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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	authority_n	church_n	see_v	1,737	5	3.7569	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07937	A declaration of the Prince of Conde and his associates to the Queene, vppon the iudgement of rebellion, set forth against the[m] by their enemies, terming the[m] selues to be the court of parlamente of Parys, with a protestation of the evils and inconueniences which may thereof ensue..	Condé, Louis, prince de, 1530-1569.	1562 (1562)	STC 16851; ESTC S94038	12,627	70

A DECLAration of the Prince of Conde and his associates to the Queene vppon the Iudgement of rebellion set forth against thē by their enemies terming thēselues to be the Court of parlamente of Parys with a protestation of the euils and inconueniences which may thereof ensue Imprinted at London in Paules Churchyarde by Lucas Harryson ALthoughe that the wrytyngs heretofore published in the name of the Prince of Conde and al the Princes Lordes gentlemen and other which are of his company do sufficiently declare the equity of the cause whiche hath armed them as well for the seruice of the King and conseruation of hys authoritye as for the mayntayning of his edictes or proclamatyons concerning the holy liberty and quietnesse of conscience of the refourmed Churches within this realme neuerthelesse seeing that the enemies of the honour of God and publique quietnesse dayly set forth new sclaunders wherby they pretend to oppresse the innocēcye of the sayd Prince and hys associates it stādeth wyth good reasō that if the wicked ceasse not to assayle equitye and iustice the good also should not ceasse to defend it Now for bycause that the 27. day of Iuly last past iudgemēt was geuen in the Court of parlement of Parys whereby they pretende to declare them rebelles that haue taken armour for the seruice of the King the conseruation of the states authority and to resist the violence and tyranny of the Duke of Guyse and his adherentes it is necessary that the iniquity of this iudgemente shoulde be manifested as wel to those of this kingdome as to strangers namely that it should be represented to our posterytie by this declaration For it shal serue for an example of remembraunce wherein may be seene how muche the enemies of God and persecutors of his Church are of corrupte vnderstanding and iudgemēt and farre from all righteousnesse We may I say perceue that men whiche prefer theyr lyes and errors to the sacred truth of God are so farre blinded that they iudge those seditious which go about to seke as much as in them lieth the publique vnion and tranquillity and condemne those for rebels which forsaking theyr cōmodities geuing ouer their goods do hazard their lyues to the end that the King may remaine obeyed and the authority of hys Edictes may be inuiolably kept And to the end that such declaration of rebellyon may be the better cōuinced of manifest iniustice and be holdē for the sclaūder of an enemy and not for the sentēce of a Iudge beholde what the Prince of Cōde and hys associats shal declare to this effect following theyr first protestations and writinges concerning the verification of their innocency First as concerning the exception of the person of the sayd Prince he is so much affected to the seruice of the King that he feeleth himselfe wounded burthened with that whiche they lay to other whome hee knoweth neuer meante anye such thing in takyng armour nor tended to none other end but to the conseruatiō of thys crowne And the sayd Prince is so farre from beyng pleased with thys exception that rather he is offēded in that they would separate him frō so many good and faythfull seruāts of the King and from as good and holy a company as euer was assēbled together in this realme For this cause being assured both before God and Man that their innocency is such that al the lyes and sclāders of the wicked cā not stayne wyth one onlye spot of disobedience and rebellion eyther the sayd Prince or his associates he desyreth to haue the same conditiō with them which are ioyned with hym in the same goodnes of cause thesame religion thesame wil to bestow their liues for the Kings welth conseruatiō of his estate and the establyshyng of the pure seruyce of God in hys Kingdome And euen as the sayd Prince cannot nor oughte not to be forsaken or denied of those at whose commaundemente he hath iustlye taken weapon in hand no more woulde he departe frō those which haue at his request takē armes with him and with whom he hath lyke entent and wil. Furthermore he hath sufficient experience in the crafty sleyghtes of hys enemies to perceaue what they brue vnder such color and pretence of exception as it is easy to be iudged by the lettres missiue sente through the prouinces wherein he is generally comprised wyth the others Now that it may appeare that the crime of rebelliō ought to light vpon those whiche of their own authoritie haue taken weapon to breake the Edicts of the kyng and to trouble the quietnesse of the whole realme not vpon any other which haue taken armoure to withstand so pernicious an ētrepryse we will brieflye rehearse that which wee haue amply discoursed in oure former writinges Ech mā knoweth that the Edict of Ianuary brought such quyetnesse throughout al Fraūce that it seemed that the estate of thys realme beynge before tossed with infinyte troubles and tempests was as it wer arriued at a happy and quiet porte At that tyme when the Duke of Guyse through the slaughter whiche he made at Vassy gaue openly to vnderstand that he had sworne war agaynst the estate of the King and the welth and quietnesse of his people The which with good right was thought very straunge by the sayd Prynce who for the place which he holdeth ought of duety to cōserue and mayntayne the authority hyghnesse of the King whō the sayd Guyse hath alwayes gone aboute to brynge to extreme ruine That I say was thought marueilous straūge that a subiecte durst so manyfestly breake an Edicte of hys Prynce yea such an Edict as was made by the delyberatiō of the estates authoryzed by the Kings Counsel with the most notable cōpany that could be gathered and chosen out of al the Courts of Parlemente of this realme And although the sayd Prince had of hys owne right occasion iust enough to withstand so manifeste a vyolēce and oppression to the King and hys Edictes yet he withheld him self to entreprise any thing to this effect vntill he receaued commaundement In consideration whereof the sayd Prince most humbly besecheth the Queenes Maiesty to remembre that beyng at S Germayne in Laye she was aduertised to what ende the Duke of Guyse tended which was to depose hyr frō hyr authority and to banysh from about hyr hir most faythfull louing seruaūts that they might the easlyer obtayne the gouernment of this realme Whereto they haue alwayes caste their eye and aspyred since the time that thei haue had any maneging of affayres in their handes Which being come to the Queenes knowledge lykewise the faction that by the meanes of the Embassadoure of Spayne they practized in fauor of theyr entrepryse shee conceiued such grefe therof as the great and eminent daunger required Which gaue hir occasion one euening to desyre the said Prince to gather together the greatest numbre of Gentlemen that hee could that the effecte of so daungerous an