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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01148	The conuersion of a most noble lady of Fraunce In Iune last past, 1608. Madame Gratiana, wife to the high and mightie lord; Claudius, Lord of Tremoille; Duke of Thouars; peere of Fraunce, and Prince of Talmonde. A most Christian epistle, written by her, to the ladyes of Fraunce, to resolue them in the cause of her conuersion from popery, to the the profession of Gods Gospell: and aduising them to imitate her religious example. Truely translated out of French.	Tremoille, Charlotte Brabantina, Duchess of, 1580-1631.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1608 (1608)	STC 11262; ESTC S102563	29,611	56

THE Conuersion of a most Noble Lady of Fraunce In Iune last past 1608. Madame Gratiana wife to the high and mightie Lord Claudius Lord of Tremoille Duke of Thouars Peere of Fraunce and Prince of Talmonde A most Christian Epistle written by her to the Ladyes of Fraunce to resolue them in the cause of her Conuersion from Popery to the profession of Gods Gospell And aduising them to imitate her Religious example Truely translated out of French Magna est veritas praeualet Esdras 3. AT LONDON Printed by Thomas Purfoot for Nathaniell Butter and are to be sold at his shoppe at S. Austens Gate at the signe of the Pyde Bull. 1608. ⸪ To the right Worshipfull Sir Iohn Swynnerton Knight Alderman of London and true louer of learning Also to the most vertuous Ladie his wife All happinesse hartily wisheth SIr I am so bolde as to present you and your worthy Lady with a most memorable and iudicious labour of a Ladie lately conuerted from the dimme and grosse errours of superstitious Poperie to the profession of Gods true Religion and holie Gospell The reason of her Conuersion and many palpable abuses besides blasphemies and sacriledges committed in Poperie Shee hath set downe in an excellent Epist le and sent the same to her wonted friends and familiars the Ladies of Fraunce to encourage them in the imitation of this her godly example My vnfained loue to your Worship your louing Ladie and all yours I trust shall pleade my pardon for this presumption In hope whereof most humblie I commit you all to the heauenlie protection To those mis-led Ladies and Gentlewomen of England whome seducing Seminaries and Popish Priests haue too much preuailed withall to the great danger of their soules if they continue still in blindnes LAdies and Gentlewomen this Eipstle of a most honourable French Ladie and Duchesse by mee presents it selfe to your gentle pervsing I would my prayers or ought else in me could so farre preuaile with you as but to reade ouer this her learned labour in steede of those other abusing Bookes which your falsly named ghostly Fathers in secret bestowe on you Then should I haue no doubt but Gods good spirit speaking by this Lady to you would open both your eyes and vnderstanding to let you see the great danger of your enemies seducing and call you home in time to the sheepefolde of faith euen by her vertuous and religious example that hath soworthily led the way before you The Booke it selfe speakes much better things vnto yee then any way I am able to doe therefore to it and Gods assisting grace in and by it most humbly I leaue you AN EXCELLENT Epistle or exhortatorie Letter written by Madame Gratiana wife to the high and mightie Lord Claudius Lord of Tremoille Duke of Thouars Peere of Fraunce and Prince of Talmond To all the honorable Ladies of Fraunce To resolue them in the cause of her conuersion from Poperie and aduising them to imitate her religious example GRacious and Honorable Ladies I am sure it hath amazed some of you not a little that I haue forsaken the societie wherein I was woont to meete you and haue drawen vpon my selfe that disgracefull name of an Huguenot for so I heare you please to tearme me and other scandalous imputations wherewith you vpbraide me all which are to me no meane aduantage To resolue you therefore at full of my departing from your companie and requiring withall to forbeare your daily sollicitations to realter me peruse but this short discourse which I send vnto you and then I doubt not but in some measure you will rest satisfied After God had determined in his good time to withdrawe me out of the sinck of sinne and idolatrie to incorporate me in the communion of his Sonne within the bosome of his sanctified Church the refuge for all them that desire saluation and where I wish and desire in soule that I could embrace you all After I say God had thus disposed of my absolute conuersion notwithstanding my many reuoltes and back slidings by your Letters wherewith I was continually laboured and other meanes of no small moment I fell vpon my knees and as the blessed Virgin Marie said in her Song at that heauenly salutation brought her by the Angell Gabriell euen so I spake to my God in my soule Be it Lord vnto me according to thy word And calling to remembraunce that in the last conference we had together you stoode vpon certaine points of Religion wherewith you pressed me very narrowly and I could not then so readily answere you I entreate yee to receiue therein satisfaction from me now and to perswade your selues withall that it is Gods cause I take vpon me a weake woman to defend and he will thorowly strengthen me against all resistaunces And since it hath pleased him to vse my poore seruice if not in this cleare light of his Gospell to aduaunce the same as I could wish yet at least like a willing labourer to bring stones and rubble to supply the building you shall perceiue what knowledge his grace hath confirmed in me which I wish were as liberallie engrasted into you that our harts being enflamed with the desire of his glorie we might all be of one minde in our Lord sesus expecting his comming to enlarge and release vs. Pardon me then most Honorable and worthy Ladies if I make plaine and lay open to you I will not say the simple abuses but the wicked superstitious and blasphemous I dolatries which are daily practised and vsed in your Romaine Church only thereby to ouerthrowe the true seruice and worship of the euerliuing God And alb eit the number of these iniuries are infinite sufficient to fill a verie large and great volume and whereof some of you haue in priuate tolde me your mislike yet at this time according to my promise in our last consultation I will deale with the very cheefest abuse of all euen that which is intruded by Sathans instigation into the most excellent and principall seruice of God by you and by my selfe heeretofore tearmed the Masse Perswading my selfe that when I haue as it were with my finger pointed at the blasphemies idolatrie and manifest sacriledges therein committed you will suffer your eyes to be no longer blinded with the pompe and exteriour deuotion of such deceiuers but rather that you will awaken your better iudgements and looke into the impietie and prophanation which lies masked vnder so hideous a Monster And I will shape mycourse and methode by euerie abuse in his succinct place and ranck and according as the nature of so weake an Epistle will best beare it They teach you that in the Masse Priests doe daily sacrifice and offer vp the bodie of our Lord Iesus Christ to God the Father to deface and expiate not only the sinnes of the Priest that makes the offring but likewise of the people who are his assistants at the celebration of the