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

ask and require pardon of God and of his said Church and of you that are appointed my Pastors by God the Creator absolution with such penance as you shall judge to be wholsom for the satisfaction of my sins and to the intent you should know that I have and do make this abjuration from my heart I confess moreover before God and you That I believe that which is contained in the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles and Athanasius and other Confessions of faith made and approved by the whole Councils of the Catholike Apostolike and Romish Church that is I believe in one onely God The Father Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth and of all things visible and invisible and in one Lord our Lord Jesus Christ The only Son engendered by God the Father before the Constitution of the World God of God Light of Light true God of true God engendred not created Consubstantial with the Father by whom all things were made who for us men and for our Salvation descended from Heaven c. as in the belief of morning prayer I believe likewise acknowledge and confess all that which is contained in the books as well of the Old as of the New Testament approved by the said Holy and Apostolike Church of Rome according to the sence and interpretation of the holy Doctors received by the same rejecting all other interpretation as false and erroneous I acknowledge the seven Sacraments of the said Catholike Apostolike and Romish Church that they were instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ and that they be necessary for the salvation of mankind although that all of them are not of necessity to be confererd on all that is to say I confess that the said seven Sacraments are these Baptism Confirmation Eucharist which is the Sacrament of the Altar Penance Extreme Unction Order and Marriage And that the said Sacraments confer grace and that of them Baptism Confirmation and Order cannot be reiterated without Sacriledge That the said Sacraments have the effect which the said Church teacheth and that the form and usage wherewith they be ministred to Christians is holy and necessary I acknowledge also that the holy Mass is a Sacrifice and Oblation of the very Body and Blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ under the form of bread and Wine mingled with water which substances of Bread and Wine under the said Forms are in the Mass by the words which serve for consecration said and pronounced by the Priest transubstantiated and transformed into the Substance of the said body and blood of Jesus Christ Notwithstanding that the Qualities and Accidents remain in the said Forms after the said Consecration and that the Mass is wholesome and profitable as well for the quick as the dead I acknowledge the concomitance that is to say that in receiving the body of Jesus Christ under the form of Bread alone I likewise receive the blood of Jesus Christ I confess that prayer and intercession for saints for the quick and the dead is Holy good and Helthful for Christians and is not contrary for any respect to the glory of God That Prayers made in the Church for the faithfull which are dead do profit them for the remission of their sins and lessening of their pains incurred for the same That there is a Purgatory where the Souls abiding are succoured by the prayers of the faithful I confess that we must honour and call upon the Saints which reign with Jesus Christ and that they make intercession for us to God and that their Reliques are to be worshipped That the Commandments and Traditions of the Catholike Apostolike and Romish Church as well they which pertain to the form and ceremonies of Divine service and to assist the same which I think are to draw Christian People to Piety and turning to their God as Fasting abstaining from meats observation of Holy Dayes and Ecclesiastical Policy according to the tradition of the Apostles and Holy Fathers continued since the Primitive Church till this time and afterwards brought into the Church by the Ordinances of Councils received in the same of long and Antient time or of late be good and holy to the which I will and ought to obey as prescribed and appointed by the Holy Ghost that the Author and Director of that which serveth for the keeping of Christian Religion and of the Catholike Apostolike and Roman Church I believe also and accept all the Articles of original sin and of Justification I affirm assuredly that we ought to have and keep the Images of Jesus Christ of his holy Mother and all other Saints and do honour and reverence unto them I confess the power of Indulgence and pardons to be left in the Church by Jesus Christ and the use of them to be very healthful as also I acknowledge and confess the Church of Rome to be the Mother and Chief of all Churches and conducted by the Holy Ghost and that other pretended particular inspirations against the same come of the suggestion of the Devil the Prince of Dissention which would separate the Union of the Mystical body of the Saviour of the World Finally I promise streightly to keep all that was ordained at the last General Council of Trent and promise to God and you never more to depart from the Catholike Apostolike and Roman Church and if I do which God forbid I submit my self to the penalties of the Canons of the said Church made Ordained and appointed against them which fall into Apostasie The which abjuration and confession I have subscribed And now as the Sun shines with a glorious Splendor by its beautiful rays to all the world so this bloody Kings Cruelty with a Horrible Infamy was erected to all the world Who at the first hurt of the Admital shewed an unquestionable resolution to revenge his wrong and yet done by his special commandment Then when so many thousand Protestants were cruelly murthered in Paris with the Admiral and Nobles Ladies and young Gentlemen and Gentlewomen he presently layes the sad accident to a sudden eruption by the difference of the Guisans and House of Chastillon and so sends Letters abroad to all his Provinces and to foreign Nations to that purpose yet the same day sends Letters to cut off all the Protestants according to the example of Paris and that what was done to the Admirals and his Adherents was by his special command for treason plotted and intended by the Admiral and his Complices Then those poor souls that were fled into Woods Rocks and Mountains to hide themselves from his bloody Fury he allured into a Net of Destruction by a Proclamation of Liberty Estates and Lives and they were not come home above two days but by his command basely and unworthily murthered And whereas he publickly declared and proclaimed liberty to the Protestants according to the Edict of Pacification now we see he publickly decrees no Religion to be exercised but the Romish Religion on pain of death Making

that ever I read or heard of The K. sends to desire a peace to take it in all it's circumstances After many battels and much loss of treasure and blood a treaty was begun by the King and Q. Mother who sends messengers to the Princes and Admirall signifying how desirous they were of a firm and inviolable peace The Admiral yields to a treaty The admirall being so often deceived with fair pretences of peace could not be so ill an observer but to learn somthing by transactions past therefore was so afraid and jealous that he knew not well how to advise seeing all their fair pretexts of peace since he could remember was but a shorter cut to their invitable ruin so that the burnt child dreads the fire yet being desirous of a peace on good grounds which proved as a Quagmire to swallow up all their hopes he yeelded to embrace a treaty Now the King that he might better colour and varnish over his treachery sends messengers to the Admiral to signifie in his Majesties name that the King himself had now found out a sure way for a lasting peace which way his Majesty thought so safe as none could doubt of his integrity therein which indeed was a subtile piece of policie as follows The subtle and treacherous design of the K. propounding a war against the K. of Spain as a means to a peace one with another That now both Armies which had so long fought against one another in the feirce flames of a Civill War might now unanimoufly joyn against the Duke of Alva as a forein enemie and one that had been too great an instrument of the late combustions in France And that it might appear no French Romance in regard of the suddeness and the ayd lately received by his Majesty from the Duke of Alva against the Protestants as also supplies from the King of Spain his Master therefore he further signified that his Majesty the King of France had high cause prompting him to a War with the King of Spain and among many this was not the smallest the Kings pretended reasons of war against the King of Spain viz that the King of Spain had by violence taken from his Majesty the King of France the Island Florida in new-found-land suddenly slaying all the French Soldiers as also the Marquesdome of Finall the Inhabitants whereof had lately surrendred themselves under the command of the King of France And therefore he desired in his Majesties behalf that the ground of this war might not be misinterpreted but taken in a good sense and that his Majesties ends of propounding both Armies to joyne against the Duke of Alva in the Low-countries might be looked upon as a designe of his Majestie to unite all former discords in a firm bond of union and concord by cleaving together against a common enemie And to set off this business the better he further propounds that it was now a fit opportunity to imploy Count Lodovick of Nassaw Brother to the Prince of Orange for management of the business that he might easily by the assistance of his Commanders and Soldiers suddenly surprise certain Cities which mighe be of great advantage to the future hopes of success the Admiral reasons the case could hardly be brought to believe this war real and oh that he had never believed it Now this penetrated the more into the Admiralls heart in regard this Count of Nassaw was one that had been under his command for two years who behaved himself with an exceeding courage and approved valour and fidelity in a great proof to the Admiralls knowledge and there needed no spur to the Count being a man banished out of his own Country for Religion by the Duke of Alva and was a man of much resolution and courage The Admirall receiving this message was wonderfully put to understand what to do or say for although he seemed not to suspect the Kings fidelity yet he saw strong reasons to look about him for though he valewed not his own life yet he drew along with him the wellfare of all Protestants therefore he considered thus with himself The great power of the Cardinall and Guisans in the Kings Court and was also too well known to be no less greatly in favour with the King and Court of Spain against whom this war should be and therefore could not conceive how this war with Spain could really be caried on when these men were the prime managers of the affairs of France having also severall pensions from the King of Spain therefore could not but increase and confirme his jealousie to suspect treason and deceit when he considered that these men were dependents of Spain who were of the King of France his Cabinet Councell and yet for them to wage war against the King of Spain Oh! Treachery The Admirall could not but take notice that at the same time the Embassadour of the King of Spain was admitted into the Privie Councell of France which to forein nations seemed utterly incredible and that also one Brirragio a Lumbard reported a traitor to his own Country being ignorant of the Law was for his subtil wit hoysted to the honourable office of Chancellour in the room of Michael Hospitall displaced a man well known to be a true Patriot to his own Country and also so learned and able as the like could never be found in France Thus the Admiral on whom did hang all the weight of affaires doubted what to do in this great strait The Admirall in a strait what to resolve on he therefore considered on the contrary side what his adversaries would say against him that they would hereby take occasion to report him backward to Peace as one delighting to live in the fuell and fire of blood and civill wars not knowing how to live but in troubled waters not able to endure the sweet relish of a quiet peace these reasons amongst others did perplex his wavering mind Now the Kings Messenger in behalf and for defence of his Majesty The Kings Messengers reply to the Admiralls Objections did an●wer to all the Objections of the Admiral and said That the suddenness of the King of France his resolutions to war with the King of Spain was That he and his Mother the Queen had been informed by one Albery come lately from Spain That for certain King Philip a little before had poisoned his Queen the French Kings Sister and had basely given out through all Spain that he had such things against her as for the credit of many persons of honor were not fit to be published The Admiral perswaded by Count Lodowick to the war with Spain Now all this being said moved not the Admiral so much as the free and chearful resolutions of the Count of Nassaw whose indefagitable earnestness was boundless and perswasions to the Admiral endless till effected The Admiral hereby perswaded laies aside all dishonorable thoughts that might stain the Kings loyalty

and so stood ready to embrace a peace to which purpose was sent Beavois and Teligni the Admirals Son and with them Monsieur de la Chossetire the Prince of Navars Secretary and so on the eleventh day of August 1570. was a peace concluded according to the Edict of Pacification in January A peace concluded with free Liberty That every one should have free liberty of conscience to use and profess the Reformed Religion Rochel and Montauban was to be held in the Princes name for the space of two years by the Protestants The Articles of Peace were afterwards published and Regist●ed in the Parliament But alas we shall see that this Sun-shine of Peace like the poor Traveller in the sable sooner makes the Protestants cast off the cloak of their security than all the blustering storms of the Kings Warlike forces could For by embracing a peace they hug in their bosoms and nourish in their hearts their own calamities and know it not by reason it is printed and gilded with the name of peace Several Protestant princes sends Embassadours to congratulate with the King and his peoples tranquillity in the peace concluded The King olemnly gives his faith for ever to observe the Edict Not long after this peace thus concluded several Princes of Germany that had respect to the Protestant Religion among whom was the three Electors the Palsgrave the Duke of Saxony and the Marquess of Brandenburgh all sent their several Ambassadors to the French King to congratulate this happy peace and to shew their joyful resentment of the same promising that if any new commotion should arise they would assist him to the uttermost against the Contrivers and authors thereof To this Embassage the King replies by words and afterwards subscribes to a Book with his own hand giving his faith by both That he would for ever most sacredly and faithfully observe the late Edict of Pacification But alas his heart was too many leagues from his mouth his promises are no better than if written in water with ones finger being too far short of truth and intention which is sad to confider that the King should have no way to keep his faith but to break it that oaths and promises which should ty devils fast is the onely way to levell all faith and engagements For now it is to be taken notice of that wheras before the Kings age made his Authority fit only to advise and countenance now he manages affairs with his own Council and command for being now come to the years of 22. he displaies himself on the Theatre of the World in such a splendid equipage that all might see him to be of a fierce resolute nature and above all an absolute dissembler as one of the French nation very well observed and if he did not yet this History will sufficiently evidence The Armies dismissed and the Princes and Admirall go to Rochel Now this peace being thus concluded the Armies are dismissed and the Strangers retire to their own Country after which the Princes retired to Rochel for now to effect the deep and bloody plot nothing wanted but the Art of perswasion to entice the Princes Q. of Navar the Admiral and Principal Protestants Lords to come to Paris nothing more desired for their the trap was laid for their destruction and doubtless this mock-peace had never been embraced if it had pleased God to have given them an insight to the bottome of this unheard-of and unimaginable depth of Treachery and Deceit which being hatcht and brought forth in the Hellish Court of the Cabinet Council we shall too soon see the speedy and sad effects of it the Lord knows it will too soon come to the birth of their bloody hopes and cruel desires for as vengeance persues blood at the heels so a hideous storm of cruelties succeeds this peace The Peace though fully concluded of between the King and Protestants yet was not fully observed in all places according to the Edict So that the Princes and Admiral to give a reason why they stood at such a distance from his Majesty send to Court Theligny Briquemault Beauvais La Nocle and Cavannes They are no sooner come but the King welcomes them to the Court and professes that it is his Royal pleasure that the full Observation of the Edict was no less than he really intended and therefore to scatter all mists of doubt from the Princes and Admiral he desired that they would acquaint him of his real resolutions for their good The King and Cabinet Council plots the ruin of the Protestants being desirous to get the Princes Admiral to Paris and so to cut them off And now they begin their Politick Maxim Parvi sunt Arma foris nisi sit consilium domi That policy is of more force in Military affairs than valour They now to the Trade of Politick treachery the King and his Cabinet Council meets and their Result is With speed and secrecie by Serpentine Labyrinths and enfoldings to bring the principal Protestants into the Not of destructior A Wor being thought too hazardous and weak to effect therefore must the principle of Machevil take place in their judgements and practice i. e. To effect their desires though they swim through a Sea of blood For now they have hopes that their plot might take effect in regard that their private actings were now mannaged by those that were jointly concerned in the effects of their desires and hoped to have some share in eheir bloody success The King by fair carriages intends to slide into the Protestants affections and so draw them to Paris and cut them all off which was the plot laid for them To which purpose a good opinion of the Kings sincere intentions for the Protestants good must be fixed in the minds of the Princes of the blood the Queen of Navar and the Admiral so that all their foul actings might seem so fair as no tincture of suspition should enter into their thoughts he penetrates their hearts with shews of love but his own heart is filled with deceitful plots and treacherous Resolutions endeavouring so to insinuate into their good natures that he might lodge in their hearts good thoughts of his bad intents so that all carriages must be screwed up to the highest pin of affection and love as we shall shortly see conferred on them by an outward confluence of all favours that the least doubt might not have any footing to the prejudice of their bloody aims hoping by this means to have their desires and success to lodge under one roof All their plot being to get them to Paris the Theatre of this most horrid and cruel Tragedy ensuing unarmed and then by further progress to put in execution the practical part of their bloody plot so marshalling their affairs that all the Protestants shall be immediately cut off in the bloodiest war that ever was known Now the plot being laid the Gin being set they fall to