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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

that presentlye and as often as I shall set aside my dutie God will leaue to blesse me any longer and I should wholye neglect it if without reason and of a iolitie of heart I should oppose my selfe against my king and trouble the quiet of his countrie As touching them who during these foure last yeares haue loued armes better then peace who haue first renued the warre in this estate haue erected the third faction vnworthie the fidelitie of Fraunce and to go a little further vnworthie the loialtie of their Grandfathers Seeing God hath shewed them by his iudgements that their dealings are not agreeable to his will seeing naythelesse that he hath touched the heart of our King to receaue thē to his accustomed mildnesse and clemencie as himselfe hath declared let them yet at the last hould themselues contented quiet We haue all of vs offered and indured harmes inough we haue bin this foure yeare togither continually besotted outragious almost starkemad Is not this enough trow you hath not God sufficiently beaten and corrected vs both the one part the other to cause vs to awake from our carelesse securitie to make vs wise in the end and to suppresse our furies But if after this it be lawfull that as a most humble loiall subiect of the King my Lord I may giue some good aduise to those which may counsell him who hath euer heard it spoken that that state can endure where there are two factions within it alwaies vp in armes and readye the one to assaile the other what shall then become of ours where there are three how may a man perswade the king to raise ciuill warre and that against two parties all at one instant There is no president no historie no reason that can assure him a good issue and euent heereof It behoueth him therefore to make a peace and that a generall peace withall his subiects as well of the one side as of the other as well of the one as of the other religiō or at least that he reconcile reunite those vnto him which are least estranged from his obedience And to that purpose let euery man iudge of mine intent behold how I intreate for a cōmon good how I do not labour to animate the King against his subiects which haue beene of this goodly league and yet you may know my Lords that if I would vndertake to do it 〈◊〉 his necessitie to afford him my seruice as I wil do if he cōmmaund me thereto in outward apparance I am like to crosse many of their designements and easily to curbe and keepe them short in their enterprises I appeale at this time to all thereof of our estates who haue remained behoulders of our follies I appeale to our nobilitie to our cleargie to our townes to our people these be they to whom I speake that they will consider what will become of Fraunce if we runne on headlong as we haue begun what countenance this estate will cary if this mischiefe continue what the nobilitie shall doo if our gouernment be altered as it will bee vndoubtedlye being already in a fayre waye towards it if the townes for feare of the partakers against them shall be constrained to settle and fortifie themselues within their gates not to suffer any man to command ouer them and to cantoune themselues after the manner of the Zwit●●● I assure my selfe there is none of that minde as yet but the warre in processe of time may force them to it And to my great greefe I see alredy such beginnings springing amongst them which out wardly make semblance of so sweete and pleasant shewe that the best and most loyall burgesses of the world will easily suffer themselues to be carryed away there withall What shall become of the townes when vnder a vaine likelyhood of libertie they haue turned topsie turuie the order of their worthie estate when they shall haue the nobilitie theye enemies the countrey rounde about repining at them and desirous againe and againe to sacke and spoyle them imagining that within their cofers and shops they haue treasure and richesse without content or nomber What shall the principall inhabitants doo which holde the offices of the Monarchie of the Exchequer of iustice of ciuill policie or of armes Let euery one recount in the middest of their domesticall fortune that the assurance of theyr estate is cleane gone if the monarchy be ouerthrowne Who shall allow them the free excercise and trade of Merchandize Who shall warrant them possessions in the field who shall suppose the authoritie of their iustice what decrees shall they establish who shall commaund ouer theyr armies to be breefe what shall be theen order euen miserable abuses This 〈◊〉 may indure for a moneth or two in the same sort as it is said that the seuer nourisheth the sicke bodye but to thinke that vpon the foundations of wrathe vengeance an assured intelligence and durable forme of gouernment may be established that can neuer be It hath neuer beene either seene or read that an estate hath bin changed without the ruine of hir townes which are alwaies the principall props and pillers thereof And thou people when the nobilitie and townes shall be deuided what rest shalt thou enioye people the garner and storehouse of a realme the fertile fields of this estate whose trauaile nourisheth Princes whose sweate dooth water them whose occupations doo maintaine them whose industrie doth affourde them delicacies for reare bankets to whom shalt thou haue recourse when the nobilitie shall oppresse thee when the townes shall exact and leuie contributions of thee For the King he shall not be able to commaund ouer the one or the other side for the officers of his Iustice where shall they bee found for his Lieutenants What power shall they retaine for the Mayor of a towne what authoritie shall hee haue ouer the nobilitie for the chiefe of the nobilitie what order will there bee amongst them lamentable confusion disorder and misery ouer all And thus behold the effects of warre It proceeds not of forgetfulnesse that I speake nothing of the clergie Neither would I speake of them at all misdoubting that they will not take it in good parte because they esteeme me their enemie more then I am but that in truthe I haue more cause to find my selfe agreeued with their order then with both the other orders of Fraunce I way it not there be some good men amongst them As touching their profession and religion in some things I am contrary to them in nothing their enemie in other things we are of one minde saue where they concerne the conseruation of the priuiledges of the Church of Fraunce against the Pope Howsoeuer it be though I were so highlye in their bookes that they would affourd mee all the commendations in the worlde yet would I tread their praises vnder my feete at this prosent being carryed by a more vehement consideration to wit of the