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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

sufficient euidence giuen that theyr colour and pretence was to roote out that religion which the King of Nauarre professeth and most specially so bestroy him if it lay in their power in sort that the first stroke of their thunderbolt 〈◊〉 haue lighted first vpon his heade If his maiestie in the meanespa●e sawe not into the ende of their practises By occasion whereof the saide king of Nauarre perceiuing the king his Soueraigne Lord had giuen no order therein and foreséeing their pretence tended to destroy the protestantes was iustly moued to haue regard to his affayres And therefore about the ye●re M. v.r.lxxx and thrée he dispatched Mounsir de Segur Pardillian superintendent of his house to the Quéene of Englande the King of Denmarke the princes ●lectors of Almanie the Lantgraue of Hesse and other Princes and estates First to exhort them to séeke meanes to agrée the ●outrouersies in religiō which remayned 〈◊〉 the reformed churches and were abused to their common destruction Secondly to renewe and assure a perfect amis●●e with them without desiring or employing them any farther Thirdlye to furnishe in Almanye a good some of money therewith to prou●d whē néede should require a conueni●t succor against his mortal enimies At the which Kings Princes and estates are straighly allied to the Crowne of Fraunce with whom the King his Soueraigne Lorde hath Ambassadores with which Ambassadores the saide Mounsier de Segur had expresse charge to conferre and so did at certaine times whom he tooke for witnesses of his sayinges doinges of his propositions negotiations conclusions And after his returne the saide King of Nauarre most humbly besought his ma●estie to giue commaundement that with a● diligence information might be taken brought to his Maiestie of a● his legatiō being fully assured that therin they may most playnely beholde his french hart sincere affection true loyaltie towarde his maiesties person and Royall estate Wherefore the said King of Nauarre requireth al the aforesaid most noble kings princes to giue testimonye to the King vnder their owne signetts to his kingdome and al christendome whether at any tyme there haue been on his behalfe any letters or instructions deliuered 〈◊〉 communication had either againste the Kinges dignitye or against the wealth and felicity of hys estate or in any respect cōtrary to the duety 〈◊〉 a most humble and most deuoute seruant subiecte whether euer hee mooued them to make warre vpon the King to renue the troubles or destroy the Catholiques whether euer any ouerture hath béene directly or indirectly made vnto them touching the Kings death or any matter to followe vpon the same Also the sayde Lord the King of Nauarre most humbly beséech●th hys Maiestie that he may be tollerated to sende thys hys declaration to the sayde Princes against the aforementioned flaunders and to cause the same to bee presented by his Maiesties owne Ambassadors to wytte by euery of them in the place wher he is resident to all Christian Princes fréendes and confederates of this kingdome To thys ende that if he haue treated of any lyke matter then they nowe seeing him protest the contrary may estéeme him for a counterfeyte Prince of small fayth and troth and in all respectes vnwoorthye of theyr amity and fréendshyppe which hys abouesayd enemies goe about to make suspected And which for hys owne parts he franklie declareth that his desyre is with all carefulnes to entertayne as hee thinketh he hath most reasonably sought the same As touching the concord or agréement the aduersaryes allege it to beare date the fourtéenth day of December in the yéere 1580. and there make the sayds Mounsier de Segur present as Ambassadour from the King of Nauarre who had departed out of Almany repassed into the Lowe Countries and from thence into Englande where he soiourned two monethes and aboue and yet notwithstanding the employment of all that tyme was embarqued to returne into Fraunce before the fourtéenth day of December In which concorde they bring in the Ambassadours of the Elector Palatine and of the Prince of Orange the one dead aboue a yéere before leauing hys heyre vnder yéeres during whose mynority Duke Cazimir gouerneth the electorship the other murbered foure monethe● before by a Je●uite suborne● by such as are like to the confederates of this pretended holy league And yet nenerthelesse both the saide pr●●es as the aduersaries alledge are bound to be present this moneth of May in the towne of Basill concerning the concluding of some agréement in the controu●rsies of religion The aduersaries adde with all that the King of Nauarre on the xviii day of Aprill then next promised to enter into armes at which time forsooth they them selues were resolued to enter into them and now goe about to deriue the hatred thereof vppon this Prince who being on euery side compassed about with their conspiracies yet sturreth not at al. They date the said contract at Maidenbourgh a towne apperteyning to the sonne of my Lord the elector of Brandenbourgh and yet in the concord they remember neyther father nor the sonne And in truth it is no other but an imagniary assemblie For neither in that place nor any other canne there anye assemblie be founde to haue béen holden Further the tytles 〈◊〉 so many other 〈…〉 to much 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 with so 〈…〉 ●ncte to 〈…〉 〈…〉 for a 〈◊〉 pedlers 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Presthers 〈…〉 to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 people inste●ius 〈◊〉 they● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with bery 〈…〉 〈◊〉 for what can they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 war●e 〈◊〉 The 〈◊〉 of Mon●anban reser 〈◊〉 more bl●●e for any thing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thereof nor more 〈…〉 any thing published by thē of 〈…〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 The true 〈…〉 wheir the king h●●de conclud●d prace in the yeare 〈…〉 fiue 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 seaue● withful inte●tion 〈…〉 〈…〉 should 〈…〉 〈◊〉 his Muiesty lest in the 〈…〉 of the King of Nau●r●● and the 〈◊〉 〈…〉 for the 〈◊〉 of this god 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 very many de●●●ous of nothing more then to ●●nus the troubles who after fette themselues in Ar●●● with the Authors of thys league by all meanes possible crossed the execution of the sayde evict of peace and at all houres by sundry newe enterprises gaus occasion of distrust in sorte that the wounds which they ought to haue cured wered forer and the edict of peace which in tyme past was to take effects flydde backwards ●●●ppe by steppe and was cleane cut away from the Protestants poynt after poynt By the continuaunce of which practises it come to passe that during the 〈◊〉 yéeres the peace was diuersly interrupted by surprysings and attempts yea and by open war that continued the space of a whole yéere 〈◊〉 whence issued the conferences of N● rac Flex so that the 〈◊〉 yeres which were pre●●●ed for the rendring vp of the places ●●●●ised not to work the effect wherunto they were limitted and that by reason of the impedimēt which came by means of these interruptions of

his sayde Countrie of Bearne whom all men knowe to be a Catholique with expresse commission there to set up agayne the Catholique Romishe religion Yet notwithstanding the great dispayre that then was of the affayres of religiō in Fraunce notwithstanding the contrary profession of him selfe which might serue for an example to his subiectes and notwithstanding the aucthoritie of a gouernour by him expressly sent they did all resolue to perseuer in their religion and maintaine the forme of their estate without receiuing the said alteration in religion Wherefore the sayde King of Nauarre thought and let al men indge whether without good reason or not that it was a firme and well grounded resolution of his estats forasmuch as necessity yea that such necessitie as giueth law to al laws was not in any wise able to remoue them from it Also it is most true that in the assemblies of the estaes which are from yéere too yéere holden in his said countrie of Bearne there neuer appeared any man that required this change of religion though as it is well knowen there is suche libertie vsed in those assemblies that the least griefe pretended to haue béen rereiued from the Prince may be propounded with request of reformation and recompence whereby it appeareth to be afore any practise of the enufers of the tranquilitie of his subiectes and not an in warde desire of them And yet for all that the sayde Lord the king of Nauarre hath not ceased to make continual payment of the pentions of the Prelats and other Ecclesiastical persons of his said countrie for proofe wherof he will bring foorth no other witnesses but them selues and that most often with his owne proper money as the bishops of Acques and Oleron and others well knowe And that more is of his owne m●ere motion for the contentation of such● of his subiectes as might continue in the Catholique Romishe religion he moderated touching the cause of Religion the ordenaunces of the Quéene his mother ●●ceased which were but very small amercen●entes in monie So far of was it euer in those parties from such procéeding against the Catholiques by banishment corporall ●●nishment death burnings torments searching sifting as they that in these bayes call themselues the protectors of the Catholique Romish religion haue counsailed practised and brought in against the professors of the contrary religion And héereof the Catholiques of Bearne are witnesses who there liue in all peace and tranquillity Of whome many doo exercise notable offices either in the same Countrey or néere about the person of the sayd King of Nauarre and and hath the chéefest charge in his gards and bee Captaynes of his best houses which it is not likely that he wold euer allow or consent vnto if he had vsed any euill dealing toward them or if he kept any grudge in his heart to bee executed against them héereafter By the premisses it is sufficiently answered to theyr affirmation whereby they pretende him to be the sworne enemie of the Catholiques Yet neuertheles the sayde Lorde the King of Nauarre desirous to open his hart to al the world wil not sticke to lay open vnto them his affections and actions Wherefore the sayde King of Nauarre declareth that he● acknowledgeth and beléeueth and hath alwayes beléeued and acknowleged that in case the foundation of a good conscience be layde thereon the diuersity of religion is no empechement to a good Prince to drawe very good seruice indifferently from his subiects nor any hinderaunce to the subiects to yéelde theyr allegeance and bounden duties in all maner of respects as well to theyr superiours as to their Princes forasmuch as it is euident that both the religions equally according to the word of God doo recommend the duetie of the subiecte towarde his Prince and of the inferiour toward his superior And therefore the sayd Lord the King of Nauarre hath alwayes noted thys that he hath béene as faithfully serued by the one as the other As for example in the destribution of the offices of his house all men knowe well enough he hath indifferently furnished them with both sortes of men Also the sayd Lord the King of Nauarre knoweth himselfe to be well beloued and faithfully serued by Catholique Gentlemen and other persons of all degrees wheme hée hath accepted into his seruice as on their behalfes they wil all volutarily acknowledge themselues to bee loued by him without acception of religion and that according to the proportion of his ability he hath bestowed goods and honours vppon them as largely and more abundantly yea in the very tyme of warres then he did to the professors of his owne religion And further it is not vnknown to the Lords Gentlemen and all other Catholiques that during the time of the troubles he spared them as much as hee coulde in theyr goods and houses neuer suffering anie rigour of warre to be vsed to them no not so much as against hys owne Vassalles that rose in Armes against hym and were present at the destroying of his proper houses who notwithstanding after the warres were ended making their repayre vnto hym were all welcome to his presence and neuer receyued for theyr disloyall doings so much as an euill word or angry countenaunce at his handes So farre of hath he béene from practising against thē directly or indirectly according to the sundry meanes which the Lord hath ouer his Vassall any kinde of stomacke or reuengement Thus much also dare the King of Nauarre promise of his actions that so many of the Catholiques as vouchsafed to approche to him departed againe with good contentation without obseruing any thing in him whereby they coulde presnnre other wise then that hee bare a naturall affection to embrace all the Kings subiects and seruants of what soeuer religion they bee promising in like sort on theyr behalfe the like good wyll that they haue alwayes shewed towardes his The sayve King of Nauarre thinketh that the effects aboue specified which he hath hyther to continued are of sufficient weight to confute the allegations proclaimed against him by his enemies Yet neuertheles haue they affirmed that the sayd Lord the King of Nauarre hath sent into Englande and Germany to conclude a league to the destruction and confusion of the Catholiques for that as they allevge he foresawe the Kinges death and meant whensoeuer the same should happen to be in a readinesse to chaunge religion c. to inuade the possessions of the Clergie and confiscate them of the Novititie which woulde not ioyne themselues as adherents to his in●ention Vppon the which matter they haue dispersed in all places yea and caused to bee read in Sermons in the open Pulpitte a certaine concorde or agréement of the yeere a thousand syue hundred and eighty foure pretending the same to beare date the fourteenth of December as resulting of an assembly holden as they alledge at the instance of the said king of Nauarre at Magdebourgh that like wise