An account of the persecutions and oppressions of the Protestants in France
         Plaintes des Protestants cruellement opprimez dans le royaume de France. English
         Claude, Jean, 1619-1687.
      
       
         
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             An account of the persecutions and oppressions of the Protestants in France
             Plaintes des Protestants cruellement opprimez dans le royaume de France. English
             Claude, Jean, 1619-1687.
          
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             London :
             1686.
          
           
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           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           PERSECUTIONS
           AND
           OPPRESSIONS
           OF
           THE
           Protestants
           IN
           FRANCE
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           J.
           Norris
           .
           1686.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           An
           exact
           account
           of
           the
           Cruel
           Oppressions
           and
           Persaecutions
           of
           the
           French
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           THE
           Cruelties
           exercis'd
           of
           late
           on
           the
           Protestants
           in
           France
           ,
           do
           appear
           so
           detestable
           to
           all
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           divested
           themselves
           of
           Humanity
           ,
           that
           no
           wonder
           the
           Authors
           of
           them
           use
           their
           utmost
           endeavours
           to
           lessen
           what
           they
           cannot
           conceal
           .
           Were
           not
           this
           worse
           than
           barbarous
           usage
           ,
           a
           project
           of
           a
           long
           contrivance
           ,
           a
           Man
           might
           for
           Charity
           's
           sake
           ,
           suppose
           this
           their
           palliating
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           acknowledgment
           of
           their
           own
           displeasure
           at
           it
           .
           However
           ,
           their
           boldness
           is
           inexcusable
           ,
           who
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           impose
           on
           the
           World
           in
           matters
           known
           ;
           not
           by
           Gazetts
           ,
           and
           News-letters
           ,
           but
           by
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           Fugitives
           of
           all
           Conditions
           ,
           who
           have
           nothing
           left
           but
           Tears
           and
           Miseries
           to
           bring
           along
           with
           them
           into
           foreign
           Nations
           .
           'T
           is
           certainly
           too
           barbarous
           to
           oppress
           innocent
           People
           in
           their
           own
           Countrey
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           to
           stifle
           their
           complaints
           in
           other
           places
           where
           they
           are
           driven
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           means
           deprive
           them
           of
           a
           compassion
           which
           the
           bare
           instincts
           of
           nature
           never
           refuse
           to
           the
           miserable
           .
           Yet
           this
           is
           the
           course
           our
           persecutors
           of
           France
           have
           held
           ;
           their
           cruelty
           must
           be
           attended
           with
           Impostures
           ,
           that
           the
           mischiefs
           which
           they
           have
           acted
           may
           pass
           undiscovered
           .
        
         
           I
           think
           we
           should
           be
           much
           to
           blame
           ,
           if
           we
           suffer
           them
           to
           go
           on
           in
           this
           second
           design
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           in
           the
           first
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           shall
           choose
           some
           principal
           instances
           ,
           whereon
           we
           shall
           make
           such
           reflections
           ,
           as
           thereby
           to
           judge
           with
           greater
           evidence
           and
           exactness
           on
           the
           whole
           proceeding
           .
           And
           as
           we
           shall
           offer
           nothing
           but
           what
           shall
           be
           perfectly
           true
           ;
           so
           we
           shall
           advance
           nothing
           in
           our
           reflections
           ,
           but
           what
           all
           the
           world
           of
           reasonable
           people
           will
           allow
           .
        
         
         
           To
           begin
           with
           matters
           of
           Fact
           :
           There
           's
           no
           body
           but
           knows
           ,
           that
           a
           while
           after
           his
           present
           Majesty
           of
           France
           came
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           there
           arose
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           a
           Civil
           War
           ;
           which
           proved
           so
           sharp
           and
           desperate
           ,
           as
           brought
           the
           State
           within
           an
           hairs
           breadth
           of
           utter
           ruine
           .
           'T
           is
           also
           known
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           these
           troubles
           ,
           those
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           kept
           their
           Loyalty
           in
           so
           inviolable
           a
           manner
           ,
           and
           attended
           it
           with
           such
           a
           Zeal
           and
           extraordinary
           fervour
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           found
           himself
           obliged
           to
           give
           publick
           marks
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           a
           Declaration
           made
           at
           St.
           Germains
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1652.
           
           Then
           as
           well
           at
           Court
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           each
           strove
           to
           proclaim
           loudest
           the
           deserts
           of
           the
           Reformists
           ;
           and
           the
           Queen
           Mother
           her self
           readily
           acknowledged
           ,
           That
           they
           had
           preserved
           the
           State
           :
           This
           is
           known
           by
           all
           ,
           but
           't
           will
           hardly
           be
           believed
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           too
           true
           ,
           what
           our
           Enemies
           themselves
           an
           hundred
           times
           told
           us
           ;
           and
           which
           the
           sequel
           has
           but
           too
           shrewdly
           confirmed
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           precisely
           the
           principal
           and
           most
           essential
           cause
           of
           our
           ruine
           ;
           and
           of
           all
           the
           mischiefs
           which
           we
           have
           since
           suffered
           .
           Endeavours
           were
           used
           to
           envenom
           all
           these
           important
           Services
           in
           the
           Kings
           and
           his
           Ministers
           minds
           ,
           by
           perswading
           them
           ,
           that
           if
           in
           this
           occasion
           ,
           this
           party
           could
           conserve
           the
           State
           ;
           this
           shewed
           ,
           they
           could
           likewise
           overthrow
           it
           ,
           should
           they
           have
           ranked
           themselves
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ;
           and
           might
           still
           do
           it
           ,
           when
           such
           alike
           occasion
           should
           offer
           it self
           .
           That
           therefore
           this
           party
           must
           be
           suppressed
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           they
           have
           done
           no
           longer
           regarded
           ;
           but
           as
           an
           indication
           of
           the
           mischief
           ,
           which
           they
           may
           one
           day
           be
           capable
           of
           doing
           .
           This
           Diabolical
           reasoning
           ,
           
             which
             hinders
             Subjects
             from
             serving
             their
             Prince
             ,
          
           to
           avoid
           drawing
           on
           themselves
           chastisements
           ,
           instead
           of
           recompences
           ,
           was
           relish'd
           as
           a
           piece
           of
           most
           refined
           Policy
           .
           For
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Kingdom
           was
           settled
           in
           Peace
           ,
           the
           design
           was
           advanced
           of
           destroying
           the
           Reformists
           ;
           and
           the
           better
           to
           make
           them
           comprehend
           that
           their
           Zeal
           had
           ruined
           them
           ,
           the
           Cities
           which
           had
           shewed
           most
           of
           it
           ,
           were
           first
           begun
           with
           .
           Immediately
           then
           ,
           on
           slight
           pretences
           ,
           they
           fell
           on
           
             Rochel
             ,
             Montaubon
          
           ,
           and
           Milan
           ;
           three
           Towns
           ,
           where
           those
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           had
           most
           signalized
           themselves
           for
           the
           interests
           of
           the
           Court
           ;
           Rochel
           underwent
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           prescriptions
           ,
           Montaubon
           and
           Milan
           were
           sackt
           by
           the
           Soldiers
           .
           But
           these
           being
           but
           particular
           stroaks
           and
           meer
           preludes
           ,
           which
           decided
           nothing
           ,
           they
           tarried
           not
           long
           before
           they
           made
           appear
           the
           great
           
           and
           general
           Machius
           ,
           they
           were
           to
           use
           in
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           their
           intended
           design
           to
           the
           last
           extremity
           .
           'T
           will
           be
           a
           difficult
           matter
           to
           give
           an
           exact
           account
           of
           these
           several
           methods
           :
           For
           never
           humane
           malice
           produced
           such
           multiplicity
           of
           them
           ;
           every
           day
           brought
           forth
           new
           ones
           for
           twenty
           years
           together
           .
           To
           take
           only
           notice
           of
           the
           chief
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           were
           ,
           First
           ,
           Law
           Suits
           in
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Deprivations
           from
           all
           kinds
           of
           Offices
           and
           Employs
           ;
           and
           in
           general
           ,
           of
           all
           ways
           of
           subsistance
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           infraction
           of
           Edicts
           ,
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           Explications
           of
           them
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           New
           Laws
           and
           Orders
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           Juggles
           and
           amusing
           Tricks
           .
           Sixthly
           ,
           The
           animating
           of
           People
           ,
           and
           inspiring
           them
           with
           hatred
           against
           us
           .
           These
           are
           the
           most
           considerable
           means
           ,
           which
           the
           persecuters
           have
           employed
           to
           attain
           their
           ends
           ,
           during
           several
           years
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           during
           several
           years
           ;
           for
           what
           they
           designed
           ,
           being
           no
           easie
           matter
           ,
           they
           needed
           therefore
           time
           ,
           to
           order
           their
           Engins
           ;
           not
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           their
           Traverses
           and
           Interruptions
           by
           forrain
           Wars
           ;
           yet
           whose
           success
           have
           not
           a
           little
           contributed
           to
           encrease
           their
           Courage
           ,
           and
           confirm
           them
           in
           the
           design
           which
           they
           had
           against
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           these
           means
           has
           had
           an
           infinite
           extent
           .
           We
           should
           begin
           with
           the
           recital
           of
           all
           the
           Condemnations
           of
           Churches
           ,
           or
           suppressions
           of
           exercises
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           other
           vexations
           which
           have
           hapned
           by
           the
           establishing
           of
           Commissaries
           ;
           this
           was
           a
           Snare
           dexterously
           laid
           immediately
           after
           the
           Treaty
           of
           the
           Picenees
           ,
           the
           King
           under
           pretence
           of
           repairing
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nants
           ,
           sent
           them
           in
           the
           Provinces
           .
           The
           Roman
           Catholic
           Commissary
           was
           every
           where
           his
           Majesties
           Intendant
           ;
           who
           was
           besure
           a
           fit
           man
           for
           the
           purpose
           ,
           armed
           with
           the
           Royal
           Authority
           ,
           and
           who
           was
           well
           instructed
           in
           the
           secret
           Aim
           .
           The
           other
           ,
           was
           either
           some
           hungry
           Officer
           ,
           a
           Slave
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           or
           some
           poor
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           had
           usually
           neither
           Intelligence
           requisite
           in
           these
           sort
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           nor
           the
           liberty
           of
           speaking
           his
           Sentiments
           .
           The
           Clergy
           had
           set
           them
           up
           ;
           He
           was
           their
           Ambulatory
           Spirit
           .
           The
           Syndicks
           were
           received
           before
           them
           as
           formal
           parties
           in
           all
           our
           Affairs
           ;
           the
           assignations
           were
           given
           in
           their
           name
           ,
           the
           Prosecutions
           also
           ;
           and
           as
           well
           the
           Discords
           of
           the
           Commissaries
           ,
           as
           the
           Appeals
           from
           their
           Ordinances
           ,
           must
           be
           finally
           decided
           in
           the
           Kings
           Council
           .
        
         
           Thus
           in
           general
           ,
           all
           the
           rights
           of
           the
           Churches
           ,
           for
           the
           exercises
           of
           Religion
           ,
           the
           burying
           places
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           dependancies
           ,
           were
           called
           
           into
           a
           review
           ,
           and
           consequently
           exposed
           to
           the
           fresh
           pursuits
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           the
           ill
           intention
           of
           the
           Judges
           .
           In
           which
           there
           was
           not
           the
           least
           dram
           of
           Equity
           ;
           for
           the
           Edict
           having
           bin
           once
           executed
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           intention
           of
           him
           that
           made
           it
           ,
           there
           needed
           no
           second
           touches
           ;
           it
           being
           moreover
           ,
           wholly
           unlikely
           those
           of
           the
           reformed
           Religion
           ,
           who
           had
           bin
           ever
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           the
           suffering
           party
           ,
           could
           usurp
           any
           thing
           therein
           ;
           and
           extend
           its
           limits
           beyond
           what
           belong'd
           to
           them
           .
           But
           there
           were
           other
           designs
           in
           hand
           than
           the
           providing
           against
           the
           Contraventions
           ,
           and
           therefore
           by
           this
           order
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Churches
           cited
           for
           the
           justifying
           of
           their
           Rights
           ,
           saw
           themselves
           soon
           condemned
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           by
           Decrees
           of
           Council
           ,
           how
           good
           and
           sufficient
           soever
           their
           Titles
           and
           Defences
           were
           .
           Scarcely
           passed
           a
           Week
           ,
           wherein
           these
           kind
           of
           Decrees
           were
           not
           made
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           hapned
           ,
           that
           the
           Modesty
           of
           the
           Judges
           saved
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           great
           evidence
           of
           their
           Right
           ,
           as
           this
           sometimes
           hapned
           ;
           besides
           that
           ,
           the
           number
           was
           small
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           those
           condemned
           ,
           the
           Judges
           often
           received
           order
           to
           condemn
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           shewed
           they
           could
           not
           in
           Conscience
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Oppressions
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           did
           not
           terminate
           in
           the
           bare
           condemnation
           of
           Churches
           ;
           for
           particular
           Persons
           had
           their
           part
           .
           In
           ordinary
           and
           civil
           Affairs
           ,
           where
           the
           matter
           concerned
           a
           piece
           of
           Land
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           a
           House
           ,
           a
           Debt
           between
           a
           Roman
           Catholick
           and
           a
           Person
           of
           our
           Religion
           ;
           Religion
           was
           to
           be
           sure
           always
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           Heads
           of
           the
           Accusation
           ;
           The
           Monks
           ,
           the
           Emissaries
           ,
           the
           Confessors
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           whole
           Tribe
           of
           that
           Crew
           ,
           interessed
           themselves
           in
           the
           Affair
           .
           In
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ,
           all
           the
           cry
           was
           ,
           
             I
             plead
             against
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             I
             have
             to
             do
             with
             a
             Man
             of
             a
             Religion
             odious
             to
             the
             State
             ;
             and
             which
             the
             King
             would
             have
             extirpated
             .
          
           By
           this
           means
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           longer
           any
           Justice
           to
           be
           expected
           ,
           few
           Judges
           were
           proof
           against
           this
           false
           Zeal
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           drawing
           the
           Fury
           of
           the
           whole
           Cabal
           against
           him
           ,
           or
           passing
           for
           a
           favourer
           of
           Hereticks
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imagined
           how
           many
           unjust
           Sentences
           these
           sort
           of
           Prejudices
           have
           given
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Courts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           how
           many
           mens
           Families
           have
           bin
           ruined
           by
           them
           :
           When
           any
           one
           complained
           ,
           the
           Answer
           was
           ready
           ,
           
             You
             have
             the
             remedy
             in
             your
             own
             hands
             ;
             why
             do
             you
             not
             turn
             Catholick
             .
          
        
         
           Yet
           all
           this
           had
           bin
           nothing
           ,
           had
           the
           Persecution
           kept
           here
           ,
           
           and
           not
           proceeded
           to
           fasten
           on
           the
           Reputation
           ,
           the
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           very
           Lives
           of
           Persons
           ,
           by
           a
           general
           inundation
           (
           as
           a
           man
           may
           term
           it
           )
           of
           criminal
           Processes
           .
           Writings
           were
           Printed
           at
           Paris
           ,
           and
           sent
           from
           thence
           to
           all
           Cities
           and
           Parishes
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           impowred
           the
           Curates
           ,
           Churchwardens
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           make
           an
           exact
           enquiry
           into
           whatsoever
           the
           pretended
           Reformists
           might
           have
           done
           ,
           or
           said
           for
           twenty
           years
           past
           ,
           as
           well
           on
           the
           subject
           of
           Religion
           as
           otherwise
           ,
           to
           make
           Information
           of
           this
           before
           the
           Justices
           of
           the
           Place
           ;
           and
           punish
           them
           without
           remission
           .
           So
           have
           we
           seen
           for
           several
           years
           ,
           in
           execution
           of
           these
           Orders
           ,
           the
           Prisons
           every
           where
           fill'd
           with
           these
           kind
           of
           Criminals
           ;
           neither
           were
           false
           Witnesses
           lacking
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           was
           most
           horrible
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           Judges
           were
           convinced
           they
           were
           Knights
           of
           the
           Post
           ,
           yet
           they
           maintained
           them
           ,
           and
           carry'd
           them
           throw
           such
           Points
           ,
           as
           they
           knew
           to
           be
           untrue
           .
           They
           condemned
           innocent
           and
           vertuous
           Persons
           to
           be
           whipt
           ,
           to
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           to
           banishment
           and
           publick
           Penances
           .
           And
           if
           a
           Spark
           of
           Honor
           or
           Conscience
           ,
           at
           any
           time
           hindred
           them
           ,
           yet
           there
           was
           always
           at
           least
           an
           impunity
           for
           the
           false
           Witness
           .
        
         
           This
           kind
           of
           Persecution
           fell
           chiefly
           on
           the
           Ministers
           ;
           for
           of
           a
           long
           time
           they
           might
           not
           Preach
           ,
           without
           having
           for
           Auditors
           ,
           or
           to
           speak
           better
           ,
           Observators
           ,
           a
           Troop
           of
           Priests
           ,
           Monks
           and
           Missionaries
           ,
           and
           such
           kind
           of
           People
           ,
           who
           made
           no
           scruple
           to
           charge
           them
           with
           things
           ,
           which
           they
           not
           so
           much
           as
           thought
           of
           ;
           and
           turn
           others
           into
           a
           contrary
           meaning
           .
           They
           also
           went
           so
           far
           as
           to
           devine
           the
           Thoughts
           ,
           to
           make
           Crimes
           ;
           for
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           any
           Minister
           spake
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
             Pharaoh
          
           ,
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           of
           good
           or
           bad
           People
           ,
           (
           as
           't
           is
           difficult
           not
           to
           speak
           of
           these
           matters
           ,
           when
           they
           explained
           the
           Scripture
           )
           These
           Spies
           never
           failed
           to
           report
           ,
           that
           by
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           the
           wicked
           ,
           they
           meant
           the
           Catholicks
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           the
           pretended
           Reformists
           .
           The
           Judges
           concerned
           themselves
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           most
           strange
           ,
           the
           ministers
           of
           State
           themselves
           respected
           these
           Interpretations
           of
           thoughts
           ,
           as
           evident
           Proofs
           .
           On
           these
           grounds
           ,
           the
           Magistrates
           filled
           the
           Prisons
           whith
           these
           kind
           of
           poor
           People
           ,
           keeping
           them
           therein
           for
           whole
           years
           together
           ,
           and
           often
           inflicted
           on
           them
           several
           corporal
           Penalties
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           already
           seen
           by
           this
           first
           kind
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           what
           were
           the
           Usages
           shewed
           in
           France
           to
           the
           Reformists
           before
           they
           came
           to
           the
           utmost
           violence
           .
           But
           we
           shall
           see
           them
           appear
           more
           ,
           in
           what
           we
           have
           to
           add
           ,
           touching
           the
           privation
           of
           Offices
           and
           Employs
           ,
           
           and
           in
           general
           ,
           of
           the
           means
           of
           gaining
           a
           Livelihood
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           second
           way
           we
           mentioned
           ,
           that
           has
           been
           used
           to
           effect
           our
           Ruine
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           hard
           to
           comprehend
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           great
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           France
           is
           ,
           where
           the
           Protestants
           were
           dispersed
           over
           all
           parts
           ,
           there
           were
           an
           infinite
           number
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           subsist
           nor
           maintain
           their
           Families
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           liberty
           of
           serving
           the
           publick
           ,
           either
           in
           Offices
           ,
           Arts
           ,
           Trades
           ,
           or
           Faculties
           ,
           each
           according
           to
           his
           Calling
           .
           Henry
           the
           great
           ,
           was
           so
           well
           convinced
           of
           the
           necessity
           and
           Justice
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           it
           an
           express
           Article
           ,
           the
           most
           distinct
           perhaps
           and
           formal
           ,
           of
           all
           contained
           in
           his
           Edict
           :
           And
           therefore
           't
           was
           here
           the
           Persecutors
           thought
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           use
           their
           utmost
           endeavours
           .
           In
           this
           regard
           ,
           they
           began
           with
           the
           Arts
           and
           Trades
           ;
           which
           under
           several
           pretences
           ,
           they
           rendered
           almost
           inaccessible
           to
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           by
           the
           difficulties
           of
           arriving
           to
           the
           mastership
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           excessive
           Expences
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           at
           to
           be
           received
           therein
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           candidate
           ,
           but
           was
           forced
           for
           this
           purpose
           to
           maintain
           Law
           Suits
           ,
           under
           the
           weight
           of
           which
           ,
           they
           for
           the
           most
           part
           fell
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           hold
           them
           out
           .
           But
           this
           not
           being
           sufficient
           ,
           by
           a
           Declaration
           made
           in
           1669.
           they
           were
           reduced
           to
           one
           third
           ,
           in
           the
           Towns
           where
           the
           Protestants
           were
           more
           in
           number
           than
           the
           other
           Inhabitants
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           forbidden
           to
           receive
           any
           therein
           till
           this
           diminution
           was
           made
           ,
           which
           at
           one
           stroke
           excluded
           all
           the
           pretenders
           .
        
         
           Some
           time
           after
           they
           absolutely
           drove
           all
           the
           Reformists
           from
           the
           Consulships
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Municipal
           Officers
           of
           the
           Cities
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           effect
           the
           depriving
           them
           of
           the
           Knowledg
           of
           their
           Proper
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           Interests
           ,
           to
           invest
           wholly
           the
           Catholics
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           1680.
           the
           King
           issued
           out
           an
           Order
           ,
           which
           deprived
           them
           in
           general
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           Offices
           and
           Employs
           ,
           from
           the
           greatest
           to
           the
           smallest
           :
           They
           were
           made
           incapable
           so
           much
           as
           to
           exercise
           any
           Employ
           in
           the
           Custom-Houses
           ,
           Guard
           ,
           Treasury
           ,
           or
           Post-Offices
           ;
           to
           be
           Messengers
           ,
           Coach-Men
           ,
           or
           Waggoners
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           of
           this
           nature
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           year
           1681.
           by
           a
           Decree
           of
           Council
           ,
           all
           Notaries
           ,
           Attorneys
           ,
           Solicitors
           ,
           and
           Sergeants
           ,
           making
           Profession
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           were
           rendered
           uncapable
           throughout
           all
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           A
           Year
           after
           ,
           all
           Lords
           and
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           were
           ordered
           to
           discharge
           their
           Officers
           and
           Servants
           
           of
           the
           said
           Religion
           ,
           and
           not
           make
           use
           of
           them
           in
           any
           case
           ,
           without
           other
           reason
           than
           that
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
        
         
           In
           1683.
           all
           Officers
           belonging
           to
           the
           Kings
           Houshold
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Blood
           ,
           were
           also
           rendred
           uncapable
           of
           holding
           their
           Places
           .
           The
           Councellors
           and
           other
           Officers
           of
           Ayds
           ,
           and
           Chambers
           of
           accounts
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           Seneschalship
           ,
           Baily
           wicks
           ,
           and
           Royalties
           ,
           Admiralry
           ,
           Provostships
           ,
           and
           Marshal's
           Courts
           ,
           Treasury
           Excise
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           belonged
           to
           the
           Toll-Offices
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           businesses
           ,
           were
           ordered
           to
           leave
           their
           Places
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Catholicks
           .
        
         
           In
           1684.
           all
           Secretaries
           belonging
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Great
           Officers
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           well
           Titulary
           ,
           as
           Honorary
           ones
           ,
           and
           their
           Widows
           ,
           were
           deprived
           by
           a
           Revocation
           of
           all
           their
           Priviledges
           of
           what
           nature
           soever
           they
           were
           .
           They
           also
           deprived
           all
           those
           that
           had
           purchased
           any
           Priviledges
           for
           the
           exercising
           of
           any
           Professions
           ,
           as
           Merchants
           ,
           Surgeons
           ,
           Apothecaries
           ,
           and
           Vintners
           ,
           nd
           all
           others
           ,
           without
           exception
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           they
           proceeded
           to
           this
           excess
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           suffer
           any
           Midwives
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           to
           do
           their
           Office
           ,
           and
           expresly
           ordained
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           our
           Wives
           should
           receive
           no
           assistance
           in
           that
           Condition
           ,
           but
           from
           Roman
           Catholicks
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           to
           be
           exprest
           how
           many
           particular
           Persons
           and
           Families
           they
           reduced
           every
           where
           ,
           by
           these
           strange
           and
           unheard
           of
           Methods
           ,
           to
           Ruine
           and
           Misery
           .
           But
           because
           there
           were
           yet
           many
           which
           could
           sustain
           themselves
           ;
           other
           Methods
           of
           Oppression
           must
           be
           invented
           :
           To
           this
           end
           they
           issued
           out
           an
           Edict
           from
           the
           Council
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           new
           Converts
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           them
           ,
           were
           discharged
           from
           any
           payments
           of
           their
           Debts
           for
           three
           years
           .
           This
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           fell
           on
           the
           Reformists
           ,
           who
           ,
           having
           had
           a
           more
           particular
           Tye
           of
           Interest
           and
           Affair
           with
           these
           pretended
           Converts
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           Communion
           of
           Religion
           ,
           were
           reckoned
           amongst
           their
           Chief
           Creditors
           :
           By
           this
           Order
           they
           had
           found
           the
           secret
           to
           recompense
           those
           that
           changed
           ,
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           those
           who
           continued
           firm
           :
           and
           this
           they
           did
           likewise
           by
           another
           way
           ;
           for
           they
           discharged
           the
           Converts
           of
           all
           the
           Debts
           ,
           which
           those
           of
           the
           Religion
           had
           contracted
           in
           common
           ,
           which
           by
           consequence
           fell
           on
           the
           rest
           .
           Add
           to
           this
           ,
           the
           prohibition
           to
           fell
           or
           alienate
           their
           Estates
           ,
           on
           any
           Pretence
           whatever
           ,
           the
           King
           annulling
           and
           breaking
           all
           Contracts
           ,
           and
           other
           acts
           relating
           to
           that
           matter
           :
           if
           it
           did
           not
           appear
           ,
           that
           after
           these
           Acts
           ,
           they
           had
           stayed
           in
           the
           
           Kingdom
           a
           whole
           Year
           :
           so
           that
           the
           last
           Remedy
           of
           helping
           themselves
           with
           their
           Estates
           in
           extream
           Necessity
           ,
           was
           taken
           from
           them
           .
           They
           deprived
           them
           likewise
           of
           another
           ,
           which
           seemed
           the
           only
           one
           remaining
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           to
           seek
           their
           Bread
           elsewhere
           ,
           by
           retiring
           into
           other
           Countries
           ,
           there
           to
           get
           their
           Living
           by
           Labour
           ,
           since
           this
           was
           not
           permitted
           them
           in
           France
           .
           By
           repeated
           Edicts
           the
           King
           forbad
           them
           to
           leave
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           on
           severe
           Penalties
           ,
           which
           drove
           them
           to
           the
           last
           Despair
           ;
           since
           they
           saw
           themselves
           reduced
           to
           the
           horrible
           necessity
           of
           dying
           with
           Hunger
           in
           their
           own
           Countrey
           ,
           without
           daring
           to
           go
           to
           live
           elsewhere
           .
           But
           the
           Cruelty
           of
           their
           Enemies
           stopt
           not
           here
           ,
           for
           there
           yet
           remained
           some
           Gleanings
           in
           the
           Provinces
           ,
           though
           very
           few
           ,
           and
           as
           thin
           as
           those
           in
           
           Pharaoh's
           Dream
           .
           The
           Intendants
           in
           their
           Districts
           had
           order
           to
           load
           the
           Reformed
           with
           Taxes
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           ,
           either
           by
           laying
           upon
           them
           the
           Tax
           of
           the
           New
           Catholicks
           ,
           who
           were
           discharged
           thereof
           on
           favour
           of
           their
           Conversion
           ,
           or
           by
           laying
           exorbitant
           Taxes
           ,
           which
           they
           called
           Duties
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           he
           who
           in
           the
           ordinary
           Roll
           was
           assessed
           at
           Forty
           or
           Fifty
           Livers
           ,
           was
           charged
           by
           this
           Impostion
           at
           Seven
           or
           Eight
           Hundred
           .
           Thus
           had
           they
           nothing
           more
           left
           ,
           for
           all
           was
           a
           Prey
           to
           the
           Rigour
           of
           the
           Intendants
           .
           They
           raised
           their
           Taxes
           by
           the
           effectual
           quartering
           of
           Dragoons
           ,
           or
           Imprisonment
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           were
           not
           freed
           till
           they
           had
           paid
           the
           utmost
           Farthing
           .
        
         
           These
           were
           the
           two
           first
           Engins
           or
           Machins
           which
           the
           Clergy
           made
           use
           of
           against
           us
           :
           To
           which
           they
           added
           a
           Third
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           termed
           the
           Infractions
           of
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           Explication
           .
           Those
           who
           would
           know
           their
           Number
           and
           Quality
           ,
           need
           only
           read
           the
           Books
           written
           and
           published
           on
           this
           Subject
           ;
           as
           well
           by
           the
           Jesuite
           Menier
           ,
           an
           Author
           Famous
           for
           his
           Illusions
           ▪
           as
           by
           one
           Beanard
           ,
           an
           Officer
           in
           the
           Presidial
           Court
           of
           Besier
           in
           Languedoc
           .
           There
           you
           will
           find
           all
           the
           turns
           ,
           which
           the
           meanest
           and
           most
           unworthy
           Sophistry
           could
           invent
           ,
           to
           elude
           the
           clearest
           Texts
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           and
           to
           corrupt
           the
           Sincerity
           thereof
           .
           But
           because
           we
           do
           here
           give
           you
           only
           a
           brief
           Account
           of
           our
           ,
           Troubles
           ,
           we
           will
           content
           our selves
           with
           observing
           some
           of
           the
           Principal
           ,
           issuing
           from
           this
           Fountain
           :
           What
           was
           there
           ,
           for
           Example
           ,
           more
           clear
           and
           unquestionable
           in
           the
           Edict
           than
           this
           ;
           viz.
           That
           't
           was
           given
           with
           an
           Intention
           to
           maintain
           those
           of
           the
           Religion
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Rights
           that
           Nature
           and
           Civil
           
           Society
           give
           to
           Men.
           Yet
           in
           1681.
           there
           came
           out
           an
           Edict
           ,
           that
           Children
           might
           at
           the
           Age
           of
           Seven
           Years
           ,
           abjure
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           and
           embrace
           the
           Catholick
           ,
           under
           pretence
           ,
           that
           the
           Edict
           did
           not
           precisely
           mark
           ,
           that
           at
           this
           Age
           they
           should
           continue
           at
           their
           Parents
           Disposal
           .
           Who
           sees
           not
           that
           this
           was
           a
           meer
           trick
           ,
           seing
           that
           on
           one
           hand
           ,
           the
           Edict
           forbad
           to
           take
           the
           Children
           from
           their
           Parents
           by
           force
           ,
           or
           fair
           means
           :
           and
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           Edict
           supposed
           and
           confirmed
           all
           the
           Natural
           Rights
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           without
           Controversie
           ,
           this
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           inviolable
           .
           Was
           there
           ever
           a
           more
           manifest
           Infraction
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           than
           that
           ,
           which
           forbad
           those
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           who
           had
           passed
           over
           to
           the
           Roman
           ,
           to
           return
           to
           that
           they
           had
           left
           ,
           under
           pretence
           ,
           that
           the
           Edict
           did
           not
           formally
           give
           them
           in
           express
           Terms
           this
           Liberty
           .
           For
           when
           the
           Edict
           permits
           generally
           all
           the
           Kings
           Subjects
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           forbids
           the
           perplexing
           and
           troubling
           them
           ,
           and
           offering
           any
           thing
           contrary
           to
           this
           Liberty
           .
           Who
           sees
           not
           that
           this
           Exception
           ,
           touching
           the
           pretended
           Relapsers
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           an
           Explication
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           a
           notable
           violation
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Whereunto
           we
           may
           add
           the
           charge
           given
           to
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           not
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           embrace
           the
           Reformed
           .
           For
           when
           the
           Edict
           gives
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           it
           does
           it
           in
           proper
           Terms
           ,
           for
           all
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           of
           the
           said
           Religion
           .
           Yet
           if
           we
           believe
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           this
           was
           not
           Henry
           the
           Great
           's
           meaning
           ,
           intending
           only
           to
           grant
           it
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           made
           Profession
           of
           it
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           making
           his
           Edict
           .
           That
           of
           Nantes
           gave
           also
           to
           the
           Reformed
           ,
           the
           priviledges
           of
           keeping
           small
           Schools
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           where
           they
           had
           the
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           Term
           of
           small
           or
           little
           Schools
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           common
           explication
           ,
           those
           were
           always
           understood
           ,
           where
           one
           might
           teach
           Latin
           and
           Humanity
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Sence
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           ever
           given
           in
           all
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           this
           Expression
           ,
           which
           is
           still
           given
           when
           it
           concerns
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           .
           Yet
           by
           a
           new
           Interpreation
           ,
           this
           permission
           was
           restrained
           to
           the
           bare
           Liberty
           of
           teaching
           to
           read
           ,
           and
           write
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Reformed
           were
           unworthy
           to
           learn
           any
           more
           ;
           and
           this
           on
           purpose
           ,
           to
           tire
           out
           the
           Parents
           ,
           and
           drive
           them
           to
           this
           extremity
           ,
           either
           not
           to
           know
           what
           to
           do
           with
           their
           Children
           ,
           or
           be
           forced
           to
           send
           them
           to
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           for
           Education
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Edict
           gave
           them
           the
           liberty
           in
           all
           places
           where
           they
           had
           Churches
           ,
           to
           instruct
           publickly
           their
           Children
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           in
           what
           concerns
           Religion
           ,
           which
           visibly
           establisht
           the
           Right
           of
           teaching
           them
           Theology
           ,
           seeing
           their
           Theology
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           this
           Religion
           .
           And
           as
           to
           Colleges
           ,
           wherein
           they
           might
           be
           instructed
           in
           Liberal
           Sciences
           ,
           the
           Edict
           promised
           Letters
           Pattents
           in
           good
           form
           .
           Yet
           't
           was
           supposed
           the
           Edict
           gave
           no
           right
           to
           the
           Reformed
           to
           instruct
           them
           in
           Theology
           ,
           nor
           to
           have
           Colleges
           ,
           and
           on
           this
           Supposition
           ,
           three
           Academies
           were
           condemned
           ,
           all
           that
           remained
           .
           That
           of
           Sedan
           ,
           although
           grounded
           on
           a
           particular
           Edict
           ,
           was
           supprest
           as
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           even
           before
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           must
           go
           further
           ,
           and
           seeing
           we
           have
           undertaken
           ,
           to
           shew
           in
           this
           Abridgment
           ,
           the
           principal
           things
           they
           have
           done
           to
           exercise
           our
           Patience
           ,
           before
           they
           came
           to
           the
           utmost
           Fury
           .
           We
           are
           not
           to
           pass
           over
           the
           new
           Orders
           ,
           or
           new
           Laws
           ,
           which
           were
           to
           us
           as
           so
           many
           new
           Inventions
           to
           torment
           us
           .
           The
           first
           of
           these
           Orders
           ,
           which
           appeared
           ,
           was
           touching
           the
           manner
           of
           Buryals
           ,
           and
           entering
           the
           Dead
           .
           The
           number
           of
           Attendants
           were
           reduced
           to
           thirty
           Persons
           in
           those
           places
           where
           the
           Exercise
           of
           our
           Religion
           was
           actually
           established
           ,
           and
           to
           ten
           where
           it
           was
           not
           .
           Orders
           were
           also
           issued
           out
           to
           hinder
           the
           Communication
           of
           Provinces
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           by
           Circulary
           Letters
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ;
           though
           about
           matters
           of
           Alms
           and
           disposal
           of
           Charity
           .
           Prohibitions
           were
           likewise
           made
           of
           holding
           Colloquies
           in
           the
           Interval
           of
           Synods
           ,
           excepting
           in
           two
           Cases
           ,
           the
           providing
           for
           Churches
           destitute
           by
           the
           Deaths
           of
           their
           Ministers
           ;
           and
           the
           Correction
           of
           some
           Scandals
           .
           They
           likewise
           took
           away
           from
           those
           places
           ,
           allowed
           by
           the
           Edict
           ,
           which
           they
           call'd
           
             Exercises
             de
             fief
          
           ,
           all
           the
           Marks
           of
           the
           Temples
           ,
           as
           the
           Bell
           ,
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           of
           this
           Nature
           .
           They
           were
           likewise
           forbidden
           to
           receive
           their
           Ministers
           in
           Synods
           to
           have
           any
           deciding
           Voice
           there
           ,
           or
           to
           note
           them
           in
           the
           Catalogue
           of
           those
           that
           belong'd
           to
           Churches
           .
           Others
           forbad
           the
           singing
           of
           Psalms
           in
           private
           Houses
           ,
           as
           also
           some
           that
           commanded
           them
           to
           cease
           singing
           even
           in
           their
           Temples
           when
           the
           Sacrament
           passed
           by
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           time
           of
           any
           Procession
           .
           Others
           were
           made
           to
           hinder
           Marriages
           ,
           such
           times
           as
           were
           forbidden
           by
           the
           Romish
           Church
           .
           Others
           forbad
           Ministers
           to
           Preach
           any
           where
           ,
           except
           in
           the
           place
           of
           their
           usual
           Residence
           .
           Others
           forbad
           their
           setling
           in
           places
           ,
           unless
           sent
           by
           the
           Synods
           ,
           though
           the
           Consistories
           had
           call'd
           them
           thither
           according
           to
           their
           usual
           forms
           .
           
           Others
           were
           made
           to
           hinder
           the
           Synods
           from
           sending
           to
           any
           Churches
           more
           Ministers
           than
           were
           there
           in
           the
           preceding
           Synod
           .
           Others
           ,
           to
           hinder
           those
           that
           design'd
           for
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           to
           be
           educated
           in
           Foreign
           Universities
           .
           Others
           banish'd
           all
           Foreign
           Ministers
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           been
           ordained
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           spent
           there
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           Lives
           .
           Others
           forbad
           Ministers
           ,
           or
           Cardinals
           for
           the
           Ministry
           to
           reside
           in
           places
           where
           Preaching
           was
           forbidden
           ,
           or
           nearer
           than
           six
           Miles
           of
           them
           .
           Others
           forbad
           the
           People
           to
           assemble
           in
           the
           Temples
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           Praying
           ,
           Reading
           ,
           or
           Singing
           of
           Psalms
           ,
           except
           in
           the
           Presence
           of
           a
           Minister
           ,
           placed
           there
           by
           the
           Synod
           .
           One
           ridiculous
           one
           was
           made
           to
           take
           away
           all
           the
           Backs
           of
           the
           Seats
           in
           the
           Churches
           ,
           and
           reduce
           them
           all
           to
           an
           exact
           Uniformity
           .
           Another
           ,
           to
           hinder
           the
           Churches
           that
           were
           a
           little
           more
           Rich
           ,
           to
           assist
           the
           Weaker
           ,
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           their
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           other
           necessities
           .
           Another
           to
           oblige
           Parents
           to
           give
           their
           Children
           ,
           who
           changed
           their
           Religion
           ,
           great
           Pensions
           .
           Another
           to
           forbid
           Marriages
           betwixt
           Parties
           of
           different
           Religions
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Scandalous
           Cohabitation
           .
           Another
           to
           prohibit
           those
           of
           the
           Religion
           ,
           from
           that
           time
           ,
           to
           entertain
           in
           their
           Houses
           any
           Domesticks
           or
           Servants
           that
           were
           Roman
           Catholicks
           .
           Another
           which
           made
           them
           uncapable
           of
           being
           Tutors
           or
           Guardians
           ;
           and
           consequently
           put
           all
           the
           Minors
           ,
           whose
           Fathers
           dyed
           in
           the
           Profession
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           under
           the
           Power
           and
           Education
           of
           Roman
           Catholicks
           .
           Another
           forbidding
           Ministers
           and
           Elders
           to
           hinder
           any
           of
           their
           Flock
           ,
           either
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           ,
           to
           embrace
           the
           Roman
           Religion
           ,
           or
           to
           dissuade
           them
           form
           it
           .
           Another
           forbidding
           Jews
           and
           Mahometans
           to
           embrace
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ;
           and
           the
           Ministers
           either
           to
           instruct
           or
           receive
           them
           into
           it
           .
           Another
           subjecting
           Synods
           to
           receive
           such
           Roman
           Catholick
           Commissaries
           as
           should
           be
           sent
           them
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           with
           an
           express
           order
           to
           do
           nothing
           ,
           but
           in
           their
           presence
           .
           Another
           for
           bidding
           the
           Consistories
           to
           assemble
           oftner
           than
           once
           in
           Fifteen
           days
           ,
           and
           in
           presence
           of
           a
           Catholick
           Commissary
           .
           Another
           forbidding
           Consistories
           to
           assist
           ,
           on
           pretence
           of
           Charity
           to
           the
           Poor
           Sick
           Persons
           of
           their
           Religion
           ;
           and
           ordaining
           that
           the
           Sick
           should
           be
           carried
           into
           their
           Hospitals
           ,
           strictly
           forbidding
           any
           Man
           to
           entertain
           them
           in
           their
           Houses
           .
           Another
           confiscating
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           Hospitals
           ,
           all
           the
           Lands
           ,
           Rents
           ,
           and
           other
           Profits
           of
           what
           nature
           soever
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           appertained
           to
           a
           condemned
           
           Church
           .
           Another
           forbidding
           Ministers
           to
           come
           nearer
           than
           Three
           Leagues
           to
           the
           place
           where
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           Preaching
           was
           in
           question
           or
           debate
           .
           Another
           confiscated
           to
           the
           Hospitals
           all
           the
           Revenues
           and
           Rents
           set
           apart
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           even
           in
           such
           Churches
           as
           were
           yet
           standing
           .
           Another
           subjecting
           sick
           and
           dying
           Persons
           to
           the
           necessity
           of
           receiving
           Visits
           ,
           sometimes
           from
           Judges
           ,
           Commissionaries
           ,
           or
           Church-Wardens
           ;
           sometimes
           of
           Curates
           ,
           Monks
           ,
           Missionaries
           ,
           or
           other
           Ecclesiasticks
           ,
           to
           induce
           them
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           or
           require
           of
           them
           express
           Declarations
           concerning
           it
           .
           Another
           forbidding
           Parents
           to
           send
           their
           Children
           before
           sixteen
           years
           of
           Age
           to
           travel
           in
           Forreign
           Countries
           ,
           on
           any
           pretence
           whatsoever
           .
           Another
           prohibiting
           Lords
           or
           Gentlemen
           to
           continue
           the
           exercise
           of
           Religion
           in
           their
           Houses
           ,
           unless
           they
           had
           first
           produced
           their
           Titles
           before
           the
           Commissaries
           ,
           and
           obtained
           from
           them
           a
           License
           to
           have
           Preaching
           .
           Another
           which
           restrained
           the
           right
           of
           entertaining
           a
           Minister
           to
           those
           only
           ,
           who
           were
           in
           Possession
           of
           their
           Lands
           ever
           since
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           in
           a
           direct
           or
           collateral
           Line
           .
           Another
           which
           forbad
           Churches
           called
           Baillage
           ,
           to
           receive
           into
           their
           Temples
           any
           of
           another
           Bailywick
           .
           Another
           which
           enjoined
           Physitians
           ,
           Apothecaries
           ,
           and
           Chirurgeons
           ,
           to
           advertise
           the
           Curates
           or
           Magistrates
           of
           the
           condition
           of
           Sick
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           the
           Magistrates
           or
           Curates
           might
           visit
           them
           .
           But
           amongst
           all
           these
           new
           Laws
           ,
           those
           which
           have
           most
           served
           the
           Design
           and
           Intention
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           have
           been
           on
           one
           hand
           ,
           the
           prohibition
           of
           receiving
           into
           their
           Temples
           any
           of
           those
           who
           had
           changed
           their
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           their
           Children
           ,
           nor
           any
           Roman
           Catholick
           of
           what
           Age
           ,
           Sex
           ,
           or
           Condition
           soe●er
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           forfeiting
           their
           Churches
           ,
           and
           the
           Ministers
           doing
           publick
           Pennance
           ,
           with
           Banishment
           and
           Confiscation
           of
           their
           Estates
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           fide
           ,
           the
           setting
           up
           in
           all
           the
           Temples
           a
           particular
           Bench
           for
           the
           Catholicks
           to
           sit
           on
           ;
           for
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           any
           one
           resolved
           to
           change
           his
           Religion
           ,
           they
           needed
           only
           to
           make
           him
           do
           it
           in
           private
           ,
           and
           to
           find
           him
           the
           next
           Morning
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           to
           be
           observed
           there
           by
           the
           Catholicks
           ,
           who
           were
           in
           their
           Seat.
           Immediately
           Informations
           were
           made
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           Condemnations
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Rigour
           of
           the
           Law.
           The
           Roman
           Catholicks
           needed
           only
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Temple
           ,
           under
           pretence
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           a
           place
           there
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           slipt
           in
           amongst
           the
           Croud
           ,
           and
           immediately
           this
           was
           a
           Contravention
           to
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           
           an
           unavoidable
           Condemnation
           .
           'T
           is
           by
           this
           means
           they
           have
           destroyed
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           Temples
           and
           Churches
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           Irons
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Innocent
           Ministers
           ;
           for
           Villains
           and
           false
           Witnesses
           were
           not
           wanting
           in
           this
           occasion
           .
        
         
           All
           these
           Proceedings
           were
           so
           violent
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           needs
           make
           a
           strong
           Impression
           in
           the
           Reformists
           Minds
           ,
           whereunto
           these
           things
           tended
           .
           And
           in
           effect
           ,
           there
           were
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           bethought
           themselves
           of
           their
           safety
           ,
           by
           leaving
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           some
           transported
           themselves
           into
           one
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           some
           into
           another
           ,
           according
           as
           their
           Inclinations
           led
           them
           .
           But
           this
           was
           what
           the
           Court
           never
           intended
           ,
           for
           more
           than
           one
           reason
           ;
           and
           therefore
           to
           hinder
           them
           ,
           they
           renewed
           from
           time
           to
           time
           this
           Decree
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           mentioned
           ,
           which
           strictly
           prohibited
           ,
           under
           the
           most
           severe
           Penalties
           ,
           any
           to
           depart
           the
           Kingdom
           without
           leave
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           end
           they
           strictly
           guarded
           all
           Passages
           on
           the
           Frontiers
           .
           But
           these
           Precautions
           did
           not
           answer
           their
           Expectations
           ,
           and
           't
           was
           better
           to
           blind
           the
           People
           ,
           by
           hopes
           of
           abating
           this
           rigorous
           usage
           at
           home
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           end
           in
           1669.
           the
           King
           revoked
           several
           violent
           Decrees
           ,
           which
           produced
           the
           Effect
           expected
           .
           For
           though
           the
           Judicious
           saw
           well
           enough
           ,
           that
           this
           Moderation
           sprang
           not
           from
           a
           good
           Principle
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           Sequel
           ,
           the
           same
           Decrees
           would
           be
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           yet
           the
           most
           part
           imagined
           they
           would
           still
           confine
           themselves
           within
           some
           Bounds
           in
           our
           regard
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           would
           not
           pass
           to
           a
           total
           Destruction
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           often
           drawn
           the
           same
           Conclusions
           from
           the
           several
           Verbal
           Declarations
           ,
           which
           came
           many
           times
           from
           the
           Kings
           own
           Mouth
           ,
           that
           he
           pretended
           not
           to
           indulge
           us
           ,
           but
           he
           would
           do
           us
           perfect
           Justice
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           enjoy
           the
           benefits
           of
           the
           Edicts
           in
           their
           whole
           extent
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           be
           very
           glad
           to
           see
           all
           his
           Subjects
           re-united
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           ,
           and
           would
           for
           the
           effecting
           this
           ,
           contribute
           all
           his
           Power
           ,
           but
           there
           should
           be
           no
           Bloud
           shed
           ,
           during
           his
           Reign
           ,
           on
           this
           account
           ,
           nor
           any
           violence
           exercised
           .
           These
           precise
           and
           re-iterated
           Declarations
           ,
           gave
           us
           hopes
           the
           King
           would
           not
           forget
           them
           ;
           and
           especially
           in
           essential
           matters
           ,
           he
           would
           let
           us
           enjoy
           the
           effects
           of
           his
           Bounty
           and
           Equity
           .
           'T
           was
           the
           more
           expected
           by
           a
           Letter
           ,
           he
           wrote
           to
           the
           Elector
           of
           Brandenburgh
           ,
           the
           Copies
           of
           which
           the
           Ministers
           of
           State
           took
           care
           to
           disperse
           through
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           His
           Majesty
           assured
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           well
           satisfyed
           with
           the
           Behaviour
           of
           his
           Protestant
           
           Subjects
           ,
           from
           whence
           he
           drew
           this
           natural
           Conclusion
           ,
           that
           he
           intended
           not
           then
           to
           destroy
           us
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           we
           may
           add
           the
           managements
           used
           sometimes
           in
           the
           Council
           ,
           where
           Churches
           were
           conserved
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           when
           others
           were
           crdered
           to
           be
           demolish'd
           ;
           to
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           ,
           they
           observed
           measures
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           which
           they
           condemned
           ,
           were
           not
           grounded
           on
           good
           Titles
           .
           Sometimes
           they
           softned
           several
           too
           rigorous
           Decrees
           ;
           other
           times
           they
           seemed
           not
           to
           approve
           of
           the
           violences
           offered
           by
           the
           Intendants
           and
           Magistrates
           ;
           even
           to
           the
           giving
           of
           orders
           to
           moderate
           them
           .
           In
           this
           manner
           did
           they
           hinder
           the
           execution
           of
           a
           Decree
           made
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Rouen
           ,
           which
           enjoyned
           those
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           to
           fall
           on
           their
           Knees
           ,
           when
           they
           met
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           Thus
           did
           they
           stop
           the
           prosecutions
           of
           a
           puny
           Judge
           of
           Charenton
           ,
           who
           ordered
           us
           to
           strike
           out
           of
           our
           Liturgy
           a
           prayer
           which
           was
           composed
           for
           the
           faithful
           ,
           that
           groaned
           under
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           Antichrist
           .
           'T
           is
           thus
           also
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           extreamly
           favour
           another
           Persecution
           which
           began
           to
           come
           general
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           against
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           obliging
           them
           to
           take
           an
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           wherein
           other
           Clauses
           were
           inserted
           ,
           contrary
           to
           what
           Ministers
           owe
           to
           their
           Charges
           and
           Religion
           .
           'T
           was
           thus
           also
           they
           suspended
           the
           execution
           of
           some
           Edicts
           ,
           which
           themselves
           had
           procured
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           Tax
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           to
           oblige
           them
           to
           reside
           precisely
           in
           the
           place
           where
           they
           exercised
           their
           Ministry
           .
           With
           the
           same
           design
           the
           Syndic's
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           had
           the
           Art
           to
           let
           the
           principal
           Churches
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           be
           at
           rest
           ,
           for
           many
           years
           without
           disturbance
           in
           their
           Assemblies
           ;
           whilst
           they
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           desolated
           all
           those
           in
           the
           Country
           .
           They
           suspended
           also
           the
           condemnation
           of
           the
           Universities
           ,
           and
           reserved
           them
           for
           the
           last
           .
           It
           was
           also
           in
           this
           view
           ,
           that
           at
           Court
           ,
           the
           first
           seemed
           unable
           to
           belive
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           not
           to
           approve
           of
           the
           excesses
           ,
           which
           one
           Marillac
           an
           Intendant
           of
           Poitu
           ,
           committed
           in
           his
           Province
           :
           A
           man
           poor
           and
           cruel
           ,
           more
           fit
           to
           prey
           on
           the
           High-ways
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           Intendant
           of
           a
           Province
           ;
           though
           indeed
           they
           had
           a
           clause
           expresly
           to
           make
           these
           Expeditions
           .
           But
           amongst
           all
           these
           illusions
           ,
           there
           's
           none
           more
           remarkable
           ,
           than
           five
           or
           six
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           be
           improper
           here
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           :
           The
           first
           was
           ,
           That
           at
           the
           very
           time
           ,
           when
           at
           the
           Court
           they
           issued
           out
           all
           the
           Decrees
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           and
           Edicts
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           spoken
           of
           here
           before
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           caused
           to
           
           be
           put
           in
           execution
           with
           the
           greatest
           rigour
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           that
           they
           interdicted
           their
           Churches
           ,
           demolished
           their
           Temples
           ,
           deprived
           particular
           persons
           of
           their
           Offices
           and
           Employments
           ,
           reduced
           People
           to
           Poverty
           and
           Hunger
           ,
           imprisoned
           them
           ,
           loaded
           them
           with
           Fines
           ,
           banish'd
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           ravag'd
           almost
           all
           ;
           the
           Intendants
           ,
           Governours
           ,
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           other
           Officers
           in
           Paris
           ,
           and
           over
           all
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           coolly
           and
           gravely
           gave
           out
           ,
           the
           King
           had
           not
           the
           least
           intention
           to
           touch
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           but
           would
           most
           Religiously
           observe
           it
           .
           The
           second
           was
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           same
           Edict
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           publish'd
           to
           forbid
           Roman
           Catholicks
           to
           embrace
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           the
           year
           1682.
           
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           when
           they
           had
           already
           greatly
           advanced
           the
           work
           of
           our
           destruction
           ;
           they
           caused
           a
           formal
           Clause
           to
           be
           inserted
           in
           these
           terms
           ,
           
             That
             he
             confirmed
             the
             Edict
             of
          
           Nantes
           ,
           
             as
             much
             as
             it
             was
             or
             should
             be
             needful
             .
          
           The
           third
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Circular
           Letters
           which
           the
           King
           wrote
           to
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Intendants
           ,
           to
           oblige
           them
           to
           signifie
           the
           Pastoral
           Advertisement
           of
           the
           Clergy
           to
           our
           Consistories
           ,
           he
           tells
           them
           in
           express
           terms
           ,
           
             That
             his
             intention
             was
             not
             that
             they
             should
             do
             any
             thing
             that
             might
             attempt
             upon
             what
             had
             been
             granted
             to
             those
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             by
             the
             Edicts
             and
             Declarations
             made
             in
             their
             favour
             .
          
           The
           fourth
           ,
           That
           by
           an
           express
           Declaration
           publish'd
           about
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           year
           1684.
           the
           King
           ordained
           ,
           That
           Ministers
           should
           not
           remain
           in
           the
           same
           Church
           ,
           above
           the
           space
           of
           three
           years
           ,
           nor
           return
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           within
           the
           space
           of
           Twelve
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           should
           be
           thus
           translated
           from
           Church
           to
           Church
           ,
           at
           least
           twenty
           Leagues
           distant
           from
           the
           other
           ;
           supposing
           by
           a
           manifest
           consequence
           ,
           that
           his
           design
           was
           yet
           to
           permit
           the
           exercise
           of
           Religion
           to
           the
           Ministers
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           for
           Twelve
           years
           at
           least
           .
           Though
           indeed
           they
           at
           that
           moment
           design'd
           the
           Revocation
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           and
           had
           resolved
           it
           in
           the
           Council
           .
           The
           fifth
           consists
           in
           a
           Request
           presented
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           the
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Clergy
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           drawing
           an
           Edict
           to
           revoke
           that
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Procurer
           General
           to
           frame
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Decree
           which
           was
           granted
           on
           this
           request
           ,
           the
           Clergy
           complain'd
           of
           the
           misrepresentations
           which
           the
           Ministers
           are
           wont
           to
           make
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           attribute
           Doctrines
           which
           they
           do
           not
           hold
           ,
           and
           beseech
           his
           Majesty
           to
           provide
           against
           it
           .
           And
           also
           expresly
           declared
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           yet
           desire
           the
           Revocation
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           
           King
           by
           his
           Decree
           expresly
           forbad
           the
           Ministers
           to
           speak
           either
           good
           or
           hurt
           ,
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           in
           their
           Sermons
           ;
           supposing
           ,
           as
           every
           one
           may
           see
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           his
           Intention
           still
           to
           let
           them
           Preach
           ;
           were
           ever
           such
           illusions
           known
           !
           But
           was
           there
           ever
           any
           greater
           than
           this
           which
           they
           put
           in
           the
           very
           Edict
           we
           speak
           of
           ?
           The
           King
           after
           having
           cancelled
           and
           annul'd
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           depended
           thereon
           ,
           after
           having
           interdicted
           for
           ever
           all
           publick
           Religious
           Exercises
           ,
           he
           also
           for
           ever
           banish'd
           all
           the
           Ministers
           from
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           expresly
           declares
           ,
           that
           his
           will
           is
           ,
           that
           his
           other
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           may
           remain
           where
           they
           are
           in
           all
           Liberty
           ,
           enjoy
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           live
           with
           the
           same
           Freedom
           as
           heretofore
           ,
           without
           any
           molestation
           on
           pretence
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           till
           it
           shall
           please
           God
           to
           enlighten
           and
           convert
           them
           .
           These
           were
           Amusements
           and
           Snares
           to
           entrap
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           has
           since
           appeared
           ,
           and
           it
           still
           appears
           every
           day
           by
           the
           horrible
           usages
           they
           suffer
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           we
           shall
           speak
           in
           what
           follows
           .
           But
           we
           shall
           ,
           first
           ,
           mention
           a
           preparatory
           Machin
           ,
           which
           the
           Persecutors
           have
           not
           fail'd
           to
           employ
           to
           effect
           their
           Design
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           have
           reckoned
           to
           be
           the
           Sixth
           in
           order
           .
           It
           consists
           in
           disposing
           insensibly
           the
           People
           by
           degrees
           to
           desire
           our
           Destruction
           ;
           to
           approve
           of
           it
           when
           done
           ,
           and
           to
           diminish
           in
           their
           Mind
           the
           Horror
           which
           naturally
           they
           must
           have
           at
           the
           Cruelties
           and
           Injustices
           of
           our
           Persecutors
           Contrivances
           .
           For
           this
           parpose
           several
           means
           have
           been
           used
           ,
           and
           the
           commonest
           have
           been
           the
           Sermons
           of
           the
           Missionaries
           and
           other
           Controversial
           Preachers
           ,
           with
           which
           the
           Kingdom
           has
           been
           for
           some
           years
           stockt
           ,
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Royal
             Missions
          
           .
           There
           were
           fitting
           Youths
           ,
           chosen
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           who
           had
           such
           an
           Education
           given
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           far
           from
           making
           them
           Moderate
           ,
           as
           rather
           enflamed
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           't
           is
           easy
           to
           comprehend
           what
           Actors
           these
           are
           ,
           when
           they
           not
           only
           found
           themselves
           upheld
           ,
           but
           saw
           themselves
           moreover
           set
           on
           ,
           and
           had
           express
           Orders
           to
           inspire
           their
           Hearers
           with
           Choler
           .
           And
           so
           well
           did
           they
           acquit
           themselves
           herein
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           not
           their
           fault
           if
           Popular
           Emotions
           have
           not
           followed
           thereon
           in
           great
           Cities
           ,
           yea
           in
           Paris
           it self
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Prudence
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           hindred
           them
           .
           To
           the
           Preachers
           we
           must
           join
           the
           Confessors
           and
           Directors
           of
           Mens
           Consciences
           ,
           the
           Monks
           ,
           the
           Curates
           ,
           and
           in
           general
           ,
           all
           the
           Ecclesiasticks
           from
           the
           highest
           to
           the
           lowest
           ;
           for
           they
           being
           not
           ignorant
           of
           the
           Courts
           Intention
           
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           every
           one
           strove
           to
           shew
           most
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           Aversion
           to
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           because
           every
           one
           found
           his
           Interest
           lay
           therein
           ,
           this
           being
           the
           only
           way
           to
           raise
           and
           establish
           his
           Fortune
           .
           In
           this
           design
           of
           animating
           the
           People
           ,
           there
           past
           few
           days
           wherein
           the
           Streets
           did
           not
           ring
           ,
           as
           well
           with
           the
           publication
           of
           Decrees
           ,
           Edicts
           ,
           and
           Declarations
           against
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           as
           also
           with
           Satyrical
           and
           Seditious
           Libels
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           People
           in
           the
           Towns
           of
           France
           are
           very
           greedy
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           things
           served
           only
           for
           the
           meaner
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           Persecutors
           had
           this
           Mortification
           to
           see
           this
           Design
           disapproved
           by
           all
           those
           who
           were
           a
           degree
           above
           the
           Mobile
           .
           Wherefore
           they
           employed
           the
           Pens
           of
           some
           of
           their
           Authors
           ,
           who
           had
           acquired
           any
           Reputation
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           amongst
           others
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           History
           of
           Theodosius
           the
           Great
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Mr.
           Maimburg
           ,
           heretofore
           a
           Jesuite
           .
           He
           publish'd
           his
           History
           of
           Calvinism
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           has
           since
           had
           the
           leasure
           to
           repent
           ,
           by
           the
           smart
           and
           pertinent
           Answers
           which
           have
           been
           given
           him
           :
           Their
           Example
           has
           been
           followed
           by
           several
           others
           ;
           and
           
             Monsieur
             Arnaud
          
           ,
           who
           will
           always
           make
           one
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           would
           not
           deny
           himself
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           venting
           his
           Choler
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           endeavour
           to
           recover
           the
           Favour
           he
           has
           lost
           at
           Court.
           But
           although
           his
           Apology
           for
           the
           Catholicks
           was
           a
           Work
           as
           full
           of
           Fire
           and
           Passion
           as
           the
           Bigots
           themselves
           could
           Wish
           ,
           yet
           't
           was
           not
           agreeable
           ,
           because
           his
           person
           was
           not
           ;
           he
           was
           so
           ill
           gratified
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           complained
           thereof
           to
           the
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Rheims
           ,
           in
           a
           Letter
           ,
           the
           Copies
           whereof
           were
           dispersed
           over
           all
           Paris
           .
           Amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           he
           exaggerated
           his
           Misfortune
           ,
           and
           compared
           himself
           with
           another
           ,
           who
           for
           much
           less
           Services
           ,
           received
           Twenty
           Thousand
           Livers
           ,
           as
           a
           Reward
           from
           the
           King.
           This
           more
           and
           more
           shewed
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           Person
           .
           However
           they
           needed
           not
           him
           ,
           not
           wanting
           violent
           Writers
           ,
           amongst
           whom
           we
           must
           not
           forget
           one
           Mr.
           Soulier
           ,
           formerly
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           a
           Taylor
           ,
           and
           at
           present
           Author
           of
           the
           History
           of
           the
           
             Edicts
             ●f
             Pacification
          
           ;
           nor
           Mr.
           Nicole
           ,
           once
           a
           great
           Jansenist
           ,
           and
           now
           a
           Proselyte
           of
           the
           Archbishops
           of
           Paris
           ;
           Author
           of
           the
           Book
           entituled
           ,
           
             Protestants
             convinced
             of
             Schism
          
           :
           nor
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Journal
             des
             Scavants
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           in
           his
           ordinary
           Gazets
           highly
           affirms
           .
           That
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           must
           be
           planted
           by
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           ,
           alledging
           for
           the
           proof
           thereof
           a
           King
           of
           Norway
           ,
           who
           converted
           the
           Nobles
           of
           his
           country
           ,
           by
           threatning
           them
           ,
           
             To
             stay
             their
             Children
             
             before
             their
             Eyes
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             not
             consent
             to
             have
             them
             baptized
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             baptized
             themselves
             .
          
           For
           a
           long
           time
           we
           have
           seen
           in
           Paris
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           nothing
           but
           such
           sort
           of
           Writings
           to
           such
           a
           height
           was
           Passion
           come
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           here
           observed
           ,
           were
           done
           in
           France
           ,
           they
           by
           great
           steps
           advanced
           to
           their
           end
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imagined
           the
           Reformed
           neglected
           their
           common
           Interests
           or
           did
           not
           all
           that
           respected
           a
           just
           and
           lawful
           Defence
           .
           They
           frequently
           sent
           ,
           from
           the
           furthest
           Provinces
           ,
           their
           Deputies
           to
           the
           Court
           ;
           They
           maintained
           their
           Rights
           before
           the
           Council
           ;
           Thither
           they
           brought
           their
           Complaints
           from
           all
           parts
           .
           They
           employed
           their
           Deputy
           General
           to
           solicit
           their
           Interests
           ,
           as
           well
           with
           the
           Judges
           and
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           as
           with
           the
           King
           himself
           .
           Sometimes
           also
           they
           presented
           general
           Addresses
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           exposed
           their
           Grievances
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Humility
           and
           Deference
           that
           Subjects
           owe
           their
           Soveraigns
           .
           But
           they
           were
           so
           far
           from
           being
           heard
           ,
           that
           their
           Troubles
           were
           still
           encreased
           ,
           and
           their
           Second
           Condition
           became
           worse
           than
           the
           First
           .
           The
           last
           Petition
           ,
           presented
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           by
           the
           Deputy
           General
           ,
           in
           March
           ,
           1684.
           was
           exprest
           in
           Terms
           most
           submissive
           ,
           and
           most
           capable
           of
           moving
           Pity
           ,
           as
           every
           one
           may
           judge
           ,
           having
           been
           since
           Printed
           ;
           and
           yet
           it
           produced
           no
           other
           Fruit
           ,
           but
           the
           hastning
           of
           what
           they
           had
           long
           resolved
           ,
           namely
           ,
           to
           use
           open
           Force
           to
           accomplish
           our
           Ruine
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           effectually
           done
           some
           Months
           after
           ,
           and
           executed
           in
           a
           manner
           so
           terrible
           and
           violent
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           we
           said
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           there
           are
           few
           in
           Europe
           ,
           how
           distant
           soever
           from
           the
           notice
           of
           the
           common
           Accidents
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           heard
           the
           Report
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           the
           Circumstances
           are
           not
           known
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           shall
           give
           an
           account
           of
           them
           in
           few
           Words
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           but
           to
           stop
           the
           Mouth
           of
           their
           Impudence
           ,
           who
           publisht
           abroad
           ,
           That
           no
           Violences
           have
           been
           offered
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           Conversions
           there
           made
           ,
           were
           with
           free
           Consent
           .
           At
           first
           they
           took
           this
           Measure
           ,
           to
           quarter
           Soldiers
           in
           all
           their
           Provinces
           ,
           almost
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           Dragoons
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           most
           Resolute
           Troops
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           Terror
           and
           Dread
           marched
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           by
           consent
           ,
           all
           France
           was
           filled
           with
           this
           News
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           would
           not
           longer
           suffer
           any
           Hugonots
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           must
           resolve
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           nothing
           being
           able
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           it
           .
        
         
         
           They
           began
           with
           Bearn
           ,
           where
           the
           Dragoons
           did
           their
           first
           Executions
           ;
           these
           were
           followed
           soon
           after
           in
           High
           and
           Low
           
             Guienne
             ,
             Xantoigne
             ,
             Aunix
             ,
             Poitu
             ,
          
           High
           
             Languedoc
             ,
             Vivarets
          
           ,
           and
           Dauphine
           ;
           after
           which
           they
           came
           to
           
             Lionois
             ,
             Gevennes
          
           ,
           Low
           
             Languedoc
             ,
             Provence
             ,
             Valeës
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Country
           of
           Geix
           ,
           afterwards
           they
           fell
           on
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           
             Normandy
             ,
             Bourgoigne
             ,
             Nivernoix
          
           ,
           and
           Berry
           ;
           the
           Countries
           of
           
             Orleans
             ,
             Tourain
             ,
             Anjou
             ,
             Britany
             ,
             Champagne
             ,
             Picardy
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Isle
           of
           France
           ,
           not
           excluding
           Paris
           it self
           ,
           which
           underwent
           the
           same
           Fate
           ;
           the
           first
           thing
           ,
           the
           Intendants
           were
           ordered
           to
           do
           ,
           was
           to
           summon
           the
           Cities
           and
           Commonalties
           .
           They
           assembled
           the
           Inhabitants
           thereof
           ,
           who
           profest
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           and
           there
           told
           them
           ,
           't
           was
           the
           King's
           Pleasure
           they
           should
           without
           delay
           become
           Catholics
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           would
           not
           do
           it
           freely
           ,
           they
           would
           make
           them
           do
           it
           by
           force
           ,
           The
           poor
           People
           ,
           surprised
           with
           such
           a
           Proposal
           ,
           answered
           ,
           They
           were
           ready
           to
           sacrifice
           their
           Estates
           and
           Lives
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           being
           Gods
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           in
           that
           manner
           dispose
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           There
           needed
           no
           more
           to
           make
           them
           immediately
           bring
           the
           Dragoons
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           far
           off
           .
           The
           Troops
           immediately
           seized
           on
           the
           Gates
           and
           Avenues
           of
           the
           Cities
           ;
           they
           placed
           Guards
           in
           all
           the
           Passages
           ,
           and
           often
           came
           with
           their
           Swords
           in
           their
           Hands
           ,
           crying
           ,
           
             Kill
             ,
             Kill
             ,
             or
             else
             be
             Catholics
             ,
          
           they
           were
           quartered
           on
           the
           Reformists
           at
           Discretion
           ,
           with
           a
           strict
           Charge
           ,
           that
           none
           should
           depart
           out
           of
           their
           Houses
           ,
           nor
           conceal
           any
           of
           their
           Goods
           or
           Effects
           ,
           on
           great
           Penalties
           ,
           even
           on
           the
           Catholics
           ,
           that
           should
           receive
           or
           assist
           them
           in
           any
           manner
           .
           The
           first
           days
           were
           spent
           in
           consuming
           all
           Provisions
           the
           House
           afforded
           ,
           and
           taking
           from
           them
           whatever
           they
           could
           see
           ,
           Money
           ,
           Rings
           ,
           Jewels
           ,
           and
           in
           general
           ,
           whatsoever
           was
           of
           value
           .
           After
           this
           ,
           the
           pillaged
           the
           Family
           ,
           and
           invited
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           Catholics
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           but
           also
           ,
           those
           of
           the
           Neighbouring
           Cities
           and
           Towns
           ,
           to
           come
           and
           buy
           the
           Goods
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           which
           would
           yield
           Money
           .
           Afterwards
           they
           fell
           on
           their
           Persons
           ,
           and
           there
           's
           no
           Wickedness
           or
           Horror
           which
           they
           did
           not
           put
           in
           practise
           ,
           to
           force
           them
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           .
           Amidst
           a
           thousand
           hideous
           Cries
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           Blasphemies
           ,
           they
           hung
           Men
           and
           Women
           by
           the
           Hair
           or
           Feet
           ,
           on
           the
           Roofs
           of
           the
           Chamber
           ,
           or
           Chimney
           Hooks
           ,
           and
           smoakt
           them
           with
           Whisps
           of
           wet
           Hay
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           no
           longer
           able
           to
           bear
           it
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           had
           taken
           them
           down
           ,
           if
           
           they
           would
           not
           sing
           ,
           they
           hung
           them
           up
           immediately
           again
           .
           They
           threw
           them
           into
           great
           Fires
           kindled
           on
           purpose
           ;
           and
           pulled
           them
           not
           out
           till
           they
           were
           half
           Roasted
           .
           They
           tyed
           Ropes
           under
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           plunged
           them
           to
           and
           again
           into
           Wells
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           would
           not
           take
           them
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           promised
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           .
           They
           tyed
           them
           as
           they
           do
           Criminals
           ,
           put
           to
           the
           question
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           posture
           ,
           with
           a
           Funnel
           fill'd
           with
           Wine
           ,
           poured
           it
           down
           their
           Throats
           ,
           till
           the
           Fumes
           of
           it
           depriving
           them
           of
           their
           Reason
           ,
           they
           made
           them
           say
           they
           would
           consent
           to
           be
           Catholics
           .
           They
           stript
           them
           naked
           ,
           and
           after
           having
           offered
           them
           a
           1000
           infamous
           Indignities
           ,
           they
           stuck
           them
           with
           Pins
           from
           the
           top
           to
           the
           bottom
           .
           They
           cut
           them
           with
           Penknifes
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           with
           red
           hot
           Pincers
           took
           them
           by
           the
           Nose
           ,
           and
           dragged
           them
           about
           their
           Rooms
           ,
           till
           they
           promised
           to
           become
           Catholics
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Cries
           of
           these
           poor
           Wretches
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           Condition
           call'd
           on
           God
           for
           their
           Assistance
           ,
           constrained
           them
           to
           let
           them
           go
           .
           They
           beat
           them
           with
           Staves
           ,
           and
           dragged
           them
           ,
           all
           bruised
           ,
           to
           the
           Churches
           ,
           where
           their
           bare
           forced
           Presance
           was
           accounted
           for
           an
           Abjuration
           .
           They
           held
           them
           from
           sleeping
           seven
           or
           eight
           Days
           ,
           relieving
           one
           another
           to
           watch
           them
           Night
           and
           Day
           ,
           and
           keept
           them
           waking
           .
           They
           threw
           Buckets
           of
           Water
           on
           their
           Faces
           ,
           and
           tormented
           them
           a
           1000
           ways
           ,
           holding
           over
           their
           Heads
           Kettles
           turned
           downwards
           ,
           whereon
           they
           made
           a
           continual
           Noise
           ,
           till
           these
           poor
           Creatures
           had
           even
           lost
           their
           Sences
           .
           If
           they
           found
           any
           sick
           ,
           either
           Men
           or
           Women
           ,
           that
           kept
           their
           Beds
           ,
           distempered
           with
           Fevers
           ,
           or
           other
           Diseases
           ,
           they
           had
           the
           Cruelty
           to
           bring
           twelve
           Drums
           sounding
           an
           Alarm
           about
           their
           Beds
           ,
           for
           whole
           Weeks
           together
           without
           Intermission
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           promised
           they
           would
           change
           .
           It
           hapned
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           that
           they
           tyed
           Fathers
           and
           Husbands
           to
           the
           Bed-Posts
           ,
           and
           before
           their
           Eyes
           forced
           their
           Wives
           and
           Daughters
           .
           In
           another
           place
           Rapes
           were
           publickly
           and
           generally
           permitted
           for
           many
           Hours
           together
           .
           They
           pluckt
           off
           the
           Nails
           from
           the
           Hands
           and
           Toes
           of
           others
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           endured
           without
           intollerable
           Pain
           .
           They
           burnt
           the
           Feet
           of
           others
           .
           They
           blew
           up
           Men
           and
           Women
           with
           Bellows
           ,
           even
           till
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           burst
           .
        
         
           If
           after
           these
           horrid
           usages
           ,
           there
           were
           yet
           any
           that
           refused
           to
           turn
           ,
           they
           imprisoned
           them
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           chose
           Dungeons
           dark
           and
           noysom
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           exercised
           on
           them
           all
           sorts
           of
           Inhumanity
           .
           
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           they
           demolished
           their
           Houses
           ,
           desolated
           their
           Hereditary
           Lands
           ,
           cut
           down
           their
           Woods
           ,
           and
           seized
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           to
           imprison
           them
           in
           Monasteries
           .
           When
           the
           Souldiers
           had
           devoured
           and
           consumed
           all
           in
           a
           House
           ,
           the
           Farmers
           of
           their
           Lands
           furnisht
           them
           with
           Subsistance
           ;
           and
           to
           re-imburse
           them
           ,
           they
           sold
           by
           Authority
           of
           Justice
           the
           Fonds
           of
           their
           Hosts
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           in
           possession
           thereof
           .
           If
           some
           ,
           to
           secure
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           to
           escape
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           these
           Furious
           Men
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           save
           themselves
           by
           Flight
           ,
           they
           were
           pursued
           ,
           and
           hunted
           in
           the
           Fields
           and
           Woods
           ,
           and
           were
           shot
           at
           like
           Wild
           Beasts
           .
           The
           Provosts
           rode
           about
           the
           High-ways
           ,
           and
           the
           Magistrates
           of
           places
           had
           orders
           to
           stop
           them
           without
           exception
           .
           They
           brought
           them
           back
           to
           the
           places
           from
           whence
           they
           fled
           ,
           using
           them
           like
           Prisoners
           of
           War.
           But
           we
           must
           not
           fancy
           ,
           that
           this
           Storm
           fell
           only
           on
           the
           common
           Sort
           ,
           Noblemen
           and
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           best
           Quality
           were
           not
           exempted
           from
           it
           .
           They
           had
           Soldiers
           quartered
           upon
           them
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           same
           Fury
           as
           Citizens
           and
           Peasants
           had
           .
           They
           plundred
           their
           Houses
           ,
           wasted
           their
           Goods
           ,
           rased
           their
           Castles
           ,
           cut
           down
           their
           Woods
           ,
           and
           their
           very
           Persons
           were
           exposed
           to
           the
           Insolence
           and
           Barbarity
           of
           the
           Dragoons
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           those
           of
           others
           .
           They
           spared
           neither
           Sex
           ,
           Age
           ,
           nor
           Quality
           ;
           wherever
           they
           found
           any
           unwillingness
           to
           obey
           the
           command
           of
           changing
           their
           Religion
           ,
           they
           practised
           the
           same
           Violences
           .
           There
           were
           still
           remaining
           some
           Officers
           of
           Parliament
           which
           underwent
           the
           same
           fate
           ,
           after
           having
           been
           first
           deprived
           of
           their
           Offices
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           Military
           Officers
           ,
           who
           were
           actually
           in
           Service
           ,
           were
           ordered
           to
           quit
           their
           Post
           and
           Quarters
           ,
           and
           repair
           immediately
           to
           their
           Houses
           ,
           there
           to
           suffer
           the
           like
           Storm
           ;
           if
           to
           avoid
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           become
           Catholics
           .
           Many
           Gentlemen
           and
           other
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           and
           many
           Ladies
           of
           great
           Age
           and
           antient
           Families
           ,
           seeing
           all
           these
           Outrages
           ,
           hoped
           to
           find
           some
           retreat
           in
           Paris
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           Court
           ,
           not
           imagining
           the
           Dragoons
           would
           come
           to
           seek
           them
           so
           near
           the
           Kings
           Presence
           ;
           but
           this
           hope
           was
           no
           less
           vain
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           rest
           ;
           for
           immediately
           there
           was
           a
           Decree
           of
           Council
           ,
           which
           commanded
           them
           to
           leave
           Paris
           in
           Fifteen
           days
           ,
           and
           return
           without
           delay
           to
           their
           own
           Houses
           ;
           with
           a
           prohibition
           to
           all
           Persons
           to
           entertain
           or
           lodge
           them
           in
           their
           Houses
           .
           Some
           having
           attempted
           to
           present
           Adresses
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           containing
           Complaints
           of
           these
           cruel
           Usages
           ,
           humbly
           beseeching
           his
           Majesty
           to
           stop
           the
           
           course
           thereof
           ,
           received
           no
           other
           Answer
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           sending
           them
           to
           the
           Bastile
           .
        
         
           Before
           we
           proceed
           any
           further
           ,
           't
           will
           not
           be
           a
           miss
           to
           make
           some
           Remarks
           ;
           The
           first
           shall
           be
           ,
           that
           almost
           every
           where
           ,
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           these
           Infernal
           Legions
           ,
           besides
           the
           Commanders
           and
           Military
           Officers
           ,
           the
           Intendants
           also
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishops
           marched
           every
           one
           in
           his
           Diocess
           ,
           with
           a
           Troop
           of
           Missionaries
           Monks
           ,
           and
           other
           Ecclesiasticks
           .
           The
           Intendants
           gave
           such
           Order
           as
           they
           thought
           most
           fitting
           to
           carry
           on
           Conversions
           ,
           and
           restrain
           natural
           Pity
           and
           Compassion
           ;
           if
           at
           any
           time
           it
           found
           a
           place
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           Dragoons
           ,
           or
           their
           Commanders
           ,
           which
           did
           not
           often
           happen
           .
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           they
           were
           there
           to
           keep
           open
           House
           ,
           to
           receive
           Abjurations
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           a
           general
           and
           severe
           Inspection
           that
           every
           thing
           might
           pass
           there
           according
           to
           the
           Inten
           〈…〉
           on
           s
           of
           the
           Clergy
           .
           The
           second
           thing
           observable
           is
           ,
           That
           when
           the
           Dragoons
           had
           made
           some
           to
           yield
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           Horrors
           which
           they
           practised
           ,
           they
           immediately
           changed
           their
           Quarters
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           to
           those
           who
           still
           persevered
           .
           This
           Order
           was
           observed
           in
           this
           manner
           even
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           the
           last
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           those
           who
           had
           shewed
           the
           greatest
           Constancy
           ,
           had
           ,
           in
           fine
           ,
           quartered
           on
           them
           alone
           all
           the
           Dragoons
           ,
           which
           at
           the
           beginning
           were
           equally
           dispers'd
           amonst
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           load
           impossible
           to
           be
           sustained
           .
        
         
           A
           Third
           Remark
           ,
           which
           we
           shall
           make
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           in
           almost
           all
           the
           considerable
           Cities
           ,
           they
           took
           care
           before
           they
           sent
           Troops
           thither
           ,
           to
           gain
           by
           mean
           of
           the
           Intendants
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           private
           way
           ,
           a
           certain
           number
           of
           People
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           themselves
           ,
           when
           it
           should
           be
           seasonable
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           assist
           them
           in
           perverting
           others
           .
           So
           that
           when
           the
           Dragoons
           had
           sufficiently
           done
           their
           part
           ,
           the
           Intendant
           ,
           with
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           the
           Commander
           of
           the
           Forces
           ,
           again
           assembled
           these
           miserable
           .
           Inhabitant
           ,
           already
           ruined
           ,
           to
           exhort
           them
           to
           obey
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           become
           Catholics
           ;
           adding
           thereto
           most
           terrible
           Threats
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           over-awe
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           new
           Converts
           failed
           not
           to
           execute
           what
           they
           had
           promised
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           with
           the
           more
           success
           ,
           because
           the
           People
           did
           yet
           put
           some
           kind
           of
           Confidence
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           A
           fourth
           Observation
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           thinking
           to
           get
           rid
           of
           the
           Dragoons
           ,
           had
           obeyed
           and
           signed
           what
           they
           would
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           freed
           from
           them
           for
           all
           this
           ;
           if
           his
           
           Wife
           ,
           Children
           ,
           and
           the
           meanest
           of
           his
           Domesticks
           did
           not
           do
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           and
           when
           his
           Wife
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           his
           Children
           or
           Family
           fled
           ,
           they
           ceased
           not
           to
           torment
           them
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           made
           them
           return
           :
           which
           oftentimes
           being
           impossible
           ,
           the
           change
           of
           their
           Religion
           did
           not
           at
           all
           avail
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Fifth
           is
           ,
           That
           when
           these
           poor
           wretches
           fancied
           their
           Consciences
           would
           be
           at
           rest
           by
           signing
           some
           form
           of
           an
           Equivocal
           Abjuration
           offered
           them
           ;
           a
           little
           while
           after
           these
           cruel
           men
           came
           to
           them
           again
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           sign
           another
           ,
           which
           plunged
           them
           into
           such
           depths
           ,
           as
           cast
           them
           into
           the
           utmost
           despair
           .
           Nay
           farther
           ,
           they
           had
           the
           boldness
           to
           make
           them
           acknowledge
           ,
           That
           they
           embraced
           the
           Roman
           Religion
           of
           their
           own
           accord
           ;
           without
           having
           bin
           induced
           thereunto
           by
           any
           violent
           means
           .
           If
           after
           this
           they
           scrupled
           to
           go
           to
           Mass
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           not
           Communicate
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           not
           tell
           their
           Beads
           ;
           if
           by
           a
           sigh
           escaped
           from
           them
           ,
           they
           signified
           any
           unwillingness
           ,
           they
           had
           immediately
           a
           Fine
           laid
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           receive
           again
           their
           old
           guests
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           for
           a
           sixth
           remark
           ;
           As
           fast
           as
           the
           Troops
           ravaged
           in
           this
           manner
           the
           Provinces
           ,
           spreading
           terror
           and
           desolation
           in
           all
           parts
           ;
           Orders
           were
           sent
           to
           all
           the
           Frontier
           Countries
           and
           Sea-port
           Towns
           ,
           to
           guard
           well
           the
           passages
           ,
           and
           stop
           all
           such
           who
           pretended
           to
           escape
           from
           France
           :
           So
           that
           there
           was
           no
           hope
           of
           these
           poor
           wretches
           saving
           themselves
           by
           flight
           .
           None
           were
           permitted
           to
           pass
           ,
           if
           he
           brought
           not
           along
           with
           him
           a
           Certificate
           from
           his
           Bishop
           or
           Curate
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Catholick
           :
           others
           were
           put
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           used
           like
           Traytors
           against
           their
           Country
           .
           All
           strange
           Vessels
           lying
           in
           the
           Ports
           were
           searched
           ;
           the
           Coasts
           ,
           Bridges
           ,
           Passages
           to
           Rivers
           ,
           and
           the
           High-ways
           ,
           were
           strictly
           guarded
           ,
           both
           night
           and
           day
           .
           The
           Neighbouring
           States
           were
           also
           required
           not
           to
           harbour
           any
           more
           Fugitives
           ,
           and
           to
           send
           back
           again
           such
           as
           they
           had
           already
           received
           .
           Attempts
           were
           also
           mad
           to
           seise
           on
           ,
           and
           carry
           away
           some
           ,
           who
           had
           escaped
           into
           Foreign
           Countries
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           all
           this
           was
           acting
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           Court
           were
           consulting
           to
           give
           the
           last
           stroak
           ,
           which
           consisted
           in
           repealing
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ;
           much
           time
           was
           spent
           in
           drawing
           up
           the
           matter
           and
           form
           of
           this
           new
           Edict
           .
           Some
           would
           have
           the
           King
           detain
           all
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           force
           them
           as
           they
           did
           the
           Laity
           ,
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           or
           condemn
           them
           to
           perpetual
           Imprisonment
           .
           
           They
           alledged
           for
           their
           reason
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           did
           not
           do
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           as
           so
           many
           dangerous
           Enemies
           against
           them
           in
           Foreign
           Nations
           .
           Others
           on
           the
           contrary
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           as
           long
           as
           the
           Ministers
           continued
           in
           France
           ,
           this
           their
           presence
           would
           encourage
           the
           People
           to
           abide
           in
           their
           Religion
           ,
           whatsoever
           care
           might
           be
           taken
           to
           hinder
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           supposing
           they
           should
           change
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           but
           as
           so
           many
           secret
           adversaries
           nourished
           in
           the
           bosom
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           dangerous
           on
           the
           account
           of
           their
           knowledge
           and
           experience
           in
           Controversial
           matters
           .
           This
           last
           reasoning
           prevailed
           ;
           't
           was
           then
           resolved
           on
           to
           banish
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           them
           no
           more
           than
           fifteen
           days
           time
           to
           depart
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           As
           to
           what
           remained
           ,
           the
           Edict
           was
           given
           to
           the
           Procurer-General
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           to
           draw
           it
           up
           in
           such
           a
           form
           as
           he
           should
           judge
           most
           fitting
           .
           But
           before
           the
           publishing
           of
           it
           ,
           two
           things
           were
           thought
           necessary
           to
           be
           done
           ;
           The
           first
           to
           oblige
           the
           assembly
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           separately
           to
           present
           to
           the
           King
           a
           request
           concerning
           the
           matter
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           in
           which
           also
           they
           told
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           they
           desired
           not
           at
           present
           the
           repealing
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           to
           suppress
           in
           general
           ,
           all
           kind
           of
           Books
           made
           by
           them
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           issue
           out
           an
           Order
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           By
           the
           first
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           the
           Clergy
           thought
           to
           shelter
           themselves
           from
           the
           reproaches
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           cast
           on
           them
           as
           the
           Authors
           of
           so
           many
           Miseries
           ,
           Injustices
           an
           Oppressions
           which
           this
           Repeal
           would
           still
           occasion
           :
           And
           by
           the
           other
           ,
           they
           pretended
           to
           make
           the
           Conversions
           much
           more
           easie
           (
           as
           they
           styled
           them
           )
           and
           confirm
           those
           which
           had
           bin
           already
           made
           ,
           by
           taking
           from
           the
           People
           all
           Books
           ,
           which
           might
           Instruct
           ,
           fortifie
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           back
           again
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           This
           Revocative
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           was
           signed
           and
           published
           on
           Thursday
           ,
           being
           the
           8th
           of
           October
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1685.
           
           'T
           is
           said
           the
           Chancellor
           of
           France
           ,
           shewed
           an
           extream
           joy
           in
           Sealing
           it
           ;
           but
           it
           lasted
           not
           long
           ,
           this
           being
           the
           last
           thing
           he
           did
           .
           For
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           came
           home
           from
           Fountainbleau
           ,
           he
           fell
           sick
           ,
           and
           dyed
           within
           a
           few
           days
           .
           'T
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           this
           mans
           policy
           ,
           rather
           than
           his
           natural
           Inclination
           ,
           induced
           him
           in
           his
           latter
           years
           to
           become
           one
           of
           our
           Persecutors
           .
        
         
           The
           Edict
           was
           Registred
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           and
           immediately
           after
           in
           the
           others
           .
           It
           contains
           a
           Preface
           ,
           and
           Twelve
           Articles
           .
           In
           the
           Preface
           ,
           the
           King
           shews
           that
           Henry
           the
           Great
           's
           
           Grandfather
           did
           not
           give
           the
           Edict
           ,
           and
           Lewis
           his
           Father
           did
           not
           confirm
           it
           ,
           by
           his
           other
           Edict
           of
           Nismes
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           design
           of
           endeavouring
           more
           effectually
           the
           re-union
           of
           their
           Subjects
           of
           the
           pretended
           reformed
           Religion
           ,
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           was
           also
           the
           Design
           which
           he
           had
           himself
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
           That
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           he
           had
           bin
           hindred
           by
           the
           Wars
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           carry
           on
           against
           the
           Enemies
           of
           his
           State
           ;
           but
           that
           at
           present
           being
           at
           Peace
           with
           all
           the
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           ,
           he
           wholly
           gave
           himself
           to
           the
           making
           of
           this
           Re-union
           .
           That
           God
           having
           given
           him
           the
           Grace
           of
           accomplishing
           it
           ,
           and
           seeing
           the
           greatest
           and
           best
           part
           of
           his
           Subjects
           of
           the
           said
           Religion
           had
           embraced
           the
           Catholick
           one
           ,
           these
           Edicts
           of
           Nantes
           and
           Nismes
           consequently
           became
           void
           and
           useless
           .
           By
           the
           first
           Article
           ,
           he
           suppresses
           and
           repeals
           them
           ,
           in
           all
           their
           extent
           ;
           and
           ordains
           that
           all
           their
           Temples
           ;
           which
           are
           found
           yet
           standing
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           shall
           be
           immediately
           demolished
           .
           By
           the
           Second
           ,
           he
           forbids
           all
           sorts
           of
           Religious
           Assemblies
           of
           what
           kind
           soever
           .
           The
           Third
           ,
           prohibits
           the
           Exercises
           of
           Religion
           to
           all
           Lords
           and
           Gentlemen
           of
           any
           Quality
           ,
           under
           Corporal
           Penalties
           and
           Confiscation
           of
           their
           Esates
           .
           The
           Fourth
           ,
           banishes
           from
           his
           Kingdom
           all
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           enjoins
           them
           to
           depart
           thence
           ,
           within
           Fifteen
           days
           after
           the
           publication
           of
           this
           Edict
           ,
           under
           the
           Penalty
           of
           being
           sent
           to
           the
           Gallies
           .
           In
           the
           Fifth
           and
           Sixth
           ,
           he
           promises
           Recompences
           and
           Advantages
           to
           the
           Ministers
           and
           their
           Widows
           ,
           who
           should
           change
           their
           Religion
           .
           In
           the
           Seventh
           and
           Eighth
           ,
           he
           forbids
           the
           Instructing
           of
           Children
           in
           the
           pretended
           reformed
           Religion
           ,
           and
           ordains
           that
           those
           who
           shall
           be
           born
           henceforward
           shall
           be
           baptised
           ,
           and
           brought
           up
           in
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           ,
           enjoyning
           Parents
           to
           send
           them
           to
           the
           Churches
           ,
           under
           the
           Penalty
           of
           being
           fined
           500
           Livers
           .
           The
           Ninth
           gives
           Four
           Months
           time
           to
           such
           Persons
           as
           have
           departed
           already
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           return
           ,
           otherwise
           their
           Goods
           and
           Estates
           to
           be
           confiscated
           .
           The
           Tenth
           ,
           with
           repeated
           Prohibitions
           ,
           forbids
           all
           his
           Subjects
           of
           the
           said
           Religion
           to
           depart
           out
           of
           his
           Realm
           ,
           they
           ,
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           or
           to
           convey
           away
           their
           Effects
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           the
           Gallies
           for
           the
           Men
           ,
           and
           of
           Confiscation
           of
           Body
           and
           Goods
           for
           the
           Women
           .
           The
           Eleventh
           ,
           confirms
           the
           Declarations
           heretofore
           made
           against
           those
           that
           Relapse
           .
           The
           Twelfth
           declares
           ,
           that
           as
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           of
           the
           said
           Religion
           ,
           they
           may
           ,
           till
           God
           enlightens
           them
           ,
           remain
           in
           the
           Cities
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           Countries
           
           and
           Lands
           of
           his
           Obedience
           ,
           there
           continue
           their
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           their
           Estates
           ,
           without
           Trouble
           or
           Molestation
           upon
           pretence
           of
           the
           said
           Religion
           ,
           on
           condition
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           no
           Assemblies
           under
           pretext
           of
           Praying
           ,
           or
           exercising
           any
           religious
           Worship
           whatever
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           put
           this
           Edict
           in
           execution
           ,
           the
           very
           same
           day
           that
           it
           was
           registred
           and
           published
           at
           Paris
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           demolish
           the
           Church
           of
           Charenton
           .
           The
           eldest
           Minster
           thereof
           was
           commanded
           to
           leave
           Paris
           within
           twenty
           four
           Hours
           ,
           and
           immediately
           to
           depart
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           For
           this
           end
           they
           put
           him
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           Footmen
           ,
           with
           orders
           not
           to
           leave
           him
           till
           he
           was
           out
           of
           his
           Dominions
           .
           His
           Collegues
           were
           little
           better
           treated
           ,
           they
           gave
           them
           forty
           eight
           hours
           to
           quit
           Paris
           ,
           and
           then
           left
           them
           upon
           their
           Parole
           .
           The
           rest
           of
           the
           Ministers
           were
           allowed
           fifteen
           days
           ,
           but
           it
           can
           hardly
           be
           believed
           to
           what
           Vexations
           and
           Cruelties
           they
           were
           all
           exposed
           .
           First
           of
           all
           ,
           they
           neither
           permitted
           them
           to
           dispose
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           nor
           to
           carry
           away
           any
           of
           their
           moveables
           or
           effects
           ,
           nay
           they
           disputed
           them
           their
           Books
           and
           private
           Papers
           ,
           one
           pretence
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           justify
           ,
           their
           Books
           and
           Papers
           did
           not
           belong
           to
           the
           Cosistories
           wherein
           they
           serv'd
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           thing
           impossible
           ,
           since
           there
           were
           no
           Consistories
           ,
           that
           then
           remained
           .
           Beside
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           give
           them
           leave
           to
           take
           along
           with
           them
           either
           Father
           or
           Mother
           ,
           or
           Brother
           or
           Sister
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           their
           Kindred
           ,
           though
           there
           were
           many
           of
           them
           infirm
           ,
           decay'd
           and
           poor
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           subsist
           but
           by
           their
           means
           ;
           they
           went
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           even
           to
           deny
           them
           their
           own
           Children
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           above
           seven
           Years
           Old
           ;
           nay
           ,
           some
           they
           took
           from
           them
           that
           were
           under
           that
           Age
           ,
           and
           even
           such
           as
           yet
           hang'd
           upon
           their
           Mothers
           Breasts
           .
           They
           refused
           them
           Nurses
           for
           their
           new
           born
           Infants
           ,
           which
           the
           Mothers
           could
           not
           give
           Suck
           .
           In
           some
           Frontier
           Places
           they
           stopped
           and
           imprisoned
           them
           ,
           upon
           divers
           ridiculous
           Pretences
           ;
           they
           must
           immediately
           prove
           that
           they
           were
           really
           the
           same
           Persons
           ,
           which
           their
           Certificates
           mentioned
           ;
           they
           were
           to
           know
           immediately
           whether
           there
           were
           no
           Criminal
           Process
           or
           Informations
           against
           them
           ;
           they
           must
           presently
           justify
           ,
           that
           they
           carryed
           away
           nothing
           that
           belonged
           to
           their
           Flocks
           ;
           sometime
           after
           they
           had
           thus
           detained
           and
           amused
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           told
           that
           the
           fifteen
           days
           of
           the
           Edict
           were
           expired
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           not
           have
           Liberty
           to
           retire
           ,
           but
           must
           go
           to
           the
           Gallies
           .
           There
           is
           no
           kind
           of
           Deceit
           and
           Injustice
           which
           they
           did
           not
           think
           of
           to
           involve
           them
           in
           Troubles
           .
        
         
         
           As
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           whom
           the
           Force
           of
           Persecution
           and
           hard
           Usage
           constrained
           to
           leave
           their
           Houses
           and
           Estates
           ,
           and
           to
           fly
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imagined
           what
           dangers
           they
           exposed
           them
           to
           .
           Never
           were
           Orders
           more
           severe
           or
           more
           strict
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           were
           given
           against
           them
           .
           They
           doubled
           the
           Guards
           in
           Posts
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           High-Ways
           ,
           and
           Foards
           ,
           they
           covered
           the
           Country
           with
           Solders
           ,
           they
           armed
           even
           the
           Pesants
           to
           stop
           those
           that
           passed
           ,
           or
           to
           kill
           them
           :
           They
           forbad
           all
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Customs
           to
           suffer
           any
           Goods
           ,
           Moveables
           ,
           Marchandize
           ,
           or
           other
           Effects
           ,
           to
           pass
           .
           In
           a
           Word
           ,
           they
           forgot
           nothing
           that
           could
           hinder
           the
           flight
           of
           the
           persecuted
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           interrupting
           almost
           all
           Commerce
           with
           Neighbouring
           Nations
           :
           By
           this
           means
           they
           quickly
           filled
           all
           the
           Prisons
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           for
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           Dragoons
           ,
           the
           Horror
           of
           seeing
           their
           Consciences
           forced
           ,
           and
           their
           Children
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           of
           living
           for
           the
           future
           in
           a
           Land
           where
           there
           was
           neither
           Justice
           nor
           Humanity
           for
           them
           ,
           obliged
           every
           one
           to
           think
           of
           an
           escape
           ,
           and
           to
           abandon
           all
           to
           save
           their
           Persons
           .
           All
           these
           poor
           Prisoners
           have
           been
           since
           treated
           with
           unheard
           of
           Rigours
           ,
           shut
           up
           in
           Dungeons
           ,
           loaded
           with
           heavy
           Chains
           ,
           almost
           starved
           with
           Hunger
           ,
           and
           deprived
           of
           all
           Converse
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           their
           Persecutors
           .
           They
           put
           many
           into
           Monasteries
           ,
           where
           they
           experience
           none
           of
           the
           least
           Cruelties
           ;
           Some
           there
           are
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           dye
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           Torments
           ,
           others
           have
           at
           last
           sunk
           under
           the
           Weight
           of
           the
           Temptation
           ,
           and
           some
           by
           the
           extraordinary
           Assistance
           of
           Gods
           Grace
           ,
           do
           still
           sustain
           it
           with
           an
           Heroick
           Courage
           .
        
         
           These
           have
           been
           the
           Consequences
           of
           this
           new
           Edict
           in
           this
           respect
           ;
           but
           who
           would
           not
           have
           believed
           that
           the
           Twelfth
           Article
           would
           have
           shelter'd
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Reformed
           ;
           that
           had
           a
           mind
           still
           to
           stay
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           since
           this
           Article
           exprefly
           assures
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           live
           there
           ,
           continue
           their
           Trade
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           their
           Estates
           ,
           without
           being
           troubled
           or
           molested
           upon
           pretence
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
           Yet
           see
           what
           they
           have
           since
           done
           ,
           and
           yet
           do
           to
           these
           poor
           Wretches
           .
           They
           have
           not
           recall'd
           the
           Dragoons
           and
           other
           Soldiers
           which
           they
           dispatcht
           into
           the
           Provinces
           before
           the
           Edict
           :
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           they
           to
           this
           day
           commit
           with
           greater
           Fury
           the
           same
           Inhumanities
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           before
           represented
           :
           besides
           this
           ,
           they
           have
           marched
           them
           into
           Provinces
           ,
           where
           there
           were
           none
           before
           ,
           as
           
             Normandy
             ,
             Picardy
             ,
             le
             Berry
             ,
             Champaigne
             ,
             Nivernois
             ,
             Orleans
             ,
             Belessois
             ,
          
           and
           the
           lsle
           of
           France
           .
        
         
         
           They
           do
           the
           same
           Violence
           there
           ,
           exert
           the
           same
           Fury
           they
           do
           in
           other
           Provinces
           .
           Paris
           it self
           ,
           where
           methinks
           this
           Article
           of
           the
           Edict
           should
           have
           been
           best
           observed
           ,
           because
           so
           near
           the
           Kings
           Presence
           ,
           and
           more
           immediately
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           Paris
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           was
           no
           more
           spared
           than
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           The
           very
           day
           that
           the
           Edict
           was
           published
           ,
           without
           more
           delay
           ,
           the
           Procurer-General
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Magistrates
           ,
           began
           to
           send
           for
           Heads
           of
           Families
           to
           come
           to
           their
           Houses
           .
           There
           they
           declared
           to
           them
           that
           't
           was
           absolutely
           the
           Kings
           Will
           that
           they
           should
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           no
           better
           than
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           they
           would
           not
           do
           it
           willingly
           ,
           the
           King
           would
           make
           use
           of
           means
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           ready
           ,
           to
           compel
           them
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           they
           banish'd
           by
           Letters
           under
           the
           Privy
           Seal
           ,
           all
           the
           Elders
           of
           the
           Consistory
           ,
           together
           with
           some
           others
           ,
           in
           whom
           they
           found
           more
           of
           Constancy
           and
           Resolution
           ;
           and
           to
           disperse
           them
           ,
           chose
           such
           places
           as
           were
           most
           remote
           from
           Commerce
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           since
           used
           them
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Cruelty
           ,
           some
           complyed
           ,
           others
           are
           yet
           under
           Sufferings
           .
        
         
           The
           diligence
           of
           the
           Procurer-General
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           not
           succeeding
           so
           fully
           as
           they
           wish'd
           ,
           though
           Threats
           and
           Menaces
           were
           not
           wanting
           ,
           
             Monsieur
             Seignelay
          
           ,
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           would
           also
           try
           what
           influence
           he
           could
           have
           within
           his
           Division
           at
           Paris
           .
           For
           this
           end
           ,
           he
           got
           together
           about
           five
           or
           six
           score
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           others
           into
           his
           House
           ,
           and
           after
           having
           shut
           the
           doors
           ,
           forthwith
           presented
           them
           with
           the
           form
           of
           an
           Abjuration
           ,
           and
           commanded
           them
           in
           the
           Kings
           Name
           to
           sign
           it
           ;
           declaring
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           stir
           out
           of
           Doors
           till
           they
           had
           obeyed
           .
           The
           Contents
           of
           this
           Form
           were
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           they
           did
           renounce
           the
           Heresie
           of
           Calvin
           ,
           and
           enter
           into
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           but
           also
           that
           they
           did
           this
           voluntarily
           ,
           and
           without
           being
           forced
           or
           compelled
           to
           it
           .
           This
           was
           done
           in
           an
           Imperious
           manner
           ,
           and
           with
           an
           air
           of
           Authority
           ,
           yet
           there
           were
           some
           that
           dared
           to
           speak
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           sharply
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           not
           to
           dispute
           it
           ,
           but
           to
           obey
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           all
           Sign'd
           before
           they
           went
           out
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           Methods
           they
           added
           others
           more
           terrible
           ,
           as
           Prisons
           ,
           actually
           seizing
           of
           their
           Effects
           ,
           and
           Papers
           ;
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           their
           Children
           ,
           the
           separation
           of
           Husbands
           and
           Wives
           ;
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           the
           great
           Method
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           Dragoons
           and
           Guards
           .
           Those
           that
           most
           firmly
           stood
           out
           ,
           they
           sent
           to
           the
           Bastile
           ,
           and
           to
           
           the
           
             Fort
             l'Eveque
          
           ;
           they
           confin'd
           them
           to
           their
           own
           or
           other
           Houses
           ,
           where
           they
           lay
           concealed
           for
           fear
           of
           Discovery
           ;
           they
           plunder'd
           those
           of
           many
           others
           ,
           not
           sparing
           their
           persons
           ,
           just
           as
           they
           had
           done
           in
           other
           places
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           12th
           Article
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           which
           promised
           some
           relaxation
           ,
           and
           a
           shadow
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           was
           nothing
           but
           an
           egregious
           deceit
           to
           amuse
           the
           credulous
           ,
           and
           keep
           them
           from
           thinking
           to
           make
           their
           escape
           ,
           a
           snare
           to
           catch
           them
           with
           the
           more
           ease
           .
           The
           Fury
           still
           kept
           its
           usual
           course
           ,
           and
           was
           heated
           to
           such
           a
           degree
           ,
           that
           not
           content
           with
           the
           Desolations
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           it
           entred
           even
           into
           Orange
           ,
           a
           Soveraign
           Principality
           ,
           where
           the
           King
           of
           Right
           has
           no
           power
           ,
           and
           taking
           Ministers
           away
           from
           thence
           by
           force
           ,
           remov'd
           them
           into
           Prisons
           .
           Thither
           the
           Dragoons
           were
           sent
           ,
           who
           committed
           all
           kind
           of
           mischief
           ;
           and
           by
           force
           constrained
           the
           Inhabitants
           thereof
           ,
           both
           Men
           ,
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Officers
           of
           the
           Prince
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           state
           of
           things
           in
           the
           year
           1685.
           and
           this
           is
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           the
           dealing
           which
           the
           Clergy
           has
           shewed
           us
           three
           years
           since
           ,
           towards
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Pastoral
           Letter
           ;
           
             You
             must
             expect
             mischiess
             more
             dreadful
             and
             intolerable
             ,
             then
             all
             those
             ,
             which
             hitherto
             your
             Revolts
             and
             Schisms
             have
             drawn
             down
             upon
             you
             .
          
           And
           truly
           they
           have
           not
           been
           worse
           than
           their
           words
           .
           There
           are
           some
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           who
           still
           continue
           firm
           ,
           and
           their
           Persecutions
           are
           still
           continu'd
           to
           them
           .
           There
           are
           invented
           every
           day
           new
           Torments
           ,
           against
           those
           whom
           force
           has
           made
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           still
           observed
           to
           sigh
           ,
           and
           groan
           under
           their
           hard
           servitude
           ;
           their
           hearts
           detesting
           what
           their
           months
           have
           profest
           ,
           and
           their
           hands
           signed
           .
           As
           to
           such
           that
           have
           escaped
           into
           Foreign
           Countreys
           ,
           who
           are
           at
           least
           150000
           persons
           ,
           their
           Estates
           are
           Confiscated
           ;
           this
           being
           all
           the
           hurt
           which
           can
           be
           done
           to
           them
           at
           present
           .
           I
           say
           at
           present
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           not
           to
           be
           questioned
           ,
           but
           our
           Persecutors
           are
           contriving
           to
           extend
           their
           Cruelties
           farther
           .
           But
           we
           must
           hope
           in
           the
           compassions
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           intentions
           they
           may
           have
           in
           destroying
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           permit
           them
           to
           effect
           their
           designs
           .
           The
           World
           will
           surely
           open
           its
           Eyes
           ;
           and
           this
           which
           they
           now
           come
           from
           doing
           with
           a
           high
           hand
           ,
           and
           a
           worse
           then
           barbarous
           Fury
           ,
           will
           shew
           not
           only
           the
           Protestants
           ;
           but
           the
           wise
           and
           circumspect
           Catholicks
           ,
           what
           they
           are
           to
           expect
           ,
           both
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           from
           such
           a
           sort
           of
           People
           .
        
         
         
           In
           effect
           ,
           he
           that
           shall
           give
           himself
           the
           leisure
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           matters
           of
           Fact
           which
           we
           come
           now
           from
           relating
           ,
           which
           are
           things
           certain
           ,
           and
           acted
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           he
           shall
           see
           not
           only
           the
           Protestants
           supprest
           ,
           but
           the
           King's
           Honour
           sullied
           ,
           his
           Countreys
           damnified
           ;
           all
           the
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           interessed
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           Pope
           himself
           ,
           with
           his
           Church
           and
           Clergy
           ,
           shamefully
           discredited
           .
        
         
           For
           to
           begin
           with
           the
           King
           himself
           :
           What
           could
           be
           more
           contrary
           to
           his
           Dignity
           ,
           then
           to
           put
           him
           upon
           breaking
           his
           word
           ,
           and
           perswading
           him
           that
           he
           might
           with
           a
           safe
           Conscience
           violate
           ,
           revoke
           ,
           and
           annul
           so
           solemn
           an
           Edict
           as
           that
           of
           Nantes
           .
        
         
           To
           palliate
           in
           some
           sort
           the
           Violence
           of
           this
           proceeding
           ,
           they
           make
           him
           say
           in
           this
           new
           Edict
           ,
           
             That
             the
             best
             and
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Reform'd
             Religion
             has
             imbraced
             the
             Catholick
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             Edict
             of
          
           Nantes
           ,
           
             and
             whatsoever
             else
             has
             been
             done
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             same
             Religion
             ,
             remains
             void
             .
          
           But
           is
           not
           this
           an
           Elusion
           unworthy
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           seeing
           that
           if
           this
           best
           and
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           have
           embraced
           the
           Catholick
           ;
           they
           have
           done
           it
           by
           force
           of
           Arms
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           cruel
           and
           furious
           Oppression
           which
           his
           own
           Troops
           have
           laid
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           one
           might
           thus
           speak
           ,
           had
           his
           Subjects
           changed
           their
           Religion
           of
           their
           own
           free
           will
           ,
           although
           that
           in
           this
           case
           too
           ,
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           Edict
           continue
           for
           those
           that
           remain
           .
           But
           after
           having
           forced
           them
           to
           change
           by
           the
           horrible
           inhumanities
           of
           his
           Dragoons
           ;
           after
           having
           deprived
           them
           of
           the
           Liberty
           which
           the
           Edict
           gave
           them
           ;
           to
           say
           coldly
           ,
           that
           he
           only
           revokes
           the
           Edict
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           now
           useless
           ,
           is
           a
           Raillery
           unbefitting
           so
           great
           a
           Prince
           .
           For
           it
           is
           as
           much
           as
           if
           he
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           indeed
           obliged
           to
           continue
           to
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           all
           the
           Priviledges
           due
           to
           them
           ;
           but
           having
           himself
           overthrown
           them
           by
           a
           major
           Force
           ,
           he
           finds
           himself
           at
           present
           lawfully
           and
           fairly
           disengaged
           from
           this
           Obligation
           :
           Which
           is
           just
           as
           if
           a
           Father
           ,
           who
           himself
           had
           cut
           his
           Childrens
           Throats
           ,
           should
           glory
           in
           the
           being
           henceforward
           freed
           from
           the
           care
           of
           nourishing
           and
           protecting
           them
           .
           Are
           other
           Kings
           wont
           thus
           to
           express
           themselves
           in
           their
           Edicts
           ?
        
         
           What
           they
           make
           him
           moreover
           say
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           That
           Henry
           
             the
             Great
             ,
             his
             Grandfather
             ,
             gave
             only
             the
             Edict
             of
          
           Nantes
           
             to
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             the
             better
             effect
             their
             re-union
             to
             the
          
           Roman
           Church
           ;
           That
           Lewis
           the
           13th
           also
           ,
           his
           Father
           ,
           had
           the
           same
           design
           ,
           
           when
           he
           gave
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nismes
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           himself
           had
           entred
           therein
           at
           his
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           pitiful
           Salvo
           .
           But
           suppose
           (
           seeing
           they
           are
           willing
           we
           should
           do
           so
           )
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           take
           we
           it
           simply
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Letter
           ,
           in
           the
           sense
           wherein
           they
           gave
           it
           us
           ,
           what
           can
           we
           conclude
           thence
           ,
           but
           these
           following
           Propositions
           :
           That
           Henry
           the
           Great
           ,
           and
           Lewis
           the
           13th
           ,
           gave
           only
           the
           Edicts
           to
           our
           Fathers
           to
           deceive
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           an
           intent
           to
           ruine
           them
           afterwards
           with
           the
           greater
           ease
           ,
           under
           the
           mask
           of
           this
           Fraud
           .
           That
           not
           being
           able
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           being
           hindred
           by
           other
           affairs
           ,
           they
           have
           committed
           this
           important
           secret
           to
           his
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           he
           should
           execute
           it
           when
           he
           met
           with
           an
           opportunity
           .
           That
           his
           present
           Majesty
           entring
           into
           the
           thought
           of
           this
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           he
           only
           confirm'd
           the
           Edicts
           and
           Declarations
           of
           1643.
           and
           1652.
           with
           other
           advantagious
           Decrees
           to
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           but
           to
           impose
           on
           them
           the
           more
           finely
           ,
           (
           lay
           snares
           in
           their
           way
           )
           or
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           crown
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           crown'd
           of
           old
           the
           Sacrifices
           ;
           That
           all
           that
           has
           been
           done
           against
           them
           ,
           since
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Pirenees
           ,
           till
           this
           time
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           abridgment
           which
           we
           have
           made
           of
           it
           ,
           has
           been
           only
           the
           execution
           of
           a
           Project
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           Project
           far
           more
           ancient
           than
           we
           imagine
           ,
           seeing
           we
           must
           date
           it
           from
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           and
           ascend
           up
           to
           Henry
           the
           Great
           :
           In
           fine
           ,
           That
           what
           has
           been
           till
           now
           ,
           has
           been
           a
           great
           mystery
           ,
           but
           is
           not
           one
           at
           present
           ;
           seeing
           the
           King
           by
           this
           new
           Edict
           discovers
           it
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           applauded
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Will
           it
           not
           be
           acknowledged
           that
           the
           Enemies
           of
           France
           ,
           who
           are
           willing
           to
           discredit
           the
           Conduct
           of
           its
           Kings
           ,
           and
           render
           them
           odious
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           have
           now
           an
           happy
           opportunity
           .
           Henry
           the
           Great
           gives
           his
           Edict
           to
           the
           Protestants
           with
           the
           greatest
           Solemnity
           imaginable
           ,
           he
           gives
           it
           them
           as
           a
           Recompence
           of
           their
           Services
           ;
           he
           promises
           solemnly
           to
           observe
           it
           ;
           and
           as
           if
           this
           was
           not
           enough
           ,
           he
           binds
           himself
           thereunto
           with
           an
           Oath
           ;
           he
           executes
           it
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           and
           they
           peaceably
           enjoy'd
           it
           to
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Reign
           :
           yet
           all
           this
           is
           but
           a
           meer
           Snare
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           to
           be
           Dragoon'd
           at
           a
           proper
           time
           :
           But
           being
           himself
           surprized
           by
           Death
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           do
           it
           ,
           but
           leaves
           it
           in
           charge
           to
           Lewis
           the
           13th
           his
           Son.
           Lewis
           the
           Thirteenth
           ascends
           the
           Throne
           ,
           issues
           out
           his
           Declaration
           immediately
           ,
           that
           he
           acknowledges
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           as
           perpetual
           and
           irrevocable
           ,
           it
           needing
           not
           a
           new
           Confirmation
           ,
           
           and
           that
           he
           would
           Religiously
           observe
           every
           Article
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           sends
           Commissioners
           to
           see
           it
           actually
           executed
           .
           When
           he
           begins
           a
           War
           ,
           he
           protests
           he
           designs
           not
           at
           Religion
           ,
           and
           in
           effect
           he
           permits
           the
           full
           Liberty
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           those
           very
           Towns
           he
           takes
           by
           Assault
           :
           He
           gives
           his
           Edict
           of
           Nismes
           ,
           as
           the
           Edict
           of
           a
           Triumphant
           Prince
           ,
           yet
           declares
           therein
           he
           understands
           ,
           that
           of
           Nantes
           should
           be
           inviolably
           kept
           ,
           and
           shows
           himself
           to
           the
           last
           as
           good
           as
           his
           Word
           .
           But
           this
           is
           only
           intended
           to
           lull
           the
           Protestants
           asleep
           ,
           in
           expectation
           of
           a
           favourable
           occasion
           to
           destroy
           them
           .
           Lewis
           the
           Fourteenth
           ,
           at
           his
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           confirms
           the
           Edict
           ,
           and
           declares
           ,
           That
           he
           will
           maintain
           the
           Reformed
           in
           all
           their
           Priviledges
           ;
           he
           afterwards
           affirms
           in
           another
           Declaration
           ,
           how
           highly
           he
           is
           satisfied
           in
           their
           Services
           ;
           and
           mentions
           his
           design
           of
           making
           them
           to
           enjoy
           their
           Rights
           .
           But
           this
           is
           but
           a
           meer
           amusement
           ,
           and
           an
           artifice
           to
           intrap
           them
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           colour
           over
           the
           project
           of
           ruining
           them
           at
           a
           convenient
           time
           .
           What
           a
           Character
           now
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           will
           this
           afford
           ,
           to
           its
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           foreign
           Nations
           ;
           and
           what
           confidence
           do
           they
           think
           ,
           will
           be
           henceforward
           put
           in
           their
           Promises
           and
           Treaties
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           deal
           thus
           with
           their
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           if
           they
           caress
           them
           only
           to
           ruine
           them
           ,
           what
           may
           Strangers
           expect
           from
           '
           em
           .
           Consider
           we
           a
           while
           what
           they
           make
           the
           King
           say
           ,
           That
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           he
           was
           in
           the
           design
           which
           he
           now
           comes
           from
           executing
           .
           They
           would
           say
           without
           doubt
           ,
           from
           the
           time
           he
           actually
           took
           in
           hand
           the
           Reins
           of
           Government
           ;
           for
           he
           was
           too
           young
           before
           ,
           to
           enter
           personally
           on
           any
           design
           of
           this
           nature
           :
           he
           enter'd
           thereon
           then
           precisely
           at
           the
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Civil
           Wars
           were
           ended
           .
           But
           what
           does
           this
           mean
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           undertook
           this
           design
           ,
           at
           the
           very
           time
           when
           the
           Protestants
           came
           from
           rendring
           him
           the
           most
           important
           Service
           Subjects
           were
           ever
           capable
           of
           .
           They
           came
           from
           rendring
           him
           the
           highest
           Testimonies
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           when
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           other
           Subjects
           had
           taken
           up
           Arms
           against
           him
           .
           They
           had
           vigorously
           opposed
           his
           Enemies
           progress
           ;
           rejected
           the
           most
           advantagious
           offers
           ,
           kept
           Towns
           for
           him
           ,
           yea
           whole
           Provinces
           ;
           receiv'd
           his
           Servants
           and
           Officers
           into
           their
           Bosoms
           ,
           when
           they
           could
           not
           find
           safety
           elsewhere
           ;
           sacrificed
           their
           Estates
           to
           him
           ,
           their
           Lives
           ,
           their
           Fortunes
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           done
           all
           with
           such
           a
           Zeal
           ,
           as
           becomes
           faithful
           Subjects
           in
           so
           dangerous
           a
           conjuncture
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           time
           when
           the
           King
           enters
           on
           the
           design
           of
           destroying
           
           and
           extirpating
           them
           .
           This
           so
           confirms
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           we
           said
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           that
           it
           puts
           it
           out
           of
           all
           question
           ,
           that
           the
           Project
           of
           their
           Destruction
           was
           grounded
           on
           the
           Services
           they
           had
           rendred
           the
           King.
           
             Do
             Christian
             Ethics
          
           allow
           these
           most
           unchristian
           Policies
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           a
           strange
           thing
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           be
           taught
           this
           important
           Secret
           ,
           and
           all
           Europe
           besides
           ;
           for
           although
           the
           Protestants
           have
           done
           nothing
           in
           this
           occasion
           but
           their
           Duty
           ,
           it
           could
           never
           be
           imagined
           their
           Duty
           should
           be
           made
           their
           Crime
           ,
           and
           their
           Ruine
           should
           spring
           from
           whence
           should
           come
           the
           Safety
           .
           God
           has
           brought
           Light
           out
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           but
           the
           unchristian
           Politicks
           of
           France
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           has
           brought
           Darkness
           out
           of
           Light.
           However
           they
           cannot
           deny
           but
           that
           in
           this
           new
           Edict
           ,
           the
           King
           is
           made
           to
           say
           ,
           
             He
             has
             entred
             on
             the
             design
             to
             distroy
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             time
             wherein
             they
             have
             signaliz'd
             and
             distinguisht
             themselves
             with
             great
             success
             for
             the
             interest
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
          
           which
           will
           furnish
           perhaps
           matter
           enough
           to
           thinking
           Men
           for
           Reflexion
           ,
           as
           well
           within
           as
           without
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           will
           shew
           them
           what
           use
           is
           made
           of
           Services
           ,
           and
           what
           Recompence
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           of
           the
           Expressions
           of
           the
           new
           Edict
           ,
           but
           rather
           consider
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           .
           Was
           ever
           a
           worse
           and
           harder
           usage
           than
           that
           which
           we
           have
           suffered
           for
           the
           space
           of
           Twenty
           Years
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           employed
           informing
           the
           late
           Tempest
           which
           has
           fallen
           upon
           us
           .
           It
           has
           been
           a
           continual
           Storm
           of
           Decrees
           ,
           Edicts
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           Orders
           ,
           Condemnation
           of
           Churches
           ,
           Desolation
           of
           Temples
           ,
           Civil
           and
           Criminal
           Processes
           ,
           Imprisonments
           ,
           Banishments
           ,
           Pennances
           ,
           Pecuniary
           Mults
           ,
           Privation
           of
           Offces
           and
           Employs
           ,
           depriving
           Parents
           of
           their
           Children
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           other
           Persecutions
           which
           we
           have
           already
           briefly
           sum'd
           up
           .
           We
           are
           told
           on
           one
           hand
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           would
           continue
           to
           us
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nants
           ,
           and
           he
           delivered
           himself
           on
           several
           occasions
           to
           that
           Effect
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           we
           were
           made
           to
           suffer
           in
           our
           Estates
           ,
           our
           Reputations
           ,
           our
           Persons
           ,
           our
           Families
           ,
           in
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           our
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           all
           by
           unjust
           and
           indirect
           ways
           ;
           by
           unheard
           of
           Inventions
           ,
           by
           Oppressions
           ,
           and
           publick
           Vexation
           ,
           and
           sometime
           under-hand
           Dealings
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           under
           the
           Vail
           of
           the
           Kings
           Authority
           ,
           and
           because
           this
           was
           his
           good
           pleasure
           .
           We
           know
           very
           well
           the
           Authority
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           Respect
           and
           Submission
           with
           which
           we
           should
           receive
           their
           Orders
           .
           And
           therefore
           have
           we
           ,
           during
           all
           these
           unsupportable
           
           Usages
           ,
           a
           Patience
           ,
           and
           an
           Obedience
           so
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           been
           an
           Admiration
           of
           the
           Catholicks
           themselves
           ,
           our
           Countrymen
           .
           But
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           that
           those
           who
           put
           his
           Majesty
           on
           dealing
           thus
           with
           us
           ,
           or
           have
           used
           his
           Name
           and
           Authority
           for
           this
           ,
           could
           not
           do
           him
           otherwise
           a
           greater
           dishonor
           than
           they
           have
           done
           .
           For
           after
           all
           ,
           those
           Kings
           who
           would
           have
           themselves
           esteemed
           for
           their
           Justice
           and
           Equity
           ,
           govern
           not
           their
           Subjects
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           They
           are
           not
           for
           putting
           all
           to
           an
           uncertainty
           ,
           filling
           all
           places
           with
           Lamentation
           and
           Terror
           .
           They
           seek
           not
           their
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           Tears
           ,
           and
           Groans
           of
           their
           innocent
           People
           ,
           nor
           are
           they
           pleased
           with
           keeping
           their
           Subjects
           in
           a
           perpetual
           Agitation
           .
           They
           love
           not
           to
           have
           their
           Names
           mention'd
           with
           terror
           ,
           nor
           meditate
           continual
           designs
           of
           extirpating
           those
           ,
           who
           give
           constant
           and
           unquestionable
           Proofs
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           ;
           much
           less
           to
           invent
           cruel
           projects
           ,
           which
           like
           Mines
           ,
           in
           their
           time
           shall
           destroy
           their
           own
           Natural
           Subjects
           ;
           for
           what
           else
           have
           been
           these
           slie
           and
           equivocal
           Declarations
           ,
           Counter-Orders
           ,
           and
           revocative
           Edicts
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           three
           things
           ,
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           in
           this
           whole
           Affair
           ,
           the
           First
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           long
           as
           they
           have
           been
           only
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           the
           true
           Authors
           of
           the
           Persecution
           have
           not
           concealed
           themselves
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           they
           could
           :
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Decrees
           ,
           Edicts
           ,
           and
           Declarations
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           ,
           went
           under
           the
           name
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           request
           of
           the
           Agents
           ,
           and
           Factors
           for
           the
           Clergy
           :
           And
           whilst
           they
           were
           busied
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           the
           King
           declared
           openly
           his
           Intention
           of
           maintaining
           the
           Edicts
           ,
           and
           that
           't
           was
           abuses
           which
           he
           design'd
           to
           correct
           .
           The
           Second
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           came
           to
           the
           last
           Extremities
           ,
           and
           to
           open
           force
           ,
           then
           they
           have
           concealed
           themselves
           as
           much
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           set
           forth
           the
           King
           at
           his
           full
           Length
           .
           There
           was
           nothing
           beard
           but
           these
           kind
           of
           Discourses
           ,
           
             The
             King
             will
             have
             it
             so
             ,
             the
             King
             has
             taken
             it
             in
             hand
             ,
             the
             King
             proceeds
             further
             than
             the
             Clergy
             desires
          
           ;
           by
           these
           two
           means
           they
           have
           had
           the
           Address
           to
           be
           only
           charg'd
           with
           the
           lesser
           parts
           of
           the
           cruelties
           ,
           and
           to
           lay
           the
           most
           violent
           ,
           and
           odious
           part
           at
           the
           Kings
           door
           .
           The
           Third
           thing
           which
           we
           should
           remark
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           better
           to
           obtain
           their
           Ends
           ,
           they
           have
           made
           it
           their
           business
           to
           perswade
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           this
           Work
           would
           Crown
           him
           with
           Glory
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           horrid
           abuse
           of
           his
           credulity
           ,
           an
           abuse
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           they
           would
           not
           have
           themselves
           thought
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           Council
           ;
           and
           when
           any
           particular
           person
           of
           them
           are
           ask'd
           this
           day
           ,
           
             What
             they
             think
             of
             it
          
           ,
           there
           are
           few
           of
           them
           but
           condemn
           it
           .
        
         
         
           In
           effect
           ,
           what
           more
           false
           an
           Idea
           could
           they
           give
           to
           his
           Majesty
           of
           Glory
           ,
           than
           to
           make
           it
           consist
           in
           surprising
           a
           poor
           People
           ,
           disperst
           over
           all
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           living
           securely
           under
           his
           Wings
           and
           the
           Remains
           of
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nants
           ;
           and
           who
           could
           not
           imagine
           there
           were
           any
           Intentions
           of
           depriving
           them
           of
           the
           Liberty
           of
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           of
           surprizing
           and
           overwhelming
           them
           in
           an
           Instant
           ,
           with
           a
           numerous
           Army
           ,
           to
           whose
           discretion
           they
           are
           delivered
           ;
           and
           who
           tell
           them
           that
           they
           must
           either
           by
           fair
           means
           or
           foul
           ,
           become
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           this
           being
           the
           Kings
           will
           and
           pleasure
           .
           What
           a
           falser
           Notion
           of
           Glory
           could
           they
           offer
           him
           ,
           than
           the
           putting
           him
           in
           the
           place
           of
           God
           ,
           making
           the
           Faith
           and
           Religion
           of
           Men
           to
           depend
           upon
           his
           Authority
           ,
           and
           that
           hence
           forward
           it
           must
           be
           said
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           
             I
             don't
             believe
             because
             I
             am
             perswaded
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             I
             believe
             ,
             because
             the
             King
             would
             have
             me
             do
             it
          
           ;
           which
           to
           speak
           properly
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           I
           believe
           nothing
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           'le
           be
           a
           Turk
           ,
           or
           a
           Jew
           ,
           or
           whatever
           the
           King
           pleases
           .
           What
           falser
           Idea
           of
           Glory
           ,
           then
           to
           force
           from
           Mens
           Mouths
           by
           Violence
           ,
           and
           a
           long
           Series
           of
           Torments
           ;
           a
           Profession
           ,
           which
           the
           Heart
           abhors
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           one
           sighs
           night
           and
           day
           ,
           crying
           continually
           to
           God
           for
           Mercy
           .
           What
           Glory
           is
           there
           in
           inventing
           new
           ways
           of
           Persecutions
           ,
           unknown
           to
           former
           Ages
           ;
           which
           indeed
           do
           not
           bring
           Death
           along
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           keep
           Men
           alive
           to
           suffer
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           overcome
           their
           Patience
           and
           Constancy
           by
           Cruelties
           ,
           which
           are
           above
           Humane
           Strength
           to
           undergo
           ?
           What
           Glory
           is
           there
           in
           not
           contenting
           themselves
           to
           force
           those
           who
           remain
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           but
           to
           forbid
           them
           to
           leave
           it
           ,
           and
           keep
           them
           under
           a
           double
           Servitude
           ,
           viz.
           both
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ?
           What
           Glory
           is
           there
           in
           keeping
           his
           Prisons
           full
           of
           innocent
           Persons
           .
           who
           are
           charged
           with
           no
           other
           fault
           ,
           than
           serving
           God
           according
           to
           the
           best
           of
           their
           Knowledge
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           to
           be
           expos'd
           to
           the
           Rage
           of
           the
           Dragoons
           ,
           or
           condemned
           to
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           and
           executions
           on
           Body
           and
           Goods
           ?
           Will
           these
           Cruelties
           render
           his
           Majesties
           Name
           lovely
           in
           his
           History
           ,
           to
           the
           Catholick
           or
           Protestant
           World
           ?
        
         
           But
           we
           should
           be
           very
           loath
           to
           exaggerate
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           may
           violate
           the
           Respect
           due
           to
           so
           great
           a
           Prince
           ;
           but
           we
           do
           not
           think
           it
           a
           failure
           in
           our
           Duty
           ,
           fairly
           to
           represent
           how
           far
           these
           refined
           Politicians
           have
           really
           interess'd
           his
           Honour
           ,
           in
           the
           sad
           Misfortunes
           wherein
           they
           have
           plunged
           us
           ,
           and
           how
           Criminal
           they
           have
           thereby
           made
           themselves
           towards
           him
           .
           They
           have
           committed
           no
           
           less
           Misdemeanours
           against
           their
           Country
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           are
           Members
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           a
           Man
           would
           think
           they
           should
           have
           some
           consideration
           .
           Not
           to
           speak
           here
           of
           the
           great
           number
           of
           Persons
           of
           all
           Ages
           ,
           Sexes
           and
           Qualities
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           out
           off
           from
           it
           by
           their
           fierce
           Tempers
           ;
           although
           perhaps
           this
           Loss
           be
           greater
           ,
           than
           they
           were
           willing
           to
           imagine
           .
           It
           s
           certain
           ,
           that
           France
           is
           a
           very
           Populous
           Country
           ,
           but
           when
           these
           Feavourish
           Fits
           shall
           be
           over
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           in
           cold
           Blood
           consider
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           they
           will
           find
           these
           Diminutions
           to
           be
           no
           matter
           of
           Triumph
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           not
           possible
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           Substantial
           People
           ,
           so
           many
           intire
           Families
           ,
           who
           distinguish
           themselves
           in
           the
           Arts
           ,
           in
           the
           Sciences
           ,
           Civil
           and
           Military
           ,
           can
           leave
           a
           Kingdom
           without
           one
           day
           being
           missed
           :
           at
           present
           ,
           whilst
           they
           rejoyce
           in
           their
           Spoils
           ,
           possess
           themselves
           of
           the
           Houses
           and
           Estates
           ,
           this
           loss
           is
           not
           felt
           ;
           't
           is
           recompensed
           by
           Booty
           ,
           but
           it
           will
           not
           be
           always
           so
           :
           Neither
           shall
           we
           insist
           here
           on
           that
           almost
           general
           Interruption
           of
           Traffick
           ,
           which
           these
           most
           
             Vnchristian
             Persecutors
          
           have
           caused
           in
           the
           Principal
           Towns
           of
           the
           State
           ;
           although
           this
           be
           no
           small
           Mischief
           :
           The
           Protestants
           made
           up
           a
           good
           part
           of
           the
           Trade
           ,
           as
           well
           within
           the
           Kingdom
           as
           without
           ,
           and
           were
           therein
           so
           mixt
           with
           the
           Catholicks
           ,
           that
           their
           Affairs
           were
           in
           a
           manner
           inseparable
           .
           They
           dealt
           as
           it
           were
           in
           Common
           ,
           when
           these
           Oppressions
           came
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           what
           Confusions
           have
           they
           not
           produced
           ?
           How
           many
           industrious
           measures
           have
           they
           broken
           ?
           How
           many
           honest
           designs
           have
           they
           not
           disappointed
           ?
           How
           many
           Manufactures
           ruined
           ?
           How
           many
           Bankrupts
           made
           ?
           and
           how
           many
           Families
           reduced
           to
           Beggary
           ?
           But
           this
           is
           what
           the
           Oppressors
           little
           trouble
           themselves
           about
           ;
           they
           have
           their
           Bread
           gained
           to
           their
           Mouths
           ,
           they
           live
           in
           wantonness
           and
           ease
           ;
           and
           whilst
           others
           dye
           with
           Hunger
           ,
           their
           Revenues
           are
           ascertain'd
           to
           them
           .
           But
           this
           hinders
           not
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Estate
           to
           suffer
           ,
           both
           in
           its
           Honour
           and
           Profit
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           that
           Four
           Civil
           Wars
           could
           not
           have
           produced
           so
           much
           Mischief
           ,
           as
           time
           will
           shew
           to
           sprink
           from
           this
           Persecution
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           will
           leave
           the
           consequence
           of
           this
           affair
           to
           time
           ,
           and
           only
           say
           ,
           That
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           being
           a
           fundamental
           Law
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           an
           agreement
           between
           two
           parties
           ,
           by
           a
           reciprocal
           acceptation
           under
           the
           peaceable
           Reign
           of
           Henry
           the
           Great
           ;
           by
           the
           publick
           Faith
           ,
           and
           by
           mutual
           Oaths
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           already
           seen
           ;
           this
           must
           certainly
           be
           of
           ill
           example
           to
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           
           State
           :
           That
           after
           having
           made
           a
           thousand
           infractions
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           at
           length
           revok'd
           ,
           cancel'd
           ,
           and
           annul'd
           ,
           at
           the
           motion
           of
           a
           Cabal
           ,
           who
           abuse
           their
           interest
           ;
           and
           hereby
           make
           themselves
           fit
           for
           enterprising
           ,
           and
           executing
           any
           thing
           .
           After
           this
           Violation
           ,
           what
           can
           henceforward
           be
           thought
           firm
           and
           inviolable
           in
           France
           .
           I
           speak
           not
           of
           particular
           mens
           affairs
           ,
           but
           of
           general
           establishments
           ,
           Royal
           Companies
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           ranks
           of
           men
           interested
           in
           Society
           ,
           even
           they
           very
           rights
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           form
           of
           Government
           .
           There
           are
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           a
           great
           many
           thinking
           men
           ,
           I
           mean
           not
           your
           Poets
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           kind
           of
           Flatterers
           ,
           who
           make
           Verses
           ,
           Orations
           ,
           Panegyricks
           ,
           and
           Sermons
           too
           for
           Preferments
           and
           Benefices
           ;
           but
           I
           speak
           of
           solid
           and
           judicious
           persons
           ;
           who
           see
           into
           the
           consequences
           of
           things
           ;
           and
           know
           well
           how
           to
           judge
           of
           them
           ;
           shall
           we
           think
           that
           these
           men
           ,
           see
           not
           what
           is
           too
           visible
           ,
           that
           the
           State
           is
           pierc'd
           through
           and
           through
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           ●low
           given
           the
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           that
           such
           a
           open
           revocation
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           leaves
           nothing
           firm
           or
           sacred
           .
           It
           's
           to
           no
           purpose
           to
           alledge
           distinctions
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           say
           that
           the
           pretended
           reform'd
           Religion
           ,
           was
           odious
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           therefore
           was
           thus
           undertaken
           .
           For
           not
           to
           mention
           the
           dangerousness
           of
           the
           example
           ;
           as
           to
           the
           general
           aversion
           to
           our
           Religion
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           Catholicks
           ,
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           excepting
           the
           Faction
           of
           the
           Bigots
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           call
           the
           propagators
           of
           the
           Faith
           ;
           neither
           the
           Commons
           ,
           nor
           great
           People
           ,
           have
           any
           animosity
           against
           us
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           do
           bemoan
           our
           misfortunes
           .
           Not
           to
           touch
           further
           on
           this
           ,
           who
           knows
           not
           what
           an
           easie
           matter
           it
           is
           to
           run
           down
           any
           cause
           ,
           or
           render
           it
           odious
           or
           indifferent
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           People
           .
           There
           are
           never
           wanting
           reasons
           and
           pretences
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           this
           nature
           ;
           one
           party
           is
           set
           up
           against
           another
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           called
           the
           State
           ,
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           prevailing
           one
           :
           like
           as
           in
           Religion
           ,
           not
           the
           best
           and
           honestest
           ,
           
             but
             the
             powerfullest
             ,
             and
             boldest
             part
             ,
             are
             termed
             the
             Church
             .
          
           We
           must
           not
           judge
           of
           these
           things
           then
           from
           their
           matter
           ,
           but
           their
           from
           .
           Now
           if
           ever
           there
           was
           since
           the
           World
           stood
           ,
           a
           matter
           authentick
           and
           irrevocable
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ;
           To
           revoke
           and
           cancel
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           set
           up
           ones
           self
           above
           our
           obligations
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           Men
           ;
           't
           is
           to
           declare
           openly
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           no
           longer
           any
           ties
           or
           promises
           in
           the
           world
           .
           And
           this
           is
           no
           more
           then
           the
           wise
           will
           easily
           comprehend
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           they
           have
           done
           it
           already
           .
        
         
         
           Some
           perhaps
           may
           make
           an
           objection
           on
           this
           occasion
           ,
           which
           't
           will
           be
           good
           to
           answer
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Edict
           ,
           consider
           it
           how
           we
           will
           ,
           is
           become
           only
           a
           Law
           of
           State
           by
           Henry
           the
           Great
           's
           Authority
           so
           it
           may
           likewise
           be
           revok'd
           and
           annul'd
           by
           Lewis
           the
           14th
           his
           Grandson
           and
           Successor
           .
           For
           things
           may
           be
           ended
           by
           the
           same
           means
           they
           have
           bin
           begun
           .
           If
           Henry
           the
           Great
           ,
           has
           had
           the
           power
           to
           change
           the
           form
           of
           governing
           the
           State
           ,
           by
           introducing
           a
           new
           Law
           ;
           why
           has
           not
           Lewis
           the
           14th
           the
           same
           power
           to
           alter
           this
           form
           ,
           and
           annul
           whatsoever
           his
           predecessor
           has
           done
           ?
           But
           this
           objection
           will
           soon
           be
           answer'd
           ,
           by
           considering
           it's
           built
           upon
           a
           false
           principal
           ,
           and
           offers
           a
           falser
           consequence
           .
           It
           is
           not
           the
           single
           Authority
           of
           Henry
           the
           Great
           which
           has
           establish'd
           the
           Edict
           .
           The
           Edict
           is
           a
           Decree
           of
           his
           Justice
           ,
           and
           an
           accord
           or
           transaction
           that
           past
           between
           the
           Catholicks
           and
           the
           Reformists
           .
           Authoriz'd
           by
           the
           publick
           Faith
           of
           the
           whole
           Estate
           ,
           and
           seal'd
           with
           the
           seal
           of
           an
           Oath
           ,
           and
           ratified
           by
           the
           execution
           of
           it
           ;
           now
           this
           renders
           the
           Edict
           inviolable
           ,
           and
           sets
           it
           above
           the
           reach
           of
           
           Henry's
           Successors
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           can
           be
           only
           the
           Depositaries
           and
           Executors
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Masters
           to
           make
           it
           depend
           on
           their
           wills
           .
           Henry
           the
           Great
           never
           employ'd
           the
           force
           of
           Arms
           to
           make
           the
           Catholicks
           consent
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           though
           since
           his
           death
           ,
           under
           the
           minority
           of
           Lewis
           the
           13th
           .
           there
           have
           bin
           Assemblies
           of
           the
           States
           General
           ,
           the
           Edict
           has
           remain'd
           in
           full
           force
           ;
           't
           was
           then
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           already
           said
           ,
           a
           fundamental
           Law
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           could
           not
           touch
           .
           But
           supposing
           this
           were
           not
           a
           work
           grounded
           on
           the
           bare
           Authority
           of
           Henry
           ,
           which
           is
           false
           ,
           it
           does
           not
           therefore
           follow
           ,
           that
           his
           present
           Majesty
           can
           revoke
           it
           .
           The
           Edict
           is
           a
           Royal
           Promise
           ,
           which
           Henry
           the
           Great
           made
           to
           the
           Reformists
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           himself
           as
           his
           Successors
           for
           ever
           ;
           as
           we
           have
           already
           seen
           ;
           and
           consequently
           this
           is
           a
           condition
           or
           hereditary
           Debt
           ,
           charged
           on
           himself
           and
           Posterity
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           true
           ,
           that
           Henry
           the
           Great
           ,
           has
           changed
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           when
           he
           gave
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           to
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           for
           this
           Liberty
           is
           matter
           of
           right
           ,
           and
           more
           inviolable
           than
           all
           Edicts
           ,
           seeing
           that
           it
           is
           a
           right
           of
           Nature
           .
           He
           has
           permitted
           a
           publick
           exercise
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ;
           but
           this
           exercise
           was
           established
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           before
           his
           Edict
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           has
           enlarged
           the
           priviledges
           of
           the
           Reformed
           ,
           as
           without
           doubt
           he
           has
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           do
           it
           without
           the
           Consent
           and
           Approbation
           
           of
           the
           State
           ;
           and
           has
           herein
           violated
           nothing
           of
           his
           lawful
           engagements
           .
           But
           't
           is
           not
           the
           same
           with
           Lewis
           the
           14th
           .
           who
           of
           his
           own
           pure
           Authority
           ,
           makes
           a
           real
           and
           fundamental
           Change
           ,
           against
           the
           concurrence
           of
           one
           part
           of
           his
           Estate
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           consulting
           the
           other
           ;
           hereby
           violating
           his
           own
           Engagements
           ,
           those
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           too
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           what
           means
           have
           been
           used
           to
           arrive
           at
           the
           Revocation
           in
           question
           ,
           how
           shall
           a
           man
           not
           ackowledge
           the
           State
           is
           sensibly
           interested
           therein
           .
           They
           are
           not
           contented
           to
           suppress
           the
           Religious
           Assemblies
           ,
           and
           to
           null
           the
           Protestants
           priviledges
           by
           unjust
           Decrees
           ;
           but
           they
           also
           send
           them
           Soldiers
           
             to
             dispute
             points
             of
             Religion
             with
             them
          
           ;
           They
           are
           Sack't
           like
           People
           taken
           by
           Assault
           ,
           forced
           in
           their
           Consciences
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           Hell
           it self
           is
           let
           loose
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           
             this
             is
             the
             effects
             of
             a
             Military
             ,
             and
             Arbitrary
             Government
             ,
             regulated
             neither
             by
             Justice
             ,
             Reason
             ,
             nor
             Humanity
             .
          
           Can
           it
           be
           thought
           ,
           that
           ,
           France
           will
           be
           at
           ease
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           or
           that
           wise
           people
           will
           think
           this
           an
           equitable
           way
           of
           governing
           ?
           There
           needs
           only
           another
           design
           ,
           another
           passion
           to
           satisfie
           ,
           another
           vengeance
           to
           execute
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           wo
           be
           to
           them
           who
           shall
           oppose
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           Dragoons
           will
           not
           forget
           their
           Office.
           
        
         
           To
           these
           two
           Reflections
           ,
           which
           respect
           the
           French
           King
           and
           his
           States
           ,
           we
           may
           add
           a
           third
           ,
           which
           will
           have
           regard
           to
           the
           Interests
           of
           Kings
           ,
           Princes
           ,
           and
           other
           powers
           of
           Europe
           ,
           as
           well
           of
           one
           as
           of
           the
           other
           Religion
           .
           We
           shall
           not
           be
           much
           mistaken
           ,
           if
           we
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           a
           common
           and
           general
           concern
           herein
           ;
           inasmuch
           as
           these
           skilful
           Artists
           in
           misery
           ,
           do
           as
           much
           as
           they
           can
           to
           trouble
           the
           good
           understanding
           that
           is
           betwixt
           them
           and
           their
           People
           .
           We
           are
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           their
           wise
           and
           just
           Government
           will
           ,
           in
           this
           respect
           ,
           put
           them
           beyond
           all
           fear
           :
           but
           this
           hinders
           not
           examples
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           from
           being
           always
           mischievous
           ,
           and
           naturally
           tending
           to
           beget
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           (
           who
           commonly
           judge
           only
           of
           things
           in
           general
           )
           suspitions
           and
           distrusts
           of
           their
           Soveraigns
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           dream'd
           of
           nothing
           but
           devouring
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           delivering
           them
           up
           to
           the
           Discretion
           ,
           or
           rather
           ,
           the
           Fury
           of
           their
           Soldiers
           .
           The
           greater
           moderation
           and
           Justice
           that
           Princes
           have
           ,
           the
           less
           they
           are
           obliged
           to
           those
           who
           furnish
           people
           with
           matter
           for
           such
           dangerous
           thoughts
           ,
           which
           may
           produce
           very
           ill
           Effects
           .
        
         
         
           Beside
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           certain
           ,
           that
           the
           Princes
           and
           States
           of
           Europe
           ,
           cannot
           without
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           pleasure
           see
           France
           ,
           which
           makes
           so
           great
           a
           Figure
           in
           the
           affairs
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           gives
           them
           so
           powerful
           an
           influence
           ,
           now
           put
           her self
           in
           such
           a
           condition
           ,
           as
           that
           no
           just
           Measures
           can
           be
           taken
           from
           her
           ?
           For
           after
           so
           scandalous
           and
           publick
           a
           violation
           of
           the
           word
           of
           three
           Kings
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           publick
           Faith
           ,
           what
           Credit
           can
           be
           given
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           to
           her
           Promises
           or
           Treaties
           ?
           It
           will
           not
           be
           sufficient
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           have
           no
           force
           but
           what
           Interest
           inspires
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           will
           hereafter
           depend
           on
           the
           Interest
           or
           Capriciousness
           of
           a
           sort
           of
           Heady
           People
           ,
           that
           will
           give
           nothing
           either
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           Prudence
           or
           Equity
           ,
           but
           manage
           all
           by
           force
           .
           If
           they
           have
           had
           the
           power
           ,
           to
           do
           within
           the
           Kingdom
           what
           they
           have
           lately
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           what
           will
           they
           not
           do
           as
           to
           Affairs
           without
           ?
           If
           they
           have
           not
           spared
           their
           own
           Country-men
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           had
           daily
           Commerce
           ,
           who
           were
           serviceable
           to
           them
           ,
           will
           they
           spare
           the
           unknown
           ?
           Will
           they
           have
           more
           respect
           to
           Truces
           or
           Conventions
           of
           four
           days
           Transaction
           ,
           than
           to
           an
           Edict
           of
           an
           hundred
           years
           continuance
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           most
           August
           and
           Solemn
           that
           ever
           was
           which
           yet
           they
           made
           no
           other
           use
           of
           then
           to
           amuse
           a
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           involve
           them
           more
           surely
           in
           an
           utter
           Desolation
           ?
           Methinks
           they
           have
           resolv'd
           to
           bring
           things
           to
           this
           pass
           ,
           That
           there
           being
           no
           more
           Faith
           to
           be
           had
           in
           France
           ,
           all
           her
           Neighbours
           should
           be
           continually
           upon
           their
           Guard
           against
           her
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           so
           when
           she
           promises
           ,
           then
           when
           she
           threatens
           ;
           more
           in
           Peace
           then
           in
           War
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           is
           no
           more
           hopes
           of
           being
           at
           quiet
           ,
           but
           what
           the
           Surety
           of
           Hostages
           ,
           or
           the
           diminution
           of
           her
           Forces
           can
           give
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           so
           in
           respect
           of
           all
           Princes
           and
           States
           in
           general
           ,
           what
           may
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           and
           States
           in
           particular
           think
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           the
           design
           of
           France
           to
           ruine
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           no
           stop
           till
           she
           has
           devoured
           them
           .
           Every
           body
           knows
           ,
           that
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           understand
           their
           Interests
           well
           enough
           ,
           to
           be
           able
           to
           discern
           them
           through
           the
           Clouds
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           would
           cover
           them
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           not
           doubted
           but
           they
           see
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           a
           beginning
           or
           Essay
           ,
           which
           France
           expects
           shortly
           to
           give
           the
           last
           stroak
           to
           .
           The
           Court
           there
           has
           suffer'd
           it self
           to
           be
           possess'd
           with
           gross
           Bigotry
           ,
           and
           a
           false
           Zeal
           of
           Catholicism
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           
             Genius
             a
             ▪
             la
             mode
          
           ;
           each
           there
           is
           become
           a
           persecutor
           ,
           even
           to
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           some
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           this
           shall
           
           weigh
           down
           the
           Ballance
           .
           Vain
           Glory
           is
           no
           small
           Ingredient
           in
           this
           design
           ,
           Policy
           has
           her
           Prospects
           ,
           and
           Mysteries
           in
           it
           too
           ;
           and
           as
           these
           Prospects
           have
           no
           Bounds
           ,
           so
           her
           Mysteries
           want
           not
           invisible
           Springs
           ,
           and
           surprising
           ways
           ,
           which
           she
           will
           joyn
           when
           she
           pleases
           to
           the
           Power
           of
           Arms.
           She
           thinks
           the
           Season
           is
           ripe
           ,
           and
           she
           needs
           only
           to
           dare
           .
           The
           easiness
           she
           has
           found
           in
           making
           Conquests
           and
           Conversions
           swells
           her
           Courage
           ,
           and
           already
           some
           talk
           of
           nothing
           but
           a
           further
           progress
           in
           so
           fair
           a
           way
           .
           'T
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           that
           Protestant
           Princes
           and
           States
           will
           from
           thence
           draw
           their
           just
           Conclusions
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           Catholick
           Princes
           and
           States
           ,
           they
           have
           too
           sagacious
           Judgments
           ,
           not
           to
           see
           how
           much
           they
           share
           in
           this
           Affair
           .
           It
           will
           be
           made
           use
           of
           to
           break
           the
           good
           understanding
           which
           is
           betwixt
           them
           and
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           by
           amusing
           those
           with
           the
           fair
           Pretext
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           ,
           and
           cunningly
           inspiring
           these
           with
           Jealousies
           of
           a
           general
           Design
           to
           destroy
           them
           .
           If
           the
           Catholick
           Princes
           and
           States
           remove
           not
           these
           Suspitions
           ,
           if
           they
           suffer
           France
           still
           to
           aggrandize
           her self
           by
           her
           pretended
           Zeal
           for
           Catholicism
           ,
           which
           at
           the
           bottom
           is
           but
           a
           Mask
           ,
           they
           may
           already
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           lost
           .
           It
           will
           signifie
           little
           to
           say
           ,
           
             We
             are
             good
             Catholicks
             as
             well
             as
             you
             ,
          
           this
           will
           not
           secure
           them
           from
           Dragoons
           ,
           all
           that
           will
           not
           take
           the
           Yoke
           shall
           be
           Hereticks
           ;
           nay
           ,
           worse
           than
           an
           Heretick
           ;
           for
           now
           the
           greatest
           Heresie
           is
           not
           to
           submit
           ;
           
             Spain
             ,
             Germany
          
           and
           Italy
           already
           know
           this
           in
           some
           measure
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           will
           not
           be
           thought
           a
           Paradox
           ,
           if
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           we
           have
           said
           ,
           we
           add
           ,
           That
           the
           Pope
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           find
           themselves
           sensibly
           interess'd
           in
           the
           Persecution
           of
           us
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           will
           say
           nothing
           herein
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           evident
           Truth
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           wisest
           of
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           must
           agree
           to
           .
           For
           is
           it
           not
           the
           worst
           Character
           that
           can
           be
           given
           of
           the
           Roman
           Clergy
           ,
           to
           represent
           them
           as
           an
           Order
           of
           Men
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           cannot
           endure
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           not
           subject
           to
           them
           in
           a
           Religious
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           Civil
           Society
           ;
           as
           Men
           that
           are
           not
           content
           to
           Anathematize
           all
           that
           displease
           them
           ,
           but
           design
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           to
           exterminate
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           exterminate
           them
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           force
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           inspire
           their
           Opinions
           ;
           and
           propagate
           their
           way
           of
           Worship
           by
           the
           knocking
           Arguments
           of
           Swords
           and
           Staves
           ;
           as
           an
           Order
           of
           Men
           ,
           who
           neither
           Faith
           nor
           Justice
           ,
           who
           promise
           only
           to
           deceive
           ,
           who
           for
           
           a
           while
           curb
           their
           fury
           only
           ,
           that
           afterwards
           they
           may
           the
           more
           insult
           ,
           that
           in
           Peace
           as
           well
           as
           War
           ,
           contrive
           only
           to
           overturn
           and
           destroy
           ,
           that
           make
           Allyances
           only
           to
           surprize
           ,
           and
           finding
           themselves
           more
           powerful
           ,
           deny
           those
           they
           have
           surprized
           the
           Liberty
           to
           escape
           .
           These
           are
           the
           exact
           Features
           and
           Colours
           by
           which
           the
           Roman
           Clergy
           may
           be
           easily
           known
           ,
           if
           we
           judge
           of
           them
           by
           the
           persecution
           in
           France
           ,
           the
           like
           whereof
           was
           never
           seen
           to
           this
           day
           :
           The
           Aegyptians
           and
           Assyrians
           once
           persecuted
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           but
           forced
           them
           not
           to
           embrace
           the
           Worship
           of
           their
           Idols
           ;
           they
           contented
           themselves
           with
           making
           them
           Slaves
           ,
           without
           doing
           violence
           to
           their
           Consciences
           .
           The
           Heathens
           and
           the
           Jews
           persecuted
           the
           primitive
           Christians
           ,
           forced
           their
           Consciences
           indeed
           ,
           but
           they
           had
           never
           granted
           them
           an
           Edict
           ,
           nor
           by
           persecuting
           them
           did
           violate
           the
           publick
           Faith
           ,
           nor
           hindred
           them
           to
           make
           their
           escape
           by
           Flight
           .
           The
           Arrians
           cruelly
           persecuted
           the
           Orthodox
           ,
           but
           besides
           that
           ,
           they
           went
           not
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           the
           common
           sort
           of
           people
           sign
           formal
           Abjurations
           ;
           there
           was
           no
           Edict
           or
           Concordat
           between
           the
           Two
           Communions
           .
           Innocent
           the
           3d.
           by
           his
           Croysades
           ,
           persecuted
           the
           Waldenses
           ,
           and
           Albigenses
           ,
           but
           these
           people
           also
           had
           no
           Edict
           .
           Emanuel
           ,
           King
           of
           Portugal
           ,
           furiously
           persecuted
           the
           Jews
           ,
           but
           he
           gave
           them
           leave
           to
           depart
           out
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           no
           Edict
           .
           It
           was
           the
           same
           with
           those
           Remains
           of
           the
           Moors
           ,
           who
           had
           setled
           themselves
           in
           some
           Cantons
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Granada
           ,
           they
           were
           defeated
           in
           a
           War
           ,
           and
           commanded
           to
           retire
           into
           the
           Country
           from
           whence
           their
           Ancestors
           came
           .
           In
           the
           last
           Age
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           exercised
           dreadful
           Cruelties
           upon
           the
           Protestants
           of
           the
           Seventeen
           Provinces
           ,
           but
           he
           did
           not
           hinder
           them
           from
           flying
           ,
           nor
           violated
           any
           Edict
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           worst
           ,
           death
           was
           their
           Release
           .
           The
           Inquisition
           is
           to
           this
           day
           in
           Spain
           and
           Italy
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           Countries
           ,
           in
           which
           no
           Religion
           ,
           besides
           the
           Roman
           ,
           was
           ever
           permitted
           by
           Edicts
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Inquisitors
           may
           be
           accused
           of
           Violence
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           yet
           they
           cannot
           be
           convicted
           of
           Perfidiousness
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           this
           last
           Persecution
           of
           France
           ,
           there
           are
           Five
           things
           that
           strike
           the
           Mind
           with
           horror
           ;
           they
           make
           the
           Consciences
           and
           Religion
           of
           Men
           to
           depend
           Soveraignly
           upon
           the
           Will
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           they
           violate
           a
           Faith
           Authentickly
           sworn
           to
           ,
           they
           force
           Men
           to
           be
           Hypocrites
           ,
           and
           wicked
           ,
           by
           seeming
           to
           embrace
           a
           Religion
           which
           they
           abhor
           ;
           they
           prohibit
           all
           Flights
           or
           retiring
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           they
           do
           not
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           but
           preserve
           Life
           to
           oppress
           it
           
           with
           longer
           Torments
           .
           If
           after
           this
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           and
           its
           Clergy
           ,
           dispersed
           over
           the
           rest
           of
           Europe
           ,
           disclaim
           not
           so
           odious
           and
           so
           criminal
           a
           Conduct
           ;
           if
           they
           condemn
           it
           not
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           an
           indelibel
           Stain
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
           Not
           only
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           a
           different
           Communion
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           their
           own
           Catholicks
           ,
           will
           be
           mightily
           scandaliz'd
           thereat
           :
           nay
           ,
           even
           the
           Turks
           and
           Jews
           and
           Pagans
           will
           rise
           up
           in
           Judgment
           against
           them
           .
           They
           may
           already
           know
           what
           they
           have
           bin
           condemned
           of
           ,
           in
           what
           passed
           in
           the
           Council
           of
           Constance
           ,
           concerning
           
             John
             Huss
          
           ,
           and
           Jerom
           of
           Prague
           ,
           whom
           they
           put
           to
           Death
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           safe
           Conduct
           of
           the
           Emperor
           Sigismund
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           something
           greater
           here
           :
           There
           only
           Two
           Men
           were
           concerned
           ,
           here
           more
           than
           1500000.
           those
           they
           put
           to
           Death
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           had
           done
           the
           same
           to
           these
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           embraced
           their
           Death
           with
           Joy
           and
           Comfort
           .
           The
           Council
           thought
           its
           Authority
           greater
           than
           Sigismund's
           ,
           but
           there
           cannot
           be
           produced
           one
           above
           that
           which
           has
           establish'd
           our
           Edict
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           not
           ignorant
           of
           the
           different
           Methods
           which
           the
           Persecutors
           take
           to
           shelter
           themselves
           from
           publick
           Condemnation
           .
           Some
           take
           a
           speedy
           course
           to
           deny
           the
           Fact
           ;
           and
           to
           perswade
           the
           World
           ;
           
             That
             Force
             and
             Violence
             have
             had
             no
             share
             in
             the
             Conversions
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             were
             soft
             ,
             and
             calm
             ,
             and
             voluntary
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             there
             were
             any
          
           Dragoons
           
             concerned
             therein
             ,
             't
             was
             because
             the
             Reformed
             themselves
             desired
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             have
             a
             handsom
             pretence
             to
             change
             their
             Religion
             .
          
           Was
           there
           ever
           seen
           so
           much
           Impudence
           ?
           What
           will
           they
           not
           deny
           ,
           who
           can
           deny
           what
           's
           done
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           from
           one
           end
           of
           it
           to
           the
           other
           hath
           seen
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           day
           sees
           ?
           For
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           year
           1686.
           whilst
           I
           am
           composing
           this
           sad
           Rehearsal
           ,
           they
           continue
           to
           exercise
           in
           France
           the
           same
           Rage
           ,
           that
           ended
           the
           preceding
           year
           ,
           the
           same
           Dragoons
           both
           in
           Cities
           and
           Countries
           execute
           the
           same
           Fury
           against
           some
           lamentable
           Remains
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           fall
           down
           and
           worship
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           used
           like
           Rebels
           in
           their
           Persons
           ,
           in
           their
           Estates
           ,
           in
           their
           Wives
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Children
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           be
           any
           difference
           ,
           't
           is
           in
           this
           that
           their
           sufferings
           are
           still
           increasing
           .
           Yet
           if
           we
           will
           believe
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           haranguing
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Valence
           their
           Speaker
           ,
           he
           tells
           his
           Majesty
           how
           miraculous
           his
           Reign
           is
           ,
           seeing
           such
           infinite
           number
           of
           Conversions
           are
           made
           to
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           without
           violences
           and
           Arms
           ;
           much
           less
           ,
           
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             by
             the
             force
             of
             your
             Edicts
             ,
          
           as
           by
           the
           example
           of
           your
           
             exemplary
             Piety
          
           .
           If
           we
           will
           believe
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Abjurations
           which
           these
           poor
           Opprest
           People
           ,
           are
           forc'd
           to
           make
           ,
           they
           speak
           indeed
           the
           same
           sence
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             they
             have
             done
             this
             without
             being
             constrain'd
             thereto
             .
          
           Thus
           is
           the
           Credulity
           of
           the
           publick
           impos'd
           on
           :
           They
           have
           Seeds
           of
           Imposture
           sown
           at
           their
           Feet
           ,
           which
           are
           to
           grow
           with
           the
           time
           .
           Posterity
           who
           shall
           see
           these
           Records
           ,
           will
           belive
           they
           contain
           the
           truth
           ;
           Here
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           is
           what
           has
           bin
           told
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           must
           not
           have
           falshoods
           offer'd
           him
           :
           Here
           is
           the
           proper
           acts
           and
           deeds
           of
           those
           that
           were
           converted
           .
           Why
           will
           not
           then
           Posterity
           believe
           it
           ,
           seeing
           that
           at
           present
           ,
           there
           are
           indeed
           people
           impudent
           enough
           ,
           or
           to
           speak
           better
           ,
           paid
           well
           enough
           to
           publish
           it
           in
           strange
           Countries
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           found
           credible
           persons
           enough
           to
           believe
           it
           .
           But
           I
           pray
           what
           likelihood
           is
           there
           ,
           that
           150000
           persons
           already
           gone
           out
           of
           France
           ,
           without
           any
           thing
           constraining
           them
           to
           it
           ,
           should
           leave
           their
           Houses
           ,
           their
           Lands
           of
           Inheritance
           ,
           their
           Effects
           ,
           and
           several
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           for
           to
           wander
           about
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           lead
           a
           miserable
           Life
           for
           a
           humour
           .
           Is
           there
           any
           likelihood
           ,
           that
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           who
           enjoyed
           10
           ,
           15
           ,
           20
           ,
           30
           thousand
           Livers
           
             per
             annum
          
           ,
           would
           abandon
           these
           their
           Estates
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           themselves
           ,
           but
           for
           their
           Successors
           ;
           expose
           themselves
           to
           the
           periss
           ,
           and
           incommodiousness
           of
           long
           Journies
           ,
           and
           reduce
           themselves
           in
           a
           manner
           to
           Beggary
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           condition
           the
           most
           insupportable
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           without
           any
           reason
           ,
           without
           any
           occasion
           ?
           What
           likelihood
           that
           this
           150
           thousand
           persons
           who
           have
           already
           escap'd
           ,
           some
           of
           'em
           into
           Switzerland
           ,
           others
           into
           Germany
           ,
           some
           into
           Denmark
           ,
           others
           into
           Holland
           ,
           some
           into
           Suedeland
           ,
           and
           others
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           some
           into
           America
           ,
           without
           seeing
           or
           knowing
           one
           another
           ,
           yet
           have
           agreed
           to
           tell
           the
           same
           lie
           ,
           and
           to
           say
           with
           one
           voice
           ,
           That
           the
           Protestants
           are
           cruelly
           persecuted
           in
           France
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           unheard
           of
           Severities
           they
           are
           forc'd
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ;
           altho'
           there
           is
           no
           such
           matter
           ?
           Is
           it
           likely
           that
           the
           Embassadors
           and
           Envoys
           of
           Foreign
           Princes
           ,
           should
           lye
           all
           of
           them
           in
           consórt
           ,
           in
           telling
           them
           this
           news
           ,
           wherein
           there
           is
           no
           truth
           ?
           But
           I
           pray
           ,
           If
           in
           France
           the
           Protestants
           thus
           voluntarily
           ,
           and
           without
           constraint
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           &
           that
           the
           Dragoons
           are
           cal'd
           in
           only
           as
           their
           good
           friends
           ,
           whence
           happens
           this
           so
           strict
           &
           general
           Guard
           on
           the
           Frontiers
           ,
           to
           hinder
           Peoples
           departure
           ?
           How
           is
           it
           that
           the
           
           Prisons
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           are
           cram'd
           ,
           with
           Fugitives
           stopt
           by
           the
           way
           ?
           Whence
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           have
           chang'd
           ,
           are
           watch'd
           with
           such
           great
           care
           to
           hinder
           their
           flight
           ;
           to
           the
           obliging
           them
           to
           deposit
           sums
           of
           money
           to
           secure
           them
           from
           the
           suspition
           of
           it
           ?
           This
           must
           be
           an
           Epidemical
           Distemper
           that
           has
           seiz'd
           on
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           shall
           make
           them
           fly
           thus
           without
           reason
           ?
           But
           is
           not
           this
           a
           fine
           cover
           ,
           to
           say
           that
           the
           Protestants
           have
           themselves
           call'd
           in
           the
           Dragoons
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           better
           pretence
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ?
           It
           is
           about
           10
           or
           more
           years
           since
           there
           was
           a
           Bankset
           up
           to
           traffick
           for
           Souls
           .
           Mr.
           Pelison
           ,
           has
           for
           a
           long
           time
           bin
           the
           great
           dealer
           of
           Paris
           ,
           in
           this
           infamous
           Trade
           of
           purchasing
           Converts
           .
           These
           Conversions
           have
           of
           late
           ,
           bin
           the
           only
           way
           of
           gaining
           applause
           ,
           and
           recompences
           at
           Court
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           a
           means
           of
           raising
           ones
           Fortune
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           must
           be
           told
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           being
           Converted
           by
           these
           easie
           ways
           ,
           we
           had
           rather
           choose
           the
           help
           of
           Dragoons
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           being
           pillag'd
           .
           At
           least
           let
           any
           one
           tell
           us
           ,
           why
           since
           these
           pretended
           voluntary
           Conversions
           ,
           the
           People
           not
           willing
           to
           go
           to
           Mass
           ,
           they
           have
           bin
           obliged
           to
           send
           them
           Troops
           ,
           and
           use
           them
           with
           the
           same
           severity
           as
           before
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           so
           gross
           and
           palpable
           an
           untruth
           ,
           that
           others
           have
           undertaken
           to
           defend
           these
           Violences
           ,
           as
           being
           naturally
           of
           the
           genuine
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           they
           have
           continually
           in
           their
           mouths
           that
           passage
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             compelle
             intrare
          
           ,
           compel
           them
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           and
           the
           persecution
           which
           the
           Orthodox
           of
           Africk
           offer'd
           the
           Donatists
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Were
           this
           a
           place
           to
           dispute
           against
           these
           furious
           Divines
           ,
           we
           could
           easily
           show
           'em
           the
           vanity
           of
           these
           allegations
           ;
           but
           we
           shall
           rather
           ask
           'em
           ,
           whether
           the
           Jews
           and
           Pagans
           had
           agreed
           upon
           an
           Edict
           with
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           when
           our
           Saviour
           says
           to
           them
           ,
           
             compel
             them
             to
             come
             in
          
           .
           Has
           St.
           Augustin
           ever
           written
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           cited
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           That
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           perfidious
           towards
           those
           whom
           we
           esteem
           as
           Hereticks
           ,
           when
           we
           promis'd
           to
           live
           with
           'em
           like
           Brethren
           and
           fellow
           Citizens
           .
           The
           Donatists
           ,
           had
           they
           any
           Edicts
           which
           would
           shelter
           'em
           from
           the
           insults
           of
           the
           Orthodox
           ?
           If
           we
           yield
           to
           this
           detestable
           Divinity
           ,
           what
           will
           become
           of
           all
           us
           Christians
           ?
           For
           in
           short
           ,
           
             the
             Papist
             is
             as
             much
             an
             Heretick
             to
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             as
             the
             Protestants
             are
             to
             the
             Papist
          
           ;
           yet
           they
           live
           together
           in
           peace
           ,
           on
           the
           Faith
           of
           Alliances
           ,
           Treaties
           and
           Promises
           .
           But
           these
           publick
           Pests
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lies
           have
           brought
           all
           things
           into
           confusion
           ,
           and
           a
           
             State
             of
             War.
          
           They
           
           arm
           the
           Catholicks
           against
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           teaching
           the
           Catholicks
           by
           this
           example
           ,
           that
           their
           Religion
           obliges
           him
           to
           betray
           and
           surprise
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           when
           they
           can
           do
           it
           unpunish'd
           ;
           and
           knock
           ●ut
           their
           Brains
           if
           they
           will
           not
           change
           their
           Religion
           .
           They
           arm
           the
           Protestant
           against
           the
           Catholick
           ;
           for
           after
           all
           ,
           what
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Society
           can
           we
           have
           with
           People
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           make
           no
           Conscience
           to
           break
           their
           Faith
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           make
           it
           a
           case
           of
           Conscience
           to
           break
           it
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           find
           occasion
           .
           Thus
           have
           they
           by
           their
           Dragoons
           desolated
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           plunder'd
           above
           a
           100
           thousand
           Families
           .
           Do
           we
           think
           this
           method
           ,
           is
           pleasing
           to
           him
           ,
           whom
           we
           both
           own
           to
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           our
           Faith
           ;
           he
           has
           said
           ,
           
             That
             he
             will
             not
             suffer
             Hell
             Gates
             to
             ruine
             his
             Church
          
           ;
           but
           he
           has
           not
           said
           ,
           he
           will
           open
           Hell
           Gates
           for
           the
           propagating
           his
           Church
           .
           Now
           if
           there
           were
           any
           thing
           that
           looks
           like
           the
           Gates
           of
           Hell
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           persecutions
           of
           France
           .
        
         
           Whatsoever
           Antipathy
           there
           may
           be
           between
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           and
           us
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           believe
           that
           the
           present
           Pope
           has
           had
           any
           part
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Storm
           has
           fallen
           on
           us
           from
           him
           .
           We
           know
           he
           is
           a
           mild
           Prince
           ,
           and
           his
           temper
           leads
           to
           more
           moderate
           Councils
           than
           those
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           .
           Moreover
           we
           know
           ,
           the
           Clergy
           of
           France
           do
           not
           always
           consult
           him
           in
           what
           they
           undertake
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           had
           often
           offered
           to
           us
           ,
           what
           has
           bin
           done
           against
           Rome
           ,
           to
           induce
           us
           to
           submit
           our selves
           to
           the
           King's
           will
           in
           these
           other
           matters
           ;
           and
           how
           small
           a
           deference
           is
           paid
           to
           its
           Authority
           .
           So
           that
           we
           hope
           the
           Pope
           himself
           ,
           considering
           us
           still
           as
           Men
           and
           Christians
           ,
           will
           condole
           us
           ,
           and
           blame
           the
           methods
           used
           against
           us
           ,
           had
           he
           no
           other
           reason
           than
           the
           interest
           of
           Religion
           .
           
             Perhaps
             one
             day
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             our
             turn
             to
             blame
             that
             which
             will
             be
             taken
             against
             him
             .
          
        
         
           However
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           are
           the
           most
           fit
           objects
           of
           publick
           compassion
           ,
           the
           world
           ever
           knew
           .
           Some
           sigh
           and
           lament
           under
           a
           hard
           Slavery
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           willingly
           change
           for
           Irons
           in
           Algiers
           or
           Turke
           .
           For
           there
           they
           would
           not
           be
           forced
           to
           turn
           Mahometans
           ,
           and
           might
           still
           entertain
           some
           hopes
           of
           liberty
           by
           the
           way
           of
           rans●m
           ▪
           Others
           are
           wandering
           about
           strange
           Countries
           ,
           stript
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           separated
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           for
           ever
           from
           their
           Parents
           ,
           their
           Relations
           and
           Friends
           ,
           whom
           they
           have
           left
           in
           the
           most
           doleful
           condition
           imaginable
           Husbands
           have
           left
           their
           Wives
           ,
           and
           Wives
           their
           Husbands
           ;
           Fathers
           their
           Children
           ,
           and
           Children
           their
           Fathers
           .
           We
           have
           
           seen
           our
           Estates
           vanish
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           our
           honest
           ways
           of
           living
           ,
           our
           hopes
           ,
           our
           Inheritances
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           scarcely
           any
           thing
           left
           us
           but
           our
           miserable
           Lives
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           supported
           by
           the
           Charity
           of
           our
           
             Christian
             Brethren
          
           .
        
         
           Yet
           amongst
           all
           these
           Afflictions
           we
           are
           not
           destitute
           of
           Comfort
           ;
           we
           ,
           if
           ever
           any
           did
           ,
           do
           truly
           suffer
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ;
           the
           Malice
           of
           our
           Persecutors
           not
           being
           able
           to
           charge
           us
           with
           the
           least
           Misdemeanour
           .
           We
           have
           served
           our
           King
           and
           the
           State
           with
           Zeal
           and
           Faithfulness
           .
           We
           have
           submitted
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           to
           Magistrates
           ;
           and
           for
           our
           Fellow-Citizens
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           complain
           of
           us
           .
           We
           have
           for
           Twenty
           years
           together
           suffered
           with
           an
           unexemplary
           patience
           all
           those
           furious
           and
           dreadful
           Storms
           aforementioned
           .
           And
           when
           in
           Vivaretz
           and
           Cevennes
           ,
           some
           have
           thought
           themselves
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           preach
           on
           the
           Ruines
           of
           their
           Temples
           illegally
           demolisht
           ,
           their
           small
           number
           ,
           which
           were
           but
           a
           handful
           of
           Men
           ,
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           has
           only
           served
           to
           stir
           up
           more
           the
           Resignation
           and
           Obedience
           of
           our
           whole
           Body
           .
           In
           these
           latter
           Storms
           we
           have
           been
           like
           Sheep
           ,
           innocent
           and
           without
           defence
           .
           We
           then
           comfort
           our selves
           in
           the
           Justice
           of
           our
           Cause
           ,
           and
           our
           peaceable
           Deportment
           under
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           comfort
           our selves
           likewise
           in
           the
           Christian
           Compassion
           shewed
           us
           by
           Forrein
           Princes
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           of
           his
           Majesty
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           has
           received
           us
           into
           his
           Countries
           ,
           succoured
           and
           relieved
           us
           ,
           and
           recommended
           our
           distressed
           Condition
           to
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           found
           in
           them
           not
           only
           new
           Masters
           ,
           or
           the
           Affections
           of
           new
           Friends
           ,
           but
           of
           real
           Parents
           and
           Brethren
           .
           And
           as
           these
           bowels
           of
           Commiseration
           have
           been
           as
           Balm
           to
           our
           Wounds
           ,
           so
           we
           shall
           never
           lose
           the
           remembrance
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           hope
           we
           nor
           our
           Children
           shall
           ever
           do
           any
           thing
           ,
           by
           Gods
           Grace
           ,
           unworthy
           any
           of
           these
           their
           protections
           .
        
         
           All
           our
           Affliction
           then
           is
           ,
           to
           see
           our
           Religion
           oppressed
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           France
           ;
           so
           many
           Churches
           wherein
           God
           was
           daily
           served
           according
           to
           the
           simplicity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           demolished
           ,
           so
           many
           Flocks
           dispers'd
           ,
           so
           many
           poor
           Consciences
           sighing
           and
           groaning
           under
           their
           Bondage
           ;
           so
           many
           Children
           deprived
           of
           the
           lawful
           Education
           of
           their
           Parent
           ;
           but
           we
           hope
           that
           at
           length
           the
           same
           God
           who
           heard
           heretofore
           the
           Sighs
           of
           his
           People
           in
           the
           Servitude
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           will
           also
           hear
           at
           this
           time
           the
           Cries
           of
           his
           Faithful
           Servants
           .
           We
           call
           not
           for
           Fire
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           
             We
             are
             for
             no
             resistance
          
           ,
           we
           only
           pray
           that
           God
           would
           touch
           the
           Hearts
           
           of
           our
           Persecuters
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           repent
           ,
           and
           be
           saved
           together
           with
           us
           .
           We
           entreat
           such
           a
           deliverance
           ,
           as
           he
           in
           his
           Wisdom
           shall
           think
           fitting
           .
        
         
           However
           't
           will
           be
           no
           Offence
           to
           God
           nor
           Good
           Men
           to
           leave
           this
           Writing
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           a
           Protestation
           made
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           them
           against
           these
           Violences
           ;
           more
           especially
           against
           the
           Edict
           of
           1685.
           containing
           the
           Revocation
           of
           that
           of
           Nants
           ,
           it
           being
           in
           its
           own
           Nature
           inviolable
           ,
           irrevocable
           ,
           and
           unalterable
           .
           We
           may
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           complain
           amongst
           other
           things
           against
           the
           worse
           than
           inhumane
           Cruelties
           exercised
           on
           dead
           Bodies
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           drag'd
           along
           the
           Streets
           at
           the
           Horse
           Tayls
           ,
           and
           dig'd
           out
           ,
           and
           denyed
           Sepulchers
           .
           We
           cannot
           but
           complain
           of
           the
           Cruel
           Orders
           to
           part
           with
           our
           Children
           ,
           and
           suffer
           them
           to
           be
           Baptized
           ,
           and
           brought
           up
           by
           our
           Enemies
           .
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           against
           the
           impious
           and
           detestable
           practise
           ,
           now
           in
           vogue
           ,
           of
           making
           Religion
           to
           depend
           on
           the
           Kings
           pleasure
           ,
           on
           the
           will
           of
           a
           Mortal
           Prince
           ,
           and
           of
           treating
           perseverance
           in
           the
           Faith
           with
           the
           odious
           name
           of
           Rebellion
           :
           This
           is
           to
           make
           a
           God
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           to
           run
           back
           into
           the
           Heathenish
           pride
           and
           flattery
           amongst
           the
           Romans
           ;
           or
           an
           authorising
           of
           Atheism
           or
           gross
           Idolatry
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           we
           commit
           our
           Complaints
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           Interests
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           that
           Providence
           ,
           which
           brings
           Good
           out
           of
           Evil
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           above
           the
           Understanding
           of
           Mortals
           ,
           whose
           Houses
           are
           in
           the
           Dust
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           EDICT
           of
           the
           French
           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
           Grandfather
           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
           Forreign
           Wars
           ,
           might
           not
           be
           disturbed
           by
           occasion
           of
           the
           pretended
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           as
           it
           had
           been
           during
           the
           Reigns
           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
           reunite
           those
           again
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           upon
           so
           slight
           occasions
           had
           withdrawn
           themselves
           from
           it
           .
           And
           forasmuch
           as
           this
           Intention
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           our
           said
           Grandfather
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           effected
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           suddain
           and
           precipitated
           Death
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           foresaid
           Edict
           was
           interrupted
           during
           the
           Minority
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           Our
           most
           Honoured
           Lord
           and
           Father
           ,
           of
           Glorious
           Memory
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           new
           Enter-prises
           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
           foresaid
           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
           Grandfather
           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
           mix'd
           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
           entirely
           in
           the
           searching
           out
           of
           means
           ,
           which
           might
           successfully
           effect
           and
           accomplish
           the
           design
           of
           the
           Kings
           ,
           our
           said
           Grandfather
           and
           Father
           ,
           and
           which
           also
           have
           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
           attain'd
           the
           end
           we
           proposed
           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
           sice
           by
           means
           thereof
           ,
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           other
           Ordinances
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           said
           Pretended
           Reformed
           Religion
           is
           made
           useless
           ,
           we
           judge
           that
           we
           can
           do
           nothing
           better
           towards
           the
           entire
           effacing
           of
           the
           Memory
           of
           those
           Troubles
           ,
           Confusion
           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
           perticular
           Articles
           and
           Concessions
           granted
           therein
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           else
           hath
           been
           Enacted
           since
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           said
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             We
             m●k●
             known
             ,
             that
             we
             ,
             for
             these
             and
             other
             Reasons
             us
             thereto
             moving
             ,
             and
             of
             u●certain
             Knowledg
             ,
             full
             Power
             and
             Royal
             Authority
             ,
             have
             by
             the
             present
             perpetual
             and
             irrevocable
             Edict
             ,
             Suppressd
             and
             
             Annull'd
             ,
             do
             suppress
             and
             annul
             the
             Edict
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             our
             said
             Grand
             father
             ,
             given
             at
             Nantes
             in
             April
             ,
             1598
             in
             its
             whole
             extent
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             particular
             Arcicles
             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
             ,
             
               fifteen
               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
             ,
             so
             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
             Widdow
             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
             Vnderstand
             that
             they
             be
             dispensedwith
             ,
             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
             Moy●ty
             of
             those
             dues
             which
             are
             usually
             paid
             upon
             that
             account
             in
             every
             Vniversity
             .
          
        
         
           
             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
             imp●rt
             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
             henceforward
             they
             be
             baptized
             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
             Clemenctowards
             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
             Declarations
             made
             against
             those
             who
             shall
             relapse
             ,
             be
             Executed
             upon
             them
             according
             t●
             their
             Form
             and
             Tenor.
             
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             those
             of
             the
             said
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             in
             the
             meantime
             ,
             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
             aforementioned
             ,
             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
             contravening
             or
             suffering
             the
             same
             to
             be
             contravened
             ;
             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
                 Our
                 Reign
                 the
                 43.
                 
              
            
          
           
             Sealed
             with
             the
             Great
             Seal
             of
             Green-Wax
             ,
             upon
             a
             Red
             and
             Green
             string
             of
             Silk
             .
             Signed
             
               LEWES
               .
            
          
           
             This
             signifies
             the
             Lord
             Chancellors
             perusal
             .
             VISA
             .
             
               Le
               Tellier
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             REgistred
             and
             Published
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Procurator
             or
             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
             Destrict
             ,
             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
               the
               22d
               .
               of
               October
               ,
               1685.
               
            
             Signed
             
               De
               la
               Baune
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           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
           sense
           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
           Catholic
           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
           Encharist
           ,
           there
           is
           
             truly
             ,
             really
             and
             substantially
             ,
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Soul
             and
             Divinity
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           it
           there
           is
           made
           a
           change
           of
           the
           whole
           substance
           of
           the
           Bread
           into
           his
           Body
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           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
           there
           of
           is
           very
           beneficial
           to
           Christians
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           acknowledg
           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
           God's
           assistance
           ,
           to
           keep
           intirely
           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
           maintained
           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
             ,
             before
             whom
             he
             makes
             his
             Abjuration
             .
          
           
             
               IN.
               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
             and
             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
             —
          
           
             FINIS
             .