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A06362	The kings declarations vpon his edicts for combats, importing the confirmation and enlarging of the same. Published in a Parliament holden in Paris, the 18. day of March. 1613. Herevnto is also adioyned the said kings edict, importing an order for apparell, therein prohibiting all his subiects from vsing vpon the same, any gold or siluer, either fine or counterfeit; all embroderie, and all lace of Millan, or of Millan fashion: either to make any guilt workes in their houses, vnder the penalties therein contained. Published in a parliament holden in Paris the 2. of Aprill. 1613. Hereunto is also annexed, a letter from the Lord Rosny, Treasurer of France, to the Queene Regent. Faithfully translated into English by E.A.; Proclamations. 1613-01-28. English	France. Sovereign (1610-1643 : Louis XIII); Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643.; Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de, 1559-1641.; Aggas, Edward, attributed name.; France. Sovereign (1610-1643 : Louis XIII). Proclamations. 1613-03-14. English.; France. Sovereign (1610-1643 : Louis XIII). Proclamations. 1613-03. English.	1613 (1613)	STC 16830; ESTC S108822	14,549	32

THE KINGS DECLARATIONS VPON HIS Edicts for Combats Importing the confirmation and enlarging of the same Published in a Parliament holden in Paris the 18. day of March 1613. Herevnto is also adioyned the said Kings Edict Importing an order for apparell therein prohibiting all his Subiects from vsing vpon the same any Gold or siluer either fine or counterfeit all Embroderie and all Lace of Millan or of Millan fashion either to make any guilt workes in their houses vnder the penalties therein contained PVBLISHED IN A PARLIAMENT holden in Paris the 2. of Aprill 1613. Hereunto is also annexed A Letter from the Lord Rosny Treasurer of France to the Queene Regent Faithfully translated into English by E. A. LONDON Printed by Tho Creed for William Wright and are to be sold at his shop on Snowe-hill at the signe of the Harrow neere Holborne Conduit 1613. TO ALL WORTHIE AND GOOD LAW-MAmakers Rulers Iudges Obseruers Pleaders and keepers in generall past present and to come greeting vnder fauour hereby not to offend any but euer to respect and honour all of them as most especiall Instruments in any Common-wealth vnder God HErein may Fully Effectually and plainly appeare the iust and true intent of LEWES the Now French King in the behalfe and for the generall good of his Common-wealth and all his loyall and true harted Subiects therein Whereby he earnestly with a full and well intended Resolution doth desire aime at and intend the happie most flourishing Estate of that most Christion Kingdome and well-gouerned people To the great comfort of them in generall and assured hope of his most happie Raigne ouer them To his timely Infant beginning Honour by intending of their Eternall benefites For which cause let vs looke home with a speciall eye vnto the well due intended Reformation and Execution of these Lawes and Edicts lately made in Paris by their hopefull King That hath as you may hereafter see not onely renued diuers olde Lawes and Edicts concerning Combats and other lawes with speciall remedie for offenders therein But also hath inlarged and declared the same in Parliament the 18. day of March last Wherein hee hath also set downe and published for generall good the very Law of Lawes or absolute cause and directest meanes of true continuance and due performance and keeping of these or other lawes fit for any worthy Prince in any Common-wealth made for generall good to be performed and kept according to their true intents which is performed in this King Queene Regent c. Assembled in Parliament fully freely firmely and effectually set downe and made knowne within all that kingdome to all persons that they shall be duly iustly absolutely and effectually performed and kept by all persons whatsoeuer within their iurisdictions without exceptation of any person For byrth kindred affiance or any other cause whatsoeuer wherein he also taketh away all hopes of graunts fauours pardons remissions or any meanes whatsoeuer To be discharges to any of the Transgressors of the said Lawes So that those wilfull persons that will presume notwithstanding those good lawes with so due and effectuall declaration thereof are well worthie in my opinion by the lawes of God and man for their great presumption therein to vndergoe and endure the penalties in those or any other good Lawes contained These are true iust and direct meanes to shew that God gaue not vnto men lawes in vaine but that if they would presume to breake or offend against those good lawes by him or his Deputies in any Common-wealth made and ordained That then those persons so offending should suffer or forfeit according to the true intent and meaning of those good lawes what when or wheresoeuer that without any manner of hope of fauour to imbolden them therein they might make and be examples to other to beware to sinne or offend any iust lawes contrarie to their true intents for which they weare and are made and ought to be duly and truly performed and kept for the vpholding of peace plentie and vertuous actions in generall And the auoyding and beating downe of sinne and vice in generall according to the diuine founding and true intent of good lawes in generall which God grant may hereafter be well established redressed renewed declared performed and kept within these lands To the honour and glorie of God The honourable and perpetuall memorie of our King The euerlasting memorie of all the good instruments therein The beating downe sinne the rewarding of vertue the speedie doing of true iustice betweene partie and partie the most good of this great and flourishing Cōmon-wealth And happy comfort of all his Maiesties true hearted subiects therein in generall Blame me not in being long herein for in some lawfull and some law lesse proceedings which some too many too well knoweth in many causes is to great length All which I will leaue nowe to touch And so proceede to the other Lawes and Edicts lately made in Paris herein mentioned against the generall wearing of gold and siluer lace and diuers other sortes of gilt workes c. With many other things which they haue found as harmefull weedes or instruments of pride most idle and vnfitting to be suffered longer amongst them to hurt and abuse their people and Common-wealth And I trust in Cod our worthie King and his honorable priuie Councell with the Lords Bishops and Iudges and other good members of this Common-wealth will in due time of themselues and by good example from other Princes make amend renew declare and publish to a vertuous end our good and holesome lawes in this Common-wealth whereby to banish and beate downe as in their good discretions shall ●eeme best all and all manner of vanities vices idle toyes and abuses in generall according to the true intent and meaning of our good lawes in generall the rather for that ●e seldome finde loue Charitie vertue and honest dea●ing Now in that measure vnder many of those superfluous garnishes of apparell as formerly was ordinarily to be ●ound vnder a Frise Ierkin or other abilliments sutable So that I wish there were vpon many seeming Gentlemen in these our daies lesse vitious cost in them more ●ause of truely vertuous Honour and Worship which in word would become them better and be a good meanes 〈◊〉 cast off pride whereby vertue might increase which ●ride keepes lowe and to beate downe vice which it ex●lts to the generall good of all these kingdomes ouer which it hath pleased God by his mercie and grace many dangers past to make his Deputie Seruant our King and gouernour and we to be his faithful loyall Subiects duely to obey him which I desire m● long continue to Gods will and pleasure and the co●● of all his faithfull subiects soules so to liue here as to chase with Gods mercie in their departing hence eternall Farewell THE KINGS DECLARATIONS VPON HIS Edicts for Combats As also an order for Apparell Therein prohibiting all his Subiects from vsing

diminished their widowes and heyres shall be admitted to sée the guiltie and their complices who shall be debarred as also their widowes and heyres to pretend extinction of crime by lapse of twentie yeares or any other time We also doe commend and ordaine that our said letters of declaration and these presents together with the said Edicts and declarations precedent you cause to be read and published ouer the contents of the same inuiolably executed kept and obserued from point to point according to their forme and tenure Also that of the fines to vs adiudged the third part be applied to the sustenance and maintenance of the poore shut vp in this our Towne of Paris and the Suburbes of the same Enioyning our Atturney Generall in our said Court to vse all requests and diligence necessarie for the said publication and execution For such is our pleasure Giuen at Paris the 14 day of March 1613. and of our raigne the third Signed LEWES By the King in his Councell the Quéene Regent his mother being present DE LOMENIE And sealed with the great seale in yealow waxe vpon a single Labell Read published and recorded in the hearing and at the request of the Kings Atturney generall The court doth ordaine that Copies examined shall be sent to the Baylywickes and Stewardships there to be read published recorded and executed by the diligence of the substitutes of the Kings Atturney Generall who are thereof to certifie the Court within the moneth Likewise if to the preiudice of the same any letters of abolition haue bene directed to the Prouost of the house or iudgements by him pronounced notwithstanding the said letters his iudgements and all other proceedings shall be voyd and as such defaced and processe shall passe against the guiltie according to the Kings Edicts and declarations wherein the obstinate shall not be admitted his purgation vnlesse he pay the third part of the fine assessed vpon him appliable to the poore shut vp without repetition At Paris in a Parliament the 18. of March 1613. Signed Voisin A LETTER FROM THE LORD OF ROSNY GREAT Treasurer of France TO The Queene Regent of France Concerning the Resignation of his offices MADAME AMong all the honourable Conditions of a French Gentleman I alwaies held that to be of the most estéeme which was employed in the Important Affaires of his Countrey in the happie Administration of the same and in obeying the Commaundements of his Prince Throughout the course of manie yeares I haue managed the principall of this Estate with vnexpected successe vnder my king from a bottomlesse Gulfe of miserie I haue guided them to the toppe of all glorie At this day MADAME I doe obey the desire and expresse will of your Maiestie I remit into your hands the two fairest Tokens of the benefites and rewards of my good Maister The Bast●●c and the Treasurie which so long as he liued I possessed Now that he is deceased I restore them to you and well content my selfe that the Effects of my seruices may remaine ingrauen in the hearts of your people An other not so faithfull as my selfe might fill all France with his complaints But my perpetuall deuotion to the place of my Natiuitie and to my King doe restraine and bridle my Tongue and maketh me to seeke rather in mine owne incapacitie then in any other consideration the cause of so great an alteration In one onely point is my spirit impatiently tormented that is Of that more then absolute resolution of your Maiestie to vrge me to take money in recompence for my Offies Not that I doe not sufficiently iudge how necessarie this course is for the good of your seruice But on the other side it is to my selfe so preiudicall and so contrarie to my demands that whatsoeuer power I haue ouer my selfe to content you yet haue I not sufficient to accept it But contrariwise MADAME I am forced to refuse it and contrarie to my dutie in this occasion to preferre my particular Interest before that of your Maiestie of all the meanes prouided to wade through this busines this must néedes be to me the most odious and indeed I doe abhorre it and holde it as proceeding not from your goodnesse but from the malice of mine Enemies For MADAME wherefore doe they not rather laye this pretence vpon my ouerwild humour an incompatible estrangement from all gratification of whatsoeuer societie and dissimulation vpon the weake order that I may paradueture haue taken in the affaires of my Offices vpon my bad Husbandrie in matter of the Treazurie vpon the euils that haue procéeded of such strong intelligences as I haue practized as well within as without the Realme and vpon such extreame care as I tooke to establish my selfe in the preseruation of my Fortunes Wherefore I say Madam haue they not rather chosen this foundation rather then any other neither so faire in shewe and yet farre more vnlikely For so publish or giue out that I neuer craued any other recompence then for my Office of the Treasurie neither yet any other reward then the Office of a Marshal of France It is a matter that cannot bee truely maintained The impudencie of mine Enemies and the complaint of some of my Friendes shall neuer be of force sufficient otherwise to testifie it But if your Maiestie doe accuse me that of my selfe I haue offered you all that I did possesse I confesse it Neither doe I denie but that many times I haue assured your Maiestie that all that was mine depended vpon you yea euen my very life it selfe But surely MADAME I will also aduow that at that time I could not imagine that such Offers to a mans Soueraigne could be offence sufficient to be therefore depriued and put from his Dignities So as if now you doe so take it it is a principle in my opinion very new Yet shall not this noueltie neuertheles euer make me to repent that I haue done my dutie But contrarywise MADAME at this present I doe againe offer to your Maistie not onely my honors my goods but also my very life with the liues of my Children Neither doe I present them vnto you vppon any condition but to vse them according to your pleasure Yea euen to honour my very Enemies with them if to take them from me simplie be not matter of content If my passed Actions haue tended to the aduancement of this Crowne I will also that my obedience shall bee the first to shewe the meanes to pressrue it And whatsoeuer my Enemies doe publish of my loue to that I possesse or whatsoeuer other mens humors may helpe to bréede beliefe yet is it true MADAME that I will abandon all that my seruices haue purchased me with more constancie yea with a thousand times more resolution then an other shall possesse them with pleasure It shall suffize me in my solitarines to learne how your Maiestie doth daily make your Scepter to flourish and preferring in these Affaires a goodly

houses any guilt worke vnder the penalties therein contained LEWES by the grace of God King of France and Nauarre To all people presant and to come Gréeting The late Kings our Predecessors to the end to restraine the great and excessiue expences growing of the excesse and superfluity of Apparell haue Enacted sundry iust and commendable Ordinances Yea euen the late King our most honored Lord and Father whome God pardon by his Edicts of the moneth of Julie 1601. and of Nouember 1606. Did forbid all manner of men whatsoeuer generally to weare in their Garments any Gold or Siluer which notwithstanding the most part of our Subiects haue suffered themselues to be led away with this vaine and vnprofitable expence and that with so much licentiousnesse and excesse that were there no prouision made to the contrary themselues would remaine either vtterly vndone or brought into such discommodities that they could haue no meanes to serue if any important occasion should fall out for the good of our Estate Vpon these considerations with the aduice of the Queene Regent our most honoured Ladie and Mother of the Princes of our Blood and of other Princes Officeers of Crowne and principall of our Councell and of our owne full power and auctoritie Royall by this our perpetuall and irreuocable Edicts haue Decréed and Ordained and doe Decrée and ordaine as followeth I. First wée doo enioyne all Church men euer hereafter to continue as now they doo in wearing of modest Apparell decent and conuenient for their profession Also all other our Subiects to abstaine from all those superfluities whereinto in time past they haue bene carryed away vnder paine of such penalties as the ordinances of the Kings our Predecessors for such causes doe import II. Wée doo expressely forbid all persons whatsoeuer generally within our Kingdomes Lands Countreys and the Dominions of our obedience of whatsoeuer Sexe Qualitie Calling or condition soeuer they be Not to weare any Garments enriched with Gold or siluer Fyne or counterfeit whether woollen or Linnen Pur●ileurs Embroderies Laces Stripedstuffs or any thing equiuolent which may serue their bodies in whatsoeuer sort or manner vnder paine of fifteene hundred Francks fine one third part appliable to our vse an other third part to the poore shut vp in this our good Towne of Paris and the Suburbes of the same and the other third parte to the Enformer Alwayes excepted the Harnesse and Saddles for Horses allready made wherein wee are content for sixe Moneths to Tollerate the workemanship of Golde and siluer III. Wée also forbid in whatsoeuer kinde of Garments all Embrodery of Golde Siluer or Silke as also the vse of Laces of Millan or Millan-fashion vnder paine of a thousand pounds Fyne IIII. Nowbeit wee meane not in these Prohibitions to comprehend the vse of Golde Siluer or Embroderie in Gyrdles Hangers for Swordes Hat-bands Garters Knots Irons Tagges and Supporters and Collers for Women and Maydes Ladies and Gentlewomen Neither also the guilding of Sword Hiltes or Chapes at the ende of the Skabberds in Armours Spurres Bittes for Horses and Stirrops V. We also forbid all workemen hereafter not to guild or cause to be guilded any Carroches vnder paine of a thousand-pounds to employed as it is aforesaid VI. We also forbid from henceforth the making of any guilt worke in any of the houses of our subiects either vpon the lead stone timber plaister or other thing whatsoeuer vnder paine of the like fine VII We also forbid all Lords Gentlemen and others of whatsoeuer calling hēceforth not to cloath their Pages or Laquies in any garments of silke whom we will haue to be apparelled in stuffes of wooll with a passement lace vpon the seames and outward edges onely VIII We moreouer forbid all Taylors Embroderers doublet makers Hosiers and other workemen as well of our owne Traine as dwellers in any Townes else where not to make or cause to be made any garments or other thing heretofore forbidden vnder paine if they be found transgressors against this our ordinance to be condemned in the somme of thrée hundred pounds Fine for the first time and for the secōd in an other fine double the former to be employed as before and for the third in corporall punishment IX We will and ordaine that this our present ordinance be strictly obserued by all persons of whatsoeuer calling or condition the same to take place at the day and feast of Easter at hand X. And the better to preuent such transgressions as may be made to the preiudice of our said prohibitions we will and ordaine that all Judges royall by preuention all Commissaries Guardes and all other Officers shall take notice Execute and cause to be kept and obserued these our present Prohibitions and that the Fines be assessed as well against the proper Owners of the things forbidden as against all concealers and paide notwithstanding any Oppositions or Appeales whatsoeuer and without preiudice of the same Wée also do command all our trusty and beloued Councellors All such as holde our Courts of Parliament and all our Bayliffes Stewards Prouosts Judges and other our Justices and Officers to whome it may appertaine that these our saide Inhibitions and Prohibitions they cause to be Red Published and Recorded in all parts and places of their Resorts Jurisdictions and Liberties and the same from point to point to maintaine kéepe and inuiolably obserue Expressely enioyning out Atturneyes generall of our said Parliaments and their substitutes in euery of our said Bayliwickes Stewardships Prouostships and other Jurisdictions to assist the said Executions and to make out all Processes and Instances thereto requisite and necessarie Our Receiuers of Fines in their Accounts to make actuall Receipt of all such as vpon this cause shal be assessed Also to all gouernors of Hospitalls and Masters of the Fyles or Records of the poore vpon their loyalties and consciences to employ the said money vpon the sustenance and maintenance of the saide poore For such is our pleasure And for that in sundry and many places they may stand in neede of these pre●●●●s Wée will that vpon the Vidimus of the same being duely collationed and examined faith shal be giuen thereto as to this present Originall Whereto in witnes hereof wee haue caused to set our Seale Giuen at Paris in the moneth of March the yeare of Grace 1613. and of our Raigne the third Signed LEWIS And vnderneath By the King in his Councell The Queene Regent being present Signed DE LOMENIE And on the side VISA And sealed with the great Seale in greene Waxe vpon Laces of Red and gréeeene and lower Written Read Published and Recorded in the hearing of the Kings Atturney generall requiring that it might take place to beginne the fiftéenth day of May in the same yeare and Decr●●d that Coppies examined should be sent to the Bayliwickes and Stewardships there to be Read Published Recorded and put in Execution by the diligence of the substitutes of the Kings Atturney generall who shall monethly certifie the Court. At Paris in Parliament the second day of Aprill one thousand sixe hundred and thirteene Signed VOISIN The Millions are of Crowns and not of Pounds