeftion  an- 
 nexed to  it  concerning  the  PoileiTion  of  the  Church  yard,  which 
 they  pretended  was  to  be  left  to  the  Catholics,  beeaufe  there 
 was  above  Eight  hundred  of  them  in  the  Parifb,  and  not  above 
 Twenty  of  the  Reformed.  But  they  never  faid  a  word  that  the 
 Congregation,  for  all  that,  was  very  numerous,  as  being  much 
 frequented  by  the  Reformed  Inhabitants  of  the  Parilhes  ad- 
 joyning.  However,  the  Church  had  ftrong  and  fufficient 
 Proofs  of  the  PotTeUion  of  it  for  above  Eight  years  before  the 
 Edifl :  But  for  a'l  that,  they  were  depriv'd  both  of  their  Ex- 
 ercile and  th.  ir  Church  yard,  leaving  only  another  fmall  Place 
 for  their  Burials  H  the  Charges  of  the  Corporation.  And  in- 
 deed the  Povgr ty  of  the  Churches  was  fuch  as  oblig  d  fome  Re- 
 ligious perfons  to  bgftow  Donatives  and  Legacies  to  prevent  the 
 lpls  of  Legal  Right.  But  the  Catholics  greedy  of  the  Profits, 
 and  moreoyer  minding  nothing  buttohaften  the  Ruin  of  the 
 Churches,  commencd  tedious  Suits  upon  thefe  Donations, 
 and  fought  a  thoufand  Quirks  and  Pretences  in  Terms  and  Cir-. 
 cumftances  to  bring  the  Caufe  about  on  their  fide.  Many  times 
 alio  the  Heirs  of  the  Donors  oppose]  the  Effect  of  the  Will,  and 
 gave  the  Catholics  an  Opportunity  to  apply  the  Profits  to  them- 
 lelves.  Thus  Elitu  M-ard'm  gave  this  year  an  Annual  Rent  of 
 Two  hundred  Ljvres  toward  the  Maintenance  of  the  Minifter, 
 and  Three  hundred  Livres  to  the  Poor.  But  this  Donation 
 prov'd  the  Original  Occafion  of  a  Suit  that  lafted  ab,  ivc  Fifty 
 Years :  and  which  was  adjudg'd  to  the  Advantage  of  the 
 Churgh  not  above  three  years  before  the  Revocation  of  the 
 EAift ;  by  that  Qne  tingle  Acl  of  Juftice  to  cover  and  palliate 
 
 a  thou 
 
Book  &       Edi&  of  Nantes.  49 1 
 
 a  thoufand  others  much  more  crying  chat  were  committed  over  1631. 
 all  the  reft  of  the  Kingdom. 
 
 The  Promifes  of  giving  a  Gracious  Anfwer  to  the  Paper,  {bcmf«qbip. 
 foon  as  the  Synod  brake  up,  were  fo  fbon  forgot,  tint  upon  the 
 19th  of  Qfiober,  the  King  fet  forth  a  Declaration,  purporting, 
 That  in  all  Places  where  there  were  but  Four  Confute,  the 
 Firft  and  Third  fhouldbe  Catholics,  if  there  were  no  Capitu- 
 lation to  the  contrary.  The  Dcfign  of  which  Declaration 
 was  to  exclude  the  Reformed  from  being  admitted  into  the 
 States  ajf  L.in°rtcdic,  whither  the  Cities  fent  none  but  their  firft, 
 Conful.  Thus  the  Reformed  were  excluded  from  medjng 
 with  the  Municipal  Government  of  their  Cities,  and  depriv'd 
 of  all  the  Honours  that  were  annexed  to  the  fir  ft  Conful  (hi  p. 
 But  in  regard  that  many  times  the  firft  Conful  fcorrt'd  that  Em- 
 ployment, or  was  not  capable  of  it,  the  moft  Honourable  Fun- 
 ctions were  then  exercis  d  by  the  fecond,  who  was  generally  a 
 Man  of  Learning  and  bred  up  to  Bufinefs.  And  for  the  Claufe 
 that  mtntion'd  contrary  Capitulation,  'twas  a  meer  piece  of 
 Fraud:  For  it  was  not  meart  thereby,  that  if  there  were  any  fuch 
 Claufe  which  gave  the  firft  Confulfhip  to  the  Reformed,  he 
 was  therefore  bound  to  hold  ir:  but  ir  there  were  any  fuch 
 Claufe  as  took  from  the  Reformed  the  whole  Confulfhip,  they 
 were  bound  to  reft  contented.  'Twas  fufticicnt  for  a  Cffy  that 
 had  Surrendev'd  at  Difcretion,  if  an  Oder  came  from  the  Duke 
 of  M-n  voYtnc't,  or  fome  other  Chieftain  of  the  Royal  Arms  \ 
 or  for  a  City  that  had  not  exprefly  Articl'd  that  there  fhotfld  be 
 no  Alteration  in  the  Confulfhip,  to  (ay,  that  there  was  a  Capt- 
 tulaiion  to  the  contrary.  Lanel  and  Bedarreux  for  thefe  Rea- 
 fons  loft  their  fhare  in  the  Conful  fbip  which  remain  d  entire  to 
 the  Catholics. 
 
 But  the  Reformed  were  not  the  only  Perfons  who  com-  jj$r  piSlk 
 plain'd  of  Oppreftion  :  For  the  Cardnial  carry'd  his  Authority  in 
 i  the  Government  fo  high,  that  alt  the  Kingdom  grosn'd  under  w>v 
 I  this  New  and  u'nea:,c  Yoalc.  The  Catholics  could  not  forbear 
 t  murmuring,  ro  fee  rhe  Liberty  of  the  Kingdom  die  together 
 1  with  the  Pride  of  Rathe!;  and  they  who  were  blinded  by  a  falfe 
 i  Zeal  for  Religion,  well  perceiv'd  that  the  Power  of  the  Re- 
 in formed  i 
 
49  *  The  Hijlory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 16  $  1.  formed  had  only  ferv'd  for  an  Obftacle  to  delay  the  Public  Ser- 
 vitude. The  Sovereign  Courts  were  treated  with  unheard-of 
 Scorn  and  lofty  Difdain.  The  Court  of  Aides  refus  d  to  verify 
 certain  Edi&s  that  burthen'd  the  State  with  new  Impofitions, 
 and  being  inform'd  that  the  Edicts  were  juft  ready  to  be  brought 
 to  em  while  the  Court  was  fitting,  they  would  not  ftay  for 
 'em,  but  rote  immediately.  For  the  punifhment  of  which 
 preemption  the  Court  was  interdicted,  and  other  Judges  fee 
 up  in  the  room  of  thole  that  had  been  (b  hardy,  to  judge  of  their 
 Power.  They  continu'd  in  this  Condition  for  fome  Months  > 
 nor  could  they  be  reftofd  till  they  had  moil:  fervilely  fubmitted 
 themfelves.  Nor  was  the  Parlament  any  better  us'd.  For  after 
 the  Queenmother  and  the  Duke  of  Ork.ince  were  withdrawn, 
 the  King  fent  a  Declaration  to  the  Parlament  againft  the  Prince 
 and  his  Adherents.  But  that  fame  Senate,  inftead  of  verifying 
 the  Declaration,  divided,  and  order'd  Remonftrances.  The 
 King  to  punifh  this  piece  of  Malapertnefs,  fent  an  Order  to  thj 
 Members  to  come  a-foot  to  the  Loure,  not  by  their  Deputies, 
 but  in  a  Body,  and  to  bring  the  Regifters  along  with  'em. 
 Which  being  done,  the  whole  Aflembly,  as  Aitgttfi  as  they 
 ftild  themfelves,  were  enfore'd  upon  their  Knees  to  hear  a 
 tedious  and  mortifying  Cenfure,  which  redue'd  all  their  Power 
 only  to  the  enregiftring  and  publifhing  all  Declarations  that 
 were  fent  'em,  without  any  hefitation.  The  Keeper  of  the  Seals 
 tore  before  their  faces  the  Decree  for  dividing  the  Houfe,  and 
 the  Parlament  had  the  hard  Fortune  to  hear  a  Decree  prc- 
 noune'd,  which  either  exil'd  or  fufpendtd  from  their  Employ- 
 ments lome  of  thenioft  conilderable  of  their  Members. 
 
 1652.  It  was  not  to  be  wonder'd  that  fuch  unheard-of  Proceedings 
 civil  war  fhould  provoke  the  Spirits  of  the  People  to  take  Arms.  The 
 °sfOds-ke  ^u'ce  orr  Orleans  therefore  being  return'd  into  France,  was  foon 
 ans. rC"  j)in'd  by  a  numerous  Body  of  Malecontenrs ,  and  in  a  fmall 
 time  beheld  all  LwoueAcc  at  his  devotion  ;  and  they  who  had 
 r^e^T  bin  the  mod  fierce  Perfecutors  of  the  Reformed,  threw  them- 
 ^doc  (elves  into  this  New  Party.  Lrftrangis,  Lord  of  Privat,  tided 
 jidemth   with  the  Duke,  and  peiifrfd  in  the  Caufe.    The  Bifhops  of 
 
 ML 
 
Book  X.         EdiU  of  Nantes.  493 
 
 Albi,  Vfez,  Nimes,  Alets^  St.  Pons  and  Lodeve  join'd  with  the  i6$i. 
 Duke  of  Mommorenci.  The  Bifhop  of  Leon  alfo  was  accus'd  to 
 have  had  a  fhare  in  this  War,  and  could  not  obtain  his  Pardon 
 till  after  the  King's  Death.  On  the  other  fide,  the  Reformed  the  Re- 
 lerv'd  the  King  with  extraordinary  Courage.  The  Second-/?"^ 
 Conful  of  Nines  prefervd  that  City  for  the  King,  and  ex- 
 pell'd  the  Bifhops  and  the  Firft  Conful,  who  favour'd  the  Duke 
 of  Orleans.  Montaubon  tent  her  Deputies  as  far  as  Monceanx, 
 to  allure  the  King  of  the  Fidelity  of  the  Inhabitants,  who  of- 
 fer'd  to  march  a  League  out  of  their  City  to  meet  the  Duke,  and 
 fight  his  men  if  they  approach'd  near  their  Quarters.  The  Duke 
 of  Eftemon  alio  had  fo  much  confidence  in  'em,  that  he  made 
 no  fcruple  to  enter  the  Town,  tho  much  inferior  in  ftrength, 
 and  to  commit  himfelf  to  the  mercy  of  a  People  whom  he  had 
 fo  rudely  handl'd  in  time  of  War.  Marion,  Camp-Afliftant 
 on  the  King's  fide,  made  himfelf  Mafter  of  Privas,  which  had 
 bin  abandon'd  fince  it  was  taken,  and  rec^lPd  the  Inhabitants 
 who  ferv'd  him  fuccefsfully,  and  defended  the  Town  for  the 
 King  againft  their  own  Lord.  One  would  have  thought  that 
 fuch  an  Aclion  fhould  have  cancell'd  the  Memory  of  what 
 was  pafs'd  :  and  indeed  thole  poor  Creatures  were  fuffer  d  to 
 refetde  themfelves  without  any  notice  taken  of  it.  But  Thirty 
 years  after,  they  were  made  to  underftand,  by  Cruel  Perfec- 
 tions, that  paft  Offences  are  never  to  be  expiated  by  fucceed- 
 ing  Services  and  that  by  a  Maxim  quite  oppofite  to  the  Rule 
 of  the  Almighty,  TranfgrefTions  are  longer  retain'd  in  the  Me- 
 mories of  Princes,  then  Good  Services. 
 
 The  Bifhops  of  Aibi  and  Nimes  were  degraded  by  reafon  of 
 their  Rebellion ;  and  the  Bifhop  of  Vftz,  dying  in  the  midft 
 of  the  Procefs.  avoided  the  Difgrace.  The  reft  were  no  lefs 
 guilty,  but  perhaps  might  have  better  Recommendations ;  and 
 their  Acquittal  coft  'em  no  more  then  a  little  agony  of  Fear. 
 However,  the  Procefs  commence!  againft  Bifhops  for  High 
 Treafon  made  fb  loud  a  noife,  that  the  Reformed  could  not 
 forbear  triumphing,  and  to  reproach  em  with  their  Principal 
 Members  tumbling  into  Rebellion,  which  till  then,  was  lookt 
 upon  to  be  the  only  Portion  and  Character  of  Herefy.  The 
 
 b  b  b  Minifters 
 
494  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 163    Minifters  lookt  upon  it  as  a  piece,  of  Divine  Vengeance  that 
 the  Bifhops ,  who  had  ib  often  accus'd  'em  of  breathing  no- 
 thing  but  Rebellion,  fhould  fo  openly  precipitate  them- 
 felves  into  the  Sin  of  Rebellion ,  that  the  veneration  due  to 
 their  Character  could  not  exempt  'em  from  Punifhment.  But  to 
 mortify  theie  Triumphers,  they  thought  it  expedient  to  put  to 
 death  Marets,  the  Minifter  of  Jleis,  as  if  he  had  had  a  hand  in 
 the  Infurrefrion.    Neverth-lels,  all  his  Crime  was  only  this, 
 That  all  the  People  of  the  City  Tiding  either  wi  h  the  Lord, 
 or  with  the  Bifhop,  he  was  not  fo  fortunate  as  to  hinder  the 
 City  from  joining  with  the  Malecontents  •■>  though  he  himfelf 
 fate  ftili  without  fo  much  as  medling  on  either  fide.  Thus 
 was  one  Innocent  Minilhr  offer'd  up  to  attone  for  the  Tranf. 
 greffion  of  leveral  Prelars,  and  the  Minifter  of  AUts  paid  for 
 the  Bifhop.    Couran ,  another  Minifter  of  the  fame  Church , 
 was  only  banifhd.    The  City  of  Lund,  the  Governor  of 
 which  was  the  Bifhop  of  Nimes's  Brother,  was  inveagl'd  in- 
 to the  Duke  of  Orleans's  Party  ;  and  Stoff.tr  Minifter  of  the 
 Place,  was  let  down  in  the  Catalogue  of  thofe  that  were  to 
 be  facrifie'd.    But  after  the  defeat  and  taking  of  the  Duke  of 
 Mowmorenci,  he  gave  the  Governor  of '  Aiguemortcs  notice  of  the 
 Flight  of  the  Bifhop  and  his  Brother,  which  was  well  taken  5 
 and  that  Mark  of  his  Affection  for  the  King's  Service, fa  v'd  his  life. 
 The  Duke      The  Duke  of  Rohan,  was  recall'd  to  Court  upon  occafion  of 
 of  Rohm  thefe  Troubles ;  and  honour'd  with  feveral  Employments  j 
 iingin*  whether  it  were  to  find  him  bufinefs  that  might  hinder  him 
 Italy.     from  feeking  for  any  in  thtfe  Confufions  >  or  whether  it  were 
 to  take  him  by  the  point  of  Honour,  anj  engage  him  in  the 
 King's  Service  by  that  Mark  of  Confidence.    But  this  War  be- 
 ing fuddenly  ended  by  the  taking  and  death  of  Marflial  dc  Mom- 
 morenci,  ferv'd  only  to  advance  the  King's  Authority,  and  difc 
 guftthe  Duke  of 'Orleans,  who  retir'd  out  of  France  a  ferond 
 time ;  as  alfo  to  add  fome  new  accefs  of  weight  to  the  Slavery 
 of  the  People.    The  Reformed  reapt  this  little  advantage  by 
 it,  That  they  had  but  few  Injuries  done  'em  this  year,  and  con- 
 tinu'd  lornewhat  free  from  Moleftations.    Only  the  Minifters 
 in  the  Dwphmte  were  ftill  tormented  becaufe  they  preach'd  in 
 
 more 
 
Book  X.        Editi  of  Nantes.  495 
 
 more  then  one  place.    But  upon  a  Petition  which  they  pre-  i<5$2. 
 fentcd  to  the  King ,  they  obtain'd  a  Decree  which  fent  em  4^>' "/ 
 to  four  Commiflioners  of  the  Parlamcnt  of  Grenoble,  who  were  ^xttln 
 order'd  to  take  their  Informations,  and  after  that  to  give  their  tbeDm- 
 Advice  to  the  King.    Thefe  Commiflioners  enlarg'd  fbme  Mi-  phjm^fo 
 nifteTS,  and  fent  'em  to  the  King  for  the  interpretation  of  they£'c«J- 
 Decrees  of  his  Council ;  fo  that  they  were  forc'd  to  tarry  forne  miners. 
 years  before  the  bufinefs  was  decided.    The  Confulfhips  alfo  confuijiup 
 gave  fomeoccafion  for  Innovation.    Machuit,  the  Intendant,  efA]ets- 
 order'd  that  the  Confulfhip  of  Alets  fhould  be  alternative  under 
 the  good  pleafure  of  the  King,  and  till  he  fhould  otherwife  or- 
 dain.   But  the  Reformed  who  found  this  Sentence  extreamly 
 oppofite  to  their  Ancient  Cuftoms,  appeal'd  to  the  Council, 
 where  the  Qyeftion  hung  for  twenty  years  undecided.    Upon  Exercift 
 a  Proo  fs  commenc'd  againft  the  Reformed  of  Mount aign  }f°rbid- 
 touching  the  right  of  Excrcife,  and  building  a  Church,  Btgnony 
 Advocate  General,  procur'd  a  Decree  which  depriv'd  the  Re- 
 formed both  of  the  one  and  the  other.    He  laid  down  thofe 
 things  for  a  foundation  of  his  Conclufions,  which  if  he  could 
 have  got  'em  to  have  pafs'd  currant,  the  Reformed  muft  have  A^ame. 
 loft  the  three  fourth  parts  of  their  Churches.  Firft,  He  affirm'd  fui  caviL 
 that  the  Reformed  had  no  right  to  any  Church,  but  in  places 
 of  Bailliage  let  I'd  by  the  Commiflioners ;  and  he  fupported  this 
 AfTertion  by  the  Decrees  fet  forth  in  1562.  and  1577.  which 
 by  confequence  had  bin  revok'd  by  the  Edi£r.  of  Nantes.  More- 
 over, he  would  needs  have  it,  that  the  permiflion  of  the  Lord, 
 which  was  produc'd  by  the  Inhabitants,  fhould  be  lookt  upon  as 
 extorted ;  becaufe  it  was  not  to  be  prefum'd  that  a  Catholic 
 Lord  would  permit  the  eftablifhment  of  a  Religious  Exercife 
 that  was  contrary  to  his  own.    This  was  well  found  out  to  de- 
 ftroy  all  thole  Places  where  the  Reformed  Exercife  was  per- 
 form'd  in  Catholic  Proprieties.    Had  the  Church  produc'd  the 
 moft  folid  Proofs  in  the  world  of  their  PofTeflion,  and  fail'd  of 
 the  Lord's  permiflion,  it  would  have  bin  urg'd,  that  that  very 
 defe£t  had  difannull'd  all  the  reft;  and  if  they  produc'd  the 
 Lord's  leave,  then  they  cri'd  it  muft  have  bin  extorted.    But  at 
 laft  he  pretended  that  the  Place  belong'd  to  an  Ecclefiaftic  Lord  ; 
 
 b  b  b  2  and 
 
496  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1632.  and  fb  the  Reformed,  who  produc'd  Evidences  fince  1  558.  could 
 not  reap  the  benefit  of  a  Pofleflion  near  fourfcore  years.  This  was 
 no  more  then  pofitively  to  fay ,  That  whatever  1  itle  the  Re- 
 formed could  produce ,  'twas  impoffible  for  'em  to  have  any 
 Juftice  done  'em. 
 
 Anmon.  There  happen'd  at  the  beginning  of  this  year  an  Accident 
 [derate  altogether  lingular ;  the  Circumftances  of  which  were  fb  re- 
 CtmfZf  rnarkable,  as  not  to  be  omitted  in  this  Hiftory.  Two  Scholars 
 iws.  of  the  Academy  of  Saumur  took  a  fancy  to  be  prefent  at  the 
 Mafs,  which  the  Catholics  call  Midnight  -M Ufs ,  becaufe  it  is 
 laid  upon  Chriftmas-day  in  the  Morning,  pre  fently  after  Mid- 
 night Bell  has  rung.  Many  times  a  filly  Curiofity  carries  young 
 People  to  be  Spectators  of  thefe  fine  Shows,  becaufe  a  prodigi- 
 ous Concourfeof  all  forts  generally  crouds  to  gape  upon  this 
 Solemnity,  as  expecting  fomething  extraordinary.  But  what 
 was  more ,  thefe  young  Hair-brains  prefentcd  themfelves  be- 
 fore the  Altar,  as  if  they  intended  to  receive  the  Communi- 
 on; but  upon  their  taking  the  Symbols  into  their  hands  not 
 with  that  reverence  as  they  ought  to  have  done,  they  were 
 known  for  what  they  were,  apprehended  and  indicted  ;  but  for 
 fear  of  depriving  the  City  of  the  benefit  which  they  reap'd  by  the 
 Academy,  condemn'd  to  very  eafy  Penalties.  There  was  an  Ap- 
 peal from  this  Sentence.  But  the  Chamber  of  the  Edict  of  Paris 
 furcharging  the  Sentence  of  the  former  Condemnation,  orderd 
 by  a  Decree  of  the  17th  of  February ,  That  the  Scholars  fhould 
 declare  and  acknowledge  at  Saumur  within  the  ordinary  Jurifdi- 
 ction  of  the  Senefchalfhip,  in  a  full  Court,  upon  their  Knees, 
 and  bareheaded,  That  they  had  rafbly  gone  upon  Cbriftmas-day 
 in  the  Morning  to  Midnight-Mafs,  and  that  they  had  indifcreetly 
 received  the  Sacrament  of  the  Altar :  That  they  fhould  beg  par- 
 don of  God,  the  King  and  Juftice ;  that  they  fhould  be  banifh'd 
 out  of  the  City  and  Provoftfhip  of  Paris  for  three  years,  and  out 
 of*  the  Senefchalfhip  of  Namur  for  ever  ;  that  they  fhould  be 
 fin'd  twelve  hundred  Livres  to  the  King;  of  which  two  hun- 
 dred fhould  be  laid  out  in  Bread  for  the  Prifoners  in  the  Palace 
 Jaile  ;  two  hundred  for  the  purchafe  of  a  Silver  Lamp,  to  be 
 hung  before  the  place  where  the  Sacrament  of  that  Church  was 
 
 depofited ; 
 
Book  X.      Editi  of  Nantes.  497 
 
 depofued  ;  and  the  remainder  for  the  fetting  up  a  Copper-  1631. 
 plate,  whereon  the  Decree  ftiould  be  engrav'd ,  and  for  fetling 
 a  Fund  for  the  furnifhing  that  Lamp  with  Oil  to  perpetuity. 
 The  Decree  alfo  enjoin'd  the  Scholars  to  obey  their  Profcription 
 exactly,  and  forbid  'em  relapfing  into  the  fame  Tranfgreflions 
 again  upon  pain  of  death  5  fent  'em  to  the  Judges  of  Saumur, 
 who  were  to  fee  the  Sentence  duly  executed,  and  to  detain  'em 
 in  Prifbn  till  payment  of  the  Fine.  Which  laft  Claufe  was 
 without  queftion  added  to  oblige  the  Parents  or  Relations  of 
 thofe  Young  men,  to  pay  the  faid  Fine  as  a  Ranfbm  for  their 
 Releafe.  However,  they  refrain'd  in  the  Decree  from  the 
 words  Amende,  and  Amende  Honourable  ;  fo  that  had  it  not  bin 
 for  the  Fine,  a  man  might  have  faid  that  it  had  bin  a  Confiftory 
 which  condemn'd  thofe  young  Fops  to  a  public  Reparation  for 
 an  Offence  that  deferv'd  it  according  to  the  Difcipline  of  the  Re- 
 formed :  They  had  not  then  well  ftudi'd  the  Privileges  of  the 
 Roman  Religion.  In  thefe  latter  years  they  would  have  ad- 
 judg'd  it,  that  thofe  Scholars  by  that  A£t  had  embrac'd  the  Ro- 
 man Religion,  and  the  Church  and  the  Academy  both,  would 
 have  bin  interdicted. 
 
 But  the  death  of  Gnftxvm  this  year  deliver'd  the  See  of  Rome  The  Death 
 from  the  fear  of  his  Arms.    But  in  regard  the  Generals  that  fuc-  «/Gufta- 
 ceeded  him  prefer  vd  the  Advantages  they  had  won,  it  no  way  vu^-2 
 cur'd  the  Wounds  which  the  Houfe  of  Anjiria  had  receiv'd  ;  and  1 
 France^  who  found  the  convenience  of  an  Alliance  with  Sneden, 
 made  a  new  Treaty  with  Chriflim,  Grtftavms  Heirefs.  More- 
 over, the  Cardinal  had  much  bufinefsboth  at  home  and  abroad, 
 and  fb  much  ado  to  guard  himfelf  from  Confpiracies  againft  his 
 life,  that  he  had  not  time  to  think  of  the  Proteftants.    Never  Great 
 were  known  within  the  compafs  of  one  year,  fb  many  Changes  Rubies  in 
 of  Officers  at  Court,  in  the  Armies,  in  the  Governments  of^fw,ff* 
 Towns  and  Provinces,  then  were  feen  this  year.    The  Re- 
 formed made  no  figure  ;  but  for  all  that,  the  whole  Kingdom 
 was  full  of  Factions  and  Cabals.    So  that  thefe  Commotions 
 which  could  not  be  imputed  to  Htrejfr,  fiifficiently  juftifi'd  the 
 Religion  upon  whofe  Shoulders  they  would  have  thrown  the; 
 
 Occafions 
 
498  TheHiftoryof  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 163  j.  Qccafionsand  Caufesofall  the  laft  Wars  ;  and  no  lefs  truly  then 
 apparently  fix'd  the  Accufation  upon  the  Wickednefs  and  Infi- 
 delity of  the  Government.    It  feem'd  but  reafonable,  that  the 
 Reformed  fhould  be  excus'd,  who  had  only  taken  Arms  for  their 
 Liberty,  when  the  Catholic  Lords,  Princes  and  People  had  re- 
 courfe  to  the  fame  means,  for  theprefervationof  their  Privileges 
 and  their  Dignities. 
 Mvueof     In  the  mean  time  the  Prefidents  Frere  and  Per/JJai,  and  the 
 them-   Counfeilors  Buffet  and  Caliban,  appointed  Commissioners  by 
 "fZcrs  the  King  in  the  Parlamentof  the  Dauphwate  to  examin  the  Af- 
 Dauphi.  fair  of  the  Annexcs,p\id  the  Commiffion  clofe,and  drew  up  their 
 "waS"'  Opinions ,  which  they  fent  to  the  King  the  Seventh  of  May. 
 nexes"    They  aflerted  that  there  were  feveral  Places  within  the  Pro- 
 vince where  the  Exercife  was  permitted,  which  were  ferv'd  by 
 one  of  the  fame  Minifters ;  and  this  they  thought  could  not  be 
 prevented,  becaufe  the  Articles  of  the  Edi£t  upon  which  the 
 Right  and  Privilege  of  Exercife  was  founded,  did  not  confine 
 'em  to  the  place  of  the  Minifters  Refidence,  no  more  then  the 
 Memoirs  fent  by  the  King  to  the  Commiflioners  who  lookt  after 
 the  execution  of  the  Edid.    But  they  prefuppos'd,  that  under 
 the  Pretences  of  Marriage,  Baptifm,  or  fbme  other  Occafion, 
 the  Minifters  took  the  liberty  of  preaching  in  places  where  they 
 had  no  right ;  and  that  might  happen  out  of  a  refpect  which  the 
 Minifters  had  for  the  Gentlemen,whofe  Houfes  were  not  precife- 
 ly  qualifi'd  for  the  fettlement  of  a  Right  of  Exercife.  The  Com- 
 miftioners  pretended  that  they  had  provided  againft  that  Abufe ; 
 and  advis'd  the  King  to  forbid  the  Minifters,  and  all  the  reft  of 
 the  Reformed,  under  the  Penalties  of  the  Edi£ts.    This  Advice 
 was  follow'd  in  Council,  and  produe'd  a  Decree  of  the  26th  of 
 Septembtr,  which  copi'd  it  out  almoft  word  for  word  ;  which 
 for  fbme  time  gave  fbme  refpit  to  the  Perfecutions  begun  by  the 
 Biflbop  of  of  Valence. 
 Re-efla.       One  thing  happen'd  this  year  which  afforded  not  a  little  Con- 
 biifhmtnt   folation  to  the  Reformed.  For  the  Receiver  of  the  Taxes  of  Fi- 
 rfVnvas.  vantz  prefented  a  Petition  to  the  Council  that  he  might  be 
 difcharg'd,  becaufe  he  could  not  raife  the  Money  which  was 
 laid  out  upon  his  Divifion.    Now  the  principal  ground  of 
 
BookX.        Edi&  of  Nantes,  41 
 
 this  Petition  was  the  ruin  of  Privas,  the  Inhabitants  of  which  i 
 Town,  durft  not  venture  as  yet,  either  to  build  their  Houfes, 
 nor  to  till  their  Lands,  becaufe  they  were  not  yet  a'low'd  by 
 Authority  to  refettle  themfelves  in  oppofition  to  the  Rigo- 
 rous Terms  of  the  Aft  or  EdiQ:  of  1629.  The  Council  by 
 a  Decree  of  the  15th  of  February,  referr'd  the  Receiver  to  Mr- 
 roHy  Intendant  of  Languedoc,  for  his  Advice,  And  MirorPs  Ad- 
 vice was,  To  moderate  the  Severity  of  the  Edift,  and  to 
 permit  that  the  Inhabitants  of  Prfvas  might  return  to  their 
 Habitation?,  and  refettle  themfelves  in  the  City  ;  and  withal 
 to  leave  the  Offices  of  the  City  free  without  diftin&ion  of 
 Religion.  He  alio  accompanied  his  Advice  with  good  Rea- 
 fons,  of  which  the  chiefeft  were,  That  all  the  Rebels  were 
 dead,  or  had  made  amends  for  their  Offence;  that  the  greateft 
 part  of  'em  were  (lain  at  the  taking  of  the  City  ;  that  a  good 
 many  were  dead  of  the  Peftilence  that  rag'd  for  three  year$ 
 together 5  that  thofe  few  that  remaitvd  had  faithfully  ferv  d 
 the  King ,  and  ventur'd  their  Lives  in  his  Service  againft  the 
 Lord  of  the  Place  j  that  tht  Wives  and  Children  both  of  the 
 one  and  the  other  had  fnffer'd  enough  to  expiate  both  their 
 Husbands  and  their  Parents  Crimes ;  that  the  Lord  of  the 
 Place  had  bin  the  only  hindrance  that  obftructed  thofe  poor 
 People  from  refetling  themfelves,  and  that  there  was  no  like- 
 lihood of  finding  Catholicks  anow  elfe-where  to  repeopfe  the 
 City.  The  Council  was  mov'd  with  thefe  Reafons,  and  Mi- 
 ro:<s  Advice  was  follow'd  and  put  in  execution-.  But  in  regard 
 there  was  nothing  fb  much  preac'fd  up  at  that  time  as  the  Corh- 
 ftancy  of  the  Royal  Word,  which  they  would  have  had  to  be 
 the  Subjects  only  fecurity,  they  forgot  to  be  fo  punctual  as 
 they  ought  to  have  bio,  in  demanding  the  Revocation  of  trie  laft 
 Effy  in  due  Form  :  and  fo  the  Children  were  punifh'd  in  our 
 days  for  the  over-confidence  of  their  Fathers.  They  had  done 
 better,  had  they  follow'd  the  Politic  Maxim  of  the  Cardinal 
 himfelf,  who,  to  oblige  the  Duke  of  Lorram  to  give  him  fome 
 allured  Pledge  of  his  Word,  told  him,  He  mud  have  other  Se- 
 curity then  the  Word  of  a  Prince,  who  was  guided  by  Infufions 
 from  without,  and  lud  already  broken  his  Promtfe.  And  in- 
 deed 
 
5  oq  The  Hiftory  of  the  Viol  .1. 
 
 1633.  deed  the  King  was  incens'd  againft  the  Reformed  by  fo  many 
 forts  of  People,  and  there  was  fo  little  reliance  on  the  Promifes 
 that  had  been  made  in  his  Name,  till  the  Prefent  time, 
 that  it  would  have  bin  more  proper  to  have  demanded  of 
 him  verifTd  Letters  Patents  for  the  Security  of  this  Reeftablifh- 
 ment. 
 
 Treatife,  But  the  Miniftcrs  of  Paris  were  not  fo  favourably  us'd,  by 
 TheEu-  rea^on  °f  a  certain  Book  that  was  publifh  d  under  this  Title, 
 charift  of  The  Eucharifl  of  the  Ancient  Church.  This  Book  was  written 
 the  An-  by  one  Aubertin ;  and  he  had  the  Approbation  of  his  three 
 Church.  Collegues,  Meflrezat ,  Drelmccurt  and  Dai/le.  They  aiTum'd 
 the  Quality  of  Pafiors  of  the  Reformed  Church ,  and  of  Mini- 
 fters  of  the  Gofpel.  Aubtrtin  alio,  who  dedicates  his  Book  to 
 his  Flock,  call'd  'em  the  Faithful  of  the  Reformed  Church  of  Paris. 
 Ettarmin  and  Baronim  were  ftii'd,  as  well  in  the  Title  as  in 
 other  Places,  Enemies  of  the  Church.  Now  the  Clergy's  Agents 
 bethought  themfelves  of  a  fhort  way  to  confute  this  Book 
 which  made  a  great  noife.  For  inftead  of  anfwering  the 
 Book,  they  endited  the  Author  and  his  Approvers;  and  let- 
 ting alone  the  Matters  of  Fact  and  Reafons,  they  attack'd 
 the  Titles  of  the  Book  and  the  Preface,  and  the  Terms  of 
 the  Allowance.  Againft  Aubertin  there  was  a  Warrant  given 
 out  to  feize  his  Body  by  a  Decree  of  the  Privy  Council,  dated 
 July  the  14th,  importing,  That  if  he  could  not  be  taken,  that  he 
 flhould  be  cited  to  appear  within  three  fhort  days ;  and  the  Ap- 
 provers were  fummon'd  to  make  their  perfonal  appearance.  This 
 Affair  made  a  great  noife,  but  came  to  little,  being  as  it  were 
 ftifPd  in  the  birth,  and  producing  for  this  time  no  other  then 
 verbal  Prohibitions.  The  Book  was  no  longer  fought  after, 
 fo  that  the  Succefs  encourag'd  the  Author  to  review,  enlarge 
 and  handle  the  Matter  from  the  bottom  in  a  Thick  Latin  Vo- 
 lume, which  was  never  printed  till  after  his  death  ;  nor  durft 
 any  of  the  Impartial  Catholic  Doctors  venture  to  refute  it 
 clofely  and  roundly. 
 Exerdfef  But  the  Reformed  were  conftrain'd  to  look  on,  and  fee  the 
 itrbid.  Rights  of  their  Exercifes  violated  in  more  then  one  place  this 
 Year.    The  Council  took  from  'em  Saujon,  by  a  Decree  of  the 
 
 1 8th 
 
BookX.        Editt  of  Nantes.  501 
 
 18th  of  Novtmber,  becaufe  the  Lord  of  the  place  was  a  Catho-  1633. 
 lie.  C/to/s,  Senefchal  of  Kichliett,  which  the  King  had  erected 
 into  a  Dutchy  and  Peerdom  in  favour  of  the  Cardinal,  for  the 
 fame  reafon  obftru&ed  the  exercile  at  St.  Gelin,  which  is  a  De- 
 mefne  that  holds  of  the  (aid  Dutchy.  And  the  Cardinal,  tho 
 at  the  bottom  he  were  not  fo  nice  as  others  in  thofe  things 
 countenane'd  and  approv'd  what  his  Officer  had  done.  The  parth- 
 Colledgcs  alfo  which  they  of  the  Religion  h  .d  enjoy'd  in  places  ctiieJges. 
 of  which  they  had  bin  a  long  time  Mailers,  were  miparty'd 
 this  Year  by  a  Decree  of  the  Council  of  the  2jd  of  Jufy. 
 The  occafion  of  this  Decree,  was  a  dividing  of  Voices  which 
 happen'd  at  Caflrcs,  upon  a  Petition  of  the  Catholics  of  fe- 
 veral  Cities,  who  pretended  to  make  the  Edicl:  of  16]  1, 
 for  miparty'd  Confulfbips ,  a  Prefident  for  the  Colledgcs. 
 The  Decree  of  the  Council  decided  the  divifion  of  Voices 
 in  their  Favour ,  and  authorize!  the  Argument  they  aU 
 ledg'd. 
 
 But  the  following  Year  was  not  fo  ferene  nor  ^peaceful  for  1634. 
 the  Reformed  :  For  tho  the  Cardinal,  in  a  flattering  Speech  The  com; 
 which  he  made  the  King,  feated  upon  this  Throne  of  Juftice  JJJJJjf 
 the  8th of  January,  acknovvledg'd  that  Herefy  had  not  bin  the  opfrtjpm. 
 fo!e  Rebel  in  his  Kingdom3  yet  hardiy  any  but  the  Reformed 
 fuffer'd  this  Year.     Tis  true,  that  the  King  of  his  meer  Au- 
 thority, without  examining  their  Deeds  and  Evidences,  can- 
 cell  d  the  Priviledges  and  Exemptions  of  feveral  Cities  that 
 were  not  liable  to  the  Vexations  of  Taxes.    The  Pretence  was 
 fpecious ;  for  it  feem'd  as  if  the  King  had  not  us'd  'em  fo  fe- 
 verely,  but  to  throw  upon  'em  fome  part  of  the  charge  with 
 which  the  others  were  over-burden'd.    But  in  regard  that  in 
 procefs  of  time  it  was  apparent,  that  tho  thefe  Cities  were 
 made  liable  to  Taxes,  and  )  et  the  reft  were  no  way  eas'd,  'twas 
 found  that  this  fame  change  proceeded  from  no  other  defign 
 then  to  reduce  the  whole  Kingdom  to  a  Uniformity,  and  involve 
 the  entire  Body  in  the  fame  Servitude.    As  for  the  Reformed, 
 they  were  molefted  for  other  Reafbns.    There  was  fomething 
 of  Policy  internux'd  with  the  Vexations  that  befel  them.  Ne- 
 c  c  c  verthelels 
 
50  2  The  Hijiory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1634.  verthelefc  they  were  ne're  a  whit  the  lels  real  nor  incommo- 
 dious. A  Do&or  of  the  Sorbonne,  and  a  Divine  of  Lion,  printed 
 Pretentions  a  g00k  at  Paris,  wherein  he  maintain  d  that  the  King  of  France 
 °i  5/^"  hac*  a  R'gnt  t0  a^  Europe,  and  that  he  did  well  to  make  Allian- 
 Europe.    ceswith  the  Proteftant  Princes,  to  recover  the  Ufurpations  of 
 the  Houfe  of  Auftria  ;  which  was  openly  to  publifh  the  Cardi- 
 nal's Defigns.    The  Spaniards  were  willing  to  make  the  beft 
 of  this  opportunity,  to  revive  the  dejecled  Courage  of  the  zea- 
 lous Catholics  in  their  Favour.    Thereupon  a  certain  Author, 
 AnfverJ.  wno  affam'd  the  name  of  Alexander  Patriciw  Armacanus, wrote 
 in  their  behalf  againft  the  Doctor  of  the  Sorbonne.Mz  made  it  out 
 at  large,  That  the  Alliance  of  the  King  of  France  with  Prote- 
 ftants,  was  contrary  to  the  Interefts  of  the  Catholic  Religion, 
 becaufethe  War  with  the  United  Provinces  and  that  of  Germa- 
 ny, were  Wars  for  the  fake  of  Religion.    He  made  ufe  of  all 
 that  had  bin  laid  for  the  Jufticeof  his  Arms,  againft  the  King; 
 and  fhew'd  that  the  Houfe  of  Anjlria  was  under  the  lame  Cir- 
 cumftances  in  refpecl:  of  the  United  Provinces  and  Germany.  He 
 flrenuoufly  made  it  out,  That  the  King  chiefly  employ  d  the 
 Heads  of  the  Reformed  for  the  Conduct  of  his  Armies ;  for 
 that  he  then  had  given  the  Command  of  'em  to  the  Dukes  of 
 Rohan  and  Bouillon,  and  the  Marfhals  de  la  Force  and  Cbatil- 
 Ion.    I  know  not  how  he  forgot  that  he  had  beftowct  a  Mar- 
 fhal's  Battoon  upon  one  of  the  Reformed.    Perhaps  it  might 
 The  Duh  be  after  the  Author  had  publifh'd  his  Book.    However,  the 
 Duke  of  Sulli  rcceiv'd  that  Honour  this  Year  in  the  Month  of 
 M&jhai  of  September  >  which  was  done,  to  make  him  amends  for  the  Em- 
 France,,   ployments  which  the  Queenmother  had  taken  fiom  him:  a 
 Recompcnce  which  he  had  ftaid  for  above  twenty  Years.  How- 
 ever, he  liv'd  feven  Years  afterwards,  and  in  his  latter  days 
 fhew'd  fome  more  marks  of  Piety  then  he  had  done  all  the  reft 
 of  his  life.    lie  had  bin  always  feen  prefent  at  the  Sermons 
 preach'd  in  his  Houfe,  but  after  a  very  indecent  manner :  for  he 
 was  generally  playing  with  a  little  Dog  that  fate  upon  his  knees. 
 Bus  a  young  Minifter  rebuk'd  him  by  degrees  for  thofe  ill  Ha- 
 bits; accuftom'd  him  to  Cenfures;  let  up  a  Confiftory  in  the 
 Church  that  met  in  his  Houfe,  and  made  him  accept  himlelf 
 
Book  X.        Edi&of  Nantes.  503 
 
 the  Office  of  an  Elder,  wherein  he  officiated  till  his  death.  But  1634. 
 to  return  to  Alexander  Patricias  Book,  it  was  thought  that 
 there  was  nothing  more  proper  toward  off  the  Gaihes  of  his 
 ftrenuous  Objections,  then  to  vex  the  remainder  of  the  Reform- 
 ed with  fome  Acts  of  Injuftice.  But  in  truth  they  ferv'd  to  very 
 little  purpole  ;  for  ftill  the  Cardinal  bore  the  reproach  of  do- 
 ing more  mifchief  to  the  Catholics  abroad,then  to  the  Reformed 
 at  home  5  and  that  while  he  took  from  the  one  fome  Church  or 
 Church-yard,  he  was  the  occafion  that  the  other  loll  whole  Ci- 
 ties and  Provinces. 
 
 I  do  not  reck'n  among  the  greateft  Vexations  of  the  Re-  Debet* 
 formed,  the  Decree  of  the  i6thof  Mircb,  let  forth  in  chePar-  Jceve' 
 lament  of  Paris  againft  Foreign  Minifters;  which  under  pre-y^j.9""" 
 tence  that  they  might  hold  Correfpondencies  with  the  Ene- 
 mies of  the  Kingdom,  or  preach  Doctrines  contrary  to  the 
 Laws  of  the  Land,  forbid  'em  for  the  future  to  exercife  the 
 Function  of  the  Miniftry  in  Frame ;  order'd  thofe  that  were 
 admitted  to  quit  their  Functions,  and  threaten'd  the  Reformed 
 with  heavy  Penalties  if  they  went  to  hear  'em.  I  alfo  look 
 upon  another  Decree  of  Council  dated  June  20.  as  a  fmall 
 thing,  tho  it  made  the  fame  Regulation  in  particular  for  Poi- 
 tou  ;  and  added  Prohibitions  to  all  the  Minifters  to  preach  in 
 Villages,  out  of  the  places  alotted  for  their  Exercifes.  I  rank 
 in  the  fame  number  the  Decree  of  the  Parlament  of  Dijon, 
 which  condemn'd  the  Reformed  to  fpread  Carpets  before  their 
 Houfes  upon  Proceffion  days,  or  to  fufTer'em  to  be  fpread  at 
 their  own  charges,  excepting  fuch  as  were  very  poor,  and  not 
 able  to  defray  the  Expences.  Thele  were  things  that  made 
 little  noile,  neither  could  they  be  attended  with  any  confide- 
 rable  Confequences. 
 
 But  there  was  fomething  of  greater  Importance  in  the  De-  Precedency 
 cree  which  the  Catholic  Officers  obtain'd  from  the  Council  »%^*** 
 Febr.  5.  which  adjudg'd  to  the  Dean  of  the  Catholic  Counfel-  CC;^T 
 lors,  tho  he  were  the  youngeft  of  all,  in  the  abfence  of  the  Pre-  */ 
 fident,  the  Right  of  Precedency,  above  the  Reformed  Coun-^c^" 
 fellors,  both  in  the  Court  of  Audience,  in  the  Council,  and  in  Guyenne. 
 the  Town-houfe.   'Tis  true,  that  the  fame  Decree  preferv'd  to 
 
 c  c  c  2  every, 
 
504  cfbe  Hijtory  of  the         Vol.  II.' 
 
 16 j4.  everyone,  mother  Cafes,  as  in  all  public  and  private  Sittings, 
 at  the  Vifitation  of  Prisoners,  at  Hearings,  Examinations,  and 
 Confron.ing  of  Testimonies,  and  at  the  Torturing  of  Crimi- 
 nals, the  Rank  which  appertain  d  to 'em  by  the  Antiquity  of 
 their  Reception.    But  tor  all  that,  this  Decree  made  a  very 
 great  Breach  in  the  Priviledges  of  the  Officers  of  that  Cham- 
 ber.   Nevertheless  there  was  a  Declaration  of  the  29th  of 
 Theccun-  Oftokr,  about  the  Robes  worn  by  the  Counfellors  of  the 
 ^he  cham  Chamber  °f  Caftres.    The  Reformed,  according  to  Cuftom, 
 let  of  S"  wo  e  Red  Robes  and  Caps  lin'd  with  Ermin,  both  in  the  Public 
 ftres,  fir*  and  Private  Afiemblies  of  the  Chamber.    But  the  Parlament 
 b^J°ZlTs.0^  Tbolonfe,  who  could  not  brook  that  mark  of  Equality,  had 
 let  forth  feveral  Decrees  againft  that  Cuftom,  of  which  the  Re- 
 formed took  little  Notice,  as  believing  their  Authority  inde- 
 pendent from  that  of  the  Parlament.    Thereupon  the  King 
 interpos'd  in  the  Conteft,  and  put  an  end  to  the  Difpute  by  an 
 EdicT: ;  wherein  after  he  had  fet  forth,  that  the  Cuftom  was 
 not  grounded  upon  any  Edicl: ,  and  that  the  Thing  was 
 done  contrary  to  his  Intentions,  as  he  had  made  known  to 
 thofe  Officers  by  feveral  Letters  under  his  Privy  Signet, 
 he  forbid  'em  ,  according  to  the  Decrees  of  that  Parla- 
 ment, to  aflume  that  Priviledge,  till  the  Chamber  fhou'd 
 be  incorporated.    Thus  the  Reformed  were  depriv'd  of  the 
 principal  mark  of  Honour  which  was  to  have  bin  annex'd 
 to  their  Dignities  ,  though  the  Edicts  of  their  Creation 
 aicrib'd  the  lame  Prerogatives    to  them  ,   as  to  the  Ca- 
 tholics. 
 
 tre-      There  were  many  people  who  took  for  an  Affair  of  Reli- 
 Vffimff   g'on>  the  Comedy  that  had  bin  A&ed  for  feveral  Years  to- 
 tbt  Urfu-  gether,  at  the  Vrfulmes  Nunnery  in  Loudun.    That  Convent 
 Loudun    vvas  g°vernc^  kv  a  Pr''eft>  whole  Name  was  Urban  Grandnry 
 ou  u  '  learned,  a  good  Preacher,  and  pleafant  in  Converfation.  He 
 had  alfo  written  a  Book  againft  the  Celibacy  of  the  Priefts,  and 
 fpoken  fomewhat  freely  of  fbme  other  Praclifes  of  the  Romiffj 
 Church.    His  Enemies  therefore  bethought  themfelves  of  Ac- 
 cufing  him  with  Magic  and  Witchcraft',  and  particularly  of 
 having  deliver'd  fome  of  the  Nuns  of  that  Houieinto  the  Power 
 
Book  X.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  505 
 
 of  the  Evil  Spirit.  The  Credulous  People  fail'd  not  to  believe  16^, 
 this  Story;  and  fomuch  the  more  eafily,  becaufe  that  Polfef 
 fions  of  the  Devil  and  Exorcifms  had  bin  talkd  of  time  out  of 
 mind.  But  the  Authors  of  this  Farce  perform'd  their  parts  fo 
 ill,  and  Grandier  defended  himfelf  fo  well,  that  'twas  a  long 
 time  before  Judges  could  be  found  that  would  be  foCompla:- 
 iantas  todetermin  the  Affair  to  the  good-liking  of  thele  Bigots. 
 The  Parlament  of  Paris,  that  pretends  to  great  Knowledge  in 
 the  Chapter  of  Magic,  and  never  Sentence  any  Body  to  Death 
 for  that  Reafon  alone,  was  not  thought  proper  to  take  Cogni- 
 zance of  that  Affair,  wherein  perfbns  that  were  too  upright 
 and  fincere,were  not  to  be  employ'd.  Therefore  they  were  in  a 
 great  Quandary  what  Commiffioners  to  Nominate  for  the 
 Hearing  and  Determining  this  Caufe.  For  as  there  was  a  ne- 
 ceflity  of  having  Ecclefiaftics  to  judge  Grander,  fo  there  was  the 
 lame  neceffity  that  his  Jndges  fhould  be  at  the  Devotion  of 
 others.  Thefe  Difficulties  made  'em  feveral  times  change  the  fudicuhiu 
 Exorcifts  themfelves,  who  were  no  way  fo  fuccefsfully  Ser-  EfeSt  of 
 viceable  as  they  ought  to  have  bin  to  the  Defignsof  thofe  who£'Wf^w* 
 guided  this  Affair.  There  is  nothing  which  affords  more  Di- 
 vertifementsthen  to  read  in  the  ver  al  Reports  of  thofe  Exorci- 
 zers,  the  grand  Overfights  which  thofe  ill-inftrucled  Religious 
 Dunces  every  moment  made5  whether  it  were  miftaking  one 
 Queftion  for  another,  and  fo  making  Anfvvers  no  lefs  abfurd, 
 or  in  pronouncing  the  Latin  words  which  they  were  made  to  get 
 by  Heart,  fo  ridiculoufly  maim'd  and  mangl'd  as  they  were ;  or 
 whether  it  were  in  altering  fome  Term,  which  made  'em 
 ftumbie  into  monftrous  Incongruities  againft  all  the  Rules  of 
 Grammar.  Thefe  Buffonrks, which  made  all  the  Spectators 
 laugh,  put  the  Exorcifts  quite  befide  the  Cufhion,  who  afforded 
 no  lefs  Paftime  to  thole  thst  were  prefent  by  the  Excuies  which 
 they  alledg'd  in  Favour  of  the  ill-prepard  Demon.  However, 
 at  length  they  found  out  fuch  people  as  ferv'd  their  turn  to  com- 
 pleat  this  Farce.  Grander  was  Ccndemn'd  to  dye,  as  being  The  death 
 Covidled  by  his  own  ConfeTion,  not  only  of  having  bath  Writ  °la/d'of 
 and  Spoken  in  Contempt  of  the  Catholic  Doctrin,  but  of  Ma-  having  it. 
 gic  alfo,  by  the  Depofuions  of  the  pretended  poffeit  Perfons.  ^hihA 
 
 They 
 
506  The  Hijlory  oj  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1 6  $4.  They  likewife  took  for  Proof  of  his  being  a  Magician,  the  Con- 
 ftancy  which  he  fhew'd  under  the  Torments  of  the  Rack,  and 
 at  his  Death ;  as  alio  the  Marks  of  his  Averfion  to  the  Bigotries 
 pra&is'd  by  the  Romijb  Church  upon  the  like  Occafions,  which 
 he  teftify'd  upon  the  Ladder.  But  ferions  perfons,  who  faw 
 him  do  no  more  then  what  the  Reformed  did ,  when  Con- 
 demn'd  to  the  fame  Punifhment,  betiev'd  that  all  his  Magic 
 confifted  only  in  this,  that  he  was  half  a  Htretic ;  and  that  he 
 had  done  no  other  harm  to  the  Nuns,  then  to  teach  'em  a  Do&rin 
 little  conformable  to  that  of  the  Romijh  Church,  in  reference  to 
 Monaftic  Vows  and  Celibacy.  And  there  were  lome  honeft 
 people  who  pity'd  his  Condition,  and  murmur'd  that  the  Life 
 of  a  Man  fhould  be  Sacrific'd  to  the  Hypocrifie  of  fome  certain 
 Villains  that  made  it  their  Bufinefs  to  gain  by  Frauds  of  that 
 nature.  However  they  thought  fit  to  keep  up  fome  Remains 
 of  this  Diabolical  Pofletfion  for  fometime  after  Grandiers  death, 
 left  people  fhould  perceive  that  the  whole  Aim  of  thisfacri- 
 legious  Play  was  only  to  get  his  Blood.  But  at  length  the  Mis- 
 chief furceas'd  ;  the  Nuns  appear'd  no  more  upon  the  Stage ; 
 and  the  MiJJionarics  themfelves  made  little  or  no  more  noife  of 
 the  Accident,  becaufe  there  happen'd  fbme  things  in  the  carry- 
 ing on  of  the  Comedy,  the  Reproach  of  which  they  had  not  the 
 Impudence  to  bear. 
 New  vex*.     °n  tne  otner  Perfecution  began  again  under  the 
 
 tins  about  pretence  of  Annexes  ;  and  the  Bilhop  of  Valence,  unwilling  to 
 the  An-  ^  bauk'd  in  his  Enterprize,  renew'd  his  Violences  in  his  Dio- 
 cefs.  The  Prior  of  Aureil  alfb,  in  imitation  of  him,  had  the 
 boldnefs  by  vertue  of  his  own  Authority,  to  Arreft  Apaix,  a 
 Minifter  in  thofe  Quarters,  who  came  to  Preach  in  other  Places, 
 befides  that  of  his  Refidence.  He  Iock'd  him  up  firfl:  of  all  in 
 his  Priory,  from  whence  the  Bifhop's  Almoner  remov'd  him 
 to  the  Prifon  of  Valence.  Nor  could  he  obtain  his  Liberty,  till 
 he  gave  Bail  for  his  forth-coming.  But  at  length  he  was  ab- 
 folutely  releas'd,  and  his  Bail  difcharg'd  by  a  Decree  of  the  Pri- 
 vy Council,  dated  Novem.  24.  Which  Decree  might  have  bin 
 taken  for  an  Acl  of  Juftice,  had  it  not  bin  attended  eight  days 
 after,  by  a  more  rigorous  Declaration  then  all  the  Decrees 
 
Book  X.        EiiU  of  Nantes.  50 
 
 that  had  bin  ilTud  forth  upon  this  occafion.    It  was  dated  from  \6: 
 St.  GtrmanSf  Decern.  12.  and  forbid  the  Minifters  of  Langnedoc, 
 and  all  others  to  Preach  or  perform  any  other  Exercife  of  the 
 Reformed  Religion  in  any  other  Places  then  where  they  refided ; 
 provided  that  Place  too  were  one  of  thofe  where  the  Exercife 
 was  allow'd.    And  the  Penalty  of  tranfgrefting  was,  to  bepu- 
 niGYd  as  Breakers  and  Difturbers  of  the  Peace,  and  a  Fine  of 
 Five  hundred  Livres,  which  they  were  to  be  conftrain'd  to  pay 
 by  Imprifonmenr  of  their  Bodies,  and  an  Arbitrary  Amerce- 
 ment.   The  Pretences  for  this  Severity  were,  that  the  Tenth 
 Article  of  the  Edict  of  1 56 1 .  forbid  Minifters  to  ramble  from 
 Village  to  Village  to  Preach  ;  which  as  they  arnrm'd,  was  like- 
 wife  confirm'd^by  feveral  Decrees. 'Twas  prefuppos'd,  that  the 
 Right  of  Exercife  did  not  belong  to  thofe  Places,  and  that  the 
 Minifters  of  Langtiedoc  had  broken  the  Regulation:  And  this 
 Declaration  was  fent  to  Qajlres,  where  it  was  Regifter'd  Jan.  5. 
 of"  the  following  Year.    Neverthelefs,  the  Declaration  afford- 
 ed a  fair  Occafion  for  the  dividing  of  Voices:  For  it  Reviv'd 
 an  Edict  which  was  cancell'd  by  that  of  Names,  which  was 
 of  pernicious  Confequence,  in  regard  that  all  the  Ccncefiions 
 of  that  A£t  might  be  eluded,  by  explaining  'em  by  the  Terms 
 of  Other  Edicts  that  were  abrogated  :  And  indeed  this  Method 
 wasfound  fo  ufeful  and  proper  to  ruin  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  that 
 they  purfu'd  it  as  far  as  it  would  go.    Moreover,  the  Dec/ara- 
 Han pfefuppdS*d  that  the  Annexes  were  Places  without  Right 
 of  Exercife  ;  but  the  Reformed  never  yielded  that  to  be  true. 
 Neverthelefs  the  Thing  being  paft  into  a  Law,  the  Minifters 
 were  reduc'd  to  a  great  Streight,  from  whence  they  could  not 
 free  themfelves  till  after  feveral  years  Patience  under  another 
 Reign.    But  the  rnoft  heavy  Periecution  of  the  Reformed  this 
 year,  was  that  of  the  Extraordinary  Seiiions  in  rottoa,  which  An  £v 
 met  on  purpofe  to  vex  em;  and  vvhofe  JurildicTion  extended  ordinary 
 into  AngoimoiS)  Aunix,  Anjoit,  Le  Miine,  La  Tour  aim  >  Lt  Li- 
 mcfn,  and  Perioood.    This  Grand  Seflions  was  an  Aflembly  0i! 
 confining  of  Commiftioners  cholenout  of  one  or  feveral  Par- 
 laments,  which  were  fent  into  thofe  Provinces  where  any  pub- 
 lie  Diforder  were  pretended  to  have  bin  committed,  which 
 
 could 
 
5 o8  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1634.  coald  not  be  fuppreft  by  the  Proceedings  of  Ordinary  Juftice. 
 So  that  they  were  like  thofe  Itinerary  Parlaments,  which  for- 
 merly went  from  place  to  place  to  Adminifter  Juftice  where 
 Neceliity  chiefly  requir'd  it.  Thefe  Grand  Seftions  were  wont 
 tobealerrortoperfbns  in  Power,  who  had  oppreft  the  people 
 without  fear  of  punifhment :  So  that  when  this  Grand  Seftions 
 approached  any  Provinces,  all  Offenders  againft  whom  no 
 body  durft  open  their  mouths  before,  began  to  quake  for  fear 
 of  the  Punifhrnents  which  they  defervM  But  this  Year  the 
 Grand  Seffionsdid  no  harm  to,  nor  terrify'd  any  body  but  the 
 Reformed.  And  the  manner  of  their  pronouncing  Sentence 
 was  enough  to  put  thofe  poor  Creatures  in  fear  of  being  loft 
 paft  all  Redemption.  But  in  regard  that  in  the  main"  their 
 Decrees  made  more  noife  then  they  did  mifchief,  and  the  reft 
 of  the  Provinces  being  exempted  from  this  Storm,  it  may  be 
 thought  that  the  Cardinal  fought  rather  to  fhew  his  Grandeur 
 and  his  Power,  then  the  effecT  of  his  Rigour,  to  flop  the  mouths 
 of  thcfe  that  accus'd  him  0' favouring  Heretics, 
 jfi-ightsl  This  Affembly  fat  down  at  Poitiers  the  4th  of  September, 
 of  the  and  that  of  the  Audiences  the  1  ith  of  the  fame  Month  ;  and  un- 
 churches.  fa  pretence  of  punifhing  Offences  that  were  not  pardon'd  by 
 the  Ediffy  and  after  which  no  Inquifition  had  bin  made  by  rea- 
 fon  of  the  Troubles,  they  put  all  the  Churches  of  thofe  Provin- 
 ces in  fear  of  the  lots  of  their  Exercifes.  After  they  had  or- 
 dain'd  the  inferiour  Judges  to  give  Information  of  all  the  Vio- 
 lences, Rebellion?,  Ufurpations  of  Cures  and  Priories,  to  De- 
 cree, Seize;  and  make  all  rtquifite  Putfuits  and  Inquiries,  even 
 to  the  Definitive  Sentence  exclufively ,  the  Grand  Alfizes 
 began  to  iffae  forth  Sentences  mere  decifrVe.  Theie  was  one 
 of  the  6th  of  September,  which  contain'd  Nine  principal  Ar- 
 An  impor-  tides ;  The  fir  ft  forbid  the  Reformed  for  the  future  to  Bury  in 
 tant  De-  Catholic  Church-yards,  under  the  Penalry  of  a  1000  Livres, 
 fcveraUr.  a nd  to  have  the  Corps's  diog'd  up  agtn.  The  fecond  ordain'd, 
 that  the  Catholic  S-rvice  fhould  be  ic-eftablifh'd  in  Churches 
 which  had  bin  in  the  pofTcflion  Gf  the  Reformed.  The  third 
 forbid  Tolling  to  Church  with  the  Eells  that  bclong'd  to  the 
 Catholics.    The  fourth  took  from  *em  the  Priviledge  of  having 
 
 Schools 
 
Book  X.         EdiU  of  Nantes.  509 
 
 Schools  in  places  where  they  had  not  leave  to  erecVem  by  ve-  16^4. 
 rifi'd  Letters- Patents.  The  fifth,  to  oblige  the  Reformed  Lords 
 of  Mannors  to  make  choice  in  which  of  their  Feiffs  they  intend- 
 ed to  fettle  their  Habitation,  and  confequently  the  Right  of 
 Exercife.  The  fixth  ordain'd,  that  they  fhould  furceafe  their 
 Exercifes  in  places  where  the  Lords  fhould  become  Catholics ; 
 and  that  they  fhould  not  perform  'em  within  the  FeirTs  of  Ca- 
 tholics, but  with  their  content.  By  the  feventh,  they  were  to 
 demolifh  all  Churches  built  in  Church-yards,  or  near  to 
 Churches  where  the  Catholic  Service  might  be  interrupted  ; 
 as  alfoall  thofe  that  had  bin  built  fince  the  Ed/c~t,  without  per- 
 miflion  verifi'd.  The  eighth  forbid  Preaching  in  the  Houfes 
 and  Habitations  of  Ecclefiaftics ;  and  the  clofe  of  that  Article 
 extended  the  Prohibition  to  Halls  and  Public  Places.  The  ninth 
 condemn'd  the  Reformed  to  refrain  from  the  word  Church, 
 when  they  fpoke  of  themfelves,and  to  call  their  Doctrine  by  the 
 Name  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  under  the  Forfeiture 
 of  <;oo  Livres.  This  Article  principally  concern 'd  Treaties  of 
 Marriage  ,  where  the  Perfons  covenanting  call'd  themfelves 
 Members  of  the  Church  belonging  to  the  Places  of  their  Abode. 
 This  Nicety  went  a  great  way:  But  I  have  known  Catholic 
 Notaries,  whole  Zeal  was  fofcrupulous,  that  when  the  rough 
 Draught  of  the  Contract  was  brought  to 'em,  which  began,  A 
 Treaty  of  Marriage  which  by  the  good  Pie* fare  of  God  will  be  Solem- 
 nized, &c.  would  needs  have  the  words,  By  the  good  Pkafure  of 
 God,  blotted  out,  as  doing  Here  fie  too  much  Honour. 
 
 This  Decree  was  properly  the  fubftance  of  all  the  reft  that  ^f0°^rom 
 were  made  by  the  Grand  Affizes.    There  was  nothing  to  be  DureYZ 
 feen  but  the  taking  away  of  Church-yards,  Exercifes  forbid, 
 Preaching  filenc'd,  Churches  pull'd  down,  and  incommodious^^ 
 and  vexatious  Regulations.Upon  the  20th  of 'September^  Decree 
 was  fet  forth,  which  oblig'd  the  Reformed,  both  Men  and 
 Women,  to  get  out  of  the  way  upon  Tingling  of  the  Bell,  when 
 they  met  the  Romifh  Sacrament  in  the  Screets ;  or  if  they  could 
 not,  to  put  themfelves  into  a  Pofture  of  RefpecT  :  and  in  regard 
 the  Women  had  no  Hats  to  pull  off,  they  would  needs  enforce 
 them  to  kneel  like  the  Catholics ;  and  for  the  Men,thothis  Regu- 
 
 d  d  d  lation 
 
5  i  o  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1634.  lation  were  renew'd  almoft  every  year,  neither  getting  out  of 
 the  way,  nor  pulling  off  their  Hits  woulJ  ferve  their  turns, 
 when  they  fell  into  the  Hands  of  the  Populacy.    The  fame 
 Regulation  was  conflrm'd  by  another  Decree,  dated  Nov. 24. 
 The  church     The  26th  of  October  came  forth  a  Decree,  which  order'd  the 
 ofs;-      Church  of  St.Muxant  to  be  Demolifh'd.    The  Archbifhop  of 
 vSpi.  Tottrs,  who  was  Abbot  of  that  Place,  made  a  Latin  Speech  to 
 the  Grand  Aflizes,  which  favonr'd  very  ftrong  of  the  Col- 
 ledge;  but  the  Caufeofan  Archbifhop  againffc  the  Reformed, 
 OnierTa-was  too  Specious  to  require  much  Pleading.  Neverthelefs, 
 \°^sTm'  Omer  Talon,  the  Son  of  James  T alon,  Advocate  General  in  the 
 "pUadivg.  Parlament  of  Paris,  who  had  the  fame  Employment  in  the 
 Grand  Affizes,  pleaded  ftrongly  for  the  Archbifhop.  He  afrirm'd 
 openly,  that  the  Reformed  were  fuffer'd  only  by  Toleration  and 
 Connivance,  as  men  fuffer  a  Thing  which  they  had  rather  be 
 without.    From  which  dangerous  Principle,  he  drew  a  Con- 
 fequence  much  worfe :  That  what  concern'd  the  Religion  of 
 the  Reformed,  was  notto  bereckon'd  among  Things  favourable, 
 for  which  the  Terms  of  the  Law  are  wont  to  be  favourably  in- 
 terpreted ;  but  that  in  their  Cafes  the  Rigor  of  Expreffion  was 
 to  be  obferv  d.  Tho  nothing  could  befaid  more  contrary  to  the 
 Intention  of  the  Ad,  and  the  Repeated  Promifes  of  LewisXlU. 
 but  chiefly  of  Hen.  IV.  who  had  declar'd  more  then  once,  that 
 Ambiguous  Expreffions  ought  to  be  favourably  explain'd.  Be- 
 fides  Talon  fought  for  the  Interpretation  of  the  Edict  in  the  pre- 
 ceding Ed/fis ;  which  was  very  ftrange  in  a  man  that  made  a 
 profeffion  of  Honefty,  as  he  did,  and  who  was  too  clear-fighted, 
 not  to  underftand  that  there  was  nothing  more  Unjuft,  or  more 
 Imprudent  then  to  fetch  from  Laws  revok'd,  the  Explanation 
 of  a  New  Law  which  Repeals  'em.  'Twas  either  a  great  piece  of 
 Injuftice,  or  a  manifeft  Abfurdity  to  feek  for  the  Senfe  of  a  new 
 Editf  in  thofe  that  preceded :  Befides,  that  they  muft  have  bin 
 in  fbme  meafure  conformable  to  the  New  one,  or  elfe  they  could 
 never  be  any  way  effectual ;  and  by  confequence,  they  could  ne- 
 ver be  ferviceable  to  pinch  and  ffrait-lace  Conceflions  of  a 
 New  Law,  when  they  contain  d  Exprefiions  neither  fb  Ample 
 nor  lb  Favourable. 
 
 Never- 
 
Book  X.        EdiU  of  Nantes,  5 1 1 
 
 Neverthelefs,  upon  this  Principle  it  was  that  Talon  lean'd,  1634. 
 That  he  might  make  a  diftinction  between  the  Right  of  Ex-^W'"' 
 ercife,  and  the  Right  of  the  Church.  For  he  aflerted,  that  no  *l?J%e 
 Churches  could  be  built  but  in  places  of  Bailliage;and  fuch  whole  Right  of 
 poffeflion  was  grounded  upon  the  Edict  of  1 577.  becaufe  the  JjyjJJ' 
 Sixteenth  Article  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  allow'd  the  having  aR\li  \f 
 of  em,  according  to  the  Twelfth  Article  of  the  Conference  of 'tbeckmh. 
 Nerac.  Fron  whence  he  concluded,  that  the  Favour  not  be- 
 ing extended  in  exprefs  terms  to  New  Pofleffions,  eftablifh'd 
 by  vertue  of  the  Siege  of  Nantes,  they  could  not  have  places 
 built  on  purpofe  to  preach  in  ;  and  that  there  could  be  no 
 preaching  but  in  the  Minifter's  Houfe,  or  elfe  in  one  that 
 was  hir'd.  But  to  fay  truth,  there  was  enough  in  the  Ar- 
 ticle it  felf  of  the  Edict  to  refute  this  Cavil.  For  that  this 
 Article  coming  after  all  the  reft,  which  explain'd  the  Foun- 
 dations of  the  Right  of  Exercife,  'twas  natural  to  extend  the 
 Permiflion  for  building  of  Churches,  to  all  places  where  for 
 the  future  it  was  lawful  to  preach.  The  Article  of  Nerac  was 
 not  quoted  to  reduce  the  Liberty  of  having  Churches  to  places 
 where  the  Privilege  of  Exercife  was  purchased  from  the  time 
 of  that  Conference ;  but  to  teftify,  that  in  regard  the  Treaty 
 of  Nerac  permitted  the  building  of  Churches,  wherever  the 
 Exercife  was  then  granted  by  the  Edicts ,  it  was  in  like  man- 
 ner permitted  by  the  Edict  of  Nantes  to  build ,  or  have  'em 
 in  all  Cities  and  Places  where  that  New  Edift  eftablifh'd 
 the  Exercife.  But  though  no  fuch  thing  had  bin ,  yet  ic 
 may  be  faid  that  this  Pretenfion  was  but  a  meer  Cavil  at 
 beft,  from  which  there  redounded  neither  Honour  nor  Ad- 
 vantage to  the  Catholics ;  fince  in  reality,  the  Exercife  being 
 permitted ,  'twas  indifferent  to  the  Catholics  to  fee  it  per- 
 form'd  in  a  Houfe  built  on  purpofe,or  in  a  hir'd  Houfe.Tis  true, 
 that  the  greated  part  of  the  Churches  were  built  fince  1600. 
 but  that  was  no  reafon  why  they  fhould  be  call  d  Ufurpa- 
 tions  i  for  that  which  hinder'd  the  building  'em  fboner,  was, 
 becaufe  the  Reformed  had  places  there  where  they  perform'd 
 their  Exercifes  which  the  Edict  oblig'd  'em  to  quit;  either 
 becaufe  they  were  Houfes  belonging  to  Ecclefiaftics,  or  becaufe 
 
 ddd  2  they 
 
512  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 i6}4.  they  were  Structures  belonging  to  Corporations,  as  Halls, 
 Town-Houfes ,  and  the  like.  The  lofs  of  which  Buildings 
 made  'em  bethink  themfelves  of  having  others ;  and  till  they 
 could  raife  Money  to  build  Churches,  they  were  fore'd  to 
 hire  Houfes ,  where  Ibmetimes  they  lodg'd  the  Minifter 
 himfelf. 
 
 SevtraJ  Nevenhelefs,  upon  this  Foundation  it  was,  that  the  Grand 
 Decrees  of  Alfizes  condemn'd  fo  many  Churches  :  And  it  is  requifite  to 
 *!SSui  ^e  °^^erv'^  j  f°r  tne  better  underftanding  whence  it  came  to 
 Jbfttht  pafs,  that  in  one  and  the  fame  Decree  they  order'd  the  demo- 
 Rcforwed.  liOiing  of  a  Church,  and  at  the  fame  time  the  producing  of 
 the  Tythes  and  Evidences  by  vertue  of  which  they  daim'd  the 
 Right  of  Exercife.  The  reafon  of  which  double  Order  was, 
 becaule  they  thought  that  the  Right  of  Exercife  was  no  Evi- 
 dence of  the  Right  of  the  Church,  but  that  the  one  might  be 
 had  without  the  other.  However,  to  involve  more  Churches 
 in  the  fame  Inconvenience ,  they  added  one  more  of  Proxi- 
 mity or  Inconvenience  to  the  Catholic  Churches ;  and  under 
 thole  Pretences,  befides  the  Church  of  St.  Maixant,  they  con- 
 demn'd  the  Churches  of  Cherveux,  Chtf-boutonne^  Mougon,  Ge- 
 nouilky  Lufiomn,  and  I  know  not  how  many  more.  There 
 were  feveral  Decrees  alfo  which  order'd  the  Reftitution  of 
 Church-yards  to  the  Catholics  ;  forbid  keeping  of  Petty 
 Schools ;  difpofTefs'd  the  Reformed  of  fome  Chappels ;  gave 
 Commiflion  to  order  the  Minifters  and  Confiftories  of 
 certain  Minifters  to  produce  their  Evidences  >  forbid  open- 
 ing of  Shops  of  Holidays,  and  to  frequent  Public  Houfes  du- 
 ring Mafs-time.  Cooks  alfo  and  Vintners  were  forbid  to 
 admit  People  into  their  Houfes  during  that  time,  or  to  fell 
 Flefh  upon  Prohibited  Days.  Others  forbid  blafpheming  the 
 Myfteries  of  the  Romiflj  Religion,  or  to  hinder  the  Officers  of 
 the  Places  from  fpreading  Carpets  before  the  Houfes  upon 
 ProceiTion  Days.. 
 
 1635.  Thefc  Proceedings  continu'd  for  fome  time  after  the  Year 
 was  at  an  end;,  nor  were  other  Places  befides  thole  afore- 
 mention'd,  exempted  from/as  great  Acts  of  Injuftice. 
 
 Upon 
 
Book  X.      Editi  of  Nantes.  513 
 
 Upon  the  1 6th  of  January  the  Privy  Council  iflu'd  forth  a  1635. 
 Decrte ,  the  Confequences  of  which  would  have  bin  very  Ptrfecuti- 
 aukward  ,  had  it  bin  put  in  execution.  For  Cacherat,  Mini-  cTchmf 
 iter  of  Qutlkbceuf  in  Normandy,  was  a  Man  of  a  mutinous,  again/}  the 
 fa&ious ,  turbulent ,  infolent  and  tranfported  Spirit ;  always  churchet 
 at  odds  with  his  Church  5  always  quarrelling  with  the  Synod  mzndy. 
 of  his  Province.  He  had  created  Troubles  and  Vexations  that 
 had  lafted  above  ten  years,  and  which  had  bin  carri'd  to  the 
 National  Synods.  Among  the  reft,  that  which  was  held  in 
 1631.  had  us'd  him  civilly  ;  which  made  him  but  more  proud 
 and  daring.  But  the  Synod  of  St.  Lo  fufpended  him  from  the 
 Miniftry  for  his  Rebellions  ;  and  in  regard  he  refus'd  to  ap- 
 pear, he  was  fummon'd  before  the  next.  Thefe  Proceedings 
 rranlported  him  even  to  Rage;  infomuch  that  he  prefented  a 
 Petition  againft  all  the  Minifters  of  Normandy  to  the  Council, 
 wherein  he  accusd  em  of  intruding  into  the  Miniftry  without 
 a  Call ;  that  they  had  abus'd  their  Functions ;  that  they  for- 
 fook  their  Pulpits  to  hold  forth  at  Meetings ;  that  their  Miffion 
 was  not  conformable  to  the  Statutes  of  their  Difcipline ;  and 
 that  they  had  bin  illegally  admitted  by  their  Churches,whither 
 they  had  never  bin  fent  either  by  Sv nods  or  Colloquies.  Hede- 
 fir'd  they  might  be  treated  as  Deferters,  and  forbid  to  officiate 
 in  the  Miniftrv,  and  that  what  they  had  hitherto  done,  might 
 be  declared  null  and  void.  Hecomplain'd  that  they  had  load- 
 ed him  with  Calumnies  to  ruin  his  Reputation,  and  that  they 
 detain'd  his  Salary  from  him,  which  they  had  not  paid  him  in 
 two  years.  Laftly,  he  concluded,  that  no  Minifters  might  for 
 the  future  be  admitted  before  they  produced  Authentic  Acts  of 
 their  being  call'd,tobe  view'd  by  the  Advocates  Generator  their 
 Subftitutes :  And  that  they  who  took  upon  'em  at  prelent  to 
 officiate,  fhould  be  oblig'd  within  a  Month  to  fhew  their  Di- 
 ploma's and  their  Qualifications  to  the  Judges  of  the  Places. 
 Thefe  Hairbrain'd  Accufations  put  the  Reformed  in  great  fear 
 at  a  time  when  their  Deftru&ion  feem'd  to  be  fworn.  And 
 they  made  no  queftion  but  the  Bigots  would  embrace  fo  fair 
 an  opportunity  to  put  all  the  Churches  in  confufion  ;  more  es- 
 pecially becaufe  he  was  one  that  liv'd  ftill  in  their  CornmuniGnj 
 
 who 
 
5 1 4  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II, 
 
 1635.  who  gave  the  occafion.  Neverthelefs,all  this  Hurliburly  had  no  o- 
 ther  foundation,then  the  lending  of  feme  M  inifter  of  one  Church 
 to  another,without  Cbacherafs  A  pprobation ;  or  Tome  Order  exe- 
 cuted in  his  Church  againft  his  Will.  At  length,  after  a  long  foli- 
 cifation,  a  Decree  was  made  which  difmift  both  Parties,  but  or- 
 der'd,  that  for  the  time  to  come  no  Minifter  fliould  be  admit- 
 ted without  taking  the  Oath  of  Allegiance ;  that  they  who  had 
 officiated  in  Foreign  Countries,  (hould  not  reaflume  their  Fun- 
 ctions in  Frame  without  the  King's  Permiffion ,  and  taking  a 
 new  Oath  j  and  that  no  Foreigner  fhould  officiate  in  the  Mini- 
 ftry,  or  in  any  other  Religious  Office  without  exprels  leave. 
 But  the  Innovation  of  (wearing  Allegiance  was  that  which  moft 
 perplex'd  the  Reformed.    For  they  held  it  much  for  their  Mi- 
 nifters  Honour,  that  the  State  was  wont  to  be  alTur'd  of  their 
 Fidelity ,  without  exa&ing  a  folemn  Promife  ;  but  that  the 
 Bifhops  were  oblig'd  to  take  the  Oath  before  they  could  be  ad- 
 mitted.   Befides ,  they  took  this  Oath  for  a  forerunner  of 
 great  Misfortunes ;  as  being  a  Cuftom  borrow'd  from  the 
 Reign  of  Charks  the  IX.   And  laftly,  they  were  afraid  that  it 
 would  prove  the  occafion  of  a  thouiand  Cavils,  to  engage  'em 
 to  (wear  things  either  contrary  to  their  Conlciences,  or  pre- 
 judicial to  their  Liberties.    But  luckily  for  'em  this  Decree 
 came  to  nothing,  as  being  never  put  in  execution.    As  for 
 Cacberat,  he  abjur'd  his  Religion  j  and  having  obtained  a  Pen- 
 fion  from  the  Clergy,  enough  to  live  upon,  without  working 
 for  a  Livelihood,  he  never  any  more  difturb'd  the  Peace  of  the 
 Churches.    Some  Memoirs  there  are  that  mention  an  Edicl 
 to  the  fame  purpofe  with  the  Decree;  but  I  never  faw  it,  and 
 believe  it  to  be  an  Error  of  him  that  compil'd  'em. 
 Precedency     But  the  1 8th  of  the  fame  Month  the  King  fet  forth  a  Decla- 
 adjndgd  ration  that  gave  Precedency  to  the  Counfellors  of  the  Parla- 
 totheca-  ^nt  of  7 '  holouft  that  ferv'd  in  the  Chamber  at  Ctfires,  in  the 
 cancellers  abience  of  the  Prefic'ents,  before  the  Reformed  Counfellors, 
 ef  the     (ho  never  fo  much  their  Seniors ;  fo  that  that  fame  Chamber 
 •/'Caftres  was  redue'd  to  the  fame  condition  with  that  of  Guyenne.  To- 
 ward the  end  of  this  Month  alfo,  the  Catholics  would  needs 
 make  the  Reformed  of  Loafan^  the  Colts  and  Charges  they 
 
 had 
 
BookX.         EiiU  of  Nantes,  515 
 
 had  bin  at  in  cxorcifing  the  Vrfilihs  ;  for  as  yet  they  had  not  16^. 
 done  with  that  Farce.    The  Reformed  had  erected  a  Colledge  T&e  cd- 
 in  that  City,  where  they  were  very  numerous.    The  Catho-^f  '£ 
 lies  therefore  meditating  which  way  to  deprive  'em  of  it,  pre-  Reformed 
 fented  a  Petition  to  Laubtrdemont,  deputed  Commiflioner  to  °[^m' 
 take  the  Informations  concerning  that  fameDiaboiical  Pofleffion,  un# 
 and  much  at  the  devotion  of  the  Ecclefiaftics.They  let  forth,That 
 the  Vrfulim  houfe  was  too  little  to  contain  'em,  and  for  the  per- 
 formance of  thofe  Exorcifms  that  were  requifite ;  that  all 
 the  Churches  of  the  City  were  taken  up,  excepting  one  Chap- 
 pel  which  the  Guardian  of  the  Francifcuns  offer'd  to  lend 'em  ; 
 that  the  Colledge  of  the  Reformed  ought  to  be  taken  from 
 'em,  as  being  erected  without  the  King's  leave  ;  and  uponthefe 
 Suppofitions,  they  defir'd  that  the  Colledge  might  be  given  to 
 the  Catholics  ;  that  fo  the  Vrfulim,  or  a  part  of  'em,  might  be 
 remov'd  thither,  for  the  better  convenience  of  exorcifing  'em. 
 Upon  which,  the  CommiiTtoner  gave 'em  a  Grant  of  it  with  a 
 Provifo,  till  the  Kingfhould  otherwife  ordain.    And  thus  the 
 Reformed  were  made  to  pay  the  Expences  of  a  Comedy, 
 wherein  they  were  no  otherwife  concern 'd  then  to  make  them- 
 felves  (port  with  it,  and  laugh  at  it  in  private. 
 
 The  9th  of  Mtrcb  the  Council  put  forth  a  Decree,  which  Exercife  ■ 
 forbid  the  Public  Exercife  of  the  Reformed  Religion  at  Parol  forind.  a 
 in  Charolois ,  a  fmall  Village,  of  which  the  Abbot  and  Monks  Par01' 
 of  Clugni  were  the  Lords.  Cardinal  Richlku  was  chofen  Ab- 
 bot of  it,  and  by  Confequence  he  had  an  Intereft  in  that  little 
 City  ;  fo  chat  the  Decree  could  not  fail  of  a  folemn  execution. 
 But  befides  the  Interdiction  of  Public  Exercife,  it  contain  d  al- 
 fo  a  Prohibition  to  keep  Schools  therein  ;  to  fell  Flefh  upon  pro- 
 hibited days  ;  to  work  with  their  Shops  open  on  Holydays  s  to 
 meet  in  Houfes  to  psrform  the  Duties  of  Catechizing,  Preach- 
 ing or  Prayer;  to  hinder  the  Ecclefiaftics  from  vifiting  and 
 comforting  the  Sick  ;  to  fing  Pfalms  in  the  Streets,  or  fo  loud 
 in  their  Houfes,  as  to  be  heard  ;  to  bury  in  the  Church-yard  be- 
 longing to  the  Hofpital ,  or  at  any  other  hours  then  thofe 
 that  were  prelcrib'd  by  the  Edict.  It  order'd  alfb  the  Reformed 
 to  keep  and  fpread  Carpets  before  their  doors  upon  Proceflion; 
 
 days* 
 
5 1 6  The  Hiftory  of  the  Viol  .1. 
 
 1635.  days.    It  gave  leave  that  the  Reformed  might  fend  their  Chil- 
 dren to  the  Colledge  which  the  Cardinal  had  founded,  with 
 promife  that  they  fhould  not  be  feduc'd  to  change  their  Reli- 
 gion ;  and  that  they  might  be  Sheriffs  if  elected,  without  any 
 obligation  of  being  forc'd  to  hold.    At  the  fame  time  the  Re- 
 formed of  Chat/me,  a  Borough  depending  upon  the  Jurifdi&ion 
 of  Olcn,  which  belonged  to  the  Marquis  of  Royan,  loft  their 
 Right  of  Exercife.Nor  was  there  any  notice  taken  of  their  Poffef- 
 fion  well  prov'd  ;  or  that  they  had  not  only  the  confent  of  the 
 Lord,  but  an  agreement  in  writing  made  in  the  year  1600. 
 with  him,  the  Curate  and  the  Catholic  Inhabitants,  wherein 
 the  Lord  exprefly  covenanted  to  defilt  from  all  oppofition  againft 
 their  Right  for  the  future.    All  the  Favour  they  could  have 
 fhewn'em  was,  that  they  had  the  liberty  left  'em  to  make  their 
 Addreffes  to  the  King,  that  they  might  have  fome  other  place 
 allow'd  'em  without  the  juriidiftion  of  Olonne. 
 order  of     Now  in  regard  the  Declaration  of  the  preceding  year  in  refe- 
 dZ/lf"'  rence  t0  tne  Annexes,  had  render'd  the  Law  general,  tho  it  w  ere 
 Poltou    only  fet  forth  for  the  Province  of  Langue&oc,  the  Minifters  of 
 about      Saintonoe  and  other  places,  were  put  to  a  great  deal  of  trouble 
 Annexes.  Up0n  this  occafion.    Rivet  of  Qhxmpvernon  was  deputed  to  the 
 Court  by  the  Synod  affembl'd  at  Mauz?,  to  crave  fome  re- 
 lief againft  thefe  Vexations ;  who  brought  back  a  Reference  of 
 the  i6thof  April  toVillernontee,  Intendant  of  Juftice  in  thole 
 Provinces.    This  new  Judge  was  given  to  underftand,  that  the 
 Prohibition  menticn'd  in  the  Declaration,  and  by  the  Decrees, 
 depriv'd  the  Reformed  of  all  manner  of  Exercifeof  their  Dif- 
 cipline,  and  expos'd  all  Minifters  that  preach'd  in  any  other 
 place  then  where  they  refided,  or  by  vertue  of  an  Order, 
 or  Loane  authoriz'd  by  the  Synods  or  Colloquies,  to  a  thou- 
 fand  Prolecutions:  tho  thole  Accidents  many  times  could  not 
 be  avoided,  by  reafbn  of  the  death,  ficknefs,  abfence,  fufpen- 
 fionor  degrading  of  the  Incumbent  Minifters,  or  upon  fome 
 other  urgent  Bufinefs  which  requir'd  the  Synod  to  depute 
 Commiffioners.    They  gave  him  to  underftand,  that  there 
 were  Minifters  fettl'd  by  the  Synods,  to  preach  alternatively 
 in  leveral  places  where  they  had  a  Right  of  Exercife,  and  by 
 
 con- 
 
Book  X.        EdiU  of  Nantes,  517 
 
 confequence  they  could  not  be  accus'd  of  preaching  out  of  1655. 
 the  places  where  they  were  fetPd.  The  Commiffioner  was 
 apprehenfive  of  thefe  Reafbns,  and  by  an  Order  of  the  22d 
 of  Jvne,  gave  the  Minifters  leave  to  preach  out  of  their 
 Refidcnce  when  they  fhouid  be  fent  upon  any  of  the  fore- 
 mention'd  Occafions. 
 
 However  the  Reformed  of  Mttz  were  nor  fb  favourably  us'd  n,e  Re. 
 at  the  Council.    For  they  had  a  defire  to  erect  a  Colledge  formcd  «t 
 in  their  City ;  but  the  Bifhop  of  Madanre ,  Suffragan  to  Maz,  ™ft„/Z'e 
 oppos'd  it  j  and  the  three  Catholic  Bodies  of  the  City  join'd  »  coiudge. 
 with  him.    This  Bufinefs  was  remov'd  to  the  Council,  where 
 the  Oppofers  obtain'd  a  Decree  in  their  favour,  dated  July 
 the  25th.    That  Decree  forbid  the  Reformed  to  have  either 
 Mafters,  Regents,  Claffes,  Schools  or  Colledges.    It  only 
 gave  leave  that  they  fhouid  have  Mafters  in  the  City,  to 
 teach  Children  to  read  and  write  French  ;  but  prohibited 
 thofe  Mafters  from  taking  Penfioners    It  forbid  likewife  the 
 having  thofe  Petty  Schools  without  the  City  5  refei  ving  only 
 the  liberty  of  fending  their  Children  to  Catholic  Schools. 
 Now  in  regard  the  War  began  this  year  between  France 
 and  Spain,  the  Affairs  of  State  afforded  fbme  little  Relaxation 
 to  thofe  of  the  Reformed  Religion:  So  that  there  remains  The  Duke 
 little  of  moment  for  me  to  relate,  but  only  what  befel  the  cfBouii- 
 Duke  of  Bouillon,  Son  of  the  Marfhal.    He  became  inamour'd  ]°n//;^ 
 of  the  Marquefs  of  Book's  Daughter,  who  was  indeed  a  very  %on. 
 lovely  Lady.  To  marry  her,  he  renounce!  far  greater  Matches, 
 to  which  he  might  have  pretended.    And  he  abandond  him- 
 felf  fb  entirely  to  this  Woman,  no  left  a  Spaniard  by  Incli- 
 nation, then  a  Zealous  Catholic,  that  by  her  Perfuafions  he 
 quitted  his  Religion,  fell  off  from  the  Interefts  of  France^ 
 and  redue'd  his  own  Family  to  the  Precipice  of  Threatning 
 Ruin.  Therefore,  that  I  may  not  be  fore'd  to  return  any  more 
 to  this  Subject  again  hereafter,  I  fball  fpeak  all  together 
 which  is  to  be  laid  of  him ;  That  he  had  a  fhare  in  all  the 
 Confufions  of  France  \  that  he  admitted  the  Count  of  Soiffons 
 into  Sedan ,  who  was  flain  in  a  Combat  before  the  Town  ; 
 that  at  the  fame  time  that  his  Pardon  was  granted  him  for 
 
 e  e  e  that 
 
1 8  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 $5.  that  Rebellion,  he  enter'd  into  the  Confpiracy  of  Cinq  Mars 
 againft  the  Cardinal ;  that  the  Plot  being  difcovcr'd,  he  was 
 leiz'd  in  Italy,  where  he  had  the  Command  of  an  Army 
 conferr'd  upon  him,  to  remove  him  from  the  City,  and  to 
 be  matters  of  his  Perfbn  when  they  pleas'd.  That  knowing 
 well  that  the  Cardinal  never  forgave  twice,  he  offer'd  to  fur- 
 render  his  City  to  the  King  to  lave  his  life,  and  Sedan  was 
 the  Price  of  his  Liberty.  The  Cardinal  before  his  death  had 
 the  Pleafure  of  that  Conqueft,  after  Which  he  liv'd  not  long. 
 Thus  the  Father  of  the  Duke  having  had  a  Principality,  as  the 
 fruit  of  his  Tiding  with  the  Reformed  Religion  ;  the  Duke 
 his  Son  loft  it  as  the  Reward  of  his  turning  Catholic.  And 
 becaufe  his  Wife  brought  him  little  or  nothing  in  Marriage, 
 'twas  faid  of  him,  That  the  Dowry  which  he  had  with  her 
 was  the  lols  of  Sedan.  This  Misfortune  befel  him  in  the  Year 
 1642. 
 
 The  End  of  the  Tenth  Book. 
 
 THE 
 
Book  X.        EM  of  Nantes. 
 
 THE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 Edi£t  of  Nantes 
 
 THE  SECOND  PART. 
 The  'Leventh  Book. 
 The  Epitome  of  rhe  'Leventh  Book. 
 
 AN  Ajfembly  of  the  Clergy.  A  furious  Speech  of  the  Bifhop  of 
 Orleans.  Odious  Accufations.  The  firft  Accufation,  of  openly 
 violating  the  Edicts.  DailleV  Books  attacked  by  the  Bifhop.  Se- 
 cond Accufation,  for  having  taken  a  Prayer  for  the  Kjng  out  of 
 the  10th  Pfalm.  A  venomous  Aggravation.  Third  Accufation^ 
 for  blafpheming  the  Sacred  Things.  A  fraudulent  Que  ft  ion  of 
 the  Miflionaries.  The  Bifhop' s  Conclufion.  A  Difpute  upon  the 
 fecond  Accufation  between  Daille  and  Muis.  An  Edict  againfi 
 Blafphemers.  A  renewing  of  the  firft  Accufation,  Papers  of  the 
 Clergy.  Anftver  to  the  16th  Article  ;  to  the  Ji,  l}>and  z6. 
 Interdiction  of  particular  Exercifts  at  VilHers  Ie  bel.  Exerci- 
 e  e  e  2  fesl 
 
TbeHiftoryoftbe        Vol.  II. 
 
 fes  prohibited  at  Corbigni,  Vitre  and  Claye.    Other  Regula- 
 thus.    The  Bailliage  of  Gex.    Schools  Interdicted.  An  unlucky 
 Decree  of  the  Privy  Council  upon  feveral  Articles.  Others 
 touching  Patents  for  Offices.     Exercife  forbid  again  at  Claye. 
 The  Houfe  of  Charity  interdicted  at  Paris.    The  Hon fe  of  the 
 Propagation  of  Faith,  and  a  piece  of  remarkable  Injujtice.  Con- 
 version of  Francis  Cupif.  Regulations  of  the  Reformed  of  'Pons. 
 A  National  Synod  at  Alenfon.    The  Commiffioner  s  Speech,  and 
 his  Inductions.    Article  touching  Baptifm.    Anfver  of  the  Mo- 
 derator.   Article  of  Annexes  ;   of  the  payment  of  the  Mini- 
 flers  and  Baptifm.    A  Deputation  to  the  Kjng.  Papers  from  the 
 Synod.    The  Deputies  treated  at  Court,  and  their  Speeches.  No- 
 mination of  General  Deputies.  Particular  Deputies.  Milletiere  V 
 Projects  condemn  d.  The  Kjng  puts  France  under  the  Protection 
 of  the  Holy  Virgin.    The  Death  of  the  Duke  of  Rohan.   A  re- 
 markable Order  of  the  Intendants  of  Languedoc.    A  Prefidial 
 Court  erected  at  Nerac.    Sick  People  tormented  by  the  Monks. 
 Edict  of  the  Duke  of  Bouillon  in  Favour  of  the  Reformed  of  Se- 
 dan. The  Birth  of  the  Kjng  now  reigning.  A  new  Regulation  for 
 Villers  le  bel,  and  the  Dauphinate.  Statutes  of  the  Vniverfity 
 t/ Poitiers.    Order  of  Judge  Maye  of  Montauban.  Particular 
 Acts  of  Injufiice  at  Rochechouard, at  Vitre  WDijon.  Offices. 
 Exercife  forbid  at  Taulignan.  Church  y  ird  at  Blois  forbid  to 
 be  enclosed.  Croquers.  Decree  of ^the  ParLment  of  Pau,  forbid- 
 ding the  Exercife  where  there  were  not  Ten  Families.  Exercife 
 forbid  at  Pivigemet  and  Beaulreu.    A  fingtdar  Artifice  to  ob- 
 lige the  Reformed  to  call  themfelves  Pretended  Reformed. 
 Blafphemies  pretended,  and  pretended  Sacriledge.    Divifion  of 
 Voices  at  Cadres,  and  the  Effects  of  it.    Interdiction  of  Exer- 
 cife out  of  the  ufual  places.    Marriage  of  Priefts  converted.  7 he 
 Advocate-General  s  Plea.    Precedence  adjudg'd  to  the  Catholics 
 of  the  chamber  of  Accompts  at  Mompelier.    A  new  Decree 
 about  meeting  the  Sacrament.    Vexation  of  fome  Officers  of  Ca- 
 ftres.    Exercifes  and  Schools  forbid.    Burials,  Blafphemies  and 
 Profanations.    Offices.     Priefls  and  Monks  changing  their  Reli- 
 gion.   The  ancient  Church  at  Vitre  pull' 'd  down.     Exercifes  for- 
 bid at  Gex,  Sancerre  and  Chauvigni.    A  new  Cavil  about  the 
 Right  of  Fiefs.    Exercife  forbid  at  St.  Cere.    A  Cavil  about 
 
 a  Church- 
 
Book  XL       EdiB  of  Nantes.  5  2 1 
 
 a  Church-yard.  Exercife  forhid  at  St.  Savin  and  Antibe.  Di- 
 Jlance  requird  between  the  Church-yards  of  the  Reformed  and 
 the  Catholics.  Burying  violated.  A  pretended  Miracle.  Re- 
 eflablifhment  of  the  Mafs  [at  Tonnaiboutonne.  Offices.  Schools. 
 Blafphemies  and  Prophanations.  Other  Examples.  Vniverjities. 
 Booh.  JcJs  of  Injujlice  at  Sancerre.  Death  of  the  Cardinal.  Ex- 
 ercifes  and  Irreverences.  Children  of  a  converted  Priefi.  Vifi- 
 ting  of  the  Sick,  and  Jurifdiclions.    The  Death  of  the  Kjng. 
 
 BUT  the  next  Year  a  violent  Tempeit  pour'd  down  upon  1636. 
 the  Reformed.    The  ArTembly  of  the  Clergy  was  fate  An  A/em-' 
 down  before  the  end  of  the  Year  1635,  and  the  chief  Depu-  flefjhe 
 ties  only  fpoke  to  the  King  upon  the  Subject  of  the  Regale,  ' 
 which  the  Parlamentof  Paris  went  about  to  extend  to  all  the 
 Bifhoprics  in  the  Kingdom.    But  de  Nets,  Bifhop  of  Orleans, 
 would  not  confine  himfelf  within  thofe  Bounds,  when  he  made 
 his  Speech  to  the  King  upon  the  17th  of  February.  For  he  made  a  fumu* 
 the  mioft  violent  Harangue  that  had  ever  bin  fpoken,againft  the^'jjjjf 
 Reformed,  till  that  time.    He  utter'd  nothing  but  hxtravagan-  j/orle? 
 ces,  Ravings  and  Blafphemies  ;  nor  did  he  vouchlafe  the  Re-  ans. 
 formed  any  more  honourable  Epithetes,  then  thofe  of  Infblent, 
 Mad,  and  Frantic.  "  'Tis  true,  that  at  firft,  he  acknowledg'd  that 
 all  the  States  of  the  Kingdom  had  applauded  the  Defign  of  the 
 Kings  of  France  to  attempt  the  Cure  of  the  Reformed,  to  whom 
 hj  gave  the  Appellation  of  Diflemperd,  by  gentle  Remedies  ; 
 that  is  to  fay,  by  the  Edids  of  Peace  :  and  to  honour  the  Cler- 
 gy with  a  falfe  Moderation,  he  added,  That  the  Ecclefiaftical 
 Body  itfelf  would  not  have  bin  forry  to  have  feen  ftifl'd  and  ex- 
 tinguim'd  ib  many  Fires  kindl  d  to  reform  and  punilh  'em,  and 
 to  let  up  in  their  room  Lights  more  pure  and  innocent  to  illu- 
 minate their  Confciences  and  Underftandings.    But  for  all  this 
 fair  Beginning,  he  faifd  not  to  accufe  the  Reformed  of  three 
 things  extremely  odious.    The  firffc  was,  for  openly  violating  0la9w  „ 
 the  Edicts :  the  fecond  was,  forceafing  to  pray  to  God  for  the 
 King  in  their  Pfalms :  and  the  third,  for  .prophaning  and  blaf- 
 pheming  the  Sacred  Things.  The 
 
5  2  2  The  Hiftoty  of  the        Vol  II. 
 
 1636. 
 
 i       '<*     The  great  Procr  of  the  flrft  Accufation  was  drawn  from  the 
 ,  A£t  of  the  National  Synod  in  the  Year  163 1,  wherein  it  was de- 
 °ht  ',ng  "the  cfar'd,  That  the  Lutherans  might  be  admitted  to  theCommu- 
 1         nion,  to  intermarry,  and  prelent  Children  to  Baptifm.  Which  he 
 pretended  was  contrary  to  the  Edicts,  becauie  it  tended  to  the 
 introducing  of  anew  Religion  into  France;  as  if  by  that  Act 
 of  Fraternal  Communion,  the  Synod  had  ever  pretended  to  af 
 fociate  the  Lutherans  in  the  fame  liberty  of  teaching  their  Opi- 
 nion5,and  publicly  exercif.n^  their  Religion, as  the  Reformed  had 
 obtain'd  by  the  Edicts.  Which  neverthelefs  was  fo  far  from  the 
 intention  of  the  Synod,  that  in  the  Act  of  the  Union  itfelf,it 
 wasexprefly  requifd,  That  fuch  Lutherans  as  fhoufd  be  made 
 choice  of  for  Godfathers,  fhould  promife  to  teach 'em  no  other 
 DoCtrines  then  thofe  about  which  there  was  no  difpute.  How- 
 ever the  Bifhop  hung  fa  ft  upon  the  Apology  for  that  Reunion, 
 which  Daill'e  had  publifh'd  about  two  years  after  the  Synod 
 DaMe;    broke  up.    That  fame  Minifter  had  taken  for  the  foundation  of 
 BcoL:'     his  Justifications  the  difference  of  Errors;  of  which  there 
 were  Tome  that  were  not  fb  heinous  as  others ;  and  among  which 
 as  there  are  fome  that  are  intolerable,  that  brake  all  commu- 
 nion between  the  Orthodox  and  the  Erroneous,  fb  there  are 
 others  that  may  be  born  withal,  as  no  way  tending  to  fuch  a 
 Rupture.    He  alledg'd  for  an  Example  of  the  latter,  the  Opi- 
 nion of  the  Greeks  about  the  proceeding  of  the  Holy  Ghoft, 
 which  he  did  not  believe  to  be  of  that  confequence  as  to  autho- 
 rize a  Schifm.    He  endeavour'd  alfo  to  fettle  general  Rules,  to 
 judge  what  thofe  Errors  are  that  break  communion  by  reafon 
 af  tneir  extreme  diftance  from  the  Truth.    This  was  a  very 
 prudent  Apology,  and  the  Author's  Principles  were  manag\J 
 with  fo  much  discretion,  that  it  was  impomble  for  any  perfbn 
 to  be  offended  at  'em,  unlefs  blinded  either  by  his  Pamon  or  his 
 Ignorance.    The  fame  Daille  publifh'd  the  next  year  a  little 
 Treatife  ,  which  he  entrtPd ,  Faith  grounded  upon  Scripture ; 
 which  deftroying  the  Authority  of  Tradition  when  the  Dif- 
 pute lay  about  Articles  of  Faith,  prov'd  exa&ly  the  Doctrine  of 
 
Book  XI.       EdiU  of  Nantes.  523 
 
 the  Reformed,  and  gave  light  to  the  Rules  which  he  had  pro-  i6]6. 
 
 pos'd  for  the  difcerning  of  Errors. 
 
 The  Bifhop  attacqued  thefe  two  Books  with  extraordinary 
 violence.  He  could  not  endure  that  Daille  fhduld  think  the 
 Anathema  pronounc'd  againft  the  Greeks  too  fevere,  only  for  an 
 irteonfidsrab'e  deviation  from  the  Do&rine  cf  the  Lxtihs, 
 touching  the  proceeding  of  the  Holy  Ghoft;  nrtd  io  infixing 
 upon  that  Indulgence,  and  fdme  other  Principles  that  DaUl'e 
 had  maintain  d,  he  accus'd  him  of  teaching,  either  in  exprefs 
 Tenns,or  by  Confequences  necefiarily  drawn  from  his  Doibine, 
 that  all  Herefies  would  admit  of  a  Difpute,  except  eight  of 
 the  mod  important.  I  know  not  how  the  Epifcopal  Charity 
 of  that  Prelat  could  accommodate  the  ufual  Maxims  which 
 preach  up  Union,  and  dcteft  Schifm  in  fuch  vigorous  Terms, 
 with  this  Complaint  of  a  horrid  Attempt  of  a  Minifter,  that 
 left  no  more  then  eight  Reafons  of  Divifion  among  the  Chri- 
 ffians  :  as  if  the  grand  Intereft  of  public  Edification  and 
 univerfal  ,  ought  not  to  make  all  good  men  wifh  ,  that 
 there  had  bin  lefs  then  eight  Reafons  of  Divorce ,  if  they 
 could  have  bin  reduc'd  to  a  lefTer  number ,  without  doing 
 injury  to  the  Truth.  But  the  Bifhop's  aim  was  to  in- 
 culcate, that  this  wr.s  to  teach  ari  IndirTerency  in  Religion 
 contrary  to  the  Edict,  and  that  according  to  Dailies  Prin- 
 ciples, no  Man  was  bound  to  quit  his  S.  Q,  to  embrace  abetter 
 Opinion. 
 
 The  feconj  Accufation  was  ftill  more  malicious.    And  then,  jaufa- 
 Pretence  which  the  Bifhop  took  for  it,  was  the  Alteration  made  j^'/'r 
 in  the  20th  VerfeOf  the  2.0th  Pfalm,  which  is  the  19th  accord  kmZily' 
 fejg  to  the  L.it;»,  nnd  begins  with  thefe  words,  Lord  fave  thef-om  the 
 Jfyjffc  j  and  in  rfie  French  Paraphrafe1  of  the  Reformed,  thus,  Y^'pf?'* 
 'The  Lord  hear  thy  Prayer.    'Tis  true,  that  this  laft  Verfe  WSfll  IhT 
 formerly  bin  paraphras'd  after  this  manner :  Be  pleas  d,  0  Lord/^i- 
 tv  defend  us,  And  preftrve  the  Kjng.    Be  pleas' d  to  bear  cur  Pray- 
 ers, when  ne  cry  unto  thee.    But  the  Reformed  having  made 
 Icveral  Alterations  in  Clement  Mir 01  s  Paraphrafe,  when  they 
 appli'd  it  to  the  Public  Ufeof  their  Devotions,  beca'ufe  his  ex- 
 
 premons 
 
524  The  Hiftoryof  the  Vol.H- 
 
 i6$6.  prefilons  were  a  little  too  harfh,  too  roving,  and  fomewhat  too 
 flight,  and  having  made  thele  Alterations  at  feveral  times,  and 
 upon  feveral  occafions,  it  happen'd  that  this  Couplet  of  the 
 Pfalm  was  corrected  among  others,  as  having  bin  tranflated  by 
 the  Poet  after  a  manner  more  conformable  to  the  Vulgar,  then 
 to  the  Hebrew  Original.  Thereupon  this  Paraphrafe  was  in- 
 ferted  inftead  of  the  former,  Be  pleased,  0  Lord,  to  defend  wt 
 and  cmfe  the  KJn&  to  hear  our  Petitions.  Encounter  all  our 
 Fears.  I  make  no  queftion,  but  that  when  this  Correction  was 
 made,  the  Reformed  had  a  defign  to  have  a  formal  Prayer,  ex- 
 tracted from  the  Words  of  the  Holy  Ghoft,  to  defire  of  God, 
 who  governs  the  hearts  of  Kings,  that  he  would  encline  him 
 to  be  favourable  to  their  Suits.  Upon  that  (core  they 
 found  this  New  Paraphrafe  more  fuitable  to  their  Occafi- 
 ons, as  being  in  their  Opinion  more  conformable  to  the  He- 
 brew then  the  former.  But  certainly  he  mult  fee  with  the 
 Eyes  of  a  very  Irregular  Paflion,  who  fees  any  thing  in  this 
 Alteration,  with  which  a  Sovereign  Prince  could  be  juftly  and 
 defervedly  offended. 
 
 a  vmc  Neverthelefs,  the  Bifhop  found,  as  he  thought,  two  Grofs 
 mm  Ag.  Errors  in  this  Correction.  The  one  was,  That  the  Senfe 
 gravatm.  was  corrUpte(j  j  And  the  other  was,  That  the  Reformed  had 
 put  themfelves  in  the  King's  room  ;  and  that  rhey  had  af- 
 fum'd  the  Prayer  to  themfelves  which  the  Holy  Ghoft  had 
 dictated  in  his  behalf.  This  was  branded  as  a  piece  of  Infb- 
 lence,  and  an  Attempt,  which  abolifhing  the  Prayer  that 
 ought  to  be  offer'd  for  the  Prefervation  of  the  King,  ravifh'd 
 from  him,  as  much  as  in  'em  lay,  the  Honour,  Fear  and 
 Tribute  that  was  due  to  him.  So  that  the  Bifhop  would 
 fain  have  prov'd  from  thence,  That  had  it  bin  as  much  in 
 the  power  of  the  Reformed  to  deprive  the  King  of  all  the 
 Prerogatives  of  his  Crown ,  as  it  was  to  alter  the  words  of 
 the  Pfalm,  they  would  never  have  fcrupPd  to  have  done  it. 
 And  this  Accufation  was  aggravated  with  all  the  Tours,  the 
 DrefTes  and  Enamellings  of  a  Quaint  Wit,  that  Propenfe  Ma- 
 lice and  Black  Malignity  could  infufe  into  a  Quick  Imagina- 
 tion. 
 
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 tion.  Neverthelefs ,  there  is  one  Reflection  to  be  made  up-  1*536. 
 on  the  Tranfports  of  this  Outragious  Bifhop,  fufficient  to 
 difcover  the  Injuftice  of  'em  ;  that  this  Alteration  had  bin 
 made  for  above  Seventy  years,  and  yet  never  any  notice 
 had  bin  taken  of  it ;  and  we  find  at  this  day  the  fame  Cor- 
 rection in  the  Pfalms  that  were  printed  in  1560,  and  i55r. 
 Therefore  had  this  bin  fuch  a  Crime,  'tis  a  wonder  that  the 
 Zeal  of  the  Catholic  Clergy  fhould  fleep  fo  long  without 
 ever  taking  cognizance  of  fuch  a  Capital  Crime.  But  the 
 Times  were  chang'd ,  and  the  Bifhop  might  fay  what  he 
 pleasd  againft  an  Unfortunate  Party  not  in  a  condition  to 
 defend  themfelves. 
 
 The  Third  Accufation  was  grounded  upon  the  Exprefc  HI. 
 fions  which  the  Minifters  made  ufe  of,  in  f'peaking  of  th#-frj??»-^r 
 Myfteries  of  the  Roman  Church.  The  Bifhop  call'd  Drelin-theMj*1 
 court  Impious  and  Blafphemer,  by  reafon  of  the  difrefpecl:-  things. 
 ful  Expreflions  which  were  to  be  found  in  his  Writings.  That 
 Minifter,  the  True  Scourge  of  Controverfie-Mongers  and  MiC 
 fionaries,  and  who  had  learnt  from  Moulin  the  art  of  finding 
 out  the  ridiculous  part  of  Superftition ,  call'd  things  by  their 
 names  with  great  liberty.  For  he  call'd  the  Church  of  Rome, 
 Jnfamus  Strumpet ,  and  the  Idolatrous  Babylon.  He  call'd  the 
 Sacrament  which  the  Catholics  adore ,  a  God  of  Dow ,  an 
 Abomination ,  a  Wafer ,  which  the  Prieft  would  make  you 
 believe  he  has  turn'd  into  a  Deity,  after  he  has  blown  up- 
 on it  four  or  five  words.  He  handled  the  Mafs  like  a  piece 
 of  Farce  and  Mummery.  Moreover,  the  Bifhop  accus'd  him 
 for  faying  that  the  Virgin  was  an  Idol,  and  the  worfhipping 
 her  an  Abomination  :  That  the  Feftivals  of  the  Saints  were 
 all  meer  Superftition  ;  that  their  Legends,  which  the  Prelate 
 call'd  the  Hi  (lory  of  their  Vertues,  was  a  Gallimaufrie  of  Ex- 
 travagant Romances  and  Idle  Tales.  He  complain'd  that 
 the  fame  Minifter  had  call'd  the  Pop^  Antichnfl ,  and  Cap- 
 tain of  the  Cut-purfes ,  meaning  the  Bifhops  and  Monks : 
 and  that  he  had  call'd  it  in  queftion,  Whether  he  were 
 
 f  f  f  St. 
 
526  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  U. 
 
 1636.  St.  Peters,  or  Simon  MugtiSs  Succeflbr.  Above  all  things,  he 
 afcrib'd  to  him  one  thing  very  Criminal,  that  he  had  aliened 
 that  St.  Ltwls  at  the  point  of  death  difgufted  the  Waft.  Up. 
 on  which  we  muft  obferve,  that  one  of  the  molt  wicked 
 and  infnaring  Queltions  which  the  New  Miflionarics  darted 
 to  puzzle  filly  People,  was,  Whether  they  believ'd ,  that 
 ri"gt£  Cbarkmatone ,  or  St.  Lewis,  or  the  Reigning  King,  were 
 fiimoftke  damn'd  ?  'Twas  High  Trealon  to  anlwer  in  the  Affirma- 
 Mffima-  tjve  .  ancj  jt  was  dangerous  to  anftver  in  the  Negative.  For 
 then  the  MilTionary  concluded ,  that  men  might  be  fav'd  in 
 the  Roman  Profeflion.  But  ufually  they  got  rid  of  this  frau- 
 dulent Queftion  by  anfwering,  That  they  made  no  doubt  but 
 that  all  Princes  were  fav'd,  becaufe  that  God  enlighten  d  'em 
 at  the  hour  of  death ,  and  infus'd  into  em  a  good  liking  of 
 the  Romift  Superftitions.  And  this  Vulgar  Error  the  Bifhop 
 laid  to  DrtUticourfs  Charge,  becaufe  he  had  laid  fonKthing 
 like  it  in  fome  of  his  Works.  However,  thefe  LxprefTions 
 were  not  particular  to  himfelf ,  for  that  the  greateft  part  of 
 the  Minifters  kept  up  the  cuftom  of  talking  of  ihe  Guides 
 and  Praftifes  of  the  Roman  Church,  in  fuch  a  manner  as 
 the  Catholics  deem'd  not  very  decent.  But  He  ftuck  clo- 
 feft  upon  DrelincouYt's  Skirts,  becaufe  he  inftrucled  the  Peo- 
 ple by  his  Familiar  Writings,  and  arm'd  em  with  eafy  and 
 fhort  Anfwers  againft  the  Sophifins  of  the  Miflionaries.  So 
 that  he  was  very  odious  to  this  new  Order  of  Perfecutors, 
 who  made  it  their  bufinefs  for  thirty  years  together,  by  all 
 imaginable  ways,  to  do  him  one  of  their  good  Turns. 
 fo'feon  ^e  bifhop,  after  thefe  Terrible  Accufations ,  vaunted,  I 
 iiu/en.0"'  know  not  by  what  Figure,  for  it  was  very  lingular,  that  he 
 was  oblig'd  to  referve  a  Charitable  and  Judicious  Silence  in 
 reference  to  the  Language  of  the  Minifters ;  but  though  he 
 forbore  to  fpeak  of  their  Crimes,  yet  he  talk'd  loud  of  the 
 Punifbment  due  to  em,  of  which  he  demanded  a  fevere  In- 
 fliction ;  that  they  fhould  be  forbid  to  pronounce  fuch  hai- 
 nous  Affronts  and  Blafphemies  againft  the  Church ,  againft 
 the  Sacraments,  againft  the  Saints,  againft  the  Pope  and  his 
 
 Prelates. 
 
Book  XI.        EM  of  Nantes,  527 
 
 Prelate!?.  That  triofe  Paragraphs  wherein  the  Pope  was  call'd  1636. 
 Antichrilr,  might  be  raz'd  out  of  the  Prayers  of  the  Re- 
 formed j  that  the  Prayer  for  the  King  might  be  refbr'd  as 
 it  was.  That  all  Innovations  contrary  to  the  Edids  might 
 be  punifh'd  and  chaitis'd  >  that  Indifferency  in  Religion 
 broach'd  by  Daille  might  be  ftifl'd  in  the  Birth  ;  that  his  Books 
 might  be  burnt  by  the  hand  of  the  Common  Hangman;  and 
 that  he  might  be  punifhd  feverely  as  a  New  Arch-Heretic, 
 together  with  all  thole  that  favourM  his  Libcrtinifm.  Which 
 lalt  Claufe  had  an  Eye  upon  Aubtrtin,  Mejlrezat  and  Dr^lin- 
 court,  his  Aflbciates,  who  being  appointed  by  the  Synod  of  the 
 Province  to  overlook  the  Books,  had  fubicnVd  their  Appro- 
 bation cf  his  Works.  The  Eifhop  at  laft  protefted,  That  he 
 (poke  not  out  of  any  hatred  of  Perfbns,  becaufe  Charity 
 forbad  him;  but  ko  rfeftrcy  Errors,  and  prevent  the  Erro 
 neous  from  rendring  themfelvts  odioits  to  God,  unfaithful  to 
 the  KJng  f  baneful  to  thtmfelves ,  and  unprofitable  to  the  Pub- 
 lic. This  is  juft  purfuing  the  Motions  of  a  fort  of  Charity, 
 like  that  of  the  Inquiution,  which  puts  People  to  death 
 after  they  have  repented ,  for  fear  left  if  they  fhould  let 
 'em,  live  they  fhould  expofe  em  to  the  danger  ofaRelapfa. 
 
 The  iecond  Article  of  Complaints,  touching  the  Papaphrafe  a  Depute 
 upon  P/alm  20.  of  an  Affair  of  State,  became  a  Bufinefsof  Criti-  J-J'jJ^ 
 cilm  :  D.  Mnis,  Royal  Profeffor  of  the  Oriental  Languages  at  Paris,  jat'imcZ 
 upheld  the  Bifhop's  Caule  ;  and  in  a  new  Vtrfion  of  the  Pf.dms,  tmmf 
 wherein  he  follow'd  the  Htbrev  exactly,  and  in  a  literal  Com-  Jjfjj^j, 
 mentary  which  he  added,  he  thought  it  beft  to  follow  the  Vul-  *' 
 oar  in  the  Tranflation  of  this  Vcrfe.    This  man  wrote  againft 
 Daille,  who  defended  himfelf  againft  the  Attacks  of  the  BiChop 
 with  as  much  Vigor  as  Modefty  ;  and  anfvver'd^e  Muii  in  fuch 
 a  manner,  as  to  w  in  the  more  unbyafs'd  fort  of  people  to  be  of 
 his  fide,  or  at  leaft  fo  propitious  to  him,  as  to  judge  that  there 
 was  nothing  that  could  give  offence  in  the  Alteration  which  he 
 had  made  in  the  Couplet,or  that  hinder'd  the  Pfalm  from  being  an 
 entire  Prayer  for  the  King.    But  the  third  Accufation  gave 
 fuch  a  Blow,  that  the  Confequences  of  it  were  foonfelt:  For 
 
 f  f  f  i  the 
 
5  2  8  the  Hiftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1636.  the  King  let  forth  an  EdiB  which  was  verify'd  in  the  Parla- 
 Edai  a-  ment  of  Paris,  Mxrchq.  and  which  condemn  Blafphemers  of 
 fthwiv*'  Go^  tne  Vir&»t anci  &Mi*J  ;  For  the  fourth  time,  inclufively 
 to  redoubl'd  Fines,Forfeitures,  and  Penances :  For  the  fifth  time, 
 to  be  Pillory  d  :  For  the  fixth  time,  to  have  the  Upper-Lip  cut 
 off :  For  the  (eventh,  to  lofe  the  Lower- Lip  alio  ;  And  for  the 
 eighth,  to  have  the  Tongue  pulPd  out. 
 EfftSs  of  Twas  an  eafie  thing  to  extend  the  Rigor  of  this  Declara- 
 thatDe-  tion  to  the  Reformed,  who  no  fooner  taught  that  the  Merits 
 eitratim.  Qf  $atnts  wcre  0f  n0  benefit  to  Men  ,  or  that  God  ne- 
 ver appointed  the  Holy  Mother  of  Chrift  a  Mediatrix  for  Sin- 
 ners, nor  Queen  of  Heaven,  but  they  were  accounted  Blaf- 
 phemers. For  which  Reafon  it  was,  that  upon  the  noife  of 
 this  Declaration,  John  de  Cap,  a  Capuchin,  going  to  hear  La 
 Faye,  a  Minifter  of  Loricl  Preach,  carry'd  a  Complaint  againft 
 him  of  the  24th  of  March,  and  inform  d  the  Judges  of  feveral 
 Blafpemies,  which,  as  he  Paid,  that  Minifter  had  pronoune'd  in 
 his  hearing.  This  Affair  fpun  out  for  above  two  Years  before 
 it  was  fully  profecuted;  but  at  laft  a  Capias  was  iflu'd  out 
 againft  the  Minifter,  and  Inquiry  made  after  his  Perfon,  which 
 enforc  d  him  to  keep  out  of  the  way  till  the  Tempeft  was  over. 
 However  Chartier  a  Merchant's  Son  of  Blots  had  not  bin  fb  ea- 
 fily  acquitted  ,  could  they  but  have  caught  him.  For  there 
 was  a  Complaint  and  an  Information  put  in  againft  him  upon 
 the  zxthof  May,  for  fome  pretended  Blafphemy  which  he  had 
 utter'd  againft  the  Sacrament,  the  fame  Day  that  the  Romi[b 
 Church  carries  it  about  in  a  Pompous  Proceftion.  Now  in  re- 
 gard he  did  not  make  a  voluntary  Appearance,  but  kept  him- 
 lelf  from  being  taken,  he  was  condemn'd  for  Contumacy  the 
 Firft  of  Oflober,  to  undergo  the  Amende  Honourable  before  the 
 Principal  Church  ofBlois,  to  have  his  Tongue  bor'd,  and  his 
 Lips  flit;  to  be  Fin'd  Three  hundred  Livres  to  the  Poor,  and 
 Banifh'd  for  ever  out  of  the  Balliage  and  County  of  Blois. 
 Thefe  were  the  Fruits  and  Penalties  of  this  Declaration.  But 
 this  Violence  lafted  not  long  ;  and  tho  we  have  feen  from  time 
 to  time  fome  Vexation  arile  from  this  Fountain  j  neverthelefs 
 
Book  XI.     Editt  of  Nantes.  529 
 
 it  was  not  the  Occafion  of  ib  much  Mifchief  as  they  who  fee  1636. 
 
 forth  the  Edict  expe&ed. 
 
 As  for  the  firft  Accufation,  it  pi  odue'd  no  more  then  Childifh  Thefir/i 
 Cavils,  with  which  the  Mrjjtonaries  aftonifh'd  inconfiderable fe^" 
 People:  Not  but  that  the  Clergy  would  fain  have  made  a  Bufi- 
 nefs  of  Importance  of  it.  For  the  Bifhopof  St,  Flour,  whotook 
 his  leave  of  the  King,  in  the  Name  of  the  Jfftmhh,  upon  the 
 20th  of  April,  could  not  forbear  talking  of  the  Union  with  the 
 Lutherans  afar  a  mod  Envenom'd  manner.  He  made  a  Speech 
 full  of  Allufions  to  the  Affairs  of  the  Reformed,  more  efpecially 
 to  the  taking  of  Roche/le,  which  he  call'd  the  Rock  that  had  a /bare 
 in  all  the  Commotions  of  the  Kjngdom^  and  the  Foundation  of  a  Re- 
 ligion contrary  to  that  which  Chrifl  ejlahlifb'd  upon  the  Rock.  A- 
 mong  other  things  he  congratulated  the  King,  That  his  Power 
 which  in  other  Reigns  was  limited,  now  knew  no  bounds.  A 
 Complement  which  it  is  a  difficult  thing  to  believe,  That  Sub- 
 jects who  have  any  Senfe  or  Underftanding,  Cordially  beftow 
 upon  their  Sovereigns.  The  reft  of  his  Speech  rowl  d  all  upon 
 the  Immunities  of  the  Clergy,  which  as  he  made  the  King  be- 
 lieve, were  violated  in  divers  things.  Moreover,  he  prefented 
 to  the  King  a  Paper  from  the  A(femblyy  of  which  there  were  ma-  *  Cfc* 
 ny  Articles  that  concern'd  the  Reformed.  The  greateft  part  J£.sP*" 
 were  Anfwer'd  by  the  King,  with  thofe  Extenfions  that  carry 
 the  ConceHion  farther  then  was  defir'd.  Thus  the  Sixteenth 
 Article  demanded,That  the  Reformed  might  preach  no  more  up-  f^f™^ 
 on  the  Lands  which  belong'd  to  the  Eccl-  fuflics ;  nor  within  5  Jrtuk,  ' 
 Leagues  within  Cities  where  Parlaments  fate,  nor  in  Epilcopal 
 Cities,  nor  in  Places  fo  near  Catholic  Churches,  as  to  difturb 
 Divine  Service  :  That  Churches  built  in  fuch  Places  might  be 
 puIPd  down  within  three  Months;  and  that  the  old  Church- 
 yards might  be  referv'd  to  the  Catholics.  The  King  granted 
 every  thing,  and  added  the  pulling  down  of  all  Churches  that 
 had  bin  built  fince  the  Edicts  without  Letters  Patents  enregt- 
 fter'd  :  And  in  Cafes  of  Difference  about  the  Execution  of  the 
 Edict,  he  fummon'd  the  Caufe  before  himfelf,  becaufe  at  that 
 time  there  were  no  Commiflioners.   In  like  manner,  as  to  the 
 
 Thirty 
 
530  The  Hiflory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1636.  Thirty  fecond  Article,   wherein  the  Ckrgy  demanded  that 
 To  the  ^6.  the  Miniiters  might  not  be  fuffer'd  to  Preach  in  the  Anmxts, 
 the  King  expreft  the  Prohibition  in  more  rigorous  Terms  then 
 thole  of  the  Demand  ;  and  forbid  the  Minifters  to  Preach  with- 
 out the  Place  of  their  Habitation. 
 ht   d     Likewife  to  the  Thirty  third  Article,  which  requird  the 
 ';'33  Executions  of  Decrees  of  Parliaments,  and  Grand  Affizcs,  for 
 the  Demolifhing  of  Churches,  the  King  confented ;  and  with- 
 all,  added  thole  that  had  bin  fet  forth  for  the  Reftoration  of 
 the  Eccltfiaflics  to  their  Eftates  and  Priviledges;  and  upon 
 pretended  Infringements  of  the  Edifts  committed  by  the  Re- 
 formed.   The  reft  demanded  that  the  Chamber  of  the  Edift, 
 or  Party-Chambers  might  not  take  Cognizance  of  Appeals  of 
 Temporal  Perfons  from  Ecclefiaftical  Courts  i  That  the  Re- 
 formed might  be  depriv'd  of  fuch  Honorary  Priviledges  as 
 belong'd  to 'em  in  the  Churches:  And  that  the  Bifhop  might 
 confer  Benefices  inftead  of  Him  who  had  the  Right  of  Patro- 
 nage. That  the  Reformed  Judges  might  not  take  Cognizance 
 of  the  Tranfgreffing  of  Holidays ;  That  the  Judges  of  Courts 
 poileft  in  Peerage  with  the  King,  if  they  were  Reformed, 
 might  be  Reimburft,  and  Catholics  put  in  their  room:  That 
 the  CommilTion  given  out  for  the  Execution  of  the  Editt  in  the 
 Dauphinae,  might  be  revoke! ;  That  the  Materials  of  the  For- 
 tifications of  the  Reformed  Cities  which  had  bin  Demolifh  d, 
 might  be  beftow'd  upon  the  Clergy  to  build  Churches :  That 
 the  Syndics  &  Promooters  of  DiocefFes  might  be  admitted  Plain- 
 tiffs  in  Suits  about  Infringements :  That  the  fecond  Place  at  all 
 Geneial  Aflemblies  in  Town  Houfes  might  be  allow'd  the  Bi- 
 (hop's  Vicar:  That  it  might  be  lawful  to  lay  Impofitions  upon 
 all  the  Inhabitants  of  Parifhes,  for  the  building  of  Vicaridge  hou- 
 fes,  Reparations  of  Structures,  purchafe  of  Ornaments,  and 
 other  Things  of  the  like  nature  :  That  Tythes  might  be 
 paid  by  the  Reformed,  who  as  they  pretended  had  bin  exem- 
 pted in  fome  Places  for  fixty  Years  together,  by  the  Misfor- 
 tune of  the  Wars ;  and  this,  notwithftanding  any  Contra&s, 
 Agreements,  or  Decrees  that  had  bin  made  or  inVd  forth  to 
 
Book  XL       EdiU  of  Nantes.  551 
 
 the  contrary.  The  King  granted  within  a  little  all  thefe  De-  1636. 
 mands  to  the  Clergy.  Nor  do  I  fee  but  one  Article  wherein  he 
 obferv'd  any  M^afure  of  Equity  for  the  Reformed  ;  and  that 
 was  upon  the  Twenty  fixth  Article,  Wherein  the  C/ercv  d&T*thei6ih 
 manded  that  the  School-Matters  might  be  Catholics;  which 
 the  King  granted  according  to  their  defire  ;  but  without  any 
 prejudice  to  Schools  granted  the  Reformed  by  Letters  Parents 
 enregitter'd. 
 
 Now  in  that  ill  Humour  wherein  the  Council  was  at  particular 
 that  time,  there  appear'd  fjveral  Decrees,  which  put  the  £•«»■«/« 
 Reformed  to  no  fmall  Trouble.  For  the  Inhabitants  of{fv1mets 
 Viiitrs  le  bzl  and  parts  adjoyning,  were  accuftom'd  to  meerfebel. 
 upon  Sundays  or  Holidays  in  that  Borough  ,  when  the  Seafbn 
 would  not  permit  'em  to  repair  to  Qhtrenton ,  which  was 
 the  neared  Place  where  there  was  any  Exercife.  The  Place 
 of  their  Meeting  was  fome  Private  Houfe  where  they  Ren- 
 devouz'd,  upon  the  Sound  of  the  fame  Bell  which  Call'd  the 
 Catholics  to  Church.  But  in  regard  they  had  no  Mini- 
 fter,  they  only  met  to  hear  fome  Sermon ,  or  fome  Chapter 
 in  the  Scripture  read ,  to  fing  Pfalms ,  and  Pray  together. 
 Thefe  private  Exercifes  did  no  body  any  harm ;  nor  could 
 the  Catholics  be  difturb'd,  in  regard  the  Reformed  had  ended 
 their  Devotions  long  before  the  Catholic  Church  was  done. 
 Yet  would  they  needs  have  thefe  Allemblies  to  be  a  Mifde- 
 meanour ,  and  to  render  their  Profecutions  of  thofe  People 
 the  more  plaufible,  'twas  added,  that  they  fpoke  undecently 
 of  the  Rom/fb  Preachers ;  and  that  they  made  the  Children  of 
 the  Catholics  that  were  lent  to  their  Schools  to  read  the  Books 
 of  the  Reformed.  Upon  which  immediately  came  forth  a 
 Decree  of  the  Privy-Council,  dated  May  1 6th,  by  which  thefe 
 Petty  Exercifes,  and  fuppoled  Mifdemeanours  were  feverely 
 forbid. 
 
 Corbtini  was  a  little  City,  where  the  Reformed  had  a  Place  TheExtr- 
 of  Exercife  by  vertue  of  as  clear  a  PofTefTion  as  could  be  in  "fiferHd 
 the  World;  16  that  the  Commidioners  had  continu'd  'em  iflbigniT 
 it  by  a  folemn  Ordinance  made  in  the  Year  i6co.  That  Or- 
 dinance 
 
5  3  2  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol  JL 
 
 i6$6.  dinancc  removM  'em  to  the  farther  end  of  one  of  the  Suburbs 
 of  the  City,  within  the  Jurildi&ion  of  Corbigni ,  with  a  Pro- 
 vifoy  till  the  Oppofition  which  the  Abbot  made  to  the  fettle- 
 ment  of  the  Exercife  in  the  City  fhould  Le  determin'd.  This 
 Builnefs  hung  in  fufpence  near  Seven  Years ;  after  which, 
 there  was  a  Decree  of  Council  of  the  13th  of  March,  1607. 
 which  allow'd  the  Exercife,  not  within  the  City,  but  in  one 
 of  the  Suburbs,  and  within  the  Jurifdiclion  of  the  City  ;  and 
 appointed  that  Place  for  the  firft  Place  of  the  Bailiage.  But 
 in  regard  there  happen'd  fince  that,  an  Alteration  in  the  Pro- 
 ceedings  of  that  Court,  and  becaufe  the  City  depended  upon 
 the  Abby  of  St.  Leonards,  the  Abbot  obtain'd  this  Year  a  De- 
 cree upon  a  Petition  ,  which  forbid  the  Reformed  their  Ex- 
 ercife in  that  Place,  or  upon  any  Lands,  or  within  any  Ju- 
 rifdi&ion  of  the  Abby.  Nor  did  they,  when  they  took  away 
 this ,  appoint  any  other  Place  for  the  Reformed  ;  but  con- 
 ftrain'd  'em  to  fell  the  Inheritances  which  they  had  Purchaft 
 in  the  Suburbs,  before  they  would  provide  'em  another  Place. 
 'Twas  only  told  'em,  that  the  King's  Officers  fhould  give  'em 
 notice  whithef  or  no  there  had  bin  a  Place  of  Bailiage  deli- 
 vered according  to  the  Edict ;  that  if  there  were,  there  might 
 be  one  allow'd  'em.  By  which  it  appear'd,  that  the  Decree 
 had  bin  iiTued  forth  without  any  knowledge  of  the  Caufe  ;  be- 
 caufe this  Place  had  bin  granted  in  Right  of  Bailiage  by  a  De- 
 finitive Decree.  But  for  all  that,  this  Decree  was  put  in  Exe- 
 cution, without  any  regard  at  all  had  to  the  Oppofition  which 
 the  Reformed  made.  They  alio  took  the  Opportunity  to 
 ferve  this  Decree  when  Monfanghrd,  the  Minifter  of  the  Place, 
 was  in  his  Pulpit ;  to  the  end  the  Thing  might  make  fo  much 
 the  Greater  Noife,  and  more  effectually  redound  to  the  Re- 
 proach and  Affront  of  the  Reformed.  This  MonfmgUrd  had 
 bin  accus'd  in  Court,  for  having  faid,  That  at  Rome  they  fold 
 Remiflion  of  Sins  ;  for  which  the  Judge  of  the  Place  Condemn 'd 
 him  to  the  Amende  Honourable ,  and  all  the  Confequences  of 
 that  Punifhment.  But  upon  his  Appeal ,  the  Minifter  being 
 remov'd  to  the  Prifon  of  Paris,  call'd  LaConciergerie,  and  plead- 
 
Book  XI.       Edift  of  Nantes.  533 
 
 ing  in  hiscwn  juftification,  That  he  took  what  he  had  laid  out  1636. 
 out  of  a  Book  of  the  Rates  of  the  Jpoflolie  Chamber,  Printed  at 
 Rome  it  lelF,  they  were  afham'd  to  Co  firm  the  Sentence,  and 
 Difmiis'd  both  him  and  the  Procefsoutof  Court. 
 
 There  is  alfo  another  Decree  to  be  feen  of  an  uncertain 
 Date,  fet  forth  by  the  Chamber  of  the  Edict  of  Ronen1  which 
 forbid  the  Reformed  to  continue  their  Fxercife  in  the  Borough 
 of  St.  Stlvtn,  becaufe  it  depended  upon  the  Abby  of  Almsnecbe. 
 Another  Decree  of  Council  ordain'd,  That  the  Church  of 
 Vitr:  fhould  be  pull'd  down,  as  being  too  near  the  Catholic 
 Church,  after  they  had  built  another  which  fhou!d  be  neither 
 within  the  Jurifdiction,  Signiories,  or  Precincts  of  the  Eccle- 
 fuftics.  The  20th  of  June,  came  forth  another  Edict  of  the 
 Privy  Council,  againfl:  the  Lord  of  CUye  and  B/che,  which  for- 
 bid the  Exercife  within  the  Signiories  where  the  Lord  did  not 
 actually  refide,  the  prefence  of  his  Domeftic  Servants  not  be- 
 ing fufficient  to  Authorize  it.  The  fame  Decree  forbid  Preach- 
 ing without  the  Place  of  their  Refidence ,  upon  pain  of  Cor- 
 poral Punifhment  and  Imprifonment.  I  alio  find  Two  De- 
 crees Cited  by  fuch  as  have  Collected  thofe  Sorts  of  Acts 
 againfr  the  Reformed  ;  the  Firft  of  which  was  Dated  the  15th  other  Re- 
 of  July,  tne  Other  the  12th  of  December.  They  Imported,  gulatimr. 
 that  the  Exercifes  fhould  not  be  perform'd  in  the  Lord's  Houfes 
 when  the  Minifter  fhould  be  abfent  or  Tick.  The  Parlament  of 
 Bourdewx  alfo  Signaliz'd  themfelves  by  a  Decree  fee  forth  -^Decree 
 the  4th  of  Jiffy,  againfl:  the  Authority  of  Parents.  For  one  La  \y~ 
 Valet  dwelling  in  the  Borough  of  Caflres ,  had  marri'd  a  paternal 
 Catholic  Wife ,  by  whom  he  had  fix  or  feven  Children , 
 which  the  Wife,  making  an  ill  uie  of  her  Husband  s  Indul- 
 gence, brought  up  in  the  Catholic  Religion.  This  Woman 
 happened  to  die  before  the  Children  had  attain'd  the  Age 
 of  Difcretion,  and  the  Father  was  accusd  for  conffraining 
 the  Children  to  go  to  the  Reformed  Church.  Upon  which 
 the  Parlament  interpose! ,  and  gave  the  Advocate-Gene- 
 ral leave  to  bring  in  an  Information ;  and  in  the  mean 
 
 g  g  g  time 
 
^4  TheHiftoryof  the  Vol.11. 
 
 A6j6.  time  General  Prohibitions  were  fent  abroad,  forbidding 
 Parents  to  force  their  Children  to  go  to  Proteftant  Ser- 
 mons. 
 
 Baiiiage  The  Bailiage  of  Gex  was  us'd  after  the  fame  manner  as 
 »/Gex.  tjje  reft  0f  t^e  Kingdom;  where  the  Prince  of  Qond'e ,  as 
 Governor  of  Burgundy ,  upon  which  the  Bailiage  depended , 
 put  in  execution  the  Prohibitions  forbidding  the  Admifiion 
 of  Foreign  Minifters,  comprehending  under  that  Name  the 
 Inhabitants  of  Geneva.  He  alfo  equally  divided  the  ufe  of 
 the  Common  Paftures  of  the  Country  between  the  Reformed 
 and  the  Catholics,  though  the  Reformed  were  Ten  for 
 One. 
 
 .         The  greateft  part  of  the  Decrees  which  I  have  enume- 
 stkotht    rated>  were  revived  again  the  next  year;  But  there  were 
 forbidden,  feveral  to  which  they  added  other  Articles  very  grievous 
 and  troublefome.    The  Parlament  of  Rouen,  by  a  Decree  of 
 the  1 8th  of  March  forbid  the  keeping  of  any  Schools  at 
 St.  Lo.    For  the  Confiftory  had  fet  up  fome  according  to 
 the  Exhortation  of  the  National  Synods,  and  had  alfo  put 
 in  Regents,  fuch  as  thofe  Synods  approv'd.    The  Promoter 
 Coutances  undertook  this  Bufinefs,  and  upon  an  Appeal  from 
 the  Sentence  of  the  Ordinary  Judge  he  procur'd  a  Decree, 
 which  annull'd  the  Power  of  the  Confiftory  ;  forbid  'em  for 
 the  future  to  give  Approbation  of  the  like  nature  5  permit- 
 ted fviafters  only  to  teach  to  write  and  read  in  private 
 Houfes ,  but  not  to  inftruct  or  Catechize ,  not  to  fay  Pub- 
 lic Prayers ,  or  read  Lectures ,  contrary  to  the  Doctrine  of 
 trtane  the  Rw*'(b  Church.    Upon  the  21ft  of  April  the  Privy 
 "ofthePri-  Council  fet  forth  a  Decree  which  forbid  the  Exercife  in 
 vy  council  the  ablence  of  the  Minifters  ;  as  alfo  in  any  other  Places 
 rlfivfZ"  tnen  thofe  wherein  it  was  lawful  for  'em  to  refide  by  the 
 def.       Edicts.    The  fame  Decree  forbid  the  hindring  of  Fathers, 
 Mothers,  Tutors,  Kindred,  Mafters,  &c.  to  lend  their  Chil- 
 dren, Relations,  Friends,  Servants,  &c.  to  Mafters  of  Catho- 
 lic Schools  approv'd  by  the  Ordinaries.   So  that  what  with 
 
 taking 
 
Book  XI.       EM  of  Nantes.  535 
 
 taking  away  from  the  Reformed  the  liberty  of  having  Col-  1636. 
 ledges,  what  with  obliging  the  Confiftories  to  fuffer  the 
 fending  of  Children  to  fufpefted  Matters ,  they  who  had 
 Children  to  bring  up,  were  reduc'd  either  to  let  'em  grow 
 up  in  ignorance ,  or  expofe  'em  to  the  Snares  and  Inveagling 
 Terfuafions  and  Allurements  of  Catholic  Tutors.  By  the 
 fame  Decree,  the  Reformed  were  alio  order'd  to  fpread  Car- 
 pets before  their  doors  upon  Solemn  Proceffiondays :  upon 
 neglect  of  which,  after  the  firft  Summons,  they  were  to  be 
 fpread  at  their  Coft  and  Charges ;  and  if  they  obftrucled  or 
 oppos'd  the  doing  of  it,they  were  condemn'd  to  Imprifonment ; 
 which  was  dire&ly  oppofite  to  the  third  private  Article  of  the 
 Edict  of  Nantes. 
 
 Upon  the  28th  of  the  fame  Month  came  forth  another  De-  Anath^ 
 cree  of  the  Privy  Council,  the  effe&s  of  which  were  ftill  more  jJSj 
 vexatious.    For  it  forbid  the  Bailiffs  and  Senefchals  to  admit  Patents 
 any  Plaintiffs  or  Demandants  in  a  Suit,  whether  Notaries  or  f"  °$cet' 
 Advocates,  without  the  King's  Letters  Patents.    For  the  Coun- 
 cil bethought  themlelves  of  inferting  into  Letters  of  this  Na- 
 ture the  Claufe  of  the  Catholic  Religion ,  on  purpofe  to  ex- 
 clude by  that  means  all  the  Reformed  from  any  Offices.  But 
 Cuftom  has  fettl'd  a  Remedy  againft  this  Artifice,  in  regard 
 that  in  almoft  all  the  Jurifdi&ions  of  the  Kingdom  ,  the 
 Jadges  admitted  People  to  the  exercile  of  tbefe  petty  Em- 
 ployments, upon  the  bare  refignation  of  him  who  had  the 
 Letters  Patents :  fb  that  they  pafs'd  from  hand  to  hand  without 
 having  any  recourle  to  the  King  ;  which  fpar'd  the  Reformed 
 the  Affront  of  a  Refufal,  the  Catholics  the  Trouble,  the  De- 
 lays, and  the  Expence  of  a  Suit ;  there  being  none  but  Em- 
 ployments that  were  fbmewhat  confiderable ,   for  which 
 they  troubld  themfelves  to  take  out  the  Kings  Letters 
 Patents. 
 
 The  King  was  made  believe,  that  it  was  contrary  to  his 
 Oath,  that  there  fliould  be  any  Offices  in  the  Kingdom  which 
 did  not  depend  upon  him,  and  which  were  executed  by  par- 
 ibus that  were  not  invefted  in  'em  by  his  power.    The  firft 
 gggi  defign 
 
55.6  The  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  IL 
 
 tflj.  defign  was  to  deprive  the  Reformed  of  the  eafie  means  to 
 maintain  themfelves  inthofc  petty  Employments,  which  causd 
 'em  to  be  valu'd  in  the  places  of  their  Abode,  and  fhelter'd 
 'em  from  a  thoufand  petty  Vexations.  But  it  fo  fell  out, 
 that  this  Regulation  did  as  much  Injury  to  the  Catholics,  as 
 to  others  •  and  that  the  Name  of  Reformed  ferv'd  in  this,  as 
 well  as  in  other  things  of  greater  moment,  to  involve  all  the 
 French  in  the  fame  Reftraint.  This  was  Sport  for  the  Cler- 
 gy 5  who  exempting  themfelves  from  Servitude,  facrific'd  to 
 their  Paflion  and  Malice  againft  the  Reformed,the  Liberty  of  the 
 whole  Kingdom. 
 
 Exenife       Upon  the  23d  of  June  came  forth  another  EdicT:  from  the 
 forbid  a-  fame  Council  againft  the  Lord  of  Claye.    This  was  the  fifth 
 ci'aye?'    tnat  ^ad  bin  iffu'd  out  againft  the  Exercife  in  his  Houfe,  un- 
 der pretencee  that  he  never  refided  there;   yet  to  ward  off 
 this  Cavil,  he  had  declar'd  at  the  Seftions-houfe  in  Parti,  that 
 he  had  made  choice  of  his  Houfe  at  Claye  for  his  principal 
 Habitation,  and  that  he  intended  to  refide  there  for  the  fu- 
 ture :  which  ought  to  have  mintain'd  his  Right  of  having 
 Sermons  in  his  Houfe,  had  it  not  bin  the  Maxim  of  the 
 Council  to  make  ufe  of  any  Pretence  to  forbid  the  Exercife  of 
 the  Reformed  Keligion,and  ftill  to  uphold  the  Prohibition  when 
 the  Pretence  was  remov'd. 
 rhe  Houfe      The  Reformed  of  Paris  had  fet  up  a  Houfe  in  the  Suburbs 
 %rbid  at  °^  ^'  Mtrceath  whither  they  carry  d  their  fick  People ;  they 
 Pails/   had  already  furnifh'd  it  with  Fourteen  or  Fifteen  Beds,  andde- 
 fign'd  to  have  Tent  in  more.    Now  it  happen  d  that  a  Coop- 
 er's Prentice,  born  a  Catholic,  working  with  a  Reformed 
 Mafter  in  the  Church  Merfhes,  fell  fick,  and  with  his  own 
 confent  was  carri'd  to  this  New  Hofpital  ;  whether  he  had 
 imbib'd  any  tincture  of  his  Matter's  Religion  ,   or  whether 
 the  Abhorrency  which  poor  Creatures  have  for  the  Hojiel  de 
 Dieu  at  Pariiy  where  the  Infection  is  generally  mortal  to  all 
 that  are  carri'd  thither,  caus'd  him  to  prefer  a  Houfe  more 
 neat  and  healthy.    However  it  were,  his  removal  from  one 
 
 end 
 
3ook  XL       Editf  of  Nantes.  557 
 
 nd  of  Paris  to  the  other,  could  not  chute  but  be  taken  ixr-  1637. 
 ice  of.  Upon  which  a  Coinmiflioner  cime  upon  the  19th  of 
 May  to  this  New  Houfe  of  Charity,  to  draw  up  a  Verbal 
 leport  of  the  condition  it  was  in,  and  of  the  ufe  for  which 
 c  wasdefign'd.  Upon  which  Verbal  Procefs,  the  Privy  Coun- 
 il  ilTii'd  forth  a  Decree  of  the  30th  of  J  /ne,  wherein  without  fo 
 nuch  as  mentioning  the  Religion,but  only  fuppofing  that  it  was 
 ontrary  to  the  Kings  Authority,  to  erect  Hof(  itals  without 
 he  Kings  Permifiion,  (as  if  there  had  bin  fo  much  need  of 
 he  Authority  of  Men  to  exercilc  Works  of  Humanity  and 
 "harity  fo  exprefly  approv'd  of  God)  and  pretending  in 
 he  fecond  place,  that  the  fick  People  were  not  lookt  after, 
 nd  reliev'd  in  that  New  Efiablifhment,  as  Chrifthn  Chari- 
 y  required",  it  was  ordain'd,  that  all  the  fick  People  which 
 vere  in  the  Reformed  Hofpital,  fhould  be  remov'd  to  the  Ho- 
 ;cl  de  Diet ,  where  they  fhould  be  receiv'd  upon  the  firfi: 
 lommand  j  that  the  Bsds  fhould  be  put  into  the  hands  of 
 [Truftees,  to  be  at  the  King's  difpofal  to  whom  he  fhould  think 
 ncet ;  and  that  the  Governor  fhould  leave  the  Houfe  with  all 
 lis  Family,  upon  pain  of  Imprifbnmenr,  and  other  corporal 
 'unilhment.  This  Decree  was  put  in  execution  by  the  Ufber 
 if  the  Council  upon  the  4th  of  Jul}',  who  found  no  more 
 hen  five  fick  Perfons  in  the  place  :  one  of  which  finding 
 limfelf  (trong  enough  to  provide  for  himfelf  without  affift- 
 nce,  had  his  Liberty  to  go  where  he  pleas'd.  The  other 
 our  refufing  to  be  carri'd  to  the  H^fiel  de  Dieu,  and  naming 
 he  places  whither  they  deftYd  to  be  carri'd ,  were  remov  d 
 vithout  any  oppofition  by  the  care  of  the  Ufher,  who  did 
 is  Qmce  with  more  Civility  then  the  Rabble  would  have  had 
 im. 
 
 There  was  a  nsw  Houfe  erected  in  the  Fanbur?  St.  Ger-  The  Houfe 
 mn  by  the  Pope's  Bulls  and  the  King's  Letters-Patents ,  <■  'the bo- 
 nder the  name  of,  Tfe  Propagation  of  the  Faith ;  which  was^S" 
 sfign'd  for  the  lodging  of  young  People  that  might  be  in- 
 ue'd  to  embrace  the  Catholic  Religion.    Now  one  La  Fra-  "£{38 
 erie  hapning  to  die,  left  two  Daughters  with  his  -Wife. t%iMt. 
 
 One 
 
538  Tbefliftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1637.  One  of  thefe  having  attain'd  to  Thirteen  years  of  Age, 
 and  the  other  to  Eleven ,  they  were  both  inveagFd  into 
 this  Houfe.  Their  Mother  prefented  a  Petition  to  the  Baily 
 of  the  Suburb,  who  was  then  Judge  of  the  Suburb-Court, 
 and  redemanded  her  Daughters.  The  Judge  having  exami- 
 ned the  matter ,  and  finding  it  to  be  a  manifeft  Cheat  , 
 thought  it  his  duty  to  do  juftice,  and  deliver'd  the  Children 
 back  to  their  Mother.  Now  the  Pretence  which  they  made 
 ufe  of  to  gain  the  good  will  of  the  Children  was,  that  their 
 Mother  was  marri'd  again ,  and  would  be  fure  to  mifufe 
 'em.  Upon  which  the  Governours  of  the  Houfe  made  a 
 moft  hideous  complaint  both  againft  the  Father-in-law,  and 
 the  Baily  ;  accufing  the  one  to  have  committed  feveral  vio- 
 lences in  the  Houfe  ;  and  the  other  for  coming  to  the 
 Houfe  to  take  away  the  Children  by  main  force,  accom- 
 panid  with  feveral  drawn  Swords  that  made  a  noife  and  a 
 hubbub  before  the  Door,  to  the  great  fcandal  of  the  Houfe : 
 And  moreover,  they  pofitively  affirm'd,  That  the  Children 
 had  many  times  declar'd  before  their  Father-in-law  himfelf, 
 that  they  defir'd  to  be  bred  up  in  the  Catholic  Religion. 
 Thereupon  the  Council  made  a  Decree,  which  plainly  fhew'd 
 that  they  were  not  convinc'd  of  the  truth  of  the  Relation. 
 For  it  only  decreed,  that  the  Baily  fhould  deliver  the  Verbal 
 Procefs  to  Thierfaut,  Matter  of  the  Requefts,  to  the  end  that 
 upon  farther  Examination  fuch  order  might  be  taken  as 
 fhould  be  thought  expedient.  However ,  the  King  fum- 
 mon'd  before  himfelf  and  his  Council  all  Caufes  concern- 
 ing that  Houfe  and  the  New  Converts,  and  forbid  the  Baily 
 to  take  cognizance  of  'em  for  the  future.  As  much  as  to 
 fay,  that  they  thought  it  not  juft  to  condemn  a  Judge  who 
 had  done  no  more  then  his  duty  however,  they  would  not 
 leave  the  Reformed  under  the  Protection  of  thofe  that  made 
 a  conference  of  doing  'em  Juftice. 
 The  con-  The  Doctors  alfb  of  the  Sorbonne  would  needs  be  ftick- 
 utrftonof  ling  this  year  to  difplay  fbme  marks  of  their  Zeal  againft 
 r™7  the  Reformed.  For  it  fo  fell  out,  that  Francis  Ctifif,  a 
 pi  Dodor 
 
 If 
 
Book  XI.      Edift  of  Nantes.  539 
 
 Doctor  of  that  Faculty,  and  Curate  of  Confirm  in  the  Dio-  1637, 
 cefs  of  Angers,  embrac'd  the  Reformed  Religion,  and  fet 
 forth  a  Declaration  of  the  Motives  that  had  oblig'd  him  to 
 it.  Which  Declaration  he  addrefs'd  to  the  Bifhop  of  the 
 Diocefs  ;  believing  it  moft  proper  to  give  him  an  account 
 of  his  Conduct.  But  the  Bifhop,  either  difdaining  a  Cu- 
 rate of  a  Village  as  beneath  him;  or  elfe,  as  many  times 
 befals  the  Prelates,  not  having  Learning  fufficient  to  anfwer 
 him  ,  left  the  care  of  being  reveng  d  upon  him,  to  the  Sor- 
 bonm.  Whereupon,  that  Colledge  upon  the  14th  of  July 
 drew  up  a  Sharp  and  Violent  Order  ,  by  which  they  de- 
 graded Cupif  from  all  his  Dignities ,  and  beftow'd  a  thou- 
 sand Maledictions  and  Curfes  upon  him.  But  he  avoided 
 his  being  far  more  feverely  handl'd  by  retiring  into  Hol- 
 Und ,  where  he  wax'd  old  in  the  Functions  of  the  Mini- 
 ftry  ;  wherein  he  acquitted  himlelf  in  a  more  edifying  man- 
 ner, then  the  greateft  part  of  thole  that  abandon  the  Church 
 of  Rome  are  wont  to  do. 
 
 The  Reformed  were  very  numerous  at  Pons  in  SAintonge.  Reguiati- 
 Nor  could  their  Adverfaries  contrive  any  other  way  to  vex™^'^ 
 'em,  then  by  beftowing  upon  'em  a  Regulation  dated  at  Bonr-  formed  4 
 deaux,  Deccmbtr  the  5th,  upon  the  Motion  of  the  Advocate- Pons. 
 General  ;  which  forbid  'em  to  work  upon  Holidays  with 
 their  Shops  open  ,  nor  to  fell  Flefh  upon  days  prohibited 
 by  the  Romifo  Church  ;  nor  to  throw  their  Dirt  about  the 
 Crofs  which  the  Recollecfs  had  e retted  ,  nor  at  the  end  of 
 the  Streets  that  adjoin'd  to  their  Church.    Here  it  is  to  be 
 obferv'd,  that  thofe  Monks  had  ere£led  a  Crofs  on  purpofe 
 in  that  very  place  which  time  out  of  mind  had  bin  the 
 common  Dunghil  for  all  the  Neighbourhood.   But  the  Con- 
 vent being  annoy'd  by  it,  bethought  themfelves  of  this  Ex- 
 pedient to  remove  the  Nuifance ;  and  the  more  eafily  to  ob- 
 tain their  Defires  ,  they  demanded  the  Prohibitions  only 
 againft-the  Reformed,  to  deprive  the  whole  City  of  a  Con- 
 venience  ;  and  a  Fine  of  80  Lhres  was  laid  upon  all  that 
 refus'd  to  obey  the  Decree, 
 
 Irf  ; 
 
54° 
 
 The  Hiftoryoftbe  Vol.  II. 
 
 i6$7.  In  the  midft  of  thefe  Vexations  and  Injuries  done  the 
 a  Nath-  Reformed  throughout  all  the  Provinces ,  they  alfemb'd  a 
 naisymd.  National  Synod  at  Ahnfon.  Which  Aflemblies  fervd  to  no 
 other  purpofe,  then  to  give  'em  an  opportunity  to  bewail 
 together  the  bad  condition  of  their  Affairs,  and  to  feek 
 what  Remedy  was  moft  proper  to  be  appli'd  to  their  Ca- 
 lamities. They  were  extream!y  tormented  with  thj  pretence 
 of  the  Commitfioners.  For  when  they  had  drawn  up  a 
 Paper  of  their  Complaints,  'twas  thought  a  great  matter 
 well  accompliQit  to  receive  it  back  from  the  hands  of  their 
 Deputies  ,•  nor  could  they  many  times  obtain  the  favour  of 
 an  Anfwer.  Neverthelefs ,  the  Court  was  fti!l  jealous  of 
 thefe  Aflemblies ;  and  they  were  lb  accuftom'd  to  fear  the 
 Reformed  in  a  Body  ,  that  thev  were  always  alarum'd  at 
 that  which  was  no  more  then  the  fhadow  of  their  Union. 
 And  indeed  ,  the  Reformed  were  as  yet  confiderable  for 
 their  number.  Their  Churches  in  the  Country  were  for 
 the  moft  part  composed  of  Nobility  and  Gentry.  There 
 were  feveral ,  wherein  there  were  reck'nd  fourfcore  or  a 
 hunder'd  Families  of  Gentlemen  ;  which  did  fo  much  ho- 
 nour to  their  Religion,  that  you  might  frequently  fee  three- 
 fcore  or  fourfcore  Coaches  waiting  before  the  Place  of  their 
 Exercifes.  They  were  not  therefore  yet  Co  low,  but  that 
 they  were  in  a  condition  to  put  their  Adverfaries  to  trouble, 
 had  their  Intentions  bin  evil.  So  that  the  Court ,  who 
 knew  too  well  what  was  in  their  power  to  do,  were  afraid 
 left  the  Synods  fhould  take  up  Refolutions  which  the  Gen- 
 try were  to  put  in  execution.  For  which  reafon ,  they 
 were  unwilling  that  any  Synods  fhould  be  held  for  the  fu- 
 ture in  any  other  Place  then  at  Qhxrtnton,  to  the  end  they 
 might  have  a  near  eye  upon  thofe  formidable  Aflem- 
 blies. However,  there  was  no  danger  on  that  fide.  For 
 the  Reformed  well  underftood ,  that  they  were  at  the 
 mercy  of  their  Enemies ,  and  that  they  had  nothing 
 left  to  preferve  and  fupport  'em  but  the  good  will  of  the 
 
 King's 
 
Book  IX.         EdiB  of  Nantes  40 1 
 
 Kings  pleafure.    The  Knowledge  of  this  oblig'd  'em  to  extend  1637. 
 their  Obedience  as  far  as  it  would  reach,  for  fear  of  being  V-/"VS-/ 
 Exterminated  upon  the  Lean:  pretence,  as  Rebels :  and  rhe 
 Synods  Labour'd  by  good  Difcipline,  to  remedy  the  Mifchiefs 
 that  might  arife  from  the  Perfecution. 
 
 The  Court  gave  leave  for  their  Synod  to  be  held  at  Aknfon,  MAl(rirga 
 a  Small  City,  where  there  was  little  Probability  that  the  Re-  * 
 formed  fhould  attempt  any  great  Matters ;  nor  is  it  fo  far  re- 
 mote from  Paris,  but  that  upon  Occafion  the  King  might  fend 
 his  Orders  thither  in  four  and  twenty  Hours.  Neverthelefs 
 there  was  a  high  Value  put  upon  this  Favour,  as  if  it  had  been 
 a  thing  of  Great  Importance.  The  Brief  by  which  permiilion 
 was  given,  and  the  Commiflion  was  Couch'd  in  the  ordinary 
 Terms,  and  breath'd  nothing  but  good  Will  and  Kindnefs. 
 The  Commiflioner  was  St.  Mark,  a  Councellor  of  State;  a 
 Perfon  as  much  at  the  Devotion  of  the  Court  as  Galand  had 
 been.  The  Synod  alio  fat  down  the  27th.  of  May,  and  after 
 the  Ufual  preliminary  Ceremonies,  St.  Mark,  having  prefen- 
 ted  his  Commiflion,  made  an  Ingenious  Speech  before  he  pro-  The  com. 
 pos'd  the  Articles  with  which  he  was  entrufted  by  his  Com- ™ffic°CR 
 million.  Firft  of  all  he  fhew'd,  that  the  Greateft  Part  peec  ' 
 preac'h  the  Doctrine  of  Obedience ;  and  to  Confirm  'em  in 
 their  fo  doing,  he  declar'd,  that  the  King  had  promis'd  Con- 
 ftantly  to  obferve  the  Edicts,  fo  long  as  the  Reformed  per- 
 form'd  the  Duties  of  Faithful  Subjects.  He  Extoll'd  in  a  flat- 
 tering manner  the  Kings  Power,  which  the  Hand  of  God  that 
 aflifted  him  all  along  render'd  formidable  both  abroad  and  at 
 home.  He  fpoke  of  the  Misfortunes  which  the  Reformed 
 had  fuffer'd,  while  they  had  Places  of  Strength  in  their  Hands ; 
 and  of  the  repofe  which  they  enjoy'd  fince  they  defended  Sole- 
 ly upon  the  Kings  Favour.  He  compar'd  their  Condition 
 grounded  upon  the  Kings  word,  and  upheld  againll  the  PafTions 
 of  People,  agitated  by  too  various  Commotions,  to  the  Earth 
 that  hangs  pois'd  in  the  Air  by  the  Word  of  God.  He  heightened 
 the  Confidence  which  the  King  had  in  'em,  as  appear'd  by 
 that  Mark  of  his  Favour  which  he  had  beftow'd  upon  'em,  by 
 gracioufly  permitting 'em  to  affemble  in  a  Time  of  War:  And 
 from  all  thefe  Reflexions,  he  concluded  that  it  behov'd  'em  to 
 
 A  a  a  a  regulate 
 
4Q2  The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  IL 
 
 1657.  regulate  all  their  AfTe&ions,  their  Words  and  A&ions,  by  Obe- 
 dience. 
 
 Andhisin-  After  this,he  came  to  his  Inftruttions,and  declar'd.  I.  That 
 notions.  the  King  forbid  all  Homing  Intelligence,  both  Domeftick  as 
 well  as  Forreign.  The  Pretence  was,  that  the  King  had  been  in- 
 formal that  the  Colloquie  of  Ntmts  and  Roujftiet,  and  the  Mi- 
 nifter,had  receiv'd  a  Letter  from  the  Canton  ot  iter/?,  with  whom 
 altho'  they  were  in  Alliance  with  the  Crown,  and  of  the 
 fame  Religion  with  the  Reformed,  it  was  not  Lawful  to  hold 
 Correspondence  even  in  Ecclefiaftical  Affairs,  becaufe  it  made 
 the  State  jealous  of  a  Correfpondence  of  another  Sort ;  for 
 which  reafon  the  Kings  Subjects  were  not  allow'd  to  Vifit 
 Forreign  Minifters :  Whence  it  follow'd,that  'twas  a  Breach  of 
 their  Duty  to  receive  thofe  Letters,  or  elfe  that  they  ought  to 
 haveaccquainted  the  Governor  or  the  Commiffioner  with  'em. 
 II.  That  the  King  was  no  way  pkas'd  to  hear  that  one  Pro- 
 vince held  Communication  with  another;  as  had  happen'd  be- 
 tween the  Synods  of  lower  Langue&oc  and  the  Daupbinate,  upon 
 occafion  of  the  two  Minifters  Cregut  and  Arnaud.  The  Rea- 
 fon of  this  Prohibition  was,  becaufe  the  Reformed  being  no  Bo- 
 dy Politick,  they  could  not  hold  Politick  Councils."  More- 
 over that  the  King  would  not  permit  that  any  Minifter  fhould 
 be  deputed  to  be  prefent  in  one  Synod  in  the  Name  of  ano- 
 ther ;  nor  that  Provincial  Synods  fhould  Ordain  General 
 Falls.  III.  That  it  was  the  Kings  Pleafure  the  Minifters  fhould 
 preach  Obedience,  and  that  when  any  thing  fhould  be  Or- 
 dain'd,  which  might  ieem  repugnant  to  Liberty  of  Confcience, 
 for  want  of  knowing  the  Motives  that  indued  him  to  it,  they 
 fhould  not  tax  his  Conduct  with  any  defign  againft  Religion, 
 the  Liberty  of  which  he  was  refolv'd  to  maintain  :  Confequent- 
 ly,  that  He  order'd  em  to  abftain  from  the  Words,  Scourges  of 
 God,  Martyrs,  Perfecution,  and  other  the  likeTerms.  IV.  That 
 he  forbid  'em  to  make  ufe  of  the  Words,  Anthhrift,  or  Idola- 
 ters, or  any  other  of  the  fame  Nature,  when  they  {poke  of  the 
 Pope  or  the  Catholicks;  and  to  forbear  all  Sharp  and  invete- 
 rate Expreftions  againft  the  Minifters  who  had  chang'd  their 
 Religion,  under  the  Penalty  of  Interdiction,  or  a  greater 
 Punilhment  for  the  fame  Offence  repeated.    V.  That  he  for- 
 
Book  IX.       EdiB  0/ Nantes.  405 
 
 bid  the  Selling  Religious  Books,  whether  Printed  within  or  1637 
 without  the  Kingdom,  if  they  were  not  firft  Examin'd  and  ap- 
 prov'd  by  two  Minifters,  appointed  by  the  Synods,  under  the 
 Penalty  of  Confifcation.  VI.  That  whereas  at  Andnfa,  the 
 Synod  had  refus'd  to  ordain  the  Benediction  of  a  fecond  Mar- 
 riage of  a  Perion,  whofe  Firft  Marriage  had  been  adjudg'd  Null 
 and  Vacant  by  the  Sentence  of  the  Magiftrate,  it  was  the  Kings 
 Pleafure  that  the  National  Synod  fhould  enjoy n  Obedience  to 
 the  Judges  in  fuch  Cafes,  and  that  what  had  been  done  to  the 
 Contrary  might  be  amended.  VII.  That  the  Minifters  fhould 
 obey  thofe  Declarations  which  concern'd  the  Annexes,  upon 
 Penalty  of  forfeiting  the  Favours  granted  by  the  Edicts. 
 VIII.  That  they  Ihould  not  make  ufe  of  the  Money  taken  out 
 of  the  Poors  Box  to  pay  the  Minifters,  who  were  referred 
 for  the  payment  of  their  Salaries  to  the  XLIXth.  Article  of 
 Particulars.  IX.  That  they  fhould  not  go  a  begging  from 
 Houfe  to  Houle,  under  pretence  of  neceffary  Expences,  in  re- 
 gard the  King  gave  leave  to  the  Heads  of  every  Church  to 
 affemble,  in  the  Nature  of  a  Confiftory,  to  regulate  the  Con- 
 tributions for  payment  of  the  Minifters  Salaries  ;  for  defray- 
 ing the  Expence  of  Journeys  for  the  Colloquies  and  Synods, 
 for  the  payment  of  Academies  and  repair  of  Churches,  of 
 which  there  fhould  be  a  Roll  made  up  and  Authoriz'd  by  the 
 Magiftrate,  and  declar'd  to  be  of  as  full  force  as  when  the 
 Kings  Mony  was  to  be  Collected.  X.  That  they  fhould  Correct 
 the  Sentence  of  the  Provincial  Synod  of  Nimes,  which  had 
 adjudg'd  a  certain  Summ  to  Petit,  ProfefTour  in  Theologie,out 
 of  the  Academy  Money,  which  had  been  rais'd  upon  the  three 
 Colloquies,  contrary  to  the  Settlement  of  the  Regulations. 
 XI.  That  there  fhould  be  an  Emendation  of  what  had  been 
 adjudg'd  by  the  fame  Synod,  touching  the  Nullity  of  Bap- 
 tifm  adminifter'd  by  Perfons  never  lawfully  call'd  to  the  Mi- 
 niftry. 
 
 The  Commiflioner,  being  unwilling  to  fpeak  any  thing 
 of  his  own  Head  upon  this  laft  Article,  which  was  a  matter  of 
 Importance  and  Nicely  to  be  handled,  tho'  earneftly  recom- 
 mended to  his  Management,  read  the  very  words  of  his  inftru- 
 ction,which  without  doubt  had  been  drawn  by  a  Divine  of  the 
 A  a  a  a  2  lower 
 
404  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  IL 
 
 1637.  lower  Form.  The  fubftance  of  it  was,  that  from  the  Judgment 
 v^*\^  of  the  Synod  there  arofe  an  Opinion  of  the  Anabaptifts,  who 
 repeated  Baptifm  upon  the  Queftion  which  they  ftart,  whether 
 he  who  peiform'd  the  Ceremony,  had  been  rightly  call'd  or 
 no.  A  new  Argument  of  which  that  Se&  was  never  wont  to 
 make  ufe.  That  there  was  an  Ambiguous  Interpretation  to  be 
 made  of  the  Sentence  of  the  AlTembly,  which  feem'd  to  inti- 
 mate that  the  Roman  Church  approv'd  the  Baptifm  of  the  Ana- 
 baptifts,  tho'  fhe  declares  their  calling  to  be  Illegitimate.  That 
 Baptifm  was  of  force  Ex  opere  Operate,  according  to  the  Lan- 
 guage of  the  School-men,  to  exprefs  that  Vertue  of  the  Sacra- 
 ment by  which  it  actually  confers  Grace  upon  thole  who  re- 
 ceive the  Outward  Symbol,  wihout  any  Inward  prepara- 
 tion to  participate  of  it,  provided  they  obftruft  not  the  Ope- 
 ration of  it  by  any  Mortal  Sin.  Now  the  Roman  Church 
 not  having  any  need  of  Legitimate  callings,  by  the  Confeflion 
 of  the  Reformed  themfelves,  'twas  not  for  them,  to  invalidate 
 that  Baptifm  which  fhe  Approves,  becaufe  that  in  a  Cafe 
 ofneceflity  probably  adjudg'd,  all  Perfons  have  a  Calling  to 
 adminifter  it. 
 
 There  might  be  curious  Reflexions  made  upon  this  odd  Piece 
 The  nio-  °f  conrriv'd  Theology,  were  they  not  too  remote  from  my 
 derators  Subject  to  make  any  upon  'em.  I  (hall  therefore  only  fay, 
 Anfwcr.  trmt  a]i  the  CommifTioners  fueet  Words,  could  not  foften  a 
 fort  of  Articles  fo  new  ,  and  fb  full  of  Inconveniencies  that 
 they  could  not  be  obferv'd  without  reducing  the  Reformed 
 to  a  moft  cruel  Confinement.  More  efpecially  the  Third  was 
 couch'd  in  Terms  that  M  ere  very  Extraordinary  :  And  it  was 
 an  exacting  from  'em,  a  ftrange  degiee  of  Blindnefs,  to 
 defire  that  the  Reformed  fhould  remain  perfwaded,  that  their 
 Enemies  had  no  other  then  good  Intentions  toward  'em,  tho' 
 at  the  fame  time  they  fhould  fee  'em  doing  things  actually  pre- 
 judicial to  the  Liberty  of  their  Confciences.  For  this  is  that 
 which  was  meant  atleaft  by  that  fame  ftrain  of  Language  ; 
 When  for  want  of  knowing  the  Motives,  it  might  ftem  to  themy 
 as  if  the  Proceedings  of  the  Court  were  prejudicial  to  that  fame 
 precious  Liberty.  The  Synod  anfwer'd  the  Commiflloners 
 Speech,  as  people  anfwer  when  they  tremble.    They  excus'd 
 
 one 
 
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 one  part  of  thofe  things  which  had  ferv'd  as  a  Pretence  and  1637. 
 Ground-work  for  his  Inftru&ions  ;  and  as  to  almoft  all  the 
 Relr,  they  made  great  Proteftations  of  their  Ready  Obedience. 
 The  Moderatour  began  with  returning  Thanks  to  God,  that 
 he  had  inclined  the  Kings  Heart  to  uphold  the  Reformed  by 
 his  Good  Will  and  Favour ;  to  which  he  added  fome  kind 
 of  adulatory  Complements  to  the  Commitfioner.  He  excus'd 
 the  Letters  receiv'd  from  the  Switzers,  w  hich  only  concerted 
 the  Calling  of  RouJJdet  to  the  Profeflion  of  Theology  at  Nzuf- 
 chate/,  where  he  was  born  ;  and  w  hich  had  been  produe'd  at 
 the  Synod,  in  prefence  of  the  CommiflTioners  then  fitting  a- 
 mong  'em.  He  excus'd  the  Correspondence  that  had  been 
 held  between  the  Synod  of  Lower  Lanvuedoc  and  the  Daupbi- 
 nute,  as  necefTary  for  the  Enquiry  that  one  Province  was 
 bound  to  make  after  the  Paftors  of  the  Other,  according  to  the 
 Method  of  their  Difcipline.  He  aflur'd  him  that  Private 
 Synods  fhould  not  fet  up  any  more  Regulations,  nor  appoint 
 any  more  general  Fafts,  but  that  they  fhould  fubmit  to  the  Go- 
 vernment ;  that  they  fhould  keep  clofe  to  the  Confeflion  of 
 Faith,  and  the  Word  of  God  :  That  they  fhould  abftain  from 
 harfh  and  bitter  Expreffions  againft  all  Perfons  w  hatever ;  to 
 which  he  added,  that  it  was  the  Humble  Supplication  of  their 
 w  hole  Body  to  hisMajefty,  that  on  his  part  he  would  Vout- 
 fafe  to  reftrain  the  Affronts  and  Infolencies  of  the  Catholicks, 
 He  promis'd  that  nothing  fhould  be  written  without  Appro- 
 bation, and  that  they  would  obeythe  Decrees  of  the  Mageftrate 
 touching  the  DifTolution  of  Marriages:  From  which  the  Pro- 
 vince of  Levennes,  which  was  accus'd  by  the  Commiflioners, 
 Protefted  that  they  never  had  the  leaft  thought  to  de- 
 part. 
 
 He  enlarg'd  fome  what  more,  and  was  a  little  more  refo- 
 lute  upon  the  Article  of  Annexes;  and  told  the  Commiffio  Article** 
 ner,  that  they  never  preach'd  by  force  in  any  Place  :  That  the  AniK^C3' 
 EdiQ  of  1567.  which  was  alledg'd  to  Authorize  thefe  new 
 Prohibitions,  ought  not  any  longer  to  have  the  Force  of  a 
 Law,  fince  it  was  revoak'd  by  the  Edicts  which  were  after- 
 wards fet  forth;  and  more  efpecially  by  the  Edict of  Nants  1 
 that  the  Minifters  never  preach'd  but  in  fuch  places  . where  free 
 
 Exercile 
 
406  The  Hiflory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1657.  Exercife  was  allow'd:  That  feveral  of  chofe  places  alfo  had 
 ^"^^  been  Confirm'd  by  the  Commiffioners  who  had  confine  'J 
 'em,  as  feparate  Quarters  of  the  fame  Body :  That  the  Mi- 
 nifters never  preach'd  out  of  thole  Circumfcrib'd  Limits,  in 
 the  Church  of  another  Minifter,  but  in  cafe  of  Abfence  or 
 Sicknefs,  or  when  ibme  other  Lawful  Caufe  requir'd  it.  That 
 they  had  leave  by  Vertue  of  the  Edid  to  abide  where  they 
 pieas'd  themfelves;  and  by  Confequence  in  other  piaces  be- 
 fides  the  DiftricT  of  their  Exercife,  when  they  found  it  for 
 their  Convenience.    Upon  thefe  Grounds,  they  befought  the 
 King  to  revoke  thofe  Prohibitions  which  derogated  from  the 
 Edicts.    They  befought  him  like  wife  to  hinder  the  Officers  of 
 Juftice  from  medling  with  Annulling  Contracts  made  between 
 Payment  lne  Churches  and  their  Minifters,  to  let  the  Method  ftand  with- 
 of  Mini-   out  any  alteration  for  raifing  the  Salaries  of  the  Minifters,  and 
 fters-      paying  the  Schools ;  and  to  ratifie  what  had  been  done  in  Fa- 
 vour of  Petit  the  Profeffor,  as  being  Conformable  to  Cuftom. 
 Bapcifm.  In  a  word,  he  juftifi'd  the  Opinion  of  the  Synod  of  Nimes> 
 touching  Baptifm,  as  being  the  Doctrine  of  all  the  Reformed 
 Churches  :  He  rejected  the  Opus  operatum  of  the  Roman  Church, 
 and  humbly  implor'd  the  King,  fince  he  permitted  the  Profeffi- 
 on  of  the  Reformed  Religion,  to  give  leave,  that  that  fame 
 Determination  of  the  Synod  might  be  allow'd  of. 
 
 After  this  they  deputed  two  Minifters  and  one  Gentleman 
 to  be  lent  to  the  King:  but  when  they  went  about  to  read 
 the  Inftructions  of  the  Provinces  for  drawing  up  the  Papers 
 which  the  Deputies  were  to  Carry,  the  Commiffioner  endea- 
 vour'd  to  have  hindr'd  'em,  as  if  it  had  been  matter  of  Po- 
 litick concern,  with  which  the  Synod  had  nothing  to  do  to 
 Meddle.  Neverthelefs  he  Suffer'd  himfelf  to  be  overruled, 
 when  they  gave  him  to  underftand,  that  there  was  nothing 
 of  Debate  or  Confultation  in  the  Cafe,  but  only  a  meer  col- 
 lection of  fuch  Complaints  and  Remonftrances  into  one  Pa- 
 per, which  the  Deputies  of  the  Provinces  brought  ready 
 Digefted.  He  would  alfo  have  obliged  'em  to  fet  down  at  the 
 head  of  the  Paper  the  Title  of  Pretended  Reformed  Religion  : 
 but  as  for  that  they  excus'd  themfelves,  by  returning  him 
 for  anfwer,  That  the  King  had  never  exacted  from  his  Sub- 
 
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 jefts  that  they  fhould  brand  themfelves  with  any  fuch  Ap-  1637. 
 pellations,  in  things  wherein  they  were  to  fpeak  according  S^V^ 
 to  their  Confceiences.  So  that  at  length  they  deliver'd 
 to  their  Deputies  their  Letters,  their  Inftru&ions,  and  their 
 Complaints.  Their  Infrr  actions  recommended  to  'em  three 
 Articles  in  particular :  The  Point  concerning  the  Annexes ; 
 that  of  Baprifm  ;  upon  which  they  were  afraid  that  the 
 Council  would  make  fome  untoward  Order;  and  the  Point 
 of  being  exempted  fromfpreading  Carpets  before  their  Houfes, 
 which  had  occafion'd  great  Vexations  over  all  the  Kingdom. 
 As  for  the  Paper  of  Complaints  it  felf,  it  contain'd  Nine  Heads : 
 And  tho'  the  King  had  done  nothing  in  confederation  of  the 
 Complaints  of  the  preceding  Synod,  yet  they  refolVd  to 
 prelent  'em,  rather  that  they  might  preferve  to  themfelves 
 the  Liberty  of  making  their  Complaints,  then  for  any  hope 
 they  had  of  an  anfwer. 
 
 The  Firft  Article  complain'd  that  notwithfranding  all  the 
 Piomifes  which  the  King  had  made  by  the  Edict:  of  the  Year 
 1629.  There  were  no  lefs  then  Thirty  eight  Places,  where 
 they  could  not  obtain  the  Reeftablifhment  of  Free  Exercife, 
 tho'  it  had  been  put  forth  in  1620.  All  which  places  were 
 nam'd  in  the  Article.  Forty  feven  Others  were  alfo  mark'd 
 down  in  the  Second,  fome  in  S.unto»get  fbme  in  Aunix, 
 others  in  the  Iflands  of  Okron  and  Re,  and  feveral  other  Pla- 
 ces, where  they  had  Supprefs'd  the  Free  Exercife  of  the  Re- 
 formed Religion  by  Force,  through  the  Misfortune  of  the 
 Times.  The  Third  Article  demanded  the  Liberty  of  preach- 
 ing in  the  Annexes.  The  fourth  contain'd  three  Complaints. 
 That  the  Church-yards  were  not  reftor'd  to  the  Reformed, 
 which  had  been  taken  from 'em  before  the  Year  1625.  thoc 
 the  Reftitution  were  promis'd  'em  in  the  Anfwer  return'd  to 
 their  Papers :  That  in  other  Places  they  had  been  depriv'd 
 afrefh  both  of  their  Church  yards  and  Churches:  That  in 
 other  Places  they  had  been  hundred  from  building  Churches ; 
 and  they  nam'd  (everal  Places  where  thefe  Ads  oflnjuftice 
 had  been  done  'em.  There  was  one  Town  among  the  Reft, 
 where  they  were  enfore'd  to  bury  their  dead  in  their  own 
 Fields,  and  where  above  Three  at  a  time  were  forbid  to 
 
 attend 
 
408  The  Eijlory  of  the        Vol.  II- 
 
 1637.  attend  the  Corps.    The  Firft  fpoke  of  Jlenfon,  where  the 
 ■~/"Vs~'  Synod  was  alTembl'd  ;  which  had  had  a  Suit  before  the  Council, 
 touching  the  Right  of  Free  Exercife  in  that  City  ;  and  of 
 Burying  their  Dead  in  the  Suburbs  of  St.  BLi/e,  where  there 
 was  a  Church  yard.    There  had    been  a  Decree  of  the 
 1  \th.  of  May,  which  put  a  flop  to  the  Cavils  of  the  Catholicks: 
 Nevertheless,  in  contempt  of  the  Decree,  and  during  the  fitting 
 of  the  Synod  itfelf,  they  had  given  a  new  Alignment  upon  the 
 lame  Brangle  to  the  Reformed  at  the  Council.    The  next  con- 
 cern'd  the  Affairs  of  the  Country  of  Gex,  where  Machaut,  by 
 his  Ordinances  had  overturn'd  all  ancient  Cuftoms  of  the 
 Province,  and  the  Regulations  themfelves  which  had  been  made 
 by  the  Commifiioners  in  the  Year  1612.  with  the  Confent 
 of  the  Bifhop,  and  the  Catholick  Inhabitants.    Which  Re- 
 gulations had  been  confirm'd  in  Council,  by  a  Decree  of  the 
 1  \th.  of  December ,  the  fame  Year.    But  for  all  that,  Macbaut 
 anulPd  'em,  without  giving  notice  to  the  other  fide.  'Tis 
 true,  they  did  not  mention  the  Prince  of  Condes  Name  in  this 
 Complaint,  tho'  he  had  at  lean  as  deep  a  fhare  in  thefe  Vio- 
 lences as  the  Intendant ;  for  they  were  willing  to  pay  that 
 Refpecl  to  his  Quality.    The  Seventh  and  Eighth  compfain'd 
 of  fame  Decrees  of  the  Parlament  of  Rennes,  of  Roven,  of  Bour- 
 deaux^nd  of  the  Council  it  felf,  which  condemned  the  Reform- 
 ed either  to  fpread  Carpets  before  their  Houfes  upon  Proceffion- 
 days,  in  places  where  that  Ceremony  was  obferv'd  ;  or  to  con- 
 tribute toward  thofe  things  from  which  they  were  exprefly 
 dilcharg'd   by  the  fecond  Article  of  Particulars  ;  more  efpe- 
 cially  as  to  Fraternities,  building  or  repairing  of  Vicaridge  Hou- 
 fes, or  the  Hiring  of  Houfes  wherein  Mafs  was  to  be  faid. 
 The  Places  where  thefe  Sentences  had  been  given,  were 
 Vitre  in  Brttaigne  ;  Claye,  a  Village  near  Parts ;  Harflettr,  in 
 Normandy;  Bordeaux,  where  the  Parlament  had  made  a  De- 
 creee,  tho'  the  Par  tie-Chamber,  which  was  then  at  Jgen,  had 
 taken  Cognizance  of  the  Matter,  and  given  a  quite  Con- 
 trary Sentence.  The  Other  Places  were  St.  Ambrois,  in  the 
 Diocefs  of  Vfez, ,  Sauve  and  Peiroles,  in  Lower  Laxguedoc ; 
 and  Stgues,  in  Provence  ;  where  Judgments  had  been  pro- 
 noune'd  by  Infciiour  Judges.    In  the  Ninth,  they  coinplain'd 
 
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 of  the  taking  away  of  Children  ;  for  which  they  inftanced  16^7. 
 the  Daughter  of  one  Riaon,  an  Apothecary  at  Mamers,  a  V~'"V"V-1 
 fmall  Town  adjoyning  to  Altnfon;  another  of  Gila  Cou- 
 nan,  not  above  two  Years  and  a  half  Old,  which  the  Nuns 
 of  Tregitir,  an  Epifccpal  City  of  Lower  Britanie,  had  brought 
 up  after  the  Deaib  of  her  Father.  The  Tenth,  and  the 
 next  Following  lpoke  of  Col  ledges,  by  reafon  of  which  the 
 Reformed  had  been  fu'd,  wherever  they  went  about  to 
 erecl  any  :  And  more  efpecially,  for  that  the  CommiuT- 
 oners,  who  were  appointed  to  make  a  Partition  of  the  Col- 
 ledges  of  Royal  Foundation,  between  the  Catholicks  and  the 
 Reformed  in  the  Province  of  LangutJloc,  difagreeing  upon 
 this,  that  the  Catholick  CommiiTioner  had  forbid  the  Re- 
 formed to  teach  Theologie  in  that  part  which  was  adjudg'd 
 to  their  ftiare,  the  Council,  deciding  the  Partition,  had  con- 
 firmed the  Sentence  of  the  CommiiTioner,  tho'  in  a  Cafe  of 
 the  fame  nature  they  had  giv'n  a  Decree  in  favour  of  the 
 Academy  of  Montauban.  And  the  Pretence  for  fo  doing 
 was,  for  that  formerly  the  Academy  of  Nimes,  was  fbar'd 
 between  that  City  and  Mompeliier  ;  in  one  of  which  they 
 taught  Human  Learning  and  Morality,  in  the  other  Divini- 
 ty. But  the  Synods  underftanding  the  Confequence  and 
 Inconvenience  of  that  Divifion,  had  reunited  to  i\'imes  all 
 the  Parts  of  that  Colledge.  And  this  was  enough  for 
 the  Council  to  take  from  the  One  the  new  Pnviledge  it  had 
 obtain'd,  without  reftoring  it  to  the  Other.  The  Twelfth  and 
 Fourteenth  fpoke  of  the  Minifters,  from  whom  in  feveral 
 Places  they  had  taken  away  the  Liberty  of  Refidmg  therein, 
 and  whom  they  had  depriv'd  of  almoft  all  the  Priviledges 
 granted  'cm  by  the  Edicts.  They  were  aiTefs'd  in  the  Parifh 
 Rolls,  even  for  thofe  Eftates  which  they  had  let  to  farm  : 
 And  fome  there  were,  that  were  conftrain'd  to  pay  the  Total 
 for  the  whole  Parifh.  The  Thirteenth  made  mention  of  fe- 
 veral Places,  where  the  Reformed  had  been  conftrain'd  by 
 Menaces  and  Violence  to  quit  their  Habitations.  The  Fif- 
 teenth renew'd  their  Importunities,  fo  often  repeated,  for  the 
 Releafe  of  thofe  who  had  been  condemn'd  to  the  Gallies  du- 
 ring the  Wars.  The  Sixteenth  made  Remonftances  upon 
 B  b  b  b  the 
 
4io  The  Hijhry  of  the        Vol.  tt. 
 
 1657.  the  Attempts  of  the  Parlaments,  and  which  was  moft  Surpri- 
 •^v^  zing,andanovelry  altogether,  of  the  Intendants  upon  thejurif- 
 dittion  of  the  Party  Chambers.   And  they  inftane'd  for  Exam- 
 ples of  thefe  Attempts,  the  Parlaments  of  Aix  and  Reams,  and 
 the  Intendant  of  Lalrefs,  who  together  with  the  Prefidial  Judge 
 of  the  Borough,  had  given  a  Sentence  quite  contrary  to  the 
 Decree  of  the  Party-Chamber  of  Grenoble.     In  the  Seven- 
 teenth Complaint  was  made,  that  the  Reformed  were  ex- 
 cluded from  all  manner  of  Dignities  and  Employments,  Do- 
 ftorlhips,  and  Degrees  in  the  Faculty  of  Phyfick,  and  Free- 
 doms of  Companies :  Moreover  that  they  were  depriv'd  of  their 
 Offices  which  they  had  in  poflellion,  as  had  befallen  the  No- 
 taries and  Proclors  of  the  Bailliages,  in  purfuance  of  the 
 Decree  of  the  28  of  April,  which  forbid  the  Exercife  of  any 
 Offices  before  the  Kings  Patents  obtain'd.    The  Eighteenth 
 Complain'd  of  the  Parlament  of  Pau,  which  firft  began  to  give 
 the  Reformed  of  Beam,  to  underftand  that  they  were  no 
 longer  to  enjoy  their  Liberty.    They  forbid  'em  to  toll  their 
 Bells  upon  certain  days,  which  was  onely  to  give  notice  of 
 the  Hours  of  their  meeting ;  to  appeal  from  the  Judgments 
 of  the  Provincial  Synods  any  other  where  then  to  the  Parla- 
 ment ;  and  to  appoint  Fafts  in  the  Churches  of  the  Province, 
 before  they  had  obtain'd  leave.    Laftiy,  they  defir'ct  the  Con- 
 tinuance of  the  Money  paid  of  his  own  Bounty ;  and  com- 
 plain'd that  the  Alignments  formerly  given  were  revok'd. 
 Deputies      By  the  Complaints  renew'd  in  this  Paper,  it  is  apparent, 
 j)°w  tar[eat"  that  little  notice  had  been  taken  of  thofe  that  preceded:  but 
 Court,    for  all  that  the  Deputies  repaired  to  Court,   and  deuYd 
 and  their  Audience.  iWW,  the  Minifter,  who  was  the  Chief  Perfon 
 Harangs.  ^  ^  DepUtaCiur))  m2(je  a  mo{r  flattering  Harangue  to  the 
 King.    He  carry'd  as  High  as  Poflibly  he  could  the  Kings 
 Independency,   whom  he  call'd  the  Firft  next  to  God,  arid 
 the  Second  after  Him  :    And  aiTur'd  him  that  whatever  he 
 faid  of  Royal  Power,  was  the  Doclrine  of  all  the  Reformed, 
 which  he  exprefs'd  in  fuch  Terms  as  made  a  Tacit  Oppofi- 
 tion  to  the  Opinion  of  the  Catholicks  upon  that  Subject. 
 And  thus  the  Reformed  became  guilty  of  that  weaknels 
 which  is  Common  to  all  that  are  in  fear.    They  exalted 
 
 beyond 
 
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 beyond  Meafure,,  by  flattering  Aggravations,  Li, at  Power,  16  $7. 
 which  as  they  began  already  to  be  deeply  fenfible  was  abus'd  ^"V^ 
 to  their  Milchief,  not  confidering  that  when  they  prefcribM 
 no  bounds  to  the  Power  which  opprels'd,  'em,  they  legitima- 
 ted, as  I  may  fo  fay,  the  Conduct  of  their  Oppreffors,  and 
 ic-  iiv'd  themfelves  of  their  Priviledge  of  Complaining. 
 But  all  this  Mood  'em  in  no  ftead  :  For  the  King  ratheu 
 chole  to  remain  Liable  to  the  Cenfurts.  of  the  Pope, 
 then  to  be  beholding  for  his  Exemption  to  the  DocTrine 
 of  the  Htreticks.  The  lame  Ftrrand  alfb  mads  a  Speech 
 to  the  Caidinal,  in  moft  SubmiiTive  Language,  and  in  his 
 
 fpeeches  both  to  the  King  and  that  Prelate,  he  made  ufe 
 of  the  ufual  wifh,  very  Common  in  the  Mouths  of  the  Refor- 
 med, but  much  more  in  ufe  when  the  Catholicks  fpeak  or 
 write  to  the  Pope;  wherein  they  wifh  that  God  would 
 cut  off  fomething  from  their  own  Years,  to  make  an  Addi- 
 tion to  the  Life  of  their  Pontiff.  But  notwithstanding  all 
 their  Cringing  Submiflions,  they  carry'd  nothing  back  a- 
 long  with  'em  but  fair  words,  and  the  King  wrote  as  well 
 to  the  Synod  as  to  the  Commiflioner  certain  Letters  which 
 contain'd  the  fame  in  Subftance  that  he  had  faid  by  word 
 of  Mouth  to  the  Deputies.  The  Chiefefl:  Favour  they  ob- 
 tain'd,  was  Money  to  defray  the  Expences  of  the  Synod  ;  but 
 the  Anfwer  to  their  Papers  was  put  off,  till  the  breaking  up 
 of  the  AfTembly. 
 
 The  Commiflioner  was  very  Importunate  with  the  Synod  to  Nominati- 
 break  up;  and  by  his  Earneft  infifting  upon  their  Separaii- on  ofGe- 
 on,  it  was  evident  that  when  the  Court  beheld  the  Reformed  ny"^De* 
 met  together  in  their  AiTemblies,  file  was  fenfible  of  thole 
 Fears  which  their  ancient  Union  had  infus'd  into  her.  And 
 indeed  there  were  but  few  Reafons  that  could  oblige  the 
 Affembly  to  fit  any  long  time;  for  they,  had  finifh'd  their 
 Bufinefs,  and  had  appointed  General  Deputies  :  Which  No- 
 mination was  done  with  Little  Ceremony.     The  Marquifs 
 of  Clermont  was  continu'd,  and  they  joyn'd  Marbaud  with 
 him  for  his  Aflbciate.    They  had  alfo  written  to  the  King 
 upon  this  Subject,    and  he  had  promis'd,  according  to 
 Cuftom,  to  confent  to  the1  Nomination,  after  the  Synod 
 B  b  b  b  2  was 
 
412  The  Hiflory  of  the  Vol.  IL 
 
 1657.  was  broke  up.  Neverthelefc  the  Marquifs  of  Clermont  re- 
 main'd  alone  in  the  discharge  of  that  Employment ;  and 
 neither  GaUnd,  who  had  been  appointed  by  the  Preceding  Sy- 
 nod, nor  Mirbaud  who  was  nam'd  by  this,  were  any  way 
 concern'd  with  him.  Bat  the  Synod  no  way  fatisfi'd  that 
 the  Court  refus'd  to  anfwer  their  Paper,  and  forefeeing  al- 
 fo  that  fo  foon  as  they  were  once  feparated,  their  Complaints 
 would  be  forgot,  were  defirous  to  take  fome  Courfe  that 
 they  might  not  lofe  the  Benefit  of  all  their  Cares.  To  that 
 Particular  purpofe  they  thought  it  proper  to  joyn  Particular  with  the 
 Deputies.  Qenerai  Deputies,  who  might  folicit  the  Anfwer  which  was 
 promis'd  to  their  Papers,  and  chiefly  take  care  of  three 
 Articles  which  they  jud'gd  to  be  of  Greater!  Importance. 
 The  Commiflloner  was  defirous  to  thwart  this  Refblution, 
 and  pretended  that  a  Deputaion  of  that  Nature  was  a  Po- 
 litick Affair,  with  which  an  Ecclefialtical  AiTembly  had  no- 
 thing to  do  to  meddle  without  Exprefs  leave.  But  the  Sy- 
 nod flood  their  Ground  ;  and  having  given  him  to  under- 
 ftand,  that  there  was  nothing  of  Debate  and  confutation, 
 that  their  bufinefs  only  was  to  appoint  certain  Deputies  to 
 carry  on  an  Innocent  Solicitation,  a  Liberty  which  the  Laws 
 allow  to  all  men  whatever,  and  that  it  could  not  be  dif- 
 pleafing  to  the  King,  who  had  frequently  fufler'd  the  fame 
 freedom,  they  then  went  on  with  their  Defign,  and  De- 
 puted An^k  and  Gigord,  two  Minifters  of  Great  Credit  and 
 Authority  in  their  Provinces. 
 Milititrfi  La  Militkre,  who  had  already  render'd  himfelf  very  trouble- 
 Con^  f°me  by  his  Projects  of  Re-union,  addrefs'd  his  writings  to  this 
 demn'd.  Synod,  where  they  were  condemn'd  :  And  as  for  the  Be- 
 haviour and  Writings  of  Daille,  who  had  refuted  this  Vifi- 
 onary,  they  were  approv'd :  And  they  wrote  moreover  to 
 that  fame  Reconciler,  that  if  within  fix  Months  he  did  not 
 manifeft  his  Repentance,  by  an  Authentick  Declaration  to 
 the  Confiftory  at  Paris,  they  would  110  longer  look  upon 
 him  as  a  Member  ot  the  Reformed  Churches.  But  the 
 Greateft  Good  this  Synod  did  the  Reformed,  was  their  ap- 
 peafing  the  Difpute  which  had  made  a  great  noife  for  fome 
 years,  upon  the  Subject  of  Vniverfal  Grace.    Nothing  was 
 
 not 
 
Book  XI.       EdiB  of  Nantes.  413 
 
 ever  known  more  Hot  and  Violent  then  the  Fary  that  ap-  1637- 
 pear'd  in  the  fro  and  con  of  this  New  Controverfie  :  And  ^"V^ 
 it  had  certainly  Compleated  the  Ruin  of  the  Churches,  had 
 not  the  Synod  found  out  a  way  to  calm  the  Tempeft,  by  obliging 
 the  contending  Parties  to  a  Mutual  Toleration. 
 
 The  next  Year  was  not  remarkable  for  any  Great  E-  163S. 
 vents  that  concern'd  Religion.    However,  the  Reformed 
 were  not  a  little  griev'd  to  fee  a  Declaration  fet  forth  by  The  King 
 the  King,  upon  the  \oth.  of  February,   by  which  he  Put  unde^-the' 
 his  own  Perfon  and  his  Kingdom  under  the  Protection  of  Proceftion 
 the  BlefTed  Virgin:  The  Memory  of  which,  was  to  be  per-  of  *e  Ho- 
 petuated  by   a  Picture  fet  up  on  purpofe  in  the  Cathe- ,y  vir§m- 
 dral  Church  of  Paris,  commonly  calPd  Nofire  Dame.  This 
 Declaration  contain'd  in  Subftance  thofe  Expreffions  which 
 the  Reformed,  perfifting  in  their  Sentiments  touching  the 
 Object  of  Religious  Worfhip,  could  not  choofe  but  look 
 upon  as  Impious  :  And  that  alone  was  enough  to  blaft  all 
 their  Hopes  of  expecting  any  thing  Favourable  from  a 
 .Prince,  whofe  Zeal  for  his  own  Religion  tranfported  him  to 
 that  excefs  of  New  Devotion.    For  to  put  his  Kingdom  under 
 the  Portection  of  a  Creature,  tho'  never  fo  Holy,  never 
 fo  Divinely  Priviledg'd,  was  evidently  to  vow  the  Exter- 
 mination of  thofe  whofe  Principles  enjoyn'd  'em  to  believe, 
 that  in  feeking  fuch  a  Protection,  the  King  renounc'd  the 
 Protection  of  God. 
 
 The  Duke  of  Rohan  dy'd  this  Year  of  the  Wounds  ^  J* 
 uhich  he  received  at  the  Battel  of  Rhinfel.it:  Which  at  Rohan. 
 firft  were  not  lookt  upon  to  be  Considerable  ;  or  at 
 lealt  there  was  no  body  that  ever  beleiv'd  they  had  been 
 Mortal.  Which  was  the  reafon  that  fome  People  believM 
 'em  to  have  been  poyfon'd  ;  and  that  the  Jealoufies  the  Court 
 had  of  him,  had  given  an  occafion  to  lay  hold  of  this  Op- 
 portunity, to  fend  him  out  of  the  World  without  any 
 Noife:  And  the  Chyrurgeons  that  were  lent  him,  under 
 pretence  of  being  ferviceable  to  him,  were  thought  to  be 
 the  Inftruments  of  this  black  Piece  of  Politicks.  'Tis  faid 
 that  the  Dukes  Journey  into  Germany,  to  ferve  the  King 
 in  the  Duke  of  Weimar's  Army,  whither  he  went,  againft- 
 
 the. 
 
414  7k  fyfiory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 \6yj.  the  Good  liking  of  the  Court,  and  where  he  would  not  ac- 
 cept  of  any  Command,  was  the  Effect  of  fome  fecret  Pro- 
 jects, the  Confequences  of  which  fome  People  were  much 
 afraid  of.     Some  believ'd  that  he  held  a  Strict  Corefpon- 
 dence  with  the  Deceas'd  King  Guflavus  ;  that  they  had 
 joyntly  labour'd  the  Re  union  of  the  Lutherans  and  Refor- 
 med ;  that  their  Intreagues  in  Order  to  it  had  produc'd  the 
 AO:  of  the  Synod  of  Lharenton  :  That  in  purfuance  of  that 
 Aft,  the  Reformed  in  Gujiavus's  Army  had  receiv'd  the 
 Communion  after  the  Luther an   Manner,  and   the  Ger- 
 man Lutherans  who  ferv'd  under  the  the  Duke  of  Rohan, 
 in  the  Country  of  the  Grifons,  had  receiv'd  after  the  man- 
 ner of  the  Reformed  :  That   thofe  two  Afpiring  Genius's 
 built  Great  defigns  upon  this  Re-union  ;  that  the  Death  of 
 Guflavus,  procur'd  by  thofe  who  were  defirous  to  flop  the 
 Torrent  of  his  Victories,  difappointed  all  the  Duke's  de- 
 figns.   Therefore  it  was  giv'n  out  that  he  was  about  to 
 revive  the  fame  Corefpondencies  with  the  Duke  of  Weimar, 
 a  Prince  of  vaft  Courage,  great  Experience,  and  accompt- 
 ed  one  of  the  Braveft  Captains  of  his  Time.    Nor  had 
 the  Duke  of  Rohan  any  more  then   one  Daughter,  who 
 was  a  tranfcendent  Match ;  and  therefore  'twas  verily  thought 
 that  he  had  a  defign,  to  the  end  he  might  procure  a  ftricl- 
 er  Union  with  the  Duke,  to  give  him  his  Daughter  in 
 Marriage.    But  that   Prince  was  by  no  means  belov'd  in 
 Frame,  becaufe  he  had  nothing  that  was  Low  or  Bafe  in 
 him,  and  for  that  he  knew  how  to  Render  himfelf  redoubted. 
 Befides  he  had  fettl'd  himfelf  in  Germany  by  his  Conquefts, 
 and  this  Year  he  took  Brifac,  more  upon  his  own  account 
 then   upon  the  Kings.     A  Perfon  of  fuch  Importance, 
 Powerful  upon  the  Frontiers,  efteem'd  among  the  Pro- 
 tectants, refpecled  by  all  Men,  would  have  been  too  For- 
 midable, had  he  been  united  with  the  Duke  of  Rohan,  by 
 fb  ftricl:  an  Alliance.  Nor  were  the  Reformed  in  France  be- 
 come defpicable  as  yet ;  and  therefore  they  were  unwilling 
 they  fhould  have  a  Leader,  of  that  Fame  and  Authority  as 
 the  Duke  of  Weimar.    The  Hungarians,  on  the  other  fide, 
 were  grown  (b  ftrong,  that  their  Enemies  were  con/train'd 
 
 to 
 
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 to  grant  'em  the  Priviledge  of  being  a  Fourth  Eftate  in  the  1657. 
 
 Kingdom  :  And  it  was  to  be  fear'd,  left  the  Duke  of  Rohan, 
 who  made  it  his  Bufinefs  to  advance  the  Reformed  Party 
 in  tr.mce,  lhould  have  a  defign  to  procure  'em  at  leaft  the 
 lame  Priviledges  ;  and  that  under  the  Pretence  of  the  Mar- 
 riage of  his  Daughter,  he  would  engage  the  Duke  of  Wei- 
 mar and  other  German  Princes  in  fuch  an  Enterprize.  Thefe 
 Confiderations,  made  it  very  much  to  be  fufpe&ed,  that  the 
 Cardinal,  who  knew  very  well  how  to  ftart  a  great  many 
 others,  was  defirous  to  fend  off  the  Blow,  by  fending  the  Duke 
 of  Rohan  into  another  World  ;  as  knowing  him  capable  to  go 
 through  with  whatever  hej  undertook,  'lis  true,*  that  Great 
 Men  are  feldom  thought  to  dy  a  Natural  Death  ;  and  it  is  a 
 rare  thing  to  fee  any  one  depart  this  Life  without  fearching 
 for  the  Caufes  of  his  Death  in  the  Politicks  of  bis  Enemy. 
 However  it  were,  the  Duke  of  Rohm  dy'd  in  the  fixty  eighth 
 year  of  his  Age  ;  and  his  Death  was  a  great  Affliction  to 
 all  the  Reformed,  who  had  a  great  Confidence  in  him,  tho? 
 fuch  Perfons  among  'em,  who  had  been  gain'd  by  the  Court, 
 would  needs  perfwade  'em  that  he  had  facrific'd  the  Publick 
 Good  of  the  Churches  to  his  own  Interefts.  But  above  twenty 
 years  after  his  Death,  they  who  had  feen  the  Warrs  which  he 
 had  manag'd, never  mcrition'd  him  without  tears  in  their  Eyes. 
 
 The   28/A.  of  the  fame  Month  of  April,  Miron  and  Au  j^*™"* 
 Pre  Intendants  of  Languedoc,  let  forth  an  Ordinance  art "Modi*  dfnanceof 
 pettier,  which  was  the  Rule  and  Model  of  all  thofe  which  the  inten- 
 werc  afterwards  illued  out  againft'thole  whom  they  thought  JjJ^ 
 good  to  call  Rtlapfers.  They  took  for  thtir  Pretence,  what 
 happens  but  too  frequently  in  Truth,  that  both  Men  and 
 W  omen,  who  found  it  for  their  advantage  to  marry  Catho- 
 licks,  openly  profefs'd  the  Catholick  Religion,  when  ihe  Ca- 
 thclicks  would  not  fo  much  as  hear  of  the  Match  upon  any 
 other  Condition  ;  but  almoff.  as  (bon  as  ever  the  Marriage 
 was  Consummated,  the  Reformed  would  return  to  their  firft 
 Religion,  and  then  fubmitted  themfelves  by  a  Publick  Confefli- 
 on  to  attone  for  the  Crime  of  Abjuration  which  they  had 
 committed.    They  made  'em  alfo  undergo  the  fame  Punifb- 
 ment,  tho'  they  had  not  abjur'd,  but  had  onely  comply'd 
 
4i 6  The  hijiory  of  the  Vol.11. 
 
 1638.  To  far  as  to  fuffer  themfelves  to  be  married  by  a  Catholick 
 wv*-'  Prieft.    The  Clergy  were  doubly  affronted  by  E-his ;  in  the 
 firft  Place,  beholding  the  Myfteries  of  their  Religion  profanM 
 by  fuch  a  Piece  of  Inconftancy  ;  and  next  to  iee  the  uncertain- 
 ty and  vanity  of  their  Conquefb.  Thereupon  they  made  their 
 Complaints  to  thi  Intendanrs,  aggravating  in  a  moil  inveterate 
 manner  that  Profanation  of  their  Catholick  Sacraments.  That 
 Bitternefs,  as  well  as  their  Ignorance  in  Ecclefiaftical  Antiqui- 
 ty, chiefly  appear'd  by  the  Comparifon  which  they  made  be- 
 tween the  Reformed  and  the  Jews,  who  were  accuftom'd, 
 faid  they,  in  the  Primitive  Times,  to  feign  themfelves  Ca 
 tholicks,  and  under  that  Colour,  went  to  Communions,  on  pur- 
 pofe  to  break  the  Images  and  profane  the  (acred  Hofl.  They 
 pretended  that  this  Prophanation  was  contrary  to  all  the 
 Edicts,  which  never  pardon'd  fuch  fort  of  Crimes.  Upon  thefe 
 Complaints  the  Intendants  order'd  the  guilty  to  be  profecuted. 
 But  the  Cuftom  was  too  deeply  rooted,  and  the  Milchief  was 
 grrwn  too  common  to  be  cur'd  by  fuch  a  Remedy  ;  nor  do 
 I  find  that  the  ordinance  wrought  any  Effect. 
 Gouttt      *n  tne  Year  1 629.  the  King  naa*  erected  a  Prefidial  Court 
 Ktrac.     at  Ntrac,  a  City  in  the  Province  of  Albret,  where  the  Re- 
 formed were  the  mo  ft  Numerous.    The  end  of  which  efta- 
 blifhment  was  to  ftrengthen  the  Catholick  Party,  by  con- 
 ferring upon  'em  the  greateft  part  of  the  Offices  and  Employ- 
 ments in  that  new  Court.    But  neither  in  the  City  nor  in 
 the  Province  were  there  Catholicks  enow  to  be  found,  who 
 were  capable  to  fupply  thofe  Offices :  So  that  they  were 
 fore'd  to  fend  for  Graduates,  to  officiate  for  the  preient  time, 
 in  expectation  of  able  Perfons  that  were  fitly  qualifi'd  for 
 their  Places.    Nor  could  they  meet  with  a  fufficient  Num- 
 ber of  Catholick  Graduates :  But  at  length  the  Project  was 
 brought  to  perfection  this  Year,  by  lending  for  men  of  Abi- 
 lity from  other  Places,  and  admitting  fome  of  the  Reformed 
 into  Employments  which  the  reft  could  not  fupply. 
 sick  Peo-     At  this  time  alfo,  the  Sick  were  continually  tormented 
 memedby  k>'  the  Monks,  who  made  an  ill  ufe  of  their  infirmities,  to 
 the  Monks,  extort  from  'em  feme  Declaration  that  might  pafs  forapro- 
 feflion  of  the  Catholick  Religion.    I  meet  with  one  remark- 
 able 
 
Book  XI.         EdiB  of  Nantes.  4 1  j 
 
 able  Example  during  the  ficknefs  of  Anne  J'wktte,  a  Maid  1638. 
 of  three  or  four  and  twenty  Years,  who  liv'd  at  Poitiers. 
 This  poor  Maid  falling  fick,  loft  her  fenfes,  through  the  Vio- 
 lence of  her  Diftemper  :  Which  is  con  felted  by  the  Monks 
 themfelves,  who  wrote  the  Relation  of  it,  in  the  true  ftyle  of 
 ja  Legend.  An  Anjlin  Friar  went  to  Vifit  this  Maid  of  his 
 own  Head,  and  caus'd  her  to  pronounce  certain  Words,  from 
 w  hence  he  concluded  her  willing  to  die  a  Catholick.  In  the 
 mean  time  Cottih  Mmifter  of  the  Place  came  thither,  and 
 his  Meeting  with  the  M:>nk  having  occafion'd  a  loud  Dif- 
 pute  between  'em,  dre-v  together  a  great  Concourfe  of 
 People,  always  liftning  after  Novelties,  and  among  the  reft 
 came  the  Maior,  prerending  to  prevent  Diforders.  But  inftead 
 of  having  any  Regard  to  the  condition  of  the  fick  Perfbn, 
 he  put  all  the  People  out  of  the  Chamber,  and  being  Ma- 
 fter  of  the  Room,  caus'd  a  verbal  Anfwer  of  the  Q^eftions 
 propounded  to  the  poor  Creature  in  a  Delirium,  to  be  drawn 
 up  as  before  himfelf,  being  a  Magiftrate,  to  the  end  report 
 might  afterwards  be  made  of  it  for  a  certain  Truth.  Howr 
 ever,  the  Ravings  of  that  unfortunate  Creature  ceas'd  not. 
 She  had  till  then-  moft  dreadful  Dreams,  and  fhe  lay  Cry- 
 ing without  IntermifTion,  that  fbe  was  damn'd.  And  upon 
 :hat  it  was,  that  the  Fryar  had  grounded  his  Conceit,  that 
 fhe  would  be  willing  to  quit  her  Religion  to  rid  her  felf 
 Df  her  Fears.  But  after  they  had  made  her  talk  as  long, 
 and  what  the  Monk  pleas'd,  her  Viiions  and  Outcries  ftill 
 :ontinu'd,  and  her  Fears  of  Damnation  were  ftill  the  fame. 
 Neverthelcfs  the  Catholicks  would  not  lofe  this  fair  Op- 
 portunity to  fignalize  their  Zeal,  and  cri'd  up  the  Deliri- 
 jrns  and  Ravings  of  this  poor  Creature  in  a  high  Feaver 
 or  a  Miractflous  Converftoa    This  happened  toward  the  end 
 
 fhe  iaft  of  the  next  Month,  the  Duke  of  Bouillon  pub  ■ 
 ifh'd  an  Edict  in  Favour  of  the  Reformed  within  his  Prin-  of  BouiUon 
 :ipality  of  Sedan',  and  tho'  it  contain'd  no  more  then  eighteen  jj" fhe 
 Articles,  it  was  as  much  to  their  Advantage  as  could  be  de-  formed  of 
 ir'd.    The  Three  firft  imported  Aflurances  to  uphold  'em  in  Stdan. 
 he  free  Exercife  of  their  Religion  and  Dilcipline  in  all 
 C  c  c  c  the 
 
4i8  The  Bftory  of  the         Vol.  II. 
 
 1658.  the  Exercifes  of  their  Academy,  their  Colledge  and  their 
 v^V^  Schools ;  in  the  PofTeflion  of  their  Churches,  Church-yards, 
 Goods,  Houfes,  Rents,  Revenues,  Foundations,  Donations  and 
 Legacies,  which  belong'd  or  might  belong  at  any  time  ei- 
 ther to  their  Churches  or  their  Poor ;  in  the  Adminiftra- 
 tion  of  thofe  Eftates,  and  in  the  Enjoyment  of  fuch  Funds  as 
 the  Prince  was  wont  to  fupply  'em  withall,  for  the  whole 
 both  ordinary  and  extraordinay  Expence,  which  might  de- 
 pend upon  the  Exercife  of  their  Religion,  or  for  the  fub- 
 fiftance  of  their  Academy  and  the  Poor  :  The  Direction 
 alio  of  thofe  Contributions  was  left  to  a  Council  which 
 fhould  always  confift  of  Reformed  Members.  The  Fourth 
 promised  to  fupport  that  Council  in  all  the  Power  and  Autho- 
 rity deriv'd  from  the  Primitive  Institution  of  it.  The  two 
 next  that  folio w'd,  difcharg'd  the  Perfons  and  Eftates  of  the 
 Reformed  from  whatever  might  be  burdenfome  to  their  Con- 
 ferences ;  fb  far  as  to  enfranchife  their  Houfes  from  all  man- 
 ner of  Vaffalages  and  Subjections  that  fhould  be  contrary 
 to  their  Religion.  The  Seventh  difpens'd  with  the  Laws 
 obferv'd  by  the  Roman  Church  in  reference  to  degrees  of 
 Kindred  relating  to  Marriages.  The  Eighth  gave  Liberty 
 to  all  thofe  who  had  a  defire  to  embrace  the  Reformed  Re- 
 ligion, to  do  it  freely,  and  receiv'd  'em  under  the  Princes 
 Protection,  provided  they  took  the  Oath  of  Fidelity  as  other 
 Citizens  did.  The  Ninth  confirm'd  all  the  Marriages  lb 
 fblemniz'd  or  to  be  (blemniz'd  by  Ecclefiaftical  Perfons, 
 that  had  quitted  the  Roman  Church,  without  any  Neceflity 
 of  having  recourfe  to  any  other  Declaration  then  what  was 
 contain'd  in  this  Edict.  The  Tenth  aflerted  the  Right  of 
 Parents,  and  allow'd  to  Fathers  all  that  Authority  which' 
 Nature  had  given  'em  over  their  Children,  and  ordain'd  that 
 Pupils,  whether  Catholicks  or  Reformed,  fhould  have  Tu~ 
 tors  and  Guardians  of  their  own  Religion.  Disinheriting  of 
 Heirs,  upon  the  Accompt  of  Religion  was  forbid,  and  de- 
 clar'd  null  and  void  by  the  Eleventh  Article.  The  Twelfth 
 permitted  the  Printing  and  Selling  of  Religious  Books,  provi- 
 ded they  had  been  viewed  and  examin'd  by  the  Council  of 
 Moderators.    The  Thirteenth  maintain'd  the  Reformed  in 
 
 their 
 
Book  XL       EdiU  of  Nantes*  4 1 9 
 
 their  Right  to  have  a  Printer.  The  Fourteenth  and  fifteenth  1638. 
 gave  the  Reformed  free  Admittance  into  all  Employments,  v^v**' 
 even  thofe  of  the  Civil  Government  and  Shrievalty,and  promis'd 
 that  regard  fhould  be  had  in  the  fupplying  of  thofe  which 
 w  ere  vacant,  to  the  Number,  Affection,  Quality  and  Merit 
 of  the  Reformed :  Which  was,  in  truth,  to  allure  'em  the 
 PofTeflion  of  all  Employments.  The  Three  laft  concern'd 
 the  Execution  and  Stability  of  the  Edict  ;  that  the  Prince 
 gave  his  Faith  and  Word  to  lee  it  perform'd :  No  lefs  de- 
 firing  that  his  Succeffors  fhould  make  the  fame  Promife 
 upon  their  coming  to  the  Dignity ;  that  if  they  were  Mi- 
 nors, their  Mothers  or  Guardians  fhould  promife  in  their 
 Names,  after  they  had  firft  receiv'd  the  Oath  of  Fidelity  from 
 their  Subjects;  and  that  the  Princes  themfelves  fhould  renew 
 that  Engagement  when  they  came  to  be  of  Age;  that  all  the 
 chief  Officers  at  the  time  prefent  fhould  {wear  to  fee  it  fulfill'd ; 
 and  that  all  that  fhould  come  to  Preferment  afterwards  fhould 
 take  the  fame  Oath  ;  and  that  the  Edicl:  fhould  be  read  and 
 publifh'd  in  all  Places  where  it  was  neceflary.  Which  Pub- 
 lication was  firft  made  upon  the  10th.  of  September  in  a  Ge- 
 neral AfTembly  of  the  Officers,  BurgefTes,  and  all  the  Inha- 
 bitants in  prefenceof  the  Duke  himfelf :  Upon  the  18th.  in 
 the  Soveraign  Council  ;  and  in  the  Chancery  upon  the  29^. 
 of  the  fame  Month.  This  Edict  was  alfo  ftyl'd  in  the  Pre- 
 face Perpetual  and  Irrevocable ;  nor  was  the  Religion  of  the 
 Reformed  calPd  the  Pretended  Reformed,  but  barely  contra- 
 ry to  the  Catholtck.  However,  this  Edicl  as  cxprefs  and  clearly 
 couch'd  as  it  was,  and  tho'  let  forth  before  Sedan  belong'd 
 to  France,  has  prov'd  no  more  Inviolable  then  that  of  Nantts. 
 
 For  upon  the  fifth  of  September  it  was,  that  trance  beheld 11,6  Prc* 
 the  Birth  of  the  King  now  Reigning,  who  has  cancelPd  all^.lDK,De 
 thefe  Edicts.  Both  the  King  and  Queen  had  made  great  Vows 
 to  the  Holy  Virgin,  that  they  might  obtain  Children  by  her 
 Interceflion.  For  which  reafon  it  was  that  they  acknowledg- 
 ed the  Succour  which  fhe  had  afforded  'em  in  anfwering  theii 
 Supplications,  by  fending  moft  magnificent  Prefents  to  the 
 Lady  of  Lorrettoy  and  among  the  reft  a  Statue  of  the  New- 
 born Prince  of  MafJy  Gold,  carri'd  by  an  Angel  in  Silver ; 
 
 Cccc  2  the 
 
42  0  The  Hijlory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1658.  the  whole  of  a  very  confiderable  Value.  Certainly  the  Re- 
 ^"V^  formed  had  great  reafon  to  fear  the  Efte&s  of  fuch  a  Grofs 
 Piece  of  Superftition  as  this,  and  that  a  Prince  for  whofe 
 Birth  tiny  were  beholding,  as  they  (aid,  to  the  Interceffionof 
 Saints,  would  be  bred  up  under  a  great  Antipathy  againft 
 thofe  who  lookt  upon  the  Doclrine  or  InterceiTion  as  a  dange- 
 rous Error.  Moreover,  the  Birth  of  this  Prince  occafion'd  the 
 Creating  of  feveral  Guilds  or  Fraternities ;  and  multiply'd  the 
 Nobility,  by  ennobling  Letters,  which  were  lb  couch'd,  that 
 there  was  not  any  Claufe  inferted  to  hinder  the  Reformed 
 from  the  reaping  the  Benefit  of  'em,  to  the  end  the  Joy  might 
 be  general.  So  that  in  regard  they  met  with  a  thoufand  Ob- 
 ftru&ions  in  the  Common  ways  to  advancement,  there  were 
 many  Perfbns  that  took  out  thefe,  either  that  they  might 
 have  the  Liberty  to  follow  their  Trades,  or  to  ennnoble  them- 
 felves.  But  the  Favours  that  were  done  'em,  did  not  ex- 
 1639.  tend  very  far  ;  nor  was  the  Year  1639.  more  propitious 
 to  'em  then  the  Reft.  The  Cardinal  had  embioyl'd  himfelf 
 with  the  Court  of  Rome,  and  he  had  a  mind  to  make  himfelf 
 fear'd  in  that  Court,  as  he  was  dreaded  over  all  the  reft  of 
 Europe.  There  was  nothing  talked  of  in  France  but  of  crea- 
 ting a  Patriarch,  and  by  that  means  of  breaking  off  all  Corefpon- 
 dence  with  the  Holy  See.  Searches  were  made  by  the  Cardi- 
 nals order,  what  Quarrels  the  Popes  had  with  the  Kings  of 
 trance,  and  Memoirs  of  every  one  were  drawn  up.  There- 
 fore, to  prevent  leaft  thefe  Contefts  fhould  prove  a  Scandal  to 
 the  Cathohcks,  there  was  no  other  way  then  to  let  'em  fee,  that 
 there  was  nothing  of  good  intended  by  'em  toward  the  Reformed* 
 Therefore  the  Privy  Council,  by  a  Decree  of  the  1  $tb.  of 
 "January,  renew'd  their  former  Prohibitions  to  the  Inhabitants 
 of  i'/llters  It  B  11,  forbidding  their  AiTemblies  to  fing  Pfalms 
 and  fay  their  Prayers  ;  to  work  upon  Holy  days,  or  to  bury 
 their  Dead,  but  at  fuch  Hours  as  were  permitted. 
 
 But  the  Parliament  of  Grenoble  went  farther,  and  rammafs'd 
 New  Re-  together  in  one  long  Decree  of  the  21th.  of  March,  whatever 
 guiauons  feveral  other  particular  Regulations  contain'd  of  moft  incom- 
 Md  modious  and  ofTenfive  to  the  Reformed.  It  forbid  their  Mi- 
 thcD-w-  nifters  to  preach  in  the  Houfes  of  the  Lords  of  the  Mannor  in 
 tkuwte.  their 
 
Book  XI.       EdiB  0/ Nantes.  421 
 
 their  abfence,  or  of  their  Wives  and  Families,  or  in  the  abfence,  16 
 of  the  ordinary  Chaplain.  It  forbid  the  Minifters  to  preach  out 
 of  the  Places  where  they  were  fettl'd  ;  and  all  others,  as 
 well  as  Minifters,  to  obftruct  the  fending  of  Children,  Pupils 
 and  Servants  to  Catholick  Regents  and  Tutors  approv'd  by 
 the  Ordinaries,  under  the  Forfeiture  of  two  thoufand  Livres, 
 confifcation  of  Fiefs,  or  Court  Jurifdiction  ;  and  the  penalty 
 of  Imprifonment  or  other  corporal  Punifhment  to  be  inflicted 
 upon  the  Minifters.    It  forbid  the  admitting  of  Notaries  or  Pro- 
 dors  without  Letters  Patents,  and  'till  they  had  made  it  out  by 
 an  exact  Examination,  that  they  were  qualify'd  for  the  Employ- 
 ment mention'd  in  their  Letters  ;  and  fuch  as  had  not  under- 
 gone this  Tryal,  were  interdicted.    It  condemn'd  the  Reform- 
 ed to  fpread  Carpets  before  their  Doors  upon  folerr.n  Procefli- 
 on-days,  and  more  particularly  upon  Corpus-Chnftt  day,  and 
 the  Affumptwn  ot  the  Virgin,  a  day  which  the  King  had  made 
 choice  of  to  preferve  the  Memory  of  his  Vow,  by  vertue  of 
 which  he  had  put  himfelf  under  the  Protection  of  that  Ho- 
 ly Saint ;  the  Efficacy  of  which,  fuch  was  the  Perfwafion 
 of  the  People,  had  obtain'd  the  Birth  of  the  Dauphin.  And 
 if  the  Reformed  fail'd  of  doing  it  upon  the  firft  warning  of 
 the  Officers,   the  Catholicks  were  authoriz'd  to  caufe  the 
 Carpets  to  be  fpread,  at  the  Charges  of  the  Reformed, 
 who   were  liable  to  Corporal  Conftraint,  if  they  refus'd 
 Reimburfment.    It  order'd  Information  to  be  given  of  fuch 
 Hofpitals  as  had  been  erected  without  leave  of  the  King  or 
 Pariament,  and  forbad  the  Erecting  of  new  ones,  or  any  o- 
 ther   Houfes  of  Retirement,  without  leave  firft  obrain'd. 
 Twas  mention'd  alio  in  the  Decree,  that  the  Chambers  had 
 bin  confulted,  but  the  Suffrages  ■  of  the  Reformed  Councilors 
 were  not  numerous  enough  to  carry  it  againft  the  Catholicks. 
 
 Tiie  Univerfity  of  Poitiers  had   certain  Ancient  Statutes ScItutes 
 which  oblig'd  their  Members  to  certain  Devotions;  which  verCuy  0 
 Statutes  had  bin  neglected,  while  the  Edict  was  obferv'd  Poitiers. 
 with  any  thing  of  Sincerity,  becaufe  they  could  not  bring 
 the  Reformed  to  fubmit  to  'em.    But  when  their  Deft  ructi- 
 on was  openly  labour'd,  they  bethought  themfelves  of  Re- 
 viving their  Statutes,  that  they  might   have  an  Opportu- 
 nity 
 
422  The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1639.  nity  to  put  the  Reformed  by,  when  they  demanded  their 
 Degrees.    The  Pretence  was,  that  thefe  degrees  were  con- 
 ferr'd  in  the  Cathedral  Church,  where  it  was  prefuppos'd 
 that  the  Reformed  could  not  take  'em  :  And  moreover  that 
 they  could  not  be  prefent  at  the  Proceffions  which  the  Univer- 
 fity,  according  to  the  Statutes  were  bound  to  lolemnize  eve- 
 ry Month,  carrying  in  Pomp  to  the  Church  of  the  Jacobins 
 that  which  the  Catholicks  call  the  Holy  Sacrament.  Thefe 
 Statutes  had  bin  reviv'd  in  the  years  1619.  and  1620.  But 
 that  they  might  have  a  more  fpecious  Pretence  to  refuie  the 
 Reformed  their  Degrees,  the  Bifhop  this  year  fet  forth  a 
 Chapter  Ordinance,  dated  April  28.  wherein  he  declar'd,  that 
 he  would  no  longer  fuffer  the  Reformed  to  take  Degrees 
 in  his  Church.    So  that  the  Ordinance  of  one  fingle  Bifhop 
 render'd  fruitlefs  the  Edict  of  a  Great  King. 
 An  order     The  firft  of  the  fame  Month  came  forth  a  Decree  of  Coun- 
 ofjudgc  cil  which  fummon'd  Conftans,  a  Councellor  in  the  Prefidi- 
 Motnuu-  ^  Court  of  Mountauban,  and  Rieiiperieux,  the  Kings  Advo- 
 ban.       cate,  to  be  heard  upon  an  Affair  which  had  made  a  great 
 Noife ;  and  until  they  had  had  their  Hearing,  they  were 
 fufpended  from  their  Employments.  The  Bufinefs  was,  that  Mage 
 the  Judge,  and  the  Judge  Criminal  of  Montauban,  had  upon 
 the  16th.  of  January  let  forth  an  Order  which  Oblig'd  all  the 
 Inhabitants  of  the  JurifdicTion,  both  within  and  without, 
 as  well  Catholicks  as  Reformed,  to  obferve  Holy  days,  and 
 forbid  'em  to  expofe  to  fale  either  Flefh  or  Fowl,  or  Wild- 
 fowl, upon  fuch  days  as  were  not  allow'd  of  by  the  Roman 
 Church.    In  this  Order,  to  make  it  more  authentick,  they 
 cited  a  Decree  of  the  Chamber  of  Caflres,  fet  forth  in  March 
 1634.  And  an  Order  of  the  Iritendant  of  Guyenne  of  the  16th, 
 of  the  fame  Month  1638.  Now  when  thefe  two  Judges,  who 
 pretended  that  the  fble  Cognizance  of  the  Civil  Government 
 of  the  City  belong'd  to  them,  caus'd  the  Order  to  be  read 
 in  Court,  Rieuperieux  oppos'd  it ;  and  requir'd  the  Judge  Cri- 
 minal fand  four  Counfellors  that  were  prelent  to  do  him  Right 
 upon  his  Oppofal.    But  Mage,  the  Judge,  perfifting,  and  or- 
 daining the  Order  to  be  Regilfer'd,  Conftans,  who  was  eldeft 
 Councellor,  gave  an  Injunction  to  the  contrary,  and  forbid 
 
Book  XI.        EdiS  ^/Nantes.  423 
 
 the  Prothonotary  to  Regifter  it.  The  Heat  of  this  Con-  1659. 
 teft  brake  up  the  Court,  and  the  Judge  having  fortifi'd  him-  ^V*^ 
 felf  at  the  Council,  fail'd  not  according  to  the  Maxim 
 obferv'd  there,  always  to  lay  all  the  blame  upon  the  Re- 
 formed, to  the  end  he  might  obtain  a  Confirmation  of  his 
 Order,  and  a  perfonal  Summons  for  Qonjlans  and  Rieuperieux, 
 Tis  remarkable  that  this  was  a  Difpute  about  Competitor- 
 fhip,  or  rather  fufficiency  of  Power ;  aTryalofSM  to  know 
 whether  the  firft  Judge  could  alone  of  himfelf  make  Orders 
 relating  to  the  Civil  Goverment,  without  advice  of  the  Ceun- 
 fellors,  and  without  imparting  it  to  the  Kings  Advocates.  But 
 becaufe  there  was  fomething  more  in  the  Matter  which 
 concern'd  the  Franchifes  of  a  Proteftant  City,  the  Judges 
 Order  was  confirmed  before  any  Cognizance  had  bin  taken 
 of  the  Realons  for  Rkuperieux\  Oppofition. 
 
 The  Church  of  Rochechouard  had  bin  tormented  near  ten  years 
 by  the  Lord  of  the  Feify  who  omitted  no  Invention  to  ruin  it.  nRoS^ 
 The  People  had  always  met  in  the  Common  Hall  of  the  City,  cbonard. 
 which  was  a  very  fmall  Town  :  But  in  1630.  the  Lord  inftiga- 
 ted  by  the  Bifhop  of  Limoges,  took  from 'em  the  ufe  of  the  Houfe 
 by  Vertue  of  his  own  Authority,  without  any  profecution  at 
 Law.  Neverthelefs  the  Church  fufTer'd  this  Attempt  without 
 making  any  Refiftance,  and  provided  themfelves  of  another 
 Houfe  wherein  to  continue  their  Exercifes.  However,  four  years 
 after  the  Lord  would  needs  lay  hold  of  the  Opportunity,  and  de- 
 rtroy  the  Church  by  means  of  the  Grand  Seflionsthat  us'd  to 
 be  kept  in  that  Hall ;  but  failing  in  his  defign  that  way,  the 
 Bufinefs  was  remov'd  to  the  Chamber  of  the  Edict  at  Paris  ; 
 where  he  had  not  that  Succefs  neither  which  he  defir'd. 
 This  obliged  him,  becaufe  he  would  not  feem  to  be  baffl'd, 
 to  remove  the  Caufe  before  the  Council,  where  all  the  Mif- 
 chief  he  could  do,  was,  that  he  obtain'd  an  Order  of  the 
 loth,  of  May  this  year,  for  the  Reformed  to  produce  their  Ori- 
 ginal Titles,  of  which  they  had  nothing  but  compai'd  Co- 
 pies in  the  fuit  commence!.  And  the  fame  Order  forbid  the 
 inferring  of  any  Alterations  or  Innovations  on  either  fide. 
 The  Church  having  done  their  Duty,  the  Lord  let  the  thing 
 hang  for  feveral  years,  perceiving  he  could  ground  no  Right 
 
 upon 
 
424  The  ftifiory  of  the       Vol.  II" 
 
 1639.  up°n  fupport  of  undenyable  Proofs  :  So  that  at  Iaft,  he 
 v^V^  let  the  Bufinefs  quite  fall ;  and  the  Reformed,  who  enjoy'd 
 their  Liberty,  fearing  thooifclves  to  moleft  the  Quiet  of  their 
 own  Priviledges,  by  demanding  Judgment,  never  minded 
 the  filing  for  any  Decree  in  their  Favour.  And  the  Ariair 
 ftill  remains  undecided,  according  to  the  Cuitom  of  the 
 Council,  who  never  did  any  thing  for  the  Advantage  of  the 
 Reformed,  but  when  they  were  10  earneftly  prefs'd  to  ir, 
 that  they  could  not  avoid  it:  Which  coil  that  "Chinch  very 
 dear,  as  I  fhall  relate  in  another  Place. 
 
 Upon  the  \6tb.  of  June  the  Parlament  of  Rennes  con- 
 demn'd  the  Reformed  in  Vitrt,  to  fpread  Carpets  before  their 
 At Vitre  Doors  upon  ProceiTion  days  ;  tho'  about  ten  years  before 
 aDd  Dli°n-  they  had  let  forth  an  Edict  qui  e  oppofue  to  it:  And  upon 
 the  i^th  of  December,  the  Parliament  of  Dijon  made  ano- 
 ther, which  was  no  lefs  fingular.  For  two  of  the  Refor- 
 med had  had  a  fuit  together :  The  one  demanded  that  his 
 Caufe  might  be  fent  back,  the  Other  requir'd  that  the  Caufe 
 might  be  continued.  Accordingly  the  Parlament  judged  the  con- 
 tinuance of  it  ;  and  the  Pretence  was,  that  it  was  a  cafe 
 wherein  the  Caufe  of  the  Defendant  was  to  be  favour'd. 
 They  might  have  faid  with  much  more  Juftice,  that  in  re- 
 gard the  Difpute  was  about  a  Franchile,  he  who  was  will- 
 ing to  wave  it,  could  not  fb  well  do  it,  to  the  Prejudice 
 of  him  that  endeavour'd  to  make  ufe  of  it. 
 
 The  fixteenth  of  December,  the  privy  Council  condemn'd 
 the  Reformed,  who  praclis'd  as  Proctors  in  fome  Jurifdicli- 
 on  or  other  of  Poitou,  to  produce  their  Letters  Patents,  and 
 to  juftifie  that  they   were  qualified  for  the  Employment ; 
 that  is  to  fay,   that  they  were  Roman  Catholicks  :  In  the 
 Praaice  of  mean  time  they   were  forbid   to  pra&ife  in  them.  This 
 Notaries  was  the  Language  of  all  the  Courrs  in  the  Kingdom,  who 
 forbid.     knew  the  King  had  by  that  means  a  defign  to  exclude  the 
 Reformed  from  all  petty  Employments.    The  fame  day  came 
 forth  another  decree  which  forbid  the  Exercile  of  the  Re- 
 Tauiigwn.  formed  Religion  at  1  anlignan  in  the  Province  of  the  Dm- 
 phrnate;  and  which  would  not  permit  'em  to  bury  but  in 
 iheduskof  the  Evening,  as  at  Paris,  and  other  great  Cities, 
 
 under 
 
Book  XL  EdiB  of  Nantes.  425 
 
 under   the   Forfeiture  of  three  thoufand  Livres.    I  meet  1639. 
 with  alfb  another  Decree  the  fame  day,  which  forbid  thev-/"V^-J 
 Reformed  of  Blois  to  lock  up  their   Churchyard.    For  thech"crh- 
 Archdeacon,  who  is  the  chief  C lerg  y-man  of  that  City,  hadg/^,31 
 prefented  a  Petition  to  that  Erleft,  wherein   he  let  forth, 
 that  the  locking  up  of  the  Church-yard  would  create  a  Jea- 
 loufie  in  the  Catholicks  :  For  that  the  Church-yard  being 
 advantagioully  feated  to  command  the  City,  which  was  built 
 upon  the  Ddcent  of  a  Hill,  they  might  meet  together  and 
 fortify  themfelves  in  ir,  to  the  great   danger  ot  the  City. 
 Which  was  a  Precaution  that  fignifi'd  very  litttle,  at  a  time 
 when  France  was  already  fubdu'd,  and  patiently  bore  the 
 Yoak.    So  that  there  were  none  but  the  Croakers,    who  croatyj. 
 made  a  litde  Buftle  in  fome  of  the  Provinces :  For  fo  were  the 
 Peafants  call'd,  who  not  being  able  to  bear  the  Taxes  and 
 Imports  with  which  they  were  overwhelm'd,  nor  the  Vexa- 
 tions of  the  Gentry,  had  taken  Arms  to  defend  themfelves. 
 Neverthelefs  the  Council  granted  tbofe  Prohibitions  to  the 
 Archdeacon,  not  becaufe  the  Reafon  of  the  thing  deferv'd  it, 
 but  becaufe  it  would  be  an  Inconvenience  to  the  Reformed, 
 who  Burying  their  dead  in  an  open  Place,  would  be  expos'd 
 to  the  Affronts  of  the  Rabble. 
 
 The  next  year  they  conrinu'd  their  Vexations  of  the  Re-  1640, 
 formed,  by  a  thoufand  Squabbles  and  Cavils.    The  Bifhop  of 
 Oiero/i,  in  Betrn,  and  ihe  grey  Fryar  PUcedt  his  Proctor,  at- 
 tempted to  put  dowa  the  Exercife  at  Qlerony  St.  Mark,  Luc 
 and  Saucede.    And  the  Parliament  of  Pan,  whither  the  Caufe 
 was  remov'd,  retain'd  it ;  and  in  the  mean  time  forbid  the  Jj£cr£jrl°f 
 Continuance  of  Preaching  in  Places  where  there  were  not  a-  ment  of 
 bove  ten  Families  of  the  Reformed  in  all:  Grounding  their  Pa»- 
 Proceedings  upon  the  Anlvver  return'd  to  the  Paper  prefen- 
 ted by  the  Ecclefiafticks  in  1617.    upon  which  a  Decree 
 was  made  the  iyh.  of  January.    The  Parliament  of  Paris  alfb, 
 by  a  Decree  of  the  -]tb.  of  September  forbid  La  Gateliniere  to 
 furTer  any  Preaching  in  his  Houfe  at  Pnigeniet,  nor  in  any  place 
 belonging  to  the  Bailliage  of  Tours.    The  fame  day  likewile 
 the  Parlament  of  Bourdeaux  fent  the  fame  Prohibitions  to 
 thole  of;  Beaulku  in  Limofm,  at  the  fame  time  forbidding 
 D  d  d  d  'em 
 
4a  6  7he  Hiftory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1640.  'em  to  hold  a  Synod  in  the  City,  or  to  make  ufe  of  theCon- 
 mort  Bell  for  tolling  to  Sermon,  under  the  Forfeiture  of 
 iooco  Livres.  'Tis  true  indeed  that  this  was  not  ordain'd 
 but  for  fuchaTime,  and  till  it  Ihould  be  order'd  otherwife. 
 
 Schools.  The  Schools  were  the  Subject  of  many  Cavils,  as 
 well  as  their  Exercifes.  For  the  Syndic  of  the  Clergy  of 
 Roven  took  his  Opportunity  when  the  Council  ftay'd  at 
 Roven,  in  regard  the  Chancellor  had  Orders  to  repair  in- 
 to Normandy,  and  Command  the  Forces  that  were  fent  a- 
 gainft  the  Piedmds,  Or  the  People  that  went  Barefoot ;  for 
 lo  were  they  call'd  in  that  Province,  who  were  nam'd  Cro- 
 kers  in  other  Places.  This  fame  Syndic  fet  forth  in  his  Pe- 
 tition, that  the  Catholicks  themfelves  had  not  the  Liberty 
 to  keep  Schools,  without  leave  of  the  Chancellor  of  the 
 Metropolitan  Church  ;  whence  it  follow'd  that  the  Reformed 
 were  not  to  have  that  Priviledge  without  Permitfion.  For 
 this  reafon,  the  Council,  upon  the  6tb.  ot  February,  fet  forth 
 a  Decrcee  prohibiting  Schools  to  be  kept  at  Roven,  or  in  any 
 Other  Places  where  there  was  not  a  Right  of  Exercife-.  Up- 
 on the  10th.  of  December  the  Parlament  of  Bourdeaux,  at 
 the  Inftance  of  du  Sault,  a  Zealous  Perfecutor,  who  pleaded 
 in  the  room  of  the  Advocate  General,  by  a  Decree  forbid  Ordi 
 and  Gr  enter,  Regents  of  the  Reformed  Schools  at  St.  Fr/9  to 
 keep  'em  open,  for  that  they  had  intruded  into  'em  of  their 
 own  Heads,  without  leave  of  the  Court.  The  Fifteenth  of 
 the  fame  Month  wrote  exprefly  to  the  Bifhop  of  Poitiers, 
 to  let  him  underftand  that  'twas  his  Pleafure  for  Decorums 
 fake,  that  the  Schools  where  Boys  and  Girls  were  taught, 
 fhould  be  diftincl.  Two  Months  after  appear'd  a  Judicial 
 Sentence,  upon  a  Motion  of  the  Kings  Advocate,  that  all 
 Schoolmafters,  as  well  Catholicks  as  Reformed, fhould  be  bound 
 to  take  their  Licenfes  from  the  Bifhop  ;  and  by  Conie- 
 quence,  to  obferVe  the  fame  diftinclion  between  the  Schools 
 of  both  Sexes.  Since  thar,  the  Law  is  very  much  alter'd  ; 
 for  that  by  forbidding  the  Reformed  to  have  any  more 
 then  one  School  in  a  Place,  they  have  provided  againft 
 their  Obfervance  of  that  Diftinttion  :  As  if  the  Profefli- 
 on  of  Herefie  were  a  reafon  fufficient  to  deprive  Here- 
 
Bode  XL  o/Nantes.  427 
 
 ticks  of  their  Right  to  obferve  the  Decorums  of  Morality.  1640- 
 
 The  Advocate  General  in  the  Parlament  of  Pan,  bethought 
 himfelf  of  a  rare  Artifice,  to  oblige  the  Reformed  under  that  Ju-  Singular 
 rifdittion  to  give  their  Religion  the  Title  of  Pretended  Reformed.  Jjjjfi^e  J° 
 They  were  wont  to  qualiHe  themfelvcs  with  the  Addition  of  Reformed 
 the  Religion  of  the  Edict  ;  or  barely  Of  the  Ktligiop  :  And  this  to  call 
 they  obferv'd  in  all  their  Publick  Afts  ;  even  in  the  Plead-  *c™^es 
 ings  of  Advocates.    But  the  Advocate  General  undertook  Reformd. 
 to   prohibit  'em  that  Cuftom,  and  to  render  this  Severity 
 more  Tolerable,  he  was  defirous  to  ullier  it  in  by  fome  Acl: 
 of  Juftice.    He  fhew'd  how  that  the  Catholicks  commonly 
 call'd  'em  Huguenots  and  Hercticks  ;  which  might  caufe  great 
 Diforder ;  befides  that  the  Reformed  were  not  to  be  Suner'd 
 to  ufe  fuch  Expreffions  as  frequently  came  out  of  their  Mouths. 
 In  Gonformity  therefore  to  this  Requeft,  the  Parlament  fet 
 forth  a  Decree,  forbidding  the  Catholicks  to  call  the  Refor- 
 med Huguenots  or  Hereticks  ;  and  prohibiting  the  Reform- 
 ed to  give  their  Religion  any  other  Name  then  that  of  the 
 Pretended  Reformed.    But  the  Catholicks  never  obey'd  thofe 
 Prohibitions,  either  in  Beam  or  elfevvhere  ;  and  the  Refor- 
 med avoided,  as  much  as  in  'em  lay,  the  Affuming  a  Ti- 
 tle which  they  could  not  own  with  a  fate  Conicience. 
 
 Fanier  and  Mangets,  Inhabitants  of  Nanterre,  having  let  Blafphe- 
 flip  fomething  in  common  Converfation,  touching  the  Per-  mies  prc- 
 fon  of  the  Holy  Virgin,  and  the  Honour  due  to  her,  which lended' 
 feem'd  very  remote  from  the  Sentiments  of  the  Roman  Church, 
 whofe  Difciples  never  mention  that  blefTed  Creature,  but  with 
 that  Refpeft  which  they  pay  to  God  himfelf,  the  Difcouife  of 
 thofe  two  Men  was  lookt  upon  as  Blafphemy,  and  the  Judge  of 
 the  Places  order'd  'em  to  be  profecuted  as  Blafphemers. 
 To  this  they  added  another  Crime  as  little  underftood  as 
 the  former,  and  accus'd  'em  of  edeavouring  to  feduce  fbme 
 young  People  of  the  Town  from  the  Catholick  Religion.  And 
 they  inferted  that  Term  young  People,  to  hedge  m  the  Ar- 
 ticle of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  which  equally  forbid  as  well  the 
 Catholicks  as  the  Reformed,  to  practHe  the  Trade  ?of  Sedu- 
 cers. But  in  reality,  thefe  young  Men  were  Perfbns  ripe  in 
 Years,  and  of  an  Age  which  abfolutely  difcharg'd  the  Ar- 
 D  d  d  d  2  tide 
 
428  the  Hiflory  of  the  Vol.  II 
 
 1640.  tide  of  the  Edict  from  taking  Cognizance  of  'em.  The 
 Crime  of  being  Seducers  was  common  to  Both,  but  Vanier, 
 was  chiefly  charg'd  with  the  Blafphemy.  For  which  being 
 convicted,  he  was  Condemned  to  undergo  the  Amende  Hono- 
 rable, and  to  the  Gallies  for  five  Years :  The  other  was 
 onely  Sentenced  to  the  Firft  Punifhment,  and  banifli'd  the 
 Town  and  Parifh.  But  the  whole  caufe  being  remov'd  to 
 the  Chamber  of  the  Edict  at  Paris.  The  Punifhment  was 
 mitigated  ;  fb  that  Earner  was  condemn'd  to  Confefs  in  the 
 Court  of  Nanterre,  with  his  head  bare  and  upon  his  Knees, 
 that  he  bad  rafhly  and  Impioufiy.  utter'd  the  Blafphemies  chat 
 were  laid  to  his  Charge,  and  which  he  had  own'd  in 
 his  Interrogatory.  He  was  alfo  banifli'd  out  of  the  Provoft- 
 fhipof  Paris,  and  fin'd  eight  Livers.  There  are  two  Things 
 in  this  affair  which  plainly  make  it  out,  that  thefe  preten- 
 ded Blafphemies  confifted  only  in  ihe  Liberty  which  Vanier 
 had  taken  to  exprefs  in  Terms  not  rightly  chofen,  the  Do- 
 ctrine of  the  Reformed  touching  Religious  Adoration.  That 
 is,  that  he  freely  confefs'd  before  the  Judge  what  he  had  faid, 
 which  was  more  then  a  Perfon  accus'd  of  down  right  Blaf- 
 phemy, would  have  doubtlefs  done  with  fo  much  Confi- 
 dence. The  other  is,  that  the  Sentence  pronounced  by  the 
 Judge  of  Nanterre,  was  mitigated  by  the  Chamber  of  the 
 Edict ;  which  would  not  have  fo  fallen  our,  had  there  been 
 any  thing  of  Solid  in  the  Accufation  of  Blafphemy.  There 
 have  and  will  be  feen  Examples,  by  which  it  is  to  be 
 obferv'd,  that  the  Advocate  General  became  the  Ap- 
 pellant for  a  /lighter  Punifhment,  when  there  was  but 
 any  pretence  for  it  in  the  Accufation  of  the  Bafphemer,  and 
 that  the  Chief  Judge  had  not  pronoune'd  the  Utmoft  Se- 
 verities of  the  Law.  This  Decree  was  ilTu'd  forth  the 
 ifith.  of  September. 
 APreten-  Such  another  Accident  happened  at  Poitiers,  upon  a  pre- 
 ded  Sacri-  tended  Sacriledge.  For  a  certain  Crofs  erected  in  the  High- 
 kdge'  way,  near  that  City,  was  found  pull'd  down  and  levelled 
 with  the  Ground,  upon  St.  Michael's  day.  Upon  which 
 there  was  both  Inquifition  made  and  Information  given  be- 
 fore the  Judge  of  Poitiers,  and  the  Teftimonies  charg'd  the 
 
 Crime 
 
Book  XL       EdiB  of  Nantes.  429 
 
 Crime  upon  a  Perfon  of  the  Religion  :  And  had  he  been  1640. 
 Convicted  of  the  Fact,  he  had  delerv'd  no  lefs  then  Break- 
 ing  upon  the  Wheel.  For  People  have  been  burnt  alive 
 for  Committing  certain  Inlblencies  againft  the  Crofs, 
 which  after  their  Death,  was  found  where  it  flood,  to  be 
 as  found  and  as  free  from  any  Dammage,  as  when  it  was 
 firfl  erre&ed.  But  this  fuppos'd  Criminal  was  acquitted  at 
 fo  Cheap  a  rate,  that  it  ferv'd  for  a  flrong  Preemption  of 
 his  Innocency.  For  he  was  condemn'd  only  to  the  Char- 
 ges of  the  Tryal,  to  a  flight  Fine,  and  to  fet  up  the  Crofs 
 again.  And  he  rather  chofe  to  fulfil  the  Sentence,  then  to 
 prolecute  the  Reverfal  of  it,  fearing  to  enlarge  and  Swell 
 his  Accufation  by  an  Appeal. 
 
 Upon  the  \2th.  of  September  a  Decree  was  pubhfh'd  at  Partition: 
 Caftres;   the  Confequences  of  which  were  Tedious   and  ft^lrc" 
 Vexatious.     The  Advocate  General  fet  forth  four  Things,  and  the' 
 I.  That  the  Reformed  never  put  oft  their  Hatts  to  the  c°"k"es  of 
 Sacrament,  when  they  mett  it  in  the  Streets,  nor  ever  fell  iqc"enceso 
 upon  their  Knees.    II.  That  they  would   not  let  their  Do- 
 meftick  Servants  go  to  Mafs.    III.  That  they  would  not  fuf- 
 fer  em  to  be  Comforted  in  their  Sicknefs.    IV.  That  they 
 Conftrain'd  'em  to  work  upon  Holy- days  :  And  of  all  thefe 
 Abufes  he  mov'd  for  a  Regulation.     As  for  the  three  laft 
 Articles,  a  Regulation  was  granted  him  with  a  Nemwe  Con- 
 tradicente :   And  the  Reformed   were  forbid  to  give  their 
 Servants  any  Trouble  in  thofe  Particulars.    But  they  were 
 divided  upon  the  firll: :    The  Catholicks,  moll  Zealous  Mem- 
 bers of  the  Parlament  of  Tholoufe,  were  of  Opinion  that 
 the  Catholicks  fhould  be  order'd  to  kneel,  when  they  had 
 not  rime  to  get  out  of  the  Way.    On  the  other  fide,  it  wa^ 
 the  Judgment  of  the  Reformed,  that  thofe  of  their  Religion 
 were  not  bound  to  Kneel  ;  that  it  was  fuflkient  to  Ordain 
 that  they  fhould  retire  into  their  Houfes,  or  any  where  elfe 
 upon  the  found  of  the  Bell ;   that  the  Reformed  in  Gene- 
 ral had  never  Violated  the  Edicts  \  and  that  particular  Per^ 
 Tons  when  they  had  Committed  any  Fault,  had  been  al- 
 ways punifh'd  by  the  Chamber,  without  Diflimulation  or 
 Connivance.   Upon  this  Divifioa  of  Opinions  beiug  carry'd 
 
 to  ' 
 
43  o  The  Hijkry  of  the  Vol  II. 
 
 1640.  to  the  Council,  there  came  forth  a  Decree  of  the  24?/;.  of 
 QBober,  which  corirm'd  the  Opinion  of  the  Catholicks ; 
 order'd  the  Reformed  that  could  not  get  out  of  the 
 way,  to  put  themfelves  into  a  Conditjon  of  Rtfocl  as 
 Qthtrs  did :  And  upon  their  Refufal,  condemn'd  cm',  for  the 
 firft  Fault  to  a  .Fine  of  500  Livres,  for  the  Second  1500, 
 and  for  the  Third  2000,  and  Banilhmerot  out  of  the  Prov  ince. 
 There  could  be  nothing  order'd  more  Exprefsly  againff.  the 
 Articles  of  the  Edici,  which  exempted  the  Reformed  from 
 every  thing  that  was  contrary  to  their  Conferences. 
 
 Several  Contagious  Difeafes  had  been  very  rife  in  France 
 this  Year,    and  had  made  a  great  Havock  of  the  People, 
 principally  in  the  Southern  Provinces.    And  this  Contagion 
 having  fpread  it  felf  in  feveral  Places  where  the  Reformed 
 had  a  Right  to  AfTemble,  and  perform  the  Exerehes  of  their 
 Religion,  chiefly  at  Nimes  and  the  Parts  adjoyning,  they 
 took  the  Liberty  to  meet  in  the  Streets,  in  the  Publick 
 Places,  and  in  the  Fields ;  whether  it  were,  becaufe  they 
 would  not  deprive  thofe  Perfons  of  the  Comfort  of  Pious 
 Exercifes,  for  whom  it  was  not  fafe  to  have  a  free  Con- 
 versation with  Others,  that  they  caus'd  'em  to  fit  under  the 
 Wind ;  or  becaufe  they  were  willing  to  prevent  the  Sound 
 from  being   Infe&ed ,    by  fuffering  'ern   to    fit  among 
 perfons  fuipecTed  of  Infection  in  clofe  Places  :  But  mod  cer- 
 tain it  was,  that  they  never  pretended  thereby  to  make 
 any  Encroachments;  and  one  would  have  thought,  that  at 
 a  time  when  fuch  a  Terrible  Judgment  requii'd  the  Incef- 
 fant  Applications  of  Prayer  and  Devotion,  the  People  might 
 have  been  difpenc'd  with  the  delays  of  a  Regular  Addrefs 
 to  obtain  the  Princes  leave.    Neverrhelefs,  this  Attempt 
 was  lookt  upon  as  Criminal,  tho'  it  had  been  authoriz'd 
 by  a  Decree  of  the  Party  Chamber.    Thereupon  there  was 
 a  Decree  made  by  the  Privy  Council,  which  forbid  any 
 fuch  fort  ofExercife;  which  referv'd  to  the  King  the  Pow- 
 er of  appointing  fomej  Place,  for  the  Reformed  where  to 
 meet  in  Cafe  of  Contagion,  and  which  order'd  Macbaut, 
 Intendant  of  the  Province,  to  profecute  D11  Ci  ojs,  and  others 
 accus'd  of  this  New  Crime  :  And  the  Intendant  was  autho- 
 rize 
 
Book  XL        EdiS  0/ Nantes.  431 
 
 riz'd  to  give  a  final  Sentence,  from  which  there  fhould  be  1640. 
 no  Appeal.  Now  they  w  ho  are  acquainted  with  the  de-  ^"\~ 
 lays  of  the  Council,  and  the  Comiflioners,  to  whom  fuch 
 things  are  referr'd,  can  never  queftion  but  that  the'  defign 
 was  to  reduce  the  Reformed,  either  to  forbear  their  Exer- 
 cifes  while  thofe  Contagions  continu'd  ;  or  elfe  to  infect  one 
 another  if  they  would  not  deprive  thofe  that  were  upon  Re- 
 covery and  fuch  as  were  fufpe&ed  of  Infection,  of  the  Con- 
 folation  of  their  publick  Devotions,  who  both  of  cem  flood 
 in  the  greateft  need  of  it.  This  Decree  came  forth  the  ioth. 
 of  Ottober,  but  had  not  authority  enough  to  ferve  for  a 
 Regulation. 
 
 But  there  was  a  particular  affair,  and  which  made  a  JJ^J^ 
 great  noiie  adjudg'd  by  the  Parliament  of  Paris,  the  22th.  of  °edC°nve 
 Aitgufl.  There  was  a  certain  Prieft  in  the  Diocefs  of  Never  Prieft* 
 whole  name  was  Sebafiian  Tridon,  who  not  conforming  to 
 the  Roman  Religion,  and  abhorring  the  Tyranny  of  Celibacy, 
 embrae'd  the  Reformed  Religion,  and  afterwards  marri'd. 
 The  Biibop  of  Xevers,  to  prevent  the  Noife  of  this  Con- 
 verfion  from  fpreading  any  further,  and  to  brand  the  Prieft 
 with  Infamy,  fet  a  foot  an  Accufation  of  Lewdnefs  againft 
 him,  and  omitted  nothing  of  Falfhood  or  Falfe  dates,  to  colour 
 the  Calumny.  For  which  reafon  the  Prieft  appeal'd  from 
 the  Sentence  of  the  Bifhop,  as  a  Secular  Perfon  from  an 
 Ecclefiaftical  Court,  and  undertook  to  prove  the  Falfhood  as 
 well  of  the  Decree,  as  of  the  verbal  Report  ofa  pretended  Lying- 
 in  of  the  Maid,  whom  he  was  accus'd  to  have  debauch'd. 
 On  the  other  fide,  three  Brothers  which  he  had,  oppos'd  his 
 Marriage,  and  obtain'd  of  the  Judge  of  St.  Peter  le  Montiery 
 Prohibitions  to  MontunAard  the  Minifter,  and  all  others,  to 
 proceed  any  farther  towards  the  Celebration  of  the  Marri- 
 age, as  alfo  to  Tride*  and  Mary  Bruandtr,  who  was  betroth'd 
 to  him,  to  think  any  more  of  it.  'Tis  true,  it  deeply  con- 
 cerned the  Brothers,  as  well  for  that  by  the  Marriage  they  loft 
 the  hopes  of  fucceding  as  Heirs  to  their  Brother ;  as  for  that 
 Irtdon  quitted  ieveral  rich  Benefices,  by  forfaking  the  Roman 
 Religion.  For  it  appear'd  by  the  Procefs,  that  he  was  in  pof- 
 fetfion  of  an  Abby,  a  Canonfhip,  and  a  confiderable  Vicaridge. 
 
 Well. 
 
43 2  The  Hiftory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1640.  Well -There  was  an  appeal  from  that  Sentence,  as  alfo  from 
 ^""V^  the  Proceedings  of  the  Official  ;  and  the  Caufe  being  re- 
 mov'd  into  the  Chamber,  Tridons  Advocate  infilled  upon 
 the  Liberty  granted  by  the  Edict,  and  upon  the  long  Tole- 
 ration of  ieveral  Marriages  in  the  fame  Cafe.    The  Bifhops 
 Advocate,  who  was  alio  for  the  Reft  of  Tridons  adverfaries, 
 infilled  chiefly  upon  the  Vow  of  Pnefthood,  which  he  pre- 
 tended was  inviolable ;  and  which  is  worthy  obfervation,  he 
 faid  noching  of  the  Challenge,  but  by  the  by;  only  he  told 
 the  Court  that  the  Methods  he  had  taken  were  impertinent 
 and  fa/fe.    And  at  the  Conclufion  of  his  Plea,  he  put  home 
 to  the  Reformed  a  Point  of  Honour,  who  if  they  iov'd  the 
 Purity  of  their  Religion,  would  never  admit  any  to  the  Pro- 
 feflion  of  it,  but  fuch  who  embraced  it  upon  the  Principles 
 of  Vertue,  not  fuch  as  became  their  Profelytes  for  love  of 
 Libertinifm,  and  publickly    abandon'd    their  Comincncy. 
 As  if,  not  to  fay  any  thing  of  the  lawfulnefs  of  Marrigeat 
 prefent,  it  could  be  deny,d,  that  ^a  man  who  only  fought  to 
 marry  for  no  other  reafon,  then  to   find  a  Remedy  againft 
 Incontinency  in  the  ftate  of  Wedlock,  were  not  vifibly  over- 
 rule by  the  Maxims  of  Vertue.    And  the  Advocate  General, 
 Talon,  likewife,  tho'  he  had  laid  a  great  (tiers  upon  the  Opinion 
 of  the  Roman  Church,  which  believes  that  the  facerdotal  Chara- 
 cter, fuch  as  that  (he  deems  to  be  imprinted  by  Baptifm, 
 can  never  be  loft,  nor  repeated,  could  not  forbear  to  fecond 
 the  Advocates  conceit ;  but  the  Advocate  pretending  that 
 Celibacy  was  an  Apoftilick  Tradition,  deriding  as  Fabulous 
 the  Story  of  Papbnutius,  who  in  a  full  Council  had  given  the 
 Name  of  Chaftity  to  Conjugal  Society,  according  to  the  Re- 
 lation of  Socrates  ;  Talon  acknowledg'd  the  contrary,  that  Mar- 
 riage and  Orders  were  not  incompatible  by  their  Inftituti* 
 on  ;  and  that  Celibacy  was  only  introdue'd  for  the  fake  of 
 greater  Purity  ;  but  in  the  main  he  afferted,  that  the  Par- 
 ticular Articles  were  never  enregifter'd  ;  tho'  eighteen  years 
 before,  his  Father  James  Talon  had  maintain'd  the  contrary, 
 and  caus'd  the  Regifter  to  be  brought  into  Court  :  That 
 they  contained  Priviledges  and  Refignations,  irregular  from  the 
 common  Law  ;  which  were  not  capable  ol  any  extended  In- 
 
 pretation 
 
Book  XI.         EdiB  of 'Nantes.  433 
 
 terpretation,   bat  were  to  be  expounded  according  to  the  1640. 
 Letter:  That  it  was  with  the  Liberty  of  Sentiments  grant- 
 ed  by  the  Edift,  as  with  the  Liberty  of  Exterior  Actions, 
 which  are  reduc'd  into  Laws  of  the  Kingdom :  That  Priefts 
 might  Embrace  the  Reformed  Religion,  but  not  Violate 
 the  General  Laws  of  Celibacy,  which  were  the  Laws  of 
 the  State  :   That  there  were  a  thoufand  Inconveniences  to 
 be  fear'd  if  they  fhould  be  permitted  to  Marry,  more  efpe- 
 cially,  if  the  lame  Prieft,  after  he  was  Marry'd,  fhould  hap- 
 pen to  return  to  the  Roman  Church.    He  cited  the  De- 
 crees made  upon  the  Marriage  of  the  Cardinal  Chatillon,  and 
 the  Chevalier  de  U  Fern  Imbaut ;  and  to  elude  the  Force  of  the 
 long  Toleration  of  Mariages  of  the  fame  Nature,  he  would 
 needs  have  it  believ'd,  that  it  proceeded  from  two  Caufes  : 
 Firft,  for  that  the   Kindred  of  Marry'd  Priefts  ftifld  the 
 memory  of  their  Crimes,  for  the  Honour  of  their  Families, 
 as  not  being  any  way  bound  to  reveal  'em.    The  Second 
 was,  that  the  Ecclefiafticks  were  never  eager  in  the  Profe- 
 cution  of  fuch  People,  which  was  the  caufe  of  their  Impurity. 
 Thefe  were   the  Advocate  General's  Reafons ,  which  it 
 would  have  been  an  eafie  thing  to  have  refuted,  had  the 
 other  fide  been  permitted  to  Anlwer.    For  the  two  Caufes 
 from  whence  he  deduc'd  the  Toleration  of  Marriages,  of  the 
 fame  Nature  with  Trtdons,  were  notorioufly  Falfe.  The 
 Kindred  having  had  always  prevailing  Reafons  to  prevent 
 'em  ;  and  the  Ecclefiafticks  never  omitting  any  Opportunity 
 of  perfecuting  thofe  Priefts  who  forfook  the  Roman  Church. 
 Befides,  that  outward  Sentiments  or  Actions  were  fb  far 
 from  being  reftrain'd  within  the  Bounds  of  the  Laws  of  the 
 Kingdom,  by  the  Edicts,  that  quite  the  contrary,  thofe 
 Edicts  were  only   promulgated,  to  exempt  the  Reformed 
 nor  only  in  refpect  of  Sentiments,  but  in  regard  of  outward 
 Actions  from  the  Rigor  of  the  Common  Laws  as  to  what 
 concerned  Confcience.    Neverthelefs,  in  regard  the  Time  for 
 Interpreting  any  thing  in  Favour  of  the  Reformed,  was  not 
 yet  come,    Parquets  Conclufions  were  followed  in  part, 
 and  the  Sentence  of  the  Judge  was  Confirm'd  ;  but  they 
 order'd  no  General  Regulation  upon  the  Matter.  However 
 
 E  e  e  e  'tis 
 
434  3&  Hijlory  of  the        Vol.  II. 
 
 1640.  'tis  true,  that  a  Prefident  in  adjudg'd  Cafes,  never  fails  to 
 have  the  Force  of  a  Regulation,  efpecially  when  there  is  an 
 Antipathy  again!!  the  Parties  againft  whom  the  Judgment 
 is  given. 
 
 Preccden-     By  a  Decree  of  the  loth,  of  November,  the  Cathoiick 
 CucTd*  to  ^^cers  *11  t!'lc  C°urC  of  Accompts,  Aids  and  Finances  of  Mom- 
 rhcCatho^/?e^(r»  were  adjudg'd  to  precede  the  Reformed,  in  all  the 
 licks.      fame  Cafes,  and  with  the  lame  Expretlions,  as  Preceden- 
 cic  had  been  adjudg'd  to  the  Councilors  of  the  Chambers 
 q{  Languedoc  and  Guywne,  by  the  Decrees  which  I  have  fet 
 down  in   another  Piace.    So  that  in  all  the  Sovereign  Ju- 
 rifdiilions,  the  Reformed  were  defpoyl'd  of  all  the  Privi- 
 ledges  which  in  purfuance  of  the  Edi£t,  they  were  equally 
 to  enjoy  with  the  Catholicks. 
 16*41.      But  the  next  Year  produe'd  'em  thofe  Vexations,  of  which 
 Anewde.  the  Confequences  were  no  lefs  afflictive;  and  the  Cham- 
 crce about  ber  of  Caftres  was  the  Principal  Object  of  their  Cavils. 
 th"sacra- ^or  tne  ^ecree  °f  tne  2 otOtfokr,  touching  the  Vene- 
 ment.      ration  which  was  to  be  pay'd  by  the  Reformed  to  the  Sa- 
 crament, and  which  oblig'd  'em  to  kneel  when  they  met 
 it  in  the  Streets,  having  been  prefented  to  the  Chamber 
 to  be  regifter'd,  T&arn  the  Prothonotary,  being  backt  by 
 the  Reformed  Counfellers,  refund  to  enroll  it  ;  Boyer  and 
 iiWt's,  Confuls  of  the  fame  Religion,  refus'd  the  Publica- 
 tion of  it.    The  reafbn  of  their  refufal  was  evident  enough; 
 becaufe  the  Reformed  could  not  give  that  Exteriour  Mark 
 of  Veneration  to  the  Sacrament,  which  they  did  not  think 
 proper  to  be  ador'd  without  doing  an  Injury  to  their  Con- 
 ferences.    Whereupon  the  News  of  this  refufal  being  car- 
 ry'd  to  Court,  it  was  there  deem'd  convenient  to  ilTue  forth 
 a  new  Decree  of  the  fecond  of  January,  to  interpret  the 
 former.    There  it  was  Acknowledg'd  that  the  Equivo- 
 cal fence  of  fome  Expreffions  was  the  reafbn  of  their  re- 
 quiring the  Reformed  to  kneel  ;  and  therefore  to  exempt 
 'em  from  this  Injurious  Compliance,  it  was  ordain'd  that 
 both  Men  and  Women  fhould  get  out  of  the  way  upon  the 
 Tingling  of  the  Bell ;  and  if  they  could  not,  that  they  fhould 
 put  themfelves  in  a  Pofture  of  refpeel:,  the  Men  by  put- 
 
Book  XI.        EM  of  'Nantes.  435 
 
 ting  off  their  Hats  only.    But  to  the  end  that  this  Inter-  1641. 
 pretation  fhould  not  be  thought  an  ad  of  Kindnefs,  there  ^v~° 
 was  another  Decree  made  the  fame  day,  that  the  Protho- 
 notary  and  the  Conluls  fhould  be  proceeded  againft,  for 
 reiofing  to  Regifier  and  publifh  the  fir  ft  Decree,  and  enjoyn- 
 ing  the  Chamber  to  allow  'em  CommifTioners. 
 
 In  Pursuance  of  this  Decree  there  was  an  Information 
 drawn  up  againft  the  Pai ties  accusd  :  And  when  the  Cham- 
 ber met  to  confult  upon  it,  the  Three  Parties  prefented  two 
 Petitions  ;  the  one  in  reference  to  what  Tzarn  had  done,  and 
 the  other  relating  to  the  Mifdemeanor  or.  the  Confuls  :  And  vexation 
 they  defir'd  they  might  be  read,  before  they  enter'd  into  Qfffif°™  a, 
 Confutation.  The  Cathohcks  were  for  throwing  'em  afide  caflvts. 
 without  reading  'em,  and  arguing  upon  the  Matter  of  Fact, 
 were  for  committing  'em  to  Prifon  ;  and  ordering  'em  to 
 appear  at  the  Chamber,  and  to  be  heard  at  the  Bar  as  Crimi- 
 nals ;  that  they  Ihould  be  Iron'd  ;  only  that  in  favour  to 'em 
 their  Irons  fhould  be  put  on  at  the  Chamber  door,  and 
 knockt  off  again  when  they  went  out :  And  that  this  feve- 
 rity  Ihould  be  parr  of  their  Punifhment.  On  the  other  fide, 
 the  Reformed  were  for  reading  their  Petitions  which  had 
 not  bin  imparted  to  the  Reporter,  becaufe  the  Difpute  was 
 about  the  Refufal  of  CommifTioners,  and  Cancelling  the  In- 
 formations :  That  it  was  but  juft  to  confider  whether  the 
 CommifTioners  ought  to  be  Judges :  That  only  contumaci- 
 ous Perfons  were  depriv'd  of  the  Right  of  Refufal,  and  had 
 their  Mouths  ftopp'd  till  they  fubmitted  to  Juftice  :  That  the 
 Petition  was  according  to  law  ;  nor  did  they  infift  upon  it  out 
 of  a  Spirit  of  Contradiction,  but  as  forejudg'd  by  the  Com- 
 miiTioners  themfelves,  who  had  not  defir'd  the  Impiifbnment 
 of  the  Parties ;  as  little  defign'd  by  the  Decree  it  felf,  which 
 was  coucht  in  the  mildeft  Terms  that  could  be  conceiv'd  in 
 fuch  a  Cafe.  Upon  this,  the  Catholicks  not  willing  to  lub- 
 mit,  the  Court  continu'd  ftill  divided  ;  and  notice  was  fent 
 of  it  to  the  Council,  for  them  to  decide  the  Matter.  The 
 Reformed  deputed  thither  the  Prefident  Vignoks ;  but  he  was 
 not  well  receiv'd  ;  and  the  King  wrote  to  the  Reformed 
 Counsellors,  to  let  them  underftand,  that  their'  Deputation 
 E  e  e  e  2  was 
 
The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 was  no  way  pleafing  to  him  :  And  to  exhort  'em  to  appear 
 
 more  moderate  for  the  future,  when  the  Difpute  was  about 
 putting  in  Execution  the  Decrees  of  his  Council  and  his  Com- 
 mands. 
 
 But  for  fear  the  Catholicks  had  not  gain'd  a  Victory  com- 
 pleat  enough,  the  1  yb  of  April  came  forth  another  decree, 
 which  determining  the  Divifion  of  the  Court,  ordain'd  that 
 without  taking  notice  of  the  Opinions  of  the  Reformed, 
 they  fhould  proceed  to  pafs  fentence  upon  the  Parties  accus'd  ; 
 and  forbid  any  Divifion  of  the  Court  upon  that  Inftruclion, 
 upon  Pain  of  being  accompted  Encouragers  and  Abettors 
 of  Dilobedience.  There  could  be  nothing  more  unjuft  then 
 this  Prohibition,  nor  of  which  the  Confequence  could  be 
 more  dangerous.  For  'tis  well  known,  that  in  Criminal 
 Affairs,  he  that  is  mafter  of  the  Inftruclion,  is  alio  Matter 
 of  the  Sentence  which  the  Inftruclion  prepares.  So  that  the 
 Reformed  not  daring  to  divide  upon  the  Inftruclion,  the 
 Catholicks  had  the  Liberty  to  expound  it  how  they  pleas'd  ; 
 and  their  Affociates  being  no  more  then  Spectators  of  the 
 Proceeding,  had  indeed  no  voice  to  give,  but  only  in  the 
 concern  of  a  definitive  Sentence.  This  and  Time  together  pro- 
 duc'd  odd  Confequences ;  and  gave  the  Parlament  of  Tho~ 
 louft  a  great  Occafion  to  Triumph  in  this  particular,  who 
 thereby  faw  the  Downfall  of  all  the  Power  which  the  Re- 
 formed had  in  the  Party -Chamber.  There  was  a  Neceflity 
 therefore  for  the  Contois  to  buckle  under  the  Authority  of 
 Caminade,  the  Catholick  Prefident,  who  had  commanded  'em 
 to  proclaim  the  Decree,  when  all  the  Authority  of  the  Pre- 
 fident Vignoks,  who  forbid  'em,  was  not  fufficient  to  excufe 
 'em.  In  fhort,  they  were  confin'd,  amerc'd  a  hundred  and 
 fifty  Livres,  order'd  to  beg  pardon  for  their  Difobedience  to 
 Cammade,  as  having  done  it  rafhly  and  erroneoufly,  to  pay 
 the  Cofts  and  Charges  of  the  Tryal,  which  the  Court  was 
 to  tax,  to  give  a  Declaration  in  writing  to  be  regilter'd,  and 
 to  be  fufpended  from  the  Confulfhip  for  fix  Months,  and  they 
 were  forbid  during  that  time  to  be  prefent  at  the  Town- 
 Houfe,  or  at  any  publick  AlTemblies. 
 
 This  Affair  which  concerned  the  Chamber,  was  attended 
 
 by 
 
Book  XL       EdiB  of  Nantes.  457 
 
 by  another  no  lefs  vexatious  to  the  Confiftory  ;  among  1641. 
 whom  it  was  a  Cuftoni  to  create  Tithing-men,  whofe  bu-  ^^v^-' 
 find's  it  was  to  make  up  the  Rolls  of.  all  the  Inhabitants  ofMoIeftz 
 the  City.    Thefc  Rolls  (erv'd  for  feveral  ends;  cither  totionofthe 
 know  whether  the  Number  of  the  Reformed  or  Catholicks  ^onfiftory 
 encreas'd  or  diminifhM  ;  or  to  fee  by  the  Roll  who  were  moll  0  Ca!lrts' 
 proper  to  ferve  as  Elders  and  Deacons,  which  were  frequent- 
 ly changed  in  the  Province?  ;  or  to  judge  upon  whom  it  was 
 moil  proper  to  afTefs  the  Taxes,  which  were  then  rais'd  by 
 Authority  of  the  Confuls,  together  with  the  Royal  Money 
 for  the  Payment  of  the  Ministers,  and  for  other  Expences 
 of  the  Churches.    But  the  Catholicks  believ'd,  or  at  lead 
 fain'd  to  believe,  that  there  were  greater  Myfteries  concal'd 
 under  this  Cuftom.    This  Year  therefore   the  Confiftory 
 having  given  out  certain  Orders  to  the  Tything-Men,  they 
 made  up  three  Rolls,  of  which  two  contain'd  the  Names 
 of  the  Reformed  and  Catholicks  both  together ;  the  Third, 
 the  Names  of  the  Reformed  only.    Upon  this,  there  was 
 fome  difturbance  made  by  the  Catholicks,  who  refus'd  to  tell 
 the  Tithing  men  their  Names,  and  complain'd  of  fome  hard 
 ufage  upon  their  refufal.    This  petty  Bufinefs,  having  thus 
 made  way  for  complaints,  occafion'd  a  great  Hurly- Burly  af- 
 terwards.    There  were  great  Inquifitions  upon  it,  leveral  per- 
 fbns  were  heard  ;  the  Tithing  men,  the  Informers,  the  Mini- 
 fters,  the  Elders;  and  Monitories  were  alfo  publifh'd  in  the 
 Cathedral  Church.     But  all  that  they  could  gather  from 
 this  exacl:  Enquiry  was,  that  an  Order  had  been  given  by 
 the  Ioformerro  the  Tithing-men  to  make  up  a  Roll  within 
 their  feveral  Precinfts,  of  fuch  Perfbns  as  were  capable  of 
 fupplying  the  Place  of  Elders,  becaufe  the  Time  appointed 
 for  a  new  £'e£tion  drew  near  ;  that  it  was  not  ufual  to  give 
 fuch  CommiuSons  to  the  Tithing-men;  that  they  were  al- 
 fo intruded  with  Diftributing  the  leaden  Tokens  to  fuch 
 as  were  to  be  at  the  Communion ;  that  whether  they  had 
 mifunderftood ,  or   whether  they  had  receiv'd  any  other 
 Orders  then  what  appear'd,  they  had  made  ufe  of  the  Name 
 of  the  Confuls  to  oblige  fuch  as  refus'd  to  tell  their  Names ; 
 that  one  of  'em  being  ask'd  by  fome  one  of  his  Tything- 
 
 whet  hex 
 
438  'The  Hiftory  of  the  Vol.  II. 
 
 1641.  whether  the  Roll  were  made  up  in  order  to  any  Guard 
 ~/"Vs~/  which  they  were  about  to  appoint,  an  anfwer  was  made, 
 that  Perhaps  it  might  be  fo  :   That  Stllas,  a  Gafcoin  Gen- 
 tleman,  w  ho  came  to  Caftrts,   where  he  ftay'd  five  or  fix 
 days,  under  pretence  of  ibme  Orders  from  the  King  and 
 the  Prince  of  Conde,   had  lodg'd  at   the  Beadle's   Houfe  ; 
 that  during  his  ftay  he  had  obtaind  a  Capias  againft  a  Ser- 
 vant of  his,  w  ho  as  he  faid,  had  lobb'd  him  in  his  Lodg- 
 ing.    It  might  appear  by  that,  that  thefe  Rolls  coneeal'd 
 no  dangerous  Myftenes,  in  regard  that  all  theConfcffions  were 
 Unanimous  and  Ingenious.    Neverthelefs  there  came  out  a 
 Decree  of  the  laft  of  dugu/t,  which  Condemn'd  the  Beadle 
 and  the  Tithing-men  to  feveral  Penalties ;  forbid  the  Con- 
 filtory  to  make  ufe  of  Tything  men  in   the  Execution  of 
 their  Difcipline,  only  with  allowance  to  employ  iuch  other 
 Perlons  as  they  Giould  think  fitting;  and  not  to  meddle 
 with  any  thing  of  Politick  Affairs.    As  for  the  Nominati- 
 on of  the  Tithing-men,  it  was  referVd  to  the  Confuls, 
 who  were  order'd  to  appoint  'em  Party-ptr-pale.    And  fome 
 there  were  among  them  who  had  been  in  that  Employment 
 for  above  Eighteen  Years  ;  which  was  a  Dcmonftration  that 
 the  Power  of  appointing  thofe  Officers  had  been  a  long  time 
 Vetted  in  the  Confiftory.  But  the  leaft  pretence  was  fumxient 
 to  deprive  the  Reformed  of  their  beft   EftablfhM  Privi- 
 ledges. 
 
 &Xeschools  Tne  Reforrned  had  Schools  at  Couhe,  which  were  Go- 
 prohibi-  vern'd  by  two  Regents,  Guillamet,  otherwife  call'd  7or/at, 
 tcd-  and  U/amperaut.  But  upon  the  iZth.  or  February^  came  forth 
 a  Decree  of  the  Councel  of  Stare,  which  forbid  the  keep 
 ing  of  Schools  in  that  Place,  and  which  order'd  the  two 
 Regents  to  appear,  as  if  they  would  have  made  a  Crime 
 of  their  Profeilion.  Several  Places  alfo  there  were,  where 
 the  Exercife  of  Religion  was  Prohibited.  For  Example,  a 
 Decreee  of  the  iyh.  of  March,  forbid  the  Continuance  of 
 it  at  Beffai,  becaule  it  was  a  Catholick  Lordfhip.  And  as 
 for  the  Exercife  that  was  kept  at  Marevil,  it  was  order'd 
 that  V'tlkmontte,  the  Intendant,  fbould  inform  himfelf  by 
 Deeds  and  Teftimonies  of  the  Time  when  it  flrft  began. 
 
 Another 
 
Book  XI.         Edift  tf/ Nantes.  439 
 
 Another  of  the  $d.  of  April,  forbid  the  Reformed  to  atTem-  1641. 
 ble  together  at  Mombatfon,  whither  they  had  removM  their  ^*V~ 
 Exerciles,  after  they  were  thrufr  out  oiTaulignan  ;  and  the 
 lame  Decree  forbad  Vulfon  dt  U  Colombiere,  to  preach  in  any 
 more  then  one  Place.  'Tis  Remarkable  alio  that  the  Bi- 
 (ho;)  of  Faience  and  Die,  who  was  a  perpetual  Goad  in  the 
 fides  cf  the  Reformed  within  his  Diocefs,  let  forth  in  the  Pe- 
 tition upon  which  he  obtain'd  that  Decree  cf  Council,  that 
 within  three  leagues  round  7 auli^nan,  there  were  no  Ids  then 
 thirty  four  Places  where  the  Reformed  Religion  was  exer* 
 cib'd.  A  great  Honour  for  a  Bifhop,  to  have  caus'd  the 
 furpreflion  of  the  greateft  Part.  There  was  alfo  a  Decree 
 at  Pans,  ilfu'd  out  of  the  Chamber  of  the  Edi£t,  Where 
 by,  after  the  Eufinefs  had  hung  nine  Years  together  in  fuf- 
 pence,  Bournaizeau,  was  forbid  to  preach  :  For  which  the 
 Preten.ee  was,  that  the  Lord  was  a  Catholick,  and  Party  to 
 the  Procefs.  However,  'tis  true,  that  the  Decree  referv'd 
 to  the  Reformed  the  Power  to  provide  themielves  of  another 
 Place  without  the  Barony.  But  that  was  only  a  delufivc 
 claufe  which  was  added  to  their  Decrees,  to  make  People 
 believe  that  they  did  Juftice  alike  to  both,  Paties:  To  the 
 Lord,  by  freeing  his  Mannor  from  the  Exercile  of  a  Reli- 
 gion u  hich  was  contrary  to  his  own  ;  and  to  the  Reformed, 
 by  allowing  'em  the  Choice  of  another  Place.  But  thefe 
 Prohibitions  were  equivalent  to  an  abfoute  Interdiction  ;  for 
 that  when  the  Reformed  demanded  another  Place,  either 
 it  was  impoiTible  to  agree  upon  it ;  or  elfe  they  wrangled 
 'em  out  of  it,  upon  the  fcore  of  their  Right.  And  if  they 
 took  polTelTion  of  a  new  Place  without  asking  leave,  they 
 weie  foibid  to  continue  their  Meetings,  as  not  having  any 
 PoAer  to  alfemble  without  permiffion.  The  fame  Cham- 
 ber alfo,  after  feveral  Cavils  and  Decrees,  forbad  Montagu, 
 to  preach  in  the  abfence  of  the  Lord.  And  this  Decree 
 came  forth  the  7//;.   of  September. 
 
 Burials  alfo  afforded  a  world  of  Matter  for  Trouble  and  Vex-  Burial^ 
 ation.    For  the  Reformed  were  wont  to  bury  their  Dead  in 
 a  certain  Place  of  the  Diocefs  of  Noycn,  neer  adjoyning  to 
 Varmnes,    But  the  Bifhop  Pretended,  that  formerly  there 
 
 had 
 
44°  The  Biflory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1641.  had  flood  a  Cha.ppcl  in  that  Place,  and  to  prevent  the  Re- 
 *^V^  formed  from  carrying  their  Dead  thither,  he  ere&ed  a  Crois 
 upon  the  fame  Ground.     But  the  Reformed  being  nothing 
 ternfi'd  at  that,  the  Bifhop  or"  his  own  Authority  caus'd 
 all    the  Bodies  to  be  digg'd  up  again  which  had  been 
 interr'd  fince  his  Erecting  the  Crote.    After  which  he  be- 
 thought himfelf  of  getcing  a  Decree  upon  a  Petition  to  the 
 Privy  Council,  which  forbid  any  more  Buryings  in  that 
 Place.     And   to  render  the  pretence  of  their  Prohibitions 
 more  Specious,  the  Bifhop  caused  a  Procetfion  to  be  made  in 
 that  Place  upon  the  day  which  the  Catholicks  call  Corpus 
 Cbrijliday,  and  fet  up  a  Repofitory  for  the  Sacrament. 
 BUfphe-      Blafphemies  and  Prophanations  were  ftill  another  pretence 
 Prophanad  °^  kveral  Vexations.     For  an  Inhabitant  of  Nanttrre^  one 
 tions.      Mangtts,  another  of  the  fame  name  befides  the  Perfon  of  whom 
 I  have  already  fpoken,  was  accus'd  to  have  uttered  fome 
 Blafphemies.    The  Judge  having  underftood  his  Duty  by  the 
 Decree  of  the  Chamber  of  the  Edi<3:,  which  had  revers'd  his 
 Sentence  the  Year  before,  pronoune'd  another  more  mode- 
 rate, and  condemncd  the  Criminal  to  make  an  atonement 
 for  his  Fault,  by  kneeling  with  his  Head  bare  before  the  Au- 
 ditory of  Nanterre,  and  three  Years  banifhment  out  of  the 
 Juriidic"tion.     This  Bufinefs  being  remov'd  to  Paris,  by  an 
 Appeal  of  the  Party  condemn'd,  the  Advocate  General  was 
 in  an  ill  humour  at  that  time,  and  mov'd  to  be  admitted 
 an  Appellant  as  from  a  Punishment  that  was  too  flight.  Up- 
 on which  the  Chamber  of  the  EdicT,  by  a  Decree  of  the 
 nth.  of  May,  enhanfing  the  Penalty  impos'd  by  the  Sen- 
 tence of  the  Judge  of  Nanterre,  condemn'd  Mangtts  to  nine 
 Years  banifhment  out  of  the  Provoftfhip  of  Paris.  More- 
 over, a  certain  private  Perfon  of  Coithe,  was  condemn'd  to 
 a  Fine  by  a  Sentence  of  the  Judge  of  thofe  places,  upon  the 
 \otb.  of  April,  and  the  Fine  was  difpofed  of  toward  the 
 maintaining  a  Light  in  the  Parochial  Church  :  And  the  pre- 
 tence was  the  Profanation  of  the  Church  yard,  into  which 
 the  fame  Perfon  was  accus'd  for  having  carry'd  fome  Dung, 
 and  to  have  fet  up  Tenters  to  ftretch  his  Serges.    But  all 
 the  Crime  which  he  had  Committed  in  that  particular, 
 
 without 
 
Book  XL         EM  of  Nantes.  441 
 
 without  doubt  was  no  more,  then  that  being  one  of  the  Re-  1641. 
 formed,  he  had  not  obtain'd  leave  of  the  Curate  by  fome  ^^v^ 
 prefent  or  fome  little  Gratuity  :  In  regard  there  is  no  Church- 
 yard at  this  day,  wherein  the  fame  Liberty  is  not  to  be  had 
 at  the  fame  Rate. 
 
 The  Proctors  a(fo  were  perfecuted,  under  pretence  thatofficcs* 
 they  had  not  Patents  for  their  practice,  or  becaufe  they  were 
 not  of  the  fame  Religion  which  was  therein  exprefs'd.  For 
 Example,  there  liv'd  at  St.  Maixants,  one  of  the  Reformed 
 whofe  name  was  Gafcon,  and  who  was  of  the  fame  Pra- 
 feflion.  This  man  was  envy'd  by  the  Catholicks  that  liv'd 
 by  the  fame  employment :  And  that  was  a  common  thing, 
 in  all  Places  where  there  were  any  Reformed  Officers;  be- 
 caufe they  had  generally  more  bufinefs  then  the  others  ; 
 whether  it  were  that  the  old  opinion  of  their  Probity,  caus'd 
 'em  to  be  more  confided  in  ;  or  whether  it  were  that  to 
 render  themfelves  more  confiderable,  they  ftrove  to  be  more 
 exact  then  others.  Which  was  the  reafon  that  the  Refor- 
 med were  more  refpecled  for  their  own  fakes,  then  for  the 
 fake  of  their  Employments.  Upon  this  fcore  G*/^/*  receiv'd 
 the  Money  due  to  the  Corporation,  which  vex'd  the  others, 
 who  thought  there  was  fomething  to  be  got  by  that  Em- 
 ployment :  So  that  they  began  to  think  of  getting  him  out 
 of  his  Office,  that  he  might  no  longer  be  an  Eye  fore  to  'em. 
 To  this  purpofe,  Hardi,  a  Catholick  Proctor  in  the  fame 
 Court,  maintain'd  one  day,  in  a  Procefs,  wherein  he  was 
 Proctor  for  the  fame  fide,  that  he  had  no  right  to  plead  at 
 the  Bar,  becaufe  he  was  not  duly  qualified.  But  this  at- 
 tempt not  having  the  defir'd  Effect,  the  Catholicks  combin'd 
 together  againft  the  Reformed,  and  refolv'd  to  exclude  'em 
 every  one  from  thofe  petty  Employments.  To  which  end, 
 they  thought  it  their  beft  way  to  complain  of  'cm  to  the 
 Governour,  and  to  accufe  all  the  Notaries,  Serjeants  and 
 Proctors  of  the  Religion  of  Frauds  and  foul  Practice  :  And 
 by  agreement  of  the  fame  AfTemby  where  that  Refolution 
 was  taken,  they  gave  warning  to  Gtfcon  not  to  meddle  any 
 more  with  the  receipts  of  the  Common  Stock.  Which  affair, 
 being  at  lengh,  after  feveral  profecutions  remov'd  to  the 
 F  f  f  f  privy 
 
fk  Hiflory  oftbe        Vol:  II. 
 
 privy  Council,  there  came  forth  a  Decree  of  the  thirteenth 
 
 of  December  which  order'ci  the  Parties  accus*d  to  produce 
 their  Patents,  and  to  juftity  their  being  duly  qualifi'd,  and 
 if  they  fa i Pi!  of  fo  doing,  to  ftand  interdicted.    Which  was 
 the  fhorteft  way  to  deprive  'em  of  their  Employments  ;.  for 
 a  procels  Upon  an  accufation  of  foul  Practice,  would  have  bin 
 tedious,  and  where  the  Informer  had  at  leaft  bin  in  as  much 
 danger  as  the  Party  profecuted  :  But  in  regard  that  all  Pa- 
 tents expreffy  mention'd  the  Profeflion  ot  the  Catholick  Re- 
 ligion, the  Binding  the  Reformed  who  had  no  Licences,  to 
 to  produce  'em,  was  to  ftrike  a  fure  blow.    The  fame  Coun- 
 cil' alfo  upon  the  1  ytb.  of  November,  had  made  a  decree  of 
 the  fame  nature,  againft  Gardemau,  who  was  a  Proctor  in  the 
 Mdrfba/fea  of  Poitiers. 
 Pricflsancf    In  like  manned  the  Parlament  of  Remes  fignaliz'd  their 
 cha?in    ^eal  againft  Such  Priefts  and  Monks  as  chang'd  their  Reli- 
 thcir8Rdi-  giort,  by  a  Decree  of  the  i$th.  of  the  fame  Month.  ItcalPd 
 lion.      ^rn  Apoftates,  as  if  they] had  renoune'd  their  Chriftianity  \ 
 and  ordered  that  they  fhould  be  fent  back   to  their  Bifhops 
 or"  their  Superiours,  to  be  puniih'd  according  to  the  facred 
 Decretals,  and  in  the  mean  while,  it  forbid  the  Miniftersto 
 marry  'em.  The  Decree  of  the  Parlament  of  Pans  was  ci- 
 ted in  this:  a  clear  demonftration  that  in  fuch  Decrees  pa  (li- 
 on frequently  prevail'd  above  Judgement  and  Honefty.  And 
 in  one  decree  which  made  the  Change  of  their  Religion  li- 
 able to  Punifhmcnt  in  Priefts  and  Monks,  the  Parlament 
 cited  another  Decree,  againft  which  the  Advocate  General 
 had  mainraind'd  that  it  was  lawful  for  'em  to  change. 
 2^642.      N°r  did  the  Troubles  in  the  Kingdom  during  the  year 
 1642.  nor  the  coufpiracy  of  St.  Mars,  nor  the  lingring  fick- 
 TheAnci-nefs  of  which  the  Cardinal  died  the  e^tb.  of  December ,  pre- 
 oJr^chvent  it  from  being  verj  vexatious  to  the  Reformed.    For  they 
 pulid      had  geat  injuftice  done  'em  in  reference  to  their  Priviledges 
 down.     art(j  places  of  Exercife.    They  had  a  Church  at  Vitre,  built 
 upon  a  Piece  of  Ground  u  hich  they  had  pnrchas'd  chemfelves, 
 and  of  which  the  polTeflion  was  confirm'd  to  'em  by  a  per- 
 emptory Decree,  in  the  Reign  of  Henry  $th.  who  had  writ- 
 ten to  the  Inhabitants  by  way  ol  Exhortation,  to  live  at 
 
 Peace 
 
Book  XI.       EOSfNtmta.  44? 
 
 Peace  and  Unity  -one  among  another.    But  for  all  this,  af-  1642 
 per  the  Duke  of  Trimvoillt  had  chang'd  his  Religon,  the  Ca-  "^V^ 
 tholicks  revived  their  Old  Grudges,  and  made  new  Efforts 
 to  pull  down  the  Church,  under  pretence  that  it  was  too 
 near  their  Mafs-houfe.    The  Duke  'tis  true,  who  left  the 
 iole  Authority  over  his  houle  to  the  Dutchefs  his  Wife,  who 
 was  very  Zealous  for  the  Reformed  Religion,  and  who  had 
 the  Courage  to  bring  up  her  Son  according  to  her  own 
 Sentiments,  would  have  no  hand  in  the  Procefs,  in  regard 
 the  Dutchefs  openly  protected  the  Reformed  :  But  the  Ca- 
 tholicks  to  the  end  they  might  have  the  Better  fuccefs,  to 
 the  Arlair  of  Religion  joyn'd  certain  Complaints  of  fome 
 Extravagancies  which   tlrcy  pretended  the  Reformed  had 
 committed  upon  Qhriftmi(s-day  at  Night.    This  fame  Mif- 
 demeanor  was,  that  they  had  taken  fome  pieces  of  the 
 Breach,  which  the  Catholicks  call  Holy  bread,  and  c^iven  it 
 the  Dogs  to  eat  :  To  which  they  added  other  Requefh 
 upon  ieveral  Articles  ;  fo  that  after  long  and  troublefom 
 Contentions  the  Privy  Council  made  a  Decree  of  the  2\th. 
 of  January,  which  gave  the  Catholicks  full  content.  For 
 they  were  order'd  to  allow  the  Reformed  another  place  in 
 the  Suburbs,  provided  it  were  no  Ecclefiaftical  Fief,  at  leaft 
 three  hundred  foot  from  any  Catholick  Church  or  Chap- 
 pel  :  That  the  Catholicks  mould  affign  the  Ground  ;  but 
 that  the  Reformed  ihould  build  the  Church  like  the  other ; 
 and  that  when  it  was  finifh'd,  and  not  before,  they  fhould 
 Tefign  their  own  to  the  Catholicks,  to  be  turn'd  into  a  Town- 
 houie,  or  for  any  other  Convenient  ufe.    That  the  Catho- 
 licks fhou'd  be  reimburs'd  their  Advance-tnony  out  of  the 
 common  Stock;  and  that  the  perpetual  Curate  or  Vicar 
 fhould  be  the  fir  ft  in  delivering  his  Opinion  at  all  meet- 
 ings of  the  Coporation,  before  any  of  tire  Laity  ;  only  af- 
 ter the  Senefchal,  the  Senelchals  Deputy,  -and  the  Lord  High 
 Jufticiaries  Proctor.    As  for  the  Complaints  concerning  the 
 extravagancies,  they  were  referr'd  to  the  Parlament  of  Refi- 
 nes ;  and  the  Appeal  from  the  Sentence  given  by  the  Se- 
 nelchals Deputy,  who  had  ordcrM  the  Tombftone  to  be  ta- 
 ken away  from  the  Grave  where  Mommartin  was  buried, 
 
 Ffff  2  was 
 
444  The  Hiftory  of  the         Vol  II. 
 
 1642.  was  referr'd  to  the  Chamber  of  the  Edict  of  Paris. 
 v^V^     The  12th.  of  February,  came  forth  a  Decree  of  Council 
 
 Exercifcs  which  forbid  any  more  Preaching  in  the  City  of  Gex. 
 ac  Another  of  the  20th.  of  June,  forbid  as  well  Preaching  as 
 other  Exercife,  either  publick  or  private,  in  the  City  of  San* 
 kiStnctr-  cerre  .  vvj1jc|1  Qlty  jlacj  enjoy'd  an  uninterrupted  Exercife  of 
 their  Religion  ever  fince  the  Reign  of  Charles  IX.  It  was 
 famous  for  the  long  Siege  and  the  Dreadful  Famine  which 
 it  had  endur'd ;  and  never  was  any  Right  or  Priveledge 
 more  notorious  or  better  deferv'd  then  Her's.  Neverthe- 
 lefs,  the  Prince  of  Conde,  who  had  purchased  the  Signoriey 
 put  a  higher  value  upon  the  refufal  of  his  Confent  to  the 
 Continuation  of  their  Exercifes :  And  that  was  fufficient  to 
 juftifie  the  Violation  of  a  Priviledge  confirm'd  by  fo  long  a 
 Pofleflion.  AUrd  Minifter  of  the  place,  who  was  perfonally 
 fummon'd,  upon  his  appearance  was  Pent  back  with  a  Bundle 
 of  Prohibitions  :  But  this  was  nothing  in  Comparifbn  of  what 
 was  adjudg'd  the  21/?.  of  November,  at  the  fame  Council, 
 in  reference  to  the  Meeting  place  in  Chauvigny.  Free  Exer- 
 cife had  been  there  Eftabliih'd  according  to  the  lyth.  Arti- 
 cle of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  ;  nor  did  there  want  any  thing 
 of  Evidence  to  prove  it.  Moreover  this  very  Place  was 
 nam'd  in  the  Edict  it  felf ;  and  the  Eighteenth  Article 
 contain'd  thefe  exprefs  words,  the  [aid  Extrafe  (ba/t  be  alfo 
 continu  d  in  the  [aid  City  oj  Chauvigny.  Neverthelefs  the  Coun- 
 cil forbid  any  Exercifes  there  for  the  Future  ;  and  the  Pre- 
 cltuvigny  tence  was»  tnat  Chauvigny  was  the  firft  Barony  belonging 
 to  the  Biibop  of  Potters,  and  that  that  fame  preheminence  of 
 the  Place  had  been  conceal'd,  when  the  roremention'd  Ar- 
 ticle was  obtain'd :  Tho'  there  be  nothing  more  falle.  For 
 there  was  a  long  Negotiation  upon  this  Subject  during  the 
 Treaty  of  the  Edict  ;  and  the  Qaeftion  about  particular 
 Places,  where  the  Reformed  were  defirous  to  preferve 
 their  Right  of  Exercife  had  given  a  fair  Opportunity 
 to  make  known  at  large  all  the  Qualities  and  Immunities 
 of  this. 
 
 Upon  the  ^oth.  of  July  alio,  the  Chamber  of  the  Edict 
 of  Parisy  made  a  very  lingular  Decree  upon  the  Subject 
 
 of 
 
Book  XL       EdiQ  0/ Nantes.  445 
 
 of  the  Right  of  Exercife.  Baudovin,  an  Advocate  in  the  Par-  1642. 
 lament  of  Paris,  was  Lord  of  Chimprofe,  a  fmall  Mannor 
 in  Brie.  Thither  he  retir'd  a  Sundays  to  refrefh  himfelf 
 after  his  weekly  Toyl  at  the  Publick  Barr,  and  had  a  Ser- 
 mon preach'd  before  him.  But  that  Liberty  would  not  be 
 allow'd  him,  tho"  he  declared  that  he  never  intended  to 
 fettle  any  hVd  Exercife  there.  But  becaufe  the  ex- 
 prefs  words  of  the  Edift  were,  That  a  Lord  abiding  in 
 one  Place  where  he  lufTer'd  preaching,  might  do  the  lame 
 in  another  of  his  Houles,  while  he  ftay*d  there,  Advocate 
 General  Talon  found  out  a  Cavil  to  render  that  Confide- 
 ration  fruitless  to  Baudovm  ;  for  he  pretended  that  that  Per- 
 milfion  was  of  no  force  to  thofe  who  were  Houfe-keepers  in 
 a  Town,  for  which  there  was  a  place  of  Exercife  appoint- 
 ed :  But  only  to  thofe  who  living  in  the  Country,  where 
 they  had  free  Exercife  in  one  of  their  Houfes,  went  to 
 live  for  fome  time  in  another ;  and  as  every  thing  was  held 
 for  good  Argument  againft  the  Reformed,  this  Evafion 
 pafs'd  for  fuch.  Therefore  becaufe  Baudovin  was  a  Houf- 
 keeper  at  Paris,  he  was  forbid  to  have  any  Preaching  at 
 Chimproft,  tho,  at  the  Time  that  he  was  there  himfelf ; 
 and  this  at  the  Inftigation  of  no  body  elfe  but  his  Cu-: 
 rate. 
 
 The  Parlament  of  Tboloufe,  by  feveral  Decrees,  among  Exercife - 
 which  was  one  of  the  12th.  of  Septtmber,  forbid  preach-  f^?y™ 
 ing  at  St.  Cere  in  Quercy,  becaufe  it  was  a  Mannor  belonging 
 to  the  Duke  of  Bouillon,   w  ho  was  become  a  Catholick. 
 Upon  which  we  mull:  oblerve,  that  many  Times  the  Exer- 
 cifes  were  perform'd  in  the  Sigaories  of  Lords,  without 
 any  dependance  upon  the  Lords,  becaufe  the  Right  there- 
 to was  obrain'd  by  fome  Article  of  the  Edicl.    But  every 
 thing  was  put  into  a  General  Confufion,  that  Occafions 
 might  not  be  wanting  to  moleft  the  Reformed.    The  fame 
 Parlament  went  yet  further  at  the  beginning  of  the  next 
 Year,  and  not  content  toSupprefs  the  Exercife,they  difpoITefs'd 
 the  Reformed  of  a  Church-yard  deliver'd  to  'em  by  an  Ordi-  Cav-l!about 
 nance  of  the  CommifTioners  appointed  to  fee  the  Ed i&  per-  a  church- 
 form'd.Fer  which,the  Pretence  was,that  having  loft  their  Right  yard- 
 
 of 
 
44^  TbeU^ory  of  the  Vol.  H, 
 
 1.64a.  of  Sxercife,  they  had  no  Right  of  Burial.  And  yet  there 
 ^^T^>  wc*e  feveral  Places  where  the  Reformed  never  pretended 
 
 to  any  Right  of  Preaching,  where  neverthelefs  they  were 
 allow'-d  -Church  yards.  The  reafon  of  which  was,  "becaufe 
 t-he  Church  yards  allow'd  'em,  not  as  Places  of  Exerciie 
 by  VeriLie  of  any  PofilfTion,  or  fome  other  Tide,  but  on- 
 ly for  Convenience  or  Neceffity,  when  they  liv'd  in 
 Places  too  remote  fiom  thofe  where  the  Exerciie  was 
 fettPd. 
 
 They  were  alio  forbid  to  pleach  at  St.  Savin,  and  Ami- 
 be,  becaufe  they  were  part  of  the  Church  Revenues :  St. 
 vlnzxil'  S^in,  being  comprehended  in  the  Decree  of  Lh.wvignv,  and 
 Antibi.     Anttb^  being  the  fubje£t  of  anorher  that  came  forth  the 
 \6th.  of  December,  upon  the  Petition  of  Godeau,  Bifhop  of 
 Grajfe  and  Vakme.     It  was   there  alfo  decreed   that  the 
 Church  yard  belonging  to  the  Reformed  fhould  lye  at  a 
 diftance  from  the  Catholicks,  becaufe  the  Bifhop  had  fee 
 forth  in  his  Petition  the  near  Neighbourhood  of  thofe  Places 
 as  a  great  Inconvenience,  in  regard  that  the  Boms  of  the 
 Diftance   faithful -Chrtjltans,  might  happen  to  be  intermix'd  with  the 
 bctWrchn  ^ones  °^  t^le  H-^ucks-    Which  was  a  kind  of  nice  Pre- 
 yardand  caution  at  too  great  a  diftance  from  the  laft  Day,  at  what 
 church-   time  the  Divine  Judgment  was  to  make  the  diftinftion. 
 yard.      They  were  alfo  forbid  to  cxpofe  their  Corp's  in  Publick, 
 to  ufe  any   Funeral  Pomp,    or  bury  'em  in   the  Day- 
 time. 
 
 Sepulchre     There  was  one  Ann  Trove,  who  had  fpent  the  greateft. 
 
 violated.  part  0f  her  Life  in  the  Catholick  Religion,  tho'  ihe  had 
 Marry'd  her  Daughter  to  one  of  the  Reformed,  with  whom 
 {he  liv'd.  This  Woman  fome-time  after  fhe  had  receiv'd 
 the  Communion  in  the  Roman  Church,  fell  fick  at  her  Son- 
 iii-Law's  Houfe,  dy'd  without  fending  for  the  Curate  or 
 any  other  Ecclefiaftick,  and  was  buried  in  the  Church-yard 
 belonging  to  the  Reformed  at  Chaimay.  But  the  Catholicks 
 would  needs  have  it  thought  that  fhe  perfever'd  in  their  Re- 
 ligion till  her  Death,  and  that  it  was  through  the  Fraud 
 of  her  Son  in-Jaw,  and  the  reft  of  her  Reformed  Kindred, 
 that  fhe  was  deprived  of  their  Prayers,  and  of  a  Catholick 
 
 Burial. 
 
Book  XI.        Edift  of  Nantes.  447 
 
 Burial.  However,  there  was  no  oiher  Proof  then  Ptefump-  1642- 
 rion,  infer  r'd  from  her  Receiving  the  Communion  in  her  Pa-  V-'"VS-' 
 rifh  before  (lie  fell  fick.  Neverthelefs,  the  Son-in-Law  was 
 condemn'd  to  dig  her  up  again,  and  carry  her  into  the  Ca- 
 tholick  Church-yard  at  his  own  Charges  :  And  becaufe  the 
 Body  did  not  feem  to  be  putrifi'd,  tho7  it  had"  Iain  about 
 two  months  in  the  Ground,  they  would  needs  make  a  Mi- 
 racle or  it ;  and  to  hinder  the  Miracle  from  being  contefted, 
 lbme  of  the  Kindred  were  brought  before  the  Judge,  to 
 confefs,  that  they  fraelt  no  ill  Smell  that  came  from  the 
 Corps.  Which  was  enough  for  Catholick  Credulity  :  So 
 that  for  Fear  the  Memory  of  this  wonder  fhquid  perifb, 
 the  Forfeitures  adjudg'd  againft  thofe  who  had  buri'd  th# 
 Woman  in  the  Church-yard  belonging  to  the  Reform- 
 ed, was  apply'd  toward  the  making  a  Crofs  which  was  e- 
 rected  over  her  Grave>  with  an  Infcription  containing  the 
 whole  Story.  However,  'tis  certain  they  never  bethought 
 themfelves  of  informing  the  world  of  this  Miracle  till  Mayx 
 which  was  a  fong  rime  after  the  thing  happen^.  Bur, 
 that  w  trial  is  motf:  obfervable  is  this,  that  in  the  Relation 
 of  this  Accident,  they  alledge  for  a  moit  convincing  proof  of  the 
 wonder,  that  the  two  Months,  during  which  time  the  Body 
 lay  in  the  earth,  were  the  (harpeft  and  molt  bitter  cold  Months 
 in  all  the  Winter  :  As  if  it  were  fuch  a  wonder  that  Froft 
 and  Cold  fbould  prevent  Corruption  ;  not  to  fpeak  any  thing 
 now  of  certain  cold  Grounds  where  Bodies  wilt  not  begin 
 to  putrify  rill  after  they  have  lain  twenty  years  together. 
 
 Tonnvbontcnne  is  a  place  within  the  Colloquy  of  St.  John 
 £  Anveii,  where  Mafs  had  not  bin  fung  for  Fourfcore  and  rive  ' 
 years  before.  But  this  year  the  Parlament  of  Bourdemx  re-  tmt. 
 fettl'd  it  in  that  Place,  by  a  Decree  of  the  laft  of  March. 
 The  Lords  of  that  Mannor  had  built  up  a  Chappef,  or  as 
 the  Parlament  call  it,  in  their  Decree,  a  Sepuhher,  for  the nv 
 relves  and  their  Family,  upon  the  place  where  formerly  had 
 flood  the  principal  Altar  of  the  Catholick  Church.  That 
 decree  therefore  commanded  the  pulling  of  it  down,  and 
 rook  from  the  Lords  whatever  had  belong'd  to  the  Eccle- 
 fiafticks.    Nor  did  it  forget  to  condemn  'em  to  dig  up  all 
 
448  The  Hijlory  of  the       Vol.  II. 
 
 1642.  the  Bodies  that  had  bin  buri'd  in  the  Sepulcher ;  to  the  Re- 
 ftitution  of  the  Church  yaid,  the  Btlls,  the  Curates  houfe 
 and  the  Alms-haufe,  and  to  rebuild  the  Church  ;  obliging 
 the  Inhabitants  to  contribute  two  thirds  of  the  Charge  ;  and 
 thofe  that  had  a  fhare  in  the  Tithes,  the  other  Third  :  For 
 this  was  the  way  to  involve  the  Reformed  in  the  Penalty 
 of  the  Condemnation,  in  regard  thai  almolt  all  the  Inhabi- 
 tants, were  of  that  Number.  Befides,  that  the  Edi&s  had 
 forbid  the  reviving  the  Memory  of  any  Acts  of  this  Nature, 
 and  difcharg'd  the  Reformed  from  ail  the  Penalties  upon 
 demolifhing  of  Churches  before  the  EJi&  of  Nantes.  But 
 the  Parlament  never  looking  upon  that  Edicl  as  a  Law  to 
 bind  their  Sentences,  made  it  openly  the  May  game  of  their 
 Pafiion  and  their  Cavils. 
 
 offices.  The  Reformed  alio  who  had  got  into  fmall  Employments, 
 were  profecuted  this  year,  as  in  the  Preceding  ;  fo  that 
 upon  the  29th.  of  Aprils  the  privy  Council  fet  forth  a  De- 
 cree like  the  reft  againft  Serjeants,  Notaries,  Proctors  and 
 Commiflioners  of  the  Regiftry.  In  like  manner  the  fame 
 Council  fet  forth  another  decree  upon  the  Eleventh  of  March, 
 which  confirmed  all  that  had  bin  enjoyn'd  by  the  BiCbop 
 
 Schools.  °f  Poitiers  about  the  diftinction  ot  Schools  for  Boys  and 
 Girls  ;  and  the  particular  Order  of  the  Judge  of  the  Place, 
 which  enforced  the  Reformed  to  get  a  Licence  from  the 
 Bifhop,  and  to  fhew  it  the  Kings  Advocate,  before  they 
 began  to  teach. 
 
 Biafphe-  Pretended  Blafphemies  and  Irreverences  were  the  Occafi- 
 Frophana-  on  of  a  world  of  unjuft  Afts.  Four  young  Men  were  ac- 
 tions, cus'd  of  ftealing  the  P/x  upon  New  years- day,  and  of  throw- 
 ing the  Conlecrated  Wafers  about  the  Church  yard.  For 
 which  they  were  committed  to  the  Cuftody  of  the  Provoft, 
 but  they  being  defirous  to  decline  his  JurifdicTion,  deman- 
 ded a  Removal  of  their  Enditemenc  to  fome  Chamber  of 
 theEdift.  Couth}  was  the  Place  where  the  accident  happen'd, 
 which  falling  within  the  Jurifdi£tion  of  the  Parlament  of 
 Dijo»9  it  was  there  to  be  determin'd,  as  being  the  raoft 
 proper  Judicature.  Thereupon  the  the  Parlament  lent  back 
 the  Enditement  to  the  Provofts,  who  gave  Sentence  of  death 
 
 upon 
 
Book  XI.       EdiB  <?f  Nantes,  ( 
 
 upon  all  four.    But  in  regard  they  were  only  condemn'd 
 to  be  hang'd,  tis  much  to  be  queftion'd  whether  the  Court 
 had  any  good  Proofs  of  the  Crime.     Othtwile  had  the 
 fame  Sacriledge  bin  committed  by  the  Catholicks  themielves, 
 they  had  bin  broken  upon  the  Wheci,  or  burnt  alive.  And 
 indeed  there  is  one  Relation  of  the  Death  or"  thole  poor 
 Creatures,  which  might  give  us  fome  reafon  to  believe  that 
 the  Punilhmenc  was  mitigated,  becaufe  they  chang'd  their 
 Religion.    But  the  ftyle  of  that  Relation  is  fo  monkifb,  and 
 it  is  interwoven  with  fo  many  Characters  of  Falihood,  that 
 the  very  reading  of  it  is  enough  to  perfwade  a  man,  that 
 the  whole  bufinefs  was  othervvife  carry'd.    For  the  Monk 
 that  made  it  reprefents  thole  poor  Creatures  invoking  the 
 Virgin  Miry,  before  they  had  embrac'd  the  Roman  Faith*, 
 and  recounts  a  Miracle  wrote  in  Favour  of  one  of  em,  who 
 ieem'd  infenfible  during  a  very  painful  Torture  of  the  Rack, 
 which  he  attributes  to  lome  motions  of  Devotion  which  the 
 young  man  had  for  that  BlelTed  Saint.    But  there  is  a  contrary 
 Relation  which  atteifsthat  thofe  poor  Creatures  were  Inno- 
 cent ;  that  the  Curate  had  forg'd  the  Crime  by  the  foul  mo- 
 tives of  his  impious  Malice ;  that  it  was  fworn  how  they 
 got  into  the  Church  through  a  hole,  which  it  was  impof- 
 fible  for  a  mans  body  to  pafs  through ;  that  the  Curate 
 made  the  hole  himfelf,  that  he  might  have  fome  ground 
 for  his  Accufation  ;  that  he  took  away  the  Pix  himfelf, 
 and  fcatter'd  the  Wafers,  whether  confecrated  or  not,  about 
 the  Church  yard  j  Of  all  which  things   there  would  have 
 bin  fuffiicient  proofs,  would  the   Provofr.  have  admitted 
 'em  ;  that  the  Parties  accus'd  never  confeft  any  thing,  or 
 elfe  what  they  did  confels  was  extorted  from  'em  by  the 
 Violence  of  the  Torment.    That  there  was  no  Proof  of  the 
 change  of  their  Religion  but  the  Teftimony  of  ihe  Monks, 
 who  befet  'em  till  their  Execution  :  Or  if  any  of  'em  were 
 lb  weak  as  to  promife  it,  'twas  only  out  of  hope  to  fave 
 his  Life  ;  that  they  were  not  feen  at  their  death  to.  do  a- 
 ny  thing  that  favour'd  of  Cathohck  Devotion;  nor  to  takea- 
 ny  notice  of  their  CrolTes  and  Beads  which  they  continually 
 held  to  their  Lips.    But  the  Monks  are  made  up  of  iuch  Ca- 
 G  g  g  g  lumnies ; 
 
IheHijioryoftbe  Vol.  II- 
 
 lumnies ;  and  it  was  their  ufual  Courfe  to  brand  the  Re- 
 formed with  lufpition  of  Sacriledge,  on  purpofe  to  render 
 'em  odious  to  the  People,  as  will  afterward  appear  by  more 
 then  one  Example. 
 
 The  Lord  of  Chaurai  and  his  Wife  were  accus'd  of  fetting 
 their  Coach  crofs  the  ftreet  where  the  proceflion  was  to 
 pafs  upon  Corpus  Chrifii  day.  The  Bifhop  of  Poitiers  turn'd 
 Informer  ;  but  the  Crime  which  they  had  endeavour'd  to 
 aggravate  by  long  Proceedings,  and  fevere  Informations, 
 produc'd  no  more  then  a  Decree  of  the  10th.  of  May,  in 
 the  Chamber  of  the  Edi£t,  which  condemn'd  the  Parties 
 accus'd  to  pay  the  Bifhops  charges,  and  fummon'd  'em  to 
 the  Chamber,  there  to  receive  an  admonition  to  behave 
 themfelves  more  modeftly  according  to  the  Edi&s.  A  Pro&ors 
 Servant-Maid  in  Poitiers  was  accus'd  of  having  utter'dfe- 
 veral  Blafphemies  in  the  Abby  of  Montieweuf,  againft  the 
 Images  of  the  Virgin  and  the  Saints :  That  is  to  fay,  that 
 the  filly  Maid  had  inconfiderately  afferted  that  they  were 
 Idols.  She  was  convi&ed  of  Contumacy,  becaufe  fhe  had 
 avoided  Imprilbnment  by  Flight :  And  upon  that,  fentenc'd 
 to  undergo  the  Amende  Honourable,  to  have  her  Tongue  bor'd, 
 and  to  perpetual  Banifhment  out  of  the  Province  of  Poitbu  ; 
 which  Sentence  was  excuted  upon  her  in  Effi^ie. 
 
 The  Bifhop  of  Mompellier  and  Valence  were  Confervators  of 
 the  Priviledges  of  the  Univerfities  of  both  thofe  Cites.  The 
 Bifhop  of  Valence,  after  feveral  Decrees,  and  a  long  Suit  be- 
 tween him  and  the  Members  of  the  Univerfity,  came  to  an  a- 
 -greement  with  'em,  in  purfuance  of  which  he  drew  up 
 Regulations,  of  which  the  chiefeft  was  to  exclude  the  Re- 
 formed from  all  Dignities.  The  Purport  of  thofe  Statutes 
 Was,  that  high  Mais  fhould  be  faid  every  Sunday,  at  which 
 the  Reclors,  Doctors,  Regents,  Scholars,  Undergraduates, 
 and  Strangers  admitted  into  the  Society  fhould  be  prefent 
 that  the  Bifhop,  who  is  alfo  Chancellor  of  the  Univerfity, 
 fhould  prefide  at  all  the  A&s :  That  the  Vice-Chancellor 
 and  Re&or  fhould  be  Priefts,  or  at  leaft  Clerks  ;  and  that 
 they  fhould  take  their  Qaths  Bare  headed  and  upon  their 
 Knees, 
 
 Books 
 
Book  XI.      Ed&  (jf  Nantes.  45 1 
 
 Books  alfo  had  their  fhare  of  Catholick  Severity.  Vordu  Mou- 
 lin had  publifh'd  a  fmall  Piece  entituled,  The  Capuchin.  Where- 
 in he  ridicuPd  that  Inftitution,  which  dazl'd  the  Catholicks 
 with  fiich  an  outfide  of  Zeal.  Thereupon  with  great  Fer- 
 vency they  profecuted  the  Condemnation  of  this  Book:  And 
 the  Chamber  of  Caftres  being  divided  upon  this  Occafion, 
 that  Diviiion  was  determin'd  upon  the  third  of  April,  and 
 the  Book  was  condemn'd  to  be  burnt.  The  Parlament  of 
 Hjutmaux  alio  order'd  the  fame  Execution  the  \d.  of  May. 
 This  very  Book  was  alfo  burnt  at  Poitiers  the  \ith.  of  De~ 
 ccmber,  by  order  of  the  Senefchal,  together  with  another 
 Book,  entituled  The  Capuchins  Journal. 
 
 I  have  already  told  ye,  that  the  Prince  of  Conde  purchas'd  Books 
 Simtm,  and  that  he  had  fupprefs'd  the  Exercife  in  that  £er£ecu 
 Place  :  But  his  Zeal  ftop'd  not  at  fo  fmall  a  thing.  He 
 caus'd  a  Decree  of  Council  to  be  let  forth,  which  forbid 
 Burials  in  the  Day  time  ;  all  manner  of  Funeral  Pomp  ;  the 
 Expofing  of  the  Bodies  before  the  Doors  of  their  Houfes  ; 
 Nor  to  mifufe  the  Catholicks  in  word  or  deed,  nor  any  of 
 the  New  Converts,  nor  thofe  who  had  a  defire  to  change 
 their  ProfelTion,  under  the  penalty  of  corporal  Punifhment. 
 It  was  fruther  ordain'd,  that  no  Souldiers  fhould  be  quar- 
 tered in  Catholick  Houfes,  till  the  Reformed  had  had  their 
 full  fhare,  and  that  the  charges  of  fuch  Quarter,  and  all 
 other  Municipal  Expences,  fhould  be  levy'd  upon  the  Refor- 
 med. That  the  Taxes  fhould  be  rated  by  three  Catholicks 
 and  one  Reformed  ;  but  that  they  fhould  be  collected  by 
 three  Reformed  and  one  Catholick  ;  that  the  Reformed 
 AiTeiTor  and  Collectors  fhould  be  chofen  by  the  Reformed  ; 
 and  the  Catholick,  by  the  Catholicks.  So  that  every  thing 
 was  fo  order'd,  that  the  Catholicks,  who  were  not  the  tenth 
 part  of  the  Inhabitants,  were  the  Matters  of  the  Reft,  and 
 might  at  their  Difcretion  command  the  Eftates  and  Liberties 
 of  others  :  And  'tis  thought  that  fome  Perfonal  Refentments 
 tranfported  the  Duke  to  thefe  unjuft  Revenges. 
 
 But  the  Cardinal's  Death,   and  the  crazy  Condition  of  Jj£a* 
 the  King  caus'd  a  kind  of  CefTation  of  all  manner  of  Bufinefs,  m\. 
 the  whole  Government  being  intent  upon  the  Change  that 
 G  g  g  g  2  was 
 
* 
 
 45 2  The  Hiflory  of  the        Vol  IL 
 
 was  like  to  happen  lb  fuddenly  in  the  Kingdom.  For 
 
 which  rcalbn  the  Reformed  had  a  little  Breathing  time:  For 
 I  find  but  one  Peremptory  Decree  of  the  Privy  Council  of 
 the  2d.  of  March,  in  Confirmation  of  another  obtain'd  by 
 the  BiJhop  of  Lufon  upon  a  Petition  the  20th  of  the  Pre- 
 ceding May,  whifch  ientene'd  Gagtmont,  according  to  his 
 own  voluntary  Offers,  to  make  his  Excules  to  the  Vicar  of 
 St.  Hilaire  de  Me/le7  to  confign  fifty  Franks  into  the  Bifhops 
 Hands,  and  pay  him  the  Cofts  and  Charges  of  the  Suit  for 
 not  alighting  nor  putting  off  his  hat,  upon  his  Meeting  the 
 Srcrament. 
 
 Fuz.il,  Curate  of  St.  Btrthekmi  at  Paris,  being  retir'd  to 
 Geneva  in  1614,  was  there  married.  His  Children  after  his 
 death,  went  into  France,  to  fue  for  the  Payment  of  a  Sum 
 of  Money  due  to  their  Father  for  the  Sale  of  an  Inheritance 
 fix  years  before  his  Retirement.  But  their  Kindred  by  the 
 Fathers  fide  refuting  to  acknowledge  'em  for  iawful  Heirs, 
 tho'  born  in  Wedlock,  and  in  a  Country  where  it  was 
 lawful  for  Priefts  to  many,  the  Advocate  General  undertook 
 the  caufe  of  the  Kindred,  and  in  the  Chamber  of  the  Edift, 
 upon  the  lyh.  of  February,  obtain'd  a  Sentence,  that  the 
 Children  asBaftards  in  France  could  not  have  the  Benefit 
 of  Succeffion. 
 
 The  fifth  of  March  a  Decree  was  iflii'd  out  at  Bourdeaux 
 againft  the  Priviledges  of  the  Party-Chamber.  A  certain  Re- 
 collect of  the  Million  of  Bergerac,  went  to  Vifit,  at  Sigow 
 les,  the  Lady  of  Moulard,  pretending  he  had  bin  fent  for  by 
 her  Order,  being  at  that  time  fick.  In  the  nick  of  time, 
 in  comes  Be/hi,  the  Minifler  of  the  Place,  and  oppofes  the 
 Monks  Defign.  Upon  which  the  Monk  complain'd,  that 
 Violence  had  bin  offer'd  him,  and  obtain'd  a  Capias  againft 
 the  Minifter,  who  apply'd  himfelf  to  the  Party  Chamber. 
 Now  this  was  a  caufe  purely  within  the  verge  of  that 
 Chamber.  But  the  Advocate  General  interpos'd  and  caus'd 
 the  Parlament  to  fend  for  the  Caufe,  who  gave  him  leave 
 to  purlue  the  Execution  of  the  Decree. 
 
 But  the  Kings  death,  which  happen'd  in  May,  prevented 
 him  from  any  farther  improving  his  powerful  Zeal  againft 
 
 the 
 
Book  XL      EdiB  of  Nantes. 
 
 the  Reformed.  But  to  fhew  that  he  was  frill  the  fame  to 
 his  laft  Gafp,  lie  could  not  dye  till  he  had  exhorted  with 
 his  own  trembling  Lips,  the  Marfhals  La  Force  and  Chaftil- 
 Ion  to  turn  Catholicks.  However,  he  had  the  not  Pleafure  to 
 fee  extinguilh'd  the  Party  which  he  had  brought  low  :  For 
 Providence  referv'd  that  fatisfa&ion  for  Lewis  XlYth.  who 
 fucceeded  him. 
 
 The  End  of  the  Second  Volume. 
 
455 
 
 A 
 
 COLLECTION 
 
 OF 
 
 EDICTS,  DECLARATIONS, 
 
 AND 
 
 Other  PIECES: 
 
 Serving  for  Proofs  of  the  Second  Part  of  the 
 Hittory  of  the  EDICT  of  NANTES. 
 
 A  Veclarationof  the  fting  upon  the  FdiEt  of  (Pacification,  given 
 at  Paris,  May  22.  1610.  and  Verified  the  third  of 
 June  the  fame  Year. 
 
 I Ems,  by  the  Grace  of  God  Eyes,  2nd  Grief  in  her  Heart,  ne- 
 
 King  of  Eravce  and  Na-  verthelefs  has  not  forborn  with  in- 
 
 varr ,  to  all  to  whom  ceflant  Labour,  and  v\ith  great 
 
 — *  thefe  Prefent  Letters fliall  Magnanimity  and  Prudence,  to 
 
 come,  Greeting.    Since  the  unfor-  prevent  that  fatal  Accident  from 
 
 tunate  and  deteftable  Affaffination  doing  any  Prejudice  to  our  Perfon 
 
 of  our  thrice  Honour'd  Lord  and  and  Digrity,  or  to  our  Kingdom 
 
 Father  lafi:  Deceafed,  wnom  God  or  Subjects,  holding  her  felf  bound 
 
 Abfolve,  the  Queen  Regent,  our  totbisDiuy,  not  only  by  the  na- 
 
 thrice  hoi;oui'd  Lady  and  Mother,  tural  Affection  which  fhe  bears  us, 
 
 tho'  continually  with  Tears  in  her  but  alfo  becaufe  of  her  having  been 
 
 declar'd 
 
A  CoWion  of  Edifc,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 declared  Regent,  r.nd  under  that 
 Character  being  entrulted  with  the 
 Care  and  Aclminiilt  aiion  of  the  Af- 
 fairs of  the  Kingdom,  by  the  Votes 
 and  Suffrages  of  the  Princes  of  the 
 Blood,  and  the  reft  of  the  Prin- 
 ces, Prelates,  Peers,  Principal  Of- 
 ficers of  the  Crown,  and  Members 
 of  our  Par  lament  AiTembl'd  there- 
 in, we  keeping  there  our  Throne 
 of  Juftice,  wherein  her  Pains  prov'd 
 fo  fuccdsful,  and  the  Affection  of 
 our  Subjects  who  were  then  about 
 us,  asalfoofthe  Inhabitants  of  our 
 good  City  of  Paris ,  was  fo  great 
 and  fincere  toward  us ,  that  we 
 can  defire  nothing  more  from  their 
 Obedience  and  Fidelity,  nor  from 
 the  good  and  prudent  Conduct  of 
 the  Queen  Regent,  our  aforefaid 
 thrice  honour'd  Lady  and  Mother. 
 Being  alfoinform'dby  Intelligence, 
 that  comes  to  us  every  day,  that  in 
 all  other  Places  and  Parts  of  our 
 Kingdom,  all  our  Subjects  as  well 
 Catholicks,  as  of  the  pretended 
 Reformed  Religion,  of  all  Quali- 
 ties, make  it  their  Bulinefs  out  of 
 a  laudabie  Emulation,  to  outvye 
 each  other  in  readinefs  to  Obedi- 
 ence, in  Adions  and  Behaviour 
 which  give  fome  Teftimony  of 
 their  Fidelity  and  Duty ;  for  which 
 we  have  great  occafion  to  blefs 
 God,  and  to  hope  that  as  he  has 
 been  pleas'd  to  preferve  this  King- 
 dom from  imminent  Dangers,  fo 
 as  to  make  it  flourifh  for  fo  many 
 Ages,  fo  he  will  take  into  his  Pro- 
 tection our  youthful  Years,  and 
 grant  us  leifure  to  grow  up  in  Piety 
 and  Vertue,  to  the  end  we  may  one 
 day  employ  theGr  mdcur,  to  which 
 he  has  rais'd  us,  to  his  Honour  and 
 
 Glory.  Which  with  all  our  Hearts 
 we  implore  him  to  vouchfafc  us, 
 and  to  infpire  us  always  with  Coun- 
 cils requidte  and  neceflary  for  the 
 well  governing  our  Subjects  in  his 
 Fear,  and  cauling  them  to  live  in 
 Peace,  Union,  and  Amity  one  wich 
 another^  as  being  the  true  Founda- 
 tion, upon  which  next  after  God, 
 depends  the  Safety  and  Preferrati- 
 on  of  the  Kingdom.  Experience 
 having  taught  the  Kings  our  Prede- 
 ceifors,  that  the  Fury  and  Violence 
 of  Arms  had  been  always,  not  only 
 of  no  effect  to  reduce  their  Sub- 
 jects, who  were  gone  altray,  into 
 the  Bofom  of  the  Catholick,  Apo- 
 ltolick  and  Roman  Church,  but  ra- 
 therextreamly  prejudicial which 
 was  the  Reafon  that  being  fwaid  by 
 more  happy  Councils  they  had  re- 
 courfe  to  Mildnefs,  in  -granting 
 them  the  Exercifeof  the  pretended 
 Reformed  Religion,  of  which  they 
 madeProfeffion.  By  whofe  Exam- 
 ple led,  the  Deceafed  King,  our 
 thrice  Honour'd  Lord  and  Father, 
 made  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  for  the 
 Reconciling  of  all  his  Subjects  to- 
 gether. The  Obfervation  of  which 
 Edict,  together  with  the  Regulati- 
 ons made  in  coniequence  of  if,  fet- 
 tled fuch  an  allured  repofe  among 
 'em  as  has  lafted  ever  fince  without 
 Interruption.  By  means  of  which, 
 although  that  Edict  be  perpetual 
 and  irrevocable,  and  confequently 
 has  no  need  of  being  confirmed  by 
 a  New  Declaration  ^  nevertheless 
 to  the  end  our  Subjects  may  be  af- 
 fur'd  of  our  good  Will,  and  that 
 our  Intention  and  pleafure  is  invio- 
 lably to  obferve  that  Edict,  made 
 for  the  good  and  repofe  of  our  Sub- 
 jects, 
 
Book  XL    A  CoMion  ofEOBs,  &c. 
 
 jetts,  as  well  Catholicks,  as  of  the 
 pretended  Reformed  Religion. 
 
 Therefore  we  Declare,  That 
 this  Affair  having  been  debated  in 
 our  Prefence  by  the  Queen  Regent, 
 our  thiice  Honoured  Lady  and  Mo- 
 ther, we  have  by  the  Advice  of 
 Her,  the  Princes  of  our  Blood,  o- 
 cher  Princes,  Dukes,  Peers,  Offi- 
 cers of  our  Crown  ,  and  feveral 
 eminent  Perfons  of  our  Council, 
 faid  and  ordainM,  fay  snd  ordain, 
 and  it  is  our  Will  and  Pleafure, 
 That  the  faid  Edift  of  Names,  in 
 all  the  Points  and  Articles  of  it,  to- 
 gether with  the  reft  of  the  Arti- 
 cles to  them  granted,  and  the  Re- 
 gulations made,  and  Decrees  fet 
 forth  upon  the  Interpretation,  or 
 Execution  of  the  faid  Ed  id,  and 
 in  confequence  of  it,  mall  be  invio- 
 lably upheld  and  obferv'd,  and  the 
 infringers  fhall  be  feverely  punifh'd 
 as  Difturbers  of  the  Publick  Tran- 
 quillity.   To  which  Effect,  we 
 eojoyn  all  our  Officers  to  be  fedu. 
 loufly  affifting,  under  the  Penalty 
 of  being  refponfible,  and  being  pu- 
 nifh'd  for  their  Negligence  with  the 
 fame  Rigour,  as  the  Difobedience 
 of  thofe  that  lhall  offer  to  Violate 
 it. 
 
 In  like  manner,  we  command 
 our  Beloved  and  Trufty  People 
 holding  our  Court  of  Parlamenc 
 in  Paris,  that  thefe  Prefents  may 
 be  Read,  Publifh'd  and  Regifter'd, 
 and  the  Contents  thereof  to  keep, 
 maintain,  and  obferve  Point  by 
 Point,  according  to  their  Form  and 
 
 Tenour,  without  fuffcring  or  per- 
 mitting any  Breach  thereof  in  any 
 manner  whatever:  In  Teftimony 
 whereof,  we  have  caufed  our  Seals 
 to  be  affix'd  to  thefe  Prefents. 
 
 Given  at  Paris,  May  22.  in  the 
 Year  of  Grace,  1610.  and  of 
 our  Reign  the  Firft, 
 
 Louis. 
 
 And  upon  the  Folding  of  the 
 Paper. 
 
 By  the  King,  the  Queen  Regent 
 being  Prefent, 
 
 De  Lominie. 
 
 Seal'd  with  the  great  Seal  of  the 
 faid  Lord,  upon  a  double  La- 
 bel. 
 
 Alfo  written  upon  the  fide  of 
 the  faid  Folding. 
 
 Read,  Publifh'd  and  Regifterd , 
 heard  by,  and  Confenting  and 
 Requefting  the  Kings  Advocate 
 General.  And  Order'd  that 
 compar'd  Copies  fhall  be  fent  to 
 the  Bayliwicks  and  Senefchal- 
 fhips,  to  be  there  alfo  Read, 
 Publifh'd  aud  Regifter'd,  with 
 all  fpeed  by  the  Advocate  Gene- 
 ral's Subftitutes,  who  are  en- 
 joyn'd  to  Certifie  the  Court  of 
 their  doing  it  this  Month.  At 
 Paris  in  Parliament,  June  3. 
 16*10. 
 
 Signed,  Tilkt. 
 
 Hhhh 
 
 A 
 
A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 A  Genera!  Regulation,  drawn  up  in  the  AJftmbly  General  of  the 
 
 Reformed  Churches  of  Fiance,  held  at  Saumur,  by  the  Kjngs 
 Perrniffion  in  the  Tear,  1 6  1 1 . 
 
 IN  every  Province  there  fhall  be  upon  a  certain  Sunday  at  Sermon; 
 a  Council  eftablifhed,  to  Con-  at  the  Conclulion  of  which  the  Mi- 
 fult  about  the  Affairs  of  the  Church  nifters  fhail  giv«  notice  to  the 
 within  the  Province.  Houfe-keepers  to  flay  in  Order 
 Which  Councils  fhall  be  conti-  to  Confult  about  Affairs  of  the 
 nu'd  and  chang'd  every  two  Years,  Church  which  concern  'em. 
 either  all  or  in  part,  at  the  Difcre-  By  the  Advice  of  which  Houfe- 
 tion  of  the  Provincial  AITembly  :  keepers,  fuch  a  number  of  Perfons 
 Which  AITembly  fhall  choofe  out  fhall  be  deputed  from  every  Church 
 of  the  Gentlemen,  Paftors  and  to  meet  in  the  AfTembly  of  the  Col- 
 third  Eflate,  Perfons  well  known  loquy,  according  to  the  Method 
 to  all  the  Province  for  their  Pie-  obferv'd  as  shove  mention'd,  as 
 ty,  Probity,  Capacity  and  Expe-  fhall  be  chofen  by  Plurality  of 
 l'ience ;  the  number  of  thofe  that  Voices,  provided  there  be  a  mix- 
 are  to  be  employ'd,  out  of  every  ture  of  Gentlemen,  Minifters,  and 
 one  of  the  1  id  R  uiksor  Degrees,  Men  of  the  third  Eftate,  as  far  as' 
 being  toiemainat  the  Difcretion  is  pofiible  to  be  done, 
 of  the  Provinces.  The  fnid  Provincial  AfTemblies, 
 The  Council  fh  >H  Name  the  fhall  Debate  and  A^gue  by  Heads, 
 PLice,  and  ihe  P&ffons  to  whom  unlefs  any  Church  requires  that 
 Advices  fhall  he  curetted,  whether  they  fhall  argue  by  Churches;  or 
 General  Deputies,  or  ot  the  Pro-  that  in  Pisces,  where  the  AfTembly 
 viuce.  meets  by  Deputation  of  Collo- 
 When  a  General  Afle  nbly  is.  to  quies,  '  fome  Colloquy  requires 
 be  calPd,  the  Council  fhall  give  that  Judgment  fhouid  be  given  by 
 notice  to  all  the  Cnurches,  either  Collcq  lies, 
 one  by  one,  or  by  way  of  Collo-  No  Man  fhall  be  admitted  into 
 quies,  according  to  the  Method  the  faid  Piovi^.cial  Afftmblies,  nn- 
 obkrv'd  in  everyone  oi  the  Pio-  lefs  he  have  a  Call,  or  be  employ'd 
 vihees,  to  Aflemble  at  a  certain  in  MefTiges. 
 day,  and  fend  thither  their  Depa-  The  Kings  Officers  and  other 
 ties,  either  by  the  Appointment  M  giftrates  may  be  prefent  in  the 
 of  Churches  or  CoToquies.  faid  Provincial  AfTemblies,  when 
 To  which  pur  pole  the  Elders  of  they  fhall  be  call'd  by  the  Method 
 •ach  Co:  fiftory,  fhall  be  careful  10  above  prefcrib'd,  and  fh.ll  fit  with 
 give  notice  to  all  the  Principal  the  Nobility,  or  with  the  third 
 Members  of  their  Chuiches  to  meet  Eftate,  according  to  their  Quali- 
 ty? 
 
Book  XL   A  Collection  ofEdifo,  &c.  4 
 
 ty,  unlefs  they  fhall  be  admitted  Fund  depofited  in  the  Hands  of 
 
 to  make  an  Order  apart.  one  of  the  Council  of  every  Pro- 
 
 The  frefidents  that  are  to  pre-  vince,  amounting  to  about  a  hun- 
 
 fide  in  the  laid  Piovincid  Aflem-  der'd  and  fifty  Litres,  to  defray 
 
 bites,  (hall  be  chosen  oat  of  the  the  Expences  of  the  fa  id  Difpatch- 
 
 Nohilirv  by  Plurality  or  Voices,  es,  and  to  rcimbarfe  thole  that 
 
 There  (h  ill  not  be  above  live  De-  fhall  have  laid  out  any  Money ;  and 
 
 puties  at  mod,  lent  by  the  Provin-  the  Deputies  of  the  fdid  Contigu- 
 
 cial  to  the  General  Affembly,  and  ous  Provm.  es  (hall  confer  toge- 
 
 thrce  fhall  be  the  leaft  ;  which  ther,  to  refolve  what  ro  do  upon 
 
 fhall  be  cholen,  luch  as  are  [he  mod  this  Order  before  they  depart, 
 able  Perfons  in  that  AfTembly,  out      If  the  Intelligence  reteiv'd  by 
 
 of  the  Gentlemen,  Minilters  and  the  Council  be  fu  h,  that  they  can 
 
 third  Eftate  ,  as  far  as  may  be  look  after  it  alone,  they  fhall  do 
 
 done.  it  fpeedily  and  without  ckLy:  \( 
 
 The  Councils  compost  as  above,  not,  'tis  kk  to  their  Piudence  and 
 
 in  every  Province  (hail  be  entrufted  their  Judgment  to  C^nf  ilt  the  Ad- 
 
 with  the  following  Functions,  and  vice  of  fuch  Perfons,  as  they  fhall 
 
 over-fight  of  Affairs.  think  convenient,  as  the  Cafe  re- 
 
 To  difperfe  the  Intelligence  qui.es,  to  call  to  their  AlTiiiance. 
 which  they  receive  from  the  Gene-  For  Example,in  Cafe  of  any,  no- 
 ral  Deputies  at  Court,  or  from  table  Breach  of  the  Edict,  Sedition, 
 the  Provinces  adjoining,  or  other  Tumult,  attempt  upon  any  Place, 
 Places,  to  all  the  Churches  and  or  fuch  other  Intelligence  of  Ira- 
 Places  of  the  Province,  or  to  fuch  portance,  thefatisfaction  for  which 
 a  Governour,  Captain,  or  other  was  neglected,  orrequir'da  more 
 Perfon  as  need  requires.  vigorous  Profecution,  they  may 
 
 Alfo  if  the  Intelligence  reach  require  fuch  of  the  Neighbouring 
 
 farther  then  the  Province,  whe-  Counties,  which  they  think  molt 
 
 ther  it  be  the  general  concern  of  proper  to  affift'efn-  with  three  of 
 
 all,  or  the  particular  Bufinefs  of  their  Counfellors  at  the  leaft,  who 
 
 fome  other  neighbouring  Province,  upon  the  Miff.  Summons  fli.ill  be 
 
 to  give  notice  by  an  exprefs  and  bound  to  Meet,  in  fuch  a  Place  as 
 
 without  delay.  the  injur'd  Province  fftall  Aflign, 
 
 And  to  the  end,  this  Communi-  one  or  more  of  their  Council  to 
 cation  of  Intelligence  may  not  Confult  together  and  find  out  all 
 prove  ineffectual  for  want  of  Dili-  the  good  and  lawful  means  to  get 
 gence,  the  Contiguous  Provinces  Reparation  for  the  faid  Breaches 
 fhall  take  care  refpectivcly  for  the  in  the  Province  endaramag'd  }  and 
 diftriburing  the  Intelligence  from  to  make  it  their  own  Caufe  and  Bu- 
 one  to  another,  to  the  end  they  finefs,  as  much  as  the  injur'd  Pro- 
 may  be  fent  by  the  (horteft  way,  vihee  did.  Which  if  they  (hall 
 from  what  part  foever  they  come,  not  be  fuffieient  to  go  through  with- 
 To  which  purpofe  there  fhall  be  a  all,  it  fhall  be  left  to  the  Prudence 
 
 Hhhh  2  of 
 
A  Collection  oj 
 
 of  thofe  Provinces,  jointly  with 
 the  Deputies  of  their  Councils,  to 
 advife,  whether  it  be  needful  to 
 give  notice  to  all  the  reft  of  the 
 Provinces,  and  to  Affign  a  place 
 where  to  Meet  the  Deputies,  in 
 Order  to  the  unanimous  Profecuti- 
 on  of  that  Affair. 
 
 All  which  is  mod  conformable  to 
 the  General  Union  of  the  Church- 
 es of  the  Kn  gdom,  which  obliges 
 'cm  to  a  mutual  Refentment  of 
 their  Grievances :  So  that  one  Pro- 
 vince grievonfly  injnr'd  may  not 
 have  recourfe  of  it  felf  to  violent 
 Remedies,  as  it  were  by  way  of 
 Reprifal,  or  to  fome  other  fort  of 
 Revenge,  whereby  they  may  be 
 hurried,  and  confequently  all  the 
 reft  of  the  Churches,  to  extremi- 
 ties, but  may  partly  be  reltrain'd 
 by  the  Prudence  of  their  Councils 
 within  the  bounds  of  Moderati- 
 on, and  partly  fortifi'd  by  their 
 fupport,  for  the  obtaining  of  Ju- 
 ftice,  and  Reparation  of  their 
 wrongs. 
 
 The  fame  Method  fhall  be  ob- 
 ferv'd,  in  Cafe  that  any  one  pro- 
 fefiing  the  Religion,  (hall  attempt 
 any  thing  rafhly,  and  with  a  Call, 
 to  the  prejudice  of  the  publick 
 Tranquillity. 
 
 The  faid  Deputies  of  the  Coun- 
 cil of  the  Provinces  (hall  have  a  re- 
 gard to  the  Kings  Service  and  the 
 Prefervation  of  the  Churches,  that 
 the  Places  committed  to  the  Cufto- 
 dy  of  thofe  of  the  Religion  may  be 
 kept  in  a  good  Condition,  and  that 
 the  Governours  a  riff  Captains,  with 
 whom  they  are  entrufted,  do  their 
 Duty. 
 
 And  to  that  purpofe  the  faid  Go- 
 
 •  EdiBs,  &c.  Vol.  II. 
 
 vernours  and  Captains  are  admo- 
 nilh'd,  not  to  take  it  ill,  if  the  faid 
 Councils  from  time  to  time  depute 
 Perfonages  capacicated  among  'em, 
 or  elfe  out  of  the  Province  to  vifit 
 the  faid  Places  and  Garrifons,  to 
 the  end  they  may  give  an  accompt 
 to  the  Province.  In  which  Vifita- 
 tion  they  fhall  take  care  that  all 
 their  Souldiers,  for  AflTu ranee  of 
 that  Fidelity,  which  is  principally 
 required  from  'em,  fhall  be  well 
 known  to  be  of  the  Religion,  ard 
 that  they  may  not  be  lifted  out  of 
 the  Original  Inhabitants  of  thofe 
 Cities  or  Suburbs,  rill  there  be  a 
 Neceffity  of  new  Reinforcements. 
 Which  the  aforefaid  Governours 
 and  Captains  are  requir'd  to  ob- 
 ferve. 
 
 And  becaufe  great  abufes  have 
 formerly  been  committed,  by  Rea- 
 fon  of  the  great  number  of  Souldi- 
 ers, which  might  or  ought  to  have 
 been  entertain'd  in  the  faid  Places, 
 which  confidering  the  incertainty 
 of  thefe  times,  might  have  brought 
 upon  us  iaconveniences  paft  repair, 
 the  faid  Governours  and  Captains 
 are  reqnir'd,  for  the  Service  of  the 
 King,  the  Peace  of  his  Subjects  of 
 the  Religion,  the  difcharge  of 
 their  Honour  and  Confciences,  and 
 the  freeing  themfelres  from  that 
 blame,  which  otherwife  they  may 
 incurr,  to  conform  to  that  which 
 follows. 
 
 Thatistofay,  that  of  the  fumra 
 as  well  charg'd  upon  the  Publick 
 Accompt  as  payable  in  ready  Mo- 
 ney, they  take  a  third  part  clear, 
 and  difingag'd  from  all  charges, 
 and  that  for  the  two  other  third 
 parts,  they  confent  to  give  the  Ac- 
 quittances 
 
Book  XI.    A  Collection  of  Editfs,  &c. 
 
 quittances  into  the  hands  of  fuch  vernor  ^  nor  ftiall  the  faid  extraor- 
 Perfon  as  (hall  be  appointed  by  dinary  charges  above  mentioned 
 the  Council  of  the  Province,  who  exceed  a  third  or  fourth  of  the 
 (hall  receive  the  Money  and  pay  the  faid  two  third  parts  for  every 
 Souldiers  by  Bill  of  Exchange ,  Year. 
 
 and  fatisfk  all  other  charges ;  as  If  any  Fund  be  given  by  their 
 well  of  the  Garrifon  as  of  the  Majefties  for  the  Reparations  and 
 Place.  Fortifications  of  the  faid  Places, 
 
 By  the  way,  'tis  to  be  under-   the  faid  Governour  (hall  Order, 
 flood  that  out  of  the  two  thirds,   how  the  Money  mall  be  laid  out, 
 there  are  to  be  paid  the  Governors   as  having  more  intereft  in  what  it 
 Lieutenant,  if  he  have  any,  the   ought  to  be  moll  properly  em- 
 Captains  and  Soul'Jiers  according    ploy'd,  and  beft  Judges  of  what  is 
 to  the  Agreements  order'd  by  the   moil  neceifary.    Neverthelefs  the 
 Governours  and  Captains,  the  Ser-   Commiffioners  of  the  Council  flial] 
 jeant  Major,  the  Drummers,  the   have  an  Infpeclion  into  it,  to  the 
 Canoneers ,  and  other  neceffary   end  the  Dilpofals,  Proclamations, 
 Officers ;  glfo  for  ,  Wood  and   Adjudications ,  and  Abatements 
 Candles  for  the  Corps  du  Guard,  may  be  duly  made,  and  without 
 where  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Cities  Monopolizing,  and  that  the  Buft- 
 find  none-,  Matts,  Bedding,  Ruggs,  nefs  may  be  done  as  they  defire. 
 new  Arms,  repair  of  the  Watch-   Or  if   the  Fund  be  otherwife 
 Towers,  Bridges,  Barriers,  Palli-  rais'd   for   the    faid  Reparati- 
 fado's,  and  new  Carriages  for  the  ons,  it  mail  be  manag'd  by  him 
 great  Guns,  when  the  Council  of  whom  the  Council  (hall  appoinr, 
 the  Province  think  it  convenient,   who  in  the  Prefence  of  the  Gover- 
 and  are  able  to  do  it  without  too  nour  (hall  give  an  Accompt  to  the 
 much  prejudice  to  the  ordinary  Council. 
 
 Garrifon.  Where  there  (hall  be  publick 
 
 And  becaufe  it  (hall  be  the  care  Magazines  they  (h<ll  take  care, 
 of  the  faid  Council,  or  of  thofe  that  the  Corn,  W  ine  and  other 
 whom  they  (hall  appoint  for  that  Provifions,  without  any  prejudice 
 purpofe,  to  make  an  eftimate,  as  to  the  Kings  Officers,  be  fupply'd 
 neer  the  Truth  as  may  be,  of  what  in  Time  and  Seafon,  to  the  end 
 the  Annual  Charges  may  amount  they  may  not  be  empty.  Alfothat 
 to,  to  the  end  there  tmy  be  a  Fund  the  Powder,  Match,  andoiherpe- 
 ftiil  ready,  and  n  t  to  put  upon  rifhable  Ammunition  may  be  dry'd, 
 the  Governours  and  Captains  more  refreflfd,  and  reground,  with  as 
 Men  then  they  are  able  to  bear :  a  d  much  good  Husbandry  as  may  be. 
 of  all  that  Admmifhration  there  And  in  a  Word,  the  Governours 
 fhall  be  an  account  given  to  the  faid  are  exhorttd  not  to  take  in  ill  part 
 Council,  as  alfo  of  the  Charge  the  cave  which  the  Deputies  of  the 
 that  (h -11  be  laid  upon  the  faid  cwo  Council  (h^ II  take,  as  to  what  con- 
 thirds  in  the  prefence  of  the  Go-  cerns  the  Prefervation  of  the  faid 
 
 Place, , 
 
2  A  Collection  of 
 
 Places,  and  to  give  all  Affiiuance 
 and  Encouragement  to  thole  tint 
 lhall  be  fen t  by  'em. 
 
 The  faid  Denies  of  the  Coun- 
 cil fnall  labour,  in  nurfuance  of  the 
 Uriel  Union  w  i.ich  ought  to  be  be- 
 tween thofe  of  the  Religion,  by  all 
 amicable  means,  as  tar  as  in  'em 
 lies,  either  by  their  o.\n  P.  irs, 
 or  the  Mediation  of  proper  Per 
 fans  to  prevent  and  reconcile  all 
 Suits  „  Quarrels  ■>  Anlrbo^  i 
 that  may  arife  upon  any  octJion 
 whatever. 
 
 If  any  of  the  Captains,  or  Go- 
 vernors of  Places  happen  to  dye, 
 they  (hall  endeavour  that  the  Re- 
 gulation ,  which  their  Majefties 
 have  been  pleasM  to  grant  their 
 Subjects,  may  be  exactly  ob- 
 ferv'd  in  all  the  Circumftances  of 
 it. 
 
 The  Provinces  and  their  Coun- 
 cils (ball  hold  afhict  Correfpon- 
 dence  with  their  Neighbours,  and 
 to  the  end  they  may  be  the  bet- 
 ter able  to  keep  it  up,  they  (hall 
 be  careful  to  caufe  their  Deputies 
 to  Meet  at  the  Provincial  Aflem- 
 blies. 
 
 And  for  the  General  Correfpon- 
 dence  between  the  whole  Body, 
 they  (hall  take  and  receive  it  from 
 the  General  AITerably,  fo  long  as 
 
 'Edicts,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 it  (hall  fit  by  the  Kings  Permiflion  : 
 but  that,  breaking  up,  they  (hall 
 have  recourfe  to  the  General  De- 
 puties, refiding  near  their  M  je- 
 llies, in  Order  to  the  Church  Af- 
 fairs. 
 
 And  for  the  upholding  a  Ne- 
 ceflary  Union  between  all  the 
 Churches,  thty  (hall  meet  every 
 Year  at  a  certain  Time  and  Place, 
 and  arpoiuc  one  of  the  Council  of 
 <  \ery  Province  10  oe  there  exact- 
 lv.  To  which  purpofe  the  Aflem- 
 b'y,  at  their  breaking  up,  (hall 
 appoint  the  Council  that  ought 
 to  nominate  the  Day  and  Place 
 for  the  firft  Year  :  which  (hill  take 
 care  to  appoint  the  raoft  com- 
 modious Time  for  the  Meeting, 
 with  the  lead  Noife  and  Buttle', 
 and  to  render  it  the  mod  Benefi- 
 cial that  may  be  to  the  Conjun- 
 dure  of  Affairs.  Thofe  few  Days 
 of  Conference  will  foder  their  U- 
 nion,  revive  the  common  Refent- 
 ment  of  their  Interefts,  and  in- 
 form one  another  of  their  prefent 
 Condition. 
 
 Done,  and  Decreed  at  the  Gene- 
 ral Aflembly  of  the  Reformed 
 Churches  of  France ,  held  at  Sau- 
 mnr  by  the  Kings  Permiflion, 
 jiuguft  29.  J  61 1 . 
 
 Anfwer  to  the  Writing  of  the  Writing  of  the  AJltmbly  of  Sau- 
 Aflembly  of  Saumur,  upon      mur.  161 1. 
 the  52.  and  53.  Article. 
 
 THe  Deceafed  King  Henry  bav-  I.  '"T",He  Deputies  of  the  Refor- 
 ing  formerly  declared  his  Will       J.    med  Churches  of  France 
 and  AlTem- 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c.  463 
 
 and  Pleafure  upon  a  demand  of  the  Aflembl'd  at  Saitmur  by  the  Kings 
 fame  Nature  in  his  Anfwer  to  the  Permiflion,  continuing  their  molt 
 Writing  ,  March  23.  1602.  viz..  humble  Remonftrances,  Petitions 
 That  what  had  been  altered  m  the  and  Supplications  prefentcd  from 
 [aid  Edicli  andthe  Private  Articles,  Time  to  Time  upon  feveral  occafi- 
 nbich  was  but  a  very  fmall  matter,  ons  by  the  faid  Churches,  fince  the 
 had  been  dove  for  the  general  good.  Year  98. moft  humbly  fupplicate  his 
 and  to  facilitate  the  Execution  of  it,  Majefty,  that  they  may  fully  en  joy 
 and  alfo  with  the  Confent  of  the  Prin-  the  whole  Contents  of  the  Edict, 
 opal  of  the  faid  pretended  Reformed  which  it  pleas'd  the  Deceafed  King 
 Religion,  who  were  calPd  to  thg  Con-  Henry  the  Great  of  bleffed  Memo- 
 fultations  about  it :  which  was  like-  ry,  to  Grant  and  Sign  after  a  long 
 wife  accepted  and  executed  at  their  and  folemn  Treaty,  by  the  Advice 
 Infiances  and  Sollicitation :  Therefore  of  the  Princes  of  the  Blood,  the 
 the  King  at  prefent  Reigning,  de firing  reft  of  the  Princes,  and  Officers 
 to  conform  himfelf  to  the  %ood  and  Pi-  of  the  Crown,  and  other  great  and 
 ous  Reflations  of  the  Deceafed  King  eminent  Perfons  in  his  Council  of 
 his  Father,  is  pleased,  and  his  mean-  State  j  and  in  the  fa  me  form  as  it 
 ing  is,  that  they  fhoJd  be  content  with  was  drawn  up  at  Nantes,  and  aC- 
 the  EdiSl  in  the  form,  as  it  is  veri-  cepted  by  their  Deputies  in  the 
 fi'dtn  his  Sovcratgn  C»tirts,  and  as  it  faid  Year  98.  and  Prefented  to 
 has  fince  been  executed.  the  Court  of  Parliament  of  Parisy 
 
 ?nd  not  according  to  the  Form, 
 10  1  as  it  was  verified  by  the  faid  Court, 
 
 as  having  been  alrer'd  and  par'd  in 
 feveral  Articles  of  great  Impor- 
 tance, without  the  Confent  of  the 
 faid  Churches  ;  who  feveral  times 
 fince,  bntmore  efpenally  by  their 
 Deputies  fent  to  his  Majefty  at  the 
 City  of  Blots,  in  the  Year  99.  and 
 by  the  Writings  drawn  up  by  the 
 Aflembly  at  Sair.te  Foiin  1601.  and 
 anfwer'd  in  March  and  Augnfl 
 1602.  h.?ve  declared  that  they  can- 
 not reft  fwtibfi'd  with  tTie  faid  ve- 
 rified EdLi,  and  humbly  there- 
 fore fupplk:,te  his  M  jefty  to  re- 
 ftoreand  eftjTOlfii  that 'which'  was 
 granted  'cm  before. 
 
 11.  They  likewife  fupplicate  his 
 Majefty,  that  they  may  enjoy  the 
 full  Contents  of  the  Particular  Ar- 
 ticles, granted  together  with  their 
 As  Edift- 
 
A  CoIleBion  of  EM 's,  &e.    Vol.  II. 
 
 Edict  of  Nantes ,  as  they  were 
 drawn  up  and  difparched  in  the 
 Year  98.  reltoring  the  Retrench- 
 ments that  were  made  at  the  Veri- 
 fication. 
 
 111.  To  caufe  the  laid  Ed  id  and 
 Private  Articles,  ro  be  vei  irPd  and 
 regifter'd  according  to  the  Form  a- 
 bove  mention'd  in  all  the  Parlia- 
 ments, Courts  of  Aid,  Chambeis 
 of  Accompts,  and  oiher  Soveraign 
 Courts  or  the  Kingdom,  to  the 
 end  they  may  be  afterwards  regi- 
 fter'd  in  all  Bailiwicks  and  Senef- 
 challhips. 
 
 As  to  what  Jhall  be  found  not  IV-  That  for  the  Execution 
 to  have  been  executed,  tbo>  fet  down  thereof,  when  it  mail  be  nccclTa- 
 in  the  Edit!  of  Nantes,  verifd  in  ry,  and  requird  by  the  faid  Religi- 
 the  Soveraign  Courts,  Cotnmiffioners  on,  that  two  Commiflioners  be  ap- 
 fballbe  Named  by  his  Maffty  to  fee  pointed  by  his  Majefty  outof  every 
 that  the  faid  Execution  be  better  per.  Province,  the  one  a  Catholick,  the 
 form'd:  the  one  a  Catholic^  the  other  to  be  nominated  by  thofe  of 
 other  of  the  faid  Religion;  and  in  the  Province:  if  thofe  ot  the  Re- 
 Cafe  the  faid  Execution  he  left  to  the  ligion  think  it  not  more  Conveni- 
 Bailijfs  andSenefchals,  or  their  Lieu-  ent  to  leave  the  Execution  of  it 
 tenants,  they  Jhall  take  an  AJJociate  to  the  Bailiffs  and  Senefchals  or 
 of  the  fame  Religion,  according  to  their  Deputies.  Who  according 
 the  Anfwer  given  to  the  Writing  an-  to  the  Anfwer  return'd  to  the  fe- 
 fwer'd  in  Auguft  1602.  cond  Artide  of  the  Writing  an- 
 
 iwet'd  in  Auguft  1602.  fhall  be 
 bound  to  take  an  Aflbciate  of  the 
 fame  Religion,  who  fhall  be  no- 
 minated by  thofe  of  the  faid  Reli- 
 gion within  the  faid  Bailiwicks 
 and  Senefchallhips. 
 Nothing  may  be  alter" d  in  the      V.  That  according  to  the  Vlhb. 
 With.  Article  of  the  Edit!  of 'Nantes,  Article  of  the  Edict,  which  per- 
 which  it  is  his  Majefties  Meaning  and  mits  all  Lords  of  High  Jurifdiciion 
 Pleafure  jhall  be  obferv'd.  to  fettle  the  Exercife  of  the  faid 
 
 Religion,  within  the  extent  of 
 their  High  Jurifdictions,  it  mail  be 
 lawful  for  the  Communities  of  the 
 faid  Churches  to  eftablifh  the  faid 
 exercife  within  the  Fiefs  and  High 
 The  Jurif-' 
 
Book  XL    A  ColleBion  ofES&s,  &c.  4 
 
 The  IX.  and  X.  Article  of  the 
 Edttt  foaU  be  upheld  and  ob fervid. 
 
 )l  »3  3fl3  rtoirtw  no 
 
 77?<?  Commiffioners ,  tr&o  JW/  6e 
 ,/f»f  into  the  Provinces  fraU  have  In- 
 ftrutlions  to  inform  themfelves,  whe- 
 ther the  Exerctfes  of  the  faid  Religi- 
 on, had  been  fettPdm  the  faid  Places 
 
 Jurifdictions  that  belong  to  'era, 
 or  which  they  may  hereafter  pur- 
 chafe. 
 
 VL  That  the  faid  Exercife  may 
 be  continu'd  according  ro  the  IX. 
 and  X.  Articles  of  the  Edidt,  in  all 
 Places  where  it  was  in  the  Years 
 77.  and  97.  in  fuch  Manner  as  it 
 was  then  obferv'd,  even  by  the 
 Authority  inherent  in  the  Jurifdi- 
 ction,  tho'  the  Lord  of  the  Man- 
 nor  may  have  afterwards  chang'd 
 his  Religion  ;  o:  that  the  Lordihip 
 may  be  fallen  info  the  PoflTelfion 
 of  a  Cathoikk,  tho  an  Ecclefia- 
 ftick*  and  that  it  may  be  reltor'd, 
 where  it  has  been  taken  away  for 
 thofe  Reafons. 
 
 VII.  And  for  as  much  as  by 
 Vertue  of  the  X.  Article  the  faid 
 Service  ought  to  be  reftor'd  in 
 Reols  ,  Port  Saint e  Aiarie  Laafer- 
 te,  Same  BafviUe,  and  others  of 
 
 he  taken  as  frail  be  according  to  Rea- 
 lm 
 
 looiSl  yf.-o  til  JBffo  .ma"  01  nmc[ 
 yem  nre'  b'^ojna  vl  isrrr 
 03  bVofbi  gnbd  ibri 
 hiR9si  ni  .mo*  ^o  n 
 
 a  10 
 
 for  fo  many  Tears,  and  why  they  were  the  fame  Nature,  where  it  was 
 not  refiord,  that  fuch  courfe  may   fettl'd  in  September  1577.  and  for 
 
 that  becaufe  of  the  long  Difcon- 
 tinuance,  and  other  Inconvenien- 
 ces, it  would  be  a  difficult  thing 
 to  reftore  it  without  fome  danger  of 
 a  Sedition,  therefore  that  his  Ma- 
 jefty  would  be  pleas'd  inftead  of 
 thole  Places  to  grant  'em  others, 
 to  be  appointed  by  the  Synods 
 and  Colloquies  of  the  Province, 
 for  the  removal  of  their  exercife 
 thither. 
 
 The  Kwg  cannot  allow  the  Petitio-      VIII.  That  they  of  the  faid  Re- 
 ners  to  take  any  other    Title  upon  ligion  may  not  be  conflrain'd  in 
 'em,  then  that  which  was  givn  yem  any  Acts  either  Publick  or  Private, 
 by  the  Edicts :  Therefore  his  Maje-  by  Writing  or  otherwife,  to  ftile 
 fly  Orders  that  in  all  Publick.  Alls,  themfelves  of  the  pretended  Re 
 they  frail  ufe  the  Terms  exprefi  in  formed  Religion. 
 the  Edtcl  of  Nantes,  as  is  jet  down 
 tn  the  Anfwer  givento  the  II.  Ar- 
 ticle       I  i  i  i  IX.  That 
 
i  A  Collection  ofEdictr,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 tick  of  the  Writing  anfwer'd  April  8. 
 1609. 
 
 The  Deceafed  King  having  :de-       IX.  That  the  Minifters  of  the 
 dard  by  his  Letters  Patents,  di-    faid  Religion  may  enjoy,  as  to  the 
 ted  July  5.  1604.  that  the  [aid  Mi-    Impoiition    of   Taxes,  Loans, 
 mfters  flmdd  not  he  comprehended  in    Aids,  Duties  apon  Salt,  and  all 
 Taxes  or  other  lmpofnions  upon  their    other  Subfidies,  as  well  ordinary 
 moveable  Goods,  their  Pen/ions  and  Sa-    as  extraordinary,  the  fame  Ex- 
 laries,  but  only  for  their  proper  Eftates:    emption  which  the  Ecdefiafticks 
 'Tishis  Majefttes  Pleafure,  that  they    of  the  Kingdom  enjoy. 
 enjoy  the  Contents  of  the  (aid  Letters, 
 Patents :  and  Jlriclly  forbids  all  Af- 
 feffors  of  Parishes  to  rate  ''em  upon 
 thofe  Accompts ;  and  in  refpetl  of 
 their  proper  Goods  not  to  furcharge 
 'em,  as  they  willanfxver  for  it  in  their 
 own  proper  Per  Jons :  of  which  the  Elu's 
 fhxlltake  Care  under  the  fame  Penal- 
 ties.,    :-,  ••• .'.     "  to!   !>pA  ••  «V      %4  A*d\,  c4-tt  „  vcuws »^*vyjso .i  itji 
 
 TheXH.  Article  (hall  be  obfervd,  X.  That  by  the  XV.  Article  of 
 and  Orders  are  given  to  that  Purpofe  the  Edict;,  all  the  Towns  and  Pla- 
 to  the  Commiffioners  deputed  to  fee  ces,  belonging  to  the  Commuhi- 
 that  they  of  the  faid  Religion  enjoy  the  ties  of  thofe  of  the  faid  Religion, 
 Benefit  of  it,  by  certifying  the  Lofs-of  as alfo  thofe  for  the  Interrment  of 
 the  Deeds  and  Poffeffions,  which  they  their  Dead,  may  be  reftorM  'em. 
 held  in  thofe  Places.  And  where  they  cannot  by  Aii- 
 
 thentick  Titles,  juftifie  their  Pro- 
 priety to  'em,  that  the  only  Proof 
 of  having  formerly  enjoy'd  'em  may 
 fuffice  for  their  being  reftor'd  to 
 the  Pofieffion  of  'em,  in  regard 
 the  faid  Deeds  were  loft  duriDg 
 and  by  Reafon  of  the  Trou- 
 bles. 
 
 The  XHI.  Article  of  the  faid  XI.  That  his  Majefty  would  be 
 Edit!  fhall  be  exatlly  obferv'd,  and  pleafed  according  to  the  XVII. 
 in  pursuance  of  it,  all  Preachers,  Article  of  the  Edict  to  inflict  ex- 
 Readtrs,  and  others  who  fpeak  tn  emplary  Punifhment  upon  Preach- 
 pubiick^,  are  injoynd  not  to  ufe  any  ers,  Confeflors  and  other  Ecclefi- 
 Words  or  Difcourfes  tending  to  ex-  alticks,  who  move  the  People  to 
 cite  the  People  to  Sedition  and  Ani-  Sedition  •,  Blaming  and  Forbid- 
 mofities  one  againft  the  other,  but  ding  all  Society,  Acquaintance 
 to  Curb  and  Behave  themfelves  mo-  and  Communication  with  thofe 
 deftly  ^  and  to  fay  nothing  but  what  of  the  faid  Religion,  forbidding 
 tends  people 
 
Book  XI.   A  Collection  ofEdiBs,  &&  467 
 
 tends  to  the  Jnftruttion  and  Edifi- 
 cation of  their  Hearers,  and  to  pre- 
 fer ve  the  public^  Kepofe  and  Tran- 
 quility under  the  Penalties  mentioned 
 in  the  Editl. 
 
 The  XX.  Article  of  the  Edci  Jhatt 
 be  ob 'fervid :  And  Enquiry  (hall  be 
 made  after  thofe  that  frail  difobey, 
 but  by  the  Officers  ofjufiice,  where- 
 in the  Curates  frail  not  pre  fume  to 
 be  Parties. 
 
 The  XH1  Article  of  the  Editl 
 frail  be  obferved. 
 
 The 
 
 people  to  employ,  affifr,  ferve 
 'em,  or  nurfe  their  little  Chil- 
 dren, by  teaching  that  all  who 
 frequenc  their  Company  are 
 damn'd  :  And  w  here  fuch  Preach- 
 ers and  Con  teflon  (hall  abfent 
 themldves  before  they  can  be  im- 
 pleaded, that  the  Bifhops,  Cu- 
 rates and  others  their  Supeiiours, 
 by  whom  they  were  introdue'd 
 may  be  refponfable  tor  'em  :  En- 
 joyning  the  Advocaccs  General  and 
 their  Subftitutes  to  be  affifting, 
 upon  pain  of  being  anfwerable 
 for  it  in  their  own  Names  and 
 Perfons,  and  upon  Penalty  of  being 
 deprived  of  their  Offices. 
 
 XII.  And  for  as  much  as  the 
 Multiplicity  of  Holy  days,  and 
 the  Obfervation  of  New  ones  oc- 
 cafion  feveral  dilorders,  there- 
 fore thac  in  fuch  places  where 
 thofe  of  the  Religion  fhall  re- 
 quire it,  that  there  may  be  a 
 certain  Regulation  made  as  to  the 
 Number  of  the  faid  Holy-days, 
 by  the  Commiffioners  executing 
 the  faid  Edic~t,  and  that  the  Cu- 
 rates may  not  be  permitted  to  be 
 accufers  for  the  non-obfervance 
 of  'em,  nor  the  Provofl  Marfhals, 
 their  Lieutenants,  Archers  or  o- 
 ther  Officers  of  the  Watch,,  nor 
 the  Serjeants  without  exprefs  war- 
 rant and  command  of  the  Judges 
 of  the  Place. 
 
 XIII.  That  according  to  the/; 
 XVII.  Article  of  the  Edicl,  none! 
 of  thofe  of  the  faid  Religion  may? 
 be  depriv'd  of  the  Dignities  and  . 
 Employment  of  which  they  are  in 
 pofleffion,  whether  they  made  pro-'1 
 feflionof  it  before  or  after  they  were 
 preferr'd  :  and  where  any  of  'em 
 
 Iiii  2  were 
 
A  Collection  of  EdiUs,  &c.    Vol. II. 
 
 were  depriv'd  without  obferving 
 the  Ufual  Forms,  that  they 
 may  be  reftor'd  ;  more  efpecial- 
 ly  fuch  as  were  provided  of  Go- 
 vernments, and  Captains  Places. 
 The  Church-Yards  ordered  Vw  XIV.  That  all  Church- Yards, 
 by  the  Commiffioners,  who  have  former*  that  have  been  enjoy  *d  fince  the 
 ly  executed  the  EdiEt  (hall  remain  Verification  of  the  laft  Edict,  and 
 in  the  Petitioners  Poffeffion  ;  and  if  the  Execution  of  it,  may  remain 
 upon  any  Occafion  they  be  taken  from  in  their  Pofliflion,  and  that  they 
 Vw,  they  Jha/l  be  allowed  others  by  may  not  be  taken  from  'em  upon  a- 
 the  Commtffioners  ordain'd  by  his  ny  Occafion  whatever. 
 Majefiy. 
 
 2  he  Anfwer  given  to  the  XXII.      XV.  That  in  purfuance  of  the 
 Article  of  the  Writing  anfwer  d  the   Regulations  formerly  made  ;  more 
 loft  of  Auguft;  1602.  fhall  be  ob-   efpecially  by  the  Anfwer  to  the 
 ferv  d:  And  to  that  purpofe  his  Ma-    XXU.  Article  of  the  Writing  an- 
 jifty  ordains,  that  convenient  Bury-    fwered  in  Auguft,  1 602.    all  the 
 ing-?laces-  frail  be  allow  d  thofe  of  Royal  and  Inferiour  Judges  may 
 the   Religion,  by  the  Commiffioners   be  enjoyn'd  to  allow  a  Conveni- 
 and  Officers  of  thofe  Quarters,  in   ent  Place,  for  the  Burial  of  their 
 publtch\.  Places  belonging  to  his  Ma-   dead,  to  thofe  ot  the  Religion, 
 jefiy,  or  elfe  to  the  Bodies  of  Ci-   in  fome  publick  Place  belonging 
 ties ,    Burroughs   and  pillages   or   to  the  King,  or  to  the  Communi- 
 Commumties  ;  or  for  defefb  of  fuch   ties  of  the  faid  Cities,  Burroughs 
 Places,  the  faid  Bodies  and  Com-   and  Villages:  and    where  there 
 mumttes  (hall  be  bound  to  purchafe  arc  no  fuch  places,  that  they  may 
 other,  toward  which  thofe  of  tlx  be  purchas'd  at  the  Common  Ex- 
 Religion  fiiull  contribute  their  Pro-   pences  of  all  the  Inhabitants  ot  the 
 portion  like  the  Reft..  Parifh,  thofe  of  the  Religion  con- 
 
 tributing proportionably  to  the 
 Reft. 
 
 Thofe  Burials  were  order  d  in  the      XVI.  That   fuch  Places  where 
 Night  time  to  avoid  Commotions  and  by   particular    Regulation  they 
 Tumults,  and  for  the  greater  Secu-   have   been    conftrain'd   to  bury 
 rity  of  thofe  of  the  Religion  who  at-   their  dead  at  an  inconvenient  Hour, 
 tended  the  Corps.    But  tf  there  be   they  may  be   Permitted  to  bury 
 any  Places  where  they  can  bury  by  by  day-light,  if  they  think  it  fit- 
 Day-light,    without    diflurbing  the  ting. 
 Peace   of  the    Inhabitants,  Orders 
 fhall  be  given  to  the  Commijfioners 
 about  it. 
 
 The  King  cannot  allow  that  the      XVII.  And  for  as  much  as  in 
 Gentlemen  of  the  faid  Religion,  and  fome  Places  the  faid  Funerals  can- 
 others  not 
 
Book  XI.    A  Collection  of  Edi&f,  &c.  469 
 
 others  who  have  Right  of  burying  in 
 Churches,  (i)all  be  there  interr'd;  be- 
 CMnfe  the  Canonical  Conftitutions  for- 
 bid it ;  and  for  that  it  would  be  a 
 thtna  contrary  and  prejudicial  to 
 the  "Catholic!^  Apoftokck  Roman  Re- 
 ligion, which  h;s  Majefty  profcjj'cs  ; 
 nor  can  it  be  done  wit i. out  giving 
 great  occafon  of  Scandal  and  Dif- 
 coment  to  the  Catholicks.  But  his 
 Majefty  grants,  that  the  Commiffi- 
 oners  being  upon  the  Place  may  ad~ 
 vife  with  them,  about  the  means  of 
 preferving  the  Temporal  Right  and 
 Authority  which  they  have  as  Lords 
 and  Patrons  of  the  faid  Churches, 
 fo  tit  at  no  prejudice  may  be  done  ei- 
 ther to  them  or  their  Succeffors. 
 
 The  King  grants  the  faid  petty 
 Schools  in  Cities,  within  the  Sub- 
 urbs of  which  the  Service  of  their 
 Religion  is  permitted  ;  and  that,  for 
 one  Mafter  in  each  ;  and  onely  for 
 teaching  to  Write  and  Read:  With 
 Prohibitions  to  the  faid  Maftcrs  to 
 dogmatizj,  or  to  admit t  above  ten  or 
 twelve  Scholars  in  each  School,  of 
 the  Neighbourhood  only,  and  no  For- 
 r&irncrs. 
 
 The  Editt  permits  yem  to  eretl 
 CoUtdges  in  fuch  Cities  and  Places 
 vihtre  they  have  the  Exercife  of  their- 
 Rtliawn ;  to  which  his  Majefty  allows 
 the  fame  Priviledges  as  to  other  Col- 
 ledges,  recttvd  and  approved  m  this 
 Kingdom. 
 
 The  Choice  of  the  faid  Preftdents 
 de- 
 
 wot  be  folemniz'd    without  dan- 
 ger of  Commotion  and  Sedirion, 
 and  other  Incocveniencies,  efpe- 
 cially  in  Places  where  the  Lords, 
 Gentlemen  and  others  of  the  faid 
 Religion,  have  right  of  Burying 
 in  the  Churches  and  Chappels  of 
 their  PredecefTors,  and  that  Orders 
 may  be  given  to  the  Commiffio- 
 ners  proceeding  to  the  Executi- 
 on of  the  Edict,  to  make  fo  good 
 a  Regulation  in  reference  to  the 
 faid  Enterments,  fo  that  no  In- 
 convenience   may  happen :  And 
 in  fo  doing  to  have  a  regard  to  the 
 Satisfaction  of  the  faid  Lords,  Gen- 
 tlemen and  others,  who  have  a 
 Right  and  Property  in  the  faid 
 Burying  Places. 
 
 XVIII.  That  in  purfuanceof  the 
 Supplication  addrefs'd  to  his  Ma- 
 jeftv  by  the  Writing  anfwer'd 
 111  Auguft,  1602.  and  according 
 to  the  Hopes  given  by  the  An- 
 fwer  made  to  the  fixth  Article  of 
 the  faid  Writing,  it  would  pleafe 
 him  by  an  Interpretation  of  the 
 XXXVIII.  of  the  particular  Arti- 
 cles, to  permit  'em  petty  Schools 
 in  all  the  Villages  and  Burroughs 
 of  the  Kingdom,  to  teach  their 
 Children  to  read  and  write,  and 
 to  inftruct  'em  in  the  firft  Rudi- 
 ments of  Grammar. 
 
 XIX.  That  in  Conformity  to 
 the  Anfwer  return'd  to  the  Wri- 
 ting anfwer'd  in  March  1602.  it 
 would  pleafe  him  to  vouchfafe 
 the  Academies  of  Saumur  and 
 Montauban,  the  fame  Immunities 
 Priviledges  and  Prerogatives, 
 which  other  Academics  of  the 
 Kingdom  enjoy. 
 
 XX.  That  the  Prefidents  and  ten 
 
 Ca- 
 
47°  A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 defends  upon  the  King  onely;  and  C.itholick  Counfellors  who  are 
 fuch  Care  and  Difoction  has  been  10  ferve  in  the  Chamber  of  the 
 ufed,  and  frail  be  {or  the  Future,  Edicl  of  Che  Parlament  of  Paris, 
 that  thofe  of  the  [aid  Religion  (hall  with  the  ten  Counfellors  of  the 
 have  no  caufe  to  CompUin.  faid  Religion,  bechofen  out  of  the 
 
 raoJt  equitable,  peaceable  and  mo- 
 del ate  Men,according  to  the  XLVII. 
 of  the  particular  Articles;  and  to 
 that  pin  pole  thai  it  may  be  agreed 
 upon  with  the  Deputies  of  the 
 faid  C  Mirches;  as  alfo  lor  that 
 by  the  XLVII.  Article  of  the  laid 
 Edicl,  it  isexprtfly  f.id,  that  the 
 laid  Prefidents  and  Counl'eliors 
 (hall  be  continued  as  long  as  polli- 
 ble  may  be. 
 
 The  Number  of  the  faid  Officers  is  XXI.  That  at  the  requeft  of  the 
 already  fo  great  over  all  the  Kingdom  Chamber  ot  Cadres,  which  is  com- 
 that  there  is  no  need  of  increafwg  it.  pos'd  of  a  Prefident  and  Eight  Ca- 
 But  to  the  end  there  may  be  no  want  tholick  Counfellors,  and  as  many 
 of  Judges  in  the  faid  Chamber  becaufe  of  the  Religion,  it  would  pleafe 
 of  the  faid  Refufals,  'tis  granted  that  his  Majefty  to  created  novo  two 
 they  may  judge  to  the  Number  of  Offices  of  Counfellors,  to  ferve  in 
 eight  as  in  other  Parlamcnts,  where-  the  Chamber  of  Nerac,  where  thete 
 as  formerly  they  were  reftrairtd  fo  are  but  fix  Counfellors  of  the  fame 
 ten.  To  which  end  all  Patents  re-  Religion.  Which  is  the  Caufe 
 ejuifite  frail  be  difpatctfd.  that  by  reafon  of  prefent  Refufals, 
 
 there  is  not  a  fufficient  Number  of 
 Judges  in  the  faid  Chamber:  And 
 for  the  faid  two  Offices  to  pro- 
 vide two  Perfons  gratis,  at  the 
 Nomination  of  the  Churches. 
 The  XXXI.  Article  of  the  Edit!      XXII.  And  confidering  the  great 
 (hall  be  obferv 'd :  But  nothing  can  be  Antmolities  of  the  Parlament  of 
 changed  in  the  lafl   E-flabhfrment  of  Thuloufe   and     Bourdeaux,  which 
 the  faid  Chambers:  And  as  to  the  have  chiefly  appear'd   fince  the 
 Eletlion  and  Nomination  of  thofe  fatal  Accident  of  the   Death  of 
 that  are  to  ferve,  his  Majtfiy  will  the  King  oeceas'd,  by  the  great 
 provide  with  fuch  Confidtration  that  Number  of  Divifions  of  Voices 
 they  frail  have  no  occafion  to  com-  that  happen  in  the  Chambers  of 
 plain.  Caftres  and  Nerac,  which  proceeds 
 
 from  hence,  that  the  faid  Courts 
 fend  to  his  Majelty  the  Nomina- 
 tion of  the  Cacholick  Counfellors 
 S*\  which 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c.  47 
 
 which  are  to  ferve  in  the  faid 
 Chambers,  and  Employ  the  molt 
 paflionate  in  the  faid  Courts,  'tis 
 defired  that  each  of  the  faid  Cham- 
 bers may  fupply  the  Number  of 
 the  Counfellors  of  the  Grand 
 Council,  and   the  Surplufage  of 
 the  faid  Courts  of  Parlaments  of 
 Tholoufe  and  Bourdeaux,  who  may 
 be  chofen  by  your  Majefty,  upon 
 the  Regifter  of  the  faid  Courts, 
 as  was  practis'd  upon  the  firftefta- 
 blifhment  of  the  Chamber  of  Juftice 
 in  Languedoc  in  1 579.  and  not  upon 
 the  Nomination  which  is  made  by 
 the  faid  Parlaments. 
 Sailsfatlion  has  been  given  to  the      XXIH.  That  in  Conformity  to 
 Contents  of  this  Article  by  the  Anfwtr  what  has  been  granted  to  theCham- 
 to  the  IV.  of  the  Articles  pre  felted  by  bers  of  the  EdiA  in  the  Parlaments 
 thofedfthe  Religion  in  the  Dauphi-   of  Paris->  Tholoufe  and  Bordeaux, 
 nate,  in  Augutt  Haft}  and  btcaufe  ic  would  pleafe  his  Majefty  to  cre- 
 the  Parlamem  of  Grenoble  has  re-  atc  de  mv0  a"  Office  of  Subftitute 
 fusd  to  obey  it.  Letters  of  command  to  the  Advocate  General  of  the 
 fhaUbefehtiocaufe'emtoverifieit.      Parliament  of  Grenoble  y  to  ferve 
 
 in  the  Chamber,  and  take  his  Con- 
 clufions  as  well  at  the  Hearing  as 
 in  Procefs  by  writing ;  and  to 
 provide  one  of  the  Religion  Gra- 
 tis at   the   Nomination  of  the 
 Churches  under  the  Jurifdiclion 
 of  rhe  ft  id  Chamber. 
 The  Deceased  King  bein?  en?ag>d      XXIV.  And  that  all  the  Offi- 
 by  Pramifc,  not  to  make 'any  'new  cers  of  the  laid  Miparty  Chamber, 
 Creamn,  even  in  the  faid  Province  m3Y  be  according  to  the  Intention 
 there  is  no  Re'afip  for  granting  the  of  the  Edid,  and  practice  of  the 
 Vrejikt  Article.  Chambers,  may  it  pleafe 
 
 •  his  Majetty  to  create  de  novo  two 
 
 Offices  of  Secretaries,  and  an  littl- 
 er in  the  faid  Pai  lament  of  Gre- 
 noble0  to  ferve  in  the  faid  Cham- 
 ber, and  to  provide  Perfons  of  the 
 faid  Religion  Gratis^  at  the  Nomi- 
 nation of  the  faid  Churches. 
 Such  conrfc  fhall  be  tdken  that  XXV.  For  the  fame  Reafon  in 
 there  re- 
 
The  XLW.  Article  of  the  EdiSt 
 frail  be  obfervd,  and  the  Vfrcrs  and 
 Serjeants  frail  be  enjoined  to  execute 
 all  Decrees,  Commiffions  and  Orders 
 iffiifdottt  of  the  faid  Chambers  of  the 
 Edict,  and  of  Grenoble,  in  all  places 
 rphere  need  frail  require,  upon  Pain  of 
 being  fhfpended  from  their  Employ- 
 ments, and  forcd  to  pay  the  Expen- 
 ses, Dammages  and  luterefl  of  the 
 Plaint  if  s  tn  the  Suits. 
 
 r2  A  CoMion  ofEdt&s,  &e.    Vol.  E 
 
 there  fiiaS  be  no  occafion  for  Com-  regard  the  two  Gommiflioners  of 
 flaint.  the  Regifhy  of  the  Chamber  of  Ca- 
 
 ftres  are  Catholicks,  that  upon  the 
 Death  or  Refignation  of  one  of  the 
 faid  Officers,  one  of  the  faid  Reli- 
 gion may  fnpply  his  Room. 
 
 XXVI.  And  for  as  much  as  to 
 the  prejudice  of  the  LX  VI  I.  Arti- 
 cle of  Particulars,  and  the  Provi- 
 fion  made  in  confequence  of  it,  by 
 Anfwers  to  feveval  Writings,  the 
 Courts  of  Parlament  in  Provence, 
 Burgundy  and  Briiany,  make  daily 
 Decrees  againft  the  Ulhers,  who 
 within  their  Jurifdictions  execute 
 the  Decrees  of  the  Chambers  of 
 the  Edict  of  Paris  and  Grenoble ; 
 fo  that  for  that  Reafon  the  Royal 
 Serjeants  fettled  in  the  faid  Pro- 
 vinces, refufe  to  put  the  faid  De- 
 crees in  Execution,,  therefore  may 
 his  Majefty  be  pleas'd  to  create  de 
 novo  two  Offices  of  Serjeants  Royal 
 in  every  Bailiwick. and  Senefchai- 
 fhip  within  the  Jurifdiction  of  the 
 faid  Provinces,  to  be  fuppli'd  by 
 Perfons  of  the  faid  Religion. 
 
 XXVII.  And  for  Remedy  of  the 
 Inconvenience,  which  they  of  the 
 Religion  daily  fuffer  both  at  Paris 
 and  other  Places,  where  there  are 
 no  Royal  Notaries  to  receive  Con- 
 tracts, Wills,  and  other  Volunta- 
 ry Acts,  may  it  pleafe  his  Majefty 
 to  create  de  novo  in  every  City  two 
 Offices  of  Royal  Notaries,  and  to 
 fupply  the  Places  with  thofe  of  the 
 faid  Religion. 
 
 XXVIII.  That  Atteftations  fent 
 by  the  Minifters  and  Elders,  to  ju- 
 ftifie  themfelves  in  the  Chambers 
 of  the  Edict,  lhall  not  be  oppos'd 
 nor  rejected,  unlefs  it  be  upon  a 
 challenge  or  exception  againtt  the 
 
 Sign- 
 
 and  thofe  of  the 
 ifferently  received 
 
 and  as  tQ  thofe 
 
 The  Catholicks, 
 Religion  frail  be  in, 
 into  the  faid  Offices 
 f  laces  where  there  are  none  at  pre] cm , 
 command  frail  be  fent  to  thofe  that 
 Officiate,  to  receive  all  Contrails, 
 WiKs  and  other  Alls,  which  they 
 Jhallbe  requird  to  do,  by  thofe  of  the 
 faid  Religion. 
 
 The  Regulation  made  at  Blois  in 
 1500.  frail  be  obfervd. 
 
 lis 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  of  EdiBs,  &c  473 
 
 'Tis  for  the  King  in  his  Council  to 
 appoint  Judges.  Neverthelefs  his  Ma- 
 jejiy  Grants  that  in  Cafe  o  f  Divifion 
 of  Voices,  the  Chamber  where  the  Pro- 
 cefs  was  diudid  fh>ill  Order  the  Par- 
 ties to  repair  to  the  next  Chamber, 
 without  Addreffing  to  his  Majefty. 
 But  his  Pleafure  is,  that  in  other 
 Things  the  Orders  be  vb/erv^d. 
 
 Granted  for  the  time  to  come,  and 
 veceffary  Declarations  jha/l  be  expedi- 
 ted for  that  Purpofe. 
 
 The  Regulation  as  to  Six  Months 
 cannot  be  alter  d,  neverthelefs  the  Ec- 
 clefiafticks,  who  have  changd  their 
 Religion,  prefenting  their  Petition  to 
 his  Majtjly,  care  Jhall  be  taken  as 
 Reafon  requires. 
 
 Vis 
 
 Signing,  tho-  rhe  faid  Attentions 
 are  not  made  before  a  Publick  No- 
 tary and  Judges  Royal. 
 
 XXIX.  And  to  obviate  long  and 
 troublefom  Suits,  which  the  Par- 
 ties are  conftrain'd  to  undergo 
 through  the  Regulations  of  the 
 Judges  of  his  Maj:fties  Council  in 
 the  Bufinefs  of  Parentage,  Recu- 
 fations,  and  things  of  the  like  Na- 
 ture-} that  the  Chambers  of  the 
 •£di<ft  might  fend  to  the  next 
 Court,  or  where  both  Parties  mall 
 agree  ,  the  Ptocefles  ,  wherein 
 the  Prefidents  or  Counfellonrs  in 
 the  Caufes,or  their  Kindred, within 
 tilt  Degree  and  Number  of  the  Or- 
 dinance, are  either  Principal  Par- 
 ties or  Garanties ;  as  alfo  the  Di- 
 vifion  of  Voice?,  happening  in  the 
 faid  Chambers,  which  ought  to  be 
 referr'd  to  the  next  Chamber,  ac- 
 cording to  the  XLVII.  of  the  Par- 
 ticular Articles. 
 
 XXX.  That  in  the  Explanation 
 of  the  LIX.  Article  of  the  Edidt, 
 the  Chamber  of  the  Edict  of  Nor- 
 mandy be  enjoyn'd  to  fet  forth  by 
 way  oflongFrefcription,  the  Time 
 elaps'd  from  July  1585.  till  the 
 Month  of  February  1  599.  as  is  pra- 
 ftis'd  in  other  Chambers  of  the 
 Kingdom. 
 
 XXXI.  And  becaufe  that  inftead 
 of  making  a  New  Regulation  be- 
 tween the  Courts  of  Parliament 
 and  the  Chambers,  according  to 
 the  LXIII.  Article  of  the  Edict, 
 the  faid  Chambers  for  the  moft  part 
 have  obferv'd  feveral  Regulations 
 made  in  the  Years  78. and  79.which 
 allow  not  the  Priviledge  of  Appeal- 
 ing to  the  Chambers,  but  to  thofe 
 who  fix  Months  before  made  Pro- 
 
 K  k  k  k  feflion 
 
A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.     Vol.  II. 
 
 feflion  of  the  Religion,  that  the 
 faid  Limitation  may  be  taken  off 
 from  thofe  Chambers  where  it  is  ob- 
 ferv'd:  and  in  caufing  all  the  Suits  of 
 thofe  of  the  faid  Religion  to  be  in- 
 differently heard  in  the  faid  Cham- 
 bers, when  they  mall  require  it, 
 more  efpecially  which  Ihall  embrace 
 the  faid  Religion  denovo. 
 *Tis  a  Favour  to  grant  it  to  the      XXX II.  In  like  manner  ,  that 
 Heirs,  after  the  Caufe  has  been  con-  they  of  the  faid  Religion  who  are 
 tefied  with  the  Deceafed,  to  whom  Heirs,  or  having  a  right  or  'caufe 
 they  have  fucceeded.    But 'tis  his  Ma-  of  Suit  with  others,  who  would 
 yeftys  Pleafare  and  Command,  that  willingly  have  had  it  Contefled  in 
 fuch  an  Alteration  of 'the  Judges  may  Parliament,  may  if  they  think  it 
 not  be  made  fraudulently  :  and  in  re-  convenient,  referr  their  Cootro- 
 fpett  of  fuch  as  make  over  their  Efiates  verted  Points  and  differences  to  the 
 in  Truft,  who  have  no  Right  but  by  a  faid  Chambers  of  the  Edift,  not- 
 particular  Tttle,their  Renomcers  hav-  withftanding  the  faid  Conteft  made 
 ing  voluntarily  Contefled  the  Point  by  their  Authors }  as  has  been  ad- 
 otherwhere,  they  fhall  not  be  admitted  judged  in  feveral  particular  Cafes 
 any  moret  toavoid  Abufes  and  Frauds  by  his  Majelties  Council. 
 xohichmay  be  committed  by  thofe  who 
 have  a  Mind  to  trouble  and  vex  their 
 Plant  iffs  unjuflly. 
 
 Forrcigncrs,  who  dtfire  to  enjoy  this  XXXHI.  That  Forreigners  Tra- 
 Prtviledge,  jhall  be  bound  to  Addrefs  ding  and  Trafficking  within  the 
 themfelves  it  the  King,  who  will  take  Kingdom,  and  Profefling  the  faid 
 Care,  as  well  of  the  Interefl  of  his  Sub-  Religion,  may  enjoy  the  fame  Pri- 
 jetts,  as  for  the  Gratification  of  For-  viledges,  and  caufe  their  differen- 
 reigners.  ces  to  be  remov'd  to  the  faid  Cham- 
 
 bers, every  one  within  their  pro- 
 per Jurifdiclion. 
 
 This  Article  h  granted  as  to  the  XXX IV.  That  in  all  Informati- 
 Jn(lru8ion,  but  mt  to  allow  a  Defini-  on9  and  Inftrndrions  for  criminal 
 tive  Voice  to  the  Affociates,  what  they  ProcefTes  and  Incitements  brought 
 are  to  Judge.  againft  thofe  of  the  Religion,  the 
 
 Judge  as  well  Royal  as  Inferiour, 
 if  he  be  a  Catholick,  may  be  bound 
 to  take  an  Aflbciate  of  the  faid  Re- 
 ligion who  has  taken  his  Degrees, 
 or  at  lealt  a  Pleader,  to  be  prefent 
 at  all  the  Proceedings,  and  who 
 fhall  have  a  Definitive  Voice  in  the 
 No-  jU(jg- 
 
Book  XI.     A  Collection  of  EdiBs,  &c.  47 
 
 Nothing  c  m  be  alter  d  from  the 
 Method  eflablifr'd  by  the  EdiSl  of 
 Nantes,  to  avoid  great  delays ,  trou- 
 ble and  expexces,  to  which  the  Parties 
 would  be  cotiftrairPd  were  they  to  have 
 , hniijfl  tttffht  Chambers,  which  are 
 vfttn  very  remote  one  from  another  : 
 Befdes  that  the  fame  Equality  ought 
 to  be  frow'd  to  the  Catholicity,  as  to 
 thofe  of  the  Religion  in  that  particu- 
 lar :  Vnlefs  xn  refpeft  of  thofe  Pro- 
 vinces rrhtre  the  contrary  has  been 
 allowed  by fpecial  Priviledge. 
 
 When  Fathers  and  Mothers  have 
 provided,  their  Will  and  Judgment 
 frail  be  ob fervid:  Otherwife  the  Law 
 a*dgentral  Cuflom  of  the  Kingdom  : 
 Ntverthelefs  withont  ailing  any  thing 
 prejudicial  or  contrary  to  the  Edicl 
 made  in  Favour  of  thofe  of  the  Reli- 
 
 His  Majeflv  will  notrefttfe  this  Fa- 
 vour  to  thofe  i  f  the  faid  Religion  for 
 Offices,  in  Cafes  wherein  he  permits 
 the  fame  to  Ins  Catholic^  Officers,  re- 
 fervino-  always  to  himfdf  only,  the 
 Choice  and  Nomination  of  the  Per- 
 
 ^Tis  for  the  Ktng  alone  to  grant 
 Letters  of  Reprifal,  nor  is  it  lawful 
 for  any  of  his  Officers  to  give  *etn. 
 The  Judges  and  Officers  may  draw  up 
 Verbal  Reports  to  jhew  the  Jufiice  of 
 the  Caufe,  for  his  Majefly  afterwards 
 to  do  as  he  frail  thinker  eafonable. 
 
 The 
 
 Judgment  of  theProcefs  upon  Pain 
 of  Nullity  :  and  this  throughout 
 all  Bailiwicks  and  Senefchalftiips  in 
 the  Kingdom  ;  and  not  particu- 
 larly in  thofe  that  are  fpecifi'd  in 
 the  66.  Article  of  the  Edidt. 
 
 XXXV. That  what  is  granted  by 
 the  LX VII.  Article  of  the  Edicl:  to 
 the  Provinces  of  Guicnne,  Langue- 
 djc,  Provence,  and  Dauphinate,  upon 
 the  Judgment  of  Competitions  in 
 the  Chambers  of  the  EdicT:,  may 
 for  the  fame  Reafon  be  extended 
 to  all  thofe  of  the  other  Provinces 
 of  the  Kingdom. 
 
 XXXVI.  That  Children,  vvhofc 
 Fathers  and  Mothers  dy'd  in  the 
 faid  Religion ,  without  having, 
 provided  Tutors  and  Guardians, 
 according  to  tire  LVIII.  Article  of 
 Particulars,  may  be  pnt  into  the 
 Hands  of  Tutors  to  be  bred  up 
 and  inftrufted  in  the  faid  Religi- 
 on. 
 
 XXXVII.  That  it  may  pleafe 
 hisM^jefty  not  to  admit  theRslig- 
 nations  of  Prefidents  and  Counfel- 
 lours,  upon  whom  Employments 
 have  been  conferr'd  Gratis  at  the 
 Nomination  of  the  Churches,  to 
 fervein  the  faid  Chambers,  but  in 
 Favour  of  thofe  who  fnall  be  nanv<ir 
 to  'em  by  the  faid  Cnurches. 
 
 XXXVIII.  That  the  Agreements 
 made  between  thofe  of  the  Religi- 
 on, and  the  Catholicks  of  the 
 County  of  Venifje,  may  be  fulfillM 
 according  to  their  Form  and  Te- 
 nour  \  and  that  according  to  thofe, 
 after   the  requifite  Solemnities , 
 
 K  k  k  k  2  the 
 
A  Collection  of  EdiBs,  &c.      Vol.  IL 
 
 The  Brevets  of  which  the  Confirma- 
 tion is  rcqiiirdjhall  be  prefemed,  and 
 being  feen  his  Majtfty  will  do  what  is 
 reafonable. 
 
 Vacancy  happening  by  Death  (hall  be 
 -provided  for  according ,  andin  Confor- 
 mity to  the  /aid  Brevet. 
 
 His  Majefiy  is  not  bound  to  en- 
 creafethe  faidSumm.  Nevtrthelefs 
 he  will  confider,  which  way  togratifie 
 *em,  as  far  as  the  conveniency  of  his 
 Affairs  will  permit. 
 
 the  Officers  of  the  Places  may  be 
 permitted  to  give  Right  of  Repri- 
 fal  to  thofe  of  the  Religion,  to 
 whom  Jaftice  has  been  denyd ; 
 more  elpecially  to  the  Lady  of 
 Z)re/Wrc,notwithftanding  the  De- 
 rogatovie  affix' d  to  the  LI.  Article 
 of  Particulars,  which  they  befeech 
 his  Majefiy  may  be  taken  away  and 
 Canceled. 
 
 XXXIX-  And  for  as  much  as 
 there  are  feveral  Brevets  granted 
 to  the  Churches,  as  well  in  the. 
 Year  98.  as  afterwards,  which  his 
 Majefty  conBrmM  at  his  coming  to 
 the  Crown,  they  humbly  hefeech 
 him,  that  they  may  enjoy  the  Con- 
 tents of  the  faid  Brevets  by  putting 
 in  Execution,  what  has  not  yet 
 been  done,  and  caufing  amends  to 
 be  made  for  what  has  been  done 
 prejudicial  to  the  faid  Brevets. 
 
 XL.  To  thefe  ends  may  it  pleafe 
 his  Majefty,  according  to  the  Bre- 
 vet of  the  laft  of  April  1598.  to 
 conferr  Gratis  upon  two  Perfons 
 of  the  faid  Religion,  two  Offices 
 of  Matters  of  Requefts  of  his 
 Houfhold,  upon  the  Nomination  of 
 the  Churches  \  and  to  this  purpofe 
 to  erect  two  Offices  of  a  new  Crea- 
 tion, upon  the  two  firft  Vacancies 
 happening  by  Death. 
 
 XLI.  And  for  as  much  as  the 
 Summ  of  fevenfeore  and  five  thou- 
 fand  Livres,  which  the  Deceafed 
 King  granted  for  the  payment  of 
 the  Minifters,  is  nothing  near  fuffi- 
 cient  for  the  payment  of  all  the 
 Minifters  that  are  fettl'd  in  the 
 Churches  of  this  Kingdom,  may 
 it  pleafe  his  Majefty  to  provide- 
 for  the  eafing  of  the  Churches , 
 by  Ordering  a  fufficient  Fund 
 But  for 
 
Book  XI.      A  Collection  of  Editis,  &c.  477 
 
 But  as  to  the  Arrears  for  defctl  of 
 ■vali-e,  there  is  no  Reafon  for  deman- 
 ding Vot,  fedng  that  all  the  AJJigns, 
 in  thrift  Tears ,  for  what  caufc  foevtr 
 it  wtre,  have  fufferdthe  fame  Incon- 
 venience, without  having  (wee  re- 
 ceiv  d  any  Reimburfe  merit  upon  that 
 occafton. 
 
 The  Places,  which  have  been  put 
 into  their  Hands  for  their  Security  are 
 Natrfd  and  Comprehended  in  a  Cata- 
 logue, dated  May  14.  1598.  Signed 
 by  the  Deceafed  King,  and  under- 
 neath Neufville,Trir^  which  his  Maje- 
 Jly  is  Contented.  And  as  a  Teftimo- 
 ny  of  his  good  Will  toward  'em,  has 
 grant  ed'em  the  keeping  oftm  for  five 
 Tears  longer  to  Commence  from  the  day 
 of  the  Date  of  the  Brevet,  which  jliall 
 be  given  yem.  And  as  for  thofe  that 
 are  comprehended  under  the  Name  of 
 Marriage,  the  Deceafed  King  having 
 never  left  ''em  to  be  held  under  the  Ti- 
 tle and  Quality  of  phces  of  Security, 
 His  Maffly  will  not,  neither  is  it  hit 
 meaning,  that  they  (Iwuld  be  compre- 
 hended among  the  Places  of  Securtiy 
 but  grants,  after  the  Example  of  his 
 Deceafed  Majefiy ,  that  the  fame* 
 Grace  and  Favour  fija/i  be  fliew'd  ''em, 
 as  formerly  has  been,  without  any  In- 
 novation :  and  all  thofe  other  Places, 
 which  they  demand,  the  King  canned 
 grant  ''em. 
 
 What  was  promised  by  the  Deceafed 
 Km  (kali  be  effectually  made  good,  nor 
 fhall 
 
 for  the  Salaries  of  the  faid  Mini- 
 fters. 
 
 XLII.  And  for  as  much  as  the 
 faid  fevenlcore  and  five  thoufand 
 Livrcs  were  promis'd  without  any 
 defect  of  value,  which  has  besn  fo 
 ill  obferv'd,  that  there  have  been 
 great  abatements  in  the  Aflignations 
 ofevery  Year,  may  it  pleafe  his  Ma- 
 jefty  that  the  faid  Churches  may  be 
 reaifign'd  the  fumms  which  thofe 
 defects  amount  to,  according  to/' 
 the  allowances  of  the  accompts  re- 
 ceiv'd  by  the  Receivers,  and  be- 
 fore rhe  Commiflbners  deputed  by 
 his  Majefty. 
 
 XLUI.  They  alfo  befeech  his 
 Majefty  to  leave  all  thofe  Places 
 which  they  hold  at  prefent  in  the 
 cuftody  or  thofe  of  the  Religion; 
 and  this,  for  the  time  and  fpace  of 
 ten  Years,  to  commence  from  the 
 day  that  the  five  Years  formerly 
 granted  fhall  expire,  andtocaufea 
 new  Brief  to  be  given  'em,  ordain- 
 ing that  all  the  faid  Places  may  re- 
 main in  their  hands,  as  well  thofe 
 that  are  fpecifi'd  in  the  Roll  of  the 
 Year  98.  and  thofe  that  were  com- 
 prehended in  others  by  form  of 
 Marriage,  as  thofe  which  belong 
 to  the  Particulars,  wherein  Garri- 
 fons  were  kept,  by  the  Particular 
 Rolls  drawn  up  by  his  Majefty, 
 
 XL1V.  Thatitmaybe  exprefs'd. 
 in  the  faid  Writ,  that  in  all  other 
 Places 
 
(  A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.      Vol.  II. 
 
 fhallany  thing  be  innovated  or  altered :  Places  which  they  hold,  and  where 
 Or  if  it  were  J 'one,  Order  {hall  be  ta-  there  have  been  no  Garrifons  fettl'd 
 kenbythe  Commijjioihrs  upon  the  Pla-  by  the  faid  Rolls,  there  (haH  be 
 ces ,  according  to  the  IuftrHblions  nothing  innovated  or  altci'd, to  the 
 which {Jhdlbc  given  Y/«  for  that  pur-  Prejudice  01  tnofe  of  the  ("aid  Re- 
 pofe.  ligion  ;  and  tint  where  ary  Inno- 
 
 vation or  Alteration  has  been  nude 
 lince  the  Year  1 568.  that  there 
 may  be  ftril  fatibfa&ion  given  for 
 it. 
 
 The  Deceafed  King  declared  his       XLV.  That  the  Towns  of  Can- 
 Will  fevcral  times  to  thofe  of  the  faid   mont^   Tartas,    Mont  de  A'/arfan, 
 Rdiain,  in  reference  to  C^umont    Montandre,  and  others,  which  have 
 *»/Montandie,  from  which  his  Ma-   been  wken  from  'em  fmce  98.  and 
 jefty  cannot  depart :  and  as  for  Tar-   which  they  fh.ill  fpecifie  more  par- 
 tas,  and  Mont  de  Marfan,  they   ticularly,  may  be  reftor'd  to  'em. 
 {hall  be  provided  with  Perfons  of  the 
 faid  Religion,  according  to  the  Decea- 
 fed Kings  Brevet. 
 
 The  Summ  contain  din  the  Roll  of      XLVI.  That   from  hence  for- 
 the  Deceafed  King,  for  the  payment   ward,  they  rrny  have  their  Affig- 
 of  the  faid  Garrifons,  with  which  thofe    nations  every  Year,  upon  the  fir  ft 
 of  the  Religion  have  been  hitherto  con-    and  leaft  incumber'd  Money  of  the 
 tented,  Jhall  be  pat' d  for  the  Future,   Receipts  of  every  Province,  where 
 and affign 'dapon  the  cleareft  Mony  in   the  faid  Garrifons  are  fettl'd,  or 
 the  Receipts,  to  the  end  they  may  re-    from  neighbouring  Town  to  neigh- 
 ceive  it  without  Abatement):  But  his  bouring  Town,  according  to  the 
 Majefty  cannot  augment  it :  the  Summ    Brevet  of  the  laffc  of  April  98.  for 
 of  54000.  Livers  having  been  aba-   the  entire  fnmm  of  540.  thou- 
 ted,   ever  fince  the  Deceafed  King   fond  Livers,  which  was  promis'd 
 leffertdthe  Gamfons,  which  were  in  'cm  by  the  laid  Brevet ;  and  to  this 
 the  Places  held  by  the  Catholicks.  His   pnrpofe,  that  the  Money  fubftra- 
 Majejly  thinking  it  neceffary  fo  to  do,   fted  from  the  faid  fumm,  to  be 
 to  flop  the  jhJI  complaints  that  might   laid  out  in  Penfions,  may  be  remit- 
 have  been  made,  when  all  the  Gar-   ted  in  the  entire  fumm,  and  diftri- 
 rifons  in  the  Catholicks  Cities  were   bution  made  of  it,  according  to 
 lefj'en'd,  byReafonof  thcPeace  which   the  Rolls  Decreed  by  his  Majefty, 
 the  Kingdom  happily  enjoy  d,  there   as  they  fhall  be  prefentcd  to  him 
 fhou'd  have  been  left  in  the  Cities  held  by  the  Churches;  and  this  with- 
 by  thofe  of  the  Religion,  as  numerous  as  out  any  abatement,  or  being  em- 
 they  were  in  the  time  of  War,  and  that   ploy'd  to  any  other  rjfe. 
 the  Subjetls  Uvdin  difruft  one  of  ano- 
 ther :  nor  there  being  no  Reafon  to  de- 
 mand the  Arrears  for  what,  was  pafl% 
 
 fee-  XJLVII. 
 
Book  XL     A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.  479 
 
 feeing  that  the  Cities  and  TUccs  for 
 
 the  Prefervation  of  which  that  Money 
 was  given  have  been  fo  well  guarded, 
 that  nothing  ha:  fallen  out  amtfs :  add 
 to  this,  that  the  Dec ea fed  King^  for 
 the  fame  Reafon  had  always  rejected 
 that  Demand.  And  as  to  the  Penfi- 
 ons,  his  Adajtfly  will  Order  it,  as  al- 
 ready has  been  done^  to  grat i fie  thofe 
 of  the  faid  Religion,  who  fiiall  deferve 
 it  by  their  Services  and  Fidelity  ;  in- 
 tending aifo  to  augment  'fw,  to  fiew 
 his  Ajfetlion  and  g  ood  Will,  as  he  (hall 
 give  'em  to  underfand. 
 
 The  Anfwer  to  the  twopreceding  Ar- 
 ticles may  fufficefor  this. 
 
 The  City  andCaflle  of  Orange  have 
 heen  reftord  to  the  Prince  of  Orange, 
 to  whom  they  belong,  by  Venue  of  the 
 Peace  o/Vervins.  True  it  is,  that 
 his  Majefty  oblig'd  him,  upon  the  fitr- 
 rendringback^of  thofe  Places,  to  de- 
 clare in  Favour  of  thofe  of  the  faid  Re- 
 ligion, as  he  has  do»ev  with  which 
 they  of  the  faid  Religion  m  the  faid  Ci- 
 ty were  well  contend. 
 
 Provifion  was  made  for  this  by  the 
 Brevet  of  April  1598.  and  wij*t  ts 
 fpecifi'd  in  the  Edit!  and  Secret  Arti- 
 cleSf  has  been  always  obfervJd^  and 
 fhaUbe. 
 
 The 
 
 XLVII.  And  for  as  much  as 
 there  have  not  been  any  entire  Al- 
 ignments of  the  faid  fumm  of  540. 
 thoufand  Livres  a  Year,  and  for 
 that  at  the  fame  time  that  they 
 were  aftign'd,  they  ft  ill  fell  very 
 fhort  to  the  prejudice  of  the  faid 
 Brevet,  may  it  pleafe  his  Majefty 
 to  caufe  the  abatements,  and  wh3t 
 fell  fhort  of  the  entire  fumm,  from 
 the  Year  98.  till  this  day  be  aflign'd 
 in  full. 
 
 XLVill.  In  like  msnner,  to 
 caufe  an  Aflignation  fortheGarri* 
 fons  of  the  Dauphinate,  of  the  en- 
 tire fumm,  which  was  affign'd  by 
 the  Roll  drawn  up  in  the  faid  Year, 
 1 589.  in  purfuance  of  the  faid  Bre- 
 vet ;  and  to  caufe  a  ReafTignation 
 of  the  Retrenchments  and  of  what 
 fell  fhort  fince  the  Year  1 589. 
 
 XLIX.  That  according  to  the 
 Aflurances,  which  were  given  by 
 his  iMajefty  at  the  AlTembly  oiCha- 
 relleraud in  the  Year  1 605.  that  the 
 C^ftle  of  Orange  mould  remain  in 
 the  hands  of  a  Governour  of  the 
 faid  Religion,  his  Majefty  would 
 be  pleas'd  to  interpofe  his  Autho- 
 rity with  the  Prince  of  Grange, 
 that  the  faid  Cattle  may  be  put  in 
 the  hands  of  a  Governour  of  the 
 f_id  Religion. 
 
 L.  That  it  may  pleafe  his  Maje- 
 fty to  grant  that  the  Governour* 
 of  the  Cities  left  in  their  Cuftody, 
 may  net  furrender  'em  up,  but  by 
 the  Confent  of  the  Churches  of  the 
 Province.  And  that  when  there 
 is  a  Vacancy  by  Death,  it  may 
 be  fuppli'd  by  his  Majefty  at 
 the  Nomination  of  the  General 
 
A  Colle&ion  of  Edi&s,  &c.    Vol.  II 
 
 Deputies  refiding  with  his  Maje- 
 ity. 
 
 The  King  will  take  tare  as  he  frail      LI.  That  he  would  be  pleasM 
 find  moft  convenient  for  the  good  of  not  to  difpofe  of  the  Commands  . 
 his  Service.  of  Lieutenants  to  Governours,  or 
 
 Captains,  of  Companies  without 
 the  Confent  of  the  Governour  of 
 the  Place, 
 
 ">Tis  the  Kings  Pleafure,  that  the  L1I.  That  in  all  the  faid  Places 
 Edit?  of  Nantes,  and  what  has  been  the  cxercife  of  the  faid  Religion, 
 done  fad  ordaind  inpurfuance  of  it ,  may  be  permitted  with  all  Free- 
 maybeobfervd  and  executed,  through,  dom,  without  any  Interruption  \ 
 out  the  Kingdom  ;  and  if  any  breach  and  that  it  may  be  reftor'd  in  fuch 
 happen,  the  Commijfiontrs  Jhall  take  Places,  where  it  has  been  molefted 
 care  to  fee  it  amended.  or  expell'd. 
 
 No  Colledge  of  Jefuites  can  be  ere-  LUI.  That  the  Jefuites  may  not 
 bled  within  this  Kingdom,  but  by  his  be  permitted  toere&any  Colledge, 
 Maief  ies  Vermilion,  who  will  take  Seminary,  or  Houfe  of  Habitati- 
 fuch  care  in  that  Matter,  that  there  on  nor  to  Preach,  Teach,  or  Con- 
 (hallbe  no  caufe  of  complaint.  fefs,  in  any  of  the  faid  Places  heJd 
 
 by  thofe  of  the  faid  Religion ;  and 
 that  his  Majefty  would  pleafe  to 
 confine  the  faid  Jefuites  to  thofe 
 Places  to  which  they  were  con- 
 fin'd  by  their  re-eftablifhment  in 
 1CT03. 
 
 Care  jhallbe  taken  about  this  by  the  L1V.  That  there  may  be  Provi- 
 Commijfioners,  after  they  have  ad-  flon  made  agajnft  the  lnconvenien- 
 visd  with  the  Governors,  and  Lien-  ces  that  may  happen  by  Procefli- 
 tenam  Generals  of 'the  Provinces.         ons  which  are  accompanied  with 
 
 great  Trains  of  People  to  the 
 Churches  and  Chappels  enclos'd 
 within  theCallles,  left  in  the  hands 
 of  the  Religion,  and  Guarded  with 
 very  {lender  Garrifons :  And  that 
 the  Governcurs  of  the  faid  Caftles 
 may  not  be  oblig'd  to  let  thofe 
 Proceflions  enter,  unlefs  they  will 
 reftrain  themfelves  to  fuch  a  num- 
 ber as  may  be  no  prejudice  to  the 
 Security  of  thofe  Caftles  :  or  elfe 
 that  the  exercife  of  the  Roman  Ca- 
 tholick  ReligioD,  which  is  per- 
 formd  in  fome  of  the  faid  Ca- 
 The  files 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  ofEJifc,  &c. 
 
 The  Gates  and  Walh  of  the  Cities 
 and  PLwes  left  in  their  Hand  for  Se- 
 curity jhall  be  repair 'd  at  the  charges 
 of  their  refpttlive  Inhabitants,  as  is 
 ufuaJly  done  in  other  Cities  of  the  King- 
 dom ;  and  for  the  Levies  and  Jmpoji- 
 tions  necefiry  for  th.it  purpofe,  they 
 jhall  Addrefs  themfelves  to  the  Coun- 
 cil for  the  obtaining  Letters  of  Permif- 
 fion.  And  if  there  be  urgent  Necef 
 fity  for  ;myef  the  fiid  Places,  upon  a 
 Petition  to  his  Majefty,  care  jliall  be 
 tal(n  to  d)  what  is fitt  ing. 
 
 The  Inventories  of  the  Guns  and 
 Ammunition,  &c.  vchich  were  in  the 
 faid  Places,  in  1598.  and  which 
 are  there  at  prefent, jhall  be  view  d and 
 reported,  for  Orders  to  be  made  upon 
 'em  ;  it  being  his  AJajcfiics  Intention, 
 neverthelefs  to  leave  ''em  as  many  as 
 they  fland  in  need  of,  for  the  Defence 
 and  Prefervation  of  the  faid  Places. 
 
 His  Will  is  to  allow  thofe  of  the  faid 
 Religion  to  hold  the  faid  Affemblies, 
 when  he  jhall  thinly  it  proper  for  his 
 Service  ;  or  that  they  fland  in  need 
 of 'em  ;  and  they  jhall  be  bound  to  ap. 
 point  fix  Deputies,  as  was  ordained  by 
 the  Deceased  King. 
 
 As  to  the  LVIll.  and  the  following 
 Articles  concerning  the  Churches  of 
 Beam: 
 
 His 
 
 Hies  may  be  reaiov'd  ioto  tbe  Ci- 
 ties. 
 
 LV.  That  his  M  .jefty  would  be 
 pleas'd  according  to  the  XUX. 
 Article  of  the  Writing  of  Gergeau 
 to  allow  necefTiry  Provi lions,  for 
 the  repiir  and  keeping  in  repair 
 and  fecaring  the  Gates,  Walls, 
 Fortifications  and  other  out- works 
 of  the  faid  Places  left  in  their 
 hands,  which  by  time  and  other 
 Accidents  are  fallen  to  decay. 
 
 LVI.  That  the  Artillery,  Arras 
 and  other  Warlike  Ammunition, 
 which  are  in  the  faid  Places  held 
 by  thofe  of  the  faid  Religion,  ei- 
 ther garrifon'd  or  otherwife,  fliall 
 not  be  drawn  out  and  remov'd  to 
 another  place  ;  that  what  has  been 
 taken  away  may  bereftot'd,  and 
 when  the  Yearly  Diftribution  of 
 the  faid  Arms  and  Ammunition  is 
 made,  they  may  have  their  Pro- 
 portion as  well  as  other  Cities  of 
 the  Kingdom. 
 
 LVIl.  And  for  as  much  as  the 
 Neceflky  of  having  General  Depu- 
 ties near  his  Majefty  is  notorioufly 
 known,  as  well  to  acquaint  the 
 Churches  with  his  Majefties  com- 
 mand, as  to  prcfent  him  their  Peti- 
 tions, and  profecute  their  necelfary 
 Affairs,  and  forjthat  the  faid  Depu- 
 ties cannot  be  made,  but  by  a  Gene- 
 ral Affembly  of  the  laid  Churches  j 
 may  it  pleafe  his  Majefty  to  permit 
 'em  to  hold  the  faid  General  Af- 
 fembly every  two  Years,  in  fuch 
 Cities  which  are  in  their  hands,  as 
 they  (hall  think  moft  Commodi- 
 ous ;  to  the  end  that  the  Alterably 
 L  1 1 1  being 
 
2  A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.     Vol.  II. 
 
 His  Majefiy  not  having  allowed,  or  being  by  that  means  become  com- 
 
 approv'd  the  Union  of  the  pretended  mon,  may  be  the  lefs  liable  to  give 
 Reformed  Churches  of  Beam  with  occafion  of  Jealoulie  and  Sufpiti- 
 thofe  of  France,  neither  can  the  King  on  :  That  the  Employment  and 
 allow  it  now:  but  upon  prefenting  their  Commiffion  of  the  faid  General 
 Petitions  by  their  General  Deputies fe-  Deputies  may  hold  for  two  years 
 parately  to  the  King,  he  will  take  care  and  no  longer  ;  and  that  the  two 
 as  Reafonjhall  require,  which  {hall  be  appointed  by  the 
 
 faid  Affemblies  for  general  Depu- 
 Done  and  Decreed  by  the  King,  be-  ties,  may  be  accepted  and  admit- 
 ing  in  Council,  the  Queen  Regent  be-  ted  by  his  Majefty,  to  refide  near 
 invprefent,  and  afftfted  by  the  Princes  his  Perfon,  as  formerly  has  been 
 of  the  Blood,  other  Princes,  Dukes,  pra&is'd,  upon  their  firft  Inftituti- 
 Peers  and  Officers  of  the  Crown,  and  on  in  the  Alterably  of  Ste .  Foi,  and 
 Principal  Members,  of  his  faid  Coun-  after  that,  in  the  Synod  of  Cap, 
 til,  at  Paris,  July  23.  161 1.  without  being  conftrain'd  to  nomi- 
 
 nate fix.  asfince  has  been  done. 
 
 Signed  Phelipeaux. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  KJng  touching  the  Affemblies  of  any  of  his 
 S;thj"tls  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  confirming  the 
 Edict  of  Nantes,  and  Particular  Articles.  At  Paris,  April 
 24.  16 12.  Reotjierd  in  Par 'lament ,  May  25.  of  the  fame 
 Tear. 
 
 LEwisby  the  Grace  of  God  King 
 of  France  and  Navarr,  to 
 our  Beloved  and  Faithful  Counfel- 
 lours  holding  our  Court  of  Parla- 
 ment  at  Paris,  Greeting.  So  foon 
 as  it  pieas'd  God  to  call  us  to  this 
 Crown,  we  refolv'd  to  follow  the 
 Metr.od  and  Form  of  Government, 
 as  we  found  it  fettl'd  by  the  De- 
 ceafed  King  our  thrice  Honour'd 
 Lord  and  Father,  whom  God  Ab 
 folve}  judging  well,  that  we  could 
 Dot  more  fafely  preferve  the  King- 
 dom, which  he  had  left  us,  then 
 by  imitating  his  Example,  who 
 had  rais'd  it  from  extream  Defo- 
 
 lation  to  the  Higheft  Pitch  of  Splen- 
 dour. Wherein  we  have  fo  hap- 
 pily fucceeded,  that  no  occafion 
 of  complaint  has  preferred  it  ielf 
 to  us,  for  which  we  have  not  pro- 
 vided, as  well  to  the  Conrent  of 
 our  SubjecT:s,as  it  was  poflible  for  us 
 to  do,  and  particularly  thofe  of  the 
 pretended  Reformed  Religion,  as 
 well  by  the  Aftlwers  which  we  have 
 order'd  to  be  given  to  their  Re- 
 monftrances  which  they  have  pre- 
 fented  to  us,  as  by  ferjding  Perfons 
 of  Quality  into  all  the  Provinces 
 of  this  Kingdom,  with  Commif- 
 fion and  Power  to  fee  executed  the 
 Edicl 
 
Book  XL      A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c         48  5 
 
 Edict  of  Ntntes^  the  Private  Arti-  any  Inquilition  or  Profecution  af- 
 cles,  Regulations  and  other  Con-  ter  the  fame.  Neverthelefs,  to 
 ceffioni  granted  during  the  Reign  the  end  we  may  take  care  th3t  no 
 of  our  Deceufed  Lord  ..  id  F>her,  Aflimblies  for  the  Future  be  lb  It- 
 a*  to  whatever  yet  rem  inM  tar-  centioufly  calPd,  as  beitfg  exprcf- 
 ther  to  be  executed.  And  by  riiis  Jy  prohibited  by  our  Edict?,  and 
 means  to  remove  all  Appreheuli-  the  Regulations  upon  thefe  Mat- 
 ons,  under  pretence  of  which  any  ters  by  the  Deceafed  King  our 
 of  o'ur  laid  Subjects  of  the  pretend-  thrice  Honoured  Lord  and  Father, 
 ed  Reformed  Religion,  were  Li-  to  which  it  \%  our  Pleafure,  that 
 cene'd  to  hold  extraordinary  Af-  all  our  faid  Subjects  fhould  conform 
 femblies  without  our  Permiflion,  thenafelves,  according  to  the  Sid. 
 which  would  have  rais'd  Fears  and  Article  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  and 
 Jealoufies  in  others:  againft  which  the  ordinary  Article  of  the  16.  of 
 we  are  willing  to  provide,  for  the  Ma  ch  \6o6.  together  with  the 
 maintaining  or"  Peace,  Union,  and  Anfwer  made  the  of  August 
 a  right  Underftanding,  happily  entiling,  to  the  Paper  prefented 
 lettl'd  among  'em,  and  prefervM  by  the  General  Deputies  of  thofe 
 by  the  faid  Edicl  and  the  exatt  Ob-  of  the  faid  Religion,  the  extracts 
 fervation  thereof,  with  the  Ad-  of  which  are  hereunto  annex'd  un- 
 vice,  and  in  the  Prefence  of  the  der  the  Seal  of  our  Chancery, 
 Queen  Regent,  our  thrice  honou-  have  made  and  do  mike  Inhibiti- 
 red  Lady  and  Mother,  the  Princes  ons  and  Prohibitions  to  all  our  Sub- 
 of  the  Blood,  other  Princes  and  jects  of  the  faid  Religion  for  the 
 Officers  of  the  Crown,  being  fully  Future,  to  fummon  any  Congre- 
 inform'd  3nd  alTurM  of  the  good  in  gations  or  AfTemblies,  to  Confult 
 general  of  our  faid  Subjects,  their  or  Treat  therein  of  any  Politick 
 Zeal  and  Fidelity  in  their  Obedi-  Affairs  without  exprefs  leave  fir  ft 
 ence  towards  us;  and  defiling  from  us  ohtain'd,  upon  Pain  of  be- 
 alfo  that  they  fhould  be  favourably  ing  punifh'd  as  breakers  of  the  £- 
 us'd,  haveof  our  fpecial  Grace  and  diets,  and  difturbers  of  the  Publick 
 Favour,  full  Power  and  Royal  Au-  Peace :  Granting  'em  neverthclefs 
 thority  remitted  and  abolifh'd,  and  fall  Liberty  to  call  and  hold  Pro- 
 by  thefe  Prefents  do  remit  and  abo-  vincial  and  National  Colloquies 
 lifh  the  Offence  by  them  commit-  and  Synods,  according  to  what  has 
 ted,  who  call'd  and  were  prefect  been  formerly  granted 'cm :  yet  fo 
 at  the  fame  Affembiies,  held  with-  as  not  to  admit  into  em  any  other 
 out  our  Pet  miffion  in  .any  of  the  Perfons  then  the  Minillers  and  El- 
 Provinces  of  this  our  Kingom  ;  as  ders,  there  to  Treat  of  their  Do- 
 alfo  whatever  pall  before  and  fince:  ctrine  and  Ecclefiaftical  Difcipline 
 We  will  hat  they  be  wholly  and  onlv,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiting  the 
 fully  difchargM  of  the  farm,  and  Priviledges  of  holding  thofe  AlTem- 
 we  exprefly  forbid  our  Advocate  blies,  and  anfweringfor  it  by  their 
 General  or  his  Substitutes,  to  make  Moderators  in  their  proper  Per- 
 
 L 1 1 1  2  fons 
 
484        A  Collection  ofEdifts,  &c      Vol  tt 
 
 fons  and  Names.  So  we  fend  to 
 you  that  yon  caufe  thefe  Prefents 
 to  be  Read  and  Regifter'd,  and 
 that  all  our  faid  Subjects  may  enjoy 
 the  Benefit  of  what  is  contain'd 
 therein ;  and  farther  that  youcaufe 
 thefe  our  faid  Prefent  Letters,  to 
 be  exactly  perform'd  and  obferv'd 
 through  the  full  extent  of  your  Ju- 
 rifdictions}  without  permitting  or 
 fuffering  any  Breach  or  Infringe- 
 ment thereof.  Farther  we  com- 
 mand and  enjoyn  the  Governours, 
 and  our  Lieutenant  Generals,  par- 
 ticular Governours  and  Lieute- 
 nants in  the  Government  of  the 
 Provinces  and  Cities  within  the  ex- 
 tent of  your  Jurisdiction,  their 
 Mayors,  Jurats,  Sheriffs  and  Con- 
 fuls,  to  take  fpecial  care  of  the 
 lame.  And  to  the  firft  of  our  faith- 
 ful and  beloved  Counfellours,  the 
 Mailer  of  the  ordinary  Requefts  of 
 our  HoufhokJ,  Counfellours  of  our 
 faid  Court  of  Parliament,  refiding 
 upon  the  Places,  and  others  our 
 Juftices  and  Officers  with  the  foon- 
 eft  to  inform  and  give  us  notice  of 
 all  the  faid  Breaches,  and  in  the 
 
 mean  time  to  proceed  againft  the 
 
 Offenders,  by  the  ufual  Ways,  and 
 according  to  the  Tenour  of  the 
 Edicts  and  Ordinances.  For  fuch 
 is  our  Will  and  Pleafure,  Given 
 at  Paris,  April  24.  1612.  and  in 
 the  fecond  Year  of  our  Reigns. 
 
 LOV  IS. 
 
 And  lower,  by  the  King  being 
 in  Council. 
 
 De  Lomenie. 
 
 Seal'd  with  the  Great  Seal  of 
 Yellow  Wax,  upon  a  fingle  La- 
 bel. 
 
 Regifter'd,  Heard,  and  the  Kings 
 Advocate  moving  for  it :  with- 
 out the  Approbation  of  the  Cog- 
 nifance  attributed  to  the  Mafters 
 of  the  Requefts  of  the  Houfhold, 
 that  are  not  within  the  Terms  of 
 the  Ordinances.  At  Pans  in  Par- 
 lament,  May  25.  1 6  12. 
 
 Sign'd  Voifin. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjng  in  Favour  of  thofe  of  the  Pretend' 
 ed  Reformed  Religion,  confirming  the  Preceding  Declaration 
 of  April  24.  Given  at  Paris,  July  11.  161 2.  and  vtrtjid 
 Auguft  8. 
 
 LEWIS  by  the  Grace  of  God, 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr,  to 
 all  our  Beloyed  and  Faithful  Coua. 
 fellours,  holding  our  Court  oi  Par- 
 lament  at  Paris,  Greeting. 
 
 Thoo  we  have  fufficiently  n^de 
 known  by  our  Letters  Patents  of 
 
 the  13^.  of  April  laft  paft,  what 
 our  Intention  was  toward  the  ge- 
 nerality of  our  Subjects  of  the  pre. 
 tended  Reformed  Religion,  of 
 whofe  Affection  and  Fidelity  we 
 have  always  had  an  entire  A/Tu- 
 rance  :  And  tho  the  Pardon  and 
 Amne- 
 
Book  XL     A  Collection  ofEditff,  &c  485 
 
 Amnefty  contain'd  in  our  faid  Let- 
 ters, Patents,  were  not  fent,  but 
 at  the  Inftance  and  Supplication  of 
 fome  particular  Perfons  of  the  faid 
 Religion,  w  ho  fear'd  to  be  profe- 
 cuted,  for  that  contrary  to  the  E- 
 dicls  and  Ordinances,  they  met  in 
 Aflemblies  held  contrary  to  our 
 Perroiffion,  and  other  Acts  fince 
 committed,  and  among  others, 
 the  Lifting  of  Souldiers  without 
 our  Authority  ;  to  free  'em  from 
 Sufpition  and  the  Trouble  they 
 were  in  upon  that  occafion,  there 
 being  fome  amongft  'em  againft 
 whom  Informations  have  been  ex- 
 hibi' ed  in  fome  Chambers  of  the 
 Edict  j  neverthelefs  we  are  given 
 to  underltand,  that  this  Favour 
 has  been  taken  by  fome  ot  the  Re- 
 ligion, for  a  defire  to  lay  fome 
 blemifh  upon  the  Generality  or 
 'em,  and  not  for  a  Gracious  Reme- 
 dy ordain'd  for  particular  Perfons, 
 who  prudently  Judg'd  how  much 
 they  Itood  in  need  of  it. 
 
 For  thele  Reafons,  with  the  Ad- 
 vice of  the  Queen  Regent,  our 
 thrice  Honoured  L;idy  and  Mo- 
 ther, the  Princes  of  our  Blood, 
 other  Peers  and  Officers  of  the 
 Crown,  and  Principal  Members  of 
 our  Council,  being  defirous  to  take 
 away  all  pretence  from  all  Perfons 
 whatever,  who  may  have  any  evil 
 Intention,  and  to  fatisfie  our  good 
 Subjects  of  the  Reformed  Religi- 
 on, who  adding  to  their  Zeal  for 
 their  Religion ,  that  Obedience 
 which  is  due  to  us,  have  no  other 
 aim  or  defign  then  to  enjoy  in 
 Peace  and  Quiet,  the  Benefit  of 
 the  EdictsmadeiD  their  behalf.  In 
 which  number,  far  the  greater, 
 
 are  comprehended  thofe  who  have 
 more  Power  and  Authority  to  be 
 affifting  in  upholding  the  Publick 
 Tranquillity. 
 
 We  have  faid  and  declard,  and 
 once  more  do  fay  and  declare  by 
 thefe  Prefents,  by  way  of  Expla- 
 nation of  what  is  conrain'd  in  our 
 faid  Letters  Patents  of  April  laft, 
 that  w  e  are  very  well  fatisfi'd  and 
 contented  with  our  Subjects  of  the 
 pretended  Reformed  Religion  in 
 General :  And  upon  that  Confide^ 
 ration,  we  have  alrogether  buried 
 in  Oblivion  the  Offences  which  the 
 faid  particular  Perfons  might 
 have  committed  contrary  andto  the 
 prejudice  of  our  Ed  ids :  Nor  will 
 we  that  any  thing  be  imputed  to 
 'em,  nor  that  upon  this  occafion 
 any  Blame  or  Blemifh  be  falten'd 
 upon  'em  for  the  Future,  provided 
 they  continue  hence  forward  with- 
 in the  Bounds  of  their  Duty,  Obe- 
 dience and  Fidelity  toward  us ; 
 and  prove  as  exact  obfervers  of  the 
 Laws,  Edicts  and  Ordinances  made 
 to  the  end  that  all  our  Subjects  may 
 live  ia  Peace,  Repofe  and  Amity 
 one  with  another.  So  we  Will  and 
 Command,  that  you  c^ufe  thefe 
 Prefents  to  be  Read,  Pubiifh'dand 
 Regifter'd  in  your  Regifters,  that 
 our  faid  Subjects  of  the  faid  Reli- 
 gion may  fully, peaceably  and  with- 
 out any  Moleftation  or  Impeach- 
 ment enjoy  the  Benefit  of  the  Con- 
 rents.  For  fuch  is  our  Will  and. 
 Pleafure. 
 
 Given  at  Paris,  July \\.  \6M. 
 and  the  third  of  our  Reign. 
 
 Sign'd  Lewis 
 
 By 
 
A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.      Vol.  II. 
 
 upon  a  fogle  Label. 
 
 By  the  King,  t  he  Qaeen  Regent 
 his  Mother  being  preient. 
 
 Dc  Lomchh. 
 
 And  Seal'd  with  Yellow  Wax 
 
 Rcgifter'd,  after  being  heard,  and 
 upon  the  Mo  ion  of  the  Kings 
 Advocate  General.-  At  Pans  in 
 Parlamenr,  Amu/I  %.  \6\i. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjng,  and  Confirmation  of  the  Editf  of 
 Nantes,  given  at  Paris,  December  15,  i6i2.  and  vtrdcL 
 January  2.  16 ii.  J 
 
 L tems  by  the  Grace  of  God  King 
 of  France  and  Navarr.  To 
 all,  &c.  The  extream  defire  we 
 have  had  ever  Unce  our  coming  to 
 the  Crown,  for  which  we  continu- 
 ally implore  the  Blefling  of  God, 
 and  for  which  the  Queen  Regent 
 our  thrice  Honoin'o  Lady  and  Mo- 
 ther, has  always  iBoil  feduloufly  la- 
 bour'd,  has  been  to  take  care  to 
 maintain  and  preferve  all  our  Suh- 
 jedsin  Peace,Tranquillity  and  Re- 
 pofe,  and  in  good  Friendfliip,  Uni- 
 on and  Concord  one  with  another, 
 as  being  the  Principal  Foundation 
 of  the  welfare  of  this  Kingdom. 
 To  this  purpMe  fiom  the  Time 
 that  it  pleas'd  God  to  vilit  us  with 
 the  fetal  Accident  that  befel  us, 
 through  the  Death  of  the  Decea- 
 fed  King,  our  thrice  HonourM 
 Lord  and  Father,  of  glorious  Me- 
 mory, we  refoiv'd  to  imitate  and 
 follow  the  fame  Methods,  which  he 
 took,  to  attain  the  fame  end--. :  a- id 
 having  obferv'd,  that  after  he  had 
 by  his  Valour  reftoi'd  this  King- 
 dom ro  its  Ancient  S,  icr.doui,  he 
 wifH  a  great  deal  f  care,  Labour 
 and  Prudence,  and  for  a  Foundati- 
 on oi  an  afliu'd  Repofe,  and  an  en- 
 
 tire Reconciliation  between  all  his 
 Subjects  •,  as  alio  to  remove  from 
 thole  who  profefs'd  the  pretended 
 Reformed  Religion,  all  occalion 
 of  Fear  and  Diltruft  for  the  Liber- 
 ty of  their  Perfons,  Conferences, 
 Honour  and  Families,  made  and 
 ordain'd  what  is  compriz'd  in  his 
 Ed ic!  giv'n  at  Nantes  in  jfyhi 
 1598-  by  the  Obfervation  'of 
 which,  and  of  the  Secret  Articles 
 he  h^d  happily  rul'd  and  govern'd 
 his  People  in  Peace  till  bis  Deceate, 
 therefore  one  of  our  firft  Actions, 
 which  we  were  willing  to  do  in 
 this  Kingdom,  h's  been  tofet  forth 
 our  Letters  or  Declaration  of  the 
 22.  of  Afay,  1 610.  containing  a 
 Confirmation  of  the  faid  Edift, 
 ;rd  of  the  Secret  Articles,  Regu- 
 lations and  Decrees  fet  forth  by 
 way  or  Explanation,  and  for  the 
 putting  the  fame  in  Execution, 
 which  we  fent  at  the  fame  inftant 
 to  all  oar  Parlaments  to  be  there 
 veiifi'd:  and  fometime  after  we 
 refolv'd  to  fend  into  all  the  Pro- 
 vinces ol  our  Kingdom,  fome  of 
 the  Principal  Members  of  our 
 Council,  and  other  Perfons  well 
 quaiih'd,  chofen  by  our  felves  as 
 well 
 
Book  XI.     A  Collect 
 
 well  Gatholicks  as  of  the  pretended 
 Reformed  Religion,  to  cement  and 
 corroborate  the  Eftabiilhment  and 
 Execution  of  the  faid  Edict,  and 
 favours  granted  in  purfuance  of  it, 
 having  ever  fiHce  continu'd  to  give 
 that  Afliltance  toward  it  that  could 
 be  expected  from  our  Care  and 
 Authority.  But  it  has  fo  fallen 
 out,  that  our  good  Intentions  have 
 not  had  that  fuccefsful  Effect,  that 
 we  could  have  defir'd  among  all  our 
 Subjects:  Some  of  whom,  and  of 
 thole  of  the  pretended  Reformed 
 Religion,  through  Sufpitions  too 
 lightly  conceiv'd  of adverle  Occur- 
 rences, are  enter'd  into  Jealoufies 
 and  Miftrufts  one  of  another. 
 Wild  [  it  has  follow'd,  that  they 
 have  begun  todouble  their  Guards, 
 make  Piovilion  of  Aims,  Levy 
 Souldiers ,  hold  Aflemblies  and 
 Councils,  and  to  do  other  things 
 quire  contrary  to  the  Tenour  and 
 Obfervationofthefaid  Edict.  To 
 which,  however  we  are  willing  to 
 believe  'em  to  have  been  indue'd 
 by  fome  fear?,  which  they  have 
 conceiv'd  of  themfelves,  and  upon 
 falfe  Sufpicions  and  Pretences,  tho 
 not  out  of  any  ill  Will  or  bad  In- 
 tentions: Having  always  found  the 
 Generality  of  tliofe  of  the  Refor- 
 med Religion,  extresmly  well  af- 
 fected to  the  good  of  our  Service, 
 and  firm  and  conftant  in  that  reve- 
 rence, Fidelity  and  Refpect  which 
 they  owe  to  us.  But  in  regard 
 this  Mifchief  may  draw  after  ic  dan- 
 gerous Confequences,  we  thought 
 it  neceffary  to  provide  againlr.  it, 
 to  re-eftablifb  the  good  Frier.dfhip, 
 Correfpondence  and  Society,which 
 ought  to  be  alike  among  all  our  faid 
 
 on  of  Edicts,  &c.  487 
 
 Subjects^for  the  maintaining  oftheir 
 common  Repofe,  which  cannot  be 
 done  more?  fibred  ly  then  by  an  ex- 
 act Obfervation  of  the  faid  Edict, 
 Secret  Articles,  Briefs,  and  other 
 Acts  made  in  purfuance  of  it :  As  al- 
 fo  by  giving  new  Afturances  to  all 
 o.ir  faid  Subjects  of  the  faid  pre- 
 tended Reformed  Religion,  of  our 
 good  Intentions  in  their  behalf,  and 
 of  our  Intentions  to  pveferve,main- 
 tain,  protect 'em,  and  caufe  'em  to 
 enjoy  all  the  Favours  and  Conceffi- 
 ons,which  have  been  decreed  'em,as 
 well  by  the  Edict,  as  iince  that 
 time,as  they  did  in  trie  Life-time  of 
 the  Deceafed  King  till  his  Death. 
 
 For  thefe  Reaibns,  and  others 
 Us  moving,  after  we  had  caus'd 
 this  Matter  to  be  debated  in  Coun- 
 cil, where  was  the  Qneen  Regent, 
 with  the  Princes  of  our  bl<;od,  and 
 other  Princes,  feveral  OlTLers  of 
 the  Crown,  and  Principal  Coun- 
 fellours  of  our  Council,  with  the 
 Advice  of  them,  we  have  faid  and 
 declar'd,  and  we  fay  and  declare,, 
 and  k  is  our  Will  and  Pleafure, 
 that  the  abovefaid  EHict  of  Nantes^ 
 together  with  onr  Declaration  of 
 the  11.  of  May  itfio.  with  the 
 Private  Articles,  Regulations,  De- 
 crees, and  other  Letters  fee  forth 
 in  purfuance  of  them,  either  by 
 way  of  Explanation,  or  for  the 
 better  Execution  of  [he  fame,  may 
 be  read  dt  novo^  nnd  publiflfd  in 
 all  our  Courts  of  Parlamcnc,  and 
 Seats  of  Judicature  under  their  Ju- 
 rifdiction,  having  to  that  end, 
 and  as  much  as  need  requires  con- 
 firm'd  'em,  ?s  we  do  again  Con- 
 firm 'em  by  thefe  prefefats  Sign'd 
 with  our  hand.  We  Will  and 
 Ordain, 
 
A  CoUe&ion  of 
 
 Ordain,  that  she  whole  may  be 
 fulfill'd,  aod  inviolably  obferv'd, 
 without  any  Bread)  or  Infringe- 
 ment whatsoever,  in  any  manner 
 whatever.    And  for  as  much  as  the 
 Breaches  which  have  been  made 
 by  fomc  of  our  Sub),  els,  have  pro- 
 ceeded rather  from  Sifpitions  ai.d 
 Dilttufts  too  nightly  liften'd  to, 
 then  from  a>iy  want  of  Affection, 
 Fidelity  or  Allegiance,  which  they 
 have  all  alon^  made  apparent  up- 
 on all  occafior.s  that  have  offerM 
 themfelves.    Hoping  alfo  that  for 
 the  Time  to  come,  they  will 
 keep  themfelves  within  the  bounds 
 of  Duty,  under  the  Obfervation 
 of  the  Edicts  and  Ordinances, 
 therefore  we  Will,  and  it  is  our 
 Meaning,  and  our  Pleafure,  that 
 all   Decrees,   Procedures,  Ads, 
 and  other  Letters  that  have  been 
 granted  and  fet  forth  againft  'em, 
 as  well  in  general  as  particular, 
 upon  any  occafion  whatever,  fhall 
 be  null  and  void,  as  if  they  had 
 never  been  extant ;  fo  that  upon 
 occafion,  and  in  pursuance  thereof 
 they  fhall  not  either  in  general  or 
 particular,  incur  any  Blame,  dan- 
 ger or  dammage,  nor  be  difturb'd 
 or  profecnted  for  the  Future.  And 
 to  this  purpofe,  we  impofe  Silence 
 upon  all  our  Advocates  Genera!, 
 their  Substitutes  and  all  others } 
 as  we  alio  cxprefly  forbid  all  our 
 faid  Subjects,  in  Conformity  to 
 the  77.  and  82.  Articles  of  the 
 Edict,tohold  any  Communications 
 ofAfTemblies,  to  fettle  or  hold  Pro- 
 vicinal  Councils,or  to  make  any  Le- 
 vies,Provifions  of  Arms,  or  Matters 
 of  Souldiers,  or  to  commit  any  o- 
 ther  Ads  directly  or  indn  telly  con- 
 
 Edifo,  &c  VoL  IL 
 
 trary  to  our  Edicts  and  Declaratt- 
 
 ons,  upon  pain  or  Difobedi  nee, 
 a  d  of  being  punilh'd  as  difturbers 
 of  the  Publick  Peace. 
 
 To  this  purpofe,  we  command 
 our  Beloved  and  Faithful  Counfel- 
 lours,  folding  our  Court  of  Parla- 
 ment  and  Chambers  of  the  Edict, 
 fettl'd  within  the  Kingdom,  that 
 the  .ibovemention'd  Edict,  the  E- 
 d»ct  of  Pacification,  Secret  Arti- 
 cles, Btevets,  Declarations,  and 
 other  Letters  Patents  to  them  fent 
 in  purfu,inte  of  the  f*me,be  forth- 
 with read  and  publifh'd  in  theufu- 
 al  Places,  and  that  the  Contents 
 thereof  be  inviolably  fulfill'd  and 
 obferv'd  ;  ceafing  and  caufing  to 
 furceafeall  Troubles  and  Impeach- 
 ments to  the  contrary. 
 
 We  further  enjoyn  our  faid  At- 
 turney  Generals  to  be  aiding  and 
 afiitting  thereto;  and  if  any  In- 
 fringements happen  after  this,  to 
 proiecnte  the  Authors  with  Seve- 
 rity ;  to  the  end,  that  Examples 
 of  Punifhment  may  deterr  others. 
 For  fuch  is  our  Will  and  Pleafure. 
 In  Witnefs  whereof  we  have  caus'd 
 our  Seal  to  be  affixed  to  thefe  Pre- 
 fents. 
 
 Given  at  Paris,  December  15. 
 16 1 2.  and  the  thirteenth  of  our 
 Reign. 
 
 Sign'd  Lewis. 
 
 And  upon  the  Folding  of  the 
 Paper,  By  the  King,  being  in 
 Council,  the  Queen  Regent  his 
 Mother  prefent. 
 
 De  Lomenie, 
 
 Extract  out  of  the  Regifters  of 
 Parlament.  This 
 
Book  XL    A  CoMion  of  EMs,  &c. 
 
 This  day,  the  Court,  the  Grand- 
 Chambers ,  the  .P.irlamental 
 Com  tot  Criminal  C.iufes,  hav- 
 ing fee  n  theLetteis  Patents  in 
 form  of  Clut  ters  of  the  15//3. 
 of  December  laft ,  concerning 
 the  Obfciv.ition  of  the  Edict  of 
 Names,  and  other  Letters  and 
 Articles  in  purfuance  of  it,  the 
 Condufions  of  the  Advocate  Ge- 
 
 neral, and  the  Matter  brought 
 into  debate,  have  Decreed  that 
 the  faid  Letters  be  Read,  and 
 Publiih'd,  upon  the  Hearing  and 
 Motion  of  the  Kings  Advocate 
 General,  and  Copies  lent  to  the 
 Bailiwicks  and  Sencfc  halfhif  s  to 
 be  there  Read  and  Publifh'd. 
 Done  in  Parlament  January  2. 
 1613. 
 
 Sign'd  Guyet. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjnvs  Majority,  containing  a  Confirmati- 
 on of  the   Edicts  of  Pacification,  and  Prohibitions  of  Duels. 
 '"Dattd  at  Paris,  October  i.  161  4.  Veriffd  the  fecond  of  the 
 fa/d  i\Ln;h  and  Tear. 
 
 LEWIS,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  praile  worthy  Memory,  or  by  new 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr.  Laws,  which  we  fhall  deem  pro- 
 Toall,  ,&c  It  having  pleas'd  God  per  to  make  as  occafion  offers,  and 
 to  blefs  our  Reign  with  fo  maDy  upon  fuch  Advice  as  may  be  given 
 Favours  and  SuccelTes,  andtobring  in  the  next  AfTembly  of  the  States 
 the  cout  fe  of  our  Years  to  the  Age  General  of  our  Kingdom,  which 
 of  Majority,  to.  which  we  have  we  fhall  caufe  to  be  fummon'd  \ 
 now  attain'd,  as  we  have  ac  all  for  the  attaining  of  which,  and  to 
 times  all  the  Reafon  in  the  World  the  end  that  all  onr  Subjects  may 
 to  commend  and  be  thankful  for  live  in  Peace,  Union,  and  Right 
 the  happy  Adminftration  of  our  Underftanding  in  the  fear  of  God, 
 Kingdom,  daring  our  Minority  Obedience  of  his  Commands,  and 
 under  the  Regency  and  Prudent  Obfervation  of  our  Ordinances } 
 Conduct  or  the  Queen  our  thrice  fo  that  the  publick  repofe  and 
 Honoui'd  Lady  and  Mother,  we  tranquility,  which  we  defire  to 
 are  willing  to  feek  all  ways,  pofli-  preferve  among 'em,  may  not  be 
 ble  and  agreeable  to  the  Duty  of  interrupted  or  violated, 
 a  molt  Chriftian  Prince,  jealous  of  We  have  with  the  Advice  and 
 Gods  Glory,  and  who  defires  to  Counfel  of  our  thrice  Honour'd  La- 
 maintain  the  Publick  Peace  and  dy  and  Mother,  the  Princes  of  our 
 Tranquility, for  the  welfare,repofe  Blood,  other  Princes  and  Lords, 
 and  eafe  of  his  Subjects,  whether  principal  Officers  of  our  Crown, 
 in  caufing  an  exact  Obfervation  of  and  moft  remarkable  Perfons  of 
 the  Good  and  Holy  Laws  made  by  our  Council,  faid,  declar'd  and 
 the  Kings  our  Predeceflbrs  of  moft  ordain'd,  and  we  fay,  declare  and 
 
 M  ra  m  m  ordain, 
 
o  A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 ordain,  and  it  is  our  Will  and  not  to  take,  accept  or  receive  any 
 Plcafure,  in  Conformity  to  what  Eftate,  Pay  or  Penfion  from  any 
 
 we  have  already  formerly  ordain'd,  Prince  or  Lord  whatever  ;  nor  to 
 Tint  the  Edict  of  the  Deceafed  follow,  be  prefent  with  or  accom- 
 King  our  thrice  Honoured  Lord  pany  any  other  then  our  felves, 
 and  Father,  given  at  Nantes  in  A-  upon  pain  of  being  depriv'd  of  the 
 prz/1598.  in  favour  of  thofe  of  the  faid  Salaries,  Eftates  and  Penfi- 
 pretended  Reformed  Religion,  in  ons. 
 
 all  the  Heads  and  Articles  of  it,  And  for  as  much  as  for  want  of 
 together  with  all  the  other  Arti-  due  Execution  of  the  EdicT:  made 
 cles  to  them  granted,  and  Regula-  by  the  Deceafed  King  our  Lord 
 tions  made,  Decrees  given  either  and  Father ,  concerning  Duels , 
 by  way  of  Explanation,  or  for  the  Combats  and  Encounters,  and  af- 
 Executionof  the  faid  Edict,  or  in  terwards  by  our  felves,  and  for 
 purfuance  of  it,  may  be  fulfilfd  and  that  they  have  not  been  obey'd  by 
 inviolably  kept  and  obferv'd,  as  feveral  of  our  Subjects,,  in  Con- 
 has  been  ordain'd  and  perform'd  tempt  of  our  Authority  ,  great 
 by  our  faid  Deceafed  Lord  and  Fa-  Diforders  and  Confufions  have 
 ther,  and  that  the  Infringers  may  from  thence  arofe,  which  greatly 
 be  feverely  punifh'd  as  difturbers  offend  God,  and  may  provoke  him 
 of  the  Publick  Repofe.  to  fend  the  Scourges  of  his  Wrath 
 
 And  the  more  to  fecure  the  Pub-  among  us,  and  upon  our  King- 
 lick  Peace  and  Tranquility  under  dom ,  if  we  Ihould  not  provide 
 our  Authority  and  Obedience,  we  againft  fo  great  a  Mifchief ;  it  is 
 prohibit  all  our  faid  Subjects  from  our  Pleafure,  and  we  ordain,  that 
 holding  any  particular  and  private  all  the  faid  Edicts,  Ordinances  and 
 Intelligences,  Leagues  or  Aflbcia-  Declarations  made  by  the  Decea- 
 rions,  as  well  within  as  without  fed  King,  and  by  oar  felves,  upon 
 our  Kingdom-,nor  without  our  Per-  occafion  of  the  faid  Duels,  Com- 
 miffion  to  fend  to  any  Forreign  bats  and  Encounters,  (hall  be  in- 
 Princes,  whether  Friends  or  Ene-  violabiy  obferv'd  for  the  Future, 
 mies  upon  any  occafion  whatever :  and  fulfill'd  and  obferv'd  accor- 
 And  we  enjoin  all  our  Officers  to  ding  to  their  Form  and  Tenour, 
 look  carefully  after  it,  and  to  be  af-  nor  fhall  they  who  fhall  prefume 
 filling  as  need  fhall  require,  upon  to  infringe  our  Commands  hereaf- 
 pain  of  being  refponfible,  and  of  ter,fo  much  as  hope  or  expect  from 
 being  punifh'd  for  their  Negli-  us  any  Favour  or  Pardon,  upon 
 gence,  with  the  lame  Severity  as  any  excufe,  pretence,  occafion  or 
 the  Difobedience  of  the  Offen-  confideration  whatever.  And  we 
 deis.  enjoin  all  our  Officers  to  proceed 
 
 We  alfo  forbid  all  our  faid  Sub-  againft  the  Offenders  with  the  ut- 
 jects,  of  what  Eftate,  Condition  moft  Rigour  of  our  Laws,  without 
 or  Quality  foever,  who  receive  any  Exception  of  Perfons:  And  our 
 Eftates,  Pay  or  Penfions  from  us,  Advocate  Generals,  and  their  Sub- 
 
 ftitutes, 
 
Book  XI.    A  Collection  of  Edi&f,  &c.  49 
 
 ftitutes,  to  make  all  neceffary  Pro-  licence  in  the  Execution  of  thefe 
 
 lecutions    againft    fuch   Malefa-  Prefents. 
 
 clouts. 
 
 Conlidering  alfo,  that  the  Di-  Given  at  Paris,  Oilober  i.  1 614. 
 
 vine  Majefty  is  greatly  offended  and  the  Fifth  of  out  Reign, 
 
 with  Oaths  and  execrable  Blafphe-  SignM  Lewis. 
 mies,  which  are  utter'd  daily  by 
 
 feveral  Perfons,  againft  the  Edicts  By  the  King  in  Council, 
 and  Ordinances  made  by  the  Kings  Dc  Lomenk. 
 our  Predeceflburs,  We  have  or- 
 dain d  and  do  ordain,  that  the  laid  The  King  with  all  his  Court, 
 Edicts   and  Ordinances  fhall  be  repairing  to  his  Palace,  fitting  in 
 Publiftfd  de  novo,  that  no  Body  his  Throne  of  Juftice,  all  the 
 may  pretend  Ignorance.    And  we  Court  of  ParlamenC  affembl'd  in 
 enjoin  all  our  Judges  and  Officers,  their  Scarlet  Robes,  the  Speeches 
 within  their  feveral  Jurifdictions,  made,  the  Chancellor  pronouncd 
 upon  pain  of  lofing  their  Offices,  the  Decree  of  Verification,  which 
 to  proceed  againft:  the  Offenders  was  tranferib'd  afterwards  upon  the 
 with  the  utmolt  Rigour  contain'd  folding  of  the  Letters, 
 in  the  feme  ;  with  which  thy  fhall 
 
 notdifpenfe  upon  any  Caufe  wha8-  Read,  Publim'd  and  Regifter'd  , 
 
 ever,  upon  Pain  of  being  refpon-  upon  the  Hearing  and  Motion 
 
 fible  to  us  in  their  own  Names  and  of  the  Kings  Advocate  General. 
 
 Perfons.    Farther  we  Command  At  Paris   in  Parlament ,  the 
 
 our  Advocates  General,  and  their  King  there  fitting,   Otlober  2. 
 
 Subflitutes,  to  ufe  all  requifite  Di-  \6i^. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjng,  purporting  the  renewing  nil  the  E- 
 dicls  of  Pacification,  Articles  granted,  Regulations  and  De- 
 crees defending  upon  'e*».  Publifhi'd  in  Parlament,  the  Ufi 
 of  April  161  5. 
 
 LEWIS,  by  the  Grace  of  God  the  Publick  Peace,  and  that  for  the 
 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr,  Enjoyment  of  this  Kappinefs,  and 
 
 To  all,  &c.    Immediately  after  to  caufe  our  Subjects  to  live  in  A- 
 
 our  coming  to  the  Crown,  the  mity  one  with  another,it  was  necef- 
 
 Queen,  our  Thrice  Honour'd  La-  fary  to  confirm  the  Edicts,  Decla- 
 
 dy  and  Mother,  then  Regent  of  rations,  and  all  other  Writings 
 
 the  Kingdom  during  our  Minority,  and  Difpatches  granted  by  the 
 
 prudently  judg'd  that  there  was  no-  King  Deceas'd,our  thrice  Honour'd 
 
 thing  which  ought  to  be  more  dear  Lord  and  Father,  whom  God  Ab- 
 
 to  her,  then  the  Prefervation  of  folve,  to  our  Subjects  of  the  Prc- 
 
 M  m  m  m  2  tended 
 
A  Collection  of  Edi&r,  &c.    VoL  II. 
 
 tended  Reformed  Religion ,  on 
 
 purpofe  to  let  'cm  know,  that  fhe 
 was  defirous  to  follow  the  Example 
 and  Conduct  of  a  Prince,  who  had 
 fo  happily  rul'd  and  govern'd  his 
 Kingdom,  and  advane'd  fo  high 
 theGrandeur  and  Reputation  of  it, 
 by  his  Wifdom  and  Matchlefs  Va- 
 lour,that  fhe  knew  not  how  to  take 
 a  better  courfe  or  more  wholfome 
 Counfei,  then  that  which  he  made 
 ufe  of.  Which  me  did  by  a  De- 
 claration PublifhM  in  all  the  Par- 
 laments,  and  in  other  Places  where 
 it  was  necefTary,  taking  the  fame 
 care  alfo  to  fee  it  Publifh'd.  And 
 when  fhe  receiv'd  any  complaint 
 of  Breaches,  that  were  pretended 
 to  be  made  to  the  Prejudice  ot"  the 
 fame,  die!  all  that  lay  within  the 
 Verge  of  her  Power  and  Authority 
 ro  caufe  amends  to  be  made.  This 
 Conduit  which  (he  us'd  in  all  her 
 Actions,  and  Deportment  in  the 
 Government  of  rhe  Kingdom,  hav- 
 ing been  ttie  true  Caule,  next  to 
 Gods  Affiltance,  to  keep  all  our 
 Subjects  united  in  Afteition,  Fide- 
 lity and  Obedience  toward  us  and 
 in  Fiienc  vhip  one  among  another. 
 Which  ktfs  alio  mov'd  us,  after 
 the  Declaration  of  our  Majority, 
 to  befeech  her,  that  fhe  would  be 
 pleasM  to  continue  with  the  fame 
 Affection  and  Vigilance,  to  aflift 
 us  with  Htr  good  Counfels,  in  the 
 fame  manner  and  with  the  fame 
 Authority,  as  if  the  Adminiftra- 
 tionof  the  Government  wereftill  in 
 Her  hands.  In  purfuance  where 
 of,  by  Her  Advice,  as  foon  as  we 
 enter'd  into  our  Majority,  we  fet 
 forth  a  Declaration,  in  favour  of 
 our  Subjects  of  the  Religion,  the 
 
 fame  in  Subftance  with  the  former, 
 to  let  'em  always  fee,  that  our  In- 
 tention and  Defire,  was  to  pro- 
 mote Friendfhip  and  Peace  among 
 our  Subjects,  and  inviolably  to 
 obferve  our  Edicts.  And  being 
 very  forry  for  the  Contention  and 
 Difpute  that  happen'd  between 
 the  Catholick  Deputies  of  the 
 Chamber  of  the  Nobility,  and 
 fome  others  of  the  faid  Religion, 
 aflembl'd  in  the  General  States 
 held  in  our  good  City  of  Parts,  up- 
 on this  occafion,  that  the  faid  Ca- 
 tholick Deputies  had  put  the  Que- 
 ftion,  and  came  to  a  Refolution, 
 that  we  fhould  be  Petitioned  to 
 pteferve  the  Catholick,  Apofto- 
 lick,  Roman  Religion,  according 
 ro  the  Oath,  which  we  took  at  our 
 Coronation  ;  a  needlefs  Piopofal, 
 or  rather  altogether  unprofitable, 
 confidering  thai  we  our  felvespro- 
 fefs  it  with  an  unihaken  Conftaocy 
 and  Refolution  to  live  and  dye  in 
 it.  So  that  we  matt  believe,  that 
 the  Propftfal  was  not  made  by 
 them,  but  only  to  teftifie  their 
 Zeal  and  Affection  for  the  Catho- 
 lick Religion,  and  not  to  give  of- 
 fence to  any  Body,  as  fir  ft  they  fe- 
 parately  declar'd  to  us,  and  after- 
 wards ;'ll  together,  protelting  that 
 they  delir'd  the  Obfervation  of  the 
 Peace,  as  Efhblifh'd  by  the  E- 
 dicts:  And  that  we  would  be 
 pleas'o  to  await,  and  expect  from 
 Divine  Gcodnt  fs,  the  Reunion  of 
 ali  our  Subjects  to  the  Catholick, 
 Apoflolick  and  Roman  Religion, 
 by  the  means  molt  ufual  and  cufto- 
 mary  in  the  Church.  Being  fully 
 perfwaded  by  experience  of  what 
 is  paft,  that  violent  Remedies 
 have 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c.  493 
 
 have  only  ferv'd  to  encreafe  the 
 number  of  thofe  that  are  departed 
 from  the  Church,  inflead  of  teach- 
 ing 'em  the  way  to  return  to  it : 
 Therefore  to  take  away  all  evil  Im- 
 preflioiis  out  of  the  Minds  of  our 
 good  Subj-fts,  of  the  faid  Preten- 
 ded Reformed  Religion,  who  pro- 
 fefs  it  with  a  Zeal  no  lefs  Pure  and 
 Innocent,  then  remote  from  all  Fa- 
 ction and  Evil  Defign  :  As  alfo  all 
 Pretences  from  whofoever  feeks 
 'em  to  difturb  the  Repofe  of  the 
 Kingdom,  we  thought  it  our  Du- 
 ty upon  this,  to  declare  what  is 
 our  Will  and  Pleafure.    For  thefe 
 Reafons,  we  make  known,  that 
 having  confider'd  of  this  matter  in 
 our  Council,  where  were  prefent 
 the  Queen,  our  thrice  Honour'd 
 Lady  and  Mother,  the  Princes  of 
 our  Blood,  &c.   We  have  with 
 their  Advice  faid,  declar'd  and  or- 
 dain'd,  fay,  declare  and  ordain, 
 and  it  is  our  Will  and  Pleafure, 
 by  thefe  Piefents,  that  all  the  E- 
 didts,  Declarations,  and  Private 
 Articles,   ordain'd  in  Favour  of 
 thofe  of  the  Pretended  Reformed 
 Religion,  as  well  by  our.  D  see  a  fed 
 Lord  and  Father,  as  by  our  felves, 
 together  with  the  Regulations  and 
 other  Letters  or  Decrees,  given  in 
 their  Favour  bv  way  of  Explanati- 
 on, and  for  th:  Execution  of  the 
 Edi.t  of  Names,  and  in  purfuance 
 of  it,  fh  ill  be  inviolably  kept  and 
 obferv'd,  and  the  Offenders  pu- 
 nifh'd  with  the  utmoft  Rigour  of 
 the  Laws,  as  Difturhers  of  the 
 
 Publick  Peace.    To  this  purpofe, 
 wc  enjoin  all  our  Officers  to  be 
 carefully  sffifting,  upon  Pain  of 
 being  anfwerable,  and  punifh'd  for 
 their  Negligence  or  Connivance, 
 with  the  fame  Severity  as  the  Of- 
 fenders. The  fame  Injunctions  and 
 Commands  we  lay  upon  our  Belov- 
 ed and  Faithful  Couniellors,  &c. 
 to  fee  that  thefe  prefents  be  Read, 
 and  Pubiifh'd,  &c.    For  fuch  is 
 our  Will  and  Pleafure.    In  Tefti- 
 mony  whereof,   we  have  caus'd 
 our  Seal  to  beaffix'd.    Given  at 
 Paris,  March  5.  161 5.  and  fifth 
 of  our  Reign. 
 
 By  the  King. 
 
 Sign'd,  Lewis. 
 
 De  Lomenie. 
 
 SeaPd  with  the  Great  Seal  of 
 Yellow  Wax  upon  a  double 
 Label. 
 
 Read,  Pubiifh'd,  and  Regifter'd, 
 upon  the  Motiow  of  the  Kings 
 Advocate  Genera',  and  Order'd 
 to  be  fent  to  the  Baylisvicks  and 
 Senefchnl  fhips,  to  be  there  Pub- 
 iifh'd and  Regifter'd,  and  care- 
 fully obferv'd  by  the  Advocate 
 Generals  Subftitutes,  who  fhall 
 certifie  the  Court  of  their  Sedu- 
 lity within  a  Month,  upon  Pain 
 of  anfvvering  in  their  own 
 Ncmes.  At  Paris  in  the  Patla- 
 raent,         the  lalt,  1 61 5. 
 
 Sign'd  Voifm. 
 
 A 
 
A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjno,  upon  Arms  being  taken  by  fome  of 
 bis  Stibjtffs  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  contain 
 ing  a  new  Confirmation  of  the  Ediffs  and  Declarations  for- 
 merly made  in  Favour  of  thoje  of  the  Religion.  Given  at 
 Bourdeaux,  November  10.  1615.  and  PuhliflSd  at  Paris/* 
 Par  lament,  December  7.  the  fame  Tear. 
 
 L£tw,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  lences  committed  by  fome  of  'em, 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr.  tho  they  defervd  very  great  and 
 To  ail,  &c.  The  Declarations  fevere  Punimmtnt,out  of  an  Inten- 
 fet  forth  and  reiterated  by  us  fince  tion  always  to  affiire  'em  of  our 
 our  coming  to  the  Crown,  in  Con-  good  Will  and  favour,  and  by  that 
 firmation  of  the  Edicts,  Declara-  means,  to  render  'em  more  incli- 
 tions,  Brevets,  Decrees  and  Re-  nable,  and  more  ftudious  to  keep 
 gulations  made  in  favour  of  our  themfelves  within  the  bounds  of 
 Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Reform-  their  Duty.  To  which,  would 
 ed  Religion,  during  the  Reign  of  they  but  have  added  the  remem- 
 the  Deceafed  King  Henry  the  brance  of  the  kind  and  favourable 
 Great,  our  thrice  Honour'd  Lord  Ufage,  which  they  receiv'd  at  the 
 and  Father,  whom  God  Abfolve,  hands  of  the  Deceafed  King,  our 
 have  been  fufficient  to  make  it  thrice  Honour'd  Lord  and  Father, 
 known,  that  it  has  been  always  to  whofe  Memory  they  owe  the 
 our  Intention  and  Defireto  caufe  Confirmation  of  their  Liberty  and 
 them  to  be  inviolably  obferv'd,  as  the  Exercife  of  their  Religion, 
 being  Laws  requifite  to  preferve  which  they  enjoy  with  all  Security, 
 our  Subjects  in  Peace  and  Friend-  they  would  out  of  a  praife- worthy 
 fhip  one  with  another,  and  in  their  Gratitude,  and  the  Duty  of  an  en- 
 Obedience  and  Duty  toward  our-  tire  Obedience  and  Fidelity,  have 
 felves.  Which  being  well  and  acknowledged  toour  felves  allthofe 
 prudently  confider'd  by  the  Queen,  Obligations,  at  a  time  efpecially 
 our  thrice  Honour'd  Lady  and  Mo-  when  the  Innocence  and  weaknefs 
 ther,  flie,  during  her  Regency,  of  our  Infant  Years  ought  to  have 
 took  great  care  tofee 'em  obferv'd,  excited  the  Vertue,  Courage  and 
 and  that  the  Breaches  and  Infringe-  Fidelity  of  all  our  good  Subjects 
 ments  thereof  (hould  be  repair'd  to  defend  and  preferve  the  Autho- 
 fo  foon  as  fhe  receiv'd  the  Com-  rity  which  God  has  put  into  our 
 plaints.  We  have  alfo  fince  our  Hands,  upon  which  alone  depends 
 Majority  follow'd  the  f>me  Coun-  the  Publick  Security,  and  the  par- 
 fels,  and  in  Imitation  of  Her  have  ticular  Safety  of  every  Private  Per- 
 accumulated  New  Gratifications  fon.  Neverthelefs,  this  Conduct, 
 and  Favours ;  many  times  alio  con-  th6  full  of  Goodnefs  and  Mildnefs, 
 niv'd  at  Extravagancies  and  Vio-  has  prov'd  do  way  beneficial  to 
 
 us, 
 
Book  XL   A  Collection  of  Editls,  &c*  495 
 
 us,  feveral  having  betaken  them- 
 felves  to  Armsagainft  us,  to  fa- 
 vour the  Commotion  began  by  our 
 Coufin  the  Prince  of  Conde.  A- 
 mong  whom  there  are  ibme  who 
 make  ufe  of  Religion,  as  a  fpeci- 
 ous  Pretence  to  cover  and  Cloak 
 their  Ambition,  andfuiious  delire 
 of  advancing  themfelves  upon 
 the  Diforders  and  Rains  of  the 
 Kingdom  ^  others  have  been  mif- 
 led  and  deceived  by  falfe  Impreffi- 
 ons  and  vain  Fears,  which  the  for- 
 mer have  infus'd  into  'em,  that 
 they  were  in  danger  of  Perfecti- 
 on, if  they  did  not  fpeedily  join 
 Arms  with  'em  for  their  own  Pre- 
 servation ;  making  them  believe, 
 the  better  to  furprize  their  limpli- 
 city,  that  upon  the  Marriages  with 
 Spain,  fecret  Articles  were  made, 
 and  a  Confpiracy  enter'd  into,  to 
 expell  'em  out  of  the  Kingdom. 
 To  which  they  too  cafily  giving 
 Credit,  have  precipitated  them- 
 felves into  this  enterprize,  believ- 
 ing themfelves  to  be  conftrain'd 
 thereto  for  their  juft  and  necefTary 
 defence  \  which  renders  their  fault 
 the  more  excufable,  and  rather 
 meriting  CompafDon  then  Punifh- 
 ment.  But  they  had  not  run  them- 
 felves into  this  inconvenience,  had 
 they  better  confider'd,  that  this 
 fame  Impudent  and  Malicious  Lye, 
 was  without  any  appearance  of 
 Truth  ;  there  being  no  Body  fo 
 void  of  Sence  and  Judgment,  that 
 believe,  fince  the  Alliances  were 
 fought  by  honourable  ways  on  both 
 fides,  as  has  been  accuftom'd  a- 
 mong  great  Princes,  that  Conditi- 
 ons (hould  have  teen  requefted  or 
 defir'd  by  us,  which  could  not  be 
 
 fulfill'd  without  plunging  the  King- 
 dom into  Fire  and  Sword,  and 
 
 laying  ir,  wafte  with  Depopulati- 
 on :  As  queflionlefs  it  would  have 
 fallen  cue  by  breaking  the  Edi&s 
 of  Pacification,  and  fo  fevere  and 
 unjult  a  ufage  of  our  Subjects  of 
 the  Religion,  as  they  give  out  by 
 a  lye  Artificially  invented  ,  and 
 with  a  very  wicked  defign  :  For 
 nothing  has  been  done  privately 
 in  the  purfuit,  and  refolving  upon 
 thofe  Alliances,  but  every  thing 
 has  been  Publick,  feen,  imparted, 
 concluded  and  decreed  with  our 
 Deceafed  Coufin,  the  Count  of 
 Soifjons,  a  wife  Prince  and  of  folid 
 Years,  andgreatExperience,  with 
 our  Coufin  the  Prince  of  Conde  ^ 
 and  other  Princes,  Lords,  Officers 
 of  the  Crown,  and  mofl  eminent 
 Perfons  of  0111  Council  then  about 
 us.  Among  whom  our  Coufin 
 the  Marfhal  de  Bsmllon  was  always 
 prefent,  having  altogether  unani- 
 moufly  approv'd  thefe  Alliances, 
 without  the  lead  Oppofition  of 
 any  one,  every  one  being  free  to 
 think  and  fpeak  what  he  thought 
 in  Ms  Confcience  mofl  profitable 
 for  the  good  of  the  Kingdom, 
 without  fear  of  offending  us,  or 
 incurring  our  difpleafure  ;  foraf- 
 nmch  as  neither  the  Qjieen,  then 
 Regent,  nor  we  our  felves  had  the 
 lealr  prejudice  in  onr  Minds,  bnt 
 only  a  delire  to  be  fatisfPd,  what 
 was  niofi.  expedient  to  be  done  in 
 acieb;.ce  of  that  Importance.  A\] 
 Soveiaigns,  who  think  it  their  In- 
 terelt  to  preferve  the  Ancient  Re- 
 putation ard  Grandeur  of  this 
 Kingdom  ,  having  likewife  ac- 
 knowledge thefe  Alliances  never 
 to 
 
496  A  CoUeBion  of  Editts,  &c 
 
 to  have  been  made  with  any  evil  de- 
 
 fign,  have  had  no  fuipition  or  dif- 
 truft  of  'cm,  after  they  were  in- 
 form'd  that  our  Intention  was,  to 
 make  'em  ferviceable  as  much  as 
 in  us  lay, toward  the  fecuring  of  the 
 peace  of  Chriftendom,  not  for  any 
 enterprife  or  Invafion  of  the  Coun- 
 treys  or  Kingdoms  of  any  Princes 
 or  Soveraigns  whatever,  much  lefs 
 to  interrupt  the  Peace  and  Repofe 
 which  all  our  Subjects  happily  en- 
 joy'd  before  this  Commotion  be- 
 gan. Neverthelefs  they  of  the 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion, 
 who  have  taken  Arms,  forbear  not 
 to  report  and  publifh,  that  there 
 is  a  private  Correfpondence  be- 
 tween  France  and  Spain,  to  at- 
 tempt their  Ruin  ,  being  defirous 
 to  make  all  our  Subjects  believe, 
 that  we  have  fo  little  Confiderati- 
 on  in  us,  as  to  approve  and  con- 
 fent  that  France  mould  be  the 
 Theater  wherein  to  play  this  Bloo- 
 dy Tragedy,  in  w(iich  the  diffe- 
 rences i.i  Religion  are  to  be  deci- 
 ded by  Arms  ;  tho'  w,e  are  far  re- 
 mote from  any  fTnch  CounieJ,  and 
 rather  to  believe  tjhat  the  Decili  >,n 
 of  that  Conteft  ought  to  be  left  to 
 God  alone,  w  ho  knows  in  his  own 
 
 Vol.  II. 
 
 time,  for  his  own  Glory  and  our 
 Security,  to  make  ufe  of  the  molt 
 proper,  and  convenient  means  to 
 be  ador'd  and  worfhipt  by  alj  Clin- 
 icians, according  to  the  Purity  of 
 his  Doctrine,  and  by  the  True 
 Church,  which  we  believe  to  be 
 the  Qitholitk,  Apoito'irk,  and 
 Roman,  or  which  we  make  Profef- 
 fion>  and  in  w.iich  b)  his  Grace  we 
 intend  to  Live  and  Dye.  Bur  thefe 
 Artifices  invented,  to  difguife  and 
 
 cover  their  Rebellion,  have  no  way 
 deceived  or  milled  the  wifer  forr, 
 who  being  People  of  worth,  pro- 
 fefs  the  fame  Religion,  only  by 
 the  Dictates  of  Confcience,  as  be- 
 lieving to  find  their  Salvation  there- 
 in, and  not  ont  of  any  pronenefs 
 to  Faction  ;  who  being  very  nu- 
 merous, as  well  Lords,  Gentle- 
 men, Cities,  Communities,  ando- 
 ther  Private  Perfons  of  all  Quali- 
 ties, both  blame  and  deteft  the  Ma- 
 lice and  R  ifhnefs  of  their  Attempt, 
 and  have  publickiy  declar'd  as  well 
 by  word  of  Mouth  as  by  writing, 
 that  it  ought  to  be  lookt  upon  as 
 real  and  flat  Rebellion,  and  not 
 for  any  Quarrel  about  Religion  : 
 They  having  alfoupon  this  occa- 
 fion  offer'd  us,  like  good,  true  and 
 loyal  Subjects,  all  Affiftance  of 
 their  Lives  and  Fortunes,  if  they 
 refufe  to  return  to  their  Duty .  To 
 which  purpofe  they  admonifh  'em 
 every  day,  and  threaten  'em  to 
 joyn  wiih  us,  in  the  Profecution  of 
 tneir  Ruin,  provided  we  would  be 
 ple;is'd  to  let'em  enjoy  the  Benefit 
 of  the  Edkts,  and  only  deprive 
 them  o;  that  Favour  who  have  ren- 
 der'd  themfelves  incapable  of  it. 
 But  thefe  Remonftrances  and  Me- 
 naces have  wrought  no  more  upon 
 'em,  then  thofe  of  the  Inhabitants 
 of  the  greateft  part  of  the  Cities 
 and  Places,  which  have  been  left 
 in  their  hands,  who  have  done  as 
 much,  and  publickiy  protefted  al- 
 fo,  that  they  would  not  adhere  to 
 'em  in  their  Rebellion.  For  in- 
 fteadofquktii.g  their  wicked  De- 
 fign,  they  have  infoienrly  given 
 that  thofe  of  their  Religion, 
 
 who  have  not  hitherto 
 
 follow'd 
 'em, 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  ofEdi&s,  &c. 
 
 'era,  fhall  at  length  be  conflrain'd   dain'd,  and  do  fay,  declare  and 
 to  do  it ;  for  fear  that  in  fuffering  ordain,  and  it  is  our  Will  and  Plea- 
 them  to  be  ruin'd  and  deflroy'd,   fure,  in  Conformity  to  what  we 
 they  do  not  weaken  and  endanger   have  already  formerly  and  feveral 
 themfelves.    A  Condition  and  Ser-  times  ordaiifd,  that  the  Edict  of 
 vitude  too  hard  for  Men  of  worth,  Nantes,  verifi'd  in  all  our  Parla- 
 to  be  coritrain'd  to  do  evil  againfl  ments,  made  in  favour  of  our  Sub- 
 their  Wills,  their  Confcience  and  jects  of  the  Pretended  Reformed 
 their  Duty,  in  compliance  with  Religion  by  the  Deceafed  King, 
 thofe  who  are  only  govern'd  by  our  thrice  Honour'd  Lord  and  Fa- 
 their  Ambition,  and  Private  Inte-  tber,  together  with  the  reft  of  the 
 reft.    However  we  hope  better  Articles,  Declarations  and  Regu- 
 things  from  their  Vertue  and  Fide-  lationsmade,  and  Decrees  fet  forth 
 lity,  and  that  they  will  remain  fo  either  by  way  of  Explanation,  or 
 firm  and  conftant  in  their  Affecti-  for  the  better  Execution,  and  in 
 on  to  our  Service,  that  their  Refi-  purfuance  of  the  faid  Edict,  by 
 fiance,  and  the  continuance  of  him,  and  during  his  Reign,  or  by 
 their  Loyalty  will  have  force  fuf-  Us  fince  his  Dtceafe,  be  inviolably 
 ficient  to  conftrain  others  to  defili  fulfill'd,  kept  and  obferv'd,  as  hes 
 from  their  attempt,  tho  to  juftifie  been  done  and  ordain'd  to  this  pre- 
 and  corroborate  it,  they  fuppofe  feut  Time.    And  that  if  in  any 
 Refolutions  and  Decrees  of  Gene-  parts  of  the  Kingdom,  there  have 
 ral  AfTemblies  that  never  were  ;  been  Infringements,  they  may  be 
 butonly  certain  Conventicles,  and  abfolutely  repair'd,  and  fatisfacti- 
 unlawful   Meetings  of  particular  on  given  for  -em  ;  fo  that  nothing 
 Perfons  chofen  and  fuborn'd  by  more  may  be  defirM  on  our  Part, 
 'em,  who  without  any  Employ-  Moreover  it  is  our  Pleafure,  in 
 ment  or  Authority,  and  many  ConfiderationoftheFidelity,which 
 times  againfl  the  exprefs  Will  and  an  infinite  number  of  our  good  Sub- 
 Declarations,  contain'dinthePro-  jects  of  the  fame  Religion  have 
 curations  and  Injunctions  of  thofe  made  known  and  obferv'd  toward 
 by  whom  they  were  deputed,  ad-  us,  among  whom  are  the  mofl 
 here  to  the  Propofals  ot  the  Facti-  Principal ,  and  Men  of  greateft 
 ous,  who  defire  to  make  ufe  of 'em  Quality,  who  Merit  a  fingular  Te- 
 to  the  great  damage  and  prejudice  ftimony  of  our  good  Will,  that  in 
 of  honefl  Men  of  their  Religion,  defpite  of  the  wrongs,  which  have 
 Therefore,  it  not  being  any  Inten-  been  done  us  by  thofe  of  the  faid 
 tion  of  ours  to  impute  to  all  the  Religion,  who  have  taken  Arms  a- 
 faults  of  fome  particular  Perfons,  gainft  us,  or  have  affifted  and  fa- 
 We,  with  the  Advice  of  the  Qiieen  vour'd  'em  in  any  manner  whate- 
 our  thrice  Honour'd  Lady  and  Mo-  ver,  they  may  in  like  manner  en- 
 ther,  the  Princes,  &c.  and  of  joy  the  Benefit  of  oar  Edicts,  and 
 our  full  Power  and  Royal  Autho-  be  partakers  of  that  Favour,  as 
 rity,  have  faid,  declar'd  and  or-  well  as  thofe  who  have  perfifled  in 
 
 N  n  n  n  their 
 
498  A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.      Vol  II. 
 
 their  Duty,  provided  that  within  ed  'em  by  the  Kings  our  Predecef- 
 one  Month  after  Publication  of  fours,  or  by  our  felves,  as  having 
 thefe  Prefents  in  every  one  of  our  render'd  themfelves  unworthy  of 
 Parlaments,  they  declare  to  the  'em.  And  we  command  our  Ad- 
 Regifter  of  the  Bailiwick  or  Senef-  vocate  Generals  to  profecute  'em 
 chalfhip,  under  whofe  Jurifdicti-  with  all  Diligence,  and  our  Parla- 
 on  they  live,  that  they  have  deli-  ments  to  proceed  againft  'em  with 
 fted  and  quitted  the  faid  enterprize  their  utmoft  Care  and  Affection  j 
 to  do  us  Service,  according  to  and  our  Governours  and  Lieute- 
 their  Duty,  without  any  longer  nant  Generals  to  be  ftrenuoufly  af- 
 adhei  ing  to,  affilting  or  favouring  filing  in  the  Execution  of  fuch  De- 
 in  any  manner  of  way,  thofe  who  erees  and  Judgments,  as  (hall  be 
 perfift  in  their  Rebellion  ^  and  that  pronounc'd  againlt  'em:  not  fuf- 
 they  furrender  back  thofe  places  fering  'em  to  enjoy  any  Favour  or 
 which  they  poflefs,  in  the  fame  Priviledge,  granted  'em  by  the  E- 
 Condition  as  they  were  before  the  diets,  made  in  Favour  of  our  Sub- 
 Infurrcction.  Which  being  done,  jects  of  the  faid  Religion  ;  of 
 without  any  new  breach  of  their  which  they  have  render'd  t hem- 
 Duty,  we  have  taken  and  put 'em,  felves  unworthy  by  this  Pernicious 
 and  do  take  and  put  'em  under  our  Rebellion. 
 
 Protection.  And  we  prohibit  and  So  we  command  our  well  BeLov- 
 forbid  all  our  Subjects  of  what  qua-  ed  and  Faithful  Counfellours,  hold- 
 lity  foever  to  revile  and  offend  'em,  ing  Courts  of  Pat  lament,  Cham- 
 either  in  Word  or  Deed  for  any  bets  of  the  Edict,  Bailiffs,  Scnef- 
 thing  Paft,as  alfoour  AdvocatesGe-  chals,  &c.  that  thefe  our  prefent 
 neral,  to  ifTue  forth  any  Prolecuti-  Letters  of  Declaration,  be  Pub- 
 onsagainft 'em  \  defiring  tfost  what  liiht  and  Regifter'd,  and  the  Con- 
 is  pafl  may  be  buried  in  Oblivion  tents  of  'em  punctually  obferv'd, 
 and  Cancell'd,  and  we  forget  and  according  to  their  Form  and  Te- 
 cancel  the  fame  by  thefe  Prefents.  notir,  &c.  Commanding  alfo  our 
 But  if  afcer  the  fpace  of  the  faid  Advocates  General,  and  their  fub- 
 Month  elaps'd,  they  continue  in  ftitutes  to  be  affifting,  &c.  For 
 their  Rebellion,  either  by  bearing  fuch  is  our  Will  and  Plcafure.  In 
 Arms,  or  aflifting  in  any  manner  Witnefs  whereof,  &c. 
 thofe  that  arc  in  Arms,it  is  our  Plea- 
 
 fure  that  they  be  profecuted  and      Given  at  Bonrdeaux,  Novmher 
 
 punifh'das  Criminals  and  Guilty  of  10.  1615.  and  lixth  of  our  Reign, 
 High  Treafon,  and  Difturbers  of 
 
 the  Publick  Peace;  and  that  the  Sagn'd  Lewis. 
 
 Cities  and  Communities  which  ad- 
 here to  'em,  be  declar'd  to  have      And  below,  by  the  King, 
 forfeited  all  Favours,  Priviledges 
 
 and  Immunities  which  they  enjoy 'd,  D£  Lornenie. 
 
 by  vertuc  of  any  Charters  grant- 
 
 Seal'd 
 
Book  XL      A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c. 
 
 Seal'd  wich  the  great  Seal  in 
 Yellow  Wax  upon  a  double 
 Label. 
 
 Read,  Publiftfd,  and  Regifter'd, 
 upon  the  Motion  ot  the  Attor- 
 ney General  3  and  order'd  that 
 
 Copies  be  fent  to  the  Bailiwicks 
 and  Senefchalfhips,  &c.  to  be 
 thete  Publilh'd  and  Regifter'd 
 with  all  fpeed  by  the  Subftitutes, 
 &c.  At  Paris  in  Parlament,  De- 
 cember 7.  1 6  r  5. 
 
 Sign'd  Dc  Ttllet. 
 
 Extraft  of  the  KJngs  Edict,  for  the  Pacifying  of  the  Troubles 
 of  his  Kjngdorn  •  given  at  Blois,  May  1616.  and  lerif'd, 
 June  13.  the  fame  Tear. 
 
 Article  XLV. 
 
 Ollr  Pleafure  and  Meaning  is, 
 that  the  Edi&s  of  Pacifica- 
 tion, Declarations  and  fecret  Ar- 
 ticles, verifi'd  in  our  Courts  of 
 Parlament,  as  alfo  the  Brevets, 
 and  Anfwers  to  the  Papers,  made  by 
 the  Deceafed  King,  our  thrice  Ho- 
 nour'd  Lord  and  Father,  in  Favour 
 of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religi- 
 on be  obferv'd  and  executed,  and 
 that  they  may  enjoy  'em  according 
 to  their  Form  and  Tenour. 
 
 XV.  And  whereas  M.  Peter  Ber- 
 ger,  Connfellour  in  our  Court  of 
 Parlament  in  Paris,  who  had  one 
 of  the  fix  Offices,  which  by  XXX. 
 Article  of  the  faid  Edict  were  ap- 
 pointed for  thofe  of  the  Pretend- 
 ed Reformed  Religion,  has  made 
 Profefiion  fince  of  the  Catholick, 
 we  have  created  and  erected,  and 
 do  create  and  erect,  de  novo,  an 
 Office  and  Counfellour  in  onr  faid 
 Court  of  Parlament  at  Paris,  wiiii 
 the  fame  Salary,  Rights,  Privi- 
 ledges,  Authority  and  Functions 
 equal  to  any  of  the  Reft.  Which 
 Office  now  by  Us  created,  we  ap- 
 propriate to  thofe  of  the  faid  Pre- 
 
 tended Reformed  Religion,  in- 
 ftead  of  that  which  Burger  held, 
 and  for  which  we  will  provide  a 
 Perfon  of  the  faid  Pretended  Re- 
 formed Religion,  of  ability  and 
 fufficiency,  according  to  the  Form 
 exprefsdin  the  L.  of  the  Private 
 Articles  granted  at  Names  to  thofe 
 of  the  faid  Religion. 
 
 XVI.  It  is  our  Pleafure  and 
 Meaning,  that  the  Exercife  of  the 
 faid  Pretended  Reformed  Religi- 
 on, fhall  be  reftorM  and  fettl'd  in 
 Places,  where  it  has  been  difconti- 
 nu'dor  interrupted,  fince  the  faid 
 firft  of  fidyi  by  Reafon  of  the  Pre- 
 fent  Commotions,  in  the  fame 
 Manner  and  Form  as  before. 
 
 XVII.  And  to  the  end  there  may 
 be  no  Qtieltion  of  the  fincere  Inten- 
 tion of  our  Dear  Coufin  the  Prince 
 of  Conde,  and  thofe  who  are  joyn'd 
 with  him,  we  declare  that  we  re- 
 pute and  hold  our  faid  Coufin  the 
 Prince  of  Conde,  for  our  good 
 Kinfman,  and  faithful  Subject  and 
 Servant,  as  alfo  the  reft  of  the 
 Princes,  Dukes,  Peers,  Officers  of 
 the  Crown,  Lords,  Gentlemen, 
 Cities,  Communities  and  others', 
 
 Nnnn  2  as 
 
A  Collection  of  EdiBs,  &c.      Vol.  li- 
 
 as well  Catholicks  as  of  the  Pre- 
 tended Reformed  Religion,  of 
 what  Quality  or  Condition  foever 
 they  be,  who  aflifted  him,  or 
 joyn'd  or  united  with  him,  as  well 
 before  as  after  the  fufpenfion  of 
 Arms,  comprehending  alfo  the 
 Deputies  of  the  faid  Pretended 
 Reformed  Religion  ;  tho*  af- 
 fembl'd  at  Nimes,  and  prefent  at 
 Rochel,  for  our  good  Subjects  and 
 Servants.  And  after  we  read  the 
 Declaration  fet  forth  to  us,  by 
 our  faid  Coufin  the  Prince  of  Con- 
 di, we  believe  and  deem,  that 
 
 what  was  done  by  him  and  the 
 abovenamed,  was  done  out  of  a 
 good  end  and  Intention,  and  for 
 our  Service. 
 
 LIU.  The  Secret  Articles  which 
 have  been  granted  by  us,  and 
 which  will  be  found  inferted  in 
 the  prefent  Edict  mail  be  punctu- 
 ally and  inviolably  fulfill'd  andob- 
 ferv'd,  and  upon  an  Extract  of 
 the  faid  Articles,  Sign'd  by  one 
 of  our  Secretaries  of  State,all  necef- 
 fary  Letters  ftiall  be  forthwith  gi- 
 ven out. 
 
 Private  Articles  granted  in  the  Kjngs  Name  by  his  Deputies  r 
 fent  to  the  Conference  at  Loudun  to  the  Prince  of  Conde, 
 and  others  joyrfd  with  him,  to  obtain  the  Pacification  of  the 
 Troubles ;  after  that,  feen,  approved  and  ratif/d  by  his  Maje- 
 
 fy- 
 
 t  'HP Is  the  Kings  Pleafure  and 
 A  meaning  after  the  Exam- 
 ple of  the  Kings  his  Predeceflbrs, 
 that  the  Gallican  Church  be  pre- 
 ferv'd  in  her  Rights,  Franchifes, 
 Liberties,  and  Prerogatives. 
 
 II.  What  has  been  done  by  the 
 Clergy  upon  the  Publication  of 
 the  Council  Trent,  has  not  been 
 approv'd  by  his  Majeftiej  and 
 confequently  nothing  has  come  of 
 it :  Nor  wilJ  he  permit  that  any 
 thing  be  done  hereafter  with- 
 out or  contrary  to  his  Authori- 
 ty- 
 
 III.  Altho  that  in  the  Edict  it 
 be  exprefs'd,  that  all  places  which 
 have  been  taken  on  either  fide 
 during  thefe   Toubles,  fliall  be 
 
 redor'd,  to  the  fame  Hands, 
 and  refettl'd  in  the  fame  Condi- 
 tion as  they  were  before  ;  Never- 
 thelefs,  it  is  agreed,  that  the  Cattle 
 of  Leitokre,  Ih  ill  be  put  into  the 
 Hands  of  an  Exempt  of  the  Guards 
 of  the  Kings  Body,  or  fome  other 
 of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Re- 
 ligion, who  (hall  be  made  Choice 
 of  by  his  Mnjefty  to  keep  it  till 
 the  Conteft  between  the  Sieurs 
 de  Fontrailles  and  Angdin,  about  the 
 Captainfhip  of  the  faid  Cattle,  be 
 adjufted  by  his  Majefty. 
 
 IV.  That  the  XXVII.  Article  of- 
 the  Edict  of  Names  about  the  Pacifi 
 cation  of  the  Troubles,  concerning 
 the  admitting  promifcuoufly  thofe 
 who  do  or  mall  profefs  the  Pre- 
 tended 
 
Book  XL     A  Collection  ofEdiSs,  &c.  50 
 
 tended  Reformed  Religion,  to  all  Ecclefiafticks  as  others,  may  make 
 
 Eftates,  Dignities,  Publick  Offices  their  abodes  there,  and  fecurely 
 
 or  Employments,  Royal,  Signi-  continue   Divine  Worfhip,  the 
 
 oral,  or  City  Magiftrates,  fhall  King  protecting  'em  from  thofe 
 
 be  follow'd  and  obferv'd  ;  and  by  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Re- 
 
 vertue  of  this  the  Sieurs  Vilkme-  ligion,   who  (hall   be  refponfi- 
 
 reaii,  Counfellour  in  the  Court  of  ble. 
 
 Parlament,  and  Le  Maiftre,  Ma-       Vl II.  The  Lady  DandoHx,  and 
 
 Iter  in  the  Chamber  of  Accompts,  the  Sieur  de  St.  Foy,  together 
 
 fhall  be  admitted  to  the  Exer-  with  thofe  who  aflifted  ""em,  fhall 
 
 cife  of  their  Employments  as  they  be  wholly  difcharg'd  from  all  that 
 
 were  before  they  profefs'd    the  may  be  lay'd  to  their  charge  by 
 
 faid  Pretended  Reformed  Religi-  reafon  of  what  w.is  done  at  Be- 
 
 gion.  left  at,  in  1615.  Which  fhall  be 
 
 V.  The  Minifters  of  the  Pre-  extinguihYd,  canceli'd  and  abo- 
 tended  Reformed  Religion,  fhall  lift'd  ;  nor  fhall  they  be  bound 
 enjoy  the  favour  and  Exemptions  to  put  therafelves  into  a  Condi- 
 tio them  Voufaf'd  by  the  Kings  tion,  for  the  allowance  of  the 
 Letters  Patents  of  December  15.  Favour  or  difcharge  which  has 
 1612.  been  or  fhall  be  expedited  for 
 
 VI.  The  Sieurs  Dnratit,  Louis  'em  ;  from  which  they  fhall  be 
 and  Gaufin,  fhc.il  be  refettled  in  totally  acquitted  and  Exonerated 
 the  City  of  Metz.,  as  formerly  at  the  Charge  alfo  of  the  civii 
 they  were.  Intereft,  if  it  fofall  out:  And  that 
 
 VII.  The  Inhabitants  of  the  Ci-  the  Inhabitants  who  profefs  the 
 ty  of  MiUan,  and  of  the  Cities,  Pretended  Reformed  Religion, 
 Boroughs  and  Communities  of  the  may  abide  there  with  all  faftly  and 
 County  of  Foix,  who  were  at  the  freedom,  and  enjoy  the  Exercife 
 Taking  of  the  Cattle  of  Came-  of  their  Religion  as  is  permitted 
 nufc,  as  alfo  fome  particular  Per-  ""era  by  the  Edicts,  which  fhall 
 fons  of  the  City  of  Nimes,  fhall  remain  in  the  Cuftody  of  the  Ca- 
 enjoy  the  Benefit  of  the  Anme-  thoiicks. 
 
 flies,  which  were  formerly  grant-      IX.  The  Sieur  d'  Ardon,  fhall' 
 
 ed  'em,  for  fome  Crimes  and  be  reftor'd  to  the  Government  of 
 
 Extravagancies  therein  mention'd,  the  City  of  Vermes,  which  Re- 
 
 without  needing  any  other  Veri-  ettablifhment  fhall  be  made  good 
 
 fscation  then  the  Regiftring  of  by  the  Governour  and  Lieutenant 
 
 thefe  prcfent  Articles,  nor  fhall  General  of  the  Province, 
 the  faid  Regiftring  be  any  Pre-      X.  The  Declaration  which  has 
 
 jndice  to  the  Civil  Interetts  of  been  fet  forth  in  favour  of  the 
 
 the  Parties,  for  which  there  (hall  Sieur  de  Borne,  to  the  prejudice  . 
 
 be    provifion    made    according  ot  the  Employment  of  the  Grand  ; 
 
 to  reafon.    And  as  for  the  City  Matter  of  the  Artillery,  fnall  be 
 
 oiMilUu,  the  Catholicks,  as  well  revok'd,  and  the  faid  Employ  mens 
 
 reftor'd  . 
 
i  A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.      Vol.  II. 
 
 reftor'd  back,  with  the  fame  Au-  fhall  ferve  for  a  Difcharge  to  the 
 
 thority  and  Fnndions  as  the  Grand  faid  Receivers. 
 
 Matters  enjoy'd  who  Exercis'd  it  XIII.  The  Commiffion  for  the 
 
 formerly.  razing  the   Caftle  of  Tuny,  in 
 
 XI.  The  Sieurs  Marquifs  of  Bon-  Anjon,  mall  be  revok'd,  il  it  be 
 uiver  and  Fnaift,  fliall  be  releas'd  not  done  already. 
 
 and  fet  at  Liberty,  and  all  Infor-  XIV.  The  Duke  of  Vendofm, 
 mations  and  Proceedings  againfl:  with  all  his  Domeftick  Servants, 
 "■em,  by  reafon  of  the  prefent  thole  of  his  Troop  of  Genfdarms, 
 Troubles,  mall  be  made  Null  and  and  of  the  Troop  of  light  Horfe, 
 of  no  Effect.  call'd  the  Duke  of  Mtrcotur  his 
 
 XII.  M.  Nicolas  Cugnois,  Pro-  Sons  Ttoop,  commanded  by  the 
 vincial  Receiver  of  the  Tithes  of  Sieur  de  la  Vacre  Chivray  ;  toge- 
 Burgundy,  in  Burgmdy,  mall  be  ther  with  the  Sieurs  Dutjfion,  dy 
 difcharg'd,  together  with  his  Bail,  Arabon,  Baron  de  Quermvan,  Ba- 
 and  his  Enfurers,  of  the  Summ  ron  de  Vieux  Chateau,  and  the  Wi- 
 of  21000  Livers,  which  he  was  dows  and  Children  of  the  Sieurs 
 conftrain'd  to  pay  to  the  Duke  d?  Oervaux,  and  the  Sieur  de  Cam- 
 ot  M.tyenne,  being  as  well  the  Mo-  mores,  fliall  have  an  Appeal  for  all 
 ny  of  the  faid  Receipt  of  Tithes,  Procefles  and  fuits  as  well  Cri- 
 as  of  the  Confignation  which  he  roinal  as  Civil,  which  they  may 
 was  forc'd  to  pay  to  the  Chatelet  have  as  defendants  in  the  Court  of 
 of  Paris,  for  the  purchafe  of  the  Parlament  of  Rennes,  and  the  faid 
 faid  Office,  or  the  Remainder  of  Procelfes  (hall  be  removed  to  the 
 the  Years  during  which  it  was  Grand  Council,  and  that  for  a 
 to  be  enjoy'd.  Nor  mall  the  Year  ;  to  which  purpofe  requifite 
 faid  Cugnois  be  bound  to  report  Letters  of  Appeal  mall  be  expe- 
 any  Verbal  Procefs  of  the  faid  dired  :  Under  the  Counter  Seal 
 Conftraint  with  which  he  isdif-  of  which  fliall  be  afhVd  the  Ca- 
 pens'd,  according  to  the  Decla-  fes  both  of  the  faid  Domefticks 
 ration  which  the  Duke  of  Maine  and  Companies. 
 
 fee  forth,  acknowledging  the  Re-  XV.  The  King  grants  to  M. 
 ceipt  of  the  faid  21000  Livers  the  Prince  of  Conde,  as  well  for 
 from  the  faid  Cugnois,  and  its  be-  himfelf,  as  for  all  other  Princes 
 ing  laid  out  in  the  Affairs  of  the  and  Lords,  as  well  Catholick  as  of 
 War  i  and  of  which  the  faid  Cng-  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion, 
 nois  mall  be  abfolutely  acquitted  who  joyn'd  and  united  with  him, 
 and  clear'd  as  to  the  Receiver  the  fumm  of  i50oThoufand  Li- 
 General  of  the  Clergy  of  France-,  vers  as  well  for  the  Payment  of 
 as  alfo  of  the  Confignations  of  the  Levies,  keeping  afoot  and  dif- 
 the  faid  Chatelet,  and  all  other  banding  the  Souldiers,  as  ror  the 
 Summs,  by  vertue  of  the  faid  Charges  and  Expenccs  of  the  faid 
 Duke  of  Mayennes  Acquittance  for  War. 
 
 the  Summ  of  21000  Livers,  which  Done  and  Decreed  by  the  King 
 
 in 
 
Book  XI.     A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c. 
 
 in  his  Council,  the  Queen  Mother  And  lower  under  the  Counter- 
 Prefent,  May  16.  1616.  Seal  of  the  Edift, 
 
 Sign'd  LEWIS.  Fothier. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  KJng  "pon  the  Edicts  of  Pacification  ;  given 
 at  Paris,  July  20.  1616.  and  vtriffd  Auguft  4.  the  Jame 
 
 Tear 
 
 LEip;/,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  been  reprefented  to  us,  that  fome 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr^  among  em  remain  under  fome  fuf- 
 To  all,  C~c.  Tho'  that  fiace  our  pition  and  jealoufie,  for  that  fince 
 coming  to  this  Grown  we  have  the  General  Eftates  of  our  King- 
 clearly  enough  made  known  our  dom  were  laft  convok'd,  and  af- 
 continual  care  to  preferve  all  our  femblM  in  our  good  City  of  Pa- 
 Subjc&s  in  Amity,  Union  and  ris,  it  was  fet  afoot  and  refolv'd, 
 Concord  one  with  another,  as  al-  that  wc  fhould  be  petition'd  to, 
 fo  thofe  who  profefs  the  Preten-  that  we  wo'^ld  be  pleas'd  to  pri- 
 ded Reformed  Religion,  with  all  ferve  the  Catholick,  Apoftolick 
 the  fafety  and  freedom  that  they  and  Roman  Religion,  according  to 
 can  defire,  as  well  for  their  Con-  the  Oath  which  we  took  at  our 
 fciences  as  for  their  Perfons,  E-  Coronation,  tho'  they  that  were 
 ftaces,  Offices  and  Dignities,  un-  there  as  Deputies,  have  fince  fuf- 
 dcr  the  Obfervance  of  the  Edicts  fkien.tly  given  us  to  underftand, 
 of  Pacification,  fecret  Articles,  that  what  was  done  proceded  ra- 
 Declarations,  Brevets,  and  other  ther  out  of  the  abundance  of  their 
 Favours  and  ConcdCons  granted  Affection  for  the  faid  Catholick 
 'em  by  the  Deceas'd  King,  our  Religions,  th^n  out  of  any  ill 
 thrice  Honoured  Lord  and  Fa-  Will  which  they  bear  to  thofe  of 
 ther,  whom  God  abfolve,  and  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religi- 
 fiflc-e  by  ©urTeives  corrfinn'd  :  To  on,  We  acknowledge  nt  the  fame 
 which  purpofe  we  caus'd  to  be  time,  how  neceflary  a  thing  it  is 
 expedited  in  their  favour  feveral  to  obferve  the  Edicts  of  Pacifica- 
 Declarations  in  exprefs  terms,  as  tion  made  in  their  Favour,  and 
 well  at  our  coining  to  the  down,  how  requiiite  it  is  for  the  Welfare 
 and  our  entrance  into  our  Ma-  and  Tranquillity  of  the  Kingdom^ 
 jority,  as  upon  feveral  other  Oc-  defiring  therefore  a  frefh,  to  fatif- 
 cafions ;  upon  which  we  judg'd  fie  our  laid  Subjects  of  the  Pre- 
 that  they  might  defiie  to  be  fa-  tended  Reformed  Religion, of  our 
 tisfi'd  of  our  good  and  fincere  In-  good  v\iil  in  that  Particular,  and 
 tensions  in  that  particular  :  Ne-  to  the  end  we  may  not  leave  any 
 verthelefs,  conhttering  what  has  Scruple  unremov'd  urjon  the  fa:d 
 
 PYopofah 
 
504  A  Collection  of 
 
 propofals  in  the  Affembly  of  States 
 General;  Forthefe  Rcafons,  and 
 other  Confiderations,  us  thereunto 
 moving,  with  the  advice  of  the 
 Queen  Mother,  our  thrice  ho- 
 nour'd  Lady  and  Mother,  the 
 Princes,  Officers  of  the  Crown, 
 and  principal  Members  of  our 
 Council,  about  our  perfon,  we 
 have  laid  and  declav'd,  fay  and 
 declare,  That  we  never  had  any 
 thoughts,  by  the  Oath  which  we 
 took  at  our  Coronation,  to  com- 
 prehend therein  our  Subjects  of 
 the  Pretended  Reformed  Religi- 
 on, living  in  our  Kingdom  un- 
 der the  benefits  of  our  faid  Edicts, 
 Articles  and  Delarations  made  in 
 their  favour,  which  it  is  onr  plea- 
 fure  fhall  be  always  inviolably  fol- 
 low'd  and  obferv'd,  without  the 
 leaft  infringment,  and  which  asoc- 
 cafion  requires  we  have  all  along 
 confirm'd  and  by  thefePrefentscon- 
 firm.  Enjoy  ning  all  our  Officers  to 
 profecuteand  punifh  the  Infringers 
 thereof,  as  refractory  Perfons,  and 
 Difturbers  of  the  publick  Peace. 
 Thus  we  command  all  our  beloved 
 and  faithful  Counfellors,  holding 
 our  Courts  of  Parlament,  Bailiffs, 
 
 EdiSs,  &c.   Vol.  % 
 
 Senefchals,  &c.  that  they  caufe 
 thefc  our  prefent  Letters  Decla- 
 ratory to  be  read,  publifh'd  and 
 regifter'd,  &c.  and  that  the  Con- 
 tents thereof  be  inviolably  kept  and 
 preferv'd.  In  Teflimony  where- 
 of we  have  caus'd  our  Seal  to 
 be  affix'd.  Given  at  Paris,  Ju- 
 ly 20.  1616.  |in  the  yth.  Year 
 of  our  Reign. 
 
 Sign-d  LEWIS. 
 
 By  the  King  in  Council. 
 
 De  Lomenie. 
 
 Seal'd  with  the  Great  Seal,  in 
 Yellow  wax,  upon  a  double 
 Label. 
 
 Read, publifh'd  and  regifter'd  upon 
 the  Motion  of  the  Kings  Ad- 
 vocate General,  and  Copies  or- 
 dered to  be  fent  to  all  the  B-iyli- 
 wicks,  and  Senefchalftiips,  to  be 
 there  publifh'd  and  regifter'd, 
 &c.  At  Paris  in  Parlament, 
 Aitguft  4.  1616. 
 
 Sign'd  Voipn. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjng,  containing*  Confirmation  of  the  Edict 
 of  Loudun,  and  the  Private  Articles  of  it.  Given  at  Paris  the 
 laft  of  September,  1616.  and  verify  A  October  25.  the 
 fame  Tear. 
 
 LEWIS,  by  the  Grace  of  God  and  confederation,  concerning  our 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr,  own  and  the  fecurity  of  our  King- 
 to  all  &c.  As  it  has  been  an  ex-  dom,  to  order  our  Coufin  the 
 traordinary  Grief  to  us,  when  we  Prince  of  Conde  to  be  feiz'd,  and 
 were  conftrain'd  upon  juft  caufe  on  the  other  fide  were  extreamly 
 
 overjoy 'd 
 
Book  XL    A  Colletiion  ofEdiBs,  &c. 
 
 overjoy 'd  and  contented  when  we  ther  meant  or  do  mean  to  compre- 
 underfl.o/>d  that  the  Princes, Dukes,  hend  the  faid  Princes,  Dukes, 
 Peers, .  Officers  of  the  Crown  Peers,  Officers  of  the  Crown, 
 and  others  who  withdrew  from  Lords,  Officers  of  our  Sovereign 
 our  Court  upon  that  Accident,  Courts,  or  others  of  what  Quali- 
 aU  defir'd  the  Peace  and  Tranquil-  ty  or  Condition  foever  they  be, 
 lity  ot  our  Kingdom,  and  to  fa-  fufpecled,  and  departing  from 
 tisfie  us  with  their  Actions  ^  of  Paris^  upon  the  day  of  theSeizure 
 which  having  duly  inlorm'd  us,  and  Detention  of  our  faid  Coufin, 
 ar-d  of  the  Occaiion  of  their  ab-  and  fince  the  abovemention'd  Ac- 
 fence,  and  being  convine'd  of  the  cident,  who  have  made  us  fenli- 
 reafons  that  might  Mien  the  con-  ble  of  the  fincerity  of  their  ln- 
 fidence  which  we  had  in  'em,  We  tentions,  and  their  Refolutions 
 remjin'd  fowcll  fatibfi'd,  that  there  ftill  to  continue  in  their  Obedience 
 was  not  the  leaft  ill  Opinion  to  us,  whom  we  hold  and  look 
 lefc  in  our  minds  of  their  dej-ort-  upon  as  our  Good,  Faithful],  and 
 ment  :  Neverthelefs'  forafmuch  Affectionate  Subjects  and  Servants, 
 as  by  our  Letters  Patents  De-  no  way  commenting  nor  partakers 
 claratory  upon  the  Decree  for  the  of  the  Facts  conrain'd  in  the  faid 
 feizing  our  faid  Coufin,  by  rea-  Declaration  •  and  it  is  our  Pleafure 
 fon  of  the  General  and  particular  that  they  enjoy  ourGraces, Favours, 
 Expreffions,  and  Circumftances  Benefits,  Hoiioars  and  Govern- 
 therin  mentionM, it  might  be  other-  ments,  and  that  they  exercife 
 wife  judg'd  of  their  Intentions,  their  Employments  and  Offices  as 
 asalfo  that  their  Abfencc  and  with-  they  did  before,  and  as  belongs 
 drawing  from  our  Perfon,  might  to  their  abovemention'd  Prefer- 
 have  rendet'd  'em  fufpecled  of  ments,  notwitftanding  all  the  In- 
 things  not  confuting  with  their  Du-  terdiclions  ar.d  Letters  which 
 ty  and  the  Quality  of  that  allegi-  might  have  been  fet  forth  to  the 
 ance  which  they  owe  us ;  for  thefe  contrary.  Moreover,  it  is  our 
 Reafons,  being  defirous  to  pre-  Pleafure,  that  the  Edict  not  long 
 fervc  their  Honour  and  their  Re-  lince  made  at  London,  be  main- 
 putation  entire,  we  make  known  tain'd,  with  all  the  Articles  as  well 
 of  our  own  proper  motion,  full  General,  as  particular  and  pri- 
 Power  and  Royal  Authority,  and  vate,  granted  in  purfuance  of  the 
 with  the  Advice  of  the  Queen,  faid  Edict,and  that  ourSubjects  may 
 our  thrice  honour 'd  Lady  and  Mo-  enjoy  the  benefit  of 'em.  To  that 
 ther,  Princes  of  our  blood,  other  end  we  command  our  faithful  and 
 Princes,  &c.  and  We  have  decla-  beloved  Councellours,  &c.  That 
 red,  and  do  declare,  that  neither  they  caufe  thefe  prefents  to  be 
 by  our  faid  Declaration,  nor  by  verify'd  and  regifter'd,  fulfill'd  and 
 any  terms,  or  general  or  fpecial  obferv'd  according  to  their  form 
 Word  therein  contain'd,  we  ei-  and  Tenour,  for  fuch  is  our  Plea- 
 
 O  a  o  o  fure. 
 
A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.    Vol.  II- 
 
 fare.  Given  at  Paris,  September, 
 the  laft,  1616.  and  7th.  of  our 
 Reign 
 
 Siign'd  LEWIS. 
 
 And  below,  by  the  King. 
 
 Mawot. 
 
 Seal'd  with  the  Great  Seal  of 
 Yellow  wax  upon  a  double 
 Label. 
 
 Read,  Publifh-d  and  Regifter'd, 
 upon  the  Motion  of  the  Kings 
 Advocate  General ;  and  Copies 
 order'd  to  be  fent  to  the  Baily- 
 wicks  and  Senefchalfhips  &c. 
 To  be  there  alfo  publifh'd  and 
 regifter'd  &c.  At  Paris  in  Par- 
 latnent,  October  25.  \6\6. 
 
 Sign'd  Df,  Tillet, 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  K^ing  againfl  the  Unlawful  Afftmblies  of 
 any  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion  at  Caftle  Jaloux 
 and  Beam.    Given  at  Paris,  May  21.  16 18.  Verify  dW[&y  25. 
 
 LEwis,  by  the  grace  of  God, 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr, 
 To  all,  &c.  Upon  Information  gi- 
 ven us  the  la  ft  Month  of  April, 
 that  fome  of  our  Subjects  of  the 
 Pretended    Reformed  Religion 
 took  upon  'em  contrary  and  in 
 contempt  of  the  Edicts  of  Paci- 
 fication, and  feveral  Declarations 
 by  us  fet  forth,  to  fummon  and 
 bold  unlawful  Allemblies,  and  fuch 
 as  were  by  us  prohibited,  and  al- 
 io that  they  had  appointed  one  of 
 fever ul  Provinces  to  be  held  in  the 
 City  of  Chatd-  'faloux  in  our  Coun- 
 try ol  Guyenne,  we  took  zn  Occ.fion 
 to  expedite  our  Letters  Pateiitsda- 
 ted  Jprtl  ioth.  by  which  we  de- 
 clar'd  all  Affemblies  that  fliould 
 be  fummon'd  b)  our  faid  Subjects 
 of  the  faid  pretended  Reformed  Re- 
 ligion, other  then  fuch  as  were 
 permitted  by  our  Edicts,  and  for 
 whkluhey  had  exprtis  leave  from 
 usytobe  unlawful,  and  contrary  to 
 wx  Authority  and  Service,  aod  as 
 
 fuch  we  forbid  'em,  upou  pain  of 
 Difobedience-  ordering  Profecuti- 
 on  againfl.  the  Authors  of  the  fame, 
 and  all  thofe  that  mould  go  thi- 
 ther and  be  piefent  there,  as  In- 
 fringers of  our  Edicts,  and  diflur- 
 bers  of  the  publick  Peace.  Which 
 our  faid  Letters  having  bin  pub- 
 lifh'd and  regifter'd  in  our  Court 
 of  Parlament  at  Bourdeaux,  and 
 Chamber    of    Edict    at  Ntrac, 
 our  Officers  of  the  faid  Societies 
 had  taken  fuch  care  for  the  ob- 
 fervance  of  'em,  thai  the  Gover- 
 nour  and  Confnls  of  the  faid  Ci- 
 ty of  Chatet- Jaloux  and  they  who 
 were  entrufted  with  the  command 
 of  feveral    other  Cities  of  the 
 faid  Province  held  by  thofe  of  the 
 pretended    Reformed  Religion, 
 had  obftructed  and  refus'd  the 
 holding  of  the  faid  Affembly,  and 
 for  that  reafon  would  have  enfor- 
 ced thofe  that  were  deputed  thi- 
 ther to  have  departed.    Bnt  we 
 have  bin  inform'd  within  thele 
 few 
 
Book  XL   A  CoUecth 
 
 few  days,  that  the  more  factious 
 among  'em,  finding  that  by  rea- 
 fon  ot  our  faid  Declaration,  they 
 could  not  with  freedom  and  fafe- 
 ty  hold  the  laid  Alfembly,  which 
 they  had  contriv'd  to  be  fuch  as 
 they  deuVd  to  have  it,  refolv'd 
 to  call  it  without  the  Jurifdicti- 
 on  of  the  Parlament,  in  our  Coun- 
 try of  Etarn,  or  fome  other  Part, 
 whither  they  had  invited  feveral 
 of  our  Subjects  from  divers  Pro- 
 vinces to  meet.  Which  being  di- 
 rectiy  prejudicial  to  our  authoi  i- 
 ty,  a«d  the  good  of  our  Service, 
 the  Peace  and  Tranquility  of  our 
 Subjects, and  contrary  to  our  Edicts 
 of  Pacification,  and  feveral  De- 
 clarations fet  forth  upon  that  Sub- 
 ject, defirous  of  an  Occafion  to 
 provide  againft  it,  and  to  punifh 
 thofe  who  carry  themfelves  with 
 fo  much  difobedience  and  unbri- 
 dfd  Licenfe,  we  have  faid  and  de- 
 clar'd,  and  do  fay  and  declare, 
 that  it  is  our  Pleafure  and  Inten- 
 tion!, that  at  the  Profecution  and 
 Solicitation  of  our  Advocates  Ge- 
 neral and  their  Subftitutes,  our 
 judges  and  Officers  of  the  Places, 
 lhail  proceed  againft  all  thofe  who 
 have  bin  the  Authors,  and  (hall  be 
 found  prefent  at  the  faid  Aflem- 
 bly by  them  newly  fummon'd  in 
 our  faid  Province  of  Beam,  or  in 
 any  other  unlawful  Affemblies, 
 and  fuch  as  are  forbid  by  our 
 Edicts  and  Declarations,  as  Vio- 
 lators of  our  Edicts,  and  diftur- 
 bers  of  the  publick  Peace:  And 
 co  this  Effect  we  will  and  require 
 
 m  of  Edi&s,  &c.  507 
 
 Chat  they  be  apprehended  and 
 taken  into  Cuftody  where  e're 
 they  mall  be  found  hereafter,  to 
 the  end  their  Profecutions  may 
 be  hrought  to  a  Conclufion.  And 
 where  they  cannot  be  taken,  that 
 they  may  be  proceeded  againlt  for 
 Contumacy,  Seizure  and  Invento- 
 ries made  of  their  Goods,  accor- 
 ding to  the  Forms  in  fuch  Ca- 
 fes cuftomary.  So  we  command 
 our  beloved  and  faithful  Counsel- 
 lors, holding  our  Court  of  Parla- 
 ment at  Pans,  that  they  give  Or- 
 der that  thefe  prefents  be  read, 
 publifh'd  and  regifter'd,  &c.  For 
 fucb  is  our  pleafure.  In  Teftimo- 
 ny,  &c. 
 
 Given  at  Paris  Mayixfl.  1618. 
 And  Ninth  of  our  Reign. 
 
 Sign'd  LEWIS. 
 
 By  the  King, 
 
 De  Lomcnie. 
 
 Sea  I'd,  &c. 
 
 Read,  Publifh'd  and  Regifter'd, 
 at  the  Motion  of  the  Kings  Ad- 
 vocate General,  and  authentick 
 Copies  order 'd  to  be  fent,  &c.  To 
 the  end  they  may  be  read,  pub- 
 lifh'd, Regifter'd  and  Executed 
 within  their  feveral  Jurifdictions, 
 &c.  At  Paris  in  Parlament  May 
 25^.  1 6 18. 
 
 Sign'd  Dtt  TiUtu 
 
 Oooo  2 
 
 A 
 
A  Collection  of  Editis,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjng,  co 
 tion,  and  the  Afitmb  lies  of  ( 
 proved.    Given  at  Amboife, 
 
 LErvis,  by  the  Grace  of  God, 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr, 
 to  all,  &c.  It  has  bin  always 
 our  Intention  carefully  to  main- 
 tain and  caufe  to  be  obferv'd  to- 
 ward our  Subjects  profefling  the 
 pretended  Reformed  Religion,  the 
 Favours,  Conceftions  and  Advanta- 
 ges which  the  Deceafed  King  our 
 thrice  honour'd  Lord  and  Father 
 granted  'em  by  the  Edict  of  Names, 
 and  by  the  Brevets 'and  Declarati- 
 ons which  enfu'd  upon  it,  and 
 which  have  fincebyusbinconhim'd. 
 On  the  other  fide,  we  have  dehVd 
 that  on  their  part  they  would  con- 
 fine themfelves  to  the  Obfervance 
 of  the  fame  Edict,  and  live  un- 
 der the  Protection  of  it,  with  the 
 fame  Fidelity  as  the  Reft  of  our 
 Subjects.  And  when  they  have  gi- 
 ven themfelves  the  Liberty  to  do 
 any  thing  contrary  to  their  duty, 
 we  have  been  oblig'd  to  let  'em  un- 
 derftand  our  Refentment,  and  for 
 that  reafon  to  fet  forth  Declarati- 
 ons and  other  Letters  Patents, 
 fuch  as  we  our  felves  thought  ne- 
 cefTary,  upon  the  Occafion  which 
 prelented  themfelves.  As  we  did 
 in  April  the  laft  year,  being  in- 
 form'd  that  fome  among  'em  took 
 upon  'em,  contrary  and  in  con- 
 tempt of  our  faid  Edicts  a:  d  De- 
 clarations, 10  fummon  and  hold 
 unlawful  Alfemblies,  and  fuch  as 
 were  by  us  prohibited,  as  alfo  that 
 Ihey  had  appointed  one  at  Cajlle-Ja- 
 
 nfrming  the  Editfs  of  PacificA- 
 ^aftle-Jaloux,  and  others  ap- 
 May  24.  and  veriffd  July  5. 
 
 Iohx  in  Guyenne.  We  therefore  ex- 
 pedited our  Letters  Patents  of  the 
 2or/?.ofthelaid  Month,  by  which 
 we  declai'd  thefaid  Alfembly  and 
 all  others  that  were  held  by  'em,  o- 
 ther  then  thofe  that  were  permit- 
 ted by  us,  to  be  unlawful,  and  con- 
 trary to  our  Authority  and  Service, 
 and  as  fuch  we  forbid  'em  under 
 the  Penalty  of  difobedience.  Since 
 that,  we  have  bin  inform'd,  that 
 they  themfelves  who  had  contriv'd 
 to  hold  the  faid  Aflembly  at  CajleU 
 jaloux.,  finding  that  thev  were  ob- 
 ftructed  by  reafon  of  our  faid  De- 
 claration, were  refolv'd  to  call  a- 
 nother  without  the  Jurifuictionof 
 our  Parlamentof  Bourdeaux,  and 
 to  appoint  it  at  Ortbts  in  Beam,  to 
 the  end  they  might  hold  it  there 
 with  more  freedom.  Upon  that 
 we  fet  forth  a  Declaration  dated 
 the  2i)?.  of  May  enfuing  :  By 
 which  we  declar'd  it  to  be  our  plea- 
 fure,  that  upon  the  Profecution 
 and  Solicitation  of  our  Advocate 
 Generals  and  their  Subftkutes,  the 
 Judges  and  other  Officers  of  the 
 places  mould  rigoroufly  proceed 
 againft  luch  as  fhould  be  the  Au- 
 thors, or  {hoi'ld  be  found  prefent 
 in  the  faid  Aflemby  which  was  faid 
 to  be  calfd  in  Beam,  or  in  any  o» 
 ther  unlawful  Aflemblies  forbid  by 
 our  Edicts,  as  Violators  of  our  Er 
 diets,  and  Difturbersof  the  pub- 
 lick  Peace.  Which  neverthelefs 
 did  not  prevent  the  ho/ding  of  the 
 laid 
 
Book  XI.    A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c. 
 
 faid  AfTernbly,  nor  the  Removal  of  on  that  Occafion    but  that  they  be 
 
 it  afterwards  to  our  City  of  Ro-  abfolutely   difcharg'd,  and  that 
 dy\  at  which  we  have  juft  Reafon  they  may  return  home  with  free- 
 to  be  offended,  were  it  not  but  that  dom  and  fafety  to  their  own  Hou- 
 upon  this  laft  Motion,  they  who  fes  and  Places  of  abode  ;  notwith- 
 met  at  the  faid  Aflembly,  acknow-  ftanding  the  Declarations  above 
 ledging  that  fome  of  our  Subjeds,  mention'd,   and  ait  Decrees  and 
 defirous  to  make  ufe  of  the  Nfme  Judgments  that  might  be  ilfu'd 
 of  the  Qjeen,  our  thrice  honour'd  forth  againft  'em.    It  is  our  plea- 
 Lady  and  Mother,  to  trouble  the  fure  alfo  that  if  any  of  'era  have  bin 
 Peace  of  our  Kingdom,  fought  taken  and  imprifon'd,  or  have  had 
 their  Advantages,  to  the  Prejudice  their  Goods  feizM  upon  the  laid 
 of  our  Authority  and  the  good  of  Occafion,  their  Perfons  fhall  be  ac- 
 our  Service,  and  that  if  they  had  quitted,  and  their  Goods  reftor'dj 
 done  amifs  in  meeting  to  the  preju-  as  having  upon  the  faid  Confidera- 
 diceofour  Prohibitions,  they  had  tions,  extiiiguilh'd  and  buried  in 
 no  Intention  however  to  dilferve  Oblivion  the  Mifcarriage  which 
 us  i  having  fent  their  Deputies  to  was  committed  upon  that  Occafi- 
 us  upon  this  Occafion,  to  proteft  on.    And  we  impofe  perpetual  fi- 
 and  clTure  us  of  their  Fidelity,  O-  lence  upon  our  Advocates  Gene- 
 bedience  and  Duty  to  our  Service,  ral,  their  Subftitutes  and  others, 
 and  to  befeech  us  to  honour  'em  whom  we  charge  and  command 
 with  our  commands.    Which  be-  however  to  be  alMing  in  the  Exe- 
 ing  well  underftood  and  conflder'd,  cution  and  Obfcrvance  of  our  E- 
 we  refolv'd  to  hear  their  Deputies  di&s  and  Declarations  aforefaid, 
 mildly  and  favourably,  and  to  for-  So  we  command  our  faithful  and 
 get  the  Offence  which  they  had  beloved  Counfellors,  &c.  That 
 committed  by  reafon  of  that  Alfem-  thefe  prcfents  may  be  read  pub- - 
 biy.    Which  being  defirous  effe-  li.Vd  and  regifter'd,   &e.  And 
 &uatly  to  do,  for  thefe  caufes,  af-  that  our  Subjeds  ot  the  pretended 
 ter  the  Affiir  w  s  fet  afoot  and  Reformed  Reiigbn,  may  enjoj  the. 
 debated  in  our  Council,  where  Benefit  of  the  Contents  fully  and 
 were  prefent  fevcral  Prir.ces,  &c.  peaceably,  without  fuffering  the 
 With  cheir  Advice,  and  ot  our  own  ieaft  Iojury,  Troul)le  or  impe  ch- • 
 certain  kuowledge,  full  Power  and  ment  to  be  offer 'd  ""em.    For  fuch 
 Royal  Authority,  we  fay  and  de-  is  our  Pleafure.     In  Witnefs,  &c> 
 clare,  and  it  is  our  Will  and  Plea-  Given  at  Amboife,  May  2^tb.  1619,.. 
 fure,  that  our  faid  Subjects  who  and  ioth,  of  our  Reign, 
 met  in  the  foid  AfTemblies,  held  in 
 
 the  faid  Cities  of  (Wwand  RoJy,  Sign'd  LFWIS,  - 
 
 together  w  ith  thofe  that  were  de- 
 puted thither,  (hall  not  be  di-      And  below,  By  the  King, 
 iUrb'd,  moklledor  profecuted  up-  JDe  Lomems, 
 
 Seai'd  . 
 
i-  to  A  C&llwtion  of  E&tfs,  &c.    Vol.  S 
 
 sW'd  &e.  ftateb  Parlartsene,  7«/y  1 yh.  1619. 
 
 Regifter'J  upon  the  Motion  of  Sign'J,  Collar t 
 
 the  Kings  Attorney  General.  At 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjng  again  ft  thoft  of  the  Ajftmbly  at  Lou- 
 dun,  together  with  a  Confirmation  of  the  Preceding  Edicts 
 of  Pact  feat  ion.  Given  at  Paris,  February  26.  1620.  and 
 Pzbliflj  d  in  Parlamtnt^  February  27.  the  [aid  Itar. 
 
 LEWIS,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  usof'emjn  imitation  of  the  Decea- 
 Kir.g  of  France  and  Navarr,  fed  King  our  thrice  honoured  Lord 
 T  :,-,;!,  C"c.  As  we  have  always  and  Father,  we  have  agreed  that 
 held  it  for  an  allured  Foundation  of  they  (hall  have  near  om  P:vfen,  and 
 the  publick  Tranquility  of  this  in  our  Train, certain  Deputes  who 
 Kingdom,  to  maintain  and  preferve  may  inform  us  of 'em,  /n:d  exhi- 
 our  Subject*,  as  well  the  Catho-  bit  their  Remonftranccs  U  M  and 
 licks  as  thofe  of  the  pretended  Rc-  ourConncit,  as  they  mall  jadge  re- 
 formed Religionjn  good  Peace,  U-  quifite  to  be  provided  againfl  and 
 niori  and  Concoid  one  with  ano-  remedied  at  their  Inftance  and  So- 
 ther,  under  the  Benefit  of  the  Edi&s  licitation,  and  to  theend  thofe  De- 
 and  Declarations  nude  and  fet  puties  may  be  made  choice  of  and 
 forth  to  that  purpofe  by  the  be-  appointed,  when  they  have  a  de- 
 eeafed  King  our  thrice  honour'd  fign  to  change 'em, we  have. for  that 
 Lord  and  Father,  whom  God  ab-  reafon  given 'em  leave  to  hold  Pro* 
 iblve  :  So  we  have  had  a  partial-  vincial  andGeneral  AfTemblies,when 
 lar  care,  in  caufing  era  to  be  tx-  they  mail  give  us  to  underftand  that 
 actly  obferrd  ;  and  that  they  of  they  have  occafion  for  'em.  Aod 
 the  faid  Religion  may  enjoy  the  altho'thcPrinripal  caufe  for  which 
 Favours  and  Concedions  which  we  have  given  'em  leave  to  hold 
 were  granted  'em  by  the  fame,  thofe  Aflemblies,  has  bin  for  the 
 Which  alfo  we  have  not  only  main-  Choice  and  Nomination  of  the  faid 
 tain'd  and  prefer  v\l,  but  alfo  out  Deputies ;  we  have  neverthelefs 
 of  our  fpecial  Grace  and  Favour  thought  good,  that  the  Corn- 
 have  much  augmented  and  en-  plaints  which  our  Subjects  of  the 
 iarg'd.  And  to  be  the  more  parti-  faid  Religion  of  every  Province 
 cularly  fatisfi'd  of  any  Faileurs  in  may  make  of  the  faid  Breaches  and 
 the  Obfervance  of  the  faid  Edicts  VioLMors,*-  ';  ^e  exhibited  to  the 
 and  Declarations,  whirh  might  be  faid  A'femblies,  for  them  to  fend 
 commitred,  and  to  give  our  faid  theri  Denude:  :o  ;refent  their  Pa- 
 Subjects  of  the  pretended  Refor-  pc'rs  atfd  r..  -.'onkivrces  to  us.  For 
 m'ed  Religion  the  means  to  inform  this  reafon  it  i:>,  and  upon  this  on- 
 ly 
 
Book  XL  A  Collection  ofEMs,  && 
 
 ly  Coniiderition,  that  we  permit-  then  co  break  up,  as  it  was  the  Pra- 
 ted our  Subjects  of  the  faid  preten-  c~ticc,while  the  deceafed  Kingliv'd, 
 ded  Reformed  Religion,by  our  Bre-  of  the  Aflemblies  of  ChatelUraut 
 vet,  M<*y  Z}tb.  to  hold  a  General  and  Gergeau^zad  that  it  is  (till  ob- 
 Affcmbly  the  l6th.  of  September  en-  fervdby  all  the  Aflemblies  of  whac 
 fuing,  in  our  City  of  Imdm,  in  Quality  foever  they  be,  that  are 
 which  we  were  in  hopes  that  accor-  held  in  this  Kingdom  :  Neverthe- 
 ding  to  what  is  exprefs'd  by  the  lefs,  we  were  willing  to  doe  'era 
 faid  Brevet,  they  would  have  be-  that  favour  for  once,  not  to  draw 
 gun  to  have  proceeded   to  the   it  into  Prefident,  as  to  receive  the 
 Choice  and  Nomination  of  Depu-   fad  Papers  from  the  hands  of  thofe 
 ties,  which  they  would  have  had  to  who  did  prefent  'em  to  us  on  their 
 fuccecd  to  thofe  that  refided  in  our   behalf.    Which  being  reported  to 
 Ti  .wn,  in  whofc  hands  they  would   the  faid  AlTembly,  after  feveul 
 have  ei,  nutted  the  Papers  ofCom-   Contefts  and  Delays,  at  length  they 
 plaints  and  Remonftrances  which  fent  us  other  Deputies, with  the  Gc- 
 they  had  to  prefeut  to  us,  to  the  neral  Papers  of  their  Complaints 
 end  they  might  folicit  our  An-  and  Remonftrances,whom  we  kind- 
 fwer,and  take  care  of  putting  in  Ex-  ly  receiv'd,  giving  'em  alTurance 
 eciuion  what  mould  be  by  us  or-  thatwewou'd  labour  to  return 'em 
 dain'd.  But  inftead  offadoing,  they  a  fpeedy  anfwer,   and  by  which 
 would  needs  fend  to  us,  certain  of  they  mould  not  only  receive  the 
 their  Number  with  afirft  Paper,  J.iftice  which  they  demanded,  but 
 containing  fome  principal  He;;ds,  alfo  as  much  as  they  could  expect 
 to  which  they  befoughtour  anfwer,  from  our   Grate  and  Favour, 
 and  tocaulc  to  be  executed  whac   Which  we  gave  ''em  in  charge  to 
 we  thought  convenient,  till  they  report  back  to  their  faid  AfTembly, 
 hadcompil'd  their  other  Papers,  being  alfo  farther  commanded  to 
 which  as  they  fad  they  were  pre-  tell  them  in  our  Name,  that  lince 
 paring  to  exhibit  to  us.     Upon  they  had  prefented  all  their  Papers, 
 which  we  gave  'em  to  underftend,  and  that  their  longer  fitting  toge- 
 ttat  when  all  their  demands  mould  ther  w,;s  to  no  psrpole,  but  was 
 be  red ;>c\J  into  one  Paper,  and  that  prejudicial  to  our  authority,  and 
 tkey  ifcould  prefent  'em  to  us  all  at  gave  fcandal  to  our  Subjects,  our 
 once,  and  according  to  the  ufual  Ple^ure  was,  that  they  mould 
 Method  and  Forms,  we  would  re-  proceed  with  the  foonefr,  to  the 
 ceive  'em,  and  give  a  favourable  Nomination  of  their  D  puries, 
 Anfwer,  and  in  fuch  fort,  that  they  tivu  were  to  refute  near  our  Perfon, 
 fhould  find  by  the  Effects,  our  good  and  then  tw  eak  up.    Which  done, 
 will  towards  'em,    And  tho'  they  we  promib'd  to  deliver  into  the 
 were  alfo  oblig'd  to  caufe  the  faid  hands  of  the  faid  Deputies,  lite 
 Paper  to  be  prelented  to  us  by  fuch  Anfwcrs  which  we  mould  make  to 
 as  fhouldbe  made  choice  of  amorg  the  faid  Papers,and  within  a  Month 
 them  to  refide  Bear  our  Perion,and  after  to  proceed  to  the  Executi- 
 on 
 
A  CoMion  ofEditis,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 on  of  thofe  things  that  ftiould  be 
 agreed  upon.  But  inftcad  of  re- 
 ceiving this  with  that  refpeft  and 
 reverence  which  is  due  to  us,  they 
 reply'd  that  the  faid  Affembly 
 was  refolvM  to  fit  ft  ill,  and  not 
 
 us,  to  reiterate  their  humble  Sup- 
 plications to  us,  as  they  did,  in 
 fending  to  us  arrei  wards  fome 
 others  of  their  Society,  who  re- 
 peated the  fame  Inftances  which 
 others  before  had  done.    That  is 
 
 to  fUr,  till  they  had  the  Anfwer  to  fay,  that  we  would  be  pleas'd 
 
 that  was  to  be  made  to  their  Pa- 
 gers., and  that  they  faw  the  per- 
 formance of  it.  For  which  tho' 
 we  had  joft  occafion  to  be  offen- 
 ded, as  being  an  Anfwer  far  re- 
 mote from  the  Duty  which  Sub 
 
 to  agree  to  the  Sitting  of  the  Af- 
 fembly,  till  their  Papers  were  an- 
 fwer'd,  and  that  they  faw  the 
 performance  of  thofe  things  that 
 lhould  be  promis'd  'em  -7  upon 
 which  not  having  any  thing  elfe 
 
 jecls  owe  their  King  :  Neverthe-  to  Anfwer,  but  what  already  we 
 
 lefs  we  contented  our  feives  with  had  given  'em  to  underftand ;  and 
 
 laying  before 'em  the  Fault  which  confidering  of  what  Importance 
 
 they  committed,  and  exhorting  it  was,  that  they  fhould  rely  np- 
 
 them  to  demean  themfelves  with  on  the  Aflurances  which  we  had 
 
 that  Obedience  which  became  'em. 
 And  however,  to  the  end  the  faid 
 Aflembly  might  be  exprefly  in- 
 .form'd  of  our  Intentions,  we  re- 
 folv'd  to  fend  to  'em,  the  Sieurs 
 Lc  Mum,  Counfellour  in  our 
 Council  of  State,  and  Gentleman 
 of  our  Chamber,  and  Marefcot, 
 one  oi  our  Secretaries,  to  the  end 
 that  after  they  had  confirm'd  to 
 "em  the  Affurances  of  our  good 
 will  towaid  'em  in  that  particu- 
 lar, they  might  lay  upon  'cm  the 
 fame  Command  which  we  had  en- 
 joyn'd  their  faid  Envoys  to  car- 
 ry to  em  in  our  Names  ^  which 
 was,  to  proceed  forthwith  to  the 
 Nomination  of  the  Deputies  that 
 were  to  refide  near  our  Perfon, 
 and  then  to  break  up  in  Bfteen 
 Days  after,  and  return  home  in- 
 to their  Provinces:  Which  was 
 pronoune'd  the  10th.  of  January 
 laft.  To  which  they  made  no 
 other  Anfwer,  only  that  they 
 would  depute  Commiffioijers  to 
 
 giver;  'em  of  our  good  Intentions 
 to  do  what  fhould  be  to  their  Con- 
 tent, and  that  the  ufual  methods 
 in  futh  Cafes  fhould  be  follow'd 
 and  obferv'd :  Confidering  alfo  that 
 they  had  fat  near  five  Months, 
 which  might  breed  both  Sofpi- 
 tion  and  Jealoufie  in  our  other  Sub- 
 jects, Weorder'd'em  once  more 
 to  obey  what  we  had  given  'em 
 to  underftand  to  be  our  Will  and 
 Pleafure.  To  which  we  order'd 
 'em,  after  that,  to  be  particular- 
 ly exhorted,  by  feveral  Perfons 
 well  qualified,  and  well  inform'd 
 of  our  Sentiments  of  thefe  Affairs, 
 who  alfur'd  'em  of  our  good  In- 
 tentions, to  give  'em  content. 
 Having  alfo  fent  'em  word  in  our 
 Name,  that  tho'  they  had  excee- 
 ded above  a  Month  of  the  Time 
 wherein  we  prefix'd  'em  to  fepa- 
 rate,  yet  we  granted  'em  eight 
 Days  more  for  their  Return  to 
 Loudun,  and  eight  Days  after  to 
 Name  their  Deputies,  and  then 
 retire : 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c. 
 
 retire:  In  which  if  they  fail'd  to  ding  to  the  Number  and  Method 
 give  us  Satisfaction,  we  fliould  take  accuitom'd,  for  two  to  be  made 
 care  fo  to  provide  as  mould  be  Choice  of  by  us,  to  velide  near  our 
 moll  for  the  good  of  our  Service.  Perfon,  and  upon  their  neglect  to 
 But  rinding  that  inftead  of  obeying  break  up  and  Retire  after  that 
 our  commands,  they  (till  conti-  time  expir'd,  We  have  from  hence 
 nu'd  together,  covering  their  Dif-  forward,  as  then,  declar'd  the  faid 
 obedience  with  the  Pretences  of  AfTembly  unlawful  and  oppofite 
 new  Envoys  which  they  fent  to  Co  our  Service  and  Authority  : 
 us,  to  reiterate  their  Importuni-  And  all  thofe  who  fliall  flay  to 
 ties  and  Supplications :  Yet  being  continue  it,  either  in  the  City  of 
 well  inform'd  that  there  are  feve-  Loudun^  or  in  any  other  Place, 
 ral  perfons  in  the  faid  AfTembly  guiity  of  High  Treafon,  and  as 
 ill  affected  to  the  Good  of  our  fuch  excluded  from  the  Benefit  of 
 Service,  and  the  Peace  of  this  our  Edict*,  and  other  Favours  by 
 Kingdom,  who  labour  to  inveagle  us  granted  to  thofe  of  the  Pre- 
 others  into  their  wicked  Defigns,  tended  Reformed  Religion,  asal- 
 Therefore  being  no  longer  able  to  fo  of  the  Appeals  which  they  may 
 fuffer  this  contempt  of  our  Au-  pretend  to,  to  our  Chambers  of 
 thority.  without  teftifying  our  the  Edict.    We  like  wife  will,  and 
 Refentment  toward  thofe  that  are  it  is  our  Pleafure,that  they  be  pro- 
 Guilty,  and  letting  every  one  ceeded  againft  with  the  utmofl 
 know  what  our  Will  and  Pleafure  Rigor  of  our  Laws  and  Ordinan- 
 is  upon  this  Subject :  We  declare,  ces,  as  well  by  our  Ordinary 
 that  we  have  had  this  Matter  de-  Judges,  as  our  Parlaments,  as  dif- 
 bated  in  Council,  where  were  pre-  obedient  Subjects,  Rebels  and  di- 
 f«nt  fome  Princes  of  the  Blood,  fturbers  of  the  Poblick  Peace  j 
 other  Princes,  &c.  With  whofe  as  alfo  all  fuch  as  (hall  fide  with 
 advice,  and  of  our  certain  know-  'em  in  their  Practices,  Negotiati- 
 ledge,  full  Power,  and  Royal  Au-  ons  and  Correfpodencies.    And  as 
 thority,  we  have  faid,  declar'd  for  thofe  among  'em  who  fhall 
 and  ordain'd  as  follows,  that  is  obey  our  prefent  command,  and 
 to  fay,  That  to  teftify  our  good  withdraw  from  the  faid  AfTembly 
 Inclinations  in  their  behalf  to  our  within  the  time  above  raention'd, 
 faid  Subjects  of  the  faid  Preten-  as  alfo  all  others  of  the  Preten- 
 ded Reformed  Religion,  we  have  ded  Reformed  Religion,  who  flnfl 
 again  order'd  our  faid  Deputies  continue  in  tneir  Obedience  and 
 affembTd  at  Loudun,  a  Refpit  of  Duty  toward  us,  our  Will  and 
 three  weeks  after  notice  (hall  be  Pleafure  is,  that  they  live  with  all 
 given  'em  by  thefe  prefents,  to  freedom  under  our  Protection,  and 
 break  up  the  faid  AfTembly,  and  enjoy  the  Benefit  of  our  Edicts, 
 to  go  home  to  their  Houfes,  Du-  Declarations  and  other  Favours 
 ring  which  time  they  may  alfo  by  us  granted  in  their  behalf. 
 Nominate  their  Deputies,  accor-  And  if  they  of  the  AfTembly  who 
 
 P  p  p  P  fhall 
 
4  A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.     Vol.  II. 
 
 fhall  obey  oar  prefent  Commands, 
 whatever  their  Nunber  be,  before 
 they  quit  it,  nominate  the  De- 
 puties that  are  to  refide  in  our 
 Train,  our  Intention  is  to  admit 
 their  faid  Nomination,  and  to 
 permit  thofe  whom  we  fhall  make 
 choice  of,  to  do  the  Duty  of  their 
 Functions  near  our  perfons  as  is 
 utual.  So  we  command  our  be- 
 loved and  Faithful  Counfellours, 
 holding  our  Courts  of  Parlament 
 and  Chambers  of  the  Edift,  our 
 Bayliffs,  &c.  We  alio  enjoyn  all 
 our  Advocate  Generals  and  their 
 Substitutes,  &c.  And  to  the  end 
 the  faid  AfTsmbly  may  have  fuffi. 
 cient  Notice  of  our  prefent  Com- 
 mand, and  may  have  no  caufeto 
 pretend  Ignorance,  our  Pleafureis, 
 that  our  Ad  vocate  General,  or  his 
 Su^ftitutes,  give  fpeedy  notice 
 thereof  to  the  faid  City  of  Lou- 
 dm,  or  other  Places  where  luch 
 Aflemblies  fhall  be  held  by  the  chief 
 of  our  Ufhers,  or  Serjeants.  We 
 
 alfo  command  our  Governoars  and 
 Lieutenant  Generals  in  our  Pro- 
 vinces, to  be  aiding  and  aflifting  in 
 the  Execution  of  fuch  Decrees  and 
 Judgments  as  fhqll  be  given  againft 
 the  Violators  of  thefe  Prefents. 
 For  this  is  our  Will  and  Pleafure! 
 In  Teftimony  whereof,  <&t.  Gi- 
 ven at  Paris,  Feb.  26.  1620.  in 
 the  Tenth  of  our  Reign. 
 
 Sign'd  Lewis, 
 
 And  below,  By  the  King, 
 
 Phelippeaux. 
 
 Regifter'd  upon  the  Motion  of  the 
 Kings  Atturney  General ;  :  anrf 
 fent  to  all  Bayliwicks  and  Se- 
 nefchalfhips  to  be  there  Regi- 
 fter'd, &c.  At  Paris  in  Parla- 
 ment, February  27.  1620. 
 
 Sign'd  De  Tiller. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King  in  Favour  of  his  Subjefts  of  the 
 Pretended  Rt formed  Riliown,  who  (hall  remain  tn  their  Du- 
 ty ano,  Obedteme.  Dated  at  Fontain-blcau,  April  24.  1621. 
 Regfjlerd  the  27th. 
 
 LE-ris  by  the  Gisce  of  God,  of  our  Subjects,  who  profefs  the 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr,  Pretended  Reformed  Re, lgion,  for 
 To  all,  &c  Since  wc  took  in  which  Reafon  we  have  all  along  la- 
 hand  to  tiovern  the  Affairs  of  our  bour'd  it  as  much  as  it  was  pofli- 
 Kingdom,  We  have  found  that  ble ;  and  alfo,  to  the  end  they 
 one  6f  the  mo  ft  ne  .cflai  y  Things  to  might  have  fo  much  the  moie  Rea- 
 kecp  our  Subject  in  Pe^ce  and  fon  to  contain  themfelves  in  their 
 Tranquility,  is  carefully  to  ob-  Duty,  and  to  rejoice  in  our  good- 
 ferve  the  Edicts  o'  Pacification,  nefs,  We  have  often  difTembl'd, 
 and  Declarations  made  in  favour  and  laid  aflcep  their  Difobedience 
 
Book  XL     A  Collect, 
 
 and  Oppoluioos  that  many  among 
 'em  have  been  guilty  of.  Or  dfe 
 we  have  endeavour'd  to  turn  'em 
 aliJe  from  the  Mifcaniages  to 
 which  they  weie  inclinable,  by 
 Admonitions  and  Declarations, 
 which  we  have  let  forth  and  lc:ic, 
 wheie  they  were  convenient,  to 
 let'em  underitand  their  Duty. 
 Which  was  that  which  more  par- 
 ticularly we  were  delirous  to  put 
 in  Practice  in  Ottuber  laft,upon  Ad- 
 vice that  was  given  us,  that  our 
 faid  Subjects  were  preparing  to 
 call  and  hold  an  Affcmbly,  with- 
 out our  Permiflion,  in  the  City  of 
 Rochel.  Upon  which  we  put  forth 
 a  Declaration  to  forbid  the  faid 
 Affcmbly,  and  to  prohibit  all' that 
 mould  be  deputed  to  travel  thither, 
 and  thofe  of  the  faid  City  of  Ro- 
 chel to  admit  'em,  upon  Penalties 
 therein  contain'd.  But  as  it  fre- 
 quently happens,  that  they  who 
 have  the  belt;  Intentions,  have  not 
 always  the  greatelt  Faith  among 
 'em,  our  Declaration  was  fo  far 
 from  wot  king  any  good  effect,  that 
 in  contempt  of  ir.,feveralamong',em 
 forbore  not  to  hold  the  faid  A.'fem- 
 bly,  and  after  that  to  call  and 
 hold  others  in  feveral  parts  of  the 
 Kingdom,  under  various  Names 
 and  Pretences ;  fome  of  which 
 made  Decrees  and  Orders,  as  if 
 they  had  had  Soveraign  Authority, 
 publilh'd  Ordinances  for  keeping 
 the  Field  in  Arms,  committing 
 Acts  of  Hoffility,  and  taking  our 
 Subjects  by  way  of  Reprifals,  ele- 
 cted and  appointed  Chieftains,  as 
 well  for  the  Field  as  for  the  Cities, 
 and  took  other  Refolutions  fo  per- 
 nicious, that  very  great  Licenci- 
 
 mofEdiBs.kc.  5 
 
 oufnefs,  Exceffes  and  Diforders 
 eufu'd  in  a  good  cumber  of  the 
 Places  which  they  held  ;  having 
 caus'd  extraordinary  Fortificati- 
 ons to  be  rais'd  dnut  'em,  raisd 
 More.y  and  Men,  Lilted  Sonldiers., 
 call  great  Gu.s,  purchas'd  Aims, 
 held  unlawful  AlTemblics ,  and 
 committed  other  Acts  altogether 
 Oppolite  and  Prejudicial  to  our 
 Authority ,  and  the  Obedience 
 which  is  due  to  us.  For  which 
 we  had  all  jult  Reafcntobe  offen- 
 ded,neverthe!efs  we  were  willing  to 
 be  patient  for  feveral  Months,  and 
 to  conftder  whether  of  themfelvcs 
 they  would  return  to  the  acknow- 
 ledgment of  their  faults,  and  feek 
 to  us  for  that  Favour  which  they 
 flood  in  need  of  :  Nor  were  we 
 weary  all  the  while  of  providing 
 Remedies  upon  feveral  Articles, 
 for  which  the  Deputies  that  refide 
 near  ourPerfon,on  the  behalf  of  our 
 Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Refor- 
 med Religion  made  Supplication  to 
 us. But  confideringnow  that  the  far- 
 ther things  go,  the  more  Licenti- 
 oufnefs  and  Difobedience  augment 
 among  the  created:  part  of  em, 
 and  that  their  Audacioufnefs  may 
 encreafe  by  our  being  at  a  diflance, 
 We  have  taken  a  Refolution  to 
 make  a  Progrefs  ibtm  Tonrain  and 
 Poittou,  and  farther  onward,  to  vi- 
 fit  the  other  Provinces  of  our  King- 
 dom, to  the  end  that  being  fo 
 much  nearer  the  Mifchief,  we  may 
 be  the  better  able  to  provide  a- 
 gainft  it,  with  that  Intention 
 which  we  always  preferve,  to 
 maintain  the  Publick  Peace,  and 
 carefully  to  obferve,  in  refpect  of 
 thofe  of  the  faid  Religion,  who 
 P  p  p  p  2  ftall 
 
A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  Sec.       Vol.  II. 
 
 (hall  keep  themlelves  within  the 
 Bounds  of  their  Obedience,  the  E- 
 dicts  and  Declarations  that  have 
 been  made  in  their  Favour,  and  to 
 promote  their  Enjoyment  of  thofe 
 Favours  and  Concefiions  which 
 have  been  granted  in  their  behalf: 
 As  alfo  to  punifh  the  Refractory 
 and  Difobedient.    And  to  the  end 
 that  our  Intentions  may  be  known 
 to  every  one,  and  that  our  faid 
 Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Refor- 
 med Religion,  who  abide  in  the 
 obfervance  of  the  Edicts ,  may 
 have  no  other  caufe  then  to  rely 
 upon  'em,  We  with  the  Advice  of 
 fome  Princes  of  the  Blood,  &c. 
 Have  faid  and  declar'd,  and  do 
 fay  and  declare  by  thefe  Prefents, 
 and  it  is  our  Will,  Meaning  and 
 Pleafure,  that  the  Edicts  and  De- 
 clarations made  by  the  Deceafed 
 King,  our  thrice  Honour'd  Lord 
 and  Father,  whom  God  Abfolve, 
 and  by  our  felves,  as  well  for  Se- 
 curity and  Liberty  of  Confcience, 
 and  exercife  of  thofe  of  the  faid 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  as 
 for  the  Enjoyment  of  the  Favours 
 and  Conrcflio!  s,  which  have  been 
 allow'd  'em  by  Vertue  of  the  fame, 
 may  be  inviolably  and  punctually 
 obferv'd  and  kept,  according  to 
 their  Form  and  Tenour,  toward 
 thofe  of  our  faid  Subjects  of  the 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion,who 
 remain  and  (hall  abide  in  their  Du- 
 ty and  Obedience i  whom  toge- 
 ther with  their  Families  and  E- 
 ftates,  we  have  taken  and  put,  and 
 do  take  and  put  under  our  Prote- 
 ction and  fpecial  fafeguard.  There- 
 fore we  command  our  Governours 
 
 and  Lieutenant  Generals  of  our 
 Provinces,  and  exprefly  command 
 all  Captains  and  Governouis  in  our 
 Cities,  and  ftrong  Holds,  Judges, 
 BailifFs,C^c\to  fee  that  our  faid  Sub- 
 jects of  the  Pretended  Reformed 
 Religion,  may  enjoy  the  Benefit  of 
 our  faid  Edicts,  and  of  our  Pi  efent 
 Declaration,  and  to  take  care  of 
 their  Safety  and  Prefervation.  As 
 we  alfo  give  command  to  thofe 
 who  have  Authority  and  command 
 in  the  Cities,  which  are  in  the 
 Cuftody  of  thofe  of  the  faid  Reli- 
 gion, to  take  the  fame  Care  of  our 
 Catholick  Subjects,  who  are  fettl'd 
 therein,  under  Pain,  both  the  one 
 and  the  other,  of  being  anfwerabie 
 for  their  neglect  in  their  proper 
 Names  and  Perfons.    It  being  our 
 Will  and  Pleafure,  that  all  Tranfc 
 greffours  (hall  be  profecuted,  and 
 punilh'd,  as  Difturbers  of  the  Pub- 
 lick  Peace,  according  to  the  ut- 
 moft  Seventy  of  our  Ordinances  j 
 enjoining  all  our  Advocates  Gene- 
 ral and  their  Subftitutes,  to  ilfue 
 forth  all  RequiUte  Writs  to  the 
 fame  purpofe.    So  we  command 
 our  Beloved  and  Faithful  Counfel- 
 lours,  holding  our  Courts  of  Par- 
 lament  and  Chambers  of  the  Edict, 
 &c.  Given  at  Fonntain*Bleaufiipx'\\ 
 24.  1 62 1.  and  of  our  Reign  the 
 eleventh. 
 
 Sign1d  Lewis. 
 And  below,  by  the  King. 
 
 De  Lomenie. 
 
 SeaPd,  &c. 
 
 Read, 
 
Book  XI.     A  Collection  ofEditis,  &c.  517 
 
 ris  in  Parlaracnt ,  Ayril  27. 
 Read,  Publifh'd,  and  Regiftei'd  1621. 
 upon  the  Motion  of  the  Kings 
 
 Advocate  General,  &c.  At  Pa.  Sign'd  Dh  Tillet. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King,  by  which  all  the  Inhabitants  at 
 prefent  m  the  Cities  of  Rochel  and  St.  John  d'  Angeli, 
 and  all  their  Adherents,  are  declared  Guilty  of  High  lrea~ 
 [on.  With  an  In'yinttwn  to  all  his  Subjects  of  the  Preten- 
 ded Reformed  Religion,  to  enter  into  a  Protection  not  to 
 adhere  to  any  Affembly  at  Rochel,  nor  any  others  that  are  held 
 without  his  Majeflies  exprefs  leave.  Publi/h'd  in  Parlament, 
 June  7.  1621. 
 
 LEwis,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  faid  AfTemblies,  they  have  fet  forth 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr.  feveral  Ordinances,  Decrees,  Com> 
 To  all,  &c.  Our  continual  De-  mands  and  Comraiflions,  giving 
 fire  to  preierve  the  Publick  Peace  Power  to  particular  Perfons  to 
 and  Tranquility  among  our  Sub-  command  in  Provinces  and  Cities, 
 jefts,  fo  to  prevent  the  Mifchiefs  feize  upon  the  Money  of  our  Che- 
 and  Defolations  that  ufually  at-  quer  and  Receipts,  Levy  Men, 
 tend  the  railing  of  Armies,  and  the  raife  Money,  buy  Arms,  eaft:  great 
 Opprefllons  and  Calamities  which  Guns,  fend  to  Forreign  Provinces 
 the  People  thereby  groan  under,  and  Kingdoms,  with  other  high 
 has  caus'd  us  to  fuffer  and  endure  Mifdemeanours  of  the  fame  Na- 
 for  feveral  Months  laft  paft,  the  ture,  the  evident  Marks  of  an  ab- 
 Mifcarriages  ,  Difobedience  and  folute  Rebellion,  and  open  Infur- 
 Rebellious  Ads  committed  in  fe-  n&ion  againfl:  our  Authority  ;  of 
 veral  Cities  of  our  Kingdom,  by  which  having  had  fome  Knowledge 
 fome  of  our  Subjects  profefiing  the  in  April  lair,  and  knowing  that 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion  ;  they  took  for  the  Pretence  that 
 even  in  thofe  of  Rochel,  Mont  an-  hurri'd'em  to  thefe  diforders,  the 
 ban,  and  others,  where  unlawful  little  Security  they  had  for  their 
 AfTemblies  are  ft  ill  held,  who  ra-  Perfons,  and  the  Liberty  or  their 
 ther  make  it  their  Bufinefs  to  form  Conferences,  We  were  willing  by 
 Popular  States  and  Republicks,  our  Declaration  of  the  twenty 
 then  to  Confine  themfelves  to  that  fourth  of  the  faid  Month  of  April, 
 Obedience  which  they  mutually  to  give  them  all  AfTurance  of  our 
 owe  to  us:  Having  alfo  engrav'd  a  good  Intentions  in  refpect  of  thofe 
 Seal,  under  which  and  the  Signa-  that  continued  in  their  Duty,  and 
 tures  of  the  Principal  Heads  of  the  by  taking  them .  into  our  particu- 
 lar r 
 
s 
 
 A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.      Vol.  IL 
 
 lar  Safeguard  and  Protection,  to 
 let  'em  know,  cnat  our  M  rch  in- 
 to thofe  Parts  for  which  we  were 
 preparing.,  was  rather  by  our  ap- 
 proach near  thofe  Places,  where 
 thofe  Difordets  were  coaimktecL, 
 to  (hew  and  ftrengthen  our  Autho- 
 rity, to  the  Coiiiulioii  of  thofe 
 that  were  guilty,   then  to  nv.ke 
 life  of  any  other  more  violent  Ri- 
 gour, or  of  the  Power  which  God 
 has  put  into  our  Hands  for  the  Pu- 
 nifhment  of  fuch  Infolencies.  Bat 
 fo  far  was  this  from  opening  their 
 Eyes,  in  Order  to  the  bringing  of 
 'em  back  to  their  Duty,  that  the 
 greateft  part  of  'em  continuing  in 
 their  Duty,  are  openly  broke  out 
 into  Rebellion,  and  commit  all 
 manner  of  Hoftilities  a  gain  ft  thofe 
 that  will  not  take  their  part ;  giv- 
 ing out  that  they  acknowledge  no 
 other  Chieft  iin,  then  the  Aflembly 
 ot  Rachel,  which  has  now  fent  for 
 leverai  Soukiiers.,  to  St.  John  de 
 Ar.gdi,  rais'd  under  their  Commif- 
 rions,who  make  as  if  they  intended 
 to  oppofe  our  PafTige  into  the  faid 
 City,  and  hinder  our  Entrance  by 
 force  of  Arms  j  which  obliges  us, 
 feeing  the  fame  Diforders  are  crept 
 into  fevcral  other  Cities  of  our 
 Kingdom,  to  put  our  felves  into  a 
 Condition,  to  chaftize  the  Authors 
 according  to  their  Demeiits  \  and 
 to  nnke  ufe  of  for  that  purpofe, 
 together  with  the  Ordinary  ways 
 of  Juftice,  the  means  which  God 
 lias  put  into  our  Hands  lor  the 
 Maintenaace  of  our  Authority. 
 And  to  the  end  that  all  our  Sub- 
 jects, efpccially  thofe  of  the  Pie 
 tended  Reformed  Religion,  may 
 not  be  deceiv'd  by  the  falfc  preten- 
 
 ces of  that  Aflembly,  to  draw  off 
 troni  their  Duty,  and  that  both 
 the  One  and  the  Other  may  be  in- 
 fonn'd  of  our  Pleafure  and  Inten- 
 tions upon  this  occalion,  We  with 
 the  Advice,  &c.  have  laid  and  de- 
 clat  'd,  and  do  fay  and  declare,That 
 in  Confirmation  of  our  faid  Letteis 
 Patents  ol  the  24^.  of  April  laft, 
 we  have  taken  and  pur,  and  dotake 
 and  put  under  our  fpecial  Prote- 
 ction and  Safeguard,  all  our  Sub- 
 jects of  the  faid  Pretended  Refor- 
 med Religion,  of  what  Quality  or 
 Condition  foever,  that  fhall  abide 
 and  contain  themfelvcs  in  our  Obe- 
 dience, and  under  the  ohfervance 
 of  onr  Edicts.    But  feeing  the  Ma- 
 nifeft  Acts  of  Rebellion,  commit- 
 ted in  our  faid  City  of  Rochci,  £s 
 well  by  the  Aflembly,  whkh  is  ft  ill 
 fitting  contrary   to  our  exprefs 
 Prohibitions,  as  by  the  Body  of  the 
 City,  boih  Burgefles  ai.d  Inhabi- 
 tat.ts ;  asaifo  what  is  done  in  our 
 City  of  St.  John  eC  AngcU,  and  the 
 Acts  of  Hoftility  which  they  dai- 
 ly commit  againft  our  proper  Per- 
 fon,  We  have  deckr'd,  and  de- 
 clare all  the  Inhabitants  and  other 
 Perfoi;s  of  what  Quality  foever, 
 who  are  now  Rtfiding  within  ir, 
 Refugees,or  withdrawn  into  Rochd 
 and  St.  John  c£  Angeli,  and  all  0- 
 thers  whoditectly  or  indirectly  ad- 
 here tc  'em,  or  hold  lntelliger.ee, 
 Aflociation ,    or  Correfpondence 
 with  'em,  or  who  in  any  manner 
 whatever,  own  the  faid  Aflembly 
 of  Rochtl,  or  any  other  AfTemblies, 
 Circles  or  Councils  of  Provinces, 
 cO  other  Congregations,  which 
 hold  Cormpondei  ce  with  that  of 
 Rochd,  and  which  are  held  with- 
 out 
 
Book  XL     A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.  519 
 
 out  our  PermifJion,  Relaps'd,  Re- 
 fractory, andguiltyof  High  Trea- 
 fon  in  the  higheft  Degree,  and  as 
 fuch,  their  Eftates  to  be  Forfeit 
 and  Confifcate  to  us.  It  is  our 
 Pleafure  alfo,  that  they  be  pro- 
 ceeded againft  with  the  utmoft  Ri- 
 gour of  the  Law,  by  feizure  of 
 their  Perfons,  taking  Inventories 
 of  their  Goods,  and  by  other  ac- 
 cuftorxui  and  ufual  ways  in  fuch 
 Cafes.  Declaring  alfo  our  faid 
 Cities  of  St.  John  £  Angeli,  Ro- 
 cbel,  and  all  others  that  adhere  to 
 'em,  deprived  of,  and  to  have  for- 
 feited, their  Rights,  Priviledges, 
 Franctiifes  ,  and  other  Favours, 
 graced  'em  by  the  Kings  our  Pre- 
 dsceflburs,  or  by  our  felves.  And 
 to  the  e;<d  we  rmy  difcern  and  di- 
 ftingu  fh  the  Good  from  the  Bad, 
 It  is  our  Pleafure,  that  our  faid 
 Subjects  profeffing  the  faid  Preten- 
 ded Reformed  Religion,  as  well 
 Gentlemen  as  others,  as  alfo  the 
 Cities  and>  Corporations  of  the 
 faid  Religion,  mall  openly  make 
 a  Declaration  in  the  Prefidial 
 Courts,  Bailiwicks  and  Senefthal- 
 fhips  within  their  Jarifdiction,  of 
 their  good  Intentions  to  oar  Ser- 
 vice ;  and  renounce,  ditavow  and 
 protcft  againft  any  Adherence  to 
 the  f  .id  Ailembly  of  Rocbel,  or  any 
 other  Councils  of  Provinces,  Cir- 
 cles or  other  Places,  which  are 
 held  and  fit  without  our  Permiffi- 
 on  •,  and  that  they  will  oppofe 
 themfelves  in  our  behalf  and  joint- 
 ly with  U>  againft  all  the  Refacti- 
 ons that  (hall  be  there  taken,  for 
 which  they  fhall  have  Acts  necek 
 
 fary  for  their  Difcharge.  We  al- 
 fo exprelly  forbid  all  Gentlemen 
 and  others  to  permit  their  Chil- 
 dren, Servants,  or  any  others  de- 
 pending upon  'em,  to  go  to  the 
 fuid  Cities,  or  to  give 'em  any  Aid 
 or  AfHflar.ee  whatever,  nor  to  af- 
 ford Lodging  or  fhelter  in  their 
 Houfes  to  thofe  that  fhall  go  and 
 con  verfe  there  in  any  manner  what- 
 ever, under  pain  of  being  held  guil- 
 ty of  the  fame  Crime.  Exprelly 
 commanding  all  Bailiffs, ehr.to  pro- 
 ceed exactly  and  carefully  againft 
 the  Perfons  and  Elfates  of  thofe 
 who  fhall  have  incurr'd  the  faid 
 Penalties:  As  alfo  all  our  Advo- 
 cate Generals,  &c.  to  do  their 
 Duties  without  any  regard  to  Pafs- 
 ports,  which  might  be  obtain'd 
 from  Us,  by  falfe  Mi  fin  formation, 
 unlefs  under  the  Great  Seal. 
 
 So  we  give  Command  to  our 
 well  Beloved  and  faithful  Coun- 
 fellours,  &c.  Given  at  Noyon, 
 May  27.  1621.  and  of  our  Reign 
 the  twelfth. 
 
 By  the  King, 
 
 Seal'd,  &c. 
 
 Sign'd,  Lewis. 
 
 De  Lomcnie* 
 
 Re:d,  Publifh'd,  and  RegifterM, 
 upon  the  Motion  of  the  Kings 
 Advocate  General  ;  and  corn- 
 pa  r'd  Copies,  &c.  At  Pari* 
 in  Parlament,  Junei.  i©"2i. 
 
 A 
 
20  A  CoUeBion  of  Edifc,  &c.    Vol.  IL 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  KJng,  containing  Prohibitions  to  all  his 
 Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  remaining  in 
 Obedience,  to  (lir  from  their  Hot*fes,  cither  in  City  or  Coun> 
 trey,  under  the  Penalties  exprefs*d.  Given  at  Beziers,  Ju+ 
 ly  25.  1622. 
 
 LEwis,  by  the  Grace  of  God, 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr, 
 To  all,  &c.  Upon  Advice  chat 
 thofe  of  our  Snbjecls  of  the  Pre- 
 tended Reformed  Religion,  who 
 perfift  in  their  Rebellion  againft 
 the  Commands  of  God,  and  their 
 natural  Duty  toward  Us,  have  fo 
 far  forgot  themfelves,  as  to  ioli- 
 cit  and  treat  with  Forreigners  to 
 invade  our  Kingdom.  With  whom 
 they  are  not  only  defirous  to  join 
 themfelves,  but  alfo  by  threats 
 and  menaces,  to  force  other  our 
 good  Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Re- 
 formed Religon,  who  have  all  a- 
 long  preferved  themfelves  in  their 
 Duty  under  our  Obedience,  and 
 the  Benefit  of  our  Edicts  and  De- 
 clarations, to  take  up  Arms,  and 
 join  with  them  and  the  faid  For- 
 reigners, the  more  to  ftrengthen 
 themfelves  in  their  Defigns  and 
 Enterprises,  and  to  fubdue  and  dif- 
 pofe  of  our  Kingdom  in  purfuance 
 of  their  Refolutions  taken  in  their 
 AfTembly  of  Rochel,  We  deem'd  it 
 moft  neceflary  to  apply  a  Reme- 
 dy to  it,  and  to  make  ufe  of  all 
 means  that  God  has  pleasM  to  put 
 into  our  Hand.  For  thele  Rea- 
 fons,  with  the  Advice  of  our  Coun- 
 cil, and  of  our  full  Power  and 
 Royal  Authority,  We  have  pro- 
 hibited and  forbid,  and  do  prohi- 
 bit and  forbid  exprefly  by  thefe 
 
 Prefents,  fign'd  with  our  own 
 Hand,  all  our  faid  Subjects  of  the 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  of 
 what  Quality  or  Condition  foever 
 they  be,  who  remain  in  their  Du- 
 ty under  our  Obedience  and  the 
 Benefit  of  our  Edicts  and  Declara- 
 tions, to  depart  from,  quit,  for- 
 fake  or  abandon  their  Houfes,  whe- 
 ther in  our  Cities  or  in  the  Coun- 
 trey  where  their  Habitations  are, 
 to  join  with  thofe  who  are  in 
 Arms,  or  with  the  faid  Forreign- 
 ers, or  to  afford  any  Shelter,  Fa- 
 vour, Succour,  or  Affiftance  what- 
 ever, upon  Pain  of  Forfeiting  our 
 Favours,  of  being  declar'd  Guilty 
 of  High  Treafon,  Deferters  of  the 
 Kingdom,  and  Difturbers  of  the 
 Publick  Peace;  and  asfuch  to  be 
 Proceeded  againft  with  the  utmoft 
 Rigour  of  the  Laws  and  Ordinan- 
 ces of  our  Kingdom.  Promifing  al- 
 fo, that  while  they  continue  in  their 
 Duty  under  our  Obedience,  and 
 the  Benefit  of  our  Edicts  and  De- 
 clarations, we  will  maintain  and 
 preferve  'em  as  our  Good  and 
 Faithful  Subjects,  and  preferve 'em 
 from  all  Violence  and  Opprelfion. 
 So  we  Command  and  Ordain, 
 &c. 
 
 Given  at  Beziers,  July  25. 
 i522.  and  thirteenth  of  our  Reign. 
 
 Sign'd  Lewis. 
 
 By 
 
Book  XL    A  CoUeBion  ofEdi&s,  &c. 
 
 By  the  King,  Read,   Publifh'd  and  regifter'd, 
 
 De  Lomcnie.  &c.  At  the  Parlament  in  Pa- 
 
 Seal'd,  &c.  ris,  Auguft  5.1522. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjng  upon  the  Peace  which  he  gxve  his 
 Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  confirwng  the 
 Preceding  Editts  of  Pacification.  Given  at  the  Camp  before 
 Mompellier  otfeber  19.  1622.  and  P/tblfJ'/d  m  Par  lament 
 November  21. 
 
 LLWJS  King  of  France  arid 
 Navarr,  ToaP,^.  As  every 
 Chriftian  Prince  thac  fears  God, 
 ought  to  have  in  abhorrence  the 
 Effufion  of  the  bood  of  Mankind, 
 created  afcer  the  Image  of  the  Al- 
 mighty, lb  alfo  is  he  bound  and 
 oblig'd  not  only  to  avoyd  the 
 Occafions  of  Civil  and  Dome/tick 
 Wans,  bat  alfo  to  feek  and 
 embrace  all  honourable  and  law- 
 ful means  to  reunite  and  caufe 
 his  Subjects  to  live  under  the 
 Laws  of  the  Kingdom  in  good 
 Concord  and  Obedience.  And  the 
 fame  Divine  Goodnefs  that  has 
 known  our  heart  ever  fince  it  has 
 pleas'd  him  to  call  us  to  the  Go- 
 vernment of  the  French  Monar- 
 chy, is  the  Judge  of  our  inward 
 Thoughts,  and  every  body  knows 
 that  our  Arms  have  bin  no  lefs 
 Juft  then  conftrain'd  and  necellary 
 for  the  fupport  and  defence  of  oar 
 Authority :  Whether  againft  thofe, 
 who  from  the  Beginning,  under 
 divers  borrow'd  Pretences,  have 
 rais'd  up  Troubles  during  our  Mi- 
 nority J  or  after  that,  againft  our 
 Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Refor- 
 med Religion,  abus'd  and  fur- 
 priz'd  by  the  Artifices  of  fome 
 
 among  'em,  who  thought  to  make 
 their  advantages  as  well  of  then- 
 Simplicity,  as  of  the  pubiick  Di- 
 vilion  of  oar  Kingdom  •,  whereas 
 our  Intentions  never  have  bin 
 orher,  after  the  1  uulablc  Example 
 of  our  Predeceff  jis  of  happy  Me- 
 mory, then  to  keep  'em  all  in 
 good  Peace  and  Union,  in  that 
 Duty  and  Obedience  which  is  due 
 to  us,  under  the  benefit  of  our 
 Edicts ;  and  to  ufe  'em  as  our 
 good  and  faithful  Subjects,  when 
 they  contain  themfelves  wirhin 
 the  Bounds  of  Refpect  and  Sub- 
 miffion  which  are  due  to  a  Sove- 
 raign  :  Not  having  fpar'd  any  du- 
 ty of  Remonftrance  and  Diligence 
 to  prevent  tue  Mifchief  which  it 
 was  eafie  ro  forefee,  before  we 
 came  to  force  and  violence,  to  oar 
 great  Sorrow,  for  the  prcfervation 
 of  our  Royal  Dignity, and  the  Pow- 
 er which  God  has  put  into  our 
 hands ;  to  remove  all  Je  sioufies 
 and  miftrulls  of  our  Sincerity  which 
 have  been  inf.u'd  into  'em  with  ar- 
 tifice and  delign,  tho'  we  were  ne- 
 ver worfe  then  our  words  to  any 
 perfon,  to  prevent  the  Misfortunes 
 and  Accidents  that  have  enfu'd  j  and 
 to  let  'em  undcrfland  together 
 CLqqq  with 
 
A  Collection  of  Edicts y  &c.    Vol.  IL 
 
 with  tl:e  Principal  Authors  and  tides  rcgifter'd  in  our  Courts  of 
 Fomenters  of  this  publick  Dif-   Parlament,  (bail  be  faithfully  ful- 
 order,  the  real  ground  of  our  up-   fill'd  to  our  Subjects  of  the  Pre- 
 right  and  Sincere  intentions  to  tended  Reformed  Religion,  in  all 
 Chevi(h  and  preferve  all  in  pence,   their  Parts  and  Claufes,and  as  they 
 and  in  the  free  and  quiet  Enjoy-   were  well  and  duly  enjoy'd  in  the 
 ment  of  what  is  granted  and  or-  Reign  of  the  Deceafed  King  our 
 dain'd  by  our  faid  Edicts.    And   thrice  Honour'd  Lord  and  Father, 
 feeing  it  is  fo,  that  our  faid  Sub    and    fince   our   coming  to  the 
 jesfts  of  the  Pretended  Reformed   Crown,  before  the  laft  Commoti- 
 Religion,  have  been  fince  infpir'd   ons :    That  the  Exercife  of  the 
 with  better  thoughts,   and   ac-  Religion,    Catholick,  Apoftolick 
 knowledplng  their  Errors  and  this   and  Roman,  (hall  be  rcfror'd  and 
 Truth,  have  had  recourle  to  our  refettl'd  in  all  parts  of  the  King- 
 Clemency  and  Goodnefs  by  moft  dom  and  Countries  under  our  O- 
 humble  Supplications,  which  they  bedience  where  it  has  bin  inter- 
 have  fent  us  by  their  Deputies  on  rupted,  to  be  there  freely  and 
 purpofe,  befeeching  us  that  we   Peaceably  continu'd  without  any 
 would  voutfafe 'em  ou:  Pardon,and   Moleftation  \  forbidding  exprefly 
 aboiifh  the  Memory  of  what  is  all  Perfons  of  what  duality  or 
 paft}  we  always  inclining  rather  Condition  foever,  upon  pain  of 
 to  mildrefs  and  mercy,  then  to  being  punifh'd  as  difturbers  of  the 
 pufh  forward  the  Rigor  and  Ju-    Publick  Peace,  to  molefc  or  di- 
 ftice  of  oui  Arms,  tho' they  have  fturb  the  Ecclefiafticks  intheCe- 
 gainrd  us  fignal  advantages,  fuf-  lebration  of  Divine  Service,  en- 
 flcient  for  us  to  ground  the  hopes  joyment  or  collecting  the  Tithes, 
 of  a  profperous  Conclufion,  and  Fruits  and  Revenues  of  their  Benefi- 
 being  defirous  out  of  refpedt  to  ces,and  all  other  Rights  and  Duties 
 their  Submiffions  and  duties,  to  to  them  appertaining.    In  like 
 reftore  Peace  to  the  Kingdom,  manner  the  Exercife  of  the  Pre- 
 and  to  reunite  our  Subjects  in  tended  Reformed  Religion,  fhall 
 amity  and  concord  one  among  be  eitablifiVd  in  fuch  Places,  as 
 another,  and  in  a  general  and  we  fhall  think  good  and  proper, 
 "Unanimous  Obedknce  toward  our  after  we  have  he  irdthe  Remon- 
 felves^  and  for  other  important  ftrances  of  the  Deputies  of  our 
 Reafoi'.s  and  Confiderations,    us  Province  of  Gukmie.     It  is  our 
 thereunto  moving,  with  the  Ad-   Pleafure  alio,  that  all  the  new 
 vice  of  the  Princes,  Dukes,  &c.  Forr  ifkai  ions  of  the  Cities,  Towas, 
 We  have  faid,  orddiuM  and  de-  Caftks,  Forsand  Fot  nelTts, -eld 
 clard,  and  do  fay,  ordain  and  de-  by  our  Lid  Subjects  ot  the  Relor- 
 clare,by  thefe  Prefents^ign'd  with  med   Religion,   more  efpecially 
 our  Hand,,  and  it  is  our  Will  and.  thofe  tais'd  in  the  lflands  of  Re 
 Plealure,  that  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  and  Olero*,  fhall  b'-  demoiifh'd  ard 
 ihe  Declarations  and  fecret  Ar-  leveTd  with  the  Ground,  the  an- 
 cient 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  cf  EdiBs,  &c. 
 
 cient  Wal]s,Tovvers, Gates,  Motes  'riij  this  prefent  Time  ;  compre- 
 aod  Counter  fear  ps  frill  franding  bending  under  this  Title,  the  ex~ 
 in  the  fame  Condition,  with  Pro-  errable  Cafes,  fuch  as  are  fpeci- 
 hibitions  to  the  faid  Cities  to  For-  iy'd  and  declar'd  by  the  fourfcore 
 tifie  'em  anew,  3nd  tor  the  more  and  fixreenth  Article  of  the  faid 
 faithful  Execution  of  the  laid  Dc-  Edid,  into  which  fearch  may  be 
 olmifhinents,  hoftnges  of  the  Prin-  made  before  the  Judges  who  have 
 cipal  Inhabitants  fhail  be  put  into  Cognizance  of  it.     And  as  for 
 the  hands  of  thoic  whom  wt  fhail  whar  happen'd  at  Privas,  we  will 
 pleafe  co  Nominate,  to  the  end  the  have  a  particular  Aranefty  of  it 
 Officers  of  our  Crown,  or  other  de-  expedited  for  the  Inhabitatns  of 
 puted  Commiffioners,  may  execute  that  Place,  as  alfo  for  the  Sieur 
 the  Contents  abovemention'd  ac-  de  Briffon.    And  for  the  Accompt- 
 cording  to  the  Inftrudions  that  ables  and  other  Officers,   as  to 
 fhail  be  given 'em.  And  our  mean-  what  concerns  the  Tiufb  of  their 
 ing  is,  that  all  the  Cities  of  the  Management,  the  78^.  and  19th. 
 faid  Preterded  Reformed  Religi-  of  the  faid  Edid  of  Names  fhall 
 on,  which  in  15.  days  after  Pah-  be  faithfully  kept  and  obferv'd. 
 lic.rion  of  thefe  Prefects,  fhall  fob-  In  like  manner,  for  the  Judge- 
 mit  to  our  Obedience,  and  will-  ments,  Decrees  and  Sentences  gi- 
 ingly  open  their  Gates  to  us,  fhall  ven  againft  thofe  of  the  Religion 
 enjoy  the  Contents  of  this  Decla-  who  have  born  Arms,  our  Pleafure 
 ration.    And  we  exprefly  forbid  is  that  they  (hall  be  difcharg'd  of 
 all  our  faid  Subjects  of  the  faid  'em,  according  »:o  the  58'/?.  59^. 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  to  and  o'or^.  Articles  of  the  fjid  E- 
 hold  any  General  or  Provincial  Af-  dicl.    Alfo  we  hav "  Corrobora- 
 femblies,  Circles,  abridg'd  Synods,  ted  and  confirm'd,  and  by  thefe 
 or  any  others  of  what  quality  or  Prefents  do  Corroborate  and  con- 
 Title  they  be,  under   pain   of  firm  the  Judgments  given  by  the 
 High  Treafon,  unlefs  they  have  Eltablifh'd  Judges  and  Counfel- 
 permiffion  from  us:  Onely  A  (Tern-  lours,  by  the  Chief  Commanders 
 blies  of  Confiftories,  Colloquies  in  the  Provinces,  whether  in  Civil 
 and  Synods,  mcerely  about  Eccle-  or  Criminal  matters  and  Executi- 
 fiaftical  Affairs,  are  permitted  'em.  ons  happen'd  between  thofe  of 
 Alfo  our  faid  Subjects  of  the  Pre-  their  Party    and  the  faid  Judges 
 tended  Reformed  Religion,  fhall  and  Qounfeftpurs  are  difcharg'd 
 fland  difcharg'd  from  all  Ads  of  from  all  purfuits  in  that  regard, 
 Hoftility,  and  from  all  AfJTemblies  impofirtg  perpetual  Silence  upon 
 General  and  Provincial  Circles,  our  Advocate  Generals,  their  Sub- 
 abridg'd  and  others,  and  from  all  llitutes  and  all  others  pretending 
 other  things  whatever,  generally  claim  or    Interefl:  therein.  In 
 contained  in  the  76th.  and  77th.  like  manner  our  Pleafure  is,  that 
 Articles  of  our  Edict  of  Nantes,  all  Prifoners  on  both  fides  that 
 from  the  firft  of  January ,  1621.  have  not  pay'd  their  Ranfoms, 
 
 Q,q  q  q  2  fhall 
 
524  d  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 {hall  be  release!  and  fet  at  Liber-  prefcrib'd  by  the  82W.  Article  of 
 
 ty    without   paying  any  thing,  our  Edict  of  Names ;  and  that  Ca- 
 
 and  all  Promifes  made  in  reference  tholick  and  Pretended  Reformed 
 
 to  Ranforas  not  fulhll'd  npon  the  CommhTioners,  mail  be  fent  into 
 
 Day  or  Date  of  thefe  Preterits,  all  the  Provinces  to  look  after  the 
 
 are  declar'd  Null  and  of  no  Et-  Execution  of  it  according  to  our 
 
 feci.  In  like  manner  all  Perfons  of  laid  Edict.    So  we  Command  our 
 
 what  Quality  and  Condition  fo-  faithful  and  well  beloved,  &c.  In 
 
 ever  they  be,  fh  ill  be  reftor'dto  Tefiimony,   &c.   Given    in  the 
 
 their  Eftates,  Debts,  Titles,  Ac-  Camp  before  Mompellier,  October 
 
 compts   and    Actions,   Employ-  19.  1622.  of  our  Reign  the  13^. 
 ments,    Honours  and  Dignities, 
 
 which  they  were  depriv'd  of  <du-  Sign'd  LEWIS. 
 ring  the  prefent  Troubles,notwith-      By  the  King, 
 itanding  any  Donations  orConfif-  De  Lomtnie. 
 cations  ;  excepting  Military  Em- 
 ployments, the  care  of  which  we  Read,    publifh'd   and  regifter'd 
 will  referve  to  our  felves.     We      &c.  At  Paris  in  Parlament  No- 
 alfo  order  that  this  Declaration      vember  21.  1622. 
 be  obferv'd  and  kept  by  all  our 
 
 Subjects,  according  to  the  Form  Sign'd  Dh  Tillet 
 
 _  J 
 
 A  Paper  pn/iated  to  the  Isjng  by  tht  General  Deputies  with  the 
 Anfwers. 
 
 to  ra 
 
 SIR,  your  mod  Humble  and  O- 
 bedient  Servants  of  the  Reli- 
 gion, being  folly  inform'd  of  your 
 Majeilies  Royal  inclination?,  for 
 reitoring  the  Ruins  ot  his  poor 
 People,  have  laden  the  Deputies 
 which  your  Majefty  has  been 
 pleas'd  to  appoiut  'em,  with  infi- 
 nite Acclamations,  Vows  and  gocd 
 Wifhes,  for  the  Eiiablifhment  and 
 facred  Benedictions  of  this  Peace 
 that  is  fo  much  defir'd,  1  o  the  end, 
 that  forafmuch  as  they  fii.d  them- 
 felves  piere'd  with  this  Cceleltial 
 Benefit,  they  may  feek  the  Con- 
 tinuance of  it,  by  the  conftancy 
 
 I  KJKG. 
 
 of  their  fubmiflion,and  render  thofe 
 Eminent  Teftimonies  by  their  on- 
 ly Recourfe  to  your  Clemency 
 and  Juftice,  that  they  afpire  to  no 
 Security  or  Refuge  which  they 
 value  more  highly,  againit  the  Vi- 
 olence of  thofe  that  trouble  'cm, 
 and  withft  and  the  Power  of  your 
 Laws,  then  that  of  challenging 
 by  their  humble  Petitions  and 
 Supplications  the  fteadfaftnefs  of 
 your  Inviolable  word,  and  the  Ob- 
 fervance  of  your  fo  auihentick 
 Brieis.  For  feeing  that  the  wrongs 
 which  are  done  'em,  directly  dafh 
 againft  the  Reverence  of  your  Pro- 
 tection 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c. 
 
 5 
 
 tecYion,  and  divide  that  which  the 
 Pejce  and  their  Obedience  ought 
 to  rejoin  under  the  Felicity  of  your 
 Commands,  they  moft  humbly  be- 
 feech  your  Majelty  to  weigh  their 
 moll  humble  Remonftrances  in 
 that  Ballance  of  Equiry,  which 
 renders  your  Scepter  Juft  and  For- 
 midable,  and  that  ic  would  pleafe 
 you  to  cut  off  the  Violent  Breaches 
 
 THe  King  has  deputed  and  fin!  a- 
 way  Commijfioners,  as  weU  Ca- 
 tholtcki  as  of  the  Pretended  Reformed 
 Religion,  to  go  from  Province  to  Pro- 
 vince, where  it  foall  be  judg'd  conve- 
 nient for  the  Execution  of  his  M-ije- 
 Jfie.  Declaration  of  the  twentieth  of 
 Oftober  lap. 
 
 Ar'.er  Satifafiion  fliati  be  given, 
 to  what  is  ordained  by  the  D(d  ira:lon 
 of  tire  rventiith  of  October,  His 
 M-ijeflywill  ts.kc  Care  as  to  the  Con- 
 tents tff  this pr?fc fit  Article. 
 
 The  Eldlion  of  the  Afaffnt  C  n- 
 faljhip,  having  bctn  made  by  a  De- 
 cree peremptorily  fct  forth  in  the  Ch.im 
 her  of  the  Editl  at  C.  fires,  there  can 
 be  nothing  changed  or  direr' d.  A<  to 
 the  Elttlion  of  the  other  Conhils  of 
 the  faid  City,  Hi:  Ms.jejly  ■ 
 that  it  (hall  be  made  according  to  the 
 1  8  *f**l 
 
 of  your  favourable  Conceflions 
 
 with  the  Sword  that  God  has  put 
 into  your  Hands ,  to  the  end  that 
 in  true  Confidence  and  Aflurance 
 of  Prefervation,  repofing  upon  the 
 Wifdom  and  Gondnefs  of  your  Sa- 
 cred Adminiftranon,  they  may  be 
 always  retain'd  in  their  Fidelity 
 and  real  Obligations  to  your  pure 
 and  entire  Service. 
 
 1.  T  Or  this  Reafon  it  is,  that 
 X  for  the  enjoyment  of  an  ab- 
 fokue  Effect  of  your  Juftice,  they 
 humbly  befeech  your  Majefty  to 
 fend  with  the  fooneft  into  your 
 Provinces,  Perlbnsbothof  the  one 
 and  the  orher  Religion,  endu'd 
 with  that  Afredion  for  Pe&ce  which 
 is  reqnifite,  to  the  end  they  may 
 be  the  better  enabl'd  to  put  id  Exe- 
 cution your  Edi&s,  Bne.sand  De- 
 clarations. 
 
 II.  And  in  imparting  your  Com- 
 panion and  Clemency  to  that  of 
 ynjr  Cities,  which  has  paid  you 
 foch  Obedience,  that  you  have 
 therefore  vonchfaf  d  it  Peace : 
 Your  M  jelly  is  moft  humbly  fup- 
 plicated  roOro'er,  ch.n  the  Garri- 
 fon,  which  for  fb  many  Months, 
 has  been  fo  numerous  at  Momptlier^ 
 may  he  withdrawn  accordirg  to 
 your  Royal  Piomifes,  confidering 
 the  Mifery  and  Mortality  which  is 
 in  the  City. 
 
 III.  fha«  in  Conformity  to  the 
 Private  Brief,  which  it  plcas'd 
 your  Mijefty  to  grant  that  City, 
 tha:  there  may  be  no  Innovation 
 introduce  into  your  faid  City  of 
 Mwpdier,  more  cfpeciallv  in'hat 
 which  concerns  the  Confullhips : 
 Confcqnently    that  Reparation 
 
 may 
 
5^6 
 
 A  Cofhtim  & 
 
 md  Lfosrtm  il  u  ■ 
 
 City  rfyWir 
 
 After  his  Afajcfly  has  heard  the 
 Report  of  the  Comtnijfwncrs  fent  to  the 
 fatd City  o/Rochel,  he  will confider  of 
 the  Contents  of  this  Vrefent  Artu 
 cle. 
 
 The  King  will  order  the  Prifoners 
 of  War,  at  prefent  detain d  in  his 
 Callies,  to  he  released:  Andforthofe 
 that  are  accus'd  of  particular  Crimes, 
 let  "em  provide  for  themfelves  by  the 
 Methods  ofjuftice. 
 
 To  the  fixth  and  feventh  Articles, 
 the  King's  Affairs  not  permitting  him 
 to  provide  fjr  th  Petftipnets  for  what 
 ispafl,His  M«j  ■  fly  for  the  Future  mil 
 deli- 
 
 {Edicts,  &c    Vol  II. 
 
 gj  jy  be  made  for  tin  Jonovation  in 
 the  Marine  Coitfulflup,  confider- 
 ing  the  Obedience  that  lias  been 
 pay'd  your  Majefty  in  demolifhing 
 the  Fortifications,  for  the  Effeft 
 of  which  the  Inhabitants  are  con- 
 tinually at  Work  with  great  Coir, 
 Care  and  Diligence. 
 
 IV.  Alfo,  Sir,  for  the  removing 
 all  caufe  of  Diftruft  and  Fear, 
 your  Subjects  of  the  Religion,  hav- 
 ing fulfil  I'd  your  Ma  jetties"  Plea- 
 fure  touching  the  Levelling  of  the 
 Forts  of  Oleron  and  Re,  may  in 
 pleafe  your  Majefty  to  Order, 
 that  the  Fort  built  before  your  Ci- 
 ty of  Rochel  may  be  dernoliftiM,  as 
 your  Majefty  was  pleas'd  to  Pro- 
 mife, 
 
 V.  And  as  Mercy  is  all  from 
 God,  whofc  Image,  Sir,  j  ou  are, 
 may  it  pleafe  your  Ms!  y,  isyou 
 are  plentifully  endu'd  ^uh  that 
 Vertue,  to  grant  your  Compani- 
 on to  a  great  numi>er  of  P^rfons  of 
 all  Ages,detain'd  either  by  the  late 
 Wars,  or  for  the  fake  of  Religion, 
 in  your  Gallies,  Naked,  and  un- 
 der infupportable  Severity  and 
 hard  Ufage,to  that  pnrpofe  order- 
 ing 'em  their  Pardon  and  their  Li- 
 berty ;  as  alfo  to  thofe  other  Pri- 
 foners for  Accufations  and  Piofecu- 
 tions,  occafion'd  by  the  late  Times 
 and  Commotions,  whether  Con- 
 demn'd  or  not.  Which  Favour, 
 Pardon  and  Liberty  is  granted  'em 
 by  the  and  feventy  third  Arti- 
 cle of  the  Edict,  which  you  were 
 pleas'd  to  confirm  to  us. 
 
 VI.  Your  Majefty,  by  your  Let- 
 ters Declaraiory,  April 24..  1621. 
 were  willing  that  your  Subjects, 
 who  con  tin  u'd  in  their  Obedience 
 
 ftiould 
 
Book  XI.    A  Collection  of  Edith,  &C*  5 
 
 deliver  td  the  faid  Candal  good  and  fhould  enjoy  the  Favours  and  Con- 
 valuablc  Affiliations  for  tl.<e  Relief  ceilions  to  them  granted, as  well  by 
 tind  Payment  of  the  [aid  Miniilters  :  vour  Mijefty,  as  by  the  Deceafed 
 As  alfo  for  payment  of  the  Venfions  K.Henry  the  Great  of  Glorious  Me- 
 containd  in  a  fmall  Roll^  which  he  mory ,  neverthelefs  in  the  laft  year, 
 will  caufe  to  be  drawn  up.  1612.  they  were  utterly  depriv'd 
 
 of  the  Money,  which  you  were 
 accuftomd  every  year  to  diftribute 
 among  'em  by  the  Sieur  dnCandaly 
 Commiffionated  for  that  purpofe. 
 By  which  means  particularly  their 
 Poor  Churches  are  fo  neceflitated, 
 that  they  are  conftrain'd  to  have 
 recourfe  to  your  Majefty,  and  to 
 fupplicate,  as  they  domoft  hum- 
 bly, that  you  will  be  pleas'd  to 
 order  Funds  to  the  faid  Candal  for 
 the  faid  Year  ;  at  leafl  for  ihe  Pay- 
 ment of  the  Minifters  of  the  Pro- 
 vince who  remaind  in  their  Obe- 
 dience, and  who  are  forc\i  to  bor- 
 row Money  to  buy  Vidlu3ls,  and 
 fupply  their  other  Neceflkies. 
 
 VII.  In  like  manner  we  molt 
 humbly  implore  your  Majelty,  that 
 as  you  have  been  pleas'd  to  grant 
 to  all  your  faid  Subjects,  it  may 
 pleafe  you  to  ordain  that  the  faid 
 Candal  may  be  fuppli'd  with  good 
 and  valuable  Aflignations  for  the 
 Payment  and  Relief  of  their  Mi- 
 niflers, during  the  prelent  Year, 
 as  likevvife  for  the  Parties  of  the 
 Petty  Rolls,  which  he  fhall  be 
 pleas'd  to  draw  up  and  for  Pay- 
 ment of  the  Piaces,which  you  were 
 pleas'd  to  leave  in  their  Cufto- 
 dy,  which  Aflignations  may  be 
 pay'd  without  Deductions,  as  it 
 has  pleas'd  his  faid  Majefty  and  the 
 Deceafed  King  to  grant  'em,  by 
 the  Briefs  which  formerly  -we;  pa 
 difpatch'd  in  their  behalf.. 
 The  faid  Candal  preferring  * .  ?e-  -  VIU.  And  for  as  much  as  cut  of 
 tition  She : 
 
8  A  ColleBiort  ofFchtis,  8cc.    Vol.  II. 
 
 titiofi  tithe  Council  Jhall be-  tak&i can  the  Aflignations,  that  have  been 
 of.  order'd  the  faid  Candal  for  the 
 
 Years,  1620.  and  1621.  there  are 
 ftill  due  very  great  and  confldera- 
 ble  Samms,  which  the  Receivers 
 and  Farmer^,  upon  which  the  faid 
 Affigiiations  are  charg'd,  detain  in 
 their  Hands,  your  Majefty  is  moft 
 humbly  fupplicated  to  ordain,  that 
 all  neceflary  Injunctions  may  be 
 deliver'd  him,  to  the  end  the  Refi- 
 due  may  be  pay'd. 
 The  King  tvill  provide  for  the  Fa-      IX.  The  Churches  of  the  Baili- 
 tnrey  for  the  Contents  of  this  Article,  wick  of  c?c.v,  having  enjoy'd  the 
 according  as  is  above  [aid.  Salary  of  the  Ministers  upon  the 
 
 Ecclefiaftical  Reveuuesof  the  fsid 
 Bailiwick,  as  upon  the  Money  of 
 the  Princes  that  pciT  fs'd  it  till 
 the  Year,  1601.  and  rrtbatfor 
 feveral  Years,  under  the  Deceafed 
 King  Henry  the  Gre  c ;  till  it 
 pleas'd  your  Maje^y  by  a  decree 
 of  your  Council,  dated  December  5. 
 1 6 1 2. upon  his  depriving  'em  of  the 
 faid  Ecdeficiftical  Fund,  to  ordain 
 'em  the  fumm  of  3600.  Livres  in 
 lieu  of  the  faid  Revenues,  and  to 
 charge  the  faid  fumm  of  3600.  Li- 
 vres upon  the  45000.  Livres  of 
 Augmentation  granted  to  thofe  of 
 the  Religion  j  which  Money  was 
 p     i  'em  b/the  faid  Candal  till 
 Ottober  1621.    May  it  pleafe  your 
 MjjePy  to  let  'em  enjoy  the  Effect 
 of  the  faid  Order  and  Reaffignati- 
 on  •,    nd  to  that  purpofe  ro  grant 
 ne   fl  ry  Afli^nnions  to  the  faid 
 Candal,  as  well  for  Payment  of 
 the  Arrears,  *s  of  what  lhall  be- 
 come doe  for  the  Future. 
 His  Majefty  referrs  the  Reftorati-      X.  M  y  it  pleale  vour  Majefty 
 on  of  th.ir  Church  to  the  Care  and  Ui-  ro  ihei    your  Liberality,  and  to 
 ligenct  01  the  Petitioners.  pr  >vi  k  a  Fund  fufficiept  for  your 
 
 So  .  ■•  &s  j-iofcffiog  the  Religion  in 
 The  your 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c.  5 
 
 your  City  of  Paris,  toward  the 
 Repair  and  refettling  of  their 
 Church,  and  other  ftructures  in 
 the  place  of  their  Exercife,  burnt, 
 demolilh'd,  and  the  Materials  for 
 the  moft  part  carri'd  away  ;  and 
 all  this  by  a  Popular  Tumult  that 
 happened  in  the  Year,  1621.  not- 
 withftanding  that  your  Subjects 
 remain'd  in  their  Obedience,  and 
 were  confequently  under  your 
 Majefties  Protection  and  Safe- 
 guard. 
 
 The  Deputies  Commiffionated  for  XI.  And  dealing  in  the  fame 
 the  Province  of  Toarain  jhaB  fro.  manner  with  your  Subjects  of  the 
 vide  the  Petitioners  a  Convenient  faid  Profeffion  in  your  City  of 
 Place,  for  the  Exercife  of  the  Pre-  Tonrs,  may  it  pleafe  your  Majefty 
 tended  Reformed  Religion.  As  for  to  fupply  'em  with  the  fumms 
 the  Re-eft  ablifhrnent,  and  Repair  of  which  your  Majefty  had  granted 
 their  Church,  his  Majefty  refers  it  'em  for  the  fame  Reafon,  and  for 
 to  the  Care  and  Induftry  of  the  Peti-  the  Repair  of  their  Church,  the 
 tmers.  Place  and  Room  of  which  'tis  bop'd 
 
 your  Majefty  will  continue  to  'em, 
 as  having  been  adjudg'd  to  'em  by 
 the  Commifiionersjdfter  a  Hearing 
 between  them,  and  the  Bodies  of 
 the  Clergy,  the  Court  of  Juftice 
 and  the  Town  Houfe.  As  alfo  for 
 that  the  faid  Place  and  Ground, 
 was  purchas'd,  built,  and  Peace- 
 ably enjoy 'd,  till  the  Commotion 
 in  162 1.  maintain'd  in  the  faid 
 PofTeflion,  not  only  by  the  Edict 
 ofi5p8.  butalfo  by  thofsof  1610. 
 and  1 61 2.  and  more  efpecially 
 by  your  laft  Declaration.  Befides 
 which  Right,  the  approach  of 
 your  Caftle  of  Plejfu ,  ufnally 
 granted  to  the  People  of  Tours, 
 would  be  a  Security  to  'em. 
 The  Commiffioners  fentinto  Brefs  XH.  The  fame  Supplication  is 
 jhall  take  care  of  this  Article,  fo  made  co  your  Majefty,  for  the  Re- 
 far  as  jltallbe  agreeable  to  Reafon.        pair  of  the  Church  of  Burgh,  upon 
 
 the  Ruins  and  Place,  where  thofe 
 To        R  r  r  r  of 
 
o  A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.     Vol.  JL 
 
 of  the  Religion  poflefs'd  it,  by 
 the  Sentence  and  Decrees  of  the 
 Commiffioners,  in  the  enjoyment 
 of  which  they  are  now  difturb'd. 
 To  the  n(l  Xlf.  Xr.  Articles,      XIII.  It  is  remonftrated  to  your 
 the  Commiffioners  are  enjoin  d  to  take  Majefly,  that  the  Inhabitants  pro- 
 cure of  the  Petitioners  demands,  ac-  fefling  the  Religion  in  the  City  of 
 cording  to  the  Tenour  of  the  Editls^   VMemnr,  are  molefted  in  the  Li- 
 andtbe  faid  Declaration.  berty  of  their  Confciences,  de- 
 
 privM  of  all  Exercifes  of  Piety, 
 refus'd  Publick  Employments , 
 and  very  much  overburthen'd  by 
 the  Garrifon.  Thofe  of  Fontenai 
 Le  Comte  expell'd,  interdicted 
 Preaching  and  Prayers,  their  Pa- 
 ftor  not  being  permitted  to  re-en- 
 ter ;  nor  can  they  have  their 
 Church  reftor'd  'em,  tho  almoft 
 ruin'd,  not  fo  much  as  for  the  Bu- 
 rial of  their  dead ;  fufFring  on  the 
 other  fide  all  ExcefTes  of  Charges 
 and  Free  Quarters,  upon  the  com- 
 plaints fent  to  your  Council. 
 Therefore,  Sir,  may  it  pleafe  Ye 
 to  deliver  'em  from  their  OpprefG- 
 ons,  and  by  permitting  'em  to  en- 
 joy the  Fruits  of  the  Peace,  to  or- 
 der the  Re-eftablilbment  of  their 
 Religion,  their  Churches  and  Mini- 
 fters,  the  Security  of  their  Burials, 
 and  whatever  Relief  yourjuftice 
 can  afford  their  Grievances. 
 
 XIV.  That  you  would  likewife 
 be  pleas'd  to  order  the  Reftoration 
 of  their  Exercife  at  Ln£bn,  where 
 it  is  deni'd  to  thofe  of  the  faid  Re- 
 ligion, contrary  to  the  Publication 
 of  your  Declaration,  th6they  car- 
 ri'd  themfelves  obediently  7  and 
 that  the  faid  Exercife  has  been  con- 
 tinu'd  there  for  thefe  fifty  Years 
 together,  even  during  all  the  time 
 of  the  late  Wars,  and  Govern- 
 ment of  des  Roches  Baritanlt. 
 
Book  XL     A  Collection  of  EMs,  &c.        5  3 
 
 XV.  Thofeofthe  Religion  are 
 likewife  hinder 'd  their  faid  Exer- 
 cife  at  Taiment^  the  Canon  having 
 been  levell'd  againft:  'em,  while 
 attembfd  to  hear  the  Word  of 
 God.  As  alfo  at  Surgeres^  the  La- 
 dy of  the  Place  forbidding  any 
 Preaching  there,  tho'  in  had  been 
 allow'd  'em  during  all  the  late 
 Troubles.  Alfo  at  Baignols,  at  St. 
 £iles\  in  Langucdoc,  at  Figeac  in 
 OuercYj  Puymirols,  and  at  Vic  in 
 Armaonac;  from  whence  Mr.  Te- 
 (tasthe  Miniiter  is  fled,  not  daring 
 to  return, nor  being  able  to  abide  in 
 fofeiy  inthe  Place.  Whereby  your 
 Declaration  being  violated,  may  ft 
 pleafe  your  Majefty  to  command 
 the  Restoration  of  the  faid  Places, 
 and  the  faid  Tcjlas.  As  alfo  for 
 the  Church  of  Oitilleboenf\  and  the 
 Paftour  of  it,purfuant  to  the  Re-e- 
 ltablifhmentofit  a  longtime  (ince. 
 The  XVI.  Article  (hall  be  commn-  XVI.  And  for  as  much  as  the 
 nicated  to  the  Maior  and  Sheriff's  of  Catholicks  of  your  City  of  Poitiers 
 Poitiers,  to  be  by  them  heard  and  ta-  have  impos'd  upon  thofe  of  the  Re- 
 kencareof.  ligion  the  Suram  of  1200.  Livres, 
 
 for  the  Guard  that  had  been  main- 
 tained during  thefe  Troubles,  in- 
 to which  they  would  not  admit  a- 
 ny  of  thofeofthe  Reformed  Reli- 
 gion ;  may  it  pleafe  your  Majefty, 
 that  they  may  bedifcharg'd  from 
 it,  as  from  an  unreafonawe  Impo- 
 lition. 
 
 The  KingwiU  carefully  acccmpliJJ}  XVII.  They  likewife  fupplicate 
 and  obferve,  what  has  beer  granted  your  Majefty  ,  that  the  Edict 
 to  thofe  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  of  Compensation  touching  the 
 Religion  of  Ream,  by  the  faid  Brief  Churches  of  your  Royalty  of 
 of  October  the  lafl.  Beam  may  be  punctually  effected, 
 
 as  you  were  pleas'd  to  grant  by 
 your  Brevet  given  at  Momyelier. 
 And  that  the  Exercife  of  the  Reli- 
 gion, and  the  Minifter,  may  be 
 His        Rrrr  2  re- 
 
A  Collection  of  Editti,  &c.      Vol.  II. 
 
 rcftor'd  in  your  City  of  Navar- 
 reins.  That  in  Confideration  of  the 
 Refignation  of  other  Churches,they 
 of  the  Religion  may  be  maintain'd 
 in  the  PofTefliori  of  the  Churches, 
 Bells  and  Church-yards ,  which 
 were  granted  'em  by  the  Coramiflio- 
 ners,or  by  the  Parlament  upon  their 
 -  Report.  And  that  the  Colledges  and 
 Academies  may  be  reftor'd,  and 
 payment  made  of  the  Salaries  that 
 belong  to 'em. 
 
 His  Maiefiy  intends  that  tit*  XVIII.  And  becaufe  Juftice  is 
 Chamber  of  the  EdM  of  Langue-  that  which  moft  imports  your  Au- 
 doc  which  remains  only  to  be  re-  thority,  and  the  Prefervation  of 
 fetth  ball  fpeedily  be  reftord  to  the  Peace,  may  it  pleafe  your  Ma- 
 Caftres, according  to  the  [aid  De-  jefty  to  Order  a  fpeedy  Reftorati- 
 
 daration.  on  °*  tne  Party  CnamDers  ln  Pla- 
 
 ces and  Cities  where  they  were 
 wont  to  be.  And  in  the  mean 
 time,  may  the  Courts  of  Parla- 
 ment be  forbid  to  take  Cognizance, 
 and  Judge  of  the  Caufes  of  thole 
 of  the  faid  Religion  :  and  that  the 
 Appeals  by  them  brought  before 
 the  Judges,  Prothonotaries,  or 
 the  Cdmmiflioners  executing  De- 
 crees and  Sentences,  may  have  the 
 fame  Effect,  as  if  they  were  re- 
 mov'd  by  Letters  Royal,  accord- 
 ing to  the  XLIII.  Article  of  the 
 Edict,  and  VI.  of  the  Conference 
 of  Nerac. 
 
 Granted*  XIX.  By  the  fixth  Article  of  the 
 
 .  Edict,  and  II.  of  Particulars,  and 
 other  Anfwers  made  to  our  Papers, 
 they  of  the  Religion  find  them- 
 felves  juftly  difcharg'd  from  Con- 
 tributing toward  the  Repairing 
 and  Building  of  Churches,  and 
 their  Dependencies,  as  things  con- 
 trary to  their  Confcience.  Ne- 
 verthelefs,  the  Catholick  Inhabi- 
 tants of  Armi  ie  Due,  folicit  in 
 Th  your 
 
Book  XL     A  Collection  of  EdiBs,  &c.  533 
 
 your  Council  a  Permiffion,  to  im- 
 pofe  in  general  upon  the  Corpora- 
 tion, and  as  well  upon  thetnfelves 
 as  upon  thofeof  the  Religion  the 
 Summ  of  fix  thoufand  Livrcs  to 
 build  a  Church  for  the  Capuchins^ 
 which  would  neither  be  reafona- 
 ble  nor  conformable  to  the  Edicts. 
 Therefore  may  it  pleafe  your  Ma- 
 jefty  to  declare  Acquit  and  Ex- 
 empted all  your  Subjects  of  the 
 Religion  from  Payments  and  Con- 
 tributions of  the  like  Nature,  and 
 that  the  abovenamed  If.  Article 
 of  Particulars  may  be  put  in  Exe- 
 cution. 
 
 The  [aid  Deputed  CommiQiomrs  XX.  'Tis  notorious,  that  du- 
 inthe  [aid  Places  are  enjoin  d  to  take  ring  thefc  laft  Troubles,  they  of 
 care  of  the  Contents  of  this  Arti-  the  Religion  have  fuffer'd  many 
 cle.  Violences  through  the  Infolence 
 
 of  the  People  their  Adverfaries  : 
 As  in  the  City  of  Romoramin^ 
 where  they  twice  burnt  the  Meet- 
 ing-Houfe  wherein  they  per- 
 form'd  their  Exercife  in  the  Sub- 
 urbs of  the  faid  City.  But  what 
 is  more  ftrange,  that  fince  the 
 Peace  which  it  has  pleas'd  your 
 Majcfty  to  grant  your  faid  Sub- 
 jects, the  Church  which  was  Jong 
 fince  built  in  your  City  of  Gerge- 
 <iu,  has  been  quite  thrown  to  the 
 Ground,  and  the  Ruins  of  it  re- 
 rnov'd,  by  which  means  they  of 
 the  Religion  have  been  depriv'd 
 of  their  Exercife.  Wherefore,: 
 they  raoft  humbly  befeech  your  Ma- 
 jeftyr  that  amends  may  be  made 
 for  this  Notorious  Breach  of  your 
 Edicts  and  Declarations ,  and  to 
 order  that  the  faid  Church  may  be 
 rebuilt,  and  the  Exercife  refettl'd 
 at  Gergean;  as  alfo  that  of  Romo 
 rmtin. 
 
 His  XXL. 
 
1 
 
 A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.     Vol.  II. 
 
 His  Majefty  will  write  to  the  Duke 
 of  Efpcrnon,  Governor  and  Lieut  e- 
 tuwt  dour  A  o/Guyenne,  to.  fee  that 
 the  Inhabitants  of  tlx  Jatd  Cities  of 
 Bergerac,  and  St.  Foy  be  eas'd, 
 and  favourably  us  d  upon  all  occafi- 
 ons  ;  A*d  that  the  Souldiers  live  under 
 fucb  Difcipline,  that  they  may  do  no 
 wrong.. 
 
 The  King  mil  take  fuch  Order  as 
 (hall  be  moft  proper  for  his  Service. 
 
 Done  and  Jnfwer'd  by  the  King  in 
 bis  Council ,  at  Paris,  March  4. 
 
 !623. 
 
 And  lower. 
 
 Signd  Lewis. 
 
 Phelipeaux. 
 
 XX!.  Your  Cities  of  S'\  Foy, 
 and  Bergerac,  molt  humbly  be, 
 fcech  ye,  Sir,  that  you  would  be 
 pleas'd  out  ot  your  lingular  Good- 
 nefs,  to  difchrrge  'em  of  the  Op- 
 preffions,  which  they  have  fufferd 
 fo  long  and  fo  exceflwe,  letting 
 your  f-iid  City  of  Bergerac  fully  en- 
 joy your  inviolable  Promifes,  by 
 hinaring  fomany  innovations,  and 
 the  building  of  the  Cittadel  inten- 
 ded, notvfithfrandirg  that  your 
 Subjects  of  the  Religion  have  kept 
 themfelves  within  the  Bounds  of  a 
 moft  humble  Subjection  and  Obe- 
 dience to  your  Majefty,  out  of  a 
 defire  to  Merit  in  fame  meafure 
 the  Effect  of  your  faid  Royal  Pro- 
 mifes, their  Liberty,  and  the 
 Peaceable  Exercife  of  their  Reli- 
 gion. 
 
 XXII.  Andbyyour  Mildnefsand 
 Gentlenefs  to  eafe  your  People  of 
 the  Religion,  to  bring  'em  back  to 
 a  firm  Confidence,  and  to  Corro- 
 borate as  much  as  may  be  the  Peace 
 which  you  vouchfafe  'em,  may  it 
 pleafe  your  Majefty  to  obliterate 
 all  Marks  that  are  contrary  to  it. 
 And  to  thefe  ends,  to  disband  the 
 Souldiers  that  are  quarter'd  in 
 Lower  Languedoc,  Ccvennes,  and 
 other  Provinces,  by  this  Means 
 kept  in  continual  Fears  and  Ap- 
 prehenfions  of  your  Difpleafure 
 and  befeecji  your  Majefty  to  ha- 
 ften  the  faid  Disbanding,  to  the 
 end  that  the  Effects  of  their  Obe- 
 dience ,  which  they  defire  and 
 ought  to  pay  you,  as  well  in  de- 
 molifhing  the  Fortifications  of  the 
 Places,  as  in  all  other  things, 
 which  you  fnall  be  pleas'd  to 
 com- 
 
Book  XL     A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c 
 
 command  em,  may  not  be  de- 
 
 Corxpar'd  with  the  Original,  by  Me  lay'd. 
 Notary^  Counfellour  and  Kings  Se- 
 
 crunry.  Sign'd,  Mor.tmartin  Deputy 
 
 Da  Candal.  General,  Mamald  Depu- 
 
 ty General. 
 
 A  Circulatory  Litter  of  the  Gemral  Deputies  of  the  Reforwca 
 Churches. 
 
 GEntlemen,  We  doubE  notbuc  other  things  of" which  we  have  the 
 you  have  ex  peeled  our  Let-  Cognizance  and  Memoks  in  our 
 ters  with  Impatience,  and  that  Hands,  we  have  obtainM  An- 
 you  did  not  take  it  amifs,  that  we  fwers,  fuch  as  you  wiu  Tee  by 
 did  not  fend  you  what  pafs'd  con-  the  Printed  Paper ,   which  we 
 cerr.ing  the  Duke  of  Rohan.    You  fend  you  enclos'd  ;   which  thj 
 ought  to  believe  that  nothing  has  they  be  dated  the  fourth  of  this 
 fo  much  liinder'd  us  from  that,  as  Month,  neverthekfs  were  not  de- 
 our  fear  or  putting  you  to  no  pur-   liver'd  us  till  tha  twenty  fecond. 
 pofe  in  uncertain  Hopes  or  Appre-  At  prefent  we  folicit  the  Perfor- 
 henfu>ns.    Now  that  it  may  be  mance  of  the  Anfwers,  which  are 
 thought,  that  we  ought  to  fee  a  favourable,  continuirg  to  demand 
 little  more  clearly,  after  the  Re-  fatisfa^tion  upon  thole  which  are 
 lcafe  of  the  faid  Duke,  we  lhall  otherwife.  Nor  (hall  we  fail  to  give 
 tell  you  that  altho'  the  Report  of  you  Advice  of  the  Succefs,  as  a'fo 
 a  War,  and  particularly  of  the  of  nil  that  we  (Sail  judge  proper  to 
 Siege  of  Rcchelbc  very  hot  in  this  come  to  your  Knowledge.    As  for 
 Place,   and  that  from  hence  it  News  of  the  Particular  Affairs  of 
 fpreads  over  all  the  Reft  of  Fra?;teT  the  Provinces  and  Churches,  of 
 neverthelefs  we  fee  no  Preparari-  whofe  Deputies  we  have  a  great 
 on  for  open  and  prefent  War.    On  number  here,  we  have  given  fatis- 
 the  contrary, wehave  nothing  from  faction  by  particular  Letters  to  a!i 
 the  Kings  Mouth,  and  his  Principal  Occurrences.lt  remains  that  youfe- 
 Minifters  of  State,  but  Words  of  cond  our  Labours  with  your  Pray- 
 Peace,  and  Promifes  of  putting  in  ers  to  God,  as  we  earneltly  delire 
 Execution  what  has  been  agreed,  you,  confidciir.g  the  need  we  have 
 As  to  the  Affairs,  which  we  have  in  fuch  adifficult  time  as  this,  And 
 :nan3g'd  hitherto,  you  mod  know,  forourparts,  we  (hall  alfo  befeech 
 that  having  prefented  to  the  King  him  to  accumulate  his  moft  Sac:  ec 
 a  Paper,  containing  the  Principal  Benedictions  upon  your  felves, 
 Complaints  of  our  Churches,  and  We  are 
 
536 
 
 A  CoUeBion  of  EdiBs,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 Your  moft   humble  and 
 Affectionate   Servants  , 
 the  General  Deputies  of  Paris,  March  30. 
 the  Reformed  Churches  162^. 
 
 of  France,  near  his  Ma- 
 jelly. 
 
 Mont  martin. 
 Maniald. 
 
 The  KJng's  Declaration,  by  which  it  is  provided,  tha*  in  the 
 Affemblies  which  [hall  be  be  Id  by  the  Subjelis  of  th^  Pretended 
 Reformed  Religion,  concerning  the  Regulations  of  the  Difci- 
 pline of  their  faid  Religion,  no  other  Affairs  be  propounded 
 or  treated  of,  thtn  fuch  as  are  permitted  %y  the  Edicts.  Gi- 
 ven at  Fontain-Bleau,  April  ijth.  1623.  And  verifd  in 
 Par  lament,  May  22. 
 
 LEwis,  by  the  Grace  of  God, 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr. 
 To  all,  &c.  Altho'  by  our  E- 
 dictsof  Pacification,  and  the  Pri- 
 vate Articles  granted  to  oar  Sub- 
 jects of  the  Pretended  Reformed 
 Religion,  in  the  Year,  1598.  they 
 were  allow'd  to  hold  Aflemblies 
 concerning  the  Regulations  of  the 
 Difcipline  of  the  faid  Religion 
 pretendedly  Reformed,  and  Pla- 
 ces where  the  Exercife  was  fettl'd 
 with  our  Perraifflon  fitft  obtain'd, 
 and  that  by  feveral  anfwers  made 
 £0  their  Papers,  they  have  been 
 always  forbid  to  admit  into  the 
 laid  Aflemblies,  other  then  the 
 Minifters  and  Elders,  and  to  treat 
 of  other  A  fFairs,  then  thofe  which 
 concern  the  Regulations  of  their 
 faid  Religion,  upon  Pain  of  For- 
 feiting this  Favour.  Neverthelefs 
 we  have  found,  that  for  fome  time 
 fince,  and  particularly  of  late 
 Years  under  the  Toleration  of  the 
 faid  Affemblies,  our  faid  Subjects 
 have  taken  the  Liberty  to  intro- 
 
 duce Perfons  of  all  Conditions,  as 
 alfo  to  treat  of  Politick  Affairs, 
 from  whence  have  enfu'd  feveral 
 Refolutions,  contrary  to  the  Sen- 
 timents and  Intentions  of  the  Ge- 
 nerality, and  moft  confideraole  of 
 our  Subjects  of  the  faid  Pretended 
 Reformed  Religion,  and  to  the 
 Publick  Tranquility  ;  To  which 
 there  being  a  neceffityof  providing 
 a  Remedy,  and  to  prevent  for  the 
 future  the  confeauences  of  fuch 
 abufes,  prejudicial  to  our  Autho» 
 rity,  and  the  Peace  of  our  Sub- 
 jects, We  declare,  that  for  thefe 
 Caufes  and  other  Confederations 
 Us  thereunto  moving,  with  the 
 Advice  of  the  Princes  of  our  Blood, 
 &c.  We  have  faid  and  declar'd, 
 and  do  fay  and  declare  by  thefe 
 Prcfents,  and  it  is  our  Will  and 
 Pleafure ,  that  in  all  Aflemblies 
 that  fhall  be  held  by  our  Subjects 
 of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Reli- 
 gion, concerning  the  Regulations 
 of  the  Difcipline  of  the  faid  Reli- 
 gion, there  fhall  be  by  us,  or  by 
 our 
 
Book  XL    A  ColleBion  of  EdiBs,  &c.  537 
 
 our  Lieutenant  Generals  or  our 
 Provinces,  a  certain  Perfor.  com- 
 milfian'd.  and  appointed,  one  of 
 our  Officers  of  the  faid  Preten- 
 ded Reformed  Relfcion,  to  be  pre- 
 fent  in  the  faid  Aflemblies,  to  fee 
 and  confider,  whether  any  other 
 Affairs  are  propos'd  and  hand  I'd 
 then  are  permitted  by  our  Edicts ; 
 and  to  give  a  faithful  accompt 
 thereof  to  Us.  And  to  the  end 
 that  our  Intention  may  be  exactly 
 followM,  We  ordain,  that  for  the 
 time  to  come  no  Aflemblies  fhall 
 meet  or  be  held,  unlefs  the  faid 
 Officer  be  before  appointed,  who 
 fhall  be  admitted  into  'em  with- 
 
 out any  or  Lett  or  Scruple.  So 
 we  command  our  Beloved  and 
 Faithful,  &c.  we  alfo  command 
 our  Governours,  &.c.  In  Teftimo- 
 ny,  &c.  Given  at  Fountain.  Bleau, 
 April.  17.  1623.  and  \%tb.  ofour 
 Reign. 
 
 Sign'd  LEWIS. 
 
 And  below,  By  the  King. 
 
 De  Lamenie. 
 
 Read,  Publifh'd  and  Regifter'd, 
 &c.  At  Paris  in  Parlament  May% 
 21.  1623. 
 
 Du  Tillet. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjngs  good  Will  toward  his  Subjects  of 
 the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion.  Veriffd  in  Parlament 
 November  27.  1623. 
 
 LEWIS,  by  the  Grace  of  God, 
 King  of  France,  and  Navarr, 
 To  all,  &c.  Tho'  it  has  always 
 been  our  Intention,  as  ftill  it  is, 
 to  caufe  an  Exact  obfervance  of 
 our  Edicts  of  Pacirkaton,  and  De- 
 clarations laft  made  in  Favour  of 
 our  Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Re- 
 formed Religion,  that  for  this  pur- 
 pofe  we  have  Comraiffionated  and 
 deputed  Commiffioners  in  the  fe- 
 veral  Provinces  ofour  Kingdom  to 
 repair  and  re-eftablifh  the  Breach- 
 es which  the  Wars  and  laft  Trou- 
 bles had  produced,  having  omit- 
 ted no  care  nor  Sedulity  to  make 
 the  lives  of  our  Subjects  eafie  in  good 
 Peace,  Amity  and  Concord  :,  Ne- 
 verthelefs  we  have  been  Inform'd 
 that  fome  of  the  faid  Pretended 
 
 Reformed  Religion,  Enemies  of 
 the  Publik  Repofe,  and  fuch  as 
 defire  to  make  their  advantage  of 
 Trouble,  pretending  to  belong  to 
 our  Coufins  the  Dukes  of  Rohan 
 and  Soiibi^e,  (  which  we  can  hard- 
 ly believe,  by  reafon  of  the  alfii- 
 rances  which  our  faid  Coulins  have 
 given  us  of  their  Fidelity  and  Af- 
 fection to  our  fervice,  and  obfer- 
 vance of  our  Peace,  )  have  fome 
 time  fince  made  feveral  Journeys, 
 and  into  federal  of  our  Provinces; 
 alfo  to  fome  AlTemblies  held  by  ver- 
 tue  ofour  Edicts  by  our  Subjects 
 of  the  Religion,  with  Letters  of 
 Credence,  under  falfe  Pretences 
 to  ftir  up  our  faid  Subjects,  toin- 
 fufe  into  'em  Fears,  Jealoulies  and 
 feigned  Diftrufts,  and  to  inftigate 
 Sfff  to 
 
A  Collection  cf  Edicts,  &c    Vol  II. 
 
 to  raife  Money,  Fortifie  the  Pla-   Reformed  Religion,  be  inviolably 
 
 ces  which  they  hold  in  their  hands,  kept,  obferv'd  and  maintain'd, 
 purchafe  Arms  and  make  their  and  that  the  Commiflioners  depu- 
 Preparations  contrary  to  the  Pub-   ted  in  our  feveral  Provinces,  abide 
 lick  Peace :  And  tho'  we  are  un-   and  refide  there,  till  they  be  per- 
 willing  to  believe  that  our  faid   fectly  and  abfolutely  fulfill'd.  As 
 Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Refor-   we  alfo  make  ftrict  Prohibitions 
 med  Religion,  confidering  the  fin-  to  all  Perfons,  of  what  Conditi- 
 gular  Favours  which  they  have  fo  on  or  quality  foever,  to  fpeak, 
 lately  receiv'd  from  our  Clemency,   write,  fuggefl  or  perfwade,  give 
 are  any  way  eoclin'd  or  difpos'd  to  ear  or  Men  to  any  thing  con- 
 hearken  to  any  fuch  pernicious   trary  to  this  our  good  and  up- 
 Propofitions,  much  lefs  to  deviate   right  Intention,  and  to  the  Tran- 
 from  their  Fidelty  and  Obedience  quility  of  our  fubjects,  nor  to 
 to  which  they  are  oblidg'd,  Ne-  travel  or  fend  into  our  Provinces, 
 verthelefs,  being  defirous  to  Hop  or  to  any  Cities  or  Affernblies  that 
 the  Courfe  of  fuch  Proceedings,  (hall  be  held  by  thofe  of  the  Pre- 
 and  the  dangerous  Confequences  tended  Reformed  Religion  to  that 
 that  may  attend  'em  }  to  hinder  Effect,  nor  to  raife  Money,  bear 
 our  Subje&s  from  being  abusM  by   or  buy  Arms,  Furniture  or  pre- 
 thefe  evil  Practices,  and  not  to  paratior.s  for  Warr,  under  pain 
 leave  any  one  in  doubt  and  un-  of  Difobedience,  and  being  pu- 
 ccrtainty  of  our  good  and  fincere   nilh'd  as  Difturbers  of  the  Peace, 
 Intentions  toward  'em,  with  the  It  is  our  Pleafure  alfo,  that  the 
 advice  of   our  Council,    where  Offenders  be  inform'd  againfr,  and 
 were  prefent  the  Queen  Mother,  profecuted  with  the  utmoft  Ri- 
 our  Thrice  Honour'd  Lady  and  gour  of  the  Law.    So  we  corn- 
 Mother,  the  Princes,  &c.  We  have   mand  our  faithful  and  well  bclo- 
 iaid  and  declar'd,  and  do  fay  and   ved  Counfellours,  &c.    For  fuch 
 declare,  that  it  is  our  Will  and   is  our  Pleafure.    In  Teftimony, 
 Intention  to  maintain  the  Publick   &c.  Given  at  Paris ^November  10. 
 Peace,  Repofe  and  Tranquility,   1623.  an^  ,4r^-  °f  our  Raign. 
 and    to  employ  our  Authority, 
 
 and  our  accuftom'd  Care  and  Vi-  SignM  Louis. 
 
 gilancy,  to  caufe  our  Subjects  as 
 
 well  Catholicks  as  of  the  Preten-      And  below,  by  the  King, 
 ded  Reformed  Religion,  to  live  in 
 
 good  Union  and  Concord  under  Ve  Lomenie.. 
 
 their  Obedience  to  us.    And  to 
 
 this  purpofe  we  Will  and  Ordain,  Read,  publiflrd  and  regifter'd,  &c. 
 that  our  Edicts  of  Pacification,      At  Paris  in  Palaraent,  Novem- 
 and  laft  Declarations  in  Favour      ber  7.  1623. 
 of  our  Subjects  of  the  Pretended 
 
 A 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  of  EdiBs,  &c.  539 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjng  againft  the  Sieurdz  Soubize  and  his 
 Adherents,  containing  a  new  Confirmation  of  the  Edicts  and 
 Declarations  formerly  made  in  Favour  of  his  Subjects  of  the 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  who  remain  in  their  Duty  and 
 Obedience-  Given  at  Paris,  January  25.  1626.  and  veriffd' 
 the  18.  of  February. 
 
 LEWIS  by  the  Grace  of  God,  Benignity  of  Heaven  our  carefull 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr,  Toyl  fo  happily  facceeded,  that 
 To  all,  &c.  Every  one  knows  the  our  Kingdom  for  thefe  lafl  two 
 Favour  and  Clemency  which  we  Years,  enjoy'd  a  moll  profound 
 have  extended  to  our  Subjects  of  Peace,  our  Subjects  in  general  Ex- 
 the  Pretended  Reformed  Religi-  tolling  the  Divine  Goodnefs  of 
 on,  that  formerly  rofe  in  Arms  the  Almighty,  for  that  after  fo 
 againfl:  our  Authority,  and  how  many  paft  Calamities  and  Tem- 
 when  our  Arms  had  all  the  Advan-  pells,  they  relied  in  a  Tranqui- 
 tages  over  'em,  we  fpread  open  lity  fo  ferenely  Calm,  and  fo  af- 
 our  Arms  to  receive  thole  that  came  fured  under,  our  Authority  and 
 as  well  in  general  as  Particular,  Ooedience.  But  when  we  thought 
 to  implore  our  Mercy,  and  turn'd  this  Peace  moll  folidly  fecure,  and 
 the  jufl  Refentments -of  our  In-  that  good  Order  re-eftablifh'd  in 
 dignation  into  a  Benignity  natu-  our  Kingdom  had  given  us  leifure 
 ral  to  a  King,  the  Father  of  his  to  apply  all  our  Cares  to  the  af- 
 People,  toward  Subjects  fubmiflive  fiflance  of  our  Neighbours,  and 
 and  penitent,  being  defirous  by  to  readvance  the  Ancient  Repu- 
 our  Declaratory  Letters  of  Otlober  tation  of  the  French  Name  in  For- 
 20.  1 522.  to  forget  and  forgive  raigr.  Coutries,  and  that  we  were 
 their  pad  Faults,  and  voutfafe  (  as  we  are  /t ill  )  upon  the  point 
 'em  Peace  with  the  continuance  of  reaping  the  Fruits  end  nota- 
 of  the  Benefit  of  the  Edict  of  ble  Advantages  of  it,  for  the  Glo- 
 Names  and  other  Declaraions.  In  ry  of  this  Crown,  the  Comfort 
 purfuance  of  which  we  fent  Com-  of  onr  faid  Confederates,  and  the 
 miflioners  into  feveral  Provinces  Publick  Benefit,  we  have  receiv'd 
 of  our  Kingdom,  to  reunite  the  feveral  Informations  of  the  Pra- 
 AfFedtions  of  our  Subjects,  as  well  ctifes  and  Contrivances,  which  are 
 Catholicks  as  of  the  Pretended  weaving  in  feveral  of  our  Pro- 
 Reformed  Religion,  divided  by  vinces,  to  withdraw  our  Subjects 
 reafon  of  the  preceding  Trou-  of  the  faid  Pretended  Reformed 
 bles,  and  to  re  eltablifh  what  the  Religion,  from  that  Obedience  and 
 Fury  of  Warr  might  have  inter-  Fidelity  which  they  owe  us,. and 
 rupted  in  the  obfervance  of  our  to  perfwade  'em,  in  the  prefent 
 Laws  and  Edicts,  wherein  by  the  Conjuncture  of  Affairs  to  rife  a- 
 
 Sfffi  gainft 
 
A  Collection  cfEdifa,  &c.   Vol.  R 
 
 gaiflft  our  Antbority,  while  we  thefe  Actions  committed  fevcral 
 art  bufy'd  out  of  oor  Kingdom  Enormities,  Violences  and  ACts 
 in  the  Protection  of  our  Allyes,  of  Hoftility  againft  our  Subjects, 
 and  Trouble  the  Tranquility  of  Now  in  regard  that  all  thefe  En' 
 
 the  State.    Now  being  fully  in-   terprizes  and  Attempts  of  the  faid 
 form'd  of  the  Defigns  and  con-  Soiibife,  diicover  (to  our  great 
 trivances  that  are  forming  againft  forrow  )  an  evident  and  manifeft 
 our  Cities  and  ftrong  Holds,  the  Rebellion  againft  our  Authority, 
 reparations  that  are  making  to  and  a  defign  lay'd  betwixt  him 
 raife  Souldiers  without  our  Cora-  and  fome  particular  Adherents  to 
 mifiion,  the  fitting  out  of  Ships,  difturb  the   general   Peace  and 
 as  well  in  the  Ports  and  Havens  Tranquility  of  the  Kingdom,  with- 
 of  our  Kingdom,  as  in  other  Pla-  oat  any  lawful  reafon  or  caufe  : 
 des*,  without  our  leave,  or  the  Or-  on  the  other  fide  we  are  extream- 
 ders  of  our  Admiral,  in  contempt  ly  well  fatisfy'd  to  underftand 
 of  our  Laws,  and  the  fecret  Pra-  from  our  dear  and  well  beloved 
 ftifes  and  Correfpondencies  held  Coufin  the  Duke  of  Tremomlle  and 
 with  Foreigners.    To  all  which   the  Sieurs  de  la  Force  and  Cha/il- 
 we  have  been  much  troubl'd  to  Ion,  and  other  Perfons  of  Quality, 
 give  Credit,  confidering  the  good   as  alfo  from  the  General  Depu- 
 and.  favourable  ufage  our  faid  Sub-  ties  ol  our  Subjects  of  the  Preten- 
 je&s  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  ded  Reformed  Religion  refiding 
 recciv'd.  Ard  when  we  underftood   near  our  Perfon,  as  alfo  by  the 
 that  the  Sieur  de  Sottbife,  wa  the   Deputies  of  the  Pretended  Reli- 
 Hecd  of  his  Faction  ,  he  who  has   on  at  Charmm,  and  thofe  of  our 
 tri'd  the  Force  of  our  Autbority,and   Cities  of  Rockcle,  Nines,  Vfez;  as 
 the  foftnefs  of  our  Clemency  up-   aifo  to  fee  by  an  Aft  in  writing 
 on  feveral  occafions ;  this  was  the   which  the  faid  general  Deputies 
 reafon  that  we  were  willing  to  have  prefented  us,  with  exprefs 
 wink  at  his  firft  Praftifes  and  Pro-   inju&ions  from  our  dear  and  well- 
 cecdings,  in  hopes  that  by  our   beloved  Inhabitants  of  our  City 
 Patience  we  might  reduce  him  to  ot  Montaban,  how  much  they  re- 
 his  Duty.    But  our  good nefs  and   nounce  and  difown  his  Actions, 
 forbearance  having  augmented  the  as  unworthy  of  that  Fidelity  and 
 Audacioufnefs  of  the  faid  Sonbife,   Affection  which  true  French-men 
 we  underftand  that  within  thefe   owe  their  Soreraign;  confidering 
 few  days  he  has  put  to  Sea  with   they  can  tend  to  nothing  elfe  but 
 fome  Vefiels  having  Souldiers  a-  the  fubverfion  of  this  State  and 
 board}  that  he  has  robb'd  our   their  own  Ruin.    Whereupon,  be- 
 Merchants  Ships,  made  attempts  ing  delirous  to  make  known  what 
 upon  fome  of  our  Iflandsand  prin-  our  good  Intentions  are,  the  Pro- 
 cipal  Places,  and  upon  the  VefTels  teftion  which  we  are  willing  to 
 th2t  were  in  the  Roads  and  Har-   grant  to  the  Faithful  and  Obedi- 
 'jours  belonging  to  'em,  and  in  ent>  and  the  Rigor  which  we  in- 
 tend 
 
Book  XI.    A  Collection  ofEUBs,  &c. 
 
 tend  to  ufe  toward  Rebels,  if  they  Treafon  :  As  alfo  we  declare  the 
 perfeverc  in  their  Contumacy,  We  Inhabitants  of  our  Cities  that 
 make  known,  that  for  thefe  Cau-   fliall  Countenance  or  adhere  to  the 
 fes  and  other  weighty  Confidera-   Rebellion  and  Difobedience  of  the 
 tions  us  thereunto  moving,  with   above  nam'd,  or  fhall  give  'em 
 the  Advice  of  the  Queen,  &c.  and   any  Harbour,  Retreat,  or  Quar- 
 of  our  certain  knowledge,  full   ter  among  'em,  or  fhall  fuffcr  'em, 
 Power  and  Royal  Authority,  we   or  afKft  'em  in  any  fort  or  man- 
 have  faid  and  declar'd,  and  fay    ner  whatever,  guilty  of  the  fame 
 and  declare,  by  thefe  Prefents,  Crimes,  and  to  have  forfeited  a!! 
 Sign'd  with  our  hand,  and  it  is   their  Rights,  Franchifes,  Immuni- 
 our  Will  and  Pleafure,  that  all    ties  and  Priviledges  granted  either 
 our  Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Re-   by  the  King  our  Predcceflors  or 
 formed  Religion,  who  fhall  con-   by  our  felves :  And  for  that  out  In- 
 tinue  in  chat  Fidelity  and  Obedi-   tention  is  always  to  prefer  Clemen- 
 ence  which  they  owe  us,  with-   cy  before  the  Rigour  of  Juftice,and 
 out  adhering  to  any  Factionsand   to  afford  'em  the  Means  and  Leifure 
 Confpiracies  againft  the  Kingdom,   to  acknowledge  their  Faults,  before 
 mall  fully  and  Peaceably  enjoy  in    they    althogether  plunge  ihem- 
 freedom  and  fafety,  the  Exercife   felves  in  Faction  and  revolt,  we 
 of  their  Religion,  together  with   fay  and  declare,  that  if  within 
 all  the  Favours  to  them  granted   one  Month  from  the  day  of  the 
 by  the  Edicts  and  Declarations   publication  of  thefe  prefents  in 
 made  in  their  Favour,  as  well  by    Parlament,  the  faid  Sonbife,  or  any 
 the  Dcceafed  King,  &c.  as  by  our    others  who  have  been  guilty  of  the 
 felves,  which  we  refolve  to  have   Actions  above  exprefs'd,  fhall  re- 
 inviolably  kept  and  obferv'd,  ac-   turn  to  their  Duty,  lay  down  their 
 cording  to  their  Form  and  Tenour;    Arms,    disband   their  Souldiers 
 putting  all  our  faid  Subjects,  to-    which  they  have  mufrcr'd  toge- 
 gether  with  their  Goods  and  Fa-   ther,  and  fubmit  themfeves  entire- 
 milies,  under  our  fpecial  Protect i-   ly  to  the  Obedience  which  they 
 on  and  Favour.    And  as  for  the    owe  us,  we  have,  and  fhall  from 
 faid  Sonlsife  and  others,  who  are    this  prefent  Time  and  for  the  Fu- 
 enter'd  into  open  Rebellion  againft   tu re,  forgiven,  pardon'd  and  ob- 
 us,  having  attempted  to  difhirb   J  iterated,  forgive,  pardonandob- 
 the  Tranquility  of  our  Kingdom,   literate,   by  thefe  Prefents,  all 
 we  have  hereby  declar'd,  anddc-    Acts  and  attempts  which  they  may 
 clare  all  thofe  that  fhall  adhere    have  made  or  defign'd  in  this 
 to  and  Favour  him,  directly  or    lafl  Infurreclion,  and  taking  of 
 indirectly,  of  what  Quality   or    Arms,  contrary  to  our  Authority 
 condition  foever  they  be,  and  who   and  Service,  without  any  enqui- 
 fhall  hold  Intelligence,  AfTociation   ries  or  profecutions  either  now  or 
 or  Corefpondence  with  'em,  both   hereafter,  in  any  fort  or  manner 
 difobedient  and  Guilty  of  High   whatever ;  as  having  pardon'd  and 
 
 icftor'd 
 
A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.    VoL  II. 
 
 reftor'd  'em  to  their  former  Con- 
 dition, and  to  all  Honours,  Privi- 
 ledges  and  Immunities  which  were 
 granted  'em,  by  Us  or  our  Pre- 
 deceflbrs,  under  the  Exact  Ob- 
 feryation  of  our  Edicts.  But  if 
 after  that  timeexpir'd,  they  per- 
 fift  in  their  Rebellion  and  Difo- 
 bedience,  our  Pleafure  is,  that  they 
 be  proceeded  againft  with  all  the 
 Rigour  of  our  Laws,  by  Imprifon- 
 ment  of  their  Perfons,  Seizure  of 
 their  Eftates,  demoliming  their 
 Houles,  and  other  ufual  Courfes  in 
 iuch  Cafes  ;  and  that  they  lofe 
 che  Benefit  of  our  Edicts  and  Ap- 
 
 peals to  the  Chambers.  So  we 
 command,  &c.  In  Teftimony,  &c. 
 Given  at  Paris ,  January  25.  1625. 
 and  fifteenth  of  our  Reign. 
 
 Sign'd  LEWIS. 
 
 And  Below,  by  the  King. 
 
 De  Lomcnie. 
 
 Read,  Pablifh'd  and  Regifler'd, 
 &c.  At  Paris  in  ParlamentjFe- 
 bruary  18.  1625. 
 
 Du  Ttllet. 
 
 A  Writing  givn  by  the  Englifh  Embaffadours  to  the  Deputies 
 of  the  Churches  to  make  the  Kj»g  of  Great  Britain  Gaarranty  of 
 the  Peace,  in  1626. 
 
 WE  Henry  Rich,  Baron  of 
 Kenfington,  Earl  of  Hol- 
 land, Captain  of  the  King  of  Great 
 Brittan>s  Guards,  Knight  of  the 
 Order  of  the  Garter,  and  one  of 
 his  Majeflies  Privy  Council :  And 
 Dudley  Charlton  Knight,  one  of 
 his  Majeflies  Privy  Council,  and 
 Vice  Chamberlain  of  the  Houfhold, 
 ToaH,e>r.  Whereas  the  Sieursde- 
 Mommartin^  and  de  Maniald,  Ge- 
 neral Deputies  of  the  Reformed 
 Churches  of  France^  and  other 
 Particular  Deputies  from  the 
 Dukes  of '  Soubife  and  Rohan,  as  al- 
 io others  from  feveral  Cities  and 
 Provinces,  which  joyn'd  in  Arms 
 with  the  faid  Lords,  have  made 
 a  Peace  with  the  moft  Chriflian 
 King,  by  our  Advice  and  Inter- 
 ceflions,  agreed  and  confented  to 
 
 by  the  King  their  Soveraign,  and 
 for  that  the  faid  Deputies  have 
 releasM  many  things  which  they 
 thought  of  great  Moment  for  their 
 fecurity,  and  altogether  Confor- 
 mable to  their  Edifts  and  Briefs, 
 which  they  were  exprtfly  charg'd 
 to  get  by  the  Treaty  of  Peace, 
 and  upon  which  they  would  have 
 infilled  more  earneftly,  but  in  de- 
 ference and  refpect  to  the  exprefs 
 Requefls  and  defires  of  the  moft 
 Serene  King  of  Great  Britain,  our 
 Matter,  in  whofe  name  we  advis'd 
 and  exhorted  'em  tocondefcend  to 
 the  Conditions  ofFer'd  by  the  a- 
 bov-nam'd  Peace,  for  the  good  of 
 this  Kingdom,  and  the  Satisfaction 
 and  fuccour  of  all  Chrtfiendom  ^  For 
 thefe  Caufes,  we  declare  and  cer- 
 tifie,  That  in  the  words  which 
 were 
 
Book  XL   A  Collection  of  Edith,  &c\  543 
 
 were  agreed  upon  between  us,  in 
 order  to  the  accomplifhment  of 
 the  faid  Treaty,  and  which  were 
 utter'd  in  the  prefence  of  his  moft 
 Chriftian  Majelty,  by  the  Chan- 
 ccllour,upon  the  Acceptance  of  the 
 Peace,to  this  purpofe,  that  by  long 
 fervices  and  continued  Obedience 
 they  might  expect  from  the  Kings 
 Goodnefs,  what  they  could  ne- 
 ver obtain  by  any  other  Treaty, 
 in  things  which  they  efteem'd 
 moft  neceffary,  as  to  which  in 
 time  convenient  their  Supplicati- 
 ons might  be  heard,  fuppofwg  'em 
 to  be  prefented  with  refpeel  and 
 humility,  there  was  a  clearer  In- 
 terpretation on  his  Majefties  and 
 his  Minifters  Part,  of  which  the 
 fence  and  meaning  was,  That  they 
 were  meant  Of  Fort  Lewis  before 
 Rocbclj  and  to  give  aflurance  of 
 the  Demolilhing  of  that  Place  in 
 time  convenienr,  and  in  the  mean 
 time  of  eafe  and  relief  in  other 
 things,  which  by  the  faid  Treaty 
 of  Peace  continue  prejndicial  to 
 the  faid  Gity  of  Rachel:  Without 
 which  aflurance,  of  the  demolilh- 
 ing the  Fort  and  withdrawing  the 
 Garrifon,  the  faid  Deputies  pro- 
 
 tefted  to  us,  that  they  would  ne- 
 ver have  confented  to  the  letting 
 that  Fort  Hand  ,  being  enjoyn'd 
 and  refolv'd  to  have  maintain'd 
 their  Right  to  demoliih  it,  as  they 
 do  by  the  prefent  Declaration  -7 
 with  affurance  that  the  King  of 
 Great  Britain,  will  labour  by  his 
 Interceffions  in  Conjunction  with 
 their  humble  Supplication, to  fhort- 
 en  the  time  appointed  for  demo- 
 lifting  the  faid  Fort ;  for  which 
 we  have  given  'em  all  the  Royal 
 words  and  Promifes  they  can  de- 
 fire,  having  sffur'd  'em  that  they 
 ought  and  might  reft  fatisfi'd  and 
 contented.  For  the  Faithful  per- 
 formance of  which,  and  of  what 
 is  abovmention1d,  we  have  Sign'd 
 and  Seal'd  thefe  Prefents,  and 
 caus'd  it  to  be  under- fign'd  by 
 one  of  our  Secretaries.  Given  at 
 Paris  the  nth.  day  of  February^ 
 1626. 
 
 Sign'd  Holland. 
 D.  Car  It  en. 
 
 And  belowy. 
 
 Auc-ir. 
 
 An  Edict  of  the  Kjn*  upon  the  Peace  which  his  Majejly  pleased  to 
 give  his- Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion.  Given  at 
 Paris,  March  1626.  and  Pttblijtfd  in  Parlamtnt  April  16. 
 
 LEWIS  by  the  Grace  of  God  Arms,  and  for  that  to  know  hew 
 
 King  of  France  and  Navar,  to  vanq.uilh  and  pardon,  are  the 
 
 ToaH,e^c.  In  regard  that  Sove-  higheft  Marks  of  Grandeur,  for  the 
 
 raign  Authority  is  no  lefs  Illuftri-  fame  reafon  we  ought  to-  efteem 
 
 ous  in  Acts  «f  Grace  and  Clemen-  that  Prince  moft  worthy  of  Honour; 
 
 cy,  then  in  of  thofe  Juftice.  and  and  Glory,  who  having  letn  lcofe 
 
^4  A  ColkBion  of  Edi&s,  &c.    Vol.  H. 
 
 the  fury  of  his  Arms  againft  thole  greateft  part  of  the  Religion  in 
 that  drew  his  Provocations  upon  that  Fidelity  and  Obedience  which 
 'em,  and  fubdiul  'em  to  their  du-  they  owe  us.    Who  have  no  lefs 
 ty,  is  contested  to  exeictte  his  cleatly  feen  and  underftood,  that 
 Clemency  toward  'em,  and  to  let  our  Intentions  have  always  been 
 'em  reap  the  publick  Fruits  of  it,  by  as  ft  ill  they  are,  to  maintain  'cin 
 reftoring  'em  to  Peace;  whence  in  Peace,  Concord  and  Tranquili- 
 it  comes  to  pais  that  God  is  call'd  ty,  and  to  caufe  'em  inviolably 
 upon  and  ferv'd  in  all  Places,  that  to  enjoy  the  Favours  beftow'd  up- 
 the  Royal  Authority  is  reverene'd  on  'em  by  our  Edicts  and  De- 
 and  acknowledge  by  all,  that  the  clarations.    All  which  they  who 
 Laws  are  religioufty  obferv'd,  the  have  taken  Arms,  and  the  Cities 
 People  eas'd  from  their  Opprefli-  which  fided  with 'em,  having  late- 
 ons,  and  that  the  Body  of  the  ly  well  confider'd,  and  having 
 State  uniting  Forces  together  be-  underftood  the  Nature  of  their 
 comes  more  puiffant  for  their  own  Crime,  the  Publick  Indignation, 
 Prefcrvation,  and  for  the  Succour  the  Ruin  and  juft  Punifhment  which 
 and  Proteftion  of  their  Confede-  they  drew  upon  themfelves,  by 
 rates  •,  Thefe  confiderations  which  continuing  to  Trouble  the  rcpofe 
 we  havealway shad  before  our  Eyes,  of  the  Kingdom,  they  had  re- 
 have  been  the  reafon   that  we  courfe  to  our  Goodnefs,  as  their 
 have  us'd  fo  much  Moderation,  to  only  fafety  and  Refuge;  and  by 
 lay  afleep  and  extinguifh  the  Com-  their  Deputies  have  feve'ral  times 
 motions  that  have  fo  many  times,  befought  us  with  all  the  fubmif- 
 like  fo  many  Convulfions  fhak'n  fion  that  Subjects  could  pay  to 
 this  Kingdom,  making  ufe  of  Fa-  their  Soveragn,  to  pardon  'em 
 vour  toward  thofe  who  had  over  to  bury  things  paft  in  Oblivion' 
 inconfideratelyengag'd  themfelves,  and  to  afford  'em  Peace.  Upon 
 as  we  have  exerted  our  Vigour,  which,  We  enclining  rather  to 
 refolution  and  diligence,  in  fup-  Mildnefs    and  Clemency,  then 
 preffing  and  chaftizing,  when  we  to    the    Ruin   and  Defolation 
 have  been  thereto  conltrain'd.    As  of  our  own  Subjects  \  having  al- 
 to the  prefent  Affairs,  our  Conduct  fo  a  regard  to  their  moft  humble 
 has  been  fuch,  as  having  employ'd  Supplications,  in  the  Name  of 
 both  Threats  and  Punifhment,  in  thofe  of  the  Pretended  Reformed 
 Places  that  openly  flood  out  in  Religion,  who  have  remain'd  with- 
 their  Difobedience  ;  and  Mildnefs,  in  the  Bounds  of  their  Duty 
 Pat  ience  and  Remonftrances,  to-  fince  we  had  accepted  the  fub- 
 ward  others  that  continu'd  in  their  miflions  of  the  reft,  to  pardon 
 Duty  ;  fo  that  we  have  reftrain  d  them  for  their  fakes,  and  to  reu- 
 the  burfting  forth  of  that  Trouble  nite 'em  all  in  Peace  and  Concord 
 with  which  this  Kingdom  was  under  that  Obedience  which  they 
 menae'd  by  reafon  of      Civil  owe  us,  protefting  and  afTuring 
 War,  and  prefeiv'd  the  beft  and  us,  that  they  will  never  fwerve 
 
 again 
 
Book  XI.    A  Collection  of  EdiBs,  &c. 
 
 again  from  the  fame  opon  any  Fruits  and  Revenues  of  their  Be- 
 prctence,  occaGon  or  caufe  what-  nefxes,  and  all  other  Rights  and 
 ever,  Wc  make  known  that  for  Duties  that  belong  to  'em  and 
 thefe  Caufes,  and  for  other  great  that  all  thole  who  during  the  faid 
 and  weighty  Confiderations  Us  laft  Commotions,  had  made  thetn- 
 thereunto  moving,  with  the  Ad-  ielves  Matters  of  the  Goods  and 
 vice  of  the  Queen  our  thrice  Ho-  Revenues  of  the  Churches  belong- 
 nonr'd  Lady  and  Mother,  the  ing  to  the  faid  Eccleliafticks,  mall 
 Princes,  &c.  We  have  faid  and  deliver  up  to  'em  full  PoIMion, 
 declared,  and  do  fay  and  declare  free  and  peaceable  enjoyment  of 
 by  thefe  Prefents,  Sign'd  with  our  the  fame,  according  to  the  III. 
 Hand,  and  it  is  our  Will  and  Article  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes, 
 Pleafure :  and  reftore  'em  fuch  Goods  as  (hall 
 
 b  That  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  be  found  in  fpecie. 
 the  Declarations,  and  fecret  Arti-      III.  Thit  the  Exercife  of  the 
 cles,  Publifh'd  and  Regifler'd  in  Pretended  Reformed  Religion  fhail 
 our  Courts  of  Parlaraent,  fhall  be  be  re-eftablifh'd  in  Places  where  it 
 inviolably  kept  and  obfeiv'd,  to  was  fettl'd,  according  to  our  E- 
 be  enjoy 'd  by  our  Subjects  of  the  diets  and  Declarations  in  the  Year 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  as   1620.    And  our  Subjects  of  the 
 they  were  well  and  duly  obferv'd  Pretended  Reformed  Religion  (hall 
 in  the  Time  of  the  Deceafed  King  be  reftor'd  to  the  faid  Places,  as 
 our  thrice  Honour'd  Lord  and  Fa-  slfo  to  their  Church-yards  in  Pla- 
 nner, whom  God  Abfolve,  and  ces  which  have  been  allow'd  'em, 
 fince  our  coming  to  the  Crown,  or  others,  fuch  as  the  Commiffi- 
 before  thefe  laft  Commotions.        oners  who  fhall  be  by  us  deputed, 
 II.  That  the  Catholick,  Apo-  or  Officers  of  the  Cities  fhall  judge 
 ftolick  and  Roman  Religion,  fhall  mofl  convenient.    And  where  it 
 be  reftor'd  and  re-eftablifh'd  in  all   fhall  happen,  that  for  any  Reafon 
 Parts  and  Places  of  our  Kingdom,  of  great  Importance,  the  Church- 
 and  Countries  under  ourObedience,  yards  cannot  be  reftor'd  in  fuch 
 where  it  has  been  interrupted  du-   Places,  which  they  poffefs'd  in  the 
 ring  thefe  laft  Commotions,  to  be  Year,  1620,  others  as  conveni- 
 fully,  peaceably  and  freely  exer-   ent  fhall  be  allow'd  'em  at  the 
 cis'd.    And  we  exprefly  forbid  all  expences  of  thofe  who  fhall  require 
 Perfons  of  whatever  Quality  or  the  change. 
 Condition  foever,  upon  Pain  of      IV.  And  to  give  a  Publick  Te- 
 betrjg  punifh'd  as  Difturbersof  the  ftimony  of  the  value  which  we 
 Publick  Peace,  not  to  trouble,  have  for  our  Subjects  of  the  Pre- 
 moleft  or  difquiet  the  Ecclelia-   tended  Reformed  Religion,  who 
 flicks  in  the  Celebration  of  Divine   abide  in  that  Fidelity  and  Obedi- 
 Scrvice,  and  other  Functions  of  ence,  which  they  owe  Us  j  and 
 the  Catholick  Religion  ,  enjoy-   for  the  remarkable  Proofs,  which 
 ment  and  Collecting  the  Tenths,  fome  among  'em  have  giv'n  us  of 
 
 Tttt  both 
 
A  Collection  of 
 
 both,  in  thofe  employments  which 
 ihey  have  had  in  our  Armies,  as 
 well  within  as  without  our  King- 
 dom, We  have  at  their  molt  hum- 
 ble Suit,  having  alfo  a  regard  to 
 the  Submifhons  of  others  who  have 
 fwerv'd  from  their  Duty,  and  of 
 our  fpecbl  Grace,  full  Power  and 
 Royal  Authority,  acquitted,  for- 
 given and  Pardon'd,  and  do  by 
 thefe  Prefents  acquit,  pardon  and 
 forgive  all  raifing  of  Arms,  enter- 
 prizes  and  acts  of  Hoflility,  com- 
 mitted by  our  faid  Subjects  of  the 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion,  of 
 what  Condition  or  Quality  foever 
 they  be,  as  by  the  Cities  that  have 
 fided  with  'era,  and  the  Inhabi- 
 tants of  the  fame,  both  by  Sea  and 
 Land,  fince  the  fir  ft  of  January, 
 1625.  and  the  Commotions  prece- 
 ding, till  the  day  of  the  Publicati- 
 on of  thefe  Prefents,  comprehen- 
 ding and  including  whatever  might 
 h:  vehappen'd  in  the  interval,  be- 
 tween the  Signing  of  the  Declara- 
 tion aiOblohr  20.  1622.  and  the 
 Publication  of  this  in  our  Courts 
 of  Parlament,  from  which  they 
 lhall  be  fully  and  perfectly  dif- 
 charg'd  ;  as  alfo  from  all  General 
 and  Provincial  Affemblies,  Circles, 
 Infurrections,  Popular  Commoti- 
 ons, Exceffes,  Violences,  Breach- 
 es of  Letters  of  Protection,  and 
 all  other  things  in  general  what- 
 ever,comprehcnded  in  the  LXXVI. 
 and  LXXVII.  Articles  of  the  faid 
 Edict  of  Nantes,  altho''  they  are 
 not  here  particularly  exprefs'd  and 
 dec'ar'd  j  without  any  Inquifiti- 
 ons,  Profecutions  or  Moleftations 
 hereafter  for  the  Future  to  be 
 made  or  offer 'd,  except  in  refcrv'd 
 
 Edicts,  &c.      Vol.  II. 
 
 Cafes,  fuch  as  are  fpecifi'd  and 
 declar'd  in  the  LXXXV1.  and 
 LXXXVIl.  Articles  of  the  faid 
 Edict  of  Names,  after  which  In- 
 quifition  may  be  made  before  the 
 Judges,  who  have  Cognizance  of 
 thofe  caufes. 
 
 V.  As  for  the  Money  that  fhall 
 be  impos'd,  levi'd  and  taken  upon 
 our  Subjects,  or  our  Receipts, 
 Managements  or  Adminiftration  of 
 the  fame,  and  difcharges  of  the 
 Perfons  accountable ,  together 
 with  what  concerns  the  Commo- 
 nalties on  both  fides,  as  to  Debts 
 by  them  crested  and  not  paid,  the 
 LXXIV.  LXXV.  LXXVIU.  and 
 LXXIX.  Articles  of  the  Edict  of 
 Nantes ,  fhall  be  obferv'd  and 
 kept. 
 
 VI.  To  this  purpofe,  all  the 
 Seats  of  Juftice,  Audits  of  Re- 
 ceipts and  Offices  of  the  Finances, 
 that  may  have  been  remov'd  by 
 Reafon  of  the  Prefent  Commoti- 
 ons, fince  January  of  the  laft  Year, 
 and  more  efpecially  the  Office  of 
 the  Court  of  Election  at  Rochel, 
 mail  be  reftor'd  in  the  fame  Condi- 
 tion as  they  were  ;  in  like  manner 
 the  Cities  which  remain  in  the 
 Hands  of  our  Subjects  of  the  Pre- 
 tended Reformed  Religion,  fhall 
 enjoy  the  fame  Priviledges,  Fran- 
 chifes,  Immunities,  Fairs  and  Mar- 
 kets which  they  formerly  did. 
 The  Election  of  Confuls,  fhall  be 
 after  the  accuftom'd  Form  ;  and 
 in  Cafe  of  Appeal,  the  caufe  fhall 
 be  remov'd  to  our  Chambers  of  che 
 Edict. 
 
 VII.  It  is  likewife  our  Pleafure, 
 that  our  faid  Subjects  of  the  Pre- 
 tended Reformed  Religion,  fhall 
 
 be 
 
Book  XI.     A  Collect 
 
 >e  abfolutely  difcharg'd  from  all 
 Judgments,  Sentences,  and  De- 
 crees given  againft  1em,  upon  oc- 
 calion  of  the  Prefent' Commotions, 
 according  to  the  LVIII.  LIX.  and 
 LX.  Articles  of  the  faid  Edict, 
 impoling  as  to  the  whole,  perpe- 
 tual Silence  upon  our  Advocates 
 General,  and  all  others  concern'd 
 to  take  care  of  fuch  Profecuti- 
 ons. 
 
 VIII.  We  ordain  that  all  Pri- 
 foners  of  War,  detain'd  on  both 
 fides,  that  have  not  paid  their 
 Ranfoms,  fhall  be  releas'd  and  fet 
 at  Liberty  without  paying  any 
 thing ;  declaring  all  Prcmifes 
 madeor  causd  upon  Ranfoms,  not 
 difoharg'd  before  the  Date  of  thefe 
 Prefents,  null  and  void  ;  yet  fo  as 
 that  the  Ranfoms  already  paid, 
 fliall  not  be  repaid  again,  tho'  de- 
 manded. Alfo  all  our  faid  Sub- 
 jects of  the  Reformed  Religion, 
 feizM  by  warrant  of  Juftice,  de- 
 tain'd in  our  Prifons,  or  in  our 
 Galleys,  by  Reafon  of  the  laft  or 
 preceding  Commotions  ,  even 
 thofe  that  were  taken  at  the  enter- 
 prize  of  Port  Lewis,  fhall  be  en- 
 larg'd  and  fet  at  Liberty,  imme- 
 diately after  the  Publication  of 
 tlaefe  Prefents,  without  any  let  or 
 delay. 
 
 IX.  In  /ike  manner  it  is  our 
 meaning,  that  the  XXVII.  Arti- 
 cle of  the  faid  Edict  of  Nantes, 
 concerning  the  Admiffiort  and  Re- 
 ceiving of  our  faid  Subjects  of  the 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion  into 
 Offices  and  Employments,  fhall 
 be  obferv'd  and  kept ;  and  that 
 all  thofe  of  the  faid  Religion  of 
 what  Quality  or  Condition  foever 
 
 ion  of  Edi&s,  &c.  547 
 
 they  be,  who  by  Reafon  of  the 
 prefent  Commotions  may  have 
 been  depriv'd  of  their  Offices, 
 Employments,  Dignities,  Houfes, 
 and  Habitations,  fince  the  firftday 
 of  January  1625.  fhall  be  reftor'd 
 and  refettl'd  therein  :  As  alfo  to 
 their  Goods,  Titles,  Accompts, 
 and  Actions,  feiz'd  as  well  during 
 the  Preceding  as  the  late  Trou- 
 bles, notwithftanding  any  Patents 
 for  Offices,  Grants,  Confifcations, 
 Reprifals,  Payments  and  Acquit- 
 tances. Permitting  the  Creditors  . 
 to  take  out  Execution  for  their 
 Principal  Stock,  notwithftanding 
 all  Sentences  and  Decrees,  unlefs 
 upon  a  definitive  Decree  in  our 
 Council,  or  in  our  Chambers  of 
 the  Edict,  or  that  the  Particular 
 Perfons  have  been  other  where  re- 
 imburse. 
 
 X.  Our  Pleafure  is,  that  thefe 
 our  Prefent  Letters  Declaratory, 
 be  obferv'd  and  kept  by  all  our 
 Subjects,  according  to  the  Form 
 preicrib'd  by  the  LXXXII.  Arti- 
 cle of  the  Edict  of  Names  ;  and 
 Commifiioners  fhall  be  fent  into  all 
 parts  where  occafion  fhall  require, 
 to  fee  that  the  Contents  thereof 
 be  executed. 
 
 XI.  In  regard,  that  our  faid 
 Subjects  profeffing  the  faid  Pre- 
 tended Reformed  Religion,  may 
 not  for  the  Future  hold  any  Gene- 
 ral or  particular  Aflemblies,  Cir- 
 cles, Councils,  Abridgments,  or 
 any  other  of  what  Narr:e  or  Qua- 
 lity foever,  without  exprefs  Per- 
 miffion  by  Letters,  or  a  Brief  par- 
 ticularly Sign'd  by  Us,  and  fub- 
 fcrib'd  by  one  of  our  Secretaries 
 of  State,  yet  the  Affemblies  of 
 
 T  1 1 1  2  Con- 
 
A  Collection  ofEdifts,  &c.       Vol.  IL 
 
 Confiftovies,  Colloquies  and  Sy-  that  the  Cities  and  Caftles  which 
 nods  arc  permitted  'em  for  Affairs  (hall  have  been  taken  by  thofe  of 
 that  Purely  concern  the  Regulati-  the  faid  Pretended  Reformed  Re- 
 ons  of  the  Difcipline  of  the  faid  ligion,  fince  the  prefent  Troubles, 
 Pretended  Reformed  Religion ,  mail  he  farrender'd  up  into  our 
 conformable  to  our  Letters  De-  Hands  within  fifteen  days  after 
 claratory  of  April  17.  1623.  fet  the  Publication  of  thefe  Prefents : 
 forth  upon  the  Holding  of  Synods  Declaring  all  fuch  of  our  faid  Sub- 
 and  Colloquies,  with  exprefs  Pro-  jetts  of  the  Pretended  Reformed 
 hibitions  to  treat  of  Politick  Af-  Religion  ,  who  (hall  fcruple  to 
 fairs.  Nor  (hall  they  for  the  Fu-  fubmit  themfelves  to  this  our  Will 
 mre  raife  any  Fortifications  of  and  Pleafure ,  depriv'd,  by  juft 
 what  fort  foever  they  be,  to  en-  Forfeiture,  of  the  Benefit  of  this 
 clofe  our  Cities,  without  our  ex-  our  prefent  Favour, 
 prefs  PermhTion  by  our  Letters  So  we  command,  &c.  And  fo 
 Patents.  Nor  fiiall  they  raife  any  the  end  that  this  may  be  for  ever 
 Money  upon  our  Subjects,  upon  firm  and  ftable,  we  have  affix'd, 
 any  octafiojn  whatever,  without  a  &e.  Giv'n  at  Paris  in  March, 
 Commiflion  under  our  Great  Seal.  1626.  and  Vf/j/L  of  our  Reigp„ 
 All  this,  under  the  Penalty  of  High 
 
 Tieafon,  and  forfeiture  of  our  SignM  Lewis. 
 
 Prefent  Favours.  *..  . 
 
 X1L  It  is  our  farther  meaning      And  below, 
 alfo,  that  the  Articles  by  Us  de-  De  Lomtnie, 
 
 creed,  which  concern  the  City  of 
 
 Rochel,  the  Iflands  and  Country  of  Rcgifter'd,  April  13.  1626". 
 Adriix,  be  obferv'd  and  put  in 
 
 Execution  without  delay  ;  and  Du  Tillet. 
 
 -  L.  ,  i. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  KJng  againfl  the  Sieur  De  Soubife, 
 and  other  Adherents  to  the  Party  of  the  Englifh.  Con- 
 firming the  Edicls  of  Pacification,  in  favour  of  thofe  who 
 fhould  continue  in  their  Duty  and  Allegiance.  Given  at 
 Villeroy,  Auguft  5.  1627.  and  Publift. i  d  in  Parlament  the 
 twelfth  of  the  fame  Month. 
 
 LEwis,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  made  it  manifeft,  with  how  much 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr.  Care  we  have  labour'd  to  pre- 
 To  all,  &c.  Since  it  has  pleas'd  ferve  the  Publick  Peace  and  Tran- 
 God  to  call  us  to  the  Government  quility,  either  in  obferving  and 
 of  this  State,  our  Conduct  has  preferving  a  found  Amity,  good 
 
 under- 
 
Book  XL      A  Collection  of  Edifo,  &c.  549 
 
 underftanding  and  correfpondence  Great  Britain,  the  Englty  (hould 
 between  this  Kingdom  and  For-  come  to  invade  us,  and  Land  in 
 reign  Princes,  either  by  employ-  the  Ifle  of  Re  with  a  numerous 
 ing ,  as  we  have  done  fevcral  Fleet  and  Army  without  any  canie, 
 times  in  divers  parts,  and  upon  any  Ground,  any  Pretence  or  De- 
 various  occafions,  our  Royal  Me-  daration.    And  in  regard  we  fee, 
 diation  to  lay  afleep  and  extin-  that  in  order  to  fecond  their  un- 
 guifh  the  Contentions  and  Diffe-  juft  Defigns,  they  have  already 
 rences  arifen  between  the  faid  treated  with  fome  of  our  Subjects, 
 Princes  ;  or  by  giving  Affiftance  have  fent  the  Sieur  De  Sonbife  in- 
 and  Protection  to  our  Ancient  to  our  City  of  Roche  I ,  to  perfwade 
 Confederates,  when  we  thought  the  Inhabitants  to  join  with  their 
 it  neceflary  to  re-eftablilh  or  main-  Party,  and  that  they  continue  the 
 tain  'em  in  thofe  Rights  and  Pro-  fame  Artifices  and  Practices  with 
 pertiesthat  appertain'd  to 'em,  in  others  of  our  Subjects  of  the  Pre-' 
 orc^    »y  that  means  to  flop  the  tended  Reformed  Religion,  to 
 ill  Contequcnces  of  thofe  Troubles  draw  and  engage  \m  under  feve- 
 which  the  Innovations happ'ning  in  ral  Pretences  and  vain  Hopes  to 
 their  Dominions  might  produce,  unite  their  Arms  widi  theirs  (tho" 
 Wherein  if  our  Intentions  were  we  are  willing  to  believe,  that 
 lookt  upon  as  good  and  fincere,  our  laid  Subjects  will  have  fo  much 
 we  alfo  judge,  thofe  which  we  Conftancy  and  Judgment,  as  not 
 have  had,  being  grounded  upon  to  fuffer  themfelves  to  be  deceiv'd 
 the   fame  Considerations  of  the  by  fuch  fo:t  of  Artifices  \  and  for 
 Publick  Tranquility,  and  of  the  that  confiderir.g  that  they  peace- 
 Eftablifhment  of  the  Repofe  of  fully  enjoy  the  full  Liberty  of  the 
 our  Kingdom,  in  contracting  fc-  Exercife  of  their  Religion,  the  Se- 
 veral Great  Alliances  by  the  Mar-  nefit  of  our  Edicts,  and  whatever 
 riage  of  our  deareft  Sifters.are  wor-  elfe  has  been  pi  omis'd  by  Us,  they 
 thy  of  a  higher  applaufe.    Bat  we  will  conclude  that  this  enterprife 
 cannot   but  obferve  ,  w  ithout  a  of  the  Engltfr,  has  no  aim  or  end:, 
 mod  juft  Refentment,  that  the  that  really  tends  to  the  good  of 
 laft  which  we  have  made  with  Eng-  their  Religion,  but  that  it  is  a  vo- 
 Und,   has  not  hitherto  had  thaE  lnntary  Invafion  of  our  Domini- 
 good  fuccefs,  which  we  expected  ons,   in  Enmity  to  our  Crown, 
 from  it :  But  that  inftead  of  knit-  and  the  Honour  of  the  Nation  ; 
 ting  fafter,  as  we  promis'd  to  our  in  the  Defence  of  which,  all  true 
 felves,  the  knot  of  that  ancient  French  Men,  as  well  Catholieks 
 Amity,  which  has  long  continu'd  as  thofe  of  the  Pretended  Refor- 
 between  the  two  Crowns,  it  fhould   med  Religion,  arc  equally  oblig'd 
 fo  fall  out ,  that  the  notorious   to  venture  their  Lives  and  For- 
 Breaches  on  the  Part  of  England,   tunes ;  )   Neverthelefs,  that  our 
 of  the  Articles  of  Marriage  of  our   faid  Subjects  may  be  rightly  in- 
 Dearelt  Siller  with  the  King  of  form'dofour  Intentions  upon  trie 
 
 prefen: 
 
A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.      Vol.  II. 
 
 prefent  Occurrences,  and  that  ledges,   Franchifes ,  Immunities 
 they  may  not  be  circumvented  by   and  Rights,  which  may  hr.ve  been 
 the  Artifices  thac  are  made  uie  of  granted  to  'em,  either   by  the 
 to  with  draw  'em  from  their  na-   Kings  our  Predeceflbrs,  or  by  our 
 tural  Duty,  We  declare  that  for  Selves,  paft  all  Hopes  of  being  e- 
 thefe  Caufes,  and  other  weighty  ver  regain'd.    It  being  our  Will 
 Confiderations  Us  thereunto  mov-  and  Pleafure,   that  they  he  pio- 
 ing,  We  have  with  the  Advice  of  ceeded  againft,  with  the  utmoft 
 the  Queen,  our  thrice  Honour'd  Severity  of  the  Law,  by  Jmpri- 
 Lady  and  Mother,  our  moll  Dear  fonmenc  of  their  Perfon,  Seizure 
 and  tnoft  Beloved  only  Brother  of  their  Eftates,  Demolifhing  their 
 the  Duke  of  Orleattce,  the  Prin-  Houfes ,    Cutting    down  their 
 ces,  &c.  faid  and  declar'd,  and  do  Woods,  and  that  they  (hall  lofe 
 fay  and  declare,  by  thefe  Prefents,  the  Benefit  of  our  Edicts,  and  of 
 the  Sieur  de  Soubife,  and  thofe  of  all  Appeals  to  our  Chambers,  crea- 
 our  Subjects,  of  what  Quality  or  ted  by  the  fame;  Unlefs  within 
 Condition  foever  they  be,  who  eight  days  after  the  Publication 
 fhall  adhere  to  or  join  with  the  of  this  Declaration  upon  the  Coafts 
 Enghfa  or  fhall  favour  or  affift  'em   of  Poiton,   Saimonge  and  Aunix, 
 directly  or  indirectly,  or  that  fhall  they  do  quit  their  Rebellion, 
 keep   Intelligence  ,  Aflbciation  ,  and  make  their  Appearance  before 
 and  Correfpondence  with  'em  in  our  Officers  of  the  Cities  of  Sain- 
 any  fort  or  manner  whatever,  or  tes  Niort,  Fontemy,  Bronage,  and 
 fhall  otherwife  depart  from  that  others  more  remote,  with  the  ufu- 
 Obedience  which  they  owe  us,  al  Subraiffions,  and  that  the  Cities 
 Rebels,  Traitors,  and  Perfidious  make  their  Declarations  fuch  as 
 to  their  King,  Defertors  of  their  are  reqnir'd  in  the  like  Cafes  at 
 Countrey,  Guilty  of  High  Trea-  the  fame  time.    And  whereas  we 
 fon  in  the  higheft  Degtee:  And  have  found,  during  the  late  Trou- 
 as  fuch  we  declare  their  Goods,  bles,  that  forae  of  our  Subjects  of 
 as  well  Moveable  as  Immoveable,  the  faid  Pretended  Reformed  Re- 
 their  Offices  and  Employments,  ligion,  fiding  with  the  Rebels,  were 
 Forfeited  and  Confifcated  to  our  wont  to  fend  their  Children,  or 
 felf  i  and  all  the  Inhabitants  of  elfe  permit  'em  to  go  and  bear 
 our  Cities,  who  fhall  adhere  to  Arms  together  with  'em,  they 
 the  Enterprizes,  Rebellion  and  themfelves  flaying  at  home  to  a- 
 Difobedience  of  the  above  named,  void  the  Rigour  of  our  Profecuti- 
 or  who  fhall  afford  'em  Entrance,  ons  \  'Tis  our  Pleafure,  that  for 
 PafTage,  Retreat  or  Quartering,  the  Remedy  of  fuch  abufes,  that 
 or  fhall  aid  'em  with  Arms,  Vi-  the  Fathers  or  Matters  of  Houfes 
 duals,  Ammunition,  or  any  other  and  Families,  fhall  be  held  and  re- 
 necefTaries,  guilty  of  the  fame  puted  to  adhere  to  the  Enemies 
 Crimes,  and  under  the  Forfeiture  Party,  and  that  they  fhall  fnffer 
 of  all  Decrees,  Honours,  Privi-  Corporal  Punifhment ,  together 
 
 with 
 
Book  XL     A  Collect 
 
 with  all  the  Penalties  mention'd 
 in  thefe  ptefents,  if  their  Chil- 
 dren or  other  Relations,  ufually 
 abiding  in  their  Houfes,  and  ha- 
 ving no  other  habitation  then  that 
 of  their  Fathers,  or  Kindred,  fhall 
 be  found  fiding  with  the  Ene- 
 my, in  actual  Arms.  Unlefs  the 
 faid  Parents  or  Mafters  of  Hou- 
 fes  or  Families,  actually  ferve  us 
 in  our  Armies  or  other  where, 
 and  make  it  fo  much  their  en- 
 deavour to  regain  their  Children 
 or  Kiudred  out  of  the  Enemies 
 fervice,  as  to  convince  us  that 
 'twas  no  Fault  of  theirs.  And 
 as  for  all  our  other  Subjects  of 
 the  Pretended  Reformed  Religi- 
 on, that  mail  continue  in  their  O- 
 bedience  and  Fidelity  to  us,  with- 
 out adhering  to  the  Enemies  De- 
 figns,  and  other  Practices,  Factions 
 and  Confpiracies  againft  us,  our 
 Authority,  Service  and  Repofe  of 
 this  Kingdom,  our  Pleafure  is, 
 that  they  fhall  freely  enjoy  the 
 Liberty  of  their  Excrtife,  and  all 
 
 ion  of  Edicts,  &c. 
 
 Favours  and  ConccfTions  to  them 
 granted  by  the  Deceafed  King  and 
 our  felves;  which  it  is  our  full 
 meaning  and  Intent  to  preferve 
 inviolably;  putting  all  our  laid  Sub- 
 jects of  our  faid  Pretended  Refor- 
 med Religion,  their  Families  and 
 Eltates,  fo  long  as  they  remain 
 within  the  Bounds  of  their  Duty, 
 under  our  fpecial  fafeguard  and 
 Protection.  So  we  command,  &c, 
 In  Teftimony  whereof,  &c.  Gi- 
 ven at  Vilkroy,  Jaguft  5.  162/. 
 and  i8tb.  of  our  Reign. 
 
 Sign'd  Lewis  ^ 
 
 And  below,  By  the  King. 
 
 De  Lomenie, 
 
 Read,  PubliftYd  and  Regifter'd, 
 &c.  At  Parts,  in  Parlament^ 
 Aiigufi  12.  1527. 
 
 Dm  Tillet. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kjng  after  the  taking  of  Rochelle,  to  his 
 Subjctls  of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion*  Given  at  Pa- 
 ris, December  15.  1628.  and  verify* d  m  Parlament  Janu- 
 ary 1  5.  1629. 
 
 LEWIS)  by  the  Grace  of  God,  ling  'em  all  that  could  be  ex- 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr,  pected  from  our  Favour,  in  cafe 
 To  all  &c.  We  have  by  feveral  that  within  the  time  prefcrib'd 
 Preceding  Declarations  exhorted  thsy  return'd  to  their  Duty,  and 
 our  Subjects  of  the  Pretended  Re-  fubferib'd  fuch  Declarations  as 
 formed  Religion,  to  forfake  and  were  requifite  before  our  Judges, 
 defift  from  the  Factions  and  Re-  Which  leveral  having  done,  have 
 bellions  wherein  they  were  en-  experiene'd  our  Good  Will,  livd 
 gagM  againft  our  fervice,  prorai-  peaceably  and  at  Liberty,  in  the 
 
 enjoy-. 
 
2  A  ColleBion  of 
 
 enjoyment  of  their  Eitates,  and 
 Excrcife  of  the  Pretended  Refor- 
 med Religion.    Several  Cities  al- 
 io and  Paticular  Men,  led  away 
 by  the  Artifices  of  Factious  and 
 feditious  Spirits,  have  ftill  con- 
 tinu'd  in  the  fame  Rebelion,  in- 
 to which  their  Engagement  with 
 the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of /co- 
 ck*/ had  participated  'em.  For 
 which  reafon,  now  that  it  has 
 pleas'd  God  to  reduce  that  Ci- 
 ty under  our  Obedience,  snd  to 
 take  from  'em  that  Pretence,  we 
 are  willing  to  hope  that  they 
 will  the  more  readily  return  to 
 their  Duty,  by  new  Exhortations, 
 and  freeing  'em  from  the  Fear  of 
 being  Liable  to  the  Penalties  men- 
 tion'd  in  our  Preceding  Decla- 
 rations.   And  being  defirous  to 
 let  'em  fee  our  Paternal  Affe- 
 ction toward  'em,   and  to  ex- 
 cite 'em  out  of  a  Confideration 
 of  their  own  good  and  Preferva- 
 tion,  more  or  lefs  to  their  Bene- 
 fit, as  they  (hall  continue  more 
 or  lefs  Obftinate  in  returning  to 
 their  Obedience ;  And  which  is 
 that  which  we  are  willing  fo  much 
 the  rather  to  hope,  that  now 
 that  by  the  Reduction  of  our  faid 
 City  of  Rochel  under  our  Obedi 
 ence,  they  have  manifeftly  under- 
 stood our  lingular  Goodnefs  to- 
 ward the    Inhabitants"  of  that 
 Place,  whom  we  receiv'd  upon 
 their  Surrendring  to  us  with  the 
 alTurance  of  their  Lives,  Eftates, 
 and  Exercife  of  the  Pretend;  (1 
 Reformed  Religion,  and  of  the 
 integrity  of  which  agreement  they 
 enjoy  fo  religious  a  performance, 
 Chat  all  their  Fears  are  turn'd  in- 
 
 Edifc,  &c   Vol.  II. 
 
 to  Confolation,  and  have  prov'd 
 a  fufficicnt  Convinccment  that  the 
 Apprehensions  which  the  Factious 
 Boutefeaux  of  Rebellion  infus'd  in- 
 to "em,  were  but  Artifices  with- 
 out any  Found2tion,  to  hinder 
 'em  from  feeking  in  our  Obedi- 
 ence that  true  Tranquillity  and 
 Liberty  which  they  now  enjoy  ^ 
 For  thefe  caufes  we  make  kuown, 
 that  upon  mature  debate  of  this 
 Bufinefs  in  Council,  of  our  full 
 knowledge,    full  Power,  fpecial 
 Grace,  and  Royal  Authority,  We 
 have  enjoyn'd,  and  by  thefe  Pre- 
 fents  doenjoyn  all  our  Subjects  of 
 the  Pretended  Reformed  Religi- 
 on, of  what  quality  01  Condition 
 foever  they  be,  who  flr.llnowbe 
 found  >  engag'd  in  the  Rebellion 
 and  bearing  Arms,  or  holding  out 
 Towns  and  Cities  agairitf  our  fer- 
 vice,and  contrary  to  that  Obedi- 
 ence  which  they  owe  us,  or  ad- 
 hering to  thofe  that  hold  'em  out 
 and  enjoy  'em,  that  they  forth- 
 with lay  down  their  Arms,  return 
 to  their  Duty,  and  Subfcribe  fuch 
 Declarations  as  are  ufually  requi- 
 lite,  before  our  Courts  of  Parla- 
 ment  or  Prefidial  Seats,  within 
 15  days  after  Publication  of  thefe 
 Prefents.    And  as  for  the  Cities, 
 that  they  fend  their  Deputies  to 
 us,  to  receive  our  Gracious  Will 
 and   Pieafure,   in  purfuance  of 
 their  SubraifHons.    Which  doing, 
 we  will  receive  'em  into  our  Fa- 
 vour, and  maintain  'em  in  the  En- 
 joment  of  all  their  Goods  and  E- 
 ftates,and  free  Exercife  of  the  faid 
 Reformed  Religion,  and  look  up- 
 on 'eta  as  good  Subjects,  worthy 
 to  partake  of  our  benefits  ard  Fa- 
 vours, 
 
Book  XL    A  CoMion  of  Edicts,  &c. 
 
 Vouis,  no  lefs  then  the  reft  who 
 have  continued  i;i  the  Fidelity 
 which  they  owe  us.  All  which 
 we  promife  upon  the  Faith  and 
 Word  of  a  King  to  keep,  obferve 
 and  fulfil  inviolably.  But  in 
 cafe  that  continuing  in  the  obfti- 
 nacy  of  their  Rebellion  they  fcorn 
 the  Favour  which  we  offer  to 'em, 
 and  do  not  fatisfie  the  Contents 
 of  thefe  Prefents  within  that  time, 
 We  have,  and  do  declare  'em 
 from  this  time  forward  co  have 
 incurr'd  the  Penalties  mcntion'd 
 in  our  Preceding  Declarations, 
 and  guilty  of  High  Treafon  in 
 the  Higheft:  degree,  and  unwor- 
 thy of  all  Grace  and  Mercy.  In 
 which  cafe,  after  the  time  prc- 
 fix'd  is  once  paft,  our  Pleafure  is 
 
 that  they  be  proceeded  againlt  in 
 their  Perfons,  G.o^ds ,  Houfes,  In- 
 heritances, and  whatever  elfe  be- 
 longs to  'em,  with  the  utmo/t 
 Rigour  of  the  Law.  So  we  com- 
 mand, 6"c.  In  Teftimony,  &c. 
 Given  at  Paris,  December  15. 
 1628.    and  19th.  of  our  Reign. 
 
 Sign'd  Lewis. 
 
 Below,  by  the  King. 
 
 De  Lomenie, 
 
 Read,  Publifh'd  and  Regifter'd, 
 At  Paris  in  Parlament  &c.  Janu- 
 ary 15.  1629. 
 
 Du  Tiller. 
 
 An  Edict  of  the  IQng  upon  the  Grace  and  Pardon  granted 
 as  well  to  the  Duke  of  Rohan  and  the  Skur  de  Soubizc, 
 as  to  his  Rebellious  Subjects  of  the  Cities,  Flat  Countries, 
 Caflles  and.  Strong  Holds,  of  the  Provinces  of  Upper  and 
 Lower  Languedoc,  Cevennes,  Gevaudan,  Guyenne,  Foix, 
 drc.  with  the  Articles.  Given  at  Nimes,  /#JuIy  \62<).  and 
 'verify 'dm  the  Parlament  of Tholoufe,  Augult  27.  1629. 
 
 LEWIS,  by  the  Grace  of  God, 
 King  of  France  and  Navarr, 
 To  all,  &c.  The  Love  which  we 
 bear  our  Subjects,  and  our  Com- 
 panion of  he  Miferies  which  they 
 have  fuftain'd,  by  reafon  of  the 
 Wars,and  Divifions  wherewith  this 
 Kingdom  has  been  fo  long  affli- 
 cted, has  touch'd  us  fo  deeply, 
 that  laying  afide  all  Confiderati- 
 ons  of  our  Health,  and  the  In- 
 conveniences of  the  weather,  we 
 have  made  ufe  of  all  means  to  re- 
 
 duce under  our  Obedience,  thofe 
 who  having  thrown  it  ofF,  had  been 
 the  Occafion  of  all  their  Calami- 
 ties. We.  were  in  hopes  that 
 the  Cities  which  furrendev'd  to  our 
 Obedience,  in  the  Years  1620. 
 21.  and  22.  would  have  mov'd 
 'em  to  the  fame  acknowledgment 
 of  our  Authority.  B.it  finding 
 that  either  Obltinacy  would  not 
 permit  'em,  or  that  the  Violence 
 and  Artifice  of  the  Faclion  re- 
 tain'd  'em,  we  invited  'em  by  our 
 U  u  u  u  Uecla- 
 
A  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.    Vol.  If. 
 
 Declarations  to  return  to  their  per  and  Lower  Vivarets,  but  al- 
 Duty,  by  all  the  moft  favourable  fo  feveral  other  Cities  and  For- 
 perfwafions  that  the  caufe  would   trefles  are  return'd  to  their  Duty, 
 bear.    We  aifo  raisM  Great  and   have  Sworn  to  us  the  Oath  of  Al- 
 Powerful  Armies  to  reduce  by   legiancc,  while  we  on  the  other 
 force,  thofe  whom  their  Obftina-   fide  have  pardon'd  their  Rebelli- 
 cy  in  Rebellion  render'd  deaf  and   on,  and  ordain'd  'em  our  Letters 
 blind  to  all  the  Reafons  and  Oc-  of  Oblivion,  only  caufing  their 
 cafions  of  their  Duty   :  where-   Walls  and  Fortifications  tobede- 
 in  it  has  pleas'd  God  fo  far  to  molifh'd.  Which  fet  ving  as  alfu- 
 blefs  our  Endeavours,  that  the  ranees  to  others,  brought  upon 
 City  of  RochcHe  has  had  the  firft  them  all  the  Miferies  they  have 
 Tryal  of  our  PuifTance,  as  is  men-  fuffer'd.    Several  Gentlemen  alfo 
 tion'd  in  the  Edict  which  we  fet  fmitten  with  the  Happinefs  which 
 forth  upon  the  Reducing  of  that  they  met  with  in  our  Clemency, 
 Place.    The  City  of  PrivasauVu   fought  arid  receivM  it,  and  quit- 
 vatets,  which  trufting  to  her  Si-   ted  their  Rebellion.    The  City 
 tuation,  rugged  and  incceffible  as  of  Alets,  extreamly  ftrong  by  Sci- 
 Ihe  thought,  in  her  Fortifications,  tuation,   by   Fortifications,  and 
 p.nd  her  S:ores  of  Provifion  and   whatever  human   Invention  has 
 Ammunition,  puft  up  with  long  ftudy'd,  to  make  Bulwarks  and 
 Profperity,  adventur'd  to  with-   Ramparts  of  Earth  ferviceable  to 
 Hand  the  Batteries  of  our  Cannon   Nature,   made  as  if  fhe  would 
 and  the  Efforts  of  our  Arms,  and   have  ftopt  the  Career  of  our  Pro- 
 contemning  the  gentle  Exhorta-   grefles.  But  finding  her  felf  be- 
 tions  of  our  Goodnefs,   the  ha-   girt  with  our  Army,  and  our 
 cred  of  her  Inhabitants  was  fuch,  mounted  Canon  ready  to  make  a 
 that  they  rather  chofe  to  aban-   Breach,  durft  not  expect  the  firft 
 don  their  HaUtations  and  their   fhot,  but  fubmitted  to  the  Laws  of 
 Goods,  then  to  feek  for  Prefer-  War  that  are  ufually  practis'd 
 vation  in    our  Clemency   which   in  the  like  Cafes,  threw  her  felf 
 was  affur'd  'em  :  They  deprivM  at  our  feet,  and  impbr'd  our 
 themfeves  of  the  Hopes  of  re-  mercy,  which  fhe  obtain'd.  And 
 ceiving  it,  and  could  not  pre-  as  we  were  ready  to  carry  our 
 vent  the  Conflagration  and  the  fu-  Victories  yet  farther,  the  Duke 
 ry  of  the  Sword  which  God  fent  of  Rohan,  the  Inhabitants  of  An- 
 among 'em:  And  therefore  in  re-  dufe,Sanvc,  Levigan,  Florae,  Mer- 
 ference  to  them  we  have  other-  vez.,  and  all  the  reft  of  the  Strong 
 wife  provided  by  our  Deciarato-   Holds  in  Cevennes,  Nimes,  Aymar- 
 ry  Letters  fet  forth  apart  ;  nor  gnes,   Vfez.,  Milhau,  Comas,  St. 
 are  they  comprehended  in  thefe  Friqitz,  St.  Felix,  St,  Rome  de  Ta- 
 prefents.     But  this   Punifhment  on,  Pont  Camarez.,  Viane,  Cajlres, 
 making  others  wifer,  has  been  the  Rogue,  Courbe,  Revel,  Ivlontanban^ 
 reafon  that  nor  only  all  the  Up-  CauJJade,  Maz.eres,  Saverdnn,  Car- 
 
 lat9 
 
Book  XI.    A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c. 
 
 lat,  Le  Mas  d  Jz.il,  and  general-  united  to  ooi  Obedience  ;  til]  the 
 ly  all  the  ftrong  Holds  and  Places  Grace  and  Mercy  of  God  touching 
 in  the  Upper  and  Lower  Lanrue-  their  Hearts,  and  enlightning  their 
 dQc,Gcvcms,GevaiidMJ,Guycrme^v\<\   Minds,  fhall  reftore  'em  all  to  the 
 Foix,  the  Gentlemen  and  others,  Bofora  of  the  Church,  and  dry  np 
 who  held  out  againft  our  Service,  the  Fountain  of  our  fatal  Divifions. 
 fent  their  Deputies  to  teftifie  their  For  thefe  caufes,  after  we  had  re- 
 Repentance  for  having  fallen  into  ceiv'd  Hoftages  from  thefaid  Ci- 
 that  Rebellion,  promifing  to  pay  ties,  and  difpos'd  of  'em  in  Places 
 us  for  the  future,  that  Obedience  ordain'd  for  that  purpofe,  till  the 
 and  Fidelity,  which  all  good  and  Fortifications  of  the  faid  Cities 
 Loyal  Subjects  owe  their  Prince;  were  effectually  and  compleatly  de- 
 befeeching  Us  to  pardon  'em,  and  molifh'd  ;  as  being  defirous  to  pro- 
 to  grant  'em  an  Amnefty  of  their  vide  for  diforders  paft,  and  to  pre- 
 Rebellion,  and  of  all  things  that  vent  any  for  the  Future,  We  make 
 happend  by  Reafon  of  it}  offring  known,  that  upon  mature  debate 
 to  difroantle  all  the  Fortifications  of  thefe  things  in  Council,  with 
 of  the  faid  Cicies,  to  the  end  they  the  Advice  of  the  fame,  and  of  our 
 might  neither  give  any  diftruft  of  certain  Knowledge,  fpecial  Grace 
 their  Fidelity,  nor  ferve  as  a  Temp-  and  Royal  Authority,  by  this  our 
 tation  for  any  Body  elfe  to  fwerve  perpetual  and  irrevocable  Edict, 
 from  it }  and  for  farther  Afluran-  fign'd  with  our  hand,    We  have 
 ces  to  give  us  fuch  Hoftages  out  of  faid,  Decreed  and  Ordain'd,  fay 
 the  faid  Cities,  and  in  fuch  num-  Decree  and  Ordain,  and  our  Will 
 ber,  as  we  mould  demand.    To  and  Pleafure  is, 
 which  we  were  fo  much  the  more      I.  That  the  Catholick,  Apofto- 
 readily  inclin'd,  becaufe  we  were  lick,  and  Roman  Religion,  (hall  be 
 defirous  by  fo  rare  an  Example  of  reftor'd  and  refettl'd  in  all  the  Ci- 
 Clemency,  after  fo  many  Relap-  ties  and  Places  of  thofe  Countries, 
 fes,  the  moft  advantagioufly  that  from  whence  it  had  been  expell'd  ; 
 might  be  to  gain  the  Hearts  of  our  and  ail  the  Ecclefiaftick  Churches, 
 Subjects,  to  fpare  the  fhedding  of  Goods,  and  Houfes,  within  the 
 Blood,  the  Defolation  of  the  Pro-  faid   Provinces,  mall  be  refto- 
 vince,  and  all  other  Diforders  and  red  to  thofe  to  whom  they  be- 
 Calamkies  ofWarr;  mov'd  to  it  long'd,  without  any  Profecution 
 by  our  fole  Companion  of  their  for  the  Revenues  receivd  or  taken. 
 Miferies,  and  Love  of  their  Wei-  In  which  Churches,  and  in  all  the 
 fare.    Which  puts  us  in  Hopes,  faid  Places,  the  Exerrife  of  the 
 that  fo  manifefl:  an  Experience  of  faid  Religion,  fh  ill  be  freely  and 
 the  meer  goodnefs,  that  opens  our  peaceably  Perform'd,  without  Let 
 Breads  to  our  Subjects,  will  caufe  or  Molcfuation.    Neverthelefs  we 
 their  return  to  be  more  fincere,  ordain,  that  in  all  the  Monafteries 
 and  ferve  for  a  perpetual  Cement,  within  the  faid  Cities  return'd  to 
 to  keep  'em  for  ever  infeparably  our  Obedience,  there  mail  not  be 
 
 U  u  u  u  2  put 
 
A  Collection  of  EMs,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 put  in  or  fettPd  any  other  Monks,  as  mall  be  adjudg'd  proper  by  the 
 then  fuch  as  live  exactly  in  theob-  Commiffioners,  by  Us  deputed  to 
 ihvance  of  their  Order,  accord-  that  end. 
 
 ing  to  the  Letters  which  they  IV.  We  have  forgiven ,  par- 
 mall  receive  from  us.  don'd  and  buri'd  in  Oblivion,  and 
 H.  And  defiring  nothing  more  do  forgive,  pardon  and  bury  in 
 then  a  perpetual  Union  between  Oblivion  to  the  faid  Duke  of  Ro- 
 om Subjects,  as  we  are  defirous,  han,  and  to  all  the  Inhabitants  of 
 and  as  it  is  our  Intention,  to  main-  the  faid  Cities  and  Places,  as  alfo 
 tain  thole  who  profefs  the  Preten-  to  thofe  of  the  Flat  Countries 
 ded  Reformed  Religion,  in  the  who  adher'd  to  'em,  ail  things  paft 
 free  and  Peaceable  Exercife  of  it,  from  July  21.  1627.  to  the  Day 
 we  cannot  but  defire  alfo  their  of  the  Publication,  in  every  Se- 
 Gonverllon,  for  which  we  conti-  nefchalfliip  ,  of  the  Articles  of 
 nually  offer  up  our  Prayers  to  God.  Grace,  which  we  granted 'eui  the 
 For  which  Reafon,  we  exhort  all  27?/.'.  of  June  laft.  We  have  dif- 
 our  faid  Subjects  of  the  Pretended  charg'd  'cm,  and  do  difcharge'em 
 Reformed  Religion  to  lay  a  fide  all  of  all  Ads  of  Hoftility,  railing  of 
 Pafiion,  that  they  may  be  capable  Arms,  hiring  of  Souldiers,  cnter- 
 of  receiving  the  Light  of  Heaven,  prifes  as  well  by  Sea  as  Land,  Ge- 
 and  be  fitted  to  return  to  the  Bo-  neral  and  Particular  AfTmblies , 
 lorn  of  the  Church,  in  which  for  more  efpecially  the  Alltmbly  cf 
 ihtfe  eleven  hundred  Years-  toge-  Nimcs ,  feizurc  of  Eedefiaftical 
 ther,  the  Kings  our  Predeceffouis  Rents,  Royal  or  Private  Money, 
 have  liv'd  without  Change  or  In-  Coining  of  Money  of  what  Alloy 
 leiruption:  Not  being  able  in  any  or  Stamp  foe ver,  Printed  Libels, 
 thing  whatever  to  give  thera  a  Popular  Tumults  and  Commoti- 
 greater  Testimony  of  our  Paternal  ons,  Riots,  Violences,  Enterpri- 
 Afkclion,  then  to  admonifh  them  zes  upon  the  two  Cities  of  St.  A- 
 toobferve  the  fame  way  to  Salva-  mam,  and  Chaffeaux  dn  Seigneur-, 
 tion,  which  we  obferve  and  follow  the  taking  of  Chaff  can,  Sr.  Ste- 
 our  felves.  fhen,  Val  Erat/cheftfue,  and  Florae; 
 
 III.  We  ordain,  that  all  the  Pa-  Aho  the  Murocrs  ard  other  Acci- 
 riftics  of  the  laid  Countrey  be  pro-  dents,  happening  at  the  taking  of 
 vided  with  good,  fufficient  and  Sr.  Gcrmkr,  and  CSafir in  Janua- 
 capable  Curates,  by  thofe  to  ry  lalt :  Alfo  the  Inhabitants  of  V- 
 whom  the  Patronage  of  the  fame  fez.,  for  the  Murder  of  the  Sieur 
 belongs  i  ar.d  that  things  be  fo  or-  du  Flos:  And  the  Confuls  of  the 
 der'd,  that  they  have  all  a  fuffici-  faid  Place,  for  the  Decrees  put 
 ent  revenue  to  maintain  'em  with  forth  againfl:  'cm  by  the  Parlament 
 Reputation  in  the  Difcharge  of  of  Iholoufe,  and  Chamber  of  the 
 their  Functions,  as  is  fet  down  in  Edict  at  Beziirs:  Alfo  the  Sieur3 
 our  Ordinances  of  January  hft:  ;  or.  Daubais,  Jacques  Cenvitr  ,  Paul 
 other  means  more  commodious,;  Saucier,  and  Andrew.  FeliJJkr.  For 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  of  Edi&s,  &c. 
 
 the  Nomination  and  Defignation  Time.    All  Voyages  to,  and  In- 
 made  of  their  Perfons,  <o  be  Con-  telligences,  Negotiations,  Trea- 
 fulsof  Nimer,  in  1627.  and  their  ties,   Contracts,  held  and  made 
 executing  the  Office  during  that  with  the  Englifli  by  the  faid  Cities 
 Year:  Together  with  all  the  Con-  and  Inhabitants  \  and  by  the  faid 
 fuls   and  ^Political  Counfellours,  Duke  of  Rohan,  and  Sieur  de  Sok- 
 and  the  Prothonotary  of  the  Con-  to'*.*,  as  well  with  the  faid£»f///&,as 
 fular  Houfe,  for  the  Profecution  with  the  King  of  Spain,  ancTUuke 
 againft  'em  by  reafon  of  the  faid  of  Savoy,  and  Letters  written  to 
 Confulfhip  of  Nimes,  as  well  in  our   the  Proteftant  Cantons  of  Swhz.er- 
 Council,  as  in  the  faid  Court  of  land:  AlfotheSieurs  Clauftland  Bit 
 Parlament,  Chamber  of  the  Edift,  Crofs,  who  were  employ'd  thither : 
 and  Court  of  Aids  at  MomfeUier;  Sales  of  moveable  Goods,  whether 
 Alio  the  Inhabitants  of  Anduz.e,  Ecclefialtical  or  others,  cutting 
 for  the  Murder  of  the  Sieur  de  down  of  high  Trees ,  Demefne 
 Mantailie,  and  the  Condemnations  Woods  or  others.    Taking  of 
 of  the  faid  Confuls,  and  particu-  Booties,  Ranfoms,  or  aoy  other 
 lar  Inhabitants  of  the  faid  City  du-  fort  of  Money  by  them  taken  by 
 ring  thefe  Troubles.    The  Inha-  reaicn  of  the  faid  Troubles,  me!- 
 bitants  of  Mtllaud^  for  what  was  ting  of  Artillery,  feizing  of  Am- 
 done  againft  the  Sieur  de  Roquefa-  munition,  Difmantling  and  De- 
 vas,  and  difcharge  'em  of  the  Re-  moliffiing  of  Cities,  Caftlcs  and 
 ftiiution  of  4000.  Livers  taken   Towns:  Alfo  the  taking  of  Mer- 
 from  the  Jacobins.    The  Sieur  de  vez.  Aymargites,  and  other  Burn- 
 Uafcjite,  for  encouraging  the  Inha-  ings  of  Churches  and  Houfes  by 
 bitants  of  Jlets  -in  their  Breach  of  Order  and  Authority  of  the  faid 
 fafe  Conduces,  Jmpofitions  and   Duke  of  Rohan  \ ,  and  from  all  Cri- 
 raifing  of  Money,  cftablilhment  of  minal  Profecutions  by  Reafon  of 
 Courts' of  J uft ice,   Officers  and  the  fame ;  not  being  prejudicial  to 
 Counfellours  through  the  Provin-  the  Civil  Interefls  of  the  faid  Reli- 
 ces,  ar.d  executing  of  Sentences  gious  Ecclefiafticks,  in  refpeft  of 
 paft  in  thofe  Courts,  in  Matters  which  they  Ihsil  apply  themfelves 
 Civil    and  Criminal  ,  and  Re-  for  Juftice  to  the  Chamber  of  ths 
 gulatioRS  of  Municipal  Conftitu-  EdicL    We  difcharge  'em  alfo 
 tions,  and  their  executing  their  from  all  Leafes  and  Farms,  of  all 
 Offices  in  the  faid  Cities  when  they  Ecclefiaftical  Benefices  and  Eftates, 
 were  in  Rebellion    together  with  of  which  the  faid  Eeckfiaftkfcg 
 the  Advocates,  that  pradlis'd  in  were  depriv'd  by  the  Chieftains, 
 their  Employments,  before  the  who  had  the  General  Commands 
 faid  Judges,  Officers,  and  Conn-  Our  Pleafnre  in  like  manner  is, 
 fcllours  fet  up  in  the  faid  Cities :  that  they  enjoy  the  full  Contents  of 
 Alfo  thofe  who  had  no  permifiion  the  Preceding  Amnefties,  and  of 
 from  Us,  torefide  and  pra&ife  in  all  that  has  been  a<fted  and  negoti- 
 the  faid  Cities  during  the  faid  ated    ftnee  the  -  abovemention'd 
 
 Titac,  - 
 
558  ^  Collection  of  Edicts,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 Time,  notwkhftanding  all  Pro-  and  that  they  deem  it  convenient, 
 ceedings  atLaw,  Decrees  and  Sen-  VII.  We  ordain,  that  all  the 
 tences  iflu'd  out  agaiflft  'cm  in  the  Fortifications  of  the  laid  Cities, 
 mean  time  ^  even  the  Decrees  (hall  be  raz'd  and  demolifh'd,  only 
 themfelvesof  the  Parlament  of  7/?o-  theenclofure  of  the  Walls,  within 
 loufe  and  Bordeaux,  and  Chamber  the  fpace  of  three  Months,  by  the 
 o(  Betters  and  others,  againft  the  fedulity  of  the  Inhabitants:  In 
 faid  Duke  of  Rohan,  to  whom  we  whom  we  more  efpecially  coiifi- 
 will,  that  all  his  Honours  and  Dig-  ding,  forbear  to  iecure  the  faid 
 nities  which  he  enjoy'd  before  mall  Cities  either  with  Garrifons  or 
 be  preferv'd,  prohibiting  all  Pro-  Cittadels.  The  faid  Cities  alfo 
 fecutions  in  the  Cafes  aforefaid.  mall  be  demolifh'd  by  the  Manage- 
 In  refpedt  of  which,  we  impofe  ment  and  Orders  of  the  Commifli- 
 perpetual  (ilence  upon  all  our  Ad-  oners  by  Us  deputed,  and  accord- 
 vocates  General  and  their  Subfti-  ing  to  the  Orders  and  Inductions 
 tutes  j  excepting  always  thofe  ex-  which  we  lhail  give 'em:  And  in 
 ecrable  Cafes  referv'd  and  except-  the  mean  while,  for  the  greater 
 ed  by  the  Edict  of  Names,  and  o-  Security,  the  Hoftages  fent  by  the 
 thers  fubfequent,  of  the  Civil  Inte-  faid  City,  mall  remain  in  fuch  Pla- 
 relt,by  Reafon  of  the  Fact  commit-  ces  as  we  mail  appoint,  till  the  faid 
 ted  at  Voz.enobre  and  Tonrnac,and  of  Fortifications  lhall  be  fully  demo- 
 the  moveables  which  mail  be  found  lrth'd. 
 
 in  fpecie  tak'n  from  thofewhowere  VIII.  Our  farther  Will  and 
 
 under  Obedience  to  the  King.  Pleafure  is,  that  all  the  aforefaid 
 
 V.  And  in  purfuance  of  our  In-  Profeflburs,  &c.  fiiall  be  reftor'd 
 tentions,  to  maintain  all  our  Sub-  and  refettl'd  in  all  thsir  Eftates  and 
 jects  profefiing  the  Pretended  Re-  Goods,  Moveable  and  Immovea- 
 formed  Religion  in  the  free  Exer-  ble,  Accompts  and  Actions,  not- 
 cife  of  the  laid  Religion,  and  in  withftanding  all  Condemnations, 
 the  Enjoyment  of  the  Edicts  to  Grants,  Confifcations  and  Repri- 
 them  granted,  Our  farther  Plea-  fals  made  or  decreed,  excepting 
 fure  is,  that  they  enjoy  the  Bene-  the  Fruits  and  Revenues  of  their 
 fits  of  the  faid  Edift  of  Nantes  and  Goods,  the  moveables  which  mail 
 other  Edicts,  Articles  and  Decla-  not  be  found  in  fpecie,  Woods  cut 
 rations regifter'd  in  our  Parlaments,  down,  and  Debts  which  have  been 
 and  that  in  purfuance  of  the  fame  receiv'd  rill  this  prefent  time,  actu- 
 they  have  the  free  Exercife  of  the  ally  and  without  fraud,  after  judi- 
 faid  Religion  in  all  Places  where  it  cial  Profecutions  and  Conftraints. 
 has  been  allow'd  'em.  Neverthelefs  our  Pleafure  is,  that 
 
 VI.  That  all  Churches  and  the  Preceding  Declarations  given 
 Church-yards,  that  have  been  ta-  upon  the  Fact  of  the  faid  Reprifals, 
 ken  from  'em  or  demolifh'd,  (hall  till  the  prefent  Commotions,  Pe- 
 be  reftor'd  'em,  with  Liberty  to  re-  remptory  Decrees,and  Proceedings 
 pair 'em,  if  there  be  any  necelfity,  and  Agreements  made  upon  them, 
 
 lhall 
 
Book  XL   A  Collection  of  Editts,  &c.  , 
 
 (hall  take  place,  and  be  executed,  XI.  All  the  abovemention'd  fliall 
 
 notwithitanding  all  Decrees  to  the  be  difcharg'd,  and  we  hereby  dif- 
 
 contrary.    Our  Will  alfo  is,  that  charge  em  of  all  Contributions, 
 
 the  Heirs  of  the  Deceas'd  Sieur  de  Quartering  of  Souldiers,  as  well  in 
 
 Mormoirac  (hall  be  reftord  to  their  the  preceding,  as  prefent  troubles. 
 
 Goods.  Alfo  the  faid  Communities  and  par- 
 
 IX.  We  permit  the  Profellburs,  ticular  Members  thereof  are  dif- 
 &c.  lore-enter  their  Houfes,  and  charg'd  from  ail  Obligations  to  in- 
 to rebuild  'em  if  there  be  occafion;  demnifie  and  fave  harmlefs  all  Re- 
 and  as  being  our  good  and  faithful  parations  of  Damages,  which  may 
 Subjects,  we  permit  'em  to  refide  be  pretended  againft  'em,  by  Rea- 
 and  inhabit  in  fuch  Cities  and  Pla-  fon  of  Imprifonmcnts,  Executions 
 ces  of  our  Kingdom,  as  they  (hall  and  Expullions  one  of  the  laid  Ci- 
 fee  convenient ,  except  in  the  ties,  by  order  of  the  faid  Duke  of 
 Iflandsof^/,  and  Oleron,  Rochel  and  Rohan,  or  the  Councils  of  the  faid 
 Trivas.  We  alfo  permit  the  Inha-  Cities,  or  any  others  by  him  fet  up 
 bitants  of  Pamiers,  who  were  not  as  well  during  the  prefent  as  prece- 
 in  the  faid  City  at  the  Time  when  ding  Troubles.  And  as  for  Taxes 
 it  was  taksn,  to  return  and  enjoy  and  other  Money  laid  upon  the 
 all  their  Goods,  after  they  have  Countiey,  in  Cafe  theSumms  fall 
 fubmkted  themfelves,  and  taken  fliort,  for  want  of  Payment  by  the 
 the  Oath  of  Fidelity  before  fuch  abovemention'd,  the  Receivers  of 
 Perfons  whom  we  £hall  appoint.  the  faid  Countreys  mall  nor.  profe- 
 
 X.  Our  Officers  vefidingin  the  cute  the  abovemention'd  :  Relet  ve- 
 ftidCity,  who  have  not  pay'd  the  ing  neverthelefs  a  Power  to  profe- 
 Ar.nual  Duty,  fhall  be  admitted  to  cutcthe  Syndicof  the  Countrey,to 
 pay  it  within  two  Months,  as  well  the  end  the  Abatement  may  be  laid 
 for  what  is  pa  It  as  for  the  prefent  upontheGeneralityof  thtProvince, 
 Years.  And  as  for  fuchasareDe-  XII.  In  like  manner,  wedifcharge 
 ceas'd, having  pay'd  the  faid  Annual  the  Confuls  and  Private  Perfons, 
 Right,  the  Offices  which  they  held  who  obiig'd  themfelves  during  the 
 Aral  I  be  preferv'd  to  their  Widows  troubles  of  the  Years,  1621.  1622, 
 and  Heirs.  And  as  for  thofeOffices  and  1616.  and  in  the  prefent  Com- 
 whofe  Offices  we  have  iupply'd  by  motions,  for  the  Affairs  of  the  Ci- 
 Reafonof theTroubles,they fhallbe  ty,  to  pay  the  faid  Obligations, 
 continu'd  in  their  faid  Offices,  not-  notwithitanding  all  Claufes  infer- 
 withltanding  the  Patents  given  to  ted  in  the  Agreements :  Saving  to 
 others,and  their  being  fettfd  there-  the  Creditors,  the  Power  of  pro- 
 in.  Our  Pleafure  alio  is,  that  the  fecuting  the  Confuls  of  the  Preten- 
 Officers  of  particular  Lords,  who  ded  Reformed  Religion,  who  finll 
 were  admitted  upon  dear  Purcha-  be  in  Office,  who  (hall  be  liable  to 
 fes,  and  put  out  by  Reafon  of  the  Condemnation,  and  to  pay  their 
 faid  Troubles,  (hall  be  reftor'd  to  fhares  of  the  Summs. 
 
 their  Employments.  XIII.  They  flnil  be  alfo  dif~ 
 
 i  [charged 
 
A  ColkBion  ofEdiBs,  &c.    Vol.  II. 
 
 chargM  from  profecuting  the  £a-  faid  Confuls  and  City  Councils, 
 tholick  Inhabitants  and  others,  fhall  be  kept  and  obferv'd,  as  be- 
 i'or  the  remainders  from  them  due  fore  the  Troubles, 
 for  the  racer,  of  the  preceding  Years,  XVJH.  The  AfTemblies  of  State 
 r.otvvithflanding  the  difchorges  in  the  Couiurey  of  Foix,  fhall  be 
 they  had  obtain'd  by  our  Letters  held  after  the  accuftom'd  Manner, 
 Patents,  as  by  the  Decree;,  of  the  and  ail  the  Cities  fhall  be  fummon'd 
 Court  oi  Aids  at  Mowfcllier  :  As  that  were  ufually  prefent. 
 alfo  from  all  that  remains  to  be  XIX.  The  Confuls,  Receivers, 
 pay'd  of  Taxes  and  Impofitions,  Collectors  and  Commiflaries,  that 
 aflefs'd  upon  any  of -cm, the  Catho-  manag'd  the  Publick  Money  during 
 licksbcingexemptedby  the  Orders  the  Preceding  and  Prefent  Trou- 
 of  the  Govcrnours  of  the  Provin-  bles,  mail  be  acquired  and  dif- 
 ces,  or  others  our  Commanders  charg'd,  they  bringing  inro  the 
 in  Chief,  duringthe  preceding  and  Chambers  the  Accounts  which  they 
 prefent  Troubles.  have  given  of  it ;  nor  fhall  the 
 
 XIV.  The  Inhabitants  of  Caflret  Chambers  pretend  to  any  Fees,  nor 
 alfo  fhall  be  difcharg'd  from  Refti-  to  require  a  review  of  the  faid  Ac- 
 tucion  of  whatever  they  took  by  compts.  And  as  tor  the  Inhahi- 
 force  of  Arms  in  Oppofiiion  to  our  tants  of  Nimes,  who  pretend  them- 
 Service.  felves  not  oblig'd  to  carry  in  their 
 
 XV.  The  charges  which  fhall  be  Accomptsinto  the  faid  Chambers, 
 laid  upon  the  faid  Cities,  (ball  be  our  Will  is,  that  the  ancient  Cu- 
 equally  born  by  all  the  Inhabitants  Horn  fhall  be  obferv'd. 
 ofthefame,  according  to  the  Cu-  XX.  The  Seats  of  Judicature, 
 ftom  at  all  times  ufual.  Only  that  Auditsof  Receipts,  and  other  Offi- 
 the  Debts  contracted  by  the  Catho-  ces,  remov'd  by  Reafon  of  the  pre- 
 lick  Inhabitants,  fhall  be  born  by  fent  Troubles,  fhall  be  reftor'd  and 
 themfelves  alone  j  and  thole  con-  fettfd  in  the  Places  where  they 
 trailed  by  thofeof  the  Pretended  were  before:  Alfo  the  Election 
 Reformed  Religion  by  themfelves.  newly  created  to  be  fettl'd  at  Mon- 
 
 XVI.  Sentences  f  ait  by  thofe  tauban,  but  remov'd  to  the  City  of 
 who  have  been  CommifTjon'd  for  Moifac  by  reafon  of  the  Troubles, 
 the  Adminiftration  of  Juftice  in  the  fhall  be  return'd  to  Montanban,  af- 
 faid  Cities,  whether  in  Civil  or  ter  the  Fortifications  are  demo- 
 Criminal  Matters,  fhall  take  place,  lifh'd. 
 
 excepting   Appeals  to  the  laid  XXI.  Alfo  the  Chamber  of  the 
 
 Chambers.,  in  C^fes  which  have  not  Edict,  now  fitting  ar  Be  vers,  (hall 
 
 been  adjudg'd  by  the  Provofts,  or  be  reitor'd  to  the  City  of  Cafrres, 
 
 at  a  Council  of  War.  after  the  Fortifications  are  demo- 
 
 XVII.  The  Order  obferv'd  in  the  lifh'd  }  and  fhall  remain  in  the  faid 
 faid  Cities,  as  well  touching  the  City,  according  to  the  Edict  of 
 Con'fullhip  as  the  Mm.idpal  Go-  Names,  notwithfhi. ding  our  Or- 
 vernmpnt,  and  the  Meeting  of  the  dinar.ee  of  'January  laft,  and  the 
 
 De- 
 
Book  XL    A  Collection  ofEAi&s,  &c.  5< 
 
 Decree  of  the  Parlaraent  of  Tho-  and  Beloved  Counfellours,  in  the 
 loufe ,  upon  the  nith.  Article  Parlaraent  ofTholoufe,  &c.  And 
 thereof:  Which  Chamber  his  Ma-  for  the  more  firm  and  ftable  endu- 
 jefty  will  have  maintain'd  in  all  ranee  of  thefe  Prefents,  &c.  Gi- 
 thingsallow'ditby  the  Edi&sand  ven  at  Nimes,  in  July  1619.  and 
 Regulations.  twentieth  of  our  Raign. 
 
 XXII.  All  thefe   Graces  and 
 Conccflions,  it  is  our  Will  and  Sign'd,  Levoit. 
 
 Pleafure,  that  the  abovemention'd 
 
 enjoy,  that  were  in  Arms  upon  the     And  below,  by  the  King, 
 twenty  feventh  of  Jme  laft.  And 
 
 as  for  the  Cities  and  Perfons  that  Phelipeaux. 
 fubmitted  to  our  Obedience  before 
 
 that  day,  they  fhall  particularly  Read,  Publifh'd  and  Regifter'd, 
 enjoy  the  things  contain'd  in  the  &c.  At  Tholonfe  in  Parlamentr 
 Letters  Patents,  which  have  or-  27.  i6zo. 
 
 der'd  'em  for  that  purpofe. 
 
 So  we  command  our  Faithful 
 
 Sign'd,  De  Mdenfm. 
 
 The  End  of  the  fecond  Volume. 
 
 A 
 
A 
 
 TABLE 
 
 OF  THE 
 
 MATTERS. 
 
 ACcufations  odious,  521.  For 
 violating  the  Editls,  Ibid. 
 For  taking  away  the  Prayer  for 
 the  King  in  the  20th  Plalm,  523. 
 For  blafphemmg  the  Holy  Things, 
 5-5- 
 
 .Aits  of  Jnjuftice  at  Vitre,  Dijon, 
 Taylignan,  424,  370,  4^5- 
 Particular  ABs  of  Injustice,  465. 
 
 Affairs ,  Forreign  of  France ,  in 
 what  Condition,  3  14. 
 
 Aggravation  venomous,  524. 
 
 Aire  Bijhop  of, his  violent  Spcech,2^\). 
 
 Albert  de  Luines  ,  hts  Original , 
 260,  261.  H\*yQmfidtnts,  their 
 Character,  262.  He  Marries  in- 
 to  the  Houje  of  Rohan,  264.  He 
 Fools  the  Queen,  and  the  Duke  of 
 Rohan,  3  19.  His  notable  Arti- 
 fices to  gam  Lefdiguicres,  382. 
 More  of  the  fame,  384,  385. 
 Made  Conjt able,  388, 
 
 Alets  reduced,  459. 
 
 Alliance  French  with  Guftavus  King 
 of  Sweden,  471.  Alliance  don- 
 ble  with  Spain  concluded  on,  17. 
 
 Ambrune  Bifhop  of,  his  Speech  to  the 
 King,  339. 
 
 Amelot,  Commiffioner  in  Poitou  and 
 Santonge  ,383.  He  ruins  the 
 Churches  under  the  appearanct  of 
 Honefty,  384. 
 
 d'  Aricre  Marqmf  of,  hated  by  the 
 Princes  of  France,   153.  They 
 unite  againfl  him,  154,  &C.  His 
 ^Death,  263. 
 
 St.  Angeli  Befegd  and  Reducd, 
 3C9.  The  Privihdges  of  the  Ci- 
 ty ablifh'-d,  310.  An  attempt 
 upon  it,  122.  Prevented  by  the 
 Duke  cf  Rohan,  123. 
 
 Annexes  the  occafion  of  great  Inju- 
 (lice,  469,  489.  Annexes  of  the 
 Dauphinaie,  495.  Advice  of 
 the  Commiffhoncrs  of  the  Dauphi- 
 mteupon'em,  498.  New  Vexa- 
 tions 
 
A  TAJ 
 
 tions  about  'em,  505.    Order  of 
 
 the  lntendant  o/Poitou  concerning 
 
 em,   5 1 6. 
 St.  Antonin  ta!(n  by  AJfault,  334. 
 Apology  of  the  General  AJfembly, 
 
 424. 
 
 Arminians  favoured  by  the  Court, 
 372- 
 
 Arnoux,  the  Jefuit,  inveBtve  c- 
 gamfi  him,  30 1.  His  Di lemma , 
 302.  BamjlPd  the  Court,  3I9. 
 He  fucceeds  Cotton,  272. 
 
 Artifices  of  the  ancient  Enemies  of 
 the  Reformed,  41.  To  under- 
 mine  the  fteadinefl  of  the  Affembly 
 
 I  of  Saumur,  53.  Artifices  agamsT- 
 Chamier,  66. 
 
 Aflemblies,  why  they  refused  to  break 
 up  before  their  Papers  were  an- 
 fwt'A,  303.  AJfembly  of  the 
 Clergy  began  at  Parts,  remov'd  to 
 Poitiers  ,  thence  to  Bourdeaux, 
 3£0.  AJfembly  of  the  Clergy  at 
 Paris,  405.  Of  Notables,  433. 
 AJfembly  at  Andufe,  tranflated  to 
 Nimes,  459.  Of  the  Clergy  at 
 Paris,  464-  AJfembly  of  theCler- 
 gy,  521.  AJfembly  general  al- 
 lowed for  Chaftelleraud,  12.  Re- 
 moved to  Saumur,  23.  Affembly 
 at  Saumnr,  and  the  Quality  of 
 the  Deputies,  26.  Commiffioners 
 from  this  AJfembly  to  the  King, 
 44.  The  AJfembly  fends  Deputies 
 to  the  Court ,  47.  Gives  Reafons 
 for  not  choofmg  fix  Deputies,  52 . 
 In  which  they  per fislr,  53.  Nomi- 
 nates Commiffioners  ,  60.  The 
 AJfembly  rejolves  to  breakup,  6$. 
 They  draw  up  Regulations,  69. 
 AJfembly  at  Caftle-  jalcux ,  92. 
 AJfembly  at  Rochel,  138.  Ge- 
 
 LE  &c. 
 
 neral  AJfembly  leave  to  hold  one  at 
 Grenoble,  160.  Affembly  of  the 
 Clergy  at  Paris,  183.  AJfembly 
 at  Grenoble,  io\.  Sends  a  De- 
 putation to  the  King,  203.  Re- 
 moves to  Nimes,  212.  They  mif 
 trails  the  Lords,  214.  They 
 fend  Deputies  to  the  King  for  a 
 Peace,  232,  &C  Remov'd  to 
 Rochel,  235.  They  fend  Depu- 
 ties to  Loudun,  236".  AJfembly 
 of  Rochel  fend  Deputies  to  the 
 King,  26 4.  And  receive  an  Or- 
 der to  break  up,  265.  AJfembly 
 of  the  Clergy  at  Paris,  274.  Af- 
 fembly  #f  Caftle- jaloux,  andTon- 
 neins,  repair  to  Orthez,  in  Beam, 
 and  are  profcrib^d,  308,  309. 
 AJfembly  of  Orthez,  remov'd  to 
 Rochel  and  breaks  up,  322.  A- 
 not her  AJfembly  at  Loudun,  Ibid; 
 &C.  Affembly  of  the  Clergy  at 
 Blois,  330,  &c.  Conslancy  of 
 the  AJfembly  of  Loudun,  335. 
 AJJembly  at  Andufe,  357.  Af- 
 fembly  at  Gergeau,  358,  &c.  O- 
 ther  Affemblies  in  Anjou  and  Bur. 
 gundy,  360,  &C.  General  AJfem- 
 bly at  Milhau,  361,  &c.  Af- 
 fembly at  Rochel  declared  unlaw- 
 ful, 367.  Affembly  at  Rochel, 
 380.  Dupleffes  and  Moulin  fo- 
 licit  the  breaking  of  it  up,  39* 
 Affairs  of  the  Affembly  of  Rochel, 
 393,  &C.  Defends  it  felf  in 
 Writing,  410.  Rcply'd  to  by  the 
 Jefuites,  413.  Irreparable  faults 
 committed  by  'em,  417.  The 
 Stat  e  of  it,  428. 
 Affignations  ill  paid,  375. 
 Attempts  upon  the  Cities  of  Security, 
 300. 
 
 X  xxx  a 
 
 B. 
 
A  TABLE 
 
 B. 
 
 BAilliages  eslablifiPd  with  little 
 exatlnefi,  270. 
 Batnage  the  Reformed  Minifler,  482. 
 Beam  forced  Converfions  there ,  433. 
 the  King  will  have  Beam  treat  fc- 
 parately,  47.    Articles  in  favour 
 of  Beam,  85.  The  State  of  Beam 
 falfiyreprefented,  276.  Reunion 
 of  it  to  the  Crown,  279.    An  Ar- 
 gument upon  the  Reunion  of  it, 
 280,  &c.    Anfwer  to  it,  285. 
 The  Editl  of  the  Reunion  publifipd, 
 285.    The  Beamois  endeavour  to 
 ward  of  the  Blow,    289.  The 
 State  of  Religion  tn  Beam,  290. 
 Their  Writings  anftver^d,  297. 
 Their  extream  defpair,^oj.  More 
 of  the  Beamois,  313.    The  whole 
 form  of  the  Government  altered, 
 346,   &C.    Violences  commit  ;  cd 
 there  after  the  Kings  Departure, 
 348.     The  Affair  of  Beam  trofcl 
 a  thoufand  Ways  by  different  Arti- 
 fices, 351.    All  manner  of  Suc- 
 cours refusd  to  their  Diputtes, 
 352.    Beam  fubdu'd,  405. 
 Belltijon  cenfu/d  by  the  AJfembly, 
 56. 
 
 Beraud,  Mimslcr  «f  Montauban  , 
 481. 
 
 Berger  a  Reformed  Cour,fellour  at 
 Paris  turns  Reman  Catholtck,  162. 
 
 Breticheres,  his  Folitickdefign^ift. 
 
 Bifliops  of  Languedoc  fide  with  the 
 Duke  of  Orleans,  492.  Bifoops 
 of  Albi  and  Niraes  degraded  for 
 Rebellion,  493.  Bijliop  of  Orle- 
 ans'j  Speech  to  the  King,  521. 
 The  Bijlwp  of  St.  Flour'j  Speech, 
 529.   Btfhoti  of Mompellier,  his 
 
 Rights  over  the  Vniverfity,  1 52. 
 Blaiphemies  pretended,  427,  440. 
 The  occafion  of  a  World  of  unjuft 
 Ails,  448,  450. 
 Bodies  of  the  Reformed  digged  up  a- 
 
 gain,  402. 
 Books  profecuted,  45  1 .    Books  that 
 
 madt  a  notfe,  85,  87. 
 Bouillon  Marflial,  his  Letter,  3 1  3 . 
 He  treats  with  Count  Mansfield, 
 340.  His  Propofals  to  the  Duke 
 of  Rohan  about  it,  34  ( .  Rubifies 
 anEdicl  in  favour  of  the  Reformed, 
 417. 
 
 Bouilloa  Duke  of,  the  Son  changes  his 
 Religion,  51 7.    He  ruins  himjelf 
 for  Love  of  a  Lady,  Ibid. 
 Bouillon  the  Father  foon  gaind  at 
 
 Court, 
 
 He  endeavours 
 
 ogam 
 
 the  Prince  of  Conde,  1  7.  Gain'd 
 by  the  Oveen,  23.    His  Incon- 
 stancy altout    Prefidentfhip,  28. 
 Difcontented,  feems  reconciled  to 
 the  Duke  of  Sulli,  a<d  Inter  efts 
 himfelf  for  Senevieres,  30,  31. 
 Dangerous  Counfel  imputed  to  him, 
 55.    His  Strange  Advice,  58. 
 Aiadt  a  Commiffioner  by  t  he  Ajfem~ 
 bly,  but  refufes  i\  Co.  Breaks 
 with  the  Duke  of  Roh*n,  1 1 8.  Rc- 
 conciCd,  150.    He  fecks  to  be  re- 
 vengd  upon  the  Queen,  \  80.  He 
 labours  with  the  Reformed  to  joyn 
 with  the  Reformed,.  182.  Writes 
 to  the  King,  4 12.    He  refufes  the 
 Place  of  General,  4 1 6. 
 Buckingham  Dukf,jealeufies  between 
 him  and  the  Cardinal,  416.  He 
 compleats  the  Rum  of  the  Refor- 
 med, 418. 
 Burials  dijlurb'd,  439.    The  Right 
 of  Burial  violated,  445.  Of  Gen- 
 tlemen  Founders  of  Churches,  43 1 . 
 
of  the 
 
 c 
 
 Ocherat,  Minifter  of  Quille- 
 boeuf,  513. 
 
 Candal  Duke  of,  embraces  the  Re- 
 formed Religion,  21  5. 
 
 Cafires,  Vexation  of  Officers  there, 
 435.  The  Confiftory  molefied  there, 
 437.  Refufes  to  admit  the  Duke 
 of  Rohans  Deputies,  429.  The 
 CounfeDours  of  the  Chamber  there 
 forbid  to  wear  red  Robes,  504. 
 
 Catharinots  murder  du  Crofs,  335. 
 Sedition  again]}  the  Catholicks  by 
 them  rais'd,  Ibid. 
 
 Catholicks,  their  enterpriz.es  at  Ro- 
 chel,  387.  Of  the  Queen  of  Eng- 
 lands  Houfljold  indifcreet  ,  417. 
 They  Triumph  at  Campredons 
 Death,  423.  They  endeavour  to 
 involve  the  Minifter s  in  the  Duke 
 of  Rohans  treaty  with  Spain, 424. 
 Great  rejoycing  among  'em,  450. 
 Their  Cruelties  and  Injulttng,\b\d. 
 
 Cavils  upon  the  Right  of  Donations 
 and  Legacies,  393.  A  (liameful 
 Cavil,  j.95. 
 
 Chalas,  Conuhiffioner  in  Poirou  and 
 Saititonge,  383.  His  Compli- 
 ance, 386. 
 
 Chambers  of  theEdiCl,  their  Seve- 
 nty, 115.  At  Paris  reverfe  a 
 Sentence  of  the  Judge  of  Orleans, 
 152. 
 
 Characltr  of  the  Reformed,  3.1 . 
 
 Ciiarenton,  the  Church  there  burnt, 
 325.  Extrcife  of  Religion  con- 
 firm'd  there,  \0. 
 
 Charles,  Prince  of  Wales  defgnd 
 to  Marry  the  Infanta  of  Spain, 
 389.  Courted  by  Richlieu/or  a 
 Daughter  of  HtmyW.  390.  The 
 Match  concluded,  391.  His  Com- 
 
 Matters. 
 
 plance  for  the  Catholic^  Religion, 
 39*- 
 
 Chatillon,  difmifsd  by  the  Circle  of 
 Lower  Languedoc,  327.  TheRea- 
 fonswhy,  .328.  Surrenders  Aigue- 
 mortes  to  the  King,  and  is  made 
 a  Marfhal  of  France,  346.  £3- 
 gafd  in  the  Inter efis  of  the  Court, 
 214.  Deals  underhand  with  Mont- 
 morency, 378. 
 
 Chatillon  the  City,  difhonefl  Propo- 
 fals  to  fitrpriz,e  it,  12$,  330. 
 
 Children  forcd  away,  305.  Two 
 Examples  of  it,  Ibid.  409.  Alore 
 of  the  fame,  370. 
 
 Churches  of  the  County  o/Foix  re- 
 due'd  to  Mifery,  268.  Andthofe 
 of  Provence  ill  us'd,  259. 
 
 Church  yards,  Catholicks  difpene'd 
 with  allowing  'em  at  their  own 
 Charges,  307.  Chi •  ch-yard  at 
 Blois,  425.  Cavil  about  one,  445. 
 Difiancebetween  Reformed andCa- 
 tholick^Church-yards,  445. 
 
 Cities  Catholic^,  fever :al  take  Arms, 
 42.  Cities  of  Seem  ity  yield  to  the. 
 Ktngy  158. 
 
 Clairac  Befieg\{  and  taken ,  315. 
 Cruelties  Hsdti  the  Garrifon,%  16. 
 
 Clergy  grant  Money  with  an  ill  will, 
 407*  The  Clergies  Papers,  and 
 riv  Kings  anfvoer,  529.  Their 
 Prevarication,  172.  Their  Pa, 
 per  prefentcd  to  the  King,  173, 
 i74>  &C 
 
 Colledges,  all  Hugenots  impartyd, 
 501.  Coll  edge  of  Loudu'n  taken 
 from  the  Reformed,  515.  Q  Hedge 
 at  Charemon,  the  Ereclioh  of  it 
 oppos'd  by  the  Catholicks,  329. 
 
 Conde joins  with  Car.  deRetz,  &c. 
 329.     His  Cruelties  to  the  Rtfur^ 
 med,  34{.    Quits  the  Court  and 
 retires  into  Italy,  353;    His  nn- 
 jtijl' 
 
A  TABLE 
 
 juft  dealings  at  Sincere,  Ml. 
 Affronted  at  Poitiers,  157.  His 
 unequal  Temper,  1  73.  Conde  lofes 
 bis  Authority  by  the  Prevarication 
 of  the  Clergy,  1 80.  He  begins 
 new  Intreigues,  181.  He  prepares 
 to  hinder  the  Match  with  Spain, 
 1 84.  He  invites  the  Affembly  of 
 Grenoble  to  join  with  him,  201. 
 Proclaimed  a  Rebel,  231.  His  Con- 
 dition when  Peace  was  propounded, 
 232.  He  Signs  the  Treaty,  H"]. 
 He  makes  two  new  demands,  after 
 all  the  reft  were  granted  him,which 
 much  perplex  the  Queen,  248.  Im- 
 prtforid  by  the  Queen,  249.  Set  at 
 Liberty,  321.  He  deceives  the 
 Reformed,  334.  His  wholfome 
 Advice,  341.  He  and  others  fail 
 in  their  Carranty  to  the  Reformed, 
 361.  The  Kings  Declaration  a- 
 gainft  the  Cities  of  Rochel,  and 
 St.  John  d'  Angeli,  and  the  ef~ 
 feci  of  it,  422. 
 Confiftory  at  Begle  continues  the 
 Publick  Exercife  of  their  Religion, 
 
 223.  Opposd  by  two  Advocates, 
 
 224.  They  cite  the  Advocates, 
 who  appeal  to  the  Parlament,  225. 
 And  the  proceedings  thereupon, 
 226,  &C. 
 
 Conftable/?u  Death  caufes great  Al- 
 terations at  Court,  329. 
 
 ConMs,indireclly  chofen,  491.  Con- 
 fnljhips  of  Alets,  495. 
 
 Con vetCiousforcd  at  A  ubenas,  433. 
 and  St.  Amands,  434.  Pretend- 
 ed of  a  P  erf  on  that  dy'doj  a  Fever, 
 452.  Of  Souldiers  taken  PriJ o- 
 ners,  456. 
 
 CorxwxWex  Bifliop  0/Rennes,  his  pa f- 
 fionate  Speech,  320. 
 
 Corps  of  a  Reformed  Gentleman 
 diggd  Hp  again,  1 16. 
 
 Cotton  thejefuit  difgrae'd,  272. 
 Councils  Provincial,  their  Functi- 
 ons, 70. 
 
 Court  recover  their  Affairs,  406. 
 The  Anf  vers  given  by  the  Court 
 to  the  Papers  of  the  Reformed, 
 fatisfie  no  Body,  64.  Makes  ufe 
 of  the  Dotlrme  of  Patience,  120. 
 The  wiles  and  tnjuftices  of  it,  t2l. 
 Has  no  regard  for  the  People,  184. 
 Difingtnuity  of  the  Court,  upon 
 SulliV  account,  237.  Break  their 
 Words  with  Leicuil,  280.  Dila- 
 tory and  Deiujive,  3O3.  Craft 
 of  the  Court  in  reference  to  Re- 
 wards ill  Juccefs  in  Beam,  3 10. 
 
 Croakers,  425- 
 
 Cruelties  of  the  Kings  Army  at  Foix, 
 
 401.    At  Privas,  455. 
 Cupif  Francis,  his  Conver (ion,  538. 
 
 DAille'j  Books,  %26.  His  difpute 
 with  Muis,  527. 
 Deagean,  a  fignalwile  of  his,  386. 
 &c. 
 
 Declaration  againft  Rohan  and  Sou- 
 bife,  395.  The  Kings  Declara- 
 tion upon  Soubile'j  taking  Anns, 
 397.  Declaration  confirming  the 
 Edict  of  Nantes,  8.  Andremarkz 
 able  Expreffions  in  it,  9.  Decla- 
 ration of  the  twenty  fourth  of  A- 
 pri!,  oppss'dby  the  Deputies  Gene- 
 ral, 97,  98.  New  Declaration, 
 July  11.  112.  Ofthe  fifteenth  of 
 December,  and  remarks  upon  it, 
 141 .  Declaration  ofthe  Marria- 
 ges rejolv*d  upon  with  Spain,  144. 
 Of  the  Kings  Majority,  \6~i.  De- 
 claration ofthe  King  upon  the  No- 
 bilities propofmg  to  Petition  him  to 
 maintain  the  Catholic!^  Religion, 
 accord- 
 
of  the  Matters. 
 
 According  to  htt  Coronation  Oath, 
 1 79-  Declaration  of  the  Court  up- 
 on Conde'-f  treating  with  the  Af- 
 fembly  of  K)mes,  218.  New  De- 
 claration of  the  King,  Ibid. 
 
 Decree  about  meeting  the  Sacrament, 
 434.  Decrees  upon  fever al  occa- 
 (icu),  5 03.  A  trouble fome  Decree 
 about  meeting  the  Sacrament,  ^09. 
 For  demoli^ung  the  Church  of  St. 
 Maixant,  51O.  Forbidding  pub- 
 licly Exercife  at  Paroi,  and  con- 
 taining fever  al  other  things,  5 1  5. 
 Other  Decrees  againfi  the  Refor- 
 med, 533.  And  to  the  Prejudice 
 of  Paternal  Authority,  Ibid.  A 
 Vexatious  Decree  of  the  Privy 
 Council  upon  fever  al  occafions,  534. 
 A  Decree  touching  Patents  for  Of- 
 fices, 535.  He  will  not  allow  the 
 Minifters  to  ?nake  a  fcparate  Bo- 
 dy in  Councils,  73.  A  Decree  au- 
 thorising the  Jefuits  to  preach  in 
 Mompellier,  277.  For  reftoring 
 confifc-aud  Ejlates,  confiscated  in 
 Bearn,  278. 
 
 Deputies  General  nominated,  4S7. 
 Obtain  favourable  anfwers  to  their 
 Papers,  18.  Their  Power  limited, 
 49.  Well  received  and  fi.ttter^d 
 at  Court,  50.  Afterwards  de- 
 ceiv'd,  51.  Threat  end,  52.  A<:r 
 Deputies  General  appointed,  60. 
 Deputies  of  the  Provinces,  at  Pa- 
 ris, fent  hack  with  difgrace,  p5. 
 
 Dominic  de  Jelus  .Varia,  hu  Story, 
 322. 
 
 Dorr,  Impofime  put  upsn  the  Synod 
 there,  374. 
 
 E. 
 
 Cclefiafticks  fit <Cd  upon  at  Men- 
 tauban,  371. 
 
 EdLT.  new,  confirming  all  the  reft, 
 414.  Edtcl  of  Srace,  460.  Con- 
 tents of  the  Editt,  461.  Againfi 
 Blafphemers,  528.  The  Confe- 
 rences of  it,  Ibid.  Edict  0/Blois, 
 238^ 
 
 Embafladours  Englifli  importunate 
 for  the  Peace  of  the  Religion,  411. 
 They  fignan  Acl  ill  drawn  «p,4 13. 
 
 England  declares  agamft  France, 43  8 . 
 Englifti  Land  tn  the  Ifle  of  Re, 
 439.  Defeated,  442.  Set  forth 
 two  Fleets  more,  443.  England 
 makes  a  Peace  with  France,  Ibid. 
 457- 
 
 Elpernon  Duke  of,  Mortally  hates 
 the  Reformed,  216.  Makes  War 
 againfi  Rochel,  252.  Hi*  pre 
 tevcetatak:  Arms,-),  53, &c. Elper- 
 non Duke  of,  fent  into  Beam, 402. 
 
 Examples  of  Injuries  done  the  Refor- 
 med, 306. 
 
 Exercife  forbid  at  Puigenier  and 
 Beaulieu,  42  J.  Out  of  the  ufual 
 Places,  43  1 .  At  St.  Sabin  and 
 Antibe,  446.  Prohibited,  438. 
 At  Gex,  Sancerre,  and  Chauvig- 
 ny,  444.  yftQuercy,  445-  The 
 Right  to  yem  cavilfd  at, 468.  For- 
 bid, 490,  495.  Forbid,  500. 
 Forbid  at  Paroi,  51  j.  At  Villi- 
 ers  le  Bel,  531.  At  Corbigni, 
 Ibid.  At  St.  Silvia,  533-  In  0- 
 thtr  Places,  Ibid.  At  Clay,  536. 
 Forbid  in  Several  Places,  30 1. 
 
 Exorcilms,  the  ridiculous  cjfttls  of 
 'em,  505. 
 
 F. 
 
 FAvai-'i  Inter  eft,  365. 
 Favourites  new  Intreigtm 
 g-Ainll  'em,  337. 
 Fe:iOuiUts  Btjhcp  of%  violent  a»ttinii 
 the 
 
A  TABLE 
 
 the  Reformed,  335.  Remarks  up- 
 on his  Spetcb,  337.  Beholding 
 for  Ins  Preferment  to  the  Duke  of 
 SuUy,  yet  a  bitter  Perftcutor  of  the 
 Reformed,  152. 
 
 Ferrand  the  Mwifler  flatters  the 
 King,  410. 
 
 Ferrier  retires,  67.  Heavy  Accu- 
 fations  againfi  him,  102.  Quits 
 the  Miniftry,  and  is  received  a 
 Counfellour  at  Nimes,  1 46.  More 
 of  him,  I4S,  &C  tits  end,  150. 
 
 Flatteries  exceffive,  361. 
 
 p  o\x,De fblation  of  the  Church  there, 
 338. 
 
 Fontrailles  put  out  of  Leitoure,  354. 
 
 La  Force  corrupt  id  by  the  King, 
 leaves  the  Reformed,  333. 
 
 La  Force  Governour  of  Bearn,  279. 
 His  unequal  temper,  and  the  cjfetls 
 of  it,  292. 
 
 France  Plays  foul  play  with  the  Con- 
 federates, 416.  Makes  a  League 
 with  Queen  Chriftina,  497.  Her 
 Pre  ten  (ions  t  o  all  Europe,  fet  forth 
 by  a  Sorbon  Doller,  502. 
 
 G. 
 
 G Aland  Auguftus  a  Commiffio- 
 ner,  371.    Admit  ted  into  the 
 Synod,  372.  His  1 'ntr eigne  again  ft 
 the  Duke  of  Rohan,  442.  In  vain 
 oppofes  the  Union  of  the  Churches 
 of  Beam,  483. 
 Gex,  the  Bailliage  how  us'd,  534. 
 Commtffiontrs  fent  thither,  93. 
 Great  Alterations  there  in  the 
 State  of  Religion,  1 07. 
 Governours  of  the  Towns  of  Securi- 
 ty bafely  felf-interefled,  423. 
 Grand  Ajftx.es,  fever  al  of  their  De- 
 crees againfi  the  Reformed,  5 1 2. 
 Grievances  a  large  Memoir  of 'em, 
 430. 
 
 Guftavus  King  of  Sweden  his  Death, 
 497- 
 
 H. 
 
 HArdy  put  in  Marrialds  Room, 
 427. 
 
 Houl'e  of  Charity  forbid  at  Paris, 
 536.  Hcufe  of  the  Propagation  of 
 Faith,  and  a  remarkable  piece  of 
 Injuftice,  537. 
 
 Huguenots,  whether  to  be  admitted 
 in  the  Kings  Army,  441. 
 
 Hurt,  the  Original  of  the  Word,  349. 
 
 r, 
 
 JAcobins  turned  out  of  Mompelli- 
 er,  275- 
 James  I  of  England,   his  Compli- 
 ance for  the  Catholick.  Religion, 
 3  90,  391 .    His  coldnefs  as  to  the 
 Affairs  of  the  Palatinate,  391. 
 Jeannin.&t'j  remarkable  writ'tng^o. 
 His  Anfwer  to  the  Duke  of  Bouil- 
 lon, 181. 
 Jefuits  receive  a  great  Mortification, 
 93- 
 
 Impudence  of  the  Jefuits  Aubigni 
 
 and  Cotton,  13. 
 Inclinations  of  the  Great  Men,  3  14. 
 Independency  of  Kings  from  the 
 
 Pope  maintain  d,  1 69.  Rejected 
 
 by  the  Court  and  Clergy,  and  why, 
 
 170. 
 
 Injuftice,  extraordinary  againfi  the 
 Reformed,  435. 
 
 Inftructions  of  the  Commiffioners , 
 421.  Anfwer  d  by  Chauve  the 
 Moderator,  422.  For  the  Pro- 
 vincial Ajfembly,  23.  Continu- 
 ations of  the  Infirnttions,  26. 
 
 Inveftives  againfi  the  Synod  of  A- 
 letz,  357- 
 
 Jofeph 
 
of  the  Matters. 
 
 Jofeph  a  Capuchin,  his  draught  of 
 the  Reunion^  474. 
 
 K. 
 
 King  of  England  in  what  fence 
 Garrantee  for  the  Protejiants, 
 41  3.    Offers  his  Mediation  for  a 
 Peace,  234.  Refused  by  the  Coun- 
 cil of  France,  Ibid. 
 Knight  0/ Malta  Marry  d,  432. 
 L. 
 
 LAnguedoc,  Lower,  in  Confufion, 
 328.    Continue  unquiet,  234. 
 The  Circle  of  it  Affembles  at  Li- 
 mel,  376. 
 League  powerful  again  ft  Spain,  410. 
 Legacies  perverted,  432. 
 Leicun  Counfellour  in  the  Soveraign 
 Council  of  Beam,  279.    His  Re- 
 monftrance,  2 90. 
 Lefdiguieres,  pretends  to  the  Confta- 
 bles  Sword,   and  intercedes  for 
 Peace  with  the  Proteftants,  334. 
 He  endeavours  to  hinder  the  remo- 
 val of  the  Ajfembly  of  Grenoble 
 rcNimes,  212.    Engaged  in  the 
 Inter  eft  of  the  Court,  214.  He 
 falls  out  with  the  Ajfembly  of  Ro- 
 chel,  381.    His  [mall  Affection 
 for  Religion,  Ibid.  &C.   Will  not 
 hear km  to  his  Friends ,  385.  He 
 remains  at  Court,  388. 
 Leflius  put  to  Death,  354. 
 Letter  Satyrical  dividing  the  Refor- 
 med into  three  Orders,  29.  A  Let- 
 ter from  Court  Authorising  the 
 Jnferiour  number  again  ft  the  great- 
 er, 56.  Letter  fuppos^d  to  be  writ- 
 ten in  the  Duke  of  Montbazons 
 Name,  366. 
 Lewis  XII I.  Marches  into  Guyenne, 
 314.    Returns  to   Paris,  330. 
 Leaves  Paris,  332.    His  fuccefs 
 in  Poitou,  Ibid.  And  Guyenne, 
 where  he  treats  with  La  Force, 
 
 333.  He  fufpects  the  Duke  of 
 TremovilIe,W  feiz.es  Tulleburg, 
 Ibid.    Haftens  into  Languedoc, 
 
 334.  He  forbids  the  Reformed  to 
 quit  their  Habitations,  339.  He 
 makes  ufe  of  Forraign  Catholic!^ 
 Souldiers,  342.  He  puts  his  King- 
 dom under  the  Protection  of  the 
 Virgin  Mary,  413.  Returns  to 
 Paris,  358.  His  particular  Infi- 
 delity to  the  Rochellers,  363.  His 
 Death,  452.  His  Letter  to  tht 
 Queen  about  the  Peace,  463.  The 
 Court  furprizJd at  the  Kings  Death, 
 I .  The  Penetrating  into  the  Caitfes 
 of  his  Death  avoided,  14.  His 
 Temper ,  260.  His  unexpected 
 Journey  to  Beam,  343.  He  ar- 
 rives at  Pau,  and  takes  in  Navar- 
 reins,  returns  to  Pau,  and  takes 
 the  Oath  to  the  States,  345.  He 
 goes  unexpectedly  from  Paris,  and 
 removes  the  Offices  of  the  Receits, 
 401. 
 
 Lewis  XIII.  born,  419. 
 
 Lion,  an  unfortunate  accideent  there, 
 326.  Anew  Sedition  there, 451. 
 
 Loudun,  Ajfembly  there  juftified^oi. 
 which  producd  fever al  Complaints 
 and  Apologies,  3 02.  Anfwer'd 
 by  the  King,  303.  The  Place  ap- 
 pointed for  the  Conference  which 
 procures  Peace,  23  5 . 
 
 Lufon  Btfhop  of,  made  a  Cardinal, 
 360.  HisCharatler,  Ibid.  His 
 Speech  to  the  King,  173.  He 
 withdraws  from  the  Queen,  272. 
 H.?  writes  again  1}  the  Mmifters9 
 274,  His  ill  CounfeL  3+i,  &c. 
 M. 
 
 MAcon  the  Btfhop  of,  his  Speech 
 to  the  King,  274.  Proves 
 ineffectual,  277.    Remarks  upon 
 it,  317. 
 Y  y  y  y  Mage 
 
A  TABLE 
 
 /lame  Duke  of,  his  Death,  32K 
 landamus  F/«<*/  ro  Sovereign 
 Council  of  Beam,  3  1 1 .  Attend- 
 ed by  Decrees  of  Council,  3 1 2. 
 Maniald  dies,  427. 
 Mansfield  Count,  treats  with  the  Re- 
 formed, 340.  Gained  by  the  Court, 
 341.    Contrary  to  the  Biflwp  of 
 Alberftads  Inclinations,  Ibid. 
 Marans  Count,  of  his  Hofttlitics  a- 
 
 gainft  Sancerre,  268. 
 Marets,  Minifler  of  Alers,  put  to 
 
 Death,  49+. 
 Marriage  of  Converted  Priefts,  431. 
 Mtfayer's  falfe  dealing,  423.  His 
 Charatler,  373.  He  writes  to  the 
 King,  374.  Adore  of  him,  Ibid. 
 &c. 
 
 Mediation  0/  thcDukcs  of  Rohan  and 
 Trimovilie,  ruind  by  Favas,389. 
 Metz,  the  Reformed  forbid  to  erect  a 
 Colledge  there,  5 1  7. 
 
 Milletiere,  a  writing  of  his,  373. 
 His  Project  about  Reunion  of  the 
 Proteftants  andPapifrs,  477.  Re- 
 futed by  Daille,  478.  Turns  Ca- 
 tholick,  through  Necejfity,  Ibid. 
 
 Minifters  Forraign,  a  Declaration 
 Againft\m,  436.  Decrees  againji 
 '^,503. Minifters  Penfioncrs,\ 2  I. 
 Allow  d  to  affiftat  Political  Affem- 
 blies,  270.  Minifters  of  Cha- 
 rentons  Anfwer,  273.  The  Trea- 
 chery off  ome  pump/d,  354. 
 
 Miron,Prf/IWc»r,  Charatler,iql. 
 
 Millions  and  Mifjionarics,  467 . 
 
 Mombazon  Duke  of,  his  care  of  the 
 Reformed,  324,  325. 
 
 Mompellier  befieg'd,  344.  Holds 
 eutjioutly,  352.  The  Kings  Infi- 
 delity to  Her,  358.  A  Cittadel 
 built  there  contrary  to  the  Treaty, 
 377.    The  building  of  it  opposed  by 
 
 Maniald,  Ibid.  Innovations  there, 
 436.    The  Foundation  of  it  by 
 whom,  Ibid. 
 Monkj  converted,  their  Rogueries, 
 271. 
 
 Monfanglard  Minifler  his  Procefs, 
 532. 
 
 Montauban  defended  by  La  Force, 
 318.  The  Siege  rais d,  319.  Re- 
 duced, 463. 
 Moulin  in  danger  of  being  fecund, 
 390-    His  Letter  to  James  I.  of 
 England  mifcarries,  391.  From 
 which  the  Jefuits  feekjw  opportuni- 
 ty to  ruin  him,  392. 
 Muce  Marquifs of ,  condemned  by  the 
 Par lament  of  Rennes,  355. 
 N. 
 
 NErac  a  Prefidial  Court  erected 
 there,  41 5. 
 Negrepeliffe  taken  by  Affault,  and 
 great  Cruelties  there  exercisd , 
 334- 
 
 Nomination  of  General  Deputies  per- 
 mitted, 426.  The  Synod  defires 
 to  be  exempted  from  it,  Ibid. 
 
 o. 
 
 OAth  of  Union,  377,    Renew  d 
 by  the  Ajfimbly  of  Tonneins, 
 
 Offices,  441.    The  Catholicks  com- 
 bine to  exclude  the  Reformed  from 
 'em,  Ibid.  448. 
 Omer  Talon'j  manner  of  Pleading, 
 5 1  o.    His  Diftintlion  between  the 
 Right  of  Exercije  and  the  Right 
 of  the  Church,  5  1 1 . 
 Oppreffion  continud,  501. 
 Orleans  Duke  of,  commences  a  Qivii 
 War,  492. 
 
 P. 
 
 PAmiers  City  of,  goes  to  Law  with 
 Bifrop,  392. 
 Papers  of  the  Reformed  Gentral,i66. 
 
 Anfwers 
 
of  the  Matters. 
 
 Anfwers  to  'em,  367.  Of  the 
 Clergy  of  Saintes,  385.  Full  of 
 Malice,  386.  Calmly  anfwerd 
 by  the  Court,  4O2,  404-  Papers 
 anfwefd  by  the  Court,  113.  Ge- 
 neral Paper  of  the  AJfembly  of  Gre- 
 noble, 207.  Anfwer'd,  208. 
 Papers  of  the  Clergy  favourably 
 anfvoerd,  29  1 . 
 
 Parlaments  encroach  upon  the  Jurif- 
 ditlion  of  the  Chambers,  1  14. 
 The  Parlament  ordains  the  continu- 
 ance of  the  Exercife  of  the  Refor- 
 med Religion,  224.  Their  Ails 
 of  Injuflice,  302. 
 
 Parpailler,  the  Original  of  the  Word, 
 347- 
 
 Pau,  the  Par  lament  there  forbid  the 
 Exercifes,  425. 
 
 Payment  of  Mmifters,  406. 
 
 Peace,  Propojals  of  it  renewed,  342, 
 The  Court  would  have  the  King 
 grant  it  to  have  a  Lord  and  Ma- 
 fter,  Ibid.  Three  feveral  Perfons 
 give  their  Opinions  upon  it,  343. 
 Peace  agreed  before  Mompellier, 
 352,  353.  Honourable  for  the 
 "  Duke  of  Rohan,  355.  All  the 
 Cities  accept  it,  357.  lllobfervd 
 by  the  Court,  Ibid.  Peace  dif- 
 cours'd  of,  401.  Concluded  be- 
 tween the  King  and  the  Reformed, 
 411.  Peace  made  with  the  Refor- 
 med, 459. 
 
 Perron  Cardinal,  his  Harangue  to 
 the  third  Ejlate,  171. 
 
 PetitV  Projett  about  the  Re ■union, 476. 
 
 Du  Pleflis,  his  Death,  3  79.  Ele- 
 tled  Prefident  of  the  Affembly  of 
 Saumur,  30.  He  fortifies  Saumur, 
 44.  His  wife  Counftl,  58.  Tricky 
 put  upon  him  to  get  Saumur  out  of 
 his  hands,  421. 
 
 Politicks  Bloody,  of  the  Catholick 
 Clergy  in  France,  315. 
 
 Pons,  Regulations  there  agalnfl  the 
 Reformed,  539. 
 
 Pope,  his  Brief  to  Lewis  XIII,  3 16. 
 
 Precautions  to  prevent  diforder,  4. 
 
 Precedency  adjudg'd  to  the  C.ztho- 
 licks,  434.  To  the  Catholicise 'oun- 
 fcllours  of  the  Chamber  of  Guyen, 
 503.  To  the  Catholisk  C oun f el- 
 lours  of  the  Chamber  of  Caftres, 
 
 Priefts  and  Monks  changing  their  Reii- 
 gion,^i.Pritft  converted  his  Chil- 
 dren, 452.  APriefi  put  to  Death 
 for  bewitching  his  Nuns,  505. 
 
 Privas  Befteg^d  and  Betray  d,  454. 
 The  Kings  Declaration  upon  the 
 taking  of  it,  457.  Re-eflabliflfck, 
 498.    The  Cafile  retaken,  377. 
 
 Puimirol,  I  aught  at  for  his  Loyalty, 
 314. 
 
 Puilieux  a  new  Favourite,  Advifer 
 of  Horfe  proceeding  againft  the  Re- 
 formed, 359.  His  Favour  (lwt,$  60. 
 His  Promife  to  the  Nuncio,  353. 
 
 a- 
 
 OUeen  Mother  hates  Cardinal 
 Richlieu ,  450.  Withdraws 
 into  Flanders,  47 1 . 
 Queen  Regent,  Characters  »f  Her, 
 30.  Offended  with  the  Duke  of 
 Rohan,  1  24.  She  Cenfents  to  the 
 removal  of  Rochebeaucour,  137. 
 The  Princes  difcontcnted  with  Her 
 Regency,  153.  She  prepares  to 
 AJJemble  the  General  Eft  at  es, 166. 
 She  takes  a  Progrejs  with  the  King, 
 203.  She  efcapes  frcm  Blois,  319. 
 Her  jcruples,  339.  She  forms  a 
 powerful  Party,  340.  Her  For- 
 ces defeated  procure  a  Peace,^^. 
 Queftion  to  infnare  the  People,  526% 
 R. 
 
 REconciliation  of  the  great  ones 
 Projetted,  132. 
 Y  y  y  y  2  Regen- 
 
A  TABLE 
 
 Regency  given  to  the  jO^een,  5. 
 Reformed  unfortunate  every  where, 
 315.    jQuitt  their  Habitations, 
 3  26.  Aicusd  of  Firing  the  Bridges 
 of  Paris,  Ibid.  Of  Firing  the  Gaol 
 tffLion,  327.  Theyreafjumefrefh 
 Courage,  332.    Difarmd,  350. 
 Tht  exercife  of  their  Religion  for- 
 bid!j  368.  A fingular  Artifice usd 
 to  oblige  'em  to  call  the mf elves  Pre- 
 tended  Reformed,  369.  Their  Con- 
 dition impared  by  the  Commiffioners 
 at  Gergeau,  Remorentin,  and 
 Tours,  382.    The  Reformed  dif- 
 fatisfd  with  the  Kings  anfwers^ 
 405.    They  fend  Deputies  to  the 
 «•  King,    427.    Who  remunerate, 
 Ibid.    And  return  with  the  Kings 
 Anfwer,  4.27.    In  great  Confier- 
 nation,  Ibid.    Feard  at  Court, 
 488.    Faithful  to  the  King,  493. 
 The  Condition  of  the  Reformed,  5. 
 Who  are  dreaded  and  yet  afraid, 
 Ibid.    They  fall  into  a  fond  Opi- 
 nion of  fafety,deceiv'dbythe  Court 
 
 Relapfers,  remarkable  Orders  again / 
 'em,  415. 
 
 De  Retz  Cardinal,  329. 
 
 Reunion  projected,  472.  Inclina- 
 tions of  the  Miniflers  towards  it, 
 j^l^.  And  of  tht  People,  476. 
 Difficulties  that  obfirucledit,  Ibid. 
 The  iffue  of  it,  479.  The  Truth 
 of  it,  Ibid. 
 
 Richelieu  Cardinal,  his  Maxims, 
 388.  His  defigns,  of  which  he  is 
 forfdto  delay  the  Execution,  410. 
 Jealouftes  between  him  and  Buck- 
 ingham, 415.  His  back  fide,  417. 
 Confpiracies  againfi  him,  419.  He 
 takes  a  Journey  into  Italy  with  the 
 King,  4«53.  Mis  Project  of  Reu» 
 nion,  473.  He  opprejfes  the  Pub- 
 lick^Liherty,  49  1 .  Much  a  do  to 
 guard  himfelf  from  Confpiracies, 
 497.  His  Death,  451. 
 Rieuperieux  fummond  by  the  Coun- 
 cil, 422. 
 
 Rochechouard,  particular  acls  of 
 Injuftice  there,  423,  468. 
 
 Artifices,  IO.  They  take  part  with   Rochel  hard  prefsd  by  Land  and 
 
 the  Houje  of  Guile  tn  a  Quarrel, 
 94.  They  abhsr  the  Name  of  Pre- 
 tended  Reformed^  109.  Their 
 Strength  in  the  County  of  Avignon, 
 1  j  o.  They  obtain  Gergau  infiead 
 o/Grenoble,  but  diffatisfd  defire 
 Grenoble  again,  182,  183.  Re- 
 formed difarm'd  at  Bourdeaux, 
 223.  Inclined  to  the  jOneen  Mo- 
 thers Service,  328.  Their  faults 
 and  thecaufe,  344.  Begun  to  be 
 us'd  as  Rebels,  $66.  All  manner 
 of  Juflice  refus'd  *em,  377.  To  be 
 deftroyd  root  and  branch,  397, 
 &c.  7  he  Peaceable  Reformed  dif- 
 armd,  419,  &C. 
 Regulations/cr  Villiers  Je  Bel,  and 
 ^Dauphinare,  420.  Regulati- 
 ons of  Union,  72. 
 
 Sea,  351.  The  Priviledges  of  it 
 difputed,  400.  Excepted  by  the 
 King  out  of  the  Peace,  408.  The 
 ruine  of  it  fworn,  and  the  King 
 ftrives  to  put  particular  Laws  up- 
 on it,  408,  409.  Accepts  the 
 Conditions  fomewhat  mollifi'd,^l  1 . 
 The  Condition  of  it,  420.  Still 
 bloc\t  up,  43  7.  The  Irrefolution 
 of  the  Inhabitants,  440.  They  in- 
 tertept  a  Racquet  of  Court  Letters, 
 Ibid.  Rochel  Refolves  and  Pub- 
 liflies  a  Manifefto,  44  r.  Surren- 
 dred,  443.  Refufes  to  fubmit  to 
 the  Englifh,  444.  How  the  In- 
 habitants were  dealt  by,  446.  Ge- 
 neral Affembly  convtrPd at  Rochel, 
 255.  The  Circle  of  Rochel  fends 
 Deputies  to  tht  King,2^.  Ro- 
 
of  the  Matters. 
 
 Rohan  Duke  of,  31 7-  Detained 
 Prifoner  *t  Mompellier,  363.  Re- 
 leased,364.  He  advifes  the  Refor- 
 med Cuies  what  to  do,  366.  Medi- 
 tates great  designs,  395.  Enter- 
 prize  of  Rohan  and  Soubife,  Ibid. 
 His  Poltticl^Devotions,  398-  Se- 
 conded by  bis  Wife,  399.  HePub- 
 li(hesa  Manifefto,  44 I.  Perfonal 
 jLr:mity,  between  him  and  the  Prince 
 cfConde,  451.  Decrees  and  De- 
 clarations againfi  him,  453.  He 
 treits  with  Spain,  457.  He  re- 
 tires cut  of  the  Kingdom,  46$. 
 Accns'd  of  the  ruin  of  the  Chu,  cb~ 
 es,  467,  Serves  the  Kino  in  Ita- 
 ly, 494.  Breads  with  the  Duke 
 of  Bouillon,  118.  Differences  be- 
 tween him  and  Rochebeaucour, 
 I  3  t  His  hiqh  Vretenfions,  1 36. 
 Reconciled  to  the  Duke  of  Bouillon, 
 I  50.  Engages  in  the  Queens  Par- 
 ty, 338.    His  Death,  413. 
 
 Royan  jurrenderd  to  the  King,$$i. 
 S. 
 
 Shc\\\edge  pretended,  428. 
 Sancerre  ftizf'A  by  the  Reformed, 
 250. 
 
 Saumnr,  an  Attempt  of  the  Sheriffs 
 of  that  Place,  151. 
 
 Scholars  of  the  Academy  of  Saumur 
 run  themfelves  into  a  Premnnire, 
 496.    Forbidden,  534. 
 
 Schomberg  Marflial,  329. 
 
 Schools,  forbid  m  Rouen,  426.  At 
 St.  Foi,  Ibid.  Order  d  di/lintl, 
 Ibid.  448. 
 
 Sedirion  at  Paris,  324.  v&  Orleans, 
 347.  At  Lion,  Ibid.  The  Vio- 
 lence of  it,  349.  At  Paris,  89. 
 At  Rochel,  133.  At  Milhau, 
 173.  At  Beleftar,  174.  Sediti- 
 on at  Pau,  againft  Renard  the 
 Kings  Commiffioner  ,  309.  At 
 Tours)  406,  &c. 
 
 Seflions,  Grand  Seffons  in  Poitou, 
 507.  They  put  the  Churches  into 
 great  affrights,  Ibid.  .And  make 
 an  important  Decree,  Ibid. 
 
 Sick  People  tormented  by  the  Mon\s, 
 416,417.  Vifited  by  the  Priefis, 
 452. 
 
 Soubiie^c/frfff^,  332.  Solicits  for 
 fuccour  in  England,  351.  His 
 fuccour  cafi  away  in  the  Harbour, 
 352.  Meditates  great  deigns, 
 395.  Betray'dby  Nouailles,  396". 
 Hedifingages  him f elf,  397.  His 
 fticccjs  attiert  the  face  of  Affairs, 
 398.  His  Manifefto,  399'.  An- 
 fwerd,  400.  He  profpers,  402. 
 
 Spanifh  Fleet  before  Rochel,  444. 
 
 Scares  General  of  France  meet,  1 63. 
 The  third  Ejlate  opprefsd  by  the 
 Nobility  and  Clergy,  Ibid. 
 
 St.  Mark,  Commiffioner  in  the  Synod 
 of  Alenibn,  401. 
 
 Subftance  of  the  General  Cahier  of 
 the  Affembly  of  Saumur,  and  of 
 the  Anfwerstoit,  73,  &C 
 
 Sulli  Duke  of,  made  a,  Martial  of 
 France,  502.  He  takes  falfe  mea- 
 fures,  6.  He  is  advis'ii  to  look^to 
 himfelf,  7.  His  dtfgrace,  19^ 
 Removed  from  the  Exchequer  and. 
 Government  of  the  Baftille,  20. 
 He  writes  to  the  Queen,  2 1 .  His 
 Affair  ex amin  d,  25.  An  anoni- 
 mous  Aafwer  to  his  Difcourfe,  27. 
 Hi'S  Speech  to  the  Affembly,  48. 
 
 Synod  at  Alenfon,  40 1 .  The  Com- 
 miffiontrs  Speech  there,  Ibid.  And 
 his  InftruElians,  4.02.  The  Mode- 
 rators Anfwer,  404.  Their  Depu- 
 tation to  the  King,  407.  The  De- 
 puties how  treated  at  Court,  41c. 
 Nomination  of  General  Deputing 
 411.  They  make  particular  De- 
 puties, 412.  They  condemtrMiW- 
 tier&s 
 
A  TABLE 
 
 tieres  Projetts,  412.  And  Ap- 
 prove Daifle'j  TPm*»gj,lbid.  They 
 appeafe  the  Difpute  about  univer- 
 fal  Grace,  Ibid.  Synod  National 
 at  Charenton,  370.  SendCom- 
 miff  oners  to  the  King,  372.  Their 
 Obedience,  375.  Propofals  made 
 there  by  Galand,  Ibid.  They  fend 
 a  new  Deputation  to  the  King,^6. 
 Synod  National,  47,0.  Synod  of 
 Realmont,  422.  An  Article 
 drawn  up  in  that  Synod  for  difco- 
 very  of  all  fuch  as  had  a  hand  in 
 
 the  Spanifh  Treaty  it  offends 
 
 the  Churches  — >  and  is  difown'd  by 
 the  National  Synod,  425.  The 
 National  Synod  names  General  De- 
 puties, 428,  429.  .And  come  to 
 divers  >Re folutions,  429.  Natio- 
 nal Synod  at  Charenton,  480. 
 The  Commi(fioners  Speech,  Ibid. 
 An  fiver  d,  482.  They  fend  De- 
 puties to  the  King,  485-  Their 
 Papers,  Ibid.  The  Deputies  fa- 
 vourably receiv'd,  487.  Impor- 
 tant Re  folutions  taken  by  the  Sy- 
 nod, 488.  Synod  National  at 
 Alenfon,  540.  Synod  at  Blois, 
 90.  Synod  National  of  Privas, 
 99.  Complaints  of  the  Synod  of 
 Blois,  103.  Care  of  the  Synods 
 for  the  Reconciliation  of  the  Gran- 
 decs  ,  105.  National  Synod  at 
 Tonneins,  is  8.  Synod  National 
 at  Vitre,  256,  &c.  Synod  Na- 
 tional at  Aletz,  349,  &c. 
 T. 
 
 TIerache,  the  Reformed  Inhabi- 
 tants there  treated  favourably, 
 117. 
 
 Titenus  writes  againfi  the  Affembly 
 o/Rochel,3o8.  Heanfwers  Mille- 
 tiere,  373. 
 
 Tonneboutonne  Mafs  refettCdthtre, 
 447. 
 
 Tonneins  derided  for  her  Civility , 
 314. 
 
 Treatile  entitl'd,  The  Eucharifl  of 
 the  Ancient  Church,  <$Oo. 
 
 Tremoville  Duke  of,fubmits,  313. 
 
 Troubles  in  France  renewed,  394, 
 129.  Troubles  end,  143  Trou- 
 bles of  Privas,  354,  &c.  At 
 Nimes  occafiond  by  ajefuit,$76. 
 New  Troubles  in  Beam,  402. 
 V.  ' 
 
 VAlence'j  Credit,  $6$. 
 Valence  Bifhop  of,  perfecutes 
 the  Forreign  Mixifhrs,  469. 
 Vatan,  the  Lord  of  it  dies,  94. 
 Vendofm  Duke  of,  foiPd  before  Bri- 
 
 tefle,  346. 
 DeVic,  329. 
 
 Vieville,  his  ingratitude  and  ill  fuc- 
 
 cefs,  388. 
 Villarte*  Monl^fent  foFoix,  and  his 
 
 Behaviour  there,  "3,^%.  Alterations 
 
 given  him,\b\d.His  Triumph  but  a 
 
 Chimera,  4O2. 
 Vitre,  the  Church  there  pulPd  down, 
 
 443. 
 
 Union  figtfdand  fworn,  1 00. Treated 
 of  between  the  Prince  of  Conde  and 
 the  Affembly  of  Nimes,  216. 
 
 United  Provinces  fend  fuccour  to 
 France,  438. 
 
 Univerfuy  of  Poitiers,  the  Statutes 
 reviv'd,  421.  Z^niverfity  regula- 
 ted, 450. 
 
 Voices  and  Opinions  divided  in  the 
 Court  of  Caftres  and  the  Jffue  of  it, 
 429- 
 
 Ilriiilin'j  of  Loudon,  the  Farce  aEled 
 upon' em,  504. 
 
 W. 
 
 WAtons  befiegd  &  taken,  379. 
 Retaken  andreftofd,  380. 
 War  againfi  the  Reformed,  the  Rea- 
 fons  for  it  prevail^  332.  The  fuc- 
 <efs 
 
of  the  Matters. 
 
 ct fs  of 'it  in many Places,  346.  Ci-      it,  378. 
 
 vtl  War, new  Seeds  of  it,  470.  William  deHugues,  his  Negotiati- 
 War  new  tn  France,  thePrefages  of      ons  in  England,  390. 
 
 A  T  A  B  L  E  of  the  £di6ts,Declarations,£7r.  Serving  for 
 Proofs  to  the  Second  Part  of  this  Work. 
 
 T He  Kings  Declaration  Hpon  the 
 Edict  of  Pacification,  May  22. 
 
 Page  455. 
 
 General  Regulation  drawn  up  in  the 
 Afftmbly  of  Saumur,  Augnfl  29. 
 161 1 .  458. 
 
 Writing  cf  the  Affembly  at  Saumur, 
 Anno  16 1 1.  and  An fiver.  462. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kim  touching 
 the  Affemblies  of  any  of  hisSubjells 
 of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religi- 
 on, confirming  the  Edicl  of  N&mes 
 and  the  Particular  Articles.  At  Pa- 
 ris, April  24.  1 6 1 2.  Regifter^din 
 Parlament  May  25.  of  the  fame 
 Tear.  482. 
 
 ADeclarationof  the  King,  in  favour 
 of  thofe  of  the  Pretended  Reformed 
 Religion,  confirming  the  Preceding 
 Declaration  of  April  24.  Given  at 
 Pzusfjuly  11.  1612.  and  vert  fid 
 Auguft  8.  484. 
 
 A  Decla  ation  of  the  King,  and  Con- 
 firmation of  the  Edit!  of  Nantes,?  i- 
 ven  at  Paris  December  1  1612. 
 andverifid,  Jan.  2.  161  3.  486. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kings  Majori- 
 ty, containing  a  Confirmation  of 
 the  Edicl  of  Pacification,  and  Pro- 
 hibiting Duels.  At  Pzx\s,Oclcb.\. 
 \6  [4.  Fen  fid  ihe  2.  of  the  fame 
 Month  and  Tear.  489. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King  touc  hing 
 the  renewing  of  all  the  Edills  of  Pa- 
 
 cific at  ion,  Articles  agreed,  Regula- 
 tions and  Decrees  in  purfuance  of 
 the  fame.  PubllflPd  in  Parlament 
 the  laft  of 'April,  161  5.       49 1. 
 
 ADeclarationof  the  King  upon  Arms 
 being  taken  by  fome  of  his  Sitbjetls 
 of  the  Pretended  Reformed  Religi- 
 on, containing  a  new  Confirmation 
 of  the  Edills  and  Declarations  for- 
 merly made  in  favour  of  thole  of 
 the  Jaid  Religion.  Given  at  Bour- 
 deaux,  Novemb.  1 0.  1515.  4-94' 
 
 An  Ex  trail  of  the  Kings  Edicl  for  the 
 Pacifying  the  Troubles  of  his  King- 
 dom ;  given  at  Blois  May  \6t6. 
 Verified  June  13.  the  fame  Tear. 
 
 499- 
 
 Private  Articles granted  in  the  Kings- 
 Name  by  his  Deputies  fentto  the 
 Conference  at  Loudon/o  the  Prince 
 of  Condi:,  to  obtain  the  Pacifica- 
 t ion  of  the  Troubles  ;  after  that, 
 feen,  approv'd,  and  ratified  by  his 
 Majefiy,  500. 
 
 A  Declaration  aboitthe  Edills  of  Pa- 
 cification, given  at  Paris,?«/y  20.- 
 1615.  Andverifi'd  Auguft  4.  the 
 fame  Tear.  ^03. 
 
 ADeclar  ation  of  the  Kingdom  aining 
 a  Confirmation  of  the  Edicl  of  Lou- 
 dun,  and  the  Private  Articles  of 
 it.  Given  at  Paris  the  la(l  of  Sep^- 
 rember  \6\6.  and  verified  Ollob. 
 **  504.. 
 
 A. 
 
A  TABLE  of  Edifls 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King  againfi 
 unlawful  Affemblies  of  any  of  the 
 Pretended  Reformed.  Religion  at 
 Cartel- jaloux  and  Bearn^  given 
 at  Paris  May  jr.  1 618.  and  veri- 
 fid  May  25.  506. 
 
 A  Declaration  af  the  King,  confirm' 
 ing  the  Ediils  of  Pacification,  and 
 the  Affemblies  of  Cartel  jaloux, 
 and  Orthes  approvd,  dated  May 
 24.  1619.  508. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King  againfi 
 thofe  of  the  Affembly  at  Loudun, 
 together  with  a  Confirmation  of  the 
 Preceding  Edit?  of  Pacification. 
 Dated  Feb.  26.  1620.        5 10. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King  in  Favour 
 of  his  Subjetls  of  the  Pretended  Re- 
 formed Religion,  who  fhall  remain 
 in  their  Duty  and  Obedience,  dated 
 April  24.  1621.  514. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King  by  which 
 all  the  Inhabitants  and  other  Pcr- 
 fens  within  the  Cities  of  St.  Ange- 
 li  and  Rochel  are  declard  guilty  of 
 HighTreafon.   Publiflfdjune  7 . 
 
 1621.  517. 
 ADeclaration  of  the  King  containing 
 
 Prohibitions  to  all  his  Loving  Sub- 
 jells  of  the  Pretended  Reformed 
 Religion  remaining  in  their  Obedi- 
 ence, to  ft  ir  from  their  Houfes  ei- 
 ther in  the  City  or  Countrey,  under 
 the  Penalties  therein  cxprefs'd,  da- 
 ted July  25.  1622.  520. 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King  upon  the 
 Peace,which  he  gave  his  Subjeclsof 
 the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion, 
 confirming  the  Preceding  Edicls  of 
 Pacification.  DatedQtXobzt  19. 
 
 1622.  521. 
 A  Paper  prefented  to  the  King  by  the 
 
 GeneralDepmies  with  theAnfwers, 
 524. 
 
 A  Circulatory  Letter  of  the  General 
 Deputies  of  the  Reformed  Churches, 
 53  5. 
 
 The  Kings  Declaration  providing  a- 
 gatnft  the  Propounding  or  Treating 
 of  any  Affairs  in  the  Affemblies  of 
 the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion, 
 but  fuch  as  are  permitted  by  the  E- 
 ditls.  Dated  April  17.  1623.  536. 
 A  Declaration  of  the  Kings  good  Will 
 to  his  Subjetls  of  the  Pretended  Re- 
 formed Religion.  Verifid  in  Pari*, 
 ment,  November  27.  1623.  537. 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King  againfi  the 
 Duke  of  Soubize  and  his  Adhe- 
 rents. Given  at  Paris,  Jan.  25. 
 1616.  539. 
 A  writing  given  by  the  Englifh  Em- 
 baffadours  to  the  Deputies  of  the 
 Churches  to  make  the  King  of  Eng- 
 land Garranty  of  the  Peace  in 
 
 1626. 
 
 542. 
 
 An  Edit!  of  the  King,  upon  the  Peace 
 which  it  pleas'd  his  Majefty  to  give 
 his  Subjects  of  the  Pretnded  Re- 
 formed Religion.  Dated  March 
 1625.  543. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King  againfi 
 the  Sieur  de  Soubize  and  other  Ad- 
 herents to  the  Party  of  the  Englifh, 
 &c.  Given  at  Villeroy,  Aiignfi  5. 
 1627.  548. 
 
 A  Declaration  of  the  King  after  the 
 taking  of  Rochel  to  his  Subjects  of 
 the  Pretended  Reformed  Religion. 
 Given  at  Paris,  December  15. 
 T528.  551. 
 
 The  Kings  Edict  upon  the  Grace  and 
 Pardon  grant  ed,as  well  to  the  Duke 
 of  Rohan,  and  the  Sieur  de  Sou- 
 bize, and  to  all  his  other  Rebelli- 
 ous Subjects  of  the  Cities,  &c.  Gi- 
 venat  Nimesw July  1629.  5 53- 
 
 FINIS.