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A72087	A declaration set forth by the Protestants in France shewing the lamentable distresse and calamities that they of Bearn in France are fallen into, by meanes of the oppression and wrong done vnto them, in regard of their profession of the reformed religion. With all the troubles which happened vnto them since the beginning of the edicts sent out against them by the French king vntill this time. Together with the rest of their proceedings, vntill this present moneth of Iuly. 1621.	Eglises réformées de France.; Bern (Switzerland : Canton) aut	1621 (1621)	STC 11303.5; STC 11303; ESTC S118170	17,708	31

A DECLARATION SET FORTH BY THE Protestants in France shewing the lamentable distresse and calamities that they of Bearn in France are fallen into by meanes of the oppression and wrong done vnto them in regard of their profession of the reformed Religion With all the troubles which happened vnto them since the beginning of the Edicts sent out against them by the French King vntill this time Together with the rest of their proceedings vntill this present moneth of Iuly 1621. Printed at Rochell 1621. A Declaration set forth by the Protestants in France TO haue and endure calamities and not to feele them is a mortall infirmitie seeing that feeling is an affectiō of Life To feele aduersities and dare not complaine is a cruell respect an enemye to nature seeing that griefe sorow is eased by teares and asswaged by complaints we endure calamities at this present and yet haue not hearts of Brasse or Steele to feele our owne miseries nor yet so soft nor faynt that we dare not complaine Seeing then that all other remedies at this present are taken from vs let vs fill our eyes with teares the Ayre with our sighes and this Paper with the true recitall of the miseries that we endure And so at the least we shall reape that contentment to make our griefe knowne to our bretheren letting them vnderstand our troubles we shall moue them to compassion with vs it being a iust thing that as we are vnited togither by one selfe-same Religion and hated for one cause we should be touched with one selfe-same and the like feeling It is plaine and manifest to all the Realme of France that there was a Sentence giuen Iudgement sent forth vpon the same for the attachment of the spirituall Land in the country of Bearn so much spoken of which Sentence and Decree was giuen without hearing or permitting those of the reformed Churches of this Soueraigntie against all order of Iustice to be heard speake in their onwe cause And there are but fewe men to whom it is not known that for the space of 51. yeares our Ministers the Colledge and Garison of Nauerreux had their maintenance and entertainment onely out of the same No man likewise is ignorant of the iust Complaints that our Churches haue made not onely against that Decree and Edict made thereupon but also against an other Edict cald the Supply wherby we were sent out of the Country to seeke that entertainment All those that haue vnderstood our cause may easilye iudge of the equity of our Complaints seeing that the soueraigne Court of Bearn by two Decrees made at the presentation of those Edicts and of a Commission had declared That there was no cause to iustifie the said Edicts which oght to be acknowledged for iust seeing that the generall Assembly of the Churches of the Religion in France holden at Loudun with so great affection zeale craued and pursued the reuocation of that Arrest and Edicts The said complaints pursuits likewise were iust for that the King by the aduice of his Counsell granted the said Assembly seauen monthes time to begin from the seauenth of Aprill last wherein the Churches of Bearn should be heard and might make their complaints declarations vnto his Maiestie touching the said Decree and Edicts And let vs adde hereunto for the better Instruction satisfaction of those that know it not That the generall Deputies of the reformed Churches in France during that time seeking and soliciting the said reuocation Answer was giuen them by the Kings Counsell that they must stay the comming of the Churches of Bearn And his Maiestie him selfe being at Bourdeaux wrote vnto the Iudges of the Parliament of Pau that he did not dislike that the said Churches should haue the aduantage of the said moneths in their sauour graunted vnto the said generall Assembly The Tenor of which Letter foloweth in this Discourse To distrust the Royall worde of a King no man could doe it without offending his Maiestie to conceiue that during the time graunted his Maiestie would command the verification of his Edicts had bene a crime meriting great punishment neuertheles beholde we beseech you what hapned vnto vs during the said time The King hauing appeased the troubles that began to arise in the State of France resolued to diuert his victorious Armes into Guyenne and being at Bourdeaux nothing was spoken of in the Court but of Bearn Bearn was the onely subiect of the discourses and the obiect of the animosity of those that long time had practised and sought our ruyne and ouerthrowe The Romish Prelates kindled those coales to cause a great fire to burst forth vsing all the meanes they could to inflame the Kings wrath against vs specially employing those meanes that are most ordinary with them that is slaunders euill wordes describing vs to be Rebels and I disobedient publikely saying that all the Country was in Armes and that we spake not of the Kings sacred person but iniuriously and with great despight These impostures being continually hangd at the eares of the Ministers of the State more and more encreasing the hatred of the Religion and the desire vtterly to extirpe it And knowing that the execution of the Edict of seazing vpon the Eccleasticall Lands would be a meanes to disgrace and dishonour the Churches of this Country to cast them into a pittious lamentable estate and to the contrary raise the Romish Church to a prodigious greatnes and the height of riches did most industriously employe all the artificiall meanes practices that they could deuise to effect their designes and thereby with them to make a hole in the treasure of worldly dignities and to play fast and loose with them that drew no other breath then that of the earth The Kings Counsell composde of Cardinals Bishops and Iesuites that were sure not to stop their eares against their solicitations but rather had an instrest in their demaunds perswaded the King that it was a meanes to diminish his authorities and that the cause was his and not the Bishops Vpon the report that the King came into Guyenne the Parliament of Pau appointed two Deputies to goe to the King wheresouer he was and to assure his Maiestie of their most humble and obedient seruice which the said Deputies with great dilligence speedily performed finding the King at Bourdeaux where nothing was said vnto them but onely touching the veryfication of the Edict of the sensure of the spirituall Lawes whereby the King had fully resolued to content the Pope and to further and aduance the Romish Church And to that end his Maiestie had already commanded Monsieur dela Force Gouernour Lieutenant Generall of these Countries and Monsieur de Casaux chiefe President in the sayd Parliament to repaire to him at Bourdeaux who being come to the Court they kneeled downe before the King not onely in their owne names but also in all the names of those of the Country to renew

planted reestablished in enery place and Idolatry wholy banished out of the Countrey and now behold it to be spread abroad in all the quarters thereof to ouerwhelme both the Townes and fields and to build her nest in your Churches already behold squadrons of wormes and grashoppers rise out of the bottomlesse pit of hell to gather your grapes and mowe your fields in danger of prohibition not to enter into the house of God reioyce and comfort your selues God at this time calleth you to endure persecutions why are you abashed and astonished thereat it is your condition it is the liuery of your head and commander whose head being Crowned with Thornes why should the Church dreame of dignities earthly Crownes you see the world rise vp against you Why should you be dismayed it is the ordinarie course thereof it is the enemy of the truth of the Gospell which is not of this world but of heauen an enemie of the Church which hath withdrawne it selfe from the world to be transported planted in an other Territorie and place of aboad your places of defence are taken from you and are not you lodged in the closet of the Soueraigne God and vnder the shadow of the wings of the most Mighty and who can pull you out from thence is that Fortresse to be batred is it to be taken by men The liuing destined and appointed for your Ministers are taken from you And hee that in times past commanded the Crowes to be Puruoirs and victuallers for the Prophet Elias he that commanded the oyle in the pitcher not to wast and the oyle in the glasse not to decay or waxe nought is not he at this day the same God should his arme be shortned that he cannot or the bowels of his mercy shut vp that hee will not haue a care of his Church and prouide food for his Ministers you haue the honour to suffer persecution for righteousnes sake although your enemies seeke to imblemish the same with the Title of rebellion and disobedience but where doe the effects much lesse the proofes of this rebellion appeare can they obiect that you did euer at any time conspire against the Kings sacred person or attempted any thing against his State that the murtherers of Kinges infernall furies of hell were found or came out from you that your Ministers did euer goe vp into their pulpits to proclaime warre to kindle a reuolt or to sowe sedition in your hearts can you be reproched that you are bound by oath of fidelity and obedience to any other but vnto the King your Soueraigne that you acknowledge any superiour power in the world that can put downe or transport his Crowne to any other haue your Ministers bookes bin condemned to be burnt as free of falsehood and detestable propositions tending to the subuertion of Soueraigne powers and the rising vp of Subiects against their Princes as the bookes of those that defame and slander you by iniuries and violently pursue you haue bin then where is the rebellion and disobedience that is improprietated vnto you It is say they because you did withstand the verification of the Kings Edict and thereupon they exclaime and crie out saying what audaciousnesse is this what an attempt worthy of death is this What consolation and comfort haue you when you see and perceiue that they can not accuse you but onely by changing the names of things and by calling that rebellion which is nothing but obedience The King hauing giuen the Ecclesiasticall liuings to the Bishops you could neuer obtaine that fauour to be heard by the Kings Counsell it being instantly sought for and desired answer was made that you should be fully heard before the Iudges to whom the King would send his Edict or Commissions You presented your selues before those Iudges with respect and humility you desired to be maintained in your possession of 51. yeares grounded vpon Edicts Decrees and letters Patents of the King your Soueraigne Is it cald rebellion with honor to solicite your cause to the Iudges appointed by the King and to whom he sent you to be heard rebellion to aske and demaund the obseruation of the Kings Edicts and execution of his promises What Title will they giue to Rebellion and disobedience if respectiue and humble requests and solicitations are qualified with the name of disobedience and rebellion An ingenious age wherein the names of things are changed thereby afterward to haue the meanes to change and peruert all thinges And you Brethren that by one selfe same band of Faith and Religion are vnited and strictly bound vnto vs Behold in this sorowfull spectacle what hath bin done and what more they will doe vnto you Consider our calamities therein and seeing you are members of the same body behold your owne therein Make your selues sensible of our miseries helpe vs to finde some remedies either by your most humble prayers vnto God that he will be pleased to appease his iust wrath and indignation inflamed against vs because of our sinnes and vnthankfulnes or else by your supplications to our good King to be admitted and restored to our first estate or by your good assistance against those that doe nothing else but labour vtterly to root out and destroy vs by these chollerous alterations In the meane time God graunt that these strange alterations be not the causes of other as dangerous and ominous alterations God graunt that so often striking against the hardnesse of our patience they doe not make some sparkles flie out and that of those sparkles some great side should chance to burst forth But before all thinges God graunt that our good and debonarie King may be liuely touched with the pure zeale of his house to the end that thinking vpon the greatnesse of the mischiefes that he hath bin counselled to doe vnto vs he will shew himselfe to be our restorer and the nourisher of our Churches And for our parts attending that time and happy motion of changing rechanging and of turning all thinges vpside downward wee are fully resolued neuer to change our affections vnto God as Christians nor to the willes nor desires not to honour the King as his faithfull Subiects But rather as we pray vnto God to strengthen our patience that it may not breake vnder the burthen of so many calamities that are procured vnto vs so wee beseech him to prosper the King and to giue him long and many dayes a flourishing Empire and faithfull Subiects BY THE KING SOVEraigne Lord of Bearn LOuing friends and our trusty seruants wee are certified that you haue sent vnto vs for your Deputies Messieurs de Gillot and de Lendresse to make your duties known and to certifie vs of your fidelities without any further charge committed vnto them although Monsieur de Causaus chiefe President gaue you to vnderstand that it was our pleasure that you should send some of your Deputies to speake with vs about our Edict touching the Spirituall reuenewes to receiue our commandments and to yeild vs an account of things past grounding this doubt vpon this that by the sayd Monsieur de Casaus letter it seemed that your deputation was referred vnto that with those of the religion P. R. of our Soueraignetie are to make And although you haue nothing at all to doe with them and that it is free for them to take that occasion which the time that we haue granted yeilds vnto them and for that it tendeth to the good of our affaires and seruice the quietnes of the Countrey that our intents and pleasure should forthwith be made knowne vnto you for these causes we will and command you that forthwith and without any delay you nominate and send some of your company vnto vs to receiue those orders touching the Spiritual liuings that we will giue vnto them without depending vpon the deputation of the said Messieurs de Gillot and de Lendresse your duties to obserue our Cōmandments binde you thereunto faile not therein for such is our pleasure Giuen in Burdeaux the 21. of February 1621. Signed LOVIS And somewhat lower DELOMENIS And belowe to our louing friends and faithfull seruants of our Counsell in the Soueraigne Courts of Bearn This letter being receiued by the Parliament of Pau The Decree following word for word translated into French was thereupon made THE Counsell Chambers assembled-together hauing seene the requests of the reformed Churches of this Countrie and the Kings letter sent to the Counsell bearing date the 22. of Nouember last past importing that it is free for those of the reformed religion to take aduantage of the time that was giuen them agreeing with that which before had bin granted to the assembly in Loudun It is decreed That before all things his Maiestie shall most humbly be intreated to giue audience vnto the most humble supplications and declarations of the sayd Churches willing the said Churches to present themselues vnto his Maiestie before the said time be expired which being expired and for not doing it we will proceed to the registring and publishing of the Edict according to the contents of the Commission bearing date the 10. of September last And to that end Messieurs du Four and de Marca are appointed Deputies presently to goe to Bourdeaux or any other place where the King shall be Giuen in Pau the last of Ianuary 1621.

the assurances of their subiection obedience and most humble fidelitie who after audience had he commanded them to returne to Bearn againe thererin to procure the execution of his will and pleasure and to cause the Edict for the seazing vpon the Ecclesiasticall lands made in fauour of the Bishop of Rome and that of the supply made in fauour of our Churches to be verified After them about the beginning of October he sent a second commission into Bearn by Mounsieur de la Chesnay to solicite the Iudges and to make them capable of the impressions which the King counsell intended to giue them he threatned them with the comming of the King assuring them if they refuse the same he had resolued to turne his forces against them The Parliament knew not what to resolue on the one side being abashed by his menaces and a feare to draw vpon the Country a totall and an ineuitable ruyne knowing that the wrath of a King is death On the other side considering the Kings Edict finding it to be contrary to so many other Edicts Proclamations and Declarations made aswell by his Maiestie now raigning as by the Kings his predecessors contrary to the graunt of the aforesaid tearmes of seauen monthes made to our Churches contrarie to the peace and assurance of the state and which is worst of all The ruine of the sayd Churches as bereauing them of the land that were alotted vnto them for the maintenance of their Ministers and making them tributants to the Popes officers What should they doe should they breake and annihilate so many Edicts to iustifie and allow one Should they be constrained to disobay the King to yeild obedience vnto him He that in all things ought to procure the good of the state and to be a tutor to the people shall he doe a thing that is contrarie to the good of the state and disturbe the peoples peace He that make profession of the true religion shall he be cause of the losse of his religion He that was borne in the Church fed nourished in her bosome shall he be constrained Oh hard and heauie condition for sauing of his owne body to pierce his mother the Churches Brest At last hauing long waighed this case in the ballance of vncertainty he determined to vse an indifferent course betweene two extreamities therevpon ordained seeing it had pleased his Maiestie by the intercession of those of the assembly generall holden in Loudum to grant his subiects of Bearn making profession of the reformed religiō the space of seuen moneths to present their most humble supplications and declarations seeing also that not long before his Maiestie had vouchsafed to write to the Parliament that his intent was that the Churches of Bearn should haue the aduantage of the said time which as thē was not expired he ordained I say that humble suplicatiō shold be made vnto the King to beseech him to hear giue audience vnto the said Churches within a month whom he commanded by decree to go thither within the time that yet rested vnexpired to prostrate themselues at his feete to present their humble supplications and requests vnto his Maiestie and in default thereof the Parliament would binde it selfe to verifie the Edict without moderation or reseruation according to his Maiesties commandement To beare this decree to the King and to informe him of the equitie thereof two Counsellors of the sayd Court of Parliamēt were deputed But all they could doe they could not obtaine the effect of this so iust a demand And who would euer haue thought that the King would haue refused to heare the most humble supplications of his faithfull Subiects desiting to prostrate themselues at his feet in all humility seeing also that he had so solemnly promised by his answers giuen to the motions made by those of the assembly at Loundun Is not the King as able to will as puissant to holde his worde to accomplish his promises Shall we complain surely not of the Kings bountie so iust and curteous a Prince but of the malice of this world and the euill dispositions of the spirits of the Court dispitefull against vs and resolute to seeke our distruction The King hauing heard the Tenor of this Deeree roughly sent the Deputies away and thereupon determined and fully resolued to goe into Bearne whereupon the Parliament being aduertised of his designe to appease the Kings wrath and to diuert the effect of his seuere threatnings determined to verifie his Edict without moderation or restraint whatsoeuer What should it haue done should it haue resisted a King that came with a wrathfull spirit accompanied with a puisant fearfull Army to abate cast downe breake in pieces all those that should resist and withstand The Edict being iustified the Kings Attourney generall had charge to beare the verification of the same to the King as a testimony of our obedience and submission who found the King all ready on his iourney to Bearn shewing himself before him as he was on the way he presented the verificatiō of the Edict vnto him which was according to his pleasure But he being resolutely determined to make the Bernois feele the effect and rigor of his wrath staide not therefore but went forward Most puissant Prince will not your grace be pleased in some measure to moderate your wrath will you not at this present shew your selfe as gracious and gentle vnto your Subiects as you are terrible and redoubted of your enemies shall that Country that hath had the glory to haue borne nourished in her bosome and finally giuen France that great Herculee the terror of the world Henry the great your Father sooner feele the arrowes of your indignation then the effects of your fauour and being presence The nearer that the King approached to Bearne the Court of Parliament attended and expected nothing but threatnings against this poore Countrey it was already ordained to the pillage and those of the religion to the slaughter as an offering to be made to appease the Kings wrath The papisticall Edict of the Towne of Morla'as presented some dangerous accidents against vs who to defend themselues from the crosse marked their houses with a crosse It was against the Pastors particularly that their malice extended and specially against those who being imployed shewed some rigor in maintaining the Churches cause all their names were knowne at the Court they were noted and marked by their faces on all sides they were counselled to flie into Rockes and holes in mountaines and Caues In the meane time the King entred into the Countrey accompanied with terror and feare The Soldiers tooke pilled ransacked and hardly vsed their Hostes with immeasurable insolency their hands were imployed about nothing but extortion and violence Their mouthes neuer opened but to blaspheme and curse God and to threaten iniurious bloody perseeutions against those of the Religion whom they called rebels traytors bougers olde sorcerers and an accursed race speaking