The history of the League. . on ^m^JJ-the King of Navarre, whom the Dukeunder pretence that the faid King wasa relapsd Heretique, believd that hemight eafilycaufe to be excluded fromthe Crown, and that in his place hemight himfelf obtain it. What I may lay down for a certaintruth is, that there was never anypiecefo black, fo malicious, and fogrofs as was that of a certain Protec-tant Writer , who has compild theMemoires of the League , and whowoud have it, that thofe Articleswhich are containd in the miferableWritings of David the Advocate, wereonely the extraft of a fecret Councilheld at Rome
The history of the League. . on ^m^JJ-the King of Navarre, whom the Dukeunder pretence that the faid King wasa relapsd Heretique, believd that hemight eafilycaufe to be excluded fromthe Crown, and that in his place hemight himfelf obtain it. What I may lay down for a certaintruth is, that there was never anypiecefo black, fo malicious, and fogrofs as was that of a certain Protec-tant Writer , who has compild theMemoires of the League , and whowoud have it, that thofe Articleswhich are containd in the miferableWritings of David the Advocate, wereonely the extraft of a fecret Councilheld at Rome, in the Confiftory, byPope Gregory the thirteenth, to exter-minate the Royal race, and to fet thePrinces of Lorrain upon the it is fo falfe, that this Pope whowas always very prudent and mode-rate, ihoud doe any thing of that na-ture, that he conftantly perfifted inrefuting to approve the League, what-ever inftance was made to him ;though it was promisd him, toingagehim by his intereft, that they wou d F z begin. The Hiflory of the League, begin the execution of this great pro-ject, by chafing the Huguenots outof the County of Avignon and Dau-phine , to take from them all meansof troubling the pofleffions of theChurch, and of paffing into Italy : Nayfarther, he replid to thofe who wereplying him inceflantly, and propofingthe welfare and fecurity of Religion,thereby to make him countenance theLeague, that it was in his opinion buta pretext, and that thofe who made ithad other fecret defigns, which theyhad no mind to publilh in the Articlesof their Aflbciation. In the mean time, thofe perniciousMemoires, with thofe impudent pro-portions of the Affociators, inducdthe King to a ftrongapprehenfion, thatthe League was not formd more againftthe Huguenots, than it was for the fub-verfion of his Authority. And, as hewanted magnanimity of to takeup a bold and generous refolution, ofoppreffing fo dangerous a Fa&ion in itsinfancy, which he might have per-formed ; foto deliver h
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