ALTHOVGH the prince of Conde haue by good proofe sufficiently inough declared nat alonely the great zeale & deuocion which he hath to the seruice of the kyng & quene , with the ful obedience he beareth to their maiesties : but also the singular affection he hath to the quiet & welth of this realme , chiefly herein , that not long sens he hath deferred euen to the vttermost extremitie and nede , to putte armour vpon him , for to resyst the violence of these , who yet beeyng full of blood and threats , haue sent for and assembled people on euery syde : hauynge armed them selues againste their maiesties commaundementes , and dyd with force enter Parys . Where at that tyme the said Prince was , who had neuer the lesse long before perfecte vnderstanding of their ententes and purposes . And after that , hauyng no respecte eyther to the degree he is of in this Realme , neyther yet to this , that he was not the first that armed hym self , was yet contented simply at the quenes commandement to departe the sayd towne with his traine , and repaire to his house mynding forthwith to breake vp his companye , vppon trust that the others should do the same : The which all contrary remained at the sayd Parys some dayes , and there renforced them selues : And after they had there doon sundry gorgeous actes , went with all theyr force where their maiesties were , whome they haue enuironned therwith , and therby brought their bodies and willes into a captiuitie .

Neuertheles the said prince who hauing nothing derer vnto hym than the publique tranquillitie , hath always ben most wylling to submit him self to such reasonable conditions of layeng downe that weapon which he for most iuste considerations so nedefully tooke in hande : That all they euen very those whom the other side hath dispatched vnto him on the behalf of the King & Queene , haue always sayd , that whosoeuer should refuse the condicions that he offered , shuld be in a great wrong Wherof at this present , the sayd prince neither maketh mention nor recitall , because the same haue bene already declared in his former declaration . And fearing least his reasons and answers , that ●ithe the offer of his condicions he hathe made touching that message which was sent vnto him and persuaded him on the behalf of the queene at the desire of those others , haue not bene faithefully reported vnto her maiestye : or els that these who haue power about her , might ●appilye disguise the same , to make righte appeare on theyr syde : whereby they myght nourishe and continue this trouble , preferryng theyr particular faccions before the conseruation and quietnesse of this estate : The sayde Prince would by no meanes omytt the putting of the same into writyng , to the 〈…〉 de they myghte be truely vnderstande of their maiesties , published through all christendome and knowen to all the princes , potentates , allies , frendes and confederates to this crowne , and to all the courses of parliamentes of this realme , whom the sayd prince requireth ( but chiefly the parlyament of Parys ) to the whiche he hath of late sent his former declaration , to enregester the same with this his seconde also , to th ende he maye hereafter rendre the better accompte of these his doynges , by a moste certaine and perpetuall witnesse vnto his prince , whan he shall come to the age of iudgement betwene the faulte or seruice that he shall haue doone hym in this his minoritie . The sayd Prince so muche assuring him selfe of the so rare integritie of that notable companye so well esteemed of the whole worlde , that it will examine and way all thynges with the balance of iustice reason & equitie without inclinyng to any passion or affection of any particular partie .

AND fyrst and formost to begin with al they ar not able nor may lay vnto the princes charge eyther to haue begun the trouble whiche at this daye is in this realme , eyther to haue ben the cause or continuance therof : in as much as it is manifest , he was not the fyrste that put on armour . And for that he tooke weapon after them , which armed themselues against the kyng and quenes commandement : he had therin iust occasion , & suche as by nature belonged vnto hym : to wete the defence of his prince to the vtmoste of his power , the subiectes lykewise of his maiestie , and himself from violence . In as muche also as syns that tyme he hathe alwayes submytted hym selfe to the laying downe of weapon vnder reasonable condytions , suche as myghte tend to a good and sure peace for eyther partie , and the libertie of the kyng and quene . Wherby men may easily know that these be th only causes which haue reiected the said conditions ( who nat beyng able to suffre the rule of the Quene which gouerned without force or violence keepyng eche manne in quiete , and lookyng carefully for payement of the king her sonnes debtes , haue armed theym selues , haue entred the court , haue passed euen to the kynges chaumber with their force contrary to his commaundement to dispose of this realme at theyr pleasure , haue made slaughter of his maiesties subiects , who lyued vnder the sufferaunce of his Edictes : And consequently haue put all Fraunce in an vprore , euen than whan it grewe towardes greate quietenesse , chiefely for the matter of religion , wherin eyther partie deemed muche cause of contentation .

And without taryeng onely vpon this whyche men see at this presente , if they woulde enter a lyttell further into the matter , and consyder the humors and dooynges that haue paste eche manne frome tyme to tyme , and looke yet further afore them , who they be that haue heretofore raysed and maynteyned the troubles sprong in this realme : They shall fynde that euen those , who of late haue begun to put on armour and styrred vp this Ciuile warre , haue almoste from theyr byrthe vp , conspired to trouble the commune quiete of this kyngedome , and that restfulnesse wherof they bee th ennemies , because it is contrarye to the marke they shoote at , and cuttes awaye the meane of theyr ambicion , whoe thynke them selues in prison , and neuer in good ordre , but whan there is occasions of changes and enterprises . And without any mention making , concerning this mater of a iudgement whiche king Frauncis the .i. that greate and wise king made of them , neyther yet of sundry other particularities of their doynges . Who knoweth not the selfe same men because they coulde not away with the benefyte of a commune quiete were the cause of breache of that honourable and moste profytable Truce made betwene kyng Henry lastly departed , the Emperor Charles , and the Spanyshe kyng ? ( whereby not onely we feele the smarte , but all our posteritie shall feele the same . They putting by this meanes al Europe in trouble and confusion , and all Fraunce in ruine , that they mights therby come to their endes and intentes well enough vnderstanded ? And who when they had ones embraced the handlynge of matters and the money , after the iorney of saint Laurence , whan sundry greefes one after an other had hapned by reason of that ouerthrow , began by tymes to make suche vnquietnesse in this realme , as the said kyng Henry departed , who was not able to suffre any more such violent sprights aboute hym , determined to send them home to theyr houses , had he not ben preuented by deth .

After that duryng the reigne of kyng Francis the second of that name , when these stranger gouernors had contrary to all ryght , yea agaynst the lawes and customes of Fraunce , vsurped vnto theym selues the whole gouernemente , was not this poore realme in troubles and in armes ? Dyd they nat in the sight of euery man fleshe the sayd yong kyng vpon his owne prepre subiects ( who yet otherwise was both good & vertuous of himself ) and haue they not done what in them lay to defile his memory & cronicle with their excedyng cruelties ? Dydde they not cause hym to arme hym selfe and make a campe in the myddes of hys realme agaynste hys owne seruauntes wyth so horrible a shewe of myserye and heauynesse through all hys realme , that euerye manne yet doth abhorre to talke therof , and bryng it thereby to remembraunce ? And to make an ende of thys theyr Tragedye : haue not all men seene after the death of the sayde king Frauncis when their violente rule ceased : the Queene and the kynge of Nauarre , by one consente and correspondence to haue ruled together all this estate peasybly and wyth all Iustice and clemency , thirtene whole monethes ? tyll suche tyme as theyr ambition ( whyche wyll neuer suffre theym to kepe in , and lyue in reste ) hadde styrred theim vppe , and pusht them forewardes with theyr good agentes and ministers to trouble heauen and earth , as all men may see , and that to the great sorow of the said prince who doubteth not but all persones of good and sound iudgement , do right well knowe those that haue ben the occasion of begynnyng , maintaynyng , and continuyng the troublyng of this realme : Wherby men can not without slander , charge them , that haue alwaies by good proofe shewed them selues as well the shunners of suche meanes and inuentions , as also of those honors and ryches whych contrary wyse these others haue obteyned , by suche gaye meanes as is moste euident .

Secondarily , so lyttell ought men to meruayle , yf the sayde prynce in this case woorke surely with those that haue the King and Quene at this day in their possession , that rather menne myghte thynke it a great foly in him , if he shold otherwyse vse the matter , and should so farre forgette hymselfe , as to putt hym to theyr mercy , remembring the strange maner of dealynge , wherewith he was intreated by them nat long ago , when through theyr taken on authoritie they commaunded all in this realme . In as muche also as it is moste certayne , the marke they shoote at , tendeth to none other ende , than to the whole ruine of the more parte of the nobilitie , and of all other estates what soeuer , that make profession of the refourmed Religion , chiefly that , of the prince and al his company . Whiche thyng is moste euidently to bee wytnessed by the very mouthes of the duke of Guyse , and the Constable themselues , and by suche talke as they helde in the full court of the parliament of Parys , vsynge these propre termes , That fyrst of all , they must begyn with Parys , and that afterwardes they wold well ynough rule the rest , and so would deale , that men shold know of what religion eche man was , chiefely suche as had any authoritie , and that the principall meanyng of the kynge was , to depart the company that was at Orleance & after that he wold not haue his handes tyed vp . But in as much as it hath lyen in the power of some , through theyr particular affections , to breake a lawe so solemnely made , as was the Edict of Ianuary last past , wherby all this Realme grewe to a quietnesse : And further that whiche of late was resolued on vpon a saterday nat long sens in full councell , whiche was , that the sayd Edict should bee published without any exception or restraint of the town of Paris , and that precinct : yf this I saye were broken and violated and the restraint for Paris passed in the courte of parliament by their practises and thorough th autoritie they take vpon them : menne may therby easily perceaue how the queene is obe●ed , What power she is of , and howe theyr wylles , passions and particular affections ar aboue her pleasure , and the determination of the councell : and it is lykewise easy to iudge by all their saiynges and doyngs that as spedely as they may they will cause the whole realme to doe as thei haue begun with Paris and that libertie or baylywick : and so consequently there is no trust nor assurance to be had to their letters of proclamation , as may very well bee witnessed by the cry , that since that time was made the xx . of thys monthe , in the foure quarters or qua●●foulx of Paris for the calling together of all the gentlemen of this realme to goe fight against and punishe the sedicious & new christians ▪ and here it hath no likelyhode of truth to saye that the people of Paris coulde neuer haue endured the edict , nor haue submitted themselues therunto . For euerye man sawe three monthes together , first the prince de la roche sur Yon , and afterwardes the marshall Montmerency with only x. or xii . harquebusiers , so to haue kept in order the whole people there , as there was no worde nor question of brawling the one with the other . which thing peasably endured tyll the commyng of the sayd Duke of Guise to Paris . Wheruppon it is good is marke that when towards the ende , the said marshals bande was encreased and made stronger with certayne horsemen and footemen , to lette such metinges as men sawe were appointed purposelye to stirre vp the people : it was then persuaded by the prouost of the merchants , and by those of the toune , that it was not nedefull to kepe such a force there , which serued to none other purpose , than to greue the people , whome it was easy without any such numbre , to kepe in order : & yet notwithstanding since the commyng of the sayd Duke of Guise , the sayde people haue soo chaunged theyr humour and it hath been so hard a matter to kepe them in ( as these men at least wold make vs beleue ) that of necessitie they muste leuie such nombres of enseignes of foote men , as men haue seene , and that without makyng the Queene priuie therto , yea and agaynste her pleasure also . Lastly the sayd Prince knoweth it to be the woorke of God , that the sayd Duke of Guise and Constable , haue nat bene able in publike and in so great a company to dissemble their meanyng , and that they haue no more said than they thinke for : a matter surely that muche confirmeth suche talke as is ordinarie among their familiers and household seruants , whiche also hathe been well knowen by an infinite numbre of letters taken vp by the way : that is , that they desyre no more than to dissolue the companye at Orleance , as they may afterwarde doo execution as well on the greate as the small , accordyng to their long deuised meanyng . Whervppon they make oftentimes suche slaughters and cruelties as of late hath ben exercised in Parys as well in the presence of the sayd Constable and vnder his priuate authoritie , as also suche as are dayely commytted in sundrye places agaynste those of the reformed Religion , namely that horrible and detestable murther made at Sens , an archebyshoprike appertaynynge to the Cardinall of Guyse , whyche hadde neuer come to passe withoute this their newe enterprise , and the auowed example that these men haue geuen . Of whyche calamitie with all other desolations that Fraunce is thretned withall , the faulte can not bee imputed to other than theym selues onely . And concernyng that message , whych the Queene sent vnto the said Prince , to wete : That he shoulde vnarme hymselfe vppon her woorde and affiaunce , that he shoulde come to the courte , where he shoulde be wel receyued , and that further she wold by wrytynge , make hym all suche assurance as hym selfe woulde : The sayde Prince geueth to vnderstand , that he hath none other desire than to obey the wyll and pleasure of that good Lady , and to see euery man in quiet : but he right well vnderstandeth , that those dispatches and all others are at this day at th only appetite of th abouesaid , and can not perceiue that her maiestie ( howe good wil soeuer she haue ) can make hym any suretie , so long as she remaineth in their powers , and whyle they shall abyde aboute the king and her . For what meane hath she to resist them , or any enterprise they shal attempt , being enuironned with theyr force and armour which thei themselues haue leuied and assembled , and whiche they haue presumed to brynge into the kynges house and chambre agaynst his pleasure , and expresse inhibition ? As litell suretie is it also to saye , the kyng of Nauarre ( whom the sayd Prince and al those of his company , doo acknowledge next after the king and quene ) shall only haue the force of the Kynges Lieutenant generall , if a man marke theyr enterprise of possessyng hym , and the abusyng of his goodnesse . Withall it is not to be douted , but that the force and people which they haue assembled ( in whose hande so euer they shall come ) wyll bee at their deuotion , and wyll bee obedient to their willes and intentes . Whereby they shall alwais be able to serue theim selues with them against the will & plesure of the said quene and kyng of Nauarre , yea against their persones whan so euer they will , as they haue right wel alredy made that to be knowen vnto that good Lady , and the aforesaid kyng whan they had power , authoritie and mean to hurt within their rule ( wherof if it wold please them but a little to thinke on ) thei shuld finde that th only goodnes of God hath hitherto preserued theim . To bee short , the said prince can not with reson see any other suretie than their withdrawing from the court . And first of al the ful libertie of the quene , assuring himself that as often as there shall remaine presentely any other force in this realme ( chiefly at this time of an vniuersal peace , than th ordinarie gard of the king with the frontier places accustomed , it can not be ( consydering their dealings and councels sufficiently discouered ) but the same is to do some forcible & violent execution : for he doubteth nat but as thei haue presumed to assemble their said force , so wil thei as lytle feare to employ them for the bryngynge to passe of theyr purpose . whiche thng maketh those that must kepe them selues frome suche snares , not ouer hastyly to beleue words , onlesse some good proues dyd ensue , whyche they see euidentely to bee all contrarie . For it appeereth , that the abouesayde vtter all tokens of stomacke and ennemit●e that they canne deuyse , agaynste the sayde Prince and these of his company , whom they proclayme thorough oute all the worlde rebelles , and th ennemies of the kyng . They make prouisyons for their chiefe houses , they threatten them with no lesse than lyfe , they cause many false brutes and slanders to be sowen against the dedes of the sayde Prince , they doo moreouer make leuies of footemen , as well within as withoute the Realme , they practise with straungers and embassadours , partely vnder the name of the kyng and quene , and partly without the knowledge of any theyr maiesties . They make no difficultie in causyng the kyng to arme hym selfe agaynst those of his Subiectes , of whom he was before theyr gay enterprise and arriual , obeyd faythfully and wyllyngely , & so shall always be to their laste . And for this purpose cause his Maiestie to entre into a charge that euyll commeth to passe , they thynke it good to bestow the money appoynted for his debts ( which yet be such as eche man knoweth ) vpon the driuyng out and destroyeng of the more parte of his nobilitie and all other estates , which is , as though a manne would cutt of his own armes and legges , and wold make an ende of the ruinyng of this realme , which by their goodly councell , conduict and gouernment , is brought to the state that all menne see . Finally , these wise heades of this realme care not to laye out this land to the pray , deuisyng with them selues how to bryng in strangers , and to withdrawe the bandes and moste notable souldiours frome the places of moste importance , as namely Caleys & Mets , vnto the which it is nat to be douted , but oure ennemies looke narowly inough . And all this to serue their priuate passion , likyng better to folow the course of their ambition , and comme to to their appointed end what euer it cost , yea were it with the losse of al the realm , than to fail any whit of their intent . What suretie than wold a man loke the prince should find hauing such demonstrations & effectes of their most wicked wills & meanings ?

As touching the persuasion vsed to the prince wherin it is said , that he ought to for get his particular profit for the common : he thinketh that wer fitter to be persuaded vnto them , who hauing first & most greuously fauted hole on so welfauoredly that they had rather see a great part of the realme perish than ( for the conseruation therof , & to giue suretie to those that haue occasion to seke it ) they wold once stirre from the court , where as yet there is no good subiect that had nat rather chuse to absent hym self thens all his lyfe for to redeme suche an inconuenient than to see ( thorough his presence ) his countrey in danger , & his king anoyed . But to color their obstinate wil in biding at the court they allege their offices & estates , saying that for somuch as they be officers vnto the croune , no man ought nor can cause them ●o withdraw themselues from about the kynges person , being specially in his minoritie . Nay they haue ben so loftie as thei haue not let to say , that the kyng in his vnder age had none authoritie to cause them to depart as though the quene did not supplie the tender age of the kyng : yea and haue thoughte it more mete by reason of their callyngs to tarie styll at the court to disobey and trouble the state than by their departynge to leaue good example , to geue authoritie vnto the kynges commaundemente , and to allowe the gouernement of the Queene , wherin they lack all good and iust ground if they wold well wey the present necessitie and occasion . For it is moste certain they neuer had rule geuen them ouer theyr charges , to employe them at their pleasure , nor to vnquiet the realme , by transgressyng the lawes , armyng themselues not onely without the kynges commandemente , but againste his pleasure , nor to doo suche violences , but to mainteyn the lande in peace and quietenesse , as it was before their comyng , and afore they putte on armoure by theyr owne commyssion , abusynge theyr charges , and presuming more than at any time durste any of the propre brethern of any of our kynges , who yet thoughe they returned from the battaile , durste neuer enter the court , but they were first disarmed . Now forasmuch as thorow their arriual and presence at the court together , with their goodly behauior , they se they haue made suche a stirre as thereby they haue set all Fraunce in trouble and fyer , and haue moued a Ciuile warre , and that contrarywyse th onely attonement and quiete of this land dependeth vpon their withdrawyng frome the courte , in as muche as the sayd prince can see no nother meane neyther for the common suretie , nor for the libertie of the kyng and Queene . And that for hys parte he is resolued neuer to commytte hymselfe to theyr mercie ( as no man woulde thinke it reasonable he shoulde ) it is moste certaine , that if they bee good and louyng seruauntes and officers to this croune , they will in this case forget all particularitie : In as muche as the sayd prince also , who is not onely an officer and seruant , but hath this honor to be accompted a kynsemanne , and is issued of the howse and bloudde : who by thys occasyon hathe greatter pryuiledge and righte to tarye aboute his maiestye . besydes this also that he was not the firste in armes : And that contrariwise thother side haue nothing satisfied the request of the estates as they be bound before they should be admitted of the kings councel doth notwithstanding offer to withdraw him self into his house and gouernment , and likewise to procure that all the other lordes and officers of the croune which bee in his company shall do the lyke . Whervnto if the abouesaid do not condescend , The sayde prince assureth himselfe that there is no man onelesse he bee to muche passionate , but will thynke that it is not he , but only they that profer the priuate afore the publike cause .

Now if those good officers of the croun shall not contente themselues with thys reasonable offer , and wil nedes vrge examples , thei must than in spight of their bearde confesse this meane offred to bee reasonable expedient and acustomed , in as much as it is the same way which men know by a number of examples past , that our predecessours kings haue folowed , who when there arose any such controuersy betwene the princes their subiects as that therby they toke armes the one prince against thother of theyr priuat authority : by and by they wer commaunded to lay doun weapon on either side , and to withdraw themselues into their houses , that afterward they might come & geue accompt of their doinges , & their controuersies & reasons to bee heard when they shuld be called thervnto . At the leaste if against all reason and custome they haue determined to suffre those at the court , which are but offcers of the croune withall the force they haue assembled of their owne priuate authoritie : They canne not then deny , but that they shall do an euident wrong vnto the sayd prince ( who hath this honour to belong to the kyng , and who did not firste arme himselfe but put them on after the other for none other purpose than to kepe their maiesties , and hymselfe frome violence ) yf he may not haue the like priuiledge to be at the court with those of his band who owe as well their othe to the king as the others , and who he will assure of his honor and life , to be the most faithfull and obedient seruants and subiectes of his maiestye ( as they both haue and hereafter will make it right well to be sene ) And than beyng there they may receiue the king of Nauars commaundementes as the kings lieuetenant generall , and assist him as wel as the others , & withal help him to maintain the libertie and authoritie of the king & Queene with all their power , for whose seruyce they are readye to bestow their bodies & goods to the last peny & vttermost breth . But if it happen that the abouesaid wil not suffer the quene to vse this equality most reasonable without it may appeare that there is more partialitie towards th one than the other ( although in dede if there be ani affection born , the same wer chiefly due to the prince , who hath this honor to be of the bloud ) and that for the meting with so present a desolation the said lady do not with so iust a cause otherwise entermedle her auctoriti than hitherto she hath , men cannot sai that ther hath lacked any good wil in her to do the same , being so wise & vertuous a lady as she is , and one that so coueteth the greatnes of her sunne and the preseruation of his estate and surety , that she would not spare any person in a mater of such importance and that threateneth so great a ruine : but yet they wil put them selues out of all doubte , that it is the feare she hath of them , who kepe their force continually about her , and will not suffer her to do a thyng so nedefull , whiche thynge they haue sufficient proue inough of that her maiestie is brought into such termes that she leaueth to do sundry things , & passeth a mayny againste her pleasure , as it may right wel appere by the new election of those which haue lately ben called to the priuie councell : whiche men righte well know to haue bene chosen to make vp a number , & to kepe the sayd Lady in subiection vnder pretence of a councel : For men do otherwise sufficiently inough vnderstand the said lady to be very choise in admitting any person to the degree of a counceler . Men doo also know the small respect these persons haue towards her , whiche at this time make their councels to gether aparte , and afterwarde cause her to set forth those thinges themselues haue agreed on : they send out the dispatches , and after tell her the matter : they force the courte of parliament to passe at their pleasure , whatsoeuer they enterprise , and what so seemeth good to them manifestly shewyng to haue more credit and authoritie therin than euer the king and quene could haue . To be short , who is he that wyll not thinke it at this present more than meete , that the sayd lady shold take vpon her again her authoritie without beyng any longer thus compassed with these men of warr , and that the aboue named doe withdraw themselues with all their force , for the remeuyng of that feare and suspicion that they haue ( not without occasion ) geuen to so many and withall to remedye those miseries , wherewith this state is threatened : and this the rather because the said prince beyng assured of his companye , who be of the best seruaunts of this croune , and others with hym of all other estates , are determined once for all , to prooue theyr fortune , and to bestowe their liues euen to the laste droppe of theyr bloud , rather thanne to see the force of thys realme in the handes of suche as it nothynge beelongeth vnto , who haue abused the same afore time with so great losse of the kinges subiects , and now of late haue made such boucheries and oultrages agaynste those of that religion , which the Prince is of , wythout any regarde hadde to the kinges decrees , that at the leaste he will be wel ware while he liueth how he shal commit hym selfe to their mercy , wherewith he hath afore tyme founde himselfe euill apayd .

And for the remeuing of all such slaunders and complaintes as the abouesaide cause to be made agaynst the said prynce ( chiefly this which they greatly sett forwards ) that he and those of his company arest and open the pacquets of the king : he hartely wisheth men would vnderstand that he hath alwais born such a reuerenc● and will do all his life , to that which belongeth vnto his maiestye : As he hathe from the beginning expressly forbidden any man to lay handes on the kings , the Quenes or the Kynge of Nauarres letters . True it is that the same hathe not bene obserued , ( as also it were not reasonable ) with the pacquets of the other particulers whiche haue both ben staied and opened : In the whych menne haue seene a worlde of iniquitye of vntrue reportes , slaunders , false Brutes , practises , pourposes , and enterpryses incredible , all contrarye to that goodlye talke of suretye , wherewyth they dayelye feede the sayde Pryrnce , who no whytte repenteth hym of that he hathe doone , neyther would for thys respecte the thynge shoulde haue beene otherwyse vsed . In as muche as thereby he hath the more depely knowen their cankred willes .

Touchyng the breakyng doune of ymages committed at Tours & Blois , the said prince and those of his company haue benmuch offended therwith , in such sort as he hath sent word to the kings officers in the sayd tounes that he wyll help them and assiste with strong hande to see those punished , in the example of others that haue committed that crime . His behauior that he hathe vsed , in this toune of Orleans with the commendation of all ecclesiasticall personnes and the publyke thankes geuen hym by all sortes of men here , and other estates doo ryghte well witnesse the good order of his lyfe , with that modestie and myldenesse whyche bothe he , and all his companye haue , and doo vse , withoute any blasphemie , without any rigour , wrong , or violence offered to any persone , or transgressyng the Edict of Ianuary last paste . And euen nowe of late , vppon the breakyng of an Image , he hathe caused those that stande charged therwith , to be putt into the handes of Iustice to bee punysshed oute of hande . And as concerning the complaynte made againste suche tounes as the inhabitauntes theym selues keepe and are seased and assured of , the meanyng is none other thanne the seruice of the Kynge and Queene , and to lette those who abuse the authoritie of theyr maiestye , and compasse theym aboute wyth armes , from the possession of them , whereby they mighte force the same to serue theyr tournes and particular passions . For as soone as the sayde ladye shal bee restored to that former libertye whyche she enioyed twoo monthes paste , she shall wel vnderstand the sayde tounes to remayne in the lyke obedience and subiection that afore time they haue doone , and will doo for euer : and that they wylle geue place to none in all this Realme in theyr fydelitie towardes theyr Maiesties : And least of all , to them , whome they haue knowen a long whyle synce to haue practised the begynnyng and maintenance of this ciuile warres , vnder the pretence of religion euen with particular promyse to furnishe money to that intent .

As touchynge the reste , the sayde Prince , and all his company , are so farr frome layeng vnder foote , and kepyng in sylence that whyche hathe passed in this matter ( whyche thyng yet he hathe beene persuaded to dooe , and that he shoulde also withoute anye doubte or dreade , speedyly comme to the Courte , that rather they wylle make a memoriall thereof for euer , and paynte it 〈◊〉 Tables , wryte it in Letters of golde , make it bee proclaymed and cried loude , thorough all Christendome of the dutie and fidelytie they , to soo good purpose , haue yealden to theyr kynge , ( a Prince layde abroade in thys hys tender age , to all iniurie and violence ) to make thereof an examuple and a perpetuall testimony of the maner , wherewith the sayd Prince & the nobilytie of France were so readily , in so good numbre , and so with one accorde assembled together , for the suretie and libertie of theyr Lorde , and for the preseruation of his personne , and estate . Neyther canne the sayde prince thynke , that hereafter there may bee offrred vnto hym a more goodlye and woorthye to bee thoughte on occasion to doo his maiestie seruice , neyther a better or worthier meane to pourchase vnto him selfe trewe honour and praise . At the least he hope the to obteyne the fauoure of God , and of his prynce , for this faicte when he shall attayne to that age , wherein he shall bee able to iudge , knowe , and vnderstande thys acte , of trewe and faythfull affection , whych his Subiectes haue borne hym at this tyme .