The copy of the French Kings privy councils Sentence: given at Moulyns in Bourbonnois between the Lords of Guise, and the Lord Admiral of France the 29. of january. 1566.  
Translated out of French into English, by john de Hennot Normand, at the request of certain Gentlemen.  
¶ Imprinted at London by john Day, dwelling over Aldersgate beneath saint martin's.   

The copy of the kings privy Counsels Sentence given at Moulyns in Bourbonnois between the Lords of Guise and the Lord Admiral of France, the 29. of Ianuarye, 1566. translated out of French into Eng●yshe, by john de Hennot Normand at the request of certain gentlemen.  
THe kings majesty calling to his remembrance, divers supplications presented unto him sundry times (as it appeareth by the date of the said supplications) by the Lords of Guise and by the Ladies the Duchess' of Guise, the mother and wife to the late Duke of Guise, to be permitted of his said majesty to sue into the courts of Parliament against all those which shall be charged and guilty, of the murder committed on the person of the said late Duke of Guise, & namely against the Lord of Chastillon Admiral of France. And where as the rehearsing and declaring of every word of the said supplications and evidences should be to tedious, the translator hereof useth asmuch shortness as may be to let every man understand briefly, how the king spent for both parties to appear before his majesty, at Moulins in Bourbonnois, for to be examined until the trial of the truth of the cause should be known, to the end to give a full sentence as right reason and justice shall require. Whereupon, the king assisted with the Queen his mother, and in the presence of the princes of the kings blood, Lords, Knights of his order, etc. Whose names are underwritten.  
AFter the declarations of the parties above mentioned have been well considered and their causes well examined, the kings majesty with the advise of the princes, Lords, and of his counsel, hath declared and pronounced, the Lord of Chastillon Admiral of France, to be purged, clearly discharged and innocent of the death of the late Duke of Guise and of all charges and things that have been imputed unto him heretofore, or should be imputed unto him hereafter, touching the said death: Did likewise command a perpetual silence to his general Attorney and to all other, forbidding aswell the said parties as all other to do hereafter any search or suit one against an other: Be it by the way of law or other wise, and to all judges to take any knowledge of the same: And the said sovereign Lord hath taken the said parties in his tuition and safeguard, and enjoining them to live lovingly under his obedience without some enterprise of any act one against an other directly or indirectly, Declaring at this present to the said parties, their parents and friends, or acquaintance, which will be disobedient to this sentence to be guilty of his majesties displeasure as breakers of the peace and perturbatours, of the tranquillity of the common wealth and their bodies and goods confisked, the which (for such offence) he hath aswell at this present as for the time to come united and incorporated, to the dominion of his crown. Also the said sovereign lord forbiddeth, under the pain above declared, to all persons of what quality soever they be, to disobey to this present sentence nor to put any doubt, controversy, and disput to it. And willed the same Sentence to be sent to all his Courts of Parliament, etc. for to be red openly and registered to the end no man should be ignorant of the same. Given in the said Counsel, to the which were present my Lord the king's brother, the Lords the Cardinal of Bourbon, Prince of Counde, Duke of Montpensier & Prince Doulphyn, Princes of the kings blood, the Lords the Dukes of Longueville, and of Nevers, Peer of France, the Lord Duke of Montmorency also Péer and Constable of France, the Lord Chancellor, the Lords of Vieilleville and of Bourdillon Mareshals of France, the Lords of Moruillier and the bishop of Valence, the Lords of Crussell and the Gonnort knights of the order, the bishop of Lymoges, the Lords of Lanssac of Chaulne and Baron of the Guard also Knights of the order, Master Christofle of Thou first Precedent & Peter Seguier also precedent in the Court of Parliament at Paris, the Lords of Laubespine and of the Cazedieu, all Counsaillors in his said privy Counsel, and master baptist de Mesuill likewise his Counsaillor and advocate in the said Court of Parliament. The 29. of january. 1566. in the Castle of Moulyns in Bourbonnois and pronounced to the parties the last day of the same month.  
Signed Bourdin.  
If God be on our side, who can be against us.  Rom. 8.