AS the Violences which France has exercised upon all its Neighbours , ought to make the Subjects of that Kingdom fear , that if the Allies should enter into his Estates , they would take a Vengeance proportionable to the Wrongs which they have suffered from him : We think it is our duty to inform them of the good Intentions of the King our Master towards them .

The World knows , that he has been forc'd to take Arms , because his Estates in Burgundy were unjustly seized by the King of France , His Principality of Orange was sack'd , and all his Subjects oppress'd : These Injuries have also been attended with the most base and unworthy Circumstances , that the Fury of his Enemies could suggest : endeavouring to out him of all that was due to him by Birth or Succession , for the present , or in times to come : For this cause he was forc'd to take Arms to recover what was his own , and he intends to imploy them for the preservation of all men , in the possession of their Estates and Rights .

This is the end for which he has sent me into France ; and his only intention is , to establish the Nobility , Parliaments , and People , in their Ancient Lustre , and the Towns and Provinces in their Priviledges . He knows , that the Nobility has been troden under foot , that the Parliaments have no Authority , that the People have been ruin'd , by Taxes ; But now if the Nobility , the Parliaments , and the People , do not abandon their own Interest , and neglect this Opportunity , the King , my Master , will see the General Estates of France established ; the Gentry secured in the enjoyment of those Priviledges which belong unto their Birth ; and will restore unto their Parliaments their Ancient Lustre and Authority ; and deliver the Oppressed People from their Devouring Taxes .

The King , my Master , having taken Arms for no other end , but to maintain the Rights of others , as well as his own , there is no reason for his Enemies to pretend , That this is a War of Religion ; which is design'd for no other end , but to kindle in the People a false Zeal , the laying of a snare for their Credulity , that they may be enabled to make them spend the last drop of their Blood in this Quarrel . The Clergy , however , are not to be taken by such gross Impostures ; the Causes and True Authors of this War being well known unto them . But , however , I declare unto the Clergy , of what Dignity soever they be , that the King , my Master , will take them all into his Protection ; and that their Priviledges and Estates shall be exactly preserved ; That he will exemplarily punish all those which shall do them any Injury ; and that there shall not be any Change brought upon them , with respect to the Roman Catholick Religion . Yet forasmuch as the Kings of England are Guarantees for the Edict of Nants , the Peace of Montpelier , and many other Treaties of that Nature , the King , my Master , believes himself to be obliged to maintain that Guaranty , and to cause the said Edict to be Established . All good French men ought to Aid Him in this , because that Edict was the Great Work of Henry the Fourth , whose Wisdom and Memory is so dear unto them . The Roman Catholicks who have had the Generosity to look with Compassion upon the Sufferings of the Protestants , will without doubt , take pleasure to see them Re-established . It is also hop'd , that the Gentlemen of the Clergy , having now made serious Reflections thereupon , will be well content therewith ; and by a Wise and Christian Conduct , testifie , That they had no part in the Violation of the said Edict , and all the Cruelties which have followed upon it .

And all those which shall Joyn with us , shall receive those Recompenses and Marks of Distinction , as their Services shall Deserve , and which we shal be able to give them .

But on the contrary , All those which shall be so far from Aiding us , as to Joyn with the Oppressors of their Country , can expect nothing but the Severities of a Military Execution . And we declare to all those that will live in Peace at Home , That they shall have no Injury done them as to their Lives or Fortunes .