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A15442	A iustification or cleering of the Prince of Orendge agaynst the false sclaunders, wherewith his ilwillers goe about to charge him wrongfully. Translated out of French by Arthur Goldyng; Justification or cleering of the Prince of Orendge agaynst the false sclaunders, wherewith his ilwillers goe about to charge him wrongfully.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1575 (1575)	STC 25712; ESTC S120044	80,195	190

duetyes sake to his maiesty and my natiue soyle I woulde I say aduenture not onely al the goodes that I haue in the worlde but also myne owne person my wife and my children whom euen nature wylleth me to preserue and keepe Wherefore I beseech you let it please your highnesse to haue regard of it according to your tryed and accustomed discretion and to take this mine information in good parte as proceedyng from one that speaketh of earnest affection and good wyll to doo his maiestie seruis and to preuent all inconueniences ▪ wherof I take God to witnesse whom hauing commended my selfe most humbly to the good grace of your highnesse I beseeche to giue you long and good lyfe in health From Brusselles the. xxiiij day of Ianuarye 1565. accordyng to the Computation of Braband ¶ The Regentes answere to the Princes Letter MY good cousin I haue receiued your two Letters of the xvi e. of this present moneth by the one of which you excuse your selfe of your not cōmyng hither as you would haue done And by the other you put me in mynde of the declarations which you haue made to me at other tymes cōcernyng the inconueniences that might rise of the three poyntes which my Lord the king hath commaūded which I remember very well And since that tyme as I am informed the discontentement and grudging of the people is growē in such wise as I am done to vnderstand by diuers aduertizementes commyng to me dayly from good places that the sayd inconueniences are tootoo apparāt euē at the poynt to shew themselues to open sight Which thyng caused me to thinke it meete and expedient to assemble the Gouerners as I haue done to be heere vpon Monday or Tewsday next at the furthest that by their helpe I may consult of such things as shal be most expedient for the preuentyng of the sayd inconueniences or for the good seruice of the king for the peace and tranquillitie of his countreys and for the safety of his vassals subiectes and inhabitants And I know your affection and zeale towardes his Maiesties affayres and in the behalfe of the Countrey to be such as I assure my selfe that you will not fayle all other matters set aside and omitted to be here at the same tyme which I pray you hartily good Cousin to do for to that ende doth this letter purposely come vnto you And I pray the Creator to graūt you the thyng that you would most desire of him From Brussels the xix day of Marche 1565. It was vnderwritten Your good Cousin and signed Margaret and further countersigned Berty And the superscription was To my good Cousin the Prince of Orendge Coūtie of Nassaw Knight of the Order Gouerner of the Coūtie of Burgon and of the Countreys of Holland Zeland and Vtreyght ¶ Extractes of certaine points cōprized in the Iniunctions and ordinances set forth in the lowe Countreys in the cace of Religion And first of the generall Iniunction or Edict made and decreed by the Emperour Charles the. xxij of September the yeere 1540. which was made after the paterne of an other as rigorous as that whiche came foorth in the yeere 1531. FOr asmuch as in consideratiō aforesayd we be desirous to the vttermost of our power to plucke vp abolish roote out the sayd condemned and disallowed sectes errours and heresies to keepe our subiectes in the feare of God and in the true obedience of our sayd holy Catholicke fayth likewise in awe of our mother holy Church we vpō great and substantial deliberation with our Coūsell and by the aduice of our right deare welbeloued sister the Queene Dowager of Hungarie and Beame c. Regēt Gouernesse of our Countreys heere and also by the aduice of our cheef Coūselers haue of our owne will certeine knowledge ordeined and decreed do ordeyne and decree for an euerlastyng Statute and Law as followeth First that no person of what state degree or callyng so●…uer he bee shall haue sell giue cary read preach teach maynteine talke of nor dispute of either secretly or openly the doctrines writynges or bookes that are made or shal be made by Martin Luther Ioh. Wickliffe Iohn Husse Marcil of Padua Oecolampadius Vlrichus Zuinglius Philip Melancthon Frauncis Lambert Iohn Pomerane Otto Brunfelsius Iustus Ionas Iohn Puper and Gorcian or by any other authors of their sect or by any other heretickes and 〈◊〉 or the errours disallowed by the Church or the doctrine of their adherentes fauorers and complices no nor euen the new Testamēts Printed by Adrian of Bergues Christopher of R●…mōd and Iohn Zell nor theis Latin bookes followyng videl The phrases of holy Scripture The Interpretation of the Chaldey names Vadians Abridgement of Topographie The Paralippomenon or Chronicles of thyngs worthy of rememberance The story of the originall of the Garmanes The Cōmētaries vppon the Poetry of Pythagoras Walcurioze Commentaries vpon Aristotles Phisikes The workes of Eobanus Hessus Griphies Prayers vpō the Lordes Prayer The Method vpō the cheef places of Scripture The Cathechizin of Erasmus Sarcerius The same mans Scholies vpon the Gospels of Mathew Marke Luke The same mās Postilles vppon all the Sondayes Gospelles through the whole yeere Also of the maner of learnyng Diuinitie Of the framyng of a mans lyfe and of the reformation of manners Christopher Hegendorphius exhortation The same mans instruction of Christen youth with an exposition of the Lordes Prayer Philip 〈◊〉 abridgement of Chronicles both in Latin and in Duche Sebastian Munsters Annotations vppon Saint Mathewes Gospell and the Enterludes played not lōg ago in our Citie of Gaunt by the nineten places of Rhetoricke vppon this question what is the greatest comforte to a man that is at the point to dye nor any other bokes written or printed within theis xviij yeeres last past without declaryng of the author printer tyme and place nor likewise the new Testament the Gospels the Epistles the Prophesies or any other bookes in Frenche or Duche conteining Prefaces Prologes Appostils or glozes sauoryng of doctrines disallowed repugnant or cōtrary to our holy Catholicke fayth or to the Sacramentes or to the commaundementes of God or of the Church Also that no man shall peynt or cause to bee peynted or portrayed or holde haue or keepe any Images portraitures or pictures to the reproche or disgracyng of the virgin Marie or of the saints that are canonized by the church nor also breake deface or pull down the Images made or heerafter to be made in the honor or rememberance of them that if any body haue any such books peyntyngs in his hands or keepyng he burne them incontinently Upō peyne in cace that any be foūd to haue done agaynst any of the pointes aboue declared to be executed that is to say the mē by the sword and the women by the pit so they do not maintein defend their errours but if they stand in those errours

winkyng at them notwithstanding any replication or appeale made or to be made or any Priuiledges Ordinances Statuts Customes or vsages to the contrary al which our wyll and pleasure is to haue to take no place in this behalfe but of our owne ●…ayne knowledge authoritie and full power we haue disanulled them and doo disanul them by these presents And for the performance of that which is saide and of the thinges dependyng therupon we giue vnto you our Iustices Officers and men of Lawe to whō this cace belongeth full power authoritie and speciall Commission commaundyng and charging euery man to obey you and to attend diligently vpon you in the dooing therof For so is our pleasure ¶ Secondly of the perpetuall Decree and Edict ordeined and set foorth the. 29. day of Aprill 1550. after the making of other rigorous Decrees in the yeares 1544. and. 1546. FIrst that no person of what estate or cōdition soeuer he be shal print write copie out wittingly haue vnder hym receyue beare about keepe conceale holde vnder hym sell ●…wy giue distribute sow abroad or let fall in Churches streetes or other places any bookes or writyngs compyled by Martin Luther Iohn Oecolampadius Vlrichus Zuinglius Martin Bucer Iohn Caluin or other heretikes and authors of their sectes or of other wicked false sectes disallowed by the holy Churche or of their complices adherents and fauourers whiche are gone astray from our holy Catholike fayth more largely specified in a certaine Declaration and Register ioyned herunto newly made at our commaundemēt by the Chauncelour and the Students of the vniuersitie of our Citie of Louane dated the xxvi of March last which we auow our selues to haue authorized and doo authorize it willyng and commaundyng that it be followed maynteyned and published with these our present Letters and also that no other bookes made or printed or that shal be made or printed hereafter be suffered without declaryng the author Printer tyme and place ✚ ✚ Nor also paynt or cause to be paynted sell or set to sale haue holde or kepe any Images Pictures or figures reprochful to the virgin Mary or to the Saintes that are Canonized by the holy Church or to the state of the Clevgie nor breake deface or pull downe the Images and Pictures that are made in the honor of them ✚ ✚ Nor in their houses or els wher hold or suffer to be held any secret conuenticles or vndue assemblies nor come in place where the sayde heretikes and seducers doo secretly and priuily sowe and teach theire errours rebaptize and make many conspiracies agaynst holy Church and the common weale Furthermore we for●… all men as well laye folke as others to talke or to reazon openly or secretly of the holy scripture specially in great and doubtfull matters or to reade or teache the holy Scripture to others vnlesse they be Diuines brought vp in Diuinitie allowed by some famous Uniuersitis or admitted thereto by the Ordinarye of the place or finally to preach defende alledge or mainteyn openly or secretly any doctrine of the sayd Authors Uppon payne in cace that anye bee founde to haue incountred or done against any of the poyntes aboue mentioned of being punished as seditious persons and distrublers of the state and common weale and to be executed for suche that is to wytte the men by the sword and the womē by the pyt so they do not vphold and defend their errors but if they stande in their errors opinions and heresies then they shal be executed by the fire and in all caces their goodes shal be seazed confiscate forfeyted to our behoofe and they shal not be able to dispoze of their goodes from the day that they shal haue done against our ordinance statute and prohibition or bin falue into the said errors And all alienations gyftes conueyances sales settinges ouer Testamentes and last willes made or passed by them after the sayd day shal be as none and nothyng worth and of none effect nor force Further we decree and prohibite euery person of what state or callyng so euer he be to presume to harbor receiue into his house interteyne furnishe or succour with any victuals money apparell or other necessaries or to releeue with his goodes or otherwise wittingly to fauour any that hath bin counted or suspected for an heretike and that al such as shall lodge harbour receyue or keepe company with them knowing them to be suche shal be bounde to bewray and declare them to the Inquisitor or to the Officer of the place if the place be priuiledged or if it be not to the chefe Officer of the good towne that is next the place where they dwell vnder paine if they make default to be punished as fauourers of the ●…aid heretikes Item we wyll ordeyne and decree that no man of what state or callyng so euer he be shal be admitted or receyued into any towne or village of our Countreys hereawayes to dwell there vnlesse he bring a Certificat of his conuersation frō the Curate of the place where he dwelt last which Certificat he shal be bounde to exhibite and deliuer into the handes of the chiefe Officer of the Towne or village where he intendeth to lyue vnder payne that they whiche bring not such certificat shall not be admitted to dwell there but shal be taken for suspected And we commaunde our Officers to lay diligently for informations against them to proceede therin as shal be expedient And it shall not be lawfull for our sayd Officers to giue any respite or protection to such persons Also we wyll that all our Iustices officers men of Law together with our vassalles and subiectes Lords temporall and high Iustices shall vppon payne of forfeytyng of their Offices Iurisdictions and high Iusticeships or other penaltie at our pleazure accordyng as the cace shall require be bound to inquire diligētly of them and to proceede or cause their vnder Officers to proceede againste all suche persons of what state or callyng so euer they be specially in the poynt of incounteryng of our saide ordinance and in matters fallyng within the compasse of their examination and dependyng vpon their temporal iurisdiction And further that at the request and desire of the Inquisitors of the faith and of the Bishops ordinary Iudges being mynded to procede together or as they chance to meet against any man because the thing concerneth the Ecclesiasticall crime of heresie they shall minister and giue them al the ayde fauour and assistence that they can for the executyng and performyng of their charges and also for the appreh●…nding imprisonyng and safekeeping of such as they find to be infected accordyng to the instructions that the Inquisitors haue of vs and the commission that we haue caused to be graunted vnto them to the same end The which Officers Iustices and vassals we cōma●…nd to minister the said ayd and assistence without any delaye or lingryng vnder pretēce of any