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lo anteproxirai regis obitum præfe fer--ret.Opus fane amp; otio abundanris,amp; pro-r culà publicismalis amp; calamitatibus po-fiti. Meû quidem ftudium, quatum enitinbsp;amp; contendere potui,fuit, tibiomnes einbsp;rugas, vutnera, cicatrices ,amp;vibices, hocnbsp;toto flagrante bcllo acceptas, ad viuuninbsp;effingere. In fumma, mihi in meo opèrenbsp;adblanditus ftim,ninns audax, nimis fo-1ers. Depinxi infuper v7r«A« tÀx;;}, nec an-tè audita mala, qu? tantum aut côieéfu-ra npffcm,aut diuinans exararcm. MawT»i;nbsp;fanèparétis mex J'uç-vxiSf/J'vçvxjjç. Sex-çcnücs me faôti amp; conatus mei pœnituit,nbsp;fqpiçQep^etlcinpus illos reccirus^wà-

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in lucem proferrc.Nunc vcrb,fi tuorumBelgaium ¦mÄvTr^ct'yfzecruuri animo iuccurrat,amicorum viuos amp;adH.u^nbsp;fpirantes vùkus, inur ftratu amp; fandapjU»nbsp;fingultientes,effigiaritiüm,hocinnumequot;nbsp;ro mejuftc^ponito. Ego moribûdæ Gal-lise tabellam, non minus Ixtaliter quàlttnbsp;orimjdecumbentiSjadumbTatam cupio,nbsp;fi poirum'jpofteritati tradere. Exorieturnbsp;fortè, qui ccntoncs iftos confutes in au-laeum hîftoriæ fui temporis compingat.nbsp;Hoc i'gitur rneum opufculum(vt priusnbsp;illud, quod anobis exijt, rogatumcofe^nbsp;cilli ) aut in Mufxo tuo fepone, aut, fi itanbsp;videtur, intimis tuis imperti. Eqüidemnbsp;mihitibiqs feribo. Omnia ifta Guifij co-filia Sc ingentem ilium acplane purpuranbsp;dignu ambitum,ipfi congenitum,nona-1 jter quam vna cum eo intermori poïTc,nbsp;cuiuis obuium ad iudicandum fuit. Vbinbsp;tandem gétium Sc terrarum fuas coluiri-nas terminofqj fixiffet, indignis accept©nbsp;modis rege. Sc ex regni metropoli turpi-ter exafto,profligatoq; Necfanè ab conbsp;tempore ftiit nemo, qui non obijccrctinnbsp;ilbus RuEiconis tranfitu aut plura, aut

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DE Reb. Galligis* $ ecrtè non tam,multafado opus fiiiffe^iranbsp;ofFcnfis Gallorum, in primis vcro nobi-lium animis hoc regis fui dcdecore, vt panbsp;rùm abfucrit, quin male tenfum hoc ot-CxSôAcMçpjtanquam fpongia palimpfeftô,nbsp;ficcoloribus ijs omnibus, quibus elima»-tus ilicfpiritus yitæ fuæ tabellam haéie--liusJaruaréftuduerât, vnam lituramin-ducerec. Vtut fit gt; ariolati multi funt «îôûnbsp;, 3.\it Duci à Rege, aut Régi ànbsp;^^uce perniciem imminerc. Tantume-vulnus reîlitutum iri, rurfùfquccoi-^utumjnullafpesjnullarerumcxtèrriafa-^’esfpondebat.

Infan is igitur quibufdam fubftrufÜO-^gt;bus, ( quas Barricadas vocabantjrés ^^anfafta . reueranbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;, qui p‘o-

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t Di s c vrsV s inftigatùs, v^ginamCquod anint ) in pro-fîuétem'àbij ceredebui/Tetjparùmàpoc-nitentia fafti ahfuitj ratus, atiâ fc via dc-funftuni regem in nâiïas fuas pcrtrî'nbsp;fturu.'Væeôrs, dû àperto Marte nimmunbsp;fûorum tcntaminum faftigium attigi^î^nbsp;videtur, ad imuin repente rclabitur. RC'nbsp;quirit igitur denuo rancidam illam^f'’'nbsp;'{pÂiriiz'regiæ auftofitatis amp; gratis, quonbsp;nimôsFrâcorum, quosàfcahenatiorc«»nbsp;fuaqlt; ilia audaeia onehfiores putabat,rC'nbsp;conciliaret. .nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;.’

*Enimùerô (Vtdc’fncntat Deus hörtii' nes)crediditoffenfuniprincipcm rêcort^nbsp;ciliari,rationéqj inucttiri'poflc, quaMo'nbsp;narchædiadematisfimui amp;rcgni rerrufi'nbsp;tiatio pcrfiiadeaturfin minus, popiiioi^nbsp;faite credulitati hæc'imaginaria pcrfui'nbsp;fio obtrudatur,nc cui nouum amp; irifolcn’nbsp;foretjfi ilium dcincepsvolcntcm amp;con-fentientem inmohaîlerium cocliidcret»nbsp;Rexvîce vcrfa pcnitus^amp; tenaciter confi'nbsp;liumarripit,firmumq; propofitum iniU'nbsp;ris vlcifcendœ* Ac Une verè rcgïà' ill»’nbsp;qu'gCôhfecuta eft,‘Adraftea,reipUpateft-•itgt; çfuàm femper foIcatDcus hominum,nbsp;adco^i

DE Reb. Gallic is’. ÿ adeoq; jîiagnatum confilijs illudendo,nbsp;ca in cótrarium plané finem praeter om-ncni cxpeftationem conuertere.Feftinatnbsp;gnomon debilibus fretus libramentis adnbsp;horamamp;mornêtafua,quæ,fi digito mo-uere horologij magiftro vifum eft, in alteram circuli extremitatem inclinantuf.nbsp;Ita eft de hominibus.Gogitat rexdc con-üocandis regni Ordinibus, plus fatisfcnbsp;penes iljostu fidei tum auftoritatis na-ftum elTeratus ad Guifij condemnatio-nem, Hic dementiorfe mirificc amp;expc-terc amp; cxpeftare no ob Teure innuit, ratusnbsp;dekgatos Ordines fibifatis amp; grab's'^ preiidij paratu e/Te adfceptrumRc^nbsp;gide manibus extorqucndiim. Hiequi-dcdelurus.illc fèrè.fpe excidit. Alter qui-dem vixfranfucr.fum(qüod aiunt) digitunbsp;cos laqueosdecjinarc potuit,quoihoftinbsp;intendcrat:hoftifinquä)quem vnius dic-tulæfpatio antcuertit. Deniq; donee éftnbsp;patefa^a Dei de vtroqTvoluntas,ric borgnbsp;quidern momento potuiflet alter ipfotunbsp;prædiçerÇjVtcrprius fufum abfoluerct,

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2 DiycvRSvs occultari non po tu ere: amp;,vt verum dic^»nbsp;. lt;]uolt;l amp; à me aiftùm aliâs, vnus ille foi*’ *nbsp;inftar omnium coniuratorùm:vnu$nbsp;lores amplitudinis gradusjquàm confo'nbsp;ratifimul oes, obtinebat.Quodfi ratuifnbsp;regi fuifict, non dimidiatu, (vtifolebaOnbsp;fcdintegi Û opus pcrficcre,fi expcditonC;nbsp;gotio altera póft hora,equo cófcenfo,fo^nbsp;tum præfentiam, tu vires coniurataru vpnbsp;biu terrori hoc Heroico facinore penc t*’nbsp;fternataru, fuperinicciflet, probabilcnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;¦

ilium tantum infortunium, in quodp^*' ftea inciditjcuaforura fuiftc. Atquemi*^^nbsp;modum alterius cönftliaDcus itt;ifit,5*'nbsp;cifsirïiquoq; alterius irrita remedia cfo'nbsp;fit. Pnnccps,quialioquitum animitu**^nbsp;cofifij in reliquis compos, vix extinéfo^nbsp;•perduellemviditjVtftmul cumillo rcH'nbsp;qiiorum perduellium numerum periin^nbsp;confideret.Certumq; eft inter famili^*’^*nbsp;ab iU^ au di tam hancuocem fuilFc/HO'nbsp;DIE ivM Rex. Contra autem ab il'nbsp;Io die rex eftc defijt.Hac fiducia fretus itanbsp;fcm gefsitjVt Aureliacodemnbsp;tempore amitferct,quäm vrbem vcl fofonbsp;nutu indicioque feruarc poterat :

DE Reb. Gallicis. 9 Mænio tum rcditum-, tum copiarum amp;nbsp;virium rcdintcgrationcm permittit : cosnbsp;ridct,qui conliliumdatent, excrcitum,nbsp;queminPiétonib.habebat, cofeftim euonbsp;tandinndignatur alijs,qui vt codem temnbsp;pore eius opera, qui nunc régnât, amp; co-pijs Huguonotticiîvti vellet, fuadebant:nbsp;tandem ea fie ncglcxit omnia, ad.q.uae ta«nbsp;Bien fequentis menfis neccfsitas.adcgit,nbsp;Vt intrafefquimcftrc fpatiumfc in regnu,nbsp;SuodTuronibusjBlæfio ,Baugentio cir-¦cunfcribitutjredaélum viderct.

Nonabfimili quidrm Trf etpetô-çi.nb lt;^uam olim Antonius amp;Auguftus I. Cx-farisDiftatoris neciad cuertédam teyijp.nbsp;Rem. obtenderut; quorum altcrantç^jdnbsp;facinus tam paruodn honore fui,t,vlt;reU-gioeffet tyrannicidis ilium cumGiçf^rcnbsp;interficerc , alter ipfius ex fororc neposnbsp;vix ex ephebis cxcefferat, tantum abeftytnbsp;ijs viribus diffrderctur. gt; quas poftea innbsp;collegae fui,amp; inimicorum pcrnic|cni,4i-bertatisqi reip. deminutionem. çollegit.nbsp;ItaDuxMgnius.,amp; tûta ilia Lotbg.ringicanbsp;familia,quamncixloneam quidem cre-didiffes ad vnius vicuHvcl oppidulrexpu

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gnarioncm,plcbcculam hocfaftofquain fratrum natu maximus iampridem ad ft'nbsp;ditionem inftruxerat) itaad tumultuflinbsp;compofitam,itaadnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;natamna-

fti funt, ex eoque numero tenuifsimos quofq;, qui in tumultu folcnt effe antefi'nbsp;gnanijficfapientifsimorum amp; locupft'nbsp;tifsimorum quorumq; prxdæ inhiantes,nbsp;Vt difto citius ad hanc régis ofcitantiarp? |nbsp;cùnfta rebcllaret Gallia. Hoc feilicctnbsp;tulitoperæ fuse pretiy ex opcre dimidiate: culpafane paucis principibus cuitaM-Si^eertatim commota in eum Gallia pc-nc tota,in tanta confilq inopia, rerumq»nbsp;jhftabilitate,dcfid«ratis alijs omnib-æP'nbsp;^dquot;ijS,R.Nauarratumfratrcm,hodiç.imp^-râtcrtiV^d fc tandem cuocare coaftus eß;nbsp;Sed itaferOjVt improborumarâifsimônbsp;coniunftis opibus viribüsqj, eoiniß’^'nbsp;pertaiamvifrangendi facultas nulla fu-^perefTet.Dabo tarnen opcram, hocvclufinbsp;nóftrae hiftoriac propoqcns, nc-'potibus noftris vroftendam, quid in tapnbsp;cafunotabiliusaccidcrit, atqj illuftrius-Nemo vnquarn limpidiorem luxifle fp-fcni’crcdidrt,qtiàin quo die lucentcm yi-dct.

DE Reb. GallIcis. dct.Mundanos ca fus amp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;om

nia in nos transferimus,amp;quicquid prib-ribus faftum eft f£culis,ad noftra tantum tempora putamus pertin ere: quafi nuncnbsp;demu fapiés, fagax, ^uidus, admiradus,nbsp;fust deniq; gloriaeaemulus Deuseftecœ-pcrit. Error. Hoc tamcn plebeio motusnbsp;erroreadduci non pofliim, quin eredamnbsp;I infinitamiliam,incomprchenfibilemamp;nbsp;tnimitabilem itcri«.iJ.,mcTitem illamnbsp;æternùin agentem,amp;eaquidcmdunta-*atagitatem,qu3E ipftus glorixinferuiut,nbsp;carumvirtutum notas hocnoftrofaccu-^0 quàm vnquam antca,expTcfsiorcs-oftcnbsp;dcre yoluiftc. Dum vltio-num DeumTt-^enuncupat, negat certe ad aliu'm quera-piani vindidam pertiftetç.O notasbödo-*nbsp;^gniaDeitatisîC^oÈijfquifq; repcriatur,nbsp;*îui iijftiorc cxarriine noucrit mérita que-^ucmcrcedcfiue pcéftae fiu'e praemij có-penfarcï'Quis ab illo fecundus potcrit tunbsp;patictiæhabcnas laxarc, tu adduch catc-tïacompcdcs fcrrcós conftringere i Nosnbsp;homunculi, pecuniae noftræ vfuram me-timur ex mutuationis tcporc t illc iufto-j,nbsp;nim fup ƒ liciormii fuoruni tarditatc gri*

12 DrscvRSVî uitatcm compcnfat.Prxclarc cum inis*'nbsp;gitur,in quitus ftatimculpampœna k-quitur.Sed qui tarda amp;finefenio conK'nbsp;nefcentia ridet nomina, ante fuprcmui’’nbsp;vitæfux diem fen tit fein magno nexu.

'* Triginta abhinc annis iam prxlig* Gallia Guifianam in domum declaitH'nbsp;tabat,atq; adco antc,quàm infedilfetGï'nbsp;liçis animis Vila rebellionis fufpicio:

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Tricefimus plus minus annus eft, ex quo hac voce Galliaperfonatls tarnen fuitil-lorum Genius,Yt necregi, ncc populo idnbsp;^dfinemvfqj potueritperfuadcrl. Cotrànbsp;•^ihil iftis rcgijs Gnathonihus fidelius,nbsp;^uinalbam crucem prxfcrrct,Lilioccr-^^(fiDeoplacet)Borbonio fidcliorcm.nbsp;Quo têporc jnterfcétus eftPrinceps Connbsp;, (inquit CardinalisLotha-.

telura fuit, Dew 'vnw.,'vnafide^ ’'^«/fx.Nihil quam maledifta in facino-^^os hæreticos iaftabantur, àquibusvc^nbsp;I’§alia regia compilarentur, qui rebellèrent , qui arma parricidialia contra pa^nbsp;’’¦’’patriæ maieftatc ferrent. Infumma,nbsp;^'rtio quoquc verbo, aut Regis aut obfc-crga Regem métio crat. Adde quodnbsp;’P^tumfamiliz faucns fortùna mortciknbsp;P‘®ruia non minut qUàm yità» popula-

res rcdderet. HicadAureliam’, illcani' li Rupcllampraedaranî morte oppercb^' tnbsp;dius infortuito occurfu autinfultunbsp;cumbebat, alius in acie cadebac, aliusnbsp;præfidijs obfeflus. Hæcvero omnianbsp;re?em oromcrcndi iludio ficbant: auo*” *’nbsp;tudinis,amp; criminis labem, quo flagrab^'nbsp;ipfi,innoxijs,acnihil tale cogitatibus’'nbsp;Ipergcre.Hypocrite.itaDeoilludcrein^nbsp;Bimum induxeratis» Nunc pocna tali^'nbsp;laisanimaducrtite.In EuangelicosA«^ tnbsp;alïquaamp;anfampræfumpfiftis,quodin’' *nbsp;manitate vcftra ac ncfana vi coafti arnj* ’nbsp;ccpilTent, Sc ciuilib. bellis Galliam infl^' ’nbsp;maiïent. Hoe ccrtè fpcciofx prolepfco* 1nbsp;amp; prætextus vobis in illos fuit.Nulluiîi 1nbsp;nimviolcntiæ, nullum crudelitatis, nu^ inbsp;ium tyrannidisgcnus,nullatam fpccioP ’nbsp;57?gt;a£pa(r/ç;aut ratiopoteft fubditum coO' 1nbsp;tra principcm arma occupantem à pcf' ’nbsp;dueliionis reatu abfolucrc. Acfanc lic^*' (nbsp;pullis q^uideiuinprxlijsdcregü fuorui” i

' BB ReB. GaLLTCIS. K [I ifnpcrio amp; maicftateab illis fuerit con-t troucrfum,^icctanimifubmifsionc,ob-;' fcruantia,facilitate fatisfuperq^ omnemnbsp;ƒ fceleratianinii amp;pcrucrfi confilij fufpi-« cionem cluerent,eoq; ncccfsitatis durif-finia Icgcmagisquàmvoluntatc amp;confinbsp;i' 1’0 traftos fc multis argumentis proba-' ’’cnt, nunquam tarnen illis conatibus, il-: I’s armis diuina fauit dementia. Abho-' ’’iinumamp;fortunac inclemcntia ca;fi,fu-• profligati femper ceflerunt, nifi ü hancnbsp;5^’^aftrophcn vltimi a dus cxceperis -, qu»nbsp;^llorum dcfcnfionis acquitaté veftrae con-¦1 ^’^tationis temeritas comprobauit,quonbsp;I ^’oquam ) de imperio lis amp; controucrfianbsp;de religionc prxtexebatur,annexa,nbsp;^iTnaquidem co rcfpcdu,in primiom-’’’umàrcgiofanguincprincipis, amp; regninbsp;^agiftratus manibus audorauit. Principe igitur ipfa Videamus, amp;illoru hifto.^^nbsp;cum veftra, quid fimilc habcat, attenrnbsp;Pärnus. Coloris nonnihil illorum corn»nbsp;, ’^otio habuit.vftulabantur,profcribeba»nbsp;cijciebantur. quid auté vos?Primuninbsp;('luæfo) caput yeftri illius fœderis annonbsp;*’5^7?. amp;i585.-publicariprodudtc. quid fi*nbsp;'nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;' iiülc*.

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mile ƒ Agnoucrunt illi conftatifsimè fuu regem, nunquam illi litem intenderuntjnbsp;nunquam ilium funtaggrefsi« De vobisnbsp;idem affîrmate. Nee verb nos inquictis,nbsp;DuxcnimGuifius die illoBarricadaru er-rauitin perfona. Regê cnimferèinfci’J’’nbsp;atque aliud agens occupauit,cui miniminbsp;tarnen infenlus erat. lllud verb facinus,nbsp;CUI non foliim interfuitjfcd prxfuit Manius,verbi gratia de proceflii criminalinbsp;rege, de facris ipfius infignibus per convnbsp;pitaraptatis duftifqj in triumphum, denbsp;nefaria tandem ipfius cxde,pra;termitw-' musjuftafuafitira,iuftus dolor.Hocnonbsp;mineiureveftro exeidatist* Nequaquain-Ex Regijs cnim fatellitib.amp; miniftris,nucnbsp;Coronæ amp; regni Satrapæ, Lcgatiq; fiidtinbsp;eftis. Nbnneperinde eftî'HypocritXjniûnbsp;verumimpudenter negarevifum eft,nbsp;bét Huguonotti quo iurevobifeutaliO'nbsp;nis agant.llloru puta plagiarioru manesgt;nbsp;qui Meldis amp; Ambofix fummouilTe amp;nbsp;fuas partes rapuifle regem dicebatur, audita cxde qua in proprio Rege patraftb»nbsp;pafsim figna gaudij apud inferos extulc-T»nt. Itafolct Deus laruas detrahere,

i EE Reb. Gallicis. lt;7 peccatorum pudenda rercgcre. Quuniq;nbsp;tolerabdibus illorunr armis non fucritnbsp;! propitius amp;fauens,quos tame in gremionbsp;Cnu geftabat, pœnam tamc(mihi crédité) vtiam coepillis, dcteftabilium vc-ftrorum fcclcrum, feditionu ac perduel-bonumfentietis.

Quid tandem,vt ad alia tranfeam, ac-cidit^'itaDeo vifum eft, vtquialios Jæfo lïiaieftatis rcos fecifl’ent,ipli damnaretur:nbsp;'’t qui falso Regi obfequiofos feruos ia-, Ï ö;arét, ciuscædcamp;fanguinedexträcrué-i tarent: qui tantum obedientiä, obfcquiûnbsp;I fonabant, tantum tumultus îx feditionisnbsp;'* S gt; aduerfarios infimulabant, ipfi publicarænbsp;comprobataeqj rcbcllionis probrum innbsp;fua capita accerferét, iplî palàm amp; publice defenderent, concludercnt,approba-’nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;rent,fan cirent, liccre Gallis à fidci amp; feu

di facraméto, quo Regi iure diuino amp; hu iTiano obftringûtur,en’e liberis acimmu-’nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nibus: vt, quorum fentêtia damnatafunt

‘ læfæ maieftatis Euangelicorû arma pro confcientiælibertatefufcepta, illi vel fannbsp;’nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ftifsimos hercmitas, facratifsimos capu-

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acfigna rcbellionis præferre copulcrint’ vt, qui defenderent eflcquiduisàprint’'nbsp;pe quamlibet cthnico pcrfcrendum, lt;1^*nbsp;cuincerent vnam rcligionis caufam nöl’nbsp;-^iTe idoneam amp; fufficientem ad fubdito’nbsp;à débita Principiobcdientia liberandoSinbsp;qui eo etiam referrent comimemorabil'^nbsp;multa amp;verifsimatotveterum Chrifti^'nbsp;noru fub ethnicis Imperatoribus excpl^’nbsp;ipfiufq; adeb D.N. L Chrifti, qui Cxfa*quot;'nbsp;qcF Caefaris effet, reddcre non^dubitauK’nbsp;quiregnu fuu ex hoc mund« non c/ïè cO'nbsp;ftanter affirmauit, quiab infidcli niig’'nbsp;ftratu non prouocauit, qui etiam Ang^'nbsp;licas legiones exautorauit,exannauit,jPquot;nbsp;bibuit, nevel tantillumobedientiam ibnbsp;lam, in qua nafci voluit, turbarent,nbsp;impedirent, cfFecit (inquam)Dcus?'^nbsp;illi ipfi manum agricolx ad arma cXP^'nbsp;ditam facerent, vt eius pedo haftiUnbsp;rum praefigerent, vlnas lanceis,incuJ^’nbsp;amp;malleos ephippijs bellicis commut*'nbsp;rent, 8c ex furiofa multicudine iuftu cod'nbsp;tra patriam,contra leges, contrafuiTim'’nbsp;magiftratunxcxcrcituni conflarcnt.

DE Reb. Gallfcis finir” ne, videlicet aliquâto póft tempore,nbsp;præfumptiuus'aliquis regnifuccefror,in-certus hærcs rcligionis catholicæ noua-tionem faceret,néve in pofterum qui ilianbsp;profitentur, in pcrfecutionéincurrerent.nbsp;Quid ampliusr’conckidam no ita faxo.nbsp;«Deus illeDeus,ô hypocritæ, fcelerumnbsp;iuftifsimus vltor ipfos tot cædium vnà cûnbsp;niaioribus fuis artifices,artefuaquoquenbsp;perirevoluit: qui mille vulneribus vene-rabilemfenemconfoiTum viuum,loque •nbsp;tcm.orantem, totum fanie amp; cruo.'‘e connbsp;fperfum reliquiflent, defeneftra praccipi-tafleat, ipfofmet peétus vltori pugioninbsp;obijcere,ipfofmeteodemfatopræcipita-ti dédit Scpcrmifit. Quid præterea quinbsp;' tot diftenfionuminter nos faces accen-dilfent, tot infontes cineres refperfilfent:nbsp;«ipfi illiforcipibus candentibusperufti»nbsp;flaiumis extincti, in cineres côucrfi nihilnbsp;de fe poft mortem, præter tragicam mc-nioriam, reliqui facerent, Deo vifum eft.

Alteram paginara verto, amp; iam Régi paulifper, cuiferuio, affentari propofitunbsp;cft,nonvtphilofophus illeAlexâdro poftnbsp;WîOfte Ci/ti jpcriuafurus omnia illi pernbsp;B 2 fecun-

fecurrdam fortunâ liccrc : fed vt docca’’’ quouis tempore ( iam inde à puero ) tai’'nbsp;tam ipfius curam numini fuilîc,vtnbsp;vncjuamRextam manifeftis opemdif“'nbsp;nam indicijs fenferit:concludat ipfe.

Tricefimus contrà nunc annus cxtül' rit, ex quo bellorum omnium, difsidif'nbsp;ru,motiGnum fontem turn reges noft^’’

penfifsimam voluntatem amp;obedictia^ præftitiflcjnunquamboni publici,nff

DE Reb. Gallicis. at (0 ^ct.Saltem quamprimùm ipforum con-()' focntiætantilla ratio habita cft .fagade-iji pofuerunt,exercitus dimiferunt,vrbes Fei' ftituerunt,domos fuas reuerfi funtfecuri,nbsp;ad fecurim in aula iugulos fuos

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y Non tulittandem Deus hancingcnui-ji Utcm calumniç effc obnôxiam:quinimà il 'ontentus pœnaipfis inflifta ob armo-P runiaduerlus Vnftumfuum quàmlibctnbsp;y iuftam fufceptionem,non tame eftpaf-y ^us iltis iniuftè inufta rebcllionis notam,nbsp;y remanerejvtq; (fi reges illos fpeâ:es)con-y traquos moucrantarma,non paucis ar-1' gumentis prxcox illud confilium Deusnbsp;J' jfnprobauerit,aliorumtarnen habitara-y tiöBe, quiPrincipum aures calumniarûnbsp;y facibüs inflammabant, ipfi millies tamenbsp;Il ^^telcribus, ambitu, pérduellionis reatunbsp;y notabilioresjfaftum excufauiuHocpri-'¦} uatim dicerc mihiliceat: quodamp;effeftanbsp;J- itianifeftifsima prodiderunt.Credo,Prinnbsp;1' cipishuius, qui cum illis erat, perfonam,nbsp;ij( ceu facrum aliquod,ipfi fpeciali curac fuifnbsp;fc, cuius procul dubio fibi manus ad di-uiniuxaliquod opustâtum confecrarat*nbsp;ß 5 Poft

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Poftmulta igiturvltro citroq; infe*'' dfsima Euangelicis Bella, Rex defiinö^’nbsp;tandem in regno fuo pacem illis aiH’*’nbsp;J576.concefsit, ijfq; conditionibus,q'^^^nbsp;feruauitimmutabiles.Ifq; dici potcftp^’'nbsp;llremusdiuinæ vifitationis Sc fauorisnbsp;nus,quo illorum obteftis peccatis,adu^*^nbsp;fariorum feel era ex tenebnsin luce pf®'nbsp;ferre voluit.Sequent! cnim 1577.annonbsp;ftalunt primafœderis fundameta,nbsp;Guifio defunfto: : quo quidem temp®^^nbsp;cœperunt tum princeps ipfe,tum opd^*nbsp;quiqj amp;fidilsimi eius miniftri huiusgc’’'nbsp;tis artes amp; confilia toticsper CaflaBlt;if’^nbsp;Huguonotticas, quafi tubarum vocep’^jnbsp;blicata, patefafta, dcteóta, nunquarn anbsp;hodiernum vfqj diem credita,fubodoi^'nbsp;ri. Perdu rat pax aliquatifper nulla in^^'nbsp;ruptione, prxterquàm quxaccidit anf^nbsp;7b.amp; so.Scd ftupeumincendium fuit ta'nbsp;ta facilitate reftinftum amp; fopitufn^quaf'nbsp;ta fuerat accenfum,cuius ad flaminânbsp;nifcflumfuit ægrcacinuitos Euagclic®^nbsp;commoueri, quoru ctiam melior amp; pf'nbsp;tior pars duabus illis vicibus ab ariP**nbsp;temperauit.

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Pax tandem ftabilitur,dccernitur,paf-fini integra fcruatur anno 1581. iamq; fer^ tnè erat nemo,quiab illafocietatefibitunbsp;U omnia non fponderet: mox tarnen ce#nbsp;te aliunde minaturfeditionis tcmpcrtas»nbsp;Dco interim nondüm fatis eratfaétum,nbsp;tui nihil ^,Mlt;]gAsç-st^relinquitur, corûin-fiipcrapprobari innocentiam volenti, fi-tut amp; aliorum fimulationé publiée da-.( nareftatueratJneûteigiturannoSs.ma-tæ impatientia Ducis Guifij animum in-,j üadit, cætera patien tifsimum,in regnan-didefiderio impotentifsimiamp;impaticnnbsp;tifsimi fpiritus.Non pacata, fed fopitaia-„ tebat Gallia.dicûr rei nauticc periti fum-J niani quanda ya.KUùlu)Kg^nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;pro-

,z nbsp;nbsp;gnofticum etîc breui futuræ ingcntis tem

peftatis. Ad nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;vfque ci p.syô.Xi}

ÿ 5'd«viuebantEuang£lici. Veterani duces fieinentem amp;arationem faciebat :Tyro -/ Des, quôdGalliçorum inceptorum illosnbsp;taederet, in Hifpaniam nouas res molie-5nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;bantur. Pace ad auftoritatcm regiam re-

, duftævrbes, nullos nifi regios magiftra-f tus habebant, amp; per luftrum vnum hxc niutatio intercidebat : Hoeita nomina-

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24 Discvrsvs , tim dirigente amp; decernéte diuina proui'nbsp;dentia, vt in tanta tempeftatis ferenitat^nbsp;perfpicuu foret omnibus, vndcnampr*' |nbsp;mus nimbus exoriretur.

Illicó media in icrcnitatc amp; tranquil litate publica confurgitatraamp;horribil*^nbsp;toto Rcgno à dotno Lotharingica coni’*nbsp;ratio. Vt penitus eflcnt ct»a7wA«ygt;iw, nofnbsp;cb quapiam iniuria, non publica offen-fione impellebantur.Intcr ca firmameH'nbsp;ta,quibus illos caufæ bonitatc vincimüS»nbsp;inter praecipuos, quibus ipfonim cauamp;nbsp;laborat,næuos ac dcfcftus,nó cft poftrc-mus, quódnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Scquercl^

nullam idoneam rationem inucnircp’’ tucrunt. Veram fi quaa-as,turpifsima cö'«nbsp;Nemo hoftiliter infeftabatur, nemo crc'nbsp;mabatur.-de exilio,dc profcriptione nul'nbsp;lum verbum. Atq; hocillud cft internbsp;opera, Satanæ Dei fimiæ debiles im’'nbsp;tationeSjdifcrimcn.Quod illc cxcquitut,nbsp;iuftitia,fundamcnto,rationcnititur:qui-bus iftc quidem vice verfa in faâis omnbnbsp;bus dcftituitur.Quis anno illo Lotharinnbsp;gos armauitr’^’Ne ipfi quidem fciunt: at-quehxcin prima reconciliationc pœni

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DE ReB» GaLLICIS. 2$ non Icuifsîmafuit,/ifyaÀJf fcilicctnbsp;®lt;naî,amp;parturirio fpeciofæ alicuius que-’'clæ. Nondum enim in rationem venieznbsp;caufa religionis/illa tantum perfona,nbsp;^Uod ipeciofior non occurrerct, illis af-fürnpra. Allegare parant rcgni inftaura-nonem, quodpoftea ab illis faéfum : cuinbsp;^onofA'fcipfis illam ordiri debuerant,nbsp;Sui domi habercnt omniumnbsp;’]uandamepitomcn,omnigcnx mune-•¦um amp; honorû venalitatis exepipla, dona inimcnfa, iniuftas bonorum profcri-ptiones, indignas Ecclefiafticorû bcncfi-ciorû collationes. Deniq; nullius maligt;nbsp;Snod in regni corruptela iuftam querelanbsp;5iabeat,non aliquis titulus Semonimen-fum in ilia familia extabat.

Nihilo fecius, quo iure qua iniuria, qua vi,qua fraude, arma contra Rege ra-piuntur, quorum vnàcum prætcxtu acicnbsp;Scmucronc in hûc noftrum Regem connbsp;uertunt,tam infulsè tamcn,tam inartifi-ciosè,ac incautè, vt rcs iam non effet ob-fcura,non qubdHuguonottus effet, fednbsp;quod in Regem pollet euadere. Adcórtnbsp;conatus ifte primufq; impetus no folùmnbsp;B S luei

a« DI s c V R S V s

luci cxponcrct nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Gü'’

fianac, verum ctiamprætcrita omnia H“ guonottoru Ä/*«^Tgt;i/t«^abfo]ueret, in*)'nbsp;ceretq; omnium animis earn fentctiatü’inbsp;fæpiùs iuftam illis arripicdorum armOjnbsp;rum, amp; rebus fuis in tanta aTnc^tec matuffnbsp;confulendijCaufam non dcfuiHc. |nbsp;Eodem tempore Deus, qui huius nO;nbsp;ftri Regis faluti fingulari quadä cura pcf'inbsp;petub inuigilabat, mirificèillifiü$àw3/^’lquot;nbsp;%a*î5'« fapiés confilium fuggerens adftji^'nbsp;quod quidem tanto verius diuinumnbsp;agnofco,quanto video magis ab co tun’nbsp;indolem eius abhorrere,tum omniulbi'

dia amp; voluntatcs, quos fecurn tum tetH' ¦ poris babebatjdiflenfifle.Enimueronbsp;primam famätumultus à Guifianisc^^'nbsp;citati,ipfeftatim iuuenili quodä ardorcnbsp;amp; impetu ad arma prorupiffet,quibus »nbsp;men quu régis tum fui ipfius tutela ptO'nbsp;pugnatioq;, fatis idoncam 7rçôcpa.a-tii an'nbsp;famqi prxbcbant,quis vcl rVmotifsiniisnbsp;SuediaEjAcgyptiqj regibus perfuafiifetjinnbsp;boctumultu Regem Nauarræ cum Hu-guonottis bellorum ciuilium criminisnbsp;per calumniamaccufatos ab hacfcdicio'nbsp;nc

DE Reb. Gallicis. 27 pc puros effe;’ Quis in tam repentina ar-morum correptione diftinguerct, vtranbsp;Pirtium contrariarum prior mouiflet?nbsp;Piæ illac, quas Régi facieDat,pollicitatio-ncs teftatum orbi Chriftiano faciebantnbsp;verum obfequij ftudium: patientia internbsp;iioftium arma nufquam abieéta: dolornbsp;ex afflifti- patriç miferijs conccptus;ccrgt;nbsp;tum deniq; partiumaduerfanarum pro-pofitum ipfum adoriédi,folum, exarma^nbsp;turn,nudum, imparatö, vixàRegc digrefnbsp;lum cû bac blanda falutatione, Hemprlt;e-ft 'o fum,Here,morem ‘utltbigérant domûnbsp;etiam eiufdcm iufTu inermem, data fidenbsp;publica reuerfum: hxç verb fingula tan-tam candori innocentiæ amp; ipfius luceninbsp;attuleruntdlla contraperfidia tam Deonbsp;exofa Scabominabilis hominibus fuit,Vtnbsp;banc Gallicam fidem Europa dxcantarnbsp;tetvniucrfa»

Quid tum acciditî’Nihil Deus impetr feftum rcliquit.Suam gratiam aliquo cünbsp;rcfundit,cffundit.Aliter fehabent regu-lorummundimuncra: fi opes conferut,nbsp;nonvnà tarnen honores imprfrtiuntur:nbsp;autfi vtrunqj, non tarne fanitatem amp; vünbsp;tangt;

28 DiJCVRSVff tamlargiuntur .HuicflorcntcadhuclU'inbsp;uenta Principi nato ad lab o rem, parendnbsp;tis morte ad fufferedam crucem prscp^'nbsp;rato, fenioris Thalafsiarchæ CaftiHiO'nbsp;næi progymnaftico ludo ad belli mol”*nbsp;inftruóto.multorum iaftura pr^liorun’’nbsp;quibus iuucnis nonfoluadftiit, fed pr^'nbsp;fuit,cxcrcitato ad varies fortunz cafusnbsp;perferendos,nondumtarnen periculo^'nbsp;rumamp;difciplinæ fuitfatis. PræteritorOnbsp;tantùmfpcôtator, nihildû fuoptenbsp;tehaétenus defignarat. Tandcin ftadionbsp;ccarceribus àDeo cuocatur.Necvcronbsp;temneridos illi antagoniftas opponit-CommilTum acribus colluélatonb. explorât; fie tame labores amp; ærumnas ad-metitur, vt quicquid bellorû primis an-nis ge{himcft,przludium tantum dice-res, quafi fenfim amp; paulatim veliratiO'nbsp;num,acleuiculorum przliorum fœlicinbsp;fueceflu decorarum,nollct tarnen ad monbsp;iora referuatum, extremæ tune fortunxnbsp;committere.

Ad hæc omnia, cecc, bellum illi indi-citur, amp;quadricnnij cuentus hoeperfe-oit, vt in quem altera Chriftianifmi pars tota

DÊ ReBgt; GALLÏCIS. 29 tota coniuraucrat, quem pcrditum om-nes iudicabant, qucm altera pars defpe-rata falute amp; fucceflu iam lu geb ar, Sc la-chrymis profequcbatur,is nop folùm re-fiftat, fed tanta quidem defenfionis cuntnbsp;laude, vt in plurimis ducllis palmam référât,50. munitifsima loca propugnct,nbsp;ingentem acicmdcbcllct,deniqi Ducisnbsp;totius Europæ inuiftifsimi, fortifsimiqinbsp;nomen reportet.

CoinciditLotharingici morbi ingens illa«^o-lt;çin Blæfianis ordinibus,vbi ccr-tè illius patrociniu ftrenuè Deus fufcc^nbsp;pit.Homines ad ipfius códcmnatiönemnbsp;velut iam conteftata lite conueniunt;nbsp;ex omnibus Gallig locis deleéti, non O-ratoresScLcgati ad Ordines eufehedis Scnbsp;diplomatis,fed aceufatores criminalibusnbsp;articulis in ilium inftrufti, ludex federenbsp;Deus voluit ; exorfus primiim ab aliorûnbsp;côdemnatione,Sc fupplicio, effeétis ipfisnbsp;fccundùm iftius innocentiam pronuornbsp;tiauit-Ipfo igiturquiduis potius expeftä-te,Rüpellæcum effet, partim esefo, partim ful o ingenti illo Germanorum exer-citu, ope omni humana deftitutus ad a^nbsp;molicngt;

50 Di s c VR s VJ ’S. nbsp;nbsp;'

moliendam ingcntcm tempeftatcnij^^r illi àBlæfiano Orionc immincbat,verntnbsp;in ilium oculos clemctifsimus Deus,hO'nbsp;ftilia omnia confilia necformidaro gt;nbsp;fperato, nec opinabili autprscuifo cafiinbsp;difsipat, Parua îoquor. Vt numerum ex-pleam, Rcx qui ncfcio qua imbecilliwt^nbsp;bellum inuitus illi infcrret,maioreamp; vf'nbsp;gentiorc qüadâ hccefsitate adduftus ionbsp;oculis Gallix vniuerfc,cû co dejace agC'nbsp;rc, ad fubfidiumq; aduocare copellitur:nbsp;tâtç fcilicet Deo curæ fuit vcl in miniiniînbsp;rebus huius principis defideria amp; cona-tus omnes luculentifsimèfecundarc. Iwnbsp;momento temporis, amant, qui oderat:nbsp;omnibus officijs profequuntur.quiho-ftilitcr pcrfequcbantur:reuocaRt, qui eX-pulcrantllle exofus, proïligatus, profu-gus, adprimamfratcrnæinuitationisfi-gnificationcrn redit,ad fratris pcdesfcnbsp;proijcit, auxiliaquxcunque poteft con-uocat,tanta edentate,vt citius Régi à a-pite cire,eiufque cxcrcitui prçcfïc audirc-tur,quàm de medijs recon ciJiationis rumor in Galliam perueniret. Illam duo-tumHcgum conucnüonem quje confie-cuu

î)E Reb. Gallîcis. 51 tutafunt, quomodó illorum attionibusnbsp;Deus fauerit, quomodo Turonibus Rexnbsp;antea concluais,fubitó campeftrium donbsp;nainus faftus hoftem in caftra compulc-’¦itjquódhaecgloria totiGallicxNobili-’^aticümhocnoftro Rege fitcommunisjnbsp;non comemorabo.Vnum audaftcr pro-fitebor, quoties ea meminit, qux ipfiusnbsp;aducntum ad regiam dignitatem ante^nbsp;grefla funt, niü totics in genua fupplexnbsp;«orpore amp; animo procidit,nifi eófitetur,nbsp;nullum Principe regnare Deo opt. max^nbsp;pro tot tâtifq; beneficijs obligatiorem,nbsp;nullifceptragerétiprincipiingratæmennbsp;bs turpitudine ceiTuru.Quidz’ft Rex mo-ïibundus adfubfidiumamp;opem laborxnnbsp;ïis regni no accerfiuiflct, hocfaéto ipfiusnbsp;innocentiam amplifsimc teftificatus, ni-nauncribus Sc dignitatibuj in eum col-latis tum quo gradu,qua coditione effet,nbsp;fatisoGulis totius GallicacNobilitatis conbsp;probaffct-.nifi poftremis verbis populi cunbsp;tarn, Sep arricidij vindiétam illimoricnsnbsp;crcdidiuct,quomodo putamus tot nationbsp;ncs, tot principes, tantam ex patritio Scnbsp;equeffri ordincxnulütudineiaiatätmnnbsp;cor^

P Dis cvKSvs ( confenfum conuenturam cfle,quos rna^inbsp;iore ex parte fuperforis domini manójdnbsp;to-, hoftes infeftifsimos habuifTet* Nn’inbsp;Deus hanc fati forte Régi defuného dlt;''nbsp;ftinaiTctjVtmonachimanibus trucidarC'nbsp;tur, quis huius mortis fufpicioné amp; pr“'nbsp;brum animis exterorum, linguae inimi''nbsp;corumademiflet^'Nifi eodem tempo’quot;*'’!nbsp;ebdem loci à regni proceribus Itipat”*’nbsp;nifiidoneo excrcitu antebiduum iH”*'nbsp;appulfo circunfeptus fuiflet, quibusin^'nbsp;nibus ponderofum illud feeptrum fui^'nbsp;liflctt’quo brachio proieftâ coliapfan^*!’nbsp;hanc corona humo furreftam cap J ti if®'nbsp;poluiffet i Obftabat totus penè Chrift’®'nbsp;rrifmus..- Hifpanus pro fua patte, pronbsp;Pontifex Rom. profita Lotharingici,ii‘^‘'nbsp;timi jppc omnes, omnes fubditi.nbsp;naformidinis ratio in ilium tantum ’”^nbsp;lum excitarat : tot excommunication^^’nbsp;tot fulmina, tot cenfuras pcpercrat : h'fnbsp;metus Ordinibus, PrincipibuSjRegi ’P*’nbsp;orationis modum præfcripfit, leges fa”^nbsp;xit,non adftabiliendumrcgnum,fcd f”*’nbsp;ditus euertendum polïtas ; hæcin iH”’^nbsp;omnia fcrcbantur.Tandcm inuituni(’^^

'de Reb. Gallicis, 55 Deo fuae potentig patefaftion i viam ape-riéte) omnibus faculutibu^hominibul-lt;iueexhauftum,ingenti auxiliari excrci-tufraftojin anguiïias Scangulum regninbsp;coégcrant. A'folis defperatis hominibusnbsp;dominus agnofcebatur : adferendaminnbsp;dlum damnatoriam fententiam ad en-piendam non hærcditatem, fed fpem ad-hue remotifsimam futuræ fuccefsionis,nbsp;concurfustotius regni fiebat. Non ira,nónbsp;(inquit fummus illeRex regum) ludifi-cabiminime,nó iiludetis, hypocriræ.ln-fontemaccufatisdnfeftamini;peribitis i^nbsp;pfi, aceufatum abfoluam, iuftificabo, re-uocabo,vobifq; tandem inuitis amp; veftrisnbsp;omnibus conatibus elufis,in oculis regninbsp;totius, ante metropolm ipfam Regemnbsp;coronabo,

Haecmcmineris, o Princeps,nó ad inanem iadtantiamautfuperbiam. Hæce-nim fi rité perpendis, tuum iftic nihil eft, non ipfa media humana,quç tanquam a-pudfequeftrêDeus depofuit eo fanè connbsp;filio, ne tibi iftorum vei tantillum arrogates,fed tantorum potius beneficiorumnbsp;munificum largitorcm gratanteragno-C feeres,

feeres,potentem fatis ad opus fuuni integrum in te perficiendum, ni obiccm po-nas ingratæ obliuionis, amp; ex feicftifsnnû organo te tuorû mérita peccatorum innbsp;vasnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;conuertant.

‘ Longius veto ab ihftituto noftro fe-piufcule hxcnos nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;abripit

ratio^Vt ferè vîx aliter fieri poteft,quin cX crebra iftorum commemopatione in c^-ôiÿ{r/ao-ju.oj^minimis à.mrS'mSiSi interual-lis difsitum incidam. Eo nue reuertianimus eftjVnde digreffa oratio mea. NunGnbsp;Iufte,doóturus te,qualis fitGallia,lupuinnbsp;(quodaiunt)auribus teneo^Dcillavwî^s-er«cumnuper ad te fcriberem,eiusvA»i)nbsp;quantumvis gAK@^, putre, gagr«-na amp; carcinomate exefum, ftabattam^n,nbsp;monarchia ilia ( quæ forma eft} adhuCnbsp;perdurante. Vtraq; collatife,coniunâ:ifq5nbsp;viribus hocægru corpus fuftentabat. Sednbsp;'quæ aperte maximam prbuinciarum amp;nbsp;vrbium huiusimperij parte ad excutien-dum fummi Magiftratus iugu impulit:nbsp;cuius facrofanótaperfonanon itamultonbsp;poft tempore violata cft. Hoe exccrabilc

DE ‘Reib. Gàllicis, 55 parricidium 5ca£'ösAlt;xii«ïó,7K^f«'?peperit.Iunbsp;ftitia, primarius regiæ maicftatis railïusi,nbsp;fubtraèto intrinfcco ftipitis fucco ftatinlnbsp;^niarcuit.Eccemoxaltari oppoiitumal-^are^diademati diadema,Parlamero Par-lamcntum.Fifcus ömniüm ncr-'lusjfubitó cxarüit.Canales enim^quibusnbsp;ftimdebatur, intaritaviölcntia confrabe»,nbsp;lt;^óquafratiq5 font : modó hacjmodó iliacnbsp;fallens ipfe diffluebat: armis vndiquaquenbsp;regnum to turn circumfonat. Excepta v-na militari arte, exteraeomnes fonétio-ncs, naunia amp;cxercitia defierunt. Hicvl-’ïinii moribundæGalliæ quafi fingultusnbsp;cxauditi:tûc effœtis viribus,fanguine,fpi-tituqjdcnfim exhauftis, no fine omniumnbsp;ftupore amp; prêter Opinionem mébra omnia pro naturali motu amp; facultare,diftornbsp;Sucrijdiftrahijdiduci, dîftendi horribili-ter cœpcrûtdbi vita cum forma perdidiç.

Dum autem fpiritüm trahunt Indiùi-dua,tantum o* ôAagt;,amp; in intcgro confidè-rantur:vbiamifcruntjin primammate-riam refoluuntur : quod vitx abfentiara manifeftb arguit.Sicftatus ifte noftriim-perij, forma ? qux effe dabat, amiffa, innbsp;Ci priiv

5^ DlSCYRSVfi principia reuerfum cft, ex quibus conft^'nbsp;bat : •nKju.jjg/flt» ccrtcvitalis fpiritusabfeænbsp;tis. Omniscorruptioprincipiuin cftnbsp;ncrationis« Ex tauro apes, ex cquo cath^'nbsp;ri,ex human o cadauerc fcrpcn tes genera-tur. Sed antequàm fiat noua hæc propa-gOjCadaueranoftraquo nomincappcH^'nbsp;bimus^Regnum n oftrumjproh dolor/’'*nbsp;tam amifit: regnum non eft inter cos qu*nbsp;regiam auftoritatem à fc abdicarut.Qu^nbsp;tarnen nomine appcllcmus, donccexWnbsp;venufti Colofsiruderibus móftrurnali'nbsp;quod rcip»vicus aliquis, fatrapia, cincri'nbsp;tium quoddam feedus, aut quid finiil®nbsp;natumfit:*

Tibijiufte, difficilimum foret parend’ tui cadaucr fi ccis oculis diften tu in men-fa vidcre: quodfi teipfum Anatomift^**nbsp;efle oporteret, fi latera illius nouacula a-perire, qua hepar,qua iecur, qua pulniO'nbsp;nes,qua mammam, quaren es, quàinte-ftina diflccare,fi poft morte, caufas mor-bi latetes rimari cogereris,milufte, qui^nbsp;faceres “i Putain hacme trifti narrationcnbsp;cadem matrimeæ iuftapcrfolucrc, hocnbsp;modo parentarc.

Rcgnui*

DE Reb. Gallicis. 57 Regnum Galligfquantum cxvcterumnbsp;moniméntis colligimus)cxduabus con-ftatpartibus,Principe,amp;Subditiî. Vnanbsp;Principisperfona folain fe amp; per fcauftonbsp;ritate munira, quam antecefloris defun-fti légitima fucccfsioneinduit, neccogi-^urinaditu ipfoimperij advllâjpræter-S^àm legis Salicæ,conditionem, nec eli-gi ,nec exauftorari poteft, necvllidifce-ptationi fubiacct: nullum habet in fum^nbsp;mo principatu collcgam, nullum domi-natusjfui arbitrum. Eum iudico primanbsp;omnium mundi Principum hofcefibi iunbsp;•quot;c titulos arrogate pofTe, Dei GRAgt;nbsp;Tl A Rex, nonfolùm quod regnifui,nbsp;neminijpracterquàmDE o,Ù7rlt;sC6ttMo$ cft,nbsp;^cdctiam quod nullum eredam princi-patum magis abfolutum, magis fui iuris,nbsp;magifq; fummam illam ôei omnipotennbsp;tis monarchiam repræfcntantcm vnquanbsp;extitifle.

Subditi ex tribus hominu generibus confiant, quorum primi omniumfuntnbsp;Ecclefiaftici,quos primario loco propternbsp;diuini, circa quem fe exercent, cultus vc-ncr«i»ncm,ftatuimus:ali) funtNobilcs,nbsp;C } feu

3^ D I s c V R s VS feu Equeftris ordinis viri,pênes quOs fontnbsp;imperij honores,dignitates,munia, feu-da, iurifdidionesjpræturac, quarum om-cium rerum nomine fpcciali fidclitatisnbsp;lacramento Régi obftringuntur,ncmin^nbsp;fecundum ilium purc,fimplicitet,autiinnbsp;mediatè agnofeunt. Hi corpus in regnonbsp;feparatum habent, nemine in ordineinnbsp;i llum adfcito,nifi qui aut re, aut famâ m-lis exiftat:poftremus deniq; ordo cftpIC'nbsp;bcius, in quo ruricolas ©mnes amp; colo'nbsp;nosjvrbiû incolas,mercatores,dues,arti-lices,reliquamdeniquepromifcuanipl^nbsp;bem complectiniur.

Populus eftvnusin Gallianoftra,qugt; vtmaiori iniuriac obuius cft,fic minor'nbsp;in pretio haberi vulgo folet.- qui alijs di-uitias plures,fibimiinus glorix amp;libcrW*nbsp;tis obtinet. Agnofeitnon folùm Regelt'nbsp;fummimagiftratus loco, fed alios quoq^nbsp;de ordineBqueftri amp;Ecclcfiaftico doinfnbsp;nos inferiores colit : quod imperium nonbsp;raro durius experitur, ncc tarnen ab cofUnbsp;iniuria alio perfugium Scafyluspatct.Nr’nbsp;bills enimamp;PraElatus,quibus ©b condj/nbsp;tionem fuam, ad principempatet iLccei^

DE Reb. Gallicis. 55 fus, apud ilium quo que fauore amp; gratia.nbsp;præpondcrant.Htc ordo omnium popunbsp;lofifsimus eft, opulentifsimus quoquefunbsp;turus, fl parcius cum eo ,mitiufq; innbsp;gendjs vefti.galibus ageretur. Sed quuinnbsp;nulla àRcge munia foleat capefcerc,terturn eft multo'minus difpendij, Ecclc-,nbsp;fia, multo ctiam minus Ordine Eque-ûi i, attiperc. Illa Monarchix çepÉwjUût-firmamentum eft , illadextcrurn.Re-;nbsp;gis brachium,i'Jla fcçptri fulcrunvU^ rç-;nbsp;gnidéçus ßtrobur, illadenique pars o-,nbsp;ttUiiu prxftantifsina^ Nobilitas vnicuninbsp;Kcgem agnofcit.Ncque ab Ecclefia, neqjtnbsp;1 plebe natales repetunt Principes noftri,nbsp;M cos vnafibi Nobilitas vcndicat, cuiusnbsp;primarij quidemfurculi.exiftunt.Hicor-,nbsp;do numero hominum infrequentifswnbsp;Daus,^oninium eft egentifsimus. Ab co,nbsp;Eutern vnicum Rex gladij minifterium,ynbsp;l'epofçj.ç, reliquorum ordinum fpolijsnbsp;I Ucupietatjcxteris placet anteferri,amp;fierenbsp;ad omnia belli munia .vnicum adhiberi.nbsp;Hine perpétua populi,inNobilitate in;^nbsp;uidia: cu i,p ro pterea,fefç. çp n tra in iuri amnbsp;nauniendi caufa, quouis tempore regura

40 Discvrsvs . I quodammodo lateri hærcrc fuit ncccfl^nbsp;quoruin obfequio raró defucrut.Sin jnbsp;teminrcrdum ab eorum lateredifce^^nbsp;runt, nunquam tarnen alium ordin^^quot;nbsp;induci pretermonarchiâ patiuntur,q‘^'fnbsp;péquibus nihil dominatu popularinbsp;gisaduerfetur.

Florente verb adhucnoftro impcr’*’ Dteritó certc præftâtilsima obferuarinbsp;tuit trium iftoru fub eodcni capiteiu^’’'nbsp;brórum compages,amp; coalitio.-quxtai-quidcm fuit, vt nó facile fucrit difccrfl^nbsp;fe cuïnam iiiagis fauerct, aut qua innbsp;tem Princcps effet proclmior.Amabil^'nbsp;fe præbebat ob confcientiae religion^’’,nbsp;(vinculum fane omnium ardafsimu*^’nbsp;Ecclcfia : adeo vt pio Principi hon^.^'nbsp;Atheoformidini cflet, necvllam'fuii**nbsp;nato Chriftianifmo fauoris amp; prop^’’'nbsp;fionis in cam principum intermifsi^quot;,nbsp;confiât ex immenfis in Ecclcfiafticosnbsp;neribus, ab eorumlibcralitatedcriuaf'’nbsp;Populus fudore fuo dominum alens;^’'nbsp;ccffario illigratus ncc inuifusfuit.nbsp;(verum vtfateamur) Rexprscter doO^.,nbsp;muHcra populi nihil habet in Gallia’^,|

DE Reb. Gallicis, 41 hil crogat Nobilitas,pauca Clerus,amp; granbsp;uatè guide confert.Sola plebs inexplebi-lesoculosamp;loculosauari Principis im-plct,profufilargitionibus fumptibusnbsp;nihil parcit. Quae caufa quondam fuit,nbsp;curin Curia licetautPatritij alicuius,autnbsp;Abbatis aducrfus rufticum in fingulari-bus caufis partes plerunq;fufciperentur,nbsp;in genere tarnen,amp;in vniuerfalioribusnbsp;Nobilitate aut Ecclefia plebeios impete-te,non eo Temper fcfe modo res hab er et.

Nobiles, Principis fui deliciæ, cius o-mniuaftionum focij,robur,fplcdor,or-n amen turn im peri) amp;decus, ab eo pecu-liaria quaedam beneficia amp; priuilegia c6-fequebantur, nec erat locus querelae de reliquisordinibus hilariùs Sclautiusac-ceptis,quorum potiusfuccus amp;fanguisnbsp;fcnfimacfine fenfu, ài; t^àcpeupta-suicx-^nbsp;preflus in iftumvnum redundabat.

Atque(quodampliuseft)intermem-bra,mutua voluntas amp; gratia tam arftc amp; fände colebatur,vt capitis fui cxcplo Nobiles Clerum venerarentur, populo indinbsp;gerent, Clerus vtrioq; emolumcntumc-liccrct/populus vtriufqj fauorc,fidc !x. tunbsp;C 5 tela

4’2 D IS C VRS V ƒ

tcia in rem fuam vtcrctur,adeó vt in fcn^ tot fxculorum nulla tam manifcfta dif'nbsp;ïidiaaut æmulationcs,quàm hoc infeli^^*nbsp;{xculo,confpicerelicuerit. Difpercas,innbsp;malam remabeas,aut,fi mortuus es,ina'nbsp;Icdiéti y inquieti fint Mancs tui, o, quif-quis i 1 Ie cs, qui tam fanftam membrotunbsp;cumcapite compagcm primus diflolui-fti, Sc pro cócordia, quam in illis tuisnbsp;vgpoii; tpcumilt;rp.ei(ri przdicas,tâtam, Sc taO^nbsp;florcntem/Asi'aex‘«*membratimdifcer''nbsp;pfifti. fac quod vis, ô Satanx miniftend'*nbsp;jtraétionis,non concordiçjcorruptionis»nbsp;non gcnerationis;difsipationis,non cortnbsp;grcgationis artifex,Scorganum non ço’’nbsp;leruationis,fcd ruinærfragméta €ertè,aui:nbsp;fcopae ilJætuæ difiblutæfcredatcontra-rium qui volet) nullivnquam vfui fiintnbsp;futuræ. Hæfunt igitur iilæ diuites colu'nbsp;mnæjCX quibusnoftrû quondamTeiî’'nbsp;plum conllitit. Poftcius cadauera Sc lU'nbsp;dera, materiem, agè, ccu maceriéfalteninbsp;rimcmur,ôc quis fucrit lapfus Sc ruin^nbsp;modus, attendamus.

• Principatuj illi,quibusacciderefoleî mutatio, fi populäres fucrint, mutantufnbsp;ferc

DE Reb. Gallicis* 45 ferè in i^ovafi^iaiy ; fi fint vnius, in cTji/z-o-

Pcrfpicuaeft ratio. Nunquaenim r£s nifi in contrarium mutantur,alioqui nulnbsp;la foret mutatio* Vnius autcm Scpluriunbsp;imperium funt oppofita. Non illud dito , quæcunqi inter ie difcrcpant, eadeninbsp;continuo pugnareexaducrfo. Interdumnbsp;cnim ab vnius dominatu non fit in popunbsp;larem trafitus, nequcàpopular! in vniusnbsp;principatum:funt amp;. aliæ quædam inter-,nbsp;mcdiæ principatus formx.Vt quum(ver-bigratia)pro eo quod in’vnius arbitrionbsp;pofita erant omnia, non ftatim ad arbi-triunacofufx multitudinis deuoluimur,nbsp;fed pauci numero deliguntur,.quibus re-tuni fumma demandatur : aut quum loco multitudinis ad papcorum numerumnbsp;confilia defcruntur.Vtutfix,affirmo,illi,nbsp;. quinbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;mutarc velit, neceffa.tib

lïiultorum principatum efTe fubrogaur dnmd quibus tandem per eundem mu-tationis gradum adnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;defccur

daturzcotrà verb nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;feu ftatum

populärem euertere cupiehti, iftunc ia id clt, pîtucorû dominatum,nbsp;Ôehunc

44 D I s C V R s V s

amp; hune dcniq; in vnius principatum, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;’

dicitur, contrahcrc* DicenduiTgt; I iJlud ampliusnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;feditiO' I '

nes,quaccunq;tandcminprincipatu aü'l ' quo natefint,hoc inter fe fimilchabuifle»nbsp;vtearum caput fcrc Temper c nobiliuH’nbsp;eCTet ordinc, mebra verb de plcbeio cot-'nbsp;porc duccret originem. Populus magni“nbsp;cft ilIudCvt cum Poeta loquar)inane ,vî-ftuq; pclagus,intumcfcerc, agitariq; qu^'nbsp;cunq; rapiut venti, atq; vt plurimùni cO'nbsp;tra manifeftam vtilitatem, facillimuni'nbsp;Romanum imperium fuit populäre : p^'nbsp;nes populum fummum erat ius, funini^nbsp;potcftas.Cçfar,quô facilius cuertcrct,amp;i*nbsp;populari in vnius principatû couerter^^’nbsp;vnam populi gratiam captauit, quamnbsp;bilitati oppofuit.Iudgorum àli’'nbsp;dicibus adrainiftrabatur,quos ipfi, pop*’nbsp;lufq; nominarét:ijdem,vtius illud amit'nbsp;terent, quot;regem poftulauerunt. Populus snbsp;ad id tantum, quod prsefens cft» fefc ac-cômodat:ex hominibus cnim conftat.Sinbsp;ab vno principatû opprimutur, fi aufto-ritas,qug inter cos colitur,minus arridc^nbsp;dant manus, tradut vitro fefc primo cuv

DE Reb. Gallicis* 45 «lue cam commutarc volenti, vnumq; illis fatis eft,in vno acquiefeunt, diimmo-dó fiat mutatio,parùmattcdcntcs,illûd-r^cquodfaftam mutation cm confccutunbsp;cftjdcterius fit malum priorc«nbsp;Verum cnimueró,rcliquarum omniunbsp;îurbarum Sefeditionu popularium, quxnbsp;prxteritorum faeculorum memoria connbsp;^igerunt, maxima eftcumhac noftra ditnbsp;liinilitudojncc tam multæ fane caufç tûçnbsp;«xtiterunt,atq; nunc nobi» fuppeditâtur,nbsp;^irmcritóin populumauftorc deriuennbsp;Nam præter corauncs illas,quas iamnbsp;1 Idprà commemoraui, tcrtiaquxdam innbsp;^oftrohocprincipatuYcnit attendenda,nbsp;Suæf©la.pcfsimos illos fœtus, quos vidi-’^usjcnixacft, rerum videlicet noftrarunbsp;^ouientis in cam partem inclinatis,vtnbsp;yniuerfus populus, prxfertimvcro vrba-quia monarchia muncra tantum amp;nbsp;oncra capiebat,vna quidem libertatemnbsp;®*’^“‘'œhaberct; corde verb cos demumnbsp;«omplcftcrctur,amp;in finu foucrct,qui ex-pcditifsiniam illis viam ad cam obtinen-dam inucnirent.Ad hos x6A4û(^ƒta repen-^SC'l'aod mircrûjyç qui ad tîUcincs dam-nati

natifuntjficomnes Galliac ciuitates mos-ofhcij amp;obedientiæabicccrunt.Eg‘’nbsp;verb humanipræfertim ingenij prluit^'nbsp;te perfpeft^, aliquam eorüm furori''^'nbsp;niani direm, fi ooniïlio aliquö direftui’’nbsp;anirnaduerterem, amp; ß reótam viam inlb'nbsp;tuerentfibi populärem conftituendifo^'nbsp;marhrcip. bed quemadmodu pcrpetü^’nbsp;falluntur,quu vnius imperio renunriaf^'nbsp;vt mille dominorüm iugo ccruiccsnbsp;trb fubijciant, quumpro iuftoamp;legif*'nbsp;moRege,videamin fuaiilanbsp;tyrannorum feruitutem admittcrc, h'*quot;nbsp;cóticcfcojtacitufqj Dei iuftitiam,,ita ft*»!'nbsp;tiriam, improbitatcm fuperbiamq;nbsp;rishumaniiuftifsimc vlcifccntis exoft”'nbsp;loramp;agnofco. Sedhsec infra planiùsf^'nbsp;plicabun tur.Atque hgc quidem de rer^**’nbsp;noftrojinfimoqj ordinc.

Ecclefiaftici quoqj noftri, quiadin*^^' ¦ gram domus regig contignationemnbsp;non contemnenda cocunt,culpa non''^'nbsp;cant in vltima hac tumultuatione.nbsp;änfam fané Imperij forma non ded*'nbsp;Qubd chim ad fratres illos minores,

DE Reb. Gallicis. 47 (quos vocant)mcndicantes, quod ad ponbsp;puli concionatorcs attinct, qui popula-niotionibus adblandiuntuVjillos flagrâ-tcfcditiond, amp;mancntc penes imperitanbsp;’Bultitudinem potcftatc,maiori cfFeinnbsp;gratia quis miverur^Sin autem amplifsUnbsp;ttios illos Cardinales,Epifeopos , Àbba^nbsp;tes, opimaMonafteria, Collegia, ordi-nes monacboi Û fpeftes, longe maiorcninbsp;turn vtili tatem,turn honorem fub regia,nbsp;quamfub popular! reip. adminiftratio-f c confequuntur.Illis enim facilius eft v-t’ius Principis confcicntia,quam vniuer-Senatus,quam totius populi in nutumnbsp;^arbitriumfuum côuertcrc.Tcftes funtnbsp;îtalorum,teftcs Germanorum refpubli-^æjteftes omnes prouinciac,quibus popunbsp;^us praceft,vbi haec conclamari folct,Fo-ïlt;As, Foras , R0J6A A Namp;NSus. Sinbsp;1 Huaeritnus , Clerum noftru quid pertra-Va—: . ¦nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;(*nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;•nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;i ..tnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;r r

ter caufam illam ôtiïçÇJuquae eft in ^^ecedit, metus feilicet mutationis amp;c-|iclt;iaÜ9ni5.I4*lu« Umc amp;turpis metus.

4^ Discvrsvs qui non tam intime illos ('profeftó)wP'nbsp;geret,fi de lingua amp; doólrina tantum? “ jnbsp;loculis amp; culina non item,ageretur.

Officium in tantis turbis(vt dixi? Nobilitas non deferuit : fola fane innbsp;negotio maxime petirur,cum rege«ï4'‘^nbsp;piTuii, Sta cum regia poteftate coalefc^*^^'nbsp;Quae caufa fuit vltimarum fcditionuH’nbsp;coryphæiSjVtnotas omnes monarth'^1nbsp;confundere ac permutare cogerenWf'nbsp;populäres conuentus amp; comitia pafsi'ï’nbsp;ferè,quibus praeter ordinis fui dignitai^’lnbsp;parerentjCrigendo. Sed vtNobilitatif^'nbsp;cum facerét, ne fibi exiguus ill e Patriti^'nbsp;rum numerus, quem penes fe habereo^;nbsp;clabcretur,necefle ffiit nomina illanbsp;fiatui amp; Coronti rctinere. Cætcroqui oænbsp;quam tam ncfarijamp; atrocis fafti fpeci^’^nbsp;guftalTent. Extinct o ffi Gallia regno, eænbsp;dem dicNobilitatis funus effcrtur.Pop^nbsp;lus enim, cui fummi magiftratus iugu”*nbsp;cxcutere licuerit, fine cundationeignO'^nbsp;bilis vici dominum recufaturus eft,finbsp;hones auri veétigales perfoluerc rccuMnbsp;bit,à triobolari certè ccnfu,quem domj'nbsp;no glcbxfoJucye teuctur, facilèfe abfol'

DE ReB» @ALLlCrS. 49 Uet.Nobilis in Gallia iurifdiftionis titu-lo crga glcbeaddiftitiosjcnfilationcjim-^unkateab omnib.oneribus,quæ Sum-^omagiftratui pi-æftantur,infignitus,ijsnbsp;^ântùm excep tisjquæ in perfonafua præ-^are tenctur,qui diftinftam habet à mernbsp;catore, ab opificc,à colono coditionem,nbsp;^üam proculdubio honoratiorem céfet,nbsp;ï^ec ferre illos,nec ferri ab illis,nec prçdi-^aomniapriuilegiatuerifub illorû do-’annatu ƒ offet.Huius rei fidé faciuntHelnbsp;^eticoru, ScBelgarum exêpla:apud hosnbsp;Nobilitas poftquàm defeciflct, odium,nbsp;proditionis inuidiam,fæuitiem amp; tyran-f'idcm Hifpanici fui principis, quiduisnbsp;^cniq^ ab illo,qüauis alienigena, maluitnbsp;cxperiri,quàmfuiordinis contemptum,nbsp;deminutioncmqucfub nouaamp; inufita-taillapopulari reipub. adminiftrationcnbsp;1! fuftinere. Hicfublaxatis audaciæ habe-nisdnhxc verba libère nunc erumpam,nbsp;,1 heminemvnquam GalliæRegcm tantanbsp;j| fide, tam à/stTrav«; ab Equeftri fuo ordi-nc,atq; nofter hic fit,côfilio,viribufq; ad-j, iutum.Sedfimul noftraNobilitas, regiænbsp;r maieftati tam ar^ê fe deuindta,faxo, in-t.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;D tel-

tum diadema impofuerit, codcm fc dat honores,libertatem,immunjtateS’’nbsp;ra,priuilegia,quæmaiofesipfi tofvüliifnbsp;uerunt, recuperafTe. Sin cuertetut/«’'’*''^nbsp;Xwtjhæcillis omnia eodem cafu feiat^*nbsp;perituradafturam autem cu jaftura co”’nbsp;parantijNobilitatis certè pracpondec^nbsp;Si Regis fententia folamomcturnin’ynbsp;Senatus cofelTu habcret,cxifterét forta”nbsp;Sophiftae àconfiiijs, qui tantorum difd’nbsp;nainum,amp;laborum plenum Imperiü””'nbsp;lmperiüm(inquam)quod plus minus’’’nbsp;20. aut 30. annos ( de vetuftifsimonbsp;quor)prorogetur,fuadercnt,quicti,tt^”nbsp;quillitati, otiofævitac, dclicijfq; poftl^^nbsp;bere.Quod fi faceret,probrum amp; vituf^nbsp;rationem forte nullam in fcfuftinc’'^j'nbsp;cxemplafunt,quepofteritas laudatamp;^“'nbsp;miratur.'Suftinerct autem, fi lubdacci’^

if prfpoftcrû ftudium cultus diuinià vetc-(K *quot;1* lynceritatc multùm degencris ac delf 'ïij ad meliorc aliqua formam reuocan-di, per omnes Rcgni partes fenfim diffu-1)1 fum atlt;|; peruagatum. Si hæc cura folam. (lî îBultitudinem remorderet, rcs fortalTenbsp;co non forent prolapfx. per fe enimaxs.^nbsp;01nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;plcbecula minimum fucrat nô.^

i() citura.-ipfcqi Glerus, fiuc pudore viftus, y feu vi adadus, reliquorum ordinum au-r ftoritatc verbi diuini gladio ceruicesnbsp;J/ ptxbuilTct.Sedecceftatimhaecfebricula

jz diètes comperti funt : vnde pro rationc, (gt; cum armis infanitum.” colloquia, dietæj

tum,inMartium campum,in conncn*^’ militaresjin præliorû condiótioncsnbsp;fafünt» SicfolctDiaboIus probanbsp;intentionéin pefsimufincrn cómutar^'nbsp;Guifiani pro parte Catholica ftctcf'^^nbsp;Borboniorumpræcipui pro Euangçli^^nbsp;ßgnaextulerunt IllorumPrindpu no^’nbsp;nulli régi) nominis gloriola ftimulab^fnbsp;tunalij régi) fanguinis crant furculi- ï'*’nbsp;tibi diéto dtius caufx Dei, in controuc’^'nbsp;fiam de ftatu miramnbsp;imbuuBtur Reges hac perfuafionc,nbsp;los illos à regia familia traduces,

DE Reb. Gallicis. 55 cfTeftorum tcftcs fuimus oculati.

In hoc difsidio trium 'noftrorum or-dinum manifefta ac cuidens fuit ind ina-tio. Nobilitas guidcm non obfcurèLo-tharingicorû patrociniû aduerfus Principes cgtcros fufcepit(vt maxime pars ec-fuin onundi effent à ftirpe rcgia,pars minime: ) idqj tam diufaftitatû, quàm diu tegibus infèruire amp;diâ;o audienteseffenbsp;animaduertit. Clerus Religionis nomine quid fua maxime intereffet, reputans,nbsp;multo fecretius, multoqi tutius illorumnbsp;partesaffcétauit. Populus primoimpetunbsp;àdnouumfpeftaculum (vt fieri affolet)nbsp;flagrâter accurrit,nccita multo póft quonbsp;animiardore verum complexus erat,eo-dcmreijcit,nullo ccrtèalio motu impulnbsp;fns,quàm quo procerum tempeftas rape*nbsp;tet.Scd pofteriori tempore,turn ab infana fupcrftitióne, tum à concionatorumnbsp;artificiofa calliditatc ferio inflammatus,nbsp;quod iampridem in cxdibus vrbanis, innbsp;pra:da,fpolijs amp; fanguine, inuetcratoqjnbsp;in Euangelicos odio cxercitatus effet,dc-ftindus Dux Guifius, magnus ducendaenbsp;tnuititudinii artifexypeftiferos iftos fedi-'nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;0 i uonum

$4 DiscvRsvg tionu humorcs, callidè fanè amp; ingeniös^nbsp;fpc libertatis, amp; fubfidiorum immuni»'nbsp;tenomen boni pubïici contemperauit:nbsp;quibus infupcr adicéto pulJorum loui«nbsp;odio^mox opprcflorum, amp; opprefsionunbsp;Gucrefa,quam partim â(w/4CÿÂwt,parfiJ^nbsp;contraxiffcnt, dici nonpo^^’^nbsp;quantamfibiapud iJJos tum fidemtufi'nbsp;gratiam comparant.

Regem]humdefunétùm, cuius«nt» Jaudc Gallia virtutes comcndauit, quaænbsp;to fui difpendio vitia mercata eft, hac ifl'nbsp;ter cæteras indole, quae ad huius harp)^nbsp;defignatjoncs impensc faceret,faciliw*^^nbsp;(inquam) manfuctudinc, populari»*^^nbsp;(ambitus indiuiduis comitibus ) natu^'*nbsp;effinxerat. (^ó regni procenbusnbsp;re poftet,infimis erat obfequiofus:pcr''*^'nbsp;bis compita tranfeuntem retefto, nuda-toque capite honoris caufa confpexilî^*;nbsp;,n u tu,aut manu,aut voce omn cs ad ferriünbsp;vfqj atrienfem aut baiulu falutare, afthr-gcrc. Hare amp; alia quamplurima, cumpr*^nbsp;milq; Principis contemptus', amp; odium»nbsp;quo apudomnes ftagrabant, quitotumnbsp;ilium pofsidebant, tantum eius molitiO'nbsp;nibuî

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re.quibusgradibus per 20.totosannos ad ilium fcôpum collimarit, turn parentis tum patrui fui præceptis informatus:nbsp;long«ambages. Demoftrarefatis fuerit,nbsp;(vtad noftra tempora veniamus ) fanftinbsp;(quod vocant)facdcris faftionc, cuiDuxnbsp;Guifius in Gallia pratcranprçcipuain vr-bibus, ac faecepopuli praendia naétâ eïTe:nbsp;quodinomni nouandarum rerum ftu-dio ac molitionc ferè vfu venir,quac ccrtcnbsp;Donniû multitudinis viribus roboratur.nbsp;TandemhxcLcrna tâtamin molen»nbsp;cxcrcuit,vtipfe Rex prius trucidarctijr,nbsp;quàm tclae fuac manum extremam adde-re liceret. Nihilominus caedes ilia, (addenbsp;ctiam Regis ofcitantiam,amp; vmbram im-becillitatis)ita effrxqes multitudinis an»nbsp;Bios iampridem pefsimis imprefsionib.nbsp;vitiatqs, amp;, qui, infanarum illarum fub-ftruôti0num(‘iuas Barricadas vocitabât)

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DE Re B* GaLLICIS’. .61 bcrc, in quam cunftas Gallix ciuitatcsnbsp;pcrtraherc conarcntur, immenfas opesnbsp;inillorum manibus paratas ad rcghuntnbsp;euertcndum, nulli erat obfcururh« Quisnbsp;tamcn exitus, quis adminiftrandx modus rcipublicæ illis propofitusac defti*nbsp;natus circt,qui$ finis armorum, quis belli,nefciebatur*Nulla autem humana(manbsp;gna licet)quxcertani dcfignationcm amp;nbsp;Icopum non habeant, longé à cafu amp; în-ïcritu feruntur.non fccus atq; nauis reminbsp;gio amp; gubernaculo dcftituta , periculonbsp;'ftproxima.

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Milufte,fi jam ferret animus mæ confufionis iconcin viQcre,graphi*inbsp;profefto in parte il la depiftam cernefijünbsp;DuxMænius primus ûbi author fuitm gt;;nbsp;minis, GcntraltsregniCoronsnbsp;Legatt. O lepidam Ghimæram/nbsp;turLegatuSjfinc capitc legationisr’Qp^.’nbsp;namvero iftuc capitis fuerit, fi Rcxflj.nbsp;eft Regem verb pollcntifsimanbsp;rum auerfatur. Ad datum quodattii’^^''nbsp;deftatibus quidemin Gallia, deftatu’j 'nbsp;ró ne fando quidê au dit um eft : autidi^«nbsp;ftuseft ftatus numero vnitatis ,Rcg^^Lnbsp;Status cius fafta demu mentio fuit-^|,^nbsp;cafu,nomen illud obfequij fuit, nonnbsp;perij.-vxcordes ifti ponûtà capitc:An‘’.fj^nbsp;pleriq; omnesChimeræ huius AHïï’’.’,pnbsp;ftratores Legatorum Regis amp;Ordin’^^j,^nbsp;queftris nomine prociarnâtur.Cuinf knbsp;temRcgisdDcmentesilliûfnc, que^^^ Knbsp;leratamanu contrucidaftis, huiüfn?’*J|Lnbsp;abiuratis, an altcriuscuiufdam io Ànbsp;nafcituri Gonfimilitcr ex confc‘ï^yttnbsp;quicunq; illorum Regis OfficiarJ^’’^^)^^nbsp;vicem aliquando geflerüt,vrputa,qnA»^nbsp;.giàfigillis crant,Cung(quasParUgt;’’ ƒ

DE Reb. Gallicis» jjWOcant)Camcræ ratiocinij, Indices, Tri-ærarijjSc quotquot monarchiæ luc-adminiftri, ordini fuo amp; loco renû-pi^iarcriolunt.vt pofteant populi(vtficdi-ÿ;5îni)crcat’jras:necmoduni tamen indi-jif*fo,nccviam inuenire eins conferuandinbsp;jtfl^cuntracTic fdunt quidc, quid prönun-non audentapertè: àpopunbsp;^%nolunt:â D4Mghio,minimè omniumnbsp;j,C'’lunr. Ex regni cnîm’ conftitutionibusnbsp;|tTeroincn'i,à fummo magiftratu tenenturnbsp;•iij’Snofcere,qui quidem fummo iurepræ- 'nbsp;,ƒ ‘'f:adcô vt non minus inter illos de con-j^'-Ttorumverborum formula, quàmdenbsp;jfff'funima,laboratumfit;tant3£molis eftnbsp;j,/yihæc noua Sphynxvitro accerfitç cofu-j(i'‘onis. lamvero quàm multiformes im-jfP^rij formçt’quàm multæfpccies contu-/^^aciæ f quantus in iudiciaria aiiqua for-[il^ïfibiconftituendalabor;' O'teinfeli-Z’^’nhuius nauis gubcrnatoreml non tibinbsp;J^'^per in vtramq;(quod aiunt) dormircnbsp;licuit. Non abfimiie tibi acciditabnbsp;-1)1 '^iperito logifta,cui,difpofitos ordine funbsp;menfam numeratorios calcules in-jH^'^aicnti, fi cotingat eofdcm manu con -/nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;'nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;E 5 fuB-

7$^ Dis c VRSVS i fiindcre,vertat, inuertat, ponat, rcpopï^nbsp;Quantunalibet v^rijs ordinibus, çundci^^nbsp;certè numcrurn nun quam comp erict,i''inbsp;fi câdem rurfusferic Scordine cóponï^;inbsp;Prima quidem rcgalis Columna,nbsp;jfta Democratic bipennis euertjtjufi'it'^nbsp;eft. Continuopoftenimad cuertenda*^]nbsp;Parlamcntorum auftoritatem j fingul'*jnbsp;in vrbibus c.xinfimis quibufqj hominid'nbsp;Comma componunt,adquosnbsp;iydiciorum poteftatem deferut. Lutedpnbsp;que fedes eft imperij,ad cxcmplumnbsp;rete componutomnes En tibi fubiw^'’*'nbsp;fingularu vrbium rcfpub. confurgit :nbsp;gule vrbcs,qug tantuip vcctigal pendui’J’ inbsp;quantum Iibct,in fumptuspublicos,!’*’'nbsp;ni(i pro arbitrio, erogat: non prefidiu^’^’nbsp;nonprefedum, nifi qua lubctçondidænbsp;nc,rccipiunt:fi nobiles interfint,vtma^*''nbsp;me fintLotharingici,mutirc aliquidnbsp;ciuem , non illis profedoimpunclic'^^quot;nbsp;rit,multoq; tunc foret illis cdfultius Af'nbsp;gentinæ, autßernae domicilium habcf^'

Tres paft’us dc ria digredi iam lic^^^' vt reéta rationc fatuas iftas vrbes (û 'nbsp;4« capercmea verbapotcruntidocca*^’nbsp;novun»

DE Reb, Gallic IS 71 îlouum iftuin cóftituendarum rerump,nbsp;ftudium, non minus ordine amp; rcftara-^ion.e,quàin in fuoiilo duce amp;antefigna-*^0 ambitumregni,deftiturumfuifle.-vcnbsp;‘¦^igito tangant,nullum vnquam,qui fatisnbsp;latiuscflet,confultorem ipfisfuiffc,nccnbsp;'^'jsfiiu effcauteo pcrucnirc,aut, fi pcr-'^^nerint, diutius illud imperiu rctmere.

Maiores noftras ciuitates , vna cum ’‘icohs, ncccflario itacoinpaginatas eflcnbsp;’^porter,vt fatis in fe prxfidij habeant, nonbsp;’l'oddaddelcndapenitusmonar'chiævenbsp;^'g'a,fed ctiani in fuam ditioncm,impcrnbsp;redigendaiîi circumiacentem o-campeftrem regioncm. In bis ca-mœnibus cinfti, in quibus(vt late pa-^^^Gallia) maxima cft hominum multi-Hiomncs populi,nifi vi cogantur,nbsp;vrbium metropolitanarum exem-Plo, amp; earumaufpicijs Principem fuumnbsp;^‘^cerint, non idcirco celeriùs neq; übennbsp;'fMænium pro Rege fegerctem admit-

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tent, quîcum tarnen illis inexcutiendo monarchiæ dominatu pulcrè conuenK' {ijnbsp;Sin autem regiam viam ire finatur, idcifl 11)nbsp;illud magnarumvrbjum exempluniop'nbsp;pidulain candemrcip.rationemamp;for' Anbsp;. mam rcduftürueft. îtagradibusquibufnbsp;dam co dcueniemus, vt ne viculus qui'nbsp;dein Galliareperiatur,quifummosfil’’nbsp;fafces non vfurpet.Sitnchocc#-n7inbsp;cuiuis iudicandum rcIinquo.Excm'nbsp;plum tarnen etiamnum hodie in GcrH’’nbsp;nia,in Heluetia, in Belgio habemus,nbsp;nullam non liberam vrbccula inueni^^'nbsp;que fuos vrbis prgfcétoSjfuosOffieiario’’nbsp;fuos deniqj fupremos indices feparad^nbsp;non hab cat.

Non laris. Demus cnim metropol^ Prouinciarum Regem expuli de, Nobd^’nbsp;omnes amp;Patritios adintcrnecionem d^nbsp;leuilTe.-vnicuiq; fuam dynaftiamamp;ûtr^'nbsp;piam recuperatam elTc: adhuchocreft^j’nbsp;vtadminillrationis formam aliquantnbsp;bi fumant,amp;vinculo quodamIuftiti£J*?'nbsp;terfe contineantur. SinguIisProuindrnbsp;fuum Parlamcntum fuit ha£tenus:h^nbsp;nunc ratio obfoleuit, AureliaLutctiai’’nbsp;no’’

r ^ntPraefefto mercatorum fefc fubijciat? ¦' ^ttnonctiamfummumfibiius amp;impc-f- ex xquo vcndicare poteft^Quid Rho-i- ^öniagus.?quid Lugdunum, quid Bitüfi-'nbsp;,i ^^s,quidTolofa, quidTroià Campanîâcnbsp;^allicæ,quid Diuiodunum,quid aliasifl-i' ^uiïierabilesç’ Quid^'Dicamus etiâ,Prôi-gt;nbsp;} '^incias ProuincijSjPrgfeftosPrefeétis cX-li ^inieticntc oppofitos,qüæfpcsconcof-'nbsp;i,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Si de iurc vtrinq; lis eft, quis luturus

i, Arbiter quis fuperior magiftratus î*Hîc (I offerunt longi anfraftus, longac am-^^ges,magna in medio curfu diferimina,nbsp;^^nta impedimenta,vtnonnifi,qualis in—nbsp;^'ffures nundinarum tempore, confcn^nbsp;feu potius ad orane fcelus coniuratio,

tuFjtato detenus fe rcs habet: Nx hîc mil le homines non xquipollcntvni: non q*nbsp;ip vno capite plus infit tùm bonitatis, tunbsp;fapiçtix,quàmin mille, fed qubdfalteninbsp;fcçlcrumamp;ftultitiæ minus.

Audite populi: Siquis veftrûm hoca^ xioma légerit, calumniam eïTc vociféra^nbsp;bitur,quæad fantbum illud fœdus yeftrunbsp;frangendum dirigatur : vos non ire infi-cias, Rcgi neeem à robis illatam : huit o-bedientiam denegaui/re,fingulis in vrbh-bus. fupremas Curias crexine,Parlamen •nbsp;torum auftoritatem irritam feciflc,regninbsp;adminjllros amp;municipes immufaiïe,injnbsp;ter yo5,quicquid ad populäre dominatenbsp;requiritur,conftituiflc: non autem ideir-co vcl per fomnium vobis vnquam illu4nbsp;inmentem venifle, vt Republican! elfc'nbsp;ti5,autvtRegé,Nobilitateq; repudiaretis;

Sifecus clt,quàmdicQ,quidigiturnuc ïîfsimus etiam finis dcfignationis conli;nbsp;lijq;veftri fpecie rationis dclèituitur, qP’nbsp;aliter conceptum vcftrum diuinarçmM?*’nbsp;Sicnirnveftrumin Catholic.amnbsp;Bçmfummum telu obijcitis,Ji»’»Ç®'’^^

DE Reb. Gallicïs* eft. Si quand® vobis leftus eft de lud-EOr.nbsp;rumfurijslofephus, quostam præc}arcnbsp;^initamini,tiimnltuariosillos Hierofo-lyniitanos hoc nomine gloriatos fuiflè,nbsp;^omperietis. Atqui cxcufationcmhabc-..nbsp;ïct ifte zelus, fl nunc demû fub Rege Hur'nbsp;guonotto coepiflet. Quodnailliusyobisnbsp;^igumentumfuit.fubdefunftoRcge fu-perftitiofifsimo (pcnè dixcrim cumbor,;nbsp;ven ia tanti Regis^^ Archimonacho Sc,nbsp;^atholicifsimo: ( non poteft np maluni,nbsp;^liquod vcrbu effutire -, qui fcelcri veftronbsp;^rafcitur)ii'nmc) holle omnium, remotanbsp;^tnnifimulationç, in Euangclicos acerrnbsp;^ilsimo r’Ncgannon poteft. Conceditcnbsp;'•¦go.fiin fanaticailla veftraphrenefi nulnbsp;habens Reip,dcfignationé,nullamnbsp;‘^crtèomninó vos habere : qnódfi nullanbsp;habens,dicâ ego veftro furore vos in prg-npitium abreptos (ita fadû veftrum nç-niinare licear)vBderemigrandi emergennbsp;dive non fit facultas, nifi in pedçs (.yt fie .nbsp;dicâ)vofmctipfi furrigatis.Eo enim diu,-tius ftatu elFcjquo eftis,àJ'ujuetTty. pergerçnbsp;vlterius,negatur:neceflariô igitur aut pelt;gt;nbsp;rcundum vobis,aut parendum.Ordo rc-

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gni in Gallia ita vetuftus eft : tam indiui-jduo inter fc nexu partes eius o nines con-tincntur, vt dilacerari, diftrahi -, vfurpari: rtprouinciam hancab Hifpaniaruni rege-, illam à Duce Sabaudico, tertia àLo*nbsp;thàringico diripi poffe : vt deniq; domi-'nbsp;num quidem vcftrum à vobis in latroné,nbsp;Regem veftrum in tyrannum mutari pofnbsp;fe,facile largiar : at^’tantarerum in pcrturnbsp;batione fine fide, fine’Iegc, fine rege, finenbsp;domino, veftro deniq; arbitratu, amp; ad li-bidinem feditioforum, ad nutum ftirio-forum, vtftetis ,vt viuatis,vtdiu ficviua-tis, fieri non poteft» Non erit Status iftcnbsp;diuturnüs.

Nequid confin^a'm, vobis pcrinde ac-ciditvt querulis vioribus, aut quibus no bcnecum viris conuenit : quàm citodi-ftraôtosàRcgeveftro,quiin viciniafunt,nbsp;acmuji noftri imperij, vos viderunt,quôdnbsp;non Icngifsimc abfq; nutatione vos pe-demmoturos cflefpcs cfiet,ftatimprocari cœpcruntjfuas in mifcrum amp; cala-mitofum veftrum ftatû lugubres nxniasnbsp;mirterc,confolationcs,officia,obfequcn*nbsp;tianfdrfcrrc, donisSt largitionibus dc-mercri;

DE Reb. Galltcis. 77 mcrcri: multis ctia locis vos inuiferccuj»nbsp;picrut, per Bri taniam Gallicam, per Oc-citaniam,perPicardiam, tentaturi fi «juonbsp;pafto amantium amorc ira rcdintcgrarcnbsp;pofsit, Ab hoc primo infuku fatis vosnbsp;(Deo gratia)felicitcr cxpediuiftis. Nullasnbsp;veftris onuftos fpolijs,nulla re à vobis cx-torta, nifigratiola quadamapud Brko-ncs, nifibafiolo inPicardia.Lucri ducuf,nbsp;adulteri, non fe prima fronte repulfam ànbsp;Vobis paflos : immo ad colloquium xd-muTos.Sed nedubitate,vctcratoril,lc Cxnbsp;ftilius callidioreft,quam vtfetam facilenbsp;patiatur repelli. lampridcmcallctillad,nbsp;Obfiquiofacili tandemfibtjerutis herile

Quo autem loco, quo numero VOS poft Jiac habiturus fit, fi femel ambitiofam il-1amfuamnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;difpendio veftrxli^

bertatis explcrit,intclligctis. Sufpicacior fidis veftris coniugibus femel vt conclu-foSjHifpanicomorc, fub claui amp; fera tc-nebit,prohibebitcertc à nouarumrerunbsp;molitione.Simihi non creditis, percon-tamini faltem Parifienfcs, qua prxclarc,nbsp;receptQ HifpaniçQ pr^Û4iOa fccû ag^tur.

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Arq; hæceft pars ilia, in gencrc tamcM (yi roTTo) cofidcrata, fœderatæ vrlio-' nis, conflatoprogreiïù téporis iftocmo-ftrigencre plurimorû ex confluxu mcii^nbsp;brorüni,quc, quod ab initionbsp;temerè concurrerint, itahorribileillut^nbsp;nobis pepererunt. Non miruin,fi muki-^cps fucritjVt nouns ferpensnbsp;/jfct : Contraq; oAiycTraç, KÇfinbsp;adcoqj cætcra omnia debilis apparucritnbsp;ingcntis iftius molis habita ratione.

DeDuccMæniofatis iammulta.Poft defunétum fratrem cùmloci amp; generis,nbsp;tùm dignitatis amp; fortitudinis refpeéto,nbsp;gcntis illius facile princeps fuit. Scd qu i^nbsp;iuuat in eo loco primas tcncrc, vbi ordi-nemdcfideres.?

Princeps hic ex tribus fratribus vrius fuit animi modératifsimi, candidifsimi»nbsp;minime omnium ad fimulationem,»^nbsp;imbitioncm copolîti. Huicreiargumer*nbsp;to fuit,q|uód in aula,fupcrftiteadhucRc-gc dcfunftó,nuHquam fibi il Jud impera-rcpotucrit,vtcum adadiones,amp;obfc*nbsp;3uiâ, tam adfcruilem propè orationcninbsp;çfundi fr^tris fui fcfc componcrctFuC'nbsp;ran»

£gt;e Reb. Gallîcis. 79 tant eius dcfignationcs magis intra certes fines circunfcriptz,amp; qux magis refi-perét ingenium, quod fuas omnes aftio-nes fapienter noffetmoderari. In re faminbsp;liarinec effusè fuitprodigus, nccimpcn-sèauarus: nunquam obsEratus:cætero-'juin omnium hominum homo immoderate cupidifsimus. Cuius rei frater tc-ftis locuples.Ex quo efficitur, vt multorunbsp;iudicium de huius gcnio,fi quis pollulaf-fet,nunquam ill i creditufi fucrintin tan*nbsp;rcfufcipiedatampertinaccm,taperui-cacc fore. Audiui (led vt certum non au-fil¦naffirmare)mortuo Guifio,pencsRc-gé fuifl'cillum ab incepto retrahcre, nccnbsp;g'auarè illud infe recepiflcMacnium.- fednbsp;^fbitratus Lugduni invitam fuamnon-•^ihil tentatum,perfpefto infupcr ardeU-dfsimomultitudinis erga fe ftudiO , àcnbsp;fælici fuccelTu , quern Deus primo ii-^'us furori annuilTet, hac fpccie dclulusnbsp;’n contrarium ftudium abreptus eft. Paunbsp;^orum fané fuit illc conatus. Quern vc-'^0 ad modum initio occafionem regnan

so Discvrs VS tale quid vcl in fi.'udium,vel in cogitatiO'nbsp;nenivcnifle,arbitror ab eins gencrofiW'nbsp;tc alienuni.Non minoris ccrtè eonftab»'nbsp;ilia molitio depelledi Regis è fede.quaH'nbsp;utipfein locum fubr-ogarctur. Comp^'nbsp;feuit tamen illud defidcriuni vnlgusd®''nbsp;p.ediuerunt confiiium Ç vt dittum eft aænbsp;teà)ipfius agnati amp; propinqui,qui prim**nbsp;honoris gradum ei pro fumma merced^nbsp;dctulerunt,mcrumimperiu nequaquanbsp;iic.totartibus viftus eipugnatufq; cefsi^

Interca temporis palTus eft in creurW jllo belli ciuilis plurimanbsp;bes amittir,concitatam de fc famamnbsp;xiftimationcmvigilantifsimi, ftrenui^*'^nbsp;miqiDucis multùmex animis homif’'*nbsp;decrefeere patitur. Acfanè,quû fibi nCg*’nbsp;tium fuericcu/ifto belli fulmine Henrilt;^nbsp;Illl.qui viftus iuxtàSc viétor quieft^’^^nbsp;non poteft,maiorc ccrtè nifu amp;moliiii’quot;nbsp;nefuit opus, ingentem exercituinnbsp;tit : foletautcm vulgus ex euctu iudicaf^'nbsp;culpaeqj vni adferibere, quod illi, vt ft’)?nbsp;foclicitas,admiration!fuit. Tandemnbsp;dcduduSjVt vnà cum exiftimationefp^*’’nbsp;lt;uo^i regni aöutïcrct : quod ctiam

DE Reb. Gallicis. ret populäre iani imperium luum efle,nbsp;(nill dimidia ex parte,)dcfijire, populumnbsp;veftigalibus exhauftum, quæaut in remnbsp;fuaipfe verterit, aut clientes partim pro-fufione, partirrirapinis dilapidarint, cpnbsp;«tiam cerneret,nihil ab illis,nifi pervun,nbsp;^priuati infeodijxieclarationem externbsp;'lueri pofle,mutare confilium,vt mjx ünbsp;’^am,coaftus eft. Faétum (credo) nolkf,nbsp;I ’iifplicet* Multorumefthæcfentcntia, flnbsp;I ^utnRegchodieimperâte fuilTet ilH-ne-Sotium,futurum, vt in tantam reru lua-j dcfperationcm non cadcret, mol-'i ^'oremqj aliquam viam fuifTeiniturumnbsp;ƒ. ^xplcndarum libidinum fuarum abfqucnbsp;multiGallici fanguinis prohibone.

^uncvcrójtamaltèpelago huicimmeiv f^s,fuam contumacia défendit lententia:nbsp;tion iam hie inceffus eft, led praecipitationbsp;H ’^erahominis, cbmfuam, turnfuorum,nbsp;tquot;' tuna matris,turn vxoris, liberorum,ami-(inbsp;nbsp;nbsp;t:orum, quos eodem cafu implicat,forte

1^ Öcconditionc negligentis ; fruftra id qui-'i) ^em,quippequumipfefibifpcm amplis 'll tudinis dignitatifqs fuae præciderit.

lt;1 Si princeps familiæ iftius, fi confœde-F rato-

ratotutn validifsimû illud antemural^’i J fi illorum nominatifsimus, fi qui cxteri^nbsp;auftoritate prxpollebat, in praefidionbsp;tutclafua regnum integrumconferuai'J inbsp;no potuitjdc caeteris in hocnegotio qui® |nbsp;fperemusr’quantó minus fpei reftat ill’’’ 3nbsp;exeineribus fuis amp;Manibus Regem ali' xnbsp;quado Gallix quempiam excitatumir^' 1nbsp;Ducem de Nemours,amp; fratres, natu m*' inbsp;nimos D.Guifij filios intueor ; conuert® ,nbsp;; me deinceps ad D.D»AumaUum,amp;nbsp;• curium:contemplorD.loyfium, D.dcl^ 3

Chaftre,amp;alios: (atq; hos habet folos du J . musifthxc Heroas,) eorumneminébU' tnbsp;nc natum regem animaduerto. Hei rcJ^ 1nbsp;miferabileml.omnes enimcupiuntjpf^ 3nbsp;fequifqijViri. Quifq;fibifatis habetvid'’ tnbsp;amp; præfidij ad difcindendum, diftrahef' 1nbsp;dum,in contumacia obfirmandum inbsp;gnialiqucm angulum, quum tarnen 1nbsp;omnes quidemconiunâis viribus regu* 3nbsp;admiruftratorem, feu In ter regem creafUnbsp;pofsirt: nullus eorumfatis ad imperaH' fnbsp;dum habeat auftoritatis : omnes tameUnbsp;dumliudij.adeó ytneccirehabcant,ni‘’ t

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léntcntiain melius mutabut, aut cunéti finiul maiori domino(cui ius refignent/nbsp;’¦egnumdiuenderc,autmutatain remp»nbsp;¦’¦egiamaicftatc, finguliin finguÜs vrbi-i# tus,quas incolent, V rbis Prxrcdi(queinnbsp;fl Maiorem vocant) imperio, quod per vi^'nbsp;r lt;^cs obeant, eflc contcHti,aut ccrtè,regnonbsp;i!* ïUembratim difcerpto,finguli fruftuluninbsp;i' ^uuin,vt olim Rom. imperij, îtaliæ Prin-Ö ^'pcsyfecum afportare.

C Entibi miferabilis illius diftraâionii ; in Gallia noftra nominatifsimos duces-tj apud exteros quatuor funt maioranbsp;lt;^apita,quænobis quidem non cupiunt

[t tcnc, quibus ctiâ oncri cftRegis noftri fes, tcitas.HifuntRom,Pontifex,Hifpaniæ «nbsp;i) ’•'JfjD.D.Sabaudus, ScLotharingus.Hæcl;nbsp;/ ^'gens,Iuftc,meminifle poteris eorû,qug1'nbsp;¦/ ^*ti alias in banc fcntentiam fcripfbvc rionbsp;i^rumboc fæculum cum proximo, quod

gt; inb dcfunâo Rege decurrit,coi;iungas\ t AcPótificcs quidem Romani ab binenbsp;Z ifX fcptémvc annis, prxter moi cm amp; in-I ê'nium ftudio in Hilpania,quàm in Gal-z Eaincœperunt eife propenbore, Caufanbsp;t inb dcfunûo Rcge luit,metus,nc hic no -,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;i* JS fter«

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dogmatisfuis reformationem accip^’^^ Non habebat etiam nullum hicnbsp;ô^gt;)jM.«,quum adhuc in certû eflèt,q‘’'’nbsp;modo regnaret. Pofteaquam autem jnbsp;tus V. qui primo fuo ad fedemadueonbsp;tamhorribiliter fulminarat, partim^nbsp;gis Hifpaniæ dominandi ftudium, 1^^nbsp;jamp;exitialefuti’’^'nbsp;detexit : partim huius mollioré vidit^^^

DE Rebgt; Gallicis. 8$ vt ipfe cum toto Clero,tam multis indicés itnplacabilein hancCoronam odiunbsp;Rcgi iuftam offenfionis anfamnbsp;•quot;^linquat,quademum fuumhuncftatfinbsp;intolerabiliillorüdominatione vin-^'cttQu3E(meo quidé iudicio)non con-^*:ninenda,ncc poftrcma pars foret refornbsp;’iiationis, in quam etiam pofTem ( fi vcl-ex veteribus codicibus doccre fubnbsp;’^oftrorum regumnópaucorum domi-^ïtuGallicanam Ecclefiam confenfifle.nbsp;^ehocipfc vidcrit; plura enim fortaflcnbsp;^iccreparanti mihi prompta cxcufatio-^’one occurrerct. Optarimtarnen, amp; fa-hoe Deus, vt nobis ille vnus hoftis

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nique, inter duos altcrcantes, maxiiï** qiium ad plagas amp;vuincra res rediit,nbsp;no ipcftatOFi facile eft fpolio gauder^'nbsp;Coiiiultus Hi!pani£Rex,non xgrenbsp;dium demi nolfræcxcitatum vidit.D^n’nbsp;enim adLyinpham currimus, nonnbsp;tædani in ilium ardcntem torqucre.nbsp;nietuebatfcilicct,nec obftante fratero*quot;nbsp;tare, minime certo ftatuebat,iftîne’‘''nbsp;mores Reges, fortifsimi omnes, innbsp;mil illo ardorc,ncc oblata alia prx^^^’nbsp;miffum fc faceren Ouam ob rem exo^’’'

DE Reb. Galltcis. 87 ftum:tunc (fine dubio)fuuni formidansnbsp;Genium, multis veteribus querclis cumnbsp;illo intricatus, fuos omnes conatus, fuunbsp;omneferrum Scaurumin ilium iam vernbsp;teredccreuitrduplici tamecofilio: priorinbsp;quidem,rcgni occupandi : alter© autcm,nbsp;Regem hodie imperantem opprimendinbsp;faitem, Stdclendi, ita^; dilacerandime-bratim impcrij, autin aliam certè ma*nbsp;numtransferendi.

HÎC magnum latet myftcriu : vt enim perpetuus eftdiuifionisfpiritus Satanas,nbsp;Monarcha illc,cum principali fuo in foe-dere inftitore, tamnaftus eft multas innbsp;primoillofuo defiderio pugnas SiC con-tradiftiones, vt nihil fuprà.lftucverb eo,nbsp;4U0 nunc dicam,modo. Poft funftu Regem Hcnricum vltimum, fuum iam Galnbsp;licum regnum Lotharingici confaluta-bantiSidefcribendafunt, quæad earn renbsp;illis adminicula fuccurrebant, naârifuntnbsp;primùmLutetiead belli gerendi oppor-tunitatem montes aureos. Fidcm uipe-rat, quod expenforum in annum vnumnbsp;decies feptics centenùm milliumaurco-rumfubdufta ad calculfi ratio eft. Quod

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verb populärem ad gratiam attinct,aUC' ra prope fub noai régis exortumnbsp;fcccfsio eß', qui à primo die folus ferm«nbsp;remanßnadeb vt, fi quis tunc temporalnbsp;non dico dcHilpanoin Rcgé nominan/nbsp;do,fed nedeviculo quidcminilliusma-nus tradendo -, fermonem inieciiïet, fto'nbsp;machati fuiïTent. Ac facile adducor vrer^nbsp;dam,fiexvoto cefsidet Arquenfis illapU'nbsp;gna,DucemMæniumtunc folum coro-nam reportaturu fui/Te, nifi qubdinpat-téquoqj pr^devenationisfocij veniebat»nbsp;VidithocScnecioille.Viditferoculo*nbsp;iftos copetitores (qua funt aùdcte^da’) nônbsp;facile in partem ilium admilTuros: efiei-gitur necefsitateamp;inediafquafoJentaC-cipitres fuos periti aucupes) perdoman-dos, alioqui ad efeam non venturos. Iwnbsp;Men dozæ vnius minifterio primo q ui denbsp;contentus fuit, cuius opera illorum anfnbsp;iiios amp; confenfumin fiera focietate con-ßrmaret, non commiiTuros ratus taiiinbsp;prouidosPrometheos vtdiutiusnbsp;«¦a-, (quoddicitur)eßent: tunedemumnbsp;e/Te loquu tiiros.Exinde slij, fecundis rC'nbsp;bus Si ftrucntc(quodaiunt)olJa,deHi- !

DE Reb. Gallicis-fpano ambicndo non magnopere labo-rarut ifcd mutatavelificationc fafti font rtmifsioresnîîcRegis noftri quîcumprinbsp;VatdS inimici'tias gercret, fœlices fucccf-fus I eforrnidare cœpit,adeô vt arftioreninbsp;ÎRu-e cœpcrint focieratem,confentienti-bus Guifianis, qui iamrcgni in familianbsp;Ga conferuandi fpe excidifl'ent, vt Sixtusnbsp;tÎJc PontifexRomanus, Legatum falt;tio-RisHifpanicæniitteretin Galliam, cuiusnbsp;interccfsioneGallorum animos ad no-uuin regem fufcipiedum pracpararet. Di-tam cv , quu ifti omnes proci pronbsp;ûio quifque compendio -, varia quoqj de-bgnata haberent,varies etiam fuis aétio-Dibus vultus pro partium, quibus fingu-li fauerent, diucrfitate, coaftos fuiïTe af-fing ere. Confiât cnim non aliuminfinénbsp;‘iefignatam Legati Pontificij in Galliamnbsp;profeftionem fuiffe, quàm vt riifpanicænbsp;les promouerentur; ( nihilo fecius infa-Dis vrbibus boni publicfperfuadendi eaunbsp;fa,7?çgt;ô^»,^t« obtrudebatur)vtfua item aunbsp;ftoritate Catholicos omnes à Regis latere diftraheret.

Hinc necefsitas, inde contraria felici-F 5 tas

Diäcvrsvs tas apparct. Gaudet Hifpanus iftos left®nbsp;adcmcndieandami ftipem fupplices inbsp;nirc:opcs Afixpollicctur, paucatamcfl;nbsp;amp; Icntè quidem, ne latrantem ftomachunbsp;cxpleat,præftat,vtcupidum irritandxp^nbsp;tius , quàm reftinguendæ illoruranbsp;lentaaqualiculi fui deftillatione, pofs'®nbsp;agnofcerc. Ipfi cxaducrfo, cius fubfidionbsp;inefcathfuam inopiamillics faciuntm^ inbsp;iorem, clàmdc rcconciliatione minaO'nbsp;tur : fi fe defcrat, in difcrimen tarnen fc‘^nbsp;non conieâ:uros. Succedit artificiû.Ti'nbsp;met veterator ille Senio, neRex inaugH'nbsp;retur:quo perfpeftoifti rumufculosnbsp;induftriafpargunt, fafciculos literaruHinbsp;in tcrcip i ût,Mcndozg,amp;. Man dato rinbsp;rxo clafsicum canunt. Quid plurac'fefti'nbsp;uumeftvtrinquc geftus amp;fiinulationf®nbsp;videre,illi quideiîi, vt pecuniam,fubfidi^nbsp;amp; opes gratis eliciantProtbeos agut,ill^’nbsp;ne detingratijsÆcopus illorum erat,Hi'nbsp;fpanicum auxilium : nihilominusaliamnbsp;accepti beneficij,amp; impenfarum gratian^nbsp;referre non fuit propofituiTi,præter Gal-licum tumultum amp;difcidiura,quod qui-^eiîiHifpan® pro ampla nicrccde duce-dut»

DE Reb. Gallicis. dumelTe diccrét^^hac ratione roburamp;nbsp;incrcmentû hoftis capitalifîinii minuc-ret. Huius fcopus vitcrius fané protcndi-tur.Non contcntus cnimRegis noftri e-xitiojad rçgni inuaûonem etiam afpirat,nbsp;quo quidcin ipfi non facile eft ante per^ 'nbsp;ucnire, quàm Principes omnes Lotharinnbsp;gicos fuosantagoniftas, corumq^ fauto-resjdeiecerit, atqi extirpant: quibus fanenbsp;vehementer dolet,quod arationem amp; fî-tionemtam diuturnâ, tâlaboriofamfe-«rint, vtmefsis ipfi integrarelinquatur.

Intérim Régi in Normania profperè ornnia fluunt.Vocifcrandi, debacchandinbsp;Ligarijs argumetum: numerate pecunianbsp;adhæc bonus fenex compellitur.- Eguc-^^ontium Comitem ad illos legatû mit-*hgt;cum rci fuae inter eos gerendæ,tùm il-lorumdcbilitandae, amp;aduerfusRegé ta-^cn adiuuandae gratia,cuius(Yt antea di-^Omirificcfortunam pertimefcit.Nec adnbsp;gratiam tarnen adhuc loqui videbantur.nbsp;Omnes illorum orationcs merx gratulanbsp;tiones fuerunt,mcræhortationcs; ad zclûnbsp;crga Catholicam Ecclcfiam exhibendu,nbsp;ad gratis in caufam publicam erogan-dum.

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dum, quód Catholicifsimi Regis officij illud cflcdiccrcnt.Atqui fibi, non illi Af-pcndijifti cytharœdi canebant; bonumnbsp;verbum non crantloquuti.

Succedit autcm Yurefis pugna, in qua cum auxilijs Hifpanicis cscfus Ligariorunbsp;cxcrcitus.Qui Cafus duccs Gallos ciinio-pibus cxhaufit.tùrn ad dcfperationcm fuinbsp;jnpoftcrum folo fuo prscudio defendennbsp;di adduxit: adeóvt ad vltimumAfyluiUnbsp;fauoris amp;beneuolcntiæ Philippi,üfqucnbsp;quas vellet,amp;quibus poflent, ipfi condi-tionibuSjVifti necefsitate confugerent. \

Nee verb hac accepta clade tanta tamf Hifpanici régis iaftura, quantum certcnbsp;compendium fuit,vidcrecompetitoresnbsp;fuos Gallos, eó necefsitatis adaétos, vtnbsp;tabulara(quodaiunt)rafam,albumq;lt;^^'nbsp;culumoficrrét. Mihi^; nullum dubiui^nbsp;eft, quin, fi Bruxellis tu potius, qua Eflt;^i^'nbsp;rialifuifret,vbiamp; certiorfieri quacelcrri'nbsp;me de illorum ftatu, '8c rcfcribere po/Te^nbsp;amplas cu il lis, fibiq; vtiles cóuentionc^nbsp;initurus fuiflct. Sed antequa per tabella'nbsp;rioru reditu quicqua certi(propter 1°^^'nbsp;ru intcrualla) acciperet, accidit in vrbihnbsp;noU'

DE Reb. Gallicis. 55 nonnihil mutationi«, «juæ ab illo primonbsp;nictu recreatæ, molliorcmquandam cf-fe conferuandi fui viam iudicarût, quàninbsp;vtinuctcrato hofti vaenumcxponcrctur«.nbsp;Crefcit periculu.Eccc Rcx imaamp;fum-nia Sequanæ fluminis occupât, ante Lutetia famâ celerius cûcxercitu côfpicitur.nbsp;Tune cogiturD*Maeniusin Bclgiupro-ficifcijvbi nihil in conuentionibus amp; partis omittinpoftulata omnia defertifednbsp;in fundofquod aiunt)parfimonia.lbi veto fatis(vt dixi) declarauit tam male remnbsp;àfc gcftani vt fuæfaftionis omnem po-teftatem in plebcios, amp; in ciuitates dcla-bifincrct, quod milia? non fatis iuris amp;nbsp;iniperij habcrct.Erant illæ, dû ifthaeege-tuntutjin fpceula,prpftolantes tantz ob-fidionis exitum, malcbantpatienter cx-pcftare,vt exParificnfium euentu fibi co-ïulerent, quàmfpe incerti, ûbi exitiumnbsp;acceifere, âc inHifpanorummanusprz-cipitanter fe tradere. Quæ caufafiait, curnbsp;Mænius Bruxellis ad pedes Parmenfisnbsp;fupplexfaétus,non folum ea,quamfufti-nebat, perfona amp; loco, vcrùm ctiam re-gnimaieftateindignifsima fuerit exper-tus : denique Gcucralcm totius Sutus Ôc

94 Ö I S C V R 5 V à Coronæ Icgatum oportuit illi turpifspnbsp;mè fupplicem fierijqui prætcr prouinci^nbsp;Prxturâ nihil prætercànominis habcret'

Ex libero ßtferutis., cjutaula in^reditif^' ait Pompeius magnus,familiäres fuos ahnbsp;loquens, quû bello Pharfalico vjftus aUquot;nbsp;xilium à Ptolemæo petitumiret. Viftbnbsp;lt;^ui vacuis(vt aiunt)mànibus,vicinis Prit*nbsp;cipibus fupplicât, talcs vulgo Cretifmo»nbsp;cxpcnûtur.Quàm te illo dienbsp;dcuouêre,Princeps,dcbuifti,quo tibi coOnbsp;tigitjfub Regibus doministuis,tammul ,nbsp;tis prxclarisornato muncribus,tamr£-milsè tam flagitiosè agcrc,vt huic regno»nbsp;maiorum tuorum monimentis, tuo^»nbsp;nomini, tam infignem hanc labcm afp^^nbsp;gcrcs. Supplicationestamc, dcprecatiO'nbsp;nés , obfecrationcs, pollicitationcJ O'nbsp;mnes iîne fructu erant, nifi rcs amp;caufav«nbsp;teris Caftilixtyranni fimul agerctur. In*nbsp;ter hxe cnim litigia,

Lutetiam fie premit, amp;vrget -, v*' iamiam expugnanda viderctur,quæ exp^nbsp;gnatiofccumin candemcalamitatemLi 1nbsp;garios omnes trahebat. Euigilat: Afsgt;'nbsp;duus illc metus fortuna: amp; lucceflùuinnbsp;iftiui

£gt;s Rei. Gallicis. $$ iftius belli fulminis magis difcruciat y-nus,quam omnes alioqui feu imaginarijnbsp;Rcligionis rcfpeétus, feu verac, periculi,nbsp;Suod fuæ parti imminebat, coniefturxnbsp;commouilïênt. Videbat bancvnatn dc-bcllatam vrbem fecum omne imperiumnbsp;trahere : amp; apud nos fi incendium rcftin*nbsp;guatur, iampridem non ncfcit in ipfumnbsp;^ædam retortum iri.Attamc, vt prudcnsnbsp;®cconomus,‘cum craolumcnto fuo nonnbsp;’’fgligit terriculamentum Parificnfiumnbsp;fuos in vfus conuertcre,fuoq; Vicegercn-^inominatimmadat,nc pedcm moueat,nbsp;re Pariücfi ( quod dicitur) ad triariosnbsp;^eduä:a,amp; extortis ante ab illis quzcun-pofTet obfequiis amp; fubfidijs. Et ennbsp;^•bizelum ilium. Nee fane dubiumcft innbsp;^2nta animorum confternationc quid*nbsp;''b ab ijs impetrafle, aliôqui nunquamnbsp;^bcrillepedemmouiflct.

Quodquû hodic illis in os exprobra-^Ur.pernegantaudaóter: negate au te non poflunt,tunctemporisfafciculos litcra-inttreeptos fuiflb, quibus Hifpanixnbsp;RcxMcndozæ feriberet in bæcyerba:

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$lt;s Discvrsvs mex Lutettxfuccurrat. Hæciam turnnbsp;illius phrafis. Quin ira fit,foluta ob/idi^nbsp;ne, tanquam traiccto pontenbsp;to fertur prouerbioj) Diuumnbsp;occ]piunt:audiui,lt;!|ui a/Teucrarënïnbsp;doza produftum fuiiTe fcr/ptuni, amp;¦nbsp; culosabijs obfignatos,vbimiræ quï‘;'nbsp;eflent conuentionumclaufula::vc!uti,^‘nbsp;Hifpano rege falutando, dePræfeâo’^';nbsp;gio intra mœnia recipiendo, de dan ^’’nbsp;ad Citadellam conftruendam locis iH^fnbsp;neis,vtalias infinitas plufquamnbsp;piarias coditiones omittam, quasnbsp;quidem ipfc natiuus,cuius pattern innbsp;fecerant, viftor, triumphans, adhuc^”'nbsp;fem ipforum iugulo admotum tcnf^®’nbsp;ab ipfis flagitaflet.Hoc quidem pro ccrt‘’|nbsp;non affirmo,quanuis à quodamnbsp;fc£tario,amp; quidem(hac vna labe eïccp^^:nbsp;honcftiisimo homine acceper.m: nelt;^^nbsp;hipcrfuaferimcertè in publicu illu^“ 'nbsp;decus totamvrbemconlenlifie. Vtiity 'nbsp;hæc inter alias Ducis Parmenfis querc*nbsp;vna fuit, vna etii cauia cur Lu tetiain i*’,nbsp;grcdi rccufaret Î quam tarnen publi^’nbsp;«oluitmc cundis vrbibus noftris illc

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'de Reb. GallicîS* x»/ mini fui gratus amp; iiberalis fciiicct animus innotefceret,amp;. quibus tandem mo-liminibus,quibufqj conditionibus Gal-liæin pollcrum auxilia pararet.

Parmenfis igitur non minus fpe fua| i ingentifrctusjcjuàmherifuimétu addu-ƒ”^‘^•* «inbsp;ôus,vrbi propinquat adfuppetias feren;» ’*’**••lt;nbsp;das, adeoq; fœliciter ei negligêtianoftra Jnbsp;conatusfucceditjVtinos inuiftifsimi o- inbsp;mnium orbis ChriftianilmperatoriSjfionbsp;rentifsimgq;Nobilitatis,nevno quide ex Inbsp;fuis defidcrato, exanguftijs vrbç liberev, (nbsp;de njanib.eripiat,amp; cogat nos obfidionenbsp;abfifterc. Quod ta certè turpiter feciflc-mus,quàmille gloriose vrgcbat,nifi tum 'nbsp;ille,cuius maxime intercrat, in hoc foi tu inbsp;nætentamineplus animiamp;c fortitudinis*nbsp;fobs (libéré affirmo ) quam vniuerfus e-XercituSjCxhibuilfet. Qji.t' quidem res re- ¦nbsp;ceptus noftri dcdecus abfterlit, qni fae-lnbsp;piufcule tarnen exerto capitc fadtus eft ànbsp;nofbis, quum hoftem interdû per biduuinbsp;certo loco operiremur, imriioctiam in-os alias ab alijsvrbes amp;oppidaoppugna-remus: quod folum nobis in hoc noftroinbsp;infortunio,reliqui fuit folatij,quod acet-,nbsp;G bins

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Negate non poiTum, Nobilitatem Gab licam de nullo Principe præclarius vO'nbsp;quam, quàm de hoc noftro, mérita efTf»nbsp;quodfuis fumptibus, per totdifcrimina?nbsp;totiaéturas, totlabores SciricomnioJs!nbsp;eft illi à latcribus, amp; regno fuo récupérainbsp;doopemSc confilium omncconfert:nbsp;in cætcrorum ordinum media corrupt^'nbsp;la manet incorrupta, fidemipfi inuioU'nbsp;biliter feruans.Hoc tarnen fatenduni eff’nbsp;impatientiam noftram,mollitiem, G?l'nbsp;' licum deniquenefcio quod temperam«'nbsp;turn leuis ingenij,nobis ante Lutetian^nbsp;infignc dedecus inufsifTe.- quod autcni’nbsp;defperatas hominuni quifquilias, baïu-losjfedcntarios artifices,mulierculasjca'nbsp;lonei, in extrema omnium anguftia, a»nbsp;famis cuiufdam horribilis exemplum rC'nbsp;da^tos»

DE Reb. Gallic is,’ 93» daéfos, nemotis quidem ad qiierelam la 1nbsp;l)ijs,nulla lamentabili cdita vocula, nul-,nbsp;loetiam formidinis,autdcditionisindi- Inbsp;cio vcl leuifsimo dato,fex mcnliuin obfi- 'nbsp;dionem fuftincre potui/Te : tot interimnbsp;Nobiles inlignioris notaE,totclarifsimos jnbsp;Virosvel quarto poft die famis metu adnbsp;Ghel les ante Hilpani ora confpelt;ftumqjnbsp;taftra mouifte.O Galli,Galli,annum cernbsp;tèfolidum maiorcs illiveftri, brachiumnbsp;infafciis religatum ex vu In ere fuftinuif-1nbsp;^cnt : longum ieiunium , ad tarn præ- jnbsp;claram diet vfuram perFruCndam, liben-tifsimè vouiftent : vos verb pro inediola nbsp;(vt mollifsimc dicam) non puduit pene 'nbsp;famamveftra Spartaco illi recutito pro- !nbsp;ftitucre : pugnae vtriufqj ad Grauelinumnbsp;amp; Sanquintinum commiflc vindicandç,nbsp;totproditionum, tot bclloru ciuilium,nbsp;tot infidiaru, tot malorum -, quoru huicnbsp;imperio vnus ille author fuit, femel i-pfius fanguinc expiandorum opportuni-tatcm amitterefO Galli,Galli,veftri nucnbsp;Regis diadema, ornamcntum, pacem amp;nbsp;quietemcumjllovobis commune, quae *nbsp;omnia vnius diei labore recuperabatis,nbsp;G ' 2 de

too Discvrsvs j demanibus clabivobis ta fœdè tuIiRisJ 'nbsp;quum,tantibonireparandi càufa,vobisnbsp;fortafsè toto vitae veftrç curriculo fruftrînbsp;fudandumamp;elaborandumfit;”Scd defi- .

namusplura:dabitur('fauenteDeo)dabi^ turbreui huius refarcicndi probrioppofnbsp;tunitas:aliâs fortius agendum.

LiberataLutetia,fiftirgradu Parmen-fiSjDCgat fe aliud in mandatis habere:P3lt; rificfîbus mulró maioré libcrtatis IperHijnbsp;quàm côcedatur,facit.-clàm in aurem^-;nbsp;furrat, fl ampliorem requirantjllam''^,nbsp;pretio redimantrtunc iniefti fermoncfnbsp;de pollicitationibus conditionibul'ji'^jnbsp;Mendozæ , quo tempore in difcriniio^'nbsp;verfarentur,oblatis:fed quad aliudnbsp;tesfacetcfeexcufantextit. Quodnbsp;caufa,amp;L.Amoto periculo. Exeobom’®nbsp;Princeps facileintellexit, nifi muliet'^'f',nbsp;las Scplebeculamverbo capias, diem^.lnbsp;deliberandum accipere.Vrgeb fednbsp;fum:bellifsima enim verba verbis rep*’”nbsp;nunt:negant magnum aliquid elfc ab vfquot;nbsp;befua exercitum amouifle nifi ea lof^nbsp;munita vi expugnet, quæ vrbem fuanH*^nbsp;anguftias rcdigunt:eo difcedente,nó n’'

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DE Reb. Gallicis. lor nus,quàmantea,giauiter, nouis cum la-boribus Scmalis confliftaturos : iftuco^nbsp;peris aggrediatur : pofthæcde pollicitisnbsp;Verba fe faéfuros. Hæc eft communis Vr-biuyox.Hicvero cûMænio, ijfq; quibuf-'*(, cvnn padfus eftctjgrauiter expoftulat:ob-^ccrat,orat,vti pollicitorumfidem effe-fto aiiquo libèrent,amp; tanti laboris,tantænbsp;'nipenfxjfrudtnm aliquem domino fuonbsp;eeponant.-alioqui difeeflurum ferein^e-n ffaprofitcturdedipfi fuam non vltcriusnbsp;‘’j Imbecillitatemdifsimularevalentes, pa-' lani ei cxponunt,fimul monent, fi difee-lt;iat,fi populus vrbeiqi Gallig tam paruinnbsp;præfidij amp; momenti ab auxilio illo Hi-ƒ ^paiiico reportent, alias iftac fpclaöiarinbsp;fe non paftùros : nee prima quaqj necef-ftate oblata,quominus fefe dedant, im-\ peditum iri. Huncfcilicet'neruu mouc-bant,quoties aliquid ab Hifpano emugc-veanimus eft’et: fed illi fcilicct clarius hcc

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pluribus pcriculis liberabitur.Mctuitt*^ , i-nen,fifubducatfefc,ncdefpondcanta-ijiinum, bellovcfatigati cû domino^^^^nbsp;componant: quifumnius amp; vltimus inC'nbsp;tus alterum ilium herum fuum inceflat:nbsp;adeo vt femiconuerfus, moucat ad Cof' !nbsp;belliumexcrcitum, obfidendicaufa,fp^nbsp;illafietus,quam omnes ipfi facercntj fu'nbsp;turumvt vel adeius confpeftum ima^nbsp;fummafluminis oppidattatim dcditio-1nbsp;nem faccrent, tanquamvifurus,iftilhel* ‘nbsp;ciscaptis Lutetia ftarct conucntionibus- inbsp;fedcuentudoftusvtrobiq; darifibi ver' ;nbsp;ba^codituit prorfus illinc mouerc:nbsp;fine mora exeg.tur:nçcprius claudit ocu-los fecurç,quàmBruxcllas dcueneritfui’nbsp;intérim author eftnobifcû de pace autdcnbsp;inducijs agcndi,quo conatus omnes cxctnbsp;citus noftri tota fcquenti hyemc inanCJ inbsp;amp; irritos redderet.Qua quidcm m rcrni' gt;nbsp;nimê amplam certc laudcm rctulcrunt» *nbsp;quotquot huic negotio fefc immifcuc-rât,qui in adione toti Galliæ tam necef-faria,tam parùm amp; candoris amp; ftudij atquot;nbsp;mliHiént. Sçdalicna ab hoc loco ifta tranbsp;datio.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;'

DE Reb. Gallicîs* 105 Mcum fuit infl'itutum difeitè pluri-jnbsp;bus explanare, quem progrefTum amp; or- h J . jnbsp;dincm tenuerit Philippus HifpaniæRex 'nbsp;iniebusGalliciSjVtquiineiusmanusvé- ,nbsp;turifunt aliquandojiTiaturè pofsintdc i ;.„i

niatcfiniam,quâtumuis cum noftro hoc) Rcge tricas habcat, quantumuis eius in- lnbsp;crcmentarcforniidet,nunquani tamen 'nbsp;apertenegoriuin de fumma imperijhu-1nbsp;ius in fe recepturum : nunquam ad earn 'nbsp;rcnifuos ilfos fumptus defignataomlt;gt;nbsp;niaconuerfuruni, nifi præfentemvideat ;nbsp;Vtilitaté, nifiLigarios omncs velutma- Jnbsp;Çipiahaftæ fubijciatjidfi regni métropoles onines fub iugummittat.Econtrario inbsp;nonconcludojfivincerc amp; perdomarcnbsp;Donpotelfjeflemifldsillos fafturu,quinnbsp;fempcrillis,qualcmcunq; propulfandacnbsp;iniuriæ facultatula fuppeditet, cùm quonbsp;tebus fui» minus confulant, tùm ctianx [nbsp;nead mentemfaniorem rcuertantur;fcdnbsp;vt,pofthabitisomnibus, thefauros fuojnbsp;Indicos impendat conferatq; ad regnumnbsp;DuciMacnio, aut alteri cuiuis conquircnnbsp;duni, aut £ertè ad Gallicasnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;.

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auétorirate fua Itabiliendas, non fuadc' • birhocipfi Senatus. Atqj iilorum defe^nbsp;•'? étuum,quos ij omnes, qui cum iftorno-narcha habent aliquid commercij, in e-lus auxiüj ratione obferuantjVnus hic eft.nbsp;I bed amp; adeó dccrepitus eft,adeó efFoetus»nbsp;Î adeó pedem altcrum in cymba habet, vtnbsp;qui ilii connituntur , tanquam caduconbsp;parieti hærentes minime omnium tutonbsp;in loco verfentur.'qui fi èviuis excellentnbsp;Ordineseius tam multas habet diuiüo-nis notas,amp; documenta, vt domi fat ha-beant quod agant, nedum vtin noftrosnbsp;fines bellum,inferrefatagant. '

Superfunt iam D.D.Lotharingicus,^^ Sabaudus. Illi,vtremin paucacóferain»nbsp;fimiles funtTurcicorumcatellGrum,ex-peótantium donee fatur fit faburratonbsp;ventreimmanisilleMolofiTus,vt fruftü-lacarnium ei pofsint dam fuffurari. Vtnbsp;enimnon pauciores Hifpano rege pt^t-dicare pofsint in Galliaevfucapione titu-los , ne hifcerequidem tarnen viuo illonbsp;aufint: fed eius obitus non mediocre inter illos turn tranfmontanatum cifmoonbsp;tanam tumultuationem eïïetpariturus:

DE Reb. Galli'cis. io$ difficileqî foret,vt lnfantes(quas vocant)nbsp;Hifpanicas, aut natuni puellum ea obiernbsp;uantia colerét, qua nuncergaSenioremnbsp;funtaffeèti. Seminariahæc omnia difsi-diorum, quæpullulabunt aliquando, amp;nbsp;plura(fi Deus volet )nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;profe-

ntinabuntiac dabitifle forfan, vt noftras ^tiam fpeétantium vices geramus,aut ccrnbsp;il adores fumus tragœdie,in ipforum,nbsp;*ion in noftra Iccna aétum ilium agerenbsp;^ontingat.

Htccce gt;cai’9’ôAÿ;(§^xô57a ,cuRe-^'^gt;colas,tùm alienigenas omnes à nobis ^•lunieratos, quotquot aliquantamRe-^deris,genuerunt,foucrunt, pepererut,nbsp;’l^erunt. Ofi faltcm eorum aliquis exi-j’^ret,qui non dico regere iraperio popunbsp;hoc noflro fœlicius 8c laudabiliusnbsp;,fed qui vcl regnâdi capax eilet, cuinbsp;''•pttum foci) non inuidcrêt, cui omne»nbsp;f'^‘'érent,quivrbibus adimeretnouada—nbsp;rcrum facultatem,qui afflitfum po-fubleuare, qui EcclcfiæNobilita-fatisfacere, qui fuam qucmqjin Ra

io6 Di S c VKS V S tionem amp; ordin em reftitucrç, qui regn*nbsp;vniuerfitatem defendere,qui partiumnbsp;ftraétionem impedire, qui iuftitiarnin'nbsp;ftaurare,qui violcntiam amp; latrociniu^’’nbsp;exterminate,eliminate,profligate poiTef)nbsp;qui denique tantillam regiæ virtu tjs p^*'nbsp;ticulâ haberet, dxmonomaniä hanccet'nbsp;tc quodammodo excufarem, furijs ift’^nbsp;errorem fuum condonarem, quod inu*^/nbsp;ftifsimum fuum Principem,pietatc,prO'nbsp;bitate morum, iuftitia,rerum vfu floieænbsp;tifsimum, adregnum adminiftrandun^nbsp;fapientifsimum,ad tutandu,propugnan'nbsp;dumqj fortifsimum perrnutare veiler”^nbsp;CÛ nefeio quo exofico filicernio,decrepi'nbsp;to,morbis amp; fenio iam confefto, aut cefnbsp;tè cum puçris corpore amp; animo malèie-riatis,aut cumRegulis nefeio quibus nulnbsp;la auéloritate,nullis viribus inftru0tis,ft^nbsp;tis etiam contra colluftatores fuos, contra amicos amp; focios inualidis, nedum vtnbsp;hoftis impediendisillisimpediatur. Sednbsp;ferre non poiTumin tanta fapientum,autnbsp;talcs haberi cupientiumgt;corona,nemincnbsp;tarnen illorum omnium exiliere, cuimnbsp;confilia aliôferantur,quàmad delfruen-dum^

DE Reb. Gallich. r©7 ^iiin,ad perdendum,ad difsipandum,adnbsp;^iftrahendum hoc corpus imperij, quafinbsp;^’^cofummumfuum bonum fitumeflcnbsp;^‘‘edantjvr peffundctjVtfunditus dcleât,nbsp;'îUando hæredemipfumregni de poiïef-^'one deturbarc aliâ viâ negatur.Hei mi-itâneigitur conitabunt vobis internbsp;‘^iftortores iftos amp; carnifices(fi voti comnbsp;Pûtes fian t}rcliqua vlla Nob »litatis,Ecclenbsp;J’æjpopulijvrbium veftigiaî’ Penbit certènbsp;^ûvobis GalliarquàHifpanus,quàLothanbsp;’^’ûgicarum hic partium, iîle Sabaudica-fûjille Ducisloyfijpræfefturæ colonus.nbsp;^ûTolofanamDynaftiamercftæ, 'iilcAuf '. finbsp;*^ïhanen{is Democratiæ ciuis, ille Duca-Biturigéfis, ille Picardicorum canto-^ûin.in fumma,belli homines critis. Se-ûata tempeftatCjfit'rîe liberis veftris inte-Efuni futurum, ex confraftishuius nau-Jägij tabulis vel vilifsimamfcaphula re-^ngere,ignoro: hoc tarnen vobis alTeue-^ânter dicam,vos, qui naufragij illius tabulae per vndas natabitis, magnam cITcnbsp;^ûrtunæ aleam fubituros.

Reliquæ duæparteç,quæ faeculo illo •^orebantin Gallia, Regis (inquam } de-Ainéti,

gt;o8 D I s C V R S V s funlt;äi,hoceft yc^rff-Zat/Francoruni’nbsp;nim nominare liceat) fcruorumacciu’'*nbsp;Principi fuo fidifsimorum -, Sc vnic^’’' ’nbsp;üum, amp;Euangelicorum pars, quaiTi^P'nbsp;prefsio certè amp; vis illata iuftam faciebî^'nbsp;hx(inquam)geminæ partes in vnamJ'’'nbsp;augurato hocnoftro Rege, coalucrûrp'’nbsp;ftrcma adeo penitus fuit exftinfta, vtnbsp;iamidoneævellegitimæ dilfinétioninbsp;lit locus, fîcut pofteaquàm dcfæuijt p^’^'nbsp;fecutionk tempeftas,iniquum foretvtJquot;nbsp;CO quod forum politig refpicit,corpiis”’nbsp;regno fciunélumamp; feparatum illinbsp;ftituerent.Si pro eo quod ad forumnbsp;leien tiaeatti net, nondumimpræfentMf^'nbsp;queuntjordinem fuum immutare,nbsp;nus hæc res fubfellij. Vt igitur à menbsp;uatum eft, populum amp; Ecclefiam,'^!^^nbsp;duætanicn partes minimû oneris innbsp;narchiafuftinent,perduelles Ligarios iPnbsp;tutelam fuam amp; fidem recepi/re,eorui'n'nbsp;que partes tueri:pariter etiam Nobilit^’nbsp;noftra, qùæabfqj monarchia hanc vitaRnbsp;aïrramtrâhereno poteft, penitusin paf'nbsp;teni Regis fe coniecit;adeô vt ( rcdeaniu’

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,/i’ ’’Jiperij noftri forma amp;conftitutio,nunc Rädern ex animis plerorumqj ciuiü no-ifgt;' ‘'forumdeletaamp; obliterata, du3c,pro-ji' îdèloquendo,nobis vnicae reftene.No-fl' ^ditatis præcipuorumq; Ecclefiacmem-/^^fffrnvna confpirantium ad Regiamnbsp;l{ï ^gnitatem ftabiliendam,fulciendamq5,nbsp;11) ^Tertij ordinis(,qui plcbeius eft)cu reli-^’^'is,amp; toïa illa Cleri colluuie huncor-J'': '^‘octn inuertere ftudentc.

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110 DrscvR$v§ lt;^uuniviceuerfa, vt demus alios Pan^'’^nbsp;tio Tiitores, nalcitura tarnen in ternbsp;Bella ex bellis de bac funella viétoria?nbsp;tolitccrtius. 'nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;I

Locus hiciam efTet Régis,qui nuen^' bis iniperat,defcribêdi,eorumq;,nbsp;nuncvtitur,inftrumentorum. In ina^'înbsp;tcmpeftate, maximum ell illud Hduelt;'inbsp;argumentum, gubernatoris perfpe(^ta ,nbsp;cxplorataartis fuæ feientia. Ac quem^ænbsp;modum ordinede pyratulisiflis oin*^*'nbsp;bus verbafeci,ita ratio poltuIaretjVb^*^*nbsp;Jifnamfit nofter hic JegitimusPrincef^’nbsp;demonftrarcm:Sed,quæcunq; veradilt;^^lnbsp;rem,non longé tarnen ab adulatione»^nbsp;omniaadfcrrepropofirume/Tctjâbfor^Hnbsp;mihiq; vt ifta fcribere,fictibi (miJi^^ )nbsp;legereindecorû eiTct. Dicam faite,nbsp;aliasàincdidum memini, amp;quodhi*’nbsp;loco putaui eife opportuuum.

Ilium igitur vt vnico penicilli tibi,Iufte,depingâ,dico Regem ciTe bd'nbsp;licofifsimû :ac fuadeo cuicunq; aiiii'H*^/nbsp;fuerit vicino colludatori cum in arco^nbsp;prouocare,clomi nihil ad 2ra!i'a'5iAf‘»F rel*‘nbsp;«jui faciat. Ad indolent quod attin et»nbsp;geW

i)E Reb. Gallicïs. ni gcta eft adeó, atque praólica, vt cuicunq;nbsp;’^andern ftudio incumbat,totusfitin€anbsp;*¦« pofitus,nónifi vnum agens, vni vtplu-dinùm rciintétus.-diciqj proptcrcàvnusnbsp;’ïicritó potcft.cui in prxfenti negotio minbsp;omnium(opinor)labi,errare,fallj,nbsp;'^^cipi contingat. Prolixam delibcratio-•’em ad vrgens negotiu adhibere, eipro-feftó difficile eft:Quo fit,vt in bellicis cx-pcditionibus,amp; facinoribus ómniu pr®-Pc admirafionem fuperet, quód agereScnbsp;^icliberare in idem tempus concurram^nbsp;’lt;^advtmnq; omncmiudicij fuipræün-^’3ni adferat.Sed in confiüjs ijs,que tempus poftulant fane opus habet monito-

: quod eos, qui funt ipfi à confilijs. ^fêrenon debet,fuum vtanimum exin-uan ti al i q u a d efignatio n e ( ad qu am to^nbsp;^^tnimJiciui-nconferre-foletjiion antefi-priori,quam indefeft’o laborepoftc-f'otcm arripiat)adfedern fuam rcuocct,nbsp;’uurnvtimperriat maioris cuiufdam ha-logions fubfellij traftationi.Hocnbsp;v-gt; um, quod eius Cofiliariis mc-’^^*^oi ‘.tbfaciat,habet non illaudabile,ne-P^j^u^Muis rem aliquaanimo neeprae-ceperi^

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ri2 DrscvRSvs ceperit, nccad eamfecóparauerit, fit*nbsp;mcB à Confulronbus ipïi poft mature’’nbsp;dcliberationenbnudé amp; difcrtè reprxl^’nbsp;teturjta rem acu tangere folers, itanbsp;fpicaxeftveri in eo confilio aut falb,''nbsp;fagaciter odoratur,quid nimium fitnbsp;parumin propofita fentehtia, vtpran’jnbsp;ditatumaccefsiffe iurares. Vidinbsp;aliquam magni momenti, ipfi ante^jnbsp;fando quidem auditaincommunity*''nbsp;eumea opinioneabillius confpectunbsp;grcderetu r, qu Ó d p ræmo n i t o rem hab'*'nbsp;let. Sed manat hoc ex incrcdibilinbsp;animi celeritate , Deo ita alfud ali“^’nbsp;hoc Principebenignifsimè compen^“*^nbsp;te. Princeps eft vnus prætc'rca omib'^ tnbsp;.facilimus ad credendum omnibus,nbsp;rurti opera vtitur:(laus certè magnoi^nbsp;omnium,animorum perpétua) vnuH,nbsp;minime omnium illis (/ ne adnbsp;quidem vfq;)iH fuis cuiufqi funétior’’,^,j’nbsp;amp;muneribus importunus: qubdnbsp;deatur aliquo femel ad quodpianbsp;adfcito,integrum opus eius fideinbsp;gritati finevllo impedimento re’'‘Vnbsp;committendum elfeiadeo^vt ,110^^ .1

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’Tiinimèdifficilemjnihilqieft,inquotan ^Ofercfolidani gloriam fibi quad fuq iunbsp;ji» ‘'cvendicet,quài'nin præcipuis bellicoi'u,nbsp;Ji facinorum laudibus, tum quum in cquo*nbsp;J ^ft-Hiceßim,quamuisduces djos'aliosnbsp;Ji ^xalijs palpet.geftit tarnen fuam probä-djlaudariq; fcntcntiam. Ac fane nemonbsp;illi non iniuria bellicas illas laudes dc-^raxerit:fed in reliqujs, vtpote in rebus.lunbsp;^‘ciarijs, iniurefifcfin externis ncgotia-donibus, indiplomatu ficlibelloru expenbsp;‘iitionibusjin Statu politico,quodagno-^catamp; fateatur non eo fe totum hoc tcm-poreomnes animi ncruospoiTe conten-‘^ercjdat ijs alTenfuitijquibus illa eure fuifnbsp;fevidet,maxime cùm magnam ijs fidu-dam habet. Vndehîcaufim libcf^ro-nuntiare,nullopafto cxcufabilcs cne,ni-

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114 OrifcvRjvs ƒ optimavidebitur,adminiftrent, null* inbsp;rcmaiorcm voiuptatcm pcrcipientcnbsp;mino, quàm exïóptimè inftituta, 'nbsp;omnibus probata amp; laudata rcruninbsp;nium ôCTw^fÂjCui mantis dare amp;nbsp;tcrcfcft noftro huicPrincipimiilto Pnbsp;lius eft, qua de integro inftituere,amp; PV,nbsp;fcribere.Neccertè non eft ratio ninbsp;taneum,abhocvtoncrc( quantumnbsp;poteft)leueturi

Si praeterea dicendum aliquid degt;^^^j ribus eft,ab incuntc adolefcentia,,nbsp;fuitinfimulatus, à quo tarn certè ali^*]**.nbsp;€ft,qüàm à quacunq; labe,quxin cius^*^nbsp;dole pofsit eftc notabilis. Geniisip*'^’^nbsp;phyfiognomia,fermoncs,afta bellies’’^nbsp;gisamp;militaria,quàmakcrius cuiuf'i^’^nbsp;generis, leuitatis nomine faciuntnbsp;élummihilominus fine arte, qux tiati* jnbsp;cmendarit, feuveraSc natural! prop^’’nbsp;fione,nihil illo conftantius,nihil prop®nbsp;fiti tcnacius à quo non ante diuclli^® lt;nbsp;quàinad e^xitum pcrducatur,idq; àdnbsp;vfq; vitupcrationem pertinadæ.Magi’® |nbsp;quifpiam GalliæPrinceps femel occäf®nbsp;ne quudaj« illi in probrum obiiciebinbsp;vjtiui”

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ius,.yciiiAi 1U»,UV11C11 ivs^kqui-,• ^ones,acpropcdixerini omne feruitîuiti ( ^cccrfi curauit : nemo extanto numeronbsp;inuentus eft, qui no autferuiuiiTet olim,nbsp;îutcxvernaculis aüi,proaui , fuiq; ipfiùsnbsp;2 idhuc in cunis vagientis,prognatus elTet;nbsp;ille altcrhichæfit,obmurüit, quum foie •nbsp;rctipfc tertio quoq; menfe farnulitiümnbsp;nrutarc. Contrànullum in bocVrincipenbsp;’’otatùr exemplumfcrui autminiftrià-beuius atriéfis domo cxpuïfi,aut amotiinbsp;, licet apud ilium nonulli ( quod aliter vixnbsp;inbello eiuili contingatj non omni fu-ƒ l-Picioncvacarcnt.

, Auaritiæ quoqs fuit infîmulatus:ac fane difficilimum crat fccus fe rem habere, j præfertim cum Principiimpenfiùs rùa-gnifico Sclibcvalifuccederet. AçfortafsiSnbsp;illæfortunae, illicafus quos in xtatc ilianbsp;napfili 3c ad libéralitatc profufa pertulit,nbsp;ü ^'^ncmultorunianimiisfufpicionem in-Ä ”^cerunt,necefsitatc illi parfimonixtna-ê’ftramftiifTc* Hanclabeculam non nc-j 1 Syrern, fi de eius veritate magis coftaretinbsp;H 2 Siué

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Sluc domo in priuata, feu in regni nomia, argumétum cft mutati in mel’j*nbsp;l'atus,quando profufis dominisnbsp;parciorhæres. Nullu tame Principenbsp;mini, qui lautiusac fpicndidiusnbsp;famiiiarem admin iftrarit, qui fcruisnbsp;melius aut liberalius profpexerit, autnbsp;pàuciora recufauerit.Nihilq; inter deft'*’nbsp;ftumamp;hunc intcrcft, nifi quod ille nifnbsp;gnificis largitionibus potius quàm V®'nbsp;bus amp; necefsitatibus fuis inferuiret; ij* 'nbsp;non faciet: ilie paucismulta fimulac’^'nbsp;mcl erogabatjhic pauca multis. Taride’’’nbsp;cnim reperias plura largitum effe exnbsp;regium culmen eft adcptus, quàmnbsp;anteceiforem fuum fexennio totozSed’*nbsp;lius magnificentiæ cùmNobilitas in^^rnbsp;here, turn nemo no fuit pafticeps -, euiæ !nbsp;cunqj tandem operam adhibuerit.nbsp;porro in il I o funt praeclara amp; laudabd’^'nbsp;notatis eius vitijs, nolo praetermitte’’^'nbsp;Eftinteralias dotes haecpaucis Principe'nbsp;bus,quos æquus amauitluppitef, cuh*’nbsp;noftro communis.Non eftmonitoriD*^nbsp;afper: auriculas teneras mordaci rodi''*'nbsp;ro patitur ; Magnum certè yerbum,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;'

de Reb, Gallicîj. îc îpud multos fide dignum. Sic tarnen lenbsp;tes habet. Nemin eni vn quam vçfij op an-îumuis audaculi Sc libcrioris fermâtes-poenituitjpræfertim fi ex amere èc bv : -ii* ^itur.refp^ofabit, amanufculum aliquot

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’¦cgerctiSéd hochaftenus: nonferpitmà iatius : nemini ideireb deteriu^ft/nbsp;^eijsloquor,quosdignitas amp;officij ra-^’oio familiarius colloquium admittiunbsp;Non cuiuis hanc libcrtatcm facit regisnbsp;^licuiiis magni turn rlt;uerentia turn ma-^eftas:fed,qui in eo,quemdixi,apudhuncnbsp;*ioftrum loco funt conftituti,nullam ex-’^ufation'cm habent,fi malum quodvi-'lét, ipfi tacent. Patitur fe moneri:vtq; vi-‘icatur ipfo inftati faftüs offenfior,amp; monbsp;¦^itioné afpernatus, cogitât tamcn,amp;dc-profpicit. Vtut fit,bonis libéré, quodnbsp;''elint,fendre,amp; eâdélibertate,quod fen-^erint.pronuntiarehoc noftro imperan-^efernpcr licebit. Cuius rei hancvnâpa-ginam teftem laudo,quam fub alio Principe fcriberc fortafle tuto non licuiflet.nbsp;Qyæquidem indoles nonnifi inbonarnnbsp;H 3 con-

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Vitaporró,amp; aftionesficniuftraO^' , vel hoevno nomine,quauis in cattetisnbsp;tus vitijs(vt fic dicam)atcr effet,nihil®^;nbsp;nus laudandus mefitó cenfeatur.nbsp;tius enim inimici, nos verb nonfp^*’,nbsp;eonfitcmur, neminem vnquamnbsp;tia,manfuctudine, vernam,adnbsp;x«xi«tiipropéfioncfuiffc fuperioré.nbsp;vtleo nonnifi dente amp; vnguc, lco dV.Inbsp;quus pede, cornu taurus, cauda fcorpy’^lnbsp;ffcPrïnceps fola crudelitate formi^i^Nnbsp;lis eft. Si ineficulofus eff:, duces habc^nbsp;fortes amp; magnanimos.- fi voluptuad^'nbsp;durn laltabit amp; tripudiabk,fapiensnbsp;quis eius ncgotia gerédafufcipict : finbsp;rus,tandem tarnen fibi(vcIitnolitX°5;nbsp;tur effe liberalis: fibiautemt'hoç eftnbsp;publi^^'

DB Reb* Galhçiî. iigt; publicx.Si prodigusjfuapaup.crtatc fub-ditos ditabit.his omnibus pracfens cft rc- 'nbsp;üncdium.Scd fi femel immanis, vindiftxnbsp;cupidusjferox, appetens fanguinis euafe-rit,nemo refiltetmimij res cftpericuli.atrnbsp;^uehæecft poftremaTyrani nota: quodnbsp;beet normenmalisomnibusPrincipibusnbsp;Vulgb tribuatur, eum tarnen qui fitcru-deks amp; fanguirvarius, peculiariter defi-gnat,quafi dieas, hyperbolicum vitiumnbsp;in Kege,amp; quod in eo maxime omniu fitnbsp;pertiiTtçfççndum. Ab hoc iioftro nihil i-ftiufmodi metuendum: atq; haud fçio dçnbsp;bacrç.lo.quenti nibifnemihi vlttàd,iccn-dum fit, Nifi mqamç prohiberct erga i-pfum reuçrentia, quæq; mihi dignitatis 'nbsp;jpfius babendaranoeft, impedirct, amp;finbsp;Ânfitæmihi libertati expatiandi longiuf-que euagandi locu daicm, miaiorcm mi^nbsp;bl vituperandi, quàm laudandiclcmcn-boris huiu.s animi matcriem fuppeditaxinbsp;poife exiftimarem.

Fateorin bellis ciuilibus notam felir citatis,amp; ipdiuiduam comitem habitamnbsp;temper fuiftc clcmentiam: fed cuius ma-Jÿniafcmpçr poft partam viétoriam,poft

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120 D I S C V R S V S jj finitum bellum, necverb ante,nbsp;effeéta proferatur. Turn demum vcf^ .nbsp;clcmétia, non aùtemin ipfo difcrii'O*’’nbsp;in quo manfuetudo timiditatis autnbsp;tus talionis, caliïmniæ poteftcfTeôb’’'’^nbsp;xius. Erigédi funt viéti,fed penes quo^nbsp;cendi facultas etl?,deprimendi:aliôn'^*fnbsp;rit oninis magni •amp; éxcelfi animi fplcd^nbsp;cuius'proprium efl- tanta in refiften^^nbsp;amp; rebel lantern vtiviolentia,quanta ifnbsp;qui'armà pofuérit,facilitate. Satis tibi (ƒnbsp;meft'pro meritoJuftejPrincipis huius'*nbsp;gularcm quandam clcmentiam dclin^^'nbsp;re non pofsim,'quam nec educationbsp;caedes, pugnas,bclla, cruores immut^^nbsp;vnquam valuinClementiam appello:!^nbsp;fanctc profitcor,fi tantum dareturnbsp;tiæamp;audaciæ, nomen ei aliud eiïetribænbsp;turuni : rationem enim Semodum fup^ inbsp;rat. Vidi horæ momento poft partaif '^'1nbsp;ftoriam,tantam fuifte hoftium colluüi^’nbsp;vt vix à noftris difcernercntur.Ad horat’’nbsp;fomfti,expergefaftionis,prandij,in cub*;nbsp;cuFojin conclaui aderant ; deniqj ornH**^nbsp;hofanim crant : non magnates aliquot’nbsp;aut duces primarios Hieb , quibus id ob;

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DE Reb. Gaelicis. m fcquij genus, quo duces ducibus gratifi-caridolent, tâtumpo tuit permittere ; dcrnbsp;corurailludfujnet,'amp; èPrincipis digni-tate,fiM?Enium aut Parmenfem in vincunbsp;bshabuiiTet.lllapkrunqj officia,amp; obfe-quia præftabantur ccnturionibusjpiæfe-ôis cohortium, ducibus beilorum ci^nbsp;liilium, qui per totarn vitam Regem adûnbsp;’¦e.congrciïum autpræfcntiam eiusferrenbsp;^'Jnquam potuiflent, nifi arma contranbsp;^uiiiTcnt: quo ctiam nominebenignè abnbsp;^o,8vVultuhilarioriaccipiebantur.Vitionbsp;'’^ftantiituc moris;(idq-, no omninô fornbsp;^3fsis abfqs ratione ) cum iliis libenter innbsp;St’atiamipforum facerem : fed vcrifsimunbsp;^3rneneft ,hociJli à natura iniitum eïïc,nbsp;®Mi'ii(rlt;x«x«p,tumquum etiam maximenbsp;*'cct vlcifci. in priuatis enim rebus nonnbsp;ac in bello, in cubicularium feruû,nbsp;ätrienfem, deniq; vbi remotis arbitris,nbsp;libéré agerc licet,eandem feruat æqua-^’iBitatem,eoufq5 fæpc,vt negligentigjj-contingat.

Hæc qu j: de noftro Principe pauca di^ ^'’’Cttijhabui* de reliquis enim moribus,nbsp;H^a^cunq; fpeciatim enumerauero, ma-

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122 DiSCVRSVS gis priuatum hominem, quàm viru pf’*’'nbsp;eipcm attingant.Huictamc imaginin’^*nbsp;poftremum hoc addam penjcillum ?nbsp;feititium magis colorcm,quam viui^^nbsp;vultus lincamentumfuperinduéturuS'nbsp;conftanter dicam, ncminc fortaflTe Pr*”nbsp;cipcmhoc noftrofoclicitatc fuiffefup^nbsp;riorcm.Nufquaprxfens confpeâusf'^*'nbsp;nifi ficubianimus tulit,vbitcrganon’'Hnbsp;tcrint hoftes ipfo ftatim confpeftodp^^nbsp;in vita fortuna: fucccHus, fi ita nomii’^'^nbsp;licet, tarn infperati,tam opportuni,nbsp;falutares in fin urn delati funi,vtà tenc'^nbsp;(quod aiunt)vnguiculis Angelumànbsp;ribus ftipantem,comitantem,duccnt^‘’j'nbsp;habuerit, Scaduerfus totius propenbsp;machinationes, huius omnia confib^^'nbsp;miraculum vfq; tarn bene verten tenigt; 'nbsp;ipem amp; vota eius longifsimis intcru^'',nbsp;fiiperarent.Teftatur id fatis antcaâx'''^nbsp;cürriculum.fed veteres ipfius mtniftri’’nbsp;wnt,inrtumerabilcs prope n.ecantc pf^nbsp;uifas, nec prxmeditatas deliberation^'nbsp;quas fapientifsimi cius confiliarijnbsp;nauifient,tam focliciter Deum vertifi£gt;nbsp;tademipfi quoq; ad nutum faétiamp;cXf.

DE Re B. GALLTC rS. 125 Çitati ,Principcm nou interpcllare , fednbsp;KiifTum faccrGjde illius dudu amp; duftorenbsp;«rtifsimijCogepétHr. Inter estera autemnbsp;Rtagnorum virorurp indicia , hoc in no-ftro Rege Temper cluxit: perpetuaqi fiiitnbsp;inhocPrincipc inter fortunamamp; virtu-tc pugna. Bono Genio foelicitati iftucnbsp;’gnari homines dabant: nos autem, quitus res ipfa eft perfpcftifsima, diuinamnbsp;gratiam,Dci Deorum,Dci exercituuninbsp;opus nominemus, hinc neceftario con-cludentes, cum in hoc opilionc tarn foe-Jicitc^opus fsum inchoauerit, ad glorianbsp;ooniiHis fui minimè imperfectum eflenbsp;rcliéturum*

Illic certè fita eft omnium, qui partes eius fequûtur,minimè fallax fiducia*Sednbsp;Stillu Deus tot human is prsfidijs muni-üit,vt haeccum hoftiumviribus fi companbsp;res,aducrfarijs illico cadendum,amp;occutfnbsp;tendum efteiudices. Omittonoftru or-dinem, qui probabiliter hoftiumÄra^wfct)nbsp;fuperaturus eft. nunquam cniip. fccus ac-cidit.Omitto caufxiuftitia, ontitto duX-turn aut trium viCtoriarum præiudiciaînbsp;extern a hxc omnia. Saltern hac ex partenbsp;magna-

124 Drscvusv? I magnates onines. Principes fanguini^’*’nbsp;ficiarijCoronae, nominatifsiminbsp;icgni p ro ceres,Nob lil tas omnis inRc^’-caftra tranfeuntiacproindc omnesnbsp;fcquifquc auétoritate, amp; præfeôlura m’'nbsp;litaris commeatus ac annonæ inftruö^bnbsp;Hieongenitamhabent vm^e^aa-iafj,nbsp;natura hauftum expreflumqi in plebci^nbsp;lt;lominatum,adcó vt exemplo belliill''^*nbsp;fcruilis, quo Pompciani milites tantui”nbsp;reftibus pugnaaerunt, fi hodieignobil^nbsp;hoc amp; fine nomine vulgus Nobilitatei’’nbsp;antecedat,nunquam expeótatura fitiiTi^'nbsp;tuitnimis.Ad hæc,quicquidin Gallianbsp;optimorumDucum,illic eft : nominaf^’nbsp;fed nofti probe : quum cótra,ex hoftibi^^nbsp;vix duos cximios facias, qui equitum 'nbsp;turiam per totam vitam duxcrin t. |nbsp;Ducem Mxnium amp; de Ia Chaftre, ab h’’ 'nbsp;tcrtius baud fcio an reperiatur. Tamnbsp;vfu tarnen rei militaris hacefuntorganî)nbsp;vt belli Imperator fruftra fi t aut Caefar a'nbsp;liqui$,autAlcxander,nifi his adminicuü^nbsp;vtitur,perijt:ncchuius reiteftem aliun’nbsp;laudo,prætcr vnumMîcnium,quîcuiî’nbsp;mcliùs profedo apud Arques amp;Yuria' inbsp;duifl '

r DE Reb. GALLIC!?. 12? foret, fl fui fl mil CS o mn CS naâ:uscfnbsp;fet, fi deniqj fecundarum partium tribu-ïïi Spartam fuam optime coluiflent. Exnbsp;'luo cfficitur, fioemo tertiusPalæmonnbsp;^ntcrccifcrit, âefi nobis tantum cumRc-gnicolis negotium erit, non efletâti remnbsp;laboris amp; periculi, quominus nonRex wnbsp;pfefolùm,fed ScNobilitas, amp; quiconquenbsp;Monarchiamfirmant acfulciunt, devr-^ious amp; populis facile palmamauferant.nbsp;ï^cfuppetijs verb non dub ito, quin faci-lius amp; promptius Régi noftro à yicinisnbsp;ï^rincipibuscumCathoiicis tùm Protc-ftâtibusfubminiftrctur. MonarChxfuntnbsp;omnes,omniuintcrcft monarchiae con-’feruatio : omnibus fubditorû exofapro-‘iitio eft,amp; popularisfcditio : omnes hu-iufmodi cxcmplum mctuunt,totoqi pc-ftore deteftantur. Nemo omnium cft,a#nbsp;Pud quem Dux aliquis Mænius nafci amp;nbsp;creari non pofsit,nccalijs,quàmbuiufccnbsp;nionarchiæ procis amp; copetitoribus, Vaf-falliaduerfus Regem fuûdefenfio fufei-pietur.Parua loquor. Quicnim pcrduel-libus noftris funt ab auxilijs.quum aliamnbsp;lïîcrcedé ab vrbibus amp; plèbe fperarcnc-.nbsp;qucant^quàm illaruiQinuafioncii), nongt;

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nifi extrema cum audacia, ftudioq; pef' dendigt;prædandi,debellandi veniut:nbsp;illudtamfubito rtatu, flagranfq; inThr^nbsp;zones iftos odium. NoÄro autemnbsp;qui opitulantur,multùm in ipfiusgr^nbsp;tia fpci amp; fidüciæ collocanfcsnonnifi’'nbsp;pfo Hl limine fidele obfequium,iuuanHgt;'nbsp;que ftudium praé feferunt. Ita nobisnbsp;illis nihil onèris praeter operæ pretiu*^'nbsp;quum ex aduerfo holles auxilio luoin^'nbsp;gis fcrè,quàm bello nollro fatigencur-Hic igitut Regis amp; regiorum ( itanbsp;miliare 11^1)11^^5. Quanquam autefl*»nbsp;ficumaltero illocompares, multb h»'nbsp;beat omnia compofitiora,amp; tutiora.fi^'^'nbsp;tarnen tanta rcrum in perturbationdp^^nbsp;tim ex Religion is diücrlitate, partit®^*nbsp;Principis huius,amp;defunótiilliusnbsp;nijs nata, non pordl,quin corrupted’’/nbsp;aliorumad exemplum, amp; labernali4^gt;nbsp;contraxerit; adcóquidévt in gangrje*’*''nbsp;nifi mature occurratur,fit eualura.Ae.?-,nbsp;corpora femper cacochyma funt,nbsp;fanifsima pars nonçftventni expers.nbsp;enim infeditione populari,habcntvrbnbsp;tQofilia amp; flxidia contraria, iam difii*^'nbsp;ja'-*

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DE Reb. Gallic is. 127 ’^mlibertatis, iamrumukuationis, iamnbsp;kip.cohftiruchdæ, vtLigarij ordinis amp;nbsp;^agiftratuum contemptu, in fe reccptanbsp;tandem ad/3aTça;^«'»ïAiiT«ap, feunbsp;^anarum régnnm deucncrunt, vbi da~nbsp;^ofifsimüs qiiifque rex eft: ita in ficvetf.nbsp;ScNobilitatis ordinc cofufiones nc-pcpercrunt, quod nc temporis quidemnbsp;’^utarc valeat vetuftas,nifi Deus manutnnbsp;®^edicam adhibuerit.

Hi funt prouinciàrum Præfcâi amp; P^xfidiarij duces, quos hodiernus diesnbsp;^obis tales peperit,vt corum fapientifsi-

amp; optimus quifq; nihil magis fuutn ‘^ucat,quàm Praekfturam, quàm vrbeminbsp;’luàin arccm( nulla-régula fie generalisnbsp;^ftjquaecxceptionem non patiatur)opti-

Cinquam) quifqj amp; prudcntifsimus dici triétc iniquo fortafle animo fernbsp;’'Ct pacem Gâlliæ rcftitutam, iuftitiä pri-obtinerc,ncc prxfidijs opus efle. Iftanbsp;'^criiixipcrij dulcedo fic palatofapit,ta-funt in fifci œconomia illecebrae, tan*nbsp;in oncnbus fudoribufq; populi par-fi^ndis amp; regcndiSjVt rcgnumcitiusfus

deq; fern, quam ab hoc vitae inftituto dimoueri patian tut. Tertio quoqj verbo 'nbsp;ZM^ïZ'amp;iLociniei co»fcrttatw. fub hac laru*nbsp;violcntiarum amp; direptionum omneg^'nbsp;nus recipitur.Interim verb, fi Rex accci**nbsp;jubet^ad dies quindccim, vfq; ad calonc^nbsp;amp;niancipiafua ducent: fed non tarn ho*:nbsp;zelus effecit^quàm pompa, vtoccinifj*/nbsp;auribus illudaudiani, hic homo eftnbsp;•mçoi;, dignus quîcum in tenebris mtc^^’nbsp;magnum habet fatellitium» Lapfo iaf*nbsp;ftato tempore,fruftrà demanibus confî'nbsp;rendis fermo, fruftrà Parmefis in finib^^nbsp;iam cofpicitur,fruftrà cIamatur,Si dift*-'nbsp;ditisjfuturo cacteroquin propediembel^’nbsp;cxitu, quum Lutetia iam propè fit vt j 'nbsp;pugnctur,quumhocfinito laborejfut^' ; jnbsp;rum fit vt in pace viuatur, nihil faftu cy'nbsp;Dominus Pracfcâ;us Præfedurx fu« 'nbsp;rebus ncceffarijs tantumftudet vlla^*’? 'nbsp;tunftationeprofpiccre.Paraturnedift^’'nbsp;lus 7’iamincumbit onus ijs qui à fecrcf’’ 1nbsp;funt,fcribendi, omne genus diploma’^^Jnbsp;Abbatias,profcriptioncsLigariorû,fiibnbsp;diarij amp; fuccenturiati militis comm^^' jnbsp;tus,hoceft,culinaria cura,pcn(jones’‘^

DE Reb. Galltcis. 129 Vêtus amp; Houum doininiû,dona,pignora.-lt;luid plural regnum illis nouum cudinbsp;portet: in hocenim, quo iftas hirudincsnbsp;DTipleas,non^eft affarim. Hîc aute fi que-ventes, fi muffantes in propylæo audias,nbsp;vcsmira; merccs illis non foluitur: nihilnbsp;i lt;iatur,quadragintaaut quinquaginta vivos habcnt fuis fumptibus alenóos. Rex,nbsp;Suem expilarunt,cuius bona dilapidant,nbsp;vuius vcdigalia amp; nummos detin ent,ad-Huc illis eftnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Hirudines I vnce

Vobis numerari vultisf facitcigitur cum t^emocrito illo mundos infinitos,nouunbsp;Sooddaregnu exatomiscreate.Vndeiliinbsp;j numoru prouentus, nib ex reditibus illisnbsp;generalibus;' Noftis autem horum m.'’-Minium ne alendis quidemvnis prœfidijsnbsp;fufficere.Quid Regi confcrunt hodie de-. vumætotoiamfermé aduerfanteC!erclt;nbsp;I S'vld confcrunt jequiualetiajfubfidiajim-1 portationes,exportationes,falina:,quumnbsp;¦jl pvimariarum vrbium dominus non li,.?nbsp;J, 1 ‘luid caluales particulæ profunt, fociliusnbsp;(i 1 Poftulatg,quam allatæ^ Vt demus cfTe rc-, |viifuidoniinumexafl'e(idex rationib.

; ftfcivobis probabitur) attamequinquies Inbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;1 cen-

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centcnis millibus minus effet in fun^^’' quàm perfoluendo æri alieno fufficert*'nbsp;amp; ne ex quadrante quidem dominusnbsp;Quorfum igitur debellatioes r’quorff’“nbsp;adiunftæ ad imperium prouincicr’S) h®quot;nbsp;die prouinciâ aut vrbem armis fube^nbsp;ne hoc quidem facit ad dimidia paf^y^nbsp;fubuentionis eius,quem illis lôcis praE*^nbsp;ôurus eft.Nam nihilo hinc ad fifeumnbsp;plius rediturumeft, quàmffhoftis 1^nbsp;il la teneret. Erumpa oportet iri hânc''^'jnbsp;bi audaciam : malum hoc fieri innbsp;bilcjcui nifi mature profpiciatut, Rc^’’,nbsp;diu ftare non potcft.Interim pleriq;nbsp;nés püblicis calamitatibus, St regi^^-gnitatiscorltcmptu abütuntur ad^æ^^nbsp;candafibiapud Iberos palatia Non’’nbsp;mo eff,qui fibi aut Comitatumgt;autnbsp;catû ex loco fuo non erigat,St dicat.P'’,nbsp;quàm loculos cxpleucro,fi minus |nbsp;mode eff mihi, aliorfum vêla facia. j,nbsp;la pefteCmeo iudicioquot;) magis anginanbsp;fta lues populate erga monarchiânbsp;fouet, exemplo maxima NobilitatbP^nbsp;tem à ftudio pacis auocat. Iftorum jnbsp;Prgfeftorum ad exemplar fefe

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DE Reb. GALLicr^, jji infinita pabulatorum n)ultitiido,amp; eorünbsp;qui patriæ arma inferût, qui domos fuasnbsp;fro limitaneis vrbibus, rtgniquc propu-gnaculis habent : qui, quum inftruendusnbsp;cit exer citiis, d efideran tu r o rn n cs, Vixquenbsp;tribus ab arcc fua pafsibiis,nec nifi prædænbsp;caufa, pedem mouent : rccedente cxcrci-tu.fpolijs onufti in latibula fuarcuolant.nbsp;Hæc certè fundi amp; fifci rcgij calamitas.nbsp;Adcumulumilludaccedit, quodNobi-^ttatcmnoftramhac rationc dead iulii-dæamp;lcgum contemptum excrcitatamjnbsp;^cornparatahabemusjvreius exeplo in-fiinus quifqi inliciatut. hocautcmpéfténbsp;^’Pnium.capitalifsimam appello.

^Htic Manes remeare tttts Acherenta tulgt;et«, G pair u Ludsuice parens^forüßime quondam^nbsp;^rancorum^ dectu RegHm,terraslt;\^ reuife,nbsp;^ttenitiu noflras fpeculare furentibits vrbesnbsp;intpulfas D 'trüjVtäricta Itlta qitandamnbsp;Tnrribus extttrbaretuUypuîfoc^pHdore,nbsp;^xuflumfad'efHperinduxiffetolQrem.

I Cerne tuant ferre prelemgenitrtcüin aimlt;e I Vißera degeHerem,metam 'nee legibus vllis.

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Arrlt;igonM(j-, iugum ferutleaffueta Tyranni-lion vnt]uamfancle(ne percentare^penenutif’ î^en fuit auditus,qHi deheUauerit artnisnbsp;Jiafcepotens terras Heros-.potuifet aduflusnbsp;Hec tanta llifpantis^ntfipreditione tuerunt’nbsp;Nil hic nilpettiitferraw.fed fafcinusaurinbsp;Hot potuit,Vrancu hebetans cum luminenbsp;Excujfo candoreftdes quem fionte fidelinbsp;Gaüica fignabat. Gens heu ciuiUbus arntisnbsp;Impia facia nimis domino periurafueei^.nbsp;Semper adhuc ßtiens plebes malefana craei’^'nbsp;Quietatùm vltricesfpirans in peSiore flatnflt;^^'nbsp;Exeipts externiiugulo nune militù enfem.nbsp;Cerne Cifalpinum Damam miferanter,nbsp;Cerne Lothringenfes Lepores ambire Leotii^^nbsp;Aegrotam, quem moxproperatfatalibutnbsp;Jntelïina lues^ct“cauàicaflamma veneni. ,nbsp;Quos tantiim obtutupoterat^vultuc^min^^*nbsp;EeHuHorefuisexpeUerefinibuselimnbsp;Aeternoc^ygela damnatos trudereaiAlpt^'nbsp;Nunc,genus infidum,tante vt3ore iacentigt;nbsp;Qui perterrebat pauidos^hic tempera tund^^^nbsp;lüe trahit barbam-.tergum diuerberat i^(-Dente alius caudam profcindit-.vulnerenbsp;Aeripedi minuens vncos exulcerat alternbsp;Tamformidatos cun^is animalibus vngnf^' ,ynbsp;Decujttbens, media'c^trahensin mortenatt^'*nbsp;lUe oculos, moribundus adhuc tamehoflûnbsp;Perfidiamparatvlcifci’.Cenfurgit inaïfigt;^^’

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' ^etHileri[redtuiuafalus)impune,minatur.

, ^inunc optimus aliquis extaret Aelcuia-pius, quimalorum noftrorum fympro-’îiatis omnibus exado vngue confi4,cra-quætrigintaabbincannis regnum i-(^ud florentifsimum tam fxpc criticaueÿ *unt,maiorumqjpcrpetuaferie ferè iranbsp;^idblutum nobis reiiquerunt, vtdebili-’h ^^quæper hoçbiduû fuccefsit, pulfum,

1 ^otitiam.mcmoriamjfermonem, virâq; propè ipfam fuftuicrit -, mea quidem ille

- ^^ntentiaiudicaret^pemaliaiTijautremc' aliud non fuperefle (fi quod eft)nbsp;Suàm pacem,fœlicemillàm dalmam/i-nobis armorum noftrorum vi rcfti-

i ^^cndâ, ft ita bene vertat Deus Regis no-^•¦i conatus amp; confilia,vtcomposrcgni

Jos miferiæ,fames,pcftis, bellum,diuina ^5gella,mortalitates, iaduræ, fatigatio-vitro citroqj nos cogât fenfimarmisnbsp;de manu labentibus quiefcerc» Nonau-dm inter tot Machaones mea pharmacanbsp;proferre, neciuxta Aefculapiosiftos, qui

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ægrotanum Galliam in medijs tot can* lt; bus medicati funtjOmnefqicorporis*’'nbsp;lius aftcftiones,mométa, albosautatr^^nbsp;dics,totui‘n deniqs morbi decurfum pi'*’'nbsp;bè recognoucTunt, notas mcas amp; obfei'''nbsp;uatianculas produecrc. Sedduo tantùi^nbsp;adferam.quâEhis temporibus horribil’’’nbsp;prognoitica calamitatu, amp;in*^nbsp;placabihs in Gallia irædiuinæ licuit ol*'nbsp;leruare, Vnum: ab hinc tribus, quatuoPnbsp;ue annisjOiiiiics Imperij Ordincs,Statü*nbsp;ferè omncs, præcipuos de ordincnbsp;ftri,nobjlcs ciuitates, Ecdefiam, plcbcH’nbsp;vno ore pacem vociferari, quamtamc”nbsp;in Gonfiliis omnibus, in comitijs, nernO’nbsp;ex hoftiu maxime numero, fit repertu*»nbsp;qui vel minimam de ca metionem faccr^nbsp;audcret. Cotrà verbum fuit illijnbsp;juspjominofum Sc dctcftâdum. AltcruH*»nbsp;nefeireme vcl minimam parte noftrüiH:nbsp;quaebclto non fitconfumpta, quæcxpi' :nbsp;cc vtilitatem non capiat : lurarcs nihilo' 'nbsp;minus nos à cœco quodam furore amp;d*'nbsp;monc impelli, ad caedem, ad fangui'nbsp;Hem,ad lanienam præcipites ferri. Exof'nbsp;diiir igiruï ( neminem vt excipiam ) al*

DE ReB. GaLLICIS/ JJf ^pfoRcgc. CuiCobfecro)pax magis ncccinbsp;färia cftr’DicojCtiamfi Deum ipfum obli-Sätumhaberct ad hoftes ineius nianusnbsp;vnum tradçndos, in aciem produccn-^os,adyiftorias.ipfi totidem largicndas,nbsp;luotdics anniuerfarij çirculi numeran-^uridctur illud cjuoq;, de cxpugnandis o*nbsp;^nibus regnimunitionibusjdc gladionbsp;fcrncl recidcnda rcbcllionum noftrarûnbsp;^cmo.Fja, ççrtifsimum eflc ; affirmo ta-**icn vtiliorem effc pace amp; clemefctia parnbsp;faiTi voluntariam obcdientiam,licet me-dimperij dignitati minus confentaneanbsp;'^ideatur;câ,qu3E ferri violentia amp; irnma-^•tatequæratur.

Diuturna ilia amp; ingés fçbris, qua tannin vexata çft Galba,ita nos debilitauit P-Cnitus afflixit, vt violent© iam alicuinbsp;itnicdio fçrendo parçs np fipius. Quod-Suxaraplius cft,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;phar-

ßXaca itaiam funt, amp; vfu ipfo futura funr *îiuç;Kà,vt tandem morbo ipfo purgâdonbsp;fint détériora. Cogdet; hoc enimfortaf-fe vnum eft ex artis, fuaç arcanis minimènbsp;poftrcmuni. Id pax habet compendij, qpnbsp;neceffario fubditi voluntatem Sc confen-

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• DE Ree. Gallicïs. 137 gnato,nouit probe, qui quidemnon de-liberarct cxemplo Ducis Aumalij, fednbsp;¦zTÄamp;i^ijnperandifibi partes,vt natu maxi-inus,arrcgarct. Noujt deniq; quid xmu-lationis,îimultatifqi cum illoDuxNe-moracenfis gelTerit quàm obfcquiofum'nbsp;expcriarur Mcrcurium, inprimifqj loy-fium, qui femel MarchionemVillarcn-fem gcncrum fuum Tholofaexpulerit,nbsp;ab eodem antè dcpulfus:addiderim etia,nbsp;quid obfequij exSeditiofis vrbibus, quidnbsp;fubfidij in negotijs gerendis reportarit*nbsp;Ignoko equidem Admiralio Caftillio-næodcfundo, quüuftiorc in caufa,ex-pertus quid oneris partiû duftori in bellis ciuilibusincumbat,fuadenti cuidaninbsp;die Veneris ante mortem, vt faucius Lutetia exiret,dixit : Obone,facereid nonnbsp;poflùm,nifimihibellumvelim accerfe-te: hîc autem mortem oppetere malo,nbsp;qua eó vnquâ redire.Nihilominus fi,quonbsp;fuerutolim ftatu, nuncMænij res efiènt,nbsp;cxvanjs fuccefsibus, magnæalicuius for-tunæfperandus effet exitus,Sed,mifer, v-bi gentium eftr’Solet multitudo, impri-mifqi Gallica, hominis famam citiùs,nbsp;I 5 quàm

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lt;5uàm concepcrit, amitterc. Opus inter-dum totiui vitx laborcad fidem paran-: dam, quam conringcntiafcfcduo infor-inbsp;tuniaindifcrimcnvocanuMaximcvcró,nbsp;vt fentir populus curn,cui fc crcdidcrat,ilt;gt;nbsp;ta debilem efrc,vt ad maioris alicuius tii-teiam necefTario fitilli confugiendu, fta-tim reliüo priore,poftcriori fe adiungit-Ratio hxc eft ; Ignara plebs ad id tantumnbsp;quod pracfens eft fefcaccommodât, externa rerum fpecicducitur: qua fublata,nbsp;rcmotis à latere D.Macnij copijs, tormeiinbsp;tis,Helueticisamp; Germanicis peditibus,nbsp;vbivltimum ad Parmenfem pcrfugiuinnbsp;eft,nulla eftjdifpcrijt. AcCanc,fi priuata bnbsp;cetattingcre,fi Ducis illius alt;ftionescubnbsp;pari meum eft,bicnnio toto, tantis cumnbsp;lt;;O|)ijs amp; opibus no magna patrauit; im-mo mifcrabilem in modum fegefsic H-bus cxcmplo, nobis cum docilioribusponbsp;pu^is,quam eftent fui,negotium fuit;ecatnbsp;cnim debiliores, amp; iam diutius fubiugesnbsp;aratrum trahebant. Vidi aurem ego nornbsp;ftrum hunc Regem in quadam luaruranbsp;partium metropoli quintodccimo quo-^uedie fere coa£tumdevita öc Fortuna,

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fvæclari alicuius facinoris edendi caufo, ’iimicarc. Alioqui ßbi vidcbatur orani-^us inuifus fore : quod Scvcrum resipfanbsp;'oprobauit.Quód fi tam male rem adminbsp;^iftrairct,haud fcio an poftcà gratiam ponbsp;pularem coUefturus fuiflet.

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^'a.fannas, quas ab Hifpanico exercitu de ^oràuit,addat contumelias, quas ab ita-regulojfpurio Scmancipio Hifpani régis ante ora patrix fùæ, loco hofti magisnbsp;Opportune,ipfe videlicetGalloruPri'n-^fps,materno àfanguincRcgum noftro-^utn vera propage, huius confobrinus,nbsp;pcrtulit;(^idigituripfiTyranno faôu-J’us, quum exul pulfufq; Gallia, fortafsisnbsp;’Haulafua non tam auxilium quàmfti-pem mendicari cogetur.^Addat igitur in-fuper conditionis lux alcam, quæin cas

I ^nguftias conijccrepoteft,vt ohm erroSc fugitiuus orbemobambulct,vcl captusnbsp;ill triumphum aut exemplum ducatur.nbsp;Idq; fruftrà hodic,nulla maxima amp; dilt;gt;

1 gnifsimafpe in pofterum fibi reliqua, cu-! iusaufpicijs Seduétu itafua omnia præ-ôpitanter ageredebçat. Hinc deniqs fie colligat.

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• colligat, jam fi bi de manibus clapfafp^ Regni, nunc neceffario moliendamnbsp;eins difsipationé e/re,aut certè alteri cugt;'nbsp;piamregnum conquirendum. Vt diamp;'nbsp;pet,abfit.Vt conquirat/quis illi quxftigt;’nbsp;huius debitor magis locuples, qui magi®nbsp;foluendo, quis nauatam operam meliu®nbsp;hærede ipfo copenfare poterit r* Hæcnbsp;ditare,Princeps:fempcr tolcrabilius tccünbsp;Rextuus aget fane, quàm alienigena. A'nbsp;pudalterum quidem hoftis loco habitsnbsp;olim fucris:apud huneproditionis oJi®nbsp;perpetuoflagrabis. '

Nunc vrbes noftras,fi roges, fi mifer^ plebeculamperconteris, illofnecatholi'nbsp;ci fui iam fatias capiat,an verb belli labo-ribusiam defefsi omnia fua vota amp; ifuHianbsp;in paeem conferant,credidcrimpofthaCnbsp;talibus verbis fibi illudi arbitraturos:nelt;^nbsp;fané iJlud dubium.Sed vt pudore fiiffuH'nbsp;dam, amp; omnemiliis exeufationem dc'nbsp;mam, duo tantum dicam: Vnum,LocU'nbsp;los ferutentur, amp; quid ab ill o lulij i8. di«nbsp;ahni i$8). inftaurationis rcip. attulerint,nbsp;quid populo leuaminis, quid Religionjnbsp;fecuritatis,quid Regno lt;sûra^lt;«ÿ,quid o tij

DB Reb. Gallicis? 141 pHuatac rei familiari,vjdeat: Alterum eft,nbsp;exetnplo Lutetiae Regni Bafilieæjcuinbsp;vni omnium maxime fuccurredum,nbsp;faftiofis omnibus compendiofifsi-fuit,fiant cautiores.Speftate, ô ciui-^?^es,fpeftate indicium illudDei horren-'^“’nin florentifsimam lt;^uondam ciui-metropolitan arn vcftram: enumcnbsp;’^^^eformidabilia ilia flagellorûomniu,nbsp;^^’bus fenfim ac fine fenfu ftillantibusnbsp;^^atiquam lento ign^)vftuluta cft,moni-^^nta: numerate concurrentes eodcninbsp;^'^porebelli,famis,pcftilcnti3c,diutur-pQ^uminlcquétiummorborum plagas,nbsp;f^'igus immedicabilc, extremam in omnium rerum copia inopiä, crudelitates,nbsp;^iüifiones, mulierumvirginumqjdedc-^°ra,quibuspudorem omnem neeeßi-adimeret,ruinas,incendia,intra amp; ex-micÈnia ab amicis,jab inimicis vaftita-J^Sjtotfuperba palatia,quæ partim opu-^cntia,partim amplitudo, partim fplcn-'lot amp; luxus tot annorum in tertix huiusnbsp;ßabclis ,in alterius huius Romxambitunbsp;crexerat; Agnofeite lehouæ lente amp;fuf-penfo gradu procedentemvindiä:ä,quasnbsp;vno

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J4X D r s c V R J V ƒ rno fupplicio non fatiarur,^uz percunjnbsp;do irritatur, docetq; non hancnbsp;paternam caftigationem, fed hcriJefi’nbsp;iudieiariamanimaduerfionc.-faciant''*’nbsp;iRhaecfapientiores : difcice iullitiamnbsp;niti,amp;.non tcmncrenumcn. GolJigo’^nbsp;tandem,amp;concludofrullràinlt;]uiri,Céline poft tan tam malorum JJiademnbsp;veile, poft tantos labores quietc exop*^,^nbsp;re dcbeat. Poftrcmo hocargumenfop^nbsp;tum opus, quumilludcxtcrorumnbsp;fidcrium, metumhunc noftrumnbsp;portcre.Labor certéquem in ea re 'nbsp;cat, cxitij noftri ccrtilsimu eftargumc^'’' jnbsp;Sequitur iam ingens amp; attcdcnda^*'inbsp;fputatiö,ad quam fcrè vnam totam jnbsp;telam iampridc ordior. Paccm cnim inbsp;lumefte rcftitucdihuius impcrijnbsp;nemo eft qui dubitct. Omnes cófiteinu^' 'nbsp;fehifmainReligioneprimumfuiffcbd' jnbsp;ciuilis ineentiuum: Verum ab hac dupb'nbsp;ei propofitioncad tertiam tranfitur, ft®'nbsp;gi igitur, Gatholicum fc faciendo, febb'nbsp;ma hoe efte tollendum:hanc vnicaninbsp;jiam ad pacem catholicam, fccuram »nbsp;ftabilctn confequendam. Ita plaufibib^nbsp;lt;1»

i)E Reb. Gallicts. 145 tft hæcpropofitio, itapopularis amp; fpc-fiofa,ita ctiam penc dixerim, captiofa, vtnbsp;*lt;1 artificium dijudicandum minime punbsp;^idiï nee illotis opus fitauribus. Iftucc-*'ini inlummaeft oblique in Regem in^nbsp;^idiam omnem reijcere,Scvnumomniunbsp;^alorum^o.ab hincannisin noftro hoenbsp;’¦fgno radices agentium, acetiamnu ho-pullulantium auótorc facere. AdhaCnbsp;Suælbonem ineunte cius regnoadmur-’^uratum cftnonnihil.Acfuitfancllupcnbsp;^ahæcfubitarerum cóuerfio non foiùmnbsp;l^rincipis perfona, vcriim ctiam in pri-’ïiariorum amp; proccrum regnivoluntatwnbsp;^us,qui ei in genua procidcrcn t,in quetnnbsp;^f’telexmcfcsgladium ftrinxiflTent. No-vice verfagt;metuentcs,nevis confeien-bæ aliqua fieret,pre metu vocifcrati fü nt,nbsp;ïttonuerunt pro fe quifq; fupplices, vtinbsp;perfeucraret: nihilominus tarnen ipfiusnbsp;turn æquanimitas, tu ad proccribus'Cainbsp;tholicis fatisfaciendum cxcogitata mc-thodus amp; progrefsio: contrà antem, ho-ftium propofitum,qui contrucidato Rege fupramodum fuperftitiofo non cflentnbsp;ad prima miffamnoui reduStiarmapOi^nbsp;fituri,

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fituri, rumufcuiû illum tumfedaucrunt: necitapridem reuixit, volitat pérora, li-belli excuduntur : figna certègrauius ali-lt;juod malum antecedcrefoiita: nuperri-mè verovifi èc perleédilunt illi, quibuînbsp;quanuis refponfum fuerit, minime nnhinbsp;tarnen adhucfatisfaftum eft.

Quumincidero in aliquemimperitu. fiueCatholicumRomanum,feu Euan*nbsp;geiicu,qui pertinaciterexoptcnt,illequi'nbsp;dem, vtR,ex inftitutummuter?hicvcrô,nbsp;vt perfeueraa ter tuearur,zelum ilium eX'nbsp;cufabo. Sedfi perfpexero quempiam lt;1^nbsp;Ifraeliticorum Doédorumgrege exvtra-uis parte propofitionem hancaiTcrctenijnbsp;mihifufpeétus erit.Non Romæmonnbsp;neuacfiuntChriftianimon ars non opuSnbsp;eiufmodi eft,in quo magifterium vrbisnbsp;valere pofsit.Chriftiani funt,qui verbuoinbsp;Deiaudiuntamp;cuftodiunt. VeraRelig’^nbsp;eft,quæ habet in fcriptisnbsp;fundamentum.-adeovt, fi quid Régi o-ptâdumeft, non illud fitjRomæautGe^nbsp;neyæ pedarium eiïe.Qucmadmodum lonbsp;cailladoétrinæ præiudicare, itaneq; au-doritatem conciliare debcnt. Sed hoco-ptandum,

obfeiuatas, perueihget: Hocvnum ^^''otishabeat fuosfubditoç non minusnbsp;sdDei cultum -, quàm ad fui obedietiamnbsp;’^^^locarerad hæc,in animo ftudiu,in ma-^’bus effeétum habeat: cogitet feno mi-diademate hoc præcindum ad fehif-’^''atollcndumquàmad puritatem in rc-’gionc reftituendam. Hociliieertenosnbsp;^ptaredecet.

Qyiin ea funt fententia,Regem Caf^bulis mihi eftneceHàno) fin minus,m ^um(vtdicitur;fummo lure agendu cennbsp;fentjfi perfuadcrc cupiunt -, duplici id ar-^uiïienrorumgcneretétabunt: alijs quidc, ijfqjoptimis ex Theologiae fontibusnbsp;depromptis,alijs verb Icuions momentinbsp;«Xiudicio politico certe defumptis. De

fusctraftare.Necveró idleui(quod manu fieri debet; adde quód in his rebusnbsp;parum fum exercitatus, comparata mil’.’nbsp;duntaxat carum rcrum notitia,quantanbsp;tis Citad vfus priuatos. Atq; illi ipfi cofU'nbsp;mcntatiuncularum iftaruaud:ores,qu2'Jnbsp;tumlibet in Theologia verfati,nonnbsp;ca vfi fu n t.H o c d i ca m cv wKcs J'a, i ftis i n S’'

quod malu videretur,annotare : ego ciatim obferuaui omnia eó deftinarinbsp;collimare,vt populi concitentur adnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;'

ferandum, Magna efl Diana Ephefior»^' ne ratiucula quidé ibi expreiïa quçvulg^' 1nbsp;ris non fit amp;duntaxatlt;palt;vc/z.f)/gt;;.Vtve*'P ,nbsp;gratia,quum petunt àRegc,vellétnenbsp;nbsp;nbsp;I

tholici nomen rccufare. Quis vnqui’’J fahdo infolentius poftulatum audiu’*''nbsp;An verb exiftimant,Rcgcm,aut quos dU'nbsp;ftores adhibuit,vim amp; fignificationénbsp;pnini« io'nnrafTf’r’Onranrln rlirnnf

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fcripturitionum fr u ft us 7’ Has omncs r3' ' tiones Regi nominatim^pofuilïé, pfO';nbsp;bè faftum:fed in vulgus dilÏeminare, c®’nbsp;bono^ Hæc tanrum habui quæ diccrei^lnbsp;pinguiMincrua deiftis opufculis, quiiii’,nbsp;mei no fit inftituti aliénas elucubratiO'nbsp;nes vitra damnare.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;J

Tammultis elaboratum cftinduo^i hifce nomimbus Catholici amp; Hærcti^*nbsp;cxplicandis,vt mirer quî iam aliquis 'nbsp;ritopofsit abuti. Tammulti doftifsii’’'inbsp;homines tum rationibus, tum tcftim'’'nbsp;nijsjtum cxemplis demonftrarunt, tol^'nbsp;ratos ab EcclefiafuifieR.eCTcs non herc^'^nbsp;cos folùmgt;fed Athcos amp; pagan os iVtlt;l‘'nbsp;illud argumentum iam retraétet, aftü^’nbsp;agerevideatur.Artamé ifti praedicatorf^’nbsp;amp; rabulæ fi audiantur,dicas Regem nùiynbsp;quam intellcxifl'c, quid fit, Catholicu d'nbsp;fe:tunc perinde calumniantur,ac fi,ilt;l ’’’Jnbsp;minis recufans ,Turcam fealiqucm ai*,nbsp;Calicutilfam proderet. Non citnbsp;ratione alicnû,dicere, Catholici amp; ChfJ'

CE Reb. Gallicis. 149 tiet : fed fceus tarnen quàmiftarum Rap-^odiarum auftores interpretetur, aatin-^frpretandû e/Te ccnfeant.Qui enim tan-^um(quodetiamobferuaui^ad populärenbsp;E''atiamamp; captuniftylum iuum attem-Perant,non habucrunt in premptuaxio-popularius,Æ(?z? efi Catholicw Rex no-fier jaitmagifter Petrus in opificina fua,nbsp;^0« igitur Chnfiianwfièd h^retteu^. Turnnbsp;''cro ad confequens ordinarium,ad craninbsp;recoftam. Bonum enim Chriftia-^um efTe hoc tempore,parum: bonû eflenbsp;^atholicum, multumeft.

Addifferentiam veteris ludaicæ fyna-gogæ(^quæ certi populi, amp; peculiaris cu^ ’üfdam ac priuæ gentis familijs contine-^ätuijuec alijs erat communicanda) Ec-^lefianoftra hodieCatholicae, h. e« Vni-ücrfalis nomen iuuenit, quæiam certonbsp;populo minime elf alligata, fed in quantnbsp;Oitines fine diferimine homines admif-Ctdles funt Ecclefiaquidc Catholica vo-citaturidoéfrinapriorib.illis fæculis nonnbsp;fuithuiu? nominis.Nonelfvniuerfalisil-Kcondataexvniucrfalib.capitibus, quitus addcpc aut detrahere, amplificare,

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i$o Discvrsvî . aut decürtare liceat: Contra doftrinänbsp;fpeciaiiisima, ccrtis quibufdam innbsp;pcuris fundata,certis etiamTheorcmä’:’*nbsp;amp;. Axiomatis bdei innixa, Tantumq;nbsp;edgt; vt xquc fit Catholica, vt tarn latè p^'nbsp;teat,quàm iudæorum, vt contranbsp;fitnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;angulhor, reftriftior.Lcg^'

tur 5.c3p.Euangebj fecundùrnMatchï*^’ vbiDominus devtraq^ diiïerensjrnanif^'nbsp;ftuin dHcrimen oltendit. Adcó quide’’’nbsp;vt fi hominem Chriftianum voces,nbsp;proprio epithcto defcribas. Sedconcr^'nbsp;tum inud,Catholicæ, alten quàm EccU'nbsp;fix tribuere,vt perinde interprcteris, 3*^4’nbsp;Chrilhanum, autdoébrinaDomininbsp;ftn lefu Chrilliimbutu, hoe veró eftii^'nbsp;proprie loqui. Quinitafit(impcritisnbsp;quor, qmbusdiéti mei ratio cxplicanlt;i*nbsp;ell^EpiftoIæApoftolicæ Petri,IaCobi,D'nbsp;hannis,IudaE,Catholicæinfcribuntur:3lt;’nbsp;doélrinxrationc;’nihil minus : imm*’»nbsp;quia non (unt peculiaris alicuius EccR'nbsp;fiæ,vtputa Connthiorum, GolofienfiH’nbsp;Epheliorunijficut reliquatillx Paulin^nbsp;propria; amp; particulates : fed generales,nbsp;omnibus Ecclefijs feriptæ. Nec lane did'

DE Reb. Galltcis. i$i mus,Credo doftrinam Catholicam; di -cinius,Credo EcclcfiaCatholica, Quodnbsp;nominatimaddideruntApoftoIijautccrnbsp;tc primi il li Chriftiani, qui pauló poft A-poftolorummemoriam hos fidci articunbsp;Jos fanxerunt,quód nonnulli eflcnt poftnbsp;mortem Domini, quiambigeret adhuc,nbsp;''erbum diuinum, amp; myfteria falutis eflt;lt;nbsp;fent 'neGcntilibus communicaiida:que_nbsp;^dniodum fané ad Diui Pauli aetatcm vOnbsp;sue, Apoftoloru nemo hoc priuatim innbsp;u^andatis habuerat Vnde fancitum eft,nbsp;ucquain pofterumficrctpopulorumdLnbsp;Jcietio in Chriftianifmodudaeos nullamnbsp;fupragcntiles prærogatiuâ habere : om-ucs vnum fore, Eeclefiam cflc Catholicanbsp;Vniuerfalem.

Hæc prima fuit ratio.Lapfu temporiï, 3tque adeó momento poft Domini mornbsp;’:em,nata eft in Ecclcfiafentenciarum di-J^repantia. Quod quidcm fatis indicat,nbsp;peifeaionem,canoncmveritatis ,Lydiu.nbsp;JapidemEcclefix militaticx hominibusnbsp;peccatoribus amp; ad errorem procliuibuxnbsp;oonflatæ,minime quadcare. Quodvcru,nbsp;'^numcft ôcinuariabilc.Quodcumacei-K 4 dcret.

1^2 Discvrsvs deret,cotaEcclefia,hoc eft, Epifcopi ot^'nbsp;nes amp;Paftores quotquot congregarip*’'nbsp;terant.de noua hac opinione ex Dei vC'nbsp;bo iildicabanr. Qua damnata, qui ilU”*nbsp;defenderet, hxreticus diccbatur:cui op'nbsp;ponebantur Catholici,hoc eft,ij,quinbsp;ximae partis Epifcoporum in vnarnftf'nbsp;tenriam conuenicnrium confenfuinnbsp;qucbaptur.Seddehocmoxplura.

Vox ergo illa, Catholici, variahab^^ interpretationcm, eftqjô/xww^toç, idcl^’nbsp;multiuoca:contrà, Cbriftiani, cftovk^i»quot;^nbsp;P’Oti, vniuoca. Quuni dicitur,Ecde^nbsp;Carholica,ei refpondetquod dicitur,b^'nbsp;clcfia Chriftiana.NulIa enim, pter Chf’^nbsp;ftianâjvniucrfalis eftEccfefîa. Quunia'’'nbsp;temagitur de doftrina Catholica,nbsp;femper fie feres habet, fi verbi propria^*'nbsp;gnifreatio attendatur, quum plurescxfnbsp;Ifantvniucrfalesdoétrinx,minime taïf^nbsp;ideirco Chriftianæ 5e orthodoxe.nbsp;omnes nonne eiufdé funt naturæz’noi’^nbsp;nevniuerialiter traduntur eâdem ratiO'nbsp;nefPerpcràm igiturargumentari eft,fi^^nbsp;Catholicaé a;nbitu Ecclefiam Se doétrin*nbsp;ftinul eompled:i: plurimumqj diftertdf

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DE Reb, Gallicis. i$î fcre.Doéhlna catholicè, hoc eft, vniucr-'alitcr vnomodocft tradenda: autdice-doftrina cft vniuerfalis, Vcrum prius.nbsp;^oftcriiis,fi vthodierniCatholicj faaut,nbsp;^oterpretcvis, Crcdcndû cftqcF mu n dusnbsp;‘•¦'edit vniuerfus,falsu erit. amp;;ad hac diftin'nbsp;^gt;pnem cmunftæ naris purgatæq; aurisnbsp;oportet. Infolens plane hæc/tfcratç^fs-^’’îidefendere, Vniuerlalem , totoqj orbenbsp;'^*fiüfam eïTeEcclcfiam ; credendum igi-quodvniuerfus orbisChriftianus,autnbsp;potifsima pars credit. Aliud etiä in-‘‘^nc fophifma eft,dicere,Ecdefia eft Ca-^^olicaamp;vniuerfalis,Vos tantumpufil-^shominumnumerus eftis:Non eftisi-ê'tUrEcclefia.Sxpenumero enim ortho-*^®Xi hæreticorû numéro fuperati funt.nbsp;^^jexhocipfo fyllogifmo u devobis,nbsp;^^àrn de nobis negaretur Ecclefia.Plurcsnbsp;^^Proportionen! veftram fumus, quàmnbsp;''Os ad totius Paganifmi,aut Mahumetif-

VixEuropam continet Chriftianif-’'»us: quid igitur Afia, quid Africa, quid ^nterica fieret;’ Adhuc peius cocluditur,nbsp;hocvocabulo, Catholicae, orthodo-Religio, eaq;, quæ orbis vniuerfi con-K j fenfu

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fenfu approbatur. Contrarium cniin^ eet experientia: non folum difturnD^'nbsp;mini ouiic fiium ad exiguum numeriii’’nbsp;reftringit,fcd totactiam id confirmatvî'nbsp;tus hiftoria.

Veruntamen à Catholicis noftris no” folùm in nomine fuo, quum fc CathoH'nbsp;cos Romanos vocitant,quaH dicas, Chr*nbsp;ftianos vniucrfales particulares , pccc^'nbsp;turfed etiam in nominis interpretatiO' jnbsp;ne. Dum enimfedicuntvniuerlales,a’^^ Inbsp;adEccIefiam percincre/quæ vniuerfaU*^^nbsp;doftrinam lequatur,fibi contradicun*^’nbsp;doftrinam hanc vniuerfakm rclfringcn'nbsp;tesadea quae in priuatavrbeRomapr^''nbsp;dicata fuit,pra£dicatur, aut prsEdicabiwr-luxtahoc Axioma, Ecclefiam oportere^nbsp;Catholicam efle,doófrinam non ite'^^'nbsp;quod negant: doftrina enim vocant Catholicam. Prætereà dodrinæ June cone*'nbsp;lianda eifet audoritas ex loco, vbi pf*‘nbsp;mumfuiflet traditaScannuntiata : quo»nbsp;chamnutat.

I Quidigiturdicendum, vtcoronident addamusÆcclefia ex orbis totius corpore conflatur, amp; ad verbi diuini voce, qu*

DE. Reb. Gallicis. 15$- » iRomnesorbis partes periiagataeftjCon-gtegatur. Haec porro Ecclefia quum v-’^aùtjficut vnus efl; orbis, vnam ctiâ for-’îiani,lt;^uam datDei verbum,rccipit,for-tnbsp;^aïn(inquam)quæ per totum orbem,amp;

Hæretici vox baud magnam admittit ^^tcrpretationem.Vocarunt igitur hærC'-vetcres eum, quipriuæ alicuius o..nbsp;Pitiionis deleftuin £ecillet,quam mordi-tenerctamp;fuftineret aduerfus reliquo-omnium Ecclefiæ Paftorum confen.

^ilio falfafuiflepvbifcxcenti Sifupra Ar-’^lani Epifeopi aduerfus aS-Orthodoxos ‘^onuenerunt. Deceptus fuiflet, quitumnbsp;affirm arevoluiflcc,verâverbi diuini in-telligentiamin fexcentorum illorum o-

156 DiSCVRSVÎ tarum mcndacium,penesvnumMien jnbsp;veritatem extitiffe^’C^in ita fie, non 3’ 'nbsp;finipliciter veterumCon ciliorum |nbsp;ininationes, HæcScilla hærefis tot Bp'jnbsp;fcoporumiudicio damnataefi;:fednbsp;aiunt, Huius vcl illius explofa amp; dani^nbsp;ta fententia eft ex eo quod ita vel ita le^’nbsp;ptum cxtat.Quod quidem probat, Eetnbsp;fiam vifibilem feribx duntaxat aut tabe'nbsp;^lionisinftarefle, publica diplomatanbsp;fcribentisiSc teftificantis, nulla taniéb^,nbsp;niandorum illorum autoritäre praed’^'nbsp;Quod fi locupletius aliquod exemple’nbsp;rcquirimus, Dominus ipfe, caputEed^nbsp;fix,aducrfus Haércticorum patriarcha*’nbsp;difputans,aliudne quidquam practetp'*nbsp;ruîïi putum feripturæ rerbuna ci opp^'nbsp;fuitt’Lcgatur Matth,4.cap. Quiatatnquot;quot;nbsp;primus omnium hærcticus, folus adne^nbsp;lus alios omnes pugnauit,primo ilHe'’/nbsp;tinuo fuit oppofitus reliquorumnbsp;confenfus, qui concordabantomnes»nbsp;recente adhuc habebant 3-1^nbsp;»Ÿîtraditionemiquodfemper eo rno^nbsp;poftea faftitatum fuit.Sed,vcrc vt loA*’^nbsp;mur, nihil nifi veritas cum mecdacionbsp;cül’’

DK Reb. Gallicis. 157 fühærcfi pugnat, nullaq; veritas eftpræ-^ftquàm quæ in fcripturafacra contine-^ur.Itaq; non ( propriè vtloquamur)E-pjfcoporumconfenfus hærefin damnat,nbsp;fed verbum Deiferiptum, cui ill c confennbsp;fusinnititur, quemadmodum non auri-^eismanus aurum explorât, probumqjnbsp;^fficitjfedLydius lapisquem præmani-habet,id exequitur.Eó tarnen adhibenbsp;’'^tnanum , iudiciumq; àkrifabri necefTenbsp;énim lapis à latomo, aut à textorenbsp;’^ouetur,fruftràid fiet: nihilominus ta-*^«0 propriè lapidis, non manus proba-do eft, quum banc eandem rrianum adulnbsp;ferinominufqs j)bo lapide vti cotingat.nbsp;Prxtcreà non facießat haereticû qux-libet opinio, vt hoc vocabulum hærcticinbsp;natiua fignificatione vfurpemus.fcd canbsp;lt;fctnum, quxadfidei capita pertineret.-Suum enim de ritibus amp; cærcmonijs tannbsp;agebatur,non item : amp; hac de reconnbsp;ftatex plurimis veteris hiftoriae Ecclefia-fticæ locis. Sed quivoletillud difertcco-gnofeere, légat epiftolam Firmiliani adnbsp;Cyprianum martyrem.Dcniq; hcreticosnbsp;®portcbat auditos exDci verbodanari.

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tum Satanam cx ipfa fcriptura danif fuiH'e. Vtid probecur,tantùmrcquir3f .•nbsp;ordo iHc/ntiquitusinlbtutusnbsp;haercticorum, Valerinianorum,nbsp;nitarum,Nouatianorum,0onatilhi^^nbsp;Arrianorum,Nen:orianoru,amp;:c. cend^jnbsp;natioBcdicebitviderequàm difsirnil’^nbsp;huius noftrifeculi methodo amp; vianbsp;grcHa fit vetus Ecclefia.

Hac definitione rcftaret illud

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î)E Ree. Galliciî. i0 li cotrouerfiae cxtrcmam manum addc-¦¦ent, nonnifi probabilibus vfi funt argii-métis, quibufcu nó aliter quàm fuis ipfo-•¦uin argunientis agercdecr^ui, nonne-fciusvtraq; commentationcautab indo-^is tantum leftum iri, aut faltcm impcrinbsp;^otum duntaxat animis vel profuturamnbsp;obfuturam efle. Non tam exilibus ha-’EistantiDelphincs capiuntur.

Ptimum caput, quodvna nobis con-^ludcndumcft(adhuc enimdeeonon-•^^hildicendum) extremum eft^quod to-^uæftioni præiudicat. Inquirimus vtri-5^epariter, noftræ falutis tituli vbi fint ’^ueftigandi. Nos defendimus, folafcri-Pfa cùm Prophetica turn Apoftolica fpi-fpirare veritatis:quiequid infecutunbsp;^ft,etiamcii'^5-(iiw%ji)ôgt;'ÿ,authcnticum nonbsp;*flc: dodrinâ quamlibct,à quolibet pro-lt;nbsp;, quæ tarnen in hagiographis Sc Ca-^onicis codicibus minime fitcomprehcnbsp;^â,adulterinamefTe.Quifint autcm,fcircnbsp;^cfideranti,prætcr veteris totius Ecclefiacnbsp;femelin canonc illos fuffragio fuonbsp;’¦etulit,confcnfum,lcgatur corum quoqjnbsp;Catalogus apudHieronymurn amp; Cypria-*nbsp;*iüin.Kos teftes nominatim laudo, qüiâ

magtftros noftros hodie in illorû poti^’ quàmautD.Petri autD. Pauli verba'^'nbsp;rafTe crcdas, ira illis fc addixerunf. Ad^*'nbsp;mus prætereà,Paftoribus huius vilib^'®nbsp;Ecclefiæ, in qua verfamur, indeab Af’^’'nbsp;ftolorum téporibus nihil nouuranbsp;folcns,ne minimum quidem apiculu’^'nbsp;aut articulum intro du cere licuiiTe, ijsnbsp;ceptis quxad difciplinam, ad politiâ»^'^nbsp;ordinem pertinerent : in quibus certè®'nbsp;mniauéboritate pollcnf,fedhaétcnusi^^'nbsp;men vt faétorum omnium fuorumnbsp;beant(quoad eius fieri poteft) autexei^'nbsp;plum aut telbmonium fiue exfacra pa§*'nbsp;na,fiue ex primoris Eeelefiçvfu deproU’quot;nbsp;ptum habere. Hoc noftrû eft fundam^^nbsp;runtenim fanftamhanc amp; vifibileit'nbsp;clefiam, non vfquequaqjefiTe perfeétati^'nbsp;quo ctiam citatur ab il 1 is verficuiusnbsp;nis, his verfibus ¦, Multainfuper

DE Reb. Gallicis. i6r bris, quos in manibus habemus,minimènbsp;contineri : fed alios extare poffe, in quosnbsp;afta ipfius caetera fint relata: fimuiaétanbsp;ptoferut, quxD.Pctri nuncupât,Epjfto-,nbsp;las,abofq; complûtes emétitios codicesnbsp;^ffingunt. Paralogifmum tamencomit-tunt.Clarius enim luce lucetmeridiana,nbsp;'^erficulum hune loannis ad hiftoriani,nbsp;fion ad doârrinamelîe referêdum.Quodnbsp;b^quentia indicant, q'uum addit:nbsp;fifiptajùnt, 'vteredatü, leßfw ejfe FiL'iHinnbsp;credent es in nomen eiw 'uitam ha-^eatis: quafidicàt, Cœteta Domini adanbsp;’dinimefunthoc libro coprehenfarquic-quidillud tarnen eft,quod feriptis conti-^ctur,fufficiens ôcidoneumeft cùm adnbsp;fidei veftræ o;x9J'c/A2«),tùm ad veram faiu-fis viam vobis oftedendam. Aequè vellé,nbsp;fie argutaretur:Quicqvid à mundi p ri-^dordioDcus fecit, libris Mofis non connbsp;fineturrdoûrina ergo veteris Tcftamentinbsp;manca eft Sc mutila. Adhuc afterunt nonnbsp;folum efte verbum fcriptûjéyx'^^^’f^,nbsp;nonferiptumayça':J)c(lt;, quod Traditio-nem vocant, hoc eft, quod priores pofte-rioribus velut per manus tradiderunt,

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16z D r S.C VR S VÄ . quodqj perpétuaferie ad huncvfq;ogt;^nbsp;conftantcr obferuatum eft. Vt probe*’nbsp;^uxdam loca veteris fœderis citât,io ‘i’*nbsp;bus illud fæpè repetitur : ^ando.jnbsp;hoc vel illud vider is, hoc Vel idud filio^nbsp;docebis. Item multa exTertulliano,nbsp;priane,Hieronymo,alijflt;q; prifeis .nbsp;ribus teftimonia ad Traditionen!nbsp;ftatuminadam accumulant. Veruj;nbsp;admittimus:dûmodô ne traditionbsp;modi capita falutis noftrx fundamc*’nbsp;lia amp; itridd^ attingat: in ijs enim oih*l^,nbsp;ui, nihil contrarij poteftinuehere : iOnbsp;ternis amp;adiaphoris,largimur,

Vbi autem nos vident eoufqi ftosjvltrà pro cedunt,amp;affirmant:nbsp;fiam efle fupra Scripturam:huiuscoo*nbsp;nonnifi illius fanftione locupletcs .nbsp;thcnticos efte:vqdcfecudum hoc cO*:nbsp;mema neftunt, nempe,quu tantuiT* P .nbsp;uilcgij amp;pr3frogatiuæhabuerit, vtonbsp;abapocryphis Seprophanis difeeronbsp;deniq; (vt fi c dicam ) fenfum iJlinbsp;indendi poteftatc fit prædita:nbsp;re ius quoq; interpretandi fibi vindijnbsp;proin aliam nullam interpretatioo^^j^^

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DE I^BB. Gaelic is' cipiendam cfl'c,prætcr cam , quae conlletnbsp;^Ecclcfia.Nos e contra, Sacros codiccsgt;nbsp;quibus verbum Dei fcriptum fit, amp; fa-lütis noftræ fuadamenta , amp; fontes, efié .nbsp;profitemur, exquibus fuam hauriatEc-^efia inftrudionem in fefe amp; per fefe, vinbsp;spiritus fandi, qui ilia fpirauit amp;diéia-^itjfuamauftoritatem obtinere, immonbsp;'tifcipfijvcram,folam, amp; folidam inter-pretationemhabere,quarn aliundemertnbsp;^icari fit nefas. Vefilsimum eiTe nofbi urnnbsp;^ocThcorcma.-illorum au'tcm è contra^nbsp;«Ififsiiïium, capiiófifsimumqj demon-“fabo cùmteftimonijsamp;hiftorieaufto-tum ipfa duce amp; indice rationc. tucnbsp;^fdam illis conclùdcndi locum.

Au£lorititc: (vtbreuisfirn) Domina Jpfurh primùm audiamus ioquentem innbsp;quot;æc verba libro DcuCiJcr»z£gt;»z,^«^/gt;rÆC/-fio 'vobù,nihil addetis.nih fl etiam ex eo de-^^Ahetis.^icquidprxcipio'Lgt;obis,feruatt{rinbsp;illud faciatis : nthil adijaetts-, nihilnbsp;^tiam diminuetif. Erubefeite tandem, ônbsp;prxffaiâx amp; perfriftæ frontis Plcudoli,nbsp;qui audetismon apicem dico, fed tertiasnbsp;quafdam tabulas Le?! diuinæ adiicere:

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qui «üinta (juædain Euangclia cofl-ruit’’’ qui, vt iocum vnum mordicus defend^nbsp;ns,libres Apocryphe» con tranbsp;in canoncm refertis: quid ad hæc dift^f*nbsp;eftis;* Ilium ipfum quoque attendatn^’^nbsp;z* . i -r^^i

pocritæ,qui popuIùmfeduCitis,quiR^^” bi nomen tamfuperbè'vobis arrog’^’?’nbsp;qui magiftri noftri in facra facultatenbsp;deri amp; elfe prsfumitis : tûc videbitis,/^’nbsp;néene Deus hac oratione compellct. ,

PoftProphcticaillaoracula,SapicO*’^ quoqj Agurcmin Prouerbijs audiainU^'nbsp;auid il le C’ Omnis DeiCermo imrra'Jif d'j

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D .Paulus ad Timotheum, Omnisfai^/ ptura efidiuinttui mfpirata : d^uin-ti’ »nbsp;Suidr'aufint igiturhomuncionesdiuinirnbsp;Utidicâdicere;' abfit. AdGalatas,-5’/gt;ô^nbsp;quijpiaTii 'vobis aliud euangeliumnbsp;fuangeliZiauerit praterçjuàm qmod euan~nbsp;Tjobis-,anathema eflo.

Amplius ergoiuri? habucritPaulifuç ^eflor^quàm ipfe fibi Paulus vfurparit;*nbsp;^ondicitjContrarium Euangelium,fed,nbsp;•'^Hudjdiuerfum Euangelium.

P-Pçrrus hæcpro éoron\A.z-.Prophetia ^on fuit olim humanité allataf 'edfanchnbsp;^ei homines, aeii Spiritu fan^o, loquutinbsp;fi^nt.Kwxïeixy hoç expr^eflum, difertum -,nbsp;‘luod quiuis intelligat i quod ver.o.femelnbsp;pronuntiauerit fandus ille Dei Spiritus,nbsp;ânab hominibus iterufancicturî’Abfit.

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Corona Militis, duabus integris fchcHù illain piopugnat :fcd traditioncm ccre-nionialem. In omnibus enim excmpl”nbsp;illiccitaris nullum eftnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oiciti^

lib de præfciip,aducF£hær.Alt;»^*fvgrlgt;/ffquot; hil ex nojlro arbitrio inducere licettfed fidnbsp;eli^re, tjupdalujU'ù de arhitrioßtonbsp;xerit : A^oßaUs Domtnt habemMSnbsp;res y gut r/ec ipfi quicqtiam ex fuo drbftyi^\nbsp;ijuvd i}iducerent,elegerunt,fed acceptnbsp;Chrißo difiipUnaxs ßdeUter ff aticnihfU^Jnbsp;ßg»daeru»t.3i autem Apoftoli,bafes ill?’nbsp;fu n damenta, amp; col umnac Eeelefîz de fi»*nbsp;rnhil inducere potucrunt, quis illorunbsp;cdforibus,multô minus priuiicgiadsj*'nbsp;ßi veniam codonabit f Non vinbilc blt;’^nbsp;folùm,etiam palpabileeft.O'facinus»'*'nbsp;dax/Ncmo noftrûm eftin familiola^*’nbsp;qui libi ad earn adminiftrandamnbsp;fjusnôvideatur, nemo qui feruulo«nbsp;ferat vel tantillum imperatis adderci»’’nbsp;detrahere : nos audebimus Dlt;um if’nbsp;tioncm vocarc,quafi non omnia adnbsp;tem noftram ncceflaria prxuiderit, qff*nbsp;jn Lege caput aliquodobliuionenbsp;mifentj eüius béni heminum inwnti^'

DE Reb, Gallicij. ï^7 ne ni iudieem arbitrariam fubftitucrit?nbsp;Hoedne tolerabile?Quapropter dicit honbsp;minis fapientiam in conlpeftu eins meranbsp;efle infaniani'Hanc ob rem D.Paulus A-thenis illos Grxcixfapientcs ludos fecit,nbsp;oftendens eu tota illafua phyfica amp; mc-taphyfica phiiofophia, cum numeris, eunbsp;atomis, cum Acgyptiacafcientia,cû mc-tempfychofi Pythagorica, cumarcanis k.nbsp;myftcrijs illis publicis,occukifq; infeitünbsp;tarnen fuamoftcntafle,qui diuinareno-dunipotuifrcnt,quifna eilet ille ©Eo'snbsp;A’r Nn ST O s,cui tarnen naturali quodanbsp;diuinitatis inftinétu aram ercxiflent.Hacnbsp;ob rem, Dominus fuos ex tot hominumnbsp;millibus, tamdiuerfi ftudij.inftituti acnbsp;profefsionis Apoftolos fclefturus,non-nifi in mifcllum,fimplicem amp;infirmumnbsp;^eccatorcm luminaluaconuertit.

Née reuera diuini confilij eu humano vllum clt commercium ,vlla commüni-catio-.quumq; falus agitur xterna, medianbsp;iiliusab intcllcftusnoftri fæce êccorru-ptelatamfuntaliéna, vt quodeunq; no-llrum conferamus,noxx potius quàai y-fui litfuturum. Injjoftratantum hunxi-L 4 litatc.

16S Disc VRSVî Htate,amp;ignorantiæ noftrx confcfsiofl^nbsp;Deusactfuiefcit. Nihilfcio (’inquit Paulus ) prscter lefum Chriftum, eumq; crû'nbsp;cifixum. Qui s mihi (quæfo) difturqs ertgt;nbsp;cürin inftitucda ludaica religi-oncDe^^nbsp;agrjuînremifacrâ,porcum vero inteft*'nbsp;bilem amp; abominandâ eïTc voluent;’Cüfnbsp;hircum in viftimam peccati: cur par tuf'nbsp;tnrum in facrificiumnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;exini’^

feccritc'Quî heri poteft,vt Ros,qui ne ro*' nutifsimarùm quidcm rcruin rationellnbsp;reddére valcmuÿ, ira nobis fuffœni^'nbsp;mus, vt demaximis quibufq; decernec^nbsp;prçnobis feramus*Hodic velutcx trip®'nbsp;de ftatuiturdeanimarum,poftquàinfi^*’nbsp;ftæfuerintjdomicilioiauftioni exponufnbsp;tur earumfuppliciaifalus cft venalisiP^^/nbsp;difus liciratur : id totû, hoc ipfo optin’^’nbsp;quia nobis allubefcit,quia noftrçiunti^'nbsp;bricæ Sc opificinœ.Scripturas id volurn’j’nbsp;quantumuis inuitas amp; réclamantes fccû^nbsp;dùm nos pronuntiarc : Deumin ratioci'nbsp;nium amp; calculum bonorum operumf^nbsp;ftrorum vocamus.Si redundat numeruSinbsp;ca nobis fupra debitum crogari, imputa'nbsp;riq; flagitamus,quod reliquû cftin buH^*nbsp;lani

DE Reb* Gallicis. 1(^9 Um InduIgétiariam referri, Huic funda-mento. thefaurum fu^ererogatoru ope-ru aftruximus. Longius ctiâ proceditau-dacia;crçaturâ loco creatoris , opificiumnbsp;opificisloco colnTiuSjveneramurdjsfup-plices fimus i'nortuis,qui viui indignifsi-mèferrét diuinos honores ad fetrâsfcrri:nbsp;eorum imagunculisadgeniculamurjuponbsp;plicia, deprecationcs offerimus, xiiagnonbsp;dlo amp; vcro Mediatorepoft fcrgareliéto,nbsp;tarnen adeo fui opens æmiilus cft, vtnbsp;Humana faluteferatindignifsimè cor-riualem.Certè animorum noftrorum li-l’crtate peruerse aburimur.

Antcquàm tanti mométi dogmata in Ecclefiam reciperentur, mâdato opus effet difertifsimo : non autc detorquédtcf-fent loci impunè, ad leges confeientijsnbsp;pronutu figédas ac refigendas. Exemplûnbsp;eommemorabile citabo,quod vnicû luf-ficiat captiuâdis animis noftris, quotief-cunq; vel cogitare tantû fuccurrit,Denninbsp;efle:tantum abeft, illius vt eflentia, illiusnbsp;arcana inqui'rendij aut eius voluntates amp;nbsp;décréta ccnfurænoftrç/ubijciendiius nonbsp;bis arrogate debeamus, Jobushâcfemelnbsp;L 5 prxro-

37® Discvrsvs praerogatiuâ diuinitùs rctulit, vtDojn*^nbsp;numfuum familiari colloquio compté'nbsp;laret:fed,quod amplius cft,quû aniinalt;^'nbsp;uçrterctDcus munantcm,acdicctem, S*nbsp;meus fodalis cflcs, fi Deus non elTcSjfih®nbsp;mo clTcs ,mcus xqualis,mei fimilis,nbsp;altcrcarcr,tibi dicam fcribcrem.- quxrcf^nbsp;libentcr,cur me crucies,quum pernbsp;tyitam integer fuerim,Dcmifit Deus aur^nbsp;ipfius fcrmocinijs. Id facra tcftatur hift^nbsp;ria.Iobus debile amp; exile ingcnioli fuia*^**nbsp;men acuit,vtDeumarguat,cxprobrctjænbsp;iuftitiam,mendacium, quippc quod co’’nbsp;tra pafta.iuftum,integrum, pium hon^*'nbsp;nem affligi patcretur. lehoua vocula vn*nbsp;hue vcrrniculum elufitauditoq^, regf’^nbsp;tantum,Agedum,igitur, ó lobe,fi inc^r**nbsp;adionum à me rationcm expofeis,die,2'nbsp;ge,qua rationemundum iftum condid^lt;nbsp;pm,vbi terrarum tunc cfiTcs quid agcreJ«nbsp;Terrae mihi fundamenta oftendc.

ni mihi matricem produc tunc mciniu^ TOCCI licet. Silct, arreftis adftat auribus-genuafleftitjin fiiciem procidir,fuaq; cö'nbsp;.fternationc codocefaftos nos admonct»nbsp;nihil intra nos eïTcaut extra,vel rcculi^nbsp;capaX»

BE Reb. Gàllïcis« ï?i *«pax,non modo diuinz,fcd ne humançnbsp;^uidcm,3cn»bis familiariï.

NunEagCjhiftoriâindagemuj : quôq; inv^ritatem facroruni codicum vnani-’Bcs confentiamus omnc$,iurc igirur manbsp;dpi,amp; vindiciarum exinde agamus. Connbsp;ftat priores duas Scripturx partes fubnbsp;lt;luobus diucpfis téporiDus,Dècalogidv-ploidc dicofub Lcgcrigoris,amp;Oratio-fiéiTi Dominica fcxarticulis comprehcn-fub Lege gratix gt; iilam ejuidem diuilt;-’’æiuftitix oftcnt3tric€m,alïeram gratixnbsp;®â^hjbitriccm,darè amp; \?iftbilitcr facrofan-^oDciore fuiflepronuntiatas. An'^nohnbsp;’dfatis ?Quis aufc cb audaciæ prorupif-^ct,non dico ex vniuerfahominum mul-btudinCjfed ne inter fanÂos'qiridcmDcinbsp;*’roi,ytillas auftoritatc-fua vellet fand-’’cÆtiamfi tacerethoc billoriaupfius Legis, amp;prccationis fubftantiataiiscd,vtnbsp;nemo à Dco fecundus illarum auftor cf-fepotucrit.

Vtenim conueniant omnes omniû hominû métes, aut prohibitionibus Lc^nbsp;gis additurx, aut in yrticulis precationi»nbsp;dofcétû alique notaturx,hoc illii

ip Eçcicfiâ intçrpretatio vera no fctnp^ I cxiftat,patet ex Matth.i^.Marc.y. vbi |nbsp;minus çuidentçr.Scribis ScPharifeisnbsp;fam eorum interpretatione amp;nbsp;'ncmoftcndit,

¦' Omnino, rcfta ratio fi quærirur.» pfosinfirmioresagnofcunt, quàm vti'*nbsp;fint falütis auéto;res, fatis viriuni habtj^^nbsp;adeoslibrosauéborandosjn quibusb**nbsp;ris media cou tincturt’ Ergon e imped^f^nbsp;rumde fcicntia fummû fuerit arbitt*^'nbsp;crgonc cœci lucis principia peruefti^’^^nbsp;j’intt’Nihil iftuc coloris habet. ObiieiW^’nbsp;-non homines iudicare, fed Spiritum

DE Reb. Gallicïs.' 179 tctigit:fic etiamDoöiorum Eccicfîacîudinbsp;cia ad fua ipfi tis fcripta Interpretanda di-cigatSecus eft : hiftoriarurfus cofulatur:nbsp;Deus femel loquutuscftLcgcm fiia pro-nuntiando, nee ampliüs.-quicquid fcquunbsp;tum cftjhuius Legis commentatio fuit 8cnbsp;interpretatio. Quid Legem interpretarinbsp;4ico;’pcr ipfifsima Legem. Manebatfemnbsp;pet codex authentieus, cui nihil addi po-^crat,nihil detrahi. Quanquam veró nó-lt;iuiTiimpleto falutan myfterio, neceflenbsp;foret inter Legem amp; Euangelium, internbsp;^ofcn ScChrillum, àDeo frequetes in-^ernuntios fubindemitti, complurefqucnbsp;f^fophetas fufeitari, qniinfida hanc gen-teminpromifforum veritate confirma-’¦cnt.ncmo tarnen à Mofeinuctus eft,quinbsp;^liquid ordinaret:qui populum, hocvelnbsp;dliid facere iuberet,fed omnes vnanimi -tantum i I lud dixeruntLegem amp; pre-fcripta vobis à Deo per Mofen cuftoditc.nbsp;Idem in Euagelio: Semel Deus per inter-nuntios fuos loquutus eft, volun täte fuinbsp;patefccitjSpiritum dédit imperij amp;màn-dati,que illico remouit, pofterifq; vnumnbsp;pbcdientise Spiritum reliquit : noueratnbsp;fcilicct

f74 .DiscvrîvS gt; fcilicet improbifsimum hominisnbsp;^biiTumc. Quid?ji quotidic fuiflctnbsp;Bicndi,dccurcandi,laxandi cócefTa libff'nbsp;tas,p^roh! hominum fidcm’ quata, jnbsp;mulu hxrcfcon móftra pcpcrifTctnbsp;çcntia,quum ctiamnum hodic circungt;'^fnbsp;ptis nobis vcrbo fcrij)to cinceUii,non lt;•'nbsp;men ab eins dcprauatio.nc mentes iH“’quot;nbsp;tasabftinucrimus , amp; gloflcmatanbsp;mate cótextu induccreprçfumpfcrin’^’’'nbsp;Quan do no obfcuréhodie veteranbsp;bra in nos contorta rctraftamus,nbsp;tur à nobis,que fuerit igitur EccIeUC^p^'nbsp;ris illius præfertim amp; purioris ault;ft‘’f’nbsp;tas, quanveroiHampcirundatamnbsp;nitus citinftamtuncftiiffcvelimus. P**nbsp;iam pro coceiïamihi temporis anguft’nbsp;quatenus protendatur Paftorumnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ij,

lis fucccdcntium poteftas : dignus vin ce nodus:maiorc certc defignato ad tanbsp;arduam quaftionem opus eflet.nbsp;tamen,ad falutarcs codices quod attin 'nbsp;quidfcceritEcclefia.

Eleazarus,Phincas,amp;corum tçftei fucrant oculati miraculoruninbsp;^ÿfeneditorum, quxhomo, nifi

ÖE ReB; Gallicis» 17^ tdcrc non potuiflct.Ipfi avii'^tu teftifica-ti funt, «juoru rcccpto teftimonio fimulnbsp;ctiam rcccpit Ecclcfia diuini illius amafijnbsp;fcripta,Spiritus intcriore afflatu amp;vi occulta vcritatis códoccfaéta, eer ra q; dciUnbsp;ioru falutifera vcritate:maximc veró fréta rniraculofis tanti illius Herois fa ein o-tibus,qui quum ca patralTctjqug Humananbsp;Hdem fuperarent, nihil nifi ó-eórn^^ofj innbsp;codices referte potuit.Ab co tepore Do-tuinus fuos mittens prophctasùn corumnbsp;^crmonibus amp; fcriptis cofdem, fimilcfqjnbsp;^nthufiafmos continuauit. Eandemdo-^cinamdocct: pleniftint eadem verifsi-tïtorum vaticiniorum fcric,nota certifsi-nia ciufdem Spiritus manum amp; linguam'nbsp;^nipcllcntis:ornatadhucfanftosillo$ honbsp;ttiincs cxcellcntifsinais dotibus,grandi-bus Scmiraculofis effeitis facit illuftres:nbsp;quot;Teftij cftillius temporis Ecclcfia: teftianbsp;pofthuma, ijfdem exterioribus amp; intrin-Iccis inftrüfta (r,;yM.«o/ç,corum Prophetiatnbsp;fcripta pro authcnticii ampleétitur^nbsp;Den iqî Dominus ipfeincarnatus loqüi^nbsp;tur,docct, fidis fuis amanuéfibus fuos denbsp;Euangelio libros diÂat: quodvideruncnbsp;, magni

1-6 Discvrsvs magni ifti viri,quod audierut à magiftrO»nbsp;teftitur, amp;in hiftoriafua Propheriarui”nbsp;in libro Moiïs inchoatarum, amp; in libr'^nbsp;omnibus prophcricis continuatarunbsp;plcmenrum pertcxunfducetin jjs euidc^nbsp;tdsima veriCatis fcries:quod nonnifi^^nbsp;abvno codeqi Spiritu proficifci porui^'nbsp;fanéti ilh homines fingularibus Dom’”*nbsp;fui charifmatis, fcientijs extraordinarii’nbsp;inauditis miraculis clarefcunt : EccU^'^nbsp;c03Eua,vt vidit, fic teftata eft: fcriptaq;nbsp;la,tanqua veritatis amp; auftoritatis plcni'nbsp;fima recepif.

lila igitur Ecclcfia verum potuit à fo dignofccre:dicerepotuit, Hæcepift*^'nbsp;la eft Pauli, ilia nequaquam : non tain«”nbsp;ciufde illius Eccleliæauétoritatc verui^Jnbsp;eft verum, hæc vel ilia Pauli epiftola ver’nbsp;döftrinam continetdiuius rei vnicunbsp;T’jf/cp eft fanftus Spiritus. Regis Admin*'nbsp;ftri,Curiae, Prxtores prouincialcsjein^nbsp;quidcm diplomata recipiunt, figiliumnbsp;annulum recognofGunt,rata habet -, prO'nbsp;mulgantmon autem ordiQant,non coifnbsp;ponunr,nonóbfignat, non figillant: in’nbsp;tcrpretari licet, non autem nouiaut con;nbsp;traf*)

DE Reb. Gallic is. 177 trarij quicquam adijccre. NoruntauriH-ces aurum acupro diftingucre: non auténbsp;a.urum idcirco conficiut,nec pofluntar-gétumaut plumbum admix'tumvcl ad-icftumin aurumvi mixturseauc addita-irienti conuerterc.

Attamen, quum priuatus tantum homo fpeétatur no deb co ego lib rum ciui autdógma'recipere,nifi prius inïcclefiànbsp;receptum videromon debet enim priua-tus anteire: fed ftare illu Ecclefiac cofenfunbsp;par cft.Quoties autemin ipfoEccleficfi-nu inter ipfos Paftores aliquid ortum eftnbsp;controucrfiaEjtunc ad codicem recurren-dum,ad códicis iudicium prouocandunï.nbsp;cftAtq; haccnuda,vcraqi eft huius argu-mcntiintclligentia.

Hoc pofitofundamentOjdum conG-deroquidnoftræGtGdci,dico ampliusgt; raufam non efle, cur nomen hxrcticorfinbsp;nobis tribuatur. Hxrcticus propriè lo^nbsp;quendoîs eft, qui feleétam aliquam opi-nionem mordicus tenet amp; aiicueranternbsp;proßtetur,non auté ille,quialtcriusfen -tentiam aut negat, autin controuerfianinbsp;Vocat. Quod li ira eft, nobis iaiji fitiniu-M riàgt;

ria, dû hæcdcdecoris nota inurituf, quü nihil vcrû affirmcmus, quod vnà sobif-cumtotusChriftianifmuï vcrum noaf--firmct. Appelle corum ipforû confcicO’nbsp;tiam, àquibus ficdcnominamur. Cuiusnbsp;notât nulla certè vnquâhxrctici doélri^nbsp;na fuit inventa. Pro parteigitur affirma*nbsp;te,vacainus crrorc. Pro negante, nobis c-tiamillud cjprobrari non poteft, vllurnnbsp;vnquamànobis diuinæ legis madatuni;nbsp;?llum Scripturx contextum, vllum fiddnbsp;articulum abncgatum.Quod enini ad O'nbsp;rationem pro mortuis, adDiuorum in*nbsp;uocationcm, ad meritorum amp; Purgato-rij opinioneniattinct,fi negamus, iiullnnbsp;tarnen exprelTum coatextunt negamus.nbsp;nullum exprelîùm mandatum répudia*nbsp;mus: notum cft, iftis opinionibus nullt*nbsp;pofitum cfTe prateepturn, nullum contextum fuffragari.- amp; illarû aflertoresnbsp;gumenta fua inde per feripturæ quafdarnnbsp;induftiones, autantiquitatis cxép]a,autnbsp;traditionis régulas, detorquere, QuarCnbsp;iamnobishacin partefitiniuria.

Expetto in promptu refpofum, negar* ïgitur à nobis contextum, amp; ipfifsimanbsp;Xnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;vcrbagt;

Reb. Gallicis.

Vcrha,’WTi^gt;;7spin facro Euchariftiiemy-fterio. Maior hæcquæftio, quàm yr tam brcuibusfpatiis citcum'fcribipofsit. höcnbsp;tantum dicam:Verba non negamus, in-terpretationé, quæ verbis aftruitur, pne-gamus;Hx luntdux cxaducrfo fentetix^nbsp;iccedat purunlab omni affeftu iudiciu»nbsp;Dicit Dominus:Z/i?f^'/rtfz^meam : Hisnbsp;(flfanguismew. Adbæc mandatu adiun-^tvLx-.^oHefiunt^ conùenerîtü, hocfacitsnbsp;‘tnmetcor»mer»orationem. Hanc igiturv-triqueaftioncmia Domini memoriamnbsp;lt;tlcbramus:celcbrantes cofitemur vim,nbsp;cfficaciam amp; ianécitatcm abj cjuidem.fa-lt;ramenti,abj yeró,Sacrificij. Sed ccce di-fcrimcn.DicuntCath'olici Romani póftnbsp;ûcrorum verb o rum prolationcm, panénbsp;in carnem,vinum in (anguinfcm transfornbsp;naari : In fpeciebus panis Sc vini fic com-nautatis,facrumDomini Corpus quan*nbsp;turn c cruccpependit,inucniri,quod coe-lo dclapfum örabter mandiicent Sc cor^-I poraliter dcntibus corpotcis frangant,nbsp;fed in fpirituale abmctum*Nos dicimus,

I füinentts panem Sc vinumfignavifibilia, qux Cigna non forent , nifi aliquid Cigni-1nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;M i ftcarent.

iSo Discvrîvs ficarentjfignafacramentum non comp®nbsp;fitura,nifi fignaefrentjfignajquæfimul ß'nbsp;gna,amp; res fignatc effe non po/Tunt,easin'nbsp;lt;]uam)manibusfumédo,dentibufq; cor-poralibus manducand«?,nos fide amp; fpir'-tualiter verum amp; viuum pane qui denbsp;lo defcendit,manducare,rerurn corpus»nbsp;amp; verum fanguiné Domini in fpiricua-'nbsp;lemalimoniam participare.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;.

Si hæc hærefis eft, hæreticus eft cert^ Tertullianus,quum dicit,Hoc eft corpusnbsp;mcujid eft,figura corporis mei:eft amp; AU'nbsp;guftinus dicenSj.Crede,amp; manducafti- S*nbsp;autem hæc maxima eft controuerfaruiUnbsp;quæftionumjillaæ libéré profitebornii'nbsp;hiqueaufim confidenter polliceri, fi dafür vnquam feriéti amp;libcri Concilijnbsp;cukas,Spiritum Dei fine dubio,quid crc-di velit,eftc pronuntiaturu : eo nos xquunbsp;cftvotaomnianoftra couertcre. Vtcun-que fit,after©, iuxta han cregulam, nobisnbsp;illud liquido demonftrari oportere, aut,nbsp;quicquid hodieinEccIefiam introduci*nbsp;tur,vcrbo Dei cócordare,auf,ab Apofto-loru fæculo, Ecclefia ijs téporis progrel-fu addere,vcl detrahere potuifte. Quod u

DE Reb. Gallicis, ùa eftjfàteor nos hæreticos,nifi nofmetwnbsp;pfi vitro fubmittamus.Sin autcm, huiusnbsp;axiomatis conftantifsimaeftveritaSjSpi-FÎtus fanéti,amp;hagiographorum à diuinisnbsp;amanuéfibus exccptoruni auftoritatcninbsp;Ecclefiævifibili adhucinterfis militantinbsp;prïponderare:non licere hominibiis fa-luriferos codices emendate,imó ne ijsnbsp;lt;]uidi^m addere.-quód fi amp; digito amp; aù-n- gt;nbsp;¦'ptas monftrauerimus, multaquæhodienbsp;plaufibiliter receptafuntj non folùm ad-ditamenta eflc,vcrùtn çtiâ contrariaver-bo diuino dogmata, odiofum illud nomen nobis immerétibus imponitur hocnbsp;folo nomi-ne,q!’ Reformationépetamus.

Hæcfunt,quæexTheoiogicis. canoni-bus cdlligere potui,vtijs refpondcré, qui nosrnau’ditosillicOjVt hæreticosdânant,nbsp;pifi Religio.nemmutemus;amp; quivolunt.nbsp;Regem,ni faciat,iramdiuinam régnofuonbsp;accerfere.De his quxdicofynccrc amp; candide iudicent, quemadmodum fyncerc,nbsp;candidcq; fcribo:amp;vnu fàltcm experien-tur, pluspofiTcin hocriegotio rationcm,nbsp;quàm vim : amicè confexendo Sc audien-do,non autemaltcréado amp; ad manus vc#

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in pernicicm eius totü rcgnuiD ad rebel' lioncm,pcrdueilionemqjfolicitetur,aii’'nbsp;fi Romani Pontifices totam Europan^nbsp;arma concitent, eum vt diftriéto mueilt;’'nbsp;rieconucrtant.

Quodautemad politicas rationes tiner,ob quas culpatur, quod Cathol'^^nbsp;Apoilolicâ,RomanamRcligionc nöl''nbsp;du ht profefTus’, de ijs quid diélurusnbsp;nefcio.Si horainibus forfan Atheisdiê^’.*'nbsp;în confilioPrinçipi dando de rebus ad*nbsp;lutem pertinentibus Humana amp; profa'’/nbsp;facris mifcere, non mihi vidcor lalua cO'nbsp;fcientia,illis vt refpondcam, idemnbsp;debere. Eft practereàin corû difcurüb^nbsp;tan ta débilitas amp; vanitas,vt aduerfui aPnbsp;aculeox elypeû feptcmpliccm aptatcnbsp;le fit indecorû.lam antchac explicui,nbsp;fint maxime,firmifsimxq; caufe,propt^nbsp;quas belli ifti comentatores Régi noftfƒnbsp;aut cafum aut conferuationem vaticin»nbsp;lt;ur, fi non tam folcnnem aftioncmfh^

DE Reb» GalLICIÎ. 185 ratiunculæ onmes ad Huguonotrû con-elamanduni appofitifsiniæ,oiTincs baiu-lis amp;calonibus,onmcs maxime,furiofif-(îinæ, vilifsima:q; prmeiparus parti plau-fibil es,omnes deniq; ad flatus fubuerfio-né flagrante præfcrtim cotrouerfia com-p’robandam aptifsjmx: fed omnes tandcnbsp;eo, tanquam ad feopum vnicû coUimannbsp;tcs,vt R.CX apud holles pefsimc audiat: a-pud nos omnium Galliæ calamitatumnbsp;reus pcragatuf.Ad puerosigiturrelego,ànbsp;quibus rçfponfumferant.Neq; cnim di-gna,mi iufle,tua feueritate mea foret re-futâtio. Nimiû certc nolli,Reges, doneenbsp;fpirant,adeaquevitcamp; faluti conferunt,nbsp;9dfpirare: fed mortuosfecuros elfe, annbsp;SandioHylium an Clcrym eorum funusnbsp;efferatur; ifli tame inter præcipua firma-mentagerras illas fuas numerant,quxadnbsp;rioflri huius çonuerfioné viam rauniant.nbsp;Ad vnû exurgam,putà,C modo mihi im-perare id poffuiTijVt patientix meæ frxnanbsp;inijciam ;atqi adidq^uidemverbotâtumnbsp;rcfpondebo. Régi bdemob(lringunt,finbsp;fiat Catholicus, hoftibus anfam beilige-randi praerepturym cfTe, fimulq; cunlt;Sas

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Gailise ciuitates fefe illi dcdituras.Hïc tri plici catena vinftus 'haudfcio an faniorenbsp;rnentem, judicium, rationem, paticntianbsp;fitft reten tu rus, (i patiétem yclimaurernnbsp;non rationijfedrancidxfabule comfflO’nbsp;lt;^afe,qug non folumfaifitatis plcnifsiiTi’nbsp;cft ( vahquam prsetextu non caret, qü*nbsp;resTiandi caufaarmatur/) fcd ctiafophif'nbsp;matis,rceIeris,proditionis.Quid cogita’’nbsp;tes hune hoibum prætextû admittiivus*nbsp;quibufnam (quaelo) fitgrauioriniuria,i'nbsp;ftifnc hominibus,quibu$ pcrplacetfu^’nbsp;hoe paéto aftioncs elTe comprobatas, a®nbsp;Regijin quCjCimulatis blanditijs, crirncj’nbsp;omnebclliciuilis conijciturfPerinde^'^nbsp;mihi,ac fi etia dicas,ó Antichriftianefet*'nbsp;ba,Quód reeufaSjO Rex,fieri Catholicn^*nbsp;in caufe cs, cur iuftc arma capiant holf-^'nbsp;Se cur iuftè in Regnum tuum vindi'^^*'nbsp;Deus.lEft'ne adhucigiturquifpiam creditnbsp;Jus, quifibi pcrfuadcatcaufamRclig’®'nbsp;nis candem quoq; belli huiüs noftri ciu*/nbsp;lis efTéd Ah.'obfecro,, id fi haéienus credfnbsp;diftis,ó boni,cótra tot noftras verifsint^’nbsp;obteftation es ab ineuntc bello, Se poft^*nbsp;faftas, eædcs iila faite nefariaRegis

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ftachi(detveniamverbo fercnifsima (ô Kcxjtua maicftasjRcgis fupcrftitiofi,Regis haereticorum, vt tunc vodtabantur,nbsp;cruorerubentis adhuc amp; commaculati,nbsp;cxéplofit vobis,quàmminimaE futurusnbsp;cHctapud plebe fidci amp;auftoritatis Ca-tholicus neophytus, Catholicus quadra-gcnarius, gladio amp; pugionc conucrfuj,nbsp;profeflus ad has cominationcs, nunquanbsp;’f’tè Regem fore, quàm habitum, qucmnbsp;''®cat,fumpferit, Religiofus, qui iam ob-audiatdeabieft© (vt galjico prouerbionbsp;lt;iicitur ) in vrticas cucullo -, qui relapfus,nbsp;S’Ji impœnitens,qui cxcómunicatus, quinbsp;apofynagogus nominetut. O'infaniamJnbsp;admittantur hse rationes .' fed quibus lo-ds, boneDcus dicuntuf rquot;adhucncrcci-piunturr’Quifquis ille cs Gommen tatio-nis iftius auétor,resnoftras non itapeni-tus ignoras, quinlibtosLutetiae amp; alibinbsp;ante an nu cxcufos,iampcrlcgcris,in quibus fusé oftéditur, vtmaxime tunc temporis Rex Catholicus fieri in animu in-duxilTet,fcriusid futurum,iam admifsi-bilem non cffemportuifTc primo omniunbsp;diuturnoamp;accrbobclloijs quireformà-tioreni

tiorcmReligioncmtuerifc dicut, ilW ’ zelotas Catholicos de conuerfic^is%nbsp;fynceritate confirmaflc, ccrtiorefq;’'^nbsp;didifle. Quemadmodû fané non dubi^®nbsp;quin hæc prima ât petitio,vt profefsiO’’nbsp;fuammutct:altera, vtbellu Huguono'nbsp;tis inférât. Neq; huius maior aliqua Mnbsp;ben da ratio, quàm præceiïoris hab i ta 1’^' ,nbsp;vidctur,qui anno 1585 fuper hac conf '’' 'nbsp;uerfiaad loricam induendam comp'J'nbsp;-fus cft. inter eos Rex nequit clic Catho'*nbsp;eus,qui totumfuumRegnum adhar^“^*'nbsp;cum occidendum, 6c extirpandum, f,nbsp;ptriclitetur. Kæcillafuit in dcfuntbi?'nbsp;querela, quodverusêc zeiatus noncl^'nbsp;Catholicus:hocpafto confcictiamnbsp;xternùm fufpcÀam habebut: hæc cn’^’’nbsp;vnicaeftinter eos boni zeli nota, , jnbsp;Veftris illis affeclis reliquos vcftros,^’nbsp;iCapnopolæfamufculos aJlcruate. Cu*’’nbsp;viris,non cum pueris,qui oibraealis dccf

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DE R.EB. GalLTCTS. facultas: amp;fi efictrcs adiaphora atq; vulgaris Religienis immutatio.alijs ccrtè pinbsp;gnoribus opusefTet, quam futilibus vegt;nbsp;ttrislermuuculis, ad Regem in irrepara-bilcm lapinm impeUendum,-

Obfecro. te,Iulte, omnefq; qui ifta le-gent, vt bona cum venia liceat, bîc compendium quxrere,omnefq; alias humani calculi ratiunculas filcntio prxterire, innbsp;te præfertim tarn neceflaria,vbi agitur vi^nbsp;ta öc falus fempiterna.Teftor de induftrianbsp;fexcentas ftylomeo hærere validifsimasnbsp;quidcm ilias amp; confideratione dignifsi^nbsp;Inas rationesjamp;quxpotucrintnoniü iu-ftifsimc Regem ab innouationcReligio-nis induceda, maxime quidcm ea formanbsp;qux hodiç defideratur à plcrifqj, prohi-bcre.Equidcminimcvnusilias pcrnoui;nbsp;videt tota Galliaividet etiam tfiftifsimosnbsp;cafus tumultuariam iilam Seviolentamnbsp;immurationem indubitärer fequuturos.»nbsp;Ideo prgtermitto,indignabundus etiam,nbsp;coufq; me erupifle, vtvel os folucrim- E-nimuero ludicabis eo tantum pcrtincrenbsp;ineamiftam digrefsiuncula, vthiftorio-graphos iftos ciuiics Judos facia, qui au-rcum

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fc rcfpcxiiïe putant,fi exclamauerif'' Per te ftatvnum,ó Rcx,quin pacatè imp ;nbsp;resrfi enini vel femel miftificareaniiT'^^nbsp;induceresjomnesinimici tibi adgO^'j'?nbsp;procidcrenuls non fum, nee adfuni)’'nbsp;Vtdica,bcne an fecus faciat, fi feccrit:nbsp;ftorum eft;fcd fi boe regnandi eau fa co”nbsp;filium datis, agite ergo, id ne fruftràô^';nbsp;vthoeetiam verbum cfFutiam.O' vos ƒnbsp;verifed vcrifimilis eofultores/nbsp;go:'an exeidit vobis memoria Rex def'’^ |nbsp;étus:’an vobis toticside eritineulcand^' jnbsp;Vela,Iufte,eontrahamus:nunquaninbsp;nim finis effet: fed eoneedc primùm’^^*nbsp;uerfarijs noftris fcrupulum vt cxima’^’nbsp;quern maxime obtendut, Sein euiusvHi' ,nbsp;bra,noftrumnon pauei voluntdelitefc^' inbsp;re.Hæçenimvideturinfaniarillorum 'nbsp;cralt;vtdieitur)Anehora.Dum igiturao*' 'nbsp;maduertunt tarn veris argumentis lalff'nbsp;fimumhuneillis prxtextum eripi,excm'nbsp;ploqj funfti Regis demonftrari,huiiisnOnbsp;ftrieonfèicntiæ refpeéhim amp; eonfidera-tionem perparum illos tangere,adaliiidnbsp;extremum prorumpuntjamp; bcllum fegC'nbsp;rert

i)E Ree. Gallicis. caufanrur tuendæ tantum caufaRc-l’gionis:non quód adhuc in eos perfccu-do inftruatur,non quód illorum animisnbsp;infcratur: fed in pofterufibiilludme-^'^öt,néve Rex hæicticus fidem fua ih Rc-S'io conftabiliat extirpata vera Religio-ecce tuncCatholicus Anglusab hc-d'tfu'at exemple ad raucimvfq; argutan-Q débacchatür.

Hæ e certè optima pars illarum waw-^‘«ç:pefsimè tarnen clauata-Dicutpia-fimilitudines omnes claudicarc: ^æcnetibiam quidemfanam habet.

^enricus vni-Angligrcxdcccmiaiii ^^nos in honore amp; pace regnauerat, rc-S'^urnq; fuum habebat totu ad obedien-dain compofitum. Illius memoria to-

Orbe Chriftiano maiorc -, quam ï20O. annis ( vt nemo nefcit) erant in pre-dignitate litcrarum amp;fcientiarumnbsp;^oia. Illius memoria, Luthe'riamp; aiiorunbsp;^^.poftulationes de corruptelis in EccJe-intróduótis,maximcq; de immodcrinbsp;j ‘ ontificum auftoritate,hominum au-'jr gt; perculferunt ,vtin ipfius regnoat-ac alibjjcomplurcj inucnircntur,quinbsp;Rçfor-

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Reformationê Sc pctcrent amp; expctcrcö'’ Tuncinçen» cafusaccidit. HicRex,nbsp;gnus alioqui Pfinceps, Vt fuit id æui m*nbsp;gnoruiiî Heroum fcrè omnibus in or^'*nbsp;rerræpartibus fcrax,ii'npensèmu{ieroli*’nbsp;fuit. Aduenicns ad Corona fuadctut Af'nbsp;ragoniam filiam in matrimonitimnbsp;cere,quam frater natu maximus vxorcl’'nbsp;habuiiïct,fcd integram (vt ferebatur)nbsp;Iiquiïret,à morbo repetino ip{ifsiman*f'nbsp;ptiamm novtecorrçptus. Cófultófedf’nbsp;vt regnu fœdcrefirmaret. Scd pauionbsp;vxoris fatias ilium cepit Quum tarnen if*nbsp;impetrâdamatrimonij illius permiffif’'nbsp;ncfatis labora/Tetjilli planèjnterdiâa^^nbsp;repudij relaxatiomeceo cOntcntus Pof’'nbsp;tifcx, ipfiusqueLegatus, quod priuataninbsp;auéforitatc feaflet,damnat. Nouo quO'nbsp;da amoreiam tenebatunnec non popô'nbsp;lus ipfeHifpanicam iifam affinitate,qu^nbsp;prælertim incclfuofa ferebatur,abhorre-rc cœpcrat;cratq5 iam Pontifici, qui hoenbsp;fubieètû acriperctillius pcfsimé traélan-dijfaftus oîienfior.Hoc malum quuminnbsp;id tempus incideret,gt;quo Pontifieum ty*nbsp;rannis conclamabatur, facile fuit Réginbsp;periua-

DE Reb. Gallicis. î5î perfuadcte iugum illorumcxcutct-c,dd-ftrinaq; vniucrfali,amp;Catholica contcn-tumcffcHnditioncautcm fua politiamnbsp;Ecclcfiafticam, amp;pccüliarcm ordin^ra,nbsp;Suiabillo tantùmpcnderet, inftituere,nbsp;theorema certc, cuiprobado haxid magna incftdifficultas.amp; à cuius vcritatc prinbsp;'^degia Scimmunitates EcckfixGallicà-¦ haud multùm rcccdut.Rcx igitur,pô-Pulu(vtdixi)fui obfcruantifjimû quumnbsp;quot;âbcretjfimulq; offenfumvider« corru.-MisjnEccleha rccaptis »Epifcopis fuisnbsp;^'formationcm proponcndam curauit;

ip2 'DI s c V R s V s . num, populärem eiïe rerum nouafi’'^nbsp;capacilsimum« Facile fuit ergonbsp;gi iampridem populum ad obfequiu^’’nbsp;comparatum habend,populo id perfofnbsp;dere,in quod ante Regem {ponte iamnbsp;clinaret:amp; crcdo,equidé,fi anno óo.G^'nbsp;lia Regem ita animatüm nafta efletjD®^nbsp;futurûilli difficilefuiiïe in earn pattednbsp;populum fuu conuertere. Quoties cnigt;^nbsp;maximus numerus in rem aliqüam eöft'nbsp;fenfit, facilis eft reliquorum in eündc’’’nbsp;confenfum pertraftio. Hodieverb, aK^'nbsp;ramcomparationis partem inducent^^’nbsp;cxpciidamus parumper, idémne noftf*nbsp;in Gallia locû poflet inuenire* Dico nc4'nbsp;hîcnecvbiuis terrarum, non primùtn^^'nbsp;fentiente,cupientc, defiderante plèbe,nbsp;ripoflevt Pnneeps aliquamin cultùd*;nbsp;uino mutationcm inuehat. Si quid noü'nbsp;cupitRexin Regnupi fuum induccrcjan^nbsp;voluntàteid obtineat, aut vi, nccelîecll'nbsp;Voluntate quidé,aut exemple,aut pcdnbsp;fuâfionc.De cxemplo,quidr’annon oliii’nbsp;in Eccicfia Principes extiterunt Arrianbnbsp;Nouatiani, Relapfi, Pagani, ApoftatXjnbsp;quorum ejccmpla cius puritatê miniifl^

¦ nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;tame*

DE Reb. GALLrciSt t9j Urnen labcfaftaucruntf Sacrum hoccornbsp;pus,donee Spiritus fandi vcritatemdu-cem amp;Cynofuramhabebit, nullius pra-uiexempli, nullius falfxpcrfuafienis ca-paxeft. Oltctctmundana omniaRegnanbsp;('lUantum volct;Satanas: no idcirco Deinbsp;filiusex pinnaculo tcpli fedeorfum pre#nbsp;cipitaturus eft. Ne nos ifte metus pertur^nbsp;bet. Merninerimus ante dith Gamaliels: Si haec nouitas(nOn enim eft hiiius tenbsp;poris ifthaec odiofa veritatis cogn omina-tio) àDeo eft, non difsipabins vos,quinbsp;liomines eftis: fi aliunde, à femetipfadif-foluetur.

De vi autem videamus, quampolsit Rex optimam methodumfequi. Oportet primum omnium vtnobilifsimas o-mnes Galliævrbes inpoteftatem fua reducat,fuæq^ profefsionisEuangelicacho-minibus compleat,Bene,poftet illud durante adhucbello cofequbVienimfi ex#nbsp;pugnauerit, quôs volet,intruder : nihilonbsp;tarnen minus exterarum gentium auxi-lijsopus erit: no animHuguonottorum,nbsp;fatisin Gallia,qui Lutetiam folam im-pleant. Adhæc à Catholicis non minusnbsp;N quàm

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quàm ab ali)s ftipatur amp; adiuuatur.Nufî» ex fingulis vrbibus, quas expügnauerit,nbsp;Prxfidem amp; prgfidium Huguonotficuinnbsp;deligct^’Quid adhæcGathoIici dicerentî’nbsp;Fieri non potelKquomodo autemfe gerat hacin parte,minime eft obfcurum.E-contrà, ponamus paeem effe, quî pofletnbsp;in omnibus illis maioribus pnefidiu lo\nbsp;carc^'num illarurh aliqua reciperett Cogan tu rvero : quid f an minus priuilegiinbsp;habeant quàm Rupella;’ A‘J'iugt;a7tiy,ib'nbsp;furdû:ac fané vrbibus,quæ ciuibus abuænbsp;dentobfequiofis,alio præfidio non cfto;nbsp;pus, mfi cerdonum.quiportæ fuperiorenbsp;partem conduxcrint Hæc de populo-

DicamusdeNobilitate:quaEratioini^ ripoteritad cogendas tres Nobiliumm/nbsp;riadas,omnes Principes ,omnes Regn*nbsp;proceres, omnes præfertim infignioriJnbsp;notx magnates;:’ quibus auxilijs vbi co-mitia habebuntur ? quis in banc rem Re*nbsp;gi adfuturus eft;’ De Clero autcm:donecnbsp;itabit integerSc incorruptus cûEqueftribnbsp;tùm Popularis ordo, dum munitifsim»nbsp;illalocaerunt ceidÄM^at, Ecclefiâquis vr-gebit;'Cicrum quis vi cogetç'Miniftri (

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de Reb. Gallicis. 15»$ Deo placer)Rupeilani ÔiBergcraccnfes,nbsp;q.Cardinaîes,Epifcopos,Archiepifcoposnbsp;Geneuam citaturifünt.Luditis hypocri-tæ,quum illis hune metum vu Iris incute-re:cogitateferiô vos iilud credere, amp; im-penfemetuerc.

ludicauerint eliam Macci amp;Buccônes,

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lpatium,id quod dico vérifsimû clîe ; fed purgatæ auris elfe oportet,qui velït ima-ginarij huius terriculaméti artifiçium dinbsp;gnofccre. Verum eftvetùs illud Gallicû,nbsp;^ihil compendiofius eld,quàm aqua tur*nbsp;tida pifeari. Vidi homines nunquâ qüie-tosjnifi quum inquicti funt maxime, quinbsp;ittos infaüftos de induftria tabella-ïios conducunt ; oui faces admouent, vt

^enditur,cædcs,incendia minitarifalteih ®portct. Breuiter eau catur illud,ne paciï

Ijé Discvrsvs . amp;ordinis guftusvllus ingenijsnbsp;prxbeatur:caueatur fummè ineen dij •ƒnbsp;ftinftio.Multó enim inftaurarc,quani'‘’nbsp;uereincendium difficilius eft Et eccenbsp;ftravtaftaDeusabfolucrit(Deo fitnbsp;quum contra poft bufta, poft torment^’nbsp;poftlanienas^vixnobis gladij præcintb^nbsp;perfuaderipoiRt.'ifti iam anteconin^*'nbsp;nationen! deftrinxerunt.

Attamc his pofitis (facere nó poftiin’’ quin amp; häcquoq; Tiafliijjjij-wpmihiperi'n^nbsp;tam:fermo enim ferinonem trahiOEo*'nbsp;fiRex inuifus, innominatus, itiaudir^^nbsp;hgreticus,apoftata, apofynagogus ded^.'nbsp;ratus cfirctretiamfi peior adhuceftet:etid‘nbsp;perfecutordicite mihi voSjHierophaO^^nbsp;CIcri primarij ,numtametfi illaoini’’^nbsp;concurrant(nihil autem iftorunihïcan’'nbsp;maduertitis) liceat vobis Regni incap3\nbsp;declarare:proferte autoritärem,nbsp;ptum,exemplum;dicite mihi, fit'nc W*’nbsp;ditisintegru hodieordincmillu ànbsp;patrum amp; auorum noftrorum confeoii''nbsp;totannorum fcriein hoc Regnofancdnbsp;amp; roboratum inuerteref Dicite mihi,ƒnbsp;Vetrus amp; Paulus conferendifeuaufere

DE Reb. GalliCis. 157 régna amp; principatus ius fibi aliquando v-furparînr:num difciplina Chriftiana, nûnbsp;cenfuræ Ecclcfiafticæ poteftatemfua vitra communionis corporis Dominici fines extenderint rNum priuato cxcomu-nicationes bonafuavnquarn profcripfc-rint, quoniodo igitur Régi fuum regnu;*nbsp;Oicite adhucmihijQuorlumabibitpro-nûtiatnm iiludfilij üei: MeumRegnumnbsp;non cftKincç’Quorfum dixerit,Rcdditenbsp;Cæfan quæ funt Cæfaris : quorfum difci-pnlo fuccenfuerit, quiaduerfus politicunbsp;fOagiftratum gladiumftrinxifiet,exprobrans ej,non illumanimaduertere,fi vo-lninet,cp3iu nitbu oculi Angelicas Icgio-nes ad pcdesprœllô aftorc;’ quorfum illcnbsp;maximorum Maximus,nbsp;^apui Ecclefixfuae, potentia,gloria‘,ro-borc U) inuaifsimus Ethniçi iudicium,fine prouocatione, fine defenfionç, fubic-titivos autcm,culices, vos verm,iculi ter?»nbsp;figenæ,contra excmplum amp; prohibitionnbsp;nemEilij lehouæ Régna inuertcrcmpli-mini, coronas amp; diademata decernitis,nbsp;Keges veftros occiditis, frucidatis; in eo-tum memoriam maledifta amp;Diras cuo^

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198 , D r S c V R S V î initis:hærcdes eorum Scfucccflorcsexp^* 'nbsp;litisc’ Veftrumcfthæreticorum nomcf'nbsp;nihil ad nos-Neq; enim fcripturarum aænbsp;ftoritas,ncq; purioris iliius, ncq; noftr^quot;nbsp;rum texnporum Ecclefiæ exempluni, vO'nbsp;bis üfudiuggçrit.

Vobis tarnen ignofcendum, qui prO' ptcr hærefi n Regem hu ne regn o indigo“*nbsp;pronutiatis. Iniquiores in AntccefibreO’nbsp;Regem, etiamleuio.ri decaufa fuilbs,!**nbsp;queni tarnen nullafubeflet fufpicio. Q.**,'nbsp;extremam aleaiii femel iâcere volunt?’®nbsp;vna.m5T?»lt;^«rr(/arripiunt.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;,

Dicam ramen, fi Rc^numhoc noftf** Eleftiuum foret, meæqj partes cifent gt; **’nbsp;media concione populis Regem fuade**^nbsp;di,non certc Atheum.non vitiGfum,no’’nbsp;hxreticum,non Turcam,non ludeu foi'nbsp;dercm. Sed quum diuina difpenrâtio*^nbsp;naftitur qualifcûq;,anathema efto, qu»'nbsp;quisDei ordinationem inuertit.Quînbsp;infelix,qua fini Deus immittatt’vis igi^o^nbsp;diuinum indicium anteucrtcrc*lntcr tçt

DE Reb* Galltcis. conftantiani Ecclefiæ explorandam,adnbsp;candcm Martyru cineribus amp; fanguincnbsp;propagandam,pro fperandamr’Non connbsp;tineomciNon iftud nctimeatis, o Eccle-fiaftici. Non xquumvos adhuc perfecu-tionis honorem, infallibilc veritatis notam, nobis præripere. Damnatifemper,nbsp;nunquam perfeciitionem pafsi funthae-retici.Nuilius res exempli. Gaufavero licet martyrcm fac!at,non pœna,nûquaranbsp;tarnen tulit Dens hancfacra viétoriæ launbsp;fcam.hoc honoris infigne hseretico capi -tiefl’e ornamçtoriin verb fupplicia amp;pœnbsp;nas hæretieis aliquädo permifit, nunquänbsp;tarnen in ijs cnituit hilàris illacóftantia,nbsp;gioriofnm illudgaudium, cruciatuuillenbsp;contcptus, quo Martyres de aquaru gur-gitibusjde carceribus,de acre, de flâmis,nbsp;fingulis dementis in reos teftefq; fuæin-nocentiæ citatis,triumpharunt.

Deo vifum aliter: non fccundis rebus, non Principum gratia propagator Eccle-fia:fplendetfubtyrannis : tormentorurnnbsp;vomere vertitur: Regum huius fæculi fae-ce amp; ftercore impinguatur: cinerib. pro-feminatur, fanguinc amp; lachrymis irriga*nbsp;N 4 tur:

200 Discvrsvs tur-.vtSole, flanimis, vt rore, carnific'’’^nbsp;Ytitur.'floret Autumnocalamitatuni.'P^^'nbsp;nifi tribulationu hyeme fruftus prole‘snbsp;fuauifsimos. Has notas cu veftro illonbsp;annoium l1’atu(quxfo)conferte:tunc‘;^'nbsp;pcrietisJuxuiTi vcltru.opulentiam. oti“’nbsp;rpecieini'nundanam,poi'npam,coronä^’nbsp;th ia r as, fp 1 ê d o i cm, au ri veftri fu Igo rfnbsp;lapillorum nitofcni,totdiuitiastarn^'nbsp;tiosè tanta copia vobis pofTcflas, nihilnbsp;ifto crucis ftemmate commune hab^*’?nbsp;Vt]certc,nifi alias notas habucritis,fcrc“nbsp;cipofsit, Vos Üei ßcclefiam non elTe-

Claudamus nunc tandem fcri'O^' nem:quumquc morbinon fintretegc”'nbsp;di,nifi pi omatur remedia: agedumj^l^'nbsp;tari conlîlio finiam.Hoftes alloqui ec»®'nbsp;fcio enirn alia defignata mente agif^'quot;^’nbsp;malorumq; noftrorumfecuros clîejall^'nbsp;quor eos ex nurnero noftro, qui bono^^nbsp;loducti(fateor)Pacis amp;R.eligionis,opt^^nbsp;quotidie Regem Catholicum fieri, ha’’^nbsp;vnam efl'e relhtuendo Gallix otio paci*!’nbsp;viam arbitrantes.

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DE Reb. Gallicïî. 20t ma via infifterc, lieer fit certè optabiliornbsp;Ecclcfiæ totius reconciliatio,quàm vniusnbsp;hominis conuerfio, hanc qua vobis modo tarionem proponam,fequimini.

Tumuîtuantis populi noftri prætextu admittitis, qui fuam inobedientiani Rc-ligionis larua induit : orationem eorumnbsp;rccipitisîvçrum efie putatis quod dicuntnbsp;Régi, fi mifiàm vnâ audicrit, fead pedesnbsp;ftatim arma pofituros. Eftofané:reapfcnbsp;S^id fit futurum, videamus. Gerte cnimnbsp;conimiferatione illuddignifsimum,inter nos elfe tam fupinaingénia, quæmu-tationem banc poftridie purent pace eflenbsp;^Hatura, amp; per Regem ftarc credât,quo-Diinus aurcum fæculum polHiminio re-uertatur, amp; diuinus fauor acbenediftionbsp;Regnum hoc denuo rcfpiciat: quietiamnbsp;niufsirét,muginentur,Chimæras amp;Tra-gelaphos tertiæ cuiufdam partis fibi fin-gant, quibus per phantafma Galliam to-tam implicçnt.Si ira cft,ne tam multa di-eite, plura præftatcmo hîçverborum,fcdnbsp;terum amp; effeétorum copU opus : firmif-fimis projfofitîs, non dcliberationtbus:nbsp;Rtioxà articulis, non poftcœnicis confa-iüF 5 bull-

|)ulationibus:faóhis,non paftis inanibu’' Vt politicus loquor; ficenim cogornbsp;re,fiuevtmcum ftylum captui veftroat'nbsp;temperem,amp; oftcndam ex opcrisnbsp;täte,veftramepanidam efTcpropolitiö;nbsp;nem,fiuequc)d (qucmadmodum ant^’nbsp;fumteftatus)non profiteor me quenqtJ^nbsp;Theologiâ docere veile: difcerc,iTieü etf;

Auftor igitur fum,a fubditis vt pril«*’

Iat)tum dcmum in Kcgem definetis-P''' fum Cathü'iconim hoibuni noftrorun^nbsp;paulifper('quæfo)tcntate:animumexpl®nbsp;rate, vos qui in eadé diuini cultus foriii*nbsp;conuenitis, quibufq; tantum

cotroucrfia cft,quam defenditis vo^i illiftudçntconuellere. Date operain,''nbsp;D. Mænius, omnes partiariæ vrbes,p*quot;’'nbsp;marij de ClcrOjEqueftriq; ordinequiH'nbsp;iiusfignafcquuntur,fpondcâtiam nui’^nbsp;^crLcgatos,communi publicoq; omnii*nbsp;confilio,fynceram,vcram, ilbbatamnbsp;giobedientiam, quali anteçelîores fuo5nbsp;yencrati funt,ca lege, vt Catholica ApO'nbsp;ftolicam Romanam Rcligioncm profi'nbsp;^eaturiDum fc eb necc/Taria inftitution«

DE Reb. Gallicu. 205 comparabit (iudicatis cnimfopinor) nonbsp;eó polïc primo impetu defiJire, priufqucnbsp;ci,vbi crraueritjintclligcnduni eiTè: alio-qui nullaHumana confideratio, nullumnbsp;latisamplum amp; drues Regnu eHc potelï,nbsp;quod caput illud defaluteaut exitio fernnbsp;pitcrno adiapHorum reddat: ) dum Cin-quam)à vobis inftituctur f amp; forte iliumnbsp;iilftituendo vofmetipfos in/htuctisjifaci-tevt armavncopendeattota, quàmlatènbsp;patct,Galliâ:extcrægcntes abfcedant, nonbsp;mis negotijs neutra ex parte fe immi-feçant: nobis ilia decidenda relinquant,nbsp;Dabitis, (opinor) primum hune appara-tum erté nece/ïàrium. Reftinguendû eftnbsp;eulinariumineendium camino,dum ap-paratur cpulum,accenfum5antcquâ con-uiuarum fiat accubitus. Ableganda priusnbsp;a cp rp O re feb ri eu I a eft. à vu 1 n erc gan græ-ua,quàm quidquam attrcéfes.Dicereamnbsp;teiT),pcriculum fore, ne interiminermesnbsp;çlîcntLigarij, abfurdu. Opportunaquo-damfortafsis hæcratio fuit Huguonot-tis,qui Sebenos tantum teneban t.- fed vr-bium praecipuarum dominis ,ijfq; qui ànbsp;Regis lateribus totProccrcs habent, quinbsp;fuam

204 Discvrîvî fuam Religionen! profiteantur,lt;}uoruii’nbsp;fidei ftare pofsin t,nulla eft metuendi oC'nbsp;cafio.nihil enim hoc tandé eft aliud,nbsp;jma^inaria exarmatio.Propterea non c?nbsp;tinuo viribus potior Rex omnes illorun’nbsp;ciuitatesingredietur, non continuonbsp;dibus manibufq; alligatis vires adim^^’nbsp;Stabut femper pedibus,ad palinodiafl’’nbsp;lt;juandocollibitumerit,red!turi. •

PofthæcRcgéaditeprxmeditati,acd^ fti, diftorum bene confeij : primumil^*’nbsp;pro ftatus parte jVniuerfum GalhxaJ^'nbsp;ius dbcdientiam confenfum, ad pace tO'nbsp;to Regno ftabiliédam,rcpræfentate.nbsp;ferimen quod fit inter regni iam partbp’nbsp;cati amp;tranquilli poftefsioncm, amp;.nbsp;eiufdem per mille cafus, laborcs amp; pC^’'nbsp;cuiaconquifitionem, facitevt ludi jj I’'nbsp;ipadijudicet.Duas tabellas pingitCjh^f’“'nbsp;pacis,belli alteram : in ilia quidem, oO®nbsp;fiorentem vrbem,bonorum omniumnbsp;ujtem, aedifieijs fupcrbam,gaudionbsp;rijs voluptatibus delibuta, Regi magnifi'nbsp;cum Scgloriofum aditum prxparanteni'nbsp;in altera» ponite ob oculos obfidionem,nbsp;ruinas, faxorum amp; corporum cadauera?nbsp;muro*

DE Reb. Gallicis. 20; muros aiietum pcrcufsionibus hiantes:nbsp;portas dificftis lapidu molibus amicis,nbsp;inimicis impcruias: xquata folo paiatia:nbsp;inccnfa domorum faftigia,fcrrum amp;fan-guinem,violentiam infrà amp; dcprxdatio-nem;nolite adhxc infignia verbôrû fche-mata,quibushocfubieftum eftfœcundifnbsp;fimu, prætcrmif tere.-nullum inutile forenbsp;mihiipfe perfuaferim, pro pace,pro o-tio,proregni trâquillitate addudumirinbsp;in veftram fententiam nullo labore.

Secundo , vt eum priüatim optima: Theologiæ capaccm reddaris,de Catho-licofum omnium Gallicorumcœtu ( nonbsp;corum tantum dico, quifapicntiores officium non font obiiti, fed aducrfariorunbsp;qüoque,nequid omittatur) doôtifsimosnbsp;qùôfqj,amp; dOdrina a c mof ibus Ven erabi-les feligitc. Eum alfoqüanturgt;aüdiant:dinbsp;can tfaltem,quod Turcæ,qüod Mabumcnbsp;tano difturi eiïent : Homo allophyle,nbsp;Deumignoras, opinionem vcritati coW-trariam unes. Annon hoc êftqüodtiiini-mura facræ regiæ maieftati debctur offi-cium;’Patietur,feret,foftinebit. Sed ferâtnbsp;ipfi quoq; refpôfom: ipfe cum inftituto-ribuï

2O5 Discvrsvj ribus fuis amp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;manfuetè r^'

tionein corum que tum docueruntjtun^ didicerunt,redders pefmittatur. ïpfinbsp;ró animodtatem tollant,vcritatemexnbsp;mnibusfuis parribus integra propon^f»nbsp;vbi deceptus fuerit, quid veri celatus :nbsp;falfi fucritedoélus. notum eft cnini no” ’nbsp;tuliireSpartamili4m,quamcolit,omn'^nbsp;vtfciat.Probè inftitutum per Deinbsp;obteftentur^per facra fuæfalutis, pernbsp;calamitates, quaru caufain eius pertina'nbsp;ciamfittransferenda.facilemfe,docibil^nbsp;præbeat, pafito oilini affcttu aurcsnbsp;riat,audiat.Necdubitetis,coloco,co tef^ 'nbsp;pore,eofine,tamfoîenniin cœtu, qui’’nbsp;aûioniilli Spiritus fan dus fitfauituruS'nbsp;immo etiam,fiitaopus cfi;,ad miracU' ,nbsp;lum vfque.

Si tentatis iliis o^inibus,côntra diui num œftrum, contra Spiritum fanäuna*nbsp;contra vcritatem palàm eft ilium in cet*nbsp;turn, deliberatum, pertinaxqj propofitunbsp;impegiiTc puri cultus diuini reijciendhnbsp;fcopum cius eflc, perfequiEcclefiam, nOnbsp;conferuare,tune plus Iicenti2:,plus vcniîfnbsp;(fi quaefTe potell)pcrducilio fubditorunbsp;habiturâ ,

DE Reb. Gallici5gt; 307 habitura eft : niaior la item vobis praebc^nbsp;bitur occafio iilum veftræ miferieaufto-rem appcllaridi. Sin contra euidentilsi-muraerit, non aliumfibi fcopum pro-pofuilTe.quàni Dci pure colendi, feftan-dæ vcritatis verbo præfcriptse, ilîi intclii-gendæ amp; addifcendæ -, patulas aures cumnbsp;corde femper praebufte, adeoquenede-fleétat, ne mundanum Regnum cœleftinbsp;anteferat,ab incunabuiis mille difcrimi-nafuarum omnium dignitatum , orna-nientorum,capitis deniquefubiiïïe:Sinnbsp;auteni(quodpfoculdubiö Deus inlucénbsp;proferct) nigrum fcelus hoftium noftro-i rum. inftar ferarum immanium,huiusnbsp;Rcgni lateribus imminentium, inftan-tidm,nec ante defiturorum, quàm vitamnbsp;‘^V^^^’^guinefuxcriiit, patefcct: tuncfe-.nbsp;tofaltemvcrum à fophifmatc difcerne-tur ; tunc noftrorum temporum amp; cala-mitatum au0:orcs, ad tribunal trahen-tur: videbit Gallia, quibus interitus fuinbsp;crimen debcat. Vosautem, quos adali-Suod aliud rcmedium firmius propo-‘itum inclinabit, defperata clcmentix

2c8 Disc, dé Reb. Gall.

amp;manfuetudinisvia,nobifcum tun eftis, huicimperio amp; regno excrtJH*nbsp;Dci dcxtram incurtibere, infigncmnbsp;liquam (quantum profpicio ) mu-tationem iam iamin-duóturam.

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