An edict of the French king prohibiting all publick exercise of the pretended reformed religion in his kingdom wherein he recalls and totally annuls the perpetual and irrevocable edict of King Henry the IV, his grandfather, given at Nantes, full of most gracious concessions to Protestants : to which is added, the French king's letter to the Elector of Brandenburg, containing several passages relating to the foregoing edict : as also, a brief and true account of the persecution carried on against those of the foresaid religion ... : together with the form of abjuration the revolting Protestants are to subscribe and swear to, and a declaration of His Electoral Highness of Brandenburg ... / translated out of French.
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             An edict of the French king prohibiting all publick exercise of the pretended reformed religion in his kingdom wherein he recalls and totally annuls the perpetual and irrevocable edict of King Henry the IV, his grandfather, given at Nantes, full of most gracious concessions to Protestants : to which is added, the French king's letter to the Elector of Brandenburg, containing several passages relating to the foregoing edict : as also, a brief and true account of the persecution carried on against those of the foresaid religion ... : together with the form of abjuration the revolting Protestants are to subscribe and swear to, and a declaration of His Electoral Highness of Brandenburg ... / translated out of French.
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             France.
             Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, 1620-1688.
             Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
          
           
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           AN
           EDICT
           OF
           THE
           French
           King
           ,
           Prohibiting
           all
           Publick
           Exercise
           of
           the
           
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           he
           Recalls
           ,
           and
           totally
           Annuls
           the
           perpetual
           and
           irrevocable
           Edict
           of
           King
           Henry
           the
           IV.
           his
           Grandfather
           ,
           given
           at
           Nantes
           ;
           full
           of
           most
           gracious
           Concessions
           to
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           is
           added
           ,
        
         
           The
           French
           King's
           Letter
           to
           the
           Elector
           of
           Brandenburg
           ,
           containing
           several
           Passages
           relating
           to
           the
           foregoing
           Edict
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           ,
           A
           Brief
           and
           True
           Account
           of
           the
           Persecution
           carried
           on
           against
           those
           of
           the
           foresaid
           Religion
           ,
           for
           to
           make
           them
           Abjure
           and
           Apostatize
           .
        
         
           Together
           ,
           With
           the
           Form
           of
           Abjuration
           the
           Revolting
           Protestants
           are
           to
           Subscribe
           and
           Swear
           to
           .
        
         
           And
           a
           Declaration
           of
           his
           Electoral
           Highness
           of
           Brandenburg
           ,
           in
           Favour
           of
           those
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           who
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           settle
           themselves
           in
           any
           of
           his
           Dominions
           .
        
         
           
             Translated
             out
             of
             French.
          
           
        
         
           
             The
             Second
             Edition
             Corrected
             ,
             with
             Additions
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           by
           G.
           M.
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1686.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           An
           Edict
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           Prohibiting
           all
           Publick
           Exercise
           of
           the
           
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           in
           His
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           
             LEWES
             ,
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             King
             of
             France
             and
             of
             Navarre
             ,
          
           
             to
             all
             present
             and
             to
             come
             ,
             Greeting
             .
          
        
         
           King
           Henry
           the
           Great
           ,
           Our
           Grand-Father
           of
           Glorious
           Memory
           ,
           desiring
           to
           prevent
           ,
           that
           the
           Peace
           which
           he
           had
           procured
           for
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           after
           the
           great
           Losses
           they
           had
           sustained
           ,
           by
           the
           long
           Continuance
           of
           Civil
           and
           Foreign
           Wars
           ,
           might
           not
           be
           disturbed
           by
           occasion
           of
           the
           
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           as
           it
           had
           been
           during
           the
           Reign
           of
           the
           Kings
           ,
           his
           Predecessors
           ;
           had
           ,
           by
           his
           Edict
           given
           at
           Nantes
           ,
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           April
           ,
           1598.
           regulated
           the
           Conduct
           which
           was
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           with
           Respect
           to
           those
           of
           the
           said
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Places
           where
           they
           might
           publickly
           exercise
           the
           same
           ,
           appointed
           extraordinary
           Judges
           ,
           to
           administer
           Justice
           to
           them
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           also
           ,
           by
           several
           distinct
           Articles
           ,
           provided
           for
           every
           thing
           ,
           which
           he
           judged
           needful
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           Peace
           and
           Tranquility
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           diminish
           the
           Aversion
           which
           was
           between
           those
           of
           the
           One
           and
           Other
           Religion
           :
           and
           this
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           he
           might
           be
           in
           a
           better
           condition
           for
           the
           taking
           some
           effectual
           Course
           (
           which
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           do
           )
           to
           re-unite
           those
           again
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           upon
           so
           slight
           Occasions
           had
           with-drawn
           themselves
           from
           it
           .
           And
           forasmuch
           as
           this
           Intention
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           our
           said
           Grand-Father
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           effected
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           suddain
           and
           precipitated
           Death
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           fore-said
           Edict
           was
           Interrupted
           during
           the
           Minority
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           Our
           most
           Honoured
           Lord
           and
           Father
           ,
           of
           Glorious
           Memory
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           new
           Enterprizes
           of
           those
           of
           the
           
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           whereby
           they
           gave
           occasion
           for
           their
           being
           deprived
           of
           several
           Advantages
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           granted
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           afore-said
           Edict
           :
           notwithstanding
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           Our
           said
           late
           Lord
           and
           Father
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           wonted
           Clemency
           ,
           granted
           them
           another
           Edict
           at
           Nismes
           ,
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           July
           ,
           1629.
           by
           means
           of
           which
           the
           Peace
           and
           Quiet
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           being
           now
           again
           Re
           established
           ,
           the
           said
           late
           King
           ,
           being
           animated
           with
           the
           same
           Spirit
           and
           Zeal
           for
           
           Religion
           ,
           as
           the
           King
           Our
           said
           Grand-Father
           was
           ,
           resolved
           to
           make
           good
           Use
           of
           this
           Tranquility
           ,
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           put
           this
           Pious
           Design
           in
           Execution
           ;
           but
           Wars
           abroad
           ,
           coming
           on
           a
           few
           Years
           after
           ,
           so
           that
           from
           the
           Year
           1635.
           to
           the
           Truce
           which
           was
           concluded
           with
           the
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           ,
           in
           1684.
           the
           Kingdom
           having
           been
           only
           for
           some
           short
           Intervals
           ,
           altogether
           free
           from
           Troubles
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           possible
           to
           do
           any
           other
           thing
           for
           the
           Advantage
           of
           Religion
           ,
           save
           only
           to
           diminish
           the
           number
           of
           Places
           permitted
           for
           the
           Exercise
           of
           the
           
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           the
           Interdiction
           of
           those
           which
           were
           found
           Erected
           ,
           in
           prejudice
           to
           the
           Disposal
           made
           in
           the
           said
           Edict
           ,
           as
           by
           suppressing
           the
           Mixt
           Chambers
           of
           Judicature
           ,
           which
           were
           composed
           of
           an
           equal
           number
           of
           Papists
           and
           Protestants
           ;
           the
           Erecting
           of
           which
           was
           only
           done
           by
           Provision
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           the
           present
           Exigency
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           therefore
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           grant
           ,
           that
           Our
           Subjects
           enjoying
           a
           perfect
           Peace
           ,
           and
           We
           Our selves
           being
           no
           longer
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           Cares
           of
           Protecting
           them
           against
           Our
           Enemies
           ,
           are
           now
           in
           a
           Condition
           to
           make
           good
           Use
           of
           the
           said
           Truce
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           on
           purpose
           facilitated
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           applying
           our selves
           enirely
           to
           the
           searching
           out
           of
           Means
           ,
           which
           might
           successfully
           effect
           and
           accomplish
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Kings
           ,
           Our
           said
           Grand-Father
           and
           Father
           ,
           and
           which
           also
           hath
           been
           *
           Our
           Intention
           ever
           since
           we
           came
           
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           We
           see
           ,
           at
           present
           ,
           (
           not
           without
           a
           just
           Acknowledgment
           of
           what
           We
           owe
           to
           God
           on
           that
           Account
           )
           that
           Our
           Endeavours
           have
           attained
           the
           End
           We
           propos'd
           to
           Our selves
           ,
           forasmuch
           as
           the
           greater
           and
           better
           Part
           of
           Our
           Subjects
           of
           the
           said
           
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           have
           already
           Embraced
           the
           Catholick
           ;
           and
           since
           ,
           by
           Means
           thereof
           ,
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           other
           Ordinances
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           said
           
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           is
           become
           useless
           ,
           We
           judge
           that
           We
           can
           do
           nothing
           better
           towards
           the
           entire
           effacing
           of
           the
           Memory
           of
           those
           Troubles
           ,
           Confusions
           ,
           and
           Mischief
           ,
           which
           the
           Progress
           of
           that
           false
           Religion
           hath
           been
           the
           cause
           of
           in
           Our
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           which
           have
           given
           Occasion
           to
           the
           said
           Edict
           ,
           and
           to
           so
           many
           other
           Edicts
           and
           Declarations
           which
           went
           before
           it
           ,
           or
           were
           made
           since
           with
           reference
           thereto
           ,
           than
           by
           a
           Total
           Revocation
           of
           the
           said
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           Articles
           and
           Concessions
           granted
           therein
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           else
           hath
           been
           Enacted
           since
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           said
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
           
             I.
             
          
           
             We
             make
             known
             ,
             that
             We
             ,
             for
             these
             and
             other
             Reasons
             Us
             thereto
             moving
             ,
             and
             of
             Our
             certain
             Knowledge
             ,
             full
             Power
             and
             Authority
             Royal
             ,
             have
             by
             the
             present
             Perpetual
             and
             Irrevocable
             Edict
             ,
             Suppressed
             and
             Annulled
             ,
             do
             Suppress
             and
             Annull
             the
             Edict
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             Our
             said
             Grand
             Father
             ,
             given
             at
             Nantes
             ,
             in
             April
             1598
             in
             its
             whole
             extent
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             particular
             Articles
             ratified
             the
             Second
             of
             May
             ,
             next
             following
             ,
             and
             Letters
             Patent
             granted
             thereupon
             ;
             as
             likewise
             ,
             the
             Edict
             given
             at
             Nismes
             ,
             in
             July
             1629.
             declaring
             them
             null
             and
             void
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             never
             been
             Enacted
             ;
             together
             with
             all
             the
             Concessions
             granted
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             other
             Declarations
             ,
             Edicts
             and
             Arrests
             ,
             to
             those
             of
             the
             
               Pretended
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             of
             what
             Nature
             soever
             they
             may
             be
             ,
             which
             shall
             all
             continue
             as
             if
             they
             never
             had
             been
             .
             And
             in
             pursuance
             hereof
             ,
             We
             Will
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             our
             Pleasure
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             Churches
             of
             those
             of
             the
             
               Pretended
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             scituate
             in
             our
             Kingdom
             ,
             Countries
             ,
             Lands
             ,
             and
             Dominions
             belonging
             to
             Us
             ,
             be
             forthwith
             demolished
             .
          
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           
             We
             forbid
             our
             Subjects
             of
             the
             
               Pretended
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             to
             Assemble
             themselves
             ,
             for
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Exercise
             of
             their
             Religion
             in
             any
             Place
             or
             House
             ,
             under
             what
             pretext
             soever
             ,
             whether
             the
             said
             Places
             have
             been
             granted
             by
             the
             Crown
             ,
             or
             permitted
             by
             the
             Judges
             of
             particular
             places
             ;
             any
             Arrests
             of
             our
             Council
             ,
             for
             Authorizing
             and
             Establishing
             of
             the
             said
             places
             for
             Exercise
             ,
             notwithstanding
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           
             We
             likewise
             Prohibit
             all
             Lords
             ,
             of
             what
             condition
             soever
             they
             may
             be
             ,
             to
             have
             any
             Publick
             Exercise
             in
             their
             Houses
             and
             Fiefs
             ,
             of
             what
             quality
             soever
             the
             said
             Fiefs
             may
             be
             ,
             upon
             penalty
             to
             all
             our
             said
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             shall
             have
             the
             said
             Exercises
             performed
             in
             their
             Houses
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             of
             Confiscation
             of
             Body
             and
             Goods
             .
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             
          
           
             We
             do
             strictly
             Charge
             and
             Command
             all
             Ministers
             of
             the
             said
             
               Pretended
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             willing
             to
             be
             Converted
             ,
             and
             to
             embrace
             the
             
               Catholick
               Apostolick
            
             and
             
               Roman
               Religion
            
             ,
             to
             depart
             out
             of
             our
             Kingdom
             and
             Countries
             under
             our
             Obedience
             ,
             15.
             days
             after
             the
             Publication
             hereof
             ,
             so
             as
             not
             to
             continue
             there
             beyond
             the
             said
             term
             ,
             or
             within
             the
             same
             ,
             to
             Preach
             ,
             Exhort
             ,
             or
             perform
             any
             other
             Ministerial
             Function
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             being
             sent
             to
             the
             Galleys
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             V.
             
          
           
             Our
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             is
             ,
             That
             those
             Ministers
             who
             shall
             be
             Converted
             ,
             do
             continue
             to
             enjoy
             during
             their
             Lives
             ,
             and
             their
             Widows
             after
             their
             Decease
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             they
             continue
             so
             ,
             the
             same
             Exemptions
             from
             Payments
             and
             Quartering
             of
             Souldiers
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             enjoy
             during
             the
             time
             of
             their
             Exercise
             of
             the
             Ministerial
             Function
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             We
             will
             cause
             to
             be
             paid
             to
             the
             said
             Ministers
             ,
             during
             their
             Lives
             ,
             a
             Pension
             ,
             which
             by
             a
             third
             part
             shall
             exceed
             the
             appointed
             Allowance
             to
             them
             as
             Ministers
             ;
             the
             half
             of
             which
             Pension
             shall
             be
             continued
             to
             their
             Wives
             ,
             after
             their
             Decease
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             they
             shall
             continue
             in
             the
             state
             of
             Widow-hood
             .
          
        
         
           
             VI.
             
          
           
             And
             in
             case
             any
             of
             the
             said
             Ministers
             shall
             be
             willing
             to
             become
             Advocates
             ,
             or
             to
             take
             the
             Degree
             of
             Doctors
             in
             Law
             ,
             we
             Will
             and
             Understand
             that
             they
             be
             dispensed
             with
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             three
             Years
             of
             Study
             ,
             which
             are
             prescribed
             by
             our
             Declarations
             ,
             as
             requisite
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             taking
             of
             the
             said
             Degree
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
             after
             they
             have
             pass'd
             the
             ordinary
             Examinations
             ,
             they
             be
             forthwith
             received
             as
             Doctors
             ,
             paying
             only
             the
             Moiety
             of
             those
             dues
             ,
             which
             are
             usually
             paid
             upon
             that
             account
             in
             every
             University
             .
          
        
         
           
             VII
             .
          
           
             We
             Prohibit
             any
             particular
             Schools
             for
             Instructing
             the
             Children
             of
             those
             of
             the
             
               Pretended
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ;
             and
             in
             general
             ,
             all
             other
             things
             whatsoever
             ,
             which
             may
             Import
             a
             Concession
             ,
             of
             what
             kind
             soever
             ,
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             said
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
             VIII
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             to
             the
             Children
             which
             shall
             for
             the
             future
             be
             Born
             of
             those
             of
             the
             said
             
               Pretended
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             Our
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             is
             ,
             That
             hence
             forward
             they
             be
             Babtized
             by
             the
             Curates
             of
             our
             Parishes
             ;
             strictly
             charging
             their
             respective
             Fathers
             and
             Mothers
             to
             take
             care
             they
             be
             sent
             to
             Church
             in
             order
             thereto
             ,
             upon
             Forfeiture
             of
             500.
             
             Livres
             or
             more
             ,
             as
             it
             shall
             happen
             .
             Furthermore
             ,
             Our
             Will
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Children
             be
             afterwards
             Educated
             and
             brought
             up
             in
             the
             
               Catholick
               Apostolick
            
             and
             
               Roman
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             give
             an
             express
             Charge
             to
             all
             Our
             Justices
             ,
             to
             take
             care
             the
             same
             be
             performed
             accordingly
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             IX
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             a
             Mark
             of
             our
             Clemency
             towards
             those
             of
             our
             Subjects
             of
             the
             said
             
               Pretended
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             who
             have
             retired
             themselves
             out
             of
             our
             Kingdom
             ,
             Countries
             ,
             and
             Territories
             ,
             before
             the
             Publication
             of
             this
             our
             present
             Edict
             ,
             Our
             Will
             and
             Meaning
             is
             ,
             That
             in
             case
             they
             return
             thither
             again
             ,
             within
             the
             time
             of
             four
             Months
             ,
             from
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Publication
             hereof
             ,
             they
             may
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             lawful
             for
             them
             ,
             to
             Re-enter
             upon
             the
             Possession
             of
             their
             Goods
             and
             Estates
             ,
             and
             enjoy
             the
             same
             in
             like
             manner
             ,
             as
             they
             might
             have
             done
             ,
             in
             case
             they
             had
             always
             continued
             upon
             the
             place
             .
             And
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             that
             the
             Goods
             of
             all
             those
             ,
             who
             within
             the
             said
             time
             of
             four
             Months
             ,
             shall
             not
             return
             into
             our
             Kingdom
             ,
             Countries
             ,
             or
             Territories
             under
             our
             Obedience
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             forsaken
             ,
             remain
             and
             be
             Confiscated
             in
             pursuance
             of
             our
             Declaration
             of
             the
             20th
             .
             of
             August
             last
             .
          
        
         
           
             X.
             
          
           
             We
             most
             expresly
             and
             strictly
             forbid
             all
             our
             Subjects
             of
             the
             said
             
               Pretended
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             them
             ,
             their
             Wives
             or
             Children
             ,
             to
             depart
             out
             of
             our
             said
             Kingdom
             ,
             Countries
             ,
             or
             Territories
             under
             our
             Obedience
             ,
             or
             to
             Transport
             thence
             their
             Goods
             or
             Effects
             ,
             upon
             Penalty
             of
             the
             Gally
             ,
             for
             Men
             ,
             and
             of
             Confiscation
             of
             Body
             and
             Goods
             for
             Women
             .
          
        
         
           
             XI
             .
          
           
             Our
             Will
             and
             Meaning
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             Declaration
             made
             against
             those
             who
             shall
             relapse
             ,
             be
             Executed
             upon
             them
             according
             to
             their
             Form
             and
             Tenor.
             
          
           
             Morever
             ,
             those
             of
             the
             said
             
               Pretended
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             in
             the
             
             mean
             time
             ,
             till
             it
             shall
             Please
             God
             to
             enlighten
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ,
             may
             abide
             in
             the
             several
             respective
             Cities
             and
             Places
             of
             our
             Kingdoms
             ,
             Countries
             ,
             and
             Territories
             under
             our
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             there
             continue
             their
             Commerce
             ,
             and
             enjoy
             their
             Goods
             and
             Estates
             ,
             without
             being
             any
             way
             molested
             upon
             account
             of
             the
             said
             
               Pretended
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ;
             upon
             condition
             nevertheless
             ,
             as
             forementioned
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             use
             any
             publick
             Religious
             Exercise
             ,
             nor
             assemble
             themselves
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             Prayer
             or
             Worship
             of
             the
             said
             Religion
             ,
             of
             what
             kind
             soever
             the
             same
             may
             be
             ,
             upon
             forfeiture
             above
             specified
             of
             Body
             and
             Goods
             .
          
           
           
             Accordingly
             ,
             We
             Will
             and
             Command
             our
             Trusty
             and
             Beloved
             Counsellors
             ,
             the
             people
             holding
             our
             Courts
             of
             Aids
             at
             Paris
             ,
             Bayliffs
             ,
             Chief
             Justices
             ,
             Provosts
             ,
             and
             other
             our
             Justices
             and
             Officers
             to
             whom
             it
             appertains
             ,
             and
             to
             their
             Lieutenants
             ,
             that
             they
             cause
             to
             be
             Read
             ,
             Published
             ,
             and
             Registred
             ,
             this
             Our
             present
             Edict
             in
             their
             Courts
             and
             Jurisdictions
             ,
             even
             in
             Vacation
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             keep
             punctually
             ,
             without
             contrevening
             or
             suffering
             the
             same
             to
             be
             contrevened
             ;
             for
             such
             is
             Our
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             .
             And
             to
             the
             end
             to
             make
             it
             a
             thing
             firm
             and
             stable
             ,
             we
             have
             caused
             Our
             Seal
             to
             be
             put
             to
             the
             same
             .
             Given
             at
             Fountainbleau
             ,
             in
             the
             Month
             of
             October
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             of
             Grace
             1685
             ,
             and
             of
             of
             Our
             Reign
             the
             XLIII
             .
          
           
             
               Signed
               LEWES
               .
            
             VISA
             .
             
               This
               Signifies
               the
               Lord
               Chancellors
               Perusal
               .
            
             
               Le
               Tellier
               .
            
             
               Sealed
               with
               the
               Great
               Seal
               of
               Green-wax
               ,
               upon
               a
               Red
               and
               Green
               string
               of
               Silk
               .
            
          
           
             
               REgistred
               and
               Published
               ,
               the
               Kings
               Attorney
               General
               requiring
               it
               ;
               in
               order
               to
               their
               being
               Executed
               according
               to
               Form
               and
               Tenor
               ;
               and
               the
               Copies
               being
               Examined
               and
               Compared
               ,
               sent
               to
               the
               several
               Courts
               of
               Justice
               ,
               Bailywicks
               ,
               and
               Sheriffs
               Courts
               of
               each
               District
               ,
               to
               be
               there
               Entred
               and
               Registred
               in
               like
               manner
               ;
               and
               charge
               given
               to
               the
               Deputies
               of
               the
               said
               Attorney
               General
               ,
               to
               take
               care
               to
               see
               the
               same
               Executed
               ,
               and
               put
               in
               Force
               ;
               and
               to
               certifie
               the
               Court
               thereof
               .
            
             
               
                 At
                 Paris
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 Vacations
                 ,
                 t
                 
                   he
                   22th
                   .
                   of
                   Octob.
                   1685.
                   
                
              
               
                 Signed
                 De
                 la
                 Baune
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           of
           the
           French
           KING
           to
           the
           ELECTOR
           of
           
             Brandenburg
             ,
             Sept.
          
           6.
           1666.
           
        
         
           
             BROTHER
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Would
           not
           have
           discoursed
           the
           Matter
           You
           write
           to
           Me
           about
           ,
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           My
           Subjects
           of
           the
           
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           with
           any
           other
           Prince
           ,
           besides
           Your Self
           :
           But
           to
           shew
           You
           the
           particular
           Esteem
           I
           have
           for
           You
           ,
           I
           shall
           begin
           with
           telling
           You
           ,
           That
           some
           Persons
           ,
           disaffected
           to
           My
           Service
           ,
           have
           spread
           Seditious
           Pamphlets
           among
           Strangers
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           Acts
           and
           Edicts
           that
           were
           Pass'd
           in
           favour
           of
           My
           said
           Subjects
           of
           the
           
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Kings
           My
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           Confirmed
           by
           My Self
           ,
           were
           not
           kept
           and
           executed
           in
           My
           Dominions
           ;
           which
           would
           have
           been
           contrary
           to
           My
           Intentions
           :
           for
           I
           take
           care
           that
           they
           be
           maintained
           in
           all
           the
           Priviledges
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           Granted
           them
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           kindly
           us'd
           as
           My
           Other
           Subjects
           .
           To
           this
           I
           am
           Engaged
           both
           by
           My
           Royal
           Word
           ,
           and
           in
           Acknowledgment
           of
           the
           Proofs
           they
           have
           given
           Me
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           during
           the
           late
           Troubles
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           took
           up
           Arms
           for
           My
           Service
           ,
           and
           did
           vigorously
           Oppose
           ,
           and
           successfully
           Overthrow
           the
           ill
           Designs
           which
           a
           Rebellious
           Party
           were
           contriving
           within
           My
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           against
           My
           Authority
           Royal.
           I
           pray
           God
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             BROTHER
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           short
           Account
           of
           the
           Violent
           Proceedings
           ,
           and
           unheard-of
           Cruelties
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           Exercised
           upon
           those
           of
           Montauban
           ,
           and
           which
           continue
           to
           be
           put
           in
           Practice
           in
           other
           Places
           ,
           against
           those
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           in
           France
           ,
           for
           to
           make
           them
           Renounce
           their
           Religion
           .
        
         
           ON
           Saturday
           the
           8
           /
           18th
           .
           of
           August
           ,
           1685.
           the
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Upper
           Guienne
           ,
           who
           Resides
           at
           Montauban
           ,
           having
           Summoned
           the
           Principal
           Protestants
           of
           the
           said
           City
           to
           come
           before
           him
           ,
           represented
           unto
           them
           ,
           That
           they
           could
           not
           be
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           the
           Absolute
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           of
           the
           King
           was
           ,
           to
           Tolerate
           but
           One
           Religion
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           viz.
           The
           
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           wished
           them
           readily
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           same
           :
           And
           in
           order
           thereto
           ,
           advised
           them
           to
           .
           Assemble
           themselves
           ,
           and
           consider
           what
           Resolution
           they
           would
           take
           .
           To
           this
           Proposal
           some
           answer'd
           ,
           
             That
             there
             was
             no
             need
             of
             their
             Assembling
             themselves
             upon
             that
             Account
             ;
             forasmuch
             as
             every
             one
             of
             them
             in
             particular
             ,
             were
             to
             Try
             and
             Examine
             themselves
             ,
             and
             be
             always
             in
             a
             readiness
             to
             give
             a
             reason
             of
             the
             Faith
             which
             was
             in
             them
             .
          
        
         
           The
           next
           Day
           the
           Intendant
           again
           commanded
           them
           to
           Meet
           together
           in
           the
           Town-House
           ,
           which
           ,
           he
           ordered
           ,
           should
           be
           left
           free
           for
           them
           from
           Noon
           ,
           till
           Six
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Evening
           :
           Where
           meeting
           accordingly
           ,
           they
           Unanimously
           resolved
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           Lived
           ,
           so
           to
           persist
           till
           Death
           in
           their
           Religion
           :
           Which
           Resolution
           of
           theirs
           ,
           there
           were
           some
           Deputed
           by
           them
           to
           declare
           to
           the
           Intendant
           ;
           who
           presenting
           themselves
           before
           him
           ,
           he
           who
           was
           appointed
           Spokesman
           ,
           began
           to
           Address
           himself
           to
           the
           Intendant
           in
           these
           Words
           :
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             We
             are
             not
             unacquainied
             ,
             how
             we
             are
             menaced
             with
             the
             greatest
             Violence
             :
             —
             Hold
             there
             ,
          
           said
           the
           Intendant
           (
           interrupting
           him
           )
           
             No
             Violence
          
           .
           After
           this
           the
           Protestant
           continued
           ;
           
             But
             whatever
             Force
             or
             Violence
             may
             be
             put
             upon
             us
             ,
          
           —
           Here
           the
           Intendant
           interrupting
           him
           again
           ,
           said
           ,
           I
           
           
             forbid
             you
             to
             use
             any
             such
             Words
             :
          
           Upon
           which
           Second
           Interruption
           ,
           he
           contented
           himself
           to
           assure
           him
           in
           few
           Words
           ,
           
             That
             they
             were
             all
             Resolved
             to
             Live
             and
             Dye
             in
             their
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Day
           after
           ,
           the
           Battallion
           of
           
             La
             Fere
          
           ,
           consisting
           of
           16.
           
           Companies
           ,
           entred
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           were
           followed
           by
           many
           more
           .
           The
           Protestants
           all
           this
           while
           dreaming
           of
           no
           other
           Design
           they
           had
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           ruining
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Impoverishing
           them
           ,
           had
           already
           taken
           some
           Measures
           how
           to
           bear
           the
           said
           Tryal
           ;
           they
           had
           made
           a
           Common
           Purse
           ,
           for
           the
           Relief
           of
           such
           who
           should
           be
           most
           burthen'd
           with
           Quartering
           ;
           and
           were
           come
           to
           a
           Resolution
           to
           Possess
           what
           they
           had
           ,
           in
           Common
           :
           But
           ,
           Alas
           !
           how
           far
           these
           poor
           Souls
           were
           mistaken
           in
           their
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           how
           different
           the
           Treatment
           they
           received
           from
           the
           Dragoons
           was
           ,
           from
           what
           they
           had
           expected
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           Relate
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           First
           therefore
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Executing
           the
           Design
           and
           Project
           they
           had
           formed
           against
           them
           ,
           they
           made
           the
           Souldiers
           take
           up
           their
           Quarters
           in
           one
           certain
           Place
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           but
           withal
           ,
           appointed
           several
           
             Corp
             de
             Guards
          
           to
           cut
           off
           the
           Communication
           which
           One
           part
           of
           the
           City
           might
           have
           with
           the
           Other
           ,
           and
           possess'd
           themselves
           of
           the
           Gates
           ,
           that
           none
           might
           make
           their
           Escape
           .
           Things
           being
           thus
           ordered
           ,
           the
           Troopers
           ,
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           Dragoons
           began
           to
           Practise
           all
           manner
           of
           Hostilities
           ,
           and
           Cruelties
           ,
           where-with
           the
           Devil
           can
           Inspire
           the
           most
           Inhumane
           and
           Reprobate
           Minds
           :
           They
           marr'd
           and
           defac'd
           their
           Houshold-stuff
           ,
           broke
           their
           Looking-Glasses
           ,
           and
           other
           like
           Utensils
           and
           Ornaments
           ;
           they
           let
           the
           Wine
           run
           about
           their
           Cellars
           ,
           cast
           abroad
           and
           spoyl'd
           their
           Corn
           ,
           and
           other
           Alimentary
           Provisions
           :
           And
           as
           for
           those
           things
           which
           they
           could
           not
           break
           and
           dash
           to
           pieces
           ,
           as
           the
           Furniture
           of
           Beds
           ,
           Hangings
           ,
           Tapistry
           ,
           Linnen
           ,
           Wearing
           Apparrel
           ,
           Plate
           ,
           and
           Things
           of
           the
           like
           Nature
           ;
           these
           they
           carried
           to
           the
           Market-place
           ,
           where
           the
           Jesuits
           bought
           them
           of
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           to
           do
           the
           like
           .
           They
           did
           not
           stick
           to
           Sell
           the
           very
           Houses
           of
           such
           ,
           who
           were
           most
           Resolute
           and
           Constant
           in
           their
           Profession
           .
           It
           is
           supposed
           ,
           according
           to
           a
           Moderate
           Calculation
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           time
           of
           four
           or
           five
           Days
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           of
           that
           City
           were
           the
           poorer
           by
           a
           Million
           of
           Money
           ,
           than
           they
           were
           before
           the
           entring
           of
           these
           Missionaries
           .
           There
           were
           Souldiers
           ,
           who
           demanded
           Four
           hundred
           Crowns
           apiece
           of
           their
           Hosts
           for
           spending-Money
           ;
           and
           many
           Protestants
           were
           forced
           to
           pay
           down
           Ten
           Pistols
           to
           each
           Souldier
           ;
           upon
           the
           same
           Account
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           the
           outrages
           they
           committed
           upon
           their
           Persons
           were
           most
           detestable
           and
           Barbarous
           ;
           I
           shall
           only
           here
           set
           down
           some
           few
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           have
           been
           particularly
           Inform'd
           .
           A
           certain
           Taylor
           called
           Bearnois
           ,
           was
           bound
           and
           drag'd
           by
           the
           Souldiers
           to
           the
           
             Corp
             de
             Guard
          
           ,
           where
           they
           Boxed
           and
           Buffetted
           him
           all
           Night
           ,
           all
           which
           blows
           and
           Indignities
           he
           suffered
           with
           the
           greatest
           constancy
           Imaginable
           .
           The
           Troopers
           who
           Quartered
           with
           Monsieur
           Solignac
           made
           his
           Dining
           Room
           a
           Stable
           for
           their
           Horses
           ,
           tho
           the
           Furniture
           of
           it
           was
           Valued
           at
           10000
           Livres
           ,
           and
           forc'd
           him
           to
           turn
           the
           Broach
           till
           his
           Arm
           was
           near
           Burnt
           ,
           by
           their
           continual
           casting
           of
           Wood
           upon
           the
           Fire
           .
           A
           Passenger
           as
           he
           went
           through
           the
           said
           City
           saw
           some
           Souldiers
           beating
           a
           Poor
           Man
           even
           to
           Death
           ,
           for
           to
           force
           him
           to
           go
           to
           Mass
           ,
           whilst
           the
           constant
           Martyr
           to
           his
           last
           Breath
           ,
           cryed
           ,
           
             He
             would
             never
             do
             it
          
           ,
           and
           only
           requested
           they
           would
           
             Dispatch
             and
             make
             an
             end
             of
             him
             .
          
           The
           Barons
           of
           Caussade
           and
           
             De
             la
             Motte
          
           ,
           whose
           Constancy
           and
           Piety
           might
           have
           Inspired
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           were
           sent
           away
           to
           Cahors
           .
           Monsieur
           D'Alliez
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           prime
           Gentlemen
           of
           Montauban
           ,
           being
           a
           Venerable
           Old
           Man
           ,
           sound
           so
           ill
           Treatment
           at
           their
           hands
           ,
           as
           it
           's
           thought
           he
           will
           scarcely
           escape
           with
           Life
           .
           Monsieur
           
             De
             Garrison
          
           ,
           who
           was
           one
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           Men
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           and
           an
           intimate
           Friend
           of
           the
           Intendant
           ,
           went
           and
           cast
           himself
           at
           his
           Feet
           ,
           imploring
           his
           Protection
           ,
           and
           conjuring
           him
           to
           rid
           him
           of
           his
           Souldiers
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           no
           force
           put
           upon
           his
           Conscience
           ;
           adding
           ,
           That
           in
           Recompence
           of
           the
           Favour
           he
           beg'd
           of
           him
           ,
           
             He
             would
             willingly
             give
             him
             all
             he
             had
             ,
          
           which
           was
           to
           the
           Value
           of
           about
           a
           Million
           of
           LIvres
           ;
           but
           by
           all
           his
           Entreaties
           and
           Proffers
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           in
           the
           least
           prevail
           with
           the
           Intendant
           ;
           who
           gave
           order
           ,
           that
           for
           a
           Terror
           to
           the
           meaner
           sort
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           worse
           used
           than
           the
           rest
           ,
           by
           dragging
           him
           along
           the
           Streets
           .
        
         
           The
           Method
           they
           most
           commonly
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           for
           to
           make
           them
           Abjure
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           which
           could
           not
           be
           the
           Product
           of
           any
           thing
           but
           Hell
           ,
           was
           this
           ;
           Some
           of
           the
           most
           strong
           and
           vigorous
           Souldiers
           ,
           took
           their
           Hosts
           ,
           or
           other
           Persons
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           walk'd
           them
           up
           and
           down
           in
           some
           Chamber
           ,
           continually
           tickling
           them
           and
           tossing
           them
           like
           a
           Ball
           from
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           without
           giving
           them
           the
           least
           Intermission
           ,
           and
           keeping
           them
           in
           this
           condition
           for
           three
           days
           and
           nights
           together
           ,
           without
           Meat
           ,
           Drink
           ,
           or
           Sleep
           :
           When
           they
           were
           so
           wearied
           ,
           and
           fainting
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           no
           longer
           stand
           upon
           their
           Legs
           ,
           they
           laid
           them
           on
           a
           Bed
           ,
           continuing
           as
           before
           to
           Tickle
           and
           Torment
           them
           ;
           
           after
           some
           time
           ,
           when
           they
           thought
           them
           somewhat
           recovered
           ,
           they
           made
           them
           rise
           ,
           and
           walked
           them
           up
           and
           down
           as
           before
           ,
           sometimes
           Tickling
           ,
           and
           other
           times
           Lashing
           them
           with
           Rods
           ,
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           Sleeping
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           one
           Party
           of
           these
           Barbarous
           Tormenters
           were
           Tyred
           and
           wearled
           out
           ,
           they
           were
           Relieved
           by
           others
           of
           their
           Companions
           ,
           who
           coming
           fresh
           to
           the
           Work
           ,
           with
           greater
           Vigour
           and
           Violence
           reiterated
           the
           same
           Course
           .
           By
           this
           Infernal
           Invention
           (
           which
           they
           had
           formerly
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           with
           success
           ,
           in
           Bearn
           and
           other
           places
           )
           many
           went
           Distracted
           ,
           and
           others
           became
           Mopish
           and
           Stupid
           ,
           and
           remain
           so
           .
        
         
           Those
           who
           made
           their
           Escape
           ,
           were
           fain
           to
           abandon
           their
           Estates
           ,
           yea
           ,
           their
           Wives
           ,
           Children
           ,
           and
           Aged
           Relations
           ,
           to
           the
           Mercy
           of
           these
           Barbarous
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           Savage
           Troops
           .
           The
           same
           Cruelties
           were
           acted
           at
           Negreplisse
           ,
           a
           City
           near
           to
           Montauban
           ;
           where
           these
           Bloody
           Emissaries
           committed
           unparallel'd
           Outrages
           .
           
             Isaac
             Favin
          
           ,
           a
           Citizen
           of
           that
           Place
           ,
           was
           hung
           up
           by
           his
           Arm-pits
           ,
           and
           tormented
           a
           whole
           Night
           ,
           by
           pinching
           and
           tearing
           off
           his
           Flesh
           with
           Pincers
           ;
           tho
           by
           all
           this
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           shake
           his
           Constancy
           ,
           in
           the
           least
           .
           The
           Wife
           of
           one
           Rouffion
           ,
           a
           Joyner
           ,
           being
           violently
           dragg'd
           by
           the
           Souldiers
           along
           the
           Streets
           ,
           for
           to
           force
           her
           to
           hear
           Mass
           ,
           dyed
           of
           this
           cruel
           and
           inhumane
           Treatment
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           she
           reach'd
           the
           Church
           Porch
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           other
           their
           Devilish
           Inventions
           ,
           this
           was
           one
           :
           They
           made
           a
           great
           Fire
           round
           about
           a
           Boy
           of
           about
           Ten
           Years
           of
           Age
           ;
           who
           continually
           ,
           with
           Hands
           and
           Eyes
           lifted
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           cryed
           ,
           
             My
             God
             ,
             help
             me
          
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           saw
           the
           Lad
           resolved
           to
           Dye
           so
           ,
           rather
           than
           Renounce
           his
           Religion
           ,
           they
           snatch'd
           him
           from
           the
           Fire
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           at
           the
           very
           point
           of
           being
           Burnt
           .
           The
           Cities
           of
           
             Caussade
             ,
             Realville
          
           ,
           St.
           Anthonin
           ,
           and
           other
           Towns
           and
           Places
           in
           the
           Upper
           ,
           Guienne
           ,
           met
           with
           the
           same
           Entertainment
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Bergerac
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Places
           of
           Perigord
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Lower
           Guienne
           ;
           which
           had
           a
           like
           share
           of
           these
           cruel
           and
           inhumane
           Usages
           .
        
         
           The
           forementioned
           Troops
           marched
           at
           last
           to
           Castres
           ,
           to
           commit
           the
           same
           Insolencies
           and
           Barbarities
           there
           also
           :
           And
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           will
           continue
           ,
           and
           carry
           on
           the
           same
           course
           of
           Cruelties
           ,
           where
           ever
           they
           go
           ;
           if
           God
           ,
           in
           Pity
           and
           Compassion
           to
           his
           People
           ,
           do
           not
           restrain
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           (
           for
           it
           seems
           but
           too
           probable
           )
           that
           this
           dreadful
           Persecution
           ,
           in
           conjunction
           with
           those
           Artifices
           the
           Papists
           make
           use
           of
           to
           disguise
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           perswade
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           they
           
           shall
           be
           suffered
           to
           Worship
           God
           as
           formerly
           ,
           will
           make
           many
           to
           comply
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           make
           their
           Mouths
           give
           their
           Hearts
           the
           Lye
           ,
           in
           hopes
           of
           being
           by
           this
           means
           put
           into
           a
           condition
           to
           make
           their
           escapes
           ,
           and
           returning
           to
           that
           Profession
           ,
           which
           their
           weakness
           hath
           made
           them
           deny
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           Alas
           !
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ;
           for
           those
           Poor
           Wretches
           ,
           whom
           by
           these
           Devilish
           ways
           of
           theirs
           ,
           they
           have
           made
           to
           Blaspheme
           and
           Abjure
           their
           Religion
           ,
           as
           if
           this
           were
           not
           enough
           ,
           must
           now
           become
           the
           Persecutors
           and
           Tormentors
           of
           their
           own
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           for
           to
           oblige
           and
           force
           them
           to
           Renounce
           also
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           threatned
           ,
           that
           if
           within
           three
           days
           time
           they
           do
           not
           make
           their
           whole
           Family
           Recant
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           those
           rough
           Apostles
           (
           the
           Dragoons
           )
           shall
           be
           fain
           to
           take
           further
           pains
           with
           them
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           perfecting
           of
           their
           Conversion
           .
           And
           who
           after
           all
           this
           can
           have
           the
           least
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           these
           unhappy
           Dragoons
           are
           the
           very
           Emissaries
           of
           Hell
           ,
           whose
           very
           last
           Efforts
           and
           Death
           struglings
           these
           seem
           to
           be
           ?
        
         
           This
           Relation
           hath
           given
           a
           short
           view
           of
           some
           of
           those
           Sufferings
           ,
           the
           Reformed
           have
           undergone
           ,
           but
           not
           of
           all
           :
           It
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           in
           divers
           places
           they
           have
           tryed
           to
           wear
           out
           their
           Patience
           ,
           and
           overcome
           their
           Constancy
           by
           applying
           Red
           hot
           Irons
           to
           the
           Hands
           and
           Feet
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Breasts
           of
           Women
           .
           At
           Nantes
           they
           hung
           up
           several
           Women
           and
           Maids
           by
           their
           Feet
           ,
           and
           others
           by
           their
           Arm-pits
           ,
           and
           that
           Stark-Naked
           ,
           thus
           exposing
           them
           to
           Publick
           View
           ,
           which
           assuredly
           is
           the
           most
           cruel
           and
           exquisite
           Suffering
           can
           befall
           that
           Sex
           ;
           because
           in
           this
           case
           their
           Shamefac'dness
           and
           Modesty
           is
           most
           sensibly
           touched
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           most
           tender
           part
           of
           their
           Soul.
           They
           have
           bound
           Mothers
           that
           gave
           Suck
           unto
           Posts
           ,
           and
           let
           their
           little
           Infants
           lye
           Languishing
           in
           their
           sight
           ,
           without
           being
           suffered
           to
           Suckle
           them
           for
           several
           days
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           while
           left
           them
           crying
           ,
           moaning
           ,
           and
           gasping
           for
           Life
           ,
           and
           even
           Dying
           for
           Hunger
           and
           Thirst
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           means
           they
           might
           Vanquish
           the
           Constancy
           of
           their
           Tender-hearted
           Mothers
           ,
           Swearing
           to
           them
           they
           would
           never
           permit
           they
           should
           give
           them
           Suck
           till
           they
           promised
           to
           Renounce
           their
           Profession
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           They
           have
           taken
           Children
           of
           Four
           or
           Five
           Years
           of
           Age
           ,
           and
           kept
           them
           from
           Meat
           and
           Drink
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           been
           ready
           to
           faint
           away
           and
           give
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           they
           have
           brought
           them
           before
           their
           Parents
           ,
           and
           horribly
           Asseverated
           ,
           that
           except
           they
           would
           Turn
           ,
           they
           must
           prepare
           themselves
           to
           see
           their
           Children
           Languish
           and
           Dye
           in
           their
           presence
           .
           Some
           they
           
           have
           bound
           before
           a
           great
           Fire
           ,
           and
           being
           half
           Roasted
           ,
           have
           after
           let
           them
           go
           :
           They
           beat
           Men
           and
           Women
           outragiously
           ;
           they
           drag
           them
           along
           the
           Streets
           ,
           and
           Torment
           them
           day
           and
           Night
           .
           The
           ordinary
           way
           they
           took
           ,
           was
           to
           give
           them
           no●est
           ;
           for
           the
           Souldiers
           do
           continually
           Relieve
           one
           another
           for
           to
           Drag
           ,
           Beat
           ,
           Torment
           and
           Toss
           up
           and
           down
           these
           Miserable
           Wretches
           ,
           without
           Intermission
           .
           If
           it
           happen
           that
           any
           by
           their
           Patience
           and
           Constancy
           do
           stand
           it
           out
           ,
           and
           Triumph
           over
           all
           the
           Rage
           and
           Fury
           of
           those
           Dragoons
           ,
           they
           go
           to
           their
           Commander
           and
           acquaint
           him
           ,
           they
           have
           done
           all
           they
           could
           ,
           but
           yet
           without
           the
           desired
           success
           ;
           who
           in
           a
           Barbarous
           and
           Surly
           Tone
           ,
           answers
           them
           ;
           
             You
             must
             return
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             do
             worse
             than
             you
             have
             done
             ;
             the
             King
             Commands
             it
             ;
             either
             they
             must
             Turn
             ,
             or
             I
             must
             Burst
             and
             Perish
             in
             the
             Attempt
             .
          
           These
           are
           the
           Pleasant
           Flowry
           Paths
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Papists
           allure
           Protestants
           to
           return
           to
           the
           Bosome
           of
           their
           Church
           .
        
         
           But
           some
           it
           may
           be
           will
           object
           ;
           You
           make
           a
           great
           noise
           about
           a
           small
           matter
           ,
           all
           Protestants
           have
           not
           been
           exposed
           to
           these
           Cruelties
           ,
           but
           only
           some
           few
           obstinate
           Persons
           :
           Well
           ,
           I
           will
           suppose
           so
           ,
           but
           yet
           the
           Horror
           of
           those
           Torments
           Inflicted
           on
           some
           ,
           hath
           so
           fill'd
           the
           Imagination
           of
           these
           Miserable
           Wretches
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           thoughts
           of
           them
           hath
           made
           them
           comply
           ;
           it
           is
           indeed
           a
           Weakness
           of
           which
           we
           are
           ashamed
           for
           their
           sakes
           ,
           and
           from
           whence
           we
           hope
           God
           will
           raise
           them
           again
           ,
           in
           his
           due
           time
           ;
           yet
           thus
           much
           we
           may
           alledge
           for
           their
           excuse
           ,
           that
           never
           was
           any
           Persecution
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           of
           Religion
           ,
           carried
           on
           to
           that
           pitch
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           Politick
           Malice
           and
           Cruelty
           that
           this
           hath
           been
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           of
           all
           those
           which
           ever
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           groan'd
           under
           ,
           none
           can
           be
           compar'd
           with
           it
           ,
           True
           indeed
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           former
           Ages
           it
           hath
           been
           common
           to
           Burn
           the
           Faithful
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           Hereticks
           ;
           but
           how
           few
           were
           there
           exposed
           to
           that
           cruel
           kind
           of
           Death
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           those
           who
           escaped
           the
           Executioners
           hands
           ?
           But
           ,
           behold
           here
           a
           great
           People
           at
           once
           Oppress'd
           ,
           Destroy'd
           ,
           and
           Ruin'd
           by
           a
           vast
           Army
           of
           Prodigious
           Butchers
           ,
           and
           few
           or
           none
           escaping
           .
           Former
           ,
           yea
           late
           times
           have
           given
           us
           some
           Instances
           of
           Massacres
           ;
           but
           these
           were
           only
           violent
           Tempests
           ,
           and
           suddain
           Hurricanes
           ,
           which
           lasted
           but
           a
           Night
           ,
           or
           ,
           at
           the
           most
           ,
           a
           few
           days
           ,
           and
           they
           who
           suffered
           in
           them
           were
           soon
           out
           of
           their
           pains
           ,
           and
           the
           far
           greater
           number
           escaped
           the
           dint
           of
           them
           :
           but
           how
           much
           more
           dreadful
           is
           the
           present
           condition
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           France
           ?
           And
           to
           the
           end
           we
           may
           take
           a
           true
           view
           and
           right
           
           measures
           of
           it
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           conceived
           more
           terrible
           ,
           than
           a
           State
           of
           War
           ;
           but
           what
           War
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           This
           ?
           They
           see
           a
           whole
           Army
           of
           Butcherly
           Canibals
           entring
           their
           Houses
           ,
           Battering
           ,
           Breaking
           ,
           Burning
           ,
           and
           Destroying
           whatever
           comes
           to
           hand
           ;
           Swearing
           ,
           Cursing
           ,
           and
           Blaspheming
           like
           Devils
           ;
           beating
           to
           excess
           ;
           offering
           all
           manner
           of
           Indignities
           and
           Violence
           ;
           diverting
           themselves
           ,
           and
           striving
           to
           out-vie
           each
           other
           in
           inventing
           New
           Methods
           of
           Pain
           and
           Torment
           ;
           not
           to
           be
           appeased
           with
           Money
           ,
           or
           good
           Chear
           ;
           foaming
           and
           roaring
           like
           Ravenous
           raging
           Lyons
           ;
           and
           presenting
           Death
           ,
           at
           every
           moment
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           is
           worse
           than
           all
           this
           ,
           driving
           People
           to
           Distraction
           ,
           and
           senseless
           Stupidity
           ,
           by
           those
           Devilish
           Inventions
           we
           have
           given
           you
           an
           Instance
           of
           ,
           in
           the
           Relation
           of
           Montauban
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           This
           Persecution
           hath
           one
           Characteristical
           Note
           more
           ;
           which
           ,
           without
           any
           Exaggeration
           ,
           will
           give
           it
           the
           Precedence
           in
           History
           for
           Cruelty
           ,
           above
           all
           those
           which
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ever
           suffered
           under
           
             Nero
             ,
             Maximinus
          
           ,
           or
           Dioclesian
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           The
           severe
           Prohibition
           of
           departing
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           upon
           pain
           of
           Confiscation
           of
           Goods
           ,
           of
           the
           Gally
           ,
           of
           the
           Lash
           ,
           and
           perpetual
           Imprisonment
           .
           All
           the
           Sea-Ports
           are
           kept
           with
           that
           Exactness
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           to
           hinder
           the
           Escape
           of
           Traytors
           ,
           and
           common
           Enemies
           :
           All
           the
           Prisons
           of
           Sea-Port-Towns
           are
           cramm'd
           with
           these
           miserable
           Fugitives
           ,
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           Boys
           ,
           and
           Girls
           ;
           who
           there
           are
           Condemned
           to
           the
           worst
           of
           Punishments
           ,
           for
           having
           had
           a
           desire
           to
           save
           themselves
           from
           this
           dreadful
           Persecution
           ,
           and
           deluging
           Calamity
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Thing
           which
           is
           unparallel'd
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           we
           find
           no
           Instance
           :
           This
           is
           thaat
           Superlative
           Excefs
           of
           Cruelty
           ,
           which
           we
           shall
           not
           find
           in
           the
           List
           of
           all
           the
           Violent
           and
           Bloody
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           :
           He
           Massacred
           ,
           he
           Beheaded
           ,
           he
           Cutchered
           ;
           but
           at
           least
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           Prohibit
           those
           that
           could
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           Escape
           .
           In
           the
           last
           Hungarian
           Persecution
           ,
           nothing
           was
           required
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           their
           Ministers
           should
           Banish
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Abandon
           and
           Renounce
           the
           Conduct
           of
           their
           Flocks
           ;
           and
           because
           they
           were
           unwilling
           to
           obey
           these
           Orders
           ,
           therefore
           it
           is
           they
           have
           groan'd
           under
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           so
           terrible
           a
           Persecution
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           .
           But
           this
           Hungarian
           Persecution
           is
           not
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           that
           we
           are
           speaking
           of
           ;
           for
           the
           Fury
           of
           that
           Tempest
           discharged
           it self
           upon
           the
           Ministers
           only
           ;
           no
           Armies
           were
           Imploy'd
           ,
           to
           force
           the
           People
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           by
           a
           thousand
           several
           ways
           of
           Torment
           ;
           much
           less
           did
           it
           ever
           enter
           the
           Thoughts
           
           of
           the
           Emperour's
           Councel
           ,
           to
           shut
           up
           all
           the
           Protestants
           in
           Hungary
           ;
           in
           order
           to
           the
           destroying
           of
           all
           those
           who
           would
           not
           abjure
           their
           Religion
           ;
           which
           yet
           is
           the
           very
           condition
           of
           so
           many
           wretched
           Persons
           in
           France
           ,
           who
           beg
           it
           as
           the
           highest
           Favour
           at
           the
           Hands
           of
           their
           Merciless
           Enemies
           ,
           to
           have
           Leave
           to
           go
           and
           beg
           their
           Bread
           in
           a
           Foreign
           Country
           ;
           being
           willing
           to
           leave
           their
           Goods
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           outward
           Conveniencies
           ,
           behind
           them
           ,
           for
           to
           lead
           a
           poor
           ,
           miserable
           ,
           languishing
           Life
           in
           any
           Place
           ,
           where
           only
           they
           may
           be
           suffered
           to
           Dye
           in
           their
           Religion
           .
           And
           is
           it
           not
           from
           all
           this
           most
           apparent
           ,
           that
           those
           Monsters
           ,
           who
           have
           Inspired
           the
           King
           with
           these
           Designs
           ,
           have
           refin'd
           the
           Mystery
           of
           Persecuting
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           and
           advanc'd
           it
           to
           its
           highest
           Pitch
           of
           Perfection
           ?
        
         
           
             O
             Great
          
           God!
           
             who
             from
             thy
             Heavenly
             Throne
             do'st
             behold
             all
             the
             Outrages
             done
             to
             thy
             People
             ,
             haste
             Thee
             to
             help
             us
             !
             Great
          
           God
           ,
           
             whose
             Compassions
             are
             Infinite
             ,
             suffer
             thy Self
             to
             be
             touched
             with
             our
             extream
             Desolation
             !
             If
             Men
             be
             Insensible
             of
             the
             Calamities
             we
             suffer
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             deaf
             to
             our
             Cries
             ,
             not
             regarding
             our
             Groans
             and
             Supplications
             ;
             yet
             let
             thy
             Bowels
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             be
             moved
             ,
             and
             affect
             Thee
             in
             our
             behalf
             .
             Glorious
          
           God
           ,
           
             for
             whose
             Names
             sake
             we
             suffer
             all
             these
             things
             ,
             who
             knowest
             our
             Innocence
             and
             Weakness
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Fury
             and
             Rage
             of
             our
             Adversaries
             ,
             the
             small
             Support
             and
             Help
             we
             find
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             Behold
             ,
             we
             perish
             ,
             if
             thy
             Pity
             doth
             not
             rouze
             Thee
             up
             for
             our
             Relief
             .
             It
             is
             Thou
             art
             our
             Rock
             ,
             our
          
           God
           ,
           
             our
             Father
             ,
             our
             Deliverer
             :
             We
             do
             not
             place
             our
             Confidence
             in
             any
             ,
             but
             Thee
             alone
             :
             Let
             us
             not
             be
             confounded
             ,
             because
             we
             put
             our
             Trust
             in
             Thee
             .
             Haste
             Thee
             to
             our
             Help
             ;
             make
             no
             long
             tarrying
             ,
             O
          
           Lord
           ,
           our
           God
           ,
           
             and
             our
             Redeemer
          
           !
        
      
       
         
           A
           Letter
           sent
           from
           Bourdeaux
           ,
           giving
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Persecution
           of
           those
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           in
           France
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           WHat
           you
           have
           heard
           concerning
           the
           Persecution
           of
           those
           that
           are
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Bearne
             ,
             Guienne
          
           ,
           and
           Perigord
           ,
           is
           but
           too
           true
           :
           and
           I
           can
           assure
           you
           ;
           that
           they
           who
           have
           given
           you
           that
           Account
           ,
           have
           been
           so
           far
           from
           amplifying
           the
           Matter
           ,
           
           that
           they
           have
           only
           acquainted
           you
           with
           some
           few
           particulars
           ;
           yet
           am
           I
           not
           much
           surprized
           at
           the
           difficulty
           you
           find
           to
           perswade
           your self
           ,
           that
           the
           things
           of
           which
           your
           Friends
           Inform
           you
           ,
           are
           true
           :
           In
           cases
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           so
           amazingly
           unexpected
           ,
           we
           are
           apt
           often
           to
           distrust
           our
           own
           Eyes
           ;
           and
           I
           profess
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           though
           all
           places
           round
           about
           us
           Echo
           the
           Report
           of
           our
           Ruine
           and
           Destruction
           ,
           yet
           I
           can
           scarcely
           perswade
           my self
           it
           is
           so
           indeed
           ,
           because
           I
           cannot
           comprehend
           it
           .
           It
           is
           no
           matter
           of
           surprize
           ,
           or
           amazement
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           afflicted
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           forasmuch
           as
           she
           is
           a
           stranger
           here
           ,
           at
           well
           as
           her
           Captain
           ,
           Lord
           and
           Husband
           ,
           the
           Holy
           and
           Ever-blessed
           Jesus
           was
           ;
           and
           must
           ,
           like
           Him
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           way
           of
           Cross
           and
           Suffering
           ,
           return
           to
           her
           own
           Country
           ,
           which
           is
           above
           .
           It
           is
           no
           matter
           of
           Astonishment
           ,
           to
           find
           her
           from
           time
           to
           time
           suffering
           the
           worst
           of
           usage
           ,
           and
           most
           cruel
           Persecutions
           ;
           all
           Ages
           have
           seen
           her
           exposed
           to
           such
           Tryals
           as
           these
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           necessary
           for
           the
           Testing
           of
           her
           Faith
           ,
           and
           so
           fit
           a
           matter
           of
           her
           Future
           Glory
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           any
           great
           wonder
           ,
           if
           ,
           amidst
           these
           sore
           Tryals
           ,
           vast
           numbers
           of
           those
           who
           made
           Profession
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           do
           now
           Renounce
           and
           forsake
           it
           :
           We
           know
           that
           all
           have
           not
           Faith
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           more
           than
           probable
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           do
           not
           follow
           Christ
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           Thrive
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Loaves
           ,
           will
           cease
           to
           be
           of
           his
           Retinue
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           about
           to
           oblige
           them
           to
           bear
           his
           Cross
           ,
           and
           deny
           themselves
           .
           But
           that
           which
           seems
           Inconceivable
           to
           me
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           our
           Enemies
           should
           pitch
           upon
           such
           strange
           ways
           and
           methods
           to
           destroy
           us
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           in
           so
           doing
           they
           should
           meet
           with
           a
           success
           so
           prodigious
           and
           doleful
           .
           I
           shall
           as
           briefly
           as
           I
           can
           endeavour
           to
           give
           you
           an
           account
           of
           so
           much
           as
           I
           have
           understood
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           All
           those
           thundring
           Declarations
           ,
           and
           destructive
           Arrests
           ,
           which
           continually
           were
           Sued
           for
           ,
           and
           obtain'd
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           which
           were
           Executed
           with
           the
           Extremity
           of
           Rigour
           ,
           were
           scarce
           able
           to
           move
           any
           one
           of
           us
           .
           The
           forbidding
           of
           our
           Publick
           Exercises
           ,
           the
           demolishing
           of
           our
           Churches
           ,
           and
           the
           severe
           Injunction
           that
           not
           so
           much
           as
           Two
           or
           Three
           of
           us
           should
           dare
           to
           Assemble
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           any
           thing
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           had
           no
           other
           effect
           upon
           the
           far
           greater
           part
           of
           us
           ,
           than
           to
           Inflame
           our
           Zeal
           ,
           instead
           of
           abating
           it
           ;
           obliging
           us
           to
           Pray
           to
           God
           with
           greater
           Fervor
           and
           Devotion
           in
           our
           Closets
           ,
           and
           to
           Meditate
           of
           his
           Word
           with
           greater
           Application
           and
           Attention
           .
           And
           neither
           the
           great
           wants
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           were
           reduced
           by
           being
           depriv'd
           of
           our
           Offices
           and
           Imploys
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           means
           of
           Living
           ,
           and
           by
           
           those
           insupportable
           charges
           with
           which
           they
           strove
           to
           over-whelm
           us
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           Taxes
           ,
           as
           the
           Quartering
           of
           Souldiers
           (
           both
           which
           were
           as
           heavy
           as
           could
           be
           laid
           upon
           us
           )
           nor
           the
           continual
           trouble
           we
           were
           put
           to
           by
           Criminal
           or
           other
           matters
           of
           Law
           ;
           which
           at
           the
           Suit
           of
           one
           or
           other
           were
           still
           laid
           to
           our
           charge
           ,
           tho
           upon
           the
           most
           frivolous
           and
           unjust
           pretences
           imaginable
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           all
           these
           were
           not
           able
           to
           wear
           out
           our
           Patience
           ,
           which
           was
           hardned
           against
           all
           Calamities
           :
           insomuch
           as
           the
           design
           of
           forcing
           us
           to
           abandon
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           would
           Infallibly
           have
           been
           Ship-wrack'd
           ,
           if
           no
           other
           means
           had
           been
           taken
           in
           hand
           for
           this
           purpose
           .
           But
           ,
           Alas
           !
           our
           Enemies
           were
           too
           Ingenious
           ,
           to
           be
           bauk'd
           so
           ;
           and
           had
           taken
           our
           Ruine
           too
           much
           to
           Heart
           ,
           not
           to
           study
           for
           means
           effectual
           and
           proper
           to
           bring
           about
           their
           desires
           :
           They
           call'd
           to
           mind
           what
           Prodigious
           success
           a
           new
           kind
           of
           Persecution
           had
           had
           of
           late
           Years
           in
           
             Poctou
             ,
             Aunix
          
           ,
           and
           Xaintonge
           ,
           which
           the
           Intendants
           of
           those
           places
           had
           bethought
           themselves
           of
           ;
           and
           they
           made
           no
           difficulty
           to
           have
           Recourse
           to
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           to
           a
           means
           Infallible
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           of
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           That
           we
           had
           not
           the
           least
           thought
           that
           ever
           such
           violent
           Methods
           as
           these
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           pitched
           upon
           ,
           as
           the
           means
           of
           our
           Conversion
           :
           We
           were
           always
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           
           Dennuieux's
           ,
           and
           Marillacs
           ,
           could
           be
           fit
           Instruments
           for
           such
           like
           Enterprizes
           ;
           neither
           could
           we
           ever
           have
           Imagin'd
           ,
           that
           Generals
           of
           Armies
           ,
           who
           account
           it
           a
           Shame
           and
           Reproach
           to
           Attack
           and
           take
           some
           paultry
           Town
           or
           Village
           ,
           should
           ever
           debase
           themselves
           to
           Besiege
           Old
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           Children
           in
           their
           own
           Houses
           ;
           or
           that
           ever
           Souldiers
           ,
           who
           think
           themselves
           ennobled
           by
           their
           Swords
           ,
           should
           degrade
           themselves
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           up
           the
           Trade
           of
           Butchers
           and
           Hangmen
           ,
           by
           tormenting
           poor
           Innocents
           ,
           and
           inflicting
           all
           sorts
           of
           Punishments
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           we
           were
           the
           less
           in
           expectation
           of
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           because
           at
           the
           self-same
           time
           they
           Treated
           us
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           they
           would
           needs
           perswade
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King's
             Councel
             had
             disapproved
             the
             Design
             :
          
           And
           indeed
           ,
           it
           seem'd
           very
           probable
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           all
           Reasons
           ,
           whether
           taken
           from
           Humanity
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           or
           Interest
           ,
           would
           have
           made
           them
           disavow
           and
           condemn
           a
           Project
           so
           Inhumane
           and
           Barbarous
           :
           Yet
           now
           ,
           by
           Experience
           ,
           we
           find
           it
           but
           too
           true
           ,
           that
           our
           Enemies
           are
           so
           far
           from
           rejecting
           the
           said
           Design
           ,
           that
           they
           carry
           it
           on
           with
           an
           unparallel'd
           Zeal
           and
           Application
           ,
           without
           giving
           themselves
           any
           further
           trouble
           to
           effectuate
           their
           Desires
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           doing
           these
           two
           things
           .
        
         
         
           The
           First
           of
           which
           was
           ,
           to
           Lull
           us
           asleep
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           away
           from
           us
           all
           matter
           of
           Suspition
           of
           the
           mischief
           they
           were
           hatching
           against
           us
           ;
           which
           they
           did
           by
           permitting
           some
           of
           our
           Publick
           Exercises
           of
           Religion
           ,
           by
           giving
           way
           to
           our
           Building
           of
           some
           Churches
           ,
           by
           settling
           Ministers
           in
           divers
           places
           to
           Baptize
           our
           Children
           ,
           and
           by
           publishing
           several
           Arrests
           and
           Declarations
           ,
           which
           did
           intimate
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           had
           reason
           to
           hope
           we
           should
           yet
           Subsist
           for
           some
           Years
           :
           Such
           was
           that
           Declaration
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           Ministers
           were
           ordered
           to
           change
           their
           Churches
           every
           three
           years
           .
        
         
           The
           Other
           was
           ,
           to
           secure
           all
           the
           Sea-Ports
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           so
           as
           none
           might
           make
           their
           escape
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           by
           renewing
           the
           Antient
           Prohibitions
           of
           departing
           the
           Kingdom
           without
           leave
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           addition
           of
           far
           more
           severe
           Penalties
           .
        
         
           After
           these
           precautions
           thus
           taken
           ,
           they
           thought
           themselves
           no
           longer
           oblig'd
           to
           keep
           any
           measures
           ,
           but
           immediately
           lift
           up
           the
           hand
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           last
           blow
           for
           our
           Ruine
           .
           The
           Intendants
           had
           order
           to
           represent
           to
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King
             was
             resolved
             to
             suffer
             no
             other
             Religion
             in
             his
             Kingdom
             besides
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             to
             Command
             us
             all
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             readily
             to
             Embrace
             the
             same
             ,
             without
             allowing
             us
             any
             longer
             respite
             to
             consider
             what
             we
             had
             to
             do
             ,
             than
             a
             few
             days
             ,
             nay
             hours
          
           ;
           threatning
           us
           ,
           
             That
             if
             we
             continued
             obstinate
             ,
             they
             would
             force
             us
             to
             it
             by
             the
             extremity
             of
             Rigour
             ;
             and
             presently
             Executing
             these
             their
             Menaces
             ,
             by
             filling
             our
             Houses
             with
             Souldiers
             ,
             to
             whom
             we
             were
             to
             be
             lest
             for
             a
             Prey
             ;
             and
             who
             ,
             not
             content
             with
             entirely
             Ruining
             of
             us
             ,
             should
             besides
             exercise
             upon
             our
             Persons
             all
             the
             Violence
             and
             Cruelty
             they
             could
             possibly
             devise
             :
          
           And
           all
           this
           to
           overcome
           our
           Constancy
           and
           Perseverance
           .
        
         
           Four
           Months
           are
           now
           past
           and
           gone
           ,
           since
           they
           began
           to
           make
           use
           of
           this
           strange
           and
           horrible
           way
           of
           Converting
           People
           ,
           worthy
           of
           ,
           and
           well
           becoming
           its
           Inventors
           .
           The
           Country
           of
           Bearne
           was
           first
           set
           upon
           ,
           as
           being
           one
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           Out-parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           this
           mischievous
           enterprize
           gaining
           strength
           in
           its
           passage
           ,
           might
           soon
           after
           over-whelm
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           deluge
           all
           the
           other
           Provinces
           in
           the
           same
           Sea
           of
           the
           uttermost
           calamity
           .
           Monsieur
           Foucaut
           the
           Intendant
           ,
           went
           himself
           in
           Person
           to
           all
           the
           places
           where
           we
           were
           in
           any
           numbers
           ,
           and
           commanded
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           that
           were
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           under
           the
           Penalty
           of
           great
           amercements
           ,
           to
           Assemble
           themselves
           in
           those
           places
           he
           appointed
           to
           them
           ;
           where
           being
           accordingly
           met
           together
           ,
           he
           charged
           them
           in
           the
           Kings
           Name
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           allowing
           them
           only
           a
           day
           
           or
           two
           to
           dispose
           themselves
           for
           it
           :
           He
           told
           them
           ,
           
             That
             great
             numbers
             of
             Souldiers
             were
             at
             hand
             ,
             to
             compel
             those
             that
             should
             rfuse
             to
             yield
             a
             ready
             Obedience
          
           ;
           and
           this
           threatning
           of
           his
           being
           immediately
           followed
           by
           the
           Effect
           ,
           as
           Lightning
           is
           by
           Thunder
           ,
           he
           fill'd
           the
           Houses
           of
           all
           those
           who
           abode
           constant
           in
           their
           resolution
           to
           Live
           and
           Dye
           Faithful
           to
           their
           Lord
           and
           Master
           ,
           
             Jesus
             Chrst
          
           ,
           with
           Souldiers
           ;
           and
           Commands
           those
           Insolent
           Troops
           (
           flesh'd
           with
           Blood
           and
           Slaughter
           )
           to
           give
           them
           the
           worst
           Treatment
           they
           could
           possibly
           devise
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           undertake
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           give
           you
           a
           particular
           Account
           of
           those
           Excesses
           ,
           and
           Outrages
           ,
           these
           enraged
           Brutals
           comitted
           in
           Executing
           the
           Orders
           they
           were
           charged
           with
           ;
           The
           Relation
           would
           prove
           too
           tedious
           and
           doleful
           :
           It
           shall
           suffice
           me
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           they
           did
           not
           forget
           any
           thing
           that
           was
           Inhumane
           ,
           Barbarous
           ,
           or
           Cruel
           ,
           without
           having
           regard
           to
           any
           Condition
           Sex
           or
           Age
           ;
           they
           pull'd
           down
           and
           demolished
           their
           Houses
           ;
           they
           spoil'd
           ,
           dash'd
           to
           pieces
           ,
           and
           burnt
           their
           best
           Moveables
           and
           Houshold
           stuff
           ;
           they
           bruised
           and
           beat
           to
           Death
           Venerable
           Old
           Men
           ;
           they
           dragg'd
           Honourable
           Matrons
           to
           Mass
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           pitty
           or
           respect
           ;
           they
           bound
           and
           Fetter'd
           Innocent
           Persons
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           the
           most
           Infamous
           and
           Profligate
           Villains
           ;
           they
           hung
           them
           up
           by
           their
           Feet
           ,
           till
           they
           saw
           them
           ready
           to
           give
           up
           the
           Ghost
           ;
           they
           took
           Red
           hot
           Fire-shovels
           ,
           and
           held
           them
           close
           to
           their
           bare
           Heads
           ,
           and
           actually
           apply'd
           them
           to
           other
           parts
           of
           their
           Bodies
           ;
           they
           Immur'd
           them
           within
           four
           Walls
           ,
           where
           they
           let
           them
           Perish
           for
           Hunger
           and
           Thirst
           :
           And
           the
           Constancy
           wherewith
           they
           suffer'd
           all
           these
           Torments
           ,
           having
           had
           no
           other
           effect
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           augmenting
           the
           Rage
           of
           these
           Furies
           ,
           they
           never
           ceased
           Inventing
           new
           ways
           of
           Pain
           and
           Torture
           ,
           till
           their
           Inhumanity
           at
           length
           had
           got
           the
           Victory
           ,
           and
           Triumphed
           over
           the
           Patience
           and
           Faith
           of
           these
           Miserable
           Wretches
           .
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           those
           many
           numerous
           Assemblies
           ,
           we
           had
           in
           that
           Province
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           
             Pau
             ,
             d'Arthes
             ,
             de
             Novarre
             ,
             &c.
          
           there
           are
           scarcely
           left
           a
           small
           number
           ,
           who
           either
           continue
           constant
           in
           despite
           of
           all
           these
           Cruelties
           ,
           or
           else
           have
           made
           their
           escape
           into
           
             Spain
             ,
             Holland
             ,
             England
          
           ,
           or
           elsewhere
           ,
           leaving
           their
           Goods
           and
           Families
           for
           a
           Prey
           to
           these
           Merciless
           and
           Cruel
           Men.
           
        
         
           Success
           having
           thus
           far
           answered
           their
           Expectation
           ,
           they
           resolved
           to
           lose
           no
           time
           ;
           but
           vigorously
           Prosecuting
           their
           work
           ,
           they
           immediately
           turned
           their
           Thoughts
           and
           Arms
           towards
           Montauban
           ;
           where
           the
           Intendant
           having
           Summoned
           the
           Citizens
           to
           appear
           before
           him
           ,
           
           speaks
           them
           much
           of
           the
           same
           Language
           ,
           as
           was
           used
           to
           those
           of
           Bearne
           ;
           whereunto
           they
           having
           returned
           about
           the
           same
           Answer
           ,
           he
           orders
           4000.
           
           Men
           to
           enter
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           take
           up
           their
           Quarters
           ,
           as
           at
           Bearne
           ,
           only
           in
           the
           Houses
           of
           Protestants
           ;
           with
           express
           Command
           to
           Treat
           them
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           done
           those
           of
           Bearne
           :
           And
           these
           Inhumane
           Wretches
           were
           so
           diligent
           and
           active
           in
           Executing
           these
           pittiless
           Orders
           ,
           that
           of
           12
           ,
           or
           15000.
           
           Souls
           ,
           of
           which
           that
           Church
           did
           consist
           ,
           not
           above
           20
           ,
           or
           30.
           
           Families
           are
           escaped
           ;
           who
           ,
           in
           a
           doleful
           and
           forlorn
           Condition
           ,
           wander
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Woods
           ,
           and
           hide
           themselves
           in
           Thickets
           .
           The
           Ruine
           of
           this
           Important
           Place
           ,
           drew
           after
           it
           the
           Desolation
           of
           all
           the
           Churches
           about
           it
           :
           which
           were
           all
           Enveloped
           in
           the
           same
           common
           Calamity
           ,
           as
           those
           of
           
             Realment
             ,
             Bourniquel
             ,
             Negreplisse
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Yet
           was
           not
           the
           Condition
           of
           the
           Churches
           in
           the
           Upper
           Guienne
           more
           sad
           and
           calamitous
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           those
           of
           the
           Lower
           Guienne
           ,
           and
           of
           Perigord
           ;
           which
           this
           horrible
           Deluge
           hath
           likewise
           overwhelm'd
           .
           Monsieur
           Bouflers
           ,
           and
           the
           Intendant
           ,
           having
           shared
           the
           Country
           between
           them
           ;
           Monsieur
           
             de
             Bouflers
          
           taking
           for
           his
           Part
           
             Agenois
             ,
             Tonnein
             ,
             Clerac
          
           ,
           with
           the
           adjoyning
           Places
           ;
           and
           the
           Intendant
           having
           taken
           upon
           him
           to
           reduce
           
             Fleis
             ,
             Monravel
             ,
             Genssac
             ,
             Cartillon
             ,
             Coutras
             ,
             Libourne
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           The
           Troops
           which
           they
           commanded
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           carrying
           Desolation
           to
           all
           the
           Places
           they
           passed
           through
           ,
           filling
           them
           with
           Mourning
           and
           Despair
           ,
           and
           scattering
           Terror
           and
           Amazement
           amongst
           all
           those
           to
           whom
           they
           approached
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           at
           the
           same
           time
           17.
           
           Companies
           at
           Saint
           Foy
           ,
           15.
           at
           Nerac
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           in
           proportion
           in
           all
           other
           Parts
           :
           So
           that
           ,
           all
           Places
           being
           fill'd
           with
           these
           Troops
           ,
           accustom'd
           to
           Licentiousness
           and
           Pillage
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           any
           one
           of
           the
           said
           Places
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           not
           left
           most
           dreadful
           Marks
           of
           their
           Rage
           and
           Cruelty
           ;
           having
           at
           last
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           their
           exquisite
           Tortures
           ,
           made
           all
           those
           of
           our
           Religion
           submit
           themselves
           to
           the
           Communion
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           But
           forasmuch
           as
           Bergerac
           was
           most
           signally
           Famous
           for
           the
           long
           Tryals
           it
           had
           most
           Gloriously
           endured
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           Enemies
           were
           very
           sensible
           of
           what
           Advantage
           it
           would
           be
           ,
           to
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           their
           Design
           ,
           to
           make
           themselves
           Masters
           there
           also
           ,
           at
           any
           price
           whatsoever
           ;
           they
           accordingly
           fail'd
           not
           to
           attempt
           the
           same
           with
           more
           Resolution
           and
           Obstinacy
           ,
           than
           any
           of
           the
           forementioned
           Places
           .
        
         
           This
           little
           Town
           had
           already
           ,
           for
           Three
           Years
           together
           ,
           with
           admirable
           Patience
           and
           Constancy
           ,
           endured
           a
           Thousand
           ill
           Treatments
           ,
           
           and
           Exactions
           from
           Souldiers
           ,
           who
           had
           pick'd
           them
           to
           the
           very
           Bones
           :
           for
           besides
           that
           ,
           it
           was
           almost
           a
           continual
           passage
           for
           Souldiers
           ;
           there
           were
           no
           less
           than
           18.
           
           Troops
           of
           Horse
           had
           their
           Winter-Quarters
           there
           ;
           who
           yet
           in
           all
           that
           time
           had
           only
           gain'd
           Three
           Converts
           ,
           and
           they
           such
           too
           as
           were
           maintain'd
           by
           the
           Alms
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           :
           The
           design
           being
           form'd
           to
           reduce
           this
           City
           ,
           two
           Troops
           of
           Horse
           are
           immediately
           ordered
           thither
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           32
           Companies
           of
           Foot
           enter
           the
           Town
           :
           Monsieur
           Bouflers
           and
           the
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Province
           ,
           with
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Agen
           and
           Perigueux
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           render
           themselves
           there
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           and
           send
           for
           200.
           of
           the
           chiefest
           Citizens
           to
           appear
           before
           them
           ;
           telling
           them
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Kings
             Express
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             was
             ,
             they
             should
             all
             go
             to
             Mass
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             case
             of
             Disobedience
             ,
             they
             had
             order
             to
             compel
             them
             to
             it
             :
          
           To
           which
           the
           Citizens
           Unanimously
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             their
             Estates
             were
             at
             the
             dispose
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             but
             that
             God
             alone
             was
             Lord
             of
             their
             Consciences
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             were
             resolved
             to
             suffer
             to
             the
             utmost
             ,
             rather
             than
             do
             any
             thing
             contrary
             to
             the
             motions
             of
             it
             .
          
           Whereupon
           they
           were
           told
           ,
           
             That
             if
             they
             were
             so
             resolved
             ,
             they
             had
             nought
             else
             to
             do
             but
             to
             prepare
             themselves
             to
             receive
             the
             Punishment
             their
             Obstinacy
             and
             Disobedience
             did
             deserve
          
           ;
           and
           immediately
           32.
           
           Companies
           more
           ,
           of
           Infantry
           and
           Cavalry
           ,
           enter
           the
           City
           (
           which
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           34
           Companies
           beforementioned
           ,
           were
           all
           Quartered
           with
           Protestants
           )
           with
           Express
           Command
           not
           to
           spare
           any
           thing
           they
           had
           ,
           and
           to
           exercise
           all
           manner
           of
           Violence
           upon
           the
           Persons
           of
           those
           that
           entertain'd
           them
           ,
           until
           they
           should
           have
           extorted
           a
           Promise
           from
           them
           ,
           to
           do
           whatsoever
           was
           Commanded
           them
           .
        
         
           These
           Orders
           then
           being
           thus
           Executed
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           desires
           of
           those
           who
           had
           given
           them
           ,
           and
           these
           miserable
           Victims
           of
           a
           Barbarous
           Military
           Fury
           ,
           being
           reduc'd
           to
           the
           most
           deplorable
           and
           desolate
           condition
           ;
           they
           are
           again
           sent
           for
           to
           the
           Town
           house
           ,
           and
           once
           more
           pressed
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ;
           and
           they
           answering
           with
           Tears
           in
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           the
           Respect
           ,
           Humility
           ,
           and
           Submission
           imaginable
           ,
           
             That
             the
             matter
             required
             of
             them
             ,
             was
             the
             only
             thing
             they
             could
             not
             do
             ,
          
           the
           extreamest
           Rigour
           and
           Severity
           is
           denounc'd
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           presently
           made
           good
           their
           Words
           ,
           by
           sending
           34.
           more
           Companies
           into
           the
           City
           ,
           which
           made
           up
           the
           full
           number
           of
           an
           hundred
           ;
           who
           encouraging
           themselves
           from
           their
           numbers
           ,
           and
           flying
           like
           enraged
           Wolves
           upon
           these
           Innocent
           Sheep
           ,
           did
           rend
           and
           worry
           them
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           the
           sole
           Relation
           cannot
           but
           strike
           with
           Horror
           
           and
           Amazement
           .
           Whole
           Companies
           were
           ordered
           to
           Quarter
           with
           one
           Citizen
           ;
           and
           Persons
           whose
           whole
           Estate
           did
           not
           amount
           to
           10000.
           
           Livres
           ,
           were
           taxed
           at
           the
           rate
           of
           150.
           
           Livres
           a
           day
           :
           When
           their
           Money
           is
           gone
           ,
           they
           sell
           their
           Houshold-stuff
           ,
           and
           sell
           that
           for
           two
           pence
           ,
           which
           hath
           cost
           60
           Livres
           ;
           they
           bind
           and
           fetter
           Father
           ,
           Mother
           ,
           Wife
           and
           Children
           :
           Four
           Souldiers
           continually
           stand
           at
           the
           door
           ,
           to
           hinder
           any
           from
           coming-in
           to
           succour
           or
           comfort
           them
           :
           they
           keep
           them
           in
           this
           condition
           ,
           two
           ,
           three
           ,
           four
           ,
           five
           ,
           and
           six
           days
           ,
           without
           either
           Meat
           ,
           Drink
           ,
           or
           Sleep
           :
           On
           one
           hand
           the
           Child
           cries
           ,
           with
           the
           Languishing
           accent
           of
           one
           ready
           to
           Dye
           ,
           
             Ah
             my
             Father
             !
             Ah
             my
             Mother
             !
             What
             shall
             I
             do
             '
             I
             must
             Dye
             ,
             I
             can
             endure
             no
             longer
             :
          
           The
           Wife
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           cries
           ;
           
             Alas
             !
             my
             Heart
             fails
             me
             ,
             I
             Faint
             ,
             I
             Dye
             !
          
           Whilst
           their
           cruel
           Tormentors
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           touch'd
           with
           Compassion
           ,
           that
           from
           thence
           they
           take
           occasion
           to
           press
           them
           afresh
           ,
           and
           to
           renew
           their
           Torments
           ,
           frighting
           them
           with
           their
           Hellish
           Menaces
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           most
           execrable
           Oaths
           and
           Curses
           ;
           crying
           ,
           
             Dog
             ,
             Bougre
             ,
             What
             ,
             wilt
             not
             thou
             be
             Converted
             ?
             Wilt
             not
             thou
             be
             Obedient
             ?
             Dog
             ,
             Bougre
             ,
             Thou
             must
             be
             Converted
             ,
             we
             are
             sent
             on
             purpose
             to
             Convert
             thee
             :
          
           And
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           are
           witnesses
           of
           all
           these
           Cruelties
           ,
           (
           with
           which
           they
           feast
           their
           Eyes
           )
           and
           of
           all
           their
           Infamous
           and
           abominable
           words
           ,
           (
           which
           ought
           to
           cover
           them
           with
           Horror
           and
           Confusion
           )
           make
           only
           a
           matter
           of
           Sport
           and
           Laughter
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Thus
           these
           miserable
           Wretches
           ,
           being
           neither
           suffered
           to
           Live
           or
           to
           Dye
           ,
           (
           for
           when
           they
           see
           them
           fainting
           away
           ,
           they
           force
           them
           to
           take
           so
           much
           as
           to
           keep
           Body
           and
           Soul
           together
           )
           and
           seeing
           no
           other
           way
           for
           them
           to
           be
           delivered
           out
           of
           this
           Hell
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           are
           continually
           Tormented
           ,
           are
           fain
           at
           last
           to
           stoop
           under
           the
           unsupportable
           Burthen
           of
           these
           extremities
           :
           So
           that
           ,
           excepting
           only
           a
           few
           who
           saved
           themselves
           by
           a
           timely
           Flight
           ,
           preferring
           their
           Religion
           before
           all
           Temporal
           Possessions
           ,
           all
           the
           rest
           have
           been
           constrained
           to
           go
           to
           Mass
           .
        
         
           Neither
           is
           the
           Country
           any
           more
           exempt
           from
           these
           Calamities
           ,
           than
           Towns
           and
           Cities
           ;
           nor
           those
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           than
           Citizens
           .
           They
           send
           whole
           Companies
           of
           Souldiers
           into
           Gentlemens
           Houses
           ,
           who
           Treat
           them
           in
           the
           most
           outragious
           and
           violent
           manner
           conceivable
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           not
           a
           Soul
           can
           hope
           to
           escape
           ,
           except
           it
           may
           be
           some
           few
           ,
           who
           like
           the
           Believers
           of
           old
           ,
           wander
           in
           Desarts
           ,
           and
           lodge
           in
           Dens
           and
           Caves
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
         
           Furthermore
           ,
           I
           can
           assure
           you
           ,
           that
           never
           was
           any
           greater
           consternation
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           we
           are
           in
           here
           at
           present
           ;
           the
           Army
           ,
           we
           hear
           is
           come
           very
           near
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           Intendant
           is
           just
           now
           Arrived
           in
           this
           City
           ;
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           Merchants
           are
           either
           already
           gone
           ,
           or
           casting
           about
           how
           best
           to
           make
           their
           escape
           ,
           abandoning
           their
           Houses
           and
           Estates
           to
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           not
           wanting
           some
           Cowardly
           Spirits
           ,
           who
           ,
           to
           avoid
           the
           mischief
           they
           are
           preparing
           for
           us
           ,
           have
           already
           promised
           to
           do
           whatsoever
           is
           required
           of
           them
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           nothing
           is
           seen
           or
           heard
           in
           these
           parts
           but
           Consternation
           ,
           Weeping
           and
           Lamentation
           ;
           there
           being
           scarce
           a
           Person
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           who
           hath
           not
           his
           Heart
           pierced
           with
           the
           bitterest
           Sorrows
           ,
           and
           whose
           Countenance
           hath
           not
           the
           Lively
           Picture
           of
           Death
           Imprinted
           on
           it
           :
           and
           surely
           ,
           if
           our
           Enemies
           Triumph
           in
           all
           this
           ,
           their
           Triumph
           cannot
           likely
           be
           of
           any
           long
           continuance
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           cannot
           perswade
           my self
           to
           entertain
           so
           good
           an
           opinion
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           that
           ever
           they
           will
           be
           ashamed
           of
           these
           their
           doings
           ,
           so
           Diametrically
           opposite
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           for
           I
           know
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           in
           their
           accounts
           ,
           passeth
           for
           a
           Fable
           :
           but
           this
           I
           dare
           averr
           ,
           that
           this
           Method
           of
           theirs
           will
           Infallibly
           lay
           waste
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           all
           appearance
           ,
           is
           never
           like
           to
           recover
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           in
           time
           ,
           they
           themselves
           will
           be
           made
           as
           sensible
           of
           these
           miseries
           ,
           as
           others
           now
           are
           .
           Commerce
           is
           already
           in
           a
           manner
           wholly
           extinct
           ,
           and
           there
           will
           need
           little
           less
           than
           a
           Miracle
           to
           recover
           it
           to
           its
           former
           State.
           What
           Protestant
           Merchants
           will
           henceforward
           be
           willing
           to
           engage
           themselves
           in
           Trade
           ,
           either
           with
           Persons
           without
           Faith
           ;
           and
           who
           have
           so
           cowardly
           betray'd
           their
           Religion
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           with
           the
           Outragious
           and
           Barbarous
           Persecuters
           of
           the
           Religion
           ,
           which
           they
           profess
           ?
           and
           who
           by
           these
           courses
           declare
           openly
           and
           frankly
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           their
           Principle
           ,
           not
           to
           think
           themselves
           oblig'd
           to
           keep
           their
           word
           with
           Hereticks
           ?
           And
           who
           are
           those
           ,
           of
           what
           Religion
           soever
           ,
           that
           will
           Negotiate
           with
           a
           State
           exhausted
           by
           Taxes
           and
           Subsidies
           ,
           by
           Persecutions
           ,
           by
           Barrenness
           and
           Dearth
           of
           several
           years
           continuance
           ;
           full
           of
           a
           despairing
           People
           ,
           and
           which
           Infallibly
           will
           e're
           long
           be
           full
           of
           those
           that
           are
           proscrib'd
           ,
           and
           be
           bathing
           in
           its
           own
           Blood.
           
        
         
           And
           these
           miserable
           Wretches
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           deceived
           by
           those
           who
           have
           told
           them
           ,
           That
           it
           would
           never
           be
           impos'd
           upon
           them
           to
           abjure
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           stupified
           by
           the
           extremity
           of
           their
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           the
           terror
           of
           their
           bloody
           and
           cruel
           Enemies
           ,
           are
           wrapt
           
           up
           in
           so
           deep
           an
           Astonishment
           ,
           as
           doth
           not
           permit
           them
           to
           be
           fully
           sensible
           of
           their
           Fall
           :
           But
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           shall
           recover
           themselves
           ,
           and
           remember
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           Embrace
           the
           Communion
           of
           Rome
           ,
           with
           absolutely
           Renouncing
           the
           Holy
           Religion
           they
           Professed
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           shall
           make
           a
           full
           Reflection
           upon
           the
           unhappy
           Change
           they
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           make
           ,
           then
           their
           Consciences
           being
           awakened
           ,
           and
           continually
           reproaching
           their
           Faint-heartedness
           ,
           will
           rend
           them
           with
           Sorrow
           and
           Remorse
           ,
           and
           inflict
           Torments
           upon
           them
           ,
           equal
           to
           those
           the
           Damned
           endure
           in
           Hell
           ;
           and
           will
           make
           them
           endeavour
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           this
           Anguish
           ,
           and
           to
           find
           Rest
           in
           the
           constant
           Profession
           of
           that
           Truth
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           unhappily
           betray'd
           .
        
         
           And
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ;
           Their
           Enemies
           will
           be
           loath
           to
           take
           the
           Lye
           at
           this
           time
           of
           the
           Day
           ;
           and
           therefore
           will
           endeavour
           ,
           through
           fear
           of
           Punishments
           ,
           to
           oblige
           them
           to
           stay
           in
           that
           Abyss
           of
           Horror
           ,
           into
           which
           they
           have
           precipitated
           them
           :
           But
           because
           all
           the
           Sufferings
           they
           can
           possibly
           threaten
           them
           with
           ,
           will
           be
           no
           ways
           considerable
           ,
           when
           compared
           with
           those
           Tortures
           their
           Consciences
           have
           already
           Inflicted
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           where-with
           they
           threaten
           them
           in
           case
           of
           a
           Relapse
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           constrained
           to
           drag
           them
           to
           the
           Place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           or
           else
           seek
           to
           rid
           themselves
           of
           them
           all
           at
           once
           ,
           by
           a
           general
           Massacre
           ,
           which
           many
           good
           Souls
           have
           so
           long
           desired
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           You
           will
           not
           be
           wanting
           in
           your
           most
           earnest
           Prayers
           to
           beg
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           He
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           take
           pity
           of
           these
           miserable
           Wretches
           ;
           and
           make
           the
           Heart
           of
           our
           Soveraign
           to
           relent
           towards
           us
           ;
           That
           He
           would
           Convert
           those
           ,
           who
           in
           their
           Blindness
           think
           they
           do
           Him
           Service
           ,
           by
           putting
           us
           to
           Death
           ;
           That
           He
           would
           cause
           his
           Voice
           to
           be
           heard
           by
           them
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           to
           St.
           
             Paul
             ;
             Saul
             ,
             Saul
             ,
             Why
             Persecutest
             thou
             me
             ?
          
           And
           make
           the
           rest
           the
           Examples
           of
           his
           Exemplary
           Justice
           :
           Finally
           ,
           That
           He
           would
           grant
           ,
           That
           all
           those
           who
           have
           denied
           Him
           ,
           being
           touched
           with
           a
           True
           Repentance
           ,
           may
           ,
           with
           St.
           
             Peter
             ,
             Go
             out
             ,
             and
             Weep
             bitterly
             .
          
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             Yours
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           Extract
           of
           a
           Letter
           ,
           containing
           some
           more
           Instances
           of
           the
           Cruel
           and
           Barbarous
           Vsage
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           France
           .
        
         
           BUt
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           thing
           which
           troubles
           me
           most
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ;
           there
           's
           another
           cause
           of
           my
           Grief
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           too
           just
           ,
           and
           even
           pierceth
           my
           Heart
           with
           Sorrow
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           The
           Cruel
           Persecution
           ,
           which
           the
           Poor
           Protestants
           of
           France
           do
           suffer
           ,
           amongst
           whom
           I
           have
           so
           many
           near
           and
           dear
           Relations
           :
           The
           Torments
           they
           are
           put
           to
           ,
           are
           almost
           Incredible
           ;
           and
           the
           Heavenly
           Courage
           ,
           wherewith
           some
           of
           them
           are
           strengthned
           by
           their
           Great
           Captain
           and
           Leader
           ,
           to
           undergo
           them
           ,
           is
           no
           less
           amazing
           and
           wonderful
           :
           I
           shall
           give
           for
           Instance
           one
           or
           two
           of
           these
           Champions
           ,
           that
           by
           them
           you
           may
           judge
           of
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           A
           Young
           Woman
           was
           brought
           before
           the
           Council
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           oblige
           her
           to
           abjure
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           which
           she
           boldly
           and
           manfully
           refusing
           ,
           was
           commanded
           back
           again
           to
           Prison
           ;
           where
           they
           shaved
           her
           Head
           ,
           and
           sing'd
           off
           the
           Hair
           of
           her
           Privities
           ;
           and
           having
           stript
           her
           Stark-Naked
           ,
           in
           this
           manner
           led
           her
           through
           the
           Streets
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           where
           many
           a
           blow
           was
           given
           her
           ,
           and
           Stones
           flung
           at
           her
           .
           After
           this
           ,
           they
           set
           her
           up
           to
           the
           Neck
           in
           a
           Tub
           full
           of
           Water
           ;
           where
           after
           she
           had
           been
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           they
           took
           her
           out
           ,
           and
           put
           upon
           her
           a
           Shift
           dipt
           in
           Wine
           ,
           which
           as
           it
           dry'd
           ,
           and
           stuck
           to
           her
           Sore
           and
           Bruised
           Body
           ,
           they
           snatch'd
           off
           again
           ;
           and
           then
           had
           another
           ready
           ,
           dipt
           in
           Wine
           ,
           to
           clap
           upon
           her
           :
           This
           they
           repeated
           six
           several
           times
           ;
           and
           when
           by
           this
           Inhumane
           usage
           ,
           her
           Body
           was
           become
           very
           Raw
           and
           Tender
           ,
           they
           demanded
           of
           her
           ,
           
             Whether
             she
             did
             not
             now
             find
             her self
             disposed
             to
             Embrace
             the
             Catholick
             Faith
             ?
          
           for
           so
           they
           are
           pleased
           to
           term
           their
           Religion
           :
           But
           she
           ,
           being
           strengthned
           by
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Love
           of
           Him
           ,
           for
           whose
           Names
           sake
           she
           suffered
           all
           these
           Extremities
           ,
           undaunted
           answer'd
           ;
           
             That
             she
             had
             before
             declared
             her
             Resolution
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             she
             would
             never
             alter
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
             though
             they
             had
             her
             Body
             in
             their
             Power
             ,
             she
             was
             resolved
             not
             to
             yield
             her
             Soul
             to
             them
             ;
             but
             keep
             it
             pure
             and
             undefiled
             for
             her
             Heavenly
             Lover
             ;
             as
             knowing
             ,
             that
             a
             little
             while
             would
             put
             an
             end
             to
             all
             her
             Sufferings
             ,
             and
             give
             a
          
           
           
             Beginning
             to
             her
             Enjoyment
             of
             Everlasting
             Bliss
             :
          
           Which
           Words
           of
           hers
           ,
           adding
           Fuel
           of
           their
           Rage
           ,
           who
           now
           despaired
           of
           making
           her
           a
           Convert
           ,
           they
           took
           and
           fastned
           her
           by
           her
           Feet
           ,
           to
           something
           that
           served
           the
           turn
           of
           a
           Gibbet
           ,
           and
           there
           let
           her
           hang
           in
           that
           Ignominious
           Posture
           ,
           with
           her
           Head
           downwards
           ,
           till
           she
           expired
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           Person
           I
           would
           instance
           in
           ,
           and
           whom
           I
           pity
           the
           more
           ,
           because
           (
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           )
           he
           may
           yet
           survive
           ,
           and
           still
           continue
           under
           the
           Tormentor's
           Hands
           ,
           is
           an
           Old
           Man
           ;
           who
           having
           ,
           for
           a
           great
           while
           ,
           been
           kept
           close
           Prisoner
           (
           upon
           the
           same
           Account
           as
           the
           former
           )
           in
           a
           deep
           Dungeon
           ,
           where
           his
           Companions
           were
           Darkness
           and
           Horror
           ,
           and
           filthy
           Creeping
           Things
           ,
           was
           brought
           before
           his
           Judges
           ,
           with
           Vermin
           and
           Snails
           crawling
           upon
           his
           Mouldred
           Garment
           ;
           who
           seeing
           him
           in
           that
           Loathsom
           Condition
           ,
           said
           to
           him
           :
           
             How
             now
             Old
             Man
             ,
             does
             not
             your
             Heart
             begin
             to
             Relent
             ?
             and
             are
             not
             you
             willing
             to
             Abjure
             your
             Heresie
             ?
          
           To
           which
           he
           answer'd
           :
           
             As
             for
             Heresie
             ,
             I
             profess
             none
             ;
             but
             if
             by
             that
             Word
             you
             mean
             my
             Religion
             ,
             you
             may
             assure
             your selves
             ,
             that
             as
             I
             have
             thus
             long
             Lived
             ,
             so
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             and
             am
             resolved
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
          
           God
           ,
           
             to
             Dye
             in
             it
          
           :
           With
           which
           Answer
           they
           being
           little
           pleased
           ,
           but
           furiously
           Incensed
           ,
           bespoke
           him
           in
           a
           rougher
           Tone
           :
           
             Do'st
             thou
             not
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             Worms
             are
             about
             to
             devour
             thee
             ?
             Well
             ,
             fince
             thou
             art
             so
             resolved
             ,
             we
             will
             send
             thee
             back
             again
             ,
             to
             the
             loathsom
             Place
             from
             whence
             thou
             camest
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             make
             an
             end
             of
             thee
             ,
             and
             consume
             thy
             obdurate
             Heart
             :
          
           To
           which
           he
           reply'd
           ,
           with
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Holy
           Patient
           
             Job
             ;
             Novi
             postquam
             vermes
             confoderint
             (
             Corpus
             )
             istud
             ,
             in
             carne
             mea
             me
             vissurum
             esse
             Deum
             .
             I
             know
             that
             after
             Worms
             have
             eaten
             this
             Body
             ,
             that
             in
             my
             Flesh
             I
             shall
             see
             God.
          
           And
           having
           so
           said
           ,
           he
           was
           sent
           back
           to
           his
           loathsom
           dark
           Abode
           ;
           where
           if
           he
           be
           still
           ,
           I
           pray
           God
           to
           give
           him
           Patience
           and
           Strength
           to
           hold
           out
           to
           the
           End
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           may
           obtain
           the
           Crown
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           I
           should
           be
           too
           tedious
           ,
           in
           giving
           you
           all
           the
           Particulars
           of
           their
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ;
           yet
           I
           cannot
           well
           forbear
           acquainting
           you
           with
           what
           lately
           I
           am
           most
           credibly
           inform'd
           of
           ;
           which
           take
           as
           follows
           :
           Some
           Dragoons
           ,
           who
           were
           Quartered
           with
           a
           Person
           ,
           who
           they
           could
           by
           no
           means
           oblige
           to
           Renounce
           his
           Religion
           ;
           upon
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           well
           fill'd
           themselves
           with
           Wine
           ,
           and
           broke
           their
           Glasses
           at
           every
           Health
           they
           drank
           ;
           and
           so
           fill'd
           the
           Floor
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           ,
           with
           the
           Fragments
           ;
           and
           by
           often
           walking
           over
           ,
           and
           treading
           upon
           them
           ,
           reduced
           them
           to
           lesser
           Pieces
           and
           Fractions
           :
           And
           being
           now
           in
           a
           merry
           Humour
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           
           go
           to
           Dance
           ;
           and
           told
           their
           Host
           ,
           That
           he
           must
           be
           One
           of
           the
           Company
           ;
           but
           withal
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           first
           pull
           off
           his
           Stockings
           and
           Shoes
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           move
           the
           more
           nimbly
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           they
           forc'd
           him
           to
           Dance
           with
           them
           bare-footed
           ,
           upon
           the
           sharp
           Points
           of
           Glass
           ;
           which
           when
           they
           had
           continued
           so
           long
           as
           they
           were
           able
           to
           keep
           him
           on
           his
           Legs
           ,
           they
           laid
           him
           down
           on
           a
           Bed
           ;
           and
           a
           while
           after
           stript
           him
           stark
           naked
           ,
           and
           rolled
           his
           Body
           from
           one
           end
           of
           the
           Room
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           upon
           the
           sharp
           Glass
           ,
           as
           beforementioned
           ;
           which
           having
           done
           ,
           till
           his
           Skin
           was
           stuck
           full
           of
           the
           said
           little
           Fragments
           ,
           they
           returned
           him
           again
           to
           his
           Bed
           ,
           and
           sent
           for
           a
           Chyrurgeon
           ,
           to
           take
           out
           all
           the
           said
           Pieces
           of
           Glass
           out
           of
           his
           Body
           ;
           which
           ,
           you
           may
           easily
           conceive
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           done
           without
           frequent
           Incisions
           ,
           and
           horrible
           and
           most
           extream
           Pain
           .
           Another
           Person
           being
           likewise
           troubled
           with
           the
           unwelcome
           Company
           of
           these
           Dragoons
           ,
           and
           having
           suffered
           extreamly
           at
           their
           Hands
           ,
           without
           the
           expected
           Success
           of
           his
           Conversion
           ;
           one
           of
           them
           on
           a
           time
           looking
           earnestly
           upon
           him
           ,
           told
           him
           ,
           
             That
             he
             disfigured
             himself
             ,
             with
             letting
             his
             Beard
             grow
             so
             long
             :
          
           But
           he
           answering
           ,
           
             That
             they
             were
             the
             cause
             of
             it
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             let
             him
             stir
             out
             of
             door
             ,
             for
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Barber
             :
          
           The
           Dragoon
           reply'd
           
             I
             can
             do
             that
             for
             you
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Barber
          
           ;
           and
           with
           that
           told
           him
           ,
           
             He
             must
             needs
             try
             his
             Skill
             upon
             him
             :
          
           And
           so
           fell
           to
           work
           ;
           but
           instead
           of
           shaving
           him
           ,
           flea'd
           all
           the
           Skin
           off
           his
           Face
           .
           One
           of
           his
           Companions
           coming-in
           at
           the
           Cry
           of
           this
           poor
           Sufferer
           ,
           and
           seeing
           what
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           seemingly
           blam'd
           him
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             He
             was
             a
             Bunglar
          
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           his
           Host
           ,
           
             Come
             ,
             your
             Hair
             wants
             Cutting
             too
             ;
             and
             you
             shall
             see
             ,
             I
             will
             do
             it
             much
             better
             than
             he
             hath
             shav'd
             you
             :
          
           And
           thereupon
           begins
           ,
           in
           a
           most
           cruel
           manner
           ,
           to
           pluck
           the
           Hair
           ,
           Skin
           ,
           and
           all
           ,
           off
           his
           Head
           ,
           and
           flea'd
           That
           as
           the
           other
           had
           done
           his
           Chin.
           Thus
           making
           a
           Sport
           and
           Merriment
           of
           the
           extream
           Suffering
           of
           these
           miserable
           Wretches
           .
        
         
           By
           these
           Inhumane
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           Barbarous
           means
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           endeavour
           to
           overcome
           the
           most
           resolved
           Patience
           ,
           and
           to
           drive
           People
           to
           Despair
           and
           Faint-heartedness
           ,
           by
           their
           Devilish
           Inventions
           .
           They
           refuse
           to
           give
           them
           Death
           ,
           which
           they
           desire
           ;
           and
           only
           keep
           them
           alive
           to
           torment
           them
           ,
           so
           long
           till
           they
           have
           vanquish'd
           their
           Perseverance
           ;
           for
           the
           Names
           of
           Martyrs
           ,
           and
           Rebels
           ,
           are
           equally
           odious
           to
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           who
           tell
           them
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King
             will
             have
             Obedient
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             neither
             Martyrs
             nor
             Rebels
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             have
             received
             Orders
             to
             Convert
             them
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             Kill
             them
             .
          
        
         
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           beg
           your
           Pardon
           ,
           for
           having
           so
           long
           Entertain'd
           you
           with
           these
           more
           than
           Tragical
           Passages
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           would
           not
           be
           wanting
           to
           recommend
           the
           Condition
           of
           these
           Poor
           ,
           Destitute
           ,
           Afflicted
           ,
           and
           Tortured
           Persons
           ,
           to
           the
           Bowels
           of
           Compassion
           of
           our
           Heavenly
           Father
           ,
           that
           He
           would
           be
           pleased
           not
           to
           suffer
           them
           to
           be
           Tempted
           above
           what
           he
           shall
           give
           them
           Grace
           to
           bear
           :
           Which
           is
           the
           Hearty
           Prayer
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Faithful
             Friend
             ,
             T.
             G.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           Since
           the
           First
           Publishing
           of
           This
           ,
           some
           further
           Particulars
           (
           representing
           the
           Horror
           of
           this
           Persecution
           )
           are
           come
           to
           hand
           ;
           which
           take
           as
           follow
           :
        
         
           THey
           have
           put
           Persons
           into
           Monasteries
           ,
           in
           little
           narrow
           holes
           ,
           where
           thy
           could
           not
           stretch
           their
           Bodies
           at
           length
           ;
           there
           Feeding
           them
           with
           Bread
           and
           Water
           ,
           and
           Whipping
           them
           every
           day
           ,
           till
           they
           did
           Recant
           :
           They
           plunged
           others
           into
           Wells
           ,
           and
           there
           kept
           them
           till
           they
           promised
           to
           do
           what
           was
           desired
           of
           them
           :
           They
           stript
           some
           Naked
           ,
           and
           stuck
           their
           Bodies
           full
           of
           Pins
           :
           They
           tyed
           Fathers
           and
           Husbands
           to
           the
           Bed-Posts
           ,
           forcing
           their
           Wives
           and
           Daughters
           before
           their
           Eyes
           :
           In
           some
           Places
           the
           Ravishing
           of
           Women
           was
           openly
           and
           generally
           permitted
           :
           They
           pluck'd
           off
           the
           Nails
           and
           Toes
           of
           others
           :
           They
           Burnt
           their
           Feet
           ,
           and
           blew
           up
           Men
           and
           Women
           with
           Bellows
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           Burst
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           They
           exercised
           all
           manner
           of
           Cruelties
           they
           could
           invent
           ,
           and
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           spared
           neither
           Sex
           ,
           Age
           nor
           Quality
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Profession
           of
           the
           Catholick
           ,
           Apostolick
           ,
           and
           
             Roman
             Faith
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Revolting
           Protestants
           in
           France
           are
           to
           Subscribe
           and
           Swear
           to
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           Amen
           .
           I
           Believe
           and
           Confess
           with
           a
           firm
           Faith
           ,
           all
           and
           every
           thing
           and
           things
           contained
           in
           the
           Creed
           ,
           which
           is
           used
           by
           the
           Holy
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
             viz.
          
           I
           Receive
           and
           Embrace
           most
           sincerely
           the
           Apostolick
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Traditions
           ,
           and
           other
           Observances
           of
           the
           said
           Church
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           I
           receive
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           same
           Sence
           as
           the
           said
           Mother
           Church
           hath
           ,
           and
           doth
           now
           understand
           and
           Expound
           the
           same
           ;
           for
           whom
           and
           to
           whom
           it
           only
           doth
           belong
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           Interpretation
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           :
           And
           I
           will
           never
           take
           them
           ,
           nor
           understand
           them
           otherwise
           ,
           than
           according
           to
           the
           unanimous
           Consent
           of
           the
           Fathers
           .
        
         
           I
           profess
           ,
           That
           there
           be
           truly
           and
           properly
           Seven
           Sacraments
           of
           the
           New
           Law
           ,
           instituted
           by
           our
           Lord
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           and
           necessary
           for
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           altho'
           not
           equally
           needful
           for
           every
           one
           ,
           
             viz.
             Baptism
             ,
             Confirmation
          
           ,
           the
           
             Eucharist
             ,
             Penance
             ,
             Extream
             Unction
             ,
             Orders
          
           and
           Marriage
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           do
           confer
           Grace
           ;
           and
           that
           Baptism
           and
           Orders
           may
           not
           be
           reiterated
           ,
           without
           Sacriledge
           :
           I
           receive
           and
           admit
           also
           the
           Ceremonies
           received
           and
           approved
           by
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           in
           the
           solemn
           Administration
           of
           the
           forementioned
           Sacraments
           .
        
         
           I
           receive
           and
           embrace
           all
           and
           every
           thing
           ,
           and
           things
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           determined
           concerning
           Original
           Sin
           and
           Justification
           by
           the
           Holy
           Council
           of
           Trent
           .
        
         
           I
           likewise
           profess
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Mass
           there
           is
           offered
           up
           to
           God
           ,
           a
           true
           ,
           proper
           ,
           and
           propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           for
           the
           Living
           and
           Dead
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           there
           is
           
             truly
             ,
             really
             ,
             and
             Substantially
             ,
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Soul
             and
             Divinity
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           it
           there
           is
           made
           a
           change
           of
           the
           whole
           Substance
           of
           the
           Bread
           into
           his
           Body
           ,
           and
           of
           whole
           Substance
           of
           the
           Wine
           into
           his
           Blood
           ,
           which
           change
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           calls
           Transubstantiation
           .
           I
           confess
           also
           ,
           That
           under
           one
           only
           of
           these
           two
           Elements
           ,
           whole
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Sacrament
           is
           received
           .
        
         
           I
           constantly
           believe
           and
           affirm
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Purgatory
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Souls
           there
           detained
           ,
           are
           relieved
           by
           the
           Suffrages
           of
           the
           Faithful
           .
        
         
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           I
           believe
           that
           the
           Saints
           Reigning
           in
           Glory
           with
           Jesus
           
           Christ
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           Worshipped
           and
           Invocated
           by
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           offer
           up
           Prayers
           to
           God
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Reliques
           ought
           to
           be
           honoured
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           I
           do
           most
           stedfastly
           avow
           ,
           that
           the
           Images
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           other
           Saints
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           kept
           and
           retained
           ,
           and
           that
           due
           Honour
           and
           Veneration
           must
           be
           yielded
           unto
           them
           .
        
         
           Also
           I
           do
           affirm
           ,
           that
           the
           power
           of
           Indulgence
           was
           left
           to
           the
           Church
           by
           
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           use
           thereof
           is
           very
           beneficial
           to
           Christians
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           acknowledge
           the
           holy
           Catholick
           ,
           Apostolick
           ,
           and
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Mother
           and
           Mistress
           of
           all
           other
           Churches
           ;
           and
           I
           Profess
           and
           Swear
           true
           Obedience
           to
           the
           
             Pope
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             Successor
             of
             the
             Blessed
             St.
          
           Peter
           ,
           
             Prince
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             Vicar
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           I
           own
           and
           profess
           ,
           without
           doubting
           ,
           all
           other
           things
           left
           defined
           and
           declared
           by
           the
           Holy
           Canons
           and
           General
           Councils
           ,
           especially
           by
           the
           most
           Holy
           Council
           of
           Trent
           ;
           and
           withal
           ,
           I
           do
           condemn
           ,
           reject
           ,
           and
           hold
           for
           accursed
           ,
           all
           things
           that
           are
           contrary
           thereto
           ;
           and
           all
           those
           Heresies
           which
           have
           been
           condemned
           ,
           rejected
           ,
           and
           accursed
           by
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           Swearing
           upon
           the
           Book
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           Party
           Recanting
           must
           say
           :
           
             I
             Promise
             ,
             Vow
             ,
             and
             Swear
             ,
             and
             most
             constantly
             Profess
             ,
             by
          
           Gods
           
             Assistance
             ,
             to
             keep
             entirely
             and
             inviolably
             ,
             unto
             Death
             ,
             this
             self-same
          
           Catholick
           and
           Apostolick
           Faith
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           no
           Person
           can
           be
           Saved
           ;
           
             and
             this
             I
             do
             most
             truly
             and
             willingly
             profess
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             will
             to
             the
             utmost
             of
             my
             Power
             endeavour
             that
             it
             may
             be
             maintain'd
             and
             upheld
             as
             far
             as
             any
             ways
             belong
             to
             my
             Charge
             ;
             so
             help
             me
          
           God
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Holy
             Virgin.
          
           
        
      
       
         
           The
           Certificate
           which
           the
           Party
           Recanting
           is
           to
           leave
           with
           the
           Priest
           ,
           when
           he
           makes
           his
           Abjuration
           .
        
         
           I
           N.
           N.
           
             of
             the
             Parish
             of
          
           N.
           
             do
             Certifie
             all
             whom
             it
             may
             Concern
             ,
             That
             having
             acknowledged
             the
             Falseness
             of
             the
          
           Pretended
           Reformed
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
          
           Catholick
           Religion
           ,
           of
           my
           own
           Free
           will
           ,
           without
           any
           Compulsion
           ,
           
             I
             have
             accordingly
             made
             Profession
             of
             the
             said
             Catholick
             Roman
             Religion
             in
             the
             Church
             of
          
           N.
           
             in
             the
             hands
             of
          
           N.
           N.
           
             In
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Truth
             whereof
             ,
             I
             have
             Signed
             this
             Act
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             whose
             Names
             are
             under
             Written
             ,
             this
             —
             day
             of
             the
             Month
             of
             the
             —
             Year
             of
             the
             Reign
             of
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             Redemption
             —
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Elector
           of
           Brandenburg
           ,
           in
           Favour
           of
           the
           
             French
             Protestants
          
           ,
           who
           shall
           Settle
           themselves
           in
           any
           of
           His
           Dominions
           .
        
         
           We
           
             Frederick
             William
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           Marquess
           of
           Brandenburg
           ,
           Arch-Chamberlain
           ,
           and
           Prince
           Elector
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Empire
          
           ;
           Duke
           of
           
             Prussia
             ,
             Magdeburg
             ,
             Juilliers
             ,
             Cleves
             ,
             Bergen
             ,
             Stettin
             ,
             Pomerania
          
           ;
           of
           the
           
             Cassubes
             ,
             Vandals
          
           ,
           and
           Silesia
           ;
           of
           Crosne
           ,
           and
           Jagerndorff
           ;
           Burg-grave
           of
           Noremberg
           ;
           Prince
           of
           
             Halberstadt
             ,
             Minde
          
           ,
           and
           Camin
           ;
           Earl
           of
           Hohenzollern
           ,
           of
           the
           Mark
           and
           Ravensberg
           ;
           Lord
           of
           
             Ravenstein
             ,
             Lawneburg
          
           ,
           and
           Butow
           ,
           do
           declare
           and
           make
           known
           to
           all
           to
           whom
           these
           Presents
           shall
           come
           :
        
         
           THat
           whereas
           the
           Persecutions
           and
           Rigorous
           Proceedings
           which
           have
           been
           carried
           on
           for
           some
           time
           in
           France
           ,
           against
           those
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           have
           forced
           many
           Families
           to
           leave
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           seek
           for
           a
           Settlement
           elsewhere
           ,
           in
           strange
           and
           Foreign
           Countries
           ;
           We
           have
           been
           willing
           ,
           being
           touched
           with
           that
           just
           Compassion
           ,
           We
           are
           bound
           to
           have
           for
           those
           who
           suffer
           for
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           Purity
           of
           that
           Faith
           We
           profess
           ,
           together
           with
           them
           ,
           by
           this
           present
           Declaration
           ,
           Signed
           with
           Our
           own
           Hand
           ,
           to
           offer
           ,
           to
           the
           said
           Protestants
           ,
           a
           sure
           and
           free
           Retreat
           in
           all
           the
           Countries
           and
           Provinces
           under
           Our
           Dominion
           ;
           and
           withal
           ,
           to
           declare
           the
           several
           Rights
           ,
           Immunities
           ,
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           which
           We
           are
           willing
           they
           shall
           enjoy
           there
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Relieving
           and
           easing
           them
           ,
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           of
           the
           burthen
           of
           those
           Calamities
           ,
           wherewith
           it
           hath
           pleased
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           to
           afflict
           so
           considerable
           a
           Part
           of
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
           
           
             I.
             
          
           
             To
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             all
             those
             who
             shall
             resolve
             to
             Settle
             themselves
             in
             any
             of
             our
             Dominions
             ,
             may
             with
             the
             more
             Ease
             and
             Convenience
             Transport
             themselves
             thither
             ,
             We
             have
             given
             Order
             to
             our
             Envoy
             extraordinary
             with
             the
             States-General
             of
             the
             
               Vnited
               Provinces
               ,
               Sieur
               Diest
            
             ,
             and
             to
             our
             Commissary
             in
             the
             City
             of
             
               Amsterdam
               ,
               Sieur
               Romswinkel
            
             ,
             at
             our
             Charge
             ,
             to
             furnish
             all
             those
             of
             the
             said
             Religion
             (
             who
             shall
             address
             themselves
             unto
             them
             )
             with
             what
             Vessels
             and
             Provisions
             they
             shall
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             ,
             for
             the
             Transportation
             of
             themselves
             ,
             their
             Goods
             and
             Families
             ,
             from
             Holland
             to
             the
             City
             of
             Hamburg
             :
             Where
             then
             our
             Councellor
             and
             Resident
             for
             the
             Circle
             of
             the
             Lower
             
               Saxony
               ,
               Sieur
               Baerick
            
             ,
             shall
             furnish
             them
             with
             all
             Conveniencies
             they
             may
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             ,
             to
             convey
             them
             further
             ,
             to
             whatsoever
             City
             or
             Province
             they
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             pitch
             upon
             ,
             for
             the
             Place
             of
             their
             Abode
             .
          
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           
             Those
             who
             shall
             come
             from
             the
             Parts
             of
             France
             about
             Sedan
             ,
             as
             from
             
               Champagne
               ,
               Lorain
               ,
               Burgundy
            
             ,
             or
             from
             any
             of
             the
             Southern
             Provinces
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             who
             think
             it
             not
             convenient
             to
             pass
             through
             Holland
             ,
             may
             betake
             themselves
             to
             the
             City
             of
             Frankfort
             upon
             Maine
             ;
             and
             there
             address
             themselves
             to
             
               Sieur
               Merain
            
             ,
             our
             Councellor
             and
             Agent
             in
             the
             said
             City
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Cologne
             to
             
               Sieur
               Lely
            
             ,
             our
             Agent
             ,
             to
             whom
             We
             have
             also
             given
             Command
             to
             furnish
             them
             with
             Money
             ,
             Pasports
             ,
             and
             Boats
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             carrying
             them
             down
             the
             River
             Rhine
             ,
             to
             our
             Dutchy
             of
             Cleves
             and
             Mark
             :
             or
             in
             case
             they
             shall
             desire
             to
             go
             further
             up
             in
             our
             Dominions
             ,
             our
             said
             Ministers
             and
             Officers
             shall
             furnish
             them
             with
             Address
             ,
             and
             Conveniencies
             ,
             for
             to
             Arrive
             at
             those
             several
             respective
             Places
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           
             And
             forasmuch
             as
             the
             said
             our
             Provinces
             are
             stored
             with
             all
             sorts
             of
             Conveniencies
             ,
             and
             Commodities
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             the
             necessity
             of
             Living
             ,
             but
             also
             for
             Manufactures
             ,
             Commerce
             ,
             and
             Trade
             by
             Sea
             ,
             and
             by
             Land
             ;
             those
             who
             are
             willing
             to
             Settle
             themselves
             in
             any
             of
             our
             said
             Provinces
             ,
             may
             choose
             such
             Place
             ,
             as
             they
             please
             ,
             in
             the
             Country
             of
             
               Cleve
               ,
               Mark
               ,
               Ravensberg
            
             and
             Minde
             ,
             or
             in
             those
             of
             
               Magdeburg
               ,
               Halberstadt
               ,
               Brandenburg
               ,
               Pomerania
               ,
            
             and
             Prussia
             .
             And
             forasmuch
             as
             We
             conceive
             ,
             that
             in
             our
             Electoral
             Marquisate
             ,
             the
             Cities
             of
             
               Stendel
               ,
               Werbe
               ,
               Ka●kenow
               ,
               Brandenburg
               ,
            
             and
             Frankfort
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Country
             of
             Magdeburg
             ,
             the
             
             Cities
             of
             
               Magdenburg
               ,
               Halle
            
             ,
             and
             Calbe
             ;
             and
             in
             Prussia
             ,
             the
             City
             of
             Konigsberg
             will
             be
             most
             commodious
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             the
             great
             abundance
             of
             all
             Necessaries
             of
             Life
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             had
             there
             at
             cheap
             Rates
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             Convenience
             of
             Trade
             and
             Traffick
             ;
             We
             have
             given
             charge
             ,
             that
             as
             soon
             as
             any
             of
             the
             said
             
               French
               Protestants
            
             shall
             arrive
             in
             any
             of
             the
             said
             Cities
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             kindly
             received
             and
             agreed
             with
             about
             all
             those
             Things
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             thought
             needful
             for
             their
             Settlement
             .
             And
             for
             the
             rest
             ,
             leaving
             them
             at
             their
             full
             Liberty
             to
             dispose
             of
             themselves
             in
             whatsoever
             City
             or
             Province
             they
             shall
             judge
             most
             commodious
             ,
             and
             best
             suiting
             with
             their
             Occasions
             .
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             
          
           
             All
             the
             Goods
             ,
             Houshold-stuff
             ,
             Merchandize
             ,
             and
             Commodities
             ,
             which
             they
             shall
             bring
             along
             with
             them
             ,
             shall
             not
             be
             liable
             to
             any
             Custom
             of
             Impost
             ;
             but
             shall
             be
             wholly
             exempt
             from
             all
             Charges
             and
             Impositions
             ,
             of
             what
             Name
             or
             Nature
             soever
             they
             may
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             V.
             
          
           
             And
             in
             case
             that
             in
             any
             of
             the
             Cities
             ,
             Towns
             ,
             or
             Villages
             ,
             where
             the
             said
             Persons
             of
             the
             
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             do
             intend
             to
             Settle
             themselves
             ,
             there
             be
             found
             any
             Ruinous
             and
             decay'd
             Houses
             ,
             or
             such
             as
             stand
             empty
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             Proprietors
             are
             not
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             Repair
             ,
             We
             will
             cause
             the
             same
             to
             be
             Assigned
             to
             them
             ,
             the
             said
             
               French
               Protestants
            
             ,
             as
             their
             Propriety
             ,
             and
             to
             their
             Heirs
             forever
             ;
             and
             shall
             content
             the
             present
             Proprietors
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Value
             of
             the
             said
             Houses
             ;
             and
             shall
             wholly
             free
             the
             same
             from
             all
             Charges
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             same
             might
             stand
             engaged
             ,
             whether
             by
             Mortgage
             ,
             Debts
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             way
             whatsoever
             .
             Furthermore
             ,
             Our
             Will
             is
             ,
             That
             they
             be
             furnished
             with
             Timber
             ,
             Quick
             Lime
             ,
             Stones
             ,
             Bricks
             ,
             and
             other
             Materials
             they
             may
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             ,
             for
             the
             Repairing
             of
             whatsoever
             is
             decay'd
             or
             Ruinous
             in
             any
             of
             the
             said
             Houses
             ;
             which
             shall
             ,
             for
             Six
             Years
             ,
             be
             exempt
             from
             all
             sorts
             of
             Impositions
             ,
             Free
             Quarter
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Charges
             whatsoever
             :
             Neither
             shall
             the
             said
             French
             ,
             during
             the
             said
             time
             of
             Six
             Years
             ,
             be
             lyable
             to
             any
             Payments
             whatsoever
             ,
             but
             what
             are
             chargeable
             upon
             things
             of
             daily
             Consumption
             .
          
        
         
           
             VI.
             
          
           
             In
             Cities
             or
             elsewhere
             ,
             where
             convenient
             Places
             shall
             be
             found
             for
             to
             build
             Houses
             ,
             those
             of
             the
             
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             who
             shall
             make
             
             their
             Retreat
             into
             Our
             Dominions
             ,
             shall
             be
             fully
             Authorized
             and
             Impowered
             to
             take
             Possession
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             for
             themselves
             and
             their
             Heirs
             after
             them
             ,
             together
             with
             all
             the
             Gardens
             ,
             Fields
             ,
             and
             Pasture
             Grounds
             belonging
             to
             the
             same
             ,
             without
             being
             oblig'd
             to
             pay
             any
             of
             the
             dues
             and
             charges
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             said
             places
             ,
             or
             their
             dependance
             may
             be
             Incumbred
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             for
             the
             facilitating
             their
             Building
             in
             any
             of
             the
             said
             places
             ,
             We
             will
             cause
             them
             to
             be
             furnished
             with
             all
             the
             materials
             they
             shall
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             ;
             and
             will
             over
             and
             above
             allow
             them
             Ten
             Years
             of
             Exemption
             ,
             during
             which
             they
             shall
             not
             be
             lyable
             to
             any
             other
             charges
             or
             payments
             ,
             besides
             the
             dues
             charged
             upon
             things
             of
             daily
             spending
             .
             And
             furthermore
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             Our
             intent
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             their
             Settlement
             in
             Our
             Dominions
             the
             most
             easie
             and
             commodious
             for
             them
             that
             may
             be
             ;
             We
             have
             given
             Command
             to
             Our
             Magistrates
             and
             other
             Officers
             in
             the
             said
             Provinces
             ,
             to
             make
             enquiry
             ,
             in
             every
             City
             ,
             for
             Houses
             that
             are
             to
             be
             Lett
             ,
             into
             which
             it
             shall
             be
             free
             for
             the
             said
             French
             to
             enter
             ,
             and
             take
             up
             their
             Lodging
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             shall
             Arrive
             ;
             and
             do
             promise
             to
             pay
             for
             them
             and
             their
             Families
             for
             Four
             Years
             ,
             the
             Rent
             of
             the
             said
             Houses
             ,
             provided
             that
             they
             engage
             themselves
             ,
             within
             the
             said
             Term
             ,
             to
             Build
             in
             such
             places
             as
             shall
             be
             Assigned
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             manner
             ,
             and
             upon
             condition
             as
             aforesaid
             .
          
        
         
           
             VII
             .
          
           
             As
             soon
             as
             they
             shall
             have
             taken
             up
             their
             Habitation
             in
             any
             City
             or
             Town
             of
             Our
             Dominions
             ,
             they
             shall
             immediately
             be
             made
             Free
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             that
             particular
             Corporation
             ,
             which
             by
             their
             Trade
             or
             Profession
             they
             belong
             to
             ;
             and
             shall
             enjoy
             the
             self-same
             Rights
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             which
             the
             Citizens
             ,
             Burgesses
             ,
             and
             Freemen
             of
             the
             said
             places
             or
             Corporations
             do
             enjoy
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             being
             obliged
             to
             pay
             any
             thing
             for
             the
             said
             Freedome
             ,
             and
             without
             being
             lyable
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Escheatage
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             of
             what
             Nature
             soever
             they
             may
             be
             ,
             which
             in
             other
             Countries
             are
             in
             force
             against
             Strangers
             ;
             but
             shall
             be
             look'd
             upon
             ,
             and
             Treated
             upon
             all
             accounts
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             as
             Our
             own
             Natural
             Subjects
             .
          
        
         
           
             VIII
             .
          
           
             All
             those
             whose
             are
             willing
             to
             undertake
             and
             Establish
             any
             Manufactures
             ,
             whether
             of
             Cloth
             ,
             Stuffs
             ,
             Hats
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             whatsoever
             ,
             shall
             not
             only
             be
             furnished
             with
             all
             the
             Priviledges
             ,
             Patents
             ,
             and
             Franchises
             ,
             which
             they
             can
             wish
             for
             ,
             or
             desire
             ;
             but
             moreover
             We
             will
             
             take
             care
             that
             they
             be
             assisted
             with
             Moneys
             ,
             and
             such
             other
             Provisions
             and
             Necessaries
             as
             shall
             be
             thought
             fit
             to
             promote
             and
             make
             their
             undertaking
             successful
             .
          
        
         
           
             IX
             .
          
           
             To
             Country-men
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             are
             willing
             to
             Settle
             themselves
             in
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             We
             will
             cause
             a
             certain
             extent
             of
             Ground
             to
             be
             allotted
             for
             them
             to
             Till
             and
             Cultivate
             ,
             and
             give
             Orders
             for
             their
             being
             assisted
             and
             furnished
             with
             all
             things
             necessary
             for
             their
             Subsistence
             ,
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             their
             Settlement
             ;
             in
             like
             manner
             as
             we
             have
             done
             to
             a
             considerable
             number
             of
             
             Swiss-Families
             ,
             who
             are
             come
             to
             dwell
             in
             Our
             Dominions
             .
          
        
         
           
             X.
             
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             any
             business
             of
             Law
             ,
             or
             matter
             of
             difference
             which
             may
             arise
             amongst
             those
             of
             the
             
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             We
             do
             grant
             and
             allow
             that
             in
             those
             Cities
             where
             any
             considerable
             number
             of
             
             French-Families
             shall
             be
             Settled
             ,
             they
             be
             Authorized
             to
             choose
             one
             from
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             who
             shall
             have
             full
             power
             to
             decide
             the
             said
             differences
             in
             a
             friendly
             way
             ,
             without
             any
             formality
             of
             Law
             whatsoever
             :
             And
             incase
             any
             Differences
             shall
             arise
             between
             the
             Germans
             and
             the
             said
             French
             ,
             that
             then
             the
             said
             Differences
             shall
             be
             decided
             joyntly
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             of
             the
             Place
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Person
             whom
             the
             French
             shall
             have
             Chosen
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             from
             amongst
             themselves
             .
             And
             the
             same
             shall
             be
             done
             when
             the
             Differences
             of
             Frenchmen
             ,
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             cannot
             be
             accommodated
             in
             the
             forementioned
             friendly
             way
             ,
             by
             the
             Person
             thereto
             by
             them
             Elected
             .
          
        
         
           
             XI
             .
          
           
             In
             every
             City
             ,
             where
             any
             numbers
             of
             French
             shall
             Settle
             themselves
             ,
             We
             will
             maintain
             a
             Minister
             ,
             and
             appoint
             a
             convenient
             place
             for
             the
             Publick
             Exercise
             of
             Religion
             in
             the
             French
             Tongue
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Custome
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             same
             Ceremonies
             which
             are
             in
             use
             amongst
             the
             Reformed
             in
             France
             .
          
        
         
           
             XII
             .
          
           
             And
             forasmuch
             as
             such
             of
             the
             Nobility
             of
             France
             ,
             who
             ,
             heretofore
             ,
             have
             put
             themselves
             under
             Our
             Protection
             ,
             and
             entred
             into
             our
             Service
             ,
             do
             actually
             enjoy
             the
             same
             Honours
             ,
             Dignities
             ,
             and
             Immunities
             with
             those
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             are
             many
             found
             amongst
             them
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             raised
             to
             the
             chief
             Places
             and
             Charges
             of
             Our
             Court
             ,
             and
             Command
             over
             Our
             Forces
             ;
             We
             are
             ready
             and
             willing
             to
             continue
             the
             same
             Favour
             to
             those
             of
             the
             said
             Nobility
             ,
             who
             for
             time
             
             to
             come
             shall
             Settle
             themselves
             in
             our
             Dominions
             ,
             by
             bestowing
             upon
             them
             the
             several
             Charges
             ,
             Honours
             and
             Dignities
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             found
             fitted
             for
             .
             And
             in
             case
             they
             shall
             purchase
             any
             Mannors
             or
             Lordships
             ,
             they
             shall
             possess
             the
             same
             with
             all
             the
             Rights
             ,
             Prerogatives
             ,
             and
             Immunities
             ,
             which
             the
             Nobility
             of
             our
             own
             Dominions
             do
             of
             Right
             enjoy
             .
          
        
         
           
             XIII
             .
          
           
             All
             these
             Priviledges
             and
             Advantages
             forementioned
             shall
             not
             only
             be
             extended
             to
             those
             French
             of
             the
             
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             who
             shall
             Arrive
             in
             our
             Dominions
             (
             in
             order
             to
             their
             Settling
             there
             )
             after
             the
             Date
             of
             this
             Declaration
             ;
             but
             also
             to
             those
             ,
             who
             before
             the
             date
             hereof
             ,
             have
             Settled
             themselves
             in
             our
             Countries
             ,
             provided
             they
             have
             been
             forced
             to
             leave
             France
             upon
             account
             of
             their
             Religion
             ;
             they
             of
             the
             Romish
             Profession
             being
             wholly
             excluded
             from
             any
             part
             or
             share
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           
             XIV
             .
          
           
             In
             every
             one
             of
             Our
             Provinces
             ,
             Dutchies
             ,
             and
             Principalities
             ,
             We
             shall
             appoint
             and
             Establish
             certain
             Commissioners
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             French
             of
             the
             
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             ,
             may
             have
             Recourse
             ,
             and
             Address
             themselves
             upon
             all
             occasions
             of
             need
             ;
             and
             this
             not
             only
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             their
             Settlement
             ,
             but
             also
             afterwards
             .
             And
             all
             Governours
             and
             Magistrates
             of
             Our
             Provinces
             and
             Territories
             ,
             shall
             have
             order
             by
             Vertue
             of
             these
             Presents
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             by
             other
             particular
             Commands
             ,
             We
             shall
             from
             time
             to
             time
             Issue
             forth
             ,
             to
             take
             the
             said
             Persons
             of
             the
             
               Reformed
               Religion
            
             into
             their
             Protection
             ,
             and
             to
             maintain
             them
             in
             all
             the
             Priviledges
             here
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             not
             suffer
             the
             least
             hurt
             or
             injury
             to
             be
             done
             unto
             them
             ,
             but
             rather
             all
             manner
             of
             Favour
             ,
             Aide
             and
             Assistance
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Given
                 at
              
               Postdam
               ,
               
                 Octob.
                 26.
                 1685.
                 
              
            
             
               Signed
               ,
               Frederick
               William
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               Kind
               Reader
            
             ,
             FOrasmuch
             as
             in
             the
             Edict
             of
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             the
             perpetual
             and
             irrevocable
             Edict
             of
             Nantes
             is
             recall'd
             and
             abolished
             ;
             I
             thought
             fit
             (
             because
             the
             whole
             Edict
             would
             be
             too
             long
             to
             be
             Inserted
             here
             )
             to
             give
             you
             some
             passages
             of
             the
             Prefatory
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             whereby
             it
             may
             appear
             what
             stress
             was
             laid
             on
             it
             by
             Henry
             the
             IV.
             (
             called
             the
             Great
             )
             Grandfather
             to
             the
             present
             French
             King
             ,
             and
             how
             much
             he
             judged
             the
             exact
             maintaining
             of
             it
             would
             conduce
             to
             the
             Settlement
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Prosperity
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             .
          
        
         
           —
           Now
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           give
           us
           a
           beginning
           of
           enjoying
           some
           Rest
           ,
           we
           think
           ,
           we
           cannot
           employ
           our selves
           better
           ,
           than
           to
           apply
           to
           that
           which
           may
           tend
           to
           the
           Service
           and
           Glory
           of
           his
           Holy
           Name
           ,
           and
           to
           provide
           that
           He
           may
           be
           Adored
           and
           Prayed
           to
           by
           all
           Our
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           if
           〈…〉
           at
           h
           not
           yet
           pleased
           him
           to
           permit
           it
           to
           be
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Form
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           at
           the
           least
           be
           with
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Intention
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           Rules
           ,
           that
           may
           prevent
           amongst
           them
           all
           Troubles
           and
           Tumults
           ;
           and
           that
           We
           and
           this
           Kingdom
           may
           always
           conserve
           the
           Glorious
           Title
           of
           
             Most
             Christian
          
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           same
           means
           take
           away
           the
           Cause
           of
           Mischief
           and
           Trouble
           ,
           which
           may
           happen
           from
           the
           actions
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           of
           all
           others
           are
           most
           prevalent
           and
           penetrating
           .
           For
           this
           cause
           ,
           acknowledging
           this
           affair
           to
           be
           of
           the
           greatest
           Importance
           ,
           and
           worthy
           of
           the
           best
           consideration
           ,
           after
           having
           considered
           the
           Complaints
           of
           Our
           Catholick
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           having
           also
           permitted
           to
           Our
           Subjects
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           to
           assemble
           themselves
           by
           Deputies
           for
           framing
           their
           Complaints
           ,
           and
           making
           a
           Collection
           
           of
           all
           their
           Remonstrances
           ,
           and
           having
           thereupon
           conferred
           divers
           times
           with
           them
           ,
           we
           have
           upon
           the
           whole
           judged
           it
           necessary
           ,
           to
           give
           to
           all
           Our
           said
           Subjects
           one
           General
           Law
           ,
           clear
           ,
           plain
           ,
           and
           absolute
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           shall
           be
           regulated
           in
           all
           differences
           ,
           which
           have
           heretofore
           risen
           among
           them
           ,
           or
           which
           may
           rise
           hereafter
           ,
           and
           wherewith
           both
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           may
           be
           contented
           ;
           having
           had
           no
           other
           regard
           in
           this
           deliberation
           ,
           than
           solely
           the
           Zeal
           we
           have
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           praying
           that
           He
           would
           henceforward
           grant
           to
           all
           Our
           Subjects
           a
           Durable
           and
           Established
           Peace
           :
           And
           We
           implore
           and
           expect
           from
           his
           Divine
           Bounty
           the
           same
           Protection
           and
           Favour
           he
           hath
           always
           bestowed
           upon
           this
           Kingdom
           from
           our
           Birth
           ,
           &
           that
           He
           would
           give
           our
           said
           Subjects
           the
           Grace
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           in
           observation
           of
           this
           Our
           Ordinance
           ,
           consisteth
           (
           next
           to
           their
           Duty
           toward
           God
           and
           us
           )
           the
           principal
           Foundation
           of
           their
           Vnion
           Concord
           ,
           Tranquility
           ,
           Rest
           ,
           &
           the
           re-establishment
           of
           this
           state
           in
           its
           first
           Splendor
           .
           Opulency
           &
           strength
           ;
           as
           on
           our
           p●●●
           We
           promise
           that
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           it
           shall
           be
           exactly
           observed
           ,
           without
           suffering
           any
           contravention
           .
           And
           for
           these
           causes
           ,
           having
           with
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           Our
           Blood
           ,
           other
           Princes
           and
           Officers
           of
           Our
           Crown
           ,
           and
           other
           great
           and
           eminent
           Persons
           of
           our
           Council
           of
           State
           ,
           well
           and
           diligently
           weighed
           and
           considered
           all
           this
           affair
           ;
           We
           have
           by
           this
           Edict
           or
           Statute
           ,
           perpetual
           and
           Irrevocable
           ,
           Said
           ,
           Declared
           ,
           &
           Ordained
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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