THE French King's Edict upon the reducing of the City of PARIS under his obedience. Published the 28. of March 1594.  
Whereto is adjoined The said Kings Letters Patents for the re-establishment of the Court of Parliament at Paris.  
Also a Decree of the said Court of Parliament of the 30. of March, concerning a revocation of whatsoever hath been committed in prejudice of the kings authority, and the laws of the land.  
All faithfully translated out of the French copies printed at Paris by Frederick morel, by E.A.  
LONDON Imprinted by john Windet, and are to be sold by Samue●● Shorter, at the great North door of Paul's. 1594.   

The King's edict or declaration.  

HEnry by the grace of God King of France and Navarre, to all men present and to come, greeting: Whereas since it pleased God to call us to this Crown, our principal desire and intent whereat we have leveled all our actions, hath tended only to the establishment of a good and assured peace within this our Realm, to the end that all disorders, violence and miseries of war ceasing, God might be served according to his holy commandments: and the authority of our laws and justice restored, under the protection whereof the three estates of our Kingdom might quietly and peaceably enjoy such things as justly unto them do appertain. For the compass whereof we have (as it is well known) employed whatsoever our abilities, our blood, yea even our life, nothing regarding death in respect of such reproach and infamy, as justly we might be charged withal, in case we should endure the wrongful usurpation and dissipation which some men do presume to make in this our Crown of France. To the end therefore not to omit any thing consisting in the power of a good Prince, that may tend to the restoring of the so long expected, so necessary & desired union, peace and tranquillity among our Subjects, we have with much patience supported, and in respect of common commodity pardoned the offences and rash enterprises of divers, who (were it not for this respect) have deserved to be chastised and repressed with most grievous, rigorous and exemplary punishments. In consideration hereof, after all our victories, we have pardoned & given life to those that leveled at ours: And in regard of the great compassion that we have taken of the capital City of our Realm, and to the end to eschew the sack thereof, and to save the blood of many good Citizens, who were no partakers in the cursed drifts of the favourers of this rebellion, we have chosen rather to frustrate ourselves of that obedience that unto us is due, then to see the innocent inhabitants, the women and young children, together with so many beautiful buildings exposed to the violence, rage, and fury of fire and sword. We have therefore upon the causes and considerations aforesaid, in the month of july last, agreed and condescended to a general truce, for three months, during which time the Deputies of the Faction of our disobedient Subjects, have given us to understand and assured us, that speedily they would send to the Pope, to have his good advice upon such resolution as they were to take for the conclusion of a good and steadfast Peace, and reconciliation of us, who are their King and natural Prince. Wherein also for their parts they have most expressly promised to employ themselves with all loyalty and affection, for the restoring of the Peace of this Land, which made us the more ready to yield to the said Truce, albeit we were sufficiently informed of such disadvantages as otherwise unto them might arise, also that in matter of arms, we had them far on the hip: yea and that during the said conference, we had perforce taken the Town and Castle of Dreux, even in the face of the principal Leaders of their Faction. Notwithstanding the assistance of the Spanish Protectors: as also that we wanted no means so to oppress the said City of Paris, that the want of victuals should in the end have counseled them to shake off the yoke of those, who for many years had tyrannised, and insolently abused their miserable patience. To all the which notwithstanding we of our authority did yield, the rather in respect of the Pope, whom we wished to be every way satisfied, & to be truly informed of our actions and behaviour, to whom also we purposed to have recourse, to lay open our grievances, and to crave his aid, favour, and assistance: and to the same effect had chosen our dear and well beloved cozen, the Duke of Nevers, a Prince accomplished with all virtues, endued with wisdom, piety, and good deserts, who preferring the service of God, and benefit of this Estate, before the discommodities of his health, and the dangers and tediousness of the way, hath cheerfully undertaken the voyage toward him: But as for the Deputies of the said Faction, who so assuredly promised with all diligence to send, we have not perceived that during the said three months of Truce, they ever made any account to departed. Further, albeit that since the conclusion of the said Truce of three months, we have in all their actions found in manner no desire to re-establish the public Peace of this Realm, of the spoil whereof they purpose to cloth themselves, and to grow rich with the goods and blood of all good and loyal Frenchmen: with all, that there is come to our hands a certain Oath, taken by the principal of that Faction, almost at the very time that they signed the said Truce, and had promised faithfully to deal, and to consider of the means, how to conclude a good Peace, and to reconcile themselves unto us, and to that end, to send to Rome for the good and wise advise of the Pope: the said Oath importing that they should never treat of any Peace or agreement with us, wherein they suffered themselves to be so far carried away with the passions of the King of Spain's agents, that they reserved not so much as the Pope's authority, to whom they promised to send: we were therewith grieved, and provoked, according to the exigence of the case: All which notwithstanding, upon their desire to prolong the Truce for two months more. uz. to the end of the month of December last, showing us that it was unpossible upon our refusal of this delay, for their Deputies to come to Rome time enough to be at the resolution, which might be there taken for the reunion of our Subjects to our obedience, we upon a desire to justify whatsoever our actions in the presence of the Pope preferring our purposed respect unto him before our own profit, and the surety of our affairs which we much hindered and prolonged, by reason of the said delays and prolongings of the Truce, we yet granted them the same for the months of November and December. Howbeit gathering by the small desire that they had to see an end of the miseries of this Realm, together with the authority that unjustly they have usurped over a part thereof: judging also by the delays, so artificially by them procured, that in all likelihood they tended only to prolong the calamities of France, and to assure to themselves the wrongful usurpation of the towns and Provinces by them possessed. We upon these causes having referred all these matters to the consideration & mature deliberation of the Counsel, have resolved to deny them the prorogation of the said Truce, for the months of january, February, and March, which they craved with such instance, as we had cause justly to believe, that such pursuit never tended to grow to any good conclusion of Peace, but rather to temporize until the Spanish forces might arrive in our frontiers of Picardy, by whose coming into the Realm, they might have the better opportunity to prosecute war against us, to the destruction of our good & loyal Subjects: which God of his holy grace would not permit, who hath opened our eyes to see, (by such their missives as have been intercepted,) into their wicked devices, and obstinate resolution to maintain a perpetual mischief within this our Kingdom: his divine clemency having taken into his especial protection the defence of our just cause, and inspired the hearts of an infinite number of our good vassals and Subjects, to acknowledge the duty wherein they are naturally bound unto us, as appeareth by the coming in within these three months into our obedience of the towns of Meaux, Lions, Orleans, Bourges, Pontoise and others, among all others shall never be forgotten the happy coming in of our good town of Paris, the head City of this Realm, which happened the two and twentieth of March, with such clemency, policy, good order and moderation, that not so much as one only Citizen can justly complain of any injury or offence against him any way committed: where the entry of our Army showed no discontentment, but rather resembled the joyful entry heretofore made by the Kings our predecessors at their coming to the crown, in that the joy and applause of the people, upon the sight of their so long desired King, were no whit less than if they had even then enjoyed the like surety, as by these presents is unto them granted of our grace, favour, and protection, with forgetfulness of all things past, and assurance that we will never put in oblivion the deserts of such as in our service have made show of their virtue and steadfastness. The consideration hereof, together with the especial goodness wherewith (upon this occasion) it hath pleased God to favour us, hath, and still doth bind us more than any other mortal creature, to imagine, and continually to devise how we may make our actions and behaviours agreeable before the holy majesty of his divine providence, who as he surpasseth in goodness and clemency, whatsoever the spirit of man is able to comprehend, so hath he voutchfafed to leave unto us as an instruction and testimony, the example and word of his son jesus Christ, to testify unto us that whosoever will be accounted his children, must forget others transgressions. Upon this occasion acknowledging that nothing is unto us a greater witness that we are made to the likeness of God, than courtesy and gentleness, freely forgetting all passed offences and transgressions: We have, and by these presents do declare, that we have, and do accept into our favour, the Citizens, dwellers, and inhabitants of our good town of Paris: Of our especial favour and authority royal, we have and do abolish all matters happened in the said town during, and by occasion of these present troubles, we will and ordain, that the same do remain suppressed, abolished, extinguished, and taken as things never happened: and to that effect with the advice of the Princes and Lords of our Counsel about us we have ordained and decreed these things ensuing.  
1 First we will and ordain according to the Edict of pacification established by the late King our dear brother and Lord in the year 1577. together with the Declarations since by us made for the observation of the same, that within the City and Suburbs of Paris, and within ten leagues round about, determined by the said Edict, there shall be no exercise of any other than the Romish Religion: We do also expressly forbid all manner of persons, under the pains in our Decrees contained, not to molest or disquiet the Clergy in the celebration of divine service, in the enjoying or receiving of the fruits, and revenues of their benefices, or of any other the rights or duties unto them appertaining, whereof to that purpose we have, and by these presents do give the full possession. Also our will and intent is, that whosoever since these troubles have seized upon any Churches, houses, goods or revenues appertaining to the said Clergy, resident within the diocese of Paris, as well of such as are resident in our said town, as elsewhere throughout our Realm, and which do detain or occupy the same, shall redeliver unto them the full possession and free use of the same, together with all rights, liberties and privileges that they enjoyed before they were deceased of the same.  
2 Also for a more full and perpetual declaration of the singular affection and love that we bear to our good town of Paris, we have remitted, reintegrated, and restored, and do remit, reintegrate and restore the same to all her ancient privileges, rights, grants, franchises, liberties and freedoms wherewith she hath heretofore been endued by the Kings our predecessors, all which we do by these presents a new grant, confirm and continue the same to use, and from henceforth to enjoy well and duly as in times past and before these present troubles, as well in all matters concerning the university, the body and town house, the provost of Merchants, the Shrivewicke and officers of the same, as all other bodies, Colleges and Commonnalties of whatsoever title or quality, which heretofore and before the said troubles have been established.  
3 To the end also to take away all cause of inquiries, processes & quarrels in time to come, upon occasion of any thing happened, during the said troubles: upon a more ample declaration of our will concerning the discharge and abolishment afore contained, we have ordained and decreed, and by these presents do ordain and decree, that the remembrance of whatsoever hath passed in the said town of Paris and thereabouts, so far as the same may concern the said inhabitants and others that were present in the town at the yielding of the same, who shall within eight days after the publication of these presents, exhibit their oaths and promises contained in our declaration heretofore published in our Parliament at Paris, from the beginning of these present troubles, & upon occasion of the same unto this day, shall remain extinct and quenched, as well for taking of arms, surprise of Towns, forcing of towns, Castles, houses or fortresses, razng of the same, levying of Coin of the recepts general or particular, of tenths, Gable, and sale of Salt, taxes imposed upon the same, and all other impositions and levy of Coin, as well in the said town as near there about, all treaties and foreign imposition exacted upon wares, Merchandise, Victuals, casting of Ordinance and Bullets, making of Powder & Saltpetre with other instruments of war, coining of money, practisings & levies of Soldiers, conducts and exploits of the same, leagues, negotiations and treaties either in the Realm or without, sale of movables, selling of woods, either underwood or Timber, amends, booties, ransoms or any other acts of hostility: And generally all other things that have been done, wrought and negotiated after whatsoever form or manner, public or private, during these present troubles or by occasion of the same: So as neither the said inhabitants, neither any of them shall from henceforth be troubled, molested, disquieted or sifted in any manner or sort whatsoever: Willing that to that effect they remain quit and discharged, and in such cases imposing perpetual silence to all our attorneys general or any other Parsons whatsoever. Our meaning also is, and (expressly) we do enjoin them that they give over all Leagues, treatise, assotiations, practices or intelligences as well within the Realm as without, that may any way be repugnant to our authority, under pain to be punished as guilty of treason. Likewise for the avoiding of all occasions of quarrel or debate that may arise among our Subjects, we have inhibited and forbidden, and by these presents do inhibit and forbidden them any way to injury, reproach, offend or provoke one an other, either by deed or word for any thing passed or during these troubles, enjoining them to continue themselves, and to live quietly together as good brethren, friends and fellow Citizens under the observation of our Edicts, upon pain to all offenders presently to be punished without farther form of law or process as disturbers of the common quiet.  
4 Furthermore we will & ordain that all arrests commissions, and executions of the same, all decrees, sentences, judgements, contracts, and all judicial acts passed between parties of one faction, and between all such as voluntarily have gone to law as well in Sovereign courts, in the provostie of Paris, in the presidial Sea, and in other courts and jurisdictions of the said town, provostship and vicomptie during the said troubles, shall be good and in force: Neither shall there be any inquiry taken upon executions of death that have passed by the authority of justice or course of war and commandment of leaders. Also as concerning decrees, sentences and judgements granted against the absent of contrary factions, whether in criminal courts or civil, or in any the Sovereign courts of this Realm or the jurisdictions of the same, they shall remain void and of none effect upon any cause or occasion whatsoever: Likewise all judgements passed against the County Brissar in respect of the party that he followed, shall be canceled and revoked, as also shall be whatsoever gifts by us or our predecessors of any the goods to him appertaining made or granted, & that in consideration of the great Loyal and most commendable service done to us & to the whole estate of the Realm, in reducing of the good town of Paris unto our obedience. Also as concerning all executions of death passed against any the inhabitants for any matter depending upon the said troubles, our will and meaning is that the said executions shall be no way prejudicial to the honour or memory of the dead: Also that such confiscations as our attorneys have or may pretend unto, shall take no place to the prejudice of their widows children and heirs.  
5 We will and our pleasure is, that all the said inhabitants that shall perform the said promises, submission and Oath, shall re-enter into the enjoying of their goods, offices, dignities and domains whatsoever situated or being, wherein we revoke all gifts and grants of any such things that may be prejudicial to those to whom they did appertain, or to their widows, and heirs.  
6 In consideration of seazures heretofore made upon the goods, inhearitances, rents and revenues of the said inhabitants of Paris, or elsewhere within the said provostship or vicoumpt, who shall fulfil the said promises and submissions, in whatsoever place the said goods be situate or remaining, they shall remain void: And we do grant to the said inhabitants full and perfect recovery of the said seazures and have acquitted and restored unto them whatsoever may be unto us due in respect of the same, notwithstanding whatsoever grants that may be passed, which we have canceled and revoked, and by these presents do cancel and revoke, without respect of any promises or bonds not discharged, made by the labourers or farmers as well to the grants as to the Commissaries and farmers in law, which are and shall stand void: Also as concerning Debts or credit due to the said inhabitants, our pleasure is that with respect of gifts that thereof may have been granted, all which we have, and do cancel and revoke, they may compel or cause to be compelled all such as are to them bound by bond, promise, Obligation or setting over to pay in like form as they might have done before the said troubles.  
7 All provisions of Offices granted by the Duke of Mayenne shall remain void and of no effect. Howbeit such as have obtained the said provisions by the death or resignation of such as have been of their own faction (except the estate of precedents in our Sovereign courts) shall be continued in the said Offices by our letters of provision, which to that end shall be dispatched unto them, without paying any thing as also shall be continued in like form all new Officers by us erected in matter of salt, that have purchased their provisions of the Duke of Mayenne, which also shall remain void and of no effect.  
8 Such as by the Duke of Mayenne have been promoted to benefices not consistorial, being within the said City void by death shall be continued in the same by taking of us their dimissories necessary, whereby such as they have had from the Duke of Mayenne shall rest void and of no effect.  
9 In respect of such the inhabitants as were not in the town at the yielding of the same, wheresoever they were or might be, they shall enjoy the like benefit as others that were present, in case within one month after the publication of these presents they do come in, and make the said submissions and promise to live under our obedience.  
10 All such inhabitants as under our Passports shall departed the town and betake them into any other parts of our obedience, bearing themselves modestly and committing nothing repugnant to the fidelity they own unto us, upon their submissions and promises afore mentioned, shall enjoy their goods without trouble or molestation,  
11 For the ease of the said inhabitants, during this present year, the debtor of set rents shall not be compelled to pay more of their arreareges quarterly than the yearly stint, without prejudice to other former arreareages, for the which there shall be order set down, as much to the ease of every man as may be.  
12 That the accounts made at Paris during the troubles by any that were accountable before the officers of accounts there resident, shall not be subject to the review, but only in case of ordinance.  
13 We mean not notwithstanding in these presents to comprise any thing committed in form of theft or without avow: In consideration whereof we have permitted and do permit unto every man all free liberty by course of law to seek their remedy as they shall think good, as also we do except all such as shall be found guilty of the horrible murder committed on the Parson of the late king our dear Lord & brother or of any conspiracy against our life: As also all trespasses and transgressions punishable between men of one self faction.  
We do therefore command our dear and trusty Chancellor, the officers of our Crown, all Dukes and Peers of France and all the Lords of our Counsel and the ordinary masters of requests of our house, to the same end by us appointed and deputed, to cause these presents to be read, published, and enrolled in the registers of our court of Parliament, in our Chamber of accounts, in our court of Aides, in our generals of Moneys and in all other places expedient: Willing and commanding that the contents of the same be inviolably kept and observed, and that notwithstanding whatsoever oppositions, appellations, edicts, declarations, arrests, judgements, letters, precepts prohibitions and other matters hereto contrary, to all which in respect hereof we have and by these presents do derogate together withal derogatories of derogatories thereunto contrary. For to the end the same may remain firm and steadfast for ever, we have to these presents Signed with our hand, set our Seal, given at Paris in the month of March the year of grace 1594. and of our Reign the fifth.  
Thus Signed HENRY. And somewhat lower. By the King. RUZE And on the side. VISA. And Sealed with the great Seal upon Lables of Silk in green Wax.   

The King hath ordained and doth ordain that upon the fold of these letters, shall be set down, Read, Published and Registered, in the hearing, and at the desire of his attorney general. Given at Paris in the great Chamber of Parliament, there sitting the Lord Chancellor, with the officers of the Crown, the Dukes and Peers of France: The Counsellors of his Counsel of estate, and some of the ordinary masters of requests of his house the 28. day of March 1594.  
Signed LVILLIER.   

The King hath ordained, and doth ordain that upon the fold of these letters shall be set down, Read, Published, and Registered. Given at Paris in the Chamber of accounts, the Lord Chancellor there sitting with the officers of the Crown, the Dukes and Peers of France: The Counsellors of his counsel of estate, and some of the ordinary masters of requests of his house the 28. of March 1594.  
Signed LVILLIER.   

The King hath ordained and doth ordain that upon the fold of these letters shall be set down. Read and Published & Registered in the hearing, and at the desire of the King's attorney general. Given in the Chamber of Aides at Paris: The Lord Chancellor there sitting, with the officers of the Crown, the Dukes and Peers of France, the Counsellors of his counsel of estate and some of the ordinary masters of requests of his house the 28. of March 1594.  
Signed LVILLIER.   

It is ordained that upon the fold of the said letters shall be set down, Read, Published, and Registered. Given at Paris in the Chamber of moneys by the Lords of Ris and Pontcarre, the King's Counsellors in his counsel of estate and Commissaries thereunto by his Majesty deputed the 28. of March 1594.  
Signed LVILLIER.    

The kings Letters Patents for the re-establishment of the Court of Parliament of Paris.  Translated out of the French copy, Printed at Paris by Frederick morel, by E. A. 
HEnry by the grace of God, King of France and of Navarre: To all them to whom these present Letters shall come, greeting. Whereas through the mishap of the dissension raised and continued in this our Realm, by the wicked drifts of some foreign Princes our enemies, and other our rebellious subjects as well in the time of the late King our most honourable Lord and brother, as also since our coming to the crown, sundry towns have been withdrawn from the obedience due to our said Lord and brother, and to us: among the which our good town of Paris, having been occupied by our enemies and manifestly endangered to the intolerable yoke and shameful dominion of the Spaniard, hath perpetrated many things contrary to the obedience due to their lawful King: where remained an infinite number of Citizens, some for fear of the loss of their goods, others for that they could not abandon such persons, to whose preservation by nature they were bound: others for want of means and ability to live elsewhere: and some upon a desire to do service to us, and to the whole commonwealth of this Realm. Among whom sundry Officers of our Court of Parliament did there make their residence and continued the exercise of the Office to them committed, which before the troubles they had executed in our said Parliament: for the which our said Lord and brother having conceived against them most just indignation, did inhibit them, and thereupon made certain declarations since published in the Court of Parliament transferred to Tours: The like whereof, and upon the like cause and occasion ourselves continued as declaring whatsoever their decrees, judgements, and ordinances to be void and of none effect. Howbeit in respect of the causes contained in our Edict which we caused to be published in our great Chamber of Parliament: we of our especial grace, full power and authority royal, have extinguished and abolished all matters committed in our said good town of Paris, during and by occasion of the troubles: As also, we have thought it requisite and necessary for the benefit of our service and common quiet, to the end so good a town should not remain destitute of the exercise of justice royal, for the preservation of the good, and punishment of the wicked, until we may reassemble the whole body of that our said Court, by the return of our trusty and well-beloved, the members of our said Court of Parliament transferred to Tours: Also the Chamber erected at Chalais for the exercise of justice, whom to that end we have sent for: that the Counsellors and other Officers of the said Court, who have had their provisions from the kings our predecessors, & have made their residence in this said town before the said troubles, should be restored and reintegrated in the exercise of their functions as having deemed the said Counsellors worthy this our favour and grace, in respect of the virtue and constancy by them showed in sundry matters, namely in the resolution taken to make the Decree which they published and virtuously maintained in the month of june last passed, against such as endeavoured to alter and infringe the orders of the lawful succession of this Realm. In consideration whereof, we have taken away, and disannulled, and do take away and disannul the interdiction made, as well by the said King, as by us against the said Counsellors and other officers, at this present in good number resident in this said town, who after they shall have taken the oath herein requisite, in the hands of our trusty and dear Chancellor, shallbe re-established and restored to the exercise of their Offices: as by these presents we have restored and re-established, and do restore and re-establish them: to the end after the said oath, they may enjoy the like honours, prerogatives, rights, authorities, privileges and pre-eminences, which afore time they had and did enjoy, before the said interdictions: so as the said Counsellors may do, and perform all acts and exercises of jurisdiction, and sovereign justice, that appertaineth to our Parliament, in as ample manner, as they did or might have done, in case the said Interdictions had never been against them declared, proceeding to the publication of Edicts, admission of Officers, sovereign judgements and all other expeditions and orders heretofore made in our said Parliament. We do therefore command our most trusty and well-beloved Chancellor: the Officers of the Crown: the Dukes and Peers of France: the other Lords of our Counsel, and the ordinary Masters of Requests, by us committed and deputed, that they cause these presents to be read, published, and registered, to the end the contents of the same may be kept, observed and put in execution, according to their form and tenure: For such is our pleasure: In witness whereof, we have signed these presents with our hand, and to the same affixed our seal. Given at Paris the 28. of March, the year of grace 1594. and of our reign the fifth.  
Thus signed HENRY. And upon the fold. By the King. RUZE. And sealed with a great seal in yellow wax.   

The King hath ordained and doth ordain that upon the fold of these Letters shallbe set down, Red, published, and registered in the hearing, and at the desire of his Attorney General. Given at Paris in the great Chamber of Parliament, the Lord Chancellor there sitting, with the Officers of the Crown, the Dukes and Peers of France. The Counsellors of his Counsel of Estate, and some of the ordinary Masters of Requests of his house, the 20. of March 1594  
Signed LVILLIER.   

The Decree of the Court of Parliament of Paris, of the 30. day of March 1594.  
Gathered out of the Registers of Parliament.  
THe Court having from the xii. day of the month of january last, solicited the Duke of Mayenne to acknowledge that King, whom God & the laws have given to this Realm, and to procure the Peace, whereunto he would never condescend, as being inveigled by the policies of the spaniards and their adherents: and God having sithence of his infinite goodness delivered this Town of Paris, out of the hands of strangers, and reduced the same into the obedience of her natural and lawful King. Having yielded solemn thanks to God for this happy success, desirous to employ the authority of the Sovereign justice of this Realm, to the end, that by preserving the Roman Religion, we might hinder strangers under the false pretence thereof, from seizing upon the Estate: and call again all Princes, Prelates, Lords, Gentlemen, and other Subjects to the grace and clemency of the King, and to a general reconciliation, and to repair whatsoever the licence of the Civil wars hath altered in the authority of the Laws, and foundation of the Estate, Rights, and Honours of the Crown: the matter deliberated upon in the said Court, all the Chambers assembled, Hath declared, and doth declare all Arrestes, Decrees, Ordinances, and Oaths, given, made, and taken, sithence the nine and twentieth of December Anno 1588. in prejudice of the authority of our kings and Laws of the Realm, to be void and wrested by force and violence: and as such, hath revoked, canceled and annihilated them, and ordained that they shall remain abolished and suppreved: And especially hath declared, and doth declare whatsoever hath been done, contrary to the Honour of the late King Henry the third, aswell during his life, as sithence his decease, to be void: Doth prohibit all persons to speak of his memory, otherwise then with honour and reverence. And moreover ordaineth that information shall be taken of the detestable parricide committed on his person, and extraordinarily proceeded against those that shall be found guilty thereof. The said Court hath revoked and doth revoke the power heretofore given to the Duke of Mayenne, under the quality of lieutenant General of the Estate and Crown of France: It prohibiteth all persons, of what estate or condition soever, to acknowledge him in this calling: To yield him any obedience, favour, comfort, or aid, upon pain to be punished as offenders guilty of high Treason. And upon like pain hath enjoined the said Duke of Mayenne, and other Princes of the house of Lorraine, to acknowledge King Henry the fourth of that name, King of France, for their King and Sovereign Lord, and to yield unto him the obedience and service to him due. And to all other Princes, Prelates, Lords, Gentlemen, Towns, Commonalties, and particular persons, to forsake the pretended party of the Union. Whereof the Duke of Mayenne hath made himself head, and to yield unto the King service, obedience and fidelity: Upon pain, that the said Princes, Lords and Gentlemen be degraded from their Nobility and declared Peasantes, both they and their posterity, with confiscation of body and goods, razing and ruinating of Towns, castles, and places, which shall be infringers of the commandement and ordinance of the King. Hath canceled and revoked, doth cancel and revoke whatsoever hath been done, decreed and ordained by the pretended Deputies of the assembly holden in this Town of Paris, under the name of the General Estates of this Realm: as void and done by private persons, chosen, and wrought for the most part by the Factious of this Realm, and partakers with the spaniard, and having no lawful power at all. Doth prohibit the said pretended Deputies, to take upon them this quality, or to assemble themselves any more in this Town or elsewhere, upon pain to be punished as disturbers of the common rest, and Traitors. And doth enjoin those of the said pretended Deputies, which yet at this present are in this Town of Paris, to withdraw themselves every of them in his house, there to live under the obedience of the King, and to take the Oath of fidelity before the judges of the places.  
Hath also ordained and doth ordain that all processions and solemnities ordained, during the troubles, and by reason thereof shall cease, and in steed thereof, the two and twentieth day of March shallbe for ever kept holy, and upon the same day shall be a general procession, according to the accustomed manner. Whereat shallbe assistant the said Court in red Robes, in remembrance, and for to give thanks to God for the happy delivery and reduction of the said Town to the kings obedience: And to the end no person pretend cause of ignorance of this present decree: hath ordained and doth ordain, that it shall be read, and published by sound of Trumpet and public cry, throughout all the chief quarters of this Town of Paris, and in all the Courts of this jurisdiction: and to this end the same shall be printed, and at the diligence of the kings Attorney General shall be sent to all his Substitutes: Whom it enjoineth to see the same executed, and thereof to certify the said Court. Done in Parliament, the thirtieth day of March 1594.  
Read and Published by sound of Trumpet, and Proclamation, throughout the principal quarters of this Town of Paris, the next day being the last of the said month.  
Subscribed De Villoutreys.  
FINIS.