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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02966	The declaration of the King of Nauarre touching the slaunders published against him in the protestations of those of the League that are rysen up in armes in this realme of Fraunce. With priuiledge. Truely translated into English according to the French copie.; Déclaration du roy de Navarre sur les calomnies publiées contre luy ès protestations de ceux de la Ligue qui se sont eslevez en ce royaume. English.	Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610.; Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623, attributed name.; Hollyband, Claudius, 16th cent.; Navarre (Kingdom). Sovereign (1572-1610 : Henry III) aut	1585 (1585)	STC 13106; ESTC S115687	28,419	81

actions before all the abouesayde Princes and Nations to whose testimonie and iudgement hee willingly yeldeth himselfe that he hopeth not for any saluation otherwise then in the Christian faith and Religiō which hee embraceth with all hartie affection and for an infallible rule thereof hee receaueth the word cōtained in the olde and new Testament which it hath pleased GOD to preserue in this darknes for the light direction of his Church that hee beleeueth one Catholike and Apostelike Church for the preferuation continuall endewing wherof with all manner of graces bee daily prayeth vnto to God and would thinke himselfe most happie to shedde his blood in the defence thereof against the Infidelles That he beleeueth the Creedes or abridgements of the Christian faith which haue bene set downe by the same Catholike and Apostlike Church to serue as markes or cognisances whereby the Christians and Rightbeleeuers may be discerned frō such as thinke amisse of the faith and from heretikes And also bee embraceth the most auncient famous and lawfull Counsels that haue bene holden against them He reiecteth and detesteth with all his hart all doctrines by them condemned and for the reuerence he beareth to the Church yea wil be alwayes ready to yeld to her iudgement and stand to her decrée when shee shal be orderly assembled in a lawfull and holy counsell As touching the matter in controuersie whereof in these dayes there is question in the church The said Lord the King of Nauarre desireth that consideration may bee had that hee is not the onely man nor the first that hath complained of the abuses brought into the church and desired reformation of the same And therfore it should bee too harde that this most true Christian desire to see the Church reformed should be imputed vnto him as heresie or enimitie against the same In that for the space of fiue hundred yeares and aboue it hath bene a common complaint of all Princes of all learned men and of all holy personnages that the Churche through all this long tract of tyme hath lost much of her first puritie and sinceritie for shee being thus compounded of men who without doubt euer with thēselues added brought some what of their owne inuentions vnto her So that it hath bene the voyce of all Councelles without exception of any which haue béene holden within the compasse of the time aforesaid that the Church had great néede of reformation which in euery age hath béene long desired yea and vehemently sighed for by all the best sort of men out of whose mouthes this sentence would neuer else haue procéeded to witte that whosoeuer should affirme the Church to haue néede of purging ought to be taken for an heretike and enimie of the same That the most Christian Kings well perceauing the same haue often for the like effect thought it to appertaine to their office and toward the discharge of their consciences to exhort the Pope and Christian Princes to a generall Councell which in the Popes default and in case hee winked at the matter they could very well take vppon them to call together by their owne authoritie frō whence haue proceeded vnder their owne names most laudable ordynaunces for the reformation of the french Church So that in the ende after long complaint of many ages whē they to whome the matter seemed to appertaine would not take in hande but rather as all men know imployed themselues in the affaires of the worlde it came to passe that many Princes Peoples and estates with great care weying and cōsidering the reasons alledged vnto them and seeing the defence and maintenaunce of the same by the great constancie of infinite Parsons of all degrées in most gréeuous torments euen vnto th'extremitie of death did remit the said reformation to a lawful Councell and vpon refusall of the same did protest against the abuses which they pretented to be in the Churche and thereunto did laye their owne helping hande to redresse the same from whence sprang the Schisme which the saide Lord the King of Nauarre doth nowe bewaile to see in the Christian Church and against the which it was not vnpossible in so long tyme to find remedie if the honour of God and the saluation of men had touched vs as neere as our owne glorie or particular profit The sayd King of Nauarre in regard of him selfe saith that he was not only borne during this vnhappy Schisme that thus hath happened in the Christian Churche the cōtinuance whereof he iudgeth ought to be imputed to such as sought not means to revnite the Churche as they ought to haue done but also that hee was brought vp in Fraunce while th'exercise of both the Religions was permitted by the King in the generall estates of his Realme and after confirmed by many of his Maiesties Edictes besides he was nourished and instructed in his tender years in this beliefe that there were great abuses in the doctrine of the Romishe Church which 〈◊〉 great neede of reformation And after that hee was confirmed in the same all ●ell by the conference of many lenthed me as all so by reading the holy Scriptures So that he beléeueth in his hart●●●éely cof●●eth with his mouth that he is verily per●●aded that the trueth is on his side Which hath beene an occasion of his falling into very many dangers and losses rather then to 〈◊〉 the same By which occasion also to his great griefe he neuer hande the meane to do such seruices neither to bee partalier of the good grace fauour of his soueraigne Lord and Prince as otherwise without doubt he might haue done if hee could with a safe conscience haue framed himselfe so that profession which his Ma●essle followeth Yet notwithstanding to giue knowledge to all men that whatsoeuer hee hath done in that respect was not of obstinacie but of constancie neither by ambition but for the onely desire of his saluation hee most humbly bes●cheth his Maiestie to cause a free and lawfull councell to be helden according to the promises alwayes made by his edicts The said King of Nauarre being alwayes ready to receiue instruction from the same and to rule his beliefe according to that whiche there shal be discided concerning the controuersies in religion As for the counsel of Trent it is not to be obeyed For although the continuance thereof was prosecuted by the late king Charles and in the ende obteyned at the handes of Pope Paulus the thirde and after the proclayming thereof Ambassadores were sent from his maiestie to the same counsell with Christian and Catholike instructions agréeable to the holy decres of the romish church and approued by the Colledg of Sorbonne and the Doctors of the same sent to the said counsell with the sayd Ambassadors Yet not withstanding all their diligence vsed toward the Cardinales Legates and presidentes in the saide Counsell by the space of eightéene Monethes and aboue it was not possible to obteyne any thing conformable to