VVEe have moſt ſeriouſly weighed, the contents of the Letter brought to us from your Majeſty, by Lord du Bois, Maſter of your Majeſties Ceremonies, bearing date the nineteenth of this preſent moneth of Feb. having thought deeply there upon, with the reſt of your Majeſties Counſell, Preſidents of Eſtate and Parliament, as the importance of the matter, our bounden duty toward your Majeſtie, right humble and feliall obedience on his Holineſſe his behalfe, duty and conſcience toward the Roman Catholike Religion, doe all ſeverally and reſpectively command and require: And firſt your Majeſty hath good reaſon, and therein obliged: to give thanks and acknowledgement unto his Holineſſe; for the care he hath of the durancy, and perpetuity of the now flouriſhing State of your Majeſties Crowne, giving unto your Majeſty very ſeaſonable warning of fore-ſeeing, and preventing the evils that may any way endanger it: amongſt which (we all here reſiding for the ſervice of your Majeſty, in all things whatſoever, and principally about this now in hand: doe advertiſe your Majeſty, that it is a miſchiefe, the remedy of which is not to bee any while deferred: for the Hugonets in number increaſe, and ſwell mightily in France, thorow all quarters and territories; yea, we are given to underſtand, that in ſome places they are become ſo impudent, that they oppoſe, and mock you Catholicke ſubjects, as they come from our God unto the holy Maſſe: which is more, Boyaux our Secretary hath avowed unto us, that a Gentleman of Deepe an Hugonet, ſtucke not to ſay (in reproaching him) that he ſhould ſee ſhortly, that the Proteſtants (as hee termed them) would make proofe of force enough, not only to defend themſelves, but (may be) to offend their adverſaries: which hee ſpake openly in a Taverne, and (wee pray God) without ground: we are all aſſured, that the conjunction of your Majeſties moſt Royall ſiſter in marriage, with the King of great Brittaine, being a Prince profeſſing the ſame Religion, (although il rewarded of it) and the promiſe your Majeſty made unto his Embaſſadour, of gentle uſe of them, during their loyall deportment: and his Majeſties like uſage of thoſe of yours in England, hath beene the cauſe that your Majeſty hath ſhewed ſuch clemency, that we may not ſay licentious liberty unto them, againſt your Majeſties owne intereſt and profit, that we may not ſay, conſcience, and otherwiſe obligements: but ſeeing that this obligation is fruſtrate, and broken on their part: and that your Majeſty is ſo aſſuredly certified by meſſengers, the verity of whoſe report we no wayes doubt, how great miſeries the Catholicks there abiding, ſince the holding there of their Parliament, are put unto; not only in reſpect of eſtates and honours, but of freedome and life: how unworthily your own moſt Royal ſiſters Subjects, (knowing that her reproach doth ſome way glance upon your Majeſtie) we aſſure your Majeſtie, and declare unto all the world, that your Majeſtie is acquitted, and diſcharged of all obligation, or promiſe whatſoever made in that kind, ſeeing that his Majeſtie of great Brittaine, either cannot, or will not keepe and obſerve his: All which conſidered, that which your Majeſtie is ſpeedily to reſolve upon, is this: Your Majeſtie muſt forthwith publiſh an abſolute, and peremptory Edict, declaring what courſe your Majeſtie is pleaſed, and reſolved to take with theſe Hugonets: ſtraitly charging therein, all your officers, of what quality, degree, condition, place, or authority ſoever, where theſe Hugonets inhabit, upon paine of loſſe of office, fine, and impriſonment, and farther ſharper proceeding, if your Majeſtie ſhall ſee juſt cauſe to accompliſh, and put in ſtricteſt execution, without any reſpect, or favour whatſoever, all and every the particular clauſes, as touching the ſaid Hugonets, that in the fore-rehearſed Edict ſhall be contained; the Copy whereof wee have here ſent unto your Maieſtie, by Mounſieur du Plaiſir: one of the Preſidents of Parliament, to lead, reviſed, amended, enlarged, altered, or preſently ſigned, as it ſhall pleaſe your Majeſty to write your Royall diſpoſedneſſe, wee remit our ſelves.