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A49221	The French king's decree against Protestants, prohibiting them the exercise of their religion, &c. to which is added a brief and true account of the cruel persecution and inhumane oppressions of those of the reformed religion to make them abjure and apostatize : together with the form of abjuration the revolting Protestants are to subscribe and swear to, and a declaration of his Electoral Highness of Brandenburgh ... : also a letter from Father La Chese ... to Father Petre ... / newly translated from the French.; Edit de révocation de l'Edit de Nantes. English	France.; Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, 1620-1688.; La Chaise, François d'Aix de, 1624-1709.; Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.	1689 (1689)	Wing L3117; ESTC R2440	33,019	41

in the said Provinces to make enquiry in every City for Houses that are to be Lett into which it shall be free for the said French to enter and take up their Lodging as soon as they shall Arrive and do promise to pay for them and their Families for Four Years the Rent of the said Houses provided that they engage themselves within the said Term to Build in such places as shall be Assigned for them in manner and upon condition as aforesaid VII As soon as they shall have taken up their Habitation in any City or Town of our Dominions they shall immediately be made Free of the place as also of that particular Corporation which by their Trade of Profession they belong to and shall enjoy the self-same Rights and Priviledges which the Citizens Burgesses and Freemen of the said places or Corporations do enjoy and that without being obliged to pay any thing for the said Freedom and without being lyable to the Law of Escheatage or any other of what Nature soever they may be which in other Countries are in force against Strangers but shall be look'd upon and Treated upon all accounts in the same manner as Our own Natural Subjects VIII All those who are willing to undertake and establish any Manufactures whether of Cloth Stuffs Hats or any other whatsoever shall not only be furnished with all the Priviledges Patents and Franchises which they can wish for or desire but moreover We will take care that they be assisted with Moneys and such other Provisions and Necessaries as shall be thought fit to promote and make their undertaking successful IX To Country-men and others who are willing to Settle themselves in the Country We will cause a certain extent of Ground to be allotted for them to Till and Cultivate and give Orders for their being assisted and furnished with all things necessary for their Subsistance at the beginning of their Settlement in like manner as we have done to a considerable number of Swiss Families who are come to dwell in Our Dominions X. And as for any business of Law or matter of difference which may arise amongst those of the Reformed Religion We do grant and allow that in those Cities where any considerable number of French Families shall be Settled they be Authorized to choose one from amongst themselves who shall have full power to decide the said differences in a friendly way without any formality of Law whatsoever And in case any Differences shall arise between the Germans and the said French that then the said Differences shall be decided joyntly by the Magistrate of the Place and by the Person whom the French shall have Chosen for that purpose from amongst themselves And the same shall be done when the Differences of Frenchmen amongst themselves cannot be accommodated in the forementioned friendly way by the Person thereto by them Elected XI In every City where any numbers of French shall Settle themselves We will maintain a Minister and appoint a convenient place for the Publick Exercise of Religion in the French Tongue according to the Custom and with the same Ceremonies which are in use amongst the Reformed in France XII And forasmuch as such of the Nobility of France who heretofore have put themselves under Our Protection and entred into our Service do actually Enjoy the same Honours Dignities and Immunities with those of the Country and that there are many found amongst them who have been raised to the chief Places and Charges of our Court and Command over Our Forces We are ready and willing to continue the same Favour to those of the said Nobility who for time to come shall Settle themselves in our Dominions by bestowing upon them the several Charges Honours and Dignities they shall be found fitted for And in case they shall purchase any Mannors or Lordships they shall possess the same with all the Rights Prerogatives and Immunities which the Nobility of our own Dominions do of Right enjoy XIII All these Priviledges and Advantages forementioned shall not only be extended to those French of the Reformed Religion who shall Arrive in our Dominions in order to their Settling there after the same Date of this Declaration but also to those who before the date hereof have settled themselves in our Countries provided they have been forced to leave France upon account of their Religion they of the Romish Profession being wholly excluded from any part or share therein XIV In every one of Our Provinces Dutchies and Principalities We shall appoint and Establish certain Commissioners to whom the French of the Reformed Religion may have Recourse and Address themselves upon all occasions of need and this not only at the beginning of their Settlement but also afterwards And all Governours and Magistrates of Our Provinces and Territories shall have order by Vertue of these Presents as well as by other particular Commands We shall from time to time Issue forth to take the said Persons of the Reformed Religion into their Protection and to maintain them in all the Priviledges here before mentioned and not suffer the least hurt or injury to be done unto them but rather all manner of Favour Aid and Assistance Given at Postdam Octob. 26. 1685. Frederick William A Letter from Father La Chese Confessor to the French King to Father Pe●re Jesuit and Great Almoner to the King of England upon the Method or Rule he must observe with His Majesty for the Conversion of His Protestant Subjects Most Reverend Father WHen I compare the Method of the French Court which declares against all Heresies with the Policy of other Princes who had the same Design in former Ages I find so great a difference that all that passes now adaies in the King's Council is an impenetrable Mistery and the eyes of all Europe are opened to see what happens but cannot discover the Cause When Francis I. and Henry II. his Son undertook to Ruin the Reformation they had to struggle with a Party which was but beginning and weak and destitute of Help and consequently easier to be overcome In the time of Francis II. and Charles IX a Family was seen advanc'd to the Throne by the Ruin of the Protestants who were for the House of Bourbon In this last Reign many Massacres hapned and several Millions of Hereticks have been Sacrificed but it answer'd otherwaies and his Majesty has show'd by the peace and mild waies he uses that he abhors shedding of Blood from which you must perswade his Britannie Majesty who naturally is inclin'd to Roughness and a kind of boldness which will make him hazard all if he does not politickly manage it as I hinted in my last when I mentioned my Lord Chancellor Most Reverend Father to satisfie the desire I have to shew you by my Letters the Choice you ought to make of such Persons fit to stir up I will in few words since you desire it inform you of the Genius of the People of our Court of

Council for Authorizing and Establishing of the said places for Exercise notwithstanding III. We likewise Prohibit all Lords of what condition soever they may be to have any Publick Exercise in their Houses and Fiess of what quality soever the said Fiess may be upon penalty to all Our said Subjects who shall have the said Exercises performed in their Houses or otherwise of Confiscation of Body and Goods IV. We do strictly Charge and Command all Ministers of the said Pretended Reformed Religion who are not willing to be Converted and to embrace the Catholick Apostolick and Roman Religion to depart out of our Kingdom and Countries under our Obedience 15 days after the Publication hereof so as not to continue there beyond the said term or within the same to Preach Exhort or perform any other Ministerial Function upon pain of being sent to the Galleys V. Our Will and Pleasure is That those Ministers who shall be Converted do continue to enjoy during their Lives and their Widows after their Decease as long as they continue so the same Exemptions from Payments and Quartering of Souldiers which they did enjoy during the time of their Exercise of the Ministerial Function Moreover We will cause to be paid to the said Ministers during their Lives a Pension which by a third part shall exceed the appointed Allowance to them as Ministers the half of which Pension shall be continued to their Wives after their Decease as long as they shall continue in the state of Widow-hood VI. And in case any of the said Ministers shall be willing to become Advocates or to take the Degree of Doctors in Law we Will and Understand that they be dispensed with as to the three Years of Study which are prescribed by our Declarations as requisite in order to the taking of the said Degree and that after they have pass'd the ordinary Examinations they be forthwith received as Doctors paying only the Moiety of those dues which are usually paid upon that account in every University VII We Prohibit any particular Schools for Instructing the Children of those of the Pretended Reformed Religion and in general all other things whatsoever which may Import a Concession of what kind soever in favour of the said Religion VIII And as to the Children which shall for the future be Born of those of the said Pretended Reformed Religion Our Will and Pleasure is That henceforward they be Baptized by the Curates of our Parishes strictly charging their respective Fathers and Mothers to take care they be sent to Church in order thereto upon Forfeiture of 500 Livres or more as it shall happen Futhermore Our Will is That the said Children be afterwards Educated and brought up in the Catholick Apostolick and Roman Religion and give an express Charge to all Our Justices to take care the same be performed accordingly IX And for a Mark of our Clemency towards those of our Subjects of the said Pretended Reformed Religion who have retired themselves out of our Kingdom Countries and Territories before the Publication of this our present Edict Our Will and Meaning is That in case they return thither again within the time of four Months from the time of the Publication hereof they may and it shall be lawful for them to Re-enter upon the Possession of their Goods and Estates and enjoy the same in like manner as they might have done in case they had always continued upon the place And on the contrary that the Goods of all those who within the said time of four months shall not return into our Kingdom Countries or Territories under our Obedience which they have forsaken remain and be Confiscated in pursuance of our Declaration of the 20th of August last X. We most expresly and strictly forbid all our Subjects of the said Pretended Reformed Religion them their Wives or Children to depart out of our said Kingdom Countries Territories under our Obedience or to Transport thence their Goods or Effects upon Penalty of the Gally for Men and Confiscation of Body and Goods for Women XI Our Will and Meaning is That the Declaration made against those who shall relapse be Executed upon them according to their Form and Tenor. ☞ Moreover those of the said Pretended Reformed Religion in the mean time till it shall Please God to enlighten them as well as others may abide in the several respective Cities and Places of our Kingdoms Countries and Territories under our Obedience and there continue their Commerce and enjoy their Goods and Estates without being any way molested upon account of the said Pretended Reformed Religion upon condition nevertheless as aforementioned that they do not use any publick Religious Exercise nor assemble themselves upon the account of Prayer or Worship of the said Religion of what kind soever the same may be upon forfeiture above specified of Body and Goods Accordingly We Will and Command our Trusty and Beloved Counsellors the people holding our Courts of Aids at Paris Bayliffs Chief Justices Provosts and other our Justices and Officers to whom it appertains and to their Lieutenants that they cause to be Read Published and Registred this Our present Edict in their Courts and Jurisdictions even in Vacation time and the same keep punctually without contrevening or suffering the same to be contrevened for such is Our Will and Pleasure And to the end to make it a thing firm and stable we have caused Our Seal to be put to the same Given at Fountainbleau in the Month of October in the Year of Grace 1685 and of Our Reign the XLIII Signed LEWES Le Tellier VISA This signifies the Lord Chancellors Perusal Sealed with the Great Seal of Green-wax upon a Red and Green string of Silk REgistred and Published the King's Attorney General requiring it in order to their being Executed according to Form and Tenor and the Copies being Examined and Compared sent to the several Courts of Justice Bailywicks and Sheriffs Courts of each District to be there Entred and Registred in like manner and charge given to the Deputies of the said Attorney General to take care to see the same Executed and put in Force and to certifie the Court thereof At Paris in the Court of Vacations the 22th of October 1685. Signed De la Baune A Letter of the French KING to the Elector of Brandenburgh Sept. 6. 1666. Brother I Would not have discoursed the Matter You write to Me about on the behalf of My Subjects of the Pretended Reformed Religion with any other Prince besides Your Self But to shew You the particular Esteem I have for You I shall begin with telling You that some Persons disaffected to my Service have spread Seditious Pamphlets among Strangers as if the Acts and Edicts that were Pass'd in favour of My said Subjects of the Pretended Reformed Religion by the Kings My Predecessors and Confirm'd by My Self were not kept and executed in My Dominions which would have been contrary to My Intentions for I take care that they