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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00307	An Epistle, or apologie of a true, and charitable brother of the Reformed Church in fauoure of Protestantes, papistes, & those of the Reformatio[n] for a more moderat course of proceeding in matters of religion by searchinge the Scriptures, & examining theire spirits for the sense, and true meaninge of them by a peaceable conference, & such easy meanes as weare practised in the apostolicall, and primitiue church for plantinge the faith, and rooting out of errour tending to vnitie of religion, loyaltie to the Kings Maiestie, increase of honoure to him & his posteritie, & good of the Commonwealth.		1605 (1605)	STC 10431.5; ESTC S2111	18,209	49

vpon his vvill pleasure To continue yet further in the affaires of Fraunce they that haue seene the successe may witnesse that no violence coulde vvorke out them of the Religion in the time and raigne of Charles 9. since the saide King Henries death the force of Spaine ioyned vvith Fraunce vnder the conduct of the dukes of Parma Du Maine did not so much preuaile in Fraunce as did the Bushop of Rome his courteous entreating the nowe king his adherents although of a contrary Religion vnto him If the Pope will for his more aduantage yeelde to them in some thinges who were his greatest enemies what neede we be so straight laced against our owne Contreymen for matters of religion May not his Maiesties example of clemency tovvards the Papistes heere moue some prince abroade to be fauorable to our brethren Is not the Masse suffered at Rochell other like townes in Fraunce in hope that they of the Religion may be likewise suffered in Paris other such townes in Fraunce Haue not our brethren in Holland offered to admit the Papistes to preach say Masse in theire Contreies so that they might haue like liberty in all the other Prouinces If we haue the truth why should we feare that other Religions should haue liberty with vs why may not the King doe as the Queene-mother did in Fraunce who being a strainger in the contrey at the death of her husband the gouerment of the realme fallinge into her hands during the minoritie of her children did iudge it the wisest way for the maintenance of her authority to keepe stil on foote the oppositiōs which she found either by diuersitie of Religion or otherwise to fauour them all in such sorte as still she might be able to curb the stronger by supporting the feeble and weaker partie Euery little gouernoure in Faunce that hath vnder his charge a towne or prouince where men of sundry Religions liue as the Duke Memorancy the Duke Bullion Diguiers and the like taketh the same course as the Queene mother did so keepeth his places or prouinces at his deuotion in due obedience And at this day in Fraunce you see no vndiscreetely zealous man in greate fauoure with the King or in high estate to gouerne that by the moderation of such as are not too forward the insolency of other whom zeale may moue to be trouble some may be repressed And thus the countrey is kept in greater peace quietnes then hath bene seene in Fraunce for 40. yeares before that chiefely by the diligēce dexteritie of two especiall fauorites of the kinge the Marques of Rosne high Tresurer Monsieur de Villaroy principal Secretary both of them of far different yet temperat humore in religion Nowe then let vs see what successe they had that tooke the contrary course of violence Truxes in these our daies B. of Colen became a Lutheran desirous to bring the contrey of his Electorship so in time the wholle Empire to Lutheranisme vsed no violence against his subiects that vvere Papists vntill Cassimer gaue him contrary councell by which he cleane ouerthrewe himselfe liued in banishment died in beggery left the contrey without all hope of euer enioying the gospell againe The zeale of the Archduke of Stiria was highly commended by the Papistes for his religious minde but not for his vndiscreete attempts in banishing them that were of a contrary religion out of all his dominions except they wolde become Papist like himselfe novve it is euident that the moderat gouernment of his father was much better vvho considering hovv daungerous a neighboure he had the number of those who otherwise woulde haue liued discontended in his contrey permitted them theire religion intreated them no worse then his other subiects vvhereby he ended his daies in peace vvhereas his sonne following a more headdy course of gouernment vvas the occasion that some of his subiects departed theire contrey had entrecourse vvith the Turke others staied dissembled theire religion while Canisia the key stay of that contrey vvas deliuered vp by them to the Turke vvho the more freely spoiled all the land because the Archduke hauing lost the hartes of his subiects vvanted men and meanes to resist him A vvorthy but lamentable mirror for all Princes to looke in behold hovv perilous a thing it is to vse violence against whatsoeuer religion but especially for England that so neere at hand hath such mighty kinges vvho perhapps vvold be glad of the like occasions We haue sometimes supported theire subiects against them for zeale of religion and therefore vve haue iust cause to feare the like measure If Charles 5. in Germany had not abated the flame of ciuill warres by his conniuence toleration the French king had made as easy an entrance into other parts of the empire as he did into those three Imperiall tounes Metz Towle Verdun but by the losse of these citties his successours haue learned to take a more milde course vvith theire subiects of whatsoeuer Religion least they shold open a more daungerous gap for the Turke the professed enemy of the Empire all Christiendome The like toleration as in the Empire is also permitted in the kingdome of Poland by reason of the Moscouit bordering vpon them in Dantzik as you knowe there is publique profession of both religions In Zuitzerland at the first heate many a blooddy battaile was fought for religion but in tyme thy learned to ioyne wisedome with zeale for conseruation of the state nowe they liue in peace with all securitie tolerating within theire Cantons the one the other Religion If the king of Spaine had at first permitted libertie of religion in the lowe contreis he had spared many a million both of men money enioyed with peace that vvich he is neuer like to recouer In that glasse likewise may we see howe ready Princes are vpon such occasions to weaken the forces of other Princes theire neighboures whose puissance they feare or enuye theire glory But nowe let vs looke home we shall see Ireland ouergrowen with papasts who haue not dissembled themselues as by the late vvarres appeared but especially att the Queenes death when not only in the contrey generally but also in the chiefe tounes where they were most restrayned made theire publique processions after the papisticall fashion where the Right honorable the novve Earle of Deuonshire most sage vvise in his gouernment not by force but faire meanes suppressing theire feruour conserued the Contrey in peace obedience to his Maiesty we see that the kinge doth not dislike that course by his singular fauoure to Tyrone his complices Scotland for the face of the Church is generally of our reformed Religion yet hath the Papist part so greate a sway in the contrey and so mighty a supporte of the Nobilitie that not many yeares since they encountred the earle of