A LOOKING-GLASS FOR PRINCES; OR KING FRANCIS His Admonition to his Son Henry the second King of the house of Valois in France.  
Also the bloody end of King Henry and all his Posterity, for neglecting his Father's will, in not doing justice upon all those that had their hand in Massacreing the Protestants in Merindol.  
London, Printed by W. Jones. 1642.   

A Lookingglass for PRINCES OR King Francis his Admonition to his son Henry the second King of the house of Valois in France.  
KING Francis the first French King of the house of Valois, lying about some two years of a Favour, and in this weakness, one John Minors Lord of Oppingdon; informed the King that those in Province were 12000 up in Arms, with Drums struck up and Ensigns displayed intending to take in Marcellus; whereupon the King gave him power to suppress them, but the said john M●n●res having power, came upon those of Merindol etc. and put them all to the sword, both men, women, and children, showing no mercy to those women that were with child, these people of Merindol living peacably. Some half a year after, a Noble man came to visit the King, and was glad to see the King so well recovered, as to walk up and down his chamber: First the King demanded of this Noble man, if they were all at quiet in Province, he desired of the King that he might speak the truth, he declared to the King that there was not any up i● Arms, and how the said john Minors with his soldier put them all to the sword. The King hearing of this cruelty, saith he, was ever King thus abused by Minors and others: with very grief he fell into a relapse and made his will, charging his son to do justice upon all the chief Authors of this so bloody a Massacre upon innocent Christians, besides he sends for his son, saying, see thou do justice on those wicked persons, if no● God will root out thee and thy race for ever; his Father being departed, after 2 years his Son Henry, calls the matter of Merindol into Question, a Lawyer who had least hand in that Massacre was executed: but the Cardinal of Turnon the Archbishop of Arles, the Bishop of Aix, and john Minors escaped.  
The Emperor Charles the fifth deceased, King Philip and the French King concludes a peace, thinking to root out those of the Religion in France, the Low-Countries, and Scotland, and then to fall upon England, and to settle the Decree of the Council of Trent, and to tie it more sure the French King g●ve his Daughter to King Philip; the day before the Marriage, the King sat in Parliament, and Declared there openly, he would have but one Religion in his Realm: An de Burge a Noble Counsellor told the King, he might not do it, the King Committed him to prison.  
The next day in honour of the Marriage day, the King ran at tilt, Count Montgomeries Lance ran him in his eye, whereupon he died.  
Note how the Lord as upon a Thealter began with King Henry, that as he sought blood, so the Lord gave him blood to drink.  
Francis his eldest son succeeded his Father Henry, the Queen mother gets the Regency, her two brothers, the Cardinal of Guise for the Church, and the Duke of Guise for the Commonweal. So that Anthony King of Navarr and his brother Lewis Prince of Condy, whose right that was in the minorities of the young Kings, to rule the Common wealth under them were excluded.  
The Nobility seeing the Princes of the blood so to be trodden under foot, and so the Laws of the land: stirred up themselves against the Guisians that misled the King. So the Nobles sat in Council, and determined to remove the Guisians from the young King; whom they made believe that those Nobles did purpose to destroy the Mass, and the Religion of his Fathers: but these plots being discovered by a Captain that had sworn to be one of them to effect this business, it failed.  
After this, the King sent his Letters to the King of Navare, to send his brother the Prince of Condy with a stiong Guard, or to come himself with the Prince; the King promising upon his honour, they should safely come and go, from Orleans: But these two brothers depending upon the King's honour would go, though they were desired not to go without a strong guard, all which they refused. But being come to Orleans, and coming to the King's presence the King spoke roughly to them, but the Prince of Condy desired to clear himself of those points of high ●reason, but he was presently committed to the Captain of the guard close prisoner, the King of Navare had his guard taken from him the Prince of Condy had his process made against him by those of Guise, he cleared himself of high treason, than they condemned him of Heresy.  
While these things were doing against the Prince of Condy, they laboured to dispatch the King of Navare: 1. To poison him at a banquet, 2 to get him out a hunting and so to kill him; 3. To give the young King a Dagger to stab him, all these failing the King of Navare had not hurt done to him. But the Duke of Guise would presently have killed him, had not the Cardinal of Turnon stayed the Duke of Guise, utill the Constable and his Sons were come that were sent for: so the Admiral, and his Son Lord De Andelot were sent for, the Admiral would go notwithstanding the advertisement of all his friends, who being come to the Queen, she told him the Cardinal would speak a word or two with him touching his faith, he answered, she and the Cardinal, knew his Religion which he would not alter, they of the religion, were 3 days and nights in most ardent prayers to God for themselves and Princes. The young King being at Mass was stricken with a burning , and with it the Phistola in his ear break, the Queen mother sends for the King of Navare by a gentleman who whispered in the King's ear saying deny the Queen nothing that she shall demand, and coming to the Queen there sat by her the Cardinal of Guise, and the Duke of Guise very heavily, the Queen said to the King of Navare, I would desire you to resign all the right you have in the minoretie of my sons, which he signed too; then she made him shake hands with the Duke of Guise, and to forget all wrongs formerly done: then ●●e brought him to the young King who departed his life that Evening, having reigned 17 Months.  
CHARLES the 9 being the 2 son of King Henry of Valois. In this King's first Parliament, the most Magnanimion, Prince of Condy was cleared of all things that any could lay to his charge; the Edict of january is made, for the free exercise of those of the Religion, the Counstable is drawn from the Prince, and through the Queen Mother, and the Counstables' wife, whose Priests sounded still in her ears, that the Prince of Condie would put down the Mass in France, the Counstables two eldest sons, seeing their Father ready to departed from the Prince, humbly besought him not to leave the Prince, but could not prevail. So they laboured much with the King of Navare, to show himself Neuter and by little and lit le he left his brother the Prince.  
Not long after, the Duke of Guise passing by a village Vassy having 300 armed men entered the Church, where was assembled so●e 1200 hearing of a Sermon, he caused his men to enter where many were slain, those of the Religion complained but could have no redress, which was the cause of the first Civil War, and the King of Navare received his deaths wound warring against Rouen.  
The King of Spain solicits with the French King to break the Edict of january; but could not. In this King's Reign was slain, Francis Duke of Guise Anthony King of Navare, the Counstable, that Noble Prince of Condy, besides many Lords were slain in several battles, Cardinal Chastilian the Admiral's brother a Protestant poisoned, and divers others murdered, this King's reign was most bloody especially in the year 1572. whom in the marriage of his sister to the young King of Navare, he protested to the Admiral, that he gave not his sister to the King of Navare only, but to all Protestants in the Land, and to settle such a Peace that should never be dissolved; yet this King contrary to his oath and promise, upon the 24 of August when the Admiral was in his bed, and many Nobles the D. of Guise in the King's name, murdered the Admiral and all his friends; but 1574. God visited him with sickness, and lying upon his death bed, blood issued out of his mouth, nose, eyes ears, fundament and his yard, so rolling in blood he died most misrably in May. 1574.  

HENRY, 3.  
Henry the 3 of the house of Valois, did shed much blood by maintaining the holy league; but the Bishops wanting treasure, came to the King desiring him to raise money from the lay people, the King answered, oh you Bishops you made me put down preaching as if you loved it not; 2. You made me odious to my people by laying taxations on them, I have spent ten millions of treasure and you promised me to maintain the war yourselves, I will not tax my people, maintain the wars yourselves if you will have wars.  
But a plot being discovered that Henry Duke of Guise, had prepared a pair of Cizers ●o shave the King's head and put him into a Cloister, so the D. of Guise should be made King by the Holy league: but the King departed from Paris to Bloys, whether all those plotters were drawn where the Duke of Guise with the Cardinal of Guise, were put to death. The Queen mother died for grief, and some Months after the King himself was stabed be a lacobin Friar, who was made a Saint by the Pope, for killing the Lords anointed.  
Thus you see the saying of King Francis to his Son was fulfilled, that God would root out him and his posterity if he did not justice on those who had their hands in that Massacre.   
FINIS.