ALthoughe
that
the
wrytyngs
heretofore
published
in
the
name
of
the
Prince
of
Conde
,
and
al
the
Princes
,
Lordes
,
gentlemen
and
other
which
are
of
his
company
,
do
sufficiently
declare
the
equity
of
the
cause
whiche
hath
armed
them
,
as
well
for
the
seruice
of
the
King
and
conseruation
of
hys
authoritye
,
as
for
the
mayntayning
of
his
edictes
or
proclamatyons
,
concerning
the
holy
liberty
and
quietnesse
of
conscience
of
the
refourmed
Churches
within
this
realme
:
neuerthelesse
seeing
that
the
enemies
of
the
honour
of
God
,
and
publique
quietnesse
,
dayly
set
forth
new
sclaunders
,
wherby
they
pretend
to
oppresse
the
innocencye
of
the
sayd
Prince
and
hys
associates
,
it
standeth
wyth
good
reason
,
that
if
the
wicked
ceasse
not
to
assayle
equitye
and
iustice
,
the
good
also
should
not
ceasse
to
defend
it
.
Now
for
bycause
that
the
27.
day
of
Iuly
last
past
,
iudgement
was
geuen
in
the
Court
of
parlement
of
Parys
,
whereby
they
pretende
to
declare
them
rebelles
,
that
haue
taken
armour
for
the
seruice
of
the
King
,
the
conseruation
of
the
states
authority
,
and
to
resist
the
violence
and
tyranny
of
the
Duke
of
Guyse
and
his
adherentes
:
it
is
necessary
that
the
iniquity
of
this
iudgemente
shoulde
be
manifested
,
as
wel
to
those
of
this
kingdome
,
as
to
strangers
:
&
namely
that
it
should
be
represented
to
our
posterytie
by
this
declaration
.
For
it
shal
serue
for
an
example
of
remembraunce
,
wherein
may
be
seene
,
how
muche
the
enemies
of
God
and
persecutors
of
his
Church
,
are
of
corrupte
vnderstanding
and
iudgement
and
farre
from
all
righteousnesse
.
We
may
(
I
say
)
perceue
,
that
men
whiche
prefer
theyr
lyes
and
errors
to
the
sacred
truth
of
God
,
are
so
farre
blinded
,
that
they
iudge
those
seditious
,
which
go
about
to
seke
(
as
much
as
in
them
lieth
)
the
publique
vnion
and
tranquillity
:
and
condemne
those
for
rebels
,
which
forsaking
theyr
commodities
,
geuing
ouer
their
goods
,
do
hazard
their
lyues
,
to
the
end
that
the
King
may
remaine
obeyed
,
and
the
authority
of
hys
Edictes
may
be
inuiolably
kept
.
And
to
the
end
that
such
declaration
of
rebellyon
may
be
the
better
conuinced
of
manifest
iniustice
,
and
be
holden
for
the
sclaunder
of
an
enemy
,
and
not
for
the
sentence
of
a
Iudge
:
beholde
what
the
Prince
of
Conde
and
hys
associats
shal
declare
to
this
effect
,
following
theyr
first
protestations
and
writinges
concerning
the
verification
of
their
innocency
.
First
as
concerning
the
exception
of
the
person
of
the
sayd
Prince
,
he
is
so
much
affected
to
the
seruice
of
the
King
,
that
he
feeleth
himselfe
wounded
&
burthened
with
that
,
whiche
they
lay
to
other
,
whome
hee
knoweth
neuer
meante
anye
such
thing
in
takyng
armour
,
nor
tended
to
none
other
end
,
but
to
the
conseruation
of
thys
crowne
.
And
the
sayd
Prince
is
so
farre
from
beyng
pleased
with
thys
exception
,
that
rather
he
is
offended
:
in
that
they
would
separate
him
from
so
many
good
and
faythfull
seruants
of
the
King
,
and
from
as
good
and
holy
a
company
,
as
euer
was
assembled
together
in
this
realme
.
For
this
cause
being
assured
both
before
God
and
Man
,
that
their
innocency
is
such
,
that
al
the
lyes
and
sclanders
of
the
wicked
can
not
stayne
wyth
one
onlye
spot
of
disobedience
and
rebellion
,
eyther
the
sayd
Prince
or
his
associates
:
he
desyreth
to
haue
the
same
condition
with
them
which
are
ioyned
with
hym
in
the
same
goodnes
of
cause
,
thesame
religion
,
thesame
wil
to
bestow
their
liues
for
the
Kings
welth
,
conseruation
of
his
estate
,
and
the
establyshyng
of
the
pure
seruyce
of
God
in
hys
Kingdome
.
And
euen
as
the
sayd
Prince
cannot
,
nor
oughte
not
to
be
forsaken
or
denied
of
those
at
whose
commaundemente
he
hath
iustlye
taken
weapon
in
hand
:
no
more
woulde
he
departe
from
those
which
haue
(
at
his
request
)
taken
armes
with
him
,
and
with
whom
he
hath
lyke
entent
and
wil.
Furthermore
,
he
hath
sufficient
experience
in
the
crafty
sleyghtes
of
hys
enemies
,
to
perceaue
what
they
brue
vnder
such
color
and
pretence
of
exception
:
as
it
is
easy
to
be
iudged
by
the
lettres
missiue
,
sente
through
the
prouinces
,
wherein
he
is
generally
comprised
wyth
the
others
.
Now
that
it
may
appeare
that
the
crime
of
rebellion
ought
to
light
vpon
those
,
whiche
of
their
own
authoritie
haue
taken
weapon
,
to
breake
the
Edicts
of
the
kyng
,
and
to
trouble
the
quietnesse
of
the
whole
realme
,
&
not
vpon
any
other
,
which
haue
taken
armoure
to
withstand
so
pernicious
an
entrepryse
,
we
will
brieflye
rehearse
that
which
wee
haue
amply
discoursed
in
oure
former
writinges
.
Ech
man
knoweth
that
the
Edict
of
Ianuary
,
brought
such
quyetnesse
throughout
al
Fraunce
,
that
it
seemed
that
the
estate
of
thys
realme
beynge
before
tossed
with
infinyte
troubles
and
tempests
,
was
(
as
it
wer
)
arriued
at
a
happy
and
quiet
porte
.
At
that
tyme
when
the
Duke
of
Guyse
,
through
the
slaughter
whiche
he
made
at
Vassy
.
gaue
openly
to
vnderstand
,
that
he
had
sworne
war
agaynst
the
estate
of
the
King
and
the
welth
and
quietnesse
of
his
people
.
The
which
with
good
right
was
thought
very
straunge
by
the
sayd
Prynce
,
who
for
the
place
which
he
holdeth
ought
of
duety
to
conserue
and
mayntayne
the
authority
&
hyghnesse
of
the
King
:
whom
the
sayd
Guyse
hath
alwayes
gone
aboute
to
brynge
to
extreme
ruine
.
That
(
I
say
)
was
thought
marueilous
straunge
,
that
a
subiecte
durst
so
manyfestly
breake
an
Edicte
of
hys
Prynce
,
yea
such
an
Edict
as
was
made
by
the
delyberation
of
the
estates
,
authoryzed
by
the
Kings
Counsel
,
with
the
most
notable
company
that
could
be
gathered
and
chosen
out
of
al
the
Courts
of
Parlemente
of
this
realme
,
And
although
the
sayd
Prince
,
had
of
hys
owne
right
,
occasion
iust
enough
to
withstand
so
manifeste
a
vyolence
and
oppression
to
the
King
and
hys
Edictes
,
yet
he
withheld
him self
to
entreprise
any
thing
to
this
effect
vntill
he
receaued
commaundement
.
In
consideration
whereof
the
sayd
Prince
most
humbly
besecheth
the
Queenes
Maiesty
to
remembre
that
beyng
at
S
,
Germayne
in
Laye
,
she
was
aduertised
to
what
ende
the
Duke
of
Guyse
tended
:
which
was
to
depose
hyr
from
hyr
authority
,
and
to
banysh
from
about
hyr
,
hir
most
faythfull
&
louing
seruaunts
,
that
they
might
the
easlyer
obtayne
the
gouernment
of
this
realme
.
Whereto
they
haue
alwayes
caste
their
eye
and
aspyred
,
since
the
time
that
thei
haue
had
any
maneging
of
affayres
in
their
handes
.
Which
being
come
to
the
Queenes
knowledge
,
&
lykewise
the
faction
that
by
the
meanes
of
the
Embassadoure
of
Spayne
they
practized
,
in
fauor
of
theyr
entrepryse
:
shee
conceiued
such
grefe
therof
,
as
the
great
and
eminent
daunger
required
.
Which
gaue
hir
occasion
one
euening
,
to
desyre
the
said
Prince
,
to
gather
together
the
greatest
numbre
of
Gentlemen
that
hee
could
,
that
the
effecte
of
so
daungerous
an
enterprise
myghte
be
preuented
.
Which
he
faythfully
went
about
,
hauing
respect
to
the
commaundement
of
the
Queene
,
and
of
hys
duety
towardes
the
kynges
maiestie
and
conseruation
of
hys
crown
.
Now
thys
obedience
was
the
beginning
of
all
that
,
whiche
hath
since
continued
,
in
resisting
those
which
the
Queene
iudged
to
be
her
enemies
,
and
of
whom
she
would
take
hede
.
And
for
greater
witnesse
of
the
doubt
which
she
had
of
them
,
it
may
please
her
to
remember
the
charge
whiche
she
once
gaue
to
the
sayd
Prynce
,
touching
the
secretary
Marseille
.
Now
when
the
sayd
Guyses
by
theyr
demeanours
as
well
at
Parys
as
elswher
,
had
brought
openly
to
light
that
which
before
they
had
hidden
:
the
Queene
confirmed
and
repeted
again
to
the
sayd
Prynce
,
as
well
by
letters
as
messangers
,
the
commaundemente
which
she
had
alredy
made
,
to
resist
the
force
&
violence
whiche
they
determined
to
make
agaynste
hyr
Maiesty
.
Whom
in
this
behalfe
he
most
humbly
besecheth
&
so
farre
as
the
word
of
a
Quene
ought
to
remayne
sure
&
inuiolable
,
to
call
to
minde
the
thinges
which
she
hath
written
with
hir
own
hand
:
the
which
he
is
now
constrayned
to
set
forthe
to
all
mennes
eyes
,
that
they
may
al
read
hys
innocency
in
the
very
lettres
of
the
Quene
.
For
he
is
assured
that
she
hath
not
forgotten
that
whiche
she
wrote
to
him
from
Fountainebleau
,
in
the
moneth
of
Marche
last
past
:
recommending
vnto
hym
the
conseruation
of
the
Kings
person
&
of
hirs
,
in
these
wordes
:
I
recommend
vnto
you
the
mother
and
hyr
children
.
And
consequently
that
which
shee
wrote
with
her
hand
by
Monsieur
de
Bouchauannes
,
when
the
force
of
the
Guyses
was
in
Parys
:
that
is
that
he
should
not
dysarme
himselfe
,
vntill
his
enemies
were
disarmed
,
and
that
it
might
be
seene
to
what
end
their
conspiracy
would
tend
.
And
here
vpon
the
sayd
Prince
desireth
that
it
wil
please
hir
Maiesty
to
remembre
,
howe
often
she
hath
giuen
him
to
vnderstand
,
that
she
estemed
that
whiche
he
did
for
verye
agreable
seruice
the
which
shee
woulde
so
print
in
the
Kings
memorie
,
that
(
being
come
to
age
,
)
hee
might
gratefy
him
according
to
his
desert
.
Wherunto
lykewise
agreeth
that
which
she
said
to
the
lord
Admirall
,
not
longe
before
he
departed
from
the
court
,
that
she
knewe
hym
so
faythfull
a
seruaunt
of
the
Kinges
and
also
so
louing
toward
her
maiestie
,
that
if
nede
required
,
he
would
not
lette
by
al
meanes
possible
,
to
endeuor
hymselfe
to
defend
hir
from
the
conspyracy
of
the
Guyses
.
As
she
also
now
laste
writte
vnto
hym
by
Monsiur
Rembouillet
,
that
she
estemed
hym
so
good
a
seruaunt
of
the
Kings
,
and
desirous
of
the
conseruation
of
his
estate
,
that
she
would
vse
hys
counsell
for
the
pacifying
of
the
troubles
which
were
in
those
dayes
.
And
furthermore
the
talke
whych
she
had
besides
Baugency
with
the
sayd
Prince
&
the
Lords
which
wer
in
his
company
,
is
so
cleare
wytnesse
of
hir
consent
&
approuing
therof
,
that
it
shuld
be
to
superfluous
to
allege
infinyte
other
proues
,
which
myght
be
broght
forth
to
this
effect
.
For
then
in
the
presence
of
.7
.
Knightes
of
the
ordre
,
&
certaine
secretaries
of
the
estate
,
she
largly
thanked
the
sayde
Prince
&
hys
company
,
for
the
seruice
and
pleasure
that
she
had
receiued
of
them
:
vsing
these
termes
:
that
she
acknowleged
that
the
Kings
life
&
hirs
were
conserued
and
kept
through
their
meane
.
These
things
being
consydered
as
behoueth
,
what
reason
may
remayne
to
the
ennemyes
of
the
sayde
Prynce
and
his
associats
,
yea
so
much
as
to
gather
a
symple
coniecture
of
rebellion
,
much
lesse
of
grounded
iudgement
?
By
whose
autority
shall
they
be
declared
rebelles
?
Shal
it
be
by
the
King
and
Quenes
autority
,
which
haue
caused
theym
to
take
armes
for
the
conseruation
of
their
maiesties
?
which
hath
had
recourse
to
them
in
hir
daunger
?
whiche
therein
hath
encouraged
them
by
words
&
letters
?
and
with
thanks
for
their
seruice
hath
approued
&
accepted
that
whiche
they
haue
done
,
as
a
meane
of
the
conseruation
of
this
whole
realme
?
Furthermore
,
there
is
none
but
knoweth
,
that
the
ennemies
of
the
said
Prince
abuse
the
name
of
the
King
and
Queene
,
whose
wyll
they
keepe
forced
and
subiecte
to
theyre
wylles
.
Whyche
ys
the
cause
why
the
sayd
Prince
and
his
associates
haue
protested
hitherto
,
and
nowe
agayne
protest
,
neyther
to
hold
nor
acknowledge
any
Edict
,
statute
or
ordinaunce
,
made
vnder
the
name
of
the
Kyng
,
whileste
hys
libertye
is
taken
from
him
by
the
vyolence
and
armes
of
their
enemies
.
And
for
that
they
take
for
proofe
,
besides
these
thynges
heretofore
written
,
that
whych
so
oft
the
Queene
hath
sente
them
word
of
:
that
is
that
she
could
not
agre
to
the
which
they
demaunded
,
bicause
that
the
contrary
part
was
the
stronger
,
&
the
people
armed
.
And
although
that
since
the
moneth
of
Aprill
the
Kynges
Maiesty
hath
ben
forced
,
and
they
haue
begonne
to
abuse
his
name
&
autority
,
yet
since
that
tyme
the
thing
hath
been
more
clerely
knowen
and
manifested
,
by
that
which
is
contained
in
a
letter
of
the
Queenes
to
Monsiur
de
Vieillevile
and
the
Countye
of
Villars
,
dated
the
14.
of
Maye
laste
.
Where
she
wryte
with
her
hand
,
that
she
committed
the
kyng
her
sonn
into
the
handes
of
the
other
:
meaning
by
the
other
,
the
enemies
of
the
said
Lord
Prince
.
Wherby
it
appeareth
that
the
iudgement
of
rebellion
and
al
other
things
made
vnder
the
name
and
authority
of
the
king
against
the
sayd
Prynce
and
hys
company
,
ought
to
be
estemed
to
be
made
by
their
enemies
:
seeyng
that
the
kyng
is
vnder
their
handes
,
as
it
appeareth
euen
by
the
witnesse
of
the
Queene
.
Now
then
I
leaue
to
be
considered
,
of
what
weighte
that
iudgement
of
condemnation
is
,
which
is
geuen
by
the
parties
&
enemies
of
the
condemned
?
but
yet
let
vs
see
what
that
great
cryme
is
which
they
cal
rebellion
,
&
wherupon
they
grounde
that
,
which
they
lay
to
the
sayde
Princes
charge
and
his
company
?
It
is
(
say
they
)
bicause
they
wyll
not
geue
ouer
theyr
armour
.
If
it
be
so
,
I
demaund
what
shal
they
be
caled
,
which
comming
to
the
courte
in
armoure
,
though
they
had
none
enemies
armed
against
them
,
wold
not
neuerthelesse
geue
ouer
their
armoure
,
although
they
receiued
commaundemente
from
the
kynge
,
and
which
yet
hold
them
with
the
same
boldnesse
that
they
toke
them
at
the
beginning
.
Now
who
is
he
that
would
gyue
ouer
his
armour
at
the
request
&
instance
of
hys
enemy
,
which
hath
the
sworde
ready
in
hys
hand
to
fight
wyth
him
?
what
other
thing
is
it
,
to
demaund
that
the
said
Prince
shuld
disarme
himself
his
aduersaries
remaining
armed
,
but
only
to
wyll
that
his
enemies
shuld
be
hys
masters
,
that
hys
goods
shuld
be
subiecte
to
their
greedye
couetousnesse
,
that
hys
lyfe
should
be
giuen
ouer
to
their
cruelty
?
To
be
short
,
that
he
shuld
receiue
the
law
of
those
,
which
hauing
none
,
ought
to
receiue
thesame
of
others
?
And
furthermore
is
it
not
to
breake
the
wall
which
it
hath
pleased
God
to
set
aboute
hys
poore
Church
of
Fraunce
,
&
afterwardes
to
gyue
it
ouer
to
the
rage
&
fury
of
those
,
which
can
not
be
satisfied
wyth
suckyng
of
Innocentes
bloud
.
Furthermore
it
is
not
vnknowen
that
the
sayd
Prince
hath
always
offred
to
vnarme
hym self
,
if
hys
enemies
would
vnarme
them
first
,
&
wythdrawing
them selues
from
the
Kyng
,
would
leaue
him
in
his
fyrst
liberty
.
Now
is
it
not
reason
that
they
which
first
toke
armor
with
out
commaundement
,
without
autority
,
&
agaynst
the
Kinges
wil
,
against
the
Edicts
,
agaynst
the
expresse
commaundement
of
the
king
:
shuld
lay
down
their
armour
,
before
the
other
which
were
armed
after
them
:
armed
(
I
say
)
by
commandement
,
authority
&
knowlege
of
the
king
&
Quene
,
for
the
conseruation
of
their
Maiestyes
and
of
theyre
Edictes
,
against
the
oppression
and
violence
of
the
other
?
To
be
short
let
al
that
the
sayd
Prynce
hath
done
be
examined
,
and
it
shal
be
founde
that
hys
answeres
,
and
protestations
,
hys
offers
,
&
all
hys
doinges
,
are
sufficiente
witnesses
,
of
hys
innocency
.
For
hath
he
not
gone
about
by
al
meanes
to
set
this
realme
at
quiet
?
&
to
deliuer
it
from
the
perill
which
semeth
to
threaten
it
with
an
extreme
and
vtter
ruine
?
What
condition
of
peace
being
any
thyng
reasonable
was
euer
refused
,
or
not
rather
sought
by
the
said
Prince
and
hys
company
?
How
oft
hath
he
gone
about
to
let
the
entry
of
straungers
into
thys
realme
,
fearing
the
inconueniences
that
myghte
thereof
ensue
?
Hath
he
not
geuen
to
vnderstande
the
desert
of
hys
cause
,
to
straunge
Prynces
,
&
namely
to
the
confederates
of
this
crown
,
beseching
them
to
take
vp
the
matter
,
&
to
be
meane
of
the
quietnesse
and
tranquilitie
of
this
realme
?
With
what
modesty
hath
he
behaued
him selfe
,
in
the
townes
wherin
he
myght
conserue
the
liberty
of
their
consciences
,
and
the
exercising
of
their
religion
,
folowing
the
permission
and
ordinaunce
of
the
kyng
?
Hath
he
vsed
any
one
poynt
of
violence
or
iniustice
?
When
his
enemies
forcing
townes
,
&
not
beeing
content
to
bereue
them
of
the
benefite
and
liberalitie
of
the
kyng
touching
religion
,
haue
committed
so
many
murthers
and
spoyles
,
that
the
streates
haue
bene
paued
with
deade
corpses
,
and
the
earth
stained
with
the
bloud
of
the
Innocentes
which
they
haue
shed
.
Let
men
them
iudge
without
affection
,
who
thei
be
which
by
their
workes
and
effectes
,
haue
deserued
to
be
declared
rebelles
:
eyther
the
Prynce
and
his
company
,
which
haue
armed
them selues
to
maintaine
the
Edictes
of
the
King
,
made
according
to
the
aduyse
of
the
estates
(
which
ought
to
take
place
during
the
minority
of
his
sayd
Maiesty
)
his
liberty
,
the
Quenes
liberty
,
and
the
quietnesse
of
the
common
welth
:
or
their
ennemies
,
which
taking
armes
,
without
authority
of
the
King
,
haue
broken
hys
Edictes
,
sacked
his
townes
,
murdred
hys
subiects
,
&
set
forth
ordinances
quite
contrary
to
the
Kings
,
&
namly
to
the
Edict
of
Ianuary
made
so
solennely
,
as
we
haue
said
,
receued
with
whole
consent
throughout
the
realme
,
&
lykewyse
gretly
commended
of
straungers
.
If
then
with
indifferent
eye
al
the
partes
of
this
cause
bee
marked
,
it
shal
be
found
,
that
the
sayd
Prince
&
his
company
haue
been
falsly
called
rebelles
by
those
which
are
very
rebelles
themselues
:
they
haue
bene
declared
sedicious
by
those
,
which
since
the
death
of
the
late
King
Henry
,
haue
ben
cause
of
all
the
troubles
which
haue
happened
in
thys
realme
:
and
haue
ben
declared
gilty
of
treson
by
those
,
which
oppresse
the
Kings
maiesty
,
abolish
his
ordinances
&
abuse
his
name
&
authoryty
,
to
magnify
themselues
to
his
ouerthrow
.
Those
,
yea
those
ar
gilty
of
diuine
treason
,
whose
works
haue
alwayes
shewed
that
they
holde
Ambicion
for
their
God
,
Couetousnesse
for
their
religion
,
&
the
pleasures
of
this
worlde
for
their
paradise
&
greatest
felicitie
:
whiche
haue
sworne
warre
againste
the
sonne
of
God
,
against
hys
worde
and
those
which
maintaine
it
:
which
shew
the
workes
of
Anabaptistry
in
baptizing
againe
those
children
,
whiche
be
already
baptized
according
to
the
institution
&
ordinaunce
of
oure
Lorde
Iesus
Christe
:
which
haue
their
houses
ful
of
spoyles
,
and
their
handes
embrued
with
bloudy
crueltie
.
They
also
are
giltie
of
humane
treason
,
whiche
haue
broken
the
Edictes
of
the
kyng
,
haue
approched
and
seazed
vpon
hys
person
with
armes
against
hys
commaundement
,
which
are
great
frendes
,
and
haue
made
those
to
be
their
instruments
in
thys
feat
,
which
would
violently
haue
taken
awaye
the
seconde
person
of
Fraunce
,
and
haue
oppressed
the
kyng
,
and
brought
hys
estate
to
confusion
and
ruyne
.
And
to
speake
further
,
I
saye
that
they
are
giltie
of
treason
,
whiche
made
of
late
that
cursed
conspiracy
in
Prouince
,
by
the
handes
of
Lauris
presidente
in
the
court
of
parlemente
at
Aix
,
and
conioyned
with
Fabrice
Cerbelome
Gouernoure
of
Auignon
for
the
Pope
,
which
tended
to
assemble
xv
.
M.
men
which
should
marche
(
as
they
were
sworen
,
at
the
commaundement
of
the
sayd
Guise
.
Wherof
the
sayd
Fabritius
furnished
a
thousand
footemen
,
and
.
CC.
horsmen
.
Which
conspiracy
being
come
to
knowlege
,
&
veryfied
by
the
court
of
parlament
of
Prouince
,
Entrages
,
&
Laidet
,
two
principal
captaines
of
this
faction
,
wer
behedded
by
iudgement
giuen
in
the
same
court
.
And
if
thys
suffyce
not
,
I
will
adde
more
:
that
the
sayd
Guyses
haue
made
the
lyke
conspyracy
in
Dauphine
,
by
the
captaine
Mantill
:
hoping
by
this
meane
to
make
Dauphine
to
take
armes
with
Prouince
to
martche
together
at
their
pleasure
.
In
so
much
that
these
conspiracies
made
to
abolishe
the
preaching
of
the
Gospell
,
these
takings
vp
of
men
,
these
othes
taking
to
martch
at
the
cōmaudemēt
of
the
Guyse
,
cry
out
,
that
as
wel
the
sayd
Guyse
as
his
conspiratours
are
rebelles
,
and
gilty
of
treason
both
to
God
and
man
.
And
contrarywise
that
those
are
true
&
faythfull
seruantes
of
the
King
,
which
haue
withstanded
&
stoutly
do
withstande
theyr
rebellions
,
seditions
&
attempts
,
against
the
Kinges
Maiestie
and
estate
of
all
thys
realme
.
And
besydes
this
that
I
haue
spoken
,
let
the
ouerwhelming
of
the
gouernment
&
iustice
of
this
realme
be
witnesse
,
and
namely
that
courte
of
Parliament
of
Paris
:
which
thei
haue
made
theyr
instrument
in
thys
false
&
pernitious
iudgement
of
rebellion
:
bicause
they
could
not
finde
any
other
company
so
corrupt
&
depraued
,
so
bonde
&
slaue
to
their
wils
&
appetites
as
that
.
As
in
effecte
all
those
that
remayne
there
at
thys
daye
,
doe
eyther
holde
theyr
estates
through
the
fauor
of
the
sayd
Guyses
and
their
adherentes
,
or
els
hope
to
haue
some
other
by
their
meane
.
And
euen
the
principal
amongest
them
are
plainly
comprysed
in
the
conspiracy
and
faction
made
by
the
sayd
Guyse
and
hys
adherentes
:
wherof
we
at
this
day
fele
the
lamentable
and
miserable
effectes
.
And
we
must
in
dede
truly
confesse
,
that
amongest
al
the
plagues
that
God
long
hath
scourged
thys
poore
and
afflicted
realme
withall
,
thys
ought
to
be
accompted
the
greatest
:
that
such
a
court
of
parlement
,
whiche
oughte
to
be
the
seate
of
Iustice
,
the
refuge
of
the
oppressed
,
the
brydle
and
punishment
of
al
vice
,
shuld
be
so
farre
from
hys
ryght
and
naturall
vse
,
that
it
should
open
the
gate
to
al
iniustice
and
oppression
,
to
al
impunitie
and
licence
of
euil
doing
.
Wherby
is
come
to
passe
,
that
the
principal
head
of
the
gouernement
of
Fraunce
being
so
sicke
,
hath
spread
her
disease
vpon
al
the
parts
and
members
of
thys
kyngdome
.
And
for
profe
herof
,
marke
not
only
the
particular
wronges
done
by
the
sayd
court
to
infinite
persons
,
the
cryes
,
the
plaints
,
the
bloud
of
so
many
poore
innocents
as
it
hath
oppressed
,
condemned
,
and
murthered
.
But
principally
marke
thys
false
and
peruerse
iudgement
of
rebellion
,
which
is
a
generall
wrong
done
to
infinite
persons
,
whose
lyfe
and
conuersation
hath
made
proofe
of
the
moste
humble
obedience
which
they
beare
to
the
kynges
maiesty
.
Now
to
the
end
that
these
corrupt
iudges
shoulde
leaue
behynde
no
one
poynte
of
iniustice
,
they
haue
pronounced
thys
iudgement
,
the
cause
not
being
heard
,
the
reasons
not
debated
,
the
proues
of
iustifying
and
innocency
not
vnderstande
.
And
although
they
were
refused
by
the
sayd
Prince
and
hys
company
(
which
was
duely
notified
vnto
them
)
they
neuerthelesse
left
not
to
attribute
vnto
themselues
the
knowlege
of
thys
fact
,
to
geue
al
men
to
vnderstande
,
that
in
the
seates
of
the
courte
of
parlemente
of
Paris
,
there
are
now
none
other
iudges
,
but
corruptions
,
hatreds
,
and
priuate
affections
,
and
there
is
now
none
other
law
but
contemning
and
abolishing
of
the
kynges
lawes
&
customes
of
thys
realme
.
Wherupon
my
masters
,
you
which
are
called
Iudges
,
I
demaund
what
iniustice
and
manifest
corruption
is
,
if
thys
whych
you
haue
done
in
thys
iudgement
be
not
?
For
where
is
the
forme
of
iustice
obserued
?
Where
are
the
reasons
wyth
which
the
condemned
haue
bene
ouercome
?
Where
is
that
auncient
and
righteous
law
,
that
ye
can
not
both
be
iudges
and
particular
enemies
?
Why
haue
you
thrust
your selues
in
to
the
iudgement
of
those
,
which
haue
refused
you
for
iudges
,
hauing
as
much
reason
to
do
it
,
as
there
are
faultes
of
apparaunte
wronges
in
you
?
And
to
be
short
were
you
not
ryghtly
refused
,
which
haue
driuen
out
of
your
companye
,
al
those
which
you
perceaued
not
to
be
of
your
faction
?
You
which
by
the
decree
the
last
of
Iune
now
passed
,
put
weapon
in
the
hande
of
the
furious
people
,
against
both
GOD
and
mannes
lawes
,
yea
againste
your
own
lawes
,
againste
the
common
wealth
and
vniuersal
quietnesse
of
thys
realme
?
You
which
haue
proclamed
the
mynysters
of
the
reformed
Churches
giltie
of
treason
,
whom
neuerthelesse
the
kyng
by
hys
proclamation
hath
receaued
to
hys
protection
,
and
who
for
thys
effect
haue
taken
the
othe
at
your
handes
?
You
which
durst
declare
to
the
kyng
yea
wyth
threatninges
,
by
Monsieur
Chambon
and
Monsieur
Fay
youre
deputyes
,
that
ye
thought
straunge
and
would
not
suffer
the
agreement
which
he
would
haue
made
betwene
the
sayd
Prynce
and
hys
contraries
?
By
thys
meane
takyng
away
all
doubt
,
that
ye
are
the
sworen
enemies
of
the
sayd
Prynce
and
hys
company
,
and
consequently
shuttyng
your
owne
mouthes
,
that
ye
might
not
pronounce
any
sentence
against
them
?
And
what
nedeth
any
more
?
Loke
vppon
the
head
citie
of
this
realme
,
where
your
abiding
is
,
and
marke
the
extreame
cruelties
which
are
dayly
committed
by
the
people
,
and
that
before
youre
eyes
,
to
your
knowlege
,
wyll
,
&
prouoking
.
Let
men
consider
the
refuse
that
you
made
to
the
Lord
of
Brissac
,
to
make
any
ordonaunce
to
represse
these
tumultes
of
the
people
.
Let
it
be
weyghed
as
appertayneth
,
that
the
most
part
of
you
,
the
better
to
shew
that
they
wyl
no
longer
vse
iustice
,
but
force
,
ar
of
Presidentes
&
counselers
become
menne
of
warre
:
haue
chaunged
their
pennes
into
swords
,
and
their
longe
gounes
into
corcelets
,
they
themselues
play
the
captaines
,
&
go
publiquely
armed
,
with
other
such
insolenties
,
as
vnworthy
of
their
estate
,
as
very
mete
to
the
corruption
of
their
lyfe
.
Let
all
these
thynges
(
I
say
)
be
considered
,
and
if
it
be
so
that
rebelles
can
not
iudge
of
rebellion
,
that
the
troublers
of
the
common
quietnesse
can
not
knowe
of
sedition
,
and
that
the
breakers
of
the
Kynges
Edictes
,
are
not
able
to
iudge
of
giltinesse
of
treason
:
if
so
be
(
I
say
)
that
those
which
deserue
to
be
condemned
,
ought
not
to
condemne
others
:
Ye
can
not
deny
but
they
which
ye
haue
condemned
,
haue
sufficient
reason
,
not
only
to
refuse
you
,
but
also
to
cause
you
to
be
punyshed
in
tyme
&
place
,
according
to
the
desert
of
your
iniustice
.
Which
thyng
the
most
part
of
thys
realme
greatly
desireth
,
beyng
assured
that
god
wyll
shewe
vs
hys
mercyfull
face
,
when
he
rayseth
vp
in
Fraunce
good
&
faithful
iudges
which
shal
condemne
&
rightly
punishe
those
,
which
vniustly
haue
condemned
other
:
executing
vpon
your
persons
,
the
sentence
whiche
you
haue
pronounced
agaynst
the
innocentes
.
All
these
thinges
than
beyng
equally
weyghed
,
shal
plainly
shew
,
to
al
those
which
in
this
cause
shal
geue
iudgement
free
from
all
particular
affection
,
that
although
there
bee
nothing
set
forth
for
the
defence
of
the
sayd
Prynce
and
hys
company
,
against
the
intollerable
iniustice
,
&
the
vnworthynesse
which
hath
ben
shewed
them
by
thys
iudgement
,
yet
neuerthelesse
their
innocency
is
so
apparaunt
,
that
it
is
able
to
speake
it selfe
,
and
beelye
the
false
&
shamelesse
slaunders
,
of
their
ennemie
iudges
.
Now
I
leaue
to
thynk
,
how
iust
grief
it
is
to
the
said
Prince
whan
he
hath
faythfully
obeyed
all
thynges
whych
wer
commaunded
hym
,
for
the
tuition
of
the
Kyng
and
Queene
,
and
whan
he
had
done
the
duetye
of
that
place
which
he
holdeth
in
thys
realme
,
as
behoued
a
most
faythfull
and
louing
seruaunt
of
the
Kyng
,
and
necessary
for
the
wealth
and
profit
of
al
thys
realme
:
that
hys
desert
should
be
payde
wyth
so
great
vnthankfulnesse
,
that
the
duety
whych
he
hath
shewed
to
the
Kyng
should
be
turned
to
cryme
,
and
that
hys
obedyence
should
be
called
rebellion
.
Thys
certainly
is
with
good
right
not
only
greuous
vnto
hym
,
but
also
intollerable
.
And
although
this
vile
spot
wherewith
they
woulde
haue
burdened
hym
,
can
not
in
any
wyse
fasten
vppon
hym
,
but
returneth
to
those
whyche
brought
it
,
neuerthelesse
he
feleth
hymself
so
bounde
in
duty
,
not
only
to
hys
honor
,
but
to
hys
company
,
that
he
is
resolued
to
bestow
all
the
meanes
which
God
hath
put
and
hereafter
shal
put
in
his
handes
,
to
cause
the
innocency
of
them
al
,
to
be
knowen
,
not
only
to
the
people
of
Fraunce
,
but
to
straunge
nations
:
and
to
leaue
the
memory
to
our
posterity
.
And
forasmuch
as
by
the
wycked
and
corrupt
iudgement
,
geuen
agaynst
hym
and
those
of
hys
company
,
and
by
the
maner
that
they
haue
vsed
in
the
sayde
iudgement
,
and
namely
the
ouerwhelming
of
the
iustice
of
Fraunce
done
by
his
enemies
,
he
wel
ynough
knoweth
,
that
the
way
of
iustice
beyng
shutt
vp
from
him
,
he
can
not
thereby
cause
the
edictes
of
the
Kyng
to
be
obserued
,
&
consequently
shewe
foorth
hys
innocencie
:
for
thys
cause
he
is
constrayned
to
haue
recourse
to
the
laste
remedy
,
of
armes
.
Which
hauyng
in
hys
hande
at
the
Queenes
commaundement
,
and
lykewyse
for
hys
own
office
and
duty
(
considering
the
place
which
he
holdeth
in
this
realme
)
he
wil
neuer
leaue
of
,
tyll
he
hath
made
the
Kyng
peasibly
to
be
obeyed
in
hys
countrey
,
hys
edictes
obserued
,
and
the
innocency
of
the
sayd
Prynce
,
and
hys
company
manifestli
acknowleged
.
And
the
sayd
Prince
declareth
that
although
they
(
whose
authoritye
and
commaundemente
hath
caused
him
to
begin
this
enterpryse
,
)
shoulde
nowe
come
and
allege
their
contrarye
aduyse
and
opynion
,
yet
though
they
chaunge
their
willes
,
he
can
not
chaunge
his
:
as
also
he
can
not
slacken
his
duty
towardes
the
Kyng
,
nor
forget
the
place
which
he
holdeth
in
thys
realme
.
Therfore
the
sayd
Prynce
&
all
hys
company
proteste
,
before
the
maiestie
of
God
and
the
Kyng
,
and
before
all
people
and
nations
to
whom
the
knowlege
of
thys
facte
hath
come
or
shal
come
,
that
they
confesse
and
acknowlege
themselues
most
humble
and
obedient
subiectes
and
seruauntes
of
the
Kyng
their
soueraine
Lord
and
Prynce
.
and
that
their
armes
are
not
,
nor
neuer
shal
be
against
hys
maiestye
,
but
agaynste
hys
enemyes
.
Whom
they
hold
for
rebelles
,
setiouse
,
and
giltye
of
treason
to
God
and
man
:
bicause
they
haue
ouerthrowen
the
lawes
and
customes
of
thys
realme
,
haue
broken
the
Edictes
of
the
Kyng
,
and
violate
the
authoritie
of
the
estates
,
in
thrusting
themselues
into
the
counsel
of
hys
maiestie
,
(
from
whiche
they
were
excluded
by
the
aduise
of
the
said
estates
)
and
haue
driuen
out
the
faythfull
and
lawfull
counselers
of
the
Kyng
.
Furthermore
bicause
they
defende
themselues
with
hys
person
,
enforce
hys
liberty
,
abuse
hys
name
,
to
coloure
their
ambition
and
insaciable
crueltie
,
they
haue
made
and
dayly
do
make
conspiracies
,
factions
,
and
practises
as
wel
to
maintayne
their
vsurpation
,
as
to
vndoo
the
moste
parte
of
the
Kynges
faythfull
subiectes
.
And
namely
to
banysh
out
of
Fraunce
the
pure
preaching
of
the
Gospell
,
to
spoyle
&
destroy
those
which
make
profession
therof
.
Agaynst
those
then
onely
,
&
for
these
causes
,
with
the
other
that
depend
on
them
,
the
sayd
Prynce
&
hys
company
protest
to
haue
weapon
in
hand
,
and
that
for
great
nede
,
hauing
none
other
meane
to
kepe
the
Kynges
maiestie
,
hys
edictes
,
hys
hyghnesse
,
the
estate
of
hys
croune
,
the
authoritie
of
hys
estates
,
the
lyfe
and
goods
of
an
infinite
number
of
his
poore
subiectes
,
and
principally
the
pure
seruice
of
god
established
in
thys
realme
by
the
authoritie
of
the
Kyng
.
The
importaunce
of
which
thinges
doth
so
touche
the
sayde
Prynces
heart
and
hys
company
,
that
foreseing
the
horrible
calamitie
and
desolation
that
myght
happen
to
thys
realme
,
&
that
all
Fraunce
shuld
bathe
in
hys
own
bloud
,
if
their
ennemies
myght
continue
the
murthers
and
cruelties
which
thei
haue
exercised
these
.v.
monethes
,
they
all
determine
to
let
for
no
payne
,
to
establishe
the
quietnesse
of
thys
realme
,
but
to
venter
their
lyues
,
to
assure
the
liues
of
so
many
good
,
&
faythfull
subiectes
and
seruauntes
of
the
kyng
.
And
are
not
hindered
but
rather
encouraged
by
that
pernicious
iudgement
of
rebellion
:
the
which
they
protest
not
to
hold
as
iudgement
,
but
slaunder
practyzed
and
sette
foorth
by
theyr
ennemyes
.
So
that
withstanding
it
,
they
meane
not
to
withstande
the
wyll
of
the
Kyng
,
or
any
iudgement
geuen
forth
by
a
court
of
parliamente
lawfully
assembled
:
but
a
violence
,
force
,
oppression
and
inuading
of
their
goods
and
lyues
,
by
the
Kynges
enemies
and
theirs
.
The
sayd
Prince
desireth
not
onely
all
those
of
thys
realme
whiche
oughte
to
esteme
the
Kynges
seruice
,
but
also
all
straunge
Prynces
which
loue
equitie
and
iustice
,
to
withstande
with
hym
so
violent
oppression
made
to
a
yong
Kyng
:
whose
great
vertues
already
shining
in
hym
,
geue
certayne
hope
,
that
beyng
come
to
age
,
he
wyl
acknowlege
the
seruice
and
succour
whych
hath
ben
done
to
hym
,
in
hys
great
and
vrgent
necessitie
.
And
namely
the
sayd
Prynce
desireth
al
straungers
,
as
well
Almaines
as
Switsers
,
that
are
come
into
thys
realme
,
and
do
ayde
hys
enemyes
,
that
they
remember
the
title
of
equitie
,
the
memory
wherof
hath
at
all
tymes
honored
their
aunceters
:
that
they
wyll
not
suffer
suche
reproche
to
lyght
on
them
,
as
that
they
haue
fought
for
an
euil
cause
,
against
a
good
cause
:
for
the
ennemyes
of
the
kyng
,
agaynste
hys
faythfull
subiectes
:
for
Prynces
the
be
but
straungers
,
agaynst
a
Prince
of
the
bloud
of
thys
croune
:
for
the
fauourers
of
the
Pope
and
the
Churche
of
Rome
,
againste
those
whyche
professe
the
Gospel
of
our
lord
Iesus
Christ
.
And
herein
the
sayd
Prince
,
caleth
before
the
iudgement
seate
of
god
the
consciences
of
the
sayd
straungers
,
which
professe
the
gospel
,
to
tak
hede
that
they
be
not
cause
that
the
said
gospel
be
banished
out
of
thys
poore
kyngdome
,
and
that
all
they
which
professe
thesame
,
be
spoyled
&
murthered
.
He
praieth
them
also
to
consider
,
that
hys
ennemies
whatsoeuer
they
speake
of
rebellion
,
assayle
hym
neuerthelesse
for
none
other
cause
,
but
for
that
folowing
the
edict
of
the
king
,
he
mayntayneth
the
pure
preching
of
the
worde
of
god
.
So
the
sayd
straungers
oughte
to
preuente
,
(
that
the
ennemies
of
their
religion
and
of
the
Princes
and
hys
companies
)
shoulde
think
in
mockage
(
as
they
already
do
)
that
they
haue
begiled
them
:
&
haue
brought
to
passe
bi
their
practises
,
that
their
own
country
men
which
maintaine
the
gospell
,
are
come
to
fyghte
agaynst
them
in
Fraunce
.
Furthermore
the
sayd
Prynce
praieth
them
to
consider
what
wil
folowe
of
thys
matter
:
leaste
if
the
ennemies
ouercome
the
gospellers
in
this
realme
,
that
their
enterprise
should
stretch
out
beyond
the
Ryne
,
&
so
they
themselues
may
be
assailed
in
their
houses
,
according
to
the
confederacy
which
they
haue
made
wyth
the
Pope
&
diuerse
other
straunge
Prynces
.
And
though
hitherto
the
said
Prince
hathe
deferred
to
call
anye
straunges
to
the
succour
of
the
kyng
,
&
of
them
which
it
hath
pleased
hym
to
permyt
to
liue
according
to
the
reformation
of
the
gospel
,
neuerthelesse
seyng
that
hys
ennemies
haue
begon
to
cal
them
in
their
euill
cause
,
he
protesteth
that
herafter
he
wyll
not
let
to
vse
their
aid
for
the
maintenaunce
of
hys
ryght
.
And
so
much
the
rather
bicause
he
is
assured
,
that
the
conseruation
of
the
kyng
and
of
this
realme
,
is
ioined
with
the
conseruation
of
hys
innocency
.
Wherupon
forasmuchas
such
warre
,
which
kyndleth
dayly
more
and
more
,
can
not
but
bryng
great
calamities
with
it
,
the
sayd
Prynce
&
hys
company
protest
before
God
&
man
not
to
be
giltie
therein
,
but
they
which
haue
been
the
mouers
and
authors
therof
.
To
the
end
that
the
blame
of
al
the
euels
&
inconueniences
of
thys
present
warr
,
may
redounde
vpon
their
ennemies
which
are
the
beginning
and
cause
therof
.
Finally
the
sayd
Prynce
willeth
and
desireth
,
that
this
present
protestation
may
serue
also
to
confirme
the
association
which
is
betwene
hym
and
the
Princes
Lordes
,
gentlemen
and
other
,
which
folow
hym
,
and
shall
hereafter
follow
.
To
whom
the
sayd
Prynce
promyseth
,
that
as
he
hath
thys
honor
to
be
their
head
,
and
seyng
that
all
the
reformed
Churches
of
thys
realme
haue
throwen
themselues
into
hys
armes
to
conserue
them
according
to
the
kynges
edicte
,
against
their
aduersaries
and
enemies
of
this
croune
:
he
wil
be
the
first
that
shal
geue
hys
lyfe
&
his
goods
,
that
the
seruice
of
god
may
be
established
in
hys
puritie
,
those
whiche
professe
it
maintained
,
the
kyng
set
agayne
at
hys
full
libertie
,
hys
ennemies
driuen
away
,
&
hys
counsell
restored
according
to
the
lawes
&
customes
of
thys
realme
:
&
namely
the
laste
requeste
of
the
estates
.
Likewise
the
sayd
Prynce
exhorteth
&
prayeth
al
hys
company
to
march
wyth
him
fote
by
fote
in
the
execution
of
so
good
&
holy
an
enterpryse
,
hauing
respect
to
the
righteousnesse
of
the
cause
,
&
putting
al
their
force
in
the
strength
of
god
:
so
the
being
certaine
that
fighting
for
the
aduauncement
of
hys
glory
,
the
releuing
of
hys
Churches
,
the
conseruation
of
their
king
,
and
the
quietnes
of
their
countrey
;
they
shal
fele
the
assistaunce
&
succour
of
God
.
Whom
the
sayd
Prynce
and
hys
company
most
hartily
besecheth
to
take
in
hande
the
defence
of
their
cause
and
for
thys
effecte
to
sit
in
throne
of
hys
iustice
,
before
the
which
they
present
the
horryble
blasphemies
spued
out
by
their
ennemies
againste
hys
maiestie
,
the
crueltie
whiche
they
vse
against
his
Churchs
,
the
bloud
of
so
many
innocents
which
they
haue
spilt
,
&
their
bloudy
conspiracies
and
damnable
enterpryses
,
agaynste
hys
glory
and
the
lyfe
of
hys
children
and
seruauntes
.
So
that
receauing
into
hys
protection
hys
poore
people
and
those
whyche
mayntayne
them
,
he
maye
place
hys
power
,
iustice
,
and
wysdome
,
againste
the
boldnesse
,
iniquitie
,
and
subtyll
deuises
of
suche
as
assaile
them
,
and
that
so
by
the
delyueraunce
of
hys
,
he
make
manifeste
to
all
the
worlde
,
that
he
is
the
succoure
of
the
oppressed
,
the
preseruer
of
hys
Churche
,
and
the
iudge
of
hys
ennemies
.
Geuen
at
Orleance
the
8.
of
August
.
Anno.
1562.
Lewes
of
Bourbon
.