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A06377	A declaration made by my lord prince of Conde, for to shew and declare the causes, that haue co[n]strained him to take vpon him the defence of the Kinges authoritie of the gouernement of the Queene, and of the quietness of this realme, with the protestation therevpon requisite	Condé, Louis, prince de, 1530-1569.	1562 (1562)	STC 16849.3; ESTC S107741	8,634	30

A DECLAration made by my lord prince of Conde ▪ for to shew and declare the causes that haue cōstrained him to take vpon him the defence of the Kinges authoritie of the gouernement of the Queene and of the quietnes of this Realme with the protestation therevpon requisite PRINTED AT LONdon by Roulande Hall for Edwarde Sutton dwellyng in Loumbarde streate at the signe of the Cradell 1562. A Declaration made by my lord Prince of Conde to shew and declare the causes that haue constrayned him to take vpon hym the defence of the Kinges authoritie of the gouernement of the queene and of the quietnes of this realme with the protestation therevpon requisite ALthough it bee their parte which arme thē selues firste by their owne priuate authoritie to gyue a reason and cause of their doynge Yet the Lorde Prince of Conde considering how muche this present sturre and tumult by reasō of diuers circumstaunces is subiect to many sondrie iudgemētes besides that the common domage requireth a sure and speedye reamedie thought it good to preuent al sclaūderous tales and misreportes and to declare as here foloweth the causes whiche haue moued hym to associate hym selfe wyth hys kynsfolke frendes and seruauntes for to do seruice vnto the Kynge to the Queene and to all this realme in their great necessitie and nede Euery man knoweth that after the great troubles happened aboute matters of religion where with it is moste manifest that manye abusinge the naturall goodnesse of our kinges haue serued their owne turnes to establishe to maintein their greatnes and honour Finallye in the moneth of Ianuarye laste paste there was and edicte or decree made by his maiestie to rule and order both the partes with the aduise of the most notable and best chosen assemblye that the kinge coulde chose in all his parlements This decre and commaundement being shortly after published in the most part of the parlements of this Realme gaue a great hope of rest and quietnes as the effect declared and no doubt if y e parlement of Paris had not vsed suche a delay the tranquillitie of y e towne and of the whole parlement therof had bene shoulde yet haue bene muche more then we se it now to be The let of this publication hathe engendred by iuste occasion diuers suspicions that that was not done w tout great practise whiche tended to a further ende whiche thing was cōfirmed by the goings commings and drifts of the prouoste of the Marchauntes of Paris with the parcialities that euerye man knew to bee betwene the presidents and counsailers of the said courte Also y t all men knew how the Constable being sued vnto and layed vpon by certaine parcial Marchaūts had filled thē w t a certain hope y t this decre cōcerning religion should not continue long Notwithstandinge y t moued not y e said lord prince any thing at all nor yet others of the reformed churches to saye or do any thing that shoulde trouble the cōmon quietnes of this realme but in the middst of an infinite number of violences outragious wronges wherof they could neuer haue iustice thei haue taried loked for the issue of the publication w t the greatest modestie and pacience that they coulde This publication being made at Paris with great earnest and importunate suyte and rather by prayer and request than by the commaundement of the king or of the quene The sayd lord prince after a greuous sickenes toke hys leaue of the king and the queene in hope to rest him selfe a whyle at his house In the meane tyme newes were broughte of the cruell and horrible but cherlye slaughter committed at Wassye in the presence and company of y e duke of Guyse where were most tyrannously slayne many of the kinges subiectes as well men as women and children whiche were assembled togyther to heare a Sermon and to pray vnto God folowing the religion and pure worde of god which y e sayd lord prynce main tayneth with them and trusteth to mayntayne vnto death by all meanes lawfull This cruelty thus reported at Paris moued in sundrie wyse the one partye and the other in suche sorte that there was euen at that tyme greate likely hode that some greate mischefe woulde ensue of it the rumour being spredde abrode that the sayde Duke of Guyse came in armour w t a great company beyng determined to roote vp and destroye all the congregations whiche they call of the newe religion the whiche also for their part consydering that the kings decre and ordinance semed not to be able to maintayne them against the force violence and rage of their enemies stode at their defence hauinge firste sente to the Quene certayne men of learnynge and vertue for to demaunde of her iustice for the murder committed in the sayd place of wassy Thys was the cause why the sayd lord Prince beinge at that tyme in good houre arryued at Paris for to goe to his house and desyringe to remedie the inconueniences that threatened the towne of Paris went at the commaūdement of the Queene to meete the king her at Monceaux where he told them what he feared and aduertised them that for the auoyding of trouble it should be good that the Duke of Guyse whom men sayd did come with great power and with a great company armed withstādinge the kinges decree and ordenaunce at the lest shoulde not passe through the sayde towne of Paris whyche thing was found good by the quene and vpon occasion she wrote vnto him with her owne hand Now the saide Prince hoped that the said duke of Guyse woulde haue obeyd the Queene and whiche is more that in laying a syde his weapons would haue submitted himself with all his companye to the order of iustice equalye obserued in this realme as well in the behalfe of the lest as of the greatest when they be accused of anye crime and that he woulde haue come straighte to the kinge and the quene with al humilitie according to his dutie But it chaunced clene contrary for making no other answere but that he was busyed at Mantuil in feastinge his frendes he went strayght to Paris with a very great companye of hys kinsfolke and frends and seruauntes and others with open armour And he may not go about to excuse him selfe for taking the said armour and gathering suche a company together for feare y t he had of them of y e reformed churches w c men call Huguenots whiche is as muche to saye as heretikes For it is wel knowen that before the murder at Wassye he marched with weapons forbidden by the kinges decree and ordenaunce Also that the most parte of them that did accompany hym had bene longe before called together by him and by others out of al places of this realme so that longe before there was no talke at Paris but of that and of his comming Furthermore knowing that those of the reformed churches tooke the way of lawe

the which distourbers and disquyeters of thys realme breakers of the decrees and ordenances of all the estates he entendeth with al his companye to bestowe and to spend hys body and goodes vnto his last breath as a good and faithefull subiecte and seruant of the crowne of Fraunce and specially beinge of the house of Fraunce Also bycause the sayde men wyll not fayle to abuse the auctorye of the king and y e Quene whom they kepe in a myserable and vnworthye Captiuitye for to serue their owne turnes agaynste the faythefull and trustye subiectes of his maiestie For this cause the sayde lord prince protesteth and declareth presently that he wil not credyte any letters messages cōmandemētes decres ordenances whatsoeuer they be made by the sayde men vnder the name of hys mayestie For asmuche as it is well knowen that they shall be forced and gotten by manifeste violence agaynst all lawe of God and man For that accepted the lorde prynce wyl neuer giue place to any mā lyuinge in the humble obedience that he oweth and wyll giue to his maiestie and to the Queene hys mother More as touching the king of Nauare his brother the sayde Lorde Prynce protesteth that wyth the band of brotherly loue y e particuler respect that he oweth vnto him he meaneth to acknowledge hī after the order and degree that he hath in this realme with all obedience next to the king and Queene whiche by the common consent of the states the agrement of the Prynces of the bloode royall the approbation of the parlements of Fraunce hath receyued y e gouernance of this realme as also he is assured y t the sayd kinge of Nauarre consyderinge these foresayd thinges will haue suche regard to it as reason and the present necessyte requireth The which also the sayd lord prince moste humbly and moste instantely besecheth him to doe Also the sayd lord prince to shewe that he speaketh syncerly and truely protesteth presently that in steade of comminge to hande strokes he is ready to vnarme him selfe vpō these conditions folowing whiche are so reasonable y t they cannot be refused but of those that prefer their owne gayne before the quyetnesse of thys realme That is to weete that the king and quene y e Duke of orleans my lord chauncelour and other of y e counsell be firste of all set agayne at suche libertie safftye as they ought to be which thing cānot be done vntill all weapons be laid asyde vnder the name of the king in the hands of others than of those which folow the sayde men of the counsel holden at Paris Further more that the sayd of the house of Guise the constable marshall of S. Andre be sent agayne to their houses that they haue a daye and place appointed them to come appeare before y e king and the quene to offer themselues w t al humilite as they ought to do for to render a reason of this that is before sayd likewise of that which was layd against them before by the estates of thys realme For y e which it is moste reasonable necessarye that prouisyon be made by the kīg the quene And the sayde lord prince for his part offreth likewise to make accompt and to Iustifie him selfe of all y t men can laie to his charge or to them of hys companye whan and before whome it shall appartayne gyuen at Orleans the seuen daye of Aprill in the yere of our Lord. 1562. Sygned Loys of Bourbon Prynted at London by Rouland Hall for Edvvard Sutton dvvellyng in Loumbarde strete at the signe of the Cradell 1562.

thinges it can not be nor ought to be estemed other than a takynge and captiuitie of them and that y e most hurtful most miserable and shamefull that euer chaunced or coulde chaunce to this Realme And vppon this it maye please the Queene mother to remember the admonicion and counsell that was gyuen her by a certen Portugal together with a man of Spaine another sent out of Sauoye as touching y t which she nowe at this day feeleth findeth true to the great and extreme greefe of her most obedyent subiects seruaunts And to thintent that this may be yet better knowen and vnderstode of all true subiectes and faithful seruants The said lord prince besides that he declareth things past desyreth al mē to be aduertised of the enterprises which is very easy to coniecture and gather which the fordsaid men doe pretend to execute to the intent that if they be put in effect by thē no mā can doubte but y t they are very enemies to the king and to his crowne and on the other side if there be other let them haue so much the more certaine meanes to declare shewe it in abstaining frō suche enterprises That is that hauing beset and then caried to Meleum y e kinge the quene the yong duke of Orleans and those which they thought good with armed men to enioye them at their pleasure they entend to helpe them selues with their authoritie against the saide Lorde prince and all other which withstand and resist theyr enterprises declarynge them culpable of that which they them selues haue alreadye partlye executed and done and whereof the sayde lorde Prynce neede not take the payne to excuse him selfe seynge the experience and profe sheweth sufficientlye that all the dayes of his lyfe he hath myslyked and despysed all that they haue sought and sewed for that haue growen and encreased so sone into such an honour greatnesse that there is none but Iudgeth with al the states of this realme that it is muche more reasonable to demande of them the cause of it than it can be easye for them to giue a reason why And if the sayde Duke of Guyse with his fynde themselues vnfaulty in this behalf they shall do much for them to purge themselues of it according to y e request that y e estats haue made therin in steade of troublynge both heauen and earth and to gyue this occasyon to men to thynke that they feare nothing more than to enter into this matter The occasyon of that counsell is euydente ynoughe to weete to the intente that all lettes beynge taken awaye they myghte dispose rule the realme of Fraūce at their pleasure and for asmuch as to attayne to these ende and purposes they knowe they muste haue other ayde and shores men saye that their drift and policie is to roote vp and destroy all those of the reformed churches that is to say all thei that resist them in makynge a certayne newe decree at theyr owne wyll by the meanes of certain hyred and suborned persons as well of the Parlement of Paris as of elles where to the intent that the other parte shoulde bee as it were indebted to them in ruynynge at the least halfe the realme for to haue it rather half at their desyre than to see it enioye whollye the quietnes and reste so muche desyred of all good men and as reiected of those whiche neuer made their profit but with the losse and domage of another man and of the ruine of the commons THE protestation THese things consydered wyth many other whiche time shall discouer y t said lord prince protesteth this that foloweth before the king y e quene and the states of this realme with y e realmes potentates lordes frendes and allyes of thys Crowne and generally before all Chrystendome First that the onely consideration of that which he owyth to god and to his churche with the zeale y t he hath particularly to y e crowne of Fraunce vnder the gouernemēt of the quene and finally the hartye affection that he beareth to the quietnes and tranquillity of this realme cōstraine him to seke all lawful meanes according to gods lawe mans according to the order and decre y t he hath in thys realme for to delyuer oute of Captiuitie the persō of the king of y e quene his mother my lordes her children and to maintain y e keping of y e kings decres ordenāces and specially vp on y e matter of religiō set vp made by y e aduise of the princes of y e bloude ryall lords of the coūsel presydentes and conselours of the parlements sauing the said men of y e house of guise which now will trust beleue their owne particular aduises It cannot fayle to be such as mē se it to be if it were no more but to iustify y e cruelty more than barbarous which was cōmytted in the sayd place of Wassye Also the said lord prince with a good nūber of other prīces knights lords of the counsel captaines gentillmē men of warre mē of Iustice lawe marchants and men of the three estates of this realme moste affectuously besecheth and requireth with all his hart all good faithful trusty subiects and seruants of his maiestie carefully and diligētly to see reade and way al these foresaid things for feare that lest vnwares in steade of succoring and ayding the kynge the quene my lords her children in their captiuitie they be by y e practises and false aduertisements of the enemies of y e peace tranquillitie of this realme brought to be y e ministers of y e destructiō of y e same And to preuent and w tstand these things he prayeth them to help him and to staye vp the crowne of Fraūce now fallen downe if god of his infinite mercy lifte it not vp again whervnto after hauīg called vpō his grace he craueth y e aide y e assistance fauour of al kīgs prīces and potentates alyes confederates of this crowne the w c he taketh al for beholders wyttnesses and Iudges of his fidelite integryte in the cōseruation of the state of y e kinge whose inuocencye full of al good hope hath not deserued to be ī captiuity of those which by y e benefites of his predecessours fathers haue bene raysed vp in authorite so that now they shuld so manifestly conspire y e ruyne of the sōne of the quene his mother of al the estates of this realme Moreouer by thys present protestation he meaneth wyth all his companye to declare hym selfe pure and innocent of the bloud shed and of the calamites and myseryes wherwyth this realme is threatned throughe the partyculare ambytyon of those which hauing nothing to doe but to looke to the gouernement of thys realme are comme vnto it them selues by armes for to chase them oute whom both goddes lawe and mans dyd call vnto and which were borne counselours Against the violence of