The history of the League. . ed ; not at all doubtingas they were in conjundion with thePolitiqueSy but that they fliould be theftrongefl, and that consequently theyfhoud procure the Ed id of May to beconfirmed, which was fo favourable tothem. But they were deceivd in theirexpeditions, for it was found that bythe management of the Queen Motherand the Guifes, and by the Moneywhich wras diftributed in the particu-lar Afiemblies of the Provinces, notonely that almoft all the Deputieswere Catholiques , but that alfo thegreatest part of them were of theLeague. Infomuch that without re-gard to the p
The history of the League. . ed ; not at all doubtingas they were in conjundion with thePolitiqueSy but that they fliould be theftrongefl, and that consequently theyfhoud procure the Ed id of May to beconfirmed, which was fo favourable tothem. But they were deceivd in theirexpeditions, for it was found that bythe management of the Queen Motherand the Guifes, and by the Moneywhich wras diftributed in the particu-lar Afiemblies of the Provinces, notonely that almoft all the Deputieswere Catholiques , but that alfo thegreatest part of them were of theLeague. Infomuch that without re-gard to the proteftations of the Kingof Navarre^ and the Prince of Condeyagainft the States ; and after the re-fufal, which thofe two Princes, andthe Marihal d9 Amvilie , Head of theTolitiques had made, to aflift in them,to which they had vigoroufly beenfolicited by a folemn deputation ; theEdid of May was finally revokd, andprohibition made to all exercife of thepretended Reformation , and all theMinifters , and Diredours were ba- nifhd. The Hiftory of the League. nifhd out of the Realm by a newEdid:, till fuch time as they fhoudbe converted. Behold in whatmanner the Froteftants , who asyet were not apprehenfive of theLeague^ found by experience that itwas flronger than their party in theEftates according as the Ring had hopdit woud be. But on the otherfide that Prince,immediately perceivd that it ad:ednot with lefs artifice and vigour, toweaken his own authority, than topull down the party of the Hugue*nots. For they had the impudence todemand of him that the Articles whichfhoud be approvd by the threeEftates, fhoud pafs into inviolableLaws, which it fhoud not be in hispower to alter, and that for other Ar*tides, concerning which the Statescoud not agree amongft themfelves;his Majefty might be permitted to or*dain, conformably to what fhoud befound juft and reafonable, by the ad-vice of the Princes of the bloud, andtwelve of the Deputies* Which tofpeak properly, was to devefl the Kingof h
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