News from France in a letter giving a relation of the present state of the difference between the French king and the court of Rome : to which is added the Popes brief to the assembly of the clergy, and the protestation made by them in Latin : together with an English translation of them.
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             News from France in a letter giving a relation of the present state of the difference between the French king and the court of Rome : to which is added the Popes brief to the assembly of the clergy, and the protestation made by them in Latin : together with an English translation of them.
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
             Innocent XI, Pope, 1611-1689. Ad archiepiscopos, episcopos, totumque clerum in regno Galliae. English & Latin.
             Fall, James, 1646 or 7-1711.
             Catholic Church. Assemblée générale du clergé de France. Cleri Gallicani de ecclesiastica potestate declaratio. English & Latin.
          
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             News
             from
             France
          
           :
           IN
           A
           LETTER
           Giving
           a
           RELATION
           of
           the
           Present
           State
           of
           the
           DIFFERENCE
           Between
           the
           French
           King
           AND
           
             The
             Court
             of
             Rome
          
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           The
           
             Popes
             Brief
          
           to
           the
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestation
           made
           by
           them
           in
           Latin
           ,
           together
           with
           an
           English
           Translation
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Chiswel
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           M
           DC
           LXXXII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           News
           from
           France
           :
        
         
           In
           a
           LETTER
           giving
           a
           Relation
           of
           the
           present
           state
           of
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           French
           King
           and
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
          
           
             IN
             obedience
             to
             your
             Commands
             ,
             I
             send
             you
             herewith
             a
             Copy
             both
             of
             the
             Pope's
             last
             Brief
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Protestation
             made
             by
             them
             .
             But
             I
             know
             these
             will
             not
             fully
             answer
             your
             expectation
             ,
             nor
             satisfie
             your
             Curiosity
             ,
             unless
             accompanied
             with
             a
             more
             particular
             account
             of
             the
             state
             of
             that
             affair
             ,
             such
             as
             a
             stranger
             who
             is
             not
             yet
             so
             happy
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             let
             in
             to
             
             much
             of
             the
             Conversation
             of
             this
             place
             ,
             could
             pick
             up
             in
             so
             short
             a
             time
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             the
             French
             are
             apt
             to
             talk
             ,
             and
             upon
             this
             occasion
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             hard
             thing
             to
             engage
             them
             into
             much
             discourse
             ,
             especially
             when
             their
             fears
             do
             not
             check
             the
             freedom
             of
             Speech
             that
             is
             so
             natural
             to
             the
             Nation
             :
             for
             being
             now
             safe
             under
             the
             protection
             of
             the
             Kings
             Authority
             ,
             and
             secured
             under
             the
             covert
             of
             Edicts
             and
             an
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             they
             are
             ready
             enough
             to
             speak
             out
             what
             they
             formerly
             disguised
             ,
             or
             trusted
             only
             to
             a
             few
             confiding
             persons
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Generality
             of
             the
             Inferiour
             people
             here
             ,
             and
             the
             Women
             ,
             they
             appear
             to
             be
             more
             addicted
             to
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             than
             could
             have
             been
             imagined
             .
             The
             Popes
             Infallibility
             passes
             among
             them
             for
             an
             Article
             of
             Faith
             ;
             so
             they
             are
             much
             scandalized
             at
             the
             reports
             which
             are
             secretly
             set
             about
             by
             the
             Monks
             and
             Fryars
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             King
             were
             like
             to
             be
             abused
             by
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Paris
             ,
             and
             engaged
             in
             a
             Schism
             from
             the
             Chair
             of
             St.
             Peter
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             that
             Prelate
             hopes
             by
             these
             means
             ,
             to
             be
             made
             Patriarch
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             become
             very
             little
             Inferiour
             to
             the
             Pope
             himself
             ;
             and
             in
             time
             ,
             if
             the
             design
             of
             the
             Universal
             Monarchy
             goes
             on
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             common
             discourse
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             then
             as
             the
             Patriarch
             of
             the
             French
             Empire
             ,
             he
             may
             pretend
             at
             least
             ,
             to
             be
             made
             in
             all
             things
             equal
             to
             the
             Bishops
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Bishops
             of
             Constantinople
             were
             anciently
             ▪
             when
             that
             City
             was
             made
             the
             Seat
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             the
             Precedence
             was
             then
             granted
             to
             the
             Bishops
             of
             Rome
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             the
             chief
             City
             ,
             and
             the
             Empire
             ▪
             carrying
             its
             name
             from
             Rome
             ,
             no
             wonder
             if
             the
             Bishop
             of
             the
             Capital
             City
             had
             the
             Right-hand
             still
             reserved
             to
             him
             .
             But
             if
             Paris
             becomes
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             this
             Fifth
             Monarchy
             ,
             then
             I
             do
             not
             see
             ,
             but
             it
             may
             so
             fall
             out
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Paris
             may
             even
             dispute
             Precedence
             
             with
             his
             Holiness
             at
             Rome
             ;
             that
             City
             having
             now
             retained
             little
             more
             of
             its
             ancient
             Greatness
             ,
             than
             the
             Name
             :
             and
             it
             is
             not
             like
             to
             be
             ever
             esteemed
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             the
             New
             Empire
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             so
             much
             talked
             of
             here
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             the
             people
             here
             that
             are
             most
             zealous
             against
             Heresie
             ,
             have
             been
             so
             managed
             by
             the
             Jesuites
             and
             the
             begging
             Fryars
             in
             Confessions
             ,
             that
             they
             almost
             universally
             look
             on
             the
             Pope
             as
             Infallible
             :
             and
             every
             one
             remembers
             ,
             that
             about
             twenty
             year
             ago
             there
             was
             scarce
             any
             other
             Doctrine
             to
             be
             heard
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             extolled
             the
             Popes
             Infallibility
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             Points
             of
             Faith
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             Matters
             of
             Fact
             :
             and
             the
             falling
             from
             the
             submission
             due
             to
             St.
             
             Peter's
             Chair
             ,
             was
             called
             
               the
               root
               and
               source
               of
               all
               heresie
               ,
            
             which
             was
             aggravated
             with
             all
             that
             could
             be
             invented
             to
             make
             the
             Iansenists
             the
             more
             odious
             ,
             who
             were
             then
             looked
             on
             as
             ill
             affected
             to
             that
             See.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             so
             fresh
             in
             all
             peoples
             remembrance
             ,
             and
             is
             now
             so
             often
             repeated
             by
             those
             who
             bear
             no
             good
             will
             to
             that
             Order
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             were
             not
             a
             sort
             of
             men
             very
             incapable
             of
             the
             Impressions
             which
             modesty
             and
             shame
             make
             on
             most
             people
             ,
             they
             would
             scarce
             know
             how
             to
             lift
             up
             their
             heads
             .
             It
             is
             not
             unpleasant
             to
             hear
             how
             those
             that
             rally
             them
             ,
             make
             Apologies
             for
             them
             from
             their
             own
             principles
             :
             Some
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             Intention
             according
             to
             their
             Casuistical
             Divinity
             ,
             justifies
             the
             means
             used
             to
             accomplish
             a
             good
             end
             ;
             and
             since
             the
             promoting
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Society
             ,
             is
             the
             end
             they
             aim
             at
             ,
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             complementing
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             may
             promote
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             lawful
             to
             do
             it
             :
             but
             if
             the
             depressing
             that
             ,
             and
             extolling
             the
             Regal
             Power
             becomes
             more
             necessary
             for
             the
             Interests
             of
             the
             Society
             ,
             the
             good
             Intention
             will
             secure
             all
             still
             :
             and
             there
             is
             no
             reason
             
             to
             doubt
             ,
             but
             they
             seriously
             intend
             the
             good
             of
             their
             Order
             ,
             and
             as
             little
             to
             question
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             a
             good
             thing
             .
             So
             here
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Intention
             serves
             them
             to
             very
             good
             purpose
             .
          
           
             Their
             other
             celebrated
             Maxim
             of
             Probability
             ,
             is
             no
             less
             useful
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             probable
             Opinion
             a
             man
             may
             with
             a
             good
             Conscience
             follow
             either
             side
             ,
             and
             that
             any
             approved
             Doctor
             's
             being
             of
             any
             side
             ,
             makes
             that
             Opinion
             probable
             .
             From
             which
             ,
             those
             that
             divert
             themselves
             with
             them
             ,
             say
             in
             their
             defence
             ,
             that
             approved
             Doctors
             having
             been
             of
             both
             sides
             in
             the
             Point
             of
             the
             Pope's
             Infallibility
             ,
             a
             man
             may
             with
             a
             safe
             Conscience
             chuse
             either
             side
             ,
             as
             he
             finds
             it
             is
             most
             convenient
             for
             him
             .
             Thus
             the
             two
             Doctrines
             of
             Intention
             and
             Probability
             joyned
             together
             ,
             make
             a
             very
             substantial
             Apology
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             indeed
             it
             is
             all
             I
             hear
             said
             to
             vindicate
             them
             in
             this
             particular
             :
             for
             to
             tell
             you
             truth
             ,
             It
             is
             very
             hard
             to
             get
             any
             of
             them
             to
             talk
             of
             this
             matter
             :
             those
             that
             are
             meer
             Scholars
             ,
             are
             still
             for
             the
             Pope
             ;
             but
             they
             are
             so
             restrained
             by
             the
             Political
             Fathers
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             not
             enter
             upon
             this
             discourse
             :
             and
             for
             those
             that
             play
             their
             Game
             at
             Court
             ,
             you
             may
             as
             soon
             make
             those
             of
             Whetstones-park
             among
             you
             blush
             ,
             as
             put
             them
             out
             of
             countenance
             .
             They
             do
             now
             value
             themselves
             upon
             their
             Zeal
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Catholick
             Religion
             against
             Heresie
             :
             and
             one
             can
             draw
             nothing
             from
             them
             on
             this
             subject
             ,
             but
             high
             Elogies
             of
             their
             King
             ,
             as
             ,
             
               That
               he
               who
               has
               given
               peace
               to
               all
            
             Europe
             ,
             
               will
               never
               raise
               a
               War
               in
               the
               Church
               ;
               and
               who
               can
               think
               ,
               that
               a
               Prince
               who
               employes
               all
               his
               authority
               for
               the
               Extirpation
               of
               Heresie
               ,
               will
               ever
               turn
               it
               against
               the
               Church
               ?
            
             Upon
             this
             occasion
             I
             could
             tell
             you
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Mr.
             
             Maimbourg's
             Eloquence
             ,
             who
             is
             so
             full
             of
             Raptures
             when
             he
             engages
             in
             this
             discourse
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             thinks
             what
             he
             sayes
             
             will
             be
             reported
             either
             in
             the
             Kings
             hearing
             ,
             or
             before
             any
             of
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             he
             grows
             almost
             Ecstatical
             on
             that
             head
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             are
             not
             said
             only
             by
             the
             Canaille
             ,
             but
             by
             those
             of
             the
             highest
             condition
             ;
             and
             even
             the
             Queen
             and
             Dauphiness
             ,
             as
             we
             hear
             ,
             grow
             apprehensive
             that
             a
             Rupture
             may
             happen
             between
             those
             two
             great
             Luminaries
             the
             Pope
             and
             the
             King
             :
             but
             I
             assure
             you
             ,
             whatever
             the
             Popes
             presumption
             might
             be
             in
             former
             Ages
             ,
             in
             comparing
             himself
             to
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             the
             Temporal
             Princes
             to
             the
             Moon
             ,
             that
             would
             now
             pass
             here
             for
             a
             piece
             of
             high
             presumption
             :
             for
             this
             Glorious
             Monarch
             would
             think
             it
             a
             strange
             degradation
             ,
             if
             he
             ,
             to
             whom
             so
             many
             of
             the
             Glories
             of
             the
             Sun
             have
             been
             ascribed
             by
             hungry
             Flatterers
             ,
             were
             now
             to
             be
             compared
             to
             the
             Moon
             .
             It
             is
             reported
             ,
             that
             these
             two
             Illustrious
             Princesses
             have
             expressed
             their
             Zeal
             on
             this
             occasion
             ,
             and
             have
             told
             the
             Arch
             Bishop
             of
             
               Paris
               ,
               That
               they
               were
               informed
               ,
               he
               and
               some
               others
               of
               the
               Clergy
               intended
               to
               break
               with
               the
               Pope
               :
               they
               might
               do
               what
               they
               pleased
               ,
               but
               for
               their
               parts
               ,
               they
               were
               resolved
               to
               continue
               to
               be
               good
            
             Roman
             Catholicks
             .
             Others
             say
             ,
             the
             King
             is
             a
             
               Good
               Catholick
            
             ,
             the
             
               Most
               Christian
               King
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Eldest
               Son
               of
               the
               Church
            
             ,
             full
             of
             Zeal
             for
             it
             ,
             but
             he
             sees
             by
             other
             mens
             eyes
             :
             and
             as
             the
             common
             style
             in
             England
             of
             those
             who
             are
             displeased
             with
             the
             Government
             ,
             is
             only
             an
             arraigning
             of
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             the
             King
             himself
             being
             treated
             with
             the
             respect
             of
             Civil
             words
             ,
             even
             by
             those
             who
             study
             most
             to
             expose
             his
             Government
             ;
             so
             here
             the
             Zealots
             take
             the
             freedom
             to
             speak
             very
             liberally
             of
             the
             Clergy
             .
             Indeed
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Paris
             carries
             the
             heaviest
             load
             ;
             the
             former
             parts
             of
             his
             life
             have
             been
             such
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             not
             proof
             against
             censure
             :
             and
             upon
             all
             such
             occasions
             ,
             if
             there
             has
             been
             just
             grounds
             given
             for
             some
             ill
             reports
             ,
             malice
             and
             envy
             improves
             these
             with
             
             great
             industry
             ,
             even
             to
             a
             pitch
             that
             is
             scarce
             credible
             :
             But
             I
             love
             not
             to
             dwell
             much
             on
             so
             unfavoury
             a
             subject
             .
             I
             shall
             therefore
             say
             no
             more
             of
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             as
             he
             is
             certainly
             a
             man
             of
             great
             and
             polite
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             dexterous
             Courtier
             ;
             so
             there
             is
             nothing
             to
             be
             imagined
             neither
             for
             impiety
             nor
             lewdness
             with
             which
             he
             is
             not
             openly
             charged
             here
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             discourses
             ,
             but
             in
             Prints
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Authors
             are
             known
             ,
             and
             some
             that
             are
             in
             the
             Bastile
             for
             them
             ,
             offer
             to
             justifie
             all
             that
             they
             have
             aspersed
             him
             with
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             I
             understand
             they
             may
             be
             reduced
             to
             three
             Ranks
             or
             Classes
             .
             The
             first
             and
             greatest
             ,
             is
             of
             those
             who
             have
             neither
             Learning
             nor
             Piety
             ,
             nor
             common
             Morality
             :
             Some
             of
             the
             greatest
             of
             them
             where
             they
             think
             they
             may
             use
             freedom
             ,
             speak
             of
             Religion
             with
             all
             the
             Insolence
             of
             blasphemous
             scorn
             possible
             :
             they
             are
             men
             of
             quality
             who
             have
             taken
             Orders
             meerly
             for
             the
             Dignity
             and
             Wealth
             that
             they
             aspired
             to
             ;
             and
             do
             scarce
             observe
             the
             common
             decencies
             of
             their
             profession
             .
             In
             short
             ,
             the
             King
             is
             all
             the
             God
             they
             serve
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             are
             ready
             to
             advance
             any
             thing
             that
             will
             recommend
             them
             to
             his
             favour
             ,
             or
             contribute
             to
             their
             promotion
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             Class
             is
             of
             the
             Cartesian
             Philosophers
             ,
             who
             approve
             of
             the
             Morals
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             but
             for
             Miracles
             or
             Mysteries
             ,
             they
             believe
             very
             little
             ;
             and
             consider
             the
             several
             Institutions
             of
             Religion
             ,
             only
             as
             they
             do
             Laws
             and
             received
             Customs
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             to
             be
             rashly
             changed
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             Convulsions
             that
             may
             follow
             ;
             but
             as
             to
             their
             own
             perswasions
             of
             things
             ,
             all
             opinions
             and
             practices
             in
             the
             Ritual
             part
             of
             Religion
             seem
             indifferent
             to
             them
             .
             So
             that
             when
             some
             gross
             things
             are
             objected
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             Ingenuous
             enough
             to
             confess
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             reason
             in
             the
             Objection
             ;
             
             but
             after
             all
             ,
             they
             will
             comply
             with
             their
             Interests
             ,
             and
             this
             not
             so
             much
             out
             of
             an
             Atheistical
             temper
             ,
             as
             because
             they
             consider
             all
             the
             Institutions
             of
             Religion
             ,
             only
             as
             matters
             of
             Policy
             and
             Law.
             
          
           
             A
             third
             Class
             ,
             which
             as
             it
             is
             much
             the
             best
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             much
             the
             least
             ,
             is
             of
             those
             who
             are
             both
             Learned
             and
             Good
             Men
             ,
             and
             are
             fully
             convinced
             of
             many
             Errors
             in
             their
             Church
             ,
             which
             they
             think
             need
             Reformation
             :
             but
             what
             by
             a
             weakness
             of
             temper
             ,
             what
             by
             some
             principles
             which
             they
             have
             carried
             too
             far
             against
             every
             thing
             that
             seems
             to
             lead
             to
             Schism
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             Spirit
             enough
             to
             own
             the
             freedom
             of
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             say
             they
             hope
             that
             God
             will
             forgive
             their
             temporizing
             ,
             since
             they
             know
             not
             how
             to
             emancipate
             themselves
             :
             Nor
             do
             they
             see
             a
             party
             to
             which
             they
             can
             turn
             .
             They
             have
             great
             prejudice
             against
             the
             Hugonots
             ,
             both
             as
             to
             the
             first
             Constitution
             of
             their
             Churches
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             things
             that
             are
             among
             them
             :
             but
             I
             am
             confident
             if
             they
             were
             in
             England
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             more
             inclined
             to
             come
             over
             to
             the
             Church
             there
             :
             and
             indeed
             I
             hear
             only
             two
             exceptions
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             among
             them
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             the
             positive
             definition
             against
             the
             Corporal
             Presence
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             which
             they
             wish
             were
             left
             in
             general
             terms
             without
             positive
             definitions
             either
             one
             way
             or
             another
             ;
             the
             other
             is
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             not
             such
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Devotion
             and
             Mortification
             and
             exemplary
             Piety
             among
             the
             Church-men
             ,
             as
             ought
             to
             be
             .
             They
             speak
             of
             Pluralities
             and
             Non-Residence
             and
             of
             the
             Aspiring
             and
             Pomp
             of
             Church
             men
             with
             horror
             :
             And
             it
             is
             certain
             that
             this
             Church
             could
             not
             have
             subsisted
             so
             long
             ,
             if
             the
             gross
             scandals
             that
             are
             given
             by
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Abbots
             of
             the
             Court
             were
             not
             counterballanced
             by
             the
             shining
             examples
             of
             some
             of
             their
             Prelates
             ,
             which
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             is
             far
             beyond
             any
             thing
             I
             ever
             saw
             .
          
           
           
             You
             may
             wonder
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             Enumeration
             I
             do
             not
             reckon
             up
             the
             Bigots
             ;
             but
             really
             there
             are
             so
             few
             of
             those
             among
             the
             Superiour
             Clergy
             ,
             that
             they
             scarce
             make
             a
             Classis
             .
             I
             have
             not
             heard
             of
             one
             of
             them
             that
             believes
             the
             Pope
             Infallible
             ,
             or
             is
             perswaded
             of
             Transubstantiation
             .
             I
             heard
             one
             pleasantly
             declaim
             against
             the
             folly
             of
             the
             
               Messieurs
               of
               Charenton
            
             ,
             for
             writing
             such
             Learned
             Volumes
             in
             confutation
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             which
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             
               none
               of
               the
               Catholicks
               believed
               any
               more
               than
               They
               did
               ,
               so
               they
               might
               well
               spare
               the
               pains
               .
            
             But
             he
             reckoned
             the
             Revenues
             of
             the
             Ecclesiasticks
             in
             their
             communion
             were
             fifty
             Millions
             a
             year
             ;
             
               In
               that
            
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             
               is
               the
               strength
               of
               our
               cause
               :
               Let
               Mr.
            
             Claude
             
               answer
               that
               ,
               and
               then
               Mr.
            
             Arnauld
             
               will
               be
               a
               feeble
               party
               to
               him
               .
            
          
           
             Among
             the
             Monks
             and
             Fryars
             there
             is
             something
             very
             like
             Bigotry
             ,
             though
             there
             is
             so
             little
             sincerity
             among
             them
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             very
             hard
             to
             know
             when
             they
             may
             be
             believed
             .
             I
             confess
             ,
             one
             thing
             I
             heard
             put
             to
             one
             of
             them
             that
             seemed
             unanswerable
             ,
             and
             it
             pressed
             them
             hard
             in
             this
             point
             of
             the
             Popes
             Infallibility
             .
             The
             great
             Topick
             they
             use
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             in
             every
             bodies
             mouth
             against
             the
             Hereticks
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             men
             must
             not
             trust
             to
             their
             own
             opinions
             ,
             but
             submit
             all
             to
             the
             Church
             :
             and
             that
             truth
             could
             not
             be
             preserved
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             not
             a
             living
             Infallible
             Judge
             on
             earth
             ;
             and
             by
             this
             great
             numbers
             of
             well
             meaning
             Hugonots
             are
             drawn
             over
             .
             It
             has
             an
             appearance
             that
             is
             apt
             to
             work
             on
             an
             humble
             and
             well
             disposed
             mind
             .
             Now
             the
             people
             alwayes
             thought
             that
             this
             was
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             to
             whom
             all
             the
             Bishops
             were
             to
             make
             their
             application
             for
             the
             resolution
             of
             such
             controversies
             as
             might
             arise
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             argument
             had
             still
             some
             effect
             :
             but
             now
             that
             the
             Councils
             of
             Constance
             are
             declared
             for
             ,
             that
             lodged
             this
             Infallibility
             in
             a
             General
             Council
             ,
             the
             Church
             has
             lost
             her
             
             great
             advantage
             against
             Hereticks
             :
             for
             there
             is
             no
             such
             Council
             in
             being
             ,
             there
             has
             been
             none
             that
             pretended
             to
             that
             Title
             now
             almost
             one
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             years
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             not
             probable
             there
             shall
             ever
             be
             another
             ,
             so
             there
             is
             no
             living
             Infallible
             Judge
             .
             The
             Fryar
             said
             so
             little
             in
             answer
             to
             this
             ,
             that
             I
             clearly
             perceived
             ,
             he
             looked
             on
             the
             belief
             of
             the
             Popes
             Infallibility
             as
             the
             Basis
             or
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             But
             they
             are
             so
             much
             afraid
             of
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Paris
             his
             Spies
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             rigour
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             they
             speak
             of
             this
             matter
             only
             in
             dark
             Figures
             or
             Riddles
             .
          
           
             One
             of
             them
             would
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             
               that
               it
               was
               safest
               to
               stick
               to
               the
               root
               of
               the
               tree
               :
            
             another
             said
             ,
             
               all
               things
               will
               return
               to
               their
               center
               .
            
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             the
             Regulars
             are
             much
             concerned
             in
             the
             maintaining
             of
             the
             Popes
             authority
             ,
             for
             all
             their
             exemptions
             depend
             upon
             it
             .
             And
             there
             is
             no
             Heresie
             of
             which
             they
             are
             so
             apprehensive
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             losing
             their
             priviledges
             ,
             and
             being
             brought
             under
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             their
             Bishops
             :
             and
             this
             the
             Bishops
             do
             all
             so
             openly
             pretend
             to
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             the
             first
             step
             that
             would
             be
             made
             after
             a
             rupture
             with
             Rome
             ,
             to
             bring
             them
             in
             all
             points
             ,
             within
             the
             care
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             authority
             of
             their
             Diocesans
             .
             This
             present
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Clergy
             had
             this
             matter
             under
             their
             consideration
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             time
             it
             is
             probable
             they
             would
             have
             made
             some
             progress
             in
             it
             ,
             if
             the
             King
             had
             not
             ordered
             them
             to
             adjourn
             for
             some
             time
             .
             So
             you
             need
             not
             doubt
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             very
             careful
             to
             possess
             all
             people
             in
             such
             secret
             methods
             as
             they
             dare
             venture
             on
             ,
             with
             very
             tragical
             apprehensions
             of
             the
             Issue
             of
             the
             present
             contest
             with
             Rome
             .
             And
             if
             the
             severity
             against
             the
             Protestants
             were
             not
             interposed
             ,
             as
             a
             signal
             evidence
             of
             the
             Kings
             Zeal
             for
             the
             faith
             ,
             it
             is
             probable
             this
             meeting
             with
             the
             other
             things
             that
             raise
             so
             much
             discontent
             
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             might
             have
             produced
             more
             considerable
             effects
             than
             have
             yet
             appeared
             .
             That
             this
             may
             be
             alwayes
             in
             the
             peoples
             eye
             ,
             new
             Edicts
             come
             out
             every
             day
             ,
             which
             shew
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             is
             resolved
             to
             make
             his
             Hugonot
             Subjects
             grow
             weary
             either
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             or
             of
             their
             Religion
             .
          
           
             Two
             came
             out
             the
             other
             day
             :
             the
             one
             was
             ,
             that
             no
             Protestant
             may
             have
             the
             Relief
             of
             an
             Evocation
             (
             or
             appeal
             )
             from
             any
             Court
             of
             Justice
             where
             he
             finds
             himself
             aggrieved
             .
             The
             other
             is
             ,
             that
             no
             Sea-man
             nor
             Tradesman
             shall
             offer
             to
             go
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             without
             leave
             ,
             under
             the
             pain
             of
             being
             sent
             to
             the
             Gallies
             .
             So
             that
             it
             is
             resolved
             ,
             that
             all
             who
             profess
             that
             Religion
             ,
             shall
             be
             miserable
             ,
             if
             they
             stay
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             much
             more
             so
             ,
             if
             they
             offer
             to
             fly
             out
             of
             it
             .
             These
             things
             give
             the
             people
             some
             comfort
             ,
             who
             cannot
             be
             easily
             made
             to
             doubt
             of
             their
             Kings
             firmness
             to
             their
             Religion
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             he
             continues
             true
             to
             one
             main
             branch
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             persecuting
             those
             of
             other
             perswasions
             .
          
           
             But
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             probable
             ,
             that
             all
             this
             business
             ,
             on
             which
             the
             World
             has
             now
             lookt
             so
             attentively
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             will
             produce
             any
             great
             effect
             .
             The
             King
             does
             not
             meddle
             in
             matters
             of
             Speculation
             himself
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             little
             reason
             to
             expect
             much
             from
             a
             man
             of
             the
             Arch
             Bishop
             of
             Paris
             his
             temper
             .
             So
             that
             we
             begin
             generally
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             some
             Expedient
             will
             be
             found
             .
             The
             King
             has
             declared
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             resolved
             ,
             not
             to
             break
             with
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             he
             has
             lately
             received
             a
             Brief
             from
             him
             ,
             writ
             in
             a
             more
             obliging
             strain
             ,
             than
             those
             formerly
             sent
             .
             I
             have
             not
             yet
             seen
             a
             Copy
             of
             it
             ,
             so
             I
             cannot
             send
             it
             ;
             only
             the
             first
             words
             are
             much
             talkt
             of
             ,
             for
             it
             begins
             thus
             ,
             
               My
               Son
               give
               me
               thy
               heart
               .
            
             It
             seems
             it
             has
             made
             some
             impression
             on
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             in
             hopes
             of
             bringing
             the
             whole
             matter
             to
             an
             
             amicable
             conclusion
             ;
             and
             therefore
             he
             takes
             cares
             that
             there
             be
             no
             new
             provocation
             given
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             has
             ordered
             the
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Clergy
             to
             adjourn
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             on
             the
             30th
             of
             May
             last
             ,
             and
             many
             think
             they
             will
             hardly
             meet
             again
             except
             it
             be
             for
             forms
             sake
             .
          
           
             Some
             begin
             also
             to
             talk
             of
             a
             Legate
             to
             be
             sent
             into
             France
             ,
             for
             concluding
             this
             affair
             ;
             and
             Azolini
             is
             the
             man
             most
             talked
             of
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             very
             fit
             person
             for
             such
             an
             Employment
             ,
             for
             he
             has
             the
             reputation
             of
             a
             very
             prudent
             and
             devout
             man.
             Last
             Winter
             he
             retired
             from
             all
             business
             ,
             and
             gave
             himself
             wholly
             to
             devotion
             and
             meditatitiom
             :
             So
             whether
             he
             will
             leave
             his
             retirement
             to
             do
             so
             great
             a
             service
             to
             his
             Church
             or
             not
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             yet
             know
             .
             It
             is
             true
             I
             found
             at
             Rome
             ,
             last
             Winter
             his
             character
             much
             lessened
             among
             the
             Italians
             ,
             who
             look
             upon
             such
             retirements
             ,
             as
             either
             the
             effects
             of
             melancholy
             or
             affectation
             :
             For
             indeed
             few
             there
             understand
             either
             the
             Philosophy
             ,
             or
             the
             piety
             that
             should
             work
             such
             a
             change
             in
             a
             man
             dignified
             with
             the
             Purple
             .
             But
             the
             Pope
             has
             a
             much
             better
             sense
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             as
             appeared
             in
             this
             last
             promotion
             of
             Cardinals
             ,
             which
             I
             found
             all
             at
             Rome
             ,
             confess
             was
             the
             best
             that
             ever
             was
             made
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             state
             of
             the
             affair
             of
             the
             Regale
             ,
             which
             has
             set
             both
             France
             and
             Rome
             in
             such
             a
             fermentation
             :
             But
             for
             the
             last
             Edict
             ,
             touching
             the
             Popes
             authority
             over
             Princes
             ,
             his
             Infallibility
             and
             the
             Superiority
             of
             General
             Councils
             over
             him
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             harder
             Chapter
             :
             for
             as
             at
             Rome
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             imagined
             they
             can
             ever
             comply
             with
             it
             or
             endure
             it
             ;
             so
             it
             is
             not
             likely
             this
             Court
             will
             ever
             suffer
             it
             to
             be
             altered
             or
             recalled
             .
             The
             temper
             that
             will
             be
             perhaps
             found
             ,
             will
             be
             this
             the
             Edict
             will
             be
             still
             left
             upon
             Record
             ;
             but
             there
             will
             be
             secret
             directions
             given
             not
             
             to
             execute
             it
             .
             The
             Pope
             has
             by
             his
             Brief
             annulled
             all
             that
             the
             Assembly
             has
             done
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             will
             look
             upon
             it
             as
             condemned
             by
             his
             authority
             ;
             and
             perhaps
             will
             be
             satisfied
             with
             this
             ,
             without
             proceeding
             to
             a
             more
             express
             condemnation
             .
             On
             the
             other
             hand
             a
             secret
             intimation
             from
             the
             Court
             not
             to
             proceed
             any
             further
             in
             the
             execution
             of
             it
             ,
             will
             be
             perhaps
             easily
             obtained
             ;
             and
             so
             this
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             difficulty
             may
             be
             so
             made
             up
             ,
             that
             at
             present
             this
             difference
             will
             be
             carried
             no
             further
             .
             The
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             will
             think
             it
             enough
             that
             the
             Edict
             is
             past
             ,
             and
             will
             advise
             the
             keeping
             it
             as
             a
             perpetual
             terrour
             for
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             .
             So
             that
             hereafter
             ,
             upon
             every
             disgust
             offered
             to
             this
             Crown
             by
             that
             Court
             ,
             this
             Edict
             will
             be
             made
             use
             of
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             shaking
             this
             Rod
             it
             may
             be
             thought
             the
             Popes
             will
             be
             kept
             to
             their
             good
             behaviour
             .
             Somewhat
             of
             this
             will
             appear
             within
             a
             few
             days
             ,
             for
             many
             of
             the
             Doctors
             of
             the
             Sorbon
             have
             complained
             highly
             of
             the
             proceedings
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             of
             the
             making
             a
             Declaration
             on
             such
             points
             ,
             and
             the
             requiring
             them
             to
             Register
             it
             ,
             without
             ever
             asking
             their
             opinion
             about
             them
             :
             They
             have
             not
             yet
             obeyed
             the
             Edict
             nor
             registred
             it
             ;
             yesterday
             they
             were
             cited
             to
             appear
             before
             the
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             were
             required
             for
             the
             second
             time
             to
             call
             an
             extraordinary
             Assembly
             within
             ten
             days
             ,
             and
             without
             further
             delay
             to
             put
             the
             Edict
             in
             their
             Registers
             .
             So
             whether
             they
             will
             give
             obedience
             ,
             or
             whether
             the
             thing
             will
             be
             let
             fall
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             delay'd
             ,
             is
             not
             yet
             certain
             and
             therefore
             you
             must
             have
             a
             little
             patience
             till
             the
             progress
             of
             this
             affair
             give
             you
             a
             better
             view
             of
             it
             ,
             than
             can
             be
             done
             by
             such
             conjectures
             as
             are
             made
             here
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             it
             seems
             the
             Iansenists
             expect
             a
             storm
             both
             because
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Paris
             is
             their
             declared
             and
             enraged
             enemy
             ,
             and
             looks
             on
             them
             as
             the
             authors
             of
             
             all
             those
             Libels
             that
             fly
             about
             Paris
             against
             him
             ;
             and
             also
             because
             in
             this
             matter
             they
             do
             openly
             espouse
             the
             Popes
             interests
             .
             And
             this
             is
             represented
             to
             the
             King
             as
             an
             effect
             of
             their
             Factious
             and
             restless
             tempers
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             hatred
             they
             bear
             to
             his
             government
             .
             In
             this
             there
             is
             too
             much
             reason
             to
             justifie
             that
             imputation
             ;
             for
             it
             seems
             as
             odd
             a
             thing
             to
             see
             them
             turn
             Champions
             for
             the
             Popes
             authority
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             to
             see
             the
             Iesuites
             declare
             against
             it
             :
             And
             it
             shews
             but
             too
             evidently
             that
             interests
             and
             resentments
             govern
             both
             parties
             in
             their
             opinions
             as
             well
             as
             in
             their
             practices
             .
             The
             Iansenists
             are
             now
             mightily
             run
             down
             here
             ,
             and
             beside
             the
             old
             Imputations
             of
             their
             being
             too
             favourable
             to
             the
             Hereticks
             ,
             this
             is
             now
             added
             to
             it
             ,
             That
             they
             are
             too
             great
             friends
             to
             the
             liberty
             of
             the
             people
             ;
             That
             they
             do
             not
             love
             the
             Kings
             Arbitrary
             Government
             ,
             and
             ,
             That
             they
             will
             be
             of
             any
             side
             that
             is
             against
             the
             King.
             It
             seems
             they
             expect
             nothing
             but
             severity
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             animate
             their
             party
             to
             prepare
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             bear
             it
             patiently
             :
             For
             the
             famous
             Mr.
             Arnauld
             ,
             though
             he
             has
             retired
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             is
             not
             known
             where
             he
             lives
             ,
             has
             of
             late
             published
             a
             continuation
             of
             his
             defence
             of
             the
             Translation
             of
             the
             
               New
               Testament
            
             ,
             Printed
             at
             Mons
             ;
             which
             he
             concludes
             with
             a
             bold
             and
             pathetick
             Discourse
             concerning
             the
             sufferings
             of
             that
             party
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             rejoyces
             ,
             and
             calls
             them
             the
             tryals
             of
             their
             Faith
             and
             patience
             ,
             and
             a
             portion
             which
             the
             Church
             Militant
             must
             of
             necessity
             look
             for
             .
             And
             on
             this
             he
             enlarges
             with
             all
             the
             strains
             and
             figures
             of
             that
             Masculine
             Eloquence
             that
             is
             so
             natural
             to
             him
             .
             But
             that
             for
             which
             he
             is
             much
             blamed
             ,
             is
             that
             he
             makes
             so
             bold
             with
             the
             King
             ;
             he
             laments
             
               that
               he
               sees
               with
               other
               mens
               eyes
               ,
               and
               that
               his
               Reign
               must
               be
               reckoned
               among
               the
               Reigns
               of
               persecution
               .
            
             In
             short
             ,
             it
             is
             such
             a
             discourse
             ,
             as
             would
             make
             a
             very
             pertinent
             conclusion
             to
             the
             Sermon
             
             of
             a
             Hugonot
             Minister
             ,
             on
             a
             Fast-day
             ,
             if
             he
             intended
             to
             spend
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             days
             in
             the
             
               Bastile
               .
               Iansenism
            
             is
             a
             thing
             now
             disowned
             almost
             by
             every
             body
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             spreads
             so
             universally
             among
             the
             Learned
             and
             Good
             men
             in
             this
             Church
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             first
             favourable
             conjuncture
             ,
             it
             will
             appear
             how
             considerable
             it
             is
             :
             Though
             those
             that
             now
             receive
             it
             ,
             use
             almost
             as
             much
             precaution
             in
             owning
             it
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             do
             in
             speaking
             of
             Treason
             .
             But
             though
             they
             dare
             not
             speak
             out
             in
             the
             condemned
             points
             concerning
             Grace
             ;
             yet
             by
             many
             other
             things
             as
             so
             many
             Shibboleths
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             hard
             to
             know
             them
             ,
             as
             by
             their
             excessive
             commendations
             of
             St.
             Austin
             among
             the
             Ancients
             ;
             and
             Cardinal
             Borromee
             among
             the
             Moderns
             :
             by
             their
             lamenting
             over
             the
             present
             corruptions
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             chiefly
             in
             the
             conduct
             of
             Penitents
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             sharpness
             against
             the
             Iesuites
             :
             By
             these
             things
             they
             are
             generally
             known
             ,
             and
             a
             mark
             is
             set
             on
             them
             ,
             so
             that
             none
             of
             them
             are
             at
             any
             time
             raised
             to
             any
             eminent
             promotion
             .
             The
             King
             considers
             them
             as
             men
             that
             love
             liberty
             ,
             and
             so
             thinks
             them
             bad
             Subjects
             :
             And
             the
             Lewd
             Court-Bishops
             look
             upon
             them
             as
             their
             worst
             enemies
             ,
             and
             do
             hate
             them
             much
             more
             than
             the
             Hereticks
             ;
             and
             consider
             all
             that
             is
             said
             of
             a
             Reformation
             ,
             as
             intended
             on
             purpose
             to
             expose
             them
             ;
             for
             guilt
             makes
             men
             very
             tender
             and
             jealous
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             end
             this
             long
             Letter
             ,
             with
             a
             passage
             that
             has
             fallen
             out
             here
             of
             late
             ,
             that
             will
             perhaps
             give
             you
             some
             diversion
             ,
             and
             make
             you
             more
             easie
             to
             forgive
             the
             tedious
             length
             to
             which
             this
             Letter
             has
             run
             out
             .
          
           
             A
             woman
             that
             lives
             in
             Tours
             ,
             and
             was
             melancholy
             and
             full
             of
             Vapours
             ,
             desired
             to
             receive
             the
             Sacrament
             every
             day
             ,
             in
             which
             she
             said
             she
             found
             most
             wonderful
             consolation
             .
             The
             Priest
             has
             the
             reputation
             of
             a
             very
             worthy
             man
             ,
             and
             being
             a
             judicious
             person
             ,
             he
             clearly
             
             saw
             through
             the
             poor
             Womans
             weakness
             and
             superstitition
             ,
             and
             was
             willing
             enough
             to
             do
             what
             he
             thought
             an
             innocent
             fraud
             ,
             that
             might
             both
             give
             the
             distempered
             person
             some
             ease
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             tend
             to
             a
             profanation
             of
             Holy
             things
             ;
             so
             instead
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             he
             gave
             her
             unconsecrated
             wafers
             which
             she
             received
             with
             her
             ordinary
             devotion
             ,
             and
             they
             had
             their
             ordinary
             effects
             on
             her
             :
             But
             as
             Frenchmen
             are
             too
             apt
             to
             tell
             their
             own
             secrets
             ;
             the
             Curate
             made
             himself
             merry
             with
             some
             of
             his
             friends
             upon
             this
             occasion
             ,
             and
             told
             how
             he
             had
             deceived
             the
             Hypochondriacal
             Woman
             :
             So
             the
             thing
             got
             wind
             ,
             and
             was
             lookt
             on
             as
             a
             great
             impiety
             in
             the
             Priest
             to
             suffer
             one
             to
             commit
             such
             Idolatry
             to
             a
             piece
             of
             bread
             ,
             to
             which
             no
             doubt
             she
             offered
             the
             same
             adoration
             ,
             that
             was
             due
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             been
             Consecrated
             ;
             so
             the
             Curate
             was
             cited
             before
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Tours
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             met
             with
             a
             severe
             censure
             ,
             if
             the
             esteem
             he
             is
             justly
             in
             ,
             had
             not
             preserved
             him
             :
             He
             excused
             himself
             that
             he
             had
             not
             failed
             out
             of
             Malice
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             thought
             it
             best
             to
             comply
             with
             the
             weakness
             of
             a
             Woman
             ,
             abused
             by
             melancholy
             ,
             and
             since
             it
             would
             have
             encreased
             her
             distemper
             to
             have
             denyed
             her
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             and
             yet
             her
             condition
             was
             not
             such
             that
             it
             was
             fit
             for
             her
             to
             receive
             every
             day
             :
             He
             thought
             he
             took
             that
             course
             in
             which
             there
             was
             the
             least
             danger
             ;
             but
             he
             was
             condemned
             to
             six
             months
             Imprisonment
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             thought
             the
             sentence
             will
             be
             mitigated
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             submitting
             to
             some
             severe
             penances
             ,
             he
             will
             be
             set
             at
             liberty
             ere
             long
             .
          
           
             I
             leave
             it
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             your
             most
             Learned
             Friend
             when
             you
             meet
             ,
             to
             consider
             ,
             if
             this
             is
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             Idolatry
             in
             the
             melancholy
             Woman
             ,
             to
             worship
             a
             piece
             of
             bread
             ,
             which
             she
             verily
             believed
             was
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ;
             then
             whether
             it
             will
             not
             certainly
             follow
             
             that
             the
             whole
             Church
             of
             Rome
             is
             guilty
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             if
             Christ
             is
             not
             Corporally
             present
             in
             the
             Host
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             adoring
             him
             as
             present
             ,
             will
             not
             excuse
             them
             from
             Idolatry
             ,
             if
             he
             is
             not
             really
             present
             .
             But
             I
             must
             not
             enter
             upon
             points
             of
             Controversie
             with
             you
             ,
             much
             less
             will
             I
             encrease
             the
             trouble
             I
             have
             given
             you
             ,
             by
             offering
             you
             a
             great
             many
             Apologies
             for
             what
             I
             have
             written
             ;
             I
             know
             your
             Curiosity
             in
             this
             affair
             of
             the
             Regale
             makes
             you
             more
             than
             ordinary
             concerned
             to
             know
             the
             true
             State
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             I
             was
             willing
             to
             enlarge
             much
             more
             copiously
             ,
             than
             was
             perhaps
             necessary
             ,
             for
             one
             that
             knows
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Transactions
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             :
             But
             as
             I
             demonstrate
             to
             you
             my
             readiness
             to
             obey
             your
             commands
             ,
             so
             I
             am
             not
             unwilling
             so
             far
             to
             expose
             my self
             to
             you
             ,
             as
             to
             let
             you
             see
             the
             use
             I
             make
             of
             my
             Travels
             ,
             which
             will
             at
             least
             give
             you
             occasion
             to
             correct
             what
             you
             find
             amiss
             ;
             and
             I
             shall
             be
             a
             great
             gainer
             by
             the
             exchange
             ,
             if
             instead
             of
             a
             long
             scrible
             of
             News
             I
             have
             a
             return
             from
             you
             ,
             that
             shall
             contain
             such
             reflections
             of
             yours
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             able
             to
             direct
             me
             to
             observe
             matters
             more
             exactly
             ,
             and
             to
             judge
             more
             maturely
             of
             them
             .
             I
             shall
             afflict
             you
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             shall
             only
             add
             that
             I
             am
             ,
             with
             great
             sincerity
             ,
          
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
             
               Your
               most
               humble
               and
               most
               obliged
               Servant
               .
            
             
               Paris
               
                 the
                 6th
                 June
                 S.
                 N.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Popes
             Brief
             to
             the
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Clergy
             of
             France
             ,
             annulling
             all
             that
             they
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             
               Venerabilibus
               Fratribus
               ,
               Archiepiscopis
               ,
               Episcopis
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             PAternae
             Charitati
             quâ
             Carissimum
             in
             Christo
             filium
             nostrum
             Ludovicum
             Regem
             Christianissimum
             ,
             Ecclesias
             vestras
             ,
             vosipsos
             &
             universum
             istud
             regnum
             amplectimur
             ,
             permolestum
             accidit
             ac
             planè
             acerbum
             cognoscere
             ex
             vestris
             literis
             tertio
             Februarii
             ad
             nos
             datis
             ,
             Episcopos
             plerumque
             Galliae
             qui
             Corona
             olim
             &
             gaudium
             erant
             amplissimae
             sedis
             ,
             ità
             se
             erga
             illam
             in
             praesens
             gerere
             ut
             cogamur
             multis
             cum
             lachrymis
             usurpare
             propheticum
             illud
             ,
             
               Filii
               matris
               meae
               pugnaverunt
               adversus
               me
            
             ;
             quanquam
             adversus
             vosipsos
             potius
             pugnatis
             ,
             cùm
             nobis
             in
             ea
             causâ
             resistitis
             ,
             in
             qua
             vestrarum
             Ecclesiarum
             salus
             ac
             felicitas
             agitur
             ,
             &
             in
             qua
             pro
             juribus
             ac
             dignitate
             Episcopali
             in
             isto
             regno
             tuendis
             ,
             ab
             aliquibus
             ordinis
             vestri
             piis
             ac
             fidelibus
             viris
             appellati
             absque
             morâ
             insurreximus
             ,
             &
             jampridem
             in
             gradu
             stamus
             nullas
             privatas
             nostras
             rationes
             secuti
             ,
             ut
             debitae
             omnibus
             solicitudini
             ,
             ac
             intimo
             amori
             erga
             vos
             nostro
             satisfaciamus
             .
          
           
             Nihil
             sanè
             laetum
             ac
             vestris
             nominibus
             dignum
             eas
             literas
             continere
             ,
             in
             ipso
             earum
             limine
             intelleximus
             ;
             nam
             praeter
             ea
             quae
             de
             normâ
             in
             Conciliis
             convocandis
             ,
             peragendisque
             servata
             ferebantur
             ,
             animadvertimus
             eas
             ordiri
             à
             metu
             vestro
             ,
             quo
             suasore
             nunquam
             Sacerdotes
             Dei
             esse
             solent
             
             in
             ardua
             &
             excelsa
             pro
             Religione
             &
             Ecclesiae
             suae
             libertate
             vel
             aggrediundo
             fortes
             ,
             vel
             perficiendo
             constantes
             .
          
           
             Quem
             quidem
             metum
             falsò
             judicavistis
             posse
             vos
             in
             sinum
             nostrum
             effundere
             ,
             in
             sinu
             enim
             nostro
             hospitari
             perpetuò
             debet
             Caritas
             Christi
             ,
             quae
             for
             as
             mittit
             &
             longè
             arcet
             timorem
             ,
             qua
             caritate
             erga
             vos
             regnúmque
             Galliae
             paternum
             cor
             nostrum
             slagrare
             multis
             jam
             ac
             magnis
             experimentis
             cognosci
             potuit
             ,
             quae
             hîc
             referre
             non
             est
             necesse
             ;
             si
             quid
             est
             autem
             in
             quo
             benè
             merita
             de
             vobis
             Caritas
             nostra
             sit
             ,
             esse
             imprimis
             putamus
             illud
             ipsum
             Regaliae
             negotium
             ,
             ex
             quo
             ,
             si
             seriò
             res
             perpendatur
             ,
             omnis
             vestri
             ordinis
             dignitas
             atque
             auctoritas
             pendet
             .
             Timuistis
             igitur
             ubi
             non
             erat
             timor
             ,
             id
             unum
             timendum
             vobis
             erat
             nè
             apud
             Deum
             hominésque
             jure
             redargui
             possitis
             ,
             loco
             atque
             honori
             vestro
             &
             pastoralis
             officii
             debito
             defuisse
             .
             Memoriâ
             vobis
             repetenda
             erant
             ,
             quae
             antiqui
             illi
             Sanctissimi
             Praesules
             ,
             quos
             plurimi
             postea
             qualibet
             aetate
             sunt
             imitati
             ,
             Episcopalis
             constantiae
             &
             fortitudinis
             exempla
             in
             bujusmodi
             casibus
             in
             vestram
             eruditionem
             ediderunt
             .
             Intuendae
             imagines
             praedecessorum
             vestrorum
             ,
             non
             solùm
             quae
             Patrum
             ,
             sed
             quae
             nostra
             quoque
             memoria
             sloruerunt
             .
             Ivonis
             Carnotensis
             dicta
             notatis
             ,
             facta
             etiam
             cùm
             res
             posceret
             ,
             imitari
             debuistis
             .
             Nostis
             qui
             is
             fuerit
             ,
             quaeque
             passus
             sit
             in
             turbulenta
             illa
             &
             periculosa
             contentione
             inter
             Urbanum
             Pontisicem
             &
             Philipum
             Regem
             ,
             muneris
             sui
             arbitratus
             ,
             contra
             regiam
             indignationem
             stare
             ,
             bonis
             spoliari
             ,
             carceres
             &
             exilia
             perferre
             .
             Deserentibus
             aliis
             meliorem
             causam
             ,
             officii
             vestri
             erat
             Sedis
             Apostolicae
             auctoritati
             studia
             vestra
             adjungere
             ,
             &
             pastorali
             pectore
             ac
             humilitate
             Sacerdotali
             causam
             Ecclesiarum
             vestrarum
             apud
             Regem
             agere
             ,
             ejusque
             conscientiam
             de
             tota
             re
             instruere
             ,
             etiam
             cum
             periculo
             regium
             in
             vos
             animum
             irritandi
             ,
             ut
             possetis
             in
             posterum
             sine
             rubore
             ex
             quotidiana
             Psalmodia
             Deum
             alloquentes
             ,
             Davidica
             verba
             proferre
             ,
             
               Loquebar
               de
               testimoniis
               tuis
               in
               conspectu
               Regum
               &
               non
               confundebar
            
             ;
             quanto
             magis
             id
             vobis
             faciendum
             
             fuit
             jam
             perspecta
             atque
             explorata
             optimi
             principis
             justitiâ
             &
             pietate
             ,
             quem
             singulari
             benignitate
             Episcopos
             audire
             &
             Episcopalem
             potestatem
             intemeratam
             velle
             vos
             ipsi
             scribitis
             ,
             &
             nos
             magna
             cum
             voluptate
             legimus
             in
             literis
             vestris
             .
          
           
             Non
             dubitamus
             pro
             causae
             tam
             justae
             defensione
             ,
             neque
             defutura
             vobis
             quae
             loqueremini
             ,
             neque
             Regi
             cor
             docile
             ,
             quo
             vestris
             annueret
             postulatis
             ;
             nunc
             cùm
             muneris
             vestri
             &
             regiae
             aequitatis
             quodammodo
             obliti
             in
             tanti
             momenti
             negotio
             silentium
             tenueritis
             ,
             non
             videmus
             quo
             probabili
             fundamento
             significetis
             vos
             ad
             ita
             agendum
             adductos
             .
             Quod
             in
             controversià
             victi
             sitis
             ,
             quod
             causâ
             cecideritis
             ,
             quomodo
             cecidit
             qui
             non
             stetit
             ?
             Quomodo
             victus
             est
             qui
             non
             pugnavit
             ?
             Quis
             vestrum
             tam
             gravem
             ,
             tam
             justam
             ,
             tam
             sacrosanctam
             causam
             apud
             Regem
             oravit
             ,
             cùm
             tamen
             praedecessores
             vestri
             in
             simili
             periculo
             constitutam
             ,
             non
             semel
             apud
             superiores
             Galliae
             Reges
             ,
             immo
             apud
             hunc
             ipsum
             liberâ
             voce
             defenderint
             ,
             victorésque
             à
             regio
             conspectu
             decesserint
             ,
             relatis
             etiam
             ab
             aequissimo
             Rege
             praemiis
             Pastoralis
             officii
             strenuè
             impleti
             .
             Quis
             vestrum
             in
             arenam
             descendit
             ut
             opponeret
             murum
             pro
             domo
             Israel
             ?
             Quis
             ausus
             est
             invidiae
             se
             offerre
             ?
             Quis
             vel
             vocem
             unam
             emisit
             memor
             pristinae
             libertatis
             ;
             Clamarunt
             interim
             ,
             sicuti
             scribitis
             ,
             &
             quidem
             in
             mala
             causa
             pro
             regio
             jure
             clamârunt
             regii
             administri
             cùm
             vos
             in
             optima
             pro
             Christi
             &
             Ecclesiae
             honore
             sileretis
             ,
             neque
             illa
             solidiora
             quod
             reddituri
             nobis
             rationem
             ,
             seu
             verius
             excusationem
             allaturi
             rerum
             in
             ejusmodi
             comitiis
             per
             vos
             actarum
             exaggeretis
             periculum
             nè
             Sacerdotium
             &
             imperium
             collidantur
             ,
             &
             mala
             quae
             exinde
             in
             Ecclesiam
             &
             rempublicam
             consequi
             possent
             ,
             proinde
             existimasse
             vos
             ad
             officium
             vestrum
             pertinere
             inire
             rationem
             tollendi
             è
             medio
             gliscentis
             dissidii
             ,
             nullam
             verò
             commodiorem
             apparuisse
             quam
             remedia
             à
             patribus
             Ecclesiae
             indicata
             ,
             utili
             condescentione
             canonis
             temperandi
             ,
             pro
             temporum
             necessitate
             ,
             ubi
             neque
             fidei
             veritas
             
             neque
             morum
             honestas
             periclitentur
             ;
             Deberi
             ab
             ordine
             vestro
             ,
             Deberi
             â
             Gallicana
             ,
             imo
             ab
             universa
             Ecclesia
             ,
             plurimum
             Regi
             tam
             praeclare
             de
             Catholica
             Religione
             merito
             ,
             &
             〈◊〉
             magis
             mereri
             cupienti
             ;
             propterea
             vos
             juri
             vestro
             decedentes
             illud
             in
             Regem
             〈◊〉
             .
             Omittimus
             hîc
             commemorare
             quae
             significatis
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             à
             vobis
             Seculari
             Magistratu
             a
             quo
             victi
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             enim
             ejus
             facti
             memoriam
             aboleri
             ,
             &
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             vos
             verba
             ex
             literis
             vestris
             expungere
             ,
             nè
             in
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             Gallicani
             resideant
             ad
             dedecus
             nominis
             vestri
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             .
             Quae
             de
             
               Innocentio
               3.
               
               Benedicto
               12.
            
             
             &
             
               〈◊〉
               8.
            
             in
             vestram
             defensionem
             adducitis
             ,
             Non
             defuerunt
             qui
             doctis
             lucubrationibus
             ostenderint
             quàm
             frivola
             &
             extranea
             sint
             huic
             causae
             ,
             &
             magis
             notum
             est
             quàm
             ut
             opus
             sit
             commemorari
             quo
             Zelo
             ,
             quâ
             constantiâ
             eximii
             illi
             Pontifices
             Ecclesiae
             libertatem
             defenderunt
             adversus
             seculares
             potestates
             ,
             tantùm
             abest
             ut
             eorum
             exempla
             possint
             errori
             vestro
             suffragari
             :
             Caeterum
             ultro
             admittimus
             &
             laudamus
             consilium
             relaxandi
             Canonum
             Disciplinam
             pro
             temporum
             necessitate
             ,
             ubi
             fieri
             id
             possit
             sine
             fidei
             &
             morum
             dispendio
             .
             Immo
             addimus
             cum
             Augustino
             ,
             Toleranda
             aliquando
             pro
             bono
             unitatis
             quae
             odio
             hadenda
             sint
             pro
             ratione
             aequitatis
             ,
             neque
             eradicanda
             Zizania
             ubi
             periculum
             sit
             nè
             simul
             etiam
             triticum
             eradicetur
             :
             sed
             ità
             tantùm
             accipi
             oportet
             ut
             in
             aliquo
             tantùm
             peculiari
             casu
             ,
             &
             ad
             tempus
             ,
             &
             ubi
             necessitas
             urget
             ,
             licitum
             sit
             .
             Factum
             est
             ab
             Ecclcsiâ
             cùm
             Arianos
             &
             Donatistas
             ejurato
             errore
             ,
             Ecclesiis
             suis
             restituit
             ,
             ut
             populos
             qui
             secuti
             eos
             fuerunt
             in
             officio
             contineret
             .
             Aliud
             est
             ubi
             Disciplina
             Ecclesiae
             per
             universum
             amplissimi
             regni
             ambitum
             sine
             temporis
             termino
             &
             cum
             manifesto
             periculo
             nè
             exemplum
             latius
             manet
             ,
             labefactatur
             ,
             immo
             evertitur
             ipsius
             disciplinae
             &
             Hierarchiae
             Ecclesiasticae
             fundamentum
             ,
             sicuti
             evenire
             necesse
             est
             ,
             si
             quae
             à
             Rege
             Christianissimo
             in
             negotio
             Regaliae
             nuper
             acta
             sint
             ,
             una
             etiam
             consentientibus
             vobis
             contra
             Sacrorum
             
             Canonum
             ,
             &
             praesertim
             Generalis
             Concilii
             Lugdunensis
             authoritatem
             ,
             contra
             notam
             jam
             pridem
             vobis
             in
             ea
             re
             mentem
             nostram
             ,
             &
             contra
             ipsam
             jurisjurandi
             Religionem
             ,
             qua
             vos
             Deo
             ,
             Romanae
             ,
             vestrisque
             Ecclesiis
             obligastis
             ,
             cum
             Episcopali
             charactere
             imbuti
             eramini
             ,
             haec
             exsecutiom
             mandari
             &
             malum
             invalescere
             diutius
             differendo
             permittamus
             ,
             ac
             non
             nos
             pro
             datâ
             divinitus
             humilitati
             nostra
             suprema
             in
             universam
             Ecclesiam
             potestate
             praedecessorum
             nostrorum
             vestigiis
             inhaerentes
             improbaremus
             :
             Cum
             praesertim
             per
             abusum
             Regaliae
             non
             solum
             everti
             disciplinam
             Galliae
             res
             ipsa
             doceat
             ,
             sed
             etiam
             fidei
             ipsius
             integritatem
             in
             discrimen
             vocari
             facilè
             intelligatis
             ex
             ipsis
             regiorum
             decretorum
             verbis
             quae
             jus
             conferendi
             beneficia
             Regi
             vendicant
             ,
             non
             tanquam
             profluens
             ex
             aliqua
             Ecclesiae
             concessione
             ,
             sed
             tanquam
             ingenitum
             &
             coaevum
             regiae
             coronae
             .
             Illam
             vero
             partem
             literarum
             vestrarum
             non
             sine
             animi
             horrore
             legere
             potuimus
             ,
             in
             quâ
             dicitis
             vos
             juri
             vestro
             decedentes
             illud
             in
             Regem
             contulisse
             quasi
             Ecclesiarum
             quae
             curae
             vestrae
             creditae
             fuére
             ,
             essetis
             arbitri
             ,
             non
             custodes
             ,
             &
             quasi
             Ecclesiae
             ipsae
             &
             spiritualia
             ipsaram
             jura
             possent
             sub
             potestatis
             secularis
             jugum
             mitti
             ab
             Episcopis
             qui
             se
             pro
             illarum
             libertate
             in
             servitutem
             dare
             deberent
             .
             Vos
             sanè
             ipsi
             hanc
             veritatem
             agnovistis
             &
             confessi
             estis
             ,
             dum
             alibi
             pronunciâstis
             jus
             Regaliae
             servitutem
             quandam
             esse
             quae
             in
             eo
             praesertim
             quod
             spectat
             Beneficiorum
             Collationem
             imponi
             non
             potest
             ,
             nisi
             Ecclesiâ
             concedente
             ,
             vel
             saltem
             consentiente
             .
             Quo
             jure
             ergo
             vos
             illud
             in
             Regem
             contulistis
             ?
             Cúmque
             sacri
             Canones
             distrahi
             vetant
             jura
             Ecclesiarum
             ,
             quomodo
             ea
             vos
             distrahere
             in
             animum
             induxistis
             quasi
             eorundem
             Canonum
             authoritati
             liceat
             vobis
             derogare
             ?
             Revocate
             in
             memoriam
             quae
             Inclytus
             ille
             Clarevallensis
             Abbas
             non
             Gallicanae
             modo
             sed
             etiam
             Ecclesiae
             universalis
             lumen
             à
             vobis
             merito
             nuncupatus
             Eugenium
             Pontificem
             officii
             sui
             admonens
             praeclarè
             scripta
             reliquit
             ,
             meminisse
             ,
             
             esse
             cui
             claves
             traditae
             ,
             cui
             oves
             traditae
             sunt
             ,
             esse
             quidem
             &
             alios
             coeli
             Ianitores
             &
             gregum
             pastores
             ;
             sed
             cum
             habeant
             illi
             assignatos
             greges
             singuli
             singulos
             ,
             ipsi
             universos
             creditos
             ,
             uni
             unum
             ,
             nec
             modo
             ovium
             sed
             &
             pastorum
             Eugenium
             esse
             pastorem
             .
             Ideóque
             juxta
             Canonum
             Statuta
             alios
             Episcopos
             vocatos
             fuisse
             in
             partem
             solicitudinis
             ,
             ipsum
             in
             plenitudinem
             potestatis
             .
             Quantum
             vos
             admoneri
             par
             est
             ,
             de
             obedientiâ
             &
             obsequio
             quod
             debetis
             huic
             sanctae
             sedi
             ,
             cui
             nos
             ,
             Deo
             authore
             ,
             quanquam
             immeriti
             ,
             praesidemus
             ;
             tantum
             pastoralis
             nostra
             solicitudo
             excitat
             nos
             ad
             inchoandam
             tandem
             aliquando
             in
             hoc
             negotio
             ,
             quàm
             nimia
             fortasse
             longanimitate
             nostrâ
             dum
             poenitentiae
             locum
             damus
             ,
             hactenus
             distulit
             Apostolici
             Muneris
             executionem
             .
             Quamobrem
             per
             praesentes
             literas
             ,
             tradita
             nobis
             ab
             omnipotente
             Deo
             authoritate
             ,
             Improbamus
             ,
             Rescindimus
             ,
             &
             Cassamus
             quae
             in
             istis
             vestris
             comitiis
             acta
             sunt
             in
             negotio
             Regaliae
             ,
             cum
             omnibus
             inde
             secutis
             ,
             &
             quae
             in
             posterum
             attentari
             continget
             ,
             eáque
             perpetuò
             irrita
             &
             inania
             declaramus
             :
             Quamvis
             cùm
             sint
             ipsa
             per
             se
             &
             manifestè
             nulla
             ,
             cassatione
             aut
             declaratione
             hujusmodi
             non
             egerent
             .
             Speramus
             tamen
             vos
             quoque
             ipsos
             re
             melius
             considerata
             celeri
             retractatione
             consulturos
             conscientiae
             vestrae
             &
             Cleri
             Gallicani
             Existimationi
             ,
             ex
             quo
             Clero
             sicuti
             huc
             usque
             non
             defuere
             ,
             ita
             in
             futurum
             non
             defuturos
             confidimus
             ,
             qui
             boni
             Pastoris
             exemplo
             libenter
             animam
             suam
             parati
             sint
             pro
             ovibus
             suis
             &
             pro
             testamento
             Patrum
             suorum
             dare
             .
             Nos
             quidem
             pro
             officii
             nostri
             debito
             parati
             sumus
             ,
             Dei
             adjutrice
             gratiâ
             ,
             sacrificare
             sacrificium
             justitiae
             ,
             Ecclesias
             Dei
             ,
             jura
             ,
             libertatem
             ,
             &
             hujus
             sanctae
             sedis
             authoritatem
             dignitatémque
             defendere
             ;
             nihil
             de
             nobis
             ,
             sed
             omnia
             de
             Deo
             praesumenda
             sunt
             qui
             nos
             consortat
             ,
             &
             operatur
             in
             nobis
             ,
             &
             qui
             jussit
             Petrum
             super
             aquis
             ad
             se
             venire
             :
             Praeterit
             enim
             sigura
             hujus
             mundi
             ,
             &
             dies
             domini
             appropinquat
             .
             Sic
             ergo
             agamus
             ,
             venerabiles
             fratres
             
             &
             dilecti
             filii
             ,
             ut
             cùm
             summus
             paterfamilias
             ,
             &
             cùm
             princeps
             pastorum
             rationem
             ponere
             voluerit
             cum
             servis
             suis
             ;
             sanguinem
             pessundatae
             &
             laceratae
             Ecclesiae
             quam
             suo
             acquisivit
             ,
             de
             suis
             ipsorum
             manibus
             non
             requirat
             .
             Vobis
             iterum
             omnibus
             Apostolicam
             benedictionem
             ,
             cui
             coelestem
             accedere
             optamus
             ,
             intimo
             amoris
             affectu
             impertimur
             .
          
           
             
               Dat.
               Romae
               
                 11.
                 
                 Aprilis
                 1682.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Translation
             of
             the
             former
             Brief
             ,
             directed
             to
             his
             Venerable
             Brethren
             the
             Arch-Bishops
             ,
             and
             Bishops
             ,
             &c.
             assembled
             at
             Paris
             ,
             bearing
             date
             the
             Eleventh
             of
             
               April
               1682.
            
             
          
           
             IT
             was
             very
             uneasie
             and
             bitter
             to
             us
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Fatherly
             affection
             which
             We
             bear
             to
             our
             dearest
             Son
             in
             Christ
             Lewis
             the
             
               most
               Christian
               King
            
             ,
             and
             to
             your
             Churches
             and
             Persons
             ,
             and
             that
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             To
             perceive
             by
             your
             Letters
             ,
             directed
             to
             us
             on
             the
             third
             of
             February
             ,
             that
             a
             great
             many
             of
             the
             Bishops
             of
             France
             (
             who
             were
             anciently
             a
             Crown
             and
             rejoycing
             to
             this
             most
             Eminent
             See
             )
             should
             now
             behave
             themselves
             so
             toward
             it
             ,
             that
             We
             are
             sorced
             with
             many
             Tears
             to
             make
             use
             of
             these
             words
             of
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             
               My
               Mothers
               Children
               have
               fought
               against
               me
               :
            
             Though
             in
             truth
             you
             rather
             fight
             against
             your selves
             ,
             when
             you
             set
             your selves
             in
             opposition
             to
             us
             ,
             in
             a
             Cause
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             welfare
             and
             freedom
             of
             your
             Churches
             is
             so
             much
             concerned
             ;
             and
             for
             which
             some
             pious
             and
             resolute
             men
             of
             your
             Order
             having
             appealed
             to
             us
             ,
             We
             did
             without
             delay
             stand
             up
             for
             defence
             of
             the
             Episcopal
             Rights
             and
             Dignity
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             now
             for
             a
             great
             while
             We
             have
             maintained
             ,
             having
             in
             that
             sought
             no
             private
             ends
             of
             our
             own
             ;
             being
             set
             on
             to
             it
             meerly
             by
             that
             care
             that
             We
             owe
             to
             all
             the
             Churches
             ,
             and
             
             the
             love
             that
             We
             bear
             to
             you
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             deeply
             rooted
             in
             our
             hearts
             .
          
           
             We
             perceived
             from
             the
             very
             beginning
             of
             your
             Letter
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             nothing
             in
             it
             that
             could
             be
             either
             welcome
             to
             us
             ,
             or
             worthy
             of
             that
             name
             you
             bear
             in
             the
             world
             :
             For
             not
             to
             insist
             on
             what
             you
             said
             of
             the
             Rule
             that
             was
             observed
             in
             the
             calling
             and
             managing
             of
             Councils
             ,
             We
             observed
             that
             your
             Letter
             began
             from
             your
             fears
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             a
             motive
             ,
             by
             which
             Gods
             Priests
             are
             never
             animated
             to
             undertake
             any
             difficult
             or
             weighty
             cause
             ,
             that
             concerns
             either
             Religion
             ,
             or
             the
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             with
             that
             Courage
             that
             becomes
             them
             at
             first
             ,
             or
             to
             persevere
             in
             it
             with
             that
             constancy
             ,
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             hold
             to
             the
             last
             .
          
           
             And
             you
             were
             much
             mistaken
             when
             you
             thought
             you
             might
             pour
             out
             your
             fears
             into
             Our
             breast
             ;
             for
             the
             Love
             of
             Christ
             ought
             always
             to
             dwell
             in
             Our
             breast
             ,
             
               which
               casts
               out
               fear
            
             ,
             and
             keeps
             it
             at
             a
             great
             distance
             :
             We
             have
             already
             demonstrated
             in
             many
             and
             signal
             instances
             ,
             that
             Fatherly
             Love
             that
             is
             kindled
             in
             Our
             hearts
             towards
             you
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             France
             ,
             which
             We
             need
             not
             here
             reckon
             up
             .
             And
             if
             there
             is
             any
             thing
             in
             which
             our
             affection
             has
             deserved
             well
             at
             your
             hands
             ,
             We
             think
             it
             has
             chiefly
             appeared
             in
             this
             business
             of
             the
             Regale
             ,
             upon
             which
             if
             the
             matter
             is
             well
             considered
             ,
             it
             will
             appear
             that
             the
             whole
             Dignity
             and
             authority
             of
             your
             Order
             doth
             depend
             .
             You
             were
             therefore
             
               in
               fear
               where
               no
               fear
               was
               :
            
             Whereas
             this
             only
             was
             that
             of
             which
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             been
             afraid
             ,
             lest
             you
             might
             have
             been
             justly
             accused
             before
             God
             and
             men
             ,
             for
             having
             been
             wanting
             to
             your
             Station
             and
             Honour
             ,
             and
             the
             duty
             of
             your
             Pastoral
             charge
             .
             And
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             remembred
             the
             examples
             of
             Episcopal
             Constancy
             and
             Courage
             :
             which
             in
             the
             like
             cases
             ,
             the
             ancient
             and
             most
             holy
             Bishops
             
             have
             set
             before
             you
             ,
             for
             your
             instruction
             ;
             and
             which
             have
             been
             imitated
             by
             many
             Bishops
             in
             every
             age
             ,
             from
             their
             days
             .
             You
             ought
             also
             to
             have
             reflected
             on
             your
             own
             Predecessors
             ,
             not
             only
             those
             who
             flourished
             in
             the
             times
             of
             our
             forefathers
             ,
             but
             in
             Our
             own
             days
             .
             You
             cite
             the
             words
             of
             Ivon
             of
             Chartres
             ,
             but
             you
             ought
             also
             to
             follow
             his
             actions
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             occasion
             for
             it
             :
             You
             know
             what
             he
             both
             did
             and
             suffered
             in
             those
             troublesome
             &
             dangerous
             contests
             ,
             that
             were
             between
             Pope
             Urban
             and
             King
             Philip.
             He
             thought
             it
             became
             his
             Function
             ,
             to
             endure
             the
             Kings
             displeasure
             ,
             to
             bear
             the
             spoiling
             of
             his
             goods
             ,
             and
             to
             suffer
             both
             Imprisonment
             and
             Banishment
             .
          
           
             It
             became
             your
             Function
             ,
             even
             when
             others
             were
             forsaking
             the
             better
             cause
             ,
             to
             have
             joyned
             your
             endeavours
             to
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Apostolick
             See
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             pleaded
             the
             cause
             of
             your
             Churches
             before
             the
             King
             ;
             joyning
             the
             resolution
             that
             became
             Pastors
             ,
             with
             the
             humility
             of
             Priests
             ;
             and
             to
             have
             informed
             his
             Conscience
             of
             the
             whole
             matter
             ,
             even
             though
             you
             had
             apprehended
             the
             danger
             of
             drawing
             his
             Displeasure
             upon
             you
             :
             That
             so
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             you
             might
             without
             blushing
             ,
             use
             the
             words
             of
             David
             ,
             when
             you
             address
             your selves
             to
             God
             in
             the
             daily
             Psalmody
             ,
             
               I
               did
               speak
               of
               thy
               Testimonies
               before
               Kings
               ,
               and
               was
               not
               confounded
               :
            
             But
             how
             much
             more
             ought
             you
             to
             have
             done
             this
             ,
             when
             you
             had
             so
             well
             known
             ,
             and
             so
             often
             tryed
             the
             justice
             and
             piety
             of
             your
             excellent
             Prince
             ,
             of
             whom
             you
             your selves
             write
             ,
             that
             he
             hears
             the
             Bishops
             with
             a
             singular
             gentleness
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             resolved
             to
             maintain
             the
             Episcopal
             Authority
             without
             suffering
             it
             to
             be
             entrenched
             upon
             ;
             which
             We
             read
             in
             your
             Letter
             with
             great
             joy
             .
          
           
             We
             do
             not
             doubt
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             defence
             of
             so
             just
             a
             cause
             you
             could
             either
             want
             Arguments
             fit
             to
             be
             used
             ;
             or
             the
             King
             a
             heart
             tractable
             ,
             and
             inclined
             to
             grant
             your
             
             desires
             .
             But
             now
             since
             you
             seem
             to
             have
             forgot
             both
             your
             own
             duty
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             justice
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             have
             been
             silent
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             so
             great
             consequence
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             see
             upon
             what
             probable
             ground
             you
             can
             found
             that
             which
             you
             represent
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             been
             induced
             to
             do
             what
             you
             have
             done
             ,
             because
             you
             have
             been
             overcome
             in
             this
             Dispute
             ,
             and
             have
             lost
             your
             cause
             .
             But
             how
             could
             he
             lose
             it
             that
             never
             stood
             to
             it
             ?
             And
             how
             could
             he
             be
             overcome
             that
             never
             struggled
             ?
             Who
             of
             you
             all
             did
             plead
             this
             weighty
             ,
             this
             just
             ,
             and
             this
             most
             Sacred
             Cause
             ,
             before
             the
             King
             ?
             Whereas
             your
             Predecessors
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             like
             danger
             ,
             did
             defend
             it
             oftner
             than
             once
             with
             all
             freedom
             ,
             both
             before
             the
             former
             Kings
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             even
             before
             this
             King
             himself
             :
             And
             having
             carried
             their
             cause
             ,
             they
             were
             dismist
             by
             their
             most
             just
             King
             ,
             with
             rewards
             for
             having
             so
             manfully
             performed
             the
             duty
             of
             the
             Pastoral
             charge
             .
             But
             who
             of
             you
             have
             ingaged
             in
             this
             contest
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             raise
             
               a
               Wall
               for
               the
               house
               of
               Israel
               ?
            
             Who
             has
             had
             the
             boldness
             to
             expose
             himself
             to
             envy
             ?
             Who
             has
             uttered
             so
             much
             as
             one
             word
             ,
             that
             savoured
             of
             the
             freedom
             of
             former
             times
             ?
             The
             Kings
             Officers
             have
             indeed
             cryed
             aloud
             as
             you
             write
             ,
             they
             have
             cryed
             aloud
             in
             an
             ill
             cause
             ,
             for
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             Crown
             ;
             whereas
             you
             in
             the
             best
             cause
             ,
             that
             was
             both
             for
             the
             Honour
             of
             Christ
             and
             the
             Church
             ,
             have
             been
             silent
             :
             Nor
             is
             there
             any
             more
             weight
             in
             what
             you
             say
             ,
             when
             you
             render
             us
             an
             account
             ,
             or
             indeed
             rather
             offer
             us
             an
             excuse
             ,
             for
             the
             things
             that
             have
             been
             done
             by
             you
             in
             this
             Assembly
             .
             You
             aggravate
             the
             danger
             of
             a
             breach
             between
             the
             Priesthood
             and
             the
             Civil
             Power
             ,
             and
             the
             ill
             effects
             that
             may
             follow
             from
             thence
             ,
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             :
             
               And
               inferr
               that
               therefore
               you
               thought
               it
               became
               you
               to
               find
               out
               a
               mean
               for
               removing
               the
               difference
               that
               was
               encreasing
               ,
               and
               that
               no
               mean
               appeared
               more
               convenient
               than
               those
            
             
             
               remedies
               proposed
               by
               the
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Church
               for
               tempering
               the
               Canons
               by
               a
               prudent
               condescention
               according
               to
               the
               necessity
               of
               the
               times
               ,
               in
               such
               things
               as
               might
               no
               way
               endanger
               either
               the
               truth
               of
               Religion
               ,
               or
               the
               Rules
               of
               Morality
               :
               and
               that
               you
               thought
               your
               Order
               and
               the
               whole
            
             Gallicane
             
               and
               indeed
               the
               Universal
               Church
               owed
               so
               much
               to
               a
               King
               that
               had
               merited
               so
               eminently
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Religion
               ,
               and
               who
               was
               daily
               desiring
               to
               merit
               further
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               therefore
               you
               passed
               from
               your
               Rights
               ,
               and
               resigned
               them
               to
               the
               King.
               
            
          
           
             We
             forbear
             to
             mention
             what
             you
             represent
             to
             us
             of
             the
             Appeal
             you
             made
             to
             the
             Secular
             Magistrate
             ,
             by
             whom
             this
             Cause
             was
             judged
             against
             you
             ;
             for
             We
             wish
             the
             remembrance
             of
             that
             might
             be
             buried
             in
             oblivion
             ,
             and
             would
             gladly
             have
             you
             dash
             out
             those
             words
             out
             of
             your
             Letters
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             might
             not
             remain
             upon
             the
             Records
             of
             the
             Gallicane
             Church
             to
             your
             eternal
             reproach
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             what
             you
             bring
             for
             your
             own
             defence
             ,
             concerning
             Innocent
             the
             Third
             ,
             Benedict
             the
             Twelfth
             and
             Boniface
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             there
             have
             not
             been
             wanting
             some
             who
             have
             by
             Learned
             Treatises
             demonstrated
             how
             frivolous
             and
             foreign
             they
             are
             to
             this
             matter
             :
             and
             it
             is
             so
             notoriously
             known
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             needless
             to
             mention
             it
             ,
             with
             what
             zeal
             and
             constancy
             those
             great
             Popes
             defended
             the
             liberty
             of
             the
             Church
             against
             the
             Secular
             Powers
             :
             So
             little
             reason
             have
             you
             to
             maintain
             your
             error
             by
             those
             precedents
             .
          
           
             We
             do
             readily
             allow
             of
             and
             commend
             the
             Resolution
             of
             relaxing
             the
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Canons
             according
             to
             the
             necessity
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             where
             that
             may
             be
             done
             without
             any
             prejudice
             either
             to
             Religion
             or
             a
             good
             life
             :
             and
             we
             add
             with
             St.
             
               Austin
               ,
               That
               things
               are
               to
               be
               sometimes
               endured
               for
               the
               good
               of
               unity
               ,
               which
               ought
               to
               be
               abhorred
               ,
            
             
             
               if
               considered
               according
               to
               equity
               :
               Nor
               are
               the
               tares
               to
               be
               rooted
               out
               ,
               if
               there
               is
               danger
               of
               plucking
               up
               the
               wheat
               likewise
               with
               them
               .
            
             But
             all
             this
             is
             so
             to
             be
             understood
             that
             it
             may
             be
             done
             only
             in
             some
             particular
             case
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             and
             upon
             an
             urgent
             necessity
             as
             was
             done
             by
             the
             Church
             when
             she
             restored
             the
             Arrians
             and
             Donatists
             to
             their
             Churches
             ,
             upon
             their
             abjuring
             their
             errors
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             people
             that
             had
             followed
             them
             might
             be
             the
             more
             easily
             governed
             .
             But
             the
             case
             is
             very
             different
             from
             this
             ,
             when
             the
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             weakned
             ,
             and
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             whole
             Ecclesiastical
             Discipline
             and
             Hierarchy
             is
             indeed
             overthrown
             through
             the
             whole
             extent
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Kingdom
             without
             any
             limitation
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             manifest
             danger
             of
             establishing
             a
             precedent
             which
             may
             spread
             much
             further
             .
             These
             consequences
             must
             certainly
             follow
             ,
             if
             We
             should
             suffer
             the
             things
             to
             be
             put
             in
             execution
             ,
             which
             have
             been
             lately
             done
             by
             
               The
               Most
               Christian
               King
            
             ,
             even
             with
             your
             consent
             ,
             in
             the
             affair
             of
             the
             Regale
             (
             against
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             holy
             Canons
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             against
             the
             General
             Council
             of
             Lions
             ,
             and
             against
             Our
             mind
             that
             has
             been
             long
             ago
             signified
             to
             you
             in
             that
             affair
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             that
             Sacred
             Tye
             of
             your
             Oaths
             by
             which
             when
             you
             received
             the
             Episcopal
             character
             ,
             you
             bound
             your selves
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             your
             own
             particular
             Churches
             )
             and
             if
             we
             by
             delaying
             longer
             ,
             should
             suffer
             this
             evil
             to
             become
             more
             inveterate
             ;
             and
             should
             not
             ,
             in
             imitation
             of
             the
             examples
             of
             our
             Predecessors
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             that
             Supream
             Authority
             over
             the
             whole
             Church
             which
             is
             given
             by
             God
             to
             Our
             Meanness
             ,
             condemn
             it
             :
             and
             that
             the
             rather
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             abuse
             of
             the
             Regale
             the
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             not
             only
             overthrown
             ,
             as
             is
             notoriously
             evident
             ,
             but
             even
             the
             purity
             of
             the
             faith
             is
             brought
             in
             danger
             :
             which
             you
             
             may
             easily
             gather
             from
             the
             very
             words
             of
             the
             Kings
             Edicts
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Right
             of
             conferring
             Benefices
             is
             ascribed
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             not
             as
             flowing
             from
             any
             Concession
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             but
             as
             a
             Right
             innate
             and
             coaeval
             to
             the
             Crown
             :
             Nor
             could
             we
             read
             that
             part
             of
             your
             Letter
             without
             horror
             ,
             in
             which
             you
             say
             ,
             you
             have
             departed
             from
             your
             Rights
             ,
             and
             have
             transferred
             them
             on
             the
             King
             ;
             as
             if
             you
             were
             the
             Masters
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Guardians
             of
             these
             Churches
             that
             are
             trusted
             to
             your
             care
             ;
             and
             as
             if
             the
             Churches
             themselves
             and
             the
             Spiritual
             Rights
             belonging
             to
             them
             could
             be
             brought
             under
             the
             yoke
             of
             the
             Secular
             Power
             ,
             by
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             who
             indeed
             rather
             ought
             to
             become
             slaves
             themselves
             for
             setting
             them
             at
             liberty
             .
             You
             your selves
             did
             acknowledge
             and
             confess
             this
             truth
             ,
             when
             upon
             another
             occasion
             you
             declared
             ,
             that
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Regale
             ,
             especially
             in
             that
             branch
             of
             it
             that
             belongs
             to
             the
             Collation
             of
             Benefices
             ,
             was
             a
             servitude
             that
             could
             not
             be
             brought
             upon
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             by
             her
             concession
             ,
             at
             least
             by
             her
             consent
             .
             By
             what
             right
             then
             have
             you
             conferred
             that
             on
             the
             King
             ?
             and
             since
             the
             holy
             Canons
             forbid
             the
             alienating
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             how
             could
             it
             enter
             into
             your
             minds
             to
             alienate
             these
             Rights
             ?
             as
             if
             you
             could
             derogate
             from
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Canons
             .
          
           
             Call
             to
             mind
             what
             that
             renowned
             Abbot
             of
             Clarevall
             writ
             excellently
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             whom
             you
             justly
             call
             the
             Light
             not
             only
             of
             the
             Gallican
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Universal
             Church
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             putting
             Pope
             Eugenius
             in
             mind
             of
             his
             duty
             ,
             
               He
               bids
               him
               remember
               that
               the
               Keys
               of
               the
               Church
               were
               delivered
               to
               him
               ,
               but
               not
               the
               Sheep
               themselves
               :
               There
               were
               others
               that
               kept
               the
               Gates
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               were
               the
               Pastors
               of
               the
               Flock
               ;
               but
               whereas
               every
               one
               of
               these
               have
               their
               several
               Flocks
               assigned
               them
               ,
               to
               him
               were
               the
               whole
               trusted
               :
               one
               Flock
               under
               one
               Shepherd
               :
               and
               that
            
             
             Eugenius
             
               was
               not
               only
               the
               Shepherd
               of
               the
               Sheep
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               Shepherds
               themselves
               :
               and
               therefore
               according
               to
               the
               appointment
               of
               the
               Canons
               the
               other
               Bishops
               were
               called
               to
               a
               portion
               of
               the
               care
               ,
               but
               he
               to
               the
               fulness
               of
               the
               power
               .
            
          
           
             But
             as
             it
             is
             expedient
             to
             give
             you
             warning
             of
             the
             obedience
             and
             submission
             that
             you
             owe
             this
             holy
             See
             ,
             which
             We
             ,
             though
             unworthy
             ,
             do
             now
             by
             the
             Divine
             appointment
             govern
             ;
             so
             our
             Pastoral
             care
             doth
             stir
             us
             up
             ,
             now
             at
             last
             ,
             to
             set
             about
             the
             discharge
             of
             our
             Apostolical
             Office
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             hitherto
             delayed
             ,
             perhaps
             by
             an
             excessive
             long
             suffering
             ,
             being
             willing
             to
             give
             time
             to
             repentance
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             We
             through
             the
             authority
             of
             Almighty
             God
             committed
             to
             us
             ,
             do
             by
             these
             present
             Letters
             
               Condemn
               ,
               Rescind
            
             and
             Annul
             what
             has
             been
             done
             in
             this
             your
             Assembly
             in
             the
             affair
             of
             the
             Regale
             ;
             together
             with
             every
             thing
             that
             has
             followed
             thereupon
             ,
             or
             that
             may
             happen
             to
             be
             attempted
             for
             the
             future
             ;
             and
             We
             declare
             them
             to
             be
             for
             ever
             Null
             and
             Void
             :
             though
             these
             things
             being
             of
             themselves
             manifestly
             Null
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             necessary
             to
             interpose
             any
             Declaration
             for
             annulling
             them
             :
             Yet
             We
             hope
             that
             you
             your selves
             having
             considered
             better
             of
             this
             matter
             ,
             will
             by
             a
             speedy
             retractation
             consult
             the
             good
             of
             your
             own
             consciences
             ,
             and
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Gallicane
             Clergy
             :
             of
             which
             Clergy
             ,
             as
             hitherto
             some
             have
             not
             been
             wanting
             ,
             so
             we
             hope
             that
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             others
             will
             not
             be
             wanting
             ,
             who
             following
             the
             example
             of
             the
             good
             Shepherd
             ,
             shall
             be
             ready
             to
             lay
             down
             their
             lives
             willingly
             for
             their
             Sheep
             ,
             and
             for
             maintaining
             the
             Inheritance
             conveyed
             down
             to
             them
             from
             their
             Fathers
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             our
             part
             ,
             We
             are
             ready
             according
             to
             the
             duty
             of
             our
             Function
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             Divine
             Grace
             ,
             to
             offer
             up
             the
             Sacrifice
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             to
             maintain
             
             the
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             authority
             and
             Dignity
             of
             this
             holy
             See
             :
             not
             trusting
             in
             Our selves
             ,
             but
             depending
             for
             all
             things
             on
             God
             ,
             who
             comforts
             and
             strengthens
             Us
             ,
             and
             who
             commanded
             Peter
             to
             come
             unto
             him
             ,
             walking
             on
             the
             waters
             :
             
               for
               the
               fashion
               of
               this
               world
               passeth
               away
               ,
               and
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               approacheth
               .
            
             Let
             Us
             therefore
             ,
             Venerable
             Brethren
             and
             beloved
             Children
             ,
             so
             behave
             Our Selves
             that
             when
             the
             great
             Master
             of
             the
             Family
             ,
             and
             the
             Prince
             of
             Pastors
             shall
             make
             his
             accounts
             with
             his
             Servants
             ,
             he
             may
             not
             require
             at
             their
             hands
             the
             blood
             of
             a
             broken
             and
             torn
             Church
             ,
             which
             he
             redeemed
             with
             his
             own
             blood
             .
             We
             do
             again
             give
             you
             all
             Our
             Apostolical
             Blessing
             with
             much
             sincere
             and
             cordial
             affection
             ,
             and
             pray
             that
             the
             Divine
             blessing
             may
             be
             added
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Given
               at
               Rome
               ,
               
                 
                   April
                   11.
                   1682.
                
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Protestation
             made
             by
             the
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Clergy
             against
             the
             Popes
             proceedings
             before
             the
             former
             Brief
             was
             read
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             ECclesia
             Gallicana
             suis
             se
             regit
             legibus
             ,
             propriasque
             consuetudines
             inviolate
             custodit
             ,
             quibus
             Gallicani
             Pontifices
             ,
             Majoresque
             nostri
             ,
             nulla
             definitione
             ,
             nullaque
             authoritate
             derogatum
             esse
             voluerunt
             ,
             &
             quas
             ipsi
             summi
             Pontifices
             agnoscere
             &
             laudare
             dignati
             sunt
             .
             Prope
             tamen
             est
             ut
             perfringantur
             leges
             justae
             quas
             prisca
             Galliarum
             religio
             reverendáque
             vetustas
             ,
             inconcussas
             fecerunt
             .
             Ecce
             etenim
             ,
             quod
             sine
             acerbissimo
             animi
             sensu
             dici
             non
             potest
             ,
             hisce
             annis
             superioribus
             ,
             per
             Provincias
             Galliarum
             &
             Civitates
             literae
             Apostolicae
             seminatae
             sunt
             ,
             quibus
             antiqua
             Gallicanae
             Ecclesiae
             jura
             &
             patria
             Instituta
             aperte
             violantur
             .
             Ex
             his
             scilicet
             intelligimus
             de
             regni
             Ecclesiarumque
             nostrarum
             negotiis
             contra
             mores
             nostros
             usurpatam
             esse
             cognitionem
             .
             Inauditis
             partibus
             pronunciata
             judicia
             ,
             jurisdictionem
             Episcoporum
             conculcatam
             ,
             denique
             contra
             Canonem
             Ecclesiasticum
             &
             contra
             consuetudines
             Illustrissimae
             Gallicanae
             Ecclesiae
             ,
             Metropolitae
             gladium
             excommunicationis
             intentatum
             esse
             .
             Dolet
             Clerus
             Gallicanus
             ,
             queriturque
             ex
             his
             &
             aliis
             quae
             exinde
             facta
             sunt
             ,
             oppressas
             libertates
             Ecclesiarum
             ;
             perturbatam
             Ecclesiae
             formam
             ,
             illatum
             dedecus
             Pontificali
             ordini
             ,
             terminósque
             perruptos
             quos
             patres
             nostri
             constitueraent
             :
             Et
             nè
             officium
             &
             causam
             suam
             deserere
             aut
             praevaricari
             suae
             dignitati
             ,
             Ecclesiarumque
             suarum
             commodis
             videatur
             ,
             publica
             contestatione
             obloqui
             ,
             &
             inertis
             silentii
             à
             se
             movere
             culpam
             ,
             decrevit
             :
             Ut
             exemplo
             patrum
             suorum
             in
             posterum
             provisum
             sit
             ,
             nè
             quid
             nocere
             possit
             juribus
             &
             libertatibus
             Ecclesiae
             Gallicanae
             ;
             eóque
             magis
             inclinat
             in
             eam
             sententiam
             
             quod
             Summus
             Pontifex
             
               Innocentius
               XI
            
             .
             morum
             antiquorum
             &
             Canonicae
             Disciplinae
             severus
             assertor
             non
             patietur
             fieri
             injuriam
             decretis
             suorum
             praedecessorum
             ,
             est
             Canonibus
             promulgatis
             qui
             rescindebant
             quicquid
             subreptum
             erat
             contra
             privata
             provinciarum
             jura
             .
             Nolebant
             siquidem
             Ecclesiarum
             privilegia
             ,
             quae
             semper
             conservanda
             sunt
             ,
             confundi
             .
             Propterea
             Clerus
             idem
             Gallicanus
             professus
             antea
             omnem
             reverentiam
             ,
             obedientiámque
             quam
             semper
             exhibuit
             ,
             perpetuóque
             exhibiturus
             est
             ,
             Cathedrae
             Petri
             ,
             in
             qua
             potentiorem
             agnoscit
             principatum
             ,
             coram
             Clarissimo
             Domino
             
               Joanne
               Baptista
               Lauro
            
             ,
             Protonotario
             Apostolico
             ,
             &
             Nunciaturae
             Apostolicae
             Galliarum
             auditore
             ,
             protestari
             constituit
             ,
             sicut
             de
             facto
             protestatur
             per
             praesentes
             ,
             nè
             literis
             Pontificiis
             datis
             ad
             Episcopum
             Apamiensem
             die
             secundo
             
               Octobris
               1680.
            
             ad
             Ecclesiae
             Apamiensis
             Capitulum
             eodem
             die
             Octobris
             ,
             ad
             Episcopum
             Tholozanum
             die
             primo
             
               Januarii
               1681.
            
             ad
             Moniales
             seu
             Canonissas
             Regulares
             Congregationis
             beatae
             Mariae
             Virginis
             Monasterii
             de
             Charonne
             die
             septimo
             August
             .
             &
             
               15.
               
               Octob.
               1680.
            
             vel
             aliis
             exinde
             &
             illarum
             virtute
             actis
             &
             secutis
             quibuscunque
             ;
             damnum
             aliquod
             seu
             praejudicium
             juribus
             Ecclesiae
             Gallicanae
             fieri
             possit
             ,
             neve
             quis
             in
             aliis
             locis
             &
             temporibus
             hoc
             in
             exemplum
             &
             in
             authoritatem
             trahat
             ,
             ut
             antiquos
             Ecclesiae
             Canones
             ,
             Avitas
             regni
             consuetudines
             ,
             receptosque
             mores
             Ecclesiae
             Gallicanae
             oppugnare
             audeat
             ,
             aut
             propter
             ea
             quidquam
             sibi
             licere
             existimet
             ;
             immò
             vero
             nemo
             nesciat
             hoc
             nihil
             obstare
             ,
             quo
             minus
             Canones
             ,
             Consuetudines
             ,
             jura
             &
             libertates
             ejusdem
             Ecclesiae
             pristinam
             vim
             &
             integram
             authoritatem
             retineant
             &
             custodiant
             .
             Hoc
             ,
             Clerus
             Gallicanus
             sibi
             suisque
             privilegiis
             cautum
             consultúmque
             voluit
             ,
             &
             omnibus
             notum
             esse
             ,
             nè
             quis
             ignorantiae
             causam
             praetexet
             .
          
           
             
               Datum
               in
               Comitiis
               Generalibus
               Cleri
               Gallicani
               Lutetiae
               habitis
               ,
               
                 May
                 6.
                 1682.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Translation
             of
             the
             former
             Protestation
             .
          
           
             THe
             Gallicane
             Church
             governs
             her self
             by
             her
             own
             Laws
             ,
             and
             does
             inviolably
             observe
             her
             own
             Customs
             ,
             from
             which
             the
             Bishops
             of
             France
             and
             our
             Ancestors
             have
             thought
             that
             no
             Decision
             ,
             and
             no
             Authority
             could
             derogate
             ;
             and
             the
             Popes
             themselves
             have
             thought
             fit
             both
             to
             acknowledge
             and
             to
             commend
             them
             :
             But
             now
             those
             just
             Laws
             ,
             which
             the
             ancient
             piety
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             Venerable
             Antiquity
             have
             esteemed
             such
             as
             that
             they
             were
             never
             to
             be
             shaken
             ,
             are
             almost
             enervated
             .
             For
             we
             have
             seen
             (
             which
             cannot
             be
             mentioned
             without
             a
             most
             bitter
             and
             sensible
             affliction
             to
             us
             )
             that
             of
             late
             years
             ,
             Letters
             from
             the
             Apostolick
             See
             ,
             have
             been
             disseminated
             through
             the
             Provinces
             and
             Cities
             of
             France
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             ancient
             Rights
             of
             the
             Gallicane
             Church
             and
             the
             appointments
             of
             our
             Forefathers
             are
             manifestly
             violated
             .
             By
             these
             We
             understand
             that
             an
             inspection
             into
             the
             affairs
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             and
             of
             our
             Churches
             ,
             has
             been
             assumed
             against
             Our
             Customs
             ;
             That
             judgements
             have
             been
             given
             without
             hearing
             the
             parties
             ;
             That
             the
             Episcopal
             jurisdiction
             has
             been
             trodden
             under
             foot
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             sentence
             of
             Excommunication
             has
             been
             threatned
             against
             a
             Metropolitan
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Canons
             ,
             and
             the
             Customs
             of
             the
             most
             Illustrious
             Gallicane
             Church
             .
          
           
             The
             Gallicane
             Clergy
             is
             grieved
             and
             complains
             ,
             that
             by
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             has
             been
             since
             done
             pursuant
             to
             them
             ,
             the
             Liberties
             of
             their
             Churches
             have
             been
             oppressed
             ,
             and
             the
             order
             of
             the
             Church
             has
             been
             disturbed
             ;
             That
             the
             Episcopal
             Office
             has
             been
             disgraced
             ,
             and
             the
             Land-Marks
             have
             been
             broke
             through
             ,
             which
             Our
             Fathers
             had
             fixed
             :
             And
             therefore
             that
             they
             may
             avoid
             the
             imputation
             of
             having
             abandoned
             their
             Duty
             and
             Station
             ,
             or
             betrayed
             their
             own
             Dignity
             and
             the
             interests
             of
             their
             Churches
             ,
             they
             have
             resolved
             to
             oppose
             these
             things
             by
             a
             publick
             Protestation
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             free
             themselves
             from
             the
             guilt
             of
             a
             neglectful
             silence
             ;
             that
             so
             according
             to
             the
             examples
             set
             them
             by
             their
             Forefathers
             ,
             they
             may
             take
             care
             ,
             that
             these
             things
             may
             not
             for
             the
             future
             prejudice
             the
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Gallicane
             Church
             .
             To
             this
             they
             are
             the
             more
             inclined
             because
             the
             
             present
             Pope
             Innocent
             the
             Eleventh
             (
             so
             eminent
             for
             Excellent
             Vertues
             and
             a
             strict
             observance
             of
             the
             Discipline
             established
             by
             the
             Canons
             )
             will
             not
             suffer
             any
             thing
             to
             be
             done
             that
             shall
             be
             injurious
             to
             the
             Decrees
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             ,
             and
             the
             Canons
             already
             promulgated
             ;
             by
             which
             every
             thing
             is
             rescinded
             that
             hath
             been
             surreptitiously
             obtained
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             proper
             Rights
             of
             Provinces
             ;
             nor
             would
             they
             suffer
             the
             priviledges
             of
             Churches
             to
             be
             confounded
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             constantly
             preserved
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             the
             said
             Gallicane
             Clergy
             having
             first
             made
             profession
             of
             all
             Reverence
             and
             obedience
             ,
             which
             she
             ever
             has
             expressed
             and
             ever
             will
             express
             to
             the
             Chair
             of
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             in
             which
             she
             acknowledges
             
               a
               more
               Powerful
            
             *
             Principality
             ,
             has
             resolved
             to
             Protest
             before
             the
             most
             renowned
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
               Lauri
            
             ,
             Protonotary
             Apostolick
             ,
             and
             Auditor
             of
             the
             Apostolick
             Nunciature
             in
             France
             ,
             as
             in
             fact
             she
             does
             by
             these
             presents
             protest
             that
             the
             Popes
             Letters
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Pamiers
             ,
             bearing
             date
             the
             2
             of
             October
             1680.
             and
             to
             the
             Chapter
             of
             Pamiers
             of
             the
             same
             date
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Tholouse
             ,
             bearing
             date
             the
             1
             of
             Ianuary
             1681.
             and
             the
             Letters
             to
             the
             Nuns
             ,
             or
             Regular
             Canonesses
             of
             the
             Blessed
             Virgin
             of
             the
             Nunnery
             of
             Charron
             ,
             bearing
             date
             the
             7
             of
             August
             and
             the
             15.
             of
             October
             1680.
             or
             any
             other
             that
             have
             followed
             since
             that
             time
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             that
             has
             been
             acted
             or
             done
             by
             vertue
             of
             those
             ,
             shall
             be
             no
             wayes
             hurtful
             or
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             Gallicane
             Church
             ,
             and
             shall
             turn
             to
             no
             Precedent
             or
             Warrant
             for
             doing
             the
             like
             in
             any
             other
             time
             or
             place
             ;
             and
             that
             none
             may
             thereupon
             presume
             to
             oppose
             the
             ancient
             Canons
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             the
             established
             Customs
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             or
             the
             received
             practices
             of
             the
             Gallicane
             Church
             ,
             or
             think
             that
             he
             may
             lawfully
             do
             any
             thing
             ,
             pursuant
             thereunto
             ;
             and
             let
             none
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             that
             these
             things
             notwithstanding
             the
             Canons
             ,
             Customs
             ,
             Rights
             ,
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             said
             Church
             ,
             shall
             still
             remain
             and
             preserve
             their
             ancient
             Force
             and
             Authority
             entire
             :
             Hereby
             the
             Gallicane
             Clergy
             have
             thought
             fit
             to
             secure
             and
             preserve
             themselves
             and
             their
             priviledges
             ,
             and
             this
             this
             they
             will
             have
             known
             to
             all
             persons
             ,
             that
             so
             none
             may
             pretend
             ignorance
             .
          
           
             
               Past
               in
               the
               Assembly
               General
               of
               the
               Clergy
               of
               France
               ,
               
                 the
                 Sixth
                 of
                 
                   May
                   1682.
                
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Letter
             from
             Paris
             of
             the
             20th
             of
             Iune
             New-stile
             ,
             containing
             a
             further
             account
             of
             the
             Contests
             between
             the
             Pope
             and
             the
             
               French
               King.
            
             
          
           
             BY
             my
             last
             ,
             which
             I
             sent
             by
             one
             that
             went
             from
             hence
             a
             fortnight
             ago
             ,
             I
             gave
             you
             a
             large
             account
             of
             our
             Affairs
             here
             ,
             which
             I
             hope
             has
             come
             to
             your
             hands
             before
             this
             time
             ;
             but
             the
             great
             change
             of
             the
             present
             prospect
             We
             have
             of
             that
             matter
             ,
             from
             that
             which
             appeared
             when
             I
             wrote
             last
             ,
             needs
             not
             surprize
             you
             :
             For
             the
             secrets
             of
             State
             are
             not
             known
             here
             ,
             so
             quick
             as
             with
             you
             ,
             and
             they
             lie
             in
             so
             few
             hands
             ,
             and
             those
             are
             so
             true
             to
             the
             Kings
             service
             ,
             that
             the
             greatest
             persons
             here
             can
             penetrate
             no
             further
             into
             the
             Councils
             than
             as
             they
             are
             pleased
             to
             lay
             them
             open
             .
             You
             will
             not
             therefore
             wonder
             ,
             if
             I
             now
             tell
             you
             that
             instead
             of
             the
             adjusting
             of
             that
             Affair
             ,
             of
             which
             all
             people
             here
             seemed
             so
             assured
             that
             it
             was
             universally
             spoken
             of
             as
             a
             thing
             done
             ,
             yet
             it
             appears
             now
             to
             be
             more
             desperate
             than
             ever
             .
             We
             now
             know
             the
             true
             cause
             of
             the
             sudden
             Adjourning
             the
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             flowed
             not
             from
             any
             disposition
             to
             compose
             this
             difference
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             was
             done
             to
             prevent
             a
             stroke
             ,
             that
             might
             have
             put
             it
             past
             reconciling
             :
             The
             true
             reason
             was
             this
             ,
             The
             Old
             resolute
             Pope
             sent
             a
             Courier
             to
             France
             to
             the
             Internuntio
             with
             a
             Bull
             of
             Excommunication
             ,
             which
             he
             required
             him
             to
             carry
             into
             the
             Assembly
             ,
             and
             there
             to
             fulminate
             in
             his
             Name
             against
             all
             the
             Assembly
             .
             This
             came
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Cardinal
             d'
             Estree
             ,
             who
             ,
             to
             prevent
             the
             ill
             effects
             of
             so
             hardy
             a
             Step
             ,
             sent
             presently
             a
             Courier
             with
             a
             strict
             charge
             to
             use
             all
             possible
             hast
             to
             get
             before
             the
             Popes
             Courier
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             King
             might
             have
             timely
             notice
             of
             what
             the
             other
             was
             bringing
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             now
             known
             to
             be
             the
             true
             reason
             of
             that
             sudden
             Adjournment
             .
             So
             by
             this
             you
             see
             this
             matter
             is
             further
             from
             being
             composed
             than
             ever
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Affair
             of
             the
             Sorbonne
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             gave
             you
             an
             account
             in
             my
             last
             ,
             it
             has
             had
             another
             effect
             than
             was
             expected
             .
             On
             Monday
             last
             the
             Faculty
             met
             ,
             where
             there
             was
             great
             opposition
             made
             to
             the
             Registring
             the
             Kings
             Edict
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             they
             could
             not
             bring
             the
             Affair
             to
             any
             Issue
             at
             that
             time
             ;
             but
             Adjourned
             the
             debate
             till
             next
             day
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             visible
             enough
             that
             those
             for
             the
             Negative
             were
             the
             stronger
             party
             ;
             so
             at
             night
             the
             
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Paris
             ,
             the
             Marquiss
             of
             Segnelay
             ,
             the
             first
             President
             ,
             and
             the
             Attorney
             General
             met
             ,
             and
             it
             seems
             resolved
             on
             that
             which
             was
             put
             in
             execution
             next
             day
             ;
             for
             when
             the
             Sorbonne
             was
             again
             assembled
             and
             engaged
             in
             the
             debate
             ,
             about
             eleven
             a
             Clock
             an
             Officer
             was
             sent
             from
             the
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             requiring
             them
             to
             suspend
             their
             debates
             ,
             and
             to
             send
             them
             12
             of
             their
             Number
             ,
             who
             were
             named
             in
             the
             Order
             ,
             together
             with
             their
             Clerk
             and
             their
             Register
             ;
             the
             persons
             were
             not
             left
             to
             their
             choice
             ,
             lest
             they
             might
             have
             sent
             some
             that
             might
             have
             spoken
             too
             freely
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
             When
             the
             persons
             thus
             called
             for
             ,
             appeared
             ,
             the
             first
             President
             made
             a
             most
             terrible
             harangue
             to
             them
             ;
             he
             accused
             the
             Sorbonne
             of
             ingratitude
             and
             presumption
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             were
             but
             a
             Faculty
             ,
             that
             had
             no
             Authority
             ,
             and
             had
             their
             meeting
             only
             by
             the
             Kings
             Connivence
             ,
             should
             have
             arrogated
             an
             Authority
             to
             themselves
             ,
             to
             have
             examined
             the
             matter
             of
             an
             Edict
             that
             was
             made
             by
             the
             Assembly
             of
             the
             whole
             Clergy
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             was
             confirmed
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             verified
             by
             the
             Parliament
             .
             He
             therefore
             commanded
             their
             Clerk
             to
             insert
             it
             in
             their
             Register
             ,
             and
             charged
             them
             not
             to
             Assemble
             any
             more
             ,
             but
             as
             they
             should
             be
             required
             and
             authorised
             to
             it
             by
             orders
             from
             the
             Court
             :
             And
             told
             them
             that
             by
             the
             first
             of
             July
             ,
             the
             Kings
             pleasure
             should
             be
             signified
             to
             them
             .
             Thus
             you
             see
             how
             firm
             the
             Sorbonne
             is
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             for
             the
             proceedings
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             are
             an
             open
             confession
             that
             the
             Majority
             of
             the
             Sorbonne
             would
             have
             refused
             to
             receive
             the
             Edict
             .
             I
             add
             no
             more
             but
             that
             I
             am
             intirely
             yours
             .
          
           
             
               Paris
               ,
               
                 June
                 20.
                 
                 S.
                 N.
                 1682.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAG.
           8.
           l.
           33.
           after
           Constance
           ,
           r.
           
             and
             Basil
          
           :
           p.
           18.
           l.
           22.
           r.
           
             Nostis
             quae
             is
             fecerit
          
           :
           p.
           25.
           l.
           8.
           for
           from
           r.
           with
           .
        
      
       
         
           There
           are
           lately
           Published
        
         
           THe
           Abridgement
           of
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           The
           History
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           Princes
           in
           the
           disposing
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Benefices
           and
           Church-Lands
           .
        
         
           Both
           written
           by
           
             Gilbert
             Burnet
          
           D.
           D.
           And
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Chiswell
          
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A30395-e190
           
             *
             Or
             Dignity
             .