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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	church_n	holy_a	time_n	2,975	5	3.4034	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18479	An edict or ordonance of the French King conteining a prohibition and interdiction of al preaching and assembling, and exercise of any other Religion, then of the Catholique, the Apostolique, and the Romaine Religion. Item an other edict of the same king, remouing al Protestants from bearing any office vnder the King, in the Realme of France. Nevvly translated out of Frenche into English.; Proclamations. 1568-09-28	France. Sovereign (1560-1574 : Charles IX)	1568 (1568)	STC 5035; ESTC S111060	10,011	43

AN EDICT OR ORDONANCE OF THE FRENCH King conteining a Prohibition and Interdiction of al preaching and assembling and exercise of any other Religion then of the Catholique the Apostolique and the Romaine Religion ITEM AN OTHER EDICT OE THE SAME KING REMOuing al Protestants from bearing any Office vnder the King in the Realme of France Nevvly translated out of Frenche into English LOVANII Apud Ioannem Foulerum Anno 1568. An Edict or ORDONANCE of the French King conteining a Prohibition and Interdiction of all preaching assembling and exercise of anie other Religion then of the Catholike the Apostolique and the Romaine Religion CHARLES by the grace of God King of France to all for the time being and for the time to come It is well knowen to all men that the deceased Kinges of most woorthie memorie our Father and Graundfather whose soules God pardon bearing them selues as most Christian Princes and defendours of the holie Churche haue endeuoured and trauailed by Edicts and Ordonances and by waies of iustice to preserue the vnitie therof and to represse the diuision of Religion in their time whiche had gotten into this realme by preachinges by secret practises and assemblies and by casting abrode of inhibited bookes It is well knowen also that after the lamentable death of our saied Lord and Father certaine of the Nobilite prouoked therto by the ministers of the newe opinion haue discontented and separated them selues not for anie zeale of anie Religion one or other but through ambition and desire to haue in their handes the gouernmēt of this said realme vnder the deceased our most dere and most beloued Lord ād elder brother King Frācis second of that name notwithstanding that he was a maried man and of full yeres by the lawes of the saied realme and one that had the authoritie the iudgemēt and the meaning to gouerne and to commaunde rightly with the most prudent counsell of our most excellent Ladie and mother the Quene and of other great and worthie personages which had alwaies ben neere about the said deceased King our Father and were continued by our saied deceased brother as one that minded in all pointes to folowe his Fathers steppes the which he hath wel declared by his deedes during the time of his reigne who had also setled his saied realme in suche peace and quiet as he foūd it in at his coming to the Croune if it had pleased God to haue lent him longer life for so muche as his estate had ben molested and disquieted by the disagreemēt of certaine of the Nobilite who daring not openly to shew them selues stirred vp by the helpe of the said ministers the tumult of Amboies vnder the colour of presenting a certaine request with a confession of their faith to the said King who though he knew well the verie fountaine and first Authors of that mischiefe yet through his singular and natural clemencie folowing the example of our heuenlie Father and hoping by his grace to do more good by waie of pitie then by rigour of iustice gaue by plaine Edict made at Amboies in the moneth of March in the yeare 1559 a general Pardon to all suche his deceiued and seduced subiectes in the faith as would come home ▪ againe and furthermore by an other Edict made at Romorantin in the moueth of May folowing he left those which woulde not come home againe to the Ecclesiastical censure only which reacheth not so farre as to bloude in case that they troubled not the common quiet Al this notwithstanding the said King was deceued of his expectatiō through the said secrete practises of the saied Noble men obstinate in their purposes and assayinge by force of Armes to molest this said Realme how be it vnder pretense of Religion Wherof the said King being fully aduertised remaining then at Fontaine-bleau was cōstrained to remoue to Orlians with force of Armes also for to set thinges there in good order Who also for the same purpose had commaunded a meting of the generall Estates at whiche time and place it pleased God to call him to his mercie geauing into our handes the Kingdome we being then of age betwene ten and eleuen yeares lesse able to gouerne this said puissant Realme Moreouer the chiefe succour which God had lefte vnto vs in our affaires whiche was the wise and prudent gouernement of our most excellent Ladie and Mother 〈◊〉 was excedingly letted and disapointed through the cōtempt of our minorititie whiche certaine of the Nobility the chiefest next after our most deere and moste welbeloued brethren had conceiued and through partes taking and contradictions which thei with their Adherents stirred against our said most excellent Ladie and Mother who also to make their part stronger tooke vppon them the protection of the said new opinion which by their support and fauour was greatly augmented For remedy whereof at our returning from our Annointing and Coronation we came to the suburbes of S. German in the fieldes nigh to Paris and we cawsed to be assembled in our Parlament the Princes and those of our priuie counsel with al the courtes of the same parlamēt in the monethes of Iune and Iulie of the yeare 1561. At what time by their aduise at S. Germaines in Laye we made the Edict of the said moneth of Iuly in the saied yeare by the which Edict we forebad al other exercise of Religiō then such as was according to the receiued custome and maner obserued in the Catholique Churche from and sence the time of the Christian faith receiued by the Kinges of Fraunce our Predecessours and by the Bishops and Prelates Persons and Vicares and their Deputies This the saied protectours of the said new opinion perceiuing and seing that their ambitious enterprise was by this Edict vtterly disappointed would not suffer it to take place but caused through our whole Realme those of the said new opinion to rise vp and to stop the execution thereof And then by reason of such troubles which thei them selues had stirred and caused to be stirred in diuerse places thei would make men beleeue that it was impossible to execute the saied Edicte and therefore they called vppon an other assemblie of a certaine number of Presidentes and Counsellers of al the high Coūrtes of this saied Realme that this might be a matter of greater authoritie Although yet the same assemblie was lesse by two partes of the three then the other whiche was made in our saied Parlament of Paris being of the two ordinarie companies Beside that in their assemblie were such men as they chose them selues they being the stronger parte of our priuie Counsell hauing also placed therein a greater number of the said newe opinion then of the Catholiques to bring so at length their matter about which they did in deede obteining a toleraton for the exercise of both Religions by our Edict made onely by way of prouision the seuententh of Ianuarie in the said yeare 1561. The whiche Edicte our said most excellent