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A01236	A Christian confession of the late moste noble and mightie prince, Friderich of that name the third, Count Palatine by [ye] Rhein, one of the electours of the holy Empire, and Duke in Bauire: wherein constantlie and meekelie he departed out of this world the 26. of October in the yere of our Lord God 1576. Taken word for word out of his last will and testament. Whereunto is added the Lantgraue his answere to the French King; Proclamations. 1620-07-01	Friedrich III, Elector Palatine, 1515-1576.; Johann Casimir, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein, 1543-1592.; Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse, 1532-1592.	1577 (1577)	STC 11348; ESTC S116026	25,880	96

A CHRISTIAN CONFESSION of the late moste noble and mightie Prince Friderich of that name the third Count Palatine by the Rhein one of the Electours of the holy Empire and Duke in Bauire wherein constantlie and meekelie he departed out of this world the 26. of October in the yere of our Lord God 1576. Taken word for word out of his last will and testament Whereunto is added the Lantgraue his answere to the French King. 1. Petri. 3. Be alwayes readie to giue answere to euerie man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you Roman 10. If a man beleue Christ Iesus with his heart he shal be righteous If a man confesse him with his mouth he shal be saued Matth. 10. Whosoeuer shall confesse me before men him will I acknowledge before my Father which is in heauen But whosoeuer shal denie me before men him also will I denie before my Father which is in heauen Imprinted at London by Christopher Barkar ANNO. 1577. Iohn Casimire by the grace of God Count Palatine by the Rhein Duke in Bauire c. and appointed Lieutenant Generall of the said Palatinate besides the Rhein sendeth greeting ALthough the highe and mightie prince our entirelie beloued Lorde and father Friderich late Paltzgraue by the Rhein and Elector of the holie empire of worthie memorie in the whole time of his gouernement and especially in the yere of our lord god 1566 at the time of the diet holden at Augusta where he was present about the confession of his christian faith and also in the Cathechisme and booke of the reformation and orders of the churches in his dominions heretofore published hath sufficiently declared witnessed to the whole world that neither he him selfe held or mainteined nor in his landes and dominions had suffered to be set forth and published anie other kinde of religion then that which was in all partes agreeable vnto the doctrine of the holy prophetical and apostolical scriptures besides conformable with the confession of Augusta and apologie thereof as the same was allowed of by the Princes Estates assembled at Nawmburg yet sithe the time of the departure of our said lord and father out of this vale of miserie we haue partly our selues with our own eares heard and partly vnderstoode from other places to our great grief that it hath bene giuen out by some although vntruelie that our said father before his death should haue bene remoued from his former confession as though aforetimes he had proceeded to farre in such matters And albeit wee for our owne part sith the time that by the grace of God we were called out of Poperie haue alwayes taken and founde his said Confession to be no otherwise then Christian groūded in the infallible word of God and especially at the time of the said dyet of Augusta where we attended vpon our said father and by his commandemēt exhibited the bookes of the holie Bible and Confession of Augusta before the Electours and other Princes of the Empire then present and the Commissioners Ambassadours of those which were absent Out of which in our said fathers behalf we desired that an other and better confession might bee shewed and taught vnto him where seeing none of them brought any thing at al against our said fathers confessiō wee were at that time the more confirmed therein And since according to the same haue not onely with heart and mouth professed but also being accompanied with diuers noble men other vertuous honest persones fearing God haue at two seueral times sufficiently in the face of the whole worlde witnessed our zeale therein And yet in like sort as we haue bene enformed it hath bene imputed vnto vs that if we were not wholy departed remoued from our fathers said Cōfession yet at the lest we were become somewhat lesse earnest then before For which cause seeing our said Lord and father in the absence of the noble mightie Prince Ludouick Palzgraue by the Rhein now Electour of the holie Empire our welbeloued Lord and brother about the space of one moneth before his departure called and sent for vs in this place vnto him where we remained with him still vntill his ende in which time we vnderstoode from himselfe that not onely the aboue mentioned Confession heretofore published was with his owne hands made but also that he had caused the same to be written and inserted in his last will and testament And further are witnesses that we haue both heard seene that vntil his last breath he with good remēbrance and great constancie cōtinued in the profession of the same and so blessedly departed in our Lord Christ Iesus And where as afterwards our said welbeloued brother comming hither and with common cōsent opening the said will and testament which in the meane time remained not onely vntouched by anie person but also kept vnder the handes and seales of good and sufficient witnesses and further was in euerie leafe subscribed with our said fathers owne hande we not onely founde therein contained his aboue mentioned Confession but also that we his children appointed executours of his said last will vpon paine of the auoiding of Gods displeasure anger and curse and eternall and worldly punishment by vertue and power of Gods immutable precept of obedience due vnto him were commanded and enioyned both to mainteine our said fathers confession and also to do our endeuours for the planting and spreading of it further For which cause with a good conscience as we trust and also without any discredit or preiudice to our fathers said will and for diuers other weightie and necessarie causes wee could not any lōger forbeare for knowledge of the truth answering of such reportes as haue bene vntruely bruted and spred abroad to the contrarie openly to giue herewith a true testimonie of the saide matter causing the said Confession as it was word for word written and inserted in our fathers said testament to be published and printed To the intent that the duetiful accomplishment and fulfilling of his said last and deare will which is not onely committed to the charge of the Electour our said lord brother although to him chiefly but also to his subiectes Counsellours officers and especially to the vniuersitie here the Schole and ministers also to the whole posteritie euery man in particular as is expressely conteined in the said testament might be knowen vnto them and they thereby vnderstande their duetie what they haue to do and further euerie person whatsoeuer be thereby assuredlie perswaded in his conscience that our sayd lord and father in no other confession nor in any erronious condemned opinion but in a most Christian confession and acknowledging of the infallible and inuincible truth of our common true and auncient Christian faith departed most godlie out of this vale of miserie into euerlasting ioye and quietnes By which confession as grounded vpon the right rocke Christ Iesus our Lord

setting forth of the said trew and christian religion Euen as wee for our own persō as heretofore so notwithstanding minde to continue by the said knowen and cōfessed trueth through the grace of the most highest vntill our last ende And so first and in generall wee confesse with an vnfained assured heart that we stedfastly beleeue whatsoeuer is reuealed contained taught witnessed and grounded in the holye propheticall and apostolicall scripture and doctrine in the righte trewe christian and vncorrupted vnderstanding and meaning of the same in such sorte as the churche in the time of the Apostles did comprehende the principall poyntes of christian doctrine in our christian creede commonly called Symbolum apostolorum and as afterwarde in the confession of the counsel of Nice and Athanasius the former apostolicall faithe was truly expounded and declared This is the chiefe foundation wherevpon we and all other true beleeuers in Christe which eyther haue bene before vs presently are or shall come hereafter ought to build our faith And through this we also hope to bee saued according to the saying of Athanasius in his Symbolo whosoeuer wil be saued must before al things holde the true christian faith And seeing the confession and declaration of the christian faith which in our time and namely in the yeere of our lorde god 1530. was openly presented at Augusta to the Emperour Charles of that name the fifte with the apologie thereto annexed was gathered out of the saide propheticall and apostolicall doctrine aboue named creedes or confessions as a summarie of them as the time then suffred and therevpon grounded thēselues as vpō the chiefest and vnfalliblest foundation the onely certaine and stedfaste line whereby they ought to bee directed For this cause wee also syth the time that wee came to the knowledge of Gods trueth haue receiued and allowed the same with other Electors and Princes beeing addicted thereto wee also for the mainetenaunce of Christian vnitye and peace in the righte and true vnderstanding and meaning of the same and with this declaration did set our hande Seale thereto And according to this commaunded the preachers and teachers to instructe in our landes and dominions as wee yet also confesse and acknowledge the same both of the saide confession and of al other writings that are agreeing and conformable with the godlie prophetical apostolical scriptures As wee especially take the cathechisme which wee heretofore haue caused to bee printed and published and also the booke of the reformation and orders of our churches wherein all the questions of christian doctrine are distinctlye orderlye and intelligiblye conteyned and also in some parte more amplye explaned But for the more declaration of our minde and meaning and to the intent our deare children the whole posteritye and euerye particular personne maye as it were in a briefe summe or collection vnderstande what wee particularlye beleeue and holde in all and euerye of the articles of the christian faithe and no man after our deathe maye defame vs with anye erronious opinions and sectes as it is the custome and propertye of manie vnquiet persons in these dayes of the euill worlde and for the satisfying of them which vnderstande and interprete the said confession of Augusta and the Apologye thereof in some poyntes after another sense and meaning then the letter and true vnderstanding can beare following the direction of Goddes worde whereto it referreth it self as to the chiefest foundation wee beleeue holde and confesse from the bottome of our heart the articles of our olde trew and knowen Christiā faith in maner as foloweth I Beleeue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and earth and in Iesu Christ his onely Sonne our lord who was conceiued by the holye Ghost borne of the virgin Marye suffred passion vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead buried and descended into hell He rose againe the third daye from death he ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightie from thence hee will come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holie Ghost the holy church vniuersall the communion of Saints the forgiuenes of sinnes the rising againe of the bodies and life euerlasting That is We beleeue and confesse that the eternal father of our lord Iesus Christ made heauen and earth and all that therein is of nothing and also yet conserueth and gouerneth the same by his eternall wisedome and prouidence And that not for our own desertes or worthinesse but of meere grace and mercie and according to his godly prouidence for his onely begotten and deare sonne Christ Iesus sake he also is our God and Father vppon whome we haue so set and reposed our confidence that we dout not but that he will prouide for vs all thinges necessarie for our bodies and soules hereafter euē as he hath done heretofore And as hitherto he hath turned to our best and profite all such euils as the deuil and the world haue attempted against vs euen so hereafter he wil be no lesse gracious and mercifull vnto vs seeing hee is able to do it as an almightie God wil also doe it as a louing Father Secondlye wee beleeue and confesse that Iesus Christe the sonne of the almightie God from the beginning begotten of the Father is one and the same GOD with the Father and the holye Ghost and at the time appointed as it was determined in the eternall wisedome of God was conceaued by the holie Ghoste in the wombe of the most pure and alwayes virgin Marye tooke vppon him our fleshe was borne into the world To this ende that hee beeing our King and highe Prieste for which cause he is called Christ might be our Mediatour and brother receiue vs to grace and as a true Iesus and Sauiour reconcile vs to his heauenlye Father We also beleeue that for that cause hee suffered a moste shamefull deathe vnder Pontius Pilate the Iudge to the intent he might redeeme and deliuer vs from euerlastinge death wherin we otherwise were and must haue perpetually remained and to deliuer and loss vs from the curse which by the sinne and fall of our first fathers Adam and Eue was rooted in all mankinde We beleeue also and confesse that this Lorde Iesus Christe being made an offering vppon the crosse is so puissant and strong that by the power and strength of the same through the working of the holy Ghost our olde man is with him crucified dead buried so as the euill concupiscenses of the flesh ought not anye more beare rule in vs but rather we should offer vp our selues vnto him as a sweete sacrifice of thankesgiuing We beleeue also that hee was buried and therefore vndoubtedly dead yea also that he descended into hell to the intent that in our greatest tentations we might assure our selues that our Lorde Iesus Christ by his vnspeakeable sorowes pangues and horrours which he also suffered in his soule both vpon the crosse

vp strengthen our faith to the intent that thereby wee might giue the sooner credit to the worde preached As the same may appeare by this similitude taken from worldly things namely when wee receiue frō an Emperour King or other great Prince a letter or writing although the same be subscribed with the Princes owne hande yet wee are not satisfied therewith if the seale bee not annexed also to it And in case the Seale be put thereto then it contenteth vs and then we may saye I haue from that Emperour King c. a letter seale wherein this or that is written and signified vnto me But to speake of the vse of the Sacraments we beleue and cōfesse that the holy Sacraments of the new Testamēt as the holy Baptisme and Supper of the Lorde were ordeined of Christe himselfe to that ende that Christians should vse them holde thē in great reuerēce and not despise them For that they are not onely markes whereby we are knowen to be Christians of the opē profession before God mā of the couenant grace of God but also especially principally are true assured tokēs witnesses of gods grace towardes vs For which cause whē we shal haue yōg children borne into this worlde wee should not as some do suffer thē to be 8. 9. or 10. yeres old till they be of some reasonable discretiō and then first baptise them But rather much more cōfort our selues with that which our Lord Christ sayd to his disciples Mark. 10. Let litle children come vnto mee for of such is the kingdome of heauen If then the kingdome of heauen belong vnto yong children as it is vndoubtedly true why should we then doubt that they are not also comprehended and concluded in the couenant which God made with Abraham and the beleuing fathers heretofore And for that cause wee ought not by any meanes seclude or forclose them from the holie baptisme Of the efficacie and working of the holie Baptisme we beleue that our children seeing as is before declared they be comprehended in the couenant when they shal be baptised according to the article of our true olde and vniuersall faith and also be afterwardes brought vp in the same they are also made partakers of the bloudie death of our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ and all his benefites which hee hath purchased vnto vs by his said death in such sorte that they not onely receiue the outwarde seale of the holie Sacrament which is the elemētall water vpon their outward bodies but like wise inwardlie are baptised in their soules by Christe him selfe with his bloud which was shed and also through the working of the holie Ghost regenerated and borne again to be new creatures For as the elementall water of the holie Sacramēt in baptisme is not Christes bloud nor the holy Ghost it selfe so also the holie Ghost or bloud of Christ is not in the Sacrament of the elemental water And although the elemētall water according to his propertie and nature can do no more then outwardly clense the bodie and reacheth not so farre as vnto the soule yet the bloud of Christ clenseth the soule inwardly to euerlasting life And as the minister doth the one so doth Christ the other as saint Iohn the Baptist witnesseth in the third chapter of saint Matthewes Gospel I baptise you with water to repentance or amendement of life but he that commeth after me is strōger then I am whose shoes I am not worthie to carie he shall baptise you with the holie Ghost and with fyre And like vnto this is the saying of Saint Paule in the tenth Chapiter of his first epistle to the Corinthians that after the same sort the Israelites were baptised with the cloudes and sea as also they were fedde with Manna and dronke the water which proceaded out of the rock c. And to speake of the holy most worthy Supper of our Lord Iesus Christ we beleue and confesse willingly with al other Christians that our Lord Iesus Christ first instituted the said Supper which he him selfe kept with his disciples And therefore it ought not to be despised of Christiās but rather to be holdē in great estimatiō reuerence For the Lord Iesus for this cause ordeined this participation and fruition of bread and wine that thereby we should remember him and declare his death vntill his comming and after wee haue bene instructed assured thereof both before God and man acknowledge praise this his great benefit that the bodie of Christ hath bene deliuered vp to death for vs and his bloud shed for the forgiuenes of our sins which if wee shall apprehende and take vnto vs with true faith it wil be a true spirituall foode and drinke to eternall life as the visible bread and wine is foode for the nourishing of the corporal bodie seeing we are in Christ mēbers of him the head branches of him the vine tree incorporated into him by his spirit and so for his sake and through him shall obteine forgiuenes of our sinnes iustification and life euerlasting Wee beleue also that wee at this daye haue no other Supper or Communion then as our Lorde Iesus Christe at his last supper ordeined and held it with his disciples and that wee ought not to haue any other much lesse vse any other vnles wee would contemptuously offende against the commandement and institution of Christ Now it can not be denied but must be confessed of all that obstinatelie malitiously seeke not to contende that our Lorde Iesus Christ did not deliuer vnto his disciples his naturall then present bodye as it was sitting at the table not yet crucified to be eaten with their corporall mouthes much lesse gaue or cōmanded his blood to be drunkē which was yet in his bodie and not shed as at these dayes some haue caused a great diuision in the Church of God teaching that men must beleeue that they must eate and drinke in the communion the bodie and blood of Christ with their corporal mouthes as it was then naturall and present at his last supper and whosoeuer will not beleeue and confesse this which without great preiudice of their consciences they can not beleeue they are called despisers of the Sacramentes and great blasphemers of god But rather he commanded vs to eate his bodie which was the day following nailed to the crosse and drinke his blood which shoulde be shortely shed euen as the very wordes of Christ him selfe sufficientlye giue vs to vnderstande And wee doubte not but that his disciples before at Capernaum were sufficiently instructed persuaded what was the meaning and maner of the eating of his bodie and drinking of his blood so that they had not anye occasion or cause to make the least dout therein As also Peter himselfe notablie confesseth saying Lord whither should we go thou hast the words of euerlasting life and we haue beleeued and confessed that thou

art Christ the sonne of the liuing god Out of which confessiō of Peter which he made not alone for him selfe but in the name of all the twelue Apostles it appeareth that hee had vnderstoode and receiued such sufficient instruction out of this sermon at Capernaum that neither he nor the other eleuen had any cause to aske what the lord Iesus meant by such his said institution And therefore wee beleeue and confesse that in the holye supper of our Lord IESUS CHRIST where it shal be kept accordynge to his owne institution to the faythfull for whome this Supper or Communion is onelye ordeyned euen as for his disciples at the firste the trewe offered and crucified bodye of Christe with al his heauenly treasures and benefits which he hath purchased by his death for his people shal be giuen and deliuered by Christ him selfe vnto our hungrie soules for foode his blood which he hath shed for the forgiuenes of sinnes for our drinke And so litle did the distance or espace of the time hinder his disciples at that present namely that although his body was not yet offred and crucified nor his blood yet shed yet his said disciples did eate his very naturall and humane bodye which was borne of the immaculate virgin Marie should be shortely after deliuered vp for them did drinke his true blood which shortly should be shed for them as though it had bene deliuered vp and shed alreadie So also the distance of the place hindreth not vs and other faithfull beleeuers that is that wee also with the holy apostles according to the Lordes institution do eate the same body of Christ drinke his bloud although the Lord Iesus with that his naturall body be now no more vpon earth but sitteth in heauen on the right hād of god his heauenly father from whence he shal come to iudge the liuing and the dead as the article of our Christian faithe teacheth declareth vnto vs And therfore we haue no need of this question whether with his selfe same naturall bodie sensible vppon earth as he was at the last supper with his disciples he can be presēt with vs in our communions But it is inough that we vnderstand out of his word that he with his said bodie wil be neither visible nor inuisible neither comprehensible nor incomprehēsible vpon earth And neuertheles he is as the almightie sonne of God at all times and in al places with his grace and holie spirit with his and chieflye in his holye supper where hee is bothe our hoste and foode And as the minister doth distribute the precious Sacramentes seales and tokens that is the blessed bread and cuppe of the Lorde so doeth the Lord therewith impart vnto the faithfull him selfe for breade and drinke not of the worldlie bodie as the signes of wine and bread are otherwise trew meate and drinke vnto men but rather a meat and drinke vnto euerlasting life for their hungrie and thirstye soules beaten downe and dismayed by the knoweledge and consideration of their sinnes and of the wrathe of God. Now therefore if this question be made how Christ the Lorde seeing he is with his bodie aboue in heauen and wee here vppon earth can feede vs with his saide bodie we answere with S. Ambrose that albeit we be here with our feet vppon earth yet are we with our head aboue in heauen And with S. Paul We are al baptised by one spirit into one bodie and wee are all made to drinke one spirite And in this our confession wee referre and remitte our selues to the holie and godlye Scriptures of the olde and newe Testaments and confesse herewith frankelye and freelye before the sighte of Almyghtye God whome no man can abuse or deceaue that we vndoubtedly thinke that if wee did beleeue or holde otherwise of the sayde holye Sacramentes wee then should as much as in vs laye ouerthrow the articles of our old trew and christian faith and so should not be able to stand before the iudgement seat of Christ Iesus in the last day For when as in the articles of our vndoubted christian faith wee confesse that there is but one only euerlasting almightie incōprehensible godhead in three persōs which both made gouerneth cōserueth all things then must it needes bee not as some haue giuē out that the humane nature of our lord Iesus but the man Christ by his godlie nature is almightie and in all places working and presēt at once Also the onely begotten sonne of god through the working of the holye Ghost tooke vppon him and retaineth for euer to the great comforte and assurance of our saluation a true and vnfained humane nature like vnto ours in all properties of nature sinne only excepted And so vndoutedly after before his resurrection assension glorie at the right hand of his father according to his said humane nature is and was visible comprehensible and at all times in one place presēt according to his good will and pleasure as he witnesseth of himselfe in the 24 Chapter of the Gospell after S. Luke This Lord Iesus Christ is our onelye Sauiour mediatour hie Priest King and Prophet Lorde and head of his congregation And therfore the ministers of the church cannot baptise vs with the spirit and blood of christ but only with the outwarde elemental water nor feede and drinke vs with the bodie and blood of Christ but with the visible bread and wine And of his spirit bodie blood Christ him self onely maketh vs partakers by faith to the forgiuenes of our sinnes and life euerlasting Yf he truly suffred for vs if he in verye deed were crucified and dead then in the time of his passion his manhood was not in omnipotencie glory like vnto his godhead in all places in heauen and earth but suffred died not without infirmite If also his dead corpes was truely laide into the graue thē was it not before there nor after his burial was it in all places but there for the time onely If it be true that for our benefite hee descended into hell then was hee not at that time as yet set at the right hand of GOD his Father in his heauenly glory and maiestie If it bee trewe that out of the graue he rose vp from death then was the soule before not in the body so the said body was not before out of the graue also afterwards remained not therein If it be true that hee ascended vp into heauen sitteth there as perfect man on the right hand of his Father then according to his humanitie he was not already aboue before and also after his ascension he remained not inuisible belowe or in al places present incomprehensible but sheweth himself there visibly and comprehensibly in the heauenly habitation before the faces and sight of his holye angels and men And therefore hee cannot be without horrible idolatry said to be in the bread of the communion or in

regard desire he had to the welfare safety preseruation of all his subiectes in generall For though diuers strāge news had bene brought to his excellēcie before yet notwithstāding he could neuer be persuaded to credit thē being of opiniō that the rumor had ben opēly deuised vpō some grief cōceiued against his maiesty vpō some pretēded purpose to defame his maiesty amongst the common people For which cause the message which his maiestie sent by the said Lord of Villequier grieued his excellencie verye much because it agreed wholy with that rumor report which he had heard before which before that time hee could not in any wise perswade him selfe to be true And although his maiestie bee not bounde to make his excellencie an accompt of his doings and actions and though his said excellencie desire nothing more then that the Kinges dealinges may be such as might be iustifiable to euery priuat person for the great good will and affection hee beareth to his maiestie yet notwithstanding his excellencie being giuen to vnderstand by the said lorde of Villequier what his will and intent is his said excellencie for the zeale he beareth to the preseruation of the King his maiesties honor can do no lesse but lay forth plainely before him what he thinketh in singlenes of hearte shewe vnto his maiesty with no lesse plainenes vprightnes then he vseth in al his doings what he is persuaded is most cōuenient not only for his honor the safety of his persō but generally for his whole state desiring his maiesty to take it in no worse part then hee doeth meane it And first his excellēcy can not think much lesse cā he be persuaded to beleue that any mā whatsoeuer hee bee either of honour or of good iudgemēt that desireth the welfare honor of his maiestie preseruation of his crowne would euer counsel him to breake the edict of pacification that was last made and disanul that which he had so solemnely sworne protested to keepe for euer inuiolably without breach in any point article whatsoeuer For first of al in so doing he hazardeth al his honor reputatiō al hope he might haue to grow greater hereafter in so much as there is no ornamēt so pretious wel beseeming either kings princes or other noble mē gentlemē of what degree qualitie soeuer thei be as to keep their faith promes inuiolably As on the otherside there is nothing the soūdeth more to their discredite dishonor or that which draweth the good willes peoples hearts frō them or is so preiudicious hurtefull to their greatnes as to speak one thīg in worde to doe an other thing in deede All historyes both ecclesiasticall and prophane all examples aswell ancient as moderne teach vs and witnesse vnto vs not onely how shameful a faulte this is in the sight of men but also howe displeasing it is to God himself who hath in former time poured out his iust iudgemēt vpon them that haue faulted in the same To which purpose his excellency cannot but lay before his maiestie amongst an infinite nōber of others the example of Ladislaus King of Hungarie Boheme and Polonie that dead is who because he suffred him selfe to bee perswaded by the Pope Cardinals vpō a wicked folish colour that he should be easily absolued afterwards to breake his promisse which he had giuen not to one that made profession of Christianity but to Amurates Emperor of the turkes enemy to the christiās did by the occasion not onely leese his kingdō but also his life what els soeuer he had in the world moreouer besides that his head was to the great dishonour shame of all christēdom caryed throughout al the townes of Asia As his excellēcy hath declared more at large this pitiful history certein other to the same effect to the said L. of Villequier being moued with the desire he hath to preuente the mischiefe which is like to ensue for the syncere affection which hee beareth to the weale of France only of purpose that they might serue for a looking glasse exāple of others not that he desireth in any wise that any such inconuenience shoulde befall to his maiestie which is a thing farthest from his thought as the said lord of Villequier can informe him and is well able for the sufficiencye that is in him to giue his maiestye a vewe thereof Who hath moreouer to wey consider diligentlye in him selfe what troubles incōueniences yea what bloodshedde hee is to looke for in his kingdome and what calamities are like to ensue thereof as also what yssue maye bee hoped for of those kinde of dealings for moreouer and besides that it wil bee a very harde matter for his maiestie to roote out not only those that are next of his bloode but also so manye thousand persons which are all his owne subiectes And desire nothing more then to employe both their life goods whatsoeuer els they might haue in this world for the seruice of his maiestie it is also greatly to be feared that the same men perceiuing nowe what his intent and purpose is being cleane out of hope for euer to come to any reconciliation or to purchase the fauour of their Prince and naturall Lord And seeing them selues clean shut out of all hope of quietnes hereafter be not in fine constrained for the preseruation of their liues and goods to resort to the last extreme remedie which may be very preiudicious both to his maiestie and also to the whole crown of France And also it wil bee very harde and a matter of great difficultye for his maiestie to kicke against the pricke and to plucke out of the heartes of his subiectes by force a knowen and perswaded trueth and to stoppe the course of the holy Gospel which the Lorde will haue spredde abroade euery day more and more yea though it were so that his maiestye were able as happely many men desire to root out al his subiects which make profession of the same reformed religion what shoulde his maiestie do otherwise therin but to the great hurte and decaye of his kingdome dismember one of his armes yea the best arme hee hath and so weakē him self more and more and bereue and spoile him selfe of his owne forces And though some persuade his maiestie that to haue two diuers Religions in his kingdom is the cause of those troubles dissesions which fall out there and in case he suffer thē both he shal not be able to keepe his subiectes vnder that obediēce which they owe to their superioures for proofe whereof they alleage the Princes Electors of Germany who wil not suffer within their territories the exercise of any religiō saue of that which they professe thēselues yet notwithstanding his excellēcie doubteth not but that his maiestie knoweth right wel that by the agrement made in