[ IX] THey of Geneua make profession of the Protestants religion, and they haue not any exercise of the Masse or Poperie, but their towne is a retreat to all such as are [ C] oppo∣sit to the Pope of Rome, and a Seminarie of Ministers, which go from thence into other countries. Euerie man knowes how that this towne was sometimes the seat of Bishops, but about the yeare of our Lord 1539, they banished the Masse, and imbraced the Gospell, wherein they were instructed and confirmed by Caluin, and other good Ministers, the which it is not now possible to alter, but by the ruine of the whole towne. The Ministers haue a Consistorie, vnto the which they may call publike offenders, and such as giue cause of scandall, and there reproue them: If the crime be great, and the pa••tie obstinat, they forbid him the Communion; if notwithstanding he persist, they may excommunicat him. But the Ministers cannot call any before them into their Consistorie, but by the authoritie of a Sindicke, who must assist [ D] them, otherwise they haue no power to summon any man. They haue their maintenance out of the common treasure, and deale with no tithes.
The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes.
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- The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes.
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- Avity, Pierre d', sieur de Montmartin, 1573-1635.
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- Orders of knighthood and chivalry -- Early works to 1800.
- Monasticism and religious orders -- Early works to 1800.
- Europe -- Early works to 1800.
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"The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A23464.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2025.
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¶ The Religion.