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MAdame, besides the con∣tētes of the writyng the which we haue this pre∣sent daye presented vnto your maiestie, the whi∣che also we purpose and trust (with your fauour and licence) to cause to be set forthe and
publisshed throughout whole Christen∣dome: to thende we may gyue more oc∣casion to your maiesties to be assured yt we desyre to submyt our opinions to the iudgemente of your maiestie, and of the kyng of Nauarre, and that we seke one∣ly the quietnes of this realme. Sithe it hath pleased you to declare vnto vs that neyther the kynge nor you woulde euer commaund vs to depart frō your court.
¶ If so be that they whiche be at Orle∣ans wil disarme thē selues, & the coun∣treys, townes and places of this realme geue due obedience to your maiesties, & that euery one wil sweare that they wil be obedient to the kynge (as to their so∣ueraigne and naturall lorde) and to all the statutes and ordinaunces the which eyther be alreadye or shall hereafter be made by his maiestie, by the aduise of his counsel, and publyshed by his court of Parlement at Paris: The power of men of warre remaining stil in the han∣des of the kinge of Nauarre, who is the kynges lieutenaunt general, and repre∣senteth his person, in such nomber, qua¦litie, and so long as shall seme necessa∣ry:
without and before the performance of whiche thinges wee iudge as in oure faythe and consciences (consideryng our estates & charges) that we maye not ne¦oughte not to departe from your courte and traine: but if we so do, we shal pur¦chase parpetuall shame and reproche vn¦to our selues & our posteritie as vnfaith∣full seruauntes and officers, who haue abandoned the honour, wealth, & saue∣garde of our kynge and of his realme, of our cuntrey and the peace and quietnes of all thestates therof, the whiche we se in daunger of euident and ineuitable ru¦ine, if prouision be not out of hande and without delaye made therefore.
¶ Wee offer that we wyll withdrawe our selues euery one of vs to one of our houses, there to obey the kynge of Na∣uarre in al that we shalbe commaunded to doo. Durynge the whiche absence of ours, so moche lacketh (Madame) that we wyll desyre or require the lyke depar¦ture of the prince of Conde to any of his houses, that we wishe to se him present nere vnto your maiesties, and do beseke you to procure the same, & to cause hym
to depart out of the place and companye where he is: where as we neyther can¦ne wyll loke for at the hande of suche a prynce any other thing but suche as be∣commeth the bloud and stocke whereof be is come and descended.
At Paris the fourthe of Maye. Anno. 1562.
Subscri∣bed as afore.