PROPOSALS
For
Printing
by
Subscription
,
the
Second
,
Third
and
Fourth
Volumes
OF
THE
French
Book
of
Martyrs
,
Or
HISTORY
of
the
Famous
Edict
of
Nantes
.
Which
Three
Volumes
with
the
First
already
Publish'd
,
CONTAIN
An
Account
of
all
the
Persecutions
that
have
been
in
France
,
from
the
beginning
of
the
Reformation
(
there
)
down
to
this
present
Time
,
comprehending
the
Reigns
of
Henry
III.
Henry
IV.
Lewis
XIII
.
and
Lewis
XIV
.
The
whole
Work
Faithfully
Extracted
from
all
the
Publick
and
Secret
Memoirs
that
cou'd
possibly
be
procured
,
by
that
Learned
and
Judicious
Divine
Mounsieur
Bennoit
.
Printed
first
in
French
by
the
Authority
of
the
States
of
Holland
and
West-Friezland
,
and
now
Translated
into
English
.
With
Her
Majesties
Royal
Priviledge
.
THE
First
Volume
of
this
French
Martyrology
already
Publish'd
,
having
fully
answered
the
Expectations
of
the
Curious
,
it
has
occasion'd
several
Gentlemen
to
desire
a
speedy
Publication
of
the
whole
Work
;
but
seeing
that
cannot
be
done
with
the
Expedition
expected
without
Great
Expence
,
I
shall
therefore
to
gratifie
those
who
are
impatient
for
the
remaining
Volumes
,
make
Proposals
for
Printing
the
Second
,
Third
and
Fourth
by
way
of
Subscription
,
not
doubting
but
that
such
a
Seasonable
Work
as
this
is
,
(
which
has
been
Patronized
by
the
States
of
Holland
,
and
born
a
Second
Impression
there
in
a
few
Weeks
)
will
meet
with
answerable
Encouragement
here
,
seeing
her
Majesties
Royal
License
for
the
Printing
of
it
,
and
the
Expectations
of
so
many
Great
Persons
as
have
desir'd
it
in
our
own
Language
,
will
not
a
little
recommend
it
to
the
English
Nation
.
As
for
the
Author
,
his
Preface
to
the
First
Volume
does
yet
promise
fairer
things
,
as
his
Correspondence
for
the
carrying
on
so
Great
a
Work
extending
to
such
distant
places
,
his
access
to
so
many
Publick
and
Private
Libraries
,
as
well
as
to
the
Cabinets
and
Studies
of
the
Exacter
sort
,
where
Eugitive
Pieces
secure
themselves
.
His
Assistances
by
Manuscripts
and
Collections
,
especially
those
of
the
Learned
and
Ingenious
Monsieur
Tesserean
,
and
the
Memoirs
he
left
at
his
Death
,
with
other
helps
,
which
will
best
appear
in
the
Work
it self
.
If
History
be
properly
Consecrated
to
preserve
to
Posterity
the
Remembrance
of
things
the
most
remarkable
that
fall
out
in
the
World
,
it
cannot
be
deny'd
,
but
that
the
deplorable
End
of
the
Liberty
which
the
Protestants
enjoy'd
so
long
a
Time
in
France
,
is
one
of
the
most
Memorable
Accidents
that
merits
to
be
taken
in
hand
for
the
Information
of
succeeding
Ages
.
There
is
not
any
thing
in
that
Revolution
which
does
not
deserve
particular
Refl●ctions
;
upon
whatever
Circumstance
a
Man
fixes
his
Mind
,
he
shall
find
enough
to
exercise
his
Thoughts
either
at
wondering
at
the
Malice
and
Fury
of
those
that
were
the
Authors
of
it
,
or
in
admiring
at
the
Patience
of
those
that
were
envelop'd
in
it
.
It
is
not
to
be
imagin'd
what
has
pass'd
in
that
Kingdom
upon
this
Occasion
,
especially
within
these
last
Thirty
Years
.
It
was
very
necessary
therefore
to
establish
things
in
their
true
Light
,
and
to
Collect
in
a
History
all
the
sorrowful
Accidents
of
this
Revolution
,
(
we
having
as
yet
no
Faithful
Collection
of
them
any
where
extant
)
to
the
intent
that
thereby
a
durable
and
perpetual
Monument
might
be
erected
,
of
a
Catastrophe
worthy
to
be
Eterniz'd
in
all
its
Circumstances
,
and
therein
an
Account
given
of
all
the
Martyrdoms
and
Persecutions
which
in
France
have
befallen
those
who
for
these
Fourscore
and
ten
Years
have
lived
in
that
Kingdom
under
the
Faith
of
the
most
Solemn
Edict
that
ever
was
Publish'd
.
The
PROPOSALS
are
,
-
I.
THAT
these
Second
,
Third
,
and
Fourth
Volumes
will
contain
about
Three
Hundred
Sheets
,
which
shall
be
Printed
on
the
same
Paper
,
Character
and
Size
with
the
First
Volume
already
Published
,
that
Paper
and
Character
being
the
very
same
with
these
Proposals
.
-
II.
That
the
Price
of
these
Three
Volumes
to
Subscribers
shall
be
Twenty
four
Shillings
in
Sheets
,
to
be
paid
at
four
equal
payments
,
viz.
Six
Shillings
in
hand
(
for
the
speedy
carrying
on
the
Work
)
Six
Shillings
upon
the
Delivery
of
the
Second
Volume
,
Six
Shillings
more
at
the
Delivery
of
the
Third
,
and
6
s.
at
Delivery
of
the
Fourth
.
-
III.
And
for
the
further
Encouragement
of
those
who
promote
it
,
any
Gentleman
who
will
subscribe
for
six
Books
,
shall
have
a
seventh
Gratis
,
which
will
reduce
the
Price
of
the
Three
Volumes
to
about
One
pound
six
pence
three
Farthings
.
-
IV.
The
Price
of
these
Three
Volumes
to
those
that
do
not
Subscribe
,
shall
not
be
less
than
Twenty
seven
Shillings
in
Sheets
.
-
V.
All
who
intend
to
Assist
in
the
Advancement
of
this
Useful
Work
,
are
desir'd
to
send
in
their
Subscriptions
with
all
speed
unto
the
Vndertaker
here
undernamed
,
where
Printed
Receipts
shall
be
given
them
;
and
if
they
arise
to
a
competent
Number
,
the
Second
Volume
shall
be
publish'd
by
Christm●ss
next
,
and
the
Third
and
Fourth
by
Lady-Day
following
.
-
VI.
That
to
render
the
Work
Compleat
,
there
shall
be
a
large
Alphabetical
Table
to
each
Volume
.
-
VII
.
Those
who
expect
the
Benefit
of
these
Proposals
,
are
to
send
in
their
First
Payment
before
the
24th
.
of
December
next
,
for
after
that
Day
no
Subscription
shall
be
taken
in
.
PPOPOSALS
are
to
be
had
of
the
UNDERTAKER
Iohn
Dunton
at
the
Raven
in
the
Poultrey
,
And
of
most
Booksellers
in
London
and
the
Countrey
.