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A88437	The civil wars of France, during the bloody reign of Charls the Ninth: wherein is shewed, the sad and bloody murthers of many thousand Protestants, dying the streets and rivers with their blood for thirty daies together, whose innocent blood cries to God for vengeance. And may stand as a beacon tired to warn, and a land-mark to pilot all Protestant princes and states to a more secure harbour than peace with Papists. / Faithfully collected out of the most antient and modern authors, by a true Protestant, and friend to the Common-wealth of England.	London, William, fl. 1658.	1655 (1655)	Wing L2851; Thomason E1696_1; ESTC R209434	160,389	298

comand this is the K. comand Presently the Duke of Guise and his ignoble Train of Nobles goes out of the Court crying Armour Armour we have had good success and a happy beginning let us now proceed to the rest for it is the Kings Commandment which words he repeated often This is the Kings command This is his commandment this is his Will this is his express Pleasure The Alarm bell rings to a general Massacre Then was caused to ring the bloody token for a General Alarum being the great Bell of the Palace and instantly it was bruted and published as the cause of this Murther That the Protestants had conspired against the King Queen and Court and were about to put this design into practice being armed to that purpose The Admirals body cruelly abused his head cut off and sont to the Pope by the King Then a certain Italian of Gonzagues band cut off the Admirals head which was sent to the King and Queen Mother and by them preserved with spices and so sent to the Pope and Cardinal of Lorrain at Rome as a rich Present Others cut off his hands others his secret parts then the common rascally rable for three daies together dragged his dead body which was mangled and besmered with blood and filth through the streets and afterwards drew it out of Town to the common Gallows and so with a rope left his body hanging by the feet at Montfaucon These cruelties were the badges of the Kings commands and these bloody Hell-hounds wore their Masters Livery All they find in the Admirals lodging are basely murthered among whom 2 children of honourable birth Now the Nobles and their cruel Murtherers brake into the rest of the Admirals chambers and those they found in their beds or hidden in any corners they mangled with many bloody-wounds and so cruelly destroyed them amongst which number thus slain was two young innocent babes Pages of an honourable birth and extract which indeed seemed to all that heard it to be too great an act of cruelty but what was bad enough to be done was their best deeds whereby they hoped with the help of the Popes Bulls to prove not only pardonable but also meritorious Count Rochfoucault a brave and noble Commander basely slain and extreamly pittied There was basely murthered the Count Rochfoucault which for his great wisdom pleasant wit and exeeding valour was highly esteemed of by King Henry and for the same cause this King shewed the like favour This brave Commander Statesman and Nobleman de Naunce was commanded to kill but for the true worth he knew was lodged in the heart of this brave Worthy and for the old acquaintance he had with him he utterly abominated it in an absolute refusal but one Laberge an Avernois and Limb of Hell one that was willing to sell his Soul for a little profit one that would receive a reward though it were from the Devils hands one that would enter upon any bloody service though his pay was damnation Deut. 27.25 Cursed is he that taketh are-ward to slay an innocent person and all the people shall say Amen The Admirals Son a noble and valiant Gentleman basely slain his brave speech This bloody unworthy fellow offered himself to the King to murther this brave nobleman if his Majesty would grant him the Count's Captainship of Horse and thus was this gallant Count basely murthered by men not to be spoken of for men when the Count will be remembred and named with respect in the Court of honour At the same time also and in the same place the Admirals Son Teligny was slain he was a young Gentleman of great accomplishments both of wit and valor insomuch that the King by his respects and affections shewed to him did do homage to his great deserts even to exalting him to the highest strain of Adulation this gallant young Gentleman I say being designed to such a cowardly death and base murther cryed out That now he saw it was even grievous for him to live in that he was the cause of his Fathers confidence of the Kings Love in that he had often commended the Kings faithfulness to him and so this brave Gentleman refused not this death offered him yielding his life as a sacrifice to their wrath and cruelty and thus was this poor Gentleman miserably butchered His Lieutenant shews great valor and fights stoutly but is murthered But his Lieutenant a resolute and brave young Gentleman having the advantage of his arms lengthened out his life in a stiff and stout resistance shewing that he would do what he could not who like a valiant Souldier wrapping his cloak about his arm he fought for his life to the feeling and applause of his bloody and merciless enemies but at last overpowred with number and strength was as unworthily slain as highly applauded Many brave Noblemen Gentlemen basely bloodily and inhumanly murthered in their chambers and streets At this time also was murthered Collonel Montaumar and Rouray Son to the Baron Des Adretts with all the rest of the Gentlemen that had relation to the Admiral amongst whom were many flourishing young Noblemen and Gentlemen all being basely and cruelly murthered and butchered in the prime of their youth and so cut off from all future hopes of high attempts who as they were the cream of the Protestnt Gallantry so were they the But of their Enemies cruelty And thus fell these Noble Gentlemen that at all times carried so much intrinsick worth as purchased immortal praise After this Cossins Souldiers with the Noblemens bands The Soldiers encoraged to blood by having the plunder free for their reward Men Women and children murthered children taken out of the womb alive and murthered the street strewed with dead bodys went ransacking from House to house tearing all away that was worth carriage and in such a manner as is commonly done at taking a Town by storm and so many grew rich by others poverty For the Duke of Guise Duke of Montpenscir the Cavalleir King Henry's bastard Gonzague Tavignes and other Principal Lords encouraged the Soldiers to proceed to blood with promise of all the booty free for their pains still crying out This is the Kings commandment So all the day from Morning to evening the skum of the City the gleanings of all villains did run up and down with their bloody Swords raging and glorying in their bloody Massacres unheard of murthers for they spared not the aged nor the women with child nor the poor innocent babes some whereof being taken alive out of their Mothers wombs without pitty they cruelly and presently destroyed and in a Triumphant joy they threw the slain bodies out of the Windows insomuch that there was scarce a lane that was not strewed with the dead bodies of the poor Protestants Nothing to be heard but the doleful crys and groans of the dying and terrible noise of the murtherers And as the City felt

forced to hold a Rapier in her hands and one thrusting her arms made her kill her own husband they send about a Drum to sell Prisoners and none coming to buy they there murthered them 120 burnt there was six score burnt to ashes A godly Christian stoned and burned These cruel Papists and bloody Brats of Fury took a godly Christian one Janetta Calvin and carrying her to the City of Brignole they shamefully stripped her and then whipt her cruelly they crown her with thorns then they stone her and afterwards burned her Cruelty at S. Martins At St. Martins in Castillon they took the wife of one Andrew Renand stript her naked and attempted the violating of her chastity which she resisting was with great cruelty whipt and wounded with their Swords at last they shot her to death Some there heads cut off others buried alive In Moni de Marsan six of the chief men of the Town had their heads cut off and others after divers waies were executed one was buried alive a young virgin persued by some villains to ravish her leapt out of a window and so dyed Murthers at Carcasson At Carcasson the Protestants were hearing a sermon out of the Town they return suspecting nothing they find the gates shut upon them the Papists in Town shot divers times at them afterwards come out of the Gates and persue them slew many hurt others they beat one down to the ground and then cut off his Nose and pulled out his eyes others they hanged Many cruelties one they beheaded one they took and made his face hands and feet black then said he had a Devil then hanged him and at last threw his body to the Dogs Some have arms and legs cut off and then beheaded Protestants burned in Churches In Foix no sooner was the Town taken by the Lord of Pailles but the Protestants were cast into prison some having their arms and legs cut off and then beheaded some burnt others hanged others put to the Galleys In Aurenge they destroy without taking notice of Sex Age or Quality some they stabb'd some they threw up with their Halberds some hanged others burnt in churches off some they cut their Privy members sparing neither old nor bed-rid nor the poor diseased in hospitals women and maids are killed others hanged out at their windows and shot with Harquebusseirs sucking children massacred at their Mothers breasts Virgins of six years old ravisht 90. killed after promise of life virgins of five or six years old ravished and spoyled the wounds of the dead were filled with leaves torn out of Bibles those in the Castle yielding upon oath and promise of safety were all stabbed or thrown over the walls to the number of ninety Protestants At Grenoble At Grenoble they slew many throwing them over the bridge into the River At Beaun At Beaun the exercise of their Religion was taken from them all their godly Ministers put into prison eight hundred forced out of the Town the Souldiers spoil their houses and all they find in them are slain Their madness and horrid cruelty to a faithful Minister of Christ In Mascon the blood-thirsty villains having seized on a learned and Godly Minister called Bonnet Bor whose Godly conversation the more enraged these wicked blood-hounds of Hell this Godly Soul had been Minister twenty years and in these daies of murther and cruelties had been ransomed three times him they carried through the Town with many jears and abusive scoffs beating him with their fists then profanely they made a Proclamation That whosoever would hear this holy man preach they might come to the slaughter-bouse At which place again they mocked him and beat him for two hours together he intreated the favour of them that he might pray to God before his death then one stept out and cut off half his nose and one of his ears saying Now pray as long as thou wilt and then we will send thee to all the Devils whereupon the godly soul kneeled and so fervently poured out his soul to God that his Enemies sighed and after prayer directing his Speech to him that cut off his Nose said Friend I am now ready to suffer what thou hast ready to inflict upon me but I intreat thee and thy companions to remember the outrages committed by you upon this poor City for there is a God in heaven at whose Tribunal you must shortly give account of these your cruelties In which mean while a Captain going by cryed send that wretched man to the Devil which one of them hearing took him by the hand pretending to have him to the River to wash his blood of but when he came thither he threw him into the River and cast stones at him till he was drowned the Murthers at Revel At Revel hearing of the confusion and sad slaughters and of their merciless cruelties at Tholouse many saved themselves flying to Castres and elsewhere but left their families and goods to the mercy of these hell-hounds some Protestants being apprehended by virtue of a Commission from the Parliament were carried to Tholouse and imprisoned some condemned to the Gallies some fined and others banished At Montdelleir In Montpeleir they yielded on terms of life but were slain as they came out At Millan about thirty Protestants going under the condduct of one Peigre to relieve a Protestant Village called Cooper they were all taken by one Vessin and were presently cut in pieces and their Conductor Peigre was led to Tholouse A Captain quartered alive Breach of promise and 100. killed and at the command of the Cardinal Armagnac he was quartered alive At the Castle of Granes one Savignac delivered up the Castle on terms of life to all within it yet they were so base as in their usual way of keeping covenant they break promise and kill about one hundred Protestants being all in the Castle except six or seaven Horrible breach of faith March Castle a Castle belonging to the Signeur of Peyre a Protestant was in the beginning of February besieged by Coffart who having taken it by Treason he kept his Faith as if he had no faith at all for he murdered all in cold blood after promise of life A special providenc● The Baron of La Fare trying all means to have a maid of excellent beauty at his wretched pleasure besieged Florac the place where she was but was forced from it so as the Gentlewomans virginity and Citizens blood were both saved At Cisteron the Protestants being fled the Papists fell bloodily upon the poor innocent women and children VVomen with childe ripped and buried alive and slew of them to the number of three or four hundred some women with child were ript up many buried alive some their throats cut like sheep and others drawn through the streets and beaten to death with clubs These and many more Christian Reader were cruelly committed on the poor