AN
ADMIRABLE
DISCOVERIE
of
an
horrible
Attempt
,
slaunderously
fathered
vpon
those
of
Rochell
.
SIR
,
The
long
experience
which
by
your
age
and
worth
,
you
haue
gotten
in
this
World
,
having
often
invited
me
to
take
your
advice
in
the
discharge
of
my
place
,
doth
binde
me
likewise
to
giue
you
notice
of
any
notable
Accident
hapning
therein
.
Of
late
we
haue
beene
busied
about
the
discovery
of
a
strange
Imposture
and
Supposition
,
drawne
from
false
witnesses
,
who
by
the
suggestion
of
one
Guillot
of
Lyons
,
had
caused
one
du
Bois
,
of
the
Countrie
of
Pourin
(
a
man
of
the
Reformed
Religion
,
and
deputed
to
exhibit
our
grievances
,
which
we
haue
often
cause
to
complaine
of
)
to
be
imprisoned
,
accusing
him
of
high
treason
;
the
information
,
hearing
,
and
confrontment
whereof
,
being
orderly
performed
,
during
the
time
of
his
long
imprisonment
,
there
remained
but
one
onely
witnesse
,
and
he
not
very
constant
neither
,
who
averred
to
haue
heard
from
the
mouth
of
the
said
Du
Bois
:
That
the
King
might
perhaps
repent
the
so
little
keeping
of
his
Word
in
the
last
Treatie
of
Peace
;
Wherevpon
although
it
were
but
doubtfull
,
the
Iudges
(
being
according
to
their
duties
very
nice
in
that
which
concernes
the
sacred
person
of
our
King
)
condemned
the
said
du
Bois
,
in
an
hundred
and
fiftie
Franckes
fine
,
banishing
him
from
out
of
the
jurisdiction
of
Paris
for
three
yeeres
,
and
forced
him
to
passe
ouer
an
office
which
hee
held
.
After
all
this
he
was
yet
detained
a
moneth
longer
in
Prison
,
to
giue
the
more
way
to
any
newe
accusation
,
nor
was
there
any
instance
made
in
favour
of
him
,
considering
the
waight
of
his
accusation
,
although
there
appeared
some
manifest
wrong
therein
:
In
the
ende
his
libertie
being
obtained
hee
comes
foorth
:
But
it
happens
that
within
two
houres
after
,
That
the
same
first
Appeacher
delivers
into
the
hands
of
Father
Sigueran
,
a
letter
found
(
as
he
affirmed
)
in
the
straw-bed
of
the
afore-sayd
du
Bois
,
directed
vnto
him
,
and
written
and
signed
by
the
supposed
name
of
de
la
Roche
a
fained
inhabitant
of
the
Towne
of
Rochell
;
and
in
the
name
as
it
were
of
the
whole
body
thereof
:
the
fearefull
tenure
whereof
,
tended
vnto
horrible
and
damnable
Designes
against
the
life
of
our
King
.
Father
Sigueran
,
without
consideration
of
the
astonishment
it
might
haue
bred
,
carrieth
it
forthwith
to
the
King
,
and
his
Maiestie
referreth
it
to
an
appointed
Iudge
.
Now
as
it
was
not
onely
his
end
who
set
this
Informer
on
worke
,
to
ayme
simplie
at
the
ruine
of
the
said
Du
Bois
,
but
also
to
involue
in
this
Diuelish
crime
the
Townesmen
of
Rochell
,
yea
even
endeuouring
to
bring
into
a
generall
hatred
(
which
ought
to
be
common
to
all
good
Frenchmen
against
all
such
sacrilegious
and
detestable
paracides
)
all
those
of
our
profession
,
hoping
to
stirre
vp
by
iust
executions
,
or
massacres
,
amongst
the
people
,
or
by
the
indignation
of
our
Prince
in
a
generall
warre
,
new
troubles
,
and
some
mightie
breach
for
the
common
enemie
of
our
Estate
:
So
the
said
Inventor
suggested
such
matter
in
this
Letter
,
as
was
able
to
ensnare
vs
all
in
the
net
of
an
inevitable
ruine
,
as
wee
should
haue
very
well
deserved
,
if
these
suppositions
had
beene
true
,
and
recommends
in
expresse
tearmes
in
his
sayd
discourse
vnto
the
sayd
du
Bois
,
the
resolution
to
aime
his
stroake
at
the
sacred
bosome
of
our
King
,
and
from
thence
to
passe
vnto
the
person
of
Monsieur
the
Kings
brother
,
by
the
direction
and
enchantment
of
a
most
notorious
Magitian
,
whom
he
faines
to
haue
beene
sent
vnto
him
,
to
metamorphoze
him
into
a
straw
after
the
execution
.
And
to
spurre
him
on
the
better
to
this
resolution
,
he
remonstrates
vnto
him
that
Mansfield
is
weary
of
his
long
stay
:
That
Monsieur
de
Soubife
looseth
the
fruit
of
his
surprisalls
:
That
he
shall
finde
a
safe
retreate
vnder
the
Constable
:
and
that
the
summe
of
six
thousand
Crownes
,
promised
vnto
him
by
those
of
Rochell
,
is
readie
.
Thus
you
may
see
how
this
Project
doth
wholly
tend
to
muster
vp
all
matter
which
may
seeme
to
further
the
inventors
hatred
,
and
our
ruine
.
But
the
more
this
busines
seemed
monsterous
,
the
more
it
stirred
vp
the
Iudges
affection
to
vse
all
due
circumspection
and
consideration
;
which
presently
invite
him
happily
to
a
second
seazure
of
du
Bois
,
and
vpon
exact
examination
of
the
said
Letter
,
comes
by
a
number
of
notable
circumstances
,
to
suspect
and
discover
the
perfidiousnesse
of
this
plot
;
so
as
every
severall
successe
of
this
his
travaile
,
doth
worthily
deserue
an
entire
Description
:
for
presently
he
runnes
over
all
the
Scriueners
,
Coppiers
,
and
Clerkes
,
discovers
by
an
Advocats
Clerke
of
Lions
,
the
very
same
Caracter
,
the
foresayd
letter
was
written
withall
;
then
hee
visiteth
all
the
Gravers
shopps
,
and
found
who
made
the
Seale
▪
goes
to
the
Stationers
,
compares
there
his
paper
,
and
findes
where
the
sayd
Clerke
had
bought
the
very
same
leafe
so
written
:
seazeth
on
him
,
the
Graver
,
and
the
Accuser
,
who
condemnes
himselfe
and
craues
pardon
,
and
discloseth
and
avoucheth
a
certaine
Deputie
of
the
Clergie
of
Baye
vpon
Baye
,
to
haue
hired
him
thereunto
for
600.
Crownes
.
Thus
the
meanes
and
progresse
of
these
discoveries
doe
much
recommend
this
good
.
Iudge
vnto
all
posteritie
,
and
to
haue
well
deserved
of
the
Common-wealth
,
which
is
euery
day
in
expectation
:
through
this
his
good
iustice
and
by
the
authoritie
and
expresse
commandement
of
his
Maiestie
,
to
see
exemplarie
punishment
performed
vpon
these
cursed
machavillians
.
And
now
you
may
plainely
see
Syr
how
many
iust
occasions
wee
haue
,
to
lift
vp
with
thankes
giving
pure
hands
vnto
God
,
for
his
holy
protection
,
and
defending
of
vs
,
and
more
particular
preservation
of
his
Royall
Maiestie
:
For
what
more
plausible
subiect
can
we
haue
,
to
exercise
our
sinceritie
and
good
intentions
,
then
vpon
this
occasion
to
procure
by
our
renewed
fidelities
and
obedience
,
that
true
protection
of
his
Maiesties
Scepter
,
which
wee
craue
.
And
from
hence
he
may
iustly
hereafter
be
invited
,
vnto
such
a
particular
examination
as
shall
distinctly
averre
that
which
they
publiquely
and
so
lightly
impose
vpon
vs
:
so
as
observing
with
what
spirit
our
Enemies
are
possessed
,
hee
shall
plainely
see
(
if
it
please
him
)
that
by
bending
and
leaning
to
their
desires
against
his
good
subiects
,
hee
shall
destroy
by
his
Armes
,
that
which
he
may
more
profitably
win
by
his
protection
,
and
withstand
as
couragiously
our
common
enemie
,
as
we
naturally
hate
him
:
It
may
please
God
that
his
Maiesty
perceiving
vs
to
be
glewed
to
his
Scepter
alone
,
may
conclude
it
as
a
thing
iust
in
his
iustice
,
to
grant
vs
the
entire
accomplishment
,
and
execution
of
those
things
which
it
pleased
him
to
grant
vs
in
the
treatie
of
peace
,
and
which
we
dare
say
by
our
behaviour
,
and
His
clemencie
,
wee
haue
deserved
:
least
the
inexecutions
so
notoriously
observed
towards
vs
,
become
so
many
staines
,
not
able
to
bee
washed
out
,
but
with
the
ground
and
all
;
and
dimme
the
luster
of
that
firme
fidelitie
,
which
is
the
ground
and
preservation
of
Kingdoms
,
as
well
as
of
ordinarie
commerce
amongst
men
.
Nor
doe
these
direfull
and
strong
garrisons
serue
to
any
other
end
,
then
as
baites
vnto
such
as
make
sinister
conclusions
of
his
Maiesties
intentions
.
But
returning
to
our
Historie
,
you
shall
vnderstand
,
that
this
good
Iudge
,
endevoureth
to
finde
out
the
source
of
this
instigation
as
aspiring
vnto
the
publique
peace
:
Yet
I
doubt
me
wee
shall
not
attaine
therevnto
,
yet
although
wee
discover
not
the
arme
which
did
shoote
them
,
wee
haue
seized
on
the
arrowes
of
their
pernitious
designes
,
and
by
the
blessing
of
our
good
God
,
this
slaunder
hath
not
yet
beene
able
to
set
her
viperous
teeth
on
our
reputation
,
since
the
murdering
of
the
Lords
Annointed
ones
hath
beene
in
vse
;
for
we
know
what
is
due
even
to
the
very
skirt
of
Saules
garment
:
all
those
of
our
profession
being
alwayes
well
instructed
,
to
yeeld
obedience
to
our
Kings
by
nature
and
for
conscience
sake
;
And
wee
alone
are
they
throughout
all
their
Dominions
,
which
take
the
oath
of
fidelitie
vnto
them
exclusiuely
against
all
others
.
Certainely
you
which
know
by
reading
al
our
chronicles
and
your
owne
experience
,
what
those
Fryars
be
,
of
which
there
are
yet
a
thousand
brands
smoaking
,
haue
often
represented
vnto
me
,
that
in
the
heat
of
so
many
slaughters
and
executions
wrongfully
exercised
against
vs
,
there
was
never
found
any
sparke
of
attempt
amongst
vs
,
nor
any
thing
which
hath
had
power
,
to
stirre
vs
vp
to
affect
a
forraine
Rule
,
and
with-draw
vs
from
the
Scepter
of
our
Birth
.
This
is
it
which
makes
vs
so
iealous
of
our
reputation
,
and
so
passionatly
and
openly
to
cry
out
for
iustice
,
as
well
for
the
common
good
as
our
particular
preservation
.
The
which
beeing
often
assured
vnto
vs
by
the
principall
Ministers
of
State
here
,
with
the
observation
of
our
Edicts
:
I
dare
as
often
vpon
their
credits
confirme
the
apparencies
,
and
the
good
words
which
his
Maiestie
is
pleased
to
giue
vs
concerning
the
continuance
of
the
peace
,
the
onely
supporter
of
our
state
and
procurement
of
our
felicitie
;
And
which
besides
makes
vs
hope
to
be
found
fitt
to
transport
the
generous
Designes
of
our
Noble
King
,
beyond
the
ordinarie
limmits
,
which
the
Spaniard
hath
too
strickly
measured
out
.
In
the
meane
time
attending
to
heare
from
you
,
I
will
pray
to
God
for
the
prosperitie
of
you
and
your
braue
Children
,
and
euer
remaine
Your
humble
and
most
affectionate
servant
and
Allie
,
Montmartin
Generall
Deputie
.
Paris
15.
February
,
1624.
HOwsoever
,
if
we
consider
the
puritie
of
Gods
Word
and
Gospell
,
the
integritie
of
Christian
Religion
,
and
the
meeke
simplicitie
of
the
Professors
thereof
,
it
may
well
be
wondred
at
,
that
crymes
of
Treachery
,
Conspiracy
,
and
fury
,
should
be
imputed
vnto
them
who
haue
(
following
our
Saviours
counsell
and
example
)
suffered
patiently
,
intollerable
and
most
horrible
persecutions
,
iniuries
,
and
reproaches
,
without
rendring
the
like
to
their
Adversaries
,
as
iustly
they
haue
beene
incited
vnto
;
and
might
haue
done
by
the
law
of
Retribution
;
yet
if
we
call
to
minde
the
inveterate
malice
of
Sathan
,
and
his
children
,
against
God
,
his
Word
,
and
his
Church
,
with
their
accustomed
dealings
in
this
kinde
from
time
to
time
ever
since
the
beginning
of
the
world
,
it
may
be
esteemed
no
wonder
at
all
;
No
,
although
these
of
later
and
present
times
,
out
strip
their
forefathers
,
and
Sathan
now
goe
beyond
himselfe
,
in
inventing
new
and
prodigious
persecutions
and
slaunders
against
Gods
people
;
for
the
Devill
is
grown
old
and
cunning
,
and
hath
distilled
the
quintessence
of
fury
and
villany
into
his
Imps
,
especially
into
the
Iesuits
heads
&
hearts
;
who
having
set
all
Christendome
together
by
the
eares
,
by
their
subtile
plots
and
devises
,
to
the
vtter
ruine
thereof
,
(
if
God
in
mercy
doe
not
miraculously
prevent
it
)
while
themselues
sit
aloft
and
laugh
to
see
how
they
make
fooles
of
all
the
world
,
thus
to
dance
after
their
Pipe
,
and
yet
can
so
finely
carry
the
matter
,
as
(
good
soules
)
not
once
to
be
suspected
;
but
rather
it
appeares
to
vulgar
eyes
,
that
they
bestow
much
care
and
labour
,
to
discover
the
authors
of
these
combustions
,
and
to
that
purpose
doe
they
(
like
vnholy
Fathers
as
they
are
)
cry
out
in
their
Bookes
of
the
Insurrections
and
Rebellions
of
Protestants
in
all
Countries
;
and
here
they
lay
on
load
,
raking
all
kennels
for
filthy
lyes
and
foule
imputations
,
to
bedaub
vs
withall
,
and
so
to
make
vs
vgly
and
odious
in
all
mens
sight
;
but
let
not
this
temptation
trouble
vs
,
for
it
s
no
newes
,
for
Gods
servants
to
be
slaine
and
slaundered
both
at
once
:
all
Histories
both
sacred
and
prophane
,
make
it
manifest
by
multitudes
of
Examples
,
which
it
would
be
too
long
to
rehearse
in
this
short
discourse
;
onely
we
may
well
wonder
,
that
these
fellowes
who
haue
such
long
memories
to
relate
what
they
suppose
Protestants
haue
done
;
yet
are
so
short
in
their
owne
rebellions
and
trecherous
actions
;
insomuch
,
as
one
would
thinke
they
had
learned
in
Father
Aubiguyes
Schoole
,
the
Art
to
forget
any
thing
that
may
impeach
their
Catholicke
cause
.
And
therefore
it
were
to
be
wished
that
some
man
of
good
sufficiencie
would
call
to
their
remembrance
,
their
transcendant
trecheries
and
cruelties
against
Protestants
,
almost
in
all
Countries
of
Christendome
;
such
as
the
massacring
of
many
thousands
in
one
Kingdome
,
within
three
dayes
space
:
Blowing
vp
with
Gun-powder
the
whole
State
of
another
;
besides
their
familiar
burning
of
poore
Christians
,
of
all
degrees
,
sexes
,
and
ages
;
esteeming
it
no
more
(
as
one
of
them
sayd
)
then
the
burning
of
an
Earewig
:
or
as
another
of
them
makes
it
but
a
matter
of
sport
,
to
burne
a
man
for
some
foolish
opinions
(
as
he
cals
them
)
:
Surely
these
were
hugely
Catholicke
,
but
it
was
in
monstrous
crueltie
and
villanie
.
Now
that
it
may
appeare
they
haue
not
changed
their
qualities
,
behold
here
one
knack
of
their
Knavery
,
presently
set
on
foote
;
whereby
thou
maist
perceiue
,
that
as
their
father
the
Devill
was
a
lyar
and
a
murtherer
from
the
beginning
,
so
they
as
his
naturall
Children
,
will
continue
murtherers
and
lyers
to
the
end
:
God
Almightie
send
an
end
vnto
their
malice
and
mischiefe
at
length
for
Christs
sake
.
Amen
.
FINIS
.