¶ The very truth of the conference betwixt the Queen mother, and the Prince of Conde.  
july. 1562.   

THE VERY TRVETH OF conference betwixt the Queen the mother, and the Prince of Conde. julij 1562.  
THey of the house of Guise with their adherentes saying that the Prince came forth of Orleans to withstand them, and to give them batta●le contrary to the hope and expectation wherein they had put the Queen and the Parisians (which was that they should no sooner show themselves before Orleans but the said Prince with his partakers would straight way yield themselves) seeing themselves deceived and considering the danger wherein they were to be overthrown, sent and offered such conditions of peace to the Prince, as might have been asked at their hands, requiring therewithal truce for six days, to th'end they might cause the Queen to come thither to conclude the said peace. betwixt them. The which. vi. days with three moreover the said Prince for the quietness of the comen wealth granted: and being come to communication with the Queen to th'end she might understand that he was moved only by zeal of religion to do as he did: he said that in his own particular respect he wholly submitted himself unto her will, yea to be banished for ever out of the Realm of France, upon condition that the true & faithful ceruauntes of Christ might safely live in their houses, with quietness of their conscience, in hearing the sincere word of god, and in the exercise of comen prayers, and communicating of the Sacraments according to the prescript of the Gospel. The Queen taking hold of the first point of this his promise & offer, wrote unto the King and the Court of Parliament, & many other places besides, that she had made peace, And when the term of the truce was expired, & that they should come to the conclusion thereof, she declared to the said Prince that he must be content that there should be no more preaching in France, and that the ministers a preachers should avoid the realm and all such others as followed their doctrine, and that they should all have safeconduct given them to depart: whereunto the said priynce aunsweted, that christian charity the which by the aucthorritie and commandment of the said Queen, had put the sword in his hand for the defence of Innocentes. aswell of the Kings majesty and herres, as for the poor faithful of the whole Realm of France against the Tiranni of the house of Guise, robbers of the kings and Queen's liberty, and manifest enemies to the word of God, would not suffer him to admit and obey any such direction, the which he knew well did never proceed of her will ne of the Kings, whereas they had tofore consented to the contrary by a solempte Edict unto their whole estates. For mauntenaunce whereof he had put himself in Armure against the said Guise, who by their private authority with violence had broken the same, as the great number of murders and manslaughters by them committed did testify. And whereas they covered themselves with th'authority of the King Queen and Court of parliament, it was apparent enough to all the world, that they ruled the same by force even as they lusted. The said Prince in time and place convenient will plainly prove that he put himself in arms by the express commandment of the Queen, for the defence of the King, herself, and the Realm, from the oppression of the foresaid tyrants: Wherefore he cannot disarm without breaking of the duty of his allegiance, before he see the King & the queens matestye in full liberty, & that the Gospel may have course according as their majesty's have godly decreed by the universal consent lawfully assembled out of all the Countries of this Realm of France.  
All these things above written at true, whereof it followeth that the said Prince with his adherentes are falsely esteemed and called rebels and seditious persons, and that the name of rebellion, sedition and disobedience appertaineth truly & properly to his adversaries.  
As touching their discourse concerning this matter sent by the said Lady unto the Court of Parliament: It is most certain that Monseur de Guise caused her to put her hand thereunto. And whereas sith it was imprinted by Uascosan, the sale thereof was prohibited, lest the lies wherewith it swarmeth should be discovered and known. For of truth it shall never appeeate and be proved that any other conditions have been offered unto the poor faithful Christians, but exile and banishment forever out of their houses and countries, or else to abide with retoutning unto their papistical ceremonies. (⁂)