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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05065	Articles conteining the request presented to the French Kyng by the deputies of the reformed churches of the cou[n]trey of Languedoc and other places adioyning, assembled by His Maiesties commaundement also an other request to him presented by the persons of the third estate of the cou[n]trey of Prouence, vvith His Maiesties answere to the sayd requests : also an aunswere of the Lord Lodouic Counte of Nassau to the aduertisements giuen him from the Kyng / translated out of French.	Charles IX, King of France, 1550-1574.; Eglises réformées de France.	1574 (1574)	STC 15206.5; ESTC S4732	24,561	86

the sayd L. Admirall throughout all places of his dominion that he meant not neyther would that any man should by any meanes alter his Edict of pacification it can not in any wyse agree with the warre which he maketh presently against his subiectes of the religion and much lesse with his own saying that he would not suffer any other Religion thā his owne within his realme By reason of which persuasions the prince cannot thinke that his Maiesties promising to succour him in the offer which he caused to be made to the sayd Earle without condicion was spoken with a playnmeaning hart but rather feareth that the same proceeded out of the selfesame shopp that the former things came because that in the letters of the Spanishe Ambassadour which were surprised a while agoe as they were comminge out of Fraunce to the Duke of Alua it was seene that the Queene mother vsed suche speech as this I cannot thinke that these so good Christians will make any agreement with the Heretikes shee spake those words of the Prince to his hinderaunce and therefore it is vnlykely that there was any good meaning towards the furtherance of his affayres The said Earle besecheth his Maiestie yit further to set before his eyes what hee hath oftentymes tolde him of the Cardinall of Lorreine namely that his dooings were so suspiciouse on all sydes that whereas he was in credit with his Maiestie and had the ordering of all his affaires it was not too bee thought so farre as could bee seene that hee would deale soundly or vncorruptly in any thing by reason of the great priuitie which he had with the Spaniardes yea and muche lesse in asmuch as it is reported that he hath offered his maiestie a great summe of money to imploy it against the protestants Moreouer the sayd Earle beseecheth his Maiestie to call to mynd what his highnesse hath sayd vnto him oftētimes namely that he considered well the mischiefes that had assayled him on all sydes and that if hee might by Gods grace once remedie them by the peace which he hath payned himself so much to make he would take good heed that he fell no more into them For wheras he is at this hower further ouer the shoes thā euer he was through the counsell of such as vnder his name doe bring those in suspicion which are called the heads of the factiōs and prouoke him to make cleane riddance of them by what meanes so euer it bee as hee dyd by the last slaughter his Maiestie maye wel see it was not to leaue of so but to make him bathe himselfe more than before in the bloud of his poore subiectes to the ende to hasten his own ruine the more wherof they haue layd the platt a long tyme afore hand which skarre his maiestie may yet for al this heale vp agayne by making a good peace in his realme by ceassing to trouble his subiectes of the reformed religion Finally the sayd Earle desireth his Maiestie to bethinke him of this poynt that although he had taken all the townes that are hild by the Protestantes in his Realme yit should hee not haue rooted out the Religion and to consider also that the late Emperour Charles the fifth did not onely take the townes but also had the persones in his hands that did set thēselues against his procedings seazed vpon their landes and beate downe their fortresses and yit for all that could nor driue the Religion out of Germanie because it is a thing so rooted in mennes hartes that it cānot be weeded out by force of armes VVherefore the sayd Earle most humbly beseecheth his Maiestie to take these reasons in as good part as the Earle hath without passion or particular affection soundly truly and with good conscience commaunded the Lord of Chastelier to preferre them to his vnderstanding and to wey them and consider them well and throughly not suffering himselfe to be flattered by such as play the leud Phisitions which tell not their pacient the least part of his disease wherevppon followeth his vndoing but rather crediting such as seeke nothing but his good furtherance and great increase If hee do so his affaires shal haue as good successe as he would wishe If not but that he continue stil in his former behauiour all that euer he can doo shall but turne to his vndoing and imbattell both God and men still more and more against him ¶ FINIS Concerning the conclusiō and effect that hath ensued of these requestes and aduises and touching rhe decease of the French Kyng IT is good for subiectes to trust and pray that Kyngs shall liue It is good for Kynges to thinke and knowe that kynges may and must die Many haue bin the examples therof and great is the fruite to the wise cōsiderers Gods is the iudgement and execution mannes is the good or harme as God is to dispose in wrath or fauour The end is Gods honour It is therfore good for all euen the highest to feare God and to gouerne subiectes as Gods people And sweete is the comfort to those noble Princes whose hearts and consciences the spirite of God feelingly assureth that they haue lead their people in truth holden them in Iustice and preserued them in mercy and equitie Let the one Realme of Fraūce in their Kyngs their subiectes and their state preach to Christendome the mortalitie of kyngs the miseries of ciuill warres the losses by disloyaltie of word and deede the fruits of truth right and peace Gods is the iustice and iudgement whose be the honour of all things seeming to men good or euill The valiant and famous French king Henry the second when he was in greatest apparance of felicitie and ioye in the entric of peace in the feastes of mariage in the very actes of triumph and euen than when after execution of sundry for the cause of conscience he had Annas du Burg and other counsellers of the Parliament of Paris in prison whom for their Religion he thought meete and intented to haue put to death was hurt and slaine to the great losse dissolution lamentation of that mightie kingdome His sonne Francis the second enriched with one kingdome more than euer his father or his auncestors enioyed the Realme of Scotland when after execution of many persons vppon the tumult of Amboise the death of the Vidame of Chartres he had the prince of Cōde Madame de Roye and other noble persons gentlemen prisoners in the Bastile of Paris and elsewhere was suddenly taken away by the hand of God to the great destitution and sorow of those that depended vppon his Maiestie Charles the ninth now lately deceased second sonne of King Henry and yonger Brother to the sayd Frauncis when he thought himselfe deliuered of those whom he supposed daungerous to his estate and whom he charged with most haynous conspiracie found afterward mightie resistance by the remnants of that execution by whom these Articles of request were presented vnto him whereuppon hath not followed such full conclusion as had ben to bee wished for the quiet of that kyngdom Since which time and the lamentable troubles depending when the sayd kyng had his owne Brother with the next Prince of his bloud his greatest Mareshals of his Realme and a number of noble men in custodie and prison and dayly expectation was of a totall destruction of some part of his subiectes God hath added him to his auncesters The circumstances of his disease the cause occasion and maner of his death pertayneth not to vs It was the woorke of god No doubt hee lacked not the care of a mother the counsell of Phisicians and cunning persons the helpe aduise wish and praier of the famous king his brother and all that men might do But Kynges who to vs in resemblance are Gods to them selues in Nature be men God giue to all Princes not that opinion onely but also that cogitation both to thinke it and thinke vppon it God giue quiet to that christiā region of our neighbours and an hart to all Christiā gouernour to haue care of the safetie and peace of their posteritie For beyond all posteritie there is a Kyng of Kynges to be aunswered And GOD giue vs Englishmen quiet and thankfull hartes that we may rest in vnitie cleaue to present state abhorre changes and so vse our Religion that God find it not necessary to withdraw our highest treasure Amen