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Articles propounded, and set forth in the Assembly and Conference held at Flex, near the City of Sainte-Foy, between the Duke of Anjou the King's only Brother, by vertue of the power given unto him by his Majesty, and the King of Navar, assisted by the Deputies of those of the pretended Reform'd Religion, he answering for all the King's Subjects of the said Religion, to be presented to his Majesty, to be by him, if such be his pleasure, granted and approv'd. And in so doing to put an end to the Troubles and Disorders happen'd in this Kindom since the last Edict of Pacification made in the Month of September, 1577. and the Conference held at Nerac on the last day of February, 1579. and to restore the King's Subjects in Peace and Ʋnion under his Obedience, and so to provide by a good and speedy execution, that henceforward nothing may happen among them to the prejudice of the said Pacification.
Article I. THAT the said last Edict of Pacification, and se∣cret and particular Articles granted with the same; together with the Articles of the aforesaid Conference held at Nerac, shall be really, and in effect, observ'd and put in execution▪ in all and every particular; which shall hold and stand good, not only for the things happen'd during the preceding Troubles, but also for such as shall or have happen'd from the time of the said Conference, until now; and that all the King's Subjects of both Religions, shall enjoy the benefit of the Declarations, Grants, Discharges, and General Par∣dons contain'd in the said Articles, Edicts and Conferences, for what has been done and committed, taken and rais'd on either side, during the present Troubles, and upon the ac∣count thereof, as they should have done for what had happen'd du∣ring the precedent Troubles, ex∣cepting what is expresly derogated by the present Articles.
II. The Articles of the said Edict concerning the re▪establishment of the Catholick Apostolick and Roman Re∣ligion, for the celebration of Divine Service, in such places where it has been discontinu'd, together with the enjoyment and gathering of the Tythes, Fruits, and Ecclesiastical Re∣venues, shall be entirely executed, follow'd and observ'd, and those who shall transgress the same, shall be rigorously punish'd.
III. In putting the 1st, 2d, and 11th Articles of the Edict in execution, the King's Attorneys General shall be enjoin'd, as well as their Substitutes in Bayliwicks, Seneschalships, and other Royal Jurisdictions, to inform against, and make prosecution in the King's Name against all such who