REMONSTRANCES MADE BY THE KING'S majesties AMBASSADOR, unto the French King and the Queen his Mother, june last passed, 1615.  
Concerning the marriages with SPAIN; As also certain Diabolical opinions maintained by Cardinal PERRON, about the deposing and murdering of KINGS.  
Together with the French Kings Letter to the Prince of CONDE, Dated the 26. of july last, 1615. and the Prince his Answer thereunto.  
Translated according to the French Copy.  
LONDON, Printed by William Stansby for Nathaniel Butter, and are to be sold at his shop under Saint Augustine's Gate. 1615.   

Remonstrances made by his majesties Ambassador of Great BRITAIN, to the French King, and the Queen his Mother, june 1615.  
SIr, the title of your good Brother, and ancient Friend, wherewith the King my Master is truly styled, doth assuredly persuade him that you also on your part have the like impression of sincere affection, which is infused and engrafted in him by the successive and perpetual continuance of that united amity and alliance, which his Predecessors the Kings of Scotland have had at all times with your Crown, hath been testified also in these latter days, by the Kings of England, in their worthy and effectual assistance often performed unto your State, chiefly unto your Father, the late King of worthy memory, in the time of his most difficult affairs; so that you cannot impute any thing proceeding from him, but unto that same entire affection, which his Majesty, on his part, desires (if it may be) to continue, and perpetuate in his Successors, both to you and yours.  
Whereupon, his Majesty by express command hath charged me, seriously to remonstrate unto your Majesty, for the good of your Person and State, and all Christendom in general; and as he assureth himself, that all his actions and proceedings since his reign, which began with his life, will justify him before you and the world, that he never through practicality, or curiosity intruded himself into foreign affairs, so hath he this testimony of his conscience, and doth protest before God, that the only end and cause of his enter-meddling in this action, is the aforesaid welfare of your State, and discharge of his own conscience.  
Sir, his Majesty hath been advertised, that your Majesty is resolved speedily to take your journey, to make an exchange of Princes with Spain: whereupon he finds himself obliged (as well by the affection he bears unto you in particular, as by the care he owes unto the public of Christendom, faithfully to represent unto you the great & imminent danger, wherinto, by this your resolution, you will plunge both the State of your own Kingdom, and also of your nearest neighbours, and best allios, not that he doth counsel your Majesty to depart from the contract which is already past touching these marriages. For his Majesty knows well, that the greatness and dignity of Kings doth in good reason require, that they should seek the amity one of the other, and combine themselves by such alliances and leagues of friendship, but only to present unto your view, how expedient and necessary it is, (both for the consideration and welfare of your person in particular, as also in respect of all Christendom in general, in this doubtful uncertainty, wherein the affairs of these times now stand, to remit the accomplishing of the said marriages unto a time more mature and opportune.  
Besides this ancient affection, and bond of amity between your Crowns, his Majesty takes himself obliged in Conscience to perform unto you this office, by reason of that faithful promise passed between the late King your Father of happy memory and him; by the secret ministery of some certain of your servants, and namely, the deceased Monss. de Vitry, which was, that when either of the two departed this life, the survivor should take into his care & protection, the Estate and posterity of the deceased. Which, his Majesty, presently after that unfortunate accident of the late King's death, made known (by the Baron of Hales) unto Mons. de la Borderie, who was then with him, offering himself to the utmost of his power for the accomplishing of this promise, whereof since the bond yet remains in his person towards your Majesty, he cannot, for the discharge of his conscience, but show unto you, and the Queen your Mother, the great wrong, which he supposeth, is done unto you, if, before you have attained to that maturity of years and judgement, requisite and necessary for your direction in the choice of your Wife and associate, be it for the content of your affection, or welfare of your State, you should be precipitated into the yoke of marriage, to the manifest prejudice of your health, and (may be) of your contentment and affairs; for, as touching this last point, his Majesty weighing that which publicly appears of the constitution of your present estate, the divers jealousies and discontentments of the greatest of your Court, the ill treating of your Parliament, which without doubt hath caused much discontent in the minds of your Subjects, in respect of the great credit and reputation, which this body, and principal member of your State hath with the people, besides the grievances which those of the reformed Religion pretend, he knoweth not how in the midst of these agitations and disorders, your majesties may absent yourselves from the heart and centre of your Kingdom, as you should do by this voyage; beside, the leaving of your affairs here exposed to a great deal of confusion, and danger of disorder.  
But besides these considerations which merely concern your Person and Kingdom in particular, the generalty of Christendom doth find itself greatly interessed in the precipitation of this voyage, for if in the doubtful and unsettled estate of the affairs of these times, the accomplishing of the same were for a certain time suspended, there would be hope, that by the common & joint intercession of all their friends and allies, the differences which now molest and menace the quiet of Christendom, might be ordered; whereas if in this doubtful and dangerous Conjunction, these marriages be suddenly perfected, it cannot be in all likelihood, but there must ensue a general combustion throughout all Christendom.  
For first, what jealousy and discontent will the States of the united Provinces receive, when they shall see France & Spain so jointly united? can they hope that France will then labour to cause the Archduke to make restitution of those places kept, and detained in Cleves and juilliers, by the Marquis Spinola, for the which they are now in controversy with him; yea rather, will they not suspect all counsels and resolutions, to be enterprised to oppugn them? yes, without doubt they will believe, that in this Conjunction, the ill will of Spain towards them, will surmount the good will of France, and that it will not cease, until it hath engaged this State in open enmity against them. And this with great grief his Majesty is forced to say, that if the same will and resolution had been brought from hence, as was taken by him, for the ordering of the affairs of weasel, those points and puntillios whereon so long time the Spaniards have dwelled, to prolong this affair, might have been long ago cut off: but now on the contrary, he hath cause to grieve, that having as much laboured to solicit the intervention of this State in this affair, as to draw the Spaniard to some reason; notwithstanding all this importunity, he could never procure any other answer from hence (neither touching this point, or the other affairs) but in general terms, witness that weak satisfactory answer presented unto his Majesty, by Mons. de Buisseaux, as also all the other answers to the solicitations of the Princes of Germany.  
Moreover, these Princes of the Union, knowing that Spain is the Favourer and Protector of their Enemies, will receive no less damage and displeasure by the accomplishing of these marriages, thus prosecuted without any necessity, and so out of season, that they will not only weaken them by the loss of France, but also strengthen their Enemies by the advantage of this Conjunction. And who can secure them from fear, (if the troubles of Savoy can be appeased) that the Army of Spain, which now threateneth Italic, doth not come expressly by the forbearance of this State, to fall upon them, and in particular, the Elector of Brandenbourg, who hath so long timerelyed upon France, cannot hereafter expect any favour from hence for the deciding of his controversy, seeing that the King of Spain hath taken the Duke of Newenbourg, his Competitor, into his protection?  
As for the Duke of Savoy, who is descended from this Crown, and whose preservation doth much concern it, as well for the nearness, as for the situation of his Country; if before the accomplishing of these marriages, he hath found France so violent and discourteous towards him, as well by the harsh and peremptory messages, which have been sent him from hence, as by the rigorous inhibitions published in disfavour of him, declaring all such as go to aid or assist him, offenders of his Majesty, and so using them, by confiscation and razing of their houses, (a thing never heard of, nor practised, especially by France, towards a Prince and Friend, so vexed and oppressed by the Arms of one stronger than himself) how may he hope, after the consummation of the said marriages, that this State will remain an impartial Arbitrator betwixt Spain and him, or that these Ministers which shall be employed in his business, will deal faithfully and sincerely for the good of his affairs, his Majesty protesting for his own part that his desire hath and ever shall be, firmly to unite himself with your Majesties, to incite the said Duke unto peace, howbeit he judgeth it fit to have an equal care, lest by such disfavour, he might be enforced to accept of conditions unsafe and prejudicial?  
And since that the greatest Honour of France, during the wise government of the late King, was the authority and trust which it had, prudently and profitably to provide (as it hath done upon divers great and important occasions) for the accommodating of differences between foreign Princes and States, to the conservation of the public peace of Christendom, and seeing that it is already apparent, that the shadow of these double alliances doth minister cause of fear to your ancient friends, that together with them the interests also of Spain will be espoused, it is most certain, that the precipitation of these marriages will much augment this fear in them, causing France to lose that authority and trust which their Counsels have had always heretofore on their part, turning their confidence into distrust, and their love into discontent.  
If therefore, notwithstanding all these weighty and urgent considerations, which concern so nearly the person of your Majesty, and the Weal public, aswell of your own State, as of your Neighbours and Allies, you shall hastily proceed to the consummation of this voyage; what may they imagine, who in this State, and also among your Neighbours do clearly perceive, weigh and apprehend these pregnant considerations, but that thereby there is some hidden design tending to their prejudice?  
Lastly, the King my Master shall have just cause of regret in his own particular, if having lived so many years in love, and correspondency so firm with this Crown, insomuch that these two States (having had almost one & the self same to will, and not to will, the same Friends and Enemies) have always joined their Counsels, and guided their actions in all affairs and occurrences, tending to the Weal public, after one and the same manner: Now France diverting itself from him, by the precipitation of these Marriages with Spain, shall leave unto him alone the burden and charge of all such affairs and differences, as yet remain in Christendom undecided; howsoever notwithstanding his Majesty is not ignorant of the advantage, which elsewhere is offered unto him by this alienation, if he were a Prince ambitious to win unto himself alone the good will and friendship of all those ancient Allies, which by this action seem abandoned, if he alone should not enterprise the managing of their affairs, as he will never be wanting either by assistance or counsel, to effect the same, when necessity shall require. But being not able on his part so slightly to forget & renounce the ancient correspondence & Conjunction, which he hath hitherto maintained with this Crown, he is willing to use all care and means for the preservation of it in its own estate, before he change his course, or address himself to new counsels, if he be not thereunto constrained by this sudden alteration.  
And this is it that his Majesty hath charged me, thus freely to represent these foresaid considerations unto your Majesty, beseeching you to accept and embrace this his advice, even as he presents it unto you, that is to say, with his true and ancient affection for the good of your Person and State, and the zeal he beareth unto the weal public of Christendom, that you would be pleased so to dispose of your resolutions hereupon, in this most weighty occasion, that his Majesty may enjoy the contentment, and you the fruit which he earnestly desireth.   

A Declaration made by his majesties Ambassador of Great Britain unto the French King, and the Queen his Mother, concerning an Oration made by the Cardinal of Perron, in the late general Assembly of the Estates at Paris.  
SIr, the King my Master, (having seen a certain Oration, made in the Assembly of your State's General, held lately in this City, and since published by Mons. the Cardinal of Perron, whereof he himself hath sent a Copy unto his Majesty) cannot sufficiently wonder at the licentiousness, and depravation of this age, animated with such audacity by the speeches and writings of a person of that quality, who, to overthrow a wholesome proposition, made in the third Chamber of the said States, for preservation of the life and authority of Kings, under pretence of maintaining the interest and rights of the Pope, doth not only expose and lay open as a prey, the life and States of Princes, by the doctrine maintained in the said Oration, but also doth unworthily subject the Crown of his own King, to the tutelage and authority of the Sea of Rome; and thirdly, doth send forth, without any respect, divers reproaches and injurious invectives against the Person and Government of the King my Master.  
First therefore, his Majesty complains, and takes in ill part, that the said Cardinal, in divers places of this speech, publicly maintains, that a King by the Law of God may fall from his Right, and cease to be acknowledged as a King. That a Pope or Council hath authority, particularly in cases of Heresy or Apostafy, to depose Kings, and absolve Subjects of their oath of Allegiance, and that consequently their Subjects may enterprise against them. Which were not only to put the State and Temporal dignity of Kings, into the hands and disposing of the Pope, but also disobedience into the hearts of their Subjects, and a knife into the hands of Assassins, to execute upon their Sacred persons, the decrees of a will transported either by error or malice unto their ruin; whereof, within these five and twenty years, this Kingdom hath felt too too lamentable & remarkable effects.  
Secondly, the said Cardinal, applying this execrable Maxim, in particular unto France, maintains, that it hath always been received and authorized here, yea, sometimes for crimes of Religion, less weighty than Heresy or Apostafie: And if any hold the contrary, the Popes do but tolerate the same for the good of the Church's peace, conditionally that they hold it as doubtful, and problematical, and not affirm it contradictory to the word of God; by which means, your majesties Life remains continually exposed to the same danger and enterprises, that your two Predecessors felt.  
Thirdly, his Majesty finds himself greatly offended in particular, by the language, that the said Cardinal useth of him and his actions, chiefly, that under pretence of gratifying his person, he ranks him (as much as in him lieth) in the number of Pagans, commending him only for his virtues, Moral and Natural, without attributing unto him any Christianity at all; wherein his Majesty glories principally.  
Secondly, he accuseth him of malice and faction, affirming that he hath enterprised to sow Schism and division in this assembly of the Estates, and in the States of this Kingdom, endeavouring thereby, to bring in the same Article and oath, which himself imposeth on his own subjects, and which is worst of all, describes him in his Government, as if he were a bloody Tyrant, and as if no sort of torments could be devised, which he inflicteth not upon his Catholic Subjects, whom he presents sighing, and as it were, breathless under the yoke of persecution; & at the end of this discourse (by way of Antithesis) saith, that, God be thanked, the French are not under a King that maketh Martyrs. Inferring thereby, that the King of great Britain is so cruel and unmerciful, as he taketh pleasure in the effusion of the blood of Innocents'.  
But his Majesty being content to trample under his feet, all these opprobries and injuries, which concern but his own particular, standeth not upon any reparation with the Cardinal, but only esteemeth himself obliged, and should think himself defective and wanting in that, which God and nature hath made him to be, if he did not testify unto the full, the sensible apprehension, which he herein hath, touching the honour, safety, and dignity of Kings in general; which the said Cardinal by this Maxim and pernicious speech of his, doth abase and subject to the disposing of another.  
This is that which his Majesty hath commanded me lively, and seriously to remonstrate unto this State, to the end, that your Majesties, and my Lords of your Counsel, opening your eyes to see and apprehend (as is requisite) the scandal, danger, and pernicious consequence of this doctrine, aswell in general to all Christendom, as to the State of France in particular, may speedily provide a forcible remedy for the choking of the seed hereof. And more particularly, his Majesty out of the impression of that hearty and sincere amity, which was between him and the late King, whose loss he daily deplores, and whose memory he honours with all respect in his heart, hath charged me to show and call to your majesties remembrance, that during the life of the said King, they contracted this amiable accord, and brotherly agreement, between them in such sort, that when it should please God to take unto him one of the two, the Survivor should undertake as Father and Protector of the children of the pre-deceased.  
And for this cause, his Majesty (desiring to acquit himself of this obligation and duty, which he beareth to the remembrance of him, whom he so faithfully loved during his life) cannot but declare the lively feeling and commiseration, which he hath of the miserable and perilous estate of your Majesty his most dear Brother, which is continually in danger, if the doctrine of the Cardinal be received & allowed in France.  
And therefore his Majesty, for the discharage of his conscience, and duty of his quality, desires, and requires this state, openly to manifest to the view and knowledge of all the world, (by public and rigorous suppression of the oration of the said Cardinal, and by a solemn decree touching the same) their disavowing and condemning of this new and accursed doctrine, to the end, that by this declaration, the licentious Spirits of your subjects may the better be kept in the duty of their fidelity and obedience   

A Letter from the French KING, to the Prince of CONDE.  
COZEN; I have oftentimes given you to understand the desire which I had, that you should accompany me in my voyage which I intent to make into Guyenne, for the accomplishing of my Marriage, and have invited you to prepare ●our self for the same, and to repair unto me for that purpose: I have also made known unto you my good meaning touching some points, whereof you desired, before your return, to be informed, aswell concerning the affairs general, as others, having to that effect sent divers times unto you Mons. de Villeroy, who is with you at this present, by whom also you might have been certified, and assured, of my affection and good will, as also of the Queens my Mother, towards you. Notwithstanding hitherto, I cannot know your intent in this business, having yet had nothing but delays on your part. In the mean time being forced to take my journey, I send Mons. de Pont Chartrain my Counsellor & Secretary of State in those parts, with the said Mons. de Villeroy, ●o●signifie unto you, that my resolution is to begin my said voyage upon Saturday, the first of the next month, without any further delay, and to desire you again in my behalf, to come and accompany me, and there to take the place which is due to your quality and birth; or to declare your mind in the presence of the said Mons. de Pont Chartrain, if (contrary to that hope I have ever had of you) you intent to make refusal, or difficulty, and deny me this content, to the end that he may bring me certain intelligence of your intentions, being the principal cause of his voyage: referring myself therefore unto that, which the said Mons. de Villeroy, and he, shall say unto you in my behalf, Cousin, I pray to God to have you in his blessed protection.  
Written from Paris the 26. of july, 1615. Signed LOVIS, and underneath, de Lomenye.   

The Prince of CONDE his answer unto the KING.  
SIR, having understood by your Letters, which your Majesty vouchsafed to write unto me, by Mons. de Pont Chartrain, the 26. of this month, the speedy resolution which you have to undertake your voyage into Guyenne, and the command it pleaseth your Majesty to impose on me, to go and accompany you in the same, I judged that this departure so hasty (without order first given to the affairs of your State, and provision for the disorders which have been represented unto you, both by your States general, as also your Court of Parliament of Paris) was but a continuation of the ill counsel of those, which are the Authors thereof, whom heretofore I have forborn to name in my most humble Remonstrances, being not willing to displease you, Sir, nor the Queen your Mother, hoping that they would at length have ceased to abuse your majesties goodness. But seeing that they continue to make use of your authority, for pretext and covert of their own pernicious designs, and violent counsels too manifest to be now doubted of, and too public to be tolerated and suffered any longer, seeing they tend to the subversion of your State, the weakening of your Crown, and the ruin of those of your Blood and other Princes, and Officers of your Crown, and principal Lords of your Kingdom. I am constrained, Sir, after long patience, to present unto your Majesty (in all humility and respect which a most humble Subject oweth unto his Prince) the just reasons which detain and hinder me, from rendering obedience to your command. I will declare therefore unto your Majesty, that when I withdrew myself to Chreil, you being pleased to send thither unto me Mons. de Villeroy, to command me on your behalf to come unto you, with promise made unto me, that your Majesty would give good order unto the public affairs of your Kingdom: I made answer, that (having been eight Months at Paris, where I saw the beginning, proceeding, and issue of the Assembly of the States, such as it was, the course which was taken to suborn and pervert the Deputies, and frustrate their Counsels and resolutions, the Parliament abused, and unworthily handled, for endeavouring the service of your Majesty; my life, and the life of divers other Princes and Lords of quality endangered, because I freely with them declared my advice in your Council, touching your service and the welfare of your State;) I say, my answer was, that I could not return either with dignity or safety, until it had pleased your Majesty to provide for the reformation of your Council, and those public disorders, contained in the Declarations of your Parliament. Whereupon, your Majesty being pleased to send again unto me the said Mons. de Villeroy to Clermont, with more ample authority than he had the first voyage, we conferred together of the reformation of your foresaid Council, and of those Orders which he had in charge to show unto me; and as touching the advices of the Parliament, I reserved to make known unto him my intent, until that I had conferred with, and taken the advice of other Princes, Officers of your Crown, and Lords, who concur and agree in the same opinion with me, and stand no less affected to your service, the good of your State, and the establishment of your Crown, even as the said Mons. de Villeroy hath showed unto your Majesty, who taking in good part that, which he had begun to treat of, thought good yet again to send him back to the same place, where the same morning of his arrival, we were already entered into conference concerning the foresaid Remonstrances, in such sort, that the affairs seemed to be brought to a good point, when the said Mons. de Pont Chartrain arrived, who delivered unto me your majesties Letters, and declared unto me your speedy departure, which deprives the Commonalty of that fruit they expected by the issue of this Conference, and makes the affairs (which we were in hope to have compassed) impossible to be effected before the same, by reason of the suddenness thereof, and by this means increaseth the disorders that are in your State; the Authors whereof, I am forced to name unto your Majestic, viz. the marquess d'Ancre, and his Wife, the Chancellor, the Chevalier of Silleny, Dole, & Bulion, who only were designed in the remonstrances of the Parliament; upon whom I most humbly beseech your Majesty publicly to execute justice, and to ordain, that the complaints made against their actions and behaviours, may be verified and admitted; and also, that it may be proceeded against them, according to the ordinary and accustomed manner, as also concerning the murder committed upon the person of Mons. de Prowille, Sergeant Mayor of the Town of Amiens, by an Italian soldier of the Garrison of the Citadel, appointing that he be delivered into the hands of the ordinary judges, to draw his Indictment, according as so wicked a fact doth deserve: And until that order for the reformation of your Counsel be taken and effected, the Declarations of the Court examined, the disorders of the same prevented, and punishment inflicted upon the persons therein denoted, whom at this present I name unto your Majesty, as also upon the Italian soldier; ay most humbly beseech you to excuse me, if I attend you not in this your voyage; which otherwise I would do, and readily will do, if it please your Majesty, before your departure, to provide for these things; being always willing to testify by my obedience unto your Majesty, that I am  
Sir, Your most humble, and most obedient subject and servant, H. DE BOURBON. From Conçy the 27. of july. 1615.  
FINIS.