THE TERRIBLE AND Deserved death of Francis Ravilliack, showing the manner of his strange torments at this Execution, upon Friday the 25. of May last past, for the murder of the late French King, Henry the fourth.  
TOGETHER WITH AN ABSTRACT Out of divers Proclamations, and Edicts, now concerning the state of France.  
As it was Printed in French in three several Books published by Authority. 1610.   depiction of the quartering of Francis Ravilliack 
At London printed for William Barley. and john Bayhe. 1610.   

The true manner of the strange execution of Francis Ranilliack (for the late murder of the French King, Henry the fourth) who was tormented to death, upon a skaffould, in the City of Paris the 25 of May last 1610.  
THE most Inhuman murder lately committed upon the person of the late French King, Henry the fourth of famous memory, hath much disquieted the state of France, and so busied other kingdoms, in hunting after the true reports thereof, so far forth, that we think it an in terior love to our countrymen to have an abstract of the most accurances that happened since that unnatural accident, and fiirstto begin with the viperous homicide the bloody actor of this deed, who strove with the envy of his heart draw in pieces the bowels that cherished his life. (flourishing France I mean) that proves abortive, in bringing forth such an unnatural frenchman.  
This parricide, Frances Ravilliack, in time passed of the order of the Felician friars, but of late a practissioner in the law (by some named a pettifogger) borne in the town of Angolesme, a place not far distant from the City of Paris, who after he had unluckedly accomplished this bloody stratagem, by taking away the preserver of so many lives, was upon the 23 of May last, araingned, convicted, and condempued by due order of law, in the great court and chamber of Turnella in Paris, before all the Assemblies, Precedents, Councillors, and Commissioners, at the Request of Du Viquit, Aturney general to the King, whose place & authority was there then to inquire against this Francis Ravilliack, for the murder of his late sovereign, Henry the fourth King of France and Nauare, whereupon, this Francis Ravilliack, with a sad & deathlike countenance, holding up his guilty hand before this great assembly, presently confessed guilty, and that he became this his country's shame, only by the instigation of the devil, and not any other accomplices, & confederates would he reveal, but in a Satanical manner vowed himself to secrecy, whereupon the law proceeded, and a most terrible sentence of death pronounced against him there, according to a general decree of that great court of parliament, & so being a condemned Villain was with a strong guard of armed men conveyed to prison, otherwise by the violent rage of the common people, he had been torn in pieces, such was the love they bore to their late King.  
Upon the Friday following, being the 25. of May, (according to their computation) this Frauces Ravilliack was in a most vile and base manner carried to execution as followeth.  
First, (naked in his shirt) he was brought out of the Consergery, (being the prison for the palace) with a lighted Torch of two pound weight i none hand, and the Knife (wherewith he killed the King) chained to the other hand, so openly to be seen, that the least child there present might behold it, after this, he was placed standing upright in a tumbril or dung-cart Duug-cart, and so from thence, conducted with a guard of Citizens to the Capital church in Paris, where being adjudged to do penance he had been made a sacrifice to the rage of the rude people, had not (there been appointed Officers to see his execution) previnted it.  
After this, being accompanied to the place of execution with two doctors of divinity, all the way persuading him to save his soul from everlasting punishment, by revealing and laying open his associates therein, which he would not, but stiffly (though ungraciously) took the bloody burden upon his own shoulders, withstanding, even to the death, all fair promises whatsoever. In this manner as I said before, was he carried to the grieve, being a spacious street, and about the middle of Paris, where was builded a very substantial scaffould of strong timber, whereupon, according to his judgement he was to be tormented to death: Du Viquit the Kings Aturny general was appointed principal to see the execution, and there to gather (if he could) some further light of this unchristianlike conspiracy.   depiction of the quartering of Francis Ravilliack 
But so strongly was his flesh and joints knit together, that of long time, these four horses could not dismember him, nor any way tear one joint from the other, so that one of the horses fainted, the which a Merchant of the City of Paris perceiving, put to one of his own, being a horse of an exceeding great strength, yet notwithstanding for all this, they were constrained to cut the flesh under, his arms and thighs with a sharp razor, by which means his body was the easier torn in pieces: which being done, the rage of the people grew so violent, that they snatched the dismembered carcase out of the executioners hands, some beat it in sunder against the ground, others cut it in pieces with knives, so that there was nothing lest but bones, which were brought to the place of execution and there burned to cinders, the ashes whereof was scattered into thewind, as being thought to be unworthy of the earth's burial. God in his justice I will hope in the like manner reward all such as repine at their country's safety, and desperately attempt to lift their hands against Gods anointed.   

THE BREFES TAKEN OF DIVERS EDICTS AND DECREES lately proclaimed in France in this place.  
LEWES the 13. by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, to all his loving subjects, health:  
WHereas the inhuman murder of our late deceased Father, HENRY the fourth of famous memory, is as far as Law and justice can reach unto, revenged upon the body of that parricide Francis Ravaillac, whose death sufficiently witnesseth, and now stands regesterd and example of severity in such a cause, yet nature and duty bindeth us to add this further unto it: we therefore by the advise of our four Courts of Parliament, the Lords thereof, spiritual & temporal that all the lands, goods, and cattles late belonging to the aforesaid traitor Francis Ravaillac, shall be confiscate to our use, and also the house in Angolesm●, wherein he was borne, to be utterly ruinated, and be converted into a common leastall, and in the same place never any more house to be built: Also we by our authority do decree and ordain, judge, and command, that the Father and Mother of the said Francis Ravaillac, be for ever banished our Kingdom of France, and all the Provinces belonging thereunto, not to beseen after the date of seaventeen days be expiered, never to return upon pain of hanging: Also we ordain, that the uncles, brothers, sisters and all his kindred, shall never more take upon them the name of Ravaillac, but take to themselves some other name, upon the like pain of punishment, as a name, unworthy of our country. All which we do command to be proclaimed throughout all our Provinces, by the sound of trumpet as the order is. For the prosecution of which business, we do give full authority to du Vicquet, our Atorney General. Dated at our Palace in Paris the 29. of May 1610. and signed with the great seal of yellow wax, by the Lord,  
POTIER.   

A BRIEF OF LETTERS PATENTS GIVEN TO the Queen.  
LEWES the 13. by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, etc. To our friends and faithful Councillors of our Court of Parliament of Rouen, health:  
LOOKING to the necessity of the time, and for the maintenance of the state in peace, upon the miserable accident committed upon the person of our most Royal King and Father, and being in our minority, we do establish and make this good order for the preservation of our loving subjects, to live in the union and concord as they did in the time of our Father, and as by the Council of our Royal Mother, Princes of our blood, other Princes, Prelates, Dukes, Peers, and Officers of the Crown, we are transported to this our Parliament of Paris, and being seated in our seat of justice, we do fully yield our whole government to our Mother, to have care of us, and protect us till we come to age, not suffering any custom to be denied, but all things to be performed, and continued in as good force, as they did in our Father's time to the quiet of our land, and the peace of our loving subjects: given at our Palace in Paris the 18. of may 1610. and of our reign the first.  
Seen, published, and registered in Court by du Vicquet, Attorney General, the aforesayed 18, of May, Signed likewise by de Boylevesque, Secretary to the Parliament of Rouen, and proclaimed in every Province, that none hereafter shall pretend cause of ignorance.   

By the King.  
LEWS the 13. by the grace of God King of France and Navarre etc. To all our loving subjects to whom these shall appertain: health,  
Since the unhapie murder of our late father: The Queen our royal mother now Regent over us, having tears in her eyes and sorrow in her heart, hath not let to work with great magnanimity and providence for this unnatural accident, that it might not be prejudicial to our person, our Kingdom, nor to our subjects, knowing herself obliged to that duty, not only for the natural affection she bears us, but being declared Regent, and loaden with the affairs of the Kingdom, by the wills and authority of the Princes of our blood and others of the Parliament, we leaving of hte seat of justice, by which means her pains is great and so happy, to our subjects near us and our City of Paris desiring no duty to us, but to our honoured Lady and mother, for which we do not doubt of your willingness, in so doing, we shall give you thanks with our love.  
Furthermore, considering that in the times pastm the days of our late father, and other Kings his predecessors, that neither of these two Religions (by us now tolerated) could not be weeded out of the Kingdom without much blood shed: be it now therefore ordained, and likewise we do allow both the same through all our Provinces, without any contradiction as it was in our father's time, and the hinderers thereof to be highly punished.  
Given at our Palace in Paris the 22. of May, and signed with the great Seal in yellow wax: Farewell.   

Letters Patents of the King concerning the Edict of Nantes.  
Upon the 22. of May there we Letters Patents granted, by proclamation, containing the will and intention of the King, for the entertainment of the Edict made in Nantes, concerning articles given to his subjects professing the pretended reformed Religion, published in the Parliament at Roan the 28. of Day 1610.  
Upon Sunday their 27 of Day were nine thousand Protestants at Church together very peaceably, God be praised.  
The king is continually guarded with two hundred horse, and his Swissers, besides the Nobility which mourn greatly.  
The Duke de Nevers by advice is returned from the army.  
The humdred thousand men promised to the Marquis of Brandenburg do remain as they did before, and all the army beside are well.  
These be the only last and true news out of France, taken out of three several books there imprinted, the one at Rouen, by Nartin Mesgissier Printer ordinary to the King,  
Another by Peter Courant according to the copy printed at Paris, by Anthony Vitray, by permission of the Court.  
And another printed at Rouen by the same Man, & now an abstract of them all turned into English by R. E.