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A06372	The true originall edict of Nants as it was enacted by Henry the third, and confirmed by the last French King Henry the fourth of famous memory. And reestablished by Lewis the thirteenth, for the better assurance of those of the reformed religion, as appeareth by the Kings Edict of peace, dated in the campe at Mompellier the nineteenth of October 1622. and proclaimed throughout all his dominions for a finall ending of all ciuill troubles. Cum priuilegio.; Edit de Nantes. English	France.; France. Sovereign (1574-1589 : Henry III)	1622 (1622)	STC 16843; ESTC S103960	28,148	58

Magistrates or by the Commissaries whom we shall depute for the execution of this present Edict there be as commodious a place allotted them for this purpose as may be And such Churchyards as heretofore they had and whereof they were depriued by reason of the troubles shall be restored them except they be at that present built vpon of what qualitie soeuer they be in which case they shall be prouided of others at free cost XXIX We most expresly enioyne our said officers to haue a care that at the said interments no scandall be committed and they shall be bound within fifteene dayes after request made to prouide those of the said Religion of a commodious place for their said burials without vsing any delay or protraction therein vnder penaltie of fiue hundred crownes to be seissed on their proper names and persons The said officers also as well as all others are prohibited to execute nothing for the conueyance of the said dead bodies vpon penaltie of seuere punishment XXX To the end that iustice may be yeelded and ministred to our subiects without any partialitie hatred or fauour as being one of the principall meanes to maintaine them in peace and concord we haue and do ordaine that in our Court of Parliament of Paris shall be established a Chamber or Counsell of estate consisting of one President and sixteene Counsellours of the said Parliament which shall be called and entitled the Chamber of the Edict and it shall examine not onely the causes and processes of those of the said pretended reformed Religion which shall be within the iurisdiction of the said Court but also of those depending on our Courts of Normandie and Brettaine according to the immunitie conferted vpon it by this present Edict and this to go current vntill in each of the said Parliaments there be established a Chamber to minister iustice in their proper precincts We also ordaine that of the foure offices of Counsellours in our said Parliament of Paris being of the last erection by vs made there shall be presently receiued and entertained into the said Parliament foure of those of the said pretended reformed Religion sufficient and capable who shall be thus distributed the first receiued into the said Chamber of the Edict and the other three in order as they haue bene receiued into three of the Chambers of Inquests and moreouer that of the two first offices of lay Counsellours of the said Court which by the death of any one shall grow vacant they shall be furnished with two of the said pretended reformed Religion and they thus receiued to be distributed into the two other Chambers of Inquests XXXI Besides the chamber heretofore established at Castres for a reference to our Court of Tholouse which shall continue in the estate it now stands we haue and for the same consideration do ordaine that in each of our Courts of Parliament both of Grenoble Bourdeaux there shall be likewise a Chamber consisting of two Presidents the one a Catholicke and the other of the pretended reformed Religion and of twelue Counsellours whereof sixe shall be Catholickes and the other sixe of the said Religion which Presidents and Catholicke Counsellours shall be selected and chosen by vs out of the bodie of our said Courts And as for those of the said Religion there shall a new creation be made of a President and sixe Counsellours for the Parliament of Bourdeaux and of a President three Counsellours for that of Grenoble who with the three Counsellours of the said Religion which are at that present in the said Parliament shall be employed in the said Chamber of the Daulphiney And the said offices of the new creation shall be lyable to the same pensions honours authorities and preheminences as the other of the said Courts And the said Sessiō of the said Chamber of Bourdeaux shall be in the said Bourdeaux or at Nerac and that of Daulphiney at Grenoble XXXII The said Chamber of Daulphiney shall determine the causes of those of the pretended reformed Religion with reference to our Parliament of Prouence without hauing need to take letters of summons or other citations then in our Chamber of Daulphiney as also they of Normandie and Brettaine of the said Religion shall not be vrged to take letters of summons or other citations then in our Chancerie at Paris XXXIII Our subiects of the Religion of the Parliament of Burgundie shall haue the election and choice to pleade in the Chamber erected in the Parliament of Paris or in that of Daulphiney And they shall not also be tyed to take letters of summons or any other citations but in the said Chanceries of Paris or Daulphiney according to their owne opinion and liking XXXIIII All the said Chambers disposed as aforesaid shall determine and iudge in soueraigntie and sentence definitiue by finall decree before all other of suites and differences moued and to be moued in which they of the pretended reformed Religion shall be principall parties or warranties in cases of plaintiffe or defendant in all matters as well ciuill as criminall whether the said processe be by writ or verball appeales and that if it so seeme good to the parties or that one of them requireth it before any Plea in the cause in respect of sute to be commenced alwayes excepted matters of benefices and the possessors of tenthes not enfeoffed Ecclesiasticall patronages and causes wherein the rights Demaine of the Church are questioned all which shall be ended and iudged in the Courts of Parliament without that the said Chambers of the Edict shall haue any thing to do to determine therein As also our pleasure is that to iudge and recide criminall causes which shall happen between the said Ecclesiastickes and those of the pretended reformed Religion if the person Ecclesiasticall be defendant in this case the iudgement of the criminall cause shall belong priuatiuely to our Soueraigne Courts of the said Chambers and where the Ecclesiasticke shall be plaintife he of the said Religion defendant the iudgement and determination of the criminall cause shall belong by appeale and in the last reference to our said established Chambers The said Chambers also in vacation times shall determine of matters referred by the Edicts and Ordinances to the Chambers or Courts established in times of vacation each one in his proper prerogatiue XXXV The Chamber of Grenoble shall from this present be vnited and incorporated to the body of the said Court of Parliament and the Presidents and Counsellors of the said pretended reformed Religion entitled Presidents and Counsellors of the said Court and held in the rancke and number of them and for these ends they shall be first disposed of in the other Chambers and then culled and drawen out from them to be employed and to serue in that which we institute anew with iniunction notwithstanding that they shall be present and haue a voice and session in all deliberations made and Counsels assembled and shall enioy the

except the parties had rather attend the renouation of the said Chamber or Court. And if it happen that the same processe be commenced in all the Chambers separately the issue thereof shall be returned to the said Chamber of Paris XLVIII Refusals brought in against the Presidents Counsellours of the Chambers distinctly may be determined by the number of sixe to which number the parties shall be restrained otherwise it shall go forward without any regard had to the said Refusals XLIX The examination of Presidents and Counsellors newly chosen in the said Chambers by equal numbers shall be made by our priuie Counsell or by the said Chambers each one within its precinct when they are met in sufficient number and yet the accustomed oath shall by them be exhibited in the Courts where the said Chambers shall be established and vpon their refusall in our priuie Counsell except those of the Chamber of Languedoc who shall take their oath from the hands of our Chancellour or in the said Chamber L. We will and ordaine that the reception of our Officers of the said Religion shall be iudged in the same seuerall Chambers by the pluralitie of voices as is vsuall in other iudgements not being requisite that the voices should differ two thirds according to the Ordinance the which in this respect remaines abrogated LI. All propositions deliberations and resolutions pertaining to publicke peace and for the particular estate and policie of Townes shall be made in the said seuerall Chambers and in the said Townes where the said Chambers reside LII The article of the iurisdiction of the said Chambers ordained by this present Edict shall be followed and obserued according to forme and tenor thereof especially in that which concerneth the execution omission or violation of our Edicts when those of the said Religion shall be parties LIII The subalternate royall Officers or others the reception of whom belongs to our Courts of Parliaments if they be of the same pretended reformed Religion may be examined receiued in the said Chambers that is to say those of the dependant Courts of the Parliaments of Paris Normandie and Brettaine in the said Chamber of Paris those of Daulphiney and Prouence in the Chamber of Grenoble those of Burgundie in the said Chamber of Paris or Daulphiney at their choice those of the Precincts of Tholouse in the Chamber of Castres and those of the Parliament of Bourdeaux in the Chamber of Guyenne and no other to oppose their admissions or make parties but our Procurors generall and their Substitutes and those placed in the said offices yet neuerthelesse the accustomed oath shall by them be exhibited in the Courts of parliaments which shal haue no iurisdiction in their said receptions and vpon the refusall of the said Parliaments the said Officers shall minister the oath in the said Chambers which being so ministred they shall be bound by some Clerke or Notarie to present the act of their receptions to the Greffiers or Registers of the said Courts of Parliaments and to leaue a compared copie thereof with the said Greffier or Register who are enioyned to register the said acts vpon penaltie of paying all the charges dammages and interests of the parties and if the said Registers refuse to do it it shall be sufficient for the said Officers to bring the act of the said reception drawne by the said Registers or Notarie and to cause the same to be registred in the greffe or rowle of their iurisdictions there to be viewed when need shall require vpon penaltie of annihilating their proceedings and iudgements And as for those Officers whose reception was not accustomed to be made in our said Parliaments in case they whom it concerneth make refusall to proceed in the said examination and reception the said Officers shall repaire to the said Chambers to be furnished as they ought LIIII The Officers of the said pretended reformed Religion which shall hereafter be chosen to serue within the bodies of our said Courts of Parliaments Grand Counsell Chamber of Accompts Court of Aydes Receiuers for the Treasurers generall of France and other Officers of the Exchequers shall be axamined and receiued in the places where they vse to be and in case of refusall and deniall of iustice they shall be constituted in our priuie Councell LV. The reception of Officers made in the Chamber heretofore established at Castres shall remaine in force notwithstanding all Iudgements or Ordinances to the contrarie the reception also of Iudges Counsellours and other Officers of the said Religion made in our priuy Counsell shall be validious or those chosen by Commissaries by vs ordained vpon the refusall of our Courts of parliament of the Aydes or Chambers of Accompts euen as if they had bene made in the same Courts and Chambers and by the other Iudges to whom such receptions appertaine and their pensions shall be allowed by the Chambers of Accompts without scruple and if any haue bene dismissed they shall be reestablished without any further command then this present Edict and the said Officers shall not stand bound to present any other reception notwithstanding all Decrees passed to the contrarie which shall remaine inualidious and of no effect LVI Vntill meanes be procured to defray the expences of the Iustice of our said Chamber out of the monies of fines or confiscations we will assigne a valuable and sufficient proportion to discharge the said expences without leuying monyes out of the goods of those condemned LVII The Presidents and Counsellours of the said pretended reformed Religion heretofore receiued into our Court of Daulphiney and into the Chamber of the Edict incorporated into the same shall continue and hold their Sessions and places there that is to say the Presidents as they haue and do enioy at this present and the Counsellours according to the Iudgements and Decrees which they haue obtained in our priuie Counsell LVIII We further declare that all sentences Iudgements Decrees Seizures Vents and Orders set downe and established against those of the pretended reformed Religion as well liuing as dead since the departure of the late King Henrie the second our most honourable Lord and Father in law by reason of the said Religion troubles tumults since happened together with the execution of the same Decrees from this present to be razed reuoked and nullified We ordaine that they shall be razed and wiped out of our Registers of the Stewards of Courts as well soueraigne as inferiour as likewise our pleasure is that all markes foot-steps and monuments of the said executions bookes and Acts defamatorie to their persons memoriall and posterity shall be remoued and defaced and that the places whe●e vpon these occasions any ruines or demolitions haue bene made shall be restored in the same condition they were to the proprietaries of the same to enioy and dispose of them at their pleasure And generally we haue reuoked cashiered and annihilated all proceedings and informations made for any enterprises whatsoeuer