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A02956	The declarations as vvell of the French King, as of the King of Nauarre Concerning the truce agreed vpon betwene their Maiesties: and touching the passage of the riuer of Loire.	France. Sovereign (1574-1589 : Henry III); Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589.; Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610.; Navarre (Kingdom). Sovereign (1572-1610 : Henry III). aut	1589 (1589)	STC 13098.8; ESTC S103953	13,845	26

king REVOL And sealed vpon a single lable with the great seale in yealow waxe A DECLARATION OF THE KING OF NAVARRE VPON THE treatise of the Truce made betweene the French king and the said L. king of Nauarre HEnrie by the grace of God King of Nauarre first Prince of the bloud chiefe Péere and protector of the reformed churches of Fraunce c. To all Gouernors of Prouinces Captains of townes cities fortresses and castles Chieftaines and leaders of men of warre Maiors Consuls and sworne men of townes Iustices and officers as well of our soueraigne Lord the king as to all others to whom it may appertaine that are vnder our authoritie and protection Gréeting Whereas it is wel knowen to all men that we neuer tooke or retayned armes in this miserable warre but so farre as necessitie enforced vs Also that we haue by our actions sufficiently testified our extreame sorow séeing our selues entangled and bound thereto through the malice of the enemies of this Realme On the other side the desire that we had to be able to serue his Maiestie against them for the reestablishing of his authoritie and the rest and tranquilitie of his good Subiectes yet such was the mischiefe that our good meaning was by sundrie sleights disguised the bad mindes of the said enemies so farre cloaked vnder beautifull and fauourable pretences that this Realme was brought to the point of ineuitable ruine had not the wisdome of our said soueraign Lord the king sundrie times contraried and crossed with infinite lets bene sufficient to discerne our innocencie from among their slaunders he had not also euen through their coulors and dissimulations espied their inueterate malice And it is most euident that this warre begun vnder colour of religiō is euen at once found to be méere warre of estate That those of the League are not gone to séek or assaile those of the religion which we professe but haue abused both the weapons and authoritie which were to that end deliuered vnto them to get such townes of this realme as were farthest of and least suspected for religion as litle also haue they employed their preachers in the conuersion of those whom they did pretend to be hereticks but contrariwise they haue vsed them in all townes to the subuersion of this realme as firebrandes to kindle the estate to suborne the subiects against their prince to make them reiect all obedience to their magistrates to frame them to seditions and alterations without any respect to confound all things both diuine and humaine whereby haue happened to the great griefe of all good men an incredible reuolt throughout this nation against our soueraigne Lord the king and consequently such a confusion in sundry townes and prouinces that the pretended shadow of piety and iustice hath quite extinguished the body the feare of God the reuerence of his true image and the lawfull and soueraigne Magistrate by him instituted in these extremities wherevpon acknowledging our duetie vnto our said soueraigne Lord the King and euen from the bottome of our hart bewayling the calamitie of this estate and people we haue withdrawen our selues vnto his Maiestie and at his féete presented him our liues and goods to assist him against his enimies for the reestablishment of his authoritie and his good subiects Protesting as before we had done to intend to no other but his seruice as also euery man may iudge that if we had otherwise meant we had fit occasiō to helpe our selues by the publike miseries who did vs this honor to acknowledge vs willingly to accept of our good willes also to the end to giue vs better means to serue him he resolued vpon a Truce or abstinence of warre with all hostilitie whereof we hope through Gods helpe of a good peace to ensue Therefore that wée giue you to wit and to all and euery of you which acknowledge our authoritie and protection and that haue and doe follow that part which we vphold euery one for himselfe that we haue treated decreed and concluded with our soueraigne Lord the King vpon a truce or abstinence generall from armes throughout this land for one whole yeare to begin the third day of Aprill and to end vpon the like day as well the one as the other therein concluded Wherein also our meaning is to comprise the state and Countie of Venise with the subiects thereof as being vnder the protection of our said soueraigne Lord the King so consequently we doo forbid all persons of whatsoeuer estate or calling not to attēpt or enterprise against those places where his Maiesties authoritie is acknowledged neither against the said state or Countie of Venise or in any other place or places where we shall enter passe by or soiourne expresly cōmanding that there be nothing enterprized against his good and loyal subiects no not against the Clergie neither to innouate or interrupt any thing concerning the Catholike Romane religiō as also in case by Gods grace we enter whether by surprize force or otherwise into any hold or towne occupied by the enimies our meaning is there shall be no alteration in the seruice or other matter belonging to the said Catholike Romane religion according as more at large haue by vs béene concluded with our soueraigne Lord the King Also whereas in consequence of the premisses it hath pleased his Maiestie to graunt and yéeld a generall enioyment of their goods to all those of the religion which we do professe and others of this partie to enioy the same during this present truce our intent reciprocally is that al his good subiects as well of the Clergie as other shall enioy their goods and reuenues during the same in those places that we doe hold whereof besides these presents we will dispatch them all letters necessary Moreouer we commaund you euery of you so farre as to him appertaineth to cause these presents to be read published inrolled kept and obserued in euery point according to their forme and tenure ceasing and causing to cease al troubles and impeachments to the contrarie In witnesse whereof we haue caused these Presents signed with our owne hande to be sealed with our Seale of armes Giuen at Saulmur this 24. of April in the yere of grace 1589. Thus signed HENRY And vnderneath BERSIAV And sealed vpon a single lable with the said Lordes great seale in redde waxe THE KING OF NAVARRES DECLARATION AT THE PASSAGE OF THE RIVER of Loire for the seruice of his Maiestie the 18. of Aprill 1589. HEnry by the grace of God king of Nauarre c. To all those to whom these presents shall come gréeting As it hath pleased God to cause vs to be borne first Prince of the bloud and chief Péer of Fraunce whom nature hath taught to defend his king law and duetie do bind to maintaine the Estate of this Realm and that it may be apparant by the effects knowē to euery one that the disturbers whatsoeuer pretence they take

do not liue other then in it must runne to ruine It is very easie to desire a crowne it is very easie for a people moued and passionate against their Prince to thinke vpon the alteration of the Estate Betwéene an ambitious desire and the accomplishment thereof betwéene your hasty choller 's and your reuenges so far of how many daies workes and battels what plenty of bloud sacke and misery the ages of the world will not suffise to decide this quarrell the sonne will take the fathers place and the brother the brothers you shall make a perpetuall confusion to the posteritie which shall curse the memory of your madnesse And how much more conuenient for you were it to abridge so many calamities with a peace a peace which out of the darke Chaos wherein you haue plunged your selues might reduce you into the light which might restore you to your selues to your nature to your sences which might deliuer you out of these disquietnesses wherein you are frō this labyrinth wherinto you are entered which you do wel déeme you can not get out of whereof in the meane while you sée not the end a peace which might replant euery one in that he loueth might restore to the husbandmā his plough to the artificer his shop to the marchant his traffick to the countrie assurance to the townes gouernment to all men indifferently vpright iustice a peace that might returne you the kings fatherly loue to him the obedience fidelitie that you owe him to be briefe a peace that might render to this estate both soule and body the body which through these ambitious is haled in a thousand péeces the soule I meane the good order that hath preserued it which from the highest degrée to the lowest runneth all to confusion These things considered euery one sounding the very bottome whether it be the euil that he doth himselfe or that he is to suffer in these confusions we assure our selues that they who hitherto haue persisted in their dueties to his Maiestie will double their affections and courage to serue him from good to better against his enimies that they who vnder simplicity haue let themselues run into their practises would not be instruments of their owne destruction by vndermining the foundation of this estate to pull it vpō their owne heads but will rather abandon so bad a faction haue recourse to his Maiesties clemency who still kéepeth the gate open to all that séeke it As for such as obstinately shall persist enemies to the king to this Realme to their owne good as they shall most iustly purchace Gods wrath the hatred of man so are they to expect no other but a fearefull iudgement from aboue worthy their merites which God for his mercy hasten vpon the obstinate to the abridging of so many mischiefs and miseries to the weale peace quiet of so many poore people In respect of our selfe we protest that ambition armeth vs not sufficiētly haue we shewed that we do despise it it is honour enough to vs to be that we are neither can the honour of this Estate perish but we must decay And so litle God is our witnesse are we lead by reuēge that none hath receaued more wrongs iniuries thē we neither hath any hitherto made lesse pursuite neither shal any be more liberall to forgiue the enemies if they amend in any case that may cōcerne the tranquilite peace of France That which afflicteth vs which we can neither sée nor foresée without teares is that this Estate shal be brought to that point that its harme is so growen and stubburne that it can not be holpen without great mischief From these mischiefes doo we protest against the wound and those that made it he that made the wound is guiltie of the fire the corosiue the incisions and the griefes that necessarilie they make It sufficeth and euery one may sée it that in that little which we may we bring the care of the good surgeon that loueth the patient The enemies in deede that loue the disease will besides the iron bring both hatred fraud as they that cā haue no contentatiō but in their ambition ouer this estate neither can they content thmselues but in her sinall death a death which we will redéeme with the price of our life and all our goods But rather as we trust in God the preseruer of kings and kingdoms we shal shortly as the fruite of our labours sée the king in his due authority whereto he is borne and the Realme in like force and dignitie as heretofore to the contentment of all good Frenchmen the comfort of such numbers of poore people the hart breaking of such as doe couet the ruine thereof We doe therefore beséech the Lordes of the Courtes of Parlement all gouernors lieutenants generall of the prouinces chambers of accompts courts of aides treasourers generall of Fraunce prouostes bailiffes seneschalles iudges maiors sheriffes iurats consuls headboroughs bodies and communalties of townes and all other iustices and officers my Lord the Kings subiectes to assist fauour leane vnto vs for the benefite of his affaires and seruice For such is our desire Giuen at Saulmur the eighteenth of Aprill 1589. Thus signed HENRIE By the king of Nauarre first Prince of the bloud and chiefe Peere of Fraunce DEVICOSE FINIS

euery one practising to play with the sacred name of faith when they sée the greatest take it for a pretence to shadow the most execrable infidelitie that may be The Nobilitie to note what a fall their order hath lately had when armes either the badges of hereditary Nobilitie or the rewards of vertue are as it were trailed through the mire committed to a communalties hands who from libertie will passe to licence from licence will giue themselues ouer to all insolencie without further respect as hath bene sene already of desert or calling The Magistrates what théeuery is crept in at the gate of common weale when in the chamber of the Péers of this Realme where the greatest vpō reuerence to iustice do leaue of their swords an Atturney shall enter in armes accompanied with twentie rascals cary his sword to the throat of the Parliament of France and in triumph lead it away in red robes to the Bastille when a chief Presidēt shal be murthered trailed about and hanged at Tholouze one that was a zelous follower of his Religion if euer there were any and the most formall enemy of the contrary by the conspiracie of a Bishop and with what shew of heresie Oh monsters of furie crueltie and barbarousnesse who neuerthelesse can not liue long vnlesse peraduenture by some shamefull memory to this world to the nation that hath borne and doth support them detestable wheresoeuer it commeth to the posteritie The third Estate who at the least were to take profite of these domages let them looke whether they be eased of their taxes subsidies whether they be discharged of the men of warre whether their shoppes in the townes or their farmes in the countrey be in better case whether the treasury be better husbanded then aforetime nay contrariwise whether deuourings be not doubted whether the grasse groweth not before their gates whether for one hand that was wont to grope in the treasury there be not thrée whether it that they call husbāding be not the sacking of good houses giuen to porters and the ransoming of good men that grone vnder these disorders A matter that can not continue many dayes which expired the communaltie being fleshed in the spoyle of those whom they terme Politicks as wolues vpon carrion and their booties failing them wil cruelly without respect fall vpon all that be of any countenance Let those townes that haue taken their parte remember in what state they were before and in what they be now The traffick who so list to séeke it in the midst of a forrest Iustice in the dungeōs of the Bastill Learning where barbarousnesse possesseth all yet be these the meanes that haue brought them to so great glorie and wealth yea euen the meanes that onely could therein enterteine them At this day it is heresie to be a Politick but the pollicie that had brought them to their flower is runne to contempt Shortly it will be an vnpardonable trespasse to be ritch Moreouer if they haue any garrison their libertie perisheth and the lickerousnesse of this word hath made them lose it If they haue no garrison then are they a pray oppressed with gardes and badly kept at euery moment in daunger of surprise and thus behold an imaginary libertie in stead of a prison Neither shall the fields haue any better bargaine if this mischief continue A king cannot abide to be disgraded by his subiectes Rigour must be set against rigour and force against force The licentiousnesse excesse and disorders of these perturbers will draw on others Against the vsurpation of a straunger his Maiesty must be succoured by straungers against the Spaniardes drifts with Suitzers and Germaines our fieldes shall become forrests our warres yong springs a disease common to the laborer and the burgesse to the Gentleman and the Clergie a disease that will multiply robberies in the fieldes and rages in the townes then woe to the auctors and fauorers of these miseries the people will conuert this fury against them and with their bloud will redéeme their abolition their owne peace and life and to their costes they shall sée what it is to wrest the scepter from the soueraigne and the sword from the Magistrate therewith to arme and authorise the licentiousnesse of the people Marke their imaginations after they haue plucked the king out of his throne they haue left the place empty aske then whom in conscience they will place therein the Duke of Mayenne What prince is there in Christendome that will not withstand it that knoweth not himselfe to be hurt in this example Of our nobilitie how many families be there that will not obey the house of Lorraine much lesse the varlet of varlets ye houses honored with the alliance of our kings and princes about vs who also haue this article aboue the rest That they are borne French and haue perseuered in their birth what a hart breaking will it be for such to stoupe vnder so weake a yooke to sée their liues and honours at the discretion of these vpstarts whom nature hath made their equals whose sworde the law of the Realme hath measured with the same foot whom God hath no way preferred before them saue onely in that he hath geuen them ouer to their owne presumption How many princes of the house of Bourbon must they pierce before they come there Princes I say armed with right with courage and with credite against this imaginatiue Chimere of vsurpation for whose bloud the nobilitie wil hazard theirs the Nobilitie which in like alterations findeth it selfe still buried with the Monarchie Nobility whose honour and degrée is tied to that of our kings Nobility which to be briefe can not hope to kéepe that degrée ouer the commons which God hath giuen it when it shall sée their soueraigne him of whō it holdeth the sword cast headlong from his Let euery man hold his peace let vs suffer them at leasure to do what they list If they will ground their vsurpation vpō Charlemains pretēses how will they agrée with the Duke of Lorraine and his children how albeit they will agrée with the braunch of Vaudemont Againe if they thinke the crowne due to the deserts to the labours to the vertues that is to say to the late Duke of Guises Monopoles how can they frustrate his heyre but who doubteth that all the varlets of the house pretend not a share that is that they are not resolued to rent asunder the state and to share out the péeces O Frenchmen imagine what your estate shall then be These chaunges out of one extremity into an other are neuer made without a most violent ouerthrow the house wherein we are now lodged cānot be ouerthrowen but we shall be oppressed therein Our bodies turne not to wormes and serpents before death catcheth hold these serpents can not be borne neither procéede out of the body of this estate before it be dissolued perished and rotten and that wée all which