THE French King's Declaration To prevent the Assemblies of the NEW CONVERTS, In the Provinces of his KINGDOM.  
HIS Majesty having had Notice of several Assemblies and considerable Commotions that have been made in his Provinces of Dauphiné and Vivarez, from the First till the Twentieth of the Month of February last, by the new Converts of the said Provinces; and meaning to put a stop to the Continuation of suchlike Disorders, and hinder that the like may not happen for the future, either in the said Provinces of Dauphiné and Vivarez, or in the other Provinces of his Realm, His Majesty has Ordered, and does Order, Wills, and Commands, That Process be immediately entered and perfected against all and every such Person and Persons, as well of the said Provinces of Dauphiné and Vivarez, as of others of his Realm, who have been present, or shall hereafter be present in the said Assemblies. And that such of the said Criminals as have been, or shall be caught in the Fact, be punished with Death, conformably to what is directed by His Majesty's Edict of the Month of October, 1685. and his Declaration of the First of July, 1686. And that as for others who could not be seized upon the Spot, but who, nevertheless, shall be known to have assisted at the said Meetings, that they, by the Orders of the Governors and Lieutenant-Generals for His Majesty in his Provinces, or his Commanders in the same, or in their absence, by the Intendants in the said Provinces, be sent immediately, and without other form of Process, to His Majesty's Galleys, there to serve as Galleyslaves during Life.  
His Majesty Orders and Commands the Governors and his Lieutenant-Generals in his Provinces, Commanders in the same, Intendants, and Commissaries appointed in the said Provinces, Bailiffs, Senechals, Provosts, Judges, their Lieutenants, and all other his Justices, and Officers, to whom it shall belong, to see to and Assist, each within his Jurisdiction, to the exact Observation of these Presents, which His Majesty will have Published and Affixed in all Places that shall be needful, that so none may pretend cause of Ignorance.  
Given at Versailles the Twelfth of March, 1689. Signed LOVIS.  
And lower, Le Tellier.   

Printed at Paris: and Reprinted at London, for Richard Baldwin near the Black Bull in the Old-Bailey. 1689.