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A02971	A letter written by the king of Nauarr, to the three estates of Fraunce containing a most liuely description of the discommodities and dangers of ciuill warre: and a very forcible perswasion to obedience, vnitie, and peace. Together with a breefe declaration vpon the matters happened in Fraunce sithence the 23. day of December. 1588. Translated out of French, by G.R.	Navarre (Kingdom). Sovereign (1572-1610 : Henry III); G. R., fl. 1589.; Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610. aut	1589 (1589)	STC 13112; ESTC S112607	13,484	22

thereby so farre is it from him to goe against his conscience for the hope of one alone Teach me better I am not selfe wild take some course to instruct me you shall profit thereby at length for if you shewe mee anye other trueth then that which I now beleeue I will submit my selfe and doo more then that for I am sure there is not any one of my partie which will not likewise yeeld himselfe together with me You shall make a goodly gaine to GOD and notable conquest of consciences in vanquishing mee alone But to feede vs with wordes without reason and to goe about to induce vs to bee perswaded by the onelye countenance of some iudge my Lordes and Maisters if this bee reasonable But to let this passe if you simplie desire my welfare I thanke you if you doe not long for my conuersion for feare least one daye I shoulde by violence constrayne you to alter your religion you do me wrong to iudge so seing I haue alwaies misliked such kinde of proceedings the maner of my liuing and behauiour both with my freends and with mine enemies at home and in the field may giue sufficient proofe of my disposicion the townes where I nowe am and which of late I wonne can beare me record thereof Neither is it likely that a handfull of people of my religion can enforse an infinite number of catholikes to that passe whereto this infinite number hath not beene able to reduce this handfull And if I haue with so small forces fought and susteined this quarrell so long time what may they then do who with such and so great meanes may oppose themselues most forciblie against my constraint consisting of so small ability It were no wisedōe for me to take that course That matter is not at this time in question I am not as yet in degree God be thanked to doo you either good or euill neither shall I euer if hee please bee brought to that tryall nor you to that hazard Wee haue all one King who no doubt will leaue good order for the succession whensoeuer the extremitie of age shall end his dayes In the meane season let vs not trouble our selues so much with a thing so long to come that wee forget the present estate wherein consisteth our speciall welfare God hath caused this day the depth of their designements and endeuours which troubled this estate to be discouered hee hath also laid open my intents None of you none of Fraunce is ignorant heereof Is it not a miserable thing that there is not one from the least to the greatest in this realme who seeth not this mischeife who exclaimeth not against these broiles who termeth them not the continuall and mortall feuer of this estate and yet none openeth his mouth to find remedy therefore That in all this assemblie of Bloyes none dare pronounce this sacred word Peace that worde in whose effect consisteth the good of this realme Beleeue me my Lords and maisters this wonderfull securitie and fatall amasednesse is one of the greatest presages and forewarnings that God hath sent a declining estate vnto this relme Our estate is extreame sicke euerye one seeth it by all signes and apparances it is iudged that the cause of this euill is the ciuill warre a malady almost incurable of which no estate did euer yet recouer or if it hath beene releeued if this appoplexie hath not spred ouer all it hath at least beene conuerted into a palsey to the ytter spoile of halfe of the bodye What remedy then no other then peace which affourdeth comfort to the heart of this realme which by orderly dyet expelleth the rebellious and noysome humors purgeth corruptions and replenisheth the body with pure blood good humoures and sound mindes which in summe causeth it to flourish and liue This is the operation which peace worketh which ought to be craued at Gods hands for the onely remedy for the onely meanes of health who so seeketh other waies in steed of curing will poison this realme I then coniure you all by this writing aswell Catholikes seruitors of the King my Lorde as those which are not so I appeale vnto you as Frenchmen I summon you to take pittie of this estate to take pittie of your selues whose steps are vndermined in such sorte that if you doo not looke to your selues betimes ruine and destruction will ouertake you to take pittie of me whom you constraine perforce to beholde to suffer and to doo those things which were it not in the middest of these armes I had rather dye a thousand deaths then to behold suffer or doo I coniure you to disperse and abandon all at once the miserable humors and effects of violence and warres which doe rente and dismember this renouned estate which doe withdrawe vs some by force others ouerwillingly from the obedience of our King which causes vs to imbrue our selues with the blood one of another which hath already so often made vs the laughing-stocke of strangers and in the end will make vs to bee theyr conquest I coniure you I say to acquite vs of all these bitter greeuances to restore to vs the pleasant calme of peace and vnitie to incertaine againe obedient and orderly minds and to possesse your selues with the spirit of concord whereby the smallest estates haue become mightie Empires and ours hath along time flourished the most renowned kingdome of all Christendome Although I haue a thousand and a thousand occasions particularlye to complaine of those of the house of Guise of them say I for my kindred and kindred so neere that beside those of my name I haue none neerer And although that in generall Fraunce hath more occasion then I yet God knoweth what a greefe it was to me to see them take that course which my heart alwaies gaue mee would neuer sorte vnto their honour God is my witnesse I tooke them to bee commodious and profitable for the Kings seruice and I may say auadeable also for my selfe seeing they had the honor to be of my kindred that my degree was aboue before theirs I was alwaies and should haue beene verye glad to haue scene them imploy those meanes that God and nature had affourded them for the good and faithfull seruice of them whom they ought dutifully to haue serued in steede whereof when their wicked counsels did enforse them to a contrary kind of dealing there were in the worlde though not my selfe that did laugh at their misfortune and woulde haue bin ful wel apaid to haue scen the displeasure declarations armes of the king my Lord conuerted against them Let vs not waxe proud neither the one side nor the other as for my part although I haue receiued more fauour of God in this warre then in all the former and that whereas the other two factions what hard hap is it that I am forced to terme them so haue we akened themselues mine in apparance is strengthened yet I know very well

❧ A letter written by the King of Nauarr to the three estates of Fraunce Containing a most liuely description of the discommodities and dangers of ciuill warre and a very forcible perswasion to obedience vnitie and peace Together with a breefe declaration vpon the matters happened in Fraunce sithence the 23. day of December 1588. Translated out of French by G. R. AT LONDON Printed by Thomas Purfoote and are to be sould at his shop ouer against S. Sepulchres Church without Newgate 1589. ¶ A Letter written by the King of Nauarr to the three estates of France containing a declaration of the said King vpon the matters happened in France sithens the 23. of December 1588. MY Lords and Maisters vvhen I call to mind that this foure yeares space I haue bene the argument of the tragoedies of France the common talke of my neighbours the subiect of ciuile arms by reason of these arms of a world of miseries when I doe consider that vpon a casualtie to come separated as far from the thoughts of Frenchmen as from my desire some men haue caused this realme to feele the presence of infinite calamities and that vpon the vaine imaginarie feare of my succession to this estate they haue framed and in a maner erected an vsurpation when with these eies which God hath principally giuen me to haue them alwaies open for the good of my countrie beholding these continuall mischiefs I am constrained to see my countrie on fire hir principall pillers burnt hir best townes consumed to ashes and that in steed of bringing water to quench these flames to endeuour to saue that which yet remaineth sound as I desire and willingly would haue done in such sort that it might neuer burst foorth againe they do enforce me in spight of my teeth to cast my selfe into the fire and to make my defence almost as odious as the violences which those men vse that persecute me either I should bee of all sencelesle men the most voide of sence that euer was or else it must needs bee that vpon consideration of the publike estate my soule bee tormented a thousand times a daye with vexations and greefes such as no hell is able to affourd the like especially feeing I knowe that of all these misfortunes the malitious make me the authour the ignorant the cause and I my selfe though I may be very well forborne and pardoned in this case do terme my selfe the occasion But as touching my particular estate since it is my hap to be born in such an age when I lay before mee that which God hath done for mee in the beginning middle and continuance of these last troubles howe many witnesses he hath affourded me of the iustice of my cause and mine innocencie not onely in Fraunce but also in forreigne nations not within the hearts of my friends but euen within the mouthes of those which are none of my wel-willers not within the opinion of vulgare conceits but God knoweth within the soule and conscience of my king how by many effects hee hath caused it to appeare that he hath care of me hauing miraculously defended saued assured me from the forces against which there was no likelihood that I should be able to make head surely if I were of an other spirit than I am I should haue as much reason to please my selfe with the particular of my cōdition as the publike is greeuous vnto me My lords and maisters I cannot do it I will neuer account basely of my countrie I wil alwaies prefer the welfare thereof before mine owne and they shall alwaies see that my mishaps my hinderances and mine afflictions shall runne before those of my countrie But neuerthelesse I cannot conceale the contentment which I receaue in that by all the occasions which haue beene offered I haue caused it to bee made manifest both by my actions by my words and by my writings howe it greeues mee at the very heart to see the miseries wherein we go about to imbarque our selues were it not that the examples passed did make vs somewhat more circumspect for that which is to come This you know to be true and I beleeue there is no man at this present so passionate which can denie me this witnesse which comforts me not a little beeing fully persuaded that beside the vprightnesse of my cause nothing hath more asswaged the wrath of God towardes mee nothing hath mooued him more to defend mee than this But if it had pleased God to haue put into the hearts of the King my souereign and of you my Lords that I might haue beene called to the assemblie which some of your deputies held at Bloyes as truely me seemeth I ought to haue beene and that I had beene permitted freely to haue propounded that which I take to be for the profit of this estate I had caused it plainely to appeare how I had not the desire only in my heart the words in my mouth but the effects and deeds readie in my handes how I seeke no starting holes to shroud my selfe in nor propositions coloured with faire words to the which by no meanes I meane to tye my selfe And to the contrary that I haue a good resolution and earnest affection to the greatnesse of the King and realme as much as may be yea though it were with the losse of mine owne and that when all the rest shall bee disposed hee shall not neede to treat nor to capitulate with me my conscience assuring mee that nothing hath euer made mee to stand aloofe but the consideration of him and regard of mine honour But seeing this is not doone which might very well haue beene performed and that France may count it for one of hir ouersights that shee harh had no better physitions than those which delighte to continue hir sicknesse I meane to giue you to vnderstande by this discourse both that which I thinke to bee my dutie as also that which I esteeme necessary for the seruice of God and the King my liege and for the good of this realme to the ende that all the subiects of this crowne may be instructed therein and that all men may know for my discharge my intent and innocencie First I will represent vnto you mine estate not for to glorifie myselfe for let me make neuer so great reckoning of my selfe God may abase me nor for to tell you that I speake a cock-horsse and at much ease the same God knoweth wherein resteth my contentment wherein I trust and whervpon I principally rely but to the end I may manifest vnto you two things the one The condition of these miserable warres the aduantage that mine enemies haue had against me how mightily they haue assailed me how greatly they haue bene furthered thereby that at least you may be forced to iudge without passion that God hath not preserued mee against such huge forces without a miracle and that this miracl● should not haue bene if innocency and good right